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i£ac£jm $s 3H©^£txQ£c, •«? tftlEgtnpIr k Jfesragtr. FRIDAY, MAY 7, I860. The Queen has declined to let the Priuce and Princess of Wales occupy Windsor Castle during the Ascot races, unless they will allbw her to revise the list of their guests. —General Roger A. Pryor, whose po litical disabilities are removed by Con gress, expects to run for Congress on the Democratic ticket in Brooklyn next fall. —Mr. Waring, a recent candidate at an ^English election, adopted a neat mode of stigmatizing an opponent. He asked those he addressed what they called a man who made such and such charges, knowing them to be false. The response came back: “A liar.” “Well,” said the candi date, “I will not contradict yon.” —The millers are now looking forward to their international exhibition, to be held this year in Cincinnati. They have permission to enter foreign goods for ex hibition free of duty at seven points on the seaboard* and seven on the northern frontier—duties to be paid if the goods are afterward retained In the country for consumption. This exhibition will be a ■ novelty in world’s fairs, ai d should at tract at least a trade interest. —A convict escaped from an Alabama prison with a ball and chain attached to ■ one leg. He carried the irons in his arms until he came to a river, when he sat down to file them ofT. His pursuers came up, and he was compelled to choose be tween surrender and the forlorn hope of swimming the stream with the weight. He decided upon the latter, and plunged into the water. Although he was a pow erful swimmer, and had a plank to buoy him, he was drowned. —Victoria, Crown Princess of Germany, who is an active sightseer, has been hav- ing a happy visit in Rome. The Pope commanded that every courtesy should be offered to her in the Vatican galleries. She dressed plainly and excited little ob servation, preserving as much as possible her incognito. She visited the Pantheon during her explorations, and cansed a gar land with the Prussian colors to be placed on Victor Emanuel’s tomb. —The Sovereign Count of Erbach-Er- bacb, who claims descent from Charle magne’s daughter Emma and her mid night lover, Eginhard, has offered his hand to a gardener’s daughter, Fraulein Luck of Bessungen, near Darmstadt. His High ness’s imperial ancestress, whose stone coffin, in which she and her lowly-born consort were interred together nearly eleven centuries ago, is preserved in the venerable castle o£ Erbach to the present day, set ner descendants an example, by herself contracting a morganatic mar riage, which they have not proved remiss in following. —It is stated that the Dukes of West minster -^and Devonshire, the Earl cf Rosebery, and Mr. Samuel Morley con tributed between them a quarter of a mil lion of jiounds toward the promotion of the Liberal cause. By all accounts the outlay on the winning side was prodig ious, but it was also well applied, for not only was the organization in most of the Liberal constituencies perfect, but, what was more to the purpose, it was successful. The talk about petitions is mere sound and fury. Only eleven notices hare been served, and not more than three of these _ will be prosecuted, —A number of horses were being con veyed on the Columbia river boat when, during a commotion among them, one was kicked and had its leg broken. It was de cided to kill the poor brute and put it out of its misery. He was dispatched by an axe in the hands of one of the employes of the boat. The celebrated stallion, Delaware, was quietly watching the move ment, and just as the blow was struck he gave a loud scream and fell backward with a shower of blood streaming from his nostrils. For upwards of three hours his agonies were fearful, and it was thought he would die, but he finally ral lied and may recover. —Jasper James Cargill, a student in the California college, at Mendocino, made a heavy wager that he could walk and run COO miles in six days. He be lieved that the plan usually adopted by pedestrians, that of doing their utmost during the first twenty-four hours, was a mistake, because it brought about ex haustion at the begginning of the journey. His time table was for an even hundred miles a day. He proved a wonderful walker, and apparently demonstrated the soundness of his theory. On each of the first four days he covered exactly 100 miles, in an average of twenty hours. On the fifth day, however, he fell ill, and was compelled to stop. He intends to repeat the experiment. The Stour at Macon, Mississippi.— A telegram of Monday, says there were three more interments, to-day, from the cyclone—one white‘and two colored. Three others of the injured cannot live. The relief and contribution committee have gone to work. They issued an ap peal to-day, for help from Mississippians, a copy of which was telegraphed to the boards of trade of Memphis, Mobile. New Orleans, Nashville, St. Louis, Cin cinnati, Louisville, and New York, where it is cxpeqted aid will be rendered. Jack- son, Mississippi, sent $240 by telegraph The committee have in charge 72 wound ed, and 324 destitute persons to provide for. One hundred and thirty-four houses and contents were destroyed. Donations should be sent to Robert C. Patty, chair man. —^Whittaker’s case, says the World, is likely, we fear, to bring out more pitiful meanness and more shallow humbug of various kinds from politicians and party newspapers than anything which has hap pened since the brazen age of reconstruc tion in South Carolina and Louisiana. Republicans in private and public life who would no more think of asking a ne gro to dinner than of asking their French cooks to their tables, men who would view with apprehension and alarm the behavior of their sons if their sons chose to associate with negroes, and who would look with absolute horror on the beha vior of their daughters if their daughters chose to dance with negroes, are not ashamed to put on airs of astonishment as well as of indignation when they learn that at West Point young white cadets, who may at any time become the friends of their sons or the suitors of their daugh ters, decline tq associate with colored ca dets outside the lines of military and academic duty. Senator Hoar shamed liis education and liis name by simulating hysterics on the subject when tbe Whitta ker case was first reported. ° *" 1 The Presidential Situation. In the Herald 1 * review of the Republi can situation on Thursday, that paper thinks Grant- is constantly increasing his distance ahead of Blaine, and, of course, ahead of all the subordinate competitors. Up to the beginning of last week Grant had 220 delegates, and to these he has added considerably, while the bulk of the delegates nominally for Sherman and Ed munds will be really for Grant so soon as they find he has a majority of the whole convention. None of them are going over to Blaine. The fact that not a solitary Republican State convention has yet made a single declaration against the third term, although all were unanimous against it four years ago, shows that they read the handwriting on the wall. They anticipate Grant’s success and dare not put them selves outside the pale of mercy. On the whole, it is very clear that Grant and the third term are “a march ing on,” like old John Brown, s® far as the Chicago convention is concerned. The chances of a dark horse in the case are very small. We doubt not one of the chief charms of the third term movement to the men wh® have it in charge is its very revolutionary character. It is so averse in its spirit and essence to the old traditions and usages—to a limited, con stitutional and popular government—so bold, imperial and defiant of all piece- dent, and promises them such a sweep of power, influence and emolument, that they are fairly carried away with it, even more than in the beginning, and with their imperial chieftain they count upon nothing but trampling all opposition un- aer foot with perfect ease. It is dazzle and glory against sober common sense and popular self respect—against histori cal reverence and patriotism—against all the warnings of the past and the sober hopes of the future. As an example, too, of what a few leaders can effect against the sober judg ment ot the people, through mere party machinery, it will be grand and glorious, in the opinion ofthese engineers. No one in his senses can doubt that of the mil lions of American voters the majority against the third term proposition is very large. But these leaders expect to carry it with case, largely through party dis cipline—largely through sectional dislike, and largely through the popular enthusi asm for a military chieftain. The time presents such a favorable conjunction of events for revolutionizing the character of the government as may never occur again. Hence, as the decisive moment ap proaches, all the hollow play of Ctesar pushing aside the offered purple is dropped Once in a while an attempt is made to revive doubt about the earnestness of Grant’s demand for a reinvestment of the Presidency, but these shows are becomini more and more sickly every day. It was said in the outset that he would not con test for the nomination—that it must be a gushing and spontaneous tender by his party. It is now one of the most thor ough-going dragonnades by party ma chinery that was ever seen or thought of. Grant will be nominated practically by small minority of his party, and against the judgment, will and consent of a large majority of it. What is to follow? The. majority threaten a third candidate; but that will avail for nothing more than the display of their own imbecility. Their third candi date, if run, would not take an electoral vote. The best chance of defeating the third term lies in the nomination by the Democracy of a candidate who can con center the entire Democratic vote, and yet stands so fair as a man that he will receive the support of such sober and pru dent Republicans as would take him as a choice of evils against imperialism and political revolution. This may defeat the third term. But whoever looks for any extensive demoralization of the Republi can party on the third term proposition will be disappointed. CoL James H. Blount. | Don’t Like to be Taken at Their Whether or not our able member in Word.— 1 The Philadelphia Times says: Congress consents to allow the use of his Every night scores of tramps are lodged name before the people for further service in Camden City Hall. They tell in the national councils, the demonstration ( the old story of ceaseless but vain efforts of his immediate friends and neighbors on to obtain employment. Yesterday morn- Friday night must be peculiarly grateful ing the lodgers appeared surprised when to him. It was the spontaneous outburst. the janitor told where they could find the of the popular will, without dictation or much desired work. Messrs. Wood & solicitation—the practical rendering of the A Rake Sight.—It is not often over ripe cucumbers, yellow and full grown, are seen in this market on the first of May. But such is the case. And that shows the climatic advantage enjoyed by the South over our Arctic fellow citizens north of Mason and Dixon’s line. True, these cu cumbers were not grown here, but an abun dance of them maybe found in Brunswick, Bainbridge, Thomasville and other places south of this. Verily, if Georgia would devote less of her energies to the raisin of cotton, and display more attention in the cultivation of sugar cane, rice, arrow- root, the tea plant, wine growing, and the production of early fruits, vegetables and melons for the Northern market, her people would be much more independent and happy. California fob Blaine.—Among the surprises is the declaration of Califor nia for Blaine; or, better stated, it would be a complete surprise but for the lessons taught in the pranks with public opinion performed by the politicians in New York, Pennsylvania and Georgia. In these States the power of the machine to defy public opinion has been amply illustrated, Hence the result in California, where pretty much all is for Grant and the third term. California is made to declare for Blaine. —Archbishop Purcell said, in a recent sermon at Cincinnati: “I now solemnly declare before Almighty God and this congregation that not one dollar of the money that was intrusted to my care was lavished in luxury by myself or agents, or expended in any manner for our personal benefit; and no matter how unworthily I may appear in your eyes, I humbly ask that you pray to Almighty God for me.” His health has been very bad sincp the 'financial disaster in his diocese. Rev. A. J. Battle, D. D., has been appointed to deliver the annual baccalau reate sermon at the next commencement of tbe State University at Athens. He will more than realize the expectations of the Athenians, and the public may expect a treat at the hands of this pious and elo quent divine. Storms in South Carolina.—Torna does on the 29th ult. are chronicled in Columbia and Summerton in South Caro lina. Houses, cabins, chimneys, bridges and fences were knocked abdbt in a pro miscuous fashion, but no loss of life is re ported in either place. The greatest damage- was to . the crops, gardens and fruit trees. Cool Weather.—Saturday morning Senator Alii- | the mercury in Macon showed 46. Frost son made himself ridiculous yesterday by j j s reported in the lowlands of the vicin- proposing to compel the President to ap-, j t y_ ^ reported cn the same day dets-afr large*^wtK)m°bc °L authored To along the Hudson and.snow on the Cats- send to West Point. kills. verdict, “Well done, thou good and faith ful servant.” It does not become public journalists and news carriers to assume the role dic tatorial, and pronounce who should be the office bearers of-the country, for that is the prerogative of the people in their primary assemblages. But aside from all political complications, and speaking from, the present standpoint of Col. Blount’s retirement,: we feel it to be not only a duty but privilege, to bear testimony to his eminent services and untiring indus try in behalf not only of his constituents, but of all the people of Georgia, during a protracted stewardship of eight years. In his deportment Colonel Blount is modest and unassuming—so much so that to the stranger he may be thought to be wanting in personal magnetism. But place him in the business arena where great questions are involved and must be passed upon, and the innate powers and honesty and bull-dog resolution of the man become grandly prominent. No rep resentative in Congress was ever more diligent and faithful in the discharge of his duty. Persistently and admirably has he fought tne extravagances of a Radical Congress, from his commanding position as second, and for a portion of the time chairman of the committee on appropria tions, exposing their wicked inwardness, and saving millions of dollsus to the tax payers of the country. Cool, self-possessed and sagacious, he has pursued the even tenor of his way, rarely failing in any of his well conceived plans, and steadily winning the confidence and support of the representatives of the whole Union. At this time he is confessedly the peer in in- fluerce and usefulness of any of his asso ciates, and has greatly endeared himself to the people of his own district by his. unwearied efforts to promote their inter- i. This much we have the right to af- Co., proprietors of the Cooper’s Point dry docks, being in need of about fifty labor ers sent word to the City Hall that they would hire the tramps. Growling and grumbling were the only responses, and mutterings to the effect that “this, is a free country, and people could do as they pleased,” were heard. Not a single tramp availed himself of the opportunity. Waycross- Connection.—The survey ing corps of the new line between Way- cross, on the Savannah, Florida and Wes tern Railroad, ninety miles from Savan nah, to Jacksonville, Florida, have located the line as far as Calalian on the Transit Railroad, and the surveyors are at wOrk beyond that point, and Jacksonville will soon be reached. The whole route will be easily constructed, there being no serious obstacles in the way. The high price of materials will delay the work somewhat. —A candidate for the office of recorder of Jasper county, Ohio, solicited votes on the ground that, if elected, he would re turn half his salary to the public treasury. He was ^elected, but the Supreme Court has declared the election void, because the inducement that he offered to voters was in the nature of a bribe. ■ *. firm, and the most pronounced opponent of Colonel Blount cannot gainsay the truth of the above statements. Now let the people of the sixth district declare in convention who shall bear their standard in the ensuing Congres sional campaign, and whether it be Col onel Blount, or any other of our patriotic citizens, we pledge him an earnest and enthusiastic support. In this connection we reproduce the following from our contemporary, the At- tlanta Constitution: Nearly one thousand of the best citizens of Macon have signed their names to a call for a meeting to be held in that city last night, the purpose of which was to protest against the refusal of Mr. Blount to again become a candidate for Con gress. This is a matter that may natur ally be presumed to interest only the citi zens of the sixth district, but so far as Mr. Blount’s re-election is concerned it is a question of interest to Georgia, to the South, and to the whole country. Mr. Blount is perhaps the most useful mem ber of Congress that has been sent to Washington since the war, and this fact is recognized on all hands; so that the ques tion of his re-election is not merely _ a lo cal or sectional matter, nor a question of personal preference, nor a question of pol itics^ It is a matter of business'. We have no idea that the people of the sixth district will allow the country to be de prived of Mr. Blount’s services. —The Japan Gazette says: “A few days ago some Japanese fishermen cap tured an immense crab in a net at Cape Idzu. They brought it to Yokohama, and it was purchased from them by Mr. Pagdon, whose premises have been con stantly besieged by persons anxious to see the sea monster. The front pair of legs of this crab measure twelve feet from tip to tip, and are double-jointed; the other eight are much smaller. From the front to the back of the carapax the animal measures sixteen inches, and across the carapax twelve inches. In 1871 a very large crab was caught and brought to Yokohama, but since that time until the present we believe that none of extraor- dinaiy size had been captured. The lar gest specimen of a crab known is in the British Museum, and measures eighteen feet from the tip of one claw to the tip of another.” Germany on Bi-metalism.—.The London Times of Wednesday in its finan cial article says: “A statement to the ef fect that leading German statesmen are highly favorable to bi-metalism is publish ed in the Paris Bourse. If it be well founded, the German government appears to have at length realized what was pre dicted from the first, that in her existing commercial position, Germany is incapa ble of maintaining a single gold standard. The Paris Bourse says the leading men of Germany had been won over to the cause of bi-metalism, not through conviction but necessity, and that the advocates of the new plan for an international agree ment on a common basis include Yon Kardoroff, Yon Merback and Schorle- meralst. We (the Times) have no sympa thy with their dreams of uniform ratio between gold and sliver, which js about as reliable as a uniform ratio between cheese and com, but the fact of an agita tion having arisen in any shape for the re habilitation of silver in Germany is too significant to bo overlooked.” 25th. —Mr. William Huntley, a pupil of George Stephenson, has just died in Eng land, at the age of 82. He erected the first locomotive engine that drew a pas senger train, under Stephenson’s personal superintendence, and had the honor of working it with him on the memorable 27th of September, 1825, the first day that a train passed over the Stockton and Dar lington railway. Ever since Eve’s.incautious experience in the Garden of Eden, babies have been the institution. Petted by men and loved by women, their baby life would be an absolutely happy existence, but for those evidences of mortality exhibited in colic, flatulency, etc.—all happily relieved at once, however, by the prompt ^ use of Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup. It is a sad ending to the history of the lake Huron life-saving crew, that has done such good service in the past, that all should be drowned in another effort to saTe the lives of imperilled seamen. They have died in action, and their families should be cared for by the government as generously as the dependent relatives of soldiers killed or wounded in the service. A Self-Levelling Steamer Berth. —The Hudson self-levelling berth, says the New York World, was exhibited yes terday on board of the steamer City of Alexandria, which has just arrived from Havana after having carried General Grant and his party to Mexico. Mr. John Bigelow, General E. A. Merritt, General C. K. Graham, Mr. Clark Bell, Mr. Gustav Schwab, Mr. JohnG. Dale, Mr. R. J. Cortis, Mr. Austin Baldwin, Mr. F. W. J. Hurst, Mr. Lester Wallack, Mr. George Clark, Mr. Jordan L. Mott, Mr. J. Nelson Tappan and others were present. The bed used by Colonel Fred Grant was exhibited. The bed is set at its centre on a universal joint, and on the outside is fastened to the deck by a rubber spring to counteract the motion of the Tessel, so that no matter how much she^ may roll or pitch the bed remains level. Mr. De Young, the agent, said that the beds had been very successful so far. Messrs. Alexandre * Son owned the exclusive right to use them between this port and Havana and Mexico. They have, how ever, been fitted in many of' the transat lantic lines, notably the Cunard and In man. '■ ‘‘t» From a telegram of Friday night it will Congress. Washington, D. C., April 29.—In the Senate, Mr. Withers presented the peti tion of the Moore Iron Company, of Vir ginia, for the passage of the Eaton tariff commission bill. Mr. Jonas, of Louisiana, introduced a bill extending the operations of the light house board to the lower Red river in Louisiana. On motion of Mr. Harris, of Tennessee, the joint resolution authorizing the Presi dent to call an international sanitary con ference at Washington, was taken up and psssedt The Senate then resumed the consider ation of the bill establishing a retired list for non-commissioned officers,but without action thereon, passed, at the expiration of the morning hour, to the consideration of the Indian appropriation bill. The amendment striking out the clause which abolished the Indian commission, was agreed to. After separate votes upon some other unimportant amendments, the bill was passed. Adjourned. In the House, the Speaker announced the appointment of Mr. T. Humphrey, of Mississippi, as a member of the commit tee on the Mississippi levee3, vice Mr. Carswell, of Wisconsin, resigned. On motion of Mr. Money, of Mississip pi, the Senate amendments to the post route bill were concurred in, and the House went into committee of the whole on the bill amending the internal reve nue laws. A number of amendments to exempt from taxation small quantities of spirits distilled from apples, peaches, etc., were rejected. In the course of the de bate Mr. Voorliis, of New York, read an extract from the Washington Republican, relative to outrages committed by moon shiners in Georgia. Mr. Cook, of Georgia, emphatically de nied that any such state of affairs existed in Georgia as was represented by the ex tract. Several amendments to the bill were agreed tt>, with the understanding that they should be voted on in tbe House. Without disposing of the bill the commit tee rose, and the House took a recess till 7:30, the evening session to be for the consideration of the bill establishing i court of pensions. x Washington, April 30.—In the Sen ate, Mr. Butler moved that when, the Sen ate adjourn to-day it be to meet on Mon day next. Agreed to. Speaker Randall was in the chair when the House met. Mr. Ballou, of Rhode Island, from the committee on education and labor, report ed back the bill to constitute a commission to report on the amendment of the orthog raphy of public documents. Referred to committee of the whole. Mr. King of Louisiana, gave notice that he would on next Wednesday call up for consideration the resolutions reaffirming tbe Monroe doctrine. Washington, April 30.—After the transaction of some unimportant routine business, the Senate resumed the consid eration of the bill to establish a retired list for non-commissioned officers. The pending question was on Mr. Allison’s amendment to direct the President to ap point annually two colored cadets-at-large, to West Point. After considerable dis cussion, the morning hour expired with out action on the bill or amendment, and the Senate proceeded to consider the naval appropriation bill, which, without debate, was read the thud time and passed. The Senate then took up the regular or der, which was the Kellogg-Spofford resolution. M. Vance, of North Carolina, spoke in support of the resolutions, but at 3:15 suspended his remarks, and the Senate adjourned oh account of the funeral of D. W. Middleton, which was about to take place from the Capitol. In the House, Mr. Singleton, of Missis sippi, from the committee on appropria tions, reported back the consular and dip lomacy bill, with Senate amendments. The amendments increasing the appropri ation for consular clerks, cad the amend ment to defray the expenses of the diplo matic commission to China were con curred in, but the other amendments were not. « Tbe House then went into committee of the whole on the private calendar, and when the committee rose, the House passed a number of pension bills and bill for the relief of Charles Chuton, of New Orleans. The bill for the relief of L. Madison Day, of Louisiana, was de feated by 60 £o 02, but the point of no quorum was raised, and the vote is not final. Adjourned. Washington, May 1.—In the nouse a bill was passed for the relief of Notre Dame College, Indiana. Mr. Scales, of North Carolina, chairman of the committee on Indian affairs, report ed a bill to accept and ratify an agreement submitted by the confederated Ute In dians, for the sale-of their reservation in Colorado, which was printed and r& committed. On motion of Mr. Price, of Iowa, a bill passed providing that the oath or affirma tion verifying the returns made by nation al. banks, may be taken before notaries public. destitute by the cyclone of April Adopted. The Speaker proceeded to call the com mittees for reports. Mr. Blackburn; from the committee on appropriations, reported the post-office appropriation bill, which was ordered printed and recommitted. The bill recommends the appropriation o, $38,600,000. Mr. Blackburn gave notice that he would call it up for consideration on Tuesday next. The House, then, at 1:55, went into committee of the whole on the bill amending the internal revenue laws, the pending amendment being that offered by McKenzie of Kentucky, providing that producers of leaf tobacco shall be al lowed, without the payment of a tax, to sell leaf tobacco to other than licensed dealers, manufactures or exporters—pro vided they do not sell exceeding one thousand dollars in any one year. Ruled out on a point of order. Mr. Knott of Ky., offered an amend ment providing that suh-section 2, of sec tion 3,244, of the revised statutes, which requires a tax of fifty dollars on each still manufactured, shall not apply to distill ers who manufacture for their own use wooden stills. Adopted. Mr. Singleton, of Illinois, offered an amendment providing that nothing con tained in this act shall be construed to authorize any interference by the revenue officers with the exercise of the right of every individual to manufacture and con vert fruits grown on his own land into such form for family use as he may desire free from internal revenue tax. After some discussion. the amendment was re jected by 66 to 84. The committee rose and reported the bill and amendments to the House. Mr. Butterworth spoke in favor of the bill. Mr. Conger opposed it. Mr. Carlisle, who had charge of the bill, yielded the floor to Mr. Garfield, who said he wished to call the attention of the House and country to a matter which related closely to the work of the committee on ways and means, and es pecially to himself, which was a specimen ofthe way in which public opinion was manufactured. “I hold in my hand,” he said, “a paper, about forty copies of which have come to me in the last five or six days, and I will read the heading of it: “ ‘To the Editor: We are requested by the publishers of several New York dai lies, as well as by manufacturers of pa per, to enclose to you the paragraphs written below. Your own interests will dictate what further use, if any, you will make of the suggestion it contains. We have no particular interest except to serve our friends, publishers of newspapers in this and other cities. ‘George P. Rowell, ‘New York, April 21,18S0.’ “Below is a card, the substance of which is, that the committee on ways and means are preventing the people from having reading matter cheap, by preventing any reduction in, or any action of the House on the subject of reducing the cost of printing paper; and which concludes with the statement that Representative Garfield is the powerful champion of monopolies, and that, with his opposition withdrawn the restitution of wood pulp to the free list, would be accomplished in a few days. I am told that 9,000 -copies of this slip have been sent to editors of various newspapers. The firm that sends it professes to know nothing of the truth of what it states. It does not give the name of anybody who asks to have it sent out, but says certain pub lishers ofNew York dailies and certain paper manufacturers have requested it to do so. ‘Without vouching for its accuracy, or without pretending to know' anything about it, this firm has sent out to 9,000 newspapers this charge against the com mittee on ways and means, joining it with the charge that I hold, as it were, the casting vote in the committee, and that I by my single vote prevent action by the committee and by this House. I give that as a specimen of the way in which opinions as to public men and measures are manufactured in the United States. Probably 5,000 newspapers have come to me containing this editorial. Not for inyself, but for the cause of general truth, I ask the attention of this House to this method of manufacturing public opinion, and for the sake of saying that if the peo ple ofthe United States can be led to be lieve that a minority of five in a com mittee of thirteen, and I, as one of that minority of five, hold the casting vote in that -committee, and for six or eight weeks have prevented a report on that subject, of course that is an item of news that the country ought to have. Every member of that committee knows the statement in that circular is absolutely false, without one touch of foundation. E^ery member of the committee knows it, and yet not a day passes in which dozens and hundreds of additional newspapers do not repeat the charge with all the iteration of circum stances. I say for myself, furthermore, that it is perfectly well known that I have, by several of ray votes shown myself en- H0N. J. H. BLOUNT. THE PEOPLE SAY HE MUST 00 BACH. Grand Mass Meeting at the Court House. PASSING EMPHATIC RESOLUTIONS Bon. Cllibrd Anderson Reviews the Post and Prophesies the Future. tirely willing for weeks that this subject should be brought to the House by itself. The only question was whether it should be brought in as a separate bill or not.” Mr. Frost, of Missouri—“Is the gentle man in favor of or opposed to free paper?’ Mr. Garfield—>‘I .cannot tell what has taken place in the committee. Protected articles on the tariff list average about forty-five per cent, ad valorem. The duty on paper pulp and printing paper is twenty per cent, less than half the average duty on all protected articlcsjbut, because this’brings but small revenue, I am, for one, willing to reduce the tax just as low as it can be reduced without absolutely dcstroving and crippling American indus tries. 'Below that 1 am not willing to go for any amount of clamor from any part ofthe world.” The discussion here closed, and a vote being taken in Conger’s amendment, pro viding that in case of non-payment of tax on any distilled spirits within one year from date of the original warehousing bond, interest shall accrue on such tax at the rate of five per. cent, it was rejected— yeas 58,‘nays 101. The bill then went over without filial action, and at 4:45 p. in. the house adjourned. Washington, May 1.—A caucus of Republican Senators was held this after noon for the purpose of interchanging views on the adjournment question. No caucus action was proposed or taken, but an entire unanimity of sentiment was de veloped in favor of co-operating with what is understood to be the purpose of the Democratic leaders to bring about a final adjournment of the present session of Congress by the first of June. The general impression seemed to be that in case the session he not ended before the Republican national convention on the second of June, there will be a strong probability of its being prolonged for sometime beyond the adjournment ofthe Democratic convention in Cincinnati. Washington, May 1.—The House committee on coinage, weights and meas ures had under further consideration to day, the question of the location of branch mints somewhere in the valley of the Mississippi. Representative Willis, of Kentucky, a member ofthe committee, was heard at some length in behalf of the claims of Louisville, during which some general ex pressions ofthe committee were given, in which it was apparent that a majority of those present were in favor of the estab lishment of at least two additional new mints. After the conclusion of Mr. Wil lis’ remarks the committee adjourned un- til Monday. The bill introduced in the House by Representative Casey Young, of Tennes see, providing for a marine hospital at Memphis, and which came from the Senate with slight amendments, finally passed the House to-day. It appropriate $30,000 to purchase a site and erect buildings. Representative Tucker, of Virginia, chairman of the subcommittee of seven of the ways and means committee, will on Tuesday present to the full com mittee a tariff bill for their action. Among the articles which it is proposed to place on the free list are wood pulp, chrome iron or®, rags, salt, halter chains, and various manufacture* of iron which enter into the composition of agricultural I implements, books and magazines, Yesterday on the streets the mass meet ing was the topic of general conversation. The long list of names attached to the. call represented the most prominent and inflrential citizens, and many regrets were expressed by those who had no op- opportunity to sign or previous knowledge of the movement, that their names did not appear. By an accident one entire list, containing more than two hundred signatures, failed to be handed in at this office and no record of the signers was ob tained. About half past seven o’clock the bras s band began to play in front of the court house, and soon were assembled in the superior court room, a dense throng of voters, met together, in the language of the paper of yesterday, “to take such ac tion regarding the re-election of J. H. Blount as should to them seem proper.” The meeting was opened hy Mr. J. F. Hanson, who proposed that Colonel L. N. Whittle should 'be called to the chair. The motion met with a second, and was carried amidst applause. Mr. R. A Nisbet was then made secretary. Colonel Whit tle in assuming control of the meeting, stated that he felt honored in being cho sen to preside over a meeting called for so important a puipose. He stated that the object ofthe meeting was to make Col onel J. H. Blount, the Congressional rep resentative from the Sixth district, recon sider his published intention of retiring. Colonel Whittle stated that he himself was in thorough sympathy with the meet ing. Mr. M. R. Rogers moved that a commit tee of five be appointed to prepare business for the meeting. On motion of Mr. A. W. Gibson, Mr. Rogers’ motion was amended so as to read fifteen. The motion to amend was seconded and carried. The chair then appointed the following gentlemen to act upon the committee: M. R. Rogers, chairman; W. H. Ross, J. F. Hanson, George S. Jones, N. M. Solomon, Alex. Reynolds, C. D. Findlay, T. B. Gresham, D.M. Gugel, J. H. Hertz, John Dempsey, F. A. Schodeman, T. L. Massenburg, B. L. Willingham, R. H. Plant. While the committee was in consultation in the office ofthe Judge of the Superior Court, loud cries of Anderson! Anderson!! Anderson!!! were heard throughout the hall, and Hon. Clifford Anderson respond ed by coming to the front. Judge An derson said that it had been a long time since he had been called upon to speak on any other than a legal question, and that he felt out of place when called upon to address a political meeting; that though, it was true he was speaking in the court house, yet, still there was no case being tried; that the wish of the peo ple was undoubtedly that Honorable J. H. Blount, the present representative in Congress, should be relumed to his seat. He declared himself entirely in sympathy with the movement, saying that when a good man had been placed in office, tried, true and experienced, there should be no change. All this Mr. Blount had been. That when Blount first was elected he had been his supporter. Though comparatively unknown he had soon made for himself a name in the county, State, and throughout the country, as a faithful and useful man. No constitu ents have ever had a better leader than him who now represents the 6th district, That he knew him as a soldier in the days that tried men’s souls—a soldier faithful and true, and conscientious in the dis charge of his duty. In every position he has preserved the interests of the people and executed ev- eiy trust placed in his keeping. He has, perhaps, his reasons for withdrawal, but unless they are of a providential charac ter, he should be, must be summoned to represent us again. In the first place, he has the long ex perience so necessary to his position; he is industrious and thoroughly cognizant with politics and the questions of the day. It would be a misfortune not alone to his State, but a national misfortune for him to retire. This movement of his constitu ents here, demands that he shall run again, the people want him. [Applause.] I have not been at all surprised at this meeting, knowing him as well as I do, believe all the people in the other coun ties will come together, as you have done to-night, and demand that he shall repre- resent them again. He can not decline—must not decline. Though tox populi vox Dei be not strictly true, the voice of the people is one thaj cannot be disregarded or resisted. The people should rise up en masse and send him back, willing or unwilling. The movement of to-day must have its effect; he cannot turn a deaf ear to your call. Other counties will respond to this, and co-operate with you in sending him back. No one, in any part of this district, can say that he has not discharged his whole duty; [applause], discharged it conscien tiously and faithfully. Localfeelingsand and political influences have been brought to bear upon him in all parts of the dis trict, but his course has been universally approved. [Applause.] He is always in his place working for the* people, looking after their interests, and studying their wants—truths which can be spoken of but few. We have now in Congress an emi nently useful man, and cannot afford to see him retire. Let such a call go to him that cannot be disregarded; let it come from the hills and valleys of Georgia in such a shout, as shall break forth and reach him at Washington—a call that tells him he shall be our standard bearer. [Applause.] He will hear, and feel that it is no time to falter, and his patriotism will rise above all difficulties, and he will again take his seat. [Applause.] true, courageous, his object is to do right and resist wrong. This'meeting*to-night is the no bleact of noble men, and cannot but fill his heart with surprise and pleasure, encouraging him to go on in the earnest discharge of his duty. Send out your call; the people are not' tired. He must be sent back.” [Applause.] Judge Anderson’s impromptu speech was received with the utmost enthusiasm, and seemed to meet the views of the en tire assembly. As he finished, the chair man of the committee entered and read the following resolutions, which were passed unanimously and ordered printed in the Telegraph and Messenger, and a copy forwarded to Mr. Blount: Besolved, That we have read with sur prise and regret the communication re cently published by the Hon. James H. Blount, announcing his purpose not to be a candidate for re-election to Congress.' Besolved, That, we earnestly protest against his withdrawal from.# a position which he has filled for nearly eight years with marked ability, and to the entire sat isfaction of his constituents. Resolved, That in our judgment Colo nel Blouut should be re-elected to Con gress whether it be in accordance with Ins wishes or not; that his conduct as a member of that body has been eminently wise, conservative and useful, and com mands our unqualified approval and en dorsement; and that the people of the State and of the South cannot, especially at a time when so many important inter ests are at stake, afford to lose the sen-i ces of a man of his. experience and practi cal wisdom from the public councils of the country. Besolved, That we unitedly and unani mously pledge ourselves to urge the re- nemination of Colonel Blount as the Democratic candidate to represent this district in the next Congress,and we earn estly and cordially inTite the co-operation of the people ofthe other counties of the district in bringing about this result; be lieving that, however strong may be his desire to withdraw from public life, he will not withhold his services if demand ed by the people. - After the passage of these resolutions, the meeting adjourned. . . Mr. Money, of Mississippi, offered a res-1 Among those on which it is proposed to be seen that the Georgia Railroad Com- j 0 ] u t; 0n authorizing the Secretary of War j reduce the tariff are paper, printing ma- mission is to inn the gauntlet of the Fed- to send four thousand rations to Macon | terials, bichromate or potash, woolen and eral courts. Whatr do you bet ? Mississippi, for tbe use of sufferers made worsted goods, hats and straw goods. These are not my sentiments alone; they come from every portion of the State The Atlanta Constitution says, to lose him would be a public misfortune; men in Washington who know him say so. No man ,has been there in eight years who has become so powerful. Universally re spected North and South, he guards the I treasury of the United States, as he would his own pocket, from the assaults of those who have no right to enter there; faithful, Versosons livirg in unhealthy localities m»y avoid all bilions stt*k. by occasionally tsk’m: a dose ot Simmons’ Liver Rexu'ator to keep the Lirer in healthy action. Should not he regarded as a frilling illnxnt. n ture demands tie utmost r es ula’ity c f the bow els. lheraore assist na'.ur e t>y taking Simmo Lirer Regulator. It la to mild and cffocUal. Rolier is at hand for these who suffer day alter day with piles. Simmons’ Liver Regulator has cutelhundieds and it will euro you. The duty off quinine oid not save much, as that drug is not as extensively used as before the invention of Tabler’s Portaline, to regulate the liver, and core diseases organ. Fortallne will cure torpid liver. Price 50c. Hie, lads and lassies, hie away, Nor brook a single hour’s delay, If you would carry in your mouth White teeth, and odors of the South. Haste, haste, and buy a single font Of the unrivalled SOZODONT. apr 27-lw-eod Warranted not to contain a single par ticle of mercury, or any injurious or min eral substances, but to consist entirely of medical matter purely vegetable, which is the reason Simmons’ Liver Regulator is so effectual, yet so harmless. “I write you to certify that I have used Dr. Simmons’ Liver Regulator in my family with complete success. J. W. D. Bird, apr 27-3w Chattahoochee, Fla. Coho, Mies., February 9th, 1880. 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The last of the outstand ing script has been cancelled, and there is $2,000 in the treasury. —At the first sitting of the new Parlia ment to-day, as is customary, the four city members will attend in court suits or in uqiform and take their seats on the front treasury bench, which seats they will afterward vacate iu favor of tho the ministry. This honorary ceremony is accorded to them in consequence of tho city of London having saved the privileges of Parliament in the year 1640, when Charles I. attempted to arrest Hampden,. Pym and the rest of the “five members,” who fled to the city for protection and were sheltered there by the corporation. Pretty and YonAfe in every feature but the hair, which had grown white from fever. This lady at 35 writes us: “I have used Parker’s Hair Balsam six months and am more than pleased with it. It has restored the nat ural brown color of my hair and given it a silky softness, nicer than ever before. There is no dandruff, no falling hair, and it leaves the scalp so clean and nice and cool that I am ever so much pleased, and I feel and look like myself again.” The beautiful, fresh and vigorous hair it pro duces, together with its property of restor ing gray or xaded hair to the natural youthful color, and entirely freeing the head from dandruff and itching, surprises no less than it pleases. Sold, in large bottles at only 50 cents and $1.00 by all first-class druggists. For sale by Roland B. Hall. Timely Caution. Genuine Hep Bitters are put up in square paneled, amber-colored bottles, with white label on one side printed in black letters, and green hop cluster, and on the other side yellow paper with red letters; revenue stamp over the cork. This is the only form in which the genuine Hop Bitters are put up, and the sole right to make, sell and use them, is granted to the Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company, of Rochester, New York, and Toronto, Ontario, by patents, copyright and trade mark. All others put up in any other way or by any one else, claiming to be like it or pretending to contain hops, by whatever names they may he called, are bogus and unfit for use, and only pat up to sell and cheat the people on the credit and popularity of Hop Bitters. apr27-2w Notice. Congress Water. None genuine sold on draught. IU superiority as a cathar tic and alterative consists-in its entire freedom from everything bitter, acid or crude that produces headache, internal soreness and tends to destroy the mucous membrane. All mineral waters that are dangerous irritants may be known by an acid after-taste. ' apr 1 2m pd la beif the agonies end ones of a suffering child and beooming convinced that Mis. Wms ow’s Soothing Sfrnp w»s Just the arti cle needed, prootred a supply fur the child Oa reaching home and scqos. Jtrag his wife with what he had done, she refused to have it administered to the child, as she was strongly in favor cf box ospstby. That night the child passed in suffering and the parents without sleep Returning heme the day fol lowing, the father foned tho baby was still worse; snd while contemplating another sleepless night, the mother stepped from the room to attend to some domestic datiea and left the father with the child. During her abienm be administered a portion of the tJooihinar Byinp to the baby, and said , noth ing. That night all bands sit pt well, and tbe little fellow awoke in the morning bright and happy. Tbe mother was delighted w«b theaudoen andwcxderfal ohtnge, and al though at first offended at the deception practiced npoo her. has contained to nae the syrup ard eefferieg or feg babies snd rest le*t» n ; cht«* diauppsafed. A eis* e tnw of the - yrup never yet failed to relieve the baby and overo me tbe prejudices of tho mother, Bold by al druggU'.e. 25ca bcttle. de 30 iw A Uorrn Town Mvrekent •sed several sleepless nights, dis- The Whittaker Case. In the Whittaker case on Thursday tho cadets and teachers gave testimony upon the character and standing of Whittaker, recorder Sears said: “I will now call myself as a witness as one of Whittaker’s instructors.” He was sworn hy the president of the court, and then made a statement with reference to the cadet’s present standing and chances. Lieutenant Sears is the assistant profess or of natural and experimental philoso phy, and instructed Whittaker in these branches from September, 1878, to Janu ary, 1879, and then from March, 1880, until the present. He related the circum stances of Whittaker’s failure to pass his examination in mathematics in January, 1879, and his subsequent set hack for a year. The reason of Whittaker’s failure to pass, said the recorder, was not from want of study, but from want of intellect ual power to crasp the subjects. ‘Whitta ker was one o? the most attentive and in dustrious ofthe cadets, and his conduct in the section-room, was most excellent. His average standing was 2.25 on a scale of 3, but during the last few weeks he had not been so good. His standing from January 15 to last Saturday was 2.16, or 72 per cent. Below an average of 2 a cadet is reported deficient. In Whitta ker’s case there is the general review to come, which, said the witness, would he very greatly to Whittaker’s advantage, as it will give him a chance to save liis mark. The question was asked by Captain Raymond whether a cadet could be in the last section of his class anil not know he was in danger of dismissal ? The recorder thought not. Major-General Schofield took the stand, and, alluding to the matter of Whittaker’s set back for a class, read a copy of his re port to the secretary of war reconsidering his former recommendation that Whitta ker be discharged, and recommending that he be set back. He said he thought at the time he was inventing a method never. before allowed to a cadet to save himself, but he had afterwards learned that the same thing had been done in at least one other case- His hopes, however, had been fully realized, for Whittaker had passed, bis January examination. A failure in liis examinations next June would be al most certainly followed by his discharge. General Schofield said, “Whittaker’s in dustry and spirit have won the sympathy not only of myself but of all who have ta ken an interest in the case.” TUTT’S SYMPTOMS OF Jl TORPID LIVER. XiOM Pain of Appetite. Name*, bowels oostive.' blade. k part , fullness m the lleacLwira iiduJIseu3ationin ^ Pam unoeFt5?sTiouIae? tbebacx TuUnesa after :. with a chain' igt | !nffTE^5a*T5ea!rt. PoiaTeioretTa Fit Ser Yellow S1onr*5oftclnclie. itestlcsaneea_a$ SJSEtTESHyoSlcfecl unne. EF THESE WARNINGS ARE UNHEEDED, SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED. TUTT’B BEILS «u-e especially adapted t* meh pAMSt one dose effect* such nebanfe fnca » ——————- — _ — of feslintf RMtOMtonlshthewiBrwr. ^ A Noted Divine says: mii.i «« e: Lmm maom Thseia Yiiiissi Dr TDTT —-Dear Sir: For ten roars I hare boon a martyr to Dyspepsia, Conatipation and Piles. Ia«t SorinsyourPille were recommended; I used them. ■ iret>.a.ll,n,n.lun! wood anneitte.dimtina ‘IS^^jCm^reONIoaiatlllelSjS 111 They.Tnc*«a»?t5e3EpponSe,fr!nil esnse the body to Take ea Flesh, tbps tho-system is learlshed, and by theirTonic Action on the neansaea, ana uy laeirainuc ai u— — —- Dicestivo Orsons, Regular Stools sro pro- dm«d-Pricotg CCTts._ jfttMairray St., N. 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