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MACON, FEBRUARY 18 i860.
—The Kentucky Republican State Con
vention, to appoint delegates to the Na
tional Republican Convention, will be
held in Louisville, April 14tb.
_—Tha revenue from Yew York canals
in 1879 was $07,303 less than 186S. This
is ascribed to the late opening last spring,
This year ought to compensate.
—In front of some famished apart
ments in Paris are the words: “ English
taken in here,” and a notice in a shop win
dow runs, “ English spiked within.”
—Rome, Georgia, according to the Chat
tanooga Times, will this year handle
85,000 bales of cotton. This will require
the circulation during the buying seasons
of $5,570,000, on which Rome eught to
realize at least $40,000 clear profit.
Suicide with a Cannon.—Charles
Decker, a prominent merchant of New
ark, N. J., committed suicide by blowing
his brains out with a cannon, constructed
from a large hollow piece of iron, which
he filled with iron slugs, placed under hi3
chair and fired, off.
Tilden’s Wedding.—Tilden’s secre
tary telegraphing a denial of the soft im
peachment of his pending marriage to
Miss Ranek, of Lewisbnrg, says it is as
true as nine-tenths of the statments about
him, but in reality he has no knowledge
of the personal existence of such a lady
as Miss Ranek. i.
—An attempt was recently made in
Dundee to ascertain where the bodies of
victims of the Tay bridge disaster were
lying. A lady was taken out in a yacht
and mesmerized. She pointed out a place
where a body was lying deeply imbedded
in the sand,and when grapnels were used,
the collar of an overcoat was brought up,
The clairvoyant afterwards declared that
twenty bodies lay underneath the girders
—Young Stephen A. Douglas, son of
the old man, announced himself as a Stal
wart Republican and a Grant roan at
Mattoon, Illinois, last week. He says if
Grant is elected the force bill will be
brought to bear upon the Southern people
with terrible toughness, and yet he says
“ The people of the South want Grant.”
The young Stephen has not the luminous
brains of his departed father.
—A subject often mooted in English so
ciety is what will become of Baroness
Burdett-Coutts's fortune, which she can
never leave just as she pleases. Her only
brother, Sir Robert Burdett, is an eccen
trie and economical old bachelor, with a
fortune in land of $150,000 a year, and
probably as much more in money. Some
of the family, however, are by no means
rich.
—The London Times publishes the fol
lowing record from a Bishop's work-book
for 1879, with the remark that the work
described is by no means exceptionally
heavy: Sermons, 80; clergy ordained, 60
churches consecrated, 4; churchyards con
secrated, 2; churches opened, 23; confir
mations held, 03; candidates confirmed,
7,211; speeches at public meetings, 46; in
terviews, 474; letters received, 6,744; let
ters answered with his own hand, 4,529.
The Democratic National Com
mittee.—Frederick D. Prince, Chairman
of the Democratic National Committee,
has sent notices to its members inviting
them to meet at Willard’s hotel in Wash
ington, on Monday the 23d instant, to se
lect a place and time for the meeting of
the Democratic National Convention. The
latter part of June or first of July will
probably be the time chosen for holding
the Convention.
Gold Excitement in Colorado.
A special telegram about the twenty thou
sand dollar gold mine says there is great
excitement in Denver over the new dis
covery of gold neir the mouth of the
canon of the Platte, a mile from the South
Park railroad and only twenty miles west
of Denver. The vein of mineral was
struck in the Dolly Yarden at a depth of
twenty feet. Last Friday a specimen was
brought to Denver aud an assay obtained
Saturday, the assay giving the value of
the ore at $21,199 per ton, $20,176 of it
being gold.
The Sultan has ten servants whose spe
cial duty it Is to unfold the carpets for him
when he is going to pray, ten to take
carai of his pipes and cigarettes, two to
dress his royal hair and twenty to at
tend to his most noble clean shirts.
There are a multitude of other attendants
about the palace; indeed, it.is stated that
about eight hundred families and about
four thousand persons live at His Majesty’s
expense. Se is an extravagant house
keeper ; the annual expenditures of the
palace are mentioned as nearly $14,-
000,000. -
Prosecutions in Utah.—A new grand
jury was impaneled last Monday, and Is
composed mostly of Mormons. Judge
Hunter directed their attention especially
to the law against bigamy, but as there is
no accessible record ofbigamous mar
riages, it is not probable that this grand
jury will be able to find any evidence.
Thos. Heniger, a “wealthy Mormon, aged
about sixty, was arrested in Ogden, to-day,
for bigamy, and will be taken to Salt Lake
to-morrow for trial. He was indicted in
November last, but had kept out of sight
untiljip* - • ■ ■ , .
London, February 3—An experimental
test of the question US to the cause of the
explosion of the thirty-eight ton turrett
gun, on board the British iron-clad Thun
derer, in the Sea of Marmora, January 2,
18S0, by which several oflicers and sea
men were killed, was made to-day, at the
proof butts- in the Government marshes
adjoining the ro^al arsenal at Woolwich.
The theory was tli^t the disaster remlted
from the double loading of; the gun, and
according to this theory, a sister gun,which
was brought home for the purpose of
experiment, was to-day loaded, and
fired with a double charge of . eighty
and one hundred and ten pounds of pow
der, one six hundred pound common shell-
and one seven hundred pound palliser
projectile. The gun burst, as its fellow
did on board the Thttnderer, justifying
the opinion of the committee of investiga
tion as to the cause of the disaster. The
muzzle of the projectiles were buried in
the sand at the proof butts. The remain
der of the gun, with tho exception of the
base, was blown into atoms.
—Kossuth has made such arrangements
for the publication of his memoirs as to
rescue him from poverty and place him in
affluence. ’ ’ ' ’ .
Immi’nity to Isthmus Thansit. A
\shinglon dispatch to the Herald makes
following statement concemin
THE GREAT IEOH WHEEL- - The Fruits of the Independent Seces- More of the Macon and Brunswick Why the Duty on Steel Hails Should A Colored Senator on the Colored How the Few are Getting hm,
_ 7" . _ Sion. Lease. he Redneed From S9R+„<fcin v> ,, uuiung jticn at
the
ton
of tl.e French Government to the
is Panama Scheme:
A Collapse Imminent—The Great
Iron Ring.
The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
says that last snmmer, when the demand
for iron became active, a ring of Eastern
capitalists entered the market and bought
largely. In this way the product of
scores of furnaces was taken on specula
tive account, and instead of being promptly
consumed by the trade, as was supposed,
this iron is now stored at favorable points
for distribution. This demand, in addi
tion to the increased inquiry from legiti
mate sources, had the natural effect of ad
vancing the price of pig. As has been
frequently pointed out in these columns
the rates have already been advanced
over a'.hundred per cent. High prices in
this country caused dealers to look else
where, and the British Iron trade once
more became active in consequence of
large orders from this side.
This condition of affairs, the Advertiser
proceeds to say, is very unfortunate, as
tbe market will soon he overstocked from
Europe, and a l&rge reserve of iron still
remains in the hands of tbe ring, which
they cannot long hold; and all this while
tbe regular product of American furnaces
would be entirely ample to meet a health
ful demand in this country. Possibly the
new tariff movement in Congress to come
to the relief of this “distressed infant
manufacture,” with a hundred per cent,
advance in the duty on foreign steel rails,
may help the patriotic ring to maintain
their gobble; but the probabilities, as
things stand, are that the speculation will
burst, and will perhaps burst thousands of
honest dealers in iron who are now buy
ing and bolding on to stocks of iron goods
under the delusion that prices will
maintained or even advanced.
But as this period of hifaluting com
menced with iron, so the collapse will be
gin with iron—begin, we imagine, in the
next four to six months, and the pressure
run through the whole trade and merchan
dise fabric, just as the ground swell begin
ning with iron, 6lowly lifted up everything
from a cambric needle to butter and
cheese.
At any rate, it is well to bear in
mind tbe great possibility of such a result,
and maintain a perfect readiness to stand
from under and dodge when the bricks
begin to tumble. Such ridiculous ad vat*
ces as, for example, from two to eight
dollars per keg on cut nails, are too silly
and extortionate to be maintained. Trade
is now pretty much where it was before
the panic of 1S73, ou a diminished curren
cy—full crops and an impoverished peo
ple. The wise manforeseeththe evil and
liideth himself.
Meanwhile, let Congress turn its back
on the speculators who seek to use that
body in the interests of robbeiy and ex
tortion on the people. The capitalists
hold the money and manipulate the cor
ners, but the number of the swindled ex
ceeds largely the number of the swindlers,
The victims can outvote these operatois
ten to one, and so soon as they get an in-
sion. j Lease,
Our old friend 'Willingham, in his zeal It is said by a gentleman who claims to
for the new fangled independent doctrine | be well posted, that the lessees of tho
be
telligent idea of how they are operated
upon, will be likely to do it. This gov
ernment cannot be long carried on in the
sole interests of capital and speculation.
It was once a government for the people,
for the democracy, and it must become
that again. The greatest good of the
greatest number and tlie injury of none is
its foundation principle.
Warlike Preparations in Europe.
The talk of the European press, the
vaticinations of correspondents, the sud
den strengthening of their military arma
ments by Russia, Austria and Germany,
after so much discouse about a general
disarmament—the actual movement of
troops by Russia to lier frontiers, aud by
Austria to strengthen her fortifications at
certain points, are everywhere raising ap
prehensions of another great militaiy out
break on the continent.
To ns, who look coolly across the wa
ters, at the exhausted exchequers and
strained credit of all these powers—par
ticularly of Austria and Russia—at the
oppressed and over-taxed condition of their
people—at the mutterings of universal pop
ular discontent which pervade them—it
would seem that only one more war is need
ed to push calamities beyond endurance
and bring on a collapse—a revolt or otber
prostration. But when was war ever
waged under the suggestions of prudence
or reason? Tbe spirit of evil asserts it
self always at the most inopportune
UwA
With us the chief question of interest
will be tbe effect of another grand mili
tary convulsion in Europe on American
trade and merchandise, and this must de
pend on the ramifications of the struggle,
should it begin. Whether England and
France keep out of it, will France seize
the opportunity of a collision between
Germany and Russia to regain her lost
territorial boundaries, and will England
be held to the duty of restraining France
freim entering tbe struggle for that pur
pose? These are some of the questions
which suggest themselves in the prospect
of another war.
An Early Adjournment of Congress
not Probable.
Tha National Legislature has mapped
out such an immense amount of work for
the present session, that even with the
most assiduous industry, it would require
twelve mouths to exhaust the docket if they
attempt to go through with it.
The Senate has over twelve hundred
bills to digest aud pass upon, and the
House four thousand. And still the num
ber increases daily at a fearful rate.
One-tenth of the above number of in
choate statutes ought to suffice to govern
the universe. But then, America is a big
country, and every Solon wishes to “make
his mark” by adding Jone more to the pon
derous laws of tbe Republic, whether it
proves in practice a dead letter or not.
Sensational Rnmor.
A report was circulated last night that
the reputed lessees of the Macon and
Brunswick railroad are now in Atlanta
for the propose of asking the Governor to
place them in possession of tbe road for
one-twelfth of the amount ($196,000) for
which the lease was bid off on tbe 13th
ultimo.
We do not credit this statement, as it
conflicts materially with other advices of
more reliable nature, which are printed
elsewhere.
—Leo XIII. has put an end to the sto
ries that hare so widely circulated in re
ference to the Pope’s imprisonment in the
Vatican. He has been repeatedly seen
driving in the garb of a simple priest
through the suburbs of Rome, and even
through the “ Corso.” Not only has he
not been molested in any way, but he has
been the recipient of unmistakable marks
of respect from all the persons who have
happened to recognize him.
which Parson Felton has inaugurated in
the Seventh District, seems to have drifted
clean away from his old Democratic moor
ings. We have a warm personal regard
for the editor of the Free Press, and re
gret most sincerely liis persistent abuse of
the chivalric Gordon. But the sparring
of the Senator and the Independent mem
ber from the Seventh, which may have in
duced this opposition, has nothing to do
with the following unjust fling against our
immediate Representative Colonel Blount,
which we copy from the Free Press:
THE SPAT BETWEEN COOK AND. BLOUNT.
Mr. Cook is a member of tbe committee
on post-offices and post roads. Mr. Blount
is acting chairman on the committee ot
appropriations, and the people in Wash
ington and in Georgia have been much in
terested to see how pleased he is with
himself and his position. Cook, as we
see from tlie Record, brought in a bill
making all tbe roads over which the mail
travels, post roads. Mr. Blount fought it.
Mr. Blount acquired some notoriety by
getting Macon a free delivery system, and
behaving made as much political capital
out of it as the post-office would give him,
was ready to fight the bill that helped the
poor country people and thus show to
Congress that he held the purse-strings by
virtue of his accidental promotion to a
leading place on the appropriation com
mittee.
General Cook, gallant old soldier, was
not to be silenced by a pop-gun, and he
just charged right over the salient that
Blount had planned. All the Georgians
helped Cook, but Mr. Hammond, who
voted with Blount. Cook carried the day
in gallant style; and we are glad of it,
That Colonel Blount and General Cook
are in perfect rapport with each other, we
have good reason to believe and know,
That they should have differed upon a
minor matter which did not involve prin
ciple or party relations, but shows that
they are both conscientious and true men
We venture the assertion that no power
on earth could induce General Cook to
wrong his worthy colleague, and we
know that Colonel Blount is incapable of
saying or doing aught to the prejudice of
the gallant Cook. So the effort of the
Free Press to get up a “spat” between
them will amount to nothing.
be Reduoed From $28 to $10 per
Ton.
Mr. Poor, the able editor of the Rail-
Death of Colonel Maxwell.
We learn from the Tallahassee Flori
dian, that Colonel William McWliir Max
well departed this life at Femandina on
the 31st ultimo, aged seventy-tliree years,
His remains were taken by bis sons, Cap
tain D. E. Maxwell and Clarence Max
well, to Tallahassee, and interred there,
from the residence of his brother, Captain
D. B. Maxwell.
The writer, in his early youth, was a
friend and near neighbor of Colonel Max
well, who, like Nimrod, was “a mighty
hunter before the Lord.” Never have we
seen a man more genial or hospitable.
Colonel Maxwell married tlie daughter
of Colonel Joseph Law, of Liberty county,
and in 1840 removed to Leon county,Flori
da, aud engaged in agricultural pursuits.
The Floridian says the deceased, on
the death of his father, Colonel John
Maxwell, in 1855, became, as it were, the
head of the family, which outstripped in
number any other family of any name in
this section, and was loved and revered,
not only by bis immediate relations, but
by Ills neighbors and a wide circle of ac
quaintances and friends. He was warm
hearted and hospitable, kind to liis depen
dents and charitable in his disposition.
He was elected to tlie State Legislature
from Leon county in 1848, and served with
acceptability and usefulness, o / . i
After the war, iq Which many of bis
family served on tbe Confederate side, he
moved to Fernandina and wassubsequent-
ly appointed Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Nassau county, which office he filled
at tbe time of his death, and where lie
made friends Who, with those in his im
mediate section who bad known him so
long and well, will regret his death and
sincerely sympathize with his surviving
relatives.
The deceased was an elder brother of Col.
George Troup Maxwell, who commanded
a regiment of cavalry from Florida during
the war, and is now a distinguished prac
titioner of medicine in Newcastle, Dela
ware, and a member of the Governor’s
military staff.
All who knew Colonel W. M. Maxwell
loved and respected him. Peace to his
ashes.
Inflated Price*—The Remedy.
In one year, according to tho Buffalo
Commercial Advertiser, the price of nails
has gone up from $1.90 to $5.00 per hun
dred pounds, and in Philadelphia pig iron
has advanced 150 per cent. Even com
mon cast scrap iron, which last year could
hardly be given away, now commands $30
per ton. The rise in provisions and all
manner of merchandise also, has been
well nigh unprecedented. Comets and
speculation have doubtless had much to
do with this, and it is possible that ere
many months the tide will set veiy strong
ly in the opposite direction. Then woe
to the luckless merchant who bought heav
ily on credit at extravagant prices, and is
forced to sell out even at aloss. It is just in
such flush times as these thatprudent men
hug the shore closely and stick as near as
possible to tbe cash system.
Our farmers, too, should snuff the dan
ger in season, and plant largely in oats,
bighland rice, wheat, sugar cane, ohufas,
and every tiling that will feed man and
beast. Then, if cotton keeps up, they
will be masters of the situation. Other
wise, the increased price of com, meat,
iron and supplies of every kind,will more
than eat up the maigin gained on the ad
vance in cotton. And again, who can
guarantee immunity from caterpillar,
gales, early and late frosts, and the other
casualties to which the cotton plant is so
liable? Bnt with full bams and thriving
stock, the fanner is impregnable, even if
he does not handle any great amount of
cash. The fact is notorious that more
homesteading was done, and the cases of
bankruptcy were far more frequent when
cotton ruled at twentycentsper pound,tlian
when the price descended to eight cents.
The cause of this was the neglect of pro
vision crops, and the mania for cotton
growing, owing to the inflated price.
When the ignis fatuity fit the cotton delu
sion di appeared, however, and -it was
found that the codt"bf. (production almost
equalled tho value of the Snowy fleece,the
farmer, per force, began to diversify his
crops, raised more provisions, put out fruit
trees and vineyards, turned his attention
to stock, and soon-was enabled to be
come comparatively independent.
In the light of this experience, ire can
bnt hope, on the principle thfct/a .burnt
child dreads fire, that our worthy : farmers
will still continue to make provision crops
their main stay, so that the cotton, prod
uct can come in as an extra and untram-
meled money supply. '»
Macon and Brunswick Railroad will not way Manual, has made a speech before
leave Atlanta until they have paid all the the congressional committee of Ways and
money called for by the late act, and Means, which fairly bristles with salient
completed the purchase of the road from facts, and shows up the iniquity of the
the Governor. This will probably be present tariff on steel rails, and how it
done forthwith. No serious modifies- serves to enrich a favored few at the cost
tions of the terms are tobe asked, and the I of the whole country. He said steel rails
extension will be carried on in good faith, can now be manufactured by tbe Besse-
Rurnor lias it that Colonel Geerge Hazle- J mer process as cheaply as iron rails. Their
hurst will be the President of the new or- value in an economic view is fourfold
ganization, and Colonel A. J. Lane, Gen- greater. Their manufacture by this pro-
eral Superintendent. cess began in this countiy in 1866. The
Governor Colqnitt has returned from rote of duty then equalled 45 per cent, ad
Washington, aud there is nothing now in valorem. In 1870 the.domestic establish-
tbe wav of a speedy settlement of the ruen . t f for & .largely increased
whole matter. We give these statements | dffi ? not ask for a
for what they are Worth.
The Reagan Bill.
A petition is being widely circulated at
the North, and will be sent to every Con
gressional district in the United States, I countiy is again entering upon the "con-
asking for the passage of the bill intro- I struction_of railroads on an enormous
■■■ Hi The steel-makers
did not ask’ for a permanent increase, but
for “0X0651101101 protection just now.”
Their prayer was granted. Their capacity
then equalled 100,000 tons annually; now
it is 800,000. In 1875 only 1,712 miles of
railroad were constructed against 7,379 in
1871. With the revival of business the
duced by Mr. Reagan, of Texas, for an
inter-State railroad law, to prohibit un
just discriminations in freights. The pe
tition reads as follows:
To the Senate and House of llepresent-
atives, in Congress assembled: The under
signed, citizens of the United States, most
scale. In 1879,4,446 miles of line were
constructed. In 18S0 at least 7,000 would
be constructed could the necessary amount
of rails be had. There will be required
the present year, for renewals and exten
sions of old roads, at least 1,000,000 tons;
for new roads, 600,000 tons. All should
be of steel. The domestic steel rail mills
can supply, say, $00,000 tons. But to im-
SfytatSwScvift? tSfor?L StaU Sign S
solidatin" under the control P of a. V few to’ °P euetl t0 us b y a reduction of tlie present
fltohtoifc\n nf tlfe ® duty, or shall tlie construction of several
ful .rpnizMiota, jMKtogability to |
control absolutely the industrial and com- i nr-
value oVitMiroihicts. “K'Sdriand ed that the great friends ofAmeri^nln
abuse their power by discriminating un- 5“ stry roilroads, and that to throttle
them for the benefit of other and msig-
justly between individuals and localities,
building up and destroying at will, and,
to use the words of a United States Senate
committee, “recognize no responsibility
but to their stockholders and no principle
of action but personal and corporate ag
grandizement.” Realizing the urgent need
of action by your honorable bodies, in
whom tbe Supreme Court of the United
States has decided all needed power is
constitutionally vested, your petitioners
nificant industries would be suicidal. As
an illustration of the friendship which the
steel makers had for American industries,
Mr. Poor remarked that for several years
past the Yulcan steel rail mill, of St.
Louis, had been paid by otber establish
ments to be idle, in order to keep up the
price of American rails.
Think of imposing a higher tax upon
imported steel rails than it actually costs
most respectfully and earnestly ask for I abroad to manufacture them? And see
the early passage of the bill commonly . . . - ,
known as the Reagan bill, for the regula-! the slmster course of some of ‘he owners
tion of inter-State commerce, and to pro- of steel rail mills in this countiy who, de-
hibit unjust discriminations by common | spite tlie almost prohibitory tariff enacted
carriers; also, that such further and sup
plemental legislation be enacted as will
protect tbe constitutional rights of Amer
ican citizens.
for their protection, yet to realize even
greater profits, are offering bribes to di
minish home production aud enhance tlie
price of American rails.
Is it not high time that such reprelien-
Pennsylvania Declares for Grant
The Republican Convention which met I sible practices should be rebuked, and an
at Harrisburg on the 4th inst., under the article, so importanWo the success of our
manipulation of Cameron pronounced de- railroad system and the Safety of human
cidedly for Grant in preference to Blaine. | life, be made cheaper by the reduction
No other names were submitted to tbe
Convention. From the Nashville Ameri
can we copy a portion of tbe proceedings
as follows:
The folio iving was then introduced by
Mr. Kerr:
Resolved, that the delegates elected to
the Republican National Convention from
this State are hereby instructed to sup
port for tbe Presidential nomination Gen
eral U. S. Grant, and to vote as a unit on
all questions that may come before the
convention.
Mr. Stone, of Crawford, offered the fol
lowing amendment:
of the tariff to $10, as proposed? So,
we think, will be the verdict of the peo-
I pie, and Congress ought to give heed
it.
Sherman’s Libel Case,
A Washington dispatch says: Mr. H,
V. Boyntou’s charges against General W.
T. Sherman, of conduct unbecoming an
officer and a gentleman, were referred
from the War Department to General
Sherman to-day. It is understood that he
proposes to take no notice ofthe specifica
tions. It is reported that General Sher
man is ofthe opinion that unless charges of
Resolved, that while we pledge onr . the character of those made by Boynton
Ives to support the RepnbHcan party, ?, re WP™™* b y, a commissioned officer of
- .*7 F ’ the army, they do not properly come with-
Si.rSrsSES I si™.
position taken by the party In our own I „-n* „ „ .1 *.
and other States in 1876, of opposition to ^
a third Presidential term, and we hereby f r S B , 4^*
‘ ‘ and reaffirm the resolution ton s a f cusatl ° ns - In point of fact, ho v-
i eTer) t j ie counter signature of a commis
sioned officer is, not necessary upon
indorse and reaffirm the resolution
adopted by our State Convention, held in
I chafes preferred by a civilian*. The
olution, and traced the course of the Dem- thefe^ln such^iL^ lle^holds
SSSf TOSSES? K*wt ** <*«*» >nade by a civilian against an
the proper and only man who should get
the nominatioii,and concluded his remarks
with an appeal to all to support him.
General Albright replied to Senator
Kerr’s remarks. He believed General
Grant was sincere in all his undertakings,
and had done great service, both civil and
military, but he did not think that he was
the only man who could lead the Republi
can party to victory. He did not believe
there was any danger to the countiy in a
third term, but lie believed that Wash-
bume, Sherman or Blaine could carry the
suffrage of tlie people. He did not believe
in instructing the delegates to Chicago for
any man.
The resolution was further opposed by
Mr.' Koontz; Mr. Darlington, of Chester;
army officer may be tried by court martial,
tbe Judge Advocate oftlie court, as a mat
ter of form, countersigning tbe charges,
It is a good thing to have a brother in high
places when a man is in trouble. There
is no danger that the General ofthe army
will come to grief so long as the Secretary
of the Treasury holds office. If Mr. Boyn
ton had received the same affront from
a private citizen, his redress at the hands
oftlie law would bo sure and speedy.
Fennel tea is the simple remedy, to
quiet the baby, and this innocent article is
embodied in Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup, which
puts the baby to sleep without tlie evil use
of opiates. Price 25 cents.
Why the Irish are so Poor?
Mr. Parnell, the eloquent advocate of
oppressed Ireland, delivered a deeply in-
Mr! Itorvey, oF cnnton^‘and Mr. Wo7f, of I teresting address on Monday last, in the
Union, while Mr, Moreland, of Ailegha-1 hall of the House of Representatives, at
ny, and Mr. Bingham, of Philadelphia, fa-1 the evening session of that body. The
vored it. The speeches of the anti-Grant ,, . ... .. . '. ,, „
people were all from a Blaine point 0 f following extract teils the story as to the
view, and no other names beside Grant I cause of tha poverty of his unfortunate
and Blaine were mentioned at all; except I countrymen:
in the remarks'of General Albright. I , ,
Mr. Stone, after arguing strongly in fa- , “How we have been told by tne iand-
vor of his amendment to the resolution of P art y> “ tbelr of this system,
instruction, finally withdrew it, and Mr. tbat tbe trae axme of Irish poverty and
Strong, of Tigoa, offered another one, to discontent is the crowded state of that
wit: To strike otit the name U. S. Grant country, and I admit to the fullest extent
and insert that of James G. Blaine. that there are portions at Ireland, which
On a vote by yeas and nays, Mr. are too crowded. The barren lands ofthe
Strong’s amendment was lost, 05 to 154. I west of Ireland, whither the people were
Several ofthe Blaine people voted against |
it, on.the ground that it was not proper
to instruct tbe delegation for anyone.
famine, are too crowded, but tlie fertile
portions of Ireland maintain scarcely any
population at all, and remain as vast
hunting grounds for the pleasure of the
landlord class. Before, then, we talk of
emigration as tlie cure for all the ills of
Ireland, I should like to see the rich plains
of Meath, Kildare, Limerick aud Tipper
ary* Instead of being the desert wastes
they are to-day, supporting the teeming
and prosperous population that they are
so capable of maintaining.
You may drive at tho present moment
for ten or twenty miles through these
Cameron succeeded virtually in capturing I great and rich counties without meeting
the Convention, albeit a strong minority a human being or seeing a single house,
was implacably* opposed to Graut. This I and it is a remarkable testimony to the
cannot be considered, however, as a very IstoSd inHeSd
big boom for the third term candidate. Mr. fertile country has proved the destruction
Cameron, the chairman of the Republican I of tlie population, instead of being their
Executive Cominitte is, par excellence, \ support. Only on the poor lands have
The question then recurred on the orig
inal resolution, or rather that part of it
which instructed the Chicago delegates to
vote for Grant. The yeas and nays were
ordered, and showed a vote of 133 in fa
vor of and 113 against tbat portion of the
resolution. The second portion of the
resolution instructing the delegation to
vote as a unit, was then adopted by a viva
voce vote.
From tbe above, it will be seen tbat
the champion and manager of tbe Grant
interests.
If he could do no better in the State
wlucb proverbially sneezes when he takes
snuff, the chances of his favorite are di
minishing and growing “beautifully less.”
our people been allowed to settle, and
there they are crowded in numbers far too
great for the soil to support. I should
like to see the next emigration from tlie
WesFto the East, instead of from the
East to the West—from the barren hills of
Connemara back to the fertile plains of
Meath, aud when the resources of my
All along it has been affirmed that ex- I country have been fully taken advantage
President Grant was no candidate, and
could only be induced to run again by
the almost unanimous verdict of his
party. But on all sides we hear of the
most outspoken opposition to his nomina
tion in the Republican ranks, and both
Blaine and Sherman are developing con- j manity in general
siderable strength. It is safe, therefore, •—-—7
to assert that if the candidacy of Grant is Ancient Butter,
made to depend upon a united Republi- It is frequently charged that some of our
1 ’ oarding-house keepers place,upon their ta-
of and fully developed, when the agricul
tural prosperity of Ireland has been se
cured, then, if we have any surplus popu
lation, we shall cheerfully give it to this
great country. Then our emigrants will
go willingly and as free men, not shovel
ed out by a forced emigration, a disgrace
to tbe country they came from, and to ha-
[Applause.]
can support in tbe Chicago convention, lie I {gjjgjgf of such - ag e that it proclaims
will ihfallably be left out. Several States its longevity by an odor which “smells
■Wisconsin among them—have already | rank to heaven,” as Shakespeare would
chosen delegates opposed to him.
—Mr. Oliver Dalrymple, the great Min
nesota fanner, intends to cultivate 30,000
acres ciif wheat this year. He will have
twenty steam threshers in operation with
one hundred and thirty-five reaping ma
chines. Last year he employed six hun
dred laborers, and this year will increase
tbe number to seven hundred.
—An Indian m aiden has been driven out
by ter tribe, in Oregon, because she mar
ried a Chinaman. A San Francisco Cliina-
inan has lost tbe respect of his country
men by marrying a negro woman. A Vir
ginia mob whipped a negro for marrying
a white woman.
put it. And a discovery of ancient butter
has been revealed near Lancaster, Penn
sylvania, that altogether eclipses any ever
used by boarding or any other house in
Baltimore or suburbs. Thirty-four years
ago a large crock of butter was suspended
by a rope into the well on what was then
the farm of Abram S. Mylin, but which is
now within the suburbs of Lancaster,
Pennsylvania. This old custom was a
good 0110 for keeping the butter fresh, but
this particular lot was destined never to
be eaten, for tbe rope broke, and for over
one-third of a century it has rested secure
ly in the bottom of the well. A few days
since the well was cleansed and the butter
again brought to light. It was found to
be as white as snow and as hard as ada
mant. It will be kept as a relic. It is too
old to eat, but it surely is one of the most
peculiar relics in existence.
Race.
Baltimore Sun.
B- N. Bruce, (colored), United States
Senator from Mississippi, delivered an ad
dress last night at the Presbyterian colored
church, Madison street, on the “Progress
and Future of the Colored Race in Ameri
ca.” Senator Bruce came on from Wash
ington, accompanied by Marshal Freder
ick Douglass, was met by a delegation at
the depot and escorted to the church,
which was .well filled, a number ofe those
present being white. He gave a history
of the introduction of the African race in
to America, and sketched its course up to
the present day. He referred to the pres
ence of five millions of blacks and a quar
ter of a million of a yellow race, Chinese
among the dominant white race, and said-
this was the only place where such a com
mingling of elements existed. The Chi
nese here have no political rights, but tlie
blacks, for ten years, have been an ele
ment, exciting the interests. : of
both political parties, and to
day they constitute the most hopeful
aud healthy mind of the nation. Sprung
more from the nation than the individual
State, the colored people are truer to the
nation and Union of the States than to
thp States. The prognostications of evil
about the freedman considering law to
be license Lave failed, and the fairest vote
for white and colored interest has been
where the blacks have had control. The
race, furnishes not more than a fair pro
portion of criminals and paupers, while
instances of success in all the professions,
and as merchants, planters, etc., are many.
Poverty not only restricts their success in
artisan work, but trades’ unions keep
them out. The rice has become thor
oughly Americanized, and lias even
adopted the great American characteris
tic of emigration. The color race is not
African save in color; in all other respects
it is American, and it possesses the same
claims as do those people who have lost
their nationality and taken American
naturalization.
Marshal Frederick Douglass followed
Senator Bruce, aud made a short and hu
morous address. He spoke ot the honors
on the honored broad brow of the three-
story headed black Senator from Missis
sippi. When he heard of Mr. Bruce’s
election to the United States Senate he
treified. He had heard speeches in
the Tlouse of Lords and the House of
Commons and elsewhere by great men,
and he regarded the United States Senate
as head and shoulders above any deliber
ative body in the world, and for this rea
son lie trembled when Mr. Bruce was
elected, thinking the race might not have
a proper representative. All his feare had,
however, been dissipated long since. No
man can say that Bruce has done
single foolish thing in the United States
Senate.
Mr. Douglass spoke against the exodus
of the colored people from the Southern
States, saying they should not leave a sec
tion where they have a monopoly of labor,
where their wants are few and food plen
tiful, to go where the landholders do their
own work, and where the colored people
are in such minority that they canuot
hope to have a governing voice in elec
tions. Later in the evening the visitors,
with a number of friends, were entertain
ed at Dr. Brown’s, No. 141 West Biddle
street. Messrs. Bruce and Douglass are
Dr. Brown’s guests, and will return to
Washington to-day.
Female Stock Exchange.
A New York special says: Much com
ment was caused to-day in the highest so
cial circles in this city in consequence of a
circular purporting to emanate from a pri
vate Stock Exchange for the exclusive use
of ladies which has recently been opened
by Mrs. M. E. Favor, at her residence, No.
40 West Twenty-fourth street. The cir
culars were addressed to prominent ladies,
many of them wives of gentlemen well
known in finance and other professions,
and set forth that the exchange was under
the immediate management of a lady of
standing who had long and successful ex
perience in stock speculation and did busi
ness in Wall street, through widely known
houses of bankers and brokers of large
capital and unquestionable solidity. The
Exchange was opened a week ago at the
urgent solicitation of ladies of large and
inaepeudent means, who had speculated
in Wall street for years, and often met
with loss because their facilities for infor
mation were not equal to those of men.
She was simply the salaried manager of
the concern. Ladies ofthe highest stand
ing, married and unmarried, some with
fortunes in their own right, and others
the wives of prominent lawyers, doctors
and even brokers, dropped in during busi
ness hours, and gave orders to buy or sell,
according to the state of the market. The
transactions were conducted on strictly
business principles, and no customers are
admitted only on introduction or when
guaranteed by parties with whom they
were acquainted. They took no orders
for less than one hundred shares, and con
sequently poor women could not speculate
through them if they would. Mrs. Favre
declined to give the names of the ladies
interested in the ' concern, or those
of its customers, but said that specu
lation in stocks was very common with
women of fortune. She attributes unfa
vorable criticisms to the jealousy of down
town brokers, who find a large and profit
able set of customers giving their orders
elsewhere.
This is a new phase in female progress,
and pne of Tery questionable propriety.
The next move will be regular female
gambling.
the Expense of the If any—The In-
iquitoua Tariff.
Accounts from every section ofthe iron
producing districts of the Union, agree in
reporting unexampled activity in mining,
smelting and the manufacture of iron
goods. The rise in the price of the crude
material has been most remarkable. A
Pittsburg iron manufacturer is quoted as
saying that ' “Turnaca ownera~who~ are
mining their own ores or hare old con
tracts at-$7 or $8 a-ton are making a hun
dred per cent, upon their output. The
cost of smelting when bituminous coal or
coke is nsed does not exceed $14 or $15
per-ton, and as the price of pig metal is
now from $40 to $45, you will see that the
margin of profit is enormous. New con
tracts for ore average about $12, and men
who pay this and also pay the highest
price for coke are still getting rich as fast
as they ought to desireT”
From the above it will be seen that the
astounding profit of 300 per cent, is real
ized in some instances by the manufactur
ers of pig iron. And yet these iron mas
ters are crying Out lustily against the pro
posed modification of the duty on steel
rails from $28 to $10 per ton.
In other words, the railroad builders
and otber consumers must be forced, no
lens volens, to take their iron at a price ru
inous to tlie buyers, and at un immense
sacrifice also of tbe public interests. No
wonder that the poor miners are dissatis
fied, and think they should share the pros
perity of their employers by an increase of
wages.
The [fact is becoming more apparent
daily, that the abatement of tbe present
monstrous high protective tariff is des
tined to become a strong and salient issue
in the pending Presidential canvass. The
people are sick of it. And when tlie
sturdy farmer sees how dearly
he is made to pay for the very imple
ments by which he makes his bread, sim
ply to fatten and" aggrandize a favored
class, he will think twice before casting
his ballot with the Republican party.
Surely,in this enlightened age,the palpable
injustice of such discriminations, and their
baleful effect upon the general industries
of the country, should be patent to all.
Repeal, then, should be tbe watchword of
the suffering masses.
Help for Ireland.
The magmficcnt donation of the New
York Herald to the starving multitudes
in the Emerald Isle, seems to have struck
a sympathetic chord in the hearts of all
Gotham). Following suit, hundreds are
pouring lin their contributions, and several
columns of the last Herald are filled with
notices of donations varying from fifty to
hundreds of dollars. The subscription of
tho Herald has given a boom to the whole
movement, and money and provisions
continuei to flow in apace. A plan has
been set on foot to organize ward commit
tees with a view to soliciting aid from ev
ery family in New York. It is calcula
ted that if this is faithfully carried out,
not less than one million of dollars will
be raised for the Irish sufferers.
How iplcasant it is to chronicle such
deeds of philanthropy and unselfish chari
ty.
Verilyj the “wide, wide world” is not
quite so bad as it is represented to be.
—The capitol at Albany, New York,has
cost thus far $10,000,000, and it is in an
unfinished condition. The Comptroller,
in his report, says it will cost millions
more. The original estimate of cost was
$4,500,000. The building of State-houses
is an expensive business, unless watched
and undertaken by honest men.
Unhappy Memphis.
One hundred cases of scarlet fever are
reported in Memphis. It does seem that
the fates have conspired against this de
voted city, and yet so commanding is her
commercial and geographical location that
the trade of the place was never brisker,
and the people rush along inquest of the
almighty dollar, regardless of death in
any form or shape.
The unprecedented mild winter beto
kens a gloomy prospect for next summer,
as there has been no weather sufficiently
severe to destroy the germs of the dreaded
fever. We would mildly suggest that it
would be well if “all hands and the cook”
would suspend the money making busi
ness for awhile, until the disease can be
exorcised by digging, draining, the re
moval of infected buildings, repaving the
streets, burning all suspected clothing,
and, in short, making a complete lustra
tion ofthe entire city. The results sought
are worth the outlay.
The Simmons Fiasco.
We do sincerely trust, for the honor of
the State, that this hybrid individual, who
is neither fish, flesh nor fowl in politics,
but a malignant “secesh” hating, so-called
Independent, may be rejected by the Sen
ate. Really, Such a man is not worth
fighting over, and albeit, we sustain Gen
eral Gordon and Colonel Hammond in
tbeir opposition to him, yet the “game is
not worth the candle,” and it is a matter of
regret that his case should have given the
least cause for personal misunderstanding
between any of the Georgia members.
M. Say, the Frenchman of leisure,
who, on pleasure bent, started around
the world in a private yacht recently, but
was driven into the Chesepeake by a
storm, concludes tbat his yacht is too
small for the undertaking, and so has or
dered a two hundred thousand dollar ship
from a Baltimore firm.
of the
The Railroad Situation.
Not even a rumor reached our ears yes
terday concerning the pending settlement
of the lessees of the Macon and Brunswick
railroad with Governor Colquitt. They
have until Friday next, to arrange matters,
and perfect either the lease or purchase,
but tbe fact tbat the parties are all in At
lanta, has kept the public on tiptoe to
learn the j result. Some assert there is a
hitch in the aiiair. But there is no ground
whatever for such an opinion.
On the contrary it is positively affirmed
by those who seem to know, that the
money required by the law has been rais
ed and will be duly forthcoming. The
delay, to say tbe least, however, is provok-
ingly tantalizing.
Matters relating to the Central railroad
are equally quiet. Mr. Wadley doubtless
knows what he is about, and will be care
ful wbat alliances and combinations he
forms hereafter. The roads of Georgia
are all doing a satisfactory business, and
everything looks bright in the future.
A Remarkable! Cure.
Our readers have doubtless read the
card and certificates of Dr. A. N. Moses,
who has earned a justly deserved reputa
tion for the cure of cancers and the most
obstinate cases of stammering. The wri
ter, having witnessed his success in Atlan
ta in both of these specialties, was in
duced to recommend him to Mrs. Mary
Low, now residing in this city, who had
a bright little boy five years of age, afflic
ted with a serious impediment in his
speech from his earliest infancy. She was
induced to take him to Dr. Moses, and in
five days > perfect cure apparently has
been effected. The child now pronounces
with entire distinctness the longest and
most complex words and sentences, and
without the slightest hesitation. Those
who have stammering friends, or are
themselves afflicted with this annoying
and troublesome infirmity, would do well
to consult the Doctor at his rooms at the
Lanier House. He will guarantee a cure
in every instance.
A Suggestive Comparison.
Our excellent contemporary, tho Augus
ta Chronicle and Constitutionalist, com
menting recently upon the fact that the
vigilant representative of the sixth Con
gressional District, Colonel Janies H.
Blount, had secured the passage of an act
establishing a Circuit and United States
District Court at Macon, asks “why it is
that our honored Representative should
permit the interests of the people of this
Section to be ignored ?”
And again:
While other cities and sections of Geor
gia have come in for a liberal share of ap
propriations fo.r internal improvements
from the Federal Government, Augusta
and this section have not been equally
fortunate. If any money has been ap
propriated for Government buildings in
Augusta, or for tlie improvement of nav
igation on the Savannah river, we have
failed to realize its benefits. Every city
in Georgia and every district has fared
better j u those respects than our own. It
is a matter of great pride to Lave go dis
tinguished and able a Representative in
Congress as Hon. Alex. H. Stephens. We
are proud of the honor and glorv which
so great a distinction confers. Our people
would like in this particular age, however,
to have an occasional appropriation for
some such needed work of internal im
provement. While Savannah, Atlanta
and Macon, and some little rivers in up
per Georgia, have received the aid of the
Government, Augusta and our beautiful
yellow Savannah have been neglected.
We admire the halo which our honored
Representatives shed upon our district,
but we want an appropriation, also.
We can assure our brother that it will
ever be a labor of love to co-operate with
him in the good work of securing for his
beautiful city that consideration from the
General Government, which is due to her
commercial enterprise and importance
Augusta is certainly, on account of her
direct communication with the sea, both,
by river and rail, equally, if not more en
titled to a custom-house and post-office
building than Atlanta. If appropriations
also are needed to improve the navigation
of the broad Savannah above the city of
the same name, they should be granted
by 1 all means. That river is the bounda
ry line of two States, and nature has
made it a most valuable artery of com
merce, if properly cleared out and devel
oped. In the matter, however, ofthe lo
cation of tlie Court in question, just as in
the proposition to transfer the State Fair
to our sister city, centrality of position and
the convenience of the people of the
commonwealth were the controlling fac
tors in the premises. The fair is a State
exposition, and, therefore, should be
made as accessible as possible to a
jority of the inhabitants of the State. If,
however, the annual exposition of the
Agricultural Society should he removed
thither, most heartily would we aid in
the work of making it a success. But it
is not reasonable or right to practically
ignore the convenience of all Northwest
ern aud Southwestern Georgia merely as
a matter of profit to a frontier city. On
tlie same principle Rome, Dahlonega,
Brunswick or Cutlibertliave equal claims
to the fair.
With regard to Mr. Stephens’ want of
industry in behalf of his constituents, we
have nothing to say. That is a family-
matter.
He is a fool. We mean the man, who
lets his baby cry- all night in the arms of
its mother, and does not sleep a wink,
when Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup will quiet
the baby by relieving its pain; a bottle
costing only twenty-live, cents.
Henry Moet, convicted of tbe murder
of his wife and her paramour, at Taghka-
nick, near Hudson N. Y., has been sen
tenced to be banged March 19. After sen
tence, the prisoner coolly asked th« court
that he be hanged in public, and that he
be,allowed to speak one hour and a half.
Macon’s Trade.
Business may he said to have beon fair
ly active yesterday. The streets were
crowded with wagons and country visi
tors, and the stores, retail and wholesale,
did not lack for customers. All was life
and animation, ’-and the stranger could
not have been otherwise than favorably
impressed with the trade and prospects of
our city. Everybody seemed to have
their hands full, and there were no idlers.
The wholesale merchants are crowded
with orders, and the wonder is, where do
so many goods go to ? Drays and wagons
are kept incessantly on the move, too, and
the drivers are happy. Yerily,our beau-
tifu* central city seems to he on the up
grade, decidedly. Long may she prosper!
Right.—The agitation for the reduc
tion of the paper tax and the tax on paper
makers’chemicals is daily increasing. The
newspapers all over the country are join
ing in the demand, and we predict the pro
tectionists will be badly beaten. The
present tariff must be razeed in these and
many other particulars. The countiy has
—Yesterday the anniversary
death of Pius IX. was to be observed at' had enough, of protection, quackery and
1 *hc Vatican by a splendid ceremonial. | swindling.
The Grant “Slauehter House.”
Under the above heading, the Philadel
phia times thus discourses upon the late
doings of the Harrisburg Republican Con
vention :
The action of the Republican State
Convention yesterday was correctly fore
shadowed in our full special reports of
the night previous. Senator Cameron
ruled what may by courtesy be called tbe
deliberations of the body, but was con
fronted by an opposition more formidable
in numbers and more earnest In purpose
than Las been common in his battles of
tbe last ten years, There have been live
ly skirmishes against him now and then
when a convention was on hand, and.
sometimes they threatened to precipitate
a serious engagement; but the uniform re
sult has been the submission of the mi
nority and its dispersion as an organized
element of discord. The battle of yester
day, however, developed not only a most
determined .lot of protestants, but they
made an exceptional record by strength
ening themselves and their cause as re
pulse after repulse had been suffered.
On the first direct test of strength for
the temporary chairman of the conven
tion, the opposition scored ninety-two
votes, or nearly two-fifths of the delegates.
•The second test, on the adoption of Mr.
Stewart’s amendment to Mr. Cessna’s res
olution, swelled the opposition to a round
hundred. Then Cameron made a gain
on the next trial, when ninety-five sup
ported Mr. Strong’s amendment substitu
ting the name ofBlaine for that of Grant.
Under ordinary circumstances a minority
thus thrice defeated, and its strength ap
parently declining, would have lost its ad
hesiveness and pluck and surrendered the
field to the majority, but when it came to
a direct show of hands in favor of or
against Grant, the opposition was increased
to one hundred- and thirteen, leaving
Cameron and Grant but the narrow ma
jority of twenty out of two hundred and
forty-six votes. This result astounded
both sides, and left the vanquished more
proud of their defeat than were the vic
tors of their triumph.
There are none so blind as not to seft
that the endorsement of Grant by the
Pennsylvania Convention is the veriest-
mockery of the public sentiment that
should have been honestly voiced by that
body. And it is not merely a fraud, and a
falsehood on its face, but it is a cruel sac
rifice of Grant before the world. To as
sume that the meagre twenty majority
given for Grant as the choice of the Re
publicans of this State for the Piesidency,
can be accepted either at home or abroad
as anything else than a decisive Grant de
feat, mu3t be the result of either ignorance
or madness. It is a costly and empty vic
tory for Cameron, but it crucifies Grant
amt makes it impossible for him ever to
receive the vote of the State at Chicago.
-—“Such a victory is a defeat,” says an-
anti-Grant Republican paper of the pro
ceedings of the Pennsylvania Convention,
It is possible, and yet it goes out to the
world that Pennsylvania is for Grant with
her twenty-nine votes, or, as they are
doubled in the convention, fifty-eight
votes.
—Count Rochamheau has signified his
intention of coming over to take part in
the Yorktown centennial observance. The
United States Government will send invi
tations to the French Government and to
the French societies in New York to join
in the national ceremonies. At least one -
French vessel and one French regiment
will be at Yorktown to help the cefebra- .
tion out.
—At Crugawn, Mayo, Ireland, when a
process server, aided by one hundred po
lice, attempted last month to serve notice
of ejectment, his progress was arrested by
three hundred women, armed with heavy
sticks. The women were remonstrated
with, but all arguments failed. At length
the police forced their way through, with
fixed bayonets, several of the women re
ceived thrusts, and reached the house
where the process was to be served. Hera
again a crowd of women opposed and
several were wounded; the process was.
however served.