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CLISBY, JONES & REESE, Propeietoes.
The Family Journal.—News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic Affairs.
4, GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING:
Established 1826.
MACON, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1876.
Volume LXIX—No. 34
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A TEOE STORY OP PERIL.
When I was bowman of tho larboard
or chief mate’s boat, in tho Druid, wo
.owered on© afternoon in chase of “sixty*
barrel bulls,” on wbat was known to the
initiated as the "Middle Ground,” be
tween Australia and New Zealand. Wo
made fast to one of tho whales, a lively
fellow, who ran us something of a dance
before we succeeded in giving him his
death wound.
But all this time our steed had been
running us to leeward, and meanwhile
the captain bad struck another, and the
ship kept her luff, to as to support tho
windward boats. The second mate also
kept near the captain, and when our
whale went in his "flurry,” which was
not until sundown, we could make out
from the m-mcouvres of the ship that the
boats bad got to the windward of her.
The sun was just dipping when we got
a hole cat in our waste's nib-end, and a
strap rove for towing. A dark cloud
bank was settling down in the weather
horison, out of which a strong wind
might be expected at short notice. An
attempt with a single boat, to tow the
whale to windward, would be 6beer folly;
there was nothing for us to do but to
either give up our prise, or to wait the
movements of the ship
The mate looked anxiously at the ship,
and at tbo threatening aspect of the
weat ier; then at the sixty-barrel bull,
the prise we had fought so hard to win,
and seemed unable, far a time, to make
up bis mind what course to nursue.
“What do you think of it, Beers?”
said be .at last, to his boatsteerer, with
the manner of one who wishes to divide
the responsibilities with counse.lars. .
“Well, I d’no, sir; it looks kind o’
juhriuus to hang on here. Tho ship
won’t run off the wind til she gets that
whale fluked; and I don’t know as she
will then. And there’ll bo a change of
weather within an hour.”
“And it’ll be dark in le*3 than an hour,”
added the mate. “If thero was a pros'
pect for fair weather, I wouldn’t care for
darkness, because we could keep the run
of each other’s lights; but as it is, I
think we'd better waif the whale, and get
to the ship while wo have daylight ”
A holo was cut in the body of the
whale, and the “waif”—a flag attached
to a slender spruce staff from tho towing
strap, and the order given to pull ahead,
the boat’s head being laid to windward,
on a bee lino for the ship, then fome four
mil-s off.
We w. ro nil glad enough, it must be
confessed, to abandon the whale and con
sult our own safety. It was very early
in the voyage, and no similar emergency
had before occurred. We bad seen just
enough of the captain to feel that he was
a driver, where the interest of the voy
age was concerned. Consequently the
mate, a very young officer, felt a keen re
sponsibility, and an equally keen anxiety
to learn how his conr3© would be judged.
It was «,uite dark when we pulled up
under the lee of the Druid within hail;
but the blark squall still hung threaten
ing in the sky, and there had been as yet
no actual change In tho weather. The
ship had her helm up, and was just in
tho act of paying off, while the signal
lantern was swajicg and flickering at
the mizzen peak.
“Boat ahoy!” roared the captain,
sharply, as soon as he perceived our ap
proach. “Who is there—Mr. Andrews ?”
" Ay, ay, sir!”
“Where’s your whale ?”
“Two points forward of your lee-beam
—four miles off.”
“What in the did you leave him
for?”
Thu mate made no reply to the ques
tion until the boat was secured alongside
by her warp, and he bad jumped in on the
quarter deck. Tho ship continued swing
ing off until her head was pointed m the
right direction, but, with her topsails on
the cap, and one whale fluked towing
alongside, her progress was not very
rapid.
“We didn’t think it prudent to lie by,”
said Mr Andrews, in an apologetic tone,
"as the ship was so far from us and every
appearance of stormy weather—”
• lFcdidn’t think, sir?” retorted Cap
tain Gibbs. “Who’s tee? I want you to
do the thinking, Mr. Andrews, in charge
of your boat. Tbo rest didn’t ship to
think ?”
" I know it, sir, but m CYie of emer
gency it may he well enough to consult
those who are sharing the risk with
you.”
“Consult bo ! Of coiusc Jack
will always say, * Save my precious life-
cut away the whale, and we’ll pay for
it!’ And thers’s sixty barrels of sperm
oil gone to the d—1. You might as well
look for a needle in a haystack now. It
won’t do for us, at the outset of the voy
age, to throw away a chance like that.
We must run a little risk sometimes—
that’s what wc all shipped for.”
This taunting language had the effect
which might have been expected upon
the young mate.
“Well, I’ll bet I can run as much risk
as any live man of my inches, if you
think it prudent to do so. But I had
charge of other men’s lives, as well ns
my own, and I should feel just as re
sponsible to you and them if I bad erred
tho other way by venturing too mneb,
and any accident had happened. Haul
up the boat here, ray craw, and jump in. 1
"Hold on, Mr. Andrews,” said tho cap
tain. ** We can run down tho best part
of the distance with the ship’.”
When wo judged ourselves within a
mile or less of where the whale hud been
left, the ship was then brought to the
wind again. There had as yet been no
increase of wind, and, though the night
was very dark, tbo bank or squall ap
peared to have lifted a little, and to have
a less heavy appearance than at sun
down.
“I don’t believe but what it’ll pass
over in a fizzle,” said Captain Gibbs. “ I
don't see any change in the barometer.
Now, Mr. Andrews, I believe yon can find
that whale again; I think J could, at any
rate.”
“All light,” was tho reply, with a ner
vous twitching that showed how the
young man was stung by tho words. “ If
you can do it, I can.”
“He ought to bear now three points off
the lco bow,” were the last words thrown
at us, as we cost off from tho ship, and
prepared to “out oars.” “Pull right off
hereway, and you must fall into his slick,
and then yon can follow down.”
Setting our light as soon as we wero
well clear, we passed away into tho dark
ness, leaving onr floating home behind,
until her dim signal at her gaff faded to
a mero speck in tbo distance. It was evi
dent from tho air of quiet determination
about Mr. Andrews that ho would cruise
all night rather than return to ship with
out his whale. Wo at the oars had noth
ing to say about tbo matter ; it was ours
simply to obey.
It was long beforo wo found any trace
of tbo “slick,” butafter palling back and
forth over tho ground, fearful of passing
on on? side of it, and getting too 'ar lee
ward, we at last had the satisfaction to
perceive that wo were in it; a positive as
surance that wo still bed the weather-
gauge of the object of our search. At
the same time a brighter light flamed
up from tho ship, mode by burning o’.d
straps on the back arches of (be try-
works, and we made out that she was
again keeping off to be near to us.
We palled lustily now, feeling en
couraged by the signs, and still keeping
in tho slick, followed it as our guide; for
so dark was the night, we could possibly
not see tho whale until we should be very
close upon it. Old B eers stood up in the head
of the boat, looking with all the eves in
his head, to catch a glimpse either of the
waif, or of the wash or "white water,”
which would indicate the whale’s posi
tion.
But now thero was suddenly a change
in the air, which I can only describe n3 a
sense of dilution or rarefaction, with a
sighing sound that was ominous of ap
proaching evil. The weather quarter of
tho heavens, instead of darkening more,
appeared to light a little, as the black
pall split in two and parted right and
left. Out of it came a. few struggling
drops of ram, and then the wind followed
with a vengeance.
The first blast struck us with a fury
that the mate had enough to do to keep
the boat from broaching to, and taking
the whole force of it broadside on. We
shipped in all the oara as fast as possible,
and let her drive to leeward, crouching
down in our places, unable to see any
thing, or to change the course of our
light craft, and running blindly off into
the darkness. Our little taper in the
boat lantern was extinguished at once,
and could be of no further service. We
felt, instinctively, that tho ship would
luff to again, as the captain would not
run tho risk of passing us; and here we
were, rushing away before the gale, and
every moment lessening our chances of
safety. There was a very sadden flash
ing up of her light, just as the squall
struck, and then we lo3t sight of it en
tirely. The faint report of a musket
followed, a signal of recall, of course, but
we could neither answer nor could we
obey it.
Onward wo rushed before the wind,
shrinking down into the boat, and cling
ing to the gunwales and thwarts, all of
us bnt the officer, who held fast to the
steering-oar to keep her head in the only
safe direction. No word was spoken
among us, but each fully realized the
peril we wero in, tnd each asked himself
the question of life or death how long is
this going to last?
It was answered by a shock so sudden
as to throw 113 all together in a confused
heap. In a crash of everything movable,
and a crackling of the boat’s fabric itself,
wo rolled into the sea and were over
whelmed. I can hardly tell in words
what followed. As soon as I regained
breath a little, I struck out and grasped
nothing but a smooth slippery surface,
on which I could get no hold, and the
next instant wa3 rolled off again and
plunged under tbo sea. I understood the
truth now. In the darkness we had run
upon the whale, without having seen it.
At my next attempt I clutched a rope,
which I felt to be the bite of a whale
line, and underunning this, I soon came
to the pole of an iron or harpoon. By
this I was enabled to bang on; and, after
being half-drowned in my struggles, I
succeeded in drawing a bite of the line
under the whale’s fin, nntil it brought
up firmly at tho “knuckleT nonld th >n
secure myself upon the whale to
avoid sliding eff at every rod. The sit
uation was by no means a pleasant one,
as I had all I could do to keep my
mouth entirely above water.
While I bad been tbu3 absorbed m tbo
one object of securing my own temporary
safety, the rest of my shipmates had all
disappeared, nor was thero anything
more seen or heard, either of them or
the boat. A light spruce pole and a
paddle were dashed in my way, and I se
cured them by cutting holes with my
sheath-knife and planting them, like
masts, in the blubber of the whale, but
these were all that I could find. The
waif set in the whale by Mr. Andrews
still stoocTin its place, ond this was im-
portant, as it might be the means of the
ship finding me, could I keep alive where
I was till daylight. Within half an
hour after I secured a landing upon tho
floating island the squall was all over,
and tho wind again settled down to a
steady, moderate breeze The hoavens
were clear overhead, and it was light as
it could well 'be on a moonless night.
But where wero my comradesP And, of
more vital importance yet to poor me,
where was the Druid ?
“Light ho!” I actually sung out the
w.-.rds, as I had just spit half a pint or
less of brine from my mouth, and shak
ing my eyes clear, they rested upon a
bright light diiectly in the wind’s eyo
from me. Then there was a blinding
flash, and tho report of the Druid’s old
carriage gnn thundered forth, so near as
to bo startling, and I roared with all tho
voico at my command, which was not
much, hoping to make myself heard.
More light! a fierce flame, now evidently
nearing me. Soon I could make ont the
ship’s sails in the immediate glare of the
light, and then the whole outline of the
stout old craft.
My lungs were strained to their ut
most power, for my only chance of safety
depended upon attracting their atten
tion belore they should sweep on beyond
me. If left astern unknown to them,
thero was little or no hope of salvation.
Bat sharp eyes were on the alert, be
low and aloft, for they had found the
whale’s ‘slick,” and were following it
down. My outcry was heard, and the
ship brought rapidly up in tho wind,
whilo two boats- wero dropped into tho
water and manned as quickly as eager
men could accomplish it. I never relaxed
my cries until one of tho boats wo3 near
enough for tho crew to 6ee the waif and
set up their answering shout. I was
pulled by strong arms from my cramped
position into the boat of Captain Gibbs,
who, seemingly excited almost to insani
ty, had come oimself on this errand of
rescue.
My story, which I told in ns few words
as possible, excited them still more. We
shot alongside, and I was helped up to
the deck, while he was issuing all sorts
of urgent orders.
All three boats were soon down, with
directions to "spread their chances.” and
to search thoroughly every foot of
"ground." or sea, ns they went. A set
of signals were rapidly agreed on, and
the ship keepers had tbsir orders issued
faster than they could toke in their mean
ing. As the captain sprang down the
side again into his boat, I overheard him
say in a low, bitter tone:
“God help me! Why did I do it ?”
And God did help him. Within an
hour, the reports of three muskets from
tho boats told us that the loss ones wero
found; and strango to say all were alive,
though well nigh exhausted. Tho boat
had filled and rolled bottom up, but all
bad succeeded in climbing upon her bot
tom, through the superhuman efforts of
Mr. Andrews, who, all said, appeared to
tako little cqro of his own life, so that
ho could savo the others. Tho stronger
supported the weaker ones and kept them
upon the boat’s bottom; but tho j r--.c-r-
vation of the wholo craw seems to me
miraculous, when I think of it at this
present writing.
Tho old colored boabsteerer, Beers,
nas almost gone, "being, in fact, quito
insensible when help arrived.
When tho first excitement was over, I
saw the captain Mr. Andrews aside, and
hoard words which I could cot mate out,’
but bis voice seemed choked with emo
tion, and the two stood graeping each
other’s hands for some time, as if their
wholo souls were in the act. A bond of
brotherhood was established between
them from that hour which was broken
only with the close of their lives.
We were so fortunate as to find and
secure the whale next day, and in tbo
happy state of feeling consequent upon
our good luck, the perils of our adven
ture were soon lost sight of; but upon
Captain Gibbs, at least, the lesson of that
fearfi’l night was not lost.
MOODY’S METHODS.
The ReTlval Convention of Ministers
lit the New York Hippodrome—
Moody Answering Questions about
the Ways and Means of Christian
Work.
Mr, Sankey opened the questions with
“How shall the services of the Lord be
conducted in tho Lard’s work r” There
were three ways of conducting such ser
vices, namely: By introducing singing
in the Sunday-school, with prayer-meet
ings, and in tho regular church service.
He advocated the singing of new hymns
occasionally m preference to tho old
ones, that every one loved, of course, but
which they were" tired of hearing; and
ho also advocated the abolition of all op
eratic pieces. In relation to-congrega
tional singing, especially in the evangel
ical service, the speaker advocated the
suppression of all party prejudices, so
that the assemblage might sing only of
Jesus and for Jesus.
Rev. Dr. Taylor spoke on the question
introduced by Mr. S inkey, arguing that
ministers ought to recognize the neces
sity of praise singing as a means by
which the heart was prepared for the de
scent of the noly spirit. We all remem
ber, he sa>d, that Luther’s great work
was begun by the constant singing of the
46 .h psalm, the Marseilles of the refor
mation, ns it was called. Cromwell’s
army was a psalm singing one, and we
all know how well disciplined it was. In
relation to congregational. singing, the
speaker argued that tho way to have the
best singing was to have a rousing ser
mon. The best way to heat the church
was to have a storm m the pulpit. A
minister in red hot earnest would warm
the hearts of his congregation, and in
consequence their praise singing would
be enthusiastic.
Mr Moody then announced himself as
being ready to answer any question. To
the inquiry, •• How can you introduce
new hymns into the service,” ho replied:
Why, sing them some evening in con
nection with the old ones. I would have
the people have tho song books at home,
so that they could sing the hymns there,
and become familiar with them. I think
if the matter were properly managed
wo could toon fill every lane and dark
alio? with joyful song.”
Q. What would you do if you could
not get tho people to come to hear a
preaching service ? A. Get them to
come to hear the gospel sung. [Ap
planso.]
Q. What is tho best book for the in
quiry luotu ? A. X should say a Tjuuk
written by John. [Laughter and ap
plause.
Q. How can you wake up a dull prayer
meeting? A. Wake np yourself. The
audience will soon catch the spark of
life. [Laughter.]
Q How can yon get Elders to be
short in their remarks ? Bo short your
self. Set a good example; they will
follow it. [Laughter.]
Q. My church is sadly in debt. Would
you recommend a fair to help pay? A.
You must not ask such questions of me
without expecting an ungracious answer.
I am bitterly opposed to all fairs. You
do not know their effect in the West as I
do. There is nothing that so opens the
church to the world as these miserable
church bazars. I remember I was never
so mortified as when I read in a Western
paper the advertisement that for 25 cents
any man could kis3 the handsomest
woman in the fair. I cay that it is a
sinful shame, for which the church should
blush. We can never hold a fair but the
devil gets in after a while. Why, I’d
rather a hundred times preach in the
street than in a church erected with
monev raised by these means. [Applause.]
Q. How can you get church members
to work ?
A. Keep them out of these fairs.
[Laughter.] Tui3 i3 a very important
question. Now, there are many in the
church who possess executive ability, and
who could set others to work at that
branch of Christian labor to which they
are best adapted. You could roach the
sick in this way. You could reach tho
drunkards in this way. You could reach
the infidels in this way. It is this per
sonal work that tell3 in the end. Just
let these people ont of tho church know
that you feel an interest in their welfare
and their hearts will respond to your
sympathetic efforts. I remember an in
stance in my own experience. There wa3
a liquor dealer in Chicago who had four
children, whom he was training, by ex
ample, to become infidels. I met one of
them one day distributing infidel tracts,
extracts from Paine’s “Age of Reason,”
and I resolved to try and win these chil
dren back into tho right path. I went to
tho man’s saloon next day and told him
my errand, and ho told mo to get out,
and I had to go faster than I camo. but I
thought I would go back when be was in
a better humor. I went again, and he
ordered me out, but the third time I call
ed I found him in a comparative good
humor. “ He said, “ Now, see here,
young man, you read Paine’s ‘Age of
Reason’ through and I’ll read tho New
Testament through.” Well, I agreed,
although I knew he had the best of the
best of the bargain. I never had so hard
a task in my life as accomplishing my
work. I usee to meet tho liquor dealer
quite often after that, and he always
wanted to talk about the “ Ago of Rea
son.” I inquired how he was getting on,
and finally tried to persuade him to come
to church. “Well," he said, “you can
preach here; I’m not going up to your
churches; butjou mustn’t expect to mo
nopolize all the meeting. I want to talk
myself a little.” I said, " Agreed. Yon
shall have the first ferty-five minutes,
and I will occupy the next fifteen." The
next day when I came I found he had
gone to a friend’s, because his own sa
loon was not big enough. I had brought
a little child with me, but as soon as I
saw the assembly I began to regret it.
There wero thieves and drunkards and
loafers there, all shades of criminal life.
Some of thorn believed there was a
Saviour, and seme didn’t. They got
to wrangling among themselves, and
came almost'to blows before tho forty-
fivo minntes were exhausted. I said,
finally, “Your time’s np; it’s my turn
now." I got the little child to pray. I
wish yon could havo heard that prayer.
It .was only a simple, childish thing, and
yet how touching 1 I can remember now
how earnostiy ho prayed for the forgive
ness of those men who had said so many
wicked things against his Jesu3. Well,
when it was finished tho audience began
to go a v.ay. One went one way, another
went another, till they wero all gone.
Then the father came up lo me, laid his
ban ! gently upon tny shoulder, and with
tears in his eves, and his voice broken
with emotion, said: “You can have my
four children.” Yon will find, my friends,
that this personal effort, this personal
interest in infidels, and earnest, tender
appeals to their hearts will win them to
Christ in the end. [Applause.]
Q. Suppose none of the congregation
can sing, what would yon advise ? A.
Well, they can read the bymnB and sing
them in their hearts. The great trouble
is that the chnrch is asleep half the time,
and is too lazy to praise God in song. A
lark never sings in its rest. It is when
it soars np into the blue sky that its lit
tle throat begins to warble. I remember
hearing of a little boy who was always
happy and singing, once saying to his
father, “Papa, you’re a Christian; why
don’t yon sing? I never hear you.” “0/‘
said the father, in his gruff way, “I’m
too oil; I'm established• in my fashion
of not singing.” It reminds mo of the
farmer and his eou, who were on a hay
wagon trying to drive a horse. The
farmer shouted to the horse to go on,
and used the whip cn him, bnt still tho
horse wouldn’t move. They got down
from the wagon and took hold of the
wheels, and tried to tnrn them; but as
the horse pushed tho other way thoy
could not budge them. The farmer be
gan to get angry then and said: "I won
der what’s tho matter with him.” Tbo
son replied as he looked at tho horse
carefully, “I guess he’s got established.”
I guess it’s that way with a great many
in tbo church nowadays, "hey’vo got
established in the old way of keeping
silent, and nothing can make them sing.
[Laughter and applause.]
►» <0—
BRUNSWICK AS A NATAL STATION.
Letter from Macon.
Editor Seaport Appeal: A3 persistent
efforts are made to deprive the narbor of
Brunswick of the fostering care of Gov
ernment, to which it is entitled, by rea
son of its superiority over all other har
bors oh tho Southern Atlantic coast for
naval and commercial uses, why do you
not oftener sot forth its claims to be the
naval station, and call attention to the
list of appropriations for rivers and har
bors made by Congress from 1324 to the
present time? Prom that list the follow
ing few items are extracted:
Savannah river and harbor have had $560,000
St. John’s bar and river. Jacksonville,Fla. 60.000
Apalachicola river, Fla 51,000
Cedar Keys harb-r, Fla J2.000
Brunswick harbor, Ga 10,000
which show that within tho period nam
ed thero has been appropriated by U. S.
Congress—for Savannah fifty six fold
more than for Brunswick. For tho bar
and river to Jacksonville, Fla., six fold
more than for Brunswick. For Cedar
Keys harbor, Florida, more than double
the amount than to Brunswick, and so
on in that proportion to other faTored
points, although the United States gov
ernment before the war, when wanting
to establish a naval station on tho South
ern coast, Congress fdected and bought
a site in Bruns wick harbor (on Blythe Is
land) for that purpose. That decision
in favor of Brunswick harbor was not
formed until different surveys were or
dered by special resolutions of Congress,
and mado by ablo officers under direct IJUU aucepieu «w issues 01 me war, mas
tious ol too Socrcta.y nt the Navy »>*■ Southern Democrats had been liar3 for
time. One of thoso surveys wa3 mado
by Captains "Woolsey, Claxton, and Shu-
brick, distinguished officers of the U. S.
Navy, who, after detailing tho particu
lars of their examinations of each of the
harbora separately, viz: Charleston, Fort
Royal, Savannah, Darien, Brunswick and
St. Mary’s, close their report to Hon. M.
Dickinson, then Secretary of the Navy,
with tho following “c,raparison” wnich
is copied hero in their own words, a3
follows:
TUB COMPARISON.
The undersigned, in obedtenco to a
resolution of tho Senate, havo arrived at
a point where they are directed to report
on “tho comparative advantages and
facilities of ports south of the Chesa
peake for tho establishment cf a navy
yard.” Depth of water and easy access
being objects of the first consideration,
they aro of opinion that the ports of
Charleston, Darien and St. Mary’s being
deficient in depth of water to permit the
entranco of a larger ship than a sloop of
war, are unfit to compete with the frig
ate harbors of Beautort, Savannah and
Brunswick.
The preference is narrowed down to
one of these; and having duly weighed
their relative pretentions, wo have no
hesitation in preferring Brunswick.
Beaufort must yield to her in tho essen
tial points of depth of water, easy access,
and capability of defence. Savannah
must givo way, for her easier access and
greater depth of water on tho bar. can
not bo carried np tho river to a site safe
from the sea and an enemy, and applica-
cablo to tho establishment of a navy
yard.
If a frigate could but reach Cockspur
Island, the opinion in favor of Brunswick
might bo recalled. Brunswick is the
most southern frigate harbor on tho At
lantic seaboard. Placed near tho great
outlet of tho commerce of the West In
dies and Gulf of Mexico, her position m
a state of maratimo warfare would bo in
valuable, since the navigating interests
of our enemy must pass by her door.”
All of which is respectfully submitted.
M. T. Woolskt,
A LEX AND KR CLAXTON,
E. R. Shubrick.
The latest survey that has been mado
was ordered by Congress to verify the
former one, as several year3 had elapsed.
This last one was under superintendence
of A. B. Bache, Chief of Coast Survey,
and it determined the purchase of the
site in Brunswick harbor. War followed
beforo the station was equipped.
The Legislature of Georgia passed,
unanimously, a resolution requesting tho
State delegation to Congress to urgo the
location of the station in Brunswick har
bor. That delegation wa3 composed of
R. Toombs, A. H. Stephens, W. C. Daw
son, Bailey Reese, Chastin, and one or
two others whose names are not remem
bered at this moment. But the action
of Congress and the rights and fitness of
Brunswick harbor in tho matter of a na
val station appears to be entirely ignored
now, not only by Secrotary Robeson, but
by some nearer borne.
It cannct be that Georgia’s present
delegation in Congress will allow Mr.
Robeson to quietly fix the station at
Port Royal. That would directly nullify
the action cf a former Congress and ad
ministration. Nor should they weaken
their opposition to the usurpation by di
viding on pretentions of another harbor
—Savannah—which although having a
fine bar with deep water on it, has be3n
decided, after examination by a commis
sion of high naval officers, to be devoid of
somo of the essential requirements for a
naval station.
Toe peoplo of Brunswick ought to be
stir themselves in the matter. Their
beautiful city and harbor have many
friends throughout upper and
Middle Georgia.
It, will bo seen from the above that
onr correspondent labors under tho im
pression that tho Government has appro
priated $10,000 since 1824 for the har
bor of Brunswick. We can nowhero find
any account of tbo appropriation, and
toink there must be some mistake about
it. Our oldest citizens know nothing of
such an appropriation or its expenditure.
Editor Appeal.
ONSLAUGHT ON THE SOUTH.
Acrimonious Debate on the HUsla
alopl HcsoIUtlons—An Old. Time
Anti-Slavery Speech from BoutireU
—Insulting- Language to Southern
Senators.
Herald dispatch. March S0.J
The Republican Senators are disposed
to take up the wrangle with the Southern
Democracy where Mr. Blaine left it in
the House. During the debate to-day
on the Mississippi investigation question,
while Mr. Bayard, of Delaware, was
speaking. Hr. Boutwell, of Massachu
setts, interrupted him several times, for
whiclT ho finally received a somewhat
sharp rebuke. As soon as Mr Bayard
had finished Mr. Boutwell rise to his
feet and responded in those tones and
terms of intense radicalism which, in
days gone by, havo electrified the legis
lative halls of both houses. He deliver
ed a regular old-fashioned anti-slaveiy
times, fugitivo slave law dissertation,
and was unsparing even to cruelty in his
criticisms of the Southern people. Long
after he had ceased the hot blood could
be 6een reddening the faces of the South
ern Senators, especially tho30 who had
served in the Confederate army during
the war. But they kept their temper
exceedingly well, Senators Withers, of
WeBt Virginia, and Maxey, of Texas,
replying to Senator Boutwell in emphatic
but rearonably conservative sentences.
One of tho Eastern Senators, who was
very mnch pleased with the unsparing
laceration which the latter had given tho
South, said ho thought ho heard tho
tones of tho Old South Church bell in
Boston ring ont again. Senator Morton
followed with a caustic application to the
wound* opened by Senator Boutwell.
Unless great discretion assumes the s way
thero will probably bo much more of this
acrimonious debate, and tho scenes of
tho Houso will bo ro-enacted. The Be
publican Senators are provoking their
opponents by what they call the arro
gance of the South in manner and legis
lative action, and hope to get some Sen
atorial Ben Hill to speak out his mind
in retort.
Special dispatch to tho World. I
Washington, March 30.—The ears of
the people of tho grand old State of
Massachusetts must tingle "with shame
when they read the bitter tirade of hate
which fell from the lips of their senior
Senator in the Senate Chamber this af
ternoon. Tho debate was on Morton’s
Mississippi resolution, or rather on Chri3-
tiancy’8 substitute therefor. Bayard had
the floor and bad called attention to the
millions that have been spent to carry
ent the provisions of the enforcement act,
which tho Supreme Court has now de
clared unconstitutional. Boutwell asked
the privilege of a question. Of course it
was granted. Whereupon Boutwell made
the opportunity of a most bitter partisan
harangue, which in its denunciation of
South and of the Democracy would havo
been radical in tho days of the war.
Even tho Republican side of the Senate
settned to draw back at tho hateful and
untrue declarations that the Sonth had
not accepted the issues of the war, that
EDIFOBIAL CORRESPONDENCE. . and taste the several dishes at every meal,j All of the writer’s impressions con-
TT nT __ v l and the least neglect is promptly reported | cerning our naval service and dicolpline.
TWrRn-riT s o *n«ii iftvc 1 at the mast Fresh beef is served twice a j were very favorable. The officers are
* * 1 • P » ‘ J . week, of the beat quality, and salt beef, high-toned gentlemen, the labor oempera-
Aware that your readers would be pork, pork and beans, etc., on alternate tively light, the wagea fair, and the food
pleased to learn something concerning days. There are no better elothed or fed ' and treatment exoellent. He eonld fill
the formidable fleet of war vessels now ffltn found in any private or pnblio
seivice.
THE SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS,
another letter with his fleet experience,
bnt’most desist.
To Admiral L&Roy, who is a splendid
type of a bluff seaman and genuine
80vcnij t.bnt „ Tbov were
sponBiblo for all of tue outrages
and murders since the war, and the
Northern Democrats were aiders and
abettors in all these things, and there
could bo no friendship between the sec
tions under the existing state oF things.
The animus of his speech was transpar
ent. It was a contemptible, despisablo
effort to draw ont an angry speech from
some one or more of the Sontbem Sena
tors, and to accomplish that purpose he
had poured fourth a tirade of hate and
falsified the sentiments of the people ho
misrepresents. All eye3 tamed eagerly
to Bayard as he rose to reply. Under
Boutwell’s charges and insinuations he
had sat silcut, albeit tho Massachusetts
Senator was taking advantage of
courtesy to revile hU motives, but
the look of disgust upon his face
and the determined setof his jaws indicat-
that Boutwell would be fully paid iu due
time and ho was. Without lowering
himsolf to Boutwell’s level, without ever
forgetting that ho was a Senator and a
gentleman, Bayard proceeded in a most
powerful manner to exposo the animus of
Boutwell’s speech to repel the falsity of
his assertions, and to reprimand him for
forgetting to be a gentleman. It was
the speech of a statesman answering a
demagogue, and cut Boutwell so terribly
that at its close he was so nervous that
he failed after repeated efforts to open a
letter on his doth, and had to retiro to
the cloak room to collect himself. Ev
erybody is praising Bayard to-night and
many Republicans are condemning Bout
well. Eloquent speeches wero also mado
by Withers ond Maxey, who, declaring
their better right to speak for tho Sonth,
asserted that it was loyal, and protested
against such foul misrepresentations.
A Brave Engineer.
"A shaft of the Fullerton avenue con
duit is on fire, and five of six men are at
tho bottom." This was the startling
announcement that ran along tho avenues
of news yesterday forenoon. Shortly
after 9 o’clock yesterday morning firo was
discovered in n. small room in the works
used by tho workmen, and in a few mo
ments tho entire building or shell cover
ing the shaft and machinery was in
flames. At thi3 time a shift of six men
were working in the west drift fifty-two
feet under ground, and about fifteen feet
from the bottom of the shaft. They
wero in no danger of being burned by the
firo, but unless they could be extricated
they would surely be suffocated. The
only meant of escaping from their peril
ous position was by the “cage” that is
hoisted and lowered in tho shaft by a
wire rope attached to a revolving drum
connected with the engine. Tho alarm
was given to them, and they rushed ont
of the drift to the bottom of tho shaft
only to cee above them angry billows of
lurid flame. Thoy crowded into the
littlo cage, knowing it to bo their only
hope. ’ Could it be possible that the en
gine was still working in that sea of firo ?
And if so, would or could tho engineer
stand at his post? It was an awfnl mo
ment for them. The chances were a
thousand to one against them. But sud
denly tbo rope tightened, tho cage began
to ascend; it rose almost into the heart
of the fire. The surface was reached;
they leaped from tho cage, ran through
the smoke and flame, nnd wero saved.
Theso six men owe their lives to tho he
roism of John Ahern, tho engineer. He
stood at his post with bis hand on the
lever until his face and hands were
scorched and blistered by the flames that
enveloped him, and ho alone was injured,
seriously but not dangerously. One ef
the singular features of th’s catastrophe
is that in the room where the fire tint
caught was -stored about five pounds of
dynamite, the amount that serves for a
day’s supply in blastingin the drifts. The
expectation that this would explode and
scatter widespread desolation, increased
the alarm. But instead of exploding, it
caught fire and quietly burned up. A
slight concussion would havo sufficed to
let loose the ten thousand devils it con
tained, but it responded gracefully to
the winning ways of tbo flames—Chicago
Timet.
congregated in Southern waters, and a
few particulars relating to the naval ser— j too,.are unique to the eye of a landsman.
vice, the writer took the train yesterday Each seaman is provided with a ham-! gentleman, and all of his subalterns,
from Savannah cn route to Fort Royal, mock > and all, at a certain hoar, are sus- j he hereby formally tenders thank* for
which is the rendezvous of tho eqnadron. P«^ea betwebh decks dose to the gnus, . their exceeding courtesy and hospitality.
_ ... „ . .. , aa thick as hams in a smokehouse. But tort boxil harbor ■
It tamed drearily all night, and noth- the bed olothing 1b kept white and olean, ! proper, is about five miles In length by
ing worthy of record reached the ear of andat the boatswain’s signal in the morn- j three in width, an3 has abundant water,
the deponent, for one very good reason. fl atok as lightning, every hammock good anchorage, 'and is well sheltered
... .... . I is unhung and neatly lashed in a certain from the wind. It is sufficiently oommo-
perhsps, that, overcome by fatigue, | regnlalio “ wayf ever £ ona praeige , y aUkaf ! rfious to accommodate every rtilp in tt*
he slept like a lco i ftn( j then stowed on deck in the “ham- Uaited States navy. The village is still
the major part of the distanoe. {mock nettings.” Approaching the ship small and insignificant, and but little hu
Homing found him at his destination, ! the y lo °k bke saoks of flour fnneing the* been done to develop' the teaouroes of th0
.|, a „v,:„i, bulwarks. If order reigns anywhere on port. This is attributable In. part td the
and In full view of the sea dogs which eatlh it ig npoQ amatw)r “ wa r. " -short sighted policy oT the lot-ownen,
gave ns so much tronble during the late < The Hartford is propelled by two aux- who havB put 'up their prioas to prohlb-
unpleasantness,” and he was soon lodged ilisry engines, and, besides, is full ship- ' itory rates. Bsveral who have bought
under tho hosDitable roof of the Hansion i ri 88 e< L and seldom bums ooal unless in and improved, are bound to break In oon-
Honse, wtaiob a a. cl, hoUl i» U. jj
embryo metropolis. | the water line. The powerful guns are j Mine host of the Mansion House, Dr.
The Federal fleet at Fort Royal, when - run in and out of port on a flooring of j Warren, spreads a bountiful table, and
all the vesselB attached to it arrive, will! Chinese teas, keeps an excellent establishment. He to
comprise the “ North Atlantic squadron,” j wh!c J h « an exoe.dinglyhatd and durable j ohock full at this time, and only regrets
f V • wood. Under ordinary steam she oon- ■ the lack of more aooommodation for his
embracing the following twenty-three - sumes twenty-five tons of coal perdAy, ; numerous guests. But Uncle Barn’s pres-
vessels, carrying 133 guus, under tho ! and makeB twelve knots per hour. We ent corrupt officials have gone back on
command of I were shown a Gatlin gun on board, which ! him shamefully.
rear admiral wrLTTAw v rvimv ha3 ton * lnoll ' bo re *-fl?d barrels.Biid, by a ! The Doctor was awarded the eontnot
E L2E ° y ' most ingenious apparatus, is loaded and ; to famish tho fleet "with fresh beef and
The Hartford, 18 guns, .Brooklyn, 20 j discharged by the taming of an ordinaty : bread, and after he had Bpent five thou-
guns, Congress, 16 guns, Uonongabela, 11 j crank, like that of a hand organ. ! sand dollaro in perfecting bis arrange-
gnns, Osaipee, 8 guns, Sevastara, 8 guns, i one hundred shots ; ments, with a single day’s notice, the
Yandalia, 8 guns, Marion, 8 guns, Huron, i can be fired in a minute, and the agreement was rescinded. This was dene,
4 guns, Shawmut, 3 guns, New Hsmp- i discharge kept up oantinuously from too, in opposition to the wishes of the
shire, (storeship), 15guns, Ajax (monitor), the supply cf cartridges, which are admiral and his officers, but they were
2 guns, Oatskill (monitor), 2 guns, Diota- merely thrown into a epeotes of -hop- powerless to interfere with Robeson and
tor (turret monitor), 2 guns, Saugus (moni- 1 P er » & peck at a time, and distribute and : his mercenary crew,
tor). 2 guns, Manhattan (monitor), 2 guns, | shoot themselves. One of then a guns, The contract was handed over to & pol-
Mahopa (monitor), 2 guns, L high at short range, well served, might be mado itician of the Grant school, and Radios!
(monitor) 2 gnus, Fawneo (storeship), 2 to destroy a regiment. ex-member of the Maryland Legislature,
guns, Nantucket, (monitor), 2 guus, { h wonld require hours to dsscribo all 1 Thus we can see how
Hontauk (monitor), 2 guns and Wy-- the objects of interest in this magnificent. corruption permeates
andotte (monitor), 2 guns. Of the ' w * r ship, but time and spaca will not per-" every groove and channel of the present
above, only right have yet reported, : m*F, and the writer cannot close without; administration.
though they inoiude many of the crack introducing the reader for a moment to | Dr. Warren is in Washington seeking
vessels of tho Navy- They lie at anchor j another marine wonder, the j justice, but it will bo a waste of tlmo and
about five mites below; to wit: Tho flag invincible monitor, dictator. { breath.
ship Hartford, carrying 18 guns and over ' By the courtesy of Admiral L~Roy, who i The northwestern excursionists
400 men. The Brooklyn 20 guns, Oongress j ploood at onr disposition his private steam j aoted very Bbahbily towards Fort Roy&L
16 guus, Marion 8 guns, Huron 4 guns, . launch and on9 of his young effigere, we ; A dispatch was received from the Mayor
storeship Pawnee, and iron clads OaUkill i were soon ou board of this iron monster, j of Atlanta ordering dinner for six bun-
and Dictator each equipped with two 15 - which hardly shows more than two feet ] dred guests. This was a poser to one
inch guns. j above water.. 1 medium sized hotel; bnt, nevertheless,
a’viset to the fleet. I Introduced to the gentlemanly com- | the proprietor went to work with might
By the kindaess of Commander Ccffio, j mand3r, Oapt. Weaver, we were tnrn6d j and main and prepared the materials for
who we met on shore, the writer was sent 1 over to one of his lieutenants, a most • a capital dinner, whioh was served in an
to the flig ship in the steam mail launch. '■ pleasant cicerone, and examined the ship adjacent warehouse.
The weather was lovely, a light breezs j very thoroughly. • I That eu'ertainment cost him $330 oasb,
only rippling the surface of the water, I The Dictator was built in Philadelphia, J and the disgtnn'Ied gue.-t3 of Atlanta on-
and a few moments Bnffioed to bting us i a cost of : Iy paid him $130 for their grub. Ths
alongside of the Hartford. On deck we : TW0 and a half millions cf dollars, j balance will bo diad less to a deserving
called for tho officer in charge, and wore ia » veritable iron leviathan of the ' mac, unless the Port Royal people make
conducted to the Admiral’s cabin, and deep. Her length is 314 feet, and she . it up, which it is said they will d>.
presenting a letter of introduction moat ; measures 1750 tons and draws 21. feet wa- I Bat now who is to blame. The dead
cordially received ■ ter. To complete tho immsnsu structure, ! head excurters, or the city of Atlanta ?
admiral xerox ; three thousand tons of iron wero oon- j That is for the pnblio to decide,
is a portly, handiome gentleman, 68 years . sumod. j These notes have grown ont of all pro
of age, and a nauve of the State of New j Tho sides of Ike ship aro composed of ; portion, but could not have been abbrevi-
York. He is the very embodiment cf j » casing of solid wrenght iron six inches 1 ated without iojnstiea to au important
graceful courtesy, and is said to be one ' in thickness, to which is added five inches arm of the service. We crave the indul-
of the most popular cfficers in the navy. J more cf vertical bars of the toughest; gence of the gentle reader. H. H. J.
When ihe war began he was stationed on j metal, touching each other, thus giving
the coast of Africa, but came home and i eleven inches of tho atronges' iron to re-
“Charleston and in theGnlf ' siat the effects of a cannonade. These
with distinction, ine pemuu« ...» ~« . Kara, at d the casing, are riveted to im-
Sees ui iiuu 2*—
the Admiral are 3apt S. B. Luce, chief of
staff; Lieutenant R T Jasper, flag lieu
tenant, and Master O Taomas, Midship
men Hamilton and Hatchins, aids and
other, and to the eya seem impervious
TO ANT PROJECTILS.
The guns are fearful looking objects,
signal officers. Bssides these he has a ! who3e gaping mouths are snffiaiently ci
private secretary and numerous general
staff.
THE STEAM FRIGATE HARTFORD.
This splendid ship is commanded by
Oapt. Luce, who is the author of several
naval text books, and one of the moBt
accomplished cfficers in the service. The
other offioers are Lieutenant-Commander
Geo. W. Cc-ffio, eight lieutenants, two
ensigDB, eight midshipmen, surgeon, en
gineer and their assistants, chaplain,
captain of marines, boatswain, gunner,
carpenter, sail-maker, eto , in all thirlg.
five in number.
After a few moments pleasant conver
sation with tho Admiral, who is very
liberal and conservative in his opinions,
tho writer, under the guidance of Mid
shipman Smith, who is a native of North
Carolina, mado an exploration of the
chip.
THE HISTORY OF THE HARTFORD.
This shl p which was built in 1858, meas
ures 2,000 tons, is 250 feet in length and
draws 19 feet of water. Her whole comple
ment of men, including officers and ma
rines, numbers or or four hundred. She car
ries sixteen niue-inoh gum, and two elev
en-inch pivot guns off deck. Against the
walls of the ship, around each gun, cut
lasses, battle-axes, carbines and revolvers
are disposed for use at close quarters.
Arms briBtle every where, all kept as
bright as a new coined dollar. Tho
Hartford is noted as the flag ship cf
admiral farbaout,
and it wa3 in her rigging that he had bim-
solf lashed before going into action in
Mobile bay. When all was in readineBS
he gave the word
'go ahead,”
The weight of each monster is 42.009
pounds, and they carry their deadly mis
siles a distance "of five miles, with al
most resistless momentnm. The balls
are msde of steel, and weigh five hundred
pounds. To discharge one of them,
nearly a barrel of guapower, or one
bnndred and twenty.&ve pounds is neces
sary. The grains of this cannon powder
are almost as large as marbles, and it is a
misnomer to call the explosive stuff
powder. These terrible instruments of
destruction are monnted in
AN IRON TURRET
situated a mid ships, or in the centra of
the vessel, weighing five hundred tons,
and which, by means of machinery,
worked by steam under water, is made
to revolve, thns commanding every point
of tho compass. That turret is the most
maisivo structure it is possible to con
ceive of. Th9 walls are of solid iron
fifteen inches in thickness, with narrow
slits for the men to breathe through.
Revolving constantly in aotion, the shots
of an enemy glacca off and aro innocuous
The monitor is propelled by an engine
of thirty-five hundred horse power, and
has besides no less than
THIRTY STEAM ENGINES
on board to move the turret, lift acd dis
tribute coal, and do the heavy work gen
erally. Ons thousand tons of ooal, equal
almost to a small mine of the article, are
stowed below water, and when the monitor
is in motion she -consumes one hundred
tons every twenty-four hours.
This is almost a3 easily a machine as
a daily newspaper.
HOW THE CREW EXIiT
and the tremendous conflict and passage in tho cavernous deptbBof the hold, dnr-
of the forts began. The Hartford now ; iog a naval engagement, wo cannot nn-
bears the nickname of Fire-eater, or l derstaud_ Then, tho apertures are nearly
Salamander, and the words “go ahead”
have been adopted as a motto and appear
upon its fl <gs and stationery.
The esprit du corps on board i3 vary
strong, and the youngest middy is all
aglow with it.
There is a regular
ROUTINE CF DUTY
for every day in the week.
Thus on Sunday, the ohaplain, if thero
bo one, or the commanding effioer, reads
tho religions services of tho Episcopal
Obnrch for the convenience of its rilnal,
though tho attendance of tho men is not
rigidly enforced. Tnat is inspection day
also, and the arms and olothiDg cf tho
sailors and every portion of the ship nn-
dergo the closest scrutiny.
The other days the men are trained at
tho guns, in failing and reduoing sail,
beating to quartets for action, etc.
The skill and rapidity with which all
all closed, and the furnaoes are in full
blast heating everything almost red hot.
Indeed, onr offiger friend said even in or
dinary summer weather it was almost im
possible to walk the iron deck with bootB
op. By an ingenious telegraphic appara
tus the ship is steered below water, the
desired points cf the oompa-B being given
by the strokes of a bell. This is done how
ever only in aotioD, and arrangements are
made by whioh the crew can be accommo
dated on deck, and the ship navigated
when no enemy is expeoted. with a toler
able degree of comfort. S-ill, the depo
nent would rather work cn the chain
gang with terra firma beneath, and the
blue vault of heaven oer him, than seek
glory, or the “babble reputation” in an
iron clad man of war.
THE FAY OF SEAMEN.
O ar sailors in the navy, except in actual
conflict, or daring a heavy storm, have
this is done are trnly wonderful. In ten 1 veiy little to do except eat their rations,
minutes’ time after tho order “makesail” , black their boots and wash their olothes.
is given, every stitch of canvass can be , Taelr pay, too, is very good- First-class
spread, or if necessary, in the samo time
bent down and clewed up, and it requires
only three minutes to
CLEAR THE SHIP FOR AOTION,
run ont and man tho gnns, and begin tho
terrible work of destruction. Eroxy man
knows" exactly what to do and where to
go, and not a second of time is lost.
What strikes a visitor greatly also is tho
perfect cleanliness of every thing on boatd.
The decks, seats to the boats, etc., are
holy-stoned nntil white as a curd, and
firemen receive $3160 per month, second-
class firemen $26 50, good seamen $2150,
ordinary seamen $17 and recruits, called
landsmen, $15. Grog rations were abol
ished in 1867, and what was called com
mutation money for the same substituted
instead. In 1870, however, this so called
grog money wS3 stopped and added to the
rations and pay per month of each sailor.
This gave him three dollars more in cash.
Half of the seamen’s wages is allowed per
month, the remainder being held nntil
every pan, backet, weapon or utensil j tho end of their enlistment, when they
looks as neat os tho dairy farnituro of a j aro discharged with a neat sum in hand
farmer’s wife. I for their families. One man who had
how the chew are fed. ! enhtcd sgair, bad $700 to his credit.
It was a sight vfrorth seeing to notice j don't hex it.
the sailors at dinner. At the given signal i Bnt the Jacktars are opposed to this
each mess ocok spreeds a broad piece of curtailment of their grog and liberty, and
tarpaulin on the deck between the guns ^ would rather risk the “ cat o’ nine tails ”
(there being a mess to each gun), upon ! than be deprived of their daily drams,
whioh was deposited the caps and tin [ Many leave tbe service in oocseqaenoe.
pans of the mess, and the food, served in j flcgoing has been abolished
deep tin vessrls. There wero no chairs, long since, and confinement, and other
plates of knives and forks. The men modes of punishment substituted fer or-
squatted flat upon the floor and went to dinary offences. One very common pen-
work with their spoons and jackknive3 in ally is to make the culprit walk on a
Turkish fashion. u seam in the deck for four hours. Jack to
Tbeir rations are varied and abundant, apt to yaw about and straddle bis legs
and the cooking excellent. Indeed, the considerably even on dry land, henoethis
inspecting effleer is required to examine task is severer than one would soppese.
A Dead Lair*
One holo is enough to spoil a balloon.
The Supreme Court finds but one hole in
quite enouglTlcrmSfi&iiffSuAteLJS^Lji 8
erloss and practically void. • * * * •
This is one of the most remarkablo and
important decisions everrendered by tho
Supreme Court. It marks the commence
ment of a new era in the exercise of legis
lative power. Daring and since the war
Congress has often acted as if it were su
preme, not merely within, but “outside
of its constitutional limitations/’ For
somo error in this direction thero wa3
much excuse. A powerful party persist
ently tried to make the Constitution of
the United States the left wing of
Lao’s army. The samo party had
so construed the Constitution as to
make it the bulwark of slavery. Fab-
lie opinion recoiled. It not only re
jected with indignation thoso con
structions which would have deprived
the Union of power to defend itself
against armed rebellion, but, with natur
al exaggeration, sustained Congress in
the assertion of its power, even after the
war, to adopt any measure which it
deemed necessary for the public welfare.
Then greedy or malignant partisanship
began to demand, as necessary to the
public welfare, measures whioh were on
ly needful for tho maintenance of un
worthy or corrupt men in power. Of
these measures the Enforcement act
was one of the most odious. Under it
shameful abuses have been perpetrated.
No calm and reasonable legislature
would bavo failed to sue that such an act
would invite the gravest abuses; na
legislature, animated by a profound rev
erence for tbe Constitution, would have
passed so far beyond the limitations of
its power.
Tho passion which m those days blind
ed many eyes has somewhat cooled.
Public opinion at last perceived that
though enemies of the Union had tried
to prostitute tue constitution to dis
loyal U3e3, still the constitution must he
reverenced and obeyed as tho only safe
guard of free institutions. A very large
proportion of Republican voters, seeing
the infamous abuses caused or shielded
by such measures es tho Enforcement
act, wero led to realize that those acts
were both dangerous and unconstitution
al. For a time partisanship stubbornly
resisted, and even tried to push atiil
farther in the Force bill. Republican do-
feats manifested the indignation of Re
publican voters. And now we have
from a Republican Supreme Court in this
masterly decision, a stem veto of such
legislation. Thera will never be an at
tempt to enre by amendments the defects
of the Enforcement act. Those defects
alone made it useful to unscrupulous
partisans; if it had not gone beyond the
constitutional power of Congress, it
would not bavo been demanded. It will
lie dead upon the statute-book, to remind
future generations of Americans that no
conceivable abuse of the constitution by
one party can justify disregard of tho
constitution by tho other.—N T. Tribute.
Fidelity of a Conscientious Switch-
Tender.—A s witch-tender had just taken
his place to change the track in order to
turn a train which was in Bight so as to
prevent a collision with another train
from an opposite direction. At this crit
ical moment, on tnrning his head, he dis
covered his little boy playing on the
track of the advancing engine. Ho
might spring to the rescue and remove
him safely, but then he wonld not have
time to turn the switch, and hundreds of
lives might be lost by his neglect. In
an instant his resolution was taken. “Lie
down 1” he shouted to his boy, fffcd tho
child, happily accustomed to obedience,
promptly threw himself on the ground
and the whole train thundered over him,
the passengers little dreaming how
much their safety had cost that father.
The trembling man rushed forward fear
ing to find only the mangled corpse, but
no words can express his joy at seeing
his child alive and unharmed. The next
day (he Emperor, having heard of the
circumstance, sent for tbo irym and pre
sented him the medal oP honor for his
bravery.—Berlin Volkiblatb.