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WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT IT. I ] THE LEADING JOURNALS OX THE NOMINATION" OF BLAINE. A Certain Grim Sense of Satisfaction at the j Overwhelming: X>efeat in Store for the ! Ilepablican Party and its Man. [From ine New York Herald, Ind.] The great agony is over, and Mr. Blaine is the candidate of the Republican party for the office of President of the United States* "We are sorry for it, and we believe the Republicans will j all be sorry for it next November, But although every man who cares for the purity of public life and the welfare of the country, and especially all those who hoped for the redemption of the Republican party from the evil elements that have already nearly dragged it down the depths, niust poignantlv regret a nomination like this, .ir \ CO llHJl'C fiiJiiu ti. uu> wi two in many circles a sentiment that will regard the nomination with a certain grim sense of satisfaction. Indignation of decent opinion at the ever-recurring nuisance of the Blaine candidacy, a revolt against the open shamelssness of the Blaine men and their methods and at their scheme of carrying things with a roar and not by reason, has made men feel that at last ??n lucre was uaijv uui< ync tutu IUI mi this which was to have the Blaine element carry the Convention and nomilitite their man, and then see the man and the party buried out of sight by sin overwhelming defeat at the hands of the people. All'who have felt that way have their cure before them; and they may at least congratulate themselves that they are now indeed in a fair way to have done with Blaine forever. There will be an immediate develop ment 01 interest m wnac tne juemo- | crats will do on the 8th of Jnlv. We have no donbtthey can easily win with Tilden's name at the head of their ticket. He is far more popular now than he was four years ago. It is notable how the sense of justice lives and grows in the popular heart. The fraud of 1879 is more strongly resented now than in 1S80. Not only would Tilden secure all the "Democratic votes, but a larsre number of Republicans would see" in whom a conservative, statesmanlike leader for whom they can safely vote. His name will represent an opening, but still conservative, future progress to new ideas and new policies and a healthful advance for the country. With Tilden at tl*e head of their ticket the Demorcats need to be careful about the second name. Fortunately they have many excellent names to choose from, and no Democrat, however eminent, will refuse to let his name stand second to Tildens. Tilden and Bayard, I llden and Morrison, Tilden and Trumbull, Tilden and Iloadly, Tilden and Paftli^ Tilden and McDonaldrrauy of the$e. combinations would be W assnrance.^ to the country-of a progressive jaiid.] yet truly conservative adm frustration. i As it is reported and is-well nrgh'j certain that Mr. Tilden's j^Uivo re-jj fusal to be a candidate is- actuaW? v written, it will perhaps take a few dayi] to make it clear whether me leknul-t bunder of (be of the itepnbireaus may j not change that purpose. If it docs 1 not the Democracy have still many j names with which they can beat Blaine j and Cleveland is one of them. Indeed, j the similarity of the situation thai, would be presented in this canvass inwhich Cleveland carried this State by and overwhelming majorijy will escape no one. Against a candidate who has been forced upon an unwilN. idg party by the clamor and the ma-, r.oenvres of horde of unscrupulous coi'.jure with. "Facing the Fires of Defeat." [From the New York Time*, Rep.] It is besi, after, all, that Jame. G. Blaine should be the candidate of the Republican party. His nomination has been urged with earnestness and sincerity by a majority that party, and the majority must rule in tinscountry, even when it is in the wrong. The party now appeals to the* country _ , with a candidate who stands for something. lie represents the average of Republican principles and purposes, of jwpuuui~?iii uuuui aiivu wuswui?> they now arc. We shall, not he surprised if sonseRepuhlieans who do ..not.: iifce "^33tv; Blaine resent with- heat this aHega*?Mic; that a man who a3 Speakerof the House t>f liepreseafcatjTep bartered his official i n flue n-ce.for .prlva^-*#jj as secretary of State inade the enforcement of. a .-swiadij-Pg rc&hfl-ftgarnst a: distressed -aad'periyhrngr^dsteir lie the most conspicouous featnre 'oThis foreign policy, a man who has had no part or interest in the work done in the last five years toward the pnrifica tion of the public service, is a &i r type i and representative^of the party that j saved -tWMMbn, freed the slave* and ; restored the Natioiiafc credit. Bu* in I soberness and truth^:J;ood fri.ejids, is j this not sonot the namecpfiEHaine i the only najmt that really Fstirfc; the hearts of theliepnblican ma^? Did not tills devoted band of-^adbar-ents, without 4he. aKt.of the ?o^cp4w3ders; who in most states were eniwtea under another flag-, not onlv >*&hout favor from anyGovernment, but ??ainst -the.^fiQence of all, lead to Chicago an army of delegates larger than-' that supporting any other candidate? Did" not Blaine's name lead on the ih'Ftbafto'V and increase its lead;by. jiimps to The last, when nearly two-thu-ds of the Convention was roistered 111 the -Blaine col* uma? If Mr. Blaise is not a fair representative oi. ltepoonran principles and purposes^ _of_ Republican honor and caftseieaee* as they now are* then the Bepublieaas of Siaiuer NewYork, New Jersey, Pennsvlvania, Ohio, Michigan, ^'miesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and K&nsas were wilfully betrayed in their prirrcarifi?, In their district and State Conventions, and at Chicago; and we have nowhere read ' nor heard thatRepublicaa se u ti m c nt i a ! these. States, or in any State, was! * stifled or perverted in order to secure j Blaine - delegates- JSpr was Mr. i Blaine nominated m igborance of who I and what he was. The party had its j eyes. open. It has taken this step ! not in the dark bnt in bfoad daylight.; It is mnch better, therefore, that Mr. | Blaine should be the candidate than ! mac jxir. imnnrs incnas snoiiia nave i been successful in their purpose to ! thrust him on the party against its ; will. We have clearly.seen and plain- : ly said that the great majority of Re-! publicans did not waut Mr. Arthur j for their candidate. Had he been j nominated, his defeat would have sig- i nified nothing" as regards the heart and | virtue of the party, nothing as to the ; favor its principles and present practices ficd in the eyes of the American people. There will be nothing ambiguous in the defeat of Mr. Blaine, lie who runs may clearly read the verdict in advunce: "A candidate un-i worthy of confidence and a party too j cai-ciess ot its Honor to De longer j trusted with the nation's."! One word as to the position of the j Times. It will not support Mr. j Blaine for the Presidency. It will advise no man to vote for him A Desperate Candidate of a Desperate Party. [From, the New York Sun, 7/?L] A great many Republicans are op ! posed to Mr. Blaine. Some of them i would reject him on account of the ! stains upon his public career, as exemplified in the transactions of the Mulligan letters; but there are others, and their objection is of greater pertinency aud effect in the present condition of oar affairs, who repudiate him on account of his crazy notions and Quixotic policy when he was secretary rsf Xfntp. But those who imagine that, because of snch disaffection, the country is now to witness a spiritless canvass, and an | easy triumph for the opposition, are, in our judgment, very much in error. I Mr. Blaine is a fertile and sensational [ politician, and he will force the fighting from the start. Moreover, a party in power is always hard to beat; and j the JiepHblican party can outdo in this respect all others that ever existed outside of Mexico. As Mr. Tilden said years ago, the opposition cannrit nlm-f itx Pros} dot if with fhn.il a majority of two-thirds; and this wise observation is as true now as when it was first nttered. It wili not be enough to defeat Mr. Blaine at the polls; it will not be enough to have against him an immense majority of the people; it will not be enough to have a majority of (he electoral colleges Fraud and force will be brought into play by the Republican office-holders in 18S4 just as freely as they were in 187G. Mr. Blaine is a man of desperate expedients. His party is a desperate party. So far as the Republicans; are concerned the issue of the election is fixed and it remains to be proved whether tho TW?rr.rt/m*ql-c tVif* ivicrlnm <a meet it successfully. The sins of the Republican party are so great, the corruption of its rale is so extreme, its history for these many years has been so revolting, that, with prudent councils, a srood candidate, and a judicious and patriotic platform, the Democracy may now win a gr?;ai victory for the country. But we warn them that it will be no holiday task, that every point will be hocly contested, and * that every advantage they may <raiu will have to he fought for in tremendous earnest. CHAMBEBLAIN ON BLAINE. What the Ex-Goveraor Says of the Chicago Nomination?He Promises to Oppose it to the Bitter End. New York, June 10.? The Times publishes the following: The Tribune this morning reports Gen. F. C. Barlow as saying "there wilt be no bolt, of the Independents," and the papers qnote Mr. F. W. Holls as savins. "Oh. ves. we will e'o in and support the candidate." Messrs. Curtis, Roosevelt and White arc reported as hesitating whether to support Blaine or not. ,When such men turn back or halt I think it is precisely the time for those who h . been honest and earnest in the Independent Republican movement to speak. Therefore I wish to say in tbe Times that I will not support Blaine under any possible inducement. On the contrary, it is the clear duty of every patriot io make the defeat of the Chicago ticket the supreme aim of all his political activity. X liova uA ItAMfofinn T lioPA nArta T 1 UUIV/ 1IV liwilttbivii) JL 11UTW 1JUU X am sure I shall have none, in following the self-respecting, honest and tioble example of the Times, which, in my judgment, is the finest example of true journalistic independence which I can recall. But Blaine represents well the party which has nominated him, and the candidate is fully as good as the platform. Nothing can induce me to support either. To ask support for such a candidate, party or platform., is an insult to any honest man or the RemiKli/* Ah mA T t TK/? aha ?r\ pui/Jii'* AU jl iatr- wlus iiig iik Rome" at last! The Mahone-starroute-jobbing-Blaine element has captured the party which inspired my vouth and has commanded my ardent. t*ri -tXll >wri~ *X JiCSC IlllCrvStO 1'^ do not know the pang it gives a Republican who has followed Garrison, Sumner, Andrew and Lincoln to find himself thrust out of that party. But there is no choice for me. I am not a politician, bat 1 am a citizen, and I will do all that lies in my power to defeat ihe defeat the ticket." No other result can be so fatal as its success. Let the Times lead the way, and a force of true Republicans will follow, large enough, I believe, to bring defeat on Ibis disgraceful result, in candidate and platform, of a once honest and honorable party. DaniV.l H. Chamberlain. : New York, Sunday, June 8, 188-i. mysteiiiocs affair. Disappearance of the A cent a Missouri "^Cillinc Company- -Letters From Him. .ivansas City, Mo., June 11.?The flisappearance of Alfred Sheldon, the jB&usas City agent of the Blue Springs, TKfo., Milling Company, noted some week? ago, has becomc more mysterious. Sheldon is an Englishman of considerable property, and when hp disappeared there were rumors of a shortage in his accounts. Mrs. Sheldon has since received two letters, which she recognized as her husband's. One is dated Kansas City, the other Blue Springs, in which Selclon say he is held in durance by the command of the members of the Milling Company, who claim a shortage and demand" a settlement. The friends of Sheldon in iiiiigjaiM nave reierrea tne matter- to the British government, and the authorities have instructed the English Consul of New York to investigate the m*t'er. Letters of inquiry from the Consul have been received here by the public officials. The members of the Milling Company deny all knowledge of Sheldon's movements, but express the opinion that he has gone to England. Hendricks Interviewed. Indianapolis, June 11.?Hon. Thos. A. Hendricks, in an interview concerning Tilden's letter of declination, said the news was not a surprise to him. for when he visited Tilden in August last, that gentleman very firmly announced his intention to remain permanently ont of politics In his succeeding visit in April last the same determination had been expressed. Hendricks thought there was little doubt that the old ticket would have unanimously nominated at the Chicago convention if it had not been IVUttV J lie ucmand for it among the Democracy was almost universal. Personally lie felt no disappointment. He did uot want the office of Vice-President eight years ago and did not want it now. if the old ticket had remained in the field lie should have considered his election to that place a great honor conferred by the people and a rebuke to what they consider a great wrong. It would have prevented the seating of Hayes in 1S76 from claiming the precedent for future elections. A Vicious Murder and Its lie-ward. Ltxchburg, Va., June 11.?In Russell county, away from prompt mail and telegraph facilities, a young negro, on June 5, shot and killed a little white boy out of pure vicious caprice. The "negro was arrested and placed in jail, but last Friday masked j men took him from the jail and hanged [ him beside the public road. ! Emory's Little Cathartic .Pills are sufficiently powerful for the most robust, yet the safest for children and weak constitutions; the action in any disease is uniform, certain and safe, painless and j ertecuve. .urngKisw?10 cents. \ T1IE GKOWING CROPS. Their Condition as Shown by Reports Received by the State Department of Agriculture. Columbia, S. C., June 12.?The Department of Agriculture lias received 310 reports from township correspondents showing the condition of the crops June 1. wiieat. The reports on the condition of wheat.are very favorable, especially in the largest wheat producing counties ?the northern section of the State. The crop is remarkably free from rust or blight of any kind, the stalk is vig/MiAii'' r>/< < liA Krtftrii? 10 y*frr\ uiv'uo 41*111 Lilt; uvau^ ^ix liii^u and heavy. In some localities the crop was injured by hail and wind storms, but the area so affected is exceedingly small and the damage done will have no perceptible effect on the total yield. Many correspondents say that the crop is the best they have ever known, and the balance of the correspondents, with a very few exceptions, regard it as superior to any crop made for several years. The area was increased four per ccnt. over last year, and estimating from present prospects the yield will exceed the crop of 1832, which was the finest grain crop for many years previous. With 100 representing avc.age condition, the condition June 1 is reported: In Northern Carolina, 107; Middle Carolina, 102, and Lower Carolina, 100. OATS. The oatt crop was subjected to many unfavorable conditions, and only that portion sown early is reported up to an average. Oats sown later than December, and in some localities later than November, was badly winter killed, and the spring oats suffered from the effects of the drouth; aud as a very large proportion of the area in this crop was winter and spring sown, the injur}* from the causes stated is serious, and the yield will consequently be materially reduced. The condition is reported in Northern Carolina at 87, in Middle Carolina at 87, and in Lower Carolina at 85. r<A?Tvrri\T With the exception of the latter part of May, the month was very favorable for cotton. The rains were not sufficient to interfere with the working of the crop, and farmers were enabled to free it of grass, so that it was in the best possible condition to get the greatest benefit from the June rains. Some replanting has been necessary. The latter part of May was cold and unfavorable and the growth of the plant was checked, but no serious injury has been reported from this cause. The crop is ten days to two weeks later than last year, but the "stands" are srood, and with favorable seasons in June, it is expected that the crop will reach an average by the first of July. The condition is reported: In Northern Carolina 96, Middle Carolina 95, and Lower Carolina 97. CORN. The reports on the condition of corn vary in the different sections of the State. In some localities it is said that the stands are remarkably good, in others very defective. In nearly all sections the cnt worms, bill bugs and the birds have been very destructive, so much so that in places the crop has been abandoned after having been replanted more than once. A considerable part of the bottom lands had not been planted on the first of June. In many places early planting on river bottoms has been abandoned for some years as it has been found that when ! lof-o iho viol/? ic troiir! flnrl the crop escapes the ravages of insects. Generally the crop has been well worked and is growing finely. The condition is reported in Northern Carolina at 95, and in Middle and Lower fumlina at 02. RICE. In the lower counties: Georgetown and Horry report the condition of rice above an average?the former at 104 and the latter at 103; Berkley, Colleton, Hampton, Marion and Williams burg report it at 90 and over; and Beaufort, Charleston and Clarendon at SO and above, and the average for all of the lower counties is 93. These counties contain nbont 85 ner cent, of the area in the State given to rice. In the upper counties the condition of upland rice is reported at 92 and in the middle counties at 102. ? OTHER CROPS. The condition of sorghum is reported at 95 and sugar cane 82. It is estimated that the area in sweet potatoes has been reduced one per ceut. and the condition is reported at 97. The acreage in Irish potatoes is unchanged, the condition is reported at 97. The small fruit crops, berries, etc., was above the jiViTftcrp nAAchfts arc rpnnrfcd at. 90, pears, 87, apples 87 and grapes 98. COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. The correspondents of the department estimate that the total amount of commercial manures used, 38 per cent, was ammoniated, 35 per cent, acid phosphates, 23 per cent, kainit and 4 per cent, chemicals. As the estimate by the department, of the consumption in the State is 100,000 tons of all kinds, this would give, of ammoniated 38,000 tons, acid phosphate 35,000 tons, kainit 23,000 tons and chemicals 4,000 tons. These estimates arc for the consumption of the present season. It is estimated that 29 per cent, of all the commercial manures purchased are used for composting. A Court Martial Ordered. Washington, Jane 11.?The Secretary of War having learned officially by recorc of the (Joart of Inquiry in the case of General D. G. Swaim on the action of Col. A. P. Morrow, of the cavalry, in duplicating, triplicating or even quadruplicating his pay account, has decided to order a court martial for the trial of that officer. It is possible that Morrow will be ordered to appear, for trial before the same court to be appointed for the trial of Gen. Swaim, when Swain's case is concluded. It is expected that the denial for the court will be made soon after Secretary Lincoln returns from West. Point. ahnnt. t.hft close of next week. Harper'* tVeekly to Oppose Blaine. New York Juue 11.?The Evening Post of yesterday says: Various statements having been made as to the probable course of Harper's Weekly in regard to the nomination of Blaine and Logan, a reporter of the Evening jfosc to-ciay visited tne pnousmng house of Harper & Brothers in order to obtain if possible an authorized statement on tho subject. In reply to au inquiry a representative of the house made the statement, by authority, that Harper's Weekly will oppose the Chicago nominations; that the decision to that effect was reached by the members of the house unanimously and that the pen of Mr. George William Curtis and tire pencil of Mr. Thomas Nast will be exerted in support of this course. nxxOYER, O., Feb. 13, 1884.?After having lung fever and pneumonia I had a dreadful cough and could not sleep at night. The doctors told me I had con sumption and would die. 1 have taken six bottles of Piso's Cure and mv couch is en tirely gone and I am well an'ever, j * Emelike Ford. jT ' ^ / * TIIE DANVILLE 11IOT, Reports of the Minority on the Republican Iiugbear. Washington, June G.?The minority report of the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections upon the Danville riots investigation was submitted to the Senate to-day. The preamble of the resolution under which the committee acted is quoted, upon which the minority comments at some length, declaring that any lawyer with an honest disposition to ascertain the troth would see that, taking al.' the facts asserted in this preamble, Congress was clearly not authorized by the Constitution to interfere, but would conclude at once that it was a matter purely of State affairs. The "general election" referred to was a matter of purely State concern, nor was it anywhere stated that the offenses were committed by authority of any State law in contravention of the Constitution or by the aid, connivance or negligence of an officer of the State of Virginia, but were wholly done in violotinn rif hot- lnw! flnfl in rvMitomnf /if her authoity. The allegation, too that none of offenders h;id been brought before the courts was untrue, because of the omission to say, doubtless with I a view to deceive, that the State aul thorities, from the Governor to corpoj ration scavenger of Danville, belonged to the same political party which was | responsible for the resolution and in whose behalf the inquiry had been conducted. The fourteenth and fifteenth i constitutional amendments are quoted and further arguments are based upon Kam in MirvnA??f Af flifl fliof fli/i wicui in ?u^uu yji General Government had no right of interference in the premises. "But is i indirectly said," continues the report "by the committee that they propose no interference by actual legislation further than by investigation to expose to public condemnation the action of the rioters in Danville, and it is also estimated that should the people of Mississippi not vote for candidates of the Republican paaty in the pending Presidential election," then the committee recommend a further investigation of the whole people of those States with the view to depriving them of representation in Congress under Section 2 of the fourteenth amendment. The latter the undersigned regard simply as a partisan threat, in itself strongly interfering with the free exercise of the right of suffrage which it is believed the manly people against whom it is directed will treat with the contempt it so richly merits; and the former would seem to be simply a proposition to shift the expense of printing campaign documents from the pockets of the Republican National Executive Committee on to the public treasury. Decent respect for the opin ions oi mauKiuu" uie report says, "should have impelled the Republicans to conduct the investigation with fairness and set forth its results with judicial impartiality. A glance at the majority ifcport would satisfy every just mind that this had not been done. The examination was conducted with all the sharpness, rigor, shutting off of unfavorable testimony, leading up to and solicitation of that which was favorable which usually characterize a trial of criminal in T-TncKnn-c Prttn-t Tim pie of Danville were all the way through treated as though they were on trial, with the Republican Senators acting as prosecutors. Things were assumed to be true on the rambling statements of ignorant negroes, though disproved by dozens of witnesses of greater intelligence, both white and black." The report here describes the riot from the standpoint of the minority as purely a local affair, not the result of a conspiracy. It enters at length into the history of the lawlessness of mobs in Northern cities, dwells upon crimes of violence at the North, C. 11 Li cl OO to iLc Tewksbury almshouse investigation in Massachusetts, the killing of inoffensive negroes in New York and other Northern States, and suggests that an investigation into these matters would be as proper a subject of Congressional inquiry as the investigation of the killing of negroes in Danville. MR. TILDEN DECLINES. He Says t!>ut the Labors of the Presidenay Are Tco Much for hl6 Enfeebled Constitution. New York.?June 11.?Mr. Tilden has furnished the Associated Press with a letter written by him to Daniel H. Manning, chairman of the Democratic State Committee of Now York. The letter reviews the writer's acts and motives in the past, and alludes to his labors in reforming the municipal government of New York city, and also the government of the Stale of New York. Mr. Tilden then concludes: "The considerations which induced my action in 1880 have become imperative. I ought not to assume a task wmcn jl nave nor- me pnysicai strengxn to carry through. To reform the administration of the Federal government, to realize my own ideal and to inlfil the just expectations of the people would indeed warrant as they could alone compensate sacrifices which the undertaking would involve, but in my condition of advancing years and declining strength, I feel no assurance of my ability to accomplish the objects. T nm. t.hftrpfm-o. constrained tn sav. definitely, that I cannot now assume the labors of an administration or of a canvass. "Undervaluing in no wise that best gift of heaven, the occasion and power sometimes bestowed upon a mere individual to communicate an impulse for good, and grateful beyond all words to my fellow countrymen who would assign such beneficent function to me, I am consoled by the rcfiectino that neither the Democratic party nor the Republic lor whose future that party is the best guarantee, is now or ever can be, dependent upon any one man for their successful progress in the path of its noble destiny. "Having given to their welfare whatever of health and strength 1 possessed or could borrow from the future, and having reached the term of my capacity for such labors as their welfare now demands, I but submit to the will of God in deeming my public career closed." ANOTHER OPEV LETTER. m o tascs ox itioou rowon ana unc of Catarrh Cored. Towaltga, Ga., May 24, 18S4. Blood Balm Co.: We have been veiling your B. B. B. less than 12 months and we find it gives better satisfaction than any medicine we ever sold. It is decidedly the best Blood medicine we ever knew, and you can't say too much in its favor. Its cures are so quick and decided, and costing so little, that our customers are delighted with it. We know of two cases of Blood Poison and one of Catarrh cured by its use. Ono of tho above cases bad taken about four dozen bottles of noted blood medicine without any benefit, but he was cured with sevex bottles of B. B. B. We can't sell any other Blood Purifier now. Hoping you gieat success, we remain, B? C. Kixard & Sox, * General Merchants. moil AO nr? rrAAi^ C^r\/7 O ?* JL uu iiici.ii uaiiivi Hun aud Magnolia, in North Carolina, who reported that his mail had bceu stolen by four highwaymen last Monday, is snspectcd of having done the stealing himself and concocting that story. A 7 * What a "Corner" Is. The "bear element" in the market | are all those wno think that prices of securities are higher than they ought ! to be, higher than they can permanent5 ly remain. In order to take advantage ! of the unwarranted "inflation of valj ues," they borrow stocks and sell them i at the high prices prevailing, expectj ing to be ablu to buy them in at lower j prices before it becomes necessary to i return the borrowed securities. When j the bears have discovered a weak spot in tuu rnaiKUL?unit is, u sutuiiiji zoning for more than it is worth in their opinion?they borrow and sell it liberally. Their selling has the same effect in putting down the price as though the stock were absolutely their own, and the expectation is that other holders, observinsr a decline in price, will become alarmed and sell also, thus putting down the price still more and frightening atili other holders. They intend, of course, to buy enough at tho lower scale of quotations to deliver back what they have borrowed, pocketing the difference. It sometime hap! pens that a few persons, discovering I what the bears arc about, and believing that thuy (the bears) arc strong I enough to stand r. heavy loss without breaking, quietly bur up all of a particular stock that exists. In order that tho price may not be forced up while they arc themselves buying-, they lend stock freely to the bears, and thus encourage tho latter to selL When they have secured all, or nearly all, of the particular stock that exists, they call in their loans. The bears are then compelled to buy, and since no stock, or very little is for salo, tho price can be forced up to any figure at which the cornering party chooscs to put it. Tho / shorts" must come up and settle on sucli terms as may be dictated to them. The last resort is to leave the cornering party saddled with tho whole issue of stock in qujstion^Wbethorthey make or lose by the operation will depend upon whether they can extort from the bears more than enough to compensate them for the loss they may incur in reselling: the stock to the genoral public. Most commonly tho cornering party, as well as the cornered, lose money, j which has been gained meanwhile by tho multitude, who have taken advant! age of the high prices to sell out. For I this rftiunr. corners have latterlv been oftrare occurrence. Almost a Fiasco. Odd things will sometimes happen on the first night of a new play. As a matter of fact they generally do happen, and occasionally an unforeseen accidcnt of trivial importance under other circumstanecs, will kill a theatrical production outright. Belasco, the dramatist had a narrow cicaoe with the first performance of his "La Belle Russc" in California. In the most thrilling scene of the play, where the villainess anil the hero have their strongest scene together. Miss JeffreysI Lewis and Mr. Osrnoud Tearlc were alone upon the stage. Mr. Tearle was sitting down with folded arms, and Miss Lewis was standing, just on the point of delivering her longest and heaviest speech. At the verr instant of beginning she felt something <rive way about her waist, and a garment which the editor would not allow me to mention, slid slowly down towards the iicor. Miss Lewis iiad sufficient pres ence of mind to disentangle herself, and she succcedcd, without discovery, in pushing the garment back to the end of the sofa, where it could not be seen by the audience. Then sho went on with her spcech. Just after this point in the play Mr. Tearle had to draw his handkerchief from the breast pocket of his coaL It so happened that his handkerchief on this particular night was in his hip pocket, and in transferring it to his coat the article slipped from his hand. -wmtr-wnnout ioonng, lie cangat hold of the abandoned portion ot Miss Lewis' wardrobe, and that lady was horrified to sec him raise it slowly towards his breast. He had it nearly up 1 virvnrk *I\o frill \rinoh W ilCil JA19 UJV 1WA Uj/lfi* adorned it, and he let go with great precipitation. Mr. Tearlo played the scone through without any handkerchief, and luckily no one in the audience had observed his attempt to pick it up. "La Belle Russc" had a very oloso shave that night. <1 ? Frank Ruedc's Brain. The brain of Frank li:.?ide. the fnUuman monster who committed suicide in the penitentiary at Jui?*t the other day, ought to be subjected to a most careful and scientific investigation. There was something so very aonormai in this ease that it is worth while to know, if possible, whether he was, a freak of nature iu her most diabolical mood, or a lunatic. Thirteen murders were committed by him- Ruude wr.s not a product of his >urround:ngs. Ho belonged to a respectable family, remote from those centers of population which pro^juco habituxi criminal*. He himself was once respected. At one time he was s schooKtohcher. The genius of Hood has given immortality to Eugene Aram, the school teacher who committed murder. Everybody feels tbat there Is a peculiar incongruity oetween tcachin^ school and taking human life. Hid Eugene Aram been engaged in any other pursuit his case would have been less sensational and surprising. But in Frank Kande we have a school teacher sunk to the very bottom of the bottomless pit, as an enemy of society. A tramp taking fiendish satisfaction in humnn butchery. What was it? Did the snake in his nature lay coiled in torpor until domestic o-ffliAtinn Hou-nlonAil if. infn thfl ahsoln-te master of his life, or did reason abdicate??Chicago Inter Ocean.A Dog's Intelligence. James A. Atkinson, proprietor of the Sherman Houso, Cleveland, Ohio, numbers among his possessions a valuable dog and cow. The other evening the dog was noticed running and jumping against the laundry door as if anxious to attract attention. Kate O'Doanell, a laundry girl, -went out to see what ' -? ?1- - 1 was xae matter, wnea uitj uiuiiiai, wu&ing up into her face, wagged his tail and darted toward the stable. As she stood there he moved backward and 1 forward as if anxious for her to follow. . She finally went to the stablo where she found the cow choking to death. Mr. Aikinson arrived in time to remove a large carrot which was lodged sideways in the animal's throat, and but for the intelligence of tho dog, would have cost the cow its life. A resident of Nashville, Tcnn., who j has been down to visit Jeff Davis, at Beauvoir, Miss., and found it "a sacred place, beautiful, heart-satisfying, and real," thus gives vent to his emotions: "There is a liarmony in the sobbing breezes as they move soughing through the plumes of the pines that tower above. Melodious strains, low and sweet, linger lamuy m tuv? avu crtuing air. The clamor of the seas, a trilie louder, soon follows in rhythms, like the distant notes of the bass viol, whose bow is hold by an unseen hand. Now and then a chord is lost, or a note broken, and a thousand quivering chimes arc heard in the distance, growing lower, lower, until silence reigns supreme." A Minnesota paper has dedicated itself to the "abolition of poverty, ignorance, wickedness, unchastity, drunk oiiiiess, injustice, perversion ei law, oppression and?viLM f GLANCING OVER THE FIELD. How Things Seem Since Elaine's Nomination?The Observations of A Newspaperman, Made Just after the Work of the Chicago Convention. Washington, Jnne 12.?The seats were nearly fall to-day in both Houses. The correspondents ' were at their posts, jaded and wheezy. Things were something like they 'were before the hegira, but the faces of Republican Congressmen were a study. The feeling is one of great anxiety, although the Blaine men par excellence affect nonchalance and others talk as if they thought the storm of opposition wonld be spent after awhile "Just wait," these; gen tie men say, "until the Democratic "nomination is made and the country has had time to compare the work of the two conventions. It will be found that the party will rally around its natural and highly gifted leader and the force of our organization will be felt in all the primary elections. We shall show you a thing or two in Ohio and West Virginia, and even if the Independent movement grows, and we should lose both New York and Massachusetts, November will come with victory." It is thus the> solace themselves, indulging O Vni rrt Af fllA Hi C?lll Li III V l dk/UO^/ \J i. K u\s <4dnde papers" and "dude politicians." There is no genuine confidence in Republican circles. Gov. Long, of Massachusetts, was again and again besought by his associates on the floor this afternoon to give them some word or comfort. He told them that the thing was really serious in his State and New York, but that there was no trouble elsewhere, and even' prospect that gains would be made to oflset losses. This is the keynote now. mdn hnncf- nf fhpir ran/lidafp's wonderful popularity, his ability to magnetize districts, State, and nations, and the great intellectual resources on which they expect to draw freely and constantly, and never with danger of the paper going to protest. More roseate views were never professedly held by terror-stricken men. They don't believe a word of it. But they hope for "rbe inevitable Democratic blunder." Democrats are elated, but not foolishly. I've not talked with a single person who thought his party had a sure thing', no matter what ticket was presented to the people on the 8th of July. There is an expectation among thoughtful men that even with the strongest output the party has got to work its hardest for success. Tbe ideas as to policy are not so divergent as they were a few weeks ago. Both factions have made concessions. Why so artful are politicians and so pleasant have relations become, that a Randall group was discussing pontics to-aay. with a newspaper man, who represents an independent journal, and threw out this list of candidates to select from: Tilden, Randall, Morrison. "Why, Morrison; how can you snpport him, and why not Cleveland or Bayard?' "Ob, Col. Morrison is a tried Democrat and a fine fellow. Our differences have all beeu settled with the defeat of his measure. We prefer Morrison after Tilden or Randall, to TK- J .1 /II 1 J 19 T 1..1J il x>ayaiu u.nu \^ieveia.uu. x ioiu uus correspondent I had the clew to the thing and he agreed that my explanation was certainly admissible under the circumstances. It is this: These gentlemen have an idea that Col. Morrison's friends might be taken with the Bayard orCleveland movement, especially as Morrison's name is frequently mentioned ir? connection with one of these for Vice-President* Now if they can tempt Morrison with the prospect of the Presidency, they hope to break up any possibility of a combination to choose Mr* Bayard or Gov. Cleveland. That is their main object. Some ol Morrison's frieuds are outspoken for. Tilden. But there is another ctm-utifc! which began'-to day for a New Yorker 1 neither to be' Clovoln.nd nor- Fowler, i Friends of Gen* Sloc?tin, who have been quietly at work for him for some time in the House, this morning startA/1 fknii* hnf ffiinnp An fV\A Aiifc uaugiito uu nig His splendid career in the army daring the war, his clean, unexceptionable record as a member of the House, and his popularity throughout the State of New York were urtred with great force and pertniacity. It was replied that Slocum was "no abler, or purer, or more popular than Hancock was deemed in 1880, and yet the less brilliant soldier but able civilian with a passable public and private record was chosen i2istead. Slocum's friends thought the conditions were changed? . that Slocum could certainly carry his State, which Hancock could not and was hardly expected to do, and that the Independents would cordially approve the nomination. Some of the Flower men are using Slocum to bead off Cleveland. The general policy among Democrats is to find men toJ carry New York, New Jersey and Indiana. But to do this nobody seems disposed at least outwardly to favor the claims of Payne or Randall, except a very few disciples of the Pennsvlva ma school wno nate to coniess toxne overwhelming sentiment of the country against a high tariff. Generally, conservative reformers only are mentioned, and out of this class the candidates must come. The action of the New York convention, which meets on the 18th, is awaited with interest. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. ?Hon. Heister Clvraer, of Pennsylvania, died on last Friday. .?Hunt & stewarr, cotton iactorsat New Oriels, have failed. ?Amjorse H. Lindsay has been appointed postmaster at Portsmouth, Va. ?A London Times African correspondent confirms the report of the fall of Berber. ?1The House committee on elections has refused to reopen the Massey-Wise contested case. ?Bishop Simpson, of the Methodist Episcopal church, is lying1 dangerously ill at Philadelphia. ?Isaac Stanly, paying teller of the T)rt*il? A^PAmmAi?na PIatta iJaiifL ui wuiaiu w, vi land, O., has been arrested for embezzling $100,000. ?A telegram from Key West, Fla., announces the arrest of Marreso, by a U. S. marshal, with a lot or explosives from New York. ?In the International Sunday School Convention last Friday at Louisville several addresses were mado and memorials presented. ?easiness ianurcs 01 last wecK m the United States and Canada number 228 against 215 for (he week previous, an increase of thirteen. ?The State Bank of West Virginia, at Charleston, closed its doors on Saturday with liabilities at $119,000, reported assets $115,000. ?Judge Noah H. Swayne, ex-Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, died TJn-rcr V/M-I- nil fho 8fh incfajif nornrl Ill A1V1T * VirtJ VM ""V ?k" 80 years. ?Investigation by a committee of creditors shows the Middlcton Bank of Washington to be hopelessly bankrupt. Its liabilities arc over $400,*000. ?The army worm has appeared in Bucks county, Pa., in great force and has already done a great deal of damage. ?One hundred and fifty English and Irish miners at ConnellsVille, Fa., struck on Saturday because the company employed some Hungarians. I?Fire broke out on Saturday iu a large rubber warehouse iu Boston and I r?nniinnPfl to blll'Il liltC at lllSfllt* Ill volving a loss of several hundred thousand dollars. ' ?A hearing on Saturdar in the case of parties connected with the Penn Bank, of Pittsburg, shows that a systematic course of swindling was pursued by the president and cashier. ?The Texas Democrats IasJ week nominated Gov. Hubbard and proclaimed for Tilden and Hendricks, ?., . , ,, | wnen xuaen's ieiter came auu s^uucu their enthusiasm for the old ticket. ?Mrs. Rose, wife of Chas. Rose, yardmaster at the Air Line depot, in Atlanta, was shot dead last Wednesday night by a bnrglar who had entered the house. ?A Mississippi editor had an altercation last Friday with a political competitor, represented as a worthless whirth resulted in a shoot ing sociable in which the desperado was killed. -Reco, the Cuban, was hanged at Key West on Friday in the jail-yard, for the murder of a companion. Olepas, another Cuban, sentenced to be hanged, committed suicide in his cell a few nights ago. D. F. Sullivan, a prominent Inmber dealer and mill owner, reported to be the wealthiest man in Florida, was round aeaa iu nis uea at jreusucola on Saturday morning, supposed to have died from apoplexy. ?Frank Stone, living in northwest Baltimore, cut his throat and wrists in his brother-in-iaw's yard early on Satnrday morning, and then made his way to Druid Hill Park, and drowned himself in the lake. ?The train from Atlantic City, on the Camden & Atlantic Railroad, ran off the track at Lakeside, about eleven miles from Camden, Pa., on Saturday mnvnin'or STv men XTf>Vf> .Inf] many persons injured. ?During a heavy wind storm on Saturday at Carthage, Mo., the family of Mr. Brunck fled to the cellar for safety, leaving his son Alvin, aged seventeen years, sick in bed. When they returned after the storm, they found him dead from fright. ?Jabez Groul was fatally shot on Friday at Pine Valley, Pa., in Gorman's" tavern, by Henry Willig, a young man whose mother Groul was olrtrvinrr Ttrifh Thp Willie "fq.milv ai'ft V?V|/iM6 M 4M*# -...w .? ?.J, -V wealthy. Mr. Willig, the hasband of the erring woman, is said to be dying1 from rupture of a blood veessel caused by the shock on learning of his wife's treachery. The voung man is under bail. HAS REMOVED HIS BAR ROOM TO RIDGE WAY, S. C., Where he will al-vays keep on hand a fine assortment of liquors, includiug XXXX GIBSON RYE, OLD TROW WHISKEY. SWEET MASII CORN, N. C. CORN WHISKEY, Together with all grades of Wine, Giu, etc., etc. All goods sold at COLUMBIA AND CHARLOTTE PTfTPFS LAGER BEER AT $1.00 per Dozen. ORDERS SOLICITED. 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