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Newspaper Page Text^tlegcsplp sm& ijfmtKststl ^ Ifesus&txgs?*?. THE TELEGRAPH dt MESSENGER, Dally »n1 Weekly. Tur TFX.rnn.vnr and Mxmexaa* to published every day, except Monday, and weekly every Friday. The Daily I* delivered by carrier* In the city or mailed postage free to nrbaerfbers at *1 per month, iiSO (or three months, $5 for six month*, or $10 a year. Tux Weekly la mailed to mibarrlbm. portage free, at $2 a year and $1 for six month*. Transient advertisements will bo taken, for the Dally, at one dollar per square of ten line*, or less, for the first Insertion, and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion: and for the Weekly at one dollar per square for each In sertion. l.lbcml rate* to contractor*. Only single column advertisements wanted for the Weekly. All communications, intended for publication, must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not for publication, but as an evidence of good faith. Rejected communications will not be returned. CorreqKHidcnce containing Important news, and discussion* of living topics, Is solicited, but must he brief and lie written upon but one side of the paper, to have attention. Remittances should lie made by Eprcas, Money Order, or Registered letter. All communications should tie addressed to J. r. II AX box. Manager. Macon, Georgia. She (TflegraiJlt imfl ^Messenger FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1882. The indications are thnt Parson Felton will not find time to attend to his own reg- tea on. Orr.cE-fcEncEM say that Frank Hatton eon dodge a direct question with the t-atre Brace and dexterity with which he straddles a blind on a good hand. The Syracuse (N. Y.) Standard rears up because the -Democrats elected a mayor who wear* earrings, fho Syrr.cnae man’s party mostly woar handcuff*. Govebnob Colquitt keeps a State libra rian who i* independent .enough to damn the Demosracy which gives him very large pay for very smrll work. Tuebe are twelve applications for ap pointment to the United States Supreme Court, and forty-seven for places on the Court of Claims, on file at Washington. A cokbespondknt cruelly inquires of us if we have seen the cotton futures young man ? We have not, and his mother-in- law says he has not b:en homo in a week. •Eorron Barkis’ "Mo'/y.cctlon tail" bobs up serenely as it disappears down the dim perspective with Col. Tift in foil cry behind it. When last seen they wore heading for Liverpool, Somebody ought to bold the Independent party of Georgia up with a pole, and let it nibble in the early twigs. A co.siierablo apace of time has elapsed since the party breakfasted, fepoiTiD House, the Indian chief, said to a Congressional committee: "I think the Great Spirit ties sometimes.” And the committee said to a man: “Hu’m! Ruth erford B. Hayes." The Morning News admits that General Alexander A Co.’s raid on Central stock has carried it off twenty points. Now, let Gen. Alexander blow oil bis brokers and hunt game in a different direction. Epm» Habbis and lion, Nelson Tift are holding an experience meeting over their cotton tie catastrophe. When last heard Irom they were passing a resolution reciting that they were in ignoranco as to who pnlied the trigger, A Scandinavian Mormom elder is preach ing in Utah, calling upon the saint* to re sist by armed rebellion any attempt to in* terfere with their affairs, declaring that he would shoot a United States soldier as quick os be would a dog. Tbe ubiquitous Lochrnne turned up in Chicago just as Conkling was nominated and said, “By God! I’m glad.” As the genial Lochrnne is always glad, with or without the prefix, it may bo considered rather a dubious endorsement of Roscoe. The Augusta Chronlclo and Constitution alist having pronounced tho convict system of Georgia "a blot on our civilization," tho Providence (R. L) Press falls upon the Jjospm of the Chronicle and Constitution alist atm mingles tears, sobs and lamenta tions. It is very, very touching. When a Washington editor was upbraid ing tho Mormons the other evening at a Washington party, Gail Hamilton mixed in With tbe declaration that the only difference between the editor and the Mormons was that they drive their team abrea*t,while the editor drives hie iandem. This ended the discussion about the Mormons. The mystery of the retirement of Quar termaster-General Meigs to make room for a much older man is now made clear. Col. Rucke: only wanted the ptaco to get higher pay on the retired list, and by the aid of his son-in-law, Gea. Phil tikeridah, his de sire was gratified. Now that ho has boon provided for Col. Rufus Ingalls is to step into the plaoe. ’ The newspaper organ ot the party to which the rascally mayor of Adrian be longed confesses that it knew him to be un fit whenhe was nominated, “but apprehen sion as to the result on the party of a re fusal on its part to support the ticket that bore the indorsement of a regular nomina tion derided it to give the ticket its sup port.” Emtob Habbib’ funny hallucination is that we buy cotton ties from tho English man and give them back to him, that-ho may sell them over again ad infinitum. From Editor Hartis’ standpoint, an En gliahman possessing a oouplo of tons of ootton ties is wealthy. It is but fair to add that CoL Tift sympathizes with oar eon- temporary in his temporary aberration. The New York Times pays Gen. A'exan- der's road the following highly seasoned compliment: “The Louisville and Nash ville road is generally regarded os more or less uncertain property, managed by quarreling directors, some of whom are be lieved to have been trying to influence tho market. It is moreover, looked upon os tbe prey of a band of reckless speculators and quite unfit for general investment.” Dice Gbubb nominates us for Congress man at large. But yesterday, and we would have wagered a silver quarter out of our own pocket that Dick Grubb was our friend. We fought a fellow once for ask ing us to deliver a fourth of July oration, and now, after having lived a life so clean that we were never mentioned in connec tion with a Georgia Legislature, it is too bad that our helpless children should have to hang their heads in shame at the disgrace that Dick Grnbb would put upon us. Pat Walsh and Evan Howell may divide our ohance between them. Lonostbeet was a sturdy fighter while nnder tbe eye of his general. Left to him ■elf he was a pronounced failure. General Lee sent him to Suffolk and he came back with his thumb in his mouth, He was again sent to Knoxville. After endeavor ing to open some foolish peace negotia tions, he attacked and was repulsed, and tried to screen himself by court-marshaling a division commander. He opens the po litical campaign in Georgia by dismissing And} Clark, the only real leader the Repub lican party has ever had in the State. If the Democrats cannot find a leader that will defeat him, they will jnatly deserve immediate and permanent defeat. j Making Parties Nowhere in the entire South docs the industry of manufacturing political par ties exhibit such progiets as in tliA State of Georgia. Within a comparatively lim ited period, we bare seen several ot these concerns tongued and grooved, sand pL- prred and varnished, and placed ou exhi bition by ambitious and eueigvtic politi cal carpenters. It Is quite true that they all look alike and have as a main spring a desire and intention to get and hold office, Just as all cotton planters have a cog wheel to distribute guano and drop seed. Each inventor considers bis ma chine tbe best, and though none of them amount to much, Industrious and impe cunious rgents are actively at work in efforts to dispose of county rights. Our and everybody else’s correspondent, R. M. O. was first in the field a great many yeais since. He had tbe true principle, but the public would not invest sufficiently for him to make a model. Tboso who have followed after have stolen his thun der and are only base imitators. Parson Felton Inaugurated the season with bis caucus coalition party, and, so far, it seems to lead In public favor. Ar thur has invested in it to the extent of Federal patronage, and James Longstreet, Potash Farrow, Elder-Hook, Bill Scruggs and others of less note have subscribed for stock. Col. Thornton next appeared “liberal" m b ut Las as yet no one willing to share tbe expense putting its merits before the public. Albert Cox built him a “progressive' concern but has inet no demand beyond a single order from the Douglossville Star man. Joe Pou made one with the dis tinct understanding that it was intended solely for his owu use, and no one seems at all disposed to interfere with this un derstanding. General Gartrell followed with one Lung on to the catching term “unani mous,” but its unanimity extends no fur ther thau the pieclccts of the General’s law office. We have an indistinct recol lection that a Colonel Reese, from some where, is running a machine of his own somewhere else, and this, wo think, com pletes the list. It may be added that Mr. Speer has not as yet submitted tbe inven tion be will use in tbe coming campaign to popular inspection and criticism. From out of Ibis heterogeneous enu meration it is proposed to eliminate something that will kill the “Bourbon Democracy" as quickly and surely as old Jack Warner proposes to slay the cotton worm with his squirt gun loaded with liquid poison. And from out of this list bouest, simple minded people of good sense and gcod habits, are to be called upon to make choice. In other words each of these gentlemen who have under taken to prescribe for the ills which may affl'ct the bady politic, demands that a sufficient number of tbe people of Geor gia shall band together to elect him to the office which he most desires. It is a well-known and admitted fact ilia! two parties already exist, fully organ ized, equipped and drilled. We may go further, and, by snatching up a military expression pregnant with meaning, say mobilized—ready at a moment’s notide to take the field. But these ambitious in ventors will be satisfied with nothing that is not new. It must bo a new party, new in elements, new in organization, but es pecially new in leadership. The ancient Moses and Joshuas are not competent to lead the people out of the wilderness. It requires a modern William Albert, Joseph, or James, as the case may be. But in or der to be new, brand new, tbe old Demo cratic party mnst be totally demolished. Upon this they all agree, and, singular to say, they are all just as unanimous in not agreeing to break up the Republican par ty. The Democracy must go, but Repub licanism is to be left, aud not one of tbe new lights has yet done himseli and tbe public tbe justice to say why. As a mat ter of course those people of an enquiring turn of min,], and who delight in search ing out the real reasons for ail human action, are left to probe about for a solu tion of this remarkable unanimity of sen timent among a lot of new politicians who figree in everything save a division of spoils. And such people as may choose to devote themselves to the work are not destined to a long or baffling Search. Tbe political history of this country shows, and that without a single excep tion, when a man forsweais his party alle giance and breaks with bis friends, he marches straight and direct, without a turn of the head, into the enemy’s camp. In tbe days gone by tbe deserter from tbe Democratic camp was found fighting under tho Whig banner and the Whig renegades soon drew rations from a Dem ocratic commissariat. In this respect times do not change, and consequently men do not change with them. Tbe pres ent Federal administration has announced as the main feature of its policy the disruption and destruction of the Democratic party of the South, the only barrier which stands between it and abso lute power. Taking Mabone, an open and avowed Democrat by tbe band, it baa succeeded in landing him and bis follow ers in tho Republican organization. For many weeks the United States mar shal of Georgia, whose duties are sup posed to demand h s presence at tome, has been at Washington receiving instruc tions for a campaign which is to over throw thoStato government of Georgia. There was a time in the history of the American government, when a President could not have done such a thing and re tained his seat for an honr; but a country which has been reconstructed has lost its capacity to be shocked by an unscrupu lous and audacious leader. Tbe organ of the administration at the capital city docs not attempt to conceal its purposes, or to apologize for its practices. But it serves this notice on the party makers in Georgia. They must be Democrats or Republicans. It says: “The constitution of the United States and the laws made in pursuance thereof contain no provision that forbids any man or woman to organize a new party, but the experience of mankind fn this Republic has convinced po litical philosophers that parties, like poets, are born, not made. A careful Inspection of the election returns for 1880, ns comimred with those of previous years, doc* not reveal any in dication that a new party Is abou tto be bom.” Xr. Blaine’s Speech. We devote much of our space this morning to tbe eulogy of Blaine on Gar field. It had been given out that Mr. Blaine would take occasion to pay his re spects, in this effort, to Arthur, Conkling and Grant, but he has not done $o. It is as fail' a funeral oration as one po litical friend may pronounce over another, and this Is about all that may be aaid of it. There it nothing in It that the news paper reader does pot already know of Garfisld, while there is an absence of thrilling periods and rhetorical ornament. The story of the life of an ordinary American politician is told for all that it is worth, in a common-place wsy. Even the tragic ending of a career just balancing on a great chance, bad not suf ficient inspiration to raise Mr. Blaine from the studied style of the essayist to the eloquent flights of tbe great orator. As Mr. Cunkling was raised to tbo bench to meet this occasion, he may now don the silk gown or bow Lis lofty thanks and declinations at his own sweet will. bly I Drain »r Bishop Lynch. The Rev. Patrick N. Lynch, Roman Catholic Bishop of Charleston, S. C., died in that city, on Sunday morning last. Though he had been in feeble health for aomo years his death was a surprise aud shock to his congregation and tbe commu nity. He literally died at bis post of duty, tor though warned by his physicians that rest and quiet were absolutely necessary to prolong life, he still continued his labors. He was consecrated in 1858, and was in tbe sixty-fifth ’year of his agc^IIe was a man of marked piety, great learning and untiring energy, and was greatly beloved by all classes of the community iu which ho lived. In his death the church loses ono of its ablest and roost distinguished prelates, and tbe country a citizen whose every day life was devoted to the building up and spreading out of a morality, that elevated and adorned all tit partmeuts of human society. The Tariff Discussion. the time draws near for tbe House nlatWes of the National Assem- ngage in what now promises to long and exhaustive debate upon theV jj’ffi the question begins to at tract atreuJeii. in ether States besides Georgia. TliJS“ L is a strong and general desire upon lliK art of the intelligent people of tha SouH^j-y bo fully informed upon this important asnl interesting issue, and Southern journai^ l v find many op portunities to gratify this^jjre. The Charleston JVeirs anu tfotimr pro poses to open up the discus Lm fully in South Carolina, and has made*} ift start in that direction by interviewing'wjp con gressional delegation from tbak>:i3tate. The result so far shows Senators L^ n pton and Butler and Representatives Rtliard- son, Evins, Aiken, Dibble and Tllrnan all to be in favor of a tariff for revenue with incidental protection for home in dustries. This is the precise position oc cupied by Mr. Calhoun in tbe earli:r years of bis public life, and befve the tariff, was as were all I other questions, subordinated to the J a very discussion. Slavery now being out of tbe way, aj^tlio South being forced to aban don the plan of becoming aud remaining a purely agricultural couutry, our people can address themselves to an examination of the tariff from business and economic standpoints. The Neics and Courier rather indicates that it shall take a position in favor of free trade, and expresses the wish that the tariff tnay be made a prominent polit ical issue in that State. We should consider this unfortunate. A questlou so intricate and important,aud one that should be removed far above a partisan wranglo cannot be fairly dis cussed and intelligently acted upon dur ing a heated campaign. Neither South Carolina or any other Southern State has her governmental affairs so securely set tled upon a sound cud permanent policy as to be able to take tbe risk of dividing a popular sentiment which should be con solidated, by forcing an issue of ibis kind. Tbe discussion should come. It should be tboiougb, and should be conducted in a spirit of tbe broadest fairness and toler ance. feairal mock Under tbe Alexander Movement. Under tbe magic touch of General Al exander & Co., Central s'ock seems to be going in search of Louisville and Nash ville. On day before yesterday it was offered in Savannah at $1.23| per share. This is certainly very low for a stock that, according to the sliowiug of General Alexander, lltould pay 0 per cent, in poor years aud from 11 to 12 Id good OUCS. The trouble seems to be that so much of the stock is held for speculative pur poses only, that violent fluctuations and even a heavy decline from present low figures may not be at all improbable. J. I. Cisco & Co. are said to carry on margins for _ E. H. Greene, E. r. Alexander and others. .* 5,500 share* Also for Savannah broken ..... 1,000 shares C C. Baldwin 1,400 shares E. P. Alexander. 500 shares The Savannah lianks carry on mar- . gin for speculators 7,000 shares The Augusta bank* carry 1,000 share* Brokers carry in their own names- 1,500 share* And private parties carry for them 3,000 (hare* Hero is a total of 2»,000 shares ol stock on tbe market. We understand that in vestors look with suspicion on tbeso secu rities and do noL touch them. This state of affairs followed the elec tion of Gen. Alexander & Co. to seats in tbe board, and seems likely to continue for some time at least. And under such conditions where are orders to come from? When and how is the stock u> be released from the coil that speculators have wound about !•? We can see but two ways out of It, re treat or liquidation. Speculators cannot expect to win ou every venture that they may make. Very few realize all tbat they hope for, and many Lave to pocket losses measured by the wisdom they may exhibit in dropping a load tbat becomes heavier in proportion to tbe length of time that it is carried. It is but fair to presume that tbe specu lators in this stock made tbo changes in tbe board of directors ot the Central road for tbe purpose of inaugurating this pol icy, which has, contrary to their expecta tions, so far resulted disastrously to their hopes. Let them ask these parties to resign and let those interested in a conservative pol icy aud management again lake hold of tbe business. Confidence will follow. The stock will disappear from the vaults of tbe banks and will register higher in tbe markets. Losses may follow to come as a neces sary result of an unwise movement. Let tbe brokers square them up and strike out lu legitimate enterprise in a different di- section. Persistence In an attempt to ac complish something that cannot b« ac complished, can only result in greater losses. We are quite aware tbat no matter bow good advice may be, it is not always ac ceptable to those for whose benefit it is given, but with the facts and figures be fore us, we can see no way to avoid the dangers in front save tbe one we have suggested. Tbe wise and conservative policy which has heretofore characterized he management of tbe Central railroad i is fully Indorsed by tho people of Georgia. ' No matter how greatly they may admire tbe brilliancy and skill of tbo tactics of Gen. Alexander, they feel that Mr. Wad- ley is entrenched in a position too strong to bo carried by a sudden assault. Conti deuce alono can rally a drooping market. Vandalism. When Dean Stanley was visiting this country some years since he expressed a desire to do honor to some distinguished American. Canon Kingsley, on a similar occasion, had given expression to a simi lar desire. Acting upon the suggestion Mr. Cyras W. Field concluded to erect a monument to the memory of Major An dre, of the British army, who was cap tured, tried and hung as a spy during the revolutionary war. Now, notwithstand ing Mr. Field’s great success as a finan cier and business man, he does not possess the good wiliof the New York City jour nals, and has consequently purchased a couple of papers for himself within the last few months. He was mercilessly ridiculed for his idea of erecting a monu ment to Major Andre, but as be possessed both the motiey and the persistency of character necessary, he had the luonu- ment erected on tbe spot where the cap ture took place. There was nothing wrong per se in this act of Mr. Field. The British government had honored Major Apdre with a monument in Westminster Abbey, and though be was kindly re membered in America, there was no ne cessity of erecting a monument to his memory here. It was a matter of taste to be decided by tbe gentleman who propos ed to Invest the money, and he decided it in his own way. On the night of Washing ton’s birth day some one visited the mon. cment and after defacing it, placed an Ameriean flag upon it, to which these verses were attached: “Too long hath stood the traitor's shaft, A monument to shame. Built up to praise a traitor’* craft, To sanctify 111-fame. Are freemen bound to still forbear And meekly still Implore, When conquered foes their altars rear 55 itbtn our very door? “This vulgar and insnlllngstone Would honor for all time, Not sneaking Andre's death alone, But Black Ben Arnold’s crime, And they who thus caiQglorify The traitor and hi* deeds, Themselves high treason would employ, M fulfill^ If ’twould 1 1 their needs. "Americans! resolve, proclaim That in our own dear land Never, while the people reign. Shall treason's statue stand! And he who dares erect It next On fair Columbia’s breast, 5Vith fulsome or with fnlse pretext Shall dangle from its crest.” Of courje Mr. Field is very indignant aud has offered a large reward for the per son who committed this piece of vandalism. It is doubtful if he will be discovered, still more doubtful if punishment would fol low discovery and prosecution. Though this act was a piece ot vandalism it was mild compared to what Americans have done in the same direction. When the monument to Washington was first commenced the nations of the world contributed stones with suitable inscriptions to be placed iu the shaft. Among tbeso was one contributed by the Pope. A Know-Nothing mob took this and threw it into the Potomac river. Cotton Statement. According.to the Financial Chronicle, of Friday the 24th, the receipts at all the ports since Sep'ember 1st, up to that date, were 4,000,508 bales, compared with 4,- 535,105 in 1881, and 4,201,820 iu 1SS0, showing a falling off compared with last year of 528,ti57 bales, aud as compared with 1SS0,105,312 bales. The receipts for the week eudiog on FrTday were 00,100 bales, against 138,850 bales last year, and 102,095 in 1880/ Stocks iu interior towns up to tbat date were 302,430 bales against 317,5SS bales in 1880. Total visible supply on Friday night was 3,124,105 bales against 2,020,450 last year, and 2,030,014 in 1880. These fig ures indicate au increase in tbe amount of cotton in sight lost Friday cf 107,055 bales as compared with 1881, aud as com pared 1880 of 473,401 bales. . Middling cotton in Liverpool last Fri day sold for G 7-10, at same date last year 0i. Mike Bubch, of tbe Eastman Times, has been caught kissing a pretty widow. Thnt is the explanation Dave Ware gives to the occurrence through pure gallantry. It is whispered around in editorial circles, how ever, that the pretty widow wa3 caught kiss* ins Burch. It is being hinted around very strongly that yonr Uncle Paddy Ryan got moro money by losing the fight than ho would have made by winning it. There are two chances to bet on in the prize ring. One is tbat your man will win tho fight, aud tko second that ho will purchase it. Abtiiub complains that he cannot find's man to fill the Russian mission. Patriots have boen a little shy of the place since tho Russian small boy plays marbles with dy namite shells, but a Georgia independent is ready to sacrifice himself at a moment’s notice. Bogota Bill Ssrnggs could be in duced to diplomatize in an ice bouse. Roscoe Conkling was ono of the 300 and wears a medal as big and brassy as his face. He got a big office. Effigy Sargent was not of the “old guard,” has no modal, and is banished to a small ministership, whero the pickings and stealings are light. Moral: Join the 300 and wear a brass modal and yon will bo happy, whether yon are virtuous or not. Macon has just offered Colo’s system what grounds it needed at Macon as n do nation. Pensacola has jnst refused to allow tbe Pensacola and Atlantic road to establish bhops on tho grounds the com pa ny had bought. Either Macon or Pensaco la is making a great mistake, but wo in cline to the opinion that we would havo to go to a lunatic asylunrfor a jury which would lay tbe error upon Macon. Judge Baxteb, United States district judge of Ohio, decides: “Tho legislature of Ohio bos authorized the establishment of pnblio schools; that is to say, they havo authorizid the classification of iho school children, and have authorized the negroes to be educated separately in ono school, from the white children, and tho whito children separately from tbe negro. Now, that is no wrong to tho nogro. The legis lature has a right to do that.” New Yobk Thihwse: There is no hu man being in tbe country so ignorant ns to believe Conkling would havo been -warded the highest judicial office in the gift of the President if a cold-blooded assassin had not first mnrdered tho President whom the people elected. For that horrible murder no man living is thought by tbe people of the United States more responsible than Mr. Conkling himself. The day after hia resignation his disciple Gnitean bought the pistol, and the very physioian who was af terwards called in to probe tbe President’s j Military Justice. It is essential to tbe welfare and disci pline of an army, tbat there should be military tribunals to try and punish offi. cors and men guilty of a violation of rules aud regulations and tbe article* war during tbe existence of war. And even in time; of peace drunken officers and soldiers, thieves, deserters aud ^sub ordinates may bo properly dealt with by these courts, but It seems like a solemn mockery of law and justice to give a court martial Jurisdiction of an offense that should be tried by a civil conn. The military power of this country should al ways bo held in complete subordination to the civil law, aud when an officer or soldier commits an offense recoguized by the civil code lio should be at once turned over to the civil authorities for trial and punishment, if tbe offense has been committed within the proper jurisdiction. And this practice prevailed before the sword bocaine su preme in tbe country. Some years since there was a notabie instance. A surgeon at # a military post in Texas killed his commanding ofiber in a personal ren contre. The military authorities seized tbe offender, aud, at first, refused to sur render him, but bad finally to yield to the demand of tbo civil authorities of the State of Texas. One of these solemn farces is just now being enacted at Washington. A dozen or so officers of varioui grades, rigged out iu full uniform, with swords, sashes, ep auleltes, and ail the paraphernalia of dress parade, arc assembled in a barracks room to try Sergeant Mason for shooting at Guiteau. It is not at all probable tbat one oftbeinc-n give a correct definition ol the crime with which the prisoner is charged or tho weight of evidence neces sary for conviction, but there they sit, clearing tbe room now aud then of spec tators for tbo purpose of consultation, and will string out into weeks, at good and extra pay, a trial that should not have covered more thau a day. It has been put in evidence tbat Mason loaded bis gun to shoot Guiteau, and so stated, that he did the shooting in the presence of his commanding officer aud openly and immediately avowed tbe act. The record shows him to have beeu a good soldier and his enlistment papers re port him as sound in mind and boly. This makes out the case for the prosecu tion. Masou’s counsel, who seems to be cranky, defends upon the grounds that he did not shoot, that he was iuspired wlieu he shot, aud tbat he had a right to shoot the assassin. The President of the court will not permit Guiteau to be called anytbing else b: t the assassin, aud wo comply. Guiteau, c.' we should have said the assassin, cannot testify because be .is a convict. Tho newspaper ferrets have given out that the court will find Masou guilty, but will ask Arthur to pardon him for bis “ill- timed rashness.” The probabilities are that he will escape punishment, as the Northern mind does not seem to cousider him guilty of any iufractiou ot law. Popular excitement has been so worked up against Guiteau that Masou, Bill Jones and the prison guard who attempted to kill Guiteau are all worshiped as heroes. Mason. Bill Jones and the jail guard ought to have beeu long since tried, eoudemned aud sent to the penitentiary, aud a society which is so demoralized as to condone their offenses will yet reap its reward in violence and blood. But there is no excuse for trying Ma3on by court martial. He is guilty of only a slight offense against military law. lie did not disobey an order, and really did tho shootiug before the guard was mount ed. But he committed a grave offense against the laws of the District of Colum bia aud on a spot clearly within the juris diction of its courts, aud he should have been held to account by Ilia civil authorities. It is by no means certain that he could have been convicted with Corkhill to prosecute. Indeed, if there were a lawyer lor the defense it is more thau doubtful. But tbe country should uot be treated to tbo spectacle of court martials in time of peace. The powers of the military arm ol the government should never be iiiToked, save when tbe civil authorities are powerless. Convict Labor. The New York Sun, of Saturday last, contains the following local item : An anti-prison labor association was organ ized yesterday, with John J. Madiguu as presi dent. In Pythagoras Halt. Only shoemakers were present. They claim that great injury to their business is caused by the prison competi tion, where the contractors pay the State only 50 or lu cents a day per capita for convict labor. The shoemakers say that they mean to drive shoemakers out of the prisons. They will see What can be done, and In cose they canuot suc ceed alone, they will ask for help from Uie moulders, tbe hatters, the tailors, aud other* whose business they say, is also affected by prison competition. The slioemukers say it is their Intention to organize throughout the city, and that at tho next election of State officers they will make themselves felt. We commend a careful perusal of It to those persons in Georgia who are becom ing so hysterical over the convicts of tbe State, tbat they propose the building of a penitentiary at a cost of a million of dol lars, and tbo Incarceration of convicts within four walls to bo worked by tbe State at mechanical trades at a heavy an nual cost. The experiment with us is not an un tried one. For many years tbe convicts of Georgia wero kept In a penitentiary and were employed lu ahoemaking, liar nessmaklng, carpeuter work and other me chanical employments. They cost tho State $140 per capita per annum, ozer tnd above tbe proceeds of tbeir labor, and tbe mechanics wero constantly complaining of the competition. To repeat the experi ment iu the faco of such results, it strikes us, would bo singularly unwiso and un- lortuuate. It will not do to say tbat this rude labor cannot compete with skilled mechanics, for it does to a certain extent, New and experienced bands cannot make good shoes, good harness and do good cabinet work, but it makes something cheap tnd unsatisfactory at a very heavy cost, which has to be sold at a very low price, and in this way it interferes with competent outside labor. It is perhaps true that we may not have a sufficiency of good shoemakers, carpenters, or har ness makers, but under the system pro posed we. can soon have too many poor ones ot each class. There is absolutely nothing In tbe com- plalut tbat tbe convicts, as now worked, compete with general day labor disadvau- tageously. Georgia needs more bands to held the plow, to handle tbe boe and axe, to pick cotton, to dig coal and make bricks. If she had many thousand con victs, they might be profitably employed in these industries without interference convicts are to be penned up In a largo and costly building and woiked by the State, then every man outside, rich or poor, will have to bo taxed to support them. A system which makes them support themselves Is a wise one and should not be ebauged, because hysterical people will howl, and demagogues will engage in a wild hunt for tbe ballots of tbe man and brother. One Beucfit or Fasllog. Toronto Glob*. About four month* ago Deter I-nppan, a rest dent of Izindon East, was shot through tho con ter of the body by a comrade who was carries* lv handling a revolver. The doctors were of the opinion that tho wounded man would die. a-sltwas evident that the ball had passed through the part of tlie body where (he stom ach ought to be, and tlie chance* were that a vital |Hirt hod been pierced. Rut the man, con trary to all expectation, recovered. It appears tlmt prior to Uie shooting Lappun had fasted for thirty-six hours, and nsn result the organs of digestion were shrunken and drawn out of their usual place, ami out of tlie course of tho bullet Had he eaten a breakfast thnt morn ing, or even supper the night before, he would liuv been a dead man. Hicks Appear*. J R. R is Chronicle and Constitutionalist. Uev. 5V. 5V. Hicks, who is half stump speaker and half pulpit orator, has undoubtedly made a sensation here. He attracts quite a croud here every Sunday to his tabernacle. Many people go to hear him because of his eloquence. One gentleman excused himself for attendance on the ground that it was better than play-act lug to hear Mr. Hicks preach. As all the thea tres nre closed on .Sunday, Hie Doctor draws a mighty throng. I have not heard that the lec ture he is said to have adapted from Lincoln to Lee has been utilized for Garfield. He knows how to please the multitude with emotional or atory, uml a great many ;>cople In Washington only ask to be diverted, without specially ear ing who tho person is that furnishes the enter tainment. Mv recollection of him Is tlmt much of hts success is due to a kind of magnetic method rather than to any special excellence In literary composition. lie has the trick of phrase and articulation.. After seeing thousands go into ecstasy over Joe Emmett, I am not sur prised that other thousands run after Hicks. Illsbop I.yneli's Deathbed, Kate* and Courier. At about 5 o’clock on Saturday afternoon tlie disease from which he had been so long a suf ferer culminated. He fell into a coma, from which it was found almost impassible to amuse him, and hi* physicians. Dm. Chazal and Gcd- dings, u ere at once sent for. U pon tliclr - arri val u surgical operation was at once performed, but failed to afford any relief, aud all hope of prolonging life was abandoned. The Bishop was in a dying condition. HU brother. Mr. Francis Lynch: the Very Uev. D. J. Quigley, the 5'icar General of the Diocese: the Rev. P. L. Duffy, his secretary and confessor, und the Rev. K. t'hapuis.of the cathedral, remained with him u!l night. A day or two previous the llishop hail received the holy communion. On Satur day afternoon be received the holy viaticum and extreme unction, previous to which he made a confession of faith. His words were as follows: “I have lived a member of the Holy Catholic Church; I believe all its doctrines, and have tried to the best of my abilities to obey her pre cepts. I die a Bishop of the Holy Roman Cath olic Church, and, in dying, profess my faith in all the truths taught by the Church. I ask the forgiveness of God for nil my shortcomings, and trusting in Uod’s mercy, 1 resign iny soul iuto his hands.” Through the long death vigil, whtch lasted all night, the IIUliop remained conscious. He spoke frequently, took the medicines that Wcri administered to him, und while listening to and participating in the prayers for the dying, which were recited at intervals during the night, professed ills entire willingness to obey the dread summons. At about half-past six o'clock yesterdav morning tlie Bishop began to sink rapidly, and it was evident that the end was approaching. The prayers for the dying were repeated, and the (lying Bishop, raising his hand and making the sign of tlie cross, gave his lost benediction to the clergymen w ho knelt at hU beside. Later In tlie morning it number of hU per sonal friends, including the members of his vestry und tlie Sisters of Mercy, visited his deathbed. Although in the throes of death lie seemed to recognize them all, and until the spirit winged its way to its home in the skies, with tlie last breatli this servant of God con tinued to lift his hand iu benediction, even after all power of utterance hud left him. At half-post ten o’clock yesterday morning the soul of u good man had departed to rest. lirnwu on Ornut. J. It. R. in Chronicle and ConstilutinnaUil It was known to a tew persons that Senator Brown intended voting for tlie Logan hill, and, wiien he addressed the clmir, standing firinly ut his desk and stroking liis long beard, there was n buzz of curiosity from all parts of the Immber, uml then a hush us he iicgon to speak, lie spoke, ill slib-dur.ee, tints: “I ilo not con sider this a political question. It is one of hon est opinion, upon which good men may differ., f am opposed to pensioning ex-presidents and persons in civil life. Tlie practice has already gone too fur. There is no reason why any dis tinction should lie made between Judges of Hie .Supreme Conn and (lie circuit judges of differ ent Slates. The former have the advantage in salary, and should be satisfied. The precedent is a bad one. The next step will be to pension < 'ahinet oUlcers, or perhaps Congressmen of long and distinguished service, like tlie Sena tors from Rhode Island and 5'ermont. There is no stopping place. Civil life itensions are uot iroper. It was quite u different matter with he inilitury. Orfleersund soldiers staked their lives for a pittance, and should be liberally compensated. They laid a valid claim uikiii the people. It was she usage of great nutions to honor heroic warriors. AH civilized and savage nations do this. and tlie people approve it. I am no aero worshipper in a false sense, but I do admire heroism in war. If the Southern Con federacy laid succeeded, there is no honor or emolument I would not have voted Lee and Johnston. They had been brave, magnani mous, powerful. They had performed distin guished services to their country. In according o these noble meu whatever would have been possible, under changed circumstances, I would have been bound by sectional lines. Sow, I take a broad Union view, and honor the heroes of a whole land. So. I will not hes itate to do for Grant what I would gladly have (lone for the immortal Lee, had tlie fortune of war been reversed. I could not favor tlie first intention of restoring General Grant to active military duty: but I am in fa vor of the present method of retirement and shall so vote. I cordially approve the L-ignn bill. 5Vhat Gen. Grant's pecuniary condition is, I care not 5Ve all know that Mrs. Garfield is n millionairess, and I am glad of it: but Sen - ator* who vote for a pension to tills rich Indy should not deny the same honor to Grant. There is uo consistency in such action. Grant is an exception to the general rule. Ills retire ment doe* not interfere with anybody cL«c on the retired list. Ex-Confederates cannot afford to dbqiamgc the military record of Ulysses 8. Grant. The mult who conquered at Apiwmat- tox, although Lee led but the shadow of the most glorious army that ever trod the earth, is no common chieftain. I think all ex-Cotifed- erutes should approve this bill. It is the crowning sacrihee of many other*. [At tills point .Senator Butler interrupted, and intimated that he would like to see some magnanimity displayed on the other side.] ltesnmiug, benator Brown said: “I think we shall sec it All applica tions for relief of disabilities have been accord ed, and I am in hope thnt the offending statute will bo soon repealed. 1 have no intention of lecturing anybody, but simply give such coun sels to ray associates in this body os my judg ment approves. In tlie pursuance of what he catted 'my policy.’ Andrew Johnson dictated to the subjugated Southern States the abolition of slavery mid repudiation of the Comcderate war debt. The Georgia convention of that time was not composed of negroes, carpet-baggers Jr scalawags, but representative men of the cotn- monwemth. They submitted to the Inevitable and, at one stroke, consented to the wiping out of nearly SUO.OOO.Oun of property 55’e did not do, in Georgia, wnat we thought ought to be done; but we yielded to what we could not help. If we could do that then, we need not flinch from the last sacrlflce. I will not be behind any Northern Senutor in promoting the welfare of this government, and so, I will throw no ob stacle in the wav of honoring the great hero of the war. 5Vhateverwe may say or do, posterity will not fall to assign him a place second only to the first savior of the country. A monument has been built in this ritv to 55’oshlngton, the man of the South. Another ono may rise to commemorate Grant, tbe man of the North. 1 eon afford, Mr. President, under all these cir- cumstanrcs, to voto at least the honor of re tirement to the second great hero of the coun try, while he still survives.” WadleyaaJCole. "Gath" “55’hat I* to become of Mr. 55’adley, so long president of the Georgia Central railroad?” "5Vadlcy may be dispossessed by the fouls- vllie interest, though ho has made the charac ter of the lines he has so long controlled. If there is an honest railroad man iu this world, be Is the person, and with abundant opportu nities to become rich ho Is poor—probably not Worth 8100.000. He resisted raising his salary; never mentioned his plans to his directors, lest thev might speculate on them: is oblivious of praise or censure, and, though a native of Mas sachusetts, lias tlie esteem of every man of character in Georgia. He has liccn obliged to charge some of the communities stiff rates for freight and passage, and, though this provoked feeling, discriminating people never laid any offense at his door, lie began life In Georgia a laborer on Fort Tybcc, and was a creator or the railroad system.” "55’hat has become of IL T. 55 ilson? “He has made a fortune, and live* In New York. Some say he is wortli 5,000,000 to 810,- 000,000. He is a Georgia-born man, raised in Tennessee to business. lie was a Confederate contractor during the war. Hi* brother-in-law, Marsh Johnston, is bulidlug a One new resi dence overlooking Macon, tearing down a splendid old hom° to do It. Wilson took hold of the Memphis ami Charleston, and tbe East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad, and bv their consolidation with the Norfolk and 5Vestcm and the Shenandoah Valley new line the Colo system was given a noble base, and by the gift of the Macon mid Brunswick road and the acquisition of tlie Selma, Rome anil Dalton, had only to build from Koine to Atlanta to hnvo one of the most formidable line* lu the South. Wilson, Cole and 55’aillcy are all very tall men—Colo a particularly Impressive one. PERSONAL. —Cetewayo Is expected la England In May. —Herbert Spencer Is coming to Ameri ca this summer. —Samuel H. Owens, a prominent Ma son of SL Louis, is dead. Miss Rose Eytinge lias commenced a suit for a divorce from her husband. —Tbe committee on the Carajjbell-Uan non contest has decided to report the scat va- cunt. —Robert Spiller, a well-known theatri cal manager, died at his residence in N'cw York Friday. —Madame Patti, who reached New York on Wednesday night, says that she is In love with 55’cstem audiences. Gustave Dora is at work upon tho statue of Alexander Dumas, which Is intended for the Place Moleshcrbcs, lu Paris. The late Governor Blue Jeans Wil liams, of Indiana, Is to have a granite monu ment 2S feet a inches high, to cost 2,000. —Mayor Rand, of Minneapolis, has ve toed the electric light ordinance on the ground that it lias proved elsewhere dangerous to life and property- Tlw House committee on invalid pen sions line received n petition nsking a pension for Mrs. ITesldeiit Polk, who is said to need IL —Geo. U. Hendrix, a sign painter, was arrested on suspicion of defacing the Andre monument near Tarrytown. Prisoner Is not vet Identified. —Editor Doak retires from the Nash ville American, but tho American Is still In fa vor of Democracy mid an honest settlement of the Stale debt. . —Miss Alice Longfellow, the daughter of tlie poet. 1ms a strong and clever face, with rimrming brown eyes and a delicate, soft color in her cheeks. —Faddy Ryan, ex-champion pugilist., ™ys Uieiiant K. Fox w ill back him for S...000 for another match with Sullivan as soon as he gets liis new truss to working well. ^-Sister Blandine, for many years music teacher at Georgetown (D. C.) Monastery, died last Friday morning. She had been sick some time, but her death was quite sudden. —Mr B. F. Gravely, of Leatherwood. Henry county, \’a., and the manufacturer of the celebrated brand of chewing tobacco bear ing his name, died at liis residence on Thurs day last. —The story that Tilden had proposed to Governor Palmer, of Illinois, that they should make up a Presidential team is vigorously de nied by the Illinois man. —Bishop Pierco Is somewhat discour aged at the condition of his throat. It falls to improve ils he had expected some time since. His general health is very good. —The lute Bishop Wlghtman, of Stu'-h Carolina, was a s|iecinlly devout man. He wo*, it is said, a habitual reader of the Greek New Testament, which he carried with him whom ever he went. —The Washington Capital having de clared that Dr. Mary Walker wore No. 8 shoe*, she entered the office the other day and planked down a No. <’• on a chair and called out: “Liur! Thar's the proof of your per- fidyt” —At tho age of ninety-four and in the same room and bed that he was born, has just died Cnpt. Green of Ruckdnn, England, who is believed to lie the last surviving olficer of those wlio were on duty at the funeral of Nelson, in SL Paul's. —(JanUfltaJiaSli^mberlaync, tho ed- man NEWS ITEMS. Somebody has given $25 In gold to tl» faculty of Marquette College. Milwaukee. t„ u. mode Into a medal for the “foremost student In manly piety.** u A hunter near Mason, Tenn., fired Into a supposed covey of birds his dog had Ja s^»i?»*tek d,iotvcrcd ® A marriage with a dead wife’s sister Is Illegal In England, and at a mass meeting re cently in Exeter Hall, London, three thonnml children bom of such marriages petitioned to bo mode legitimate. ATTappan, N. Y-, Wednesday night, some one entered the gronnds of Andre lUH ml month* ago t»y Cyrus W. iicld to mark ihn The ’aland of Hcrm, which was recent ly let on lease to the monks of La Trappc, has now been sold for £7,000 to the Grande Pin, treuse monks, who are of opinion that It u-iii produce an abnndacce of daffodils, which the principal ingredient In their famous ueurs. ' 1 The pay cf General Grant, if placed on the retired list under tho blit which passed tlie Senate yesterday, wilt be three-fourth* „r si t 500. thenny of the general of the army. A re- tired officer of the army ha* not all of the i*-r quisitics—such as commutation for fuel tors, Ac.—enjoyed by officers ou the active Ust. WnEN tho bootblacks of St. Louis gavo the actress, Charlotte Crabtree, a bouquet the other day, she thanked Yorkev Pete, who acted as the rommtttcc of presentation and sai<| -thp boys were too good for anything." This su periority has been observed among boy* every where. 1 It is recommended that the late Presi dent's physicians and attendants I>c paid for their service* tart summer as follows: Dr* Ac- new and Hamilton each 815,000, Hr. Bli-< Qu - ooo, line Rcybum, Boynton and Susan f->l*on *5-000 Steward Crump, $3,000. Dm. Barnes mid 55 oodward will be recommended for promo- tion. Gov. Cameron, of Virginia, will havo to put on his war armor again. The piratical oyster dredgers who were chased away fn in the Virginia coast by the Governor’s dashing navy, have come back again nnd are scooping out the succulent bivalves In wholesale style, In su preme contempt of tlie law. and of tlie consti tuted authorities of the Old Dominion. A little girl aged seven years was en joying a game of rants tho other evening with her cousins and nnnL She became very tired and sleepy, and was rather anxious to retire, but was Interested in knowing how tlie game was to end and who was to be the “old maid.” Thinking to expedite matters, she fumed to her aunt and very soberly raid: “Can't I be saying my prayers while you arc shuffling t" The statement that tbe Eads fifty-mil lion bill ho* a great deal of life in it, elicits from Mr. Halstead the remark that “tlie pro posed railroad across the Isthmus, to carry ships over a ridge 720 feet high. Is a scheme composed of equal parts of lunacy and swindling. The member of Congress who countenances these wild fooleries condemns either his intelligence or hia integrity." The Emperor of China, according to a letter received In New York from tho American itaiy of legation at Pekin, has finally given „ unction for an American company to lay r ,n ocean cable on the Chinese coast, to connect u-1 with the United States by wav of Japan. Min* I istor Seward repeatedly solicited the gnvem- —The last day of Barres,tho revival- without effect , in Louisville. Ky.. resultedln 358 confes-1 LU? " n ^ e !^ xl .. lh * tth . e company in question sions and 232 annnintings. The total result widely respected House of Delegates adjourned to attend nl ntrul. wound went about saying that Garfield do-; with any man black’ or white, who makes Mixed to be shot. (hia daily bread by his dally labor. If tbo foots up: 2,373 conversions'and 1,800 miraculous cures. —It is stated tba’ young Mr. Blaine, in dignant at the newspaper exposure of his fath er’s hand in the Chili -Peruvian matter, threat ens to resign liL* position os one of the commis sioners to Chili. —Gen. Giant will arrive at tbo White House, on his visit to President Arthur, the first week lu March. The exact date of his ar rival is not known at the 5Vhlle House. This visit will be of about a week’s duration. —Queen Marcaret of Italy, has among the Indies of iicr court two Americans, whose magnificent jewel* almost eclipse the famous diamonds of ■ tlie Roman princesses They arc tlie Princess Trigiano llrancacc-i, nee Field, and the Princess Ceut-i, nee Spencer. —Miss Frelingl.uysen, the daughter ot the Secretary of State, run* over to the55’hitc House and directs the steward how to arrange the table when the President give* a dinner party. She Is n young lady without pretentions to beauty, but intellectual und gifted with ex quisite taste. The House committee on private land claim-jha.* authorized Representative Muldrow to nqxirt for ixisMigc n hill providing for the Is suance of land scrip to Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, iu lieu of about some :i*,nit0 acres bf land in Louisiana, heretofore claimed by her as the heir of Gen. Gaines, the title to which has been judicially confirmed to other*. —Prof. Jackson, proprietor of the pyro technic works ot Chester, Pa., where the explo sion occurred last week Willi such fatal results, and Charles 5’anhorn, 111* assistant, have Ijeen arrested mid are in custody. Vanhorn wits in such a precarious condition that hu could not bu removed from his home, und was placed iu charge of an officer. —Minister Morton lias sold his house in 5Vashi»gton. leased hts bouse In New York, mid expects to make Paris his home for a num ber of years. Tlie statement that Mr*. Morton's health lias been seemingly Impaired in Paris is denied. —Mr. Oliver Claus and wife, of Man chester, N. II., celebrated their golden wedding ou Tuesday evening. Their fourteen children mid six grandchildren and 150 of their friends were present, but It is not stated whether Santa wits of the party. —Mute. Celeste, who has just died in Paris, was an actress who came over in the ear ly American days when pretty actresses with u European reputation were solemnly introduced to tlie cabinet by tlie President At least Gen. Jackson did it lu tier case. —The husband of Lady Burdette- Coutts is it memlier of the International Fisher ies Exhibition, totakc place in London next year, and tlie official list gives the following nomenclature for tliLs much-bcnamed Anglo- American: Hr. 5V. L. A. B. C. Burdctt-Coutts. —Flipper’s court-martial findiDg is still in the hands of the judgcndvocatc-gener.it. and 55'iiittakcr's case also moulders In some pigeon hole. Had these fellows been white men tliclr cases would have been disposed of long since, but now it begins to be doubted that they will be dismissed the service at all. —Frederic May, whose memorable duel with Janie* Gordon Bennett caused ruddy Mar* to wink, was married in San Francisco on Wednesday night to Mira Cecelia Coleman, a niece of the late Millionaire O’Brien. The. bride'* mother L* wortli several millions, which were loft her by her brother. —Princess Kafida Hanrm, wife of the Khedive, likes politics and keep* well informed of the affairs of her country. The princess Is « beautiful woman according to Turkish taste. She is exceedingly stout, with splendid black hair and eyes, and a lovely complexion. She is 2i years old and was married to the prince at 15. who has no other wife. They have sight children. —Tbo statute of Daniel O’Connell, which was designed and nearly completed by Uie late Mr. l'oley, has been successfully ca*t at a foundry In Dublin. The completion of the work after Mr. Foley's (lentil was intrusted to Mr. Brock, who was present at the costing. The four figures whicli will be placed at tho fiara of this monster memorial remalu yet to be cast in the bronze. —The Rev. George Austin went Into the bank at Madison, Ind., and asked for 280 on his note. The cashier explained, as deli cately a* possible, so as not to wound tho rev erend gentleman’s feeling*, that an Indorse ment by *omc person of property was rcqu red. Mr. Austlu inquired ii the signatures of John nnd Perry Cotton would do, nnd was told that they would. After an hour's absence he re turned. with their names forged on tbe note, got the 32*0, and absconded. How It Is Discussed. Chattanooga Timer. The difference iictwecn a tariff for revenue only aud a tariff for protection only is shown in the fact that England, with a population o[3V 000,030, raises by a revenue tariff3t00.0p0.000 or seven articles, while we, with 50,000,000 people, raise only $150,000,000 to $175,000,000 on over two thousand articles, nnd tho people ore addition ally taxed about $1,000,000,000 for the capacious pockets of the manufacturer*.—Courier- Jour- ftflf. The largest amount England has ever collect ed under her system of free trade so-called, was for the year 1SS0,» 39G.OOO.OOO. The tame year the United States realized from the same source 3186,500,000. England levies Import duties on over two hundred articles, instead ol seven. In 1881 the import revenues ol this government were -198.800,000. England’sI • ftt.000,000. 5Ve cite these facts from official tables to show the eminent degree of accuracy the mort pre tentious of otirAtnerico-Brithh economist* at tain when discussing tlielr favorite dogma. There is not a man among the lot who can get nearer the truth than four or five million dol lars. They Invariably lie American revenues down, traduce American products, falsify upon the comparative wages of workmen. But for the British system they have nono but praises. It is a pity the whole crew do not betake them to 5'ietoria'a dominions without delay. They would prove a useful class of lackeys,clacquers and professional traitors of royalty, and this country would bo well rid of them. A very pretty story is told by the Louisville Courier*Journal to the effect tbat an Infant child of Mr. Joseph Mayer, of that city, liod apparently died after a very brief Illness, nd tlie mourning family and friends were round it, when: he child's brother, about ten .ars old, bent over the little one's body and What May Ue Expected. Cincinnati Enquirer. Tho accession of Conkling to the Supremo Bench may effect a change in tho style of the ] nr ps, and respirn judicial wardrobe. There Is a solemn need of 1 ounts the child reform f n this connection. I c ?sscd the pallid lips. The baby's mouth was .■Ceiitiy open, and in kissing her the hoy's j lC cath was blown down her throat The little suddenly moved, there wero several sudden .ns. nnd respiration was resumed. At lost *-inop« In refusing to commute the sentence of a SL Lonts murderer, (he Governor of Missouri says: "Ihave not one particle of sympathy for the murderer* of woman, who, after the rowanlly deed, shrink behind the coward’s plea ofinsanity and plead for mercy. They should remember that the law was not made for mercy, but punishmenb and that, having hnd nr mercy towards their vietim*. thev havo no right to ask such from the executors of the law.” A correspondent of the Richmond (\’a.) Dispatch asserts tlmt a man employed on the railroad from 5Vest Point to Richmond, ran J ump off the rear car of a train of 25 ears, run orwurd. overtake and get upon the locomotive while it Is running at from 12 to 15 miles per hour. People who have uot seen ft done don't believe tho story. AN-extensit^jiuslncss has recently been carried on by jeweler* throughout the country In “mending” mntilated coins by filling up the holes with gold or silver. Tho director of Iho mlnL upon having his attention ealied to the practice, has decided that as soon a* the coin is mutilated it ceases to be a coin aud is simply bullion, and no patching of it can make ft good. It is estimated that the Mormons gain almut 2,000 a year by immigration. From 1810 to Put, or in fifteen years, 21,911 crossed the sea nnd the mountain*. Between 1819 and I s<» 28,* 740 had entered the land of promise. Within the next decade some 25,000 more took ship from Europe to Suit Lake, and not far from thu same number between 1870 nnd 1882. or. in all. from the first ship-load, In 18H1, say about The thumb in China is regarded as tbo better mean* of identification than the face it self, Celestial vagabond* are not photographed for a rogue's gallery as in this city, hut their thumbs are smeurra with Iam]eblack am] press ed down upon a piece of paper, thu* furnishing a rude impression, which i* carefully kept in the police records. A face may lie altered, my the Chinese, but a thumb never changes. The camel's kick is a study. As it stands demurely chewing tlie cud, and gazing abstractedly at some totally different far-away object, up goes a hind leg, drawn close to the body, witb the foot pointing out: a short pause, and oat it files with an action like tlie piston and connecting rod of a steam engine, showing a judgment of distance and direction that would lead yon to suppose the leg gifted witli percep tions of Its own, independent of the animnra proper senses. The President reached down far enough In the political mire when he hauled I’ineb- back up to be surveyor of customs at New Or- cons, but It seems In very bad taste for “half- breed” Republican journals to criticise the executive's action when it is remcmlicred tbat John Sherman once nominated him to the same position. In consideration for which Pinchbeck was to exert himself to secure the Louisiana delegation for Sherman. An amusing letter from Alexander Du ma* tho younger concerning bis father ha* jnst been published in Paris, lie says he was not only the first dramatic author, bnt the first dramatic poet oi his dav. Taking Shakespeare as “the culminating," Duma* the eider most nearly approached him, and the distance be tween Shakespeare and Dumas to proliably let* than thnt between Duma* and hi* contempor aries. “To sum up my opinion of this extraor dinary man." says hto son. “I will my that he to as tittle known os bo to illustrious.” The Rational Free Press, a weekly, published by the Soldiers and Sailora’ National League, calls attention to the practice of nepot- tom In the civil service. John Sherman to a diligent provider for hto relatives—at the gov eminent expense. Tlie lists show that the Sherman family draw fifty separate salaries from the gnvemmcnL Assistant Secretary French, emulating the example of hto former Illustrious ehief. foand places for thirty of hto relatives. Twenty of the Kirkwood family and twenty-six of the family of Assistant Sccretanr Bell, of the Interior DepartmciiL draw their B rovender from the public crib. Tills exhibit • i not strictly true, but it to of the kind that will bear repeating. The Missouri Grand Lodge of United 55'orkuien, recently in session In SL lzmis. para- cd a resolution of great significance. It came up in the form of a question upon the admis sion of saloon keepers and bartenders into the organization. It was claimed that these men were in constant danger of losing their Uvea at the hands of the very characters who patronize them, and. according to the supreme medical examiner's report, the saloon keepers were largely in the lead on the llrtof deceased mem bers, many of the class being taken off try con sumption. Tlie debate was spirited, and when the rote was taken the resolution that no saloon keeper or bartender be admitted to the brother hood was carried by a large majority. Here to a text for the temperance advocate to make the most of. The peanut market is in troublo witb its commodity. 55’ithin a short time the price has advanced about ■ 1 to $1.75 per budicl, and must go still higher before the next crop to marketed. The price of hand-picked nut* to. nine and ten cents per pouna. The crop fast rear wa* a million and a half bushel*. Tlie crop this year is estimated at only a half-mil lion bushels. It to said that one-tliinl of the crop ha* been bought by wealthy planters, who. will hold nnd wait. The high price* have at tracted pcannts from California, uad two car load* were sold in Boston at soven and seven anda half cents; 81.25 to 81.40 was the price per bushel a year ago. Tns Catholics of England are locking forward with eagerness to tho completion of their new church in Broraptoo Read, London. It will probably take place in. the coming July or Angust, although tlie foundation atone wav laid Got little more than a vear ago. The church will be oue of the chief ornaments of South-western Loudon. It will east ulxmt $100,- 000, s sum which includes the purchase of seve ral marble nitar*. About one-third oi the sum was subscribed by the Fathers of the Oratory; the Duke of Newcastle gave ami an ad ditional i»j has been raised by general sub scription. The church p! designed to seat ulmut Was alive aud still imnruv- i*> Rome. When consecrated it LsexpecUsi that four or five cardinals will be in attendance.