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TUESDAY. JUNE 6. 1876.
An August Sufddc.
Tho world will need all tho assurance
of tbo foreign ministers in Constantino*
pie to believe that tbo cx*Soltan commit
ted suicide; or, if bo did, that it was on
act of ftlo ie it, and not done as an al
ternative against death from the bands
of othors—tbo result of an intimation to
cscapo death bj the l ow-string.
It is probably true that the man bad
sunk, through hi extravagance, sensu
ality and eeli-inJuljcnce. into a condi
tion in which ho was a serious obstacle
to ttao " demands of the hour ’* upon the
Turk, and it becimo necessary to set
him Mido, in favor of a moro active,
daring ac<l zealous leader. It is also
true that tbo Saltan's mind has been
reported unsettled, and hence ho might
have committed suicide as tho result
of mental aberration. Ic is moro
probable, howover, that the reported
crate was set on foot to pavo tho way for
his deposition, and ho hue killed himself
in fear of a more painfnl death. It was
perhaps important to get him out of the
way so as to silcnco all division and dis
putes about tho legal authority of tho
reigning Saltan, who can now be “girt
with the sword of Osman," not in virtuo
of a successful usurpation, but &3 the
lineal and lawful successor to tho throne.
It will bo remembered that Saltan
Murad was to havo been enthroned by
this ceremonial lost week ; but tbo cere
mony, for somo reason not stated, was
nnnonncod as deferred for a few days.
Then comos the statoment that Saltan
Abdnl Aziz has killed himself—not been
murdered—but killed by bis own hand.
To say tbo least, the not was sincalarly
opportune and timely, for it relieves tbo
■acoetsion of all taint of usurpation and
treason, and now all discord about tho
matter ceases.
An Angry War don..
Tho reader will con the foreign dis
patches to-day with apprehension and
alarm. If it be tree, as stated by the
Barlm Telegraph Agency that England
has concluded an alliance with Turkey
and guaranteed the integrity of that empire,
it seems to ns, with the liltlo knowledge
we possess of the ilaiut, a step which may
involve tbo most terrible consequences.
She is carrying oat in good faith the stip
illations of a treaty concluded by the allies
about ten years ago, bnt meanwhile the
condition of Continental Europe has
Editorial Corropnutlcnce.
Washington' Citt. June 1,1876.
THE TTDE
of investigation rises higher and higher
every day, and no man s-ieuis .-ife. Mr.
Kerr's accuser, tho infamous New York
loafer and Radical pimp, Hsraey, was
missing yesteraay when tbo committee
met, and the jaws of the Jacobins who
flocked to the room to g’oat over his bra
zen lies and bullying inuendoes, dropped
when they heard it. The gang bad set
. * . . -i down yesterday 03 a very white day
changed so vastly that the provis.on. of fof tteir side fa the final destrnction of
that treaty in respect to Turkey cannot
be enforced. Tho integrity of Turkey
cannot bo maintained unless by the
consent and aetivo co-operation of the
three great empires of Bussia, Austria
and Germany, which most involve those
powers, as the cate stands, in a crusade
against tho revolted Christian provinces
—in a war for tho Turk and Mohammed-
anism against the Christian, and what
is still more to the purpose, so far as two
of these powers are concerned—a war
against their own national, dynastic and
financial interests.
The changes of time, and the progress
of population and trade havo every year
increased the evil of this old Turkish
reactionary domination in Southern
Europe, and all intelligent mankind re
gard it os an obstruction and a nuisance,
which must be abated sooner or later,
and the sooner tho better. Tho great
powers, Bussia and Austria, imperatively
need possession or control of tho month
of the Danube, and convenient outlets to
tho trodo of tho Mediterranean and tho
East now held by Tnrkey, much os tbo
mastiff held possession of tho manger;
and though Germany has no appa
rent territorial interest in the matter, yet
she has a general and important trade
interest involved, and it is sot very
difficult to conccivo the potsibi ity that
tho two other powers may gain her co
operation with consanguineous races by
an cqmtablo partition of material bene
fit ; on the other band, it is not so easy
to tnpposo that Germany will go to war
to support tbo effete incubus of Turkish
power in Enropo. Sho can easily main
tain her neutrality and permit Turkey to
be driven out of Europe by tho armies of
Bussia, Austria and Greece and tbo re-
Won't Bo Satisfied.
The Chicago Times is cot satisfied with
tho attitudo of tho Southern States in
respect to tho Presidential nomination,
and says:
Now he mnit be a very simple-minded
man who supposes that all this is tho re
sult of indifforonco or deference to the
wishes of Northern Democrats. It is, in
fact, tho result of design, tho fall mean
ing of which will nppcnr in due time. If
thoy beeomo satisfied that a hard money
man on a hard money platform can se
cure moro Northern electoral votes than
a soft-money man on a soft-money plat
form, thoy will nothesitatofor a moment
to oat tho throat of tho rag-baby. And
vico versa. They oaro not a fig for eithor
man or platform, because thoy know that
if they win they can rulo tho ono nnd
spit upon tbo other. That is tho secret,
and tho whole secret, of tho sending of
uninstructed Southern delegations to St.
Lon is.
Now it is right hard, when tho South
tells tho North "agree upon your own
man and your own platform, and wo will
back them,” to l>o told that this is a
pieeo of scheming ambition and selfish
ness. now can wo assure tlieso people
that we havo no privato ends in this busi
ness, and want only honest and fair gov
ernment? If wo were to put up a nom
inee of our own—very few would vote
for an ox-rebel. If wo venture to desig
nate ono of (heir men, wo prejudico him
in thoir own eyes ns a candidate of tho
ex-robelB, and in somo way tarred with
secossion proclivities; and when, avoid
ing tho slightest approach to dictation
wo say agree upon your own man and
joar own platform, they reply, (hat too is
only a scheme of yours to rulo the roost.
Thus, yon sec, there is no possiblo atti
tude tho South can oocupy which will
satisfy tho peoplo. We say it is a hard
esse.
Tired of tbo Honor.
A correspondent of tbo Charleston
News and Courier states that tho business
of tho Conrt of Common Pleas at Bare-
well Court-house, South Carolina, recent
ly cimo to a stand still, whilo Judge
Maher was in tho miust of his causes,
because tho colored jury were in a starv
ing condition. They had eaten not a
morsel for tho whole day, and could get
neither money nor credit.
Tbo Judgo was at bis wits ends, but
finally addressed them thus:
Under tho circumstances I will be com
pelled to discharge you, for I cannot keep
you hero in a starving condition. But
you see to what a condition yon have
brought tho county. You are not with
out blame, for the men in office responsi
ble for the stoppage of the court wore
put there by jour votes. Here we are
in tho month of May; there is no money
to pay your judge, to pay jurors, to sup
port tho prisoners in jail, or pay other
•xpensos of the county. You colored
voters are responsible for this thing, for
by your votes tho bad men who have
brought about this lamentable state of
affairs were elected.
That judgo had a level head, and nev
er mado n better charge in his life. The
jury stampeded, and donbtless tho very
next night placed under contribution
sundry chicken roosts and pig pens be
longing to thoir white neighbors. Such
is negro government.
volted provinces, and take nothing but
benefit by tho operation. If France,
with no very great apparent interest in
the question, chooses to take sides with
England and tbo Tnrk, that is a result
which Germany cannot regret, whilo
neither Franco nor England can success
fully oppose tho great march of events
which is destined to remit the Turk back
to his native Orient.
On the other hand, if Germany choosos
to t&ko part in the struggle such terriblo
armies will bo tamed loose on thoir an
tagonists ns modern history has not
yet seen. It would bo no difficnlt matter
for this alliance to occupy Turkey with
a force of a million and a half.
It is qaito true Groat Britain should
know what sho is about, and it sho has
taken this position, lias taken it nt her
leisure and voluntarily, and may bo as
sumed to neo her way through it—and
that way may be clear; but with the
lights before us, it seem3 to ns sho is
rushing into the jaws of destrnction. We
trust tho Berlin statement that sho has
guaranteed tho integrity of tho Turkish
Empire will bo recalled as nnfoundod.
On tho wholo tho European war nows to
day opens tho rcosonablo prospect of
convulsion which will shako all Christen
dom.
the Democratic Speaker. Theytncaked
away like whipped enrs, cursing Harney
for failing to come to time. Later they
rallied, and claimed his sure appearance
to-day, bnt so far he is still non est,
though I understand he has telegraphed
bo will to here. This plot is one of the
meanest, most malignant and infamous
that even the Jacobins ever hatched, bnt
there is a cheerful assurance of its igno
minious failure.
DULL DATS
For the lobby theso are. and have been
since December. There are moro seedy
costs, and bats, and shoes in that gong
than has been known since the war. They,
one and all, are constantly cursing the
Democrats and "rebels’* cs the authors
of their decay, and will hail a Democratic
defeat in November as the end of their
ill lack. It is one of my most constant
and loveliest pleasures to watch tbeso
cnaps as they loaf tnrough corridors and
cluster around doors—lean, hungry and
scowling. Their occupation seems gone,
and their haggard faces and shabby
clothes attest the fact. I don’t suppose
half a dozen of the bravest rustlers in the
gang havo tasted champagne or canvass
back duck or terrapin this winter, and
there is a plentiful lack of tho usual dia
mond pins and gorgeous watch chains
significantly suggestive of intimacy with
the pawn broker. If they don't make a
fetter strike next winter, some of them
will either starroorgotothe work house.
Thi3 is one of the finest effects of a Dem
ocratic majority in on-? branch of the
National Legislature. Next to exposing
and captaring actual rogues, the next
best thing has been starving the creatures
who tempt and turn men into crime. The
cry of “rebel” nnd “traitor” cm neither
blind the people to this fact, nor break
tho force of tho exposures of Badical ras
cality that havo been made. And that
is just where tho shoe pinches tightest.
It cuts tbeso lojl robbers to the quick
that tho “d—d rebels” havo dona the
work. Positively tho most delicions mu
sic in tho world is to hear one of these
detected rogues gnash his teeth and howl
at "rebels" and "traitors” who are "per
secuting loyal men "
WHEEE THEY SIT
Tho Florida Gubernatorial Kace.
The Bad* have split into flinders in
the flowery State, and Walls, tho rejected
Congressman, is making things lively
there.
We regret to see that there i3 a diver-
sitv of opinion also as to who shall bear
the standard of the Democracy.
Upon this point the Monticello Consti
tution soya:
“The Jacksonville Press is sanguine that
either Daniel or Drew will bo the Demo
cratic nominee for Governor. The dis
position up this way is to require Finley
to run nolens rolens.”
Bnt that Etannch patriot ana gallant
leader who has just been seated in Con
gress, is not mado of lotting material,
and unequivocally and emphatically re-
fnsc3 to lend his name to any such un
holy object.
Have not Democrats suffered suffi
ciently yet, to learn wisdom ? Is the
contemptible personal ambition of any
individual or coterie of politicians to be
allowed to continue its present vassilage
to the Badical party ?
We trow not. Here, then, in advance
for Georgia (and Florida, xe trust, will
give heed also), let us resolve that in no
possible event or contingency will the
Democracy be so lost to reason, so dere
lict to duty, so false to the traditions of
tho past, so oblivious to policy, interest,
and the future well being of the State
and nation, as to divide in the presence
of a powerful and unscrupulous enemy,
and by running two tickets destroy all
hope of success.
In union there is strength,” and peace
and harmony should bo the watchwords
in the ensuing campaign, it matters not
if a hecatomb of aspirants must bo sac
rificed.
THE SLANDERED SPEAKER.
Mr. Blonnt’s SpeecU on tlio
Naval Appropriations Bill
This effort of onr immediate repre
sentativo is very highly commended on
all sides. The copy of the Congressional
Record containing it having been mis.
laid or appropriated by somo one, we
havo been unable to make more than a
passing notRe of its contents. We clip
the following from tho Savannah Morn
in? News:
The debato in tho House of Represent
atives last week on the naval appropria
tion bill, and the amendment to estab
lish a naval rendezvous at Tybee, was
protracted and exceedingly animated,
and was generally participated in. Hon.
James H. Biount, of Macon, espoused
the Tybeo project in a most exhaustive
speech, in which he set forth the advan-
I don’t recollect whether I have over i tages to the Government from a rendez-
A Tliritty Man.
Tho Now York Sun says George M.
Robeson was appointed Secretary of the
navy through tho influence of A. G. Cat
tell. He entered tho office on June 25,
1869, and was then Attorney General of
New Jersey, with a salary of SI,500 per
annum.
Ho was engaged in no business out
side of bis profession, by which, in the
small town of Camden, ho was enabled to
eke out a living, with tho aid of $1,500
salary as Attorney General, which ho re
ceived for a short time before going to
Washington. Tho salary of $8,000
year as Secretary of tho Navy, was re
garded as a God-scnd by tho friends who
know his limited income and narrow
means. Ho has held this place for sev
en years, lived prodigally, and occnpies a
house, tho rent of which alono consumes
nearly half bii salary.
Taking theso facts as a starting point,
the Sun proceeds to show at length tho
excellent financial exhibit made by Sec
retary Robeson now, after a little less
than seven yenrs of public service at
eight thousand dollars per annum. His
private bank account, as shown by tho
committee, is thns stated:
bank of Camden (official) $ 51.143 IS
lay Cooke A Co (official) 28.9S6 SS
Rifgs A Co. (reported) - 127.000 CO
First National (reported). 00.000 00
Drexel. Morgan t Co. (reported) 45.000 00
The Sunday Tclcgrram.
At length this bright and neatly print
ed weekly has reached onr sanctum nnd
will bo a wolcomo visitor.
Mr. Grady will certainly havo ample
verge nnd scopo for selection, in the mul
titudinous dispatches from every part of
Christendom, which ho may scan from
day to day, sipping tho nectar nnd honey
from the mass and discarding the rub
bish. He will bo able also after a calm
survey of tho political arena and a com
parison of tho utterances and vaticina
tions of tho daily press, to make tip an
intelligent weekly resumo of public af
fairs without difficulty.
A good writer himself, of course we
may expect also to have nil these details
illustrated and illuminated in his own
happy vein, with a duo proportion of spico
and vim.
Not crossing the paths of the numerous
dailies of tho capital, there is good reason
likewise to hope that the speculation will
prove a pecuniary success,
and most sin
cerely do we trust that such may bo tho
Total WtS *«
Tho Sun insists that this balance to
credit is considerably below tho actual
facts in tho cass, and that the Secretary’s
real accumulations are in excess of half a
million. But then, if wo admit that they
are only $-1-13,123 and throw off the 56
cents from the " dem’d total,” the jolly
Secretary presents an example of personal
thrift not common in these days. He has
lived high—gained considerable real es
tate, and laid by over sixty-threo thou
sand dollars a year ont of an $8,000 salary-
and at the samo time, 03 he says, nover
interfered with naval contracts except to
cut them down and save money to the
Government.
A man who can do theso things should
be encouraged. A few of them working
for the Government would soon pay the
national debt and mako us all happy.
Robeson himself could pay it off on this
plan in four years, and leave a small
balance, thus: Public income four hun
dred millions a year—multiplied by
eight, makes $3,200,000,000 a year, and
running expenses thrown in, (Robeson’s
expenses did not count). This for a full
Presidential term would show a total
saving of $12,800,000,000, from which
deduct public tho debt ($2,400,000,000)
and at the end of the next Presidential
term Robe would show a balance of ten
thousand two hundred millions in the
Treasury—tho one half cf which might
bo taken for a grand national jubilee,
and then there would be plenty left for
tho loyal blacks.
A great mistake was made in not put
ting Bobeson into tho Treasury and get
ting him to manage that department as
he does his own private concerns. Let
the next Republican candidate raise tho
standard, “Bobeson for the Treasury
Department, and tho rulo of eight ap
plied to the public assets,” and hard
times will come no more.
mentioned tho “location ”—so to speak—
in the House of the Georgia delegation,
their surroundings, etc. As some people
take interest m such details, I give
both. Mr. Blount occupies ono of the
most eligible chairs in the hall, being
No. 10 in the front row on tbo right of
the Speaker, next to Holman, of Indiana,
and one seat from Cox, of New York.
His right hand neighbor is Mr. Milliken,
of Kentucky. Mr. Candler occupies No.
2G on tho' samo side of tho hall and is
sandwiched between Gen. Phil Cook in
No. 25 nnd Gen. Elijah Ward, of New
York, in No. 27. Gen. Phil Cook’s left
hand noighbor is Mr. Hnrtridge in No.
24, with an aisle between them. Mr.
Hartridge having Mr. Harrison, of Chi
cago, on his left in No. 23. All these
seats are very eligible, being in the
second row from the front, on tho Speak
er’s right. Mr. Hill and Dr. Felton had
ill luck in the draw, and occupy Nos.
129 and 130 on the outmost row of
the same side, having for neighbors
Messrs. Hopkins, of Pennsylvania, and
Tarbox, of Massachusetts, respectively.
Mr. Harris occupies a seat on the left, or
Badical side of the House, No. 121, but
is in good company nevertheless, having
for neighbors Messrs. Haymond, of
Iowa, and Biddle, of Tennessee. Mr.
Smith is also in the midst of tho enemy,
occupying No. 11 on tho Radical side
and next to Mr. Chittenden, of Brooklyn,
who is ono of those political dodoes,
called " Liberal Republicans,” but a
good man and member nevertheless.
You will seo from this that Georgia wa3
tolerably lucky in drawing for seats.
WASHINGTON
is full of strangers—fuller to my eye
than at any time since December. Most
of them are sight-seers on their way to
the Centennial, and stopping hero to see
the political lions—or tigers, rather,
judging from the ferocity with which
they are tearing and tugging at each
other’s throats. Some of these folks are
odd specimens, indeed, and ask all sorts
of queer questions in tho queerest brogue
imaginable. I suppose they are nil
Americans, but sometimes I have doubts.
It seems to mo there must be almost ns
many dialects in theso United States, so-
called, as in England. Tho general run
of these sight-seers, of course, rush to
tho Capitol pest haste and into the
House and Senate galleries. In the
former their most frequent inquires are
for Lamar and Blaine, and in the latter
for Morton, Conkling and Thurman— all
Presidential or Vice Presidential possi
bilities, and therefore objects of moro
than common interest. They promenade
their eyes around each chamber for a
few minutes and then are off again to
resumo that hardest of all work trying
vous at this point in a clear aud concise
stylo. We extract the following from
his remarks as given in the Congression
al Record:
At the present time our vessels are
rendezvousing at Fort Royal, where there
is no fresh water for our iron clads, no
store-houses and no docks. Some of the
iron clads have been brought from Pen
sacola for tho reason that there is no
fresh water at that point. It is urged
that Savannah is the proper place for a
naval rendezvous, first, because tho an
chorage there is good, and, second, be
cause there is a dry dock and ship yard
there, with fresh water and communica
tion with New York by land and water.
The Government is already in possession
of three hundred acres of land on Cock-'
spur Island, and quite as much or moro
land on Tybeo Island. On Tybee Island
there is every facility for stores amlgreat
numbers of buildings that are now of no
use.
“There will be no expenditure required
by the Government to make that a naval
rendezvous. The Secretary of War re
commends it, and I am informed that the
Secretary of the Navy thinks it is
proper thing to be done. It will be to
the advantage of tho Government, in or
der that the building* now under the
control of tho War Department may be
utilized ior this purpose.
The Chief of the Bureau of Naviga
tion states iu his communication that in
the iiem of water alone for the vessels at
Port Royal the sum of $100,000 has been
expended. That shows how improper it
was to select that place U3 a naval ren
dezvons, and how very proper that the
provision in reference to Tybeo Island
should be adopted.”
to see a great deal in a limited time,
have seen somo strange folks and atranger
gear, feminine and masculine, recently,
and if gifted in that lino could make
some lively pictures,
I notice, in this connection, one thing
which pleases me greatly. That is the
superiority in manners, general tone, and
bearing of those strangers who come from
the South. Their feathers are not nearly
so fine, bnt they nevertheless make a must
pleasing impression both on tho eyo and
taste. Somehow Southern rags, so to
speak, outshine the daigtjgst, richest rai-
le and pros
perity. Shall I besconte(Tc5&.sectionalist
if I see. and seeing tell tl&Mbings to
sympathetic souls ? *
Or.OI-.GIA VISITORS
Among them I note ex-Governor Jen
kins and wife. General Toombs, nnd
Messrs. W. L. Mitchell and R. M. Smith,
of Athens. Gov. J. is here, I understand,
as ono of the commissioners on the part
of the State of Maryland to settle a dis
pute as to the boundary line between her
territory and that of Pennsylvania. He
was on the floor of the Houso vesterdav
and was warmly greeted, not only by all
Georgians who had the pleasure of seeing
him, butnumeronsotoer friends. Messrs.
Toombs, Mitchell and Smith are dele
gates to a high Masonic council of some
sort now in session here. The familiar
faces of these home folks is peculiarly
agreeable in this, to Southerner?, thor
oughly strange and cold city. Perhaps
after "the 4th of March there may be
more sunshine for our long-exiled people.
The old, familiar graces and social ac
complishments that somehow seemed to
bloom with exceptional luxuriance and
beauty under the “debasing influences of
slavery,” may once moro come to the
front and make Washington, socially,
bat it was then, the most charming of
cities. R-
A Sliort State CanTass.
We invite attention to the wise and
timely counsel of our correspondent
Democrat,” who has no axe to grind,
and is a gentleman of much experience
and information.
Bad ros Tildxx if True.—A dis
patch from St. Louis announces that Gov.
Tilden will arrive in that city on the
17th, and “quietly establish his head
quarters at tho Southern Hotel, remain
ing until the convention is over, mean
time developing his strength among the
delegates throughout the West.” We
trust there is no tiulh in this dispatch.
The spectacle would disgust the Demo
cratic party universally.
The Ex-Snltan’s Extravagance,
Abdul Aziz had not been on the throne
many years before ho yielded to the per
nicious influence of the enemies of re-
form, the old Turkish party, and fell into
the luxurious habits of his predecessors.
He soon had a harem peopled by innu
merable concubines, which cost tho State
immense sums. He dabbled in agricul
ture, with tho sole resnit of adding heavy
burdens to the already overburdened
treasury. He also went into the menag
erie business, and expended enormous
sums in the collecting wild beasts and
birds. Men-of-war were sent to all part3
of the world to increase his collection,
and tho Governor of every province en
deavored to afford him agreeable surprise
by costly presents—Arabian horses, ear
pets, fruits, etc.
So, too, wealthy Mahommedan3, as soon
as they purchased a handsome slave, sent
her to the Sultan, who never refused her.
pictures and vases from China and Japan
accompanied these gifts, the Saltan hav
ing taken a passion for these, and having
spent last year $300,000 on pictures. Even
that trip to the west of Europe which re
sulted in his inaugurating numerous ad
ministrative reforms, resulted in the
squandering of an enormous sum, while
the hunting excursions asd other amuse
ments of his court cost fabulous sums.
Tbe pah^^Mendituro has been $10.-
rOO.COO since his accession.
III? : . rv-.^^^^ftcred 5,500—the
er.s empiojHHpbt‘the stables 400, the
menagerie twK' while there were 400
caikdjia, 400 musicians. 300 doorkeepers
^kke twenty-one palaces and kinsq'nes,
100 porters. The harem had 1,200
inmates. The Saltan had 25 aids-de-
camp, 7 chambermaids, C secretaries, and
at least 150 employes with various func
tions. There were 50 medical men, 150
black eunuchs, and 100 harem messen
gers.
Miny of these servants were married,
and fed their families with the broken
meat, while they had their under-servants
so that 7,000 persons were daily fed in
the palace at an average cost of five
francs each a day, or $2,500,000 a year.
The horses, COO in number, were mostly
presented by the Khedive, who also an-
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jlr. Kerr's Physical Condition—Gen.
oral Denunciation of Harney—Fur«
tlier Facts About Him.
Special Dispatch to tho Chicago Times.!
Washington*, May 31.—Harney, who
was put to bed at the Arlington drunk
and boasting on Monday night, fled the
town on yesterday, and to-day when the
committee convened ho was nowhere to
be found. After three hours’ delay, the
further investigation was postponed until
Harney’s whereabouts can be ascertained.
It seem3that he was accompanied to thi3
city by a gang of New York plug-uglies,
gamblers, thieve?, pick-poekets and
rogues in general. Fearing, however,
that such company would destroy the
main scheme, the Bliss conspirators de
tailed the export-master of New York,
Abram Wakeman, the notorious default
er, to keep the perjurer sober until his
part had been played before tho commit
tee. Wakemsn came with Harney,
roomed with him nt tho Arlington and
carried him off on yesterday
IN DEFIANCE OF THE MANDATE
that he should be on hand to continue
the examination to-day. Frightened by
tho utter break-down and palpable fabri
cation of hi3 story, tho Republicans have
in the main disavowed sympathy with
the attempt to credit tho story. In the
House most of them have taken occasion
to visit tbo dying Speaker to assure him
that nothing but aversion and contempt
for the conspirators are felt by decent
men. Bass and Danford, however, to
justify themselves, have entered into
collusion with the baser order of journal
ists to color the testimony and pretend to
give it credit. The New York journals,
which have been thu3 betrayed by their
correspondents, have promptly discred
ited them, avowing the fullest faith in
THE DEEPLY INJURED AND DYING MAN.
It is not unlikely that Bass and Dan-
ford, with ono ortwocf these shameless
newsmen, may be called upon to explain
their part in the atrocious conspiracy not
only against the good name but to . the
peril of the life of an utter guiltless man.
Bass and Danford have proved them
selves utterly unscrupulous, treacherous
knaves in their committee during the
winter. They are bath men of less than
mediocre ability, and, lacking other op
portunitie3, they havo striven by despic
able means of the present sort to recom
mend themselves to their party. There
is believed to be evidence enough of tbeir
knavish disregard of their sworn duties
as members aud judges to impeach them
before the House, for besides the insti
gation of
MALIGNANT MISREPRESENTATIONS
put forth at their suggestion and dicta
tion through the press, it i3 more than
probable that proof positivo will be
presently at hand to convict them of aid
ing and abetting this extraordinary con
spiracy, if they did not originate it.
Proofs of Harney’s plots are coming to
hand swiftly from New York, revealing
his kinship and surroundings, and his
boasts of a way of stopping Republican
exposure. Letters are pouring in from
New York attesting thefoulnes3 of Har
ney’s life and his associates. Ho is a
regular visitor at the notorious gambling
place of Harry Hill, in Murder row,
Houston street, New York, where “Reddy
the Blacksmith ” and the outlaws of
NEW YORK LOAFERDOM
assembled months ago. He declared that
he conld pat up a job on the Democrats
that would blow them out of water. Doz
ens of peoplo declare that they heard this
foul scoundrel boast in Ndw York that
when hi3 folks got ready he could stop the
exposure of Republicans. Ho mado
point on Monday, when examined, that he
did not want to testify, because what ho
had to tell was confidential. He was af
terwards betrayed by Col. Elliott’s cross-
examination into an admission that he had
told the story frequently, because the
Democrats were pushing the Republicans
so hard in tho investigations. One of the
leading Republicans of the House said to
day that if Kerr could live it through,
THE ANGRY REVULSION3 OF AN INDIGNANT
PEOPLE
would mako him President. Another said
tho assassination of Lincoln sanctified bis
character and saved him from the jealous
faint praise of party friends and the as
persions of enemies, butthis assassination
of Kerr, tho purest man in public life,
E 'd not only endear him to tho whole
le, but give hi3 party a new lease of
It is quite impossible to give an
idea of the feeling aroused by this mur
derails attempt; a feeling that was in
tensified into speechless rage and grief
to-day when tho speaker, pale, nerveless,
ghostly, with tho seal of death on his
blanched face, tottered up t ho steps to
tho chair and compelled himself, by a
tyranous effort of will alone, to preside
over the first hour cf the proceedings
His health has been failing visibly for
weeks. His visit South made but a tem
porary change. The agony of tbe past
few days, with such ignominy as this at
tributed to him, has
SHAKEN THE HAN FATALLY.
He has not slept for a week. He is
unable to eat. The doctors havo com
manded his instant withdrawal to a less
trying climate, where the air might re
cuper&te his wasted health. Ho refuses
peremptorily, lie asks only to finish the
calumny and leave no vestige, and not
till then will he obey his advisers. It
was proposed on Saturday by his friends
that the examination of the case be post
coned until his health improved. No;
ie would not hear of it. It was urged,
then, thathe could not entrust himself to
the Clymer committee, since there was
bnt ono Democrat left on it, Blackburn
and Bobbins, the two, with Clymer.
forming the majority, having gone off,
one to hi3 home and the other to Now
Orleans. “No,” said Kerr, “ I will take
the case to aDy body of men, ene
mies or not, and show them so conclu
sively the
UNUTTERABLE FALSENESS
of this base attempt that men will won- | X>Y virtue of a power of sale vested in tho City j
der how it conld be listened to with pa- d?, b /.
He is n brazen rascal, but was led
mako many statements, some false
theirface, and others which will be shown
to be false. He had stated that ho did
not ask anybody elso than Mr. Kerr
help Green, but Mr. Strauss, an ex
member from Pennsylvania, testified to
day that Harney bad repeatedly spoken
to him in behalf of Green, and had told
him that he (Harney) could mako four
or five hundred dollars by getting Green
appointed. Testimony will be adduced
to contradict Harney and convict him
testifying falsely, and to show him
possess a bad character; but outside
that, it is now generally agreed thathe
is a fraud of the worst description.
THE WHISKY RING.
The true inwardness of tho whisky ring
is about to be exhibited. Samuel Rinds
keff and other witnesses were before tho
Committeo on tho Expenditures of the
Treasury Department to day, and Rinds
koff mado a statement. It is stated that
the testimony will damage Matt Carpen
ter, and also J. M. Keys, chairman of tho
Republican State Committee, and ex-Con
gre-sman Morey. The committee agreed
to turn the matter over to the special com
mittee on the St. Louts whisky ring, of
whioh Proctor Knott is chairman. It is
said that S. J. Conkling, who was in the
ring, will stat9 thathe escaped to Canada
by advice of Carpenter. L. Q. IV.
Tlie State Conventions
Editors Telegraph, and Messenger: Tho
State Executive Committee is to meet
this week, and it is understood one of
the objects for whioh they will convene
is to fix a time for a State Democratic
Convention—to appoint our electors for
President and Vice President, and to
nominate a candidate for Governor.
Your humble correspondent avails
himself of your columns to suggest to
tho committee the propriety of a late
meeting of the convention. I am not m
the interest of any aspirant for President,
or for electors, or for Governor; but for
the nominees of the party when th?y
shall ba presented. But there are some
good reasons why wo should havo a short
canvass. The expense of it will bo less
to tho people, there will be less demorali
zation among tho voters, less violence
and bloodshed, and les3 chance for
bolters and independent candidates
who await their chances for a nomina
tion, to organize for mischief. It is a
hard year for the industrious people of
tbe State, and tho postponement of the
convention to a late day will give the
people a better chance to close their
farm labor, and organize, and express
their wishes through their delegate?,
who can better attend tho convention at
that tiino.
It will be a means of securing har
mony in State politics to let the Presi
dential canvass open and begin to heat up
before there is a decision as to who shall
be disappointed in their hopes of a nom
ination for Governor. There will be fewer
men then to encourage tho idea of bolt
ing. Democrat.
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nualiy sent costly jewel?, pictures and
birds. Tho stables cost $200,000, and
the haretn $SOO.OOO, while the pensions
to the members of the Imperial family
amounted to J3.1O3.CO0, and repairs to
the palaces and kiesques $400,000, not
to speak of the Saltan’s passion for Guild-
ing. which has swallowed up at least
$2,800,000. His nominal civil list being
only $700,000, the remainder of the $10,-
000.000 necessarily figured m the annual
badget under other and deceptive heads.
This prodigality added to the expense of
reorganizing the army and navy, ruined
the finances of the country, and was the
fruitful causes of disturbances at borne
and grave apprehensions abroad.
Rxxx is May.—We were surprised by
the statement in Mr. Boardman’* report
for Msy, as printed in our last, that
there had been 7.85 inches of rain last
month; and wish now to explain it by
the statement that it was a typographi
cal error. The rain fall last month was
1.S5, not 7.S5.
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tieuce.” Si Kerr, it must be remember
ed, is in the bands cf Bass and Danford,
two of the ioaest specimens of partisan
baseness to bo found in the House. Last
night and to day the Speaker's rooms at
Willard’s and at the House were throng
ed with publio men of both parties ex
pressing confidence and sympathy.
Among other* were Secretary Bristow
and wife. General Sherman, and high dig
nitaries of all branches of tho Govern
ment. By mail nnd telegraph there is
something like a ton of sympathetic and
reassuring messages. It has required
the strongest efforts of Kerr’s moderate
friends to prevent some rash hot-heads
from murdering the perjured scoundrel
Indeed, soma among the moro prudent
aver that the villain should never have
been permitted to leave the committee
room with the
PZBJUEY OK HIS LIPS.
It was freely discussed to-day, this
subject, and there was a general rgree-
ment that there must be one example of
this sort to check the rush of perjury
seen here this season. Until this is done,
they claim, no publio mon is safe from
reckless adventurers.
THE INVESTIGATIONS.
Blaine and Kerr.
Prcm the Courier-Journal!
Washington; Jana 2.—Mr. Blaine’s
friend* are better pleased this evening
with tho result of the investigation
than on yesteiday. They claim to have
met the worst of Mulligan’s accusation*,
and to have disproved them. Mulligan’s
allegation that Atkins had told him that
Blaine was the owner of the bonds Bold
to the Union Pacific was thm afternoon
contradicted by Mr. Atkins. The trouble
is that the testimony, both of Fisher and
Mulligan is damaging to Mr. Blaine, un
less he can prodace further proofs. Tho
scene in the committee room to-day was
one cf great excitement. The Bubject
has displaced all other topics. Many
Democrats are of the opinion that Mr.
Blaine is badly damaged and -that his
nomination at Cincinnati is ont of tbe
question. The committee is dissatisfied
with the seizure of the letters which
Mulligan had in his possession, and will
probably seek to establish the contents
by oral proof.
THE WITNESS 1IASNEY.
Harney, the calumniator of Mr. Kerr,
was on the witness stand for hours to
day, and was sharply cross-examined.
made by Jesse Jordan, on tho 20th day o£ Feh-
ruarj, 1875. to said Association, and recorded in
book“X,” folio 411. m the Clerk’s office of tr,o
Superior Court of Bibb county, I will expose for
public sale to the highest bidder, for cash, on the
lirst Tuesday in June next, to-wit, on tho Cth day
of Jane, 1870. between the 'egul hours of sale, at
the Uourt-house in Macon.Gcorgia, the following
property to-wit:
All that p-irt of lots numbers seven and eight
(7andS,) in block seventeen (17). in the city of
Macon, said county and State, with improve
ments thereon, known as tho Jesse Jordan prop
erty. and described in said deed as the psrt oi said
lot*, "except tho portion sold to John Flowers bv
S. J. Kent, to-wit; psrt of lots 7and Sin b!ock!7,of
tlie city of Maron, beginning in an alley which
runs perpendicular to Elm street, one hundred
and fifty-eight (158) feet from the intersection of
said alley with said Elm street, fifty-eight feet,
thence in a line perpendicular to said street fifty-
throe feet, then on a parallel line with said street,
fifty-eight feet to tbo beginning, the part to bo
sold being all the interest of said Jordan in lots 7
and 8. the interest of said Jordan beingdeseribed
as follows; Commencingat the comer of the alley
on Elm street, between lots or.e and eight, and
running fifty-nine (59)) and a half feet on Elm
street until it intersects the line of lot six. in
same block, then along the line oi lot six fiftr-
nine and a half (59<) feet to tho alley, aud in a
parallel line with tho alley to Elm street from
lot six, then along the alley to the starting point
on Elm street. Said pai t of lot containing 12,495
feet minus the number above described, that sold
to Flowers by Kent, being all the property pur
chased by Kent from Scofield, except the portion
sold to Flowers, as will bo seen by reference to
Kook "V,” pago 741, in the Clerk’s office of Bibb
Superior Court.
Said property will he sold for tho benefit of
said Bnilding and Loan Association to satisly a
claim of balance due on bond made to the Asso
ciation, of about $870, (credit bavins been allowed
on said bond for to shares stock held as collat
eral) as provided in said deed of conrevanco first
above mentioned; subject, however, to a mort
gage to the Mechanics' Building and Loan Asso
ciation. nominally for JS.CM). being for 18 shares
ef stock borrowed oa. upon which, however, all
dues liavo been paid up to date.
Title to all said property so offered will be
made in fee simple on the day of tale, subject to
the incumbrance mentioned.
Also, at same time and place, by virtue of alike
iwer of sale vested by deed in said Association.
>y Jos. K. Russell, which deed was made on tbe 2d
day of March. 1S75. and is recorded in the Clerk's
office of the Superior Court of Bibb county, in
book “X.” folio 442-3,1 will put up and expose
for public sale to the highest bidder for cash, the
following property: “ All that parcel of land sit
uate. lying and being in tbe city of Macon, in said
county sod State, and known in the plan of said
city as parts of lots Nos. 1 and 2, in square 10,
bat known in the plan of K. tY. Cubbedce’s sur
vey (see A. E. Boardmau’* survey) os lots Mo*,
five and six (5 and G)—the survey being recorded
in the Cierk’s office of ssid county, in book “ Y."
page 420, June 20,1872 ”
Ssid property wifi also be sold for the benefit
of ssid Association, to satisfy a balance claimed
by the Association if abont 5391 S3, on bond
made by said Russell, a credit on si me for five
share* stock having been first allowed to e*id
Rassell. leaving balance aforesaid, as provided in
the deedot conveyance frem said Joseph E. Rus
sell. above referred to, and title in fee simple w ill
be made to the purchaser or purchasers on tho
day of sale.
GEO. \T. BURR.
Sec. and T reas. City B. and L. Association,
mays wtdj
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n>US L. TIBLDEB
H. & L L. FIELDER,
Attorneys at Law,
C CTH BEET, GEOKGIA,
- Hided to them, in the counties of Ran
dolph, Stewart, Quitman, Clay, Early, Calhou
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fWtlT-tt
To the SMMilers of tlie Plasters
Basfirg Company of Macon, Go.
"XTOTICE is hereby given that suit has been
_L\ commenced by an action of complaint in
iavor of the Georgia State Agricultural Society
against the Planters Banking Company cfUIa-
con»Ga. returnable to the April Term, 1>TC» of
the Superior Court of Bibb county. Georgia.
HALL. LOFTON Jfc BARTLETT.
At:omeys ler the Georgia State Agricultural
Society.
May 2, 1876. mayS-law4w