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7 2 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GX. TUESDAY DECEMBER 16 1884, TWELVE PAGES. AT THE CAPITAL N??\TI AND GOSSIP OF THE PAST ???WEEK. OtABt'c Kew Hori-liiitA'i Visit to Cl.v.l??a.-Tb. JUi.r so A li Alter Bill - OontrAl OoM.a???i CfcABOAA * JU(1AA StAAlAO Dr. llA??A - Among tbo V.O'juUIied. In tin- tennte Mr. Btolr iulroOur**l a bill to npprorrfAti- r',0,000 tor a wortil'A (tlr of color*! ptof.lc at Chicago lo llM. A bill to .el! the fhcr- okec rprcrvotlon In ArhAtitAA pAA-ct, The ilni!- Alon of Dakota wa* dlrco- M. In the hoo-c the Inter >t*te commerce bill ?????,?? deUu.l. AT TO., OT THU CAHIXBT. Mr. I-rnther, member of yio national demo cratic torumitl*. from Mittoori, John ??? G. Print, nml other promlnrht Missouri demo crat. ??/e here, urging Cob'gree.ni.u James 0. EroadbcAd for attorney-genera!. I???loveyiior Crrtttendru baa lonercil hit ambition for a ??ib* Incf jioeition, and trill be eatiifleJ wltlithe niAfrlct judgetbip. oaaxi'h *kw xovx. . Ofant'e friende in congreet, elnra the recep tion ot hia letter declining lb. pro|niced- pen- ???Ion of five-thontend a peer, trill redoubt* tbeirefforla to pair the bill retiring bim with Ibe rank of general at aeventean tbouiand fiTe hundred a year. The humilietlon attrib uted to the penelon may have been euggciteJ by the Inferior amount attached to it. V. II. It. HW*Mii??oTn??,Perember (Special.]???Sen- ntrr Bayard returned tbit morning from a vltlt to Governor Cleveland. It la believed here that he wont at tha request of the presi dent-elect, end thet he wanta Bayard to be come the nnclene for hit oabinot by contenting to b* tecretery of ttal*. Boon after the election it wat ttalcd positively that Bayard would not leave the aenate to accept any cabinet peti tion, but the prevailing opinion among the dcmooratle acnatore and repreaentativee now it that ha will be tecretery ot stale. In that event Xew York will hardly have any rejiro- aentutive in the rnbinet, but Now Jortoy and Connecticut would each ataud a good chance, CATAtn???t VtllT TO CI.UVUI.ASD. Senator Bayard refutot lo eay anythiog about hit viiit to Albany, but apeak* in the highest terms of Cleveland, whom he never met before this visit, except o few minuter ???everal yean ago. lie regard* lilm ae a alrobg man, oue whoso talents would com mand reapeot In any body of men. Barerd???t friends flay hla visit to Cleveland was at the request of tho president-elect, but Hint It did not relate to lisyerd's possible pltco In tho cabinet. Cleveland and he consulted eaoh other about general party Interests and the prospects of the new administration. WAsmxOTox, December II.???[Special.]??? The Baltimore Sun to-day contains an inter view with Mr. Baysril relative to hn visit lo Cleveland, which la bcllevod to bo authontlc. Among other things It says that (lovernor Cleveland talked lo Senator Bayard very freely and unresorvedly concerning the policy which II would be best for his administration* to pursue. He will endeavor to look upon all ???ectlons of the country as belonging to one rotmuon people. He proposes to reoogniso no north, no south, no east and no west in any sense In which these terme ere used polit ically. . Upon bolng asked tho question ???If Governor Cleveland Intimated In his con versation how many southern men would bo invited Into the cabinet," Senator Bayard ro- vrero known (o be In harmony with the Ideas and desires of tho Incoming administration yrould probably bo selected without regard to tho section of the country In which they mty live. All (blende of the principle's of democ racy are lo be treated alike, be they In the north or south. In nntwer to further questions regarding the couth, Senator Bayard said thnt it was probable that Governor Cleveland will earry out euch n southern policy as Is ad vocated by men like Hampton, Colquitt end Gordon. While Mr. lleyard said he had uo aspirations lor a cabinet position, but was contented to serve hie state In the sons!*, bo dltl not Indicate that he might not lie a moni ker of the rablnel. He will do everything in hie power, he said, to make the f'loveland ad ministration a sucoese, regardless of the part of duty thst.may be assigned him. F. II. It. WASntxurox, December 12.???[Special.]???I learn from Chairman Willie that his commit tee will have the river and harbor bill ready before the holidays. The tots! amount appropriated will be about eight millions, and will be c onfined mainly to the works already undtr way. No delegations from Interested localities will lie heard by tho com mittee, bnt they will hear tho congrecemeu Dora the various states who detire to present anythlngof special Importance. Conversation with various prominent domo- erate In the house conviaeee mo that tho Max- I can pension bill cannot pus with the Kuala amendments. A few democrat* are willing to swallow the bill In Ita present shape. Some of the lead objectionable amendments of the ???enate will be agreed to, hat there are come Irreconcilable difleroicee bitween the two houeee, and tha bill will fail The exposure of RepreKulallre Taylor???s use of the records for campaign purpose*, and the rebuke admlnltlcred lo him by tho houec, may reeull In protecting the records (bom abuses which hare grown to be frequent. Many mem bare are in faror or abridgiag the liberty to print, which eta now be obtained far the mod Irrelevant matter, and us In Taylor???s ease, for statements which relied severely on others, and could never bare been passed unchal lenged if uttered on Ihc floor. F. H. It. WAtuuuTcx, December 13 [fipoctel.]??? The Republican this morning says: "The name of General Gordon, of Georgia, la excit ing much attention among congressmen, at ???hat of a person who is likely to adorn Mr. Clevelasd'a cabinet. Qotdou'e potent influ ence la acknowledged, though It te not known tbit he again deeiree political preterueat, but Mr. Cleveland's recent alleged allusion to General Gordon as being on* of tha aoutharn msn to whom ha would look for advic* has predated the impreesiou on many minds that the Georgia ex -snator will be called to the cabinet." Mr. Recae, ona of tha mod influential representatives from that alata said yesterday: "I hava no information as u what rial ms Gaorgin will Kt *P in Urn way or cabiaal honor*. 1 know nothing except wkd you ee* in the newtpe- pera. I mu tun bowavar, that Governor Col quitt dote not want a cabinet position. At to General Gordon. I am nd Inform*!. I cannot any hew tha Georgia metnbare aland towarda him. Tha dale delegation will bold a meat. i??g> ai la custoiasjy, at as early day, when | the quettion as to what person, if any shall be recommended for oflicisl appointment will be considered.??? Judge Reagan hat bnd the good sente to ???ay: ???I would not accept the postmaster gen- croJfchip even if President Cleveland were in- discreet enough to offer it to mo. It would hardly be a popular thing for him to call one of Mr. Davis** adviaera to his^abiucl/??? Reagan lays be want* no other political honor except the governorship of Toxo^. T\ IF. It* V .mii i xerox, December 13.???[Special.]???Mr. Maine will seek solace in literary work. It may enable him to replenish his recently well-taxed purse. Hi* friend, William ??? E. Chandler, falsi lie* tho roport that he would drop out of the naval office into an editor???! ebeir by soiling hi* stock Washington Republican, sud Announcing nteution oi reopening a low office here. * understood that the loybv will bo the principal field of his exertion*. Journalism will not lose much by Chandler's devotion to another profession but what a pity it is that Maine did not stick to his paste and shears. JU this lime he might .have become a,-great editor. Great editors are rarer than presi dential candidates, and much more comforts Lie than broken tlown politicians. Mr. Blaine la* been a failure in politics by his own con feesion. AXON** TIIB VANQUISHED. : Members of the present house who were dvfcsttd at the jccctrt election are cxplainln how It occurred. .Some of them have Incidents almost as exasperating as the Rurchsrd episode to recount. Frank Hurd bad some personal troubles In Toledo to contend against. Then his opponent was a reilrcad mnti and a German, qualifications which cvnbhd him to weaken Hurd in nomo of his strongholds, in fact the Ohio orator has a great many thing* to suggest as more potent fac tors in his defeat than his free trade proclivities. Oscar Turner, of Keutucky, had been elocied tinco liraut r.h an independent democrat In Kentucky, 'ibis time he was defeated. He was explaining how it occurred to Mr. Eaton, of Connecticut!, nud said in conclusion; ???I wouldn't have minded It so much if I hadn???t been beaten by a one-legged man.??? "Tints nothing,??? replied Eaton, "the fellow Hist beat rue didn't have auy head." A ITER EASY I'l.ACES. In thcgrcAtniid Inevitable rush for office under the new administration, the heaviest raid will be made on tho diplomatic service. The four lead ing millions, England, France, Germany and Russia, pay 117,500, and will full to the lot of the big dogs, of course. Next ??-rme the second claw of missions, such as Brazil, Spain, Italy, Mexico, etc., which pay 812,- 000. Next, Turkey, Chill, Holland, etc, 17,600.and then tho fd,0b0 class, such as Belgium, United Htates of Co???ombiu, etc. But the consulships will bo tho uut* for the geucral rcramtJc! There Is a popular notion that a consulship is n snug berth In a nice foreign city, where tho government has o fellow to sit under the ilsg and slug "Yankee Boodle." In reality, tho consular servlco demands a high order of men, though this demand has not always been satlsflod. The duties of consul are nearly always dollcstc and often dangerous. They require close, intelli gent observation ninl offer seductive temptations. Tbelr salaries are not large, fow of them paying moro than 13,000 In cities where expenses are heavy and the proper deportment of a representa tive of tho greatest people on earth would leave him a slim surplus. F. II. It. llnndnll Coming South, Washington, December lJ.???{8peclsl.]-Imme diately after cougrcu takes a recess from the'23d of December to the 5th oi January, Mr. Randall will start to visit several southern cities from which ha has received pressing Invitations to Ipcak. Ife will to, to Louisville, Nashville, Blr-.- tnlngham and posslbljr one or two other cltleg. LACKING IN LEADERS- Sketch** of Bom# of tao Ken Whom They Bil/o to Lead Tbclr Peril*nentsry Bsttlea-Tbe Demoerat# too Strong for Their Oppo- oanta-Rted, Keifer and Other a. Washington, December 12.???[Special.]???In the present bouse of representatives the dem ocrats enjoy a preponderance of ability almost us decided as their numerical superiority. They over-matched the republicans in the dost session but now their advantage is far more evident. Hasson, of Iowa, the ablest of the leaders of the minority, has gone to the German court. Calkins, of Indiana, who made up in dash and personal popularity nil that he lacked of being a powerful debater, and who was, withal, a ringing and ready speaker, is I out of a job in Indiana waiting to flee his successful competitor for the governorship inaugurated. ???Pig Iron??? Kelley is too weak I for active service. At last his raw-boned, sinewy franco Is beginning to succumb and the ???father of the house??? it a tocble old man. Thcso were-three of tho very best men the re j publicans bad lost session. Each differing ii la marked degree from the other and each coni trolling better than any one else a certain element ot bit party representatives, per haps the loot of no other three men would have* so crippled the minority. If among those who are left the leader*is to be chosen the choice is difficult. Probably Reed A of Maine, cornea nearest to the mark. lie ig an excellent parliamentary skirmisher. Reed' reputation has been made by five minute speeches. They bate been, generally, sting ing personal attacks, hurled at his opponent I with a decided New England accent, and em phasized by the shaking of hia fattish, baby In# .iffiSSS plied Hint lie gnlUorod from ??R tint wan said He will be |OA)un>tUHfo'l by H|p. Randall and tfab ubjert of tho eibiiiOt that men HMy by twWHhr^frlcnds. llcwttt and Forney, fif the Alabama delegation, say ho will rocolve an ovation at Birmingham. Mr. Kaudall gsvo the programme of his proposed southern trip an follows: Leavo Washington Fri day at 4 o'clock, December 20, go via Chesapeake and Ohio railroad; arrive at Loul?? villa 8u turd ay evening and spend Sunday and .Monday there, speaking tho latter night. Arrive in Nashville at S o'clock Tuesday morning, spend Tuesday and Wednesday In that city, speaking such night as may he agreed upon by tho local committee. Ar rive In Birmingham on Thursday, January 1, aud w 111 spend Tltumlay and Friday there, returning direct to Wafohlngton via Chattanooga. F. It. R. ram legislature. Kuinumry ot tha Proreadlngs ot the Two Houses for (ho Post Week. MONDAY. kbnatk???The following bills were passed: R^ju- latlng forclgti corporntlous in their manner of obtshtlng license-: sim-nding section*'of the code. A ntolMtiou i iidor-fug the Btsfr bill was adopt'd. . Tl'KSPAY. A bill was pat??ed authorizing proct'-.-dlng- In equity In certain ca-e?? of iusolvcrtey, WXIOOJtDAY. A favorable rc^rt was made on tbecoudiilon of the penitentiary camps. Bills were pam-d authorizing Mtrvlvlng parent to recover damage, for homicide of or Injury to minor child, husband to recover damages for homlcldoof or Injury to wife. VHVSSDAY. lb solution atioptiti to adjoint on tlu* JOth until ???M Wednesday In July. raiDAY. Bills parM'd amentllng charter of AilsuU <???<>??' to make mar-hal eligible to re-election. MONDAY. Hi'I'pb???Dill pasted Incorporating Rome aud Chattanooga railroad. TV DIDAY. Tax bill con-Mcred, and several local bill- WBONUDAY. Tax hill con^blcred. Local bill* pasted. TKVnsOAY. Appropriation bill considered aud dDeuced, ram ay. Appropriation bill adopusl. Local bilb conUd- ervtl. A Father's Consideration. From the Cincinnati Merchant-Traveller. Old nun Blunt bad a rcd-hcaded,high-tempered daughter, who eloped with her father s drayman, a drunken, good-for nothing fellow, and a frlcud met bun the next day. "Hello, old man, 1 hear your daughter has run carttF. ???llsr. reu msJt anjr tlfort to brinx ber bdek'" "No." - W fcst sra iron i??lB( to do In lb. csw: ??? ???1 haren'l ins>t?? up uiy mind ycl. thin must bo done lo, tlw reltelol tho pooedroy- Lot Him Aloao. From tho St, Loots UMoDonocrsL What John HcCalloash most Mods. II mat IO ns. Is to bo 1st nlsa l by tho aoasps^tn, Hollis them tod ??l VTsboter In Its prlnw. three months ???CO. cnoath has ham said about him since, under Ihepretcanof ???mw," lodrlr. him >isrk msd. Holaaatens..IjatUmMI ??nbJ??tlorthst|wu- hat kind or ???n??*. ??? which ,*ou.l.ta In swelllax an atom ot bn Into a mountain o( item. Waaa???t FUrtlac. From Ihe'ArtoaonL "Hr daar.' ??? Mid a Harman wile la her husband, "I should think that job would he ashamed ot yonnell, flirtinc with that His* IL. m ran dll to- your tardon, ??? said tha alk. IndUEsi rnare mantd to htr I nsnoao It???s aU ??? dau a. ham crea oocarr lirsd. Jtecd _ . aud never ventures Into the deep testers of debate. It is bit dolklit to prod anil lease n weight, opponent srbei i in the midst of a profound argument, but hoc ever attempts to reply to him. Bunset Cox claims tho priv ilege of attending to Reed and ia : about tho only man in tlie house who can 'effectual), shut him up. I have heard them often mate] their wits and only onee did Cox fail to come out first best. The exception-occurred on the Sunday night just belore the close of the last session in a little bout over the * naval bill, when the gawky Maine chamnioa had the laugh on the trim aud nimble Now York er. I have olwaya thought that Cox's piety prevented him from doing his best that Sun day night. Reed is endeavoring to become tho acknowledged leader of his side ot tho house with a view to prooftfilon to the senate. Ho is on bad terms with both tho senators from his state and in addition to his ordinary f [ratification, would take an especial delight n defeating either of them. * OKNKUAIs KJKIPKR, tho man with tho thickest skin ever found on a human frame, has assumed a sort of leader ship since a kind Providence de posed him froth tho sppaker???r chair. His allies don???t liko him anu he knows it. A little thing like that never even Irri tates the impenctrablstegumcntl Whenever n prominent democrat makes any announce incut that can bo considered a declaration of the Intent or i??oliey of his side of the houts, Keifer is on his Icot in an instant to say what ??*wo??? are going to ..do* Ho illustrates 'the power of stolid persistency, holds on stub bornly to whatever be undertakes, and has whnt Ocorgo Townsend once aptly at to him ???a kind of dragoon courage.??? FRANK 1M8C0CK, OI' NSW YORK, is a brainier mau than either Reed or Keller, a man of higher style in every way. He ought to bo tho admitted leader of the republicans in the houso, but hois not for two reasons. (Jno is that his party loyalty gav^ way in and has beeu under suspicion evOT sinc< other reason is because ho is too lazy. me yiorzS ot Michlgsn,. is eonspfcuousi buSrj not A commanding figure in wt, aeno?. -fna* first eflort on entering congre >f wos to tako rank among its wits. Since that f6w subjects of congressional consideration have cs raped tho pitiless assaults ol Mr. Ilorr???i wit. It is ponderous, liko his body, always, and often it falls to tho level of coarse mim icry. Mr. Horr is not a leader. william Walter Phelps, since Mr. Kaeson left, buns tho palm for literary culture, llo polishes his period* and burnishes his rheto ric and spoils both by a weak and apparently afiteted delivery, while his appearauco is de'- cidcdly???dissimilar to the popular idea of tho orator. Governor Long, of Massachusetts, prepares his speeches witn great care and they are al ways good. He commands excellent atten tion on both sides, aud invariably spooks from manuscript. Ho la one of tho boat, il not the very best, debaters among the republicans, but baa not oue other qualification for lead ership. lie sits liken lamb until it conies his time to play the lion, and then he plays the part ot a nice, well-raised lion, who wouldn???t break through tho conventionalities ol stately discussion to seize and crush bU most bated foe. General Browne, of Indiana, is snappish and dogmatic, Itannay, of MnaaachmaUs, is put forward to argue legal propositions, and floes it admirably, except when ho meets an opponent liko Mr. Turner, of Georgia, who, in the Wallace-McKinley ca*e Inst session, liter ally swept him oil* the lloor. Those are about the only men with any pretensions to the place* of honor in a MFAOBS AND MTAK UtXOKITYi The array it not formidable. It is poorly matched against the dozen best men on the other side, and ia far below the stature of the republican lenders in the last house. To catalogue the qualities that go to make ui> a leader in such a body is impossible. Men go there with well-earned fefne in other fields and shrink to reminiscence*. < *thcrs go green, uutired, and with every rea sonable prospect of failure, nud develop into powerful parliamentary athletes. It is tho most dangerous field For men of establiaked fame; the most hopeful for men of nouc. VHK SCAN IS H THBATY. Washington, December 9.???[Special.]???Mr. Hewitt, of New York, intends to call up at an early day the Mexican treaty in the house for the necessary legislation to carry it Into effect.- The treaty will be championed in that body by Messrs, Hewitt, Holman and several other leaders on both sides. The opposition to it will bo led by Messrs. Morrison, Blount and Mills. Mr. Mills said this afternoon he thought that Uie treaty discriminated against agricultural products, and he would do all ho could to defeat it. Opposition to the 8pauUh treaty has devtlo)??ed to an extent that makes ita ratification very doubtful. F. U. U. A WITXSSS SrXAKff. ???*A curious result ot this was shown in the Mexican cigars that afflicted this market,??? said Mr. Geo. Storm, of Straiten a Storm, last night. "Mexican cigars, simply because they were imported, ???old here for a long time at from $60 te $7$ ver thousand. U took the public two years te learn that they were execrable. The other day an invoice of them sold in bond for $4 a thousand, te go to Canada, and about all the Mexican cigar makers or** bankrupt here. A K er or two ago the tobacco raisers thought e tree import of the Mexican tobacco would min them, I made a personal inspection ol the Mexican tobacco planters and of their to bacco. 1 had another man* do it over again for me. I know that Mexico cannot produce tobacco for this market. Not 10 per cent of her product ia fit for the United States cigars. Her tobseeo would not bring in the market hero, W jier cent of its cost in Mexico." ???What are yt ur objections te the Spanish treaty???? ??????Chiefly that it does not go ter enough, lu (Varners kept American commerce in view, but forgot our industrial interests. We ought to hsvs free lest??? tnt a it me a x rsoercT the hit. ??????Whet would become of the American planter???? M Ue would eonticue to flourish. Hs can raise good tobacco and kU it at 12 cent* * pound with a good profit. There was an agi tation dVer the Sumatra wrappers. The Suma- traa are handsome to the eye but execrable to the taste. The importation ot them led the American planter to adopt the Havana tee J. Three years ago 40,000 cases of it were raised, and this year 200,000 cases. He gets from 1,000 te 1,200 pounds of this Havana seed leaf per acre, and the price has Men going up. I am very sure that we will yet export this kind te Europe In competition with tho much-feared Sumatra tobacco, and the production hero can be extended indefin itely. I do not think thia treaty will causo ???ny American manufacturers to go out ' businee*. The product in Havana cannot increased enough to ruin American manufac turers.??? ariN TO THE AMERICAN PLANTER. When E. Roaenwald, of the firm of Rosen- weld Sc Brother, dealers in seed-loaf and im ported tobacco, was asked why ho opposed the treaty, he said: ???Wo believe in free trade, but this treaty grossly unjust. It will work the rain of t American tobacco planter. It is worded in such a way that the bulk of the tobacco which is used as filler* will pay more than the wrappers. You see It says that tobacco leaves requiring more than 100 leaves te make a pound pay 3< cents ner pound. That is the kind of tobacco used for fillers. But all other kinds, thatia leaves which require less than 100 te make a pound, are let in at 17X cents a pound, which is ridiculous. Those who assert that under this treaty we can export our cigars, do not know the facts. We could only export them if we had free trade. It is a one-sided treaty. It requires ut te give all with no return. The United States la one of the greatest tobacco producing countries in the world. The pro duct has been improving until it approximates the Havana leaf. But inis treaty means ruin to the whole industry.??? Schrader and Bond said: ???This treaty means annihilation to the to bacco producing interests of the country. If it prevails wc and others must go out ot busi ness.??? POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE. Mon. Capki. condemns church fair games of chance. Cleveland's relatives are last becoming legion. Speaker Carlisle looks to be in better health than last winter. Stanley, the path-finder of the dark con tinent is now about the biggest American abroad' B. T. Ba*sum says that the receipts of his show for the season of 1881 were 11,400,000. Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, says the south will be prohibition before another presidential election. Over 2fl,000 of tho postmasters iu the couu try rccelro less than f ICO a year, yet tho offices never go begging. J. I. Case, owner of Jay-Eyc-See, is presi dent of a recently formed trotting horse breeder' association, of Wisconsin. Tue author of ???Do They Miss Me at Homo? Is Mrs. Caroline A. Mason, of Fitchburg, Muss. She is sixty-one years old, nud wrote tho song forty years ago. Bki.va Lockwood was Tillie Wilkins when a child, and lived at Shlppcnsvillo and Corsica, Clarion county, I???a. .She married i lawyer named alar, but separated from him before mar r. Lockwood. It is reported that Postmaster-General Hat ton Is In correspondence with the trustees of the Chicago Times, with a view to taking tho edito rial chair of that Journal. Mr. Manning???s organ, the Albany Argus, states officially that all gifts sent to Governor Cleveland will bo returned at once, aud that all oilers of an escort to Washington next March will be declined peremptorily. It is understood that Governor Cleveland has declined all hotel offers, as well as the invitation of Mr. Corcoran, and will be the gued of tho Rev, r^Rmrtlctt, of tho New York Avenue church tffmBfffJte Ibnirgurntlon ovremontc-. Miss Kate Fields's latest way of putting it : ???Mormonlsm Is to tills republic what tho Canada thistle Is Jo agriculture; the three hun dred missionaries are the flying seeds.??? Hbo want* the war-cries to bo "The saints mu??t go' and "Turn tho Mormons out." Tnr. richest mau in Colorado is Govornor Kraus, worth $3,000,000. David Moilat Is worth ??1,COO,CC0. Joseph Clin flee took him out of a sta tionery store and put him In tho bank. Senator Tnfcor la Flipping tack from his largo fortuue. Routt Is rich. At the request of General Graut, Senator Mitchell has withdrawn hl?? bill proposing toplaco tho venerable f-oldior on thp pension rolls at the special rate of $.???>,000 per year. The general docs The late Augustus Sherman of Glen???s Fall*, New York, left an c&tate valued at from f.\0C0,oW to 33,CCO,000. Mr. Sherman operated tovou or eight lumber mills, starting years ago as a workman in one of them. He was Ki year* old when ho died ???ud until n few days prior to his death g*vo per- tonal attention to the detail* of an enormous busl- nets. The youngest legislator in tho United States is Tbomns; Dixon, Jr., who, though only a fow day* post his majority, represents Cleveland coun ty In the North Cntolina general assembly. Mr. Dixon is now urged by his friends for speaker of the house, and has Mimrieut adherents to render him a conspicuous candidate. It is tuid that one of the Urge insumuce companies In New York has offered, or Intends to offfcr. It* presidency te General John A. Logan, w ith a salary Of 110,000. The present incumbcut will retire on account of age and infirmity at the dote of the year, and the directors think that Lo gan will be a good successor to him, and that he needs come inch position. In regard to the Grant fund Mr. George Jones, of the New York Times, said Thursday that the Wabash bond* had not failed to pay the inter est : that ex-Goveruor Morgan had guaranteed not that j years'j uantue had yet about seveu B ars to run,"aud tfSfthe Morgan estate, amouut- g to millions, was not in any way 'involved." The Bayard family has been well repre sented in the senate of the United States. Tha ndfathcr. father and uncle of the present aena- crediUUyserved their respective terme, and the present Senator Bayard and hla father were members of the senate at the same time. This is m>or ,j where the father aud same state at the- same time in the'senatn. Texas paya the veterans of its war of inde pendence a small pension, and w hen the act was passed It was thought |t0.000a year would be suffi cient; but it i* now chown that double that sum required. The Galveston Newt, considering this matter, vajs that the roll moil certainly con tain the names of a great number of alleged voter ???n?? who are spurious, and It call* for a searching revision of the fists. Mark Twain,??? ^writes a friend, "is un doubtedly detuned to be tho richest of American ant hot*. No man has made so much mcney lu tho isiuc rr**"* *'* ??????me a* he has done, lit* wife boss large estate, and together they, now have more than *1.CCO.OOO. He Is a sharp business man, increasing hi* pile all the tissa by good Invert irents ar well as by new books anu lectures, and 5 Satoatm on the right side of 50 he wWnroba- y tom his present million into other millions tore be dies." Kaiser Wilhelm went the other day to call ona Russian lady N>years old. On taking his leave he said: "At our age people say ???good by??? ben they part. I am t#o rear* older than you, her* wlmklTOU be It yon b*d borne eisbt cbfl- in u I tare *" Ibe emperor wen, <??*I l??nib- It re.ru., from .11 th.l ran be lrarned from the Kir rex. Uml Wreth urd hi. compeer, to Perl, chut* > mud bnnflred ttoowU Irena, n, twenty tteomnd feUu*. to outfit ??yonn,Udy ss^SfsEEiS&r A ROBBER KILLED. ZztiBtuisbed as an Offletr Approssbes-TRo Brisk It Tor Liberty in the D*rk, Followed bjr tbaOf- Ccer???t Flying BuUsts-Fire is KorJstta- TbeZTews Throughout the flttt*. Watxeseoro. December 8.???[Special.]???Mr. Rootzobn. a former merchant of this place, had tho remnant of bis goods, which wero boxed up and packed away in the upstairs over his stores, four in number. He did this about three months ago to give up tho store he oocapled to Mr. E. C. Lanier, a yonng merchant, who rented the ltfct of Mr. B???s. stores. Occasionally MrJtoutzohu would on Saturdays sell some of these old goods to cus tomers. On Friday night Mr. Amos Lambutb, the night watchman here, spied a light lu the up stairs of Mr. Routzohu's building. There be ing a largo unfinished hall and paesago way and several rooms over the Hue of stores owned by Mr. lloutzobiL Captain Lambert thought strange of the light being there aud first thought Mr. Boutzobn was probably up there ar ranging goods for sale the next day, Saturday. He went up the hall way and knocked at the door and at once tho light went out. Mr. Lambert then know that robbers were making away with these goods stored away there. Capthln Lambert then began examining the hasp nt the door aud put it lack over the staple in oldbr to secure the parties ???ud then call for aid, the lock ou the door having been broken. FXfcTOLfi DROI GIIT INTO PLAY. Just at this moment the robbers jerked the door open and thrurt out it British bull dog and fired at him. Captain Lambert retreated In the hallway and stood bchlud a door facing, and drew his pistol and fired Into the door three shots; one of the robbers dashed out and passed by tho captain and leaped down tho stairway. Captain Lambert followed closely, and as he weut down the stepa Captain Lambert shot twice at the fleeing robber. The other one (as they proved to be two negroes) hear ing the captain???s pistol snap, rushed out and gave the marshal a whirl as ho possod in tho passage way and made good his escape. The matter was talked ol freely ou tho streets yesterday mornihg,!nnd two hats left by the rob hers were examined and could not be Identified. About 2 o'clock it bccAtno known that a negro had died in a house near tho fnlrgrouuds. The marshal at once went on an investigation, and tho wife of the deceased said that her husband had died very suddenly. Upon exsin{nation of the deceased, it was found that ho had died several hours before, aud tho presence of blood gave a clue to the robbery. A closer exam ination showed two pistol balls had pierced the dcccasid's back, and at once'showed that Jack Griffin, well known by all of our citizens, was one of the unfortunate robbers,and that Captain Lam bert, the night watchman, had shot with startling accuracy lu the dark on tho fatal night before. EVIDENCES OP CRIME. Under the mattress was found a brace aud a bit that bad been stolen a few weeks ago from Mr. J. Hubbard B ouut, the day marshal, and It revealed the fact that they had used this some brace and bit to break open the door of Rcutzobn's upper room. A pair of new shoes, Identified by Mr. Koutzchn, was found ou tho feet of the decease???s wife. She refused to tell any thing about Jack's death, and she was lodged In jail until further developments were made. The other robber fs unknown at this time, but tho offi cers say they have a strong trail. A wallet of goods aud the British bulldog with only one cham ber [freshly fired, and that # was token from Mr. Routzobn???s store, were 'all found under steps ol Mr. J. A. Attoway???s w orkshop, which was ou the straight course to Jack GrMlln's house. It was thought ut first that Captain Lambert showed little courage In not capturing or lulling one of the robbers, while he had them at bay, but public opinion now extols his accuracy with tho pfhtol and concede that he did well to get ono of his victims, aud he has made sure of his position in future as an indispcuslblc watch at night hero and will lenrn robbers u useful lesson, not to try their game again, lu the mcauthne every effort will be made to catch the other robber that wont scot free, iu fleeing from Captain Lambert's empty pistol. Cure for Diphtheria. Wc take from tlie columns of an exchange tho following item relative to diphtheria. It is wor thy of preservation, and, lu caso of necessity, a trial of tho remedy could certainly do no harm, and might be the means of saving life: Ruth Lockwood, the nine year old child of Tbomts Lockwood, a compositor In tho Xew York Times office, became violently ill with diphtheria little while ago. Kbc was so weak that it was deemed dangerous to try tracheotomy, or cutting open tbo windpipe. A day or two before, Dr. Nichols, of 117 West Washington place, who was attending her, received a copy of the Paris Figaro, which contained a report made to the French Academy of Medicine by Dr. Delthil. Dr. Delthil uld that the vapors of liquid tar and tur pentine would dtaolvo the fibrinous cxndatloui which cboko up the throat in croup and diptberia. Dr. Dtlthii???a process was described. He pours equal parts of turpentine and a liquid ter Into a tin pan or cup aud fire to tlie mixture. A dense, rcflnoiu smoke arises, which obscures the air of the room. "The patient," Dr. Drithtl says, "im mediately begins to experience relief; the choking and rattle stop; the patient falla Into a slumber and seems to iubale tho smoko with pleasure. The flbranon* membrane soon becomes detached, and the patient coughs up microbfo-idcs. These, whoa a glaw, may l>e seen to dtnolvc In tho lu the course of three day* afterward tho patient entirely rceovero." Dr. Nichols tried this experiment incocmfully with little Ruth Lockwood, fthc was lying gasping for breath when ho visited her. Flirt pouring at out two tablespoonsfuls of liquified ter on an Iron pan he poured as much turpentine over It and set it on fim The rich, resinout smoke which rote to the ceiling was by n??> means unpleasant. As it filled the room the child???s breathing became natural, and as the smoke grew dense she [fell asleep. Wellington on Napoleon. From Croker???* Diary. 1 never wasa believer In him, and 1 always thought that In the long ran we should overturn him. He never teemed himself athH case, and tven In the boldest thing he did there was always mixture of apprehension and mcauucia 1 used to call blm Johnathan Wild the Great, and at each new coup he made 1 used to cry out, "Well done, Jonathan," to the great (scandal of some of my hearers. Rut the tmth was be had uo moro care about what was right or wrong. Just or un just, honorable or dishonorable, than Jonathan, though bis great abilities and the great * takes he played for, threw the knavery into the shade. Posterity will never believe the success and ex tent of that system of darkness which Bonaparte spread over France, but it was so com ole te that cv??n 1. who had i??eu for so many yean in contact with hts armies, and was now, for months, on his frontier, was glad to glean from any precarious and humble source* some knowledge of the real ??t tte??b<KVfijl ri the publications (about B??na- rte) Is that of Baron Fain. All the dictations .. Montholon. Gourgaud, aud Los Casas are of little nal authority. They are what Bonaparte, on afkr consideration, thought It expedient to npresent things to have been, and not, what they were. Any soenrate reader will find them to be wbat made-up stories always must be, fnll of con tradictions, but we who know the affairs of our time know that they are fall of falsehoods. 'Chance (or Relief. From the Philadelphia Call. Proud motber^-"Do you know, dear, I believe our baby will be a singer, perhaps a great tenor like Brignoll or Campanini?*'. Tired father???"He strike* high C mighty often, tbafa what you mean." , . , "Yes, the tones are ??o sweet and shrill. I hope we will be able te have his voice cultivated in Europe." Ry Jove! good Idea. Send him now." An Unusual Drouth. From the Rome, Ga., Courier. Mr. R.S. Norton, who has carefully kept meteor ological tables foraboui forty yean, says that (hero has been leas rate this (all than perhaps any other year ia the post thirty. Sines the 2*tkof last Au gust-ninety seven days less than one and a quarter inehes of min has telles at this place. In DURING THE WEEK. ???I-ritpandt Tuesday, December p.???The Little Rock train robbers have all confessed. Alfred Stohn, oue of the directors of the Cincinnati Times-Stor, died In Dayton, Ky., yesterday. Jos. Woodward and hls son, at Fairmont, S.. C., were fatally poisoned yesterday, they mistaking morphine for quinine. The supreme court has de ,-ided that the head- money art Is constitutional. By this act collector* of ports ore authorized to colle jt 50 cents for each passenger brought in. A??bton, Frankfort aud Redfield, three adjoining Dakota???towns, art- In a - state of war over the pos-ecsion of the county records. In tiie City.???Five tramps were accommodated at the station homo last night. Sunday night Mr, Wm. Floyd was thrown from a buggy on Marietta street aud sustained a fracture of his left arm. Bill Coir by, the bootblack who was shot by Ernest White, Sunday, Is stiil alive. The Georgia exhibit was shipped to New Orleans yesterday. J. v Wednesday, December 1(WA general redaction ot from is to 20per cent in wages bos been order ed at Roach's shipyard. Tho naval board of esti mates report' that It will csst 813,COO to make the "Tallapocift??? seaworthy again. The schooner Margaret A. Mays, from Brunswick, Ga., for Balti more, Is ashore below Ocean city, Md. A large numberof.Hungqrlans and Italian miners., who left Pittsburg to work in the Hocking Valley . mines, have retained, the strike of the printer* at the American print works, Fall River, lio* ended. Tho fcharon .iron company's mill, of - ,Sharon, Pa., has resumed operations with indica tions of n steady run. In th* City-Canary bird* are plentiful on the streets. Yesterday the governor appointed Hon; John D. Harrell, of Balnbrldfge, a member of big ftaff. Alice Jones, a small white girl, yesterday knocked down an^ ran qver by a dray. The child???s left arm was broken. Mr. W. A. Moore, ot tho firm of Moore, Marsh di Co., was sleeted a commissioner - of roads and revenues yesterday. Monday night a thief entered Mr. Wyuant'j room on Luckfe street and stole his coat, pants,-vest, shoes, shirt hat', a watch and a small amount of money. Thursday, December 11.???The Japanese priucc, Alkoscbc, attached to the household of the Rus sian minister in Washington, died yesterday of typhoid fever. He was only eleven years old, and was in tho minister's family for the purpose of be ing educated. ThoSwsim court martial yesterday resumed tho cross-examination of Witness Bate man without result. The republican associations -of two wards In Brooklyn have expelled several members for voting for Cleveland. Tho duke of Edinburg has been appointed to tho command of (he Mediterranean squadron. Earl Granville has informed Prime Minister Ferry that tbo negotia tions with China with a view to settling the Fnnco-Chinesc difficulty bnvo failed. In tiie City ???Five carloads of Tennessee hog* reached Atlanta yesterday. The live stock men say that trade i* better than it has bcon tor several seasons. Tho bird shooters are putting in full time, and every day a party of gunners go out and try their hand. Mr. A. Davis, of the ronyei* Weekly, was robbed of $25 on Whitehall street last night. ( Friday, December 12.???Tho proceedings iu Swalmfcourt martial yesterday, covered only the ground which had already been gone over. Tho Gale manufacturing company???s works, of Allison, Mich., covering half a block,was burned last night. They were insured for 805,000. Chess, Cook <k Co's, nail mill In Pittsburg has resumed operations after six months idleness. Shenbcrger???s old mill Is running double turn at a redaction of 10 per cent. In the City.???The passenger traffic is good with all the roads entering Atlanta. Mrs. F. A. HJlbum fired five shots at a thief who was stealing hee wood last Wednesday night. Sovcn addition* made to the city chalngang yesterday. Governor McDaniel decided not to Interfere with the sentence of tho court In tbe matter of Warren Price, whoso execution iiset for to-day In Johnson county. Saturday, December 14 ???The Isabella blait fur nace company, of Pittsburg, havo ordered a reduflk tlonjof 10 per cent In tbe wages of all their em ployes. The large brick tobacco factory of Quarles A Jones, In Petersburg, Va., was destroyed by flro InstCnlght. Tams 830,000, Insurance 815,000. A fire started In the store of Haskell & Tripp, in Xew Bedford, Mas*., which burned five largo business hourcs, lulllctlng a *oss of fully one million. Car negie Bros. & Co., operating tho Union lrou mills In Pittsburg, havo ordered a reduction of from 10 to 15 per cent In the wages. In the city.??? 1 The United flutes court was ad* journed yesterday until the third Monday In Jan uary. Last night Captain Couch found a dead bnhy In a cigar box In front of Martin's drug store on Decatur street. Frank DoBell and Jim Simp- ion, two small colored boys, had a fight yestcra* y, in which Frank???s face was terribly lacerated. Sunday, December 14.???F. IL Laughlln. vice- president ol the defunct Pennsylvania bank, made a voluntary assignment to-day. The cigar innkcra of New York held a anus-meeting to-night to pro test against tho ratification of tbo new Spanish treaty. The Paris Golds says Frauce has purchased seven British steamers for use In conveying mid!- tlonal troops to China. Louise Mitehell, the French anarchist agitator, now in prison, will re ceive free pardon on January 1st. In tue City.???Bound-trip tickets to Xew Orleans will go on salo to day. A valuable horse, saddle and|brfdlo were stolen from Mr. George Parrot at hla residence on Walker street yesterday. A game of football was played yesterday In West Had. Engineer Smith's remains were shipped to Indium for Interment yesterday. Fireman Edmunds* tody will be interred In Oakland cemetery to-day. Monday, December 15.???Governor Cleveland will send in his resignation on Janaary eth. A young married coupe near Litchfield, Conn., were brutally assaulted, on Saturday night, by rnfliau*. Dr. John S. Ctiuoingbam, a fo wling physician of Youngstown, Ohio, has filed a suit for divorce from bis wife for unfaithfulness. In the City.???A special car conveying a party of seven from New York passed through Atlanta yesterday en route to New. Orfoaas. John Wilson, the engineer who was-. InjuMd by a severe tell a. few nights ago, was a little better last night. The Georgia Pacific fast train went out on time yester day. A West Point switch engine went off the track yesterday morning about daylight. A Boston Wrinkle. From the Philadelphia Press. * A Boston maiden has fitted a pair of spectacle* on het pet png. She says be looks Just too intel lectually lovely for anything. Three Georgia Farmers. Notwithstanding tho bard times there are evidences of prosperity in Georgia.- Mr. W. T. James, of Manor, Ware county, is only 58 years of age and is the father of fourteen grown children, and his living sixty- three grandchildren. Several of the latter are dead, and Mr. James has been married only onetime, his wife bearing fifteen children* Mr. James is well known, highly respected, and has enough of this world???s goods to pase the remainder of hit days in peace and hap piness. In Colquitt county lives Mr. J. X. Fhilipt, who has lived at his home on Bridge creek for twenty-eight year*. Ho says when he went there he ???didn???t own enough land to bury him in.??? lie has twelve children, all married but four. He never called in a doc tor to any of them until they were grewo. He now owns two thousand acres of land and has given each of his children n home. He runs a four horse farm and after paying every dol lar of debt will have five bales ot cotton left. He it contented and like all other men with a numerous family, ia happy and hopeful* His very face shows it. He says his country is fast settling up and lands appreciating itg value. Mr. T. J. Woodard, who livea in tha lower part of Pierce county, weight 170 pounds: hia wife weight 150, and they nad a wild born to them last Wednesday night that weighed only two pounds. The little fellow was doing re markably well when Iasi heard from. I INDISTINCT PRINT (