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Tariff OmmUmh aad *»»w«ri.
The editor of the Dawson Journal pro-
poands to us the following questions and
asks for a reply:
1. What is revenue tariff?
2. What is protective tariff?
What difference, If any, between pro
tective and high tariff?
• We understand a revenue tariff to mean
such a scale of duties laid upon goods and
agricultural products imported into the
Osttsa State neat.
According to the Financial Chronicle
of Friday last, the receipts at the ports
for the week ending on that day were
152,420 bales,'88 compared with 110,735
bales same week last year, and 149,486
bales for the same week In 1880. This
shows a gain for the week of41,094 bales,
as compared with same week last year!
a gain of 2,943 bales as compared with
1880, and a gain of 31,338 as compared
with 1879.
The total port receipts since Septem
ber 1st, were 3,329,357; in 1861, for same
date, 3,504,834; in 1880,3,310,341—show
ing a falling off, from same time last year,
of 235,477 bales, and a gain, compared
with 1860, of 13,010 bales, and a gain,
compared with 1879, of488,975 bales,
healthy with an old sore on it. _ I to "some extent upon the percentage of I ^^5“^ bal^lt^ledS
Verdict in the Gniteau case: Ho did ut, y impos_ upon mpo an ex I intjmi—showing stock of 100,395 bales
It with his little inspiration. , „ more than at same date last year.
1 High tanll, as the term is generally 1
smd Southern Farmer's Monthly OJSOperyr I country or exported Out of it, as Will
Send by P. O. Order or Registered y j e i d * revenue sufficient and only suffi-
Letler. | cient to meet the annual current expenses
of the country. Whether this wonld
amount to a high tariff or a low
tariff would depend upon the ex
penses of the government to be met and
the gross amount of imported and export-
“Eykh a corporate body cannot I ed goods on which duties were levied, and
J. r. HtSSOX,
siif <Sflf graph aafl ffltsscnarr.
FRIDAY. JANUARY 13. 1882.
Pat Walsh has bis glittering pen by free traders, is a very indefinite
couched at rest waiting for the onslaught one. and cannot be satisfactorily defined
of Parson Felton. unless there were some recognized and
established scale of duties known as low
Total vUble supply of cotton last Fri
day night vRb 3,105,005 bales; same date
in 1881,2,700,236 bales ; in 1880, 2,519,-
270 bales. These figures indicate an in-
WHAT is the n* of paying two city at- ^“3^? an in*
reeys for a council tbatknorwsmora law L. _ , nm . nfmmnlr ,. nn I P ared withsame date miSSl, «4 an n
toroeys
than a Supreme court?
crease of 585,729 bales, compared with
words, some settled basis of comparison
10 determine by scale what is a high tariff | 7^J d "^Vn7rew“of ~m£uT bales,
I» a municipal corporation can repeal a and what is a low one. compared with 1879
statute of the State, why cannot the The tariff In force just before and at —
city taxpayers repeal a municipal corpo- ** inception of the war was the result of W**t Protection Haa Mot Done
mtion ? I a long and bitter contest between the sec-1 Protection has not interfered with our
- I tions on the subject and may have been I exports of domestic merchandise to for-
Grady says Speer is not going to quit considered moderate or low. At any rate eigu countries, which include all products
his party. The prediction is safe. Speer the duties levied and collected under it I of American industry except the precious
and his party appear to be one and the were insufficient to meet the wants of the I metals. These have steadily increased
tame thing. I government and early in the war it was I from $337,518,102, in gold values, during
superseded by the present tariff, which the fiscal year 1860, which was .the first
Mbs. DB.MA R r Walked, breecea I ^ ^ considered a high one. year after the war, to $883,925,047 in the
“J 2 SiTi lcauiti al A bl S b tariff *» ot necessity a protective fiscal year which ended on Jude 30,1881.
utwellinfiivor of ^theacqiaitti ll tariff in so tar as the duties it imposes Nor has protection prevented an increase
11 Pau ' * will give protection tohome manufactures I in our consumption of foreign merchan-
Bbother Martin, of tbe Rome Cou-1 or agricultural products, although it dise, our net import# having increased
Tier, has clinched with Parson Felton. I might be levied without any intention to I f rom $423,470,040 in the 1800 to $023,213,'
The aforesaid brother is a powerful hard afford such protection. 1229 iuthe fiscal year 1881. Our total for
little mau to handle. I A protective tariff is one levied with I e *S a trade, including net imports and net
_ j especial reference to protecting the home I exports of merchandise and specie,
Wk would ask our city fathers if there manufacturer or producer in the enjoy- has increased from $700,038,7^1 1806
la a privileged class amongst us? Can the ment and of the borne market as to $1,508,139,176 in 1881
^tOApfiaa mfilln onmmnn fnllra and few- I . * < I r» a at..— f...
I producer. j creation of a balance of trade in our^fcor
in our commerce with foreign countri
Close t^e Banka. jin the last six fiscal years we have ex
favorites ride while common folks and tax- |
payers have to Huff it?
Wht should a city with sixteen thou
sand dollars surplus in the treasury rim
an interest account of $20,000 in three j
years on a $4U,uOO debt?
Geo. C. Gorham, of the Washington ported $1,180,068,105 worth of agricultu-
Motional Republican, may be considered I ral products and other merchandise more
the acting assistant adjutant general of I than we have imported, which sum for-
The Jewett bill was passed to protect the Arthur administration. As such he I e ign countries have been compelled to pay
the city. The question now is, will the mus1, he respected and obeyed. For the! us in part in gold. Through this turning
people suffer Mr. Huffto annul an action benefit of the weak-kneed brethren who I of the balance of trade in our favor, and
of the Legislature and defraud tho city? I ma l' ho dazed by the glitter of the tinsel I through no other influence whatever, were
■ ■■■ I on the recruiting sergeant's uniform and I vve enabled in 1S79 to resume specie pay-
Editob Willingham, of tho Fret I the jingle of the dirty shillings in his | men Ls,
Press, stands solitary and alone on the pockets, we give the latest order from
true Jeffersonian stump, and seems dls-1 headquarters, issued by Gorham. He says: I BUcklrara—BnrlirWce
posed to blaspheme at the political wreck “Having had our say against placing I* The stalwart press is greatly exercised
around him. | any Bourbons in office, we have some-1 over the scoring Representative Black
If air. Speer Is stm*a member of the I tllin g to 3ay as to who should be trusted I burn has given one Gen. Burbridge, for-
Democratic party, be shoniu authorize the ln the South. Every Republican who merlyof Kentucky, now a clerk in the
Tribune to withdraw his name from the j does not **** to keep his party small, Philadelphia post-office, and the country
“long and progressive” list of weaken-1 but wbo opens wide the doors, and'who is likely to be sickened with a good deal
ing statesmen. Iwiilevengo out of the party door If I of amateur bravado. Burbridge was a
— -■■.». I thereby he can secure the co-1 tyrant and ot conrse a cotArd, and dare
When “Atlanta day” at the Southern I operation of enough Democrats and in^J not show his face in theStaS.hw altempt-
Exhibition arrives, we trust none of I dependents to overcome the Bourbop I ed to disgrace. A correspondent of the
our contemporaries will feel slighted if we organization—such ' Republicans are I Louisville Courier-Journal gives the
provide Editor Harris with an ebony chair to trusted. The Republicans of the J following inscription on the monument
and a wreath of dewy lilies. I North cannot understand how divisions J erected to tho Confederate soldiers mur-
Pabson Felton's moving on Aueusta, 0811 C0Dtin ne in a minority party In dered by Burbridge
and yet the signal service corps positively 8oatbern States if tberQ «* honest in- ‘JtatbnroC.S.^soldiera who were
roftise to display the danger signal. Wo tent ' on * majority- The &££££ BmbriSgef in proS
trust Senator Hill will see that an invest!- spectacle °*’ Republicans in Southern 1 0 f re taliation of two negroes that were
gation ln this matter is had. States excommunicating each other from I killed near Port Royal.” Just beneath
• - T - the party and blackballing each other at I this inscription tho following words are
When the books of the exposition come the Departments in Washington, is sim- ^graven: .
to be closed, and all accounts balanced, it P 1 ? exhibition ot total indifference to “^s^pathK’OT? latest'breSh.
will be found tbat the Atlanta Const it n- the party itself, and a shameless struggle I We would not have you change your lot
Um and its “eleven able” are due a gen- ,or personal benefits. It would be entire-1 With him who caused your death.”
eroos slice of credit for its success. I ly fair if the administration were to com-1 On the sonth aide, facing the graves,
* I pel reconciliation or ignore all the hellig- Dames andof the men ’ “
It is claimed tor John Sherman by Ids j erents in making its appointments. As
Liends that he is a very smart man, but I for Republicans who Insist upon atraight-
the Senate Investigating committee have out party contests for tbe purpose of in-
found out that John mistook a cutter suring Bourbon victories, they have no
aleigh and bells for a two-horse Stude- | more rigid* as party men than have the
baker wagon.
The great error Mr. Huff has been la-1
boring under heretofore is tbat he bo- J
Roved he had the bnll by the horns, wh*en
in reality it was the tail. He will find J
it harder to swing the people than the city j
council.
hallot-box-stufling Bourbons who use
them.” ___
Uncontrollable Frlenda
The njrmber of men in this country I
who are afflicted with a horde of uncon
trollable friends is simply amaziDg. As a
political campaign approaches and the of
fices are to be divided, this particular
WILLIAM TICHE,
AGES THIRTY TEAKS.
R. W. YATES,
AGES rmaTZ TEAKS.
WILLIAM DATBOB,
AGED TWENTY TEAKS.
The Milledgevllle Herald is of the I cl*3s are pushed to the front in spite of all I censed atUifs crime^imd some^yearsago,
opinion that tho “last fight in the Demo-1 their protestations. I when Gen. Burbridge visited New Castle,
cratic party has left breaches that can nev-1 They have no ambition, they do not I four miles from here, it was necessary for
erbe.repaired.” This is a deft and deli- want an official position which has honors J* JJH* “ impre^tions
««« allusion to Senator Norwood’s cam-1 and emoluments attached—particularly I poured upon his head by friends of the
, pants. emoluments, but it Is utterly impossible I murdnred soldiers.
The art exhibition has appealed to the for them 10 contro1 theIr friends ' There- • Thk v ew York 77me*has seen a orom-
mthetic taste of onruconlc andthrriinrr »altisln many instances that, patty bar- The J»ew l p
sMioeuc tasie or our people, and they have . , 1 inent Cleveland gentleman, who has
taken right hold of the subject. Now, if JJ"J** - **»P° ken wIlh BUIne and knows hIs enilre
Mr. Jaqucs, or somo other energetic, pub- j! e interest 8U ^ er * from th ® «dminlstra-1 tmme for 18g4> PUIn Mr . Blaine
Uc-spirited gentleman, will come forward ‘. ,on of incorD P etent mea who b ‘ ve been of M .i n e i, as he has asserted on every
and take the lead success will h« forced-into official position by a tot of u, as ms nas ass?i^ *
take the lead, sncceas will be assured. bMmM and enthU3iast i c frlends . available occwlon, out of polltics-eom-
Oob literary printer came down jester It may be just as well now before pleteI J oat * m * ke n0 P° 1Itlc *J
day and asked for some stock poetry. It things Lave begun to warm,up to put these »pee<3»es. not *“*'“P*■ » c * nv “ 3 > but
wa» m humiliatiDg.moment for os, and in gentlemen on fair notice, so that they may J con ®“ e ^ t0 ra ^ roa 8# s ® w "
our remorse at being caught short we cut take their friends in hand in time. The 1 ever » the R e P ubhcan P*** comes co him
aomething from a Philadelphia paper I Democratic organization is going to be 1 b ** a special n' n ® M » 0
about Mr. Wilde. We trust this exp'sna- confronted by a wily and dangerous foe, accept tbe nomination^ he will o so
tkm will be sufficient. armetf and equlppedby a stalwart admin- besIutIn «|y- “f* n 1 0tbIn 8 about 4
Mb. R. F. Lawton complains that ln istralion * Ia order to win it must have its the°New York 8wn\seed
the article in Sunday’s issue setting forth ^ men ,n front everywhere, and it in- 1 tblnk tbat e *
tbe facts in tbe Hnfl case, tbe inference may tends 10 baT ° tbem Jn precisely these po-
U drawn that he has been sued In an ac- iltions - 11 not * uIt men with aiiperser-
Uoh of trover of the city for $21,510 worth vIceabIe Wends, but this .ttctical move is
of collaterals, while the fact is that he has an imperative necessity and may be con-
had but ode action brought gainst him * ide red as decided upon in advance,
for $4,030. As forourselves, we are skeptical as to
1 these friends who are so often and so ln
worried in the least on this account, or
get as excited, as it has, over the prospect
of this absolute impossibility.
One of the last of Mr. Blaine's official
acts as Secretary of State was to call tbe
President’s attention to the importance of
so organizing onr legations in foreign
countries as to make it certain that the
The imported editor of the Post-Ap-1 opportuneiypaiaded in frontofnominat-
^m! h^L^never tei™ P n« 0k blnHn 5ngCOnTeUtiOM ' 111010 of a8ome * I archives of those legations' shallinno
Ueortli adurtivj £ J . hdIe wbat protracted political experience, we case pass even for atime, out ofthe keep-
S We haV ° m>d8 U,e — 1 American citizens retpon.ibleto
UmliDg aueditorial weleome to tbe° new' I number enem * e5 » perhaps tied to tu f s government. This step was suggest-
comerfand warning 17?"*-—» 1and enthusiastic e d by the fact, of which, thero is unfortn-
venience of getting mad too early in the * little 0r n0 d0U , bt - th * t tbcarcblves
campaign. But we cannot now recall that we have ofthe United States legation at Santiago
- - ever had one so partial or insane in his I in Chili, together with the official cipher
Oub Atlanta Letteb.—We present- Admiration that we could not control by a of the United States, were left at the
ed in onr columns on Snnday an interest- nod, a gesture cr a wink. If there be one I mercy ofthe Chilian authorities for many
ing letter from Atlanta. ■ It was from the J now who has argued himself into the con-1 weeks before General Kilpatrick’s death,
pen of one ofthe ablest and most experl- vlction that a certain office would just fit there being no secretary of legation to
•need writers and one of the keenest ob- our tastes and capabilities, we will risk I take charge of them,
server* of men and tilings in Georgia. We the assertion that a weak argument from ———•*
are pleased to announce to our readers us can uproot bis conviction and start him The National Board of Health bulktin
that they may expect more from the same in a mad hunt after that same office him- reports small-pox as prevailing In sixteen
aource. - self. And in our honest judgment, oum States and two Territories. It locates the
a not an exceptional case. disease in New Bedford > BosUm and Hol ‘
An inquisitive correspondent writes to I t m I yoke, Massachusetts; in Hudson county,
know why we called onr society belles The dty has borne with Mr/lluff long New Jersey; New York City; in Midway,
lilies of the field. It wounds our sens!- enough. It bss had meetings, appointed Alleghany, Pittsburg and Philadelphia,
bililies to be thus called upon to explain commissions and held conferences, only Pennsylvania; In Wilmington, Delaware;
a good thing, but the truth Is, they sew to have her patience and consideration Baltimore, Maryland; in Richmond, Win-
* not, neither do they rip. And yet Solo- met with insolence and abuse. It is now cheater and Lynchburg, Virginia; in New
a question of resistance or robbery, and Orleans and Little Rock; in Madison, In-
I there can be but one course. II tho conn-1 dians; in Chicago and Elgin, Illinois; in
| cil elected by the people canDot protect I Antrim, Berrien, Grand Rapids, Leeuawa,
I tbem, then the people must protect them- [ Travers and Van Boren counties, Michi-
| aelves. gan; in St. Louis, in San Francisco, in
Oregon, in Washington and Montana Ter-
mon in all his glory never wore a Gaines-1
borough bat, nor sat upon tbe knife
plaiting of a dress cut on tbe bias.
William Almoh Wheeler, tbe Ms
fisherman, has been meandering
•boat Georgia and the Andersonvilie pris-
That noise at the depot on Monday Stories,
on within the last tew days. As William I morning was not tbe new Central engine ■ ».»•■
ysaa not accompanied by his fishing I coughing up cinders. It was not Coup’s j Goiiham is all right, Mahons indorses
tnekto) and tract are not biting, it is I circus calliope. It was only Col. San- I him, Houk, of Tennessee, offers him
ahrawdly suspected that he to on the look- ford, of Thomasville, Indulging in a little * panacea, and Llttlebone, of Greenville,
. pnUbre pollttoal Investment of e portion J solo on John Triplett’s exposition boro, extends bis hand. Ontlaw Reid may well
Mb Hh4W salary as Vice Pres- to hurry up breakfast at the Brown tremble ln his boots when these members
li.** 1 House. of the Mulligan Guards appear.
Fite Jobs Porter.
Nearly two years since as the bill for
the relief of Fitz John Porter was taken
from the file and read by Its title in the
United States Senate, there might have
been seen in tbe ladles’ gallery, a man
with thin, and grizzled hair, wasted form
and worp and anxious face, leaning over
the rail to catch every word in the debate
which was about to open. This was Fitz
John Porter, a graduate of West Point,
distinguished young soldier in the war
with Mexico, and the general whose skill
and dauntless bravery saved the army of
the United States from ruin and disgrace
in tbe seven days fight before Richmond
Virginia. -
For eighteen years he had patiently
suffered tbe keenest anguish tbat could
be put upon a soldier. To appease a pop
ular clamor, to gratify a secretary of war
who despised a soldier who knew and
practiced the rules of civilized warfsre ;
and to cover up the swift defeat and dls
grace that had come to a bullying Gascon,
Fitz John Porter had been made the vic
tim, and had been turned upon the world
stripped of his Insignia of rank, the guer
dons of honor won by his blood on hard
fonght fields and with his name branded
with treason and desertion. To one sit
ting down in the calm of business and do
mestic life, and who has not known what
powers of resistance lie close to the hu
man will, it would .seem that a proud
man must have died under the shock or
sought surcease iu suicide.
But sustained by a clean conscience the
wronged man gathered his courage for
supreme effort and awaited in anxious
hope the vindication of time. A commis
sion had been appointed to review his
case, composed of three officers, two of
whom were known to be hostile to Por
ter. After a long, parfient and searching
investigation this commission found fR>in
irrefragible testimony that in place of pun
ishment his conduct deserved tbe highest
reward that life country could have be
stowed upon him. The plain and simple
truth had swept away the mass of lies and
perjury upon which a coart martial organ
ized to convict had based Its finding. One
of the revenges of time had come and Fitz
John Porter stood before the world a thor
oughly vindicated man in the opinion
of all wto.e opinions were worth having.
Rut bis rank and title fairly won, were
lost, nearly twenty years of the prime of
his life have been worse than lost, and
the pay and emoluments due him by his
government were locked in its coffers,
CoDgressand Congress alone could re
dress these wrongs, but Congress was al
most within the grasp and power of a fac
tion without ^scruple or conscience, the
scam of a civil commotion, which yet
floated to the top. The debate upon the
bill was short, sharp and incisive. Logan
replied tb tbe eloquent and unanswerable
argument of Randolph in a vulgar and
murderous harangue, and the brilliant in
tellect of Carpenter, then flick
ering in - the socket, was in
voked by partisan appeals
to cheat an injured and long-suffering man
of justice. Recognizing the hopelessness
of effort, Porter’s friend3 closed the debate
and tbe case, and until recently it has
slumbered on the Congressional calendar.
To the surprise of the public, Porter has
recently found a champion in Grant, and
his case is on appeal to the American
people and the American Congress, op
posed as of yore by a faction of partisans,
backed by a partisan press. iVe cannot
be classed as among tbe admirers of Gen
eral Grant, for we have always regarded
him aS a constant threat to tbe peace and
prosperity of the copnlry. But we are not
a believer in the doctrine of total deprav
ity. General Grant is approaching that
time of life when nature seeks
to put behind her personal
antagonisms, and we are free to think
that the esprit of a soldier has conquered
the prejudices of tbe man. Time sufficient
has elapsed for Gen. Grant to gather the
estimate of his party on his effort to re
move the stain from the escutcheon of a
much injured gentleman and an old com-
rade in arms. If he can see how potent
his words and example are for harm, and
how powerless they are for good, it may
perhaps soften the harshness of character
which has made his name and fame strati
gers to the hearts of many of his country
men. "
It is perhaps s fe to say that Fitz John
Porter will receive no further vindication In
life. Tbe heart strings, rudely stretched by
years of suffering, will snap in death, be
fore the lusts and passions of an unholy
war shall be buried, but he will carry to
his grave tbe admiration ot all brave men
for his soldierly deeds, his heroic suffer
ings and his triumphant vindication. The
men of coming generations will award to
his persecutors their proper places in the
grand drama which involved the life of
the republic and the permanency of free
government,
We shall not dismiss the subject with
out a word in behalf of John Pope, the
central figure in this horrible episode.
The imminent necessity ofjiis govern
ment pieced him in a position far beyond
his deserts or capacity, and failure was a
natural consequence. From the timq he
first saw service as a lieutenant ln an ar
tillery battery in Georgia until now, hia
name has not been mentioned save to’
conjure up the form and outward seeming
of a braggart and - a iiar. He was tbq
first military Khedive to whose tende?
mercies tbe people of Georgia and their
little all were committed under recon
struction. Being then as now in journal
ism we had reason to study and to know
the man, and to recollect him with no
degree of pride or pleasure.
He was not worse than bis kind. It is
but a simple matter of justice to say of
him tbat beside any and all of his succes
sors in office who came to rob, Insult and
oppress the helpless' he was a truth-
loving and truth-telling mau.
•TlM Blwe Aaiter va The Bed t'roa ■ A Tract
Those who have read “Tbe New Mag-1 Who to that man with a stick of wood
dalen,” by Wilkie Collins, or who have I in his hand? It is the head-line fiend, but
witnessed the drama of tbe same title, (that to a pencil of red ochre in his hand,
will hivq a vivid recollection of the “ Red What to that behind his ear? It is a pen
Cross of Geneva,” the sign of a society I cil of blue ochre. What is he going to do?
formed to mitigate the horroraof war. Its j He to going to make fat for the printers
object to to act in subordination to armies [ and ambush the readers of tbe paper,
in the field for the purpose of attending I Has be no ’better clotbos?'~No, he de-
tfce wounded and the sick on the battle^ I spises fine raiment and soap and water,
ground and in hospitals. It has its arti-1 Where does he live? He sleeps some
cles of confederation, its president, Us I nights on the mailing table and some-
officers, and its international committee. time% behind the door on the mail bags
It has also in connection with it, but in with the carrier hoys. What does he eat
all things independent and self-governing, I and drink? He eats Sweitzeroase and
a national society in each country. It is drinks Budwoiser by the schooner. Has
strictly and simply a humanitarian asso-1 he any money? Yes, the managing ed
elation. Friend and foe are alike to it. itor gives him great wealth, bat he gives
Twenty-fire governments have signed the I some to the peanut man, and ho lends
treaty drawn up at Geneva providing for some to friends who give him ivory checks
the neutrality of all the sanitary [supplies I and the balance he gives to the orphans
ofthe association, its flag, its ambulances, Are there many head-line fiends? No
nurtes, surgeons and attendants, the rick only a lew young ones. The Augusta
and wounded under its charge, and I paper and the Atlanta paper had two old
their safe conduct when they bear the I ones wheu the President was shot, but
badge .of the society—a red cross on they killed each other before the Presi
a white ground. All the principal Euro-1 dent died. No, my son, never be
peso governments recognize and welcome headline fiend. They are very happy,
its psistance. In times of peace the I but they die early.
members of tbe organization are pledged i „ _
to prepare for future emergencies. They L °, f »■■“ rc,orm
receive and store, under charge of trust- kome ^.important part ’
worthy agents, gifts of monev and sup- U I S nored wltbout do,n S vio-
plies; arrange hospitals and ambulances, lence t0 , tb ® very conception. Yet In no
add devise methods for the transportation one P*rtlcular sphere, ^ rbaps -- «e there
of wounded men. They Lave bureaus of 90 *any foolish m ^ ak f» mad f’ The
information and correspondence, ana reaternal heart, overflowing with affec-
they settle all the details which it is not I t!on ’ paInts a brl « bt future for ber
often practical to attend to on a sudden
call. Each society has its own surgeons
and trained nurses. In the Franco-Prus-
sian War—the fires in which the society
took part—Its efficiency war acknowledg
ed, and its aid eagerly sought. The Em
peror of Germany himself attached the
Red Cross to the Iron Cross of merit.
This society has a branch in this coun-
treorganized iq May last by Miss Clara,
Barton, of Washington City, who Saw
For the realization of this ideal life she
directs every effort, and every thought
and every energj. The ordinary affairs
of every day life are overlooked, tho
drudgery of labor, the essential qualities
of all success are poshed aside and avoid
ed. He must look high. All this is
done in utter disregard to the bent of tho
child’s mind, or the, development of bis
temperament or peculiar tact. She de
sired to make him a statesman, a mem-
service in the late war between the States ber °‘ pr f ofess !° 1 ns ’
and held out the allurements of position
and power. But, alas! When too late
she finds she has made a. spendthrift and
a vagabond oat ot her boy, who might
an.d also in the Franco-Prussian war. It
seeks such recognition from Congress as
has been accorded it by European govern
ments, which is a guarantee that its flags,
stores, attendants, nure< a and mtdltal at- „ .
teudants shall be protected ln Ume 1 ,plenlKd . fara> * r ’ J”?*.* the * e . chl ~
of war. It is stated that no appropriation
have made a successful, mechanic or
in money is to be asked of Congress, bat
these efforts generally bring up at the
door of the Treasury Department. And
this one is not likely to prove amcxcep-
tion for the reason that it also contem
plates campaigns against epidemics and
merical dreams. Give the boy good, hon
est discipline and hard work, and if the
I grit is In him he will find his way to the
front.
With the increase of our industries
comes also the demand for skilled labor
ers. The South has not got them.* All
disasters, such as the yellow fever and I of our boys have been trained to be law-
the Michigan fires. ^ y era and doctors. Georgia has not au in
In tho meantime Mrs. H. i). Money, I stltution for training young men as skilled
wife ofthe Congressman of that name I mechanics. She has several so-called mil
from the State of Mississippi, and other itary attachments, but not an institution
ladies, have organized a society under I devoted to practical knowledee In me-
the name and sign of the “Bine An-1 chanism and manufacturing,which is now
chor.” I her greatest need.
In a late Washington journal Mrs.
Money lias this to say of the new society : I A Jackson (Miss.), dispatch says: “At
“In tho yellow fever districts of the South, I a caucus of Republicans and Independents
the insect infected part of the West, in General W. F. Fitzgerald and ex
cases ot great fires, floods or other calam- j Governor Alcorn were placed in nomina-
ties we wish to be known as an active, I tion for United States Senator. The cn-
energctic, organized body, recognized as I tliusiasm for General Fitzgerald, how'
competent and responsible women, ready I sver, was so great that the friends of Goy.
and waitiug to render assistance of every | Alcorn withdrew his name, and the
kind. We desire to have auxiliary j former was nominated by acclamation,
branches in each State, which in time of I The enthusiasm consists of about
need will be llio receiver and disburser | dozen Republican Independent votes,
of whatever money or goods may be col- TnE thre e.co r nered fight between Reid
lected or donated for the benefit of the l f tto NewYork TribunCt Halstead of
“Oufhcarte'are lull of work, our hands tbc Cincinnati Commercial, and Gorham
ready for action, our trained nurses and of tbe Washington Republican, is becom
competent physicians ready at our eom-1 * Dg nal ional in character, qp urn s es
maud, and what we ask of tho public is a
proper acknowledgment of our efforts.
The symbol of our association—a blue
anchor on a white field, iU'rounded by a
information to the Republican party, not
I often obtained. The party can learn what
rascally leaders they have been following.
They prove each other worse than any-
The attention cf the Georgia delegation
is respectfnlly called to the fact tbat Bill
Scruggs, who was sent to China to amuse
the Chinese and keep them from going to
California, is down here trying to raise a
fuss between the colored folks and the
while folks. If Col. Frelinghnysen, ot
the State Department, is not open to ne
gotiation on this point a riffie at the con
sular diplomatic appropriation bill might
flush tbe furtive Scruggs.
bluo cable—is original in its design, 'and | bod y tbou S bt tbe y were *
wo are strong in the faith that it will find
favor in tho hearts of our people. It is
not our perposo to offer captious opposi
tion to the Geneva Red Cress Association,
but if Congressional aid is invoked for an
organization of this character, we submit
that charity begins at home, and that any
appropriations that may ho ruado should
bo devoted to homo societies. It Is oar
intention before long to appeal to Cou-
gress to increase tho salaries of tho men
who are engaged in the Lifo»Saving Ser
vice of the United States government, and i lT „a S beenso persistently held out
we do not care to have tho success of our tbat Mr> steplie ns was a courier on the
eflorts in this direction imperiled, by *1- sUffofalr . Emery Speer, that somepeo-
lowing without protest at our hands, I p)« are eonfhsed „ to his latitude and
appropriation by Congress in favor of » Iongltude . K may be as well to state
foreign association, that has no tbat when i Mt heanl from be was chop-
(Tef re in times of peace.” . I ping the cbapparal away to erect a barri-
It would appear that, at first glance, cade in the immediate neighborhood of
these benevolent organizations are likely I “Troup and the treaty.”
to clash in an effort to extend aid to suf
fering humanity, but the eountry at all I Mr. Burrows, will press a bill in Con-
Umes offers a wide field for the best efforts S™* C or tbe . issn . 0 °[ bo “°. rabl ?
_ . . , , , .. I to such soldier* in the Federal armies as
of both, for floods and famino and pesti- j j, arr i ed home after the final surrender of
lence como alter the guns of contending I the Confederate troops, forgetting tbe
armies hare been silenced. Tlic people at J formality of obtaining discharges in their
large will not be slow to acknowledge > to ., r ^ oI “ theIr fatnllIe8 * nd friends —
both, and there is no good reason why
CongreSss should not set tho seal of its
approval upon the two humanitarian |
schemes.
If the public'treasury is to be unlocked, j
the Red Cross and the Blue Anchor
should both bo present at the cere-1
mony.
Julius Ctesar Burrows of the big voice
is said to have been a skulker and deser
ter m the war. Ferhgp his bill will
cover his own case.
Beecher’s matinee receipts lell off$3,-
983 in the last year. Bat he is equal to the
This picture from a Texas paper looks occasion. He has excited prurient Brook
as though it were drawn ju Georgia: “The I i yn over the statement that her female
Dallas papers are lumbered with what teachers in the public schools obtain their
they call‘dark horse’ conclaves of Radi- positions at the expense of their virtue,
cals, Greenbackers aud Wash. Jones “Standing room only” next Snnday.
Democrats. At these gatherings all Re
publicans who are in office are absent, all
who are out are there, and many Demo
crats who have long sought and failed to
get in are there. The Greenbackers are
Tho Macon Telegraph sneeringiy
calls Atlanta, “Expositionville.”—Nash
ville American.
The name was ours. The sneer comes
from the American. Macon to proud of
Tlra Tariff Dlaeaaalon.
The tariff discussion has been opened
In the Senate on the favorable report of
the Morrill bill,which provides for a com
mission of experts, wlio arp to report by
tbe first Monday in January 1883.
It Is not likely to oeach any definite
conclusion. Many, if not all of tbe Sena
tors, will seize tbe occasion to put their
views on record. If tbe bill should pats
the Senate the indications are that it will
be lost in the House. Judge Kelley, chair
man of the committee of ways and meant
of tbe House, has given out his Intention
to confine himself to an effort to modify
some of tbe most flagrant abuses of the
present tariff law. Parties are too equal
ly divided in numbers and too greatly di
vided in opinion to justify the expectation
of the preparation and passage of a satis
factory tariff law daring tbe present ses
sion.
If the rulerrdo not settle tbe Huff bus
iness tbe people will.
ther ° ” °/“ U ^ e : . Th . ei .v Pla ? S I success of that Georgia city. There
is no enmity between Macon and Atlanta.
are: 1. To induce President Arthur to
dismiss every Federal office-holder in
Texas and put In new ones. 2- To unite
all opposition to the regular Democracy
on Wash. Jones, Greenbacker, for Gov
ernor next summer, and in doing so to
mix the ticket, with now a Republican,
then a Radical and then a Democrat.
This is tho Mahone future business map
ped out for Texas.”
A new “Uncle TomJs Cabin Company”
with fresh bloodhounds, baa just been
| started on the road.—[Exchange.
What have we done that we should be
thus punished ? Was not the Republican
Independent rnovo sufficient ?
“Niggers for dress parade, bnt white
men for office,” is the substantial motto
of Mr. Ed. McrbersoD, clerk of the Home.
—Ioxca State Press.
The Republican independent party-of
Education in Congress.—There are
now before the Senate committee on edu
cation and labor and on the table ofthe j Georgia greets Brother McPherson,
Senate bills to aid in the support of the I
public schools ofthe States, Territories, Arthur is going to drive a four-in-
and the District of Columbia, introduced hand in Washington. He is considerable
by Senators Morrlli, Blair, Teller and of a snob, but bo does not gush or toll
Butler of South Carolina. There Is also lies and keeps himself clean aud. clear of
a bill before tho House committee, intro- | the vermin ofthe Northern press
duced by the Hon. George D. Wise, which CoL . E . o. Wade) the tycoon of Re
is jhe some as the bill which Mr. Goode pub|icaalsm j n lhe loW er part of the State,
Womis RaOUtg*.
The persistent efforts of the strong-
minded women have been crowned with
success to the extent of having their claims
referred to a select committee in tbe
Senate. The matter was passed by a party
vote, with tbe exception of Senator Jones,
of Florida. As it is given out that he is
about to enter the bonds of matrimony
with a New England widow, he perhaps
may have thought it best to make fair
weather at least until after the wedding.
It is a significant fact that just »s the
women have achieved this triumph in the
Senate Arthur is about to raise to a cabi
net position ex-Senator. Sargent, of Cali
fomia. Sirgentwas the man who pre
vailed upon the Governor of Utah to sign
tbe bill giving women the ballot In tbat
Territory. This action quadrupled the vot
ing power ofthe Mormons, and from that
day Sargent haa been the especial friend,
and champion of the latter day saints. It
has been claimed that Arthnr to to give
the country a progressive administration
The claim will be well founded if he
should put Saigent in his cabinet.
His party in the Senate seems ready to
back up any progressive movement if the
vote sustaining grandmother Hoar’s effort
to clothe the women with the ballot may
be taken as evidence.
The abolition party which finally
plunged the country into a bloody war,
waited and worked many years ^before it
succeeded in scoring a success equal to the
one just recorded for the importunate and
strong-minded women. If woman suf
frage grows into a law and the negro
women of the South maintain their as
cendancy over the many regular and
brevet husbands, the Malion ! ziDg of Geor
gia and other States will become a com
paratively easy task, much easier than by
a formulated coalition caucus.
The Republican Iudcpendent column
mores off well in Texas. The following
is an extract from tbe salutatory m its
newly established organ: “Wo enter
upon the functions of journalism with an
imperiativeness of a personal committal
to the high moral responsibilities incident
to a position recognized by intelligence
and morality as a representative and for
mative entity, molding and vitalizing the
intelligent constituency who perpetuate
its existence.”
Oscar Wilde says that young
should not be too “premature,” or, as we
say down here, too previous in dress
This will be a damfcer to tho youug Atr
lantese, but Oscar adorns himself in a
yellow dressing gown with red cuffs,
brown trousers with red conls down his
long legs, red silk stockings and an olive
green ulsterette with a mink fur- collar,
and patent leather slippers.
A late Washington telegram says
‘Dr. Bliss has returned from New York
where he had a consultation with other of
Garfield’s surgeons, with a view of pre
senting their claims for services to Con
gress. It is understood Bliss will ask
$50,000 for himself, $25,000 for Agnew,
$25,000 for Hamilton, $8,000 for Reyburn,
and $1,000 for Boynton and Edson each
as nurses; Woodward aud Barnes being
officers ofthe United States, cannot re
ceive direct recompense, and will be pro
moted. It is believed Bliss’ discrimina
tion agaiDSt Boynton will cause a row in
his favor by Mrs. Garfield, Col. Rockwell
and Gen.-Swaim.”
And Cramp, who lia3 recovered from
the malaria aud regained the use of his
thumb will lend a hand in the row.
Introduced last session. This is also sub
stantially tho same as tbe Butler and
Morrill bills, differing from tbe latter,
however, as to the time when it shall go
into operation. The fact stated indicates
a widespread feeling in favor ot liberal
aid on the part of the Federal government
says that “Mahomet must come to the
mountain. Tbe mountain can no longer
run around after the profapet.”
TuBLic Printer Defbees says Sena
tor Plumb is a liar. Senator Plumb says
Public Printer Defrees Is a sneaking sconn-
to the public schools aud colleges of the l drei. It don’t matter, we’ll split the dif-
laud. 1 ferenoe aud believe you both.
Tre Hod. Mr. Atkins, of Tennessee,
repudiates tho rumor that he is one cf the
weakening statesmen who’s looking to an
alliance with tbe Republican independent
element. He concludes a letter to a
friend as follows:
“One more word—I am net conscious
of any change in my x>olitical sentiments
—State or national—since I left my con
stituency, and when there is a change I
will be certain to select a different me
dium of communication with the public
than Republican correspondents.”
We are glad to note the fact tbat Mr.
Atkins has his liver in good working or
der again.
Col. Pincheour, the great Washing
ton lobbyist, has bulldozed Clerk Me
Plierson into the retention of three Dem
ocratic employes, Messrs. Smith and
Towles and Judge Wiggins, of New York.
Col. P. to grateful for their services in
defending him against the “Muldoon
Gang.”
It seems now as though the Huff mat
ter will remain before tbe Supreme Court
despite the resolution of council. We are
glad of this, for the reason that Mr. Huff
will have an opportunity of showing how,
after disregarding the legislative proceed
ings, he can bulldoze the upper court.
The Philadelphia Times thinks tbat
“ with Jay Gonld as one of its pillars,
Ulysses b. Grant ag a trustee, and Parson
Newman as a pastor, the new ‘Wealthy
Men’s Church,’ on Madison avenue, New
York, will be one of the most remarkable
ecclesiastical mixtures ofthe day.”
Willie Harris, of Feraandins, eight
years of age, accidently hung himself
with a towel, in a room where he bad
been sent by his mother to wash his face
and hands. Tbla to sad, bnt it to no ex
cuse for other little boys to go about with
dirty faces.
Corbespondent : Your proposition
to send us an interview with Lochrane,
at-haud. Thanks, but when tbe proper
Ijjne comes we will refer to our files and
publish an old one. If there is any new
point in yours, however, send it along,
and we will look at it.
Mr. Speer.—Respected Sir: It is our
rule always to decline a personal issue
with a man who wears hia hand in his
pistol pocket. Sorry, hut we cannot make
an exception in your case. We have been
forced to return the same answer to some
of onr best friends.
Ah outraged theatregoer has got even
with the Gainsborough bat. With a horso-
hair line and a peculiar hook he caught
thirty-three Gainsboroughs during the first
act ofHumpty Dumpty. Our dramatic
man Is provided with the .apparatus. •«*
Senator Don Casieboh’s wife has
adopted another womauts baby. We are
disappointed in Don. He led us to expect
different result when he was dodging
about the Greenbrier springs to keep out
of the Garfield campaign.
Mr. Huff, having practically cleaned
up council and the Legislature, can now
turn bis attention to the Supreme Coart.
Evidently Mr. Huff is preparing to dem
onstrate that be is a Digger man than the
State oi Georgia.
Samvzx. W. Pmon, a wall-known actor
died from small-pox in Boston oo the 9th
Inst
The London News understands that
tbe British cabinet refuse to recognize, as
inconsistent with international law in
general and with the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty in particular, the claims of the
United States to exercise entire control
over the Panama can*, and says Lord
Granville will explain to Minister Sack-
ville-West the grounds upon which this
decision is based.
Perhaps the Markham House cancoa
decided, among other things, that the dty
ef Macon should be robbed. We do not
believe tbat the caucus cares whether the
city of Macon is robbed or not; but it to
barely possible that the decision was ar
rived at out of respect to tbe proprietor of
the house and his board bill.
The Chicago Tribune says that giving
tbe freedom of the dty of Dublin to Mr.
Parnell ia a good deal like handing a
glass of water to a Kentuckian. .It ia
doubtless a fine thing, but he has no use
for it.
The Richmond Dispatch says: What
Governor Cameron says about tbe Riddle-
berger bill is bosh. We refer him to the
editorials he wrote in his better days for
a better treatment ot the public debt ques
tion.
Tint Atlanta esthetics have sent for
Oscar Wilde. They have had no worship
since the big Dutchman of the artillery
hand uujoluted his ophcleide and silently
stole away taa lager beer saloon.
As Macon now has a surplus of $10,000j.
it may be "to her advantage to learn from
Mr. Huff how $49,000 can draw $20,000
interest in four years. She may want to-
lend her 810,000 at interest.
Reports in Washington .indicate that
Federal offidals in Georgia have indorsed’
the article interpolated In lhe Republican,
platform by Mr. Lowe, of Alabama, a be
lief in tbe dogma of theft.
“Uncle Remus” is in earnest about
our art exhibition. Ha spends his time-
of nights sculpturing “Brer Rrfbbit” out
ofthe root of a Tupelo gum,with a barlow
blade.
Young New Yorkers with nose glasses
and tight pantaloons and nothing to do-
have held a Tally Ho coach conven-
No further danger of a strike from
the street car drivers.
If the Arthnr administration convii
and punishes Dorsey and .Brady it A
succeed itself. This is a shorter |
safer way than through a Republican
dependent coalition.
The Amazon, Fashion,, has seized
of the tails ofthe old fashioned “clay
mer,” and says in a voice of I
must go.” This will be a sev$
Jud Gibson.
Biu. Arp is inconsolable. Pa
ton is going into politics again, aij
wil^be no preachiDg at theirs
and the lilllo Arps will have toj
as heathens.
Charlie Lo#an, of the Griffin*
has sbedh is pin featbg
fledged editor of stro^
flight. We shall wa
interest.
The Detroit
public sentimeg
“H|
eral 1
dent.”
The great l
under tbe Bullock!
was more proeperon
since. “Great Marcell
Ey-Governor Bui
invest any of his «x^
Republican Indg
dent man! hd
. When i
hungry is dil
ards, what is il
bread to the dogl
“MacGregor]
heath.” Col.
corridors of t
Arnold will i
furnished fori
The dramatic
with vaccine virasT
tumbler of water off a i
was not vaccinated in the!
One of his friends claims
“developed Macon.” True, ]
not to be outdone, proposes i
op Mr. Hnff.
Mr. Felton says he is ;
yet Mr. Felton has just
self for a term of moni,
can party.
The New York.
official supervision <
and the other stalwart]
Exactly so.
The Huffy people in the street
day grew calm under the influence I
sunshine. They await farther
tions.
No Georgia half-breeds need
A. E. Buck, chairman. P. S.—The s4
may be applied to niggers. A. E. B^
There is one little circumstance fg
able to the coalitionists. Lena
slightly tongue-tied.
The great trouble with Feltoil
has not learned bow to 1*7 down!
tail flush.
The strongest evidence of Guib
insanity are the letters of Watterson^
Grady.
Our “society man" hungers and thirst* I
after an old-fashioned pound party. *
Just now Col. Mareellus B. Thornton
and his Republican Independent party are
the rage in stalwart circle* North.
TnE New Year fires burns brightly all
over the land. If the insurance compa
nies can stand it we can.
es our city fathers afraid to go to the
Supreme Court, or is il Mr. Huff who
dreads that tribunal ?
Courts and not council* were insti-
tuled to pass upon questions of law.
Skobdom in New York city Is down on
its knees before Oscar Wilde.
Do the collaterals belong to Mr. Huff,*
the city fathers or the people ?
$1,500 per y ft »r can be easily made at
home working for K. G. Rideout * Co.
10 Barclay street, New York. Seadfbr
heir catalogue aad full particular*.
