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Tim WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1880.
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ATLANTA, GA.. APRIL
, van.
John Hhieauaii little dreamed, that his
boom was explosive.
Those who want to see their friends, stay
at home. Those who have no friends go to
Texas. ^
Remark by Mr. Parnell: **By George! if
“I am to be consulted, I prefer my eggs “
•‘an omelette. 1 ’
Metropolitan society ofTers an inviting
field for active coachmen who are able to
eupport aide-whiskers.
It is bitter to reflect that almost any dam
oeratic emergency would be sufficient to
call Mr. Marble from his seclusion.
The Maine delegation to Chicago will be
Mipported by a native brass land. It ought
to lie also escorted by the Mulligan Guards.
To the Puke of America— Pear sir: The
revenue men in Georgia are very, very
ahrewd, ami tlielr thumbs are very broad.
Tur. statement that Mr. Charles Francis
Adams lias “a cutting glance” is only
variation of a phrase. I t is an eye-sickle
after all.
•‘Hokest*’ John Sherman ought to hire
circus agent to bill his boom in the south
ern town*. What it needs is a little sober
and steady advertising.
“General Melikoef’h end,” confidently
remarks the New York Mail, “ia liberal
To which end does our esteemed contem
jHirary allude—his head or his he Is?
It remained for New Orleans to confer
upon General Grant the title of Puke
America. It seems to us that this chunk
is big enough to fill the bloody chasm.
Am exchange says that Mary Anderson
doesn't kiss artistically. That may be, but
Honest Emma A1iIm.ii knows how to wipe
otr I bunco’s romantic chin—and don't you
forget it.
A noon many republicans will celebrate
their anniversary next Thursday. And
some democrats too. By George! this sort
of thing is not sectional, nor is it confined
liy |arty lines.
Wotii.ii the New York Star object if one
of nur emissaries should assassinate George
Francis Train? We are perfectly willing
to be guided by the code of journalistic
ethics in this matter.
to lie hoped that the harmony and en-1 trouble to call at our bnsiness office,
thoaiaam which characterized the delib-1 4. That the circulation of Th* Const i-
erations of the committee will extend to I tutiox in larger than that of any daily
every section of the democracy in every I jmper in the .South Atlantic and GaU
quarter of the state. Kach member of stales. *
the committee seemed to be Impressed I 5. That the circulation of The Cossrr-
not only with the necessity of securing I tutiox is larger than that of any pa-
the unity of the party itaelf, but of pro-1 pe r south of Kentucky and the Potcmac
moling harmony among all who are.de-1 river.
£ irons of establishing the principles of I Now, if them? are facts the knowledge
the democratic party. The resolutions 1 thereof is worth something to those who
offered by Colonel John H. Martin, and I desire to reach the public by means of
adopted by the committee, are precisely I advertisements, and it is to their interest
tlu*direction of suggestions made in I to investigate them. There is no branch
these columns, and are intended as an in-1 of business in which money is as reck-
vitation to those who are honestly oppos-1 lessly expended as in advertising, and
ed to the mechanical methods which this recklessness is the resu.t of rnisdi-
have prevailed in nominating conven- rection. Our prices are no greater, nor is
lions, but who,Vt the same time, earnest- our advertising patronage appreciably
desire democratic success. The sug-1 heavier, than when the circulation of
gestion of the committee that tbe county I The Constitution was only two or three
meetings for choosing delegates to the thousand; but now that our subscription
state conventions be held upon the same I books open up a wide and profitable field
lay throughout tbe Htate is a good I for judicious advertisers, both at home
one. If this suggestion be adopted I and abroad, it is to our interest, as well
by the counties the democratic voters I as to the interest of our business patrons,
will have full notice of the meetings, and that the claims we set up be investigated
they fail to participate they cannot, I tested, and it is the purpose of this
with any justice, complain that they article to invite such investigation and
have been taken advantage of by politi-1 such tests as may suggest themselves to
cal managers. I those who desire to reach the public
There will be two state conventions I through advertisements. We simply
held—the tirst on the 9th of Jane to elect I claim that The Coxstiictiox readies a
delegates to Cincinnati, and the second I' 11 !? 61 number °( readers than any news-
on ttie Itli of August to nominate candi-1 P a P cr sonth of Baltimore and Louisville,
dates for state officers and to choose pres- I oeorsl. la contrew.
idential electors. No action was taken I Senator Garland, from the committee
with resjiect to the two-thirds rule in the I on jj ie judiciary, reported adversely on
state convention, hut in accordance with I Tuesday of last week, two hills for the
a request of the St. Louis convention the I reIief o{ Robert Erwin. At Mr. Hill’s
suggestion is made to county conventions I ref j„est they were however placed on the
that they make some expression of thVir I ca]en , !ur . i„ ,h e house a test vote was
opinion upon tbe subject. It is suggested wkcn on the subject of the reference of
that tl.e county meetings to select dele- the Townshend bill. Messrs. Blount,
gates to thelirst state convention beheld Cook Hammond, Nicholls, Persons,
on the first Tuesday in June, and that I .Smith, Speer and Stephens voted in fa-
tlie meeting to select delegates to the I vor D f a reference of the hill to the corn-
second state convention he held on the I m j t tee on revision of the laws. Mr. Pel
1st of July.
ton voted to send tbp bill to the ways
and means committee. Mr. Stephens
presented papers relating to the war
| claim of Mrs. Caroline Clark.
Mr. Hill, on Wednesday of last week
There is a swindle somewhere. Congress
men In the pay of the monopolies should
refuse to draw the salaries paid them
the |*eople. But there .is no such thing
liatriotism now-a-days.
If the next house of representatives
democratic, it will have no packed ways
and means committee to stand between
people and the tariff reform. Bribery will
fail to save the mono|K>lies next year.
General Grant evidently aspires to rank
among the most native of our statesmen.
Ho has got an engagement at Hot .Springs.
And yet we have never heard it hinted that
General Grant lias a mercurial disposition.
Mr. Hayes will dine with John Jacob
Astor this week. And he will have just as
many policemen present-John Jake will—
to protect his diamonds as if it were Ben
Butler instead of Madison'Wells's electoral
acquaintance.
Ik fate has a republican president in store
for ua, by all means let it be George F. Ed
munds. He hates the south, hut he is hon
est; and honesty is a great thing in this
world, particularly when you find an hon
est republican.
Tiiky say that John 8heriuan has gone to
Ohio to re(mir bis fences. He finds a Maine
cult in one end of the barley-patch, and a
eoatuoiKilitan stallion in the other. The
elimination of Mrs. Jenks from his pro
gramme was a serious mistake.
Cotton-ailllw In Kontla Carolina.
We are indebted to Hon. A I*. Butler,
commissioner of agriculture for the state
of South Carolina, for a neatly-printed .
pamphlet devoted to the history of the called °P the resolution providing for the
cotton mills of that state. It is impossi- appointment of an aasistant librarian for
ble to conceive of a more seasonable pub-1 the eenate, at a salary of $1,410 a year,
lication, anil it gives us pleasure to say I Tllls leJ 10 a ,onf ’ debate ’ an ?. * Ir ‘ lvl
that the pan.pl.let, if it does not exl.aust rounds demanded att .omul of it the yeas
the subject, gives every fact and detail and na - vs ° nthc th,rJ , rc:u , hn « ot U ' e
that interest and enthusiasm can suggest. olut,on - U wa3 l ,a33cd > tl,e vote ,
It is a publication calculated to do a vast 3110 “ T1 * e boa38 "as engage, on the
amount of good if properly circulated. I reforem-e of the Townshend bill. W
It is the outgrowth of an exceedingly 1 B ,ve tae ;
, , 1,11 11.’I lift it enacted, etc., Tlltai an-utma aiui aim
happy idea, and we should be glad to|2Vjr>of title of the revised statutes of the
UIH* ft uimil .r imlilif -itii.n nn, I u,, ited States bo revised and amended no that the
see a Similar publication pM I «tuty on salt, printing -type, printingpaper. and
forth by the Georgia comuiiwioner I ffie chemical* and material* used in tbe manu
.... , , I fartnre of printing-paper be repealed, ami tliai
of agriculture. Tiie purjNMe of the pain-1 mid article* be placed on the free list,
piilet is, by setting forth tlic substantial I The hill tA incori>orate the national
success and exceptional profits of the I educational association was passed last
southern cotton mills at a periotl when I Thursday, Mr. Hill voting for it. Gen
most of the mills of the north, were I eral (ionlon was absent. Mr. Felton
closed or running at a loss, to call the at-1 alone of the Georgia delegation
tention of capitalists to the resources of I voted to send the Townshend bill
the south os a manufacturing region. The I the ways and means committee. Messrs,
information given in the pamphlet covers I Smith and Persons did not vote, but
every detail likely to interest practical I both were paired-
men, and this information is Yecapftn-1 The hill to pay Madison Hay, of Lou-
lated in the concluding pages in the shape I isiana, $5,400, that being thc amount
of a tabulated statement. The table I purchase money received l»y the United
shows * that there are eighteen mills I Mutes from Mr. Day for a parcel
in operation, with 05,008 spindles and I land in New Orleans condemned os the
1,033 looms, and a capacity of I property of Jndah 1\ Benjamin, the title
101,33$ yards of cloth and 17,483 ponnds I to which was defective. Mr. Hammond
of yarn a day. The eighteen mills con-1 called the attention of the house to the
sume 54,304 pounds ot cotton a day, ein- I strange legal propositions involved in the
ploy 2,012 operatives, and their profits I hill, and the hill went over, Mr. Speer
range from eighteen to forty per centum. I presented the petition of I). II. Martin
Kveiything that has been said int!ie|andothers,fora|>03t-routefromGaineS’
Iiainp'.det of tbe South Carolina manufac-1 ville via Tennessee post-office and Argo
lories may also be said (with some a hli-1 to Cleveland; aud of Y. J. Thomason,
lions) of the Georgia mills and we trust I a post-route from Dahloncga via l'orter’i
soon to see it said in an official way. I Springs to Chestoe.
Not the least interesting portion of the I Mr. Knott, from the judiciary com
pamphlet is that which treats of the I mittee, rejiorted last Saturday a bill
Clement attachment. As it was through I re,,,ove *he political disabilities of \V
the columns of The Constitution that I ** am ^'* Georgia,
the attention of the public wai first I Under the call of last Monday, Mr.
called to the attachment, we must Blounl introduced a bill to authorise the
confess to some degree of Interest ** retar y of war to deliver to the gov
in the future of that machine. A ernor of t,ie state of Geor gia, as a loan
singular fact, developed in Mr. Butler’s I onu hundred and fifty stand of light
pamphlet is that every factory man whose bnseel.-loading rifies, with accouter,
opinion he asked announced that the therefor, for the use of the Middle
Clement attachment conld not be a sue- I Geor S* a military and agricultural college
cess. Some gave as a reason that the I a * Milledgeville. He also introtiuefed
yarns were not markeUble while others I *° ^ e3 *^ na ^ e Atlanta and
stated that it would be impossible to Macon M i K>rls of delivery. This bill
store tlie seed cotton. Another singular I W4W referred to the ways and means
fact is that not one of these faetory men I “'"mUtce, ami orJcreJ to be printed
An Iowa mother remarked the oilier day
tliat if her two-year-old girl had been liorn
nn Ohio man she would now be engaged in
supporting the family in some office or
other. Women have very curious ideas
about some thing).
The death of brother-in-law Corbin re
moves oi.e of the landmarks of Black Fri
day. As a statesman, Mr. Corbin always
knew when to play trumps, ami those who
Some of our statesmen should sit down
and investigate the Monroe doctrine. Is it
too late in the day to make it a handle for
demagogy? It is a wonder there was no
protect on the pait of our glorious republic
when the Victoria bridge was built at Mon
treal.
The country is ]*rfectly willing to see
your Uncle Uichard Thompson, command-
er-in-cluef of the ami-papal war-tubs,
hauled into a political dry dock for re
pairs. Your Uncle Dick isn’t making noise
enough to suit the warlike instincts of the
people.
who give their opinions so freely have
never even seen the attachment, and
can therefore know* nothing about it.
Their opinions are based upon a vague
sort of idea that the process means oppo-
I It is believed that Messrs. Hammond
Blount, who are acting
concert in this matter, will
able to put the bill through the house.
The attempt to refer a war claim to the
sition to the larger mills. The author of i u,Uciar - v committee instead ot the c
1 mittee on war claims led to a consider-
able discussion. The yeas and nays were
ordered on Mr. Conger’s motion to refer
it to the war claims committee. The vote
was 121 to 75. Messrs. Blount, Cook and
th* pamphlet has taken the trouble to
make a thorough examination of the at
tachment in operation at Westminster,
and his opinion seems to be that it is a
success if properly managed. The pro-, „ , _ „ „
cess is merely a simplification of the * eI ! on „ TO te.l“ay; Messrs Hammond
method employed by the larger mills, and I N ,ebo ’ 18 a, ‘' 1 ? ersona vo,&I no; Me8 ?^
Smith and Speer were paired.
Nicholls introduced a bill for the relief of
mployed by the larger mills, and
the simplification places it in the reach
of every cotton-growing neighborhood.
It makes yarns of every size, and they
find a readier market, all things con-,,, , ,
sidereal, than the yarns spun from pressed 4 ' ao ^ Ia ’ f or a P 091 ronte from r °' T, ‘ !
William II. May—a war claim.
Cook presented the petition of citizens
have sat up .11 night with the fifteen pu=l* cotton. The attachment will not revoln-1 Clark ' a ^
1 ner now w .a t us meins. lionize manufacturing in the south, but
it places a yarn factory, with its profits
Mr. Tlhlcu anil tbe Ueinorrary.
. .No one will accuse The Constitution
ranging from twenty-five to forty per I of hostility Mr . Tildcn. Indeed,
centum in reach of every cotton-growing ond consi ,i L . ra te has been onr
neighborhood. It is as if the spindles of treatment of ids undoubted claims upon
one arge mill should be divided up I the party, that, in some quarters, we have
among t ic farmers, placing the difference I | >ecIl numbered among his supporters;
between raw cottou and marketable
that state, and he was known as a re
former; bat the potency of the platform
of retrenchment and reform, upon which
the campaign was fought and won, was
largely due to the popular reaction against
the startling corruptions of the Grant
administration. Mr. Tilden’s person
ality lent no color to the can
vass. There was nothing vivid or at-
active about him; buttherewas a confi
dent enthusiasm among the democrats
l*ased upon an instinctive feeling that the
party at last had for its candidate a man
who was a master of that finer art of
management and manipulation which
the political immorality of the period has
made a condition precedent to success.
Tims the campaign progressed to its cul
mination, and Mr. Tilden received a very
large majority of the popular vote. By
desperate a political maneuver as was
ever conceived, therepnblicanssucceeded
confusing the public mind, and, in the
midst of this confusion they deliberately
stole the electoral votes of two states.
Depending upon the fertility of Mr. Til
den’s resources, the democrats remained
quiescent. The controversy waxed in
warmth, and there appeared to be dan
ger of a collision of some sort, but there
was no sign from Mr. Tilden. The elec
toral commission was proposed, discussed
aud finally organized, but the people
heard not a word from Gram mercy
Park. Not only was Blackstone
never saddled, but he was never
even brought out of his comforta
ble stable. The commission accom
plished the purpose for which it wits in
stituted by counting in a candidate who
had been defeated by the people; but
Mr. Tilden’3 voice was not heard. The
democrats in congress filibustered in
ain; the front door of Grain mercy
lace was closed and locked. Finally,
the southern democrats, discovering that
the j»eople of the north were indifferent
o the consummation of the great fraud,
and perceiving that the public opinion
of the dominant section would regard
obstruct! ve^tactics as treasonable, secured
the restoration of their own state gov
meats and retired from the contest. But
from the beginning to the end of the
controversy, there was no evidence that
Mr. Tilden appreciated the responsibili
ties that had been thrust upon him. He
made no move and he gave no sign. The
popular view of his attitude in this mat
ter, though we are convinced that it does
him the grossest injustice, is that Mr.
Tilden was unpardonably weak where he
ought to have been strong, and timid
where he ought to have l»een
bold; that having the
of a majority of the ]>eople
his hack, he ought to have justified the
confidence reposed in him by insisting
ii|>on his rights and by protesting in per
son aa the representative of the great
liody of American voters, against the
gigantic frauds that were in process of de
velopment. He failed to do this and upon
this failure is based the indifference
his claims which now manifests itself.
Our own opinion is tliat Mr. Tilden was
made the victim of the timidity of such
men as Mr, Hewitt; but it is obvious
that the great hotly of the democratic
party is too indifferent to Mr. Tilden’
aspirations to seriously disenss thc mat
ter.
If we fortify this indifference with the
conviction which pervades the party
from one end of the country to the other
that Mr. Tilden will be unable to restore
harmony in the ranks of the New York
democracy—which is one of the condi
tions precedent to success—there will
no difficulty in understanding how and
why it is that he is no longer regarded
as an available candidate. The hostility
of thc Tammany, faction is altogether
l>ersunal. Its ultimatum is “anybody
“bat Tilden.” While the following
Mr. John Kelly is relatively insignificant,
so far as the democratic party of the
country is concerned, it has demonstra
ted not only that it holds the balance
of power in New York state, but that
will not scruple to destroy all chances
democratic success if its ultimatum
disregarded. To be suro the party
placed in a very humiliating position,
but at the same time the purpose and
power of John Kelly are facts not to
ignored.
This, in brief, is the situation. There
is no enthusiasm for 311 r. Tilden any
where, and the opposition to him has thc
vitality of unappeasable rancor and the
power of a not inconsiderable organiza
tion, and it manifests itself at a point
where defeat means destruction. We
not hesitate to say that if Mr. Tilden
nominated he will receive our most cor
dial support—and it will be all thc more
cordial because we believe he is the vic
tim of circumstances which lie could not
control—but we need not conceal from
ourselves tbe fact that lie is no longer
garded as an available candidate by those
to whos3 judgment the selection of the
democratic nominee will be left.
carried out by putting the orator himself
in the white house. It is not known
where he will present the balance Df his
campaign points, but it is plain that he
will not rid bijp3elf.of any of them in
Kansas.
AND THE PEOPLE WHOM IT FITS.
Not long ago Qaeen Victoria—who by
the way is not as agreeable in all moods
she once was—refused to invite Mr.
Gladstone, an ex-premier and the fore
most man in all the kingdom, to her son’s
wedding. This was about two years ago,
and now this haughty lady will be com
pelled either to ask Mr. Gladstone to
form a cabinet and administer the gov
ernment, or else to accept a man who
will be governed in all important affairs
Mr. Gladstone’s advice. This may
not be pleasant to the good queen, but
there is no way to avoid the alternative.
The Tammany people have called a
state convention, to meet on the day and
the place that had* been selected for
the meeting of the regular democracy of
the state. This of course means two
delegations to Cincinnati, and two sets of
electors in opposition to the republican
ticket unless affairs take a course that is
pleasing .to the obstreperous Tammany
crowd. Circumstances have virtually
placed the control of a great party in a
very important respect in the hands of a
lot of people in whom the country has no
confidence, and it see ms to be impossible
flank them.
The news of the death of Dr. Wrn. II.
White, a well-known citizen of Atlanta,
which occyrred yesterday at Iowa City
will be received with genuine regret. Dr.
White became a citizen of Georgia short
ly after the war and, although he had
serveduj^^he other side during the
himself and aH his
energies to an effort to allay sectional
strife, to correcting the thousand and one
political slande& in circulation about us
and to building up the waste places of
Georgia. His faith in our future and his
enthusiastic interest in the welfare of the
people of Georgia were boundless. Else
where will be found an extended notice
of his death. •
The Courier-Journal is furnishing shot
guns as premiums to subscribers. Our es
teemed contemporary is evidently anxious
to increase its circulation in Texas.
The democrats will have to mollify Mr.
Tilden as well as John Kelly. It seems
be the destiny of this great organization
be forever keeping down a street fight be
tween its own proud leaders.
Fernando Wood insists that he is a tariff
reformer. Tbe trouble with Fernando
that he has had his system patented, and
the monopolists have secured the right
use it in this country.
yarns in their pockets as clear profit.
and, although we have not lent ourselves
to any partisan effort in his behalf, we
have deemed it but just to him to foster
The Circulation or The ConsdtulIoL..
ri«n niftw ti.. n I rather than to antagonize whatever feel-
i pon more than one occasion recently I. . ,. . . e . . .
Auvmxg to the proposition to make a
senator out of Conger, the New Haven Reg
ister exclaims: “Christiancy, Chandler,
“Conger! Michigm must l>e hard up for
“ senatorial timber.” On the contrary, re
spected contem|»orary. that gifted state has
a penitentiary full of it.
^CiKXKRai. \\ itukks, of Mobile, writes the
New York Times a letter in which he de
clares for Grant. It would appear from this
that the poet who declared that With
ers was unwrung, cr words to that
effect, had no information of the involved
condition of our political phenomena.
Dr. McLean, of St. Louis, has invented a
100-ton magazine gun, which goes off as
soon as the enemy gets in sight and con
tinues to fire until he retires or is annihi
lated. In order that the Hon. Blanton
Duncan and Hon. Montgomery Blair may
not misconstrue our leniency, we cheerful lv
state that none of these guns have yet been
put upon the market.
As a member of the ways and means c
mittee. Dr. Felton is not asked to vote to
the injury of the iron interests of his dis-
trict. He is merely asked to vote for a rea
sonable reduction of the war taxes which
tbs farmers and working people of the
seventh district are compelled to pay upon
their tools, and upon other articles which
their necessities compel them to buy.
The great discrepancy between Mr. and
Mrs. Christiancy may be definitely stated in
few words, lie is sixty-three and she
red-headetl. And we’il be bound that no
young lady with red hair and a picnic dis
position is going to allww herself to be
tyrannized over by a brute of a man sixty-
three years old, who thinks that a g)s» of
grog and an afternoon nap constitute the
wildest sort of dissipation. So there!
ing favorable to him might exist in the
public mind. But thc situation to-dav
such that those who have maintained
i impartial attitude towards all the
democratic aspirants can no longer con
ceal from themselves the fact that, since
the opening of the discussion which al-
~ » , | wavs precedes a national convention, Mr.
return of comparative prosperity has af- mti’i i , »
^ , ,1 * * . 1 * | Tilden has steaduv lost ground. In spite
ieCted the DOtttimiWN ir» mnimnn with I * ® 1
(not for the purpose of boasting, but by I
way of information) we have alluded to I
the remarkable growth of the circulation
of The Constitution. In some respects I
this increase bos been phenomenal, for, I
while the reading public in this section [
lias steadily grown larger, and while the I
footed the newspapers in common with
other interests, we do not believe that j
any other daily publication in the south
has, within the past four years, nearly j
quadrupled its circulation. This The
Constitution has done, and it is this fact
which prompts us to recur to a subject I
which is of undoubted interest and im- |
portanoe to the advertising public. \V<
might, by somewhat widening the scope |
of a natural pride in the matter, readily
trace this result to the vast improve-1
ments made in the paper as a vehicle of
news, to unremitting and conscientious j
efforts to comment fairly and intelli-1
gently upon events of current interest,
aud to an earnest desire to deal can-1
didiy and thoughtfully with such ques
tions as suggest themselves for serious
of the claim which he has upon the con
sideration of the democracy—in spite of
the feeling that only through his renom
ination can the stui>cndous electoral
frauds of 1S70 be made an issue in the
approaching campaign—nothing can be
more apparent than the fact that the most
thoughtful element of the democratic
party no longer regards Mr. Tilden as in
any respect an available candidate for
the presidency. This fact is so obvious,
indeed, that the bluntest statement
would not give it undue emphasis.
Tliis is the situation to-day, so far
as Mr. Tilden is concerned. What
it may be to-morrow, or next day, or
when the Cincinnati convention meets,
we will not undertake to say, but
dUcustfon. Wo might, indeed, plume I “ n °* fT 8 * ! n ? Ir ’
ai.. ... , .* ... I Tilden s favor it is a question whether
his name will be mentioned in tbe con
vention as a candidate. As The Con
stitution, in common with the people of
ourselves ujwn the unprecedented addi
tions to onr subscription lists, but we
prefer that the fact of the increase should
its un lruht^V ^ we prefer that I t j |e can have no other interest in
..a undoubted atgutficunce should be m-1 a „ ndidate that which loots to the
success of the democratic party, we may
as weli deal candidly with the situation
as we find it. Mr. Tilden is not unpopn-
nor is there any strenuous op{>osition
to him among those who make up the
great majority of the party; but there is
a strong conviction that lie is not an
. available candidate, and this conviction is
1. Tliat The Daily Constitution lias I far more j»owcrfal and pervasive than
an average daily circulation of six thou- I any pronounced hostility would be. The
sand copies. I situation is worth studying.
2. That The Weekly Constitution has * It is to be borne in mind,in the first place,
terpreted by others.
Those who deal with the public through I
advertisements, large or small, are satis
fied if they can reach that public, and it
is in their interest as well as onr own I *
tliat we bring tbe eircnlation of The Cox- I
stitutiox to their attention. With tliis|
end in view, we desire to state—
The Southern Uullivntor For April,
The thoroughly practical character of
Southern Cultivator extends even to
typographical appearance. From first
last there is nothing “fancy” or meretricious
in its appearance. It is a plain publication
for plain people, and there is a certain
homeliness in the title-page that is not
all unattractive. We doubt if any publica
tion ever filled its field or performed
special mission more thoroughly than this.
It is intended for matter-of-fact people, and
its unpretending appearance is suggestive.
Tbe number for April has just been issued
from The Constitution establishment, and
i sufficient praise to say of it that it
fully up to the practical standard which
editor has fixed for the publication. The
thoughts for the month are suggested
by exi>erience and by a thorough knowl
edge of the requirements of southern
agriculture. There are articles
the improvement of cotton seed,
on the cooperation of cotton-growers and
cotton-spinners, on salt as a fertilizer,
the late planting of cotton, and on worn
soils and the proper method of starting
clover.
The stock department, the dairy,
poultry yard and the horticultural de{i
uient are rick in articles of permanent and
practical value, and the inquiry depart
ment touches upon a variety of subjects
abounding interest to fanners and agri
culturists. Indeed, it may he said that
every article is of timely interest. Price
$1.50 per annum.
Even Massachusetts is preparing
substitute biennial for annual elections.
Like all of the rest of the states she
sick of the turmoil and waste of politics.
Thc house has passed the resolve in favor
of biennial elections, and it is believed
the senate and the next legislature wi
also pass it. If it becomes a law', the
first election for a biennial term w r ill be
November, 1SS2.
Tiie opening of tbe Metropolitan mu
seum of art in New York, last week, was
an event that appropriately called from
the capital the president and a part
his cabinet. There were collected in the
spacious building some of the best citi
zens of the country. It was welL The
chief city of the coant ry has laid the
foundation of a grand collection, and
hope her people will go on until the
building is completed and well filled
with all tliat is highest and lx*st in art.
General Grant’s campaign point
New Orleans related to prosperity. He
fed the Louisianans with indefinite
promises that sectionalism should
Ik the portrait of John Sherman in his
biography is an authorized version, it
evidence that there lias becu a considerable
waste of the raw material somewhere.
There is a lascivious glare in John’s eye that
ought to commeud him to the republican
populace.
We do nor print spring poetry unless the
name of the author is attached—and not
then unless tho fourth, eleventh and twen
ty fifth stanzas possess political significance.
The necessity of harmony in the poetry and
in the party must not be lost sight of.
The editor of the Chicago Tribune has
uncapped bis breech-loading N and packed
it away in the wood-shed. It will
brought out during the campaign, when
its reverberations will be heard over moun
tain and vale. Notwithstanding this,
wish Mr. Medill well.
As a writer of imaginary conversations.
General J. S. Brisbin is a notch or two above
Walter Savage l*audor. The editor of the
Philadelphia Times has a great moral
sjionsibility resting on him in this business,
and the general affability of his home read
ers should not lie taken advantage of.
The disclosures in regard to Chapman,
one of the executive clerks at the white
home, turned Mr. Bogers’s hair gray in
single night. For the benefit of the future
historian, it is but fair to say that Mr.
Rogers was never more amiable than at this
moment. He Is shocked, hut not embit
tered.
Tiie New York Star is miffed because
do not treat John Kelly politely,
good gcracious! we s;>eak to him
chance we get. Docs he object to carrying
on a conversation across thc street? If
docs, let him drop his Conkiing demijoh
and couie over and lean against a demo
cratic lamp-post
It is not to be sup;>osed that the corre
spond! nt of the Boston Herald suffered
cause he couldn’t find a night-shirt for sale
in a sample-room. He borrowed an apron
from his washer-woman and had a right
balmy time of it. You can just bet your
sugared existence that these newspaper
respondents never have any serious trouble
about night shirts and things.
The Elmira Free Press says the corn they
are planting in Georgia is a deuced poor
article. Nobody complains of its purity
except thc revenue officers, and they say
is adulterated with shot-guns and things
but the revenue officers arc known to
imaginative. Fifty cents wrapjied around
the stopper of a deniij din and the deiu
jolin placed in an obscure corner of
fence will fetch the pure article.
We have received from Messrs. T.
Barnes & Co., of Senoio, specimens of
work of the first Clement attachment
in operation in Georgia. These specimens
consist of a hank of the yarn, a roll of'
sliver, and the seed that have been stripped
of their lint. Tiie yarn is smooth and strong,
and the cotton seed are perfectly clean.
Nothing is necessary to the success of
attachment save judicious management,
and we feel confident that the investment
of Messrs. Barnes Si Co., at Seuoia,
an example for the whole state.
DR. H. P. GATCHELL.
Who Ibc Supervisor of tbe Census
Dr. II. P. Gatchell, who has been con
firmed as supervisor of the census for the
first Georgia district, will be a much sought
man for the >ext two months. Applica
tions for places as enumerators will be
many, and the supervisor will have a large
list from which to select neatly one hun
dred assistants for his work.
Dr. Gatchell was born in Maine,
but removed to Mississippi about
fifty years ago. He lived in that
state and in Alabama three or four years,
and then went to Ohio where he held pro-
fessorshijis in two leading medical colleges
with honor. He was then called to a col
lege in Wisconsin. Afterwards he went
Chicago where lie succeeded finely
profession. On account of failing health
he moved south in 1.H77, bringing ten inv
lids with him. He has since been instru
mental in bringing large numbers of
lids to the south for tbe ; r health.
Dr. Gatchell has resided in Atlanta and
at different points on the Air Line railroad.
He belongs to a strictly medical family.
His wife is a skillful physician. He
four sons now actively in the profession
two of them enjoying an extensive practice
in Atlanta. A younger son will
graduate and enter the medical practi
Dr. Gatchell is a republican in politics,
but is very liberal in his views. He
many qualifications which suit him for
place he has been chosen to till.
All persons intending to apply for
position of enumerator should send in tlieir
applications to the supervisor of the cen
sus, Dr. H. P. Gatchell. Atlanta, at once, a
the time is limited before tbe names should
be sent to Washington for the approval
the superintendent of the census, General
Walker. In the absence of other instruc
tions from Washington persons are desired
to make out their applications in their own
liand-writing; and these should he accom
panied by t€stimonials as regards educa
tion. and assurances that the duties would
be thoroughly and honestly performed.
The following counties constitute the
first census district:
Dade, Walker, Catoosa, Whitfield. Chat
tooga, Murray, Gordon, Floyd. Bartow.
Polk, Haralson, Paulding. Cobb, Cherokee,
Pickens. Gilmer, Fannin. Union. Towns,
Kabun, Lumpkin, White, Habersham, Hall,
Dawson. Forsyth. Milton, Gwinnett,
Kalb, Fulton.
THE FITFUL FIRST
Arp Experiences 8oae Difficulty in Placing
Himself Inside his Usual Q&raents-The
Girls at tke Window—“The Fool’s
Errand” Dnly Consider.d
Written for the Constitution.
If a man could compromise by being
fooled just one day in the year, it would
be a good trade. The trouble witli me is, I
fool about half the time. Everybody
else is, too, but they either don’t know it or
won’t admit it. Mr Milton says the pur
suit of riches is the toil of fools, and Mr.
Milton is very high authority. That con
victs about half of us I know. Dr. Frank-
says fools learn only in the hard school
experience. That gets the other half. I
was a fool the other night for bragging to
my children that nobody could ever April
fool me. So tbe next morning, which was
the 1st day of April, it was my day to put
a clean garment and it took me five
minutes tugging and pushing to
get my arms through the sleeves before
found out it wasent the starch that had
stuck the cloth together, but somebody had
sowed it up with malice aforethought. My
boots had about half a pound of shingle
nails in em. The first battercakes they
handed me at breakfast were all right and
uncommon good, but the hot ones that
came next from the kitchen I soon dis
covered were a little tough and disinclined
dissolve in the usual way. I never tried
eat any ilannel cakes before and am not
prepared to recommend cm very highly
anybody. I had a good segar on the
clock, and having lit it went out in the
piazzer. and taking a cheer I put my boots
upon the banister to enjoy it. Some indi
vidual unknown had took- the fuse out of
some lire cracker and stuck it way down
the segar, and the first thing I knowed it
commenced fizzen and fusin and shoot in
out fire, and I throwed it a rod for fear of
being blowed up, and when I looked round
the whole family was just a dyin
the{ windows a looking
me. Of course I surrendered and
was about leaving the premises to keep out
of further trouble, but they solemnly
promised that the show had closed and I
stayed. All day long the little chaps were
knocking at the front door, and every little
while one of em would scream and yell like
something dreadful was the* matter with
him. It did em so much good that we all
pretended to be fooled everytiiue. That
night each one had a secret for Mrs. Arp
which was to sow up the others breeches
frock sleeves after they had gone to bed and
so the intelligent woman that she is just
soared them all up.
These little fooleries pass away with a day.
but there are some big ones that dont. You
wrote so much about that new book, “The
Fools Errand,” not long ago, that I sorter
wanted to read it, especially when I saw
that the radical party had ordered a million
copies for campaign documents. Well, 1’
read it, and 1 feel better. I feel prouder of
our southern land and her |ieople. It’s a
right good little story—which is to say the
story part is an awful big lie, but not as big
a» Uncle Tom’s cabin; and once in a while
a feller is obliged to get tuad, but then the
author is a fine reasoucr and a philosopher,
and says about as much for us as agiu us.
1 don’t exactly perceive what they want
with it as a campaign document. lie says
the north has been on a fool’s errand for
fifteen years in bedevilling our people and
trying to reconstruct us. He ^avs they
put military officers over us anil put
disabilities on our best men—
they gave our slaves the power over us. Men
born at the north came down here and were
given office by the votes of negroes am
renegades. They squandered the stated
revenue and contracted tuillioi.s of debts.
Then he says “one cannot but regard with
pride and sympathy the indomitable men
who being conquered in war yet resisted
every effort of the conquerer to change their
laws or their customs—resisted not only
with stubbornness but with success. How
boldly they charged the nation which had
overpowered them, with perfidy, malice and
a spirit of unworthy ami contemptible re
venge. How they laughed to scorn the re
construction acts of which the wise men at
Washington boasted. In all this we recog
ni/.e the elements which go to make up
grand and kingly people.”
1 like that sort of talk pretty well. But
he goes on to say that the civilization of the
south is the most intense, vigorous and ag
gressive. Upon all questions touching the
nation and its future, they are practically a
unit. They arc thoroughly united, and are
instinctive natural rulers. They do not
waste their energies upon frivolous and im
material issues. They are monarchical and
kingly In their characteristics—each one
thinks more of the south than of himself
and anything which adds to her prestige or
glory is dearer to him than any j>ersonal
advantage. The north thinks the south is
angry because of the loss of their slave
property, hut the truth is the north is a
thousand times more exasperated by the
elevation of the negro to equal political
power. The north is disunited. A part
will adhere to the south, and just as before
the war the south will again dominate and
mntml ttntinn ”
don’t build ns a road they can’t take away
anv we have!”
We shall keep our readers posted as to
any developments.
Showing- Mr. Newcomb Axonml tbe
Country.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
■ 6avannau, April 3.—Mr. Newcomb, Mr.
Wadley, General Alexander and Mr. De-
Fumak spent the forenoon in inspecting
the wharve*. depot and machine shops of
tho Georgia Central railroad, and at two
o’clock embarked on the steamer City of
Savannah and.as was.at first supposed.sailcd
for New York. The party, however, onl y
went down the river eighteen or twenty
miles and returned here on a tug boat,
reaching the city after dark. The entire
party have gone to-night to the residence
of Ge eral Lawton, the attorney of the
Georgia Central railroad.
Your correspondent learned from a
gentleman who is in position
to know that most ini)>ortant
negotiations are pending between New
comb, Wadley and Alexander, between
whom it is evident the most cordial rela
tions exist. It is said the party will leave
here on Monday for Charleston.
Wadley’s board meets on Tuesday next,
when it is supposed, if any contracts or al
liances have been made, they will be
brought up for ratification.
The gentlemen who accompanied the
party down the river say the movement was
a blind to.keep quiet the negotiations and
enable Wadley, Alexander and Newcomb
to discuss the situation. They occupied
the captain’s room, and were in close c«
ference during the entire trip. It was
marked by one of the Georgia Central i*eo-
ple that Wadley took Newcomb up on the
captain's bridge of the steamer, and, no
mountains being near at hand, he said unto
him: “These possessions shall be thine if
PUTTING MORRISON IN THE FIELD.
Colonel E. Speer, of the Hintta, Oonrting Kadiial
Puffs on Ererj Occuion-Sonth Corolinn >
Quota of Arme—Wnsto of Cm in
tie House of RepreeenUtWei.
control the nation. 1
That’s all right, ain’t it. That don'
sound like a radical wrote it. I reckon that
last is to be the campaign document
They don’t want us to dominate.
They see what a big mistake they made in
giving the negro a vote. It gives us more
representation in congress. They would
take it away from him now if they could;
and, as they can’t, they are trying to exo-
dust him to the northwest. But they can’
do that, and now they are begging him 1
go to Africa, and lie won’t. They are in _
dickens of a fix. They have sowed the
wind, and are reaping the whirlwind. We
are getting all right. If our folks will act
up to what that Fool’s Errand feller says
and be united and every man think more
of the south and her glory than of himself,
I know she will come out ahead. But some
how or other it don’t seem to me that a man
who bolts his party and side wipes around
for an office on the independent line is
very much united or very particular about
his country’s glory. It looks to me like he
is after his own glory first, and after he gets
his share if theres any glory left I reckon
maybe he would give it to liis country—
though I am liable to be mistaken in my
peculiar view of such things.
On ihe whole 1 am obliged to think that
campaign document a very good book for
our side, and I think our folks ought to
tole fair and pay for half of em ami let the
radicals distribute em. If any southerner
was to write a book aud say the whole south
had been a pack of fools fifteen years, and
was to prove it I think it would make rue
mad, and not be a very good campaign docu
ment in every family. I get mad now when
ever a man abuses secession. And tliats
exactly what the Fool’s Errand does (o the
north. He makes em all out a set of fooli
and all their reconstruction legislatioa stu
pendous folly. Yours, Bill Ark.
!*• 8 —When the Georgia Western is built
I want Grady to be the treasurer with ten
thousand dollars salary and perquisites. I
believe now that he and Mr. Neacomb will
build it. If I was worth two or three mil
lions and a man was to follow me about over
ten states and was an elegant gentleman
like Grady. I’d surrender and hold out the
erolden tcepter. I heard of a gal oi.ee who
refused a fellow fifty-six times and finally
had to marry him to get rid of hit
B. A.
Sam XIoj le*n Case.
Saturday morning a dispatch was
ceived by Mrs., W. A. Starnes from her
husband, dated at Los Angelos, stating tliat
the case against Hoyle would be taken up
Monday, by which time the second requisi
tion aud other papers will have reached
Los Angelos, their destination. The dis
patch was short and contained no particu
lars, consequently we are still in doubt
to the exact situation iu LosAugelos.
During the past two days Deputy Sheriff
L P. Thomas ha* been engaged in selling
out the entire stock «>f E. Cairo, one of the
bondsmen of Mr. Hoyle. Mr. Thoma-< sold
the goods by auctiou process, realizing
about nine hundred dollars. Some of the
articles were sold for a song, while others
brought ati that they were worth. Sbcrit!
Thomas made a fine reputation aa a
tioneer.
LATEST RAILROAD NEWS.
De-
We can only say this morning that after
long conferences between Newcomb and
Wadley, both of these gentlemen left on
special train for Savannah. It
rumored, and generally believed
that Wadley and Newcomb come
to an agreement that was satisfactory to
both. Mr. Wadley is quoted as having said
that if Mr. Newcomb's disnatches had been
sent to him in Florida tout tbe disagree
ment would have been fixed at once. We
know nothing definite, but the stocks of the
three roads have gone up heavily, and are
still booming. It is probable that they will
go much higher.
As to the Georgia Western, it seems ffiiat
this gives it a black eye; but, then, it is an
enterprise that is used to black eyes.
We shall continue to put it
forward whenever occasion offers, and to ad
vocate it in and out of season. At present
we can only take refuge in the philosophy
j l.. »—•- *»*— “We ain’t any
—« “if the
expressed by Frank Bice. _ _
worse off than we were,” he says,
IN THE CAPITAL.
Rome and C'battnnoooKa.'
Chattanooga Times.
A meeting of the directors of the Look
out Mountain railroad was held yesterday,
The entire day was devoted to consoli
dating all charters for railroads from Chat
tanooga to Borne, to harmonizing all inter
ests and absorbing all projects into the
organization, the Lookout Mountain rail
road company. Success crowned their ef
forts in an'admirable degree and will
greatly strengthen and advunce the inter
ests of the enterprise. * *•
Mr. C. G. SamurIs, of Botne, Ga.. a few
days ago obtained possession of ihe tw
charters recently held by Mr. Blanchard,
viz: The charter for what is known as the
Memphis branch, a projected railroad be
tween Borne ami Meuipnis. and also the
charier of the Borne ami Suuum-rville
road. Of the Memphis branch twelve n
are already graded, connecting Borne, and
Catlieris’s Gap. This woik is mainly in
good condition, ami the whole can be re
paired, reaily for rails, at a small expense.
Of the Boiu'e and Sutume’ ville load, four
miles are partly graded aud iu good condi
tion.
Since the organization of the Lookout
Mountain railroad company, these counter
projects have divided all interests, and
came l a rivalry to exist between the
friends of the different charters, almost
nullifying their efforts. During the last
few weeks, after an existence of only two
months, the Lookout Mountain railroad
company began to show’ its superior organi
zation, life and activity over the
other companies, gained numerous advan
tages and accomplished more in one mouth
than they have done in years. The
rival companies, in consequence; be
came disorganized. many of their support
ers attached themselves to the company
which bids fair to a siicceed, and I lie charter
members were almost deserted, incapable
of action. The negotiations for a consoli
dation of these charters into the l.ookoiit.
Mountain charter followed as a natural
consequence. The preliminaries have been
pcMiding for several days, aud yesterday at
the meeting of Ihe directors, the consolida
tion was effected.
Washington, April 3.—-The housi elec-
; ons committee, after considerable prelim
inary sparring and lighting for position, set
tled down to work on the Donnelly-
Wash kuna case on Thursday and effectually
decided it, so far as the committee is con
eerned. It will now be transferred to the
arena of the bouse, and there the grand
struggle will take place.
Immediately after the assembling of the
committee a motion was made to take up
the case, but it was opposed by the repub
lican members.' The discussion preceding
the vote was active and lively, but not
at any time of an acrimonious charac
ter. At last the question was put to
vote. On the proposition that Washburn
should be declared not entitled t6 the seat
<e occupied by him, the vote was: Yeas-
Weaver, Phister, S*wyer, Armfield, Cole
rick and Manning—0; nays—Overton,Field.
Calking, Keefer and Hurd—5. On th::
point, Chairman Springer and Mr. Bell
hoover, who would have voted in the affir
mative, were paired with Messrs. Clark and
Camp, who would have voted in the nega
tive.
The next question was,*‘Is Ignatius Don
nelly entitled to the seat” This was de
cided also in the negative by the following
vote: Yeas—Manning, Armfield. Colerick
and Sawyer—4; nays—Weaver, Over o
Speer, Calkins, Freeland, Keifer, Phister
and Spring—8. Mr. BelUhoovei
would have voted in thc affirmative, was
paired with Mr. Camp who would have
voted in the negative. Mr. Clark cast his
vote on this proposition by letter ami
against Mr. Donnelly.
There will be four reports to the house
from the committee, one favoring the vaca
tion of Washburn’s seat, one oppos*ng it,
one declaring Donnelly not entitled to it,
and vice versa.
The verdict of the committee, although
not unexpected, has caused considerable
feeling, and s mie impetuous democrats
talk mildly of Hinging themselves into the
breach ami taking snap action on every
election case. Mr. Speer expiessed himself
yesterday as intending to vote to seat Big-
bee, thc republican contestant in the Flori-
ida case.
Mr. Springer’s sudden conversion to the
idea of leaving the Washburn seat vacant
was the theme of much augr> comment
last evening. It is hard to understand it.
The gentleman himself claims to hav
acted throughout from conscientious me
lives, ami has endeavored to entirely divest
himself of anything like partisan bias or
proper motives.
nronications from an entirely different,
stratum of society Ihat drift into this
morgue of the mails, as is learned fro n tl e
generral conversations of these ladies, who,
occupying confidential positions, are not at
liberty to go into details, aid many rich de-
elopments pass under their notice which
.rould afford food f »r gossip ami scandal to
the outside world. In many cases letters
of this class involve-the nanus of gentlemen
ami ladies holding high positions in society
in New York. Boston, Philadelphia, Cin
cinnati and the other larger cities of the
country, and have found their way to the
dead letter office through tlu* obscurities of
the addresses and the devices used by the
correspondents to avoid detection. If some
of these letters should be published, they
would make some very curious reading.
Jny Gould's Boom.
The New York Financial Chronicle re
veals the startling dimensions of Gould*:
railroad combinations. It publishes the
following table, v/lnch Indicates the lines
of road which Could is now operating,
either directly or indirectly, with the mile
age and connections of each:
Miles
Wabash, St Louis and Pacific. 1,‘WU
liy this system control is secured of—
A direct Hue between Council lilufis aud
SL Louis.
A circuitous line ltctween Council Ulufis
and Toledo.
An almost direct line between Kansas
City aud St. Louis.
A Hue between Kansas City%nd Toledo.
A line betweeu Kansas City ami Chicago.
A direct line betweeu St. Joseph and St.
laOUiS.
A tolerably direct line between St. Louis
and Chicago, and St I out* and I'oledo.
Toledo. Peoria and Warsaw
Air>rds a line from liurlingion aud Keo
kuk to Indiana state line, connecting
witli tiie Wabash and Lafayette.
tween SL Louis and Kansas City,
betweeu SL Louis and St. Joseph.
Missouri. Kansas and Texas
Connects the Wabash system ami the Kan-
794
has Pacific ami Missouri Pacific with tl:
Texas and Pacific 444
To be extended so as to couneet with
Southern Pacific and form a new tr.in.s-
c-jiitinental line.
Union Pacific (consolidated line) 1,828
Uuion Pacific roads controlled by consoli
dated company, including Central
Branch Union Pacific. St. Joseph aud
Western, Utah Southern, Utah and
Northern, Colorado Central, etc 1,507
The Uuion Pacific (original company)
gives a direct line between Ogden amt
Cotiucil Bluffs, there connecting with
Wabash system for i>oinls already men
tioned.
The Denver Pacific connects the Kansas
Pacific at Denver with the Union Pa
cific at Cheyenne.
The Colorado Central is a parallel Hue to
the Denver Pacific.
The Ceutral Branch Union Pacific is
chiefly important because, if it weie not
i .eluded iu the system, it would be a
competitor for a portion of the Kansas
The M. Joseph am! Western connects St.
Joseph with the Unlou Pacific at uraml
Island.
1 he Utah, mid Northern, and the Utah
Southern are roads extending north aud
south, the former northward from Og
den, U. T., through Idaho, and the lat
ter southward from Salt Lake City.
through Colorado.
Denver, South Park and Pacific
Koad completed from Denver to Buena
Total miles : S.1G8
In addition to the above negoiiatruns are
announced for the addition of the Great
Western road of Canada to the Wabash
combination, making direct connections to
the Niagara Biver. During the past week
also there have been rumors that the Cin
cinnati, Hamilton, aud Dayton, the Cleve
land, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Indiana
polis, and tbe Ohio and Mississippi roads,
aggregating 1,022 miles, have been or are
about to be absorbed in the combination.
The mileage of railroad already concen
trated under a single management aggre
gates one-tenth of the entire mileage ot the
United Stutes. It is safe to say that this is
the largest combination of roads in the con
trol of any one individual or corporation in
the world.
llauBinga.
Special dispatch to Tbe Constitution.
Macon, Miss., April 2.—Andrew Macon,
James Brown and Samuel Boler, all ne
groes, were banged here at halfq*ast two
this evening. Macon and Brown for the
tuurder of Tarletou Macon, father of Macon
and father-in-law of Brown in January last,
Boler for the killing of Frank Heed, a white
man, in ISTti. Brown and Macon confessed,
assigning whisky the cause. Boler bus al
ways claimed be was justified. Income-
quetice of tbe rain only about eight thou
sand were present, which number is veri
fied by old soldiers. All of them asserted
on the gallows their assurance of
heaven. Governor Stone was pe
titioned by telegraph an hour
before tbe execution to grant a respite iu tbe
case of Boler, but retdied that lie could not
interfere. They were pronounced dead in
ten minutes by W. C. Yarnigan, M. I).
Three men never died gamer or met death
with more ease.
Washington.D.U., April 2 - James Madison
Wyatt Stone, colored, waa hanged here to
day for the murder of his wife in I ft?8
Stone was a large nnn, weighing about 2uu
pounds. When the drop fell his head was
severed from tbe body. Tiie bodv fell to
the ground, and the head, after adhering to
the nooso a few seconds, fell to the ground
a few feet from tbe body. Dr. Cook picked
up the head, aud as he did so noticed the
lips move. The features were calm. It is
sup|»>*sed that the fatness had weakened the
miL-ciilar tissues, and the nick was unable
to bear the weight of the body.
A Spotted Baby*
Rochester, Isp., March spotted
baby, recently born to the family of Hugh
Bryant. Jr., in thia county, is rapidly at
tracting the curiosity of more than ourown
people. The child when born was covered
from head to foot with spots of a bright red
color, which it was aupposed would disap
pear in a few days,* but they still re
main. The forehead is red, with
narrow stripes running downward
through the center of the face and ueck.
while the breast and back have more the
appearance of a leopard’s body than any.
thing else. This is the third child born to
the family, and the only one that lias been
otherwise * than perfectly natural. One
man has offered $1,000 for the privilege of
exhibiting the child next summer. Numer
ous smaller bids have been made, but the
mother indignantly objects to all sueb pro-
The democrats of tho ninth district who
hel|>etl to send Emory Speer to congress had
better semi somebody to look after him, or
he will vole the democratic party out of
power in the house. He has vote 1 in favor
of the radical Washburn, ami of allowing
him to keep his seat. Donnelly, thee
testant, makes a clear case against
Washburn for brazen bribery, ami the
democrats on the elections committee will
agree to report in favor of Washburn. Tbe
re|Mtrt shows that Donnelly is rightfully
elected by lEM) majority. This case is of far
more interest to me democratic |»ariy than
to the individuals concerned. If Donnelly
is given his rightful seat, the safety of the
parly is secured in the event the election of
president is thrown in the house. If Wash
burn is allowed to retain liis. stolen seat, i
and the election is i brown in the House,
the result will be doubtful.
This is too imi»orlaut a question for Speer
to be airing his indepemleiitisms. His i»o-
sition gains him the applause of tbe repub
licans. A day or two since the National Re
publican, a radical sheet, copied a puff of
i?peer from a Georg 1 a paper, and took the
occasion to eticouruge Speer iu his course,
if a republican was in Speer’s seat the |»eo-
ple of Georgia would know what to expect,
hut Speer chums to be a democrat. Even
Weaver, the political hermaphrodite, Ins
foregone his republican proclivities, and it
is said will now vote to seat Dotroeily.
Thc friends of Morrison, of Illinois, have
organized a club here with a view of pre
senting his claims to the democratic party
as their candidate for president. The west
ern democrats are very warm in their sup
port of him, and everybody speaks well of
him. His friends claim that he can carry
Illinois and Ohio. He was a democrat
during the war, but fought in the union
army. His record is a good one. All
of these new candidates are coming
to the front on the growing feeing that
Tilden cannot be nominated, because be
cannot carry New York. If Morrison
carry the state, as his friends claim tliat he
can, thc uncertain New York demteracy
can barter their stale to the opposition if
they like, for they cannot control or affect
the result.
Senator Thurman has abmt recovered
from his recent attack of vertigo, ami
in the senate yesterday.
The best (tested members of co’ gress
think congre.'-s will not be able to adjourn
until the 1st of July, and some say not
til August. '•
The only chance for the bill admitting
paper free of duty to fail, will be th rough
nn attempt to load it with amend men is.
The newspaper fraternity have counted
votes and the result is a majority ar
favor.
Major Mims, of Atlanta, is at the Ebbitt
home. T. Stobo Farrow, of South Carolina;
J. II. Ham-man, of Savannah, and D. B.
Woodruff, of Macon, are registered at tbe
National hotel.
Some of the southern members are get
ting impatient at the slow progress which
the house is making with the appropriation
bills, and it is understood that there is a
general disposition to push these bills a»
rapidly as fiossible, and by not participa
ting in the general debate to ex|»editc their
passage. It is said that thirty-eight of tbe
proiuineut southern members have agreed
to this. The reason given for the haste is
that it is inqiortaiit tliat they should be at
home looking after theirreiiomillation, ami
if the session reaches into midsummer they
will have difficulty in controlling their dis
tricts. The chairman of the appropriations
committee, Mr. Aik ins, of Tennessee, is
very anxious to get through witti the regu
lar bills, ami so are other members of the
committee. Speaker RamlaU is with those
favoring adjournment at an early day, am!
will do all in his power, to facilitate tbe
work of the appropriations committee. The
purpose now is to lix the day of adjouri
tuent by the middlo of June.
The statistical returns of tbe dead leti
office of the postoffice dejtarttueul affords _
singular commentary U|ton tbe intelligence,
from an epistolary standpoint, of a large
(Hjrtion of ourpopulation who use the mails.
It appears that during the past year no l«*s
than L'l.OOO dead letters were received at the
postotlice department each day from tbe
30.000 postoffices throughout the country.
The principal reason why these letters are
not lorwardeu to tlieir destination is tliat
the addresses are incoirectly given or so
badly written as to be undecipherable. It
is remarkable in this connection th: t
New England, with her comprehensive
system of public schools, which, are
supposed to tiiffuse knowledge among all
classes and conditions of her population,
furnishes the largest proportion of
these let:e s, the west standing
next in point of numbers. Although
popular education is consllerul to
be at a very low ebb in the south, the use
of the mails by the people of that section is
so limited, comparatively, that the number
of dead letters received from this direction
is smaller than from any other portion, of
tbe country. As the letters are received at
tbe department from the various nost-
otlices iliey are p’aced iu ‘ ihe
hands a corps of <p-tiers. which
is at present compel „f about half
a dozen superanutmUsi preachers, ohiHly
of the MeiUodiat denomination. During
the past year these openers have turned
over to the proper officer no leas than
$35,000 *n currency and $1,500,000 in drafts
found in these letters Through the very
efficient system which has worked up in
this division of the posLotUce department,
aud owing to the parties having pronerlv
signed their addresses, ninety-live' per
cent of the currency ami ninety-seven per
cent of the drafrs have been returned to
their proper owners. Tbe returns of the
work of the office also shows that upward
of 50,000 packages of meivhandise have
been sent in as unmailable on account of
insufficient pelage ur address. The lock
ages include inu resting souvenirs of aff.c
tion aud other articles of more or has value
to their owner®, together with that c'ass
of matter which is diverted from de
iivery through the exertions of Anthony
Comstock. The first are kept for two years
and then sold at auction, and the proceeds
are covered into the treasury, and the last
furnishes material for a monthly bonfire
The letters received at the dead letter office
after going through a course of routine, are
sent to the corps of-ladies whose duties are
to read them carefully, and t- ascertain
whether of any importance, and, if so
whether it is possible to return them to the
writers. As this corresnondenoe covers a
wide range, and is usually from persons in
the lower walks of life, these ladies are fre
quently compelled to |>eruse a class of epis
tolary literature which would not he con
sidered exactly profitable or appro
priate reading for persons of refined
morals aud cultivated tastes, and which
K resents a deplorable phase of hutuAn
fe. There are also some cotu-
Wasiiixoton, March 30.—The houre
ways and means committee to
day, by a- vote of 8 to 3, decided to place
on the free list all manufactured patter,
vood-pulp, jute butts, manufactured tlax,
traw and all oilier fibre and fibroin plants
it for use in the manufacture of
paper. They also decided, by
a vote of 7 to 5 to fix the duty
at 40 percent, on flannels, blankets, hats of
wool, knit goods, ba!morals, woolen and
worsted yams; all manufactures of every
description, composed wholly or in part of
worsted; the hair of Alpaca goats or other
like animals, except such as are composed
in part of wool, not otherwise provided for.
Chief Justice Waite has waked up to tke
fact that a deal of scandal is fastened on the
supreme court by reason of the fact tliat a
decision has leaked out in advance in aid
of Wail street speculators. The letter from
New York, spoken of m a recent dispatch,
has been laid before hi.n. It conies from a
reputable New York banker, and the iluc-
motions of tbe stock of the road show that
tiie information, surreptitiously obtained
from Washington, was acted on by specula
tors. The.ch»ef-jnstice lias determined to
investigate the subject, and he may find
out who leaked, if he inquires in thc right
direction.
In CongresM.
THE HOUSE.
Washington. April 3.—The house met
this morning, Mr. Carlisle, of Kentucky, in
the chair, for debate only, and immediately
went into a committee of the whole on the
stale of the union.
Mr. Covert, of New York, addressed tbe
committee on the subject of
a revision of thc tariff; he had voted
the other day to refer the Townshend bill
to the committee on ways and meawsr»t»t -
because he was hot in favor of a revision of
the tariff, hut because he had thought tliat.
that Was ihe committee which, under the
rules, had jurisdiction over the subject,
lie argued es(*ecially iu favor of a
reduction of the duty on steel rails and in
favor of placing chrome ore on the free list,
but though he desired a revision of tiie
tariff, he desired it made in a
legitimate, ordetly way, anti would there
fore oppose any project looking to the ap
pointment of a commission on the subject
of a tariff revision.
Mr. Houk, of Tennessee, replied to the
speech made some time ago by Mr. House,
of Tennessee, in which that gentleman had
oiieneil the Tilden campaign, and had so
forcibly reiterated the ancient cry of
“fraud.” IJe denied that the gentle
man had expressed the sentiment of
the people of Tennessee. If lie
had expressed that of his party, liis speech
would stand as a lasting monument to t he
vitiated taste and malignant hate of that
party. The country was told that there had
been no loyalty iu the south during the
war, and it had been told by
the copperheads of the north, the
n.ost venomous serjvents in the world.
He asserted that there bad been many loyal
men in the south, and that that section bad
furnished the federal army with nearly half
lillii
It
ted I
to lie forgotten, ami the Tilden cam
paign prosecuted on the policy that friend
ship for the union was to Ik? regarded jis a
badge of }*olitieal infamy and social dishon
or. His colleague, Mr.' House, lnd at
tacked the president. Hu would not
aitempt to defend the president, for
that officer needed no defense. For liis col
league lo assert that President Hayes had
been inaugurated by fraud was equivalent
to making the admission that the demo
cratic party had been brave enough in l.si.L
to force war without cause, but too cowardly
to do so in I.S77, when it said tliat
the president had been counted in
by uncondonable fraud. How had
the mighty fallen! What had come
over the ipiritof the chivalrous democrats
of the south. He then turned his attention
to the political assessment bill, ridiculing
the present civil service system ami referring
in the course of hisrema-ks, to Geoige
William Curtis as the prince of (volitical
humbugs and to Secretaiy Sclmtz as the
king of civil service reform.
Mr. I.owe, of Alabama, s|N»ke in opjvosi-
tion to tbe funding bill, lie had always
had democratic sympathies, but he declared
here and now that of the two old factions,
high tariff ami haid-uiotte7 democrats, were
nor to lie preferred to bard-moncy and high
tariff’ republicans.
Thc v un mittee arose and the house at 4
o’clock adjourned.
GEORGIA CROP ITEMS.
Cotton pluminggoin«on in Newton county.
Corn planting is nearly over In Laurenscoumy.
Bust reported i» thc wheat in Kart county.
A va t deal of guano has been sold at tin tied no.
bllS , eora Sdyi,,eaboUt l:ut,cd « e ,roM cathig
MMi»iy Smi coin plaint of rust in Jetlerson
fa?lure° ftt Cr “ P 1,1 Irwln C(M >nty will be a bad
A Tiiinn more fertilizers have been sold in
KUk rt county the present year than ever before.
A ore at numberof experimental patrties haver
been planted in Talbot county this year.
The recent rise in wool has put up tiie price of
sheep in Colquitt county to $3.
Tiik oat crop in Whitfield county is not coming
out well. Only a half a crop will Im* made.
825 tons of fertilizers have Inrun sold at
- affecting favorably tbe
f laUiot county.
in Talbot county are regular
small grain
The stands of
and the plant iu cxculh
ONE thousand bushels of western com hare
boon sold iu loombshoro since the 1st of J«uuarv
ineriSw PeM ’ Ir * h ,K teUK “ s * cle, in
Rust has taken possession of many of tbe finest
heat fields about Montezuma.
tiling, nre plowing tilfcir <
The farmers of Whitfield county, i...
an unusually large cotton crop this year.
IS%. or . 0 5r* • b0,rt “re outgrow
ing the rud. and offer a pro.q»c<-i of fair crop*.
Fruit crops Lid fair to Ikj abundant arunml
ebento
Rutledge,
80VTHV
wool crop:
WESTERN
rvrgia will make tbe large
*■' it has ever prodmrud.
Is of com iu Irwin, and wheat ai
vats not .SO badly damaged by
J. T. Wkuu. of Lowndes county, lm
and oats hcadin;
mvvs oats about —.....
I the demand for cm
county, lmve ihq mst
this early is unprecedented
The spring oat crop in
banana
Lrmrcn.'i
The spring oat crop in F«oyd county, L re port-
cd extmordiuanJy fine. An abundant yield ex*
j in Emanuel county is suffering seriondy
•tst. and fears that tho wheat crop will be
Oat
a failure.
*»*>« In H.rris ran,, tv.
ir' y :Ku. ”5ir. ltr ' U " S 1 * ,W!r , " 1<
o■ '' ° r TSonwatville.
SlllfnTiu.'rV *‘ S J “' 1 "” ,rU “"' ni
Mrs. J. It-Hill, of Worth county, exhibits it
Is Hiker county tlic he»vy rains .ml
wratiicr have ai<tal tilt! oat cm?., and to a <cruu.‘
extent mat lias ccase.1 t„ spread.
o f .l»ndes o.„mly. ia not only ac t-
ting out potato vines, hut has been eating sweet
|K>tatocs of this xjdhiii’s growth.
m ll “ s now**®™ wheat look
lllls at-ioou. yet l.o thinks it 1. n
—-It is rlaled lhatJitd K e Tcotaii K. Biotic-
ley is reatdtn-r in a loir cabin that Im has
bad limit upon a mountain in front of the-
town of Clayton, Babur, county, ami facing-
Ridp. He is living atone,
ave tbat he has for a companion n voting;
boy wlm is sanl lobe very Intelligent. It
is also reported that Judge Bleckley doe*
Ins own cooking, m d the nt ighbuHi say lm
is engaged in writing n book.
Tibleu Against 11m Field.
Washington Letter In Winchester Ky. p Democrat.
D’litics ore booming In Wasbiuiri.mr Fv, rv
democrat that ><•*» meet lias a plan of bismvn I/v
which to U-ai Grant, who will undoubtedly &
the ^ none nee in the convention at Oilcairo A
fresh Mjbjt-ci from tho country, Hk.
away in 1K77, and nothing so embitter**V m. ■
d(Snflfh?m°^ !r i7o tn holrumental in
coiiig hitn an injury. The great argument is
ua . wrlJ .
that he
New Yoik.” m>
cries another.
if TiUXiM
but norm
that he
not be elected.
.. **>*<«*«*. “lie will lose Vtnrinla!**
cries another. ‘Texas, Louisiana, Htwhla jq.uth
K ™\ U * 8 ; ,U1 K< ^ rt,, <* r oliua wlll voiu for Grant
if riMta. •--oroloated.“shouts a third. And at
brings up the rear
it is all a big iff nil. Just a* U wav. in is7o. Mr. Til-
duu Is a osiMlidateVVndT. V
££! 1>ut lh,; cowardice »
“ W " A 1 “ " themselves.
treachery of the demc*»
Profit, SI,-200.
‘ To sum it up.sir longvearso: red ridden
•K-kness, costing$300 per year, total $1.2Ut>
SI stopped hy time
hottles of Hop Hitters, taken hy niy wife.
Sbelsas done her own housework fora vear
Knee, without the loss of a.lay, and 1 Want
everybody to know it, for their benefit."—
-s. K. ranuer.
* rom *f"o. Andrew Cornwall.
Kx-Member of Legislature, New York State.
tr „. Ai - kxan "uia Ray. Jan. .‘5, IfWO.
, -srner A Co.—Cents: J have l*eett
troubled for the last three years, and in Oc
tober last had a very severe attack. I then
commenced taking yo nr Safe Kidney ami
Liver Cure and obtained relief at owe. I
,* re "-d two Uttl.,, a„d feel as well as
w* ’ , <l * always keep a supply of
.\' *1" et a Kidn.ey and I jver Cure in
rsa r fV ). Hur " ,ru, y. A. OounrAM.
has febl—tlaiiu sun wed fri An'ditu 2dp