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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1884.
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All communications should be addressed to
H.C. HANSON, Manager,
Macon, Ga.
The “Salvation Army,” so called, di
vides its time between dodging out of jail
and bombarding the “8trongl;ol46 of Sa
tan.” It is a fearfully “mixed” organiza
tion.
Mr Tildf.n is physically disqualified to
discharge the duties of the Presidential
office, even were he elected. Georgia Dem
ocrats ought to he satisfied with the exper
iment of putting comatose statesmen in of
fice.
Railroad property asks nothing more
than to be put on a footing of equality, in
tlie matter of protection, with all other
property. No good reason Las ever been
given for placing railroad interests beyond
the pale of protection.
Eo long as the farmers go to market to
buy provisions instead of to sell them,
there will be hard times in the State. No
amount of energy and prevision in other
particu'ars can atone for such a calami
tous reversion of the order of nature in the
matter of supply and demand.
Tm constantly increasing demand for
the Telegraph and MRsnENGRRestablishes
the fact that the reading people of Georgia
like a paper that illustrates clean methods,
that has convictions and the courage to
back them, and that places the interests of
no man ahead of those of the State.
The absurdity and worthlessness of the
present road system in Georgia is plainly
seen in view of the fact that it takes for
granted the competency of almost any
man to discharge the duties of road engi
neer. The system is utterly oblivious to the
fact that road-making is a science not
easily mastered—calling for special train
ing on the part of the overseer. to insure
the best results.
Tnr. wool clip is now coming in and
making handsome returns to those en
gaged In wool growing. Under all the dis
advantages attending the indnstry in a
dog-ridden State the profits of the business
are sufficient to encourage those who are
engaged In it. Surely there will some-day
be a General Assembly that will lend some
encouragemsnt to this great industry.
Mr. Gladstone's Egyptian policy is
making him vastly unpopular in England.
This is to be regretted, for the reason that
it is just, rather than for any other reason.
It illustrates the truth that great men
Sometimes tarry too long on the stage of
active duties. The old are proverbially
timid, and rarely ever equal to the press
ing requirements of a vigorous and cred
itable policy.
There Is too much “red tape” about ju
dicial methods for successful dealing with
intensely practical Crime. The courts are
vast •‘circumlocution offices,” very fre
quently, in which Crime very successfully
hides the stuffed club and takes to the
woods, while Justice is minutely inspecting
the various batches of quirks, quibbles and
technicalities through her amiable old
spectacles.
The celebrated passage in the Book of
Job, “Yet in my ilesh shall I see God,”
will be changed to “Yet out of my flesh,”
etc., in the revision of the Old Testament.
It need not be doubted that this one changy
will be sufficient to bring the whole work
into condemnation at the hands of those
who have been taught to believe that a
great doctrine is conveyed by the present
phraseology of the changed passage. Are
the translators of the sect of the tiaddu.
ceee?
The early summer is at hand. The
flannel undershirt no longer sticketh
closer than a brother, nor do little
children shy into the comer when the
empty coal scuttle is commented upon.
The small boy has reached a period
in his existence when, in the gloaming,
he can put his feet in cold water with
out a shudder, and wears his suspender
on a hair trigger when he starts for the
muddy slide on the banks of the flow
ing river.
It will not he long before the red bug
will address himself to the tender
points in the anatomy of the picnic
dude, and the gray mosquito attract at
tention to himself by his tuneful
activity.
Hut there is a greater evil already on
hand and vigorous. The man who has
been carefully leaving the door open all
winter, now devotes himself with equal
care to closing it. He will even
turn back in his flight
and siam ^it, so thoroughly has he
learned to be courteous. Of course by
the time winter comes again, he will
have found out that people sometimes
want the door left open, and will begin
to accommodate them.
Tiiere is not enough attention paid
to the education of people nowadays.
It is not enough that a boy l^e taught
mathematics, Greek and the usual
round of studies. The slam of a door by
a professor or an LLD. effects one’s
net ves just as rudely as though it hail
1km*n done by a book agent, and we
have felt as warm after a poet had
closed the door in summer time as if it
had l>een the “devil” that did the
deed.
If there is a college, public school,
infant class or seminary where young
people are taught the importance of
giving a door the proper treatment, it
has escaped even the Telegraph's
vigilance. Until people are so taught,
however, it cannot be said that the
civilization of tho nineteenth century
is of the highest order. ,
Nor is tl.e door-coil a new affliction.
There is a fable which illustrates it
well, and which runs as follows:
And a certain man was brought before
Mahomet, and his accusers said: “Lo,
here is one who has sworn blasphe
mously both by his beard and thy
mighty name, and hath for many years
made the air about him sulphurous
witli the language of Hades and blue
with semi-tropicfU profanity.” Then
the prophet said unto him: “Wretch,
art thou falsely accused?” And the
trembling sinner bowed his bead and
admitted that his accusers had sized
him witli great correctness.
Then the prophet, with a most por
tentous frown of anger and in
dignation clouding his usually
quiet countenance, turned to
Justice who sat toying with a set of
balance scales, “What shall bo done
with this fellow?” And Justice, look
ing neither to the right nor the left,
replied, “Cast him to tho dogs.”
But os the constables seized upon
him, a small-faced woman, whom men
called Mercy, came gliding through the
throng of jack-U.g lawyers and profes
sional jurors who hung alnmt Mahom
et's court, for it was a Superior Court,
threw herself gracefully upon her left
knee, and lifting her sad salt eyes
upward, exclaimed:
“I am Mercy who pleads for him, oh
great prophet. Lo, this poor man is
a scribe, condemned to sit in yonder
room which opens on the public way.
And all men who pass the portals of
his d*>r —and they lie many, leave it
open on the chilly days, and close it
witli equal care when the thermometer
sweats.”
And the prophet came down out of
his arm chair and lifting the trembling
scrilx* to his feet, bad him go in peace
saying: “l do not condemn you, pard-
ner. There are occasions upon which
even the Prophet fain would swear.'
the principal keeper to participate in
efforts to nullify the judgments
of the courts, and to
send a virtual challenge
through the newspapers to a citizen to
meet him on the field of combat, re
mains to be seen.
Meanwhile the people of Georgia
await the action of the Governor, and
the publication of the “full statement”
vouchsafed thus far alone to mir es
teemed contemporary, tho Banner-
Watchman.
“The Manufacture of News.**
The Xews and Courier has an article
upon a new industry inaugurated in
South Carolina, the same being the
manufacture of news for the journals
of larger cities. The Telegraph has for
years dwelt upon the progress of the
industry as carried on in Georgia; has
pointed out the wonderful increase of
tho business and the boldness of the
operators. It seems that Carolina
methods are the same as those of this
State. Says the Xeu-t and Courier, in
describing the various departments of
the business:
Tin* correspondent I* stimulated to Inven
tion, and ns he knows that his distant journal
has no circulation In South Carolina lie feels
a* free from responsibility as if he were writ
ing n hit of fiction for European reading,
actlye imagination has therefore IU value to
the "special correspondent.” and he makes it
profitable to him. Local criticism passes him
over harmless, for in most cases he is not
identified as the romancer. Denials and ex-
Inures have no effect upon his paper. It has
printed "a good sensation” and does not care
to admit its groundlessness, especially as the
pie its affects live so far away and are not
subscribe!
As a general thing New York relishes politi
cal sensations, while Chicago and Atlanta
dearly love a social seaudal. There ore not
xnanv of these last in South Carolina society,
hut a colored domestic sensation, well spiced
with imaginary incidents and served up \vit||
out mention of color, docs just as well for out
side consumption, Hangings are nearly eve
rywhere enjoyed, and are very profitable to
the correspondent because so much space can
l»e devoted to them. There is the history of*
the ease, the resume of the evidence at the
trial, the inevitable Interview with the con
demned. the minute Mttnlla of his last break
fast and farewell words, and the final "dull
thud." Most of this goes ahead by mall, but
is printed as a columu or two "by telegraph.’
Some of the newspapers arc of an economi
cal turn, and get by mail nearly everything
they use, but Invariably advaucc thedetes and
print the matter under the head of "special
dispatches." it Is a cheap way of securing a
reputation for enterprise. Their public can
not tell, of course,that the sensations so print
ed ure three or four days old. Still
another aud more poverty stricken class of
journals dlspen‘e altogether with South Caro
lina correspondents, but crib items from State
papers, alter tho phraseology, and publish
them thus revam(>ed aud with dates advanced
as "special dispatches.” How do the actual
ror.ospondcnts get Ihelr nows from points all
over the State when they havo no sub-corre*
spomlents in the dlffcrcuts counties? That is
easily arrauged. Tlie dally papers of the State
are dlllgoutly searched, and some fortunate
ones have access to the county newspapers.
Items are taken from these journals, changed,
magnified and sent off. The news may be a
week old, but that does not matter if It has
not been nsed by tho Associated Press. It is
brought up to date, and In Its now shape N
read with as as much Interest out West as If U
not stale lu South Carolina.
Hence, perhaps, the conflict be
tween these great forces in
all lands, and in all ages, since the
Apostles received their commission
from the great founder of Christianity.
They are both too strong in the confi
dence and affection of their adherents
to be seriously affected by the efforts
of the other. The one goes back to tho
temple, and claims King Solomon as
its patron, if not its author. The other
is content with a later origin, since it
rests on that great Rock against which
“the gates of hell shall not prevail.”
In his indictment against Masonry,
Pope Leo XIII uses the following lan
guage :
This twofold kingdom, like two states with
contrary laws working in contrary directions,
Augustine clearly saw and described, and
comprehended the efficient course of both
with subtle brevity in these words: "Two
loves have made two states: the love of self to
tlie contempt of God has made the earthly,
but the love of God to the contempt of self lias
made the heavenly."
He says further:
The principles of social science follow.
Here naturalists (Masonic free-thinkers) teach
that men have all the same rights, and are
perfectly equal in condition: that every man
is naturally independent; that no ouebas a
right to command others; that it U tyranny to
make men subject to any other authority than
that which emanates from themselves. Hence
the people are sovereigns. Those who rule
have no authority but by tlie commission and
concession of the people, so that they can be
deposed, willing or unwilling, according to
the wishes of the people. The origin of all
rights and civil duties is in the people
the Stnte, etc.
This part of tho encyclical is not
likely to meet with much sympathy in
a free country like this. Indeed, the
Papal denunciation, to adopt tlie words
of another, ‘‘while ostensibly directed
against the Freemasons, is really, and
without much disguise, an indictment
of the Zeitgeist, or to put it less sen-
tentiously, the Spirit of the Age. For
no order, or number of orders, contem
plates or attempts the policies recap
itulated by tlie Pope*.” Tlie Spirit of the
Age in English-speaking countries may
be tinctured with a species of unbelief,
but as a rule it is liberal, enlightened
and humane. But on the continent of
of Europe, it must be confessed that the
prevailing spirit is dynamitic. Against
this fell spirit his Holiness may direct
all tlie thunders of the Vatican, and
honest men of all beliefs and orders, in
all parts of tl« earth, will wish him
God speed.
We are not authorized in any sense
to speak for tlie Masons, here or else
where, but we feel sure that the mem
bers of that ancient order, which
has survived the wrecks and revo
lutions of races and governments, and
in all ages and in all lands has found
its chiefest happiness in relieving the
helpless and guiding the weak and
erring, are «in no wise responsible (or
the evils which afflict Church and State
beyond the Atlantic, and against which
the Supreme Pontiff may have intend
ed to direct his anathemas.
Sinking of the Florida.
All additional information only con
firms the original belief that the
destruction of the steamship State of
Florida was one of the most complete
and heartrending marine disasters that
has occurred in several years. The
steamer was the best belonging to the
State Line: had every modern facility
for saving life in case of disaster; was
supplied with four or five airtight com
partments, any one of which it was be
lieved might be destroyed without en
dangering the vessel; was officered by
experienced men; was in tho mid ocean
on a calm sea though the night was
dark, and carried only a limited num
ber of passengers.
To sum up briefly, the ship was mak
ing her voyage thoroughly equipped
and under the most favorable circum
stances. Yet, despite all of the favor
able conditions, she suffered herself to
be run into, and was sunk in fifteen
minutes, carrying down one hundred
and twenty-four human beings.
That there was neglect, criminal, in
excusable neglect no one can doubt.
Such an accident, with the commonest
precautions, could have been avoided.
But at tlie same time, there are causes
which in this particular instanco made
neglect more than ordinarily fatal.
Why did the ship, equipped with pat
ent bulkhead and airtight compart
ments, sink from a fracture on
only one sido? Why were the
lifeboats partly worthless and
not available? While it is true that
all the inventions in tho world will not
make ocean travel even comparatively
safe without skill and judgment on the
part of marine officers, it is also true
that there is a carelessness as inexcus
able as that of tlie commanding officer,
the carelessness which too often sup
plies a mechanical error to ship con
struction, which defeats, by defective
arrangement, the usefulness of life
saving apparatus.
Those who slept secure, as they fond
ly hoped, on board the Florida in mid
ocean, were surrounded by three fatal
errors—a faithless watch, a defective
life-saving apparatus aud ship con
structed upon a false principle. The
death of one hundred and twenty-four
people is tho result.
FROM ATLANTA.
a Postal Car—“c. W. Vickery".
Glimpse at the Railway Postal Ser
vice—Notes of the Trip.
i ut».r the cries that follow birth and a. .
1 he i?. r .^S* e PMUleuce dawm? 4 .***;
breath;
Delegates to Chicago.
The following paragraph is taken
Death of Judah P. Beniamin.
The wires bring intelligence of the
death of Mr. Benjamin, in Paris, on
Tuesday last.
He was known all over the English
speaking world as one of the most dis
tinguished lawyers and advocates of
the present generation. As secretary
of war, and subsequently as secretary
of state of the Confederate government,
he is well remembered and
Affectionately regarded by the people
of tlie Southern States. His esespe
from the country, his brilliant career
at the English bar, and his great suc
cess and eminence in that countiy,
conspired to render him a conspicuous
figure on two continents.
The following facts of his life are
taken from the cyclopedias:
Judah Peter Benjamin w*a I mm in Santo
Domingo in 1*12, of JewUh parents, who emi
grated to Savannah in ISIS. He entered Yale
College, but left without graduating. In 1S31
be went to New Orleans, atudled law, tup-
porting hlmtelf by teaching, wa> admitted to
the bar in Dttt and rote rapidly to a high peti
tion In the profewion. He alto became promi
nent at a politician, attaching himtclf to
the Whig party. In 1652 he waa chosen to the
Senate of the United Statet. where be toon
allied hlmtelf with the Democratic party in
Consequence of the aetiou of tbe two parties
oo tha slavery question. In 1*30 be was re
elected to the Senate, his colleague l**lng
John Slidell. On December 31, ltto. In a
speech In tbe Senate, he avowed bis
adheston to tbe Southern cause, and
on February 4 he withdrew from
the Senate and waa at once appointed Attor
tomey General in the provisional government
Of the Southern Confederacy. In August he
was appointed acting secretary of war, but re
signed In Febn try, 1*62, on account of having
b.en censure*, by a Congressional < ommltt* e.
. He, however, stood high in the confidence of
Jefferson Davis, and waa appointed aerrrtary
of Mate,which position be held until the dow n-
* fall of the Confederacy. He then too*
up his residence in London.where he entered
•occemfoJy Into the practice of tbe legal pro-
lets loo. and in !AV published "A treatise on
Ml property." biace
1 work Mr. Benjamin
The Principal Keeper.
\\V find tlie following editorial para
graph in ttic Athens Banntr-Walch
wan:
We hare, from reliable authority,
ktatomenl of the differences between Captain
Seim, and Editor Jotauaon, and we mu.t aay
that Captain Selma did naught that would
coutffcl with hi. duty a. a State oltleer. What
be did war altogether lu hi, province a. a'lroid
cHI.cn, aud in uo manner conflicted wtth or
re fleeted upon hi. otHetat huitne.a.
We exceedingly regret that our con
temporary did not favor tlie public with
tlie full statement of the difference' be
tween Capt. Nelms and Editor John-
■on, which some one—perhaps Capt.
Nelms or his Excellency, theGovemoi
—has been good enough to furnish
him. The people of Georgia are ipiite
as much interested in this “statement”
os our respected contemporary possibly
can l>e. If it was proper and necessary
to make a satisfactory statement to
him, it cannot he improper and unnec
essary to submit tlie same statement to
tlie people. We therefore call upon
tlie Ilanner-Wat'hman to publish the
statement, ami let tlie people
whether it is equally satisfactory to
them.
We do not know what view the Gov
ernor takes of the course pursued by
his aul-ordinate, the principal keeper
of the penitentiary. Since lie lias taken
noaction in tlie premises and expressed
no opinion, so far as we arc informed,
we suppoie that lie approves of the con
duct of the principal keeper in assisting
to get up petitions to tlie Governor to
commute the sentence of a convicted
murderer, and in defying to tlie field of
combat a journalist who had ventured
to criticise liis official conduct.
The law makes it tlie duty of tke
principal keeper to execute its penal
tie* upon convict* sentenced to the
penitentiary. Hie law alio make* it *
crime in Captain Xelmi, or any other
official or citizen cl the State, to lend
• challenge or to fight* duel. Whether
the law will be properly enforced in
These tilings have tlie Txlxgrapii
laid lwfore tlie public, as becomes a
faithful public journal. The man who
buys a newspaper containing a bogus
telegram, or falsely dated item of
“news,” is just as clearly swindled aa
when he gets sand in his sugar or black
dirt in his coffee. ETery facility has
l(ccn offered the Tsleokapii to engage
in tills so-called “modern journalism.
Tlie paper is published in tho centre
of tlie State, and receives by 8 p. m.
nearly ail the dalles and weeklies upon
tlie duy of their publication. Nothing
would be easier than to construct from
these nnd other journals an elaborate
■ystcmof “news,” “specials,” etc., etc.
Hut tlie paper has never for a moment
yielded to tlie new attrac'
lion. Every ‘-special” that
appears in these columns is a special,
every "telegram” a telegram, andevery
batch of “corres\iondence” lias been
received from actual correspondents.
Moreover all nppear under prop
er dates. All elso in this journal
is credited to its proper source. The
Tki.kokai ii’h tuio is to publish a strict
ly reliable, truthful journal, chronicling
passing events, witli sucli editorial
comments ns seem proper, and to place
tlie advertisements of its patrons be
fore the people, li there ever lias been
or will he any deviations from this rule
they may safely he regarded as accl
dental.
Ths Papacy and Freemasonry
His Holiness the Supreme Pontiff,
following the example of his godly
predecessors, lias issued an encyclical
letter, addressed “to all venerable pa
triarchs, primates, archbishops and
bishops in the Catholic World who
have grace and communion with the
Apostolic See,” in which lie fulminates
the thunders of the church against the
ancient craft of Free and Accepted Ma
sons.
Catholicism, it is claimed, dates
back to tbe uplifted cross
Calvary—Masonry to the shad'
ows of the temples and pyramids
of a forgotten age. These great moral
forces, though not coeval, have for
nearly two thousand years marched
side by side down the centuries, and
in all those ages they have not I wen
friends. The explorer can visit no part
of tlie habitable globe that he will not
there find a Catholic priest, bearing
tbe banner of his church, and wherever
he finds a pi icst, there he will be sure,
if lie can hut make himself un
derstood, to find a Mason
also. - Tbe one officiates in public ami
is seen of men; the other exercises his
benevolence and humanity in secrecy,
except when occasion call* him to the
bedside of the dying, or the laying of
the corner stone.
It U the policy of tlie church to per
mit no order or society to come be
tween tbe priesthood anil the confes
sional. Tlie fsithfnl Mason can divulge
the secret* of his order to no human
being, and the penitent can withhold
The Truck Man and ths Railroad..
It seems to us desirable for every
reason, tliat the railroads should recon
sider their resolution with regard to
the movement of fruit and truck prt»
ducts tills season,
Under the sharp competition between
rival lines ot transportation, and the
orders of the Railroad Commission, the
roads may feel that they are justified
in advancing the charges of last year.
They are supposed to understand their
own business, and to be both compe
tent and willing to reach a just conclu
sion. Still we hope to he excused for
venturing to make the above sugges
tion.
The fruit and track business is on a
soumlef and safer footing than ever be
fore. Tlie experience of last year will
be of great benefit to both the railroads
and their patrons. The former have
learned how to handle the freight, and
the latter have learned how to prepare
their products for shipment and for
market. With this valuable experience
and knowledge, the business promises
to grow in due time to large propor
tions, und to yield to producers and car
riers alike satisfactory profits.
Tiie husinessof growing fruit, melons
and track cannot be prosecuted with
any hope of success except within con
venient reach »i railroads, and
not even tiien, unless the
roads can afford to give
sucli rates os w ill encourage this grow
ing industry. It would seem to be tlie
dictate of wisdom, therefore, for the
managers of our land and water lines
of transportation to adjust their sche
dules and freight charges with a pro|>cr
from the Athens Bantur- Watchman:
Mr. Hannon, of Macon, in spoken of an a
delegate from tho State at largo to tho Demo
cratic convention. Wo do not think the
Democracy of Georgia could select a better
mau than Mr. Hannon. Although a protec
tionist, wo have infilclont confidence in his
Integrity to feel aanured that ho would unhesi
tatingly aacrifice his personal convictions to
advance the interests of hlsgiarty. Mr. Hanson
is a true, an honest, fearless and an incor
ruptible Democrat. If Georgia was peopled
with such men she would be the leader of
States.
We reproduce the above paragraph
to repeat what lias already been stated
in these colutus, that Major Hanson
does not desire to be appointed a dele
gate to the Chicago or any other con
vention, and that he would not accept
the appointment if it should be made.
Hits business engagements at home oc
cupy all his time, and he has no
thought of abandoning them for the
purpose of embarking in politics, for
which, iK»rsonafly, he has but little
taste.
This statement is reiterated here in
justice to Major Hanson, who is now
absent from the State on important pri
vate business, and who does not desire
to be in the way of others who may be
willing to represent the party in the ap
proaching Presidential convention.
Should it be considered proper to
have the press of the State recognized
in the appointment of delegates, there
need In? no difficulty in finding suitable
persons to discharge the duty. The
TcLKOBAPn AND MkshBN’GKII llOA QO
candidate to present for that important
trust.
(special correspondence.1
Atlanta, May 0.—Very few people not
connected with it have any clear concep
tion of the railway postal service, the vest-
ness of the system, and the rapidity, ac
curacy, memory and endurance required of
postal clerks. I have no doubt the major
ity of people have the same notion as the
backwoods Tennessean, whom Key, wnen
Postmaster General, appointed to a rail
way postal clerkship. When the old fellow
got into the postal car at Chattannooga to
come here to get his instructions he found
the clerks on a rush distributing a heavy
mail. He inquired in some astonishment
what they were doing. “Working.”
He watched them manipulate the mail
from station to station, his astonishment
increasing, and finally remarked:
"I don’t think I want this place. I
thought all I had to do was to take on and
throw oil the sacks.”
When he reached the office of the super
intendent he said all he wanted was a pass
home. Mr. Terrell gave him the pass.
Yesterday your correspondent accepted
an invitation from Col. W.J. Glascock,
acting superintendent of the fourth divis-
i- n ot the railway mail service, to join him
on a trip up the Western and Atlantic rail
road in the new postal car "C. W. Vick
ery.” just turned out from the shops of
that road. At 2:40 in the afternoon En
gineer Hackney opened the throttle of the
Kingston and pulled out frpm the carshed
with eight loaded coaches in his wake.
The new car had the lead of the coaches,
and here and at every station passed was
an object of attention and admiration.
This car is the only one of its kind and
tho finest in this division. It is fifty feet
in length, on tho outside painted in the
well known color of the Western and At
lantic. with tho interior as pretty as art
could make it. It combines all the latest
improvements in such cars, Is roomv,
well arranged for the convenience of clerks
and tho handling ofjthe mail. In the mid
dle of tho car there is a clean sweep from
end to end, the letter racks and paper
pouches ranging on the sides. At one
end are the stall* for the through pouches
when made up, appropriately labeled. The
car is shut on entirely from the
rest of the train, but has two
doors on either side. It is
lighted by thirteen handsome lamps.
Every arrangement is complete for the
comfort and convenience of the clerks.
The finish of the car is Georgia pine.
This model of a postal car was made
from the trucks up in the shops of the
Western and Atlantic railroad, and is de
cidedly creditable to the taste, skill and
enterprise of the road.
IIANDL1NO THE MAIL.
The clerks in the car on this trip were
Tom Lester and Morris Conley, bout very
bright young men, and B. I*. T! ompson,
the mail weigher. Lester handled the let
ters and Conley the pai»ers, and both were
deft, swift and accurute. Col. Glascock
said tiiere were not two better men in the
service.
The local aud through mail is dumped
into this car here, and at
stations, ami all of it must be separated
and distributed by these clerks. This mail
often goes into as many as sixteen difler-
Beware, prepare, or elae ye die 1
1” he ititfc'
? bear a haggard itudeut tum and ,i«h-
n * he “': cu to let them)
I bear menTbegging Heaven to leftKE'..
And drowning ml, a wUdt,S womS&
woman', err
Sc-night take. toll ot wisdom a, of «| n
,h *
But Be«h Is not the prize we itrlve to w| a
o Ood! from vulture dream, wy .out £
«m. my ,uut det^j
° f ou summering
—Sidney Unie**
THE TARFIF BILL.
Comment* of th.Pr.a. on It. d,,,-,.
the House.
New York Tribune.
The controversy which the great bod, a
the representatives of the Democracy ?
Congress have waged with the dm/ ‘
and obstructive minority must, ti ,
natural course, now be transferred to !
national convention. On that field ,
relative strength of the contestant, ,
again be tested, and the struggle will b,'
very different one. The minority *
force their opponents to'choose bet»«
submission or a complete defeat ol r
party at the polls. With that choke
mg them, their responsibility wilt be
great.
New York Sun.
Professor Morrison's sentimental ■
untimely abstraction was disposed ofti
terdny by a vote of 158 to 155. It wasci
but it was sufficient to clear the its
phere in an appreciable degree.
The advocates ef horizontal redut™
can now retlect that there are matted
more moment that demand attention u
that there we lie ample time to reform tl
tariff a year hence, when w*e shall 1
more than we do now about its pr«„-,
hearing upon the great interests i»
country, and when tne opportunity 1'J-
adjustment will be as favorable ast
could wish.
In the meantime let us proceed to I
nes9.
Philadelphia Times.
Tlie victory over the free trade 1™
in tho House of Representatives is n.«
more than merely .a personal victory I
Mr. Randall or u personal defeat tor II
Morrison. It is a victory (or the
industrial interests of the country, ti
all, and, secondly, for the sober aiid <
headed clement of the Democratic p.
While it retires Mr. Morrison and his *
clntcs from any possible political i—,
ship, it will do much more than this ill
retire Hie tariff from the pending Pr
dential contest and give tlie Democrat
chance to make a hopeful battle for D
cratic principles unhampered by the p
lar distrust it woold have earned _
dcscived in following the wild ideas ofti
Kentucky school.
Philadelphia press.
The rcsuR reached yesterday will
less alter the wording and change
character of the Democratic national ]
form. It may even affect its Preside!
nomination and lead to tbe selection
conservative candidate.
New York Herald.
It it a victory? Certainly not for
Democrats. On the contrary, thr '
ent States, and the postal clerk Is required
tho post-offices in each State. It
to know ,
will give some Idea of tlie tax on tlie
memory to say that Tennessee has 1,740
Ths Presidency.
Tin* Presidential situation haa been
simplified, so far an relates to the Re
publican gprty, by the financial failure
of Grant & Ward. General Grant nnd
bis sons were mcmbcrH of tlie firm,
and its failure for 88,000,000 not
only carries down the house,
but it la Ijclievcd that General
Grant as a candidate falls with it. Ills
simple failure in business would not
necessarily be fatal to liis Presidential
aspirations, but tlie circumstances at
tending it, and tlie heavy losses suffered
by many innocent persons, will be dif
ficult of explanation to tlie public,
regard to the requirements of the eitua- Mr. Blaine continues to increase bis
tion.
As between the producer and the
carrier there should be an amicable
understanding. So far as regards this
new but important branch of agricul
ture, neither can prosper at tbe expense
of the other. They must advance to
gether, or together fail.
Connecting ths Pales.
Tlie next great project for treatment
by the American engineer is the build
ing of a trank line railroad from the
United States southw ard through Mex
ico, Central and South America to the
Argentine Republic. Stupendous as
the work may scetn, it requires only
time and money to accomplish it.
Tiiere are no difficulties but that will
readily yield to modern engineering
lead of all his party competitors. The
intimations ure that he will in due timo
receive a heavier vote from the South
ern delegates titan has heretofore been
supposed.
The defeat of the Morrison bill pro
bably eliminates Mr. Randall
and Mr. Carlisle from tlie contest for
the Democratic nomination. With tlie
defeat ot that measure the supposed
necessity for the nomination of Mr.
Tilden has been removed. {Die prob
lem has, so to speak, solved itself, ss
mam- problems do when left to them
selves ami time,
As the contestants drop out of the
race one by one, the choice seems to
narrowing down to two or three names
—Flower, Cleveland and Field, and
possibly l’ayne. We have our pre
ference aa between these men, hut we
memory to say mat zennesseo lias 1,74k
post-offices, Kentucky 1,021, Georgia 1,280,
and Alabama 1,333. In tlie letter depart
ment tlie clerk often lias to handle between
two and three hundred package! of letters,
averaging forty In a package. The direc
tion of this mail is governed by the rail
way by which It la distributed. Every
letter hole in tlie rack has its K. 1*. O. la
bel. For Instance, letters directed to any
point between-Atlanta and Chattanooga
are placed In the pigeon-hole labelled At
lanta and Chattanooga R. F. O.
The clerk rnuat rapidly sort tbeae letters
Into packages, each package containing
onlv letters to be delivered bv a certain
railway postal line. He then wraps upon
thafaceof thepackagea{printedslip, giv
ing It its proper direction, with his name
stamped upon it.
When the through mail has been made
up-into these packages for the different
States they are idat-ed In their proper
pouches ready to be passed on to the con
necting postal oars, where tbe clerks take
them and redistribute them until the pe>
pie in tlie different States get their malls.
Tlie local mail is made up in
tho same way, and put off at
ke proper station. At each station tho
mail is taken on in pouches and weighed,
and then put through tho same procesa of
distribution. The same process is repeat
ed with tlie paper mail. The clerk ot that
department on our car handled on the|trip
one hundred and thirty four canvas sacks,
containing on an average two hundred
|mpers each.
When tbe car left Atlanta it contained
Ml pounds of mail matter. At Marietta
we put off forty-seven l>oumlj and took on
twenty. At Cartursville we put off seven
teen pounds and tnwk on fifty-eight. At
Kingston we put off forty-three pounds.
Tlie clerk in charge of each car in addi
tion to handling this mass of mail matter,
la required to make a trin report, which it
returned to the office of tha superintend
ent. This report gives the names of tlie
eiuidoycs on duty in the car, the jioints
between which tue trip is mode, time of
leaving and time of arrival, fail
ures. if any, to receive mails at
cateli stations, delayed mails, failure to
deliver mails at catch stations and cause,
number ot pieces of local mail carried be
yond destination and cause, and amount
of mail and number of registered pack
ages handled. At the end of the month
be is also required to submit a monthly
report.
He is also required to give the number ot
canvas bogs ot paper mail and number of
packages of letter mail distributed.
It must be understood that all this work
is done standlnlng up in thefcar, the train
moving between thirty and forty miles an
hour, und often on curves where it requires
strong effort to keep on one's feet.
Mr. Olascock Is at present acting auper-
intendent of tbe sixth division, and haa in
charge the railway mail service of six
Mates. He is a vigilant, faithful and intel
ligent official, courteous and take* a
pride in the service. I apprehend there
are few better officers in thaf branch of the
postal department.
Your correspondent is Indebted to him
for a pleasant trip on tlie “C. W. Vickery,”
and for many courtesies, und the Tcls-
ooai-h is indebted to his efficiency and
vigilance for the prompt transmission of
Its north bound mail.
suffered a defeat from which it wUlb
ficult to recover. * * • *,
N"! Mr. I: ;i:. 1 ill. !i- , I
very share but '
throughout. While profes
Democrat, he lms op) -
crats let out to do. * • • ■
Nor is the victory to tlie
cans. They cannot check ta
tatlon as th*jr Wished to do; that
beyond their reach. But they ha
themselves the opportunity" to i
victory from their opponents should
come necessary.
Philadelphia Rsesrff.
It is gTeatly to b* regretted that a poiri
• i.i. i.r„t ..... i *..
of this xtnd, which waa approved i.
Republican majority in tho last CongitM
-.v::h ti-- d.-i
publican members of tha pvsasnt Ooogis_
and of a minority of Democrats who 11
- 1 .i t~. in--.!, rut-- a l..-
tbe Morrison bill should have ion* on f
statute book* by general assent.
K. Y. World.
While I!.-- i-ulili- an tv imtc ' I
Fret tdentstood In the way the Morrtsr
bill waa only a demon-*tratiun, i
don.
Now that the tariff biff haa been
of it la the duty of the Democratic brat
of Congress to set to wuri wtth t
vigor and seal to advance tbe boitncv il
the session, and to make a record for r
party on which It can enter the pn '
tlal canvass with good hope of aoccts
From tills time forth there should b* I
methods and apparatus. Congress ia
considering a bill to appoint a coromia-1 shall be satisfied witl/cUlier'
sion, whose duty it shall be to exam-1 Tlie p „ sage o( the Mor ri*o n bill
inc and report upon the acheme. , W otil<l have rendered Democratic aue-
Tbere is no limit to tin* impulse that ,-eaa impossible. Its defeat may prove
will bo given to American trade and [ equally disastrous. The fatal error was
development when such a road haa | tho attempt to past such a measure at
been completed. I all, since it was foreseen by all thought-
After the last spike has been driven, (oi men that, whether passed or not, ll
the way to a grand Western confeden- woo ld prove hurtful, If not ruinous, to
Democratic dissensions at Wa
hut an earnest desire to rescue tbe c
from danger* which threaten the v .
ot republican institutions. Let all t
to secure the grand and primary re
demanded by tha people, Ire driving be
power ut utterly rotten party lncapsbtel
(Mr. Watterson’s Cmiritr-Jtmntnl has*
yet cooled off enough to permit of its i
being correctly understood.—Ed. T. A 3L;I
A Week's Exports from Brur
Brunswick Advertiser,
i 1 • - r. |
instant, Koncgiso bark Salem, Cs|
Sandberg, for Bristol, with TOOc&sksii
turpentine, valued at $20,820. and 2J
barrels of rosin valued at $9,150.
Pitch Pine Maimiacturin^ Asioclati(
cleared brig L. Staples, Capt. Stowen, i
the 3d in"!., tor I), tn.ir.ir.i, witli 1
feet pitch pine lumber, valued at $3,514.1
IL Torra* <k <’••. •! r. 1 >• i-m •
Peter Bredsdorf. Capt. Jenron. on tbe*
Itisf fov F'.ibit..- ... ffW Alt faj,? Vi'tt
InsL, for Valencia, witli 48&M5 feet
pine lumber, valued at $0,583.
—Gc-netal Fremont's sign has It
from a law office of Broadway for a I
time, but since his sickness, a year afal
lias paid little attention to bustneu. ~
his circumstances are much reduced,
friends say that he had become exce
ly depressed, and that but for hia
spirit and diplomacy he would proiu'
bar* worried him-*-!f intohelpleasnewvr
soon. It was she wlioauggestedtofiem,
Shemtati the bill now offered, widest
was very glad to present to the Senate.
sore* ox Tin wat,
On the trip, I had pointed out to me the
teener of the recent disastrous wrecks ou
the state road. At the place where Kim
ball built liis celebrated trestle I gazed In
renewed wonder at that job. and
waa convinced that it deserved all
that haa been aaid of ft. This side of Big
Khanty I saw the place where the engine
Bulwer Lytton’s Bridge-
and sixteen freight cars went to wreck,
burying under tlie ruins the engineer and
fireman. F'urther up I law the scene of
Uie wreck of the passenger train. At both
thete place* tbe engines can still be seen.
prone upon their lucks, broken up, and
red with mud, aurrounded by broken
wheels, pietea of Iron, and tbe general de
bris ot tbe wrecks. When we think bow
grand these engines are, speeding over
the iron rail lyr day. Hashing
over the country by night, morini
loads of precious freight, bow poor ane
mean they look ditched, dismantle
ken up, maty with rain and mod,
within reach of the track, yet without
Wood or pulaa.witb noresemblanre to their
former aclvea, an object of cariosity to tbs
jMetengers who speed back and forth by
Where it Touches the Shore anil*
Great Columns in Midstream.
‘What * beautiful bildge between oldl
*1 chlldhoM U religion. How f
the child with prayer and ’
■ ‘ WW intuitively, on
life, the old mti tbrni back to prayer tf
worship, pot ting himself again side ky*
with the infent, * remark* Sir E. BulwerH
U Y£S&S£2STli?ffi&d abetzMot
bridge of ID e noe many nigh and awfal *j
through vMch the wild water* dash aa11 rj
bamaa ait aa* akin anal rear sad
tha, reaching from the Arctic to tlie
Antarctic oceans, will be easy. South
ward the course of empire take* its
flight.
the harmony nnd tbe
party.
of the
cue, U the Governor permits nothing from hi*
GaxsaxL Uaxir still has the
l ft fund to fall back upon.
Texcnam twlisvt that oo* abort holiday
nakea long baroc with ths habit of study
» th *P“" •* I' r l j: -» r.ey a:-right - L!vi.l-.'w m.
Csornta Patents. u> Ton-
11 r. H. S'. Jenkins, solicitor of patents, I too* with i
Washington, D. C., officially reports to the | f ' *"
Teloosami axn Msmaxoaa tin
complete list of patents grant
inventor, for the week ending Ma
! , »• f ‘~ 1 S rare, r t . ,
but*- lorouirh, method of manufacturing »iri: ».rurr^;t:
J * * M and Norr;* in .Ura|i