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THE TF.LF.QR APR aNH MFSsKKGERt FRIDAY. FEBRUARY C, 1885.
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It la generally conceded in Washington
that Sen. Baralm will be convicted.
FotiE Kentaoky cows have recently died
Irom eating tobacco. They tried to swap
the ends for quids
In addition to declaring that B. Arnold
was bnog, the Tribune asserta that Ophe-
la was mixed np in the Othello tragedy.
Fiance now threaten: t: declare war
against China. Hitherto the row has been
only a sparring contest (or points and not
a alnggiog match.
Colonel McDaniel, the great turfman,
is recently dead in Mobile, Ala. He was
the owner o( Harry Bassett, and many
other notable racers.
Why not place ths tablet of'VIce-Preel-
dent Wilton under the rotunda o( the Cap
itol in the neighbor ioodoi the dead Indian
with a hole in bit aide.
Tax British troops in Egypt are good
fighters. It's,mighty hard (or a man to
travel 150 miles through an Egyptian des
ert and not get his glzzsrd well sanded.
The men who first get hold of the north
pale will knock down the most persim
mons. This li why Engineer Mtlvllle wants
to go back and try it aga'n. lie is (ond oi
persimmons.
The TiLvaKArn will wager a bat that
when the particulars are received, it
will he fonnd that the three London cor
respondents were not killed at Abu KIca
Wells nor anywheie else.
Cigar smokers are trying to get up a
tournament In New York to see who can
reduce lo ashee the largest number of
cigars in twenty (our hours. The affair
will doubtless end In smoke.
Visiting Statesmen.
Messrs. Bandall and Carlisle have
called to confer with Mr. Clove-
Mr. Hendricks arrived just as the
gentleman was departing and
Senator Gorman has been received
nee.
Commencing witli yesterday it bus
given out that Mr. Cleveland
would be ‘‘at borne” to the lesser
lights. Out oi all oi this little or noth-
has come beyond the speculation
numerous newspaper correspon-
dqpts. The public interest in
creases, the publle anxiety deepens,
the public knows no more of Mr.
leveland and his intentions, so far as
policy ora cabinet are concerned,
summons of tlie two opposing
leaders in Congress and in the party
calculated to satisfy for the time the
followers of both, the plain inference
that Mr. Cleveland is trying to find
popular channel to sail in, between
the two. It will not bo uunoticed, how
ever, that Mr. Randall is very em
phatic in the assertion that lie
not go into the cabinet.
’. Carlisle does not venture a similar
assurance. The idea sought to he
scattered abroad that the President
elect has made suggestions as to pro
posed legislation during the remaining
few days of Congress will not be
credited.
It is not difficult to assume that Mr.
leveland is approaching a place of
great responsibility with hut limited
experience. Those disposed to believe
the half that is written oi him, might
easily reach the conclusion that ho is
disposed to exhibit aselt-aasumacy that
is not altogether assuring. But it will
hardly be believed that he has at
tempted to interfere or middle with
matters that do not concern him. The
people will not hold him responsible in
the least degree for the administration
a Hairs until after he has been duly
inducted into office. lie will not lie
judged by the mistakes or shortconi'
tags oi others. Tho failure or success
his administration will depend upon
himself.
A PniLADUrniA shoemaker refutes to
give up bis third wife although it has been
proved that number two 1s still living.
He evidently tas regard for the Injunc
tion, “Shoemaker slick lo your last.''
The London Truth, speaking of the 111-
next of the Empsror William, eayi: “Ilia
favorite dishes are fish and eonp. In which
elder and pickled encumbers era also
bashed; real flavored with cinnamon and
elovet, a so e pongs cake steeped In pine
apple runL" •
Notra Cabolwa hss a weather prophet,
who calls himself Professor Baker. Re
cently, while the Profs! mr wae forecasting
the weather, one Cel Walker, a negro,
made a felaolooiasienlton the Professor’e
wile, who don the work of the family
while the Professor works the weather.
Naxr to a hotel clerk a Pullman car con
doctor la calculated to paralyse the aver
age dtlseo. One has recently made up a
nice suit (or damigre. He put several
reputable citizens nut of a car, charging
them with being pickpockets. The com'
pany will pick the pockets of Util conduc
tor pretty close,
Oath Is discussing the history oi Heytl
and the life ol Toulisant L'Overtura. We
have always felt nnetsy to the pretence ol
“Oath's” facie, since he staled that Hoses
Inhabited the Garden of Eden, lly the
way Is “Oath" akin to the Tribune'! editor
who declare# that B. Arnold was hnng and
that Ophelia and Othello associated to
gether.
Tss vpfauue iu which young Holman
distinguished him tell Is oommon In Waits
ington during the society eeaeon. Only
last winter, at one ol the balls at the Rue
elan legation, an intoxicated maniac bit
lady'* shoulder, lie fooght and straggled
with thoie who forcibly took him from the
home, and they had to whip him alter
they got him to the club-house, before they
could subdue hla frees r.
Tux Philadelphia Keoord fires thle hot
■hot: “Senator Henley’s paper complains
that Jell Deris la “etUl throat upon adte-
gutted public without retard to their leeL
tags.” So we thought, when a lew days
ego Senator Hawley thrust Ur. Davis be
fore the disgusted public and tried to keen
him there. Ths Senator from Connecticut
bee made a very gallant effort to combine
the roles of “Lecturer and Awful Exam
ple.”
Tax Secretary ol State la compelled by
custom that hae the etrength of a law
Uve In a large house, entertain ell foreign
representative!, all members of the foreign
relations eommlUsee of both houses,
distinguished forego visitors, the Presi
dent's friends and all the leading families
of Washington. His salary !i Dot sufficient
to meet the expeuees of hlsofflcs; hence,
only a rich man can hope lo HU it satis fee
turlly. _
Txs sTver man have been in session
Denver, Col, and have bid two reports.
The first advocates the etiforcenient of
Bland set to it* limit, thus securing
coinage ol 4.000 000 silver dollars monthly.
The minority favors free, unlimited ooin-
ace. The discussion of these reports con
sumed nearly the whole day, and was
tidpate-l in by a lasge number of Use dele
gate*. prominent among whom were
gmerusu Belford tod Congressman-elect
By mas. The majority report was amended
in tome Important particulars, and
o'clock wasonanimomly adop'ed.
' .Hosscpersons," said CUriara Lyttleton
d« Lyuletoo impatiently, as She servant
brought stt acard«f aisle visitor,
know when to call.” "Don't fret about It,
CUre,” easd her brother Begineld.
Pride «4 College H’ll, a* be gracefully
i Ht-lirorigu-ette, “I myself have
Macon nnd Dublin#
The Telkorai’ii desires to call atten
tion again to the importance of imme
dixie action on the part ol Macon mer
chants with reference to a railroad In
Laurens county. At present, freight
and passengers for Dublin from Macon
reach their destination by rail to Raoul
Station, on the Oconee road, and by
the Oconee boat, a pleasant and pictur
esque, but round-about routo, or ovor-
land from Wrigbtavillo in Johnson,
and Cochran, in Pulaski county.
It is evidentthatunlessMaconmovos
soon in this matter these routes will be
superseded by a line of railroad from
Wrightsvllle direct to Dublin, and the
trado that now cornea hero will bo
drawn away to Augusta in part if not
entirely. There is a railroad from San-
dertville to Tennillo and from Tennilto
Wrightsvllle, thelatter recently com
pleted. Strong efforts are being
made to complete the road from
Sanderaviile to Augusta, and
is claimed that ths gap between
Wrightsvllle and Dnbiin will ere long
closed by an exteniion. When
complete, and the projectors have al
ready demonstrated their earnestness
an unmistakable manner, Augusta
will have a straight line into the heart
Macon’s territory and proceed to sap
her trade.
Macon should at once proceed to
meet this movement with a counter
line. A road ahould be built Irom this
city straight to Dnbiin through
Twiggs, Wilkinson and Laurens.
Its extension on into the vast territory
that lie* between the Oconee and
Altamaha on the one side and the
Ogecchee on the other would bo but a
question of time. The territory, em
bracing the eonnties of Laurens,
Montgomery, Kmannel, Tatnall and
Bullock is uncut by railroads, and
has large rivers lying between it
and the nearest roads. The road
reaching down from Augusta will
reach a harvest that ought to belong
to Macon. The eonnties named and
large sections of adjoining coun
ties are rich in natural products,
well watered and must eventually be
come fine agricultural communities.
The inhabitants have cordially solici
ted the co-operation of Maccn in the
construction of a road this way, and
will do their part of the work.
The line from Macon to Dublin
not a difficult one. Utilizing the old
Macon and Augusta crossing near this
city, the road could bo constructed
down the east shore of the Ocmnlgee,
on to Jeffersonville, and thence to Dub
lin in a straight line. We are assured
that the grading would be easy and tho
work light. At present a narrow gauge
road would answer every purpose. Its
benefit to this city and the sections
named is beyond calculation.
Socialism ana the Mob.
It is beginning to be apparent that
the American people are thoroughly
tired and disgusted with dynamiters,
socialists and revolutionary doctrines.
The wanton deBtractioh of property
and assassination arc utterly at vari
ance with the American spirit of jus
tice and fair play. There has been
enough of it. There has been enough
talk of it, and the time for action is at
hand.
The law, as it now stands, Is utterly
incompetent to deal with tho evil. The
man who stabs the enemy of his soci
ety cr places an explosive machine
beneath a public building is a criminal,
but not tho worst. Every man who
preaches the doctrine of the commune,
who pleads a higher human law than
that tho people have framed, who seeks
uproot the statutes, is a crime centre
and a public enemy. There is
more dangerous enemy of law
and order to-day than Henry
George; no fouler criminal than
Herr Most; no deadlier foe to human
rights than O'Donnovan Rossa. And
yet these men move at liberty and
boast of their power. Interviews with
them are sought; crowds flock to hear
them lecture, and in the open light of
day they sow the seeds that are to
spring to thistles and prick to fury.
All laws come from the people os led
and directed. The law has listed crime
and named the penalties; but not all
crimes. This socialistic spirit, this
commune, slaying with the dagger,
the pistol, and the explosive;
this cowardly, sneaking spirit of
assassination is not bound
nor barred by tho law. 1 he law must
he amended; the law of each State and
of tho Union. Tho men who stand up
in tho daylight and advise assassina
tion must be held nnd judged as guilfc-
as him who, hearing, sneaks out by
night to wreak his private malice orhis
society’s vengeance upon a foe. The
people demand this change, or they
will undertake to fight the evil with
their own weapons. If there is
higher law than tho statute there is a
remedy for crimes not laid down
in the penal code. In ail
time* and in all ages, when
tho law has failed the people have
succeeded. This country’s annals
prove how quick such remedies can be
applied. The universal regret that
O’Donnovan Rossa escaped with his
life on Tuesday means something.
Mob law is not to be desired. It
cures evils, but it exaggerates punish
ment. Tho mob has paved tho way for
statutes in all classes of crime; if it be
gins to correct this growing socialism
the streets of onr cities will run red
with blood. Let the lawmakers an
ticipate tho mob.
Much as we may regret the necessi
ty for it, public neglect of this matter
will bring us to tho hour when in self-
defenso tho people will take tho advo
cates of socialistic doctrines from the
lecture stands and hang them to the
nearest lamp post.
The t
to
ty
O’Oonoran Rossa.
At these writings the detail* of the
■hooting of O'Donovan Roma are too
meagre to develop either the person
or the motive. Bat people wilt not
wonder that this man, who baa so per
sistently counseled the nso of violence
toothers, should himself have fallen a
victim to violence. The late attempt
to assassinate Cipt. Phelan in hia
office and hi* intemperate
comments upon the dynamite explo
sions in England have increased bis
not pleasant notoriety, and have hod a
tendency to injure the cause of Ireland
and Irishmen. Whether his shooting
waa the result of revenge for the explo
sion in England, an attempt to repay
the assault on Phelan, or the effort of
a woman to redress s wrong, in either
event an SMSssination in a land of law
and order will be received with horror.
Tas Tribune's eat, if U own’s one, must
be off on a bridal tour.
Down Brakes.
All thinkingmen, and those Interest
ed in the advancement and develop
ment of the several States of the South
have viewed with serious apprehension
the war that has been made upon rail
roads.
Under legislation for tho formation
of commissions to prevent discriml
nations and to regulate passenger and
freight traffic, h great blow has been
delivered against the prosperity of
railroads, those who have invest
ed in them and all interests
dependent upon them. Tho attack has
been led mainly by cheap demagogues
and the legislation obtained has been
the outcome of ignorance and preju
dice.
In place of addressing themselves to
a question so difficult and intricate,
railroads have been arraigned as crimi
nals and commissioners have been
appointed as prosecuting attorneys.
Discussions in the courts and the col
umns oi the press of the country bavo
at length turned the tide of popular
sentiment. The Railroad Commission
ol Tennessee, which failed to stand be
fore a judicial investigation, is practi
cally functus officio.
The commission of Mississippi is held
at bay by an Injunction; but Alabama
has gone a step beyond. After a very
long and exhaustive discussion in and
oat of the Legiilatare, this body has
signally defeated a bill to confer greater
powers upon the Railroad Com
mission. The bill itself was pre
pared by one of the commissioners,
and was defiantly championed by him
and bis colleagues, a marked instance
of hos men clothed with power seek
to enlarge it.
The Governor of Alabama, influenc
ed no donbt by the weight of pohlic
opinion,has refused, and very properly
refused, to re-appoint the old commis
sion, hot has sent to the Senate the
names of more conservative men.
Tending action a motion
been offered in the House to elect the
commmissioners by the legislature.
No matter what may b« the ultimate
result, Alabama, a State that thus em
phasises its progressiveneM, will be
vastly benefited. It is to be hoped
that the example of Alabama may not
bo lost upon Georgia. The question
a modification of the railroad law will
be tho prominent topic at the summer
session of the legislature.
It has been demonstrated beyond
cavil that Georgia has made a mistake
aa to the extent of her railroad legis
lation. She will do herself credit to
remedy it promptly and gracefully.
An overwhelming opinion of the peo
ple has reached this proper and jbst
conclusion.
Distutblng Element of the Corniest
administration.
In one of bis recent letters from
Washington City, Mr. James R. Ran
dall writes: ‘‘A Congressman, a most
prominent man, insists that the die-
turbing element of Cleveland’s admin
istration will not bo tho tariff, but the
negro.”
There are strong reasons upon which
base the opinion of the prominent
Congressman, who, by tho way, is a
Democrat and tram the South. Recent
event* indicatethat Mr. Cleveland will
attempt to harmonize the differences
tho Democratic party on the
the tariff. Wise and patient effort in
this direction may accomplish much.
All great policies are the result of com
promise, and the two wings of the par-
aro wide enough apart to leave
solid margin for sacrifice of ultra
opinion.
But upon the negro question the
country is divided. The negro question
still the one great question that agi
tates tho public mind above all others.
temporarily sundered the Union,
caused a horrible sacrifice of life
and treasure,lias alienated the sections,
and is still unsettled. We are merely
dealing witli another phase of it.
Mr. Bayard charges that the Repub
lican party went out of power without
settling anything. It certainly did not
settle the negro problem, which must
continue to be a disturbing one, and
which may seriously embarrass the ad
ministration of Mr. Cleveland.
He is a very self
isfied optimist who silences
his apprehensions with tho idea that
the defeat of tho Republican party by
scratch, will bring about a political
millennium at the South. If left to
themselves and the Southern whites,
the negroes would not give • much
trouble during the ensuing four years,
but the Republican party docs not pro
pose to leave them alone. The Repub
lican party relies very largely upon tho
negro vote to redeem its fortunes in
1888.
The South has a large percentage of
negro politicians, idle, ignorant and to
great degree vicious. If Mr. Cleve
land meets the just expectation of the
Southern people, he will remove from
offices the negroes who now fill them.
This will be the signal for a disturb
ance at the North and at the South,
and debates in Congress will follow as
hot and partisan as in the early days
of the abolition movement.
Col. McClure has bo ne testimony to
the fact that Northern men dislike the
negro more than Southern men, but he
failed to state the further fact that
Northern po'iticians dislike Southern
white men far more than they dislike
the negroes. The people of tho two sec
tions differ radically as to this esti
mates os to the character and capabili
ties of the negro and as to his proper
treatment. And upon this dif
ference Mr. Cleveland's administration
may he disturbed, may even be
wrecked. The Southern Democrat
contends, with truth, that ho is the
best friend of the negro. In proof of
this friendship he wilt advise him to
let politics and office-seeking alone and
go to work.
It is a rule ail the world over that peo
ple of all colors fail to take the advice
of their beat friends. The negro can
not be expected to prove an ex
ception to a rale founded or
the perversity of hnmsn nature.
The politics of this country has been
controlled by the negro for many, many
years. There is no reason to snppoae
that millions of b'tck and ignorant
voters are going to become at onco and
forever a quiet and tractable element,
or that Mr. Cleveland’s administration
can silence the agitation of the negro
question.
the new dogs started, and wealth be
comes a mere question of time and cal
culation. We can raise annually ten
dogs to one cheep; dogs that will sup
ply the factory and support them
selves.
Can. Corson's Letter.
The Telkobai-ii cheerfully gives
place in its issue of to-day to a letter
from General Gordon in reply to state
ments made to a staff correspondent by
persons whom wo regarded as the best
authority upon the subjects handled.
General Gordon feels that he has been
outraged by some of tho statements
contained in the interview aa published,
and hence his reply, to whiclt we in
vite the attention of our readers.
We have no interest in this contro
versy beyond that of presenting tho
facto to the public as they are laid be
fore us. It will he seen that tho state
ments made to our correspondent and
those contained in General Gordon’s
letter ore as wide apart as the poles.
Neither the Tei.eorapii, nor its corres
pondent, has undertaken to indorse the
statements affecting General Gordon,
nor shall we now undertake to sit in
judgment botween the conflicting inter
ests represented. The parties are am
ply able to take care of themselves.
The Opposition to Senator Garland.
The proposition to make Senator
Garland the law officer of Mr. Cleve
land’s cabinet has struck, from its first
mention, with favorable force tho beat
sentiment of the country, North and
South.
But, immediately following the sug
gestion, there was a limited bat aggres
sive opposition organized. It has not
grown in strength or numbers but has
accumulated intensity and industry.
If Mr. Cleveland may be influenced
ship. This is too plain for argument. His few
But if the administration is to be run
at the dictation of the North, why give
the South anything in the way of a
cabinet place ? Why make her respon
sible in part for an administration run
by alien sentiment and foreign men?
The South cannot bo injured by not
having a cabinet position. She is be
yond the power, of further insult and
and Injury. The Democratic party is
embarrassed by Us victory. The in
coming President appears to he embar
rassed by the Democratic party, and it
would seem that the Democratic party
is embarrassed by the South.
Why not let the North run the Cleve
land administration ? Why not remove
or at least allay tho embarrassment by
leaving the South out of the cabinet?
A Point In Etiquette.
EDITOns TlLEOEArn and Hessenoee: Will
you please enlighten a constant reader upon a
point In etiquette? When dining la company
recently. I accidentally took e mouthful of
rice custard which proved to he almost biasing
hot. To have swallowed It would have caused
mo Intense pain and blistered my throat end
stomach. What ahould I have done? The
works on etiquette are silent upon this polnL
Macon, Qa., February -1,1885. Scbsceibee.
It cannot be denied that this is an
important and perplexing question. It
appeals to everyone who has unsus
pectingly become involved in a difficul
ty with tlie deceptive rico custard and
no water in reach. The failure of book
writers to provide a rule of action has
been a source of much profanity in the
land
No general rule can be euggested by
which instant relief from hot
rice custard can be po
litely obtained. Circumstances must
determine the sufferer’s action. If
I your vi» a vis happens to be address
ing you and expectinga response when
Editor Du as—Data Sts: If yoor cat
needs any war eomspoodenee to build
him np. feed bin upon thatwhhh bears
my signature. Yours hurriedly,
Joe. E. Baows.
The Dog of tho Future,
A story that comes from Newark, N.
J., furnishes the dog owner with a hint
that may prove of value. An invest!
gation of some of the alleged mutton
daily sold in Newark led to tbo inter
esting discovery that it was in reality
log meat, but so close was tho resem
blance that only experts could detect
tlie fraud.
If there is an animal in the world
whose meat ought to smell, look and
taste like mutton it is the average
Georgia canine. Fur years he has
fed and fattened upon the picturesque
sheep, until his very appearance, at
sight of a farmer, is sheepish. In view
of this fact, the evident effect of a mut
ton diet upon dogs, why may not the
canine be made to supply the vacancy
his abnormal fancy creates? Already,
it the Newark testimony is to bo re
ceived, the dog supplies an excellent
imitation of mutton; a meat that, when
local prejudice has subsided, will, by
reason of its cheapness, become popu
lar. Why, then, if association
and assimilation have muttonized the
dogs of the age, may not science make
the sheep-killing dog a wool produc
er? We have it from the leading sci.
entific journal*, that belli headed men
have been patched np with hair bear
ing cnticle from the scalp* of devoted
wives, and that whole sectionsof cheek
and lip have been transplanted from
one epidermis to another with the ut-
most ease and gratifying effect. In
deed skin gardening has gotten to be a
profession to this extent, that had one
of the old martyrs, who wss flayed
alive (or conscience sake, suffered in
this age, and enough skin coaid been
raised from Sunday-school eontribn-
ions, be might have been rehabilitated
and rejuvenated.
Is it extravagant, then, to suggest
that wool bearing epidermis, grafted
npon a sbeep-killing dog, would Boor
ish and produce a new species? Geor
gia has long sines declared in favor ol
the dog, and refused to encourage the
sheep. If we are to have the dog, let
us endeavor to ntiUis him,
by it, then Mr. Garland will not be in
the cabinet. The only place for which
he ia fitted is the attorney-
generalship, and tliis is the only
place he should accept. To n man of
hi* tastes, antecedents and habits, any
other position would be nn in-uHera-
bio burden. It has been difficult to
locato the animus of the opposition,
but there are not lacking indications,
of a desire that Mr. Garland should be
put aside, in order that Senator Jonas
may he made Postmaster-General.
That Mr. Garland i* a Federalist is too
absurd for serious attention.
The latest and the fairest objection
to Mr. Garland is embraced in the fol
lowing excerpt from a leading editori
al in the Charleston News nnd Courier.
By fairest i* not moant in force of ar
gument, but in frankness of statement.
The Nows and Courier say*:
There will be e huo end e cry In the North
If an attorney-general, who la an ex-Coated-
erste and eerved in the Confederate army,
aboil dismiss attorneys end marshals and
other offleer^ who'served lathe Northern
army, or who hero repented of their serrlcos
In the Southern army, like those “erring
brothers,” Longstreet, Key, Ackerman, Cam-
i ron end Uoeby. It will he laid at once thel
the prejudice ol the South against the North
Is (gain manifesting Itself, end that nothing
less then the displacement of every
Northern men will satisfy the Southern
Democracy. There Is no reason oi
Jus Jce In this sort ol thing, bat there are poll-
tl -Ians » ho will harp on II, and there are far
too many people whose ears will ho tickled by
It. Ille only natural that an attorney-general
who know, that he will be ezpoeed to each
criticism ahould be tempted to be leu hold
and tgereulve then publle Interests and pri
vet# rights reinlre. Thills at the bottom of
the opiates that some staunch and fault
Democrats from the North or the West could
move more freely and quickly In reforming
the Depenmeutuf Justice then en ex-confed
erate can expect to do.
Sifted down, and this means nothing
more or less than that tho administra
tion of Mr. Cleveland shall bo guided
l>y what tho North says.
Since 1805 nothing has been said or
done by any individual or party at the
South but that haa been met with
this cry of, what will the Northftay?
Everything has been conducted not as
to its real merits, its proper and legiti
mate influence npon government and
society, but as to its probable effects
upon Northern opinion.
If the election of Mr. Cleveland can
not alter this, then the much vaunted
victory may be esteemed a barren one,
If sectionalism is not dead; if the era
of brotherly love and good feeling has
not been sufficiently established to per
mit of a thoroughly equipped Southern
man being made attorney-general
then the war la not over. The people
of the South havo been cajoling and
consoling themselves with a snare and
a delusion.
If Garland cannot know the wrongs
his people havo suffered and is nnable
to institute the proper remedies, if he
cannot bo trusted to lay violent hands
upon the miserable apologies for Fed
eral law officers in the South, just as
well as a Northern, an Eastern or
Western man, then tho Sooth muit
recognize her inferiority and consent to
wear the badge. There are reasons why
a Southern ruanwonldnetarally arouse
distrust and resentment as tlie Secre
tary of War or the Navy.
A Southern man would be hampered
in the Ilepertment of the Interior,
which has charge of pensions.
Southern man might lie objected to as
Secretary of State, (or the reason that
a Secretary of State can have much lo
cay and do with making war. This
brings ns to the Postmaster-General-
ship. There is no opportunity hereto
exhibit statesmanship, or to redress
wrongs, save by turning out colored
rascals. And what would the North
think and say of this? Bey ond the
honor of bolding this portfolio, there
cannot be moch to tempt the attention
ol one who aspires to statecraft.
Moat of the wrongs and outrages pat
upon the South have come throogh the
Depertinent of Jostlce. What a mock
ery of language. A Southern min will
best understand this, and can more
wisely select men who will respect,
obey and enforce the lawi. The Smith
cannot only he honored, bat t
filed by having the
on thoughtlessly surround the blazing
custard, there is nothing to do bat look
her through your veil of tears and
let the gastronomic meteor take its
course. This requires grit and endu
rance, hut if possible you should smile
little. When you ask for water try
also not to look as though you expect-
' year* to pass before the waiter re
turned. If you can during his absence
address tho iiost in praise of the cus
tard, you will achieve a great social
triumph. This is a severe test, how
ever, and only parsons who have dined
out extensively can hope to stand it
creditably.
Presence of mind, thongh, will fre
quently enable you to meet the issue.
For instance, you may suddenly wipe
your mouth with tho napkin, nnd con
fide the custard to its care. You can
tiicn let the napkin return to your lap,
and with a little skill work it into your
pocket, to be accidentally carried away.
Don’t forget tlie contents of the nap
kin and spread tho costard over your
mouth before leaving.
We once know an inveterate tobacco
chewer, who used to havo a largo
brown Newfoundland dog to follow him
about. When lie got into a house
where there were no cuspidors at hand,
he would watch his opportunity anil
spit on the dog. It is said that he finally
taught the dog to chow tobacco in this
way. This suggests the thought that
the family cat may, as usual, rub her
self during the dining against tho
guests. If she Is using yon as a rub
bing-post when you have bitten off
some custard that you do not choose to
chew, stoop suddenly, as though to
pick up a dropped napkin, and present
the cat with tho costard. If it aa hot
us you suspect, tlie cat will carry it
outside to cool it. Try not to see her
as she passes with her tail waving like
baseball club, and say something to
relieve the anxiety of your hostess.
Tell her it takes mighty little to give a
cat fits
Above all tilings, never get excited
when struggling with hot costard. It
may fly outward, and create comment.
Keep cool. Nor permit yonrself to start
upward as thongh shot. It is not grace
ful to even store helplessly about yon
and work your Ups la psntimimlc ap
peals for water. It is not only ungrace
ful , but perfectly useless. People have
tried it upon waiters for centuries, in
vain. The waiter will only bend over
you with calm dignity and listen. After
you have, per force, swalloeed your
dose, he will rush for water, and yon
can then drink it and imagine bow
good it would have been a minute
sooner. The safest plan is to let your
custard cool.
appearances have be„„
brought about by demands ho cob£
not slight, and attacks that affected the
honor of himself and family. Tosneik
a word for constitutional liberty and in
defense of the motives of himself a n ,i
comrades he never refuses. Q
It would be unfair to draw compari-
sons, here, between the conduct an*
character of this man and of some wh
survived with him tho trials of the war
It would draw forth assaults he cannot
repel and renew questions that outfit
to sleep on. Bat tho men who have
been engaged in the work of befouline
the character of Davis may make the
comparison in silence and brood over
the fact that it has taken the mantle o(
charity, twice doubled, to hide tho de
formities that repose beneath some of
tlie crowns which success bestowed.
Cotton Statement.
The Chronicle’s cotton article ol Januerv
30th, furnishes the following facts relaUre
to the movement of the crop for the put
For the week ending this evenloe
(January 30). the total recelp’s'hare reach
ed 75,295 bales, against 93,911 bales hut
week, 130,951 bales the previous week an!
133,9»t bales three weeks sines; mtklne
the total receipts since the 1st of Beptem-
her, 1884,4,126.992 bales, against 8,981 Slg
bales for the same period ol 1883-84. show
ing an increaae since September 1,1884 of
145,070 bales.
The receipts at all the interior towns lor
the week have been 35392 baler, tinea
September 1st, 2 296/49 bales. The re-
celptaat thoiame townv have keen 101«j
bales less than the same week last year
and since September 1st, the receipts at
all Ihe towns are 158 387 bales lass than
for the same time In 1883.
Among the interior towns, Macorn [ s
credited with 147 bales for Ihe week and
with 47,421 for the season. Last year the
receipts for the week were 326, end for the
season 57,007 bales. There Ogarea show
a decrease for the week, as compared with
that period, o( 179 bales, and a falling oil
(or the aearonof 9683 bales.
Tbs tola) receipts from the plantations
since September 1, 1884. were 4.390,649
hales; In 1883-81 were 4.231,914 bales; In
1.882-83 were 4,650.985 balt-r.
Although the total receipts at the out-
ports the past week were 75.295 bales, ths
sclnal movement from plantations waj
58,087 baler, the balance being taken irom
stocks at the Interior to wna. Last rear th>
receipts Iron the plantat'ona lor the asms
week were 89 064 bales, and for 1883 they
were 168.090 bales.
A comparison ol tbo port movement by
weeks la not accurate, ar ths weeks in dif
ferent years do not end on the same day
of the month. We have conieqnentty add*
ed to our other standing tables a drily
and monthly statement, that the reader
may constantly have before him the data
lor seeing the exact relative movement (or
the years named.
Up to December 31 tho receipts at the
ports this year were 182 208 bales more
than In 1883 and 147 732 bales more than
at tbo same time In 1882.
The receipts since September 1 np to to
night are 183,185 bales more than they
were at the aamo day ol the month In 1881
and 106,317 biles less than thev were to
the same day of the month In 1883.
The exports of cotton from New York
this week show a decrease, as compared
with last week, tho total reaching 9,573
baler, against 11,332 bales last week.
The Chronicle has the following to say
of the market fluctuations for the week
under review:
Cotton for future delivery at tbta market hu
been variable and somewhat Irregular la
prices, with a feverish, umettlcd tone to the
speculation. The buoyant opening to the
dealings on Saturday tut was toltowadby a
•harp decline after the dynamite outrages In
London ware reported. It being apprehended
that they would hare an unfavorable effect la
Kngllab mr rkcti: bat when, on Monday morn
ing. thla war seen to be not the cue there wu
renewed buoyancy. Later In tbe day, how
ever, prices gave way raptnly, and on Tueiday
declined sharply, under tbo Influence of sates
to realise profltr, promoted by weak Manches
ter advices and tbe nmcttled atato ot foreign
exchangee. Part of this fleellee wae reeov
ered Wednesday, crpeclally for tbe later
months, the exceptional decline In which on
Tneaday no explanation wai offered. Yester
day Liverpool acconnlt were better, and prtcea
with ns made an Irregular advance, but with
lees activity In tho dealings To-day there
wesaomedeprerilon, under freer recetp-eat
the porta end the belief that, with ttentnm
ot better weather end Improved mad* a mom
favorable comparison with lut year maybe
anticipated. Tbe eloae, u compared with'ait
Friday, la slightly irregular, without Imtor-
tant variation, except * decline In the dlrtant
monthi. Cotton on tho apot haa continned
very dull. There vti a nominal decline of
t-lCc. on Tueiday, which waa recovered on
Wednesday. To-day quotation! ware reduced
M6c., middling uplands closing at llSICc.
Oavls Again.
Jefferson Davis’s so-called oblivion
is a mere fiction of tbe would-but-can’t
scribblers of tbe day. Despite bis errors,
his misfortunes, bis enemies, tbe high
character of the man, tbo attainments
of the scholar and tlie dignity ot the
old hero shine oat from Beauvoir as
they did from Richmond. He will
never again be a factor in American
politics, nor desires to be; but the skiee
are clearing, and the mud flung upon
his garments is cracking and (ailing
away In the strong sunlight of
deepening peace. Had his
cause succeeded, Davis and Wash
ington would have stood aide by aide
in the history of this country. Had
Washington (ailed, he would have
■offered the calumny, the “slings and
arrows of outrageous fortune.” But
failure In either case could not stain
the honor of the man. In the rains,
above which raged the flamee of the
late war, there may be found gold, but
none purer than that which lies under
tbe ashes into which the heart of the
Confederate chieftain was dissolved.
This much any American may say
without discredit to his party or his
section; less thsn this snymsnwbo
wore the gray will refuse to assert.
To ns there is something Irresistibly
touching In ths coodnct of Jefferson
Davis sine* the flags were furl eel. He
has refused, by the hundreds, opportnn-
befors the
Moongold on tha loo*
rOB THE TELEGRAPH AMI) XEUKXGKR.
Do yon remember, bouny Kate,
The moonlit winter night
1 buckled on your tiny akate
And ktllled yonr glrllah fright?
The winter’s breath waa Icy cold,
But not hla aarage bite
Could chill the haud you let me hold
In lover's claip bo tight.
How vped we o'er the gllai'nlng ice.
The moongold at our feet
Forever yet outrunning us
On phantom ikatea aa fleet.
M 'Tia thui," you laid with playful amlle,
•'Fate leads the wandtrer on;
The golden prize in reach the while,
But never yet »inite won.”
The taucy face upturned to me
Was with youth's fluihez warm;
I felt the bounding yenng blood free
Beat fait on circling arm.
The whizzing akatea fled far end well.
Bat in your lifted cy* ■
The fleeting moongold flashed and fell—
1 bent and won the prize.
Full forty years, my bonny Kate,
Have drifted by since then;
I hear another kind of ikate
Bean boys end girls and men;
That under roof, in narrow apace
They roll—each hour its i rice;
Ab me, they miss the free, far chase—
The moongold on the ice.
—Ibid.
A Clear H«ad and a Strong Heart.
If you muddle your brain* with any
of the whisky compounds which are
gold under the name of “bittern/' and
which toper* (lclitfit in for stimulants,
you Mo your system irreparal le n is-
chief. Brown’s Iron Bitters is not one
ol these. It promotes healthy action
>of the heart, liver and stomach. It
! cleanses ami enriches the blood, anil
flu the brain for the best mental work.
Tlie best physicians prescribe it, anil it
is well worthy of a trial by all.
I Tits Sultan of Morocco has Inst cele-
pobUc.J bran 1 Lis one thou laodlh weUJmg.