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VOL. XIX.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9, 1877.
NO. 264
WASHINGTON.
REHOCRATIC CAI’CVS VOWI.V4TES
REV. DR. HARRISON, OF AT
LANTA, EOR (H.41’14U.
Approprlmtlun for Purls Exposition—
Pmttrrsoii Case I’ontliiuecl—Noniluo-
llons — I-ornl lrv« Hills ... Ntnnlry
Hslthrws Thinks llayrs will Mlpu Ihr
.11,or Bill—Slolloiinl Hoad of Trade
Delegation and Its ohjrrls.
APPROPRIATION FOR l’ARIS EXIIIBI-
TION.
Washington, November 8.—The
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
will, at their meeting on Monday
next, agree upon a bill for American
representation at the Paris Interna
tional Exposition, and report it to the
House on that day. An ample sum
for that purpose will be proposed,
though ns yet the details have not
been arranged. The committee will
hear all facts before them, including
tlie recommendations and estimates
of the Department of State.
nomination for chaplain.
The Democratic caucus this after
noon nominated Rev. Dr. W. P. Hur-
rison, formerly of Atlanta, for chap
lain.
senator Patterson’s case.
The habeas corpus case of Senator
Patterson was called to-day and con
tinued to November 21st.
NOMINATIONS.
Sandforil of Florida, Minister to
Belgium; Burdell, Register of Band
Oflice; N. O. Smith, Postmaster at
Baton Rouge; North, Postmaster at
Brunswick, Ga.
LOCAL LEVEE BILLS.
Messrs. Morey, Young and Thatch
er have introduced levee bills, which
have been referred to the Levee Com
mittee. Early action is expected.
STANLEY MATTHEWS’ OPINION.
Special to JOnquirer-Sun,]
Washington, Nov. 8. — Senator
Stanley Matthews says he lias made
no assertion that the President will
sign tlie silver bill. He has merely
expressed his individual opinion tliut
in the event of the bill’s passage by
the Senate,the President will approve,
and he adds that tills expression of
opinion was made by him without
any information derived from the
President as to his intention on this
subject, and neither proffered to be
nor was in fact a statement based
upon tlie President’s authority.
It was based upon the
assumption that the bill
would pass by so large a majority that
tlie President would consider it such
an expression of the public will as he
could not properly disregard.
DELEGATION FROM NATIONAL HOARD
OF TRADE, AND OBJECTS.
A committee of delegates, members
of the Natiomll Board of Trade, is here
in reference to measures which were
passed upon by tlie board at its ses
sion in Milwaukee in August last.
The topics to be presented to the
proper Congressional committees by
the committee of the National Board
of Trade are tlie extension of tlie
jurisdiction of tlie United State
Government over tlie navigable
waters of the country, the Ameri
can registration of foreign built
vessels, the revision of tlie tariff, tlie
resumption of specie payments, tlie
remonetization of silver, tlie estab
lishment Jof trade relations with the
South American States, reciprocity
treaty witli Canada, tlie establish
ment of a Department of Commerce,
The committee now here, is churged
with the presentation of tlie action of
the National Board of Trade upon tlie
subject.
FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
SENATE ROES LITTLE.
ate will consider tlie silver bill which
passed the House on Monday.
Tlie Senute Committee on Foreign
Relations have reported favorably on
Welsh as Minister to St. James.
Special to the Enqutrcr-Sun.]
Washington, November 8.—In
the Senate, Mr. Spencer of Alabama,
introduced a bill tor relief of the De
posit Savings Association, of Mobile,
Alabama. Referred to Committee on
Claims. It relieves that Institution
of all liability for the tax, ten per
centum on the amount of its own
notes used for circulation and paid
out by it previous to March 3d, 1875.
It also authorizes tlie Secretary of the
Treasury to pay to said institution
"'7,31)4.78—the amount of such tax
0111x1101! by the United States.
DcpMlt l.,inii A.Noelnll*m at Mobile,
Belief—House Bebutov Army Hill
lltlUNE.
Washington,Nov. 8.—The House
after reading tlie journal, went into
Committee of tlie Whole, Cox in the
chair, on the army appopriation bill
The committees are idle this morn
^he bill to repeal the resumption
act gave place to-day in the House to
the appropriation Dili for the support
of the army for tlie current year, and
tills bill gave rise to quite an anima
ted discussion. The bill appropriates
on the basis of 22,000 melt for the first
four months of tlie year mid 20,000
for the last eight months, ami it pro
vides tliut no recruiting shall take
place to increase tlie army beyond its
present strength. Opinions differ,
however, us to what its present
strength is, the Adjutant General
placing it at 22,000, General Sherman
at 20,000, and other military author!
ties as low us 15,000.
The provisions of the bill were vig
orously defended by the chairman of
the Appropriation Committee, At
kins of Tennessee, and by his col
leagues on the committee. Blount of
Georgia, Singleton of Mississippi, and
others.
They were no less vigorously as
sailed on the Democratic side of the
House by all the Texas members, and
on the Republican side by Foster of
Ohio, Conger of Michigan, and Cal
kins of Indiana.
The Texas members opposed tlie
cutting down of the army on account
of the position of affairs on the Rio
Grande frontier, while on the Repub
lican side, the labor riots of last sum
mer were used as an argument in
favor of a standing army.
Blackburn, of Kentucky, declared
such an idea is monstrous and anti-
American, and moved to reduce tlie
army to 15,000 men.
Banks, of Massachusetts, opposed
the idea of increasing the army in
order to repress labor disturbances,
but favored ail effective military
establishment as true economy and
wise legislation in tlie present danger
ous situation on the Mexican frontier.
He wonld have 10,000 or 15,000 men
stationed in Texas, but on condition
that they should not cross the border,
but protect life and property in the
State.
No vote had been taken when the
House adjourned.
ELECTIONS.
8,000 DEMOCRAT
IC MAJORITY,
Drmooi’atlr Stale Ticket In New Tork
Fleeted by 1.1,000 Vote*, Senate Re-
publlean—l<eg;lNlnture In Doubt.
NEW YORK.
ESTIMATES of the papers.
New York, November 8.—Tlie
Times publishes to-morrow morning
a list of members elected to tlie Leg
islature which makes it stand as fol
lows: Senate—20 Republicans, 12
Democrats; Assembly—88 Republi
cans, 50 Democrats. 1 Labor Reform
er. Republican majority on joint bal
lot 18.
Tlie Sun says the Republicans will
have a majority in the Senate. In
the Assembly the indications
are tliut tlie Democrats have
slim majority, though the Republi
cans claim it. It will require a com
plete vote in some of the close rural
districts to determine. The majority
for Beach in the State will be about
16,000, though it may full below that
figure. Beach runs several thousand
behind his ticket.
Tlie World makes the State Senate
probably Republican by 2 majority ;
Assembly in doubt, but counting tlie
one Greenback man from Chenning
as a Democrat, it is probably 08 Dem
ocrats to 00 Republicans.
The Herald figures as follows:
Senate—Republicans, 1!); Democrats,
13. Assembly—Republicans,87; Dem
ocrats, 00; Labor and Greenback, 1.
Tlie Tribune says tlie Senate is
safely Republican and tlie Assembly
in doubt. Its figures are, Senate—
Republicans, 18; Democrats, 13; In
dependent, 1. Assembly—Democrats,
03; Republicans, 04; Greenback
( Democrat), 1. John Morrissey is the
Independent.
PENNSYLVANIA.
STATE 8,000 DEMOCRATIC.
Philadelphia, Nov. 7.—Latest
advices indicate 8,000 Democratic ma
jority in the State.
EUROPE.
TURKO-RUSSIAN WAR.
RVSSIAN rimiKl AT KARS.
t nmm,im-ul lluv'tlllllea—«1»»-
litlt In On I-It 1 , 111,--If on l.'iii'xrl n. Hum*
bardlnv.
MORTON’S SUCCESSOR.
MONTENEGRINS ACTING.
Raocssa, Nov. 8.—The Montene
grins are bombarding Fort Cordar,
near Spuzt; also have twenty siege
guns in position before Podgorltza.
TOTAL RUSSIAN LOSS 64,801.
St. Petersburg, Novembers.—An
otlieial return places the Russian
losses from the commencement of
hostilities to tlie first instant, at 64,801
men.
RUSSIAN VICTORY AROUND KARS.
London, Nov. 8.—A Russian of
ficial dispatch, dated Kuruk Darn,
November 6th, says : Gen. Lazaroff
yesterday occupied a position in front
of the southeastern forts of Kars for
the purpose of erecting seige batteries.
The Turks attacked him, supported
by a fire from the forts. The Russians
beat them back in disorder, pursued
them into tlie fort. Halez Pasha, at
the point of the bayonet, inflicted
great loss, spiked the guns, captured
ten officers and forty men and then
retired with small loss.
FRANCE.
(IRA XT AT THE OPERA.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
fongrpMinaii MiuuIIn—The Indictment
—Judge and Jury.
Special to Rnqutrer-Sun.]
Columbia, Nov. 8.—Tlie motion to
remove Smalls’ case to the United
States Court, was argued by counsel
to-day, consuming the entire time.
Judge Townsend overruled the mo
tion for transfer. The prisoner,
Smalls, is Indicted under a statute
enacted by a Republican Legislature.
The offense was committed while lie
was State Senator. The indictment
was found by the grand jury, drawn
by Republican officials before the
present Government was established,
and composed of nine white ami
eight colored men and of va
rious political opinions, have
been indicted by it without
question during the four terms
of the Court. The petit juries were
drawn from the list prepared by Re
publican officials. One jury lias 7
colored and 5 whites, another 5 col
ored and 7 whites. The talismen are
easily divided. The presiding Judge
was elected in 1872, as a Republican,
receiving the vote of the prisoner,
Smalls, and re-elected in 1875, by the
unanimous voteof Democrats and Re
publicans.
At the commencement of the pres
ent term, tlie defendant’s council in
sisted^ upon all eases of prisoners
present being tried. By common
consent, Smalls’ ease was fixed for
Monday, and every fact which now
exists to justify the motion existed
when agreement for trial was made.
FAILURES.
KEXATK.
Maxey’s resolution, calling for in
formation regarding the jail delivery
at Rio Grande City by Mexicans, was
P&88Cll.
The Vice President, by resolution,
was authorized to fill vacancies in the
committee occasioned by Morton's
death.
The Finance Committee of the Sen-
Springfield, Illinois, Nov. 8.—
Corydon Weed, of Bloomington, has
filed a voluntary petition in bank
ruptcy with liabilities of one million
eight hundred thousand dollars, and
scarcely any assets. Mr. Weed lias
been loaning money for other parlies
on Illinois, farm mortgages, guaran
teeing the interest and principal of
the loans. The securities having
been sunk to nothing, he is left be
tween tlie real creditors and tlie in
solvent debtors. Among his crodi
tors are the yEtnn Life Insurance
Company of Hartford, for $270,000;
T. Atlinger of Waterloo, New York,
for $100,000; Hiram Sibley of Roches
ter, New York, for $208,000 ; Henry
Ideson of New York city, $58,000 ; J.
B. Johnson of Seneca Falls, New
York, $50,000; W. R. Bain of New
York city, $58,000; and others for
small amounts.
Montreal, November 8.—The
hardware house of Baker & Mullia-
land, is ill liquidation. Liabilities
*400,000—assets larger.
» —
CIO A R STRIKERS.
Tlie New Orleans Nlrlker.—New York
Mnnulkelurer. A Soil l lo Employ (III-
stamen.
New Orleans, Nov. 8.—The strik
ing cigar makers, numbering about
900, held a meeting last night and
passed resolutions demanding an in
crease of two to four dollars per thous
and. A committee of fifty was ap
pointed to induce workingmen to
loin tlie strike.
New York, Nov. 8.—The striking
cigar makers are greatly excited bj
the report tliut tlieirfomieremployers
are about to employ Chinese work
men. Threats of violence arc made
against tlie Mongolians. One firm
has already sent to Sun Francisco for
three hundred Chinamen. 1 his new
policy of the manufacturers has
caused much alarm and some waver
ing among the strikers.
Urcvy mill <■ liiutx-l In ... Ronapnrtl.t.
ami Ro.TalliilH Helena* I Ill'll lo Real.!—
Minli'i'alltm Has l.llllc 4'hmice— llonu-
imrllala Will l.i'itv|. In a Hull, |r tin*
■.*‘11 Hejeel. nmibi-r. --- The l.**tl
Threatens lo Unseal Government Can*
illilates with Small Majorities.
ABOUT A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE,
London, Nov. 8.—The Paris cor
respondent of tlie Times telegraphs it
was believed this morning that the
Ministers intended to obtain tlie pas
sage of an order of tlie day expressing
confidence in President MucMahon;
but it afterwards became known that
Duke Dandifterh Pusquier, President
of tlie Senate, had told Duke de Bro
glie tliut lie would not permit tlie
discussion of an unconstitutional
order of the day which would put for
ward tlie Marshal as a shield for the
Ministers, and enable the Chamber
of Deputies to retaliate by an order of
the day directly uimed against the
Marshal. Tlie Cabinet did not en
deavor to obtain a vote Jof confidence
for itself from the Henate, as it was
aware that an attempt would be hope
less. Tlie Chamber of Deputies must
verify elections of a sufficient num
ber of members to form u quorum
before it can proceed to business.
This preliminary work will not be
completed until Monday.
STARTLING RUMORS.
Versailles, November 8.—In the
lobbies tlie most alarming rumors
were current. It is said tlie Bona
partists and monarchists have re
solved, if their elections are declared
invalid by tlie wholesale, to resign in
a body, and thus furnish Senators a
legitimate pretext for a fresh dissolu
tion. It is asserted, witli some up-
pearanee of truth, that tlie Ministry
lontemplates a second dissolution, uml
tlie declaration of a state of siege.
THE CONSULTATION OF THE CON
SERVATIVES.
Paris, November 8.—The Soldi
and other Conservative journals dis
countenance tlie project of demand
ing a vote of confidence for tlie Min
istry in tlie Senate.
A committee of Deputies of the
Right has been appointed to consider
whether the minority shall withdraw
in a body whenever tlie majority
shall invalidate an official candidate’s
election.
DEBROGLIE MINISTRY TO REMAIN
FOR THE PRESENT.
London, November 8.—A special
dispatch from Paris to tlie Pall Mall
Gazette says tlie DeRrogliu cabinet
will reinuin in office for tlie present.
The members of tlie Right in tlie
Senate, have abandoned tlie project
for an interpellation.
ELECTIONS TO HE INVALIDATED.
It is understood tlie Left of tlie
Chamber of Deputies have resolved
to invalidate the election of those
Conservatives who were returned by
small majorities.
GREW AND GAMBETTA DIFFER.
Rumors are current of a different
lit
jam-
betta.
HON A PARTISTS AND ROYALISTS FOR
RESISTANCE.
Paris, Novembers.—Tlie Journal
Des Debuts says, many Bonupnrtists
and Royalist Senators and Deputies
have arrived here, animated with the
spirit of resistance. They advise tlie
Marshal to make no concession, nor
even dissolve tlie chambers again.
Their language leaves no hope of the
triumph of moderate Ideas.
GEN. GRANT AT THE PARIS OPERA.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.}
Paris, November 8.—The facade
of the Italian Opera House was deco
rated this evening witli American
tings, and tlie stair ease and vestibule
lecorated with plants. When
THE MANTLE FALLS VI'ON HON. II.
IF. VOORHEEH.
Presentation of the Commission—III*
Mpeeeh or Aeeeptanre.
Terre Haute, November 6.—A
delegation arrived here ut 7 o’clock
tills evening, hearing a commission
from Gov. J. D. Williams appointing
Daniel W. Voorhees as United States
Senator, to fill tlie vacancy occasioned
by Morton’s death. The delegation
included tlie following .gentlemen :
M. D. Mamnn, B. C. Shaw, J. B. May
nard, John C. Shewmuker, Geo. \V.
Russ, R.-C. Belle, John W. Dodd, E.
B. Henderson and Hughes East. The
party repaired to tlie residence of Mr.
Voorhees, where Mr. East tendered
the commission to Mr. Voorhees on
behalf of the Governor in tlie follow
ing words:
"You have doubtless been made
familliar witli tlie recent and melan
choly deatli of Senator Morton. Per
haps no man in public life embodied
within himself so pre-eminently the
elements of a great political leader.
His ready analysis of political condi
tions. tlie sagacity of liis conclusions
uml the strength of his public utter
ances, placed him in (lie front rank
of his purty and marked him a lender
in the fields of net ton; lint his career
is ended, aqd while we conceive that
lie laid many faults, let the remem
brance of them bo hurried with his
body. His deatli creates a vacancy
in tlie representation of Indiana in
tlie United States Senate, which un
der the law, tlie Governor of the
State fills by appointment, till the
meeting of our next Legislature.
That work lias been performed, and
by the partiality of the
Governor I am made tlie
bearer of the paper indicating your
appointment, Mr. Voorhees, to (lie
position. Tlie Governor lias hail no
difficulty In reaching tills conclusion,
for in it lie lias simply expressed tlie
sentiment of tlie Democracy of the
between M. Grevy of tlie presell
Chnmber of Deputies and M. Gan
General Grant and party appeared,
tlie orchestra played “Hail Colum
bia.” Tlie house was full. Many
Americans were present. Between
the acts of tlie opera, “It Trovatore,"
and various American national airs
were played which were much ap
plauded iunl encored. General Grant
attentively listened to tlie whole
opera. V’]miii his leaving, the orches
tra repeated "llqjl Columbia." Tlie
crowd waited for General Grant at
the door and respectfully saluted
him. Tlie General bowed and ap
peared pleased.
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ENGLAND.
HniT nl Liverpool.
London, November 7.—The race
tortile Liverpool cup, at tlie Liver
pool autumn meeting to-day, was won
by Arbitrator, Advunee 2d, Footstep
Downlcer queen lloail.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.]
Dresden, Nov. 8.—Amelia, tlie
Dowager Queen of Saxony, is dead.
■>,.| U . Fighter Menleneeil to Ten Y«o.
Trenton, November 8.—Weeden,
the prize fighter who killed Walker
in a prize fight, was sentenced to ten
years in the State prison.
State. He only regrets that tlie exi
gencies of the public service and the
interest of tlie people of the State in
matters pending before the National
Legislature, seemed to demand this
action so soon after tlie deatli of
tlie lamented Senator; but tlie
duty of tlie hour is quite as much
to the living as to tlie dead. 1 pre
sent you, Mr. Voorhees, your cre
dential for a more exalted 'sphere of
action; its acceptance Imposes respon
sibility and labor, hut if you bring to
its discharge tliut degree of culture,
high order of ability, matchless power
of utterance, integrity of purpose and
unselfish devotion to the interest of
tlie people that have so signally char
acterised your efforts in other fields,
when your work is done and you re
turn to us again, there will not be
flowers enough growing on the bunks
of our Virooks to signify the welcome
we will give you. l’leuse accept, sir,
your well-earned commission as
United States Senator witli the com
pliments of the Governor.”
his accepting speech.
Mr. Voorhees responded as follows:
“Mr. Eust and Gentlemen—Your
presence here at my own home this
evening attests friendship. You nre
most cordially welcome. The com
mission which you tender me from
Governor Williams lias a. far higher
value in my estimation than as a mere
title to official position, lyiwever ex
alted. It is an evidence of the confi
dence vested in me by a wise and
honest man, who one year ago was
made tlie Chief Executive of this, the
fifth State of the Union, by a major
ity of her citizens. I venture to per
suade myself also that in this net he
reflects the will of those who placed
him in power. If I thought other
wise, I would return to him tlie com
mission with which he bus so highly
honored me. I accept it, however,
grateful to him, to you, and to the
people of Indiana for this signal mark
of confidence and respect. With
humble reliance on God for his aid, I
promise you, uml through you the
people of tlie whole State, that
unceasing vigilance, constant
industry and a rigid adher
ence to the interests of the working,
providing and business classes, shall
characterize my career in the Senate
of tlie United States, and I shall seek
to secure tlie prosperity,of the people
of our beloved Shite, irrespective of
party, well assured tliut the prosperi
ty of one will be the prosperity of all.
You have been pleased to refer to the
late Senator Morton, whose melan
choly and untimely deatli lias caused
the vacancy I uni called to fill. He
was a man of commanding ability, of
immense executive capacity and
ranks as one of tlie greatest party
leaders In American history. His
loss to his party is beyond the reach
of estimate, and to his family and
friends it is irreparable. To those who
are bereaved and stricken by his
death my warmest and deepest sym
pathy is extended. For the terms in
which your partial attachment has
prompted you to speak of me I can
only renew my grateful appreciation
of your presence to-night, and again
hid you a warm and sincere welcome.”
The speeches were received with
frequent applause on the part of the
large number of citizens of it.v
and State who were present, and who,
after their conclusion, tendered their
congratulations to Mr. Voorhees on
his appointment. He takes his seal
on Monday in the Senate.
CONTENTMENT.
A NDKnoX HY THE REV.T. DE WITT
TAUnAWK.
Hr t'onteul Will* Hurl* Thing. !*■ Yon
lln$t>—<i)ooil HfAilIng fur To-Day.
New York Herald.
Mr. Talniage preached yesterday on
“Contentment, taking ids text from
Hebrews xiii., 5—"Be content with
such tilings as ye have.” If I should
ask some one, said lie, where is
Brooklyn to-day ? lie would snv at
Shelter Island ; where is New York
to-day ? at Long Branch; where is
Philadelphia'.’ tit Cape May; where Is
Boston? at Martini’s Vineyard; where
is Virginia? at the Sulphur Springs;
where are a great multitude from all
parts of the land V at Saratoga, tlie
modern Bcthcsda, where the angel of
the waters, the angel of health, is
ever stirring tlie waters. But my
friends, the largest multitude are at
home, detained by business or cir
cumstances ; among them the news
paper men, the hardest worked and
the least compensated ; the city rail
road employes, the ferry masters,
and the police, and tens of thous
ands of clerks and merchants
waiting for their turn of absence,
and households, witli invalids tliut
can’t be moved, and other multitudes
by the stringency of tlie times bin
dored from further expenditure, and
a great multitude of well-to-do people
who stay at home because they like
home better than any other plu’oe, re
fusing to merely because it is the
fashion to go. Now the genuine
American is not lumpy until lie is
going somewhere, and tills fashion is
so great that there are Christian peo
ple, with their families, detained
in the city who come not to the
house of God, trying to give people
the idea that they are out of town,
leaving the door-plate unsecured for
tlie same reason, and for two months
keeping the front window shutters
closed while they sit in the hack part
of the house with tlie thermometer at
ninety. There is a great deal of com
mon ' sense in Paul's advice to the
Hebrews, "Be ye content witli such
tilings as ye have.” To be content is
to he in good humor with our circum
stances, not picking a quarrel with
our obscurity or our poverty or our
social position. There are four or five
reasons why we should be content
with the tilings we have.
Tlie first reason is the consideration
that tlie poorest, of us have all that is
indispensable in life. We make a
great ado about our hardships, lint
how little do we talk of our blessings.
Health of body, which is given in
largest quantity to those who have
never been petted and spoiled by for
tune, we take as a matter of course.
The grandest luxury God ever gave a
man is health. He who trades that
for all tlie palaces of the earth is infin
itely cheated. “Oh,” says some one,
Dernulllnir Tux Krrclt cr.
Trenoon, N. J., November 8.-
Loudenlicr’s
are tlie best.
Loudenber’s
take tliu lead.
‘it iH not tlie grossest pleasures that 1
crave, hut it is tlie gratification of tlie
intellectual taste—love of fine arts and
pictures.” Wliy, you have tlie origi
nals from which tlie pictures are
painted. There is a great deal of af
fectation about fondness for pictures
among those who never apnreeiate
tin 1 originals. Anotlierconslileratiou
is tlie fact that our happiness is not
dependent on outward circumstances.
You see people happy and miserable
amid all circumstances. In the fiim-
ly where the last loaf is on the table
and the last stick of wood on the fire,
you sometimes find a cheerful confi
dence in (iod, while in fine palaces
you will find hospitality freezing to
death in a cheerless parlor. The
heart rigid toward God and man, we
ure happy ; the heart wrong toward
God amt man, and we are unhappy.
Another reason why we should
come to this spirit, inculcated in the
text is the fact that all the dfferences
of earthly condition are transitory.
Persecution never knocked at the
door of the grave, and u eofiln made
>ul of pine hoards is just us
good a resting place as one
made out of silver mounted mahog
any or rosewood. The Egyptian gu
ano thrown on tlie fields to benefit
the soil is the dust raked out of tlie
tombs of ancient kings and lords and
mighty men. Oh, the shame of
some of those mighty men, if they
had been told tliut after deatli their
ashes would be so used and would he
called Egyptian guano! Another
reason for contentment is tliut God
knows what is best for all Ills crea
tures. I call tell you why you hav
not been largely alllueut and greatly
successful. It is because you can’t
stand tlie temptation. If your path
wiiHsmoothedyou would liavedepend-
ed on yourself, hut (iod roughened it
ho that you may have to hike hold of
His bund. Would to God we could
understand that our trials are the
very lies! tilings for us. Another
consideration leading us to the spirit
of tlie text is tlie assurance that the
Lord will provide somehow. What
God diil formerly by miracles He
does now in some other way and by
natural laws. It is high time that
you should understand that tlie word
of the Almighty is involved in the
fact that you are to have to eat and to
wear.
Again, I remark the religion of
Jesus Christ is tlie grandest influence
to make a man contented, an indem
nity against all linuiiciul anil spiritual
harm. It culms tlie spirit, dwindles
tlie earth into insignificance and
solaces the soul with tlie thought of
Heaven. I commend you this morn
ing to the wuriii, hearty, practical,
common sense religion of Jesus
('lirist.
Yet, iny friends, notwithstanding
all these inducements to the spirit of
contentment, I have to tell you this
morning that the human race is di
vided into classes—those who scold
mid those who are scolded. Every
body would lie lumpy if he only were
somebody else. Everything is'upsido
down, or going to he. Ah, my friends,
you never make any advancement
through such a spirit as tliut ; you
can’t fret yourselves up, and yon may
fret yourselves down. 'Mid all this
grating of saws I strike this string of
the gospel harp, godliness witl
teiitmeiil is great gain. We brought
nothing into the world, and it is very
certain we can carry nothing out;
having hull'll raiment let us tie there
with content. If tills morning, in
review of all your circumstances, you
can't think of anything else to praise
God for, I call upon you to-day to
thank Him that matters are not
worse. Let us nit remember that if
we aiv Christians we are going after
a while, no matter what our eireum-
ents lluvmni cigars stances ure here, to have a glorious
liovU oodJt vacation,
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Gen. Horgiiii'„ Ad*1 In Richmond.
•oin the Richmond ( Va.) Dispatch, ,Voi’. 1.]
The hull of tlie House of Delegates
was packed last night to its utmost
opacity, attracted by the annual
meeting of the Southern Historical
Society.
Gen'. Early introduced as orator of
the evening, Gen. John T. Morgan,
of Alabama, whom lie spoke of as
having nerved in Virginia as Major of
the regiment of tlie lamented Rhodes,
and rising afterwards to high position
by gallant services in the command
of the great cavalry leader, Gen. N.
B. Forrest. Gen. Morgan was re
ceived witli loud applause.
He clearly brought out the idea that
the rent struggle during the war was
for local self-government, and that the
results of the war decided no princi
ple which was involved and yielded
no right which they held. He brought
out the fuel tliut tlie peace of 1885 was
scrupulously kept liy the Southern
people, and'espeeiidly by tlie Confed
erate soldiers, and tliut the peace was
violated in 1867 by Congress, who be
gan an unscrupulous war of suhjuga
tion and spoils against the people of
the South. He gave a vivid sketch of
the rule of the "satruns” who lorded
it over the “military districts” of the
South, uml made alt law, justice, and
right yield to brute force; and
ably showed Unit “reconstruction"
was nothing more than a cruel
war made by Congress upon a
helpless people. He clearly showed
that tills war was waged for tlie
purpose of perpbtuatlng the pow
er of the Radical purty ami destroy
ing tlie foundation principle of tlie
Constitution. 11 is sketch or the great
moral victory won by the South hv
patience and endurance was vivid,
and frequently brought down the
house. Tlie South united with tin
North in electing a President pledged
to home rule, and the rival candidate
who secured the position has disiq
pointed tlie ultras of Ids party by
standing firmly on the same plat
form. He hailed this result us an era
of real peace, which lie predicted
would lie lasting, lie insisted that
tile war of 1861 was not a war wlilel
hud any particular head, but was a
war between the peoiile of the tw
sections, and scathingly showed that
while his jailer hud punished the
Confederate President (Sir. .letter
Davis) in a way worthy of the Inqui
sition, yet his judges had never dared
to try’ the Indictment of treason
against him. His vidiculion of tlie
Mouth against the charge of bud faitl
was able and eloquent, while his
scathing denunciation and hitter sa
tire against those who oppose the
peace of 1877 brought down tlie house
in frequent and prolonged applause,
His tribute to the fidelity of the Con
federate soldier, and the devotion •
the women of the South was touel
ingly eloquent. His trsliute to til
“poor men" of tlie South, whose brav
ery, devotion, and patient enduranei
of'hardships he vividly pictured, wiih
one of tlie finest passages 111 tlie
speech.
The above is a very imnerfei
sketch of a splendid oration, which
is regretted there is not room to pul
fish in full.
The Nnl Ion til lloli-l mill 1 11),' anil AVi-li-
Nkw York, Nov. 8.—It is stated
tiint the grocery houses of (’ineinniiti,
St. Louis and Pittsburg have resolved
to transfer their trade from this city
to New Orleans, unless tlie jobbers
here withdraw a decision they had
made, not to send theirgoods through
a certain shipping firm here, us de
sired by the above mentioned outside
dealers’. A committee from the Phila
delphia trade came here yesterduy
and gained tlu-ir point in tins matter.
lefulcation of $15,000 to $20,000 is dis
covered in the account of Walter T.
Bartlett, receiver of the taxes. Bart
lett, who is also the proprietor of the
American Hotel was arrested private
ly last evening, and after fruitless
eflorts to obtain security was com
mitted to jail.
cuts Havana Cigar)
novOood2t
A Washington correspondent
writes:
WHERE CLAY AND WEBSTER GOT
DRUNK.
One man, who laid not tlie fear of
God before his eyes, pointed out to
me a restaurant or soioon or some
thing on tlie avenue, and said : "That
was a historic place. There was
where Clay and Wei ister used to go
and get drunk." When 1 gasped
“drunk?” in a horrified manner, he
lightly remarked that that was noth
ing—everybody did it, and Dun and
Henry were two about as gay hoys ns
ever lived ill the ('apital. lie offered
to show me a pack of cards tlml hud
been Webster's, and the chips pre
sented to Clay by him, and with
which tlie friends find played many a
game of draw poker, ami said lie
could procure the darkey who held
the ingredients of the frequent mint
juleps of those midnight revels. Clay
was famous for mint Juleps. He
soaked tin- mint in tlie brandy during
tlie day, added fresh liquor at night,
set fresh mint upright in the howl,
like a beautiful bouquet, arranged
every spray and leaf of the dark green
plant, artistically garnished the edges
liy thin slices of pineapple, lemons
and limes, and inserting straws
through the tinkling ice and greens,
handed hisgiiesls a cup fit for the gods.
Of my three cherished heroes, Clay
drunk, Webster gained, and Trum
bull went to a Ouiidroon bull. Wtiere
shall I find a model man? Not in
Washington, neither any one who
has ever been here.
THKIIl DEATH BEDS.
Henry Clay died in the room which
I puss every day through tliedurk, low
corridor to the modernized dining
room. Alexumler Stephens lias the
room now. I saw him hobbling past
the door a moment since on I■ is
crutches. Mary, a colored servant,
tended ('lay during his illness, amt
was with liim when he died. She
still Hits about tlo- bouse like a gliost
of other days. She lias promised
some time to conic to my room and
tell nic about tlie latter days of poor
"Massa Clay." Webster, ill the final
dark hour, repenting of his past mis
deeds, uml referring to ills future
home ami immortality, exeluimed
witli Ills bAt breath: "I yet live.”
An old woman who saw Webster die,
in her excitement remarked to a
neighbor that alter they "all thought
lie was gone lie riz right up ahd says,
savs he: ‘I ain't dead yet.’" The
meaning was tlie same; the language
ludicrously changed. Yet. what are
we, who criticise the dead, and puss
upon their fitness for eternal life?
May we die us peacefully and well as
these gay statesmen died. May their
faults warn us as their greatness im
press us. May we escape their error
A NEIV STEAHSHIF.
Trial Trip of the I’ll,? or nitron of Ilia
Natnnnnli LI■>*••• D«**rrIptloh of the
VcmcI.
New York Time*.]
Another new iron steamship 1ms been
added to the “ocean ferry,” and made
her trial trip yesterday. The vessel has
’ hristenod “The City of Macon,“
and will ply between this' port and 8a-
antiah, ( hi. At the latter port she will
onneet with the Georgia Central Rail
road. The keel was bait at John
’s yards, in Chester, PennsyIva-
•im. »iid the iron work, machinery and
fittings were made at the works of the
:ime builder in this city. Her dimen
sions are: Length over all, 272 feet;
length on loading line, 250 feet; breadth
of beam, .18 foot M inches; depth of hold,
24 feet 0 inches. When laden she draws
10 feet of wator, and her tonage is 2,250
tons. She is provided with throe iron
decks, besides the hurricane deck, and
beams are also iron. She has six
water-tight compartments, and is well
supplier with lire extinguishing appa-
atus, including a steam-jack and five
pumps. The builders have taken ad-
uutage of all the modern improve
ments in the building of passenger
steamers, besides making some impor
tant changes in the standard rules. The
principal saloon is located on and ex
tends across the main deck of the
steamer. At the rear of the dining-room
is a long promenade hall, with eommo-
*ious state-rooms on either side. On
the hurricane deck is an apart
ment termed -“.Social Hail,” for
the convenience of cabin
passengers, and abaft this is another
iromenude hall. All of these apart
ments, as well as the state-rooms, are
arpeted with Melton carnets, ana the
saloon furniture is upholstered with
rimson plush. Stationary revolving
hairs at tlie dining tables take the place
if the uncomfortable settees formerly
n use. The bulkheads are marvelously
lecorated. Seven different varieties of
rood enter into the compositional' their
.minding, sis follows: Prencli burl, ma-
ple. ash. mahogany, olive, rosewood,
uml tulip-wood. Tim smoking-room
and oUlcers’ quarters are located on tlie
hurricane deck. The tablo furniture
and each piece of china-ware bears the
oat-ol’-arms of the State of Georgia in
gilt decoration. Tlie engines are of the
compound pattern of both high and low
pressure,with 4 feet 0 inches stroke, and
1,(500 horse-power. The high pressure
•yUnder is JS inches in diameter. The
‘essel is brig-rigged, and in ease of any
accident to the machinery can travel at
moderate rate of speed by means of
sail power. She is tinder command of
the veteran (’emmodern of the line,
('apt. K. S. Nicholson, ami came to this
ity last Wednesday. At 10 o’clock
yesterday morning, a number of invited
guests, together with the agents of the
lino, assembled on the new steamer, at
tlie foot of Ninth street, Hast River.and
she was headed down the bay. After
passing the light-ship she returned to
the city, arriving at her dock, pier No.
4.5 North River, at 5 i\ m. She mado
the run from Sandy Hook to Castle
William, on Governor’s Island, in 111.
10m., an average speed of 14.3 knots an
hour. The new steamer will take her
place in the line at once, and will sail
for Savannah next Saturday. •
The steamer arrived at Savannah sev
eral days ago, and will make an excur
sion trip to-day.
HCHENCH'H PULMONIC H YRUP,
For llio €'«ii*«> of ('oiiMtlpntlon, Coufha
mid 4’old*.
The groat virtue of this medicine is
tint it ripens the matter and throws it
oqt of the system, purifies the blood
and thus effects a cure.
S(JHKNCK’S SK-V WKKI> T(>NIC, F<>R THH
Cure of Dvspkfsia, In digestion.*
<ka.
The Tonic produces a healthy action
of the stomach, creating an appetite,
forming chyle, and curing the most ob
stinate (‘use's of Indigestion.
Schenck’h Mandrake Pills for the
Cure of Liver Complaint, Ac.
Those pills are alterative, and pro
duce a healthy action of the Liver with
out the least 'danger, as they are free
from calomel, and yet more efficacious
in restoring a healthy action of tho
liver.
These remedies are a certain cure for
Consumption, us tho Pulmonic Syrup
ripens the matter and purifies the
blood. The Mandrake Pills act upon
the liver, create a healthy bile, and re
move all diseases of the* liver, often a
cause of Consumption. The Sea Weed
Tonic gives tone and strength to the
stomach, makes a digestion, and ena
bles the organs to form good blood;
and thus creates a healthy circulation
of healthy blood. Tho combined action
of these medicines, as thus explained,
will cure every ease of Consumption, if
taken in time, and the use of the medi
cine persevered in.
Dr. Sehenek is professionally at his
principal oflice, corner Sixth and Arch
Streets, Philadelphia, every .Monday,
whore all letters for advice must be ad
dressed. oct31 eodlnt
and imitate their virtues. Tit
we have made the most of the
of their lives.
Wen (tier.
Washington, Novi-nil>i>i- s.
cntioiiH: For the South At Inn
Gulf States, (-older, clem- or pi
cloudy weather, northerly
rising haroiiietcr. Cautionary
continue ut Wilminyton, Ciq
out, Cape lint torus, Capo
Norfolk, Haiti Capo May, At
lantic City, Sandy lloolc Now York,
Now London, Now Haven, Newport,
Woods Hole, Boston and Thatcher
Island.
shall
Indi-
itio anil
ii rt tally
winds,
-iirmils
I
Hcnry,
Mrs. M. I How aril
rilAKICH occuHion to notify her Mend* and
1 the public tlml she lias removed her
MILLINERY STORE
7S llninil Street, Next Door Below
Poaxe & Norman's,
where she is now open Ini* n large and ele
gant slock of
Fall efc Winter
Millinery
—AND—
Fancy Goods!
embracing all the novelties of (lie season In
her line. Thankful for the liberal patronage
received on Kumlolph street, she respertful-
ly solicits u continuance of! lie same at her
now stand. oc21 eodJfcwlm
ZPZHZZEZN-Iix:
CARRIAGE WORKS!
Herring & England,
(Hast of and Opposite Dlsbrow’s Livery
Stables)
O (i L KTHO It 1* K S T H E E T
A w'i
>do Cur
Huge Work in all it’
various brunch'
the best style,a
low as the lowest
NKW W( 'UK of v
my 18 eodly
S2500
A year. Agents wanted. Busk
ness legitimate. Particulars free.
J WOBTU * CO .Mi.Louis. Mo,