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EST IBtRHED 1850.
H EBTILL, Editor and Proprietor, j
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
nFWSOF the two states told
* I>- PARAGRAPHS.
Itforii* * Lumbermen
v I ively Time on the Grand Stand
' (olamboi-Tbc Managers of a
Pu,er Farm in Trouble-Swedes to
x ',' ke the Flare of Negroes.
GEORGIA.
, lity-fire were converted at TaHot camp
,f t i t .ft .Athena makes a go*”1 liv
ti" 1 ' , r .,! .. a failure in many
, Pi.U-ki count}-.
•i rtu-1 out en masse at the laying of
r ..tc,ne of her Masonic temple,
i , fro Hawkins, who was stabbed in
u colored, at Lex
‘“7 i os, of Butler, ended his life Tues
. .„ ~Jf a i|ik‘ of morphine. Disap
r ;n love was the cause.
hi excellent prospect of build
j (,h .| which will he an ornament
' vnand an honor to that section of
■ c Sport-man's Association has
: the Glvnn Gun Club, of Bruns
„ •. 1 1 liit pigiarn shoot, to occur within
_ : .r r two ago an attempt was made to
r ", ;i f and we.ling house of Dr. Gaither, of
(,{■ No clue as to the perpetrator of the
cr nas been obtained.
t withers A .-smith, of Athens, have just
r - ( u contract with Mr McGintv to build
a ,r- srick store in Jug Tavern. Thev will
op a branch house there.
A bffarson a negro by the name of Simon
p io:y died trom injuries received by a post
f x ng on him while assisting to raise the gin
-< of /.. T. Buttrill on Friday last.
Milton F. Yancy who lives one-half mile
fr :n Gumming, has a stalk with llSsunflow
,r-'<n it. He has also on his farm a small
r ; k of cotton with fifty well matured bolls
T.c pu ker room of the Athens factory
, .„-ht on fire Wednesday from a match. The
•. • .gli system of water works at the fae
t.rc extinguished the blaze very soon, without
An Hopper, who lived on H'm. Keith’s
} . ~ near Jefferson, has left for parts un
p ,lie is charged with outraging bis
j;.-,, w--l d -tcp-ilaughter. A warrant was
...... ; f.r h.s arrest, but he managed to get
.1 nil. field, colored, died very suddenly
t lb v. \ kikiuson's plantation, in Butts
Krnlav last, thought to have lecn
j. fir. It. G. Bryans made a |>ost
:i, o . \animation, reserving the stomach
Vr. a-, at the Athens Factory, is one of
k i. o hinists in the .South. He knows
r. ■ t .;> all manner of machmert and
a one how to run it. Mr. Lucas
: i h r of *ls |ier day to go to New Or
!,•, . : put up the machinery for the E\|>o-
I . Macon pedestrian, takes away
f inc's money bv winning the purse in
I ; ir square heel and toe match that
i : t hut place Friday. There were
t > ~. I rd.of Macon, and Aycock, of
l: . I"I I made 6 miles aud 4 laps, Aycock
Smiles and 3 lap*.
Ai .i. ’Vr-.n Jalie Hammons has been sen
1. li -erve four years for forgery. He
ha i•.-aged to work for I*iuis Dixon fora
r-r: i, ■ ngtli of time, and beeame dissat
-■ .and to get his pay fonted an order on
P \ n m !’ >wer. Key A Cos. just covering the
time he had worked.
T m Truitt, of Greenville, is using a
. i y his father in 1852. XI years ago.
fir. Iru.lt lias the sword worn by his
. rat. ifather as an officer in the revo
i.r war. Zack Mitchell, of the same
i clock lliat was bought in 1814.
1 ; nt clock still keeps good time.
• a.-r-.t. Herald: Dr. Deadwyler came up
fr. '-is plantation last Friday 'with the cx
p-- talon of having a terrible" time with the
red people. It had lieen reported to him
:1 t tiiei were about to rise up and battle
wi. the wlutes. The doctor don’t think
re is much fun in these kind of re|K>rts.
T • tax this rear in Walker will he 48 cents
i the hundred dollars or *1 so on the thous
v 1. The state tax would have lieen 25 cents
ot th ■ hundred, but to meet the liond debt of
i“, 000 tliat falls due next year, it was in
rrca-ed to :o cents per hundred. The countv
tax wilt he IS cents hundred. The whole
is the lowest tax paid for years.
in defending lmn-eif against charges which
ill. .-n made against him. Manager L. T.
Lew of the Gordon county pau|H-r farm, ad
ni.Gtb.Tt a sick white girl,homeless anddesti
: . . writ to him for shelter. He put her ina
r ii.. re, the girl crouching in one corner
1 . negro man in another, the two were
left one through the long hours of the night.
Tl centennial of the Georgia Baptist
Association at Washington w:ll begin on
W. - . ,y. Oct. 6, and continue through the
f. w r.g suudajr. Besides the usual services
h. a- . h occasions, there will be special
r\ - it celebration of the centennial of
on and also siieeial services in re
pel ; rai-mg an endowment fund of *IOO,OOO
for Mercer University.
4 . . correspondence Nfws, Aug. 28:
! ■ ' .ii. .lackeon. who has lieen lvin'g sick
here for sereral days died
ti ■ r n*.. and was buried by the authon
tco-. >h had been delirious since Saturday.
-A negro woman died rather suddenly to
c c it from i-mgestion of the Rings.—W’e are
OCT i cry w arm, dry weather, but the gen-
: i t tne community is good,
i gion correspondence News, An*. 2:
r' -r >c', Joe Harris ami Meredith White,
" ' : :<w,xiting trial for -omo violations
! law. engaged in a fight over a piece of
t, 'Vhtte struck Harris over the head
■ tie, whereupon -Toe drew a small
t . i literally carved Meredith up. AVhile
; ' ids are numerous, they are not
ti - r to be deep enough to be fatal.
A : ,ber of citizens of Cedarto.rn, tired of
t * 'css, unreliable negro help they have
1 . viploy about tlieir homes, have dc
: make an effort to obtain a number of
* - rvants from among the .Swede or
i • migrants arriving constantly at
‘ i- rden. Those who profess to know
• >: : can Ik> obtained at from $5 to ti jver
® *' ■ ' • --I and will, at that price, do the full run
A . Ti. tt: Mr. Ttonv Flanders of
nty, who recently started a steam
' u ' ad the misfortune one day last
' : :..ii across the saw and get Ins legcut
' r ' ■••'ly just below the knee joint. One
- was sawed about half in two.
an ■ 1 1 t been for acolored hand who was
near Mr. laiders when he fell, and who, as
I- ■ k thought, jerkeil him a wav from the
saw • ' • I he must inevitably have been
' i . was hauling fodder for Mr. Ellis,
v .r i „ -t urg. I’.utts countv, one day last
■ k. 1 gi.mgdown a hill the ]ole on the
'f ‘ - ■>: • t ler jobbed the mule, which ran
' r ‘i ng the negro against a large
rc. - Mr. coming In contact with the rock,
’’ ' ' ,,h jawbones, scattering teeth anil
ira.; n■ ; the bones on the ground. The un
' man, at last accounts, was still llv
•• ; ”K under the treatment of the best
wrif.ca. 'kil’, he may surTive.
East>nan Our fellow-townsman,
p Mr i lark, while in the act of butcher
. - tew days ago, discovered lodged in
f '.aid bovine a silver coin “one
„ ■ i d 'tates money. The coin had
powerful chemical properties
'.iuiee undigested, and although
Tod by the powers that be in
-.it may yet pass from ha ini to
me in value. Whether oFnot
■trows on the grass blades and
Mr. t lark's rattle range, is the
V-* r.'itv ready for discussion.
- Enquirer: At the base ball game
two women of ill-repute entered
. - - stand and took seats. The raan
- informed of it. at once requested
v. i . *‘ ;i “cr to have them removed, which
’■ . r. '. irning ttuar money. The women,
. ' u t' r *' greatly incenseil at the pro*
-t ! told Chief Palmer that he might
. " managers that they would bring
' r ‘-‘mages. Whether thev will carry
’ threat nr not makes but little differ
. *“* managers, as they are deter
• ; such out of the
U 1 i‘f/ ' ] ms* Saturday Rev. Nat
r M .'i both colored, were
r; . Judge Reese, the former
itter lvh h . b ‘ ,r * l * ri ' an ' l larceny and the
; r with larceny. The charges against
j i ‘fttes were tusUmed by the evidence
'' i -wo* was placed under a $->oo bond
- * r and a $5O bond for larcenv. Wil
-1 was assessed at $5O. in default of
c tie aerompanied preacher Nat to the
T stronghold, where they will be taken '
:tu they discover that sometimes
‘ ' ilr V * en * *o *he penitentiarv and
- np for breaking in houses, stealing
s-tens, and so forth.
are ' Banner: The flnances of the city j
j- ; Vtr T healthful condition. Mr. Gille
treasurer, informs us that the
C‘ --onlys.s.ooo. Jan. 1, ISst, when
&‘ iV --"‘ u were issued, the bonded
n ■ - ' , .’w’ an,t w ‘* h W.MI of citv cur
-1 !' the whole debt a little over fito,-
v < then it lias been reduced, ali the
n x ■ r i 5 5-'" tovißg lieen re<leemed, until |
t. ' ‘ s * *’• This is a goml showing, and i
v. r rmye invested in Athens bonds feel
rr- . . .*' er, ‘ >s about si>3 of the city cur
' - never be->n presented for re- '
ra r which must have been lost. The
" ' • have been reduced to $53,(00.
h , • ru ‘teorgia has sustained a serious
in' r ' ! tht ' suspension of the immense
f.. j. * industry of the Georgia Land and
fcV" d' "'uPany. The Eastman Journal
. “5 *he suspension of this extensive
fa- ‘'ory hundreds of men who command
tod are tf *Town out of employment,
ot ti, majority of them being dependent
lour daily labor for a subsistence, are
naturally converted from a state of useful
ness to a class of idle consumers, and worse,
still, being in various instances as deficient of
a regard for law. order and honor as for visi
ble means of subsistence, are transforming
the country into a state of turmoil and con
fusion by 'drinking, gambling, thieving and
the inexhaustible catalogue of attendant
evils of idleness and destitution,”
Eastman Journal: The crippled financial
condition of the country is beginning to have
telling effect in our immediate section in more
ways than one, but perhaps in all others com
bined we are not so seriously affected as by
the single matter of the depressed lumber
market, since its manufacture is one of our
leading industries. Mill after mi'l has been
compelled to shut down under the pressure,
and every suspension and its direct deleteri
ous effect on all other branches of business
are simultaneous. But, on the principle that
one should live in the hope of a better future,
even under the most adverse circumstances,
we had been endeavoring to believe that this
depressed state of affairs would be of but
short duration, and that the lumber market
would in a short while fluctuate in our favor
and business resume its wonted activity; but
this hope has proven delusive, and naught
but the dread picture of hard times for a
season faces us on either hand.
FLORIDA.
The post office buildiDg at Gainesville is be
ing enlarged.
Brawns sell at three quarts for ten cents in
St. Augustine.
A white crape myrtle is among the curios
ities at Rock Ledge.
The cotton crop in Lafayette county will
not be an average one this year.
The guavas and mangoes are ripening very
slowly in the Indian river section.
A large and enthusiastic Democratic rally
was held at LaCrosse last Saturday evening.
Palatka is preparing for the biggest Demo
cratic rally of the campaign, to take place
Sept. 6.
After Oct. 1 New Troy, Lafayette county,
will be strictly temperance, having no bar-
I rooms.
i The water that formerly inundated Paine’s
prairie, near Gainesville, has receded to such
! an extent as to furnish a vast territory of
j pasture land.
The 'lead body of Alex. Gilchrist, aged
about 28 vears, youngest son of Dr. S. S. Gil
! Christ, who lives 0 or 7 miles from Quincy, was
j found near his father's house on Aug. 2ti.
! The day before, as was his wont, he left the
j house to shoot birds, and not returning in the
i usual time, bis brother went to look for him,
| but could not find him. The family were in
l suspense as to hit whereabouts during the
| night, and the next morning search was again
instituted, resulting in the discovery of his
; corpse. From the position of the body and
gun. and the condition of the surroundings,
! there can he no doubt that the deceased com
mitted suicide, or came by his death by acci
dent. with the greatest probability of the for
j mer theory. Mr. Gilchrist had been in bad
! health for some time uast. Last year he was
Ia nurse at the Lunatic Asylum.
Lake City correspondence News, Aug. 28:
Columbia county will elect delegates on Sept.
13 at primary meetings at the different pre
cincts to attend the Democratic Convention,
to lie held at Lake City on Sept. 20. The
Democratic outlook grows brighter every day.
The people are earnest. The district meet
ings iu Suwannee county are more largely at
tended than any previous campaign. 'Dis
tricts tliat were claimed as Independent are
solid for the Democracy.— Weihorn, one of the
most prosperous and healthiest communities
in the State, intends to give a big basket din
ner in October. The ladies of Welborn are
famous for their good cooking.—On the 26th I
peeped into the artesian well at Live Oak; it
is sunk to the depth of 50 feet. Live Oak is
building up rapidly, and is destined to be
a city of considerable importance.—The
land- in Suwannee county are peculiarly
adapted to the wants of the farmer, from a
one-horse farm up. There is no i>oint in the
county that is over eight, ten and twelve miles
from transportation. There are one-horse
farmers, whose names can be mentioned, liv
ing in Columbia and Suwannee counties who
have sold their crops of sea island cotton for
from I'.OO to *7OO. besides sugar, syrup, bacon,
corn, oats, potatoes, etc., sufficient to run
their farm another year. Many of these men
have now added to their annual revenue the
proceeds of their orange crop. Farmers who
bought land at 41 per acre at Wilson ten years
ago have many orange trees now bearing that
grew from tlie seed planted during the past
ten years. These farms cannot be bought for
*lO or *ls per acre. The Savaunah, Florida
and Western Railway spans Suwannee county
from north to south.—Lake City is somewhat
disappointed by the slow progress made by
the 'Tvannah. Florida and Western Road
connecting it with the Rowland Bluff Road.—
Tlie cotton crop has rapidly fallen off from
rust and rain within the past six weeks. It
wil! scarcely be as iargea yield asthat of 1883.
Many will finish picking in September.
State Politics.
Col. TV. T. Day, of .1 asper, announces him
self a candidate for Senator of the Forty-flrst
district.
G. W. Adams, of Montgomery county, an
nounces himself as a candidate for Senator
from the Fifteenth district.
Col. Tohn H. Traylor, of Troup*county, was
unanimously nominated the Democratic can
didate for State Senator of the counties of
Troup, Heard and Carroll.
Hon. J. C. Clements’ nomination for Con
gress in the Seventh District Convention, held
at Rome Thursday, was made by acclamation,
without the formality of a ballot.
Athens Banner: There is but little doubt of
Capt. H. 11. Carlton being elected to preside
over the next Senate of Georgia. He will
make an admirable presiding officer, and no
man in Georgia has done more for his State
and-party. From every section of the State
the Captain is receiving the most flattering
letters. He will reflect honor upon that body
FLORIDA ON THE WIRE.
Duval’s Democratic Convention —Flor-
ida at the Exposition.
Jacksonatli-e, Aug. 30. —The Demo
cratic Convention of this county assem
bled here this morning. Tjie meei ing was
large and entirely harmonious. J. L.
Burch was nomiuated by acclamation for
the Senate, and Semmiug D .Ogilvi, J. C.
Cooper and M. L. Hartridge for the As
sembly on the first ballot.
There were twenty-four marriages in
the eounty this month.
Gen. Sebring, Commissioner of the
New Orleans Exposition, was here to-day,
and reports a good feeling on the sutyect
among the Southern counties recently vis
ited.
The steamer Everglades, to run from
Fernandinato Savannalw is rapidly ap
proaching completion. She is being’ built
here.
Paynt’s Captivity.
Fort Smith, Ark., Aug. 30.—The de
tachment of United States cavalry guard
ing Payne and his Oklahoma boomers
broke camp this morning and started for
Fort Gibson, the nearest point where they
can obtain government supplies, there to
await further orders. A petition for a
writ of hebeas corpus for the release of
Payne and his men will lie presented to
Judge Parker in the United States Court
by Payne’s attorney.
Mine Men Censured.
Shamokin. Pa., Aug. 30.—An inquest
on seven victims of the Greenback mine
disaster was held to-day. The Coroner’s
jurv censured the Philadelphia and Read
ing' Coal and Iron Company for ignorance,
and the negligence of R. C. Luther, mining
engineer, and William Booth, division
superintendent. It is expected that the
families of the victims will bring suit
against the company.
Jackson County, Florida, Convention.
Marianna, Fla.. Aug. 30.—The Demo
cratic Convention of Jackson county met
here at 12 o’clock to-day. John H. Mc-
Kiunie was nominated for State Senator,
and J. A. Robinson, Adam C. White, and
James L. Powell for • Assemblymen.
Everything passed off quietly, and the
nominations give general satisfaction.
A Bloody Labor Riot Reported.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 30.—1 t is re
ported here to-night that 200 striking
miners at the Warrior coal mines, twelve
miles from here, had fired on the recently
imported Italian miners, killing ten of
them. No positive news can be obtained,
but the military companies of this city
expect to be ordered to the mines.
Killed by Furnace Gas,
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 30. —Two
men, Gush Fisher, white, and Jeff Buck
ner, a negro, while working on the gas
chamber of the Alice furnace to-day, suf
fered from an explosion of furnace gas,
the former being killed outright and the
latter seriously injured.
Hayes Released.
Sanpkrsville, Ga., Aug. 30.—The
case of Daves, the alleged South Caro
lina murderer, on application of a writ of
habeas corpus, was tried to-day. On
failure ol Identification, he was released.
Memphis’ Cotton Receipts.
Memphis. Tenn., Aug. 30.—For the
year ending to-day Memphis has received
45,077 bales of cotton. The total value of
the year’s receipts is
home consumption this year is 2,2QMileB.
HENDRICKS’ BROADSIDES.
MORE HOT SHOT POURED INTO
THE REPUBLICAN HANKS.
The Onerous Exactions of Protection
No More Than Robbery—Hundreds of
Millions Kept in the Treasury Which
Should Be in the Pockets of Wage
Workers—Other Incidents of the Cam
paign.
Indianapolis, Aug. 30.—The cam
paign in this State was formally opened
by both parties to-day, and a hundred
speeches were delivered in cities and
towns in various parts of Indiana. In
this city the Republicans did not hold a
meeting. The Democrats had a large
street demonstration, many uniformed
clubs, carrying torches and transparen
cies, participating. Speeches were made
from a stand in the circle, where ex-Gov.
Hendricks addressed an audience num
bering several thousand persons. Gov.
Hendricks said:
Fellow Citizens: I appreciate the privilege
and honor of addressing you. and X recognize
the duty of speaking frankly and without con
cealment or exaggeration of any material fact
or opinion. May 1 first ask your attention to
the necessity and importance of revenue re
form. The power to lew and collect taxes is
among the highest and most responsible attri
butes of the government. It ranks with the
right and faculty of taking private property
for public use. and with the right and power
of transferring a citizep from the pursuits of
Frivate life to the duties and hazards of war.
t takes from a man that which is his and ap
propriates it to public use. It seizes upon the
earnings of labor as well as upon the accumu
lations of capital. To every man the inquiry
is of personal concern, anil the answer is of
public consequence. How far may the gov
ernment go in the exercise of the power to
tax people? Freely and cheerfully we all an
swer that there shall be no limitation or re
straint upon the absolute and entire mainten
ance of the public authority with all of its
faculties and functions unimpaired. What
ever the government can lawfully do, and of
right should do. the tax payers will furnish it
the means to accomplish.
THIS THE LIMIT.
Beyond this is the province of private right,
to invade which is usurpation. The govern
ment, economically administered, shall lie
supported. Are you men from the farms,
shops and storeß willing that any other rule
should be adopted? May they take your
money for uses not authorized by the consti
tution or not for the public welfare, or that it
mav be piled up in vaults to tempt the greed
of the unscrupulous? When war came taxa
tion was necessarily and rightfully increased.
Large revenues were needed to injfply and
maintain great armies, but with the end of
the war and the expenditures consequent up
on it, there passed away the necessity for the
war standard of taxation. Why then lias
such a standard continued? The party that
lias held almost unbroken power for nineteen
years in peace must answer that question. In
his message for Dec. 4. 1882, President Arthur
admonished Congress that at a prior session
he had urged upon its attention “the import
ance of relieving industries and enterprises
from unnecessary taxation.”
MOKE OF ARTHUR'S VIEWS.
In the same message he said that the people
have lieen in substantial accord in the doc
trine “that only sucii taxes should be levied
as are necessary fora wise and economical
administration of the government.” The
President continued: “Of late the public
revenues have far exceeded that limit,|and
unless checked by appropriate legislation
such excess will continue to increase from
year to year.” For the fiscal year ended
June 30. 18M, tlie surplus revenue amounted
to 4100,000.000. For tlie fiscal year ended June
so. last year, the surplus was'more than *145,-
0 o,' 00. What ay you.mycoi ntrvmen—d dth it
showing not call for revenue reform? During
that Congress the House was made positively
Republican, largely by partisan action. Not
much heed was given by it to the startling
statement made by the President of tlie enor
mous excess in the revenue. The modifica
tion of tlie internal system and of the tariff
mad* on the March following left an excess
of *55,000,000 of revenue. In his last annual
report (Dec. 3 last) the Secretary of theTreas
nry estimated the surplus of the current year
at *83,000,000, and adds: “So thequeetion still
presses, what legislation is necessary to re
lieve people of unnecessary taxes?”
A QUESTION OF $85,000,000.
Yes, it is a question of *85,000.000 unneces
sary tgxes in one year. The accumulation is
constant. In a speech recently made at
Richmond, Mr. Calkins, candidate for Gover
nor, boasting of the achievements of his party,
made a statement which I adopt without
exaimuation, that the Republican pa'rty
found an empty treasury, now it lias a sur
plus of *400,0e0,000. That is an enormous
sum of money. More, I believe, than
half the paper currency of the country.
Estimating our population at 50,000,000, it is *8
for every man, woman and child. That great
sum of money lies idle in the Treasury, if it
had been left with the people it would be
come a willing and active servaut of labor.
It would stimulate and strengthen old and
develop new enterprises. It would restore
to the merchant bis market and give the far
mer good prices again. Iu tlie language of
tlie Secretary of the Treasury, “the question
still presses, what legislation is necessary
to relieve peoplfe of unnecessary taxes?”
REVENUE REFORM THE REMEDY.
It is a question of revenue reform. Solve
this question, my countrymen, by reducing
taxes and thus leaving the money not needed
by the government in tlie pockets of tlie peo
ple ami the channels of trade and commerce.
The party in power „wiil not give us this re
form. As years have rolled by with them in
poaer. the machinery of the law, inexorable
in its action, has gone on collecting from the
taxpayers in excess, hoarding and accumulat
ing. The candidate for Governor boasts of
the accumulations. In contrast with the low
taxes and short revenue and empty Treasury
of former days, the high rates and
overflowing Treasury of these timi s
became in the appreciation of himself and his
political associates achievement* of exalted
statesmanship. Learning and argument are
exhausted in the political papers of these
times in support of high taxation to the end,
and for the purpose of relieving the favored
classes from the competition of generous and
liberal trade. Of course revenue reform must
come from other quarters. It cannot come
from the representatives of the favored
classes who ask inequality in legislation that
there may be unjust inequality in the profits
of the varied pursuits of the people.
TO WHAT DEMOCRACY IS PLEDGED.
May I ask your attention to the plan and
principles of revenue reform to which the
Democrats are pledged by the Chicago plat
form. Federal taxation “shall not exceed the
needs of the government economieallv ad
ministered.” Do you approve that? if not,
would you have the government wastefully
and corruptly administered to make room
and pretext for higher Federal taxes. “Fede
ral taxation shall bo exclusively for public
purposes.” Would you have it otherwise?
If taxation can have for its ob
ject other than public purposes,
then what purposes r.ay the object and pur
pose be—individual and private gain? Ido not
question that it may be, and often is an inci
dent that one man receives greater benefit or
carries a greater burthen than another, be
cause of the prescribed tax. If I buy an im
liorted article with a duty on it I bear the
burthen of the duty. If you manufacture a
like article and s< II it at an advance of price
equal to the duty then to tiiat extent vou are
benefited, but individual benefit or burthen
is not the object or purpose of the laws. It is
but a necessarv incident
NO RASII STEPS TO BE TAKEN.
Nor do I question that in the adjustment of
the details of the tariff law, the legislative
mind and judgment may and will be in
fluenced not only by considerations of gen
eral policy but also by the probable effect of
the measure upon tne business interests of
the eouotry. It is in accordance with this
sentiment that the Democratic party stands
pledged in its platform “to revise the tariff
in a spirit of fairness to all interests,” and
that any “changes of law must be at every step
regardful of the labor and capital employed
in the industries of the countrv,” and that
custom house taxes shall bear “heaviest on
articles of luxury and lightest on articles of
nccessitv,” and that “the necessary reduction
In taxation can and must be effected without
depriving American labor of ability to com
pete successfully with foreign labor.” These
principles of the platform arc plainly written
and easily understood. They present the
conservative purpose of the Democrats
touching revenue reform. When expressed in
laws their beneficent influence will become
active and universal.
BLESSINGS OK L*WER TAXES.
Lower taxes will signify lighter burthens
upon the people—money returning to the
channels of trade; enterprise restored and
stimulated; a renewed demand for the
product of industry and the consequent in
creased demand for labor, anti universal
{iroperty. If the four hundred millions now
ocked up in the Treasury were restored to
the channels of trade and commerce, who can
doubt that labor would find employment and
the manufacturer a market for Uis fabrics.
OUR MERCHANT MARINE.
The condition of our ocean commerce is dis
graceful. We are a nation of producers and
our exchanges with other nations are enor
mous. The world’s two greatest oceans wash
our shores. We are one of the nations of the
earth most highly endowed by nature with
the spirit of nautical enterprise, but practi
cally we have no merchant marine. Enjoy
ing "as wc do all natural conditions under
vyhich it might be supposed would arise the
gisatest commercial navy in the world we
are dependent upon foreign nations for our
ocean commerce. Our own merchant navy
has disappeared from the seas, and
the owners of foreign vessels are
SAVANNAH, SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1884.
enriched by the profits that we
should earn ourselves. The obituary of our
merchant navy is written in our tariff and
shipping laws. Its spirit of enterprise and
daring that once brought wealth to our shores
and pride to our people, and that furnished
congenial employment to thousands of our
brave and hardy sons, is now buried in the
treasury vaults under those 1400,000,000 of
which Mr. Calkins vaunts,
HARRISON’S PAT SPEECH.
The lamentable condition in which our war
navy and coast defenses are found at the end
of nearly twenty years of Republican rule is
well described by Senator Harrison In his
able speech delivered in this city on Aug. 24.
He says: “The highest military and naval
authorities of the country have again and
again, in official reports to Congress, declared
that we are without a navy, and that our sea
coast defenses are not worthy of the name.
We have no guns for our ships; none for our
•oast fortifications. The utter helplessness
and nakedness of our country, in the matter
of ships ‘ and coast defenses, is con
ceded by every American and known in
every foreign court.” It is a subject of amaze
ment and mortification that with abundant
resources this nation should consent to occupy
so contemptible a position among the nations
of the maritime world. There is more than
one country on the American continent that
has a navy with which ours could not cope.
It has been saijl upon the highest authority
that Chili has ; armored ships that could sail
into the harbor of San Francisco and put that
great city under contribution at pleasure.
WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY T t no.
Who is responsible for this amazing con
dition of things? What party held the reins
of political power while our navy was rotting
down and our coast fortifications were pass
ing into dilapidation? Senator Harrison did
not charge that the Democratic party suffered
this condition of things to come about or that
it was responsible for it. He could not do
that; what he charges is that at the late
session of Congress, after the navy had prac
tically ceased to exi-t and the coast defenses
had become worthless‘Democratic Congress
men defeated a bill providing for a small
addition to the navy. I understand that
the opposition was made because of
want of confidence in the department as
organized for tne best construction of the new
vessels and the completion of old or un
finished ones upon the best plans, and not
upon the ground that a navy was required
for perfect security. Nothing in its history
combi justify the charge that Democracy is
opposed to the maintaining of a strong and
efficient naval armament. It looks with
shame and humiliation upon our present mis
erable navy and regards with anxiety our
unprotected seaboard.
WHAT DEMOCRACY WOULD HAVE.
It would have warvessclsof sufficient num
ber and strength to withstand any naval
power on earth, to make its llag respected
upon every sea and in every port in the world.
It would nave coast defenses strong enough
to turn back invasion. All this it would have,
not for the purpose of conquest and war, but
for the preservation of peace on terms con
sistent with the national honor. The time is
coining, I trust, when war shall he no more,
and when international arbitrament shall su
persede the sword, it is wickedness and in
sanity to make war over disputes that reason
tempered with justice may settle
peaceably; but a nation itself just and
pcacably disposed can better secure its citi
zens wherever they may be on the face of the
earth from wroDg and insult when its flag is
the symbol of power adequate to the
indication of any right or the redress of any
wrong. May I ask you now to consider the
question whether there ought not to he a
change in the control and management of
public affairs. What other remedy for the
correction of possible abuses have the citi
zens of a free republic? Even in England a
change is the remedy. When the Commons
disapprove an important measure or censure
maladministration, the Cabinet, headed by
the Prime Minister, retire from office, and
others in harmony with the will of the people
succeed them.
MANY NEEDED REFORMS.
There are many valuable reforms which
cannot be accomplished by a party that has
been long in power. As an illustration con
sider our army of officeholders, about 110.000.
Reform in the civil service requires its re
duction by perhaps 30.000. It seems to be con
stantly increasing. Who can check the evil
and discharge ail who hold positions anil re
ceive pay without useful employment? Not
the party that created the positions and ap
pointed its favorites to fill them. That is im
possible. It is difficult for a party to reform
itself. Party ties are hard to break. Parti
zans stand by and protect each other. You
have seen that even in courts and juries. The
liartizan friend at the same desk will not be
come an iDformer. He will rather close the
book, and it must remain closed until an in
vestigation shall place another at the desk.
It is nineteen years since the close of the war.
nearly five Presidential terms. During all
that period the executive and administrative
service of tiie country has been under the
control and management of one party.
Should it so continue?
THE EXPENDITURES OF THE PERIOD.
During the period I have mentioned the re
ceipts and expenditures aggregate a sum so
enormous that I find myself unable to express
them in words or figures within ordinary
comprehension. I will take for illustration
the year ending June 80.1883. The receipts
into the Treasury wore about 4308.000,000 and
the ordinary expenditures were 'above *265,-
000,000, making the receipts and expenditures
of one year *063,000,000. The record of collec
tions and payments is found in thousands of
volumes, and it was made by many thousands
of men. They wereof one party and. as I have
said, bound by strong party ties. Inexorable
and cruel proscriptions excluded one-half of
the people from participation in that work.
We know enough to justify a suspicion of
ways that are dark, but I do not choose to
consider exposures that have been made. I
prefer rather to appeal to your judgment that
a change is necessary, because in the man
agement of a business so large, so varied and
so complicated mismanagement and rruvi
tion wi re possible and probable. The joks
should be opened.
A CHANGE DEMANDED.
I believe that good policy and justice unite
in demanding a change,'and without it we
need not hope for administrative reform, but
I would not imitate the Republican party in
its proscription of all but party adherents. I
repeat what I formally said, that 1 hope never
again to see the cruel and remorseless pro
scription for political opinions which has
disgraced the administration of the last eight
years. As bad as the civil service now is, as
all know, it has some men of tried integrity
and proved ability. Such men and such
men only should be retained in
office. But no man shoulij he
retained on any consideration who has pros
tituted his office to the purposes of partisan
intimidation or compulsion, or who has fur
nished money to corrupt elections.
May I ask your attention to one other sub
ject? Much is said about the probable foreign
policy of the Presidential candidates, and for
Mr. Blaine it is claimed that he will lie
more American and dashing. His South
American interference was neither. Of
course wc know what vote this claim is in
tended to reach. I think it will fail. The
voter is too intelligent.
THE PLATFORMS.
The platforms do not differ n aterially. The
Republican declares: “We believe that every
where protection to citizens of American
birth must be secured to citizens by American
adoption!”
Tlio Democratic platform is: “The Demo
cratic party insists that it is the duty of this
government to protect with equal fidelity and
vigilance the rights of its citizens, native and
naturalized, at home nnd abroad.” It is the
imperative duty of this government to effi
ciently protect all rights of persons and the
property of every American citizen in foreign
lands, and demand aud enforce full repara
tion for any invasion thereof.
DECIDING THE CLAIM.
Let the merit of this claim be decided upon
by a comparison anti contrast of two
cases—one umler Democratic administration,
and the other under Mr. Blaine as Secretary
of State. In 1849 Martin Koszta was
engaged in the Hungarian revolt against
Austria. Upon the suppression of the
revolt he became a refugee and sought an
asylum aud home in the United States. He
declared his intention to become a citizen of
this country. In 1864, without having com
pleted his naturalization, he returned to Eu
rope. At Smyrna lie was seized by emissa
ries of Austria and carried on board of an
Austrian vessel of war. His release was de
manded bv American officials, and re
fused at once. Capt. Ingraham of our navy
prepared his sloop of war St. Louis for action
and would have destroyed the Austrian vessel
had not terms been agreed to wheraby Koszta
was placed in charge ot the French Govern
ment to abide a decision of the question.
“The correspondence which followed,” says
one of our historians, “was one of the ablest
on record, and extended before its teminatian
to almost every question affecting naturaliza
tion and citizenship.”
MAKCY’S DIPLOMACY.
It was conducted on the part of Austria by
the Minister at Washington, Baron Hulzmsn,
and on the part of the United States by Mr.
Marcy. a man of great power and thoroughly
American. Thfl same writer says that
Marcy was completely triumphant in his
argument and Koszta was remanded to the
United States. You will observe that Martin
Koszta was not an American citizen. He
had only declared his intention to become
such and that his return to Europe was
voluntary on his part. fiis case
would not fall within the letter of either plat
form. The platforms speak only of citizens
adopted and natives. In that correspondence
the right of expatriation became established,
and wliat was more important possibly that
right was held to include the period between
the settlement of the emigrant and his decla
ration of an intention to apply for admis
sion to citizenship. Mr. Marcy said that the
result is that Koszta acqflired while in the
United States their national character, that
he retained that character when he was seized
at Smyrna, and that he had a right to be
respected as such while there by Austria and
every other foreign power.
AN ESTABLISHED DOCTRINE.
That doctrine became established. Koszta
was returned to the United States. Under
the authority in the Koszta case, a European
emigrant, of whatever country, is protected
by the authority of the United States from the
day of his settlement and declaration of his
intention, having become clothed with our
national character. The courage of Capt. In
graham. and the learning and ability of Mar
ry, not only restored Koszta to his liberty and
to his rights, but established the same rights
in favor of every emigrant to this country.
The case gave to our country great position
and influence among other nations. For his
gallantry Congress voted Cant. Ingra
ham a medal. This was during the
Democratic administration of Frank
lin Pierce. In striking contrast
is the case of McSweeney, for the facts of
which I refer to the able statement and argu
ment of Mr. Voorhees before the Senate in
1882. McSweeney was a citizen of the United
States. He had lived in this country in pur
suit of a legitimate trade for more than a
quarter of a century.
CABT INTO PRISON.
With his family he visited Ireland. With
out a charge of crime, or a violation of the
law, he was seized by officers of the British
Government and cast into prison. This
occurred on June 2, 1881. For more
than ten months his imprisonment was
continued. During that period appeals
were made in his behalf for his
restoration to liberty. On Aug. 16 there was
rcceis’vd at our State Department a letter
from bis wife in which she says that “some
four years ago I came with my
family on account of my hus
band’s failing health to reside
temporarily in this country. I was aware that
England claimed this island, but I was under
the impression that Americans might venture
to travel or reside abroad protected by their
flag. But it this I was mistaken. It is not
alleged that Mr. McSweeney had committed a
crime or violated any law. He being an
American citizen he immediately forwarded
his naturalization papers together with his
solemn protest against this British outrage to
the American Minister at London. Mrs. Mc-
Sweeney’s communication and appeal were
made to the Secretary of State direct while
Mr. Blaine held that office, and when as I
suppose he was in the discharge of many of
the duties of President.
BLAINE SILENT.
That appeal was not answered, nor was the
Minister at London instructed to give il at
tention. The case received no attention at
the State Department until Mr. Blaine had
retired from the office, which was, as I under
stand, in December following, four months
after Mrs. McSw.eeney’s appeal was received.
The duty in such a case is clearly declared by
the laws of the United States, which
iiroviile that whenever it is made
mown to the President that any
citizen of the United States has been unjustly
deprived of his liberty by or under the au
thority of anv foreign government, it shall be
the duty of the President forthwith to de
mand of that government the reason of such
imprisonment, and if it appears to lie wrong
ful and in violation of the rights of American
citizenship the President shall forthwith de
mand the release of such citizens.
Was it not enough that Mr. Blaine was in
formed that an American citizen was confined
in a Britiiii jail, and that he had been guilty
of no violation of the law, and that no charge
of a violation of the law had been made against
him; couid duty be plainer, or its neglect
more flagrant? Had Marcy been Secretary of
State at ;be time, would McSweeney have
languished in prison for ten months; would
his wife’s letter have lain unnoticed in the
State Department? Under Marcy American
rights wert vindicated; under’Blaine they
were neglected.
HENDRICKB’ ESTIMATE OF CLEVELAND.
Not longeince I made the acquaintance of
Gov. Cleveland. I found •him affable and
courteous.clear and distinct in his views and
strong am, direct in the expression of his pur
poses. Ht seemed to me as free from con
eealmentsand the arts of a demagogue as any
man I know. As far as I could judge in a
single coiversation, I thought ’ him in a
marked degree governed in his official life by
his convictions of duty. You do not
expect bin to escape criticism upon
his official life. That can hardly
he the fortune of any candidate.
Touching )hat, I believe his motives have not
been impugned nor his honesty questioned.
In respeetto his private life we will not ac
company Us detainers in their search for a
ground of accusation back of the overwhelm
ing vindication by his neighbors in three po
litical coniestsof extraordinary brilliancy and
success.
CLAPP SHOWS THE GIRIiFT.
Clsrkt Who Do Not Ante Up Bound to
Lose Their Official Heads.
Washington, Aug. 30.—Chairman
Clapp, of the Republican squeezing com
mittee, furnishes another of his bulldoz
ing interviews to his organ this evening.
After coarsely abusing the civil service
reform circular warning government em
ployes not to violate the law forbidding
political assessments, he proceeds:
“What efl'ect do you think the Curtis
circular will have upon the contributions
of the Federal officials?”
“None whatever, except with those
who seek a pretext for non-contributions,
for the reason that they are indisposed to
contribute from the start, and there are
but few of that class, and they are mainly
Democrats who have been appointed un
der a spirit of tolerance, and who should
be rooted out for their ingratitude and
disloyalty to the party that is putting
their daily bread into their mouths.”
“Will the Attorney General be likely to
pay any attention to the call upon him in
the Curtis circular to interpose the power
of the judiciary to prove the alleged in
fractions of the civil service act ?’ ’
“I do not know, but I am inclined to
think that if the Attorney General becomes
convinced that that or any other law is
being violated he will not wait in the dis
charge of his duty for the promptings of
George William Curtis or any other po
litical pharisee. The Attorney General
knows his duty and has the courage of its
performance. But in this instance the
law is not being violated, and hence the
judiciary will not feel called upon to in
tervene with its power. This Curtis
knows, but he will labor to frighten the
boys all the same, and yet no one will be
frightened unless he desires to be.”
Mr. Clapp’s diatribes are disturbing
some of the weaker men in the depart
ments who had determined not to contrib
ute this year, but they simply strengthen
the purpose of other clerks to the same
effect.
Fremont Not for Butler.
New York,_ Aug. 30.—The following
letter was published this afternoon in the
Mail and Express:
New York, Aug. 20, 1884, 01 Broadway.
lion. B. F. Jones, Chairman of the Republican
National Committee, No. 24? Fifth Avenue:
Mr Dear Sir— l have just learned by the
morning papers that I have been announced
without authority from me to speak at the
Greenback-labor-Anti-Monopoly mass meet
ing this evening in Union Square. I need
hardly assure you that I still adhere to the
Republican party, which did me the honor to
place me at the head of its ticket in 1860, and
which is now so nobly represented by Mr.
Blame and Gen. Logan. I am, mv dear sir,
yours J. C. Fremont.
THE IN THE AIK.
Deaths Somewhat Less
at aud Toulon.
Marseilles, Aug. 30.—The reports of
the ravages of the cholera in the South
ern departments of France for the last
twenty-four hours are as follows: Iler
ault. 3 deaths; Gard, 1; Aude, 4; Eastern
Pyrennees, 8.
At Marseilles there were 15 deaths
from cholera during the twenty-four hours
ending at i> o’clock to-night. No deaths
from the disease occurred at Toulon to
day.
There were 7 deaths from cholera at
Marseilles last night and 1 at Toulon.
The weather has become cold. The fol
lowing bulletin gives an account of the
Srogress of the cholera In the past 24
ours in the various provinces of Italy:
Bergamo, 6 deaths and 15 fresh cases;
Bologna, 3 deaths and 3 fresh cases; Cam
pobasso, 4 deaths and 9 fresh cases; Cu
neo, 21 deaths and 33 fresh cases; Massa
carrara, 6 deaths and 14 fiesh cases; Par
ma, 2 deaths and 7 fresh cases; Aquilla,
1 death and no fresh cases; Genoa, 27
deaths and no fresh cases; Turin, no
deaths and 5 fresh cases. The deaths
were most numerous at Spezzia, ih the
province of Genoa, where there were
24, and at Busca, in the province of <’u
neo, where there were 8. At Naples there
were no deaths.
RAGS TO BE KEPT OUT.
Washington, Aug. 30.—The Acting
Secretary of the Treasury has issued a
notice that the importation of rags from
foreign countries will be prohibited for
three months from Sept. 1.
Belgium’s Educational Bill.
Brussells, Aug. 30. — 1n the Chamber
of Deputies to-day the new educational
bill was adopted in its entirety, by a vote
of 8Q to 49,
EVANSVILLE'S ICE WIND.
15 OR 20 LIVES LOST BY THE
BELMONT’S CAPSIZING.
The Horrors of the Death but of a Mo
ment’s Duration—Survivors Pierced
to the Heart by the Shrieks ot the 11l-
Fated Women and Children.
Evansville, IND.,Aug. 30.—Ohe of the
survivors states that the passengers on the
lost steamer Belmont were terror stricken
some time before the accident occurred,
and when the boat actually capsized it
was all over in a few seconds. The cir
cumstances were such that those who re
mained on the barge saw the steamboat
sink with all on board without being able
to assist them. The boat lies in lourteen
feet of water and will be a total loss.
She was built in Pittsburg three years
ago at a cost of $’22,000. When the ropes
broke the wind drove the barge ashore.
The horror of the calamity continues
to throw gloom over the city. It hap
pened that most of the through passen
gers on their way from here to Hender
son were in the cars on the barge while
those on the steamer Belmont were
mostly Evansville and Henderson people.
The fury of the storm was inconceivable
and its work was done swiftly. Three times
the cables lashing the barge to the boat
were snapped, and the last time the barge
floated away out of reach. Then it was
that the boat with a sudden lurch, too
sudden to permit the escape of her pas
sengers, turned over in fifteen feet of
water, about the deepest between here
and Henderson. During the fierceness of
the storm Capt. Smith ordered the cabin
doors locked to keep out the drenching
rain. When the last attack of wind came
the pilot was steering the vessel for a
sand-bar to run her aground. The Cap
tain ordered him to keep in the channel,
to back her and keep her steady. When
the boat stopped the wind seemed literally
to take hold of her and turn her over.
HANGING TO THE KEEL.
Mr. Mitchell, of Evansville, was in the
cabin, and thinkingof the danger of cap
sizing, had, with the assistance of Sam
Butler, of Evansville, forced open the
door of the cabin. They got out on deck
just as the boat began to careen, and by
an unusual effort managed to hold on
while the boat went over, and in holding
on to her upturned keel. Pilot James
Kay, First Engineer Robert Reddington,
Milton Long, of Evansville, and another
person whose name is not known,
also succeeded in holding on to
the wreck till taken off by a skiff. Mr.
Mitchell says that the screams of the
helpless women and children in the cabin
as the boat went over rang above the fury
of the storm. He saw Mr. Kooch, one of
the lost, try to get out, but the boat had
turned so far over that he fell helpless
against the lowest side of the cabin. There
were many narrow escapes besides
those above named. Joseph W. Reid, of
Evansville, jumped to the barge, but was
almost blown into the river. Dorsey
Pierce, an express messenger, and Mat
Braslev, chief train dispatcher, also had
narrow escapes. Late last night a diver
was sent from Henderson and recovered
the body of an elderly woman having a
valise marked “J. W. M.,” ahd a collar
marked “Martin.” She had been drowned
in the cabin. The diver will be able to
recover all the bodies soon,
DETAILB STILL COMING IN.
The details of the storm are coming in
slowly. There was no storm above Prince
ton or Rockport, Ind. Great destruction
occurred near Harmony, Carmi, Gray
ville, Mount Yernon, Uniontown and
Henderson. Houses, timber and crops
were destroyed in this section, but no
lives were lost. Telegraph lines are all
up and full particulars are expected to
night. The damage to shipping was slight,
excepting the capsizing of the steamer
Belmont. No bodies hnvo boon occurtll
so far, but diver Hill will try to recover
tne ten or fifteen bodies that are still sup
posed to be in the wreck. In Uniontown
the Commercial Hotel was unroofed and
other buildings damaged. The opera
house at Henderson was unroofed and
many buildings injured. The loss to
Evansville is very heavy, and in the coun
try barns and crops suffered greatly. A
heavy hail has injured the corn crop. The
steamers damaged at their landings are
being repaired.
COURBET’S VICTORIES.
Fears that the French Will Now De
scend on Canton.
London, Aug. 30.—A1l the French have
left Canton. It is how asserted that
Admiral Courbet lelt the Min river with
the intention of going to Canton. The
Chinese military commanders everywhere
have received imperial orders to attack
all French war ships and merchant ves
sels which attempt to enter leading treaty
ports. Those in port now have been or
dered to depart immediately. Telegrams
from the Chinese Government lines are
not accented unless written in English.
Gen. Millot-has asked to be relieved of
the command of the French forces in Ton
quin on the ground of ill health. The
government has consented to this and has
appointed Gen. Briere DeLisle to succeed
him.
COURBET’S WORK.
Admiral Peyron, Minister of the Ma
rine, ha 9 received the following dispatch
from Admiral Courbet:
Min River, Friday, Aug. 2f>, 6 p. m.—
Thanks for the expression of satisfaction on
the part of the government. I cannot too
warmly praise the officers an# crew. The
operations in Min river have been concluded.
They were attended with complete success.
All "the batteries along the river have been
destroyed and most of the cannon exploded
with gun cotton. We were obliged to leave
some intact because the men ordered to reach
them would have been exposed to a heavy
musketry fire, to which no reply would have
been possible. All our ships left Min river
to-day, and several of them have already
reached Malson anchorage. I shall arrive
there to-morrow with the DuQuay and
Truin. The latter.has served as my fi g ship
since Monday. Our losses during the week
are 10 killed, including 1 officer, and 13 seri
ously and 28 slightly wounded. In the Mingan
and Kin Pai channels there were several case
mated batteries. Two of these were clad
from 12 to 30 centimetres thick with plates of
sheet iron hotted together. The calibre of the
Chinese guns ranged from 14 to ul centime
tres.
FERRY’S FLOWERY THANKS.
Prime Minister Ferry has sent the fol
lowing telegram to Admiral Courbet:
“The country which hailed you as victor at
Sontay is now your debtor for another deed
of arms. The Government of the Republic is
happy to express the nation’s gratitude to
your admirable crews and their glorious
leader.”
CHINA’S INDIGNATION.
The Pall Mall Gazette says: “There is
not the slightest foundation for the report
that China wishes to come to an agree
ment with France. The Chinese consider
the Fuo Chow affair as an act of treach
ery on the part of Admiral Courbet, who
took advantage of the permission accord
ed the war ships of friendly powers to
enter Chinese ports. The barbarity of
continuing to fire hours after the Chinese
vessels had ceased is the cause for in
tense excitement against Europeans.”
A meeting of the Extreme Left was held
to-day. It was decided to present a pro
test to President Grevy against the non
convocation of the Chambers to meet in
special session at this juncture of affairs.
The French naval divisions of China
and Tonquin will henceforth form only
one squadron.
La Nationalist states that Admiral
Courbet has full powers to operate against
China.
La Universe has a special dispatch from
Hong Kong which says that French mis
sionaries have been officially expelled
from there. The Chinese have suppressed
an uprising which menaced the Chris
tians.
The Merida’s Cargo.
Havana, Aug. 30.—The steamer City
of Merida took fire in the harbor here yes
terday and was completely destroyed, to
gether with all her cargo. The latter
consisted of 1,400 bales of hemp, $17,000 in
silver from Vera Cruz, 912 bales of tobac
co and 537 bags of sugar, which were
shipped here for New York.
Resigned.
Washington. Aug. 30.—Chief Clerk
Peacock, of the Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery of the Navy Department, ap-
I pointed to succeed Corrigan, indicted lor
i malfeasance, has resigned.
BUTLER’* CAMPAIGN.
The New York Greenback-Labor Party
Give Him a Boom.
New York, Aug. 30.—The State Con
vention of the Greenback-Labor party
was opened in Masonic Temple this morn
ing. The Sixty-ninth Regiment Band
supplied the music. The convention was
called to order by George A. Jones, Chair
man of the State Central Committee.
When his gavel fell there were present
about 100 delegates and about half as
many spectators. In his opening address
Mr. Jones said:
Fellow Delegates, Ladles and Gentlemen: The
National party met at Indianapolis and nomi
nated for President Gen. Beni. T. Butler
[loud applause] and Gen. A. M. West, of
Mississippi, for Vice President. [Applause.]
Two millions of young men who are about to
cast their first vote are especially invited to
vote with us, not as Northern, not as Southern
men, but as citizens of the United States who
patriotically desire to preserve and advance
the interests of the whole country. [Ap
plause.] Those who now control the govern
ment have robbed the farmers out of $300.-
000,000 and the laboring men of 41,000,000,000
by the practice of systems that are most ob
noxious and injurious.
Air. Jones then proooedod to arraign the
Republican party. The Democratic party,
he said, had been inconsistent in its
money principles, and he added that it
would be unsafe to entrust that party
with power.
Time is dissolving the old parties, and the
time is coming when the party shall be placed
in power that will put in circulation money
enough to enable men to disown a master.
THE OLD PARTIES ARRAIGNED.
On the labor question Mr. Jones said:
Both the Democratic and Republican parties
have made the workingmen slaves, and it de
pends on themselves to free themselves. The
National party represents the advancing civ
ilization of this age.
At the conclusion of his address Alden
Spencer was made temporary chairman,
and the usual committees named. While
the committees were out James Sheppard,
President of the Farmers’ Alliance of Wy
oming, addressed the convention. He ad
vised the Greenbackers, Anti-Monopolists
and laborers to unite. Prof. Cushman, of
New York, sang a campaign song enti
tled “Turn the Rascals Out.” The song
declared that Butler was the man to ac
complish this task. It was sung to the
tune of “John Brown’s Body.”
BUTLEJt ON The rostrum.
Gen. Butler addressed a large mass
meeting in Union square to-night. He
said that he found that some portions of
his address to the people had not been
comprehended by" certain newspaper
critics, who seem to misunderstand it,
notably by the New York Times, which
was controlled by an Englishman who
ought to know the English language in
the matter of a definite comprehension
of the distinction between labor
and capital and imported labor.
By imported labor he meant that brought
under contract from abroad, as coolies
and Chinese, or foreign convict and
pauper labor, deported here by authority
of England and some other countries.
Would the Times say that the great woes
of the country do not come from these
sources. The line is to be drawn between
those classes and laboring men and
women, attracted by >eur institutions to
become part ot us, who have brought
their families here by their own energies,
and should be welcome. By the capitalist
he meant men of large wealth
living on interest or dividends without
doing anything hiffiself to use it in pro
duction and instanced the holder of rail
road bonds who waters stock, drives fast
horses or lives abroad. He classed med
who engaged in honest industry, using
their capital to produce that use to man
kind and benefiting their fellows, as men
of enterprise. In this class was the far
mer, manufacturer, transporter of
rieigut, trader o,.<j members of the
professions even perhaps newspapei
editor.
LABORING MEN.
By laboring men and women he meant
people who work for wages at a stipulated
price for a stipulated time in production.
The monopolist was one who controlled
some method of production of a useful
article, excluded others lrom competition,
and thereby raised the price of the product
above fair remuneration, making the rich
richer and the poor poorer, and establish
ing -dangerous classes in the republic.
He held that the monopolist should be
punished by law like the criminal. The
General cited the sewing machine and po
troleum (the poor man’s light) as an in
vention, and an indispensable product
controlled by monopolists, and denounced
the Standard Oil Company in bitter lan
guage. He said:
uur fathers never dreamed that anyone
could in a single generation accumulate
4100,000,000, and that hundreds, perhaps thou
sands, could accumulate *10,000,000 each.
What should be said of Legislatures that cre
ated and sanctioned these monopolies, especi
ally if that Legislature has been purchased?
To abrogate such laws was the purpose of the
meeting of these vast throngs. The poop's
want neither jobbery, corruption, poiti
cal or other contrivances; ask nothing
but what is right, have the power, and if they
stand together, irrespective of party, the
government could be brought back to the
paths of the fathers, aud the country have a
new and higher career as an exemplar of lib
erty and equality of rights to all the earth.
BUTLER’S COHORTS IN OREGON.
Salem, Ore., Aug. 30.—The State Cen
tral Committee of the Greenbackers and
Anti-Monopolists met yesterday. Butler
and West electors were chosen, and it
was decided to print and distribute 50,-
000 copies of Butler’s addresses.
A SISTER’S BOLD SHOT.
The Trigger Pulled Because Her Broth
er Had Received a Life Sentence.
Odessa, Aug. 30.—Details of the at
tempted shooting a few days ago of Col.
Katansky, chief of the gendarmes of this
city, which have hitherto been suppressed,
have now become public. The motive
leading the young woman, Maria Kalins
naja, to attempt the desperate deed, was
a desire for revenge. Col. Katansky had
sentenced her brother, who was a
member of the revolutionary society, to
penal servitude for life. The girl entered
Col. Katansky’s private room, and 20
minutes later drew a revolver from her
pocket and fired point blank at the officer.
The ballet grazed his ear, but before she
could fire again Col. Katansky seized the
weapon and immediately placed the young
woman under arrest.
GREEIA’S VISIT TO MONTREAL.
Visitors and Residents Equally Anxious
to Catch a Glimpse of Him.
Montreal, Aug. 30.— Great curiosity
is felt both by visitors to and residents of
this city to ste the celebrated Arctic hero,
Lieut. Greely. and many inquiries have
been made at the Windsor Hotel concern
ing his health. In answer to such in
quiries it was learned that he had passed
a good night. His physician, however,
will not allow him to leave his apartments
until he is somewhat stronger. A large
number ot invitations have been sent to
him, but his present condition precludes
the possibility ot his accepting them. It
is expected that he will be able to visit
various sections of the British Associa
tion on Monday.
Heayy ltaina in Magaachuaettg.
North Adams, Mass., Aug. 30.—1 t
rained until 12 o’clock last night, eighteen
hours continuously. There is great dam
age on the roads. Anew bridge at Grey
lock was carried away. Every bridge is
gone between Roadsboro and Stamford,
Vt., and SIO,OOO damage has been done
to the road near Beaver. Two miles from
here the river ran in over the road a dis
tance of 60 rods. A large gang of men
are repairing it this morning. Travel is
delayed on the Troy and Boston Road by
a wash-out at North Pownal.
Russia's Hebrew Haters.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 30.—Another
outbreak against the Jews has occurred,
this time at Dubrovitza, near Kavno, in
Western Russia. An anti-Semitic mob
pillaged twelve shops and twenty houses.
Many Jews were wounded during the
riot, and one woman was killed. The po
lice and clergy were powerless to quell
the disturbance.
Havana 8 .Scourge.
Havana, Aug. 30.—There were 18
deaths from yellow fever here during the
past week.
J PRICE SlO A YEAR. J
jft CENTS A COPY. J
EL MAHDI’S SUPPRESSION.
ENGLAND TO SPEND $40,000,000
IN THE CAMPAIGN.
Fifteen Thousand Troops to be Poured
into Egypt—9so Boats and Severs
Thousand Egyptians also to Take Far
in the Expedition Wolseley Given
Full Swing.
London, Aug. 30. —A Cairo dispatch
says that Col. Kitchener has received
more letters from Gen. Gordon statin g
that he and the garrison are well.
The Staffordshire and Berkshire Reg i
ments are being pushed after the Sussex
Regiment, which has arrived at. Wady
Haifa. Boats are passing the Semrah
cataract, and are helping in the transpor
tation of troops.
Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood, Col. Duncan
and Maj. Sand, with two companies o
Egyptian troops, have arrived at Wady
Haifa.
The three dhows captured by the rebels
Thursday night, near the harlior, and
taken off to the south, were yesterday
overtaken and run ashore. The rebels
made their escape.
ABYqeiNIANS ROUTED, gflfij ’
Keren was attacked by 200 Abyssimans
under Razaloula. Thev were put to utte r
rout by Egyptian troops, only six escap
ing.
THE FRENCH PRESS ON ENGLAND’S
COURSE.
The Paris Fepublique Francaise says
that the mission of Lord Northbrook and
Gen. Lord Wolseley to Egypt is a chal
lenge to Europe, and a public assump
tion that England has exclusive power in
Egypt. “Has England considered her
strength,” the paper asks, “betore taking
so grave a step?” It is to be noted that
Egypt lormed the substance of the recent
conference between Prince Bismarck and
Baron de Courcel, the French Ambassa
dor to Germany.
STATISTICS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
Certain particulars with reference
to the relief expedition up the Nile
have been finally arranged. The
force which will proceed south of Assou
an will lie composed of 8,000 British
troops, 2,500 Egyptians and a flotilla o f
950 river boats. The boats will be manned
by 400 Canadians, 300 Kroomen, and
about 2,000 Egyptian and Nubian boat
men. The cost aL the campaign is esti
mated at £8,000,00“. it is reported tha
Gen. Lord Wolseley before accepting th e
chief command of the expedition insisted
upon being granted carte blanche as to th e
strength and equipment of the force.
The total number of British troops in
Egypt at present is 10,128, of whom 601
are on the sick list. When all the rein
forcements destined for Egypt reach there
the total number will be 15,000.
PRIDES OF THE STUDS.
The Fall Meeting Opened at dheeps
head Bay Before Numerous Spectators.
New York, Aug. 30.— This wasthefirs t
day ot the fall meeting at Sheepshead
Bay. The weather was clear, but sultry,
ami the track very heavy. The attendance
was large. The events were as follows:
Fikst Race —Five furlongs; all * ages.
Earhus won, with Jim Rennish second, and
Miller third. Time 1:0C.
Second Race—Sweepstakes; three-year
olds; penalties and allowances; seven fur
longs. Burton fell near the half mile but
neither horse nor rider was hurt, but Burton
was out of the race. Louisette won, with
Tom Martin Second and Tattoo colt third.
a ime 1:36.
TniKi) Race—Selling race; one mile and
tnreC furlongs. Tolu won by a neck, with
Hartford second and Tilford third. Time
2:B3}^.
Fourth Race—Autumn stakes for two
year-olds; three-quarters of a mile. Bush
won, with st. Augustine second and
Saltpetre third. Time 1:21.
Fifth Rack— Croat f a j i ß selling sweep
staWu! f or aii ages; one mile and one furlong.
Lrcystone won, with Little Fred second and
SauDiuri’i third. TjniPi 9.
Sixth Race—steeple chase; over the full
course; the winner to be sold at auction. Half
a mile from home El Capitau fell. Miss
Monsley then went to the front and won by
four lengths, with Ranger second and
Wooster third. Time 2:02. McCullough also
fell.'
A HAND OF BOBBERS.
New York’s Aldermen Sell the People
Out for Personal Gain.
New York, Aug. 30.— The Board o
Aldermen recently passed a resolution
giving the Broadway Surface Railroad the
right to run street cars on Broadway.
The sum of $1,000,000 had previously been
offered by another company for the fran
chise. Mayor Edson vetoed the resolu
tion, and an injunction was obtained re
straining the Aldermen lrom passing the
measure over the veto. Late last evening
a dissolution of the injunction was ob
tained. At 9 o’clock this morning the
Aldermen met and passed the resolution
over the Mayor’s veto and adjourned.
Few excepting themselves knew that the
meeting was to be held, and the Comp
troller did not receive the usual notifica
tion that a meeting was to be held.
% Congressional Conventions.
Washington, Aug. 30.—At Peters
burg, Va., the Brady Convention at 2
o’clock this morning by a unanimous
vote nominated Col. James D. Brady for
the Forty-ninth Congress from the Fourth
Congressional district of Virginia. Brady
is United States Internal Revenue Col
lector from the Second district of Virginia
with headquarters at Petersburg.
The Anti-Bradv Convention yesterday
nominated Joseph P. Evans (colored) for
Congress from the Fourth Congressional
district.
BRADY’S SPEECH.
After Col. Brady had been nominated
by the regular Republican Convention he
was waited upon by a committee and in
formed of his nomination. He came into
the convention about 2:30 o’clock this
morning amid a perfect storm of ap
plause. In accepting the nomination,
Col. Brady wanted it distinctly under
stood that he was a personal friend o
Senator Mahone, and wanted no man to
vote for him (Brady) unless he was a friend
of Mahone. Col. Brady said that the men
who have raised the cry of political
machine methods were those who were
indebted to Mahone for all they had. A
man who holds a high position in this
State, whose name he would not call, had
raised the cry of “boss rule” and “politi
cal machine methods,” and yet was in
debted to Senator Mahone for all he was
worth. The best pledge, he said, that he
had to give his colored friends was his
past record.
The Republicans of the Third Illinois
district have renominated George R.
Davis for Congress.
Martin A. Foran was renominated for
Congress by the Twenty-first Ohio Dis
trict Democratic Convention to-day.
Sexton and Redmond Set Sail.
New York, Aug. 30.—Messrs. Sexton
and Redmond sailed for Ireland to-day. A
large number of friends, among whom was
Mrs. Parnell, were present on the steamer
to bid them farewell. Mrs. Clemence S.
Lozier, Chairman of*he State Committee
of the Woman’s Suffrage party, asked
Messrs. Sexton and Redmond to convey
to the Irish party in the House of Com
mons the thanks of the woman’s suffra
gists of this country for their votes in
favor of woman suffrage, and assurance*
of their sympathy in the cause of Ireland.
Madagascar’s People.
London, Aug. 30.—The Times gives a
review of the recent blue books relating
to Madagascar, and says that they are
“conclusive disproof of the charges of
savagery and elementary barbarism
brought against the Malagassies by the
French,”
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lungs, purchased by my husband, who
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