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WASHINGTON, D. 0.
MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT
ANb HIS ADVISERS.
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FIFTY-FIRST
Senator Spooner on Thursday intro
duced a bill declaring as cjiief mpertl
s„rs **f tdectiwls officer* of the circuit
tcilrt* of the United States,and charging
them with the enforcement of nations}
election and naturalization laws, both in
person and through their subordinates,
supervisors of election.
On Wednesday the credentials of
Messrs. Pierce and Casey as Senators
fri m the new State of North Dakota
were presented, read and placed on file,
ami then the two Senators were escorted
tn the desk and took the oath of < slice.
Various executive reports and communi
cation! were presented and referred to
appropriate committees. The total num
ber of bills introduc -d on Wednesday
was SOS, against 585 on the first day of
the last Congress two years ago. Most of
the bills offered were of those that faded
to become laws during the last Congress.
In the Senate, on Tuesday, immediate
ly after the reading of Monday's jour
nal, a message from the bouse was pre
sented by its clerk, Mr. McPherson, an
nouncing the organization of that body.
Then Air. Edmunds, on the part
ot the joint committee to wait
on the president, reported it hid
jicrforme 1 that duty, and had been
informed by the president that he would
communicate with the two houses by
message in writing immediately. There*
upon the message from tho president
was announced. The reading of the
m< ssage oecu pied about one hour nnd
twenty-five minutes. It wss listened to
with apparently close attention by sena
loes on both sides of the chamber.
The flight of Cashier Silcott, with
575,000 of the salaries of the members of
the house of r< prescntativis, has created
si lively sensation. When the house met
on Thursday, Speaker Heed laid the fol
lowing communication from J. P. Lee.
dem, late sergeant-at-arms of the house,
before tho body: “I legnt to report
that C. E. Silcott, late cashier of the
<flice of seigeaut-at-arms, has departed
from this city without settling his ac
counts, and 1 have been unable toasc re
tain his whereabouts, and there is a defi
ciency in the cash of the cilice. In view
of these circumstances I risp.ctfuly
request an immediate investigation of
iny accounts, under such notion as the
house of representatives may take in tho
promises.'’ During the afternoon, em
ployes in the eergcant-at-arm’s were busy
going over Silcott’s bo >ks ai d accounts.
TheeSsCt balance missing, according to
the books, is $71,859.
Th: house of representatives of tho
'flftv-first congress was called to order
one minute after noon on Monday by
John B. Clark, clerk of the house in the
fiftieth congress. Roll call showed 347
members present. Nominations for
speaker were culled for. Townsen 1, of
Illinois, nominated Reed, nnd MeCrearv,
of Kentucky, nominated Carlisle. Tell
ers were appointed, and on a viva voce
vote Mr. Reed received the full vote of
the republican members, nnd Was de
clared speaker. There was little or no
v xc'temeut attending tho opening of the
flfty-first-congrcss on the senate side of
the'capitol. Puulic curiosity seemed to
be largely transferred to the house side.
V There were two bills ready for intro
duction in tho Senate, but no opportuni
ty occurred to present them. One of
these was the bill opposed by Senator
Chandler at the opening of tho fittieih
congress, making a icgulation prescrib
ing the times,places and m inner of bold
rtttg IV'.VIUUJIVr l vpv OWWITHVI r VI) XT* X.--
gross of the Unite,! States within certain
States, and the other, Senator Sherman’s
bill, introduced in tho Senate last Janu
ary, “to make and alter the regulations
ns to the times, places and manner of
holding elections for representatives in
Congress.”
CAPITOL NOTES.
The navy department is informed thal
the South Atlantic squadron has arrived
«t Rio de Janiero.
Tho president on Thursday sent to
'congres several hundred nominations oi
■persons appointed to ofli e during the
recess of congress.
The President on Wednesday ap
pointed David J. Brewer, of Kansas, to
be associate justice of the supreme court
of the United S’.ater.
The attorney-general at Washington is
informed that the trial of the cases of
alleged frauds in Florida, at the last
presidential election,has already resulted
in three convictions.
The clerks of the committees on ap
propriations of the renate and house
have prepared a comparative statement
of estimates, appropriations artd expend
itures for the maintenance of the gov
ernment for the fiscal years 1890 nnd
1891, from which it appears that the net
increase of cstimatrs for 1891 over those
for the current year is $20,867,108, and
the net increase of estimates for next
year over the appropriations for this year
is 138,092,112.
The total collections of internal rev
enue for the first four months of the
present fiscal year were $40,783,350, an
increase of $4,039,364 as compared with
collections during the corresponding pe
riod of last year. The increase has av
eraged over one million dollars a month,
and was principally due to the increased
consumption of spirits, tobacco and fer
mented liquors. Thu increase on the
spirits alone was $2,398,160. The re
ceipts for October, 1889, were $568,558
greater than for October, 1888.
The first bill introduced into the sen
ate in the first session of the fifty-first
congress came from Senator Sherman
and was aimed at trusts. It is identical
with the anti trust bill reported by him
last year Irom the committee on finance.
It declares all trusts unlawful, gives per
sons power to recover in courts when
ever articles are advanced in value by
combinations, and declares tfficers of
trusts guilty of misdemeanor. Other
measures ou the same subject were intro
duced.
IN TROUBLE.
Judgments with executions were en
tered at Philadelphi i Monday morning
in common picas court against the firm of
Lewis 8. Cox & Co., retail dry goods,
ladies’ suitings, etc., 1220 Chestnut
street, and Lewis 8. Cox individually,
f<>r $185,000 on a judgment note dated
December 2, 1889, payable on demand to
George Victor, of New York, trustee for
a number of creditors.
RIVER OF BEER.
An exp'osion in the large brewery ol
Charles Tefsat Newark, N. J., on Mon
day damaged the establ sbment to the
extent of more than SIOO,OOO and caused
consternation through >ut the neighbor
hood. Sitnti tancously with the explo
sion floods of beer gushed from the rear
windows and poured down the streets,
flooding the houses below.
As Manx cm 717,748,854 gallons of
vrs.lt lienor were consumed in tire Uni el
W v Nearly all of it wss
prodn<*d in the Republic, cnlv 2,300. -
00) ga'ltn a being unporie 1. In pl
™pit. now re. c !1.l 8 gOlons-11. arlv
ei-i,t time wli-.it it
distilled spirits 71,064,733 ga were
used in 1887—a 1 »'QUan'i y t .an ws
Used in 1880, wh n thd-jop-Lt.on was
on ly half as Urge. \
THE HARTWELL SUN.
VOLUME XIV.
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Foreign Relations -England- -
Slave Trade--Brazil-Reve
nues- -The Chinese—The Ne
gro—The Indian, Etc.
To the Senate and Houts fajfreseMtWes:
There are few transactions in the adminis
tration of ’ho government that are even
- temporarily held in the confidence of those
I charged with the conduct of the public
I business. Every step taken is under the ol>
I serration of an intelligent and watebf*}.] peo
i pie. The state of the UfliCri is known from
| day to daV\ Wl suggestions as to needed
| legislation find an earlier voice than that
’ which speaks in these annual communica
tions of the President to Congress.
Goodwill and cordiality have characterifM
our relations and
governments, nnd ’he yr*v jfl?d closed leaves
few interna t>flM Questions of importance
remaining unadjusted. No obstacle is l»e
--lieVed to exist that can long postpone tho
consideration and adjustment of the still
[lending questions upon satisfactory and
honorable terms. The dealings of tills gov
ernment with other Staten have heed add
should always be marked ky frankness and
sincerity, our purposes avtiwed uid our
methods frra from intrigue. This course has
borne rich fruit in the past, and it is bnr
duty as a nation to preserve the ►'■V’ftage of
good repute which a rimtitfy of right dealing
with foreign gevefbuients has secured to us.
OUB HONORED GUESTS.
It is a matter of high significance, end ho
less of congratulation, that ’he fffst year of
the second century constitutional ex
istence finds ns honored guests within our
border*. Vue representatives of all the inde
pendent States of North and South America,
met together in earnest conference touching
the t»est methods of perpetuating nnd ex
panding the relations of mutual interest And
friendliness existing among them. That the
opportunity thus affrtrdrtd tor promoting
closer international rel&tionS add tfid in
creased prosperity of th* represented
will be Used for thA ntitVual good of all I can
not permit iflyffclt to doubt. Our people will
await With interest and confidence the re
sults to flow from so conspicuous a meeting of
allied and, in large'part, indentical interests.
THE MARITIME COXQMM&
Another international t'ofifW’tittJd, hiving
great possibilities for has lately assem
bled and is now in session in this capital. An
invitation Was extended by the government*
under the act of Congress of Julyß, ’OOB, to
all maritime nations te sCttd delegates to
Cbnfer touching the revision and amend
ment of the rules and regulations governing
vessels at sea and to adopt a uniform
system of marine signals. The re
sponse to this invitation hi*« been
very general and very cordial. Delegates
from twenty-six nations are present in the
couferen»TA, and they have entered upon
their useful work with great zeal, end V.lth
an evident appreciation ftS importance.
So far as the agre«ei—at to be reached may
require to give it effect, the co
operation of Congress is confidently relied
upon.
THE FISHERIES DtSPUTf-
On the part of the of the Do-
minion of Cannd* Art effort has been appar
ent d firing Uib Season just ended to adminis
ter Hie laws and regulations applicable to
the fisheries with as little occasion for fric*
eases of undue hardship or »rs MUfett inter
pretations have bee<» lh hiOst cases met
with measure* transitory relief. It is
trusted that the attainment of our just rights
under existing treaties and in virtue of the
concurrent legislation of the two contiguous
countries will not be long deferred and that
all existing causes of difference may be equit
ably adjusted.
TH» REPUBLIC OF HAYTI.
It is a source of great satftfltetiOii that the
internal disturbances Cf the Republic of
Hayti are Ct last happily ended, and that
an apparently stable government has been
constituted. It has been duly recognized by
the United States.
THE REVOLUTION IN BRAXtL
The recent revolution in Brazil lh favor of
the establishment of a Republican form of
government is Art event of great interest td
the United States. Our minister ot Bid tie
Janeiro was at once instrUctM tti maintain
friendly diplomatic relations with the pro
visional government, and the Brazilian rep
resentatives at this capital were instructed
by the provincial government to continue
their functions. Our friendly intefCdtilfse
with Brazil has, therefore. no inter-
ruption.
Our minister has been further instructed to
extend on the part of this government a for
mol and cordial recognition of the new re
public so soon as the majority of the people
of Brazil shall have signified their assent to
its establishment and maintenance.
PEACE AND PROSPERITY AT HOME.
Within our own border* a general condition
of prosperity prevails. The harvests of the
last summer were exceptionally abundant,
and the trade conditions now prevailing seem
to promise a successful season to the mer
chant and the manufacturer, and general em
ployment to our working people.
UNCLE SAM’S FINANCES.
The report of the Secretary of the Treas
ury for tne fiscal year ending June 30, 18W9,
has been prepared and will be presented tn
Congress. It presents with clearness the fis
cal operations of the government, and I avail
myself of it to obtain some facts for use
here.
The aggregate receipts from all sources f°r
the year were $387,050,058.84, derived as
follows:
From customs $228,832,741 69
From internal revenue 130,881,513 92
From miscellaneous sources.. 32,335,803 23
The ordinary expenditures for the same
period were $281,996,615.60, and the total ex
penditures, including the sinking fund, were
$329,579,929.25. The excess of receipts over
expenditures was. after providing for the
sinking fund, $57,470,129.59.
For the current fiscal year the total reve
nues, actual and estimated, are $385,000,000.
and the ordinary expenditures, actual and
estimated, are $293,000,000, making, with
the sinking fund, a total expenditure of
$341,321,116.99. leaving an estimated surplus
of $43,678,883.01.
During the fiscal year there was applied to
the purchase of bonds, in addition to those
for the sinking fund, $90,456,172.35, and
during the first quarter of the current year
the sum of $37,*38,987.77, all of which were
credited to the sinking fund. The revenues
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, are
estimated by the Treasury Department at
$355.000,000,’and the expenditures for the
same period, including the sinking fund, at
1341.430,477.70. This shows an estimated
surplus for that year of $43,569,522.30,
which is more likely to be increased than re
duced when the actual transactions are
written up.
The existence of so large an actual and an
ticipated surplus should have the Immediate
attention ot Congress, with a view of reduc- j
ing the receipts of the Treasury to the needs
of the government as closely as may be. The
collection of moneys not needed for public
uses imposes an unnecessary burden upon
our people, and the presence of so large a sur
plus in the public vaults is a disturbing
element in the conduct of private business. ■
It has called into use expedients for
putting it into circulation of very ques- !
tionable propriety. We should not collect j
revenue for the purpose of anticipating our
bonds, bevond the requirement* of the sink
ingfund, but any unappropriated surplus in
the Treasury should be so used, as there is nc
other lawful way of returning the money to •
circulation, and the profit realized by the
government offers a substantial advantage.
The loaning of public funds to the hanks
without interest upon the security of gov
ernment bonds, I regard as an unauthorized
and dangerous expedient. It results In a
temporary and unnatural of the
banking capital erf favored localities, and
compels a cautious and gradual recall of the 1
deposits to avoid injury to the commercial
interests. It is not to Ije expected that the
banks having the*e deposits will sell their i
bonds to the Troajmry so long as the preeent *
highly beneficial arrangement is ermtinued.
They ik»w practicaliy get interest both !
upon the boeds an-1 their proc**.-d<. j
No further use should be made of
i 'ttuz method ot getting th* surplui into I
i circulation, and tho deposits now out
standing should be gradually withdrawn
and applied to the purchase of bonds. It is
fortunate that su<?h a use can be made of the
existipg surplus,, and (or sqjrie time to come
hn» k a»snal sfirnlvK that nuiir exist after
tongress has taken the necessary steps for a
reduction of the revenue. Such legislation
should be promptly, but very considerately,
enacted.
A REVISION OF THE TARIFF.
I J•. revisjen bf K !’r ♦‘’riff law.
administrative features and in
the schedules. The need of the former i<
generally,Conceded, and an agreement upon
the evils ami inconveniences to be remedied
and the best methods for their correction
will probably not bo difficult. Uniformity
of valuation at all ailr ports is essential, anil
effective measure* be takcii to secure
It. Ii Is equally desirable that questions
affecting rates and classifications should be
promptly decided.
The prejiaration of a new scheduale of cus
toms duties is a matter of great delicary be
cause of its effect npotf the bh-'hibr.S of
add of great difficulty by reason
'dt the wide divergence of opinion as to the
objects that may properly be promoted by
such legislation. Some disturbance of busi
ness may perhaps result from the considera
tion of this subject by Congress, but this
temporary ill effect will be reihiewi to the
minimum by prompt drill t’y the as-
wml’h thb country already enjoys
Ihdt any hecessAry changes will be so
made as a not to impair tUe hist and
reasonable protection •)( buv nomc in
dustrietf. TFc ir.rqbAhues of the law
be ad lusted, but the protective prin
ciple should be maintained and fairly applied
to the products of our farms as well as of
our shops. These duties necetwarfly hsv«s
relation to otipr thin** besides the public
rwven’*?* ou cannot limit their effects by
fixing our eyes on the public treasury alone.
They have a direct relation to home pro
duction, to work, to wages, and to the com
mercial independence of our country, and
the wise and patriotic tagifllAW Iffiddld en
large the field df his Vision irt iricldde all of
thes£.
The riecessary redttctjoij ih ourpriVHc reve
nue® can; J Arp sure,Fr mad* AlthbUt making
the BiriFlPw l’’irden more onerous than the
by reason of the disabilities and limi
tations which the process of reduction put*
upon both capital and labor. The free list
can very safely be extended by placing
thereon articles that do not offer injurious
competition to such (lonu^ti’ 1 products ihonr
home labor can supply TW removal bf the
ihWitfti ib£ bß6ii. woiild relievo an
iiftpdVtant Agricultural product from a pur
den which was only , because our
revenue from customs duties u-Hs lent
for the public.n sate provision against
be devised the removal of the tax
upon spirits used in the arts and in manufac
tures would also offer an unobjectionable
method of reducing the surplus,
THE COINAGE OF RlLVtf# fidfeLAM
Tfa* tola! df silver dollars was, on
NbVtiWte. i, 1889, $343,638,001, of which
’5283,539,521 were i,n the .Treasury vaults
and $60,098,480. wqre in » Os the
amount ffio vaults, $277,319,944 were
Vtipi'esented by outstanding silver certifi
cates, leaving $6,219,577 not in circulation
and not represented by oerti flea tan.
The law requiring the purf’hfiso by tb’.‘
Treasury of uul
Hofi npcH.fi'orifn, lb be coined into silver dol
!AVs of grains, has been observed by
the department, but neither the present
Secretary nor any of his predecessors has
deemed it safe to exercise the discretion
given by law to increase the monthly pur
chase* to $4,000,1M .-c y •
I have always bspri. ari !k!*oWe t ’ ’nc use
UAferU 3 - W-
credit it. To tl/e plan which will be pre '
sented by the Secretary of the Treasury for
the issuance of notes or certificates upon the
deposit of silver bullion at jM ♦’tilue
I have beefl abl* td gHe billy A hasty exam
inatiort, U the press of other matters
fluid bi the fact that it has begfl so recently
formulated. The <l.vtails of sheh ti law re
quire careful 9Anridcrttidb, but the general
plAn *mggAslea by him seems to satisfy the
purpose —to continue the use of silver in con
nection with our currency, and at the same
time to obviate the danger of which I have
spoken. At a later day I may communioate
further with Congress open till* Subject.
teXVLVbING THE CHINESE.
Hie rinfotcpment Os the Chinese exclusion
act has been found td.be very difflrdJt on the
Northwestern frontier. Chinamen landing
At VietUtfS nnd it easy to pass our border,
•wing to the impossibility, with the force st
the command of the customs officers, of
guarding so long an inland line. Secre
tary of the Treasury lu»« unthrifized the em
ftHmUdw officers, who will be
•♦Ridghfd to this duty, and every effort will
be made to enforce the law. The Dominion
exacts a head tax of SSO for each Chinaman
landed, and when these persons, in fraud of
our law, cross into our territory ttnd arc
apprehended, our officers do not know what
to do with them, as the Dominion authorities
will not suffer them tn be sent barit Without
a second payment trf lh< tilx AH effort will
mtda tv understanding that will
renibvC this difficulty.
WITHOUT COAST DEFENSES.
Judged by modern standards, we are prac
tically without coast defenses. Many of th
structures we have would enhance rather
than diminish the perils of tlieir garrisons if
subjected to the fire of inlpfovrtl guns; and
very few are so located As to give full effect
to the greater range of su<‘h grtns as we are
now making for rioast defense uses. This
general eribjedt has had consideration in
Congress for some years, arid the appropria
tion for the construction of large rifled guns,
made one year ago, was, I am sun, the ex
pression of a purport provide suitable
works in which thefcu guns might be mounted.
An appropriation now made forthat purpose
Would not advance the completion of the
works beyond our ability to supply them
with fairly effective guns.
The security of our Coast cities against for
eign attack should not rest altogether in the
friendly disposition of other nut ms. There
should be a second line wholly in our own
keeping. I very urgently recommend an ap
propriation at this session for the construc
tion of such works in our most exposed har
bors.
I approve the suggestion of thef Secretary
of War that provision be made for encamp
ing companies of the National Guard in our
coast works for a specified time each year
and for their training in the use of heavy
guns. His suggestion that an increase of th*-
artillery force of the army is desirable is
also in this connection commended to the
consideration of Congress.
The improvement of our important rivers
and harbors should be promoted by the nec
essary appropriations.
THE PROTECTION OF FEDERAL OFFICERS.
The assault made by David H. Terry upon
the person of Justice Field, of the Supreme
Court of the United States, at Lathrop, Cal.,
in August last, and the killing of the assail
ant by a deputy United States marshal wh< .
had been deputed to accompany Justice
Field and to protect him from anticipated
violence at the liands of Terry, in connection
with the legal proceedings which have fol
lowed, suggest questions which, in my judg
ment, are worthy the attention of Congress.
I recommend that more definite provision
I be made by law. not only for the protection
of Federal officers, but for a full trial of such
cases in the United States courts.
Events, which have lieen brought to my
attention, happening in other }jarte of th*
eountry, have also suggested the propriety ol
extending, by legislation, fuller protection
jto those who mav be ca as witn**«es in
j the courts of the United States. The law
compels those who are supposed to have
' knowledge of public offenses to attend Bpon
our courts ana grand juri*« and to give evi
; donee. There is a manifest resulting duty
that these wftnewet shall be protected from
injury on account of their testimony. The
■ investigations of criminal offenses are often
rendered futile, and the punishment of crime
impossible, by the intimidation of witnesses.
TRUSTS AND THE COPYRIGHT LaWH.
Earnest attention should be given by Con
i grew* to a consideration of the qu portion how
■ far the restraint of those combinations of
capital commonly railed “trusts’’ is matter
iof Federal jurisdiction. When organized, as
[ they often are to crush out all healthy cum
j petition and to monopolize the production or
•ale of an article of com»n«rce and general
i DeccßCty they ar*‘ dangerous
| against the gtxid and should be mail'-
! the subject of prohibitory and even penal
I lerudation.
The subject of an iutcrnaiMmal copyright
has frequently commetMied to the attec
’■ion ot Coosrns by pnxJecesMH-,. Tb»
HOME DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS, MATERIAL AND MORAL.
HARTWELL, GEORGIA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1889.
enact mont cif such .4 law would be Eminently
wise and just.
Our naturalization laws should be so re
y isetl as to make the inquiry tho moral
character ami gofsl dispositmn toward our
govennuent Qf p< raqns Mmiyfog for citi
zenship. mole thonAigH'. Tn** onlv l»o
done by taking fuller control of the examiua- |
tion, by fixing the times for hearing such 1
applications, and by requiring the presence
01 some one who shall represent tho govern
ment in thp inquiry. I,’hose who are the
rt' ; w*dArde’ or wHa o'mo
to our shores to swell the injurious mnuenco
and to extend the evil practices of any asso
ciations that defies our laws, should not only
be denied citizenship, but a domicile.
The enactment of a national bankrupt law
of a character to be a permanent part of our
gcjjerol legisla,tkm is desirable. It should be j
Mn*|% iii iH nictHbib dud in Its
administration.
THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S REPORT.
The report of the Postmaster-General not
only exJubitA the operations of Uie depart
ffihntfcr, the In*’ fiscal ♦eari but eon tai ns
many’ valuable suggestions for the improve• j
ment and extension of she service, which are
commended to your attention. No other i
branch of the government has so close a con
tact with the daily life of the people. Almost I
every one uses the service it offers, and every
hour gained in the transmission of the great
Hjttiti osS ’•fl RctUril ’’’’H pv*sirfl6
value that onljr those engaged in trade can
Understand.
CONs+RfTCTtNG HEW W*R VESSELS.
in general, satisfactory progress has been
made in the construction of the now ships of
war authorized by Congress. The first vessel
of tho new navy, the Dolphin, was subjwteq
to vw*y trisl Uh* Mhd r’lirh
Hve. sZ vi iticism. But it is gratifying to be
able to state that a cruise around the world,
from which she has recently returned, Ixas
demonstrated that she is a first-class vessel of
her rate.
The report of ’he AerrrinrV sI’O’M thfit
fl. Hiiv Hie efl'edtiyA force of tho navy is rap
idly increasing, by reason of thp Iniproved
build ami armament of tho new .ships, the
niimbri- of c’h sjlipu f' 1 fol dnlv fc»owtf
vflry slowly. At e had, on the 4th of March
last, thirty-seven serviceable ships, andd
though four have since been added to tho
list, the total has not been increased, because
in the meantime four have been lost or con
demned. Twenty-six additional vessals have
been AUthofizod and Approprirtted fbr, but.
it thrit fl-hptl they 80n<rlrt«M
oui lift will only bo increased to £ort/-two, a
irioi) < ii\c. Tii.’ ti l wooden sb£ps ars
disappearing almost ,a.s fast; a;s tho <n- w ve,s«
sejs nm added. These fHcts tarty their bwn
Uno of the new ships may, m
fighting strength, be equal to two of the old,
but it cannot do the cruising duty of t wo. It
is important therefore, that wo should liava
a more rapid increase in the number of eer
vicenble smu.* 1 nenrufl in the reemMnyfltua
tibii iff lild Secretary that tne construction of
eight Armored ships, three giinboats nnd five,
torpedo boats Jje authorped.
tN’HAN AFr Anil
Tho report of tho Secretary of the Interior
exhibits the transactions of the government
with tho Indian tribes. Substantial progress
has been made in the education of the chil
dren of nchpnl ago and in tho allotment
lands iff ridtilf. Indian#, J.t ift hl rem ci'teq
that the rK.l’ : 3 r of b’ up Un lnuui.nL
lation and of dealing witli the Indian as an
individual did not appear earlier in our leg
islation. Large reservations, held in com
mon, and tho maintenance of the authority
of the chiefs and headmen have deprived tu«
individual r»( every incentive the eXcrolsd
of thrift: fihd tho aririmjy
’infultc LBwaid l jttltc bl Coil
firmed pauperism.
highly considerate of tho best intereircs u* Am
ignorant and helplem people. The reserve
lions are now gfinerallysurrowmlM by nh.ite
setlieniMiiS; W d Inn ild longer ptpb Ihd
Indian l>ack .into the wilderness, and it rn
piAins only, by every, suitable agency, 1 0
ppsh him npwaFd into the estate of,* '■elf
Supporting and responsible citizen. For the
adult, the first step is to locate him u|x>na
farm, and for tho child, to place him in a
school.
CLAIMS OF SETTLERS.
In the adatinjetfatimi nf the land lav*• the
bl ffi '.litatiuL’, in set Itv pi ■')>• 1 • ■’.
the adjustment of the honest claims of huji
-5 idnal settlers ihh.hi tl:<- pnl.l:* Ja.
bpqn pursued.. The niimber or rr».i ling . *•
hflbT atirliig the preceding administration,
been greatly increased under tho opi rat ion
of orders for a time suspending final action
in a large part of the eases originating in thy
.West and Northwest, au,d by the titpefluent
use.of nansnfll rfl* , *h t sa.i cf <■xftndi.aLoii.
Only those who aro familiar with the con
ditions under which our ngriculturnl lands
have been settled can appreciate the serious
and often the fatal conMvi'ierices to the settler
of a policy that puts his title under suspichn,
or delays the iM'ianee nf hi* iMtent, While
caro is tilkon U) prevent find to vxjrjsw (• > ud,
it should hot lx* imputed without rerison
The manifest purpose of t be Hbmcstend and
Pre-emptibfl law 4 wm? pi rhidtr 1 thi
ment of the public domain by personshaving
a bona fide intent to make a home upon tho
selected lands. Where this intent is well es
tablished and the requirements of the law
have been substantially complied with, tho
claimant is entitled to a prompt and friendly
consideration of his case. But where there
is reason to believe that tho claimant
is the more agent of another who i* cok
ing to 5vM3 fl lA’V ihb’ridu’l to prom ’■*
small holdings, and to secure by fraudu’ent
methods large tracts of timber ami oth»r
lands, both principal and agent should not
only l>e thwarted in their fraudulentj-.1-
pose, but should bath ado to feel th' full
penalties of bur crimifi.ll statutes. The lavs
should l»e so administered as not to confou d
those two classes, and to visit p'-nalties only
upon the latter.
THE PENSION SYSTEM.
The law now provides a pension for everj
soldier and sailor who was mustered into
the service of tho United States during ’b“
civil war and is now suffering from wounds
or disease having an origin in tho service
and in the line duty. Two of the tb-ee
necessary facts, viz., muster dkabib’y.
are usually susceptible of cosy pi(K>f; bill the
third, origin in the service, is often difficult,
aud in many deserving cases impossible to
establish That Very many of those Who en
dured the hardships of our most bloody and
arduous campaigns are now disabled from
diseases that had a real but not traceable
origin in the service I do not doubt.
Besides thew there is an<»tber claw com- |
pose*l of inen many of whom served an en- |
iistment of three full years, and of re-enlisted
veterans who added a fourth year of service,
who ewaped the casualities or battle and the
assaults of disease, who were always ready
for any detail, who were in every battle line (
of their command, and Were mu®’ , -r4d but »n
soUhd health, and have. Mlnra the close of the |
war, while fighting with the same indomita
ble and independent spirit the contests of
civil life, been overcome by disease or cas- j
ualty.
lam not unaware that the pension roll al- j
ready involves a very large annual axyiendi- j
ture, neither am I deterred by that fact from !
recommending that Omgrees grant a pension ;
to such honorably discharged soldiers and I
sailors of the civil war as having rend<-red I
substantial service during the war arc now
dependent upon their own labor for a main
tenance and by disease or casualty are b.ra
paritated from earning it. Many of the men I
who would be included in this form of relief
are now dependent upon public aid, and it
does not, in my judgment, consist |
with the national honor that they hall I
continue to subsist upon the local relief
given indiscriminately to paupers instead of
upon the special and generous provision of
th*- nation they served ho gallantly and un- ]
selfishly. Our j>eopte will, I am mire, very 1
generally approve such legislation. And I ;
am equally sure that the survivors of the '
Union army and navy will foei a grateful
sense of relief when this worthy and differ
ing class of their comrades is fairly cared
for.
There are some manifest inequaliti'-s in the
existing law that should be remedied. To
some of these the Secretary of the Interior
has called attention.
PROTECTION FOR RAILROAD MEN.
The attention of the Interstate Commerce
Commission has teen called to the urgent
need of Omgres.crmal legisla? ■ ! for ti \
ter protecti'm of th- hv--> and li.nte of
in
freignt fines of the u/zuntry, and ckt
tho yardmen and brakorncu. A '
signer! by nearly ten thoMsaiei r3 _‘T*l
teak*-men was presented ,f ’’ ’ I
asking that step* might b takeu ‘f * |
about the <we of automatic ■ ac r * j
ier» on freight au s. I
. I &
During tho year ending on June SO,
I l A *er two fhoustui'F railroad em
v’oyes were killed in sei vice nn.t than
t .'entv thousand mjuretl. It is comp* 1
tirink, for Congress to require uniformity in
ILn construction of cara used in interstate
and the use of improved safety
tippliau':*s flimn such trains. Time will be
ut- ’.‘stray to make tin fifrOdcd but
a » earnest and intelligent begio'mvg «W*ld
be made at once. It is a reproach to our
civilization that apy class of American
wyrkmun should, iu the pursuit of a neces
sn.y a . 1 *’. cfr f’’l vjvatioq. |io subjected to a
pisril of fife and limb asgiuat &.* thrt of •ol
die • in time of war.
THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
The creation of an executive department,
to be known as the Department of Agricul
-1 ire. by tho a< t of February 9 last, was a
timely reapojVHj to a request which
lad long lieen ru-rxetralh fltwwl .R* the
Farmers ut tne country. But mwb fl’niinw
to te done to perfect the organijiation ot the
liopartnieut so that it may fairly realize the
V' T ' Ctatious wliiuh its .creation excited. In
tr.f' cßi<rit‘i tiou attention is called |o the sug
**‘'Stions contained iu u.o f «rs. tho See
. stary, which is herewith submitted.
THE WORLD’S FAIR.
-’The proposition to observe the 460th an
j iversary of the discovery ol’ America by the
rpetting of a world’s fair or exposition in
’me nf hnr great eiHe«i will bo presented
. r the consideration dt t'angf.’- T”c talwe
u<l interest of‘buch mi exposition may Irdll
f ‘.nun the promotion Os tho Geiteriti Go'verii
the Civil rervicb
The purpose of the Civil Service law was
bsolut. i ly to exclude any other consideration
c nr. i »i.m with hppo’tomonte under it
i uui that oi merithm ty th* o*’!nii’<a
t Sons. The business proceeds upon the theory
t.iatboth the examining boards and the ap-
I ninting officers are absolutely ignorant as to
the political views and associations of all per
, h 1 tt li ri'i. It is BOt SOO
milch wmte i‘e<‘ent Con-
gressional investigations hav6 Ftdmdflhflt
fhnkeiijniblie confidence in the impartiality
f flu' Actions for
• J>■ »< t THp.f th- m H larvico wfll ffinky
no safe or satisfactory advance until tn*
law and its equiil administration are
well established in tho confidence of the
people. It will be my pleasure, as it is my
•;uty, to mm that the law is executed with
nnd impartiality. If m»ine »»f ite
obfi isiints have hePit fraudulently ma<lo(|
rtjij’f inting hffice’%' rutr rpseqhnent should
not suggest the I‘ejuml Os the , but Ex tern’
m its admirtislrntiun. Wo should have uiie
Hew of the matter, aud hold it with a sin
verity that is hot atTe’-ted by f|»e considera
tion that the party Ui wh.< h it* Mortals for
the time in jwiwer.
The duty of appointment is devolved by
the Constitution or by th? law, mid tho ap
pointing officers are properly held to a high
♦ ?s|wh! ability in iti exrfwc. The growth of
the Country ana the con. queiiu hicrttAM ”1
the civil list have magnified this filnctioit
of .{hA eNAoi»tivA'fliAfl’Q|iortiqnUl)y. , H t{nrt
adt bo denied, however, that th© later
nected with this necessary work is increased,
.often to the point of actual distress, by the
>’idden and excessive demands that art
made upon an incoming administration for
vnuivals and appointments. But, on the
other band, ft i« not trim that, incumbency i»
* eb’T!.i:Jvo srgnni‘ , rtt tor h ill
office. Impartiality, moderation, fidelity tc
nubMo duty and a good attiiinmeut in tin
(i.. hat 1 of it must I"* add d Wore thi
Argument is complete. When those holding
Juninistratlve offices to conduct themselves
n” to convince just political oppin Uh* that
no party cnJlsidffl'ntiiffi nr bias afi’iwts In fifty
wn r »hX theiri jpublld dtitiea, we
hxn more easily nUy Mrtrifid tor re>
.novats.
I* j 4 ns Mh n y!j? ut q*, ♦hx
from the adoption <rf wino system by which
Ihe officer would receive the distinction and
Mien* in all private employments,
rrnneS froni exeeptiothil faitiiffilfl* 4 '* 1 ’ mMeffi
ciency in the p -rfor.nnnre Os dttty.
I have su?)»cate'.l tn tte hciids of the execu
tive depio tmi-nls that ‘b'y Vfln't/ier
a record might not bo kept m ea< Ii biitennbf
nil those elementa that are covered by the
terms “faithfulness’ and “efficiency,” and a
rating made showing the relative merits of
the clerks of each ckus, this rating tobere
garded as R test of merit in making promo
tions.
I have also suggested to the Postmaster-
General that he nd<»p't .Qmio plait by which
he coil, tipoil the biH»j i f the ti’ftoriA to the
department and of frequent fnspectiCHMi, in
dicate the relative merit of postmasters of
each class. They will be appropriately indi
cated in the official register and iii th« re
port of the Jcpar I. men! That n great.stim
ulus would thus l>« given to thd whole Rer
vice 1 do not doubt, find such a record would
lie tho best defense against inconsiderate re
movals from office.
THE EDUCATION OF OUR PEOPLE.
Hftti-»nfiJ ?*i<l to education haw heretofore
iak’ H tiiH foTiri of Itt’ifl grant*, find in that
form the coiHrtltutinjifll jiower of Uongmz to
promote the education of the peopl” i« not
seriomly q>’ ”ti' rtn L F do not think it ran
be wuccemfuily questioned wh«d the form In
changed t > t hat ol a direct grant of illoney
from tho public treawury.
Such aid should be, as it always has been,
suggeste’l by some exceptional conditions.
The sudden emancipation of the slaves of
tho South, th<* bestowal of the suffrage,
which soon follov.e 1, and the Impairment of
the ability of tbrt States wheiM thewe new
citizens wete hbiefiy fotihd to fid«qu-’»lely
provide educational faeflitiw, presented not
only exceptional but unexampled conditions.
That the situation has been much amelio
rated there is no doubt. The ability and in
ter’-Wt Os the States have happily Increase!.
ButagieAt Wdfk tMnainMM be ami
I think the general government euotud lend
it* aid. As the of ft national
grant in ttid of tdm ation grows chiefly out
of tho condition anti needs df the emanci
pated slave and his dew.*cndant<, the relief
should, as far us poswible, while necessarily
proceeding ujx»n i-ome general lines, be aje
plied to the need that suggested it. It is cs
sentiaJ, it much good is to be accomplished,
tluit the sympathy an I active interest of the
people of the Ktetes should be enlisted, and
that the methods adopted should such us
to stimulate and not to supplant focal taxa
tion for school purjsdsew.
As one Congress cannot bind a succeeding
one in such a case, and as the effort must, in
some degree, be experimental, I recommend
that any appropriation made for this purix»se
lx* limited in annual amount and as to the
time over which it b to extend as wid, on
fctei oris liand, give the lo -al ®chool authorie
ties opportunity to make the use of the
first year’s allowance, arid on tho other de
liver them from the tempta i>n to nu-luly
postpone tho assumption of tno whole bu.*
den themselves.
THE COLOMtP raoPLE.
The colored ptopio <ll.l t: f /t intrude them
selves upon us; they were brought hws m
chains and held in the commmmies where
they aienow chiefly found, by a ’-rue! Mxave
cote. Happily for to»th rac< th* y are now
free. They have, from a btan<i-j*>iut of ig
norance aud poverty, which was our shame,
not theirs, made remarkable a/ivances m ed
ucation and in the a*’quisition of propel ty.
They have, as a people, shown themselves to
be friendly and faithful toward the white
race, under temptations of trememtous
strength. 'Hiey have their representatives
in the national cemeteries w ’J er ® a
ful government iiut* gethared tho asnea
of thosse who ’lied in its defense. iriey
have furnished to our regular army regi
ments which have won high praise from
their commanding ofii-rs for <yairaje and
soldierly qualiti<-«, and for fidelity b> tne en
listment oath. In civil life they are now the
toilers of their communities, making their
full contribution to the widening streams ot
prosperity which these commumtss are re
ceiving. Their sudden withdrawal would
etop production and bring disorder the
houJt,oM » well as th., .-nop. G-i-rnlly
they do not desire to quit ih' -r homes, ana
their employers reseat the intertw’jmce ol
the emigration agentavrbo seek to stimulate
such a desire. .
But, notwithstanding all this, m many
parte of our country when* the colored popu
lation is large the p«iopie of that rara are, by
various devices, deprived of any effective
exerenae of tbrir p'diliral rights and many
of their civil rights. The wrong does not
expend itself <qx>n thor® whose votra are
Every con- ita* tUf T n
ot p»tr.ot that
It ha. fern th<» -P» ” pit'Sr th., law
'IrXLI u - -!f «-,« flaunt
b.' ii; «’* ' n ““ eOT r
tion it t* that the*' cvmmumii-’s
must *otk out tbd rw Uwmwlvw.
wo have a right to ask whetlici fbr*y
work upon it. I>o they suggest any eolttWOi-
When *At voider what conditions >s, the
blavk man u. LT** d free bmkfft V 'uni
is he in fact to have thoM rivll mhts
which have so long been his in IrtU • v JJ’ 1 ’
is that equality of influence which our form
of government was intended to secure to tho
trt te rc*tor*if This generation
should Ct fltee those gi ave ques
tions, and riot *Mn as n Jwritfigu «C
woe to the n'oxt. The should ;
proceed with candor, cahrtness find
flpqn the lines of tusttce amt mi*
manity, nus 'T prafiptiue and cruelty. No
question in our country cfhi l’° ! ‘t. rest except
uikhi the Arm base of Justice and tt tiw law.
1 earnestly invoke tho attention of < Jtt*
gross to the consi<leratioii of such measures
within its well-defined constitutional powiws
ns will swni'fl to all our people a free oxerciss
(ff the right srtffrfltfrt N‘»*l every other Civil ,
right flrtder the CoiistituttCtt find laws of tlio 1
United States?. No rtv’R. however deyflorfible,
can justify the either on the |
part of the Executive or m Jii
pow.'N nptgranted; but botli Will bt
blamußte H All tho power, granted are not
Wisely but in nJ* to correct thcsJ
evils. Ihe power to Lllte the wh°‘ e
direction nnd control of the
of members of the House of ltepr»'sentativus
is clertiiy given to the general government.
A panlrtl and qualified wupervision of these
Hectite.* H now pn/vided for by tew, and in
rny rtiJliii'.rti ’liw lav* mny be sirtnigU»«n»»>i
dud extended as to the whole, bet-
tor fesiflte than cite' b 6 Attained 14 * Ww tnk
ing "Hl *hw pfocosiuw At such etertloU i«to
Federal control. Colored man shmfhl bo
protected in nil his relations tlw Federal
governnient, whether ns litigant, jur(/T
.bGnntui fp our courts, as an elector for mem
bers of Uongits.*, ** «! pjacefut traveler
upon our interstate railway <
ArPHorniATioN. yoiiocXAN mail mkkvica.
There la nothing more justly hninllUthiff to tho
national pride and nothing more hurtful to th«» ns
te'iml pr<»«tx’rttr than th* l Inf uimity us our invr
thihit eoittpared with that in «»ther iiAlionii
Whdau tfcttr'tai Wealth iwil aoacu.’iMl llnwa
clff fidt auggeSt Ats ’Mr aupremaoy eti
the bu a. Kwifa not if wan «nf ) «■»»>»
r think. fli»T It fhatl |l<A /‘oirtlmro to Df w*
It la not pu&IILAA W tins Wnjtfnic/fliu'.i to dteitwß
th.) cauaea of the decay *n artippiAg ™
the differing method, by which it •••« ro
restore them. ,
I recommend that .uch appropriation* bo mam»
for ocean mail nurvlco, in American stenm»hlpa. oa
lWe«h our porta and thorn) ol Central ami HoUth
Amerlcil. (lilnrt. fflpsn and tl»o Important iahmda in
both Vt the great ticertu*. UR w*» •“» liberally re
rHPn-iaft'lA for tth’ M’rtM rendered, and <m will eii
conrag.’ tiid ••taWflbWrrtertt rttid In atmte fair uegre.
enualizO tb») chance, (’f AtraniMhlp hue.
tethe competition, which they irtilft rimt
the American Ntet»,'i» l.vji'g south of uh will cahn<W
cu-gT)? 1 ’*** 1 m eaifiblfpiihg and maintaining such
line, of itvamshlp. t' 1 jpriu/lipal port. I do not
dont>t. , u . .
We ahonld also make provision for a m..'.zl **
■orve to con.iat of ouch merchant rlilp., of Ameri
can con.t ruction and of a .pecltled tomia"* ami
Bpct d. as th** ownara will codmiU to place at ihe umi
of the goveromrub lh ca*’ of n«*< a* armed <-ruin
er*. Hnfland lias adopted thin policy, mid n» a rtw
■uU can nttw, upoii necwlly. at o- < e place upon tier
hhvnl llflt rtf,ft|6 tAßti.t Rham-hipM m tho
world. A propel' o’ (he emi.truction of
imch vessel, would make thoir Convcific’tt IMo s'*
furtive ship, of war very easy.
J am an advocate of economy In our national <■*>
punditures. but It Im a ml.n.u of lurma to make this
word describe a policy that withhold, an expendi
ture for tile purpose of extending our foreign coin
nfcfrce. lUv ettlMgcinent and Improvement of our
. .. I’lMlfMluMJ/e dovrlonnivnt of a sunicictit
body of tfSiUed Ameikrii tonntyn, |hfi pr<rniotkni
of rapid nnd regular mail brtwccu
the poit. of other countries and our <Mvn, nm| fl*e
adaptation of large amt swift American merchfU..
steain.hlp. to tinvul uses, tn time of war, are pub
lic purposes of the hlghd cuiiceru.
’ The •■nlaigod participation Gs rtUF people m 111?
carrying trau.’. fn” ”*”* IncrcaMvl market, that j
will ho (’petted t«»r llh* products of our farms and
facfl’rk'fijM r,H<; taller mid bett<*r <*mplo 'Hunt of
wUfcmeu.Lufll«* v>’lh re.rflt irum »libtifsl uro
all our people. Everything ti in”® prdpiti/U’ 4 l .
the present Inauguration of 4 liberal nnd proyre*<*ivu
policy upon thi. .übject, and we should outer upon
Il with promptness and dochion.
Tte ’ll which 1 have mifgw.tud, it H mil-
trrely bttildv<‘d, Will pTmoote the peace and honor of
Ottr country Mini th” prosperity nnd .cciifity of tho
people, f Invoke fl’” diligent and scrlotu attention
C<jn<fly/d to the cOnsbierHtl’tt! of th-w aud aucn
other ny a’into*' n’ljy l« having th”
same great end In vim». . .
Jl*m»i ""N.
Executive Mansion. Waxlilngtou, Bcc. X IMI
MUST STAND TOGETHER.
M B*V TWO riIOMINKNT AM.IANI R OF
FICtAI.H.
A prominent Allktlce offlciul, one win,
bus been uctlve in eMnbli.tiiug Alllnncc
btirinesS exchange*, in an article in the
h>nn»mi<it, make, thia pointed
BB.ertion: 'lhe tlnMea mrnit
unite, rinrket their own product, tttfd
buy th'ir own auppliia. In thi.
way the chain that bind, our fur
mers to t 1 <> .peclative cla»» i« brok' n.
Credit is the weapon of tho aprculator,
anti the Wurst enemy to 'he fanner nnd
laborer. EdmimtO thia and we
have taken a long step toward freedom.
Colotibl W. J, A'oith'ru, inn ationg ar
ticle on “Discipline," publi.licd in the
Southern Cultiiuter (<>r December, con
tend. that tire very best success in tire
Alliance unlit be found in the unity < f
action in all matters that aro essential.
Tho caution I am giving, 1. not to make
the .cope of action unnecessarily broad
and then demand arbitrary obedience.
Let us prererve tin- good of the order at
all hazr.md.; maintain tho purpoaoe
of tlio organization as set forth in
our principles; Insist upon unity wher
ever and whenever tin so principles de
mand it, but not exact an arbitrary obo
diei.ee to the will of the majority in
some trivial matter of no general con
ceru. Dincipliue and unity are the safe
guards of the order. Let the one br
wise ami temperate, that tho other may
be helpful and eflicient.
FOREIGN CASH
EXCLIsn CAPITALISTS IIUYIKO All. IIKAVY
UCCK MILLS.
The Baltimore Sm <>t Sunday « >y»:
A great syndicate with headquarters in
New York and doubtlcrs with English
capitalists in the scheme has undertak
en to buy up all heavy duck mills of the
country and to consolidate thrm under
control of one great corporation. A
capital of $15,000,600 is required for tho
accomplishment of the enterprise. 'I lia
proposition is for the syndrente to buy
all the mills at the n-sessml valuation,
old owners to continue to operate the
mills and to have the option of taking
stock in the consolidated corporation,
which will be managed by a board of di
rectors with a president aud other of-
Seers. _
RETURNED THEIR CHARTER
■PISSATIsriEO WITH THK ACTION OF TUB
ATLANTA, OA., KSIOUTS CONVENTION.
A Canton, Ohio (special, of Saturday,
says: The expulsion of District Dele
gate O’Malley, of Canton, from Ihe At
lanta Knight* of Labor convention, hai
borne fruit. Canton local assembly of
I). A. 93, which O'Malley represent*, has
withdrawn from the order, ami returned
Its charter to District Secretary Lewi*,
to be forwarded to general headquarters.
Delegate O’Malley said that this was the
first assembly of (even organized in
Canton, and it is the last one to go. It
1 leaves that city without a Knight of La
bor organization. _
Ton longest dstame over which em
ve sat mi by t lephoti- is dail >■ ■* I'' ■»
liotwi en I’< rtlind, Me., a id Bi.l al >. A.
Y.,ab >ut 750 rails • J here are mme than
J7O,<jO3miica of b l ■phon wr • * p ra-
tio..; in the United 8 at ■■«, o 0.-r win h
1,036,000 mesa iges « e, ent dahy.
3J0.0U0 telepbm ei ,u “ • 1
country. t
NUMBER 12.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
ITEMS OR INTEREST FROM VA- ’
JHOCS POINTS' IN THE SOUTH.
h CrrSntnsi o acoovnt or wnAT is OOINO o* 1
IMTOIIIANCE IN THK OOVTUBN STATItk g
c
Governor Lee, of Virginia, delivered f
an address to ex Confederate soldiers al *
. Union, N. Thursday.
The First National bank of Rockwood, 1
Tenn., has been authorized to I reg in bus- s
loess with n capital of $50,000. k
Iho fatmnra’ convention in session in r
St. I,otiis lias lippointed n commiltee to
bring about a union of all the farmers I
organizations. 1
In the United States circuit court in i
Columbia, 8. C., Daniel 11. Chamberlain B
win made pennancut receiver of the
Booth Carolina Railway company.
The North Carolina Steel and Iron
company has been organized at Salisbury, c
with a capital stock of $1,000,000, to „
buil I a Bessemer iron furnace of 150 tons
daily capacity.
The will of the late Mrs. Charles
Crocker, of Bau Francisco, was filed for t
piobate Tuesday. She bequeathed her c
< rttire estate, valued nt about SII,OOO,- n
000, to lier four children. .
Ths board of survey on the United
St t< a Hterltner Brooklyn, now at Norfolk, a
Vs , has reported thal she cannot lie t
fepafr.d wlthin the 20 per rout, limit, (
nnd she will therefore Ire condemned aud
appraised for sale.
A large hardware company from Con- ‘
necticut has finally algned contracts with
the Fort Payne, Ain., Coal and Iron
company, to remove their works to Fort
Payne nt once. This company employs }
Bud skilled inechnnics. j
Tho suit of Dr. Nathan R. Gotter
against Robert Garrett for $25,000 for *
professional services, which has been 1
pending in tho Baltimore court, was set- ,
tied Thursday. Dr. Gorier offered •« j
Oinph liriHU Mr SIB,OOO, and the prop
oeition was accepted ami the money paid. «
A Special from Florence, Ala., saysi
Fire broke ollt Thursday morning in ]
PettriO’s livery stable nnd burned the j
building and twenty-one liorses. Loes
s<l,ooo. No insurance. The lire com
municsted to no adjoining store, burning 1
down the store building and stock. ,
Loss $12,060.
The general nsseinbly of Virginia con
vened nt Richmond, on Wednesday.
Botli brauchr 4 re elected their old ofli- «
vers. Governor Lou scut his message to t
the legislature, it really is a ro-afflrma- f
tlou of tho provisions of tho Riddleber- ,
g( t debt bill, and contains a muss of
fignns on that incxhaustiblo topic. )
• The Central Elevator company, of *
Chnttanooga, Tolm., tiled a bill of as- i
I smmni nt in the flnmeory court Tuesday,
Tneir schedule shows $100,208 Habili-
| ties, and about un equal amount of assets, I
1 ■ of grain in elevator, real os- i
uMf ’£¥: u j
hated by the depreciation of grain In tho
elevator, nnd by tho inability of the
company to meet drafts on them, i
At a largo meeting of the Now Eng- r
bind capitalists at Denison, Texas, on ,
Ihursdny, nearly $200,000 wus sub
,v(ib-d to till' slock of tiio Ilonison Cot
ton Munufsctiiririg company to complete i
the capital of $.500,000, which was re
quill d to build and complete tho mill,
j he mill will linvo 23,000 spindles; will
employ 800 liands ami will cause an ad
dition of at lor.st 6,000 persons to tho 1
population. i
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Mongolian Barbers. ,
That Chiio H ' pig-tail is u b.ilgo of
ao vitiidd. A little miro thin thiiw '
I. ol veniH ago tlu> Cliimso pridel 1
themsolvon <ll thi'ir long', black linir,
which covered tho who'e of tiioir heads.
When they wo o compa red by t'm- Mitn
ebus. who n aliod in upon th m from
lie N’rlli, tlieir ( onqmr.ri made thorn
shin,, their In . <L on i» a g i of rub nia
sion. Hluiveil ill! !<:» I«'<‘mrm the fnah
ioii, nnd, n >w, e<en tile Mnncluia tlimu
a-Ivos wear I ahiaciiltis. Tire Cliinwnan
I proud of h'ff p g tail. Ho
I raids fnla ■ hair into it tom ike it longer,
n-id pb-i-ea it on’, wl'li blm k i i k thread.
11, ml, it until it Hliima like polish d
<■', ii id in Jo a Hi s groaay, black m ike
ii II g down upon mid soil Hie moat deli
cat, . f y< 11 >v- mid aky-lilile silk gowns.
11,, bus bin b iir restorer just ns Imn tho
Ameii -mi < ud , mi I i‘ may I *>< f adv n
u o t > f o m- of < ur I ald-hi ml' <1 n>< u t >
know that n. fat dint is auppos «i, in
Cliimi, to la-'-oiKhtciio t > hmr growing.
I imk- <1 my * 'liin — Hi rviuit, while tia.-
eiirg the, Il -Il to Pl kin, says a cniTOi
pm <li u‘, of tiio Co irier Journul, na to
tho pirn ,a< fsi living. He told me. tint
in tho inb I ioi- yo 1 o mid got a above for
i cent, and that the p. ieia io c occord
iug t> tii" w nlth of Um <•< s'omer.
‘'Mil'l l rinv," n lid be, “oft n have imr
I<o moi' ' d wi'h their ya-neus, mid
the : K< ; < him nimi iaa'iiived inhisowu
n sii’om-e. Ninety i ino hi-ndndlba of
Ibo shaving is, howo-.o ', done on the
atiiet, md tie buri e: a whole outfit
emds le c Uni > 93. His razor, which ia
in the slmpo of atri ngie, can lie bought
for Loin lie ti ten c nta. The strop,
nnid ifcitbnor leather, css about
n l i.'kel, anil h e bin ainuiin is lean tlin'i
n d Tin H« has two little ntook paint
ed red, without. In kq up< n which his
unto rn-rw fit liolt upiight while they
uro Is-iiig a’mved. 'Hie o a onia have
drnwi r below the n in whb Ji liis aliav
ng utensiln uro mur eI, aid ho goei
well t.li< in hanging to the end of a po e,
i I hI m i,l ov< r iiia ahoi idor, from place
to pl «o i uii'itiiK ing his pn aen :e by an
im ueii' <> tuning folk, about t n inches
long, which lie p mu la n uiiis’. the tools
from lim to tune.. Hi- tses no soap,
•mill ofbll HhaV'K with cold water.
< hineso won « i usually drwa their own
' i hmr. Titov , n.iit their faces and bla 'ken
their cyeb ■ w . pulling out tl.o halts in
o <1 i to make the arch like that of a
is nlrnw.’’ _____
The Naval B< or 1 which las been
co:.sidering the Lingua Xabnd Navy
Yard at Philadelphia has leportel tn
favor of ,ti permanent improvement aa
a ship building place, with drydocks
and basin*, ana plant for big and little
, u,s. and all oth r ne eisiry works.
1 l o co t, who I completad, will be over
91J (MJO (MMr, and the lioaid lecoaunends
about 51,600,000 to b gin on.
OETTINO AT Hl* VIEWS.
.Tack How is it, Algy—do you like
marri. d life as well aa you did c.ub
life?
Ak’Y—Y<a ; alien* the sm e.
J» 1 As I lemonb r it. Algy, you
never care.l ni ch t>r club life.
Algy No; never cared about it— '
J Judge.
LADIES’ DEPARTMENT.
SILK SHEETS.
"Tha latest caprice of rich and dainty
New York ladies is a penchant for silk
sheets, richly embroidered in delicate
silk Bosses. One of Ihcie costly affairs
is of pale lavender, with a wreath of
violets embroidered around it and
violet sachets fastened in the corners.
Tho heavier quilt beneath is filled with
luvender colored down, sprinkled with
dried violets. A new bedspread, in
marked contrast, is made of linen
shooting embroidered all over with
white silk in bold conventional designs
wrought out in “short and long,” or
“grandmother’s stitch.”
tellow a fashionable colob.
Yellow is a fashionable color for
English bridesmaid". At n recent
wedding the three elder bridesmaids
worn remarkably pretty dresses of yel.
low mandarin faille, with jabots and
sashes of white crcpo do chine, one aids
of tho bodice being draped with tho
same from the shoulder and under tho
arm. The two little girls wore drosred
in soft white silk frocki, with yellow
sashes and trimmings, mid carried bas
kets of flowers to match tho brides
maids’ bouquets, which were com
posed of yellow sultans an 1 white car
nations, tied with white ribbon, odjed
with follow. Each wore a gold brooch,
set with pearls, tfie gift of tho bride
groom. At another wedding , the cos
tumes of the biidesmaids were of a
combination of delicate Wistaria nnd
art shale of yellow, tho fronts of rich
yellow surah silk, with coats of Wista
ria cashmere and surah silk sashes, of
tho two shades reversed; tho corsage
draped with white mousseline do soie,
nnd cravats of tho same material; the
hate were very novel and aitistic in
shape, of white crinoline, handsomely
trimmed with white ribbon nnd plumes
es white feathers, with tan shoos, ho<a
and suede gloves to match. —Ain Fvri
S>ar.
A WOMEN’S FIBH BIIIOADK.
The lady members of tho fire brigade
in Paris, who were tho lions of the
hour, aro young English girls—ths
Aliases Mortimer, Nichols, Hesaoll,
Pritchard and Jeffs—who went over
with the delegates of tho English tiro
brigades. They aro all Londoners. I
had this evening a talk with the whole
party, says a Peril correspondent.
Major Heath told mo tint to Miss Mor
timer tho honor was dm of taking the
first stop. Mr. Louis suggested it to
her. After a great fire, ho said to her
that there was really no more danger in
getting out of a high window than out
of one on a first floor, if there were nerve
mid cool determination to hold on to
the rope or ladder. Tho peril lay, he
raid, in flurry an I want of pluck.
Were some plucky girls to show woman
bow easy it is to msks descents from
top windows, tho victims from lire
would not be so many. Alisa Mortimer
eOTAstpimilX.l'l'” l ' A' l ,ho R lrl « be
gan with jierilous'liciscents, ami were
not trained gradually'’’’*’ JJJiA’ _
li'iliict's down life saving
Tho/'uhvv ivm nosa co g., —!T
la biers ns well ai dow.i. They had
red silk caps, dnik blue short skirls,
not descending belasv tho calf, soft
leather I oats, no it bo iicis, with broad
brass buttons, ami turned up with red
at tho nock and the cuffs.
A ciihl's aht wobk.
EL Louis line nnother prodigy, says a
latter from tint city, an 1 she may bo
seen at nny hour during tho day,dressed
hi a brown biome skirt, j.itnpir jickot,
and a little round hat, fruseiing the
wnlls of Iho Sluthorn Hole . Her uami
is Carrie AI"/ors, mil she resiles with
her father. Though only fifteen years
of nge, Carrie has, unaided, designed ■
and executed the frescoing for a large
number of the finest roomi iu tho hotel,
and is regarded by her employers as an
able ami accomplished fresco artist.
She is very pretty nnd graceful, also ex
ceedingly shy. Under tho protecting
presence of her fathor, she escirtod the
reporter to her stulio, whore all-sized
canvases of as many different subjects
graced tho walls in charming confusion.
Luscious bunches of fruits and flowers
hung loddii and over meadow nnd
wood scene', nnd an o'.d -fas Honed
watermill, lively and dripping, ci#'
trnsted with land cipjs and portraits,
all executed with remarkable skill. Car
rie is not only a fresco artist, sho is also
a mudcal artist, and his scatters I
around her room a number of instru
ments, which sho plays j Ist to while
away tho time. A bass fiddle occupies
ono corner and an organ another. On
the center table lay u flute and picedo,
and on tho organ a violin. Sho play’
all of them well.
FASHION NOTES.
Petunia and Java browns aro th*
favorite colors for English street gowns.
Braid is still very much use 1 to dec
orate carri igi and walking costumes.
Check velveteens aro new, and uro
said to trim woollen gowns very effec
tively.
Great bows made ot white sash rib
bon are pinned on the corners of tea
cloths.
Woman of means now often wear
sword-belts ot gemi, crossing the
bodice.
A new feather trimming is known as
shorn ostrich. It is very closo and looks
like fur.
Furs will be again used to border tha
, skirls an 1 edge tho fronts ot the bod.-
i c« ot street costumes.
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Tub King of Siam is n m ignifieenr
object iu s ate attire. H>‘ glistens from
howl to foot with jewels worth more
tlum $1,000,000. It is commonly re
jioited iu Bangkok that he has 600 wm
and eighty seven children, though tn
exact figures have never been
his subjects. He was i father at
age of twelve, and is now only tin V
ye ns old. The King is ago "I tajp
fond of a reasonable iiiinila r
then, and veiy kind to his s X,
He is ve.y progrtssive, an 1 b«* rs
great deal of good to Siam.
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