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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER. FRIDAY, MAY 23. THE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER. Dally and Weekly. ed every day except Monday, andw< eryFriday. The Daily Is delivered by carriers In the city or mailed postage free to subscripts at $1 per mouth, $2.50 for three months,, $5 for six months or flO a year. TBs Weekly Is mailed to subscribers, pos tage free, at$1.50a year and 75c. for six months. To clubs of five $1.25 per year, and to clubs of ten $1 per year, and an extra copy to getter up of club of fire or ten. Transient advertisements will be taken for the Daily at $1 per square of ten lines, or less, lot the first insertion, and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion; and for the Weekly at tl per square for each insertion. Liberal rates to contractor.' 1 . Bejected 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. Bomittancca 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 Iot terms. All communications should be addressed to H. C. HANSON, Manager, Macon, Ga. To i duty. good is both a privilege and a aMxsv follies and crimes are perpetrated ii^he name of "the people.” The wave from the Wall street convul sion is still on its widening way. Some of the pious stock gambler* have but little left them but time for repent ance. It will be seen from the dispatches that rust has made its appearance in the wheat fields of Texas. Coxoress evidently considers the passage of pension bills ns the main object for which government was instituted. It 1* beginning to be suspected that Bel gium and France are putting up a solid little job over in the Congo country, under cover of the name of the “African Inter national Association.” to reduce the cost of living by increasing pro duction. It increase* the value of the property, which Is taxable Immediately. Without the State exemption and bonus, the cost of living would be decree: ed in South Carolina in ex actly the same way and degree as if so much protection were stricken out of the tariff; but it would be at the expense of losing the future advantage derived from the bonus, Just as striking down the tariff would lose the future advantage of increased production and lower prices and Increased taxable wealth. The .^outh Carolina Democrat must be very mud dle-headed indeed, if he can be satisfied by these thin and lllrasy attempts of the free trade organ to make fish of one and flesh of the other. Representative Nioholls and Senator Brown Again. The reply vouchsafed to our inquiry by our respected contemporary, the Savannah Morning News,is rather mud dy, so far as it relates to its position with regard to the duty on rice. But giving it the benefit of the doubt, we regret to note its entire failure to make any answer at all as to its atti tude toward .Senator Brown, whoso po sition on the Morrison bill is identical with that of Representative Xicholls. •The Xewt says Mr. Xicholls “does not represent bis constituents, and is not in harmony with bis party on the tariff question,” and it asks “whether The Panic and Its Moral. Our telegraphic advices from Xew York this morning are reassuring, since they bring welcome news to all classes of reader.-. Whilst the Southern peo ple have not directly felt any ill effects from the panic which convulsed the metropolis on Wednesday, they were nevertheless anxious, since it was im possible at this distance to foresee what proportions it would assume. Many houses heretofore considered strong have gone down, and others have been rudely shaken, and may yet topple to the ground. A panic is a terrible tiling, whether in a crowded school-room, a burning hotel or theatre, or in a great money centre. The chief trouble arises from the fact that people for the time lose their reason and cannot stop to think. Persons at a distance may clearly dis cover the danger and the folly of those who are involved, but they are power less to avert the one or to check the other. When the storm of fear and passion has swept by, even the victims realize their stupidity, and feel amazed at their own lack of sense and self- control. In some of its characteristics, a . clal panic can be compared only to afi tll « Pe°P Ie of tl,ia ;l,r9t) , d ‘ stnct nro cyclone that sweeps everything before 1 w ‘R* n <? 1° * ,e represented by n man The air may be pnrilied and a In such a case as that ol young Cash, who was killed by the sheriff and bis posse in South Carolina a few days ago, the officers acted purely in self- defense and were justifiable. So in the case of John Hoskins, who fired upon the officer at the depot in this city on Thursday. It would have been quite justifiable in the officer, if, acting in self-defense, he had killed Hoskins. After the latter took to flight, however, it would not have been lawful, according to the au thorities, to shoot him, if he could otherwise have been overtaken. The law itself ‘docs not demand the life of tlie thief who picks n man’s pocket; much less can an officer who witnesses the larceny shoot liim to death, if he attempts to escape. Wisd-sowiso and whirlwind-reaping engage the time of many men of pious rep utations in business circles. It is too bad. Their claim to piety is even worse than their gambling operations. Pastes naturally result disastrously to the party in power. This fact is sufficient to explain the solicitude in government circles over the financial status in Wall street and other money centers. Tilt difficulty of maintaining a quorum in Congress points to an early adjourn ment. The members are not forgetful of the fact that there is such a thing as put ting off the mending of political “fences” until the case becomes hopeless. To au right-thinking outsiders, tt is sc f- evldent that a conference to settle the status of Egypt would be on outrage on that country, if its people were denied „i’- resentation in the convention. That such is the British programme seems to admit of no doubt. The negro conference at Baltimore showed unusual perception in that it saw through, and exposed, the hypocritical “greetings" of the Northern Methodist Church. While professing to believe in social equality, it carefully avoided (end ing “delegates" to practice it for the edifi cation of their "dearly beloved” dark- skinned brethren. grateful calm may ensue, but the path way of the storm is easily traced by I the wrecks which mark its course. The direction of both is often capri cious, and always unexpected, but the ruin wrought is none the less lament- aide. Happy is the Wall street banker who, following the example of the Georgia farmer, has provided a storm- pit for himself and family. The wife and little ones should always have a place of refuge, to which they can fly- in the hour of danger. He is an indifferent student of his tory who supposes that the effects of this last financial disturbance wilt not be felt, in some form or other, in all parts of the country. That the prompt measures taken by the stronger hanks and firms will circumscribe its range and prevent further mischief, there is abundant reason to believe i hut the shock given to public confidence, and the conservative course that capitalists and hankers will feel constrained to take, will assuredly embarrass all those classes whose business requires occasional assistance. Great er conservatism on tlie part of all concerned, however, will probably do no harm in tlie end. Tlie spirit of speculation had liecome wild and reck less, and like a raging fever required to lie checked, if not by mild means, then by ruder remedies. Fortunately the disturbance finds the Southern people in good condition to weather it. Tlie period oi the year, and the prospect for an abundant liar- vest, are most favoring circumstances. who is not in sympathy witli his party on tlie most important ques tion at present before tlie country.” It proceeds to aid these significant words: “This district can hardly afford to support for Con gress a man who lias taken such a de cided stand against the party’s tariff policy, particularly when that policy will play so prominent a part in tlie campaign.” The AVirs has the right to oppose tlie re-election of its representative for any reason, or without reason at all, though we consider it extremely unwise in a Southern journal to make the MorriAn tariff a test of orthodoxy. But if it per sists in doing so, with regard to Repre sentative Xicholls, why not, as we in quired a few days ago, apply the same test to Senator Brown, who was and still is opposed to tlie Morrison hill ? Will our respected contempora ry give us an answer to this plain ques tion? If not, why not Will tlie Xciei oppose tlie re-election oi the Senator as well as the R epre- sentativo, both occupying the samo po sition on this test qustion? Mn. Gladstox* continues to neglec every opportunity of explaining why the mantle of “patriotism," with which he coven the head of El Malidi, should not have been big enough to shield Osman Digna, too, in the day of battle. It is not often that a great roan so hopelessly en tangles himself in contradictions. It needs not to be averred that most of the papen and people that advocate the nomination of Mr. Tilden for the Presi dency are sincere in so doing. It will he found out, however, when the convention meets, unless we be grievously mistaken, that the "Tilden boom" lias been engin eered wholly in the interest of some other candidate. I.et the point be rememlwrcd. That “channel tunnel" was overwhelm ingly defeated in the House of Commons. The British Solons are brave, bat the idea of a few hundred thousand French ar.d Irish invadsrs creeping along the tunnel, some dark night, to jump on the United K'ngdomand throttle it, before break fast, was more than they could endure. And se the “channel tunnel" will not le digged at all. Besjwis F. Butler was e member of a Democratic convention (bat assembled in Charleston, twenty-four yean ago. That convention broke up in a row. largely through the Influence of tlie said Benjamin After an absence of nearly a quarter of a century from the Democratic councils, Benjamin will again appear as a delegate at the coming Democratic gathering a Chicago. Will his pretence fin-re be at tended by a repetition of the divlaioni of twenty-four years ago? Bomb Democratic papers foolishly charge that the Democratic Congressmen who voted against the Morrison bill thereby be came Republicans. It la a bad rule that doean'twork bothwaya. Did the vote of certain Republican Congressmen in favor of the Morrison bill make them Demo crat!? The absurdity of an affirmative answer to the question is not more apparent than the folly of the charge of Republi canism against the Democrats who follow ed Randall's lead against the Morrison bill. ' Prance and China* The misunderstanding lx.-tween France and China has been at last set tled and tlie two nations have resumed amicable relations. China yields France • protectorate over Anam and Tonquin and 0|>ens to free trade with France the adjoining provinces. France on the other hand, in consid eration of these exceedingly iilieral con cessions, has abandoned her claim for indemnity. The humiliation of China and the defeat of her diplomats, it would seem was complete. The right of free tra in the prorinces adjoining Tonquin w as never before enjoyed by any foreign people. Through tlie magnificent riv era which lead down from them through Tonquin, the French will reap a harvest. The Tonquin sojerainty aban doned by China, has been enjoyed that power for hundreds of years. These successful and advantageous re sults hare greatly strengthened Minis ter Ferry. The 8tate*e Convicts, The people of Georgia do not seem to be satisfied with the present penitentiary system, nor with the ciiatel feature of the lease. Tlie validity and fairness of tlio lease are not questioned by persons who are well informed, and yet it is held by some of our ablest men that it is compe tent for tho Legislature to so change the law as to have criminals sentenced to the public works, instead of tlie pen itentiary. This would leavo the pres ent convicts in the hands of tlie lessees until their sentences or the leases ex pired, but all future convicts would be put to work on the public roads, build ing bridges, constructing railways through the several counties, etc. It is our purpose to recur to this sub ject at some future day. For the present we desire to call attention to tlie recent transfer of convicts by Mr, W. I). Grant, oneof the original lessees, to Senator Brown, and Messrs. English, Murphy and James The act of 1870, under which tho con victs were leased, contains the follow ing inhibitory provision: Sec. VI. That the incorporated company so leasing said convicts shall not bo allowed to sub-let of leave or hire toothers saidconvicts; and tf at auy time such sub-lettlug, sub leas ing or hiring is douc or permitted to be done by it, then the Governor of the state shall pro* coed to vacate said lease, and to release, under the same restrictions aud conditions os in this act provided, or to sue and recover of said company the sum of five hundred dollars tor each sub-letting or releasing, etc. Under tlie terms and stipulations set forth in tlie act, the Governor proceed ed June 21, 1870, to lease for tlie term of twenty years the convicts then in the penitentiary, or thereafter‘to he sentenced during that period. The contract was drawn in conformity with the act oi tlie Legislature. Under tlie Morrison bill, did so in utter ignorance of tlie weight of public opinion in their districts. They were forced to choose one ^side or the other, and as tlie Morrison hill was for re duction and as amended offered an opportunity to rid the South of a large portion of the infamous internal revenue system, they chose that side. It was a question of personal selection. These men did not obtain instructions from their constituents, nor were their votes necessarily cast for the best In terests of their section, ns far as the tariff was concerned. Tho Teleqbaph believes that the Democratic party will as a party stand upon tho Ohio or a very similar plat form, if the Southern States can con trol tho matter. A real test of the strengtli of tlie tariff has not been hid in tlie South since the war. Every thing lias been sacrificed to sustain and protect the white raco in tlie suprem acy. < In tlie presence of a common danger fo tlie race, lesser political questions have been passed over. Hoske , and “unless money is sent to place where thn-' Haskell, expense for electoral ticket too ble tosav befol-!4anG great -what a scene of “old zeal cozening cilj Vm h^theunH. young hypocrisy" did this gushing inter- tlle gBSI view ailord! After the Stanley Matthews-Cbarler Josier conspiracy, how affable and affec* Donate muit have been the deportment of these two illustrious statesmen to each other! If the ex-Senator had delayed hi* gush* logs until the ex-Governor had rested in bis coffin f ns lie did In the case of the late Governor Stephens, whose opinion of the fulsome eulogist had been irrevocably stated in a published letter) it would have been less astonishing. But to interview Governor Tilden in life, after the South Carolina misunderstanding and the Hayes bargain, and then to interview himself in the papers directly afterward upon the SLb/.ct was tbo most fatuous piece of work that has ever fallen under our eyes, as performed by an intelligent human be ing. The pressure of a hot political campaign will bring nil these things into review, and bow will Southern Democrats feel under the scathing criti cisms and damaging exposures that will necessarily attend such a defensive, weak- kneed canvass? If Mr. Tilden was so hemmed in that he could not answer about the Baltimore and Columbia muddle in 1S7D, how much can you expect now from a man dejiendcnt on “Rnonn-fnnil " tlinVinir llVn on nnlmiin When an Officer May Take the Life of a Criminal. Recent occurrences in this and other States suggest the inquiry—under __ what circumstances may a civil officer I act tlirco penitentiary companies were wound or take tho life of a criminal. organized, and the convicts were divi- Crirac has become so prevalent, and l .j e( j between them. Mr. Grant be- officors are so frequently resisted when I longed to Penitentiary Company Xo. 3, called upon to make arrests, that a re- nn j j t was hjg convicts, numbering currence to tho law may be of service l about 300, if we remember correctly, both to them and the public. I that j,ave lately been sub-let, or The code of Georgia, section 4,330, I i eage< i > or transferred, as stated above, lives4he following definition of ius*i* I Tim fiftvpmnr. (IK tbo Inn- ronnlroil The Crop Prospect. Trustworthy accounts from Southern, Southwestern and Middle Georgia are quite encouraging witli regard to the prospects of the corn and cotton crops, Everywhere the crops are backward from ten days to two weeks, but the stands are good, and the young plants are healthy and growing off finely. The damage to com by worms is reported to be less than usual. So regular is the stand of cotton that the rows have the appearance of threads of green drawn across the fields. The ont croj> does not promise so good a yield as usual. In many places tlie land was plowed up, on account of the damage done by the winter freezes*, and planted in com and cotton. In this way, it is thought the acreage de voted to cotton has been increased—in some counties as much as ten to fifteen per cent. If planters and farmers will follow their oats with peas sown broadcast their supply of forage may be heavily increased. Nothing makes better feed for cows, horses and hogs than peavine hay cut and cured when the pods are about half or two- third grown, especially if the day be salted down when put in the barn. A mixture of peas, sorghum and popcorn sown together broadcast, after the small grain crops have been har vested, it is said, returns an immense yield of excellent forage. They grow off well together, and may be cut and cured at tho samo time, and stored away in tho same manner. There need not be any difficulty in curing peavine hay. iBpoon-food,” shaking like an autumn leaf, unable to speak above a whisper, and' confined to hit private quarters because of his numerous and rapidly-increasing bod*r ily infirmities? Common Sense. Local Versus Csnsral Protection. Tlie Telegraph lias more than once pointed out to some of Us co!:tcmi>o- raries the inconsistency of advocating special subsidies for local manufacto ries while denying the wise policy of a general protective system. Upon the same line the Detroit Tribune now takes the Charleston XVire and Courier to task. It is not often the Telegraph has an opportunity to indorse the iows of its Western exchange, hut there is in # the subjoined extract so much common sense, it feels constrain* to reproduce it: The Charleston, (S. C.) New* nud Courier, hlch has been preaching free trade, Is confronted witli a State problem which drives into n curious corner. There lit a State law South Carolina which Allows counties to sempt manufactories from taxation. Spar- Unhurt county has done this; hut of late the free trade n:m>rtlou» of the News and Courier that taxing the public tor the benefit of a rorporutlou is wrong, that protecting home •lufttrlcs 1* an outrage, and all that sort ol free trade stuff—seems to have stirred up the Democrat* of Spartanburg county to question the State law. This threatens to cause removal of some of the manu facturing enterprises, besides disturb ing the party in the State with a dangerous Issue. Therefore the News ami Courier feel* compelled to try aud explain away the diffi culty. Its explanation is exceedingly awk ward. It says: "A premium Is offered to manufacturing enterprise*, uot at the expense Of the jteople, but for the advantage of the people; uot to prevent competition and main tain price*, hut to increase competition and reduce prices." Just so; but that is exactly wbat a protective tariff docs and intend*. A protective tariff U intended to increase com petition, by inducing capital to embark !u home manufactures; and exempting *uch manufactures from paying taxes while mak ing everybody else pay is certainly laying as direct a harden upon the people at the pro tective tariff possibly can do. But," argues the New* and Courier, “we are of opinion that Louisiana has a perfect right to give a bonus, or a tax exemption, to sugar planters, aud Virginia has a right to give a premium to the growers of tobacco.” Surely thi* is more directly taxing the people for the benefit oi the manufacturers than the tariff does. Under the tariff you do not pay any Ux to help a manufacturer of a certain kind of goods unless you buy that klud of goods; but this free trade journal proposes to tax everybody whether they buy or not, and to pay the money directly as a bonus to the sugar manufacturer or the tobacco grower. If a State may do thb, why not the United States? This free trade journal goes on to say that “this is widely differeut from the protective system, which taxes the many for the benefit of the few. and whic h has for its object the re striction of trade and a rl*e in prices.” Oh! is it? It will rtrike plain people that paying a cash bonus from the Bute Treasury raised by a general tax to the Louisiana sugar planter, la considerably more directly "taxiug the many for the benefit of the few,” thau a pro tective tariff is. Aud it is Just as much * restriction of trade aud a rise in prices” pay the Louisiana sugar maker three cents pound, taken by force of law out of every body's pocket, more than bis sugar l* worth in th.« open market a* is any other protection sy«tem. If exempting a manufacturer from paying taxes U not the most direct f< proteitlou, then words have lo*t their tucan- lug. •*Without protection, the «os* oi living i n the United Stales would tie dec rested enor mously; but such a bonus as is exprettid In an exemption from taxation tends to lessen the cost of living by Increasing production. At the same time it increase* the value of the property which in a few years 1* to be taxable. It I* all gain and no lose.” But the protection tariff praduce* exactly tbe*c result*. It tend* CORDON AS AN INTERVIEWER. Will Not Mr. Tilden be Forced to Answer Editors Telegraph aud Messenger: If Mr. gives 4lie following Lieu muon oi jusit-1 qq 10 Governor, its the law required, finhle homicide: I took a bond from tho lessees. In this “Ju.tlfluMo homicide i. the killing of a h,.- , , of fllo wtth tlle IeMe in tho •n being by commandment of the law In I * . . i-ution of public Justice; by permission of I Executive office, it is formally agreed the law iu advance of public Justice; in self- I and stipulated, among Other things, defense, or in defense of habitation, property, I (Hat the lessees “shall not sub-let or oi person, against one wfio mauifcitly In- I j ea8e or |jJ r0 g a ifi convicts or any 0 , tend*, or endeavors by violence or surprise to • . ; commit a felony on cither; or again,tony per*1 them to others. Mr. Grant lias how ion, who mantfcuflr Intern! anil endenvur, in I ever, parted with his convicts to others, a rioton, ami mmultnoui manner, to enter aa already stated, and thus tho ques the habitation of another for the porpre. of ^ , ra , 8cd whother unJer tho law assaulting or offering personal violence to any | t *. . , .. . person dwelling or being therein." I ho authorized to do tills. We do not recall any decision of our It was clearly the intention of tho Supremo Court which construes that Legislature that tlie convicts should part of tlie foregoing section of the code not he sub-let, nor leased, nor hired to that relates to tho commission of a any oilier person or persona. Is not homicide "in advancement of public the sale or transferor his convict* in justice.” Tho lnngnago of the statute Mr. Grant to Senator lirown and others is indefinite, and wasprobably intended such a sub-letting, leasing or hiring as to bo so, to the end that tho courts tlie act expressly provided should not might be permitted to exercise such lie allowed? Mr. (.rant executed reasonable discretion as the clrcurn- bond to take proper care of these con- stances would seem to authorize. Tho victi, to discharge them ui>on the ex- nearest approach to a decision upon pirntion of their several terms of ini- the polut under discussion was made prisonment, and not to sub-let nor hire by the court ,in the case of them toother persons. Are ho and John O’Shielda, a policeman of At- his sureties still bound by this bond? lanta, who was found guilty of volun- We understand that tho parties to tary manslaughter for the killing of H, whom he sub-let the convicts 1). Fleming, reported in 53 Georgia, have not given any bond and In the caso of O’Connor, a jioliee whatever to tho State, and that no officer of Macon, who was convicted of record has been made in tho executive “involuntary manslaughterintlic com-1 office of the transaction, mission of an unlawful act,” and sen-1 We have no desire to comment upon tenccd to the penitentiary. 01 Georgia, the matter at present Mr. Grant was Tho subject is discussed at some 11 satisfactory lessee to the State, and length In Wharton’s American Law of I we have no personal objection to urge Homicide, but somewhat of tho same against the sub-lessees. The question indefinitenoss characterizes this work i», whether the obvious purposo of the that we have noted In the code oi | 'aw has not been defeated; whether Georgia. Thi* author says: ’ the l-egislature intended that tlf ‘When a felony ha, keen committed, amt State’s convicts should bo bought and Ac Offender 1, in dure.,, the officer It bound gold fik c so many mules in the market; to make erery exertion to prevent snrac.pc; whcther tho Oo^y l iaa „ ot a duty and tt in the |>ur»u!t the feton be kilted, " ' where be cannot be otherwise overtaken, the I fo perform, and whether ho has per- homicide t, Ju,tillable. • • • The aame | formed that duty as the law requires rule holds. 11 a felon, after armt, break away - - —— as he I, carrying to Jail and hi, pursuers can- The South and the Tariff, not retake without killing him. lint, libel The New London Telegram, In view ol Mr. may be Uken, in any caw, without sncL | W. II. Ilaroum', talk about tho tariff plank at . more Is el Ala,! if It were only a, easy to'forget.' HMr. Tilden recollected “the $5,000 for will they need snv flu. toe.,,.. ~ ducts of combustion. In factThSF dency will be to ventilate a^S\5£ t entilate and purifl-. are used. It i« *1 ®1 u trite election | ■overfly, It Is at Iea»t manslaughter In him I Chicago, wants to know how the supporters of who kills him; and tbo Jury ought to Inquire the Morrison bill got to Congreis If a majority whether It were done of neecssfly nr not. - I of the States are In favor of the Ohio platform. Although an officer must not kill for an I —Exchange, crape, where the party Is In custody fora -file Tdsnram onght to know that the misdemeanor, jrot If the party atsauU the *»,_ „ W |» „ . . officer with .nch violence that he ha, reason- “PP 0 ^™ °* the Mornson bill got to able ground for believing hi. life to be iu Congress upon Issues far removed from peril, he may Justly killing tlie party." the tariir. There was no tarilf issue in The decisions of the Supreme Court, the campaigns in which Sonthem as far as they go, clearly coincide 1 members gained their scats. To all with the views hero advanced. The intents or purposes these men went to drift of nil the authorities seems to he I Congress upon the simple platform, in the same direction. An officer may White v«. Black, the only issue being take tlie life of a felon in self-defense, race supremacy. They went unin or where he resists an arrest, or flies, structed upon the tariff; and while it and “cannot we otherwise overtaken" | Is true that they had liefore them or captured. the platforms of 1870 and 1880, But if he can lie arrested or over- they were confronted with the taken without killing him, then it is a fact that in tlic|Iast named year at least, crime on the part of the officer to take a diiastrious defeat was experienced Ids life. The Supreme Court in the I apon a platform of a tariff for revenne ease of O’fihiclds says: 1 only. As a matter of fact, few men in -Whltst the lsw protects offlrers In the ills- the South of the younger generation of harge of every duty, and arms them with statesmen, have paid much attention we.p.»n.whlchflt.nn W mly,ltnotnnt.wfal| totbetariirantnwilh!n , hc , Mt ^ Tilden should receive the nomination President at the Democratic convention in Chicago in July, what will ho do about the famous swindle attempted In South Caro lina during the exciting days of November, 1STO If yon recollect, Smith Weed, of New York, went to Columbia, 8. C. t as soon It appeared that the electoral vote of the latter State might be purchased. He thought he could buy it for $30,000, hut to make sure lio telegraphed to Henry Have- myer, who acted as Tllden's agent In Sea- York city, “Shall I Increase to $50,- 000 if required?” To this answer came “You can go to fifty thousand, tf necessary,’’ There were so many needy politicians In Columbia who were greedy for money that Weed again tclcgrajvheil; “Majority of board secured; cost is $30,000.” Later in the day Weed telegraphs; "You must have the money at Barnum'i, in Bal timore, early Monday morning. 1 go at 10 to-night." Nejihew Peltonmet him in Baltimore, and then the telegraphing in Columbia was carried on by 8enatorJuhn II.(Jordon, who begun to beg tor $5,U» "for Haskell." Haskefl'a need of money, according to Senator Gordon, became pressing, and whether Belton or the Uncle became alarmed at the Gordon-lfaskeU demands or whether Use Oregon vote was considered •ulficlent tho fu ture alone can tell; bat there was no explanation or apology ofl'ered when the Potter committee called Hon. Samuel J. Tilden before It, on February Sill, 1878. Mr. Tilden waa "staggered,"ac cording to tbe newspaper accounts, and although he waa requested to be frank, at it would licip so greatly to clear up the standard-bearer of the Democracy in 1870, and clear up tlie party foils attempt tobuy electoral votes, tbe sage of Graincrcy abut hla mouth and refused even to whisper. He was, however, forced to admit he waa knowing to the Baltimore transaction. He admitted he telegraphed to nephew Felton to return from Baltimore, but refused to aay wbat business bad called bit kinsman to tbe Monumental city. He, like a coward, tried to sbtfl tbe blame on bit nephew, using these words: “Colonel Felton's habits of mind and mine are very different." He waa asked, U be did not feel willing to trust bit nephew, why did he not to ad vise Meters. Cooiier and Hewitt, and have s stop put to Felton’s sssumacy ? Wbat did be answer? “I supposed they had full knowledge, and would be able to take rare thst nothing wrong should be done." Does such s statement bear tbe marks of truth upon its face? Felton lived with Tilden. He waa hla titter's- ton; and Pel- ton's wife, according to Governor Tilden' sworn statement, told bim(!) of Pelton' departure to Baltimore on the morning ot tbe 20th ot November. Smith Weed met Pelton and telrgrspha to Oordon—^“Matters arranged by return, ing board agent Inform Haskell and telegraph newt.” Pelton <li<l not hesitate to meet Weed, and Weed, as you *ee, expected to find the money in Baltimore; but there was a flash In the pan, ami it has been feared that crafty Mr. Tilden was afraid to risk that much money in the hand* of the greedy crowd In Co lumbia. That he was willing to buy elec toral votes can never be doubted after the exposure of Cronin. Patrick & Co., hut he waa afraid to risk Haskell, Gordon A Co., and according to his own account he brought Pelton back from Baitin'ore, thereby lofing theState of South Carodna. and disappointing the bu*y teleeraphcn, who had alt their trouble for their pains, until Mr. Hayes made better and more satisfactory term*. Mr. Seney on the Suspension. New York Times. Ex-President George I. Seney conversed freely with a Times reporter in his private office in the Metropolitan Bunk yesterday afternoon, |with regard to’the temporary suspension of that institution. Mr. Seney looked very much worried, and like irmuti who had passed through a severe mental strain. “The cause of the suspension.” he said, *‘ was the alarm created in tlie minds of depositors by the constant at tacks made in the newspapers upon me as President ot the bank, coupling my name with gigantic schemes, with many of which I never had anything to do. Three-quar ters of the stories published about me in connection with syndicates controlling large blocks of capital were pure fabrica tions, but the depositors believed them, and became alarmed for the safety of their funds in the bank. Only last week a story was fabricated in oneof the city papers and telegraphed all over the country, about the ‘Seney syndicate of North Alabama,’ stating that I was engaged in a vast specu lation in real estate in the South. There waa no foundation for it whatever. Then appeared a report that Copeland & Co., of Boston, owed the Metropolitan Bank $300,000, which could not bo collect ed. The facts were that the bank held a claim originally of $25,000. Of this 50 per cent, had been collected when tho story was printed, leaving the actual debt but $12,5U), and we have every prosfiect of col lecting 30 per cent, of that Our customers read these stories anil believed them, and began quietly to withdraw their deposits. Then came the Marine Bank crash and the failure of Grant A Ward, shaking pub lic confidence, aud the rush on our paying teller increased. There was no run, as it is usually called, but the aggregate of the money withdrawn was very large, and we were forced to clone In order to save our de positors as well as ourselves.” “Cun you tell how much was withdrawn before you decided to close?” asked tbe reporter. l ‘Xo; I can’t give you tho exact figures, but it was a very large amount, millions in the aggregate. There has been no defalca tion in the bank, and no officer 1ms been guilty of anything that is not strictly hon est and proper. We simply found that wo must have prompt assistance or go to tlie wall, and we closed until we could get that assistance. The bank Is in as good a con dition now as ever: it has plenty of money, confidence has been restored, and the re ceiving teller is taking in more thau tho paying teller is paying out." "The bank inudc largo loans to the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad, did it not?” "It certainly did,buton security which is undoubtedly good. We hold os collaterals the first mortgage bonds of the road, which we took utGO when they were quoted above 70, and they are somewhere al>out 70 now. It is good security, as the com mittee of the clearing house has decided, and we have acted in tho matter as cau tiously as we should have done with a railroad in which 1 have no interest. Bo faros I am personally concerned, I have, of course, lost some money, but now that the bank is set right before the public again 1 am satisfied.” scheme but .ho pro ^ CoS ,h V portent result, atHkeW tSSlJ? 4 users of the compressed ‘ai? e ‘ metre, andamanwhoonlv useshi. p> half time will find hi, Zr WfiK tion. Extensive use will be mailaS 1 . compressed air for drivim. .,*?,, 0 . 1 chinea for industrial purposes iSS* for private use. i"»ea.*nd Nainsook and Cause. Gentlemen’s checked nainsook eauze undervesta, just received at ti 7 pire Store, Macon, Ga. ,at T1,e l New Bishops Elactod. PlRLAPELraiA. May 15.—The bishops bv the Methodist EpireS era' Lonlerencc was held to.d 0 v bishops were chosen. Noolectlon w- on the first ballot. On the second ? Rev. Dr. W. Kind., of the Detroll co ence, president of the Garrett nS Institute, and Rev. Dr. J. M, Valdi the W estern Book Concern, eft were e ectcd. On the third ballot f£v Mallallln was chosen. On the tmV.tv.' lot Rev. C. H. Fowler was elected^ Rev. Willard T. Mallallin taSSidfn. | der of .the Boston district, New conference, and Rev. C. 8. Fowl?, member of the Rock River conference is missionary secretary of the eenersi siouary society, with' his office [? Horsford-e Aold Phosphate FOR OVEBWORKED rEMALZS. Dr. J. P- Cowan, Ashland, 0. sn-s- « proves satisfactory as a nerve tonic ',I in dyspeptic conditions of the sW,,,, with general debility, such as wo Hi overworked females with nervous ache ftuu its accompaniments.” Bulwer Lytton’s i Where it Touches the Shore andl Great Columns In Midslream. "Wbat • beautiful bildge between otdoj and Childhood is religion. How Intumtol tho child beg'n. with prayer and worthlpil entering life ad how intuitively, on qulut " life, tho old raw turns back v> prayer a worship, pulling him,ell again side Ui with tho intent, ’ remark, SirE. Bu1w"l-vI ton in his “Strange Story." I Yes, but between It. distant abutment, th,Lae bridge of life na, many nigh and swfulutlraHen: through which tho wild water, dash an-l roSB?' in wrath and desolation, fir.yer an-1 Ship alone do not sustain these. Xsten, solid rocks must llo unshaken beuei'h‘T-l ■«« human art and skill must rosr and lollhn ■ by the stnictnre overhead, God', wUl Is Sad ■ effii empliai-d In the biws Ho has made forth; ■ i.n tures whom He has placed under tbelrralB “ trol. Neither the chr.d’a trustful “OutfSB. < r." nor the old man', "Forget monotlntSB 1 ” midst of mine infirmities," will alter Ihhk■kit the weight of a single grain. " Science and art first- then faith and nri —Is the order of Heaven Itself. Divlnltvb through Its agents, and those agents a discoveries of man: not the vagneanu- ments of prophets and seers Is fife a' to you? Does time drag? Is your j eopo with life’s proplem and duties - cd? You arc not well. Your blood Is sluaiki I and tainted, perhaps; or sorao Importaattsl pan is torpid or overworked. This fact Bar 1 have taken the form of dyspepsia, rbeiSI tl>m. gout, malaria, paint in the stosutkl chronic headache, or any of adozenothcrlSI Parker’s Tonic will tnvlgorato you, u (ml I air Invigorates those who have been shut ail In damp, fetid cells. It is powerful, pure, £1 lictoiu. scientific, safe—the keystone ufttsl central arch ol the bridge of Ilf,.. J B j If yon giro growbu; Gray or Bill; I If T#nr flair Is Thin, Brushy, Dij,| | Harsh, or Weak; A If yon arc troubled with Dani « Itehlup, or any Humor or 1 | case of tho Scalp, I Ayer’s HairVigorJ It haals nearly every disease peculiar is I tho scalp, checks the falling out of the ITsir | xn«l prevents It from turning gray, and Is u unequalled drceslng and toilet article. prepared dy Dr. J. C. Ayor & Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggists. Now what would Mr. TiMen do with this ugly fiasco, If the Democratic party should The Strange Story of n Deaf and Dumb Pedaler on London Bridge. Philadelphia Frcas. The famous deaf and dumb knick-knack peddler, who, during the past fourteen years attracted to much attention on Lon don bridge, is dead and the subject ot the latest sensation. Ho died in the South wark work-home, pear the south end ot tho brldg -. Despite hit angrmltics be manag ed to support blrattlf by Ids small sales, and, securing official and police favor bjr tbe gentleness of Ids demeanor and tbe In tcliigencc of Ids conduct, was allowed to oceujiy tho same post on the great ihor- oiigldure front year to yenr. Before Ida death the peddler beckoned to his cot one ot the hospital attendants and terrified him by speaking. When the at tendant recovered from Ids astonishment the beggar confessed that hit deafness and dumbness had Ircen feigned. He said be was a Rwita gentleman ot fortune and be longed to one of the best families of the Republic. When a young Rnan ho was betrothed to a beautiful and accomplished girl. He was possessed of a most violent temper, end In a lover’s quarrel over a trille one day ha to wounded the girl by the bitterness of hli Invectives that the fell III. The reproaches of bit friends for bit cruel conduct stung him so that be became melancholy from remorie and left home. He then resolved to punlah himself and vowed to become s voluntary exile for twenty years, to earn ala own living, leave his fortune untouched, keen hit relations and friends Ignorant of hfs whereabouts and go bareheaded and barefooted in oil weathera during the entire time and to lis ten to no one and apeak to no human being daring the but ten yean of bit exile. If he lived to com plete bis vow, he meant to return beme and use his fortune and tbe remainder of bit days in making bit be trothed happy, providing tbe were alive and unmarried. Ha bad rigidly kept bit vow; “bat,” he cried before be expired, "my time !• not quite np and I must die before it it. ' have been punished as I deserved." Investigation, to far as it hat gone, has proven that the peddler'a story is entirely true, and bit family in Switzerland have been made acquainted with his death. Engines Orlvsn by Compressed Air. From the Warehouseman's Journal. There it s bill before Parliament tbe ob ject of which is to give to s joint atock company powers to erect very large en gines on land within tbe borough of Bir mingham, and adjacent to the Birming ham and Warwick Canal, and tolar mains | in a certain ares. Tbe steam engines are to be of great power, and their duty will be to keep the rosins charged, by mttns of > suitable pumps, with sir at s pressure of forty-five pounds per square inch. This compressed sir Is to be supplied to cus tomers just sa gas now is, aud its function will he todrive small engines for manufac turing and other purposes. Those who al ready IXttstfts sxnull strain engine* and Mien will be able to ditcani tna bollen ami all nuisance and expense attendant thereon; while those who nave heretofore wished for meciianiral power, bat WILBOR’S COMPOUND OF PURE COD LIVES I OIL AND LIME. Z To Consumptives—Wilbor's Cod-LlM Oil and Lime has beon before tho public toe I twenty years, and hat steadily grown In tot* I and appreciation. This could uot be the csss I unless the preparation was of high intrinsic 1 value. The combination of the 1‘bosphausf I of Lime with l^ire Cod-Liver Oil, as prepare* I by Dr. Wllbor, has produced a new phase la 8 the treatment of Consumption and all dl» I eases ol the lungs. It can be Uken by the I moat delicate invalid without creating tbs I disgusting nausea which Is such an objeettos I to tho Cod-Uver Oil when uken with Llnw. tt I U prescribed by tbe regular faculty. Bold by thi faculty. Bold by the proprietor. A. B. Wlltttt Chemist, Boston, ana all druggists. Levem's Coffee, Recogniirid sa the R«it Our Coffee U absolutely I :ro. n<,t pit* •! « r< • 1 u selected trues f»l Shill ,-. ■ ■ • ■ - ..flir. MBS PjT?j™_ . ' I'',«| as a consumer. ik ! Ask your Grocer lor *5 L' |sC| A ' M CoFii-i:, «•-. 1 Kfl urety saslmt your Intro as a consumer. ‘ iforLiJ- uke snea ihij jia'nm'GY p^aps for Levering Vs Cot| HOSTjneits years, when the strong inpulse and I ftiike'li," ftmiteJ in th* 'pub- steady growth so perceptible in manu- he snubbing of our officious ex 1 Senator, what a characteristic b for other* t»carry, yet tht* is to preserve, not to break, tbe peace; to defend, not to endanger, human life; and they should be hel l to a rtri-l accountability if they tue the <l«4Iy j foctnrea forced the matter upon them. I ...POO. «sro,tel to them the publle | ^ ^ o( southern mem- i^bi^oS&oSl^Jrfhi^ uera in Contra**, and tlie large mgjori- ° f lUc « Trt; ty of tlie men who voted to support the I The poet says: nj ■ isjcivss ■usir|siii v* uuuuiu me. I , , _ • Human life Is too precious to be Uken | ® Congn ept In accessary self-defense,” etc. WPmWBBHraWmamWW. unable to li»vc it, wilt only nMli to anpoiy I» still-enough to nominate him lot; the themselves w ith small engines of • cheap iu Praidency? . . and simple form in order to be able to nert ‘-end money to avail themselves of the power offered. use of nourishing dh In common with gat engines, air-driven petite unaided. An engines will obsess the great a.W.*age of a removal ol th< being insUnriy started and stopped, and of renewed health and 1 costing nothing for power except when ine corrective, la tbe running. But the air-driven engine* will possession of thia have several advanta^-i of their own. To which make* Hoatet wit: they win be of much lose first coat, Iso effective as an they will not cause heat or smell, neither | by all druggists and <