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(Osnoegwc UJujtUlg &ri& pjIXXA i ’ ii ly ^ > * Jo .en g s -v*v rue gctcflrapli nnfl ffilcsgcttflcr | 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. y. 1:1: mil 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. 1 in- died tite indowa, ild lmvc aqnlete- With 1 as note le child, rms and •ml ns to very Hi. of age. r of the le skclo- i bmr-O 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 mbEHhHHhJH -.-.— —2.., -