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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY. FEBRUARY" 19.1884- TWELVE PAGES.'
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FARMS AND FARMhRS.
SHORT TALKS WITH FARMERS ON
FARM TOP CS.
IWe colteUthort lcti.it f-om jw.lles! fumnnoi
pnic^.a! m»:te» W,lte u, brlrflr jour exwri-
©uce on any rolrit about tbe farm. Your mint,
tloti may help a brother farmer.
We bare engage* a competent agrlculturlal who
Witt anawer aay ltqufrfe, on farm maitcra.
Write plainly, tire your fall name and addrera
end mark "ag'L Dept.” on tbe o.reer of your
cirJ. or envelope. Addrew Tu» CoKaTitOTiott ]
Continued from laat week.]
“LABOR AND LABORERS."
The Adireaa af Or. a. W. U u< oe Tkla laportaat
Matter.
Get rich! end the south trill no more ben
for settlers. For the sails of your vessels will
whiten every sea. Emigrants will pour in.
capitalists will invest and should the yankees
bring their machinery to the cotton instead
of carrying the cotton to their factories, and
move here in force and adopt the south as
their home, with ail their energy, thrift and
industry, then I would say to our "Brother
in B ack that there will be no more roman
tic novels written about him, no more ad-
dresses published in first-clois newspapers
with reference to our duty to him. Butin
that sge of utility and progress, when the old
fogies of the south are dead, he will find he
is not tbe pet of anyone. A poll tax paid by
oue in ten will not send His children to high
schools and colleges. He will have to stir
himself and march to the motto of “Every
one for himself, the Lord for us all and the
devil catch the hindmost,” orgot up and
double quick from here not onlv to save his
hide from the tanyard but his body from the
compost heap.
tiet rich! and Georgia through her water
melon start over the southern sisters will not
only be vhearapirestate of the south, but in
less than half a century will be the empire
state of the whole union.
The great labor performed \>y nearly one
half of the inhabitant* of the globe Is very
seldom .spoken of or written about. I mean
tbe unselfish, never-euding work of tbe wo
men of the land. And when I speak of wo
men, I do not mean those butterflies of fash
ion, tbe female dudes of socie'y; they, too,
work, nut it is the work of sell-adornment,
and the older they get the more artistic work
they have to do, until they get to be such
experts that all they want is a frame to hang
their dry goods on, for she can buy soft ana
silken curls to cover her denuded head; she
can freshen up her faded complexion with
powders and paints; tbe can cover her empty
gums with while, pearly teeth; she can
make her shrunken lorm look full and vo
luptuous. After great toil she can sail upon
the streets for an evening promenade, with
her full-flowing crinoline, a regular man-
trap, not made so by her Creator, but by
some artistic dressmaker—there she goes,
false on top and false at bottom, false before
and false behind, and very often with a false
heart beating behind a false bosom.
If mothers tbev ever become, they nro tbe
mothers of the educated boobies and brain
less dudes which infest tbe land.
The women I speak of are those dutifu
daughters who are ever ready to help and
comfort their weary mothers; of those faith
ful wives who are helpmeets to t ieir bus
bands; of these mothers who, vith entire
self-abnegation, devote themselves to the
rearing of their children, only supported in
her never-ending toil by that well of love
that ever springs fresh and pure in a mother's
breast. Hois is the only real aud unselfish love
that this world is blessed with. Sue nour
ishes and protects them in childhood and
when grown beyond her maternal care, she
will watch over and pray for them. The
world may point tbe finger of scorn at them,
the stern father mav repudiate them, but she
is alwavs ready to fold the returning prodigal
in her losing arms whether he berepeutant or
unrepentant.
If they grow up to be an honor to her, oh*,
how proud she la! but she will cling t9 them
even in th$ir disgrace, and should they die
drunkards or felons, she will go and weep
over their dishonored graves and forgive them
tjo.
While labor Is the strength of a country, its
civilization and refinement are in exact pro
portion to the love and respect entertained
for its women.
It is easy for any man to love the young
and beautiful of the sex. I once saw a pic
ture of Ere by one of the old masters as she
came fresh from the Divine Hand, a master-
S iece of creative power; no rough aprons of
g leaves marred that exquisite form; she was
clothed in her own Innocence and purity; I
realized for the first that loveliness
types who come from—God only knows you a cordUl welcome!® Uurir midst. I
where We spo it in th« lnm* olonhuit that most cheerfully perform. f be heart of ©very true
uere. we see is n tue nuga elephant inat w||0 | Georgia goes out to the men who represent
It was hard to believe that she was made
from the crocked rib of a man. 8he looked
tome as if she was formed in Paradise,
breathed upon by angels, and handed down
on a stair of stars for mau to love and cherish
foreverl But when beanty is gone, the eyes
become dim. tbe cheeks furrowed with age
and care and toil for tue comfort of man, it is
then that tbe great Anglo Saxon race shows
it superiority over the rest of manklud, by
their veneration and respect for them, be
cause they are women. We honor ourselves
by honoriog them, for they are the conserva
tors of all the morality, religion,and even tbe
civilization of our race. Their reward ii not
of this world. I know many faithful moth
ers who may not have attained a high charac
ter in society for Christian graces; she may
not be a member of a sewing club, for she is
the sewing iQacbioe for her own little circle;
she may not belong to a missionary society,
for she has the little heathen all around her
and she Is their missionary; she may be re
mits in her attendance upon church, and
have but little time to read her Bible, and
can only utter short and earnest prayers from
an over burdeaed heart; but when she dies
and her weary spirit appears at the celestial
gates, St. Peter will ask her
who she is and what she wants?
She will reply: ‘T have been a faithful wifo
and loving mother for lo, these many year/,
and I want restl” St. Peter will open wide
these everlasting gates and bid her enter,
and inscribe her name in the long list of
martyrs, for having ouce been a married man
himself, be knows she has had punishment
enough already.
Thousands sacrifice themselves on tbe mar
riage alter for our good, and strange to say,
that with the experience of centuries, thous
ands now stand ready to be martyred on the
same altar. They will do anything for love,
and if they can’t get that, the strong mind-d
among there will rush into the lecture tieid,
join the salvation army, storm grog shops
form women’s rights societies, and do deeds
to make the angels weep. The true women
of the land, who are tbe safeguards of re
ligion, virtue, and even cirilizitlon itself, are
not public brawlers.
The administrative faculties are not hers;
she plana no esmpsigns, nor lead armies to
battle nor fleets to victory; the forum is no
theater for her silver voice; she discerns not
the coarse of planets; Orion with his belt, and
Arcturu* with bis suns, are naught to her but
pretty baubles set up in thesky; she guides no
vessel through night and tempests across the
trackless sea; she composes no Iliad; the
strength of Milton’s poetic vision is far beyond
her delicate perception; she would have been
affrigh»eiied at that fiery sea, upon whose flam
ing billows
For she reigns in the heart; her seat and
throne are by the hearthstone, and they are
toe halt that keep the world from universal
corruption. I am done. As you noticed 1
left my labor hardly touched aud went ©ITon
a picnic. It was too hard for a tyro like
m*. Tbe subject is as vast as creation
itself.
Tbe labor for existence and the desire for
reproduction keep all animated t rings at con
stantwork. We notice it in our great Cau-
caaaiao race, the direct deacendonts of Adam,
wbowas tbeaonof God; aod we see it in th*
woolly-beaded African and those mongrel
i buga elephant
roams the tropical jungles in the pride of his
strength, and in the tiny mouse that nibbles
the miller’s meal sacks. We see it in the
bugeleviathan which “maketh the deep to
boil like a pot,” and the animalcuto which
has its brief existence in a drop of water.
All Inanimate things obey tbe law of
force. Tne rainbow which arches the
heavens with its splendid beauty; the
zephyr which fans the fevered cheek; the
summer lightning which purifies the atmos
phere aud adds variety to tbe landscape,
obey the same law which produces earth*
qutkra, volcanoes, hurricaues and tempests.
The earth, in obedience to the law of forte, is
always in motion, with her sister planetaand
attending satellites, all whirl in space around
the sun with the same velocity, the same reg
ularity, as when dropped, like balls, from the
hands of the creator. The suu with the my
riads of other suns,—"those stars who hold
their festival around the midnight throne,
forever mocking us with their unapproacha
ble glories”—all move around a common
centre, which may be the throne of the deity
himself, without haste, without rest, all move
on forever. Work I It is every where, God
works, for the Bible says He rested. Work!
It reaches from the throne of God down
through the shining courts to tho veriest atom
of creation.
Fnda Tor Farmer*.
Dually good butter is sometimes ruined by
the use of inferior salt. The t'cououiy of pur
chasing mean salt is sheer waste.
Remove and barn diseased peach trees,
Do uot plant others in the same place,or they
will most likely be afTccted in the same mau-
ucr.
Tho cherry tree makes a pleasant shade,and
the wonder is why farmers do not grow cherry
trees more generally in place of shade trees,
A forest mathematician has figured out
that there are enough pire trees growing in
the south to furnish the whole country with
lumber for 253 years to come,
The block knot on plum trees is easily
ketp insuttjaction if properly cutoff when it
first appears. Thlsseems ti e only ♦ fllclent
remedy, and is certainly * simple anu easy
one.
The want of pure and fresh water accounts
in many instances for the lack oft eggs
luring the winter season. Fowls rrqatro a
;onsiant supply of water, and without it will
uotlay.
A Michigan grape grower found that one
full grown Concord vine produced more and
better fruit when occupying fifty feet of
trellis than tho vines of the same length of
trellis planted eight feet apart.
ANewJersev farmer writes to thb New
York Herald that he gave a dressing of salt
(eight bushels to the acre) to land badly in
fested with white grubs, and for three yean
after rafssd good crops of corn, which wa!
impossible previous to this application.
The Now York Herald says that in using
carbolic ecid for disinfectants or insect killers
in the poultry house it is not well to mix it
with whitewash. Tho fowls may peck tho
whitewash for lime to use in their system for
sbelip, and thus poison themselves with the
catholic acid inwardly.
As a rule a cow’s best work is doae from
her tiritd to her tenth year,says the American
Dairyman. After the eighth year vou had
batter become eu*«piciuus of her, and, unless
she is an extra good one,let her go farrow aud
feed her heavily, end let the butcher or the
beef fatteuer have her at bis own figures.
As showing tbe longevity of the apple tree
under favorable circumstances, we ore cited
the Hotcbki/a apple tree at Cheshire. Conn.,
which is siii•posed to be lbOyeaas old, beiog
the last survivor of the orchard piauted hr
the first si-tilers of the neighborhood. The
owner affirms bn has picked 125 bushols of
ound fiuir from it in a year.
Jaekeon, Tennessee.
Jack'om, Teun , Feurnsry 13.—At eleven this
niltu-ecf cft1z*tisauda brass band, and escorted t>
King's opera house, which was filled with Urn
cl Owns of Madison and neighboring counties
Prominent among the latter being Kona. Charles
A Miller Hick*, Glass. Haynes, Senator Norment
and Senator K»itta, of the presont general assembly,
and Commtadoner McWblrter, Colonels Frank
Wilson. A. 8. Colvar. Dr. R L O. White. Colonel D.
F. Wade, Col an el Ben Cockrell, Captain John W.
*arton. Daniel Bond, Judge Cartbtll, Colonel Grif*
tb and others.
When they bad arrived at the opera bouso, non.
Robert Oates, editor ol the Tribune and Hun,
chairman of thecltlzons’ committee, received the
visitors, reading a letter from Governor
Bate, regretting hta Inability to attend tbe
convention of dairymen aud farmers. Ho wrote
that he would be most happy to participate in ex
welfare of the common country. Huoh happy
agencies could bring about only nappy results as
tending to open free and leas restrained communi
cation between distant states ani sec Iona, which
h* ve been estranged by the hostilities o! other days,
wbieh politicians had done so much to keep allvo.
Tho cause adopted by the hoapltableaud generous
people of Maoism cmnty was worthy of imita
tion, and fie heartily co opiratod in extending a
warm welcomo to our northern friends aud vlMtors.
The reading of tbe governor’s letter was receive
with loud applause, and Colonel Gates
expressed for him»elf and the people the
gratification they all felt over the anticipated re
sults. He was glad they had come to see for them*
selves, aud hop*d they would come again and
often, and help build up tho Industries and add to
the wealth of our common country They were In
tbe midst of a favored laud of dlvlrslfied industry,
and enjoylug every vaiia'/ of soil, climate and pro
duction. He made complimentary reference to tho
commissioner who had done so much for immigra
tion, one whom Tennessee was glad to honor.
Hon. A. J. McWblrter. commissioner of agricul
ture, etc., then delivered to our guests an address of
welcome.
On motion of Hon. Charles A. Miller, of Harde
man, Colonel McWblrter was elected permanent
ch>irm«n of the convention. Captain Tom Long
permanent secretary, and the menroeia of the pie*
association assistant secretaries.
In response to Commissioner McWhirter's wel
come Isaac Wasaer responded for Wisconsin la
remarks which elicited the wannest applause. Ho
and bis friends had corns as delegates of the dairy
the great industry, and
all coacerned.
Henry Wallace, of Iowa, followed He had heard
of the good tand of Tannessee and Kentucky, and
catching the Inspiration of their great orators he
and others of tho north felt like bubbling over
with speech. LLanghter and applause J Ills state
**-- “ opotomuof the new world, but not
— Tennessee's fair and ferula Umd.
Twenty years ago he had come south with 19,000
superior
Twenty Jr»n ago no u»u cuuu wuiu mm *
soldiers. Y..u found us brave la war. You will find
us generous in peace. Fourteen hours ago he left
borne amid tbe rigors cf winter. To-day he had
seen tbe violets In bloom
Messrs Hsmpson, Cnffl:: ( Bromell and other visitors
followed with like sentiments. Ouo sprat'-r said
Iowa had set down on the barbed wire feces m>-
uop -ly. as she would on other monopolies, never*
ai of .he dairymen said they bad made bntter at
borne and transported U by way of Jackson, lean.,
to New Orleaus where they received a fine profit,
and that thU part of Tennessee, eveu from Octeber
till May, without northern competition, could make
hatter aud cheese at a siiil handsomer remunera
tion. They were beginning to learn mat neither
cotton nor corn,but she cow, waa kiug. (Applause)*
It seemed shameful ihstTeuneaaee wtaau impor
ter aud not an exporter ol butter.
Me*sm Cockrell and Glass propounded several
Inquiries as to the work and conditions necessary
ip tho best results In ihe Industry, which brought
out lute resting answers.
Colonel Colyar made a short humorous and
Interesting speech, commending to the young men
of the south tbe energy and genius which our visi
tors hud displayed la establishing a profitable
Industry.
by Colonels Colyar and Wade, Mr. Merrill and
others Iheel.y is full ol strangers. To-morrow
the northern guests will beyprepared to exhibit
their methods of cheese andputter making, aud
farmeisi for Bile* around will be pre»eat. The
best re*ulw are anictpaled. .....
Kufgbta of Pythias conclude their conven
tion to-nlgnt whhagreud banquet.
Nsvsnnnb Georgia.
Savannah, February U—The state efricalturel
convention atscmblea lo-eey In Masonic lempie.
rwo hundred and fifty delegatee "* r *P T 5**“J* V
opened with prajer by Rev. Charles E. Htrong of
iZ Johrs chnrcn. Hon. Mr. Livingston, vice-prv*l-
lent in ttechair. Major Lester extended an tie-
I ua reqauud by U>« psopl# of Unclty to extend
her vast agricultural interest—that interest upon
wnlcfi depend* the welfare or the whole state, her
other people are so Important; no other no hue
pendent; no other, by th»fr situation aud circum
stances, so capable of oonuiburiug to the prosper
ity of the state aud the perpetuation of her fine up
sttturions. Georgia is an agricultural state. Uei
people are agricultural people Upon her sea coast
sauds, upon her midland plsius, ana
In the valleys among her a granito
hills, her people till tho roll and gatuer
from her fertile fields the products for a vast cam*
merce and the comforts cf home. Georgia is a land
of homes, hospitable homes, where generous, high-
minded people live, and rear their children to Hyo
lu the good old way of their fathers, to till the Sf.il,
lo love their homes, to love their nelgbbots. to deal
fairly, aud to be hospitable to the strangers within
her gates. You have met to discuss the questions
that concern the material Interest of the siate. We
are honored by tbe selectlou of onr city ss Uie place
of your deliberations. Whatsoever concerns Ueor
gia concerns us. We claim to ba a part of this great
stAte. notwithstanding It may bo the dl'poafuoa
of some to dispute our claims. We do uot believe
that tbe sun rises at Tybeeaud sots In the canal. Wo
rejoice in the Illumination of every foot of Georgia
soil. Our aspirations are for thegiory aud honor of
tho state and for the welfare of tbe whole
people. May our setslon bo harmonious
and beneficial to the state. I present yon with the
freedom of the city In the name of its citizens, and
ndtoyou the hospitality of our people with
nope that your stav here may baas agreeable
and pleasaut aa our wishes are that It should be.
Mr. President, the keys of the city are youw so long
as It shall be your pleasure to remain aud keep
AVANtrAit, February 13—The convention met
this morning at nine o’clock. Dr A. J. Bat tle read
au essay ou "Intelligence as a factor !n suc
cessful farming.” Memorial n solutions were adop
ted In reference to the late General Home. The
executive committee reported Ihe rt commendation
that a stale fair bo held in Macon, aud the ncxio in
vention at Decatur. Adopted unanimously. The
resignation ol Colonel Hardeman as president was
rcci I veil L. P. Livingston wss unanimously elec
ted to the p eltlou. At elc-Ten o'clock tho conven
tion took a rectss and proceeded to the steamer at
the Central railroad wharves, and the steamships
were visited. 1h« party then made an excutslon
through the 8t. Augustine creek to Thunderbolt,
returned about dark. To night a meeting was hi-ld
and the business closed up. aud adjourned aft* r
returning the usual thanks. A number of the
members left for homo to-night. Toose remaining
over will take In tbe excursion to morrow to tho
fair at Jacksonville.
THE POLITICAL FIELD.
THE DRIFT OF THE PARTIES AND \by the committee and djacusVed' in’ the
GOSSIP OF PARTY LEADERS. ;house.
been trying to temper them. Therefore
it is mavt likely that the Morrison bill with
little change will be the measure presented
Talk on the Tariff-Presidential Gossip-
Politics and Politicians All
Over the Country.
THE BUSINESS WORLD-
N«vr York. February 8—The business fail
ures during tbe last week reported to 11. G,
Dun & Co. number tor the United States 232,
and Canada and the provinces 40; total 278,
against 373 last week. There is a marked de
crease in the number of failures all through
the country, particularly in the southern,
middle and New Eogland states, a'so on tho
Pacific coast. In Canada, however, there Is a
slight increase over even the highest figures of
recent weeks. For the whole country the
total is the smallest noted in any week since
tho commencement of tbe year.
The failures in tbe states, whose trade Is tributary
to Atlanta, la aa follows:
ALABAMA.
Fayette—Martin A Posey, general storo. assigned
tn Nathan Musgrove. Liabilities 13,3W; assets
f2,C£i.
GEORGIA.
trrhoo, wbn turned over
stock to crodlters Liabilities about ftOO.
Dalton—J. A. Blanton, general store, offers 39
cenla. lie was recently burnt out
Fort Valley—N H Brown (agent), grocer, failed.
Reddish—f 7k. Itdrti.ta, general .tore, reported
fkilled end oomprnml.tng «t M to 60 cent.,
MOHTIt CARUMNA.
Hamilton—Brown a Prlunard, general .tore, offer
fifty cent*.
Manchester—J. F. Clark, general atoro.uilgned.
Manchester— A. K McBl.mld & Brother, proprie
tors of tho Manchester mills, cotton plaids nnd
yarn., assigned. They wcreslsoengsgcaln tit pen*
Hue distilling near Fayetteville aud had a general
•tore at Hpout Spring.
Nowporl—T, at. Hewitt, general storo, assigned to
Cicero Mann.
Blngwood—1. h. welter, ge,
nnd offers tn compromise. Came, dull trade and
loss nt S1.0C0 by fire.
Washington—M. H. Banner, grocor, reported
filled. Liabilities estimated at 11,000; an.la small.
Wocdvlllf—IV. r. Sawyer, general .tore, aislgned
to B. F. Aydlett. Llaht'ltlesabout,750; asset, f 150.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Bennettenllle—w. o. ltl.sra general store, uka
an extension, Ltabllltn* ,2,600; .wet. H.TO)
offer. I
Faldcrrllle
by sheriff.
-A; C. Norton, general (tore, closed
Langley—J.F. Murray, general .tore, asking an
extension. Liabilities ,1,703; nominal a
,10000.
Manning—Y. N. Butler, general store, offer. %
cenla
Rldgewgy—K. K. HcQuatter, general .tore,failed
and doeed out,
TXMNEUgg.
Ftatiklln—H. P. Chealra. dry good., assigned.
Oneida—B. W. Jouca ds Co., general etore, report-
ShelSyvIlic—K. W. Fuller it Co., harnem, doeed
by sheriff, Liabilities ,100; sueli, ,100.
THE.ART OF FBELINO HEADS.
rhr.a.l,gx and Whet It Alrsaa-Is gi.au «r tk.
Tvl.kj IlN.u.sa ,
I yesterday saw a man handling caput bslla-that
la tony, human heads—a. profitably aa Malone
doe. the Ivory onea. This expert wu a phrenolo
gist, and he wu telling bis Urn. at the rate of about
ten dollar! an hour. He wu maktogexamlnailone
at two dollar, each, and he got through with five
lu the hour that I watched him. He.poke hla con-
elusions u to tho poriou's mental train, and . a
short-hand writer took down what he atld, to be
•ubaequently transcribed for tho edification of tha
purchaier and hie family. Dr. Hammond mty not
ho conduslre authority on the .abject, end I am
notdeklrouiolthaklng anybody', belief In phre
nology ; but he I. et least a specialist U brains, find
to, when I encountered him hr chance at tho door
of the phrenologist', office, I naturally uud him
what he thought of the .donee.
'ffciencoT 1'oohl" he exclaimed. ‘‘It l.n't
•cfence—It Is all humbug. One simple fact .elites
that question. Skull, vary In thlckueu, not only
u between Individual., but also In different part,
ol the tame head. How, allowing that the quanti
ty, quality and pladog of tha brain show, the nap
ural character of the owner, the unerennee. of Ihe
bone covering It belli is all attempt, to be anywhere
nesr exaet In making txamlnatlone."
From a man who formerly traveled with old O.S,
Fowler, the original American pbronologlit, I got
some facta-or tl may be ufer to cell them utlr-
tlons—u to tbe profession. This men mule red ell
there wu In It, so he uld, end made several tour,
on hi. own account "A quick end careful obeer-
ration Is Ihe chief stock iu the phrenological
trade," hd added. "By long practice, one can tin
up pretty accurately any subject that cornu under
hi. bauds. Taklcg for a basis tha fact that strong
characteristics arc apt to bv Indi
cated In a person's face, and even
more to his manner aad clothes,
wetmlldon that .nr structure cf guesswoik. When
we ere wholly in doubt wo deal out sunn g.oer-
•llties that mean something or nothing, Ju-t u
the dupe chooees to take them. Wo also fill lo
with the remarks about his ' temperament and
health, which are points opta to any trained ob-
senrer; and, If wo cut slyly manage to turn his
occupation, we give him good enough advice In
regard to teat ptrtlcular avocation. Tne whole'
elm Is put Just M little of positive meaning as
possible into tho "chert" which we toko hi,
money for. and at the some time flitter him Judi
ciously. Although there Is e Mg busiaca- done lo
phrenology here lu New York, It Is remarkable
that tbe patron of
Tbe Cbeapeat flung lu tbe World.
A great newspaper Is the miracle of cheapoeut
Fach luue of Tax Wezely Cox.vrrcnoa coo-
tifus as much mailer as two bocks of 2C0 pages
each ibatwcutd lellfortl M a volume. Ills sold
to yen for iwoccnts. Tbe cost cf editor., correa
pondenu, reporters, Islcgiaphlrg, printers, pres -
men, paper, balling dirks, poet.se, etc., lo get np
one Issue of Tiigt'cNtTircvioN la over two thou-
MLddoltars. Andjtllilaeold to you at two cents
a copy.
Inat is a quart of corn, or three ounces of cotton,
or an ounce of batter, or one hen’, egg! i. than:
any farmer who cannot afford to’takeft? A ne..
piper bamlracleof cheapness, and The Cowni-
vcvfON Is urn cheapest of ne wipe pen! Send ns
one rear’s snbactlpdoa and wa’ll try and prove It
Is the ben.
Logan Collaring Mb. Anvnun —Occasion
ally the bustnena of congresg is loat sight
In order to watch tbe movements of the
men whose hope* are wrapped up In
he coming political conventions,
The arrival here of the Illinois state
press association has given new impetus
to Logan's cause. This body of journalists
came to the capital on Sunday, and Mr. Logan
and his wife were most conspicuous persons
In tbe throng of Illinolstsnswhogreeted them
on their arrival. A senator who regards Lo-
gan’s aspirations to the presidential nomina
tion with favor, says that after Mr. Logan
has made bis light on tbe Fitxjohn Porter
bill, which he does not expect to bo able to de
feat, he will go to tbe country upon his record
in that case, and endeavor to ttro the hearts
of Ihe patriotic citizens of the northwest and
win their favor for his cherished plan to bo
the republican candidate. Ills even asscited
upon very good authority that he
is to be supported by Secretary
Lincoln, who is credited with the
intention of rcsigniug from the cabinet in
order to join his fortunes witlt those of Logan.
Ttio “soldier papers” are all to be enlisted in
Logan's service. The same cause is said to bo
gaining headway rapidly in the south among
the republicans who had been counted upon
as suro to be in favor of the
renomiuutinn of Arthur. Ex-Seoator Kel
logit is reported to be exertiug his inliuenco
iu Louisiana in behalf of Logati, ami is bit
terly resenting the president's acquiescence
in what he calls Attorney-General firewater's
"pursuit” of him iu the star route cases,
llepresentativo Mackey, of South Carolina,
was, just before his death, moving actively
against the administration a'nd in favor of
Logan, his opposition having been provoked
by the appointmentof Livingston as marshal.
In North Carolina affairs sre not moving
smoothly toward the elect inn of t
solid Arthur delegation, Sir, Can
aday, elected sergeant-lit arms of the
senate through the influence of Mr. Logan
and Mr. Sherman, is understood to favor
Logan’s nomination, and ills regarded aa
significant that the judiciary committee lias
reported adversely the nomination of Colonel
Keogh for marshal of tbe western district,
when it is known that Mr. Keogh wss the
ttresidenl's personal preference, and that
Keogh took tbe office becatiso be wns
asked to. do so. rattier than because he
greatly desired or had sought for ft. In Geor
gia, while District Attorney Speer is’for Ar
thur, Marshal Longstreet Is drifting'wlth the
opponents of Arthur, and there Is said to bo
a strong gravitation toward Logan.
ARasdali. Hoom in Philadelphia.—A Ran
dall boom for the presidency was Instituted
laat night in this city at a secret meeting at
the Randall clubroom, ot many of his most in
timate friends and supporters, assembled in
aid of tbe democratic nominee—a Mr. King—
for mayor ot this city. Intense enthusiasm
was created by this palpable bid. • A Mr.
Beardsly, in speaking in support of King,
said:
"If Philadelphia goes democratic wo can
send a delegation to tbe national convention,
which ahall have something behind it, and
we shall brighten tho prospects of our dis-
tinguikbed townsman, whom 1 need not
name.”
Aa Mr. Beardsly spoke he waved his bsml
at a portrait of Mr. Randall, and just as tha
mealing broke into applause, that gentleman
entered the room. The chairman introduced
Mr. Randall, "The speaker of tbe next house
Of representative*"
1 No, gentlemen,” began Mr. Randall, "not
quite speaker, but quite as aotive. As I look
about,” ho continued, "I we the faces ot tbo
sons of men who fust sent me to congress,
nnd feeling.that I am among friends, I know
that I may speak my mind freely. We sro
niclpal fight in Philadelphia
democrats have gone Into It as a busin
every time. Tbe republicans know that, and
they are putting forth tha power of all tha
allied bosses; but, my friends,
this municipal fight Is only
tne first step to a greater contest. Let us but
carry the city election on Tuesday week, and
weshsll hare placed Pennsylvania in the list
of debatable states. Why, for nineteen or
twenty years I have been in congress hoping,
praying and wishing that I might sea there a
democratic president. Now Uresis with you,
with each of you, to see that the first step
toward that glorious result Is taken In this
city election. Never fear, Mr. Randall said
in conclusion: "That w« democrats In con
gress are wriouslr divided. We koow bow
a) unite when the time conies. We may
appear to be discordant, but at the end we
will all come out In oue solid maai like gold
out of the crucible.”
Mr. Randall’s speech has excited general
comment, and that gentleman's name be
come* another in the tong list of presidential
poulhilities. In case Philadelphia goes dem
ocratic he will at ones become a moat promi
nent candidate.
Talk on vine T*nrrr Bill —For many rea
sons the Morrison tariff bill has been fully
discutred in Washington. It wss the first
tariff bill prewnted to this congress. It came
from the chairman of tha ways and means
committee. It embodies the Ideas of the
most conspicuous leader of the large class of
democrats in congress who favor immediate
tariff agliation. Mr. Morrison sals great ilore
by the Dill. He is one of the hardest work
ers in congress. He has achieved bis
high position in politics by dint of pluck
and perwverance.
Congressman Dibble, of Month Carolina,
said tome to-day:
"I have just read tbe Morrison bill.”
"What ao yim think of UP’
"There are some good thing* in it, but It is
on a plan I do not (Ike. The idea of a hori
zontal reduction of the tarlffdoea not strike me
favorably. It la not in keeping with previous
"democratlo policy. If we have oppowd the
present tariff for one reason more than an
other it lias been because it is a dlaoiimlna-
ting tariff. It bean with unequal weight upon
our various interests. Now 1 am oppowd and
have been all the while opposed to any sglta
lion of the tariff at this time, lint If we go In
to reform It et all we should not begin on this
basis. I uin in favor of opening the question
on its menu and not simply scaling oil the
surplus of a discriminating rcbedule. If tbe
question must come up I hope the ways and
means committee will present to the noose a
fairer and better bill.”
Congreeemen Blount (aid: “Tha bill is
merely Mr. Uorriaon'e own conception of
wbetebould be done In tariff reduction. It
cannot be teken aa exprewing the view* of
the committee at all, though some of (la
members mty be willing to accept it. Mr.
Morrison has not consulted hie committee
enl leagues on the preperetlon of tbe bfl*. I'
comes before them at open to amendments or
as iree lor rejection entirely aa if snyotnei
member ot the houw had offered it.”
Mr. Kendall declines to express him
self on tbe bill at present,
but it is well known Rial Ha general plan
duet not meet bia approval *
I am inclined to think that the extreme
tariff reductionia's in the committee and lo
the lionw will take op the Morrison bill et
the basie of their work. Some of them even
think it ie too conservative. Certainly it is
not such a Milas Judge Reagan or Frank
Hurd would propose. The anticipated d 81
culiy ot pawing any tariff bill baa caused
•hnaa in lavorof agirating tbe question at this
time to oonsult end agree on
co-operation. Mr. Car lisa has, doubtRa,
No signs of healing in the division of demo
cratic sentiment on this question nre eppar-
cut now. Whether the discussion of the hill
will widen differences already existing, or in
duce mutu-,1 concoctions resulting in party
harmony remains to be wen.
Flower and Randall—Roswell 1’. Flower,
of New York, la booming up aa a dent
ocralic preaideutiai candidate. Mr. Flow*
er became famous when he matched hia hun
dreds of thousands against W. W. Asior'a
millions and won the prise of a wat in con-
E re as. Flower ia ambitious. He distinguished
imself in the forty sixth congress by giving
the beat series of atng dinners of the seasou
and lie wns made the real power in the dem
ocratic congressional committeo, although
Kosecrans got tha empty honor of the
chairmanship Flower, tne eastern democrats
aay, will be entirely acceptable to tho money
power ot the east, men who, however much
they may be abused by the bourbons on tbe
stump, are always Invited to contribute to
tliu expenses of democratic campaigns. The
shrewdest democratic politicians in Washing,
ton admitthat ifTildenhnd agonranteedfour
years' leaae of life be would, beyond perad-
venture, be the democratic candidate, but hia
feeble heelih precludes tho idea of giving him
the nomination.
Randall would have been the candidate In
all likelihood had he been elected speaker.
Hewitt was considered an available man un
til ho confidentially discussed the O'Donnell
resolutions with the British minister. In
Mr. Flower's behalf it is said that he has pre
served good relations with all tho factions in
New Y’ork, and, if nominated, would receive
Kelly’s support aud Tllden's advice. It is
asserted that Mr. Flower is quietly working
up public sentiment in his favor through the
medium of the democratic press of the inte
rior of New York state aud also in several of
tho bourbon newspapers of Kentucky.
Western candidates in this speculation are
left out of the question, it being taken for
granted that the southern and western demo
cratic representatives will play such havoc
with the taritV this session aa to make the
nomination of n conservative eastern politi
cian a necessity.
FzZr.zn” roit General SnznuAR.—Con
gressman CaUins ia accused of throwing out
a "feeler" on tha General Bhermau Doom
in the following words tn hla Fits John Porter
speech: Now let me say it word to you and
to the country. If these senea nre lo be re
enacted here,there may oomeatlme when the
bugle bisstnf tbe grand army of tha republic,
coming up from the aide of their camp fires,
■hall summon General Sherman to couio out
of his retirement and lead them to victory as
he did before. [Applause.] The loyal north
will demand this from him, or for some true
nml tried soldier Ot tha army, if such betrayal
of trust is to bo repeated here.
Governor Crittenden, of Missouri, who la
here attending the Miasltttppi river Conven
tion, uccording to one ol his fellow states
men, with whom I talked to day.Is a political
corpse. The constitution prohibits hla elec
tion to a second term, nnd be fane
lost ail chance of future pre
ferment Said my informant:
I never sawn man with auoh a gculua for
tuaklag mistakes. A doten times ainca be
wu governor be has come into inpleaannt
national notoriety by tho meat unexcussble
errors of judgment and lute.” “Who will
win the ueiuocrntie nomination next fall,'
uked:
"General Mannadiike ia ahead now. He
hu grout personal popularity and his friends
nil over the state are zsalousiy working up
Ids cause. One ol the moat prom
inently mentioned men in
Oils connection is Congressman
Clardy, a fine fellow. Kitlier of tlieso will
make a good governor and one or tha other
of them, will I think, bo elected,”
“Who will be your nextaenntor?”
"Why George Vest will succeed himself of
courso. No man in Missouri can heat him.
You think Vest speaks well In the senate,
ou ought to too him In a campaign. There
JO looms and there the people like him. He
hu brains and character, aud since he camo
here hu been a clou student. Ilia beat daya
are yet to come and we mean to keep him in
tbe amate,”
CONORUSHAN WfSg'S VlCWSONTtlR TARIFF
—Said Congressman Georgo D. Wise of Vir
ginia: "Hoaever the.Morrison tariff bill may
iilcuo people elsewhere, I know one thing.
It is not such a bill u Virginia wants. There
nre four democratlo congressmen from that
state. Mr. Barbour, Mr. Cabell anil I sre op
posed to this bill. Mr. Randolph Tucker la
supposed to fuvorlt, butevery day there come
from Ills district expressions showing that his
imstituents don't wantany aneb legislation,
doubt if he will vote for it after all.”
Don’! you want a revision of tha tariff?"
Ycz. A reasonable one when we can get
it. I doubt if we can do anything with tbe
S urstion now, but It we could 1 would not
avorsuch a bill aa this.”
“What is Ihe matter wilb it?"
“Everything, ft Is constructed ou the
wrong principle 6f horizontal reduction, Tbe
bulk of the reduction is taken off tbe puny
protection tbe south enjoys. From the
sugar planters alone eight ami a half millions
are taken away. It is a tariff bill that Jsxes
the agricultural classes Instead of relieving
them. But there are not my main
objections to IL What our people
want and what they have a right to expect
from the democratic party in tbs very first
exercise of Its power la rails! from the para
lysing rflect of the internal revenue system.
There is where tha lopping off should brgln
and it must begin there to saihfy a very large
element in Virginia. You can have
no conception of the effect ot the
infernal revenue on our agricultural
interests. It hat almost ruined our tobacco
interests. When men tell me that tho tax
on tobacco ia paid by the consumer and does
not efleet the producer, I am convinced that
they don’t know what they are talking about
Before this tax was Imposed our common
Virginia bleak tobacco, the alaple crop with
us, waa worth six cent* a pound. The
fine western light tobacco
waa worth twelve cents. You
imneae a uniform tax of 8 cents a pound op
both these prod nets and while you make the
'•-I firmer jay 07Jf percent, you extort
, per cent from tbe Virginian. Tbe
al reault baa oome. Tha tobacco plan-
era cmnotget a fair return tor their labor
under a system that taxes them twice as much
as it taxes tbeir competitors
They have gone deeper and deeper
in Jebt and in many instances bava been
compelled to abandon Ibeirfieldaaltogetber
f n my own diatrict twelve factories which
manufactured this common tobacco have
been compelled to close under tbe ojMratlom
of tbe internal revenue. Not to apeak of the
odious nature *of an txetae duty,
ila financial burden has been
almost insufferable to tbe people of Virginia
They will do almost anything to find relief
from IL If a democratic congrea reduces
tbe tariff and leaves Ihe internal revenue
yoke on the people, Virginia will cast her
electoral vote for the republican candidate for
>nL I am glad to learn that the North
na delegation and the Tennessee
delegation era almost solid against
tbe Morrison bill in its present shape. They
want reform, as we do, out not a reform that
will etlll leave our people under tbe moat
onerous burdens of taxation, and therefore
endanger democratic iucwcs. notin the north
Alone, but in states that a proper policy wil
make absolutely certain for the democrats.
Mr. Caldwell, the principal slock
holder In the Nashville Atner-
can is in the city. He aaya that the
passage ot the Morrison bill in its present
-hape would endanger democratic success in
Tennessee in tbe presidential election.
I hear that active opposition ie being or
ganized in the Lynchburg dietrfet egtinei
Randolph Tndfer; that It la meeting the favor
of influential men, and that hia renomination
for congrosa Is rery doubtful, all on account
of bis making tbe obolitionof the internal rev
enue a matter of only seconday consideration.
Mr. \Viae, like many other democrats who
want to go alow at this critical time, is in
favor of a caucus where the democrats can
talk over the situation freely and agree on
some policy that will not embnrnus the
party by an ugly family quarrel on the floor
of cangress.
POLITICAL NOTES.
Meridian is endeavoring to become the
capital of UlMhsIppI.
Ex Governor Wash burn says that the peo
ple of llisuchuiettfl believe in a modified tariff.
It is said that the senatorial contest in
Kentucky ooet General Williams 850.000. It is added
that his wlfo Is rich.
The nearer the presidential lightning get*
to John A. Logan the less it will feel like striking
him.—Brooklyn Kaglo.
Tne supreme court of California decides
that.grand jurors oannot be compelled to reveal
Ihe testimony given before them. This decision Is
in accord with public sentiment.
Only two states in the nnion have kept
tho Mine senators In the United Suites senate for
ten yean—Dele ware and Vermont. Tho former
has been uniformly reor^semM by Bir*rd end
Hallsbury and the latter by Edmunds and Morrill.
Tue report comes from Albany that a new
democratic ciudldate for the pr sldency hu taken
tbe ll fid la the person ot Congrestnun Dorthelmer,
marshaled by M** 8. L. M H-irlow. The New York
sun hu not yol deigned lo shine on the can<llt]*cy,
though Mr. Dorshulmer weighs fully 250 pound*.
Tine New York Hour eays of Mr. Arthur
that ho is "probably tho most polished amt courtly
president the country hu bad since Mr. Monroe,”
and (hat “no ono who over occupied the executive
manrinn ha« dlspeitred its hospitality wUR more
splendor than the successor of Garfield.”
The Doston Traveler, naturally an admirer
of President Arthur, has been polling the prefer
ences of members of the legislature esto tho re-
f tubllean presidential candidate. It flnda 81 men
or Kdinuuds. 21 for Arthur.4 for General tibermau,.
3 for Blatno. and oue eaeti for donator ahermau and
General Logan.
At the end of the Connecticut legislature’s
first fortnight the senate had been In session sixty
minutes, tbe house threo tours twenty five min
utes. Caucuses and committee meeting* bsye
taken the place of opeu legislation. That is (no
reason why the wire-puller la a blggor man than
tho stateimau.
A Washington dispatch to the New York
World aaya: The new ticket for tho worklngmeu,
after ropealed conferences at tho national headquar
ters. hu finally been completed. Tbe ticket is: For
pro-idont, General Ben Butler, of Macsdchusctts,
and for vlcr.pr*->ldent, Carter Harrison, mayor of
Chicago. It Is understood that tbo greenback paper
tier**—iiuiicr’H organ-will soon hoist tUo ticket of
Butler aud Harrison.
i am told by a gentleman who thinks ho is
Intimate enough with oz*Governor Charles Foster,
of Ohio, to extract tho truth from hits.," says agos-
alper in the Washington Boat (dem ). "that, while
prcuntdli'g to talleve Logati would make antronger
candidate for the proldency In Unln than John Sher
man, his real opinion Is precisely tho reverse. My
Informant l< positive tlut Fo»tor favorsdhurmad'a
cAtidldacy.aud will vr uituaily appear as hlscbsm-
R on if wat to the convention, and not to naorlflco
lin ss In 1830; when hu contrived atUaifleldW
nomination ”
A canvass of the Now Jersey legislature, fS
to !’• presidential preferences, shows that of the ro
publlcAu senators four are for Blaine, ono for Ar
thur, one for General 8h**rnun. ouo for Login and
threo without (•hole. Of the democrat*, twn favor
liidcn, ono Katidall, ono Bayard, oue Pavno, aud
oih anybody except Tilrimt. Iu the
assembly BUlne ha* trine supporters; Ar
thur, threo; Lincoln, three: General niormari, two;
Kdmunds, two; Cnnkltng.O'ie.and six r* publicans
without choice. The democratic member*, a-j far
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Capital of 975,000, sold In flftba, costing each tl: ono
was sold to a Realism ta In New York city, snothor
to a newspaper man la Petersburc. V* , the others
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drew the 2d prise of 925,000, sold hi fifths aho; one
In Chicago, 111, another In Washington, D. G., to a
govern* cut t mploy*. probably who docs not seek
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tlzoof II0C0U. sold In fifths also; one each held
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