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THE "WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1880.
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ATLANTA, GA.. APRIL 20. 1880.
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Mr. Voorbees presented, on Tuesday of
last week, a petition from the merchants
and manufacturers of Columbus, praying
for the removal of the duties on chrome
iron-ore and bi-chromate of potash. In the
house Mr. Stephens presented a memo
rial signed by a large number of sci
entists, asking the favorable consideration
of congress of the metric system.
Mr. Blount obtained, on Wednesday of
last week, permission to introduce a bill
to provide for the erection of a public
building in Macon. Mr. Speer presented
the petition of citizens of Georgia, for a
post-route from Cleveland to Gainesville.
No Georgia bills were introduced last
Monday, and altogether the week was
a very dull one in matters of state inter
est. Mr. Xicholls presented a memorial
of the business men of Savannah, favor
ing an approprition to improve the in
land navigation on the coast of Georgia.
Mr. Speer presented the jictition of citi
zens of Gwinnett, Jackson and Walton
counties, for a post-route from Buford to
Jug Tavern via Human's Creek, W. A.
Cain's Store, Kemp’s Mills and Penta-
cost’s Store.
An infant is the priivr of humanity,
bound in more rocker.
Mr. Hmrwons has again permanently dc
dined to run for president.
It is to be feared that Ohio will lose her
grip on the civil service after tins season.
Tit* latest from the front—The editor of
the New York Tribune ia atill astraddle of
Finley.
Me. Stringer now shines, by common
consent, as the great corruptible congress
man of the period.
Bill Ciuxdlkr admits that things are be
ginning Pi look mysterious. This may be
net down as a democratic victory.
Hiirrmas built some tall fences in Ohio
last season. His friends fear that these
fences will carry his own coat-Uila away.
Tilruk will come a day when the inscrip
tion over the back-door of American poli
tics will read: “No Ohio roan need apply.”
Ij* behalf of whose health is Editor Me-
dill’s Texas trip taken? John Sherman,
for instance, declares that he never felt bet
ter in hia life.
When it cornea to a capacity for holding
office on the part of her citizens, Ohio may
very properly claim to be the only gulf
state in the union.
Til* indications are that Mr. Tilden will
harmonize the New York democracy by re
fusing to be a candidate before the Cincin
nati convention.
In no country on the glol»c has the
naked question of freedom been brought to
a liner issue than in Mexico. Aa if to put
the beer on the old man, they call it liber-
dad. a
Tit* prospects are that Brady, of the post-
office department, will lie a very aged of
ficial before he gains much of a victory
over Blount, of Georgia. Blount is a man
of affairs.
Til* south seems to be neither too solid
nor too sunny for the enjoyment of Grant.
He has smoked the pipe of peace with our
sachems, and the stalwarts are somewhat
mystified.
PostmastruGk.nkr.il Kry hRs declared
the "Boston spoon company" to
fraudulet concern. We have not beard
that General Butler is connected with the
sad business.
Vortaelaakoir.
The announcement of the severe ill
ness of Prince Gortschakoff may be fol
lowed at any moment by the announce
ment of his death. It is not to be ex
pected that a man eighty-two years old
can rally from an attack as severe as that
under which he is said to lie laboring.
GortschakofT is one of the few men whose
art in diplomacy and whose experience
in government entitle them to the name
and rank of statesmen, and yet it will be
remembered against him that all his art,
all his genius and all his experience were
devoted to the building up and perpetu
ation of one of the most intolei able dy
nasties that ever offended civilization. All
his life has been conscientiously and, in a
measure, successfully, given to the repres
sion of freedom in all its^shapes—freedom
of action and liberty of opinion. He has
long outlived his usefulness, and cur
rent rejiorts from the Russian capital
say that among all upon whom
he bestowed power and place, the
czar is hia only friend. It ia perhaps
true that Gortschakoff has not controlled
the internal policy of Russia, but his in
fluence has been paramount, and that
fluence has invariably leaned to the aris^
tocratic side of repression.
In his management of the foreign af
fairs of the empire, however, be has met
and matched, if, indeed, he has not over
matched, the domineering German chan
cellor, and the wily English prime minis
ter that was. He has been able to
cope with the liest, and it is not strange
that he should lie known as the Richelieu
of Russia.
Thrrk are |>eop!e who will never be as
fortunate as Whittaker, but will always re
main in the shadow of their ears. We have
no doubt that Whittaker’s anonymous visi
tors were his best friends.
Patvvri: Dal/.kll is the only nut
America who can redeem Ohio politics.
There is nothing dabby about Dalzell when
he is shooting editors with postal cards and
otherwise reforming the republic.
Thrrr is an clement of greatness in Blaine
that may he depended upon to assert itself
at the proper moment. Sometimes it comes
in the shape of a sunstroke, and sometimes
it blooms as an old-fashioned duck-tit with
beveled edges.
How does Professor Linck stand on the
third term? As an ’influential German citi
zen, who commanded the regard of Senator
Conk ling at a critical period in the history
of the latter, the views of Professor Linck
are worth securing.
Mr. Hkwitt says that Finley was high in
the confidence of the democratic national
committee of 1876. By putting these con
Cessions together we will know some day
just how it was the democratic leaders
failed to inaugurate Mr. Tilden.
When aged republicans are beginning to
doubt the efficiency of the academy at
West Point, it is to be inferred that the
warlike spirit of the country is about to
expire. We seem to need fewer cadets and
more defaulting hank cashiers.
Til* Tribune’s freshest victim is Finley,
and the able editor tosses the human cipher
up and down with a sanguine ferocity quite
startling to behold. Two more evenly
matched political gladiators it would be
hard to find.
Mr. Frank Bivkland, the naturalist
recommends a goat being kept in all large
stables, because it will face Are and horses
will follow ita lead. In view of the fright
ful losses by fire in the Eighth avenue and
other stables within the past year, this ad
vice is timely.
8om one has written a book on "Insects
" Abroad." We do not believe that the
situation demands any such attacks upon
our republican fellow-citizens in foreign
parts, and we do not sympathize with the
attempt to show them up. We arc Ameri
cans after all.
Far sky, the most affable of the affabil
Una, says that Grant is "the rose and ex
"peccancy of the states." Two schooners of
beer and a sandwich soaked in absinthe are
the only combinations that will bring about
such results as this. The Philadelphia edi
tors must reform.
In Georgia, it is a contest between the
negroes and the white republican office
holders for the abolition of the overseer
method in politics. The wide thumbs of
the revenue officers will probably carry the
day. They insist that colored men must
have white overseen.
Mr. Proctor has discovered that the
moon docan’t go around the earth. He made
this discovery on a postal card and sent
to the Herald, where it appeared in clooe
proximity to a French joke from the teem
ing columns of Figaro. As Mr. Proctor has
made no protest, it is to be presumed either
that he thoroughly understands American
humor, or that he has no conception what
ever of its Ur necking effects.
The Burlington Hawkeye playfully
maintains that the eight men who were
hanged the other Friday were democrats.
This shows bow the republicans sacrifice ar
gument to circumstance. Awhile ago the
Hawkey* maintained that all colored men
were republicans. But we are rapidly
bringing our contemporary to a lively sense
of the obligations it owes to the soothing
admonitions of The Constitution.
Mr. Bayard has introduced in the sen*
ate a measure which provides for the ap
pointment of a commission to revise the
tariff. The appointment of such a commis
sion is urged by the monopolists as a last re
sort It insures them against tariff reform
for several years to come. There are cer
tain specific reforms ia the tariff that de
mand immediate attention. When these
are brought aboutit will be time enough
consider the appointment of a commission
which may or may not be a fraud.
nifH-overieM In Onr Void Fields.
The wonderful ulory of the late discov
eries of gold in White cunnty, furnish but
another evidence of the richness of the
old state of Georgia, anil of the woeful
manner in which we sleep over our pos
sessions. The story brought to Atlanta
liy a gentleman of high character is not
only conhrmed, bnt enlarged by subse
quent reports. From an account pub
lished elsewhere it will he seen that
nngget one-third larger than the one that
created so much excitement has lieen
fonnd, while the general richness of the
mine increases as the digging goes on.
Almost the only person, beside the
writer, in whose mind the lately reported
discoveries excite no especial surprise
-rofessor Little, ex-state geologist. From
careful survey of the gold belt made
three years ago, Dr. Little become thor-
ougly convinced that the gold mines
Georgia were as rich as the mines
'aiifornia; that the veins were much more
accessible, and that the quarts was
more easily crushed. He predicted
that the lime would come when the yield
of this state would equal that ol Califor
nia, and might even surpass it, and this
prediction we confidently look to sec
verified. Thoonly thingthat retards the
development of the gold region is the
lack of capital; and the only thing that
shuts out capital is the lack of informa
tion in the quarters where capital
gathered. It was truly said that if the
nugget of gold displayed in The Cos
STITiTtox office, had been shown
the gold exchange of New York,
would have peopled every hill in White
county with prospectors. It is equally
true that the description of this nngget,
with the circumstances of ita finding,
and all incidental information, printed
in our papers and circulated through the
north, would attract attention, then in
vestigation ami finally development
our gold fields. Thera is surely nothing
to which our editors can apply them
selves that will pay the state so well,
will 1'cat political discussion two in the
game.
There has just been invented in Yew
York a process by which the tail
ings of the great mines are worked
over and more gold is extracted from
them than is originally obtained from
the ore itself. If this is true of the
mines of California, where every precau
tion that science and experience can sug
gest or capital furnish, is taken to save
every partiele of the gold, how much
more true will it be of the mines in north
Georgia, where only the most primitive
machinery is used and only the most or
dinary methods taken to save the fine
gold. A test of the refuse gravel of the
gold mines of north Georgia
will, we are satisfied, give abundant
yields to the new process, and we
are glad to be able to state that
a bushel or so of tailings from north
Georgia mines is soon to be sent to Xew
York, and given a fair and fall test by
the new method. The dawn of gold
mining in Georgia is just breaking, and
we shall see it grow into a prosperous
day if we only foster the resources that
God lias given ns, and advertise their
richness to the world. The C-oxstitctjox
will be very sure to do more than ita
share of this work.
postponement of the considera
tion of the case. General Gordon I Chilians•llerseitstackkeer
by those who had been longest in the
service of the party and in the senate”
referring to Senators Bayard and Thur- | smut on der nose nudder."
man. In General Gordon's opinion, the
unlawful gaining of one vote in the sen
ate would be a poor compensation for the
impression which might be created, and, I a>«n hesrtlly, "ea cf tier tadn't c
in bis judgment, would be created in the [
minds of the people, namely, that the
imperial notions were pnt forward in one' substantially similar views, although I
way and another, but all that nonsense . their views are as yet in the chrysalid
was swept away at the first opportunity [ form of doubts. They all desire |
by the middle class, who really control
England and famish its best thought and
best enterprise. The liberal party in
cludes, and long has included, the best
thinkers, workers and writers of the
kingdom, and no statesman can hereafter
remain any great length of time in power
who does not have its support.
It does not greatly matter who the new
premier is to be, although it would
doubtless be better it Mr. Gladstone
would consent to serve a couple of 3'ears,
until the somewhat loosely-connected
liberals are welded into a compact and
harmonious organization. But whoever
the premier is, he will have the warm
support of Mr. Gladstone, and that
means a great deal in England to-day.
If the liberals had to depen 1 upon
Mr. .Shaw’s home-rulers, the new
ministry might lie short-lived, or if the
kingdom hul not got a good dose of tory-
ism, in a burden of debt and in a general
confusion of its affaire, the case would lie
different. As matters stand however the
prospects are good for years of liberal
rule and wise administration. The new
ministry will have its hands fall. Peace
is to be restored in Afghanistan, and the
condition of India improved. Tne secret
treaty with the porte is to be satisfactori
ly arranged, and the complaints of the
distressed Bulgarians, not to mention
those of Greece, are to be heeded. But
the chief work is to be done at liome—
and so thoroughly done that the king
dom which has ffot and cannot have an
immense standing army, will be respect
ed throughout Europe and Asia because
of its wealth, enterprise and prosperous
general condition—for its commence and
manufactures, its wisdom and its sober,
steady-going, solid qualities. This is
modem England, and i^s the very re
verse of jingoism.
UNCLE REMUS’S FOLK-LORE.
A Story About tbe Little Kabblls.
Fine tun wh*r you will en w’en yon msy,”
remarked Cade Remus with emphasis, “gcod
Dar will Brer
urged tbe caucus to consider well “the I Babbit's Chilians: dey minded der daddy en
grave doubts which had been expressed I “ammj turn daj’s een' ter day’s een'. W'enole
a .... . x I nan R*hhif «iv •woof.' dor «yk
STEMMING TOE TIDE.
BILL ARP’S WEEKLY REFLECTIONS.
man Rabbit uj **coot,’ dey scooted, en w’en ole
Mias Rabbit say ‘•cat,’ dey waited. Dey did daL
En dey kep der doze clean, en dey ain't had no
Fixing Up Last Spring** Bonnet* and Disposing of
the Horse* and Carriage*—The Destruc
tion of Expensive Parasols—The
Old Girl* and the Hew.
Involuntarily the hand o( the little boy went
| up to his face, and he scrubbe i the end of his
nose with his Ct>*wlecve.
“Dey wuz good Chilians.” continued the old
HAMMOND
the house
caused among the republicans in this way, { benefit. There can be no doubt that the | mTTTTI TjtIi-7'TllR AT. fi A PIT ATj
and no matter who is nominated, the friends ] Mobile and Montgomery and the New | 111 Hi J; LUa.
of the defeated candidates will not work | Orleans and Mobile Jlines will prove a
very zealously. Conklins would not do his » heavy load to carry, aa both these
beat fof Blaine in New Yo k, certainly not | lines depend upon through business | MR.
for Sherman. Especially should his brother- almost exclusively for their account on
in*law, Mr. Seymour, be nominated at Cin* I either of these roads. There can be no _ _ T . . %r T
cinnati. I doubt that tbeLoiiUvHle and Nashville will I Demonstrating Hi. Urefnlnw. u a *r
Is there any possibility of a fiJconcllia-1 open a fierce war against the new competi- j Stephen*’* IUnoss—Preparing a
tion in New York between Kelly and Til- I tion, but the latter is in every way prepared | General Gordon—A Little Talk
den? I to meet the enemy, having fully considered
Possibility, yes; probability, no. The I all the consequences before the determina-
About Mr. Tilden, Etc.
Written tot The Constitution.
We are all a working, doing our best, but
the prospect for a good crop year is not
erconraging. Tell your people in the towns
11 cities to put on the breaks and go slow
awhile anyhow. Their prosperity de
pends upon ours and if tre make noth
ing to sell we can sorter live, but they will
i collap c e. Hard times may lie Just ahead of
didn’tfoun’ nobody dor ceppiu’ | us; who knows. Tell the ladies not to
A . , j • -» , , de little Rabbits. Ole Brer Rabbit, he wui off I splurge too much because their husbands
urea that it had denounced in its ad\er- I some’rs raidin’on a, collard-patch, en ole Mbs I have been making money out of the boom,
saries. I Rabbit she wuz tendin’ on a quiltlu’ in de naber- Booms dou’t last long. The iron boom
Although thecaucus by a small majori- en wiles do litde lUbbitswni pilin' U subsided a!rcadv and the rest ttiu
one time w’en dey wouldn’t
bits; na’cr one. Dst’s w*aL’
What time was that, Uncle Remus?*’ the little
Brooklyn Eagle has led the van for Tilden- I tion to construct the line was taken. When
ism, and the editor told me recently that I the war strikes these giants the (tit willny -.. „
he did not hope for a reconciliation and i n the south, and the small fry will do well I ^ considerable progress this week, liav-
that theappearui.ee* wf'rediCidvdly ogamst I to stand from under. 1 '
■. Tilden s availability. A senator told l another move.
5 two days ago that the best informed
democrats did not think Kelly could be *
democratic party would not hesitate in I boy asked.
order to perpetuate its power to resort to I "De tima w’en Brer Fox drapt in at Brer Rab-
revolutionarv and unjustifiable meas- I ^ it “
l^tisvtLt.K, April K\—Private dispatches
uucea 10 support Tiiaen, ana that maen i •■om 1 h ®^, s I?^ P l t Ij 4 ' t r I 1 ; 1 i e
could not lie elected from present iudica- | Georgia Central failroe . - m j
tions. Very few assign any good reasons ™ d hf*e leased to tthe Dv“«▼>{}« *"‘1 room at the Metropolitan hotel
for this change of opinion against Tilden, I Nashville railroad, with » ® PJJ**Lsi. I attack of pneumonia. He is b
live full
... 4 ... , bits wuz so fat dat dey fa’rly make hD mouf I Mmow suU * LWt
and elections to call the case up as soon I water but he . memUer - MK)Ut Brec Wolf, cn 1 to your means.
the Geneva award bill is disposed of, I he skeeid fer ter gobble um up ceppin’ I rich, don't pretend you are. Sell your
yet it ifl plain that there is not sufficient I he got some skuse. De little Rabbits, dey mighty I carriage and horses and walk to church. It
agreement among the democratic sena- " kiltish ’ cn dey * orter huddle ***** up terged- won’t hurt you. A horse will eat his head
tors to tarn KelloU out or even to tak T W ‘ tCb B ? r FoX ’ , ‘ "““T B ! er Fox ’ hc off in a year in town. The interest
tors to mrn Kellogg out, or etentotak I »etdar en study w’at sorter sknse hegwineter 1 . . • . , 4 .
the case. If the man is ever expelled I makeup. Bimeby he see a great big sulk cr I mone * thnt a fAnc J turnout costs, and the
from the seat that he has not a shadow of I sugar-cane stan in’ up In de corndcr, en he d'
dential campaign does not invite inflam- ■ yer en broke me a piece
raatory sectional sjieeches—when in fact I sezee, en den hekoff.
the legal propositions that are involved | “De little Rabbits, dey got out de sugar-cane,
ran b* judicially heard and determined I but'reii?tnou» ,I Dwe 0 t!wtf»trate it^Brer I mc ®“ walkin’ from the sofy to the piano.
On the facts Kellogg has no case, and at I ,- 0I hc m>ke tie mu'-. w»tchin\ but hc keep 1 or the dinner table, or out in the tlutver
the short session the senate can calmly
decide whether a senator once in his seat
necessarily a senator to the end of his
term. All things considered, it isclearly
liest to let the case go over the session.
There is a fortune in any part of the
aooth for those -who will hisjd mills
for the manufacture of paper pnip. I’op-
PoIUIcaI Prospects.
Four republican state conventions were
held during the past week—in Iowa,
Missouri, Kentucky and Massachusetts—
but they leave the grand result in as
much doubt as ever. Blaine carried
Iowa, Edmunds Massachusetts, anil
Grant Kentucky and Missouri. Grant
has now secured five instructed delega
tions, namely, those of Xew York, Penn
sylvania, Kentucky, Missouri and Texas
—and his friends claim a portion of In
diana’s vote. There is some dispute
about the standing of the Texas delega
tion, which was simply instructed to vote
as a unit, but the better opinion places
it in the Grant column. Grant therefore
has about 200 delegates. Blaine has car
ried Maine, ltliode Island, Iowa, Kansas
and a part of Connecticut. If we add to
these the uninstructcd delegation of In
diana, his assured vote will lie in the
neighborhood of 75. Sherman lias as yet
secured no votes that he ran rely on. He
may get from tbo Xorth Carolina, Con
necticut and Indiana delegations a dozen
votes, and even this small number
problematical. The third strongest ran
didate is Edmunds, who will be sup
ported by the Vermont and Massachu
setts delegations, and by a part of the
Connecticut delegation, making his
strength at tills counting about 40 votes,
These figures would indicate the easy
nomination of Grant, were’it not for the
(act that his future strength mast come
almost wholly from the south, which will
be solidly democratic in Xovember. lie
ran scarcely get another northern dele
gate outside of his own state, and even
in Illinois he most maintain a hard fight
to keep Blaine from adding it to his list.
This weakness in states that are repub
lican points to defeat in Xovember
the nnwritten law of the republic is vio
lated, and thus a dark shadow is cast on
(lie Grant boom. Grant’s friends may be,
and probable will be, able to force hi 8
nomination, but every day their 1681“ of
November increases. But if Grant
not nominated, bis friends certainly will
be able to defeat the aspirations of “the
plumed knight.” Sherman is not,
and is not likely to be, where the
presidential lightning will strike hhn
in any contingency. And this
brings the contest down to the dark
horses—to the lot from which Hayes was
selected in 187G and Lincoln in 18G0.
Washbume and Edmnnda lead the dark
horses, and if Grant for any reason loses
the nomination, their chances are by
means desperate.
On the democratic side not enongh con
ventions have been held to indicate the
drift of public sentiment. Tilden has se
cured two or three small delegations, but
his boom will not be placed on solid
ground nntil after the holding of the
Xew York convention, on Tuesday of
this week. He will undoubtedly control
it by an overwhelming majority; but
this will not necessarily lead on to victory
at Cincinnati, because the general
vention will be composed in good
part of uninstructcd delegates—of men
that assemble for the purpose of ascer
taining win- ran most certainly lead the
democratic hosts to victory—of patriots
ami not of partisans. The situation will
he a great deal clearer in the last days
June than it now is, and the delegates
who meet at Cincinnati will therefore he
able, it they go there in a right frame of
mind, to select the best leaders for the
anlnona campaign that the conservatives
are about to conduct against the en
trenched forces of centralization and
monopoly.
hoilcr’n:
•Hurry up *i*r, Rabs! I’m a waitin’ on you.*
"Ende little Rabbit.*, dej’d bustle ’roun’ en I develops the Wt’
tastle wid it, but dey couldn’t broke it. Bimeby *
dey hear little bird siugin’ on top cr de house,
de song w at de little bird sing wuz dis yer:
•• ’Take yo’ toofles en gnyaw it,
Take yo’ tootles en saw it,
Saw it en yoke it,
‘En den you kin broke if
Den de little Rabbits, dey git mighty glad, I shoes.
lar and basswood, cypress and cotton-1 en dey guyawed de cane mos’ ’fo’ ole | and 1 alwav
wood are admirably adapted to this par- I Brer Fox could git his legs oncrosst, I who have b .
1 en w’en dey kyard ’im de cane. Brer dressed up all the time. It amt as bad
Fox, he ret dar cn study how he gwineter make ‘he heathen Chinee, who puts the poor lit
., I lie things feet in a vice sum keeps em there,
skusc fer nabbin un um, cn bimeby but ^ a . ainst nature ^verthcle^
hc git up cn git down de sifter w at wuz hangin I ant j a S | K C i es G f refined cruelty that ought
i dc wall, cn holler out: I not to be tolerated. It’s time now for the
14 ‘Come yer, Rabs! Takcdi* yer sifter, cn run I young ladies to hunt around fora little
down’t de spring cn letch me some freshwater.’ I ribbon and sorter trim up their last spring
‘Dc little Rabbits, dey run down’tde spring, I hats altd make em look new and fresh. The
try ter dip up dewater wid de sifter, butco’sel last one of en» wants to buy a new one, I
out,en hit kep’ ou runniu’ out, twell | k «ow, but it’s aU foolishness. Yet they
bimeby de little Rabbits sot down cn ’gin ter cry.
Den dr little bird settin’ up in de tree he ’gun ter
sing ’g’in, en dis yer wuz dc song:
The New Parliament.
The last polling will take place to-day
in England, and the complete result will
soon be known. Enongh is already
known to justify th? statement that the
new house of commons will contain a
full hundred more liberals than conserva
tives, and that the liberal majority over
botli conservatives and home-rulers will
be about fifty. A tidal wave has, in fact,
swept the great conservative party oat of
power, and jingoism out of existence.
The great jingo leader will soon be a
statesman of the past, and imperialism in
sober, sensible England is already very
dead. The great victory is not so mnch
an approval of the libenUs as a condem
nation of a ministry that did nothing at
home and furnished only fnss and thea
tric movements abroad—a ministry that
changed by its needless wars a surplus
of twenty million dollars to a deficiency
of forty millions—that left India less
secure than it found it, and that did no
good anywhere, although it kept all na
tions in a fcrmsnt, and very serious prob
lems were constantly pressing for solu
tion. The Irish question, the whole sub
ject of land tenures, the Greek boundary
matter, the control of the highway to In
dia through Egyptian territory, and the
strengthening of India against possible
Russian aggressions—not one of these
questions has been settled or promoted a
particle by the ministry that the country
condemned as soon as a general election
waa ordered. The queen was trans
formed into an empress, and a great many
best organizer
authorize-! thecommiuee on privileges '»"•>*
constitutioTr'a-nl the "right of ”'t'hc peo-1 »prc«i meeting, in this ciiylastSatniday.
le to govern themselves as against all un- I h'lt the matter jia-beenkcnta.ecre
.-.n.ti—imn.t .Rif.. i:k“.h. electoral I Georgia railroad board of directors ratine-
ami confirmed the lease Tuesday, and il
_ was ratified by the Georgia Central * *
1S72, and l same day.
LIS Of THE COLUMBIA AND GRKBXVIL:
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
To-day has been one of excitement here
..i railway circle*. The sale of the Colum
bia ami Greenville railway brought many
constitutional make shifts like the electoral | 9 e ? r ®! a _ I
commissi
as he did in 1S76, against Hay
Greeley only received 2 831,000
Seymour 2,700.000 in 1SGS.
However, the {teople should more than
right to, it will be done when a presl-1 th ’ oat en
1 ’Yer! you young Rabs ov
r dar! Sail
wear and tare of the concern, and hire of a
driver, and feed for the horses, is nigh onto
five hundred dollars a year. It’s all right,
dstsweetnin’ tree,’ I Q f course, if you’ve got a big margin, but
margins are very uncertain nowadays.
Walking is splendid exerciite. I don’t
[ garden, or from the carriage into the milli-
•r’s, but good old-fashioned leg exercise.
s and brings foscs to
| the checks. It’s a wonder some women
got any calves, and I don’t reckon
I they have any to speak of, though I don’
know, and I reckon it’s none of iny busi
ness. Its time now for the chil-
| dren to go barefooted and save
i wonderful pleasure to
feci sorry for city children
pose, and so is spruce timber. There’s
millions in it, and the mills in this busi
ness must come to the raw material.
Any white soft wood may be used, and
the process is simple. The bark is taken
off, the knots and dark and decayed
places cut out. It is then put into a large
caldron and boiled, which extracts all | bit all
the glutinous matter and resin and ren
ders it soft. It is then put on a large
stone grinder, with water pouring on it
all the tima The grindstone wears off
the fibres until they are finer than saw-
‘Sifter bole wator same ca a tray,
fcf you fill it vri<l moss en dob it wld clay;
De Fox git madder de longer you f*t*y—
Fill it wid moss en dob it wid clay.’
have done traded off the old one
already to some dark* y or give it away
some poor Sunday-school scholar. They gel
well paid for that sort of charity generally,
for the fond parent admires charity in his
children and gets her n new luit for being
so generous. Thrtt makes things easy all
dust, which float away into a receptacle. I **Updey jump, de little Rabbits did, cn dey fix | reckon. Spring calico is mighty pretty^
The water is drained off by means of a I de sifter so twon’t leak, en den dey kyar dewater I is cheap enough to be within reach of r
j. I ter ole Brer Fox. Den Brer fox he git mighty I anybody’s i>ocket-book, but it don’t pay to
■ t tr t , ta I mad, enp’int out a great big stick er wood, cn I hire a dress made, and pnt three dollars’
gists of fine fuzz or splinters of wood. It I tdl <i e little Ifabl,i l5 lc r tvr put d«t ou -Ic Her. Do I "on I- of work on a dollar's worth of clo-li.
is white, and requires no bleaching, but mu e chaos dey got roun’ de wood, dey did, en J**"’. 1 *P cn ? te “ dollars for a parasol and
is ready to be mixed with rag pulp or dey til re it retard twell -ley could ree der ow„ ^ tile suturne" iToYer^yo" wifi Wk
anything else that lias a strong fibre and I sins ’ hat do wood never budge. Den dey hear de some you ng luaM on t), e head with it and
little bird ringin', cn dis yer -rur dc song: | break it anyhow, and a cheaper -me
“ ‘Spit in yo’ ban’s cn tug it en toll it,
En git behine it, en push it, cn pole it:
tip t in yo’ h tn’s cn r’ur back cn roll it.'
receive the proper constituents to make it
into paper sheets, whereas ..rags I
have to be washed and bleached
with chloride of lime, ,soda |
ash and alum and such strong
chemicals to take out the color. Then I
they are picked to pieces and made into
pulp. The process by which wood pulp ;
is made is purely mechanical. It can be
made cheap, say at about one cent a I
pound.
good enough for that. There' wasent
any fine ones in my young days, but I
reckon there was fifty dollars worth broke
En des ’bout de Umc dey got dc wood on de I over my head in love licks. I don’t think,
Her, der daddy he come skippin’in, cn de little I however, that girls now-a-days are as
bird, he flew’d away. .Brer Fox, he seed his game I sjjyagarous in that way as they used to be.
up, en'twan’t long’fo.hu make his skuM! They are more mw>nahmy and reclining
rt f tor en ° I w b , ?h comes of .reading too many lovesick
i start fer ter go.
I stories about an angel faintingnnd
Wasiunotod, April 17.—Congress has
ing passed several of the appropriation
bills. The night sessions have been devoted
tire pretyr»^d “lhat| road of Alabama exte. ding
him the Platform could | f^merv t^belnra Jim lea-e
squarely based
Hon. X. J. Hammond is confined to his
room at the Metropolitan hotel with a slight
bettor lo-tlay,
cat Monday.
In this ©inflection, it is notout of place to
thpl by the*Louisville and Nashville road at its I S | ate that Mr. Hammond gives most, stu-
I :_i uiit- ln«t Samritiv. I . .. ...
ever be left free to«elect the men for whom
they are wlllir# to work ami vote, and
man who is unable to arouse enthusiasm
ought to be nominated.
How is party management?
Very jK»or on our side. We hav
leader, but many leaders, in the house, and
dious attention to the proceedings. He i
his teat at roU-cill, and remains
there until the house adjourns. lie
dodges no vote, nor does lie shrink
from any responsibility that his positUr*
places upon him. He is a new member.,
and of course was not appointed at the*
head of his committee, but it has not
taken them long to learn that his splendid
of the leading railroad men here. Bidding I abilities eminently fit him for the first
. for the road commenced at noon and con I iudiciarv committee He is
n ® tinued until near six p. m. The principal. I b Jace tne juaiciary cjmnuuec. «e is
' fact the only, bidders were the mayor of | considered the best lawyer in the house,
‘ publicans as well os democrats conceding
and M.j »r C, of Atlanta, who, I ‘he Let Hia opinio., on allIqueationa of a
nnu r % „ I legal nature ts often asked, and readily
taken. Mr. Hammond is destined to be.-
Icader in congress, and the people of
some important questions the democrats I charleston, wlio appears to be in tbe inter
fire divided. Take the tariff question, on I 08t of l i, e second bondholders,
which THB Cohstitutior has writ * I and Maj »r C, of Atlanta, who,
some able articles recently. I w ith General Austell and Mr.
The vote on the Townjhend I carlfale, waa on the t-poL The road sold for
bill clearly indicated that the people can-1 j^ree million dot languid was bought by the
not receive any material changes in *b e I second bondholders! Major G. having bid
tariff law from this congress against certain l aj;a j nst them for four hours and only nv
— ~* l! ~ ,ho 1 tireti when he found hc was bidding dollars
against second mortgage bonds which
only worth ten cents in tbe market.
monopolies and in the interests of the
people. What would the vote be for
Stance to remove tbe duly on sugar, which
pays $35.000,000,and to raise the revenue
from a reasonable income tax ?
How about Georgia matters?
As to the pending claims for the state,
this b a h:ul tesxUm for the collection of
money. Even recognized debts, for which
the accounting officers send in estimates,
will Mot be paid in many cases. "Must
have an rye to redeeming the appropria
tions. This is election year, you know," is
the usual response. Then tb*« claims may
not be reached. About 6.000 Dll!" have
come t
the fifth district should hc proud to know
that their district is as ably represented a*
district in ilie union. Mr. II am moil ft
has appeared in debate but few times, but
A Heavy Break ... I-on.-ville „nrt I on each occasion l.e lias receive,1 the un-ii-
.Nashville stork. I vided attention of the house. Those
New York, April 17.—In the stock mar-1 who have been in Washington
}. el t i, erc was a break in Louisville and 1 and witnessed the proceedings of
Nashviiie stock, falling from 140 to 113 I the house, know that but one in a hundred
during the afternoon, which demoralized
the whole market for a time, and led to
decline in the general lists of M to 2’ , per
c-nt. Toward the close the market again
been introduced, and not a single bill on 1 btcamc strong, and recovered % to l per
the public calendar has been passed.
How doe* the Georgia delegation stand
None better. Take their united influ
ence, and no state can niafcfi a batter show
ig, or accomplish more
Blount stirred up Brady
8tar routes?
Yes. Mr. Atkins was rick and Colonel
Blount was acting chairman. He called
the attention of tiiR country to the illegal
extravagance Of the post-office department,
cent The break in Louisville and Nash- ,
ville stick was due to tbe report that tl c
Chicago. St. Louis and New Orleans road
had made a combination with other roads
, . which was likely to injure the business of
about the I the Louisville and Nashville company.
About Mr, Tilden'* Comlldacy.
Boston, April 17.—The following is aspe-
cial to the Boston Journal from St. Albans,' I cently
and saved about one'tnillioft difeetly, and I Vermont: The Journal correspondent is I while there hc saw Mr. Tilden. He
stopped similar violations of law fof the l n lnformv reports him very feeble and
future" I attthoheed to give publication to inform* I a j | * nost polried. He aaya it was
command their attention and hold it
through a speech. Hammond can and
does.
Mr. Stephens has not been well for tlic
past week. Hc is not despondent, but fre-
inenOy nays he does not expect to live t«»
the coming year. He is engaged im
preparing a reply to the letter of Senator
Gordon.
The anti-third termers have laid Grant on
the shelf, and old age and other causes have
placed Mr. Tilden out of the presidential
A gentleman front Georgia has re-
ret urned front New York, and
there hc saw Mr. Tilden.
IIow do they stand on state matters? I tion of grtttt Importance, and which ............. .—
Some paper published that only one I s mnar ted to him ofl the train between New I scat, though his intellect was as clear as *
member from Georgia favored Co.qultt? I ‘ l > 1|V . \~A\ ne demo-1 bell. It is freely asserted bv his friends
That ia n mistake Two days ago, a ^ ork and Montreal b> a leading nemo . ^ amonR the?l Speaker IJandsll, th;
mem tier of tile Georgia delegation told me I cratic politician of New Lnglatifl, wnose i Hr. Tilden will formally decline to be
* ** ' 1 high standing in the counsels of that party, I candidate, at tlmnucting of the New s oik
that a majority of the delegation
Colquitt's noiuinaiion for governor
convention, or if the convention is ovffl>
Ge->rgia t«> ilrei-ie, anil the cnneressional I fhd late democratic conference in I nation until the -convention meets in Cin-
deleKatlnn will harilly uixhriaUe to exert I York city, at which Senator ltimum, Mr. I c i„ n ati, thus givinj; him Ihc "lM-rtnnity
anv inilueuce us lo the choice of the peo-1 -r:i.i.. n nnd General Hancock, with mem-1 of assisting his choice in securing the nomi-
ple. live tile presidential emu-ass, the | . . .. . — we rc nre-1 "»''on. So the two men that nearly every-
P-Iblic men ask every man from home, bcrs ot ,I,e national committee, w p hody thought would lie the nominee of
-How do the people feel? Who la their I sent. The Journal representative was i „ lcjr respective parties arc practically out
te?'* You know the jury generally I .hown telegrams and letters from leading I of the race. Whom the democrats will now
much induct.cr over the verdict as I r(cra of Mr. Tildctt’s candidacy in I center upon ia a question not castlv solved.
J ets By the wav, Mr. Talmage I 1 , , ,, „ „ w.i;,,,. I think the selection will Ite made from
^ I Vnrk mid Connecticut'-, corroborating I j„„.i ■(<>«.
oblc
better stay ter tea, Brer Fox,” sex Brer I youth catching her in hia tender embrace.
Rabbit, sezee. ’Scuec Brer Wolf done quit com- * ‘ '
sc ttiu’ up wid me, I gittin'
lonesome dcse long evenin'
; of the old stock never fell around me
> I feels right I I know. Now is the time to lay up money
1 for a rainy day or maybe for an un rainy
The Chicago convention will constat of I better do, lioney, kaze I sec Mis* Sally
754 delegates, and under the majority I sailin’ backcrds en for’ds fo’ de winder,
rule it will require 378 votes to make a
nomination. Grant has 200 votes, and
he has therefore 178 to get. He must get
that number in Illinois and in the south
outside of Texas, Kentucky and Missouri,
"But Bier Fox, he button up his coat cellar I one. for it aint common to have three good
tight ea des put out fer home. Kn dat w’at you I ? ro P >’ ears in succession and we’ve done
ir’s ttbadder “® d x em - 1 . s fc b y ll ‘ e , papers
s you know she’jl be gpectin*
ABOUT HOYLE.
. I that they have had five years of bad crops
1 in Euro|>e, and some of em mighty nigh no
crops at all, and our turn will come next
I’m afraid. In the days of old Father Jacob
and Joseph, and Pharaoh they had seven
bad years all in a bunch, and before it was
over with the king got all the ptople’s
money and all iheir land for corn. The
poor Irish are in die same tlx i ow.-onlv
worse, for they’ve got neither land nor
money, and no corn. The prospect is not
bright. Tlic wheat looks sickly. The corn
that was up is about half killed, which, I
worse than if it hail been all
I>each crop for good,
me sad
i had a
young orchard of choice fruit and was
luxuriating in advance upon the pleasure
of bringing such splendid baskets full to
u % , uiy wife and seeing her tejoice in wh’at my
view of these facts anticipates the settins I f rora justice. In due time Governor Ter- I V wn bands bad done. I hunted diligently
\ieu oitnese iai is, anticipates me seiujig I . . f „ nil f rtrwnPl i m i tl for a lot s time to find one that was green in
Skeletal of M* Legal Fight for
Liberty.
The history of Hoyle’s career in Cali for- | money and all th
t ...iais full of interest. He reached Los
which have elected their delegates. If he Angeles about a month ago, and a short
loses Illinois, he must have all the rest I time thereafter, Chief-of Police Crow-
of the south; but he ran no more a ° f disp ^' h
get all the rest of the I advising him that the fugitive was In that I Relieve, is worse than if it had b*
south than he ran carry Michigan or I »'ty. Crowiev immediately ordered Cap-1 kiI l e f "’e’ve lost our iieaeh crop f-
A1 . ... . . . ^ ® . | tain Stone to proceed to Los Angeles, arrest I which hurts my feelings and imikcs
Oliio. Ills only hope in short rests Hoyle, and hold him until extradition pa-1 *Yery time I think about it, for
carrying Illinois and much the greater I pers could be made out. Hoyle was *“***'
n 1r t of the nnn-olcrted Konthorn iIpIp- I l,rat held under the California
part or tne non-eiectea southern dele-1 stiituU: wllicn for i he deten ,
gates. The St. I/duis Post-Dispatch, nn I tion of persons demanded as fugitives
, v. . . . .... .. . . I kins, of California, issued and forwarded a
aside of Grant, bat still it hopes for the I warran t for holding him. In the mean-
best. ‘‘Let us," it add*, "hope that Grant I time, Hoyle had employed ex-Attorney-
matr bulldoze his way through and secure l Uener »J Joseph Hamilton, Joseph East-
J ° 1 »»*** Hrv*n Waters and Messrs. Halev,
the nomination.”
long time to find one that was green
jre, hut nary one. And t»*w 1 blame
myself for not fortifying against the liree
by building fires among the trees. Ichi
have done it and it would have paid me
^ _ w well inilie long run, but I had faith—abun-
him out of tbe hands of the officers. These I dance of faith, but no works, a:ul faith
man. Dry
King and Roberts as *atton.cys to get
n,-PTvc»i.nnv.r.,cn M ;nn ^i him out of the hands of the officers. These i — r* ’ —T
Di ri. <. the extra session, General Gar- I legal gentlemen sued out no less than three I without works is dead and the tieac.i
field, the republican leader of the house, I writs of habeas corpus, one in a justice I dead too. My grape vines had put
delivered a speech in favor of the amend-1 cour J and one in each of the two depart- * , “ ,r ‘ e "‘ * ,n ‘ “'" ,1
a are
. „ . . forth
their tender shoots laden with blooms and
nary one is left. I wonder
if mere is any consolation for the like of
this. My friend Cobe says " it’s all right;
for some of the children moot have eat the
green grajies or tbe green (teaches and tuk
. . 1 .... ...... I ments of the superior court of the county.
ment to the army bill prohibiting the Hamilton also repaired to Sac
use of troops at the polls as a police I ramento as Hoyle’s agent and
force, and the bill inclnding the amend- hi, ^"‘t OI ,'ti, e |roanTm„ .... .
ment, was ailopted by an overwhelming I affidavit upon which the application for ,,le emery morbus and died afore the doctor
majority. Precisely the same clause has tll! warrant wa, based was defective in I 2 > 1‘? I**!®,!?? 1 J’t're.’ a 80 1 re “ kon . il ’“ * u
u.._ ' that tlie charge was made on information r* 1 "' b .". t 111 r,sk the fires next apnng any-
the arm) appropriation J an< j belief. Notwithstanding mis objec-J n .° 8 r ®*t big loss tit dollars, but
by
been included i __ _ ^ ^ ^ w ^
bill just reported, but, for some reason or I tion, Governor Perkins, preferring to leave I ^* e . n it'* such a comfort to enjoy one’s own
other, the republicans have concluded to uh jfcUo„ to be determined by | &».t and ,o fraat on it wi.h the eyes as welt
.. S. t a . • a I the courts, issued the warrant,
oppose it. It happens, too, that just at | a\t this siare of the proceedings Georgia'
two agents, Wnt. A. Starnes and Henry L.
Collier, arrived at Los Angelos. They at
audidate
have
the lawy
ami Bishop »S‘inpsoti s(«c:tk in glmviug terms
of Governor Co!q tilt, an l I frequently hear
public men from the north abude to Gov
ernor Colquitt’s influence towards go d a
and reconciliation between the sections.
New York and Connecticut, corroborating I Hendr icks, Hancock and Bayard. Jlen-
these sfdtemciifs. The question I j^eksand Hancock would make an inviu-
RAILROAD MAT I ERS*
Mr. Tiiden’a candidacy
settled at that fheeting, and
Mr. Tilden positively decided not to lie
candidate for the nomination. The gentle-
j asserts emphatically that Mr. Tilden
has written a letter to be read at the Syracuse
convention, withdrawing his name frpni
cilile ticket.
There are no new developments in the
district attorneyship. No new candidates.
Farrow’s commission expires the latter part
of this month, and it is presumed the ap
pointment will lie made »t that time.
The delightful weather of the past few
days has brought to Washington a number
Dbqa-chra from Savannah received here alld ^ dr ; ire
ami success
yesterday state that the Georgia Central
railroad and the Georgia railroad have leased I Journal
to the Louisville and Nashville railroad that I enter into any
IO Illc liUUlbVlllBdiKi .'asm nit; litiliuau uiat ■ . . *■ , _
. -i i . ,, , I nomination, and that nc
portion of the Western railroad of Alabama I ( j ate in tJie sense 0 f (,eiti
extending from Montgomery to Selma, giv-1 office of president.
The field '» « rea^m hh fading of .irht-seera and vieitora From Ge-wgia
health and a desire to promote harmony I come Mr. and Mrs. C. lhil|*ot, of Cedar
1 , General Hancock stated to the town Miss Lizzie Gardner, of Augusta
informant that he should not daughter of the late Janies Gardner, and
test or fight to secure the I Mr. J. G. Blount, of Atlanta.
. not a candi- j
the sense of being a seeker of the
ent. j
Washinoton, April 17.—The talk of the
day in political circles is concerning the
ing'tbe Louisville and Nashville railroad the
option to purchase the same. ■ »»• i—— . ~. — . .
The lease was ratified by the Louisville i-residratild ramt'i-
and Nashville railroad at its special called I t j at0 t j, e letter having been wri ten to the |
meeting in this city last Saturday, but the I Syracuse convention. Any number of
matter has been A n *“ * * *
railroad board o
tinned the lease Tuesday, and it was rati-
Washington, April 12.—One of tlie most
imporiant general measures now pending
before the house with a favorable commit
tee report thereon is the militia bill, about
which very little has been written by south
ern editors. The scheme is to enroll, or
ganize, arm and equip such a number o£
—not less than 700—in each congres-
the several states, to bo
tttsssrjxsr'jz'ss: » zjsyyus* ^oru.-
., lieve, but know, that Mr. Tilden will not
tied by the Georgia Central yesterday, so permit his name to go before theCincin
the matter is now complete. It thin Iran
p : res what President Newcomb meant
when he said that he had secured subsUfn-
tiil assurances of a' permanent, character.
which give him. lor his road, all that he I ije Cre | 3 to the newspapers,
could ask. The purpise ami objeet of the 1
Louisville and Nashville company in leas
ing this snort branch is, no doubt, to ex
clude from Mfintgomery all competition.
By tais means business which has gone
i convention. It. would excite comment I iifiy^™, j^ind^will" embrace'all
quiet times that Mr. Iilden should I . na i es between the ages of eighteen
have so many confidants, and especially I a | i( j forty-five years. I woulct be tu<i<l to
among men Who are willing lo reveal hu I - ahon J thc mcastiic, hut by so doing
•crets to tbe newspa|»ers. I would be guilty of I resp*w on your space.
Sybacwsk. N. Y.. April 17.—The Courier I Suffice it, that the bill will likely pass if it
bs a list of 336 delegates already elected to I ; s reached on the calendar , as it had a
has a list of 336 delegates *
the democratic state convention. Of this
number 12 from Albany are contested
>y iuis means bww waica nos gom T| remaining321 are classified as follows:
Tilden absolu-ely M«. against TU-fen
ami other piints to Montgomery will now
be shut out, and an immediate advance in
rates to Montgomery by tbe Louisville and
Xodiville will probably follow, as a natural
consequence, to this movement.
this juncture, General Garfield is build
ing a house on his farm in Ohio, ami in I
the appetite, and have plenty for the
good-wife to prei»erve and pickle and show
to the uabors and hear cm say "beautiful!”
'delicious!" "lovely I ' "splendid!" and all
esettowork to coo test the legality of I sucl1 gushing explosions. It’;
order to superintend the operation, he is J Hoyle’s being held by Sheriff Win. ft. Row
compelled to retire from the house for a I ,and »
brief period. We shall therefore not thiai .wuc, aum . 01(llar , .
hear what Garfield thinks of the attitude attorney engaged by Messrs. Collier and . and better,
of his party. The whole affair ^ -
queer look. I trict court on Monday last for a
T,if. British government has formally I |*-r of ^ thine, fo.he thankful for. A
deposed lakoob Khan by # officially an-1 an( j raa de returnable on the 15th of this 1,ttIe ^ was dtownd in my nabor’s null
„ —, little pleas-
that makes us happy, anyhow, and I
bad if the wheat had
w been killed and my fruit had csca(ied.
Hip I This will do, now. I have spread forth my
l — 1 ' *- *-r. There’s lots
want em to know
The advantage thus secured by the Louis-1 tions
rillc and Nashville railroad is sjmken of in
railway circles as most itn(iortant, and. in
its direct results, will undoubtedly prove
of more benefit to the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad than any transaction it has
recently made. Through us alliance with
the Wadley and Alexander system L
the Louisville and Nashville now controls
every outlet from Montgomery.
it is also apparent that President N
comb is quietly dictating the policy of the
Western and Atlantic rai I road, although
open acknowledgment of this fact can
obtaiueil. Thc Western and Atlantic had
arranged
Southern for running fast trains from Chat
tanooga to Cincinnati and
160, uncommitted 18.
RociiKrrKn, April 17.—The democratic
assembly in this citv was captured by the
Tilden men. The result was two conven-
md two delegations. Tilden—Valen-
Fleckenstein, Arthur Shegan and
Paines; anti-Tilden—Walter B. Duffy,
H. H. Craig and Jno. A. *\»!singer. Tne
name of Seymour was vociferously cheered
in both conventions.
FROM THE GOLD FIELDS.
nouncing to the gathered chiefs that he I month, last Thursday.
will "not return ” It offers to accent a The P®*i*i°n avers that onerin uowiai
w ill not reutrn. it otters to accept a hol()s t » hc fugitive unlawfully, under an c. .
member of his family as ameer and to der of the superior court of Los Angeles on
withdraw its army, always provided that I habeas corpus; that said sheriff has r~
[ (Kind yesterday, but he wasent mine. The
doctor passes my house most every day, but
he don’t stop. There was a barn full of
and mutts burnt up in the settlement
last week, hut it was-mt mine. The (mkit
house is just up the road apiece, hut
\t\ *n * * *iH« t * I thority to detain llie prisoner, and that the I , OU vfJJ* ju- s t up the road apiece, but we
the Afghans will establish a government 1 jr nit€ *j g tales courts onlv are com- don 1 ^ >llrd ,,,ere * Cm »«»t a candidate for
that is at once stable and servile. No I (»etent to grant the relief an ^ °|} ,ce * I’ve got plenty to eat right now,
matter whether there is an ameer or not
Afghanistan is, as all the world knows, a | unionofTheUmtcdStates!
province of India, and thus it will remain
(»etent to grant
prayed for, and that Hoyle is In cus- |
tody by authority deriveil from the consti-
4 . »ty
and when we get tired of our homely fare
just step over to natior Freemans
and fare better, Tnere’s nothing like hav
ing a gxni nub- r in eating distances—for
i’t have to dress up nor put on any
unless Russia some fine day incites the shrei be d eddVd by thrae court, that I»nicular style about it, but just send up
turbulent Afghans to sunder the tie that I Hoyle is illegally detained, It w ni word »e are coming up to supper and its
binds them. Russian intrigue has now a th»u be in order lor Captain JhougblremembSthatJoelBra^bam when
new field, and India a new place on by&ptata SraSra and Sputy Collier to bis family were away used to divide him-
—t • i. - r .l _ . , I - [ j 1 self out among his friend, lust “bolus nox-
which to sink a portion of the taxes col
lected from tier unfortunate people.
The Kellogg Case.
If the question of retaining Kellogg
his seat depended solely upon the facts
connected with his alleged election, not
a democratic senator would hesitate, and
Kellogg would be bonneed as soon as
decisive vote could be had in a body
much given to debate. But nnfortn
natelv the case cannot now be decided
solely upon its merits, owing to compli
cations that grow ont of the seating
Kellogg by a republican senate. It
claimed in the first place that there was
an “understanding” between the friends
of Mr. Bntler, of .South Carolina, and
those of tlie claimant from Lonisiana,
by which both were seated,
not to be disturbed daring
their respective terms. The senate
was controlled by the republicans at
time, and no doubt there
an arrangement by which Butler's
admission was gained as a condition
leaving Kellogg in undisturbed posses
sion. The latter was not, it is true, elect
ed by a state legislature, as the constitu
tion provides, and Mr. Hill therefore
claims that his retention in the senate,
now that the facts are presented, nullifies
a clear provision of the constitution.
Bnt right here comes in the knottiest
point in the rase. Mr. Lamar, for ex
ample, admits that it is quite trne as a
naked proposition that the republican
majority had no lawful power to nullify
a provision of the constitution; bnt, he
asks, is it not possible for the legislative
branch of the government to do
perfectly unconstitutional acts which af
terwards became undisputed lawful acts,
and cannot lie undone? Louisiana itself,
he said, was acquired iu a manner tliat
Mr. Sefferson said was unconstitutional;
but, he asked, can it be said that sena
tors are not entitled to seats as represen
tatives of states formed ont of the terri
tory thus acquired? In Mr. Lamars
mind it would be just aa proper to un
seat them as to unseat a man the merits
of whoee case had been inquired into
and adjudicated upon. Messrs. Thur
man, Bayard, Wallace and Gordon boW
The abl<i editor of tbe New York Tribune
is very, very mad. The democrats, it | received
seems, contrary to his wish, refuse to de
bate the clause of the army bill preventing
the use of troops at the polls as a (»olice
force. "Do the unscrupulous demagogues
" who are now making signs to one another
“ that mum’s the word " exclaims Editor
Reid, tearing his nigbt-shirt from tail to
collar, "fancy that the American people
“ have forgotten all the ugly facts of the
“extra session?’’ This is a more anxious
matter than a foreigner would suppose, and,
by George, if Editor Reid will go cahoots
with us and help pay the doctor’s bill, we’ll
take pleasure in calling in the police.
A great deal of abuse has been heaped
*upon the king of Burmah in the last few
days on account of an alleged sacrifice of
human life to appease tbe spirits. A
dispatch from Rangoon shows that the
terrible story was purely imaginary.
King Theebau is not a model ruler—or
was not, for some say he is dead—but it
is plain that he is not as bad as he has
been painted of late by the editorial ar
tists of America.
There seems to be r.o doubt that John
Sherman has got what the boys call the in
turn on Editor MedilL Tbe family rows
among the distinguished republican leaders
are getting to be several and serious.
Sherman is nominated at Chicago, it is not
to be supposed that the Chicago Tribane
will give him a very cordial support, and if
Editor Medill should happen to be nomi
nated, the Sherman literary bureau would
give him the cold shoulder.
Ms-CrBSie, the gentlemanly Texas as
sassin,heard some children singing and shed
a copious supply of tears. It reminds him
of tbe days wh »n he used to hang around
on the outskirts of a camp-meeting and
pick off preachers with a seven-shooter.
Miss Anthony wants the boys to call her
Sue, but this is easier said than done. We
have fallen into the habit of. calling her
Sukey. and in a- mixed company there
would be danger of our giving the veteran
female am ay.
Ir the Dake of America continues his
conciliatory remarks, there is nothing left
for tbe stalwarts to do but to rally around
Mulligan’s victim. Jeerns Blaine doesn’t
believe the rebellion has been put down.
self out among his friends just "Oolus nox-
the feller said: "Gammon 1’in
coming round to take breakfast with you
in the morning.” Well, Gammon didn’t
believe him and didn’t tell his wife, and
nothing extra was fixed up, but Joel was
there. lie always kept his promise. He
came to my house one morning before any
body had got their day clothes on.
1C would seem cron, can, cu.c are , ft ,““L ° h U ,*, JL 0 *
confident of winning at the final hearing ~ ^
exercise their shrewdness in capturing
Hoyle and bringing him before the federal
court.
We learn that Sheriff Wilson lias
telegram from Mr. Col
lier, slating that hc and
Capinin Starnes will leave for Georgia on
Monday next and that they expect to bring
Mr. Hoyle with them.
It would seem from this that they are
which took place yesterday.
THE DUKE AT HOME.
up long enough to put on the day’s amia
bility, and besides he wanted to give his
good friends a chance to entertain i>n angel
unawares. The women would stand the
ke of that from Joel, but it ain’t every
body who can invite themselves away from
home, especially to breakfast, angel
He Praises thc Loyal South.
Cairo, Iu. . April 16.—General Grant ar
rived here at 3 o’clock this afternoon. In
reply to an address of welcome, the general I angel.
referred to his recent trip through the On the whole, we arc better off than
southern states, and said: I tenths of mankind, and a heap better on
It has been my good fortune to have just] than we desex ve, and so I’m trying to lie
paawd through a little bit of every one of the I thankful iieacbts or no (teaches, but still I
southern states lately in rebellion and it is , , i vi ,» ( .r eill . ij,
gratifying for me to say that in every one ol them “ a,e lt “ IOiI,, 8 <« e,u > 1 Uo *
there were scenes of decoraUons and I shore. ...
speeches such as we see and hear here today. I Our railroad is coming on. Chess H
The stars and stripes were floating everywhere. I ar d i 3 building an iron furnace at the junc
°L.? e ‘ton. Rogersville is looming tip, and Car-
grey.
they I lersville is trying to stretch to it. Bill Sat-
who in conflict wore
__. and speeches which M . w . _ . _ , ,
made showed their present devotion to the flag | terfield says he is going to run a branch
for vrh.ch we fought. All we asked of them was I concern over there and fuller tbe road up
toat they should respect and honor the flag and j i nto t h e mountains and sell sugar fur dried
become good citizens, and hereafter if it suould Ki*rtrtw.rr^ and mi.federate rnunev uound
h». iU -tai I.*- • frw. tH«t tha. .hratiH I pisesoerr.es mm cui.ieueraLe money pouuu
for pound. He savs the soldier buys up
there have got all the confederate they was
paid off in and believe it will be good yet.
I u$ed to think so, hut I’ve give mine away
to the children. Them seven-thirty 10)
dollar bills look mighty purty yet. It you
havent got any, I will send y
-ssaUed by a foreign foe, that they should
unite with us as one people. From
the assurances they gave 1 believe they are sin
cere, and I hope they expressed the sentiments
of a great majority, for. united as one people,
united as generous rivals iu building upo—
several states * *' * —*—
the whole union, and
in the feeling of loyalty for that flag,
we are a great people—the greatest nation in thc
whole world. To stand divided we are too near
ly equal, man to man, to be a great and
people. Let * *■ * * ~
Bill Arp.
,—,— all hope that there may
union of sentiment, a generous rivalry In the
building up of our several states with a national
pride above suite pride.’’
THE DrKK IN LITTLE BOCK.
Little Rock, April 13.—At ten o’clock
this morning a procession was formed and
marched to the vacant block on Third
i-treet, between Rings and Cross streets,
where Messrs. Clayton, Root, Adams and
POLITICS IN WASHINGTON
As Diwnued by Tbe Constitution’*
Correspondent.
Washington, April 14.—What is the po
litical outlook at Washington?
... I do not think I can add materially to
others of the reception committee present- I what the pa(>ers daily contain. The popu-
ed General Grant to Mayor Fletcher, and I ( ar expression just r.ow seems strongly
afterward Governor Miller welcomed him I against Mr. Tilden, and many prominent
in brisk terms, and tbe general responded | me n sav that his nomination will lose Vir-
s follows: I giuia, Texas, Louisiana, and perhaps other
Citizens: on first landing on the soil of your I southern states.
KSS3.“ STS&TliS , At Washington, as elsewhere, the friends
that the feelings of thc past were gone. Nothing I ot eac “.
the crowds of people I me
that the feelings of thc pa _
would advance your prospect*
as the entire ahsence '
I have noticed in i
sectionalism of the country is pawing aw*
the countries of the world are returning
brood field of liberality which is progress. Yon
have not enough people: but I doubt not that tbe
ididate readily prove to their
^ much I own satisfaction that their’man is the most
sectionalism. I available candidate. Each political party
that I evidentlyregards the coming race a close
that 1 one ’ depending largely on good manage-
You I merit, a fair platform ar.d a popular :mi
The Fimtlnt; ol lliarc«l* Still 4'onttn-
nes-The Largest One Ycl—Gold bj
the Ponnd.
Advices by telegraph and mail received
from the gold mine in White county, of
which a description was given yesterday,
schedule with the Cincinnati I s ( low that the yield grows richer and richer,
hich tlie Louisville and Nashville would
■ and there is of course an increase in the
^ er ^’ ,? I excitement. Colonel J. H. Nicholls, who
had started home, telegraphs us front Mt.
have been thrown out. This schedule was Air y t ( iat the Messrs. Lumsden found
to lieve gone into effect yesterday, but the I Tuesday a nugget tha» weighed 440 penny-
order ha* been withdrawn—it is presumed,
at the instance of Mr. Newcomb.
The advantages which will accrue to Lou-
weighls. This is about one-third larger
than the nugget that was shown in Atlanta
Tuesday, and is almost equal to the
isville trade from this movement will he I nugget of 520 (>ennyweights, which was thc
appreciated by the business interests of the I largest ever found in Georgia,
city. This branch occupies the relative no-I a card from Mr. K. J. Storr, a reliable
sition to the Louisville and Nashville at I gentleman who ts on tlie ground, writes
Montgomery that the CeciUan branchy does I (hat thc hoys have begun to count their
at this end, and is just as important tn its I day’s work by tlie pound, and that on Mon-
bearing upon the business of the Dmtsville I ( j ay on j y two hands being at work they took
arid Nashville railroad. Louisville, Cincm- I nU ( twenty-four pounds of gold, or to lie ex'
nati, Indianapolis and Chicago will he thus I ^ •)(•> pennyweights. All of this was
White St. l/iuis and other I found • iu nuggets. One nugget weighed
forced to maintain rates to I three hundred and thirty pennyweights—
Montgomery Louisville will have the I another seventy-three (fennyweights, and
guarantee that her freights can now tie laid I another fifty-five pennyweights. The others
down at Montgomery U(Kin equal terms I were smaller pieces, ranging from five to
with any other point.
forty pennyweights. The da>’.q work <
Chicago, April 15.—W. II. Osborn, presi-1 Monday of the two hands amounted
. _ „ ... . I CmO nu tho bullion ia worth nUuil fl
dent, and James C. Clark, general manager.
$600, as the bullion i
to tlie pennyweight.
of tlie Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans I os j( y further news from this rich mine. We
railroad, which is the New Orleans branch I have little doubt that the Lumsdens will
of the Illinois Central, who came here to I get a huge fortune out of the old vegetable
insult with President Ackerman, of the I garden, that has for nfiy years been given
* ‘ —*-n of I to the cultivation of turnips and potatoes.
_ But, whatever they get will Ikj a small for-
ville, to join there another line to be built I tunc compared to that which awaits l'
to that point front Knoxville by the Cin
cinnati Southern, left tor their liome3 to
day, after having agreed to go ahead with
the pr »j ct. It has lieen the aim of the
Louisville and Nashville, ever since
gan its great consolidation scheme, to cut
off the Chicago, St. Louis and
New Orleans, as well as tlie Cincinnati
Southern, from all the southern through
traffic originating at Cincinnati, Louisville,
Nashville, etc. ihe managers of the Chi
cago, St. Louis and New Orleans, as well a
those of the Cincinnati S mthern,
projKise to be shut out i:» this manner, and
nave therefore taken steps to form a junc
tion, ar.d thereby a through line irurn
Cincinnati to New Orleans that will lie
seven!v-five miles shorter than the Louis
ville route. The line from Jackson to
Nashville has lieen located. It is about
who cracks the sparkling veins that scam
the hills and mountains that shut iu the
valley of Nacooche.
GEORGIA CROP NEWS.
Corn looks well in Harris county.
Corn looks well in Thomas county.
Cotton planting going on in Newton.
Large quantities of guano sold in Forsyth.
Bun worms troubling com in Sumter county.
Forward peaches killed about Social Circle.
Fruit not materially damaged al*ont Dalton.
Wheat prospect around Itellton not promising.
PBOSrzrrr for a fruit crop good in Elbert county.
Walker county will make a good wheat crop.
Small grain about Buena Vista is looking bet-
^TifE fruit crop of Warren county still promts-
is reached on the calendar-’, as it had
unanimous indorsement in committee with
the exception of one, Emory 8(ieer, of the
ninth, who will submit a minority Tcport
and sptak and vote against thc measfL. e.
1 inquired of Mr. Speer yesterday
his objections were to the bill, and beggftJ
him to enumerate them.
"Well, xuy reasons arc quite simple," re
marked tlie*young member from the ninth*
and then he counted them on his fingers ms
this order:
1. Because we need in this free country
no system of landwchr, as they have under
monarcliiai govern mots.
2 These enforced drills will harry the
(icople and take them away from their
crops.
3. It will create a boom for
northern manufacturers of firearms, and
cover great sums of money out of the pith-
lie treasury.
4. It will tend to centralism in our gov
ernmental officers, and interfere with the
liberties of the people by its provisions
against delinquents, deserters, etc., and
fifth, continued Mr. Speer, with a humor
ous s(*arkle in his eye, it will give great
political influence to small-sized majors.
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huml.-cd and thirty miles long, penetrating I mg.
a rich, (.reductive section, in which iron of I A Covikgton sow has 17 healthy pigs two weeks
superior quality abounds, anil which now old. . . .
produces cotton, corn, wheat, tobacco and I the fruit crop .bout Decatur Ls seriously dam-
iive siock. It is understood that if Ibis I axed,
road i s built the Cincinnati Southern I Plenty of
will construct a brancii from tlie terminus I county,
of its main line at Knoxville to Nashville, 1 o,™
bout one hundred and fifty miles Iona,
knee-high in Montgomery
thus forming by seventy-live miles the
Cotton seed in great demand in Pulaski
C TvK y RY largt cotton crop planted In DcKalb
shortest line from Cincinnati to New Or-1
leans, and to ail points on and west of the
Chicago. St. Louis and New Orleans road.
It is understood that parties from Nash
ville will go to New York to meet there I
Mr. Osborn and consummate arrangements I advanced. _
But little sorghum will be planted in Newton
county.
Farm work progressing favorably in T*lbot
county.
about Smithrille thc corn crop ia well
for the immediate construction of the
Jackson and Nashville railroad, as the. new
extension from Jackson will be called. The
road can be cheaply built, as nearly all the I Burke county.
Oat and whsat crops of Klbcrt county ate very
promising.
Cotton that was up killed ia some localities In
material necessayr for its construction can
be had in the near vicinity of the
road.
As the new line via Jackson to Nashville I ferson county.
and Cincinnati will be about seventy five I a
miles shorter than the LouisviPeand Nash-1 Th«
ville route via Mobile, Montgomery and
Decatur, there can»be little doubt
John Laremore, of Lee county, cut bis meat
Kith of April.
Hog cholera prevalent in rome sections of Jef-
nee. Each side is carefully watching the
resources of your state"will sitnurt inhabitants— I other, and basing many hopes on the follies,
that all newcomer* may be received as I have I mistake* and vices of the enemy.
lt“e of ca , p h iui“ cdidale3 doin6
try. i* my ardent wish. I much work at the capital. , ^
From 10,000 to 20,000 were massed at tbe On tbe democratic side not much. On
reception grounds. The enthusiasm was I the republican the clubs are well organized,
general .and cordial. The column reformed, I and a democrat can enjoy himself at a
traversing the principal streets, occupying I Blaine club listening 'P.^ent r^sons why
two bourn in transit, and returned to tbe 1 the ex-president should not be nominated,
hotel, where the ex-oreridest held a levee I and have some fear that he.“'*[***»<>*
from 1 till 3 o’clock, ‘ ■ elected. Considerable alienations are being
which will get the business. The line from
Cincinnati via Nashville and Jacks
would overshadow the route to the east via
Milan and Louisville to such an extent
as to make the Louisville people rather
sick of some of their recent bargains, by
which they thought to throttle all compe
tition. In the recent negotiation* between
the Louisville and Nashville and the Geor
gia liues to Augusta, Macon and Savannah,
the latter forced the Louisville and Nash
ville to abandon its Montgomery mute for
Green line territory, and to take
its b trainees via the Chatta
nooga and. Western and Atlantic road to
Atlanta for Green line points, thus forcing
the Louisville and Nashville to give up more
titan two hundred miles travel over its De
catur and North and South Alabama roads.
Jt is strongly suspected that the Louisville
and Nashville, in i's recent acquisitions,
has gained considerable dead weight that
will result more to its injury than to its
A wonderful improvement in thc oat crop of
omaa county.
. orn is up and looking well in Dougherty. Oats
lo I doing very well.
A large quantity of western com being bought
in Burke county.
The M. A N. G. railroad lias hauled this season
1,296 ton* of guano.
Grape crop of Cobb county reported as being
seriously damaged.
Corn in Houston slightly damaged by frost.
Cotton is coming up.
The fruit prospect of Whitfield county promises
better tnan for years.
Young wheat looking well in Newtou, and
promises a fair yield.
CorroN will be largely planted In thc western
part of Murray county.
About Wadley. wheat and oat crop* arc being
plowed up and com planted.
Oats in Stewart county are splendid, and the
wheat crop more promising.
Wheat in the lower part of Taliaferro not in
jured by rust is very prombing.
The oat crop of Sumter county i* improving.
Half a crop of wheat will be made.
The farmer* of Calboun will plant double the
amount of cotton ever planted before.
From a Wc!I-knmvn Citizen ofCIiirago.
CnifAGo, III., January 1, 1880.
II. II. Warner «fc Co., Rochester, New
York—Gentlemen: I have used Warner’s
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure with the great
est satisfaction. It is the only remedy I
hove ever used that I can recommend to ruy
friends, as it has cured tne of Bright’s Dis
ease of long standing, after having visited
the White Sulpliur springs of Virginia, and
tr\ ing innumerable so-called "remedies” of
the day. Having resided here for forty-
seven years, my friends will be glad to sec
this statement. The discoverer is, indeed,
a public benefactor.
William H. Patterson.
1,401 Wabash avenue, near Twenty-ninth
street.
58 febl—d21m sun wed fri &w2im 3dp
ST ATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
State Special Taxes, 1880.
In conformity to law I have assumed tlie
dutiesof Tax Collector for Fulton county un
til a successor is elected and qualified to fill
the vacancy now existing. I have appoint
ed Mr. Thomas J. Pollard as Clerk for this
purpose. He can be found at the old place,
No. 11 E Alal-ama sir et*
The uncollected Taxes due. State and
County for the year 1879 are long past due
and should lx; paid to him.
Also the State Special Taxes due on the
first day of April, on
bagucrrc&n. Ambrotypc, Photographic Ar-
tiKts, etc.....^ 510 0>
Auctioueere 25 00
Pool and Billiard Tables, each table....
Bagatelle Tables, etc., each
Ten Pin Alleys, each ....
Peddler* of Patent
cines, etc.
.. 2S00
Proprietary Modi*
25 00
50 00
Insuranc e Agent*, persons or firms 10 00
Liquor Dealers, etc 25 00
Agents for Sale of llanos, ttc 50 00
All persona owing said taxes are reques
ted to make immediate payment.
DANIEL PITTMAN, Ordinary
and Ex-officio Tax Collector.
April II, 1889. aprla—d3t Awkylt
Tlie Big: Htore*
This spacious establishment is situated at
39 and 41 Peachtree street, and is widely
known as Dougherty’s. Eight months ago
Mr. Dougherty moved in his present new
house, aud it waa thought by many that bis
rooms were entirely too large for Atlanta’s
trade, but it soon became a conceded fact
that his vast and rapid growing business
required all this space. You may pass this
store when you may and you will always
sec vast crowds of people making purchases
of his enormous stock. Mr. Dougherty’s
long experience in business and his
thorough knowledge as to the requirements
of the city and country enables him fit ail
times to place before the people such'djpes
of goods as they need. Then his one price
system and his determination to treat all
alike has made his popular store fattfous
throughout the land. When you enter,cir-
cles where prices are discussed Dougherty's
is the theme. Well may the jnsllv-earned
reputation of this house be envied by tboee
of much older standing. It is an acknowl
edged fact that you can always find at his
store what you want, and the vast quantity
of goods which he turnsout is evidence that
he is selling cheap. Call and see for your-,
self, and our assertions will be proven.
371-april 18 dAwlt
Contemporary Opinion.
Columbus Enquirer.
The Constitution is a great newspaper.