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The M ich Maligned Upas Tree.
Springfield Republican.
The upas tree of Java is the best
abused tree iu the world. Orators,
paintere and poets have taken liber
ties with it, and even sc ntiflo men
have beet) very slow to contradict the I
stories of its deadly influences. It, is !
represented as standing alone in a[
barren valley surrounded by the
bones of anim ds and men unfoiiu
nate enough to venture within the
circle of its poisonous influence. In
ths South Kensington gall ry in Lon
don is a famous picture of i dark val
ley ut death, with nothrig living in
sight but a few ghost-line upas trees
throwing off their exh iladons. In
crevices and on the bare rocks ehiue
white bones and skulls, and the very
heavens seem to drop t e dew that
kills as it moistens. The upas idea
has also withered life m v-rse, and
spread destruction tor >ugb tne well
rounded paragraphs of the historian.
It is, therefore, a iitt In sur rising to
be told that th” vil’ey t 'he upas
tree is not a valley of dam because
of this tree, and th« buds that
tall dead near it are nit over
come by its influenc'd The re
cent earthquakes In J >va have
helped to bring ju this fact. Several
men of scii nee, drawn to that
part of the world by ttio na ural dis
turbances, have lately t ken occasion
to examine the valley very earpfullv.
No native could be hired o approach
the trees, but the f r- ig iCTs’ scien
tific ardor wa-> too w urn io be cooled
by difficult Ira, and the place has
been oireiully explored. Ihe whole
region is of volcanic form ion, and
at times -uiphurous vapors and
gases destru” ivet > animal and vege
table life escape thr ugh tne open
ings in the r rcks. . 1 t c urse du
ring these periods no ammi l can live
in the valley. The up is tree seems
to resist the action of the gases and
naturally appeal 1 io t .e imagina
tion and fear of tue native*, and on
its-weird br> >•' es w -r. hung all the
ills of the valley. W ■ .re not told
whether the upas is likely to make a
good shade tre • for an ornam ntai ,
garden, but as a tlguie f rhetoric it .
seems destine j to lutiiv- its useful- ,
m-sa unless it can now pi>n ■ as a nota
ble example of how e.lumny and uu
just report will in time—very long
time in this case—give way to the
truth. It w mid indeed seem strings
to hear a minister exhort his bearers
to stand firm to their Ounstian con
victions like the upas tree in the val
ley of desolation.
If Mud If.
‘‘l* you are gufferlim from poor
tiH.itti or lauguibßluß ou a bed of
Bicknese, take ciwer, if you are
elm.,iy aillUß, or It you tn-l weak
and <ilßotri>ed, wttm.u eleaily
knowing way, Hop Bitters will
eure.y cure you.”
If you u- o u minister, and have ovtrlux
ed >■ utoelr wo b y ur paelorai duties, ",
a mother, wo r nout with cue and work,
or a man <>l o islueea or laborer weakened
by Iheatrar. or your everyday dutlfe,
ot a man ot letters, toiituit over your mid
night work, Hop Bitters will surely
Strengthen vou.
If you are snff-rlnK
from over-eaUmr or
drink, any iutJUcre
llon or Ulsr.lp ,tlou or
are younir anti grow
ing old too fast, us Is
nt,i n the case.
’O i’you are In the workshop.
on tai m. at the CJHHK, anywhere,
ami feel tha your ey-iein needs
cleaning, toning. or hilruulattng,
without intoxicating, It you are old,
bl I thin and impure, pulse fee
ble, nervous, unsteady, faculties
w-mlm*, Hop Bitters Is what you
neel to give you new life, healtn,
anil vigor."
If you are costive or dyspeptic,
or suffering from any other of the
num > mis diseases ot the stomach
or bowels, it Is your own fault If
you remain ill.
It you are wasting away with
any form of Kidney disease, stop
tempting death this moment, and
turn tor a cure to Hop Bitters.
It you areelck with
tir.it terrible sickness
Nervousness, you will
hud a "Balm in Gilead"
11 Hop Bitter .
It you area frequenter,or a resi
dent ot a mlasmatl district, bar
ricade your system against the
scourge of all countries—malaria
epidemic, bilious and intermit
tent. fevers—by the use of Hop Bit
ter- 1 .
It y iu hive rough, pimply, or sallow
ekm, bad breath. Hop Bitters will give
you tab -kin, rtnh blood, the sweetest
breath, and u-nlth. SSOO will be paid tor
a case they will not cure or help
That p or, bedridden, invalid wife, ela
ter, m >!ner or daughter, can b - made tlu
plcture of health by a few bottles ot Hop
Bitters, coating but a trifle.
Asia’s Floating Gardens.
Among the most remarkable illus
tratijns of humin energy are ear
tainlytbe floating gardens in Kieh
mlr, iu Eastern Asia; the more so
that they are the ;woi 8 of an essen
tially indolent population. For their
creation an expanse of water about
nine milt s In circumference has been
utilized, on which masses of weeds,
grasses and aquatic plants grow and
become intertwined and entangled.
These form the soil, as it were, on
which cultivation is carried on. Di
visions are made in them, they are
cut level with the surface ot the water
and then banked over with riv r
mud. Properly prepared for tl.is
purpose, this soil is sown with melons
and cucumber plants, and a crop is
raised which Is unequalled iu any
country in quantity and quality.
These melons and cucumbers are
sold in a good season at the rate ot
ten or twenty for two cents; in dear
seasons they bring two cents apiece.
Floating gardens in Mexico are upon
much the same plan, but are usually
devoted to the culture of flowers.
A FAIR OFFER.
The Voltaic But Mloh., offer to
•end Dr. Dye’a Voltaic Belt *nl Appliance! on
trial,for thirty iiaya, to men. young or old, af
flicted with nervoua denllity. leet vitality, and
kindred trouble!. Sec •dvertisement In thia
|*par, |ab»eod*wly
iatto iKj i J > ®ime&
REESE ON FUTURES.
HE PROPOSES TO EXCLUDE FBOM THB
MAILS ALL CORRESPONDENCE RELATING
TO FUTURE CONTRACTS.
Washington Dispatch.
i Mr. Roose, of Georgia, introduced
in the house last Monday a bill which
will attract considerable attention
whatever may be its fate. He pro
| p see in the bill referred to make it a
misdemeanor for any person to send
j through the mails by plain or r<gte
; ten d letter, by money order, postal
note, or circular, any communication
relating to future contracts. I asked
Mr. Reese what was the reason for
the introduction of this bill. Said
he: “I think it would materially
cheek a great and growing evil, This
speculation in futures has ruined
more young men tb-m almost any
I other evil agency. It has been es
pecially disastrous to young men
I and old ones too, for that matter, in
i the south. The foundations of many
| a fortune have been swept away aad
■ the business habits of many a man
ruined by this reckless spirit of spec
ulation. It is a demoralizing force
in society, and I am in favor of doing
everything we can to check it.”
"Do you think the government has
the right to go as far as your bill
proposes?”
"I do. All letters to lottery com
panies are excluded from the mails,
and the two or three lotteries in the
country are insignificant in their bad
effects compared to the bucket shops
nd the bigger traps for the uuwarv.
Speculation io futures is not a legiti
mate business transaction. Our own
state of Georgia has declared that it
is against public policy to counte
nance this business and has declared
void all contracts for future purchase
or sale. The supreme court has sus
tained that law. It is supported by
the common sense of the people.”
“Wtmt ;s the prospect of passing
your bill?”
’ That I can not tell; I have not
talked with many memb Ts about it.
I have tnouuhc of the subject a great
deal myself, f >r it has been forced on
rny attention by the speculative
spirit which drains millions ot dol
lars out of the south every year. I
> m satisfied that tbe government
ought to refuse its postal facilities to
thio species of business so-cail -ci.”
WHERE THEY CAME FROM.
The Mexican war pension bill,which
caused the first dead-lock of tbe S'-s
--sion, has been supposed by many to
benefit more people in the south
than in the north. This is nor the
ease. Th , roaj irity of the soldiers
in tfio M- xiean war. aco rding to the
official records, came from the north.
In response to the call for 30,000 vol
unteers. 67,000 responded promptly.
O' t e-e Massachusetts furn-
: ne I 930; N w Y rk, 1,690; Onio,
5 335;Ken ucky, 4,694; In liana. 4,329;
Illinois, 5 791; Missouri, 6,441; Texas,
7,302. Ihere were alt gether over
I 200 more men from the north than
Horn the south.
WORKING FOR A FOREIGN MISSION
"Blue Ribbon” Sanford is here
warmly urging his claims to the Rus
sian mission, now that it Is probable
Minister Hunt wiil not be able to re
main in R lesiaany longeron account
>f the poor condition of bis health.
Sanford entertained the president
iu Fi ri la last spring; in fact he
was the man wh > persuaded the
president to make the Florida
rip. He invite I the visit tor tbe
iole purpose ot influencing the presi
dent to give him a foreign appoint
ment. Sanford has tried for years to
secure a diplomatic position again,
but in spire < f his W'>alth. presidents
nave fought sny of nitn. Mr. Arthur
is not inclined to give Mr. Smford
ii ythiog, although the latter is here
squandering the money of his orange
groves upon social displays. H'Can
b seen riding down the avenue in a
showy iandua every afternoon.
CELEBRATING jTHE DAY.
W shlngti.u'r. birthday was ob
’i-rved h re by a total suspension of
business in toe depart merits and all
fluHiicia institutions, A salute was
tired at the navy yard, bu' not much
attempt a a parade or display was
made. A i ortl u of the local military
organiz tions went to Alexandria to
participat- jn a parade tn ere. Inßalti
m re,Phi! tdeiphia and New York bus
in ss was suspended,and iu the latter
place a procession marched through
the streets, and Washington’s monu
ment, on the steps of the sub-treas
ury, was decorated.
•— —— ...
Blaine as an Editor.
Pkiladtlphia Preu.
Mr. Blaine is very systematic in his
literary work His methods are those
ot she journalist rather than ot the
professional bookmaker. He is, in
deed, a born newspaper mm, and it
is a pity,some of us think, that he did
not follow that calling instead of
switching off from editing a country
paper to run tor Congress, I happen
to know, by the way, that when
speaker ot the House of Representa
tives ho had a great temptation to put
his feet on the very top round of the
journalistic i dder Hiwasoffeied
r e edit rship of one ot the greatest
New Yor •: newspapers at a salary
larger than any now receives and
nearly ns large as that of the Presi
dent - t the United States. Cutiously
- Dough, too, the off -r came from a
journal which has never been friendly
toward Btaine from that day to this.
At an iiius ration of Mr, Blaine’s care
ful writing, I recall that be once told
me be had In his last reading of his
Gatti Id memorial oration cut it
down 1,180 words,Jsimply with a view
to the utmost conciseness ofexprtss
ion.
Tennessee Stock Companies.
/Vom Wall Street Newt
A smart-stepping citizen of Ten
nessee was in New York a few days
ago to see about raising money for a
proposed railroad line down in his
county and when asked to explain,
he said:
“There is no explanation about it.
This is to be a railroad two hundred
miles long.”
“But about the company?”
“Ob. that’s been organized and all
the officers elected.”
“What’s the capital?”
“Fifty million dollars.”
“How much stock has been taken?”
“About S3OO worth.”
“What—only S3OO worth!”
“That’s all, mister, and if you fel
lows down here will only pitch in
and gobble up the rest of it, we’ll
go ahead and make things hum.*’
Mr. I. A Bacon, Savannah, Ga„ says ‘I
used Brown’s Iron Bitters for nervousness
and indegestlou, and found It excellent.”
COLUMBUS, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 27, 1884.
The Trouble About Money.
N. r. Tribune. Feb. 161A.
"With such enormous reserves,
how can there be danger? Surely a
monetary system is safe, when the
treasury holds $445,000,000 in cash
and the New York banks hold sllO,-
000,000 more.” Such is the reasoning
of some men who are commonly re
spected for good sense in business
matters Are they right?
To begin with the treasury does not
hold $445,000,000 in cash of any or all
kinds. In that sum are included $66,-
000,000 of United States notes, or oth
er equivalent forms of currency.
These notes in the hands of govern
ment are m no sense currency. They
are simply redeemed promises to pay
—mere memoranda that government
once did borrow and since has paid
certain sums. It can borrow again,
by issuing he tsame promisee, it is
true. But power to borrow money
is not mouey. Paper promises or
government do not become currency
iu any sense until they go into the
hands of somebody wno holds them
against the government as evidence
of Its debt to him.
Hence it is also ciear that the cer
tificates held by the banks must also
be deducted, or else the gold neld by
the treasury to which those certifl
cates give title. These, again, are
oniy evidences of a debt—but of a
debt not yet paid. The holder of a
legal tender certificate can at any
moment demand legal tenders for it,
and, without leaving the counter,
can then d- maod gold for his legal
tenders. Refusal to pay would be
an act of bankrup cy. The $17,080.
000 legal tender certificates outstand
ing on Sa ur lay, t her fore, gave
holders a title to $17,080,000 gold in
the treasury, precisely as much as
the SB2 201 440 gold certificates then
ou.stavdiog gave title to the gold
which, under the law, the treasury is
bound to hold as a sacred deposit for
their redemption. Thue $100,000,000
of the government’s gold is actually
owned by the holders of these certifi
cates. A great part of the gold re
ported as held by the banks consists
of these certificates to gold in the
treasury, which, therefore, has left,
of gold not thus owned by holders
of outstand mg certificates, only
about $122,000,000.
Then as to the silver certificates,
they give title to property which no
body will take —the silver dollars.
But they also give a power of paying
debts to the treasury, and are used
in paying customs and taxes. In or
dinary ciicumstancea they circulate
free. Let any alarm arise and these
notes would go into the treasury in
stead of gold with astonishing rapid
ity. Hence these, too, are debts
wnlch the government can, and in
any emergency will, be comp lied t‘>
pay in gold. On Saturday th; re were
$96 939 271 of the silver certificates
out. And the gov rnment owned
only $122 OuO.OOO gold for the redemp
tion or these and the legal tenders.
Still, where is the danger? Mir.
ate glad to get this paper; in fact, it
goes into circulation because they
prefer it to coin. But when an emer
gency comes, wnat then? Let us
suppose that England's business in
Egypt and the danger of a possible
Mussulman uprising in India should
cause large demands for gold. We
cannot send geld certificates or legal
tenders, still less silv .r certificates.
The actual gold must go, primarily
from the banks, let us say. At pres
ent, reserves are enormous and there
is no apprehension. But a drain
of gold would cause it to be
drawn from the treasury. The
amount of gold owned by tbe treas
ury might thus be quickly reduced
below i100.00D,000. N w it does not
matter bow unreasoning an appre
hension is, if it exists. Should an
apprehension spring up that govern
ment might not be able or disposed
to pay gold on demand much longer.
is it not certain that legal tenders
and certificates would then be sent in
for payment in large amount?
The New York banks, f.r instance,
own $33,200,000 leg tl t ders. It
they begin to apprehend that gold
miy not always be furthcoming,
how quickly they will demand it for
tneir notes! Because th-y have to
settle with Europe, and Europe will
not take paper promise, but must
have gold, ft would not be coward
ice, it would oot even be an untia
trioctic act; the supreme duty of tbe
banks is to be able at an instant's
notice to pay gold to their creditors
who have to settle with foreigners.
Now the plain fact is that, the govern
ment has outstanding SJ96 220,711 in
certificates and $300,000,000 of legal
tenders, payable on demand, and the
only money it has that it can pay
with, in an emergency, is about $222.-
000,000 gold.
"Brawn's Bronchial Troches”
t>re excellent tor the relief ot Hoarseness
or Sore Throat. They are exoeediogly
effective.— Christian World, London, Eng.
A Terrible Weapon.
An inventor is now experimenting
witn a new air-gun adapted to shoot
ing charges of dyamite, instead ot
solid shot, many hundreds of yards
and causing their explosion at the
moment of striking the object at
which they are fired.
The terribly destructive power of
dynamite when exploded against a
fort or the side of an icon clad ship,
could not heretofore be utilized be
cause of the impossibility of firing it
from an ordinary gun without in
stantly exploding it, but the com
pressed air gun devised by the inven
tor for this purpose, and tested upon
a moderate scale, is said to perfectly
overcome the difficulty.
The gun required for sending a
charge of one hundred pounds of
dynamite a long distance, is very
much lighter as well as lees expensive
than an ordinary one hundred pound
cannon.
If the hopes of the inventor are
realiz d, the beet iron clad ships will
be rendered practically useless, while
the strongest fortifications will oe
speedily destroyed. And thus, by
makiag more deadly weapons, we
march toward that time of universal
peace, when the nations shall learn
war no more forever.
> ■
Leading Members
of the dramatic and musical professions
testify to the beautifying influence ot
SOZODONT upon the teeth. P rsonal
oomllness is a positive capital to public
performers, and they find that the use of
SOZODONT materially seconds the natur
al charm of a pleasing face. Let all who
wish to avert the disaster sure to overtake
neglected teeth, try a new departure and
cleanse them regularly with this agree
able preservative.
BRADSTREET'S BUDGET.
THE LIST OF FAILURE IN THE UNITED
STATES DURING THE PAST WEEK.
There were 218 failures in the
United States reported to Bradstreet's
diking the past we k, which contain
ed a holiday. The number was 25
less than the preceding week, 14 more
than the corresponding week of 1883,
and 83 more than the same week of
1882. Abiut 83,percent were those
of traders whose capital was less
than $5,000. Compared with the
preceding week the middle states had
40, a decrease of 17; N w England
states 26, a decrease of 8; southern
states 51. an increase of 6; western
states 82, a decrease of 4 Pacific coast
states and tenitories 19, a decrease of
2; Canada and the provinces 33, a de
crease of 33. Among the failures
reported were McGinnb Brothers &
Fearing, bankers, Ntw York city;
United States Smelting company,
Philadelphia; George P. Curry, bank
er and manufacturer, and Delane &
Hickok, dry goods, Augusta,
Ga, In the principle trades they
were as follows: General stores 39;
grocers 38; shoes 16; liquors 12; man
ufacturers 10; bikers and confection
era 9; clothing 9; drygoods 9; hard
ware and agricultual nnpiem-nts 9;
furniture 8; grain, fl jur tod millers
7; fancy goods 6;j?wiiry 6; tobacco
and cigars 5; produc t and provisions
5; stationers, printers, eio., 5; drugs
5; hotels and restaurants 4; bankers
and brokers 3; cirriag is 2; coil 2;
erockery 2; jumper 2; musical instru
ments 2; butchers 2.
The failures in the south were as
follows:
GEORGIA.
Americus—P. H. WiHi rms, grocer,
called meeting ot creditors.
Atlanta—Bnuttie Brothers, whole
sale jewelry, failed and sold out.
Liabilities $20,000. They have a
branch at D Has, T xae
Augusta-George P. Curry, backer
and proprietor of the Summerville
Mills, cotton check o.s-i.'tn . toChas
A. Harper. Liabiliti s about $220,000;
assets nominally about Ibe \ame; the
mill is mcrtgigi-1 lor S6O oc\ to se
cure boodo; preferred cl iim s’6 500,
of which $2 500 was to laborers, $14,-
000 trust funds and $50,000 to bank
depositors. The mills has been in
operation tor about ton years.
Augusta—Delane & Hickok, dry
goods, -esigued. Liabilities $83,985;
assets $72,548 ;mortgage on stock $46,-
560; other pref iron .e $28,100.
Augusta—J. D. S leaban (agent),
grocer, mortgage foreclosed.
Macon—C. H. ttutetiings, grocer,
failed.
Paulding—F. M. Smith, shoes,
m >rtgage foreclosed.
Senoia—Shell, B-.1l & Co., general
store, failed and sold out.
Wrightsville—H. VKnt & Broth
er, general store, fill ci and sold out
Liabilities about $10,000; assets
$7,000.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Rich Squ ire—T. J. Copeland, gen
eril store, tailed. Liabilities about
$1,300; assets nominal.
Trenton—Thomas C. Whitaker,
general store, assigned to hie father.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Eigefieid—G. G. Lewis, groceries
and liquors, assigned.
Florence—Lowry & Sitinner, gen
eral store, closed under a confessed
judgment.
•Greenville—W. J, Screven, gener
al store, assigned to J. H. Heywood.
Liabilities $3,500; assets nominal.
A Modern Idol.
"I hear a great deal of talk,’’said
old Mr. Jobuaeon, as he drove out
into the country she other day in or
der to enjoy t ride with a friend, “of
the decay of manners m Americans,
m d particularly in American youth.
Now I don’t take much stock in it
To b sure, when 1 was a buy, I w;s
taught to say ‘dir’ and ‘Madame’ to
every mm or w.-ma.i wh > spoke to
me. and to tak off my fiat to every
grown person I might meet on my
way to school. Nowadays are the
boys less truly polite? 1 think not.
Look at the crowd outside ot the
school house we are just coming to.
Did you ever see a brighter, more re
spectful, quieter set of boys? Gen
tlemen, every one of them, I make
no doubt.”
The boys were, indeed, remarkably
quiet, and when the old aeutiern'ii
bide them goed-day, as he and his
friend skimmed by, they responded
in fitting terms.
“What did I tell you?” asked Mr.
Joblingaon proudly, as the congrega
tion was passed.
But at that instant a snowball came
between the heads of the pair, and,
striking the horse, set him off on a
de pi gallop, mother knocked off Mr.
Jobiingson’s hat; a tiozsn hit him
and his friend on their backs at the
same instant, and as long as they
were in range they were soundly pep
pered, amid the hoots and yells oi
the “quiet young gentlemen,” And
when the horse w s stopped and Job
lingson had picked the snow out of
his ears and neck, he cursed the
youth ot the present generation
roundly for a pack of roughs and in
corrigible rascals.
The secret of the universal success of
Brown’s Iron Bitters Is owing to the fact
that it is the very best iron preparation
made. By a thorough and rapid assimi
lation with the blood it reaches every
part ot the body, giving health, strength
and endurance to every portion. Thus
beginning at the foundation it builds up
and restores lost health. It does not con
tain whisky or alcohol. It will not black
en the teeth. It does not constipate or
cause headache. It will cure dyspepsia,
indigestion, heartburn, sleeplessness, diz
ziness, nervous debility, weakness, etc.
FROM WASHINGTON.
■THE TARIFF QUESTION AND THE PRESI
DENCY
/’rom the Macon Telegraph.
Washington, Feb. 23.—The wires
have already announced the time and
place selected for the next meeting of
the democracy of the country. This
aoiiorj was without political motive,
though it may tend to shape results.
The session of the executive commit
tee was prolonged through the beet
part of a day. The discussion was ex
haustive but entirely fair and good
natured, and there was a disposition
on all sides to yield mere personal
predilictions and pride of opinion to
the general good. All discussion of
the tariff was pretormitted as uir.ime
ly and out of place. The final con
clusion was reacned in this way; the
friends ot a later day for holding the
convention voted for Chicago, to se
cure the result.
This is good so far as it goes, but
the first of September would have
been much better, and a discussion of
this point by tne press migat have
carried it.
Chicago does not mean McDonald
nor Morrison. It has destroyed the
unity of the "retributive justice”
scheme. It was proposed to take St.
Louis, the old place, and tne old
date; the old ticket and tne old plat
form w re to follow due course.
Just nere it may be said that Mr. Til
den is a candidate, has been all along
and intends to be at the convention.
He will knife all who stand iu his
way and may again stampede the
convention by his tactics and put a
candidate upon the parly under
wnose leadership defeat is assured.
Mr. Tilden is more powerful than
popular. Is he as patriotic and un
selfish as he is powerful? We shall
see.
DEMOCRATIC CHANCES.
Opinion here varies widely as to
the probabilities of democratic suc
cess. It would be wrong to disguise
the fact, that thinking men are in
distress and doubt, some of the ablest
of them in despair. Those who
take a cheeriul view of
ihe future admit that every
thing now d pends upon the
action of tbe house of representatives.
If the appropriation bills are passed
and an early adjournment is had, the
party will be freed of a fearful incu
bus. It a tariff discussion is forced,
the injury will be simply irreparable.
A prominent northern manufacturer,
an earnest and consistent democrat,
and a representative man ot his class
in every particular, assured me that
if tree trade speeches are made in this
congress which the republicans can
use as campaign documents, New
Jersey will be lost to us.
It may be that the threatened dis
cussion can be averted. But one ap
propriation bill han been passed,
there are a number of contested elec
tion cases to be disposed of. Both
these and the appropriation bills will
be productive of long debates, and
congress may tire before the tariff bill
is perfected and repjrted as ready for
the attention of the house. As yet,
not a line of it has been written, the
committee of ways and means being
engaged in heating arguments from
the representatives of various mariu
facturicg interests.
PREStDENTIAL SPECULATIONS.
The.presidential probable and pos
sible candidates may be thus aligned:
Tilden, Bayard. McDonald, Payne,
Ho idiey.Rindall,Hewitt and Flower.
As remarked above, Mr. Tilden is a
candidate. In event of failure upon
his own part, it is conceded that
his next effort will be to name the
man,
Mr. Bayard is spoken ot by admir
ing friends, but it Is known that Mr.
Tilden will not permit him to carry
New York. McDonald does not
grow. Payne and Hoadly are backed
by Ohio, but Ohio is a republican
state, and may be ranked alongside
of Vermont, Illinois and lowa. Mr.
Hewitt destroyed himself in the
O’Dunneil affair. In matters of this
kind explanations are worse than the
original offense, Mr. Randall is un
derstood to be pleasing to Mr. Til
den, but Mr. Randall has just been
crushed in the municipal contest in
Philadelphia, and enjoys the hostil
ity of the tree traders and the whisky
ring to a high degree—it may be said,
above proof.
Many cling to the idea that the
battle may be won up n the Cincin
nati platform, with New York as the
pivotal state, with the “solid south”
and the sinews of war, io other words
money. It is a disgraceful and de
plorable fact, that the presidency ot
this nation, one hundred years after
its birth, is put up to the bid of gold;
but it is a fact nevertheless, a cold,
solid, stubborn fact, and wo cannot
Mose our eyes to it if we so desired.
A party out of power cannot com
mence the work of reform. The re
publican party, entirely sectional in
character, me? hods and purposes,
has held power for twenty-four years
by the power of gold. Can it pe over
thrown save by the agency which has
given it lite and success?
It is claimed for Mr.
j Flower, that he is a gentleman
of good abilities, as is shown
iby his success, that he is unobjec-
I tionable.as to his record and public
service, and that he can carry the
; state of New York. The “tidal wave”
Governors Cleveland and Pattison,
have not panned out satisfactorily.
■ No mention has been made of Mr.
; Morrison, who may be set down at
present as a presidential impossibili
ty. But a new man looms up, Mr.
Edward Cooper, former mayor of
N w York city, the son of Peter
Cooper and the brother-in-law of Mr.
H-witt. It is claimed for him that
he is capable and can carry New
York.
This is the situation, as it appears
after a careful and impartial survey.
No success can come in the absence
of harmony and unity, and the
sacrifice of personal preferences for
the general good
THE REPUBLICANS.
Our republican friends are not eo
happy as they seem. Edmunds, Ar
thur, John Logan, the twoShermans,
wi n Grant and Blaine lying off and
watching each other, do not make
the situation clear and serene. The
colored statesmen of the south will
soon have an opportunity to swap
their influence for favors of some
kind, but it is claimed here that Ar
thur, with bis band on the federal
mu capture the southern
delegations.
Washington is bright and clean,
auc ' i ors, who are
er.joy.c -no. zest tne last festivities
before Lent unmanls that society
shall make atonement for its sins of
feasting and frivolity. Beyond tne
u-w residences going up in the
western portion of the city, the
growth ot the Washington monu
ment is most noticeable. It would
seem from rumors, or some
thing really more substan
tial, that the Atlanta demo
oratic-republico combination will
succeed in placing the official bead of
General Longstreet in acnarger. The
patronage of ms office is needed for
the patriots in the coming campaign.
The Macon folks are weil and hap
py. Congressional dinners have
caused Crlonel Hardeman to limp a
little, but not enough to keep him
from his public duties or attention to
vkiting constituents. <
Muca sympathy is felt by Geor
gians here for the sufferers by the
late cyclone, and great anxiety as to
the condition of Mr. Humber.
A rattling thunderstorm and rain
last night has caused appiehension
that another storm may have fallen
upon our people. Georgia has ranked
fourth in the list of states for destruc
tive storms. The experience of the
twelve months past must give her the
unhappy ptominence of first place.
This letter may scarcely be called
newsy, but it is true. A. R. L.
The Alabama Conspiracy.
George Turner, ex-United States
marshal for the southern and mid
dle districts of Alabama, was exam
ined to-day by the committee inves
gating the expenditures of the de
partment of justice. Tucner said he
had co confidence in the deputy at
torney-general. He asserted that he
had done many unjust things, but
the witness b 11. wed that they were
done under the malignant influence
of small officials, headed by Brewster
Cameron. In reference to the con
duct of examiners from the depart
ment of justice, Turner said that in
Alabama they had attempted to
make capital for themselves
-md to convict people wnether
guilty or innocent. Turner de
oied the assertion ot Examiner
Ballin that a conspiracy had existed
tn Alabama for the removal of United
States District Attorney Smith, in or
ier that Turner might be appointed.
He said that Bilim had no evidence
'hat could lead to such an inference.
Turner as-erted that. District Attor
ney Smith h »d not giveo general sat
isfaction to tne republiea is, and that
they had asked tbe president and at
torney general to nominate the wit
ness for the position. The examiner,
Turner said, br.d gone into the state
with the expressed purposecf 'wbite
wasniog” DiS.rict Attorney Smith,
and had retused to send to the depart
ment statements derogatory to tdm.
Members ■ tth grand jury were cred
ited witb informing Turner of the ac
tion ot Examiner Ballin.
The first ballot of the democratic
national committee for the place in
which to hold the national conven
tion was as follows:
Chicago 15, St. Louis 14, Saratoga
5, Louisville 3. Cincinnati 1, Balti
more none. Louisville was with
drawn ano an >ther ballot was taken,
with the following result; Chicago
19. St. Louis 17, Saratoga 2. The
third bailor was taken immediately,
and resulted in the selection of Chi
cago as the place for holding the con
vention, the vote being Chicago 21,
St. Louis 17. _
A diepatch of the 21et inst. from
Richmond reports a meeting there of
the straight out republican state cen
tral committee, and adds: “The
straight out leaders eny theyintend
to make an earnest fight this year.
They will claim for the delegates to
be cnosen to the national convention
the exclusive right to represent the
republicans of this state in ilia' body.
It Mahoue’s delegates to that body
are seated to the exclusion of the
straight-outs, there will be two
tickets in the field in this state.
The Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, of
Elmira, was understood, from a com
munication to the Gazette, to be a
champion of tho j ustifiability of sui
cide under certain circumstances.
He writes now, in substance, that
when it is determined by an indi
vidual, with the approval of his
friends that it is “no longer worth
while to drift about on this sinful
olanet,” be is then justified “in sail
ing into the hereafter by his own
act.”
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