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Destructive prairie fires are raging in Dakota. Several persons have been burn ed to death. —Gladstone stands with that old axe in his hand and tells Disraeli to come down out of that tree. —Prof. Vennor says that May and the first half of Jane will be cold and wet, and that after that there will be clear and very dry weather until the end of the year. A clock was on view at the Paris ex hibition which fired off a pistol hourly, The exhibitor, on being questioned as to the object, explained, phlegmatically, that it was to “kill time.” —The Boston Transcript says it comes kind o’sudden like, just as the congrega tion have finished singing “Salvation’s free,” to have the preacher announce that “the collection will now be taken up.” • —• —Maine, Connecticut, Vermont and Bhode Island have elected delegates to the Chicago convention, of whom 27 are for Blaine, 14 for Edmunds, and S for Washbume. So far Grant has not a dele gate from New England. —Senator Kern an is announced to be for Seymour, and one of several gentle men who are preparing a letter to the statesman of Utica. Mr. Keman was one of Mr. Tilden’s staunchest supporters at St. Louis. . .. ,r. ..... I —The World thinks it is disheartening for a man who has preached the Gospel for tweuty-tliree years and has spent his life trying to make men better and hap pier for $700 a year, to read that Levy will get $500 a week next summer for blowing a comet at Manhattan Beach. New Yobk’s New Opepa House.— William H. Vanderbilt, RobertGoelet and others have applied for articles of incorpo ration and will proceed to build a new opera house at once. The building will be two hundred feet square, and erected on a scale of elegance and architectural finish unequaled in this country. , ~ . —Dr. Johnson had a habit of eating very fast, and using his fingers in place of his fork. One day the cynic was dining with a company, when a young would-be wit remarked: ‘Doctor, you remind me of Nebuchadnezzar.” “Nebuchadnez zar?” replied the doctor, his mouth full of victuals—“ah, yes. That’s because I’m eating with brutes.”' * nr f —The eminent English statesman, Mr. Gladstone, amid all the excitement- of a closely contested election for the repre sentation of Midlothian, found time to make a Latin translation of ?oplady’s hymn, “Bock of Ages,” and mail it to his fortunate friend, General Grant Wilson, of New York, wljo has the precious man uscript handsomely framed with the ex premier’s portrait. ' ‘ _ , An Able Discoubse.—Rev. A. J. Bat tle, D. D., President of Mercer Universi ty, preached an able discourse on Sabbath morning, in the First Baptist church, on the “Resurrection.” The Doctor was pe culiarly tender and happy in his remarks, and at times really eloquent. His sermons are always models of piety and biblical instruction, and their effect is enhanced by the graces of diction and a cultivated intellect. At night he preached by re quest upon “Paradise,” but the writer was prevented providentially from hearing —A six-barrelled petition to Congress and to the Albany Legislature is in circu lation, asking a law forbidding the mix ture of fats with butter or milk; the use of coloring matter in articles of food; the sale of oleomargarine as butter, or in tubs with the woid butter on them; the export of oleomargarine; the use of any fat ex cept caul fat of healthy beef in-manu factured food; the manufacture or sale of oleomargarine except under the, supervis ion of the National Board of Health. So the war between dairy and fat factory is growing desperate. —It appears that the hotel proprietors of Cincinnati have arranged a special schedule of prices which is to be enforced during the sitting of the Democratic .Con vention. Written applications for rooms during the Convention have brought forth replies that expose the intention to' de mand excessive prices for accommodation. In one instance a small hotel demanded $8 per day for a single room. The’first- class hotels have all been engaged by (he the friends of various candidates, for (he nomination, and this open* the way for the smaller establishments to make the cot), vent ion a profitable thing to them. Lynchbubg’8 Needs.—The report of the committee on buildings, of the House of Representatives, j^fayor^ the erec tion of a public building at Lynchburg, Va., says that during tbe last ten years.its population has doubled, and that the business of the city Is annually increas ing. The receipts for internal revenue last year were nearly twd millions, and the total for fifteen years Js $15,000j0Q0, The committee quote from Judge Rives, who says that nowhere in his district are court accommodations so bad as at Lynchburg. ' ,> f;) ►. ■ —Prince Bismarck’s present illness 'is, by a Berlin paper, attributed to a strange cause. One of the Prince’s favorite pas times has, for several yean, been tb'at tract wild boars to his parkjat Vazin by feeding them with all sort of delicacies- All the boars for miles around according ly migrated to Varzin. One ’Of, the Prince’s neighbors, an entbusiastic hunter, couldn’t stand this sort of thing, and made repeated forays on the Prince’s domain, where, in a few days, he killed twefity- five boars, always elnding the grasp of the game-keepers. Bismarck flew into se vio lent a rage at this intelligence that be be-> came seriously 111. It is said that he medi tates building a line of forts around bis park. Chinese Tradesmen.—The Oakland (Cal.,) Times remarks that the New York piano manufacturers had better blow their factories up with dynamite than introduce Chinese cheap labor there. As soon as the Chinamen learn the trade they will inevitably control it, and end by monopo lizing this important industry. It is in this way that they have secured absolute possession in San Francisco of the manu facture of boots and shoes, throwing mil lions of capital and hundreds of iwhite workmen out ot employment. As; soon as a Chinaman learned the trade ou£ and out lie would quit working for the manu facturer and set up in business on lib own account, Chinese capitalists mmislilng money to pay the cost of machinery, and In a short time his goods would be in the market, underselling those of tlie man who had taught him the manner of work ing. As the Oakland paper says: “The Mongolians now have nearly the whole of that branch of trade, the former white employers having been bankrupted or driven out of business by this kind of comp -tition.” last Week’s Cotton Figures. The New York Chronicle, of the 10th, reports the receipts of the seven days end ing Friday night, 9th instant, at S7.323 bales against 44,880 the corresponding week of last year, showing a decrease on the week of seven thousand five hundred and fifty-eight bales/ The total receipts from 1st September to last Friday were 4,532,385 hales, against 4,218,854 to same date (mt year—showing jra increase of 314,031 bales. The Cotton Exchange statement of same dale showed the week’s receipts, 57,997 hales, against 46,301. Week’s loss, 8,404 bales. Total receipts, 4,543,- 649, against 4,189,296-showing an in crease of 354,353 bale3. The Chronicle’s table of interior port operations for the week shows 13,486 hales received, against 81,338 in the corresponding week of last year. Ship ments 20,612, against 41,212 last year. Stocks 252,495, against 107,005 at same date last year. The Chronicle's table of visible supply showed, on Friday, 2,601,257 bales of cotton in sight, against 2,218,554 at same date last year—2,680,617 at same date the year before, and 3,026,255 at same date in 1877- These figures Indicate an increase of282,- 703 bales-on the visible supply of last year—a deciease of 149,360 on the supply of 1878; and of524,998 bales on the supply of 1877 at same dates. Cotton, last Friday in Liverpool, was worth 7i for middling upland. In 1879, at same date, the quotation was 6£—in 187866," and in 1877 6 1-16. The Chronicle adds the following to its table of receipts from plantations: • The above statement shows— 1. That the. total receipts from the plantations since September 1 in 1879-80 were 4,777,579 bales; in 1878-79 were 4,319,707 bales; in 1877-78 were 4,096,886 bales! - 2. That although the receipts at the out ports the past week were 37,323 bales, the actual movement from plantations was only 30,695 hales, the balance being drawn from stocks at the interior ports. Last year the receipts from the plantations for tlie same week were 34,977 hales, and for 1878 they were 40,033 hales. , . •* Weather Reports.— The Chroni cle's telegraphic weather reports of Friday gave favorable accounts from Texas. Eight rains during the week. Com was recovering from the late frosts. The rainfall of March in Galveston was 7.02. Ipdianoia,. 2A6. Corsicana, 4.58. Dal las^ .18. Brenham, 5.60. In Louisiana, New Orleans reports 2.62 of rain during the. week. .Mississippi had had heavy rams and a frost, but not killing. Little Rock reported hot weather on Sunday and Monday (4th and 5th), and everything satisfactory, Memphis had four days of rain during the week, and a killing frost on Thursday, Sth., Mobile gives the rain fall of March at 9.41. Alabama com plains of cold weather. Macon had 1.63 of rain during the week. r Columbus, 2.36. Savannah, 2.03. Augusta, 2.03. .As to EUROPEAN CONSUMPTION, the Chronicle, commenting editorially on a monthly cable from Ellison & Co., says: Hence the consumption for the whole of Europe averaged (all in bales of 400 pounds), in October, 102,344 hales; in November, 108,800 hales; in December, 110,000 bales; in January 111,000 hales; in February, 114,000 bales; and in March 115,000 bales. A Bold Move. Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt has of late aston ished the denizens of New Yprk on more occasions than one, as to the. magnitude of his movements. But his latest under taking excels:, all others in extent, and causes'greater surprise, than any former exploit. It is to lease the water front on. North river between West Sixty-fifth and West Seventy-second streets, and fill up this large space, equal to. about ,1,000 city lots, jni r. ... * . h • The propositionef Mr, Vanderbilt is (o take a forty years’lease of all the, land under water,at a yearly rental of $15,000 per ^ear for the first ten years, and an in creased rental of $3$X) per year for each succeeding ten years, until.the expiration of the forty years’ lease. He. proposes to .fill In all the lattd "under water and erect thereon storehouses^ wharves^ bulkheads, etc., all' of which improvements will re vert, to’the city, at the expiration- of the lease, unless it be renewed. Piers, about four hundred fefet long, will be run out obliquely from thefoot Of Sixty-sixth Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, Sfevraileth and Seventy-first streets into the North river, upon' which tracks Vjll he ‘laid to discharge Western grain and other products directly into the ves sels for shipment to foreign ports. There was some dispute as to when the lease should commence, but it was finally agreed that it should begin oh ‘Sighiip the lease. ‘ ’ ztn “ t “ al : '" 1 PAlNrtfiC.—Il'ls painful to discover the bad refutation borne by politicians in this’ country; In Chicago; it is gravely stated that rooms in her hotels during the session of the Kepublicafi National Con vention, are held at fifty dollars per day, and no abatement allowed. In Cincin nati, during the session of the Democratic National Convention, the per diem- charg ed delegates is eight dollars—a. lower personal rate than that fixed by Chicago, unless delegates will pack themselves at the rate of six or seven to the'room. Tak ing the tebret tieio of these Convention delegates possible, we can hardly'allow that the risk of loss and damage from them can be even three times as mucli as from other people (as Cinciifnatl makes it), or ten times as much, as Chicago as sumes it to be. Chicago; it is true, has had twenty-four years’ experience with delegates to Republican Conventions, and should, therefore, understand their “tricks and their manners,” and be able to set an approximate valuation ch them,' hut re ally, we are not prepared (o'say that a Republican delegate to a National Con vention Is necessarily ten times more dan gerous than other people. Op the seventy Democratic editors in the State of New York, who replied to the Oswego Palladium's interrogatories, fifty- seven expressed the opinion that it is in expedient to nominate Mr. Tilden, be cause he cannot he elected. This surely does not look much like a Tilden boom, even in his own State. To force such a candidate upon the , party,- merely as a sentiment, growing out of his foul treat ment at the hands of the High Commis sion, might prove a fatal error. We trust the attempt will not succeed. It is impossible to enumerate articles or state prices, or anything as the entire stock is offered at cost and below, in or der to sell out our retail stock as soon as possible. We shall continue to sell all goods as advertised until the entire stock is sold. You can buy low for the money at the New York Store. 13-lt S. Waxei-bai-m & Bro. A Noble Work. Mrs. Mary Power Lalor, who is in the employment of a committee for the distri bution of alms in one of the destitute counties of Ireland, in her, report'ending April 5th, says During the week I have added, under the committee’s direction, seventy-nine schools and 6,396 children, as you will bee by the lists enclosed. The - New York Herald fund Is now providing daily with a full, wholessme meal 15,345 children. I daily receive lettecs from Catholic and Protestant clergymen, from gentlemen in the country, from managers of schools, from nuns at the head of educational es tablishments, and all testify to the im mense benefit this children’s meal is to the country. Per contra, the Kerry SenfrVtel ’says of the death from starvation of Dennis Sullivan, that- it was the result ot the in humanity of the Marquis of Lansdowne. The immedidate circumstances attending this poor man’s death, it goes oh to state ; “reveal a truly sad story. All who'kriow the prostrate condition of our people this trying year of famine know that tifey suf fer from a scarcity of fuel as well as from a scarcity of food. The y'6ar "was unshit- ed, in a great measure, to’ the faring Of £urf, and, even-in more propitious years, the price charged by landlordsfor turbary is often so high that poor people who have not constant employment cannot manage to -purchase the hog. In this pressing crisis the Marquis* of Lansdowne", who- owns Tast estates around Kenmaih, gave hot a stick or a chip to afford firing to the poor, and, it appears, actually keeps a sort of sylvan "Cerberus in the shape of a woed bailiff to " preserve the l: r6tteh branches "of trees and" bits 4 of thorn from being taken home to the' fireless hearths of the poor. For entering -upon some part of the Marqufeof Lansdowne’s prop erty, and picking bits of whitethorn fbr firing, the wife ‘of this poor Irian Hwls brought to court and fined: The inhu manity of 'the act is best demonstrated from the fadt'that the 1 bailiff •vftfO’" prose cuted swore the v&Iuh of the sticks to h( but one penny. For this monstrous crime this terrible injustice to the most faobh Majquis of Lansdowne, th© pobr Woinai was fined In, between costs and compen sation, the sum of three' shilling arid 6fi< i penny. Tins fine not being bald ahC wk i to have been arresfcd’irid cist ftitojall when the pdpr man rose'tip fromthSt bee l where hunger ’ lin'd' wAuffiad' prostrate* 1 him, and went in search bfarioffieial of the Lansddwhe office -^ho owed him the amount; and it was while engaged oh this melancholy mission’that death'Over took him,” iC "; : ' A melancholy list of a like nature is given. But wbat more is needed to show the rapacity of the Irish landlords and the sufferings of that afflicted people 9 The Religious Persecution in Fiance, . Th© law under which ,it is proposed to, banish the unauthorized members of'je-. ligious ordere in France^ris an old mon archical statute which has "never, been en forced, hut by some oversight has beqn permitted to remain unrepealed. . The Conservatives very properly oppose ' .the revival of this" law as antagonistic to re publican principles and the genius Of the age. The matter is creating Intense ex citement in France. Treating upon this subject, the Pall Hall Gazette shows that there are 158,040 members of religious or ders in France—127,753 women and 30,287 men—the immense majority belonging to authorized orders. There are 416 associa tions of men, oniy 32 of which are author ized; hut the members of the 32 are far more numerous than the 416, the “Broth ers” alone counting 20,341 members. The 384 unantborized associations only, count 7,444 members,TuJluding Jesuits; and, in Addition to the Jesuits, are the Domini cans, Franciscans, Barefooted Carmelites, Capuchins, Trappistf,, Redpmptorists, Eu- dists, Marists, Qblates, etc*,, Th© number of nuns belonging: to authorized, orders is 113,750, and to unauthorized ofdqrs .only 14,003, If, therefore, the government con fine their operations to a persecution of unauthorized orders, they .will haye,<jver 21,000 persons to persecute. Will the attempt be made to. dpve ;out of the. country .such., a multitude [of unof fending people because of their religious tenets?. What a travesty upqn iibertyj! ‘ '* :—■•»»>■ ■■■■- ‘ x j -iii Prieoof Iron. ,r ■ - >i,u Nearly $50,000,000 of capital Was repre sented'afthe meeting of the Western Iron Association at Pittsburg last Thursday, when the price of bart iron,,was reduced twenty per CEUKTOT from ftrar cents, a$.pt present, ta'three and one-fifth cents© pound. A similar ri'difeHonof' twenty, 'per tent, will he midd : in the worictqen’s wages. The reduction takes effect on Monday next. The Pittsburg Post says: The reduction in the price of iron was caused by th© importation of foreign iron, and from the fact that jobbers or brokers have been underselling the manufactur ers. . Those welf versed iri'tbb business The Terms of the Great Railway Combination. Gradually, all the particulars of the late Newcombe-Wadlcy combination are com ing to light, and the effect is the practical amalgamation into one line, so far as through freights are concerned, of the Louisville and Nashville, and the Central, and Georgia railroads. Thecharges will be pro-rated according to distance,and the ’contract is to continue in force for ten years.*** v *' •' • An Atlanta special to the Cincinnati Gazette says “the result of the conference was a final arrangement for tlie combina tion which lias been under consideration for a week past. All diiliculties were set tled and a contract for ten yearn was signed by the Presidents of all the roads affected, i ,- It provides for the consolidation of the Louisville and Nashville, Western and At lantic and Georgia and Central, with all its branches in through freight business. All through freights are to go as over one road; and tariffs are to he pro-rated ac cording to mileage. All other business of the roads is undisturbed, and tlieir inter nal management remains intact. This arrangement gives the Louisville and Nashville railroad .cpntrol of every leading line in Georgia, and also captures the South Carolina railroad through line from Louisville and St. Louis thus estab- llshed.Savannah and Charleston will be the.porta. Fort Royal and. other harbors being utterly disregarded.* ; ' The arrangement is not favorably con sidered here, and there Will be much dis satisfaction among stockholders, of the Georgia lines. This combination will les sen competition and will deprive Atlanta of the Georgia and Western, which the Lonistille and Nashville would have been compelled to.build iftlie combination had not been made. This line would have furnished cheap coal,Atlanta’s great need. To Conciliate opposition, It is agreed inthe contract of the combination, to bripg coal here as cheap as if the Georgia Wes tern were built. The new line In construction from Chat tanooga to Rome will give lb© Cincinnati Southern a chance to . enter Georgia, and there is-a grow ingdeeling in favor of the' fine from ftome to Atlanta, where it could pieet the Macon andDrunswick ex tension, and thus have a through line to a port far superior to Savannah or_Charles- toiL : nt. r > '; u j r . Railroad circles, here are. excited and various plans for avoiding the monopoly ofthe'combination are suggested. u;> The*Chatranooga-Times of the Ifitb.in stant, Anticipating the ability of the Lonis- valle.and. Nashville road to control the Western and Atlantic, arid indeed nearly all thelinris on'thri seaboard as well us Central Georgia, has this to say: “We see no chance for Cincinnati to secure a shake of tue through business, and a fair share for her merchants clear down to the gulf and east to the sea, unless her capitalists put tbeir hands in their pockets and give their money to build connecting lines. And this, will he "no calamity to them. The roads secured for their purposes, if judiciously built and managed, will pafr directly and indirectly, big divi dends. The Cincinnati Commercial, also, con- ,tains a Nashville dispatch which explains the hitch between the presidents of the Louisville and Nashville road and the Central. We quote as follows; It’ is nndeistocd here that ore of the main points for which Brown and Wadley, of thff Western and Atlantic and Georgia Central, contended was that freights which were formerly sent via Chattanooga and subsequently changed around via Monfe gomery should be again carried via Chat tanooga, as freights for the territory for- iuerly exclusively occupied by the Nash ville and Chattanooga, Western Atlantic and Georgia Ccutral hare been ordered to be sent via Chattanooga, instead of via Montgomery. • .-.■■■ The breach over which the fight was made by Cole in attempting to inaugurate a system to circumvent the Louisville management, forcing the latter to scoop bis system, lias been healed, and a more definite understanding arrived at. The Louisville and Nashville will not, therefore, b« allowed to encroach upon the territory, Via Montgomery,. which naturally belongs to the roads mentioned This is an important point gained for the people of this section. What would be the sense orjpropriety of sending the com, flour and bacon purchased in Louisville by Macon merchants, all the way round !by Montgomery, Alabama? j And now w.e trust,this, vast monopoly will use its power with meppy and. discre tion/ Having everything itheir own way, they are masters of the situation, and can Afford, to pursue - a conciliatory policy to wards their patrons.- JWehoge, therefore, to hear of . important modifications in through freights, especially, the present year,, when the failure of the growing grain crops and the short com harvest of the last season will necsssitate heavy im portations of Western produce. The several managers of these roads have the good sense to : announce that they will not attempt in the Last degree to in terfere with the rulings, or oppose the atf- thority of our State Railway Commission In any manner whatever. With the regu lation of local fares they will have noth ing to do, hut accept the schedule laid down by the Commissioners. { Judge R H. Pottle Vindicates ’ the Tariff Folly and Injustice. —According to Dr. Chrisflieb, 60,000 Th e Militia Law. There is so much impatience, indigna- : pagans passed over to Christianity in 1878. The bill which has been reported in the tion and discontent with the studied neg- j —There are, it is said, 150,000 German House for the re-organization of the mili- lect and evasion of ’Congress in dealing Protestants in Brazil, the majority Luth- tia, calls for the enrollment of every one with the exorbitant tariff taxation that we [ erans. ' capable of bearing arms, between the shall soon see some marked indications of I —Queen Victoria and her youngest! ages of eighteen and forty-five years. They them inthe politics of the country. It is not ; daughter wear as their traveling names on will he divided into the active ciass, or the denied that this taxation, in the amount of the continent the titles of “Countess of National Guard, and the inactive or Re- Authority of-the Laws of Georgia. Recently in Hart'county, William Doo- ronrifertheas^lrtfo^a^toMmtnMt . d y,ho**sarrested for crime,:was-re- bealtfay sign. They-argue that when the iron manufacturers Jiave the nerve to Bend the prices down twenty per cent. ‘At one swoop, their brill ness must be In A healthy condition. If they were pressed down with notes to-become -due shortly, or if there were other unhealthy! features ; con nected with their, business, they. WQuldTbe more loth to make the'reduction.' • Both manufacturers "and workmen expect a general revival"of trade tofollow. It will not come like magic; days and weeks may be required, hut it must come in the unn, arid ine best informed expect that the re vival will be so general that the card rates will again be advanced to three and a half cents. The nail mills. have shutdown’, and the general impression is"that hails will remain at $5.25 per keg. - cn *‘" I ; Which affords a striking lltastratip%pf the qjieratlon of a protective ’tariff. The heavy duly on bar iron did ridt qulte shut' out foreign competition, ’ and sd'thq iron jppkers “came down.” But it does shut out nails and so they stop their mills to keep up the price. ' . Opposed-1# Compulsory Education. Mr. John Bright is I ugyilliug to, force education upon the people of Great Brit-’ ain. He thinks if let' alhne, in > twenty years parents wonld only be to*/ anxious to send their children to school. The great reformer said recently “he was against all schemes for making-schoolmasters a‘ great corporation. ^They had a great monop oly of doctors, wlio objected to everything new. The lawyers were the same, and a trades union of the most gross character. He thought there,was a disposition on the part of. the school teachers ' to band themselves together s a trades union, in stead of pursuing their own individual du ty in their own sphere. ■The-oold winter has. done great dam age to the exotics in the public gardens of Paris. [Over 10,000 trees and shrubs have been wholly or partly killed in tlie Champs Elysees, 100,000 must be replaced in the Bois de Boulogne, and the new park at the Trocadero must he entirely re- ilanted. The sum of $200,000 will liard- y pay for the damage done. No one can witness tlie sufferings ofthe baby, without feelings of extreme pity; for these sufferings, however, Dr. Bull’s mayors of boroughs, has just been signed Baby Syrup is a sovereign remedy, by the Lo.d Mayor of Loudon. leased by order hf the -United States Dis trict Jadge, On the ground, that he was a Fedetal'officer, r. Judge. Dottle, ofthe Northern-Circuit, hrings this invasion of our civil rights to-the attention of Gov ernor Colquitt in a strong and-m only j pro test. The Judge, says the Augusta Even ing Neiss, also charged the grand juiy of Warren county last week in the following emphatic language: „j ..„ 1V 1 ,' We are still ; permitted to assemble, under the forms of law, to administer our own Jaws. HoW long this privilege,is to be accorded is for the futtlra to determine. The encroachments which are being made on tlie rights of the States to govern them selves arc. alarming. Two late decisions of tlie Supreme" Court of the United Stales,' show the growing'tendency to abridge the right to manage our local af fairs. It is not my purpose to enter upon the domain of politics, but' it is time that the alarm was sounded that the people may khow what to expect. We, in this State, have the right to enforce our own laws, and while we have it, let us use it, both, to protect society against line,, as well as to preserve the liberty It is announced that Governor Colqnitt will take prompt action in the premises. The English Elections.—The Her ald’s London telegrams of Friday show the following result so far: Liberals, 321; Conservatives, 20S; Home Rulers, 39; 678 elocted. Liberal gain 97; Liberal majority over all 74. The Queen was expected to to arrive at the end of this week. The Times of Saturday morning says: If Mr. Gladstone remains outside the Ministry it will be impossible to oonsti- tute in on a thoroughly sound basis. The Times estimates the Liberals in tlie new House will number about 340 and the Home Rulers from 60 to 65. The Con servatives ean hardly count on more than 250. The Liberals will thus find tlieir position in-the new Parliament nearly the same as that of the present government in the late Parliament. •The memorial which is being ad dressed to Queen Victoria in support of the legalization of marriage with a de ceased wife’s sister, by tlie mayors and ex- revenue it yields,is grossly in excess ofthe wants of the country. The New York Daily Bulletin, (a highly intelligent and non-partisan paper) says it produces fifty millions more than is needed. And if it produces that excess of revenue, tho amount of lax actually collected out of the people—first on foreign merchandise, and secondly in the way of the increased cost oi domestic manufactures, is alto gether conjectural. We know it must be something enormous and incalculable. The other day, Mapleson, the English opera manager, commenting on the rela tive cost of carrying on his business in London and New York, mentioned one fact as an illustration of the whole. Says he, “I this day paid a hill for a bonnet for my wife, the amount of which was sixty- five dollars. The Jasi, bonnet I bought was very similar and made for her by the milliner of the Princess of Wales—the charge for which was fifteen dollars.” No man nor woman, without long an^ careful study, can have. the faintest idea of the grinding eifeebof this protective ta riff taxation,pn tlie people. It may be compared to the application of the lancet to every part of .the human body.' The loss of vital strength is felt, but tlie escape of blood from np 4 put is sufficiently great to clamor for instant suppression, whije tbe supply of new blood consequent on the generous resources of the country is lib eral. There is- scfurcely an article within the .range of human wants which is. not com pelled to pay its tribute of about fifty per cent, or an average to this enormous gulph of taxation for government and for the protected classes. If it were for Govern ment alone, and the proceeds were devo ted to the legitimate,expenses and liabili ties of government, no complaint would be heard. But only a small part. goes to govern ment,. and there is no reasonable doubt that these excessive duties, by- operating as a bar to importation, largely diminish revenues, though they enormously swell, prices on competing articles of foreign manufacture. The tariff,as it now stands, is not laid primarily for revenue, hut pri marily to give American manufactures the benefit Of a higher price, and this price must come out of the. American people- This is what protection means, and it might find apology in a new country, where it wa3 necessary to stimulate man ufactures," but in a country like ours, witii a manufacturing skill and outfit actually superior to any other, It Is intolerably, ab surd. Anfl its effect upon our manufactures is oftentimes unwholesome. A few months ago, owing to the long prostration of busi ness, prices took a sudden rise and de mand outran supply. Then came a con stant succession of strikes, and the cost of production was largely increased. Then followed a diminution of demand, and the next step is the stoppage of the mills in order to reduce the supply, | There is nothing healthy in such a trade —nothing natural. It Is like the labor of a man stimulated by frequent potations from the whisky bottle. He is working with fury one hour and asleep the next. The trade of a country built upon snch a system is in a blue way. The system is Itself so false and unnatural that it must be abandoned, and then must come a long and extensive readjustment. Whateveris wrong and false in principle cannot en dure. But what is most particularly offensive to the people is to find In this present Con gress that they Are utterly powerless against this folly and injustice. A few manufacturing representatives of some of the silliest, most offensive and Iniquitous of these tariff extortions," really outweigh all the reason of tbe case and all senti ments bit; public justice. Weleur it is necessary for many Congressmen, in this connection, to pnrge themselves of preg nant suspicions of sinister motives. The mass ofthe American people don't like to be outweighed before committees by half a dozbn bounty-fattened manufacturers, although testifying in store-clothes. And then, A© to what is made out of these exorbitant protective diitiel, the use of it in bounties to steamhoits, and rail roads, supplementing unlawful deficien cies in appropriations, granting absurd' pensions, chartering traveling .committees to visit watering places in the summer, and so on—we say the way the surplus is spent don’t help the cause of truth and righteousness. !„• > .„.-, j j ) .’f • All these things are not only corrap and corrupting, but they are dangerous. The country needs assurance that its af fairs are conducted with honesty, ewrio-' my and patriotism. - At a time when the disparities ' in the social status are wid ening and developing with such prodigious rapidity, it is peculiarly important that those who direct affairs should plant 'themselves on the rock of a just and wise administration. What i3 going to hold the votes of the laboring poor, if they see that their delegated power is wielded to [their Injury? i ■»«» i An Appeal fbr a Worthy Object Our readers will remember that a short time ago the pleasant village of Lumpkin, Stewart county, was so unfortunate as to lose by fire its principal and much cher ished educational institution, the Female Masonic College. The people of that community are making strenous efforts, however, to rebuild the College, and have made an appeal for help to their fellow citizens of Georgia. Committees have been appointed in different portions ofthe State to solicit funds for that purpose. As already announced, Colonel Thomas Hardeman, Jr., and Messrs. Flanders Brothers having been designated to act for them here, have accepted the commis sion, and will gladly receive and turn over into the proper channel all snm. ; do nated for the above laudable object. We trust there will be a liberal response not only from the members ofthe Masonic or der, but by many others of our public spirited citizens. /. Major D. N. Speer.—As will' be seen elsewhere, the name of Mr. D. N. Speer, of Troup county, is an nounced, as a candidate for Treasurer oi tlie State of Georgia. Mr. Waterman, of the LaGrangc Reporter, and a number of influential members of the three last Leg islatures endorse him very warmly. We have no doubt that, if elected, he will make an upright and excellent officer. Go North, South, East or West, and you will find Coughs and Colds at tills season of tlie year. A remedy which nev er fails to give satisfaction is Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. Price 25 cents.. Balmoral” and “Countess Beatrice of Balmoral.” —The Stewart Cathedral at Garden City is to be dedicated by Bishop Little john during this month, and there is gene ral interest to know whether the body of the dead merchant will he deposited at serves. The former will consist of uni formed companies, organized under State law and to be enlisted for not less than, three years; or if in active service their enlistment shall not expire until the ex piration of that service. In time of peace the duties of the Na- that time in the $90,000 crypt prepared for tional Guard shall be prescribed by the ;ita reception. ... j legislature of each State, but they shall be -The total value of church property in , madet0 conform as near as ^ tQthe the country ,s placed at $500,000 ^ and Tegalation3 of the lar when rt is estimated that its value in 1900 will \ out b the era , mment the .reach $3,000,000,000, one-third more than the national debt. The ecclesiastical property in New York exempt from taxa tion is valued at $110,000,000. —The old family Bible which belonged to “Mary, the' mother of Washington,” bound; Wa'cover of cloth woven by her own [hands, is in the possession of a branch of the Washington family in Vir ginia. In its register is a record ofthe birth,of George Washington, February 22, 1732. —According to A story 4old in a Paris paper, a servant in the Winter Palace, early one morning, thongbthe heard the Czar’s vile© calling him and entered the latter’s room, when the frightened mon arch shot him dead with a revolver. This story may not he true, and has a flavor of Sensationalism about it, hut it probably represents pretty nearly the -state of feel ing In 'the Imperial household of Russia. The tale ofthe three physicians who have charge of his Majesty’s kitchen is of a similar tone, and jfet It wonld not be sur-i prising, in vievf of recent occurrences, if such a feeasure as this were resorted to for safety. 1 r -1 —Dean Stanley has offended, English sentiment of all kinds by the persistence with" which he crowds the Bonepartist statue into Westminster Abbey and the indiscreet .manner of his .carrying on tha controversy over it.- He. had the hard! hood to say ^tbat the character of the re monstrance Against: the Napoleon monu ment was indicated by the fact that the signature of Thomas Carlyle to it was forged. Thereupon the man who had the memorial in charge published a-note froni Mary Carlyle, saying that she signed her uncle’s name to tho paper at his request, and that “the memorial undoubtedly ex presses his mind on the subject.?, Dean Stanley is detennined to carry out thp views of the English royal family. The Outlook.—The Abbeville PreSs says indications are-that Hhft negroes in South ^Carolina will run a full ticket against any ticket that may be put in the field hy the Democratic party of tlie State. We notice, from our exchanges that the negroes in various counties are showing signs cf activity in their opposition to the whites. In Abbeville county a few of the dusky political- leaders seem detennined to renew the race issue with all the force they can bring to bear, hut they receive very little sympathy from tho more, sober and reflecting masses whose attention at present seems to be directed mainly to ag riculture and the production of the great staple —Railroad earnings for .March, just published, will arrest attention for the re markable increase over th.ose for the cor responding month last year. Total Re turns from thirty-six roads, $18,467,061, against $13,882,634"for March, 1879. Gain for March this year, $4,684,447, or about 35 per cent. .The heaviest gains are on, the Northwest roads, Union Pacific, New York Central, Erie, LoUisvllie and Nash ville, St. Paul; Canada Southern : and Great Western. The movement of grain and provisions, especially during the lat ter part ofthe month, was very heavy, hut the general merchandise.traffic and pas senger business, wete likewise unusually brisk, stimulated, no doubt, hy the mild ness of the weather. Mr. Vanderbilt’s Imtbovement.— Th© Hail says Mr. Vanderbilt’s scheme to improve the Water front between Sixty- fifth'aUd Seventy-second streets, on the North river, hy leasing"land under water and filling it in fer" the 'erection of store houses, wharves, bulkheads, tie., has !fo> tunately been approved by tlie Dock Com missioners. When the New York Cen tral comes into possession of the property, add the proposed improvements are made, the terminal facilities'oF'that railway will National Guard will be formed into reg iments and brigades and the field officers appointed hy the President . The act, if it passes, however, will not affect the present independent companies m existence, who will retain all their privi leges, subject to tlie other requirements of the law. Arms will he provided for the enlisted active militia, provided the number docs not exceed 700 for every member of Con gress. They will be required to go into camps ot instruction five consecutive days eveiy year, apd shall turn out for parade and drill at least once a month. Each State will he required to provide a rifle range, and the government will give an, annual prize for team, shooting. The .President will have, the,power to call out the National Guard for twelve months in time of war, or in cases of inva- sion-or' insurrection, during, which .time of service their pay shall be the same as the regular army. The bill calls for the appointment by tlie President of a board of seven; officers Jo. prepare the necessary roles and regulations to he presented to the next Congress. . The above comprises the most salient' features of the act, which is quite lengthy. 1 If adopted and carried rigidly into effect the result would be the organization of ani immense trained, foyce.of soldiers who co.uld he made available for the public de fense at the shortest notice. But there id one fatal objection which we trust will not ©scape the attention of our national leg islators.. We /efer to tlie extraordinary power which is vested in the President. A -scheming, ambitious chief magistrate might .easily,..under certain conditions, employ a, goodly portion of tliis National Guard for tho subversion of the liberties of the.country and his own personal aggran dizement. ,. , ,, j We trust this provision of the bill will be either stricken oat or materially modi fied.. , . , . . • ' „„„ Iuj. Half a dozen establishments have he so much mcreased as to be almost per- gj|^d within a month in Indiina, fed. The sagacity, of kfrv Vanderbilt’ fes cue* from worthlessness a large amount of land now submerged in the river, and In enhancing the Value of hfi own proper ty he contributes to ,th© jWPalth, 9l| ihe city. Better facilities for commerce, and especially for commerce with other na tions, is whet New York requires, and it la just that we may expect from the fm provement Mr.* Vanderbilt has under taken. Could all the great commercial interest|xi§; t^p .lm^poUs be man wisely, tile, vteaith of New York wfeuld inqrease.more rapidly than the most san guine ever dare hope. California Wiirrisf‘For Europe.- The first vessel ever chartered to cany California wines to Europe lias just sailed for Bremen with a cargo of 100,000 gal lons, which was ordered by one of the largest firms in that" city,"and which is in tended for the'German market exclusive ly. This seems something like carrying coals to Newcastle until we recollect that by the destructive visits of the phylloxera apd other plagues the German wlue-grow- ers are sadly crippled and the dealers find it necessary to import wines from some other quarter. The San Francisco Chroni cle believes that the experiment is one of great future moment and that if success results, as there is reason to believe will he the case, an immense market will be opened to our wine producers. The vin tages from which the cargo in question has been selected are of a character to en dure a long sea voyage. The experiment will be watched with much interest, par ticularly by the wine growers of Califor nia, who have visions_of a hundred ves sels Instead of one that will annually take to European ports tlie rich yield of their vineyards. The Charleston Jetties.—-A cor respondent of life Nevis and Courier sug gests that Charleston' co-operate with tho Federal Government in the improvement of her Ann Harbor by furnishing the stone for the jetties grates. There is a good deal of sense in the suggestion. The “black and tan” Rads of Atlanta who had the shindy in their county convention the. other day, are not satisfied, and and demand the call of an other convention. They "still hanker af- er Bryant. TnE Constitution says “the Democrats will have to mollify Mr. Tilden as well as John Kelly.” Yes: do it with a maul— briefly. Tho Railroad from Romo to Chatta nooga to be Built Colonel C." G. Samuels, who has been invited by the Cincinnati Board of Trade to confer with them as to the propriety of Cincinnati’s constructing the proposed road from Rome to Chattanooga, tele graphs to the Rome Tribune as follows: Cincinnati, April 10, 8 r. m.—Have closed negotiations with Huston & Co. to build the road from Rome to Chattanoo ga. C. G. Samuels. The Tribune makes this comment: It will he remembered that Messrs. Huston & Co. built the Cincinnati Southern, arid, of course know how to build railroads. This will give Cincinnati a direct line to the Gulf, and will be of immense advan tage to that city. Wetrnstitmay not be long before a direct line from Rom© to Atlanta, to con nect with the new-Brunwick extension, and the Atlantic at one of its best ports, may complete the connection of the Cincinnati Southern to the Georgia coast. -Anti-tobacconists .will find comfort and arguments in the fact that Parisian physicians are, with hardly an .exception! leagued agAbut.-,,the weed, which they claim rapidly, uses up tlie vital forces; and inthe further fact that niost of the long- lived, tough old Frenchmen never smoked: Thiers, Guizot, Cremieux, Raspail, and Compte Benort-d’4zyi whp recently .died full of years, with unimpaired.mental faculties, were all non-smokers; and so are Dufaur©;and BartkeJemy.St. Hiliaire, Victor Hugo and Etienne Afago* • • • o * t* , j How Cheap “Sugar’’ is Made. •i,'Glucose manufacture is making an ex citement in the maize districts of the West, the factory at Buffalo and its re markable success ’being the prim© stiinu- FAMILY BALAAM FAMILINf. i Me elE (toi Bisiij PROMPTLY RELIEVING pm m tmiMM FOB EXTERNAL AND 1N1ERNAL USE. Thia .Family is competed of Btrit Boots and Resinous Gums from the ireesotoM Native Foiesls. rath ore of these ingrediecU i- Rood tor trecompl&irto for whic h FAMILINm is recommended,but wh-n compoundeo tegath. er they mile a hsIud which is a positive cure for ti e compltints. This Balsam takrs tbe pltm o: salTes. ointments and liniments, it bat beoa tried durinx tbs past two years, every ore usinr »»)irB, “I Would not be WJihOaf ft.” Ever? Family should have i’> in tbur house, ready (or use. Numerous te»* too Rials bare .been received which will be sublid»<t, from persons who hav used the Famiiino Ba’ssm'for the past two years showiea tbe turpriiinKotfa-ary, value and suc cess of this iamiliE-e KaUair. For it, quick sn d sure heating properties, it has do equal; forita relieving and allying inflemmatioo, to medi cine his ever been ccmpmir.dt.d equal toit. Iti» perfectly sufe vouseet any and all times.aoda quick and thorough cure for such complaints aa Paint in the Chest, Shoulders back andS die Burnt and Scalds, Spraips. Strains, Bruises, Rheumatic and Neuralgia Pains, Swelling of the Joints,Stiff Joints,8tiB Neck! Con: traoted Muscles, Spiral Atfectism, White Swellings, Chafea, Calluses, Galls, Bunions,’Chilblains, Corns, Frost Bites. Poisoning by Dog wood or Ivy, Stings of Insect J, Chapped Hands, Lips, Ring- worn.*, Salt Bheum.Tetter, „ r% - > Pimples, Itehlcg.Dry Sta- ’• T- "* ly Eruptions of the Skin. Old 8ores.Scald Head ' [ f ! Outward Humors cf ; [j ; , f "anykind;iSeniow- <if> ■ • rfcoHs, Piles, *’""1 "" * . Numbness. Worms, ^ *****” ’ ... . -u. • rpif. .-I. i:*w* Mil ’ igneinthe Face. Bar-ache, Hoarsenesa. Sore Throat, Coughs, Croup. ‘ y this Family Balsam Fam’Iice- surph<s«s any and alt other known remedies recommended for such complaints. In each package wilt be found a pamphlet containing a ahort treatise on all the complaints for which ihit Balsam Ss recommend ed, with fall and simplo directloniahow to use the- Balsam lor each complaint,’ > P sice 25 and. 50 cents per Bottle- Filty.cent lire contains three tifct* iheqnsn- ot twenty-flve-ccnt siaa. .. PREPARED BY tl. B. STJEVETNS, ‘ Proprietor of Vegetine, ... ; I Boston, Msss. li PAMUilNB it sold by all Druggists, codaw Illinois, and Iowa. Cyrus McCormick, and othefs/lt' is said," pat $35t),000 into one at Chicago. ’'It u to bike a capacity .of20,000 a day, which is equal to 300 tons of sugar. Abushel of com, costing about forty cents, produces thirty pounds of grape sugar, or three gallons of syrup. This sugar,' which < coatt them net'two cents per pound, they can sell at from three and one-half to four cents, while the three gallons df syrup can be sold at from thirty-five to forty cents a gallon. The new industry promises to dispose of the “over production” question, and it will probably henceforth not be cheaper to burn com than wood in Central Iowa. Prevent crooked hoots and blistered heels by wearing Lyon’s Patent Metallic Heel Stiffeners. aprl4-2w The Greatest Blessing. A simple, pure, harmless remedy, that cures every time, and prevents disease by keeping the blood pure, stomach regular, kidneys and liver active, is the greatest blessing ever conferred upon man. Hop Litters is that remedy, and its proprietors are being blessed by thousands who have been saved and cured by it. Will.youtry it 2 See another column.—Eagle. 14-2w “I wish I was dead,” is an expression not nnfrequently used by the dyspeptic and sufferer from liver disease; the de pressed spirits, unfitting the mind for any thing, and almost driving, him to despair. Be of good cheer; there is life and health left for you yet. Take Simmons’ Liver Regulator. It regulates tlie liver, dispels despondency and restores health. al4-lv; We. advise farmers .not to neglect their horses and cattle at' this season of the year. A package or two of Fontz’s Horse and Cattle Powders may. save you hun dreds of dollars. aprl4-wlt Assist the child in time. Do not wait until an army of worms hav© been recruit ed and the health of the child destroyed. A few doses of Shriner’s Indian Vermi fuge, the infallible remedy, never fails to do the work well, if used according to the directions. ‘ apr!4-lw The Publisher of the Chicago Is) teg- gives, in that paper, the following unso licited testimonial, which: speaks for M it self: *: r- ! •••>•. •<:»•••; . ■ Office of The Inter-Ocean, Chicago, . January. 10,1880. Drs. Starkey & Palen—Gentlemen: It is contrary to my rules to give certifi cates to the many healing remedies that are advertised, but my experience with Compound Oxygen has been such that I feel it my duty to recommend it to all my acquaintances suffering from overwork and a tendency to pulmonary trouble, In October, 1878,1 was in very poor health. My system had been much overtaxed, and a cold contracted in the spring seemed to have taken permanent hold on my lungs. I had had several slight hemorrhages, was troubled with a cough, and was much re duced in flesh. I was discouraged and my family alarmed at my condition. A friend in Boston sent my wife one of your little books, strongly recommending your remedy. I was besought to order the Home'Treatment, and did so. I followed instructions faithfully,and in threa mouths was a new man. My troubles had almost entirely disappeared. The improvement had been quiet, hut certain and sure from the time 1 first began its use. I feel very grateful to you for it, aud wish that I could persuade all suffering in a similar way to perseveringly use your very sim ple and effective remedy. Business is very confining and exacting, and when I take cold and feel myself running down, I re sort to Compound Oxygen, and it is al ways prompt in its results. I feel like commending it to all. It is not a ktll-or- cure remedy. If it does not cure, it surely does not injure. Yours truly, Wm. Penn Nixon. Our Treatise on Compound Oxygen, its Action and Results, sent. free. Address Drs. Starkey & Paien, 1109 and 1111 Gir ard street, Philadelphia, Pa. aprl4-lw From D. G. Owens, Druggist, Altoona, Pa.: “Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup has a won derful reputation, the demand for it is re- allv astonishing. Mothers will have no other. It is destined to supersede all oth er Soothing Syrups. I. W. Tibbetts, Dacota, Minn., says: >1 am using Tutt’s Pills and am having better health tliis spring than I have bail in thirty years. I have' suflfered much with dyspepsia, but yonr pills have mas tered it. I feel like. a aew. man. Go on with your good work and may God bless yon, which I know he will do.” apr!4-lw There is no sweetness in a kiss, , Unless your teeth are just like pearls, Then would you share its trembling bliss, Use SOZODONT at once, sweet girls; For it alone gives to the mouth, , . -- White teeth and fragrance of the South. aprl4-lw , . [ r The Poweb of Faith.—He that be- lieveth in the virtues of Flagg’s Liver Pad shall be redeemed from the sins of the flesh, but he that believeth not shall be condemned to spend his money in vain, and remain in torments that end in death. Office No..7 E. 5th street. Consultation free. aprl4-lw Dr. Wilbor’n CodrUver Oil and Lime. Invalids need no longer dread to take that great specific for Consumption, Asth ma, and threatening Coughs—Cod-Liver Oil and Lime. As prepared by Dr. Wil- boritis robbed ofthe nauseating taste, and also embodies a preparation of the Phosphate of Lime, giving nature the very article required to aid the healing quali ties of the Oil, and to re-create where dis ease lias destroyed. It also forms a re markable tonic, and will cause weak and debilitated persons to become strong and robust. It should he kept in eveiy family for instant use on the first appearance of Coughs or irritation of the Lungs. Man ufactured only by A. B. Wilbob, Chem ist, Boston. Sold by all druggists. 14-lw Malaria Destroyed. G. A. J. Gadbcis, of Brockville,. Cana da, certifies that he was prostrated hy a malarial-disease contracted in Texas, and was quickly and completely cured hy the use of Warner’s Safe Pills and Safe Bit ters. He adds: “I shall never travel in that climate without your Safe Pills and Bitters as a part of my outfit.” better times. The business revival and new era of prosperity which is now fairly inaugurat ed, is in keeping with the increased health and happiness seen all over the land, apd is one ofthe results obtained Iron* the in troduction of Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. “The changes wrought by this remedy,” says Rev. Dr. Harvey, “seem but little less than miraculous.” aprl4-lw Oabsit: Baton, Tailsbstchie Co.. Miss- February 8.1F8J. BsowmOotiou Gi« Cj . Ntw London, Corn. Gen tl amen—Toe seventy -ea» gin ssd feed er bought cf yoa Iset reason his given entire situ faction, does equal y za nsllaa soy or the bigber triced gins as f*v ns we and cur neighbors can discern Msny hive tsun ned it rnnnfrg an j sli «R>*e. We ginned our l»tt crop and bad no d ffioolty and oar cotton be* sold se well m New Orle>r» »s that ginned by Prattn", Gnllrtt s and ofb«r gms ran ■ y onr friends We have recommended to v«iicu» gentlemen, among them, commission mer chants of New Orieins f >- eba-pue a doro- biii y tud good work Y ms. sprlS lw JaS L li£ BI OO.