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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.
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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 ’
