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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.