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(Dje IVtaeUltT (Lclegc-apfj .»«& 3?mmtal & M^sussyngec.
ludlnoiipolla Citizens.
Indianapolis Journal
The absence of nil eoafldmeo between cftl-
Mns niter d.irk In one of the saddest features of
tlic footjxwt domination
A Funeral Wanted. *
AVw York JIail and Express.
let Congress ennet n law that Will authorize
the hanging of Unltcan within thirty day*, at
the outside. Lotus bury the beast os soon as
possible.
The Oslscaboronih,
American.
No, Mol He, were we In yonr place we would
not i*y fifor one of those big fussy hat*. Just
take an old government blanket and stretch It
over a large hogshead hoop—the larger the bet
tor- 2! ,h botlce the letters D. S. upon the
blanket. That means under side.
Who Is Responsible?
Uotlon Herald.
' .*! b !* ow dcHnltely decided that the dishonor
of having invented the pianoforte belongs to
the Italians. Instead of to the Hermans This
Instrument o? torture had it* origin in the same
•Oge when the 'appliances of the IiKjubition
were Invented. It Is surmised that the piano
forte was lint designed to destroy the musical
ear of those people who refused to do choir
duty for too church.
is
1’oHtr of llie Proas.
Zffnn Item.
The Boston Herald, recommend* to people
who cannot sleep warm to lay newspapers be-
tween the blanket*. We have known people
to bo warmed by newspapers without going to
that trouble.
Medal ol f ho Order of tlio Spoils
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
It I* understood that when a man with one
of till- :>Kj gew-gnw* dangling at his bosom pre
sents himself at the White IIon.se he will l»c I
promptly taken into the back kitchen and
given n sip from Mr. Arthur's private bottle of
cherry bounce.
caused the lossof life on the Ironclad. Thu* It VEXEKAL AI.EXAXItEIt
would seem thaUF Donovan Itossa. when vaunt-
c^lnslon'on 'thc Y-'ivreLts'merely*indulging Defend* III* Scheme to Water Con
In a very discreditable flight of fancy. He poses tral Ka'lrnail MtueK and tho Purity
as on accomplice In the wtakrole m, '“ lcro, “ , _ 0 r Ilia Motives In Urging it* Adop-
nnwameil and unotfciidtng crew. But, antsi-
rcntly, he Is nothing more than an untruthful lion.
braggart iioastingof complicity in a Ka *“ , “ c Editor! TtUgraph and Messenger’. Will
crime—that never was committed. Thecrim- ' . , .
son stain upon hi* hand isonly paint, or rather, you 6.low me a few words in Igpiy to the
tine s;ccative° n U,c cxploded ol ***■ j column aud a half editorial In your Itsuo
s? of January 25th, misrepresenting wbat I
The Ohio Idea.
Courier-Journal.
otherdaybccause his wife refused to pull off
hi* boots. If he had been an Ohio man, he
would have shot his wife.
have endeavored to have done by the Cen
tral railroad board of directors. It will
Too Far to Get Excited About.
Chicago Times.
The country 1* proud of the national bird,
bnt It doesn't care to match the eagle of the
Rockies against the vulture of the Andes. The
game isn't worth the caudle.
See the Club.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Sec the Club. Ittt a good, strong Club, but
It is cracked. Why b It cracked? It Is * lb-
lice man's Club, it was a Louisville Police
man's Club, where a great many colored men
reride.
Tho 307.
Philadelphia Timet.
Only a medal—the badge ol the Stalwarts—
A dark slab of metal to wear on the coot—
The Ktove-lld Insignlu—tlic buckwheat-cake
emblem—
The record—in copper and tin—of a vote.
Bnt why not of lend in the shape of a bullet?
The model is apt and the market run* low!
Ami give one to him for the one he gave Car-
held—
Since triumph'* regalia were wrought by Gui-
tcau.
Uncle hum Hacks Bonn
/Syracuse Standard (Rep.)
There la something mortifying in the back-
down of tho,Washington government from the
position on IVmvi.in attain assumed during
Mr. Hlaine'n u<lmhii.str&tW»Q of the BrcrtUry*
smip/it .Stale. It I* not. Of course. dc-iraMc to
dlelato to ChDl exactly what kind or amount of
Indemnity she should take from Peru, nor
crowd in a claim to arbitrate, nor forbid Euro
pean state* to act In that capacity, lint it is hr
no menus clear that the United States, having
thrown its influence Into the scale, should now
desert the Peruvian republic. It is cowardly.
Rally uinine.
Philadelphia Pres (Rep).
James O. Rlaine meet* enn* “ ' criticism of
his conduct of the State !' jm. ••. ntbv show-
lug that Id* policy was the Prt-sident’*—not
President Garfield’* only, bnt ITesident Ar
thur s, and ITesident Arthurs* in no pcrfnne-
tory uml formal fashion, but by bis direct and
persona! examination of the Instm-tlnns mo*t
severely ultaekcil and most widely criticised.
Mr. llliiine has never in the past hesitated to
ttv uine a personal responsibility for hl.s per-
fonal m l*, and such ,-wnan liovexpcrmil* him-
aelf to commit nnotlirr without nf* full knmvl-
~!'*V. • >or ‘'*<1 Mr. Maine. As usual, he knew
uiial he was about.
A N'cvnda Journal.
Xevada dtp (Cal 1 Transcript ^
At tlic last term of tlic Superior Court, during
trio trial >.f a chinnmnn from Trocfcee charged
with muriler, one of the jprymen sitting on the
cu-c was about to cuter a closet In the court
bouse when a Mongolian aeeoste<l him on tlic
threshold, and stretching out his hand jingled
about • Suit in gold coin under ihc juryman's
noie. "You tuke this and hang Juice, whls-
B 're-l tlic sly rascal. ''Plisoner my ciiiisin.
u welly jioor. This all money I got, 1 no
ti-11; ullce same Mellcan man. 1 go to Sail
Flntieisco in morning. You hang julee. then
Juice no bang my cousin.” When the Juryman
refused to take the bribe tho ('Mituman nettially
turne-l pale with astonishment nt the thought
ol having met mi unapproachable man.
l.iltlaw tlic Ktlgms
St. Louis Xetcs.
There was a goad deal of talk .come time .-Inee
in certain ouartem i.lmut the impossibility of
hanging a I reemasou in Missouri—or. indeed,
•nywhere else—and It was boldly assorted by
some thnt no Mason ever yet ttifibred the death
penalty as a consequence of crime eommilted.
The a- erlion might have been used as mi argu
ment to prove tiuit Masons were, as a rule, law-
abiding'citizens; but such was not its intent.
It was said thnt Kring. tho jnunlentrof twair
Horn Ilroemscr, was a that lie was
shields-I and protected from tlie pimislimetit
he so rlclily iteMud by Ihc intervention of
“ ” ds talk has ta eii proven
ot l-e out of place to rail
l hat Kring will Join tlic
rerr with a Mason per-
Sheritf Meson will
nty in the premises
vidence end tloy-
idard, Jan-
arts the most
fact, if true,
..)-, suddenly
This family,
Mayen no, is Corn
ell sixty-four: his
; two sous und two
nge between thirty
persons are afflicted
Jon. They believe
ined by w itches mid
fed lilmself in their
lacs have just been
Roche (iniidiu: but
.raid to nave
g the night. In
>ne occasion the
re found bathing
ness Has assumed
attacked those
itones.
Ibilist women arc
:h, whose shot in-
e most modest of
she blushed w hen
g at her. I.ydy
il un accomplished
tlic Siliorinn mines
(playing the piano
o drown tlic noise
ig press in tile next
riest's daughter, in
d'e of a switchman. lived
i railroad, ntid was found
dynamite, chatting with
, .y Perovskuyn, the dangh-
-enntor, who decllncil the
I of honor to tho Eraprest and
■Illst fraternity, dug the Moscow
•ted the late t'sar’* assassination,
who was welcomed a* a shining
srv horizon, wrote a few poems
go'nw of Russian literature, were
id the singing of them is a Shite
Progress olhcleuce.
Record.
An Italian ha* Invented a process for solidi
fying wine, prom a rmnil •itiantlty of this may
lie obtained a bottle of genuine w ine of go-si
taste and beautiful color. The object Is to
victual shltis and supply armies. A chemist in
Marseille* has fonn-I a chemical combination
by which he enn solidify brandy. The brandy
Its its new form looks like alum. It entirely
loses It* smell. The facility with which It can
lie tratispirted is of course the main recom
mendation of the new invention.
Hncou** Ait Exhibition.
Baltimore Sun.
The citizens of Macon, Ga„ are showing a
considerable interest In tlic art exhibition pro-
posed to be held there next October. It Is pro
posed to erect an academy ot music in which
to hold ilie exhibition, and tlic first day sub
scription patiers were started thirty gentlemen
subseriliod towards the enterprise, nmi
nodoub: Is entertained that the remainder
necessary will lie promptly subscribed. This
is an indication of enterprise mid love of i'jt
highly creditable to Macon.
# A Voice tor Vuclo Sammy.
Toledo Democrat
Vie do not think there I* a shadow of doubt
nl-on! the nomination of Fanniel J. Tildcn for
ITesident in l!»l, if he retains his present
health mid vigor, and ns he is Improving, in
stead of failing, he i« likely to be In condition
tc the race. The Democrat* of the whole
avo confidence in the capacity of Mr.
TllcJMl as a leader, mid the business men be
lieve be has the wisdom r.nd firmness to safely
administer the government. The people know
thnt If Mr. Tilden is made President he will l-e
free from the influences of uncertain men,
nmi Hint no rings will control hi* administra
tion. ^
Trio Suofloivcr Young Man Dlteoru-
titeii.
Ifaehivgfon Car. X. Y. li'orld.
At the reception of tho Literary Club Oscar
Wilde ran aground on Mrs. Isabella Hooker.
He was laying down the precept that it was n
desecration of a great book to print it ianchean
cover. "Think of Tennyson in a fSPcent
form," he said. Mrs. Hooker’s bright old eyes
flashed. -And what of that, my dear young
friend (this true! stab went unnoticed}: ought
not every great author to lx- made as common
as the uir v.e breathe?" Mr. Wilde looked
slightly discomfited, and took refuge in Mr.
iiiiskin's prounnciaiiicnto timt there should
never be a cheap edition of hi* books. "Mr.
lll'-skin,” said Mrs. Ilnokcr. with a delicious
air of patronage, "Mr. Rnskin—well, how
large an midienecdo you sup)see Mr. ltuskin
adilresses in comiBirison with Dickens ?"
Mr. Wilde prudently turned the conversation.
FROM WASHINGTON.
> Board of Health of pare vaccine virus to
: the people was taken up l>y unanimous
! consent. The committees amendments
Washington, February 2.—In tho , were adopted and the bill passed.
Spca'.e. a response waj received from tho jThe Senate, at 1:15, resumed considera-
| iion of the 3 per cent, bond bill, and Mr.
Secretary of the Treasury to the resolu
tion introduced by Mr. Vance in regard
to irregularities in the sixth internal rev
enue collection district oftfortb Carolina.
Mr. Ferry, from the committee on post-
offices, reported adversely on tlie joint
resolution granting the franking ppvj!PS?3
take but few words to upset entirely tlic j to Senators and Rcp^f^t^tlyes for offi?ial
statements upon which the whole editorial postponed
A Root's Apology
London Echo.
Mr. Rossetti wa* so bitterly nttnekel by Mr.
Rolicrt liurhaumi some years ago, end loro
himself with such dignity and restraint that
tlic amende now made by nis sometime enemy
deserves the widest pnblicity? 11 is to lx- found
la the dedication t-: 5!r. Buchanan's recently
published romance, "God and the Motif’’
TO AN OI.l> ENEMY.
I tried to pluck a bay leaf from tliy bfbw.
Wronging Ilie clmplct on an honored head;
In pence and charity 1 bring thee now
A lily flower Instead.
Pure os thy purpose, blameless ibr song:
Sweet iis'lhy spirit, may this offering lie;
Forget the biller blame that did thee wrong.
Ami lake this gift of me.
Brave John Solan.
Prom the llor'd on the la'ef.rs
Another of ll-.e rescuers of nook and Ladder
No. 10 was John I-h Nolun. who lin-1 charge of u
ladder on the Park row side. He lied a ladder
that reached to the third story, and from there
he passes! out two women. On tlie floor above
in the windows were others who were crying
piteously lor help. Nolan wound his legs In
an n'-tor.Wiin:; way in the rungs of the ladder
and cried out: "Jump into my arms: it is your
only chance.” There wen- two women In the
window directly above, and the crowd shouted
to them to leap, r.nd one, after a moment's h-.-si-
tution, did so ami was caught safely in Nolan's
arras. A cheer rose from the crowd ns tlie girl
was carried, fainting, down the ladder by an.
other fireman. The other woman, encouraged
by the result of her companion's risky leap,
ooDod on tlie window-sill to leap also. Nolan
held out Id* anus to catch her, uml she jura] td.
but from tlic dizziness or nervousness, it is
thought, missed her footing and fell. A shout
of horror went up from tlie crowd. Tlie wo
man wa* not killisl. however, for she full into
an awning uml was but slightly hurt.
tc About the Reformer
Hcbrxfrt* Union
le Railroad f'ompnny will
ldcli tlu-v illegally willi-
lmont. T hose lands com-
Huai grant, which have
'cited to the government
meat on the l-f.rt of tlie
Ions under which they
some cu-su-'i acres of
T -ntiiKnt. .■.ml ate wor.li
p(MM l lie government
without delay. The only
which the company rely to retain
.. is a decision of Carl Schurz, rendered
Was 8cerctaryof tit- Interior. That the
hing was a Job is evident from Hie i-om-
u ofclrenmstanccs attending it. Hcnty
was nt that time, and I* now. president
c of the largest stockhoidcra of tlio
fn Pacific railroad. He hn* since pur-
n large if not controlling interest in the
mk Ecfning Poet, and Mr. fichtirz Is
l as tlio eilltnr. Tills Is a problem of 2
s-Jciu ils I. As a side issue we find lhat
■TEdgar M. Marble, who was Assistant Attor-
Wer General of the United States when Schurz
r niado tlio decision referre-l to, and without
whose favorable opinion tho decision would
not have lxsen snstajned. t* acting as the paid
counsel of the Northern l^scltic Railroad Com
pany. This grant never should have been
made hi tho first place. After one route had
been opened to connect with onr PacIflc coast
pm-i -Ions the construction of similar roads
was no longer a national, necessity. H.other
mads could not ho built without grants of pub-i
lie lands they were not a necessity from any
standpoint. T .^ M
ANnbtlo Bxplosive
Boston lleraU.
Onr latest foreign flies give particulars of the]
strange and disastrous explosion which oe-
currrd on Ixrnrd the Ilritlsh Ironclad Trinmpli. I
the ilagsliip of the Pacific squadron, while off
the Chilian port of Cbqnlmbo, on the 23d of i
liisi November. Tile report 1- :>-■(• -:!•> . m-t
only as showing the subtle nature of the explo
sive agent, but. also because it throws a liroad
llasli of probability upon the mysterious de
struction of tho British *Ioop-of-wnr Doierel.
which.** will be remembered, wa* blown up
last April in tlie struita .of Magellan. Kortu-
nntolv no shadow of doubt clouds the cause of
tlie explosion on the Triumph. It was due to
the leakage of n can of xerotlne siccative. This
fl u bl which lM-nrsalso tlic* less s i 1 nlilic l.jnne
of "pntcnl driers,” b used In iron ships to
prevent corrosion between the double bottoms.
Tlic dangerous character of the article
Mag well nndcrstmxl, groat care U u.-ually
taken to storing and handling it. On tlic Tn-
umpb. the call of Xerotlne was kept below the
mint room, in a small iindcr clminlicr. which
could be reached only through a hatchway In
Whe floor. Having occasion to UM the fluid, the
painter's mute and two gunnere, provided with
bull Voye lantern, raised tlie hatch and took
out the xerotlne. Then they saw that thecan
wa* damaged, and Dial the 111 been
' spilled U|*H1 the floor. The composition gen
erates a volatile gas. which becomes highly ex
plosive when mixed »;th air. Hi s g.-v*
nisheil through the open hatchway, and, in a
moment, burst Into flame. Three men were
killed on the spot and seven others more or
lewjw riously Injured. lortiinaiciy. the s-e.-
dent happeneil In a part of the ve*»e. where
tlio (lames were shut in on all side* 1>) iron
wall*. Otherwise. the destruetion of
the flagship could hardly have hocn
averted Since the arrival of tlie oflteftil ro|M,rt
from the'Triumph, the tmmman.ler at Ports
mouth ha* forwarded to the British admiralty
a statement reganl to the Doterel, pivlug
good reasons for attributing the destruction of
the sloop-of-war to the same subUe age nt which
A Comparison Hint la Not Frtfr Toward
FliilntfcllHlIn.
Chicago Times.
George W. funds' elegiac poetry i* mere jin
gle compared with the glowing prose ot an
obituary writer for a Kentucky Journal. The
subject of Ids eulogy had been dead fully six
months when he sat down todojnrtlccio hi*
memory. Time lia<l not withered bis tender
emotion*. “Tliis is tlie saddest moment of my
life,” lie la-gan. "The trembling eyelid shakes
from It* feeble bold a tear of sorrow that lin
gtrs for n while upon my pale check—-like n
snowflake on the river, a moment there, then
gone forever.”' This is the mere prologue to
the swelling grief, which heaps i!gn upon sigh
through a whole column of such touching de
scription n* tile following: “As the Iijis of lliut
sad eve gave the kiss of welcome lo the brow of
npprnnching night, «* If lo say farewell, so life
embraced and kls-ed the cold and pulseless
Hits of death ns It entered that happy home,
and the soul put on Its wings of immortality
awl w inged It* flight to heaven, from whence
it came." If this niulticd Uinl would but
adopt the metrical style of coinj-osition lie
would distance all possible rivals.
Tito Kciilncby Ky.-iturelDtt's Eccen
tricities of Expression.
Louisville Post
Wcdncsdav night Iinmcs preached on tlie
travels til Paul and Nila*. After introducing
his subject he took bis bildc, held it up to the
gaze of tlic audience, turned it inside out,
twisted it Into all sort* of shapes, and alter ex
plaining minutely for five minutes tlic excel
lence of the Isxik and Its binding, he said:
"That's the kind of Christian 1 mu; just like
tlie blble—Levant morocco, silk-swell, kid-
lined, Baxter's best, bound inflexible. God
grant you all may lie found inflexible." Among
oilier noticiblc tilings Jie said: "Pray the Lord
to limber yon up. Don't be old stlffoys;” “I'm
not going to let any boaidlng-hmuc keeper
make anything off of me till 1 get to heaven."
“Let the Lord look out for your boarding
booses; he'll always do it.” “Just drop; Jesus
will catch you." “The people up hero In
Louisville don't know the Lord from the devil.
Thev think a good many things the devil doc*
are dono by the Lord.” "O Izinl, you're good;
tbe.dcvil'x mean. I'm taking tsit luck through
this wicked world. Hut you're good. I ■raise
the Lord!" "Don't imitate the fashionables
and say, 'IIow d’y dor 'Pretty well, thank
you.’ Bin 'Pretty well, praise the Lord.' ”
“God took up the world and shook it like a
terrier would a rat, and there was a big earth
quake."
Reiaeny I'm Apology.
In the Scranton (Pa.) Daily.
To the Editor: This is an open letter written
to the great unknown "peanuts cater and
rracker 1 ’ whom I have not the pleasure to
know, and who showed bis great bravura vir
tuosity In cracking peanuts while I was play
ing tlie softest .strain* In Schubert's lovely sere
nade, and whom I dared to rebuke publicly at
tlio concert which I gave last evening at your
nice opera-house ot Scranton. It is now too
late for me to repent for having rebnked him
publicly, heroine he was right nn-l I was
wr> >ng. The unknown j-canuts devourer was a
real mclonanr. and of course aI*o a gas
tronome, und this I can prove beyond dis
pute.
Imo. Ills idea was to give me and to ihcpab-
11c In exchange of my musical notes, peanuts;
la-ides, he imant It also well not only from a
(astronomical, but also from a melomnnlnc
'tandjioint—be wanted to help me with n kind
>t cestegtiette accompaniment. So you sec,
leur editor, he was not a fiend 0W the contra
ry. But in fiiiuro Hie great unknown gcntlo-
n’mii peanuts cracker, eater end devwnet would
tv it he would bring with blroa bushel
of peanuts and to strew them on tlic floor. It
would greatly relieve the monotony of a eon-
ert by tills continuous kind of tiedal rrex-crax
z-comprtulmcnt, which wouM be altogether
harming and most barnioniou-. He might
is based.
In the first place, you state that those
who are acting with me are “speculators
and brokers.” Doubtless some so-called
speculators and brokers have acted with
me, but that ?s simply duo to tbo
fact that they saw that I appreci
ated the truo value of Central rail
road stock, not that I sought the aid of
that class of holders any more than of
others.
For years I have been advising re>y
friends constantly lo yuy Central railroad
stock—not to sell, but to hold. Many
thousands of shares have been
bought on my advice; but not one share
ot it has ever been sold by my advice.
Two years ago, when ilie Central rail
road board agreed to lease the road in
perpetuity for 7 per cent., I declared to
all interested that the value of the prop
erty was not appreciated; that it would
readily earn double lhat money; aud but
little over a year ago, when
the Idea got abroad that
the Georgia Haliroad Commission
would utterly destroy the value of the
Central railroad stock, and when even the
Central railroad bank would not lend
money on U as collateral, i advised toy
friends that the stock was even then worth
two hundred, though it was selling con
siderably below par. Although I say il
myself, I think all who are familiar with
the facts will admit that my representa
tions aud figures first opened the eyes of
the board to tlie true value of the stock,
and, allowing for the forty percent, de-
ben’.uies which have been de
clarei, what was at that
time selling at eighty is to day
bringing one hundred aud eighty. Cer
tainly the Central railroad stockholders
have not been liuit by me yet. My views,
though only partially carried out, have
doubled the market value of their invest
ment. I appreciated their stock and made
a large market for ;t, when the company
Iteelf was practically running it down.
And I say still, that the stock is worth
more than it Is bringing, and advise tuy
friends to buy it, not ou speculation or to
sell again, but to keep as the safest and
soundest railroad investment in the State,
in spile of tho efforts of some parties to de
preciate it who ought to know better.
But I have not lime to say inure on this
subject, or to point out ths absurdity of
imagining that my friends, very many of
whom are among the oldest stockholders
in the State, and whose interests amount
to millions, have less at heart tlie real
welfare of the company, than any one
else; and especially than those whose
interests are very small.
Sow as to what it 13 proposed
to do. It is not proposed to issue
any fixed obligation or bond, or debent
ure whatever, upon either the railroad or
tho steamships, ft is proposed to issue
simply a certificate of interest in tlic net
earnings of the steamship company after
paying all fixed charges, all tuterest, all
sinking fmuls, all marine losses, aud lay
ing tip a considerable yearly surplus.
This knocks to the ground all your ar
guments about loading the company with
debt, or impairing in the least the value
of the stock.
The stock has never yet received a dol
lar of dividend lroui the earnings of the
steamships. They have been accumulat
ed in betterments, and the stock stands
to-day on iis own merits as safe a ten per
cent."stock as there is in tlie country.
The net earnings of tlie first four
mouths of the current fiscal year are more
than sufficient to pay its fixed charges aud
interest on its debentures; and there are
eight months left to earn dividends. But
when all this is represented to those
who are oppo3iug the Issue, thev
admit that what it is proposed to do will
do no harm t but they claim that tho cer
tificates will have no "value. Tyro-thirds
of your own article is taken up with an
effort to show very elaborately how liltle
value they will have.
i rrply to this, let the stockholders have
the benefit of them anyhow, aud see if
they will not have a value. 1 believe that
they will have a very considerable value;
and there will be enough others who be
lieve it, moreover, to maec it very easy for
those who do net want to keep
them to get a very good price for
them. If they have a value, certainly the
stockholders are entitled to receive u, be
it little or much.
Now, one word about the right of the
Southwestern railroad stockholders to
participate in whatever may be given to
tlie stockholders of the Central ra'-iroad.
I imagine that the writer of your editorial
is a Southwestern stockholder, from the
protniuenco given that subject, and not
a Central railroad stockholder at ail. 1
have simply to say, that if the attorney of
the Central railroad advises that the
Southwestern Is entitled to partici
pate, no objection will be made
ou my part. A contact is a contract, and
1 sli mid never advise or assist iu any
effort to evade the prorisions of one. Im
portant questions like ibis should be de
termined by counsel, aud not by laymen
such as myself. 1-say caudiiily, however,
that your Southwestern stockholder makes
a very good showing, and for my part 1
make no issue with him. If be has ctsnfi-
dente in liis contract he should the rather
favor my views; as in that case h>s proper
ly is also worth far more than it is bring
ing in the market.
Individually, too, I liava always be
lieved that he bad a good case ; and have
advised all Central railroad stockholders
that the Southwestern, in my judgment,
would have to participate. But for all
that, legal advice will doubtless be takeu
cn the subject.
To tlie personal abuse contained in
your article and to its accusations of
folly, iguorauce aud nuworthy motives, I
have no reply to wake. Such arguments
are worthy only of contempt, anil cer
tainly no stockholder in the
Central railroad or tho Southwestern
lias ever yet bad occasion to regret the in
fluence 1 have been able to exert upon
the value of bis property. And wbat I
am uow proposing is no wild scheme, but.
one carefully considered and prepared,
and guarded against every contingency of
barm, and is approved by men kuown
among the very best financiers in Georgia.
Iiespectfully,
E. P. Alexander.
Several amendments increasing the ap
propriation for clerks’ salaries were re
jected and ruled out on points ol order.
Mr. Morgan’s resolution for the printing
of testimony, etc., lu regard to exoeriments
Willi heavy guns ana projectiles being
built by the government aud calling for
tbo report of the mixed commission, etc.
was taken up am! adopted, witli modifica
tions suggested by its author. At 1:50
tbo 3 per cent, bond bill was taken up, the
question being upon Mr. Plumb’s amend
ment to apply tlie surplus revenues over
$100,000,000 to the reduction of the public
debt.
Mr. Bayard moved to amend co as to re
quire that the $100,000,000 lo he retained
iu tho treasury shall be of standard coin
value. Ho wanted tlio dollars to bo real
honest dollars, not paper.
Mr. Plumb signified his willingness to
accept tlie amendment, as he had supposed
that the enly dollais in tho treasury were
standard coin dollar], but upon a point
made by Mr. Garland it was ruled that a
vote must be taken. Mr. Bayard’s motion
was then adopted—ayes 37, nays 14. Mr.
Plumb’s amendment was rejected—ayes
25, nays 27.
An amendment by Sir. Hoar, declaring
that the bonds bearing 3J per cent, in
terest aro hereby declared legal, elicited
a continuance of tbo discussion upon the
ratificaticn of the funding of the fives and
sixes by cx-Secretary Wiiidom.
The debate continued at considerable
length, principally between Messrs. Win-
dini, Hoar, Vest and Ingalls—sometimes
taking the shape of a personal controversy
between Messrs. Windora aud Vest and
Window and Ingalls. Finally, tne amend
ment as origiually proposed by Mr. In
galls end "modified by Mr. Hoar was
adopted. Ayes 43, nays 10. It is as fol
lows : “That the Secretary of the Treas
ury Is hereby authorized to receive at tho
treasury auft at the office of any assistant
treasurer of the United Stales, and at any
postal money order office, lav/lul money
of the United Statcsto the amount of fifty
dollars or any multiple of that sum, or
any bonds of the United Slates bearing
3) per cent, interest, which are hereby de
clared valid, and to issue in exchange
therefor an equal amount of registered or
coupon bonds.”
Several messages from the President
including communications fiom the beads
of Ui psrtments, were read and referred.
A motion for an executive session was
voted down, as were a’so several subse
quent wotious for adjournment, by
the opponents of the bill, Mr.
Sherman declaring his intention
t3 have tho bill disposed of if possible
without further delay, and a majority of
the Senate supported him.
Mr. Teller renewed the amendment of
Mr. Plumb, with sundry additional feat
ures, requiring the application of tlie sur
plus revenue above $120,000,000, etc., but
upon being appealed to by Mr. Allison
and others not to retard aud endanger the
bill, he withdrew it.
Mr. Hawley renewed hit amendment
offered in tlio committee of the whole.
At 5 o’clock tbe friends of the bill mani
fested a disposition to prolong the session
so as to roach a final vote.
Mr. Voorlices then took tho floor and
proceeded to arraign Mr. Wiudom’s fund
ing operations, hut had no material pro
gress when the motion to adjourn pre
vailed and tlie Senate adjourned.
house. •
Voorhees resumed his remaiks. The
pending amendment of Mr. Hawley, lim
iting tl-e withdrawals of bond circulation
under the fourth section of tlie act of 1874
to $5,000,000 per month, and requiring
thirty days’previous nolico timisof, was
si’i‘itf:yi enuur.
Report of Ibe t'mnnsltlee Appointed
to Freparo n Abeleb of tlie Life and
Enbor* or Judge Hiram Warner.
To the Supreme Court of Georyia:
i May it piease your lioucrs, the under
signed committee appointed for the pur
pose, hav9 prepared and now submit the
following report:
Hon. Hiratn Warner, though not a na-
peartneo was, towards the last, remark- j
able. It seemed to have purged out all 1
the aitirua! from his nature and left only 1
the spiritual. He ooked like a uobie bust, I
carved by some great artist cf antiquity
from the purest matblc, aud animated !
with the soul of a hero. His countenance
TUE SILK iv-Y HI Bit I OX.
I loirs Attendance of Prenlasal
«III am*—Tbe Mpenben and npaneb
by ayes 3S, np« 1$,
The veto In detail is as follows: Ajcs—
Aldrich, Anthony, Beck, Blair, Call, Cam
den, Cameron of Wisconsin, Cockrell,
Coke, Conger, Davis of Illinois, Davis of
West Virginia, Dawes, Farley, Ferry, Rialning to os of the present generation,
George, Gorman, Hale, Harrison, llill 0 fi but sure ot descending to remote poster-
Coiorado, Hoar, Jackson, Jones of Florida, “t
Philadelphia Times
wasa model of refined grace acd'dignity! i ... Tl,e °P 3,liu « n{ lh « exhibition of tiro
and his head was majesty personified. " j ” OL'tau’s Silk Culture association at St.
Hi* long and able judicial career was ”eorge s Hall, last evening, argued wall
and will ever be bif life 1 * crowning glory. ;? r l , he . 8UC T“ of tbo ; enterprise. At
He served oq tbe circuit bench with di* i s '* t * 1 *^ ul11 ® v dock, members of tha avo-
UaoUou, aud ou the Supremo bench with f' 1 il , lon * ni3 , lho advisory board bad asaent-
I pre-emineut reputation. Between tbe de- , ed u P° ,! tlie st *S e »u audience em-
left tho cxiiR-'t’ a—l were ranged expee-
The exercises
the Her. Dr.
-Governor James
to preside,
which he
with Jier history for half a century.
WiiiUt Mourning his death we r.-joiee in
the recollection of his life aud iu the
fruits of his labors—fruits not only re-
Gnlteau ou Ice.
Philadelphia Dispatch to the Enquirer.
A Washington dispatch haring stated that
Mr. Seovilte, Uuitcau's brother-in-law, bad re
ceived a letter from a friend in Philadelphia
engaged in the manufacture of refrigerators and
coollm; apparatus, proposing to preserve the
assassin’s body lmmeulatcly after hanging, anil
place it on exhibition In this country and Eu
rope, liatf the proceeds to be paid to Guiteau'g
relative*, a reporter of tho Press to-day hunted
up tbe enterprising manufacturer of refrigera
tors. The story was abundantly verified, and
it was discovered that SeovlUe lmd substan
tially upheld the proiNHition for tlic refrlgcra-
ation and exhibition of the assassin’s corpse.
The successful man is Mr. ltldgway. ] Ie said
to the reporter “It is a curious coincidence,
but just as you entered the office I finished
reading n letter that I had received but a mo
ment before from Washington. Hero It 1* (tak
ing up the letter which the reporter had seen
him place upon his desk). It is from Scoville,
and relates to this very subject you ask mo
about. Here is what he says:"
Wsanssmt, January SO, 1882.
J H. Ridgicay, Ysq.—Dkar Silt: Yours of the
2*tli in-t. received. The relative* are inclined
to regard your proi-osition favorably. In case
of death, the brain will have to be removed for
jKist mortem examination.
Geo. Scovhjx.
Tbe weak, the worn and tbe dyspeptic
should take Golden’s Liebig’s Extract of
Beef aud Tonic Invigorator. Ask for Col-
den's, take no other. Ol druggists gen-
iy-
The statement that Texas has 4,600,000
slieep is claimed to be reliably made.
Then ‘-this will probably be increased
twenty per cent, during tbe coming lamb-
also, If lie is rich, try to lay the foundation to a ing season, bringing the nrmber up to
jK-nmits musical conversatoty, for which phJU- 5 500,000. Valuing these at $2.50 each,
“the > “ fmu r re > pSute C £&& e make the valuation of ahee^
Well may he live. Eooi'abo Ke.ve.vvl In Texxr$13,800,000.
Mr. Stephens, cf Georgia, from tbe
committee on coinage, weights and meas
ures, reported hack tlie following bills,
and they were referred to tbo committee
of tlm whole: To authorize a new metric
geld coin for international use, to he
known as the “stelhi.’ It authorizes the
coinage of the goloid metric dolior, two
dollars aud fractious cf a dollar, and also
for the coinage of tho goloid double eagle,
eagle and half-eagle.
Mr. Dituueil, of Minnesota, from tlie
committee on ways and means, reported a
bill repealing so much of section 3385 as
imposes an export tax on tobacco. Refer
red to tbe committee of the whole.
The House, at 1:15, went into com-
mitter. cf the whole, Mr- Calkins, of In
diana, in the chair, ou the post-cfilce ap
propriation bill.
Mr. Bingham, of Pcnntylvania, offered
an amendment increasing by $100,000 tho
appropriation for the expenses of the free
delivery sjs'em, appropriating that
amouut for an extension of the system.
He spoke iu advocacy of his amendment,
which would give an increase of salary to
auxiliary letter-carriers, many of whom
received but four hundred dollars per
year, and were a hard working ciau of
men. Propositions were made to fix the
amouut appropriated for an extension of
the free delivery system at $55,000 and
$150,000, but pending a vote thereon the
coiumiuco rose aud tlie House adjourned.
Washington, February 3.—The Pres
ident approved to-day tlio bill granting
an additional pension to Mrs. Mary Lin
coln, President Lincoln’s widow.
Tho motion for a new trial for Gulteau
will bo argued to-morrow morning, and
will undoubtedly be denied by Judge
Cox. Tbe District Attorney will then
move for Immediate sentence, and it is
generally believed that Judge Cox will
call the prisoner Saturday lo receive tho
sentence of the court. That the assassin
will bo sentenced to be. hung admits of no
discussion, but the date or the execution
and disposition of the body after death
depend upon the discretion of the court,
and so far as can be ascertained Judge
Cox lias not yet intimated wbat his action
will be. Tl-e impression prevails, how
ever, that the execution will take place
net later than June 30tb.
Secretary Hunt has designated Lieu
tenant Giles B. Harbor aud Master \V.
H. Selieiitze of tlie navy os tbe officers to
assist Lieutenant Dancubowcr in tbe
search for Lieutenant Cliipp and his crew,
and they will take passage in the steamer
which leaves New York Saturday next,
with the expectation of reaching Irkutsk
about tbe middle of March.
Washington, Fcbmary 3.—In the
Senate, Mr. Mabonc, from tho committee
on agriculture, reported with an amend
ment the House bill appropriating $5,000
for packing, transporting and arranging
tbe agricultural and mechanical speci
mens presented to tbe agricultural depart
ment by tbo exhibitors at tho Atlanta
exposition. The amendment include;
also the expenses voluntarily incurred by
tbe exhibitors in transporting the articles
to Washington. After an explanation by
Mr. Mahono, the hill passed.
Mr. Teller, from the committee on pen
sions, reported an origiimi bill as a substi
tute for ono ou this subject, granting to
Lucrotla It. Garfield, Sarah Childress
Polk and Julia Gardner Tyler, widows of
ex-Presidents, life pensions ot $5,000 per
year, from September 10th, 1S81, that of
Mrs. Tyler to be in lieu of tbe pension
heretofore granted her. Placed on calen
dar.
Mr. Hoar reported, from tbe committee
on privileges aud elections, tbe Senate bill
fixing a day for tlie meeting of electors of
President and Vice President, and provid
ing for and regulating tbe counting of tlie
votes for President and Vice President
aud the decision of questions arising there
on. He said tbe bill was identical with
the one reported by Mr. Edmunds from the
judiciary committee, and passed by the
Senate in 1S78, and that the report now
made was a unanimous one, with the
exception of a single member of tbe com
mittee wbo was not present when the bill
was considered.
Mr. Hale asked for tbe printing of tbe
bill at length in Becord, and it was so or
dered.
On motion of Mr. Logan, the Senate
bill for tbe distribution by the Nations
Lamar, McDlIl, Mahono, Maxey, Miller
ofCahfornla, Mitchell, Morrill, Pendleton,
Plumb, Kausom, Bollins, SauUbury,
Saunders, Sawyer aud Sherman.
Nays—Fair, Garland, Groorae, Hamp
ton, Hawley, Ingalls, Johnston, Lapbam,
Morgan, Platt, Pugh, Slater, Vest, Voar-
bees, Walker, Williams and WiuJotn.
Allison,Harrison and Van Wyck,in favor
of the bill, were paired with Brown,
Teller and Grover. Butler, JOTyo, Jones
and Vance, against the bill, were paired
with Cameron, of Pennsylvania, Hill, of
Georgia., McMillan and Kellogg, respec
tively. Sewell, against tbe bill, was also
paired. . *
Ou motion of Mr. Ingalls, bis resolution
declaring that the pension arrears law
ought not to be repealed was taken up
and laid over as unfinished business for
Monday, Mr. Butler having appended to
it an amendment declaring in favor of
pensions to soldiers of tbo Mexican war.
On motion of Mr. Vest, the Senate bill
appropriating $200,000 for a site for a
War Department building, and tbo erec
tion tbereou of a brick and metal fireproof
building as a ball of records of the War
Department, upon plans heretofore sub
mitted by the Quartermaster Geueral and
under his direction, was considered. The
committee’s amendment, making the hall
a receptacle for legislative as well as
executive documents was agreed to anil
tbe bill pasted.
The Senate spent several hours In dis
cussing, without action, mi order of bus!
ness proposed by Mr. Anthony, extending
tbo morning hour until IffiO o'clock, apply
ing the five minutes rule to debate, etc.
On motion of Mr. Morrill, the House
hill.admitting free of duty goods In bond,
contributed for tbe relief or colored emi-
gracts from tho Southern States to Kansas,
was patseil.
At 6:30 the Senate adjourned until Mon
day.
HOUSE
Tho House proceeded, as tho busi
ness of the morning hour on Friday, to
tha call of tho committees lor re
ports of a private character.
Mr. Bice, of Massachusetts, from the
committee on foreign affairs, reported a
bill for tho relief of the captain, otraes, of
ficers and crew, and their heirs, and as
signs, of the privateer Gen. Armstrong.
Private calendar.
Aft -rail tlie committees had been called,
the House went into committee of the
whole on the private calendar, Mr. Ding-
ley, of Maine, in the chair. The first bill
considered was one reported by Mr.
Kelley, ol Ph., from the committee on
ways aud means, releasing the Philadel
phia & Beading Kaiiroad from taxes
assessed on wages certificates heretofore
Issued by the company. The bill gave
rise lo considerable debate, which was
opened by Mr. Hammond, of Ga., in
opposition. The amount issued was
$4,018,373, and tbe tax is $483,700. By a
vote of nineteen to four tbe bill was laid
aside to be reported unfavorably. The
committee then rose aud the bill was re
ported back unfavorably and was laid on
the table (tliat is defeated).
A motion to adjourn till Monday was
rejected by ayes 104, noes 105, aud then
at five o’clock tbe House adjourned till
to-morrow.
W ashington, February 3—Tho joint
resolution which the committee on foreign
affairs to-day reported to the House for
frill ting and recommittal, in regard to the
treaty of Washington, requests tlie Presi
dent of the United States to give the
notice lo Great Britain provided for m
articlo 33 of the treaty ot 1871, for the
termination of tho provisions of said
treaty contained in articles 18 to 25 inclu
sive, aud relating to fisheries, and also to
lustituto negotiations with Great Britain
by which after tbe termination of said
provisions fishermen of this nation shall
be restored to tho rights aud privileges
formerly enjoyed by them.
THE FUNDING HILL.
Washington, ireoruary 3.—The fol
lowing is tho full text of the 3 per cent,
funding bill as passed by tbe Senate to
day:
Be it enacted, etc., That the secretary
of tho Treasury is hereby authorized to
rereive at tbo Treasury and at tins office
of any assistant treasurer of the United
Slates anti at any postal money order
office, lawful money of tha United States
to the amount of fifty dollars or any mul
tiple of that sum, or any bonds of tho
UuilcdStaies bearing 3} per cent, interest,
which aro hereby declared valid, and to
ltsue in exchange therefor an equivalent
of registered aud coupon bonds
of the United States of the de
nomination of 60, 100, 500, 1,000 and
10,000 dollars, of such form as he may
prescribe, bearing interest at the rate of 3
per cent, per annum, payable either quar
terly or semi-annually at tbo Treasury
of tho United Stales. Such bonds shall
be exempt from all taxation by or under
State authority, anil bo payablo at tlie
Treasury cf the United States, provided
that the bonds herein authorized shall not
bo called in aud paid so long as any of tbo
bonds of the United States heretofore is
sued bearing a higher tato of interest tliau
3 per cent., and which shall bo redeema
ble at tbo pleasure of the. United States,
shall be outstanding and uncalled. Tbe
last of said bonds originally issued, and
tbeir substitutes under this act, shall bo
tbe first called in, and this order of pay
ment shall bo followed till all shall liavo
been paid. Money deposited under this
act shall be jiromptly applied solely to
tbe redemption of tbe bonds of tbe United
States bearing 3l per cent, interest; and
tho aggregate amount of deposits made
and bonds issued under tins act shall not
exceed tbe sum of $260,000,630. Tbo
amouut of lawful money so received on
deposit as aforesaid, shall not • xceed at
any time thp sum of $25,000,000. Before
any deposits aro received at any postal
money order office under this act
tbe postmaster at such office shall file
with the Secretary of the Treasury his
bond, with satisfactory security, condi
tioned that be will promptly transmit to
tbe Treasurer oftbe United States money
received by him in conformity with regu
lations to be prescribed by such secretary,
and the deposits with any postmaster
shall not at any ttmo exceed tha amount
of his bond.
Section 2. Any national banking asso
ciation now organized, or hereafter or
ganized, desiring to withdraw its circu
lating notes upon the deposit of lawful
money with the Treasurer of the United
States, as provided in sectiou 4 ol tlie act
of June 20, 2874, entitled “An act fixing
the amount of United States notes, pro
viding for tlie redistribution of national
bank currency, and for otlior purposes,”
shall be required to give thirty days notice
to the Comptroller of the Currency
of its intention to dfposit lawful money
and withdraw its circulating notes—pro
vided that not more than $5,000,000 of
lawful money shall be deposited during
any calendar month for this purpose, and
provided, further, that the provisions of
this section slisll not apply to bonds
called for redemption by tbe Secretary of
theJTreasury.
Section 3. That nothing in this section
shall be so construed as to authorise an
Increase of the public debt.
Two Organa
Regulate first the stomach, second tbe
liver; especially the first, so as to perform
tbeir functions perfectly aud you will re
move at least uineteen-twenlietha of all
tbe HU that mankind is heir to, in this or
any other climate. Hop Bitters is the only
thing that will give perfectly healthy,
uatural action to these two organs.—
Maine Farmer. I
He was bornm the town of Williams
burg, county of Hampshire, State of
Massachusetts, ou the li-Jlh of October,
1802. His parents were of English stock,
tbe descendants of families who had estab
lished themselves in New Ecgland in the
early settlement of tlie country. His
mother, a woman of strong £’jrLti>m
faith and principle, and rcmai Stable for
her intelligence, was formerly a Miss Cof
fin, a member of the very numerous fami
ly of that name inhabiting Nantucket and
Martha’s Vineyard. His father was a
farmer in moderate circumstances accu -
tomed to mauual labor. Hiram, the old-
cstjcliild, aided his father on the farm,
and was sent at Intervals to tbe excellent
common schools of the neighborhood, and
finally to one of the li’gher academic in
stitutions, where ho acquired an average
clinical and mathematical education
At the age of nineteen (A. 1). 1821
set out for Georgia to take the posill
assistant teacher in Sparta Academy,
vessel in which be sailed was wrec,'
Cape Ualteras. Ho escaped,
way to laud, returned with sueeijfc A i!io;o
who were still upon tho wreejr/tltd after
all wore saved, shipped jfwni for tho
Georgia coast iu.anotbcr v/M, and final
ly reached Savannah siflfsAviih measles
The illurss proved a vmre4angerous one t
but be recovered, caCjfficted'bls journey
by stage-coacb an//ocated at Sparta.
Here, and at jprtiiutsviiie in Jones
county, ho taugJAvvkoo!, reading law at
tbe same tiuuy/fil the fall of 1824, when
lro was admi/Arto the bar. His admis
sion took Arlee at Monticcllo, Jasper
county, tlir.Jti>n. Augustus B. Longs:reef,
being lhgK|fidg« presiding. In a short
time"beApttled at Knoxville, Crawford
wuitF*id there entered on tbe practice
of lwjotesslon. He represented that
cou.l Till tho Legislature from 1828 to
1831,1 ith these years inclusive, and in
1832 v .s a delegate to tlie anti-tariff con-
ventio aud was one of those who seceded
from rat convention' in company with
John ] myth. Towards tbe close of 1832
ho r> ooved to Talbot county and
forme a partnership with Colonel
Georg ff. Towns (afterwards governor),
and hi iracticed as a member of the law
firm o Warner & Towns until made
jadge f tbo Coweta circuit. That cir
cuit was created In 1833, and though bp
did not reside within it, Ibe Geueral As
sembly elected liim to prcsldcMer U.
His fir«t court vvrs held at Greenville,
Meriwether county, on tlie fourth Mon
day iu February, 1834; and about one
year later lie removed into tbo circuit and
established liis residence iu tbe vicinity
of Greenville, and here was liis
home Tor the rest of liis life. Re
elected judge in 1836, for four years,
be served out tbe term, and in 1840 was
again a candidate, but the Legislature,
differing from him in politics, declined to
renew "his commissiou, and elected his
competitor, Hon. William Ezzard, fo suc
ceed him- Resuming the practice, be en
tered into partnership with his brother,
Obadiah Warner. The firm of H. & O.
Warner existed for somo years and en
joyed a large and lucrative business. In
1815, oil the organization of tbe Supreme
Court, lie, though a Democrat, and though
the Whigs were iu power, was
unanimously elected to what, iu view
of the comparative length of the term,
was the middle or intermediate position
on the bench Of tills tribunal, liis term of
office being four years, whilst the terms of
tho oilier two judges, bis colleagues, were
six and two years respectively. Elected
again iu 1849, for six years, he served uu-
tfi June, 1S53, and then resigued and re
turned to the bar. In 1855 he was elected
to Congress, and4n I860 was a member of
the secession convention.
After the war ho was called lo resume
judicial functions by executive appoint
ment, in the spring of 1866, to a vacancy
on tho bench oftbe Coweta circuit. The
people of the circuit elected him to the
samu position in tho following January,
aud In Jure, 1807, he wa> appointed by
the Governor chief justice of ihe Supreme
Court, in consequence of the death or
Ohlel Justice Lumpkin. Reconstruction
supervened, ami a new organization oftbe
court took place under the constitution of
1868, when, though ha was of opposite
politics, he was nominated by Governor
Bullock to a place ou the bencl’ as ono of
the associate justices, and confirmed by
tlic Senate. For a second and last time ho
became chief justice Sn January, 1672, on
tho retirement or Chief Justice Loch-
ranc, and remained in office until August
1880, when he resigned aud liis life's work
was finished. He died in Atlanta on tlie
30lh day of June, 1881, and was buried
In tbo village cemetery at Greenville by
the side of liis departed wife, who wa3
Sarah Walts, tho caugbter and only child
of gdmaiid Abercrombie, of Hancock
county, and to whom lie was married in
tho year 1827. He left one daughter,
Mrs. Mary Jane Hill, wife of Col. A. F.
Hill. She is the mother of a numerous
family of children, to whom he was a de
voted grandrathor, and whose warm and
affecilonate attachment in return cheered
and brightened his old age.
lu politics Judgo Warner was a repub
lican of tho Jeffersonian school, attd iu
Ids early manhood was a member ol wbat
was called in Georgia tbe Clarke party.
After the days of that party he was a
national Democrat, and so remained to
tlio close of his life. Ho was an ardent
friend of tho Union, and in tlio conven
tion of I860 opposed secession, but on tho
passage of tbo ordinance sigued it lu token
of bis determination to adhere to the for
tunes of the fjtato as moulded by a ma
jority of his colleagues, thongh his own
Judgment disapproved of (heir action.
The result of the war to him personally
was the emancipation of ever one hundred
slaves, besides heavy losses in other re
spects, but bis spirit remained unbroken,
and npnu the remnant of bis fortune be
built up, by liis earnings and savings, ah
estate ample for bis own comfort, and af
fording helpful provision for liis grand
children. Though so much of bis life was
given to tbe study, practice and adminis
tration ol tho law, ha was by no means
a mere lawyer, hot bad extensive
information and sound opinions upon
many practical subjects, and was, prior to
and during the war, a most successful
planter on a largo scale. He delighted in
agriculture, and wss always in close and
kindly sympathy with the tillers of the
soil. With about equal fitness he could be
classed either as a farmer-judge or a judge-
farmer. Nor was he Indifferent to any
other of the useful vocations or material
interests of tbe world. He maintained a
vigilant outlook upon all tbe great de
partments of industry and enterprise,
and was alive to every agency and in
dication of prosperity, whether for his
neighborhood, his couuty, bis State or the
United Slates. He believed in “getting
along,” aud bad no taste for inaction or
reaction. He possessed no clement of tbe
recluse or the dreamer. He loved contact
with hard, practical facta and with tbe
movement and push of busy life; when be
could not take part as an actor ho looked
on as an Interested spectator.
In religious faith and practice he was
reared as a Presbyterian, and though he
never became a communicant of that or
auy other church, ho lived and died a be
liever iu tbe inspiration of 'the Bible, the
truth of Christianity and in tbe distinctive
tenets of tbe denomination to which his
ancestry belonged, aud to whose formative
influence his own childhood and youth
bad beeu subjected. His last Illness
was protracted and painful. He bore it
with exemplary fortitude, aud waa not
afraid to die. Holding fast to the spirit
of Cbris'.tauity be- was in no trepida
tion, though be bad not been an
observer of all Us forms. Tbe effect of
physical suffering upon his personal *p-
volumes 36-65 —a series of forty-three vol
umes. Such a monument renders liim
secure of juridical immortality. It was
moreover his lortuue by virtue of his sta
tion as chief justice, to preside over the
Senate through two impeachment trials,
adding to his otherwise varied and exten
sive experience d most unusual one in this
rare department of forensic administra
tion.
Whether regarded as a judgo or as i
mau his great, dominant characteristic
was strength. He was vigorous and
sound—strong in intelloit, In will, In
purpose, lu Integrity, in force of charac
ter, atjd lu tbe energy of duty. He stood
squsihJy to his post on all occasions aud
under all circumstauces, and followed
his convictions wherever they led. It is
^bbable that he L ared no being in the
niverse except the living God, but
ith all L'ls intrepidity he was
free from any disposition to
domineer over others, or to provoke
contention or controvetsy. He was always
deliberate and selt-posscssed and held liis
powers weli in hand. If somewhat strict
in bringing others up to duty, he was even
less indulgent .to himself. He was the
most prompt and pnuctual of men. When
ho worked bv the clock he was never
tardy; it isccrtaiutbatforyearshe was not
late in aslDgic instance, even fora second.
He eschewed had habile, but was assi-lu.
ous in tbe cultivation of good ones. Ills
uniform regularity of life contributed
greatly, as he blntself believed, to pro-
servo health aud softeu tbe approaches of
old age ; and his. physical preservation
was, indeed, remarkable, as down to tbo
commencement of bis final sickness lie
waa perhaps tweutyyears younger iu ap
pearance tliau m fact. His menial vigor,
also, was bursliglitly impaired except iu
tbe attribute of quickness, aud even in
that, he bad twice or thrice the celerity of
tho average old mau.
Long as he lived and much as lie ac
complished, there was, when he went Into
retirement, something like a g-utcra!
opinion tbit lie was uot worn ou—that lie
had capabilities formore work, and would
reappear on tlio active scenes of life.
His friends ; notwithstanding his fore
bodings lhat ou ceasing to labor be
would soon cease to live, were sauguiue
that be lmd before him tbe prospect of a
robust and protracted old age,
i-nd shat be would enjoy in retro
spect much of tjio past which he had been
tco busy to enjoy wheu it was tlio present.
But Ids own presentiment proved to bo
tl.-e truest augury; in less than one year
after lie put off liis haulers, aud withdrew
from the accustomed round of daily du
ties, ho was taken from earth, and trans
ferred, we devoutly hope, to mansions of
everlasting rest.
Peace to his ashes, aud honor to his
memory S
In behalf of the Bar of Gecrgia. wc ex
tend to the family and kindred of our de
ceased brother assurance of sincere con
dolence and sympathetic sorrow, and re
quest that this report be spread upon tbo
minutes of tbe court, and become matter
of record for all time.
L. E. Bleckley,
C. J. Jenkins,'
JosEi-n E- Brown
O. A. Locruane,
H. K. McCay,
R. F. Lyon,
R. P. Thippjc,
W. \V. Montgomery,
W- A. Hawkins,
j. w. Park,
Committee.
VAULti JPATTl’a It ATII.
History of tho Violin Ho Lett with
Jlnjor Henry Enins', ol' Ninsliville.
it. Louis Letisr to Xeto l'ort IVorld.
Tlio presence of tbe Patti party In St.
Louis revives tlic story of tho miserable
death of Carlo Patti, and tbo true version
is givcii now for the Grst time. Carlo
came here after the failure ol Jim Fisk’s
theatre- In New York, where he had been
engaged as leader of tlio orchestra. While
in that posit'on he was presented with a
violin by Fisk, said to have been worth
over $3,0J0. Hutchins & Wakefield were
just opening tho St. Louis Grand Opera
house with the express determination ot
running grand opera iu it, and Carlo Patti
waa engaged as musical conductor. In
about v month tbe management decided
that burlesque opera would pay better
and Carlo was left out. A scries of con
certs was given in his behalf. They were
not financially a success, and Carlo bo-
came embarrassed for money. He grew
very despondent, aud applied to D. G.
Reed, and was by him introduced.to Ew
ing, tbe proprietor of the Times. Ewing
advanced him nearly $400. Carlo was at
that time living at tho old St. Clair hotel.
He one da7 brought to Major Ewing the
violin which Fisk had given liim, and left
it as security. On December 9 aud 10,
1872, Carlolta Patti appeared in a concert
at the mercantile library hall. Carlo was
at tbo timo sick at liis hotel and in great
distress, but she, it is said, refused to aid
him. He was afterwards turned cut of
his hotel. Srmo of bus friends arranged a
concert for hi3 benefit, which look place
In the temple on March 4tli,1873. Within
a few days after the concert, Carlo died
and was buried in Calv'.vryjceuietery. His
funeral expenses were defrayed by Prof.
Waldauer and others. After Carlo’s
death bis wife was turned out on the
street a^d wasobligad to go on tbe varie
ty stago lo earn a livelihood for herself
and children. In May, 1S74, major Ew
ing died. During all this lime Carlo’s vio
lin had been repeatedly offered by Ewing
to Carlo's sisters, Adelina and Csrlotta,
iu a family relic if tlrqr would simply
pay wbat Carlo owed to Major Ewing
and diaries Ware, altogether about $700.
This, It is said, they omitted to do. After
Major Ewing’s death the violitj
was sold by Major C. C. Rain
water as executor ol tho estate.
JFOXUALL A T HOME,
Hr Keene's roll Conasldensbly Crown
niid In Excellent Hcallls—Hprlnc
Handle* (Mi
“Rapier,” of the London Illustrated
Sporting and Dramatic Xeics, recently
visited- Foxball at Wm. Day’s establish
ment. Tlie grand colt i3 iu tlie best of
health aud spirits, and has grown con
siderably. He must now be ail of sixteen
bands. He has recently alopted a pair of
kittens who are constantly with him in
his stall and who are as fond of him as lie
is attached to them. After his attendant
has made his toilet for him in the morn
ing aud put on bis clothing, he place the
two little fellows en Foxlrall’s back and
they roil themselves up and go to sleep,
while their equine friend constantly
turns his head aud looks at them to see
that they are comfortable. His temper is
just as amiable as ever. The condition
oftbe veteran trainer, William Day, who
recently met with a severe tall from his
cob, breaking several bones, has improved
lo much that be is able to move around.
Judging by tbe weights for the spring
handicaps, which have just been publish
ed, Foxhall occupies the same position
which Robert the Devil held last year.
In tbe City and Suburban at Epsom he is
top weight at 133 pounds. Sirj. D. As-
tiey’s Peter is second at 130 pounds, while
Iroquois is assigned but 126 pounds.
For tbe Great Metropolitan, iu which Fox-
ball is not entered, Petronel is the top
weight at 133 with Iroquois second at 128
pounds. There is au arduous career be
fore the finest colt in England.
present siik-growing
and manufacturing of tlic- cour.try as the
beginning of a great national industry.
Mrs. John Lucas, president of the asso
ciation, was then introduced, aud read
letters from President Arthnr, Bishop
Simpson at-.d Bish op Stevens, ail cf whom
expressed their regret that previous en
gagements had prevented their attendance.
Governor Hoyt had intended being pres
ent, but l’.ad b:tti unavoidably detained.
A numoer of .»imiiar letter* were read s
Mrs. Lucas then said that an uniortu-
nalo delay had prevented tbo exhibit
from being as full as had beeu desired,
aud that valuable additions would bo
mado during the next few days. Tho
silk dress for Mrs. Garfield, made from,
silk grown in twelve different States, and
reeled upon ail old-fashioned machine at
the society’s office, No. 1328 Chestnut
itrcct, had been expected, hut the firm
which is dying the piece would not be
able to complete their work before March.
Mrs. Lucas briefly reviewed the history of
tho society since it organization, which oc
curred ou May 31,18*0. Although its nu
merical airongth. Is still not extensive, it
has representatives and correspondents at-
over tho Union, and every month receive*
on an average three hundred letters cf in
quiry- She dwelt particularly upon the
advantages of silk culture as an auxiliary
moans of employment and an occupation
for those who were unable to obtain or
perform more active work.
Dr. Tiffany briefly commented upon
tho benevolent and economic character of
the woik of tho association and expressed
his emphatic approval 3f its aims and
method*. Professor C. V. Riley, of tho
Washington Agricultural Bureau, tho
next speaker, sketched tho advantages of
the soil and climate of the United Slates
for silk culture, and stated tha'. the silk
reeled from cocoons fed upon the common
nsage orange compared *mo3t favorably
with tlie fiuest Imported article. Ho as
cribed the failure of the past silk raising
enterprises to their speculative character,
and said that the plan recommended by
Mrs. Lucas was tbe true secret orsuccesslul
culture. Professor Riley will make a
more extended address on Thursday eve
ning. Lorin Blodgett, tho statistician,
said that there were sixty silk manufacto
ries at work in Philadelphia, and forty
sleatn power cheuillo cutters at work. Not
four of the latter are operated in France.
Mrs. Thomas, of tho association, delivered
an historical address, and Mrs. John Lucas
read a poem upon the sill; worm written
for the occasiou by Miss Emily A. War
den. Ex-Mayor Daniel L. Fox delivered
the closing speech.
One of thi most interesting exhibits >'s
that of cocoons and reeled silk grown In
ITof. Wagner’s garden by Ins i:u*co, Miss
Sadie D. Atkinson. The United Slates
Agricultural Department also prescuts a
fine display of native and foreign reeled
silk and cocoons from Prof. Riley’s col
lection. Several band looms and one reel,
improved by tho ladies of the association,
are in operation.
Tne display ]f silk fabrics is extensive
and rich. Tbo exhibition remains open
until the lith instant. -
Tue Tariff Commission.—Represen
tative Kasson’s bill for a tariff commission
composed of uino civilians was repotted
upon favorably to the committee on ways
and means by the aub-coromiltec. The
favorable report was supplemented by an
other bill lrom Mr. kasson, which is iden
tical with the Morrill hilt in the Senate.
Tlie friends of tho McKinley bill to make
certain special changes are afraid to launch
their craft on the troubled water, and it
was decided that It had belter be withheld
for the time being. It is the opiuiou of
those who favor a revision bv the present .
ways and means committee tbit the reso
lution taken in favor of the commission is
an important step toward the p'ivt]x>ne-
Rientoflhe revision till some future Con
gress. They argue with teeml-ig plausi
bility that a commission of nine experts
wilt take all of a year to come to a con
clusion, aud *hat even if they reported
next session wo should be no nearer the
settlement of tin; tariff question than if a
bill was reported at the same time by the
committee of ways aud'tneaus. The Kas
son bill contemplates tho consideration
and revision of Internal revenuo taxes as
well as tlio duties on imports.
lira, Purtlnxton Soya
Don’t take any of the quack nostrums,
as they are regimental to the human sys
tem: but put your trust in Hop Bitters,
which w'.ll cure grncral dilapidation,
costive habits and all chronic diseases
They saved Isaac from a ssvero extract of
tripod fever. They are the ne plus union
of modicines.—Boston Globe,
“What is heaven’s best gift toman?”
she asked, sweetly sailing on btm, “Dr.
Bull’s Cough Syaup,” he replied, with
prudence. Ha had just been cured by it
of a bad cold,
I The Force of Example —The
other evening one of our prominent town
officials stopped for a moment lu front of
the post-office to speak with an acquain
tance. Ho was eating peanuts at the
time, the aroma of which was so tempting
to the acquaintance that he immediately
went and purchased a pint, warm aud
fresh from the roaster by the fountain.
As ho did so ho noticed two m ot watching
him, and as he stepped to one side each
of them walked up and purchased a pint
of peanuts. It occurred tv him that these
two made the purchases because they saw
him doing so. He slowly Walked away,
eating the fruit, and before he had gone
a great distance he saw two others step
up and bay peanuts, who evidently had
their attention called lo tlie matter by nor
t icing what he was doing. Then he
began to moralize upon the power of ex-
ainpiu. tie i asonr-d flitu : “I bought a
pint of peanuts Because I saw Mr.
eating them ; already four have bought
peanuts because they saw me do so, o>
saw me eating them ; I have influenced
four to buy peanuts ; if Mr. inlluen-
cnccd three others besides me, snd each
influenced four other, and this goes on
In thisT-atio, before the influence ol Mr.
dies out he will have influenced more
people to cat peanuts than the population
of the whole world. Verily, great Is the
for:e of example.”—Prorhhnce Journal.
Dune aaU Sick Horse* Cured Free of
Cbarse.
Giles’ Liniment Iodide Ammonia, yel
low wrapper; send Ibr pamphlet. Navic
ular diseases, spavins, curbs, ringbone,
knee, coffin joint, pasteru and sinew shoe
boils, strains. Contracts made with ex
press, railroad and ice companies aud all
others who employ large numbers of
borscs, by which money aud horse-suffer
ing can he saved. Address Dr. Giles, 120
West Broadway, New York.
Trial size 25 eents. lw.
The Supreme Court Bill.—Repre
sentative Manning has assurances which
lead nim to the belief that the committde
of tlie American Bar Association, at it*
meeting in New York city, Friday, will
agree to recommend his plan for relieving
the United States Supreme Court of tbe
excess of business now before it. Man
ning has received letters from a number of
tbe committee expi-essing tboir approval
of his plan. He sajs that he has had let
ters by the thousand from prominent law
yers and jurists in all parts of tho country,
and that ninety per cent, of thorn letter*
are In favor of his measure. Among men
who have written to endorse It, he men
tions Judge Uapello, Chief Justice of the
Now York Court of Appeals; ex-Senator
ilarlau end General Dodge, of Iowa;
Nildkney, of New York; CortUud, Parker
and Morris; K. Weeks, of Mew Jersey;
Columbia Debuts and General Morgan, \
of Ohio. Manning says that eR ewtaeaf
members of the bar whohvf wrttttu la
favor of bis bill agree that Own tea be
no question as to its constUuttosmlhy.
