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Jno. Barton, - - - Editor.
Washington corespondents ro
port things pretty livrdv just now.
.Most iin tu- ca. l.a look hol
iday last week, and some comes
out oil the h lr -hrH l is week.
In the ye.tr U>;>y poisons who
feasted or were id’e on Christmas
day in Massachusetts were lined
five shilling*.
The Pickett contest in this dis
tried is not creating much of a fit i it.
It is likely to maintain iis quieti
tude in Washington
Gov, Foraker is always talking
about Southern outlaws. Wonder
what he thinks of Ihe White Caps
of his own state?
Miss Mary E. Bryan lias drama
tised her novel, “Munch,” and the
New York papers predict that it
will be u success.
The Mississippi riot may learn
whites a lesson. They are en
tirely on too familiar terms with
the negro.
It is thought that Private Secre
tary 'Lige Halford will have to
whistle to keep up the courage of
some of the republican otlice seek
ers. Their courage varies.
Whatever changes Harrison may
make in (lie civil service reform it
is to be hoped ho will make good
selections in the mail line. If there
ever was inc mpetency, it is there.
Some iiiui objection to the letter
in last issue from Mr. Bell. Mr.
IPs. ideas were his own and pub
lished as his own. Therefore, no
objection should be found to the
Observer publishing the letter.
Who, or will the South be rep
resented m the republican cabinet,
is now beginning to interest of
fice seekers/ some of them, per-
I'.ai s from both parlies—like Esaw
v. lie sold his birthright for “a
mess of porridge. 5 ’
In their light atSuakiu the Brit
ish n t foemen worthy of their
steel. The mahdi’s black and cop
per colored soldiers are religious
fanatics, and believe that after
cte ih they are sure of a high place
in their heaven. They are not
naked savages fighting with spears.
Tney are armed with the finest
Euiopean guns and know how to
use them.
Nxiy Li'es Lost.
Memphis, D’c 24—Willi? m Djdo
ht’.e, one of lit clerks of the burned
Mejincr l£a e Adaru, came up this
jorem on nom ti e wre<k. lio wa< in
a jnwl wi ll Cleik George Corbett
when it capsized and the la ft lie saw
ot Ins ct.l.'ii.u'J he wai floating down
tbe riv r enuring to a small ladder,
t) nob uo managed to f’a'.eh a bale ot
c non and w;:. invent out into the enr
rent and was rescued somr six ttules
n. low Commerce by some nrgroas on
U,o Arksi s s side of the riye r . He
pays Corbett may possibly have been
vf cned further down tbe river. The
less of life is not yet definitely known
r.i.d the prospects ar that the exact
number who wore drewned never will
b i accurately stated. Thirty fire is
tbe roost conservative estimate* Fioai
a party of fifteen white laborers which
boarded the st-atner below Friar's
t’omf, oiily two are Jio have been
saved. Jt tlii be true, and there are
no inaaiiß of substantiating the fact,
dip loss of life nriy reach sixty. As
many ntgroei; who wore on tho lower
deck, lost their lives in attempting to
•vv m ashore fiom the stern of tho burn
ing steamer. Tho boat and oirgo wort
v lined at 125,000 dollars. Tho Kate
Adam* had a record of the best turn
letween Helena and Memphis in the
spring of 1883. She made tbe run in
five hours and revtatecn minutes. She
- as tho steamer that conveyed Pres.
Cleveland and his wife from West
Memphis to this ci y on the occasion
•>t ihei r visit to tho south.
New York Southerners.
In one of his recent letters, Geo.
Alfred Townsend calls attention to
the number of southerners now' re
siding in New r York.
lie complacently says: “Little
by litlie we see the transter of
white individuality from portions
of the southern states to tho north.
These emigres from tho south nev
er return.”
Mr Townsend goes on to men
tion the Inmans, Wilsons, Sfeven
sons and others who, after leaving
the south, have achieved great sue
cess in the metropolis. “New
York is good enough for them,’’ is
the way he puls it.
There is nothing strange in this.
It does not mean that there is any
tendency on the pari of southern
ers to drift northward. It simply
means that those rare men in the
south whose abilities require the
widest possible field will naturally
find their way to the chief business
centre of the country. It is so with
such men in the east and in the
west. Why should the south be
an exception? Scotchmen and
Irishmen of remarkable ability' go
to London, but the Scotch and
Irish masses are not migrating to
England. It is so with the south
erners and New York. The* great
est city of a country will always
attract the best talent—that is, ad
venturous talent. Sorry* very
bright men are neither enterpris
ing nor willing to take risks—they
remain at home, content themselv
es with a small measure of success
and make themselves useful in the
smaller spheres ot life.
Thero has never been, and never
will be, a movement of popula
tion northward. From the earliest
times it has always moved west
ward and southward. In this coun
try the rapid occupation of the best
western lands is bound in a very
short time to cause a rush of immi
gration into the south.
New York, however, will contin
ue to absorb southern talent as
long as she remains the business
capital of the country. It is per
haps unnecessary to. say that the
New York southerners hold their
,o\vu pretty well. The instances
mentioned by Mr. Townsend make
this sufficiently plain. This is true,
noton'Jv in the business world, hut
in literature, journalism, law, and
various other lines of human en
deavor. The southern element in
New York is to-day a factor so pos
itive and aggressive that it has
made itself recognized, respected
and courted, ■ The Southerner is
no laggard in the fields where com
petition is fiercest, and where tho
prizes are the richest. The caval
ier is perhaps i little out of place
when he goes among the Puritans,
but be will take no back seat. He
will push his way to the front, and
he will go there to stay.—[Consti
tution.
Mrs Lucy Parsons, Wife of the
Late Anarchist is Prevented
From Speaking.
Chicago, Dec, 2G. —Handbills
were widely distributed to-day an
nouncing that Mrs. Lucy Parsons,
wife of the executed anarchist,
would leegiro in Waverly hall to
night; one of the bills was banded to
Chief of Police who sent
Hie*. Langhlin to Mr. Laurie, proprie
tor of the hall, with instructions to or
aer him not to open the piece. . Lan
rie was not satisfied with tho message
and called upon tke chief.
“I shall send an officer to yon (o
U'ght,” said the chief to Mr. Laurie,
‘•who will domand the koy from yon.
He will then station policemen at the
door, who will forbid admission to tho
hall. You are perfectly helpless iD
the matter and any responsibility
there is will be on the police.”
The wording of the subject of the
lecture was a tr fie ambiguous, in that
it might include any or all phases ot
anarchy and socialism. Said Chief
Hubbard:
‘ Mrs. Persons can advertise herself
all she pleaaeo, but we will not help
lo do it. We have private inform*
tion that she intended to make a vio
lent anarchist harangue. Then we
would have been compelled to arrest
her. and you can be sure that it would
have been magnified in eTery way 1 y
the anarchists in argument of their in
junction suit to-morrow. The attempt
cd lecture was simply for effect. It is
well known that Mrs. Parsons cau’fc
retrain from talking of anarchy if she
gets a chance, and we will not experi
ment wi:h her furthor. Sho simply
can’l spoak iu Chicago."
The police programme was carried
out precisely as indicated. There was
do lecture nor meeting. For three
hours the narrow etair-wsys leading
to tho hall were crowded with anar
chist sympathizers who, however, took
the situation good naturedly. Mrs.
Parsons was among them.
“Is this what you call a free coun
try?" suddenly broke out tho anarchist
widow, as she waved aloft a big hand
kerchief, which had been concealed in
her muff. ‘ Why, they would not
think of trying to stop sack a meeting
as this in London or in Scotland.
Anarchists march tho streets ot Lon
don singing the Marseillaise and are
not interrupted, yet they call this
country free.’’
Anarchist George Schilling then
draw the attention of everybody j?y as
ncuncing that tho “ch ; cf of police had
said there was no law to stop the meet
ings, bat, that be wan going to do it,
and publio sentiment would back him.”
“After persecution, revolution,”
chGutjd i wild-looking youth upoa sn
upper step. Ho quickly 6ub:ided at a
shrill “hh“ from Mrs. Pardons,
though the glow on her swarthy face
and Hash in Lor dark eyts did not indi
cate displeasure. Tha youth said be
meant to say involution, and every
body laughed derisively. Tbe police
wero denounced in strong terras and
several entbus i asticß urged Mrs. Par
sons to deliver her address, but cooler
heads derided that it would be bad
policy, and iu small groups the disap
pointed anarchists gradually left the
vicinity.
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