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FRIDAY, SIAUCn 17, 1*83.
JocBsovn aeems to h ito no serions ob
jection to John Chinaman—in California.
Tn* ancient gods arc careless fellows.
Flavins slnmbled over ths watering pot
yesterday.
Tux coalition party was knocked ont of
timo on the first xoand in the Mobile mu-
niolpal eloetion.
sir. Persons* Panacea. | panacea. It is pretty to the eye, seductive ther opposition from the South. As
As the time diaws nigh for the appor- B 10 **» ear * nd perhaps not revoliiog to J the report Isom the committee of rules is
tionment of the honor/and emoluments g lbo »«t«- Bttt ^lio Is going to force the ! privileged, the issue may be joined when-
mouious action in the following para
graph :
Let the people at their homo precincts, by
ballot, vote directly lor the candidates ol their
choice, and not for delegates, and lithe office
[ sought to be filled be a county one, let the ex
ecutive committee consolidate the vote ol the
A Naw York man has succeeded in
waltzing ten miles in three hoars; This is
the latest “racquet."
Bnims Eduuvm declines to slip into the |
gown rejected by Conkling. The pulsoless
Vermonter does not believe in second lovo.
The Senate committee has reported fa
vorably the bill giving a pension of |5,0C0
a year to Mrs. Garfield, Mrs. Polk and Mrs.
Tyler.
Tna Italian noblemen with their drop-
stiteh organ, steer aronnd Macon becaoso
of her (militated musical taste. They go
to Atlanta.
Taxman who cooled Garfield’s room
has sent in Ids bill fer five thousand dollars
and five others have followed his example.
That is oooh
Thx Mahone Legislature of Virginia is
reconvened, to finish tho work of read
justing everything useful and of good re
pute in that State.
As an evidence of civilization, wo are au
thorized to state that the suspender which
supports the pistol pocket, in this section,
is now as long aa its mate.
Old Tom Cat Platt is mewing about the
White Housedoor. Arthur is afraid, how-
e rer, to give Tommie a chance to vindicate
himself. He might accept.
Birr one clergyman Id Washington seems
to have thought Guiteau’s soul worth sav
ing, and h»has prayed with him without
ceasing. He is a oolored man.
Jons Logan is sick and old man Grant
has had no alms from the public purse in
a week, though he is on the rough side of
Louisville and Nashville stock.
All England insists that the man who
ehoots at the Queen is a lunatic. America
l&es to work to prove the wrotch who killed
her President sane and responsible.
We have not heard of Albert Cox and Joe
Pon ordering a vial of Henry Persons’po
litical panacea. “What is one man’s meat
is another man’s poison” is as truo in poli
tics as in medicine.
Bats the Galveston Journal, turn a spor
tive drummer loose in a railrord car on a
prize fight or a walking match, and an
eight day clock is a mild comparison to his
tongue in the matter of a long run.
Mb. Frank Hurd proposes to talk free
tradoat the “old Hickory” “dejunerala
fonrehette" at Chicago. Mr. Hurd talked
free trade enough in Ohio to be beaten for
Congress despite his wealth and eloquence.
Uncle Remus, who jast now delights in
coddling a recently arrived little rabbit,
thews a tendency as powerful as that of
Mr. Silas Wegg to drop into spring poetry,
on the slightest provocation.
Western hog fat and Yankee cod fish are
slowly but surely sapping the foundations
of Havana. There are more ways of kill
ing a dog than twisting his tail off, and for
long range practice, givens lard an! cod
flab.
Tbk visiting Indians attended a ball in
Chicago, and one of them naively called
the waltz the “war dance of the pale face.”
He had Been Uncle Sam’a bine coats waltz
off to the music of the rifle, and he knew
the slop.
Aunt Annie Hatuowat has been insulting
the Chattanooga people, and onr valued
contemporary, the Times, takes occasion
to apply a plaster of red hot English to her
distinguished liver. fit times the Times is
absolutely picturesque.
Tne Atlanta Constitntion is authority for
the statement that on sale day in that city,
General Gordon ran his hand into hla fob
pocket and shook a goggle-eyed one hun
dred thousand dollar bill at a corner lot
with a cheap house on it, and failed to get
it at that.
of office, the * political doctrinaires are bolus down tho throats ot the people if
busted with appeals to the public to test (2 **** refuse to swallow it?
their nostruma. Tho gentleman who has I hrt us follow the panacea farther. A
last assailed the popular ear Is the lion. I president ia to be ejected in the cummer
Hbury Persons’, of the county pf Talbot, I of 1883 ‘ sb * u lh « two S™* 1 parties
who proclaims his Democracy, *nd pro-1 for *e° their national conventions and in
tents his plan for piellmlnaiy -and har- dulge in two great national primary
elections to aee whom they shall respect
ively nominate?
It would bo a spectacle to make the
nations of the eaitli stare and wonder to
see an election held from Portland, Ore
gon, to the Mexican border in every little
bailiwick in tbiity-eigbt States, to see
who should run on the Republican and
Democratic tickets for President and
Vice President. If this were done, why
the necessity of anything farthei? The
polls would show the strength of the
opposing parties, and why should the one
in the minor^make further contcal ?
Looking a?* this panacea iu tho cold
light of common sense, we see at once
that the Democratic party of Georgia will
have none of it. The party in the fourth
Congressional district may take it down.
If so Mr. Persons will be satisfied. Sup-
:>se It wilt not? That’s the question. In
,t event will Mr. Persons be satisfied?
'. Persons is not the first enthusiastic
in^faor of a panacea which was to drive
awa^doubt ar.d pain and suffering and
“all the ills to which flesh is heir.” The
reformer has been abroad in the land be
fore, but men fight and quarrel and suffer
disappointment and die and the world
still wags along in the usual commonplaco
way.
A Savannah broker,wlo had been caught
in the rapid decline of Central, invested in
a scarf-pin upon which was a rampant ball.
This had no effect npon the market, how
ever, the prises still failing, and a friend
explained to him that the ball ho was wear
ing had a ring in bis nose.
• The South Carolina papers have not re
ported recently whether Senat >r Fishbntne
ia on the inside or ontside of a jail, bnt we
gather from them that Jim Baskins is run
ning an Independent party, which is a kind
of cross between Col. Thornton’s “liberal"
machine and Albert. Cox’s “progressive”
movement.
In his speech against the Chinese, Sena
tor Edmunds said of the people of Massa
chusetts, that, “in his opinion, they would
not hanger for an irruption of a million
inhabitants of Africa, not because they had
any hostility to ths African, or did not de
sire hi* education, growth or development,
bnt because they did not believe it wasgood
lor races to be brought together indiscrim
inately in the same place, unless their race
tendencies were such that, being together,
hey would assimilate and beoome homo
geneous.” And yet Mr. Edmunds and his
Massachusetts friends hunger to have the
“races brought together indiscriminately”
at the Sooth.
Editor Woods, of the Dispatch, asks ns,
off handed, if we really believe the Demo!
cratic party of Georgia cen ba tied np in a
bag and swapped off ftfr a bobtail coon
dog. We are frank to admit tho presence
ol an undefined suspicion in this sanctum
born of uncertainty and onr contempo
rary's abrupt manner. Are we menaced
by a hair-trigger trap ? Under tho circum
stances we decline the entire proposition
until we hare an opportunity to examine
tin' do/, so picturesquely thrust upon us.
Had Editor Woods sent in the pedigree —
had he given weight, eolor and previous
condition, onr course might hare been dif
ferent As it is, we cannot afford
to leave to the imagination
x matter belonging exelnsively
the Judgment Onr contemporary
will at once perceive the reasonableness,
not to »ay dexterity of onr coarse. How do
we know who bolds the bag ? How do *e
know the name on that dog’s collar ? How
4o we know bnt what the tail of the dog, so
’ graphically described as “bobbed,” may be
the hyphen which Jinks together the new
. parties, and which they would follow as it
bobs up serenely during the coming coon
jnuit ? The nnkindnoss ol the dilemma
Into which our contemporary seeks to
becomes s > vividly apparent, we
tillable to proceed.
The friendship between the average Me-
m«B and his winter undershirt a
t exhausted.
ever the majority may feel able to make
the necessary motion.
vote ot the State at large, and declare him who
receives the highest vote the nominee ol the
party.
Mr. Persona has been a lively fraction
in Ibo politics of the fourth Congressibn
ai district for tho past ten years, the re
sult of which was a service of one term
in the Congress of the United States. He
is a gentleman of keen observation, smooth
and plausible, an excellent judge of char
acter, and who carries under a careless
exterior a consuming ambition. Alert,
active and farseeing, he has managed
make every aspirant fir Congressional
honors in his district feel of his weight in
all ol the conventions since the war; and
considering the number of aspirants and
the srtiled number of elections, it may he
considered tha*. he has achieved a fair de
gree of success in securing for himself a
term in the national assembly. But it
seems that Mr. Persons has wearied of
the ways and methods of the Democ
racy, tested and adopted prior to tho
date of bis birth. In a letter written with
the facility and evenness of a practiced
pen, he proposes to discard the old plan
of conventions and to adopt the system of
primaries, as set forth in the paragraph
which we have quoted. If he had been
content to limit its application to his .im
mediate bailiwick, or even to the fourth
Congressional district, we should have
felt indisposed to put into the discutslon,
but as the panacea is to be spread over
the entire State, we proceed to suggest to
our readers the difficulties which suggest
hemselves to us. There can be no plan
proposed or fixed to nominate men for of
fices,which will give satisfaction to those
who are not nominated. Primaries
not calculated to give
any more satisfaction than con
ventions. The convention system is Dem
ocratic in principle and practice and gives
to the people every opportunity to make
themselves ielt and heard. In the selec
tion of delegates to represent them, they
can make choice of such representatives
as they msy see fit, and those who fall to
participate in conventions have no right to
complain subsequently, that they were
not fairly represented. The convention
system was inaugurated and established,
that the intelligence of the party might
select its standard-bearers, and that the
men most capable of representing
the principles and policy of the
party should he placed in
the front. The honors of the party
are intended for those who keep its prin
ciples and practices pure, and who, lrom
the power which comes cf signal ability,
or steady and faithful,service, are best cal
culated to represent the interests of the
rank and file. No party can exist with
out strict and uniform discipline, and that
is not governed by a system as plain and
perfect in its workings as a commercial
business, or any enterprise connected
with the active duties ot life. Up to the
late war the two great parties of the coun
try were managed and controlled by the
same system. That system still obtains in
full force in ail of the Slates north of the Po-
tomac,aud when ths South shall break into
two respcdablo and powerful parties we
will hear no more of advisory councils or
primary elections. Under this system the
South had an admirable representation in
Congress prior to the war. If the stand
ard has been lowered since, it is due
rather to the fact that the debasement ol
the ballot must per force debase the rep
resentation than to any fault of the caucus
or convenlive system. The Congressional
honors of Mr. Persons were the outcome
of the extraordinary steadiness with
which the Democratic party of his dls
trict c’nng to the discipline and traditions
of its faith.
The letter of Mr. Persons, from which
we have extracted his panacea, is plausi
ble and catching in theory. Mr. Persons
Is a plausible man. He can sit him down
with pencil and paper and demonstrate
beyond a doubt, that be can plant all cot
ton, buy his bread, canned vegetables,
meats, coudefised milk and every article
necessary for the support of his family,
laborers and teams, and make himself the
middleman and the laborers ricb, and yet
Mr. Persons cannot work the problem ont
to a practical success. Just so with bis
primaries. They look well on paper, they
sound well la speech, but are suares and
delusions in practice. They have been put
to the test, and the result was failure.
Perhaps the plan might work in a bailiff's
election. So one man ltis raised six
bales of cotton on an acre of ground, but
the man could not make six bales on one
hundred successive acres of ground.
There are seductively sounding principles
that cannot be made to work successfully
in a large sphere. More than a quarter of
a century since, the Great Eastern steam
ship was built. It was expected that she
would revolutionize naval architecture,
just as Mr. Persons proposes to purge and
purify political primaries. No man has
ever built another Great Eastern, and she
Is a waste upon the waters to-day. There
Is no authority to make anyone lake Mr.
Persons’ panacea.
His next door neighbor, as staunch a
Democrat as himself, may reject and re
pudiate it. Who is to name the day for
the primary elections, to appoint the
managers, to prescribe their qualifica
tions and the qualifications of voters ?
Where are the safeguards and guarantees
againstfrands aud fraudulent practices?
Suppose one, two or even tlireee counties
appertain and the balance do not, who is
to be the arbiter between the opposing
forces ? •
As we have already stated the plan has
been tested and has been found to be a
miserable failure. Mr. James once as
pired to be governor and he and Gover
nor Colquitt contested for Fulton county
In a primary just after the plan of Mr.
Persons’ panacea.. Who that witnested
that fearful travesty npon a fair expression
of popular opinion can recall it without
ablush? M17 James carried the county
but he was not made governor. Does any
one suppose that the Democratic party of
The State Road Lease.
During the summer session of the Leg
islature a joint committee of the Senate
and House made an Investigation into tho
ownership of the shares, held under the
lease contract with the State of the West
ern and Atlantic railroad. The investi
gation was searching and protracted, and
the committee in conclusion directed that
the wnole matter should be referred to
the Attorney-General, and if in his opin
ion the Louisville and NashWlle road, or
other parties, had obtained such owner
ship and control of the road, as worked a
forfeiture under the terms of the lease,
then and in that event the Governor was
to propel by legal process .to have thi
property returned to the State.
The Attorney General was farther in
structed to inquire into the validity of the
bond given by the lessees, and if the same
was found to be insufficient the Governor,
after notice to the lessees to make it
good, aud updl their refusal or neglect to
do so, was to proceed to recover the prop
erty. Attorney General Anderson has
performed that portion of his duty which
relates to the bond, and in a report to the
Governor be gives at length his reasons
for this opinion. He holds that tho sig
natures of the Centra), Georgia and
Sonthwestem roads to the bond were un
authorized and invalid.
The Macon and Brunswick and the Sa-
vannah,Florida and Western roads having
been sold and transferred, he does not
consider as bound, and if the Macon and
Western and Atlanta and West Point roads
are still bound, be does not regard the
bond good and sufficient security under
tho terms of the lease. The Governor, it
appears, notified Governor Brown, presi
dent of the Western and Atlantic road, on
the 21st of February, of the Attorney Gen
eral’s decision, and furnished him with a
copy of the same. Since then nothing
has been done, and no one can say what
will be done, though the Atiauta Uonsti
tution sketches out an iuterestiug suit at
law.
The lessees are amply able to give
good bond, and it would seem to be the
bettor policy for them to do so at once,
than to plunge iuto protracted and expen
sive litigation. The Attorney-General
has not yet completed bis opinion as to
the ownership of the shares.
The tease has yet nine years to run, and
while it has, from all accounts, been
profitable to the lessees, the State has not
suffered, bnt on the contrary has
been bettered by the transaction
At the first Inception we were
opposed to the lease in joto, and the means
by which it was brought about, if we un
derstand them correctly, cannot be sanc
tioned or indorsed; but we arc now satis
fied that but for the lease, tlfe State of
Georgia would have been robbed of that
great properly long since.
She now Teceives $300,000 per annum
rental, and It will be unfortunate and in
jurious to all interests if the State shall be
involved in a heavy and expensive suit at
law, or if the road shall again be putnp
for a prize for politicians to pick at and to
mismanage and plunder. Under the ad
vancee made in the scientific wrecking of
railroads, by ether means than crowbars
and railroad commissions, the State road
would scarcely stand a round month’s
work.
full or the Legislature
So far as we have been able to gather
frohi onr exchanges, the Governors of
most of the States which receive addi
tions to their Congressional representation
have convened their respective legisla
tures fur the purpose or rcdistricting un
der the new apportionment.
In reply to a reporter of ComtUu.
lion, Governor Colquitt Is reported as
eay ing that he had just received an official
copy of the law and would have to give it
a careful examination before he would
come to any conclusion about the matter.
As tho Governor knows nothing at all
about law, and as tho State has supplied
him with a legal adviser iu tho person of
an attorney-general, who is both learned
and experienced in tbo law, it might per
haps be as well fur the Governor to refer
the subject to that officer.
This view of tho case is somewhat
strengthened by the fact that for several
weeks past, the name of Governor Col
quitt has been prominently connected
with the position ot Congressman at
large. If the Legislature ia convened, of
course there will be no Congressman at
large from the State.
Wo have not seen the law as passed by
Congress and are consequently unfamil
iar with Its provisions, but the Attorney-
General of North Carolina, at the instance
of Governor Jarvis of that State, has been
examining it, and has reached the con
clusion that t here can be no valid elec
tion held under It for Congressman at
large iu North Carolina. He says:
There must be an express warrant ol author
ity to hold a legal election. The machinery,
the details, must be provided by the law itscll,
and not supplied by inference or implication
The very iact that our law authorizes the elec
tion ol officers therein named by general vote
tumlshcs the best reason that it does not apply
to officers not therein named. And it Is cer
tain the Legislature did not contemplate that
its provisions would be extended so as to au
thorize the election ot a Congressman at large.
Whereupon Governor Jarvis, in ad
dressing the council board which has to
consent to any action he may take, in the
premises, says: .
Jlowevcr others may leel and act, I am not
willing that North Carolina, by any act or
omlsslonot mine, shall be deprived ot any
part ot her representation and influence in the
national legislature, nor am 1 willing to take
partln holding an election which I am ad
vised by the law officer ol the State is witbont
authority ol law.
“Havo Yoa Cooks On Those?”
Courier Journal.
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example and career, they will see to It j
that Georgia shall still be foremost In the • vounrr journal. 1
mtrch of mind, and materia? progress/ "g** ^ ~ W,,IUm u - L ; Gnmer, the celebrated JWi reported that ,2 w omen
' ‘ Scnuare bung =52, ttS.eWSffi Cn8nlver ’ U ,U ' ad ’ ,‘b° ol *1 ffiWed In terming In Indiana. ■
[ arguments are l>e!i:g prepared, II one can Judo? years
AJfcvy Cotton Exchange f „ Liverpool 0ccurrcd?u . ‘ ~T
on tho American Finn
Tub tear carp proposes to wrestle with
horned frog ot Texas.
Tire Coming “Cloture
The hungry lobby at Washington has
become impatient for the spoils, and as
the rales of the House as they now stand
If correctly interpreted and impartially
administered, can and will aid the rnlnoi
ity to protect itself together with the pub
lic purse, tbe Republican committee on
rules, through its chairman, has made a
report which, if adopted, will effectually
emasculate the Democratic minority.
The change proposed in effect puts it in
the power of tbe majority to take up and
push to its final passage any bill which it
pleases,
If this change is made and tbe power is
given, tbe first use tbe Republican s will
make cf it will be to strengthen them
selves by turning ont pell mell all of tbe
Democrats whose seats are contested and
seating tbe Republican contestants. Then
they will proceed to admit Dakota as a
State—not that Dakota ought to be ad
mitted, not that Dakota has as many in
habitants as New Mexico whose popula
tion is Democratic, but for tbe reason
that Dakota is certain to strengthen the
Republican columa. This accomplished
and the lobby will be turned loose on tbe
Treasury Department.
The scheme Is bold and brilliant, but it
cannot succeed if the Democratic majori
ty will prove vigilant and nmted. A
parliamentary fight, or rather siege, which
is better known In Congressional tactics
as. filibustering, will prevent tbe threat
ened mischief. #
Heifer and Reed are no opponents for
Sam Randall and Sam Cox in a parlia
mentary struggle. The necessity is that
the rank and file shall stand steadily be-
I hind tbe leaders, and we shall see
Georgia is going to hold primary elections j » repetition of that three days fight wl en
iu every militia beat in the State front the Republicans, foiled, baffled and worn
Tybee light to Lookout mountain, to as- j out,were compelled to abandon ,the force
certain who it shall nominate for govern- bill, which bad been prepared to crush
Bettreinent ol Mr. Stephens.
Tht flowing rumor of the contemplsteJ
retirement of Mr. Stephens from bis posi
tion iu Congress at the close of the pres
ent term, may be said to have coagulated
in tbe following paragraph taken from a
special Washington dispatch to the At
lanta Constitution:
He is said to have considered tho question
carefully and has at length reached the con
clusion that he could find more congenial pur
suits for his remaining years than in politics.
Immediately alter his labors here arc finished
he will carefully review his history of the Uni
ted States, now in press, and after that he will
devote himself to Ills private interests at home.
He has received from friends In Georgia many
expressions of hope that he would consent to
allow his name used iu the gubernatorial can
vass, with assurances that the honor would be
accorded him by common consent, and he lias
expressed his gratitmle for this mark of confi
dence, but his determination to leave political
life is finally fixed.
This seems to be fln&l and conclusive of
the matter. The retirement is to be from
“political” life, in the search of “more
congenial pursuits.” We see no cause for
regret iu this, but seize the occasion to
congratulate Mr. Stephens upon the fact
that his material affairs have reached a
basis so sound, that he may dismiss the la
bors and cares of official position iu his
declining years. If it were sad to see
Charlotte Cushman, wasted, went and
gray, borue fainting from the stage, though
her labors and talents had accumulated
plenty; and saddfir still to witness For
rest tottering before the footlights, to
seek iu public applause tbe surcease
of sorrow that wealth and all
of its surroundings could not
bring to a lonely and darkened life, it
were simply pitiable to know that ths old
Georgian, the “Great Commoner,” strug
gling with physical disease and infirmity,
was compelled to make his daily bread in
the service of others. Wo are glad to
know that he has reached a point where
lie can return to Liberty Hall, unshackled
by public duties, unfettered by obliga
tions, and untroubled by political changes,
to pass tn peace and quiet tbe remaining
years of an honored life, among tho people
whose confidence, love and friendship he
has justly won. ^
Most of the men who commenced po
litical life with Mr. Stephens have passed
from the stage, some to domestic retire
ment, most of them to the peace and
quiet of the grave. For years be has sat
alone in the House oi Representatives,
the last of a largo and brilliant galaxy ot
Southern Representatives, who adorned
and strengthened that body in tho better
da]a of the Republic. When he retires
the doors will told behind one who carries
willi him tl,<; highestlitte to patriot, phil
osopher and statesman
The friends who would turn him hack
to the jealousies, the heartburnings, the
trials of political life are thoughtless
alike of bis comfort aud his fame. There
are 110 new laurels within his grasp, no
higher triumphs of intellectual eloquence
and courage within his reach, that can
add anything of honor and glory to his
record.
In his last pnbllc service he himself has
seen and felt of the perils aDd penalties
of political greatness. When in .the dis
charge of duties demanded alike by his
calm judgment and conscience, he has
known and felt of the coldness and lack
of confidence upon the part of tbe friends
of a lifetime. He has more than once
suffered from tho misnnderstauding of
some and the detraction of others. More
than once he has been forced Into con
troversies repugnant to bis belter nature,
but necessary to the vindication of his
motives and conduct. It is welt for him
that with the superincumbent weight of
three score years and ten, upon
a frail physique, he has a com
fortable home to which he
may retire, where he may receive the at
tention of friends and from which he
may with philosophic temper aud inter-
eited eyes, watch all of the hsppeniugs
and surroundings of his ntdivo State. As
to Georgia, Mr. Stephens may step from
the strife of tbe forum to the quiet of
home, without apprehension. There are
men lathe prime and vigor of honorable
end promising manhood, prepared and
ready to take up the work as it passes
from his hands. Cheered and sustained
Wo are In receipt cf the prospectus of the «"“**«**• come in .rad eld
Liverpool Cotton Exchange, which organ- mere tariffs in France aud Ger-
ization has been called Into existence by
tho arbitrary rules and regulations of the
“Liverpool Cotton Brokers’ Association.”
This Association, as its name indicates, is
composed nominally of coltou brokers,
but, in reality, of merchants aud Jobbers,
with privileges from which they exclude
all men who havo U10 honesty to call
themselves merchants. They have man
aged by this exclusion to enforce rules
and regulations which have been executed
in the interest of their association, rather
than to assist the legitimate trade. They
have assumed control of all the terms of
sale, ‘delivery, classification, tare, etc.,
etc., aud so far have been enabled to mo
nopolize a large share of the emoluments
of the trade.
The prospectus says “efforts havo from
time to time been made to induce the
(ibttou Brokers’ Association to enlarge
its basis, and to introduce changes which
in tho opinion, both of merchants and
spinners, are demanded by the altered
condition of the trade resalting from the
extension of steam and telegraphic com
munication, and from the universal adop
tion of tho future system. But these ef
forts Lave led to little or no result, and it
is considered that the time has arrived
when, for the fair sml healthful develop
ment of tbo trade, steps should betaken
to establish a cotton exchange, to be con
stituted on lines which have been found
*o beneficial and successful elsewhere,
that the shares iu the loading American
exchanges are now worth tnauy tgraes
their original value.
This move, In short, is to modernize
the coltou trade in Liverpool, and to se
cure, through an exchange, a representa
tion of all interests in the adaptation of
rules that shall govern all tbo details of
the cotton trade. If it is successful, as wc
are assured it will be from the names
that appear as a “provisional board of
directors,” tbo exporters of this country
will be assured of fair dealing.in the de
livery of their shipments of cotton to that
market, and every cotton factor, buyer
and planter In the Southern States will
have reason to congratulate himself upon
this fact.
The old system has lost to Liverpool
muchof tho tradesho once controlled, and,
annually, the losses entailed upon Ameri
can shippers bavo been simply enormous.
Besides, it has rendered the trado with
Liverpool, in cotton, so uncertain in final
outcome as to deter many of our best ex
porters, from doing tbe business, which,
through their withdrawal for long periods
from our markets, has left the samo virtu
ally under the control of weak and irre
sponsible parties.
We bail tho movement with much sat
isfaction, and wish it abundant success.
Tbe provisional board of directors are B,
F. Babcock, E*q, of B. F. Babcock & Co.,
Francis Muir, Esq., of Muir, Duckworth
& Co., B. Newgas, Esq., of B. Newgas &
Co., F. F. C. Herzog, Esq., of Greeniug
& Co., Alex. Brown, Esq., of A. & A. G.
Brown & Co., E. K. Baines, Esq., of
Baines, Davidson & Co., W. D. Heyne,
Esq., of T. B. Heyne & Co., and T. B.
Forwood, Esq., of Loeb, Harrison & Co.
Tho bank ot the Exchange will be the
Liverpool branch cf the Bank of Eng
land.
the Congrusttonol Ebrary to-duy: 1 —Langtry's terms to English managers
A Republican protcetionUt, a member ot the . are “00 per cent and found” for hand! and
Art ■ tiff tlirsftna IWHtimlrilta r.n inn —.1 _l.l A.i.nt.anf
Edwin Belches, the colored editor of the
Savannah Echo, repudiates tho coaHtion
aud has hauled down their flag. Belcher is
of tho opinion that the total divorce be
tween tho negro and the office, generally,
is becoming too conspicuously general to
be called a coincidence. In a conversa
tion with tho Washington correspondent of
the Constitution, ho took occasion tc ro
mark:
“We are tired of prom'ses. That game
has been played long enongh. Wo havo
just as much to hope for from the organ,
ized Democracy as from the independents,
They oui’t disappoint us more or tio less
for us. It is time for tho colored voters in
the South to take care of themselves. They
can’t bo led like sheep any longer. They
ray what is called the Georgia syndicate is
controlling tho distribution of Federal pat-
ronge in the State. And who com
pose tho syndicate ? Not a man
in it has any following in his
own party. These are not tha txenwho
have kept tbe Republican spark alive in
Georgia and not one them can ever fan it
toflamo. I don’t like Clark, but hois
worth tho whole crowd put together and ho
is crowdsdout of office. The administra
tion has thrown aside tha most activo or
ganizer it could have used. Instead of
building up a strong party in Georgia tho
administration is making factions among
the Republicans already there. I tell you
the colored voters cannot be made to fol*
low the lead of the men put for
ward in this business. The colored
people of Georgia are justly dissatis
fied. You know they are the backbone
of the Republican party in Georgia, and
yet they have been used without reward by
a few politicians. That thing is play ini:
oat. Wo have nearly a hundred tboasanc,
voters to the five or six thousand white Re
publicans in the State, and we have men
as intelligent as any of them. If the Dem
ocrats will adopt a liberal platform and
pursue n wise poli >y in the coming cam
paign the colored voters will ho willing to
try them. They are sick of their present al
liances and don’t propose to stand by them
any longer.
Right upon top of this declaration conus
a remark from tho Georgia Baptist, edited
in Augasla by William J. White, colored—
and, by the way, very ably edited:
“Tho one essential thing for Dr. Felton
and his adherents is success in tho elections
next fall. This they cannot possibly
achieve.without tho great bulk of the col
ored \ote. To get this vote thoy mast rec
ognize colored voter ns tbe Republican par
ty, as its white leaders never yet have done.
Tbe colored element are not going to take
promises aloneat this late day. They have
been fooled loo often. The gift of office
has come to be ths recognition that is ac
cepted in this country, aud so wo say that
in the distribution of patronage thecotoiod
tnon must have their share. Colored men
can havo no choice between regular and
independent Democrats, only ns they get
proper recognition from the one or the
other.”
General Hancock, on a recent visit to
Washington, was credited with the remark
that “he was glad to roe tbe army out of
politics at last.” Oar tolegrsphio dis
patches announce the fact ttnt tho general
has just performed an rat which adds force
to his remark. He has approved the find
ing of tho oonrt marshal in the ease of Ser
geant Mason, who goes from the army to
the penitentiary for eight years. The nrrny
has performed no act of late that will so
commend it to public approval. Sergeant
Mason will now hare time and opportunity
to learn, that following the teachings of a
depraved press is not the way to become a
hero. .Now let the civil authorities attend
promptly to tbe cases or Bill Jones and the
jail guard, each of whom are guilty of the
same crime for which Sergeant Mason has
teen condemned to a most just and exem
plary punishment. Police officers will do
wall to keep an eye on those journalists
who estimated Mason’s offense oy the fact
that he failed to murder Guiteau.
Mb, Scovilm, having withdrawn from
Guiteau’s defense, threatens to start an in
dependent party. He can get a situation
many?"
"On, yes,” sold Mr. Spofford.
“1 thought so—of prosperous people; It must
have been to. lluvo you books ou those fcr-
“We have,” said Mr. Spofford, with a pleas
ant smile.
“Will you please havceomc of them books
trotted out?”
"Mr. Spofford rang a bell for a slave, and the
order for the books was issued. A few moments
alter the member was seated iu front of a desk
loaded down with books, lie opeued first one
and then another, closing each with a bang ot
disgust At test he cried euu “Oh, Spofford, 1
can't read thche books. They are all lu French
or German. Where are the English ones?”
“There aw none published of tho class you
want,” said Mr. gpofford.
The statesman slammed out, muttering;
“This Is a line library for a statesman.”
Boa Sole, My Angel,
Chieaoo Tribane.
“Good bye, my sweet.” ' 1
Up tbe heather-hedged lane that led from
Fanner Ucdingote's humble cot to the broad
acres of meadow land and forest that encircled
tho castle of the purse-proud and haughty
Duchess of blue Island avenue these wonts,
spoken iu tender tones by a radiantly beautiful
girl upou whose pure, sweet face the last rays
of the setting suu were falling with n mellow
radiance beyond Compare, full upou the ears of
Pericles Hetherington like the blessing of tlio
cussocked man of God to 0110 who. after a life
of sin, lies upon a bed of death. Pericles
paused and lobked back. "Don solr, my an
gel,” he said.
The sun-glints fell with a hectic flush upou
his cream-colored pants. From a neighboring
pond came the deep croaking of the frogs.
Soft-eyed eows were coming slowly up from
the grassy meadows beyond the hill, where
the buttercup blossomed iu all its golden glory
aud the daisy told Its white face 10 the earth.
A brindle dog with heavy, sensuous jaws came
out of the cora aud caught Pericles by the rear
of bis pants.
Myrtle KwiIngots saw the animal's action.
“Great heavenst” she cried, "Pericles will be
unable to sit down for a week. How can 1 lire
without sitting on his knee once lu aw hile?"
and with 11 low sob of pain she went futo the
parlor aud begun eating candy.
• Until
Nashville American.
Perhaps wc are giving too much importance
to these epistolary tramps. For the most part
they are mere toadies to a prejudiced class of
Northern renders whoso condemnation would
be a compliment. Take the most prolific
scribbler oi the lot—the chubby Oohcmtau who
writes,over the signature of “Gath,” columns of
cheap and reckless assertion in a stilted histori
cal vein, and comes South to show us what is
Saxon virility and virtue. There is not a more
arraut flunkey to that sort of sectional littleness
at the North, and no one kuows it
better than George Alfred,n ho is as shrewd and
observant as he is unscrupulous, aud who
openly boasts lu the mutual admlratlou circle
of Newspaper Row that he wouldn't give his
imagination for a quarto volume ot facts.
George has a thick hide, and the passionate
retaliation of exasperated Southerners whom
be has criticised is us grateful to bis epidermis
as a flesh-brush at a Turkish bath. It enables
him to market his wares where that sort ol lit
erature is must apia-ciutcd, and his chief medi
um is a Cincinnati newspaper which is any
thing but a model of cleanliness lu tuueor
matter.
The sensitive Southerner who rushes into
print to defend his section ogaiust this kind of
criticism is always at u disadvantage. Good
natured indifference would be as good os an
aunolntment of coal oil against an attack of
mosquitoes.
Jlenntllnl Letter Front a Distiller.
Gazelle Special.
A distiller of Powell county, Ky., who has
got Into trouble with the internal revenue of-
uce, addresses to Commissioner Kaum u letter,
which, for native eloquence, surpasses every
thing since Emory Speer, of Georgia, obtained
"leave to print" tliul historical apostrophe to
his "moonshine" constituents, wherein he
spoke of them as "a peaceful aud pastoral peo
ple, pursuing the even tenor of their way in
tiieir quiet homes ou the slopes of tbe great
blue Ridge, and adorn the fertile valleys ot the
Tcnora and Turoru, the Uiwassce, Toccoa and
tkxp.ee." Says the Kentuckian:
“1 have been at much trouble and expense
iu procuring proof of my failure to keep up
wiin Uic required capacity, and hare proved
by my storeseeiier that every gallon of whisky
produced was duly placed In bond. 1 have
proved everything necessary, except that elec
tricity retards, aud, to a great exteut, destroys
the fermentation of beer. Now 1 feel sure that
H you had been here during the time 1 was
making whisky, uiul hud seen the ethereal
lieuvcus blaztug with electricity, while the
rain iu heavy lorreuts poured down on our
harrow valleys and mouiiUlii slopes, causing
our little stream to gather it as it tell, and ush
ering it ou with rippliug fury, ns if mad, iuto
our oeautiful little Red river, enusiug her often
to overflow the bunks allowed by uuiure, aud
dashing her rolling waves utmost to the base of
the adjacent mountains, 1 believe you would
say, Equity, equity, equity; give him bock his
property.”
UlK WlnulugM.
tine York dispatch to the Ch capo Tribune.
It Is reported here that a well-known New
York sporting man, whoso success on tbe turf
in this country and Europe attracted the great
est uttclitiou tne i>ast season, bet *t00,0U0 that
Rowell would not wiu the recent wulkinp
match. The wonderful success thut attendee
that gentleman iu tills country and abroad, it
is said, followed him here, for Rowell, for the
lirst time tu his racing career, broke down
completely, rad left the track ou the fifth day
of tue race. Many complaints have becu
made and ugly whispera heard among those
who had placed money ou tbe ex-champion.
Persons who hod lost iu that manner say tliat
Rowell, after leaving the Irai ‘
anything but a used-up man. A short time af
ter he was riding out ou the rood behind a test
trotter, and lie took his food witli accustomed
relish all the time. His trainers informed
newspaper melt that there was nothing the m t
ter with his feet and logs, and thc-story that he
was injured by driuking vinegar was quick
ly dlxposcd of by bis physician, whounitouneed
tuat It did him 110 Injury whatever. It is also
said that both Rowell and his trainers accepted
the situation with remarkable philosophy, und
were os unconcerned apparently over the acci
dent that had befallen them us though they
had no personal interest in the race. 'The ag
grieved persons who circulate these stories
point to tno practice of the sporting man who is
said to have waged 4UU.UUU that Rowell would
not win the race of giving handsome sums to
jockeys mid others who take part in the races
on which lie had placed his money, and thcr
suy he could have made it ail object for Rowel
to full sick at a critical time. If he was placed
to w in S400.UUU, these soured persons say Rowell
might have drank vinegar with an object—lu
fact, thut It would pay him better to take that
driuk than keep ou the track until the end of
tho week.
A SHd Tale.
Chicago Tribun).
“Does your father know ? "
“He docs not. Thank heaven, that sorrow
was spared him.”
The crickets climbed under the flagstones,
and the warm, south wind came In soft puffs
over the meadows, bearing upon its bosom tho
scent of the red-topiied clover and ox-eyed
daisies, os Rupert Uedlngote and Aphrodite
McGuire stood by the path that led from the
farm In tho village of Roussillon, Macoupin
county, while the swallow's circled around In
the fast-coming twilight, giving forth now and
then little sleepy twitters as if anxious for the
warmth and comfort which their nests afford
ed. They were to be married in the fall, these
two—In the mernr hard cider and corn husk
ing time—and although scarce three months
lmd passed since Rupert had pressed upon her
pulsing lips the solemn betrothal kiss. Aphro
dite trusted him with a perfect faith that was
almost sublime in Its passionate intensity.
“do the old man didn't hear of my getting
full? "said Rupert.
“No,” was the girl's response, os with a little,
happy take-lt-away-for-ten-cent* sob, she laid
her gum-tilled cheek upon Rupert’s breast and
twined her dimpled arms about his neck—“if
any one had told him it would hare been a cold
day for you.”
“You are tinging on tho right key now.
Aphrodite,” was Rupert's reply. “If the terri
ble fnct hud come to his knowledge he would
lairt us forever. His position as deacon in the
church would not allow him to overlook the
fault, even should his stent. Puritan nature re
lent. No, darling, we must not let him know
of this sin of mine.”
As Rupert spoke a buggy -was seen coming
rapidly up the lane, and aslt reached the gate
the horse stopped suddenly, and the tnan in the
E ' ilcle entne out over the animal's head and
with n dull, sickening thud Into a hotbed.
The deacon bad been taking a nip liimsc'f.
They Both Got Out.
World.
“Passengers in tho 'bus will do well to look
out for their pockctbooks,” snfd a London po
liceman at the coor of a crowded omnibus;
there are two members of the ‘swell 1110b’ in
here.” "If that is tin- case.” said a nervous
man In a white choker, who looked like a
clergyman, “I will get out; I cannot risk my
reputation in such company.” “And I,” said
a 1 rapectable-looking old gentleman, w ith gold
headed cane and spectacles. “I have too much
money about me tu stand the chances of being
robbed.” And so both alighted' Then the
policeman said: “Drive on; they’ve both got
ouL”
company.
—Mr. Bayard will deliver tbe address
at Dartmouth College next June, in honor of
tho Daniel Webster centenary.
—Dr. Lo Mounter, of New Orleans,
bos bitten off the nose of Dr. RUoy,of that city,
in a rough aud lumber tight.
—A ntarriaqe is talked of in Madrid
between the Infanta Eulalle. youngest sister of
King Alfonso, and the son of the Due de Mont-
pensier.
—Governor Cameron, of Virginia, lo-
reported ill with rheumatism contracted on
bis recent ' naval expedition .against the
oyster pirates.
—Charles A. Reed, of Newton, Mass.,
devised -10,01)0 each to his own town and Sa
lem, to bo used tn picnics tochlldren, scientific
lectures and relief to poor widows.
—The New York Truth, alluding to
rinchbock, says, “a gentleman in whom the
odors of Atrlca are sweetly blended with the
fragrance of the Louisiana sugar cane.”
—Over $12,000 has been subscribed for
presentation to Archbishop Wood, of Phila
delphia, tin the 25th anniversary of his eleva
tion to the bishopric, which tells on April 2S.
—Justice Miller, of the Supreme Court,
is ill again, indications being that another op
eration similar to that performed by Dr. Smith,
of llaliimore, a year ago will have to be made.
O’Leary defeated Downey in a tbirty-
si.v hour walking match in New Orleans for
-1,000 a side. The score stood: O’Leary, 135
miles and 9 laps; DuwRfcy, 135 miles and 5
taps.
—Justice Chiity bas granted an injunc
tion restraining the council of the Zoological
Society, In London, from allowing the elephant
Jumbo to bo removed from tho Zoological Oar-
dens.
—Professor Proctor, tbe astronomer,
denies the story thpt he predicted the world
would cotnc to an enddn 1397, Aid says It “is
more likely lo test fifteen millions of years
than to l>e destroyed In fifteen.”
—Mr. John Kelly, with bis party, reach
ed New York Tuesday on his return from Flor
ida. Ho. expresses satisfaction with his trip,
and also with the trade made by Tammany
with the Re-publicans during his absence.
—The- Rev. George H. P* eke of the
Leavitt Street Congregational Church, Chicago,
Brother Kosslter habitually site in
or? Mr. Persons baa manufactured tbe out at once and forever any fur. b> bis counsels, and stimulated by bis under Col. Thornton or Mr. Farrow.
ly sits In
skes wry tecca at him in order
1 while lie is preaching. Rossl-
dcclares that
a rear scat and makes
to disconcert him whi
ter la to be tried by a church committee.
—A London telegram says: “An Ameri
can student named Hare, from Boston, who is
ing food without imylng th
tent were found on him requesting money from
Princess Beatrice."
—David King, a prominent citizen of
Newport, R. I., is dead; aged 70.
—Congress agrees that Chief Justice
Marshall have a statue at the capital.
—T. B. H. SStenbause, tbe well-known
journalist and correspondent of the New York
Herald, died ini Ban Francisco Tuesday morn
ing.
—Professor Seeley is writing a “Life
of the First Napoleon," founded on journals,
state papers and archives which have hitherto
not been accessible.
—Senators Mahone, Logan and David
Davis have accepted an invitation to participate
in a fourth of July celebration and deliver
addresses at Lake Bluff, IU.
—Wisconsin people are getting au im-
iressiouthutex-MinLster Lucius Fairchild is
looking somewhat longingly toward the nomi
nation for president in 1335.
—Von Moltko thinks tbe invasion of
England througtf the proposed channel tunnel
a sheer tmpomlbility. “Yon might as well
think of invading her through a doorway," he
says. .
—It is reported of tbe President that be
chafes under social restraint, and that he would
like to be more free in his actions. Tho Wash
ington gossips say that he ia lonesome In the
White House.
—Dr. Dunlop, of London, must be
simply a monster in temperance folks' eyes,
lit tlio course of recent medical Inquiry he as
serted that beer was on absolutely essential ad
junct to a pauper's diet.
—Lieutenant Danenltower says of tbe
thirty-three men who sailed on the ill-rated
Jeannette only fifteen arc known to be living.
After deserting the boats the survivors walked
700 miles over ice and snow.
—Appearances are thoughl to indicate
further changes tn tbe cabinet at Washington.
There is talk of transferring 'Mr. Howe to the
Interior Deportment, when Hiram Price and
other Blaine men will give place to stalwarts
Secretary Hunt has never been certain of re
maining at the head of the navy.
—Edward A. Freeman, tbe English
historian, is at Carlisle, on a visit to the Indian
school. At the request of Captain Pratt, of the
Indian school, aud Dr McCauley, of Dickin
son College, he delivered a lecture the other
day on “The Outlook iu Southeastern Eu
rope.”
—Mrs. A. T. Stewart Is described as a
little old woman who wears a brown wig and
showy diamond ear-rings. Her figure u 25,-
OJU.OUU. and it is asserted that Mr. Stewart's de
form n uion that none of his relatives should
ever have any of the property will be rigidly
carried out by her.
—The Priucess of Wales very recently
Inaugurated a startling innovation against the
luug established rules ojetlquettc by appearing
at court in a dress made of brown wool, o!
British manufacture. This new departure will
withofR doubt, find many followers, especially
since the fashion has been act by a royal lady
so Justly popular.
—Professor Lsngerbeck, of Berlin, bas
recently performed a successful operation, du
ring which the patient was kept Immersed in
water for sixteen days These “permanent
baths,” so-called, are said to be likely to play
a great part in modem hygiene, more especially
lit cases of burns, for winch bed heat is known
to be very dangerous.
—In a recent lecture on cathedrals,
in England. Ur. If. R. Gough said that at Can
terbury the services ceased for a year after
TRomas a Beckett’s death, all the ccatly orna
ments were removed, and the bells were never
rung. He was canonized two years later, 1172,
and Canterbury bccamo one of the greatest
shrines in Europe, pilgrims of all ranks flock
ing there, and many bringing oilcriitgs of enor
mous value. A great many of tlio old parish
churches in England are dedicated to SL
Thomas a BeekcL
—Italy mounts tbe loss, at the age of
91, of her oldest master, Francesco Huoex, pres
ident of the famous Brera Academy at Milan.
In youth he was a friend of Canova, and gained
the first prize at the Academy competition lit
1811 with n masterly palming of the great
sculptor’s Laocoou group. From the date of
this, his first success, to that of his death, he
painted over 250 historical pictures, several of
which became the property of the Italian na
tion, while others adorn the royal collections
at Turin, Florence and Rome.
—Anna Horman, who is starving her
self to death !n the poor house of Clarke coun-
SoMEoftbn New Hampshire tantiors
are already tapping their mapto'trees.
Currency is now redeemable at face
value when threo-fUths or more of the bill is
presented.
Eleven English clergymen recent !y
exhibtted their pete at a dog show and many
clergymen were among the spectators.
The German association of spelling re
formers has published the first of a scries of
classical native authors in the new ortlu ■cr-
raphy. _
It is said that Philadelphia exhibitors
at the Atlanta Cotton Exhibition got order- for
over two million dollars’ wrath of goods front
Southern planters. '
A Kansas man and woman have been
married to each other once a year for four
years, divorce having separated them alter
every union except the test one.
Wisconsin has in possession a man who
for many years was devoted to tha salvation of
souls and has turned politician. He was tho
oy of the camp meetings, but he folded his
tents like the Arabs aud sUently entered office.
Ten thousand Russian Jews are ex
pected to arrive in this country In the neat
thirty days. It is estimated that 500,000 will
be required to aid these impoverished people so
that they may afterward help themselves.
A farmer’s bouse in Darlington coun
ty, S. C., was attacked by a mob a few nights
tgo because the former had removed his fences
under tho new stock taw. The house was much
damaged, but none of the termer’s family were
The business of tbo custom-house of
New Orleans for tho month of February was
larger than for any corresponding month- for
tho past nine years, and the customs receipts
yearby llsejsfn U '° corn *P ond ' n S month last
Hazael’s trainers say that he drank
nothing stronger than ginger ale during the-
week. The rest of tho walkers tried to keep up
WfflgteaSBMtts’ssI
that alcohol cannot be dcpcn<lc<l upon to sus
tain men under long continued physical strain.
The startling rumor is afloat that Brig
ham Young is not dead but slcepcth, and that
hfs galvanized body to to bo produced at tho-
proper time to bring bark the recalcitrant mem-
beraof hU flock and nerve tho faithful. Bnch
* trick Is not im; !e with the Mormon*.
and strange as it may seem, a vast majority of
them woutdnnhosltatingly accept such an im
position as true.
A young friend of mine, says La.-
bouchcrc fn tho London Truth, was dining
with his father a few nights ago. “George,”
said the fond parent, when they next met, “yon
took my overcoat instead of your own, and I
1 f° nn <l the pockets of- yonr coat-
full of cigarettes and matches.” “I discovered
my mistake, tether,” replied the son, “directly
Igot outside, for I found the ixxkcta of the
coat I had on contained chocolate creams and
three pairs of ladies’ gloves.”
It Is estimated that 1,500,000 tons of
ice hatta^ecn token from tho Kennebec fee
fields winter. Notwithstanding this im
mense yield, which is the greatest ever har
vested la that locality, the public must not be-
deluded by the hope of getting ico at lower
flguiws than during past year*of famine, forthe
question of supply and demand scorns tn have
nothing to do with establishing the price of
this commodity.
her life will be mimenfously preserved.
Satisfying tbe Mnjeafjr of tbe law,
Texae Siftings. _
ThcrolsajusUcoof the peace ourln Crosby
county. Week before last ho found a man
guilty of shooting a bull tbat did not belong to
him, am! fined him 75. “Why. Jedgc/’ arid
the doomed man, “X haven't got no 7j; I can’t
]Miynosucli line.” “The Stale of Texas puts
-me in this office to And ont a ivaV to make men
pay their fines. You will cut cedar jhiIcs until
you have cut enough to satisfy the majesty of
the law." replied the justice. “But. Judge,
wlint use has the State of Texas got for cedar
poles.’" "The State of Texas hasn't got no use
tor cedar ixtlcs. It's this court wlm needs them
cedar ]>olcs to build a fence. I'll take tbe
poles, and settle wtth the State of Texas for
them.” And the poor devil is cutting cedar
|xjles for tile Stale of Texas now.
I tried all tlio doctors —went to Hot
Springs and Eureka Springs with no bene
fit—bat yonr 8. 8. 8. has oared mo entirely,
m&rSdltn J. W. Btao, New Fort, Ark.
—A London special to Chicago Times
announces that Carl Rosa is negotiating fora
tour of the United States with his present Eng
lish company. The special adds that his popu-.
tar prims donna, Valeria, is a native American
artist, and itis youngest anil most promising
vocalist is a daughter of Nstv Orleans, her name
Lilian La Rue.
' —Rossi closed his season at Detroit on
Saturday ltlgbt, and the company was disband
ed. His tour has been financially a failure,
and t'hizzota is said to have lost -16,000 on the
speculation, though those who know the men
arc disposed to believe tbat Rossi himself lias
lost more than ids manager. Tho company
hove returned to New York with two weeks’
salary unpaid.
—Colonel John L. Lay, of Buffalo, in
ventor of the torpedo adopted by the United
States government, went to Russia some time"
ago, tolutercst the Muscovites in his warlike
Inventions. Advices received front Bt. Peters
burg announce that he lias been created a
Russian nobleman, and elevated to the lxudtion
of Knight of SL Anna—the first American lo
receive sucb a distinction.
—'The Baltimore Nun, alluding to Dr.
Brantly's death, says; “As stated yesterday
morning. Dr. Brautiy preached as >uual Sunday
night, his sermon being one of a scries «|xm
the life of Paul. After returning to ills homo,
No. 251 North Entaw street, Dr. Sanity retired,
giving no intimation of feeling at aUiudisi>os-
cd. but shortly after midnight he arose from
bed and went upstairs into his study; returned
to bis bed chamber, rem&lneAshort time, and
again went back to his studt Mrs. Brantlv.
aroused by the movements of ner husband, met
him as lie was descending the stairs the second
time, and, alarmed at his ap;>arcut illness,
called their son, Mr. W. Theo. Bruntly, « ho at
once summoned Dr. F. C. Williams, tnaifamilv
physician, living near by. In the meantime
Dr. Brantlv complained ot pain iu the region oi
the heart, resumed his bed. and expired lu a
few minutes teforc the arrival of Dr. Williams.
Death is said to have resulted from angina tiee-
torfs. .
Cremation is gaining converts on Lite
Faclflc coast Articles of incorporation of thc-
first cremation society in San Francisco were
filed In that city on the 15th Inst. According to-
thearticles the corporation is formed f«.r the-
purpose of acquiring property ncecssarv for the
erection and maintenance of a cremation hall,
wherein to cremate tho dead, and by actual
trial to seek to popularize cremation aud to-
hasten Its adoption.
In view of the recent remarks by Mr.
Bayard In the Senate respecting tho manner ia
which the public funds are voted away to pay
for the junketing excursions of army officers, it
is interesting to learn'that the inspecting tour
on which General Sherman has. now started
will be the longest he has ever indulged, that
he will be accompanied by a number of ladies
and civilian friends, at A that during Ills tour
he will visit the lower Tlio Grande, view the
beauties of the Yoseinltc Valiev and make an
excursion to San Francisco.
Although tbe drinking of absinthe is
practiced In some ports of this country, espe
cially in the Southern cities, it is by no means
used with the freedom that prevails In some
of the cities of tho old world, particularly fn
laris and London. In the former captal it la
almost as common a beverage as oin Words-
Mire,and its sale I* rapidly increasing in Kng-
gland. Tbe effects of this narcotic upon those
who use It are dlstreialng. Sooner or later they
suffer with nervous diseases, of which epltcp*y
of a remarkably severe character Is a prominent
phase, terminating in softenings of the brain.
The Republicans do not intend to bold
a caucus upon the new rules ot the Ifonsc.
Robeson and Reed say there is no party ques
tion Involved, but simply the rcscuo of meri
torious bills from tho maxes of the over-erowd-
cd calendar. The Republican absentees are re
quested to return, and sucb at are paired are
asked Vo give notice of the termination of pair*.
The udml-.-ion of Dakota as a State i* said by
some to be likely made a party question, nml
be one of the bills the Republicans desire to be
enabled to force through. Members Interested
in bills for tbe erection of public buildings for
Federal offices are somewhat discouraged, and
would not be averse to a change in the rales
that would give their pet bills a chance. A
member from Ohio rays tbat it would probably
be necessary to make an omnlbu* bill tu lake
in about thirty buildings. That seemed to him
the only way to get any of them considered and
passed.
Speculators in cotton arc extensively
figuring and predicting concerning the next
cotton crop. It is believed that under the most
favorable circumstances the crop will be shorter
than In many past years, because planters have
already devoted much cotton acreage to pro
duction of cereals and hay, which they have-
for a long timo been buying from tho West.
But, fn addition to Hint fart, the present cnore
mous floods in the Mississippi Valiev have ren
dered the planting of cotton in the led river
reglon. andjn oil tho low countrv below Mem
phis an undertaking of very doubtful promise.
If these floods do uotMiWde In time lo render
tho planting grounds ti table before tlio first
week in April the crop planted thereafter Js al-
teort certain to Tie a failure, and even If It grow
luxuriantly, with much promise, it 1* sure to
be seriously damaged by the vast army r.f
worms that ore always generated on the subsi
dence of such floods. So there Is good proMmet
that King Cotton will be able to hold himself
very high In the market.
On January £4 the skeleton of a
man with a child was discovered at Pompeii lrf
a narrow street about twelve feet above the
level of the ancient pavement. It Is well known 1
that the catastrophe of 79 A. D. commenced
with a thick shower of small pumice stones, by
which the streets of Pompeii were taVeM ntr
to the roofs of the houses. Stones «ere suc
ceeded by ashes, which became solid owing to
the action of successive showers of beiHreg wa
ter; and these ashes now form the top layer of
the materials which coverlhe ruins ot I’ompeU,
Most of tbe unhappy beings wlm r * -*
the bouses after the era lot on first
town made their CK-npc through 1!
but the greater part of these fugitive
taken but few ste;»s. end must have
ly suffocated by the poisonous ft
one arm the woman whose skclctr
been found was clasping tlie hy s <
whose body show* contraction in t
legs und a general emaeiutitm will
■oppose that the child must have 1
It was a little boy about ten v
Doubtless the woman was the ni<
child, some jewels found ontl“f
ton indicate a person of condition
I eta of gold encircled the arm wh
boy, nml aa tile baud were two V I
one set with an emerald on wh'el ncienml
a !wm Of plenty, and the other v.' h in n,' ,.,
thyst bearing a head of MereuJv C
Some xritWnetician has 'figured it out
make 21, Btatcs n> large rs
1 Tbe White Elephant
Correspondence Courier Journal.
The temperance testimonial portrait of .Mrs.
Hayes still stands against the wall In the green
room of tho \Vhito House, and Is a veritable
white elephant on their hands. The members
of the temperance association claim that they
spent Ulrir85,900 for it, and they intend that it
shall be hung in the White House. The colos
sal frame of carved oak is so out of proportion
to ail the rooms und wail spaces In the man
sion that there is tm place to put it, and the au
thorities ure tanhered to death by the clamor
ing and suggesting members of the associa
tion, wlm ttB ni it. In the East Room and in
every other place where it has no business to
b '. Every one iMtketdfun at it and has his
joke upon the wine colored dress, the punch
bowl* und jugs of the picture, and the enor
mous carved grapes on the frame, but no one
suggests any practical relief from the dilemma.
Mrs. Hayes has been tipped against the waii
these three weeks au.*l there she seems llkelv to
stand, the troops of sight seers commenting un
kindly on the principles so unfortunately sat
irized by the artists, and the ,President i* «uu
at a loss to ray where to hang her.
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died tite
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le child,
rms and
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very Hi.
of age.
r of the
le skclo-
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held the
that Texas
Rhode Is!
rilE new Austrian larifi inervajsos tlie
existing duties in the ease- .f ,1 , ,
and fifty-seven article*. " '‘"mired
Tiik Wisconsin Legislature lias ropea'ed
he famous unlbtreatlug iau . jo,.--,- i 1,-7 u in .
hr. and Wbattie ye take?" i* :u.-:nn "...
j,-ct of universal discussion in that .'-utc.
The Chinese minister, who is taking
great interest tn the debate the, Idncso bill
m !!!:. A^,^-*** hiniM-lf in favor
taldished. d l ’ U 1 “ U '" >CHr> ' lil " it l,t; es -
Tiie Pos’master General has decided
that after July Ut, no allowance a:!! he made
postmastera for advertising dead letters unl.~*
nttUjority is first obtained from the first assistant
putt master tenoral.
The tariff commission bill, for which
its supporters had ho|>cd to secure prompt con
sideration in the House, has ta-cn denied tho
precedence desired tor it and now takes its reg
ular place of Mth on the calendar. — re *
The New York Commercial, a paper
supposed to be pretty uear to Mr. CDnkling, in-
tlmau-s that hi« purpose indeclitttng lb* Justice
ship was to remain in active life in order that
ne may have opportunity tc payoff old score*."
The Sioux ate becoming civilized fine
ly. At the Sissetou agency, a bnust band com
po*ed of f uU-blooded Slow* brave* has been or-
gauized, and though young in the causa can
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