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Savannah Ga.
H,.wintered at Hie Post Office In 8a-
rlll nab a- Second Class Matter.
..MI WILL. I’M SI RE, PROPOSE
TO-NIGHT.”
11T C. II. THAYER.
she stands before her mirror, fair
- - uirlish innocence and grace,
T*r>-i. ir ii with ingenious touch
T'* he^hten charms of form and face,
sb*,- brushes with unsparing hand
U,. r miten tresses, long and bright,
Fordid assuredly intends
To look her very best to night.
<jj,.. iickly plaits the gleaming strands,
Au ' as the rose-hue* tint her cheek.
He surely loves rue, and
I wonder why he does not speak?”
Th**n a- the braids ire deftly placed.
She curls in ft bewitching way
Tl^ tiny locks that o’er her brow
lu negligent profusion stray.
A i'-a'y bud she now selects,
" Ii .jm -ing it as if by chance
A::. ! the curls, then bird-like gives
‘ A jinck and scrutinizing glance.
Tii,. pretty dimpling smiles reveal
ih'i satisfaction at the sight.
And then she sighs and murmurs low.
• I hope that he will speak to-night.”
Bright gems are clasped on neck and brow,
Tiie silken robe before unworn
Is laced, and bows coquettlshly
Serve to einlieliisli and adorn.
And :hen—no, no. I’ll never tell
The little secrets beauty knows
To give the last enchanting touch
Fn.ru w hich she blossoms like the rose.
Enough that every moment fair
And fairer still indeed she seems,
A night th** fairies might invoke
To haunt our brightest, fondest dreams.
Then all equipped, e’en to the foot
That gleams in satin from the floor,
5h- stands and leisurely surveys
The charming figure o'er and o'er.
No wonder that she smiles and nods
Back to the face she knows is fair;
No wonder she her head uplifts
With such a proud, audacious air.
Another look—‘’Ah, yes,” she says.
He will. I'm sure, propose to-night;”
Then gathering up her dainty robes.
She goes below, and—she tran right!
Georgia Affairs.
John Wilson, a colored nun, recently sen
tenced In Floyd County Superior Court to the
penitent iarj' for life for murder, spends his
time in jail at Rome playing seven up.
< )ur State exchanges are brimming over with
Senator Gordon's resignation, and ex-Governor
Brown's appointmont to the vacancy. The
opinions expressed are various, though the
gfu«ral tone is one of disapproval of the ap
pointment.
On Saturday the colored people at Decatur
turned out en masse to decorate the grave of
the late Col onel It A. Alston. This is the sec
ond annual demonstration of the affection of
the blacks for Colonel A , and it will probably
be k.*pt up regularly at least for a year or so
The Calhoun Times says that all over Gordon
county signs of prosperity are looming up,
ml everybody seeins fully alive and doing his
\j»i!y with a will. A good many new houses
have gone up recently, more are in course of
construction in different neighborhoods, anil
the people se*m to be getting into a healthier
condition flnanciallv than they have been since
the war. Wnh good crops this year, they' will
be on a Ann footing, and will no longer have to
spend their crops before they are made. Corn
and cotton are growing well and the fields
are generally clear of grass.
The * hjlethorjte Echo says that the OUtlo.dc
for the wheat crop in that section is very
gloomy. It has conversed with farmers from
all parts of the county and beyond its limits,
and the universal report is that there is no
h"pe; with the most favorable seasons from
now out. a half crop can be expected. In
deed, there are many farmers who are willing
to sell their prospects for the teed sown.
Borne have plowed up their wheat and planted
the ground in corn and cotton. The Echo_says
it hat never known a more gloomy outlook for
a wheat harvest.
According to the Echo, there is * one-legged
negro in Lexington named Reuben, who is a
remarkable curiosity as a pedestrian. He can
hoe more cotton in a day’ than any hand In the
county, and do any manner of work. He can
carry a vessel of water on his head without
touching it with his hands, and not only hops
along the street, but even up steps without
■pilling a drop. He is very industrious.
The Madison Madisonian takes the correct
position when it stv>’s: 4 'We do maintain that
the corporations (railroads) and stockholders
are not benefited by the Railroad Commission,
and we are, as a Democrat, opposed to all such
class legislation.”
The Eaton ton Messenger announces its de
termination t<> “go for" Hon. Peterson Thweat.
M Comptroller General. It says he is one of
those noblestf works of God—an honest man.
in regard jo the peach crop of Rockdale
couuty th« Conyers Weekly remarks that the
indications are that while there will be enough
of the fruit to eat, there will scarcely be
■ufticient to furnish much of a supply of
brandy.
A h*n in Conyers has laid an egg which
Weighs a quarter of a pound and measnres six
M d a quarter inches-around the bulge; at least
'he Weekly solemnly says so.
"e learn from the Dahlonega Mountain
s ijnal that Professor B. M. Hall has resigned
professorship of mathematics and astrono
my in the North Georgia Agricultural College,
and accepted the position of chief engineer
the Amicalola and Etowah Ditch Company.
According to the Darien Gazctte the black-
Wl T season is fairly opened, and there is no
chance >f starvation in that section for a
month or two to come.
The Darien Timber Gazette says that ‘‘there
have been 3,500,003 feet of timber down thus
* ar this mouth, and the supply is short, with
no in price. Large quantities being
Cu ani hauled preparatory for the rise, first
** er in June, when a good river is predicted,
utters are attending to their crops, which re
quire their at n-ntion. The demand isstfllgood,
*U'! ,l0 ** is the time to cut scab timber.” The
ollowing are t hf latest quotations of the tim-
er ra arket. published in the Gazette: Square—
60 ' average, $7 50a8 03; 703 average, f 8 00a9 50;
800 average, $9 50*10 50 ; 900 average, $10 50a
11 50; 1,000 average, $11 00al2 00; 1,100 average,
112 00*13 50; 1,200 average, $13 00al4 00. Soab-
300 average, $7 OOaS 00; 400 average, $8 (0*9 00;
50u ave age, $9 00*10 50 ; 600 average, $10 00*
11 00.
n ">* * dal of Andrew C. Irwin, charged with
*- . .ler of his wife by poisoning her, was
concluded in the Upeon Superior Court last
*eefc by the jury making a mistrial after re
ining out twenty-four hours.
The Advertiser says there is more currency
•float in Brunswick now than there has been
months before—an evidence of prosperity
*hich is very gratifying.
The Harmony Grove correspondent of the
Jefferson Forest Xeics complains of drought
in that section, and wants somebody to bang
U P a snake and make it rain.
<J n Saturday week the people of LaGrauge
v °k*'l in favor of prohibition, and there is
much rejoicing among the temperance men of
^ town thereat.
‘‘After months of hard toil and heavy ex-
• says t be <h/lethorpe Echo, “the Morgan
mine made its flnJI run last week as a test,
-•me refuse surface ore. discarded by Mr.
mn.was put through the mill, and after a two
tys run was cleaned up. The result showed
surprising and gratifying exhibit of (he
JfKms metal. The proprietors of this mine
now convinced of a oig strike, and their
Hj^hinery j s to be run to its utmost capacity.
Ujufich brown honey combed oie, that fairly
^fklcs with gold, and of which then* are mil-
of tons almost in sight, is confidently ex
1 to assay immensely. The richness of
“organ mine Is now established beyond a
n.in* a , nd tbe is not far distant when our
Urn!*/*! b,4,t ^*11 *** lined with mills. It is es-
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, MAY 24, 1880.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
that the Morgan mine can soon be
JJJjjJ*? PV $5,00U per week clear of ex-
k.
Brunswick Advertiser: ‘ Some trifling pa-ty,
seeking revenge or the gratification of tome
other evil passion, a few nights ago sought to
impede the work of Mr. Brady, contractor on
jetties for our harbor, by throwing the ham
mer of his pile ariver overboard, cutting the
ropes that confined his flat, cribs, etc. Evi
dently, his intention was to set the whole thieg
adrift. Fortunately, the cribbing was fastened
together with cordage at the bottom of each as
w. II as the top. These ropes being under wa
ter, were not easily cut, so the damage done
is not as great as was in ended. This is the
second attempt of the kind since this work was
commenced. Tire perpetrators may get caught
some night, and then, woe to to them
They evidently deal in cheap tobacco and
cigars in Lumpkin. The Independent Bars:
“A gentleman in town in attempting to cut off
a chew of tobacco from a pocket piece, found
a piece of meat skin with the hair on it. nicely
packed in the centre of the tobacco. Another
gentleman took a chew of tobacco and meat
skin mixed and was astounded to find that the
longer he chewed the larger it got. Another
gentleman found a piece cf meat skin rolled
up in a cigar; a young man got a bone two
inches long out of liis ciga-; one of the boys
tried to burn a ten-penny nail in his ‘five-
center.’while the last one discovered that his
cheroot was neatly rolled around the tail of a
rat. Tobacco is at times filthy.”
Says the Baltimore Gazette: " ‘Few die and
none resign' is an old adage, bat it proves in
correct in the cose of Hon. John B. Gordon,
who, tired of the turmoil of public life, resigns
his position as United States 8enator after
having rendered his State several years of ac
ceptable service. General Gordon was one of
tin-ablest and most judicious representatives
in Congress from the Southern Slates, and his
retirement will be regretted.”
Athens Banner: “The recent grand railroad
movements in the South are bringing vast
amounts of money into our midst From pre
sent evidences we predict that within the next
five or ten years untold millions will be poured
into the lap of our Southern land, which will
do more towards bridging the ‘bloody chasm'
than all the political movements which can
possibly be inaugurated.”
Madison Madisonian: ‘‘Major J. H. Morgan
is one of our most energetic, intelligent, suc
cessful and respected planters. He is a North
ern man: came among our people since the
war, but we know of none more highly es
teemed. Indeed, such Is his courteous deport
ment, genial temperament, as well as enter
prising spirit, that all who know him respect
him. This tribute to Major Morgan can be*
truthfully paid to other Northern farmers who
have cast their lots among us since the war.
There is plenty of room for more of the same
sort.”
Dahlonega signal: “In a conversation upon
the condition or the crops in this section. Mr.
J. J. Evans stated to us, last Saturday, that his
wheat crop was a failure, and that many of his
neighbors would not make the seed wheat.
F rom other i»ortions of the county we have the
same discouraging reports. Where ‘stands'
have been secured the rust is among the wheat.
*od from the facts l>efore us at this wiring,
the wluiat crop for the present year may be
put down as little better than a failure.”
Concerning the “oat problem,” the Thomas
ville Times says: “The harvest has come, and
it is not plenteous. It may be very safely stated
that the yield in this county will not average
above a half crop. This, iu a county which lias
l>een famous for it* rust proof oats for years,
is an unlooked-for calamity. Either the oat
has deteriorated, or there has teeu carelessness
in the selection of the seed; more probably the
latter. Whatever may be the cause, it be
hooves the farmers of this sectiou to be looking
ahead, so as, if possible, to &vo:d a second
failure next year. ’
8t. Simon’s correspondent of the Brunswick
Advertiser Wrote that paper last week as
follows: “When a Berrien county man was
told that the full capacity of St. Simon's Mill
was one hundred thousand feet per day. he
could not see it. He was unable to relieve his
mind of the fact that his father once owned a
little saw mill in the up country, on a small
creek, of the capacity of eight or nine hun
dred feet a day. The iaea of St. Simon’s Mill
sawing as much in three davs his daddy’s
null would i*i a .rear, was to him as apocryphal
as Jonah's whale story or the three men
coming out of the fiery furnace unhurt. Those
Ktories were in the Bible and he believed them
to be true, but there were no saw mills in the
Bible and he could not tax his credulity any
further. It was already taxed to its full
capacity on the Bible stories.”
Early County Nears: “A negro man named
Felix Warren, who lives some three or four
miles this Nile of Howard’s mill, in the Twen
ty-sixth district, was brought to town on Sun
day evening last to receive surgical attention
from Dr. Dost«r. It seems that on the Friday
niirht previous he was called from his house by
a stranger who asked to be put m the right road
to Baiubridge. The negro proceeded to comply
with the request, and when he had got a short
distance from his house he was attacked by
three or four men, from whom he escaped,
and just as he reached his yard fence he re
ceived part of the contents of both a shot gun
and pistol, producing severe but not dangerous
wounds in hip and arm. The negro says the
parties warned him to leave the neighborhood,
or he would lie more severely dealt with. This
is the negro's story. How much of truth there
is in it we know not, but this we do know, that
every such transaction as this affects injuri
ously the good name of the community in
which it takes place, and does more harm
than it can poss bly do good, whatever be the
incentive to it.”
LETTER FROM DARIEN.
The Drouth Injury to Stock—The
Timber Hiiaiucba Political.
Dariek, May 22.—Editor Morning Xetn :
Our people are again complaining about the
continued dry weather. The rains of a fort
night ago were not sufficient to saturate the
soil, so as to start the creeks and fill up the
ponds, consequently the stock in many neigh
borhoods are suffering for water, and in some
instances we have heard of considerable loss.
The extended drouth had so parched up the
pasturage that there was but little nourish
ment in It, and the stock in the pine barrens
was much reduced before the rains caine, and
while the pasturage was benefited, the stock
could not recuperate sufficiently to carry them
through the long continued drouth.
McIntosh, while not a great agricultural
county, plants considerable both in cotton and
corn, and very extensively in rice, but there
are a great nunv cattle raised every year, and
within the past five years considerable atten
tion has been paid to sheep husbandry, there
being several large flocks near this city, and
we are pleased to note a growing teadeucy to
infuse new and fasbionable strains of blood,
both in cattle and sheep, well knowing thoso
who are showing this enterprise will reap their
reward at no very distant day.
Timber has not arrived very freely for
the past ten days, although there are
quantities cut and awaiting a rise in the
rivers and creeks to brin^ it to mar
ket. ail the prophets predicting a good
river on the June tides. We think there are
stocks sufficient on hand to load all vessels
now in port, although we learn there has been
a number of charters made for this port. We
hope our up country friends will have the
desired rise, that they may realize on all the
timber they have cut. ana at the -ame time re
lieve our merchants from paying demurrage
However, we have but little fear of this, as
they are too thoroughly up in their business
to be caught twice in the same trap in one
seas-m.
Politics are red hot in th!s community, aspi
rants plentiful and sanguine, but we cannot
see why correspondents who have friends
whose preferment they desire should use their
pens to disparage others. Let all have a fair
chance. The public will at th*- proper time
make known their preference, aud we cannot
understand why one good man can have more
claims oc a party than another. Individuals
cannot judge of claim* of any one: the public
is th»* best judge of this, and we think it bad
taste, to say the least, to assert that this or
that ona should have the office because they
did so much for the party, for If they expected
to get office for what they did we do not think
they have any claim which the public is bound
to respect.
There Is one phase fof politics, though, iD
which there does not appear diversity of opin
ion. and that is the nomination of the Hon.
Rufus E. Lester for Governor. All are enthu
siast‘c for him iu this county.and if it wereneces-
sary for every one who takes part in politics to
take the stump for him, this county would be
depopulated for a time. McIntosh is not only
solid for Lester, but it will accept no compro
mise which will in any manner dim hi* pros-
**Court mseta here on Monday, the 34th. when
our city will no doubt be honored by the pres
ence of our next Governor. Thistlk.
♦ .« -
A man named William II. Hampton
was found guilty in New 1 ork the other
day of one of the most peculiar crimes
on record. Tt seems that he has a son
in law in New York who is a wealthy
and respectable man. In order to ex
tort money from him he sent him from
the House of Correction in Philadelphia
a circular defaming his reputation,
which he threatened to send to every one
of his business correspondents unless ho
was paid a certain sum of money. His
son-in-law, who had been victimized by
him repeatedly before, procured his ar
rest with the result above stated. The
Judge, however, suspended sentence for
the present, owing to the intercession of
his family, who, of course, suffer keenty
from his disgrace. Hampton is a man
of advanced' age, and of a respectable
family, liis crime is aggravated by the
fact that his son-in-law has assisted him
in every way he could.
Oue mixer, advertising his bitters,
says they are richer in bone producing
materials than other bitters can be.
There is no doubt about it. Let a man
stick to th ‘ bitters in seasou and out of
t eason, and he will come to be all bones
in the course of time.
To afford immediate relief In Asthma, try
Dr. Jayne’s Expectorant, which acts
promptly by overcoming the spasmodic con
traction of the wind tubes, and by causing
the ejection of themneus which clogs them.
For Whooping Cough, Cronp and Hoarse
ness, this medicine is equally beneficial;
while for all Pulmonary and Bronchial Dis
orders, It is both a palliative and a curative,
and a sure and prompt remedy for all stub
born Coughs and Colds.
my22 8,M,W&wlt-dlp&w4p
A POLITICAL RESUME.
SENATOR DAVID DAVIS ON THE
SITLAT10N.
Peace lu Union-Centralization-
Great Corporatlona—Civil Service
Subflidiea-Public Lauda Review
of the Tariff—The Public Debt-
Kcoioni y—Election*.
By Telegraph to the Morning Xeics.
Washington, May 23.—Replying to & let
ter from the Hon. O. H. Browning, of Illi
nois, formerly Secretary of the Interior,
Senator David Davis, writing under date of
May 14th, says:
As a constituent, friend and an honored
citizen of Illinois, you have a perfect right
to ask for my views on public questions,
and I have no hesitation In expressing
them, taking the inquiries in the order
presented.
PEACE IN THE UNION.
Permanent prosperity and fraternal
fellowship are only to be attained
by silencing sectional strife. A
faithful adherence to the Constitution
and all the amendments; the strict observ
ance of the laws In conformity therewith,
and equal rights and equal protection lor
every citizen In every part of the republic
will soon #nd the discords that have too
long vexed the country and injured its
material welfare. The people are weary of
agitation and want peace.
CENTRALIZATION.
The Constitution wisely defines the re
spective limits of the Federal and State
governments under a happy and harmoni
ous system, wherein each is independent in
Its appropriate sphere, and both operate
conc urrently to jirotect the integrity and
stability of the l nlon. Any encroachment
Of one on the distinctive domain of the other
necessarily dislocates the machinery of the
Constitution and involves danger to the
whole body politic. In fact, every
departure from the great charter of
liberty and law is attended with peril.
The demaud made by the adherents of
one of the great parties for a strong govern
ment means substantially a centralized gov
ernment distinctive of home rule in the
8tates and the very reverse of what Mr.
Lincoln well described as a government of
the people by the people and for the people.
Carried to Its logical conclusion, such a
change would finally overthrow the republic.
The “third term,” an innovation upon
the sanctified traditions of the Presi
dency, first established by .the example of
Washington, is urgently demanded by a
powerful interest in the Republican party,
if the limitation of two terms heretofore
universally accepted be destroyed, the way
to the self-perpetuating of the Presidency
will be opened by the use and abuse of the
enormous public patronage. Break down
this barrier and an end of the experiment
of republican government looms up darkly
*s the cost of a fatal concession.
GREAT CORPORATIONS.
The rapid growth of corporate power,
and the malign influence which it exerts by
com binations on the National and State Leg
islatures Is a well grounded cause of alarm.
A struggle is impending in the near future
between this overgrown power, with its vast
ramification? all over the^Unlon, and a hard
grip on much of the political machinery ou
the one hand, and the people in an unor
ganized condition on the other, for the con
trol of the government. It will be watched
by every patriot with intense anxiety.
% CIVIL SERVICE.
Neither laws nor commissions created un
der them will effectually reform many and
glaring abu«es of the civil service. The
former have been constantly evaded, and
the latter are powerless for good. An hou-
est Executive, bent on a real and not a sim
ulated refoim, has abundaut authority to
make it effective everywhere, if he has* the
capacity to see his duty and the courage to
perform it.
SUBSIDIES.
Experience has demonstrated that subsi
dies in any form are sources of corruption,
and ought to be forbidden. Private enter
prises that depend for success upon legisla
tion procured by venal agencies do not de
serve public favor.
PUBLIC LANDS.
More than one hundred and fifty millions
of acres of valuable lands and more than
one hundred millions of dollars principal
and Interest have been voted by Congress
to railroad corporations. The remaining
lands should be sacredly reserved for the
cultivators of the soil, so that the laboriug
man shall have a chance to improve his
condition and to open up a future for his
children away from the seductions of great
cities.
REVISION OF THE TARIFF.
Tariff practically means taxation, and all
taxation not equitably adjusted is odious.
While the interest on an oppressive public
debt, pensions earned wuh the blood of
soldiers and sailors who fought for the
Union, and the regular expenses of carrying
ou the government are to be met, duties on
Imports must continue to furnish one
of the sources of revenue. So long as these
duties are levied manufacturers will be
benefited according to the degree iu which
the duties may be distributed. The exU'Jug
tariff is regarded as a confused mass of In
congruities and monopolies created by
special legislation, and open to constant
fraud on the revenue. It taxes the con
sumer heavily on those articles especially
that are most needed by the toiling masses.
It taxes every newspaper, every school
book, every Bible,and the s<of the working
man with gross injustice, because the poor
pretence Of revenue does not exist to cover
the wrong. A revision, therefore, which
shall be at .once searching and fair is de
manded, and should be promptly and effi
ciently made.
TIIE PUBLIC DEBT.
The debt of the United States in round
numbers is two thousand million dollars,
deducting the hoarded coin in the Treasury.
The interest upon it last year was over oue
hundred millions. These are appalll ag
figures. The rapid extinction of tbl*
debt Is to be desired, first, because
It would diminish the present
burdens, and for the additional reason
that one of the effects of a permanent na
tional debt is to create a preferred class to
live on Incomes and free from taxes under
our laws. Knowing the protection of the
government at home and abroad, they would
contribute nothing to Us support.
ECONOMY.
It is practicable by co-operation between
the Executive and Congress to reduce pub
lic expenditures many millions annually
without impairing the efficiency of the
public service. Retrenchment is needed
for the reduction of taxes, but it is aJ6o
needed because, properly^adminlstered, it
would become a potent factor In reforming
the civil service.
ELECTIONS.
The ballot box should be the safeguard
of the republic, for it Is intended to express
the free will of a free people, therefore
elections ought to be exempt from the pre^
sence of any menacing force and to be free
from the contamination of corrupt return
ing boards. No party deserves confidence
that seeks ascendancy by striking down
honest suffrage either by the use of troops,
by fraud or by Intimidation.
It would not be proper for roe to express
any opinion upon the measures pending or
proposed in Congress. My votes will speak
for themselves at the fitting time. Having
thus freely answered your inquiries, I may
add, in conclusion, that my support will be
cheerfully given to any candidate for Presi
dent who in good faith will strive to carry
out this general line of policy, which, in my
judgment, is of far more importance than
the ambition of any man, or even of the
success of any party.
A SAD ACCIDENT.
Dr. R. J. Bruce, a Distinguished
Physician ot Thomasvllle, Drown
ed.
Special Telegram to the Morning Xeics.
Tuomasvii.lb, (1a., May 23.-—Dr. R. J.
Bruce was drowned last night in attempting
to cross a small stream, which was greatly
swollen by the heavy rains. He was at the
head of bis profession, and bis Jos* is a pub
lic calamity.
LOUISIANA REPUBLICAN STATE
CONVENTION.
Harmonious-Eight Grant and Eight
Sherman Delecsles.
By Telegraph to the Morning Netcs.
New Orleans, May 23 —The Republican
State Convention will meet to-morrow. The
proceedings will probably be harmonious,
arrangements having been entered into by
the leaders of factions for the election of
eight Grant and eight Sherman delegates to
Chicago, uninstructed.
THE NICARAGUAN CANAL.
Contract with the Government Con
cluded—Liberal Term*—The New
American Com pany— Hayes, Grant,
Atumen and Henoeal—Await* the
Approval of the Legislature— Great
Enthusiasm.
By Telegraph to the Morning Xeics.
Panama, May 15.—The Star and Herald
•ays the contract has been made between
G. Menoc&l on the part of an American com
pany and the Government of the Republic
of Nicaragua for the construction of a canal
across Nicaraguan territory. It now only
awaits the approval of the Legislative
Congress, which has been convened for that
purpose, to become the law of the land.
The terms of the contract have not
been made public, but it is aaid they
are extremely liberal on the part of the
government and more explicit in detail
than the Wyse-Salgar contract. The points
developed in the discussion of the Panama
contract have been of service in the arrange
ment of the terms of the Nicaragua busi
ness. The Ibrvenir, of Nicaragua, asserts
that the moving spirits of the new American
company are President Hayes, Gen. Grant,
Admiral Ammen and A. G. Menocal. Great
enthusiasm exists in the various cities of
Nicaragua in favor of the new contract,
and we hope It may share a more happy
fate than the Blanchet affair. The canai,
no matter where built, will b6 a benefit to
all the world, and we desire to see It accom
plished as soon as possible. The Nicaragua
people are, however, a little behind in their
calculations, for while they are occupied in
the discussion of preliminaries, etc., M.
De Leaseps has already got through that
part of the business, and It only remains
for him now to form his company and go
ahead. He says he can raise money and we
believe him. We are not so sure about the
Nicaragua company. In both cases the
corporations have to be created and endowed
with financial life, and in the race Leaseps
has by long odds the advantage.
No news has been received from the seat
of war. As to the feeling on the isthmus
regarding the establishment of coaling
stations, the Star and Herald sa; s the com
manders of the Kearsarge and Adams have
received no assistance from the local
authorities iu prosecutiug their work.
Nor did they ask or obtain permis
sion to engage in surveys and other
labors of expedition either from general,
State or local authorities. In Costa Rica,
the visit of the Adams has occasioned a sen
sation, and as its object is opposed to the
general feeling of the people, President
Guardis has taken the necessary steps to
convey to the United States his sense of the
wrong which is apparently contemplated.
A FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Engineer, Fireman and Two Wood
Passers Killed—A Heavy Fall of
Rain—Tiie Lowlands Submerged-
Railroad Tracks Washed —Great
Damage to Growing Crops.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Columbus, Ga., May 22.—From Friday, 9
a. m., to Saturday, 5 a. m., nine and ninety-
two hundredths incbeaof rain fell,eight and
fifty hundredths falling In ten hours. All
of the railroads are injured, and no traiDB
have arrived or departed to-day.
The through freight and accommodation
train from Macon to Montgomery last night
ran into Schatalga creek, on the Southwest
ern Road, nine miles east of this place. The
engineer, John T. Wade, the fireman, Joe
Schaefer, and wood passers Charles Taylor
and Joseph T. Brown were killed. All are
white and from Macon, Ga. The engine
and eleven cars were wrecked. The con
struction train is repairing the breaks from
here to the accident.
Girard creek bridge is washed away, and
the lowlands are submerged and washed.
All the crops are likely to be damaged, and
much cotton will have to be replanted. The
river rose fifteen feet in two hours. The
roads may be all right by to-morrow.
THE KALLOCH IMPEACHMENT
CASE.
Defendant Files Demurrer—Asks
Hearing In Banc—Important Pub*
11c Issues Involved.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
San Francisco, May 22.—The impeach
ment case of Mayor K&iloch comes up in
the Superior Court on Monday. The de
fendant has filed an affidavit demurring to
the complaint on the ground that the court
has no jurisdiction: also, that it does not
6tate facts sufficient to constitute a
cause of action, and is ambiguous,
unintelligible and uncertain. In another
affidavit he asks that the case be
heard in banc, as it involves public interests
of great importance and difficult questions
of law and fact. In thie affidavit he refers
to the duty of appointing the board of dele
gates, devolved upon him by the new Mc
Clure charter, and draws attention to the
conflict between himself aud the Board of
Supervisors lu this aud other points as
special reasons for asking a hearing in banc.
A RESTRAINING ORDER.
Southern Express Company Com*
plalnaut—St. Lonls, Iron ITIoun*
tain aud Southern Railroad Com*
pany Defendants—A Lively Legal
Fight Anticipated.
By Telegraph to the Morning Xeics.
St. Louis, May 22.—Judge Trent of the
United States Circuit Court has granted an
order restraining the St. Louis, Iron Moun
tain and Southern Railroad Company from
interfering with the business or privileges
of the Southern Expre&s Company on the
ltae of that road until the further orders
of that court. The hearing of the applica
tion for the injunction will be granted June
7th. The case grows out of a notification
by the railroad company to the express com
pany that after June 1st they will do express
business over their road themselves.
THE READING RAILROAD SUS
PENSION.
Operations to Continue as Usual—
Colliery Work Resniued—The Re
ceivership.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Philadelphia, Pa., May 22.—A state
ment has been made by the officials of the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and
Coal and Iron Companies that operations
will be conducted as usual and there will be
no interruption of busine*a. At the Collieries
work will be commenced on Monday and
continued till Wednesday night. A receiver
ship will be applied for and Mr. Gowen or
Edwin M. Lewis, President of the Farmers’
and Mechanics’ Bank, will be named for the
position. _
COMMUNIST DEMONSTRATION IN
PARIS.
Thirteen Persons Arrested —En
counter Between the Police and
the Throng.
By Telegraph to the Morning Xeics.
Paris, May 23.—The Communist demon
stration to-day in commemoration of the
death of their comrades shot on the 23d of
May, 1871, passed off without any more se
rious incidents than the arrest of thirteen
persons, including one Prussian, and a
slight eucouuter between the police and the
throng.
TENNESSEE GREENBACKERS.
Slim Attendance—Resolutions Fa
voring State Repudiation.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Nashville. May 23.—The 8tate National
Greenback Convention was held here yester
day. There was a slim attendance, repre
senting only a portion of the State. The
speakers and the resolutions adopted favored
the repudiation of all the State debt except
about $2,000,000.
Drowned.
Memphis, May 23.—Wm. T. Avery, who
represented this district two terms prior to
the war, was drowned yesterday by the cap
sizing of * boat at Ten-mile bayou, Arkansas.
THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.
THE PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.
Relief Fund—Retrenchment Com
mittee Report—minority Report-
Dividing the Synod of Texas—Fi
nancial Prospect* of Columbia, S.
€., Theological Seminary—The In
stitution Closed.
By Telegraph to the Mominq News.
Charleston, S. C., May 23.—In the
Prebbyterian General Assembly to-day.the
trustees reported $34,(XX) in hand belonging
to the relief fund. The Committee on Re
trenchment presented a majority report
opposing any material changes in the man
agement of church enterprises except the
discontinuance of the relief fund. The
minority report urges the abolishing of
secretaries of church committees, the ap
pointment of a central treasurer and tri
ennial sessions of the Assembly.
The report of the Sabbath Committee
showed progress in securing a healthy pub
lic opinion.
The question of dividing the Synod of
Texas into two synods was referred back to
that synod for further action.
The report on the Columbia Seminary
states that its financial prospects are gloomy.
Dr. Girardeau has resigned, and the semi
nary is closed.
THE METHODISTS.
A Stormy Session—Discussing the
Book Concern.
By Telegraph to the Morning Netrs.
Cincinnati, May 22.—To-day’s session of
the Conference proved to be the most stormy
yet held. The regular order was the report
of the Methodist Book Concern. Dr. Evans,of
Colorado,moved as a substitute for the major
ity report, his minority report, which recom
mends the consolidation of two Southern
papers. Upon this there was a long discus
sion, in the course of which Dr. Hitchcock
made a very favorable showing for the Book
Concern. The lay delegates generally were
disposed to put the concern on a paying
basis, while the ministers, as a rule, favored
the cotitluuance of the publication, even at
a loss, on the ground that they were the
means ot doing a great deal of good.
Dr. Kynett, of Iowa, finally moved to
table the motion to substitute the minority
report. A call for the yeas and nays was
made, but not sustained.
Mr. Gillet, a layman from Illinois, moved
to have the vote taken by separate orders,
and it was sustained. There is a rule of the
Conference by which this may be done when
thirty members of each order, lay and min
isterial, demand It. The two orders then
vote separately and concurrent, and
both are required to carry any mo
tion. It was over this vote that the
exciting confusion arose. Nearly an hour
was spent in raising and settling points of
order, during which there were many evi
dences of warm feeling and much confusion.
A vote was finally taken, resulting as fol
lows: Ministerial delegates in favor of
tabling Dr. Evants’ report, 131 to 95; lay
delegates opposed to tabling, 60 to 39. The
two orders not concurring, the minority re
port was not tabled, and the Conference ad
journed.
METHODIST PROTESTANT CON
FERENCE.
Fraternal Correspondence — Ecu
menical Council — Unl'ermeuled
XVIne and Unleavened Bread lu
Sty cracneut.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Pittsburg, Pa., May 22—The second
day’s session of the Methodist Protestant
Conference was opened this morning by Dr.
W. Wills, of North Carolina, with prayer.
The Committee oc Fraternal Messengers,
to correspond with the Methodist bodies of
England, presented a communication from
the Methodist New Connection Conference,
of England, whereupon a resolution, ap
pointing 8. B. Southerland, J. W. McKee,
W. H. Jordan, James J. Bennett and lion.
C. W. Bolton, a committee to respond to
the fraternal address of aII Methodist bodies
in England, was adopted.
The Committee on Ecumenical Council
reported that they had responded to a call
for a joint meeting of similar committees
at Cincinnati on May 6th and 7th, 1880, and
bad met with the kindest welcome and were
satisfied of the sincerity of the intentions
of the prime movers in that great ecclesiasti
cal assembly. The report, which will call
for a council meeting, was adopted.
A resolution to consider the propriety of
shortening the form of dedicating churches,
and as to the expediency of inserting an
item in the discipline making it the duty of
the churches to use only unfermented wine
and unleavened bread in celebrating the
Lord's supper, were referred, and the Con
ference adjourned until Monday.
BAPTIST BIBLE CONVENTION.
Interesting Theses Read The Work
and Purposes of the American aud
Foreign Bible Society—Jltmmlonury
Union—An Interesting Relic of Dr.
Jndson.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Saratoga, May 22.—The Baptist Bible
Convention met this atternoon at the First
Baptist Church, with a good attendance.
Capt. Ebenezer Morgan, of Connecticut,
presided, aud called J. T. Smith, of New
York, to the chair. After the opening ex
ercises, an important paper, embracing
twenty-seven theses, was read by Rev. Dr.
Evarts. Brief but stirring addresses upon
the work and purposes of the American and
Foreign Bible Society and the American
Bible Union were made by Messrs. Dunn of
Iowa, McLaren of Canada, Rollinson of
New Jersey, First of Illinois, Douglas of
New York, J. N. Folwell of Brooklyn, N. B.
Evarts of Rhode Island, and others.
The meeting was continued in the eve
ning, the speakers all insisting upon the im
portance of the work of the society. This
branch of the business will be further con
sidered on Monday.
The meetings of the Missionary Union in
charge of the foreign work of the denomi
nation will begin on Tuesday morning.
Eight hundred delegates have reported aud
about one hundred additional ones have ar
rived.
The table upon which Judson translated
♦he Bible Into the Burmese language was
used by the Chairman of the convention.
THE HANLAN COURTNEY RACE.
Courtney 9 * Sickness a Sliam—The
Race Sold JTloiiths Ago—Testimony
of a Disinterested Witness.
By Telegraph to the Morning New*.
Auburn, N. Y. t May 22. —^The Advertiser
contains an account of an interview with
Henry C. Carr, of Union Springs, Courtney’s
attendant at Washington, In which be says
Courtney’s sickness was a barefaced sham
throughout. Carr accompanied Courtney
totally Ignorant of any job, bat in the light
of subsequent developments be says be is
now firmly convinced that the race was sold
months before It was rowed.
CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS FOR
FIELD.
Slow the Delegates Stand—A Ms-
jorlty to Cast the Vote of the State.
By Telegraph to the Mominq News.
Washington, May 23.—A private dis
patch received at the capitol from a promi
nent Democratic politician in S&n Francisco
says that the California delegation to the
National Convention stand nine for Judge
Field and three doubtful. The convention
adopted a resolution that a majority of the
delegates shall cast the vote of the State.
RAILROAD COMBINATIONS.
Lease of the Milsaonri, Kansas and
Texaa Railroad to the itlissonrl
Pacific.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Galye8Ton, May 23.—A dispatch from
Deniaon says : “At a meeting ot the stock
holders ot the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Extension Company, yesterday, a resolution
was passed authorizing the Directors to
lease the road to the Missouri Pacific Rail
road for ninety-nine years.”
THE PHILADELPHIA DEMOCRACY
Healing Party Factions—Work of
the Peace Committee—A Friendly
Conference and Its Good Results.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Philadelphia, May 22.—The Peace Com
mittee of the Democratic State Convention
met at three o’clock this afternoon. The
gentlemen appearing before the committee
were the Hon. Richard Vanx and John R.
Read, representing the new committee, and
E. H. Flood and George R. Berrill, the old
committee. A full and free interchange of
opinion took place. After the nesting, the
committee met and adopted the following
minute: “The committee, having met and
having had a full, free and friendly
conference with the gentlemen representing
each organization of the city and county of
Philadelphia were gratified to find a unani
mous determination to bury all past differ
ences. Inasmuch as the labor of the com
mittee will involve many details which can
not be Immediately furnished,
lt Hesolved, That the respective organiza
tions of the Democracy ot the city
and county of Philadelphia be in
vited to appoint a committee of five
from each •organization to meet this com
mittee on the eighth day of July next, at
eleven o’clock a. m., and confer with it as
to the best plan of adjusting the differences
between the said organizations,and that this
committee lake recess until that day.”
It is not likely that any definite plan of
action will be agreed upon until after the
Presidential election, when both committees
will come together on an equal footing. It
is understood that in the meantime the cam
paign committee, representing both factions,
will be organized to look after the interests
of the party In the coming Presidential con
test.
THE GERMAN EMPIRE.
Church aud Siate-Tbe New Church
BUI-The New Customs District—
Alton* a North Sea Customs Port—
The Identical Note to the Porte-
Proposed Supplementary Confer
ence of the Powers.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
London, May 22 —A Berlin dispatch says
the newspapers publish an official commu
nication saying that the government, in
Introducing the new church bill, offers to the
Catholic clergy and the whole Catholic
population the possibility of a modus vl-
veruli very favorable to the church. If
the proffered hand is rejected the fault will
lie with the Ultramontaues. Another dis
patch says the Emperor is highly pleased
with the bill. He remarked that the bill
bids fair to secure peace between Church
and State.
Berlin, May 22.—Tbe Committee of the
Bundesrath, under the Presidency of Bis
marck. having assentedin principle to the
annexation of Altona to the Zollverein, aud
dropped the proposal regarding St. Paoll,
Bismarck says he intends to make Altona
a large North Sea customs uulon port, cor-
necte-d by direct line with Berlin and
Magdeburg.
Berlin, May 22.—The identical note from
the powers will go to Constantinople in a
few days summoning the Porte to settle the
Armenian, Montenegrin and Greek qaes-
tions. Upon the reply of the Porte will
depend whether a supplementary confer
ence will be held in Berlin to consider tbe
Greek question.
The first fortnight in July is the period at
present contemplated for holding the con
ference. The Porte will be excluded from
its deliberations, which will be held on the
basis of clause 24 of the treaty of Berlin.
Conformably to the committee’s reports,
on motion of Prussia and Hamburg the
Federal Council has resolved to incorporate
Altona in the customs territory.
THE NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Opened Heavy—A Decline—Specula
tion Quiet—An Improvement Reg 1
lstered at Close.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
New York, May 22.—The stock market
opened heavy and the general list declined
1V to 4 per cent., the latter figure In New
Jersey Central. Towards noon a better
feeling prevailed and prices recovered to
percent., Cincinnati Southern leadlog
the upward movement. During the
afternoon speculation was quiet and
in late dealings a reduction of
to per cent. took place
but the market closed firm at an improve
ment of K to % per cent. The great fea
ture of tbe dealings was Reading, which
broke to 20,V» against 31^4 at yesterday’s
closing, and recovered to 20;.,'. Transac
tions aggregated 370,000 shares, including :
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, 84,000;
Erie, 48,000: Lake Shore, 17,000; North
western, 10,000; New Jersey Central, 3,600;
Northern Pacific, 6,000; Ohio aud Mobile,
6,000; Pacific Mall, 5,000; St. Paul, 21,000;
Western Union, 17,000.
FRENCH AFFAIRS.
Reduction of Public Worallip Esti
mates—Improvement iu the Strik
ing District—The New Italian IQln-
ister.
By Telegraph to the Morning Xews.
Paris, May 22.—The Budget Committee
has further reduced the public worship esti
mates by 200,000 francs.
At Roubaix tbe situation continues to im
prove. Twelve hundred strikers resumed
work to-day, and a still larger resumption
is expected on Monday.
It is said that Signor Oetlani will go to
Washington as Italian Minister.
Paris, May 22.—General Gavland com
mitted suicide here to day.
RUSSIA AND THE CHINESE.
Pecuniary Indemnity Insufficient-
Territorial Securities Required
Against Reoccupation.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
St. Petersburg, May 23.—The Journal de
SL Petersburg states that pecuniary in
demnity for the cession of Koldja would not
alone suffice; that interests have grown
up during the twelve years of its occupancy,
and that territorial securities for commercial
facilities are necessary in order to bo as
sured against the consequences of reoccu
pancy by fanatical Chinese.
MOB INCENDIARISM IN SPAIN.
Firing a Cotton Hill -Leaders Ar
rested—Decree to Dissolve Trade
Unions.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Barcelona, May 22.—A thousand cotton
spinners wrecked and set fire to tbe mill
here, but the police and military quenched
tbe flames and arrested the leaders of the
mob, when order was restored. The Prefect
has issued a decree to dissolve every trade
uulon in Catalonia.
Heavy Damages In a Railroad Case.
New York, May 22.—In the trial suit of
Colonel John T. Harroll against the New
York Elevated Railroad Company to recover
$50,(XX) damages for injuries sustained in a
collision on the elevated railroad on the 25th
of March last, a verdict was rendered in the
case to day In Kings county Supreme Court,
Brooklyn, for the plaintiff in the sum of
$30,000.
A Bottle Picked Up.
Mobile, Ala, May 22.—The following let
ter was found in a bottle picked upon Sonth
Beach, near Fort Morgan: “May 12, 1878—
Skip Hesperia, bound to London from South
Australia, in approximate latitude 37:25
north, and longitude 28:19 west. The fluder
will please report to the Iioyal Geographical
Society, London, for ocean currents. Cast
off by C. L. Wragge, of R. A. 8.”
Steamship Ashore.
Washington, May 22.—The Signal Corps
station at False Cape, Virginia, reports the
steamship James Gray, of Whitby, from
Benisaf, Africa, to Baltimore, ashore
off the station with a cargo of Iron ore.
The vessel is perfectly sound, and lying in
fifteen feet of water. Light southeast winds
are prevailing with a smooth sea.
International Rifle Hatch.
New York, May 22.—At a meeting of
competitors for places on the Irish team, the
following were selected as the team proper i
W. Milton Farrow, H. F. Clark, 8. J. Scott,
Homer Fisher, Ransom Rathburn, J. F.
Brown and W. H. Jackson. The reserve
team sails for Europe June 5th.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
SATURDAY’S CONGRESSIONAL
PROCEEDINGS.
Tare on Sugars—Discussing the Jolut
Rule for Counting the Electoral
Vote—The Tobacco License Tax —
Yellow Fever Commission Reports,
Etc.
Washington, May 22.—In the Senate, the
Preaideut pro tem. laid before that body a
communication from the Secretary of
the Treasury, answering the Senate
resolution inquiry regarding the meth
od adopted in the revenue service
lu subtracting tare on foreign sugars
imported In boxes. The Secretary reports
that fourteeu per cent, is allowed in such
cases. This rate is thought to represent the
average tare, but the importer may insist
upon an ascertainment of the actual tare in
every case.
When the morning hour expired, the un
finished business, being the resolution for a
joint rule for counting the electoral vote,
was taken up, and Mr. Morgan spoke in its
support. Mr. Morgan expressed the hope
that the discussion upon the measure would
be entirely uoportlsan, as the subject was
recognized as oue of general public Import
ance. The statutes already provide as fully
as advisble In regard to the formation of the
electoral college and tbe forwarding of lists
of votes. It bad not heretofore been
thought by Congress, except in the case of
the electoral commission, that a rale could
be adopted governing the discretion of the
houses, when met to count the votes, as to
what lists should be received or rejected.
Iu 1865 a joint resolution was passed by the
two houses which affected the rights of
certain States lately in rebellion to be repre
sented in the electoral college. There was
some doubt as to tbe opinion of the President
at that time as to the propriety of his par
ticipation in legislation affecting the elec
toral count, end on the next day after the
passage of the joint resolution, and before
it went to the President, the two houses
adopted its provisions as a joint rule. This
was tbe day before the electoral meeting in
which Mr. Lincoln was counted in for tbe
second term. A few days after. President
Lincoln returned the joint resolution signed,
but accompanied by & message, stating that
he did not think legislation providing a
method of counting the vote required the
concurrence of the Executive, and believed
bis signature had no effect one way or the
other. Mr. Morgan had referred to this
fact at the outset of his remarks because it
might become significant in the debate. It
was claimed by many that the President of
tbe Senate had authority to open and count
the votes, although he might be personally
interested in the result. Mr. Lincoln had
in the case referred to declined to partict-
g ate in the law which disfranchised eleven
tates, which would otherwise have been
counted against him. Mr. Morgan hoped this
example, sowell in accord with the princi
ples of our free govern ment, would be always
regarded with respect, and the opinion of
Mr. Lincoln on this important subject be
given the weight it deserved. The joint
rale formerly iu force had been abandoned
by the party adopting it, whether for politi
cal reasons or not, he could not say. Anew
one was demanded for the safety of the
people. He thought the one proposed by
him judiciously defined the duties of pre
siding officers as to laying the votes before
the houses. The rule heretofore in force
requiring the concurrence of both houses in
receiving the vote was palpably in violation
of the Const itution. It gave either house the
right to disfranchise a State arbitrarily. The
proposed jolut rale left each house tree in
deciding all questions arising. The rule of
the decision provided for was in accordance
with the universal practice, where the action
of three bodies was to be had on a question.
The theory of the rale Is that the States
pass upon tbe validity of the returns so far
as their validity depends upon S ate laws.
In a joint meeting of the two houses, in
which the States are also represented, their
validity is decided upon under the Consti
tution, and if one house upholds the action
of the State, there is a majority of that
house and State as against the other house.
After answering questions propounded by
Messrs. Edmunds and Conkiing, and after
Mr. Conkiing spoke about half an hour, Mr.
Morgan again took the floor and said that
when he had yielded to the Senator from
New York for an observation, he bad not
supposed that that Senator was to make a
speech. He would not comment upon that
action, nor be led away from the line of his
argument thereby. Continuing,he said: “The
argument of the Senator from New York,
radiant as it was, was a mere illumination of
my position, and not the answer to it. The
honorable Senator put no one fact in the way
of the argument which I presented, anil
after he has exercised his great powers
for full half an hour in his endeavor to
make a complaint against this rule, it results
that he has not been able to state one single
principle in the rale that is wrong. There
is no rule of decision here that ever
jars upon the sensibilities of the Senator
from New York, except the coloring of os
tentation or presumplton by which this com
mittee have ventured to bring forward for
his criticism a certain measure of legis
lative proceeding which they think
is necessary for the proper conduct
of this great council, that is, to
count the vote. This ruie in its principles
had the sanction of a man who at one time
had the ear of the people of the United
States or at least of the Republican party,
and before whom these Senators, junior and
senior, bowed with absolute obedience and
whose will they seldom attempted to thwart
or controvert. That man was Oliver P.
Morton, who brought forward this same
measure as law, and the Senate passed
the law and the House disagreed to
it, when it was Republican. I am
not responsible for tbe disagreement of the
House to that law. They acted on the Idea
that the enactment of a law was beyond
the jurisdiction of Congress, to direct a
joint body how to count the electoral vote.
Let us look into the history of the joint
rules.” Mr. Morgan proceeded to show that
for nineteen elections there had been
no restraint by law upon the mode
of counting the vote by the joint
meeting, and said he thought if our fathers
could trust a couut without law for
nineteen elections we could aafely do It for
one more. Why did not the Republicans
pass such a law when they were in power in
Congress ? Instead of doing so they adopt
ed the twenty-second Joint rule, and had
three counts under It, which made the con
current vote of the two houses necessary to
admit a vote ; then, when it appeared that
one bouse,>ould.‘become Democratic, and in
order to secure Mr. Hayes’ counting in, the
Republican Congress abrogated the rales.
He went on to restate his objection to putting
the measure in the form of a law. It brought
the question of how the vote should be
counted Into the ordinary legislation of Con
gress, subject to the approval of the Presi
dent, who might be an Interested party and
subject to all tbe influences that distarb
party legislation. He did not wish to see
that wedge driven in any further. This ar
gument of the Senator from New York, he
added, is intended for political ef
fect to go before the country as ar
gument against a rule perfectly
fair In itself, and against which nothing cen
be urged except that we did not allow Mr.
Hayes to come in here and participate in
the count of the vote. That argument will
never satisfy the people throughont the
country, now so anxiously awaiting some
settlement of this question. They want to
know of the Democratic party If this vacu
um in the law is to be left to be filled by
chance, or If we will 6tep up to
duty and lay down a rale rate to
which no objection can be made, except
that it is a joint resolution instead of -a law.
Joint resolutions operate like laws on the
two houses. They not only regqlate the
procedure, but affect matters of the
gravest legislative moment, as in respect
to conference committees, for example.
Yet not one of the twenty-two Joint rules
was eyer adopted otherwise than by a con
current resolution such as this. Not one
was ever carried to the President, and
now, for the first time, the rule which
affects nothing at all but the count
of tbe electoral vote it is said must
go to the President. That objection
means merely this: We intend to quarrel
with the rule no matter what yon present,
and you present one so undeniably fair that
the only quarrel we can make U to say you
have not made it a law. No, sir, if we had
seen fit and had felt it in the line of our
duty on this great question we would
have adopted that 22d joint rule,
and then the State of New York, which
is ready, like a locomotive, to go
forward or backward, to stand still or to
move at command of its manager, which
is ready to take any action necessary in this
Presidential campaign. We should have held
the power of the State of New Y'ork, which
this country dreads from one end to the
other, so that it could not have changed its
method of casting the electoral vote,
and have come here and against the
consent of either bouse have forced
that vote on us. But in the face of
that threat, in the face of the apprehension
largely felt by the people throughout tbe
country that some guen affair is to take
place In that great State, we come forward
with a rale that require* the concurrence of
both houses before even that can be met
and rejected. We have dared to be fair iu
this question, and our appeal Is to the
people of the United States for the honesty
of our motives and for the integrity of our
conduct in bringing forward this measure
for the satisfaction of the people and for the
peace of the land.
At 4:20 p. m., on motion of Mr. Davis, of
Illinois, the Senate went into executive ses
sion, and when the doors were reopened ad
Jourced.
In the House, on motion of Mr. T. Turner,
of Kentucky, a bill was passed, so amending
the sixth subdivision of section
•1244 of the Revised Statutes so as
to provide that dealers in leaf
tobacco, who do not sell or consign for
sale leaf tobacco L^an amount not exceed
ing 25,000 pound*” In any one special tax
year, shall pay a license of but five dollars.
A resolution was adopted for printing six
thousand copies of the report of the Yellow
Fever Commission and six thousand copies
of the report of the National Board of
Health.
The morning hour was dispensed with and
the House went into committee of the whole
upon bills reported from the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds. There was
a good deal of opposition shown in the
House and committee to proceeding to the
consideration of bills for the erection of
public buildings, Mr. Bragg being particu
larly active in preventing their considera
tion. It being evident no business could be
transacted, the committee arose and the
House at 4:40 adjourned.
THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT.
Political Complexion ot the two
Houses—The Opposition not Strong
Enough to Defeat the Government
—A Revolutionary Ban 1 Advancing
on Chelya—Armed Columns In Pur
suit.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Madrid, May 22.—The Diaria Espanol
says the four groups ot tbe Opposition com
bined only command forty-four votes in the
Senate, and eighty-three in the Chamber ot
Deputies. It Is, therefore, too small to de
feat the government.
A revolutionary band, in the province of
Castellon, Is marching in the direction of
the town of Chelva, and armed columns
have started in hot pursuit.
THE CUBAN ARMY.
Garcia’s Proclamation* Disastrous
Tendencies.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Havana, May 22.—Calixto Garcia has
issued two proclamations to the Cabans, in
which he styles the insurgents “ the Cuban
army.” The Triumfo (Liberal paper), re
ferrmg to these proclamations, says they
contain no practical ideas, but show disas
trous tendencies, and have created a sad
dening impression. The Triiunfo shows that
the last insurrection accomplished nothing
but ruin, aud asks by what right Garcia pre
tends to the Presidency of the so-called re
public.
Kentucky Turf Notes.
Louisville, May 22.—The first race, for
the tobacco stake, for three-year-old6, Bou
levard won In two straight heats; time 1:48;
1:48^. Quito, the favorite, was not placed
on account of foul riding.
The second race, a mile dash for all ages,
Long Nine won, Frank Short second, Buck-
tie third. Time 1:48}*.
Tbe third race, a mile and an eighth.
Matagorda won. Bill Bird second, Emma
Cooper third. Time 2:00%.
The fourth race, three quarter mile dash,
Beatitude won, Lavocca second, Leon third.
Time 1:18%.
Benelicial Rains in Virginia.
Fredericksburg, Va., May 23.—General
and plentiful rains have prevailed through
out the Tidewater and Piedmont district,
Virginia, for two days past, and have ended
the exceptional drought of nearly two
months. Corn planting and other farming
operations have been greatly delayed and
the oat crop will be short.
Fatal Duel Between Brothers.
Galveston, May 22 —A dispatch to the
New* from Denison says: “At McAllister
last night Bill and Bud Pusslev, brothers
and half breeds, fought a duel, in which
Bill was shot and Instantly killed. Bill was
a prominent man and largely interested in
the coal mlDe*.
A Hired Incendiary Committed.
New' Orleans, May 23.—Thomas Melias,
& sailor of the British ship Iron Cross, was
yesterday committed before the Superior
Criminal Court on a charge of having for
$250 set fire to that vessel, which was loaded
with cotton, April 22d. The accused was
remanded in default of $10,000 bond.
Death ol Speaker Randall’s Hother.
Philadelphia, May 22.—Speaker Ran
dall was summoned from Washington by
telegram, and at two o’clock this afternoon
attended at the death of his mother, Mrs.
Aon Randall, relict of the late Jo&lah Ran
dall. She lived in Germantown and was
over eighty years of age.
A Chinese Embassy.
New Orleans, May 22.—A special to the
Galveston News from the City of Mexico
says: “ The Chinese Embassy to Mexico
has arrived at Mazatlan, and are so numer
ous that there is no hotel in the city that
can contain them.”
Fog Signals Discontinued.
Washington, May 22.—Notice is hereby
given by the Light House Board that the
steam fog signals which have been main
tained at the mouth of the Southwest Pass
and Pass a l’Outre, Mississippi river, Louisi
ana, will be hereafter discontinued.
The Death Sentence.
Augusta, Ga., May 22 —Henry Ryan,
colored, convicted on Thursday last in
Burke county Superior Court of the murder
of an old colored woman last December,
was sentenced to day to be hung July 9th.
A Denial.
London, May 22.—Lord Beaconsfleld
writes to the Tunes, entirely denying that he
ever uttered a single word attributed to him
In the reports of his speech at the Conserva
tive’s meeting at the Bridgewater House.
The Blackburn Strikers.
London, May 22.—The Executive Com
mittee of the Blackburn cotton operators
advise all strikers to resume work when the
mills reopen Monday.
A friend of the Son Francisco Call
sends the following literal transaction
from a recent number of the Vigit de
Cherbourg (France), which vouches for
the truth of the story: “Cherbourg pos
sesses now a marvellous phenomenon,
unique without doubt, since the world
exists. A child six months old, Augus
tine Laver, who bears upon her head a
feather, which drops off and is replaced
every six days. The Phoenix fabulous
rising from its ashes and becoming a re
ality. We have seen the twenty-third
feather which has bloomed in succession
upon the head of this infant We assist
ed last Saturday at its father’s house (a
clever joiner). No. 101 Sante Ilonore
street, at the falling out ol the last.
We will probably assist to day to
wards four o’clock at the birth of
the twenty-fourth. Behold how this
strange phenomenon occurs; nothing is
more curious: A bud forms upon the
nape (nugue) of the infant At the mo
ment when the bud ought to open Au
gustine experiences a slight trembling,
accompanied with some pain. The bud
opens and the feather shows itself push
ing out, but bent, in order to obtain its
full length, some ten or twelve centime
tres. It is golden upon its borders, and
presents the most variegated and charm
ing shades. When it falls out some
drops of white liquid ooze out of the
hole, which closes immediately without
leaving a sign of its existence until the
reappearance of a new bud. The infant
bears this feather on its head, sometimes
six and sometimes four days, and what
is still more mysterious, the new feather
takes as much time to bloom as the old
does to die or fall off.’'
Advices from Santa Fe indicate that
there is much cause for alarm as to the
movements of the Navajo Indians. A
party of that tribe recently attacked the
mail ’bus near Blue Water, rippen open
the mail sacks, snd threatened to kill the
driver. The number of troops in the
Territory is entirely inadequate to cope
with the savages. The Indian Agent at
Fort Wingate is exceedingly unpopular
with the Indians, and his withdrawal is
petitioned for by the employes at the
post.
Our sharp reporter was neatly shaved
yesterday with Cuticura Shaving Soap.
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UNCLE BEX US’ FOLK LORE.
Th. Babbit and th. Bear.
J. C. Harm in the Atlanta Constitution.
"Dar wuz one sewon," said Uncle
Kemui, pulling thoughtfully at hit-
whiskers, “w en Brer Fox say to hisse’f
dat he speck be better whirl in en plant
s goober patch, en in dem days, mon, hit
wu7 tech en go. De wud wern’l mo'n
out'n his mouf ’fo' de groun' ’uz brok'd
up en de goobers ’uz planted. Old Brer
Rabbit, he sot off en watch do motions,
he did, en he sorter shet one eye en sing
to his chilluns:
“ ‘Ti-yil TunKalee!
I eat um i>ea. 1 pick am pea.
Hit £row in dc groun’. tut grow so free;
Ti-yi dem goober pea.'
“Sho’ 'nuff wen do goobers ’gun ter
ripen up, cvc’v time lirer Fox go down
ter his patsh, he tine whar somebody bin
grabblin’ ’rnongst de vines, en he git
mighty mad. He sorter speck who de
somebody is. but old Bier Rabbit he cov
er his tracks so cute dat Brer Fox dunner
how ter ketch im. Bimeby, one day
Brer Fox take a walk all ioun’ de groun'-
pea patch, en 'twan’t long ’fo' he fine a
crack in de fence whar de rail done bin
rub right smoove, en right dar he sot ’im
a trap. He tuck’n ben* down a hick’ry
saplin’ growiu' in de fence cronder en tie
one een' un a plow line ou de top, en in
de udder eeu‘ he fix a loop knot, en dat
he fasten w'id a trigger right in de crack.
Nex’ mawnin’ w’en ole Brer Rabbit come
*lippin’ ’long en crope thoo de crack, de
l.Kip knot kotch ’im bchimede fo'Iegs, en
de saplin’ flew’d up, en dar he w*s twix’
de heaven en deyetb. Dar he swung, en
he fear’d he gwinter fall, en he fear’d
he wer’u’t gwineter fall Wiles he wuz
a fixin’ up a tale fer Brer Fox, he hear a
lumberin’ down de road, en present’yyer
cum ole Brer B’ar amblin’ long fum
whar he bin takin’ a bee-tree. Brer
Rabbit, he bail ’im.
“ Howdy, Brer B’ar?*
“Brer B’ar he look Toun’ en bimeby he
see Brer Rabbit swingin’ fum de sapling
en he holler out:
“ Heyo, Brer Rabbit! How you come
on dis mawnin’f
“ ‘Much oblije, I’m middlin’, Brer
B’ar,’ sez Brer Rabbit, aezee.
“Den Brer B’ar, he ax Brer Rabbit w’at
he doin’ up dar iu de elements, en Brer
Rabbit, he up’n say he makin’ duller
minnii. Brer B ar, he say how. Brer
Rabbit say he keepin’ crows out’n Brer
Fox’s groun’ pea patch, en den he ax
Brer Bar ef he don’t wan ter make dollar
minnii, kazehegotbigfambly erchilluna
fer ter take keer un, en den he make
sech nice skeercrow. Brer B’ar ’low dat
he take de job, en den Brer Rabbit show
’im how ter ben’ down de saplin’, en
’twan’t long ’fo’ Brer B’ar wuz swingin’
up dar in lirer Rabbit’s place. Den Brer
Rabbit, he put out fer Brer Fox’s house
en w’en he got dar he sing out:
‘Brer Fox! Oh, Brer Fox! Come out
yer, Brer Pox, en I’ll show you de man
w’at bin stealin’ yo’ goobers.’
“Brer Fox,he grab up his walkin’-stick,
en bofe un um went runnin’ back down
ter de goober patch, en w’en dey got dar,
sho nuff, dar wuz old Brer B ar.
“ ‘Oh, yes! youer kotch’d, is you?’ sez
Brer Fox, en ’fo’ Brer B’ar could ’splain,
Brer Rabbit he jump up en down en
holler out:
“ ‘Hit ’im in de mouf. Brer Fox; hit
’im in de mouf ;’ en Brer Fox, he draw’d
back wid de walkin’ cane, en blip he
tuck ’im, en eve’y time Brer B ar’d try
ter ’splain, Brer Fox’d shower down on
him.
“Wiles all dis ’uz gwineon, Brer Rab
bit he slip off en git in a mud hole en
des lef’ his eyes Stic-kin’ out, kazo he
know’d dat Brer Bar’d be a cornin’ atter
im. Sho nuff, bimeby here come Brer
B ar down de road, en w’en he git ler de
mud-hole, he say:
“ 'Howdy, Brer Frog; is you seed Brer
Rabbit go by yer?’
“‘He des gone by.’ sez Brer Rabbit,
en ole man B’ar tuck oil down de road
like a skeer’d mule, en Brer Rabbit, he
come out en dry hisse’f in de sun, en
go home to his fambly same ez enny udder
man.”
‘The Bear didn’t catch the Rabbit
then?” inquired the little boy sleepily.
“Jump up fum dar, honey! ’ exclaimed
Uncle Remus, by way of reply. “I ain’t
got no time fer ter be settin’ yer proppin’
yo’ eye-leds open.”
A French Romance.—-Eleven year
ago a young Frenchman, Gibert by name,
and a very ardent Republican, fell in Jove
with the daughter of an Imperialist, and
as the father of the girl refused his con
sent to the marriage, the young couple
determined to commit suicide. They ie-
paired to a small town near Paris, and
Gibert, after shooting his betrothed, at
tempted to blow' his own brains out. In
neither case did the w ounds prove mor
tal, and, the war breaking out soon after
wards, Gibert was not prosecuted, as he
had left Paris to serve iu the Army of
the Loire. He returned to Paris at the
outbreak of the Commune, served in the
National Guard, was made prisoner when
the Versailles troops entered the city, and
transported to New Caledonia. During
his absence his betrothed had been in
duced by her father to marry a wealthy
merchant, and she is now the mother of
a numerous family, her husband having
had no suspicion of the antecedent events.
Gibert was included in the amnesty
granted a few months ago, and he re
turned to Paris the other day, only to be
arrested on the charge of attempted homi
cide. It appears, however, that the
trial will not be brought to an issue, the
public prosecutor being of opinion that
the proceedings cannot be carried on
without putting into the witness-box the
lady whom Gibert attempted to kill.
To do this would be to blast her charac
ter, and perhaps to bring about her
separation from her husband, and so the
Minister of Justice has authorized the
public prosecutor to desist from fuither
proceedings.
Suicide ok a G oveknmext Officer.—
At Detroit, Mich., Monday morning,
Charles Schweikart committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head. The
ball entered the right temple and passed
out of the left, causing death instantly.
Schweikart had been first officer of tbe
United States light house supply boat
Warrington for the past eleven years.
During the boat’s return to Detroit,
April 28, from a tnp to Milwaukee, it
appears that he and some of tbe officers
had a dispute, which so enraged him that
he concluded never to go aboard the
Warrington again, and ever since his ar
rival had been drinking heavily. The
liquor usually made him cross, ugly and
despondent. While his wife was pre
paring breakfast Monday morning, he
told her that he was going to a saloon to
get a drink of whisky, and would return
in a short time. He got his drink, and
then went into the woodshed in the rear
of his house and fired the fatal shot.
The German papers tell this story
connection with Baron Rothschi!
death: A meets B, woeping and sobb
aloud. Says A, “Why do you wee;
“Because,” says B, as if his heart w
breaking, “because he is dead—the pc
erful, the rich baroD.” “But,” repl
A, “why do you cry so much? he ^
uo relation of yqprs?” “That’s j
what I am crying about,” howled
more affected than ever.
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