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THE WEEKXT CONSTITUTION: TUE8DAT. APRIL 15. 1884. TWELVE PA GESC THE CONSTITUTION. ■ Entered at the Atlanta Post-Office as second-class ■all matter, Noveater li, 187B. Work's C.a.tltatt.a »!.** I’M Aaa* ba of fire, 11.00 eaeh; dubs of md a copy to the getter-up of Club. i ATLANTA. OA., APRIL 16.1*84. THE CONSTITUTION THE PRICE. HOW TO GET IT. The price of the Weekly Con stitution is $1.25 (one dollar and a quarter) a year, to single sub scribers. It is sent to clubs of 5 or more for $1.00 each one year. It is sent to clubs of to for $l.oo each, and one extra copy is sent one year to the getter up of the club of 10. If you send for one paper only, or for less than five, send $1.25 each. If you sand for five or more than five, send $1.00 each. If you send for to or more names send $1.00 each and and one extra name free for every $10 sent. No varia tion from these rules. A PSW REMARKS, It will be rein.inhered that Henry Weller- •on, of the Courier-Journal, went to Wash ington city ns tbe paid lobbyist of the whisky ling; that he went on tbo floor of tbe house because be could go there by reason of the tact that the people of hi. district were toler ant enough of III. folly to let him go for vary >hort unexpired term to congress; that he was driven on', by attention being called to tbe fact that he waa there lobbying for the bill then under consideration. We have from time to time called attention to these fsets, and to the further fact that this bully lug braggart was trying to drive men out of the democratic party who did not agree vrhb him. Here la his answer to what we bare said; That lecherous banger on of tho Mintod harlot of protection, TnsATLSNTa Constitution, baa Ute etlroi tery anil tho linoleum to eprak ol thaCou tier Journal aa a "free lauce " Noeer a rogue, S ih a bribe In hlspxkot, but la the Drat ami idretioery "atop thief." This Allanla metoe- nar> la Ibe mouth piece of aa arlflih and dlthomsl a ring of Oorruprloiiliua aa ever Interned ■ capital. Underlia Inllueoce, iho polliloa oL (la are In a fair way to btcomo as mean and sordid S tho politics of l'euuaylrania. Tiro democrats ‘ o empire stale of Iho south should emsnclpa themwlvcsalouceand forever from till ibrsldt S ight te be established oeer them by railway qura, Iron fouodrles and coal mints, cotton uoriea and venal nowapapera. If wa have ever called hia paper a ft ec lance we regret it. No man that know* Watteraon will ever call any paper ho has control of Ifee lance. He w>« a cowardly dodger during tbe war, banging In Ute rear of tbo arnty natly to lie on either aide for a consideration He never earned a free lance then, and there was not a man In either army as afraid of lance as this man Watteraon. We have neither apace nor time to bandy abuse with this blackguard. Pick out one of the books In Tits Coksti Ttrrioa library and send seventy cents for it. If you have a friend in the city or one coming bere, be can get It for you for sixty cants. If you get one of these books you will order the others. IfORTHBRN AND BOUTHBRN NBOItOBS. The objections which we see lu many of Ute northern republican organa to the ad dnm recently Issued by the leaders ol what is now known as the whig republican party Will hardly hold good, Th, addreas, If we nhdrrstaud It, la practically based on the •UHudeoftbe northern white republicans toward the negro voters at the north. Pre sumably, the majority of negro republican voters at the north are more intelligent than the majority of Ute negro voters at the south— in Georgia, for Instance. They vote for the republican candidate* without question, but It is to be suppoeed that they are better edu cated than theaouthera negroes lor the rea son that they have had larger opportunities and more advantage*. These things ought to weigh in their favor, but tba fact Is that they have fewer political prtvllegea than their race In Ute south. To quote the words of a negro editor, “tbe negroes at the north an ground beneath tbe hrels of their white republican epprnson." They hold no ofllcet that are worth holding, they take no part In the party consultations, they an raorgnised only as Tolers, and when they put thetnielvee for ward they are (teen to undent' and promptly ■id unmistakably that, having been grad- coaly emancipated by the republicans tbsy bavs not even tha rights of msndlcants. The result of this condition Is clearly set lorth in the tone and spirit of tbe editorials written in the New YorkOlobe by Thomas T. fortune, who stands at the head of hia no* In this country so far as common sense and Intelligence are concerned. He gives hia rradrra to undentaoJ, either intentionally or uubilentionally, that the negroes ol the north Kill never be really free until they cut loose from the oppression of the republican party. In other words, there is not an Issue cl the New York Globe that does not bear testimony to the fact that the negroes at the north constitute a despised and neglected Clemrtit of republicanism. oeelug that such an example is set by the republican leaden at tbe north, is it any wonder that it should be followed by respec table republican? at the south? II northern ntgroei inbmtt to the situation end stem to ba proud of if, why should tbe southern nrgroee complain? THE TORNADO SEASON. All the meteorologists agree tbit cyclone* or tornadoes are the result of the collision of warm currents from tbe aouth and cold cur rents from tho north. They begin In tbe early spring in tbe states near the gulf, and as tbe season advances tba tornado tracks advance to the northward. This season baa been singular In the reepecl that tba torna dos* have, with one exoepUon, crossed Geor gia north ol Atlanta. II the theory ol tbe meteorologists is correct, tbe tornado tracks at thr remainder ol the saason will lie north ol the stete. Bnt inch theories, and all theories about tbe weether are not to be depended on. a case In point, Indisna and Ohio, not to meotion Kentucky, have already bad nearly as many tornadoes as Georgia has. The storms msy have laws, but there fe not a man in the world who can define tboee laws, and tbe time has not come whens tbe time or tbe boundaries ol tornadoes can be foretold. Tbe observations of tbe weather bureau are, however, of service, and they may re sult in conclusions that are satisfactory. The fact is at least established by obeervations of the wind that a meeting of warm and cold currents produces tbe dangerous circling winds that we are now familiar with. The cold currents from the northwest and the warm currents from tbe aouth meet in what Sergeant Finlay calls a barometie trough, and then tbe trouble begins. There his been a number of tornadoes in the south this year, but tbe south Is by uo means the favorite scene el these agents of destruction. Cl the specially violent tornadoes ol tho last ninety years, Kansas, loves, Missouri and Illinois had as large a proportion as Of, Kansas lead ing with 25. If to the number occurring in these four states be added those occurring in Ohio, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Michigan and Minnesota, it will bo found that 02. or over f>8 per centof the specially destructive torna does of the last ninety years occurred in these northern states, tlrq north*'«t almost monopolising this terrible species of meteor ologlcal phenomenon. During It- same pe riod tbe entire south hid but 32 which occn sioned any extenaivo loss of life and prop erty, and In Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and North Caro lina, the states In which during the past win ter so muclt damage has been done by storms the whole number reached was but 23. lire"Conal II llllon I.lhrnrjr.” We call special attention to Iho advertisement ol "Tun ConsTiTi-noN Library," to be found else where In this morning's paper. We hive carefully examined theso books and heartily approve what Is said In the advertisement. They are large, handsome books, printed lu dear typeou line paper, and are offered at hall the price they command In tho bookstores Tho Eng. llsh language does not furnish ten more Interesting or ontertalnlng books than those contained In this library. Each one Is a masterpiece and Is a revel*. Uon of delight and entertainment. No leader will risk anything In ordering one{of these hooka He will find it worth doublo tbe money It coct, and a perpetual pleasure in his bontrhold. Wo recommend them sincerely** pure, derating and Interesting books, and sold at prices that are amulngly low. nouncement tor a great many yean, and with a degree of bitterness that has seemed to METROPOLITAN MEN I years. Bis reputation, made In the defense of the! Hoyt ease for the wife and daughter who contested only president ever Impeached; a. the THE COTTON PRODUCTION. This articlo on the cotton production of tbe United 8tates, embracing tables of cotton fibre measurements, taken from the fifth volumo of tho census reports, Is before us, through tho kindness of Mr. I.ongbridge,spec ial censusagent. It isan Interesting document It is so full of facts and figures that we cun not do more this morning than to give those relating to this state. Tho area of the state over which cotton is planted Is 57,080 square miles, out of 68,080 square miles. Only the summit section of the Blue Hidge is now excluded. Thirty four per cent of tbe tilled land was put in oottou, or 2,017,138 acres, producing 814,441 bales, or a little over 14 per cent of tho entire orop. Burke county railed tho most cotton but Folk showed tho higheat product per Georgia is the second cotton state In the union, bring outranked only by Mississippi with Texas as the third etate. Georgia's high position is attributed, not to natural advantage*, but "to better cultive- vation of the aoil, the use of fertilizers, and the thrift of an Industrious population." The tables relating to the length of eotton fibers embrace llfty-uvo example* gathered from nearly every kind of aoil lu Georgia. Tbe longeat fibre was a fraction over an Inch and a half (1,672), from the sandy uplands of Burke county, the variety being Jones's long staple; and the shortest came from the coarse ntly upland of Newton, mess aging 0.80(1. The strongest cotton came from the red clav land* of Talbot, austalning a weight of 103 grains, while the sea island cotton of Cam den broke under a weight of 81H grains. The average length of the Georgia staple was l.OCti Inches, only South Carolina making a mate rially better showing. But rejecting tbe long staple or sea Island variety, and confining tha oomparlvons to the upland or short staple cot' ton, California stands first, Utorgla second, Alabama third aud Texas fourth. Tbe widest filter come* from tbe red land of Alabama; the strongest from the creek bottom lands of Louisiana; the heaviest seeds from tbe rich bottoms of Arkansas, and the highest lint per centage from tbe sandy creek hammock land in i-ouiaiana, A Word With Ton. Tata week's CoNariUTiox will reach thousands n.itcnqwho are uot subscribers. We ssk those readers to do its Ibe favor to read the paper carefully. Read all Its departments throiisti. U'l your wife and children read It. Then Judge It on Ha merits. If you thluk It Is worth tho •malt amount we ask for It scud tu yuur subscrip tion. It Is tbe cheapest paper printed. It coats only It.85 a year If you send your vubscitptlou atone. If you get your neighbors to join you, It coats you only ft each for the elub ol five. This Is teat than twu cenlaa week. It ts tho price ounce of butter or one hen's egg. Wboean not spare this much? Who cannot live two cents week for a peper that will l terest and Instruct all his family, aud bring 12 big leges, brimming with the saws, gossip aud humor ol Iho world, into bis homo crery week In the year? Send on your subscription and start with the A WORD TO AN ORGAN. The 8l Louts Globe Democrat, a republi cau organ which is too far west for thought- futures, read* the address of the white re publicans of Georgia backwards aa well aa forwards, at one would read a riddle, and not only falls to find the answer, but fall* to dis cover the Ipith ol it. Of the men who have authorised the address it says: "They are not democrats, either, at least they say they are not, bnt declare it to be their wish and purpose to act with the republican party." Think of a wishy-washy editor speaking thus of Mr. Jonathan Norcrosa. General Long- street, Mr. J. C. Freeman and Uncle Sandy Murray—men who have faced contumely in thousand different shape* for the nkeof their party. “At least they say they It la that the editor of a western republican organ shonld overlook the more important bearing of tbe white republicans’ address. The Globe-Democrat says that the "besetting difficulty" of the negroes is the want of “proper protection" in the exercise of tbe privilege of voting. One would tbluk that this fa tbe opinion of an expert, but it simply the views of a one-horse editor whd is scraping in the air for language to pad with. The republicani who have issued the addrea are thoroughly familiar with tbe situation in Georgia, and with tbe condition of the negro voters. They do not hesitate to put upon record tb« fact that the time baa passed when the republican party cau depend upon the negro voters. They plainly and pointedly that the negro voters can be bribed with whisky or a little money, and to such an extent that even In,districts where the negroes have a numerical majority, It la useless for tbs republican party to count upon a victory—not because the negroes are bulldczed or driven away from the polls by the democrats, but because (1) they esre nothing a brut exercising tho privilege of voting, and because (2) they can be bought by whisky or a little money. A reformer of tbe size and character of the editor of the Glebe-Democrat should not attempt to conceal zuch Important facts as these from bis readers. They are of each Importance that the repuolican party will have to face them sooner or Jaler. Jt might as well begin now, and if its organs do but lend us Uietr long and Mowing ears from time to time, as tho occasion may arise, we promise to furnish abundance of material for a dis cussion that enght to attract the serious attention of all good people who believe in the purity of tbe ballot and the administra tion of the law. The Campaign fa Opened, Tho presidential campaign Is opening la spirited style. The first gnn will be fired In ten days, and there will boooastant fighting then till the great battle on the id of Kovomber. In this contest Ths Constitution will be the un flinching, unwavering champion of democratic principles. It will advocate Ute nomination of Samuel J. Tllden, because he esm heal all the dif ferences In the party, weld the factions together, lead tho party to victory and clear out tho republican thieves and rascals. If Mr. 1 llden will not acoept r Uon wo ate then for any democrat wl Wo shall doour part In whatever part of tho fight wo are cut and under whatever leader. Youcannotdo without Tbs Conititution dar ns lire campaign! Every Intelligent man must hare Iho news of (bis great and final oonfllct! No where will you get II so promptly, so fully, and to cheaply u lu Tits Weekly Constitution. Sub scribe at once! The fight la already opened and things are getUng wum. Wr have this week parsed the 20,000 mark In our escalation. We are now an our ytay to 25,000, and we want to reach that point by the 1st of May. Won’t you help? It you don’t take the paper already, send up your aubocriptlon. If you are already a subscriber, show your paper to your neighbor and get him to subscribe. ECHOES PROM THE PEOPLE. M. a. R„ Nownan, Ga : Bow much money was gathered Into tbo UulUit 8tatcs treasury last year, and how was It appropriated? The government received In the last fiscal year (114,7C0,496.93 through tho customhouses; (144,720,- 386 US from tntornal taxation,and i7.0j5.861.41 from tho sslos of publlo lands—making a total rcrenuo of $377,3i2,730.E3, exclusive of tho poet' ofllco receipts. All of this money was used to meet the ordinary expenditures of the government, eioept Ihesesums; PensionsIM.012,815.04; Interest on publlo debt ICO, 131.25, and a surplus revenue amounting to (132,870.111.41, which sum was used tn reduce the publlo debt. Among the Items of ordinary espouses were tho following: Army, 127,258,000; navy, ilt.810.076; Indians, (5,m37l; risen and harbors, (18,718,875? 8. (!.. Atlanta, Oat Please slate what pepen In tho followlug ptaoea have tho largest circulation aud whether they are published dally or weekly— Homo, Macon, Augusta, (la., (IreenriUe, South Carolina; Italelgh, North Carolina. We feel some hrsltatlon lu answering such a question. You will find Some Information on the •ubjcct in any of tho newspaper directories. J. T., Decatur, Ga: Are any of the Georgia Run- dolphs, related to tho Michael Itundolph who la —owed to bare been Marshal Nry, and who la said lave ouco trained In Savannah? Yuur question may bring out the desired lnfor- motion. Legal, Buchanan, a*—1 Whore was Nassau hall, the college of which J. H. Lumpkin waaagrednato? 2 Way waa Jonathan Ed ward i so celebrated? i Who waa Witherspoon? At Princeton, N J. 2 Because of bis long, able and suceeaoful labor In the pulpit and with his pen. Ille treatise on "The Will" was sufficient to mako him famous . S John Witherspoon, DD, 1.LD, was a signer of tha Declaration of Indepen dence, a member of congrese, sad Uk* Edwards, was president of Prineoton college. Be died In 1704. • S P, Livingston, (la.—1 Why doca not (he United latca government ray the southern Slava ownen for their slaves? 2 Who la the wheat man In the stats? I Because the majority of thesoveselgnswhorun this government wilt not consent. 2 (lire It up. H. K. C., Atlanta, Oa.: t Is not the wotd tn. Invitation (torn a gentleman to atttn incut lu an adjoining city, the not knoalngany of the ladlea whocompooo ute psrtyt 1 The "1" Is generally adopted tn this country tn spelling the words refeircd to, hat the “o" Is still sometimes used by well educated people. 2 Not as general rule, but there are exceptions. Much depeuds upon the respective ogee of the lady and gentleman, Ihtlr acquaintanceship, the distance to the amusement, tu chancier, etc., etc. T. 11. N. Oainrsvtllr, (la.: Please Inform me who vtr —- ' ■ Ung-0:t>«r P im'niat Liwycra. I courtroom or on Ihe public platform, and It la 1 difficult to determine whether he appean to greater [Theserfea of eketebe* and Illustrations began Li I * 1<tU * droc,t ® or * PoUUoml orator, this number of Thi Constitution are copyrighted I "at ln cither capacity, whether expounding law by tbe author, and all rlghu of publication in any I or explaining politics, his orttarical manner Is the form are reserved. J name dispassionate, yet forcible, argumentative, yet Nxw Yottg, Aprl’ 9, 1884.—Will making I full of Illustrative, narrative or anecdote whehl adds and wlU breaking form one of the mos I to the lntereat of what he saya and relieves It of lucrative branches of the legal profession ln I proolness, and always clear and conclae. It Isa thlsdty. The Utter half of the process yields tho I common error to represent Mr. Evans ascompUcated most money and tho least credit I In style This Is wholly baaed upon the fact A sarcastic line In a comedy recently pUyed bere that his sentences, either written or oral, are long, baa a certain truthful application to a data of New but It Is a false Impression which regards them as York lawyers who figure ln thU sort of litigation. Involved. There are few writers or speakers Says one Uwyer of the dramatis peraonie to I with sneh comment of words or smelt another of a rich merchant ln the play, “I have I powers of Impressive delivery as Mr. Erarts drawn his will so carefully that you can easily I possesses. Daring the long Beecher trial some break It.’’ yean ego, I think I must have heard him speak at Undoubtedly this district Is moao fruitful of I more or less length every day and always in the scandalous will contesu than any ether ln the I seme deliberate style which he adopU lnatgumenU country, because we have go many more mil-1 and whlth he does not wholly discard ln appeal Uonalret to tho square acre on Manhattan or Invective. Bis style of speaklog la very UUnd than on any other like territory; I slow—the thirty odd stenographers at tbo Beecher but one feature of the law itself onconrages tho I trial ell rated him as sAwes! of all the speakers ln disputing of wills on frivolous grounds. the ease, but still tho most difficult to report on It leaves It opuonal with the surrogate whether account of the complicated punctuation of his long or not the lawyers for the contestants challbepatd sentences. But however slow he may be during the litigation allowances out of theorist* inutteranceheneverexclteiiusplclonofhesltetlng In dispute. An unscrupulous surrogate can In for word or Idea. His sentences are so long and his this way throw large sums to lawyen to whom he delivery so slow that ln first hearing him ono can? la friendly. Bence unscrupulous lawyers are ever I not bnt fear that before he reaches the conclusion, ready to stir up this tort of contest ln the hope of I he will have forgotten not only the verba and tenses getting such allowance. When they do they u«u* I with which he began, and conclude with a du ally associate with themselves a personal friend I graceful exhibition of disjointed nouns and num- otthe surrogate to influence liberal allowances bers, but tbst he will a'so have lost the thread of Large sums are charged by lawyers for merely the argument. But tho longest of Mr. ErarU’eargn- drawing wills. In many cases their charges meuutlve leniences are as clear amount to a considerable percentage on the prop-1 meaning and aa perfect in construe orty devised. In a few Instances teebton pay thei [lion as Ute briefest epigram. It U evident fees by bequests to the lawyers drawing the wills, from the examination of auy ouo of his long print- doubtlets with the Idea thattho latter will Ubor to ed sentences that notwithstanding the apparent make tbe instruments litigation-proof, ln older to I wandering from the point into tho explanatory secure tbalr own reward* Lather K. Marsh ones I narauthrau and Illustrative questions aud exclz- drew a will for James B. Tajbr, who had for years mattons which are Injected Into It, that the whole been a client of his, but who had paid him Hula ln I speech waa clearly fixed In bis mind before he bad lets, bnt who promised to remember him ln hia I spoken a wotd. will. In the will, as Mr. Marsh drew it, Taylor bo* I A more common mlrupprehenslon regarding Ur queathed him (75,000, and an additional largo sum | Erarts Is that he Is a very austere man,’ waa given to Mrs. Matsh toiuither several ebarita-1 On the contrary he la brimming bleand church objects she had at heart. I over with humor. For a mau who probably never This will waa not found on Taylor’n I laughed aloud tn his life he comes nearer beiugone auddon death, bnt another ln the handwriting of I of constant smiles than any other public man I ono George Duryoa turned up with a clans* be- know of. Bis temper Is of tho evenest I have queathing aoveral thousand dollars to Dnryea. A seldom seen him lnuciblo or vexed and never context ensued, and the erate of 12.00(1,000 waa I aaw him In n passion, morally wasted, and (he heirs Impoverished tn I Mr. Everts la the head of ono of the Urges', firm litigation before tho wi It drawn by Marat) came to I of soUciton In the country. Their office* in Wall light In that remarkable contest, which lasted street are dlrtded Into about fifteen compartment*, several years, a number of lawyers wore employ I etch occupied by associates or clctks who hare each Ono ol them. Rufus T. Andrews, * friend of I a particular branch of the business to look to. One then fcurrogito, got as much m fCO.OOO out of I attends solely to the drawing of various forms of tho esse; Henry L. Clinton, famous ln all litigation of this class, got stilt more. The only peraon who ISg^SWXSSjteSfia'aaX really made nothing out of tho contest wore, th I it tries. Mr. Ktartsaud Mr. Choate are the priori- Usrycr who drew the first will and Douglas Tay. ?* 'A* J™«rn, Mr-.BitUer and Mr. jor, tho printer who printed tho case for tho con I mono! the brlofsacd dl.ests of the cauici*tr?ed testant lawyers. I by the firm, aud who "stuff' their oritoiica * 2 ; moo# to “ ,ue ’ i“Aifibir‘o d ^h o %^ d i.? e cii w country. Intentions that this waa done; it not t anticipated any undue influence ol the ex senator on tbe preaent surrogate counted without hia host; tor Mr. Cockling la too proud to employ aud Mr. Rollins too scrupulous a man to permit the exercise of any such Influence. Surrogate Rollins is largely Indebted to President Arthnr and Mr. Coukllng for bis prominence In New York legal affairs, both as n former dlsUict \ attorney and as sorrogste. The ■■ tame may be said of ElUm Root, who figures ln this lfoyt will case, and who is President Ar> tsg also what Victor Hugo Is a lentous French poet, dramatist and novelist. He baa rendered efficient aid to tho cause of repnblloantim In France. Tho biographi cal dictionaries and cucyclopcdtaa say nothing about his reUglous faith, A letter addressed to Mtts I.ula Bunt atCcdartown, Ga., would prob ably reach her. sub , Covington. Ga —What causae "red nose" besides cxceatTe atluk ? Tight lacing, light clothing, tight shosn, Indices- Uon.ooarae greasy fool. It. II. N—WUlyou plesaaiell me how It It b et . ,r au unknown author to have a book pabltihadr Can he do ao without Incurring ranch expense? Th* best, Indscd th* only plan wa knew of is to write a book that wUl command Itself to a publish es likely to attract iho attention of tha public. Is ttuo pubUshen sometimes make mistakes. They asmeumts refuse to publiih a book that is finally brought out and make* a success, bat not one* tn a thousand time* doea this happen. All prominent publishing houses have taken Ihe greatest palus to guard against such a mistake. It make* not tha slightest difference as to whether an author Is known or unknown, Indeed, two of tho most striking sneesmss during tbo past twelve months have boon mad* by unknown writers. Th* author of "Mr. Isaacs" was unknown whsn his are not democrats, but propose to act with th. republican party." Well, wb ahouli I ^pu b uM,^ d “^7uttoi' T 'Tto think ao. They have b**n making thia an-1 ^ wtnnen" la still unknown. h «« <*«■ .... . ’ 'I authorities applicable to each particular cim. alfa million of which wont to lawyeri. iteno-1 Sometime* tho orator thus "•luffed’’ goto hia fact* graphers, printers aud detectives. llmry L. Clin I coufured. In the Hoyt case alluded to Mr. Erarta ton who appeared lor W. II. Vanderbilt put In a gfft*«SS5Si?i£du'Jotta claim of fijO.OOO aud admits that he got f150,000 I the evidence. Mr. Kvarta had evidently got "tho aia fee. Scott Lord, tho lawyer of ono of the con-1 toot* coofuicd; but he was equal te the occasion. >• «P«tcd to have been paid SSjSSr” &»?'" hi ““snraefSd *80,000. The contest over the will ol I an arljournment, aud, ln fact, directed A. T. Stewart wrs compromised by Judge Bonry I *he crier to adjourn tho court uutll the next Hilton for a comnsraitvolw small snm hot it I “o™*' 1 *, that time he had informed himself xiiiton tor a comparatively smau sum, but It docs I ,, t 0 tho facts and ln resuming his argument next notappear to have been permanently settled aa It I day correctly presented them, has recently come np again ln the court*.' The I During the Tweed trial I taw 8*muelJ. Tllden ru Hiokes Bn.. n,..i ■„* •r.—n.—i. „iu. I * wltncs* adjourn the court in the eame way much Blokes, Butr, Hoyt and Bammertly wills, devising 1 10 m* amusement of the presiding 'Justlci Noah estates aggregating probably 120,000,000, are still ln | Davis, and the members of the bar who were pres dispute, and probably will he for years to come, g&fj*,*' S* 1 * •*>»' lh«'Income of the firm of The allowances tn ._ ,v„,.Kvarir Soutbmayd and Choato, which Includes Tno allowances to lawyer* engaged ln their trials I several others, varlos from a quarter to a half mills have already been very (treat. Bo heavy were the I Ion dcllan annually. expenses Incurred and ao vile tho domcsUc lean-1 Mr, Erarta chief antagonist ln tha Boyt dais developed on tho trial of some of theso I will taso, Boson* Conkllng, hia opposite In almost suits that a number of rich men, having [ Ihe fear of contests over their wills after death, | have had drawn and have petitioned the leglsk- ture to piss a bill giving a testator the right to pro bate hts will while Urtug; but 1 au told by tho | Uwyer who drew tho proposed act, ex Surrogate I Amos G. Hull, that It will not bo passed, because I number of lawyers who have bad rich pickings I i former litigation over wills decUro that its pass | ■go will lojuro tho legal profession. The Jesse Hoyt will case, ln which 17,000.000 Is I dispute, Is Just now the sensation ln tbe courts | this city, and the surrogfte'e courtroom crowded dally by persons anxious to ico the I Uwyen engaged ln It. It Is Ibis, and not the facta I Involved north.promised csndsls which form tho I ittnctlous to a class of poople of much more than [ average Intelligence and comparatively busy lives I They come every dsy and sit patiently for hours | for Ihe mere chanco of hearing a brilliant witti cism from. William M. Kvarta, a bit of withering I sarcasm from Rotcoo Conkllng, a bright suggestion I from Elthu Root or a sharp and curt decision from I Surrogalo Rollins. With tho exception of Mr. [ Erarts none of theso lawyera are particularly I famous aa advocates before Ihe surrogate, hut they I are fatrly represeutaUve menlof the profession, and I their present prominence Justlfiee the Interact I taken ln their personal appearance, dolnga and [ say lags. Mr. ErarU stands IndlspuUbly at the head of his I prefer slonJn this city, possibly In the country, If I thur'i selection as United States district attorney for tbis district. To say this is not to deny to them the ability to Oil their pla ces and to have reached their altitude la time, but they are both youug men who have been q uickly• vanced professionally by tbe favor of tho„ ho « was formerly a great power \ Y f'Vj in our iccal politics, and N 1 u who happens Just now to be au Important factor ln rational affairs. Both are very close to tbe presi dent still; much closer than tfcey now are to Mr. Conkllng; and both hive been veiydfEcreet in the useof their influence and favor with him. Mr. Rollins is uot much ov6r forty, if indeed bo old. and I think Root must be even less. They certainly are so in appoarauco. W !? e 55r ,r * was elected surrogate iu 1841,1 asked Henry L. Clinton If the new Incumbent waa In the practice before surrogates and familiar with the laws affecting wills. He answered that he thought he was not, but that ho '‘would be beforo he assumed office.” "Kollint Is a remarkable stu dent , he added in explanation, "and If a knotty point comes before him for dtebtan he will not go to bed until it has been determined to his satbfactlou by re* wvnBto f he authoriti«*a” Mr. Clinton has been credited with an ambition to be surrogate, but has never attained the dignity. He bag tho reputation of being one of the best "technical” lawyers iu the profession. lie replied to a person who had spo* ken to him about the persistency with which ho fought a caie on pure y technical grounds as be! ing unworthy of him as an advocate, "dispite not tho day of small tbings,” he said: "I once won an important claim for rebate on duties on tbe misapplication of a comma, and got a man out of jail ou a similar b under In tbe commitment.” „ MtMOKAL POINTS Henry Villard, whose recent "failure” agitated •very resp'ct, manner, bearing. delivery I and lo hts treatment of those concerned as wit- | nesses and opponent. Mr. Conkllng has not the I slightest et ^ia of humor. He would not know a 1 petrlflt d "Joe Miller” Joke from a revised version of "Jeremiah's Lamentations.” His familiarity ln manner hasau oflousive touch of condesoenlion | lu it. + Ills smilo is never withont a suiplcton of being | akin to a cueer. Ho joins in the general laugh I when he has provoked ouo. but he uever laughs at [ an opponent's wit or enjors, as Kvarta sometimes plaluly does, his, own dlscomtttur© a | the hands of a quick antago< nist or a a ready witness Ills politeness I IsaoMratned aato be embarrassing: his rudeness frequently causes others attacked to turn pale at I tho insult. His style of language la highly florid; I many of his phraacs are culled from a dictionary I of words so Infrequently used aa to suggest the idea that they are actually obsolete. He appean to best advantage when indulging ln sarcasm, but even his sarcasm ts unreflued ai d brutal; in his hands saUre is a bludgeon, not the rapier which Erarts so gracefully draws at Infrequent tfmea Mr. Cockling carries his dab as the policeman rimes, aud to these matters the punishment- would have b:en merely nominal. That of Ltviuec one la generally regarded as too seven? vs hfi F-Tk 00 !?. 0 ? S**,^** 1 ' » Dd 'he scUon for whtch oeimsrdt Held him rtNponstole was one rather to Pf **®“*® < *5? M protecting ladies from undesire- The subject matter of the three reandsls named were too vtie even to be hinted at A. at. Itaao Newton, of tho Century club, haa just been acquitted in the newspapers of charges made bv one of the servants of the club, and thenarmony of the Harmonic club, a German institution has been disturbed by the Issuing of oil’ tSJStS 1 ® I, c ‘ rcul *j™- The dob* members wonder how three report, reach th* Jh*t the members or servants famish the bisls for ths stories to the re- portsn. One prominent member of a ieadint clob used to cemmnnlcate with a raporter.who tn* dut«ed In this sort of zosdp through the Herald penonam, bnt aa th»club man Is now among ths expeLcsl members of his dub. I suppose this source of Information of the reporter is snot off, Th* retirement of Charles Osborn* from Wall •tre*t truths th* low tid* which speculation haa reached in this dtv. He retires, tsmanjr might wtselr do from lack, not from tsatutr of basin* ut and a plethora of riches; although ha haa a saffl- denc; of the latter. Mr. Osborne at ona Urn* belonged to the "Goaldcllqae" whlehla at one* responsible for tho present stacnation of the stock mtrkat and the sat talcing efpraaeat price* for many inflated stocks There I* nobod v to Invest at present mire, and tha "Gold cllqo** Is too rich to permit of a depression of price* by the bears; hence speculation oomre to n stand. Kill;. I zzav R*va something of lnttreat to relate of flats which bare been tried daring th* last twenty 1 uahorerintaA**Bowh* came'io be tttALnedln th eJ later sketch. ,U ' “ d WtuSS* F.'SfSSu. * | doe*. __ I about ai iudiscrtmlnate _ In tbe Hoyt case and in that of Marsh vs. Garrison, a suit involving about (1.060.000. Mr. Conkllng haa dlsplaycdcbieflyblsdlipoaition to browbeat tha lawyers and the court. It u quite evident that h* in ddng them. When Mr, Conkllng resigned from the srnateand It was announced that ha would reramt the prac tice of the law, It was reported that a firm of solid- I ton In this city offered to guarantee him an ln- I come of (50.coo a year If h* wonld Join them. It I la.undentood drat th* firm waa that of Vander- I pod. Green and Gaining Liberal as the I offer waa be declined It; sad mad* no I error tn doing ao. for hts practie* Is easily worth I twice the som named, and has been aver tine* he rammed to hts profeulon. Just why he should be I held In tuch high reUraatloo is a matter of wonder I to many lawyen, who do not hesitate tossy that w* speak solely of pncUreln purely dell suits. I SuSuTy 1 * 'touieSn^ haiKg ’to do with Us haa never appeared prominently tn criminal I railway and Insurance matters. I suppose that he ncuooa. bath* has been engaged in many of the I "JOT,reeft'’»« «*»!»» «■«!*5“ trip to Europe ou. Miss Helen Barry, who is to appear in a new play at the Union Square theater ou next (Enter) Monday is an English actress who not * Proto**! 00 *! beau- V-S l7, th °ogh she might set upas one, ss the accompanying out- ' * line of her purely classical fea* t°res will sufficiently indicate. She is a woman of majestic flgore and presence, and an \ actrers who was once without -r" <-^Sa rival in England. Sho loft the stage to marry the mayor of Mommouth, England, who subsequently came to America as the agent of Lord bbrewsberry to make somo mining invest ments, but who died suddenly two years ago and hi* youngwldow has resolved to return to the stsge in an American drama specially written for her. Mlu Btrrr aud Mias Ellen Terry, of; Henry Irving's company, are tho two sensations of the streets just now; and their afternoon promeoad es of Filth avenue and Broadway are watahed eagerly "y curloua men aud women. It Li not a little cu- lous to observe the difference in which both men and women mark their admiration for the two actresses. Mlis Terry is just a fraction outre ln style, her street toilets being marvelous in design andipattern, while her frowsey yellow halrsddsto her unlquo appearance. Everybody knows her for photogiaphs of her ln every poatu re irntglneablo are everywhere to ba seon. The wo men greet her toilets with little exclamation of ad miration; the men smile at her bright face and wonder what there la ao extraordinarily attractive in her "popping” eyes and her largo mouth. Not overy one who meets Miu liirry knows her, although her portrait, from an original by the Eng lish anlst, Vanderweyde, is now to be seen ln every window ln the fsxhltnable quarters, but both wo men and men tro both mute in admiration of her magnificent perron and lovely face. 8enatora Pendleton, of Ohio, and Bayard, of Delaware, were lu the city over 8nnday last. It was announced ln all the papers that they apoke at the tariff dinner of tbe young democrats of Brook lyn They also visited Mr. Tllden, but nothing was said cf this latter fact; probably because uo ifgnfffcance waa attached to it, Mr. Tllden has been purchasing an additional residence In the city. It Is undertlood that it la meant fora gif; to one of his relations. Nobody has ventured as yet to suggest that he is to prepare it for a bride. Superintendent George W.'.Walllng of our police force baa been badly hurt by tho legislative inves tigation which is going ou into police methods and will probably be retired. The fact la he ought have been retired since and would have ucen / - /r^M but for the fact that he / gives the commlwloncn no /WjU trouble as an obstreperous chltf might, and they have ^ " been content to let him continue as a figure-head ts long as he did no mUchief. Now that his lax methods arej re fleeting on the force and the corns mUt loner*, he is likely to be summarily retired. The office is oneol the most important of f is kind in the country, but Mr. Walling naa no conception °! its duties and obligations; end has been content to let others of bis subordinates perform its main w 8 rk ; .. a 1 *® temporary absence cf Mr. Walling, who is snipe shooting.” tbcommtfeiorirre have been making a sreat ado about their activity tu suppressing a riot of anarchists which they aus- S iictcd would grow out of a meetlu* of Irish and erman agitators at Cooper union l*it Saturday Light. There was no evidence whi'ever of any unruly spirit or element at tbe meeting sad it was as orderly as the average politics: garnering seen at ute same place. Club scandals are uncommonly rife just now and detain get iuto the paper* much to the sur- price of the club officials. Tbe publicly given in 1 k V? e May Bennett Imbroglio, the Loubat-Turnbull fcatioal, and the more recent encounter beta^n Frederick Glbhardt and J. Boggs Llvlngs'.ou.' is said to have been the cause of the aevere penalties lu Aloud. Bennett was practically banished: Loubat was expelled; Turnbull was forced to icaae the city and his *u d s,i*. V w ln «**.!: ony w& * M»«Nuded for three years. Had their been no undue publicity given to the*e matters -Ha rmniskre**.. ... ..ri