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Amemcus Recorder.
W. L, UI.KSHt.KIl, Editor.
Official Organ of Sumter Countj
Official Organ of Webster County.
Fit I DAY, A I’ll II. lO. 188*.
Jefferson Davis is very low and
not expected to live.
General Grant is better and able
to walk about in his room.
The Senate having adjourned,
shall look fora long list of appoint
ments to minor offices.
It is rumored that the widow of
President Garfield is shortly to be
married to a preacher.
Edmund .Iussen, the new named
Consul General to Austria, is the
brother-in-law to Carl Scburz.
The United States Senate ad
journed sine die on Thursday with
out acting upon several nomina
tions.
Macon now claims 25,000 popu-
In
lation, against 12,000 in 1880.
1890 the census will probably give
her 15,000.
It should be remembered by dis
gruntled Democrats that the New
York postmaslcrsbip is an exccp
tional case.
A disastrous cyclone passed
through Missouri on Wednesday
and the northern states were treat
ed to a snow storm.
As soon as the big fellows are
got out of the way we may expect
the little ones to be attended to,
and then there will be wnilirg in
the postofllces.
The daily Times, at Columbus,
has been suspended. The publica
tion of the semi-weekly will be con
tinued. We are sorry for this, ns
we always liked the Times.
Speaker Haines, of the Illinois
legislature, is nothing if not sen
sational. Ilis last act was to dis
charge all the employes of the
House, on the ground that they
were not giving satislactlon.
We are indebted to Commission
er Henderson, of the Agricultural
Department, for a number of copies
of the second part of ‘‘The Com
monwealth of Geogia,” which we
have sent North to correspondents.
Prof. Doremus, it is said, makes
$25,000 n year from chemical
analysis of patent medicines and
other similar articles. He does all
his work with his left hand, his
right arm having been amputated
in youth.
The Augusta News suggests that-
Senator Joe Brown may have had
a hand in the Senator's rufusing to
confirm Lawton’s nomination as
minister to Russia. It intimates
that Joseph is none too good for
such an act.
Wo extend Our sympathies to
our editorial brother, Bridges
Smith, of the Macon Telegraph, in
the loss of his estimable wife. None
but those who have suffered such a
loss can know the heart-strings aro
wrung by such a loss.
Some of the papers are talking
about the legislature demanding
the resignation of Senator Brown.
It is hardly possible that the men
who elected him will demand his
resignation. Georgia legislators
are not made of that kind of stuff.
The United States Senate ad
journed Thursday sine die. Its
next regular meeting is in Decem
ber, unless sooner convened by the
President. All appointments made
between now and then will be re
ferred to the December session for
confirmation.
Wo are sorry that the Senate
failed to confirm Evan P. Howell’s
nomination as consul to Manches
ter, but we presume he will go all
the same. A Georgia editor is not
going to be kept out of an office by
any negligence of such a small
body as the United States Senate.
NEW PARTY TALK.
Some of the Mugwump journals,
says the Savannah News, are be
ginning to talk about a new parly.
They think they see signs of one,
the cornerstone of which will be
civil service reform. These Mug
wump journals have an idea that
they alone are entitled to credit
for the introduction of reform in
the civil service, and for the pro
gress which that reform has made.
Indeed, they do not hesitate to
say that Mr. Cleveland would not
have been elected except for an
aid they gave him, and they de
clare that they would not have
assisted him if they had not been
satisfied that he would be a true
friend of civil service reform.
Of course it is only natural that
these journals should praise them
selves, and that they should claim
as their work that which appears
to meet with proper approval. It
would be profitless, of course, to
undertake to question the truth of
their claim. Nobod}' is particul
arly interested in the matter. That
which is of interest now is whether
the Mugwump journals intend to
support the party which is doing
all that it can to make civil tier-
vice reform a success. They
haven’t spoken distinctly on this
point, and they haven’t apparently
made up their minds with regard
to it.
It is certain that they don’t
want to support the Democratic
party, and they will not if they
can find a way to avoid it. The
position that they occupy at pres
ent doesn’t suit them and they
would gladly become the organs
of a new party.
At present, however, there does
not appear to be an opening for a
new party, based upon civil servico
reform. The Democratic and Re
publican parties arc about as en
thusiastic In favor of reform in the
civil service as is desirable. The
administration is carrying out the
law without - fear or favor, and the
Republican Senate, before it ad
journed, indicated pretty clearly
that it would not be behind the ad
ministration in insisting upon a
faithful administration of the civil
service law. Unless, therefore, the
great parties into which the coun
try is dividod backslide, the Mug
wump parties will have to find some
other basis for a new party, if they
insist upon having one.
Their idea seems to bo that only
a portion of each of the present
parties favors civil reform, and that
the advocates of the spoils system
will get the upper hand again.
Whilo there is au opportunity,
therefore, they want to gather all
those who favor civil service reform
into one party to keep them from
backsliding through their associa
tion with the spoils system crowd.
Of course the civil service re
formers ought to feel under great
obligations to the Mugwump jour
nals for taking so much interest in
them and the cause which they are
trying to promote, but they may
not bo able to divest themselves
wholly of the suspicion that these
journals are not entirely unselfish.
Harper’s Weekly, the New York
Times, the New York Evening
Post and other Mugwump journals
that once stuck to the Republican
party through thick and thin are
now without an attachment, and
there is no party to which they can
consistently attach themselves.
It is not surprising, therefore,
that they should want to start a
new party that would look to them
as its advocates, defenders and pro
moters.
It is probable, however, that they
will be disappointed. The best
thing they can do is to devote them
selves to the interests of the Demo
cratic party, which, in tho matter
of roiorm, will not disappoint them.
The salaries paid our foreign ser
vants are as follows: The ministers
to Great Britain, Germany, France
and Russia receive $17,500 per an
num each; the ministers to Austria,
Hungary, Brazil, China, Italy,
Japan, Mexico and Spain, $12,000
each; the ministers to Chili, Peru
and the Central American States,
$10,000 each; the ministers to Tur
key, Venezuela, Argentine Repub
lic, Belgium, Hawaiian Islands,the
Netherlands, Sweden and Norway
and the United States of Colum
bia, $7,500 each; the ministers resi
dent and consuls-general to Rou-
mania, Serv'a and Greece, $G,500
each; the minister to Corea, $5,000;
the ministers resident and consuls-
general to Bolivia, Hayti, Den
mark, Liberia, Persia, Portugal,
Siam, and Switzerland, $5,000
each; the charge d’affaires to
Paraguay and Uruguay, $5,000;
the agent and consul-general at
Cairo, $5,000; the consul-general to
London, Paris Rio de Janeiro and
Havana $0,000 each; the consul-
general to Shanghai and Calcutta
$5,000 each; the consul general to
Melbourne, $1,500; the consul-gen
eral to Berlin, Kanagawa and Mon
treal, $4,000 each; the consul-gen
eral to Frankfort, Halifax, St. Pe
tersburg and Vienna, $3,000 each;
the consul-general to Matamoras
and Mexico, $2,000 each; the sec
retaries of legation and consuls-
generals at Constantinople and
Rome, each $3,500; the secretary of
legation and consul-general at
Madrid, $3,000; the secretary of le
gation aud interpreter at Pekin,
$5,000; the secretaries of legation
at Berlin, London, Paris and St.
Petersburg,. $2,025 each; the
secretary of legation at Tokio,
$2,500; the secretaries of lega
gation at Mexico, Rio Janeiro and
Vienna, $1,800; second secretaries
of legation at Berlin, London and
Paris, $2,000 each. The pay of the
consuls varies from $1,000 to $0,
000 per annum. The consul to
Liverpool receives the highest com
pensation, $0,000; the consuls at
Kong Kong and Honolulu the
next highest, $4,000. Those at
Amoy, Canton, Chin-Kiang,Callao,
Foo-Chow, Hankow, Ning-po and
Tien Tsin receive $3,500; those at
Aepinwall, Apia, Buenos Ayres,
Belfast, Bradford, Demarara, Glas
gow, Havre, Hioge, Manchester,
Matanzas, Nagasaki, Vera Cruz,
Valparaiso and Panama, $3.000,and
those at Antwerp, Brussels, Bor
deaux, Bremen, Birmingham, Cien-
fuegos, Dresden, Dundee, Ham
burg, Lyons, Leith, Marseilles, St.
Thomas, Sheffield, Singapore, San
tiago de Cuba, Smyrna and Tun-
stall, $2,500.
We have received from the
publishers No. 0 of “Descriptive
America,” this number being de
voted to Georgia. It contains the
best map of Georgia we have seen,
being complete in all its details,
even the new Buena Vista road
being down. Then follows a full
description of Georgia, its situa
tion, geology, mineralogy, flora and
fauna, soils, climate, manufactures,
mining, statistics, etc. Also a his
torical sketch, with biographical
sketches of its noted men. It is
handsomely printed and embellish
ed with illustrations. It is valuable
as a work of reference. The price
is low, being only fifty cents. Pub
lished by Descriptive America
Publishing Company, New York.
The Savannah Times, speaking
of the reappointment of Mr. Pear
son to the New York postofllce,
very sensibly remarks: “So far
from Pearson's reappointment, in
juring the party, it will tend to
strengthen it. It will, most proba
bly, bring into Democratic ranks
more than it will drive from them,
and the exchange will, in every
way, be beneficial to the organiza
tion. It will put in the places of
the disaffected, good men who will
be governed by principle, and thus
the loss of those who are always
ready to leave the party for the
sake of the loaves and fishes will be
offset by the acquisition of others
upon whom reliance can be placed.
Tho President has taken a new
departure, and one which, after the
bigoted partisanship which has pre
vailed in the country for the past
twenty-five years, naturally causes
somewhat of a shock to the body
politic, but it is a departure baaed
on sound political principles and
genuine wisdom. Long before his
term expires, his course will be
fully vindicated, and those who
now condemn him will be very
sorry that they were so rash as to
have rushed madly into a field of
criticism where angels might well
fear to tread.”
A HAWAIIAN VOLCANO
A VISIT TO THE SEETHING CRATER
OF KILAUEA.
Landscape in Hilo—Hume of the God
dess Pele—A Beautiful! Lake—
Fountain of Blood lied Lara
—Perilous Journey.
The Savannah News comes to us
this week in eight-page form, a
form being generally adopted as
most convenient to the reader. The
News is by odds the solidest news
paper in the State, editorially and
financially. It is free from sensa
tionalism, is not a braggart, but
gives more news than many other
papers which make more fuss about
it. Its editorials are timely, well
written and carry a tone of con
viction in them. Politically the
News is as solid as it is otherwise
there being no uncertain tone in its
utterances. Col. Estill has done
more, in a quetand persistent way,
to advance the interests of the
State than any other publisher, be
ing always ready with both purse
and pen to advance all laudable
enterprises.
[Cor. San Francisco Alta.]
The next morning broke bright and
clear and enabled us to see exactly where
we were—in a largo frame bouse not far
from tho edge of a great hole iu
world, from 000 to 1,000 feet deep and
some nine miles in circumference.
Mauna Loa, to the right, swept up from
tho plain 10.000 feet above us. Mauoa
Kea, with its snowy crown, rising still
higher, appeared in the northwest
scarcely farther off. The atmosphere
was clearer than crystal. Distances
on all sides were to the eye
amazingly diminished. This is one
reason why Kilauea fails so much
first, natme having done all her work on
a gigantic scale. A trial of distances on
foot soon determines this fact, and respect
and wonder at the scene proportionately
increases. 8o perfectly distinguishable
arc objects on the further bank of the
crater that the visitor is slow to believe
that the distance in a straight line is more
than three utiles and that niao miles will
hardly give its circumference Surround
ing the house on nil sides were deep fis
sures and holes in the earth, throwing out
scalding steam. Some of them wero in-
crusted with sulphur. Others on their
banks condensed the steam into water,
which when cool Is very fine drinking.
After breakfast we prepared ourselves
for a visit to tbc crater, and, upon uskiug
for a guide, we were again courteously
informed that none was to be bad, as they
were all busy attending to his stock up on
the mountain side. There being no help
for it, we started by ourselves for the
crater. The first descent was quite nb
rupt. but tbc path soon became less steep
anil more circuitous, thoug'. none the less
fatiguing, for the lost half of the way
down the bank was a slippery, inclined
plane. I found it very wearisome, pnrtic
ularly as wo weto then exposed to tho con
centrated heat from the sides and base of
the crater. We found the .walking firm
and struck off directly across the center of
the lake. Tho lava was of inky blackness
and os smooth os satin, and lay about us
iu great coils, like ships’ hawsers. Occa
sionally we came upon deep cracks and
cavities of various sizes, partially covered
with a thill crust The surface, gener
ally, was porous for an inch or so in
depth, as if formed from froth or lava.
Great blocks, as perfectly quarried os if
cut by a stonemason, lay strewn about us
in great confusion.
The ascent into the body of the crate*
was over a rise of lave broki
ken up or con
fusedly piled together. There' was no
fit ’
The Montezuma Record says the
Bawkinsville Dispatch would be
surprised to know that the mer
chants of Montezuma wholesale
goods to dealers in Andersonville,
Drayton, Garden Valley and other
small towns. We presume the
Record would be surprised to know
that the merchants of Atnericus
wholesale goods to dealers in Mon
tezuma, Albany, Dawson, Uuth-
bert, Fort Gaines and other small
towns—and so would our mer
chants.
difficult/ in surmounting this, or, Indeed,
in traversing the crater in any direction,
beyond keeping a sharp lookout for the
numerous chasms into which tbe lava, ia
cooling, splits up. We saw but few cones
that were active, beyond a slight smoke
m
or steam, and all tbe lakes or minor craters
and canals were black and cold. Hot air
issued from a few crevices, but no other
evidence of tiro could ho seen. The as
cent was very gradual until within half a
mile of the lake, where it became more
abrupt and the lava more broken. How
ever, there was no danger or trouble be
yond a little more enro in picking our
way. Tbe chasms were easily jumped
over, or, if we found one wider and moro
suspicious looking than usual we avoided
it by a little detour. As we neared the
fountain of this great black sea. cones up-
Wlien Mayor Smith, of Philadel
phia, received tho dispatch from
New Orleans Wednesday of last
week, to the effect that the Liberty
Bell had been stolen, he just laid
duwn and bowled until a newsboy
reminded him that it was April 1.
Then be gave his valet a quarter to
kick him all over the office.
Mormon leaders in Washington
are disheartened at President
Cleveland’s inaugural, and appre
hend tbe appointment of new of
ficers in Utah, who will be more
persistent in attempting to enforce
the anti-polygamy law. These
leaders say that the report that the
church authorities are considering
the expediency of abandoning
polygamy is not true; that in the
nature of things such a proposition
could not be entertained^ although
they admit that polygamous mar
riage has been a doctrine of their
church for only thirty years.
There is some talk about trouble
brewing between the Canadian gov
ernment and our own in reference
to the boundary line between
Alaska and the British possessions.
It was stated in the Canadian par
liament the other day, that armed
parties have crossed the Alaska
frontiers, invading British terri
tory for miles. The boundary lines
have not been officially surveyed,
and these incursions of hunting and
prospecting parties have begun to
arouse the attention of the British.
Even newspapermen are danger
ous whhn they let their angry pus-
The nomination of Gen. Lawton
ns minister to Russia was with
drawn on Thursday by the Presi
dent, the Senate objecting to it on
the ground ’hat his political disa
bilities had never been removed by
Congress and he was not eligible to
tbe office, although he had received
full pardon and amnesty from
President Johnson. Tbe Senate is
inclined to be very particular about
very small things all of a sudden.
It is still predicted in some quar
ters that the next Congress will
transfer the Pension Bureau from
the interior to the War Depart
ment, it being contended that it
naturally belongs to the latter,
from the amount of fraud that has
been perpetrated in connection
with pensions, it would seem to be
a good idea to have tbe Bureau
transferred to the Department of
Justice.
A Republican remarked to us,
yesterday, referring to the reap
pointment of the postmaster at
New York, that he was glad to see
a President who did not seem to
think that the offices belonged to
himself individually. We remark
ed that we, too, were glad, as it
was something we had not seen
since the Republicans came into
power.
ug steam atul fire, aud a dull roar, as of
a lion, greeted our cars. A few
more steps and wo stood on tho
brink of the great Lake Halcmaumau.
It burst upon our visions with beautiful
effect, and -wo sat down and reveled iu tbe
scene. It was not grand, nor terrific, nor
startling; it was beautiful. I was disap
pointed. I bad looked for fury, tempest,
and frenzy in this lake of firo. I found a
terrible composure. The surface of tbo
lake was incrustcd with a dull, gray coat,
which tbe red lava almost instantly as
sumes on expusure to the air. llut 1 was
soon relieved of my disappointment, for
either the wind or its own inner agony
roughened its surfnec. and tbc dull gray
coat was cut up into rivers, lakes, canals,
and streams of liquid lava, interpersed
with jots and fountains, tbc wbolo in con
tinued action. Tbe entire lake was swell
ing and boiling with tbc intensity of its
fires. Crust after crust of tbo lnva, liko
huge masses of ice, would Lo rent
asunder, lifted up, aud then disappear in
the fiery caldron beneath. Every minute
changed tbe outline. The surface of tho
lake, assuming new forms and new action,
wore tbc changeable aspect of a kaleido
scope. A low, deep, hissing sound fell
upon my ears os tho wind, which blew it
from us, occasionally lulled.
Words cannot do justice to tho wierd
beauty of the scene. Wo were in turne
silenced by deep admiration, or loud in
exclamations of delight, culling each
other’s attention to somo new action
which would he over almost os soon os it
could ho noticed, so rapid were the
changes. As we were about turning
away from this scene, so remindful of tho
many horrors of Dante's dream, n mighty
disturbance began in the center of the
lake. Its surface was upheared, and the
very mountains seemed to shako and
tremble with tho mighty convulsion.
Slowly and deliberately, as If with a set
tled purpose, tbe movement itegan, and
then, with one tremendous spring, the
fountain shot into tho air a column of
blood-red lava fully eighty feet in height
It seems that the Democratic pa-
sions rise. At Vienna, on Satur- 1 pers all through New York State,
day last, Mr. P. G. McDonald, for- with few exceptions, sustain Prcst-
mer editor of tho Dooly Ylndica-1 dent Cleveland in the matter of t he
tor, and the present editor, Mr. j Pearson appointment. Instead of
Joshua Jones, had a difficulty re- j causing divisions in the party they
For a few seconds it hung in mid air, and
then, dissolving, fell back into the lake
with an awful, awe-inspiring, fearful
sound, and wallowed slowly to the shore.
leaving the gray sea behind it lashed into
blood] " *” ‘ - - -
, y. foam. We turned slowlv away,
awed and impressed bv this terrible evi*
dence of the magnitude of tho works of
nature aud the omnipotent Maker of all
things.
What Sydney Smith Didn't Like.
(Exchange.]
There is one matter connected with tho
Americans which he rescued deeply and
which he never forgave, and that was the
habit of expectoration. Concerning thie
disagreeable subject, it may lie enough to
quote his own words: “No English gen
tleman 1ms spat upon the door since the
Heptarchy."
Promoting Harmony.
(Detroit Vivo Press. |
WE KEEP A
FULL and SELECJ
LINE OF
DRUGS
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL!
AND CAN SKLI. AS LOW AS ANYONE.
SEEDS
IF YOU WANT
PUREFRESHSEED!
of allkinds, we can supply you.
i from
We handle Seeds from
Which are perfectly pure
fresh Remember that the;
make a specialty of Seeds am
handle only the best. It
cheaper to buy good seeds a
first, for then you will not h
disappointed or lose your tirn
and labor.
J. A. & D. F, DAVENPORlI
LAMAR STREET,
Amorloua, i doors
BE SURE AND READ, IT I
A SAYING TO YOU.
* I thought yon were not goi ng to fight
with .1 ones any more, ” remarked one
. remarl
policeman to unothcr.
' I am not. I am ready to bury the
garding a settlement of the sale of: say, as the extreme Republicans ! La '9! , . t V ,
the office, and McDonald out.Tones i ..j a j -. „ ‘H. what are you waiting for? "
for .Jones head to bury it in
the office, and McDonald cut Jones I prophesied and hoped it wouid, it
in four or five different places, in- will strengthen the party and gain I
flicting serious if not dangerous! lor it thousand, ofnewwte-in the ! tlrn^U o^w^vWona!°b7 u£
detection of dead cats and rabbits.
wounds.
1 next election.
The Bargain Store, ever ready and and
ions to bring themselves and their g
prominent before the public, have intrJ
dueed a new plan to benefit their (
turners, in tho following way, which, I
the different ways and meanB adopted if
other firms to draw trade for irf taken ij
consideration, supersedes anything in a
line. It is not in the shape of a drawri
or a gift to the largest purchaser, or tl
lucky owner of a ticket, hut it ia a
greenback certificate in size and color ^
the regular twenty-five cents paper ci
rency, and calls for (25c) twenty-fil
cents for every purchase of ($5.00) Fil
Dollars worth of goods bought at t
Bargain Store.
We have only a limited amount of thd
tickets, and parties wishing to save twtfj
five cents on every Five Dollars «
please call at once and ask for them,
those not understanding the above i
sciiption, wo will state plainly, that j
purchasing five dollars worth of g&
from us, we will take four dollars <
soventy-fivo cents in money and
twenty-five cents ticket.
Having adopted this mode of offejj
inducements to the patrons of the p 1
gain Store, the Proprietor assure*!
that it will in no way interfere with 1
motto of Quiek Sales and Small Profit
goods for less at retail than the regtf
merchant cAn bny them at wholesale.
We will make mention of the fact ttj
money ia and has been very scarce inf
past few months, and considering tM
wo have determined to still lower IJ
prices on all our goods. Oar stock!
complete in all its branches, and wejp
determined to sell, profit or no ptf
cost or no cost.
We continue to sell all Domestic*!
strictly factory prices and have a Wl
assortment in every lioe. We conticj
to receive goods bought from onctiT
and chance sales and offer special *lni
seasonable goods often at one-fo ul |
their original cost
We hove a polite corps of salesmen*
ladies to wait upon yon aud we *» s !j
you fair and honorable treatment and ij
value for your money. We will mow!
misrepresentations and will refund
money for any purchase, if it is nj ,l J
represented. Make no mistake aud. J
at the Bargain Store when in need ofj
goods in the Dry Goods, Clothing,
Hat and Millinery line, if the saving
your money, in your purchases »* *
object to yon. We will be pleased to •Jj
and price onr goods whether you w ,,# l
purchase or not. Respectfully. .
a M. COHEN, The Bargain \
Sign of Rod Flag, opposite Ban*!
Americas, Cotton Avenue,
of