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( TIIE WEEKLY TELEGRAPII AND MESSENGER FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1884. PROM WASHINGTON. ON THE WHISKY BILL IN THE HOUSE. Joins, Messrs. Blount and C %«e»e'ln Opposition—Little Phil Thompson Advocates the Measure-*No Action# to THE AMOCIATED PBES8.1 WiSBHTON. March 22.-In the House, ri .„ u iar order being demanded, Mr. miford. of Colorado, appealed to the .'mise to allow one hour to be devoted to consideration of Senate bllla on the effectual solemnly declared that no more *** ... 1j.i«tnnremainder table, and the appeal proving ol the session. Under the call of the committees the foi- lowing reports were submitted: I»y Mr. Waite of Connecticut, from the committee on foreign affairs, for the return of thebal- aace of the Chinese indemnity fund. Re- ferred to the committee of the whole. By Mr. Vance of North Carolina, from the committee on patents, adversely, to reduce the life-time of a patent to five years. At the request of Mr. Anderson, of Kansas, the bill was placed on the House calendar. Mr. Dockery, of Missouri, from the com mittee on accounts, to provide one month's extra pay to certain employes of the House. Referred to the committee of 11 Mr l Cox, of North Carolina, from the committee oil foreign affairs, reported a resolution celling on the President for in formation as to what action hud been taken by the United States or Venezuela under the provisions of the joint resolution pro viding for a new mixed commission, and as to whether Venezuela has declined to make payment of any awards. Adopted. The House then, at 12:45, went into committee of the whole (Mr. Reagan, of Teias. in the chair) on the bonded exten sion bill. Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, re sumed bis argument against the bill, as- sertiug that it was only by holding distil- j er j to the law that Congress could expect P to equalize production and, consumption, permanent relief could be accorded to the distillers only by compelling them to con. duct their business on a sound basis. The passage ol this bill would lead to an over, whelming demand for a repeal of the whole Lax on whisky. Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, said that the whisky industry was made legitimate by the government, and demanded the same protection from Congress which was grant ed to anv other business or avocation. He denied that the pending measure era. bodied special legislation, and maintained till nil I taxation. It was a measure of relief which would prevent a crisis in the West. When Congress could do this without detriment to the public interests, it should be done. Mr. Thompson, of Kentucky, supported the bill, which he said presented the ques tion whether the government would bank rupt one class of Its citizens when it did not require for any purpose the money which would fall due for taxes. He was not in faror of demanding the "pound of lurprUPthat ilgh” distinction of a member solely as an appointee of the board of State canvass er*' J. 8. Wise, of Virginia, defended the beard of canvassers, which had been ac cused of getting up apetitifogging scheme. They had a precedent for their ixtion in the case of Ooode vs Platt. In 1874, when a Democratic House upheld similar action on the part of a Democratic board of canvassers, notwithstanding the report of the elections committee taking an opposite view. When the gentleman from Georgia talked about pettifogging schemes, let him remember that the pre cedent for them came from the Democratic party in Virginia. Ho expected to vote to unseat Mayo, because no partisanship, no faction, no bids, could make him forget that he had sworn to do justice; but when the gentleman from Georgia cast asjier- stons on the hoard of canvassers he felt impelled to defend them, because he knew them to be honorable men. Mr. Turner replied that the gentleman might call facts aspersions. On bis part, he had Bimply endeavored to characterize these facta as they appeared on the face of the record. If the facta aspersed the gen tleman's friends, the gentleman must blame the facts and not him. The resoluth n declaring Garrison elec tel to tlie seat was unanimously adoptel, and that gentleman appeared and took the oath of office. Tlio conference report on the military ■IldiaUtanMmai g ispensed with, the House, without opnoiltion, at 2 o'clock, went into committee of the whole, (Mr. Dorshelmer, of New York, in the chair) on the bonded extension bill. Its features were ex plained by Mr. Willis, of Kentucky, who declared that the failure to pass the bill meant bankruptcy and ruin to many of the most important and influential firms in Kenttick; * “ * ‘ *' and meant t . . to manufacturers but to some holders of whisky. It meant bankruptcy and ruin to many of thu leading banking Interests of the West. Mr, Blount, of Georgia, said that though a member of the committee on ways and means, he had refrained from bringing in a minority report, preferring to state his objections to the bill in open session. The House was asked to extend the time for the payment of the tax on 70,000,000 gal lons of vrbisky, the sum of money in volved amounting to 868.000,000. The present condition of the whisky interest resulted from over-production, but over production was not peculiar to that indus try. He expressed his sympathy for the troubles of the distillers, lint he opposed THE MORRISON BILL. Excitement Among tlie Democrats—A Split Declared Inevitable. Waihisgtos, lurch 20.—The Star this evening publishes the following: A com mittee of tariff reformers have been ap pointed to make a canvass of the House and ascertain the status of the Morrison bill. They made a preliminary canvass, and found that the bill wanted tlie requi site number of supporters to secure its passage. They then held a consultation to tee what modifications could be made, not materially affecting the priatiple of the bill, that would secure the few addi tional votes necessary to its passage. It was found that a few modifications in clauses affecting local interests in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ohio would make the bill acceptable to a sufficient number of those who now oppose it to give It a majority. The com mittec, as the result ot their canvass and conferences, have decided to recommend these modifications, and have made out a list of members who may then be depend ed upon to support It. Accor jing to this list the bill, with the proposed modifica tions, will have an assured majority ot nine over the combined forces of the Re publicans and Randall's followers. If tha estimate proves correct, the passage of the bill will be assured, but a split wm not be averted. A compromise upon this basis will be the subject of discussion in tlie caucus which it is proposed to call Tuesday, and manv not named in the list are expected to come over to the majority, but all will not come over. It is asserted that Randall and ten or twelve ot hia fol lowers refused to be conciliated upon any but the basis of protection. These, it is understood .will vote with tha Republicans, ditwill ■ A SWINDLE EXPOSED. A Company Which Makes "Life Loans," * Cixcixxatlo!, N Mamh° 19*—The .V. ■ 0NE HUNDRED INLM« OF 1TB WORK Jour,i'll will to-morrow morning contain a CKOWTH - full exposure of a colossal swindle located in Cincinnati and operated through tlie Hesh," and he expressed his surpi his friends from the South (Blount and Herbert) should uphold the iwiicy of say ing "In the name of the law, we demand the bankruptcy - of these people." The question of temperance was not inrolrod in the measure, bat It the few temperance cranks in the House would vote for the bill, It would result in keeping tlie whisky in bond and out of consumption. Mr. MilUken, of Maine, while denying that he was a “temperance crank, ,r in quired whether, even if the bill passed, the whisky would not be taken out of bond in the course of time, to which Mr. Thomp son replied that it would pass into con sumption when it was called out by some temperance cranks. He had never seen oneof that class that before making a speech would not step behind the door and wet hie whistle. Mr. Clemente, of Georgia, opposed the billon business principles, and inciden tally declared Ills willingness to forward any demand for the total abolition ot the internal revenue system. Mr. Breckinridge, of Arkansas, spoke at length in favor of the bill as a measure of juitlce and relief to the whisky Industry, •ud portrayed the ruin and bankruptcy which would follow the failure of the House to grant that relief. He denied era- I-hwtically- that there was any dishonest ring organized to urge the measure through tongre is, but called attention to the num erous petitions before tlie committee on ways and means, asking for this legisla tion. Mr. York, of North Carolina, ex pressed Ids desire to see tlie entire internal revenue syatein wiped out. Mr- Hlscock, of New York, opposed tlie lull. By its puasage the government would be entering into partnership with the dis tillers of rvc and bourbon, and would lie getting 4!j per cent, as its share of the proiits. Mr. Bay, of New York, opposed tlie turning of tlie tmtion Into a great ivuisky etofehouse. declaring that tho bill asked tbegoyerqment to become the wet nurse °'’bebig baby of the whisky business. Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa, opposed the bill, and made an onslaught upon the achieve ments which the whisky interest had per formed, declaring that it had kept in tlie neld, not tlie armies of the Union, at had twin alleged, but armies of paupers, of crime, of drunkenness. Mr. HntUey, of Indiana, e intended that the measure was a proiier one, and be- causet be relief which was accorded In the bill was accorded rsp j u illy to tho State of Kentucky was u > reason why a proper measure .h.Hil.| | w defeated. The kill was also in the interest of temperance. There wens now safely guarded in reservoirs 7u,i>»l,qi0 ea l |..iis «( double distilled dam- l.s!kn. If ihe hill were defeated, all this nery mass ot corruption would lie forced uinnilw market In one fell disastrous overflow. not si. the bill on tho principle of public policy regarding it as a proposition to lend then! $66,000,000. If the government did no ineed this tax for pi''' no right to collect iLMSSH tariff, and should be reduced. The gov ernment had no right to continue it in or der to lend money to anybody who was in distress. He was surprised that tho gen tleman from Kentucky (Willis) had stated that this was a contest between those who wanted to restrict the manufacture of wliiskv and those who wanted to give unlimited distillation. Be cause seven-tenths of tlie whisky which was knocking at tlie doors of tho Hquse for relief came from his district, it did not befit that gentleman todeclarc that those who are opposed to the bill were in favor of tlie unlimited distillation of whisky. Keen by the gentleman's own statement, there was more in tho country than could he consumed. If this were true, the gentleman was mistaken in his tein- K rancn movement. He did not be'ieve at this bill was going to remedy the evil with which tho distillers were afflicted. On Hie contrary, he believed that the ex tension would only aggravate the evil, and that the proposition waa not in the inter- estofpufilic policy. The all- the legislation of tlie counl hostile to tlie distillers wouHUHmMU animation. There was a growing disposi tion to repeal the Internal revenue taxes. While he did not concur in it entirely the time was not far distant when tlie coun try would be in a condition to re peal those taxes. Suppose that in 1887 they were repsaled. By that time the taxes ot the bonded whisky, if this bill passed, would amount to 1260,000,000, and METHODISM. mails. In hundreds ol weeklies in tlie country has been appearing an advertise ment of “Life loans at four per cent., prin cipal never to be paid so long as interest is kept up, etc., in sums from $100 to $500. Send four cents for particulars.” The ad dress is given as W. Roberts, manager, 195 Fifth street, Cincinnati. The mm/ui operand! was on receipt of stamp to for ward a plausible circular stating that leans were given only to subscribers to the Cin cinnati Ledger, a paper never before heard of here, at $1 n year. The swindlers have received thousands upon thousands of let ters and reaped a rich harvest. . Tlie most prominent members of the swindling firm are Guy Webber and Robert, allot Williams, a Hat West, who operated In New York, Boston and Chi cago. . A Judge's Authority Defied. Point Pleasant, W. Va.. March 21.—A conflict with Judge Jackson, of the United States Court, lias been raised ti the Keystone Bridge Company, whlol built tho bridge across the Ohio river here for the Ohio Central Railroad, and still holds the unfinished itructare until pay ment is received. The road lain the hands of a receiver, and lie tried to-have a tele graph wire pat on the bridge, but the bridge company refused to permit it. Judge Jackson sent tlie United States marshal, who got possession of the bridge, and the wires were put up. That night tho hridgecompanycut the wire and liar- The Spirit Which Animated Its Illustrious Founder—Wesloy Compared Loyola, Luther,Whitfield and Others—The Future, :y and throughout the West, and the split wifi be violent and perma- bankraptcy and rain not only nent. Tills result is looked upon as inev- - ' '" ' itabie, and there is to-day more excitement over the tariff agitation than has been ap parent since the question was first raised. A. K. McClure, of the Philadelphia Timet, and other influential Pennsylvania Democrats, have been here several days, and have held meetings with the friends of the Morrison bill, with a view to reaching some mutual grounds,and a dispatch from McClure, published in the Philadelphia Timet today, is exciting a good deal of excitement. The telegram declares a split in tlie party to be inevitable, saying that tooth factions are willing to sacrifice the Presidency to their principles. This opin ion is fully expressed by both Morrison’s and Randall's followers, and the conclu sion reached is that the tariff bill will pass the House, but that all Chance of electing a Democratic President this time is gone. EX-CONrEDERATE HOME. stion that llegatloi juntry had been would not bear ex- The Meeting In New York to Forward the Project,- [telkoraphed to TIIE associated press.] New Yobk, March 20.—The meeting of ex-Confederate soldiers called by Gen. J. B. Gordon at the St. James Hotel, this evening, was attended by a large delega tion, both from this city and Brooklyn. Among those present were General Roger A. Pryor, General Clingman, Muji Clark, Captain Spltzer and others. There were also present representatives of tlie Grand Army of the Republic from numer ous posts of this city and vicinity. General Gordon stated' that the object of the meet ing was to appoint a committee of rx-Con federates to meet end co-operate with a committee from the Grand Army of the Republic, in aid of the movement for a soldiers' home at Richmond, Va. Re marks were made by General James 1L O'Brien, of Farragut post, Major Welker, of Brooklyn, Captain Spltzer, of Rich mond. anil Colonel Doscnberry. It was finally decided to appoint a committee of seven to co-o|ierata with other commit tees. tlie chairman, Gen. Gordon, to be rat- officio chairman ot tills central committee. He will announce the members of the committee to-morrow. Communications have been received from various theatrical companies, offering to give a benefit per formance in aid of the movement ricadedjboth ends of the bridge, defying the United States marshal. Under orders from Jndge Jackson, the marshal has gone to Parkersburg to get an armed posse to enforce the authority of the court An Augusta Bank Robbed. Augusta, G*.. March 22,—This morn ing while U. I). Crocker, bookkeeper of the Commercial Bank, at this city, was mak ing eschanges with the National Bank, at the counter of tho latter, he was ap proached by two unknown parties, one of whom flaunted a check in his face, and commenced to question him closely, seem ingly for information. The party went out, and Crocker found that a pile of money, $2,706, had been stolen from a satchel at his side. Considerable excite ment prevails. There is no clue to tho parties, but they nre believed to be the same who worked tlie Macon banks on Thursday. ______ A Train Wrecker Caught. '• Mount Cai-.mei., Penn., March 2t.—Mi chael Toney, nged 10, was arrested last night near Wathontosm, while in tlie act of changing theswitch for the purpose of wrecking an approaching train on tlie Philadelphia and Erie railroad. He was placed in jail at Sunbtiry. He confessed tli at he lias before attempted to wreck trains. On one occasion he asked ills as tute* to assist him to wreck a train and then plunder the passengers. ngress would be asked to grant a rebate of those taxes. It would be argued that as the internal revenue law had been re pealed, to compel the payment of these taxes would be absolute confiscation. Mr. Reese, ot Georgia, regarded tne bill as tlie worst species of bail legis lation that he had ever known presented to the American Congress. Tlie owners of whisky were.no more entitled to rolief then any otherepeculetori. and this measure was wrong in principle and dan- serous as a precedent. He was in favor of a repeal of the whole Internal revenuo sys tem—not on the idea that it would enable the protectionists to get a higher duty, hot because he did not believe there was any authority for it, except in time of war. \fe of Von' Vnrlf «li'Hvi*rr*il mu THE BREAKING LEVEES. Mr. Cox, of New York, delivered an elab orate M*eech on the general subject of the tariff and revenue laws. Mr. Cox had not time to deliver tho whole of his ex haustive speech, and obtained leave to have much of £ ihe Virginia contested election ca«« of J2f r “°o against Mayo.Tbe rep >rt declares IheconteiUni (Qarruon) entitled t*» the Mr. Mayo, the sitting member, was SUfi hh own behalf. He admitted 5 a vtf *5* e .t* 1 ® act the General Assembly J? '‘HP* 1 !* requiring the prepayment of >bec*plUtlontlx werecnnslUuthmal. the of tlie committee was absolutely correct, but be believed lhal the art was nncoosUtutiooglend void, end that If the jo"* of persons who bed been rejected [or not baring complied with that ," , Jura counted, he would be ™m*l to be entitled to the seat fI"* ,l *oka made on him by the so-called Democratic party in Virginia were made feV***. frie party to which be lidonged 0 i the war wee over end taught their children to believe it. To say that he Jffi "Joked at the restoration of the Unto and the abolition of el* doer.1 South, aud lie was cafied rfffrif* after the war. That was the Jpi it that animated the fight in Virginia si?.* a**. .J 1 ". Male ot thing, whereby hi: r bis e people 01 Virginia were not murderer*; they did to work •okUlany- ”2; 7.hi" or colored, but the Democratic J'* 1 }?, o' 1 ! *rray on* ciu. against another 2? .i!** until .trite wu stirred uj. !?..% hearts of the Ignorant of .both of rni®* nn *l r ' o* Massachusetts, member wMu.A mm!u '* °U elections, said that mgr*? sxSft- Tt ‘•upjutocritktix.^tlto?what Uta"' t, 358 *' ^ , f r »•»**•did nit eon- It wu assailed i. implied I* rertectedoo UjJ°HtAt# bSffd di printed m me ifeeora. in om- portion he touches upon the approaching cam paign in the following woras: “I believe that if the political party, to which 1 be long—a party with all its frailties and shortcoming, and backsliding* which 'is still the party of the poor man, as distin- ...' — U of wealth -were t the next presi dential canvass on the Issue of free trade vs. tarifi'protection, it would in all proba bility lie defeated at the polls, for there is no class of voter* whore minds arc more tainted with the tariff heresies of protec tion than the laboring class, e-t. who are the most injured by them. But on this issue give me defeat again and again, rather tlian victory gained against the toil, blood, sweat and condors ot my fellow man. I would rather be on Hie side of the right than have such a victory." Mr. Broadbead. of Missouri, brought tlie debate back to the bill tinder dUcuv tlon with a short speech to support of the hill, which he favored on business pnnei- plea. There wu now in the treasury withdrawn from circulation, • suriilus of $150,000,060, and he did not think that the currency should be further contracted by the addition to that surplus of the revenue Creat Damage Done-Higher Water than In 1082 Expected. [TILgOg-SrnSD TO THE ASSOCIATED rggSS.] New Oeleans, March 21.—The rirer here has fallen two Inchu. At Vicksburg it has risen nind inches. A dispatch from Vicksburg to the firayune cays: Tha steamer Headlight, fromCIarksdale.onthe Sunflower river, three hundred and fifty miles above here, reports that the water there reached four inches higher than ever before known, but is now falling. The wa ter is rising rapidly at Hard Times and It within three inches of the top, and a rise ot a few more Inches will certainly cause a break at that point. There is no break at Miilikln's. hut tlie water is running over tlie levee. There is a great demand for ‘ ' to remove stock from Fatal Accident Nsar Augusta* August.. March 22 —Captain Thomas CmiiiiiigliHm. an old gentleman, while try ing tot-nos ilieii.sirgia railroad - rack this ninrnimr. seven tulles aimve this city, a ran over anil killed by an accnnmnslatlon train, ills head waa nearly severed from hishndr. Ilia li'irmi. wlih'ii lialked on the track, was literally torn to pieces. THE BONDED WHISKY BILL. Georgia's Delegation Solid Against It- Rumor* of Brlberr. Savannah News. Wasiiinoton. Man-li 20.—Tim Georgia delegation is solid against the wnisky bill. Mr. lit-eim's statement that lie was in favor of ulailietiing tlie whole Internal revenue system was received with applause mi buili sides of tlie chamber. Tl.u whisky men are “ot so confident to-night of sneers* as the* have nern for Hie pa<t few days. Tlie vote will lie very close. Pull Thompson, one of the lilU’s champions, sav* lie hard ly think* that tho hill will go through. STARTUNU ltUXOIIS Of BBIDEUV. There are startling rumors to-nigli about what the whisky men are lining They have a room in tlie capitol, wtiuro they dispense their best brand) to visiting members, it is alleged Hist behind the door of that nsiin, which none hut mem bers and lobbyist) are ollowtsl to piss, checks for vumoiis ram- urc lobe had by those willing to receive them and favor the bljU It la iiloo rumored that Henry Wattcrson'a pnmunclamtniue# did not mean tariff altogether, but that they ul»i had in view the object->f bringing nb on 11 conference *0 as to efi'.-ct a compromise, with the passage of the whisky bill basis of that compromise. * NAMES MENTIONS!). Several member) of Oongresa are men- Hosed os havingr-oeiveu click* today from tho whisky mtn. but there is nothing to prove it. There is more wandal ties year about wliiskv than llu-ru has ever occu at any preceding i-e-sion, BY REV. W. J. SCOTt. In two respects at least the year of grace 1781 deserves to he atyled the aninu tiu'ra- bilis of Methodism, both in Great Britain and North America. Nor was it leas an epochal year in tlie life of John Wesley, the Illustrious founder of Methodism. In the outset of his ministerial career, Mr. Wesley was a pronounced Tory In pol- itics, and a higli churchman in religion. This was partly due to hereditary trans mission, but perhaps more still to his Ox ford training. These' sentiments—rather than conviction—were but litUe If at all affected by the battings of the rabble, or the virtual ostracism of the clergy. As early, however, as the date ot his first conference. In 1744, his ecclesiastical views were somewhat modified by the reading of Lord King's "Primitive Church," a small and unpretentious volume. That hi* con version was not thorough appears from bis publication of a-tract in 1752, contain ing twelve reasons for steadfast adhesion to the Establishment. Hia devotion to ‘Church and King” was further shown in his reluctant indorsement of the lay preacliingof Maxfield and John Nelson, the sturdy stone-cutter of Yorkshire. At no time of his life, indeed, did he relish the thought of his societies becoming a dis senting hotly, but preferred instead that they should remain within the pale of Hie Established Church. After his death he lay in ttatc, clad in his gown, cassock and bands, witli a bikle in one hand and a white handkerchief in the oUier. He was not, by many, the only reformer who builded wiser than he knew. We reiterate, therefore, that it was an epoch In his history when in 1784 lie en rolled in the English High Court o( Chan cery bis famous DEED Or DECLAEATIONi By this instrument be gave a corporate ex Dtence and a legal status to his societies. Hitherto his annual conferences were sim ply advisory councils. Henceforth they were clothed with the plenary powers which he had been accustomed to exercise. Bat these powers were not vested In the whole body of his ministry, but in a legal hundred composed of those persons nomi nated by him in the deed and Uielr duly elected successors. This Deed of Declara tion, besides providing for a personal sue ‘ clearly <fe We have referred to Wesley as an nrcvi:- i/er. ;i:ul we-ee the in.;,re,- .if hi) ma-ter I <hi every feature ,,f Metliu.ii-t ei <»n- o:n He inaugurates a r!a«h and sooner or liter it developes into a circuit, and then into a district conference, and then into an annual conference, and then into a half dozen general conferences, and ulti mately into an Ecumenical conference for all the Methodisms from the live grand di visions of the globe. Here was evolution before Its Place had dreamed of the nebu lar hypothesis, or even Darwin hail wrought out his ingenious but probably fanciful theory of Hie Genesis of Man. But Wesley was no mere theorist, but pre eminently a man of affairs. It furnishes a fresh ana striking proof of the great law of heredity, that the leaders of our Metho dist Israel are seeking to forward in this centennial year Hie identical enterprises that engaged the great heart and brain of our Immortal founder. Education, church extension, missionary enterprise—these words and phrases belong by right to the vocabulary of Methodism. EDUCATION, whether technical or otherwise, was it not dear to the heart of Wesley? Oneof his favorite schemes, when his societies were yet in their infancy, was to complete the Ktngswood schools which Whitfield had abandoned in an unfinished condition. For a similar reason he purchased at his own cost a press, and flooded tha country, not only with tracts and sermons, butwitli 'amrttar and geography and cession, also clearly defined and fixed the doctrinal standards of Wesleyan Metho dism for all coming time. A still more decisive step was taken by him in September of thia same notable year. Will Creighton, a simple presbyter ot tne cuurcli of England, he set apart, Tiy prayer and im- losluon ot hands, Thomas Coke to the of- ice of superintendent of the societies in America. At the ism! time he empowered Coke, on his arrival in America, to ordain Francis Asbury to a similar fuocttor. and ministration. All of which was acconling- ly done at the conference held at Balti more in December, 1781. This procedure, viewed from an ecclesiastical stand point, wu* mire ri'Vihitiunary thiin reformatory. Even Charles Wesley, with all his rever ence for In* brother, denounced it as schls- tnafirtil. Nor ran it tie so wrly questioned that if hv hi* Deed of Dis-lurulion he ab dicated lo* authority over hi* societies, not less did lie i.y Hi* ordination of Coke divorce himself from tlie K-tublishmcnt Ills luture c*iineciion witli it was mani festly nominal rather Hum real. Irregular os ltd* action confessedly wes.it may be amply vindicated on historical grounds, .ititi besides liu* been abundantly justified by its effect* on the re|i<ionl-m of man kind. I lie treaty ot Puri*, which severed Hie imlith-nl connection of the American colonies and Hut mother country, was of ii-elt an lolequitie ju-liflc-ition. horcouhl Wesley without gretvnit* default I* longer neglectful ot Hie spiritual need* of the American societies. For years they had .-tillered for want ot tin- sacrament* as well us for proper |. istor.il supervision. Hir ing sought in vain to scetiro ordination from the Ill-Imp of Loudon, lie re»ilv*dto submit in no farther •lelay. Apiwaling to Girt for Hid rcctilud of III) Intention*, and relying on ilin eli iritable judgment ot fu ture generation*, lie cat uc it ,ingle blow tlm Gordian knot, und thereby insured tho evangelization of a oniitineilL For thu lime living hi* pro.utb-al opi-ment* were -Imcked I.y hi* temerity. Here was f.ir—Kiib, another Antio.-lms K.aiilntnes, who bad ,1,-tile t Ihe -ain-tnury of the Moat High. But we ot thu preo-ut day have seen tl.e -lalue of John Wesley, equally with that of Id* more conservative brother Charles eoleiimlv and gratefully installed lieoeath thu arches ol Westminster Ab- liev. Any discussion of this centennial year would bo obviously incomplete that did not consider the character ot Wesley as a religious reformer as well as Ui* marvel- orking Immediately after the reading of the which would b* derived from 45.0000X) J'' ,m ;?l, Rr. Turner, of Georgia, called up gall.*,1 of whisky. The hUl waa a juat. fair Ik. v._1-.- ... . . J m | fight one. and Ihe failure to pass it would mi# great distress. Mr. ik-lford. ot Colorado, favored the bill, becail-e It would prevent $,0,OU>,000 from g ling to swell the surplus which was kept at Hid treasury out of tlie hands of »lr? iferbert. of Alabama, said that lie wished the Mil defeated by a square vote. SO that the men who were interested in the manufactureof whlskyshonid at last come to the understanding that they must abide by the law; that they conbl expect no further special legislation for their benefit. If a stormy day should come they had in vited It; if they were in peril they were responsible just as all other business men were responsible. Negro .Train Robbers Sr. Lori*. March 20.—Three negroe* named Lewi*. Freeman and Anderson boarded several freight trains near East St. Louis last night and to-day, and with revolvers overawed the conductors and brake men amt robbed the can. At noon to-day a posse headed by Alderman Greea, from East Louts, attacked the negroes six mile* from the city. After an exchange of over forty shot*, the negroes were arrested and placed in jail. Ander- son received a load ol buckshot in bis side and arm. Alderman Green was sho» in the knee, and was brought hack to the city in a wagon. No one else of either party was hurt. boat* and barges I overflowed section*. The general impres sion is that the rise will exceed that of 1882. A dispatch to the Timei-Dcmoerat report* that the ereva-se at Mulatto Point is now 150 feet wide. Thecountry in the rear is a wild waste of water. Tho other levees are being raised, and the authorities believe the break can he closed. A large force is at work. New Oeleans, March 21.—A special to tlie Timet-liemtcral from St. Joseph, La., •ays: The river here has risen live Inches within twenty-four hours, and la now within an inch of the high water mark of 1882. Tho water ft still rising, and Kemp's levee is reported intact, but in such a dan gerous condition that a break is expect) d at any moment. Tlie Hard Time* and Ships Bayou levees had not given away, but the water was tioaring over tlirm for distance of two miles. It is now regarded only a question of time when tbty will break, pouring more water into all the submerged country. The back water is rising at the rata of two inches G r day. Live stock Is being brought here r shipment to Mississippi. Vicesbubo, March 21.—The water has backed up through the railroad culverts, flooding the house* on Front street. The levee* at Ship's bayou and I'oint Pleasant erenow reported broken for a certain ty, and much damage is being done. The Hard Time* lares at last accounts was ■till unbroken. The local steamers are busy bringing stock from Hie overflowed districts. VicEssuan. March 21.—The Uuckdeyge levee, in Louisiana, thirty-three miles be low this city, broke at II o'clock last night If there I* no chance to close it. some of tlie best lands in Tensas parish will be overflowed. ■'sWI|k ■Kkw Yobs* March 2».-TUe will ot the late John O. Ikthune, raana*er ot the Blind Tocn combination, wae ftlcd for nrohate to*dey In tlie *urr«»nate ■ office. I SStaStraro^t was execuuifiS Washing- lion in January last. it gira* ail hi* estate to his father. Jamea N. Bethune, of Virginia, but in earn of H>* latter'* death Hw estate Is to be divided between tha decedent's sisters; the decad- Orant and Arthur Meat- 8 ivemiuh News. Washington. March 2i.—Pre-i-lrnt Ar thur to-day had 11 long ■-.inference with Gene.al Great at tho latter'* hotel. Tin* talk was noliiicat. but with no reference to liartieubir candidate*. As n member of Ihe cabinet said to a .Y. ao enm»|iondeiil to-night, it wu* principally In referem « to I General Grant's action 111 the comingesm- paign. It has Ix-eti announced, apparent ly upon some authority, that General Grant will take no part in ihe next cam paign. General Grant said to President Arthur that this was by tin meati) true, lie would.no matter who was the Repub lican nominee, work hard aud earnestly to secure his election. HeHionght Hie Re publicans would win in the light. No reference was made, the informant of the -Vnn correspondent says, to either General Grant supporting President Arthur or President Arthur supporting General Orant. A POSTAL TELECRAPH. press at the Foundery wa: Bring germ of those mammoth book con cents which are now seen at London, New York and Nashville. Who can measure their influence as an educational agency? Coke and Asbury were but faithful to the Wesleyan tradition when they projected schools and colleges in the midst of pov erty and In the face of manifold discour agement". The Pierces, Samfords, Tar- ileys, Glenns. Wightmans, Parker* and Hoods, of the old South Carolina and Geor gia conferences, were in the succession when they planted conference schools at Cokesbnnr and Solera, and subsequently at Oxford and Macon. This generation would be utterly un worthy of their ecclestaaUcal ancestry should they not in this centenial year ac complish great things in tlie enlargement and liberal endowment of their existing colleges and universities. CIIURCII EXTENSION likewise occupied Wesley's thoughts and engaged his hands. It is a fact of no mean significance that in the aforementioned Deed of Declaration he provided tor the safety of their titles to tils chapels, not less than for uniformity of doctrinal teaching. Open air preaching at 5 o'clock in the morning, if not a tempting oi Provi dence, was in no wise conducive to com fort and longevity. Wherefore Wesley at an early day procured tlie Foundery build ing in London, for many years the Metho dist headquarters, as a preaching place. It might be fitting for lifm, when barred out of the parish church, to mount his futher'e tomb and feed with the word of life the starving mulUtude that thronged him. Buthe was too matter-of-fact to sup pose that field preaching was oneof the cardinal virtues or that it was adapted to produce permanent results. Even the natural amphitheatre of Gwenap must give place to a suitable chapel at Truro. Moorflelds must have its tabernacle. The City Road with its unsavory legends of high way robbery by snch heroes of dime novels as Dick Turpin and Cliude Duval must have a massive bouse of worship. In his canon of prophecy there was a Haggai to build as well as an Isaiah to comfort Tlie Methodists, albeit unskilled in architecture, are not lacking in this ly fail to sec that 1 ticenmaffcln its v last hundred year.. Norr.ecil it’a’arm the doughtiest! pion ot primitive Methodism i doctrines are autbontaUveJv r 1 and its discipline relaxed' at points. No human aystein is (per. feet nor is it heresy or blasphemy to stnto IL As in civil, so In ecclesiastical govern ments, reformation delayed i.s revolution begun. But it is not every theological up start who is endowed for tlm work of re construction. Krmtratu?. it has been for cibly said, destroyed in an hour what it re quired the tailor of a century to ' odd. What we need in this centenary is not new departures in any of the direr linn- in dicated, tint os our honored Senior Bishop insists, a baptism ot tire undo! the lloiy Ghost. If the MeUiodism of the future should improve its methods nnd madhi-t its moral forces on a better plan, yet if it lack this element of vital Godlino- . it will suffer infinite loss and detriment. There is an axiom in mechanical philos ophy that power is always gained at tlie expense of velocity. It may be well to consider that, for it also lias its moral uses. There is another axiom that the momentum of a moving body is it* weight multiplied by its velocity per second. I* t us not forget that, tor it likewise has iL) moral application. "If your sword lie too short,” said a Spartan mother, “add a ■ ■ my b:.r.' I :iml. nionian hoy." The Methodism of the future ought in the main “to mind the same things and walk by the same rale." It must not wander after strange Gods—nor hug to it) bosom fair bnt false Delilahs. T!Jfflormer robbed Solomon of his wisdom, and the latter despoiled Samson of ids strength. And yet we would have it continue both aggressive and progressive. There is not Imre any necessary antagonism, and not otherwise can wo preserve tlie healthful equipoise of the body ecclesiastic. A firm adherence to tills policy will 'Ca ble it to multiply it- triumphs a hundred fold. Before the dawn of another centen nial year this sect, which in its origin was without prestige or patronage hut every where spoken against as a crude folly or a dangerous fanaticism, shall In it* organic completeness stand forth from A* places of tlie redeemed earth, strong uulw dwarksand beautiful wiUi banner Caution. No200Grand Steiet. Jersey City, N. J., February 28,188S.—Two mcntli) ago I suffered with a very bad cough,which kept me awake all night. I was recommended to put on mv chest two Mcock’s Porous Plasters. Unfortunately my druggist per suaded me to try some other so-called po rous plaster. I lost my money, for they were worthless and not of the sllghest ben efit. I then procured Alcock’a Porous Plasters and they completely cured me. J. F. McGinxis*. Imitation Porous Plasters are being ad vertised and offered for sale. Beware of them, ‘'Alcock’s” is the only genuine. The Little Bantam nnd His Pin Feathers. Eufaula Times. The Atlanta Oonttitutum had better let Its little spring rooster shed his pin-feath er* before sending him on a political mis sion where results may have influence in determining the fate of a republic. WV wonder how long young IIowcll would have been connected with legitimate jour nalism before he would be trusted witli an assignment so important our conference collections. This year ought to be made memorable by tho erec tion of thousands ot substantial, well-far- Inlihed church houses and personages— not merely in the centres of wealth and population, but on the Tery outskirts of civilization. Especially we will add in our mission fields, both in the mountains of our older States and in the far-away re gions of tha neat West A third object contemplated Is a vast in crease ot MISSIONARY ErrORT land expenditure in home and foreign^ fields. It Is needles* to say that Weslay was devoted to this branch of Christian en terprise, or that the church be established was cbaractarisUeally missionary in it* or ganisation. If* did not cross the AUantic as often as Whitfield—his experience in Georgia was not Hie moat satisfactory—bnt lie is computed to have traveled not less than 250,000 miles during a ministry of I sixty-five years. This, it may be aeen by a simple arithmeUcal calculation, was compassing the circumference ot the globe a full half score of times. Coke and As bury, the pioneer bishops on this conti nent, were famous travelers. In fact, Methodist episcopacy is no sinecure, but was and Is, and we trust aver shall be, a general superintendency like that of Titus and Timothy. It is indeed a fair example of perpetual locomotion, not creeping at al funeral pace, bat flying like the Apocolyp I tic angel through the midst of the earth. 1 ] Iiearing its messages ot peace and good will to mankind. A measure of this spirit has been grant-1 ed to all branches of tne Methodist family. With the single exception of the Mora- Lvians, no sect of Protestantism ha! shown greater seal in this direction than Metho dism. Its representatives are found in Europe, America, Asia. Africa. Australia, and in nearly alt tlie isles of the tea. I Great, however, a* has been its achieve ment* in the bygone century, it is now ■■for broader fields and ■■■ mu gu^es ' A Posilivo Cure for every Form of Skin and Blood Diseases, from Pimples to Scrofula. THOUSANDS of letters taoarpoi«e<-t',n re- pent thU atory: IhHV»;bocna terrible mi Hi r er tor jeer* with blood and akin humors; ham l»m obliged to ahun public places by reason ol mx dUftfurinf humor*; hare hadlhct.xt phyMcIans; (have apenl huu'lre.U of dollar* ana got no real relief until 1 u«edCutlcura Ko- •olvenL the new blood purlPer, internally, and Cullcura and Cutlcura Hoap.the erem nWiii cure* and »kln beautlflera, externally, whlrli have cured me aud left my akin and blood a* pure as a child’*. FROM SAVANNAH. The Committee to Report a Bill Estab lishing Co**mm*nt Office a. Wasdinoton. March 21.—The sub-com mittee of the Senate committee on post- offices and post-roads, having several pos tal telegraph bills under contideraUon. has formulated and caused to he printed a bill embodying the views of the majority of the sub-committee, that the roatmaater- Genaral shall estabiiah telegraphic circuits, and at all other post-offices within ten mile* of any snch circuit where tha salary of tbe postmaster Is not less than $500 per annum. The office of fourth assistant postmaster general is created, the incumbent of which abaU be a skilled electrician, who shall control tha telegraphic branch of the Ftoat- office Department. ,A schedule of tarifla fa embodied, lb* minimum of which i* twenty rente for twenty words or lam fora distanced 1,000 mile* or leu and the max imum titty cant* for any distance however great. Message* of government officers and employe* araeiven precedenceonx all other business. The newspaper tariff l* on tha basis of fifty cent# for each 100 (SPECIAL TELEGRAM.) Sav annau, March 21.—Last night Henry Spaulding, bom Camden, N. J., wandered into a disreputable house and made a dis play of a considerable amount of money and treated the whole establishment to wine. About midnight ha left the place. pretty merry, for Us hotel, and, proceeded only a block, when be waa suddenly felled (x, un | to the ground by a blow from a soda water bottle and robbed of a wallet containing several hundred dollars, a diamond stu and a watch. .Spaulding intended to ieaTe for New York on Wednesday, bat missed the steamer. The Norwegian bark Stella, Capt. Han son, from Tarragona, Italy, arrived at Tyliee yesterday, coma up to the city dur. ing Hie afternoon, and moored at thi wharves of Savannah Florida oral West ern railway. She had on board the cap tain and crew of tlie Italian bark Ade laide Chiavare, which was tank in mid ocean on tbe morning of February 18, in ous result* of hia labors. it lias been suggested by more than one distinguished opponent or Methodism Uiat in Its urganlc structure and in itsperrad- ing spirit, it bears a close resemblance to Jesuitism. It ha* even been alleged that LOYOLA AND WESLEY were alike in their intellectual and moral habitudes. It may be fairly conceded that they were both noted for earnestness of purpose and singleness of aim, and hardly lets ram wned as organising forces In the religious world. Soma analogy also mightbe traced between tbe spiritual exer cises enjoined on Hie Jesuit novice and the aelf-abnegaUon, the fastinx* and prayers—in a word, the full ohi- secretion demanded of Waalay’s preach ers. Loyola’s vow of obedience was hut UtUe more atringent than tlie W-sdeyan row to rererenUy obey and gladly lab.irai those Umes and places that h - mixbl ap- point. The former sent Xavier Li the Ki-t and the latter sent Asbury to the Wes). Wesley in tbe beginning recognised the imperative need of system. In this regard be waa the equal of the founder of Jesuit ism and tbe superior of Luther. Whit field and Count Zinscndorf. Whitfield, peeriees as a pulpit orator, lost in a great measure the trait of hia labor (or lack of thia organising faculty. Luther, grand hi utterance but grander In action, could not •ink to tbe lower plane of bare detail*. Without Mclancthon he would oarer hare formulated a creed. And eran tha Ann- bare confession as to its quickening spirit has loat Its ancient bold on the German planning f tinici. __ mlng of February 18, latitude 31154 north, longitude ID :41 we The Adelaide Chiavare was 801 tons bur. then, and was owned by Andrea Dallorso. of Chlarare, Italy. The crew for the present remains quartered aboard the Stella, until some disposition it mad* of hem b; for the fiscal year ending Jana ». IMS. I nobler dea- For many years American Methodism found an open and eflactnal door ir tbe desUtute and sparsely peopled settlements ol our fronUen—amongst ihe slam of the South and amongst the aboriginal of nnr Western forest,. Butfor the la>t tnlf cen tury It too has been pressing hibi the re gions beyond. Southern MeHinllsm luu found its golden opportunity in China, as Hie tainted Marvin yean ag i predicted. Under tlie lead-rs'iip of Dr. Allen, a man provklentia Ir fit ed for tlie work, we may c-mrtdeiitl> louk (or him and hia worthy imidjuLir*to do for China wliatjudson di l fi>r lliirmali. Tim Anglo-Chioese uni- rersiiy, proocrlr rq ilpped, has in it the •miuiMi and pitem r of sronderful results, lonlncuntim. winch it but another name It* ancient hold on the 1 people. Zinzendorf, wilh »U hit piety and learning cooJd not aee beyond the lion quarter* USpotttL. them by tbe Italian consul. Opium Habit Cured. Why will you uae the poison when m can be so eaaily cured ? It will not ALMOST INCREDIBLE. Jame* K. Richardson, Cuatom Hou-<\ New rleaii*. on oath. *ay*: In W70 scrofulous u)« a rs broke oat on mjr body until 1 wa* a m*-* corruption. Kvcrvthlu« known to the med ical (acuity was tried In vain. 1 b- cama a mere wreck. At time* I could not lilt my hand* to my head, could not tarn in bed; wa* In constant pain and looked upon lifeusa curse. No relief or cure in ten year*. In 1 heard of Cutlcura Remedies, used them >m<l waa perfectly cured. dworo to before U. 8. Com. J. D. Craw fur-1. Will McDonald. SHI Dearborn street, Chlcai- Ito, gratefully acknowledges a cure of salt rheum, on head, neck, face, arms and leg* tor seventeen years; not able to move, « hand* and knees, for one year; no help hlm*clf for eight years;.tried hu of reme-llci; doctors pronounced hi hopc-lcs*. permanently cured by the Cutlcura Remedies. MORE WONDERFUL YET. II. E. Carpenter. Henderson, S. Y., cared of psoriasis or leprosy of twenty years standing by Cutlcura Remedies. The most wonderful cureon record. A dustpanful of i »** f.-H from him dally. Physicians and bl« friend* thought he must die. Cur# sworn to before a justice of the peace and Henderson's most prominent citizens. DONT WAIT. WritetousforUiM* tnUmoalal, ia full or ■and direct to Uw partlM. All are shaolntalj' true amt given without our knowledge or >o- Uclutlon. Don't watt. Now Is U» lino "i cure every ipeele. ol Uchtog. scaly, pimply, with loi.ul hair. Bold by all druni.t). 1'rlr^: Ctitirur.i rents; BNOlvruL 11; Soap 25 rent., fuller Drug and Chemical Co., Bolton, Mass. BEAUTY snaT? pimples, iklnllUcnmhes and use Cutlcura yon cored ’ coat you bnt little more to be treated tlian to buy tlie drags. Head tbe fol- lowing: I need opium forty years and waa by I)r. W. II. Jones. G. II. Slapft, Marshallvilie, (la. Write to me and I will give you the j-- - - . _ame* ot panic* in Macon and other ~r LOW mil**, atnighLaml Mia tha day ; pUcM whom j hare cured. Tb» amount of $2.00,ow la appiopriatrd ^|| correspomlence confidential, tor .the A** 1 . F««. ~din« Jon* $5. Wff. 1 Jo ^ t M . D . f Fourth street, Macon, Ua. sou of HernbuU. His diiciptes, it is due to say, hire been wiser in their genera tion. Wesley, with his telescopic vision, could peer through the thickness of a lon- don fog to the uttermost parti of the earth, and exnltanUy exclaim, "tbe world ia my piuisli." Should tha progress of Metho dism in the next hundred yean keep pace irith its advancement in the century Just closing, the claim will be made good. What his detainers spurned as an idle boast will then hare become an incontest able verity. For already there are more Methodist communicants in Fagan land/ than there were in tbe whole world at the death of Wesley in 1791. TEE SUCCESS Of METHODISM. What has been tbe secret of Its success 197 F< •ndSiriy planting, it it does not perish outright amidst Hw blase of Gospel-day. He wli» is in pbophetic language the desire of all naui is will aaaert his claim to nnirertal dominion. On every hand wt witness the itokene of his power and catch glimpMM "the brightness of his coming." No better Ume than tbe present rmten- nisi year could be chosen for some glance* at the METHODISM Of TUI TUTUHE. UNotafew eminent writers bare express, ql doubt of the permanency of Methodism at a distinct type of CbrisUanity. It is itrae that other eertesiaatiriimi hare either become extinct or are ahowing signs of dec-1 I wlence and downfall. Bat Methodism through all these chequered year, of It* existence has exhibited not only a tenacity I of life, bnt an aggressive force that has I been the joy of it* friends and the marvel of Its toes. Tlie eight or ten persons who in 1730 met Mr. Wesley in London, desir ing to flee the irrarii L> come and to be fared from their sins, hare increased to •even millions of communicants, with a' Methodist population but UtUe short of the whole population of the British Island*. Isaac Taylor, who fancied he was writing it* death moment, when with epigramma tic terseness be styled it a "provisional and not a permanent economy," If yet living might well stand aghast In the pret ence of such startling figures. Robert Southey, tn a life of Wesley, neither fair in its statements Uor appreciaUre tn its tone, speak* of its dart as well-nigh mm- p, a real beaul m[flS l r! l8 ‘ AYER’S Ague Cure contain* an nrtfldote for all malar. «i di*- orders which, so far as known. Is luxd In no oiUer remedy. It ecu tains to Qo.t. u*. i..-r any mineral nor deleterious sulwtau o v»L.-.t- •ver, and consequently pro-luce# n« in;-. > * effect upon Ike constitution, but It - ) tl « sjttem as healthy as it wa* before l a*.u*.k. WE WARRANT AYER* AGUF. CURE to cure every esse of Fever and .\gu*, Inter- mitieut or Chill Fetrr, Remltu a F«t . r. Dumb Ague, DlUoat Fever,and tirer « m- plaiattansedbymnlarta. UeHw.fit after due trial, dealers are authors 1, t>>« ur circular dated July 1st, 1* i, to refund th* Dr. J.C.Ayer&Co., Lowe!!,Mais* Sold by all Druggist*. tha first two centuries ■■■■■■■■■I I and outstripping Mohammedanism in the lint hundred years that followed the Hegira? Some would attribute It to tu doctrines;1jret other* to a Providential; agency. We srouid not disparage its the ology; still leeewould we ignore tbaen- pcrnstnrml dements which bare contri buted to Its power and praperity. Bat ill best answers our present purpose to con sider tbe merely human elements tbateul I ter Into this historical problem. That Methodism will undergo chi in its doc trine and discipline is a prat Ity neither to be denied nor deprec At it was moulded and molded b) plastic hand of Wesley. U was no iror system with Procrastaan limits ltaiMe: did it have an element of C, <i that con-Htutea its adaptiveness—m least of its many excellencies, ft* men are wise to know the times aw sons. The student ei its history can S«u k/ lir*r*f* * CO,. Dorchester, Mas.