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THE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER. The Telegraph and Messenger Is publish* ed every day except Monday, and weekly ev* er^ Friday. ■ Daily is delivered by carriers lathe THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1884. months or $10 a year. The Weekly Is mailed to subscribers, pos tage froe, at $1.50 a year and 75c. forslxmonths. To clubs of live $1.21 per year, and to clubs of ten $1 per year, and an extra copy to getter up of club of five or ten. Transient advertisements will be taken for the Daily at $1 per square of ten lines, or less, for the first insertion, and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion; and for the Weekly at $i per square for each lusertlou. Liberal rates to contractors. Rejected communications will not be re turned. Correspondence containing Important news, and discussions of living topics, is solicited, but must be brief and written upon but one Bide of the paper to have attention. Remittances should be made by Express, Money Order or Registered Letter. Agents wanted In every community In the State, to whom liberal commissions will be paid. (Postmasters are especially requested to write for terms. 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