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MACOiN, FRIDAY. MARCH 19. 1880.
Volume LY-NO L8
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shall send to the French government a
formal invitation to assist in the com
memoration.
Leon Chattean accepted the mission in
a short speech. He promised to give
every support to secure the success of the
Richmond, Virginia, March 14,—
This community was startled this morn*
i.’m bv a public announcement that Dr. pY - , ct --
Luther R. Dickinson, editor and proprie-. 'hfir ^mnsaraw March Tn th. s&n
tor of the Planter and Farmer Magazine, ate Mr Darif’of fS „
memorialists say this tax produces little
to negotiate notes ox Ins own$ wliicli lie rgvcDiiG and server nnlv tn nninmn *ua
offered for discount at various banking profits of mLufacturing mono^^f
institutions in this city, or sold to note They.also ask for the abolition of the
He his also, for some time past, forged SjrpulplXn ***
endorsements of Rev. Dr. &eorge B. Taj-- M r. Davis sioke^advocacy of the me-
?J; B3 ^rl^ P° n Wn? nSfW^ ?n mortal, and in the course of his remarks
wJL C T?cr«? Vnrth ay rami?M f hnfh nf said that while he regretted it might not
\\ ake Forest, North Carolina, both of ^ practicable at this session to reform the
tariff as a whole, there was no reason why
whom are his brothers-in-law.
The fact that be was a brother of Rev.
Dr. A. E. Dickinson, Jr., member ot the
firm of Jeter & Dickinson, and was other
wise so highly connected, dispelled all
suspicions of the genuineness of the sig
natures forged, and he might have contin-
03»SS5?saSSf““““-
Rev. D..J. B. Jeter, senior member of Messrs. Williams and Beck presented
memorials of the press associations of
the firm of Jeter & Dickinson.
The settling up of the affairs of Dr. Je
ter, deceased, led to the discovery of the
forgeries. The foiger, finding that a dis
closure of his many crimes was about to he
made, left the city last Thursday, ostensi
hly on business, since when he has not
been heard from.
Ho left behind the following letter:
March 11.—I desire to make to my
friends a frank confession of my sin and
folly in fraudulently using the name and
credit of others in the vain hope of extri
cating myself from embarrassments, caus
ed by the bad management of my affairs.
Compelled to flee from my home, utterly
penniless, I solemnly declare my purpose
to devote the balance of my life to the
payment of my every indebtedness, and I
invoke a charitable judgment and treats
ment on tho part of all concerned.
[Signed] R. H. Dickinson.
Investiga
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A the relief of soldiers of the late war. By
counties during the past few days. _
number of sudden deaths have resulted
from it*
New York, March 14.—All tha piano
manufacturers have made arrangements
to dose their factories to-morrow. It is
estimated that about four thousand work
men will be thrown out of employment.
A largo mass meeting of piano makers
was hold to-day in the National Assem
bly rooms. Tlie crowd was so dense that
tho proprietors feared the floor would give
way, owl sent for the police, who refused
to allow any more to enter. The crowd
was composed of nearly 4,000 piano mak
ers, who are Interested in the great lock
out Ordered by the Manufacturers’ Asso
ciation for to-morrow, through the re
fusal of Stein way & Sons’ seven hundred
strikers to accept the terms offered to
tliem. Altogether about 4,000 men find
thomselves out of employment through
the stubborness of about one-sixth of their
number.
Steinway & Sons, and, in fact, every
firm winch has combined with them to
end the strike by locking out their em
ployes, were bitterly opposed by the
speakers at the mass meeting. Offers of
pecuniary assistance were received from
various trades unions, and the strikers
say tliey will be able to' hold out for a
year if necessary.
New Orleans, March 14.—The Com
missioners of Liquidation of the ' Mechan
ic’s and Trader’s Bank, have broughtsuit
against the late directors of the bank for
$143,000—amount' due depositors and
other creditors. The directors are charged
With largely overvalueing the assets of
the bank, the cash a=sets being placed at
5391,000, not worth more than $120,000.
The petitioners allege that the bank was,
to tire knowledge of the directors, insol
vent Ibr a year preceding its failure; but
the directors continued to receive deposits
and deceive the public by torturous con
duct) concealments and misrepresenta
tions.
Cleveland, March 14.—The Atlantic
and Great Western Railway company to
morrow will be formally metamorphosed
Into tho New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio railroad company. General I. H.
Devercaux, receiver of the Atlantic and
Great Western road, will be president and
P. D. Cooper, general superintendent.
The general offices will be located in
Cleveland.
Washington, March 14.—A lecture
was delivered here to-nigbt in the Jewish
tills particularly desirable change should
not be made at once.
The Vice-President laid before the Sen
ate a communication from the Secretary
of the Interior, transmitting, in response
to a Senate resolution, information re-
Kentucky, for the abolition of duty on all
articles used in making paper.
Mr. Johnston and others presented sim
ilar petitions.
Mr. Conkling presented a memorial of
the officers of steam vessels asking the
modification of the law relative to fees of
pilots.
In the House under a call of the States,
the following bills were introduced and re
ferred: By Mr. Singleton, of Illinois, in
relation to telegraph communications. It
provides that telegraph messages delivered
for transmission to any telegraph compa
ny availing itself of the provisions of title
sixty-five of the Revised Statutes, and
copies thereof made by such company at
place of destination or any intermediate
point, shall be deemed to be and shall be
protected from unreasonable search and
seizure, or from production as evidence in
O. Turner, of Kentucky, resolutions of
the Kentucky Legislature asking for the
reduction of the President’s salary to
$25,000.
By Mr. Ellis, of Louisiana, (by requests
to revive the act of June 3, leas, and to
make a grant of land to Morgan’s Louis
iana and Texas Railroad and Steamboat
Company.
By Mr. Acklen, of Louisiana, proposing
constitutional amendment. It recites
the fact that tlie evidently growing ten
dency in the United States to centraliza
tion of power in the Federal Government,
has awakened; throughout the country, a
just fear that in the near future tlie perpe
tration of this Union may again be im
perilled by internal commotion, thereby
wrecking the peace and prosperity of this
Republic, and breaking down those doc
trines of perpetual union of States, finally
and fully settled by the war, as well as
infringing upon the home rule of
States guaranteed by Constitution,
aud proposes constitutional amendment,
declaring tbat the union of these shall
be perpetual and that all acts or attempts
to separate or destroy this Union shall be
treason against the Federal Government
and shall be punishable as sueb. State
lines and boundaries shall be inviolate,
provided that new States may be formed
with the consent of the States from which
they are formed, and the right of a State
to make, execute and enforce its local
laws, by or through its chosen representa
tives or officials, shall never be interfered
with by the Federal Government.
By Mr. - Buckner, of Missouri, for the
adjournment of Congress on the 24th of
May.
San Francisco, March 14.—A fire
broke out in the hold of the Pacific Mail
Steamer City of Sydney, among the cargo
of the vessel, lying at her dock, and six
engines are playing on the fire. At 11 a.
m. the fire is still burning, with no Imme
diate prospect of being extinguished. As
far as can be ascertained it is located just
forward of midships, either in the lower
hold, or on the lower deck. There is lum
ber and a lot of Honolulu freight stored in
that part of the ship. Tlie water is being
poured in rapidly, and it Is probable • the
steamer will have to be pretty well flood
ed. Arrangements are not yet determined
upon for replacing her on the line.
There was a large attendance at the
Sand Lots this afternoon, including many
of the respectable classes drawn thither by
_ _ e by Mr. Simon Wolf, in aid of CU riosiry* Kearney took entirely a new
the wjflfenng people of Ireland. He was. departure. He Invited the leaders of the
introduced by General O’Bierne,Secretary citizen’s Protective Union to meet the
of the Irish Relief Executive Committee, leaders of the workingmen on the Sand
The lecturer selected for his theme,
“Havo we not all one father?” The oc
casion Indicates hearty co-operation of
Hebrews in aid of the Irish relief fund. A
fair amount was realized. Addresses
were also made by Rev. C. W. Denniso;i,
Protestant clergyman and other represen
tatives of the Irish people hi Washington.
ST. Petersburg, March 14.—The
Gdlos publishes an unusually outspoken
article urging reforms as the most • deadly
weapon against sedition and anarchy.
The veiy day on which the French cabi
net refused to give Hartmann to the Rus
sian authorities, Premier DeFreycipcthad
been informed of the arrival in Paris of
fresh documents, proving beyond all
donbt Hartmann’s complicity in the Mos
cow explosion. The cabinet’s decision
amounts to encouragement to assassina
tions and is therefore greatly to be re
gretted.
London, March 15.—A Berlin dispatch
reports that General Melikoffwas inform
ed by the Nihilist executive committee
that Veodesky’s attempt on his life was
not made by order of tlie committee!
They had not yet decided to kill him, and
if the recent attempt bad been made by
their direction they would have provided
better weapons and means of flight for the
assailant- , .
Toronto, March 15!—The Hanlon-
Courtney boat race is arranged for May
19th. The place is not yet decided upon.
London, March 15.—The condition of
the Montana on the rocks in Church Bay
is unchanged. The receding tides lessen
the chances of saving the vessel. • Several
steam tugs and lighters are engaged in
getting out the cargo.
Halifax, March 15.—In the House of
Assembly, on Saturday, Mr. Campbell,
member for Ivemess, contended that the
local government should send a delegation
to Ottowa with a memorial calling for im
provement in our financial affairs with
the Dominion and Nova Scotia’s portion
of the fishing award. Sir. Campbell gave
notice tbat unless the Dominion gave to
this province a fair proportion of the fish
ery award, he slionfd move a resolution
asking that Nova Scotia be separated from
the Dominion.
New York, March 15.—A meeting of
the members of Corcle Francais Del Har-
nionie, held at. tlie clubhouse yesterday
for the purpose of taking action in refer
ence to a Centennial celebration of the
battle of Yorktown, unanimously voted
that Leon Cbattau be requested to act as
interpreter of the sentiments and opinions
of the French population of America in
urging the French government to take ,
immediate measures in the matter of the 1 Mean'
Celebration, as soon as as President Hayes Vice -
Lots for an exchange of views, promising
them a respectful hearing. He also in
formed his followers that the objects of
the Citizen’s Union had been 1 misappre
hended, and that they intended to use the
association for the amelioration of-the
condition of the dty, for the good of the
laboring classes, and the restoration of
prosperity.
Some unscrupulous men had taken advan
tage of the movement to create the im
pression tbat violent measures against the
workingmen were intended, whereas
nothing of the kind was meant. His au
dience received hi3 novel speech un
demonstratively. Evidently the Citizen’s
Union is making its influence felt.
Washington, March 15.—In the Sen
ate Mr. Bayard, from the Judiciary Com
mittee, reported favorably the Senate bill
prohibiting the arrest of election officers
on election day. * It makes it unlawful
for marshals, deputies or supervisors to ar
rest or imprison on election day any of
ficer, acting by virtue of State laws, for
any offense against the United States
election laws, out'a warrant or process
for such offense may be executed any time
after the close of such election day.
Placed on the calendar.
Mr. Edmunds stated that he and other
members, of the committee did not concur
in the majority report.
Mr. Gordon presented the petition of
«x-Confederate officers concerning the
preservation of the records of the battle
of Gettysburg.
Mr. McDonald submitted ths views of.
the minority on the bill to reimburse sev
eral States for Interest paid on war loans,
which was recently reported adversely
from the Judiciary Committee.
The Senate resumed the consideration
of the star route deficiency appropriation
bill, as reported from the Senate Appro
priation Committee. The preamble re
cites that the deficiency results from the
violation of law by the Post-office De
partment: The bill then appropriates
$110,000 for expenses of matl service or
star routes for the remainder of tlie fiscal
year. No further increase of trips or ex
pedition of time to be made, and appro
priates $100,000 for placing new service.
No contract to be increased more than fif
ty per cent. Miv Wallace 'jexglained the
changes in the bill, saying the business in
terests of the counrry demand that tlie
sendee shall be kept up to the existing
standard, and that contracts made in good
faith shall uot.be abrogated, and contrac
tors ruined because of the errors of die
department. When authors of errors are
discovered, they will be punished.
He; tlie Committee think the s r-
ild not be crippled.
Mr. Maxey supported the committee
bill,but thought the preamble unnecessary
and unjust. . The Postmaster-General had
full discretion . under existing laws, and
had done what he thought bert, and the
result had justified his action. The Fort
Worth aud Yuma routes about which
there had been so much said, was in
creased principally through Maxey’s own
efforts. It had helped much in facilita
ting the wonderful growth of Texas, and
other routes had had similar eflect in the
other States.
Mr. Bede supported the preamble, de
claring that the Postmaster-General had
violated the law by expending so much of
the appropriation in the first part of tho
year, as to make the deficiency inevitable.
Pending debate, the Senate adjourned.
In the House the following bills were
introduced:
By Mr. Ellis, of Louisiana (by request),
to revive tho act of June 3d, 185(3, aud
the grant of land to the Morgan Railroad
and Steamship Company.
By Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, appropria
ting $25,000 for the relief of the daughter
~na grand daughter of Zachary Taylor.
The bill to abolish all tolls on the Lou
isville and Portland canal around the
rapids in tho Ohio river was passed.
Mr. Cox, of New York, was recognized
by the Speaker to move to suspend a rule
and pass a bill for the relief of the suffer
ing Irish, but was cut off by a motion to
adjourn. He, however, obtained leave to
have the report of the Committee on For
eign Affairs on the bill printed. Ad
journed.
Washington, March 15.—In the Sen
ate to-day Mr. Thurman submitted the re
port of the Judiciary Committee on the
Jill removing the political disabilities of
William S. Maxwell, wbo before the war
was the Attorney General of the Fifth Ju
dicial district in Tennessee, and took an
oath to support the Constitution of the
United States. He afterward aided the
rebellion, and now therefore petitions for
the removal of his disabilities. The re
port says if he was an executive officer
within the meaning of the word in- the
constitution his disabilities were re
moved by the law approved May 22d,
1872, consequently there is no necessity
for the passage of a bill in this or any sim
ilar case. The bill was therefore indefi
nitely postponed.
The Chief Signal Officer Is informed
that the schooner William P. Cox, of
Washington, North Carolina, for New
York, Burrows, master, has sunk at Hat-
teras inlet. The crew is safe. The ves
sel can be gotten oft if immediate assis
tance is obtained. _ — "
The House o—»nnite6 on Naval Af-
nas agreed to report favorably the
Johnson bill regulating the mode of pur
chasing tobacco for tho navy. The House
Commerce Committee to-day resumed the
hearing on tlie bill abolishing compulsory
pilotage. It is understood a special hear
ing will be given Southern pilots, who be
lieve they will be espicially injured by
the passage of the proposed bill.
PiTTSBCKO, Penn, March 15.—The
puddlers and helpers in the mills of Bailey
& Co., McCormic and J. Wister have
struck for higher wages. Nearly ono
thousand men are now out of employment
in this district alone, and the strike threat
ens ultimately to lead to general Cessa
tion of work from Fittsbuigto Philadel
phia. There are now seven thousand
men idle between Johnston and Colum
bia..
Philadelphia, March 15.—A special
from Pittsburg says a general strike of
puddler’s began to-day, extending from
Johnstown to Columbia, and is the most
formidable that. has occurred for many
years. It does not affect Pittsbuig, the
manufacturer’s here having agreed on a
sliding scale for all classes of workmen.
The general impression is that there will
be a material decline in prices of iron in
the near future.
Philadelphia, March 15.—A collis
ion occurred this forenoon on the Western
Railroad, in the outskirts of the dty, be
tween a regular passenger train and a spe
cial train carrying the President and Di
rectors of the road. Five persons were in
jured, including the President and two
Directors, but none fatally.
New York, March 15.—The firm of J.
W. Amerman & Co., brokers in Bond
street, suspended this morning. Their
embarrassment is said to be due to con
tracts in Nashville and Chattanooga-
stock.
New York, March 15.—A serious
shooting and stabbing affray took place
last night between a number of sporting
men and politicians of the fourth ana
sixth wards, who had assembled in Hy
land’s saloon on Chatham street, for a
spree. Knives and pistols were freely
used, and a half a dozen men more or less
injured. A man named Burke, who was
stabbed in the head and back and shot in
the groin, will probably die.
Twelve of the leading piano manufac
turers of this city, in accordance with a
resolution passed by the Plano Manufac
turers’ Association, have closed their
factories this morning, and locked out
their men in order to compel tho opera
tives of Steinway & Sons, who are out on
a strike, to return to work.
San Francisco, March 15.—Judge
Rix delivered a strong opinion in the po
lice court to-day, in the case of Dennis
Kearney, arrested upon a charge of using
vulgar aud threatening language against
Spreckels. The court decided that Kear
ney was guilty since his. language had a
tendency to provoke a breach of the peace.
Sentence was reserved until to-morrow.
San Francisco, March 15.—Chief of
Police Crowley openly stated yesterday
that he was responsible for Kearney’s ar
rest and that he would continue to arrest
him for riotous or incendiary language as
often as he used it. At a meeting yester
day afternoon of presidents of all Work
ingmen’s clubs in the city resolutions were
offered declarin'; in unmistakable lan
guage against Kearney, disclaiming all
sympathy with land lots agitators as well
as with all acts, expressions or bagangues
tending to bring the working organization
into disrepute.
Washington, March 15.—Before the
Senate Exodus. Committee to-day John
H. Burch, colored, ex-Senator in the
Louisiana State Senate, and a Presi
dential “ elector from that State in
1800, testified that the negroes were
alarmed at the proposed cham-gang law,
and other Democratic measures; by in
terference with the religious instruction
of negroes; by the uncertainty in obtain
ing and insecurity in retaining homes;
by the prospect of disfranchisenlent.
These he gave as explanations of the exo
dus movement.
In executive session of the Senate to
day, the" French claims treaty was dis
cussed hut not acted on and will come up
at next executive session. It provides for
tlie settlement of the claims of French cit
izens growing out of tlie war of secession,
and of any counter-claims of American
citizens who sustained losses under like
circumstances.
In response to a resolution, Secretary
Evarts to-day sent to tlie House a state
ment showing the amount of commerce
streams are very high, and overflows, I If the action of Council in repealing
which will damage crops, are reported. I certain sections of the ordinance In refer-
A prominent citizen has been arrested | opening bar-rooms on Sunday Is' a'
for threatening to kill the Rev. B. C. I virtual repeal of the Sunday liquor law,
Fonte, Rector of St. Phillips church, in j to* 11 we do not hesitate to characterize
the pulpit Sunday, and going to church I the repeal as hasty and injurious to the
avowedly for that purpose.' He accuses | cause of temperance aud morals. A man
Foute of causing a divorce between him-1 certainly has a right to enter his place of
self and wife. He has been bound over I business on Sunday and take one ormore
to keep the peace. | friends with him, but he has no right to
Paris, March 15.—In the Senate this | violate a law.- If the bar-rooms of Au-
afternoon a debate took place on the sec-1 gusta were allowed to sell liquor on Sun-
ond reading of the Ferry educational bill. I nay, our city would be retrograding in
M. Pellelan moved that clausesevenbe re-1 pl*ee of advancing in the'cause of tern-
inserted in the bill. Iperance and morality. The Chronicle
Premier DeFreycinct said; “Despite I < ^ oes . n< * believe that the repeal of the
our wish for conciliation we have not | sections referred to gives the proprietors
again brought forward clause seven in a I ot-bar-rooms the right to keep them open
new form, because we think the original I on Sunday and to sell liquor. Let the
draft was already a compromise. I Felice Commission go on hi the discharge
The clause having been rejected, it on- | of its .duty. When saloon keepers are re
ly remains for us to apply existing laws.’.* I ported for a violation of the law, we have
M: Pelletan’s motion was rejected by a 15° ° “iat the Recorder will do his
vote of 149 to 132. The entire-bill as I *ity ln administering It. If the repeal-
amended was then adopted. Yeas 187,1 ™f> clauses of the ordinance impair the
nays 103. In consequence of M. De- [°f the Sunday liquor law. then
Freycinct’s firm declaration, it is proba-11* 1 l«r be ro-established and rigidly
ble that the left will renounce their in- * cuforced,
tended interpellation in the Chamber of
Deputies. At a meeting of the left cen
tre it wa3 resolved to demand the applica
tion of the existing laws to religious con
fraternities.
Paris, March 15.—M. George de Cas-
Waihington Correspondence.
Washington City,
? March 11, 1880.
DRAWING THE LINE. *
About 260 negro -delegate* to tho Afri
sagnac, son of the late M. Grenade Cas- SSiSSSWS^:Ifc'lfiS'tt.Si
ot ^ ir «**»• headed by Bishop
Sf£ Ut 63 f ° r ^ Mlran(leDe ' I Peck. The latter orated, and Hayes re-
ik if . — -I plied with assurances of his most distin-
s5"S on „ jssSsb awsf sifcstE
1881, as the time for the sailing of the I w here, and that that was not intbebar-
new British Arctic expedition. I gain, and refused to shake. He said he
A dispatch from St.Petersburg to-day I couldn’t spare the time, so the brethren
says everything tends to show that-Gen- withdrew with much head-shaking knd
eral Melikoff does not depend entirely I eye-rolling, and possibly some bad lan-
££ The m svS S o/ whSe S SET 10 V* W ** "***>
crisis, l ne system oi wnojesate arrears j they- were all Grant men. It seems that
practiced last year has been discontinued. I Hayes is not quite so sweet on “the poor
There are individual airesta under spe- colored people of the South” as heVas
cia circumstances, but they indiule^no- the mon 5ug after the last election when
re - bodyof note. The stories published m it waa gained tLat Tildcn hadbeea
Vienna in pretended telegrams from St. I elected
Petersburg, are utterly false, nor is there A v*'fHER me-rosic house gone
any foundation,-for the report of the I passlngalong £ street, between Seventh
wholesalearrests in the provinces. Sia^a [ and El^th, a few days
of the times are noticeable in greater free- j workmen tearing down the fine old brick
dom of the press. The streets, of St. Pejl bouse od that street so well known here
tersburg have been thronged to-day, (Sun- j as-the former residence of the Hob. W.
day) lower classes predominating » nd IW - . Seaton, known and honored for so
the morning open air aw»«a®ents have J many historic years as the headquarters
attracted theI of tne magnates and leaders of the Whig
t-—~t*e1l, Ky., March 15.—The party . i n its spacious parlors for half a
programme for the spring races of the centuiy gathered all the notable people
Louisville Jockey Club is now completed I w ho visited Washington. General Harri-
and more than sixty horses are already in m was the guest of Mr. Seaton when Te
regular training in the grounds. Among I camo on j, ere to jj 0 inaumy-ate^ aud used
I northeastern room on the second story
Checkmate, Vera Cruz, Little Ruffian, to hold the preliminary meeting of his
Valturne, Beatitude and Irish King. cabinet priorto his inauguration, and there
The club adds $13,000 to the various be consulted with Webster and Clay in
stakes and purses. Indications are that regard to his inauguial address. Attached
there will be a. better meeting than last to the house was a fine old-fashioned gar-
ing when three hundred horses were den mwhkfl» Mrs. Seaton took 8 «-*t P «?a£
Derby day, the great Most of - the Senators who were habitual
spring
on the track.
racing holiday, will be May 18th. The
opening meeting lasting several days
GE0BGIA PRESS.
visitors contributed a fruit tree to this
garden. Mr: Calhoun contributed a pear
tree, which was especially noted in city
imology; Mr; Webster, an apple tree;
’r. Clay, an apricot tree; Mr. Benton, a
We learn from the News that a colored j cherry tree; Mr. Porter, of Louisiana, a
man living about ten miles from Savan- fig, and Mr. Silas Wright, of New
nab, on the Savannah and Charleston I York, a plum tree. Thus the garden
. , , . „ . „ | may be said to have been planted by Sen-
road, was poisoned a day or two smee. aU £ al han d3. Most of them have long
It is not known who tho guilty party is. I since gone like their famous donors,
A movement is on foot in Columbus I congressional matters
to establish a public library. We wish gave been generally dull since my last.
, , 1 . .. Yesterday was somewhat lively m the
them ample success m tho worthy en- H ouse over the bill prohibiting political
terprise. I assessments for election expenses. Mr.
The young men of Rome are gettibg House, of Tennessee, lead off in a mag-
“ p a rir i t .'ts sss-£
ground, with the expectation of haying I v i e w a n d exposure of the hypocrisy of the
a grand fair next fall. Hayes administration in this respect, and
The Americus Itepubllcan says: On stirred up the Rads like a coal of Are in an
Wednesday night last the residence of Mr. I ant hole. Old Conger turned actu-
W. J. Brannon was broke into by some I ally green with rage, and the small fry
parties, who prized off the weather, buzzed and squirmed and fairly foamed
boarding and entered the pantry, taking I with rage. It was the- most cheerful
therefrom all the provisions he had for I scene of the session, and quite as enjoya-
family use. Mr. Brannon and bis family ble as a first-class circus. The bill will
had retired to bed in another part of the pretty certainly pass both houses, and
house, from where he and his wife heard then we will see whether Mr. Hayes was in
the noise. She asked him what it was, earnest or notin his high sounding appeals
and he told her he thought it was rats or for “civil service reform.” If he signs
probably cats. In the morning he had to it,however,his party will not obey it.They
purchase rations enough for breakfast, as I will treat it with the contempt they have
his rats had taken all he bad. On look- other laws and scoff at him as usual,
iug around he discovered the foot-prints j TI ™ *yr
of two persons, but found no clue by inside the Radical ranks m to whether
which to indentify whose they were. He Grant, Blame dr Sherman shall lead them
states that there was a small paper of ar-1 in.the next campaign grows warmer every
senicinthe flour for rats, and if the May. It would make your hair stand on
thieves get hold of it they must not blame end to hear some of the Grant gang swear
him for the result. at Blaine and Sherman for darmg to get
Rome Courier: Rev. S. E. Axson, pas- in the “old man’s” way. An ex-cabinet
. r.v inM-Tii ti.ia I officer under Grant made mine almost
tor of the FAstytarian church to. th_s j crec t itself the other night by the force
city, has rec ® lv '® d and freedom of his denudations of Blaine,
tenanchurchat Salem, Virgtobi, and wll I wlU) ,, e seemed to think was Grant’s only
visit that church at an early _ day. W r real rlval for the nom i na tion. But all
hope Mr. Axson 1 tha same ha expressed himself sure of
calls him to remain with iw, as our ^ople I 6rant ) s succe ss bothat Chicago and before
would regrethis deMrtare, and miss him I thepeo pi e> Some peoplejinterpret this rage
both as a minister and dtizen. I d jff ereilt i y> They My gi a i ne & gaining,
The Quitman Beporter says: The oat , I and hence this rage. Sherman, it is gen-
crop Is improving daily, and now bids fair I erally conceded, is practically out of the
to be fully up to the average for the past I race even now, and that what negro and
3 y | scaliawag delegations he may buy up at
many years. . I the South, will desert him at Chicago the
The farmers in Spalding county com-1 7ery fij^t opportunity they have,
plain of the heavy rainfall. j simmons
During the past year out of sixty boys j Will be pretty surely sat down upon. This
at the Bethesfda Orphan Home there M tbe latrat and is based upon what you
, K c t„i „„„ I probably had this morning by wire in re-
have. been only four cases of sickness, and | ardt0 ,, t i ie acUo n off his case yester-
thesoof a trifling character. Although! da y by the census committee. That com-
this is the largest number of benefldaries I mittee,by a strict party vote,agreed to rec-
„ TT . „ c-.j-HrLM oror limlpr its I ommend liis rejection. The Illinois strad-
the Union Society has ever had under its 1 ^ (Davis) ^ oted with , be Radicals in
care, and really more than its means war-1 ^jumittee, but reserved the right to vote
rant, the managers have not permitted I with the Democrats in the Senate,
any little orphan boy to be refused admit-1 If Simmons is rejected, won’t there be
. I some lively “nashing of teeth” in c«r-
i. nf.i.ii'.hmi. m in I tain quarters? I can almost hear them in
A revival of religion is going o j a jivance. By the way, speaking of this
Trinity Methodist Church in Savannah, j ma tter, I -observe that my good friend
The meetings are largely attended and a J Randall, now speaks of the “Simmons
steady increase of religious fervor is expec-1 Action” in the editorial columns of the
I Augusta Chronicle. Seems to me,I have
ted. Mr. Corley is said to have remarked I jj eard ano ther and very different tune from
that, in his experience of fifteen years as a I Washington correspondent Randall of the
minister, he had never witnessed a more I same paper. I congratulate him on hi»,im.
gracious outpouring than that which proved riston. ^ ^
shook old Trinity at one of their morning I j jas ] jeen occupying the attention of the
meetings. I Senate for the past ten days, and thede-
Thb Baptists of Rome have decided to I hate has been of sufficient interest to
erect a new church edifice on the site of f keep the galleries packed each day from
the present one. It is the intention to put ^ e e n °^ nius 1111411 the adj ' ournment
up a structure costing about $15,000, the I Senator Randolph opened the case
work to be commenced as soon as practi- I with a fine legal argument in favor of re
cable and completed during -the sum-J storing Porter to his rank, and giving
er. I him his back pay for the past sixteen
The proprietor of the Planters’ Hotel I years, amounting to sixty thousand dol-
lias just ,r iven a brilliant entertainment, I lars. He was followed by Logan, against
as follow: I i ar ] y when he elicited any applause—un-
• It was conducted with the elegance and I til many who were with him looked dis-
exdusivcncss of a private house, and no I gusted.
ladies could have received with more grace j Mat Carpenter, on the same side, fol-
and cordiality than did those to whom the I lowed Logan in a bitter partisan speech,
proprietor - gave the entertainment. The j closing with a whoop for Grant, which
nrnsic whs tine, and the three large tables I brought down the galleries.^
r-abundancc with every good I Then came Bayard, for the defense, in
.-.rket affords. The taste and I au eloquent,.thrilling speech, which must
suj.-per were especially re-I have gone to the heart of poor Fitz John
.! viands greatly enjoyed. I Porter, who sat quite near me, and who,
•m :iing was ono’of unalloyed I no doubt, feels like a .ward in Chancery,
lii .-renounced one of the most j The little fellow looks bright, plucky, and
rtaiiunents. given this win-1 steadfast, but I understand from a per-
I sonal friend of his, that he is almost de-
nicle, we take the follow-1 spainng and heartbroken. ..
,:e late action of tlie City I j |j a y e missed the calm, immovable face
.natter of the Sunday liquor j 0 f Mrs. Sprague from the Senate gallery
this session. For that or some other rea-
UUUM
around Capelloni, from which it appeals 1 filled
tbat during the year 386 vessels, with althii
tonnage of 525,097 tons, cleared from or] he:
entered the port of San Francisco via ] r’
Cape Horn. Fifty-four vessels cleared] i.
the same port with cargoes valued 82,- , :
166,090 for or from transportation aero.- ]
the Isthmus of Panama. The utatement.
was referred to the iuter-Oceanic Ce '
committee. , -i .
Atlanta, Ga., March 15.—T' „
iest rains have fallen for tlie pa - 1
known in Georgia for years. a
son, my lord Capri corn os does not appear
so swell and dressy as of yore. He be
gins to look old,and bends in a way when
he walks tbat suggests green apples to
the reflective mind. - r . ,' ’ '
MB. PERSONS,
from the Fourth district, is already mak
lug reputation for himself on the Claims
Committee, which is one of the most la
borious in the House. He is a good, ac
tive member, and is reported as Ming one
of the moat popular members.
SPEAKER RANDALL
showed his appreciation of the merits of
Mr. Nichols by placing him on one of the
most important committees in the House,
that of Foreign' Affairs. He is a mo-t
useful member, and is filling with great
credit theplace left vacant by the death
of Mr. Hartridge. His daughter, Miss
Kate, is a charming young lady, who has
made many friends with both sexes, and
whose lovely toilets have attracted no little
attention.
SENATOR LAMAR
is “right side up” again, walks without
even the aid ofa cane, and I saw him
rou up two long flights of stairs the other
day in a manner quite enviable and in no
way suggestive of iil health.
THE GAME OF 15.
This nuisance has ne'doubt reached you
ere this, and nothing, since -Pinafore, has
taken, such a hold on the popular mind.
I actually see women on the street cars
and men walking on the streets absorbed
in trying to get the 15 before the 14.
MAKING SUGAR FROM CORN STALKS.
The above experiment has been tried,
and very successfully too, at {he Agricul
tural Department, and I am assured that
a first-class article of sugar can be pro
duced from common com stalks at the ex
ceedingly low price of four cents per
pound. I am told also that after the
stalks have been passed through the mill,
there is still enough substance left in them
to be utilized as food for stock. I don’t
know bnt.what it will prove rather a'dis-
astrous discovery, and my sympathies are
already enlisted for the poor mules whose
breakfast, dinner and sapper will be only
com stalks .with all the juice squeezed out.
It will be a good place, for Mr. Berg to pat
in a word.
w«,JS l 5AT£? AI ' -amusements.
Mary Andersou is her fuuvmA
week at the National; Whid[ speato^ii
for her,, and for the taste of Washington
audiences. Sho is almost a beautiful wo
man, and an actress of far more than or
dinary merit, but is tco intense .to suit
my old fogy notions.
THE CANADIAN
weather prophet Is pushing “Old Probs”
iretty closely, and the latter will have to
ook to his laurels. He predicted three
snow falls between the Island 15th in
stant, and we have had two already, with
four days to spare.
A.W.B.
The Eads’ Ship Railroad.
Ibe project of this noted engineer
iKKilly t* -t—=s3ESS»EfcE a mdli
loaded ships of any size ana transport
tnem oafcij- and speedily across the Isth
mus, from sea to sea, la daily growing in
favor, and experts, after mature investi
gation, agree that it is feasible. Such a
highway would entirely supersede the
necessity of a ship .canal which would
cost immensely, and then prove a doubt
ful experiment in that torrid latitude.
Mr. Eads, in his late interview with the
congressional committee', sums up the
wlyfle matter in a nutshell aa follows:
1. That this method is entirely practica
ble. ' •' ’
2. That upon any route where it is pos
sible to build a caual, it is equally possible
to build and equip a substantial and dura
ble ship railway for one-half the cost of a
canal, if it be built with locks, and for
one-quarter of its cost, if it be at tide
level.
3. That such a ship railway can be.built
in one-third or in one-quarter of the
time needed for the construction of the
canal. j
4. .That when built, ships of maximum
tonnage can te moved with safety at four
or five times greater speed on the railway
than in the canal.
.5. That a greater number of vessels per
day can be transported on the railway
than would be possible through the
canal.
0. That the capacity of the ship rail
way can be easily increased to meet the
demands of commerce, without interrup
tion to its business, whether it be to meet
an increase in the size of the ships or in
the number of them.
7. That the cost of maintenance of the
roadway and rolling stock will be much
less than, that of the maintenance of the
canal. j
8. That the cost of maintaing and oper
ating the railway, taken together, will be
less than that of operating and maintain
ing the canal.
9. That the railway can he located and
successfully operated at localities where
it is not practicable to construct a canal.
10. That it is possible to estimate, with
great acccracy, the cost of a ship railway,
and the time needed to build it, because
the work would be almost wholly upon
the surface of the ground: whereas the
canal is strictly a hydraulic construction,
involving control of water, and the execu
tion ef works Under the water, thus ren
dering anything like an accurate esti-
Hiate of the time and cost of its construc
tion an impossibility. Hence capitalists
cannot know, with certainty, the amount
of money and time required, of what pro
fit the canal will probably pay when final
ly finished.
My own studies have satisfied me that
the largest loaded ships may be carrie i
with perfect safety at ten or twelve miles
per hour on steel rails weighing but seven
ty pounds per yard, the kind used on first-
class railroads, and on wheels whichshall
not impose as great a pressure upon the
rails ; as that of the ariving-whoels of a
first-class locomotive when at rest; and
that no grade need be encountered from
ocean to ocean on several routes greater
than one per cent., or fifty-three feet to
the mile.
The Pirdoning Power.
In Maryland a bill has been introduced
into the Legislature providing for the ap
pointment of a Pardoning Board, which
shall consist of one dtizen from each Con
gressional district to be appointed every
two years by the Governor. Applications
f-r pardon must be made to this Board
after due notice, and discussed in open
session. The recommendations and rea
sons for a pardon are duly set forth and
recorded. The Governor is. deprived of
the power of-granilng pardons or reprives,
except upon the recommendation of the
majority of the Board. The consti
tutional change, if^ adopted, will be
submitted to a vote of the people.
If sqpepted we have no doubt it would
prove-a salutary measure, as few preroga
tives of the executive are so badly abused
the pardoning power. In some States
the criminals are allowed to go forth un-
wbtpped of justice by hundreds annually,
even after receiving sentence from the
courts.
KSiH
1 The Central Railroad’s Alleged Own
ership of the Western and Atlas
tie.
Mr. James, of Atlanta, speaks of the
Central Bailroiad as “owning and eon
trolling the lease of the State Road.
This is a grave mistake. We learn from
leading directors of the Central that the
company has not purchased a solitary
share, or fraction of a share, of any les
see’s interest in the State road. Nor has
it paid out one dollar, or bound itseli by
any written obligation or pledge to inenr
a cent otpecuniary liability in any shape
to those who own and control the lease
of the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
Moreover, that the changes thus an
nounced in the ownership of the lease
were effected two months ago, and are
wholly of a private nature. The lessees
were barred from any such procedure by the
terms of the lease, and the Central was
equally powerless to act, also, under the
laws of the State.
It is true, however, that certain changes
have been wrought in the ownership of
the lease which assure a controlling voice
to |those who ere friends of the Central
Roid. But at least one of the parties, we
are reliably informed, does not own a dol
lar pf Central Railroad stock, nor can
that company exercise a particle of au
thority over them. Such acts of
comity or privilege as maybe conceded,
will be wholly of a voluntary character
and liable to be annnlled or withdrawn at
any, moment. Still, there is no donbt ol
the fact that the inclination,as well as the
interests of a majority of the lessees will
prompt them to act in dose alliance with
the Central, and make common cause
with that organization in all. of its future
plans and operations. Forthe next five
years likewise, the Georgia Railroad, un
der the terms of the late contract with the
Centra], Nashville and Louisville Roads,
will share alike in the advantages de
rived by Mjv owral from its contemplated
affiliation with the Western Atlantic.
We see no special gam over the existing
condition of railroad aflairs by this move
ment of Moses Taylor »nd his friends,
save that the entire railway system cf
Georgia will no* be in hands friendly to
the Commonwealth. There la no longer
any danger that foreign and inimical par
ties can obtain control of any of these
highways, and our State Railway Com
missioners are charged with the duty of
looking after the local interests of the peo-
cheap through freights upon » regular and
uniform schedule, which will inure greatly
to the benefit of consumers
It is understood there will be no changes
whatever in the management and opera
tion of the Westem.and Atlantic railroad.
Governor Brown and General McRae re
main at the helm. Indeed, if the Central
as an organization has no interest in that
State enterprise, and cannot have under
the law, of course it would not bo compe
tent for her to meddle with its manage-
ineot. The lessees themselve have the
supreme direction, and they alone. If
private interests or predilections cause
them to adopt the policy - of the Central,
we pjresume they have the right to do so.
XAIBE.
Ex-Governor G&rcelon Testifies Be
fore the Investigating Committee.
Augusta, Maine, March 12.—Ex-
Go vemor jGarcelon was before the Hale
investigating committee to-day, and testi
fied that he had not himself se«n any of
the returns up to the 17th of November.
He knew nothing of any so-called sceme
of counting out. He neither knew or in
quired the politics of the Senators to
whom certificates of election were issued.
The certificates were brought to him to
sign. He supposed they were made out
in accordance with the retains. He had
not time to examine every case and did
not know that certificates of election had
been issued to seventy-eight Democrats
and Fusionists and sixty-one Repub
licans. The matter was not discussed in
his presence. Nothing was said about
counting in a quorum of Fusionists. He
had heard it on the streets referred to in
cidentally. He first learned of the count
ing out through the papers, and was
surprised at the result of the certificating.
It had been his rule to decide individual
cases bn their merits. If he signed any
certificate tbat was wrong, the facts were
falsely put before him. No one was coun
ted out. He ‘had presumed tbat his
council were honest and honorable men,
and had compiled the tabulations accord
ing to law. In cases where there was
any question he would look into the mat
ter himself. He acted honestly. Cer
tain rules had been laid down which
were applied to the returns, regardless of
the party. There had not been an in
stance where a Democrat had been al-
lowed .to correct returns. Individual ca
ses were taken up, in some of which
the Governor acknowledged there had
plainly been ’ erasures and interference
with the tabulations. The .examination
will be continued to-morrow.
—The New York Svm, says the detach
ment of “The Salvation Army” of Eng
land, consisting of Commissioner George
Railton and seven women who rank as
Lieutenants, that arrived on the steam
ship Australia on Wednesday, left Castle
Garden in the evening. They stayed at the
house of a friend in the suburbs of Jersey
City during Wednesday night. They de
sire that their whereabouts should not be
published for the present. Part of them
will go to Philadelphia and part will come
to New York. In about a wed: they will
begin out-of-church Gospel work in the
two titles. _
The Cleveland (Ohio) Leader has
hauled down the Grant flag from its mast
head. The Leader says its reasons for
this change are: “It appears quite evident
that the nomination of General Grant
might alienate a large number of German
Republicans wbo have fixed ideas in re
gard to the danger to our political system
that exists, as they claim, in electing a
President for a third term. It is quite
clear, also, that the third term principle
will drive a certain class of lukewarm
Republicans away from us, so much as to
seriously endanger the ticket.”
The Chronicle and Constitutionalist
says:
It is very probable that Senator Gordon
will soon give to the public the reasons
why Dr. Casey was not appointed Census
Supervisor for this District. The Demo
crats of this District will then see that
Senator Gordon did his whole duty for his
friend and his party. He was not compli
cated by recommending a Democrat and
_ endorsing a Republican. for Supervisor of
i Census in this District.
—If the Maine papers are to be. be
lieved, the gold mines of that State pay
better than those of Nevada.
—The cost ol Michigan’s new State
Capitol was $15,000 under the estimate—
a circumstance probably without a paral
lel.
—According to the latest returns, Copen
hagen has a population of 235,000. In
1850 it contained 129,000; in 1860, l(j0,000,’
and in 1870, 181,000.
—A howitzer, a box of muskets and field
ammunition , were shipped from Freder
icksburg, Thursday, to Lancaster county,
Va., to protect the oystennen of the low
er Rappahannock against intruders.
—Three million acres ot fall wheat have
been sown in California, the early and
abundant rains enabling farmers to pot in
a full crop, which is said to be a very unu
sual thing.
—A Denver paper tells ot two young
men who bet each $5 that his boy could
jump higher than the other’s, and the man
who without warning the iad, dropped a
hornet down his son’s back when the word
was given, won the bet.
—A break has occurred in the Missis
sippi levee near tho barracks, at New Or
leans. It is being closed' and the levee
straightened. The river is very high. A
crevasse thirty feet wide is reported in'a
levee on Bayou Lafourche.
f-Near the State line of Pennsylvania,
at Borden Brook, a little girl nine yean
old, daughter of Orrln Crandall, was so
frightened by the shouts and actions of
three drunken men that her hair turned
white almost instantly.
—A malarial fever of a very malignant
type has broken out among the denizens
of Little Six-mile, in Henry" county, Ky.,
which has so for baffled the skill of all
the attending physicians, and has been
fatal in every instance. -
Abandoning the Broad Gauge.— ~
The New York,. Lake Erie and Western
Railroad Company are about to abandon
the broad gauge, and the third rail on the
main line fcatwoAn Attica, and Hornells-
ville will be taken up at once. An’inmA —
gauge freight will then be sent from Attica
via Avon. AU the locomotives recently
built are narrow gauge.
■The pressure of water on the main
reservoir pipe in Lansingburg, N. Y., was
recently so great that it forced off tlie main
valve, which weighed a ton and threw it
fifty feet, struck the embankment of the
{fray au'iJBg‘tci.. tl - !t —— 1 ?—-
—Advices from Lima,. Peru, of Febru
ary 1! are to tbe effect tbat the allied
forces were then in good condition, that
Campero baa accepted the general direc
tion of the republic under the title of Su
preme Chief, and has issued a proclama
tion In which he declares that his wish is
to emulate the example of Washington,
and exchange the sword into' the pruning
hook as soon as possible.
—The following is from the Chicago
2W6une: “Ever since General Grant dis
graced himself in a private box at the
theatre at Madrid after a dinner party, he
has adopted the plan of total abstinence.
He was told, when preparing for hla trip
to India, that his life depended upon ab
stinence, as indulgence in that hot climate
Would prove fatal. He adopted the ad
vice, and finds it so salutary tbat he still
adheres to it.”
—Ex-Senator Clingham, of NorthCaro-
lina, has, it is said, found upon his form
the mineral zircon in great quantities. It
is opaque, of greenish hue and great hard
ness. He subjected a crystal of it to the
action of a blowpipe for two weeks with
out perceptible loss of substance. He be
lieves it the metal needed in the construc
tion of the incandescent electric lamp and
the very thing Edison has been looking
for.' .
—The trustees of John Wesley’s Chap
el, London,, nearly destroyed by fire last
December, haying accepted from the in
surance.company a stun sufficient to cover
the cost of damage, have themselves un
dertaken the restoration of the building.
Tbe morning chapel was so damaged as
to necessitate its re-erection. The new
building will be as nearly like the eld one
as possible, blit will have a more hand
some ceiling and better lighting and ven
tilation.
—Tbe question of the reordination of
Catholic priests on their becoming Protes
tants is before tb4 Presbyterian Church in
Canada. The decision of the Presbytery
of Montreal was te the following effect:
That tbe ontinattea of the Church of
Rome la confessedly erroneous and defec
tive in its object, yet ought not to be en
tirely ignored.- That the admission ofa
reformed priest to tbe status of an ordain
ed presbyter without tbe imposition of
hands is reordination sufficient.”
Tilden and Virginia.—The Wash
ington Star of Friday evening contained
the following paragraph: . “At the meet
ing of tbe Virginia State Democratic
Committee in Richmond Wednesday even
ing some enterprising Democrat ascertain
ed that its members were unanimously
opposed to Tilden. The Debt-Payers
were just as bitter against him as the Re-
adjusters. This information was received
at>he capitol yesterday, and tbe Virginia
members of Congress, all of whom are
aganist Tilden, were very much gratified
over it. They maintained that Tilden
could not be nominated in the face of such
opposing sentiment in Virginia, a State
that must be carried for tbe Democratic
candidate in order to elect him. Four of
the Virginia members of Congress said
yesterday they did not believe Tilden, as
the Democratic neminee, could carry their
State, hut they were satisfied any other
Democrat could. They said further that
this was the opinion of the entire Con
gressional . delegation.
Deservedly popular. We mean Dr.
Bull’s Cough Syrup for it never falls to
cure a cough. Physicians recommend it-
Prise only 25 cents a bottle.
The merciful man is merciful to his
beast. He will be careful to use Foutz’s
Horse and Cattle Powders in time to pre
vent disease and save his faithful brute
from paiu.
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