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CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY, MAY 7. IS84- TWELVE PAGES.» ) I er«. We regret that there lz no leer that pre- . __ , „ __ . , rented b!a doing ao. Bat there was none. ■ Bntered at the Atlanta Post-CXoeuKCond-clui ■iu matter, November 11, ibTS. I Mr. James speculated jait as other men ] speculate, and made little secret J it. He often made money Clubs of five, 41.00 each; clnba of ten, 11.00 each I , n .. n i.t| nn an d this fart wm made causa audacopyto ihogcuor-upof Club. speculation ana tms fact was maue cause^ 1 congratulation among hia friends. He THE CONSTITUTION. Entered at the Atlanta Pont-Cfl Bail matter, November II, 1878. Weekly OtiiUtaUra $1.18 Per Am ATLANTA, OA., MAY *7, 1884. THE CONSTITUTION THE PlilCE. OW TO GET IT. in specniation and hia bank waa closed, knows that he did wrong in apeculating he says ao frankly. Hia creditors appear bare accepted this aa the best he could and to be determined to give him another chance. There iano question in onr mind that they hare acted wisely if their own interests alone be considered. Erery creditor gets ten The price of the Weekly Corf- I cent cash and the preferred creditors 43 M Stitutlon is Si.25 (one dollar and cent “*>>• A " classes get a guarantee of . \ t„ „ 1 I percent (the Interest they are drawing b a quarter) a year, to single sub- thelr con ( nw ,) f 0r g re years. After that SCriberS. I properly will itself easily pay it, fn It is Sent to clubs ol 5 or mere I meantime Mr. James believes he can make fnr «r on radl one vear enongh money to gradually buy up 1°r SI.00 eacn one year. claims of the smaller depositors at dollar .or It is sent to Clubs Ol 10 lor dol!ar He will never prove false to himself $1.00 cach t and one extra copy I wears sure by buyings single claim for teas. Is sent one year to the getter up Us far as Atlanta at large ie concerned tf . ., r I settlement of the case Is undoubudly Ol the Club Ol . I i, S ppy onc , jj prevents the disturbenc w. If you Send lor one paper I the local real (State market by the sacrifice Only. Or for less than five, send I Of large blocks, and it keeps out of Ihecourta $1,25 each. If you send for five I ‘I 1 ? 1 WQuId produce cocstsnt irrimti - or more than five, send $1.00 each. If you send for 10 or without io our opinion doing on, bit of good, WHBRB WB STAND j - « I It is easy tossy that the storm is over, and more names send $1.00 oach, H)lt t]iere wi n bo CIoar aod „ | 0Ye iy and and One extra name free I prospect. No doubt there will be small rose for every $10 sent. No varia- H 0 ® 8 in‘he various markets from the prices -I,,., /•„_ “L ,u. n 1 that were created by fear in the hour of con non from these rules. 1 fusion; but ther8 will be no gre , t degrte GOOD FOR Atlanta! | activity in trade until the rains end sunshine At last the completion of the Kimball house I h * T ® completed their work In the fields is assured. The last contract is closed. The wh «‘. corn or cotton. Two great “ife''are money ia in hand. As rapidly as possible the I he regarded, namely, If we have gr,a work will be pushed until Atlanta has ready “OP* ol whe » l . c °™ »nd cotton, and if the lor the public, the finest, richest and band-1 other ‘“'plus countries engaged in the culU- aomest hotel in body and appointments In the I vatlon ol ‘he** have light crops, then •onth-ssven stories, fire proof, elaborate prosperity will begin to enter In from the •fracture, cosUng, with the ground, nearly mountains to the seaboard. The annual de- $7(J0 000. I Bclency of Europe in the matter of wheat That the last subscription of $25 000, nec-1 ln th ® neighborhood of 300,000,000 bushels, «sary to make the hotel a certainty, should « nd 11 "« <!° u hl * U PP'7 one hslf of this have been raised In one day, after the failure I amounl ' ,a,r prices, and at the •f a local bank with $500,000 deposits, and ** me tlm « ,bl » 10 tb »‘ populous pending tbs depression and nocertainty that I I»rid meats, corn and cotton, followed, means much moro than the mere depression in business would bo lifted niatogor the money. It meane that the old » nd we would begin to recover loet ground, Atlanta aplrit Is still on top. It means that •“* ‘ b « boom of ‘hat we aro wait- ear people still love their good city end bo-1 ln 8 on > * nd mus ‘ w, *‘ on through the lleve lntUdeetlny and will alwaye/ally when »«mmer. Good crop, are always desirable, || alls on them, | bnl 'hey are especially wanted this yesr. By this acUon, Atlanta puts tho world on I A ‘‘ bl * writing all the reporta concnr notice that the Intend, to keep on growing! I “J 1 "* “>*' ‘ho country has rarely known That no matter what doubt or depreaalon b *' ler ,e “° n - Fruit* and vegetables are wife, Otero ntoy be elsewhere, there shall be oonfi-1 ,nd ‘ be winter wheat crop is every' deuce, and activity, and progress within the wher< Iook,I1 »! » nd promising well, •rails of the gate city. Atlanta grow steadily I “ °‘ course, too early to say what «ln bnalnraa and populntlon and p re stlge ,l,eou “ ur,,wl,1 hc;t‘canonlybosafclyas- Utrough the weary yean of the panioof 'IS. I aerted that thecondltlona aro favorable for Bho is richer and stronger now titan she was I *" growing crops from cotton down to gar- then. Her cltliens aro moro devoted and I d,n truck - Tl| c disturbed financial outlook better organlied. Whero she had one shop 1 11 ‘hsrefore balanced by the promising ngri or factory then, sho lisa a dozen now. A l- euUur * ,ouUook ' snd w « L «»e only to be ■tost without exception iter merchants and P»0« nt «« d truit in providence to see whleh manufacturers have prospered aud have In I come out ahead. ^ turn contributed to her growth. The build-1 THE INTERNAL TAXB8. lug of tbo Klntball gives assurance that wo I Tho final attempt to open the revenae ■hell have a busy summer, and n grand yoar, I question is to bo made over the tobacco tax. ln ipite of last week’s Hurry. I The New England tobacco growers aasocla- As for Tut: Constitution, we cannot find I lion Is at the head of tho movement, and It words with which to thank our people for I finds support among the Pennsylvania pro* tbelr prompt and full response I tectionista and the growcrCof the weed in lo onr appeal for this last I Virginia and North Carolina. It is proposed ■itacrlptlon to the Kintbill house, com I to get up the fruit brandy bill—which stands mny. There were many who thought it best I near the head of the calendar of the commit- not to make the call. They argued that the I tee of the whole—and to amend it by insert- money could not possibly be raised, and that I lug a section repealing all taxes on tobacco, the failure, advertised as it must have bean, I As the bill In question weald bo disastrous. They urged that the I is a revenue bill, and work on the hotel be suspended,and its com-1 he house will be in committee of the whole pletion adjourned to more propitious time* I for the purpose of considering revenue bills, We felt certain, howevor, that the money | all manner of revenue amendments can be fiduM be raised. We bed confidence in the I proposed, aud thus the entire subject will be people of Atlanta. We bad never aeen them I reopened, including tariff propositions. It foil, and ws know they would not fail In I la to be hoped that this new firebrand will this emergency. The result more than mat I share the late of the Mi rrlson bill. The sen onr expectation. What wa thought might I tlment of the country and of the democratic be done ln a week waa more than done in a I party has unmlitakably set towards *7- It is a pleasure to print a paper In a I postponement of all revenue questions city like this, and among a people like ours, I until something substantial can be and to labor for its advancement and their I acoompliahed. Theoretical reform baa prosperity. It shall be our constant aim lo I been rejected in the house, and tbs de- make a paper worthy of Ihia city; as it 11 cision should be permitted loatuud, and the • worthy capital of this greet state. I New England tobacco growers should be told THB JAMBS’S CRBD1TORS SETTUB. f b * In their appeal addressed to Mi, Nr. I the Now York board of trade they seem to The proceedings of the two meetings held “‘Ink they can push their measure at this by the credltori of Mr. Jamta preeentstftne particular time regardless of ita merits; for ■siqtie features. I they say: “Neither party in congress will Here wt have a man who has failed for >*"• oppoae the measure in this presidential half a million dollar*. He gathers his end-1J*w. “ “ •« required of them, with itnniedl Hors in a meeting and in a atralghtforirard «'». organised, and persistent determination speech, tells them he has lust their money I Au Immediate coalition of th* whole tobacco in speculation. They cheer bint. He makes I Internet is urged to accomplish this end.’’ Utem a detailed statement showing that he I ' rb ia shows that a desperate attempt bat tittle else then hia real estate to alee I ” il1 he made to re-open the subject, them. They greet this with applause. I and 10 »»oid further Irritation over the reve- Hot an unkind word la spoken against I UUB question, the first move ahouKl be met him In the meetiug. Many of the creditors I u similar effjrts have been met in the house, ■fate they are willing to give bins their I >“ht* d <®®. "• wM hear no more of au claims and express confidence in hia ability I »gll»‘ion that Is out of season and all reason, and purpote to pay in full. He proposes a I crops in the si atf, plan of eettlement. It is submitted to two I The report of Commissioner Henderson for •ommltlees that indorse it unanimously. It I the month of April is not dlscouragiug. The is reported lo the meetiug of over four bun-1 area in corn la as large as it wis last year, dred creditors and paused without a dissent-1 There b a good stand throughout the state, ing vote. ' I and wnile the crop waa planted late and has We record these facta sin-ply as they come I suffered some injury from hard rain storms, to as. Their explanation may be had in part I there ia reason to expect a good outturn. The in the confidence the creditors have in Mr. I acreage in oati b only two per cent below -James's honesty of purpose and Ida capacity I last year's, although a large percentage of the for making money. Many of them have been I foil sown crop was winter killed. Moat of hanking with him for ten yean or more. I the area tbit was devastated by the frosts of Many of them were with him when be aut-1 the winter was re-seeded in the spring, pended in '73 and remember that be paid I and the prospect b still favorable them in full, principal and interest. Those I for an average crop. There will doubllera bo who have not known him so long see that I a fair crap ol wheat, although about fifteen be now makes a clean breast of the I per cent of the crop waa winter killed. If the whcle thing, end surrenders all I winter had been an ordinary one the crops hie property, from his palatial I of oats and wheat would probably have ex- raidence to hb family oow. They believe I eroded those of any other year. Even now In ^vlng him a chance to get on bb feet I the prospect ia by no means poor. •gain- I Tb* area ln cotton 1« reported one per cent Another explanation of th* action oi the I below th* erea of last year. Th* decrease b -at diton b that this b Atlanta. W* have I chiefly in north Georgia. The crop at the end here a community that value* commercial I of April was seven dsye late. About intrgriiy aa high.ai any in th* able. It Is I an equal amount of commercial ferttlisen bua’nera-lik* In ib methods, honorable and I baa been used, as compared with hut year, exact in Ib dealings. But ft believes ln I and th* lucres** in the use of hour* composts giving every man • chance, and has little of I b considerable. Th* stand b generally good the spirit that hounds a man who Is down. | in the state, aad tb* condition of tb* crop b ** Jtmm did wrong naqneitlonsdsly in not unpromising. cane, more sorghum, sn equal amount ol rice, more clover, lest fruit except grapes, made in the state according to present indi cations. Stock of all kinds is free from disease, and in fair condition. The supply of labor is about what it waa one year ago. Thirty-five per cent of the labor on the farms of the slate b em ployed for wages, thirty-eight per cent i* hired on sharta and twenty-seven per cent work os renters. The average monthly wages paid foil hands for farm work is $0 50, except io southeast Georgia, where it la $1150. THB ORAND JURIES. The LaG range Reporter calls timely atten tion to the power and influence of the grand jnrles of the conntiis in auppretsing crime and pro moting the prosperity and well-being that are the natural and inevitable accompaniments of good order. Tux Cokssitotioh has fre quently alluded to this subject, and we glad to see our state contemporaries inclined to make it the text for cmphstlo comment. Ho fern the prompt enforcement of the law is concerned, the chief responsibility rests with the grand juries At the very lesst,these bodies represent the public sentiment of the conn- ties. ln the great majority of instances, they are themsrives the public sentiment of the counties, the engines of law and order, the conservators of good morals, upon which society depends. Of late, aa we took occasion to point out the other day, the grand inquests of the conn ties are beginning to wisely magnify their office, but there is still great room for im provement in this respect. How often is it the case tbit the proceedings of tho grand juries are made insignificant—nay, even contemptible—by that deadly peifunc- torinesi which ia the mark of carelessness recklessness, or the lack of Interest. How often does it happen that the presentmenb intended to servo as proclamations to their fellow-citizens betray a aad lack of that pa triotic interest in the well-being of society which should characterizo those who are selected as grand jurors ou account of the respect and esteem in which they are held, There can be no more. responsible position than that of grand juror, and the citizen who occupiea it owei It to himself and to hb neigh bors to exercise its duties fearlessly, impar tially and with the eagerness that accom panies tiie actloua of a man cf public spirit. Wherever, in any seotion or country, there are manifestations of lawlessness, It may be taken for granted that tits grand jarics are not adequately performing their dalles. In the countries where the grand inquesls have made the public feel their influence aa it should be felt, the people aro enjoying Ibe fruits of peace and good order. Upon this point the LsGrange Reporter stys: "The grand jury b the most powerful factor In good local govern era meat. If, twice a year, In each of the 130 and more counties in Georgia twenty-three good, true and Intelligent citizens (the code requires that they shall be the best), sworn toenforco the law without fear, favor or sflection would bo true in every instance to their duty, not only these evils bat every other species of crime wonld be speedily wiped ont, or diminished In a few years that thero-would be little need for jails and-'pen itentiaries. These are the roots and the nourishing toil of crime; lay tho ax at tho root of the tree and the deadly npas which blights the land would ibelf soon be destroyed. How great the responsibility of grand jurorl He is a sworn officer of tho court and should know neither self Interest nor favoritism in hb pnblio acts. The en forcement of the law, the ferreting ont ol crime and the presentation of the guilty lor trial, should bs his only thought. The ele vation of the character of our grand juries will be a powerful means of uplifting society and promoting morality." Thera ia no condition of things in Georgia requiring any extraordinary effort on the part of the gran! juries; but there b largo room for reform in the methods of the grand juries themselves, snd thb reform will not be long delayed if onr state contemporaries follow the eue of the Reporter. of the Arm, b interesting as a display of pre- j her own blunders and tardiness have brought tended imbecility, but it only adds to [ upon her. It will be asserted that if an ag- THB CALL FOR TILDSN. The sentiment throughout the oountry haa become to overwhelming iu favorof the nom ination of Mr. Tilden that no sane man can uow doubt tho nomination of the old ticket Chicago unless an absolute and deter mined refusal of thause of hia name b made between now and the time of the meeting of the convention. The call b not con lined to democratic circles nor b the enthusiasm of the canvass limited to the states. Hb name comes back to us from abroad, standing aa it the exponent of a pure aud undeflied ays tom of government. After twenty yean of republican rnbrult and when coiruption has become to general and has fastened Itself sj firmly upon the very vitals of our government that honest men shrink from the responsibility forced upon them by raicab in power, the peoplo are awakening to the necessities of the day and have determined npon a change of officers. In so doing they realise the prestige of th* name of Samuel J. Tilden aa a reformer of misrule and corruption. Hia career haa been one devoted to cleansing sndj purifying, where corruption and criins had vitiated and almcst destroyed the geod government of the •tate over which he was called upon to preside. The same man is needed now to aaopt the same court* for the governmentof the United States. As tang as republicanism b in power, ao long will corruption exerebs ib rota from Washiugton. The people demand a change aud the republicans must go. THB WALL. BfRBBT ULtOHT, The mystery in regard to the transactions the Grant firm grows In proportion with the efforts made to clear it op. Unfortu nately for a great many poor people, the mystery of the transactions which have brought the Grants to grief attachei to all purely specubtive transactions. It b the mystery of the faro table, the wheel of for tune, the lottery basin*!*, and of all gamb ling operation*. It b the mystery of reck, leasnet* that pretends to be honest long after be* taken the shape of dbhonesty and swindling. Th* trouble* of th* Grant firm have been taken into th* conrto in New York, and the report of th* examination of young Ward, the mystery. Ward makes ostb that be knew nothing of the hooka of the Arm, that he waa not their book keeper, and that be knows nothing abont book-keeping. He Is a genius, if lack of memory b genius. He knows nothing, he remembers nothing, except that he waa de pended npon by several able and distinguish ed citizens to rustle around and raise money. This b the extent of Ward’s knowledge. It is understood, however, that thb Fans tus of Wall atreet clainn to have a Mephbto- pbelcs in attendance npon him, and he threatens that if he is arrested, hb Mephbto- pheles will also go to jail. There seems to be no donbt that Ward’s operations were di rected by an old and a cool bead, and tbb fact in some measure accounts for tho reckless ness with which Ward manipulated the swindles which have finally resulted in the col It pee ef the firm, But Ward’s swindles and their resnlb are unimportant by the side of the alarming en tanglements which exist between reputable men and the bowling gambling hell known Wall street. The church fails to stand In the way of these entanglements and even philan tbropy ibelf b caught in the web. Where It all to end? What b the remedy [or it? These are questions that onght to have a paramonnt interest for those who profit by the substantial prosperity of the country—for the people who are anxlotu to have confidence ln the financial institutions of the land. They are questions that every honest man should strive <o answer. DEATH OF OBNBRAL WOFFORD. When the wires Friday announced the death of General William Tatnm Wofford, of Bartow, they bronght news that will be received everywhere in Georgia with profound regret. He has been in bad health for some time past, but hb death was not anticipated until very recently. He died Thnrsdsy evening at hb retidence near Cass station, surrounded by the members of hb family and friends, who were dear to him. General Wofford waa bora ln / Habersham county on tbs 28th day of June, 1823. He sprang from a native yeoman and a Virginia mother, and early orphaned of hia father, was taught by hb mother the noble tratb and fine impulses which distinguished ,hla long career. He embraced the profesaion of isw aud at tained eminence at the bar in competition with some of the brightest legal minds of tho state. He was also a passionate lover of rnral life and spent hb happiest days in the super intendence of bb thrifty farming operations, He entered pobllc life in 1849 os a memberof the general assembly and served there two terms. He then became clerk of the same body by an almost unanimous vote. He was the chosen representative of hb connty in the eeceralon convention, where, with excep tional pretclence. be aaw the certain fatality of the step and with rare and almost con vincing eloquence combatted it. When it bad been decided upon he submitted He had won fame in the war with Mexico as a daring and courageous soldier, and in the impending war between tbo states he did not hesitate to take np arms In the defense of hb people. He served first as colonel of the first regiment of the fourth brigadeof Georgia volunteers and afterwards commended the gallant Eighteenth Georgia regiment, whose record for valor and self-sacrifice was not equalled in the mighty conflict. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general, although his record might well have entitled him to more dbtingabhed insignia. At the close ol the war General Wofford devoted hb energies and the remnaDt of hb means to the help of hb distressed and davssfated people and won imperishable gratitnte from the thousands who wit nessed aud received his aid and the frnib of hb devoted and patriotic services. He waa elected ln 18G0 to tho American con gress, but was refused admission. In 1877 he was chosen a delegate to the constitutional convention of Georgia, and waa a wise and efficient laborer in the preparation of that admirable document. Since then he has only appeared in public as the'advocatelof friend* who were candidates for public office. General Wofford waa aiugularly popular among bb people, as ha was beloved and re lied upon in war by hia aoidlers. He was gentle by nature, yet firm in every position he assumed. Ho had an eye single always to the pnblio good, and to no one were tbea-uall oris and trlcka of the politician stranger than to him. He lived a pure, useful and honora ble life, and the people of Georgia will pause to mourn over the corse of one who served bis God and hia state with inch pure faith and such devoted patriotism. THB FOVPrlAN WHITE ELEPHANT The English government, after inviting France to co-operate, decided two years ago to pat down the Egyptian uprising by fores. Alexandria wee bombarded, and the Egyp tian army, so to speak, crushed at Tel-el- Keber. The fugitive ruler was replaced on the tbrone.but pesce and prosperity have not been restored to the unhsppy country. The great provinces towards the equator are Id revolt, and the Arabs even threaten to march down the Nile snd upon the Red 8ea littoral. The chronic deficiencea in the pnblic parse are becoming more aggravated, aad the en tire situation b fall of doubt and difficulty. Mr. Gladstone considers the case ao bad that he has called a conference of the powers. The last conference over the eastern question was held in Berlin, and England was represented, and well represented too, by L-ml Beaconstkld. The then English pre mier came home with mnch honor, although hb country had not fired a shot in the great war. In the new conference the course of Kugisnd will undoubte ily be se verely criticised. The English foreign secre tary ins’sts that the conference shall not con sider the poli'icai question, although France and Italy desire to do so. France desires a ’.oration of the duel control, and all the pswen invited to participate will probably want to know how long England proposes to hold Egypt and to what nses her power will be given. Tb* English government, on th* other hand, insists that the question of Egyptian finance shall be th* bub of discussion, and that th* conference shall not go beyond 1L Certain Itbthatthe Ea.opean court* will not gressive policy had been pursued, the revolt In Sondan wonid not have become for midable, and thousands of people lost In battle and massacre would be alive. There will necessarily be some very plain talking. And if the debt qnestion b adjusted by the conference, England will still have a difficult military problem on her bauds; for Gordon still remains at Khar toum and there are a nnmber ol garrisons in danger of storm and massacre. It seems to be settled that costly armies are to be db- patched in August to Khartoum, and all intervening pointa. . Whether tbb will involve the reoccupation of the Sondan is not stated. A large force b to be dbpstched both up the Nile and from Suakim, and it b said that a railroad will be bniit across the desert from Suakim to Ber ber, and that General Wobely will lead the colnmn dbpstched in that direction. No doubt the English government b aroused to the importance of holding Kbartonm and saving the lives of General Gordon and bb garrison; butsthe plan proposed will be costly both in money and lives, and it may be that the English people will want to know why the government did not avert thb waste by acting more aggressively at the outset. Such a question may involve a change in the gov ernment, but no government would cere to leave Gordon to such treatment as the Mahdi and bb horde of Arabs would be apt to deal out England has adopted a difficult policy, aud it b now too late to nedo what has been done. Kbartonm and the Red sea coast will doubtless be held, and so will all poinb on the Nile below Kbartonm. PASTBUR’S DISCOVERIES. No greater advance has been made in any department of hntnan knowledge daring the put quarter of a century than in that which relates to medicine and sanitation. It has been discovered that tuberculosis has ita ori gin in aspscific germ. It has been fonnd that splenic fever may be prevented by vac cination ; there is a vaccine for chicken chol era; and the important discovery hss been made that cholera haa a baclllic germ. These discoveries point to the day, not very far db- taut, when all zymatlo diseases will be con trolled by medical science. Tbo latest and most important dbcovery is that of the French scientist, Fosteur, who has perfected a vaccine for the prevention of hydrophobia—a dreadful disease that becoming more and more common every year. Lut year, according to ail accounts. Georgia wu full of mid-dogs, and several instances were reported where persons were bitten, Pasteur, however, has demonstrated literally that hydrophobia is a disease which, instead of exciting fear, may be monkeyed with. In other wards, Pasteur inoculates'mon keys with the virus taken from a mad dog. The monkeys died. With the vlras taken from the monkeys, be inoculated other monkeys until the virus became weak enough to be well-nigh harmless. With thb he in oenlated raublb until the viras had regained ib original intensity, ao that by thb series of experimenb he was enabled to obtain virus of diAerent degrees of power. He then in- sculsted a dog with virus of different de grees of intensity, and finally with virus taken directly from tho brain of a mad-dog, The dog thus experimented npon showed that he was proof against hydrophobia. The ex periment was repeated a number of times and always with the same resnlt. The success of the experimenb b more im portant in its general bearings than in its im mediate results, for it demonstrates the truth of a theory which will ultimately enable medical science to provide vaccine remt dies for diseases tbat have hitherto defied all experiment. DURING THE WEEK •pecnUiieg «Ith th* deposits of hi* custom- * Of th* minor crop*, there will be leas sugar who baa the reputation of being the Faostns' care to help England ont of dilBcultiti tbat trams THE PURCHASE OF CUBA. Mlnbter Foster, who b paid by the people of thb country to transact ib business in Mndrid, is in Washington; and the wlsacres sajs he is there to promote the sale and pur chase of Cubs. They also aay that Spain haa become convinced that she had betteraell thb desirable piece of real esta'e if she can get $50,000,000 for it The entire story may pos aibly be true. It wears at any rate such a plausible foes that the entire country Is dis cussing It. Agqero and the associate guerrilla chiefs aro implacable, and if Spain has conclnded sell Cuba, it b because she has become satisfied that she cannot hold it without a continuous costly struggle—a struggle tbat in dollar! and cenb would outrun any revenue she could derive from a war-wasted and turbulent provinco. For that matter the bland is in the throes of commercial rain, and the sugar of the cane bids fair to bo ran out by the product of the European beet Altogether the-com» mereial prospect ol the island is a very poor one, aud if there is no money in holding it Spain haa no uao for it. In It 8pain tees no strategic advantages, no glory, and it b not wholly improbable, therefore, that she b ready to transfer it for a consideration. If so,- the United Btatea will bay. The people of thb country pay for Cuban sugars, molasses and tobacco every year abont aev- enty five millions, while the imports of Cuba come chiefly from Spain. If we buy the bland we wonld be keeping at least $50,000,000 at home which b now sent to Spain and other countries through the bauds of the Cubans. The acqubition of the island would also reduce taxation very materially, and there b scarcely any way that the matter can be looked at without showing econom ic advantage*. Speculations over these ad vantage* will however be in good time when know tbat Spain b ready to transfer the island for a »nm of money. IT GOBS HARD WITH GRANT. Tki OtA Veteran Feere l'*er e Here Leet Ceet Jeece la Ills. Raw Took, May ti—x Wteblcgtoa special sajs that a gentleman who raw General Grant In thb cur lut week, declarra tbat he b utterly broken down by the dbdoeurts which have followed the failure v( the Ann ln which be wu Interested, snd thtt the shock hu shortened hb life by ten years. Bt talks freely about It to hb penooal Irieude, hut keep* blmrelf deluded ana tears that he hu loet tho res spect and conddence ol the country. Theieneral admits that nu ol hu Irieuo came to him raoutka ago and warned hua that Ward wu an ad venturer and wu nslDg hu nsmelu an Improper way, but hb confidence in the young man wu to great that he repnleed them, and thinks tbat he may have tru'ed eome of them coolly. Bo b raid to he so sensitive about the muter that be does sot read the newspapers aad know* but little »( the magnitude of tall ore or tea extent of Ward's Tarsdsr. Mar 30. The English board ol admiralty hu ordered a full roller of the marines. Thb actiou Is supposed to portend active work la Egypt The Winnepeg Indtaui are believed to be preparing *o go upon the warpath. The statement of the bank of Germany shows anlncreue in specie of 9,234,000 marks. The Russian government Intends to modify the customs laws ln tho Interest of foreign manufac turers. Two auarchbb were on Sunday expelled from France. It Is believed that the recent ware- honse fires In Llrerpool were Incendiary origin. A number of arrests are expected. rr» the errr. Elbert Ware, the negro who killed old man Tur ner, wu yesterday taken to Jtll. Two small boys who were bathing la tits pond tl Pones da Leon Sunday came near drowning. They got beyond their depth, snd being unable to swim, went down. They were secured by some men who were promt. George B. Thompson, the man who wu killed Sat urday night at Whitehall atreet crossing, wu hurried yesierdsy. The coroner's Jury returned a verdict exouoratlng the Central railroad company from toyblafiie u to the man's death. The funeral wu largely attended and the barlal wu furnished by the raltrosd company. WUattdaj. MarSl. The tobacco warehouse of John 8 Harmon, Lan- castcr. Pa., eras destroyed by an lucedlary fire. Lose, S15.C05. A general' strike of the Iron workers ol Pittsburg snow rata to be Improbable. The employers of the Glendower ban works ln Danville, have struck for non payment of wages. William Palmer, the lutol the guard ol Napoleon, wblto ou the Island of St. Helena, died at hb home In Battle Creek, Mlcb, Monday night. St. Clair McCaulley, who was convicted of as sault and battery upon James P. Hererln, with Intent to kill, and carrying concealed deadly weapons, ln Philadelphia, wu yesterday attar- noon sentenced to imprlsonmentforfire years ln county prison, IX Till CITY. Yesterday morning Harry Sanders, a small white boy, who lives on Forsyth street, wu struck by a switch engine and knocked from the track near the Central depot The bey attempted to cron tho road iu front of the engine and wu knocked fully ten ftet. His head wu badly gashed, but no sort- oai injuries were sustained. Allred Hinton, a col ored man and a practical well digger, wu killed yesterday mornlngby well damp. The aldermtnlo board hu appropriated 13.COO to bridgo Whitehall street crossing. Tharsdaj, Xu 83. The supremo c.urt of Dakota hu decided that Bismarck b the capital of the territory. The Enter prise button shop of Guilford, Connecticut, wu burned by an incendiary flro. John J Donovan, night foreman ol the Boston Journal, died yester day from ln)arle* received ln the press room. The Erie directory hu deferred the payments ol lUJnne loterest. Tho Southern Fresbyterlsn as sembly, at Vicksburg, hu elected Bev. M. A- Houston assistant secretary of foreign missions. Three monsters Icebergs are reported on tho New Foundland coast, one over 9 miles long, drifting along at the mouth ol White bay, and one estimated to be 7 miles long, passing south, 40 miles cut of St. Johns and the third several mllei In circumference In Bt. Johns bay, aground on George’s rock and almost along side tho liuber of St Johns. The greater por tion ol the town of Akyab wu destroyed by a cy clone. Another fire occurred yesterday ln tho ware house dbtrtet of Liverpool. MscLear & Horrock’s felt factory was burned. The origin of the fire is unknown. The Anchor lino steamer Cutalla, Pal ermo for New York, aground off Denis, Spain, b fall of water. Prince Victor writes to tho Figaro denying tbat he hu qnarrelod with hb lather, Prince Jerome. -The body of Dennb Deajy, dyna miter, who died ln Portsmouth prison, has been tamed over to hlsfriends. in THX CITY. John N. Fain wu, on yesterday, appointed by the governor, county school uommlssonor of Fulton connty. At 11 o’clock yesterday morning tho col ored Missionary Baptist convention ol Georgia u- sembled at Friendship Baptist church, corner Mitchell and Hayno streets. The delegation b Urge, all parb ol the stato being fully represented. Pat Enright, who wu knifed Monday by Perry Richardson, b recovering rapidly. Richardson b still behind the bars. Friday, Way 38 The surrlvlng members of tho ZSth regiment New York volunteers yesterday left for Staunton, Ve.. toaltend the reunion In response to the Invi tation ol 0th Virginia confederates. They aro un der the command of Colonel Bowen, Colonel Flag ler and Captain Bosh, the first volunteers of the war. A nnmber ol prominent citizens and their Udles accompanied the soldiers. The entire party will exceed feo. At the Kansas City. Mo, hospital yesterday morning, Du rices Weaver, colored, an insane patient, attacked two other paUenb with a knife, seriously injuring them, and thenattempted to burn tho building by setilrg fire to hb bedding. Shortly afterwards ho-lucked tho steward of the hospital, Wlnlrey, To ssvehblllo the stewutdrew a revolver, fired at Weaver and killed him. In the strugglo Winfrey was quite aevere.y out. IN SUE CITY. A largo party ol Missouri editors will bs In At lanta Ins few days. The Now England editor* have all taken their departure. They were all taken care at daring their stay In Atlanta. The new "Short Line passenger depot" of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad WIU he ready ln avety few days. Tho reporters ln Atlanta and the other members ol tbo gang aro considering the organization ol a press club. Satardsy, May 34, Timothy Law, aged 30, retldlof In Lawrence, Era, went yesterday morning to the honae of Timothy SulUvan, la north Andover, where he found BulUvan'c two dauzhters aged 13 and 7. Re attempted to commit an outrage on tho elder girl who restated, when he strangled her to death. The other child screamed for help, whereupon Law choked her till the became Insensible, and fears are entertained tbat she wilt not recaver. Law wu arrested, and is new eoufinod iu Law rence police ztation. He U unmarried. IX THXCITY. The county court boose clerks ue walking 20 mllea a day and assert that they wdU walk sixty mills next Saturday. The dog catcher stuted out yesterday and when the d:g cut rolled Into the do* pound f5 tagleia curs were taken out- The baseball players of Atisnta aro atlU discussing the forms lion ef a list-class dub with a view to join ing the league, which wu recently organized ln BnaSsy, May S3 The Anchor line steamer Cutalla, from Palermo for New York, b gronnded off Denla, Spain, She In a bad potltion, and hu Jettisoned a part of her cargo. The rough weather presents usbtauce reaching her. The British ship Syria hu been wrecked at the FIJI blands. Seventy ofberpaisen- gen were drowned. T he famous old horss ridden by General Caster ln hb Indbn campaigns, died in VIncinncs, lad., lut night. Be wu the property of Dr. Carver, the mukaman. IX TBS CITY, The Governor's Bone Guard will leave for Ma con ou Wednesday. In the grand go-aa-yon please twelve-honr walking match yesterday between 7 well known dry goods clerks, Mr. A. Seel won, making fitly cleat miles and thirteen bps. The walking match between thirteen yonnic met ol the Western and Atlantic railroad ahopi, to \ Inina's statin i, 11 miles, wu won by Mr. Wells; time 1 hour and 33 nlnutea and 3 seconds. a esM against the Central. SYLVaxta, May 24.-[4pedal J—Superior court b nc.isiou thb week. Judge Cretwell presiding with hb uaual ability. In the case o! Henderson against tne Central railroad, after the plaintiff s evidence bad dosed, a motion wu nuda by the defendant to nou anti the cue oa the ground that th* evi dence wu not materially different Iron that In the a-ua c-te carrier to he laprrate oo-rt and de- ct-led adversely to the plaintiff. Alter able argu- iccub by Ucueral Ltwtou fur the railroad and Judges Hook and Montgomery tof the p alntiff, toe court granted the motion.