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POLITICAL PARTIES.
THEIR FORMATION AND GROWTH.
Tkt Diffcrtaet* Betw*«s J« ferae* ac4 EamliUa
Jb» United Butti B.ak Eagiaad
Yoxtka Wto C<n« ti G-erg!* and
Had* T^if Kirk.
Wxfttpj ^or Tha Cocutitutioo by William H.
8f«Tka.
Oaring the last term ot Washington’*
’administration, parlies began to form and
divide the country. These panics grew
onto! the constroctioas .to be given tbe
constitution. Mr. Jefferson vrsv secretary
<A state, and Alexander Hamilton secretary
c.f the treasury, dnriog tbe first fonr years
views upon the construction to be given
alv; constitution were known to differ very
’widely. Hamilton advocated a liberal
♦instruction; Jefferson a strict construc
tion. It was during this administration
that a national or United Stales bank was
'Chartered. Jefferson wss opposed to this
bank, insisting that it was n amm&titatkra-
al; tbst there was no specific
grant of a power to congress to
create or charter such an
institution. Hamilton reasoned ' differ
ently. Congress was specially charged with
-he duty of ooining money, and with tbe
powers i* } regulate the currency, and from
for *ci* purpose, and that a bank as a means
Tti*c'tjrly witu.u the legitimate po
*1 e omautuuon.
Washington, aixaj a cautious ip bis action.
• ‘•i wet, when ih«- t’jtrw *.h»- i*- k wa«
wa* nia nab.t to r*ck tbe ad\ ce of*bit cabi
net upon ail important measures; Mpecially
hit secretary of state and secretary of the
traaaurv In conformity with this custom,
he rubmltted to Jrflwaot and Hamilton
fthis charter, with tbe request to each that
Jhe should carefully consider if and furnish
him at an early day with their written
•opinions. Jefferson was prompt, and in bis
•usual rfd captandem style in a abort time
'famished his opinion to the president.
Hamilton was lass . prompt, and upon the
•occasion of meeting tbe president on other
business was asked by tbe executive if be
had prepared an opinion. Replying in tbe
negative, and pleading is the exouse for his
delay tbe press of public business, and
when told that Mr. Jefferson bad some days
before furnimed bis. asked permission to
ase it fhU was accorded him, and be was
permitted to take it to bis office. In a
short time he sent to the president both
Jefferson's paper and bis own. His was an
Make rate argument of tbe constitutional
t jeeniion, and a moat scathing review and
xriticiimof Mr Jefferson. The result was
'that Washington signed tbe charter, and
Jeflersoo, and those who bad acted with
him, supposed Washington bad been influ
enced by the opinions of Hamilton. Here
was tbe commencement of tbe future ani
mosity between these two great leaders, and
the germ of the two great parties-federal
and republican.
Tbe war of the revolution bad left a debt
'upon tbe thirteen colonies, which bad been
assumed under the confederacy by tbe gov
•eminent created by that shorwivwl gov-
•eminent, and this assumption was con
tinued under tbe conatitutiouti! tbe United
Staten. To arrange a sysigiu of finance was
Che first duty of the government,
and this waa exacted to be
done by the secretary of tbe
traarary. Hamil.n-, aidresred himself to
this task, and an rely it omi!i! not have been
cmutmtccu to abler or more competent
hands. He deemed a bank essential to this
wnd, and warmly advocated it* as the surest
and most efficient mears tn effecting this
PUT* 0 * 6 * The lejult evidenced eminently
his sagacity. Wry Scon order came out of
•chaos and the currency regulated, trade
grew apace, and tbe prosperity of tire coun
ty w*s commensurate with this.
This, nowe'/er, was no reason with those
who insisted upon the unconstitutionaliiy
of the cha* i*r. Their opposition grew more
and morv strenuous—and tbe parties divid-
|upr.n this principle, carried it Into the
legist'uton of congiees and to various other
»AV*^rs touching the public interest and
the. nation's prosperity.
The revolutionary services of John Adams
-designated him as ibe successor of- Wash
ington, and though there was some opposi
tion to bim upon the ground that he was •
liberal constructionist, yet be was elected,
and it waa claimed that he represented the
views and principles of Washington. This,
Ibowever, did not arrest the progress of tbe
Jperty forming upon tbe principles of strict
•construction. Tbe powerful pen of Mr.
i-V • -If l mm Sd **"” '* “—*
IncreAnfiu every* state.
PLUMS TO PICK.
ATTRACTING PATRIOTIC ATTENTIONS
Tbs Anxious Gentlemen From Georgia Who are
Belaboring the President With Their Lit
tle Petitions for Placs and Perqui
site*—A’Diamond Fight.
vol. xm.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1881.
NQ. 40
tis was one of the commissioner* of
Georgia, who negotiated and signed the
treatvof cession of Georgia's western terri
lory to the United State*. He wag presi
dent pro tern. of the United
antes senate from April to
December 1802, b-t preferring the floor to
the presiding oncer's chair, be declined a
re-el«tfato. At that period, it was not the
custom for the vice president to attend the
Session of congress as the presiding offioer
of the senate.
During the violent notation <5f party
strifes Mr. BaHer'.u was always moderate,
but always iirm. His penile manners,
oomfetfi'ea with bis great powers, together
_ v,Ub his decided character, brought him
of j closer lo Mr. Madison than any oth*-r dan,
- " “litiraacy was v*rr Cose—acting
| U-get her
all
; por'snoe
ti4.w ' umgrrs:-
tteiX great im-
fhe old •onrr*r:
other county Randolph, in honor of his
name, with tf> little reason as they had for
changing tbe name of tbe first A similar
course of spiteful legislation of more recant
date was leveled at the distinguished Louis
Cass when he declared himself opposed to
slavery, and the county named in honor of
him was changed tolaftt of Bartow.
Those who In yohth followed
the toad ol Crawford, Baldwin,
Tait and Jackson became a
galaxy on the state’s, escutcheon, and to
day her people delight to point to them ta
her chosen eons. The Crawfords, the Cath- 1
bens, the Jacksons, tbe Cobbs and Bald
wins. tbe Tatnalls, the Clarkes, and xnsny
others ere household names, ps are the
names of Meriwethers, Upsons, and the
Clay too a and tbe Walken; their names are
TRINITY’S CHIMES
SOOTHING THE SURGING MASSES
Of EslfGmed sad Rscklec* 8peculators—Tbe
Wild Dkwi7 of tbs Broken and
ta* -*9apaiall»ied Dcatrosticn
of Boarded Fcrtnme. *
- - t 'T
all
— In the first year
of the administration of Mr Adams, this
party tot k form and shape upon tbe broad
principles of slates rights, and a strict con
struction of the oon&titution and
assumed tbe name of republi
canism. Very soon appeared the
famous Kentucky resolutions, appa
rently emanating from the legislature of
'that state, but were really the work cf Mr.
Jefferson. Their authorsbi - baa been gen
erally ascribed to Mr. Madion, but now
they are known to have been the production
of the brain and the pen of Mr. Jefferson.
The principles advanced in these resolutions
became the confession of fai h of the new
party, and Mr. Jefferson its avowed leader
awl patron saint.
The opposition to tbe administration of
Mr. Adams waa organised upon this basis,
and soor assumed formidable proportions
in the cohgrass of tbe United States. Ham
ilton was tbe front figure in the par
ty supporting the administration, and
the Hamiitou-Adams party was
denominated the federal party. Both of
these had been active supporters of a strong
E vcrnmgnt in the convention which had
rroed the constitution, - and they made
every effort possible after its adoption to
S r* Kaucb a construction as would enable
evi to introduce into the legislature of
the country enlarged powers in congress.
It was not ioog after the election of Mr.
Adams before a difficulty arose between tbe
government of France and that of the
United Suites, and a war seemed inevitable.
This policy was opposed by tbe republican
party and happily averted, as France bad
been the efficient supporter of the colonies
•daring the revolution. This had made her
popular with the American peopic, and
this action of the government
operated a serious injury to the
federal party. Then followed tbe’famous
alien and sedition laws and immediately
the whole country was ablaze with opposi
tion to tbe administration. The parties
divided in every state, and Massachusetts
and Virginia were arrayed one against the
other as the front figures in the political
conflict.
Georgia then was tbe extreme southern
state, and the great want of facilities of
travel placed her at quits, and remote dis
tance from the seat of government and
almost a foreign lard from the north or
Hew England tUHi Th»r.» had been
little intercourse, tveu during the war
of tbe revolution, between the north
ard the south, for during that remarkable
struggle, with the exception of officers, no
northern troops bad ever trod the soil of
the sooth. and the two peoples were com
paratively «tracgcra It was only now and
then that an enterprising youth returned
from the snowy regions north to tbe sunny
land of the tooth.' Those who did come
were usually teachers and preachers. They
were uniformly better educated than tbe
youth of the atutb, and were always re
ceived with a warm welcome and generally
preferred for office whenever they sought
it. The vary enterprise which prompted
their immigration to the south was evi
dence of energy and capacity, and their
assiduity in the pureuit ol their avocation
was a guarantee of success
One of tbssa youths was Abraham Bald
win. Mr. Baldwin waa born in tbe county
of Litchfield. Connecticut, and was educated
at Yale col lege I m mediately after gradu-
■ atlng he was appointed a tutor in tho col
lege, and commenced tha study of divinity.
He waa ordained a deacon in the Congrega
tional church, and came immediately to
Georgia. With the unerring instincts of a
true ranker, ha saw no future for the grat
ification of his ambition—the natural result
of splendid abilities, and be at or ce deter
mined to study and practice law. Is re
quired but a few months of cloee applica
tion to qualify him for admission to the
bar, when be located in Columbia
county. He bad iu early
life acted as chaplain in
the army of the United States, and his
biographer makes him a professor tn Yale
college during the revolution. This, how
ever, ts a mistake, as the records of the
college show that ne was only a tutor. He
graduated with the highest honors of the
college, and from his earliest youth was
remarkable for abilities.
When be located in Columbia oouoty I
doubt if be was not the only man in the
county who had received a collegiate edu
cation. In Three months be had become so
prominent in the county for aoiUtiea and
character that he was, almost by acclansa-
malion. elected to the state legislature.
It waa during his service that he drew up
tbe charter of the university cf Georgia,
having originate! the plan, and in its advo
cacy established his reputation as a scien
tific and literary mao. and placed himself
amongst the first men of the state.
He was thirty years of age when became to
the Mate, having arrived in Savannah in
ITS*. Ia 17« he was elected to congreM*,
and from that year until his death in 1907
he was a member at every session either of
the house or tbe senate In tbe federal
convention, which formed the constitution
of the United Sums, lii ij^jtal agate from
Georgia, and took an active part in the de
liberations and actings cf that body. He
was elected to the first coogreas held under
they served together. He was remarkably
diligent in the discharge fit every duty;
always considered bis constituents entitled
to his time as well as bis service, and dur
ing all his long political career of twenty
two yean he was outer absent from his seat
but one day. He was equally faithful to
his duties as a citizen, in dispensing charity
and rendering assistance to the needy. He
was specially attentive to the young, and
aided many young men who were straggling
with the coaritiless world to overcome the
obstacles which interposed between them
and succern. Ail bis aim in life appeared
to be tbe servioeo! bis country and the
progress of tbe ybople about him. He was
never married, and this Was probably the
reason why he was indifferent to the seen
mulation of fortune. He died 'very sud
denly. in 1807. at Washington, and lies
bnrit-u there in tbe oongreMional cemetery.
The family of Mr Baldwin wss remarks-
bie for talent, having furnished a judge of
tbe supreme court of tbe United Grates, a
governor of a state, aud a number of emi
nent business men and able lawyers.
When Mr. Baldwin came first to Georgia
he was a member of tbe federal party, or at
least bad strong proclivities for the priori
pies of tha* party He found most of the
men of wealth, talent and position attached*
to what was then known as the Washington
party. Indeed there were no organized par
ties, the government was in embryo, sad
everyone seemed anxious for and endeavor
ing for its success. The country was di
satisfied with tbe confederacy, an
were solid tous of a new organisation
It was only when tbe constitution was bring
discussed in the state conventions, that
there appeared tbe germ of parties. Patrick
Henry’s opposition in tbe Virginia convec
lion, together with that started in several
of tbs other state conventions, aroused the
anxieties of the people; and the discussions
in those conventions were freely canvassed.
The articles written by Alexander Hamil
ton, John Jay and James Madison, were
appearing, exciting great attention and
warm discussion. These articles, since em
bodied into a volume termed ‘the Feder
alist." were aiding materially in fixing tbe
public's mind, and tbe famous tetter of
Mr. Madison to Mr Lansing, a
member to the New York convention,
in which he urged the adoption of
the constitution as a whole and without
conditions finally quieted this agitation
and the constitution was adopted. In these
discussions in Georgia, Mr. Baldwin took
an active and firm part, and then openly
avowed the principles whicn ever after
characterised hit course. Hg asserted tbe
powers delegated iu the constitution were
ail that could be claimed or exercised by
ihe new government created by it. That
all Other power* of sovereignty belonged to
the states. In modern parlance, he wrs a
strict constructionist and firm states right
man. Very soon he had a large following
in Georgia, and in tbe state, was the head
and front of tbe opposition to tbe adminis
t ration of John Adams. In Augusta he
found A number of young and ambitions
men of ability and in tbe counties of tbe
up country, just entering life, be was a
mentor to these—and though tbe wealth
find the offices of the city, and mostly of
the state, were in tbe hands of the federal
party, he was firm in hia support, and open
avowal of bis views and principles, and was
itmes of her amities.
which j Connecticut*bey vreyo welcomed
Kiw YoRg. March 3.—I had a unique
experience In witnessing the flurry of panic las:
Friday afternoon.
By noon of Friday It wss evident that there was
very serious trouble ahead. Money was higher
than IthriTV^n sir.ee black Friday, ruling at 1
per cent. This me«:u that a xuan who had 500
Jock.
a V •
bad
as brothers o! A common country, and the
people of the stato delighted to honor
them.
In an evil hour strife arose between tbe
sections, and in its fatal blaze perished that
glorious feelicg of fraternity. Will it ever
return and be as it waa? In some future
far off day it may, but the healed wound
will leave a cicatrix to recall the memory
—and it will ever come in sorrow and bit
terness. The monaments erected to the
memory of the slain in the conflict will
remain all over the land—a sad and a mel
ancholy memento—and generations born
through advancing time will point to these;
and mothers to their children will recite tbe
sad story—the cause of their erection, and
the yourg heart will bleed at the recital
and rebel against those who incited the con
flict. Our country may become, in great
ness, wealth, learning and power, the
world’s wonder, but will never again be
come the one in heart it was.
W H. Sparks.
THE BRAVE BOERS.
How tUey Defeated tbe British Forces*
Losnox. March 2 —The Boers have for
the past week been concentrating at Laing’s
Nek, where they fought their first battle
with Sir George Colley. They had built a
very strong stone wall on the summit of
the mountain, and, in anticipation -of an
attack, bad sent 500 of their wagons into
he interior. The Majela mountain is the
ighboriogspurof tbe Drakenberg range
is the ravines and valleys and water
courses of this rugged chain that have
proved such formidable Obstacles to the
British advance. The road running almost
due north from Newcastle to Standerton,
and then on through Heidelberg to Pretoria,
paises for the first thirty miles over a very
rough and difficult country, and is
for the most .part flanked by hills on both
sides. It crosses several ravines,
the gradients on each side
being extremely sharp, the crests of the
ascents offering admirable positions for de
fense. The first is at the farm of Scbain'a
Hoogte. Thence the road falls gently down
to thelngogo river. From the Ing>go the
road rises steeply again to the plateau on
which stands Hartley's hotel. This plateau
is one of the highest in the range, and is
known as Prospect hill. There the lint
news of the present battle was obtained,
ihe road then Alls gradually to Savory
Blake’s store, whence there is another steep
rise, the top of which is two miles from
Laing’s farm, which lies in a valley
and i* distant twenty-four miles
from Newcastle. Beyond this is
Linig’s Nek and the Majela
mountain, where the battle was fought.
Beyond this Nek tbe country opens out, and
on entering-the Transvaal becomes level and
practi -able for all arms in every direction
' he tight of 8piizkop seems to have differed
n no materia respect from that of Laing’s
Nek, except that ibe positions were reversed.
was out. There were thousand* af case* of this polish about him, but he is level-headed on
kind, and the scenes of dlsirea* were harrowing, everything so far as known, except the
One man, as reported In the Commercial Adver- | rtI- n,~j L-#>»nin<r nnr*n«l hv
titer, lost his mind, and rushed into the streets J *V e *9^* u 4
gibberi!)g like a mad man. The police started to tb* book-keeper of the United States
arrest him. but the pitying crowd interfered and 1 treasury; on that topic .he is very wild and
he wss taken off by his friends. I absurd.
pated for full two days, and both sides had and who were forced to the front to consult with I knows just what he is worth,
up around him. He found
William H Crawford. George and Freeman
Walker, John Forsyth, ana raauy others.
With these bis advice and example had
great influence, and all, except Forsyth,
were soon open partisans of the new party
in opposition. Forsyth was quite a youth,
but eminently talented, wss selected to de
liver a fourth of July oration. This was a
masterly production for one so young, but
was eminently federal in principle. There
was great intimacy between W H Crawford
and Forsyth, and Mr. Crawford assumed to
remonstrate with him upon this avowal of
principles. His argument waa: These prin
ciples are growing more and more unpop
ular with the masses daily, and the persis
tent follies of the administration are making
them odious 1 know the influences of
office, wealth and position are very seduc
tive, and especially illusive to young men,
but the masses, under our institutions, wil)
si ways rule. Naturally, they hale oppres
sion, and they view these alien and sedition
laws, oppression, and at war with the true
principles of civil liberty, and they will, de
spite tbe power of wealth and influence of
from power. Forsyth saw the force ol
reasoning, and in a short time published
recantation of federal principles, and at
once—as is always the habit of new converts
—became an ardent and active supporter of
tbe republican party. This wss tbe turning
point of his life, and subsequent career
There was one whowpuld not be warned,
or whose principles fitted too closely to b«
lightly put off; who clung to bis faith
despite every effort to wean him away
—John M. Dooly. His abilities were quite
equal to those of any young man in th<
rate. He bad the prestige of the revolu
ii nary fame of bis father,
Colonel Dooly, for whom th«
county of Dooly was named
His manners were popular; he was really
a people’s man, but be clung to feieralism
and it proved the millstone about his nock.
He aspired to political preferment, but
when a senatorial career seemed opened to
him, for no candidate appeared in the argna
to oppose bim before tbe legislature, to bis
astonishment when, the ballots were
oouoted, Forsyth, then in Spain as minister
plenipotentiary of the Umtrd States, was
lonnd to be elected. He bore his defeat
with equanimity, and declared in bis
quaint way that he was the only candidate
ue had ever known who was beaten without
opposition. All parties concurred in placing
him on the bench and keeping bim there,
bat would not prefer bim
any political position. He saw
compeers filling the offices of the state and
the United States, winning honor and fame,
and writhed under his ostrization; but h«
was firm in bis principles, «nd was a mel
ancholy evidence of the venom of party in
tolerance.
As Crawford and Baldwin bad predicted,
the party went down, and the men who
represented it in Georgia went down with
By degrees they faded from public
view, as younger men rose up in their
stead. These latter are the men whose
-ames are revered to-day as benefactors of
tbe state, and whose names are honored
by counties bearing them. Ol all who
were conspicuous and consistent as feder
slists, at this day only ome lived to
trinroph over tbeprejudicesof party—John
M. Berrien. He, however was too young *
be prominent, and besides, be was not
Georgian, but was from New Jersey and
graduate of Princeton college.
The co-operation of the young men
Savannah with those of Augusta and the
country around the latter, in following the
icsd of Baldwin and Crawford, secured
triumphantly the auooess of the republican
party in tbe state, which controlled its
destinies so long as the party had an ext*
ter.ee. This ran through the adminisira
dons of Jefferson. Madison and Monroe,
and only perished with the election of
John Quincy Adams. Daring this period
of M years the federalists xu
rained their organization as
national party, but as a party
Georgia it bad long before ceased, and
tioo, tn its stead, divided ber people. All
were Jeffersonians, as the republican party
„ * « *- u e was
On all sides there was gloom and foreboding.
Knots of men gathered in every broker’s office
and discussed the ontlook-ln low tones and with
anxious faces. There waa a strange quiet in'the
exchange, all the clamorous shouts having been
hushed Into the silence that precedes the storm.
The legion ol messenger boys were seated in the
offices, awaiting orders which the all-pervading
doubt and uncertainty withheld. The slightest
cause drew a crowd of listeners, and the oppres
rive stillness was like that the abnormal calm of
the forest in which the crackle of a twig is like
the report of a gun. At about 2 o’clock I stepped
into a Wall street office, where 1 remained five
minutes.
When I came out I saw that some
thing had happened. The streets were full of
messenger boys scudding here and there with
white slips in their hands. Men harried to and
fro with a reckless, desperate air, and it was
plain that the game was up. I dropped into an
office where I heard the fatal click of a ’•ticker’’
which told the quota Jons as they were m*de by
•ales. I found that the bottom had dropped
of everything. Prices were falling at a rate that
'swept fortunes away every instant The taps
held by trembling fingers as it sped from the
trembling instrument and the figures were called
tn a husky voice for the benefit of those who
could not get near enough to see. In less than
forty minutes there was a decline In values that
the 8un estimates at seventy million dollars
Evety n«
quotation brouaht a groan or a curse. Dow_.
tmwn went the figures, until it seemed that every
share of stock in the market was offered at what
U would bring. Men’s faces grew paler and
sterner, and their voices were hoarse as they
whispered their hopes or apprehensions. “A
half boor more of this," said an old veteran, “and
— “ gone." Just at that instant, as if in
ed that the dose of basinet
had come.
like amount and pool issues it would sive perfeet
control of tbe road. These are the outlines of the
-cbeme which was presented to several New York
combinations, and the details of which were fully
■*xpl*iue«L Among others, the LoulsviJe and
N’ashville company tv as approached, but
declined to ro in.
The News is further mistaken In aaying that
I “have become satisfied” that this Kheme L
being revived. On the contrary, I merely tug
r»a?tcd that this was probably an explanation of
:he alleged heavy buying of Georgia stocks by
Vew York parties. As for Mr. U adky’s manage
ment, I have written more kiadly about it than
-lmoet&ny journalUt lu Georgia, and, although
I am not personally acquainted w*th Mr. Wadley,
should regret to see him disturbed I have always
maintained that he has given Georgia her grand
est system of roads, and that be dt -erred a monu
ment at thehauds of Georgians. do BOt know
—and I hardly snspect—that to vu wuhu
dispossess bim. that I km —* shape l n #
lastfumm'r, i* being revi.'Cl. ’ v *»g caen as j ■ ol
Mr. tVadlev _T i\«w York* which tl
-pr-SE!^.: c ! • Xr f.Juki Auditor of the
News have found that foolish latitudes ain't
worth a cent in a railroad scramble. I should
'■steem it a calamity to sec such a “scoop” made,
but I do know that it was attempted once, and 1
do not see why it might not be attempted again.
As far as speculative object is concerned. I never
held a share of Central railroad stock and never
expect to. H. W. G.
GEORGIA’S RAID
UPON THE FEDERAL SUGAR-BOX.
The Suspended Manhslsbips, Post-Offices, Gollec-
torships sud Lesser Gifts Eagagiug The
Atteatlon of a Host of Distin
guished Georgians—Etc.
THE RICH MEN
Who 81* Among the Lords of Ibe Realm
Correspondence ol tbe St, Louis Globe-Democrat.
Washixgtos, March 3.—The growing
weight of wealth ia politiOs is well Ulastra
ted by the number of millionaires that will
take their seats in the senate for the first
time on Friday.
There are a few In that body now. David
Davis, of Illinois, started out as a poor
country lawyer some forty years ago, but
by judicious investments in real estate iu
Bloomington, his home, and in Chicago, he
has amassed a fortune generally believed to
exceed $3,000,000. He owes hts
success in real estate investments, in
the main, to Long John Wentworth, of
Chicago. It would ba hard to find a mau
l*ss spoiled by wealth than David Davis
He is affable and kindly beyond any of his
colleagues, but this may be in some meas
ure due to his vast avordupois; very fat
men are always good natnrea, though
whether their good nature is a result or a
cause of their utness is an open question.
Mr. Davis is so fat that be refuses to ride in
ihe senate elevator with any other
passenger. At his approach .to the ele
ctor entrance the operator orders all
others back, and lifts the portly
statesmen to the floor of the senate alone.
His chair was made specially for him* and,
though it is of the traditional mahogany of
which all the chairs and desxs in the senate
are made, it is of such ponderous proper
lions that the other chairs look dwarfish by
it side. The chair first assigned to Mr.
Davis broke down beneath hL» weight dur
ing his first session, and he ordered the
present one to suit himself. He is npward
six fpet high, and weigns 365 pouuds. • *
Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia, is an .
than came from Trinity steeple u> the white-faced I other of ten millionaires who hold over.'
ten to whom every instant meant deeper ruin. His property is supposed to exceed $2,000,-
600 m “d consists mainly of iron
«w ““2 eo»l railway stocks and bonds
and that for one night at least the wasting storm
was stajed. 1 douot if the church bell* of this
native village ever sent sweeter welcome across
the meadows to greet the long-absent mariner
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
Washington, March 7.—-In the reorgan
ization ol the senate Mr. Hill will either
retain the chairmanship of the committee
on contingent expenses or be placarain the
the committee on piloting,
the retirement cf Sebafor Whyte
makes vacant. Mr. Hill will surely have
a place on the judiciary committee,
though Mr. Garland will probably be its
chairman. Mr. Brown will be chairman ol
the committee on education and labor lin
place of ex Senator-Bailey. Judge McCoy V
chances for the United States circuit judge-
ship are considered excellent. It is thought
that James Atkins, of Savannah, may
apply for this place instead ol
trying to supplant Raum as revenue com
missioner.
Attorney-General Anderson will to-mor
row make a motion in the supreme court
to have the cases of the state of Georgia
against the Air Line and Brunswick and
Albany railroads moved forward on the
docket so as to get a. decision
soon. There are three cases involving about
ten thousand dollars each, and as the;
stand on the same basis as other railroad tax
suit9 a decision in favor of the state is very
probable*.
General Grant arrived this afternoon
and held a reception wherever he stopped on
the avenue.
Special Correspondence Constitution.
Washington, March 4.—As I write early
this morning in the rash and flurry of this
great day in Washington, I can look out at
the swaying crowds jogging against each
other on the bleak streets. It is a horrible
morning. How the procession can show to
advantage on such a day I cannot see.* In
the sea of faces a familiar Georgia counte
nance w seen once in a while. There are two
classes of Georgians here. Those that came
for pleasure and those that came for office.
They are about equally divided.
Applications Irom Georgia are getting
very numerous.
James Atkins, of Savannah, is striking
high. He wants the position of commis
sioner of internal revenue, the place which
Green B. Raum holds cow. He is here
most actively engaged in working up his
bers had indicated their purpose to do so.
When; however, he informed his friends
that he was not to be a candidate, and the
field was open to all who are ambitious, the
first thought of a large number who would
nave supported Frye turned to Hiscock, ol
New York, as on the whole the most,
capable and elieible man, and the
New York members began to urge his
claims with earnestness. But a day or
two elapsed before it became known th&t
Mr, lteed, of Maine, was to bs presented as
the inheritor ef Mr. Frye’s support, but it
straightway became apparent that he could
oot secure all the support that had been
tendered to Mr. Frye.
THE DAY DESCRIBED
WITH ALL ITS POMP AND DISPLAY.
Tk* DUgracfd Gsntleman Prom Fremont Drops
Oat Without Notice -Georgian* in the
Capital — Tha Patriotic Scramb
lers for Appointments.
The New York
consented to support
Special Correspondence constitution.
Washington, March 6 —The showiest of
all the presidential inaugurations was that
Special Correspondence Constitution.
Washington, March 7.—In the organiza
tion of the senate Georgia will be fairly
considered. As I have wired you, both our
senators will have important committees.
Mr. Hill can certainly retain the chairman
ship of the committee on contingent ex
penses, which he has so ably filled; but the
committee on printing, of which ex Senator.
Whyte was chairman, is more important. -
and it is probable that he will be placed .In
its presidency. His legal attainments w$il
be utilized by the committee On the judi
ciary. over which Mr. Garland will probably •
preside. Work on these two committees
will give Mr. Hill about all he can do.
The retirement of Mr. Baily will leave
the committee on education and labor fora
new chairman. For this important trust
Governor Brown seems to have been chosen.
His earnest efforts in the senate for tho
cause of popular education eminently fit
him for this position. In nothing is tho
senators devotion to progress better dis
played than in his sincere advocacy of
every movement which tends, to make
education free, liberal and universal.
If he had bis committee to
choose he would probably take that
which the democratic caucus, according to
rumor, has assigned to him.
Tha two senators from Georgia work
the most ol their loss recovered the next day one I and governments. He commenced life as
man said to me. “Mj. own stock* are worth $190,- n conductor on the first railway between
iOOieathanthey were an hour ago, but I shall Baltimore and Washington. That was
SSif&S?™ More ill*" 1 of boll punching and spot-
iuJble prwure, o« ‘"s. and conductors bad better opporlnni.
at ruinous lota for lacs of margins to protect, l ties for becoming possessed of the roads
saw one man who haa up 13,000 margin. In lew (they operated then than now. Mr. Davis is
lh * n .'’L e “ ty J x l lxi , n £* away * a ° d Jl e a rather ordinary looking mao, with a very
stock* were thrown overboard. The very next I attention to business, and does his best to
day this stock recovered its price, but my triend | save the country. He hasn’t much style or
bad time to nerve or unnerve themselves
for the conflict. From Sir Geirge .Colley’s
camp the position of the Boers, who made
no attempt to conceal themselves, could
plainly be seen. The arrangements for the
uttack were deliberately planned. Tbe
arrangements for the defease were
deliberately determined on. Froih
their vantage ground the Boers
watched the whole development of the
attack—the dark green mass of the Sixtieth
rifles moving toward ihe right of their
position (the British left), and the scarlet
mass o the Fifty-eighth inclining toward
their lpft (tbe British right), preparatory to
the attempt to cany tbe hill by storm It
remained for them-to meet the attack with
tbe only means at their command—the
steady accurate fire from their breech
loading carbines. It is this fact that gave
to the action an almost entirely unique
character, and furnished at the same timefa
valuable means of terming an estimate of
the Boer’s qualities as a soldier.
After the defeat at Laing’s Nek Sir George
Cofley's fotce, free from the usual enenm
brar.ee of wagons, pursued its way unmo
lested across the plateau on which tbe
British camp Is pitched, past Hartley’s hotel
and down the steep hill to the Ingogo river.
The drifts across this river are commanded
within a short range from the neighboring
hills, and on one of these bills Sir George
Colley stationed a company of the rifleeand
two guns. After this natural precaution
had been taken, the rest of the force crossed
the Ingogo river, which, owing to a tem
porary cessation of the rain, was fordable,
then the opposing hill had to be
scaled in order to gain the level of the
next plateau. Up to this point no oppo
sition has been offered. No sooner, how
ever, had the head of the column reached
the top of the ascent, than it was attacked
vigorously by the Boers, who following their
former tactics 0 bad to that moment kepi
themselves concealed behind the crest of
the hill. Tbe guns—probably those on
both aides of the river—immediately came
into action, firing, apparently, over the
heads ol the British line to check
the enemy’s advance. That the Boers suf
fered severely from.this cause can be well
understood. Appearing on the **aky line”
they would offer an exoellent mark for the
artillervmen, and, the range once obtained,
every shell could be made to produce ita
effect. But whatever were their losses in
tbe six hours during which tbe conflict
continued, they managed, without doubt,
to inflict most serious loss on the British
forces. Dismounting and finding shelter in
the inequalities of the gronnd, they prac
lised their skill as marksmen with an effect
which is only too grievously indi
cm ted by the returns of killed
and wounded As at the action
Lung's Nek. tbe officers seem to have been
specially signalled out. Major MacGregor,
of the royal engineers (Sir George Colley’s
private secretary), and Captain Greer, of
the royal artillery, being amorA; the killed
their broken. One lady came into a broker’s ] puzzle himself to tell. His fortune is var-
office and asked if her margin on certain stock* i lously estimated at from $10,000,000 to $20.-
was exhausted. The broker replied that it was 000,000. but inasmuch as a large share of It
bat that knowing her resource* he had not sold I ; n u, h unraa
her out. “What is the cash value of tbe stock*?” ls “J, ne ? may be worth scores of
she asked. -Sixty-five thousand dollar*.” the millions to day and nothing to-morrow,
broker replied. She at ones drew a check for the accurate figures are im possible. He is a
amount, and took her stock with her. she wil] j portly man of middle height, wilh a bald
and shiny scalp, and gray thin whiskers.
■uaed’’°It waa curious to the different He ia an Enghahman born, and he looka it
manifestations of different men under the Me, too, started with nothing but health,
trouble. There were some who simply paled and I pluck and common sense, and he has made
ftrew silent, handling the tape with fingers of I nood use of his capital. He is not much of
‘“f. 1 - Therewere omen who wept au .to Pisces, a talker, bat has views on all large public
hSSl&dlfum. I heard°one curioiiTSov questions, and when his own interests are
ration between two loser*. One of them, a tall, not too nearly involved, is an excellent
loosely strong fellow, said to his frfend: legislator.
-The roof of my mouth ia as dry as U it was Alvin Saunders, of Nebraska, ranks
^^And ” reroonded the othor • Milan, among the millionaires who stay through
assertive little fellow, “don’t you have a taste of ? n ? t ^ e T 118(1 losses of late,
copper in your month?’» | it is said, but still needs seven figures to
“No,” replied the tall man, tasting doubtfully measure his wealth in dollars. He is a
wi *Mwin »h* munnMi in ..Vo. .v Handsome man, with gray whiskers and
•vSSwhi. S SUb. 0 “n***f. »nd whit, hairrapidly thinning,
ced or excited I taste copper—and this evening I J 8 n<lt much of a talker, and has a fanny
taste it very plainly.” trick of repeating the last three or four
Friday night was a night of dread all through words of every sentence when addressing
- - 1 ** v “ wh*t the the senate.
Don Cameron, of Pennsylvania, is woith
•nd th.Tiherehnhirei woultTb. unKuMed the upwards of *2,000,000 in his own right, and
□ext morning in the exchange and their stocks nis prospects for two or three times as much
■old under the rotes. It vai felt, too, that if in | more when his father’s estate comes to be
d , ivid , ed «P«e excellent. He is tall and
d.ytwd been the J.^Mt erer inow? i" the slender with ample brown hair, a very
history of the exchange, aggregating 800,000 I heavy red mustache and a look of oyster-
shares. Telaeram* were poured Into Washington I like silence. He listens well but talks little.
Delegation* of banker* and businew men went abd is seldom in his seat in the senate. He
over. Hillhouse. the aseisiant-trea»urer, had 1
that body.
totel—the great rendezvous of speculators—by
'clock at night there waa bouyant frellng. It
said ihat Drexel, Morgan & Co. had offered a w „„„
millionaire in the senate that did not start
rf. VfJrL iiua?So? ttSt £u in '.‘f® £ Uh oothiog. Hia father, the yen
become “bulla” and would unite the next"more- erable Simon, set out as m printer’s devil,
ng in putting up the market that a panic might without a dollar, some sixty odd years ago,
. , but he had acquired a competence before
J££vSffi&otffiira.Kn,Sowi !i 0 , n ?'"■‘thym»“*»°8
fullto overflowing when I went down, and i j before Don left college to enter business,
could almost pick the broker* out from the gen- Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia, ia the only
eral crowd. If you raw a haggard, wearv-looking, I millionaire in the senate from the late con-
anxious-faoedixma sitting by a cheerful, content | federacy. The south has never been a good
while the proportion of killed and wounded
among the rank and file was even higher
than that at Laing’s Nek. As a matter of
fact, Sir George Colley had lost, since he
advanced from Newcastle, very nearly a
third of his original fighting force. T* *
in itself, unprecedented When the
ot the battle of Spitxkof are added, tbe
name of Sir George Col ey will rank among
the most uninety generafs of history.
PIOUS SMALt. TALK.
i emperor of Brazil offer* to pay the ex-
penarsof the transportation ol ministers into hi*
kirgdom.
A grave brother, addreariog Robert Koblnaoo,
the liveliest in-
said: “Friend. I never heard you preach on the
tMaT '* " ■* - — -
eT Tax Rev. Dr. Miller, of Cincinnati, in his
-nnon oa Sunday mid that a large part of the
_uman family would yawn and fall asleep
the Bible, while they would —"
e daily newspaper and *
tercet and satisuction.
Tax Coogregattonalin uunxs
papers should neither tie bought nor printed,
••wise and Christian men should in all way*
stand clear ol and diaoourege it.” Too late,
neigabor: might as well ask the earth to stop end
torn tbe other way. Not even Joshua could do
that—[Christian Leader.
&ays the Golden Role: “The great problem
before the churches Is hew to flu their pews ae the
theaters are filled; how to gather the crowd* that
drosses draw; how l
handful that make* _ — .—„ _
audience*—in a wn*d. how to popularise religion
is the best erase of that abused term.”
X rovxe lady ha* a Sunday-*
rather bright boys, averaging be*ws__
nine years. Recently ehe requested each pupil to
“ following aund -y with
greet apostle of liberty and even hispenooal | wge of scripture hearing on love. The
enemies were denounced and persecuted bv heeded the, request, aad ia turn recited
fee* which seems to have faded from the
memory of the state.
When the counties in the territory be
tween the Ooooee and Ocmalgee, were laid
off and organized about 1807, |one wss
called Randolph, to honor the name of John
Randolph, of R wrooke. Shortly afterwards
a quarrel «nsaed between Randolph
and Jefferson “ *'
of. . Policy,
he first congress held under
l in 1789. fy that body he
OMOt the ablest sud wisest I
men of that congress. He wss pronounced j Georgia, and the legislature repealed the
by Nathaniel Macon, of North Carolina, a 1 act and changed tbe name to that of Jasper,
man o! the highest order of abilities, and I Subsequently, however, the state called an-
in teres ts. There was some talk of nim for
the marshalship, bnt he seems to want
some more distinguished honor. It is said
that he and Garfield married near relatives
William H. McWhorter, of Greene county,
formerly state senator, is to be an applicant
for the collectorship of the second Georgia
revenue district, and his candidacy seems
to be the most formidable opposition .yet
made to Andrew Clark, the present incum
bent. R. L. McWhorter, of the presei
state senate, is here already, and his broth
will arrive soon. They have friends help
ing them. W. L. Clark, editor of the At
lanta Republican, is helping in thtf war on
Andrew Clark, while he ia keeping .a
reasonably siarp lookout for number one.
There are olher republicans in Atlanta who
feel a keeirTntereStiiUhK matter. ~ ' '
and it would As. to the manshalship_there is a great
perplexity. Of Marshal Fitzsiraons’s res
ignation there seems to be no doubt. The
men most talked of for the succession are
Mr. J. C. Freeman and Major W H. Smyth
Mr. Kimball will not be a candidate and
Hon. Lem Anderson, it is said, 'has decided
not to apply. There is-a rumor that A. L.
Harris, of Atlanta, is the **dark horse.” It
is founded on the friendly relations which
exists between Garfield and himself. I
don’t know whether Dr. Gatchell will apply
for the office or not, bat as I have written
vou before he will make a strong candidate
if he does. Mr. Johnson, collector of the
port at Savannah, is here trying to get a
ariD on tbe new administration. He
have several opponents. This is one
of the offices which the colored repnb-
licansthi-k they ought to have for awhile
and an effort may be made to secure it for
one of the shrewd DeVaux brothers. There
will be war on Mr. Terrell, the efficient and
popnlar superintendent of the postal divis
ion of which Atlanta is headquarters. His
chief sin stems to have been the bestowal
of favors on democrats. There are delega
tions here from the Carolines and Georgia
that are workirg up such evidence
against him and will try their best to oust
him. He has, however, many influential
friends here
Alexander G. Murray is getting in shape
hia application for the Griffin post office
and Postmaster Logan will be very highly
recommended for a reappointment,
Robert Clayton, of Greenesboro, who
ceeded bis deceased father as consul
at Callao, Pera(a $4,000 position), isaccosed
of being a democrat and therefore deserving
to have his official head chopped off The
most promiuent of his opponents is R. D.
Locke, assistant postmaster at Columbus,
who is now here. Clayton has many strong
friends here and will be hard to dislodge.
Jesse Jackson, of Atlanta, wants to be gov
ernor of Dakota, but would be satisfied with
either of several other places. There is
still talk of the appointment of Dr. Felton
to some good place. Charles R. Johnson,
»P ro “« D « £ roan l' c * miUi . 0D “«»- “S' 1 ‘b*
some regular business and. would leave the train lt 1x83 P°**W3ed bave shown small apti-
at a way station. and that the tua * * or politics. Mr. Brown does not
former was a broker and would belong to the chivalry in any sense. He
^ K pull *f up started out in life as a poor schoolmaster,
ihSfSi the w “ KMj thought of by tb* golden
exchange the opening waa lively, but without y° a th whom he wss engaged to induct into
spirit. Tb«® was a shadow • and oppression the earlier mysteries of the multiplication
overeverythine. aad while price* were up a trifle, table and the nine parts of speech. He had
no manseemed assured. Suddenly the president a courageous spirit, great energy and an
rapped the members to order and then came the a«nirins mind He worked his wav first
dreaded moment. It was known that he was oima. ue worked bis way nrst
about to announce a failure, and bow many or law, then into politics, and between
of what character would determine the fate of them, into wealth. He is the richest man
the market and of many of the listeners. It was in his state to day, and is worth not less than
however, called but one namo-and that of i at f ® rt . u P® v OT • *£*“
small broker—R. T. Hoy. When it waa known I cim j, but it makes the Georgia crackers
that this w«s the limit of the reported dis- lift their bats to its possessor, and give him
asters, everything brigmened. I ar.v office he may want. He is of medium
"J* “ impnMive bald crown
u£ ferity of lb* tbSs. By [r ;',S*» with bro*rn hair, andI flowing chin
rasa, it palled oat of a panic, a great deal whiskers as white ss snow. He is possessed
threatening in Its inception than that of j of a vast fund of common sense, and is
1S?>- J° the first place, as soon as the market exceedingly independent in politics. There
SSS2rt*in < toSnkire , SSrrinSS B ™iinMhi^ ar « those who believe that be is the modern
stating that the cash would follow, a perfect J M°s«« who ia toleadtiia people of the
storm of cash from conn try towns was started to I south out of the bondage of bourbon
New York, attracted by the cheapened stocks | democracy, but there really seems very
and maintained b J_^ nfi ^5 noe the little reason to expect anything so desira-
national prosperity. Heavy orders came from hia Kn can a lead a neonla that
England rad it is said that one Arm had orders 5 le - .i?® J*, *
tobuy100,000 shares of stock for foreign orders p 1 *** 801 W8nt ^obO led, and there u no
an hour afier opening stocks were humming J evidence that the southern whites are
_ the up-grade and there seemed to be no way anxious to throw off the shackles of demo
to stop them In vain did the panic jobbers craev.
J&ff’ SxnUbury, ot Dri.waro. i, raid to be
denoe iuid -steadiedby general demand. It fa a very wealthy man, but I cannot• discover
foolish to say that Secretary Sherman turned the | that he is a millionaire. Mr. Bayard is
tide, for less than $1,000,000 of bonds were bought worth nearly a million, but, as in the case
“ ‘I of Mr. Sanlsbary, most of it was inherited.
'WiUiwm Sberon, of Nevada, ia the only
that it was GooM aad Vanderbilt th«t called a I millionaire who goes out, and he is forced,
halt to chaos, lor since their transactions in West- j He wss here for about a week only iu Feb-
e a Union the public hasdost^confidence in these J ruary, and then quietly slipped away. He
< JF«r*toe* :> *zid^U f i» < certain,that oone otjti. Van J not as rich as he was, and may possibly
cans in the state, is here watching
portnnitiea.
> op-
derbUt’s fiO.000,000 of bonds were forthcoming , ". V.Tf T~ j *** 1, "J
when they were needei * j ioee most of ^ the money he made so easily
sniewas checked, by general Investors— ^
who have confidence in ths fa lure of the
country—who believed in the growing crops, the j a large portion of hrs Wealth he would have
K&.‘ n xt5 , Sd*to Spot mo 9° DIr;red r to J*f are »"-election. Nevada
Mod l.-aj into Sew YcSalKm CaiuSi.k!ne » « peenhar state.and the pocket nerve of
' * one day the panic was over the money j us legislature is said to be exceedingly —
easy—the U»t of prices restored I si tive
m* chafed 16 <n 2 e ^riisSwS | The most striking figure in the proud
and gloom. Zt fa universally remarked chat the j procession of new millionaires that march
break in prices, which has been comdderrd ) into the senate for the first time on Friday
inevitable for a long time, mid has been looked w m be Philetus Sawyer, of Wisconsin. Of
SfaSSdSSmraffffi d<^“ t he b £e«S-5Tnd e Mm*n h ^ nl ro
itfwnyQt of jmbUc confidence, and *•** shown the ) down the scales at 275, ana com^nearer to
speculators that whenever they hammer prices j tilling David Davis’s chair than any other
down.the people will come in and buy tbe cheap senator except its owner. His crown shines
graJjwoiytlM. Hy q iucknra.ot.ibe ireovcT like a fall moon on a hray night, and tbe
fringe of white hair and whisker, which
the future. A, matter, now ftaad, ft look, m if rune around bie poll and under bie chin
it wtil require a pestilence or a providential looks like what the ladies chll an Elizabeth-
aooaxge to tower prices materially or disturb the I ruff. Mr. Sawyer has made his own way
vour reneral prosperity. A*nd
SoSoh J
any m*
s£onlS > beexertMed by
who wishes to boy securities in Wall
tbits, aged 77 years, who 1 see thas the Savannah News crinefaes a
Utohijan. make* thi« paragraph of mine on the purchase of Central
•I never swore an oath, railroad stock. Following my custom of replying
„ _.jcoo. neve; rooked pipe to any of ay critic* who are respectable, or for
drank adxo» of whfaky.eever whose opinion I have the slightest regard. I
* * hasten to say that the News is mistaken in
assuming that there were no “parties in Georgia”
last snmxaer who were interested in fighting Mr.
Wadley. What I aid in my letter, aad .what
a thing of which I J repeat here, . I know of my own
— knowledge to bo troe. Last ran-
from Georgia came to
jobs of makings oombtna-
o get control of the Central railroad. He
was of the highest respectability and represented
sen of wealth and position- one, at least, being
a ell known in Central road ctrelea. Herald that
two and a quarter million* of the stock of the
the world from the very outset,
owns three or four counties covered
with pine in northern 'Wiscon
sin. and -saw-mills and lumber yards
without number nil over the northwest
Hia fortune ia pnt down at $5,000,000,
which ia probably under the fact. He is a
very straight forward, matter-of-fact man,
with a level bead and a kindly heart. It ia
said that be is not a man of culture, but hia
address ia pleasant, hia view* are broad and
sound, and nobody has any difficulty in
discovering his meaning when he aaya
anything. He served four or five terms in
the bouse rad might spend his life there if
he so desired, for his district would elect
him in preference to anybody else. He will
make an excellent senator.
There will soon be another office in
Atlanta to squabble over, viz: that of the
surveyor of the port under the bill just
passed. Tbe salary is only $1,000 a year,
and it will not at.ract as much attention as
several other prizes of federal patronage.
Tbe negro delegation from Georgia
and the other southern states continues to
receivfc accessions. Fleming, of
Augusta, and several other promi
nent figures in the famous Atlanta
conventions, arrived to-day. They
preseatir-g the personal and general claims
of their race. Pledger struck the key note
of the negro’s policy. He wants ‘‘sugar,”
and “sugar” he must have, or his faith in
the republican party ia gone. The colored
politicians here are not easily turned away;
they have come with a determination to be
heard.
1 learn that Special Agent John Frey has
preferred charges against PostmascerConley
concerning the difficulty which some of his
employes had with Mr. Wheat, but no tan
gible result seems to b<> expected from the
proceedings. *
Tom Black, of Atlanta, is here seeing
what ean be done, and Tom Blodgett has
had a talk with Mr. Hayes am! other men
of influence.
Marcellos Thornton ba* been tendered
a position in the pension bureau, aad will
probably abandon his plans on the marshal-
ship to accept it.. To-day Horace Maynard
discharged Mr. Hugh Waddell, of Savannah,
from his position in the post-office depart
ment, because of democratic propensities.
Mi. Maynard appears to be not only a high-
toned gentleman,-hut a most liberal patriot
and a republican of immaculate stalwait
purity. He has been as mad as a setting hen
since be mused the Tennessee senatorship,
and has slashed right and left with the offi
cial sword which so soon must fall from his
nerveless grasp.”
Georgia is well represented in Wa«h-
ington. Besides the list given in former
letters, there are the following late arrivals:
Major Ely, Mia Cathey, Mrs. Haskins, Mia
Hoiroyd. Frank Kelly, W. E Camp, 8 A.
Morse, B. J. Wilson, of Atlanta, Shep Shep
herd, of West Point, Mm. Cook, of Colum
bus, George Duncan, of Washington, Mr.
Gray bill, of Savannah. Pat Calhoun, of At
lanta, Jim Mason, of Macon, and the others
meutioped in the list of official probabili
ties
—The well-known driver of Governor
Brown’s carriage in Atlanta, recently wrote
to the governor that he had a great desire
to come to the inauguration. He has been
a faithful servant for a great many years,
and the senator gave him a trip to Wash
ington very willingly. He is here as happy
as a king.
—Dudley Christian.the handsome cashier
of the Metropolitan hotel, who used to be at
the Kimball, this morning distinguished
himself by catching two notorious hotel
thieves. He chased them out of the hotel
and down the avenne two blocks, with a
beaver two sizes too big on bis head which
he caught np in his hurry to pnrene the
rascals. Mr. Christian cat a very romantic
figure while performing this noble deed.
With regard to tbe speake-ahip of
the next house, the situation at present is
decidedly uncertain. While it was sup
S Maine & man y who J ol Garfield. The republicans say it was the
had, as they admitted, superior qualifies- grandest. There are many good people who
dons, but he having been withdrawn they I do not like the pomp which has attended _ ,
Itb ^" !«*•*« Ko two n£n. «£jd
claims they thought to be at least equal to I when tLc Wii.gs swa.med into Washington , nell Be rabrtf di if ere i, and yot they are
those of Mr. Reed. I lo sec Harrison go into office. He rode a 1 co °P erate in a which raa 1 --
thdrp^feence^Stue^edthaUt^ 1 SUp6rb wMtC horse and Wa3 follo ™ d ■** • SSStb!UvSr’SdSS^Su%S&£T
ent M?. msrock\a3 the CTeatest strength, targe procession,.m which his veteran sol- —Applications for the favors of the
The Maine members, about half the Massa- diers were conspicuous Iti is said that the administration continue to come in from
chusetta delegation, one or two more from crowd at Harrison’s inauguration has never Georgia.^ i _>u • *
New England, and several from the western I nailed at another until last Fridav t v G ® D ® r y. Ix)n 8 8 J^^et will be retained m
states are favorable to Reed. New York I &een eqnaliea at anotnernnai last rnoay. Turkey and his son, Major John Longstreet,
the reetof Maine some oMhe leading Ohio Polk » Taylor and Pierce, were inaugurated will probably have a place on the legation,
■uen, and other influential western men are with less “glorious circumstance” than J* is said that Garfield once thought of ten-
favorable to Hiscock. Ths Pennsylvania j Harrison, but with enough display to make I b^the^i^u^re ^f°nrominent^mM»
defecation have not vdt indicated in any I. .... , .} street, nut tne pressure of p.ominent men
decisive way what they thick. Weateru ,he fo S ie f of , thelr da y m ° u ™. thoof tamed 'be choice to Mr. Hoot,
members generally are holding their opin- republican simplicity and tell their children Whether or not Mr. Hilliard will retain the
tons in reserve, because there are ^aspiring I of the “good old time” when Jefferson Brazilian mission is doubtful. It isjaa
men in several states who cherish a hope I Weed to the caDitol on an old mare alone I ie, 5 pt | in ^ PW"® * salary of $12,000
mat if they stand out in the open air the JOSS*** w cap*wi on an oia mare aione i and piling the minister in a very delight-
lightning may strike them Kiefer, of Ohio ; to take the oath of office. Everybody 1 ful city. Mr. Hiluard has been very satis-
Dunnell, of Minnesota: Kasson, of-Iowa ; remembers what a pitiful procession fol- factory to the government, but there are
Haskell, of Kansas, and Burroughs, of Mich- j owe d Hayes down the avenue four year* JJf"*
.ga^rnay be classed among the willing «,-and how the city wag with cheer, for | &&Z
. . ' . . , ,, \ Tilden, the real president.
Hiscock and Reed are both capable men, I jj(ri there was a general enthusiasm uver i • - , . . ^ ^ —
and each has pecular qualifications. It is I Garfield. The procession was very imposing ? ia ‘ w } lo l been con ? u J at Liege, Belgium,
urged in favor of Hiscock that he is a man Rn d must have numbered nearly twenty l \
of more experience and of a more judicial thousand men. There was such a scarcity * Vf t*
temper than Reed, and it is urged against I c f southern troops that I wished for the J* 11 *©, Beni- It is thought that Mr. W. L.
him that he is rather slow, and that New G ate City Guard P and the Chickasaws to jfegfr
York having the vice president ought not I a bow the crowds what a volunteer company thou S“ there will be no lack of applications
to-have also the speakership of the house. J ought to be. Most of the volunteers in the tar it.
William H Hunt’s appointment is a M{ ne were evidently unskilled. The An- Tom Blodgett wants to go to Rio Janeiro
concession to Kellogg; Garfield said as I napolis Cadets were the moat soldierly or as consul, and Tom Black will be satisfied
much, and as the only republican senator gan ization to be seen. Our Atlanta bojs with the collectorship at St. Mary’s,
from the south he could not do less than | could have taken the shine off the entire j Mr. John Holliday has applied for the posi-
allow him to name a southern cabinet mem-1 ii ne> and they ought to have been here to j tion of surveyor of the new port of Atlanta
ber. Kellogg was aided in this also by do it, and Mr. John C. Hendrix is here looking
Blaine and Windom, so Hunt went in. I One of the most significant things I I after the same position.
General Gibson is also very much pleased j noticed was the lack of res peer for Hayes Dr. T. P. Janes is spoken of by Georgians
with the cabinet, especially Mac\eagh, who I as he sat in the carriage by the president- for commissioner ot agriculture. The
was his classmate and, part of the time, 1 e i ec t he could see cartoons on either side of contest over the Griffin post-office will bo
roommate, at Yale college. . MacVeagh is a I the avenne with incriptions referring to the I sharp between Postmaster Logan and Mr.
liberal republican, and white he is attorney f r *„d of ’76. In the dense crowd one could Alex Murray.
general Lti.ited States marshals will not be I catch various expressions of satisfaction I As to the marshalship nothing new has
us»d at the polls, north or south. I that the great office was once more fairly I developed. Some of Colonel Fitzsimons’s
Judge Hunt is a native of South Carolina I bestowed. I heard a dozen such senti- J friends do not believe he means to resign.
He went to Louisiana with his father’s fam- j me nts during the day and several of them Of the present applicants for the office
ily when a boy, in which state he has re-1 came from men who took pains to say that MsjoY Smyth seems to have the best
aided ever since. He belongs to a very old j t hey were republicans. No man ever left chance for appointment. Bat as there
and respectable family; and is recognized as Uhe white house so little regretted. I do not are charges against him on file in the
a man of ability, accomplishments, and un-1 exaggerate when I say that General department of justice, his confirmation
questioned personal integrity. Previous to I Hancock created fully as much enthusiasm I might be doubtful.
ihe war he was an old line whig, and during I ^ the new president. When he arrived the I Thomas Johnson, collector of customs at
the rebellion he was a stallach union man. I horses were taken from the carriage and a Savannah, is here to resist the pressure of
He is a lawyer by profession, aud is one of 1 cheering crowd pulled iti When he the army of “outs.”
the most effective aud accomplished speak I entered tbe senate on the arm It is not probable that many, if any, of the
ers in the south. Twoof his brothers are aiso | Q f Blaine there was a universal bunt of Georgia places will be filled at this session
eminent lawyers.one of t em being now pro-1 applause, which was tenewed when Conk-1 of the senate. If the marshal resigns within
feasor of law in one of the institutions of I ij n g we nt up and cordially shook hands I the next few days of course the president
Louisiana, and another brother, now de- I with him. Hancock’s presence is superb, wonld fill the place at once,and the surveyor
ceased, was a distinguished physician. He j He is just the man to enthuse a crowd, } for Atlanta will probably soon be ap-
was attorney for Governor Kellogg in his I especially when he appears with the ad- pointed, as merchants are waiting to begin
contest with McEnery in the celebrated I vantage.of that cbivalric generosity which direct importation at that port. But most
Dnrellcase. Judge Hunt was the candidate I ; s evidenced by bis coming lo Washington of the Georgia office-seekers will haven long
of the republican party for attorney general I a t such a time. While tbe senate chamber term of anxiety.
in 1876, on the Packard ticket* The Packard I waa ringing with his praises the vice-preai- It may be necessary to fill the vacant
government, however, having been over- J dent-elect was on the floor, scarcely noticed circuit judgeship very soon. Mr. George
thrown. Judge Hunt was not permitted to I by the packed galleries. Thomas has come to personally
occupy the office. A few yeans ago he waa J Garfield delivered his inaugural address 1 urge hia claims. The Louisiana
appointed one of the judges of tbe court of I fa a remarkably clear and penetrating bar look on this prize as justly
claims by President Hayes, which position I vo ice so that thousands of the vast throng belonging to one of their number. Judge
he now holds. Judge Hunt has been a I heard every word of iti Handsome George Billings will be before the new president
staunch republican for a number of years I PendletOD eeemfd to do the honors for the nnd^OJSilLlBtfa* Pardee. Alsharar «sey
The namicatUm* of ex-SeZicUry of J democratic parry. He led Garfield for- j present a candidate or two. Judge McCay.
the Navy Nathan Goff, Jr, to be United I war d to the front of the plat- however, is considered as having good and
States district attorney for the district of I form. Easily seen among the improving chances In point of ability he
West Virginia was sent to the senate to-day, I ladies on the stand was the matronly face will not be disparaged by comparison with
but failed to reach there before ad jourmenti I 0 f Mrs. Hayes, under a beautiful, snowy J any of the applicants His friends are hope-
will go in to-morrow. ( plumed bonnet. She took especial care of I fai of his appointment.
Signal corps station. Key West, Fla, I 0 .fi Hrs. Garfield, and as soon as the presi- Hayes left behind him Joe Harris’s
reports the barkenline Tolomeo, of Lizzin j dent had taken the oathof office, he turned, “amjable Rogers,” and he will probably fill
Piccolo, from Galveston to Bremen, loaded 1 kissed his old mother and then his wife. I the vacancy in the court of claims, left by
with cotton, went ashore on Tortngas and | The general impression here is that the promotion of Judge Hunt to the cabi-
wa3 burned. Total loss; crew safe. I the cabinet, as a whole, is not strong, bnt net. Garfield’s private secretary is quite a
With the exception of Hon. Robert I that Garfield has constituted it with a view I yoting man named Brown.
T. Lincoln, all of the new cabinet were | to his own policy, which he intends to Howard Carroll, who haa written
qualified to day. . I make prevalent in the councils of state. more “southern outrage” yarns than any
Immediately aft°r the reading of the I Judge McCay reached Washington man living, was given a din-
jonrnal Senator elect Mahone, of Virginia, 1 yesterday, accompanied by Attorney-Gen- ner yesterday by hia newspaper
escorted by his colleague,Senator Johnston, I eral Anderson. The failure to confirm friends in Washington because he
of Virginia, advanced to the vice-president’s I Judge Billings has brought Judge McCay is going to marry a daughter of Hon John
desk and was sworn in, subscribing to the (again prominently forward for the circuit J H Starin, of New York. She will have a
modified oath. He took his seat upon the ) bench. Prominent men in both parties in million dollars, they say, and Howard can
republican side, in the rear row, next to I Georgia are doing their best for him. Some I afford to tell the truth hereafter.
Senator Mitchell, of Pennsylvania. I of nis friends think his chances I Among the ladies at the inaugural
On motion of Senator Pendleton, of Ohio, 1 are excellent, while all agree I ball was one who fairly blazed in diamonds,
the senate at 12:15 adjourned till 12 o’clock ) as to his fitness for the high office 11 She had a coronet, a necklace and pendant
to-morrow. * I think both Georgia senators will favor his I cross, ear drops, bracelets and rings, all
The republican senators held a appointment, and other southern senators flashing with the dazzling hues of genuine
caucus this afternoon to take action in re- I are favorably inclined to iti The report I gems. Across the room under the electnc
lation to the organization of the senate^ (that the president has already made his j light the fitful play of the reflection made
There was a unanimous opposition to organ-1 choice fof this position is probably prema- her look like a walking rainbow. But all
izing until the existing vacancies had been | ture. He has had too much else to think I her diamonds coaid not make her hand-
filled. The caucus adjourned to wait action I of. '.I some. I have seen many a Georgia girl in
by the democrats. I It seems that there is to be another a calico dress with a broom in her brad;
The democratic senators also held a I strong candidate for the marshalship. M>. j the flush of health in her sweet, fresh face,
caucus and decided to organize immedi-1 Jonathan Norcross, of Atlanta, is a man I and the grace of a nympn in her elastic
ateiy. now much talked of for this trust. He is atep, look teu times as lovely m this proud
The republican senators field a cauCns to- J regarded as one of the leaders of Georgia J child of fortune,
day to discuss the democratic move-1 republicans, a Imputation which may com- r
ment for an immediate organization ot ] mend him moat favorably to this stalwart
the senate committees. - The universal I administration. (
opinion of those present was that if the I —-Mr. George Chamberlain, who has
democrats insist upon attempting to or-1 held an important position in the secret
ganize the committees while four repub I service of the post-office department, is now , -
lican seats are vacant the effort should I out of the employ of the government, but I Western and Atlantic ro«4 lcxched tbe ctiy on
strenuously resisted as an endeavor will. I hear, make an effort to get another Ug Wj.g£25^25 eSZ
take unfair advantage as well as I good position soon. He was generally sup- gf l {S[ ld ^ nJlce dono jcduJged la by the
injustice to incoming senators whose I posed to be a very efficient officer. street gossips, but nothing reliable could be
lies in regard to the committee assign-1 The report that charges had been pre- a card. When the news reached
ments should be consulted before the lists I ferred against Postmaster Conley concern- (toxriDWfoN renter. GeneraljacKae a
are completed. ing the difficulty between some of hia oO«to
The democrat? take the ground that tbe I employees aad Mr. Wheat, seems to have ^fned that section “C.” of freight train No. 1*.
business of tbe special session ought to be 1 had little or no foundation. As an official, I had collided with freight trai “* **
disposed of as rapidly as p »ssible. That it I Governor Conley seems to be very highly about one hundred lard*.
cannot be transacted properly without the 1 regarded both here and in Atlanta. I of drooluhwl and
formation of regular committees, and that I Of the Ueorgia delegation Messrs taatgiie'engnra g sejond this nothing
it is therefore their duty to proceed with the I Hammond, Blount, Persons rad Smith 1 ^ learned, as the wire* were being used to
work of organization forthwith. I have gone home. Mr. Stephens may re- I nm the trains thrown off the schedule time by
The democratic caucus committee ap-1 main a month or two. Dr. Felton ia booked the accident, yet «&oagh ^““J*tiamed to war-
pointed on Saturday to arrange the major- I for some weeks in Washington yet, rad so 1 othwounded?
ity representation on the senate committees I is Mr. 8peer. Messrs. Nicnolls rad Cook “S^ffeniMciteeltwa* *l» teamed that
have held several meetings, rad expect to I will go home in a few days. Dr. Felton ia I No> 13 wu a way freight,
complete their labors in time to report to I still regarded as a possible recipient ot presi-1 mg no right whatever to .-
the caucus to morrow. dential favor. road i?5h2SL2Etora5
Senator Mahone received invitations both 1 Among the people from Georgia here SMSsSseotiUedtt
from the democrats and republicans to par-1 on inauguration day, besides those men-1 mgt No. 13 asked tbe watchman at Dalton
ticipate in the respective caucuses, but he I tioned in former letters, were Messrs, J. D | whether the f * 1 —
has not attended either. * — — • - - *-• ” ~
A.SINGLE TRACK
Won** Let Two Trains Pass.
Intelligence of a had railroad accident on tho
, track wu clear, and wu given an
I affirmative reply, when in reality section “C,” or
P H R - I
I rats Sawyer rad Wood of the Fifth artil- 1 one hundred yards thi* tide ol the
1 lery, now stationed in Atlanta. tunnel the collision occurred, and aa it appears
Death of Dr. A. L. Hamilton.
roui^cltedM^cSSi’Sm'cm 't&a^fth^n'SwI ""-^This’wis the first insnguratiou siuce I
em.-ei.0f«puslTttcurokereoitred Mrenl dijs tbst of Buchseao, tweuty-fotir vests ago, kEwi bS umj
W . n^M^eotlhe «ro.e»Mpronouacefi to which southern people Mteaded ia large
bfy (ift, year, of ag^aad wu well known In the I uaaibers. Before the war tboaranda of the I cauti-l a 8«.:ral tnuuh-np, ,nfl euiacqnenUj. tor
,tite rad 1 over therontb. Two Tears «o h« ni | beat people tn the south came to tbe maag- | me time being, deUredju a
recalled to tbe presidency of t
wur *
now
condition with about one hundred pu]
deatn will take the form
citizen* of Cuthbert
regret to a Urge
.1 train*. The passenger
liUaTm changed aartly, and until last Friday the . ^
_ _ Um to the I southerner at an inauguration was a stran- I the accident, though had, waanothalf *0serious
bert and be a source of deep I ger. Thousands of them came this time, | *a rumored^ _ The ooUWon oreumji
- Sftjjjjjj Mend*- He leave, a 1 however, and thev can beconntedon for all 1 Sm bSfftolared* ouo ol^them fu all
±occasions6l the kind. Thi, may be T St}l the min-.
SSSKTtithWsmm! So™ outS I cheerfully considered aa an evidence of rrai | Snare Sn Vraraj and—^Wfiijfairaey,
| reconciliation.
DRAMATIC SCENE IN COURT,
HrSiwoo.Noiz tainted abonttho
moulder, and breast. In addition to bavins one
toot badlj;crusheo,_ ~Mrh will ftajw^T «*•£•
Felton, of Georsta-homph. lefsseo-oh, yea. * T —» ■*" Acquitted «ss
the centieman whose title rests upon the fact that
-he very rarely votes with hi* party.
one’hand alsofa'lnjured, anu the
. repoiter** informant thought bom >g» tooted/
Harder j but could not «*y certainly a* the physician had
not completed hia eraialnaUi
left the scene of the dfaaster.
CAB NET GOSSIP.
Trial—Mlngnlwr Cnee. I «* »»««»•«?»
Pittsburg, March 8 —Two years ago this Wild,the other unfortunate person, and the one
evening Samuel Hunter, an innocent lad of I whom injuriea may prove fatal if de^h has not
Doasxv was Windom’* chief backer.
Evert member of the cabinet fa married.
O.tLY two out of the seven are
bles of the Edgar Thomson steel works at lie.u^STuie'enriZ^rad"roinf the
Braddock. The body was found in the approaching trainwould collide with the one he
, Monongahela river, but the ghastly wounds waa on sought safety bj Jumping off
. 1 On the bright face were unmistakable evi- I It te thought that he ran baca on the train rad
cofiere grmdn- “ race of E the brute! murder. Semael | iSS 235%
, ii.rfn.with McLane. s bofs at the stable, and Samuel sSdaSSfttetolSS’makwSwSradSnaSI
NATT Hoar is living with GiM i, , young man, whose father 32 ££ lnlhct-
L.; r>M„ tv,™ m~i.th.rohl haTthe contract for hauling at the lag, lttal&reETSual n.iK^ Hi. right leg was
ray* ‘sodroueOMo bom mau ia the cabl- Thomson works, were arrested for crashed.off l^abore the knee, thelritjostabove
net, Secretary Windom. I * VpTjin . ^nvirted nf mnp. I the ankle and hi* right hand tom in two at the
Hon W.E.CKAM>L*B,ofNewHampehke,wiU the »ri**- Be*ide* these injuriea, the luck-
be aa^stant racretuy ot state. | d« in ^Moaddeffi»n*«iutM(aM | legman «a_hurt ^abont^toe^ Mj.
Fmatoa Aturov was offered the treasnmhlp. him a new trial and an appeal waa taken to Epbjrictan believe fatally, to to
coeoted It. and attexwarda declined It. I the eupreme court. The case waa there cry lalrokedupon aa lxaptMdble. —
Simo^Casczeos wldolh. ronln-law. atew | argued, but the court naerved itsdedrion, »
years ago, that the best he could *ay of him v
there was .......
him. rad. in fact, a majority of the mem-
entered another moment and again I
reserved it* decision. On Monday, Feb- I the find aeddeut that ha*oocurredon thi*
If Senator AUlaon had taken the treasury port j ruary 15th, Samuel Gi*al was put on trial I road for quite a while, despite the fact that
folio. Judge Gresham, of Indiana, would have | for the same crime. The ca*e went to tbe I it haa b eu doing an exceedingly Urge budnro
been secretory ol the Interior. jury .bout 9 o’clock laat night. At 1:40 *“ SLJ 11 !? thnSSSkcftS
(tosoaxwieArelXcxenowLsv did not wtotto I o’clock this afternoon the court was in- I 5ST•JS^SSriaS wS’ Md^Tm?rolid
b? gSSSSSStoto?’“ accapted (ormed the jury had agreed upon a broborokept Iree from aroidrot, lot which the
” rfiCt 6sm“el 0 W £. wSlitl ^n Tn*
»£ r ed‘S»«'iS“ ,h “ d “ P - tS«d to]Sjto« to. inrywent out Irat S“*»e I ‘‘ «Sf-
d.^tflx^SgaMlo^^cS^ jSr g ou^5e b fh^prirone“ ?' U *S W
indota married a niece ol John 8. Gilman, of I Old Mr. Gisal sat near hi* eon. The accused I claimed that in reality,the accident fa due to a
. iiumoce. Sit firmly in hia seat without a vestige of ndjnndentondlbg or a misinterpretation ol the
“rS-ooUUloo Ototmcted the maw ot trains
hire iwi^rSen repubuS^T Mac °l thc JUI 7’ “i the re *P^ n »® in ° for* few hours, and the achedufcweat to pieoea.
a kicker I the usual question was “not auilty.” As I but by two o’clock the shattered train* were re-
?r\ Jr RriWM. w nf v«tn,w Wftn’d hare these words fell from the lips of tbe jury old moved, ihe track* cleaned and the train* soon on
r»»mJilJ?K^toouSSx2&«rEtotuS MrGiral jumped tromhi, chair, and with of MoUl cr
Gda’t been a Chifaflan-that fa, a member of the uphfted h ands staggered, robbing like a o^SSonj^^ymoralnSiu Clfatunooga SS
tuistiaa church- I child toward kia eon. who sat on the I one mile this side of Chattanooga % switch engine
Blaurx waa a school teacher and editor, James I opposite side of the room from him I end a Cincinnati Southern freight train ouliided,
ro*aa printer, Lincoln, windom aad Hunt were I ^ whose face was brightened as if 1 knocking the row catcher* to tpUnter*
VI *’ by an infusion of new life. Finally, wilh rad taring ^ up toe track general-
Gte^erai ^facVe*aa^orty-ei*htf'Secretary Kiri- I of himselL It waa with difficulty that tiie j a Georgia railroad switch engine ran off the
wood, sixty-eight; Secretary Robert T. Lincoln, 1 court suppressed the cheers of young Gfoal’s 1 te»ck Monday eveningnear the Maxkham house.
tSr5SSlfi5retar7Bw»t,ffitT*two. iriends. I An hoar’s work replaced iti Noone.hurt. g