About Georgia weekly telegraph, journal & messenger. (Macon, Ga.) 1880-188? | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1882)
dbacgfo ^©l»gjc?spl> str^r Jxmcnal & Me^umgexr* FROM WASHINGTON. denberg, of Kew Jersey, inquired whether the navy of the United States was ’strong enough for the country to demand the re- . __ , lease of American prisoners abroad. Mr. Washington, April 17.—The Senate con- g pr jnger replied that if the Pnited States firmed Geo. Money, of Tennessee, to be demanded their release they would be re united States Minister and consnl-gener- leased. It was the moral power of the •Uniiniw. v. r ft.™™ of Georgia United States government that wonld se al to Bolivia. Wm. L. Scruggs, of Georgia, l retherelea ^ of American priBone r8in United States minister to the United States Ireland. Finally, the motion was lost— of Colombia. yeas 145, nays 01—which is less than the ra. Ml recently wM », Mr. E* lose, from tier commerce committee, *0. ) Trn'lir-ffl-'t ‘" deepening the channel and improving tna I that body was moat of tbo time in a state navigation of the Mississippi and Missouri of uproar and confaaion, which was start- rivers, committee reported as regular or- «*?!«!? Mr. Page, of California, who was V C Tm, r; "I M «. entitled to fifteen minutes fordebate, ex- der. The bill provides that the work ia pressed a determination not to speak but to bo carried on by the Secretary of War I would demand a vote. He had no sooner de- opon the plcnc of the KS£'K“Kf“ S3?m<2)28££KS3*&,*£!S *> ■f“.‘ W“.‘"»*•“”* tol t Missouri river. It prohibits the use of t portion of the money in construction re Jidr of levees. An amendment to the i 0D the o rijllna i motion, bill intended to be proposed by Mr. Jonas, Mr . p lge , 0 f California,under instruction of Lonisana, applies so much of the ap- I from the committee on education and labor moved to suspend the rules indjput upon propriation as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, upon the advice of tfco | passag0 the anti-Chinese bilfwiththe 71, and also the act of the same date, num- Miwissippi nver commission, in the tagl tn |«VMtiod of suspension of immigra- ~ Horn The bill having been read, Mr. mediate repair or oonstrnction of such tovees as wiU assist in deepening the chan-1 g^- f of Wisconsin, riling to a parlia- nol and improving navigation, but not for I mentary question, inquired how it was that the purpose of preventing injury to lands I t ho bill to execute the,treaty stipulations to by overflow. An amendment prepared by imm i gra tion and affecting the JPCTyig naturalization Taws came to be reported to $lu,000,000 (th.rteen millions to the by the oommitteoon education and labor ? Mmsas.npi and two mill ions to the Missou- > 8 peaker-“Because the subject was ro- ri rivers) to be expended in the construe- f er , e( j ^ lion, completion, repairing and preserve- jj r- Bragg—“I suppose under the jpling I tbo. whnlCTCr *» i» «... the river channel and protect the banks, jjr. willis,of Kentucky, announced his improve and give safety and oase to navi- i^uon of Voting for the oil!. Although gaaoB, jwwwct de^nwAtoB by floods, and prote8 ting against iu principles, he would facilitate trade and postal wmoe. vote for it and let the responsibility for its ^ r - Kfllogm °P enin K pie debate, said failore re8t wherever it would. fDerisivo that while the bill was unanimously report- J | anB ht er on the Republican sidei. “He «J, some members of the committee,be- I J a ,£ha best," concluded Mr. Willis, “who She MteWpp?n^comm&PoS £ Applanae onthe Democratio would be at liberty to agree on an amend- M J r ; RandaU asked leave to have the gghggjgirgA Zrt'S I jots npon an amendment fixing the laveeauMn'thBmamRnde^ the^Sit waBmetwil, ^ a Btorm °* objection from levees upon the magnitude of the recent the Republican side Then Messrs. Igprfnasrand Kenna, of West Virginia, uffttod area, inhabited by ranuere nod I (o tbeir foot, demanding that as a gl—Urs,afa—riy 1/100 mflse inle^thand rJ alte f $ justice rfr. Rice should be per- from 30 to 50 miles in width* He said the I ^ speak against the measure, and States to the valley had expended millions a j 16ated colloquy ensued between Mr. Sr f „7i 1 nn?h»Tiy^ n n «^t?^.n r ^^n| t ^r, r f i Kenna and the speaker as to whether Mr. porations had been alike unsuccessful, and I Kenna ha( j n8€n to a parliamentnry in that now all qniry and as to his right to debate, general government tor some effective ‘Mr. Robeson, of New Jersey, also entered plan tor. protection. Ho understood the j j nto t j je di8CU i ion which being car- co«ntniwiy to [ hwr. || ^0|)tod the concen- ried on in ^ excited manner and ho was greeted with crios of “order!’’ from the ^ Democratic side. Mr. Kenna asserted his y«a dee pa°?4 ** ,idof ngbt to speak, and declared that “the chair nMmately flh “ Unotdeny mel hat right.” To which Mr. dispense with the necessity tor nny system I Humphreys, of Wisconsin, replied “that Of lOTOU. M such a pRm would c.oso the bluster was unnecessary, and there had not I any right denied to anybody.” Tbo Speaker finally stated that he would listen orwwthuBfrentto metia manner as to to tbe gentleman from West Virginia, but A that gentleman had proceeded no further ih. jytto.oj toy itomaadfor Oongyri^l than w 6ay .<th e chair will bo seated, which al aid, he said this was now generally r«m x re c,, fc tfaily desire,” when again there aptoawtly work of thenaUom The U^tondcMfl. tor okerfrom the Repub! pw ** fty ■ of - r* lican side; while Mr. Humphreys, of Wia- I consio# angrily exclaimed, directing his re purchase, md lU free navigationi having I Cite Kenna, “set him down.” fmm 0 letter F of n M* There was a great deai of feeling on bofb iiriunmiiJR! sides, which ltd Mr. Ke-ma jocularly to ro- !?£ pi y id *?^* 1 r y on>m *P d *- quest his Republican friends to have pa- tion upon the profound importance of an | t * ienc0 nnd no blood wonld bo shod. Mr. improvement of this great national high- I n__ „* j?aw York here entered the ditcus- way, and remarked that the proposed sp- 2^, d^?l^Ua!ln g^ Mth S5 propriation was only about one-half the I C q n :[y pjj e gentleman from Massachusetts amount annnally imposed upon the com- ^ould be heard to opposition to the memo of the Mississippi f >r increased I The House had already obtained in- rates ofinsnrance. The appropriation I formation from the gentleman from Ken- SU ro 8 r2,rt y «' UP Z tucky (Mr. W.1IU) that he was in favor of mates, nnd the report of the com-1 measure, so that the ruling of the chair meant half on hour to fav r of the meos- to a long and carefully prepared opinion by Jnstice Fields, holds that the act of 1852 constitutes a valid and binding contract between the States and the bond issued under that act, which a subsequent Legis lature can’t annul, and that the premium bond act of 1876 is the most remarkable piece of legislation ever presented to this ooort tor consideration, amounting, us it does, to an open repudiation of a city's faith. Legislation of a State thus im pairing the obligation of a contract made under its authority, as nnll and void, and the courts in enforcing the contract will pursue the same course and apply the’ same remedies as though su^h invalid legislation bad never existed. The act of 187G can’t be permitted to control the power of city authorities to levy the tax stipulated by the act of 1852. It is the judgment of this court, therefore, that tbe judgmrnt of the Supremo Court of Louisiana should be reversed, and that a mandamus should issue command ing tbe city of New Orleans, by its proper antborities, to carry ous aud fulfill, as near as may be, under the altered circumstances the provisions cf the .17th section of th< act of the Legislature of the State of Louis ians, of February 23,1852, and numbered Mr. Walker, from the committee on for eign affairs, reported a bill tor the ascer tainment and settlement of the French spoliation claims, Placed on tbe calendar. Adjourned. bered 72, to relation to levying a special tax tor paying the interest and principal of the remaining consolidated bond author ized to be issued by the same section -that is to say, commanding them to raise annu ally, commencing immediately by special tax in the manner os near as may be pre scribed by said 37th section of act No. 71, if cot provided to some other manner, tbe sum of $G50,0J0, to be appropriated first to the payment of the current year’s interest accounts on eaid bonds; second, to the payment of interest in arrears, and third, after all the accrued interest shall be fully paid, then to the purchase, from the lowest bidder, of each bonds issued nnder said acts and still outstanding, ns have the shortest period to run, opened by Jnstice Field. of the com mission was supported by the careful estimates of a responible corps of engin eers. It was less by $123,000 than the es timate of the commission. After specify- iog many of tbe expenditorss of toe gov ernment upon internal improvements, each ns railroads, river and harbors, to show the authority end justification for improving the inland sea—the commerce ana trade of which exceed onr entire for eign commerce—Mr. Kellof®proceeded to disease the different systems of improve ment considered by the commission. The one apparently regarded at the most feasi ble contemplates iconring out of the chan nel through the shallows and burs where the width of tho river is incissive, with a ure aud not one moment in opposition to it. TheSpeaker—The chair is willing to listen to a lecture of the House by the gentleman from New York, or auy other gentleman, but he knows peifectly well that no part of it enu be possibly applied to the chair. Messis. Randall, Valentine nml Speaker Ktifer had a mi-understanding, which iook,;ome time to straighten it out. Mr. Rice then made another effort to be heard but was again sat upon. Mr. Willis also wished to be heard again, but the Speaker had recognized Mr. Rage, of California. li lncis-ive.^Wflffp^’* n York* 11 Jhnramnin AnnflhTf viewti establishing uniform velocity at wd’rt till stages of tbe river. j . *7 .. * ~** "“7vr*. ] Mr. Cannon* of Wisconsin, favored the I supprefv ion of Massachusetts* bill, but doubted the propriety of oonfin- “ r ’ p «8?agam gotstarted and the d.scus- ingthe entire expenditure tor Mississippi [improvements below New Madrid* as was ! ^ocecded. Mr. Kasson followed SStoteplan.of the^ommu! Lion. Mr. McMillan complained that the { SJJmi iffu* Icotnmia-ion had given too much attention j A, 1 J?/ to the lower portion of the river to the ^eneof oonfcwion kfr JU r™ madeTlfke crifi^m^Mr SSoSSSTS^SSStobS iSSS. bS KefiSM^stow toe m£S^of ^-^“^AluSSJiSdl—SSSi Improvements below the mouth of the Veas201,najs37. Adjourned.™ Ohio, nnd that these like tbe petty system I WAsmxoiojt gossip. would be of general utility to the com-1 WismxoT->x, April 17.—In the Senate Mrl merre of all the States. He suggested the George M. Chiloott was qualified as Sena-1 comparison of the amount of expenditure I tor from Colorado, to succeed Mr. Henry now proposed for the benefitof tbe nation-1M. Teller. 1 nl highway with the probable aggregate The President to-day nominated W. F. Bof from $7,000,000 to $2,000,000 to I Holder to be postmaster at Augusta, Ga., rbe voted to the river and harbor bill for | and Miss Ada G. Sweet, to be pension improvements, which sro comparatively of I agent at Chicago. Miss Sweet is the daugh- local or trivial importance. Mr. Vest, to I t»r of the former pension agent, Sweet, of I elaboration of Mr. Kellogg's argnment, I Chicago, who died a year or more ego, and quoted from the official records to show I was bis business manager, that np to 1873 the Siates represented by | - The new secretaries of the navy and in- I Mum. Cameron and Conger (Wisconsin I terior took tbe oath of office and were to- nnd MichiganLjeceivcd for rivers Rnd | stalled to-day. harbors, exe:n?..„ sf light-houses and other | The Secretary of War to-day directed the publio works, $3,457,C00, while, the total of I balance of the rations on band, abont 250,- appropriations to the Mississippi valley I 000, to be turned over to the commissioners States, including the amounts tor tbe I tor the State of Louisiana at New Orleans, Mflirsiscippl river improvements, was $1,-1 f..r the benefit of tbo sufferers from the LL l'X. Mr. Jonas, of Locisiona, and Mr. I floods to that State. Ml briefly defendiid theworkof tho I Wisnixoiox. April 17.—Two men, George Ppi river commission. Pending a I Phillips and John Stewart, this morning I for nn executive session,'the bill] attempted to break ap a shell which they k-ar without action until to-morrow. I had found in a pile of rubbish noar Long ped- I Bridge^ the shell burst killing Phillips house. I and wounding Stewart so badly that he notion of Mr. Robeson, of New York, I died to abont two hours. MLluiion was adopted providing ihit on I Tbe House foreign affairs oommitte to-1 and after April 19th the daily hoarof meet- | day received a communication from Wm. ing of the House shall be 11 a. m. I Henry HnrlbaL euitor of the World and Under a call of the States, tbe following | brother to Minister Hnrlbnt, requesting n bills, ete. t were introduced and referred: | hearing to connection with the Shipherd Uy Mr. UthoBG, of loolsiana, appropriat-1 investigation. Ex-Secretary Blaine andl ing $103,000 for the purchase of seed cane I Senator Blair are expected to appear bo- and tor distribution of same by the Com- I tore the committee next week. I tnhrioiu'? of Agriculture. By Mr. Frost, of I The Senate oonfened on the post appro- Missonri, to repay to Great Britain tho on-1 priatton bill to-day and decided to yield expended balance of tbe Genova award. I the franking privilege amendment. 1 The aleoUoae committee reported to favor I Tbe secretary of the navy his received al of contestant Bisbee in the case of theFlor- d spatch from St. Petersburg forwarding I ida district. By Mr. Crapo, of Massachn- | one from Engineer Melville, in which the ectts, under instructions from the oommit-1 latter expreesse strong confidence that be tee on banking and currency, moved lo I will find DeLong and bis party, bnt does suspend the nuee aud adopt resolutions I not explain whether he expects to find making a bill to enable national banking I them alive Or associations to extend their corporate ex istence. Special order tor tho 25th of April. After a long debate a vote was taken and I Washjsgtox, April 17.—When the case the motion was defeated—yeas 148, nays I of Sergeant Mason was called tatheSu- I 89—not thereoeeearv two-thirds in the af-1 preme Ooort of the United States this Brmative. by Mr. Fisher, under in t rue I evening, Lyddy, of oonnael for the peti tions from the committee on coinage, tioner, asked leave to file a supplementary weights and moaiures, moved to suspend I petition in the prisoner’s behalf. Me- the rules and pass a bill authorizing the re- I Ewen, of counsel tor the respondents, ob- ceipt of United States gold coin in ex- J jeetet on the ground that they had not change for gold bars. Agreed to. By Mr. been served with e oopy of this proposed Bice, under instructions from the commit- I supplementary petition and wero not ae- tee on foreign affairs, moved to suspend quaintyd with its content--. They ware the rales and pass tho Senate bill tor tbo tnerefsro unprepared to go to argument relief of tbe heirs of tho owners, offiotrs upon it. The Chief justice said that the and crew of the brig General Armstrong, respondents have the right to a-k for tbo Agreed to— i:iO to :r>. pj-tponement of argument upon this Mr. Harris, of Alasaohusetts, under to- ground and that if they insisted upon their structions-from the committee on naval I objection he wonld mako tbe nocessary ot- afiairs, moved to suspend the rales and der. After brief consultation, counsellor adopt tho resolution providing tor night I respondents insisted upon their objection, 1 oeaHOns until further notice, ou Monday- and the Chief Jastioe directed that the case and Wednesdays, for the consideration of I be set down tor argument at the foot of Mil* authorizing tho construction of ve.-sel* the list of the eases assigned for to-day, to Of smr for tho L uitt-d states, and providing I ordir to give tho respondents time toex- for . icriaaueiit construction fund for tin- iin.n.t- ti.t .\ia-o.i - .. : jtition*H I navy. This started a debate. Mr. Hewitt, of Now Y’ork, opposed fixing any time tor^H thr r.msidvraiiou of tiio^o bills until the I Wasiiinuhi.v, A; ril 17.—An important re-ol'.::ion of inquiry which ho had offered I bond decision was nuderei !,y tno Su- < Ml-, in llu- session had been answered by ; reme Court of the United States to-day in the Secretary of War; that the resolution the case of tho State of fAiui-iana ex re!. looked to the r.c, uisition by the House of the Southern bank, plaintiff in error, \-. I information, without which it was abso- Edward biibbnry, mayor of New Orleams, iutely impossible tor the House to engage ot al. in error to the Snpremo Court of to an totolUgCnt consideration of either of Louisiana. Thu was a petition of th«| those bills. There was one thing which of mandamus to onforco the collection of must precede the reconstruction of tbe I Southern Bank of New Orleans tor a writ navy, and that was the reconstruction of I of mandamus to compel the municipal the Navy Department. authorities of that city to levy a special Mr. M hitthorue, of Tennessee, opposed I tax tor tho purpose of paying the interest the resolution, holding that it is incumbent and ultimately the pr ucipai of a certain on the douse before legislating on the sub- I series cf bonds is-ut-d by the city under ject to know what was likely to be the authority of an act of the State Legisla- policy of the i.ew Secretary of the Navy, turn in lis52,and known as the consolidate 1 became if his policy is to be like that of bonds of 1852. There are about $4,000,000 some of his predecessors the House would | of these trends now ojitstandin nnd of the relator, the Southern Washixgto.s, April 18.—In tho Senate tbe chair aubmitteda message from the President transmitting a recommendation of the Mississippi river commission tor nn appreciation of $1,000,000 tor closing the existing gaps to the levees, to addition to a like sum already estimated {for the pres ent. It urges on early and favorable con sideration of the recommendation, and calls special attention to tho importance df the subject. It was ordered tabled land printed, a bill on the subject being now before tbe Senate. Tbe Senate resumed the consideration of the Mississippi and Missonri rivers im provement bill. Mr. Harrison, who was entitled to tbe floor, yielded temporarily to Mr. Frye, a member of the committee fr im which the bill was reported, who said that the Northern and Eastern members of the committee, while appreciating the im portance cf improving navigation, were opposed to allowing any part of the appro priation to be need tor the reclamation of tho lands to the river States. They regard ed the existing sentiment caused by tho recent overflow as a dangerous one upon which to base legislation. The unanimous favorable report upon the measure was due to tho proviso which prevents the use of money for the rebuilding of levees, and this had been inserted without objection. He said be made this statement to view of an intimation thrown out yesterday by Mr. Kellogg that an amendment removing tbe restriction npon the expenditure of the money would not be objected toby the committee, and also to view of Mr. Jonas’ amendment applying a part of tho appro priation to levees. Mr. Harrison, member of the committee on the Mississippi river improveme' ts, then addressed the Senate at some length. Afterassertingthsudmiralty control of the United States over tho entire navigable length of tbe Mississippi, and its jurisdic tion over the improvement of navigation and the works necessary to make tbe river safe nnd a constant outlet for commerce, he said nearly 14 000 navigable miles of the mnin river and its tributaries wore dis tributed among eighteen States and three Territories—the region producing the TUX 8HX7HXBD IXVX8X10ATI0X. Washixotojc, April 18.—rhe Shipherd in vestigation was tsken up again Uvday by tho bouse foreign relations oommittee. Shipherd was asked whether the gentlemen mentioned in the list he gave Minister Hurl but, heretofore published, were stock- holders ia tho Peruvian Company, which lie declined to answer. Witness was asked if he kr ew Whitelaw Reid, and be answer ed that they had known each other for sev enteen years. Witness declined to state whether Joseph Medill was a stockholder or not. He also declined to state to whom he referred when be said the nearest friends of the new President ere identified with tho company. Question.—“Wonld you decline to give the names of the stockholders of any bank or other corporation in which you were in terested, nnd which was organized tor an honest rnd legitimate business 7” Answer. —“I should, unless to those who had a right to inquire, and nnder circumstances warranting disclosure.” Witness declined to state from whom he had re reived assurance of the very strong, est governmental support. Several other direct questions were put but the witness positively declined to every instance to an swer any question looking lo an enquiry into the personnel of the Peruvian Compa ny. or its financial status. Mr. Williams then asked witness: “What was yonr real object to writing your letter of August 9th to Walker Blaine ?” Witness replied at some length, answering the committee that he would, with pleasure, answer with frankness, and somowbat surprising them with his statement nnd th it he ‘'looked upon Blaine as no lawyer, and >e tog to Walter Blaine a bright, clear-beaded attorney, he approached him as a lawyer.” Mr. Wil liams, reading from the letter, inquired— “Upon what ground did you regard Walker Blaine us an eminent attorney?” Witness admitted that he had never heard o* his conducting any case, but inferred his abil ity from the high position be oocupied. Question—“You say, ‘I feel my embar rassment to attempting to discuss'these matters with so eminent a statesman, and therefore torn to you.’ Did you expect the. son could instruct tho father ?” Answbr— “No, sir; I felt my embarrassment as an attorney in dealing with a statesman.” Mr. Williams—“Then if yon approached Walker Blaine because he was an attorney, how did he have any advantage as an attor ney over yon?” Witness wriggled and straggled hard to escape the position to which the incisive series of questions were fast driving him. He was finally driven from the position nt first assumed, that he approached Walker blame to employ bis services as an attorney; that be simply songht his judicial services; thought the son was better acquainted with the work ings of tho father’s mind and could better supplement the information that might be imparted by Senator Blair. Mr. Williams —“Then yon thought the legal and judicial qualities of Walker Blaine’s mind superior to jour own?” Answer—“In this instance I was bo incredibly modest as to think so.” Mr. Williams—“We accept this instance of incredible modesty. What peculiar legal obliquity in Blaine did yon wish to overcome r” Answer—“It was not obliqui ty, it was a lack of legal culture." After some farther questions, which fail ed to elicit other than an evasion, Mr. Blount asked witness—“How did yon ex pect to ntilize Walker Blaine when jou regarded him as holding the same relations os an associate to a Chief Justice on tho bench, and as a son to the father?” An. swer—“I don’t think I understand the drift of the question.” Mr. Blount—“Well, to bo rlain, did yon not expect by the use of flattery or some other means to secure the aid of this yoang man ?” Witness—“As I understand it, the question is pnrely to draw out whether I attempted to improperly use Mr. Walker Blaine. I can frankly answer, if snoh was the case, it has escaped my conscience.” Mr. Blount—“Please state what advan tage Walker Blaine had over Senator Blair in transmitting your view to the Secre tary ?” Witness—“I can only say, because I believed the son would better understand tbe working of his father’s mind.” Witness replied to a question by Mr. region _ larger part of the entire grain crop and r!K2.r,-AT.. £ I William K. Chandler some llmeinOcto. her, but ho declined to give its purport, SXEGEAST MASON, owe it to itself and the country to withhold I this amount he appropriation. Mr. Harris, of Massachusetts, in reply to Mr. Hewitt, stated that the information callefl for was so extensive that it would take all the force of the Navy Department to collect it by the close of the session. Mr. SpriDger also said: We had built ships and had ;>oor shins to show tor it. He thought that the Navy Department should bo recognized before the work of reorganizing the navy should be entered upon. He w. s omiosod to beginning a policy that would cause an expenditure of mijlions of do.lars to build ships of war in a time of profound peace. The oountry iuis amuuufe tuu ictuiui. uu; ouuuicru Bank, holds $G00,000. Tbe interest on these bonds was paid tor a time, bnt in 1876 tbo Legist .tare of the State passed an act knowq as the premium bond net, which prohibited tbe levying of any tax tor tbe payment of any other bonds than thoso therein provided tor, and which forbaie the courts of the State from issuing writs any such prohibited tax. This act put a stop to the payment of interest on the consolidated bonds of 18.12, and so the bank, ns Inrge holders of those bonds, in stituted the present action to te-t the constitutionality of the premium bond not, lo have their con- being at pence nt not desiring to cultivate I jolidated bonds of 1852 declared the art* of war, he was opposed to a large I valid tho obligations against ths city, and standing army er a large navy. Mr. Har- J to enforce the payment. This, the court, a cheap and free highway for these pro ducts in their conveyance to consumers of the Atlantic States and of Enropejwas ob viously not a sectional but a national one. Speaking of tbo facilities of cheap trans portation and free competition pertaining to tho river navigation, as compared with oppressive railroad rates, Mr. Harrison re marked that npon obstruction bars being cleared away and a uniform low depth of ten feet below St. Louis being attained, the shores of tho Missis, sippi would practically be at tide water; that grain will go West and Sonth as well as East to tho river whenever railroad charges are oppressive. No act of Con gress or of the States, in his opiniQn, could prove so efficient in rcgnlating transporta tion charges as the law of competition be tween the improved natural water ways of the country and railroads. Referring to the expenditures tor the opening of the mouth of tho MiesDsippi, as having de volved upon Congress an obligation to improve the body of the river, be hoped that the country wonld demand that the plan of improvement shall be shown to be practicable, and that.the expenditures shall be limited to such works as are essential to better navigation. Ho believed that if Congress was assured that tho earns voted would be applied directly, by the best methods to that end, the necessary appro priations wonld not be withheld. Mr. Harrison continue 1 at considerable length in advocacy of tbo bill, as. it was reported. Messrs. Kellogg and Jonas, members of the committee which reported the bill, re plied to Mr. Fryo to tbe effect that the un derstanding iu the committee was that tbe question as to tbe levee system was to be left to the Senate, and thit they had re served the right to offer amendments to the bill. Tbe bill was then laid aside infor mally until to-morrow. Mr. Davis, of W6St Virginia, called tho agricultural appropriation bill He stated that the total amount of tho bill as reported was $414,780, being $19,100 less than the aggregate as passed by tbe House.. The bill passed. Mr. Kellogg introduced a bill providing tor tho sale of public lands in tbe States of Mississippi nnd Louisiana to tho New Oilcans and Northwestern Railroad Com pany. Referred. A message from the President was read on the subject of tho circular invitation ex tended to all independent countries of North and Sooth America to participate in a general Congress to be held in Washing ton, D. C., on the 22d of November next, tor the purpose of considering and discuss ing the methods of preventing a war be tween the nations of America. Referred to the oommittee on foreign relations and ordered printed. Adjourned. nouss. Washington, April 18.—On motion of Mr. Hammond, of Georgia, tho Senate amendments were concurred in to the Honse bill establishing a United States district court, with district officers, in U10 Northern and Southern judical districts of Georgia. - Mr. Neal, of Ohio, from the committee on civil service reform, reported back the resolution calling on the Secretary of the Navy tor information relative to the ap- ra ■ ‘ nent of a professor in mathematics navy. Adopted. Mr. Hiscock, of New York, chairman ot the committee on appropriations, reported a joint resolution appropriating $465,000 to supply tho deficiency in the appropriation tor publio printing and binding tor tho current fiscal year. Tbe joint resolution It bad been intended at one time to offer him a retainer, but tor reasons which deli- caoy precluded, his giving this intention was not carried out. Shipherd asked an opportnninty to bo heard specifically in regard to his reasons tor declining to answer certain que tions, nnd wa3 assured such opportunity would be afforded him. ▼elopment of this magnificent natural water-way which, while accomplishing that objecs would protect the alluvial lands through whioh it flows. This hostility was urged even in the face of the great mis fortune of tbe recent overflow, whioh bad reduced one of the meet prosperous agri cultural districts of the earth to compara tive waste, and thrown many thousands of laborers npon the charity of the gov- erunneut tor bread with which to maintain life. In the opinion of the com mission, as well as of many engineers and practical men, the levees were tbe only means of protection against overflows, and so far from the question being a new one, Mr. Janes contended that it bad been set tled in tbe passage of the bill creating the commission, ana the country did not ex pect the tienato to take a step backward when tbe whole Mississippi valley was del uged and the riparian proprietors, as well as the States, affected were powerless lo stay the ravages of the flood. Was it pro. posed, he asked, that the channel sbonld be deepened so that the produce of tbe North and West might be safely and cheaply eon- veyed to maiket, and yet that the waters should be permitted to desolate the mag- nifioent country between Cairo and tbe gulf? Was tbe question to be permitted to carry ruin and desolation to another por tion? Was it to the interest of the grain- pro lacing North and V.’est that their home markets should be destroyed ? After amplifying this ’consideration and quoting the views enunciated by Gar field, Hendricks and Calhonn, he argued from the gigantic national character of the work, that no individual efforts of the States or districts would avail, end that without the intervention of tbe Federal government, the vast allnvial region of the lower river must be relegated to the wilder ness, from which it was redeemed. He was unable to give any estimate of the cost of a complete levee system, but in his opinion $50,00 ‘,000 would be a cheap expenditure if, thereby, the threatened val ley was protected, and this would be repaid tenfold to the general welfare of the coautry in tbe increase of valnes, of population and of agricultural products. The speaker fur ther stated that tbe Senators who were ob jecting to appropriations for levees as a means ot reclaiming lands, had already voted tor surveyors and estimates for this very purpose, and that the commission had reported in favor of such appropriation. He scouted tbe assumption that tbe owners of lands were not to he protected, because the value of iheir property might be en hanced, and denied that the improvements of tbe river navigation as a work of nation al importance was entitled to any consid eration that did not pertain to the suocesa of the jetties. He said the movement of grain by the river by export from New Or leans increased in the single year ending August 31,1880, at the rate of 92 per cents in corn and 80 per cent, in wheat, and thi. with low water and dangerous navigation. Mr. Gariand s oke in advocacy of his amendment increasing the appropriation I to $15,000^)007 He urged that experience had demonstrated tbe eoonomy of a suf ficiently adequate appropriation in bnlk rather than periodical outlays. He eulo gized tbe recommendations of the recent message from the President favoring the additional sums asked tor by the river commission, and especially endorsed the snggestion that it would be equitable tor the government to return by this method, to the population of the lower Mississippi valley engaged in the production of ootton, a portion of tbe $68,000,000 oollected as. tax on that product. He would make a sufficient appropriation and leavo its dis bursement, whether tor levees or outlets, to the commission. He asserted the con stitutional power of Congress to appro priate for tbe reclamation of lands, and quoted from Calhoun, -who, he said, was a great light of tbe strict constructionists, in the affirmation of this power. Mr. Frye remarked that the votes of the Northern members against any opposition tor the repairs of tbe levees ought not to be construed a* indicative of sectional hos tility on tbeir part As evidenoe dispell ing any assumption to tbe contrary,he re ferred to the prompt and generous re sponse of the North to the Southern ap peals in tbe yellow fever epidemic, and to the fact that no Northern member had raised bis voioe against voting for tbe amounts aggregating $800,000 at the pres ent session tor the relief of the sufferers by the recent floods. Mr. George obtained the floor bnt yield, ed for executive session, when the bill went over until to-morrow without action. Mr. Miller, of California, from the com mittee of foreign relations, reported with amendments House trill to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to the Chinese. Ho stated that the report was not nnani* 1 mous, and that he wouldask consideration of the bill to-norrow. The Senate, with- j out a dissenting vote, insisted .npon its 1 amendment to tbe post-office appropria- Lord to r>»l°no I “n b" oT «I,S di,7ribEn with Secretary Blaine yon could more readily reach the secretary. Now, was it not tor a similar reason that yon desired to secure the services of Walker Blaine?” Witness (somewhat impatient)—“I think I can’t give you any farther reasons, if I havo’not already mado myself understood.” Mr. Lord—“Very well. Then the com mittee will assume that such was the case.” Witness—“I have no control over tho com mittee’s assumption. 1 Mr. Lord—“Then I will ask yoo, did yon not approach Welker Blaine on account of his intimate relations to his father?” Wit ness—“As I have defined them; yes.’ The oommi'tee then adjourned, with the understanding that Shipberd’e attendance will not again be required till the latter part of next week. It is nnderstood that Blaine will in the interval come before tho committee, when it is believed some new light will be thrown upon the subject which will bo utilized by the committee in any supplemental examination of Shipherd which they may desire to make. STAB BOUTS OASES. Washington, April 18.—The star, route cases were again taken np in tho Criminal Court to-day. Ex-Senator Dorsey was present in court and tho forfeiture of his bail was cancelled. Counsel for the de fense moved for a bill of particulars, and tbe day was consumed in argument npon this motion. Judge Wyly reserved his de cision until Saturday. Dorsey was arraign ed and pleaded not guilty. TAHPEUING WITH THE MAILS. Washington, April 18.—The Secretary of Stato had bis attention called some time since to circumstances which seemed to in dicate that letters addressed by the depart ment to the United States legation, Lapa- bo, Bolivia, had been tampered with while parsing through the hands of the Chilian authorities. He caused an investigation to be made, and npon becoming convinced that there was good ground for complaint, addressed a remoDstration to tho Chilian government through its minister here, and through the United States legation at San tiago. Tbe government of Chili disavowed any responsibility tor the acts complained of, expressed a strong disapproval of them and promised a prompt investigation. The United States consul at Valparaiso reports by telegraph that the investigation has re sulted in the arrest and punishment of the guilty officials. In tho Senate Mr. Maxey called np the Senate bill authorizing the President of the United States, in conjunction with the State of Texas, to ran and mark a bounda ry line between that part of tho territory of the United States and the State of Tex as, and to complete the survey authorized by tbo act of 1858. Passed. The discussion of the Mississippi river improvement bill was resumed aud Mr. The conference committee on the postal j of i^iana, argued in favor of ap- appropnatioa bill, reported a disagree- , . ’ . ,... JT ment with the Senate conferees. Thepoint plymg a part of the appropriation to the ment with the Senate conferees. The point of difference being a Senate amendment increasing from $500,000 to $650,000, the appropriation tor special mail faculties. On all other points the conferees were practically agreed. The report was agreed to And a new conference ordered. Messrs. Caswell, Cannon and Ellis reappointed as conferees on the part of the Honse. The Utah election case was then taken np. Mr. Hazclton, of Wisconsin, was the fi.st speaker in support of the majority re port of the election committee, declaring that neither Mr. Cnnnon nor Mr. Camp bell is entitled to a seat as delegate from Utah .territory. The committee bad waived tho question ns to whether Mr. O-nnon was a naturalized citizen and the whole case had rested cn the qneition as to whither or not ho wa? disqualified ou account of being connected witli and a champion of tho institution of polygamy. Mr. House, of Tennessee, combated the position taken in the majority report, as violating all laws and die regardi ng alt prec edents in claiming the right arbitrarily to exclude a Territory from representation. If the legal conclusions contained therein were concurred in, the next delegate from Utah might be out of his seat because he took lus whisky straight instead of nsing sugar. The couclusion of his speech was devoted to a criticism of the anti-polygamy bill as being unconstitu tional, ami as providing that the people of Utah should be placed under the domain of a returning board. Tbe matter then went over for the day. immediate construction of snch levees, 03 in tho jndgment of the MUssissippi river commission, will assist in deepening the channel and improving navigation. He discussed generally the utility of tho levee system. He favored a direct appropria tion for building levees. He said ths bill and pending amendment provided tor an expenditure of money in accordance with the plana recommended by the Mississippi river commission, and he proceeded to show not only that these plans included and recommended to a large extent the measnre for the protection of allnvial lands in the valley from overflow, but that the commission was expressly charged with the duty of inquiring into and ma turing such plans and submitting them to Congress tor action. He quoted the lan guage defining the duties of tbe commis- eion to show that its plan and estimates were to be matured tor the protection of the river banks in order to pre vent destructive floods. After these plans, which he said recouimendi-d levees and are an endorsement of the levee system, bad been submitted to Congress, a disposition was apparent to treat the question as an original one, and as snch to deny the right of Congress to make an appropriation tor the purpose. He regarded the provison in the bill as embodying the hostility, whioh had long existed in and oat of Congress, to 1 any measure for tbe improvement and de- adjonrned. BOUSE. Washington, April 19.—Pursuant to ad order, the House met this morning at 11 o’clock, at whioh hour its future sessions will begin until farther ordered. Mr. Tay lor. of Ohio, chairman of the committee to andit the expenses of the illness and death of President Garfield, snbmitted a bill and report cm that snbjeot. Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky, presented the report of the mi nority. Both reports were referred to ths committee of thi whole. The bill appro priates for the relief of Lucretia Garfield the snm of $50,0C0, less any snm paid to tbe late President Garfield on account of his salary as President of the United States. It pays to Dr. Bliss $25,000; to Drs. Agnew and Hamilton, $15,000 each; Drs. Rayburn nnd Boynton, $10,0CO each; to Dr. Susan Edson $10,000; to Wm. J. Cramp $3,000; to the Secretary of the Navy $10,882; to Wm. R. Spears (undertaker) $1,835; to C. F. Janes, of Elberon, $1,092; and to various merchants and others a sum varying f>om 50 cente to $10,000. It provides that when Surgeon-General J. K. Barnes shall be re tired from active service be sbaU be placed on tho retired list with tbe rank and pay of major general. It farther provides that there shall be added to the medical corps of the army one surgeon with the rank, pay and emoluments of lieutenant colonel, nnd authorizes the President to promote Jos. J. Woodward to that position. ' The Houso then resumed the consider ation of the Utah election contest. The debate continued until fonr o’clock, when the previous question was ordered, and then one honr was accorded to George O. Wanton to present his claims. After brief speeches by Mr. Cassidy, of Nevada, aud Mr. Calkin, of Indiana, a vote was taken on the resolution of the minority of the election committee, declaring Mr. Cannon entitled to a seat. It was rejected. Yeas 79, nays 123. This was a party vote, with tbe exception of Messrs. Beltzhoover, Col- erick, Cobb, Cassiday, Holman, Mosgrovo, March, Rioe, of Marne, Matson, Turner, of Kentucky, who voted iu the negative witli the Republicans, and Campbell, of Pennsylvania, in tbe affirmative, with the Democrats. Tbe majority resolution, de claring that neither Mr. Cannon nor Mr, Campbell is entitled to a seat, was adopted witbontdivision. Honse then at six o'clock adjourned. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Wasiiinoton, April 19.—Messrs. Spring, er, Blackburn and LeFevre, tbe minority of the committee on the Garfield illness expenses, presented a long report to the Houso, protesting against the passage of the bill presented by tho majority and re questing its recommittal with instructions to the committee to require all the bene ficiaries of the bill to render acconnts and furnish proof of the value of servioes ren dered, and in cose of allowances tor pro fessional services, as physicians or sur-- geons, to make snch allowances only as would bo properly chargeable against tha estate of tho late President, and to provide in tbe bill, when again reported, snch fur ther appropriation of bis unearned salary as would cover the amounts audited for such professional services. Tbe Iroquois, at More Head, Ireland, has been ordered to the relief of the crew of the Rodgers. MACLEAN ON TSXAL. ' London, April 19'—At Reading, to day, Lord Chief Justico Coleridge charged tbe grand jury in the case of Roderick Mae- Leau, who attempted to shoot Queen Vic toria at Windsor on tbo 2d of March. His Lordship snid that Stato trials in England have been rare, but tho law bearing on the cose, though over five hundred yoars old, was undoubted. Tbo facts, ns narrated in tbo depositions of witnesses of tbe assault, clearly supported the charge. Baron Huddleston was also on the bench. Sir George Howjtr is foreman of the grand jury. The grand jiry returned a true bill for high treason against the prisoner, who was at once placed in the dock. He looked pale and haggard. Me pleaded not guilty in a firm but low voice. Sir Henry James, attorney- general, opened the case tor tbe prosecu tion. H*> said it was a very aggravated one. Tbe jury had a grave responsibility in determining the condition of the pris oner’s mind at the time he committed the crime. Common wealth 1 ’Distribution Com pany draws at Louisville, Ky., on 29th Inst. Tickets only $2. Halves $1. tie- core them In time. See advertisement. TKt.XGBA.eBIC ITEMS. Ilw Fowl BNtbw*>F«ISMM<«r Ar- ISSM—KliMkr lartlatM I Tramp Killed kya Klrertar-Xlcellemcmm, Eta STEAMSHIP BULLETIN. femtaX to TtUeraph and Mtuongrr. Savannah, April 19.—Arrived to-day from Baltimore, steamship George Appoid. NEW STEAMSHIP LINK. Mexico, April 19.—A concession has been granted to a Mexican company tor a line of steamships between Vera Cruz, New Orleans and Galveston, the subsidy being $8,000 annnally. indications. Washington, April 19.—For the South Atlantic States occasional light rain, fol lowed by olearing weather, southwest to northwest winds, falling, followed by rising barometer, stationary temperature. HEAT! BAINS IN ALABAMA. Montgomery, April 19.—There was an immense fall of ram here and in other por tions of Alabama last night. At Ever green, 100 miles south on the Mobile and Montgomery railroad, tha wind Slew the church down, unroofed the brick depot and blew down one side of it. Frees were levelled in all directions. So far no loee of life is reported. THE TOED BBOTHKBS. Kansas City, April 19.—The Ford boys, Bob and Charlie arrived here from tit. Joseph last evening. They were brought by Marshal Timberlake and Captain Craig. A large crowd was at the depot, bnt the boys were qnietly smuggled away. It is understood that Bob Ford will be takes to Ray oounty to answer tbe charge of killing Woodhite. St. Louis, April 19.—A special from Kansas City says Robert Ford, the slayer of Jesse James, was taken to Richmond, Ray oounty, this morning, to await the ac tion of tbe authorities on tbe charge of killing Wood Hite, one of the outlaw gang. The rord boys assert that the Governor promised them immunity tor all past crimes, but to a Post-Dispatch reporter the Governor indignantly denies this. He would not say, however, that he might not pardon them. Tbe Governor says be be lieves that Frank James is dead. OOMFOSITOBS STRIKE. Chattanooga, April 19.—'The oompoel. tors on the Daily Time* strnok to-day. They demanded an increase ot from twenty-five to thirty cents per 1,000 ems. The paper will be oat in the morning as usual. POSTHASTES AJUE8TKD. New Orleans, La., April 19.—Special Post-office Inspector James D. Kennedy, has arrested Ernest Turner, late postmas ter at Point Pleasant, La., charged with embezzling registered letters containing over $200. The prisoner waived examina tion and gave $1,000 bail for {appearance before ths United States Court in May. $1,000 DAMAGES. Cincinnati, O., April 19.—Mrs. S. J. Gray, colored, wife of Rev. S. Gray, of Lexington, Ky., who through her husband sued tbe Cincinnati Southern Railroad Company for refusing her admittance to the ladies’car on a first-class ticket last August and plaoed tbe damages at $5,000, was awarded a verdict of $1,000 dam ages in the United States Court this morn ing. MHKVMrtEB. How dear to my heart la the school I at-] tended. And how I remember, so distant and dim. That red-headed Bill, and the pin that I bended And carefully put on tho bench under him I And how I recall the surprise of the master. When bill gave a yell, and sprang up with the pin So high that his bullet head basted the plaster Above, and the scholars all set up a gnn. That active boy. Billy, that high-leaping Billy! That loud-shouting Billy that sat on the pin 1 —San Trancitco Xne* Letter. KILLED BX INDIANS. "v San Fbancisoo, April 19.—A special to the Tuoeon Citizen, from Camp Thomas, states that the chief of police ot S»n Fran cisco, at San Carlos, has been killed by lu- dians and fears are entertained tor tbe aafety of all the employes there. Colonel Schofield with two oars of the Sixty-eigbth cavalry has gone to the rescue. The Locos band is on the war pLth. A TBAMP KILLED. St. Louis, April 19.—A crazy tramp in the vioinity of Marysville, Missouri, has been annoying the citizens tor some time. In endeavoring to arrest him one of the oonstable'e posqe was shot aud killed by the tramp. The sheriff and posse then in endeavonng to arrest the tramp, killed, him. VZBOINXA LEGISLATURE. Richmond, April 19.—The Honse of Del egates co-day in furtherance of an action of a conference of the leading Beadjnsters held last night, a resolution providing for a recess of the General Assembly from Saturday next until the 12th of June was adopted. Yeas 49, nays 35. A strict par ty voted, excepting one Readjuster who vo ted with the Democrats in tha negative. The Senate will act npon the matter. SMALLPOX IN VIRGINIA. Petersburg, Ya., {April 19.—Confluent smallpox hRs broken ont in Bermuda township, Chesterfield oonnty, and every effort is Using made io prevent its srread. The Petersburg! Chamber of. Commerce has received a communication from the New York board of trad* asking the cham ber to'take an early action in reference to a lassage of proper national bankrupt aws. The petition has been referred to Jha committee ou commerce and commer cial ubage for proper action.- A DESTRUCf i\ r £ ClOMtNB. St. Louis, April 19.—The cyclone which did each damage at Brownsville, Missouri, yesterday was preceded by darkness like that of night. Tbe storm came np on the town with lightDing rapidity. Among the stores destroyed are C. McKeller’s junk store, W. A. Bumbert, hardware, B. W. Robinson, dry goods, and C. Mahlois, con fectioner: also, the Central Hotel, railroad depot and telegraph office, and most of the best business buildings in the town. The telegraphic communication is cut off and it is very difficult to obtain information. The Missonri pacific railroad sent a spe cial train from tiedalia last night and sev eral doctors went to the scene of tbe terri ble calamity to render aid to the sufferers. Brownsville is an old town, in,Saline coun ty, and is situated on the Missouri Paoifio railroad, two mites from Sednlia. Heath Caroline Election Cues. - [By Telegraph.] Charleston, S. O., April 19.—In the United States Court to-day, before Judges Bond and Bryan, tha grand jury found true bills against thirty-eight citizens of Barnwell county, charging them with ob structing the qualitie 1 voters at the Buford Bridge precinct, in Barnwell county, at the general election in November 1880. Of the original indictments forty-three defendants were included, bnt the grand jury found “no bill” os to five of the num ber. The trial of tbo case of the United States vs. Lucien L. Carroll and othera, managers of election at Mayesville, in Sumter oounty, which was^commenced yesterday, was resumed and the testimony on both sides was concluded. The testimony for ttie diffense was de livered by fifteen white witnesses, includ ing three defendants. These witnesses testified that the poll at Mayesville bad been opened promptly at six o’clock in the morning in 1881, and before the voting be gan one of the mansgers opened the ballot- box and exhibited it publiclv to the crowd on the outside and turned the box upside down to «how that th- re were no tickets m it. then it was locked. All the witnesses who wero present stated that they saw into the box dearly, and that it was perfectly empty. The Republican supervisor arrived at the polls at about twenty minutes after the voting began. He was admitted into the room, bnt the negoes refused to open the box so he could see into it, telling him that the box had already been exhibited, and that if they ie*opened the box after the voting had be- gun, they would invalidate tbe whole poll. The testimony torthedefeuse went farther to show that tbe surplus tickets found in the box were deposited through an aperture in the lid, by voters. Tbe good character of the defendants was testified to be a num ber of witnesses, both Republicans and Democrats. The argnment in the case will be heard to-morrow morning. Post-Appeal: The thirty-third annual session of tbe Medical Association of Georgia convened in tbe Senate chamber at 11:30 o’clook this morning. Dr. James B. Baird, chairman of the oommittee on arrangements, occupied the chair tempor arily. Rev. H. H. Rucker opened the ses sion with an appropriate prayer. Dr. James L. Alexander, of this city, made an addreie of welcome, irhich was responded to by Dr. Eugene Foster, of Augusta. Dr. Foster said that Atlanta was iu every way the most enterprising city in tho State, and especially was this true of her medical BxrOBE Mahoneism took tbe color of succtss and tho form of repudiation in Virginia, her s* readily uild for 80 and 85 cents. Thev ars now worth only 33. • - Th* people of Charlotte, N. C-, and adjacent county will celebrate the 107th annl venary of the Mecklenburg declaration of in dependence, the 2Uth of May next, in an unu sually spirited manner. Ku> gloves are now mado of rat skins, If you have a pair ot Ud gloves that you wish to test, set them on a table with a piece of cheese. If they don’t attack the cheese they are either real kid or the rat they were made from isn’t alive. A Michigan revivalist goes out this season with what he advertises as “tho most complete camp meeting outfit ever invented, consisting of a handsome pavilion, splendidly painted, and portable stand, reed organ, and gllde*Jgfi«s in the pulpit.” thtatewtmi Ljrihet ctor the boys who are collecting postage stamps read this and preserve: An eminent Queen’s counsel who has found time in the midst of his legal work to amass one ot tbe Inert collections of postage stamps iu England, has Just decided to sell ittoa French codec fort40,000. Aptkb all tbe speculations that are In dulged in as to the causes for tho proposed winding up of the great dry goods house of A. T. Stewart A Co., the real underlying reason is probably stated in the concise (mark of Mr. if. B. ClaSin, himself a magnate in the trade: "They are rich, tired of tho business and want to retire; that's all." A writer in tbe Rochester Express sajrs that he has heard a “young woman respectable Barents" In that city remark to her sister at night: “Let us go out and seo If we can And some fool who will buy us the oys ters.” According to the same paper's showing, it is a common thing for nljfhly-edacated Rochester girls to be dragged out of saloons in a state of beastly intoxication. Th* Arqus, published simultaneously at Alexandria and Woodstock, Va., a Republi can paper, owned and edited by a colored man, declares that U is opposed "to Mahoneltes. pan- derers and others when they propose to enter the Republican ranks for personal aggrandize ment. and it "trembles for the fate of Repub licanism if this Mahone administration of lib oral doctrine is to be the controlling influence.” A DISPATCH from bait Lake says tbe tenor of all harangues at the Tabernacle yes terday was that the Mormons must not in any way deal with the Gentile merchants, the latter being held responsible for the advene legisla tion DyOoogrm. Tho earnestness with which the matter was treated by the speakers, who are men in powor, indicate a determination to carry out this policy, until all Gentile mer chants ate driven away. It Is generally conceded that Bancroft Davis will soon leave the State Department to turn to the Court of Claims. Onoof the judges Is absent, IU Iu North Carolina, and as the law requires a majority of the court to give judg ment tho three judges now here are obliged to agree or a case cannot be decided. Judge Davis is worn out with the work In the State Depart ment, aud will be glad to return to his former place on tho bench. The position waa held open for Hunt, but he preferred Russia. Hobs* thieves wili do well to keep awsy from Missouri, as the Governor of that •State is reported. In a recent letter lo a high State official, to have said : "I will not pardon horse thieves i I don't care how many petitions request it. The sooner this is understood the better It will bo for thoso engaged in such ap plications. It will be time and labor lost. All other criminals can entertain a hope of relief, but horse thieves—when the prison doors close on such the sentence must be completed, so far as I am concerned, unless tbe hlghgr interests of the ( state demand • release far ether pur* J. Henry Sbortbonsc, tbe author ot j the powerful novel, “John inglesant." i, ,a d to be a rich manufacturer of chemical manures at Birmingham, England. —Dr. Charles Doremus says tbe nlilk of the elophant Is tbe richest he has ever exam ined. It contains more butter and sugar and less water than any other milk, and it possesses a very agreeable taste and odor. and especially men. He hoped that the association would have an opportunity of showing its appreciation ot this fact. He acoepted the greeting and returned it in be half of the visitors to the con vention. Dr. Holt, president of the asso ciation, then took the chair and made the usual annual address. Tho convent ion will remain in session until Friday. Tbe pro gramme includes the following items: Re ception by the Governor at the executive mansion, and by Mr. J. H. Porter at his resi dence on Peachtree street this evening; or ator’s address at noon, and grand banquet at the Markham House to-morrow night; exoursion to Sweetwater, over the Georgia Pacific railroad, at 4:30 o'clock Friday af ternoon. The sessions commence at 10 a. m. and 3 p. m. each day. The oommittee of arrangements is as follows: Drs. James . B. Baird, J. F. Alexander, E. L. Connolly, 1 quite t t t a t.,,!,) ..j rx n c... t Az _ The Grandest Kail rout Combination to be Effected. Cincinnati Gazttta. Abont one year ago tbe Erlanger syndi cate resolved that it wonld at the proper time submit a bid for the lease of the Cin cinnati Southern railway. The Louisville and Nashville was actively at work grid ironing nearly tbe whole Sonth with its system of roads, and tbe East Tennessee, \irginis and Georgia combination was rapidly extending its lines in every direc tion, while the Erlanger’s Alabama Great Southern railroad was being hedged in on every side squally as fast. £1 fact, it had already oome to be looked npon as an in termediate line without power oriufln- ence. Col. John tioott, who had been pat in charge of the property tbe year before, Wds not stow to see the importance of ex tending the Alabama Great Southern to the Ohio river, also to the west and south west. The purchase of the Vicksburg and Meridian,the^Vicksburg aud Shreveport and Pacific roads, and the charter and right of way of tbe New Orleans and Northeastern soon followed, and subsequently the lease of the Southern was obtained. Thus the little intermediate A. G. S. in one year be came one of the. principal links in a great system of railways, and instead of being shut out at Chattanooga and Meridian, it has toil sweep from the Ohio river to Texas, and will soon have tu New Orleans. But ihe question is, shall the Erlanger lines stop at Cincinnati, New Orleans, and Shreveport and risk getting its proportion of through business from its connecting lines, or ac quire an interest in th.-m by purchase or combination, and thus secure tor all time its full share of the traffic ? One year ago the Ohio river was the northern objective point of the syndicate, and so far as the lines centering at Cincinnati from points north of the Ohio, it was the purpose of the syndicate to keep aloof from all entan glements, and assume and maintain a strictly neutral position. That was a pur pose one year ago, but will it not, in view of the very maDy actual and contemplated changes in the railway map of the oountry, be forced to abandon that policy for one that will give it a voioe in the management of its commotions and an interest in tbeir revenues ? The signs of the times most certainly all pcint in that direction, and sooner or later New York, Philadelphia, New England, tbe lake ports, and the W est and Northwest will be aa intimately connected with the Erlanger system as northern Ala bama or central Missi-sippi now are. In fact, negotiatiations are already pending which wfl), if oompleted, be the foundation of the grandest and most complete system of railways in this or any other oountry. It will oover the United titates from the principal New England points. New York ar.d Philad-lphia to Dakota aud Nebraska, and from ths north, northeast and north west to New Orleans and all principal points in the south aud southwest. The system north of the Ohio will be nnder a separate management from that eenth of tbe river, bnt foe combination will be so complete, and the interests of, the several lines composing it so closely interwoven, that it will virtnally be one system so far as tbe interchange of business and their relations with oompeting lines are con cerned. When tho negotiations are oompletod, the combination will embrace the Erlan ger lines iu the south and the Vanderbilt system in the north, including the Chicago and Northwestern and C.,0., O. andl. The 0. H. and D. will, of course, become a part of the northern system if, at the Juns elec tion, the existing relations between it and the 0., C., O. and L are not disturbed, other wise it will not be included in the schenre, and will, therefore, reoeive no traffic from either the northern or southern wings of the combination. In tbe event the C., H. & D. becomes a party to tho scheme, it is nnderstood that it will be on a basis similar to the one upon which it has been operated tor the past two years, except that, first, the Erlanger syndicate will nave a representation in the board of directors; second, the majority of the board will be prominent business men of this city who shall be also large holders of the stock; third, secretary and treasury de partments will under no circumstances be removed from Cincinnati; and fourth, the executive, traffic, and physical depart ments will be assigned, as they are now, to the C., C., C. and I. interest*. It is calcu lated that by merging, aj far as cau be, the trafflo and physical departments of tho C B. and D. and C., C., C. and I. an annual amount equal to one and a half per cent, on tbe capital stock of the C. H. and D. will be made. Some of the largest holders of C. H. and D. stock and the European holders of the C., G., C. aud L, are enthusiastic over the schemes 9. LMUIU| «• Al tUVAOUUCi| All AJ> WUUOii/) UUUQ V1AUIUBUOUU VIW J, T. Johnson, J, S. Todd and G. Q, Roy. and will give it their hearty aapport, AMO.VG OCX XKlGBBOtta. Milledoiville, April 17.—Friends and acquaintances of the late Dr. Samuel G. " hite assembled yesterday to attend the funeral of Carrie White, a sweet little girl universally beloved in the oommanitr, and whose former bright face and winning manners all will miss. She has beau rick for *erural months, and in hopes of beret- fit to her health, her sister, Mrs. O. T. Etana, took h*r to Baltimore about a month ago. She was born December 28, I818, and died iu Baltimore last Thursday, whence her body was brought, getting hero yesteiday morning. At the oTose of the sad services, but few were present whose eyes were not -ret with tears of sorrow; and it st emed as if tbe family were heartbroken with grief. The Baldwin Blues are doing some extra drilling by way of preparation tor Decora tion Day. The Ladies Memorial Associa tion have invited Hon. W. J. Nortben, of Sparta, to deliver the memorial addren here. ' • Perhaps there Is no one living in" th* county, black or white, bnt who knows Dick Betton Jhe barber. As threadbare aa his reputation is, Dick got np a sensation Saturday by hanging out a new sign on which is his proclamation, to the effect that he it a tonsorial scientist. Dick eon shave yon in any this, affective or modest—in any language, Zulu, Sanscrit, ancient or mod em. He cau gite you any kind of a shave except a two-eyed one, nstured having so far failed to re* to re tije optio he got punched out in a fight about fifteen years ago. Dick hss a weakness for balloons, and al! of hrt friends have been urging him to get one big enough to take him up and deposit him on tbe ragged edge of a far-off cloud. He didn’t catch it, though, Balijt. McRae, Ga., April 16.—McRea is situated about eighty-five miles from Macon, on tbe Macon and Brunswick railroad, in the wirograss and pine belt, which section, though poor and to the stranger seemingly destitute of productive advantages, yet the utilization of all its resouroot renders it an important adjunct to any town. McRae has eight stores, one barroom, abont two hundred inhabitants, and ia the oounty site of Telfair county. The sprirg term of the Superior Court will convene here next Tuesday, 18th inst, Judge A. C. Pate presiding. No criminal oases on the docket tor this term. ■ We say, hurrah tor Judge Crisp (in this county) tor Congress. Col. C. O. Smith, of MoVille, a promi nent young lawyer and a high toned gentle, man, we learn is in tbe field tor solicitor- ship for this circuit. Col. Tom Eason, tha present solicitor, who has served the State faithfully for the past fonr years, will re tire iu favor of Col. 8. Our merchants are making extensive preparations to buy wool, and, as hereto fore, the very highost market prioe will be paid. All that we have to say in reference to ihe Speer and Lamar controversy is, that Speer has tack’ed the wrong man. H. Hawkinsvillb, April 17.—The arrange- meats are now about complete that will secure an artesian well for HawkinsvlUe. Five hundred dollars have been raised by contribution; and the oounotl will appro- plate enough to carry out the scheme. The insurance companies haze settled with Messrs. Maas who were burned out in Dub lin, by paying $4,000. Tho present outlook tor fruit is gloomy, plums are falling off, peach trees look bad, no foliage on them scarcely, and th* blooms and fruit very defective. Pulaski No. 1 selected Col. C. O. Kibbee to deliver the welcome to visiting compa nies on the 21st, bnt tbe probabilities arc that he will be off on professional busi ness. The liberal course pursued by the mana ger of the Telxoraphand Messenger in putting subscriptions to ministers at half rates and sending the paper free to pnbiio libraries is one peculiar to thi; paper and will win for it scores of friends. Mr. J. A. McGriff, brother of Jquge P, T. McGriff, died this growing) Aged fifty yeais, ijioux, LxJktf, April 17.—Our town has fallen in line and a committee been appointed to make a contract tor an arteeian well—work to commence at once. Onr town council has imposed a tax of $1,200 on each bar in town; said act to go into effect to-day. Only one man—Mr. P. E. Boyds—has so far paid the tax. GueaR, some will oease to deal further. G, Married, in Dawson, Sunday morning, April 16th, at 10:30 o’clock, at the residence of tho bride's nncle, Mr. P. J. Howard, by Rev. G. J. Johnson, Mr. J. S. Overby, of Stewart oounty, to Miss Leila Howard, of Dawson. The attendants were Miss Lollie Howard and Mr. Benjamin Christie, of Dawson, and Mi-a Madge Shin, of Texaa, and Mr. Robert Feagan, of Stewari oonnty. Immediately after the ceremony the bridal party attended servic's at the Methq- dist church. Mr. Orerby is an enlergellc, promising young farms • of Stewart county, and wifi take his beautiful and accomplished bride to his home on the banks of the Petauln, that meanders among ths clastic hills of Stewart county. May much happiness and prosperity attend them through life’s jour ney. L. Lgnoshobe, Jones County, April 17.— The prevai ing gossip tor the last few woebs has been about the romantic mar riage between Mr. Thomas A. White, the youngest son of Mr. Jas. G. White, and Miss Georgia Holland, the eldest daughter of Dr. B. L. Holland, all of this county, which msrriage was consummated in your city on March the 25th. Mr. White, ac companied by bis brother and Mr. Wm. Good son, left home on the morning of March the 24tb, and arrived at Dr. Hol land’s about 9 o’clock at night. The Doc tor was jost returning from seeing a pa tient, while they almost in the act of leav ing, and finding his daughter had not re tired for the night, inquired the cause, and was misled by her telling him she was sick, as she passed on up stairs to her room, leaving h«r lover out in the dark. In a few minutes, however, the Dootor was resting in the sweet arms of Somnus, and the birds took tbeir flight. This satisfies me that a woman is the easiest thing in the world to steal, tor they wilt steal themselves. They first went to Clinton, bnt finding they could not procure lioense from the ordina- nary unless they would wait until after breakfast. They decided.he wanted to examine the census, and aa they did not propose to be taken in by him, they went to Macon, where they procured lioense and was soon made one, and that evening started tor the home of the groom, happier and less frightened than they had been tor the last twenty foor hours. The pa rents of the young lady objected on account of her age, she being only tweet sixteen. The writer wishes them health, happiness, and prosperity. Visitor. A nil tor a teamilM. Sunday morning’s Maooa Telegraph jlnd Messenger contained an article pur porting to describe a new kind of car eOopler, said to be the invention of a Ma con man. We oopy the article entire in another column; whether it be a truthful tale, or merely a shameless and hjrpoeriti- cal attempt on tbe part of a rival and insignificant oity to deprive Griffin genius of its well earned laurels, we are not pre pared at this instant io say—but the matter will be sifted to the bottom before it is allowed to rest. All day yeaterdaj knots of excitod citizens might be seen discussing the mutter in an sanest manner; and while there were many opinion* broached, the general sentiment seemed to’ be out of deep and houeet indignation. Late last night a number of representative citizens met in a prominent lawyer’s office, and af ter a full and eloquent discussion, finally adopted the following resolutions unani mously: Whereas, Sunday’s Txleobaph and Mes senger contained an aooount of a oar coupler said to have been invented by a Macon man; and whereof, any oar coupler invented outside of Griffin is an' infringe ment upon our rights and an outrage up on humanity, inoonoeivable in p: actice and impossible in theory; therefore Resolved, That the Maoon man is labor ing under a misapprehension, and his so- called invention a stupendous and S6lf- oonatitutedfiaud;and, Whereas, The chief ment of the so- called invention is supposed to lie in ita cheapness; bet the lowest point has not yet been reached in that direction, and seventy-five oenU is still too much for a soilless corporation to pay f Jr a device merely tor saviug human life; and, Whereas, the penny boom has struck the South; therefore Resolved. That the demand of the ace and the voioe 01 the people is tor a little automatic car ooupter for a cent. Resolved, That in order t> secure our rights and obtain the desired results, so dear to over)' true patriot, the car coupler inventors of Griffin meet iu mass conven tion at Scheuerman's Opera House on Fri day, April 21. and that a full attendance of all members of this large and growing pirty is urgently requested; and further Resolved, That a copy of these resolu tions Le published in hwnonw i JV*h», and that each of the city pawnab* re quested to send a faithful reporter to ’
