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ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1879.
VOL. XI., NO. 42
WORDS OF WAR.
THE SNARLING OF THE MINORITY.
A Puoft BitvMi Cbftlsvn atd>r Wbtrtia
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THE KRSATL
Washington, April 1.—Mr. Gordon ap
peared f«*r the fim time Ihli newkm, and
took the oath of office. Various bills w ere
Introduced.
Tbe senate panned the bill appropriating
two hundred tV'UNind duliarafor the con
struction of a steel vwl to be used for the
disinfection of vwewl* and rargr*** coming
from the |*>rt* nnnjur-ed to be inferred wirb
yellow fever »ir oilier contajrotni di^ea-ea.
Pending* motion by Mr. Edmund* Intake
op tlie resolution lieretofore offered by him
declaring that the hmineas and interest of
Ilia country required that legislation should
be confined to the obiecta for which the ex
tra aeaskm was railed, the aenate went inti*
executive sewdon and upon rroprning of
doors adjourned.
The senate to-day eon firmed the following
nomination*: Kninel* Walker, of Connect
icut, to lie *tt|*rHntendent of the census;
lMi. Stephen Smith. of New York cite,
and T. II. Verd. of Washington. D.C., to fie
uieiubemof the n»t < nat hoard of health;
Horace Anotin, now third auditor of the
treasury, to ba register of the land office at
Fargo, Iiakota. _
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tb«-last clause of aeetion BOO of the revised
statute*, which applies to the state of Penn
sylvania. and !*ecii«»iis 801, 82*1 and 821 of
the revised statute*, and providing that all
jurors, grand and petit, shall he publicly
drawn from a box containing the names of
not less than three htindred persons |*w-
•ensing the necessary qualification*., which
names shall have been placed the ein by
the court and a commissioner to
he appointed by the judge, which
eommmiiwioner shall lie a citizen re-
aiding in the district and shall
be a well known men.her of the |>rinci|>al
political party opposing tint the township-
clerk shall In-long. It also repeals sect ions
2019. 2918.2920 nr d all of the succeeding sec
tions down lo and including 2029, and also
section 5522. It also strikes out of section
2919 the word* “for the imrjNse of engaging
In ilie work of cauva-dng ballots," and
strike*out of section .VrjK the words, "ora
deputy marshal" and “city, town, county
or parish.** It also repeal* section 2931, ex
cept such |«rt of it a* relate* to the nay of
supervisor* of elections. It re|ieals all other
section* and laws authorizing the appoint
ment of chief supervisors of elections, and
special or deputy marshals of election.
The bill was ordered printed and referred to
romniitlee of the whole.
The house then went into committee of
the whole on the army appropriation bill.
Mr. Ilelford's speech was delivered from
manuscript. He declared that in thee on-
test in which congress was now engaged the
pre-idvnt might yield, but the republican
party, never! He characterized the demo
cratic |*rty of the non It a* cowardly and
trencheiou* and warned the south against
relying on it. All that the republican party
a«kcd of the south w:»* respect for the laws of
the ciHintry. They had lwen told tliat the
oonfi*ili*ratc* hud cooed the Potomac and
relied the canitol, hut the southern pendu
lum would bring It hack, and in 1880 the
democratic party would retire to the rear,
as it had done in the |«a*t. He wa* followed
on the same side by Mr. Humphreys, who
also tead from manuscript.
Mr Mnldmw (Mississippi) expressed his
a-tonhhment at the means employed by
the gentleman from Ohio (Garfield) a few
tiays ago to make |>arty capital out of the
{•ending question. That gentleman, stand
ing on his record. had attempted to make
the jicople believe the democratic party
was now seeking to carryout legislation by
iliflerent methods than those heretofore
adopted by the republican party, which
had set many stteh precedents; bis party
was not in favor of revolution; they pro*
psni hi resort to peaceful methods and
con-titutinna! tuetlHaR Then if the presi
dent desired to stop the supplies of the gov
ernment tlie responsibility would lie
president and not congress. He con-
elndcd. If the attempt to break the chain*
of tyranny from the (ample was revoluti.
it * w.is a revolution which the
|x>qiV would applaud. Hut he hoped
tha; the president would not attempt
eree emigres*. He hoped that in republican
Am* rea the spectacle would not be pre-
temed of the highest otliccrof the land
putting himself In-tween tlie operation of
the government and the |>eo|>le.
Mr* UlmlnMTs (Mississippi) followed in
amou r to Mr^iarticld’a remarks of Satur
day. and denying the statement of the
latter tfiat the southern democrats of 1891
had I** -n threatening to shoot the union
to death. In answer to the intcrrogniory
by Mr. I’rloe. of Iowa, "where was the first
gun tired?" Mr. Uhalmers said the first gun
was tir.sl near Harper’s Ferry, when south
ern Mood wn* shed on southern soil. [Loud
applause on the democratic side and in
the galleries.j He then proceeded to
declare that if the proposed legislation was
revolurhm iheu the republican party had
aceoiuidislinl revolution after revolution.
One. f the row* inhjuitous acts of usurpa
tion ewr |irr|»etnited by the repuhliear
party was an attempt to violate the consti
powe
lections. The liou-c was right
in that demand, first, because the-e i»n*-
Tisions of law were ut.constitutioi.nl; they
interfered with tlie right of suffrage and
with the state law*. The second seciimi of
the constitution declared that the house
should be comiiosed of meuil*-r» chosen by
the |>eople of the several states, and that the
electors should have the qualification* re-
fjtiisttc for the electors of the uuot nunier-
mm branch of the state legislature. It was
therefore the roost numerous branch of the
state legislature that determined the quali
fications of electors and not the constitu-
of the United State-*. There was
such thing as, the right of
suffrage for a citizen of'the United Stales.
The right of suffrage was jwnsessed and en
joyed tinder the laws of the suites expressly
recognized by the fundamental law of the
land. The supreme court had recently no
-fouled. On what theory then did this legis
lation rest? On what theory <Fd the guv
emmentsend troop* to the polls at state
elections? Only on tlie theory that the right
u If rage was a right guaranteed by
the constitution of the United S*ates and
that it was the business of congress to pro
tect that rig.-it. He had shown, however,
by the*xpres* idtrascology of the constitu
tion and by the decision of the supreme
court, that no such right did exist under
the constitution, and therefore the conse
quence was inevitable and irresistible that
any legislation on the subject wa* unconsti
tutional. He argued earnestly against the
presence of troop* at tlie polls, which he
said was but a single step from the control
of elections by troop*. A
The Jiop’.e adjourned *i •’» p. to. Debate
Hpt-cial ili»p*b-h So The Constitution.
The detail* to-day was at times attended
- Ith h very high degree of excitement, and
ran in sectional even more than in purely
party grooves. It o|iened rather tamely
with the reaiing of two written speeches.
These were followed by speeches of two Mis
sissippi members—Muldruwand Chalmers—
which, although bearing evident marks of
having been prepared, were delivered as if
mwle impromptu. .Section*! feeling on
the republican side was stirred by these
speech** and was noon communicated to
the other side. This was manifested in in
terruptions by Price and Conger and sharp
thing* Mid on either side of the chamber
greetings in two ho-tile camps.
Hurd's speech was in marked contrast to
all the speeches of the day. It wa* deliv
ered in a calm. dispassionate. lawyer
like manner, and it was only toward* the
tliat this style was departed from
and hi* speech became heated with the pre
vailing )ioliiical fires. There was a desire
manifested on the part of Sparks, who has
-barge of the hill, to hurry un the debate,
and suggestions were even made informally
to have night sessions for that purree or to
have earlier meetings, but the retmblicans
would not consent to eiliter of these sug
gestions. There ore said to be forty-live
member* on the chairman's list for speeches,
1 the numtier will be increased daily.
The galleries were filled al! day. and among
the interested listener* on the floor was ex-
Representative .Smith, of Virginia
The senate commit tee- on finance and
public building- and ground* rea lived to
day not to consider the bills already referred
to them during the present session, unless it
s'udl lx* determined to enter into general
legislation. The committee on na.ent* also
adopted a resolution providing tliat no bills
or petition* for the extension of |»atent* lie
considered during the extra session.
The debt statement issued to-duy shows
the following: Increase of the debt for
March $892 721.17; cash in the treasury.
$420,787,458 29; gold certificates, $16,304,.
7(JO; stiver certificates. $2,329530; currency
certificates. $27,980,000; refunding cer
tificates. £V3o7.<NiO; legal tender* outstand
ing, #.149.9*l.019; fractional currency out
standing. $15,925,992.14; United States notes
held for redemption in fractional currency,
$8,458,991; called bonds not matured, for
which four per cent, bond* have been is
sued, #209.447,709. !
The arguments of the counsel in the case
of Oliver vs. Cameron were concluded to
day and tlie case given to tlie jury, who, af
ter about three hours' deliberation, returned
a verdict for the defendant. There are in-
tiinatioa* of a motion for a new trial or an
ap|*eal to the court in banc in points to
which exceptions were taken.
CownaiiATiox*.—The senate confirmed
Andrew D. White, of New York, to lie en
voy and minister of the United Stales to
Germany; Cornelius A. Logan, of Illinois,
to he minister to Central America; A. It.
Norton to lie United States marshal for the
northern district of Texa*.
RtUKCTiox* —The senate rejected the
nomination of K. R. Turner to be United
States district judge for the northern dis
trict of Texas.
Nomination*.—D. T. Corbin, of South
Carolina, to he chief-justice of the supreme
court of Utah; Tlioiua- S. Wadsworth, of
Illinois, receiver of public ntouevs for La-
Messilla, New Mexico; Marshall R. Gettings,
lioslmaster at Carrollton. Mo.
SHACKLED HUMANITY.
CHANGING THF. OLD FOR THE NEW.
Gcsrgis'. Z brs-Clctt.d Oitixaas—Tke Expiration of
tkoOldL MaadtkoBofiaa:agoftli«N»w
—Tko Oiadiiioa of Criao aad tko
Proipsct of tko Lwsom.
ON THE GEORGIA ROAD.
tution d right of llu* president in the net
which president Johnson pMtested against.
In con inuation of his sjieech, he claimed
that lie had struck to ground the declaration
of tlie eenlleman from Ohio (Mr. Garffeld)
that the democratic party was inaugurating
revolutionary metluHls of legislation,
showed that it was the purpose
of the republican party to starve the
government ttnle-s it was permitted to
strangle the freedom of election a: the polls.
The name of revolution ha* no terror for
ns,fsneering demonstration* on the repub
lican side); we learnt*! to l*»ve it in our
childhood. It bring 1 * back to u* that grand
atrtuoclefor freedom when our revolution
ary ancestors left their foot-prints stamped
•n’nlnod in the snows of Valley Forge,
that we, their children, may take heart
again w henever the hour of penl shall cotne
ttp«m us Military de»i*>tism now
threatens us on every side.
Troof** have Iteen assembled
the |**ll* to intimidate free pe«>nle at
I Kins; troop* have been assembled at the
federal capita' to intimidate the house of
repre-entntivrs in counting the electoral
▼ote; *he : *attle cry of 1880 has been alread |
sta t«d; a government of law not to bead
ministered bv the judiciary: but with a
army strong enough to enforce it whenever
• to tl»c tlUCStU)
and dwjotbin, the (leu
between freedom
tlemocrauc party will be
1 standing where our ancestors stood
in '79.
Mr. Conger {MichiganV—I desire to ask
the gentleman faun Mississippi whether the
snhsyikI rev«4uti«m of 1861 had any terrors
for him.
Mr. Chalmers—Tlie distinguished gentle
man is •XO'Cdindy witty. lIi*tory tells
ti*.;t Kngli h king* were in the habit
keeping jesters at court with the fool’s cap
an«l bells. It m>nw that a republican (x>j»-
gts**-luvssm-i'i ed it*elf in the same roan-
fjer. (lauighte > >ut 1n*:ead of the fool’icap
A»ii jingliti; ‘Is, which might )«rUaps
isuh. vc-T x "
deUMi
Mr.t. » r '' ' -I asked the heroic gentleman
from Mu-^^oppi a plain, civil, simple ques
tion, and instead of answering he jutu)>s
SPIRIT OF THE SsTATE PRESS.
Pakikx Gaxkttx: If Georgia is not soon
blessed with a few bangings she will cer
tainly have to resort to lynch law. Crime
ha* i?*t to be suppressed and the sooner the
l»et ter. Lot us have a few hangings at once.
Don't delay the matter any longer.
Thomasvillx Times: If the new-papers
and people keep tip the racket about carry
ing concealed weapons, the legislature will
probably tackle the evil. It seem* that
more stringent legislation is necessary. Let
i have it.
MinnLKGxoRnu Aauts: Atlanta is to
have a number of mounted policemen.
They can then be better able to get out of
danger more readily than before Macon
would follow suit, but her (tolice are afraid
af even a horse—they are, indeed, very
timid.
Sparta Time* axd Pkaxtkr: Little Aleck
Stephens is about tlie !ive*t tuan in the
lower house after all. He is in for reliev
ing the people by a big issue of greenbacks.
The only difficulty is that he cannot make
other follows pay any attention to
He’s all rigdt on finance, amf
would like to see liis views carried out.
Savaxxah News: If negro emigration of
the class that is now leaving Mississippi ami
Louisiana and pourin'* into Ksnsa* is an
evil, it H an evil that will cure itself in due
time The negro will find the white race
in possr-sion in Kansas, and his treatment
there, as in the south, will depend entirely
Uj*on his good behavior. He leaves no
prejudice behind him that lie will not en-
aunter where he is going.
Gxirnx Sex: It is the duty of our ropre
sentatives in both houses of congress not lo
let personal antipathies mar their useful
ness as public servants; audit is the duty
of Uteir constituents to aid them in the
erformance of all duties as far as It is pos
sible and consistent with conscience. It
will lie a poor public roan indeed who d<*es
not do something worthy of our approval.
Gmmx Srx: A religious paper north has
been offering a pistol as a premium to sub
scribers. We intend to off*t this by giving
every new subscriber who pays ns a year's
subscription in advance a copy of the New
Testament, printed on p!a:n tyj* am!
neatly bound. And to all delinquent sub
sen beta who will pay up back dues and re
new their »ubcn|»ito'i for a year we
will give two testaments or a neat pocket
, it has dressed its jester hible.
»* (Loud laughter on the j j4| PPLE Geoeoia Amors: The way. and
I the only succe*-ful way. to defea piditical
| trick* and rings is to stand to line of true,
| united democracy. If you wiah to whip
nt an intruder do not desert your house to
f ITuea lay the new twenty-year 1. ase of the
Georgia convict* went into effect. Tlie
old lease expired Monday. That lease was
under an act approved on the 31atof March.
1874, providing Tor the lease of the convicts
of tuts state for live years. Therefore tlie
time was out Monday. At the session of
the legislature in 1976 a new lease act was
passed which, in its main provisioaa, was
substantially the same as the old,
but which provided for tlie lease
of the convicts for tweniv years. The
act was approved February 2a, 1876, and was
to go into effect immediately on the expira
tion of the old act. This act provides for
the leasing of the convicts to three compa
nies, who are to pay the state $25,000 per
annum for twenty years. This sum is pro
rated between the three companies accord
ing to the number of convicts which each is
working. These three companies are as fol
lows:
Company No. 1 is composed of J. E.
Brown. Julius Brown, John T. Grant, and
W. I). Grant.
Company No. 2 Is compos'd of B. O. .Lnck-
ctt. W H. hi«a Jolisit. UsaViff, xn«l C. W
Howard.
Company No. 3 Is composed of \V. W.
NrthpOon, >V. 1). Grant and the heirs of
Thomas Alexander.
These three companies control and
operate all the convict camps in the state.
Of these there were under the old act one
at Augusta, one at Old Town in Jefferson
county, one in Greene, one at Albany, two
in Washington county, and one at Dade
Coal mines. Under the new lease some of
these camps will probably lie abolished and
there will be but three divisions of the con
vict labor, though there will be several
minor camps.
Comi»any No. 1 will operate at Dade coal
mines; No. 2 at Albany and No. 3 in
Greene county. The last two companies
use the convicts in farming operations and
the first companies use them in the mines.
The new lease is, uf course, a sort of spec
ulation and there b a deal of uncertainty
al»out it. Tlie terms bind the lessees to
lay the state$25,000 per annum, no matter
how many convict*are in the penitentiary.
Now. if the number decreases greatly
it may become so small that the lessees will
find it a losing business. Of course they
would gain in the contrary contingency. It
is very probable that the number will de-
crease during this long lea*e. The princi
pal keej»er of the penitentiary informs us
that it is now decidedly on the decrease, and
lias been so for a year or two past. There
are now about twelve hundred convicts in
be released this year,
probably come in to supply
the deficiency thus caused. There
is no telling how this will be,
however. There is a tendency all over the
state to a stricter enforcement of the law,
and this may exuse a temporary increase,
but, at the same time, it would operate in
favor of a )>ennanent decrease as such strin
gent exccu'ion of the law would lessen the
number of crime* and thin the ranks of the
criminals in the state. The convicts, gen
erally, are said to work well. If their num
ber remains as large as it now is the lessees
will pmbably find their investment well
mode. #
The state will get a million clear, and it
doubtful if tlie old iieuitentimry system
paid so much in any twenty yean of inex
istence.
Under the new lea*e the Dade Coal com
pany will receive three hundred "longterm
men," as they are called. The other two
companies will receive about three hundred
and seventy-five each. As soon as the terra
of a convict expire* his place is
filled by another, if the state has him
hand, and if he is not forthcoming
the poor leasee has to lose the service* of
one hand until the necessary criminal ap
pears and takes his place.
To-night, Colonel J. \V. Nelms, the prin
cipal keeper of the penitentiary, will start
for Macon and will go thence to southwest-
G corgi a. The object of his trip is to
properly redistribute all the convicts under
tlie new lease. He will have to exercise
udgiuent and caution to get the twelve
ired who compose his striped
army all proj erly assorted to the
various lessee*. Colonel Nelms hascareful-
worked out the problem aud is preparing
work it out to tbe best interest of the
stateand to the satisfaction of all concerned.
Thursday morning he will pass through At
lanta with about one hundred aud fifty con
victs. Tbe style of carrying them on the
railroad is interesting. They have to tie
chained in box cars, which are well ventila
ted and made as comfortable as pos
sible. Two guards well armed are
put in the doors of the cars. Thus any
shrewd fellow who should slip his chain
would be jiowerless to do any harm <
help the others loose. Colonel Nelms
have a special engine here and will go to
the Dade mine* as fast as steam can carry
An Interesting Meeting of Sunday-
School Workers - The Tale sf a
Cow's Travel.
Cox tees, March 31.—Tbe Sunday-school
convention of the Stone Mountain Bap
tist association closed its session here yes
terday. Tbe attendance Saturday and Sun
day was very fine. Interesting addrjs*es
were made Saturday by Her. J. F. Edens.
Rev. J. M. Brittain, Rev. F. M. Haygood,
Rev. E. Jewell, and others. Tlie following
officers were elected: Rev. James F. Edens.
8ocial Circle. President; J. T. Pendleton,
Atlanta; E. L. Wood. Stone Mountain; John
C. Burton,Covington,Vice-Presidents: T. A.
Gibbs, Social Circle, Secretary and Treasu
rer; J. F. Edens, President, ex-officio chair
man; N. F. Cool edge, Norcross; Rev. W. AL
Davis, Lithonia; J. T. Corley, Covington,
members of executive committee. Tlie
convention will meet In Decatur, May 28.
26, 30, 1880. There are between 75,000 and
80.000 people in tlie bounds of the associa
tion, and 15.000 to 20,000 children. Tlie re-
K rt shows less than 4,000 members of the
ptbt church and less than 2,000 members
of Baptist Sunday-schools. An amend
ment to the constitution was introduced
and laid over until the next session
looking to an increase of the districts by a
reduction of the territory of the present dis
tricts, and putting five vice-presidents at
work.
Mr. T. J. Treadwell here recently had a
fine milch cow stolen from him. The thief
sold tbe com' for #15 to a man three or four
miles from Atlanta, who subsequently sold
her to a butcher in Atlanta, aud the butcher
to D. A. Beatie. Mr. Iba*ie shipped her to
Charleston. Mr. Treadwell visited A tlanta
and upon presenting the facts to Mr. B.. he
immediately telegraphed to Charleston to
ship the cow back to Mr. Treadwell. The
thief, who is a negro, was arrested and is
awaiting trial. Everybody here is loud in
the praise of Mr. Beane’s promptness in the
matter. The cow on her returning from
her tour was rejoiced to get hack to Mr.
Treadwell, who values her highly.
St. George.
“Well Done^Indge George IliUyer.”
The Wesleyan Methodist Adyocate,
Macon, in reproducing The Coxstitutiox’s
report of Judge HilIyer's most excellent
charge to the grand jury of Clayton county,
pays hint these well-deserved compliments
and bespeaks for his efforts the most
thorough support:
Tbe account riven of the charge delivered hr
Judge Hi liver to the grand jury of Clayton county
Is absolutely Inspiring. We could not overstate
our estimate of the importance not only to one
jndicial district, hut to the whole state of Georgia,
of the position taken by the brave and wise, the
learned and Christian judge of the Atlanta cir-
—It is a bugle-note that should awaken re-
. e» in every home in the state. Judge Hillrer
ha* undertaken a gigantic work in this
attack on enormous evil*. May God's bless
ing be upon him. But do the rest of us
know our duty in this matter? A judge unaided,
however wise, brave and true, cannot administer
the laws. He must be sustained, not only by hi*
solicitor, but by his fellow-citizens. The pnlpit
Is an unknown power in moulding public
opinion. And we preach the gospel whea we
; evils that are damning our •ons by whole
hecatomha. We do not wish to intrude the
Wesleyan's advice in an unseemly manner, but
we beg pardon for saying Judge Hillycr’s atti
tude on the subject* so powerfully discussed iu
his charge, furnishes a rare opportunity to the
able men who occupy the pulpit* of the different
churches in Atlanta. Let them lend to this holv
judicial war upon aatan’s chosen appliances of
vice all the power they can command. Let them
preaeh, talk. pray, and let every Christian man.
woman aud child in Atlanta help iu the good
work. We are proud of Atlanta—the home of our
boyhood, the scene of much hard pastoral work
Just after the war. Atlanta is full of courage,
enterprise, life—all the best possibilities of suc-
energy since the disasters of the war. Her oppor
tunity is great: so is her responsibility. In
common with multitudes of the good people of
Georgia we watch with the deepest interest the
progress of the grand work so well inaugurated
by the brilliant young jurist whom a good
providence has given to the people of the Atlanta
HOW IT WAS.
iTfcR'
A LITTLE MTS'
CLEARED UP.
Mr. Watteraen'i Raw 1 f<* the Secretaryahlp if the
Senate—How Mr. Hill Game to Vote for Gen-
enlYoMg—'Ihapxunssn Family
“ glerely. s:
Correspondence of lie Courier-Journal.
Waxhixutox, March, 30.—In the account
of the circumstances attending the defeat of
the Hon. Hat vfj M. IV'atterson, for secre
tary of the senate wlflch appeared in the
Courier-Journal the <My after the event, an
implied reflection
Hiu, of Georgia. Jn
the following letter
Hill, and, itn media
called upon ‘he s
that his explanation i
an inexplicable trad
satisfactory* to hiu
cast upon Senator
Watterson received
>n after from Mr.
the receipt of it,
and assured him
hglmt at first seemed
Ction was perfectly
.. dv due to the
dtatincuisbed Geondlub||hat lie eltonld be
set right in the maner.anfi. that his reasons
should be fully set 1 forth r in resjiect to the
original misconception «.r hi* course. No
oneiii Washington !■«*heard JndgeWatter
son complain of anyb -lv. On the contrary,
betook his defeat-with hi-: customary com
posure and good fa :Vuo4 Mr. Hill's letter
is as follows: <
Uxrrm otktek f
von, March*. WTO —StySir: I received yes-
terday a *lln 11 an Ebhltt house envelope, the
slip coniafr.iug a dispatch, of March 20, to the
§ ' -• • * ‘ characterize
tary af the senate. You distinctly said that this
promise should not bind against a candidate from
my own state, and several times repeated thia.l
Some two weeks before the nomination. S
Butler aud General Young came wwad
THE BUTCHER BUFORD.
be anuounced until it became
probable mat none of those first announced
could, or probably would, be elected. I distinct-
lv told them of my committal to you and my de
sire to support you.
(teneral Young called on me again, and said
his friemls thought he ought to be announced at
once. This I opposed, because I desired to vote
for you. It was finally agreed tliat his name
should not l>c announced until you had had a fair
chance, and General Butler was to say when this
was, and when 1 should announce his name.
Senator B. asked me to announce Young after
the first ballot, but I objected on the ground that
1 could not abandon you. as you were so near an
election. It was said you were at your best, but
I still insided ou standing to you, aud Senator
Butler consented. After the second ballot Sena
tor B. insisted ou my announcement of Youug,
as agreed ou. Of course I could do nothing else.
This i* the whole of it, and I not only redeemed
my promise to you, but more than redeemad it
I never spoke to Burch, or a friend of his. on
the subject, and the intimation that I was in col
lusion with Burch against you is simply infa
mous.
I regret your defeat, but this attempt to make
me the scape-gout is as vile us it is untruthful.
The truth is. with the forty present, ninctecu was
your greatest i>ossibiliiy. I do not know the au
thor of that dispatch. Senator Butler will con
firm all 1 say. Yours very truly,
Benjamin H. Hill
Hon. H. M. Watterson, Ebbitt House.
COMMENT OF THE COURIER-JOURNAL
Our Washington dispatches this morning
contain a letter from Senator Hill of Geor
gia, explaining hi* conduct in the matter of
the eiectiou of secretary of the senate.
It corrects an erroneous impression that
li id originally apj»eared in these column*.
It is only just to Mr. Hill to say that his
statement of the case acquits him of double-
dealing, or equivocation of anv sort, and to
join to this the expression of regret that
there should have been a publication preju
dicial to hitu. In this connection it
may be proper to state, since
certain dispatches from both Washing o i
and New York during the con test for speak
ership and the Taramauy squabble.* have
been ascribed with more or less particularity
to the editor of the Courier-Journal, that
Mr. Henry Watterson is not resjiousible fur
that ascription, nor for the telegrams in
ijuestion. having neither converted himself
into a correspondent nor exercised surveil
lance over the correspondence of the j>aj>er
during his recent visit to the two cities.
charge to accept the position of chapla* of
the university of Virginia until next fah.
The Chicago Unity aptly remarks that
"Confucisn-'sm and Buddhism united in
China hi> • e not yet been able to produce a
Dennis K» a: :»ey.”
Bishop Stnpsox and Joseph Cook will
accompat y Lev. Dr. Vincent to his new
camp meeting ground* in the Yuseraite val
ley. They in.end to start June 2, and will
be absent about a month.
St. Pateice’s cathedral. New York, is
rapidly approaching completion, and it is
expected that everything will be in readi
ness for the dedication Mav 25. The cost of
the altars alone is estimated at $100,000.
The latest development in the premium
business is tliat of an eastern religious paper,
which offers "a genuine seven-shooter re
volver.” It tries to satisfy its evidently un-
3 uiet conscience by the phrase, "In these
ays of tramps and burglars."
Taiicrrr church. New York has made an
ecclesiastical innovation. The sexton aud
usher* are to wear black gowns. The effect
is described as picturesque, and strangers
wanting seats have no difficulty in telling
who to apply to.
The Interior, the Presbyterian journal of
Chicago, commenting o;. the arraignment of
Dr. Talmage, says: "No matter how trivial
and groundless the charges may prove to be,
still Dr. Talinoge has received a blow from
which aaian and the satanic press will see to
WHAT THEY THLJfK.
Til BSOUTHERN PRESS ON THE PISTOL
lx church an
him with his free p.MBBugcr*. The
dnetor will not collect Irckets on the trip
and this will he the only passenger train on
record where a newsboy i* not boring every
body to death. Really tlie trip has its at
tractions.
The fact that the new twenty year lease
goes into effect to-day brings up an ini-
]M»rtant que*tioti. All three of the new
companies are chartered, and are distinct
organizations. The question is as to whether
this status does not place them beyond the
reach of the legislature. It is well known
that the question of abolishing the system
of leasing the convicts was agitated at tlie
last session, and some sharp discus-
were had on it in the house.
The late Colonel Alston was one
f the originators of this movement and
to his effort.* more than to those of any
other man was due the feeling which
was developed all over the state on the
quettioi). In the ru*h of business tbe
matter was not disj<o*ed of at tbe winter
session, but with many other important
measure* left for action at the session in
July. l)f course the, lesese* will then be
acting under the provisions of the new
twenty-year lease by that time and the
question of vested rights will come up.
The abolition of the lea-e system at the
last session would have stopped the system
yesterday when the old lease expired.
These facta are stated merely as points
which have been raised in conversations
which the reporter has had with several
gentlemen on the subject. There may be
some way to avid the proposed difficulty,
and if there is not, it is useless to say tliat
the legislature erred in not disposing of the
matter at it* last session The time was too
short to prepare a new system to control 12
hundred convicts. Whether the system is
abolished or not the agitation will surely
have the effect of making great improve
ments in the treatment of convicts which
seems to have been cruel iu several of the
camps. This part of the question will l>e
thoroughly overhauled at t he session in July.
The penitentiary committee reported in
favor of the aboliation of some of the camj«s
and the improvement ofo there. The govern
or aas requested to examine into the matter
fully and to communicate with the legisla
ture on the subject. With the correction of
all the abuses complained of tbe system will
be much more commendable even to tiiose
who do not tolerate the idea of leasing the
convicts of the state.
Judge Xcltsnnm* Calls a Special
Term to Try tbe Prisoner.
Cixcixxati, April 2.—A Frankfort, Ky.,
dispatch says that Judge McManama has
called a special term of tbe criminal court
to try Thomas Buford :or the murder of
Judge Elliott. It is set down for Monday,
April 28th. Governor McCrary has ordered
an election to !>e hold on May 12th to select
sneressor to J udge Elliott
Mrs. Elliott's condition has been one of
great prostration ever since the assassination
of her husband, and to-day it is considered
critical. She has been iii delic itc health
for years, and now that she :s left without
husband, children or uear relatives, she ha*
no desire to live. It is not known what
estate Judge E. left, but it is certainly
small, not exceeding three or fonr thousand
dollars, aud probably much less than that,
as he was a very liberal man and frequently
went security for his friends. He had a
policy in the Legal aid society tliat will
jtay about eight hundred dollars, and
twenty minutes before he was killed he re
marked to Mr. Lawrence Anderson, the
agent: "I wish you would hurry up and get
five thousand members before I die.” He
was one of the sureties on Colonel South's
bond as lessee of the penitentiary.
It is said that Henry Buford, notwith
standing his bad treatment in former years
at the hands of the prisoner, has expressed
his determination to withdraw from the
legislative race In Fayette countv and de
vote his time and money to the defense of
his brother. I have previously alluded to
violent deaths in the Buford family, and
now I learn that the Elliott* also
have some bloody chapters
their family history. Judge Elliott’s
father once killed his man; a brother of the
judge's was shot through the stomach and
killed at the battle of Princeton, Va..; one
brother killed another, and a fourth one
blew his brains out in a fit of insanity.
Tlie rumors that Judge Elliott once slew a
man are untrue. Though the bravest of
the brave, he is not known to have ever had
a serious di • culty with any one.
A BIG SALE.
Alea
ancTin state, the man who sim
ply aims to go with the strongest, to side
with the majority of to-day. to add liis voice
to the utterancesof blindselftshnessand par
tisanship, will one day find no place for
erasing the record, though he will seek it
carefully and with tears.—National Baptist.
The Troy Times tells of a preacher who
reported himself and his numerous family
as in a state bordering on destitution. His
people made up a purse of $200, with which
heat oncebouglit a gold watch for liis wife,
a gold chain for himself and kid gloves for
the children all around.
Some of the members of the Reformed
Episcopal churches are opjKwed to keeping
what is known as tlie season of lent. They
say In substance that enforced piety for
forty days only increases worldly indul
gence—before and after. They think uni
form manner of life preferable. We know
nothing as to the special benefits of the
lenten season.
Rabbi Wise, of Cincinnati, lias written
a Ietteron the question of mixed marriages
in which he announces the following dic
tum: "The congregation of Israel cannot
relinquish her conviction, cannot forget her
history and cannot repudiate her religion;
hence she-cannot sanction the intermarri
age of Jew and Christian unless the latter
embrace the faith and cause of Israel.*’
There is a rule which requires that the two
chaplains of congress must come from dif
ferent denominations. The house having
organized first, and elected a Methodist, Rev.
W. P. Harrison, as chaplain, the senate
selected Rev. Dr. Bullock, of tlie Prcfbvte-
rian church as their chaplain. Notwith
standing this immemorial custom the Rev.
John Poisal.of Baltimore, received the votes
of a number of the Senators at the late elec
tion for chaplain.
Ix his recent Sundiy-sch nl congress in
Chicago, Dr. Vincent expressed the feeling
that the schools are deficient in an inter
mediate grade of literature, both of books
and papers, for a large class of immature
young men and misses who do not want
"stories for children," yet whose taste* have
not advanced to rijKj reading for adults. He
also pointed out a similar defect in both the
church and secular magazines, the most
formative period of you.h seeming to drop
out between the magazines for chihlretr-
and those for old folks. And the “Bishop
? Chautauqua" wa* indorsed by tlie us-
mbly.
THE COMING CENSUS.
GEORGIA MATTERS.
SOCIAL ItEADQUABTERS FOE SOtTTHEKX DEMO
CRATS.
Baltimore Sun, 28th.
Skxators Gordon and Lamar have rented
a house on Vermont avenue, Washington,
which will be the social headquarters of tlie
southern democrats.
THE RADICAL IDEA OF GEORGIA JUSTICE.
Chicago Tribune, rep.
The Georgia idea of the colored element
is that it will do well enough as a basis for
congressional representation, in winch it
counts man for man with the white popula-
i, but when it conies to nutkingup jury
lists under the new constitution a negro rates
as one-twentietli of a white man. Tlie
stem of Impaneling juries places theiuat-
r in the bauds of three white citizens in
each county, and the average of negroes on
the lists throughout tlie state is about 5 per
cent.; and this, too. is just about the per
centage of chance* that a colored man will
get justice and fair play in a Georgia court
GEORGIA'S MONEY.
Washington Cor. Savanuah News.
Comptroller of the Treasury Porter is
still at work on the question whether Geor
gia shall get the seventy-two thousand dol-
appropriated her by lie last congress,
finds tliat if, as he was inclined to do
ti{ion a short and cursory examination of
tlie case, he decides against Georgia he will
decide against many more things than there
will be legal warrant for. He savs that for
an apparently confined question this one has
more lateral branches than be thought pos
sible. He is not through with hisexamiua*
tlon vet,and consequently will notsay which
way liis decision will be. From the*tone of
his conversation, and from what the other
officers in the treasury who have to do with
this question have fo say, it may be regarded
COTTON AND TRADE.
----- . -> » <>nt an intruder no not aesen your ixousc vo
upon his rou4o-box and makes grimaces ,| t , i| Cling together, and in the mighty
country and the bouse. [Counter j v , > j ClP 0 f the people sweep the power of
the republican std-. the j and ring?Irom your "fair land aad
heir hands and indulg- nian {tY. yet remain firm in line, ready to
meet the wiles of the natural enemy to tbe
ing in loud laughter for a considerable
time.}
jMr. Chalmers—The gentleman is mis-
faLnr. 1 shall certainly not undertake to
play • game at which any monkey can
Cieat [Laughter on the democratic
ZEBRA CITIZENS.
1*1
» aad HU Trala.
CaUael Nall
Mr. Pry*(M&h>e) next obtained the floor ! Thursday morning Colonel J. W. Nelms,
and made a *p»<ech of co-.-id* table length pri*'.-i;«al keeper of tfae i«enitentiary.reached
iu defen** :)je republican party, and i .Via ta from Macon with about 150cuii
chargingth* «Vto«#;igry of the south with , V ict*. which be will carry at one- to the
id*nnh-rtng citizens tje declared tbs* deni- j 1>» V o-wi mines, to be placed in the hand-
-•reijc party wm'.d get « mtroi of the capi- i ,.f Georgia Penitentiary company. So. L
(til, ««>d tliat n ha* ** much tu it could at- fhi* c uipany is entitled under th<
rend tofo ket'p (*.»*>essioa of lie iitju*-. new apportmntraent to the con
There wjs much feeling uianife'.ed to the j viets to about 300 long-term men. Col-
deLata. which was further piu urinated inLjiiel Nelms ha* just been in middle and
ibv Stedie a'vJ Itavla, of North Carolina; | west Georgia for the purpose of redis-
Jtooker. of MW—ijq.i; Carlisle, of Ken- < tribut’Hj Jhe omelets according to the
jtuckv •Hurd, «.f a«d others. { twentv-year Iga,-**' which went into effect
Jlr. Hurd >aid it auxins had been *et- Tuesday. He is nog .gn his way back, and
C dii>y the legislation of <w liwt quarter of after tlie delivery «»f D\e prisoners he
anMUjrv it wa* tliat gruers* jegodatioa bring* to-rirorrow will have ab-rat com
it-vlf grabl be attached tu*i»pnj(.ri:uion pi^rd hi* difficult task. Tbe r '
ibiits, and grrtainly no one wuuUi di-pbJe oners will be brought in box-care, but tl
(j K proposition that measures in regard to j « jj| have plenty of ventilation and as mi
.awiioinr bearing on tlie revenue were re- j com!ig-t as potsiW under the circumstance*,
juirod to be originated in tbe house. Tlie . When they reach the city a special engine
|mhs*s was right iu insisting that these objec-1 will take them H once np tbe Western
<ioneb}* guea»nres should be repealed. He ' and Atlantic railroad at excellent speed,
should a«t speak to-day of the test-oath Perhaps the curiosity to sea ao many of
hill, but onlv of the two measures tliat re- j three striped fellow* will attract a crowd ft
late to elect ion*.because they were bot h gov- (he depot thia morning,
enied bv the same principle, and both must |
be settled by the -aroe constitutional doc- t •w.j-n.e KoBaaartc
trines Tbe l^usr insisted that tfa«law should 1 Mndanse Bonaparte,
be amended so as to prohibit the uoeof { Special dilate* w> Tte OsusWu
troop* at tbe polls, and so that supervisors ; Baltucoxx, April A—Madame Bonaparte
4>f ekeilon. appointed by federal authority. | was very weak ax eleven o'clock last night,
abould t*> longer poowi their present , She had been sinkiag ail day. Her physi-
were, and that there should be a repeal of ( cian thinks she will hardly survive till tun-
statutes c. nferring on United States I rise.
Workmen.
Liverpool, April 2.—The cotton circular
of Smith, Edwards £ Co., cotton brokers, of
this town, says the visible supply of cotton
is 350,000 bales below that of last year. Pro
bably the spinners throughout the world
hold a surplus of from 150,000 to 200.000
bales, and there may be a little more ship
ped from India for the remainder of the sea
son, but in any event there most be a mate
rial reduction of the consumption to carry
us through tlie autumn. Whether there will
be such reduction at the present level of
prices of raw material will de{>end very
ranch on the action of the governm-nt as
bearing upon silver an^ the eastern
exchange. Even a slight improve
ment now noticeable' at Man
chester is due solely to a propwal to
lesson the draft on India by fonowing in
London, but a series of such expedients
would reduce the already deplorable
finances of India to hopeless bankruptcy.
Tbe silver question is exciting great inter
est throughout Lancashire, and the opinion
is »tca<lil.i tending iu the directv*o »f oiniex-
aliam. but tbe interests in Loution opposite
» it are so powerful that it b doubtful
bet her any practical steps can be taken in
that direction for a long time to coi
Loxpox. April 2.—The annoui
that tbe Blackburn cotton operators of all
branches of trade at their meeting ‘
day agreed to submit to the redact
their wages provided the masters
consent to restore the redactions both this
Tpar and last year upon the revival of trade
was ioeonepL They decided to submit to
the redaction unconditionally, bat declared
their intention to insist upon tbe reitera
tion of prices paid previous to last year's
reduction when trade revives.
The Estate ef the Late 1
under.
Tuesday there was one of the most im
portant sales had in Atlanta in many a day.
Mr. B. H. Broomhead. the administrator of
the estate of tbe late Thomas Alexander,
sold at public outcry at tbe court home a
portion of the great property left by the
deceased. There was a good attendance
in spite of the rain. The terms of the sale
were cash on the spot. Considering this
•he prices were all good, especially those
i»aia for the bonds. The following were tbe
items of the sale:
Eleven $1,000 state of Georgia 6 per cent,
bonds brought 107%. They were purchased
by Mr. John H. James. Ten citv of Athens
per cent, bonds of $1000 each
were nexis old. They were issued a*
stock subscription of the city
toward tbe building of the Northeastern
railroad. Six of these bonds are due in
1893 and four fall due in 1888. All of them
sold at $105*4 and were purchased by Dr.
A. W. Calhoun. One share of Georgia rail
road stock surprised the crowd bar bringing
par. The stock is now quoted 83a85. but
Mr B. Adair bid $100 for the solitary share
and procured it. One fourth interst in
the Georgia Western railroad, to which the
city of Atlanta subscribed $400,000, was
bought by H. S. Alexander & Co. for
$2,600.
One-fourth interest in the Atlanta and
Roswell railroad was purchased by Mr. Ira
Y. Saee for $280.
About 400.000 of the fine river brick
made at Belton were sold,to be delivered on
the cars at that station, on an average of
$6 per thousand, making the total sale of
brick about $2,400.
The total amount of all tbe property sold
was about $28,000 and every cent cash.
MORMOX CONVERTS FROM GEORGIA.
Memphis Avalanche, 2Sth.
Ox Tuesday a large party of Mormon con
verts passed through the Taxing district, en
route for Salt Lake City. A reporter of the
Avalanche was at the depot when the train
arrived. There were about 150 iu the party
and they were squalid in dress, ignorant
looking and altogether the reporter con
cluded tliat they were taken from the
poorer and lower walks of life. Tke news
paper man had just obtained from a young
lany in the party that she was going to
Utah "after a husband,” when the leader
came forward and put an end to the conver
sation. He gave his name as Elder J. Mor
gan, and explained to the reporter that
converts were frequently dissuaded from
going to their destination by p^sons talk
ing to them, and that on this account he
had interdicted all conversation.
“You," said the Mormon leader,
voung, handsome (here the reporter
blushed) and Fll venture to say that you
are unmarried. This young lady is alto
young and pretty—too. pretty to be per
suaded to remain in Memphis. However,
if you will go along with us you may hove
A Universal Condemnation of ths Methods of Barba
rism, and a Demand far Obedience to Law by
Both Gentleman and Saffian—Im
proving Poblic Sentiment.
Rome of Its Leading Features.
The approach of the census is exciting
considerable interest already in Georgia In
the first place, it is felt that it will be the
roost accurate and comprehensive census
ever yet made, and one under which more
exact justice will be done to all sections. It
is under the control of General Francis A.
Walker, who superintended the last census,
and brings to his coming work an expe
rience of the richest sort added to liis great
natural fitness for the place. He is a pro
fessor of Yale college, and one of the most
thorough and capable scholars in America.
He will donbtless have many most impor
tant changes to make in the details of the
work and a much more comprehensive
schedule to offer.
The most important change proposed by
the new law is, however, in the shortness Of
tlie time in which the census is to be taken.
In Germany, where the most perfect cei-stis
system is to be found, the census is taken in
24 hours. Early in the morning the census
taking machinery is pnt in motion; tb*»
thousands of enumerators start their can
vass in every village and hamlet, and the
thousands of compilers have their pencils
digging into the figures. By the next morn
ing all is over. The census is cnnipleted.and
the German government is in absolute
knowledge of the extent and scope of its
personal and industrial resources. In
America, It lias usually taken from three to
six months. Of course such a dilatory,
draevling census has been imperfect, es
pecially with our shifting and transient
population. Under the new census law the
census must be completed within thirty
days after it is started. The date of startin’*'
is pnt at June 1st, 1880. In cities of 19.009
inhabitants and upwards, tlie work of
enumeration mnst he completed in two
weeks from the day of starting. Under this
rah* there is promise of a much more onm-
(, correct and satisfactory census than
ever been taken before.
THE SCFEUVI80RS—GEORGIA ENTITLED TO FOUR.
The most important'officers under tlie new
bill will be the supervisors. There are 150
of these officers to be appointed—this num-
berlto oe apportioned to the population as
t • .i.„ nnn „„„ le-n Tt.:» .......
shown in the census of 1870. This census
shows a total population of about 45,000,000.
This would allow one supervisor for
every 30,000 of inhabitants. Under this
rule Georgia which has about one and a
quarter million, will be entitled to four su
pervisors. These supervisors will each have
a district. It will be liis duty to examine
all the returns, classify them and send them
on in schedule sha)>e. He will have tlie
virtual appointment of the enumerators in
his district, as he will have to approve the
names and to nominate the most of them.
His pay for the whole work will be just
$500. There is nothing to be added to this
for expense or extra work, except tlie hire
of a clerk, where a clerk is especially al
lowed him by the superintendent of the
census.
THE ENUMERATORS.
Among the most important officers of the
census will be the enumerators. There will
be an allowance of one to every four thou
sand people, as shown by the census of 1870,
except whereon account of the sparseness
of the population—as in the territories,
Texas, etc—one man cannot call on the
four thousand people within the thirty
days. By this apportionment, Atlanta will
Tiftox (Texx.,) BxcoRd: It is a base and
cowardly habit; near two thousand years
ago a great writer said that the honest man
needed no weapon but his honesty, and the
same is as true to-day.
Washixgtok Post: The recent tragedy at
Atlanta has elicited a general expression in
the southern papers in faverof parting with
tbe pistol os* a pocket companion. It is a
good movement, and we trust it will con
tinue to boom until the desired reform is
consummated.
Jacksonville Sex axd Passa: Law does
not change men’s natures, nor does it do
much towards refining the opinions or hab
its of a people. There is something radically
wrong in the custom of settling every little
dispute by appealing to the pistol, and of a
people sitting down quietly and seeing this
go on for generations and approving the cus-
- Abbeville Press axd''BaNxerTSo long as
ignorance and poverty exist, the murderer
will always be with us; but the time has
come when brave men and gentlemeu need
not carry offensive weapons, and need not
make any little real or fancied grievance a
cause for fighting to the death. Civiliza
tion and bravery too are measured by the
value they place upon human like, and not
bv the readiness with which a man will
place his own or another’s life in jeopardy.
New Orleans Times: What the south
need* in order to put a stop to the^e homi
cides is not stricter laws or lietter courts,
but a change of public sentiment, ami this
change must be brought about by those
agencies which influence and control the
public mind. The press and pulpit have
commenced the work in Georgia, and it is
to be hoped that they will not cease their
efforts until they have accomplished their
object, and until their example is followed
in other states.
Vicksbuug Herald: A law against carry
ing concealed weapons, hi be effective,
should not only prohibit the carrying of
such w’eapons but the ow*ning, ]»ossessiiig,
buying or selling or the introduction or
ini|Mjrtation into the state of any small side
arms of any sort whatsoever. If tlie prac
tice is to be broken up it must be done
thoroughly. The penalty for violation
should be fine and imprisonment, and the
law should be so worded that it would be
impossible for any violator to escape either
the tine or imprisonment.
Charleston News and Courier: There is
|>eace and order in every southern state,
except where the (*eace is broken and order
is disturbed by men and boys shooting at
each other, and wounding and killing each
other, about some trifle that would
have been thought nothing of had
they slept on it. But they have pistols in
their pockets. One hot word brings on an
other. tlie deadly weapons are lugged out,
and thequondutn friends blaze awav at each
other until one is disabled or the pistols are
empty. It is a shame and reproach to each
am! every one of us.
Memphis Avalanche: Tlie point of be
ginning is the monster evil known a* car
rying deadly weapon*. Out of this evil
have grown duelling and the sickening re
cord of life-taking in moments of auger by
men who convert their persons into walk
ing arsenals. Happily for civilization, the
barbarism of duelling now excites little
other emotions than jmpular disgust and
cuutempt; but that other relic bt barbar
ism, carrying deadly wea|mus, lias yet to be
uprooted. Public sentiment, without
whose active, determined co-operation the
law is powerless, is responsible for this most
pernicious evil, for it has done little to
make persons who practice it feel that their
acts are acts of lawlessness.
Charlotte Observer: The increase of
crime is \u direct ratio with the decrease of
hangings^ There is talk every now and
then of abolishing capital punishment al
together. Let it be done, and every man
will be a walking arsenal and every man
the proprietor of a small grave-yard. The
reverse of the above proposition is what is
wanted—that the execution of capital
punishment upon those guilty of capital
offenses shall be more speedy and certain
than it is. An improvement in our judicial
methods is needed, and a sterner public
sentiment. It would be well, too, to reverse
the adage for awhile and proclaim that it is
better that one innocent man should suffer
than that ninety and nine murderers should
escape scot free.
Memphis Avalanche: Carrying con
cealed weapons is almost wholly confined
in the north to the criminal and suspected
classes, who are under the social ban, and
on whom the officers of the law keep strict
surveillance. A man who habitually fill*
his hip pocket with implements of death is
regarded as an enemy to law and order and
society. The stigma of reproach is fastened
on him. He cannot shake it off except by
stroking tbe deadly weafams out of bis hip
jtocket, and proving by his acts that he is
worthy of tlie respect of the law-abiding
elements. When public senti .ient becomes
as healthy in the south none but the dis
reputable classes will be found gnilty of
the barbarous, murderous practice of load
ing themselves down with deadly weapoua
Possession of them will fix their identity.
Tuscumbia (Ala.) Democrat: We are
glad to know that there is a growing public
sentiment against the cruel, cowardly prac
tice of carying concealed weapons. The
lives of hundreds of the truest and best men
have been secrificed on account of the folly
of men making walking arsenals of them
selves. The tears and grief and wretchedness
it has caused in this fair land is a sad and
gloomy commentary on American civiliza
tion. The press of tlie state, prior to tlie mee
ting ofthe general assembly, was u -anitnous
in uiging upon that body the enactment of
such laws as would suppress this vicious
practice. Yet no action was taken and
Valuable.Spring* In Franklin County.
From a gentleman who reached this city
yesterday from Franklin county, we learn
of the recent discovery in that county of two
valuable springs which are destined to gain
much notoriety, so it is claimed, at no very
distant day. The springs are located five
miles from the fan ions Madi*on spring*,
which were so popular in olden times. It
is said that the water of one of tbe spring*
is of a Yellowish color and smell* strongly
of sulphur, and that the water of the other
is the color of pale wine. Tbe general im
pression Is tfaat one of the springs is sulphur
and tha other iron. It is claimed by the
residents of tbe vicinity that these springs
will cure almost any kind of dUease, and
especially diseases of tlie skin. If this he so
then Franklin county may, at an early day.
become a great place of resort for invalids
larta of the <
her.’
The reporter explained that he had joined
that innumerable caravan of men who find
life more enjoyable when gladdened by
woman’s smile.
The Mormon leader asked why his wife
could not go along. "Young man," he con
tinued, "throw away ambition,
"By that sin fell the angels.'
How can men then—’’
Here a pau.*e. and the reporter managed
to ask where the converts came from. The
elder replied:
"About fifty of them came from east
Tenne*see and north Georgia, about thirty
joined us at Decatur. Ala., and an equal
number at Corinth. Miss."
Reporter—"Why is it that these people
wished to leave the states?"
Eider Morgan—Tlie men go because it is
the religion of the world, ana it will finally
prevail. The women go because they can
not get husbands here. Why, my dear sir,
there are 33,000 women in Georgia who are
unnroried. A* soon as we get to Utah all
will be married to as many as we want to.
There we can worship according to the die
tales of our own conscience, and we can in
numerably increase our families.
The reporter here found tliat the train
had started, and he hurriedly brought the
conversation to a close.
from all parts of the country.
—While the Queen of the Belgians
leaving St. George’s chapel after the wedding
ceremonies of tne Duke of Connaught and
his princess, a magnificent bracelet studded
with diamonds slipped from her arm.
Without noticing her loss the queen passed
out of the building, but an ancient survi
vor, with liis eves about him. saw the daz
zling jrwpls foil am) lost not a moment in
their recovery. As soon as tbe yeoman of
CHURCH CHIMBS.
T ext is more leniently observed than
usual.
All the preachers are proclaiming
against concealed weapons.
Protracted me
in progress at the
A prominent minister says that no man
of greatness of mind has ever been a dancer.
During the present year about sixty
persons have been added to the First Pres
byterian church.
Preachers are attacking extravagant
dressing, and the husbands in tbeir congre
gations feel like enpouraging thescjitiiqent.
There are several colored churches in At-.
Janta. independent of all others,with a faith
oftfcelrwi,
the gaud were out of line this honest vet- I We learn that Mr. 1L H. McCrysta! ha*
eran went to his adjutant and gave np the J prepared a beautiful new mass for tbe use
bracelet, which was handed to the lord | t^lbqlic choir on easier.
have about eight enumerators, and tbe state
of Georgia will have about three hundred.
It is possible that an extra allowance may
be made for some of the mountain counties
The compensation allowed these enumera
tors will be as follows: For every living in
habitant two cents, for every death rej*orteii
two cents, for every farmer ten cents and
for each establishment of productive indus
try fifteen cents. This will cover ail ex
penses of mileage, etc. It will be allowable
for the superintendent to give $4 a day
where the population is so >par^ that it
would not pay to work at two cents a head.
We»t of the luQtb meridian, the compensa
tion may be made $0 per day. In no case is
it to exceed this amount, and a day mean*
ten hours of actual field-work. There are
provided fines and forfeitures, i
pnsonmem, for neglect or refusal to do the
work prescribed in the oath taken by tlie
enumerators.
THE SCHEDULES Of INFORMATION.
The blank schedules for inquiry are very
decided improvements on any former
blank*. Special features of the coming can
su* are the collection of statistics on rail
roads, telegraph companies, insurance com
panies and express companies. Included
m these statistic* are the tabulated ex
pense and incomes, showing the net profits
of each enterprise. Of course the vital sta
tistic* are of the verv fullest character, and
will make a most thorough exhibit. Tbe
superintendent will have the power to ap-
S mt experts on the subjects of mining,
tiing, manufacturing, etc., and shall ap
point aome expert to edit the statistics of
railroads, telegraph, insurance, etc. These
expert* and special agents shall have a
salary not to exceed six dollars a day and
actual traveling expenses. Tlie sum of
three million dollars is appropriated a* the
total cost of the census—all items included—
and no expense outside of this sum shall
be justified. The superintendent may re
move supervisors, ana supervisors may re
move enumerators.
more than one-half of the young men of the
country go about with a huge revolver in
the seat of their breeches courting and seek
ing anopportunity for the destruction o'
human life.
Richmoxd State: There was a time i
many of our older states, within the memo
ry of people still living, when for a young
man to carry a weapon of any kind, even a
dirk-knife, was sufficient to drive him out
oi society and cause him to be avoided. No
lady would be seen in his company, and the
l*eople shunned him as a leper, dangerous
to the community. But the invention of
the revolver, we suppose, and the ease with
which these weapons could be obtained,
rapidly worked a change in this healthy
feeling, and what was once looked
upon with abhorrence as a coward
ly practice, and a high offense
against good breeding, soon came to be con
sidered the most essential part of a gentle
man’s outfit in life. But we can restore
this healthful public sentiment in society,
and it is our duty to do it as rapidly a* pos
sible.
Vicesburg Commercial: We notice that
it ha* been proposed in the Tennessee
legislature to tax dealers in fire arms,
and to levy also a specific tax on each
pistol, bowie-kife or tbe like sold or
offered for sale. This seems to us to strike
at the root of the evil. Let it be treated
a* a general and dangerous nuisance, and
abated or regulated a* such, like the retail
selling of liquors. Place such tax on pistol*,
bowie-knives pistol-cartridges, and the like,
in the hands of all dealers or in possessi<
i>f individuals as will amount to a pro
hibition of sale, or raise sufficient revenue
ro employ detectives, and to pay for the
enforcement of the laws. Place a tax of
twenty-five dollars or more on each pistol
sold, or five dollars on each box of pistol
cartridges, the same on bowie-knives,sword
canes, etc., and we wiil guarantee thi
dangerous habit, and expensive luxury oi
the lawless and violent, will be greatly
curbed Tif not rapidly exterminated. We
are sure it cannot be done too soon.
people off their guard, and entirely unpre
pared for bis attacks, as so far from hesitat
ing to murder his victim in the presence of
witnesses, he courts publicity, since
there should be no glory in the act
unless done in the presence of an
wished an awe-struck crowd. As for
ar of punishment, the perpetrator
know* from tne annal* of crime in tlie state
that the yeaily ratio of executions to mur
ders is twelve hangings to three huudred
murders, and that at this rate of risk the
professional murderer is engaged in a much
safer business than tliat of the railroad engin
eer, conductor or brakesman, or of a dozen
trades and professions pursued by good citi
zen* for a livelihood.
New Orleans Times: What is needed is
not so much to create the impression that
the practice is dangerous and damaging,
and entirely indefcusible, as to arouse a
sentiment which is hostile to it, and which
at all times and under all circumstances
will make w-ar upon it. Only in this way
is there any hope of abating the evil. As
long as a community contents itself with
admitting that the practice is wrong and a
disgrace to a civilized people, it will con
tinue. utid homicide* will be of frequent
occurrence. Laws and courts will be pow
erless to ahate it. When, however, the peo
ple take hold of the question witn an ag-
gro-ive determination like that displayed
in a political campaign, or in any other
matter in which they are deeply interested,
it will not be long before the pistols, knives
and brass-knuckles are laid aside. Men will
then attend to their daily duties with a free
dom and confidence that they have not felt
fora long time. The few who still cling to
the 'disgraceful practice the courts will
deal with promptly and effectually.
"Lex" in Nr.w Orleans Democrat: A
few years prior to the war the habit of
the ]>eople in a certain section of the state
of carrying concealed weapons was as gen
eral as it now unfortunately is. About
thi* time the state enacted a law making
the carrying of concealed weapons an of
fense, p intshuble for the first offense with
both fine and imprisonment, and increas
ing the nature of the punishment for sub
sequent offenses. This statute was rigor
ously enforced in the part of the state I al
lude to, and in a short time the barbarous
custom of carrying concealed weapons to
tally ceased. For some reason unknown a
subsequent statute.was enacted leaving it to
tlie discretion of the judge whether or not
he should imprison the offender, and also
to his discretion the amount of fine he
should impose. Let the old law he re-en
acted requiring the judge both to imprison
and fine, and for the first offense the im
prisonment not to be less than thirty day*
and for subsequent offenses increase the
fine and imprisonment, and the entire state
will be in a short time absolutely free from
this great evil. Fines will seldom deter
men from the infraction of the law, but im
prisonment will overcome the most obdu
rate.
Memphis Appeal: Murder belongs to bar
barism. It is the recourse of brutal natures
—untamed, uncivilized natures that have
not been taught to impose upon themselves
those restraints that are the recognized evi
dences of civilization. It is tlie recourse of
those who are a law unto themselves, who re
gard themselves superior to all law, human
or divine, and who go armed, prepared,
often boastfully prepared to take life on any
pretext that, to themselves, may be provo
cation that will justify It. They are mur
derers at heart, io the 9outh much of the
prevalent crime is of this capital character,
and it is largely due to a defective public
opinion, which treats lightly of the loss of
human life and invests with too nittcli ini-
{•ortance the disputes of individuals and
their quartets. Then, there is the cowanllv
liabit of carrying concealed weapons, which
brings in its train offensive speech ami man
ner, a swaggering recklessness, a bold,defiant,
impudent and often brutal aggressiveness
on the part of young men who, permitted
by parents and guardians to go unchecked,
suddenly find themselves classed among the
criminalsof thecountry, hunted by sheriffs,
marked as Cain was. fleeing they know not
whither, and leaving behind them honest,
good. God-fearing relatives—jrnrents, sisters
and brothers, weeping in shame for their
misdeeds. The remedy for this is only to
be found in the rigid and prompt enforce
ment of the law.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Back of
this bloody Frankfort deed, back of all the
murders and lawlessness which manifest
themselves in this state, is the unrestricted
practice of carrying concealed deadly weap
ons. No state in the union has a more
stringent law against the practice than Ken
tucky. We regret to say that no state in the
union is more indifferent to the execution
of such a law. Did our last legislature mean
anything when it passed additional mea
sures for the public safety in amending the
statute relating to tlie carrying of pistols
and other weapons? Surely if Keutuckiarfs
ever expect to get their state out of a rut,
and send her spinning along the ringing
grooves of progress by bringing immigrants
and capitalists within her borders, the law
must be made supreme. The revolver must
become recognized as a mark • of re
proach and shame, like the indelible
brand fixed on the brow of «he
murderer Cain. He who bears wcaj>ons ha
bitually must have a stigma set ujkmi him.
He who talks of shooting others to avenge
his personal grievances must be given to
understand tliat talk is for communities
where brute force—violence is the supreme
rule of conduct. Let us begin at first prin-
ples. Public sentiment can make it a
inging disgrace for a man to walk about
among liis fellow men armed like an arsenal.
Kentucky is not ready to be remanded to
savagery. It rests with her people to say
whether she will have peace and law and
order within her borders, or violence and
bloodshed.
New Orleans Picayune: When our typi
cal gentlemen murder one another in the
public streets it is plain that there is .some
thing defective in the social organization by
which such gentlemen arc evolved. It is
time for the people of these states to look at
the consequence of tolerating such a condi
tion of things, and to try, if possible, to
change it. We claim to be a law-abiding
l»eople, but such a claim is a mockery, a
delusion, a snare, when the law is set at
naught with impunity by riten who ought
to be models ana examples for their neigh
bors. We believe that at last public opinion
on thia point has been aroused, and that it
ill visit its condemnation on the men
ho. in future, make our streets uni
highways arenas for gladiatorial combat*.
Expressions of vigorous reprobation
come to u* from all jiarts
the country in regard to
recent terrible crimes. Let
hope that these will be followed^ by
equally vigorous prosecution. and punish-
FOREIGN FLASHES.
Soldiers Swept Away—The Xorthnmp-
tonnhlre Stakes, Etc.
London, April 2.—A dispatch from Lahore
to the Reuter company says that a squad-
ron.the 40th hussars,was swept away by the
current while crossing the Cabnl river near
Eraels Alabade on the 31st of March. A
lieutenant and 40 men are missing. Sixteeu
bodies have been recovered up to tlie
present time.
The great Northamptonshire stakes was
the chief event on the programme of the
Northampton and Pythicley hunt meeting
to-day. The original subscribers numbered
fifty-one, but of these only seven started.
C. Perkins's Rochampton, who was one
of the heaviest handicapped of those
accepting, came in winner. Lord Rose-
berry’s Ilidotto, who was the favorite in
the betting, took the second and F.
Gritton’s Antient Pistol the third. The
betting before the start was 7 to 1 against
Rochampton, 7 to 4 ireaiust Ridotto and 10
to 1 against Antient Pistol.
Leyillk, April 2. —Princess Chistina,
second daughter of the Duke of Montpen-
sier, who yesterday was supposed to be dy
ing, is better, but not out of danger.
Special dispatch to The CoiptitMuon. ‘
T.ONi>ON, April3.—A Reuter’s telegram from
Vienna says it is stated there that the porte
on Tuesday intimated that it accepted the
mixed occupation scheme with sole restric
tion as to the manner of its execution. The
Times’ correspondent at Vienna reports
£ at the negotiations with the porte have
en confidential. The Turks stipulated
tliatagovernopgeneral should be appointed,
and the Turkish contingent permitted to
participate in the occupation of the Bal
kans. Russia, who at first opposed the
proposition, has consented to Turkish par
ticipation in tlie mixed occupation.
Efforts are already being made to bring
about an agreement between the powers
relative to the Turkish stipulations, but
this will be difficult to accomplish.
The stipulations for stationing the Turkish
troops in the Balkans may be compromised
by permitting them to occupy the -eastern
K irt of the province, which is populated by
oliammedans. The interpretations hos
tile to a mixed occupation, of which notice
was fflvcn by the left club and seventy pro
gressists in the reichsrath, are not expected
to affect the action of Austria.
The Times’ Paris dispatch announces the
death of Alexander DeLavaissiere DeLav-
ergne, tlie novelist and dramatic author.
The Times’ Paris dispatch says that the
pope’s brother, Thomas Peed, will be crea
ted a cardinal at the easter consistory.
The Times’ Constantinople dispatch says
the sultan will send Hobart Pasha and Rus
tem Pasha to Italy on a complimentary
mission to Queen Victoria.
CRIME AND CASUALTY.
—General Beauregard denies the story
about the $2VX>0 secession editorial of .
George D. Prentice in the Louisville Cou- chamberlain, and by his lordship to the
rier-Joarnal. • Queen of the Belgians. ‘ terian
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
Wheeling. West Virginia, April2.—The
town of Farmington, Marion county, has
been infested for some time by a class of
people who have lived in open violation of
law and decency selling whisky without
license and living in open adultery. Late
last night a band of thirty men, supposed to
belong to a vigilance committee recently
organized under the name of "Red Men/’
visited Mrs. MacGuire’s place and tiirew out
her stock of whisky. They next called at
tlie house of Mrs. Toothman. breaking in
tlie door, where a man named David Snod
grass was found in company with the wo
men. He was given 20 lashes with a hicko
ry rod. They also gave Snodgrass, Mrs.
Toothman, Jane Brumage, Joseph E. Mor
gan and a girl named Belle Young a coat
of tar and feathers.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
Greenville. 8. C.. March 3L—A fire
alarm last night developed a fire in the dry
goods store of K. B. Dickson & Oo., directly
opposite the Commercial hotel, corner of
Main and Washington streets, in tlie Maul-
ding block, tlie best block in the city. The
exertions of the firemen and tlie assistance
rendered by the colored people saved us
from a terrible conflagration. The habitues
of the Commercial hotel, comprizing men
from Atlanta, Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York, aided greatly in saving the goods
of McMahon, Morgan & Davis, who occu
pied adjoining stores.
Dickson & Co. were insured for $14,000 in
the following companies: Hartford, $2,000;
Home, New York, $2,000; London and Lan
cashire, $2,000; Scottish Commercial, $2,000;
Hamburg and Bremen, $1,000; Manhattan,
$1,000; Westchester, $1,000; Western, $1,000;
German-American, $1,000; London, Liver
pool and Globe, $1,000.
McMahon, Morgan £ Davis were only par
tially insured, but saved half of their goods.
Walters’s drug store and T. W. Davis’s es
tablishment were saved by tlie strenuous
exertions of the firemen and citizens.
The city of Greenville has miraculously
escaped a terrible conflagration. Dr. Maul-
ding, our mayor, who owned the block
burnt, was two-thirds insured, and can
stand the loss. I>r. Norwood, dentist, lost
$1,000. Mr. Broadway, photographer, lost
$1,000.
Augusta, Ga., March 3L—The Freed-
men’s hospital is burned. Loss, $10,000.
Savannah, March 31.—The storm yester
day did considerable damage in Effingham
county. A son of Ex-congressman Rawls
was killed by a falling tree.
FASHION ITEMS.
APPLICANTS FOR THE PLACES.
Already there are aeveral applicants for
the supervisors places. The principal ap
plicants so far, are Colonel Wilberforce
Daniel, of Augusta; Dr. Wra. King, 'of
Fernandina Mirror: The more influen
tial journals do not seem to touch tlie vital
poiut of this matter. While calling for
the enforcement of the law, they entirely
overlook the public opinion that must nec
essarily go before the law,and without which
all law* are inoperative. Moral teachings
must be brought tQ the aid of the law and
create a sentiment before which all men
will pause ere rushing into fatal dis
rates. The fact that the men who
lave heretofore figured in these broils
have been looked upon as heroes is a bad
Wn to the youth who must soon fill their
places in life. When a gentleman can de
cline these personal conflicts without losing
caste there will he boiub in the
right direction; hntil tliat * all bn the case,
we shall continue to see l'h?.«*tan geuric-
men. in aland where all lave the benefit*
of gospel teaching. «-«rrving concealed
weapons in violation >4 uli Uw and ready
to use them upon each o..» -r ou alrooftt auj j
provocation, however slight.
Houston Telegram: The desperados
far from seeking to caver their murderous
designs with the mantle of darkness and se
crecy usually select a most public place.
* hich is usually supposed to be
inent of the offenders We. in this city,
ar.d this state, shonld consider that we are
no better than Kentucky or Tennessee, or
Virginia; but we have reason to believe
that the time is passing away when eminent
and respectable citizens could slaughter one
another and still be considered not as
sassins, but heroes. It is full time for the
change. If New Orleans is to be regarded
as one of the great cities of the world ought
to be regarded, she must show that the
rights of the person a* well a* the rights of
property are protected by laws which are
not relaxed for the benefit of the gentle
man any more than for the benefit of the
ruffian.
Gainesville (Florida)Sun: The manner
and extent of carrying deadly weapons can
be deluded upon a* a reliable index of the
social and moral status of a community.
If the manner I* open and defiant and tbe
extent general and continuous, it shows
that there is but little pretense in the pub
lic thought to a regard of the sacred value
of human life. If the manner is concealed
and the extent general, it reveals that iu the
public opinion there is a conflict between
an external pretense of high regard of
the value of human existence and an
internal disregard of the outward profes
sion. If there is no carrying of deadly
weapons at all. it shows that the public
conscience ha* been brought to a status of
developmeut and civilization tliat make* it
sensitive to the high worth and dignity of
buiuau life. The practice of carrying con
cealed weapons is a common one in tbla
country. Even boys of only sixteen
mere are ambitious to possess themselves of
pistols. We have noticed with regret this
practice in our community. *’
Shanghai Rate is a French novelty in
dress goods.
Bluish orat is the stylish color in ladies'
kid gloves.
New style parasols have sixteen ribs in
stead of eight. They are very handsome.
New cambrics are In anoint designs and
look like the popular Indian silks.
The clover leaf pattern is the newest de
sign in new cashmere furniture coverings.
Spring wraps are trimmed with pleating!
of black Breton lace.
The latest dinner cards are in the shape
a horee-shoe handsomely decorated.
Striped velvet must be cut straight to he
stylish foi trimming on plain dresses.
Point dk Rag use is a new lace and it bids
fair to be a formidable rival to the favorite
Breton lace.
The fashionable wedding wring is a plain
S id band with a diamond deeply imbeded
it.
A novelty in stockings has a medallion
of lace upon the instep in which the owner’s
monogram is worked.
Pretty new bows for tlie throat have a
gabot of Breton lace on the side and loops of
hand-painted ribbon on the other.
Dama8SE bunting is a new material de
signed to take the place of grenadine. It is
much stronger and equally as cool for
summer.
w OirBMt Society” In Washington.
The correspondent of tbe Cincinnati Ga-
zettegives this rather pretty picture of cer
tain social peculiarities at the federal cap!-
Athens, and Colonel William A. Harris, of
Worth bounty. J^aun of them is very
itrongly indorsed. There are lour place* ; and j _
to be filled. The applicant* for enumera* } sacred from tbe invasion of the assassin. Of
tors are very numerous and have been 1 late the favorite place'for the murderor to
■ ------ . generally sent into tbe .United State* ply hi* art is in the crowded supper-room of
Da. \ aug ns, pastor of tbe Central Presby- j marshal s office. Tbe places may* not be I the hotel and in the eating-room of the rail-
Tian church, will not leave bis present filled until March of next year. * way station. Here he is most likely to find
tal:
Before it slips my mind, as it basso many
times when I nave been writing you, I want
to relate some few incidents which occurred
at the Mexican minister’s grand party, a
few weeks since, related to me by a friend
S ho unfortunately was an eve-witness to
te shameful proceedings. 8he said she
and her escort unfortunately stood near the
supper-room, and when the doors were
opened thereinto, site was pushed with the
velcoity of a flying cannon ball into the
room, and actually on to the table, where, to
save herself from making a full-length por
trait. she plunged her nicelv-giovea hands
into a pyramid of cream, demolishing its
fair proportions, while the mannerless
crowd pushed and squeezed and snatched
the good things. One man bore off two bot
tles of champagne to a corner, and with a
companion emptied the contents of one,
bolding the other meantime between his
feet. A ruthless band pulled the silver
skewers from tome rarely-dressed meat, and
pocketed them as souvenirs. A woman was
discovered in the act of patting a cboioe
specimen of china cup into her capacious
pocket. I wonder if she is the woman Judge
Wright spoke a few days ago, when relating
an incident which occurred at a little excur
sion he gave some children. It was reported
to him that a good sized girl, not belonging
to the invited guests, was filling her pockets
with oranges and apples minus any invita
tion. Being pointed out to him. the judge
accosted her with: "Little girl, how many
apples aud oranges have you taken T* The
girl paused with momentary confusion,
then said, "One, sir.” “Let me feel in your
pocket," said the judge, and then he took
out, until twelve oranges and four apples
made a pile of crimson and gold by Tier
side. "Her pocket reached down to the hem
of her dress." raid the astonished man, and
then he said, "I recognize her as the child
of a woman here who is respectably connect
ed, and lives well, but who goes to parties
provided with just such a fathomless pocket
into which she puts everything that comes
handy."
Not only do a hungry, ill-behaved crowd
go to opr large gathering* here, but thrust
themselves in at foreign entertainments,
much to the mortification of well-behaved
Americans. Even at 8ir Edward Thora-
| ... . „ It i* an evil
that need* to be corrected. The iro-
f rare moral sentiment that stands re-
ated to thirf evil, as cause to effect,
nee<ls to be corrected. _ The public
conscience ought to l>e transformed re
newing that it may utter an Implacable and
unqualified condemnation of it. The Judge
on the bench, the lawyer before tbe jury,
the editor in his sanctum, the minister in
the pulpit and all good men in all positions
ought to strive to correct this crinia against
society and against the laws of the land by
correcting what we hare already indicated
to be it* primary cause. Let the practice of
carrying concealed weapons Lo adjudged a
crime by public conscience and opiniou a*
it is by tbe statute of our state. But the
la v outfit not to he made to await this
quickening of the public conscience.
A Pacific Slope From Work.
San Feancikco, April 2.— About 200
laborers employed oi. a sea wall at tbe north
beach, struck work to-day and went to the
California street bill, where about 100 more
men were working, mid forced them to quit I
work. A strong squad of police maintained J ton’s those mannerless creatures are recog-
order. Tlie strikers demand au advance of nixed, wait inijiatiently for supper to he an-
50 cents a day, a^.d say they will allow no nounced, and then making such a rush for
one to go to work at the former wages. The the table that the more leisurely incomers
contractor announce* his intention of put- | see nothing but the debris of what was such
ting on men at the previous rates. a beautiful sight only a short time before.