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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1883.-TWELVEPAGES.
WASHINGTON.
The Steamship Lobby Some
what Demoralized.
PROCRESS ON THE TARIFF BILL
Seventeen Pages Considered Up to Date—
A Prospect that the {Session May
Stretch Out Until Fall-Laud
Grant Forfeiture Bill.
[FROM OUR SPECIAL CO MUHFON DINT.
Macon Telegraph Bureau. )
• No. 515 Fourteenth street. N. W. V
Washington. July 5 1888. )
Poitmaster-Gener.il Dickinson’s letter to
Mr. Blount gave the steamship lobby a .harp
blow right between the eyes, bnt the friends
of the inbiidy are whistling to keep up their
courage. Souie of them admitted, however,
to-day that a few Democratic votes would
be given to the Senate amendment of the
post-office appropriation bill. It is believed
that for every Democrat lost there will be
one Bepnblican vote gained.
Seventeen pages of the tariff bill have
been passed in committee of the whole and
about the same spaee remains to be consid
ered, excluding the administrative features,
over which there will probably be no con
test. Included in the items yet to be dis.
cussed are, however, three of great difficulty,
sugar, wool and internal revenue. These
will each take several days.
Mr. Wilson, a member of the ways and
means committee, tells me that the report is
incorrect thst the tariff bill is to be laid aside
for several days. It is proposed to go straight
on with it. Opinions differ as to when the
hill will pass, but notwithstanding the news
sent last night it seems very dear that the
measure cannot, without a backdown on the
part of the Republicans, get through the
House sooner than the last week in July. It
will then go to the Senate and be considered,
both ip the finance committee and Senate.
On the adoption of the finance committee’s
sugar-tobacco-alcohol substitute, it will re-
turn to the House to be rejected and proba
bly to go into conference with no prospect
for agreement. All this will require at least
one month after the bill passes the House.
The members want to go home, but they
know they can’t go until the tariff bill is dis
posed of.
Mr. Clements made a one-minute speech
in favor of Mr. Holman's bill forfeiting un
earned land grants of government—aided
railroads. Two Alabama members, Messrs.
Herbert uud Gates, tried to nm*-nd-j
meats in iue Interest of tbo Mobile attd C.-.
rard railroad, one terminus of which is at
Columbus, Ga. One of these related to the
valuations of salts, and nnother to excepting
from the terms of the bill actual settlers to
the extent nf three hundred and-twenty
acres. The first was defeated by a vote of 68
to 67, and the second by one of 63 to 80. The
latter amendment was favorably reported in
the Forty-ninth Congress. I have heretofore
explained the claims of these actual settlerB
on the government.
Judee Crisn reported lavorably from the
commerce committee the Senate bill to per
fect the quarantine service.
Mr. Clements introduced a Mil to refer
the war claim of Margaret Morris, widow of
William Morris, for $1,260.
He also presenieu the petition, to the
same end, of the heirs of John C. I-ee, for
$1,662, and the petition of Edward Curtin,
both of Walker county, for $2,536.
Mr. Norwood presented petitions for Allen
M. Kiefer and John Biddenback, both of
'Effingham county, for reference of war
Maims amounting respectively to twenty-
three hundred and thirty-eight dollars, and
’twelve hundred and eleven dollars; also for
Johd Walsh, heir of Thomas Walsh, and for
Jacob Volaaki, neither county or amount be-
'ing mentioned.
Senator Pasco, of Florida, presented a
memorial of the St. Augustine board of
trade protesting against the proposed consol
idation of the Florida with the Georgia dis
trict of internal revenue as “detrimental to
-the material prosperity of the Florida to
bacco interests.” In the face 'bf the solid
opposition of the department and the State
of Florida, Senator Brown will probably
drop bis proposition.
B. H. Hill passed through the city last
night on his return from New York.
W. A. Camp and bis bride, of Polk
. county, are here. C. W. H.
FULTON DEMOCRACY.
A Slimly Attended Meeting—Delegates and
Resolutions.
Atlanta, July 6.—About fifty citixens
of Atlanta, representing the Democracy of
Fulton county, held a mass meeting at the
court house to-day at coon for the purpose
of electing delegates to repretent Fulton
county in the Fifth district convention,
which will nominate a candidate for Con
gress in this district. There being no op
position to Judge Stewart, the present
member from the Fifth district, the attend
ance was small and iiuie iutetoi »*• uw-
played in selecting delegates.
The meeting was called to order by W.
A. Osborne, secretary of the county execu
tive committee. Ii. F. Abbott was made
chairman and Henry B. Harris, Jr., secre
tary. A committee consisting of M. C.
Kiser, J. H. Kctner, Robert L. Bsiry,
Frank A. Arnold and John Harwell was
appointed to suggest a delegation to repre
sent the county in the convention. The
committee after being out a short time re-
{sorted the following delegation, which ac
tion was ratified:
II. F. Abbott, Henry Hillver, Henry ,R.
Harris, Hooper Alexander, M. F. Amorous,
James A. Anderson, J J. Spalding, Green
T. Dodd, John J. Falvey, W. P. Pattillo
and Howell lit win.
The following resolution was offered and
Adopted:
Resolved, That the Democracy of Fulton
county cordially endorses and approves the
course ot Hon. John D. Stewart, our pres
ent representative in Congress, and recom
mend his re-election for another term.
Resolved, That the members of the Ful
ton county delegation are Instructed to
cast the : r votes in the district nominating
convention in favor of hit nomination.
The convention then adjourned.
"Von rjn't mine u," said a cu-tomer to a
drnaxlit who endeavored to palm off his own
mixture when Dr. Hull s Cough Hvrup was
Mired tor, and Bull's be sot. F.lee fa cents a
TIIE VALOR OF THE SOUTH.
Testimony of General Don Corlos Buell —
A Beautiful Trlbato.
General Don Carlos Buell, whose timely
arrival st Shiloh saved Grant’s army from
destruction, contributes some excellent
articles to the Century Company’s great
book, “The Battlea and Leaders of the
Civil War." On the fifty-first page of vol
ume III, in an article entitled “East Ten
nessee and the Campaign of Perryville”
General Buell says:
“A philosophical study of our civil con
flict must recognise that influences of some
sort operated fundamentally for the side
of the Confederacy in every prominent
event of the war, aud nowhere with less
eflort than in the Tennessee anil Kentucky
campaign. They are involved in the fact
that it required enormous sacrifices from
24,000,000 of neople to defeat the political
scheme of 8,000.000 ; 2,000,000 of soldiers
to subdue 8,000;000 soldiers; and, descend
ing to details, a naval fleet and 15,000
troops to advance against a weak fort,
manned by less than 100 men, at fort
Henry; 35,000 with naval co operation to
overcome 12,000 at Donebon • 60 000 to
secure a victory over 40,000 at Pittsburg
Landing; 120,000 to enforce tile retreat of
65,000 entrenched, alter a month of fight
ing and manoeuvering, at Corinth; 100,000
repelled by 80,000 in the first Peninsular
campaigu against Richmond; 70,000 with
a powerful na al force to inspire the cam
paign, which lasted nine months, sgsinst
s0,000 at Vicksburg;90,000 to bare y with
stand the assault of 70,000 at Gettysburg;
115,000 sustaining a frightful repulse from
60,000 at Fredericksburg; 100,000 attacked
a d defeated by 50,000 at Chaucellorsville;
85,000 held in check two days by
40,000 at Antistam; 43,000 re
taining the field uncertainly
against 38,000 at Stone river; 70,000 de-
fs>!ed at Chicamauga, and beleaguered by
70,000 at Chattanooga; 80,000 merely to
break the investing line of 45,000 at Chat
tanooga ; 100,000 to press back 60,(XHl, in
cressed at last to 70,000, from Chattanooga
to Atlanta, a distance of 120 miles and
then let go, an operation which is com
memorated at festive festive reunions by
the standing toast of “one hundred days
under fire;’’ 60,000 to defeat the investing
line of 30,000 at Nashville; and finally
120,000 to overcome 60,000 with exhaus
tion after a struggle of a year in Virginia.
The rule which this summary establishes
will not determine absolutely the relative
merit of the different achievements, but is
not to be ignored in a judgment upon par-
ticulhr events.
Individually the Northern SvMict war 'r.
no (ease the inferior of the Boutin....
AVI,at, then, is the explanation of this
rule, which is so nearly invariable aa to
show that superior numbers were generally
essential to Union victories and the success
of Union operations? Much was due to
the character of the contest. Revolution
i« calculated to inspire bold and desperate
action, and ««rs ot sentiment, of the na
ture oi which this partook more in the
South than in the North, are always
marked by unusual energy. In tbe North
there was much animosity, but it was more
collective and operated more in shaping
public policy than upon the temper of the
armies. The style ot the orders -nd proc
lamations issued by many of the Southern
generals shows how much they relied on
tiie passion ite enthusiasm of their soldiers,
and how they tried to stimulate it. They,
recognised that the odds must generally
he against them, nod that they
in list find some means of overcom
ing the effect of the fact upon the spirits
of their troops, and themselves set an ex
ample of aftdacity.
Of course the necessity of invasion
against a hostile population placed tiie
Federal cause st a disadvantage which had
u. be overcome by greater number-. The
simpler mode of life to which tiie bulk uf
the Southern troops were accustomed made
them more contented with meagre sup
plies; the lack of resources of every sort
pre, ludrd the luxurious outfit tu which
the Northern troop* were accustomed; and
then the impedimenta of military opera
tions were more restr eted without im
pairing their efficiency than in the North
ern armies. It took some time to eradi
cate this inequality. Another sectional
distinction produced a marked effect in the
beginning of the war. The habits of the
Southern people facilitated the formation
of cavalry corps which were compara-
rircly efficient even without instruction;
and accordingly we see Stuart, and John
Morgan, and Forest raiding with impunity
around the Union armies, and destroying
or harassing their communication. Late
in the war that agency was reversed. Tiie
South was exhausted of horses, while the
Northern cavalry increased in numbers
and efficiency, and acquired the audacity
which had characterized the Southern.
But still another influence must be found
in the personal differences between the too
sections—differences due chiefly to the
more rural condition of the Sou h and the
institution of slavery. In all popular
movements the Southern leader was then,
and is how in a leu degree, followed with
an implicit confidence which did not mean
humility by any means, but produced sub
ordination.' This difference is illustrated
by two historical incidents. APCold Har
bor. the Northern troops, who hid proven
their indomitable qualities by losses near
ly equal to the whole force of their Ofrno-
nent, when ordered* to another sacrifice,
even under such a soldier ss Hancock, an
swered the demand as one man, with a si
lent and stolid ineitia: at Gettysburg,
Pickett, when waiting for the signal which
Longstreot dreaded to repeat, for tbe hope
less but immortal charge against Cemetery
Hill, saluted and said, as he turned to his
ready column: ’’I shall tuoic forward,
sir!”
Nor must we give slight importance to
the influence of the Southern women, who
in ngony of heart girded the sword upon
their loved ones nnd bade them go. It
was to be expected that these various in
fluences would give a confidence to leader
ship that would tend to bold adventure,
and leave its mark upon the contest.”
If a note be lost or stolen It does not release
the ii aker. lie must psy It. Smoke Grand Re
public Buffos or Cigarros. Bold by all Hril-chus
dealers.
Iletting on Cleveland.
By ciegrtph to the New York llersld.
Washington, July 1.—The statement
is made, on the authority of Mr. Dalton the
postmaster of the House of Representa
tives, that more than $100,000 is now
available at the capitol to be wagered
upon the election of Cleveland and Thur
man. Congressman Tim Campbell, of
New York, is authorised by a political
club in New York city to bet $25,(00 la
this manner at odda of 100 to 50. A num
ber of Democratic Congressmen in the
House have alao signified their desire to
make individual wsgere of from $5,000 to
S 10,060 each at sub-tantfally the forego
ing odds. , |
CHICAGO’S COU'P.
Her Iron Mills Running at
Full Capacity.
A REVOLUTION IN THE TRADE.
The Nall Mills Not tn the Manufacturers’
Association This Year, and the
Strikers Depending on Them
for tbe Slueus of War.
Chicago, July 6.—A local paper saye:
Whatever the result of tbe struggle between
the iron aud steel manufacturers aud their
men at Pittsburg, it is safe to say that the
Chicago manufactureis will continue to keep
open their mills and run them at their full
opacity. The truth of the matter is that
Chicago has the bulge on Pittsburg just at
the present time, and to all a pe.iraucrs it is
a bulge that sill last. In Che matter of steel
raii manufacture!-, and iron lutnufacturers,
too, tor that matter, Chicago has tbe ad.
vantage »f pretty tiiui'li til, if uut every one
of its competitors. The Cni -igo ms u ac-
turen are waking money and lots oi it
and far sighted'men profe-s to believe that
inside of fifteen years this eiiy will be the
eeutre »| that industry. In thesiee*. indus
try, there are three principal (actors outside
of labor coke, ore aud markets This city
may be considered tbe first market of the
United States for steel rail. Three fourths
of the steel rails made are used in the North'
west In other words, Chicago is ahead of
Pittsburg. Youngstown and other neighbor
ing points just exactly the cost of shtppiqg
its output .of steel rails between Pittsburg
and Chicago, Chicago teing that much
nearer tiie market. It is now generally urn
d:r:tcsd thst •’ «o point can ore and coke
be brought toeether more readily nnd with
less cost than here. Taking everything into
conslderatiou, it is stated that Chicago will
tnru out steel rails at least $5 cheaper than
they could last year. Consequently, at $32
per ton this year they are making just as
much as they were last year r,‘ *37; iu fact,
they are making more, for the tc*z:-n that
they are turning oat * 75Rl
TIIB NA!L XILiat,
Pittsburg, July 6.—The present iron
lockout presents a curions and imp.., Unit
contrast to the great irgn strike oi 1882. At
that time the nailers, ns well as the iron and
steel workers, demanded an advance, and aii
naii ractorh" •"•re closed down on i trike.
This vear the net! manufacturers did not go
in with the association of manufactures of iron
sleet rails tu demanding a reduction in
wages and presented no scale, signing the
scale of the Amalgamated Association of
Iron and Steel worker* without question,
and the.fact ries are runnim; as u-ua!. Tim
Eastern and Western nail manufacturers all
meeting in Pittsburg in the early part
of last month, agreed upon Die uni
form scale of prices, • and practically
farmed a joint pool for the maintenance of
these prices, tinder this arrangement it is
not necessary to amalgamate with the iron
and steel manufacturers; for while nails
can be maintained at $ ,90 to $2, tiie present
rate of wage? can be paid. The Atunlua-
lnited Association counts on tiie source (or
deriving the revenue to maim tin resistance
against the redaction and ennsidors ihat it
has entered the present conflict mu h better
prepared to secure victory than In 1882,
wfflen it wss necessary to tight the nail man
nfacturers as well.
There were no more signatures to the
Amalgamated scale to day, amt ilic general
situation was about the same ns Toetuyy.
RUNNING tVITlt NON UNION MRS.
The steel firm of Singer, Nimick cfc Co
made an eflort to-day to start their works
with non-anion men, which was quite suc
cessful. The works have been closed for
several weeks on account of wage <1 -agree
ment, and the firm baa dct-led :to run
imiepondent ot the Aimalgnmated
Association or the Kuighta of
Labor. Last evening Singer submitted
a proposition to the head men, offering them
the same wa.es as demanded by the amalga
mated assoefation, bnt refusing to sign any
scale or agreement. A number of men ac
cepted the proposition aud this morning
there was k partial resumption in the steel,
hammering, wheel dnd axle sheet mill and
rolling and heating departments. The firm
employs about 800 men when running full,
and they expect to start all departments
with a full complement of men in a few days.
The following by the Associated Press last
night also shows that tbe strike is not yet
oft*, as has been stated:
Nkw York, July 5.—At a special meeting
of the New York city division No. 105, of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
held on tbe 3d instant, it was unanimously
decided to assess members of the division
five dollars per month for three months, or
longer, if necessary, for the benefit of those
members of the Brotherhood engaged in
the strik* on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincey rail rose.
DEMOCRATIC CLUBS.
Reports ot Committees Received—Final
Business—Adjournment.
Baltimore, Md., Jniy 6.—The con
vention of Democratic clnb* had
its second session this morn
ing at the Academy of Music. When the
hour for opening arrived, not more than 150.
delegates were in their seats, but the lobbies
and balls were well filled. William 1.'. Bus
sell, of Massachusetts, temporary chairman,
called the convention to order at half past
ten o’clock. He stated that he had received
numerous telegrams front various sections of
the country wishing the conve tion success
in it* work. One of the telegcams stated
that over u hundred clubs had been organ
ised in Iudiaoa and thst they were going to
carry the state for Cleveland and Thurman.
TUB PLATFORM.
slot report of the cumuiitUe on rssolptiena
was presented ky J. T. Gathnight, of Ken
tucky, and was as follows:
"Tin delegates ef the Democratic clubs of
the United States in convention assembled
give their hearty Indorsement to the platform
adopted by the national Democratic: conven
tion and pledge their enthusiastic support to
its candidates. We declare our most em
phatic approval of the wise, progressive and
{ istriotic administration' of President Cleve-
and,and our belief that the general interests
of the whole country require tbat he should
be given the second term in tbe Presidential
chair, which his conscientious and fearieas
discharge of it* duties entitles bint to receive.
We warmly commend the nomination of
Thurman for Vice-President a* that of an
honored Democratic statesman of long expe
rience asd high ability, qualified is every
way to adorn that office and stand next in
succession to the Presidency.”
We give onr hearty indorsement to the
sound and courageous message of President
Cleveland at the opening of tbe present Con
gress, and we rejoie* at the coming passage
by the Democratic majority of the House of
Representatives of a bill for effecting a genu
ine reform of oppressive war taxes.
The platform was adopted by acclamation
amid a perfect storm of cheers.
OTIIgR REPORTS.
The report of the committees on creden
tials, which agreed simply on the number
THE FIRST BALE.
Reputation,
m&neut organization,submitted hfs report, .
which named Hon. J. VV. Wimans for presi- !
dent of tiie convention. Wiraaq’s name was
greeted with nudity cheers and" the report -
•WWSMSSSi-, prim ” s k«ps «p His
to the chair by L. R. Corfran and J. V. Tut
tle. Upon taking the chair, Mr. Wimans |
briefly addressed the convention, returning j
thanks for the high honor conferred on him nut/rn rn ntr rnnr
and stated that the object of the gathering AND HOLDS BAKER TO THE FORE,
ways to devise wry and means to purify,
our public institurotU At the conclusion!
of bis address thrit sheets were given for The ltale Weighs Three Hundred andSev.
Wimans, three lor the State of New Jersey, enty Founds nnd Brings Twenty-One
the state of bis birth, and three for Wiscon- and One-Fourth Cents Fer
sin, whence he now nails. Found.
The first official act of Mr. Wimans was uf
pnt a motion tor vote of thanks tn Chairman
RusieU, which sas noisily carried.
PLAN OF ORGANIZATION.
Albany, Ga., Jaly 5.—[Special.]—The
j first bale of new cotton arrived from the
Congressman Tarsney, of Michigan, chair- Hon. Primus Jones’ Buker county farm at
man of the committee gn permanent organi- ‘ 9:30 o’clock aud was sent to Hall’s new
ration, made the report of that committee ! warehouse, but the warehouse was not com-
and submitted a constitution of the national plete and the bale was sold at 8. IL Weston’s
association of Democratic clubs. The plan warehouse at 11:30 to Mr. Von Gunnell, one
5K ’vice-president C Rom °Lch P s2u •* »"*?«■. for 2,* cents per
and Territorv, and a secretary and a treasu- pound. It weighed 370 pounds.
rer. The following names were reeommeud- Ten watermelons sent to town to-day
secretary Edward B. Whitney; treasurer,' weighed from 66 pounds to 66 pounds each.
George II. Lambert. It was suggested that. One weighing 60 pounds was shipped to
each State name its vice-president and four
executives before the conveution adjourned.
The delegates from Baltimore obtained
permission to introduce a resolution in refer
ence to the joint assemblv of soldiers of the
Blue and Gray at Get ysburg. The resolu
tion stated tbat delegates to the convention
were thoroughly in sympathy with the spirit
shown by the soldiers of the two armies now
united at Gettysburg. It was unanimously
adopted, and then recess was taken.
It was 3:45 when the convention was again
called to order. The first business in order
was the catling of States for selection of vice-
presidents and members of the general com
mittee and the selections were ratified by
the convention. Then Mr. Flattery, of Mis
sissippi, rose and, after commenting on the
fraternal feeling which had characterized
the convention and predicting victory at the
polls in November next, offered a resolution
declaring that in sympathy with the spirit of
freedom the world over, the convention of
Democratic clubs protests against tyranny
and oppression wherever they exist, and
declaring further that it is in ihvoi oi the
success of Irish home rule. The resolution
was adopted amid applause and cheers.
THE COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS
was then called npon and its chairman re
ported that the majority did not think it
e^dfent to report on the Chinese resolu
tion of the St. Louis platform. The only res
olution which the committee recommended
for adoption was one declaring tbat in the
selection of vice-presidents ana members of
the gent-m 1 -emmittee, - that to represent the
District of Columbia shall be confined to
purely I8cai organizations a* on the roll of
this convention. It wnv further stated tbat
there was a minority report upon the
Chinese resolution. Ex-Representative Wil
lis, of Kentucky, rnemberof the committee on
resolutions, ami the gentleman who bad
offered the Chinese resolutions, stated that
the difference in the committee was merely
one of propriety and that there was really
no minority report. The committee had
been unanimous in opposition to Chinese
itineration but tiie mitt,-,- It.id nut
thought it prudent to enter into an iraue
which hud properly been met by the M
Louis convention. Unwilling to do anything
to mar the harmony or the conveution, he
refrained from submitting a minority report,
and moved the adoption of the majority
report. This was agreed to after
an earnest request from Taylor,
of Mit'-m-hu-etts, who thought that sot
action should be taken on the Chinese qu
tiou in view of the fact that since the me
ing of the Democratic convention in St.
1. ,tiis tit- Republicans had met in Chicago
and placed iu nomination a man who was
named Ben Harrison. The Democratic party
and tiie laboring men who made up its bone
and sioew in the North were against Beu
Harr,son on all principles, and especially on
the Chines: question. Rut M< protest
proved unavailing nnd the report of the-
committee on resolutions was adopted with
out any disjenting votes.
FINAL BUSINESS. I «
On motion of Schley, of Wisconsin, it was
ordered tbat the officers of this organization
be a committee to call upon President Cleve
land and Judge Thurman to extend to them
the cnngratnlations of this convention, to
inform them of its doings and to pledge to
them its hearty support in the impending
campaign.
Warm applause greeted the adoption of
this nnd then Senator Kenna, of West Vlr-
ginia, taking the floor congratulated the
convention upon the happy result of iu de
liberations. It was time now, he said, that
each member of the convention should re
solve himself into a Democratic campaign
committee and go home and go to work.
Votes of thanks were then accorded to tbe
officers of the convention for their labors, to
the citizens of Baltimore for their kindness
and hospitality and to members of the press
for their impartiality; and then after three
cheers for chairman Winans as the next
governor of Wisconsin, the convention at 5
o’clock, adjourned sine die.
There were representatives present of 496
clubs, besides delegates from the national
independent colored political union and the
colored national Democratic league.
CALIFORNIA FOR CLEVELAND.
Harrison's Ctilnese Record Will Lose Him
the Golden State.
Br Telegraph to tbe N. Y. Herald.
Chicago, July 1, 1888.—General W. S.
Rosecrans, register of the treasury, waa in
the city for a short time to-day, leaving at
6 o'clock in the afternoon for Montann,
where he proposes to spend bis vacation.
In speaking of the political situation with
a Herald correspondent, he said Oregon
might possibly be carried for Gen. Har
rison, but California was certainly Demo
cratic and would cast Its electoral vole for
Cleveland. The popular idea that the
hoodlum element oi tbe Golden State is
the only one arrayed against the Chinese
is mistaken. Not long ago a secret ballot
was taken throughout tbe State npon tbe
Chinese question and of 155,001) votes cast,
but 8,000 were in favor of the Chinese re
maining. Last year at the gubernatorial
election 12,000 voters did not go to the polls
because they were not satisfied with tbe
utterances of the Republican and Demo
cratic candidates upon this all important
matter.:
Said General Bosecran:—“It may M
safely said that California will not give a
majority for General Harrison for the rea
sons 1 have given. People outside the
State can form no idea of the feeling with
in the St >te on the Chinese question, for
no other State has suffered to much from
the Celestials. General Harrison’s record
on this question is one which will array
California against him, and if be has any
hopes of carrying the State he may aa well
abandon them now. General Harrison
Mnaflywy be popular enough, but
California cannot and will not overlook
bis vote and utterances upon the question
which so closely affects their interests. It
can be readily be seen that they have
THE EAST MACON BRANCH
Of the Y. 81. C. A.—The Ln,lies’ Commute.
Meet nnd Organize. 16,5
Old engine house No. 6, which has M
rapidly been convened into a branch of
Macon’s Young Men’s Christian Assoc,V
tion, presented a lively appearance
_erdav afternoon, it being the first Jet
tog of quite a number of East Macon &
dies, who arc deeply interested
special work for young men. lnu
_ Twenty.two ladies were present
G. S. Johnston led in a short devotio^i
eqerctse, and Secretary Wynn statee th.
object of the meeting, which was discus!*!
by the ladies and a constitution adopted ^
W. Gantt, chairman; tfrTw
-JL’i Phillips, vtce-ch itrtnan; Mrs A la
White, secretary; Mrs. a. F. Jonre, tu
urer. ’
Committees were appointed to forward
the work ot their committee, such as coin
and furnishing, commit-’
J nt decoratIon . committee on entertain-
The ladies propose to furnish the parlor
and reading room and from the smoun
pf interest and good will expressed in ,h»
tmttal meeting, the young men may con-
fidentially expect as handsome rooms is
can be found in our city.
The committee will meet again nszt
Tuesday evening at 4:30 o'clock, to renort
°P progress of a festival they propose io
1° ratse funds for furnishing the rooms.
The i Elegraph wishes the committee
much success in their laudable and praise,
worthy undertaking. 1
Mr. Cutter haa turned the building over
to the executive committee in good repair
A partition of folding doors divides the up!
stairs hall into reading room and parlor
which can be thrown into one room during
entertainments, public meetings, etc.
Down stairs are commodious bath rooms
and room for a good gymnasium, which
will be put in in due season.
The work will be nndcr the management
of Macon's Young Men’s Christian Associ-
ation directors. Mr. George a. Gantt
represents East Macon on the board, and
the same business-like work which charac-
. trTihCS Macon’s institution and makes it
’ not only tbe foremost work in Georgia,
but a’cond to none south of Baltimore,may
kuiu ! 3C eji’ooted on the oast side. The mcm-
and silver bars anti precious su»„c* 'wrsMn of the swurtstion is now 640, and
lying in the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, ___ “ycr one. hundred young ■
the treasure of the English sloop of war
De Braak, which went down in 1798."
The main obstacle her.tofore to locating
the wreck, the Doctor says, lias been the
variation of the meridian, whiclt has been
accurately solved by Lieut.-Cotumamlcr
Adams, of the United Slates navy, who
has been granted a lea-e of absence by the
Secretary of the Navy to further prosecute
the search for the De Braak.
The De Braak, in which the treasure is
supposed to be buried, sailed from Fal
mouth, England, on June 3, 1797, for the
British West Indies. She was commanded
hr Capt. James Drew with a complement
of eighty-six men, and tn the following
May arrived off the Delaware Capes.
While under mainsail und reefed topsail
she capsized nnd sank with thecaptain and
thirty-eight officers and seamen. The rest
of the crew escaped in the ship’s boat ami
a pilot boat, which was waiting to take the
pilot ashore.
Two hundred Spanish prisoners also
went down at the same time. The De
Braak was a licensed privateer under the
English flag, and while on her journey
across the ocean overhauled two prizes,
both loatit-il with the specie which Dr.
Pancoast and Lieutenant Adams will en
deavor to bring from the bottom of the
ocean.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland, White House, Wash
ington. Mr. J. S. Davis also sent to Mrs.
Cleveland to-dayamelon weighing62pounns
grown by J. It. Forrester, of onr town.
Edgar Land, « young man of East Dough
erty, who left here one week ago for Texas,
was so unfortunate as to have one foot
mashed off by a car on the Texas Central
railroad, near Ennis. He will return as soon
as able to travel.
The Fourth wss celebrated yesterday pret
ty generally with foot races, speeches, wrest
ling, boxing and dove shooting. The Gun
Club, ten in number, bagged about 500 doves
and had a nice barbecue and other refresh
ments. Messrs. Mclutosh and Davis were in
the crowd.
Going Out to F!«ll Up *2,000,000.
From the Fnnadelpbla tu- :
two raontliB shall have passed.”
Dr. Seth Pancoast, “I propose to Und
in Philadelphia $2,000,000 worth of gold
A Ooo«l Mnti with a Had Record.
From the S&vanoah Timet.
Harrison U unfortunately a good man
With a bad record. It would have Wen
far Utter for the Republicans to have nom
inated a bad man with a good record. Johh
Sherman would have answered admirably.
Aside from Harrison’s bad record in the
Senate, ho is tbe attorney h r numerous
railways and telegraph comp mirr. As an
indication of his loyally tu railroad, com
panies in times of emergency, it ia only
neeea-ary to refer to his course pending the
railroad strike of 1876, on which occasion
he implored the Governor to order out the
troops and shoot down the strikers. Gov.
Williams resisted his influence, claiming
that the men were peaceable and tlinl
there was no necessity for such action. At
this he mustered up a company of his own
and drilled the men, so ss to have them in
readiness in case of an emergency. Upon
the same occasion he msde a speech from
which the following is verbatim and sub
stantiated by affidavits:
"Were I the Governor I’d force those
men back to work or shoot them down on
the spot."
And upon another occasion during the
same trouble he declared in a speech that
“A dollar a day and two meals are enough
for any workingman.”
The Knights of Labor, through the
State, officially petitioned for hta defeat in
the last Senatorial contest, and at Chicago
the laboring classes by the hundred were
found working for his defeat and in the
interest of Gresham.
THE NATIONAL CAFITOL UNFINISHED.
Slanjr Appropriation., It is Thought, Will
Yet Have la La Made.
From the New York 8un.
Persons visiting Washington have, per-
haps, regarded the cspitnl as complete,
but it is, in fact, sn unfinished building,
and the House has just appropriated $100,-
000 for a grand portico and staircase st the
west front. However false an economy
may prevail with Senators and Represen
tattves regarding the othei^ public build
ings, they all know better than to put
cheap work on tbe capitol. Originally
the east front of the building was
menu as the real front, but plac
ing tbe President’s house back
of the capitol caused- the city of
Washington to be built behind the capitol
as it was. So the west front htd to be
made as grand and imposing as tbe esst.
Two or three years ago Congress appropri
ated over $300,000 for tiie new marble
terrace, which is now complete. It adds
immeasurably to the beauty of the build
ing, ss it apparently gives an additional
story, thus doing away with the heavy
effect of the dome. The capitol is s very
good standard for judging of the great
extent of certain historic stiuclurcw. The
other creations in stone have almost tb”
identical proportions of thecapitol. Oneis
the great Pyramid tbe other is St. Peter’s.
There is not the difference of a dozen feet
in length of any of the three.
The Deadly Work of th* Cracker.
Cm/UGO. Jnly 5.—Mrs. Mary Flanagan
and Mrs. Thomas Walsh were thrown out
«f a carriage to-day and both family in-
iured. A fire cracker exploded under the
hi M
great deal at stake in this election. *nd • c *. n ‘*^ a
:n- tiny can’t lie • xp’Ct'd to vote ot erwise i«. yL uib!»tin. aI
of ilia'll far Clcvela d California is no longer CO u„i»ho...imi ro !
■ ,... "«* r i »» me nriTiuK io me
- i . J , . u. . ... . , _ . ,°*? r county hospital to visit Patrick Cushing, a
Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy cans when ' dubs sent hy «ach Slate, was adopted and a dWiValde Si* <• hnt oeluiig. properly in relative, who ys.terffay was (hot by caralesa
■ - -* ■ • •• — - th.* D tuo.-rai column.” - -■ ’
ertry other so called remedy fails.
Chairman Corfran, o( th* committee on per-
, eelebrstors ot tbe fourth.
men working on cummiuees.
A BRAVE, STATESMANLIKE DEED.
Henry George Fral.ee the President for
Forcing the Tariff Issue.
Special to the New York World.
Washington, June 30.—Henry Goorge
was an interesting figure at the capitol to
day. In diHcusBing the question of tariff
reform and the prospects of the Mills oill
in Congress, Mr. George said to the World
correspondent: “Of course, this bill will
never become a law. It will pass the
House, but it will be killed in the Senate.
It will hsve served its purpose, neverthe
less, and no one should mourn itsjfate. It
is only a step in the rigiit direction, tnd it
is better for the cause that it should not
pass. History shofts that a concession from
the opposition has always weakened acitue,
and m great fights compromises sreslwsyt
to bo feared. Had the iltre-
owners made a
concession to the abolitionists litre 1 ?
tmight never have been abolished. But
this Mills bill is only a precursor of >
measure far more ladical which will he
introduced hereatter and which will tuMy
become a law. Tiie Senate may defeai this
bill, but when the people leave \u ia-artl
from their representatives in the upper
house will be eniigiuened anew and -U1
cast their votes in accordance with un
mistakable instructions from their con
stituents.
“llie great issue of tariff reform hu
never been presented to the people before.
The politicians the shifters sad Irimaitn
—have taken good care of that President
Cleveland disconcerted these men whea he
forced iho issue on bis party. It wu t
brave thing to do, and the most itateituin
like need since Lincoln signed
the Fmitncip ‘lion proclamation.
Tiie issue wtil grow, not only
u|kiu the party but upon the country
»t large. 1 .tin astonished to see thegrup
of President Cleveland upon the mu*«
the people, and lam confident that he will
gaiu thousands of Republican votee u
iSew York State. Tiie Democratic lictO
will not |M>II the entire Democratic vote in
tbe Empire State, but it will gain ® 01 *
than it loafs. I am confident that Cleve
land and Thurman will carry CaltfornUj
Michigan, Indiana, and in all likelihood
several other so-called doubtful States la
these Statea the followers of the single tax
movement, constantly increasing in non*
beta, will vote witli the Democrats. Tney
will not support Hill, however, if he i* v* -
nominated for Governor in New YorLi
sad the loss of their votes will materially I
nasi.-t in his defeat, as I regard
ble. Hill's veto of the Saxton
Reform bill will never lie forgotten. It*
little ahort of suicidal.”
A CD tV CURIOSITY.
A Nix-months-old Calf Which Give* 3' UL
Froin tbe Nashville Democrat. , n fit,
Murfreesboro, Tenn , June
time score one for old Rutherford, lor
is entitled to the whole bakery, for .
within its boundary line in the * I ,
civil district there is a eix-months-om
giving milk. Your correspondent
some of the butter made from the mi „
day, and in an interview with Mr. ** .
Erins, the owner of this youngsij'®
old cow, ascertained that she b*“u
menced to give milk when five mo®* - o
st first a sort of milky-white,
but now the pure, unadulterated
fluid, which mnkea as pretty f u ,
butter as was ever seeu produce 11 tw
dairy. He esid the calf weigh htl
600 or 600 pounds, wss of the Bu
stock and in color a beautiful *** - m
She gives about a pint of milk st
which produces shout sn ounce ° , or<
He has never drank any of the m . f ,
any of the butter, but says a “ el 8 „
his, Mr..Crockett Hudem, has done£ lJ(
pronounced both very hue.
of this wond rful calf is about
old. Mr. Erins lies been 0“ er *“ (u J)
milch cow for the calf, but re . »
trade. Can any one beat tips cur 1 ** 1 -
Both Fell O.it of the v?jlis
Atlanta, July 6.-Last night" 1 fc
Pittman ami his wife were .P 31 ” 0 'ftl<
not seriously injured by fzll ,n * 0 ”
window upon a tin shed about •»
below the window. *
1’iltman and his wife occupy ,
building near tbe corner oi ” j
Alabama streets. When the jUr®^
wss sounded last night Mr*. P ^
standing at the window, ih
the floor. Pittman, hex ring*
rushed in the direction
Just as he was nearing it he ‘ ,u .
fell against his wife, knocking *
the window and falling «“ l 1,1 . L.
day they are feeling sore Irom 1 ^
ceived by the fall, but m “‘“er
they era doing well.