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YOL. XIX.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15, 1877.
NO. 193
SENATOR CONKLINC.
WELCOMED HOME AT UTICA.
ADDRESS OF SENATOR KERMAN OONKLIMG
SPEECHIFIES — COMPARISON OF AMERICA
AND OTHBB COUNTRIES, AND SHOWS THE
LABORERS OF THIS LAND HATE NO CAUSE
£ TO COMPLAIN—BUNKUM ABOUT THE FLAO,
ETC.
HIS SPEECH AT UTICA;
Special to Enquirer-Sun.]
New Yore, Angost 14.—The followiDg
is Senator Oonkling's speeoh delivered at
Utioa to-night, after his introdnotion in
friendly and flattering terms by Senator
Kernan:
It any man oonld fitly acknowledge and
respond to all this, I am not he. Bach a
welcome, each a magnificent manifesta
tion of goodness, of estbem, would be
memorable in a life of usefulness
and worth, to whioh 1 can lay
no claim. Its most agreeable
features is thn absence of party lines.
Among those from whom it comes are
many who have differed with me in sharp
political collisions of the past. For more
than twenty years we have engaged in
contests, often engaged with a heat and
ardor whioh has not always stopped, I
fear, with mere difference of political
opinion. To-night the bugles of party
sound a truce and you oome as neighbors
and friends to greet a neighbor and
friend.
Twenty years is a great while. Sinoe
it began, time with his frosty fingers has
cooled and silenced many a brow, and I
can say truely that no word, harsh or
stinging, toward a political opponent ever
passed my lips which I would not to-night
gladly recall—speaking to Democrats not
less than to Republicans, speaking to the
organizations and to the individuals who
have bestowed all the honor whioh this
demonstration attests, speaking to my
honest colleague in the Senate who has
come hore to say eloquent and undeserved
words, speaking to all my voioe oan
reach, I render you the acknowledgement
of a grateful heart, end return in a meas
ure heaped up every sentiment of friend
ship you can feel for me or mine.
Disolaiming the credit generally asorib-
to me by Senator Kernan. I am glad of
a publio occasion to refer to one of the
most pleasing incidents of my publio ser
vice. During the brief time that we have
been oalled to aot on questions of deep
concern to the State of New York and to
every State in the Union,in one memora
ble instanoe the country was in more im
minent peril than you at home
oould folly realize in danger
of being disgraced before the
world and involved in oommotion, the
consequenoe of which no oitizen possessed
of property, saying nothing of the patri
otism or pride of the oountry, could ever
have oeased to deplore. On this gocasion
and on all oooasions when the interests of
our country or our State were involved,
no political antagonism kept us apart.
Be will oonfirm me in saying that there
has never been an hour when we could
not confer as freely upon publio measures
as if we had been members
of the same political party. If
either of us had entered
the Senate, believing that men cannot be
ardent party men, and at the same time
be patriots, our associates would have
underoeived us, if we had not under-
oeived ourselves. He is a pretty staunoh
Democrat, but ho never seemed to be
Democrat enough to believe it would
hurt his party to do right. I trust I have
never been Republican enough to believe
a part of the Republican oreed was to do
wrong.
You may expect me to say something
of my journey abroad. The truth is, I
was homesick, down right homesiok
The farther I went, the more it seemed
there was no oountry like America, no
State like New York. No American oan
realize the progress Amerioa has made
till h'e goes and compares
it with other lands. Without seeing
other countries it is bard to realize how
bounteous nature and Providence have
been to us. We suffer just now from
hard times and depressed industry. You
now see all this and mourn aloud. We think
England rich in the ooean carrying trade.
Bo she is, but many of her best ships are
idle. Steamship lines in some instances
alternate with eaoh other, running only
half of the time. Manufactures are de
pressed. Even where working men have
been dissatisflod with wageB, and nnwise
and lamentable counsels have
recently led to lawless aots
from whioh, in the end, no one will suffer
so ranch as their authors and abettors and
those they assume to represent. I wish
|hey could all go to France and England
•nd see how the workingmen and women
do there, and hear of the wages. Eng
land, exolnding the twelve oounties of
Wales, is not larger than the State of New
fork. It contains 24,000,000 people,
ne or two hundred men own half of
ngland. Their estates are princely
ervations for game, and pleasure and
-nlence. One man may ride thirteen
iles in one direction, and nearly as far
Ip the other in his own estate, and when
lie dies bis eldest son takes it all. The
Me of New York baa less than 5,000,000
pie. Suppose there was five times as
-y, and then tjiat one-half of the State
given up to the monopoly and pleas-
of one hundred and fifty noblemen,
ppose, in addition, that men and wo.
i labored in the fields and mines, and
t the wages were only those paid in
gland. Suppose only one man in three
a vote or voioe in public affairs, or
aking laws, and that the great body
orking men were wholly excluded
from all part in choosing the members
of the only Houbs of Parliament where
the seats are not berereditary. Then
suppose taxation to maintain a standing
army in which commissions are Isold for
money, and give to sons and relatives and
titles taken to maintain an established
churoh in whioh livings are sold to the
highest|bidder, or .bestowed as patronage,
what would the workingmen of Pennsyl
vania or Ohio think of such conditions?
We are all working men (in Amerioa.
No olass has a monopoly of the
right to oall itself the work
ing class here. I have always worked
and always been compelled to work, and
my sympathies are all with honest labor.
I believe in its dignity and in all its right,
but when tidings of the strike reached
mo in Paris, under my eyes was a specta
cle which seemed to lighten the madness
of what men in Amerioa were doing. The
Government of France was borrowing
money, and on the curb stone of the
street Bat men all night to get eaoh his
turd in the morning to invest in the loan.
They were workmen, who living as work
men do not and need not live here, and
working for wages whioh an Amerioan
would Boom, had by hook or crook saved
fifty fraucs Eaoh fifty franos make ten
Amerioan dollars, and all night watohers
were there to buy a ten dollar
bond on which they were to get 4 per
oent. interest. There sat the working
men of Franco and the luxury of the more
fortunate, oontented with what was sent
him. Oan it be the liberty and prosper
ity here shielded any portion of the Amer
ioan people till they oannot endure their
share of reason of common adversity?
Another advantage of every class in
America impressed me. The faot that
we have no near and dangerous neigh
bors. On the banks of the Danube Rus.
siaus and Turks are killing eaoh other.
This does not endanger or effeot us ex
cept that it creates a market for the
things we have to sell. How is it with
the old world where nations adjoin eaoh
other?
Every people is in danger—every tax
payer and every working man and work
ing woman is involved. Great Britain
must have a road to India, where she
governs 180,000,000 human beings with
the bayonet. Russia, Turkey, Austria,
Germany, France and others are interest
ed also in these same token, or what they
oall the balance of power. On the judg
ment or caprice of Kings end rulers de
pends the question whether men muBt
fight or die, and women must toil and
reap in half the kingdoms of the earth.
Our country stands apart by herself in the
amplitude of her own dominions. It is
said the Amerioan flag is not to be seen
as often as other flags floating from mast
heads in foreign ports. This is true. It
ought to be otherwise. It must be other
wise, but without meeting it often on the
sea, yon know, and well,
that the starry flag is at
home, and that from home it
makes the influence and powers felt
around the world. You see and feel that
it shelters and proteots mere liberty,
more individual presperity, more of hu
man right and more bright promises for
the future than oan be found in any other
lands. Kingship, monaroby, nobility and
aristooracy may be good things, good for
the few within the charmed oirole, but
give me a land of equal rights, a land
where there is no law making for the few,
and where no man is ever oalled on to
obey any law whioh he has not his full
share in making and changing. Give me
a land in whioh it is the right
and the duty of every man
to take part in all elections and the pro-
oeedidgs by which the Government is
constituted and directed. This was the
grand idea of the fathers. On this corner
stone they founded our great Republic.
A glimpse at the systems, they repu
diated and discorded, has given me fresh
veneration for their wisdom and their
courage. It has also increased the sense
of obligation we owe to oherish and pro-
teot and transmit unimpaired to our chili
dren the great heritage left to us.
But, my friends, I must put a curb on
my words. Travelers are apt to bo talk
ative, and the kindness of my friends has
kept me going from Sandy Hook to this
threshold, where every reoolleotion of my
trip is blotted out save only the weloomo
given me in the city of New York, from
step to step homeward and now here,
whioh memory will remain one of the
best of my life.
WASHINGTON.
•ITTIHO BULL COM MISSION TO
BE COMPOSED OF ARMY
OFFICERS.
GEORGIA CONVENTION.
I.efflfilatnre Remain* Unchanged—
ArcerOev. Colquitt Again.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.]
Atlanta, Ga., August 14.—The House
will remain unchanged.
An attempt will be made to reconsider
to-morrow.
An effort was made to order an election
for Governor this year, bat was defeated
by an overwhelming majority.
Genoral Toombs offered an amendment
that the present Legislature meet in spite
next winter, even if biennial sessions are
ordered thereafter. F. H. K.
POSTAGE STAMPS IN NEW YORK COUNTY—
NORWAY TERRIBLY EXCITED BECAUSE
GRAS8HOPERR8 AND LOCUSTS ABE GOOD
SARDINE BAIT, AND WON’T DE PACIFIED—
GOVERNOR OF TEXAS TO REQUIRE MUR
DERERS OF MEXICO—CAMPBELL REINSTA
TED AS TAX OOLnEGTOR— ALABAMA RE
PUBLICAN OFFICE 8EEKEBS MUST WAIT
TWO WEEKS—BOND OF COLLECTOR OLABK
OF GEORGIA APPROVED.
NEW YORK.
LEATUER MANUFACTURING COMPANY IN
TROUBLE.
New York, August 14.—On petition of
a majority of directors, Judge Van Brent
has ordered that all persons interested in
the New York Leather Manufacturing
Company show eanse before C. F. Mo-
Lean, referee, why a receiver should not
be appointed and company dissolved.
SITTING DULL COMMISSION—ARMY OFFICERS
REQUIRED.
Washington, Aug. 14.—At the Cabinet
meeting to-day, it was deoided to tele
graph to Gen. Terry to know if he oan
possibly leave his post to take the position
of member of the Sitting Bull commis
sion. Mr. Welch will not be appointed
on the commission, as these are no funds
to pay civilians for that servioe and those
government officers will be ohosen who oan
be beBt spared with the least expense.
POSTAGE STAMPS IN NEW YORK COUNTED.
The Commission sent to New York to
oouut the postage stamps, report sheets
of six hundred aud fifty stamps, valued
at one thousand eight hundred and
seventy* four cents. The stamps oounted
represent a value of $7,500,000.
NEW BAIT FOR SARDINES.
Postmaster General Key considers the
report highly satisfactory in regard to the
character of the world. The State
Department has advices that grasshop
pers and locusts arc taking the plaoeB of
ood roe as bait for sardines. This
causes excitement in Norway where forty
thousand barrells of ood roe have been
prepared annually as bait for sardines in
the French fisheries.
TO DE DKMANDED OF MEXICO.
The Cabinet has deoided that the Gov
ernor of Texas shonld make requisition on
Mexico for persons from the other side
of the Bio Grande who broke open the
jail aud committed other depredations at
Bio Grande City. It was finally deoided
to reinstato Campbell as oolleotor of the
third Texas district vice Brewster.
Campbell was removed last fall, be claims
for having snpported Bristow and that
Brewster was a oitizen of Illinois when
appointed.
ALABAMA DELAYED TWO WF^XB.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.J
Washington, August 14.— Nothing was
done in Alabama matters to-day because
some papers that were wanted had not
reached the Department of Justice.
Matters will now, it is thought, remain in
statue quo for two weeks.
GEN. BUTLFR OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Senator elect, Gen. M. O Butler, of
South Carolina, is in the city. He has
been the recipient of marked attention
from the heads of departments and
others. He represents the utmost har
mony as prevailing between the races in
South Carolina, end says that the crop
prospects arc unusually promising in that
aud neighboring States.
Collector Clark'* Bond Approved.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.]
Washington, August 14.—The bond of
Andrew Clark, Collector for the Atlanta
Distriot has been approved.
maTne!
DEBIOCItAVIC STATE CONVEN
TION,
SOUND DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES ADOPTED—
J. H. WILLIAMS, OF AUGUSTA, NOMINATED
FOB GOVERNOR.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
Portland, Maine, Aug. 14.—The Dem
ocratic State Convention assembled aud
was oalled to order by Hon. E. A. Pile-
bury, Chairman of the State Committee.
Hon. W. L. Putnam, of Portland, was
nominated temporary chairman and John
B. Bedmnn of Ellsworth for secretary.
Mr. Putnam in his speeoh to the Con
vention said the financial quostion was an
all important one. Ho considered that
the war had but just dosed, and that we
now feel the inevitable resrUs of that
conflict, viz: an inflated onrrency and an
overpowerfnl control of Government. Out
of these evils come corruption and extrav
agance. In addition out of civil war
oomes the inability of a ravaged oountry
to receive the manufactures j)f a more
successful portion. The longer war is
kept np the longer the fever and prostra
tion.
The temporaly organization was made
permanent.
Recess followed.
SOUND DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE.
Special to Enquirer-Sun 1
Portland, Aug. 14.—The resolutions of
the Democratic Convention affirm and
adopt the platform and principles of the
St. Louis Couventiou of 1870, denounce
the reversal of the verdict of the Ameri
oan people at tbo ballot box in favor of
Tilden as the most monstrous politioAl
fraud reoorded in history and must not
bo repeated, and olaim the restoration of
the three Southern States to self-govern
ment as an acknowledgement of the wis
dom of Democratic principles.
NOMINATED.
Hon. Jos. II. Williams of Angosta was
nominated for Governor.
Weather*
Washington, August 14.—Indications
—For South Atlantic aud Gulf States,
north winds, rising barometer and cooler,
followed by wprmer and oloar weather
will prevail.
THE BELLIGERENTS.
THEY HAVE LOST 12,000 IN KILLED AND
WOUNDED SINCE THE LATE MOVEMENT
BEGAN—LAW AND ORDER RESTORED, THEY
BAY, WHILE THE HORRID BARBARITIES
CONTINUE.
12.000 TO 15,000 CHRISTIANS MASSACRED BY
THE TURKS,
London, August 14.—The Daily News'
Bucharest correspondent telegraphs: I
have written the following as was re**
oeived and from the terrible accounts
whioh fugatives continually bring over
the Balkans, I fear it must only be too
true. On July 31st, the day of the Bus*
sian evacuation of Eski Saghra the Turks
ordered all Christians, men, women and
children should be shot as they loft their
houses. Those who reuiainod within
were burnt alive. The order was given
to burn down and destroy every partiolo
of Christian property in the plaoo. Many
leading Turkish merchants took part in
tho ( affair. There wore dispatohed
a large number of Bnsbi Bazonks all over
Tohirplu district. ThiH district ia one of
the richest in that part of Turkey. It con
tains a very large proportion of Christian
inhabitants, over 300 churches aud
500 sohools aud colleges, all of which have
been burnt. The destruction is ex
tended to the villagos Boghdan, Mahan
lesi, Bani, Mahulosi and many others,
in all about GO, containing from 150
to 200 families each. Scarcely 50
persons have escaped alive. The Bul
garian fugitives at Gabrore and Helvi
estimate that from 12,000 to 15,000 Chris
tians have been massacred in Eski Saghra
and Tohirplu districts alone. The soldiers
were posted along the road from Eski
Saghra, to Kazanlik, with orders to shoot
everybody passing.
GREECE HAH 0,000 TROOPS READY.
London, August 14.—The News' dis
patch, from AthonR, says 8,000 troops of
the reserves have joined the army; also
1.000 volunteors and many Greeks from
abroad.
ROUMANIAN POSTPONEMENT.
The News' Vienoa dispatch reports the
passago of the Danube by tho main body
of Boumanians has been postponed until
a large BuBsinu reiuforoement arrives. A
portion of tho Imperial Guards have
already reaohed Kischineff. Tho army
will be employed partly to strengthen the
troops in tho.Dobruascha.
RUSSIANS ORDERED FROM THE BALKAN 4 .
The Times' Bucharest correspondent
says the decision to withdraw all protec
tions of occupying the other side of the
Balkans in this campaign caused an order
to be issued for the retirement of Gen.
Gouko’s force behind the mountains.
The oavalry oould be of no use among
the woods and preoipicos of the Balkans,
and are required on this sido, where, be
sides, forage is more oasily obtainable.
EGYPTIAN CONTINGENT.
The News' Vienna dispatch reports that
the Egyptians under Prinoo Hnssnu com
menced on Saturday offionsive movements
from Varna towards Trajan’s walls. An
attaok on Kusteudji will be made by the
Turks after the arrival of Hobart Pasha’s
fleet, whioh has embarked troops at Hakum
Kaleh.
ESKI SAGHRA MASSACRE CONFIRMED.
The Times' military correspondent at
Bnoharest gives the particulars of the
Eski Baghra massacre, similar to those
telegraphed by tho Daily News.
KALAFKRE DISTROYED.
A Paris correspondent Hays intelligence
has reached here tbnt Kalafere has been
destroyed by au accidental explosion of a
powder magazine.
RUSSIANS LOST TWELVE THOUSAND.
Special to Enquirei‘-Sun.]
Constantinople, August 14.—By the
last military operations south of the Bal
kans a loss of 12,000 killed aud wounded
was inflicted on tho Bussians. The enemy
have been driven from all locations sonth
of the mountains. Law and order havo
been restored.
RUSSIAN CONSPIRACY IN CAUOUL.
London, August 14.—A Bentor from
Semlassys official intelligence is roooived
here of tho discovery of a Knssian conspi
racy against Ameer of Caboul in the prov
ince of Handntmr, Four officials wore
exeontod by order of tho Ameer for com
plicity in tho conspiracy.
INDIANS.
MUKIIEKINU AN TllliY UO.
Helena, Montana, August 14.—The
following has just been received from
Bannock: The Indians orossed at the
head of Horse Prairie to Lomki, striking
Stephenson's this morning, killing the
Pierce brothers, and nnothor on tbo route.
They are evidently making their way to
Snake Biver Valley.
SHERIDAN THINKS GIBBON MADE A SUCCESS.
Washington,' August 14.—The follow
ing dispatch was received at the War De
partment :
Chicago, August 13.—To Gen. E. D.
Townsend : I havo every reason to be
lieve that Col. Gibbon has had a substan
tial success, and take pleasure in com
mending the courage of Col. Gibbon and
his small command. They have inflicted
a severe, if not a fatal and disastrons
punishment on the hostile Nez Perces.
The report that be had lost his trains is
untruthful. P. H. Sheridan,
Lieutenant General.
Editor Heed.
Fulton, N Y., August 14.—Charles T.
Bennett, editor of the Fulton Patriot is
dead.
ENGLAND.
THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.
London, August 14.—Tho Queen’s
speech was read before Parliament. It is
as follows:
My Lords and Gontlomen—I am happy
to be able to release yon from your at
tendance upon Parliament. My relations
with all foreigu Powers continue friendly.
The exertious whioh, sinoe tho commence
ment of the disturbances ia Eastern Eu
rope, I have uot eoasod to mnko for the
maintainanoe of general poace, but un
fortunately have not been successful. On
the outbreak of the war between Bussia
aud tho Uitomou Empire, I declared my
iutontiou of preserving an attitude of
neutrality as loug as tho into rest of the
oountry remaiued unatt’eotod. The oxtont
aud nature of those interests woro
further dofiued on a communication which
I caused to bo addressed to tho Govern
ment of Bussia, aud whioh elicited a re
ply iudioatiug frieudly dispositions on
the part of that Statu. I shall not fail
to use my best efforts wheu a suitable op
portunity occurs, for tho restoration of
peace ou terms oompatiblo with the
houor of belligerents, and with tho gen
eral safety and welfare of other nations.
If in tbo course of the contest tho
rights of my empire should be assailed
or endangered, I should confidently rely
on your help to vindicate and maintain
them.
THE FAMINE IN INDIA.
The apprehensions of serious famine in
southern India, whioh I communicated to
you at the opening of tho session, I grievo
to say have been fully verified. The vis
itation whioh has fallen upon my subjeotH
iu Madras and Bombay, and upon tho
people of Migsore, has been of extreme
severity, and its duration is likely to be
prolonged. No exertion will bo wanting
on the part of my Indian Government to
mitigate this terrible calamity.
TnE EM PI It E.
The proclamation of my sovereignty,
as transmitted,has beou roooived through
out the province with enthusiasm. It has
also'been accepted with markod satisfac
tion by tho native chief and tribes, and
tho wAr whioh was threatening in its
progress to compromise the safety of my
sutijeots in South Africa, is happily
brought to a close. I trust that tho meas
ure whioh has been passed to enablo the
European communists of Sonth Africa to
unite upou such as may bo agreed on
with the ineanHof preventing a reourronoe
of similar dangers will iuoroaso and oou-
solidate tho property of this important
part of my domain.
Gentlemen of the Houso of Commons,
I thank you for tho liberal sums you havo
voted for the publio servioe.
My Lords aud Gontlomen: ['Here fol
lows reference to enaotments of Honate
of purely internal inorests.l In bidding
yon farewell, I pray that tho blessings of
Almighty God may rest ou yoor reoonfc
labors and accompany you in the dis
charge of all your duties.
FENIAN RELEASED.
London, August 14.—The Feuian
Michael Dnvitt will be released immediately
aud tho other oases will have early consid
eration.
London, August 14.—Messrs. Eoolos,
Hharrook Brothers & Co., manufacturers,
of Over Darwen, havo failed. Liabilities
$500,000.
PARLIAMENT PROROGUED UNTIL OCT. 80TH.
Her Majesty, tho Queeu, in council at
Osborne yesterday, ordered the proroga
tion of Parliament from to-day until
October 30th. Tbo speech will bo road
by a Boval Commission at 2 o’olook
this p. m.
RIOTING AT LONDONDERRY.
London, August 14.—Bioting took place
at Londonderry yesterday on tho occa
sion of opening tho Prentice Boys’ Memo
rial Hall. A number of persons wore in
jured and one fatally stabbed. The mil
itary oalled oat.
TEXAN BORDER.
Mexican Itovolnf lonat* Arrested in
Tex it* — HorNttN Retaken from
Thieve* in Mexico*
Washington, August 14.—Tho follow
ing was received here to-day at tho War
Department:
Chicago, August 14.—Gen. Townsend:
The following from Gen. Ord is respect
fully forwarded.
Bohofleld, commanding Fort Duncan,
telegraphs that he struck n small carap|of
Mexican revolutionists shortly after sun
rise on tho morning of tho 5th aud took
what there was in it—namoly, 44 men
and 53 horses. Ho fonnd very few arms.
They woro regularly organized compa
nies under Valdez. Only two officers
wore eaptnred. Tho othors woro absent
at Lordo and Han Antonio.
A Deputy United Staton Marshal was
with mo. I hold tho prisoners at the post
for him.
Liont. Bullis surrounded a notorious,
thieving rancho, a few miles in Moxioo,
on the morning of the 4th instant, whore
Hbofter had notice that the stock recent
ly stolen was secreted. Ho got five Amer
ican horses. Two of thorn wore taken
from Brackottvilla a short timo ago. No
one hurt, nor was a shot fired. He re
turned to this side yesterday at noon.
[ Signed J P. II. Hueridan.
IMJNOIN.
ENGINEER AND TWO BRAKEMKN KILLED.
Cuioaoo, August 14.—The freight train
on tho Illinois Cantral Uailrond was
thrown from the track noar Docatur at an
early honr yesterday morning. The en
gineer and two brakemen were instantly
killed. Several oars were completely
wrecked.
COULD AND KEENE.
THE HL'ORE THAT NELOVER PAID
OFF.
WHY JAY OOULD WAS DROPPED IN AN AREA—
TELEGRAPHIC MAGNATES—THE CALIFOR
NIANS who don’t like gould’s ways—
BULLS AND BEARS DANCING ON THE
WIRES.
Spoclal Correspondence of tho Tlmos ]
New York, August C.—Tho peculiar
behavior of Wall street in time of strikes,
putting up stocks whioh are themselves
panio-striken, culminated tho other day
in an obscure operator whipping Jay
Gould. Nothing else happened but the
whipping. Gould was on top evou when
dropped down an office area. His flog-
gor was smashed like Bawdon Crawley by
Becky Sharp, oven in tho attitude of hol-
ligorenoy. Gould had nushoulderod him
self of a quantity of unprofitable stocks
and had bid in batter stocks, whioh his
Confederates were “bearin’’ or putting
down. There seemed to be nothiug elso
to do bnt to liok him, and that made no
difference. Gould w«h a little Beared, but
it did not affoot bis programme.
WHO TnE SEIiOVEUH ARE.
The day after Jay Gould was assaulted
by “Major” Holover, I called ou James
Keetio, Helover’s principal, at tho West
End Hotel. The Holover family is of not
much financial consequence. They will
probably survive a few years in history as
tho placers of the Emma Mino ou the
Loudon markot aud the succeeding rum
of the reputation of Genoral Bohenok.
Having put that mine on tho market, and,
by Bolieiick’s endorsement of it, having
given it a lofty value, the Helovers aud
their friends, Rololy oonsoious of the
Emma Mine’s weakness, began to soli
tho stock short in largo blocks. Of
course it fell, aud thoy pocketed tho dif
ference.
There aro two Helovers—Jim and the
Major. They oontrol tho Gentile news
paper at Halt Lake City, or did control it
as long as they were manipulating Utah
mines. Three-fourths of the fuss for the
last six years agaiust tho Mormons was
their connection. If thoy oould not have
everything their own way in Utah they
delnged the East with tales of Mormon
atrocities. Jim Holover, when sober, is
an ngreoablo man. “Major” Holover has
a very poor reputation ou the street. Ho
is said to beguile his brokers iuto buying
or selling stock “ou joint
account.” If thero is a profit
he gets his half without risk; if
no profit or a loss, ho does not come for
ward with bis check. Huoh a man re
ceives very little sympathy wheu he whips
a little follow like Gonid. “Major” Hol
over ranks in Wall street as a blowhard.
He is a red-whiskered man, very much
down in tho month wheu dowu. Throe
years ago be figured in a campaign against
Western Union Telegraph—a stock very
assailable boeause of its largo capital and
the few formidable men like Morgan and
Vanderbilt behind it, and also because of
tho ease with whioh opposition lines are
built. It costs bnt little above $100 a
mile to oonstrnot n telegrnph through n
virgin woodod region. Geu. Eckert told
me, if I remember well, that for $100 a
mile ho built the Atlautio aud Pacific Tel
graph from Louisville to Now Orleans.
Jay Gould, had as his reputation is at
tho present timo, is n conservative capi
talist. Ho owns the only railroad be
tween the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans,
except at Panama. His ambition and de
sire are to koep that property up to a div
idend-paying figure. Everybody predict
ed that it would break him, bnt by retain
ing great legal counsel and having an
inherently strong case Gould won two
great suits for his rights iu the railroad,
and meantime squelohod his enemies in
Pacific Mail, the only notive rival to his
railroad. Ho got a judgment against the
Mail Company for moneys advanoed, etc.,
and made them pay him about $2,000,000
from au empty exchequer. This loss crip
pled the company and virtually threw it
out of competition. Gould has inoxhaust-
ahle resources, both pecuniary and legal.
His wealth is bolieved to be underrated.
His andaoity is startling. Ho pays for
information more than the elder Bennett
over paid for news. He works night and
day, and is tho only man to whom the
street phrase does not apply, that “early
information and a large bank account will
burst anybody.”
kerne’s arrival on the street.
Koono came to New York, with about
two millions of dollars, made in assault
ing tho Bonanza mining stocks of Cali
fornia. Ho prodnoed tho panio which
flattened out all speculations on that side.
Born iu England, ho oamo to America
when n boy and showed obstinnto quali
ties as an operator. Ho is a slight man,
blue-eyed, with a largo auburn mustache
and a oloar, natty look, out of health most
of tho while. Ho was induced by Major
Holovor and other Californians to halt
nwhilo in New York and began speculating
through tho houso of Htmuol Booook. At
that junoturo a hull campaign was put up
hy Ham Mills, the most substantial man
on the street, and assisted hy Frank Work
aud others, Keene applied to be let into
that pool. When apprised of its extent
and conduct ho brought about a union
with Jay Gould through Beldon and Co
hen, two middlemen. Mills A Co. woro
“double-bonked,” or sold out, and Keene
made another million, through Gould’s
assistance. Then Keene essayed u gen
eral bull campaign ou his own account,
associating himself with Bussell Sage,
Holover and others. Ho found Jay Gould
not inclined to enter into it. Gould de
parted for California to look at his Union
Pacific Uailroud. Iu his absence Keene
manipulated tbo control of tho Atlautio A
Pacific Telegraph out of Gould's hands.
Gould had built it, spent his money iroo-
ly to keep it up and used it to brook
down telegraph rates, so as to “boar’'
Western Uuion Telegraph, of which he
was short. Seeing that Keene was pos
Messed of his line Gould felt ugly. He
quietly slippod the telegraph stock off on
Bussell Hage and Mr. Keouo aud loadod
them np with that onerous and unprofita
ble responsibility. Nevertheless, he did
not betray his own plans, and silently as
sociated himself with tho Western Union
interest and bogau to take up Western
Union stock as it was otferod. Commo
dore Garrison also let himself out of At
lantic and Pacific Telograph. The great
railroad strike camo off, and Gould wns
short of stocks generally. Keene and
Hussoll Hage wore loaded up. These men
and their unimportant coadjutors had to
hold the whole market up. Gould affect
ed to give little assistance, but really
he'd up tho only stock of which they were
Hhort—Wostern Union. Holover, Keene
aud othors traced sovoral blocks of this
stock to Belden—Gould’s broker. Then
they saw their infirmity. They were
loaded up with Kook Island, 8t. Paul pre
ferred, Northwestern, Lake Shore and
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph. To sup
port all those stocks they had to pat their
hands in their pockets and buy. Selover
soon went under and attacked Gonid with
bis fists.
I meant to break his back on that area
railing,” says Helover, “bnt he slipped
through and saved himself.”
The same day Helover made the ath
Western Union went to 75. Mr. Goula
changed bis residence from Moumonth
Beach to Irvington, North Biver, either
roally or presumptuously to get near Mr.
William Vanderbilt and Mr. William Or
ton. The Long Branch crowd of brokers
were left disconsolate. They possessed
control of a telegraph whioh could Hot
earn a cent, and whose President, General
Eckert, wns a protege and creation of Jay
Gould. It was marked down already to
soventeon cents on the dollar. Gonid bad
deserted the mere band of operators and
had joined the seleot coterie of investors
and capitalists. II© had ruthlessly abaiwJ-^— ,
oned his own creation and favorite wreek* jg
ing company and got rid of millions of
burden. Ho had pulled himself np or
pulled down to his level the richest and
least unpopular of great capitalists, the
Morgans, Vanderbilts, etc. His own rail
road was ont of danger, and ho had no
groat expense aoconnt to continue. Mr.
James Keene is, therefore, left solely de- Ip
peudent on tho equity and candor of Mr.
Hussoll Hago, tho old fox of operators.
When Hago lays his own load gently on
Koono’s shoulders and says : “My dear
fellow, from the setting sun, carry it
nwhilo nndividedly,” that market will be
as heavy on Mr. Keene’s shonlders as the
sky pressed on the tail of Chicken-Little
in tho story.
Thns the long aoconnt of years finds
Gould still the Admirable Griohton of op
erators; it finds Mr. William Vanderbilt
more gravely uncertain of the great estate
entailed upou him than he had ever be
hoved possibio. Mr. Vanderbilt is noth
ing moro than a man under obligations
to that same Gould whom Gommodore
Vanderbilt repeatedly denounced as a
scoundrel, looking his character. What
now is to become of the new telegraphic
line, stretched but yesterday to New Or
leans, and sending dispatches every way
for twenty*flve cents a message ? That
Atlantic and Pacific Line is now Keene’s
and Sage’s, not Gould's. It oan earn no
dividends at existing rates. If it puts up
the rates Wostern Union puts up Tates
also, and moro readily earns a dividend,
and so appreciates a stock of whioh Mr.
Keone and Go. are short. Only two weeks
ago Keene and Go. were propping up the
market with a roport that these telegraph
companies woro to be consolidated. It is
now certain that such cannot be the re*
snlt. Therefore, the littler company must
languish on, heedless, parentlesH, a mere
estray, until Jay Gould brings claims
against it for money advanced, saddles it
with judgments and seizes the property.
Bneh, for tho present, is the result of
telegraph competition in the United
States. Gath.
HEUKKIARY NnGRARY AM A RAIL-
ROAR RKUtLATOH.
THE AUTHORITY OF UONGItESS AB TO RAIL
ROADS—AS TO LABOR AND OAFITAL —
BLAINE AND THE PRESIDENT.
Baltimore .Suu.J
Washington, August 10.—It is under-
dorstood that Secretary MoGrary is the
member of the Gubiuet who has been giv
ing his views as to the expediency of Con*
gross instituting a commission to regulate
the railrouds of the country. This is a
favorite project with Mr. MoGrary. Three
years ago ho brought iu an elaborate bill
ou the subject, under the provisions of
whioh the railroad companies were very
kindly re ioved of all trouble in the
wauugGuiout of thoir business. Mr. Mo*
Grary succeeded iu passing his bill
through tho Houso of Bepresentatives,
but whou it was sent to the
Honnto that body ignored it entirely and
very properly. Mr. MoGrary would like
very much to have this bill resuscitated,
and it is doubtless true as he says that
other members of the Cabinet oonour in
his views. But this faot curries no testi
mony as to the soundness of his views.
Congress lias really no constitutional nor
lawful power to enact any such legisla
tion as that proposed by the Secretary of
War. Tho General Government ought
not and should not undertake to usurp
the f(motions of regulating the relations
betweon one cluss of oitizous and another.
Evon if it would not bo an encroachment
upon the rights of the States and the
rights of individuals any attempts to
exorcise such oontrol would load
to no good results, but would
most assuredly end in dissatisfac
tion. If Mr. McCrary’H commission wiih
appointed tho members of it would ine*»
vitably bo men who had previously form
ed opinions, and whoso inquiries and la
bors would be entirely directed to the en
forcement of tho. o opinions. Congress
will nndoubtly make the effort to enact
some legislation in reference to tho rela
(ions of labor and capital. It would uot
bo just to say in ndvanoo that Congress
cannot do something which may assist in
a moro or less degree the settlement of
the present difficulties, but all such incus*
as that proposed by Mr. McCrary,
and the ridiculous proposition for a bureau
of industry put forth by tho Ohio Be-
publicau (J invention, would uot only ag
gravate tho difficulties, bnt would bo a
species of legislation positively dangerous
to the best interests of all classes, the
capitalists.
SENATOR BLAINE AND TIIK PRESIDENT.
Notwithstanding tho Maine Republican
Convention tabled, on motion of Mr.
Blaine, resolutions explicitly condemning
tho President’s policy, thut policy was
condemned by implication in ouo of the
resolutions whioh was adopted. This
resolution, which affirmed tho election of
tho Republican State tickets in Louisiana
and South Carolina, was drawn by Mr.
Blaine. Tho President thoroughly under
stands what Mr. Blaino is driving at. To
a gentleman who asked him to-day what
ho thought of the speeches and proceed*
iugs of the Maine Convention ho smilingly
remarked that ho did uot think they were
at nil dangerous. Tho President seems
to l>o vory well satisfied at this time that
recent occurrences will very much divert
and weaken the opposition to his policy.
Indeed, oven before the groat strikes his
equuuiuiity under the attacks made upon
him and his perfect confidence in the
hucoohh of his policy was something pleas
ant to behold.
American Arm* for Turkey.
Boston, Angnst 14.—The English
steumer John Bramall sailed from New
Havon some time Saturday night with a
valuable cargo of ammauition, consigned
to the Turkish War Department. The
Bridgeport Metallic Cartridge Works
shipped thirty-two car loads of cartridges
and tho Whitney Arms Company, of New
Haveu, supplied the balance of the oargo,
