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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION ATLANTA. GA* TUESDAY JULY 2 1886
CONGRESS.
Proceedings of the Two Houses
Last Week.
With the President and His Ad;
visers—General News.
The Senate.
The senate resumed consideration of tbe
riser and hakbor appropriation bill, the pend
ing question being on the Hennepin canal and
Ulchlgan and Illinois canal amendment.
llr. Flnmb argued against the amendment.
He calculated that at the rate of $300,000 a
pear, as proposed In tbe amendment, it would
require thirty or forty pears to complete this
work. In the course of his argument he com
mented upon the failure of tbe work on the
Galveston harbor, and said that the govern
ment had been tending army engineers to
school there at a cost of several
million dollars. The whole system,
he laid, was wrong. The army engineers
lacked the Judgment and professional skill
that were necessary, and whatever success
they did have in such works was the result
of their employment of engineers In civil
life. He complained that the whole business
of public works carried on in the war depart
ment was managed In a slip shod way, mil
lions being spent for materials and no account
kept of it.
It wat agreed to—yeas 31, nays 23, as fol
lows:
Yeu-Allbon, Blair. Brown. Butler, Call, Cam
eron, Conger, Cullom. Hawes, Irani, Gibson,Gor
man, Hale, Hawley, Hoar, Kenna, I.ogau, McClel
lan, Mabone, Mander.on, Miller, Mttcbeil of Ore
gon, Palmer. Payne. Ransom, Sawyer, Spooner,
Stanford .Teller, vanWyck and Wilson of Iowa—ill.
Kays-Beck, Hern*. Blackburn, Cockrell, Coke,
Edmund., Frye, Gray, Harris, Hearn, Ingalls
Maxey, Platt, plumb, Pugh, Satilsbury. Sherman
Vance, Vest, Voorbeet.Wanball and Wnlthorne—2..
Mr. Hampton calied np tbe bill for the re
lief oi tbe arate of Georgia and offered a sub-
atltnte for It. and addroawd the annate there
on. Tbe rubatitute directs that every itate,
snd territory and the District of
Colombia shall bo credited under tbe direct
tax act of August, 1861, with such additional
crcdita aa they are entitled to have in conse
quence of having paid any portion thereof
without tbe expense of collection to the United
Slstes, snd also with such sums ss have boon
collected from tbe lands or owners thereof. It
remits snd relinquishes all moneys still dus ou
tbe quota of ouch direct tax and appropriates
the money so refunded.
Aftera long general discussion npon the
Mississippi river improvement, the senate
proceeded to voto on an amendment offered
by llr. Ingalls to the effect that tbs Improve
ment of Plum point and Lake Providence
reachee shall be confined to the complete re
pair and maintenance of the levees in those
reaches to the height of two feet above tbe
flood of 1882, and to the completion of porraea
bio works of contraction, but thla b
not to prevent tbe construction
of revetment worka where tbo banka are civ
ing, at Greenville reach, Delta point and In
front of Vicksburg, Memphis, Hickman and
Columbus
Tbe amendment was rejected—yeas, 18:
nays, 22,
Mr. Harrison moved to amend tbe provleiou
authorising tbe repair and building of leveea
by adding words: “But not below the reaches
oi the river which are being improved by
tbcm unless Decenary to prevent or cloae an
injurious crevasse."
After discueelon the amendment was adopt
ed, and then the amendment by tbe commit
tee was adopted,
- Washington, July 14.—In tbe senate Hr.
Mabone horn the commlttco on public buildings
and gronnds reported back the hoase bill ap
propriating $9,000 for tbe completion of the
pnblio building at Greensboro, N. C, Passed.
Tbe senate than took up the river and har
bor bill, and Mr. McMillan, who has charge of
It, moved an order that the Mil bo recommit
ted to tbo commlttco on commerce, with In-
•trncUona to amend It aa voted by the senate
in committee of the whole, exeept that In each
item of tbe bill and In the aggregate, there be
a reduction of thirty per cent; that the com
mittee amend the bill accordingly, and not
otherwise, and report the aame complete forth
with.
After further discussion by Messrs. Edmonds
Hoar, Maxey, Kenner and Miller, Hr, McMil
lan withdrew bis motion, and tbo aenata pro
ceeded to voto on the various amendments to
tbo bill.
Each amendment was agreed to without
challenge until tbo ltemforCumbertand sound
(Georgia and Florida) was reached. It waa a
redaction from $1G0,000 to $100,000.
Mr, Call made an Appeal la favor of a larger
•um.
The amendment wat rejected—la to 20—and
the appropriation stand* at $150,000,
Tbe noxt Important amendment on which a
yea and nay voto waa taken, was one reducing
the appropriation for the Improvement of the
Tennessee river at Mussel shoals from $350,-
COO to $250,000.
The amendment was rejected—10 to 33—and
the appropriation remains at $300,000.
Mr, Edmnnda made an argument against
the amendment which proposed to appropriate
$300,000 for the purchase of the portage of
Lake canal and Lake Superior and the Iron
Company’s canal. Hit argument was replied
to by Messrs. Conger and Palmer.
Mr, Sanlabnry argued agalnat the purchase
of artificial worka belongleg to individuals or
stain.
The amendment waa agreed to—yeas 35,
nays 21.
The amendment waa agreed to.
Tht amendment accepting the grant
of the Illinois and Michigan canal,
and for the construction of Hen-
nenin canal having been reached,
Mr. Edumnda demanded the yeaaandnaye
which were ordered.
The amendment wss adopted—yeas 27, nays
20.
Then again began a debate on the merits of
the river and harbor bill, in the conrso of
which Mr. McMillan said the committee be
lieved that, in order to aoenra any river and
harbor blU at this aesslon, it was necessary to
reduce the amount.
Mr. Edmnnda laid that It was out of order,
asd unseemly and Improper, to refer to any
possible or impossible action of the president
or of the home of representatives In rotation
to the bill.
The chair (Hr. Sherman) said thst the point
of order wss weU taken, bat he had observed
thst eenstera frequently violated a rale In tn
indirect manner, by referring to what was
done “elsewhere.” He reminded the senate
that this indirect violation of a rale la a viola
tion of decency and propriety.
Mr. Conger, member or the committee on
commerce, resented the reference to his com
mittee end characterized tbem as “an insidi
ous attack npon the committee,” although the
speecbee, he said, bad ran an attack on the
motives, sincerity, honesty and honor of the
committee. Tbe aenator from Kaneas bad
spoken of tome “sewerage system." Ah, sir,
said Mr. Ganger, this kind of attack emails of
demur. The aenator’e suggestion of a sewer
age system indicates the seeking for motive
or men in some filthy place and I leave it
there with tbit expression. How much better
is tbe senator from Kansu than are tbe mem-
ben of tbe committee on com
merce? What havo the members
of tbe commeittee on commerce doee that
they should be held up to tbe asorn of their
fellows and tbe people. I admit bis great
eloquence, hie superiority in sailing high-
aye! snd in sinking low, but I do not admit
hie anperior honesty, integrity nr industry.
Tbe reading of the river and harbor bill was
proceeded with.
Tbe amendments were raecrwlvely offered
end rejected increeelne aparopriationv for tbe
Chicago harbor and the Missouri and Missis-
■fppi rivers.
The question wu finally taken on agreeing
to the committee amendment (redndng the
appropriations 25 per cent) and it wu Agreed
to—you 31, nsya 18.
The senate then took ap tbe navel appropri
ation MU.
Tbe amendments reported by committee on
appropriations wore all agreed to without
question end tbe bill wu passed.
The senate committee on commerce has pre
sented tbe singular spectado of having labored
tan days to perfect a river aud harbor bill, and
then - ...
gla appropriations ai foUowa:
kffiA c ™ ueri ' nd
|5,625; Oconee, 15.625; Romney marth, 917,125
Swannah riTer, below Autuiu, 911,250.
Washington, July 17.~In the' senate,
Mr. Dawes, from (ho committee on In*
disn affairs, submitted a report on tho
mefrage of the president vetoing the
bill granting right of way through resorru*
tions in northern Montana, recommending the
passage of the bill, notwithstanding the presi*
dent’s objections. He stated that the report
waa unanimous and that ho would take an
early occasion to call it up for action. He did
not think that it wonld take much time in
debate.
Mr. Miller called up the oleomargarine
bill, the house bill defining
butter and regulating the manufac*
tore, sale importation and exportation of oleo
margarine (reported by the committeo on ag*
riculturo without amendment.
The bill was read in full.
The question whether the-bill should be
now considered was decided in tho affirmitire
—jcaa 28, nay 13. as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Allison. Blair, Cockrell, Conger,
wcMiuan, Mabone, Miner, Payne, Platt, Plumb
Sherman Spooner, Stanford, Teller, VanWvck
snd W Ilf on of lows—as.
Nats—Metsrs. Beck, Bern*. Brown, Coke, Gray,
Harris. Jones or Arkansas, Maxey. Pugh, Vanoe,
W allhall,Whltthorne snd Wilson of Maryland—13.
The House.
On motiou of Mr. Dougherty of Florida,
the senate bill waa passed for the erection of a
public building at Jacksonville, Fla., at an ul
timate cost of $150,000.
On motion of Mr. Reid of North C troll a a.
the bill passed appropriating $0,000 for the
completion of a public building at Greembo-
rough, K. C, was pawed.
Mr. Harris, of Georgia, on behalf of that
committee, called up a bill amending sections
3.3G2 and 3.3G3, of tho revised statutes. It
substitutes for section 3.362 the following:
Section 3,362. All manufactured tobacco shall l*
put up snd prepsied by the manufacturer for
or removal for sale or consumption. In psekag.
the following description and in no other mauner:
All snuff in packages containing oue-half, one,
two. three, four, six, eight and slxtrea ounces, or
in bladders and in jars containing not exceeding
twenty pounds. All cut and granulated ‘
bacco, ail refuse, scraps, clippings, cutt._„- f
shorts aud sweepings of tobacco in packages
containing one. two. three, four, eight ana sixteen
ounces each. Except at the option of the manu
facturer, cut tobacco may be put up In bulk pack*
ages containing ten pounds each. All cavendish
f >Tug and twist tobacco in packages not exceed*
ug two bundled pounds, net weight, aud every
such package shall have printed or marked there
on, the manufacturer’s name and place of manu
facture, the registered number of the
manufactory and the gross weight, tare
and net weight of tobacco In every package;
vlded that these limitations and description
packages shall not apply to tobacco and i
transported In bond for exportation and actually
exported: and provided, further, that fine-cut,
aborts, refuse, scraps, clippings, cuttings and
sweepings of tobacco may be sold in bulk at ma
tt rial aud without tbe payment of tax by one man
ufacturer directly to another manufacturer, or for
export under such restrictions, rules and regula
tions as the commissioner of Internal revenue may
prescribe: and provided, further, that wood,
metal, paper or other materials may be used sepa
rately or In combination for packing tobacco,
snufi and cigars under such regulation! as the
commissioner of internal revenue may establish.
Section 3363 is made to read aa follows:
No msnufactured tobacco shall be sold or oiler
cd for sale unless put up in packages and atami>ed
•a prescribed in this cnapter, except at retail by
retail dealers from packages stamped as provided
in ibis chapter, and every person who sells or
offers for sale any snuff or any kind or manufac
tured tobacco not so put up in packages and stamp
ed shall be fined not leu than five Imndred dol
lars nor more than five thousand dollars, and Im
prisoned not less than six months nor more than
two years.
The bill was passed.
Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky,callod up the
bill repealing section 3151 of (he revised sta
tutes (providing for the appointment of In
spectors of tobacco and cigars) and providing
for the inspection of tobacco, cigars and snud.
(It provides that manufactured tobacco,
cigars and snuff may be removed for export to
foreign countries without the payment of tax
under such regulations and tbe making of
snch entries and filing of sack bonds and bills
of lading as the commissioner of internal
revenue, with the approval of the secrotary of
the treasury shall prescribo.
The bill was pasted.
Mr Kelley, of Pennsylvania, called up a b'U
amending the statutes in relatlou to the imme
diate transportation of dutiable goods. Passed.
lit amend tho statutes so as to allow mer
chandise liable to specific rates of duty only
to be entered for immediate transportation
without spprslsement to any of tbe ports
mentiooed in tbe seventh section of the law
of June 10, I860, although the same may not
appear by invoice, bill of lading or the mani
fest of tbe importing vessel to be consigned to
or destined for either of said ports, whero con
signee at tbe port of first arrival shall mako
written application therefor to tbe collector,
S iven the name of the person at tho port or
eskinatian to whom he desires the merchan
dise to be consigned.]
Mr. Morrison called up and the house passed
a bill repealing so much of section 3314 of the
revised statutes as allows the collection of In
ternal revenue commission on taxes collected
on di»ti)!ed spirits.
On motion of Mr. Morrison a bill was passod
reducing to $250, with an additional $50 for
each person employed in making cigars, tho
amennt of tbe k ond to be given by the manu
facture! s of cigars.
Tho home then went Into tbe committee of
wholu on the joint resolutions directing pay
ment of tbe surplus in the treasury on tho
public debt.
Following is tbe text of tbe resolution:
"That whenever a surplus or balance In the
(tiuiv. including the amount held for redemp-
„.>n or United States notea shall exceed thesum
of one huudred millions of dollars it shall be and
is hereby made tbe duty of tbe secretary of treasu
ry to apply such excess in sums not less than ten
millions per month during the existence or such
surplus or excess to the payment of the interest
bearing indebtedness of the United States, paya
ble ante option of the government.
Mr. Warner, of Ohio, offered an amendmont
providing that whenever the circulating notes
of national bank* are redeemed or cancelled,
the secretary of the treasury shall cause to l>e
Issued, in place of snch notes, United Statos
notes as near as may be in tbe denominations
of those cancelled. He referred to the neoes-
ity of reducing tbe amount of moner in tbe
trtaaury and of increasing the circulation
among the people and snch accumulation
of money as wu now in
the treasury had neve? been made in the his
tory of the world, The wealth of Crwras sank
into insignificance when compared with
it. A policy which covered into the treasury
every year $50,000,000 more thin was paid out,
wss a pol-cy which would wreck any adminis
tration and any party which persisted In it.
The people would not submit longer to a poli
cy of this kind, and they ought not to enbmit
tel’.
Mr. McKinley, of Ohio, offered u an amend
ment the following proviso:
Thai tee turn of 1100,000,000 herein excepted and
-jn rved, which amount was purchased by tbe sale
of bond* to tbe extent of 995.500 000. end the bal
ance by re servation from revenue under authority
of the art or January 14, 1875, entitled an act to
provide for the resumption of specie payments.
»ha)l be maintained a provided by said act, and
$ct apart tor the purpose ot redeeming tbe legal
tetder notei or tbe ruitod States when presented
frr prj ment, and said fund shall not bo used for
‘Wr.nd.nent offered bj Mr. Morri
son this incming, wat adopted without divis-
At tbo evening leaelon the home patted the
following bill,, icpo.ted flora tho committae
on Lboi:
To prevent the employment of convict labor
J. a. HIGH.
The BefWtator wad Controller of Low Price.
WUl mall templet of all ctaiaee of Dr, Goods, and
pay expreaaage on all enter* abort) 110.00. Too
will ura money and gat better variety 10 Hied
pom by writing «ibout whet yoo went end get.
tine oar lamp lee. The largest MoektaAttente end
the acknowledged lowest prices. AAaodAI White-
hall street. Atlanta. Gar XotlaB this paper.
and alien labor upon public building, and
other pnMla worka.
Amending the act to prohibit tho Imports,
tion and immigration of forolgnora and alien,
under contract or agreomont to perform labor
in the United States.
To protect mechanics, laborer, and eomtata
In the District of Colamblt In their wages.
A sonata bill providing for tho paymont of
per diem of government employes for Decors,
tionjday and tho Fonrth of July.
Directing the commissioner of tabor to make
•n Investigation in regard to convict labor in
i bo United States.
Hr. Forney, of Alabama, raised a question
of couldoiatlon desiring that tho hoase
ifcould take np tho fortification appropriation
bill, but by a vote cf 93 to 73, tho honto do*
terrain.d to consider* tho ponilon cam. ■ In
this case the majority of tho committeo re
commend that the bill pats, notwithstanding
tbe vato of the president, while the minority
report that the bill should not paw.
The speaker announced that tho question
waa npon the passage of tbo bill ovor tho voto,
and it waa decided In the negative—ayoa tin,
nays 124, not tho constitutional two-thirds
voting in tbe affirmative. Tho following
democrats voted to pan tbo bill ovor tho veto:
Carleton, Foran, Frederick, Oeddee, Haybury,
Tarsney, Weaver of Iowa, Wolford and
Worthington.
Tho nut veto racssago called up srai that
npon the bill pensioning Catherine McCarthy.
On this question also tho majority of tho
committae on invalid pensions recommended
the ptssego of tho bill, while the minority re
commended tho anitaining of tho voto of the
president.
The house refused to po« tho bill ovor the
veto—yeas 122, naya !>7—not a constitutional
two-thirds in the affirmative.
The next message cailednpwea that vetoing
the bill granting a ponilon to Joseph Bom-
iier. In this case the committeo on invalid
pensions i, unanimously of tho opinion that
the Mil should bo pasted over tho voto.
Tbe bill waa passed ovor tho voto—yeas 173,
nsys 38. _____
Government ExpauiUtures,
Washington, July 14.—[SpecialJ—For tho
firat time in our hiatoy, it is now possible to
give a complete statement of tho expenditure#
of tho government for public improvements.
Dmiog tbe forty-sixth congress, the account-
lug officers of tho treasury department were
desired to mako this compilation, and the
work hat been finished. It begins with tho
formation of the government, in 1789, and ex
tends to tho year 1382. This, of courao, does
not complete tho statement, but your corres
pondent has examined the snproprtations of
the peat four yean, and incorporated them
with the treasury compilation, thus making it
full and complete. The following will tbow
tho allowances for Georgia. First aato tbe
public buildings:
The first public building authorised in Geor
gia wts in 1819, when congress made en appro
priation of $29,100 for “erecting, customhouse
and warehouse tt Savannah," Since that time
the following nllowesccs have been made:
Atlanta courthouse end portofllce. SIT VOX)
Macon postofflec 124,000
Marietta courthouse. «... 6,«s>
Savannah customhouse, old 29,100
Savannah customhouse, new ro
The total allowances for public buildings
amennt to $629,556.
Elver and harbor improvements in tho state,
commenced in 1826, when an appropriation of
$50,000 was granted by congress “to remove
obstructions in the Savannah river, bolow the
city of Savannah,” The allowances havo been
r,s follow,:
Altsmaht river > 33,000 00
Brunswick harbor............ «.... 33.000 00
Chattahoochee and Flint rivers iid.uoo oo
Coosa river
Cumberland sound
Hat len harbor.
Flows river......
Flint river
Otmulgoe river .......
Oconee river 23,400 00
Oostonauta and Coosawaitlo rivers.
St. Augustine creek
survey of rivers....
Ilomlcy marsh.....
20.000 oo
5.000 00
932.000 00
001.090 01
10.000 oo
10 000 00
Total 12.919,5011 OI
Then has been quite a large sum of money
used in the llghthouae service in tbe atato.
The following are tho allowances £for light
stations:
Cumberland Island Ks.uco OO
Bt. Simons. 90,050 oo
Sapelo 0.1,273 »7
Savannah river lights 99.150 00
Tybee 112,413 oo
Beacons end buoys.,.._ 01,914-11
Light vessels 20,000 00
Tola) >191,7 2330
The only appropriation for a branch mint
in Georgia la for Dahlonega, the amount being
$b7,S70.
The next and last Item of expenditure !•
for porta end arsenate, wblcli are ea follows:
Auguste Arsenal >239,750
Fort Jackson 2*4,000
Fort Pulaski wo,809
cd:
Public Buildings S 029,650 00
Blvers and Harbors 2,919,690 M
Public Kostin 6,000 00
Light Stations 49i,7ao go
Mints 87,870 00
Foris aud Arsenals 1,463,85» 00
Total lor Georgia
$5,600,310 92
Appropriations.
After rropetly disposing of bills reported
from tho committees, tiro hones went into
committee of tho whole on tho fortifioation
appropriation bill.
Mr. Forney, of Alabama, who has charge of
the bill, briefly explained its provision for tho
appointment of a board to mako lists to atcer.
tain tbe moat effective gnus, prqjectllea, torpe
does end other implements end engines of war.
Tho debate then became political, in which
only occasional and incidental reference to
tho bill was made. The epeekere were Messrs.
Buttarwortb, Beagan, Dlngloy, Morrow,
Cutcbeos, Vielo end others. A good deal of
criticism ud ridicule were bestowed upon tho
bill snd upon the committee for reporting a
“fortification" bill for snob a country as ours,
providing for an appropriation for only six
hundred thousand dollars.
Mr. Cutchcon thought that tbo title of tho
bill should bo “to provide how not to do It,"
or at tbs very boat, "a bill to got ready to pre
pare to begin to fortify.”
Mr. Rudall defended the bill, Ho laid that
ha had frequently heard this country adver
tised to tho notions of earth as defenseless.
The natlone of earth knaw our strength bettor
than American representatives on thla floor
supposed that they did. They did not take
these utterances here as truthful In anypsr-
tirutar. He maintained that the bill svae in
no respect hostile to tho proper armament of
tbe United States, bnt Its purpose wu to seen re
a knowledge of the requirement! of the oesa-
'»n.
Befering to Mr. Cotcheon’e remark upon the
defenseless condition of tbe lake coast, he
suggested that Greet Britain wu wiser than
tbe genUemu. England knew that tbe mo
ment the began srer with the United States,
the United Statu munt that ehe should not
bare a foot of ground on this continent, ud
she wu not going to be guilty of disturbing
the peace of tho country.
Several amendments look Ing to an increase
of the amonnt of tbo appropriation were re
jected.
The committee then rose end reported the
bill to the house.
Mr. Bendell moved to reduce the
appropriation for the armament
of forti II cations from $500,000 to $100,000,
Senator Brown at a lata boar loot night suc
ceeded In getting tho npproprfation for R im-
ney marsh increased from tbe proposed $14,-
000 Ur $23,000. This sum pays for the perma
nent improvement of tho iniud rants down
tho Atlantic coast, which hu been transformed
from a hazardous way to a ufe ud pleusnt
route. Senator Brown also introduced a reso
lution directirg the secretary el war to have
a snrvey made of Jekyll creek, contampUtiog
its improvement.
To tbe provision for lighting rivers, the
committae hu added the St. John’s river, Pis..
ud too Columbia and Willamette riven of
Oregon, and Increased tbe appropriation from
$170,000 to $200,000. Ten thousand dollars is
appropriated for aalariu and expenses of the
national booid of health. To defray the e*
K nits incident to landing, housing, protect-
g SLd inaugurating upon Bodloe's Island of
Bartholdi's atntue of Liberty Enlightening tho
World and fur the construe*
tion of platforms, repairs of wharf,
clearing tho grounds of nnsightly structures
and other incidental expenses, ud for inei-
dental expense! of the ceremony of inaugura-
tion. tho ’unate committee prosed .$50,500.
Eighty thousand dollars is appropriated for a
wharf at Fortress Monroe. An appropriation
of$107,C00 is made for construction^ml repairs
at the southern branch of the national home
for disabled volunteer soldiers, Increasing the
total appropriation for this Institution to AL
IBI,000.
The Solicitor Generalship.
The rejeetion of Solicitor Goode and
the method by which It svu accomplished
ere still the chief topic at tho capital. There
ia no longer any reaton to doubt tho action of
the republicans In Mildly opposing Hr.
Goode waa In tho AildUment of the bargain
made with Senator Mahons in 1881, when ho
gave hia voto for the toll control of federal
patronage in Virginia. Since Senator Riddle*
berger'a denunciation of the preconcerted ar
rangtment to defeat Mr. Goode, the bitterest
feeling hu existed between him end Mr.
Mabone. They had not spoken for monthi
before,bnt now they are at daggers points. 8omc
of Mr. Goodo’a friends thtuk that tire presi
dent will re-appoint him after the senate
adjourns, but this view la not generally held.
Mr. Goode would probably prefer that
tbe president should not engage
in a contest with tbe senate
for bis sake. That there will be no durth at
eendldetaa for the solicitor-generalship is evi-
dent.
The Alabama delegation havo agreed to pre
sent Walter R. Bragg,of Montgomery. Congress-
man Randolph Tucker and ox-Minlstor A. M.
Keiley, of Virginia, and ex-Scnator White, of
Maryland, are also mentioned. Governor Erec
tor Knott, of Kentucky, whose term will or
E ire next fall la here, aud It Is whispered that
o hat an eye on tho placo. Various other
candidates of lest ptomlnenco are mentioned.
The salary it $7,000 end the office is nogt in
dignity to a placo in tho cabinet.
The rejection of Solicitor General Goods lias
f liven fresh vigor to the war on General Shot-
ey, of Alabama, whoso nomination u fourth
auditor of tho treasury is still hold up in the
senate. Malone is opposing Hr. 8belloy, and
ia trying to get the republicans united agalnat
him. Tho arrogance of tho little "boss” ia be
coming distasteful to many of tho renublican
senators, who think he hu been sufficiently
K id for hie rote in 1881, end recognize that he
• played out In Virginia. They do not need
hie vote now to keep control of tire senate and
are disposed to disregard hta uif-importance.
General Shelley will be confirmed,
Washington Gossip,
Washington, July 12.—Hugh 8. Thomp
son, of south Carolina, qualified title morning
te assistant secretary of tho tteuuryandat
noon was visited by all the hnreau and divis
ion officers of the department, who were pro-
sentcri to him h.v Chief Clerk Youmaue. He
r elied at the white houso during tho day in
company with Comptroller Tronholm and paid
bis rcspccta to the president.
Washington, July 13.— [Special.] — Lut
night a warrant for Fred S. Brown wu re-
celved by tbo marshal of tho District of
Colombia. Brown Is the men who wrote the
infamous letters for tho Cincinnati Enquirer
from Atlanta, Macon and othor aonthorn cities
eighteen months ago. The warrant ia based
on an indictment found by the grand jury of
tbo Untied States district court at Macon and
ia for the offense of unding obscene matter
through tho malls. Today bailiffs have
searched Wuhington up end down for Brown,
but could find no trace of him. He wu hero
In February in tho interest of the Enquirer and
la atill connected with Ita homo staff. John
McLtafi'i repudiation of Brown's dirty work
lathe south wu tho purest bosh, (hr u toon
as Brown returned to Cincinnati McLean
Incrcaied his ulary and gave him a better
{ -lare than be had ever had before. A warrant
br Brown lent to Cincinnati might find him.
Washington, July 10.—Ill-feeling hu for
tomo monthi existed between Representatives
Cobb, of Indiana, and Laird, of Nebraska, and
. !
in a wrangle, in tbe courae of whlc
Laird called Mr. Cobb a liar and llr. Cobb
called Mr. Baird a perjurer. They mutually
agreed to iiniab tno dlacuaaton outaldo (he
chamber, and immediately went Into (he
lobby, where another exchange of lefrhandod
compliment* occurred, a blow from Ur. Laird
accompanying (be word. The blow drew
blood from Mr. Ccbb’a mouth and note and
itn( him agalnat a door leading into (be
chamber. Thla all happened to quickly (hat
tbe few gentlemen, who aaw what was going
on, could not prevent it. Mr. Paraon, of Illln-
oil, waa endeavoring to pacify loth hla col
leagues and Mr. Laird's blow waa struck
through Mr. Payson’s restraining arms. The
combatants wore then separated, and Mr.
Laud returned to the chamber. Both are
large, powerful and of belligerent dispositions.
A MODKRN 8AMBON*
Br markable Feat* With Cannon, Barrel* of
Lead and Bar Iron.
From the Troy, New York, Times.
I propose to give a abort sketch of the life of
a man who was little known outside of th* village
or Granville Cornon. In Washington county,
where be was born and speut the most of a long
life. It is known ol him, and can be proved, that
he has performed feats of strength unsurprised by
any man that baa lived in aucient and modern
timec, excepting, of conrte, the Biblical Bamson.
Hia name is, or waa, Steam Carpenter. IBs
occupation waa that of a farmer. Being
naturally of a very quiet, peaceable diapoaltlon
and a member of tbe society of Friends, ho never
did anything for display to attract attention, bnt
the feats of strength be perforated were doue more
tosaliary hltmelf and to see how much be could
lift than lor anything else. All hia lining waa
done by main strength, without harness of any
kind.
one of hla greatest feats was lifllng a box filled
with iron, which weighed l.uoo pounds, which la
equal te lining 9,800 pounds in a harness. II* lift
ed It with ease with hla bands by grasping a rope
or chain which waa bound around the box to se
cure it. He did not know the weight of the box
of iron at the time* and waa afterwards beard to sty
that bad he known it weighed so near a ton be
would have put on the other 100 pounds and lifted
the whole. At another time he lifted a cannon
that weighed 1,400 pounds and shouldered it. At
Comstock’s Landing, on the Champlain canal, near
Whitehall, one day while waiting fora load of
mercbsndiae, he lifted a barrel of white
lead with case. Hla neighbors, when killing bogs.
If Eteain happened to be around, would ask him
tbgueas the weight of a bog Just killed. If It hap
pened to be a big one, weighing four hundred or
five Lundrod pounds, be would stoop down and
twist hi* fingers Into the bristles, and In that way
would Hit the carraaa clear from the ground and
gum on Its weight.
He performed one ot the greatest foats of
ttiengtb on record after he htd reached the age
of seventy-five years. He lifted two. twenty-four
foot Iron rails by grasping one In each hand; and
walked off with them. The rails were resting ou
wooden horses, so be did not stoop down to lift
them. One day in baying he ws* going from tbe
field with hla men to the home for dinner. They
were walking along tbe road together when one eg
bis men, for mischief, came np behind him, and,
bv* skillful trip, threw Carpenter down. He
gathered himself up and said nothing about U. He
walked to the house, and after dinner, when re*
luining to tbe field with bts men, they came.akmg
to the plane where tbe man gave him the fall. He
suddenly turned upon the man, and, grasping him
by the- shoulders aud the seat of bis trousors, lift
ed him and hurled him high in the air abovo him
and over a aeven rail fence, by the side of which
they happened to be walking. Tbe man came
down In the meadow a rod or more from the
fmre, considerably shaken up, but not badly bait
Mr. Carpenter waa not a gigantic man In size. He
wss about six feet tall, and appeared much lea*
than that, owing to hla maaaive build. There was
no sup erfluous flesh npon btei, but the mu«olc* of
bistros, shoulders and neck seemed to be piled
ii I on him, so great was their *U«. ThH gar* him
a stcoplng appearance. In a crowd, a casual ob
server would not be likely to ptek him out for one
of the itrongest wen that ever lived. Mr. Carpen*
ACROSS THE WATER.
HAPPENINGS OF TH B W8BK tN THB
OLD WORLD.
Mr. auditor!, Wta B.tlca-A KIM UtU. Dual 1.-
iwm Two Otauexuuawt rraoSam-Tk. Ex-
pul.Ion ol Du# D'A urn .11.-Blot, mm-
tand-Exouiia, th, Jamil,. Era.
... teacher.,.AAAhmMi-wBr rare ‘.ol.
Rutter, Ljnchhcrg, Ve.
London, July 14.—An extradition treaty
between England and tho United States baa
been elgned. In addition to the customary
clauses, the treaty provides for the inrrender
of dynamite mlicreante. At the foreign of
fice today It waa stated that whan
the matter wat ripe communication
would bo made to tbe prose In the atari* way,
and that tbe treaty would donbtloa, bo rati
fied at Waihlngton after tho customary ran-
tine. Further details wore peremptorily n-
fottd. At the American legation Secretary
Whlto waa greatly Incensed on beiug ques
tioned in regard to tho mat-
ter, and refilled to admit
or contradict the statement that the treaty
had been signed, on tho ground that tho state
department at Washington mu alone compe
tent to (peek on tho subject. He arid he nut
■urprlMd at tho Indiscretion at the foorlgn of
fice and brutquoly closed tbo interview. It I*
generally thought In diplomatic circle! hors
that tbe aoelallatlo troubles in Chicago largely
Influenced the American government in mak
ing tho treaty.
London, July 18.—At an Informal meeting
of the cabinet on Saturday, Mr. Gladitono
•poke In favorof Immediate retignatlon, and
waa inpportad by Earl Spencer and Mr. Mor-
ley. Sir Wm. Harcourt, Mr. Childers, Mr,
Campbell Banuermau aud Sir Farrar Ilaraoh-
ell were in favor of challenging s vote of the
bouteofcommoDiona motion affirming the
principle of home rule for Ireland. Subao-
qnently, at a dinner, Gladstone ,triad that he
bed Inflexibly decided to reslgu aud conduct
ou uncompromising opposition. In this de
cision Sir Wm. Harcourt and Mr. Chlldsrs
then concurred.
Lord Hartingtou and Sir Henry James have
definitely declined to join acoalltionuilnlriry.
Lord Selltbnry’a offer to make the duko of
Argyll premier waaooutlngentnpon Lord Her-
tingtou’o Joining the coalition, end, of courae,
li now withdrawn. The duke of Argyll will
probably be made viceroy of Ireland, with Mr.
Stanhope as chiof secretary.
l’ABis, July 18.—LeParis publlihos an Inter
view between one of its correspondents and
Mr. Gladstone, In which the latter le reported
as suing: ’<1110 liberate who follow mo and
the Irian members constitute a compact mi
nority, whose wishes It te all tho lorn possible
to dlsregsid, became among tho victors are
tome who, perhaps, era Indlapoied, it
ia believed, to outer the path of thor
ough reform for Ireland. If I listened
to the warning of ago, I would retire from
public life, but I wuuld be committing »
guilty action In abandoning tho field after
raising to much Ire, and inspiring so many
hopes, If I did not seek to appease one ana
tstlsly the other. I have worked all my life
to deliver the suffering pooole, and I moon to
dis aa I havo lived.”
Paris, July 15.—The expulsion of Dno
D’Aumella was thu cense of an exciting scene
in the senate today. H. Cheenelong said that
the duke's lotter to Pretldsnt Gtovy In no-
wltojustlficd hit esputslon, snd that the gov
ernment bad vloleted the principle that an
ofilccr’a conimliilon waa hla property.
General Boulanger, mlnteterof war, replied
that he would not tolerate en Insolent lotter
like the dnke'a. An uproar ensued, and Baron
Larelnty shouted that the expnlelon of the
duke wee an act of cowardice. General Bou
langer declared that he would dot permltsuch
an rxpretaion to be applied to tho minister ol
war, and quieted toe trlbuuo. M. Sardeln
stated that tho Due D Auniale's letter had
been written with the consent of the Cemta
Da Paris, and that the whole aflklr waa a ver
itable plot.
General Boulanger declared that he would
fulfil hie duty as e republican minister. M.
Larelnty said Ire regretted that so distinguished
e soldier as General Boulanger should Insult
■ny one who wu abeent. They then passed
to the older of day by a vote of 157 to 78, np-
proving tbs conduct of tho government and
expressing confidence in Ita vigilance.
General Boulanger hu challenged Baron
Larelnty to a duel In contoqnenco of tho affair
In theaenate today.
Paeis, July 17.—The dnol between General
Boulanger, mlnteterof war, and Baron DsLf
relnty, srlilog from remarks of the baron in
the senate on Thursday, relative to tbs ex
pulsion of tbe duko D'Anmale, wu fonghtat
0 o'clock this morning. Tho weapou ware pis-
tola. Tho place of meeting wu in thoforeri
near Hendon, live miles west of Parle, When
tbe commend to firs wu given, Baron DoL*.
relnty shot at General Boulanger. The lat
ter cooly ewelted the teanlt of the shot with
out firing himself. Finding himself nntouch-
ed by hit opponent's Pullet, General Bra Un
ger raised hie own pistol sod fired np Into tho
sir. Tho combatants than left the field. Gen
eral Boulanger returning to Paris, want
straight to bit office at tbs war dopsrtmant.
A largo crowd bad assembled to learn the re
mit or the duel and gave General Boulanger
an ovation when he appeared.
The official repott of the dnol toys that
Baron Imrienty desired that it be fought with
swords, bnt that General Boulanger had tho
right of choice and namsd pistols. Both com.
betanto fired when tho signal wu given and
both were untouched. It -wu found that
Boultnger’s pistol misted fire. The seconds
declared tbst bonar wu utlsflad and tho
combatants shook hinds. Report does not con
firm the statement that Boulanger tired In
the air.
Tho Temps account of the dnol toys that
after tho encounter, Larienty, holding oot.hl<
bond to Boulanger, said: "I havo never
doubted your loyalty nor your chivalrous oonr-
age," and that Boulanger replied: “I never
thought tbit yon aecuetd mo of peraraar
oowerdlte,bot I wu anxious to faco your fire.’’
Members cf tbe cabinet, and scons of dopn-
t'ot and icnators, havo visited General Bou
langer at the war department to personally
congratnlita him npon Iho bravery of hb
action In bts duel with Baron Larelnty.
Bgr-rasT, July 13.—Fnrtons rioting broke
out this Vvenlng between Catholic! and Prot
estants. Many stones were thrown and re
volvers were freely need, The militia wu
called ont to restore order. Many persons
were Injured ud sent to hospitals.
An orange lodge In Coal bland, a email vil-
lags in county Tyrone, four mile* from Dun
gannon. wu attacked lut night by a number
of men belongleg to the National league. The
attacking party were armed with rifles ud
kept np a fire Ifor ten hours on the lodger
the police being powerless to Interfere.
Armed moonlighters lest night attacked ud
secured pcaoeselon of two houses In Freemrant
ud Kutnrk, Cork county, then they entered
ud severely beat tbe inmates,
Ddsi-in, July 14.—During the rioting at
Bolfut lut night between the Catholics and
Protestants, four taverns ud a number of
dwelling houses were wrecked. Th* polio*
snd toldltn charged th* rioters eererri tins*
and at lut succeeded In clearing the main
streets. In the by-ways, however, dugeront
knots of men are lurking and fears of a re.
newel of tho distnrbuce* ere entertained.
Among the wonnded last sight wu a sergeant.
It is thought be cannot recover. A coottablo
and many civilians received severe wounds.
Tho eily te quiet today. Investigation shows
tbst moat of the fighting wu done between
the police end tho Orangemen, tbo latter ae*
tailing the officers because they (prevented
tbe Orangemen from attacking toe Catholic*
Policeman Gardner, who wu reported to havo
been killed, to not dead, bnt ho to totally in-
Jored, ud to lying at the point of death. Toro
civilians, named MaeWaters and McElmy.wen
shot dud. Fifteen persons are still In hoe-
pirate tnffering from dugorou Injartee re
ceived daring the riot last night
Fol iceman Gardner I* dead. Tbe police
ganioon hu beu largely increased. The
wreckage canoed by tbe rioting yesterday re-
wmbtoa the reentte of a tornado. Men, women
end children were struck don, braised ud
bleeding, still ottering cries of defiance sad
threats of revenge. Tho, Protestant* wot*
beaten by eh*e> nombora, and many of thola
bouses ware afterwards wrecked. Twenty-
three prisoners, while on their ny to the
police station, race, “Bole Brlttania." and
curaed the pope, Parnell and 8exton.
A proclamation hu boon toned which for-
bide that people assemble In the itreeto, and
wsrai them a violation of thla law will render
them liable to arrest.
^ Tht* morning the heed cMutable of Water-
[“'J.private soldier to attempt to
atwat two Orangemen, frihersnd son. Tho
rito^uiffaSSSdta nlraa
Dcrlin, July 18.—There vrua naclonaliat
demonstration at Monagan yesterday, after
tbe result of tho poll bed beu declared. Judge
Quinn, of New York, in a speech, said that
before ho loft America several puritan de
scendant! assured him of their sympathy with
the Irish cento, and ukod him to
b «r • Promising America's
assistance with money ud voice as long u the
Irish kept within constitutional limits In their
atiniglo for homo rale.
The trial of tho Beirut rioter* svu ad
journed yuterday, on tho ground thu the
crown’e vrltneaaes were reluctant to testify,
fearing their houses wonld bo smoked.
There wore Mrioae election riots In Tlr-
coyno yesterday. 8everel persona wore In-
jured, and a largo number arrested. Addi
tional police are being drafted.
An explosion occurred today in an unused
houso near tho residence of Mr. Crawford, of
Lakelands, two miles ontalde of Cork. Two
bodies havo been recovered from the debris,
and identified u thou of a carpenter named
Long, and a laborer named Bryan. Thalattar
wu in the employ of Crawford. It to
supposed tho men wore engagod In making
dynamite.
Expelling tho Juanita.
Lima, Pern, July 13.—At a public muting
held in the publto square at Cauao on Sunday
afternoon, itwu resolvod to petition the gov
ernment to take Immediate atop* for the ex
pulsion of Jesuits from Porn.
INTERESTING TO FARMERS.
Clover anil Timothy and Rnst tn
Wheat.
The July crop report of Judge J. T. lion-
demon contains two lettora of much Interest
to farmers. Tho first, from Mr. A. A. Camp,
of Polk county, ia In relation to nmpluof
clover and timothy wbloh he sent to the do-
B rtment of agriculture. The second it from
r. I. O. Westbrook, of Draketown, suggest
ing a remedy for rust on the apple loaf and In
wbuL
Tho following ia Mr. Oamp'a letter and tho
commissioner's comments:
'Basoe Hill Ga, July 2, ISM.—Dear sir: laend
a* such), yet 1 want to see any county boat them.
We havo aa Due a country for clover end the
irereca u the ran ever shown upon. All that ta
niretiary to succeed la to tow tbe teed on properly
pretered land. My entire crop of tho tamo is very
fine every year. I have aome four hundred seme
—■ - ■i lcm it i, astonishing so a man who
r tried It how fast land oan be Improved
I underclovcr. Hit cropof grain will lm-
bile It It true that every eectlon of Georgia le
hot ru «ell adapted to the graeeea u Folk county,
yet It te believed that oome one or more of ihccut-
Hvated species, or mme ot the native kindo, will
be round profitably adspted to every county In tho
Mate. The drier ohaucle In tho way of tuooeaaful
E > culture In thte Mate te found In the tact
the lire-long business of the avenge farmer
been hr deiuoy I rasa. It hu been considered
the ante enemy to cotton culture—a ton of una
voidable evil. In tbel face of tho fact
that lha Indigenous iraasct or tho oonntry grow an
luxuriantly—onen In spite of tbo farmer's heat er-
forte to deetroyi of the established troth that the
most tucceiemi fanning In ell countries te bated
upon ara>» and slock! and of such instances of con
tinued success u that or Hr. Gamp, it is surprising
tbit farmers ere not Induced to ohango their
grata, htd been I
tolls culture;
Tho commissioner expresses (he hope (hat
tbe Ihnnera of the itate will repeat the exper
iments suggested in Hr, Westbrook's letter,
which la u follows:
Dsakktown, Ga, July t, 1336.-I deal re to cell
tbe attention of the farmer, through tho medium
ofyour department, to aome discoveries I have
made. In May, Mari, I noticed the leavaeof my
Bhockley apple trees were rusting or mildewing.
I built fires on the east sldt of the oeonsrd and
burned sulphur twice, wheujsldamp east wlud.wu
Mowing, to u to rover tho irece with the vapor.
This destroyed tbe blightoo tbe leaves end saved
|he lungs Mm^y trees, ao that they matured tuolr
I dlrcovered by accident that the sulrfhurous
tomes would olio destroy tho rum on wa ‘ —
ksucc around Ibis point, an a presumably m far
If the feme* came In contact with th* rrowioff
irthte meant of preventing nut in whaat nflMto
effective end practicable upon further tri
nisy l e able to reap a further advantage In aj
rid ufilic llr alPscilier by sowing spring i
eggs In tho fail, W ill' Ll sre carried , thrj
winter in Ihe^aMHilHHBaflaj
I would like Cor tbe raranre to experiment
me end report to Uw state department. Yours
truly, l.C. Wsstdsoox,
Prohibition and tha Fad oral Courta-
From tho Chicago Tribuna.
Judge Lev*, of tha United States district
oouri, In lorn, follows the ruling of Judge
Brewer, of Kansas, and declares that a prohibito
ry taw cannot havo tho effect of destroying pri
vate property unless tha state makes compensa
tion to the owner. Judge Brewer held that brew
eries and distilleries could not bo closed unices
the Mate paid the Ices sustained, hut Judge Love,
In deriding a preliminary point In a cose remov
ed from tbe stata courts, sppUed tho seme doc
trine :to saloons. An Injunction wu asked
against a saloon at Muscatine which had been fit
ted up and leased before the adoption of tho Iowa
prohibitory taw, and In refusing to re
mand the com to tho Mete coarts Judge Love laid
saloon property oould not be taken or rendered
useless without compensation. Thus, white the
Mato courta of Iowa and Kansu have declared that
saloons, breweries, ate., oould be closed without
payment of damages, tho highest federal Judges
In theta ttetaa hold to tho contrary, and nutate
the I attar rullaga are reversed the local prohibit
ory lews will be practically Inoperative.
U la (tegular that Ue question of payment for
loam caused by prohibitory laws waa not settled
long age, hut Urn early Matatee of thte character
earned little Interference with the liquor traffic.
Now, however, that the prohibitionists proceed by
Injunction end make lines aid penalties a Hen
on the real estate the matter la one of importance.
TheraUngior the United Btatescourte ao far era
overwhelmingly against the prohibitionists, and as
the Judges of these tribunate bold lor life and are
beyond the retch of fanatical voters It te Impoe-
stble to overrule them oy popular eoerelon. As tho
matter stands now tn Iowa tha Mate hu oMab-
Ushed a rigid prohibitory law, hot breweries and
dlMHIeriei continue In toll btaM, aud even saloons
can appeal to the United Buies courts end »c.
cure protection whenever threatened with Inter-
terrace. The only liquor establish menu
amenable to tbe lone taw era thoie
Ushed since tbe statute went Into
The doctrine laid down by the federal .
lows and Kanvss, If maintained, wUl be
people being taxed to pay theveloe of ell breweries,
Sfassss l&VSSMisags
enforcing
tho bill of d*nu-
. __ with much entbu-
matterUthetio lout
a federal court* •tend
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