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& ^ VOL. XI.1II, ~ W1NXSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1887. NO. 31. ?m i ? ? . . ? ? ? - ? n?, ?? .. .,, - - - ..... ? ; " 'iffT?If * E * MKB l*HyTr' 53235SJ- MHMBflMBBMK BMBBMMMMMM I - COTTON PLASTim CHKAi* .ViOM'V TSIi: OKKATK-T NIKD OF oik Ke?]y Capita* Wo Knjr.t*? ti'C to Siu ce^-T'io S;. stem ;i3i<1 KxpeiKivc Lukiis Won't Aa^vvcr ?Views of :i Planter. rni C It ' I ' 7 L- * ' L 2 .Liio following artJCi'- on me subject o: .. flbtfon -nVoir"'-.', fvr.vt /-vT o ! "T !"? "c,> i->-" v-"i " "Waierce planter, appeared in tire ColumRegister: r nu\a is there, ask for v' bread will give y .u a stone: ii yon ask tor a iish, give you a serp^it'r" T\"hen the cany Virginia colonists applied to the authorities at home lor some consideration in the matter oi churches and schools, suggesting the benefit it would be to their souls, the reply o: the profane regency that governed the Yir;w_ r??.i ' ' . .-v - ' ^ i-U.it* jL/ULLIU VUlii" Sl/UJLSr* ^ plant tobacco." Change tobacco for cotton and -you have much the sa.no rex ply practically given to the poor devil who is trying to make an honest living by cultivating the kindly soil of South Carolina. "-Make cotton"' is the reply to eveiy application for advances that are necessary to carry on this business, < as things now stand, by those who conx trol the money of the country. Xo Cotton, no advances, diversified agriculture, grow grasses, raise stock, wheat, barley, /V>+e ovwl Vva Vr?n i-r.. -? *v?"? f UiiVl ijv. iX-fcJ. MiU ? UUlAitless devil, call yourself a farmer, an<_: plaut coltoii to buy everything else? t True, and pity 'tis, true; and why is this thus? Siqiply because this power that Holies the country absolutely finds it> iterest in having cotton planted to the K^clusion, practically, of everything Bsc; and under the pressure ox that Li.v. ; He farmer has his financial life worked j But of him as completely as ever the ^ paixiard did the best blood of Aztec and the mines of Mexico AndPern, ^^^^lancipuiion of the Southern in the hands of the lands, with little or nu j at Jea.sc not enough to xlzAc bat is of mercantile ational banks refused to |Lo security of real estate, ^bidding. The banks heir interest to get Meters as possible, and 1 Commission merchant acted as strikers for Owing their own money R gives accommodaMaant, the merchant.. Beountry towns and Bfceir purposes, and at HTiie of many pio-vs to Ks cx) takes it as he j Re condition precedent ? Pptton." The cotton comes, t HSF liis system the planter ?. jpjprleft. Hev. drags a lengthening i ehaiu. "\Vhe-i he . tarted after the war, we assume, he 'had something left. How i > many of that class have anything now? i If he has, how long will he heap it? It i is but a question of time and short time. ; v x Who or" what is to blame for this? No ! individual certainly. "He ^ho prospers, t while the planter at the other end of the < " . line goes to the wall, does it in fair and < morl"Af r-il*ir)or oj** ?r?roryr? r\ ? foe- l soundings made to his himos?lor "the rstars in .their courses -right against * Sisera"?his (the capitalists) holds the ; cards that wins, and controls the situa- t tion, as the Jews did Europe in the Mid- t die Ages, by having ali the money and c all'the credit. . The man who gets money at six or <eight per cent, and lends it at fifteen or t twenty or twenty-live (getting it often, in the", first instance, upon the collateral Wteflxre nf roal estate of the man he lends it to) must go up as other goes clown. So, then, as far as we can see, this dis crimination in the price of money to the j planter, is the handicap that weighs him s down. He makes Ms staple pretty much to the exclusion of everything else*, with ~ Jfcmoney, that costs him anything from I? 7. " to 25 per cent, one way or another, ^ whilst the man who buys it, carries on ^ business with money that costs in New j York or Liverpool 5 and 0 per cent. less, v. Those who handle cotton make money ^ out of it. Go into the streets of any oi t the country towns in the cotton region ? in December, and. every store is full, + and doing a roaring business on and out of cotton, while evay pound of ifc cost " the man who made it more than it sold for. It costs $6.00 to pick a bale of 500 c pounds. This abne pours into the country cotton narts a very large d amount of hard cash in the space of two s and a half. months. Add to this the seed cotton traffic, and you have some- ^ thing that accounts for the "milk in the cocoanut."' So much more can be made ? by those who have money, by lending it ,, in advances to the man who mates^ the * cotton, than by. planting, that even ^ planters themselves, who may have it, 0 let it go ihat way. The tendency seems ^ to be the absorption oi ail the large estates in the country. by the wealthy |j city capitalists. This is as natural as ^ inevitable, and in many cases the sooner this is done the better for all concerned. They know how it is themselves. They have the means of overcoming the ^ dilliculties of the situation, and may sue- n ceed. We wish them well. It is nu y fault of theirs that the old system of the y oouui suoraa pats away, una rue oia c: estates of tlie country be carried on by jj an "absentee system" like a sugar e&tatc j in British Guiana, or a tea furni on the ? slopes of tlie Himalayas. Free labor re- C( quires a laige amount oi tioating capital to move and control it. It was properly C( saicl, in old times, that the planter had u no business with banks, his labor being ^ a part of his vested capital, making their j necessary support as well. In all other v. business, where a number of hands are employed, a floating capital is required ^ while those using the capital realize on ,, it at short periods, and are able to repay V: it with advantage to the lender and bor- .. ^ - -- % I \J, rower. Not so with the planter, .for tiie ] *.j reasons given. And we know what we i j. say when we affirm that no more pro?-: . j ^erous man lived anywhere than the planters upon our rivers and lughlands ii; before the war. There was no com- oi mercial aspect about this business. J ^ Often the successful merchant, who had j v got rich upon the chances oi' tra' identified himself with the great p'.aut- ing interest, and was done with specula- *v tion. It was so iu cotton, rice and sugar. There was a stability about the business, from tLis cause, that resent- v. bled the English landed interest: but xi now planting is t>>*a;ia:'/ eommcreial speculation. I'he c..di i-ji uands, rue-nth (; by month, successful or net, must be paid in fu) I, with no crop, and nothing to pay "with, there being no reserved t; capital. This brings things to a halt at 0 once. One who cannot control capital e; on a legitimate basis had as well under- X. take to 'work a mine, or i-un a factory or c] a line 01 ocean steamers on a twelve j months' credit, as to plant successfully. ; y A merchant with little or no capital, but I , <irnrw1 hnsrness refutation, can net \ ... goods 011 such tirae as enables liiia to 1 a carry 011 business vdtii sales to meet Iii<! credits. He is part of a system of j (-rotlits, awl does a legitimat-* Imw'nrss j v. 1 1 J1 with it. There is no legitimate system of credit in planting. The length of time before lie c;tu realize and the uncertainly attending all its operations and results, put the planter out of the pale-of commercial credit, which means getting money upon the same terms as other laen doing business v>*ith him. Unless he does that, the rest goes for nothing. Farmers may meet. and resolve, and all the rest?may go to the "TA^ Ail AACA * rtl'A Rome howi;" but unless that dilil^ultj* .is removed they are out of the ring. | "Paul may plant, and Apollus may water/' but there is no increase at 2 per cent, a mc'nth. The tariff and State taxation have in a sense nothing to do with this desperate condition of things. As our old friend Don Quixotte used to say to his trusty squire: "These are but tarts-and cheesecakes. frit-rid -Sancho, to that grim giant over yonder;'' and our giant is no wind liiiii t-itiier. Fair-priced money would even now come too late to the most who have been planting cotton since the war. Like the succor sent to the famishing Irish in IS-iy. many were too far gone, though still {dive and conscious, to be helped by it; and the most terrible duty imposed upon the commissioners who distributed tho provisions, was to pass by those whose feat ures indicated so "hopeless 'a condition th;:t it did not warrant giving them, though craving for ir, that relief which would save others not so far gone. >rroi'l TtV\ x or m-nu on long enough, and gone,so far that, really, the best for :!jc country at large wonki be for the capitalists who overshadow the land with this, in the aggregate, enormous debt to pass some sort of an 'Irish encumbered estate bill, realize, take possession of all estates," so perpetually burdened, and put them fairly alloat with the means they and no one else have, and so takoa burden from ihe shoidders of that" unfortunate" .class . i iiun vvh": undertake to plahf "cott5ii jn liens?and then what is going to !iav>ix-n will l-mw-it and vliat flint is would not, wo will confess, bo difficult j to say. Cotton will be made, no fear, the middle and upper country oi South J Carolina is as good a region to make it in as any in the cotton belt, take it all round. The labor is now well in hand ,:ml only requires the knowledge of the u-eedman's ways and requirements, with the money to meet them, and experience has taught this to the men who have been dealing with them of late : years to do good work. This middle ind upper country oi South Carolina i/u" x- -1 - * S-l 1- -- .lit.-; tiit: uiiuiiiie, sun we:utn, ijmg indexthe shelter of the Blue Ridge on ' iiie Xorth and West, with the warm current of the Gulf Stream bathing its ' Cistern shore, it is a veritable garden 1 or those who are able to avail themselves of .its. advantages, but not upon ' ;he system "uow pnrsned. That is I loomed, and no hand can save it. The sooner it goes the better. Clear the \ vreck and let the strongest hold the ' ground. Out of "chaos*' comes "cos- ' nas." Bad as the best may be, nothing i s worse than holding on. The dry rot j >ermeates the whole svstem, and can ' iftve but cue ending. The Dutch, when ] hey had the monopoly cf the East 1 india trade, burned the surplusage oi j heir spiels to keep the market at a pay- 1 ng standc.ru. Let those who alilr. 1 o plant cotton le^timately- do so. Let v hem take example from the Dutch (a _ vise people,) reduce the cotton crop and ' tandie more money from the small crop v hun the large one, to say nothing of in idental benefits coming from cultivating ; >ro visions. Make half a crop of cotton me year, and it v*-iil give a healthy tone [ o the market for an indelinite period. i Watf-ree. 1 Camden, S. C. 1 ? i?-a A I*;ttlietic Iiiciucut at .Sea. t The brief siorj of the relief of the s British ship Baron Blantyre by the t ieamship Baltimore condenses enough f incident to furnish Clark Russell or f ome other skillful writer of sea stories c he basis for a thrilling narrative. 'What r ouid be more harrowing than for starving men to see, as the crew of.the n ftantyre did, their signal of distress un- Ti needed by a oassing vessel except so far .j s to drop provisions overboard, which y he famishing men were too weak and v eeble to secure, being.compelled to see ij hem floating away on the waves beyond c II hope of reach? In the height of heir distress the Baltimore hove in s; ight on her way from Liverpool to this ity, and humanely responding with all ? lossible speed to the appeal for assistce, sent over the waves of an angry j ea a boat to their succor. But for the uneiv ariivai.oi the gt^nisaip tue crew t f the- Biantyre would jprobablji -have ^ >erished/ Their condition being aggra- ij ated by the knowledge that they had irovisions on board which they were un bltj to eat because, being salted, they ^ rould only have increased the torment f their thirst. The plight from which a iiey were so fortunately rescued just in ime exceed? in rehnement of torture Lie must ingenious conception of the ? ovelist, and the simple story of their tJ sscue is full of pathos.?Baltimore Sun. The Atlanta Constitution gives a a ammarv of tue political changes in the est Senate of the United States. Hearst, n )emocrut, of California, will suoeeed b Williams, Republican; Turpie, Demorat, of Indiana, will succeed Harrison, s[exmblicm; Blodgett, Democrat, of New ^ ersev, -will succeed Sewell, Republican; u )aniel, Democrat, of Virginia, will sue- i< ?ed Malione, Eeadjnster-Eepublican; h tewart, Republican, o: Nevada, will sue- ti ied Fair, Democrat. These are all the t! oiitical changes. Then, from Florida, g reneral Finley". will take the place ,of ?i ones; Illinois sends Farvvcll to serve the s; ?niainder of the teteGeneral Logans <j :iui; Conger, of Michigan, is suc-cceded Vs y Stockbridge, and McMillan, of Minesoia, by ex-Governor Davis; Governor ^ 'addockisthe successor of Van Wyek, ^ i .Nebraska; Miller, of New York, reres in favor of Hiscock, and Mitchell, ^ i- Pennsylvania, in favor of Quay; ex- S) overnor Date, of Tennesseee, follows rithorne, and -Judge Keagan, of Texas, 1 A r^i c-ftof 2l acts U*. lib -uaACvv o ovrc^u, *? viAJ-v- v-uuiu\.^j ? W'tsi Virginia, after a protracted d niggle. ;j;:s been superseded by Lucas. ^ iiless 'j'arnie, of . Indiana, is counted L;t by tL Republicans in organization, s] .Hidk-bc ger. Ileadiuster, of Virginia, *u ill liavc tlie deciding vote. ,. ? o ?Ti"' leMcate task of placing a money h due <_>; a stolen kits fell u? Justice n lamtibti- , Brooklyn, on TLursday, vv tin- pr..*. -lit-g brought by .Mrs. Mary ^ :aedecl.o gainst Ansel Vanderburg, no rcsidv j liis fa mil v in the same *' ouse with the plaintiff. She asserts u lat Mr. Yanderbiu'g entered her rooms a-< a the night of February 17, and ex- :>1 aiming that he loved her, threw his s< L'ras around her and kissed her. Ail her n iiiidivn were ia the room, and her sen- s* live feelings were sorely wounded. andcrbarg denied the whole, story and sorted that that he was the victim of a nspiracy. The'judge didn't think so, ad lined aim j$C>0. ? _\cae laugh better ami often or ilirnlh with liiir I ret It. ? fti A 15LIK K2DGC KOMANC3-I. T:i?' Virst Waives ifis Claim. iJ::: a iCevcngefiil Neijrhotir Invokes the In all the South, there is no more romantic region than that beyond the Blue Bulge mountains, in. North Carolina, where the xrolt and the Indian yet play their part, as in the days of early settlement. In Jackson county a vast L 7 j . i i __ i.7. ,. sn?? T tract ui.ia.uu. is u\?iibu uv iuc \^.u taunt's, the "eastern band" of this once powerful tribe having there their chief estate. Seated by a cozy fire the other night, in a committee room in the. capitci, Senator Klias related a curious story. He said that in ]><;_ a stalwart mountaineer named Ham rick, ivhc up to that time had managed to avoid the wax- and its attendant features ui' volunteering or being conscripted, brought a buxom wife with him from Swain county into Jackson couutv, and made his home in this quiet and lovely cove in the Indian reservation. Months passed. The pair were de yoted. The young T.viie experienced au the delights of a thoroughly primitive existence. But this was riot to last. There "was a regiment of Clierokees in the service of the State, under the command of old Colonel Thomas. One day an officer of this regiment returned and : found Hamrick in the cove. The latter was conscripted and hurried to the front. , His wife next heard from him in North- ! era Virginia. Letters were infrequent, ! messages seldom came. In 18G4 the wife?to whom a pair of , twins, a boy and a girl, had been born? , learned tliat lier husband had disappeared; that after his name on the roil of his company was only that dreadful entry, "missing." . In 18t35 the "war ended, and with its. , close came to her the news that her hus- ( band had deserted?gone over to the \ enemy. Year after year passed. The , wife kept the vigil of love and wearily t waited for the missing husband, who j never came. ; There were wooers enough, and "the ^ widow," as she was called in the neigh- * borlxood talk, had what were theie con- T siuerect good oners, une patient lover \ named Bowers, thrice rejected, perse- i vered, and in 187G won the prize of his f dovotion. He brought his effects to his c wife's home in the cove. c Ten years more passed and 188(J came. Xot one word of the long lost first hus- c band had been heard since the returning c soldiers brought news in 1805 of Ham- v rick's desertion. True as the wife's de- D votion was to her second husband, she t uad yet a warm spot in her simple heart g tor the first, and in her rude, uncultured f; way she even wove a half romance out Df the gre;it and apparently unending > mystery of his absence. p une origut nay last summer a stranger tj same to Bowers's liome in the cove. The \ ;>laee was in most respects like it was in Sol), for clianges in the mountain wilds a ire made slowly. Bowers was not at a lome. The wife was now a buxom u ivoman of forty years, far tidier in ap- j. jearance and with much more natural ^ jrace and sprightiiness of manner than ^ he average woman in that section. The \ Granger asked who Hved there. He was j-, old "the Bowei*s family." In a hos- t] citable manner he was asked in the v iousex where presently came to their ^ nother two children, one of six. and the rr (.'i V'.Mis, ' ! " At dinner time the family received two ?r uore additions?a young man and young q voman, about twenty-three years of age, fa xceeuingly alike in face and manner. Che stranger asked, "Who are these'?" 'They are Eamricks's," was the reply I ^ ;i the good wife; "my children by my n' irst husband." People in the moun- a ains in many cases loved to talk?in j0 act, are not infrequently garrulous? sc nd in half an hour the wife had told r he story of her first marriage and the j1 te&p mystery which had ended it. The }l( tranger listened attentively, arid just as he story was concluded Bowers came in. A neighbor came in, and soon learned > i _ _ . rrtt_ - r i- - "? j-T . -T . i l * ue story, too. me wiie ousueu auout, 01 i (j ourse, excited, but not in tears. Hamick and Bovvers talked together. The neighbors, after the manner of .eighbors all the world over, toid the lews to people within reach, and next ay these came to hear and see. A few, n< cry few, had a remembrance of Hamick; not vivid, but faint, for he had v''ived in that section but a little while, of b? ource. Piesently some loquacious neighbor *ia aid to Bowers: "Well, what are you dt ;oing to do about it?" ?.a "About what?" was the reply. 11' "Why, about that man Hamrick. He's our wife's husband." ix Tills put a new face 011 the matter. rr} Sowers had not thought of it in that 11' ray, neither had the wife. She broke iito tears. There were a dozen people in the ouse. All were listening and looking s|< rith rude curiosity. The house seemed cramped. Bowers aid: "Let's go outdoors." All went. Xo sooner had they arrived in the gt ard than the wife went to Bowers and ne !irew her arms about him. ^ At this whatever manliness there was Sc i Hamrick came tu the surface aud nc ssertea itself. He said: "I'll tell you wj hat I'll do, people; I don't waDt to of lake no disturbance and I'll go right lit ack where I came from." sp mat was an ne said, lne crowd lian poke, half nodded assent to the propoition and plan in one. Right tliere, nder the trees, the matter was fixed as : in court before a jury. Hamrick said e was satisfied, and declared that this [me he would go "for good." lie told lie people, his wife, his children, all codbye. Only the wife cried, not Lirough any sentimentality about the it nation, but out of pure emotion and a CI esire to do her duty in her own simple *av. There was, nevertheless, in the situa:on, as in the subject, everything that |e; ae most ardent novelist could desire, ;a' -xtA Tr\ oil ttoo n -fo/ *{ ?-? ard fact, without possibly the barest l-,1 aggestion of sentiment. ^ The neighbors did not spread the ca ews very ranch outside their own circle re, nd the affair "was a mere matter of q( eighborliood talk. No one thought (j, aat the law would ever step in. But :ep in it did, in a way just as romantic, c;_ iough just as real, as everything else. a A neighbor of Bowers had what in that j>; Duntry :s known as "a falling out" with re, im about u cider press. Gut uf these ivial ?-.;tuirs grow quarrels, harsh .1P or,is. ]:?; , U5?l.letti5s an.l ?v? " omicide. not infrequently. Cil This time Buwcrs's new-made enemy rc. as of another stamp of man. Ke knew *],, f the Hanirick matter, but a few mouths in to settled. So last October he went to a;. ie county scat and tliero gave to tlie ](C dicitor or :i grand juryman the infor- 0<j lation thai Bowers was violating the jn ,atute by unlawfully living with a wo- !n< iai). and that the woman had also vio.ted the law in committing bigamy, !,v Xow here was a situation. Bowers xl ad his wife was arrested, and Senator ju lias, a lawyer of repute in all that re- (jc ion, was sought to defend them. The usband, who had given bond for his ->pefirance at court, rode many miles after "Lawyer Eiias" and told him the whole story. The lawyer, a man of culture, was astonished at the story thus unrolled before his eyes. Court met and the lawyer used all his eloquence aid persuasiveness. He told the whole story? of the deserted w:!>, the long vigil of love, the giving up of tjie first husband for dead, the rervutrriage, the return of the long lost hu-bmd, the verbal agreement that he should return to the far northwest and all remain as it was;. The narrative had its effect upon the >?-,.w+ i.nf i uu'wOU u;uu, i .1 i tvi !y, unknowingly been violated; it must be technically enforce !. Su there was a technical verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to the mercy of the court if the parties lived separate and apart. This was Lawyer Hiss's chance, his opportunity; ho I it. Ho told Uow era that he anil his who had best go out oi that neighborhood, and that they might live togethi r: that the verdict was only technical, and the judgment a mere form, and that in the future the law would not again disturb them. They acted on the suggestion, removed to Macon county, and now live there at peace- w ith all the world. Only a few weeks ago the son was married, and in the spring the girl will become a uxiuc. So Senator Eiias told the story, a true story in all particulars, which has in it ail the elements of the fanciful and the unreal, and is y<_t just as true as the fact, known of all men, that the great peaks of the Blue Eitlge raise themselves skyward in Western North Carolina. Tl>e Southern Women in the Lead. It is really a matter of indifference whether or not a society leader is inligenous to the soil, or whether she is mported from some foreign clime, but isually there are certain peculiarities of i . iiher complexion, dress or manners that ' >revent a stranger from mingling in ' now lorii society ior any iengtn oi time vithout betraying her foreign extracion. New York society, that is the < iltra-fashionable, raay be very exclusive, i >nt it is, nevertheless, composed of i :cterogeneous parts, in addition to the i oreigners who are admitted into its t harmed circle, each section of this i ountry contributes its quota of mem- c >crs, and the distinctive characteristics i ;f each one are as noticeable to a closc c bserver as the foreign and conccited s rays of the British nobility, or the tiincing daintiness of the over-foppish 11 frenchman. We have Westerners and 1 Southerners who are easily distinguished rom the genuine (.xothamites, although bey have been so closely connected with Jew York society in its doings for years ast _ they ure generally recognized liroughout the country as genuine Xyw i: 'orkers. L The Southern women are conuted s mong the most beautiful and cultivated, a ud their soft voices and gentle manners a ave 'won for them much praise,especial- n ,* this winter, daring which they h:ive v een prominently to the front as enter- o jrtainers. Everyone who meets Mrs. s .Igemon S. Sullivan is charmed with a cx yi xuuuuui uuu UL'auii^ a1.- c. lcugh few know tliat she is Southerner. % Irs. Breekhoist Cutting is one of the te tost x^opular of matrons, and is a Yir- t; Luim by birth and rearing. Mrs. Bur- a )U i-larrioc:?, uc is -vvli L:Iciv:i comes b oni the same Siate. She was a Miss p ary, and is connected with the Fairtxes and ".Randolphs. She represents i: le literary women of the South. 3Irs. p dward Lees Cofiey, whose pretty i':. iught&r Lucy is just now a very promi- li ent figure in society?as the author of d play?also hails from the Old Domin- u m, and Mrs. Willard Ward, of Madi- s( >n occasionally gives such delightful p iceptions, is the daughter of the late 1' adge Erskine, of Alabama. At her sc L-Litj 1 UodI -il 11 > Co U1 kJUULilCXll ' Vr .milies are usually met. iliss JBisland, r< friend of Miss Ward, dates back her c miiy traditions to the last Spanish <i ovemor of Louisiana.?2s ew York Let- p r. ai Jones, of Florida. i ... ? ti The 1 iorida car turned the conversa- J Dn of the home bound Congressmen to >nes, of Florida?Jones inamoratus? ~l ho kept his vrord and did not come u; ick to Washington to serve out his ^ ongre$sional term. "Poor Jones," ^ .id Call, his former colleague, the other ^ ty, "he will not come back; his politi- j ?: 1 race is run. And hardiy load the ~" .tie marble hammer fallen in the Sen-! e when the Governor of Florida, ap- j >inted his successor. The new Senator ; t ay be a very able man. but he will not j p lirst attract the attention which Mr. j >nes did in the early days of his Sena- j ^ rial career. An Irish ship carpenter, j Drkirig at the bench by the side of! / ives, ne gained an education uy tiie jiit of pine knots at uigh.t, and rose to , ainence; was elected to the United ;ates Senate, where lie was, in fact, one 1 the ablest of constitutional debaters. , iddeniy, without notice to those the \isarest him, the light of his public life * ems to have gone out. For months maters have received from Detroit iwspapiro with incoherent sentences ritten upon the margin?the purport which has been that Jones has be- . jved himself to be the victim of a con- * iracy. These newspapers, with other rcumstances, have caused many Sonars to believe that, like Dean Swift, mes is* 'dying-atop.Correspondence >ston Journal. -0] ? - ? Pi Signing; a lUMjiiisilioii iis IMank. fA Before Governor Gordon left for Xew i >rk application was made to him to i ci me a warrant for the arrest of 1. a? ose, a former citizen of Indiana, and aE clined on the ground that it was an cc fort to use the process of the law to licet a debt. It was strongly con- f0 5ted. After the Governor left a regu- }J? : requisition from the Governor of diana came for Close. It was not gularly presented, but the counsel for ^h e prosecution were nctihed that the m quisition would not be honored beuse tii;1 Governor was absent and the er rjuisiticn was contested. After the 0f 3>vernor left a requisition was made oy re :> vera or Gordon on the Governor of th >uih Carolina for Vv. S. Snyder, tli arged with an offence in Augusta. On <)] bL.nk previously signed, Governor 2s < chardson, of South Curo ina, made a >;< ijuisitioft on Governor Gordon, after had I :r. for a party in Coffee county, d it v s refused on the same grounds at ill- one from Indiana had been, bei;se C;-; Ouvc?;n; r-was :ibs\:::i and the uv :}uisition was coniv -ied. it has been -i " e custom of the Governors of Georgia, iD; anticipation of emergencies requiring no spatch to sign blanks, so that they can iu used without delay. Take the county a i icers of the State elected in January, ra . i . . i? t? -X. *r \ i ' ? .slices 01 lue reace, etc. curing mat i.c jiitli alone, tliis year, 2.D00 blanks an re examined ana filled out. all signed pc the Governor before the election, th ie iav> of requisition?, being embraced the Federal act. is uniform.?Atlanta nn >r. Augusta News. br The thermometer. like a e:ur, rises by *'i 'J') Temperance in tlie Schools. Tiie temperance education law of Vermont, enacted in ISSii, with no specific provisions and no penalty, lias proved weak and too indefinite to secure the designed objcct. The W. C. T. U. oi that St-jtc voted to petition the Legislature of j8S!*> for a more stringent statute on thin subject, and engaged Mrs. M. H. Hunt to take charge of the campaign. The new biii was modeled after the national! lav, but was amended in the Senate with an enabling clause. In spite of the lobby combinations against it, this bill i was skillfull}" carried tlirough both i houses with a handsome majority. < At thirty minutes past live o'clock j Tuesday evening the Governor returned t!it' l?iii to the Senate with a veto mes- J sage based on the Senate amendment, < which he declared unconstitutional." ] The Legislature was to adjourn at 8 ' < o'clock the next morning, but was to j have a night session. The irrepressible < vitality back of this movement evidently ( knows no defeat. Another bill lea"ii.0' ; out the unconstitutional clause was i framed and presented to the Senate at i ii o cioc& tnat evening, and nnuer a; i ' suspeiii va of rules'' it passed voin i houses and was signed l>y the Governor c before three o'clock tlie next morning, a The enemies of the bill went home after 1: the veto was read, tlimting it was killed, a bat Airs. Hunt and Mrs. Perkins, Presi- a dent of Yt. W. C. T. U., stayed through fc the night session; rallied the friends in ? both houses to a new support oi the re- n constructed measure, and the sun rose cj on a complete victory for the temperance t. education of all the children in the pub- h lie schools of the Green Mountain State. I The new bill, now the law of Vermont, ss is as specific as the one vetoed, with a vs strong penaltv for non-enforcement, o -\T*c PTvnf "VT^c- C. >TXiO* JuUUUl1 ^iLUL *.4^ t LW *UiO. IV, Perkins for hearty co-operation in Mont- 71 pelier and to tlic W. C. T. L*. ladies who p rolled lip 1*2,000 petitions so, signally 11] crowned with victory.?Norfolk County a; Gazette. ' o; A Vermont paper says, "The gratitude v?" :>? the State for this valuable legislation st s duo chiefly to Mrs. Hunt. JJi?coiir- o: igement with her called forth new plans, Seeming defeat recalled other like scenes c< hat ended in victory. Ker experience hi burnished a precedent or warning in ivory emergency. Tireless in activity, mshaken in faith, and invincible in is :ourage, she conquered defeat at even- w itage." cc The following is a copv of this new aw: tli jlX Act to provide for the Study of th Scientific Temperance in the Public & Schools of the State of Vermont. S1 It is hereby enacted by the General lil Lsscmblv of the State of Vermont: v/: Skctiox I. In addition to the branches u which instruction is new required by ^ iw to be given in the public schools, in- attraction shall also bo given as to the 01 lature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics ra nd special instruction as to their ellects hi .non the huma 1 system in connection I* ,-ith the several divisions of the subject be f Physiology and Hygiene. And such 11 ubjecfcs shall be taught as thoroughly as hr rithmetic and geography are taught in co ;mt a'wiiUUA3. KJU.WA utt:uu Z>iud.Lx " * iven orally to pupils who are not able ad ) read and shail be given by the Use oi' ^xt-books in the c;ise of pupils "vbo are th ble to read. And suck instruction shall .*vi - as aforesaid to all pupils in all til ublfc schools in thejState. S;:c. 2. The text books used for the th istructiou required to be given by the receding section shall give at least one- ist jurth of their space to the considera- de on of the nature and effects of alcoholic th; rinks and narcotics; and the books iu seu in the highest grade oi traded pk jliools shall contain at least twenty ari ages of matter relating to tliis subject, he exfc books on Physiology in use hi the ihools at the time this act takes eliect, sta liich are not in accordance with the sot jquirements of this section, shall be tin ianged for books satisfying the reuirements of this section, except when ter revious contracts as to such text books hv :e now in force. pr< Sec. -J. Each teacher of a public 12c :hool in this State shall, before lodging le school register with the district v?ii erk as provided by section (320 ot the vh revised Laws, certify therein whether istruction has been given (in the school rie : grade presided over by such teacher) c:e ; required by this Act; and no public Eu .oney shall be paid over to the treasurer ma I a union or other district unless the tra sgister oi such district contains the ail] srtificate of tlie teacher that instruction up is been given as required by tliis Act. Sec. -x. All Acts or parts of Acts here- pri 'lore enac'cetl referring to the study of hysiology and Hygiene, which shall ve special prominence to the effects of < imuiants and narcotics upon the human ir.c stem, or to the selection of test books i be used in the pursuance of that study jon e hereby repealed, except those re- ^e_ ting to tiie examination 01 teacners m is branch. I lr? Sec. 5. This Act shall tnke ell'ect from! " > passage, but shall not apply to the vision of the public school moneys ' ade in 1887. Levi K. Fullek, l;,rj President of the Senate. ^ Josiah Gkout, * Ca: Speaker House of Representatives. nici ri'p.ovED: November 24th, 1880. terj Eeexevcee J. Or.useee, Governor. i hus TIxc Great Drill. j J The National drill which is to take ace at Washington 3Iay 2"> to 30, lui; omises to be a grand success. The and cretary of the drill committee says the tim tal number of organizations corre- we (ondinL' at this time with regard to beti itry and transportation is two hundred i Lfia' id twenty-six. These are divided \\L'' aong thirty-six different States. They m prise one brigade, nine regiments, ;!j:_ iteen battalions and one hundred and rty-live companies of infantry; one ittalion, fifteen light batteries .and 0A re machine-gun platoons in artillery; :c cavalry companies, seven of zouaves, nJc; irteen corps school cadets, hve regi- :u;. ental bands and three drum corps, if t a important occasion will be Gov- upc nors' Day, when the chief magistrates lay. the liifibrent States represented will view the troops. Favorable replies to e invit.-.tions have been received from ? n? _r -it; n i e vjuvuiuurs 'Ji . bio, Delaware; Maryland. Louisiana, aw Jersey, Iowa, South Carolina, Drill Carolina and Zilississippi. j^,.1 Xotllis^IotJui. lL " up Washington society has boon grinning *7; er the blunder of one of it's number? ; woman not unaccustomed to i minder- , j g, however. She made a call on the iwly-inadc wife of tlxe Secretary of the .terior. The servant ushered her into salon, where ;i stately person in sombre iinent and of austere mien received 'I r. After the usual exchange of social hav :enities the visitor glanced around ex- in ^ ctantly, as if looking for some one; Am en turning to the hostess, she said: Vet "1 presume you are -dv. Lumar's tha other, and 1 would like also to see the it n ide." j mil "Madame," replied the stately dame, f !sal . am Mr. Lamar's "wife."?Detroit j is c ihrme. ' the ?>IKK*T5. I'ltOliMCIKS. ilevo'ntion*. 'iV;irs. K:irt!njuukc> in th? Xe\t Tiiirtcoii ?TIisms Hie JVI i 1 losii it is;(Froai the more Sun.) The liev. Mr. Baxter, editor of tlie Nov,- York Christian Herald, preached three times last Sunday at Harris" Museum on the "Comiug of Christ and the Beginning of the Millenium." Large audiences v.*ere present. .Jr. Baxter lias oeen .-pea/ung on xuc same subject throughout iiie country. lie is about GO years old, rather tall, and has busby dark hide and beard. 3Iany of his bearers, particularly womeD, went away looking serious or frightened. His text was Daniel's vision of the four beasts one of which, he said, represented the Babylonian empire, one the Medo Persia:: empire, one the Grecian ?mpire, and the other the Roman empire. He predicted the formation, by jreat wars and revolutions, of all the ;ountries of C;esar's original Roman empires into an allied confederacy of ten n7inr/:!/.,r?a lvcr fnn no epresented by the ten. horns oi' the wild >east in the seventh chapter and twentyourth verse of JAmiel, and the subsequent rise anions the ten sovereigns of .n eleventh so\ ^c-ign, who will be the ittle horn as represented in the beast j .nd who will lirst appear in Syria. The j hied kingdoms will be Britain, France, ( Spain, Italy, Austria, Greece, Egypt, ( Syria, Turkey and Bulgaria. In the aeantime Germany will have been con uered by France and will be a part of bat kingdom, which will then be ruled y a king. In conquering Germany 'ranee will be aided by Russia or by a < ocialistic revolution in Germany. She 111 be led by Boulanger, who is' a man f destiny. When the ten kingdoms are jiined the sovereign represented by the ' ttle horn will cradually increase his = ower until lie becomes king oi tie tea J [lied nations, and finally the imperial 7 uti-Christ. He will be a representative j r the Xapoleon dynasty, the greatest j. arrior that ever lived, the craftiest (: atesman and the most successful leader f men. America will be subject to his ? ominion. He will not conquer this rnntry by bringing vast armic-s here, 1; ut will succeed by means of iiis fasci- s' iting genius, which will win him count- n ss adherents, such as socialists, nihilis, spiritualists and Eomanists, who c ill eventually get control of the whole 15 >untry. Mr. .Baxter prophesied that ail these !' dngs will come to pass during the next irteen years, after which wiii come the liiemum of a liiousana years, ihe :eat "wars and revolutions and earthmkes will begin in u year or two, and ill be the most horrible, the most deistating, the world has known. By t, !90 the ten kingdoms will have been p; Lied. As nil countries outside Cicsars ci iginai Korean empires will be sepa- iJ ted, at least legislatively, from the ten w ugdoms inside the Koraan empire, ?' eland and India and the colonies v. ill ^ : separated from England legislatively, not entirely. The eleventh king will 'V sfc attract attention by a seven years' u; venant with the Jews, and m about , o and a half years thereafter be will vance from being merely King of J,'" <ria to be head oi France, and then be ^ o snmwvit': Siuvw-im r-.f the wtirhl. Hp ' 11 be the anti-Christ daring the last x-ee and a half years. u'itii regard io Lis reasons for iisisg e time for tlie ^reat crisis, he s;dd that iatever dili'erences of opinion have ex- 01 ed among expositors as to ' the mere t:j. tails of prophetic interpretation, more an a hundred of them have foreshown their books that it wili probably take ice between now and 1:)G0. Having T.1", ived at the threshold oi' this crisis, we n{ hold their prophetic anticipations sig- :n; Uy verified and confirmed by the s;? .rtling signs of the times?pohtcal, Vi dal and religious?clustering around i io; s period. - ne [u view of these predictions, Mr. Lax- di< told his liearers that they will be v>'? ing in fool's paradise if they do not jpare for approaching events by sav- ca I their souls by so living that may be an ong the elect. That done, ail they 1 have to do will be to wait to sec if ?j at he savs will not come true. \'1' Hong the sides of the museum gaires were vivid paintings of the prophe- (.~ s, and over the stage was a map of ve' rope. .ur. x>ax?er illustrated Ins re- ix,( ,rks by pointing to the pictures and y:' cing on the map the dominions of the ta< iod nations. Collections were taken I'm to pay for the museum, and copies of th< . Baxter's book were sold and the sis ce of his paper was announced. sta YVo.'iinn rulfra^e in Wyoming. ;:ie of the pretties: at.-.I ro.st prominent snbers of fashionable society here this .../ itvr is a lady who has the proud distict- ?V, of having voted for her husband when '"pY rati for Congress. The lady in question f-rjtfrs. Joseph Carey, wife of" the delegate | ' in Wyoming Territory. Mrs. Carey. ,,V., iii? it! ' sfr1>nor.?nTn,^pfl'* Tomiin :ui ardent believer in female suffrage. ;.n ; has seen the practical working of the 1),; teni i;i Wy.-micg. and pronounces as ;L.r urci the common argument that the ,V] [it of biilTragc unsexes u woman. ;JL. LI an evening party rece.itly where Mrs. ^|f ey was giving utterance to these senti- ,V( nth, Senator SVadc Hampton blandly injected the remark:? V.;, Jiut, el course, you always vote as your . jjj ;b:md instructs youv' 1 Irs. CV?-ey's ''kick eyes snapped merrily ,j0( :he replied:-Jiideed we ?lo no!. The first time my v, iband ran for cilice I voted agaiut him j'V I my mother supported him., The next ov*( e we both opposed him. In each case thought the Other man would make the ^ te? oiiicer. I mention lI*i>: to show you ,~r, i in our family, at least, the women use ir rigi.t of saii'rage about as they please. ;'l'. :cover. -he conferring of Ibis power w?, >n Vvcuieii iias a guott moral elicet, cs- ij?. iaily u:>oa lliosu whose husbands are * Lifcuti; Yon any beil-v-,- thai. where ? ry \vi is nr-rr.aLicd i<> vote the wives w'i &4'-j very chary about unduly wising the other women. To do so j. \iis the cr'-r.tioa of enemins i'or your bund who e.m work him a great injury ^ hey choose. Lt is a powerful check n the tongue: I assure you."?V/a*hton i. Iter. ji :!)? r-iMjt". * ' at < ,.ad everything the nature of erup- ^u:s. ::i:es. puapits. ulcers, scrofulous C)~ uors. :md incipient consumption, which !! i'.'lh . z autre u less thaa scrofula of . cpciuletely .c-ui of the system. lira ?. itesauit in vigoratestie liver" tones tSe roach, regulates the bowels, pii- ;* < tip the weak \oc .y. 1: a purely vegetacorn pound, and will do more Ihur. fs?rL',: :i:(. '! it. W? rctti" to JL+'. *\~-~iCs'z A'.U t Vc'iicul " Stttttli Alitiui. not he Pall Paver News says: Who would ^ e .supposed :bat print cloths made Utl south Caroling vrcuid be used by the ^ evicar. Print Company in this city? j': ; such is the iact. It is heavy cloth r',^ t is ealicd i'or in the trade, tllerei'ore tj,,r rest be used. One oi the mills in the eVtl; la iii tuc tiLj i.-s now preparing to <rjy .ce this class of goods, of which none full iade here at present. The weight of doth is four yards to tlx- )vnind. A WOMEN BOUND TO VOTE. They Will Demand tliat the >liliti;i be Called Out if Necessary. (From tlie Xew York star ) The women's suffrage committee of Brooklyn made publie the following open letter to Governor Hill: Hon. David Hill, Governor of Xew York State: Sir:?At a mass meeting of the women's suffrage committee, this evening, it was unanimously resolved as ; follows: "That we request the Governor of Xew York to recommend that a law be ^ i. - 1 T _ ' XV i.1. . T r - ! euacteu uanng tnis session 01 uie ijegis Idture to i>rotect the women in this State j i a exercising their right to vote on n--xt < eleetion day. During the kst election j day we were intimidated, threatened 'f with imprisonment and bodily harm. It ? the Legislature fails to make a law for I our protection, we have resolved to de- 1 mand you to call out the State militia to 1 protect us at tlie polls, thereby prevent- * :ng riot and bloodshed." " < Respectfully, < Emma Beckwith, 1 President. ? A. 0%H.vLT^5ecrera,T-y. . S. Twitchell, Cli'n Ex. Corn. Mrs. TMitchell said that a biil was to v jave been presented in the Legislature .ast night, making it the duty of election ^ officers to register pnd receive the vote c )f every woman ot *21 years or over who >liall present herself for that purpose. P . ? " c A Dreadful Disaster. y, e An accident occurred Monday morning *< >;i the Dedham Branch of the Boston and js 'rovidence railroad, between Forest Iliil r) md Roslindale, at what is known as Bussey ^ 'ark Bridge. The 7 o'clock train from ^ )edham, consisting of seven cars and bagrage car. under charge of Conductor Tii S [en. broke throusrh the bridere. Tiie ei< . ::ne and three cars went over safely, but ivc others fell through the bridge to the j1 oad beneath, a distance of 30 feet. The isL car. which was the smoker, turned oiupleteiy over and struck oa top of the I' 'hers, all being crushed almost out of tl !:aj>e. h< The cause of the accident is said to have b; een the breaking of the bridge. It is c? lated that the bridge is a comparatively w ev<* one, and that the accident was caused cc y a truck of one of the cars giving away, uusing the car to strike against the abut- ;g lent of the bridge. * * , ..I.; ?. ~ c> _ *. rn ji ? f ? uic smuiuii^ un alter it ten caugm lire. at tjic tire department was promptly on :md and prevented any spread cf the lines. The bodies of the dead have nil cen removed, and of the wounded some W; re at hospitals and some have been taken ca jiiic. The latest estimate of the casualties m ii killed and about 50 wounded. dt That the horrors of tire were not added l'e > the terrible disaster was due to the > tic romptness with which relief was sent. A ac icaiical engine from Roslindale was at ti< ic scene within 20 minutes after the Pj reck occurred, brought by a letter-car- tli cr. who gave an alarm of tire upon ob- j] rving llaraes issuing from the debris. The" pr tmes were soon extinguished and the tire- fQ. en then did excellent work in rescuing * ie injured. The stoves in all the cars ere securely fastened to the floors by iron >its and the doors of the stoves were eked. In ooly cne car did the stove upalthough in one instance a stove was PJ cashed clear through the roof of the- car 211 which it had been. Governor Tiliien'n sinter. foi 'i he sister of the late Governor Tiiden, f--' New York, Mrs. Mary P. Pelton, died j, i Saturday, without ever receiving a cent *s, her brother's bequest. 3Irs. Pelton was ?a years of age. and bad been enjoying fairly 1U >od health until within the last ten days. special request to the exccutois to hurry co] ?tiie execution of the trust, so that she oi ight enjoy it duriug her life time, was Dc :tuc some time ago and met with no re- wa onse. Mr. Andrew Green called upon in rs. Peltou a short time ago and offered to su< m her some money to meet any pressing tli<; cessiiies, but Mrs. Pelton replied that she lea :l not cave to burrow any money, bul >uld like to have what her brother had jvJ, 't her Mr. Samuel J. Tildea, Jr.. 0*ul lied upon the executors a short time ago eyc <1 urged them to arrange the trusts of his mt Mary, Aunt Lucy and his mother, all ^ whom were old and sowewhat feeble in 3 Ier that the might enjoy their brotV.r's lua quests during their life time. He said: -f1 sever mind about the younger folks: we ^ a shift lor ourselves.The old ladies were Pu ry much disappointed to think they have the ..A V d. i. . ' uc;u'ou su suawuiiy ity lac executors. po: to death of Mrs. Pol ton may possibly bring the m to their senses. The friends oi the nol nily say the heirs have been treated by occ executors more as mendicants than a"> ^ ters,- nieces and relatives of the de;i<! Ver tessnan and millionaire. * v/a< Womna'* Wondrou* l'iurk. Cill 1 ease of extraordinary pluck on the *ra rt of a woman occurred at Jefferson P-'c idical College, Philadelphia, recently, dis ic lady applied to have a tumor removed tlie ;m her arm. The physicians decided to dm ve the operation performed in the pros- lisL ;e of th-y students, and when tlie hour par the clinic arrived arrived the hdy was gar itcd in io the amphitheatre. The doctors su^ d her that they would luive to sd minis- can iu> mu vvoiuu I,r'';"c { i*?jV y pain fill, ^hc refused to allow this to J ^Ui done, and then the physicians tried to ^ luce her to lake a glass of brandy, which ; likewise refused. They next offered ., - a glass of wine, but tiie lady simply ^lu' ved it away, saying that.siie would be JC e to undergo the operation. me; rhe doctors consulted for a moment and ra^ ;idcd to take the woman at her word and ove ahcvl. They bared her arm to the me: >uider, laid her on h^r fride and then n=Ii< ried the knife in the iiesli, cut a big gash ). ir six ir.chcs in length, pulled the bleed- anc ; pieiKjs apart, removed the tumor, asi* aped ihj bone and then sewed the parts am< ;ether. During all this time the patient ,-er moved. 2sot a cry escapcd lier. and w , she gritted her teeth her iace became as ile as a, sheet, The physicians and sui- " * V.s Loked on with amazement at the "Licky woman and marveled how -he *u * ild endure the t&rnble pain without a impei. After the operation was over, t . Brinton, turning to the- ?>0 students, LliS .1: "There is notma.n among you who -UV( ild have stood this operation us heroic- and * as this lady has." tur? As lioou rm .\ew," iigh er t vrc ilic words used by a lady, wiu> was 'I sne time gives up by the most eminent the y'sicians, ancl lefftoViie. Kcduced to a ^ re skeleton, pale and haggard, not able ].-jr ieavir uer bed, from :ili those j'JV eases Peculiar to suffering females. >ueli :!isph!vc:nent; IcueorrLcea, intlannn:.ii<;n. v~; .. ete. She began tftkin-j I>r. Pierce'.- r,.-V' averts Prescription.,' uad also u.-ing the t'J.*' ai trenfmenvs r&ommended by hi in. and ~'L^ v. v-:;> ';/;ys, is good as now." Price aj:u ticca to one dollar. Iiv druggists. ?* sled .'North Carolina livm, Cuiih Carolina ha; acquired considerable oriety in li.e production of quartz cry.- T ; with highly modified and exceedingly :is a c planes. Quite recently Professor W. T Hidden, of iUeEmerakl and Iliddenite oft! 10. AK-xt'.nbcr county, sent to G. von T ilt.un, Germany,;? number oi these- out 2 crystals. They attracted much alter.- T s. and were carefully figured by that booi Incut scientist, who issued a pamphlet 7 in" illustrations of the crystals and a In :! I description of them. T V ? W IL faults sbit^nif-nt?An irxiiVtmcitt. m >>i CLEVELAND'S TOLICY. POLITICAL FORCES ABOUT TO BE REORGANIZED BY HIM. The Tallc of .Ratiical Leaders?The Tenure "of <>t:;ce Act and How it Bothers Tliem.g (L.-tter to the Philadelphia Times.) Washington, March 19.?There is now no doubt that a quiet movement is about to be inaugurated looking to a thorough organization of the political i.1. ~ iK- T> :J3 Oil Lilt; UiUjlS VI LUC -L iebiUtMll a policy of progressive administration and reform. The fact as to whether lie desires a reno ruination or not is secondary ;o tlic placing of the Democratic party, is lie interprets its duty, on a higher >lane and by that means to draw additional strength of influence and numbers iom the discordant elements among the Republicans. Sufiicient is now known >? the state of SGiitinifiiit in tlifi "RptrnWi :an party to make it clear that the relomination of Z\Ir. lilaine will arouse greater disaffection than manifested itself n the campaign of 186*. There is no doubt of the ajiprehensfon t'hich exists among the Republican Graders on the loss of ground in many Dcalities which have hitherto been ounted as certain. A prominent New lampsliire politician and former Republican Governor said to-day that a kange of fifty votes in tli& last election 'ould have made the Legislature Demoratic, and would have sent a Democrat y the United States Senate by the Legilature this summer. This would have sversed the strength of parties by iving the Democrats thirty-eight, in;ead of thirty-seven, with Riddieberger oubtful. The friends of Postmaster reneral Vilas are talking Wisconsin, linnesota and Iowa as doubtful Eepubean States, and this feeling is said to e spreading. There is no doubt whatrer that tbe conservative policy of the' resident has given such a hold upon le better sentiment of the country that 2 is not only stronger than his party, at is the only man in the party who in command the outside support which ill be necessary to continue the present mtrol of the executive power. The repeal of the tenure of office act another important point gained. It identlv so regarded in administration rcles. Previously it was impossible for e President to make removals. He raid only suspend, which inferentially is for cause, which gave the Eepublin Senate a sort of caveat upon reovals to a certain degree. The Presi;nt can now remove for the sake of niovai "without assigning even the ;tion of offensive partisanship for his t. This has taken away an obstruc)n to the appointing power of the resident contrived originally to curb e personal partisan acts of Johnson. ic President has now a clear field and oposes to use it in L aiding up a folding which will not only represent his nstruction and fulfillment of the Dem ratic platform of 18S4, but will be a .arantee of equal fidelity to the will of e people'in the performance of .the ;dges of the reforms which may be ide the issues of the platform of 1S88. What most perplexes the average Re-, .blican politician is the inside reason r the repeal of the tenure of office act ' Republican votes in the Senate at a ;ie when a Democratic administration in control of the patronage. The Reblican Senators themselves are divided their opinions. Some claim that it s done in order to prevent it from tning back to plague them in the event a Republican administration and a imocratic Senate two years hence. It s a notification to the party workers the campaign of next year that with. ,-eess will come the partisan rewards of ; ioGt of oliice. The Republican" Jers claim that the administration, ping the ollices tilled with their own ?nds, the best they can do is to hold t the expectation of a new deal in >nt of success without regard to civil vice fancies. Another version is that s part of a scheme for ccrtain manip.tions by the irreconcilable Republiis in the event of the nomination of tine, and that certain prominent EeIjiieans in the Senate were parties to : scheme when the repeal was prosed. The friendly relations between : President and many .liepublicans is ; without some ulterior motive, if the sasion should come for its application. Secretary Maiming, in a recent conization, did not hesitate to say tliat he 3 agreeably surprised to see the poliof the President from a purely politistandpoint bearing such excellent it. lie said that all groat reforms iduce more or less friction, but the appointment of a few persons after oiiices would not stand against the :able benefits of a permnently estabicd ascendency of the Democratic ty, not of 1SGU, but of 1SS8. He reded the period from the campaign in >port of President Cleveland to the ipaign of next year as a political oiulion the same as the term of James shanan, when the great sectional ie" of slavery and freedom was fought r. Tho war was an unfortunate in2nt of the struggle, although it might regarded as a sort of heroic treatat ci' the disease, which, in the restoon ol the functions of government r the whoie countiy, left the governat stronger and the people better sat,-d with each other. ^th parties appreciate the importe of the time between now and the . anbliag of Congress. At a conference jng the friends of Mr. Blaine in this a few days ago tbe hint was dropped one who had heard from him within :ort time that he would accept the ice oi his friends and go to Europe " Lay. One ox Lis near friends prouided tlie idea that the success of liis rary efforts hod created a strong feeliLat he possessed a genius for litera: v.'hicli lie never knew lie possessed, . lie '.vas nut so sure but that literai instead of politics was his proper * x. Tiio gentlemen present .looked ust nt this idea, in doubt as to whethli/"* rjAv/? in '-v Lo trip of Senator Sherman through South us a preliminary move to iiiiuto iiis friends, increasing in numi and influence, will doubtless zaake away for bnr, in advance of the seion'cf men for delegates to the iorai Convention. There will be a er struggle, however, in Virginia, lione will leau the Sherman forces Itiddleberger will oppose, the upshot v. iiich will doubtless make rough !ding lor the Republicans. au:ui> that Spring i* Sear. he brand new toboggan is now utilized newsDaper rack in the library. . !- < " <- I ? iiij x\jzi\zl is i'-yhju iiiiu uiu cunier ,:e back shed. lie buii player tries to Lire ::s a proii - ;!on;iL i c ij uiiJcL bi^iu^js is eelting ready to 21. he c.i':\i!;'u aic _ u;n ::i.oe has a bad rent ie lied. he iand: 1 spends fifty cents in white Ir'n.u' and raises the rent two dollars 1*1!.