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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY CONSTITUTION MARCH fi, (876. The Atlanta Constitution WEEKLY EDITION. TERMi OF ICfiflCK&PT10.S. Weekly, one year, with postage 12 VO Weekly, ala months, with pottsge.... 1 lo A SHAMEFUL PARAGRAPH. We copy from the Savannah New* the following paragraph to give it unquali fied denunciation. Says ibe News edi- t *rially; There la eome talk in Washington of dis ciplining Ren Hill In the democrat1c caucus to prevent him from fart I thing *»y more c tmpalgn documents for the republicans. There la t report that Ben has a ipe«cb pre pared, In which he defends the doctrine of aeceatloo. Commenting on this a Washing tou »{>eclal suggestively remark*; ‘ Grave auaplclona are expressed among the demo crat that Bj) baa a method in hit mad ter!* which certain republican* could explain If they would.” If ibia mean* anything, it means that Mr. Util ha* sold himself to the repub lie an a for the defeat and injury of hia aection, and we bold up the outrage to the people of Georgia for their indignation and rebuke. At this moment, when our enemies are reviling the man who has bravely and triumphantly vindicated j hie p • tie to the tort union of their a andcr era, it is a burning shame that a Southern man or ^Southern preta could be found t i*tbua insult and atab him. It ia but yes teruny that a thrill of joy ran through the South.aye, through the ; whole » land, as the echoes of his powerful voice re verberated through the Union, and we should all hail to our noble cl.ampioo. It was but yesterday that his grand de fence of southern character awoke the wildest applause even in the national capita), and aroused the admiration even of political enemiea. It was but yesterday that a patriotic northern woman, enchanted by bis eloqueuce in our vindication, sent him a cuptu red llag of our own slate with noble words of sympathy and approval. And yet to <iay, a newspaper hi foum) in Georgia capable ol charging biin with the bisc- ueaa of treachery to the jioople he so triumphantly defended. For shame! for shame! An enemy might have done this; hut for a Georgian to do it is hard | > bear. ObifUAKY Ro.ft. IYER*oN DOC I* DAllklH. 1 he aimouncement of the death if this distinguished citizen and eminent Jurist will carry pain and regret to the hearts of all who knew him and who reaped the teneJta of bis <ong acrvicc to the stale. He be- loaged to that brilliant galaxy of intellects to whoae Individual sad united efforts Geor gia Is Indebted for much of her fame. They are patting away. One by one they are fol lowed to the tomb, and we look long and often vainly In the throng of la-J»j for those upon whoae ah tuldera can worthily fall their mantle*. Judge Harris after along Illness, expired at hlft home in M!llcdg<-vll!e, on Suudsy night at li o'clock. Hi* dstge out condi tion had been previously reported and the wur«t fears of his friends are now realized Judge Harris was the only son of Augus tla Harris of Brunswick county, Va., one of the lineal dsacendantt of llenry Harris, a Welch Baptist to whom William and Mary granted a crown estate on the James river tu Virginia, in IflOL 111* mother wan detrended from a French advocate, Lout*, her father being John Lewi* (the Eogl!»h name of the family) who wa» a fiieud and co'empurary of Patrick Henry, Judge llarrla ua* torn lu leo», near Wat- kintvll'e, In Clarke ermnty. During hla early bi)hood hla father removed to Mli- ledgevllle In thla state, where tlio judge grew up and resided until the day of hts 7$eatb. He received a good cotnmoh school educaUon, and In the year hS'JU entered col lege at Athena. There he had for a claaa- mate, among other subsequently able men, Charles J. Jenkins, afterwards governor and a'111 one of oar most honored men. In 1823 Mr. Harris graduated and in 1821 began the study of law, which he pursued with great Lbor and without an Instructor. He was admitted *o the bar by ihe Unrn ted Judge A 11. Longrtrcet, and at once begun the practice of the profession with a determination to win wh.ch assured him anccess. In ISJi he married MPa Mary E. Davies, daughter of Hon. Win. Davies, Judge of the Eastern district. The family which suited was composed ot twelve children. Nine of these are now Uvlug. All his sous were gallant confederate soldiers one of them, Hon. Win. L. Harris, la the present state senator train the 10'h district. During the years from 1824 to IKK), Mi Harris wsa rtadltg clerk of the state senate. In 1831-2 he filled the office of secretary of the same body. Shortly after he was appointed to revl»c *' Dawson's compllaUou of the Law* of Georgia" which labor he performed with emtueni He was elected to the lower house of the general a**« mbly in ItiW. One of hi* prom lueut act-* was to join with Charles Gord< Cheilea J. Jenkins, A. H Stephens, Jerboa Hill and other* In e&Ubiishlng the Western A Atlantic roed. In IttS# he was promoted t»the senate to aucced David B Mitchell luthls body be labored to advantage, doing much especially to pci feet the Judiciary *y»tcm of the state. Ue was elected a trustee of the state U”l veralty and remained one to the day of hla deain. Whilst absent from the state, In 1838, he was circled a commissioner under the "free bauktng law.” Although high honor an J responsible position, he did not choose to accept It. In 1M3 he was appointed s judge upou the superior court bench, where he served with profit to the people and distinction to himself. Ur resigned before hla term ptred. In 1845 he was again sent to house of rcpreimntatlve* ant there aaslrted in the establishment the supreme remit. He was again returned in 1847 and voted for Johu Mel*. Berrien for felted 8tales senator. Ue belonged to the states' rights party, and was Joined with the whlgs tu 1852, when he was an elector for the state at large upon the Scott ticket. In 1850 he refused to go into the kno v-nothing move ment, and carried with him to Le demo eratio party a large following of whig*. The demo'tat* nude him au elector upou their ticket and he cart the vote of Georgia to the electoral college for j ames Buchanan, who was elected. He was appointed to succeed Judge Hardeman upon the bit. oh of the Ocmulgcc circuit by Gov. Joseph fe Brown. Ue continued upon that bench oninterroptedlv unui January, 1806, when be was elected to succeed Charije J. Jenkins upon the supreme couit bench, Mr. J. having been called to the guK toctal chair. As he became Justly eminen MB CAgSPER'ft COMMIT?*?. The great work of tovetflgatiou which bos chktl/ fallen to Mr. Clymetis com mitter on the expense* of the war de partment buls fair to be shared by the committee on cxpend.lures In the dc part most of justice. Both of these com mittees have heretofore been regarded as strictly ornamental. N.ither had met for years before the present congress, and yet both are new the cynosure of all eyes, the dread of all politics! wrong doers at Washington. Mr. Caulfield is cspta : n of the com mittee on the department of Justice, and Air. Candler is his tirst lieutenant, being the second member of the committee. The New York World states that Mr. Caulfield “has information that will form the basis for one of the largest investiga tions of the session. What the exact nature of this iufcimarion is be refu* for good reasons, to slate, hut it is of a most damaging character against the department ol justice, war department, po»t office department, and department of the interior. Mr. Caulfield yesterday called together the chairmen of the com mittees on exjienditares in the depart ments mentioned, and held a conference which 1 acted about two hours. The In vestigation w ill be a joint one of the four committees investigating those depart ments which are implicated by the facta which Mr. Caulfield 1m learned. Wit nesses have been summoned. Those who are aware of the details of the of information in their possession ssy that testimony will be obtained that will not alone cause a complete renovation of the different departments, but will con vict many persons of the grossest mal feasance in office who are now believed to be above reproach. It is stated that the testimony against cx-Sccretary De lano snd his -son John Delano will reveal a course of corruption under their ad- miuirtrulion of the interior department equally infamous with Belknap in the war dep crime nL Attorney General Pierrepont and those under him will feel the hard hand of severe investigition, and the ;evelations in the management of the podoffice department are said to be much worse than those elicited by the committee on postofflees and post roads. It there is uol more than one impeached official of as high position as the late secretary of war before the house finally adjourns it will not be from lack of sufficient evidence.” WIG& ; K JiOSTHEJpiCJTtlS Tb* condition of lb, vorktogmt of New y jrk city bu ncWl; beep tbe •object of > careful inrestigatlop con ducted by ibe New York Time. That paper compare* their present condition with that before the panic in 1873. Tbe following tabular statement (bow, tome of tbe change, in clearer unns than mere word, can : Weeee W.cee iu Uf\io«u enwiag the sreesda . of the .cenuaaial exhibition tre tc be taxed ggn cent, a gafioo, tod tbe com- | mitle* expect to retire 800,000 there, > from. Tbii cells for 300,000 gallons By multiplying tbe latter sum with tbe number of drinks that go to a gallon iu ‘ Uortoa , she rmam gad Edmunds A.- Phila ielpbia, we have the number of ; male riaitore expected at tbe Centen nial. THE WHISKY FRAUDS, Defects In the Revenue Syitem. .tsro .. 4 50 .. 4 50 .. 500 25 00 18 00 3 SO 18 00 20 00 . 3 50 20 00 . 1 SO , 2 00 $2 t0 2 50 t 00 3 00 15 €0 2 50 13 00 2 50 10 0J 10 10 10 00 2 50 11 00 12 00 200 12 no 1 50 1 00 THE STATE UEOLOiloALSURVEY. We have before us the March number of the leading American magazine de nted to science. It i* called the Auu-r lean Journal of Science and Arts, and its editorial corjN* includes the best name* that New Haven, Cambridge and B >stou can lurni-h It is an author ity in its specisl domain, and that domain includes all current scientific intelligence. It is a monthly humming up of what f he scientific w orld 1ms accotupliahed. Under the head, “geology and miner- alogy,” we find in the number before us a review ot l)r. Little's rejnirt for 1875. The amount of work that he did during that year, the number of counties he vis ited, ond the minerals, uietals and build ing atones Gut he fouud in those counties, are nil noted. Copious ex tracts relating to the coal formation, the lorti lifer ous iron ore bed9, the deposits of copper, lead, silver and gold ate giv en; and the Journal ad Is: “We are glad to sec that this state, although the last in the union, except-Florida, to com mence thesvstgmatic survey of her min* enJ’Nreallh.iia pushing forwent Ibe work so well begun hist year. It has long been nmd.d, and is evi dcnlly in good bands. The results above n diced arc of gieat interest, and we shall look railicr impatiently for the de tailed reports ‘now in preparation.' This work in Getrgit fills the only blank hitherto existing In our knowledge of tbe general structure of the Appalachians; anil its vigorous prosecution promises soon to furnish all the more especially desirable detailed information con ing the area in that state.” NEW MEXICO. This vart arid area has been, it set-ius, suffering for elute? hip. It is large nough—that is clear; for it is as large New Ybtk and New England, and twice is large us old England. Bui as Mr. Morrill, of Maine, observed, an American slate means something else beside area. The territory really contains about U0,000 people; but three-tenths of the number are Iu- dians whom the whites of the country hunt wheu they have nothing else to do, and the balance of the population are “greasers” with a small tLvoring of Americans thrown in. Not over one- eleventh of those who are represented to be suffering for self-government can speak, much less read, English. Senator Wallace of Pennsylvania, as a representative of the larger states, objec ted to such a population having the same representation on the fi >or of the senate as the great state of New York with nearly rive millions of people. But his objection had little weight, for the sen ate parsed tlu- bill by a vote ot 35 to 15. it it should pass the house, uuollicr Jones and another Sharon will be in order, unless the mi ners should make up their minds to send to the senate their overseers instead of Heir employers. The vote on the bill woa thoroughly non-parti/.m. 3Ir. Nor wood voted against admission; Mr. Gonion was absent. Air. Cooper voted nay, and Air. Key yea. There was, aays the New York Times, an edi fy lug di-regard of political and sectional lines. It is believed, however, the bill will meet in the house a fate rimilar to tiat which overtook it in the lari boure. Oxuja'Iwi. Garpeotrrs and j doers, Brlciriajers,perday ... SUrae-r utters, pe .* day.. Piss'erers. per day Shaemakers, per week, average Bras* moulders, pir week, average 18 00 Painters, per day 4 50 Mall-makers, per week 20 00 Cairiage makers p-r d y... 4(0 Coopers, per we« k 20 00 Cabinet-makers, erwe k.. 1® (W Varnisbers *uJ pohaUcrs, per w*-ek Horse-f boers, per day... MscblnUU, per week... Clgar-makeis, per week. Iron-moWers, p»rday... Box-makers, per week . Bakers, per day Laborers, per d y A careful examination of thia table discloses singular facts. The bard times have stopped all unnecessary improve ments, and so the building trades have been compelled to accept large re ductions; but we cannot go farther and say the earnings in the trades that pro duce articles of everyday consumption differ greatly in point of reduction from those in other and leas necessary trades. There are many facta In the Times' long article, that «ctm contradictory. All luxunei have not suffered alike. The piano makers bold tboir own, while the wages of the cigar makers have dropped from twenty to twelve dollars a week. Thia means that female extravagance has not kept step with masculine expenses. Tbe tailors and hatters receive ten per cent less, but the horse-Khoers still command war prices. The large reductions in the wages of coopers, box-makers and cabi net • makers illustrate tbe prev alence of economy throughout the country. We are consuming a smal ler quantity of goods. The shoemakers earn thirty per cent less, while the car riage makers obtain nearly their top wages. Such differences are quite in comprehensible, and in fact tbe only thing made plain by the Times' tables is the great looses inflicte J by tbe times on the building trades. The tables as a whole do not indicate that wages have fallen faster than tbe cwt of living. Nor do they show that tbe number of idle workmen U very much greater than in 1873. They do show that the trades unions have been broken up or paralysed in many in stances. Th« membership of tbe vari ous unions in New York city has fallen from 48,180 in 1871 to 17,380 iu 1876. About 27,000 workingmen, all old, arc out of employment, or about thirty per ant of the whole number. Lnleasthe business of the country re ceives a strong impulse with the opening of spring, it ia believed thu this num'wr will not bu materially decreased. In this connection,the Nashville Amer lean says: “ The mildness of the present Winter ha* liven providential, and the glut of tte labor market ia partially curing itself by a dispersion of tbe artisan claoS over tbe country. The south will bene fit by thia in the natural course of events, while a concerted effort looking to the encouragement of their migration in this dilection would work wonders. Certainly, tbe least that may be done In this direction, is for our brethren of the press, who are ev^r ready to {end a help-, ing hand in every good work, to call at tention generally to the subject. There is not a town, village, hamlet or hamlet's ghost iu tbe south which could not sup port aud be benefitted by the accession of from half a dozen to a hundred skilled mechanics of the various trades.” Tab exciting scenes that followed the Belknap exposures led to great excite ment and disorder in the house of repre sentatives, and the New York Bulletin thinks there would have been blows on Tuesday and Wednesday but for “the counsels of such men as Hoar, Kasson, Hill of Georgia, and Lamar,” through whose efforts all troubles of that nature were averted. Tits New Hampshire election occurs to-day, and it is a close fight, as the fol lowing figures indicate: Rep vote. Deni vote. 1*71 3V*M 3I.7U0 1872 ,.38,751 26.584 1873 34,023 33,016 18.4 31,143 37,608 1875 SJ,l*i The democratic “maj jrities'* in 1871 •nd 1874 were in fact nrnoritie?. They were due to third candidates, who were not democrats A Montoomkhy correspondent of tbe Cincinnati Enquirer says a northern member of congress, a shrewd, capable, and bold intriguer, is visiting the pried’ 1*1 chits of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi, in the interest of Mr. Til- denV nomination at St. Louts. Tu a Chicago Times congratulates its readers that the courts of Chicago, out of 516 divorce cases begun, granted de crees in only 285; denied decrees in 70; leaving 160 undisposed of—all for the year 1875. Of these cases, 175 were based on desertion, 167 on cruelty, on adultery and 69 on drunkenness. To offset this work, 5,004 mairiege licenses were granted during the past year. Uekktufork party ties have made the country disbelieve all exposures of frauds, Belknap’s sale of traderships was puli- ished three years ago, but no one gave it credence. Now the nation reading, believe*. This is the real gain that should be credited to tbe centennial year Truth now outranks party, and the re public is destined lo survive the corrup tion nf the limes. Ik an agreement ia not reached «»n tbe financial question in tbe congressional caucus to night, it is stated on good au thority that Senator Thurman has deter mined to make* a motion for au uncon ditiocal repeal of the resuxpliou act and leave the rest of the fiuancial issues to be settled after the presidential elec tion. Good for Thurman, lie is be coming sensible as the campaign becomes warmer. Judge Twiggy, chairman of the exec utive committee of the eighth dLlxict, rt quested lli^ members ot his com mittee to mrct ia Augusta, April 3, tbe purpose of calling a convention to elect di legates to represent the distric in ibe natlocal democratic convention ” OURVlrirOR* In the senate on Thursday Mr. Gobdox Georgia, colled up the resolutiouW- fertd by him a tew aays ago, and tff&d on amendment to make the reso lution read as follows: “Whereas The frequent enormous frauds committed by distillers and gov ernment officials have deprived the gov ernment of a large proportion of its legitimate revenue and brought disrepute upon an important branch of the public service; and whereas the interests o( the people and the good name of tbe govern ment demand that congress shall take immediate steps to so amend the laws as to secure economy and honesty in the collection of the internal revtnue; there fore, “Unsolved, That the committee on fi nance be instructed to ascertain, tf*pessi bit*, what are the defects in the present system, and what legislation ia ne&ssarv to remedy these defects; and especially to inquire: “First. Whether it te advisable to so amend the laws as to levy the whisky tax directly upon the capacity of the fermenting tubs and require 4 to be collected in advance; and, “Second. To create a corps of excise t* hold office indefinitely, removable only fur iucauacitv or in nffl.*.* ’’ MAS«ACBCfETrs contains 33,961 fe male property holders, and they begin to demand in unmistakable tone*, that taxation and tepreacntaticn go hand in hand. A property qualification for fc male suffrage. Is now proposed iu that fcl*te, hut it ia doubtful whether it *ould not raise more disturbance th iu it could allay. 4 The Sbermsn, Texas, Register a»ya John Ireland, John Hancock and Rich ard Coke are ucw t ic most prominent candidates for Hamilton's scat In tbe United States senate. The contest really narrowed down lo these three. The Register supports Richard Coke, and so do all the brevet Texans in Gcor- gia. The excursion from the northwest will certainly prove a «u xrcss as to the num ber and character ot the visitors, and we believe that it will equally prove a suc cess in the manner aud pleasure of their of the supreme court, | reception. Such arrangements have been and < xhlbtud made for tbe entertainment of oar guests THE GOVERNMENT BUILD IN 4. On the first page of thia morning's pa per will be found an accurate picture of the court heuse and pottoffica as it will look when completttl. The base is ready for the foundation walls; and the Stone Mountain granite company arc naw delivering great granite blocks that will bo shortly placed on the beds of conciete. The build.ng will be three stories high above the bahement- Its dimensions are tube 135 by 75 feet. Two handsome towers will materially heighten the gen eral beauty and effect of the structure. The view that we present Ibis m« rning is a fuc simile of the one contained in the annual report of bupervising A:ch tect Potter, who planned tbe entire build iug. The land on which it is to be erected was donated by the city at a cost not far from |50.000. The government has thus far appropriated f160,000 for this building. Of this amount only $10,027 had been expended on the first day of tbe month. The contract of the Stone Mountain granite company calls for $24,000 more. The upper walls of the building are to be of brick with an abundance of granite ornamentation. Only the contracts for the foundation walls have been let, and it will not be a centennial building by at least a year. “Thebe has never Iwen brought," says „ , the Chicago Times, "to the .ttention of T Up ° n , congress a proposition of civil service re * * n rU aUy rajU n reform so practical and thorough as that which Mr. Gordon has indicated. It is in truth the only suggestion of a practi cal remedy for tbe all pervading official corruption that his ever been brought to tbe attention of congress. And Mr. Morton, though he Is an arram dema gogue by character and long practice, is not so great an ignoramus that he does not well know this to be a fact Yet this false loogued demagogue, protesting his readiness to unite with anybody in sup port of any practical plan of civil service reform, proceeded to combat the propo sition by the shyster's method of abusing its proposer, and sneeriug at his appro- b.tion of tbe civil a^rvice system of England, a c nintry whose revenue olfi cers do not steal, and whose diplomatic representatives have never been known to play the oart of ‘roper in’ for confi deuce swindlers." sanlt Gen. Gordon, but he Comes off with Flying Colors. the deep knowledge he had acquired of the that w« science ot law. Hla decisions are szu.tDg the model* of that tribunal, la i?«te* he km sopplanud by the appoluliueuts of the Bullock government. Judge Harris will live ta the annals of this state *> one of Its brightest lights and most useful sons. He has been honored by this people no more than he has honored them, and ibcy owe to hi* memory the deb: they will, sorrowfully though they must, yet cheerfully a* their duty, pay in their tears over his grave snd their remembrance i nd praise ot his worlhj life and noble achievement*. The confederation project ol the Ccn iral American states begins to aa>umc dcfinite shape. The diet of plcntpotcn l ories met at Panama in the middle o: January and considered the best way of reaching united action on the pan of all the stale* in order lo push forward the scheme of consolidation. What Egypt is to Europe the Central Americas Mates are destined to be to the United State*, for the great American ship canal from ocean to ocean atari puss through those states. feel confident of pleas ant results all round. On our local page w til be found the full pro gramme srracked by the committees having the reception in charge. We extend to a l the excursionists a coTdia’. invitation to vi>ii the Constitu tion idice. We a.*k them not to wait for any formal introduction, but come without ceremony, acd we shall take great pleasure iu show ;ag them thr. the budding and exten ling them all possible courtesies. COM2 RE SOMAN FoSTER, of Ohio, cently received an lavitstioa. as a mem ber of the appropriation committee, to j call at the White l!ou.*e and consult about the cruel manner it which the propriatioos for the pres.dem’s palace have been cut down. Foster called in the afternoon, and met President Grant, who was looking miserable and feeling badly, n© t**ok Foste r by the Land and sail: “Sir, I assure you 1 am looking forward with pleasure to the time when this terrible load shall fall from mj shoulders." This is the first time Grant The national resident democratic committee have completed their organi ration, and established headquarters at No. 1,324 F sl, near the Etbitt House. Wusnirgton. The committee is made up as follows; Senate—The Hon. J. W. Stevenson of Kentucky; the lion. W. W. E.ton of Connecticut; the Hon. II G. D*vss ot West > trginis; the Hon W. P. Wnyto ol Maryland; the Hon. J. B. Gordon of Georgia. House of Repre sentatives—Tte Hon. Heister Oymer of Pennsylvania; the Hon. C. W. Chapin of Massachusetts; the Hon. J. W. Throckmorton of Texaa; the Hon. C. E. Hooker of Mississippi; the Hon. A. S Hewett of New York; the Hon. W. AL Robbins of North Carolina; the Hon. M Sayler of Ohio. Dirrict of Columbia—W. W. Corcoran. James E. Harvey, Chars Wl Commence tn this issue a series c f interesting papers upon the University tf ! •rex appeared in the Q**dto. I Wolsey. ’*e of Cardinal Columbus ia lamed for her magnifi cent water power and the great factories, which are the boast of Georgians. We can safely challenge any aute to produce more successful factories the E*gle and Pbenix cf Columbus. Elsewhere will be found an interesting article on the subject. It matter^ but little what sort of mone whether h'rd or soft, tbe poverunient alopts, th-3 «h uing li.his of He radical ad min I ri ration “take It In.” Aft Belknaj’a beautiful beard disappears in the dim distance, John Cochrane comes to contribute his h.ir once more to the republican party. Ir was to his sister, in Keokuk, Iowsi that Geo. Belknap tel-j raphed on the Inst.: “Do not lose one moment’s sleep my account. 1 shall come out all right yet.*’ Don Carlos is six feet three inches height, with bronzed face, big black ei aud dark beard, lie is every Inch a king— among the women. It is reported that the Hon S. M. Cullom has said that the only candidate for gov ernor that he particularly feared in the republican convention is E B. Washburne. Mk. James Partin’s petition to the Mss aichasetts legislature for a special lrgallze his marriage has been reported adversely by ths comiu ttec whL-h had it chuge. Tuet are biking about Bristow now oat in Minnesota, where Blaine was the favorite a few days ago, and symptom* of a similar Change In teniiuieni come from Wisconsin Ad Michigan. How did the busy Mrs. B’s Improve the shining Lours, And widow’s mites accrue onto What might bdcal’ed left Bowers. Tux prerldentsald when the full force of him; any country?* No, General, better adhere to jour old cash principle — Baltimore Ga zette. Tom Brnton used to say that the only qualillcat ons required for secretary of the navj were a residence on a southern plan tation and bciug hard of hearing. The qualifications rtquircd by Grant for a secretary of the war are a residence In a western village aud having a sec .nd or third wife. Tbe senate committee on privileges and elections have agre d to report favorably Senator Morton’s proposition for a consti tutional Amendment provi ling for the elec tion of the pr-sidest and vice-president by a direct vote of the peop'e. On one day the northern prc^scdvLesthe state* of Mississippi and Louisiana to hasten slowly ou impe&chment; the next day thecoujtry is appalled at t'le crime of the •« ere?ary of war. Now would it not be polite and right to let the southern states Uke m e of themselves, so long as they do not go beyond the coostiiution and recon- struct ion acts! Where this has been done, docs not thj result .ustify the wUdom cf thepolicj! Compare the states leit alone with those eteids iy Interfered nl;h, snd see if the comparison is not all in favor of the former. Would it cot be better for the country to look to iu Belknap instead of to the governor f Mississippi! Isn’t it quit© time for the country to guard its * hole vital interests, and give the south a rest! Vicksburg Hera d. Kofccos Conklixo set upon a plat'orm seems too tall and awkward to be called a ban's'me man. Seen frem the senate gal lery, his proportion* are softened into har mony, and looking at him from above, yon begin to understand bow it is that all tbe female cot res; o -de.it* go into et stacies over bis beauty. He is rcallj a splendid looking fel'ow, and he knows It. Bat even tbe enchantment of the view from the gal lery cannot make him altogether lovely as he stands np and, with out turned toes snd beading knees, walks across the floor of tbe for incapacity or malfeasance in office. 1 Mr. Gohdjb said: Mr. Pns'.dent, the resolutions which have been readMsropose a radical change in the revenue laws. It is proper, therefore, that I should briefly explain the reasons and the necessities, as I conceive them, for such a change. The amend Lents which the resolution sulgusts are in tbe interest of honesty, of economy, of reform. Had tbev been adopte.i three years ago they would have compelled even Joyce to act* like an hon est man, the distillers to pay the tax, and would have made the whi»ky ring an impossibility. Thesj siaitin -nts may seem extravagant, but I shall prove from official data that they are true. Commbsioner Pratt by his repoit for 1875 furnishes us the data by which we are able to ascertain that in the year 1870 fully seventy teven and a quarter millions of gallons of spirits were warehoused upou which the governmeut received the revenue. Air. Fessender'a statement that our production in 1864 was one hundred mil- ion gallons it rnuri be remembered is now tar short of the truth. 1C we have manufactured but the one hundred mil- liou gallons per annum from 1864 up to the present tune, we have had due to tbe government 'lie taxes upon one billion thiee Uuudred million gallons in tbe thirteen years in which this taxJias been imposed, the Ux varying from twenty cents to $2 per gallon. It will be seen that we should have received into the treasury up to the termination of the h.st fiscal year $1,260,000,000. How much has bitu r«ceived? Let Commissioner Pratt state; “Four hundred and eighty nine millions;' say, in round numbers, four huudred aud uiuety millions, less the cost of collection, or, net, al* ut four huudred and fifty millions. Deduct this amount from thu twelve hundred aud sixty millions, and we Invc at once the c dossal fraud of eight hundred millions of dollars. But, appalliug as this sum is. it liecomes almost iusignificsnt when we take into consideration the fact, not oulv has our population incteased, but the entire southern status have been &d- dtd to the product rs and the consumers, and the additional fact, wnich all expe rience proves, that the consumption of spirits, like the aggregation of all other sin-, multiplies wi< Is the inereasj of pop-' illation. If we take, 1 say, these facta into consideration, we ahall find that we have had perpetrated a fraud of more than one thousand millions of money; and 1 defy successful refutation of the statement, it has reached, perhaps, $1,- 200,060,000 of money. This gigantic sum of money, which was due to the government, has gone into the pockets ot dishonest distillers, or, what is infinite ly worse, into the pockets of dishonest gvhemment officials. *•*- » Gr«at Britain collects $2 5J gold per gallon on the production of her distillers without the shadow ot suspicion even U|»on her revenue officeis. We cannot collect twenty cents in greenbacks, and when wc attempted $2 in greenbacks, we lost it til, or at least no-mt uiL§ tenths of it. Such is the olli -ial record. Why is it ihat under a similar system England can collect ten times as much in g->ld p-r gallon a-i we can in green backs? The reason is this. Eugland ap points her officers solely to collect her tu .as while lire they, are ap pointed to collect the taxes aud to aid the party which happens for the time to have the appointing power. I Applause in the galleries ] So til 111* lloi-H (ir.Mtl Itrilnin annrnni.it.. tl... tatioa officers high in the revenue depart ment. Can we not forget for a time that we are parties with a great political con test before us, and remember only that we are Americans, with a republic to •ave, a reputation to redeem ? With this record of crime before us, with this demon of demoralization enthroned in the very seat of the government, with this gathering flood of corruption rolling over great and once honored departments of government, and breaking at last at the very steps of tne executive mansion. Air. Ftesident, this is a good year to begin reformation, and this is a good place to originate it Let us not only unite here without distinction of party, to rescue this revenue department, bu. let us unite tbe people of all parties and of all st-ctions in the effort to restore honest and pure government, and prac tical, substantial, universal reform. WHIT THE PUES \ SAY. Special to the Philadelphia Times. 1 he debate took a political turu and caused several lively tilts between Gor don and Morton and Sherman. The democrats gtnerally regard that lhc\ were badly worsted in the debate, as there had been no preparation. Special to New York Times. Several of the leading senators said to-night that Gen Gordon's speech did him no good, hut might do the party harm, and that Mr. Withers' attempted defense of Floyd at this day was simply ridiculous. Gen. Gordon is now labeled for a back seat with Ben. Hill, but may not be will ng to take it. Gen. Gord >n expects, under a democratic administra tion, to be secretary of war. S.eclsl to Inter-Occan. 1 he debate was begun by Gordon, of Georgia, who uninvited addressed the senate t stensibly on internal reveuue re form, really on ihe alleged corruption of tbe republican party. Gorion was iu vited to go to New Hampshire, but some of his friends advised him to ttay here, so he addressed the people of New Hampshire from the floor ol the senate. But bis speech proved a boomerang, and was hurled back upon him with more force than it caniy out. Alorton and Sbeiman flayed him completely. Shei- man’s speech was entirely practical and pertinent, and he showed that Gordon tiid not know anything about internal reveuue. Alorton then answered his BEIKNAPS BULLETINED. | and overdress of pale blue silk, oxer How the Guilty Pair Pass the Uiurs •f Adversity. DE.vlE .NOR OF MR AND MRS BEL KN IP. Wash! Chicago fully does Great Britain appreciate the necessity of removing her revenue offi cers from the temptations and corrup tions of party that they are forbidden to U long to any political organization, and a vote by one of them for a mem: cr >f parliament would send him indis>ra?e from the service. Heie not only may be beloog to a party, but he must belong to a party, and to tbe party from whom he holds his commission. He must vote lor the party and work for the party and psy for the party. Air Gordon eulogized at some length the English system of collecting the rev enue, and pointed out the defects in the system of appointing revenue officials in tnis country. You may increase your tice meters, and your hydrometers and your saccha- rometers; you may double your diligence aud quadruple your agents; but as long as it can be predicated of your system that your agents are appointed because of their political influence,, so long will di.-honest distillers bribe dishonest olfi cials, and party exigencies corrupt these party agents. I am aware that Commis sioner Pratt has proposed certain amend ments, I believe additional restrictions; but these will not do. Tuis is only to prune the deadly upas. You must lay the ax to the very root of the tree, if you would stop the distillation of this poison in the revenue service. These revenue officers should hold tfceir positions, like the officers of your army and navy, dur ing life, if need be, or during good be havior, placed upon moderate salaries, and removable by the head of the treas ury only for incapacity and disreputable conduct. If you will incorporate this amend ment into your la-vs, it will create an e.-prit de corps which will make it os im possible for an officer of the American ex cise to bring disrepute upou his service by corruption as it is for an officer of the American army to bring disgrace upou the flag by joining the enemy If,howevt r, we cannot give up this party patronage, if the sacrifice is too great, although the privilege is so dearly bought, then I urge upon tenators the other amendment, namely, to provide for levying the tax directly upon the fermenting tubs at tached to the distilleries. This method would be simple, direct, inexpensive, effective. L t the t*x be levied upou these fermeulicg tubs in proportion to their capacity in all the distilleries in the United States. Every tub, with its mca-mrcd capacity, is now upon record L‘ t this tax be levied, aud if need be collected, in advance as a license. I said there was a violent aeces.-ity for this change with us. Why, sir, look at the result of 1875; absolutely nine-tenth of the revenue lost. And now in this year of our Lord 1875 the officials of tbe revenue department are not only guilty of frauds themselves, but are persuading, coaxing, forcing distillers into complied / with them. It we wi.l incorporate these amend ments into our system they will simplify the whole machinery ot this deportment; they will nd it of its cumbrous* and com plicated machinery; they will make tbe rtec-ipts of ihe government from these sources certain, and above all, they w.li compel honesty where the present system invites fraud, furnishes a refuge ot party corruptionists and a hot bed for aLl those vices which politics! intermeddling in the revenues of the government has ever created under all governments. Standing, sir, in the presence of that re cent and swtul event which throws a shadow over the whole land, and which all mus regard as a great public calamity, I can but rep-at wnut I have before ea.d and what 11 eel as keenly as 1 am capa ble of feeling any truth, that the very reputation of our American institutions, and the cause ot freedem throughout the political points, and Gordon was annihb fated. Withers came to Gordon's res cue, and in very bad taste attempted to defend F oyd when his crime was com - pared with that of Belknap. No repub licau has yet defended Belknap, and the democrats will fiud it disastrous to de fend the hosts of their own {wrty who e guiliy of his crimes. Bpiclal to New York Herald. A genuine sensation has been made by the speech of Senator Gordon on the subject of revenue reform. That the country is likely to be thoroughly stirred by the matter is evidenced by the deluge ot letters which has already pound in upou Senator Gordon, commending wnat Le has proposed. Thu senator claims to have shown from the records of the treasury department thu startling tact that thu government has been rote bed of uol lisa than $1,000,000,600 in tbe part thirteen years, no matter what has been the political stripe of the rev- eral administrations m power during that time. In this touutclion the calcu lation is made that had the nrumy lit us misappropriu • 1 been put where it be longed. ihe questions of thecuirencv and of tbe uatioual debt would not dis tract the e jurtiy. Had the thousand ntillious stolen by these < fficials aud the hordes of placemen utukr them bten honestly handled the national debt would be less than half its present size and the finances of the country would be on a specie payment basis. Eveu now the souiees of revenue are so broad aud vieidiog that an honest collection of the revenue, such as Air. Bristow’s efforts would bring about, is only necessary to insure the easy payment of t.ie national debt, ti e reduction of the taxes and Ihe restoration ot the currency to a specie standard. Tin movement initiated by Senator Gordon promises to become a revolution which will sweep out political lives iu the next presidential election Special to the New York World. Was a strong nou-parlisan speech, with a plaiu, honest purposes, but hardly had bu ceastd speaking before Morion launched into a - bitter political tirade. His opening declaration revealed ia an ffistantlris paltry, abominable purpose and his utter disregard of tacts. lie started by declaring that a period of cor ruption always followed war; that the responsibility should fall upon those who make the war, and tligt they are the last who should complain This he followed with the more astounding assertion that the country was under democratic rule in 1865, 1866, 1867 aud 1868, and quoted figures to prove that it was more corrupt then thanjnow. Then he plunged head long into a bitter, sueeriug attack on iSeuator Gordon’s war record with the evident aud successful intention of dodg ing the main question raised and driving the senate into a sectional controversy which lasted the rest of the afternoon. At tbe conclusion of Morton’s first speech Air. Gordon administering a stinging rebuke by declaring that there was no possibility for the senator from Indiana to draw hun into any passionate utterances on the war for auy purpose which he might have. Nobly be kept his word and the other southerner', too, although Loth he and Withers lndi nant- l r * repelled the assertion that they were iu congress by the sufferance of the re publican party, and prot:sted against the efforts of republicans to keep aiive the feuds of the war. By every conceivable mean twist and turn, by asserting that Bob Towns represented the Georgia democracy, though Gordon denied and caused to be read tbe unanimous resolu tion of thu Georgia legislatuie in proof thereof, by descending to insult and call ing Toombs the most distinguished dem ocrat in Georgia in the presence of the two Georgia senators,by all these means and more, Alorton labored to draw out a heated utterance from whence to make party capital. Sherman and Edmunds lent their aid to the despicable effort,but all three failed utterly, save that they did make the senate delay the public business and discuss the war. Hard knocks were given and received on both sides, and the unbiased verdict to-night is that Alorton is much in the same posi tion as Blaine two nights ago. Correspon deuce Times. Brlknap is by no means deserted in bis aaversitv. The very evening ot his open disgrace Babcock visited him and re mained uutil long after midnight. Rob eson and his wife spent Friday afternoon, while Shepherd and hti peculiar set have kept up an unceasing intimacy. Airs. Belknap is by no means abashed by the situation. A visitor yesterday found her lying on a blue satin sofa, dressed in an exquisite morniug robe of crimson silk, covered with the richest laces She al luded unreservedly to the trouble and declared that her husband was bearing up under the prosecution manfully. She complained bitterly that some of the Washington people, who owed her hus b ind everything, fhad seen fit to stand aicof now that seeming adversity had come, but she kept up good cheer, she said, because all would be bright in the end. Last eveuing an officer in the army, who hod heretofore had private business relations with the late secretary of war that were not adjusted, called upon Air. Belknap. He gives a very graphic de scription of his visit. “I never under- we.t A MOKE PATKFUL SCENE. When I reached Belknap's house, on G street, 1 was profoundly struck with the chauge in the situation by the presence of the uniformed police pacing solemnly in front of the house. Upon entering 1 thought the police business rather over done, for during my short visit l count ed no less than five stalwart peelers se- cui ely planted at various doors of egress. They all had the appearance of an in tense determination to fulfid their duty of preventing any appearance of escape, which must have been very deprt ss.ng upon the inma'es of the hou e. 1 sent up my card to the secretary, and swa t - td his coming W:th an intense nervous ness that foreshadowed the necessary EMBARRASSMENT OP OU II MEETING. At our last meeting he was iu an excel lent condition of bodily health and men tai satisfaction wilh hiinse.f. lie was iu his little oflice iu the war department, and when 1 came to him he g ive uie two fingers and h JW-howed me iu the most approved style In reply to my card a subdued looking domestic came to me aud told me tliai Mr. iklkuap would see me iu tbe rear parlor The minner ot tbe servant was as lugubrious as an un dertaker when lie says, “You take a last look at the deceased.” I had ait but a montent. L heard A FALTERING STEP upon tiie stairs, au uncertain tread in the hall, then the door opened slowiy as tne ex-secretary entered. AlyGod! Words itill lo express how this man h*s aged and suffered duriug the last few days His tl iwing silky te ard was knotted aud tang ed, his hair was unkempt, great black rings were under his eyes, and his sunken cte.eks made up a picture of woe and despair that would have touched a heart ol stone. 1 was so moved that I sprang forward with a word of comfort. Regardless of truth I said: ‘Air. Secre tary, I believe you to he an honest man ’ Belknap at this, caught me by the baud and BURST INTO TEAKS. lie was completely unmanned He choked aud' sobbed several mwim-nt.-*, when he managed lo stammer out, T am going to prove it to the people of this country that 1 am an honest nun before tuis butiutss is done.’ ” The officer concludes his story by saying that Belkuap said repeatedly that he had a much belter defense than peo ple supposed. lie has, by the advice of coutis d, kept it back uutil summoned for trial. Then he claims tnat he will be able to make a showing that will create a change in popular op uionin his favor, lie was especially indignant at the pres ence of thu policemen iu his house. He disclaimed auy intention of running away auu passionately disclaimed that his former friends were trying to urge him to'desperation by conrtam heaping up of indignities upon him. black velvet. Mrs. Dr. Newman also assisted in receiving. Nearly all the cabinet ministers and members of the diplomatic corps were present, with their ladies, while hundreds of other people of distinction called to pay the l&9t com pliments of tbe season to Alra.Grant and her fair daughter. There are more lovely white-haired ladies in Washington tnis season than caa p obably be a-tn in any city in Amer ica. Airs. Col. AlcClure of Indiana,Mrs. Gen. Dunn, Airs. A- G. Riddle, Airs. Speaker K-rr, Airs. D. D. Pratt, Mrs. Secretary R ffieson, and several others, rni^ht tie mentir ned, who are handsomer probably than they were with browu or golden locks. But the most distinguished looking woman in Washington society was Mr*. General Krainau ot Philadelphia, who has now returned to her home. Of large and magnificent form, she blends the regal presence of empress with the pure com plexion and unconscious innocence of a child. She stems not to know that all are observing her; but she walks amid the throug like a royal lady of ye olden time, just stepped out from 6ome antique picture lramc. Her dresses ore like her self, magnificent. There is no other word to suit her. Her shoulders of ala baster whiten* ss, though broad are ten der aud dimpled as those of a child, and she shows her g«>od taste by wearing a necklace ot pe-tris instead of diamonds. At Lady Thornton’s last reception she was attired in pale ro6o colored satin, with white lace overdress and pearl or* n aments. THE BELKNAPi. OOSS1P CURRENT AMONO THE LADIES ABOUT THE BKLKMAPi AND MARSHES. Washington L.tter to the Baltimore Sun. Two or three day a ago several of the cabinet ladies got together to discuss the Belkuap matter. They all admitted that it was “dreadful,” “horr.ble," “who would have believed it,” etc. Then the question was discussed whether it would be proper lo go and see “the p.K>r dear.” O.ie of the ladies, who was most intimate with Mrs. B Ikuap, opposed any further countenance of her, aud raid, atony rate, she could uot go, because she never d d know her very well. Another, whou Airs. Belknap hid been in the habit of snubbiug, was tu: tuort cbiritable f all in her txpressious, but it was concluded tii ii it would uot do to offend tbe pro- prie i.s by auy further iuteicourse w.lh their late associate. .Much of the gustip floating around now is very spicy and interesting, and much of it has no other foundation than the imagination of those who give currency to it. Tne allegations concerning Mr Pendleton’s agency in getting the K* n- lucky railroad claims through the war department will uodoubt be attended to by that gentleman when he gives his tes timony O* the f .ct of bis initrna y with Belknap, then Aire Bowers, there denial. Air. Pendleton did travel in Euro|»c with Airs. B >weis and tbe Mat sins. One who is perfectly cogniz ant o’ all thu circumstances says that Air. Pendleton was very popular with both thu ladies, and attentions to tbe one and the other begat a feeling of jealcusy between them, wnichcu mtnaiedal Pans iu a regular scene, with all the little feminine accompaniments of stamping feet, »..uking lists, vigorous expressions, and ali that kiu-1 ot thing. To this alia r, it is stid, may be really attrihuti d the exposures which have cul minated in tue downfall and ruin of the B.dknap dynasty. It is said that bad Mrs. Marsh been so disposed, Mr. Alirsh w. aid never have given thu committee the opportunity to examine him. It is te lie veil, however, that neither Mrs. Alaish nor Mr. Muish had any ^ Deep- tion of the terrible coosequ nces ol his viation*, and, more particularly, had Paints, Oll8|,fto. THE CHEAPEST PLACE IN THE SOUTHERN STATES, TO BUY Paints, Oils aud window Glass, DUCK & CO.’S ...* 25 Alabama street. tlTE pay our whole attention to the above articles. Keep no Drugs, consequently, I? can afford to sell cheaper than those who sell every thing, buying, as we do, in mncMaraejnMtltlei^roi^manufacturere^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^cgttewIy^ LIGHT FROM LOCHRANE. What He Knows about Presidential Prospects In the South The following racy talk to a Chicago reporter from Judge Lochrano of this city, will be found interesting. The judge is a shrewd observer and his opin ions, spoken off-hand, are still not care less ones. Chicago Tribune. Among the guests at tbe Pacific yes terday was Judge O. A Lochrane, ex chief j'istice of Georgia, just arrived from Atlanta. The judge is in the city for the purpose oi consultation w ith George At. Pullman, the former being the counsel for the Pullman car company for the ten southern stales. A Tribune reporter found the judge buned among bis books and papers at the hotel last evening, busy in the preparation of cases, but nevertheless apparently glad of an interruption in the bhape of the newspa per man, whom he welcomed in his cheery, genial manner which put the re porter at once at his ease. After discussing matters of indifferent inletesi to the public ibe inevitable sub ject of politics was broach, d. —Dandies and nanny goats never fail to pride themselves upon their kids. —Visiting cards of medium rize tu unclaz.d Bristol board, with Ecg isb script, is the popular style. —A Cincinnati girl accidentally cut her tongue off, and oil the young men are trying to shine up to her now. —Mrs. Dowd, of Humboldt, Iow&.ha* had twenty-six children within eighteen years. Twins. —They used to tell a man to “krep a stiff upper lip,” but now they only ad vise him to “erect a starch factory under - bis nose.” —Brown’s motbtr-in-law died Sunday. Her last werds were: “I am going to heaven.” Yesterday' moruirg Brown gave up his pew ia cuurch.—New York Star. —A Detroit woman could think of but twmly-uine d-ffereut ingredients to put into a mince pie, nnd she wept at the idea of loriug her powers of memory —Senator Christianry’s daughters are are pel baps loo severely satcaslic when they say: “Pa ought to have got a wife for whom be wouldn’t have to buy sootLing syrup or rock to sleep every night. —Some fellows kidnapped a Green B«y girl tbe olte r night, but as *x>u as day- carriage at d told her to go home. They say they were homely enoug.. them selves. , — s *‘*htly Ambiguous.—Iu a country Who seems to be ahead for there- churchyard tin re it* the following epi Marsh himself, the h. lief is that Airs. Marsh would have postponed her revenge to some more auspicious occasion. Airs. Belkuap, to day replied to a letter of sympathy and offer of assistance to communicate any version wtech she mignt desire to be made public, stated that her impulse was to do so, but tint the advice ot their counsel was lo m >ke no u.teraucu at this time. earth, is imminently imperiled oy the , , , s*d and fickeamg disclosures of the lost senate chamber, like a school master msk- j few years. Corruption, official corrup ts^ an ostentatious display o? preserving ! tion in high places and in low, official good order. That abomiaible gs.t, which embezzlement the daily lecords cf the an irreverent observer compared the other * public gazettes, official ^integrity and day to the strut of a turkey, ia the only de- honesty in the estimation of the feet which prevents the senior senator from I P* 0 °® c ^ * tm * . . " . . „ _ .. “ i tion, credit mobtler, Sanborn con*—*- New York from .Kings this, of beauty ted , Washington city government rim wLf “* ^ Yotk krJj U» filthy, dm* Whisky Le W0M - 1 ring, gathering in iu net work of lemp- who thr.ve by it. - EDITORIAL COMMENT. MORTON REBUKED. New York Time*. Whatever mav have bten the motives which induced Senator Gordon to intro duce his resolution calling for a radical reform in the system of of partisan ap pointment in the internal re\ enu * service, republican senators would have done their party some service by discussing the principle of the resolution simply on its merits. On this occasion Senator Alorton might have denied himself the sweet satist it tion of retorting in reply to the Georgia orator’s reference to the whisky frauds, “You’re ano.her." Due regard to the good name of the party, not to mention his own presidential as piralions, should have prevented him from using an argument like this against the proposal to enable excise offi :ers to retain their places on good behavior: “The civil service refozm proposed by the senator from Georgia was very sweep- eng. Why did he not brinu in a bill to have it extend to all the departments of the government, if the life tenure was such a good thing? In other words,why not come oat in favor of a monarchy in stead of a republic? There was where the whole proposition cuded.*’ If Senator Moi ton ima.iies ta coming presidential campaign is to be fought out on m> low a plane of pricci pie and intelligence as that argument in dicates, be is likely to find huntelf griev ously mistaken. TIIE WRETCHED DEMAGOGUE New York World. The debate m tbe senate yesterday was uncommonly interesting. Air. Gor don’s measure may not b • practicable, and Air. Sheaman was ligat enough in pointing out that it should not have been introduced iu the senate. But Senator Gordon’t speech was the speech of an honert man. a man who wnen ne sees a thief hales him, and objects to theft such.” Mr. Alorton’s speech was the speech of a political trickster who, when he sees a thief, “consents with him,” and objects to thelt not as theft but as having a tendency lo injure “the parry.” He is a wretched demagogue and represents with entire accuracy tbe lowest and meanest element in our politics. This is not a thing to be said lightly about any man. and we do not say it lightly about Morton. There is not another senator, except, Logan, of whom it could be atid with the some fulness. Alorton’s dearness saves him from tumbling into those amazing abysses of ignorance in which the senator from Illinois habitually welters. But he is every* bit os low and sordid a sort of politician. He is a disgrace to tbe sen ate, and the people of Indiana who sent him there. It was appropriate that he should defend our present so-called civil BELKNAP ROT1ES OF OLD. HE STEALS THE MONEY OK HIS CLIENTS — A 1’OOK PARTNER’S SACRIFICE. ( htcftgo Tribune. Keokuk, March 4—A little over 20 years ago W. W. Belknap came to Keo kuk as a young atu rmy. Ue was u democrat iu politics Ue became some what active as a local politician, and in 1858 was elected by the democracy to the lower house of the statu legislature. About the time he came Keokuk was iu a ferment of speculation. It was a sea son of great expectations; gilt edged property was selling at fabulous prices. Mr. Belkuap caught the speculative spirit, and operated to a considerable extent iu real estate. Then ctrnu the crash of 1857-58, and B Ikmo fouud himielf in great financial difficulty. Now followed a transaction winch put him under unfavorable opinion for a time. Lett rs from eastern correspon dents and clients came to his partner that money which his firm had lung before acknowledged the receipt of had uot been applied as directed- Inquiry disclosed that Air. Belknap had received the money acknowledged tne receipt of it for the firm; and iu his fiuanti tl extremity had i d it himself. Ills partner was a poor man, but he raised the money and paid < II the debt. The sum so paid Gen. Be.knap paid back, both priucipMand interest, as soon as he could raise the money, and to this he applied tlio salary of bis military service. W tn Andrew Johnson began his raid upon republicans, aud J. G. Walker, revenue collector for ihisdistrut, was to go out, Gen. B , who was a war demo cratic and then independent, applied for the place and got it. Throughout his administration of the eolketorship, ru mors were rife in some quarters of a whisky ring and a tobacco ring, and these rumors continue. TBE UNFORTUNATE SEWARD I10U 5 E Washington Chronicle. It would seem as if some terrible mis fortune is sure to follow all in official life who pass any time in a certain man sion which shou'id be haunted, if gloomy associations could invite the presence of ghosts. When General Belknap first cime to Washington he took apartments for himself aud wife in what is, and pos sibly will always be, known as the “Seward House,” or “Club Hmse,” these titles connecting it with two of the tragedies among the many sorrowful in cidenls wiih wnich it is associated. And the record of the sojourn in Washington of ex-Secretary Belknap adds other as sociations of a tragic character to its gloomy history, though his second wife did not die there, nor did the present Mrs. Bclkn.q> pus9 more than two months there John C*. Spencer, when secretary cf war, resided thera, and his son was hung for mutiny to the yard arm of the vessel on which he was cruising A member of toe cabinet who perished in the fatal explosion which, during Ty ler’s administration,converted a pkasure party on the Potomac into a fu acral of statesmen, also had lived iu that house, though believe he was residing elsewhere at the rime of hi■» tragic d.atb. Thu^attempled assassination in that house of Secretary Seward, the death therein of his lovely daughter, and the killing of Barton Key immediately after he left its threshold, are some of the other melancholy ciations of the old house, built with priz j money by Commodore Rogers, the lather of the wife of General Meigs. A singular and very sad coincidence con necled with the death of Airs. Carrie Belknap, it will be as well to recall now. Airs. Grant continued her receptions through the spring of 1370, and always invit;d a nun: her of ladies, both matron: and insiders, to receive with her. At her lost reception that year .Mrs. Carrie Belknap and Alias Maggie Beck, both handsome and popular Kentuckians (tbe latter lady the daughter of James Beck, tnen representative in congress from his state, and now senator elect), were the receiving party. Before aaoth er public reception was held at the White House, the flower-covered coffins containing the remains of both Airs Belknap and Airs Corcoran, hoi Beck, the latter a bride of a few weeks, wear ing her wedding robes as a shroud, rest ed side by sile in the chapel at Oik HilL The two died within a few days of each other. BIGH LIFE IN WA8BINGTO .4. ITS OLORIES RA'HEK DIMINISHED —THE LEADERS OF FASHION. The Home Journal. Aire. Grant held a brilliant leceptioo on Saturday. Col Fred Grant made the presentations, as usual. Airs. Grant wore (41411(411 FACTORIES. Columbus Enquirer. Human nature at best is slow to accept new avenues iu business, and he is wor tby the name of genius who has thu pluck to originate modes in trade and com merce. To fellow iu the footsteps of our fathers is thu dutiful and the easy way. and while go-ahead Americans have usually spurned such imitation, yet We of the south have too long been prone to be imitators, not inventors in the world of business. Peculiarly an agricultural people, it was a radical change to go into new enterprises but a few of our braver spirits seeing the opportunity struck a decided blow for independence and suo- when they inaugurated cotton spiuuing in the south. With A CLIMATE I* culiarly suited to cotton manufacture, equable and mild, giving labor an easier and cheaper living than tbe iciclcd homes of the north; water power as cheap as the prodigality of nature is boundless, aud building material easy of access and low priced, it is no uncertain proposition to claim the south as the future centre of cotton and wcol manufacturing, and ea- p.c.ally is this true of cotton, in which we have a clear advantage over eastern mills of two cents per pound in saving ou transportation,commissions and steal age. Georgia takes the lead far in advance of all the southern states in this line, and ia manufacturing as in other respects is justly entitled to be called the “empire state of the south.” Columbus, situated at the falls of the Chattahoochee, in easy communication by water and rail wilh all sections, has in her several cotton mills a larger in vestment than the balance of the state. Our leading company, the KA ">LE a PHEN1X, having two large cotton and one woolen mill, and making a great variety of col ored cotton and woolen goods,has a rep utation throughout the United States, an i now while eastern and foreign mills are dragging along in a precarious way, these home mills of ours are crowded with orders, having actually sold their productions far weeks ahead. This company, cutting loose from all tbe old prescribed methods of local agents and commission m n, in augurated the system of dealing direct ly with the distributers, the mer chants, and thus giving to them the commissions which otherwise would go to commission men. Making, as they do, the most varied assortment of goods, manufactured by any one company in the United States, it is no hard matter to fiud among their styles something that pleases even the most fastidi ous. Convinced that beyond the “right” of the matter, merely os a busincs i investment, it paid to be honest, this corporation has at all times pre served the standard weights, colors and attractive finish of their goods, irrespec tive or any promise of present profit by a deviation therefrom. Represented by an * fiicient corps of salesmen at home and in the field, men selected solely for their capacity, popularity and experi ence—their “commercial tourists”—have teen and are a strong element of the company’s success. Throughout the south, west and the great northwest, the Eagle and Phenix goods are known, ap preciated, and consumed. It is pleasant to know that this com pany with nearly TWO MILLIONS Or DOLLARS already iavi sted ia business in our city, will add during this year another mill. This new mill will be capable of con taining six hundred looms and twenty thousand spindles, in itself larger than any o;ht r •- non mill in tbe south. Then this compauy cm doubt lets promptly supply thu many customers contiruolly increasing, who are so pleased with the splendid iabrics, beautiful styles, low prices and fast colors of Eagle and Phe nix goods. That we make better goods for leas money than are mode elsewhere in the world, experience has proven. Tbe problem then is solved, for no class of people in the world are as discriminating and investigating as merchants, and they buy as they should, where their interest is bert promo Led. tspu: “Here lie the hi alius of JanicM R »binson and R ith bis wife,” and un derneath thia text, “Their v\ art are ia accomplished.” —St. Louis Republican: Phil Sheri dan’s baby is a girl, but hollers and blinks just like a boy baby destined to cavalry charges and hotel charges amt itdvtu urcsamong bandits and things. —The latest European mode of dn s^s ing the hair, lalie*>, is described by a foreign fashion writer as follows: “Now ihe head is to look its smallest, and the hair is not to be padded, but to thll in easy p ails, and loops at the back.” —Chief Justice Ryan, of Wiscoisrr, decides that women cannot become law. Vers in that state, and he says he is glad *! it, “because the bar i* not the pbee for the exercise of a womau’s peculiar qualities or for the prcsei vation ot her purity.” —A \ irgima man who hid delirium tremens lately saw angels instead of snakes. It was regarded as au improve ment on visions aud tetter for his boot**, but it takes the best kmd of whisky to see angels with. Steady use of the crooked will invariably brmg back the serpents. —A North Carolina negro thought he could out run a locomotive the other day on the Air-Line road and when he picked himself up after being thrown 20 feet and landing on his head, he said: “ Yer don’t kctcli dis here chile doin’ dal agio. It’s a right smart wonder 1 didn't tear dese britches clean off.” —After the ceremony the other eveu ing iu Seaford, Aid , thu happy groom handed the minister a 25 cents shinplas ter, saying, “I reckon 20 cents are about the right thing, ain’t it!” and tteu wait ed for his nickel. —A clergyman’s w idow gave this ad vice 11 a young lady friend the other day: “Jane, if ever you marry a min ister, marry one who in an emergency has cuougli of the grace ot God in his heart to go from the pulpit t»the kitch en, and pare tlio potatoes for dinner without growling.” —When a man g<»ee home at two o clock iu the morniug aud turns the key of the tront door and pushes the bolt conscientiously, and all the time does this while the door is three feet optu, he ought Di go the next uiirht to the hippodrome. —In stationery preference is given to English paper in iigul tints, among which cream color is thu most popular. In monograms there L considerable choice, thongli one color throughout is genera ally preferred, in guilt and silver mon ograms Japanese letters are sometimes bubduuu d for Enslhh oucs. Env lopes arc either square or oolong, the patter made to match. Barton was not the first man who statistics ruoM tu* catalogl'K of tii« ; daughter. Some TKISTEBS, PKorBSSoKS AND ALUMNI \ i, publ.can nomination for pre*ideul in your country, judge? ” asked the repor ter. “The man who has deve’oocd thu most strength down with us is uo less a man than Bristow. You see, we urea conservative people in Georgia, aud a man who has proved himself such a re former as Bristow is the man f *r our people.” “How are Morton's chances ?” “Poor indeed. His only supporters wou'd lie a very few who may pora.bly have once been inclined lo the third- term pn*j -ct. That is all dead now, bui Alorton is some way or other considered the administration man. aud would, per haps, gel tbe vole that would have gone for the tbTd-lermcnudidate. Bui Mor ton has hurt his chances wish the w hite republicans greatly tty his attitude to ward PiuctiOack, and 1 think, on the whole, that he would be a weak man in the south.” “How arc Conkliug’s chances?” “Not aft good as Morton’s, I should say ” “The other pioiuiuutit candidate is Blaine What do you tbiukof his prx- pects ?” “Blaine is a strong man, hut l he peo ple don’t take up with him as they do wilh Bristow. Thu latter is nopoliciao, but be has proveu himself a g hmI man for Ihe country, and lie ia certa.uly the favorite so far ” “Now, in re gard to the democratic war-horses. Who seetus to te ahead ing that list?” Hendricks has the most prestige, and is considered the most rower; ul won the party can nomiuate.” Has he a larger rapport iu the south than Pendleton?” Yea; although Pendleton has been visiting us and making friend-, he doe*, uol loom up as strong a caudioatu as Hendricks, who ia acknowledged to be ' e most avail tble man iu tue party ” * But they are both soft-monry men, and is not the general feeling in the utii in favor of hard money ?’* “ 1 he southern democrats do uot rare > much for the money plank in tbe plat form as they do for a good, square dein ocrat. They will t«ke a man whose record has been democratic, aud wtoui they think they can elect, without much hesitation as to whether be is an apostle of the rag baby or a hard money man.” “How would Tilden ro«i the south in case he were nominated “ Tilden would get the full democratic vo*e of tbe aoutb; in fact, I believe the democratic rote in tbe south whoever be Democracy ia the chief requistte,and any man who appears as its champion is ot being supported.” TUE STATE UNIVERSITY. known Baptist preacher in Connecticut ov TUE GEORGIA UNivERsiTY. j a widow named Douglass, with Specially prepared for The Constitution | two cl “ldren—aboy and girl. When she ... , . dhd he married the daughter, by whom The recent catalogue of the alumni, he had a son, who.-e father was his etc., of the state univereity, presents | grandfather, aud whose mother was his some interesting rtatistics. Thinking ; s,8ler - that some of these may entertain the ! public, I have concluded to contribute a | few brief articles on t..c subject to The j Constitution. ORGANIZATION, TRUSTEES, ETC. Nummary ot state Newt. JenninSs k Ashley* Nos. 31 and S3 Bread street, Haves large supply of White Pice Doors, B iuds, Maute’s, and Bath Glazed and Un- gisz :d, at bard time prices. 6xlU Sash, not glazed, le per light, gLzed, lde per light; lOx 2, rot glazed, 5c per light, glazed 13*c per light. 23x6-8 four panel doors, nc snd strong, %i 00; 8x7, four pane!. $2 ‘ 15>xt6-12 ft. Blinds, |2 per pair. All other goods In proportion. A’l goods warranted t» give satisfaction. augSD—w5m The charier was grant* d by Georgia legislature in 1785. By it 40,000 acres of wild l&mK Iy - ing in the state, were donated to the university us on endowment. The notes taken for tbe sale of iLeio lauds were ultimately sold to the state for $100,COO in sbures of thu bank of thu state of Georgia, upon which shares thu state guaranteed 8 per cent, per annum, inteiert forever. Thus originated ibe $8,0 0 annuity, paid tbe co h ge now out of the state treasuiy. The college went imo operation in 18*1, under the presidency of Dr. Jo- siah Meigs, of Yale college, Connecti cut, who held office until 1811. Gov. John Alillcdge donated the land upon which the builoings stand. There have teen from first to last, of trustees, whole number, 174; deceased, 127; resigned anu still alive,15; in office, 32 The property cf the college amounts In the aggregate to about $556,000: total cost of buildings, $168,000; general fund, $373,170. Presidents. E'ccted. Resigned. Josioh Meigs, L L D 1U01 1811 John Brown, D D 18 1 1»1« R jbert Fi ley, D D fdi djl816 18U buspeuslon 18 7 Moses Waddell, D D 1810 18 9 Alonz) Church, DD 122 1859 A A Lipscomb,D D,L L D18o0 lo74 Henry II Tucker, DO .. 1874 There have been fifty-one professors and forty-two adjunct profesors and tu tors appointed to officers in thu faculty, since 1801. Thu present faculty numliers fifteen members of all sorts. ALUMNI. Whole numte r. 1388 Of w.iom there are Bachelors of Arts “ “ Philosophy,.... “ " Science, “ “ Law, Alaster* of Arts, upon Examination, Doctors of Medicine, Graduates in Engineering Deceased, Living alumni Recipients of honorary degrees Of whom Lave died Now alive Whole number upon whom degrees have been conferred 1,496 Ali testers of the gospel Ol whom have died Now alive A f ter a few days I will send y ou some more statistics. 1153 141 —Abram Sego, elected justice of thu peace, 124<h dirtrict TLc city coun cil has cut dowu salaries Laboreis re duced to $i 25 per day .. .Tlure is over $• >0,000 tax>s tiuu aud unpaid Thu experiments wilh the Georgia coal have not yet 0 en made at Port Royal. The government officials are waiting for the “Strata a” to retu.n from .Pensacola, as the experiments are to bu mode on that vessel... An interesting re vival is pro gressing at bu John’s church. Some twenty-three member* received.—Con stitutionalist. —The Riverside Chapel, Presbyterian on Bay slrecl.belween Eltert and Lin coln street?, was formally dedicated lart Sunday afternoon, at 4 oc’.ock, bv Rev. Dr. Irvine and Rev. W. S. Pluiuer D. D » L* L. D... .Capt. S. II Rowland, a well known citizen, died yesterday morning ot consumption. Air. Kowlan t served wilh the Cliuch Rifles during thu war, and at the close of the contest was Captain of the company Scull Mitchell colored, fell dead on the pay ment, caused by the rupture of a blood yersel.....Dr. E. A. Dugas extracted from the note ot a girl three years of age a brass button os largo as an ordi nary vest button, which contained the usual small nng for bolding the threaiL— Chronicle. ATHENS. —We learn that Air. II. W. Aiken, who was engaged in the Buncer office here several years ago, and who married Miss Schcveuell and moved to Illinois, died suddenly of pneumonia a few days ago. A few hours afterwards Mrs. Aiken died and was shortly followed by one of her children—making three deaths by pneumouia within twenty-four hours. Watchman. COVINGTON. . Corn comin ; up... .The bondsmen of 1 oung Ogletree, the bailiff who de camped with $275, compromised the matter by paying $25)... .Ifev. David Cook is quite feeble.—Star. COLUMBUS. —MollicCary and Sal lie Tyce have been jailed for stealing $125 from S. Al. Sims of Stewart county Reports con tinue to come from all quarters that our farmers are planting unusually large crops of corn, and that much of the im mense amount of fertilizers they have purchased have been put on corn lands. Planting has teen actively conducted during the past week, and there has been beautiful weatuer for IL—Enquirer. griffin. —We learn that a large number of cur — 1 ■ »»» | citizens—as many as one hundred will The Tf'pckaLibrarj Aid Association. \ visit the centennial. The party propose j to travel in company, and see the sights We refer our readers to the advertise- and return together... .Following the SL n t l sSS ttAgiF- °V e bankrupt merchant may be enabled to I 0 ®* 8 •. nd ‘•Ptendor and reality with which resume busiueas, a young man be furnished 1 scientism has invested man and the uni capital to start for Himself, a mortgage be verse (all that is called creation,) and — 'must henceforth launch humauity into lifted from the homestead or tm> m farm be opened, sto.ked, ora competence or magnlttceat fortune wo*! Who will not risk a stake so email fora result so glorious: Many bus.ness men ubt once flourished as Importers, jobb>r», manufacturers -it retailers of goo<», many mechanics and fa mers, realize Iu the present hard times that venture* in business are like games of chance, in which they h. ve staked every thing sad lost, while many a lordly mansion in our cities, and fine farm bousea In the country, tell the glad story of the r lucky owners drawing formnat# numbers in tbe wheel of fortune^All business iron actions depend more or le»a os fortune's smiles or teowns, and 1; is belter to be born lucky lb n rich. This Association receive the support and eoun’enance of the public, a^d is con ducted by gentlemen sell known snd respected, snd we confidentially bell ve the drawing wi.l be fairly and Impartially conducted. Ihe Topeka Library Associa tion has grown under the forteiing care of the lad es and gcuifeaeo of Topeka Jrotn s tall teginnlngs to become of the first Importance. It U deaigaed to e**ct a building for l:s use that will be a model of taste and beauty, and make it in all respects far in advance of anything ol the kind In that Btate. tuarJl—wit new orbits, consonant with that vartneas, splendor and real.ty (uaknowu to thu old poems,) like new systems of orhs, balanced upon tbemsclvu, revolving in limitless space, moie subtle than the stars.—News. ROME. —The original, unmistoksble Bill Arp passed through Rjine yesterday with his family, enroulu for the distant stale of Arkansas... Tickets to and from the centennial from Rome will cost about lorty dollars.—CommerciaL MARRIED IN GEORGIA. —J. T. Corner of Athens, to Alisa Alice Thurmond of Aladison. —Julius Glatz of Atlanta, to Miss Harriet AL Woods of Ringgold. —L. J. Hembrick lo Miss 8*rah Hat tie Lord of Clarke eonoty. DIED « GEORGIA. —Mis. Paachal Watts of Monroe coun ty- —W. A. Brinson of Jefferson county. —Mis. T. N. Hamilton of Athens.
