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MACON, MARCH 16 *80.
The Third Term.
On the Wat to Mexico, and How
f They Talk. '
The NriwYork Su.it, of Tuesday, has a
letter from its Mexican correspondent, da-
-Cetywavo is reported to be anxious to ted at ^ era Cm h February 25th, just af-
see England, and it is thought that lie will te 5 f °‘ e ex-Presidential party had landed,
bo permitted to visit that country in the wUch S lves tte dflft of the views ex- was set aside,
summer pressed by Grant and Ms party, in rela-
—At the Barnstable (Eng.) election the tion 10 tbe third temi-tlie choice of the
Countess of Portsmouth, mother of the I* 0 ^’ tbe courae • purs “ ed b y Grant, as
successful candidate, addressed a crowded President, in securing the succession of
meeting Mr. Hayes, although he was defeated on
-The’ London Graphic has coinmis-' tlie popular rote-the necessity ofa strong
sloned most of the leading artists of the maQ for , tbo resident, ^ will follow
day to paint a head fulfilling the painter’s suit ^ nd ^ coun,ed ln > even if be sbou,d
ideal of female beauty. be defeated * a £olid Soutb > etc ” etc *
~1. ... . >’ “The conqueror of Richmond” is what
—The Wife and daughter ofSeMtor J tb ey de ]jg],t ca ]j General Grant In the
Edmunds will return to this county in I tropics. He has aged very much of late.
May. Mrs. Edmunds’s health has greatly I His beard is now almost altogether gray,
improved during her European trip. bi * S i!t weab and uncertain. Prob-
1 , . ... I ably this appearanae of premature age is
—Chicago is wrestling w ith the sewage | dne j 0 excessive use of tobacco, and he
water question. Two plans are suggested I has the dull, heavy look of persons who
{TOtvent mixing the drinking water with use that weed to excess. But in convex
sewage water. One plan is to pump the sati ,°. n be is both talkative andinteresting,
* ..... , I and is especially fond of describing scenes
sewage water into the canal, and thus I and occurrences of his tour round the
send it down into the Mississippi river; world. On the inside politics oftlie Uni-
and the other plan is to move the crib end ted States he is ordinarily silent, rarely
or.L„ l.b tunnel two « tl«. ^
further out. 'I stance, when he remarks that the result
—Mr. Gladstone, says the New York of the Pennsylvania Convention surprised
Sun, is too great a man to occupy a sec-1 ^im. But, in spite, of this reticence, the
ond place, and pjtf. rear In «» hint -
cupy the first. He renders every one un-1 as gathered in several conversations with
easy, even his friends. His brilliant mind I him and with his son, whose opinions are
lias so many facets; he reflects so many I merely a reflex of those of hb
ideas and shades of ideas; he sympathizes fat $j* n lje was flret e , ected to the Presi .
in various ways with so many conflicting denty, General Grant claims that it was
causes, and has such an imperious need of by the imffcrative desire of the whole na-
initiative that it is impossible to tell what The cry for him was so powerful
direction lie will take at a given moment. i!b uominatioi?; ’ andTe^v^ so strong
Tiie New York Charter.—The that he did not require their support. He
amendments to the" charter of the city of was elected by the voice of the people in
New York will be introduced in the Leg- °P p f to tIiepollti ? ians ; Bei . n S thus
This b a common idea of the meaning The Treaty With the ITtei.
of the third term, and it will be observed j The departmeafSu Washington has
that every man now prominent in pushing concluded an agreement with the Ute In-
the re-nomination of Grant, was also . dians, which provides for the surrender of
prominent in devbing and promoting that j those of the tribe concerned in the assas-
act of usurpation by which an executive i sinatlon of Agent Meeker and hb oosnpan-
not lawfully elected by the people was j ions, and failing in this, they promise to
installed, and one elected by the people ............ *—
<i. ,... . . _r . elected, it was bis ajifi to weaken the
blaturc of that State to-day. Under the J power 0 f professional politicians, and in
charter the appointing power is to be a order to do so he withdrew from the Sen-
permanent board, created according to the I ators who were in Congress at his inaug-
suggestion of the Evarts commission and Se^neScfwt^af EfSedThl
so arranged that one-lialf of the offices I hatred of the whole tribe, and they .are
and patronage under the city government I now opposed to his renomination. In
will be secured to the Republicans so long I something of the same way,'lie says, he
as they cau prevent tlierepeal of the char- the hatred of journalists. Dur-
} F j mg the war it was his constant object to
ter - snub them and to refuse them any assl$t-
Axother CoNSOLibATiON.—The draft j ance in tlie prosecution of their labors,
of a contiact between the New"York Cen- Pbe consequence of .this snubbing of the
«' »■> *—«* ^a»y md. r.,
a practical consolidation of through United States has always been opposed to
freight interests, concerning which there him. At the time of hb re-election, the
have been various rumors the past fort-1 P resa was bitterly hostile to'him, yet lie
night, was made public in Boston Monday an “ whatS beeSne ln}c <£ri P be
through a communication through the done again. If there should be a plcb-
railroad commissioners to the Legislature, I iscite it b the opinion of General Grant
called out by an order of inquiry. The 1 and b * s „ party that he would receive the
/ . . , i I votes of nine-tenths of tile American peo-
property and earnings of each company pj e> *
are to be independent and distinct. • I Outside the honor and power; that' a
—Honorable George Ticknor Curtis has I tbird term would confer on him, there are
written a letter showing how and why SSanxfoLSTXln tKom^nXn
Congress can review tlie proceedings of a 0 f hb party. He says he is a poor man,
court-martial. Referring to the case off not even as well oft'as lib young son, who
Fitz-John Porter, the proof of whose in-1 j s practicing law in New York. When
Curt*
says lie can see no good reason why Con- and in consequence of tlie failure of tlie
gress should not, in the exercbe of its un- Constitution to provide a pension for an
questionable power to govern the army, I es -President, he now finds himself with-
_r . J out profession or business, and well ad-
a ml a w ron B that was done withm tbe vanced in years. The proposal made to
army, and done under -tlie same power I him to take the Presidency ol tlie company
which is now moved to redress the wrong.” j formed to construct the Isthmus canal,was
Mr. Curtis farther says that if tbb were I t,ie work of I^liticians, who hoped by hb
^ A ^ ... . . - .. I acceptance of it to remove a powerful and
the case of a conviction in a court oi; the dangerous candidate. Again, it will mob-
United States, exerebing a part of the ju- ably be necessary, be thinks, to have as
dicial power, very different principles I t,ie Republican candidate, a man of tried
would nnrdv tn it nerve and firmness.
Tx 11 , , , r j Wlien, at the last election, the Commis-
Honoiable \\ ilham Cumback, of In- s j on declared Mr. Hayes President, Gen-
diana, lias been lecturing in tlie western oral Grant took decided steps to have him
part of Pennsylvania. Tlie New Castle inaugurated, nis preparations were com-
Courcnt reports hb views on the P««i- tcSr^ttedahS
deucy as follows: “Adverting a moment of Mr. Tilden, that gentleman, the recal-
to politics, lie gave it as the result of his citrant Democratic Senators, and Mr.
observation in Ohio and Michigan, as well I R a ndall, would immediately have been
tied anupathv in tlie hearts of the people tail would have been seized by the mili-
against anything looking to a third Presi-1 tary. It was the knowledge of these pre-
dential term. The feeling b not against I P ara ’*ons that deterred the Democrats
G„n, „ an WWdna,. .1,and. I,a non,- [TZVX1TSZ'e^SlZ
mauds their honor and tlieir respect, but these effective steps. Now Mr. Hayes,
When mentioned in connection with a I “the present incumbent,” as General
third term it is very often most empbati-1 Grant eupliembtically terms him, is a
.... . I very weak man, and should the number
cally stated that under no circumstances I 0 f vo tes for each candidate lx: anything
Will they support him therefor.” like as close as in 1875, he might not as-
Tiib Deadly Beak ox the Ply- j scr t tlie rights of the party. Even if, by
mouth.—A Portsmouth (N. H.,) dispatch I l ! ie a J? a “solid South, ’ a Democrat
. ... tt- , I should be elected by a small majority, it
to the TI orld says the naval beard, on I j s no t unlikely that trouble would ensue,
sanitary inspection of tbe United States I for the North and West would not readily
steamer Plymouth, which has been quar- submit to a Government chosen by that
antined at Portsmouth, X. H., since au-1 mea - ris - WLat ’ tben ’ is - tbe natU!al rcs,llt
tuiun, have, it b said, brought to light a
state of affairs not coniuctive to tbe
health of the men who have been on
board or for tbe safety of the vessel itself.
Among other things there was found be
tween decks a deep accumulation of de
cayed beans and other stuffs, which emitted
most offensive odors when dbturbed. It
is further stated that the wood of the ves-1
sel itself is badly decayed, and the won-
of all this ? In General Grant's opinion,
it b necessary that the Republican candi
date should be a man who will not hesi
tate to use proper force to obtain, his
rights, and the man who would not fear
to order out the military, is the candidate
[ who b wanted.
Moreover, as between the different lead-
I ers of tlie Republican party, it is General
Grout's opinion that the antagonism be
tween Conkling and Blaine would render
either of them a weak candidate, and
I Secretary Shepnan would be still weaker,
der is expressed tliat slie has held together I The financial policy under which resump-
_ , , „ 1 tion has taken place was. no creation of
so long and so well. j Mr. Sherman, and liis loudly vaunted
—Had Lord Beacons field, says the Sun, success is due entirely to the policy begun
timed the dissolution of Parliament for a,,d .P lam, I cd by Goneral Grant. During
. ... _ . , , _ , , I the incumbency of Mr. Ilayes the real
that period wlien affaire looked gloomy in po Wer ha3 in the hand3 of Sherman,
Afghanistan and Zululand, he might well I and every one knows li6w it has boon
feared to take the popular verdict. He used- If any one wanted an office, it
has chosen a moment when in both Af- S oUld n>«ch better to be refused by
uiutuvui, IHU.U ui uviu ——— Hayes and supported by Sherman than to
ghanbtan and Zululand the British arms be promised anoffice by nayes and have
seem to have triumphed; when two recent Sliermah only a lukewarm supporter,
elections have resulted in conservative | The foregoing are the sentiments cx-
victories; when the public mind has be- pressed by Grant and lib companions in
corn, familiar with the Irish famine and SSTELSE
begins to tliink less of tne stories of suf-1 to possess themMs tlie necessity of having
fering than of the schemes of relief; when I a Republican candidate who will not besi-
Russia, paralized to hear the rumblings ‘ ate to call out the military and employ
. : . . . .1 I force, if by any cliance there is a contro
that betoken revolt, forbears to challenge I verS y ^ ^ w i,i c ], candidate is elected in
England in Asia. Probably no time November next. General Grant lias lately
within tbe past twelve months bas been I been studying in a school where the use
so auspicious for tlie dissolution, regarded of th ? arm y *® control the wbhes of the
, v , c , „ . . , . I people is the first principle,
from Lord Beaconsficld’s point of view, 1 A . „ . .. * .....
,, , , • , I We can hardly doubt that this is a cor-
nor will a second be found in the twelve- ., . ... .. .. ....
... rect insule view of the situation, and that
month to come. .. . ... . . ..
all previous outgivings about declining a
Two Mux Attacked hi Droves of I COR tost or a squabble for the nomination
Rats. A remarkable and perhaps un-1 bave been in tlie nature of a tub to tlie
precedcnted combat took place at Bos- j p 0 p U ] ar -whale, and will be shown to be
tick’s mill, near I’edee, N. C., on the Oth. j cn tircly fallacious. Unless it becomes
It seems that General Bostickand one of liis veiy clcar tliat a-third term race will be
employees, Anderson W ayles, went into j f 0 j| 0We d by probable defeat the claims of
a com liopsc which has been stored with J Grant will be pushed as inexorably as
com for nearly twelve months, and which I those of any othqtxandidate, and the ma-
lias been closed for tliat length of time, j c ],j ne tactics which have secured him the
After getting in they found that the place I delegations of Pennsylvania and New
tfras literally alive with rats, which began York, in uttar misrepresentation of the
to attack fiercely tlie two men, who in vain pubHc sentiment of those States, will be
attempted to beat them off. The rats carried straight through,
came upon tlieiJi in droves, biting them I j s no new j dea that Hayes was count-
about the hands, face, and legs, several I C( j |jj j XI st because the majority for Tilden
actually getting under M ayles’s shirt. I wa3 ma jjgy a Southern majority. Sucli a
Both men cried for help, and were rescued I flagrant usurpation never would have
from their perilous situation. The wholp I b een attempted or acquiesced in by tbe
of General Bostick’s left ear was eaten off, pg 0 pj e the United States North or
and his face horribly bitten. Wayles I g^th but for this fact. The votes were
nose and lips were so badly bitten that his 1 b e jd to be unworthy of respect. And
best friends could not recognize him and wllen General Grant now indirectly bnt
his left eye was tom from its socket. ^ I distinctly proposes himself for a third term
The opinion seems to be getting quite ! on the ground that he will' not respect
general that tlie Democratic party cannot such vote3 next year _b u t, if defeated by
afford to take any extra risks by the nom- the Iawful suffragcs of the people, will,
ination of Mr. Tilden, however just ap-1 nevertheless, seize tlie office and arrest
patently may be Ills claims. j and j mpr j SO n the «conspirators” who
Jiall insist that the will of the people
In short, the third term
imperialism and a strong government is
in open antagonism to a government of
the people. It is a pronunciamento
against popular rights and free-govem-
ment. It is a proposition to Mexlcanize
the Republic and substitute force for the
ballot, if tbe ballots don’t go for Grant.
For the lir t time lor a good many days,
estei day the weather was slightly wintry j must be carried out, he represents the
-about 50-55 perhaps. • feelings of the third term party
Personal.
Having sold my interest in the Tele
graph amd Messexgee to Joseph Clis-
by, Esq., my connection with it has come
to an end.
Ill health aud other considerations of
no interest to the public compel this step,
and I now say good-bye and God bless
you! to all its friends and patrons. For
more tbanten years I have endeavored to
defend their rights, promote their inter
ests and advance the cause of pure and
honest government. How I have suc
ceeded let them decide. By their verdict
I am willing to stand or fall.
For my late associates I invoke for
tune’s choices favors—a subscription list
upon which not one black sheep shall ap
pear, and an army of advertisers with fat
balances at their bankers, and a keen and
daily growing appreciation of tin virtues
of printer’s ink.
From my comrades of the State press I
part with sincere regret. With some of
them 1 have had many bouts, but I can
honestly claim never to have “struck be
low the belt” or cherished anger after the
fight was over. May they all live Ion;
and prosper. A. W. Reese.
Washington City, March 4,1880.
The Monroe Doctrine-
The famous deliverance made by Pres
ident Monroe December 2d, 1823, that no
European power should be allowed to get
a foothold in future on this continent, has
always been received with favor by the
people. Recent occurrences in Congress,
and the message of Mr. Hayes, render it
evident that the same policy will be as
serted in the construction of any inter-
oceanic canal or railway across the Isth
mus of Darien, or via Nicaragua. Among
the resolutions unanimously adopted on
the Gth instant, by the select Committee
of the House of Representatives in the re
port which is to be presented for the joint
consideration of Congress, we find the
following:
If esofeed, That it is tlie interest and right
of the United States to have the posses
sion, direction, control anidgovernment of
any canal, railroad or other artificial com
munication to be constructed across the
Isthmus connecting the Amerieah conti
nents, for transfer of vessels and cargoes
from the Caribbean sea to the Pacific
Ocean, whether the same he built or con
structed at Panama; Nicaragua or else
where; and in view of the magnitude of
this interest, it is tlie duty of the United
States to insist that if built, and by
whomsoever tlie same maybe commenced
prosecuted or completed, and whatever
the nationality of its corporators or the
source of their capital, the interest of the
Unitxl States and their right to possess and
control the same will be asserted and
maintained whenever, in their opinion, it
becomes necessary.
This is strong and emphatic language,
and looks very like throwing tbe gauntlet
down to tlie w.bole world. We suppose it
may be justified, however, under the prac
tice of nations in past ages, who have
seized fortresses and occupied whole coun
tries under the specious pretext of seif-
preservation, now many boundary lines
in Europe have been conquered aud made
permanent under tlie plea alone of neces
sity ? By what other right does England
hold tlie straits of Gibraltar and tbe is
land of Malta, save for the protection of
her commerce ? The proposition, there
fore, lias been tacitly admitted and ac
quiesced in the world over, tliat a state
can do that which under the code of mor
als would be reprehensible and intolerant
in a private individual.
Two days after the adoption by tlie
committee of the above resolution, which
is one of several, President Ilayes sent in
a message to Congress fully sustaining
the action which had been takau. We
quote the following from it:
An inter-occanic canal across the Amer
ican isthmus will essentially change the
geographical relations between the Atlan
tic and Pacific coasts ofthe United States,
and between the United States and the
rest of the world. It would he the great
ocean thoroughfare between our Atlantic
and our Pacific shores, and virtually a
part ofthe coast line ofthe United States.
Our merely commercial interest in it is
greater than that of ail other countries,
while its relations to our power and pros
perity as a nation, toourmeaiis of defense,
our unity, peace and safety, are matters of
paramount concern to the people of the
United States. No other great power
would, under similar circumstances, fail
to assert a rightful control over a work so
assist the officers of the ; Government in
their efforts to arrest them.
After 160 acres of agricultural lands and
as much more suitable for grazing has
been reserved "ter each head of a family,
and bait that quantity to each single per
son, the 'remainder of the Indian territory
is ceded to the United States. The South
emUtes agree to remove t* the unoccu
pied agricultural lauds on tbe La Plata
River in Colorado and New Mexico; the
Uncoiupabgres go to. tlie I Grand River,
near tbe mouth of the Gunnison, in Col
orado; the White River Utes will take up
lands on the Uintah reservation of Utah.
This agreement is entered into by the
chiefs upon the following conditions:
1. The Government is to patent to the
Indians in severalty the lands reserved for
them, this title to remain inalienable, and
the lands not to be taxable for twenty-five
2. The annuities heretofore provided,
amounting now to $00,000, will.be paid
to thc Indians in cash, and as much more
will be added as Congress shall appropri
ate. Stock, wagons, agricultural imple
ments sufficient for their reasonable wants
are to be furnished, and also such saw
aud grist mills as may be necessary to en
able them to commence farming. A com
mission is to be appointed to superintend
the settlement. The money appropriated
is to be divided as follows: One third to
those settling on the La Plata river, one
half to those on the Grand river, and onS
sixth to those on the Uintah Reservation.
3. As pay for tlieir lands the Utes are to
receive an annuity of $50,000, to be dis
tributed among them per capita, and their
present annuity of $25,000 is to he con
tinued. The support of the Utes until
they can become self-supporting and tbe
education of their children is provided for.
The Secretary says that this is the first
timea settlementoflndians has been made
without assigning to them a formal reser
vation in the old way. These Indians
will’be settled, toali intents and purposes,
like other people.’ The Ute chiefs are all
confident that the agreement will he rati
fied by their people.
Now, letus see how long the govern
ment agents wUl keep faith with the poor
Utes and how much of that cash they will
ever handle. 'Sooner or later the poor
wretches must all • be driven to the wall
and exterminated. It is the old story of
the strong'absorblug the. weak.
The Tarriff Discussion Revived.
It would appear from out late press
dispatches tlial, despite the announced
withdrawal of the tariff question for the
balance of the session, motions have been
made and entertained in Congress look
ing to modifications of tbe duty upon su-
f gar, paper, type,-etc. We only trust that
this may turn out really to bo true, and
tliat tbe people’s representatives, over
borne by tbe immense pressure from with
out, will not fail to abolish the shameful
duty upon paper, which is a tax upon tlie
progress and intelligence of the whole
conutiy.
closely and vitally affecting its interests
and welfare.
Without urging further the grounds of
my opinion, I repeat, in conclusion, that
it is the right and duty of the United
States to assert and mantam such super
vision and authority over any iuter-oceanic
canal across tlie isthmus that connects
North and South America as will protect
our national interests. This, I am quite
sure, will be found not only compatible
with but promotivc of tlie widest and
most permanent advantage to commerce
and civilization.
Rutherford B. Hayes, "i-
It will be-seen, therefore, that upon tlie !
continued assertion of the Monroe doc
trine there is practically no division of
opinion In the country. But in the pres
ent instance a suspicion is afloat that in
terested parties are seeking to choke JoffM.
Lesseps to further tlieir own private plans.
On this subject tlie New York Bulletin,
which is one of tlie few papers apparently
hostile to the Monroe doctrine, says:
In another column will be found a copy
of a joint resolution to be reported to the
House designed to apply the Monroo doc
trine to any and every project for connect
ing the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The
assumptions oftlie resolution‘are simply
monstrous; and as needless as they are
monstrous. It closely concerns Congress to
ascertain how far this measure is designed
to give exclusive privilege to the promo
ters of one particular Isthmus scheme.
There are very plain symptoms that a
huge speculative “job” is being batched at
Washington in connection with this mat
ter, that will ultimately bring neither
credit to Congress nor advantage to the
country. Congressmen need to be put on
their guard.
Of course our representatives should
post themselves upon the question before
taking any action whatever upon this im
portant subject.
Sexatok Cameron is said to have
admitted in Washington recently that the
opposition to General Grant may become
so strenuous that his nominatiop, when
the Convention meets, may be inadvisa
ble. That shows that the Senator’s rep
utation for political^ sagacity is well j
Work was begun last week on tlie Cape
Cod Ship Canal in order that the charter
might not run out. Now that ground has
been broken, the engineers expect that not
more than two will be necessary. Tlie
authorized capital is $4,000,000, and it is
proposed to go on with the work at once,
with a capital of $2,000,000. The greater
part of this lias been subscribed by New
York capitalists. So far as can be learned,
no shares are owned in Boston.
The route folloSvs a tiatural valley, just
where the cape joins the main land, and
is about seven anil one-lialf miles’ long.
Monument river will be dredged, and the
bay also, for a distance of - about two
miles. This work will be • begun at Aga
wam Point. No contracts have been let,
and the work will most likely be earned
on by the company for some time. Where
the Old Colony railroad crosses the caual,
a drawbridge will be built, and probably
another at tlie crossing ofthe highway.
At tlie other end .of the proposed route is
a river. Tlie Monument river flows into
Buzzard’s Bay, having a tide which ex
tends three miles inland. At the other
side, the Scusset river, emptying into
Barnstable Bay, stretches up into tlie nar
row neck of land until tlie divide between
the two streams is lessened to about
three-quarters ofa mile. This ridge is
only a little over twenty-five feet above
high water at Massachusetts Bay, and as
this is the highest point on the route, the
practicability of a sea level canal, so far
as tlie general trend of the laud enters
into tlie question, is seen at once.
The Virginia Juries.
The Virginia Legislature is much ex
cited over the action of'the United States
Supreme .Court oyer their juries. The
State Senate has declared, in a preamble
and resolutions, that tbe recent Supreme
Court decision threatens the very exist
ence of State governments as distinct
sovereignties,'and it places the judiciary
of the State completely under the control
of tlie United States, and, if followed to
thatlogica} results, vrill^nible the United
States Congress to coerce the State, judi
ciary, as well as the State executive and
legislative departments In all matters,
thus destroying every vestige of State sov
ereignty, a most alarmirig' doctrine to all
who Value the blessings of jibe.ty, for tbe
security of which tlie United States Con
stitution itself- was established and or
dained.
Tlie decision threatens still more po
tently the great fundamental Republican
doqrine of “no distinction on account of
color, race or previous condition.” The
laws of Virginia vest the selection of jury
men In couuty authorities, and limit the
selection only by the single condition
that they shall' be competent. The Su
preme Court now adds the further condi
tion that some of them must be colored—
tliu3 making a distinction on account of
color and race. T-he, court, in this case,
imitates the father of’tlie Industrious boy,
who insisted that his boy should take a
holiday, and put him in jail because he
refused.
Let Virginia keep cool and wait for a
change of wind. A fuss now will amount
to nothing. But. in due time some of
these tyrannical infractions of the rights
and duties and privileges of States will
strike the master States with fatal effect,
and rouse tlieir indignation beyond the
power of language to express. Then, they
will sputter at a fearful rate, and clamor
effectively for a return to the constitu
tion.
The Northern States have ten times
the pecuniary interest that the Southern
States have in a government of law in
harmony with tlie true Federal plan; but
they can’t see that they have any interest
at all' in law and justice short of a practi
cal demonstration that law and usage are
bound to approach uniformity in all the
States—that they can’t maul the Southern
States over the head long without crack
ing a Northern crown. This they are
bound to discover in time, ani^by and by
all the States will he more than ready to
return to the plan of government estab
lished by the constitution and fathers of
the Republic, and whenever the Northern
people shall be ready we may be sure the
Southern States will second the motion.
Ax elder, wlio is conducting religious
services at a mission chapel in Cleveland
asks the unconverted siimm ol’ the vicin
age to accept offhand, as a fact, his ac
count of the miraculous cure of Mis. Win
Miller. The lady's health entirely failed
about eight years ago, attended with a
chronic cough and hoarseness, which con
tinued about live years. She was like a
wreck in mid- Oceau, tossed hither and
thither by the merciless winds and finding
no real rest. She did not fear death, but
fretted' anil worried about leaving lier
helpless children. In tbe midst of these
terrible mind wanderings, God gave her
a vision that inspired her with hope, ban
ishing the confusion and gloom of her
mind. Wlien the vision appeared to
her a Vast plain - stretched before lier,
reaching in all directions to the horizon,
No object, no adulation broke
the beauty of tbe grass which
covered the ground like a caipet of velvet,
It was evening twilight, the air movod
softly, laden with fragrance of rich flow
ers, filling her whole being with gladness,-
hope atid a longing for life. “And the sky
looked pure as the spirit that made it.”
Multitudes of bright stars began to appear
in the heavens as-the gorgeous rays ofthe
setting sun flooded the whole earth. To
the left a mansion of grand proportions
aud marvellous beauty stood. As she
turned from the mansion to again look at
tbb sou| ravishing landscape she beheld
two angels ^holding a woman in their
arms, and the more she examined the
features of the woman she became con
vinced that the woman was herself. Af
ter the vision had passed Mrs. Miller fell
into a sweet and sound slumber, which
continued until early dawn when siie rose
from her bed feeling fresh and bright.
That morning she prepared breakfast for
her family, the first she had done for two
years before; lier coughing bad left her,
and she was in all respects a new woman.
Two years aud eight months have now
passed since Mrs. Miller was blessed witli
a glimpse of the people of heaven, and
during that time she has been doing her
household work, aud each night aud
momingj the song of her heart is, “Rest in
God, resfl in God.”
New Process for Making Steel.
It appeats that a process for making steel
of a quality superior fo.that produced by
tlie Bessemer methods', aud at a consider
able saving of expense, lias been in use in
tbisountry for tlie last four years, but
bow extensively we are not advised. Tlie
process is covered by letters patent, and
has been purchased by tlie “United
States Patent Steel Company.” If half
of wliat is claimed for it is true, it is a
most valuable invention. The proprietors
allege tlmt the use of tbelr process saves
material, fuel, labor and time. The
chemicals employed are stated to cost not
exceeding 75 cents per ton of product.
Iron which it has been found iuiptssible
to use either alone or in mixture with oth
er irons, it is said, can he profitably con
verted into steel, so tliat good steel rails
can be iqade from a mixture of from CO
to 75 per cent of old iron rails and tbe
balance of good stock.
IN Wilmington, N. (’., under the sys
tem of bar and river improvement now in
progress there, there is a steady gain in
_ depth of water. The British hark. George
mounded Just'as the Harnsbuig Conven- J Davis, with a cargo of 5,S54 barrels of ros- I. I
tion proved tliat his skill in political gen- in, and drhwing seventeen f*et two inches poses of tins action is to provide for the
eralship even under the most unfaYora- of water, passed over the bar without de- free admission of tlie Egyptian obelisk
j ble circumstances, is unrivalled. teution. . now on its way to this country.
John Bright on the Sonth.
The Atlanta (Ga.), Constitution pub
lishes the following letter, addressed by
Mr. John Bright to a gentleman of that
city:
“I thank you for sendingme your little
book. I have not yet seen it, as it is
doubtless at my house in Lancashire. I
did not omit notice oftlie South, for I said
a good deal about Texas. As for your
old slave Sout-n, you will have few Eng
lishmen settling there so long as the old
temper of your people continues to exist.
W? h<?3» ofthe ill treatment of the negro,
and the hostile disposition of many of
your white population toward families
who come from the North. I know not
how much of this is true, but so long as
the belief in its truth exists your Southern
States will make small progress iii com
parison with the North anil West. You
have soil aud climate, but you will not
easily or speedily shake oil' the old curse
and inen from Europe will prefer a coun
try where slavery has not prevailed, and
where the negro is not a considerable por
tion of your population. They will think
the North and West offer a better field
for them, with more real freedom and
less of the elements of disorder. I wish
all your States a growing prosperity.”
The fair fruitful domain of tlie South
ern States is open freely to immigration
from all parts of the earth. It is to-day
the most peaceful anil quiet part of tlie
North American Continent, and what is
more, a place where every able bodied
industrious aud moral man is bound, by
the blessing of Heaven, to win a compe
tence for liimsclf and family.
But, all this conceded, will any one
give us a sensible reason why we should
urgently desire a large immigration from
abroad? Will not a vast increase
in cotton production surely render tlie
business unprofitable? Land owners
might I be benefited, for a time, by in
creased demand for land, but that would
not add to the profits of agriculture, or
the comfort of the people. A heavy in
crease in number might give greater vi
tality to public schools and churches, and
might add to social attractions; but then
again, they might not.
Our own view of the matter is tliat.
while we should welcome immigration in
a free and generous mauner, it would of
fer no sure guaranty of any substantia!
improvement in the condition of those
who are here. We may be he fired with
an ardent ambition for large figures ou the
census list, but this is an empty honor.
The general average condition of the peo
ple, the hulk of whom are poor, would not
be promoted by raising the price of land
and largely swelling the cotton crop.
The Two-thirds Rule.
As the day for ' the assembling of the
Democratic National Convention draws
nearer, the policy of continuing in force
the two-thirds rule in the nomination ofa
candidate ior President, is evoking much
discussion. However wise in State and
local politics, the action of a simple ma
jority might be in the selection
of candidates, no good reason
has been given for a change in tlie
time-honored custom of our .National
Conventions requiring a greater approach
to unanimity in the selection of a Presi
dential standard bearer. The two-third3
rule was adopted in the first National
Convention of the Democratic party, and
nas continued in operation ever since,
without a break.
General Jackson, Mr. Van Boren, Gen
eral Cass, Mr. Poik, Mr. Pierce, Mr. Buch
anan, Mr. Seymour, and Mr. Tilden, were
all nominated by a two thirds majority,
some of them under what appeared to be
almost insuperable difficulties. Still, the
plan worked well, and the masses of the
party in each case wheeled into line with
commendable unanimity, and polled their
full strength. It is Stated as aremakable
fact, also, that no candidate who ever re
ceived a majority of the votes at any bal
lot, failed to be nominated eventually.
At this critical time, therefore, when per
fect harmony and union in the ranks of
the Democracy are so essential to success,
it would be alike inexpedient and wrong
to abolish the rule, under the operation of
which we have so often marched to vic
tory. At this juncture, too, the Savannah
News shows that the two-thirds rule gives
the Democratic States in the Convention
the balance of power, which, it seems but
faiiHliey should have, as upon them will
devolve the election of the candidate at
the ballot box. We quote as follows from
that journal:
The New England States, (Connecticut
excepted) with Pennsylvania and ths
Northern States, exclusive of Ohio and
Indiana, have 264 delegates, and under
the majority rule they would lack only
100 votes to give them control of the nom
ination, and the votes of New York (70)
and Ohio (44) would give such a combi
nation full control, with eight votes to
spare. But if a two-thirds vote be re
quired, the Republican States need to ob
tain 228 votes to overpower the Demo
cratic States, and to secure these must get
the undivided vote of New York, Ohio,
New Jersey, Connecticut, Colorado,
Nevada, California and Oregon, each
of which is more or less doubtful,
and all of them having 174 del
egates in the next convention, and
even then they would fall short of two-
thirds just forty-four votes, which would
have to be drawn from the Democratic
States.. The argument in favor of the
two-thirds rule is that no nomination can
he made against the protest of even one-
sixth of the delegates from the Demo
cratic States. Against the majority rule
it may be probably urged that these Re
publican States, with 264 votes, can, by
uniting with doubtful States, rear a plat-
and nominate a ticket in spite of
The Feeling on the Tariff Ques
tion.
The Committee on Ways anil Means in
the House of Representatives have gotten
themselves into hot water by the resolu
tion to defer all action on the tarifi' for
the present session. They would do well
to reconsider the matter, so far as relates
at least to the duties on paper, type and
several other important articles.
The Chicago Tribune, handles them
thus mercilessly:
“The action ofthe Committee of Ways
and Means is disgraceful; the country
may well go further and say it is dishon
est. It is an extension of time in which
plunder and robbery may be profi-
itably prosecuted under tbe sanc
tion of.law. It is a shameless disregard
of the obligations of Representatives;
surrender by 1 03 sworn repre
sentatives of the people of the exclusive
power to-perpetuate iniquitous and inde
fensible taxation to seven representatives
of tbe most scandalous monopolies'which
curse the land. The steel-rail companies
and the railroad corporations they own,
the fraudulent sugar refiners, the patent
and protected pulp members in Congress,
tlie caipet monopolists, and the whole
army of beneficiaries under special legis
lation, have combined and hold the hon
esty, the good faith,’die morality and con
sciences of the majority of the House of
Representatives in absolute control. It is
possible that in due time-retributive jus
tice may at least reach the false Repre
sentative, even if it fail to touch the enor
mity by which he was corrupted.”
In Favor of Putting the Obelisk on
the Free List.
A special dispatch to the World says:
The Senate Finance Committe on Fri
day agreed to a hill to admit classical an
tiquities into the eouutrv free of duty. It
is understood that one of the special pur
poses of tlris action is to provide for the
form
the wishes of the Democratic States* Ac
cording to those figures the two-tlurds rule
gives the Democratic States the balance of
power, while tlie majority rule leaves them
at the mercy of States hopelessly Repub
lican.
On tbe whole, therefore, we think it is
best to let well enough alone, and incur
no risk in the National Democratic Con
vention by departing from the time-hon
ored usages of the party’. Wlien State
and District Conventions meet, in cases
where the two-thirds rule has \>een in
force hitherto, no change can be made
without giving offense to one or more can
didates and perhaps creating disastrous
divisions. The substitution of a majority
rule for the old two-thirds, could only be
effected after a convention of the party
had made its nominations, and there were
no personal interests involved. Even
then it is doubtful whether tlie act of one
convention would bind its successor.
Macon and Brunswick Railroad Com*
„ pany.
As the time approaches for the perma
nent organization of this company, the
shaping of its policy, aud the selection of
its permanent officers, there is much, and
very proper and natural interest on the
part of the public to know what these will
be. Of course, at this date, nothing very
definite can, on some of the above points,
be expected. It is too soon to look for
much that is salient.
There is one matter, however, that as
'public journalists, we believe we fully
reflect the public judgment, and wish arid
expectation, when we state that the Geor
gia associates and directors, Messrs. Ha-
zlehurst, Lane andCouper, are entitled to
have, and it would be well if they did
have, great weight and influence in all the
above. Messrs. Wilson and McGhee, and
their associates, would do well to listen to
the counsel and advice of these gentle
men, and to follow their recommenda
tions and judgment in the shaping of the
policy of the new company, aud in the se
lection and make-up of it3 permanent or
ganization.
Their Georgia associates are gentlemen
Of great experience, of the highest char
acter, and know full well not only the
wants and interests of the railroad, but
also of the people. They farther have the
full confidence of the public, and can be
of incalculable service to Messrs.
Wilson, McGhee, aud their as
sociates, in the future, in matters of legis
lation, litigation, popularizing the road,
gaining and keeping its patrons, increas
ing its business, and in warding off harm
from it.
As the road has changed hands, the
public need to be brought to regard the
new owners as friends and home people,
and not as aliens and strangers. We
know of no three gentlemen in Georgia
probably better able to effect all the above
than Messrs. Hazlehurst, Lane and
Couper. Hence, it would seem reasonable,
proper and necessaiy that they should
wield much influence m the plans and ac
tions of the new company.
They ought to have such power and
control for another reason, for if conceded
to them the people would have an addi
tional assurance that the State policy in
volved in this whole Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad matter, as it was enunciated
and took shape in the two acts passed
with such unanimity at the last session of
the Legislature, was to be faithfully and
honestly carried out. It would be an
earnest of what Messrs. Wilson, McGhee
and their friends intended to do in the
premises. Great questions of public pol
icy, inaugurated by the State some thirty
years ago, and confirmed by the Supreme
Court of the State subsequently, are in
volved in the due execution of the laws
under which this property was sold by the
State, both in letter and spirit, and if the
local Georgia directors have conceded to
them proper weight and influence it would
be an additional assurance of good faith
on the part of the new owners. We know
nothing why all this will not be so, but
we see no harm in alluding to the matter
this juncture in the affairs of the new
company.
The French at Yorktown.
It is reported tliat France will be
invited to participate in the Centennial
celebration of the Yorktown surrender.
Tiiis would he an eminently graceful
act on the part of America. The Marquis
Cornwallis and liis brave associates did
much to aid in that glorious achievement,
and it is but fitting that some recognition
should be made of our generous ally on
that occasion. A contemporary thinks
that the closing victory of the American
revolution in reality inaugurated the
French Republic. It says: “Two Repub-
lies were born at Yorktown, and it is em
inently proper that both should celebrate
its hundredth anniversary.”
St. Louis lias passed an ordinance re
quiring all the street car companies to run
their cars through all hours of the night.
Wiiat it is to be a Favored and
Fostered Citizen.—The tariff talk lets
us all into the secret of what it is to be a
favored, fostered, and protected citizen.
One of that kind is worth more than a
million common people, like the rest of
us. Four men want to put another tarifi
on quinine to foster their business; and
they readily command the attention of
Congress and tbe country. A dozen or
two of sugar boilers want a little foster
ing out of tbe pockets of the people, and
they draw more attention than five mil
lions ofthe common sort, out of whose
pockets the fostering is to cjme. A few
ship builders want to be fostered and cher
ished, and they can' make more fuss than
the five millions who insist that they don’t
want to play dry nurse to the squad. The
moral would be that every man should
seek to belong to the “cherished lew,” one
of whom can chase a thousand, and two
put ten thousaud to flight; but, perhaps,
in time, the country will get tired of this
thing, and agree to put matters on a fair
and equal basis, aud let every tub stand
on its own bottom.
Resolved to have Peace.
The law abiding citizens of San Fran
cisco and California are terribly in. earn
est in tlieir determination to resist every
act of violence by Kearney, Kallocli and
their sand lot followers. It is telegraphed
that Kearny bas been arrested for incen
diary talk. The citizens declare the ob
ject ofthe citizen’s “Protective Union” to
be first the preservation of public peace;
second, protection of life and property;
third, restoration of confidence m the se
curity of life and property from all vio
lence; fourth, resusitation of legitimate
commerce, industries and business of the
people.
Surely, every one will wish them suc
cess in this good work, anil already under
such decided action, the danger of an out
break is'diminishing daily.
Central Railroad Stock—Another
Startling Combination.
The Augusta papers of the 12th inst.
note a sudden and very decided decline in
Central railroad stock, which descended
below par on that day. “Too much spec
ulation” was the cause assigned, but it is
far more probable that it was due to sen
sational rthnors, which announced that
the agreement between Mr. Wadley and.
the Louisville aud Nashville railroad had
been annulled. TJjis report, however,
the Savannah Weics had every reason to
doubt, and, therefore, took immediate
steps to ascertain its tiuth or falsity. We
quote from that paper the result as fol
lows :
To have no room for doubt in this
matter, however, we last evening called
upon four of the directors of the
Central, aud had interviews with
two of them, who take a very
active interest in the affairs of the road.
They both stated quite positively that no
such action had come to the knowledge
ot the board, that Mr. Wadley was in the
city at present, and a regular meeting of
the hoard had been held on Tuesday, and
if anything of the sort had been done they
would undoubtedly have known it. They
assured us that so far from the report be
ing true, nothing had occurred, of their
knowledge, to interfere with the very ex
cellent arrangements entered into by the
Central, and that everything was working
along satisfactorily. Upon such author
ity as this, therefore, we may dismiss the
report as a mere street rumor, without
any foundation whatever.
The next day, on the heel of the forego
ing rumor, the following special was re
ceived by the Atlanta Constitution:
New York, March 12.—The Georgia
Central railroad now owns a controlling
interest in the lease of the Western and
Atlantic railroad. The negotiations that
brought about this transfer of interest,
were made by Mr. Moses Taylor, of this
city. Governor Joseph E. Brown will be
retained as president ofthe company, and
there will be no changes in the present
management at all.
Tiiis move will greatly benefit the new
combination between the Georgia rail
road, the Central railroad and the Louis
ville and Nashville railroad.
It is believed that this movement will
give another boom to Central railway
stock if no legal objection can be interpos
ed to the new combination. Should tbe
next Legislature be composed of tlie same
elements as tlie last, it is intimated by an
old member that there may bo trouble
from tliat quarter. At this writing
there have been no farther developments
concerning the transaction.
Stop it at once. If you see your nurse
giving the baby either laudanum, pare
goric, or any soothing remedy containing
opiates, stop at once. If you want a good
medicine for your children, get Dr. Bull's
Baby Syrup, warranted to contain nothing
injui ions, but safe and efficient. Price
25 cents.
Dr. Hahn Cremated.
A Pittsburg telegram to the Philadel
phia Times, of March Otli, says:
Dr. Hahn’s body arrived at Washing
ton, Pa., shortly after 7 o’clock to-night,
accompanied by Dr.Happel and A. Kaufl-
inann, fatlier-m-law ofthe deceased. The
body was incased in a plain iron coffin
aud immediately conveyed to the crema
tory. It was then placed in an iron crib
aud covered with a sheet saturated in
alum. No services were held. At 8.05
p. m. the body was carried to the retort
room by four men and shoved iu head
foremost. A slight odor as of burning
hair pervaded the vicinity. In twenty
minutes the sheet began to expand, the
bones of the feet could be seen devoid of
flesh aud at the end of an hour the friends
left satisfied. Orders were given to have
the ashes forwarded to New York.
Crying is a prime evidence of pain.
When the baby is fretful and inclined to
“crying spells,” remove the cause by using
Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup.
Railroad Prosperity.
The gross earnings of 33 railroads in
the United States for the month of Fefiruary
have been published, showing an increase
over the same month last year of thirty-
four per cent. The longest lino on the
list is the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul, which is 2,289 miles in length, and
earned iu that single month $1,153,800.
—If Sherman’s feelings were known if
would be found that he is almost sorry’ho
resumed for an ungrateful country which
won’t assume him.
—It is strange that the dissolution of
Parliament should have caused a panic in
water stocks. The adjournment of Con
gress never affects the price of water in
Washington.
—The Tribune says the statistics of
immigration at New York continue to
furnish strong proof ofthe return of pros
perity. The year ending with February
1880, shows a gain of nearly eighty per
cent, upon the year ending with February
1879. This does not include the arrivab
of returning citizens of the United States
•or of travellers from abroad, but is the
showing of immigration only.
—An unpleasant little family scandal
has arisen iu a western county in England^
The elder daughter of a country gentlej
man was engaged to the owner of an es
tate in the neighborhood—an excellent
match in every way. But a week liefore
the wedding day a family friend arrived to
break the news that the bridegroom had
just married her younger sister, who had
been absent from borne for a few weeks
visiting friends.
A Parting Shot—A few minutes be
fore the adjournment ofthe Virginia Leg
islature Governor Holliday sent in the an
nexed brief message:
“I tender to the General Assembly my
consideration and respect, and kindly wish
its members, one and all, a safe journey
to their respective homes, regretting, how
ever, that they should have deemed it
proper to adjourn without passing the
usual appropriation bill.”
—Tlie New York JForlci lias canvassed
■ the presidential preference of 2,834 stu
dents attending nine of the most promi
nent Eastern colleges. With the Repub
licans, Blaine is the choice of five of these
colleges, and Grant of four. Bavanl is
the favorite of the Democratic candidates
in every one of the colleges, running al
most uniformly eight to one against any
other candidate.
Great Danger Ahead.—Senator
Carpenter, says the Sun, commenced liis
speech in the Porter case in these words:
“A careful observer of the tendency of
the times cannot fail to see that on every
hand, and in every branch of the govern
ment, we are rapidly advancing toward
consolidation of power as against the
States.”
Point is given to this declaration by re
cent decisions bf the Supreme Court,
which have gone beyond all former expe
rience in invading the local authorities of
the States, and in asserting monstrous
doctrines that, carried to their logical con
sequence, would destroy the constitution
al system under which we live, and erect
a centralized depotism at Washington.
Rents in New York.—There is said
to be a general bnt not universal advance
of rents in New York, consequent upon
the return of prosperity aud business ac
tivity. Good, reliable tenants of dwelling
houses need not yet fear that their rent
will be raised upon them, but new tenants
are expected to pay a slight advance. In
the great dry goods centres on Broadway,
from Wall street to Fourteenth street, tlie
advance in rents this spring will range
from 10 to 20 per cent., not enough by a
good deal, to cover the decline since 1875.
Up town the advance has not been so
great, and iu locations off Broadway 10
per cent, will probably amply cover it.
Offices, which are not numerous in desira
ble localities, have gone up in rent as much
as from 25 to 100 per cent., anil are still
•booming,” particularly In neighborhoods
where stock brokers most do.congregate.
—They were trying a shooting case
down at Savannah the other day, when
one of the witnesses said it occurred in
front of the hotel. The counsel asked him
if he was in the hotel at the time. No.
Was he outside? No. The venerable
Judge, adjusting his spectacles, addressed
the witness thus: “How is it possible
that you were neither iuside nor outside of
the hotel, and yet you spy you were pres
ent at the shooting? You surely must
have been either inside or outside cf it
—that is certain.” The witness, with a
twinkle in liis eye and a knowing smile
about the corners of his mouth, quickly
replied: “You see, Judge, I was seated
on a four-legged stool, two legs of which
were inside the door and two legs were
resting on the pavement, so that I was
neither inside of the house nor outside of
it.” The Judge was satisfied.
—He wanted to join the Church.
After relating his experience about a
change of heart he was put through a
course of catechism about his faith, nis
answers were generally orthodox. A
brother happened to ask him if he believed
in angels. “If I believe in anything I be
lieve in angels. Got an angel at home
myself, I believe—in. This morning she
(tliat is, my angel) broke the blue dish
over my head. Then she cried, poor thing,
like as if her heart would break. She
sobbed and said she was mighty sorry tor it
that she broke the blue dish over my
head. “Oh, Jimmy,” she said, “I wouldn’t
ha’ broke tbe blue dish over your bead if
your bead hadn’t been so hard.” Tut me
down as a believer in augels.” A holy
groan went up to heaven from tlie listen
ing brethren, and they all extended the
right hand of fellowship. He struck ’em.
there—they all had angels at home.
A Tale of a Snake.—A Georgia man
was fishing near a lock under which was
asnaKe’s den, the other day, when the
reptile came gliding up from a foraging
expedition, and was disappearing in the
hole under the rock, when with a dexter
ous movement, the man seized him by the
tail and threw him twenty feet away.
The snake hardly knew what had hap
pened, and again essayed to enter his
domicile in the same manner. Again he
was treated as before. Never despairing,
for a third time the wily serpent approach
ed the rock. This time he came deliberate
ly, as if carefully contemplating the situ
ation. Arriving at the mouth of the hole,
this time he deliberately coiled himself up
and put out his long tongue, as if to take
in the full situation. For a while he
maintained this defensive position, when
he carefully began to uncoil, at the same
time disappearing tail foremost into the
den, to the admiration of the man,
who had been amusing himself at
his expense.
Mr. Sherman protests through the
Cincinnati Commercial that he is still a
candidate for the Presidency. He ought
to advertise freely. The public is uncon
sciously leavii^g him off tbe list. Even
that great “mother of States and state
ments,” Ohio, is so far forgetful that the
brethren insist that John will be beaten
by both Blaine and Grant. As the great
leader of the “visiting statesmen,” the
grand embodiment of that generous and
loyal confidence in tlie Louisiana return
ing hoard, the great Republican chief,
Secretary John, holds so strong a claim
on the country that it will never be met,
peradventure, unless he advertises freely.-