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FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
SPAIN AND BROTHER JONA
THAN SHAKE HANDS OVER THE
CUBA CHASM.
Arrival of au American Bishop at
Rome A Missing Steamer The
French Assembly.
Madrid, November 27.—1 t is ascer
tained officially that negotiations with
the United States are proceeding fa
vorably. The relations between the
two countries may be regarded as ex
cellent.
Rome, November 27.—The Bishop of
Pittsburg, Pa., is here.
Havre, November 27.—The Amerique
has not arrived.
Paris, November 27.—Proceedings of
the Assembly under the triumph of the
arondissment system of voting are
certain.
De Cassagnac has been summoned
before the Courts.
Verdict On The Pacific Disaster.
Victoria, November 26.—The ooro
ner’a jury find that the Pacific should
not have been iujured by the collision
if sound and substantial. The collision
was caused by the Orpheus being im
properly steered. The watch on the
deck of the Pacific was insufficient.
The Pacific had two hundred and thirt
ty-eight souls aboard, and five boats,
the utmost capacity of which was one
hundred and sixty. The boats could j
not be handled by an insufficient and i
undisciplined crew. The captain of the !
Orpheus sailed away without trying to i
ascertain what damage the Pacific ■
had sustained.
The Suez Canal Purchase— Propping
Up Liberia — The French Crisis.
London, November 27. —The pur
chase of Suez canal stock is heartily
approved by the English press.
A meeting of bondholders and
others interested in Liberia resolved
to send a deputation to, the English
Foreign Minister and to the American
Minister to England with a view of
obtaining aid for the Republic in its
present crisis.
Wales visited Goa yesterday.
Paris, November 27.—The Journal
Officiel says the Government of Paris,
after consultation with the Council of
Ministers, resolved to prevent all
meetings of a character to excite dis
order. This is evidently aimed at Cas
saguac's speech at Belleville and a Rad
ical counter-demonstration organizing
here.
Sensation Over the Sale of Suez Canal
Stock—A French Debate.
Loudon, November 27—A dispatch
from Paris to the Morning Echo says the
announcement of the sale of the canal
there t.® the British Government
caused a great sensation in Suez.
Paris, November 27. —In the Assem
bly to-day the debate on the electoral
bill was continued. M. Neguet, Rad- •
ical, proposed an amendment in favor
of au unmodified scrutin de liste. After !
a violent discussion the amendment j
was rejected by 110 yeas to 477 nays.
M. Gambetta said the Constitu
tion of February iwenty-fifth had cost
all parties considerable sacrifices. He
now came forward to give a fresh proof
of conciliation by abandoning the de
mand for an unmodified scrutin de liste,
and supporting the amendment offered
by M. Jazon, which modifies the sys
tem by limiting the number of names
on the ticket to five. He appealed to
the patriotism of the Deputies to adopt
this course. It was the duty of the
Assembly to endeavor to create a
strong and powerful government. He
implored the ministry to declare wheth
er it intended that electors should be
free from the interfence of the govern
ment. Such a declaration would reassure
France, now anxiously watching the
gaps in the Vosges.
Minister Buffet defended the votlDg
by arrondisement. The aim of the Gov
ernment, he said, must be to form a
majority, and resolves to defend the
Conservative policy. The ministerial
programme, therefore, would be the
exclusion of Radicals and union of all
the Conservative forces in the cause
of social preservation. This was re
ceived with cheers by the Right and
the Bonapartists.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Hanging of a Brace of Murderers—
The St. Louis Crooked Whiskey Trial
—Babcock and Bristow Mentioned
Suspiciously.
Sardis, Miss., November 27.—Ben
Edwards and Oscar Freeman, both
colored, were hanged here to-day for
the murder of Lewis HU ber.
St. LuUis, November 27.—1n the Av
ery trial, store-keeper Thorp testified
that Joyce repeatedly showed him let
ters purporting to come from Avery
and Babcock. He did not know the
hand-writing of the famous dispatch
read here four days before the seizure
was from Barnes, the traveling agent
of Newcomb, Buchanan & Cos., of Lou-.
isville, who seemed to know all about
it. Witness had been informed that
the Secretary of the Treasury was in
terested in the firm of Newcomb, Buch
anan & Cos. [Sensation.]
The prosecution said if the defense
could show that the Secretary of the
Treasury (Bristow) was a member of
the ring', be would have him indicted
immediately.
J. F. Josephs, clerk of division ac
counts, testified that he sent Avery to
St Louis in 1872 to examine the ac
counts of revenue agent Gunther.
Avery reported verbally that Gunther’s
accounts were probably correct. He
remarked that Joyce was going to send
us a Christmas present the following
February. He hauded witness a pack
age containing SIOO. Witness said he
would send it back to Joyce. Avery
said, “No; it was sent in such a man
ner that no trouble could come o! it.”
I returned the money to Joyce, and
told Commissioner Rogers, who spoke
to Avery, who said he intended to
return his too. The money was re
turned to me in % few days, without
explanation.
Several dispatches in figurative words
and peculiar signatures were read.
Shoving the Queer — Death of a Prom
ising Boy—A Doomed Family.
Patterson, N. J., November 27. —Two
Italian girls, fifteen and eighteen years
of age, tor passing counterfeit money,
•were sentenced to three years imprison
ment.
Fort Monroe, November 27.—Arthur
Curry, a bright, promising boy of
fifteen, son of Lieutenant James Curry
of the Fifth United States Artillery,
;vho was out hunting, accidentally shot
Litpself through the heart, and died
instantly. This is the third death by
accident in the family within the past
six raontbt?, his mother and sister
being drowtlbd in Mill creek last
spring.
Chicago, November 27—Freight on
flour and grain eastward hM advanoed
live cents.
tlje Augusta Constitutionalist.
Established 1799.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Chandler Puts His Broom Through the
Indian Bureau—Appointments.—
Health Statistics—More Indian
Troubles.
Washington, November 27.—Chandler
to-day dismissed tbe chief clerk and
three heads of divisions and seven
other principal clerks of Indian Af
fairs. This makes a clean sweep of all
the old clerks associated for any length
of time with the Bureau. Their suc
cessors have not been named.
Capt. J. B. Barringer, of the S übsis
tenee has been promoted
to a Majority. Lieut. Jno. F. Weston,
of the Seventh Cavalry, has been ap
pointed Captain and Commissary of
Subsistence, vice Barringer promoted.
A report of the Board of Health
shows ninety-five illegitimate births,
three white and ninety-two colored;
three hundred and nine persons buried
at public expense; twenty white and
two hundred and eighty-nine colored.
Indian Agent Saville telegraphs from
Red Cloud Agency that a young Indian,
without provocation, shot Bosler while
bringing in cattle. He will demand the
surrender of the Indian, which he
knows will be refused, and asks advice.
Commissioner Smith replies that the
Indians must be compelled to surren
der the guilty party, and says; “If
the military will stand by you, stop
rations until the surrender is made.”
Reorganization of the Indian Bureau.
Washington, November 27.—The
Commissiouership of Indian Affairs has
been tendered Edward S. Tobey, of
Boston, vice Smith. Tobey is here by
request of the President. There is
reason to believe Tobey will accept and
be appointed Monday. Vacancies caused
by removals to-day will be filled after
consultation with the new Commis
sioner.
1
FROM RICHMOND.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Case—The Debt of Virginia.
Richmond, Va., November 27.— 1n the
United States Court to-day. Hon. Wm.
M. Evarts, of New York, counsel for
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad,
made a motion for dismissal of pro
ceedings appointing a receiver for the
road, looking to au early sale of the
same. He contended that jurisdiction
in the matter belonged to the State
and not to Federal Courts. He cited
numerous decisions of the United States
Supreme Court bearing on the question
to establish the position of Judge Ship
man, of New York.
The counsel for plaintiff stated that,
after examining authorities, be was
satisfied this court had no jurisdiction.
Judge Bond, after stating that the
court was not ready to hear such mo
tion, by request of counsel, fixed the
20th of December as the time, and
Alexandria as the place for the next
hearing of the case. Mr. Evarts fur
ther asked if it was convenient that
Chief Justice Waite be present at that
time.
From the report of the Second Audi
tor, it appears that the State debt, on
the 30th of September, 1875, exclusive
of bonds and certificates had, by the
literary and sinking fund, was $99,514,-
426.88. The debt, as reported October
Ist, 1874, wa3 $29,957,014. For 1875,
the debt is divided as follows : Amount
of tax-paying coupons issued to date,
§18,881.50; amount of registered bonds
and fractional certificates, which
may be converted at the option into
such bonds, $1,350,515.80, making the
amount of consolidated debt $20,237,-
015.85; amount of debt fuuded and to
be funded in bonds not convertible in
consols, §9,277,410.58, making the debt
proper $29,514,426.38. The West Vir
ginia portion is $15,239,370.74. The
public debt is held as follows : By
citizens and corporations in Virginia,
about $8,000,000, of which probably
$6,000,000 is in consols; in other States
of the Union, $13,000,000,and in foreign
countiies, $8,500,000.
BRISTOW.
The Secretary of the Treasury Emphat
ically Denies Connection with the
Whiskey Ring—He Will Show No
Mercy to Culprits.
Washington, November 27.
S. P. Dyer, United States District At
torney,-St. Louis.
Sir —l learn from the morning papers
that, in the course of the trial of Wm.
O. Avery, yesterday, a witness men
tioned a rumor that I was interested in
a distillery or liquor house at Louis
ville, Ky. The same rumor was circu
lated in St. Louis by corrupt officials
and guilty distillers, their confederates
aud friends, last Spring, obviously for
the purpose of breaking the
force of the proceedings against
them. So long as the matter
rested on mere street rumor, or in the
columns of newspapers friendly to the
ring, I could not properly take notice
of it; but now that it has been dragged
into court, as it appears at the instance
of indicted officials, I deem it proper to
r request that every person whose name
has been or can be given you as having
knowledge of such alleged facts shall
be brought before the grand jury and
subjected to the most rigid examina
tion. The statement is absolutely and
unqualifiedly false, so far as it affects
me, but I do not desire to allow the
matter to rest on my denial. I beg to
repeat the request heretofore com
muncated to you that these frauds on
the Government shall bo probed to the
very bottom; that every ramification of
the ring shall be followed in every part
from beginning to end, and that no
one having connection with or guilty
knowledge of its operations shall be
permitted to escape. So far as this
department is concerned, I ask that
every allegation against any officer of
it, from its head to its humblest em
ploye, be thoroughly investigated and
vigorously prosecuted, if any grounds
exist therefor. I have read this to
the President, who repeats his injunc
tion. “Let no guilty man escape.”
[Signed] B. H. Bristow,
Secretary of Treasury.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
Death of a Bandit —Railway Pro
gress.
San Francisco, November 27.
Chanez, Lieutenant of the late bandit
I Vasquez, has been killed in Arizona.
A large force of men has been sent
! to work on the southern extension of
j the Denver and Rio Grande Road. It
is expected that the road will be
j pushed through to Trinidad.
Chattanooga, November 27.—Senator
Key started for Washington to-night.
The citizens, en masse, escorted him to
the depot amidst bonfires, torchlights,
sky rockets, music and enthusiastic
demonstrations of regard.
CARTING A YICE-PRESIDENT.
[From the Washington Republican.]
The community recovered in a meas
ure yesterday from the first great
shock caused by Henry Wilson’s death,
and all day long calmly contemplated
the preparations going forward for his
Washington luneral. Those whose
duty it was to write up the incidents of
his death have also partially recovered
from the dreadful shock given to their
nerves by witnessing the autopsy, un
der the circumstances one of the most
fearful exhibitions, to unprofessional
eyes, of the ,
COOL AUDACITY OF SCIENTIFIC MEN
in obtaining a contribution to science.
The imperturbability of their nerve,
their light estimation of the sacred
ness of the vacated temple of the
spirit, their utter inability any
thing o| savageness in the operation,
was to the laymen present of
wonders. The soul had scarcely left
its body when the men of science gath
ered around the dead form of the Vice-
President with knives and saws,
sponges, forceps, needles and thread,
probes and all the vast array of tools
and appliances which the carvers of
the human body use. They were alone
intent upon the body. The idea that
the immortal part of the “subject”
might then be greeting kindred who
had gone before into the realms of
bliss and eternal life, never entered
their heads. But as near as could be
made out by the
awe-struck and helpless spectator,
in the hurricane of technical words,
sounding new and strange in his ears,
they wanted to find out by a dissection
of the dead body the cause, seat and
nature of the disease of which Mr.
Wilson died. Science demanded this,
and the dreadful medical machinery
having been placed in the hands of a
skillful manipulator, the work was
commenced. As the grating teeth of
the saw flew across the orbit of the
head and plunged into the old home
and source of all the dead states
man’s inspiration, au humble quill
driver could not help feeling profound
ly grateful to Heaven that he had
escaped the accident of a great
man, and that the prospect was
bright before him that he could die
and be gathered to his fathers in
presentable shape. The head having
been sawed in two, it was apparently
an easy matter to take out the brain
and weigh it, and the result of this
contribution to science was the knowl
edge that Henry Wilson’s brain weigh
ed forty-nine ounces, aud that this is
the only fact the world at large will
ever remembor in connection with the
autopsy. Various other things were
revealed within the skull. The “sin
uses” of the brain, which to the ordin
ary man mean folds, were full of black
fluid, and there was lymph on the sur
face of the cerebral hemispheres. Now,
lymph is a colorless sort of fluid. In
each choroid plexus there was a
cyst the size of a pea, which, being
translated, means that a pouch the size
of a pea was in each exterior membrane
or set of fibres; and in the arteries of
the brain there was an atheromatous
deposit which a layman would call a
sort of tumor filled with a substance
resembling a liquid plaster or milk.
Whether it is healthy to have a brain
in this condition or not the autopsy
does not inform us. It seemed, though,
about this time that causes sufficient
to produce the death of at least one
half of the United States Senate had
been discovered. It was evident, too,
by this time, to even the most casual
observer,
THAT THE LIFE OF THE SUBJECT
was entirely extinct, and the frightened
reporters gained courage to witness
the attack on the spinal cord, which
was removed and preserved for micro
scopical examination, and then the
lungs and heart, with all their pulmo
nary arteries, aorta, right auricle and
ventricle, mitral and tricuspid valves
and septum, were rigidly examined, as
though a perfect bonanza of diseases was
to be found; but all they found were
pleuritic adhesions of left side of lungs,
and in the middle lobe of the right one
a calcareous deposit the size of
a pea, a wonderful coincidence com
paring it with the size of the
cyst in the brain—a fact which
O’Blerne, of the New York Herald,
noted down as one of the probable
causes of death. The epigastric re
gion, hypogastric region, umbilical
region, hypochondriac region, lumbar
region, iliac region, the esophagus,
pancreas, stomach, pylorus, spleen, co
lon, lesser and larger intestines were
all carefujLr inspected. The spleen
turned outT;o be normal gall-bladder
full of bile and normal, the two kid
neys weighed a pound, most of the vis
cera normal, pyloric portion of stomach
normal, heart normal, pericardial fluid
in the heart normal, liver congested
and somewhat fatty, etc. The great
surgeons of the army, the men of sci
ence, the doctors stood around the man
gled remains, the headless body, the
bloody streams running over the white
skin, the protuding bowels, the differ
ent parts of the victim scattered about
the room, the absolutely unrecogniz
able mass of flesh and bones which had
so recently constituted the erect and
imposing form of the Vice-President,
and came to the conclusion that
he died of apoplexy !
And this is the contribution to science !
Great Heavens! Is medical skill re
duced to this, that before it can deter
mine what a man dies of he must be
chopped into inch pieces ? The physi
cians to the poor never think of cut
ting a human body up to find out such
a thing, but they report deaths from
apoplexy every day. When a Vice
President dies of the same disease his
body is demanded by science. Col.
Lubey will not allow a subject to be
carried away from tbe Potter’s Field
for dissection, and tbe community
stand by and applaud him. An infidel
Christian is caught going at midnight
with his spade and bags to rob a grave,
the pauper grave of
POOR OLD BEAU HICKMAN,
and he is arrested and thrown into
prison, and the community are glad
that the remains of the hobbling men
dicant are taken care of by law. The
Vice-President of this great nation
dies—he dies in the Capitol building of
the United States, and in less than
three hours, before his body is yet
oold, while perhaps the soul is still
struggling to free itself from the tene
ment of clay, the Surgeon-in-Chief of
the army of the Uffited States, his
learned aides and auxiliaries, the prin
cipal surgeons of the city, some of the
personal “friends of the corpse,” a
wondering and staring set of specta
tors, all get together, and in the inter
ests of science proceed to do just what
the law forbids the student of medicine
to do with the body of a poor and un
known pauper! This is a strange, a
most strange and eventful thing, and
one is hardly reconciled to it, or to any
one of its ghastly phases, by the as
tounding discovery that the Vice-Pres
ident “died of apoplexy!”
AUGUSTA. GAY., fSTTJNTDAUY, NOVEMBER 28. 1875
LETTER FROM ATLANTA.
Of the Mud-muddy- A Weak and Hon
est Treasurer—Uuited Reformers—
The Colleetorship- -The Tea Party —
Hijim and. His High Jinks —The
Newspaper Worts, ■ . '
[From our Regular Correspondent.)
Atlanta, November 26,1875.
Atlanta has a terrible fancy for mud
—pure, red, unadulterated mud. It
sticks to her enterprbing surface with
a terrible tenacity, and its cussed ness
has produced more wickedness from
local and transient pedestrians than?
could have been caused by any other
sin-making agent. Th; principal streets
—Broad, Whitehall; Pryor, Alabama
and Marietta, have beeo thoroughly
covered over with a good layer of
cobble stones; but they have now sank
out of sight, and the mud oozes through
the crevices with a lavish disregard to j
polished boots and snowy shirts. It is j
like a cork in water-:- bound to stay on
top. Some plan should be devised by
which we could get; rid of it. The
slightest sprinkle of; rain gives it a
juicy liveliness and a iayof bright sun
shine dries it into t:jo finest powder.
Therefore it is a downright nuisance
any way you can fix it*' If some fellow
would come along and rid us of
this evil, he would confer a
lasting iavor upon millions, and >
his name go sounding down the ages I
of time as a public benefactor.
THE TREASURY MATTER
is still the topic of discussion. Comp- j
troller General Goldsmith has ordered ;
all tax collectors to send moneys to the
Treasurer in his care. Perhaps Jones j
could not rearrange his bond. It is a ;
hard matter to find a man willing to j
risk money on Jones after all this dis
play of weakness. They know he is
honest and incapable, of doing away 1
with the State funds;’but they know
he is too old, and conssequently incom- j
petent, to perform bid duties as they ;
should be performed. I have heard
nothing to-day relative to the matter,
nor do I know when the ten days
allowed him to get iuw securities ex
pires, but I am quite certain the new
bond cannot be made, and he will be |
compelled to vacate his office.
THE UNITED REFORMERS.
This new order organized a lodge
here last night, electing Mr. Bam Hope
chief officer. The atteudance was not
large, owing to the very inclement
weather, but as the lodge embraces
among its members the representative
working men of the cit“-, its ranks will
soon swell. Its institution in this city
means a revolution in the prices of ne-j
cessaries, and will servo to bring them
down 16 ths ante helium standard. It
is a dead lock against the Grocers Pro
tective Association and similar combi
nations for keeping up the high tariff.
The object of the Reformers is the
uniting of all intelligent working peo
ple of all trades. When thus banded
together, they prove a most formidable
phalanx, and are likely to succeed as
well as the Grangers.
Labor is very cheap here. Fifteen
dollars a week for flrst-clasi workmen
is good wages ; and even at this low
rate there is no assurance given of
steady empfoyment. Suspension quick
ly follows the slightest, slack. The
prices of comforts remain unchanged
with Tew exceptions; the cold winter
being on us, requiring wood an dooal--all i
these things have a strong tendency to j
force the working man to grasp at al
most anything that looks to the re
duction in price of food and fuel.
Though stripped of all semblance to
communism, the United Reformers
demand justice, and will have it.
A lodge will probably be instituted
in Augusta, in a short tir;je.
THE REVENUE COLLECTORSHIP.
After a few months’ 1 Tigering in the
rose-lined blissfulness of the Revenue
Colleetorship here, Jack Brown has
shared the fate of all holders of office
under the present administration, and
has been ousted. Th< cause of his
early demise as a Government official,
was the wicked charge that he occa
sionally quaffed the rosy—in other
words—got drunk. Tbf flat fell like a
thunderbolt, and his astonishment was
intense. The new Collet tor is John L.
Conley, son of the Postmaster, and the
appointment meets with geneial ap
proval. Young Conley is a clever,
steady sort of a fellow, a good Repub
lican, and will, no doubt, hold the office
until the end of the administration. It
is hard to tell what will become of Jack
Brown now. Perhaps he will rejoin
the Democracy. The Rails having gone
oack on him, he needs something to
bracohim up. He will probably return
to Americus.
THE TEA PARTY.
This unique affair was one of the
most glorious occasions of the season.
It was well attended, well patronized,
and will enrich the Young Men’s Li
brary, for whose benefit it was given,
to a considerable extent The weather
has been quite unfavorable to its utter
success, having been cold, damp and
drizzling, and besides there were seve
ral other amusements in the city. The
appearance of ladies dressed in old
fashioned attire was quite a novelty,
and added a charm to the occasion.
REX.
Hijim, the Royal Chamberlain, is
busy preparing for the grand display
and carnival of his Majesty’s subjects,
on the 6th of January next. Among
his appointments is E. H. Pughe, Esq,
of your city, as Count of England
and Courtney. The fine physique and
distingue appearance of the genial
Briton will make this; appointment
one especially worthy, 'and, no doubt,
Col. Pughe will prove himself as
loyal to Rex as he haa ever been to
his Queen. Extensive arrangements
and preparations are being made to
give the affair the grandness and glory
it merits, and the outlook augurs well
for success. There is nothing like a
good, hearty laugh about once a year,
if no oftener.
THE NEW PAPER.
I mentioned in my last letter that
a few printers here were endeavor
ing to start a newspaper,. The plan has
failed. They calculated on getting the
material of the late News, but it has
been discovered that General Toombs
will not dispose of it. It is useless to
attempt the publication of a daily paper
without money. In some kinds of busi
ness a little capital is only necessary,
and there is still some that can be
built up without any capital at all. It
is then perhaps a good i bing for these
ambitious typos that they failed to get
the News material.
A SUNDAY PAPER.
Whilst on the subject of papers, let
me tell you that scarcely any moderate
sized enterprise would pay better in
Atlanta than a Sunday paper. Not
overly religious nor too wicked, but a
cross between the two—spice enough
to make it readable by everybody, and
religion enough to tone it down. Lo-
Mkl news and gossip carefully and
crisply written up, a few short sense
ful romances, and a good collection of
sketches, a seasonable editorial, but
not too solid and indigestible, would
form the composition of a paper issued
every Sunday morning that would
take like hot cakes. Sunday is a day
set aside by working people as a day
of rest and reading. Scraps of news
papers and borrowed books are laid by
to read on Sunday. A daily at ten dol
lars a year is too much for the luxury,
and to buy a paper on that day is buy
ing an account of Saturday’s news
only. The Sunday paper with the local
and general news of the week and a
plenty other reading, at say two dol
lars a year, would just fill the bill ex
actly. It is a wonder that this enter
prise has been neglected so long In At
lanta. If your correspondent had a
quantum sufol the rhino the Sunday
paper would be a fixture in Atlanta in
less than a week. But, alas!
Martha.
DOSING A DOCTOR.
GRANT AND THE ORIGINAL ABO
LITIONIST.
Reputed Conversation Between tlie
President aud a Disciple of Charles
Sumner—Fearful Effects of His Ex
cellency’s Medicine.
IN. Y. World.]
A curious.conversation is reported to
us as having recently taken place at
Washington between President Grant
and a rural citizen, a conscientious
abolitionist member of the coalition
which put Charles Sumner into the
Senate. This estimable citizen of Mas
sachusetts, who in his early youth had
cobbled on the bench with the late Vice-
President Wilson, went on to the capi
tal to see that statesman in his last
illness. He had read with simple hor
ror most of the disagreeable revela
tions which have been made during the
last two or three years of moral and
financial baclcslidings in the Republican
party, and he took advantage, there
fore, of his presence in Washington to
call upon the President, “bear his testi
mony” and get some explanation of all
these uncomfortable matters. This
was the result:
Venerable Abolitionist—Mr. Presi
dent, we in Massachusetts abhor the
devices of Beu Butler, aud are shocked
at your allowing him to trample Civil
Service Reform aud all decency under
foot in the way you have done. Why
have you done this ?
President Grant—My friend have you
ever reflected upon the horrible char
acter of slavery in Cuba ? Do we not
owe it to our posterity to abolish that
atrocious system at our doors, peacea
bly if we can, forcibly if we must.
Ven. Abolit.— Mr. President, how can
you excuse yourself to the honest men
of this country for your open patron
age and protection given to Shepherd
and the rogues of the District Ring ?
Pres’t G. —Revered patriot! Have
you read Mr. Gladstone’s able exposure
of the infernal designs of Rome? Is
not our school system in danger when
red-legged cardinals are openly nomi
nated to high ecclesiastical office in this
hitherto drab-colored community ?
Ven. Abo!.— Mr. President, will you
not answer one question directly? Who
is the “Bab” that figures so impudently
in correspondence at Washington with
the thieves of the St. Louis Whiskey
Ring?
Pres’t G.—Noble-hearted heir of the
Puritans! does not your heart bound
indignantly at the outrages perpetrated
upon the negro land and cattle owners
of Texas by the savage Mexican bands
of Cortina? Can you blame me for
sounding the trumpet and setting Sheri
dan at these marauders?
Ven. Abol. (in despair)—Mr, Presi
dent ! Why have you insulted the
deathbed of our Wilson, the champion
of total abstinence, by recalling to your
couDcil-chatnber the flaming counte
nance of Chandler?
Pres’t G.—Exemplary philanthropist!
Ought we not out of our abundance
gladly to saddle ourselves with anew
debt of several hundred millions -if
necessary in order to rescue the groan
ing freedmen of Cuba, Spanish, negro.
Chinese and promiscuous, from the
yoke of their barbarous oppressors!
Ven. Abol.—Mr. President! Has the
Lord deafened your heart? What is
the truth, the dreadful truth, about
your brother Orvil Grant, and these
wicked rogues of the Indian Ring
whom Professor Marsh so manfully
exposed ?
Pres’t G —Descendant of Edicott
whe cut the Popish cross from Eng
land’s flag! Did not the blood curdle in
your veins when you read my Attor
ney-General’s awful revelations in my
Des Moines speech—aud learned how
the stealthy Jesuit is creeping cat-like
upon our innocent schools to crush
them in his ensanguined jaws?
At this point the aged votary of
great moral ideas fairly gasped for
breath ; he moved h'is jaws as if to
frame anew question, but no sound
came forth. The President, whose
politeness is proverbial, promptly
caught up a decanter of bourbon fiom
the table, poured out a tumbler, and
offered it to his visitor ! This happened
on Sunday afternoon. The remains of
that unhappy man were yesterday
transported to his native village. He was
the last of the honest, original Repub
licans of Massachusetts.
President Lincoln Saying His Beads.
The Catholic Review quotes from the
Monde the following statement made
by S. E. Martin, concerning an inter
view which he once had with the late
Mgr. Lefevre, Bishop of Detroit: We
came to speak of political events and
of the assassination of President Lin
coln, and we were not a little surprised
to hear Mgr. Lefevre say, with sadness
‘Ah ! poor Lincoln, if he had remem
bered my advice his end would not
have been so deplorable. Why did he
not remain at home on Good Friday,
and why did he not continue to say
his beads?’ ‘His beads!’ we exclaimed,
‘but Lincoln was no Catholic?’ 'He
was not so lately, you say rightly, he
had become an infidel. But in his
youth he was baptized by a Catholic
missionary of Illinois, and I myself
heard his confession many times. I
frequently celebrated holy mass in the
house of his parents. Later in life he
aspired to to honors, he married a
Presbyterian and he became a member
of the Masonic society. We felt it a
duty to break off our relations.’ “We
confess,” says M. Martin, “that we did
not at all expect this revelation, the
authenticity of which we guarantee
upou the testimony of Mgr. Lefevre,
aud Americans need not have the least
doubt that they have nominated a
Catholic for President. But Lincoln
did as many others have done, he
abandoned a religion he had freely em
braced upon serious examination, and,
to arrive at fortune and position, h*
became an apostate and an infidel."
HENRY WILSON.
THE LAST HOURS OF A PUBLIC
FUNCTIONARY.
Sunday With, the Vice President—A
Long Interview—His Friends and His
Flowers—The Issues of the Day—The
Old Fire Burning—No Chance for the
Democrats—The Third Term—lnfla
tion—Political and Personal Charac
teristics, Etc.
Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.]
Washington, November 22d, 1875.
The announcement of the death of
the Vice President of the United States,
after so many satisfactory evidences
in his condition assuring a speedy con
valescence, took every one by surprise.
On Saturday last, the correspondent of
the Sun called upon the Vice President
at his room in the Capitol, and had a
lengthy interview. The condition of
the Vice President was apparently
such, and his disposition to converse
so persistent, that it seemed as if his
progress towards health and strength
was certain. The Vice President was
seated in a large arm chair, with his
feet resting upon a low stool. He wore
a pair of black pantaloons, and in oth
er respects sat in shirt sleeves. Over
his shoulders and across his knees a
blanket was drawn to protect him from
exposure by the openiug of the door a t
his back. A portion of the time, two
members of the Capitol Police were in
the room, and one stood guard at the
door to answer questions aud to pre
vent intrusion.
As your correspondent entered the
Vice-President partly raised himself,
and, extending his hand with firmness,
not indicating weakness, and in a strong
voice welcomed his vistor.
FLOWERS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
He then turned towards his table, re
marking at the sa me time : “Every
body has been very kind to me during
my illness. Policeman, hand me that
basket of flowers. See here what the
wife of the President of the United
States sent to me.” Here he held up
a beautiful cluster of the choicest pro
ductions of the conservatories of the
Executive Mansion, arranged in a wire
basket. His admiration was particu
larly bestowed upon the superb lily
which formed the centre piece. He
said that he never knew much about
flowers, but since his illness he had
studied them as they lay on the table
in front of him. He thought the lily
was the queen of the floral world—that
its neatness of form and color was
strikingly above all the beautiful tints
clustered around it. He thought the
lily the fit emblem of the purity which
surrounds the world of immortality.
We all hope to reach there some day.”
The Vice-President then 6tood the
basket upon a chair by his side.
Your correspondent remarked that it
must be lonesome to be thus separa
ted from home influences and sur
roundings. He said that he had not
felt that so much, as his wife bad died
several years ago, and since then he
had been alone in ail his sicknesses.
He said that so far as attemWit vms
concerned he could not have more
anywhere, and while affectionate sym
pathy was a great source of cheer in
the sick room, he had what was the
next best thing, the sympathy and aid
of kind friends. Here he turned upon
the political
ISSUES OF THE DAY.
These, in an abridged form, were
communicated yesterday. The Vioe-
President appeared to De deeply in
terested in the result of the late elec
tions and in the political prospects of
the presidential campaign next year.
He then reminded your correspondent
of a conversation last spring, soon
after the adjournment of the special
session of the Senate. He said : “I
told you how it would be. Don’t you
think I am a little of a prophet in po
litical matters. The Liberals have been
coming back ail summer, and they will
all be back, that is those worth having,
before the nominating convention,
whenever that may be.”
To the suggestion that he might be
present, the Vice President replied,
“Well, I don’t know about that. I
would like to be, but you know a per
son in my condition cannot make en
gagements far ahead. Still I feel now
as if I would attend a good many con
ventions yet. I feel strong; the doc
tors say I am geting better, aud I be
lieve so myself. They say I will be
able to go North on Monday. We will
see. But about the elections; I always
thought that the results which brouglit
in a Democratic House would prove
transient. I believe I told you so.”
Being assured in the affirmative, he
continued: “Now you see that I was
right. I tell you the Democrats wili
have to improve a geat deal before the
people will trust them with the Gov
ernment. Now bear that in mind when
you get the results of the elections just
a year from now. A year is not very
long.”
Here the Vice-President halted in
his speech. He seemed to be lost in
meditation.
“only thinking.”
His eyes rested dreamily upon the
glowing embers of the grate before
him. His face wore an expression of
anxiety. After a moment he recalled
himself, and raising his head and turn
ing remarked: “I was only thinking.
A thought struck me. A year does not
seem long, does it? In some people’s
lives it is very long. It seems eternity.
Perhaps that may be my experience,
but I feel well enough now. But re
member what I have told you. There
is one thing, the people never will put
a Democrat in
THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE
if he ever had in any way any connec
tion with the rebellion. The Northern
Democrats were worse than the South
ern. The Southern people may have
been misdirected by their leaders and
have been driven into an inexcusable
attack upon the very life of the gov
ernment. They risked their lives and
sacrificed their means in defense or
their principles, and you might say
their firesides, but the Northern Demo
crats did not have that even to pardon
their sins. They were Intrigueing in
every way to bring fire and devasta
tion to the North. They had no re
spect for their own families, let alone
their honor. If the Democrats ever
expeet to have a chance as long as this
generation lasts, they will have to
nominate a war Democrat, if there are
any suitable left in that party. After
this crop of candidates dies out, the
people will take up other subjects, but
now they have more confidence in a
union Republican than a rebellious
Democrat. Remember, there are many
good men among the Democrats, but
they have a way of keeping these in
the background. I don’t believe in
always harping on the war. I believe
we are taught to forgive our enemies.
I believe in that, but I think they
should be put on their good behavior a
New Series —Vol. 28, No. 98
while. I suppose they will spend all
their time investigating this winter and
Hmelling about to find something
' wroug with the Republican party. It
will be interesting to watch them.
THIRD TERM.
Your correspondent, seeing the dis
position of the Vice-President to con
tinue his conversation, made an allu
sion to the third term talk in the news
papers. The Vice-President replied
that he was a little shy on that subject,
as he had been a good deal misrepre
| sented about that. He said: “ I have
! every confidence in President Grant.
We have been represented in the news
papers as being on unfriendly terms. I
never thought so. The President has
his views and I have mine. I think his
third term letter expressed everything.
It might be dangerous under some cir
cumstances to make a change of Presi
dent, no matter how many terms he
has had. Take Lincoln for instance. If
he had lived, and the war had been
raging at the end of his second term,
it would have been a dangerous thing
to make a change, because he had his
hand in, and was familiar with every
phase of the coutest, and means at
hand to put it dowu.
“ Under other circumstances I have
nothing to say only I believe in fre
quent changes, say every four years,
in persons in office.”
ROTATION IN OFFICE.
“If I had my way I would substitute
new men in the place of at least one
third of the present officeholders, as I
believe at least that number have lost
their usefulness to the Republican
party. I think something like this
should be done before the next conven
tion meets.”
The Vice-President, changing posi
tion in his chair, and reaching out his
hand and pulling your correspondent
!on the knees, said laughingly, “Now,
„you newspaper men know everything,
tell me what you know about the third
term.” Your correspondent had to
plead Indefluite knowledge on that ab
sorbing topic.
NOT LIKE IT USED TO BE.
Continuing, the Vice-President said:
“Well, I tell you one thing, it is not
like it used to be ten or fifteen years
ago. The people are ahead of the
' leaders, and, as for that matter, ahead
of the newspapers too, as we saw by
the Liberal movement. That was a
swinging off and had a largo news
paper backing, but the people knew
what they were about. I think the
people will settle the third term matter
in their own way. If they have more
confidence in General Grant than any
one else they will have him. The peo-‘
pie know what they want, and as long
as we have our public schools they
will know more. The Democratic
leaders and a few Republicans had an
idea that
INFLATION
was the popular issue, and aimed in
that way. It did seem they were on
the popular side, but the people knew
what they wanted. I presume there
will not be inflationist to be seen in
Congress this Winter. So the people
rule.”
HEALTH AND HIS WORK.
Suddenly turning the subject he
spoke of his health. He said that per
haps he had been imprudent in over
exerting himself, but that he felt so
much better and stronger all Summer
that he thought there would be no risk.
He was anxious to finish up his work
so that he might thereafter .take rest
and await his time to pass away like
all the rest of mortals. Efb said that
in New York he had called on an emi
nent physician and by him was assured
of entire recovery from the effects of
his attack of paralysis. The physician,
he said, pronounced some alarming
symptoms of disease of the spine, ami
recommended the treatment to which
Mr. Sumner had been subjected, which
was the application of hot irons to the
back in the region of the spine. After
undergoing this treatment and recovery
from the anaesthetics previously ap
plied. he felt stronger and better, and
said that ho thought he would at least
be able to preside at the opening of
the Senate, and perhaps through most
of the session.
STRUGGLING WITH AGONY.
He observed, in this connection, that
he had had a long struggle with in
tense agony in his spine before he
yielded; that he thought he had
brought every power of endurance to
bear ; that no one could ever imagine
the suffering he had battled against,
and only yielded when utterly exhaust
ed ; that he was so utterly prostrated
that he did not think it possible to re
vive. He said that at no time was he
without a clear perception of every
thing that was going on ; that the only
striking sensation he had independent
of his suffering was that of excessive
fatigue. He said that he accounted
for that in the exertion he was com
pelled to make to preserve the mastery
of his will over his physical suffering.
He felt that if this should yield he
would lose his reason, as the agony he
endured was beyond expression. .
PARTING TO “CALL AGAIN.”
Your correspondent, fearing that he
bad protracted his stay longer than
was judicious, apologized for so much
occupation of the Vice-President’s
time. The Vice-President remarked,
“Don’t hurry on that account. I am
doing very well. Call again and tell
me the news. What do the people say?
Cali again on Monday.” Assuring the
Vice-President that great spmpathy
was felt for him in his suffering, your
correspondent took his extended hand.
The Vice-President once more remark
ing, “Call again on Monday,” and I
withdrew.
POLITICAL CHARACTERISTICS.
This conversation, which is given at
length as of more than particular in
terest, in view of the circumstances, is
thoroughly characteristic of the man.
He was a politician in every sense of
the word. From the time of his first
entrance on the national arena in 1855,
when he was sent to the Senate by the
Know-Nothing party of Massnchusetts,
the whole aim of his life was to float
on the top wave of popular favor.
Utterly inferior in intellect and In culti
vation to his great colleague, Sumner,
he surpassed him Immeasurably in the
arts which tickle the public fancy. His
adroit pandering to the anti-slavery
sentiment of his seotion, and his loud
huzzas for “loyalty” and “liberty” dur
ing the war secured for him the political
preferment at which he aimed. In all
the
MOUNTAINS OF WORDS
v?hich he has plied up In the last
twenty years, one idea is uppermost
and paramount in almost every sen
tence. He made it pay, however, and
that was the main object. By unpreju
diced minds Henry Wilson could not
be looked upon as a type of statesman
ship, but would be placed upon a lower
plane.
PERSONAL QUALITIES. .
At the same time he had many per-
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sonal qualities which commended him
to those who associated with him or
who were brought in contact with him.
Mr. Sumner was haughty and often
times inaccessible unless to his inti
mates. The humblest person need
never have an apprehension about ap
proaching Henry Wilson. He never
seemed to forget his own obscure
origin. His kindness of heart was suoh
that he rarely if ever refused a favor,
and would interest himself for almost
any one who solicited his assistance.
DEATH IN THE CAPITOL.
It was always the darling hope of
Mr. Sumner that he should die in hi3
chair *a the Senate. The realization
of this hope was not vouchsafed to
him. Mr. Wilson died within earshot
of the seat where for fifteen years ha
had spoken.
FROM NEW YORK,
Deacon West Issues from the Cave of
Gloom —Mr. Beecher’s Reply to Mrs •
Moulton—A Savings Bank Closed-
Bank Statement—Sentence of a Dep
uty Collector—Another Failure.
New York, November 27.—Plymouth
Church has reconsidered the action of
dropping West’s name from the roll.
Beecher read a long letter to Mrs.
Moulton containing this: “We accept
your proposition for a call of a mutual
council of churches and will listen to
their fraternal advice.”
The Peoples Savings Bank Is closed.
Deposits two hundred thousand.
The bank statement is as follows:
Decrease, $750,000; specie increase,
$500,000; legal tenders decrease, sl,-
000,000; deposits decrease, $375,000;
reserve decrease, $375,000.
The funeral of Wm. B. Astor from
Trinity Chapel was largely attended.
The Vice-President’s remains ar
rived at three o’clock.
Col. Robert D’Anges, ex-Deputy Col
lector of Customs, has been convicted
of smuggling goods through the Ap
praiser’s office at an undervaluation.
He was sentenced to two years and
SIO,OOO fine, and to remain in impris
onment until it is paid.
Goodkind Brothers, wholesale liquor
dealers, have suspended.
THE GRANGERS.
Proceedings of the National Conven
tion.
Louisville, November 27.—1n the
National Grange Convention last night,
Mr. Davie, of Kentucky, ofiered a pre
amble and resolutions reciting that the
agricultural interests were unjustly
burdened, and that these interests were
not properly represented in the legisla
tion of the country, recommending the
substitution of intelligent and practi
cal farmers, recommending Grangers
to keep out of party politics and gtye
their votes to those promoting agri
cultural interests. These resolutions
were appropriately referred. Mr. Lang
offered resolutions and a letter from
the Praire Valley, I. TANARUS., in regard to
patrons ginning cotton declining to
pay more than one-twelfth of the cot
ton to gins, upon which Gov. Overton,
part owner of the gins, issues
an order prohibiting the carrying out
of the resolutions and threatening
to order all the members of eaid grange
from the Chickasaw Nation in the
Indian Territory. A letter from the
Master of said grange stated that, un
der said order, some were leaving and
others unable to get away. Mr. Lang
stated he had written to the Governor
but received no reply. Referred to the
Executive Committee for appropriate
action.
Minor Telegrams.
Westminster, Md., November 27. |
E. J. Crout, aged fifty-five, a leading
lawyer, fell dead while addressing the
jury.
Baltimore, November 27.—Peter A.
Kelly, aged sixty, a well known citizen,
was found dead in his bed at Barnum’s
Hotel. He was for many years Vice-
President of the Hibernian Society.
New Haven, November 27. —Ex-Gov.
Jas. E. English has been appointed
Senator, vice Ferry.
Baltimore, November 27.—Prof. C.
A. Pope, aged forty-five, found dead,
had letters recommending him highly
as a professor of music and languages.
His papers showed that he was a mem
ber of Eagle Lodge, No. 71, of Hills
boro, N. C. A letter from his wife was
dated at Tuggles’ Tank, but no State
was given.
New Haven, November 27.—The ap
pointment of English, as Senator, is
very favorably received by both po
litical parties.
Frankfort, Ky., November 27.
Fifty boats between here and Udca,
and forty between here and Little Falls,
are all under way, with a good deal of
ice in the canal. The boats have been
running since seven o’clock this morn
ing and there is no detention now.
Supreme Court of Georgia, j
Atlanta, Nov. 25, 1875. j
No. 13. Augusta and Summerville
Railroad Company vs. Renz. Com
plaint from Richmond. Argument re
sumed and concluded.
Frank H. Miller for plaintiff In error.
H. Clay Foster, contra.
No. 14. In re Henry Lark. Habeas
corpus, from Richmond. Argued. „
Salem Dutcher, for plaintiff in error.
H. Clay Foster, contra.
No, 15. Mary H. Fulcher vs. James
H. Royal et al, executors. Claim from
Richmond. Argued.
Hook & Webb, for plaintiff in error.
Frank H. Miller, contra.
No. 16. Mary A. Fulcher vs. Michael
Mixen & Cos. Claim from Richmond.
Argued.
Hook & Webb, for plaintiff in error.
Frank H. Miller, contra.
No. 17. Wm. R Adams vs. Wm. H.
Goodrich. Foreclosure of Mechanic’s
lien, from Richmond. Argued.
John S. & William T. Davidson, for
plaintiff in error.
Frank H. Miller, contra.
No. 18. Wilkinson & Wilson \s. Lucy
V. Chew. Claim from Richmond. Ar
gued.
Frank H. Miller, for plaintiff In error.
Hook & Webb, H. Clay Foste?, con
tra.
No., 19, The Port Royal railroad com
pany vs. Henry I. Perkins.
Withdrawn.
Pending the argument of the case of
Smith, Son & Bro. vs. Fouche, injunc
tion from Rome, the court adjourned.
In the case last named, Smith & Bran
ham are counsel for plaintiffs in error,
and Dabney & Fouche for defendants
in error. — Constitution.
The only living thing that can match
a sieging canary’s noise, weight for
inches, is a baby with the colic. And
the only thing that oan match a flea’s
jumping, in the same proportion, is a
nervous papa, who sits down on hia
hopeful’s bent pin.