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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY. FEBRUARY" 19.1884- TWELVE PAGES.' 11 i 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 ".VotliIntr Wrong With My l<tttigs Now." 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