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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY JANUARY 19 1886
CONGRESS.
Proceedings of the Two Honses
Last Week.
With the President and His Ad
visers—General News.
8enate.
The petition asking for the payment of tbo
$35,655 due on the Tresevant claim to the citf
aent of Georgia was referred. Hr. Colquitt in-
troduccd a bill appropriating $100,000 for the
improvement of the Chattahoochee river below
Columbus. A petition was read from the com
mercial travelers of the country praying to be
relieved from burdensome legislation.
The senate^ in executive session today, after
confirming about one hundred nominations, as
fast as they could be read,
said to have reached that of
minor postmaster, whose predecessor had
been removed to make a vacancy. Some ono
made an inquiry as to the cause of the prede
cessor's removal, developing the fret that the
committee on post offices and post roads had
no Information on the subject. This gave rise
to an hour’s discussion of the abstract right of
the senate to information of this character.
No one was able to say what the policy of the
administration in thu regard would be, and
the beyond expression of individual opinions,
and in some cases the narration of the indi
vidual experience of the senators in Booking
information of the heads of executive depart
ments, nothing was done.
Tho president pro tern]
senate a memorial of “cob
cans,” asking the establishment of national
industrial schools in tho statee and territories,
‘‘so as to give the colored youth a common
school education and trade.” It also asks for
an appropriation for the establishment of a
Garfield colony in Lower California.
» Honse.
A rule was adopted forbidding the salo of
liquor in the bouso restaurant. The total ap
propriation for the rivers and harbors will bo
limited to $11,000,000.
By Hr. Oates of Alabama—To prohibit aliens
from acquiring title to, or owning lands within
the United States; also, to forfeit New Orleans,
Baton Rouge and Vicksburg land grants.
By Hr. Herbert of Alabama—To forfeit tho
Girard and Hobile land grant.
By Hr. Weaver of Iowa—To retire national
bank notes, and to prevent tho fluctuation of
currency by the substitution therefor of treas
ury notes; also, to provide for tho issue of frac
tional paper currency.
By Mr. Bonlette of Maine—A resolution call*
ing on the secretary of the navy for informa
tion concerning the truth or falsity of certain
statements which have appeared in the public
l>Tfm as follows:
lit. That the commandant of the United States
navy yard at Norfolk has caused honorably In
scriptions. heretofore borne ou the cannon cap
tured by the United States military or naval forces,
to bo obliterated.
I’d. That he caused to be removed from the dry
dock a tablet placed there at the time it was recon
structed, and bearing the Inscription: “Destroyed
by the rebels in 1862. Rebuilt by the United States
government in 1863.”
3d. That because of his protest against tho re
moval of this Inscription, tbo superintendent in
charge of the work or rebuilding has been removed
fkom his position, and * person who engaged In
military service against, the *
atedint'
—_dgovernment was ap
pointed in bit place.
4Ui. That in disregard of tho grateAil recognl
lion of the services, sacrifice* and sufferings of
persons honorably discharged from the military or
Notwithstanding the largo nnraber of bllle
Introduced daring tho last call of the atates,the
call today brought forward 060 additional
propositions, which increases to nearly four
thousand the number of measures now await
ing action by the house committees.
Tho Presidential Succession BUI,
Washington, January 12.—In reporting
the Hoar bill to regulate tho presidential suc
cession to tho bouse, tho majority of tho com*
mittee on the election of president and vice
president, say it is absolutely necessary to pro
vide for the succession under tho circumstan
ces now existing leaving further and more sat
isfactory provisions for contingencies, which
may possibly arise, to other measures hereaf
ter to be proposed.
The majority of tho committee think that the
cabiuet officers selected by tbo chosen presi
dent of the people by and with the consent of
the senate, the representative body of the sov
ereign states, if certainly the proper successor
to the administration of the government for
the remainder of the term. In conclusion tho
report says:
specis
eming’tbe~pmWentiafiucces*lon7»ml will.
best, put the question in Its presentshape, at rest
until it may be definitely settled by a constitu
tional amendment, or such other means as con
gress may determine.” .
The vote was then taken on the substitute
offered by Hr. McKinley, of Ohio, leaving in
force the present law, with the addition of a
provision that for the purpose of having tho
speaker of the house or representatives in
office continuously, congress shall convene at
12 o’clock m. on the 4th day of March next
succeeding the election of representatives in
congress, and whenever a vacancy exists either
In the offico of president protem of the senate
or speaker of the house, the president shall
convene the house in which tho vacancy ex
ists for the purpose of electing a presiding offi
cer. The substitute was rejected—yeas 10J,
nays 157.
Tbs house wu divided on theie votes by
nut, lines.
Ur. Ryan, of Kansas, moved to recommit
the bill with instruction to the committee to
report tack a joint resolution proposing a con
stitutional amendment providing for tho elec
tion of two or more vice-presidents.
Ur. Everhart, of Pennsylvania, moved to
amend the initrnction so that tho measure
reported back woold devolve tho prcoidontial
succession on the speaker of the honse, the
pieaident protem of senate, the secretary of
state, chief Jostles of the supreme court, secre
tary of tho treasury and attorney genets!, in
the order named. Rejected.
Ur. Ryan’s motion mu also lost.
Tho bill then passed, yeas 163, nan 7D, pre
cisely aa it came from the senate. The nega
tive vote was eastby republicans and by Messrs.
Bennett, of North Carolina, and Ureeu, of Now
Jersey.
The fc
the democrats
or Indiana, Buck, Butl
(illlinger, llocueil, Htftnau* hihmuu, uiKwut,
Hitt, James, Johnson of Now York, Ketchain, La-
Strait. 8 Humble, Swinburne. Byrnes, Wade, Wake-
Odd, Warren of Missouri. and weaver of Nebraska.
On behalf of the committee on presidential
laws, Ur. Caldwell, of Tennessee, called up tho
Hoar presidential succaosioo bill, and as then
were rat few mlnutea of the morning hour re
maining, by n nan [moos consent it was agreed
that the debate should continue during the af
ternoon, Mr. Caldwell reserving the right to
call the previous question at any time. Hr.'
Caldwell stated that the committee In report
ing this measure hsd not dealt with indiffer
ence or disrespect with other proposi
tions before It. There were many
exigencies which the pending measure did not
cover, but th* present exigency it completely
covered. It vns a temporary bridge thrown
across the chasm la order to meet tho public
demand, sad would be followed In due tune by
an enduring structure over which a long Una
of republican and democratic presidents might
march in unbroken succession.
Mr. I’crkins, of Kansas—If tho president
shculddie or be removed, who, under this bill,
would succeed to the office?
Mr. caidartU—The secretary of state.
Mr. Perkins—If, in 1886. the election of last
year should be rtvenei and tho electoral col
lege should meet and should dcsignsto a presi
dent and vice-president, and before their in
auguration they should die or should be as
sassinated, who for four years thereafter would
continue aa president?
Mr. Caldwell— 1 The present secretary of state.
Mr. l’erkfns—If In 1893 tho same should
occur again, who would bo president for
four yean?
Mr. Caldwell—That is only an assumption,
that in 1888 the gap has not heen removed hy
other and better legislation.
Mr. Perkins—Do you believe it is good leg
islation to give any officer power to perpetuate
himself indefinitely in tho executive office.
Mr. CaldwcU—I do not, and I do not under
stand that the bill admits of any such con
struction.
Mr.Cooper. of Ohio, who prepared tho minor
ity report, stated tho reasons which impeUed
him to take a stand against the measure, and
pointed ont the objections which he consider
ed fats! to its utility. He protested against
the general principles of the Dill; against the
idea of vesting in the person who occupied the
preaidont'al chair power to perpetuate tho suc
cession by naming his successor. Ho was
profoundly doubtful of tho constitutionality
of tbo provision which would vest tho presi
dency upon a man appointed by an outgoing
administration. Ho believed it to be In viola
tion, not only of (be spirit and letter of the
constitution, hut of the spirit out of which the
constitution rose, and wasnnwiso legislation,
because it tended to widen tho space between
the president and the people.
Ur. Adams,ofXew York, roao and propound
ed tho queatlon: "Suppose tho secretary of tho
treasury should sneered to tho office of presi
dent and then appointed a
accrtaiy of state, assuming
that a vacancy cxiited, who would bo presi
dent under tlicbill? Would the secretary or state
appointed by tho secretary of the treasury,act
ing as president, after confirmation by
the senate, or would tho secretary of tho treas
ury, acting aa president, hold the office for the
unexpired term and after the secretary of
state qualified?”
“That is tho question which I give ui
plied Mr. Cooper. Continuing, ho said that if
there was defects in tho present law, they
should bo remedied by carefully considered
legislation. What it was worth while for con-
gross to do, was worth doing well. Ho could
too no exigency which required red hot hasto
in passing this measure.
Ur. Scncy, of Ohio, believed that tho pros!
dential succession under tho existing laws was
almost doubtful and uncertain. Ho detailed
difficulties which might arise under tho proa,
ent system and compllcntlonewhlch might bo
thrust upon tho country in the event of there
being no president of the senate and no speak
er or the house at the time of presidential dis
ability. Ho earnestly advocated the passage
of tho pending measure, maintaining that it
would remove many dangers from tho path of
presidential succession.
Mr. Adams, of Illinois, submitted an argu-
mint in opposition to the bill, which ho re-
gardrd as a dangerous ono. Tho powers of tho
S resident were so vast, the splendor of tho of-
rawasso captivating to tho minda of evon
tho wisest of American atatamcn, that the
transfer, even of tho acting presidency from
one man to another, ought not to be permitted
to depend on a state of fact ao hard to define
and so hard to maintain aa ‘'disability.”
Mr. Rowell, of Illinois, characterized the bill
as a crude one, and suggested tbat if the pre
siding officer of tho senate was of tbo samo
party aa tbo executive, there would not be hot
haete to amend a law which had stood for Ot
yeara. He could see no force in tho objection
to tho law; tbat tho presiding officer of the
•enate and tho apeakor of tbo house woro not
United States officers. If they were
not, then there was no legislative
branch of tho federal government But tho
strongest objectien to tho bill, in his opinion,
was that it permitted tho party in power to
perpetuate that power for an indefinite num
ber of years, IS admitted by tho gentleman
from Tenntssee (Caldwell). Nevor before had
American people been presented with such
temptation to crime; such a temptation to Ca
uchy; inch temptation to revolution.
The Silver Debate.
Hr. Beck, submitted for reference to tho
committee on flnanoe, a substitute for Eusto’e
recent resolution, whicb, after a preamblo sim
ilar to tho preamble of Beck’s former ellver
rcsolutson, prhvldos os follows;
Resolved, by tho senate and house of representa
tives, that the secretary ot tho treasury bo, sod bo
is hert-by directed in all payments hereafter made
of Interest on bonds and notes of tho United Btates.
and in the purchase or payment of one per cent of
tho entire
portion in which gold coin end cerutlc.itcs
and silver coin and certlilcalcs were received dur
ing tbo preceding fiscal you for duties on Imported
goods.
Mr. Pugh resumed his remark! on tho Bock
silver resolution. Tho London press, ho said,
had Joined the money kings of onreaitoni
statea in demanding of congress the ansponilon
of silver coinage. They wanted to sweep away
every kind of money hut gold. Then, Indeed,
wc sbonld have no God bnt gold and no king
but the national banks. Silver, Mr. Pugh In
sisted) bad not been treated fairly either by
our public officers or banks, but it had held up
aa well as it did in spite of them. Whenever
silver gets the samo treatment os gold under
the natural laws of supply and
drmsnd, if then It should not hold Its own,
Mr. Pugh would doom the controversy settled,
bnt he had no doubt that silver would come
out right in any ceeo.
Mr. Vance followed. Ho said tho present
attempt of tho monoyed men of the world to
depreciate ellvcr was one oftho grandest con
spiracies ever seen. It was a tyranical and
cruel blow directed at tho common
people of all lands. The banner oftho
attaching party should bear in plain letter*
the words of holy writ; "To him that hath
shall be given and from him that hath not
shall bo taken away even the little that ho
hath,” After considering tho qnoetion of tho
whole amount of monoy in uaejin tho world
Mr. Vance wont on to thow that the growing
commerce and increasing population required
increased money Ikcllities. The increosefrf oar
population, bo laid, was three per cent per an
num, and our manufactures two and one-half
per cent. The mines of the world were yield
ing only one end one-thrd per cent increase o*
the present money enppiy, yet we were told
that we must obliterate titty-four per cent of the
monoy supply, that being the ratio of eilvor in
the world'satock of coin. Tho euceeai of tho
efforts against silver would re
sult in the greatest industrial calamities.
Every species of property would shrink, the
only exceptions to that result bring gold and
debts, which would be increased to the ex
tent to which property would have shrank.
Every public creditor, Mr. Vance arid, took
our sliver dollar gladly, except the only class
that distinctly and solemnly agreed in
writing to take It. But we were
told that silver bad gono down.
In the course of Ms economic reading,
he said, from Moeea to Sunset Cox (laughter),
he had never mot a case so weak as that mado
now by the enemies of silver. He
had heard many eases argued in
school boy clubs and In cross-roads debating
societies; ho had heard pleas mads from the
tail end of gingerbread can, and had read
endieea platitude* iu tbs Congressional Records,
but be bad never met or seen coarser abuaa of
logic, or a feebler attempt to outrage common
sense thsn the argument# used by our bankers,
bond holders and gold mon generally, in the
discussion of this silver question. The rapacity
of avarice, be said, was so repugnant to the
moral sense of mankind that it always sought
to disguise its ugliness by assuming the garb
of virtue. So, the bondholders and bankers
told ustbot they wmuted|s!lvercoinage stopped,
not for their own advantage, oh! no, but for
the sake of the poor working man, whom they
preferred to their own chiefeet Joy.
"Of one thing I can assure them,” Mr. Vance
•aid, "that is, that in this country where the
people rale, stiver is not going to be demone-
tted,”
At two o’clock Hr. Coke called np Hr. Beck’*
•liver resolution snd addressed tho senate on
it He sbowad by statistics that* taking
ninety leading articles of merchandise,there hsd
been an average fell of 96 per cent since
IfeTO, while there had been a fall of only 23
per cent in silver bullion. It was, therefore,
an abase of terms to say that silver had depre
dated. Silver consulate done half the quan
tity of all the coin in tho world, and the stop
page of its coinage would deprive tbo world of
ono half of its coin supply, and would double
the purchasing power of tne other half. This
would be an enormous contraction. The fight
against silver was a fight against the peoplo by
the banks and bondholders. It was a fight
against labor. Had Andrew Jackson been in
the white house at any time sluco 1878, tho
silver question would have been settled. Ho
would nave executed the laws of the United
States, and would have taken by tbs throat tho
conspiracy against those laws. Tho silver
standard had no terrors for Hr. Coke. Ger
many had been a silver country before it had
got to much gold* from Franco; Franco was
one of tho most thrifty nations in the world,
and France had six hundred millions, and
seme said nino hundred million dol-
lars of idlver coin circulating in
harmony with. gold, and side by
side with It. Yet French silver coins were of
a fineness compared to gold of only 151 to one,
while our silver dollars was of the fineness of
10 to one. Give us. said Hr. Coke, tho samo
executive vigor and fidelity exercised by the
officers of tbo French government in behalf of
silver, and we will show that wo can carry
very much more silver than wo now havo. Tho
coinage of silver should bo free, as was the
coinage of gold.
Hr. Brown called up Blr. Beck’s sliver reso
lution, and addressed the senate on it. It
would be unwise, he said, and uiriuat to tho
people to suspend tho coinage of silver at pres
ent. So far as tho bondholders woro con
cerned, tho medium in which they were to be
paid had not been left in doubt, but had been
nominated in the bond. They wero to be paid
iu lawful money of tho United States. At tho
time of tho contract greenbacks were tbo law
ful money of the United States nud almost tho
ouly currency. The bondholders, however,
many of whom had paid In silver only <10 or .50
cents on tho dollar for their bonds, soon went
systematically to work to increase the value of
their, demands against tho government
“Coin” meant gold or silver. But not
yet satisfied, they soon had tho pleasure of
seeing tho refunding act of 1870 passed, which
prescribed tbat tho new bonds should bo paid
in coin of tlicir standard value—tho samo
standard as that of today.
As to the accumulation of silver dollars In
tho treasure, Mr. Brown insisted that it was
tbo duty of tho secretary of the treasury to
pay them out to public creditors whouover
anything was due, and if that did not dispose
of them, ho should call in enough bonds on
whicb the people aro paying interest to absorb
the silver dollars, and so stop the interest pay
ments. If tho national banks
attempt to practically demonetize sil
ver/’ said Hr. Brown in conclusion, “and if tho
officers who represent the people in tho different
departments of tho government will not take
the matter in hand, then tho people at thoir
recurring elections should tako it in hand and
fill all the departments of the government
with men who will apply a corrective and
forfeit the charters of such banka as abuse thoir
privileges.”
At tho conclusion of Mr. Maxey’s remarks,
the judicial salary bill was laid before tho sen
ate. Ono of tho sections of tho bill provides
that no person related within the degreo of
first cousin to a judge of the United States court,
shall be appointed by such judge to any posi
tion in his court, snd tbat persons so related
who now hold such oflice shall uot continue in
office after six months from tho passage of tho
act.
Some discussion arose on the last clause—
which would legislate out of oflioo relatives
now in office. Mr. Edmunds wan willing that
such appointment* should uot bo mado in fu
ture, but thought it would work great hardship
and injustice to legislaae outof office men who,
by experience and training, had come to be,
perba]«, the most efficient and (frpsblo persons
who could be found to fill offices, The clause,
too, in Mr. Edmunds’* belief, was retroactive
ano therefore objectionable on that account.
He moved to striko out tho clause tbat would
affect persons at present In office.
Washington News*
Washington, January 11.—[Special.]—“Talk
about the new'rules expediting business,”sai(l a
member of congress yesterday; “I havo never
known congress so late in getting down to
work. Jt met six weeks ago today, and almost
nothing has been done. I anticipate a very
loag session.”«
Four day’s rest since tho announcement of
the committees has had s' pacific effect. Som *
of those who thought they wero treated badly
havo bccomo resigned, if not reconciled. Oth
ers are quietly waiting for a chance
to “get even” with the influence
to which they attribute their misfortunes. The
discontent rises to about the average degree.
The task of arranging 32.5 members and eight
territorial delegates could uover be accom
plished to tho satisfaction of all tho parties
concerned.
The Washington Poet, which la understood
to speak for Hr. Morrison, has an editorial this
morning announcing tbat the ways and means
committee was constituted with a view to tho
thorough revision of the tariff, and that it
would begin preparations of a bill tothat effect
at once.
Thu Star, this afternoon, referring to tho
claim of the extreme low tariff democrats, that
tho triumph of their policy will strengthen
their party in the west, utters this note of
warning:
It will not do, however, for them to Ignoro tho
jroads which the protective policy has r
made in some of tho southern Mato*. Hot
the south hs* been *s solid fur low tariff aa on tho
sectional Dime. Hut tho development oftho man
ufacturing and mining resources of tbat section
has modified local views until, In some regions, a
strong protection interest prevails, and this fooling
seems to bo extending. Hence, it is taking too
much for granted to assume that tho south would
throw its solid vote for a specifically low tariff
democratic party.
Hr. Hammond succeeded in passing today
his bill amending section six hundred
and forty-three, of the revised
statutes, regulating the transfer of
criminal cases from state courts to federal
courts. Tho bill provides that tho
criminal prosecution of United
Btates official 1 brought in state
courts shall not be transferred before the in
dictment is found. Judge Ersklne, in tho
O’Gndy esse, from Gilmer county, held that
it could not be transferred until an indictment
had been found in the atato court, but Justice
Woods, when circuit judge, reversod this rul
ing in the case of the Campbell county rioters,
and Judge Pardee took the same position in a
case brought from Gwinnett county. Theso
decision* have caused much trouble by allow
ing the transfer of criminal prosecutions from
state courts before indictment. In the federal
Senator Beck walked into the office of Post
master-General Vilas this morning boiling
over. Mr. Beck had recommended a man for
postmaster at Paris, Ky. t and had loomed that
the postmaster-general was disinclined to ap
point him, because he was over seventy years
•Id. Mr. Beck was redhot and relievod him
self by a burst of indignation against the ad
ministration. Ha declared that he had come
to the conclusion that oil that was needed
to damn an applicant under
this regime wu bia Indorsement
and he tola the poetmuter-gcnerol very plain
ly that he was sick and tired of such treat
ment. Mr. Vilas tried to pacify the into
Kentuckian, bat did not succeed, snd Hr.
Beck left, u Paul started to Damascus, breath
ing out wrath and threatening*.
A MISSOURI BKEKZE.
A stir has been caused in the Missouri congres
sional delegation by the publication of a letter
writen by one of its members, but never in
tended for print.
Senator Cockrell’s term will expire next
year. Among the aspirants for his scat is Con-
«rcum*n James N. Burner, of fit. Joseph.
Mr. Burnes is ono of
richest men in the state.
It#* fa a banker and the owner of the 8t. Joe
Gazette. Moreover ho is a man of admitted
ability and of fine education. Recently his
paper opened fire on Senator Cockrell. In a
series of finely written editorials it has boon
asking his retirement from the senate, mainly
on the ground that Missouri should be repre
sented there by a bigger man.
The senators friends in Washington havo
been busy in looking np Hr. Barnes’s political
record, and they found the letter which has
J. M. HIGH,
he Regulator and Controller of low Price*,
Will mall Minplm of all eta**** of Dry
flood*, and pay exprr**age on all orders
bove 910.00. Yoo will *av« money and gat
better variety to select from by writing n«
about wbat you want and getting oar tram
ples. Tho largest stock la Atlanta and tho
acknowledged lowest prices. 46 and 46
Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga.
Mention this paper. wky
iWHUi bibi wc; tvuuu wia sutuii nuiui ass—
crested the sensation. It bears date April
S3dJ 1883, and is addressed to Frank Hatton,
then first assistant postmaster general. In it
Mr. Burnes *asks that Hatton allow him to
control the postal patronage in hit district,and
says that he recognizes the fact that republi
cans are bettor fitted to fill such offices than
democrats. He promises Hatton reciprocal
favors, etc. The letter has already appeared
in the Cockrell papers in Miraouri. accompan
ied by rather caustic comment on Mr. Burnes,
who is frequently alluded to in these editorials
as “Slippery Jim.” He never had any chance
to beat Senator Cockrell, but it Is said that
thia letter will make hla hold on a soat iu the
lower house very shaky.
Hr. Burnes was a republican after the war
until in 1870 he came over to the democrats
and supported Grata Brown for governor. Ho
Is serving his second term in congress.
Senator Cockrell is sure of re-election. His
immense personal acquaintance through tho
state, under the direction of his fiuo organiz
ing capacity and cuthuscd by the record of
bis clean sud industrious career for eloven
yenrs in the senate will make him inviucibio
in the coming contest.
Washington, January 13.—There Is some
quiet talk among New Kugland men bore
about bringing out fleorgo Frisbio Hoar as a
candidate for president in 1888. Tho Now
Englanders who were at tlrat Inclined to look
favorably upon the caudidacy of Air. Evarts
have ccHM-d to regard tho New York senator
aa a pcasibility since that unfortunate Boston
speech cii the silver question. It is said that
Mr. Hoar himself, who was upto a late date an
Evarts man, has dropped his respected relative
and become a Hoar man.
Mr. Hoar will bo warmly supported by tho
Massachusetts delegation, lea by Governor
Robinson and cx-Uovornor Long, If ho wero
elected president his term as senator, by a
happy coincidence, would expiro on tho day
before ho would lie compelled to tako tho oatli
of office.
Washington. January 14.—Statement that
President Cleveland has determined that no
answers shall ho given to requests from tho
senate for information ns to reasons for re
moval* or suspensions from office is author!-
tively denied. No such request has yet been
addressed to tho president by the senate.
Washington. January 10.—Miss'.Kata Bay
ard, eldest daughter oftho aecntary ot state,
died suddenly about three o’clock this after
noon. The reception at the white houso was
impended immediately upon therocelpt of the
news of her death. Miss Bayard died at her
home just as she was starting to tho white
houic to attend Hiss Cleveland's reception.
Miss Bayard had accepted an invitation to
assist Misa Cleveland at her reception thia af
ternoon, and that lady and her guests, Mrs.
Utley and Mira Lovo, who were also to assiat
at the reception, wero waiting Miss Bayard’s
arrival when they received the news of her
death. It was just about five minutes to three
o’clock and the reception was to begin at that
hour. The marine band waa stationed in tho
main vestibule and the leader was conversing
with Colonel J. M. Wilson with regard to play
ing a tune as a signal for tho opening of tho
reception. Many callers hod already arrived
and wero waiting for tho doors of tho bluo
room to bo thrown open. Tho nrosldont was
engaged in convorsatson with n visitor
in tho library, and Mira Cleve
land and her guests wero chatting
with Colonel Lamont in tho parlor on tho sec
ond floor, prior to descending to tho bluo room
where the reception was to take place/ Tho
absence of Miss Bayard waa commented on aa
singular, as she waa usually very prompt in
such matters and waa momentarily expootod
to arrive. Whilo they were wondering at her
daisy, a messenger notified Colonel Lamont
that Harry Bryan, private secretary to Secre
tary Bayard, was in his office and had “some
thing important” to communicate to the presi
dent. Colonel Lamont excused himself and
went to seo Mr Bryan. That gentleman in
formed him tbat Miss Bayard was dead and
that Secretary Bayard bad instructed' him to
communicate the met to tho prosidont* Col
onel Lamont at onco informed tho president,
who was very much shocked at the unexpect
ed intelligence, and the two gentlemen Joined
the ladiea and announced the sudden
death of their friend. Orders wero at onco
Issued to close the house. Tho band
was dismissed, and peoplo In waiting were no
tilled that tho reception had been postponed
Ushers wero stationed at tho main door and
tho carriago entranco to inform all callers that
the houso was closed for tho day. Tho news
spread quickly through tho city, and univorsal
regret was expressed at tho sad occurrence.
The president, upon receipt of the measago
from Secretary Bayard announcing tho death
of his daughter, recalled tho invitations to
dinner which he hsd intended to givo Monday
evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Erastus
Corning.
The Immediate caura of Misa Bayard's death
was disease of the heart. She had been
troubled with weakness of tbat organ and bad
been treated by the family physician at Inter
vals, for several years. At the reception at
her father’s house last night It was reoiarkod
tbat Bliss Iluyanl was unnsally bright and
taxed hem if to the utmost to entertain tho
guests. Tho young lady retired about one
o’clock last night, expressing a wish to bo left
undisturbed till noon. Between one and two
o’clock this afternoon a younger sister endeav
ored to awaken her, and struck by the poculisr
expression of her face, called for assistance.
As soon aa the family recovered from tho con
fttcrnatlon into which It bad been thrown,
physicians were summoned, and powerful res
toratives, including electricity, ware applied,
TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
A Houston, Texas; correspondent of tbo New
York Snn expresses surprise at finding himself
in a state whero the governor’s message has to
be printed In foar languages. He gives tho
following sketch of life in Houston:
The Mexicans Mattered throughout tho towns
are thrifty and industrious, amt generally quiet and
well behaved. They can live ou a mere pittance,
and are contented as long as they can have their
cigarette* and coffee. Many of them earn their
living by waking and wiling ”T*unites“ amt
“Chile con carne." two modes of preparing meat
which aro appetizing in tho extreme. They m*nu<
faclure, too, a delicious candy—“nucccs Dulces”-
out of pecans and sugar, which they soil upon th«
street and from door todoor. Their homes and habit*
are rich In the picturesque, and would
somo rare subjects for the painter’s art.
Dutch masters would have loved to pc
this scene: A low-roofed wooden shauL,
Inc table, and long bench, on which sot three no-
itakfiq ....
ESI
laud ruddy-haired, showing his Irish
.—• *—•--- «- third a French
•latter of “Chile
— . 10 Mexican host
—tall, dark, dignified and grave, yet watchful
They — r — ——* n —-
t loud; one s typical American, tho 1
Canadian. Each has a steaming pi
con carne.” Behind him stands tfu
", dark, dignified and grave, /«• w*v
„ are four perfectly contrasting types. Over
them Kicker the dim rayscasthy an ml lamp, deep-
eningtho shadows, throwing half lights Into tbo
obscurity of the corners A tiny halrlras Mexican
dog sits motionless on the door step, while the
sign, written In both English and Spanish, swings
rreaklugly above his head. Outside the darkness
Is pierced by longshafts of colored light that stream
through tho stained windows oftho Jowlsh temple
and by tho palo glimmer of a lamp in thostroot
car waiting at a switch.
Father Bktth, in his funeral service over
the dead priest, Fardlne, In Kansas City, said:
The reputation of a priest Is like a woman's. A
slander may be small, but only utter It and tho dogs
of to&iidal lick up blood. A cowardly slanderer
will overlook a physician and lawyer to get at a
priest, because he is defenseless. Who but a
dastardly ncwspaiwr or a coward would attack a
defenseless priest? A priest Is favorite prey for
such vultures. You who are strong resent tho Im
putation that you would striko a man who Li
weaker than yourself. You strike ono weaker than
yourself when you striko a priest. Ono coward is
no more dcspieablo than the other.
There aro somo abnormally sharp yoang
men up north. Hero is an Instance. A young
New Englander landed In New York with
nothing but his carpet bag and a license to
practice law. Au old lady toll on him in tbo
street breskiug his arm. Tho cause of tho
disaster took him to her house, nursed him
and insisted on hta taking a vacant room
and becoming a member of
the family. Tho yonng man remained In his
pleasant quarters, ojmned a law offico and be
gan to mako money. There wero two daugh
ters at the house, both very plain. The older
had a little fortune of $14,000, and tho lawyer
engaged himself to her with tho mother’s con
sent. After awhllo ho mado mon
ey so rapidly that ho laid hU
plans to leave tho house and cut the acquaint
ance oftho flitn By. Just then tho younger
daughter inherited $100,000. The lawyer paid
court to her and they became engaged secretly.
One day tbo old lady was on lior death-bod
snd urged an immediate marriage.
Tho young rascal hurried off,
secured a license and a preacher
and returned. When everything was ready
the bridegroom without a word joined hands
with tho younger daughter. Too ccrcmonv
waa over Mforo the other girl fonnd volco 1
protested. The dyf
occurred and went
but in vain. Phyiiclaaa expressed theopinion
that Miss Bayard had been dead for soveral
hours, when the attempt waa mado to awaken
her. Tho interment will take place, proba
bly, on Tuesday next, at Wilmington, Del.,
where Secretary Bayard’s parents aro interred.
The newa of Misa Bayard’s sudden death
caused a profound sensation throughout the
city, and for time and in tho absence of any
definite details, a number of wild rumors were
circulated. Tho frets, however, aa stated
above, are from an unquestionable source.
THE PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION.
Washington, January 14.—'Tho president
gave bla lint state dinner of tho season this
evening in honor of his cabinet. The white
honse waa tastefully arranged and presented a
brilliant appearance. The east room and par
lors adjoining the state dining room woro
lined with tropical plants, and tho mantels
were banked with choice flowers. The princi
pal decoration of the dinner table was an im
mense floral ship of state,which was surround
ed by many smaller floral pieces of different
designs. One of the oldest attaches of tho
house said the table had never presented •
more beautifal appearance. The marine band
waa stationed In the main vestibule and dis
coursed sweet mnsio during the dinner. One
reform instituted by tho band waa the omission
of "Hail to tho Chief,” from its repertoire for
the evening. This was dona out of reenact to
the president, who la said to bo very tired of
that tune.
Consumption Cured.
An old physician, retired from practice, hav
ing had placed In hla hands by an East India
missionary the formula of a ausplo vegetable
remedy for the apeedy and permanent euro of
consumption, bronchitis, catarrh, asthma, and
all tbront and lung affections, also a positive
and radical cure for nervous debility and all
nervous complaints, after having tested ite
wonderful curative powers In thousands of
cases, has felt it his duty to make it known to
bis suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive
and a desire to relieve human tufferiug, I will
send free of charge to all who desire it, this re
ceipt in German, French and English, with full
direction! for preparing and using. Sent by
mail by addressing with stamp, naming thw
paper. W. A. Noyes, 149 Power’s Black, Roche*-
era.
Kill Week’s Constitution will bo th. Dos*
over IsMCd— itqh sad Interesting. Don’t
lnh.lt. Subscribeat ones.
A minks report, tbat in British Columbia
h.discovered,* deserted town, llo found*
billiard saloon, store., and dwellings. Every
thing wu left just u it wu when th. Inhab
itants departed. Tbs postofflcc wu stocked
with letters bearing data 1858. Who were
these people, and why did the, deaert their
homo, earning off nothing with them?
These questions, wilt perhaps, never bo an
swered. It Is a tantalising mystery.
Tint Fall Kail Gazette gives an Intonating
summary of a paper read before a London an-
dfooco by Dr. Alice Vickery, dealing with tho
rate of mortality between different classes.
The following abstract Is Aril of suggest!vo
points: Tho mean age of death among tho
richer classes in England and Wales appeared
to ho at preaent extremely high—namely, 55
yean; among tho general population It wu
41 lut yur; among tbo artisan olasaea of
Lambeth two or three yean ago it wu only
381 years, which gave SB years more of llfo to
the richer classes than to tho poorer. Com
paring variousdlstrictaof London In tlm second
quarter of the present ycer, she shosrod that
the wealthy perish of tit. (leorgo’s, .Hanover
square, with 88,000 inhabitants, had a death
rate of only 17 per 1,000 per annum, and a
birth rate of only 16 pur 1,000, while St.
George's-ln-tlio-East, with 40,000 Inhabitants,
bad a death rato of 351_per 1,000 and
a similar birth rate. Tula wu bet
ter undentood when we turned that the death
rate of children In the former parish tho Bnt
yur of llfo wu 118 per 1,000 and tho latter
parish 345 per 1,000. Again, comparing com
fortable Hampstead with Its 50,000 well fed
Inhabitants, with poor Bethnal Green, with
Ite 137,000 Inhabitants, the duth rate In tbo
former was 13) per 1.000 against 88 per 1,000
In the latter. Tho birth rate of Hampstead
wu 33, while that of Bethnal Green was 30.
Of 1,000 children born In Hampstead only 05
died in Infancy, u against 151 in Bethnal
Green. Again, comparing St. James's, West
minster, with 88,000 Inhabitants, with White-
chapel, with 03.000 inhabitant!, tho death rate
wu 18), u against 38), snd tho birth rato wu
OUR KNOW LEDGE-BOX.
Mro to rak—provided the questions are of special or
general interest. Answers may be delayed tat a
Subscriber, Meridian, Miss.: Please name a few
women Inventors, It there are any.
Mrs. Burton Invented the Burton horse shoo
machine, Mrs. Mary E. Waltren perfected a system
for deadening the sound of elevated railroads, Mrs.
A. H. Manning invented a mowing and reaping
machine, and Mrs. Mather Improved tbo deep sea
teleocone. There are American ladies. England
furnished quite a number of woman Inventors.
8ut*c»lbef, BlackvIllcJsTc.: Please explain the
origin and meaning of tho phrase “by hook or
crook.”
There
the phrase. Theo
several sentence* which would seem to make tbo
phrase originate In an old forest Jaw that allowed
the fpoor tenantry to pick up what sticks they#
found on the ground, and also such dead or broken
branches aa they could pull down with their crooks.
Another explanation is that the phrase referrs to
Another explanation Is that the phrase referr* to
the hook which tramps carry about and tho crook
which la the bishop’s crosier.. To get a thing by
latter as the origin of the phrase.
Editors Constitution : In a letter recently
received by me from a manufacturing firm contem
plating a removal of their “plant” and business to
Georgia, Is the following expression: “It la an old
adage that ’the place to mako money is where there
Is money.' If there Is business there, and a climate
aa healthy as yea say there Is, wby aro lands so
cheap?” You have not the space, and I have not
the time to answer this as frilly as can easily bo
done; but I ask space to show why Georgia wav
termed “the empire state of tho south” long ago.
before her lands were so cheap; and to show that
the land per so is as valuable, I. e. as productive
now as then. Emancipation cost in money over a
thousand millions of dollars.
Abstract that sum from the working capital of a
population of eight millions, anywhere In tho
Utilted states, and tho question, “why aro the
lands ro cheap?” is quickly answered. The same
result would cause dear money; amt agriculture,
— the production of raw materiaD,
•where on earth, can prosper so
ng aa circumstance* forth tho producer*
pay from twenty to sixty per cent Interest for
money or “supplies bought on time.”
The land has madoaa much as ft did beforo tho
war, but middlemen and usurers havo reaped the
until, rhu ninny mine iHt iiiuimi, wiu iirmii
I asked the same question, “wby are your lands
cheap If Urey have any valuer It may serve a
good purpose to go bock to M68, and show tbo
status of affrlr* when Georgia farmer* were prosper-
ons, and the planter* and tanners were the capital-
. In a speech by Mr. Stephens Jn congress In 1480,
he uied the tallowing statistical fkctsrT had occas
ion some time since to look a llttlo Into the sta-
the state of Ohio, because It wsa
of the north—styled tho
tg to tho census return*
*—i,»61,4OT
—-J*
ono of the moat
giant of the ~
In 1860. Ohl
sere*. Georgia hsdi __—„„
value of the Georgia land, so improved and under
culture was t90.763,44&, while the cash value oftho
Ohio lands was returned aa , t36M,768,d03.
Ohio had nearly one-third more
land In a state of. Improvement
than Georgia had. and returned more than threo
times the cash value of Georgia lands. The whole
‘OhIowssl,9N0,l3tf,th«wholenopu1a-
hitoand black, was 906,1% The
^therefore, was more that doublo
han double’ln number* worked 1 ono°th!nl more
and. worth more than three times that of Georgia.
It might not be surprising, therefore, to seoncr
agricultural products greatly exceeding those ot
(Jcorala._But how stand tho tacts? Ohio produced
Vbfl
,«6 bushels at ao cents
at 60 ccnts.....Nra. • • mi
hutl,
k\vl .
llun corn,
SffieM bushels at fio cent*
>als, In,4W,742 Imahola at 25 rent*
reas and Beans, «uw bushels at 91.S?
Irish l*ol*toes,6 067.7W bushel* at 40 cents
I Hwcct Potatoes, 187,991 bushels at 60 cents
M^aMdM||ja|ipotin<U at 7 cents
bushels at St ......
Imdsat loccnti
|Q bushel* at 71 ccntij
nt Grouts.J ■!
8,308,182
CO,tea
2,021,107
731^811
412,748
44,693
141,660
vv m jcj, cao ■Kansan mj. stun ,nu Mil a IS iiiiu rasas
20, ts agalnct 34, bnt tho infantilo death rato
1ret IDS In Ht. Janos’s; ssanliut808ln White-
Hi.pel. Dr, Vickery concluded by soma re.
mark, on theavllsofan oxcmsIvo birth rata;
and sbo looked forward to the time when log-
illation repreadve of early marriaft* would
do aomcthln, to reduce It.
Colonel Gurxxb, a merchant of Dallam
Texas, who was ono of Emperor Maximilian's
trusted friends in Mexico, 1*7. that the mon
the emperor did tho moct for proved to bo tho
doia that bit him moot brutally. Thera was
the traitor Lopes. He waa a brat, without
any of th. Instincts of chivalry. Ill* hone
was shot under him In battle and a cavalry sol
dier dashed through a heavy Are to hta nllaf.
Tropes Jumped Into tho soldier’s saddle and
both rade off on tho horse. Finding tho
wright too heavy, and to hasten hta retreat,
th* scoundrel (hot the soldier who had rtakod
hta life to eava him. Th* act was reported to
Maximilian, bnt ha refined to brilevo It.
The people In the neighborhood of Leba
non, Oregon, havo for aoma timo bran ex
cited over the appearance la their midst of a
horrible nondescript, suppored to be a savage
beast of soma unknown specie*. Last week a
party wasorganltcd ;to hnnt tho mysterioua
brute down. Finally tho hunter* fonnd a wild
man, perfectly naked, and aa hairy aa a
bear. When approached he waa eating
raw venison. He ted swiftly over tho hills;
but wss captured and brought to town. After
a long Investigation the unfortunate man waa
found to he one John McIntyre, who became
insane about four yean ago and ran away
from home.
H*yob Hmith, of Philadelphia, has been pre
sented with a pair of tronocn; made of saven-
ty-8re different colored patehea and weighing
twenty pounds. A note accompanying the
gift contained the following daaeription:
"Three pants were fifty-two year* In actual
aervlce by a North Carolina colored gentleman
by tbenameofHam William^ better known
In hla country aa 'Father Hem,’ who b now at
the ripe old age of one bnndnd and right
yrars, and .till able to walk around’ Father
of twenty-three children, all living, th* aidant
bring ninety-one years; ninety-four grand
children. He was a stars for sixty-four
years. These were hta wedding
pants; snd six of hta sons
wore the same pant* for welding pant*. They
highly prised by the old gent and hla chlf-
—a. They were ssnt to me by a friend, who
bad to deposit ISO a* a guana ten of their bring
returned. They were In actual wear thirty-
two year*, and bnvajxeu on exhibition for the
Thtallat Includes erey agricultural product In
Ohio, except hay, which Is omitted because, In
(leorgla, there Is no return for fodder, which In
that .late answers tho uni patjwc of hay In
Ohio, sa food for stock. Tho quantity of each
product produced Is given rrom the census tables.
Tho values run out aro such aa *n hollered to bo
tho usual average values of tho products and tho
esUmota Is believed to bo a fair ono. Now let us
take up the return* for Orontl*. snd place upon
them a like nil mated average value.
Wheat, bushels at il.oo...™ A 1,081,514
Indira core, nooaoowbtuhcli at so cents.. l5,oti,otii
I bushels at met*,
nhota at 50 eta—
rlsstf J7k; oenta. I,«B^lg
ranesugar, 1,013 hogsheads! 1,000tba)at
0 rents. - - »8AM
flotaaaea, 215,100 sallona at 35 cents. M.«7
‘ c — K1H
Thin
hrchsrd.produriijjfjnoney vjjj!£»!"—
Harden, products of mousy v
An amount, ao far from (kith
without extending
lngunderth«ofold
I, actually exceeds
Subscriber, Opelika, Ala.: What b the beet
remedy for frost-bitten (bet?
An application of turpentine ointment ts recom
mended by those who havo tried IL
••Zero” and "Fahr.”
Subscriber, Morgantown, N. Cj Pleas* tell
ms something of (he origin snd meaning of tbo ex
pression! "Z*ro” and "fahr.” ^ _
Zero on tbs common thermometer, Uko th* fane!-
.Jl namre on the constellations, ta an Instance of
tb* way wist aran's srron are made immortal by
8^hXra.^rrirm.& to .“*p.,«
like ‘Sixty degree!
Fahr.,”lho abbreviation “Fahr.” standi for Pah-
re n he It, a Prussian merchant of Dantile, on tho
shores ot tbs Baltic sea. Ills foil name was Uabrlcl
Daniel Fahrenheit. From a troy bo wu a
dost observer of nature; and when only nine
teen yean of age, In tho remarkably cold winter
of IW», bo experimented with snow and salt to
gether, snd noticed that It produced a degreo of
cold equal to the coldest dey of that year. Aithr
day waa the coldest the otdast Inhabitant could r
When A Neolected Cold develops, aeon-
slant Cough, shortness of breath and wasting
of flesh, you may be sure that the lungs on
aerlously threatened, and that a prompt treat
ment is demanded. lbs tor Jayne’s Kxpc to-
I rant la thoroughly adapted to speedily cure all
past twenty yean. They hava been across the I Coughs and Colds, and is an effective medicine
ocean four times, and on exhibition In *U
latg* cities of the United States.
the I In the primary stages of Consumption and
I Bronchitis.