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the ATLANTA HUN
DAILY AND'WtkKLY.
THK Sl’N PUBLISHING CO.
Son. A. H.
POLITICAL
Stephens,
EDITOR.
WEEKLY
VOL. tv. no. 21
rUK CAPtr«L(itE«TIUI.
The Chronicle and Sentinel does
not seem willing to give The Sun
full credit for acknowledging candid
ly that we were in error in regard t«
the v<»te ut Fulton county on the
question of the removal of the State
Capitol from Milledgeville. The
writer of the articles in this paper on
that question was, like many other
intelligent geath-men, under the con
viction that Fulton comity did vote
against 1 tne removal ol the Capitol.
Be that as it mav, none know better
thi n the Chronicle and Sentinel that
there is not a city or town in Georgia
tbal would trot have secured the
Capitol if by the votes of the citizens
it could have done so. Atlanta took
no nndue means to do so; but, with
great liberality, did do all she could
to invite the removal to her own
limits. Augusta would have done
the same; and all this “sound and
fury, signifying nothing” against the
people of Atlanta, amounts to noth
iug when this fact is presented. But
the Chronicle and Sentinel does “not
believe the Capitol should have been
removed from Milledgeville, and that
the Booner it is carried back to its
former location the betUr it will be
for the State and its people, ’ and be
lieves “that these are the sentiments
of a large majority ot the people of
Georgia, and that if the question
should be submitted to a vote, they
would make their wishes known in a
manner which could not be misunder
stood.”
The question as to whether the
Capitol ought to have been removed
or not, is one that belongs to the
people. If they are of the opinion
of the Chronice and Sentinel, they
have the right and the power to ex
press that opinion at the ballot-box
and through their representatives in
the Legislature. Jt .they desire the
Capitol returned to Milledgeville it
ought to be and will be done in spite
of Atlanta or any other city or town,
and none will yield more readily or
gracetully to the will of the people of
the State than the people of Atlanta,
who have been censured in such
strong terms by certain newspaper
writers.
It ti e people really desire the Capi
tol carried back to Milledgeville why
do they not say so, and make the issue
in the State elections and in the se
lection of their representatives? That
is Gie right way of enforcing their
will. Our opinion is, that the senti
ment in favor of such removal is so
weak that it finds no expression ex
cept in a lew dissatisfied journals and
politicians who merely desire some
sort of hobby to satisfy their own
garrulous propensities.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 3. 1873.
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S D X B a K •JVM
“ WIt» hi KEHALtt or HIAtTH
AND ATLANTA BUSINESS ■EVIKW."
The above is the title of a new
Quarterly established in this citv
SOUTHERN POA.I ft’loS.
Tne New York Herald, referring
to the fact that there is scarcely a
. , .ripple disturbing the sea of South-
# J ° r !V TA,XBiCK M eni politics. <*}•„ “,t« M imagined
D. Ihe Oral number for May, haa
just come under our notice. We
have perused it with interest and take
pleasure in calling attention to it
The work, as it professes, is “de
voted to the diffusion of Health—
preserving knowledge among the peo
ple. to true science and progress.”
The articles in the present number
are:
I. Popular Medical Errors.
II. We take the good when we
FIND IT.
III. Food for Brain Workers
IV. Accidents and emergen
cies.
V. The Turkish Bath.
VI. Atlanta as a Health Re
sort.
VII. The Genus Oyer-Eater.
VIII. Purgatives and Liver
Medicines.
IX How SHALL THE PEOPLE OB
TAIN Medical Knowledge?
X. Atlanta Business Review.
XI. Editorial Notes and No
tices.
These articles are all original. In
article III the author combats the
usually reserved opinions. It. article
X he gives a very extensive Review
of the various Business establish
ments and enterprises in the city of
Atlanta—which forms an interesting
feature in his publication.
The price of a single copy of the
May number is 30 cents—postage
free—that is the inclosure to the au
thor of 30 cents will secure a copy
being sent by mail with postage paid.
The price of the two succeeding
numbers for tin* current vear will be
50 cents per copy—sent in the same
wav.
All letters on the subject should
be directed to the Editor, “ Dr. John
Btuiubwok Wilson, M. D.”
We have known Dr. Wilson from
his boyhood ; and hope that his pres
ent efforts for the diffusion of useful
Knowledge among the people will
meet with that oatronage which will
render his undertaking a supcess
both in object and accomplishment
A. II. S.
at one time that the invasion of the
Southern soil by so many Northern
and Western Governors and Con
gressmen would have had the effect of
‘firing the Southern heart’ and setting
aglow the uving embers of the late
war.” The Herald speaks thus kindly
|of the Southern people:
I Tn«- Bootborn representative m«- n hutu g
| whom these distinguished strangers niiu-
I gl«*i odIv vied witu each other iu extend
ing to their guests tlmee warm and «eniat
hosiutalit.es, for woioh Hie Soi.tlinru «>»■<>
ide arc, in times o 1 peae , so pr<>verontl
Long mav the reiga ot peaoea-id harmo
tiion-i feeiingexist between tb< N rth an-1
theBou’b, and the irena of politics in
the latter aectioo present no mvre dis
turbing features thaw ii does ut present.
The main, and perhaps the or.lv
feature iu politics that particularly
interests the people of the South ts,
How can we best preserve good gov
ernment and perpetuate the liberties
of the people. Southern hospilali-
ty is pure and genuiue. They mean
to show by their acts a desire for
peace with all sections of the Union.
They desire to see the government
honestly administered for the benefit
of ihe people of all the States alike.
Every good Southern man responds
to the sentiment of the Herald, con
tained iu the last clause of the para
graph quoted, with fervent heart; and
if the “the reign of peace and harmo
nious feeling” does not exist, it will
not be the fault of the Southern
people.
UKOHGIS'S gDO'A OF ABMS-COK-
HErTIUN. ■
We fell into error yesterday in our
brief reference to the quota of arms
now due the State or’ Georgia, which
we hasten to correct.
An Act passed by Congress in
March lust does provide for the dis
tribution of arms to such States as
did not, from the year 18G2 to the
year I860, receive the same—“pro
vided, that in the organization and
equipment of military companies and
organizations with sa>d arms, no
discrimination shall be made between
said companies and organizations on
account of race, color, or fi rmer con.
dition of servitude.”
Copies of the Act of Congress have
been sent to the Governors of the
States referred to above; and they
have a ! so been notitied by the United
States Chief of Ordnance that all
requisitions must be accompanied
KUO words.
We feel much gratified at the mauv
kind references made of the writer
of this article by members of the
press recently. If, in the discoarge
of his duties as a journalist, he has
always endeavored to be courteous to
his brethren of the press in the dis
cussion of all public questions, he
ieels amply repaid by these kind
words.
Our attachment to the members of
the press is very strong, even amount
ing to what may be termed clannish
ness. We feel a great pride in being
a member of a profession, the mission
ol which is the highest known to
civil life.
For the great gcod and advance
ment of civilization, and the cause of
mankind generally, we should all
work together as brothers, and feel
toward each other as brothers.
THE SAWVEK-HAHPIOK PRESS.
Col. B. F. Sawyer, of the Rome
Courier, paid us a call yesterday, and
we had the pleasure of seeing well
executed drawings of his new print
ing press recently invented by him
self. Up to the present time we have
entertained doubts as to the success
of his invention for the reason that
so many attempts to invent a print
ing machine that would print both
sides of a sheet at one operation have
ended in failures We now think
Col. Sawyer’s invention a success,
and we shall heartily rtjoice if it
proves to be so.
If sue jessfn 1 , this invention will
prove a great triumph for the inven
tive genius of the South, which has
by a statement, showing th* character | been so unjustly depreciated in public
“Til IC UV ION HUNT UK PH KsKlt VMl."
The Philadelphia Age, of the 28th
ult., contained the following:
S in * of our Si-uthern exenauges com
plum 11wit hu inexact inscription line
been milled to General Jacks*>u’s mouu
im ui ut Now Orleans, m tlitse wonts:
“Tl*v' Uuion! it must uud shall be i>r>
servto.” It appears tha the two wordr
“ai . snali,” are lutcroelatious into i
toast given by General Jacksoii. Ti.«*
papeis of the day itqxirt it “tin- Union;
It m i-t be preserved.” Accuracy is
always desirable iu snob mutters; though
in tin- i'e the siguilioauce of tliechauge
is not v. ry material, »ud there is au u-
theu tic expression of General J.u k>ou’s
Sentiments on the subject in the Memo
ries ot Edward Livingston, his Secretary
of Blair. Tiu-y contain Geheral Jack-
son’s suggestions tor the lamous procla
mation of Decemb r, 1832, enclosed to
Mr. Livingston iu the toliowiug note:
Dkah Sib: I submit the above as the
conclusion i f the proclamation tor your
amend ment and revision. Let it receive
your best flight of eloquence to strike
the heart and speak to the feelings o* my
deiud- d countrymen of Sonth Carol in ■.
The Uuion must lie preserved without
blood, it possible; hut it must be pre
served at all hazards and at any pnee.
Yours, with high respect,
Andrew Jackson.
Dec. 4, 1832, 11 o’clook p. m.
The above article was doubtless
prompted by an edkorial a few days
ago in regard to B.W. Buthr, pub
lished iu The Sun. According toj
the above, it will be seen that thei
quotation which is historic as well as
popular, is almost universally mis
quoted.
“ Democracy.”—The Memphis
Avalanche says “ there is something
about the name ‘Democracy’ as ap
plied to a political party, that kills
whatever it touches.” Some how or
other, alter being repudiated tv the —- , ■ ... - . . ..
“ Democracy,” the Avalanche finds it | for sifter the first day of July.’ more “things ’ in Atlanta than in
SOMMER FAKHIOMS.
Colon, ruhenti c* and Cretonsct.
SUB, Saihci and lumhadtt.
What to Bajr, What to Wear aad W hat
to Avoid.
From Oar Own CorrMpoodeuL
What are we going to wear this sum
mer? That ia a very proper form of
question. It is better to talk in a future
tense us well as sense. Some perrons
have s-ud and some have written
that sumner is upon us — sum
mer with its load thunders, its great
heat, bright skies and glorious suns.
Nothing of the sort. The wish has betn
father to the thought. But in these cool
dajs, floppy streets and gray dnazle, we
can’t fird summer.
We have a right to expect that the great
-un-god will make himself known Defore
many days, and that we shall all oow be
fore Liin; so we will answer the quection
.with a full hope of its coming out all
right in the end.
Bnelly. we are going to wear very few
colors. Tue prevailing idea is quiet tones
—browns in all shadee, drabs, and hjre
aud there a green or a pink; but so qual
ified as to be scarce out of the line of ueu
iral tints. Even wedding and gala dresses
affect great moderation of hue. At a
wedding reception this week, where all
of the gu sta were of the best society,
here was not one dress in the great
rooms, except those of the bride and her
attendants, which was not a neutral tint
—nothing decided.
I' I were chemist or optician I could
explain how neutral tints are made up of
I'lars, white, red and green, until between
pure white and deep black, there are 157
different shades. But L am not, and so
i bay “pass !” There is plenty of room
to invent new names iu the number men
tinned.
Von may change, you may alter the name If you
will;
But back, browner gray, the dree* remains still.
As for mater.al, the choice is still un-
limitui—light silks, greuad’uea, batistes,
foulaid, cambric, and unbleached linens.
The pr tty cretonnes, which made the
*’ reels and public assemblies, concert
rooms and opera so gay, will he seen no
more. Quiet, sober, sedate, quaker-iike
iFsemblages will they be, the only variety
being in the trimming or the m ike up.
The only approach to displa will be in
a contrast of color between the dress auo
overskirt, or between the dress aud trim-
tniug. Thus a gray may be trimmed
wHh folds of the same color and mate
rial, edges corded with black, large b;ack
buttons, and black sash, or light
drab can be irimmed with same
material, two shades darker. The
trimming may be so elaborate as
to entirely overlay and conceal the origi
ual garn.ent, but the style oi trimming
is flat and uuiform, while there is a manl
iest preference towards narrow, closi-
skirts without any fullness in front,
winch replaces the expansive and spread
ing 8*1 that lately prevailed. Out ele
gant dress, at a leading modiste’s, was n
a shade of fawn color, made plain in
front with very little fullness in under
skirt, but elaoorately trimmed m two
shades with flat folds laid on in vandykt-
s jle all over the skirt. The basque is
plain with a vest of darker shade; coat
sleeves with deep revers, same shade as
vest and edged with trimming. This wai
ter tne lady of an eminent banker, as
fashionable as she is beautiful.
The evening dresses are simple in ma
terial, bnt elegant uesigns. Trains seem
more m fashion than ever, aDd as the
summer advances they are to increase in
length, even in tne sheet. Just at pres
ent, in tne interregnum between spring
and summer, little can be said about pre
vailing styles in evening costumes. But
there are indications of plain white over
dress, tull or lace, with suk train more
or less ornamented with flowers or rib
bons. being in vogue. I saw a young
lady’s drtss for an evening party, oj the
15th. oi soft, wmte material with very
tull train, flowing sleeves and full cor
sage. The entire diess was trimmeu
with blue fringed rnching en coqu lie.
j time to our centeniary. Can if be p. s-
Tki Koattoera Railroad.
' A oorrewp indent of the Commercial
wit s tb»t he was “somewhat startled’’
• by tniwedTtnTia* statement rn tha’’ psp«r
<4 t>»turday: “Twenty millions of dollars
' is the very lea*’ for which an independent
‘ rood caa be built from this citv to Ouat-
t lanooga;”— and proceeds to comment as
follows: -
I was present ar the meetiug of he
Boat d of Trustees some two years ago,
‘ wl ea this Southern Railroad question
was up for dtscussi n, and remeaber
that statements similar to yonrs quoted
(above were made by Joseph C. Batter,
i'heod >re Cook, and others: but they
rible that the Parisian or Lyonais will promptly denied by R. M. Bishop
ever oon.e to Philadelphia to learn he
to dress ? Xous venous. Meanwhile
we must submit to French dominxtion
in tishion—Republic or Empirw Apro
pos of the exposition exodus, A siiprose
yonr leaders know that we have expedi
tions fitted oat on the Mark Twain Holy
Lau i plan, for seeing everything that is
worth seeing, and a little more. The ex
peditions are of many kinds and com
posed of many p op’le. There is one
i ecuharly iut- resting contribution to
the cause of ethnological science. A
enarming cargo of bright American school
airls will leave these shorea sometime iu
July. Only fancy how the bnlliaut com
plexions, bnght eyes, wit and snap of then
genuine American cousins will wake up
the exhibition magnates! How many of
thosi pilgrims, waudenug through aisl s
and galleries in maiden merriment, fanev
free as thistle down floating in air, wifi
settle on Austrian or Hung»riau hearts,
strike root, and bec< me firmly fixed?
This will be an international better than
a regiment of Carl Marxes.
To come back to ' he solid ground oi
ssbions, I have to tell yon what we are
doing in sunshades. There are no snn-
shades tnis summer. Last year’we bad
little i its of suushades, just small enough
to cover the postage stamp hats. Next—
as we are nothing if not extreme—we
have been raising a crop of nmbrellas,
fitted on sticks aud canes, knotted au-t
chubby enough to intimidate a footpad
or fell a “corner statue.” Now we re
turn to our hrst and best estate; we have
parasols in &L colors, fitted on dainty
sucks, ernes, variegated wood, or neatly
carved with Russian leather, while
the handles aie in hern, agate
enamel, ivory, orydized silver, or
we uiay add, jewel encrusted, if we hap
pen to meet a lionne. They are good
sized, u-eful articles that will not
only save the complexion of our
beauties Irom the kiss of a too ardeu
Phoebus, but also save their dainty tex
tures in a shower. Hence the pretty
word “showere s.”
Oxydized silver reminds one that the
article is most important in fashion.
Everyb dy tuat is anybody wears
oxydized silver. It is good for bel
nuckles which are worn benind two large
plates, round, square oval, chased witu
nead of lion, tiger, <agle, owl, or with
floral devices and emblems. We meet
ladies with cuaiDS as Heavy as tnosc
which bind O’Kelly when he shall be led
to the aolo-darle by the Spanioli inquisi
tors. On these solia girdles are sus
pended charms -is b'g as Louisiana or
anges, Russia leather or turtle shell wal
lets, aud the “showerettes" aforesaid
Amazons equipped for battle. The ar
rangement leaves the hand free.
Tne bands beieg thus frte we perforce
notice gloves. Bieti gante bien chanssee
should be the brief synopsis of “lady
hood.” For gl wes—they may be of the
most delicate or pronoucee shades—im
material, so that tney be only just as
-m.dl as wifi go over the hand and will
button. Tue American han^ is peer for
the Cuinese foot. Buttons, two up to
twelve—the more buttons the more style,
in it that they are of any use—not in the
l ast In the matter of shade gloves
ui»y or may not harmonize with the
dvess. It was one of the Man Milliner
Worth’s ideas to dress a lady frem top to
oe in one color—the color ot her hair
and eyes. One lady that I know wi o
sought Worth had tawny hair and cawny
ey es. Did you ever ste tawny eyes? If
not you have something yet to see and
to wonder over. Bat the lady was, when
dressed, all tawny—as an African lioness.
(Some people liked it. because it was
Worth. I did not because it was bizarre.
With some people gloves contain the
:uli orbed complete idea of being dress
ed. £ have seen it very often this winter.
L’diis go to a reception or soiree m
walking dress and having pnt on a pair
of gloves—lemon, white, or lavender
consider themselves “fixed.” Lik.i an
old friend of mine, notoriously a vile
dresser, who owns a splendid cane.
When he goes to pay a State visit of cer
emony he takes his oane; then he is in
fall drees.
Bien chausse, Well, boots are the an
aud Miles GreeDwo >d, Trustees, who
s'ated that the line of road could be
built for about ten m diens of bonds of
the city.
I concluded that those who were op
posing the road either knew nothing of
what it would cost, or were willfully
misrepresenting it, os the Trustees were
in a condition to be informed, wmle the
opponents w< re not. Since then, when
1 have heard this bugbear of cost spoken
oi. I have always considered it but the
wild assertion ol those who would op
pose the best nit*Test of the u'ty.
Will you, Mr. Editor, if consistent
with yonr view of the public good, in
form your readers upon what authority
such statements are made? Surely not
upon the authority oi the Trurtees, for
they staud upoc the record so far as the
co >t, at least, is concerned, and is it not
tair to presume that after four years of
ailligent, arduous w. rk in th s iut rest,
they are well 'nformed upon this subject?
I ve.y much f ar, Mr. Editir, that
some of the statements in this urtiole
referred to are not calculated to iufuse
that spirit of zeal wuicn, iu view of this
great project—the Southern railroad—
the basis of all our future prosperity, is
demanded of our people. Let us upnold
our Trustees, aud let the work proceed.
This should be the watchword of every
good citizen. Our eyes are Chatta
nooga ward by the air-line. Woe to that
man who looks backward.
ot the military organizations to be
supplied, that the War Deoartment
may be advised as to the fulfillment
of the condition provided in the Act.”
The Federal Government has the
right, of course, to prescribe the
terms upon which arms aud accou
trements furnished by itself, shall
be distributed; just as the several
States have the right to decide, each
for itself, whether they will apply for
the arms, according as those terms
may or may not be satisfactory.
It remains to be seen whether the
Governors of the States entitled to
the arms will make application for
them at all. Our own State Legis
lature, for example, has prescribed
one rule of distribution, while the
act of Congress Jays down another
and a different rule.
We were wrong, therefore, iu sav
ing that “upon notification Irom mil
itary companies organizing,
opinion. We hope for the greatest
success for Col. Sawyer.
The Fastest Compositor in
the United States.—The New
York Star, of the 22d ulL, says that
Edmund C. Hubbell, a compositor
now employed in that city, is the
fastest compositor in the United
States. He recently composed, in
one hour’s time, 2,905 ems of solid
nonpareil type, twenty-eight ems
wide, aud had but five errors in his
first proof. He has been known to
set 20,000 ems in ten hours. His
friends claim him to be the fastest
typo in the country, and are willing
and anxious to match him against
any one to set type from one to ten.
hours.
as to
There are many things in Atlanta
calculated to draw members from their
duty aud thus prolong the session.—
Miiledg 'vdle Union.
That’s owing to the kind of men
sent to the Legislature. If the mem-
what kind of arms are desired, the bers are such as can be drawn from
Governor will make requisition there- j their duty just because there are
Political item*.
G orgia has not a single Repabl.caS-
newspaper.
The New Orleans Republican announ
ces editorially Judge Durell’s determina-
ion to resign, aud recommends he be
given a foreign mission.
The Virginia Republican State Con
vention nas been called to meet at Lynch
burg, on July 30th, to nominate candi
dates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor
and Attorney General.
Newspapers of a prophetic turn of
mind are predicting that not a single
‘salary-grabber” will be returned to Con
gress. It would be uu inoult to the
good sense o' the people to prophesy
anything el-c.
The Warreuton, Virginia, Iudex, pub
lished at the home o’ the ex-Govcruor,
bus au editorial in favor of ihe nomina
tion of Governor Smith. Itsays: “With
him the power to sweep the State has
been twice tried and twice established.
With otners it is only a ‘perhaps.’ He
has never lost a battle, they have never
won a victory. The tsiate was carried by
Grant chiefly through the apait.y or ob
stinacy of the ‘Old Line Democracy.’
Governor Smith’s voice would be the
trumpet to arouse those sleepers.”
For walking oosiume, Rmuae, onyx, derpiumng of the female structure. High
tery necessary to keep it standing
that it repudiates “ Democracy.
Auu y»-t the “ Democracy
in spite of the Avalanche
Radical party. •
stiil lives
and tae
Should 'Governor Smith decide to j Milledgevilie, they are not fit to be
makV-application for the arms, and Legislator anywhere; and the fault
shobld tbe War Department honor lies with the people who choose them
his requisition, due notice of the fact to perform this work, rather than
wi(l be given to all interested. 1 w ith Atlanta. ^
\ • **0 <*i\
sage, bronze, cemdres de rose, and cale
’uu laic are favorite colors both in suks
aud grenadines. Grenadines will be very
much worn in all suades. Cashimersare
still in ureat favor especially for polo
naises, which are heavily embroidered
and trimmed with fringe or lace.
The redengote in cachemire has almost
superseded the polonaise. It is made with
pelt at tha back and loose at the front;
double row of large buttons, flowing
sleeves and sailor collar.
Another material very much worn ana
extensively ordered for summer use if
camel’s hair—a light grey ^fabric to be
worn for redengotes, particularly for trav
cling. It does not show dusk
Bashes are worn both in tfie bouse
aad for out doois. At home all colors
may oe worn and they form a pleasant
contrast in their gaity to the quiet tones
of the dress Shurah—a twilled Indian
silk tissue, extremely soft and brilliant,
forms a sash of exquisite effect. In de
fault of this the well-known woven French
sash|with Moorish ends is in request, or a
simple, broad stripe of silk fringed at
the ends. Tne sash is wornfon the left
side, low down, and a handsome bow of
the same shade on the right shoulder.
The Shurah scarf is the very latest idea
from Pahs,
Washing silk, tusor, poil de ckevres,
snltane and glace are the height of twti-
loo. As a general rule black is the pre
dominant color just now, aeon however
to be superseded by the brighter tints,
suitable to the adv^nciug season.
Foularae cambrics finished iu imita
ttou of he foulard silk, and batiste prem-
ist a to entire* supersede pique, which
will not be worn at all. These foulards
are very pretty, will look soft like silk,
1 and are very attractive when stylisnrv
made up.
It is probable that in the reflnx of new
idea* and new invention whicn our hordes
of visitors wilt bring back from Earope
heels of course to crump the feet-liigh up,
ot course, to cramp the muscle—but they
look so pretty, as we moderns understand
pretty. The old Greek would have
thrown dust on his head and groveled in
asUes at such outrageous oilenfe against
uature and art. Kid, morocco, colored
ind plain—very pretty walking shoes,
on quarters, open fronts, witu rosettes
—notning very new.
L is dy, the hat—but that is too mo
mentous a question for the close of a let
ter. I will summarize: Wear any shape
of hat you please, in any fabric you
please, and trim as you please. You may
wear a flower bed or a lacc dealer a stock.
Oniy use a small frame with prodigious
trimmings and let it oost enough.
Adieu. Vandyke.
How Colfax wa* Defeat* it.
The North Adams, Mass., Transcript
make* a curious revelation in regard to
the corrupt *ueanB employed, as it alleges,
to rltf> at Colfax iu the Philadelphia Con
vention and st?cure the nomination of the
present Vice President. Its story is that
Sylvander Johnson, of North Adams, was
elect-d a delegate to the National Con
vention, and wus accompanied to that as
sembly by a noted Massachusetts politi
cian named Tinker, an internal revenue
collector. They found in the course of
the canvass that Colfax would be nomi-
uated, unless some desperate scheme was
adopted, and about the same time they
discovered a Southern delegation who
were for salt*. linker opened negotia
tions at once with the louder of the dele
gation, ascertained the price for himself
and the rest, collected the money from
Wilson 8 friends, and, with his own hands,
paid the cash to the leader of tne delega
tion. When the proper time came, this
put chased leader rose and cast the vote
of his State for Wilson, which decided
the contest and secured the defeat of Col
fax. The Transcript says that after the
Convention Tinker told this story to sev
eral persons ill North Adams, and that
Johnson enlarged upon the immense cun
ning they had displayed in the transac
cion. It is said that Mr. Wilson did not
know of it.
Crap Items.
We have nothing from Louisiana this
week, consequently we suppose net crops
are getting along all right. Texas is ju
bilant over her prcspeota-B The grass-
noppera have entirely disappeared, and
tne season could not be more favorable.
She will have but little fruit Northern
Arkansas is oomplaming seriously of the
army worm. The army worm is worse
iu Tennessee than in any oi the other
States.
From some points along the northern
border of Alabama and Missisippi we
have reports this week that are rather
discouraging. There will be out Little
ruit, and the caterpillar or army worm
is making aad work with cotton and
corn. It ia not the cotton -caterpillar,
but the true army worm peculiar to the
prairies of the North. The ground is
completely covered with is in many places
mi abundant is it as to aop heavy
Irvins at Bteep grades on some of the
rdirorii.
New York, May 31.—A letter to the
Tribune ol the 8tu says the diplomatic
career of Governor Orr came to a painful
end before it was fairly begun. It is not
quite two mouths since he arrived in St.
Petersburg and presented his credentials
to the Emperor. He was suffering at
times from severe cold, contracted during
lna Atlantic passage, and about a wjeek
alter bis formal installment in his new
office he was forced to take to hri bed.
From that day he did not leave his apart
ments. Cold settled on his lungs and
afterwards passed to bis liver, so that his
blood became seriously affected. No
serious result was apprehended, however, .
and on Friday, four days before he died,
bis friends thought he was slowly
yet aleadily improving, but on
Monday last the last change came aud
he died quite suddenly at 2 o’clock. The
funeral services were celebrated to-day at
the chapel of the English American So
ciety. There was no discourse, and the
pastor simply read the impressive ritual
of the Church of England and dosed
with a short prayer. The gloomy little
chapel was by no means folL There was
some dozen ladies (English and Ameri
can), half a dozen American gentlemen
in black, and thirty or forty diplomats in
their brilliant, yet sombre court ooe-
inrn* The Austrian ambassador was
there, the Ministers of Brazil, Italy,
Greece and at taffies of other legations
as well as of foreign office. Mr. J. L.
Orr, Jr., in a solitary manner, stood side
by side with Gen. Pomilza, the Counsel,
who wore a familiar uniform of Brigadier
General of the American army. The
scene was indescribably sad. After the
rector had finished the service the diplo
mats walked around the coffin and drop
ped each upon it a little sand. The
civilians present did the same.
BoutweU will not conbne his eloquence Whitelaw Reid acknowledges aubscrip-
ami the Viennese exhibition there win *io the Senate Chamber next winter, but t lions, through him, to the Greeley static
be ove.ues undreamed ot. It is a lung wilt lecture occasionally.
and, of 910,683.