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Newspaper Page Textntiti Jotwtmai ratOEAPH At MEMMBEB Molly ml Wwtly. Atm Messenger is published ratal o*/, rzcopt Monday, and weekly every l&mdtrjT is delivered by carrier* in the city sraa-itdpMtago free tosubscribersat tl per Tura. Site lor three months, *5 lor six norm or 810 a year. Strav.sc cat is mailed to subscribers, postage -• f" % year and SI for six months. ^ooioitadvertlremenM will be taken, lortho . e* one dollar per square of ten lines, .far the first Insertion, and filer cents h. subsequent insertion; and for tho j atone dollar per square for each in- liberal rants to contractors. Only column advertisements wanted for , Hons, intended for publication, l >0 accompanied by Ibe writer's name ' jra*. not lor publication, but as an to! jood faith. ommunica lions will not be returned. Cm sjLiu Jsnce containing important news, —tfflinitaTnr of living topics. Is solicited, to brief and bo written upon but the paper, to have attention. ... . should be made by Epress, Money or Registered Letter. tcatlor,* should be addressed to J. r. IiaStOH. Kssagsr. Macon. Georgia. FRIDAY, APRIL 21. loaoprosided over the Virginia Sen- x> Jay last week. Vookhkxs baa undertaken to recall tar Lowell on his own responsibility. YwrsiDAT was windy and watery, ES(U2% it wna Fireman’s day. it seems, was the valet to ex-Gov. i cooler brace of scoundrels has ■resisted. tssybe inferred from published no- nnlisi Howgate has dcpatUd with his iaa wife. taw list the White House attic has been snf out, there will bo room to hang B. Styes’ resthetic portrait. t just contributed two hundred ni ITty dollars to the Garfield fund. The £B$,W3 it 'Hlden’s salary he yet retains. TTsutSio rubbish and old furniture re aaeratitsa the White Honse nttie to make rams fir Howgate ond_Dor.-ey? Whero is Ksti. tie valet? " Kwnsxot a Yale lock that was picked te'SbAsmere, and n suit for $'0,000 has ’*]*» instituted against the postmaster for dtefcl such a report. -Crrrstan says it would have been better flExkixi if his relatives bad died twenty. AvjatMBgo. If he had said fifty years srt» would havo Been prepared to grant tat y.-uposition. »-x. Sro, of Detroit, ocers to kill Ar- taxzr, Beecher, Gould and Vanderbilt one year for $75. Mr. Ro, we pre ss tin* is Richard, has been in ccnrt so •f m has became Gallons. It *a trifling matter, but when Henry »3y says that the Wef tern Atlantic rail- us the State’s only source of Western t r he falls into a terrible blunder. An case amount of Western freight comes Georgia via Montgomery, Ala. QkrQankee cousins are spreading the chat a loaded revolver was fonnd in rp of American cotton. A Macon man E»dy bit off the end of a New York ci- acd drew out a chicken feather which i teen inserted to give it n Caban James thinks that Jesse, if let > would have been an honor to his If the surviving partner means or riot! that Jesse, if left undisturbed, have accumulated a fortune and 1 his office to Wall street, we ogree thsr. dfarsiffKgono, Dorsey gone, Hayes rich wmi retired, Belknap fat and happy, Col fatricuiing. Aliunde Joe on the supreme ttomri still. Carpenter in the cabinet, Gui fftruyifinng, Mason getting rich, and the wisnysUtesmen provided for. Great is Ab Ijpublican party! dm indignant Missourian proposes, in van at tho cowardly advantage taken of Jkm James, to substitute for the two no- Mt*)er.re upon the State flag a thief etab- ssother thief in the back, while a marntmtsi wades around waist deep in hlcsA A contemporary suggests os a sub- atxsii for both, a cat and terrier rampant (tils bottom of a floor barrel. jK Washington correspondent snyst ""■imo never was Arthur’s equal as a gen- An in the White House. I will not sms swept George Washington.” And jmfcfcn* simple-hearted gentleman, Fresh, A* wist, can bo fonnd there at all hours, tfcsi sg the time lie spends ont on the roof nfcstag to be entertained by his last jrar » wife. It may be, however, that this ««xs**pondent mistook Fresh for Chet. ff«w McVeigh, late of Garfield’s cabl sAeprominent Republican and therefore raSiantr upon the snbject, said in a card service reform speech, in Philadelphia lEstweek: “There had been questionable matrnl services rendered by office-holders feti* South. Hayes allowed himself to be aw-persuaded, and the authors of these nn tunable services in Louisiana and SxiuAwere rewarded with public office. A0ar shat all hope of Hayes’ civil service Mail was gone, and the closing days of his wAnsnistration. witnessed Sherman trying **«*•» himself President by tho aid of the ’•■mil Department Then came the sihsAlreedGarfield administration. What- ■ww hope was In that was cot short by Ghafeaa’s bnllst What Anthur was New York custom houso he is to- dfcrfothe President’s chair. Personally tmi* a kind'y, well-disposed gentleman. SRritoy into-course with him was of the Ate* latest character, as it was with qa; but men rarely change their politi- 1 twining after arriving at the age either gnaUvsan had attained. My party leaves mm in this predicament, it has fiatjbreflprinciplee, and I feel myself op- PMdlo all three. Its first great principle *“ spoils system; the second is opposi- to the civil service reform, and tho . i seems to consist of repudiation in l Virgin is. Then tho boss system is a fffcjoistion. It goes from the gutter to ~ t Shite House. It sobeists on the spoils i office. The dnty of the association got the country is to supplant these lniiiW Until this is done yonr work will an be executed. Yon cannot pretend to .s iterested in the degradingspectacleof u uaeisin in Virginia, the deliberate pros- T,y»f j .;nn ot the government powers to aid ■a tie reinitiation of tho State’s obliga- ■j r-r. If wo conld charge that npon the adto Democracy it would bo some re- bat to- our sorrow and hnmiliation things- a*e done in tbe name of the go.-., of AbraltamLiiiooln. Instead of go- xtrward, the Arthur administration -tut -s a retrogrado movement.” Detroit, (Mich.,) Post says; Mr. gtmhail, of Atlanta, Ga., direstcr- ^--tl of the Atlanta cotton exposition, ;»; - lie city, to confer with tho Hon. Phi- /-trams and others in reference to a ,.j national exj>o6ition cf ngricul- •x^. predacts, stock and machinery, in 1-fi, .-csnily of New York in Ibc.J. tfre6 t Atlanta deve’opcr being folly ,3. ted \v>tii machinery and paraphernR- .ia, intiadlng ready-made speeches and Byckman, «* prepared to ran evpoii- liasa for nn) body who will furnith fund?. Tbe Oeeu Carrylsx Trade. The American shipping Interests and the merchant marine are subjects seldom dealt with intelligently by the general press, for the simple reason that the press generally knows but little of these sub jects. A confused idea exists with the press and the people at large, and only a fow days since we were called upon to re fute the assertion made m the columns of a prominent Southern Journal, that the American merchant marine bos, owing to tbe protective policy, dwindled away to nothing. It took but a small space to produce the statistics necessary to show that the merehant marine is now more extensive and prosperous than ever be fore, and that it bad outgrown the manufacturing interest, which was said to havo thrived at its expense. It is possi ble tbat the journal intended to convey tho impression that our ocean carrying trade had dwindled to nothing, though bow it would have connected such a de cline, if it has taken place, with the pro tective policy, is difficult to say. America, in common with most coun tries, monopolizes its own coast carrying trade. The trade of the ocea^the carry ing of freight and^[ passen gers from country to country however, Is a prize for all to reach out af ter. It may be well to consider some of the means and policies which have been invoked successfully by foreign countries to secure this great source of wealth which, In the words of Bismarck, gives England a profit of two milliards and en ables her to “look calmly at the deficit In the trade balance.” Tbe French mercantile marine act of last year furnishes the theme of discussion among tbe European naval powers and was the basis of a memorial to the Reichstag from Prince Bismarck on the subject of boun ties to shipping. The report which is be fore us is a complete treatise upon the subject at band, and coming from the source it does Is certainly worthy of the attention of those who propose to mould the eco nomic policy of this country. For the privilege of importing ship material free, tho French government has substituted subsidies and exemptions as follows: Ex emptions for pilotage on small vessels plying habitually from harbor to harbor; subsidies to shipbuilders as follows: for iron or steel vessels, eleven dollars and fifty-eight cents per ton; wooden vessels of two bnndred tons and more, three dol lars and eighty-slx cents per ton; wooden vessels less than two hundred tons, one dollar and ninety .three cents; mixed vessels seven dollars and seventy-two cents; engines, windlasses, ventilators, etc., put on tho vessel, two dollars and. thirty-two cents per one hundred kilo grams. Ships increasing tbelr measure ment or weight of their equipments, are subsidized In proportion and the bounty is Increased fifteen per cent, if built ac cording to government specifications. Furthermore, French over sea steam ves sels and ships, new from the yard, are paid for every one thousand miles traveled, twenty-nine cents per ton, decreasing annually by from one to one and a half cents for ten years. Ships receiving the subsidies and bounties, car ry the mails free. With regard to tbe ex tent of tbe bounties allowed, says tbe Prince, they are according to the calcula tions made, equal to a protection of 12 per cent. Tb:s among other things, is shown in the case of a newly launched steamer at Marseilles. Said steamer had a gross measurement of eleven hundred tons; the machinery on board, weight one hundred and fifty tons. This gives an allowance of $12,738 for the vessel.and $3,374 for the machinery. In all, $10,212. Tbe vessel cost in construction, $144,750. A French paper furnishes tbe following estimate, which illustrates the efiectof the new law .upon a vessel of the large class, as now In use, say from 2,700 to 3,000 tons It wll receive for eve.y 1,000 miles run, $781.05. If the vessel does forty times the 1,000 miles, (or the travel of a year) It will receive $31,200. If the vessel is constructed upon plans previous ly approved by the navy department, it will receive $41,088 for tbe above number of miles run. The cost of construction of such a vessel will, it is presumed, amount to $347,000. Accordingly the government bounty amounts to nine per cent, in the first instance (construction) and to more than ten per cent, In the cost of the vessel In the second. Under the circumstances if the receipts for freight only cover the expense of the voyage, the ship yields an interest of nine to ten per cent, on the invested capital. It is re cited in a memorial from English ship builders, that a French vessel of 2,800 tons, a regular liner to La Plata woullbe entitled to about $45,000 per year, or from 13 to 15 per cent on its cost. A Frenchman can accept freights, says this memorial, at a figure, which thanks to his government will yield him a profit, while it would ruin an Englishman to compete with him. A further conse quence of the French law in the estab lishment of a credit institute with a capi tal, $4,825,000, to aflord cheap loans to ship-builders. As may he imagined, the shipping interest of France has re ceived an mmense impulse. The English system differs from tliat which Bismarck seems anxious to impress on Germany. It consists in granting im mense mail subsidies to its lines and tax ing them only one per cent, upon the net earnings. Some idea of tho extent of these may be gathered from the English postmaster-general’s report for the fiscal year 1870-80. To thirteen lines were paid that year £841,656, or about $33,000,. 000. Of this amount nearly $300,^00 was paid tbe line which brings the United States mail. This does not iuclud%the colonial subsidies which amounts to $1,- 000,000. Italy is upon the point of adopt ing the new French system. She paid last year $1,503,214. The Austro-Hun garian empire, Belgium and Holland re spectively expend $1,034,844, $157,438, $83,117. Such are the policies of the various ma rine powers as far as we have been en abled to reach and express them in an article short enough for a dally ntwspaper. It only remains to compare them with the American system, and show why it is American over sea vessels are at present unprofitable. A writer upon this subject says, tbat the development of our coast carrying trade took place “because there was no difficulty in getting capita), inasmuch as in that trade it teas subject to the same laws, rales, and taxation as the other cap-1 dial there employed. Bui when tee un dertake io put capital into the foreign J fade, tee bring U into completion with the . capital of other peoples, teho hate more fatorable conditions of interest, taxation ' uji.l labor, and, the hunt for it becomes a ' vain one.” Thu same writer illustrates this position with comparisons bitween English and Amorican rates of interest and taxation. The former pays a tax of one per cent, on bis net earnings; the lat ter 2| per cent, on his capital invested. An Englishman given five vessels free, tbe value of which was $5,000,000, could by reason of a difference In wages, Inter est and taxation run them for one year for $80,250 lesa than the American conld, run the same ships, obtained on the same easy conditions. This was baaed upon the condition of things alter the war. When, however, we take Into considera tion that tbe Englishman has in addition to bis advantages of interest, wages, and tax an immense subsidy which will al most enable him to run his ship tree, we can readily see that the American com petitor, depending npon his freight and passenger traffic for profit and expenses, bu no chance. Is this state of affairs due U^rotection? Or u L due to a want of assistance ? The case instanced, be it re membered, was tbat in which the ships were obtained free of cost. Inasmuch as the English now claim that the new French law will ruin tbelr shipping interests unless the government comes to the rescue, it Is reasonable to presume that the Frenchman is yet hard er to compete with. We have not touched npon the prize so fiercely contested. A proper treatment of it would cany us far heyond our space. Political Injunction. Perhaps the most common form in which parties pray for tbe aid and Inter position of law to prevent tbe consumma tion of fraud and wrong, is a writ ot in junction, which once granted stays all proceedings until the questions at issuo may be beard on their merits. This is a proceeding somewhat summary in cha acter, very timely and efficacious, and whilst it may and sometimes does pro mote delay, bring about inconvenience and, perhaps, injustice, Is nevertheless a wise privilege placed within the reach of the humblest citizen. It has been consid ered as belonging to courts of law or equi ty alone, and lathe better days of the re public was confined to this sphere. But the long grant of power given tbe Republican party has rather unsettled a great many of our most cherished Institu tions, among them the Supreme Court of the United States. This has been for years a partisan body, and was expressly made so, that it might deal with political affairs. Since the electoral commission decision, which was purely a partisan one, if would seem tbat it is quite proper and competent to take any political ques tion to the courts for adjudication. The corruption and demoralization In the Fed eral, or as Mr. Justice Woods would say the “naslienul” system has invaded that of the States to a greater or less ex tent. There are not warning evidences here in Georgia, tbat we are getting our laws and politics mixed, if the remark of a very prominent and distinguished law yer to us a few days since be true, who observed that tbe spring ridings of seven at least ot our Superior Court judges were active political canvasses. We give this by way of Introduction. It Is more than suspected that Governor Colquitt Is anx ions to barter away his succession, if In deed the contract be not already closed with one or more persons. He never denied that he bad specially offered it to Mr. Stephens, nor has he or any of bis friends taken occa sion to refute the more than rumor, that be had made a similar offer to Judge Sim mons of this circuit. Gov. Brown has been purged ot any connection with this affair. The rumor is and has been rife for a long time that more than one guber natorial aspirant holds a sort of parol contract with the Governor and his friends, or both, for the succession, and many very good people put faith in It. It has created some discussion, one of the results of which has reached us in a very authentic shape, to the effect that there is a written contract to the same effect still in existence, or rather a copy of it. Tbat it was drawn up by tt very enthusiastic adherent of the Governor’s, when the latter was In great political stresr, and that a prominent politician has a copy of it. If this he true, tbe gentlemen who arc working under parol contracts had best be looking to their interests, or the writ ten one may be set up in the courts by copy as against them. The suggestion that this proceeding would he against good morals and liable to be met by the statute of frauds, will not do to rely upon In these days. We are a progressive people, and when obstacles in tho shape of rights, hoary with llie dust and wisdom ot ages, rise up, we kick them out of the way. It seems to us that all parties at inter est had best unite, or, in railroad par lance, “pool their issues,” select a judge who was not of the seven above alluded to, and pray for a writ of Injunction stay ing the Governor against giving or trad ing the governorship away. They might also file a bill for discovery and relief, and pray that a receiver be ap pointed until a convention can be called and the people be made parties. If tbe Governor has gotten this thing in his bead as is rumored and very generally credited, we do not exactly see any other process by which ho may be estopped. In this way the assets may be bung up until the gentlemen with parol or writ ten contracts can have opportunity to come into court and prove their claims. Tho Governor is at home now and may be served personally with process. As the picnic season Is imminent, and Sun day-school conventions are threatening there is no telling when another opportu nity may he had to have the case on and adjudicated before the campaign is upon us. Somo people are wont to grumble at the law’s delay. Our experience is that, they charge up to the law all the mischief and vexation tbat frequently result from their own delay. Asa sentinel on the watch-tower, we have pointed out the danger and the remedy. Great Railroad Combination. By reference to another column will be found an article from tbe Cincinnati Ga- zette,setting forth the plan of the Erlanger syndicate. It Is the plan of this com pany to gain control of the main Southern lines, as we learn from a Macon citizen largely Interested, perfect their connections, and through European agents settle emigrants upon tbe Immense bodies oi land belonging to the various roads controlled. Pan-mcs who havo been making financial arrangements are informed that the adver tised sale of our brass knocks has been postponed until after the election. The outlook is so stormy (hat if we drop on the right hor_e on Thuredny afternoon, we shall open negotiations with Preach Har deman for a second hand slang-shot. Tbe Railroad Coosnslaatea aad Its ■Power*. Some days since we bad occasion to re fer to what appeared to us an extraordi nary stretch of power upon the part of the Railroad Commission, viz.: the em ployment of Messrs. Mynatt and Howell by the commission, in the case brought by the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company. We have subsequently re ceived icfbnnatlon which induces ns to refer to the matter again. It seems that Messrs. Mynatt and How ell were employed by the Governor on a retainer in tbe case of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway Company vs. tbe Commission. Upon the conclusion of that case Messrs. Mynstt and Howell demanded of the Governor more money for their ser vices. The Governor refused to respond to the demsnd and referred them to the Legislature, then in session. They went to the Legislature and upon ascertaining that the committee to which their claim was referred, was not inclined to or likely to allow it, they withdrew and again ap plied to the Governor, and were again re fused. In the meantime, by some process, Messrs. Mynstt and Howell bad come into possession of some moneys belonging to the State, some eight hundred dollars of which they proceeded to confiscate or sequestrate as tbelr fee. The Attorney- General has applied for a rale against them to compel them to disgorge this amount. Pending which this new case comes up, and Messrs. Mynatt and How ell are again employed, this time by the commission without the shadow of law or authority. The Attorney-General is en tirely competent to attend to the case, and it is his duty to do so, for which he is paid by the State. If our information Is cor rect, and we so consider it, be has not ex pressed a desire to have associate counsel, but ou the contrary has denied tho neces sity for any extra and additional help. The action of the commission under such circumstances, backed by the pregnant fact, tbat no authority for tbelr action lies in them, is lndefonsible and is the proper subject of condemnation. To Messrs. Wallace and Trammell, perhaps, it may appear tbat the most ex traordinary decision of the late Judge, now Mr. Justice, Woods clothed them with unlimited power, and almost any one reading the text of that decision would be inclined to the same conclusion; but Gov. Smith is too sound a lawyer to put any such construction upon the dic tum of a Judge who was striving for a seat on the Supreme Bench. If there is any doubt about this matter the coming Legislature should clear It up at once. The best thinking people of the country are not over-well satisfied with the inimical legislation against railroads, or the spirit which prompted it. It will not help this class to know tbat tbe State treasury is at the command of the com mission, and tbat it really has, or claims to have, power and authority *o exercise the functions olTtho Chief Executive. If there is ambiguity in the law defin ing the powers of the commis sion, it cannot be too promptly and thor oughly remedied. The grant of power should ho very rigidly and exactly bound ed. Any looseness about duties cannot pos sibly harm the commission, the railroads or the people. It affords us pleasure to say that the official conduct of the Governor in this seem to he entitled to support and com mendation. There must be no divided responsibility about handling the public funds, and the fester hands that dip into the public purse, the better for those who have to supply It. Cbet and Chains. The grief of the country at the wound of Gniteau’s pistol was greatly en hanced by the knowledge, that if the death of Garfield followed, there would bo a revival of Grantlsm in the person of Arthnr. Serious thinking people could not be brought to believe that a New York ward politician, without experience In public life, a man of club habits, and about town ways, who had been relieved from a very responsible position for cor rupt practices, who was a worshipper of Graut, and a toady of Conkliog, could give to the country a decent and decorous administration, directed and controlled by a settled broad and enlightened policy. And these people were nourishing doubts which have grown into unpleas ant facts. Tho prescribed period of mourning having passed, Arthur is showing himself in his full and true col ors. The hints ami Innuendoes as to his habits and associations have crystallized into open Incidents over which tho veil cf secrecy can no longer bo drawn. So far as the political line of the ad ministration has developed, may be read in the Mohone movement in Virginia and the present attempt to repeat it In tho other Southern States. Tho unrelenting slaughter of the half breeds, or in other words, Mr. Blaine and those who adhered to his, and the fortunes of Garfield, ex hibit tbe desire and attention of Arthur to avenge Conkling and Grant. The raising of Teller and Chandler to cabinet positions leaves no doubt but tbat the personnel of tbe administration will be essentially Grant. Tbe doors of tho White House swiDg open to the old gang and the bright lights from tho windows, down even to the gray dawn, tell of the high carnival within, which has not had Its counterpart sinco Babcock was accus tomed to have his petit soupers and cham pagne frolics in company of men, and wo men, too, of more than doubtful reputa tion, fn the same place. A Washington cor respondent of tbe Boston Saturday Even ing Gazette has drawn with tree pencil a picture of Arthur, his companions and tbelr ways, from which we make a few perti nent extracts. Referring to Johu Cham berlin, the sportsman and turfite, whoso losses on the race track drove him to a crack restaurant in Washington, and who was ffne of the most Intimate friends of Grant, “Qmostor” says. lie certainly makes no losses now, and his establishment seems Just largo enough to sat isfy the somewhat crlUcal and exacting tastes of the President's metropolitan friends. • * One can meet a crowd of “good follows” al most any day in Chamberlin’s pleasant rooms. Chief of them is John himsolf, who has tho car of President Arthur on more subjects than tho sclccUon of wines and a cook. Every one who knows anything about Arthur knows that ho was a man about town in days not very for bqck, and tho troth is ho is a man about town yet. “Tho boys” are welcome here, notwith standing tho President’s slowness In providing places for them. Ho likes their fast paces and their money-spending proclivities. Some day tho country will wako up and find them all taken care o?» •-••••• Tho time is not yet ripe tor tho appointment to responsible positions of men who arc so much In the fierce light of a metropolitan press as ‘‘Johnny” Davenport, ‘‘Clint” Wheeler, N. W. Cooper, "BlUy" Peyton, “Tom” Murphy, Mike” Cregan and “Barney” Blglin. •‘This is the crowd that “Chet’ used to travel with,” said one of them, the other day, “and he isn’t shaking his friends, I can tell you*’ It really looks as though this slangy patriot, who had a new shiny silk hat and a well-fed face, were right. “The boys” arc on the right side of the President, and he is making life very pleasant to them. Tho crowd fn Cham berlin's will tell you tho story any evening you may want to hear It Setting in tho large back room are General Brady’s party. Brady and Dorsey are tho heroes. They are tho only ones who have received the distinction of Indict ment HalletKilboum shines next The ad ministration lias been forced by cx-Postmaster General Jewell to turn tho hand of justice against these people. When Dorrey snubbed Jewell In that notorious Indiana campaign It was a very costly snub to him. Tho Connecti cut man with tho white shirt bosom that was so displeasing to Grant nas never forgiven Dor sey, and, with tho help of his faithful friend and follower, Woodward, has mado It Impossi ble for the administration to give its counte nance to theso favorite sons. They still have hopes, however, of “executive clemency.” With them Is Gorham, tho versatllo politician and rather brilliant political writer. Gorham is not half as bad as his associations. This Is tho whisky-drinking end of tho old party. These men represent the Western contingent. In another and more private room are a couple of Now York “boys” Indulging In champagne and terrapin, while up-stairs a largo party—in cluding tho President's pale-faced and not overbright looking son—aro having a long drawn ont dinner, at which eating and drink ing last for a couple ot hours, when real solid drinking begins. “Oh! but tho President Is so dignified, and so used to the ways of tho best society!" cry out all tho fashion of tho country, which, to say truly, has not had tho ran of the White Houso for some years. Well, so did Charles II., for that matter, but that did not prevent his being a very dissipated man, nor did Elizabeth’s liking for Burleigh prevent her falling in love with Essex. A man who loves tho society of fast New York may nevertheless havo a sense of the fitness of position. The etiquette of the best society is learned easily enough, and Mr. Arthur, like a thousand other men of bis kind whom New York and Boston know. Is clever enough to make himself agreeable to pretty and agreeable women. Ho has an excellent cook, and he was educated, whilo ho was col lector of New York, by the famous restaura teur, Sutherland, to know a good dinner from a bad, and to tell sauteme from haut sauteme. I fancy that Mr. Arthur can even detect tho difference between a light Burgundy and a heavy claret. * * * • * • • I saw him the other evening at tho theatre, where he hod gone to see Rhea. lie came In very late, because he dines very late and very long, nis faco was red with overeating and drinking, and these are the slgds that told he Is keeping up hero tho habits that character ized him before he bccamo President. The troth cannot bo disguized—the President has not become a good, quiet, domestic cltbufh In his elevation to tho White House. Ho still likes to havo o spreo with “tho boys,” and he has made preparations on an extensive scale to have Just as many sprees as ho wants whilo ho Is In tho White House. He started out to have a “good time” while he was Vice-President. As soon as he roached Washington ho renewed bis intimacy with John Chamberlin, an intimacy which began when Chamberlin was selling chips, which he was very rarely called upon to redeem. * « * Under Mr. Hayes there had been a very strong regard for tbe decencies and proprieties ot life. But Mr. Whec-lcr’s successor was not at all like him. The New York “boys" began at once to make Washington a headquarters whenever they wanted a real good time. Arthur hod been fa mous os a night owl, and ho was known as a man who would never go to bed or leave the street os long as he could get any one to stay out with him. “The boys" hod faith in his luck, and used often to see him home early in the morning, and congratulated him and them selves that some day he would be Senator from New York. * * • * * * The little dinners at which the Vice-President used to assist were very characteristic. Unfor tunately, one night a visiting company of Al bany soldiery insisted on serenading Mr. Ar thur while he was engaged at one of these din ners. and It took the united strength of tbe re cipient of the compliment and of Ellhu Root and Peyton to make the response. 0 Mr. Arthur's first care in the White House was not ouly toannounco that his would be "no Hayes administration,” but to set about mak ing It just as different as possible. He literally loaded up his cellars with wines and liquors. He bought enough not only to start a bar-room, but to fill up all his thirsty New York friends, who hadn't had a drink with a President since the days of Grant The change was so sudden and so great that even the walls of the old cel- tarmust have wondered at tho presence of so much loud-smelling company. The pcoplo here were glad at first that there was to 1)0 a chango from the old Apolllnaris days, when ten-courso dinners and no wine bred dyspepsia throughout official life. But, then, there ought to be a limit to drinking, and there seems no limit here. One of the New York patriots said the other day that ho had been down Into the President's wine cellar, and even he was astonished at the enormous stock on band. • “Why, it looks as thongh there were enough for tho whole United States,” ho said; .“there were eases of cham pagne and barrels of whisky, and bins of still wines, and casks of claret. It’ll take us tho Whole three years to drink all that up." The President has had one good, long, old- time spree in tho Wblto House. Twenty-one of “tho boys" came over ostensibly to give their old comrade twenty-ono silver forks— salad forks, perhaps. There were “Johnnie 1 Davenport, Ellhu Root, BigUn, Cregan and all tho rest of that stamp. The spree began with an elaborate dinner. “What are you over for, Davenport?" I asked tho little man, as ho poured down a cup of black coffee, which was his noon breakfast after tho Saturday night’s prelude to the big spree. "Oh, no politics. We’re Just hereto dlno with tho President and have an old-fashioned time.” They were successful. They did have an old- fashioned time. Tbe dinner was so elaborate and profuso that even now the eyes of “the boys" stick out with admiration when they speak of it Arthur sent everywhere for strange dishes, and the New York crowd washed down strange and unseasonable delicacies with bumpers of costly wines until they could ap preciate neither. "I thought I had sat down to splendid din ners," said ono of the toasters, "but that beat them all." So did tho wine heat many of "the boy*. 1 It was the kind of a dinner that is tho precur sor to long drinking, and in tills lnst&nco the drinking kept up until three In tho morning. It ts stated on good authority that the friends of some of “tho boys" found it convenient to send them homo in wagons. This Is tho greatest spree tho White Houso had seen in years. It must have been very convenient for the President to havo Monday os exclusively his day. It was a wise fore thought that changed from Saturday. “Tho boya" always find tho latch-string out on Sun day, and theyjofton, like tho President, do not get around until late on Jtonday. It Is safe to say that the picture is not overdrawn. A President with such sur roundings and under such Influences, cannot and'does not bold out any hope to tho country, tliat the great powers en trusted to him will be used to elevate and advance tho interests of the people. The sketch we have given is calculated to cause apprehension and alarm through out the South, hut for tho assuring fact that the administration majority in either house of Congress is too small and holds too frail a tenure upon official lifo to per mit again to use the sword to enforce Re publican majorities in the Southern States. The Democratic party stands to day by Its representatives in Congress, the only safeguard which prevents the re-en actment in every Soulheru State of the outrages perpetrated in Louisiana under tbe Grant regime. The Congreseman-at-largo boom threat ens to beoome boomerang/, so to speak. Tax bright-lined variola threatens to invade the Independent party at its strong est point. ' Tax bloody shirt will be waved in Ma con to-day. However, it is only a fire man’s ehirt. Tax Hotel de Yancey of Atlanta .should fairly bnlge with statesmen guests on tho first of June. Accounts from Washington do not strengthen the reports of the retiracy of Mr. Stephens from pnblic life. Tax inexorable rule of compensation is never unfixed. Atlanta loses Kimball, bnt she reclaims Col. Marcellas E. Thornton. Rheumatism, disordered blood, general dt hility and tunny chronic diseases pro nounced incurable, are often cured by Brown’s Iron Bitters. lw Atlanta, with a delicate and consider ate conrtesy beyond compare, blooms ont with small-pox to moat the medical con vention. Blaine is talked of for governor of Maine. This would be a case of prema ture interment. Tax Congressman at large boom has reached its height. Rutherford B. Hayes iB in the ring. Tax Supreme Court won’t let New Or leans repudiate. Let the court take a shy at Billy Mahone’a Virginia scheme. The feats of Mr. Grady among the mar ket gardens of Thomasville add another strawberry mark to the Constitution’s gal- a*y. Bbotheb Talmaoe got to Augusta just after Coup left. As wo remarked yester day, the law of compensation is inexor able. EanmnclK Otnlss, Morning World. man proposes to write an A fresh young man proposes to original story for the World" and asks us to pay him s500 for It. The talented young author Is hereby notified that wo aro not publishing cheap stories. If he had anything worth $100,- 000 wo might bo induced to give It a place in our—waste basket. Female Type-Sellers, Courier Journal. Somebody writes of feminine type-setters: “As a class, female printers are diligent and worthy. They never ‘sojer.’ they never bother the editors for chewing tobacco: they never prowl around among the exchanges tor the Police Gazette, they never get themselves full of budge and try to clean out rival print shops; they never swear about tho business manager: they do not smoke nasty old clay pipes; they never strike for more pay; they do not allude to editorial laattcr as ‘slush’ or 'hog-wash'—in short, they are patient/, gentle, conscientious and reliable." I Whirligig- of Time. Courier-Journal. Arthur, who was too crooked for collector at New York, and Chandler, who was too alto gether odorous for solicitor-general, are quali fied by the whirligig of time for President ot tho United States and Secretory ot the Navy. Tho times change and politicians change with them, but these mutations hate come around at a more rapid rate than the stones in the mills of tho gods arc usually accredited with moving. However, the son and grandson of two Presidents has taken to bunko in bta old age, and it is not impossible that Ben. Butler may yet become an orthodox preacher and bring even the wicked Republican party to a death-bed repentance. Banco Concerning Howgate is gone, bnt the ever fragrant Dorsey is with us, and is confident of executive clemency” in case of convic tion. Just as the Congressional committee reports upon the Garfield medical bills, old Bliss displays a restless desire to get ont of tho country. Pabis emulates Atlanta. A cable gram eays: The.-e has been an exten sive robbor7 of registered letters from the central post-office. Tnx Texas Legislature dallies with a railroad commission. This amusement is more dangerous than the playful tapping of a dynamite shell with a sledge hammer. Gotebxobs Cbittenden, of Missouri, and Murray,* of Utah, aro half brothers. Not knowing which to bo most sorry for, wo split the difference and are sorry for both. A Thomasville correspondent notifies us that Grady has just purchased a phaeton and pair of horsee down there, for $45.50. We suppress the facts and publish only the figures. Tnx President is said to consider Mr. Frolingbuysen quite “astute.” His opin ion of Howgate and Dorsey, since their exodus, is yet to be gained. Possibly, he regards them as only flighty. □Axoihzb ship has been lost in tho search for tho North pole. Would it not bo well for the country to ship Guiteau, Sergeant Mason and Guano Sbipherd on tho next one that sails in that direction? If Howgate had not left Washington, several other people would have done so. He was the boldest buccaneer einco Secor Roboeon. Pat Walsh had not fairly struck Florida before a railroad reared from ont the ground and began reaching out for tho far Northwest. “Gath” descants upon Guitsan’swonder ful memory of names and faces. This quality is common among certain classes of crazy people. Chief Clebk Cbobhy, of the War Depart ment, and Capt. Bradly, leader of tho ger man, aro greatly relioved that Howgate left Washington before trial. Life mnst be monotonous to the French soldier. After banishing white gloves, cockades and drums, tho war department eays pet poodles must also go. Henry Gbast went through hero brag ging that ho was going strawberry hunting with tho galB of south Goorgia. The next we hoard of him he had fallen in a well in Albany. As Billy Chandler goes into the Navy Department, Congress moves in the direc tion of n ship building schemo embracing a steal of many millions. Right here is & charming place for a big fillibuster. ^New York woman advertises a prepa ration to clear tho complexion. Wo shall not indorse it until we seo a certificate to the effoct that it has been usod with great success npon the Republican party. Now tbat somo discussion os to coats-of- nrms end State flags is taking placo, we hasten to remark that there is a simple dignity about the left handed grenadier on the Goorgia shield, that disarms envy. The coureo of tho Augusta Chronicle's paragraphist will probably raiso the im- prossion abroad that flies aro attracted by bis editorial noso. We have been load to this conclusion by the sppoaranco of several mysterious paragraphs which evi dently contain a diluted dose of profanity. The types yesterday caused us to resur rect Carpenter and placo hiip In Arthur’s cabinot—in fact gave him Billy Chandler’s choir. At the same time a cipher was an nexed to a mathematical calculation and made a trifling error of thirty millions. This is what.makes life sweet for an edi tor. Several States up North havo promptly put in their claims to tho honor of having producod tho bunko man who fleeoed Ad ams, Sr. *iVi3Consio, however, supplies the bunko man's middle name, and covers herself with glory. His picture will doubt- leer bo added to the intelligent group al ready upon tor coat-of-arms—the cowboy with a lasso, and the burglar with a pick axe. Tub Anderson (Ind.) Review goes for an erring neighbor for plagiarism. At tho same time tho Review adopts editorially a series of our paragraphs, rejuvenates our remarks on spring, and tells its readers how to conduct a piscatorial frolic in the exact langungo of our local editor. We scizo the opportunity to certify that the cheek of this contemporary is truly West- Tux decision of Attorney-General Brew ster must quench the light of hope in the heart of Fitz John Porter. Arthur, it would appear, had a sincere desire to help him, but was estopped by the law. Tho little mean partisans who will fill Congress during Porter’s lifetime will not cease to hate him because thoir party has done him a cruel wrong. Ho is vindicated in the opin ion of nil truo men, but will have to carry through lifo the load of oditrafc placed up on his shoulders by men too little to ap preciate hie oharaeter. wus I mP i FKsxernld, tho Han. Milwaukee Letter to Cincinnati Commercial. The man who "bunkoed" Charles Francis Adams out of <18,000 was Gilbert Fitzgerald, and not James. He was raized in this city and has many wealthy relatives here. lie was ap- K inted to a government position in Washing- l a few years ago by Senator Matt Car;-en ter. About a year ago he “bunkoed” a Mil waukee banker out of - 5,500, but was compell ed to disgorge the greater part of It, and that Is the biggest trick he is known to have "turned” until his ventnro with tho “ancient Adams.” After going to Washington he became a gam bler, and is now said to be one of the most ex pert “bunko stecrcrs” fn America. Three Dor*. Hampton Monitor. Those about the White House say that when Ilaycs was President a strange, lean, lank, gray dog stood watch at the house both day and night, and could not be driven away. That when Garfield became President a yellow ter rier put In an appearance, tbe Ilaycs dog dis appearing. The yellow dog was first seen on the day of the inauguration. It followed Gar field’s carriage from the capital to the White House, and persistently remained until tho day of the assassination, when tt- mysteriously disappeared. Wheq Arthur donned tho execu tive robe a large brindlc dog of a mongrel spe cies took up his home in a clump of shrubbery directly In front of the north door. The at tendants at the President’s house positively aver that this Presidential dog story is tho whole truth, and nothing but the truth. The Axe or Miracle*. Burlington Uatckeye. “Do wo believe In miracles,” Alonzo ? We U we should preach. When a man can sit dowi In a New York restaurant and have brool trout, spring chicken, venison steak and seed bird served off the same old soup bone, wc arc ready to take in any miracle you ever saw In print. Believe in miracles? When the Ameri can farmer can put a quart of strawberries In a box that won’t hold a pint of sand; when al most any coal dealer can make seventeen hun dred weigh a ton; wbsn a common looking clerk can measure a whole yard at one sweep of a thirty-three Inch stick; when a ten-pound block of tec looks small alongside a four-ounce hailstone; when any barkeeper turns whisky into water before he opens up in the morning; when you can put out a fire with illumlnatln;: oil: when vou can find a miraculous draught ot fishes in the sky-blue milk; when a commit tee of women at a church fair can snake a bar rel of soup with one cove oytter; when—do wo believe in minclra, doubting Alonzo? It is an age of miracles The world Is bill of miracles, or overrun with rascals. You may accept either interpretation. The Marquis or Anglesey, Exchange. The Marquis of Anglesey, who was married in June. 18n0, to the widow ot the Hon Henry Woodehouse, daughter of Mr. J. P. King, of Georgia, and separated from his wife, is the head of the 1’agcts. His father, the second Marquis, was, like himself, three times married. He was brought up os a younger son. being bom of the second marriage, and became known in South Staffordshire for his love of sport, whctiicr as cricketer, pigeon shot or gen tleman rider. He was a master of harriers at nineteen and roaster of fox houndt at thirty. His half-brother died in 1880, and he succeeded to the title and to an income of £90,000 a year. “Being a widower,” said Vanity Fair, "heex cited a great interest among the mothers of England; but in a short time these mothers were confounded by the affilcting news that he had married in Paris a most beautiful, accom plished and charming woman, who had com mitted the sin of being born in America. And wh-n to this was added the newt that he in tended to live chiefly in Paris, mothers and daughters alike felt that there was no longer any trust to be placed In anything else than Providence and the few elder sons who hod never yet seen an American." A Token ot Affection. Detroit Free Press. A few days after the funeral a New York undertaker met a wealthy man whose daughter he had buried. “I was sorry and surprised on hearing of your embarrassment the other day, and I hone the money was enough to relieve you,” said the old gentleman. “Money! Em barrassed I Relieve me 1” gasped the under taker. “I haven't asked you for any money, And don't intend to for some time.” The gen tleman. nettled, tartly replied: “You dunned me for the expenses of my daughter’s funeral within three days, and I paid the bill.” “I dunned you! I never asked you foracent,’ 1 exclaimed the undertaker, "was it a man?” he continued. “Yes,” said t _ S ntleman, “your son: and he said you wanted e money immediately,” “A few days after tho funeral." said the undertaker, “a well dressed young man came to my store, repre senting himself os tbe betrothed lover of your daughter, whom be was to have married In a few days. He wished, as a token of his nffec- tion for her, to pay her funeral expenses. I refused at first, telling him that her family would not permit It. But he urged It so stren- uously that I finally consented, and made out the bill. Ho took it, and said he would go down to his father’s offico and make out tho check. I have not heard or seen anything of him since." And now the question Is. who will hare to pay for the little job which that very smart young man put up on thoso worthy people, the fctlicr or the undertaker. g Tbs Silk Industry. Congressional Committee Report. The silk Industry is assuming large propor tions in this country. In the course of the dis cussion that has been going on in Congress facts of great interest have been brought out. There were SS5.000.&X) worth of stika sold In this country the post year, nearly one-half of which were manufactured by the silk indus tries In the United States, who ore producing a fine quality of goods, and the demand for the American-finished goods is constantly Increas ing. In the course of the debate on Saturday Mr. Hill, of New Jersey, during his remarks, produced some samples of silk handkerchiefs manufactured at Paterson, N. J. They were of fine finish and beautiful dralgns. Among other Earary Bpeerta Letter Albany Raws and Advertiser. Editor Lamar, of the Macon TiJ.noiiArii, an swers Emory 8;>ecr's letter in his paper of yes terday, and handles the young Independent without gloves. The article Ik manly, and is a complete answer to Mr. Spoer. Athens Banner. April 16th. We yesterday replied to this article, so do not see the necessity of further touching tho mat- tere-simply referring the Intelligent nnowes to the political deportment of the blacks In sec tions not curst-d by the blighting hand of Inde pendence, to substantiate the charge that this mongre organization is directly responsible for the disturbed condition of tbe negroes and the disgraceful system of bartering offices, as is now the case in the classic city of Athens. We do not see where Mr. Speer replies to a single charge made by Major Lamar, but contents himself with showing every bad temper and ehalsi under the stunning blows administered by that writer. Athene Banner, April 15th. But in his leng letter of reply our Congress man falls to to jeh upon or explain what we consider Maj. Lamar’s most serious assertion— <. e„ 8n.er‘s Incendiary speech delivered before thn black mob during commencement week. This was a direct and pointed charge—and wo cannot see the propriety of entirely ignoring It and constructing an imaginary one of straw for the purpose of knocking it down. In reply to Mr. Speer's statement about the murderer be ing only nineteen years old and a politician (according to the Banner H'atcAman) will say that wc are under the impression that onr Con gressman has had too much experience with the average colored voter not to know tbat it docs not require age to make one of that race a leading politician. Quit ran Pres Press. In onr opinion Speer ts a demagogue who would not care how much trouble Be mado between the races so ho carried out his own ends; He is simply a selfish and unprincipled ~ oltilctan of the Felton stripe, without patriot- n or honor. Some Inflnsaec, whether it be Speer or not, has evidently been at work in his mttict to engender strife and bitterness be tween tho races, and that the murder of Walter Rountree is the outcome of it there can be no doubt. Recently Athens has been notorious for the insolence of its colored population, ami It now behooves that city to take active and prompt measures to punish tho perpetrators of the outrages committed there. The people of Georgia are thoroughly aroused on this sub ject. Atlanta Constitution. We print elsewhere from tho Macon Tele graph the reply of Its editor. Col. Albert R. Lamar, to tho recent letter of 5fr. Emory Speer. As the letter appeared In our news columns, it is fair that the reply thereto should occupy a similar portion. The remarks of the editor of the TELEGitartiare In pleasing contrast to tho e rsonalitics which destroyed the force and ef- ■t of Mr. Speer's letter, and wo mention this for the purpose of calling tho attention of all concerned to tho fact that the day is past in Georgia when ;>creonnl abuse or attacks upon private character can bo substituted for argu ments. Tbe time has- been when a disetam* Invariably ended In the bitterest personalities, but that time, wc trust, has passed. It Is greatly to be feared that the spirit of office soaking, which chooees to call itself In- dependcntlsm, has not taken into account the credulity of one of tho classes to which it Is compelled to appeal for support; it Is greatly to be feared, indeed, that this greed for office can not be brought to appreciate the delicate nature of tha problem which costs Its direful shadow over the land. Mr. Speer's position is one of great responsibility, but when he falls to nbuslng the editor of tho Macon Telegraph on tho ground that tho latter has charged him with the murder of young Rountree, he takes silk manufacturers of this country for Soper dozen,or forty-two cents each, which Ip quality mid design are very good, bringing tho cost of silk handkerchiefs almost within the cost of linen pocket b'andkerchlefi. They ore now manufacturing superior qualities of ribbons of the plain nud satin finish, and are also manu facturing largely and very successfully beauti ful broad silks. One of the factories at Pater son, N.J., has just finished a most beautiful pattern ot broad black silk with raised figures, the hack-ground being satin; the silk is the ttsunl width of dress silks, exceedingly heavy-. This silk was manufactured expressly for Mrs. GRrfield. and is undoubtedly the finest produc tion of tlic Paterson looms. It is said no Im ported silks can equal it in quality. The success of this special piece of* work is very gratifying, because the idlk is of American culture, and Is calculated to stimulate the growing of silk fn this country. Mr. Hill’s speech was thoroughly practical, and was lis tened to with more than ordinary interest and attention. The laborers os well as the silk and Iron manufacturers of tills country are very fortunate fn having such an ablo defender of the tariff in Congress at this time. —Mr. O’Sullivan, M. P., has introduced a bill into Parliament by the terms of which no spirits can bo drank In England until they ° r —The Rev. J. W. Minor, colored, of St. Louis, is in serious trouble. He was arrested for panting a forged check. Then the officers searched his house and found many things not ;>crtaining to the ministry, such as a rifle, a set surgical in-lrnmonts. and some Willard lialls. All Hum' things were claimed by pwsnu Who said they hnd lost them through sneak thiev ery* Mr. Minor says that he does not rely on human old in this emergency. —James Morton is a Philadelphia mathematician who claims to have solved the have no complaint to n»k* brtn»tnH ) l^^ & ’^rt g Ttte | gre l cb» HU follows! “The square ot the diameter of any circle'la to its area »u< the perimeter of a square described on tho diameter of the circle l* to its circumference; or ronvojNely, tho atva of any circle Is to the tanare of iu diameter, aa the circumference of the circle is to the perimeter of a square described on It* diameter.” The verdict of mathematician* »w to the validity of Mr. Morton's demonstration will be awaited with interest. Mirs Sarah N. Randolph, a great- graud-daughtcr of Thoma* Jefferson, Is now the head of the I*ata;iseo Institute, at Kllicott City, Md. Writing to Vongroamin Manning respecting the proposed monument to Jeffer son, she K«y«: “The little graveyard at Monti- —only one hundred feet square—is all of ten thousand acres of land owned by Jefferson when he entered public life which U now left iu the possession of his descendants. He sleeps amid scenes of surpassing beauty and grandeur on that lovely mountain side, surrounded by the grave* of his children and grandchildren to the fifth generation." a wholly superficial view of tho matter. Be hind everything that may be said, is tho de plorable fact of tho murder itself, ami in con nection therewith U the threatening attitude of the negroes. Mr. Speer Is no more responsible for this than the people of Athens themselves, who have winked at anil tolerated and even applauded the spirit of so-called indei-cndcnt- ism, the first result of which was to tench tho worst elements of an unfortunate race that they were of more importance to the body politic; and to society than the white people. Wo glad ly give Mr. Speer and biz friends credit for tho best intentions. It they paused to reflect as to results, it is certain that they had no dream of that which has followed. If they took note of the credulity of the claw with which they had to deal, they tailed to take Into consideration the Ideas which naturally make a deep impres sion upon Ignorant minds. Nevertheless, there Is the tact of the murder. Those most nearly Interested In keeping the peace in Athens say that ft Is one of the direct results of independenti;m, and circumstan ces compel him to be something more or something less than a politician. But the peo ple who make It pos- i ce are far more res]«msi. Me for independentism. so called, than Mr. Spocr, and upon their shoulders must finally rest the responsibility of the deplorable event which will lure the effect of crippling the use fulness of off most cherished institutions of learning. The real question, therefore, is not whether Mr. Speer is personally or individually responsible for the murder of young Rountree, bnt whether It is one of the results of that spirit of Independentism of which Mr. Speer is the leader and representative. Upon this point wc assure Mr. Speer that there is no difference of opinion among the thoughtful pcoplo of Georgia. To ’Frlsoo anil Book. Bill Rye in the Boomerang. “I came in to give you the item of my arri val In town;” raid a hairy man yesterday, as ho wandered into the Iloomtfang office, wearing an old-fashioned Seymour coot, split down the back, and a pair of low-necked panto, draped, about him, ami daintily secured In front with ft tenpennv nail. “I passed through your town last May, and you noticed in your paper that I was a west bound passenger on the overland train. I have called to tell you that I am on my way back." "nad a pleasant trip ?" “Well, only partially so. I enjoyed the Jour ney out to San Francisco very much. Went out in section No. 11 of a Pullman to take a posi tion as a cadilcr of a ‘Frisco bank, but when I got there I found an old man holding the job who had given good satisfaction for nlno j I hadn’t the heart to take the place away him, and the President seemed to feel tho same about It” confirm- MHV mm that perhaps I could get a position S3 sergeant-at- nnnsofahen ranch up the gulch, bat I em bezzled four dozen of eggs to take me into the circus, and while I was looking at tho black- and-tan-boa constrictor, a sheriff, or something of tbat kind, came along and called me down. I am now returning to my native town on my own recognizance, or on one leg bail, as the vulgar herd would call It" “Arc you going by special car?” “Not exactly. I got a chance to walk j the way, and from here to Omaha I the position of steer inspector extrao a stock train. It is quite a clmugij west In a Pullman and then u-iri; postage home by punching cattle station. However, I wonted y.m t<> sav thatlnaaed through on my.wnv east V and I'll send the paper home. Make tt. of glittering pomp and original scollops as Bible, and I will pay you for It. You see, . get pretty near home, and I‘ll take a bath an fix up a little, and come down into town iHS. pretty good shape; and now all I want Is tho aid and encouragement of the press. Do you grasp my meaning?” “Yes, sir; we tumble." “All right. Jnstsay Mr. Wellington Kcrsikcs passed cast yesterday in his special car, Boise City, having been on a visit to the Pacific coast, with a view of purchasing the State of Ualiror- nu as a country scat. That is a decomposed lie, of course: hut you just say how much the strain on your conscience will be. and I’ll go down in my overalls and make it all right.” Thatlswnv we have charged this article at ten cents a line on the company’s books. New York sod Boetya Women. Boston Letter. The largest liberty that even the most ter. rent and professional reformer could ask pre vail* in Boston for women. From marching up Beacon Hill into tbe sacred precincts of tho “green room” under tho glided dome, where the fair ones havo their suffrage‘‘hearings'* before the assembled wisdom of the Old liay State, to going, to an evening concert, lecture or theatre, woman’s right to do as she pleases is never questioned. Public sentiment is edu cated up to the point where tt never occurs to any one ns strange. I verily believe a Indy—I mean a lady in every sense of the term—conld go anywhere In Boston alone at midnight, if necessity required. However, that may bo tragic and debatable ground, but I have seen for two winters ladles come alone to evening entertainments who would regard nuv Ques tion of Its propriety ns an anachronism. Boston women are singularly independent and fear less. and by that I do not mean regardless of the utmost refinement, nor forgetful of ley coHvenancee, but rather as if they felt them selves prineesKO* in their own right, mid as if life must yield to them the royal road. If New York society l* to by Judged by the utterances of some of Its journal's, it isqultc different there. A discussion arose tills lost winter as to whether it were possible for lovely woman to regale herself at a metropolitan the atre without masculine attendance, or whether vhe could only appear there with propriety when duly chaperoned and escorted. The Erminff Pott took h Boston view of it, and as serted that within the next decade it will be more marki-d for ladles to go alone to o|s-ra or theater Ilian it is for them to go alone on shop ping excursions by day, while the Hail and Ex. prett declared it.' fervent belief that no re spectable woman would !>e seen at the theatre nr upon the street at night without a male es cort, and that it was desirable that the rule be accepted In every large city. The brilliant im agination of the Moil and Expr.se also an nounced a highly original plan, to tho effect that if some lone, lorn Mrs. Gummhlge w ished to indulge in ‘‘Lohengrin." or a I’uttl ooner rt. or Sanlnn s ‘•Odette," she could engage the service of district telegraph boy to pose as the Adonis of the occasion. There sr*. gleams of genius in the suggestion. To engage a young man of the name of Guppy—a pink and w hite y<> tng man; an ultra poetical, super asthetlcal young man; a peripatetic, hlehty magnetic young man, who should idealize her; whose tastes should be refined ami and whose perceptions exalted—surely that Idea mnst commend itself to the feminine mind. The Mail and Express also stomas ts, in that spirit of brilliant enter prise which characterizes it. that the Iona woman should invite two or three lady friends to accompany her, and divide the expenso which the luxury of the dlstrict-tnesaenger- hoy escort would entalL The respectable ap pearance of thi« imposing cavalcade appeals to the Imagination. The pink and white young man who might also carry a dark lantern ana a revolver, should lead the procession, and the much protected fair ones should follow two and two. or in single file, as convenience Indi cated. Herein la a full solution of the ques tion of privilege to women who are existing a la eoltairv.