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, ESTABLISHED ISSO. i ■J J. 11. ESTILL, Edilor und Proprietor.! CAROLINA’S CALHOUN. THOUSANDS DO HONOR TO THE STATESMAN’S MEMORY. Nature Smiles on the Occasion-Five Thousand Men in Line and Twenty Thousand Spectators Along the Curb stones Programme of the Ceremo nies at the Monument Mayor Courtenay’s Address as Presiding Officer -An Eloquent Oration by Secretary Lamar. Charleston. S. C., April ‘JO—More glorious weather than marked Calhoun day could not be imagined. There was not a cloud in the sky, the dust was laid, and the atmosphere was cooled by yesterday’s heavy rains. At morning's early dawn the streets were full of people, including a large num b?r of strang-* Immense throngs gath ered on the Battery to witness the formation of the procession, one of the largest and grandest ever seen in Charleston. The pro cession moved from the Battery a little after noon, proceeding directly up Meeting street a mile and a half to Marion square, where the Calhoun monument is situated, and where a stage capable of holding 1,000 people had been erected for the orator and specially invited guests. THE PROCESSION. The procession was formed as follows: 1. The military, escorting the Governor iml his stair, and the chief marshal and his assistants. 2. The Mayors and City Councils of Charleston and of other cities. 3. The presidents, professors and students of the universities, colleges and schools of •he State and city. i. The various civic societies of the city. 5. The Odd Fellows, Free Masons, Knights mil other kindred organizations. <;. Distinguished gues ts and others. 7. Citizens generally. The military display was magnificent, in cluding many companies from the interior of the State and numerous military bauds from both the city and country. THE PROGRAMME. The following was the order of the cere monies at Marion square: Opening prayer, by the Rev. Charles Cotes worth Pinckney, D. D, Music. Unveiling of the monument by thirty-two young ladles. Artillery salute of nineteen guns on the bat tery. Ode—By Miss Cbeeseborough. Read by the Rev. Charles A. Stakely. Oration by the Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar. Ode -By Jfrs. Margaret J. Preston. Read by the Lev. W. F. Junkin, D. D. Benediction by the Rev. John O. Wilson. MAYOR COURTENAY’S REMARKS. Mayor Courtenay,who presided, made a brief address, in the course of which he said: This is a memorable anniversary day! At this hour thirty-seven years ago, the most solemn and imposing public pageant ever seen in Charleston had emerged from this spacious square and contiguous streets. It wended its way through the greatest length-If the city; it embraced m its crowded ranks all the manhood of this community, end the thousands who had nocked in from beyond its boundaries, while trom window and balcony, and every available standing place, the fair daughters of our city and State were sad and silent spectatore of these public honors, given with one voice, and by a c °nunon impulse to our illustrious dead. This thirty seventh anniversary day com memorates now as then the same devotion to the memory of the illustrious dead. It is, how ever. peculiarly touching, ns the day of success till culmination of the work of the women of Lnrnlina, in perpetuating the name and fame of John C Calhoun. V' 1 rr-'l'inug bronze that is uncovered here, anil will here remain a witness to coming gen en,lionB of honor and veneration, is the tribute ot erolma slaughters, it j* sacred as their thought, thoir sentiment, and their labor. All liouor to tiimn in their work of patriotism and , A“ Honor to them in their unfaltering Mowing, am,,' dire trials and fateful struggles, ■ ms high purpose, and its final achievement, * anv ' , To them be our gratitude for roaring fo-lr' o'' prenou-in,!, that will forever keep be him i' ls , , 1 " rl " 11:1,1 countenance of him whose omul ruled so majestically in life. A STATE EVENT. The celebration was on event to which peon,? o| the StaT■ have looked forward 1 r many yeai*s, and large niinihers came, ctetore, from every part of the State to wke pait mor to witness the proceedings, ‘lie entire population of the city also lined out rn masse. the result being pa raw- and an assemblage of sight- JV U (' a m, ' s rarely witnessed in ‘ ‘I I9 , number of men in the m the various military and civic as •OTatioii* j* estimated at o.oikJ, The whole tiroo,'’ P ro f ess i°n was lined with dense ,rn°V e ‘ w,, ° overflowed the side 1.1 1 , ” ' ln ’l fill**tl the doorways, windows and of ™! hns-unent to the entrance krs h " ,M,n ~ number of gpeeta ,,,,,] ' .""c 111 ' route was not leas than £O,OOO, Si,™'";"';• tiwt gathered around tlm io.nl-,v ' UI . ltt ' e ,ess - There was a lilmral hunting everywhere, the United tiiee,ii!,„ o, ' 1 ’ u l ) ying a eompiou ms plane in ei\' Et 1 10 lm use:i and in the speuk thP ' The statue was draped by IkC.li ebhite and national colors, which were tti'rtvm iy . '•>’ six Mttle children, while iruund n* youi 'S ladies and misses stood -munu as sjionsors. A GALAXY OK ROSEHITDS. ticssii' . Wf ‘re upi minted to bo With vpn- f unv eding of the monument. r ’’xeeptions they are relatives H-arest' U , n 'i ' voof -lie young ladies are the Fn '.Hs u'f- ,lv,s , of , age of Gen. m 0,,. ‘ J ll j'm./'f the revolution, the di- Cai-i linin',, ~! e ho two distinguished ttrliizh , to Ji’? vn l °ii kindred spirits, thp rervire’to departments of follows- i-„, , t R ‘ !**• I'm names are as Chai-w,, n <ll'-fGii, Miss Converse rickens; Johnmn r uniio f b’loies, Camilla Simonds, Lilly Carrere. kiiin p. '• Mm-y Piokens, Eugenia Cal- PnreW p' Bes l ß P. Ha vend, Virginia j'dii i,, ma, Hcyston, Floridn CanUjy hi-ki-uK ’ p nVi I '' Florido Calhoun a, i 1 Miv \i; • Vl )ul^enu .V* CtuiMii' Muriijii , "O'e \ a.ix; Aiken, Miss Videau Kirk Berkeley, Misses Dora k.it..' ( . UJU ' Hivem-1; UioHlond, Miss K.nf.. m,, | Abliqville, Jtisses S', i |.v jo , - I' hit.l y Perrin, Kate C. Park- Ca 11,.. 1 ' Al-iribn Mitchell, Louise "inn.,i •’••‘‘“Pfil.oim, Ha Die CUhoun; Miss o .l Ml** izzio Braibm; K Igelii-ld, M:s. , s illioun. Butler: Marion, A 'l"T*rl m ''TC- G., Miss U, ,\|| | . ' ood Miss N. K. Hill; Augus xi<UUlt*>11. ™* lARV UWtiim 1 Hr sure?, "ovelli-r* I mile-1 the rope* under i I'd.-s 1 'ii, 1 i', ,I,H attending young] f" r " were JuJur Ca||.„un, s liliiini i 1 o-'l’b-r i*f the sbit(uu*n; ■f tie- _■“ Is (jlli"Hii. gi it gran ls #n fat f'lilnaui Calhoun. Jr., ; ’" " -T"/ , t m *, uU ' ’" ‘o *'*“*<"“ ! .-I* ; '-n J 111 ; Hadle All IN kens and h m i<luV‘y!ut j OIIl|u: |( wh|*i| #**•!! i mm i#*vivnt| *** , ‘* < atUuiUoi, and tirqueel mi, I plause. To-night everybody is keeping open house in Charleston and rejoicing t hat the event has passed off so successfully. SECRETARY LAMAR’S ORATION. The address of Secretary Lamar, who was the orator of the occasion, was an elo quent tribute to the memory of South Car olina’s greatest son. The following' are a lew of the points of the oration: We are assembled to unveil the statue which has been erected to commemorate the life and services of John Caldwell Calhoun. It is an in teresting fact that this statue is reared, not in the centre of political power (the capital of the nation), or in the emporiumt of American mate rial civilization, but in his own native State, where he lived all his life and was buried. This circumstance is In harmony with the life and character of the man. One of the most impres sive traits of that life and character was the at tachment between himself and the people of South Carolina. When not in the actual discharge of his of ficial duties he spent his time in retirement at his private home at Fort Hill. lie was occupied in agriculture, in which he took the deepest in terest. Would that I had the power to portray a Southern planters home! The sweet and noble associations, the pure, refining, and ele vating atmosphere of a household presided over by a Southern matron; the abode of domestic joys and duties) the peaceful yet active life of a large land owner—occupation full of interest and high moral responsibilities; the alliance be tween man’s intellect and nature’s laws of pro duction : the,hospitality, heartfelt, simple and generous. The Southern planter was far from being the self-indulgent, indolent, coarse and overhokring person that he has sometimes been pictured. He wao, in general, careful, patient, provident, industrious, forbearing, and yet firm and determined. MR. CALHOUN’S POLITICAL PRINCIPLES. After giving a condensed statement of Mr. Calhoun's early life and education, the orator took him up at the time of his entrance into Congress at the age of 88, on the eve of the war of 1812. and described his political principles: He rejected alike, said Mr. Lamar, the dogma of the sovereignty of monarchies and aristocra cies on the one hand, and on the other the shal low fiction of the social contract as the founda tion of government. He asserted boldly that society and government both were of Divine ordiuation; that the Supreme Creator and Ruler of all had in his infinite wisdom assigned to man the social and political state as the best adapted to the development of the moral and intellectual faculties and capacities with which he had endowed him. The fundamental principles of government—he found in the wants and feelings and tendencies of man, wrought there by the hand of God, which, in their development, assumed the ut tributes and functions of formal governments. The external forms and organizations designed to prevent the tendency of government to dis order and injustice, called constitutions, are the contrivances of men, who are left to perfect by their reason aud free will the government that the Infinite has ordained, just as He created the material laws of the earth, and left muu to impress it with his own personality. The right to prescribe these constitutions and to coerce society into submission to them is sovereignty. That power in a nation which holds this su preme authority in the last resort, from which there is no appeal to a higher power, is the sovereign power of that nation. MR. CALHOUN’B EARLY PROMINENCE. Mr. Clay has more than once declared that in no Congress of which he had knowledge has there been assembled such a galaxy of eminent and able men as were in the House of Repre sentatives of the Congress which declared war against Englaud in 1812 and the one following it. Mr. Calhoun was elected to that Congress at the age of 27 years. He had been admitted to the bar only two years before. Yet this un known young man, this obscure attorney from an obscure country village, a stranger to ele gant accomplishments and graces of scholar ship. before be had made a speech took his place at the head of those distinguished aud brilliant men, as their equal anil their superior, aud maintained it with increasing power and ever-widening fame to the end. In the light of after events the cause of this extra ordinary oireurustanee could be easily dlscerued. In the presence of a groat impending crisis, full of solemn import to men of sense and virtue, whose extent the most far-sighted cannot fully measure, and before whose dangers the most resolute uaturally quail; when the voice of fao tiou is hushed and rivalries aud animosities cease; in such a crisis demanding immediate action, mastery and leadership go of their own accord to the master spirit, to the man of trans cendent intellect, bravery of soul, promptness of derision, energy of action, all strengthened, sustained and vivified by an ardent and disin terested patriotism. DISUNION AND NULLIFICATION. Mr. Lamar pointed out that Mr. Cal houn’s speeches breathed the strongest senti ment of devotion to the Union. In a speech from which I have quoted, said Mr. Lamar: He said that, in his opinion, the liberty and the union of this country were inseparably united; that, as the destruction of the latter would most certainly Involve the former, so Its maintenance will, with equal certainty, preserve it. In explanation of Mr. Calhoun’s position on Eolith Carolina’s nullification act Mr. Lamar quoted from one of Mr. Calhoun’s speeches as follows: “Nullification leaves the members of tho asso ciation or Union in the condition it found them subject to all its burdens, and entitled to all "its advantages, comprehending the member “nullifying as well as the others—its object "being not to destroy but to preserve, as has “been stated * * * Secession, on the con “trary, destroys, as far as the withdrawing "member is concerned, the association or union. “* * * Such are clearly the differences !**- “tween them: differences so marked that, in “stead of being identical, as supposed, they “form a contrast in all the uspects in which “they can lie regarded." Whatever may be the objections to this doc trine it must be admitted that it had not in it one element of disunion. It might have proved cumbrous and obstructive in the operations of the government.; it might have impaired its promptness and vigor and energy of action, and probably would; but had it been recognized and acted upon hy the Federal government it would have ever prevented a resort to secession on the one hand, or a resort to force on tin* other. But the right was not recognized; it was denied and inflexibly opposisl hy the general government, which assumed to impose its own construction of the constitution, against that of the States, by force. CALHOUN FIGHTING TIIE RATTLE OF HIS STATE ALONE. It was while tiie nullification excitement was at its height that Mr. Calhoun resigned the office of Vice President and took his scut in the Senate In the place of Gen. Robert. Y. Hayne, who had been chosen Governor of tiie State. A few day:: after he took his seat President Jack son stun a iuc.s..ago to Congress, transmitting the ordinance of nuliillcation with his own proc lamation, and recommending the passage of measures which would enable him to compel, hy the use of military force, the obedience and sub mission of the Suites It was ii|*m the occasion of this m.estage and the force bill, which been me a law during that sawtiou. that the great debate took place be t ween Mr. Webster and Mr. Calhoun, memora ble for the ability and eloquence displayed, the eminent character ol the two great champions of the hostile theories, and the magnitude of the questions Involved. Unto the lime that Mr. ('ulhoun look hls Kittinl for what he deemed was the cause of the Constitution anil the Union, ns well m* the lllierty and I lie interest of the t*i >ple of his on e State, national honors und dlstiiie lions and fstpular applause seemed to have sought him out und crowded bis |mth through public file. He had up to that motiiciil Isvu regarded as the most renew usd and alibiing character among living American statesmen, and next to Jackson, Me most popular, lie won but one step from tiie l’resluencv ami was regarded u< the heir* apparent of President Jackson, who. It was tin di-u.-t-ssl. would s-*rve but one term. To my I# lll n 1 tlr-re is nothing -nmslisl with Mr Cal lioun's life so fraught with touching iwitjos. so cliursoiertsilc of tin* grand soul of tie* ms a a* tje Isolation of hisjsmltion when he t<s>k Ids pine 111 *lo I'nib-d Males Senate lie saw nil the isipularit)- wtitcb marked the early |s#n of lita oitaT i eiwltiig from lum lie saw a ms joibv nt ail Ha old |N>liti>-aJ associates siel in-nds 111 Ihe Semite nos 111 Uosllli* sirsj against him. mot his "Id |-Illin4 •-leiules 111 iD'ift'ti •iiiH'uinfv sllii *i *iih Nul i/iif* F!II*T In#it* ' liuit uf llu* l U*Mfc li/ ;-wuth iu 11*1* AimiJ unortui lUmJi |HU,*.** of i wUU Um* fVtciakUMjf *4 |. #. | u*t<l tH*f Prr j 111 tff HMMMMJJH* 1 41 tnr*r hi* SUU** kl*U IrMVmihrfff •*• iu ti* wltH’U li|4 )iii4 until/*'p#*w A t*;*u M, U# itj a . 1 UI4 §4l H 0 b**tM*i*m Hut ili SAYANNAII, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1887. not; strong in his own conviction of the justice of bis cause; self-poised in the counsels of his own mind, doing nothing rashly, and yet noth ing timidly or doubtfully: ready to immolate himself for (he right which ids' State had en trusted to his defense, this noble, brave man, on whose brow God had set the seal of truth; whose eye beamed bright with the devotion that fired his soul—courage, manliness, sincerity, truth in every tore and look—greatness in every linea ment of his countenance—stood alone and pre vailed. Yes, prevailed! For the controversy, when closed, was closed by the compromise act which repealed the law that his State had nul lified. MR. CALHOUN AS A CIVIL SERVICE REFORMER. On Feb. 5, 1885, he made a report on the ex tent of government patronage which startled the country by its revelations of the enormous extent to which the abuses of the system had grown, and the degenerating influences it was exercising alike upon the government and the character of the people. Animated aud acri monious debates arose in the Senate upon the facts stated in the report. Iu maintenance of the positions assumed therein Mr. Calhoun made a speech which is perhaps as applicable to the present times as it was to those in which it was delivered. After showing how alarm ingly the system has grown he pro cueued to demonstrate the causes which pro duced it and gave to it its growth and its dan gerous influences. At the head of these causes he placed "the practice so greatly extended, if not for the first time introduced, of removing from office persons well qualified and who had faithfully performed their duty, in order to till the places with those who were recommended on the ground that they belonged to the party in power.” hi speaking of the extent of its growth he stated that Washington in his eight years of service had made but nine removals; Madison but five, Mouroe but ten, and that he, whilst Sec retary of War for more than seven years, re moved but two, and that for cause. He said: ‘‘So long as offices were considered as public trusts, to he conferred on the honest, the faithful and capable, for the Common good, and not for the benefit or gain of the incumbent or his party; and so long as it was the practice of the g< ivernmeut to continue iu office those who faithfully performed their duties, its pa tronage, in point of fact,was limited to the mere power of nominating to accidental vacancies or to newly created offices, and could, of course, exercise but a moderate influence either over the body of the community or of the office holders themselves; and when the practice was reversed, when offices, instead of being consid ered as public trusts, to be conferred on the de serving, were regarded as the spoils of victory, to be bestowed as rewards for partisan services without respect to merit; when it came to • be understood that all who held office, held by the tenure of partisan zeal and party service it is easy to see that the certain, direct and inevitable tendency of such a state of things is to convert the entire body of those in office iuto corrupt and supple instruments of power, and to raise up a host of hungry, greedy and subservient partisans,ready for any service, however base anil corrupt. Were a premium offered for the best means of extending to the utmost the power of patron age; to destroy love of country; to encourage vice and discourage virtue; and, in a word, to prepare for the subversion of liberty and the establishment of despotism; no scheme more perfect could be de^vised; and such must be the tendency o? the practice, with whatever inten tion adopted to whatever extent pursued.” PLEDGES OF PARTIES AND PUBLIC MEN. Mr. Lamar quoted from one of Mr. Cal houn's speeches, in reply to Senator Benton, of Missouri, with reference to the pledges of public men, as follows: “I consider it," said Mr. Calhoun, “as an evi dence of that deep degeneracy which precedes the downfall of a republic, when those elevated to power forget the promises on which they were elevated; the certain effect of which is to make an impression on the public tniud that all is juggling and trickery in politics, and to create an indifference to political struggles highly fa vorable to the growth of despotic power.” Continuing, Mr. Lamar said: I am proud to say, fellow-citizens, that it has been my good fortune to be associated with one against whose administration the only criticism which has been pronounced is his sacred regard for similar promises, and the un conquerable iutrepidity with which he stamls by them. Mr. Lamar also paid a high compliment to Senator Butler, of South Carolina, for the ability, eloquence and firmness with which he hod sustained these doctrines of Calhoun, and also to South Carolina for her recent resolutions on the subject of civil service reform, mid her support of tho President’s action on the subject. SLAVERY. Fellow-Citizens—The institution of slavery! That question has been settled. Slavery is dead —buried iu a grave that never gives up its dead. Why reopen it to-day? Let it rest. Yet, if I re main silent upon the subject it will be taken os an admission that there is one part of Mr. Cal houn’s life of which it. is prudent for his friends to say nothing to the present general lon. Dis simulation and evasion were so foreign to his character that in his own case no one would disapprove and even disdain such silence more than he. I have this to say': That with refer ence to the constitutional status of slavery in the States, Mr. Calhoun never entertained or expressed a senti ment that was not entertained and expressed by Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, aud all the eminent statesmen of his time. That slavery was an institution of society in the States, sanctioned and upheld by the constitution of the United States; that it was an institution of property, recognized, pro tected amt enforced, even upon the Slates where slavery did not exist, by the fundamental law of the Union: that it was an institution of political power which, under the provisions of tiie constitution, increased the representation of the Southern States on the floor of Congress and in the electoral college was admitted by every public inun iu the country who had tho slightest, title to position as a statesman. The only difference between Mr. Calhoun on the one hand. Webster and Clay and such statesmen on the other, was that the measures hostile to slavery which they sometimes counte nanced, and at other times advocated, he saw un i predicted where ill conflict with these guar antees in the constitution, and that their direct tendency and into liable effect, and, in many cases, avowed motive, was the destruction of slavery in the States. And whilst Mr. Webster and Mr. Clay disclaimed any such motive and denied any such probable effects, he declared to Mr. Wetister iu debate that the sentiment would grow and increase until, in spite of the consti tution. emancipation would lie consummated, unit that he (Mr. Webster) would himself lie compelled to succumb to it or t* swept down by il. Mr. Lamar then went on to make quotations from Calhoun's speeches to sh ja that these predictions of his came true. JnMie oonrse of his remarks on this subject Mr. lsouar stated that if at this very day tiie North or (!:* Ameri can Union were lo propose to re-establish the institution the South could not aud would not accept it as a boon. A TRUE BON or SOUTH CAROLINA. Mr. Ixunar closed as follows; Mr. Calhoun was the true son of South Caro lina. Ills just fame and gren! name were the fruits of her social system, and it will be tier glory when succeeding generations shall learn and apprecinte the lessons of isilitlcal truth taught l>.v him anil shall inhale Ms pure spirit of patriotism, hi exalted conception of duty, and become inupin’d by tin* honor, fidelity, courage und purity of life which risited themselves in the soul of the mim whose statue Mouth < 'arolina women hale erected in commemoration of tiie affectionate reverence With which they commend him to til" liouor. lore, imitation and confidence of mankind. Measles at Madison. Madison, Wts., April at}.—At least -Kit) children urn said to lie down with iiiinulhm in this city. Many ndults are nlllicUsl. Tho public sclnsils have Isvti closed. HAVAOKH IN qr Kilter. fji KHio Anrll ’Jfi. --Advice* front tbs valley of Hi. Maurice state Hint the dhstnw* known us block lever, accompanied by illphtls-na, is making terrible ravages . union/ Lite issqile at Mount tartlet. Tin* | isillily of u r'leucli ertt'ev iiniiu and AllLais* \ saiifpsil* lias Is "il mured ilestioyod, o.ght dj .it he ha\ nig token place. 'He re is no l>r<*js*cl of on tuujy statsiiistit of the dispose. BusUmivlllm'* Bank. M AuMitK/toN, April ‘Pi. I'lg First N* train I liouk ‘ff Hi iteiviti*, Jf If, has been autiUu i/ si i t i o uutmpni htMuuM* with a COAMUiI (if |! SI.USi. CLOTURE TO BE APPLIED THE SPEAKER BOUND TO END THE DEBATE TO-MORROW. A Nationalist Enlivens the House by Compelling W. H. Smith to Explain the Stigma He Put Upon the League —The Giadstonians Also Make Him Face the Music—A Serious Row Nar rowly Averted. London, April 36. —When the motion was made in the House of Commons this even ing to go into committee on the coercion bill Mr. Reid, Liberal member for Dum fries, moved that the House decline to pro ceed with any measure directed against ten ants combining for relief until full measure for their relief from excessive rents was presented in Parliament. Shaw Lefevre, Liberal member for Cen tral Bradford, seconded Mr. Reid’s motion. Mr. Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, said the government must oppose any amendment. The bill was meant to put down crime that no country in Europe would tolerate, and tho government would not tolerate it twent3 r -four hours after tho passage of the measure. THE CLASSIFICATION ASKED FOR. Mr. Gladstone asked whether Mr. Balfour would furnish a memorandum showing upon what principle the police classified crime in Ireland. Mr. Balfour said he would furnish a mem orandum giving the desired information. Viscount Wolmer, in the course of a Unionist speech, referred to the charges against Parnell, and asked why a libel ac tion had not been opened against the Times. He said that Mr. Parnell, unless the charges were proved to be true, could not only get enormous damages from his calumniators, hut at the same time could aim a deadly blow at the Unionist cause. If an action was not commenced the pebple could not be blamed for drawing the worst conclusions against the Paruellites. Harrington’s rejoinder. Mr. Harrington deprecated the spirit that had been imparted to the debate. He had thought that the word of a man who had never yet been proved guilty of falsehood would have been taken anywhere. If it suited the Conservatives to repeat their offensive insinuations and continue the same offensive methods, then their opponents could hardly be held answerable for their temper in meeting the charges. [Parnellite cheers.] Similar insults and calumnies had been, met in former times in a very different if.'' 1 , ner from that adopted nowa days. [Cthfirs.] Mr. Harrington then pro ceeded to criticise the bill. MR. SMITH CALLED ON TO EXPLAIN. The debate in the House of Commons to night was languid. The speakers repeated the old arguments and the House was inat tentive. An interesting incident occurred, however, resulting from a question put by- Joseph L. Carew, member for North Kil dare, Nationalist, vho asked what W. H. Brnith meant by associating the National League with the “cowardly assassins who were tyrannizing over peaceful peasants." In reply to this inquiry Mr. Smith stated that the phrase occurred in a letter written by his soeretaiy. He himself had not seen it, but he accepted the responsibility for the language used. The question was then asked: “What did Mr. Smith mean by coupling the Glad stonians with avowed enemies or England?” Mr. Smith again admitted that this phrase had been used by his secretary in a letter which he himself had not seen. He declined to be explicit as to the meaning of the ex pression, but referred his questioners to the columns of United Ireland. Mr. Smith’s remarks gave rise to consid erable excitement and disorder and a seri ous row was imminent, but the Speaker in terfered and succeeded in restoring pence. The Liberals are dissatisfied, however, and will insist upon a formal explanation by Mr. Smith. The government has decided to ap ply cloture on Thursday if the opposition persists iu prolonging this debate. DILLON’S WARNING. Mi*ssrs. Mundelia and Dillon criticised the crimes and land bills. Mr. Dillon said that the Irish people were crowding the emigrant shijis us fust as they could be borne away. If instead of giving substantial relief the government persisted in offering the deliber ate and contemptible mockery found in the land bill, some jioople in despair would seek refuge in America, while others, courage ous enough to remain at home, would reek refuge in some sort of a combination, if not openly then secretly. THE 208 AMENDMENTS. Of 203 amendments to the crimes bill already noticed the Paruellites have con tributed 88, tho Giadstonians 61), the Con servatives ;iB, and the Unionists 8. None have yet been made in the names of either the Giadstonian or Parnellite leadei-s. Proba bly 100 more amendments will lie added before Thursday. The Unionists have still to meet to decide their course of action in the committee stage. Lord Hartington will consult Lord Salisbury with regard to the views of the Unionists. The Ulster Union ists are dissatisfied with the distribution of the benefits projiost il by the land bill, which they regard as unfair, tied they are agitating for a revision of tiie bill in that respect. The government propones an alternative to the bankruptcy clause* of the land bill, giving county judges power in cases of ne cessity to make aiiangemente between tenants and creditors without recourse to bankruptcy. GLADSTONE AT A LABOR DINNER. Mr. Gladstone mt tile Lalxir memtiers of Parliament at a private dinner this evening. He was l ulled upon for a speech and rr- Knonfled briefly. His remarks were mainly devoted to tiie question of reducing election ex|M*nes and throwing the charges on rates. Referring to the relations between the Liberals und Paruellites, he said Dial he hail received only one letter from Mr. Parnell in his life. Earl M|!inx*r, sjleaking at an anti-coer cion demonstration iu South London to night, reiterated libs disbelief that there was any connection between the Paruellites and outrages in Ireland. If tho Lils-rals were to Is* denounced for thrir dealing* with the Paruellites, how could Lord Camavon who had sought Mr. Parnell’s advice and assistance escape rein sure? Ho denied thut the Glu/tstoiilaiis ml v>sotted separation on trial to shield crim inals. If the Unioniat*lsdlevHil the Parnell ito* to Isi ruffians, why did they offer to In trust them with any local government what ever? He oil vised that nil endeavor he made to reunite th<* Lila*ral. liuxwtriurion h* said thut Ireland could only Iw rcremcllrel to Great. Britain lv the wine triutiiient tliul ( 'aniclii ami Australia had rereitvul and thut tiie Anmrc'nit colonies hud Iscti denied. A Inter was rad from Mr Gladstone, In which lie soi l "Tlx.* pesos* of Iroland ami the honor of England urn alike involved in Uiu defeat of the itiwuin’iisd resavbui bill,” KX < OftHMIIKHATfcM MYtIFATMIMF Ai oi sis, (jA., April ‘Pi -The Votffed crate ait dtr *t their anoMi m**tlng ff liigtst unMuijMoustjr mdinAmi tits following roMJikdkM* Ste-nirert, ffaM Minsfamilto eowreWM Mfl pmuAUtm te'b h Mri Id) TPmAUmmn ms • < **<#■ mum its litrofMsof <i* hl.u ' sms awl was#* usi to tut Ireland, and that we extend our sympathy and support to Messrs, Gladstone and Parnell in their eftorta to defeat it and obtain for Ireland tho benefits of home rule. GERMANY VERY SfLOW. The French Report on the Incident Already Prepared. Paris, April 2(5.—A Cabinet council was hold to-day to consider the Schnaebeles af fair. M. Flourens, Minister of Foreign Af fairs,read a long dispatch from M. Herbette, the French Ambassador at Berlin, describ ing nu interview he had had with Count Herbert Bismarck, the German Foreign Minister, in relation to the ar rest of M. Schnaebeles. In view of this interview the cabinet telegraphed fresh orders to M. Herbette. GERMANY TARDY. A dispatch from Berlin says that. M. Hor hetto yesterday presented to Count Herbert Bismarck a complete statement of the French side of the -Schnaebeles case. Count Herbert state! that tho German Foreign Office had not yet received all the docu ments bearing on the German side of the ease. The dispatch also says that it is re ported that Herr von Putkamor, Minister of Justice for Alsace-Lorraine, has been in structed to make an entirely fresh investiga tion of the affair. RUSSIA VERY CAREFUL. St. Petersburg, April 26. —The govern ment has prevented tho Russian admirers of Gen. Boulanger, the French Minister of War, from sending him a sword of honor on the ground that such an act would create .-in erroneous impression in regard to Russia’s foreign policy. M. de Giers, For eign Minister, will remain in cilice. PACIFIC assurances. London, April 2(l.—Tho Foreign Office has received advices from the British Em bassy in Berlin saying that the German gov ernment gives assurances that the Seiinae boles incident is not likely to lead to pro longed difficulty. BELGIUM’S KING AS AN ARBITRATOR. Vienna, April 26. —It is reported that the French government will, if the French and German accounts of the Schnaebeles affair prove irreconcilable, propose to submit the matter to the King of Belgium for arbitra tion. Italy and the Pope. Rome, April 2(5. — It is stated that a reconciliation between tho Vatican and the Quirinal is imminent. The basis of tiie agreement are said to be as follows: Catho lics are to be admitted to elections; a guarantee will be given that laws will h<|tnorc effectively carried out, aud the Pofio will be officially invited to re sume his former splendid ceremonies at St. Peter’s and to reside sometimes at Gan dolfo. In short, Italy will claim the privi lege of protecting the Holy See and the Pope will support Italy’s foreign and colonial policy. Many of the Cardinals, it is said, oppose the scheme on the grouud that Italy wants the Pope, who is able to do without Italy. Gladstone’s Budget Speech. London, April 26.—Mr. Gladstone was incorrectly reported to have said in his speech against Mr. Goscheu’s budget last evening that he believed the country was adding £100,000,000 per annum to her wealth. What he said was that he believed the country was becoming richer than ever, and that she hail added £100,000,000 to her wealth in recent years. A Papal Allocution. Rome, April 26. —A Papal allocution was submitted to the Council of Cardinals yes terday, and will lie pronounced at the coming consistory. It refers to the peace male with Prussia and the changes in the hierarchy of India. It has been finally ar ranged that Mgr. Ramsalla shall become l’ajial Secretary of State. Zankofflst Plotting. Sofia, April 26.—A fresh Zankofflst or pro-Russian conspiracy has been discovered here. Several men who formerly were offi cers in the Bulgarian army have been arrested for actual participation in the new movement. Launching of tho Thistle. London, April 26.—Mr. Bell’s racing cut ter Thistle, which is to go to America to compete for the America’s cup, was launched this morning. The spectators were favor ably impressed with her appearance. Russia’s Credit Good. St. Petersburg, April 26.—The sub scrip* ions to the now Russian loan foot up ten fines the amount of the loan. PENNSYLVANIA’S BOYCOTT. The Company Refuses to Sell Through Tickets Over Thirty-Two Roads. Pittsburg, April 36.—The trouble be tween the railroads of the Western Passen ger Association and those of the Central Traffic Association, regarding the sale of through tickets owl the abolishing of com missions, is assuming a more serious phase. It is said that a number of roads that con sented to tlu* proposed agreement with the Eastern roads, including the Gould system, have not fully complied with the i imposed agreement. Asa result the Pennsylvania Company has issued another circular discontinuing the sulo of tickets of the following roads: Burlington and Missouri River; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; Chicago, Milwau kee ana St. Paul; Green Bay, Winona and Ht. Paul; Hannibal and St. Joseph; Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs; Mis souri Pacific; Missouri, Kansas and Texas; Mliwaukoe mid Northern; Rt 1 . I/iuis, Iron Mountain and Southern: Ht. luis, Keokuk and Northwestern, and Texas Pacific. This makes a total of thirty-two railroads in the We-t to which the Pennsylvania Company has now refused to sell through tickets. The general passenger agent* of the rail roads in the Central Traffic Association were to have held a mooting at Chicago to day for tho purpose of adopting a uniform jmlicy regarding the payment of commis sions by Western roods. Only five lines had representative* present. Action in the mut ter was indefinitely postponed. Recompensed for Hls Wounds. Washington, April 36. Acting (decre tory Thompson to-day appoint#*! James H. Wheeler, of Virginia, n sutehman at tn Treasury I>*|iartiuct>t. Mr. Wheeler 1* the man who was so Isidly Injured ut Htoh uiond, Va., last year by the premature dis cliarge <>f a camion while firing a salute in honor of tiie visit of President, Cleveland. A Flood at Evansville. Chicago, April 26 A dangerous flood iieevatl* ut Kvnjisville, I ml. A large area of iMitt/uu land* around the city 1* submerged ami lb” olr lo Incieavtng. Mills, fn>doni anil Itiinlwr yat'is have from one to four feel of water in them The i/Nitsville, Evansville and Hi. l/tii* railroad depot is lit tiie middle of n vast lake. CooK County’s Hotelisrs. Chicago. Ap*d to Judge Toky tills nesiilPK overrul'd m mote** lor S cJuuige of venue front Cook county in the teerJler •■mm sod the triads wifi therefore take pis**# m Otto* BOTH KNOCKED OUT. Two Prominent Officials in Indiana Nearly Kill Each Other. St. Loi'lS, April 20. —A speciul from Jef ferson City, Mo., says that ex-Supreme Judge John W. Henry and Stata Auditor Walker had an altercation on the street be tween it and 10 o’clock this morning in which Judge Henry was shot once in the rigid anm and again in the breast, and Walker was severely cut in the head by a blow from Judge Henry’s cane. Both men are now in charge of physicians. The affair grew out of the late investiga tion of Auditor Walker by the legislative committee. Mr. Walker accused .Judge i Henry of talking about him with a view to injuring him, and took strong exception to the Judge’s testimony before the com mittee. Judge Henry replied that he had told nothing hut the truth, where upon Mr. Walker, in very profane and em phatic language; called him a liar. Judge Henry then struck Mr. Walker over the head wit h his cane, and Mr. Walker whipped out a pistol and fired at him. The halt en tered the palm of the Judge’s left hand, passed up nis arm just under the skin to near the elbow, where it came out, crossed his breast and lodged in the breast bone. The wound is severe and may be a dangerous one. Mr. Walker got a heavy blow on the left temple, cutting a long gash, and he is now suffering from nervous pros tration, palpitation of the heart and numb ness of his leftside, but the doctors say ho will bo all right in a few days. Both are old men and Judge Henry is quite feeble. PAINFUL MEMENTOES- The Kansas Board of Railroad Asses sors In an Accident. Topeka, Kan., April 2#, —A special train arrived on the Rock Island road at 3 o’clock this afternoon, having on board a party of injured men from Horton. They consisted of Lieut. Gov. Riddle, Secretary of State Allen and State Auditor McCarthy, of the Kansas Board of Railroad Assessor's, who have been making a tour of inspection over the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska road. They were accompanied by President Low and General Manager Fischer, and wit h the entire train crew were more or less bruised and injured. The tender of the locomotive jumped the truck, and the entire train was dumped at the bottom of a twenty-live foot embankment. Nobody was killed or dan gerously hurt, but nobody on the train os caned without some painful memento of the adventure. LEAPING FROM FIRE. Inmates of a Burning Building at Alle gheny Have a Cloee Oall. Pittsbt t h<}, April 36. —Fire broke out at 1 o’clock this morning in the grocery store of Willis Bros., corner of Laeook and Carey streets, Allegheny City. The upper part of the building was occupied as a residence by Mr. Willis’family and several of their em ployes. With great difficulty the firemen i escued seven of these people in partially suffocated condition. Two men fell or jumped from the upper stories and received injuries probably fatal. Sophie Boles anil Fred Schultz were found after the lire was extinguished suffocated in their beds in the fourth story. Six out of the seven rescued were members of the Willis family. One outsider was badly hurt in endeavoring to break the fall of one of the men who fell from a window. EVICTIONS IN DAKOTA. The Settlers Allowed Three Days in Which to Depart. Pierre, Dak., April 26.—The eviction of settlers from the Crow reservation has com menced at Big Bend, and a number have al ready lieeu moved. The settlers have been given throe days’ notice to go, and if still on the ground at the expiration of that time the military will take charge. A poor widow, named Ryan, who had her all invested, was ordered off, but having no means the sol diere loaded her furniture into a wagon, placed the old lady on top nnd carted her to the nearest station. The soldiers will re main throe weeks on the Crow Creek reser vation and the government will fence in the larger part of the land. Indignation runs high, and efforts are being made to sup press the cruel treatment marked out. JONES HOLDS THE PORT. Republican Senators Driven Out of the Caucus Room. Albany, N. Y., April 26.—When the Senate adjourned to-day the Republicans went into a room adjoining the chamber, which is i>pulnrly designated the Lieuten ant Governor’s room. The Senatorial cau cuses of both parties have been held in this room ever since the new capital was opened. To-day, for the first time, the Republicans were driven out of it by Lieut. Gov. Jones, who, as soon as the Senate adjourned, took possession of it, buried his head in a news paper and became fixed to the sjxrt. When the Senators saw they were not to have the room alone, as usual, they quietly withdrew and took to the library. VIRGINIA’S DEBT. Tho British Commissioners Arrive at Washington, but Refuse to Talk. Washington, April did.—Sir Edward Thornton and Messrs. H. N. Braithwaite and E. O. P. Bouverie, the committee on the part of the foreign bondholders of Virginia bonds to effect an arrangement of the debt question with Virginia, arrived in this city to-night, and are stopping at Wormley’s Hotel. They will go to Richmond day utter to-morrow and meet the commissioners on tho i>art of the Htute. Sir Edwurd Thorn ton snid to-night that he could sav nothing in regal'd to what would lie done in the way of a settlement of the matter until after he had seen the Virginia Stnte Commissioners. C. M. Depevv a Presidential Possibility. Wash i noton, April Ex-Commis sioner W. VV. Dudley, of Indiana, who usually knows what Is going on In the Re publican party, has .just returned from New York, where he talked with a number of leading Republican*. He says that it seemed to be general! v understood by those he tallied wil.ii that if Blaine was not nominated him self in IMH ho would noniin#te (.huunooy M. Dopew. Montreal's Flood Hocodlog. Montkkai., April The water is still slowly ini'islhig. Considerable damage Ims lieen done at Fort laiiltint, Ikmchcrville, Varennes, Verchamw, Morel, Hire' Itivem, Borthier and other places, Up to last even Ing there had ls"'ii delivered to the relief committee 7,fi7Mnu vhh of bread, J.Ll.lp minis of tea, LVll |siuii'ls of sugar and .'l.'Jlti |siiJii<iw of elieese. Nearly ail thi* lias Imhiii disli'ilaiUsl Rich but Creaky. Hai.timohm, April ‘id. A jury was soi lie'ied to'lay by tin* Hiie:i(T to deii mu lie Un* mental eondtUhM of i.jnlsa-t 1 iittnu*. ■Mw> of tig Wiallilewt men of this <'4jr. fils ymurtr is stimeUsd at tiJW' | PRICE S! A YEAR. I t 5 CENTS A COPY.f MAKERS OF RAIL RATES. THE COMMISSION OBSERVES MB. MORIAL DAY. Delegations From Nearly Every Im-. portant Southern City at Atlanta Look After the Interests of Their Respective Localities—The Cornmis. slon Outlines Its Programme—Gen. Alexander’s View of the Buslues* Before It. Atlanta, April 26.—The Interstate Com merce Commission arrived here this morn ing and were escorted by the committee of the Chamber of Commerce to the Kimball House. U|K>n learning that Memorial Day is a legal holiday in Georgia, the commis sion decided to postiwne until 10 o'clock to morrow morning the session which was tot have been held to-day. Tbo Commissioners were subsequently driven out to Oakland 1 cemetery to witness the memorial cere monies. The commission has adopted tho follo w ing programme: Kim,—The commission will not convert* for business to-day, having inadvertentlyj named for a day for its session a legal holt, day. If it shall lx? found that persons havW ismie from a distance expecting to he heard on the first, day, and who will lx; ineonve niem-ed by remaining,Jibe commission, oj( the fact, Ix'ing made known, will assign ad hour in the evening for hearing them. to-day’s programme. Second—On Wednesday the commission will convene at the City Council chamber an 10 o’clock in the morning and continue in session until 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Tha afternoon session will tiegiu at 4 o'clock*! I continue so long as may he found necftitMML. to f. ■* onici the tv* | line i " .ijMkii ordetS and c\|x'ibtious the niniiiiidn Mflßl i" w '• ■I Lit I,'ict.s !o ->i,. tli' ;n to eptttlK Mon- ; loin Lit. a; 'I ■; i ■ it>a*;,**d .tS t hey • • x| ii'i tto lie, ol,i! t hell' taking >t evidence. The </'UK iuYxilowii a general ru'e t hat jdfaatd.COtttf panics shall not charge nr >re for * tbor|f|| I tin' ' ■ 1 ' ii in .iripHlfH section of the country, have presented ; JBBP tions for orders establishing certain except tioiLs, and in order to avoid mischief pctnls ing an investigation upon them, temporara orders have been made. A defi nite hearing upon these petitions iS now to be entered upon, and the pe-j titioners will be expected to make out their cases. Their evidence will first b* taken, but with it may lie given the evis ilcnce or memorials ot boarils of trade or other organizations, whether of a governs mental or commercial nature, which sup. port the same view. Afterward the com mission will receive opposing evidence. All evidence, except such as may be document ary, will be taken on oath. LISTS OK WITNESSES. Third—Petitioning jMirties will be ex. pected to present to the commission before the morning meeting of Wednesday a list of the witnesses they desire to have examines arranged in pro)>er order for calling. They" will lx? permitted to examine tiiem them selves. hut the commission will pursue an, examination at pleasure and will allow", other parties to cross-examine. Before that afternoon session opposing parties will be expected to present their list for like ex amination. Fourth—When the evidence is all in the commission will hear arguments iqx>n it and any question of const ruction of 1h w that may seem to bear uixjn the proper determination to be made. For the purposes of such hear ing a session will lx- held at the Council room at 10 o’clock Thursday morning, and the names of those desiring to lx; beam will be expected to lie furnished to the xkiii before that hour. Those the ]X'titions will be allowed to open aflH, close the discussion. 'SgH MANY TOWNS REPRESENTED. M This evening delegations have from all the leading towns in Florida, ' Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, mt* M bama und Georgia, as well as repp iMte lives of large interests from Cincinnati other cities at a distance. They are in sion to night for t he purpose off their grievances, so as to save the tlie commission. The lumber interest is of the strongest represented, while the iron men will make a vigorous effort to iiave tha order made permanent, suspending the fourth section. Among the railroad members here are Col. John B. Peck, General Manager of the Mouth Carolina railway; Gen. E. P. Alex ander, of the Central; IT. M. Smith and M. -Stahlman, of the i/niisville and Nashville) Maj. Green, of the (teorgia railroad; Mr. Thotnas, of the Nashville and Chattanooga railway, and Alix'rt Fink, receiver of the East Tennessee, Virginia und Georgia rail road. GEN. ALEXANDER'S VIEWS. Gen. E. I’. Alexander said to a report** to-night: “My impression is that the rail way representatives have no grievances to lay before the Commissioners at this time. They had an opportunity to present their ease fully ut the meeting of the < ommissiou in Washington. They aid so in so able a manner that the commission a<-ceded to their demands by sus|*-iidiiig the operation of tbo obnoxious section four of tiie act. All that the railways can now reasonably require is thut the temi*>rry suspension to unule permanent. This lam disposed to be lieve will be done. There are many railway men here, but so fares I am informed they do not projstse making any organized move ujKin the commission. Indeed the Commis sioners have plainly said: ‘We do not deal re to hear from the railways now for we have given them a hearing. We want to give the business men and people an auiuettco.’ This means that the people, merchants, mill men, etc.; will have the first claim upon the commission. SOUTHERN SHIPPING. The Convention Resolves to Memorial* ize Congress. Charleston, April At a public meeting of the Convention of the Shipping I s-ague of t he Mouth Atlantic Utah's, held to night, the following resolutions were adopted: ffem/eerf, That l hi* convent lon should urge upon the Congress of the United Slate* the lutssagi- of hul is kiwwn as the "tonnage bill.'’ /.,si//i-d, That i!'" ■ ition further urge upon Congress iaini--liut<* pirnUioiia for tle fei so tor the great extent of coast of the United States. UtMilreil. That the convention further urge life>n Congress immediate provision for the ms. ismvi meat of the river* and harts*** of the South Allantic coast. The meet lag was thinly attended, but the discussion vres mummed Tim r- *>lutiim* were adopted with only one disw-ntinK VDOV The coll Volition adjourned W uItSM in Wuslungtoii in ApHI ta xi Drowning of it Soldier. Ft Mokhoi, Va., April yd,~-IVlv*te VV tiigfh-ld H, Miller o| llmury U, Fifth Ar ttiler), wo* drowned last night white t* timing from tile H-d-in**'flotnu Thcetre, I Hi* lljf was ie-rev-ad