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Americus Recorder. W. I,, tiliE88NKK, Editor. Official Organ o'. Sumter Count) , uncial Oman of Webster County. KIIID4Y, tliSH It 18- 1SS5. >* > A correspondent in Nebraska puts it on. record that in 1884, un der a “protective tariff,” corn was sol.i for eleven cents a bushel and wheat tor from twenty-five to fifty The changes in the postoffice ap propriation bill to go into effect the 1st of July are of considerable im portance. Letter postage wilt be two cents for every ounce or frac- cents. . In all the history of the j tion thereof. Drop letters will be country tlieau prices touch the low- ; the same, except that where free est point that cereals have reached. ■ delivery is not established thepost- And yet we tire asked to preserve age will be one cent feu- each ounce Congressman Crisp's mail is sup posed to be especially large these j ;g^ protective tariff, and even : or fraction thereof. ! to make it still higher. '!'-ys. ^ Cuthuert is to have u new paper, the Vindicator. The first number will be issued to-day. I’reesideiit Cleveland mav u..t fit him as well as Arthur but he fills the olli pictely. Mr. ClevelamVs cabinet contains three men whose given name is William. They are men of V ill, as they ought to be. The nrst official act of President Cleveland was to sign the commis sion of General Grant as general on the retired list of the army. The Constitution offers this bit of consolation in advance to office i seekers: “It is said that some of pants j the States are affronted because they are not represented in the more com- I cabinet. Ah, well, all in due time. ! livery militia district in the ccun- ' try will have an opportunity to be represented in the cabinet before the Democratic party concludes to relinquish its firm hold on the gov ernment.” Hon. L. Q, C. Lamar, the new Secretary of the Interior, was once a citizen of Macon, having studied law there and was admitted to the ar in 1847. The Albany Daily Medium is the last newspaper venture, it is probably the smallest daily paper in America. Bro. Ilanlon is evi dently banking on quality rather than quantity. Neat Dow, the great temperance reformer of Maine, has deserted the Republican party, on the ground that while it has been full of prom ises to the temperance advocates it has tailed to fulfil them. We are pleased to see that our I C( | The ounce has | long been the English standard of l letter postage, its adoption here 1 may lead to a slight increase in the 1 average weight of letters, through ; the use of heavier paper, but il is j not expected that this change will ! seriously affect postal receipts, j The same bill reduces newspaper I postage, when sent by the publish ers tram the office of publication, or when sent by a ’isws agency, from two cents a pound to one cent a pound. This reduction applies to papers sent to bona fide sub scribers or to any one else. Mark- papers may be sent from the old friend, Gen. John C. Black, of {< j|i ee 0 f publication without a pen Illinois, has been appointed Com missioncr of Pensions, and has ac cepted. There lias been no more gallant and eloquent defender of Democracy than General Black, and lie deserves this recognition of his services. Besides, lie is well qualified (or the position, and will see that no frauds are perpetrated in his department. David Dickson, one of Georgia’s most successful and wealthy far mers, willed the bulk of his estate, fully $400,000, to Amanda Eubanks, a colored woman. The reason for sucli a bequest is not given. It would seem that the sufferings of royalty have changed in these latter days as has everything else. It used to be said that “uneasy lies the head which wears a crown,” but Queen Victoria complains most- y of damp, cold feet. We present to our readers, this morning, portraits of President Cleveland and bis cabinet, with brief biographical sketches. The Recorder docs not b r ag much about its enterprise, but simply gives its readers what they desire. Applicants for official positions under the new administration need not be in any hurry about sending in their applications, as President Cleveland is going to take his time in making changes, and pertinacity does not seem to have much effect upon him. It looks very much as though the rumors concerning General Grant’s precarious situation were put afloat to act upon the sympa thies ol Congress, and they suc ceeded. It will not be surprising to bear that the General is up and about in a few days. The last act of Congress was to pass a bill authorizing the Presi dent to place one person on the retired list of the army, and the last official act of President Arthur was to place General Grant on the retired list with the rank and full pay of General. All the great men in the Demo cratic party could not be got into the cabinet, but the balance will be consoled with first class missions and other soft places. Thurman, McClellan and Pendleton arc spoken of in connection with the English, French and German mis sions. In the selection of his cabinet Mr. Cleveland has shown the same spirit which has characterized his oilieial acts in other positions, and that is a disposition to disregard precedents and select men more for their qualifications than for their political position. The men whom lie has selected as his coun selors are men who have nothin of the demagogue about them, but have Gliown a regard for honesty in the positions they have filled, and lor this reason have been select ed. If Mr. Cleveland’s administra tion is not a br'lliant one, it will at least be a safe and honest one. As President Cleveland is inau gurated and we have a new admin istration, this is a fitting time to talk about the post office. There are several applicants for the office Americus, all good men, good Democrats, and presumably would make good officers. M r. Cleveland is not personally acquainted with any of them, and is not likely to be. In taking action lie would undoubt edly be greatly influenced by the opinions of the Congressman from this district. For Judge Crisp to make a selection would lie em barrassing, as they are all good friend). It would seem, then, the best way out of the difficulty would lie to hold an election in which all the Democratic voters of the county should participate, and select some one man from the various candidates and recommend him for the position. As the office is one in which ail the people are interested, we can see no impro priety in their having a voice in the matter, and truly this is the Democratic way of settling the matter. So, let us have an election, and may the best man win. Ohio is on hand as usual. Gov ernor Iloadly wants the German mission; Georgs L. Converse wants to be commissioner of the land of fice, and Americus V. Rice pro poses to be commissioner of pen sions. General Rice introduced the first bill in Congress to pay ar rearages of pensions. The people of Gritliu have de cided to follow the example of Americus and establish public schools, by a vote of 435 to 13. They have taken a wise step, and wo think they will never have cause to regret it, for it will at tract people to their town and give Griffin a favorable name abroad. sious, as it did with Mr. Towner. On another page will be found the concluding letter of a series written from the South to his paper in New York by Mr. Aushurn Towner, who lias been spending two months in the South, study ing its resources, climate, customs of the people, etc. After traveling over most of the cotton States and visiting the principal cities, he comes to the conclusion that every sensible man must come— that the people of the South have been maligned by those papers and politicians of the North who have charged them with being lawloss and brutal in character, with an undying hatred for every thing Northern, and the old flag especially. Mr. Towner frankly ad mits that he was apprehensive of receiving rough treatment from some of the people on account of his being from the North, and he as frankly confesses that he was agreeably disappointed in his treat ment. The apprehensions felt by Mr. Towner before coming South are such as are felt by most North ern men, and arc the result of con stant misrepresentations for many years. But it needs only contact with our people, a visit to our sec tion, to remove all such apprcticn- alty or increase of postage. On the lfitb inst. will occur an annular eclipse of the sun, visible in the United States and British America. It is the return of the annular eclipse of February 12, 1831. In 1831 the central line passed over Texas in a northeast erly direction, being last visible on this continent in parts of V ginia and North Carolina. At this return the path will be much fur ther north. The eclipse will be annular over a line from Cape Mendocino, Cal., in latitude 40 degrees, to Greenland, in latitude 71 degrees. It is estimated that the eclipse will be annular over a path about seventy miles wide, the only towns of consequence in the Unite' 1 States within the belt are Eureka, Cal., and Bozeman, M. T. At St. Paul the eclip-e will obscure five-sixths of the sun, but will not be annular. At Chicago seven tenths of the sun will be bidden. A Curious Coincidence. Philadelphia, March 8.—A re markable coincidence occurred on one of the crowded trains between Washington and this city which was conveying the people from Cue inauguration. The incident is vouched for by over twenty per sons who witnessed it. In one of the car seats next the window sat a tali, thin man who hai iled tiie conductor a pass as he came through for the tickets. The latter read the nnme on the pass, glanced at the passenger and then said qui etly and without changing a mus cle of his countenance: “Sorry you didn’t put me in your cabinet, Mr. Cleveland,” and passed on. Calling a brakeinan the passenger asked: “What is that conductor’s name?” “Thurman,” said the brakeman, surprised at the ques tion, and mo e ro at the laughter of the other passengers. Mr. Cleve land, the holder ol the pass, proved to be a central New York mer chant. ■ The Hr eat Storm or 1881. I):iDville (111.) Commercial. Dr Hawes, cf Georgetown, was talking to us about this great storm the other day. He siid the snow was four feet deep on a level and the ice on the Wabash river served as a bridge for teams and heavily loaded wagons until the middle of April. The winter of 1830-31 is known among the pioneer settlers of Illinois as the time of “the deep snow.” Up to that time it is claim ed that the climate of the central part of the state was so mild that cotton was a good crop—in fact, that Illinois was as good a cotton state as Georgia. About Christ mas, 1830, the rain which was fall ing turned to snow, which contin ued to fall until it lay at least four feet on a level all over the state. The rain fell and a hard crust formed on top of the snow. For nearly three weeks afterward the thermometer did not rise higher t han 12 degrees below zero. It was useless to attempt to break the roads, and the plan was to follow as nearly as possible the same Hack and beat it down solid. The toads thus became firm, while on the sides the snow would melt more rapidly, leaving the road high above the surrounding level. When most of the snow on the prairies bad melted these roads re mained and looked like silver threads stretched as tar as the eye could follow. The storm came so unexpectedly that most of the corn was still in the fields, and there was a scant supply for stock. Many animals died. Many men who were caught in the snow storm perished. Everything upon which wild game was accustomed to feed being covered up, the result was almost extermination. The deer, which up to that time had been plentiful, suffered greatly,and were easily' killed bv the hunters. The Indians who occupied the state bad a t radition of a previous deep snow about the year 1800 which rivaled the weatlief of 1830-31. INAUGURAL SCENES. WASHINGTON’S GRAND GREETING TO GROVER CLEVELAND. The City Hrfuncd In Bunting and Flowers. Gorgeous Scenes of 1’ornp and Pa geantry Illustrated—The Now Ad ministration in Possession. lot fortunate enough to secure ti f tiission to the senate lounged ab> Mission were to bo won by- lumber of passes issued, howev* mall, each senator receiving q v epresentative two. As soon ^ vere opened the gallons of the llled. Many holding tickets to ring, but not to the galleries, flu md corridors. The military issembled in the cross streets alx ol park, where they remained wi dent-elect delivered his inaugura THE PRESIDENT AT THE IVHIT;| At 1 o’clock, on the conclusioi Monies, the members of the sen >y the sergeant-at-arms, vice pr« secretary, returned to the seiiail md the president, accompanied & nittee of arrangements, proceeds cutive mansion. fe ?w Silvc ■ iii Cherokee County, Ala. nm t> „ R irae, Ou„ Courier. Gen. Corse’s Wound. Commercial Gazette. Gen. Hickcnlooper tells a, good one on Gen. Corse. It was at Al toona that a rifle ball took Corse alongside of the head. Gen. Sher man received word from Gen. Cor9e that his ear and a portion of his cheek bone were gone, but that be was still able to bold his posi tion and fight it out. As soon as possible Sherman got over to see him, full of anxiety for him. He found Corse with his head swathed in bandages, and in his anx’ety to know tho nature of the injuries, impatiently ordered the surgeon to remove the cloths. This was done slowly, and with great formality, and there was re vealed a slight scratch ol the cheek and a hole in the ear. Sherman looked intently at it, and calmly remarked, “Why, Corse, they came damned near missing you, didn’t they?” There is great excitement over the discovery ol a rich vein of sil ver ore six miles from Tecuniseh furnace. The land was formerly owned by tho Tecumscli iron com pany, blit recently purchased by W. A. Glover and Captain James O'Rourke, both employes of the company. They have had the ore •areiully analyzed by the stale .eulogist of Minnessota and several oilier geologists. Tbey all agree that it is worth from thirty lo eighty dollars ;per ton. General Warner has sent a sample’box full id the on: to Senator Hill, of Colo n-do. There is no doubt Messrs. Glover and O’Rourke have struck bonanza. This is no Indian le- gand of the long ago, but a present reality. They have several men at work developing the mine. They arc both genial, clever gentlemen, and we would be glad if they would make a million dollars out of it. The hills are full of men prospect ing for the precious metal, ami every man that comes in from the direction, of the find has his pock ets full of rocks. TIIK IXAUat'RAI. procession. To a man on top of the Washington monu- mant tho capital must have looked as it did in the spring of 18fi5, when tho victorious armio.t and tho multitude behind, with them gathered hero. Again tho multitudes poured in from every side of tho city. Great squares of moving musket barrels gleamed in the sun, banners, flags ai.J transparency rose nltove the compact masses of inarching civilians. Gorgeous bands formed resplendent squares here and there, and so closely {Kicked were the shifting multitudes of spectators till ing tho spaces between tho car tracks and tho buildings that the very ground seemed alive. The sight of tho marching troojw, ascending Capitol Hill from all directions was a grand one, and ditfereut strains of music from many bands had an inspiring effect upon the multitude. By half-past 10 o’clock tho space east of tho main entrance of the capitol was literally packed with human beings. Many persons took poeitionss on the steps ot th% house wing as early as 7 o’clock in order to have a good view of tho proceedings. Nearly as far as the eye could reach from the capitol in all directions the streets and avenues were crowded with military organizations. Both rides of Pennsylvania avenue from Eighteenth street to tho capitol were lined with a surging mass of humanity. Tho stands erected along the route were crowded and the greatest enthusiasm prevails. Possibilities In Trotting. Chicago, March 6 —Tho Chicago Horseman will publish tomorrow a paper prepared by Gen. J. S. Bris- bin, United States Army, review, ing the trotting performances of American horses during the past 40 years. Gen. Brisbin thinks neither Maud S. nor Jay-Eye-See will reduce their records this year, but believes new horses will appear on the turf, and that the record will be reduced three or four sec onds, possibly from 2:09j to 2:00. The General thinks the increased speed of American trotting horses is due mainly to better breeding, better training, better driving, im provements in bits, and improved tracks and sulkies. He says our trotters will ultimately attain a speed of a mile in two minutes, ond that we will probably reach it with in the next 10 years. Society In Detroit. Detroit Free Press. “I was coming up on the car, you know, she rattled away, “and 1 met that Mrs. Johnson. She is always trying to lord it over me and X knew by her looks that she had something awful to say. In about a minute she moved along and says, says she: “ ‘Have you got your costumes ?” “‘For what?”says I. “ ‘For the Governor's veto, 1 says slie. "Just think ol her ignorance! It stunned me so that I could hardly get my breath. I saw it was my chance to dres9 her feath ers down, and so I put on all my dignity, raised my voice so that all could hear, and says, says I: “ ‘No, madam, I'm not going to tiie Governor’s veto, but when the Governor’s message takes place I shall be there." “Great Scott!” exclaimed her husband, “but you didn’t say mes sage, did you?” "Why, of course—what is it?” “It’s the Governor’s levee, you idiot!” THE IVIES in I! NT TAKING THE OATH. After the organization of the senate wan completed, those assembled in the senate chamber proceeded through the rotunda to the platform on tho central portico of the eapitoL At noon the oath of oftice was administered to the president-elect by tho chief justice, and President Cleveland delived his inaugu ral address. PICK PRESIDENT HENDRICKS THE SENATE. Tho president and tho preside jered the senate wing by the l: lach accompanied by a member :! nittee of arrangements. The p reeded direct to the president’s rc president-elect to tho vice-pmi vbero they remained until they •senate chamber. Having been ii .he committeo of arrangements, riod sou^ reserved for them i •residing ofHcnr. Tho commit •angomonts took seats on their I, The vice president-elect pro rtce-presidout’s room, where 1 jntil be entered tho senate chan ;he oath of oflice was administe die president of the senate pro t- He then delivered his address to ■Mil] -X A Hotel Proprietor’s Disappearance. Gainesville, Ga., March 1 This city is considerably excited over the disappearance of A. G. Carter, proprietor of the Arlington Hotel. lie left Tuesday morning, telling bis clerk that be was going to Atlanta to pay some bills he owed there, and would be back the same day. He has not put in his appearance yet. The general sup- position ia that he will not return. He leaves bills to a considerable amount unpaid. The hotel belongs lo Hon. A. D. Candler, who is now in Washington. Ilis agent, W. S. Williams, has assumed control, and has placed C. L. Hollman in charge. H UV THE PRESIDENT’S RECEtf Crowning the grand events of| forming a fitting close the fefi Inauguration ball in tho nowp Ing. In tho decorations 500 unv| been utilized, and thousands <1 bunting. Between the arches d gallery were placed various devil tho coats of arms of various statr At one end of the ball room 1 in immense pinto glass mirror, { a half by ton and a half feet, ii rut glass, and at t the president’s floral Japanese canopy. Pyramids J tho tropical plants decorated e ball room. One of tho features decorations were dovicos symbil various executive departments' ment. The curtains and other! the ball room were of tho riche*| Some idea of the elaborate the designs may be gathered i that $5,400 were paid out in flowers which compose them. J/, Mr. Lamar is the oldest member of the cabinet, CO; and Mr. Vilas the youngest, 45. TOE PRESIDENT READING III8 INAUGURAL ADDRESS. The tide of people that flowed to the capitol to hear the inaugural address was a perfect flood. Without anti within that building all woa animation and bustle. Crowds of peopls