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Ctkgraplt nab Htatngtt 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.-