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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION" ATLANTA, GA, TUESDAY APRIL 13 1886. V» CONGRESS, Proceedings of the Two Houses Last Week. With the President and His Ad* vlsers—General News. The republican! force the eecUonel ieiuc at every point. The “bloody ehirt” though If led them to defeat, ia etlll their favorite flag. Senator Conger waved it fiercely on the army bill, which waa defeated became of hie lnaane abuae of the aoutb. Bead what he haa to My. ’ The tariff bill will probably come up next week. The Senate. Washington, April 8.—In the aenete. Ur. Plumb presented the petition of an association of colored eltlzena of Kansas praying for as sistance to emigrate to Africa with the view of there building up another United States re public. Ur. Plumb aaid ho understood there waaa strong determination on the part o'the petitioners to carry ont the emigration ra ferred to. Referred. Ur. Blair reported favorably, wlthoit amendment, from the committee on education and labor, the arbitration bill recently passed by the house of representative. Washington, April 10.—In the senate, at li30 o’clock, the Washington territory ad mission bill was passed without substantial amendment: tcu 30. ntn 13* The negative votes were all democratic, among them being that of Mr. Hearat, whom first vote was cut on this bill. The senate then adjourned until Monday. The flonae. Washington, April B.—In the house the speaker snueunced the unfinished bnaioess to he the motion submitted by Mr. Eldredge, of Michigan, on the first Monday ia March, to ■upend the rales and pass the MezCcaa pen- tioil bill. The motion to suspend the rales and piss the bill was agreed to—yew 158, nays 6S. The text of the bill oroTides— . That the secretary of the interior be, and he is . hereby, authorized and directed to place Uto names of all turrivivg officers, soldiers and tailors who enlisted and served In tho war with Mexico for any period during the year* of 1815, into, 1817 and . IMS, and wero honorably discharged, and their ■unrlvlog widows, on the pension roll, at the rato of 98 per month, from and after the passage of this act, during their lives. Representative Herbert introduced s reso lution to appropriate $300,000 to be immedl utely uvaileble to be expended under the di< rtetion of the secretory of war in tha pure hare and diatrjlmtlon of subsistence atorea nnd ether necraaaiy articles to aid in tho relief of destitute persons in the ovsriiowod districts of A abama. The bill or Ur. Her bert for three hundred thousand dollars to Alabama sufferers was objected to in the house today by Mr. Beach, of New York, and has little chance of paaaing. Mr. Hammond, of Georgia, attempted to get the appropriations committee to recommend ouo hundred and fifty thousand dollar* for flood-sufferers in Georgia,but the committee declined to do so on the ground that no aid had been asked by tho people in the flooded sections of the state. Washington, April 5.—In the contested election caso of Campbell vs. Wesvsr, of the Oth low* district, the house elections com mittee tedny decided, by a party vote, In favor of Weaver, the sitting member. Ur. Forney, of Alabama, reported from the committee on appropriations the |oint resolu tion introduced by Ur. Herbert, miking an appropriation for the relief of the sufferere by the Alabama floods. The committee roeom- n ended an appropriation of $150,000, instead of $300,000, as provided in the original retain' tion, Talk on the Tariff. Now that the silver question it disposed of as far uthehouae is concerned, tho tariff is ex pected to be the next matter to oecnpy tho ab ed until finally disposed of. From the moment the bill is report ed to the final vote, there will be ■ sh ir contest over this bill, A long debate on it ia osrtaln, and at itsconclualon Ur. McKinley, of Ohio, one of the leading republicans on the ways and mean* committee, will move to strike out the enacting clause. Mr. Beed, of Maine, also of the committee, was asked today if he thought tho bill would pass. He replied that ho didn’t know and didn’t care. The hill in a mild form which the committee have finally agreed on, will be much stronger than Mr. Morrison’s original measure would have been, but it wlllstillbave carious trouble. The Ohio democrats will vote solidly against it, bscuuse it puts wool on the free list. Bandatl's position is undelied. He declines to say what he will do, and will take position only after tho bill comes up for con' old ora tion. Washington. April 11.—Chairman Morri son and Mr* Hewitt, of the committee on wavs and mean*, completed the report of tho majority of the committee to ecoompany the • tariff bill, which will bo reported to thohoi ■ tomorrow. Tho report aayi: The rate of duty or tax on Imported goods sub ject to duty is as low as 6 on some and higher than 200 per cent on others. The average rate for tho fiscal pear 1885-a little exceeded 47per cent, on the 9100 worth of imported goods. Thfe la the blgheet *- my year since 1868, and above the av* r the war period from U02 to 1M& The for the fiscal year 1895, lnctud- _ and the legal requirements of the , were 9903,K»,m Neither the actual "economical administration of tho oas an- may safely » the pro- people Justify any increase] nuai expenditure, and ■■ Ultimate tho anntlnl surnluv 1X0,000, 000. The reductions to result frratliepro? joicd bill are within this estimated surplus, and e UUle exceed 24,OOOJOOJin tbebaala of last yean Im portation*. It Is tho purpose of tho bill reported to correct some of the ciusifllc*tloai,to rid the custom laws ot complications, aod 10 chahge these laws the the better that they will be capable ot being ad ministered with Impartiality to all our merchants. The duties Intended to be removed by the bill are chiefly Utoee which tax articles used by oar own manufactories, which now subject them to hope- leas competition at home and abroad with mauu- urlng nations, which do not tax inch materials, thus securing markets for the products of the hands now Idle for want of work to da Some of tnc ma terials upon which the great Industries are built, aueb^u wood, salt, hemp and wool, an placed on Tho report give* at considerable length the reasons of the majority for making the above named articles free, and lay* that in somo of tbs schedules wherein rata* are proposed to bo reduced, especially wooden and Saxhornp, jute or linens, the industries are left with substan- tlaily the game, if not greater, advantage* thin under existing laws. Other article*, the rate* on which an oo to be reduced, al cotton yarn*, thread and coarser cotton doth* and an gar, are now dutiable at unnceMarUy and unreasona bly high rates. Thu* will find compensation in the burdens of taxation sought to be re moved for redactions fer greater than any pro- pond by the MU. We get from duties on cot ton good* $10,1100,000. 'Die rate* on good* upon which we collect are $2,100,000. Of thaw $10,- 000,000 are slightly reduced, while rate, on which we collect the other $8^800,400 are on- changed. Sugar, with the present lew price, U left at a high bat still revenue rate equivalent to SB per centmu. At the present high rate we collect on sugar more than one fourth of *11 the revenue derived from customs. With the still existing high, if not unwsmnteblo scale of ordinary expenditures, and the one-half of the money obligations of the Iste civil wsr. yet to be paid a high rate of taxation must be long maintained, end in sob- mlttlngtbe proponed bill affecting the cost of shelter of a part of the food tad of all the clothing of the people, it has been the effort of E committee to adopt such rates of texa- aa will be permanent, end >d to be disturbed by an anf< I emergency, and at the same empt the necessary articles from taxi thereby promote nomoitki Industrial. . The report of the repnbiicen i Which has been prepend hr Bspreaentatlve McKinley, of Ohio, begins with the statement that the substitute agreed upon by the major ity Is a new creation, ana embodiei little matter that was Included In the original biU, as introduced by the chairman. Tee majority ament that in the year 1885, the average rate of doty upon Imported goods e little ex ceeded 47 per cent, but thia only ran tea that tha prices and values were unusually low, uni furnishes no Justification for this hill. The “unfriendly blow" dealt the wo ilgrow- ere ia condemnedin the strongest terms, and the report rays they are to be the first vio- timsof British policy through thenxeacy of the Amtricrn congress. Tho minority Insist that the true method of levying duties upon imports to raise the requisite revenues for the government is to impose them upon imported articles which compete with the products of our otvn industries and labor, and, while such duties trill secure the necessary revenues, they will at the same rime encourage home productions, create a home market, land furnish employment for American work ingmen without increasing the burdens of the people. All articles, other than luxuries, not produced in the United States, except in case of great national necessity, should be admitted duly - free. The bill recognises nojust principle, and procaeds upon no system of equitable revision or re duction of the tariff, it singles out a group The Telephone Investigation. Washington, April 7.—General Joseph E. Johnston, commissioner of railroads, waa ex smlned by the telephone lnreetigatlng com mittee today. He aaid he waa one of the orig Inal aix stockholders in the Pan Electric com- pany, and had Joined that comnany uoou lnvi- fallen of Senator Harris. He repeated the atory of the organisation as told by Messrs. Harris, Yonng and others, and added nothing of consequence to the stock of information heretofore gained during the investigation. The witness was veiy sure the idea of using official influence to further the interests of the company had never been thought of by his aeaociates. Witness was surprised to hear that bis name appeared as indorser of Dr. Rogers's application for offico of assistant attorney in one of tha departments, as he did not know that the doctor was a lawyer. The Pan-Electric company bad never made an ap. plication to hare the government bring- suits, and witness had never had any consultation with his associates upon the subject. Wltnem had never heard, until the subject had been mentioned by Banney, that Garland and Harria bad written professional opinions teaching the validity of the patents. He saw now that tha opinions of bis associates as to the vatae of the Rogers patent were highly extravagant. A Southern Member Want* Spoils. In the morning hourthe boose resumed con sideration ot the bill to secure an equitable classification and compensation of central officers of tho United States. ■ Mr. Bennett, of North Carolina, critieised the first section of the bill which authorises the president to employ three persona not in the publio service, and two persona who are officers in the service, not more than three of. whom shall be adherents of tht same political party who shall constitute a commission for the > purpose of this act. 'why should not the whole commission be of the ssme political party!” quarried Ur. Ben nett. “Were not the democrats the best expo nents of democratic policy? Were not the sec retary of tho treasury and the secretary of state as well qualified to deal with this subjoct as men who ware ‘half horse, half alligator and tha balancesnipping turtle?- [Laughter.] Is it a crime to be ft democrat?” he exclaimed, •mid an affirmative chorus from the republican tide. The great average of the demo cratic party in 1881, who lifted i their voice* in one ’ grand lorus and pointed to the standard bearer of the party at an ideal democrat supposed that ’ ’» victory and hit election meant a democratfo ices wonld fol- ty had been preaching economy iscle was daily present hereof that party in- iretslng the publio hardens. Anlnstancoof bit kind of legislation was found in the first section of the pending bill which wonld Increase salaries for the purpose of giv ing tome gentleman who had the advantage ef beluga political harmorphnditea place in " s public service. He hod no sympathy in s doctrine that the spoils ware to bo divided among tho vanquished, “to tho vletor* belong the spoils,” was as tree today as when nttored by Ur. Usrey, and the gentleman who thought in the south that that was not God’s got pel truth, had set his sights too high lor game. [Langi t r.l Tho Bduoatlonal Bill. The friends of the education blit are uneasy at the delay of the committee on labor in taking action on that measure. It was con- tldcrcd yesterday, bnt nothing occurred on which an etilmtte of the temper of tha com mitteo toward the bill could ha ascertained. Two of its members, Hetare. Crain, of and Lawter, of Illinois, hare already d on the floor of the house their hostility to tha metanre. Well petted advocate* of the bill, however, exnraasce thelrconfldonoe that the committee will soon report the bill to the honte, though it may be without any recommendation whatever. Once before the house they say the hill will sorely pass A Lively Debate on th* Army. Tho Army bill waa then placed before the resale, the pending question being on Ur. Hale’s motion to strike out section 2, which provides that hereafter the army shall consist of thirty thousand enlisted men. Mr. Cockrell spoke in opposition to th* army bill. Ha aaid the Increase of th* army was not ntctassry on account of Indian trouble*and that the etrength and perpetuity of oar insti tutions depended not on * standing army, but on the respect of the people. A standing army waa a danger to any republic, and was in di rect contravention of a republican ayatem of government. At 3 O’clock, according to previous agree ment, a vote waa taken on Mr. Hale’s motion to sink* ont section two of th* bill which es tablishes the force at 30,000 men. The motion was list on s tie vote of 22 to 22. Mr. Gibson moved to add an additional eec- on, repealing section 1218 of th* reviaedatat- utee, which now prohibit* any person who served the confederate government from ap pointment to tho army of the United States. Mr. Ulteon spoke at soma length reading from the constitution and from decis ions of the supreme court to show that section 1218 of the revised statutes was unconatltn- tioi ul. It waa also In conflict, ho aabl, with tLe pinirous ai,d maguauimoiis course of the gowmment and people nftha United States, •leaking especially of the people of the north townid those who were engaged in the ser vice of the confederacy. It was an extraor dinary spectacle, that presented by this nation that the men who, a few years ■go, wire enraged in rebelion against the United States wen liday members at this senate, treated as K ars of those who upheld the onion causa. en who could be thus honored, and who were honored as ministers of the United Slates in tbs courts of Europe, and might be come judges of the supreme court of th* Uaiteri States, even chief justice, were th* men who bad served the confederate govern ment. This was a remarkable circumstance in tho history, not only of the United States, but of civilisation itself, and charmeterixed the people of thia epoch as the moat magnanimous known to history. The statute which prohib ited men who served the confederacy from be ing appointed to the United States army, Ur. Uihscn thought, could only be regarded aa a bar sinister, and net in harmony with the spirit which character!red the treat ment of southern people in other ret pacta by the people of the north. Mr. Logon thought that it might not he well to go too fast. He thought that in the eye* of th* people there were certain persons more capable tkan others. There were man who .Urea its moraines*. Jr. Morgan said the country had very gely outgrown tho feeling that prompted i enactment of that section, If he eonld Ige by the expressions of senators and of -h»d been officers of the army »nd n»vy before the war *na bad entered the service of tbs confederacy. He would suggest an amendment of Ur. Gibson’s motion so at to oover that clast of peop'e. Ur. Oibton could not accept the amend- Ur. Butler suggested that in etee of foreign war there were many men who aerved In the confederate army who would be competent tc command brigades snd divisions, bnt wool 1 ta excluded by Ur. Logan’s suggested amend' meat. Ur. Logan said that when that time should arrive, the country wonld, no donbt, appreciate the services of those men. Ur. Sewell, aa a member of the military era mittee, fevored Mr. Gibson’s amondminb When one-third of the senate were men i had served In the confederate army, ha thou that section 1218 of the revised statute*1 outlived Its nsefalness. Mr. Morgan said the country had largely “• *•*”—— the i ‘ gentlemen who bad been in the anion army. She law was undoubtedly unconstitutional. The point Involved wu that a man who lived In the south eonld not be appointed to the army, ho most live in th* north. When tho senators wen taking for money to Increase the army, which money came from the pockote of all the people, the senators most not expect ether senators to violate their tense of consti- tntional obligation, snd their sense ot respect for the men who had grown op with them, and worked with them. He (Morgan! would never vote for the bill to inereaee the army while a tingle man was excluded, unless it were Jeff Davit, snd he mentioned him be- note ha knew Ur. Davit would not accept. That was Ur. Morgan's view of the qneitlon, and be wu sorry that any occasion had arisen for ita discussion. Ur. Call believed that If General Grant and General Leo were living, and a foreign war were to arise. General Grant wonld select Gen eral Leo for a high command in tho nnlon army. Who wonld donbt the loyalty of Gen eral Lee to a restored union? Ur. Conger ventured to think that tho sol diers of the union who wonld read this discus- lion wonld wonder whether ft was not they tha' were most in the wrong in the late war. Honey and molasses •porches of today wonld indicate thatxnir southern brethren were farced by providen tial circumstances—compelled by an over rating providence-to enter on war. He (Con ger) had -been waiting soma years for this day to come. It had coma a little earlier than he had expected. Some senators did not see that they were traitors to tbeir country. Some ef them undoubtedly regretted that there wu not now a southern confederacy with the blaek marble slab of slavery as the keystone of Its organisation. Thoso views, however, were not expressed in these piping times of peace. The tlmo had not como for that exhibition of scetimcnt or for the proposed return to a titular condition of opposition to tbit gov ernment, if there should be any canto for withdrawing allrgiance to it. The senators wanted to repeal this little distinction be tween loyalty and treachery. Probably to morrow, or perbape the day after, for theso things must not follow too Out, we should be called open to vote tho confederates thanks for tbeir bravery. Ur. Conger supposed they would hardly expect him to express thanks for their loyalty. That would be almost too much. He would say to the gentlemen that they had began a little too soon to remove all distinctions between the soldiers of the Grand Army of th* Bepubllo and thou who deserted their country and fought for the destruction of its Institutions-, he expected to live to see the time when an attempt wonld be made to no uuutucat orates uuupr did not-spsak when they 'amendments’ 1 and MBs te old matters. No matter J. M. HIGH, Tha Regulator and CoatreDar ot Low Prices. Will mail raatpls* at all els mss of Dry Goods, sod fayexpresaagt on all orders sbova*glA.Ofi. Too wtllaare money and 1st better satiety to salts! brutes under God's hsav*a.if w* did. brought In tbeir that brought np these old hew many bills or amend menta are brought In involving old Issues, the republican side of the chamber wu taunted with the reviving past if it made nferenee to them. Everyman that wore the bine bad been driven from the aontb, except when Texu cattle were stolen acressthe borders of the Bio Grande. Then th* men that wore tha blue were call tdfor. Who overheard of a call for United Btatca troop* when human life' wu jeopardis ed In the aontb? The call came toon t when the long horned steers cfTexuv Jeopardy. [laughter.] {he following is the detailed vote of tbo bill: claims during the first two years after th* wu. One of the first salts brought was thrown out because it wu proven that the plaintiff wu not loyal. This decision dis couraged nearly all tha other claim rats. Nearly everyone of them had sympathised with the confederacy and thought it tunicas to sue if disloyally to the nnlon wu a bar to recovery. The ease alluded to sru appealed to the supreme court of the United States, and after a lapse ef three yean that court reversed the decision of the coifrt of claims by deeUr* log that a proof of loyalty wu not necessary to the recovery of the property eelsed under the captured and abandoned property act. The supreme ooort held that Andrew John son’s amnesty proclamation had enrol disloy alty In all cases simitar to that appealed from the court of claims. This decision would have Mr. Culberson's biU ta to ft this specie* of property to the position they occupied when th* court of claims mado disloy alty a bar to recovery. The bill is virtually to give effect to the decision of the supreme court. - Washington Gossip. Washington, Aprll7.—[Special.]—The gen eral supposition that Assistant Secretary Fair- child will succeed Secretary Manning hu been strengthened by the president’s request that Ur. Fairchild should attend cabinet meetings. He went to the meeting yesterday and will at tend regularly u the representative of the treasury while he continues to ut u the bead of thst department. The continued improve ment in Secretarj'Hannlng’t condition is re ported, bnt at best it will be a long time be fore he is restored to anything like health. Th* silver Bill. Wauhnoton, April 8.—In the house, Ur. James, of New York, called np the silver bill. Ur. Bandall objected to any change being made in th* order or th* hoot*. “Let the Mil stand on Its own mukrd.Hr, Durham, of Illinois. “It bu no bottom to stand on,” suggested Mr. Lons, of MossacboKttf. Ur. Dabbsll, of South Carolina, wu opposed to the unlimited coinage of silver. Hewn in favor of international M-metali*m If it eonld ho obtained, and if it couldn’t be obtained he In flavor of national bl-metallsm. If w* agreement. tageous to th* country or to silver itself. At th* urn* Unto ha did not sab- scribe to tho idea that the silver dollar was a band. It wu a bona flda dollar, and he was unwilling to toko tho bullion standard of the London market u a standard ot vain* ol the coin which congress had coined end regu lated the vatae of stace the days of the fathers. He favored the suspension of the silver coin age Tor a definite period, one or two years. Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, commenced bii speech with the declaration that in the presi dent and in tha success of his administration lay th* hope of democntle ascendancy, and he had no sympathy with thou democrat* who teemed to think the hope of democracy lay In tho destruction of the present administration. He favored the rehabilitation of silver, hat did not think this government by itself wu equal to the tuk of rehabilitating it. Inatwomlnntea' speech, Ur. Findlay, of Maryland, replied to criticisms made on hit speech by Mr. Norwood, of Georgia, which ho drnomtaated u “the plantation thunderbolts of the Georgia Jupiter forged on.the smithy of Simon Suggs.” Ur. Dibble offered an amendment providing that, unices in the meantime, threagh the con current action of th* nations of Europe with the United 8tates, sliver be remonetised prior to the first of July, 1880, then and thereafter so much of the act ol February, 1878, u author ises snd directs tha secretary of tha traaanry to purchase silver bullion and caul* th* same to to coined, shall b* suspended till farther action by congress. Tht amendment wu defeated—yeas St, nays 201. Tha question then recurred on the engross ment and third reeding of tho bill, and it w*e decided in the negative—you 128, nays 183. Bo th* bill wu kilted. Opening Ihe Way to Sonthern Claimants. Washington, April 8.—[Special.]—'Today tho judiciary committee ef the boose agreed to report fevorsbly tho bill of Mr. Culberson, of Texas, reopening th* coart of claims to claimants of property seized by United Statu author!tie* under th* captond and abandoned property act. Than te now u the treasury shout eleven million dollars representing tbo proceedtof rate* of soeh property which wu seised in oil porta of the sooth. In moat cease th* nam* of the owner sod locality is reeoided with th* vain* ot tbo property. Where* name wu not ascertained a toll description of the property and loallty is preserved. This money hu batn la lb* treasury ever staea th* war snd cans at ha appropriated teeny ore Every day or two * report is circulated that Attorney General Garland means to resign, bnt there is nothing to support such an asser tion. On the contrary, the frienda of the at torney general assert emphatically that he doc* not intend to reelgn. Ur, Garland will probably remain in the cabinet to the end of his administration nnlees the pres ident should request his resignation. Judge Montgomery, of Michigan, preunt cimmlfiloncr of patents, is mentioned u the probable successor of Judge Baxter. The cue of P. Schweitzer against the United States, involving $1,400,000 face value of the Brunswick and Albany railroad bonds, wu begun in the court of claims today. Tbit salt it brought by Prussian holders of Brunswick ana Albany bands whleh have been repudiated by Georgia, and rests on the theory that at the tint* the bonds were Issued tho United States had absorbed the sorerolgatr of Georgit, and wu exerelslng all tho funotlons of that state. One hundred thousand dollars of there bonds, which havo recently passed into the hands of tho state of Illinois tor the benefit of her eoldlcrs’ home, will be made the basis of the suit by that state against Georgit. Considerable talk wu had at the capilol to day over the recent local elections In the west. Bepubltcan congressmen construo tho Urge gains of tbeir party in Chicago and Cincinnati aa a happy omen toreongreaiional oloctions. Some democratic members from the west take rather a gloomy view of theu elections, bnt most of them say the result is natural and eully accounted tor. They say the democrats teat Chicago bee suae of their corrupt olty administration, and in Cincinnati because of the frauds they attempt ed at the lutstate election. MMX qUXXk THINGS happening in Wuhlngton in connection with this question of appointments and remov als. A remarkable instanco which hu just a deputy icrgeant-at-arms 1870 until a tow days ago, when he received a notice of dismissal. He had boon on* of tho most punctual and efficient employes of tho senate, and the only charge gainst him wits that lie is a democrat. He wu dismissed on tho demand of Senator Ed munds in lets than n-w-reV after that pious old fraud had expressed his HghteeX indignation at the dismUnl of men from office on account of politics. Bnt there is a story back of Senator Edmonds’s action whleh is deserving of consideration. Cross wu pointed ont ua lit victim tor republican vengeance by a republican clerk who te retained In offloe un der a democratic secretary of war. H* wrote to Senator Edmunds ashing him to see that Croea wu bounced because he te a democrat. That letter wu the official death warrant of the unfortunate Cross. If Gross had written to the democratic secretary of war and asked that tho other fellow bo ''fired’ because he Is a republican his letter would have been dropped into tho wute bukeb lean clerk still holds hts place and Tbo republican c Is likely to hold It u long u he cheosu to do so. The deportments are full of such spies, holding tbeir places on democratic sufferance and eagerly watching for opportunities to do republican partisan service. General Black,tho commissioner of pensions, complained totb* senate committee that be wu surrounded by men whom he could not trait be cans* of thslr seal to do partisan work, even to the iojnry of th* doportmont, and yet he wu powerless to remove them. Sena tor Plumb flored up at what be styled an un just Importation on'’the honor” of the pension clerks. Evidence oomes to light almost every day to chow that General Black put th* truth in a mild form. Of the men on whom he most rely for the efficient performance of the onormona boslnoso of his owe*, tour ont of five are In political hostility to him, and wonld profit more by his failure than by hit soccetsfril administration. There are torno simple minded persona who look opon the civil service act u th* biassed branch which It toswseten all the bitter waters of partiasn animosity, u the bough which Moses dropped into Ut* wells of Mora turned them to dtilclons parity. It it better philosophy, certainly it is nearer the actual truth, to balleve that the party poison whleh It carefully suppressed from eruption thereby becomes the duper and more malignant. The thousands of clerks now in tho department* at Wuhlngton who chipped in to the republican corruption frtnd of 1884 will have a double contribution tor the ronublicsn corruption fund 0/1888. They will give tbeir money to defeat the party nnder which they will havo served ana drawn a Bring fur four years, and they will b* enabled to aupply valuable infor mation concerning “th* plana of th* tnemy.” If the authors of the present plan of patronage could havo carried with them In thur ••cent to this high plane all theca to whom their Ideals of the public ter- so apparent la premium on 1 Great it civil party feeling among government employes U u high as it aver was. Th* reason It it not ' is that so many have accepted the hypocrisy, which Is now offered. _ _ civil service reform! Washington, April II.—The official statis tical investigation tor April make* the reduc tion of the winter wheat are* of three and a ball million acre* from breadths seeded two yean ago, and fir* per cant reduced from three seeded years ago. On the Atlentlc coast there hat bun a very slight reduction, and none on tbo Pacino Tho largest decreoso Is in Illinois, Kansas and Missouri. A moderate degree of protection by snow hu boon enjoyed, though the covering hu neither boen boavy nor continuous. Tho winds bar* laid bare ex pored surface* and covered th* valleys detper. Winter killing In patches te therefore reported to lome extent, white it is generally found that brown snd apparently lifeless plants have tha roots nniojared. The general average of condition is U21, against 78 lut year (the lowest ever reported j, aod 1)1 two years ago. The average of 18S3 wai80,and thst of 1881 sru 88. Th* exceptions ire more frequent in dis tricts of small production. In the Ohio valley and In the middle statu, the seed bed waa In seed condition in nlao-tenths of the ares. In Mluourl and Kansas there wu enlarged pro portion ef dry area*, and one-fifth of th* re ports wero unfavorable. In Virginia aad the Carolina!, oce-aiitb of tbo on* seeded eras DO* in good condition; in Georgia one-third; in Texts thru tenth*; fat at least five-sixthi of Ho entire brdadlh of winter wheat, th* eoadftioa of th* toll ires fkvorabl* f,(receding Belarus of tho conditions and diseases o’ farm animals show sa Increase of th* prava-f team of bog cholera, aad tou of six million* of swine from all antes, or 14 per cent. Lease* of sheep are reported at 7 Mr cent; of oattlo at 4 per cant. The loam of horses are small, amounting to 7-lOths of one per cent, Tbo losaeoof rattle aro heaviest in tho southern states and on the nngu from 4 to 8 per cent, whUa in the farm regions, where shelter Is provided, tho loss Is only B per cent. STORIES OF THE WAR. GUmpata of tbo Gampfira, March ana Bnttleflold. Sow a Yonng Lady Saved a Soldlar** Life aad Won a Loving Hatband. Washington, April 2.—Congressman Stone, of Kentucky, who walks about tho house and npjand down tha avennes on crutch**—having lost a leg in tha confederate aervloo—1* expect ing his wite to arrive hero shortly from her Kentucky home. Tho story of Stone’s |mar- . story of stone’s {mar riage it a strange and Intonating one, and provea again that there are uninteresting Stone wu a confederate soldier, and at a In CvnUthuta, Kentucky, was wounded. At ho foil his hat went one way and his musket another, and be found himsolf nnablo to more to regain either. It wu a scorching summer dsy, and ht was obliged to he on that hot hlllstdo exposed totbeinunieheatof the biasing son, unable even to protect his face except by throwing bis arm acrors his eyes. His life hlojd was rapidly running away, and he becime weaker and weaker, and soon wu unablo to speak or more. The blazing tan which fell on his head and face was adding untold suffering. In hit on- frcblcd^oondltlon. After the llght^io wu loft with the dtad and dying, tor it wu supposed ho could not live more than a few 'minutes or boors. After tho troops had with, dtswn, soma of Ihe people living In tho vlnin* By of tho bauloflela passed over it, relieving tbo necessities of tbo woundodso far s* pos sible. As they passed near where Stone lay luflhrlng in tho hot tun, unable to opuk, a yonng lady In tha party noticed him and tho sufferings tho sun must prod no* It ho wore •till conscious. Tolling her companions she believed ha wu still alive, sho procured tha ramrods from tour muskets lying near by, and sticking them in the ground near his head, fastened over the top a scarf from her ahoui- dorr, to break tho rays of tbo sun. When tho wounded wore gathered from the field it wu found that 8tono wu still living, and bo wu sent to the. hospital. There wu a long struggle between life and death, bnt ho finally rallied and slowly regained strength, after tho amputation of his right log. Tho residents of tho town and vicinity did all they could tor tha sufferers in tho hospital, lending them food and dellcaclu and often vleitlng them. Ono day, after ho had gained sufficient strength to apeak and notice thou who visited thohupltal, beuw among the visitors the young lady who had probably raved his life by her ktadnem when ho lay helpless and apeeohieu on the battlefield. When opportunity offered, he spoko to hor of th* occurrence and thaokod hor tor hor kind ness. The acquaintance thus began ripened Into love, and tho Is now hts wife. He Was a Famous Shot In Uta Pay, Hampton, & O., April 8.—There resides not far from this place a nun who wu ono of tho most famous sharpshooters in tho confederate rervlce. Ho is a North Carolinian by birth, bnt volunteered In a Charleston company. On a battlefield In Virginia part ot his brsut bone and two riba wero shot away, on another* bullet penetrated his arm, leaving it all scarred and deformed. Othor wonnds mark his per son, and bis emaciated frame Is bent bydlacuo ana tho hand of time. Ho bouts that he “never fired agon bat ba brought his game.” On ono occulon ho relate* that on James island, nt or near Socosslonvlllo, ho prevented tha milking of n battery by killing outright tbrre blue oonta with his magnifying rifle. Ills eye brightens when ho relates this nnd other incidents that might ho woven Into an lull ruling ulo. This msu U pour, friendless and hoc ohm, snd hu lately mot Srith mis fortune. Fighting in Ut* District of Colombia, IjAGbangk, Go., April 4.—Editors Uonstl' lullon: In your column of Echoes From tht Peo ple, about tho Slat of January, 1 noticed a letter from W. X. Patterson, Mount Airy, N. C., In refer ence to wbst troops fought in Ihs District of Coltimbte when General J. A. Early adranced agalutt Washington city. Mr. Pattersonputaaomo questions which I think deserve answering by •ometiody. He also nils Into soma errors which ought to ho oorrected. I fully expected to have seen a reply to his letter, bnt nono hsvlngnp- peered, and buying belonged to the urns divis ion, perhaps I pan give tbs Information desired and correct tho errors at Urn sum time. It teems tbar somebody bu claimed that Phil Cook's brigade were the only troops who ever had tbo honor ol fighting In the district of Columbia,” If that wu published In yonr paper it escaped my notice, but it looms to have called out Mr. rat- temin's tetter, In whloh ho uka “who was General Phil rook, and what division did ho belong to? Well, 1 reckon soy native Georgian could tellhlm tht. lint if Mr. Patterson wu with his brigade (Daniels) at Ut* tlmo and doting Ut* remainder _ of the wsr, it aunt quaatian^bnt I onoe thought Ml OUR OWN COLUMN. Short Talks With Our Readers on Matters of Interest A Handsome Colored Potter* »•»!» handsome poster, printed la teTt.IJ'c.!; *5™?*** on ® ot our agents. I! CoNgrrnmoN and every osght to have ono or two put dp in th* port offleo or noiehborhnnd if nr•* T> tssslnu W»w»nlifvwy agent to havo cm© ofodr ilium- porters. sire ■aSSBsS ahead, and bring* now subscriber with you. Men Who Know. This paper may bo son! yon psaremptoeopy. Yon msv like its looks, but want to know more Jbont ft before yon toko it. TbU I* right. Now, who are the boat men to tall yon about it? Clearly, tho** who hav* been reading It, •nd who know wh»t It Is every week and nexy year. Here b the unsolicited opinion of ™ • doton subscribers. Bead what they say, *nd if It oonvinee* yon, send ns yonr subscrip, tion* 8. A. Gsrrlfon, Garrison, Mecklenburg Co.: 7 sat a reader of your paper and we tblnklt the bast »sSIptei.rt"w1thl " ,he family are Geo. R. Skinner, Baiifex, N. C.: I hare been reading you, pepor only » short time, and very much regret tho tlmo I missed. Mr. G.W. Bachelor,of Roelon. Ate, writes: I Retired the bundle or samples, and have scattered tbim. I bare got another chib ready, and will rend It In a few day* 1 mint say thst Thi Con- mrt-noM Is tho most popular paper that cantos te S Made of worth Caronnlsus, oommandsd by Brigs- ■jer-Geueral Stephen D. Kamssur; Dentil's bet-1 [gadc of North Carollntens, coinmanfeM dler-Geucrsl Junius II ' ' ' ‘ (imposedof Northern two from «.mo oilier its'o. I think, by Brigadier-General Allred Ivenon. tht change, as tar as I remember tbmdnnnWTT known that when a major-general or brigadier- general sai killed, nltevtd or transferred, his command look Ut* nuns of the next officer ap pointed to command 11 At (h* battle nr Gettys burg General Ivenon wu relieved, snd f can’t re member who took hts pteet. Inthofeitamtau tptlng. at BpottsylvsulsC. 11.. thHHH mortslly wounded on tbo 12th] ESS "S^tTGES.* win’s troops. 1 don't know ■■■■ IS SS Cook wu promoted to brigadier general te anod cetd him. snd ably and gallantly oommswt- id the brigade until h* wu wounded on then* of K« binary, 184*. at Petersburg, In GmorslJ.il Gordons mreucterefill sally on Grants linos. Jo* before or stlsr the return from Washington to Wlo ; General Bhodcswss killed, snd Gent look command ol our division itni Gctobcr, when ho WMlllle-1 u<M din's fre-h corps arrived from tunic! vlcton' Into tltfcAt of ■ IlrlgsdlerGeneral HrjsiK.rlmcs vl toreajor gtrural in command of MMHMIMNH which h* did to Appomattox, tad I regret teuy iiIT’ r to march ibe ol< kl.’j >• 11-K i;.’ -r ». KKS'cH olt nweie hurried!y 0lHMipR| r!«rk» »r.»l the inm treaklnj? up Into n*Ce a tec line foe ho me «.« tout without rtE*Mto rozdlN. Fonie ha-1 ’<-* to go an<l co rat loin In thtlr I tbtjr wantcl to scatter otW ■ Kcurc that »ub*ltenco which they coohl have >*aa so rainy Sfrois, not I te call them hard* thst H would be Tain MS Ilit tergesnt company H, MthNOri War Over Two Years. Ttresnooem orTmComnvnog Watertniry watch Harassing. By the hundreds they bars gooo tarn •very state. Why not? A good watch, accurate timekeeper, forILM Is a miracle. Bnt dou It test? That la tbo question often uksd Den Is an answer from ono who hu tried It; Kmtou Coytniunojc; Two yoare ago 1 bought ono of yoor Waterbary watches, which bu given rcr/ect utlsflioUon. It novo? bu stepped a minute and kept perfect tlmo. I certainly recommend theu watehoa to yonr readers, a D. Bull, Atlanta, On, formerly PennlngtonTua. Here te plain testimony, For over two yean this little Waterbary hunotstopped a minute. Not a cent hu been spent on repairing It, though in tha ssme tlms Mr. Ball spent ta girttlng his wife's gold wsich repaired. At the end of two yoare Mr. Ball mis: "I wouldn't taka FJO for my Waterbary If I couldn't rtplac* lb” Onr Waterbary te Ut* Its* Investment yon can mike. You ought to hav* on* Your wife ought to have one. Your am ought to hav* one. Only *.® for tha watch, chain; charm and Tna Co*. sTirnnoN ono year. Where can you boat that? O? KAO for Ut* watch and chain and charm alone. 8codat one* Budget on*. Onr 019 Gun* Tho twelve dollar donble-harreled breech- loading shot gun that w* pat on oar premium list a few weeks ago has caught tho public, and se*ms to bo getting almost u popular si Thb Constitution. We bare sold scores of them, and tha universal verdict te that It It tho host gun over offered tor tho monoy. Hora te ono of tho many letters whloh each day’s mall brings ns. Bond what Ur. Blvors says, and thon decide for youraolf: It. 8. Rivera, Fairborn, Gn.: This cortlfloa that 1 pnrehaaed ono or your 112 auns w few wocka ago. 1 hare used it beafdc n tfCguri, snd fled it equally ■ (mod. It gives satisfaction In every respect. The Gun and Wszxlt Constitution ono year Ut; Gun alone 113. . A Perfect Tlma-pleoe. M. J. MoElreatb, Sulphur Springs, Tax.: Tho watch I ordered inmo lime ago la a daisy; snd hu given perfect ittlrfectlou. The ownsr te a teacher, Dow to 8*v* Thirty Dollars. The sewing machlno monopolists are howl* tag snd rubbing their sore spots becatuo Thi CoNtrmmow is soiling tor $18 with tho paper thrown ta, a bettor machlno than th* Singer, whloh Is sold for $45. Last year wa sold about 2,000 OoxgrmmoN machines. Each machlno wu sent ont with this guarantee: ‘Take car machine; pal it alongside of any machine that cost fits; work them for ten days. If ours te not hotter, In looks and work than the fits machlno, w* will refund yonr money,” Undor thia guarantee only one of th* 2,000 mschlnos wu retained and wa hear that on* cam* back from a sewing machlno agent. Wa are sailing more now than over. If yon want to save $30, bay onr rhachin*. If yon bars $30 to throw away, pay fits tor on* not u good u oora. See what thoso who havo tried onx machine uy about lb James ninma, Hutehurst, On, March fit. UM. b*. machlno I ordered from yon wu received In { our recommendation and auo equal to any ah* as ever used. Mrs. M. P. Firry, Knoxville, Ga.. Much 99, 1IM: The sowing machine thst wo ordered of you UrentB&Uon. Ism well pieuod wlUiboth ma chine and— If Utsre aver wu a speclfls ter any ono com plaint, then Carter’s Little Liver Pills are a •ceclfle for sick headache, and every woman should know thin Only ono pill* dose. lslmsfordsmagrs during tho recent Lou is amount to Muo.OOO. with more In sight, WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYBUP log Chile itblnft WflfPf tbo IU1DS, MneusUsys *a pain and aura* wind ooltL taunts haa Lffcn tha main deiK'nilfinro of raiuv famiroMrickcn IrDh ii-lan*lcrz IiiQliboi&o " M. Armstrong receives Invalids n* remmor aad winter, at his Water Cure Infirmary, Ho never falls te terra all s-ck rrrsom curable, and benefit thorn Incurable Alt charger mode reasonable snd arranged to suit alb Fur particulars MOO for eireoter. Address, Tent- pie, Ga. , (Ukwlao Tbei S5K •• It Knocks tbs Apots” and everything In tha nature of crapttonv, blotches, pimples, nicer*, scrofulou* humors, and incipient consumption, which i* nothing more nor lets than acrofnla of the lungs, com pletely ontof lit* system. It stimulate! and Invigorate* the liver, lone* op the stomach, regulate* the bowels, purifies the blood, and builds np tho woak place* of th* body of the to Dr. Piere*’* “Galdam Modltal Dteeomy.” G indistinct ram