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Georgia Affairs.
e raml military encampment is on the tapis
Pome in July. The railroads have promised
ia l ra tes. and nine companies have already
.^flrd an intention to be present. The Tri-
' My, jt will be “the biggest thing we have
ertiad That paper also learns that there
. s movement on foot to hold a grand conven-
tjo'i of officers of the State troeps in the city
during the encampment.
A correspondent writing us from Statenville
yi the crop prospect in Echols county is
• it flattering; that it is more so than it was at
season last year. Corn looks well, but the
atcrop, which is about matured, will not be
ore than from one-third to one-quarter of a
Yield- Cotton is looking badly, the result of
i,ad seed and the cut worm. Farmers, how-
-rcr. working with a will, and seem de-
tenmned that tfi» re shall be no failure if they
t:m help it Politics at present are dull, but it
: ,;y a temporary quiet, for they will be
^ , to boom after a while. General senti-
- : *ct in the county is for Lester for Governor
w d Nicholls for Congress.
Th* Augusta Chronicle thinks that the new
ffbley Cotton Factory will be of immense ad
vantago tj that city; that it will add a- least
fire thousand people to the present population,
tod will increase trade accordingly.
Dr A. \V. Ciihoun, of Atlanta, probably the
most prominent oculist in the State, has been
ven ill for a l«»ng time past in Augusta. His
main friends will be glad to learn that his con-
Idition lias very decidedly improved.
The Arlington Advance thinks that “it is a
shame, an outrage on civilization and humani
ty, that a jury of twelve decent men thould
have to sit for hours on hard plank benches
ud listen to a fumbling lawyer speak in the
wne and manner of a boy begging his mother
rot to give him vermifuge.” It thinks “this
Lort of ‘cruelty to animals' should be stopped
mgood old Early.”
Die St. Simon's dotter of the Brunswick Ad
':><rtistr says that on last Saturday there ar
rived at the boom of St. Simon's , mill a raft
of logs five hundred feet long. There were tw o
hdred and eleven logs when the raft left Lum-
[ City, and two hundred and six when they
arrived. The raft was only fifty-two hours in
Tliis is the largest shipment with the
greatest dispatch ever received at the mills,
grille Free Press of Quitman boasts that its
i *ral tone is much improved this week, a fact
hich the junior editor attributes to the ab-
jnce of the senior, who was off attending the
press Convention in Cuthbert.
The Covington Enterprise saysthat a colored
man by the name of Washington Camp, who
lived on a plantation about four mi’es east of
Covington, shot himself accidentally one day
last week, and died the following evening from
the etfects of the wound. It appears that he
had a loaded shotgun in a wagon which he was
driving, and while in the act of removing it
from the wagon took it by the barret The
hammer caught in a plank on the floor of the
wagon and caused the cap to burst and the gun
teflre. The load of squirrel shot entered the
left breast and lodged under the right shoulder
of tlie unfortunate man. He was a faithful
ham! and much thought of by both white and
colored friends.
Hi? Sunday school class of R. R. Blocker,
attorney at law and editor of the Fort Gaines
department of the Early County News, pre
sented him a few d ys ago with an elegant and
costly present. Whereupoa he offers up
through the columns of that paper an invoca
tion to the Throne of Grace that “they n ay all
live to lie useful and honored men, and finally
reach the kingdom of perpetual happiness.*’
Doubt’.eis he thinks they have made a capital
start on their journey to that blissful goal.
The b&bionega Mountain Signal states that
Mr. John Furgerson, a citizen of Lumpkin
cour.ty, living about six miles north of that
place, has been suffering for fifteen years from
a cancer on the hand. Having tried several
remedies said to be a specific for cancer, and
deriving no benefit from them, he consented to
have the limb amputated, and on last Friday
die hand was amputated at the half of upper
third, or the forearm. It is not thought prob
able that the ulcer will return. Mr. F. is in his
sixty-sixth year, and underwent the operation
Yhile under the influence of aniesthetics. After
It was finished he partook of a hearty dinner*
# Mac>m Telegraph: “The legal net was cast
IfiAta^unl tune yesterday and when hauled
rue criminal in the Rutland outrage
and to be inside. He gave his name as
Henry Johnson, and the circumstances of his
capture ate as folio* 8 Ever since the assault
commuted upon Mrs. Calhoun a close
watch has been kept along the lines of railroads
leading from this city. Yesterday morning
Mr. Johnson, the Marshal at Byron, on the
Southwestern Road, and a young gentleman
by the nara*- of R. W. Hartley saw a negro ap
proaching them near the town, and upon their
'Ug. st*.pj>ed and questioned him, giving
their excuM* that tiny warned to hire some
baids, ami at the same time offered him *
Pjoyment The negro betrayed an uneasiness at
detained, and s eeing 'another negro fol
lowing him. moved off. ‘i he other negro then
up and informed Messrs. Johnson and
hartley t hat the man they had been talking to
wa< the one they were looking for. Seeing the
three m conversation.»he fugitive took to his
“f** s down the railroad, closely followed by
" lute men. When about seventy-five yards
octant, and while all were running. Hartley
opem-d fire with a Smith & Wesson revolver,
'*’calibre, firmg five shots and stopping tore-
bad. Johnson continued the cha^e. and fired
two shots, after which the negro took to the
bushes and fell. When found, he was bleed-
from a wound in the rear of the hip. He
evidently shot by Hartley, as he says that
the third shot struck him. Yesterday afternoon
H* e . Pr.soner was brought to this city and lodged
“Jail, where a reporter of ihe Telegraph and
X'ssenq* r visited him. He is a medium size l
n-sembling very much the man arrested
0n Thursday. Dr. Blackshear came down and
extracted the ball, which had passed around
the bone and lodged under the skin over the
? r "in. The prisoner was identified by Mr. Cal
houn and five others as bein . the man who
committed the assault. His pistol, which he
ca>, aw ay during his flight, was recovered. It
is small, andc .st about $2 90. He Lad with
min aiso s >me m,ironed clothing, matches and
a ladling wood
Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist:
i no punishment of great criminals in Georgia,
ouring the year, is one of the best evidences of
th m &S rit y of tbe judiciary of the State,
ab,1, . l F °‘ the solicitors, and the
quality of the jurors, it is also the Very ,
peatest proof of the folly and wickedness of
j'Tucn law. In our Superior Court recently,
murderers have been arraigue ! and have been
sentenced. They have had the benefit of wise
<-'>un$el, and all that the law allows has been
“°ue to effect their escape, if innocent of
Whenever there were mitigating cir
cumstances, justice has been tempered with
®ercy. Where there were none, execution will
toliow. As matters are constituted in
j* 118 State, there is not the slightest pallia-
bon f or , no b j aw and mob veugeance. The
^uuaj88ion of one crime cannot justify an-
and the men who, in passion, attempted
'Tttch the negro who, in July, will pay the
,v n *i of his lire, after a fair trial, may well
Hf aven that their intentions were baffled
f'Tauthorin'. The capital cases in our circuit
Zj* krn well managed by the Solicitor Gou-
r ai. iir. Salem Duicner, who, to a pr found
Z^Wige of the law, adds untiring zeal and
hizfulous conscientiousness in the perform-
of duty. With such a judiciary as we
re possess in this State anu with jurors so
jpt-minded, there need be no fear that puu-
w.‘ ent W H1 not follow the commission of in-
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1880.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
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and there is not & shadow of an excuse
r esort to ]>opular violence.”
t-vV^e subject of the Railroad Commission,
aadiaon Madisonian says: “If there ever
whirl*» v eua< -‘t**d by our State Legislature
bas caused greater disappointment to
tiian any other, it strikes us that the
u!v r ->ad Commission law enacted by the last
rXtsiature is of that class, and we feel no hesi-
i*i stating our convictions that in less
one year its repeal will be called for in
a.^♦'mphatic manner cs not to b 1 ? disre-
our future legislators. • * * * *
tnis it certainly, in its enforcement, in-
Jrj'S with legal rigLts of two re-
J^--able classes of the people, corpora-
and stockholders. Unless the
^missioners, each cf whom is a good and
from Dt °® cer > W H° were selected entirely
gja a know ledge of their competency to
nipple with this intricate and vexed question,
Polir y anJ satisfactorily chalk out a line < f
tt.»k- muc H more intelligibly and satisfactorily
le interested, the sooner the law is
Woh£i tbe better for all concerned u w “
not be surprised to hear at aoy time
^ those who toast of their connection with
l ‘fforcemeut were us anxious to drop this hot
iron more speedily than they seizec it. In the
meantime, we snail possess ourselves with
patience, hoping that oar convictions are
erroneously formed, and that the Railroad
Commission may yet satisfy ail with the
wisdom of our Legislature who enacted it”
Rawkinsville Disjtalch: “A correspondent
informs us that Mr. W. L. Brown, of Wilcox
county, while ploughing in his field on the 5th
mst.. was waylaid and shot by Samuel Taylor.
The weapon used by Taylor was a double-bar
rel shot gun, and both barrels were discharged
at Mr. Brawn, two balls taking effect, one in the
arm and. the other in the forehead. As soon as
Taylor discharged his gun ho took to his heels
with Mr. Brown in hot pursuit, but it peems
that Taylor was tco fleet footed for Mr. Brown.
Our correspondent states that Taylor was mir-
sued a considerable distance by Mr. Brown,
but he failed to overtake him. and Taylor made
good Ins escape. No particulars in regard to
the affair are given. At last accounts Mr.
Brown was getting along finely.”
The Ft. Simon’s correspondent of the Bruns
wick Advertiser says: “St. Simon’s Mills Com-
~»any have just completed arrangements to
mild what is called a gang or span circular
saw mill. Two large circulars work opposite
each other, and every time a log passes be
tween them off will come two slabs, or two
boards or two deals, as the case rr.ay be. It is
estimated that this mill will slab for the gang,
in the large mill now in successful operation, at
the rate of 400 logs per day, at least an average
of 250, and that it will add, on an average, ?0,-
000 feet per day to the mill's present capacity.
To get the logs to this circular they are run up
the log slide, one after another, on an eudless
chain, without being dragged in the old way.
At s’at* d distances apart there are on
this endless chain cross bars or lug
chains with steel teeth. .Vs these
teeth come around on the chain the log is
floated on to it, and up it goes. The logs want
ed for the large mill will be let run through
into the mill pond, and the others stopped un
til they have a couple of slats taken off. This
mill will have a mammoth gang edgerthat
will take care of all the six cants, and saw
them i« to flooring or scantling. The engine
luruishing the steam is an 18x24, making 100
revolutions per minute, with five boilers 30
feet by 36 incues diameter. Twenty men can
run this mill up to its full capacity. The piling
for this mill will be commenced in a couple of
weeks, and the present company will ao its
work without help from abroad.' r
The Coffee County Gazette says, in regard to
the present status and future prospects of that
county : “Coffee is beginning to attract atten-
ti n from abroad as a fanning county. The
lands, as a general thing, are productive and
well adapted to the cultivation of corn, rice,
b.trley, rye, cotton, cane, chufas. Irish and
sweet potatoes, ami, in fact, everything that
can be eaten by man or beast, and is especially
adapted to the cultivation of the bitter-sweet
and sour orange. The farmers devote but lit
tle attention to the cultivation of cotton, ’i heir
attention, after making home supplies, is
turned to stock and sheep husliandry, the range
being well adapted to them, and the business is
profitable. The i»eople are frugal, honest and
clever, always adopting the golden rule.”
Covington Enterprise: “Ihe people of New
ton county, and oiher counties in the State,
h*re noticed with regret the compromising ot
cases of theft and robbery. ’1 lie man who is
robbed and recovers the articles lost, or Its
equivalent in money, is personally satisfied,
but does this satisfy the text of the law? A
criminal should be known, and deserves to be
brought before the public as a dishonest per
son, so that people will know not to trust such
a character. To cover up a crime by compro
mise shows a weakness on the part of a good
citizen.”
Florida Affairs.
The Pensacola Gazette says to ex-Senator
Simon B. Conover, Radical nominee for Gover
nor of Florida: “Now, ex-Senator Simon B.
Conover, you are, so to speak, our meat! You
are the most easily beaten politician in the
State of Florida. You have a record, unfortu
nately for yourself and your ‘party'—a carpet
bag record made in Freedman’s Bank days,
those golden, glorious days ivhen carpet bags
were filled with the funds plundered from con
fiding negro dupes whose votes you now need.
You won't get them. The days are gone when
‘Simon says thumbs up.’ You can pipe to them,
but they will not dance. They have no ears
now for your style of music, Mr. Simon.”
The Live Oak Bulletin reports a conference,
on Thursday, between Col. H. S. Haines, of the
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway, and a
few citizens of Live Oak and Lake City, repre
sentatives of the incorporators of a pro
jected railroad leading from the first named
place to Roland's Bluff, and thence southward
to the Gulf. The Bulletin says that Colonel
Haines was so impressed with the importance
of the movement that he at once ordered a
surveyor to survey the route—which will be
commenced in about two weeks- and said that
if the citizens along the proposed line showed
the right kind of energy and spirit, he bad no
doubt but all necessary arrangements could be
made for the construction of the road.
Tlie FloridaRepubliean ticket is now complete.
It stands as follows: For Governor, Simon B.
Conover; for Lieutenant Governor, Wm. M.
Ledwith. For Congress: First district, G. W.
Witherspoon; Second district, Horatio Bisbee,
Jr.
A gentleman in Pensacola was attacked
with violent pains in bis ear a few
nights ago, and he thought it was a com
mon case of earache. Various remedies
were applied without avail, and finally a
doctor was sent for. An investigation showed
that a roach at least half an inch in length had
taken up its abode within the member, and it
bad to be removed with instruments. The
Advance says the sufferings of the gentleman
during the operation were agonizing.
The Femandina Express eays that G. Wash
ington Witherspoon, colored Radical candidate
for Congress in the First district of Florida,
has made a speech, in which he said he would
be elected and he would not be counted out.
During April, there were shipped of lumber
from b ernandina, 3,552,000 feet, of which 2,298,-
000 feet were coastwise shipments and 1.254,000
foreign. During the same month, the ship
ments from Jacksonville were 2,072,000 feet
coastwise and 497.535 foreign, making a total
from the two ports of 6,069,535 feet. From
Pensacola there were shipped of timber and
sawn lumlier during Apr.l, 29,527,116 superficial
feet by 78 vessels.
1 be Jacksonville Union says the strawber
ries, huckleberries and blackberi ies at ten cents
a quart are the luxuries that Floridians now
indulge in at tea time.
Bisbee or Bisby is running for Congress
agaiD. Of course he will be defeated as usual,
but we do hope that vexed question of his sur
name will b3 settled d.iring the election. It
wiil also be satisfactory to know whether his
Christian name is Horache or Horatio, and
whether he is entitled to the annex of Jr. or
not. Difference of opinion on these little
matters gave him a sight of trouble when he
tried to run against Hon. Noble A. Hull.
According to the Dispatch eggs sell in Key
West, at auction, for lixteen sent* a dozen.
The Marianna Courier reports that one day
last week ten »*egistered letters were received
at that office directed to H. 8. Harmon, Deputy
United States Collector, and of these fix had
been opened and robbed. When they left Chat
tahoochee, the last office before reaching Ma
rianna, they were in good order, and the rob
bery must have been committed between these
two points. It is thought some one opened
the mail bag with a false key, as there was no
evidence of its having been cut.
The Marianna Courier says: “Dr. Theo. West
brought to our office a specimen of twenty
acres of cotton measuring half leg high with
forms and limbs. It is a fine specimen of the
plant, and shows conclusively what can l>e
done by proper cultivation.
Pensacola Gazette: “Mr. Scarritt Moreno is
the fortunate possessor of a nice bird, recently
presented to him by Mr. Jesse McLaoe, of
Point Washington, Fla. It is an American
e«<de and be is the finest specimen of the
national bird we have ever seen in captivity,
for though only two years old, his wings
stretch about eight feet from tip to tip and he
requires a cage to spread himself and live
comfortably in as large as a pig pen lor sev
eral pigs. Captured when an eaglet, so
young as to bo unable to fly, he has
grown up a prisoner and is compara
tively docile, though frequently betray
ing the innate savagery of the fierce
monarch of the air, who emblematically guards
American liberty. His strength is already
quite startling, and when he clutches a beer-
steak with ‘crooked hands’ and rends it witn
his powerful beak to send the fragments down
a throat wide enough to swallow a turkey egg,
he suggests the sensation which one has when
he secs the royal Bengal tiger fed in a men
agerie cage And by the way, some menagerie
had better negotiate with lilr. Moreno for this
bird, which is a better specimen than we ever
saw’ in any of them, and w ll live long, for
never having felt the sweets of liberty he does
not chafe against his bonds. We understand
that Mr. M. is already sufficiently amused by
the beefsteak business and s*eirg bis j»et hold
up a fowl in one hand and pick the feathers off
before he eats it, and would entertain a pro
postion that would enable Hie world at large
to admire the creature.”
Jacksonville Breeze: “Some time ago a col
ored man named Milton Wallace was sentenced,
in this city, to pay a fine and costs of court in
a trial for aasanit and battery, amounting to
*9 75 He managed to escape from the offle* r.
however,-and left for parts unknown, and
nothing was known of his whereabouts until
last Monday, when he arrived here in the ca
pacity of a delegate from Bradford county to
the Republican district convention. He had
been in the city but a short time, however
when he was arrested by Constables Lawson
and Sam mis and given the choice of pajing
the $9 75 or going to jail for ninety
data. Not having the necessarv S P°.“®
and being imbued with that spirit of patriot
ism which demanded that his vote be J®
Bisbee, Wallace sent for Colonel B . and laid
the ca-e before him, but the Colonel dechned
to foot the bilL But Wallace was not to be
ueaeiicu u* mm* exirt,j i * v * Mr.
Bisbee's opposing aspirant for the nomination,
stepped forward at tnis junc f ure and planked
down the needful. That there was an under
standing between Wallace and his benefactor
rumor does not testify, but the records of the
convention show that the delegate voted
squarely for Bisbee.”
Pensacola Advance: “Two or three merchant
sailors went on a bender last Saturday night,
and seemed determined to enjoy themselves to
their hearts' content While in the midst of
their glee one of the party was accosted by a
li tie mulatto policeman, who offered to take
the crowd to jail The scene which followed,
and as described by a looker-on. was perfectly
harrowing. The little officer was not only sus
pended between heaven and earth and pelted
while in the air, but after he was suffered
to land on terra flrma, he was actually
stripped of his clothing. When again foot
loose, he was heard to exclaim: What sort er
people is dis in Pensacola, ter Rtan' and see an
officer beat up in dis kind er style.’ ”
Live Oak Bulletin: “The vegetable boom
still continues. There were 5hipped per ex-
pr«*ss from this place, from April 28th to May
12th. both days included. 1.623 crates of vege
tables. an estima’ed weight of 60,305 pounds.
These crates will net. at a low estimate, $1
each, and we may safely say that there was
over $1,600 worth of vegetables shipped from
this point between and on the days above men
tioned.”
Jacksonville Sun and Press: “We are in
formed by Mr. Coleman, general traveling agent
of the Atlantic. Gulf and West India Transit
Railroad, that the Postal Department has or
dered additional steam mail service on the
Gulf, from Cedar Keys, on and after July 1,
1880. For New Troy and landings on the Su
wannee river the service is weekly. For
Clear Water Harbor, landing at Crys
tal river. Homassassa. Bay Port and
Dundee, weekly service. For Tampa,
via Manatee, semi-weekly service; time twenty
hours. For Key West, via Punta Rassa, semi
week Jy service. making connect : ons at Punta
Rassa with steam service to Fort Myers and all
landings on Charlotte Harbor. We congratu
late our Iriends on the Gulf coast on this much
required improvement in their mail facilities,
as it will open up their new and thriving coun
try to the settlers, as well as to the hunters
and tourists who visit our State every season.
The Tampa Steamship Company has all the
above contracts, and have purchased two addi
tional steamships to perform the service. The
steamers will have ample passenger and freight
accommodations.”
Fays the Brooksville (Hernando county)
Crescent: “The people of Florida have tasted
the fruits of goo.1 government for three years.
Taxes have been reduced at the average of
more than $150,* 00 per annum as compared
with the last three years of Republican rule:
schools have been increased; the school system
has been made more effective; crime has
been punished and checked: property has
been made sa f er the credit of the State
has been improved and its obligations
have been honored: the claims against
the General Government for titles
to public lands have been in part recognized;
immigration has steadily increased: purchas
ers in larger numbers than ever before have
sought after State lands; the laborer has re
ceived the fruits of his industry; agriculture
has revived, and prosperity smiles upon our
people. We cannot afford to take a backward
step and live again under the dark shadow of
Republican rule, which, in eight years, brought
Florida well nigh to the verge of universal
bankruptcy.”
THE NATION'S COUNCILS.
A Monstrous Doctrine.
New York Star.
Senator Hampton treats the case of
William Pitt Kellogg as re* adjudicate.
W e are bound therefore to believe that
he conscientiously so regards it.
But see to what a result this construc
tion inevitably leads.
Kellogg’s case was not decided on its
merits. He was permitted to retain his
seat in consequence of a bargain whereby
Gen. Butler, Democrat, of South Caro
lina, was-admitted to the Senate instead
of tlie Kepublican contestant, Corbin.
This bargain utterly ignored the rights
of the people of Louisiana, which, in
law, equity and parliamentary usage,
were alone entitled to consideration.
By what rule of justice was the Senate
authorized to seat a man whom the Leg
islature of Louisiana did not elect, in
order to secure the admission of a repre
sentative whom the lawful Legislature of
South Carolina did elect?
The two cases were wholly distinct,
and each should have been determined
upon its separate merits, and without re
gard to the questions presented by the
other.
We totally deny the power of the Sen
ate thus to trade off the rights of one
State against the rights of another. If
the precedent thus established were to
be recognized, it would virtually nullify
the constitutional provision which gives
toeviry member of the Federal union
authority to name its representatives in
the Senate of the United States.
No consideration of expediency, no
partisan compromise, ean be permitted
to override the clearly expressed direc
tion of the fundamental law. Kellogg
was either elected or not elected, and so
far as his right to a seat is concerned, it
makes not the slightest difference what
the lawful issue of the Senatorial contest
in South Carolina was.
The attempt to “bunch” the two cases
and set off one against the other is a
monstrous perversion of law, reason and
common sense.
The Rush op Immigration.—Still
coming and more to follow! Three
thousand one hundred and thirty-nine
passengers from Europe yesterday—one
thousand five hundred and eighteen on
Sunday—making a total in the two days
of four thousand six hundred and fifty-
seven! Two questions arise: Whence do
they all come? Whither shall they be-
tuke themselves? But both are of easy
solution. The condition of affairs in the
Old World suggests to the first, emigra
tion as the only mode of escaping Old
World misery for the many; for the few
a spirit of enterprise will be the answer.
In :he second, we need only point to the
inexhaustible resources of our great con
tinent to give a home and living to all
who come. In this month, up to and
including yesterday, the Dumber of im
migrants marie a grand total of 18,792,
and they are still coming and preparing
to come. Think of it! Coming at the
average rate of nineteen hundred daily!
The various shipping offices report more
applications than the fleets at their dis
posal can accommodate. The new for
eign element will be a large item in our
next cen9UB returns.—Weir York Star cf
Tuesday.
One of the most interesting of St. Pe
tersburg holidays is the breaking up of
the ice in the Neva. It occurred this
year on Sunday, April 18, and was cele
brated in the usual wav. General Kor-
s.ikoff, the commander of the Petropav-
lovsky fort, that stands just opposite the
Winter Palace on the other side of the
Neva, crossed the river in a beautiful gilt
boat, accompanied by his staff in full
uniform. At the middle of the river he
drew a goblet of water and carried it on
a golden tray to the Czar, who, sur
rounded with the highest dignitaries of
the State, received him in his palace.
Congratulating him on the return of
spring, the commander presented to the
Czar.'the earthly ruler of all Russian
lands and waters, the goblet. The Czar
drank the water, amid the hearty cheers
of the by standers, filled the emptied
goblet with gold coins, and handed it
back to the commander. The latter then
returned to his fort. The granite quay
of the Neva was thickly covered with
people eager to see the ceremony. On
the same day hundreds of small boats
made their firs' passage of the year, car
rying the people from one side of the
river to the other.
One day a party of gentlemen were
smoking together in a hotel somewhere
in Connecticut. “Young _ men." said
the inevitable social statistician who was
present, “smoking is an extravagant
habit. Don't you think it is wrong?
Don’t you think you should give it up?”
One of those addressed removed his
cigar from his lips and coolly replied in
behalf of the company that he “couldn’t
see it.” “Well.” returned the statistical
person, “I’ll give you an example which
is within my own knowledge. Right
here, in this very town, lives a friend of
mine who used to be a great smoker.
Due day he determined to abandon the
habit and save the money which he
would otherwise have spent for cigars.
At the end of fifteen years he bought a
very nice house with the money saved in
this way. What do you think of that?”
The spokesman of the smokers ought to
have been crushed, but be wasn t. “He
has the house,” said he, “but you must
admit that he hasn’t had the cigars.”
Maggie AIitchell’s Husband Ar
rested.—A dispatch to the New Aork
Sun says: “Henry T. Paddock, hus
band of Maggie Mitchell, was arrested
in Holyoke, Mass., Tuesday night, on
a judgment of the Superior Court for
about $2,000 in favor of Alex. Calhoun,
of Hartford, Conn. He is locked up at
Holyoke, and has given notice that he
desires to take the poor debtor’s oath.”
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Proscription of Jew* by Russia—
Glucose or Grape Sugar-Quaran
tine Station — Alaskan Affair*—
Political Disabilities Removed—
Sugar from Sorghum—Deputy mar
shals’ Bill—Tare on Foreign Sugars
—Counting the Electoral Vote—Post
Office Appropriatlons-River and
Harbor Appropriations— Publish
ing Siate Papers—The Fortune Bay
Flsherie*—AVar Claims-Congres
sional Committee Notes—Subsidy
Ocean mall Service.
By Telegraph to the Morning Noses.
Washington, May 17.—ln the House,
under the call of States, the following were
Introduced and referred:
By Mr. Cox, of New York—Requesting
the President to communicate to the House
all correspondence In regard to the proscrip
tion of the Jews by the Russian Govern
ment.
By Mr. Young, of Ohio—To Impose taxes
and regulate the manufacture and sale of
glucose or grape sugar. It amends section
3,254 of the Revised Statutes, so as to pro
vide that the manufacturers of glucose shall
pay one hundred, and dealers fifty dollars.
By Mr. Goode, of Virginia—Relative to
the quarantine station at Hampton Roads.
Mr. Bragg, of Wisconsin, under instruc
tions f rom the Committee on War Claim,
moved to suspend the rules and pass the
bill appropriating $22,271 to reimburse
Hiram Johnson, of Tennessee, and others,
that being a surplus of the military assess
ment paid by them in excess of the ann.uut
required by the war indemnity, which was
agreed to.
Mr. Reagan, of Texas, under instructions
from the Committee on Commerce, moved
to suspend the rules and pass the river and
harbor appropriation bill.
After the reading of the bill the House,
by a vote of 148 to 29, agreed to suspend
the rules and a thirty minutes’ debate was
then allowed. Messrs. Lounsbury and Cox,
of New York, opposed the bill, as did also
Mr. Chalmers, of Mississippi. The latter
said be opposed it because it did great in
justice to the region which he represented.
The word “creek” occurred in the bill twenty
times, and for the improvement of various
creeks seventeen appropriations were made.
The people of Vicksburg were seeing their
property destroyed, and engineers had esti
mated that three hundred thousand dollars
would be necessary to save their harbor, and
vet the committee came in with a pitiful
twenty thousand dollars for that purpose,
and at the same time gave twenty thousand
dollars to Cheese creek, N. J. No man
could tell where that creek was, un
less it was in the district of the
member from New Jersey, who was
on the Commerce Committee. The paltiy
appropriation of $100,000 had been made to
remove obstructions from the Mississippi
river, while the same amount had been
given to Raritan river, also in New Jersey.
After a short defense of the bill by Mr.
Reagan, of Texas, Mr. Dunnell. of Minne
sota, and Mr. Keuna, of West Virginia, the
motion to suspend the rules and pass the
bill was agreed to—yeas 179, nays 47.
On motion of Mr. Cook, of Georgia, Sat
urday next was set apart for the considera
tion of bills reported from the Committee
on Public Buildings and Grounds.
Mr. Davis, of North Carolina, under in
structions of the Commirtee on Banking
and Currency, moved to suspend the rules
and pass the bill authorizing national banks
to make loans to the extent of one-quarter
of I heir capital and surplus upon mortgages
on real estate. The House refused to second
the motion for the suspension of the rules,
only thirty-five members voting in favor
of it.
The Speaker laid before the House a mes
sage from the President, transmitting, in
compliance with a resolution of the House,
copies of correspondence with the Govern
ment of Great Britain in regard to the
alleged outrage on American citizens at
Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, together with
a report from the Secretary of State on the
subject.
The message recommends that the sug
gestions made by the Secretary of State,
with regard to measures which should be
taken to secure the rights of our fishermen,
be adopted. Ordered printed and referred.
The House then adjourned.
In the Senate, the President pro tempore,
laid before that body a communication from
the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting,
in compliance with a Senate resolution,
copies of Captain John W. White’s report
upon Alaskan affairs, together with papers
relating to the transfer of jurisdiction over
Alaska from the United States to the Treasu
ry Department. Referred.
Bills were passed removing the political
disabilities of Francis L. Galt, of Virginia,
Thomas L. Harrison, of Mobile, C. Mani-
gault Morris, of Georgia, Jonathan H. Car
ter, of South Carolina, and Wm. B. Talia
ferro, of Virginia.
Mr. Johnston reported without recom
mendation from the Committee on Agri
culture a bill enabling the Commissioner on
Agriculture to test the practicability of
manufacturing sugar on a large scale from
sorghum and Chinese sugar cane. It was
placed on the calender.
Mr. Bayard, from the Judiciary Commit
tee, reported with amendments the bill late
ly introduced by him regulating the pay
and appointment of deputy marsha.s.
Placed on the calendar, and Mr. Bayard will
ask TOr its consideration to-morrow.
Mr. Vance submitted a resolution direct
ing the Secretary of the Treasury to inform
the Senate what method is used in subtract
ing the tare on foreign sugars imported in
boxes, whether said tare is greater or less
than the actual weight of the boxes, and
why. Adopted.
Mr. Morgan announced that on Thursday
he will ask the consideration of his joint
resolution adopting a joint rule for counting
the electoral vote.
At the expiration of the morning hour
the Kellogg resolutions were informally
laid aside, and the post office appropriation
bills were taken up. The amendments re
commended by the Senate Committee on Ap
propriations were agreed to increasing the
appropriation for the transportation of mails
on railroad routes from $9,490,000 to $9,840,-
000; by steamboat routes, from $850,000 to
$900,000; for mail messengers, from $700,000
to $725,000; for mail locks and keys, from
$25,000 to $100,000.
Some debate was bad on the committee
amendment striking out the House proviso
that all stai routes shall be relet October 1,
1&S0, on which expedition exceeding fifty
per cent, of the contract price has been or
dered during the fiscal years endiDg June
30, 1879, or June 30,1880, ui less the present
contractor desires to continue the contract
as reduced. The committee thought it un
wise to cut down the service existing, and
believed that if the contracts were abro
gated before their expiration contractors
could recover damages from the govern
ment.
Mr. Beck offered an amendment providing
against any decrease in the trips or speed
now existing. He favored retrenchment
and hoped those responsible for extrava
gance in the star service expenditure would
be punished, bat the people should not be
deprived of the necessary service.
Messrs. Garland, Teller, Carpenter,Booth,
Wallace and Maxey supported the commit
tee amendment, arguing that it was unjust,
impolitic, unconstitutional and dangerous
for Congress to take any action impairing
the obligation of contracts.
Mr. Beck’s amendment was finally re
jected, and the committee’6 amendment
agreed to. After some other slight amend
ments had been made the bill was read the
third time and passed.
Mr. Morgan introduced a joint resolution
appropriating $14,900 for preparing and
publishing by the Department of State more
frequently, consular aud other commercial
reports, which was referred.
A message was received from the Presi
dent transmitting the report of the Secretary
of State upon the Fortune Bay fisheries
question and advising the adoption of its
recommendations. It was ordered printed.
After a 6hort executive session the Senate
adjourned.
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE NOTES.
Washington, May 17.—The Senate Ju
diciary Committee this morning voted to re
port back and recommend for passage, with
a few verbal amendments, Mr. Bayard’s
bill to regulate the pay and appointment of
deputy marshals for services in reference to
Federal elections.
The sub-committee of the House Commit
tee on Post Offices and Post Roads reported
to the full committee to-day a bill to pro
vide for ocean mail service between the
United 8tates and certain foreign ports.
The bill authorizes the Postmaster General
to contract for the carrying of the United
States mail to such West Indian, South
American, Central American, Mexican and
trans-Pacific ports as in his judgment is
necessary. The bill provides that the
vessels employed In this service shall be
iron screw-steamers, built in Ameri
can ship-yards, and owned and
officered by American citizens.
Compensation not to exceed thirty dollar*
per mile, one way, per annum for first class
ships of not less than three thousand tons
burthen, twenty dollars for second class ves
sels of not less than two thousand tons, and
fifteen dollars for third class vessels of not
less than one thousand tons. All contracts
shall provide for not less than thirteen trips
per annum on each line.
SPORTS OF THE TURF.
Spring fleeting of the Washington
National Fair Association—Excit
ing Races—Ov«r Ihe Hurdles.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Washington, May 17.—The spring meet
ing of the National Fair Association opened
to-day. The attendance was large, the
weather fine, and the track in excellent
condition.
The first race was a dash of three-quarters
of a mile for all ages of horses that had not
won at Jerome Park, Long Branch, Sara
toga, or at Baltimore, since January 1st,
1879; purse $250; entrance money to the
second horse. There were thirteen starters.
Janett Murray won, Etdelwels second, Belle
third, Scotiila fourth, Flora A. fifth, Mys
tery sixth. Time 1:16^.
The second race, for the national handi
cap stakes, for all ages, one mile and an
eighth, had ten starters. It was won by
Gabriel a neck in front of Checkmate, who
was six lengths ahead of Yirgiliian third,
Vagrant fourth, Oriole fifth. Time, 7:56.
The third race was mile beats for all ages,
with allowances for maidens and beaten
horses. Governor Hampton was the favor
ite. The first heat was won by Governor
Hampton by two lengths, Speculation sec
ond, Edwin A. third. The second heat was
also won by Governor Hampton by two
lengths, Edwin A. -second, Unfits third.
Time: 1:45^.
The fourtn and last race was one and
three-quarter miles over seven hurdles,
welter weights,and had five starters, Judith
being the favorite. Raleigh fell at the third
hurdle and Judith at the seventh, but their
riders escaped serious injury. Disturbance
tiuished .winner by two lengths ahead of
Pomeroy who was twenty lengths ahead of
Tom Kin sella. No time was taken.
METHODIST GENERAL CONFER
ENCK.
Whisky and Tobacco—The Blshops-
Elect—A bad Case.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Cincinnati, May 17.—At the session of
the Methodist Conference to day a resolu
tion from the Vermont Conference was of.
fered requesting candidates for the ministry
to answer the questions, “Do you use to
bacco ?” and “Do you use alcoholic stimu
lants in any form ?” It was referred to the
Committee on Revivals.
A resolution offered Instructing the
Committee on Freedman’s Aid to inquire
into and report whether the duties of that
society could not advantageously be divided
between the educational and church exten
sion societies, w as adopted.
A resolution by J. W. Willet declaring the
Bishops elect to be Bishops by the fact of
their election aud not by virtue of tbe
ceremony of ordination was referred to the
Committee on Episcopacy.
Much feeling was aroused by the intro
duction of a preamble and resolution by Dr.
Olin, of Wyoming. Tbe preamble recites
tbe evils of intemperance, and alludes to
the fact that one delegate to this Confer
ence, Dr. Goodard, had lost his life through
the Intemperance of his brother, and the
resolution invites Miss Frances F*. Willard,
representing the W’oman’s National Chris
tian Union, to address the Conference for
ten minutes.
Tbe resolution shorn of its preamble was
finally adopted. Dr. Buckley then moved 10
adjourn, and bis motion was carried with
out making any order with reference to Miss
Willa d’s fpe eb.
AN INDIAN FIGHT.
The Itturderer* ot Deffenbach Pun
ished—Recapture of His Poules.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Chicago, May 17.—A dispatch to the
Times from Deadwood, D. T., says a party
of twenty five men, in pursuit of the slayers
of John Deffenbach on the 20th of last
month, after following the trail, which
circled all over Powder River valley, on
Thursday came upon a party of eighteen
Indians on the tributary of Little
Powder river, and at once charged the
camp. A running fight occurred, last
ing two hours, when the Indians scattered
in every direction, leaving two dead. The
village, with ail its equipping and seventy-
seven of Deffenbach’s ponies, fell into tbe
bands of tbe pursuers. Joseph Rhodes, a
rancher, living at the confluence of Belle
Fourche, on Crow creek, was killed and
buried on the field. The ponies were driven
to Spearfish and the pursuer* returned
home.
THE HANLAN-COURTNEY BOAT
RACE.
Sale or Pools-Hanlan the Farorlte
— Both In Good Condition.
Telegraph to the Morning News.
Washington, May 17.—Pools were sold
at several of the hotels this evening on the
Hanian-Conrtney boat race, which wiil take
place on the Potomac Wednesday afternoon.
At the opening the odds were 100 to 75 on
Hanlan, but later 100 to CO on Hanlan was
the prevailing figure. The oarsmen were
both on the river to-day, but the water was
too rough this morning to admit their go
ing over the course. Both men are reported
in good condition to-night and no one seems
to entertain any doubt that the race will
come off. The hour eet for the race is 4
p. m.
BULGARIA AND ROUMANIA.
Rupture of Friendly Relatlons-
Crlmmatlon and Recrimination.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
London, May 17.—A Vienna dispatch to
the Standard says the 6trai»ed relations be
tween Roumania and Bulgaria have now
come to a complete rupture. The recall of
the Roumanian representatives has been
followed by that of the Bulgarian agents.
The crisis was brought about by Bulgaria
insinuating that Roumania was secretly sup
porting the insurrection in Bulgaria, and
by studied discourtesy to the Rsum&nian
provinces.
GERMAN CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION
Twenty-Fifth Annual Session—Ben
ediction by Telegraph.
Bv Telegraph to the Morning News.
8t. Louis, May 17.—The twenty-fifth an
nual session of the German Catholic As
sociation assembled at the St. Louis
University Hall this morning, with about
two hundred delegates present, and Presi
dent Henry J. Spaunhorst, of 8t. Louis, in
the chair. Mr. Spannhorst made the open
ing address. Standing committees were
appointed, and a telegram was sent to Pope
Leo asking for his apostolic benediction.
CHEAP TRAYEL.
Reduction In Railroad Passenger
Kates Two Cents Per IHIIe.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Cincinnati, May 17.—The Cincinnati
Southern Railway Company have made a
general reduction of passenger rates, to run
till July 6th. Tbe fares throughout the line
are to be two cents per mile. This reduces
rates to all points in tbe South, and may be
the beginning of a war of rates between
the Cincinnati Southern and its com
petitors.
FATAL ATTEMPT AT ESCAPE.
A White Convict Shot and Killed by
a Black Guard.
Special Telegram to the Morning News.
Davisboro, Ga., May 17.—It is rumored
here to-day that a white convict was shot
and killed by a black guard, while trying to
escape, at Old Town camp, Jefferson county,
on last Saturday night.
Personal.
London, May 17.—The Sportsman says
Robert M. Boyd, the -*tl for
Ameri'’
GERMANY DIVIDED.
PRINCE BISMARCK'S POWER
WANING.
Bismarck and Bavaria The Catholic
Party Openly Opposed-Sleeting of
.Tlalcontents—Envoys to the Vati
can.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
London, May 17.—A dispatch from Ber
lin to the Times says : “The Ultramontanes
are resolved to recommence the war against
Prince Bismarck and stir up the Catholic
population against the government. The
first Important meeting of Catholics has
been held at Dartmund, in the province of
Westphalia. Twenty thousand persons
were present, including many noblemen
and influential leaders. The meeting rully
approved the attitude of the Centre party
in the Reichstag, and expressed the hope
that the Catholics would move in the Reich
stag for the law making ministers responsi
ble for their own acta. The Catholics are
also to demand the total abolition of the
May laws. The Catholic press has underta
ken a general crusade to excite hatred and
mistrust against the government. Two mem
bers of the party, Prince Edmund Radziwlll
and Count Ballestrem, have gone to Rome
to give some explanation on the 6tate of
affairs to the leaders at the Vatican and to
receive instructions. The Bundesrath will
prolong its sitting some weeks longer. It
will be prorogued until October, when the
new business regulations will come in force,
and the Council will be composed quite dif
ferently, as all the leading German Minis
ters will participate in the discussions.”
A Berlin dispatch 6ays it has transpired
that Bismarck accused Baron Von Rudthart
of conspiring with the Jew6 of Hamburg,
aud the Minister immediately left Bis
marck’s palace and asked for letters of re
call, which the King of Bavaria has not yet
granted, but tbe Baron will nevertheless
leave Berlin In a few days.
A Berlin dispatch says: “According to the
official press, the Imperial Commission to
report on the new customs frontier at Ham
burg will advise tbe annexation of Altona,
without St. Paul. The matter will be finally
decided by the Bundesrath on Thursday.”
A Berlin dispatch to the Morning
says: “The Emperor William has given his
assent to the draft of a measure for in
troduction in tbe Prussian Diet modifying
the Falk laws.”
ENGLAND AND HER POSSES
S10NS.
The English Government Deter
mined—The Ameership — Indian
Budget Deficit.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
London, May 17.—A dispatch from Cabal
to the Times aays: “Should Abdurrahman
Khan hesitate to meet our views, a candi
date for the Ameership will doubtless be
chosen from the family of the late Shere Ali
—perhaps Ayoob Khan, his son, or Hashin
KbaD, bis son-in-law. The excitement
throughout the country from tne uncer
tainty of the future is considerable, but it
is less than formerly, and tbe chances of a
pacific settlement are increasing. General
Roberts pursues his march through the
Log&r valley towards Maidan.”
A Calcutta dispatch to the Times says:
“The entire press and public pronounce the
government’s explanation of the deficit in
the Indian budget as worse than the original
blunder. Sir John Strachey has shown
himself utterly unfit for the post of Finance
Minister, and he and Lord Lytton, in a
■somewhat less degree, must bear the chief
blame. The vernacular press acts may not
improbably be carried out by the new gov
ernment.”
BRITISH GRAIN CROP PROS
PECTS.
Wheat Crop Backward—The Grain
Market Improved.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
London, May 17.—The Mark Lane Ex
press, in its review of the British grain trade
for the past week, says: “The aspect of
agricultural affaii6 is but little changed
since last week. Night frosts in many
districts have checked the development
of wheat, which is generally back
ward and frequent!y thin. Unless genial
weather sets in soon the prospects of
ultimate mischief to the crops will be
considerably increased. An active strength
ening influence undoubtedly has been occa
sioned by the continental demand, under
which the coast is being rapidly cleared of
cargoes at advanced prices. Red winter
sold at 25s. 6d. for the continent
about the middle of the week.
The turning point also appears to have
been reached in tbe spot market, where the
price of red winter has improved about a
shilling on tbe quarter. Maize ou tbe spot
ha6 also been very firmly held, and a slight
advance has occurred both in London and
at Liverpool, while a shilling advance has
been paid for cargoes off the coast.”
PAN AMA AFFAIRS.
An Official Communication—Tbe
United State* Steamer* Adams and
Kearsarge.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Washington, May 17.—The Secretary of
the Navy has received an offialal communi
cation from Rear Admiral Wyman, at Pana
ma, relative to the condition of affairs on
the isthmns. Admiral Wyman reports that
there has been no excitement in Panama
over the presence of the Kearsarge
and Adams, excepting some politi
cal agitation, caused by the story
published in the Panama Herald sent in
these dispatches yesterday. The Secretary
thinks that the Adams left the territorial
waters of Colombia previous to the Issuance
of the alleged order directing the vessels to
suspend surveying operations. He also re
iterates his statement that he is not aware
of any surveying having been doue by com
manders of either vessel.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Tendency Downward — Great De
gression.
By Tele to the Morning News.
New York, * 17.—The stock market
opened to-day * . great depression and tbe
general list declh 5 }i to 2>£, while Canada
Southern fell off S'f per cent. After the first
board a recovery of % to 2% per cent, took
place, Canada Southern leading on the im
provement. DuriDg the afternoon tbe
market became weak and unsettled, and
under free sales quotations again took a
downward turn, the decline ranging from , 1 ^
to 7% per cent., the latter In New York
Central. In the final sales a firmer feeling
prevailed, and a recovery of to 1 per
cent, took place. The transactions aggre
gated 447,000 shares.
FIRE RECORD.
Tobacco Fire In Louisville— >*ecr
Explosion.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Louisville, May 17.—The fire early yes
terday morning, originating in the tobacco
factory of R. R. Jones, on Thirtieth street,
near Market, damaged that building,
tbe property of Mre. Moxley, to the amount
of $4,000, and Jones’ stock to the extent of
$800. The building of Hackett A Co., manu
facturers of metallic burial caskets, which
adjoined the tobacco factory on the sonth,
was damaged to the amount of $10,000.
Philadelphia, Pa., May 17.—Tbe Con
tinental Brewery of John Jardiner & Co.,on
the corner of Twenty-first street and Wash
ington avenue, was damaged by fire this
morning. The los6 on the building and
contents is between $150,000 and $£00,000.
The fire originated from an explosion in the
malt house," caused by frictions.
Tbe Whittaker Examination.
West Point, N. Y.. May 17.—The court
of inquiry in the Whittaker case to-day
examined Col. Laselle, commandant of the
cadet corps. Dr. Alexander, Recorder Sears,
Thomas Lampson, Chief Detective of the
United States Treasury, Detective Fisher,
and Professor Greener, but nothing of im
portance was elicited.
ENGLAND’S MANAGEMENT OF ITS
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Light on a Dark Subject—Reforming
tbe Indian Office a Difficult Task.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
London, May 17.—The Tinuz In its finan
cial article this morning says : “The ques
tion of the business management of the In
dian office continues to occupy the attention
of many persons in the city. It
is stated that in November
last, while the Indian Council was
paying from 34s. to 35s. per ton for convey
ing mails to India, the Great Indian Penin
sular Railway Company was paying only
25s. per ton. In other cases the discrepan
cies of Is. per ton between charges in
government contracts and those of
private companies are too numerous to
mention. Tbe most vic’ous system seems
to have prevailed for years by which
the Government of India was compelled
to pay the highest possible prices for every
thing. Few of the tasks of the Marquis of
Hartington, Secretary of State for India,
promise to be more' difficult than that of
reforming the Indian office. The subject
will likely come before Parliament soon
after its opening.”
THE PORTE AND THE ALBANIANS
Reply of the Porte to the Note of the
Powers—An International Com-
mlsMlon of Inquiry—Cordon of
Troops Around Albanian Pro
vinces.
By Telegraph to the Morning News'.
Constantinople, May 1?.—Replying to
the collective note of the powers urging the
reoccupation by the Turkish troops of tbe
evacuated positions now occupied by the
Albanians, the Porte proposes the formation
of an international commission of inquiry.
Replj'ing to the demand of the Austrian and
Italian Ambassadors that a cordon of troops
be formed round the Albanian districts, the
Grand Vizier 6tated that Ahmed Moukhtar
Pa6ha has been ordered to prevent tbe for
mation of insurgent bands, and to court-
martial persons distributing arms.
NEW JERSEY FOREST FIRES.
Furlou»Iy Raging— Immense De
nt ruction—Village* In Dauger.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
New York, May 17.—Reports from vari
ous points in New Jersey say that the forest
flre6 continue to burn with almost unabated
fury. The vineyard country from Atslon to
Great Egg Harbor is totally destroyed, and
this afternoon it was feared that the villages
of Asbury Park and Ocean Grove would be
burned. They were finally saved by a coun
ter fire started by the inhabitants.
AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY.
Increased Efficiency— Union Services
By T elegraph to the Morning News.
Louisville, Kt., May 17.—The sixty-
fourth anniversary of the American Bible
Society was held at the Broadway Taber
nacle yesterday, where an audience of three
thousand persons gathered. Ttao address
of welcome was delivered bv Bishop Kava-
naugh, aud the response made by Kev. Dr.
McLean. A resume of the work for the
past year was presented, showing its in
creased efficiency. Addresses were made by
Rev.B.M. Palmer, D D.,of New Orleans,Bish
op J. W. Wiley, Rev. W. P. Newman, D. D.,
and Rev. John Scudder. The missionary to
India, Dr. Newman- and Rev. John Affien-
bacb, were present as a deputation from
the General Conference of the M. E Church,
in session at Cincinnati. At night the union
services in the interest of the society were
held in eight or ten of the largest churches
of the city and were aidressed by speakers
from abroad.
Foreign Nett * Item*.
London, May 17.—A Paris dispatch says:
“In the debate in the Chamber of Deputies
on the public meetings’ bill, M. Maigne
moved that electoral meetings be exempted
from the operations of article 9, which,
though opposed by Cazut, was carried by a
vote of 250 to 201.”
A Paris dispatch says M. Constant, Under
Secretary of the Ministry of tbe Interior,
will succeed M. Lepere, who retires because
of the periodical defeats in the Chamber of
Deputies and proceedings therein regarding
the public meetings bill.
To-day (Whitmonday) Is a bank holiday,
consequently the Bank of England and Stock
Exchange are closed.
At Padiban, the Clithers and Great Har
wood employers will close their mills on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of each
week * In the event of this action not
speedily ending the strike of the operatives,
the masters’ central committee will meet
to consider the advisability of a general
lockout.
Tlie Home Kulers.
London, May 17.—At a meeting of tbe
Home Rule party here to-day the Right
Hon. E. Dwyer Gray proposed that Wm.
Shaw be elected sessional Chairman. T.
O’Gormon Mahan proposed the election of
Mr. Parnell and Mr. J. C. Foy proposed the
abolition of the Chairmanship. The matter
is now under discussion.
On the Breakers.
Charleston, May 17.—The schooner A
D. Lamson, hence for Philadelphia with six
hundred tons of phosphate rock, while on
a bar in tow of a tug, gave way to an in
ward bound bark and got ashore in the
breakers. An attempt will be made to get
her off to-night at high water.
Death ol tlie Ex-TOlnlster to Por
tugal.
Babri90nburu. Va., May 17.—Col. Chas.
H. Lewis, cx-United States Minister to
Portugal, died here to day of cancer in the
face, aged sixty-four.
Governor Colquitt.
Sparta Times and Planter.
In common with a very large majority
of the people of Georgia, we have an
abiding faith in our present Chief Ex
ecutive. Four years ago he went into
office upon a tide of popular favor so
unprecedented as to amount to an ova
tion. Never before had Georgians been
more thoroughly enthused with what
was noble and heroic in leadership than
they were with Colquitt’s candidacy, and
the’best record of that enthusiasm was
eighty thousand majority in the election.
By birth he is a Hancock man and a
Georgian. His father, Hon. Walter T.
Colquitt, was one of tbe most eloquent
and powerful lawyers Georgia ever pro
duced, and the State has testified some
appreciation of his greatness by making
him first a Judge, and then a Unitea
States Senator. But Providence honorc d
him even more in permitting him to
transmit his best qualities to his children.
At twenty-six years of age the present
Governor was elected to the old United
States Congress, and
“When war’s wild deadly blast was blown,"
he raised the famous Sixth Georgia Regi
ment, repaired to the front at Yorktown,
was soon promoted to command a bri
gade, and throughout that contest he was
always in the thickest of the fight, equal
to any emergency that tried his courage,
his manhood or his power of command.
He came out of that fatal struggle with
reputation gieatly enhanced—a fitting
mark for that generous admiration which
has literally borne him into liis present
honored position, and which seems bent
upon retaining his services a second term.
We hazard nothing in saying that
there is not another public men in Geor
gia who could have sustained himself
so well, under similar circumstances;
aud in an administration of four years,
left so few salient points for hostile criti
cism. It may with truth be said that
thus far every assault made upon his ad
ministration has recoiled upon his as
sailants, and left him stronger from the
discussion that has been elicited.
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OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Raring Season In Washington—
The Hanian-Conrtney Boat Race—
The Clly Filled With Sporting
.VIen—Wash borne a Candidate for
the Chicago Nomination—John S.
Rigby — Official J unketlne — The
ELKtng of Slam Will Not Visit the
l nlted States.
Special Correspondence of the Morning Neics
Washington, May 15.—The city of Washing
ton has within its corporate limits at this
writing more sporting people than it ever con
tained before. The hotels and boarding houses
are fi led to overflowing with sporting me*
from the West, North and East. There are
quite a number here from even so far as Cana
da. The attraction that draws them is double.
The first spring meeting c f the National Fair
Association races commences for four days
next Monday, and on Wednesday there is the
Hanlan-Courtney boat race. The entries for
the running races include the leading stables
of the country. The four days to be inaugu
rated Monday promise to be the finest meeting
of the kind ever held in this country. There
will be from twelve to sixteen horses
starting in each race—all horses with
reputations, too. The success of the
inaugural meeting is assured. The
opinion is freely expressed among horse
owners that Washington will be tlie leading
racing centre of the country at no distant day.
The boating event is one of such widespread
interest that thousands are dra« n here alone
by it. It is no . • o; 1 that the Potomac
river be made a national course for boating.
The citizens are taking hold of these two sub
jects with great enthusiasm, and Washington
is developing from a city with only a passing
interest in base ball into one that can appre
ciate generously horee and boat racing. WKh
the crowd that is now upon us. there are many
thieves and pickpitekets. These are to be
found wherever there is anything like a
large gathering. The detectives are at work
and watch each train as it arrives. The identi
Ucation of a “crook” is followed by his con
finement at police headquarters until the races
are over. Members of Congress are as much
interested in the sporting events of next week
as other people. At five o'clock this morning
I noted no less than seven of them at the race
course watching the jockeys speed their thor
oughbreds. They all ‘talked horse" to perfec
tion. i here was some question among those
present about Senators and Representatives
getting a chance to see the races, as both
houses would be in cession. 8enator Voorhees
said that on each day he would move to adjourn
the henate in time to give all an opportunity of
being at the track at the start. His motion
would carry every time, he said. A meml>erof
the House present tatd he would do the same in
that body.
S. B. WASHBURNS.
This gentleman is a candidate for the Republi
can Presidential nomination.no matter what he
says to the contrary. That he was a candidate
has been known in political circles ever since
he returned from Paris as United Stites Min
ister at France. He is not willing, however, to
come out like a man. lie contents himself
with declaring that he is for Grant all tlie time;
but at the same time works like a beaver for
himself. He plays a double game. Grant owes
the row against him in Illinois more to
Washburns 8 influence than to any
thing else. It is perfectly catisfactory
that Washburne should work against
Grant; but his double dealing will preclude his
becoming the nominee. E B. Washburne’s
brother, who now occupies a seat in the House
unlaw fully - and who is the champion briber of
the age—keeps up the duplicity here.
Whenever there is fresh evidence that
Washburne, the would be Presidential
candidate, is double-dealiDg with Grant, his
Congressional brother drone in on the Grant
men to tell them it is all a lie. and in upon the
newspaper men to get them to print that there
is no truth in the whole thing.
JOHN s. BIG BY.
Mr. Bigby, who is to succeed Farrow as Dis
trict Attorney, cannot enter much intqpolitics
or pay much attention to what Mr. Hayes is
and has done. He didn't even know Hayes'
full name! For a long time he refused to
make application for the District Attorney
ship. At last his friends persuaded him to
send on a paper app'ying for the place.
He d : d so, but headed it “To Rufu*
Hayes, President." If that applica
tion had ever reached Hayes’ eye in
the form in which it came Bigby would
never have received his nomination A friend
of his in the city through whose hand the ap
plication passed, by the dexterous use of i>en
and eraser, made it “to Rutherford B. Hayes.
President." Hayes would In his vanity have
regarded a man ignorant of bis name as not fit
to fill any government position.
junketing.
The days of official junketing are uj>on us
again. When it gets a little warm one of the
Cabinet officers just orders out the United
States steamer Tallapoose. gets a party toge
ther and makes a p'easant trip to Mount Ver
non, or further down—to Norfolk or Hampton
Roads. When they go as far as either of these
Utter places they make a pretense of “inspect
ing" something or other. Short trips they
make no excuse for whatever. But these are
small junkets to what aie in prospect this
summer.
This is the last year of the present adminis
tration, and they are determined to get all they
can out of the time yet left to them. Secre
tary Thompson of the Navy will go to the Pa
cific coast to inspect Mare Island navy yard
and the beauties of the Tosemite and canons
of Colorado. He will be accompanted by a
large party of deadheads, including Hayes and
the most of his family. Schurz will inspect
Indian affairs on the Pacific coast. Evarta
will probably go to the Newfoundland fishing
grounds to see if he can't “inspect" something
to enable him to cope with English diplomats
on fishing questions. It la not known how Sec
retary Ramsey will spend bis summer months.
Judge Key will go—out of the Cabinet, so he
cauuot junket if he wanted to. There will also
be pleasant trips for minor government of
flcials. And It all comes out of the United
States Treasury. Take one consideration with
another, the government officer’s life is a very
happy one.
THE KING OF SIAM 18 NOT COMING.
The Secretary of State has addressed a letter
to the House Committee on Appropriations,
informing them that recent official information
from the King of Siam states that that Oriental
potentate will not visit the United States, and
that there will be no necessity for the appropri
ating of the sum of fifty thousand dollars,
which is one rf the items in the consular and
diplomatic bill. In speaking of Represents'ive
Frost's resolution asking what circular letters
and other documents were furnished to Gen.
Grant in connection with his trip through
Europe and the East, the Secretary said that
no other document was furnished Gen Grant
th*n would b» given to any other distinguished
ex-government official going abroad. That it was
tlie usage of the department to furnish a c r-
cuhu* letter to all persons of this character,
and such a one was given to General Grant;
that the letter had been already published in
tbe newspapers, but tbe House would be fur
nished with a copy of the same in due time.
1 he Fecretsnr savs that the explanation of
the object ot Mr. Frost’s resolution was a sur
; rising piece of information to him. as it was
not known at the Department that the visit of
the King of Siam had any connection whatever
with the visit of General Grant to his dominions.
Potomac.
Harmony N-cessarj to Success.
Lafayette (Ga.) Messenger.
The elections of the present year are
of vital importance, in October the
election for Governor, State House olfi
cere and members of the General Assem
bly wiil occur, and in November the
election of President and Congressmen.
They involve questions and principles
of prime importance to the whole
country and to every individual
All good citizens having the love of
country at heart, desire to see the
restoration of good government, of
harmony and good feeling throughout
the land. They desire to see a iopping
off of the abuses and extravagance that
have grown up during and since the war,
under partisan legislation and a partisan
administration of lire government, which
are as a chronic, fes'ering sore on the
f overnment of this once proud republic.
hey desire to see ail the States upon an
honorable equality. They desire to see
a more rigid observance of true economy
and cf the rights of individual 1 .
Shall u.ese desirable ends be reached?
If so, how ? This can only be accom
plished by harmony of purpose and in
actioq. Those who desire the consum
mation of these results should take ac
tive part in all the deliberations of the
Democratic party, which stands pledged
to these principle s, and the only party
to which the friends of good gov
erament can look with any hope
of succe-s in bringing about
the needed reforms. T>t all
council together as brethren, irrespective
of past differences. Let every friend of
the good cause take part in these pri
mary meetings, and give the party the
benefit of his presence, his counsel and
his vote, then the will of the party will
be done. In order to accomplish such
great purposes we can certainly afford
to bury all the bitterness and differences
of the past and unite to restore to tbe
whole country and transmit to posterity
a government administered in “Wisdom,
Justice and Moderation,” the govern
ment of the fathers—of Washington,
Jefferson and Jackson.
A lightning stroke went clear through
a Clark county, Kentucky, school house,
killed a grey hound asleep under the-
floor, but left the twenty-five children
unharmed.
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Mr. Bayard and the bonth.
,T«te For* World.
Now that Massachusetts, by eighteen
out of twenty-one Democratic delegates
to Cincinnati, has deliberately put Sena
tor Bayard forward as the first choice for
the Presidency of the great Republican
State in wLich the enlightened sentiment
of both of the great parties has mo 1 !
clearly and vigorously repudiated both
Grantism and Tildenism, it becomes a
matter of grave importance that the solid
South should show the NorUi
what it thinks and feels about such a
Democratic candidacy. Though Senator
Bayard has done the people of the South
more substantial service since he has
been in the Senate than any other mem
ber of the Senate, he is in no sense
of the word a strictly Southern
candidate for the Presidency. It
is even doubtful whether those
features of his character and his
career which most commend him to all
independent thoughtful people at the
North may net have hurt rather thau
helped him at the South. It is time for
the South to let the rest of the country
know whether this is or is not the case.
Senator Bayard has done and said in tbe
Senate not a few things which have not
been regarded with unmixed satisfac
tion by Democrats in and out of Con
gress. What he said and did about re
construction at the South also was not
acceptable to the Northern stalwarts, nor
was his war upon the “inoiety system”
in our custom houses pleasant to those
officials to whom that war meant loss of
profits and pelf. Lobbyists and jobbers
from the North or the South have
never found in Senator Bayard a
sympathizing listener, and yet he has
never indulged in the cheap “cant” of
candle end aud cheeseparing “economy”
or sought notoriety by joining in a
chronic yelp again-! every outlay for the
public service outside of the permanent
appropriations. In the winter of 1870,
Senator Bayard stood with Senator Thur
man for an honorable and peaceful and
judicial adjustment of tbe electoral dis
pute. In February. 1879, Mr. Bayard
stood at the outset ouilc alone against all
men from the North, the South or the
West who insisted that a ‘‘redress of
grievances” must precede any appropria
tion by Congress of supplies for parry
ing on the regular business of the
government. It was this headlong,
blind demand for “a redress of griev
ances" in that way which precipitated
the extra session and threw back the
progress of Democratic principles in tbe
country at least a year. And Senator
Bayard s jury and test-oath bills, pure
and simple, were finally adopted by Con
gress and by the President in June, 1679.
In that same month of June, 1879, again
w hen the silver cloud burst over the land,
Senator Bayard took his stand at the
helm of the Senate as Chairman of
the Finance Committee, aud resolutely
kept his face to the storm till
the tempest was over and the tumbling
wave had passed under the ship. It is
likely enough that there are Southern
Democrats here and there who were irri
tated when Senator Bayard, at kite be
ginning of the present session, intro
duced again that bill for an effectual
legal tender repeal which he had first
offered as an amendment to the “Sher
man sham,” and which he had pressed
also in 1878. Possibly, too, there arc
men in Congress at this moment who arc
annoyed because Senator Bayard does
not heartily sympathize with the
legislators who would combine “gen
eral legislation” with needed appro
priations in a “deficiency bill." But
what Democrat can fail to 6ee that his
isolated “deputy marshal hill” is t! e
tiuewayto remove tbe evil aimed at in
that bill ? Senator Bayard is i ot a
legislator likely to be cheered and fol
lowed by the sutlers and camp followers
of all sorts who hang about a politic.! 1
army. Of that there is no doubt. Bui
the South cannot evade the issue made
by Senator Bayard's Northern popularity,
even if it would.
The Southern Democrats at Cincin
nati will be judged, and the Democratic
party with them, throughout the think
ing classes of the North, by their fidelity
or their faithlessness to the sound, moder
ate, business-like and statesmanlike
ideas with which the name of Senator
Bayard is identified in the North and in
the East!
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