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BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
e *■, million copies of the revised New
T t,:a- Lt have already been sold in Lon
r: e i*, ani"r Nankin, of the AlexaDdle
, : ,;t V.ra Cruz last Sunday, has not
arrived.
jv r , . ution to adjourn the Paris Mone
• 1 L f, rence until the 30th of June was
ijipu-d unanimously.
7: ■ fa-t s*allion Monroe Chief (time
ba.; been sold at Chicago to San
Frat-cisco p • ri ies for SIB,OOO.
Tt.- American Waltham Watch Company
ta' ust received the only gold medals
awarded to ar.v exhibits of watches at the
lutaniational Exhibition at Melbourne.
Ttr stAtcment that Turkbar liev, former
ly T rk.'h Ambassador at Rome, has been
irr . .• !, is denied. The person arreeted is
e i, ,v. rnorof Teke, whom Turkban Pasha
la La S.lie county, Texas, a c-quad of
rangers had a destierate fight with a
tit,,! of thirty outlaws. The latter were de
fra’eii and two of them captured. One
rarcer was killed.
The London Tones correspondent at Tunis
fIV ‘-Much discontent prevails at the
dirini-'l of officials at the instigation of
M. K i- an. the French Minister, who is
carry It g evt rytbing with a high hand.”
Ti.c Turcomans are building vast fortlfi
f ,r; ; anticipation of a Russian advance.
Al. tbe \!erv chiefs have forwarded to the
Brit;- Legation at Teheran are quest for
sn rtT : -ive aid defensive alliance with
England.
Thr priest Sheehy, who has been arrested
at K’.lmi’lock, under the coercion act, has
t„.fi a prominent member of tbe Land
League since its formation, and was oue of
i\. git,a! organizers, he haviug attended
its first meeting at Dublin.
A man giving tbe name of A B. Coles has
btrh arrtsti and at Altoona, Pa., for attempt
ing to obtain money on forged post otHee
orders issued from the post office at East
Liv. rpool, Ohio. When Coles had
orders on bis person representing $lO 000.
Miss Laura Pancoaet, daughter of the
proprietor of the Vineland House, N. J.,
bad a fainting fit recently upon seeing her
brother brought home injured from the taw
mills, and she has ever since beeu falling
from one lit to another, until there is much
alarm for the result,
John Tucker, of Jay, Vt., who died re
cently, made a confession on his death bed
to the i ff>ct that he and John Ross, his
brothar in law, set fire to a large woolen
mill at Strawbridge, Quebec, which was
burned two years aeo, au 1 that they were
Mr.-fi hv William Rj-s, of Jay, to commit
the crime.
Li e body of Clara Smith, colored, Wil
ncr.jton, Del. who was believed to have
breii murdered by her lover, Atwood Car
penter, tut who c e death from smai!-pox
was certified to by her physician, was ex -
hum* ts,*E<l,notrace of small-pox appearing,
the Coroner’s jury gave a verdict against
Carpenter, and committed him on a charge
of murder.
New Jersey farmers are bewailing the re
appearance of potato bug3. They thought
the pest had been annihilated by last year’s
deluge of Paris green, but immense num
bers appeared after the rain of Thursday.
The army worm is also creating consterna
tion, particularly among the Jersey market
gardeners. Thousands of early plants have
been destroyed.
Jane Burke, the woman who was found
at -54 West Sixteenth street, New York,
suffering from Paris green poisionlßg and
who accused her husband of attempting to
murder ber, died in the hospital. She ad
hered to her statement to the last. Her hus
band, Thomas Burke, is held to fawait the
result of tbe inquest, They had only re
cently been married.
Dr. C. L. Yorgey, of Pottstown, and A.
De Haven, of Monaeacv, have been arrested
at Reading, Pa., on the charge of con
spiracy to insure the life of the late Daniel
debris, sgtd eightv-four, on hts death bed.
Tbe insurance was i fleeted two dsys before
Gi-hris ditd. the policy being taken out for
#5 000 lu tbe “State Capital” of Harrisburg.
Dr. Yorgey had been arrested before on a
similar chaige. Other arrests are expected
to follow.
A Pittsburg dispatch says: “A boy
named Arthur Smith, aged thirteen, was
found tied to a railroad track near Derry
Station, in au unconscious state. After
several hours’ labor, he was brought to his
senses, when he stated that he was the son
of Judg’Smith, of Cincinnati. He dldu’i
know how he came there. The last he re
membered was goiDg to bed at home.
Whi n found he was under the influence of
a narcotic. The father was communicated
with, and ordered him sent to Cincinnati.”
Curly Bill, a notorious desperado, leader
of the Cowboys, and murderer of Marshal
White, was killed recently at Galey
viile, Arizona, by his companion,
Jim Wallace. Alter a demonstra
tion by Wallace on Sheriff Breck
inridge, Curly Bill demanded that Wallace
slit uid apolog'ze, which he did. Then,
afttr a few more drinks, Curly Bill said, “I
gue-s I will kill you on general principles.”
Wallace stepped out of the saloon and im
mediately opened tire, icflicting a mortal
wound. Oa a brief hearing Wallace was
discharged, and immediately left for parts
unknown.
U ember Indication*.
Office Chief Signal Observer. Wash
ington, May g3—indications for Tuesday:
In the South Atlantic States, northeast
to southeast winds, partly cloudy weather
and local rains, slight changes in tempera
ture and a slight rise, followed by falling
barometer.
In tbe Middle Atlantic Btates, slightly
warmer, fair weather, easterly winds,becom
ing variah'e, and a slight rise, followed by
falling batometer.
In tbe Gulf States, Tennessee and tbe
Ohio valley, partly cloudy weather and oc
casional lig'it rains, winds generally from
east to south, stationary or a slight rise in
temperature, and a slight change in ba
rometer.
Charged With llobbery and Abduc
tion.
New York. May 23. —To day In the Gen
eral Sessions Court the grand jury pre-
Srti’ed four indictments against Felix
Albert A’ogel, who some time ago while
actine in concert with Johuaunes Herman
knd El ward Sagert, deceased endeavored
to extort $60,000 from Louis Strasburger,
ted also attempted to abduct his daughter,
F.ose, aged twelve years. Three Indict*
•uents charge him with attempted robbery
at-d the fourth with abduction.
Departure uI tbe Vtaltius Military
from New Orlean*.
New Orleans, May 23.—The Houston
J-’iht Guards, the Mobile Rifles and the
Alabama Artillery left hereon Sunday for
fiotL'. l . The Ch’ckasaw Guards left by spe
cial train at 6 o’clock this morning, and
Jill arrive at Memphis at 7 o’clock p. m.
Tbe Sr. L tils Artillery and Crescent Rifles
*rav > for Nashville to day to take part in
the competitions there.
Ttte’lixodua from Sweden,
London, May 23 —A dispatch from Co
penhagen to the Standard says: “Tbe
staish Government Is becoming alarmed,
*tid contemplates legislation in view of tbe
emigration, which is assuming the propor
tions of an exodus. Several counties are
Practically denuded of their able-bodied in
habitanta.”
A Danlnn Socialist Arreatcd.
London, May 23 —A dispatch from
Copend.---a to the St. James Gazette
this evening announces tne arrest
Mr. Jorgenson, editor of the Social
!s ’ paper, The Herald, on the charge of In
citing to murder the King and establishethe
Commune.
Don’t Die in tbe House.
Ask druggists for “Rough on Rata.” Jt
clears out rate, mice, bed bugs, roaches,
Yermic, flies, ants, insects. 15c. per box.
Savannah morning News.
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
THE OUTLOOKAT ALBANY.
CONkLING AND PLATT BOOKED
FOB THE RACE.
A Conclave at Artbur’a House—Cor
uell’s Organ Creates a Stir—The
Senatorial Bee in the Governor’s
Bonnet—Tbe “Half-Breeds” Talk
ing Slower—Survey of the Situation
—The Feeling in the Rural Dis
tricts Against tbe Bosses.
New York, May 23, —The Tribune pub
lishes the following brief editorial: “The
followers of Mr. Conkiing met on Sunday
afternoon at \ Ice President Arthur’s house
in this city. The two cx-Senators were
present and received assurances from a
number of office holders of their support in
case they should become candidates for re
election. Letters and telegrams in answer
to communications sent out by Mr. Conk
ling were received from various parts of the
S'ate. Mr. ConkliDg decided to become a
candidate, and Mr. Platt decided just as Mr.
Conkiing did. They will probably go to
Albany and solicit votes, and their friends
will attend In large numbers to assist them.
The administration Republicans still state
that Messrs. Conkiing and Platt cannot be
re-elected. Fifty two Republicans are said
to be already pledged against them.”
An Albany special to the Evening Ibsi
states on the authority of well informed
persons that it seems now practically im
possible for both Conkiing and Platt to be
re-elected. The failure of the opposition
can occur only m two ways. First, through
the inability of the administration men to
unite on proper candidates, and, second, on
the ability anu willingness of the Conkiing
men to secure Democratic aid.
The Albany special of the Commercial
says: “This morning’s Express comes out
with a double-leaded article announcing
the determination of Conkiing and Platt to
re-enter the field for re-election to
the Senate, and proceeds to read Conkiing
a lecture for taking part In tbe contest.
‘He can afford to be defeated,’ It adds,
‘but be should not place himself in the way
of btlng humiliated. That will only please
his enemies.’ Tcis article is regarded as of
great significance, as showing cither tbat
an irresponsible editor has made a great
mistake, or that Governor Cornell’s prom
ises are like pie crust, only to be broken.”
The Express is the organ of Governor Cor
nell.
An Albany dispatch to the Evening Ibst
says: ‘‘Senators Madden, Wagner and
others just arrived say there is no doubt
that the attitude of tbe Albany Express
means tbat Governor Cornell Is in the Sena
torial race. Editor Keys explains the writing
of the article by saying that he meant in
goad faith to give friendly advice to Cock
ling and Platt. It is about decided by the
administration men to have no caucus.”
On the other band, the Albany corres
pondent of the Commercial Advertixer fays
the attempt to fasten tbe responsibility of
the article in to-day’s Express on Governor
Cornell is hotly opposed by that gentle
man’s friends. They denounce it in strong
terms, and say unkind and impolite things.
They fav Governor Coruell’6 position on
this matter is unquestioned; that they who
know him best understand that he will
ihrow all the Influence he possesses in the
scale for Conkiing and Piatt, and that when
the fight begins the Governor will be found
foremost therein.”
Albany, May 23—Members of the Legis
lature, who thought last week that there
was not the slightest chance for the return
of either Conkiing or Platt, are not now
quite so positive, and say it will depend
largely upon the wishes and desires of the
resigning Senators. Bome of the State
officers, among them Geo. Cornell, are re
ported as saylDg that if Conkiing desires to
be re-elected it is the duty of the Republi
can majority to return them.
But few members of the Legisla’ure re
turned to the city until late this afternoon.
Those who first arrived did not know of
the Conkiing Arthur conferences in New
York until late to day, and some not uutil
they reached the city. They had left their
homes with the understanding that It was
not at all likely that the resigning Senators
would desire re-election, and even if they
did the members were instructed by their
constituents to vote against them. Their
surprise, therefore, was a consternation.
Senator Wagner said: “I have been
spending Sunday quietly at my home and
know nothing new about the contest except
the sentiment of my constituents. The
people along the Mohawk valley are roused
upon this question. Ninety-five of every
one hundred Republicans are opposed to
the re election of Conkiing and Piatt and
they are very determined in their opposi
tion.”
Sena’or Pitts said: “I was surprised at
the feeling among my constituents. The
whole district is on fire, and a storm of
indignation against the Senators is felt
everywhere. Any one who votes for the
return of Senator Conkiing digs his politi
cal grave. He can never be re elected lu
that section.”
Assemblyman Skinner said the people
seem of one mind in their opposition to the
re-election of Conkiing and Platt. The
ranks are swelled every day, and the great
mass of Republicans are determined that
the administration shall be upheld.
Assemblymen Peck and Chamberlain, of
St. Lawrence, say the found their constitu
ents united on tbe question.
Assemblyman E. A. Carpenter, of Suffolk,
said his constituents were against the ac
tion of Conkiing and Platt, but that he
favored their re election, nevertheless.
So far as the members of the Legislature
aie concerned, there are few attempts
to defend the action of the Sen
ators now. These who speak in
their behait argue that the State cannot
dispense with the services of Mr. Conkiing,
tbat the Senate is too evenly balanced
to part with a Senator 60 practiced
and so serviceable to the Republican
party, and they claim that with fair treat
ment at the hands of President Garfield Mr.
Conkiing will support his administration
much more effectively than any other Sena
tor In the body. They say they feel sure of
beiDg re-elected and are only anxious to
have the vote as nearly unanimous as
possible. They claim a clear majority
of one hundred and six Republicans and
expect to hold a caucus. As things
look to-night, everything depends on this
caucus. If ail the Republicans go into It
the probabilities are that Mr. Conkiing will
get a majority of the votes, and then ac
cording to custom the nomlnatien must be
made unanimous. But it Is said that
the administration members will not
attend this caucus, or, It they do, wiil
not be held by Its action lf they are out
voted. The declaration by the Express, the
State paper and stalwart organ, to day, that
Conkiing will belittle himself If he enters the
canvass asking for a re-election, has caused
no little surprise. At first It was thought
the article was inspired by Governor Cor
nell but this was denied, and good authority
savs it is only the individual opiuion of one
of"the editors, but is regarded as a very
strange expression to be found fn tbe col
umns of a paper which all last week in
sisted upon Conkling’s vindication by a re
electioD.
The administration members to-night re
iterate their declarations of last week, that
they will not go Into caucus with the Stal
warts. If this programme Is carried out,
and both sections stand apart, the Demo
crats voting for their own candidate, a dead
lock will be produced which will last, per
haps, for weeks.
Messrs. Jacobs, Hogan, Fowler, Subacher
and other Democratic Senators express
themselves as opposed to supporting either
faction In the pending struggle for su*
premacy lu the Republican party. Tbe
Garfield Senators claim that Mr. Conkiing
has hut eight Senators who still remain true
to his interests.
The Duke of Sutherland and his
Party.
Chicago, May 23. —The Duke of Suther
land and party, now visiting the United
States, this morning, on the Invitation of
George B. Pullman, visited Pullman, which
has sprung up In a few months from an
open prairie to a thriving, enterprising vil
lage of two thousand inhabitants,with mam
moth buildings, where the Pullman Palace
Car Company’s rolling stock is being built
and repaired. The Corliss engine, the
Daper wheel works and various other de
partments were visited and admired for an
hour or two, when the party returned. The
Duke leaves for Milwaukee to-day, thence
he goes to the Pacific eoa6t.
TUe Kecelpta of Five Per Cent*.
Washington, Mav 23 —At the close of
business to day, the" aggregate amount of
five per cent, registered bonds received for
continuance at 3}>£ 'per cent, was about
$239,000,000, or only $11,000,000 less than
the maximum $250,000,000 which, under the
call, will be continued. Only $12,500,000 of
coupon five per cents, have as yet been re
ceived for continuance at per cent. It
U thought at the Treasury that a large
amount of coupon five per cents, are held In
Europe.
A DlsttngnUhed Kentuckian Dead.
Locisvillk, Kr., May 23.—Judge M. H.
Cofer. Chief Justice of the Court of Ap
peals, died here yesterday, aged forty-nine
sears He was born and brought up in
Bardin county, whither hl< remain! will be
l*ken for interment.
BRITISH TOPICS.
Disturbance* in Limerick—Brennan
Arresied—English Jew* In Rnasla
-An Important Scheme of !Wan*
Chester Cotton Worker* Prince
Leopold Raised to the Peerage.
London, May 23.—The Daily Aie*’ Paris
dispatch says: Galignam's Messenger
states that in case the negotiations with
France in regard to the cotton Industry take
a hostile turn, certain large capitalists of
Manchester and adjoining towns are de
termined to form a company with the view
of establishing a large concern at Rouen.
There appears to be no lack of capital.
SpiDoing, weaving, dyeing and printing ma
chinery will be fitted up on a very large
scale. If Manchester goods are excluded
from France the promoters of Abe scheme
are determined to establish a small Man
chester In France.”
In response to an urgent appeal a large
force of constabulary, hastily collected in
tbe counties of Dublin and Wicklow, have
been dispatched to the disturbed districts in
Limerick.
In the House of Commons to-dav Sir
Ch&s. Dilke, Under Foreign Secretary, re
plying to a question relative to the retsent
expulsion of British Jews from Bt. Peters
burg, said that as soon as the authentic
copy of the Russian law regulating the resi
dence of Jews is received the government
will consider whether steps cannot be taken
to obtain a modification of the law.
Owing to the arrest of Michael Bren Dan,
the Land League Executive Committee at
Dublin now consists of Messrs. Sexton, Ket
tle and Harrington. Mr. Brennan was taken
to Nass prison because Kilmainham jail is
full.
Prince Leopold, the Queen’s youngest
son, has been raised to tne Peerage, with
the title of Duke of Albany.
Dublin, May 22—Mr. Brennan, tbe Sec
retary of the Land League, was arrested
this evening under the provisions of the co
ercion act and conveyed to prison at Nass,
county Kildare. The warrant for his arrest
charges him with inciting to acts of vio
lence.
The people on an estate at New Pallas,
who, in order to prevent the serving of
writs, took refuge in the castle, which was
besei.ged by the military and police, have
abandoned the castle.
THE NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Opening Buoyant and Closing at a
Reaction.
New York, May 23.—The stock market
opened strong and buoyant, and in the
early dealings an advance ranging from X
to per cent, was recorded, in which the
entire list participated, the shares most
prominent in the upward movement being
Houston and Texas, Western Union, North
western, Bt. Pau\ Central Pacific, New Jer
sey Central, Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western, Like Shore, and New York Cen
tral.
During the afternoon speculation became
somewhat unsettled, and in the late deal
ings sales to realize profits caused a reac
tion of to 2 % per cent., in which Central
Pacific, Houston and Texas, C. C. and I C ,
Chicaeo, Burlington and Quincy, and New
York Central were m ast prominent. Mem
phis and Charleston was strong in the final
sales and closed at an advance of 8 per
cent. Oregon Navigation rose 9% per cent,
on the dav’s transactions. Ctiicago, St.
Louis and New Orleans sold up aud re
acted \% per cent. Sales aggregated 567,-
919 shares.
THE AUTOCRAT’S REALM.
Reply of the Revolutionists to the
Czar’* niauifeato—The AnU-Je\vl*li
Outbreaks Litdimlnislied.
London, May 23.—The Russian revo
lutionists have answered the Czar’s
manifesto by a second utterance dwell
ing on the wretchedness of the peas’
ants, the a- partitions to Siberia,
the gagging of free speech and public
journals, and declaring that false counsel
lors are in possession of the Czar’s ear.
The document concludes as follows: “Let
Your Majesty assemble your people around
you and listen to their wishes In an unpreju
diced spirit, and then neither Your Majesty
nor the Br.ate8 r .ate will have any reason to ap
prehend further catastrophe.”
The Vienna correspondent of the 2’e/s
--graph says: “A telegtam from Odessa, Sat
urday, states that disturbances continue
there. Forty five restaurants have been
plundered and wrecked. Troops are bivou
acked In the streets.”
A St. Petersburg dispatch says: “Baron
Gunzberg, a prominent banker, heading the
deputation of influential Jews, will have an
audience with the Czar at Gatchina to-day.”
St. Petersburg, May 23.—Riots against
the Jews are still reported from various
places.
FRANCE AND TUNIS.
Another Letter from Garibaldi.
Rome, May 23. —Garibaldi has written an
other letter on the Tunisian question, in
which he says that the French treaty with
the Bey effaces his good opinion of the
French republic, which he has served. He
reminds France of the sacrifice that Italy
made in yielding Nice. He says the con
duct of France may compel the Italians to
remind her that Nice and Corsica are as
much French as the writer Is a Tartar.
Italy, he says, should demand the complete
independence of Tunis.
A dispatch from Constantinople states
that the Ministers had decided to depose
the Bey of Tunis, but on learning that
France had undertaken to protect him they
abandoned their intention.
Tunis, May 23 —General Bakoush, the
Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs, has
resigned.
SOUTH CAROLINA MOONSHINERS
A Fight with the Revenue Officer*
lu Plckcna County.
Charleston, 8. C., May 23.—United
States Marshall Blythe received yesterday
through Deputy Collector Jillson the par
ticulars of a shooting affray in Pickens
county last Thursday morning between
Revenue Officers Gary and Looper and two
illicit distillers named Alexander, father
and eon. Jacob Alexander, the son,
ran out of his house, the doors of which
were guarded by the revenue officers, and
fired a pistol at Looper, who returned the
fire with a shotgun, inflicting very se
rious, if not fatal wound. The officers
destroyed a 186 gallon still and about 700
gallons of masU and beer.
THE TAX ON BROKERS’ SALES.
New York Exchange* Protesting
Against the Passage of the Law.
Naw York, May 23. —The Produce and
Cotton Exchanges had meetings this after
noon. when addresses were made and reso
lutions passed protesting against the pas
sage by the State Legislature of an act lm
pMlng a special tax on sales by brokers as
an unjust measure. The Presidents of the
Stock, Cotton and Produce Exchanges have
sent a letter to the Governor requesting him
to withhold his signature from the bill
should It pass the Benate.
Northern Knights Templar lu Rich
mond.
Richmond. May 23 —The visiting Knights
Templar, DeMolay Commandery, of Boston,
and St. John’s Commandery, of Providence,
arrived here at six o’clock this evening, and
the reception which was accorded them by
the two Richmond Commanderies and
military and citizens generally was of a
character rarely before equalled, and never
surpassed in this city. The special train
carrying the visitors entered the city amid
salvos of artillery fired by the Richmond
Howl'zars, and when it reached Franklin
street the knights disembarked.
Desperate Fight With Revenue
Officers.
San Francisco, May 23.—A dispatch
from San Bernardino, Cal., says: "United
States Deputy Collector K. T. Bean seized
the leahpah Mining Company’s mill and
other property on the 17th inst. He was re
sisted by John McFarlane, J. B. Cooke, and
others, and a desperate struggle ensued, In
which guns, revolvers and knives were used.
McFarlane was killed by Deputy Hessotn.
Bean’s posse were fired at by concealed par
tie? on letvioK the mill, but were un
injured.”
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1881.
FLASHES FROM AUGUSTA.
THE MATTER OF THE LEASE
SETTLED.
Georgia Stock to be Put on the
New York Market—Col. Wadley
and tbe Louisville and Nashville
Joint Lesees of the Road—The
New Masonic Opera House.
Augusta., Ga., May 23.—President Phlnl
zy returned from New York to-day, and re
ports everything settled about the Georgia
Railroad lease. The million dollars in bonds
have been put up, which In reality are worth
twelve hundred .thousand dollars. Wm. M.
Wadley deposited half and the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad Company deposited
the other half. The latter have, therefore,
become joint lesee6 of the Georgia Road
with Col. Wadley.
President Phlnizy has placed on the New
York Stock Exchange Georgia Railroad
stock, which has been approved and now
only awaits new prints from the steel en
graving to be formally placed upon the
market there. This will be done in four
weeks.
Georgia stock is dull at 182 to 185. Cen
tral advanced to 159 after closing weak on
Saturdav, and Memphis and Charleston
stock, seven thousand shares of which sold
to-day to Northern buyers, rose eight dol
lars a share and closed strong at 86.
The contract was given out to-day for the
new Masonic opera house and balls to be
bullion the site of the present building,
which was put up in 1826. The new struc
ture will cost fifty-five thousand dollars.
LOUISVILLE RACES.
Sixth Day of the Jockey Club’s
Meeting.
Louisville, Ky., May 23.—The first event
of the 6ixth day of the Bpring meeting of
the Jockey Club was the Association purse,
S3OO, % mile heats. Following is the sum
ina-y:
Knight Templar 1 1
General Pike 4 2
Vici 2 3
Maggie Ayer 3 0
Ohio Boy 5 0
Nomad 6 0
Time
The second race, miles, for three year
olds, was won by Hindoo, Alhambra second
ami Bootjack third. Time 2:10%.
The third race, % of a mile, was won by
Babcock, Balancer second and Bengal third.
Time 1:16%.
The last event was a mile dash, and was
won by L'abtuna, Ballast second and Valle
dia third. Time 1:45%.
BULGARIA.
Prince Alexander’s Views on Gov
ernmental Modifications.
London, May 23.—The Constantinople
correspondent of the Times says he has re
ceived from a trustworthy source confirma
tion of the report that Prince Alexander,
of Bulgaria, intends convoking a great
National Assembly probably for July 13th.
The Prince, the correspondent says,
thinks the number of Deputies in
the ordinary Assembly should be
diminished "by ODe-half, and that
all officials should be excluded from the
Assembly, lie also desires the creation of a
Senate, the members of which shall be
partly nominated by himself, and that all
laws should pass through tbe Senate before
being submitted.to the Chamber of Deputies.
Tbe Prince has received addresses from all
parts of the principality promising support.
GRANT AND EADS.
Tlielr Concessions Approved by tlie
Mexlcau Congress.
City or Mexico, May 22—The House of
Representatives, on last Thursday, almost
unanimously approved the Southern Rail
road Grant Concession, and the bill will
pass the Senate within tbe next ten days.
The Tehuantepec concession, which the
Railroad Commission granted to Captain
Eads, was approved by the House, and will
pass the Senate with some non-essential
modifications tbat are acceptable to Captain
Eads. The inauguration of the Mexican
Equanta Railroad will take place June 16.
LETTER FROM THE INTERIOR.
Tbe Return—Knlgbts Templar Ban
quet—The Inside—Knights of Malta
—Alr-Llue Hallroad—Major Hous
ton and Lewis Reneau— Macon and
tbe Summer Ketreats—Tybee and
Cumberland—Gen. Fifzliugh Lee-
Mad Dogs.
Macon, May HZ.—Editor Morning News: I
have just returned from Atlanta, where I
attended the grand conclave of the Grand
Commandery of Knights Templar. Your inde
fatigable correspondent, “Chatham,” has fully
posted your readers in all things important
concerning this annual gathering. I only wish
to add my acknowledgment of favors from
his hand aud from the gentlemanly proprietors
of the Markham House.
The banquet at the Kimball House on Thurs
day night was a magnificent affair, and reflects
great credit upon the popular manager of that
excellent hotel, Major Frank Arnold. No pains
or money were spared to make it excel any
thing of the kind ever enjoyed by the Knights
Templar. Atlanta was on her metal, and
Ccsur de Lion Commandery was equal to the
occasion.
On the inside on Thursday n'ght the new
ritual of the degree of Knights of Malta was
used in conferring the degree upon Sir Knight
J. A. Gray. This was done by the members of
Lookout Commandrry, of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
headed by Sir Knight George Conor as Prior.
The work was admirably done, but, as an indi
vidual Knight Templar, I would heartily op
pose the adoption of the ritual. It is now only
on trial, ai<d will be submitted, with others, to
the Grand Encampment for adoption in 1881.
I met with Major W. J. Houston, formerly
General Ticket Agent of the Air-Line Rail
road, and was glad to learn that he will be re
tained by the new management, al hough his
former position is absorbed by the transfer of
the principal offices to Richmond. Another
well known official is to be retained, Mr. Lewis
Reneau. Mr. Reneau was for a long time an
employe of the Central and has many friends
in Savannah. He has been pat master for the
last year or two on the Air-Line, and by his
sterling honesty and prompt attention to busi
ness has won tbe confidence of his former em
ployers, and the new management avail them
selves of his services. I am confident that
promotion awaits him.
Macon continues dry. The gardens have
nearly ail succumbed to the heat and drought.
Buß’ness is rapidly going into summer quarters
and many of the people are endeavoring to
decide where they will spend the heated term
this year. The condition of the exch- quer
of most people demand economical living.
With this they want to take in as much com
fort’ and luxury as possible. For the past
two or three years I have been endeavoring to
induce the people here to try the charms of
Tybee Last year quite a number of them
went to that resort. Many were perfectly
charmed with it, and all would have been if
sufficient accommodations could have been ob
tained. I am glad to learn that the accommo
dations for entertainment have been greatly
enlarged. Anew difficulty, however, presents
itself. There will be no excursion rates this
year to Tybee. Little as the difference may be
in the price of passage, it will keep many
away.
Cumberland Island, Macon’s great seaboard
resort, has been leased by a Macon man, Mr.
Edgar Ross, who will keep the institution up
to Macon’s requirements. His capacity for
entertainment, though greatly enlarged than
formerly, is almost taken up the first week.
The Macon and Brunswick Railroad have
made very liberal excursion rates, and no
doubt Cumberland will be tbe great seaside
resort far this season for Middle and Upper
Georgia.
Macon has had a visit from Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee. He lectured on last Thursday night to a
full house on Chancellorsville. His visit was
greatly appreciated by the people, and his ef
fort has awakened anew the interest in the old
battlefields of Virginia. Gen. Lee has now
gone to Cumberland Island to visit Dungeness
and the grave of his grandfather, Light Horse
Harry Lee. His lecture was given under the
auspices of the Macon Public Library.
An old toper, who is greatly exercised abqut
the move or the temperance people, wants to
know what in the world we are going to do
when the dog-days come. If anybody should
be bit by a mad dog “we can't git nsrf drap of
whisky ” He move* a postponement of the
whole question until after the dog-days.
Jack Plank.
The army worm is destroying all
kinds of vegetation in the vicinity of
Watertown, N. Y r . Hundreds of acres
of pasturage have been stripped of every
green thing. The ravages of the worms
extend over the whole of Northern New
York, and serious consequences are
feared,
LETTER FROM JACKSONVILLE
A Spy on a Bootless Errand—How
Carl Nehnrz’s A Kent was staffed—
The Private Lite and Official Con
duct of the Land Office Attaches
Scrutinized—A Bulky Report For
warded to Washington What
Does It Mean aud Who is Paying
for It?—The Fate ot Two Previous
Sleuth*.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 23.—We learn that
there is in our midit an individual calling him
self Wise, who under the pretence of repre
senting some mythical firm in the lumber
business, is ostensibly a secret agent of the
Department of the Interior at Washington
and was sent here by Carl Schnrz. late Secre
tary of the Interior, for the purpose of in
vestigating the private acts of Dr. C. C. Cris
sey, Col. E. A. Protois and Mr. B. D. Jones.
These gentlemen are special agents of the
General Land Office, recently engaged in ex
amining the claim of Indemnity of the State of
Florida against the United States for the loss
of certain lands, sold by the United States
subsequent to tbe passage of the swamp land
grant of 1850, and which lands tbe State claims
properly belonged to her under the act. If
this is really the business in which Mr. Wise is
engaged, he has thus far succeeded admirably.
In an interview with Gen. Boliy; Lewis, ye
jovial host of ye Duval Home {mow Lewis is
nothing if not excessively polite, and Solon,
knowiog his weak points, buttered him up and
then devoured him at a gulp.) he elicited the
fact that Col. Protois and Mr. Jones, when in
the city, usually put up at his house; that Col.
P. sometimes had a back room, sometimes a
front room and sometimes two rooms; that he
breakfasted at Ba. m.. dined at 1 and supped
at Bp. m. After this hour Col. P. would ap
pear in full evening dress, ready for anything
that might turnup, from a hop in the parlors
to a stag party in another part of the house
not frequented by ladies; that between break
fast and dinner Colonel P. was usually to be
found at his office writing, etc. From other
sources he ascertained that Mr. Jones ate at
the Duv il House, but roomed outside, and that
Dr. Crissey lived at a private boarding house
with his family. He also found out the numb- r
of toddies Jones got away with during the nay
for the benefit of his bronchial affec ion, wbi e
in waiting orders, and the number of excursion
trips taken by the doctor and his family to and
from Green Cove Springs and other points on
the St. John’s river, and the number of time?
the doctor attended divine service for the pur
pose of offering up prayers for the blessings a
kind and benign Providence had bestowed
upon him.
He - iso made the acquaintance of Capt. Bill
Kendrick, whom Colonel Protois sometimes
employed as a guide, and of Colonel Gibbes,
Colonel Hopkins, Capt. Blocker and Mr. Dancy,
gentlemen representing the State of Florida,
and from them elicited the facts in regard to
the method of operations in the field, how ex
aminations were conducted, etc., by Colonel P.
and his associates, the number of partridges,
deer and alligators they shot, etc. Having
ascertained to his entire satisfaction how these
representatives of the United States lived
while here, and how much Colonel Protois
paid for his epicurean style of living, the
number of times he used to drop in at the
“corner,” and the combination he usually
played in the number of visits he paid child's
Christian Asso iation Ciub, the number of car
riages he hired from the bt. James livery
s aoles and their cost, the name of the ladies
to whom the Colonel occasionally gave a car
riage airing, all the balls, soirees andcinner
parties he attended, and the names of the
iadies he was mostattentive to—he wisely em
bodied the fact in a voluminous re
port and transmitted the same to
Arlington, but whether it is to be sub
mitted to the Senate or not we do not
know. There is one thing sure, however, if it
was submitted, good bye dead lock. We un
derstand that while the report represents Col.
P. as anything but a saint, and the Dr. and Mr.
Jones as moral young men belonging to differ
ent religious societies, not a word is said in re
gard to the work accomplished by these gen
tlemen during theirsojourn in Fl irida So far
so good, but what does he know about it?
We understand also that the Commissioners
of the General Land Office, to whom
the matter has been referred, being somewhat
of a bon vivant himself, and, above all things,
a just man, has concluded to promote the
Coioneltoibe highest position in his bureau,
over which he haa jurisdiction, and he will not
forget Mr. Jones, but to what extent we have
not learned. As for the doctor, he is as high
as he can get at present.
If General Williamson takes this view of the
matter, he has our thanks and support. No
agents of the General Government, who have
come amoDg us, have made a better impres
sion upon our community, and Colonel Protois
especially, having the largest region of coun
try to travel over, has made tasting fi iends
wherever he has been. In South Florida there
is not a man, woman or child but who wishes
him well, and will ever retain the kindest
recollections of him. Besides, we claim
the Colonel as a citizen of Florida,
being the owner of a very pros
perous grove on Lake Griffin, where he
intends at some future day not far distant we
hope to make his home. Now, if this sage has
been s*nt here for the investigating
the official acts of the agents above referred
to, we wish him joy, and the sooner he gets
out of town into the swamps, and has a
parley with the frogs and alligators, the
better for him, the better for us, and
our blessings go with him. We have
some knowledge of the hardships and trials ex
perienced by C*l. Protois and his associa es in
making tbeir examina'ions, which we have
every reason to believe were thorough and
conclusive. In fact they could not have been
otherwise, considering the standing of the
agents on both sides, and of the witnesses pro
duced by the State in support of their claim.
As far as any friendship or intimate relations
existing between Colonel Protois and Mr.
Wise, which he claiuu to exist, we are author
ized to say that Colonel P has no knowledge
of Mr. Wise, personal or official. Neither have
Dr. Crissey or Mr. Jones. Now, what is this
man Wise here for? Schurz is out of office,
and why does he not follow him? We would
like to know who is footing the bills, and out
of what appropriation he is being paid. None
that Schurz left behind him, we are sure.
We remember some years ago two officious
agents here, who did their utmost to defeat
Col. P. in his efforts to bring to justice certain
parties for violating certain laws jof the Uni
ted States. They were both dismissed the ser
vice. One joined the Y. M. C. Association and
is now peddling tracts out West, and the
other is, Micawber like, waiting for something
to turn up.
We would advise Wise, if he is wise , to ask
to be sent to a clime more suited to his pecu
liar talents. There is no room for him here.
W. H. B.
The Fate of the Giraffe.
New York Tribune.
One morning before the Show opened,
the Ring Master laid before the Animals
a Letter from the Giraffe, who said that
in consequence of the Treatment he had
received he felt compelled to leave the
Show. Before the Excitement over this
Announcement had subsided, the Ring
Master said he had a Letter from one of
the Trick Mules, who also withdrew from
the Show. At this there was a little
Squirming among the Snakes, and one,
a Copperhead, spoke up: “Looks as
though the Show was breaking up;” and
a Fellow who had been kicked out once
and crept in again under the Canvas,and
was wanting to be appointed Scene
Shifter, said: “It’s a Cold Day for this
Show when it gets left by that Noble
Animal the Giraffe. To say nothing of
the Trick Mule.” The Show, however,
went on, and the Giraffe and the Trick
Mule went away and waited for the
Manager to send for them. After many
days, curiosity as to what would become
of the Circus gave way to solicitude for
the Giraffe and Trick Mule.
A Committee being sent out learned
tbat the Trick Mule had hired out on the
Tow Path, but that the Giraffe, having
never done Anything Useful, sousrht
Employment in Vain until a Village En
gine Company utilized him as a Fire
Escape, in which position he was able to
do for others what he never could do for
himself—let them down easy.
Moral.—No one Animal, or even two,
can break up a Whole Show.
There has been another frightful scene
as the fruit of gambling at Monte Carlo.
Two young Italians, brothers, had lost
every penny they possessed at the tables
there, and they have just committed
suicide by throwing themselves under
an approaching train of cars at San
Remo, Italy. The association which has
been formed to suppress gambling at
Monte Carlo, and of which the Lord
Mayor of Londop is President, will
now, it is hoped, make fresh exertions
to fulfill the object of its existence, and
this in spite of the contrary efforts of
Mr. Labouchere of the Loudon Truth,
who seem to think gambling a very
pretty form of relaxation, and one
that on no account should be interfered
with.
An Important Conundrum^—Senator
Mahone’s fervent remark, “What in the
name of God is to become of me?” is not
original. The occasion on which this
remark was first uttered is historical.
An old gentleman was in the hour and
article of death, when his wife exclaim
ed to him: “Roscoe”—we will call him
Roscoe—“don’t die, for if you die,
what’s j going to become of me?” To
which,the moribund man replied, with
earnestness, not umnixed with petulance:
“Oh, you shut qpl If I die, what’s go
ing to become of me? That’s what I’m
worried shout!”—iY. 7. World,.
AFTER THE LONG BATTLE
WHERE THE FIGHT’S CLOSE
LEAVES THE PARTIES.
The Glory with tbe Democrat* and
tbe Cbagrln with Their Foe*-The
Tremendon* Advantage They Rave
Gained—Billy Mahene at Zoro—An
Apt Illustration— Lightning Play
ing Around the Treasury—A Slave
Driver Under Fire—A Sybarite
Woke Up—Banin in a Box—The
Great Armyol tbe Unfed—Not Half
of the Star Rente Story Yet Told.
Washington, May 20.-The Senate has ad
journed sine die. It has accomplished since
the 4th of March last exactly what might have
been accomplished in two weeks, at the fur
thest. The ca 1 se of the useless delay is well
known. The Republicans, in their greed to get
all the offices possible, first bought Mahone,
Virginia, in order to get a majority, and then
demanded that th 9 changes among the Senate
offices should be made right away. The Demo
crats were strong enough to successfully re
sist such a nice little arrangement, und did so.
More especially were they opposed to the pro
posed change, because it carried with
it the election of Riddleberger as Sergeant-at-
Arrns of the Senate and thereby would hare
stamped the word “approval” on Mahone.
This would hare been a big card for the little
nonentity had the plan worked well; but it did
not. It failed altogether. In the talk about it
the Democrats managed their side of the case
well. The result was a thorough layiDg before
the public eye of the bargain by which Mahone’s
vote had been gathered unto the ranks of the
Radicals. The Republicans, it should be ad
mitted, were really getting sick of their fight
for Mahone and disgusted with him.
They would soon have thrown
him over and get to work.but that the resigna
tions of the New York Senators give the
Democrats the majority in the Senate made
such a cause unnecessary. Then they were
willing enough to go ahead with the work and
let Mahone, Riddleberger et. al., drop quietly
into the creek. The Democrats knew that
they were on the right side. They had the op
portunity to play the same game that the Re
publicans did, had they been small enough and
sufficiently unmindful of the public interests
to have done so. The Republicans demanded
an immediate change in the Senate offices
when they were in a majority by
purchase. When by the resignations of
Conking and Platt the Democrats
could with just as much consistency have de
manded that ihe Sena'e committees be reor
ganized under Democratic auspices, it would
have been but following a precedent which
had been set them by their opponents. But
they did not act thus cap’ iously and without
regard for the public service They went on
quietly and promptly with the business for
which they had been called together in extra
session. They finished that business in exact
ly four days after they became a majority. The
country cannot fail to judge between the meth
ods of the two parties, and to the benefit of
the Democrats. After all their dead locking In
the t-enate the Republicans leave Washington
exactly where they started in, with the excep
tion that the bieach between the two leading
factions of their party has been widened so
that it can never ba bridged over. The Demo
crats feel the advantage they have gained, and
are not slow in pointing it out. The whole ex
tra session of the Senate has played most ad
mirably into their hands. They git all the bene
fit and come out with a clean record. The Re
publicans get nothing but what is disadvan
tageous to them. Here let us insert a little
story.
Once there was a man He went hunt
ing—as men will sometimes do. He was
gone two days. When h 9 came back to
his door—footsore, weary and hungry,
but without even a small squirrel—his wife
asked sharply: “Well, wbat did you get?’’
In a voice that spoke whole unbridged dic
tionaries, our huntsman answered: "Maria.
/ got home." Do you seize the connection ?
Wlien the Republican Senator reaches home
from his long extra session in Washington and
his anxious constituency shall inquire what he
got by his dead-lock and protracted session he
can reply very truthfully, “I got home."
INSIDE RINGS IS THE TREASURY.
Secretary Windom is making a number of
investigations in the Treasury Department. He
is doing this work very quietly, and in one or
two cases the men being investigated do not
know that there is a little mine under them.
Already sufficient has been developed to give
rise to the belief that there will be a half dozen
changes among prominent officers of the de
partment. One has been openly’ selected for
the guillotine. This is Col. O. H. Irish, Chief
of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
Irish was formerly warden of a penitentiary in
Nebraska, and brought to bear the same
qualities he exercised there in dealing with
the employes ,of the Printing Bureau. He
is a slave driver. Poor women too
sick to be out of bed have been
forced to work over tin hot preses and in the
hot folding rooms. If they were absent an
hour their pay was cut off for that day. He
forced the employes to enter the building by a
certain door aod retire by another, when there
are fifty doors that might just as easily be
used. He has for his assistants men who in
sult both male and female employes. And
then Irish has been making something more
out of his office than the mere salary. He has
also kept at government expense five horses
and two carriages. These, with their drivers
paid by the government, are much oftener
found at the door of his residence than
at the bureau building. O. L. Pitney, custodian
of the Treasury Department, is another officer
about whom unpleasant things are beingdevel
oped. It is his duty to purchase everything
that is used in the department. He has been
making a very fat thing out of it. Officers of the
department who it was necessary that he
should conciliate have had their houses hand
somely furnished by Pitney at no cost to them
selves. Handsome walnut furniture, velvet
carpets and costly silver ice pitchers were wbat
he most delighted to furnish those who could
help him. The way he did all this was
very simple. Pitney ordered every
thing, and the same Pitney receipted
for everything. It is stated that members of
Congress have been treated to nice things by
Pitne , but how true this is I know not. The
investigation of his affairs is now going on.
There was found in his offices about a barrel
of bay rum and any quantity of Lubin's ex
tracts. What the Treasury Department could
want with these artichs was a mystery. Then
there was also a quantity of the finest scented
French soaps When asked atnut ’hese arti
cles, he said feebly that Secretary Sherman
used them. Upon looking at his receipts and
books it was found that the present invoice of
these articles had been purchased March
29th. John Sherman went out
of the Treasury Department on the
4th day of March. These are samples of what
is being found out about Pitney. Then there
is Lamphere, the appointment clerk, Sixth
Auditor McGrew and one of the assistant sec
retaries. These 1 hree formed a little syndicate.
Lamphere published a certain book about tbe
operations of the government. It Wt?s a worth
less composit on. But he wanted to sell as
many books as possible. Happy thought!
Furbish a copy to the holders of Federal
offices and tuen approve their accounts
for them, get the money and di
vide it. To do this it was necessary
to have them in the ring. Lamphere of course
was in. Then there must be an auditor and an
assistant secretary. These were necessary to
approve the accounts. They were secured,
and many copies of Lamphere's book were
palmed off on the government in this way.
According to all accounts it was a very pretty
little close corporation, the stock of which has
been paving remarkably well. It is also un
derstood that a committee is after ltaum, Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, for irregulari
ties. Collector Andrew Clarke, of Georgi*, algo
has his name connected with Raum in these re
ports. From all of which it is pretty safe to
assume that times ahead in the Treasury De
partment will be somewhat lively.
THE DISAPPOINTED ONES.
The old fellows—and the young ones too—
who have been hanging on here ever since the
4th of March, iu hopes of getting places \inder
the new administration, look decidedly blue.
The Senate has adjourned and but few of their
number have been nominated for positions.
When they first came here they boarded in
hotels. They went tne downward grade until
now the Lord only knows how they eat and
sleep. What is very bad for maay of them,
and also very bad for the ciiy.is that they have
no means of getting out of town, and ifip
walk in- is not at all good. When it became
apparent that the Senate would adjourn in a
few days, and the President began to send in
batch after batch of nominations, they were
very much excited. By the hundred they
swarmed the White House and sat aroun i
there cooling their heels in hopes of an audi
ence and an appoint ment before final adjourn
ment. Tbe President was too busy to see but a
few of them, and too pres-ed by bigger in
fluences elsewhere to appoint but a very
meagre proportion of then*. These men are
not dead-beats. They are respectable citizens,
and came here iq confident expectation that it
would take but a few short days for them to
be provided for. Once on the trail, they
did not want to call off until they
had struck something. They deserve pity
more than the ridicule and contempt tnas'is
their every day portion There kre plenty of
Southern Republicans among them.
THE STAR ROUTE THIEVERY.
Postmaster General James continues his in
vestigation into tne star route swindles, not
withstanding numerous attempts which have
been made to head him He'is" making his
investigation as *ide 3praad as possih e, and
gays he will find out everything that can be dis
covered by perseverance aud ihe employment
qf competent and trustworthy men in the
work. He does not make public tbe result of
what is discovered as yet, but sufficient
leaks out to show that there is much more
corruption In the service than even the v,-(ideal
sensasionalist has depicted, Ty* outcome of
the whole business promises to be a number o'f
indictments for robbery ot the government
Many not yet mentioned will be f truck. There
is an uneasy feeling about the Post Office De
partment. The offl :ers hnd employes know
that the investigation is golig on, but that is
all they are able to get at. Star route contrac
tors are here in usual numbers. There are no
mail lettings being made. Their presence is
only accountable to a desire to be as near
headquarters as possible, lu order to keep
posted as to events. I
THE SOUTH’S OPPORTUNITY.
Ron. Tho*. Hardeman’* Addre** to
tbe Board of Trade Concerning the
Atlanta Cotton Exposition—The
Feasibilities of Southern Future.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
There was an excellent attendance at
the Board of Trade Chambers yesterday
morning to hear the address of Hon.
Thomas Hardeman, of Macon, in the
interest of the International Cotton Ex
position at Atlanta, to be held next
autumn. Mr. Hardeman was introduced
by Maj. J. M. Wright, and made a very
interesting address, setting forth the
objects of the Exposition. He began by
saying that formerly the labor of the
South bad been antagonized by the Chris
tian world on account of the slavery
question. He continued:
“The civilization of slavery has passed
away and anew one has come, with
new industries, in its place. The ques
tion of cotton and its uses should be
seriously and properly considered, for
with the South it is the means of pros
perity. The great trouble of the South
is, she has been using her means for the
benefit of others. The question is how
to present this question forcibly to the
minds of the people of the South in
later years, and how the products of the
South can be made profitable to her peo
ple. Why is it that the South cannot
manufacture her own goods at home?
She has the material, the water power
and every other facility which nature
affords. How is it with the iron from
our mountains? Why is it dug up and
sent over to Europe to be manufactured
and sold to you? It is because we have
been sleeping to our own interests, over
our own resources, regardless of what
might have been done. When I first
came to Kentucky, I was struck with
the facilities of ycur State. It seems to
me that God has put the seal of his favor
on your valleys and hills. In these hills
there are enough of mineral resources to
make Kentucky one of the richest States
in the Union. All that is needed is the
energy to develop them. It has been
truly said of our State that the reason it
has not done much is because we are too
poor. The war took from us millions of
dollars, and nothing was left us but our
land, our manhood and our honor. We
propose to get up this Cotton Exposition
to see if we, can do something to develop
the interests of the South. The attention
of the world is being called to the South
now, as she awakens, and the interest
will increase as in proportion to the in
terest of her own people. The great ob
ject of this Exposition is to show to all
capitalists what the resources of the
South are, and I know that they will
be satisfied. I have already seen in
the Conner-Journal where a Cincinnati
firm has subscribed |50,000 to help
build a large manufactory in my own
State. Why is this? Because they
know that with the same kind of ma
chinery that they have we can manufac
ture goods cheaper in the South than
they can in the North. Labor is cheap
er, material is cheaper, and we have a
better climate. The last severe winter
has led many Northern men to mi
grate to the South, where the
climate would not. interfere with
their business. We propose that the
machinery for making cotton in all its
different branches can be shown in this
building. We want the manufacturers
to come and bring their machinery
with them. We also propose to show
Northern people that we have resources
and fields for fortunes which they have
not at home. I confess that the re
sources of the South are limited,
but with help from our neighbors
we can make it profitable to all. Now
you are all interested as merchants in the
price of cotton just as much as those
who sell it. There is annually seni to
market 5,000,000 bales of trash cotton,
making a loss to the country of $27,000,-
000, while with the proper machinery
and manufactories in the South all this
could be properly cleaned. I have to
confess that the Southern people,
like Ephraim, have gone to their
idols, and their idols are Western
meat and Kentucky mules. The South
ern people have almost entirely given up
the idea of raising their own meat, and
thus you are directly interested in the
cotton planters of the South, for you
furnish us with the things we do not
raise.
It is only by connection with each
other that we can accomplish anything,
and by adopting all the Northern im
provements. Most of the improvements
that are in the South were introduced by
Southern soldiers, who took observations
while away from home. I tell you to
day that we have got to bring people in
contact to make marked improvements.
Seeing is believing, and when the South
ern people see the great improvements
they will not be slow in adopting them.
It has been said that in doing this wc ar
simply inviting Northern men to adver
tise their manufactories. Northern capi
tal will not go where Northern prudence
does not direct it. When we urge that,
we invite them to come, and I say in
God’s name come, and I trust we will
give them the right hand of fellowship.
We do not pretend to deny that
one of the objects of this Exposi
tion is to invite Northern capitalists
to the South. We want them to come.
We have got to throw aside prejudices
of the past and bury its sad memories
and raise over the prejudices of former
years the hopes of the future. Some of
you may say that we are
going to have nothing but a
Cotton Exposition. You~ can see
by the picture of the building which I
have that there aro departments for
almost everything. We expect to have
machinery from all over the world, and
get the idea of their improvements. 1
acknowledge with mortification and
humility that we have been unable to
do this by ourselves, but I now feel that
the long night of our misfortune is
ended, and the day of prosperity is
dawning, and I can imagine I see the
twin rainbows of commerce and pros
perity standing behind the retreating
storm. Now, while the current of public
opinion is being directed toward us,
is the time for us to act. Would
that I only had the eloquence
of your Marshall or your immor
tal Clay! I would stir the very bones ip
the valleys of your indifference, until
they would come together and work for
the prosperity of the whole people of
the South. We need more of this North
ern energy among us. I have no sym
pathy with this cry of “TheNew South.”
It is a reflection upon the memory of
our dead and upon the memory of the
past. It is the old South standing to
day upon the graves of her sons in full
view of the horiaon. It was old Joab
that responded to the voice of the proph
ets over the whirlwind, and then jt was
that new children were borq to him. It
is the old South thqt stands as old joab
stood, robbed of ber property, ber chil
dren gone, listening to the voice of des
tiny. I ten you now is the time for
nope. If you would hold the proud
position which you once have held, you
must get energy into the coun
try. I will read to ypu some
of the subscription!; that' have
been made so ymi sari see for yourselves
thq interest that is being taken in this
Exposition: Atlanta, $30,000; New York
$20,000; New England, $15,000; Balti
more, $7,500; Norfolk, $2,500/ W and
A. Railroad, I,, and N- RaU
road, Atr Line Railroad, $5,000;
R and D. Railroad, $2,500; Georgia
Central Railroad, $2,500; Georgia Rail
road, $2,500, and the Southern Express
Company, SI,OOO. These are among the
contributions that have been made. 1
read them sq you can see the iuteresl
that has been shown. Think that for
once in tne South we have got something
which is not sectarian, Ria ao political
wigwam where schemes are hatched, but
where all are alike welcome. New York
and New England have come, bringing
with them offerings of their good will.
The West has come, bolding before
her the ark of the covenant of her good
will, and surely the South should be
there to meet them with open arms. I
am not here as a mendicant, but to pre-
ESTABLISHED 1850.
sent this question fairly to you. Are
you interested in its success? Will you
do nothing to advance its interests? We
have got to raise money to carry this
out, but I leave that with your own
judgment, as I believe it for the interest
of the whole South. The old South has
been down, but thank God she is rising
now. The time is coming when her
children, standing upon her mountain
heights on the Easter morning of her
glory, will shout with one voice, “The
old South has risen.”
At the conclusion of Mr. Hardeman’s
speech the following resolutions were
passed unanimously:
Resolved, by the Louisville Board of
Trade, That the thanks of this meeting
are tendered to the Hon. Thomas Har
deman for the interesting statements he
has made in regard to the International
Cotton Exposition proposed to be held
in the city of Atlanta next fall.
Resolved, That this Board of Trade ap
prove the proposed Exposition and com
mend it to all classes of our business
men.
Resolved, That the Cotton Committee
be requested to consider and report to
the Board of Directors a feasible plan for
extending some material aid to the said
enterprise.
The board then adjourned.
He Proposes to Become a Political
Pirate.
Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Conkling has committed political
suicide. He is politically damned in the
opinion of ninety-nine out of every hun
dred honorable men. On his act of resig
nation the people have already rendered
a verdict of condemnation. They say
“Guilty! guilty of attempted usurpation;
guilty of willful and outrageous misrep
resentation of the President; guilty of
a conspiracy to rule or ruin the Re
publican party; guilty of treachery!’’
There is no political resurrection for
the man thus fallen. In his brain passion
has usurped the place of reason; he has
mistaken his impetuous will for the
Constitution and his personal desires for
the laws. By this fatal error, the pro
duct of overweening vanity on his part,
and of matchless servility on the part
of his sycophantic followers, Mr. Conk
ling has openly defied his party and in
suited his country. The motive of his
resignation is no longer a secret. F *
boldly announces that the act was
trick to secure the vantage-ground of
a re election in order to assail the
President the chosen leader ot
the Republican party. He claims to cor
trol the Legislature of the State of New
York. He exhibits to his friends a list
of members who he declares wnl vote t(
recommission him as the bitter and un
compromising enemy of the Republican
administration of the government, vote
to recommission him as an “inde
pendent anti-administration Senator!”
He declares openly that he has
appealed to the Republican Legisla
ture for a re election, which will “author
ize him to fight the administration
to the end of its term, and to strike it a
blow whenever he can get a chance.” He
declares his intention to be “to make
war upon the administration from the
date of his re-election.” He counts on
the Democratic majority in the Senate,
created by his act, for a continuance of
that body in session until his assumed
re election to give him an opportunity
“to open his aggressive war against the
President.” He openly denounces the
President as “guilty of treachery” to
ward Republicans, and he declares that
the next Republican Convention will
nominate Grant or some other man like
him.
We venture the prediction that Mr.
Conkling cannot go back to the United
States Senate on these terms. We ven
ture to hope that the Republican Legis
lature of New York is not so bankrupt
of self respect, not so utterly bereft of
patriotism, not so blind to the just
claims of party allegiance, as to place in
the hands of an enraged and recreant
ex Senator a club with which to maul
to death the Republican party, in whose
name he seeks the power to assassi
nate it. The almost universal as
sumption on the part of those
who denounce ex-Senator Conkling’s
act that he has the power to secure a re
election, provokes astonishment, because
it assumes the utter degradation of the
Republican Legislature of a great State.
Those who indulge this assumption can
not have properly considered Mr. Conk
ling’s avowed attitude of hostility to the
Republican party.
Ex Senator Conkling does not seek re
election as a Republican. He asks the
Legislature of New York to commission
him “as an independent anti-adminis
tion Senator.” The term is a misnomer.
The phrase “anti administration” de
stroys the force of the word “indepen
dent.” Mr. Conkling, if re-elected, is to
be returned not as an “Independent,”
but as the uncompromising foe.of the
Republican administration, " “with
authority,” in his own language, “to
strike it a blow wherever he can get a
chance.” To presume that the Re
publican Legislature of New York will
so stultify itself as to re elect Mr. Conk
ling after the loud avowal of his
purpose to ruin the Republican adminis
tration of the affairs of the country, is to
assume that it is ambitious to achieve
infamy. Such a presumption is violent
in the extreme, and not to be indulged
against any large body of representative
men. Besides admitting that Mr. Conk
ling may be as arrogant in the issuance
of orders as ever, it must be borne in
mind that he has no Federal patronage
to offer; nor is It likely that he will have
any during President Garfield’s term, in
any event, whether he succeeds or fails.
Anew election of Mr. Consling by a
Legislature which has unanimously ap
proved the act of the President in nomi
nating Mr. Robertson can have no moral
force whatever either with the Senate
of the United States or the Presi
dent. Such a thimble-rigging trick
only adds to the insult Mr.
Conkling has attempted to put upon the
President. It follows that Mr. Conkling
has nothing to give in the way of patron
age, and nothing to promise for four
years to come to induce Republican
members of the Legislature to commis
sion him as a pirate who threatens to fly
the black flag and murder the crews and
sink the ships of a Republican adminis
tration.
It is in vain that the careful observer
looks for aoy evidence of principle as
having been the motive of Mr. Conk
ling’s resignation. No question of
party policy moved him; no obligations
of honor as a statesman provoked the
step. In the long letter of the retiring
Senator to the (Governor of New York
there is not a hint of anything above an
ungratified desire for spoils and
a malignant hate of personal in
dependence in politics in the Em
pire State. Mr. Conkling has long
been impressed with the conviction that
the State of New York is the country, and
that he is the State of New York. It is
a maxim among business men that when
an employe deems himself indispensable
to his employer it is time to dispense
w\th fits services. This maxim applies
with equal force to politicians and po
litical parties. It is not always easy for
leaders to find a party strong enough to
enforce their views, but parties are never
in want of timber for leadership. Mr.
Conkling is an illustration of this fact.
In his late contest with the President he
lacked the necessary party strength in
his following to enforce his views. Fail
ing to conquer within the Republican
party rank*; he throws up his commis
sion as a Republican leader, and appeals
to the Republican Legislature of New
York to recommission him as a pirate
with authority to blow up or sink the
Republican party gunboats. It is a novel
proceeding in politics. There is no par
ailel to it in the political history of this
country. We shall see how It prospers.
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