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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY. MARCH 13, 1888.-TWELVE PAGES.
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End of a Wonderful Career. [contact. Their* ia at present a campaign 1 authority a* infallible. Mr. McPherson W A8FTN(tT0N TALK
As was anticipated, the illness of the of poisoning.
counted only the articles which paid im
aged Emperor of Ocrmany proved fatal, I These men are otherwise engaged, how-' port duties last year, and the aggregate
and yesterday death ended an imperial , ever. They are industriously at work to ^
career which for its glorious results to his secure seats in the national convention. In
country is almost without a parallel. lie
came to the throne of Prussia when she
was a third rate power and Ocrmany was
shaken by the struggles of the people for
constitutional liberty; he left Prussia
Il»e Weekly Is mailed to subscribers, postage at (be bead Q f „ un ite t | Germany, tranquil,
f yea, at $1 a year aud 50 cents lor six months. *
mamdentadvcrtisemoauwlllbe taken forth* I prosperous, and ready to meet the world
Daily at tl per square olio line* or less, tor the in arms. Under his leadership not only
Irst Insertion, aud 50 cents for each subsequent wa9 an empire created, hut a history
IwwrHon.andlortheWeeelyatll lor eachln- l h . chw . Hgo{ar , () mske it enduring.
etrtlea
Death, luneral, marriage and birth notices It.
When the events of the Emperor's life
Rejected communications will not be re- are recalled, the immense space over which
its activities stretched is realised. He was
Dorrespondencc containing Important newa ^ M#rch 1797 whcn Xapolcon
»nd dlscuaslona ol living topics Is solicited, but I ’ 1
suit
incuwiuua ui uuug supib* •« - — i • • / • • • c .
be brlel and written upon but one aide ol Bonaparte was winning fame in his first
the paper to have attention.
Italian campaign. His active military
DMolttances must be made by express, postal I ca wr began in 1813, and in 1815 he was
with the victorious
note, money order or registered letter.
All communications should be addressed, and
all money orders, checks, etc., he made payable to I which marched into
CIIA8. E. CAMPBELL,
Manager.
allied armies
France after
Waterloo. When the agitation
for more liberal institutions began,
abom the time of the accession of bis older
We regret that Senator Brown voted for brother to the throne in 1840, all his in-
the dependent pension hill.
iluence was thrown on the side of absolut-
The whole world hopes that the life of | ism, and on the outbreak of the revolution
in 1848 he retired for a few months to Eng
land. In 1857, on account
Frederick III. will long be spared.
The Atlanta Constitution chimes in with
the Bepnblican clamor against the fisher
ies treaty.
The Mill* tariff bill puts cotton ties and
bagging on the free list. And yet the few
protection organs in Georgia would be de
lighted to see the bill killed.
of the incapacity of the
the King, William was made regent, and
in January, 1861, when our country was
in the throes of revolution, he ascended
the throne as king. In the next year Bis
marck became his chancellor, and a long
struggle with the parliament began, the
Dr. McGlynn’s new paper will be called King frequently dissolving that body be-
the Eagle. It will no doubt endeavor to | cause it opposed his policy, and finally do
the (
tear Mr. George’s Standard into scraps.
Archbishop Corrigan has decided that
members of the Anti-Poverty Society shall ^
not be buried in consecrated ground.
This
claring that he “would do his duty to his
people without regard to these pieces of
paper called constitutions, in which he
had no faith.” The development of his
policy has reconciled the people. In 1864
his 1
ought to bean inducement to the society the war with wa „ fough , „ nd
to live as long as possible.
Schleswig-IIolsticn annexed; in 1867 Prus-
Claits SrRECKj.Es is in New York, os- I sia became the head of the North German
tensibly to select the site for the greatest I Confederation, as the result of the defeat
sugar refinery in the country, to run in of Austria at Sadows.nnd in 1871 William
opposition to the trust. It may turn out, I was crowned Emperor of Germany at Vcr-
however, that Claus only wants to be I sailles after almost annihilating French
bought off.
power aud military prestige in the greatest
war of modem times, if our own four
The Chattanooga Times publishes a di*
patch from Birmingham which states that | years’ struggle bo excepted,
low grade iron is worth only $9 a ton at
Since the French war thecnergies of the
the Birmingham furnaces. The tariff on Emperor have been devoted to consolidut
this grade of iron is now $6.72 a ton. The | ing and developing the resources of his
Mills bill proposes to reduce it to $6. That I empire. Though lie has twice been shot
is ample protection for iron that is worth I at, being severely wounded in 1878, lie had
$9 a ton at the furnace and yet is good overcome the unpopularity with which his
enough to make steel by the Henderson reign began, and was the most loved sov-
process. ereign in Europe.
Mr. Tilden'h nephews are now engaged The Emperor’s deatli has occurred at a
in the New York Supreme Court in an en- critical moment in his family’s history,
deavor to set aside the provisions of his I IK* oldest son, who shared in his father’s
will. If they succeed, it will have been I popularity, and is in everyway fitted to
proved that even tbe clearest headed old reign, is in the last stages of an incurable
lawyer cannot distribute the money he has disease. His will be but the shadow of a
malic, if he does not carry his wishes into reign> *nd in » few week# or months Ger-
cfleet while still alive. Would it not be a '“* n y wil > mnurn the Enqieror Frederick
good idea to have wills recorded in a pro-| we ^i ** lit® Emperor William. While
bate court during the testator's life time, l,e liv <* » regency will be necessary, and
so that all interested persons could see how oflfo® will be filled by his son, l’rinco
they were treated, and bar all action after I William,
bis death? In the estimation of the world, tho incs
The Chicago Tribunals bitterly opposed l'*'"# » nd certsin doom ot the Em
to the nomination of John Sherman by iU l* ror * rc ‘ K ‘ rick orc “ « re, ‘ er m V ortone ,0
party, and declares that lie cannot be S?"""# th » n ‘ he d “ ,h of , h *» father
elected. It will be remembered that the The old man had done hly work. It was ins
Tribune was equally opposed to the nomi- m, "' 0D to bu,ld u '’ » un,tcd Bnd I^werful
nation of Blaine in 1884, and though it n,,ti,,n ’ " ecure nR1,mht forci *" cocrcion “ nd
supported him after his nomination, its m “ lcr of l " own resources. It seemed to
prediction came true. The Tribune U I* the tuusion of hi* son to liberaltzo its
likely to add to its fame a. a prophet in government andiprov.de for the orderly
the present instance.
every State the work is going on. The
tariff combination has tentacles that would
make an octopus throw up its hand. Its
ramifications are everywhere, in every
Congressional district. What these men
hope to accomplisli at St. Louis it is diffi
cult to foresee. What combination is in
the pot they alone know. The men at the
bottom of the present movement arc the
same men who sent agents into ‘ Mr.
Carlisle’s district and into the district
that Mr. Morrison represented, and they
doubtless think that qiuuey can accom
plish almost anything in politics. The
people of Georgia know what they want.
If they are tired of tariff taxes and “trust”
robberies, they should take precious good
care to be represented next June by men
who huve no affiliations with monopolies
of any sort—by men who are pre-eminently
trustworthy, and whose every interest is in
consonance with that of the great body of
consumers and taxpayers. Tho million
aires of the East are not entitled to a dele
gate from this State. They rob us of our
earnings through their “trusts” and tariff
devices, but they have not money enough
to Btiflc our voices in the general council.
The chances are that our dark lantern
friends are preparing to monkey with the
platform, thus paving the way for more
Kandallism in the House whenever a bill
reduce duties is brought in. And yet
what folly it would be to put Mr.
Cleveland, with his splendid message and
conservative Mills bill behind him, on
Randall platform? If Mr. Randall and
little squad decide to stand by the mon
opolists who keep them in Congress, the rCTcm,e -
Mills bill mnst go before the people and
become the chief and controlling issue of
tho campaign. The platform should pre
sent the issue in clear and unmistakable
terms, for in that way only can we gain
credit for sincerity and courage in advocat
ing the cause of the people, of consumers,
other words. In that way alone can we
win over the low tariff Republicans, who
are confessedly numerous in the city of
New. York,and to a certain extent through
out the Eastern States. The mugwumps
were almost to a man tariff reformers. It
the belief of very intelligent public
men that there are enough “free trade”
Republicans in New Y’ork to tnm the scale
that controlling and closely balanced
State. There are also many of like views
New Jepey and Connecticut. Shall we
disgust such |icople—all people for that
matter—with a straddling or ambiguous
tariff plank? The President’s message ami
the new tariff hill must necessarily be our
real platform. Let ns make tho copy in
black and white as plain, aa c tump uil :f.
unselfish and ns patriotic as arc fitesq
grand state pa|>crs.
Look then to the men who are to go ti
St. Louis. See that they are men who will
not misrepresent you in any respect in the
great convention. The one chance to g
ont of the hands of monopoly has come,
and the Democratic party has the prou
opportunity. to fight the people's battle,
lot the lines be plainly drawn—privilege
and extravagance of all sorts on the
side, fair taxation and economy on the
other. Georgia has no desire to strnildle
in such a conflict. The interest of the
party and the will of the people concur.
Sec to it, we repeat, that no cheating,
hoodwinking, occur* in the selection ol
delegates.
other articles in the tariff schedules.
Many of these cannot he imported
because the duty on them is practically
development of freer institutions. For
- ,» ,, .... i this work he was thought to be estiecialiy
Jodoe IIeeby Green, associate jaat.ee we „ fl(ted b character and clrcHra ' llancc i Two New York courts h.vcdeetdcd that
of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania,had | Tbe young |)|an who * w|n reign for .
his pocket picked the other dav. The " ” .
.xur-T. .u.ui k< f i.i. * h,>rt ‘ ,,ue in h “ n » me “ 7*8"“.
thief not only robbed him of his money,
but wo* cruel enough to put his pocket
book in a mail box, and, when examined
William, is said to be the opposite of his
father in character. HU tastes are
. .. „ „ .military, and he is ambitious that his reign
by the police, it wss found full of free rail-1 , ,, . , .... ,,
. .’ . , . . . . . 1 shall rival that of Ins grandfather in mill
road passes, issued to the judge in viola
tion of law. Tho pick|>ocket, perhaps,
tarv glory.
His accession to power may have serious
wanted to prove that it was not only thieves I
7 i . l I results for the peace of Europe. The pre-
who are law-breakers. > - - * r
I diction has often been made that the com
One of the most effective speeches of the I nienccment of his reign would be signal
present session of Congress was made by I i le d by the outbreak of war. But behind
Mr? Crisp lost Monday in the McDuffie-1 him stands Bismarck, the real ruler.
Davidson contest. Alluding to the reis-1
tion* of the races in the South, he said:
The State Press is coming solidly to the
But. Mr. Speaker, every msn within the sound *“PP or ‘ V 1 ° 1,,nt f cr “««•"<>*
ot my voice who has ever lived In the South B‘» »nd >» heartily endorsing the following
knows that but far ths miserable carpet-hag-1 expressions in a recent editorial in the
gen that Infested the South after the war, there I Telegraph
never would have beeu any dtvUtou between .. w , hopc the neal i^.uture will contain
th» people of the 8uth sndtheir former altvn. | tu tnclent number of men who know the merits
[Applause.] Then has been no time sine, the aDl) tbe 0Mdl our 8ute |roopt to
freedom of the negroeawhen the people of the I be ttet provision for them. They have never
8outh were not their be»t friend#, uu«l the col' 1
, . .... , | clamored for MiUunce and have always utood
72x «-»«• ««•« «»*««•
numben of them are becoming utlsfled of tbla u ^ ,. , uu lo service
truth. There U not an economical (iiieetlon I iUc jj^ terms 1
pending before thelloiue to day In which their
intercat ia not identical with the IntereaU of the
agrlculturiats among whom they live.
TAere la not ono of them who. in grief or dia-
tress, does not go to his white neighb
The National Delegate*.
Beyond doubt there is a sly movement
for aid I every State against Mr. Cleveland's renom-
and comfort. In poverty and in sickness the ination. It is essentially a dark-lantern
whim people help them; they educate them. moTeme nt. It shdna the light, beesuae
The interests of tbe two races are Identical;
why should they be separated In politics; ■
its purposes are selfish and its methods dis
will tell you the only reason they ever have honest. As a rule the men concerned in
been separated: because tbe miserable camp fol- will be found with a foot sticking in some
lowers, the men who came down to the Booth or protected interest whore exorbi.
SS&SS SWS2J5SAK .... ..d uni... c «.
deceived aud misled them as to the real feeling! conserve. A few are merely disgruntled,
of the people ol the S.utb. That la the r.asoa I or do not like Mr. Cleveland's straight
aud Abe only reason. But. Mr. 8, waller, that forward political courre. He has too much
day la passed. The last threat ot the Republt
can tmrty in tb. Biu h baa been tried, t'rory
prophecy of th-lra has failed. At the
last Presidential election. when these colored
people left tbe Republican party in droves and
oameover to vote with tbe beat and only friends
Urey have, they were told by these same Repub.
licau leaders down there. "It Cleveland la elect
ed you will go back Into slavery."
That may area absurd, and yet. my friends, 1
Kinds in the Capital City.
prohibitory. There are others which were THE SORE PLACES OF THE LATE WAR.
placed on the list to delude the agricul- ‘
tural classes into the belief that their pro- Interview with Dr. llnmmond—General
duets were protected. The tariff on corn
aud wheat is a specimen of this cheap mo
lasses for catching flies.
The way to answer Mr. McPherson is to
ask him if he.wouid be willing that the
tarifl' should be collected on only 982 arti
cles ; that all the other 3,000, and more,
Itlnek's Strictness with Pension
Clerks—The Tariff Bill—A
Prediction About It.
Special Correspondence Macon Telegraph
Washington, March 8. — On Friday
the sore places of the war were touched by
a measure introduced by Gen. Lee, appro-
enumerated in the schedules should ^ printing $20,000 for the use of FairfsxSem-
it, as I may make it a point for everv
cer who will have the honor commaml
mg any corps of troops in j, ,
take upon himself the chsrge and trouju
of maneuvering, d semiring and forming
that corps for the held.
placed on the free list. Any such propose , inarv by the Unio „ armic8 d| , ring the wsr .
tion would raise a protection howl all over j The ’amendment was adopted by the united
the country. Mr. McPherson’s figures werf , votC9 of 1)elnocrat and Uepublican Epis-
made to deceive, and it .appears that his ! c0|ialiang( but the inflammation which the
purpose has partially succeeded. Let us , d ; scugg i on caused will not be speedily al-
turn from the Republican ex-clerk and i ave( j
consult some Democratic authorities. Gen. Lee took his place upon the Be-
In the P Ut,orm 0,1 wh,ch tl,e 8 lorious ! pub l ican 8idc J n order to make tl.c appeal,
Tiidcn campaign was conducted are these ^ m hu yoic# U a )Utle fcubk . ; ubout a
strong worad: hundred Democrats streamed over after
We denounce the present high tariff, levied him and gathered about and in front of
upon nearly 4,000 articles, a* a masterpiece of l,j m a ur i ng t bo debate,
injustice, inequality and false pretenses. It 1 1
has lmpovlshed many Industries to subsidize a Grosvenor, of Ohio, Gen. Cnteheon,
few. It prohibits Imports that might purchase of Michigan, and Gov. Long presented the
me products of American labor. It has degrad- Republican view, which was, in brief, that
ed American commerce from tho first to an In- the payment for Fnirfnx Seminary involved
ferior rank on the nigh seas. It baaeut.duwn i n miiiiun slmiidg claims, aud would logic-
the sales of American manufacture*, at home ally compel the payment of rent for all the
and abroad, ami depleted tho returns of battle-fields occupied by the federal
American agrlcuhnre-an Industry followed forces during four years. When the
by half our people. It costs tho people five amendment was finally adopted, Reed, of
times more than It produces to the Treasury, Maine, declared sotlo voce that the time
obstructs tho processes of production and would come when the “rebels would charge
wastes the fruits of labor. It promotes fraud, for their powder and shot, and present
fosters sinu.gling, enriches dishonest officials claims for damages done to Libby prison.”
and bankrupts hor.eat merchants. \Ye demand I Democrats bore themselves much more
tfcat all customhouse taxation shall be only for tranquilly during the three hours’ wran-
venue. gle, but perhnjis their coolness resulted
The platform on which the New York ‘f 0 ®, a certainty that the bill wonld pass
rev . j . • , a the llotiHe. \V hether u will yan the nen-
Democrats won their splendid victory last a , e u yery d onbtful.
November had a tariff piank almost iden- v change of base.
tical witli this, and repeated the attack on Dr. William A. Ilaminond is*coming to
a tariff that is laid on 4,000 articles, among Washington after living in New York
... .. ... , twenty-live years. I met A. B, Mallett.
which are many of the prime necessities of arcb i4. ti wll0i un ,i er tbc administration of
life. In his messngo President (Icvcland Lincoln, Johnson and Grant, built some of
said: “Under our present laws, more than the largest public buildings of the coun-
4,000 articles are subject to duty, and tr Y. , he »» id: “Dr. llammond has just
. . , . commissioned me to make the plans of the
many of these do not in any way compete manajon bc la to occ „py on Fifteenth street
“1 do not here enter fully into a detail
of the reasons which now make it parti™
larly necessary for the general officeni wl
have been long absent to join without \Z
of tunc. It will surely he sufficient
mention that out of nine generals
to the command of the troops in this
toniiiem’, eight are either actually gone™
have nade applications to be absent at tli.
same tinie, so that, by gratifying tl,. ,
wtsl.es, besides incuiring reprehen.i on
from the public, the wltole weight of bu«
ness, the cares.and the troubles of the armV
would devolve upon mo till a sunshine o<f
casion, and the prospect of a brilliant on'
eration should induce them to return and
share the pleasures and honors of the s
vice.
“1 request you will be so kind as to gi
me an answer to this by the very first LL!
and that you will believe I am with ' s i n .
cere sentiments of regard, dear sir, v 00 j
most obedient servant,
“G, Wash is,, T „,
“Major-General Arthur St. Clair.”
I need only to add that this remarkably
I sharp reprimand is all in Washington^
flowing and symmetrical hand, and that
there is not an erasure or interlineation or
error of any kind from beginning to end
AS TO THE TARIFF BILL.
A conspicuous Democrat of the House-
conspicuous physically and intellect,,all,
ami a member of the ways and means coni.
with our own manufacturers, and many in Washington. Washington is probably | |, 0 w can onr wool-growers and other man-
are hardly worth attention as subjects of the only town in the United Stales that
revenue. A considerable reduction can bo could mduce »' wcmltl.y ami nopuUr man,
... . , I with tho strongest fanulv nnu social tie?*,
made in the aggregate by adding them to to puU up stakes, sell his home and quit
the free list." I New York.”
t,"„,I
side tho National Democratic platform of that he was coming. 1 was one morning in
1876, tiie New York Democratic platform 11884 talking with him in the beuutifnl li-
ot 1887. and the message of President *>rary of bis great double house on Fifty-
tution or, more properly, Mr. Edward “why a man of 55. in a, luxurious home,
McPherson in his primary and secondary with thousands of friend's, and especially a
, doctor with thousands of patients, should
while men have a legal right to combin
for the purpose of securing better wages
and other .advantages, they have no right
to conspirJ to prevent other men from ob
taining employment, and when they do so
are liable to fine and imprisonment. This
decision is certainly in the line of justice.
Different Authorities.
Soma day* ago the Albany News and
Advertiser mentioned the fact that the
present tarifl’ is laid on about 4,000 arti
cles. The Atlanta Constitution, with an
air of superior wisdom, gravely informed
the News and Advertiser that it nad fallen
into a grievous error, and that in fact the
tarifl covers only 082 articles.
We have never seen the Constitution
quoted as authority on tariff statistics. On
tiie contrary, the Telegraph has from
time to time exposed some’ very glaring
mistakes in its figures. For instance, when
it declared that Georgia paid $l,OGO t OOO
year in internal revenue taxes, we felt ob
liged to show by figures taken from
the report of the Commissioner
Internal Revenue that for the last fiscal
year the total of internal revenue taxes
collected in Georgia was only $336,705.
Aa to the number of articles in the taaff
schedule, the Constitution is wrong again.
It evidently took its figures from an article
written by Mr. Edward McPherson, who
wae for a number of year* tbe Republican
clerk of the House of Representative*. Mr.
McPherson, like
pleased with President Cleveland'
bill winch you have reported?"
“It will pass,” he saijl, “That is, it will
nass tiie House. It is understood that
Randall will speak and vote against it—be
says tiie people expect him to do so-but
he will not lie able to carry along the ten
New Y’orkers who voted with Mm last
year. In fact, he will not seriously try t.>
do so. He concedes the necessity of the
Democrats passing the bill which they
themselves have formulated—with, per.
haps, some important but no vital modifi
cations which he proposes will be adopted
to placate his district and city, and then
the bill will pass, against his vote, but
with his tacit acquiescence."
“And the Senate?” I asked.
“O, that’s another thing,” he said. “The
other end of tiie capitol will have its say-
and probably its way.”
“it will defeat the bill?”
“That U now understood to lie the pur
pose of the Republicans, and it nmjlie
good policy, from their point of yiew. if
protection is a good tiling, for its own sake,
rd McPherson nnd the Atlanta Const!- “It is incomprehensible to me,” 1 said,
forms.
l—i i: steel rail manufacturers have I
Lying a conference
Nnw Y'ork Tribune advise*
is not a good time to put up prices. It
presumably think* that sliouldn’t be done
ntil after Congress adjourns.
want to leave siich a city as New York.”
“Washington is much pleasanter in
ufacturers have too much of it? The Sen
ate will respond with a bill of its own;
then there will be a conference committee,
which may agree to put some ten millions
on the free list, Imt will agree no further.
Then we shall go to tiie country next fall
with the issue of tariff reduction distinctly
marked. It will, next October, tie s
of tariff against internal revenue—of wool
against whisky, of steel looms against to
bacco. W. A. CroAtt.
. , i.i winter than anv other American eltv,” he ;
at Pittsburg, and he aiijweri . di „ and -j Jmye m „ ny „ M f ^, nds :
dvias* them that this | there, anu I’m going back on September
September
men, “““ * “ imv* u
26th because I said I would.”
1 inquired how tlint was—why he was
going back on .September 26th.
■ ‘•Well," he said, “I left Washington that
day under u cloud, anil I said to myself ‘in
twenlv-five year* 1 will come back.’ So I
have bought a lot there, and I aiu going to
unniver-
Mr. Stierimui and tho Tariff.
In 1872 the Federal revenue* were larg
erthan tiie needs of the government, hut I build, so that on the twenty-fifth
, , • I snry of my exit i will return,
tho surplus could be devoted to the pay- { bc | ie / (| , hb) llme up( , n f*,,
meat of the public debt, and the people I this year, and Mr. Lincoln’s surgen-general
were very well satisfied with the existing I will "ugain become a resident of the capital.,
order of things. Many of them thought I . A , .‘ AT . K . wo “ u PR0 , M Washington.
.. . .. .. ...... . I I waited in General Blacks ante-room
the rate of taxation too high, but with the I j bo otbcr j u y for the dispersion of his
prospect before them of a speedy extin-1 staff, whom to the number of twenty chiefs
guishment of the debt, and consequent re- of divisions he gathers aliout him everv
lief from all burden, of the war except morning at 1°^o’cWkiiUheCommissioner's
IMPIIlfMMP . C * < | C * >t I room to discus* the new business on hand
that imposed by pewuon payments (then I concerning pensions. Presently they went.
moderate), t#oy were wil ing to bear with
patience a comparetW. ly small evil that a
great good might come of it.
Senator John Sherman, however, was not I
among those who were natisfied. He was
eager that tariff taxes should be reduced I
at once, and the reasons he gave were so
and I entered and saluted him.
“They do say you are u little strict in
your restraints on clerks,” l said, “bite, as
you have under you as many as the .State,
War and Navy Department ail togetiier, it
mav be necessary.”
“You would be sure of it* necessity," lie
•aid, “if you could sit here a little while.
It is difficult to keep this great bureau in
Tim Macon ttoml.
From the Palatka News.
It is encouraging to note the rapid |
grew being made ill the survoy and c
•traction of the Georgia Southern i
I’ i. ri.l;i ra i i r, ..id, geiierall. kiww :: i- : -
Macon r col. and tio* prospect ..: *, -
wane- River Route" train connecting wit
our bridge before next winter. Mr. Me
tin Griffin has resrivsil's letter from Mr.
(’. L. Ross, from wU'ch we arc kindly I
milted to make an extract. Captain’ Well
and his corps of engineers have had ion
difficulty among the lakes north of us. II
wa* com|M'llcd to return to Macoi o
business of thero d, but expects to dm
his corps at Palatka about March 15.
“Track laying was resumed to-dxr
(March 5), after a long delay occasion,
by excesoive rains and unfinished bridgi
l know of noth ill? now to detain them if-
eept a very heavy piece of work *t tlx
thirty-fourth mile post, but we feel pretty
sure now that the grading and tresllin
will lie finished to Valdosta (150 miles) b;
tiie 15th of April, or the 1st of May,
furthest. There are two or three pure
where the road runs through pipe clay
nnd work has to he entirely suspended u
wet weather. Captain Wells is cn'lin-io
tic over tiie light work from Vaido*
southward, ami saya it can bo graded fan
that point to Palatka in three months.”
eegent and well expressed that they are re-1 #ueb urder aa to obtain the proper amount
produced. Said Mr. Sherman:
of work from employes, though a large uia-
I have listened with patience day by dsy to i ori, J r *hem are dllligerft and entirely
tbe statement, ol (entlemen who are interested | appr«}»te their responsibilities. By tiie
In our domestic pruducUoss. Ism .firm be-1 »»7>” bc add ^ d ’,.V I " nw » letter, yesterday
ill uui uuuusui pnxiiKuuas. • am Riutii uv i . ■ • i'i»i . ,• , *
llever In thefenersl Idea o( prolectin* their In- ‘ b “ >’ n '! »”“ ld 1,kc |° print—u letter tnuu
diutrles, but I sssurethem, ml usure their | V '** h 1 1 ^ lun , * c » r,n ^ on th Jf very
rep resen tatire* here, that II the present high >
rates of duties, unexampled In our country, and touched a bell on ins table and caUed a
1 messenger, who took me to a Mr. Whitt-
matter of shines and absence*.’
He
blYhor by nearly fifty percent, than they were I juessengcr, wrno iook me
In IMI, aie maintained on metallic and textile I < v , "wvlfjfj foom.
1 Mr. Whitllekey produced the letter and
have since
fabrics sfler we have repea ed tbe very Internal
taxes which gave rise ■
•ubstantuaUy given
free of duties, we shall have a feeling of dissatis
faction among other Interests In the country
tciR-» in hue >t;ij luicriiat ■ ... ■ . ’ • »•»
. to them, and after we have P 0 ™* '? 1 “ e .*° C ’T- Y J 4 - !u,d 11 l . ba T
thin their raw matertal. *° n E bt . ! or il . vs '" ll ! punished
dl have a feeling of dlssatls- f nd “® l ‘ eve l .‘ U n0 * 8 1V *’ 11 <? ‘Be
for the first time.
ktters
the woild
It was written early in
that will overthrow the whole system and do * ho »I! rin R i u “ » bo . u « *
' fore the end of the revolutionary war was
formally proclaimed, and it wa* sent to
that Gen. Ht. Clair, who was afterwurds
cashiered for nnniiiitarv conduct
greauw harm than can poalhly be done by a
moderate re<luction of the pros nt rale of duty.
And I am quite snre that Intelligent men ea
gazed in the production of varlons forms of tea
tile and metallic fabrics feel, as 1 do, that It Is
“I well remember,” said Mr. Whittlesey,
llll! >(1U IUCWIIIC WIJrilB IWI.Ul UIF, HIM 111! { s .1 _ ni; i wavs • • ' '
wiser and better to do wbaf ta Just and r^b U. | ^CUir
a reduction In their producte, at least to I . . 7 s . r lIi: _7 " ,
■tent ol the reduction in this kill on their “°“ e "° rt ° f
-.W— 1 u *gPJin the AllvxliaDim. H
While George W’aHhington wax Prmi*
the extent
r«iw materials, father than to Invite a contro
versy In which I believe they will be in the
wrong.
•lent he always dated hi* letters simply
“United States^" without naming any city,
I W IHM.M s.-asoax.-', e» a a axis is a giamiii^ .ill*
The state of affair* which made too I State or dUtrict or Executive Mansion,
heavy taxation bearable in 1872 no longer I Plain “United States” waa elaborate
exists. Mr. Sherman has been at the enough for him. The letter of which I
. .... — - _ . | present a copy more definitely locates the
head of the Treasury Department since I J, r ; tl , r 1
Headquarters, Newburg. N.Y„ 19th Feb.
It ia a considerable
courage and patriotism lo suit them.’ But
nine out of ten are, we are confident, either
the beneficiaries or the fools of monopoly.
All of these underground people, it
should be borne io mind, are Cleveland
men in profession—nearly every one of
them so declares himself. All along the
line they have agreed, at this
then, and during his incumbency , _
. . n| .. WU i >ll)a . a... ranged the debt that none of it can now be 11781—Dear Sir:
the Constitution, was not Since then, too, the revenue. k *v. J^^^ved a letter ta^vblch
ident Cleveland’s Tieseagv, 'constantly increased, leading to most «•] W von to return to the army at the pe-
and undertook to answer iu Among other travagant expenditures, especially in pen-1 riod sp|iointed, on account of' your pecL-
things he said that the President w°s mis- Dions, tbe annusl appropriation for which I niary and domestic affairs.
. | . , ..a I u Kvmn*lliisini> ■l.uuil v i
tl, a t 1 has nearly tripled.
Ttin lwrpres*lt>l« Conttlel.
Bklney Lewis In Enqulror-hun.
The entire influence of tiie President so
Speaker i* behind the bill, ami the probi
bilitie* are that it will pass the llnti-e, at
tier tiie eunditioas anu influence* me'
tinned. Should it fail, however, the qM
tion will enter into the coming caniinif
in a form still more agqressive; and t”*
the monoiioiUta and their agents, woo r
iected a half loaf with disdain, will get p
bread at all.
During the years of ill-starred motuor
when politics was a disreputabledailyraj
ing of eertain Georgia negn* 1 *, e* lk
“leaders,” it wss amusing to ask sny <>;
of them his view* on any new-sprung |» j
ieal question. Not kno’wing how hi* P°jj
icsl mentor snd owner would stand on t
question, tiie answer of the leader *0“
invariably lie, “Haven’t got a word yeL^
This humoroua and dusky memory
revived in picking up the Atlanta m<> !
oly organ, whii lt would naturally c '
Mined a long editorial fuliuinalion on u
hill of the committee. There was • '*'
and thunder dispatch from its Wa-ninp 1
correspondent, to tiie effect that
cratie hopes were everlastingly destroy'
and that chaotic dismay reigns supre
everywhere, except in the calm ,n
tic boson) of Samuel the First
editorial thunder was silent. It “** )’■.
ably “got word” by this time,and isatu
leaving not an oas’i* in all the “ < ?"V
hoi* for the weary eye of Democrat"' 5 1
libilitv to rest upon. , .. __
Probably, by this time, “Words c*
and the organ has pranced into the •
n' 1 nnn*.?^if "**”* amBttXmotlht 10 d «'»« »>.t Mr.
Now the Dcmoerau ante power bare, the ' Cleveland will undoubtedly be the nomi-
slcbts of the colored men have been fully pro-; nee, although at heart they are anti-
1 aud maintained’ Even that threat, about, Cleveland men, and let no opportunity go
the loot weapon the Republican par* had to unin , proTed p,, ur prejudice into tiie
lire, even that three*, ha* been triad, and they , , V , * " 'J, " .
BlIut> minds of those with whom they come io
tire, *rrv fhut lhre*<
bmv ••••.• ; <1 Is I,-
taken in the statement
the tariff was laid
cles, sod that it actually
‘Sympathising deeply in your private
I , diatre**e* I have delayed to call your nt-
In the meantime, also, the special inter-1 tention and presence to your command as
many covereu ests which get the beaefita of the taxes I long ss the circumstance* of service, my
only 982. The Constitution readily sc- | have tightened their hold on Mr. Shcr- ’*" d ., the du ‘# } °" e
cepted Mr. McPheraon’s figure, in prefer- ' man’s party, and now it stands for hardly Before',he receipt of'lhU letter ^ou°w!li
enw to tho«« of th-» IVti«lent. Mr. Me- , anything else. Mr. Sherman ha» known I have learned my nentimenta resnccting the
Pher»r>n it a shrewd politician and hia ar- * how to trim the *aih» of hi* ambition to I duties that are expected of tne general
tide w« artfully constructed for the en- the veering breerra of party exigency, and I “®^ i , U t i d t { , 0 l ‘. 0 * u r, ‘‘ o ffi!.raU y by‘‘the o^u- »t Ueorgia. There are •ssj.'-d
trvpment of the unhrary. He caught the is now with the most advtnced Iiepobli-1 unl „ n( ra | J in (ieorgia who would I* 8 1 "' J®, ^
r — — —! ‘ 1 ’— * "■ — 1 " ‘ ' elect hint to that position. IIeD w
“In addition to that information I now
Constitution without any trouble. The cans in upholding the present tariff.
President’s figures are correct, and the Intelligent Republicans should appeal I t»k« the liberty in thU private and friend-
Cmutitnlion would have foiotd them so if from the caodidsta drunk with ambition I V manner to acquaint yon that in taw
it had taken the pains lo consult th* tariff to the clear-beaded statesman of a | army it will be e«wntial for “von to'conie
rehedulr* before accepting a Republican yeanago. 1 “ ’ * J
' on to.mediately prepared to remain with
Mr. Itamlnll’s cirent
From the Philadelphia Record
muaeipnunceoni.. . •t...
Current gornip at the Capital »> l (‘ .
ship of >Ir. Randall • t*f* d
the authorship c. — o .
to tiie American Iron snd Steel A
tion expert*; but if tiie Mt'sdsnrt«
bill ha* been correctly reuorted, ruo«
no doubt at fault. The hi.I has c * r , ^
that would indicate the joint labor ot
Adder and John Jarret.
, the "tith-
The (?ottgre»«iimti Fi
From the Perry Home Journal.
The llenrv County Time* tH" 1 '
James IL Blount to be th. a*xt U“_
ol Georgia. There are »n»?
for Throat Dt»«ui«*. Couch*.
only la tore*.