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ABBEVILLE PRESWMHSINERI
BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1884. NO. 4. VOLUME XXIX. J
PLANT A HOME.
Young beginners in life's morning,
Dont forget the rainy day;
jSunshino cannot last forever,
Or the heart be always gay.
Save the dime and then tho dollar,
Lay up something as you roamChoose
some blooming spot of beauty,
Somo fair lot, and "plant a home."
You, too, who have babes around you,
Coming up to take your place;
Give them something to remember,
Homestead memories let them trace.
Would you feel the pride of manhood,
Let the sun your dwelling greet,
Breatho the blessed air of freedom,
Own the soil beneatu your feet.
You, too, who perhaps have squandered
Life's fair morn?'tis not too late!
Start at once to woo bright Fortune,
Rail no more at so-called fate.
Sow the golden seeds of saving
In the rich and quickening loam;
Spend your last days not with strangers,
Enter Heaven's gate from home.
THE PEARL DIVERS.
About northwest from Putlam, and
distant only a few miles, upon the west
coast of Ceylon, was the residence of
Sir John I.akin. He had come out from
England many years before the time at
which we open our story, and engaged
in the pearl fishery. He was quite
- wealthy then, and in this he had an advantage
over many of those who were
encaged in the same business. He could
command the sorvices of the best divers,
and he could buy up pearls of those who
needed the money. And though he had
now amassed a fortune, yet he was still
in the business. Money was his god,
and he worshiped it devoutly. The
baronet's wife was dead, and the only
member of the family who was of his
own blood was his daughter, an only
child. Her name was Bella.
Bella Lakin was nineteen years of age,
and was as handsome as her father was
avaricious. She did not possess that
classic beauty which serves sculptors as
ideals of goddesses?but it was a beauty
peculiarly her own. It was a beauty of
goodness?a beauty that could not have
had any life without a warm, noble heart
to enliven and soften it. She was short
in stature, round and full in frame, with
ruddy cheeks and sparkling blue eyes.
When she spoke she seemed ready to
laugh, for a warm smile was always playing
about her lips, and* winking in her
eyes when her soul was at case.
One calm, moonlight night, when the
fresh sea breeze drove away the heat that
had been so burdensome all the day, and
the air was filled with the perfume of
oriental spiccs, Bella walked in her
father's garden. But she was not alone.
By her side walked a youth who had
known her long. His name was Allen
Wilton. He was an Englishman, born
in Calcutta, of poor parents, his father
having been a lieutenant in the army.
Allan came to Ceylon when only fourteen
years of age, and had been engaged as a
common pearl-diver ever since?being
now four-and-twenty. From his father
he had inherited a noble soul, quickness
of intelligence and a fine sense of honor.
He love<f knowledge, and, with Bella's
assistance, he had had as many books as
he wished to read and study. He had
hppn with thft harnnet now six vears. and
during that time he had brought up
more pearls for his employer than any
other two men, if we except one native
who had been dead now over a year. lie
was a noble-looking youth, carrying national
pride in his soul, and modesty
and goodness in his soul and face both.
"Bella," he said, as they reached the
extremity of the garden and sat down
beneath a talipot tree, "I hardly think I
shall spend another senson in Ceylon."
"What?" uttered the maiden, gazing
up into her companion's face as the
smile faded away from her own. "Not
live in Ceylon? Do you mean to leave
us?"
"Yes?I must go."
"No, no, Allan?you do not mean so.
You will not leave us."
"I fear I must, Bella."
"But wherefore? Oh, if you go, what
shall I do?"
"You will find plenty to do."
"Ay?to sit and cry because I am so
lonesome. You will not go, Allan?you
will not. Tell me you will not go."
"Ah, Bella, you know not what you
say. I must not stay."
"But why not?"
"Why?the reason should be plain,"
replied the youth, with some hesitation.
"But I can speak as plainly as you wish.
I surely will not hide anything from you,
though I would rather you should gain
the knowledge from your own understanding."
"But, Allan, how can I? "What is it?
Tell me?tell me all."
Allan Wilton gazed some moments
into the fair girl's face, and then said,
with some tremulousness in his tone:
"Pardon me, then, fur the speech I
now make. You know how long I have
known you. You know I came here a
poor boy, when you were a laughing,
joyous girl "
" And a:n I not the same now?"
"You may be in that single respcct;
but, alas ! no longer a mate for me. 0,
I must speak piainly now! Bella, these
years I have passed near you have been
happy ones, for amid all my toil the
light of your smiles has cheered me on.
But I am a boy no longer, nor even a
youth, as Ave use the term distinct from
manhood. I am a man now, and you
have grown a woman. Even now I shall
never efface your' image from my heart,
nor would I if I could. Buf if I remain
longer I shall only become more firmly
bound by those ties which must break
the heart in rending. O, Bella?good,
nnKln rrirl vnn must SPf? it nOW. It
uu'"v &" J ? -
would be wicked for me to stay. Plainly,
now, I tell you?it can do no harm ?
I love you too well to stay longer. Now
you have the truth."
The fair girl withdrew her hand from
the youth's loosened grasp, and bowed
her head. She remained thus some
moments. Finally she looked up, and
the moonbeorns were reflected from the
pearly tears that had collected in her
eyes, and now stood trembling upon the
lashes.
" Allan," she. said, in a low, agitated
tone, "I do understand you, and if 1
-have never before thought of this as you
now present it, is because I have been so
happv in your company that I have not
looked much to the future. For joy, j
havo only looked to your coming, from
hour to hour,and from day to day. But do
leave me now?Oh, do not! I should die
if you were gone!"
With-these words, spoken at the close
' -i:- x _V_ ..1 1
Ill qiUCK, spusmouii; IU1JCO, sue |Jiu\,W4
her hand upon Allan's arm, and pillowed
her head upon his bosom.
"But," said Allan, trying to be calm,
"why should I stay, when it could only
end in misery to us both ? Oh, you
should know that to live thus we should
i be unhappy unless we could be united
forever?and that cannot be."
* "Why may it not be ?" murmured the
maiden, without looking up.
"How, Bella ? Would you consent ?"
"Oh, with all my heart, and all my
soul!"
And as the fair girl thus spoke,
-she clung more closely to the noble
youth.
For a moment Allan forgot all else but
the words he had just heard; but he would
*iot deceive himself.
"Alas!'1 he uttered, "I could al most
wish I had never known the
thing jou have told me, for vout
father will never consent to this?
"never!"
"He may ?he may," cried Bella, earnestly.
lie io 'cs me, and I do cot think
he would sec me miserable, ile has
money enough, and "
"Hold, Bella. I can have as mucl:
money as we should ever want. I pos
6ess a secret 2liat is wortn more than ]
should dare to c*ti.nite. I know of t
new pearl bank which no man 6ave my
self nas yet seen. But your father i<
too proud to mute Lis child with a pearl
diver."
Yet Bella was hopeful. She made Al
lan promiic that he would not go awai
till he could know all, and she even inti
mated that, rather than live without him
she would follow h'.ir.
- "Aic you craz/, my child?" S'r Johi
Lakin cried, as his daughter confessec
her love for the poor pearl-diver
"Marry you with .wch a? he? Prcpos
terous! Why, 1 should a# soon think o
seeing you wedded to one of my native i
slaves." I "But
Allan is good, father, and lie is j i
worthy of the hand of any woman in 1
the country. He loves me, and I love j
him." j (
' Nonsense, Bella. I have a husband
all ready for you! One who can provide 1
for you." il
"Perhaps you mean Condor Sudham," t
the girl said. 5
"Ay?I do mean him." 1
"Do you mean to tell me that I must ; f
be the wife of that man?" asked Bella, 1
speaking more with astonishment than j 1
with fear.
"It is all settled, my child." j t
Bella gazed into her father's face in ; r
speechless surprise ; and no wonder, i >
This Condor Sudham was a scion of a j
Dutch family that once had a title. Jle 1 t
was born on the island, and was now
over forty years of age. lie was a mem- s
ber of the legislative council, and a iner- 1
chant, and was one of the most wealthy
men in the country. lie was a short, i
dumy, coarse, dark-featured man, well t
enough as a member of the government, t
but never made for an affectionate friend, r
He was married already to his money,
! and wife and children would only find a 5
j secondary place in his heart.
And such was the man the baronet I
- - - _ O..J1
j would have ftis cniia marry, ouuuam
j had seen Bella often, and he thought she %
| would make a fine addition to his estate. '
j He would take a pride in showing her, 1
! and having her preside at his table. But s
I the maiden herself had different opinions r
j on the subject. ~ t
"If I thought you were in earnest, t
father, I should know exactly what to i
say."
"Ah, and what would it be, my child?" i
~^'I never can be that man's wife." 1
"Very well. You will have a father's 1
authority to contend with, then. Be as- s
sured you shall marry him, for so I have a
promised."
But the baronet found himself with
more work on his hands than he had *
counted on. Bella grew sad and melan- "
choly, and ere long the truth burst upon c
him that his child was becinning to lose t
all love for him. She looked upon him f
as the tyrant who would crush her, and
she smiled no more in his presence. He t
could not help noticing this, and he t
wished to overcome it; but yet he thought
not of granting to his child the holy boon t
she asked. He looked upon the poor a
pearl diver as the only obstacle to his f
plans. He had no faculty of looking i
down into the heart. He knew of only I
two powers of nature?two moral and so- t
cial executives; one was power of station, t
and the other power of money. One day I
he and Sudham sat in council. F
mv cnnl " s.iid the Dutch scion. I n
V]/V" "V > , ,
"I must have her for my wife, for I have h
made all my plans with an eye to that t
event." 0
"And so" she shall be, the baronet re- n
turned. "She is crazy now with this ?
pearl diver." P
"Why not send him off?" d
"Because I fear Bella would go with g
him." c
"But shut her up."
"Yes?I know. But then she would
moan and grieve herself away."
"Then look," cried Sudham, energetically,
for a very happy thought had struck v
him. "Why not get him to dive for the *
great pearl which is sunken close by the *
Bangale Rocks?" s
"But would he do it?" returned the ^
baronet, catching at the idea.
"Make him do it," suggested the mcr- r
chant. "Promise him the hand of Bella 0
if he succeeds." d
"And suppose he docs succeed?" 0
"He cannot. Among these rocks there v
is a current running so swift and furious v
that no mortal man can withstand it. ?
Over twenty of the best native divers J
have lost their lives in pursuit of that P
pearl. I have seen logs of wood sunk u
near these rocks, with something attached P
to them to sink them, and in a few mo- 11
ments the surface of the water would be *
covered with splinters. I tell you if he a
dives there he comes not up alive." v
"Very well," returned Lakin, after B
some thought; "if you say so, so be it." *
"I do say so, and let it be done as soon r
as you please." F
And so it was settled. s
This pearl, after which Allan was to be t
Ann wVn/*li linrl 8
requesiuu. lu uivc, uao ?*wv?? ??-.
been taken some years before on a bank a
not far from the rocks. Three divers s
were out, and all three of them were f
under water together, when an oyster of ^
extraordinary size was seen. It was v
brought up and opened, and within was v
found a pearl as large as a robin's E
egg. As the boat was near- ^
ing the Bhore, a dispute arose f
among the divers as to who should re- v
ceive pay for the pearl. From words 1
they passed to blows, and in the struggle v
the oyster was lost overboard. It sank v
near the rocks, and as the oyster was 1
dead, it could not have moved away by "
any volition of its own. 1
"No, no, no!" cried Bella, after Allan ^
had informed her of the ordeal her father c
had given him to pass. "You shall not t
do this. Oh, all who have tried it have
died!" j
"But it must be so," returned the j
youth, calmly and firmly. "Your father r
has given me his solemn word, in pres- ^
c:ice of the councilor, Sudham, that if I j
bring him up the pearl I shall have your j
hand. If I die, then so let it be; but I c
feel that I shall not. Last night I had r
the most pleasant and promising dreams, f
and I have not a single fear in the pros- ^
pcct. Think: If I succeed?you are mine f
forevermore. Oh, wc will not look be- i
J T T Knl/1 n
JUUU L11I3 : iiuu lisivu A vuiurv A uv?v? ?.? j
secret that none of the divers have fairly r
considered. They have always taken the t
time of the whole ebb of the tide, think- f
ing that the water .'would be more still (
then; but t am sure that the most quiet
time at the bottom is after the tide has
begun to come in. At the ebb, there is
surely a mighty current whirling around
those rocks, induced by the subterranean
channel; but when the tide has turned, j
and been half an hour on the flood, I j
think the water is more calm below, .
though it surge3 so furiously at ?
I the surface. But do not dissuade j
; me. I know the undertaking is perilous; j
j but what is my love for thee, if I would t
| not risk my life to gain it?" (
j A vast crowd were collected about the <
. shore opposite the Bungle rocks. The <
! storv of the strange trial which was to t
| come off had become known among the *
' people, and they had assembled to wit- 1
j ness it. The chief magistrate was there, 1
and other Magistrates of that section. 1
liel'.a was there with her father, and she '
was pale and trembling. ]
The hour had come?the moment of <
the clear ebb -but the pearl-diver was 1
j not yet present. Nearly half an hour
' passed away, and the people began to
i imagine that he would not come. But; '
just as the murmur was becoming gen- | '
oral, a boat appeared, coming around a j'
| distant point, in which were three men. 1
One of them was Allan Wilton, lie :
stood in the bow of the boat, and his j'
bearing was lirm and sure. He was j'
dressed in a close-litting garb of oiled j;
silk, with a simple skirt of silk about i
j his loius which reached half way to his j
knees.
At length the boat stopped, and there j
i was a hushed stillness upon the shore. |
The water was in wild commotion, and j
, the surges lashed madly among the rocks. |
"Oh, he shall not dive?" gasped Bella, j
clasping her hands in agon)*. But her .
father bade her be still.
t Four stout oarsmen rowed the boat to |
i the spot where the youth wished to stop, |
and there they held it. He did not reach ,
i the place where the water hissed and
j boiled, but stopped at some distance j
: from it. A few moments the light bark j
i1 trembled closc by the mighty caiaron,
| and then the youth stood upon the
I bow. He cast one glance upon the fair
j form that now leaned upon the baronet
[ | for support, and then he closed his hands
i above his head and prepared to dive.
- There was a low murmur upon the shore,
j like the rumbling of a distant storm,
- and every eye whs eagerly fixed upon
the noble form. In a moment more, the
. diver left the bow of the boat, his body
j vibrated an instant in the air, and on
- the next the troubled waters had closed
, , over it.
Bella Lakin stood with hands firmly
II clasped, her eyes fixed with a wild, va1
j cant stare upon the spot where the youth
. ! had gone down, while every muscle and
nerve in her frame seemed fixed as
f marble. '
The minutes passed?one?two?threo !
?and there was a quiver in Bella's frame
ind her hands worked nervously upon I
ler bosom. The color now left her lips, .
ind a more deadly hue overspread her
:ountenancc.
But look! There comes a shadow upon
he surface of the water?the element j
reaks, and a human form arises. It is <
he pearl diver! He shakes his head
smartly, nnd then strikes quickly out,
vith one hand firmly closed. But he
joes not toward the boat. lie turns his
lead to the shore, and his strokes are
ong and stout.
Bella started eagerly forward, and \
hen sank back again. Ilcr lips moved,
ind an earnest prayer of thanksgiving
,vcnt up to God!
The pearl diver landed, and walked
iroudly up to where the baronet stood.
"Sir John," he said, "your long:ought
prize is gained, and so is mine.
Iere is the pearl!"
i -i i _ ii __ i.??i.?
11C exicnueci xns uanu as nu
n it was one shell of the huge oyster. A
ilmy,musuclar substance still adhered to
he shell, and iu the midst of it was the j
nassive pearl!
"It is not the one!" uttered Condor |
5udham.
"No?it cannot be!" responded the
mronet.
"Let me see!" shouted an old diver, '
vorking his way through the crowd. '
' I am the one who first found it, and I
;now it well, for I not only opened the
hell and thus killed the oyster, but I j
neasured the pearl. Ha! 'tis the one? I
he very one! and here is where I notched
he shell in opening it. Gentlemen, this
s the pearl!"
"Sir John," now spoke the chief magstrate,
who had stood close by the barolet,
"you cannot retract. By my soul,
le must be a wretcn indeed who could j
natch reward from such devoted love j
md matchless daring."
"Ay, ay!" shouted a hundred tongues.
"It must be the pearl," the baronet !
ittcred. He looked up as he spoke,
ind found that liis child was already
:lasped within her lover's embrace, and
hat upon his bosom she was weeping in
rantic joy. He dared say no more.
Condor Sudham cast one look of inense
chagrin on the happy couple, and j
hen turned away.
Within a week Allan "Wilt jn held Bella
o his bosom, and she was his for life;
nd within the next week he gained per- j
nission to fish for pearls during one year
n any place which was not yet let out. j
le engaged his divers, and went out to he
place of which he had once spoken |
o Bella, and there he went at work, j
'eople wondered at the vast supply of j
icarls he gained, and great effort was j
(iade to buy him off. But he maintained j
Ir. nv/tlneifn rinrtif fnr fllO CfVlCnr) Jllld ,*lt.
UO UAVlUOil v; il^iiv V??v , I
lie expiration of that time stood second i
nly to Sir John in wealth among all the j
icn of the country. But this was only
econdary in his life-cup. That one >
iri/.c, which he gained when he went |
[own amid the mad waters of the Ben- j
ale, was the brightest jewel in his i
rown of life?the "pearl of great price."
Private Vengeance.
The va-ious forms of private vengeance
rhich have become common in this coun- I
rv, are in many respects allied to the
taiian vendetta as it existed and may to
ume extent still exist in Corsica and
'alabria, and with modifications in j
Naples, where, as has been said, "it is
educed to rule and recognized by public
pinion." It originated in Italy, no
oubt, from a feeling of the inadequacy
f legal tribunals to avenge personal I
crongs, and from the fact that such
rrongs were of an artificial character,
nd not to be righted by any possible
udicial proceedings. This matter of '
icrsonal honor is a curious one, and
light repay discussion if there were oplortunitv
for it here. It is complicated
ti Italy by a feeling of family honor, and '
euds thus become hereditary; while if
woman be wronged, the duty of re- i
enging the wrong falls upon the nearest !
lale relative. Though the violence of j
he Italian vendetta has been considerably I
educed, it is said that in Naples several
>crsons are found daily stabbed in the '
treets. Not one of them perhaps has
teen robbed; the killing has been purely
, matter of personal vengeance. The
.ssassin, too, is protected by a popular
entimcnt which would make it infamous
or any person to give evidence against
lim. Even when a victim has been
rounded and recovers, though he knows
rery well who was his assailant, he
lever denounces him. Iiis lips are sealed
>y an unwritten code. In many cases
air warning is given the offender. The
rholc bloody irregularity is most regunrly
conductcd, and the very beggars
k'ho assassinate do so with a chivalry !
vhich contrasts strangely with their
Kirbarism. This, then, is comparatively
in elevated form of assassination. It is
csorted to only after fair warning, that
he offending party may not be taken
inuwares. The vendetta in this coun- '
ry, not only upon the frontier, but in I
:ivilized towns and cities, has some of
he cunning treachery of the aboriginal
ribes. Its victims are shot down sud- j
lenly in the street, in their own homes, ;
n the corridors of hotels, in the car- |
iages of railways, on the exchanges, or
vhile they arc traveling alone upon the
lighway. He who knows that he has, ,
>y any violation of au cxt'.a-judicial :
ode, made himself amenable to this
nethod of revenge, may well walk in
ear and trembling. Often it happens
hat men must live in a kind of mutual
ear. When Fisk was shot in New
fork it was by one who thought that j
^isk intended to shoot him. The loose- !
less, the uncertainty, the recklessness,
he possible misapprehension of this
orm of vengeance, apart from higher
:onsiderations, is its condemnation.?
Y<>rth American Jtecieic.
A War Story.
Henry J. Savage, one of tlie Soldiers'1
Iome veterans, t. lis the following thrillng
war story: The oft-mooted question,
'Was ever a desperately wounded soldier j
.hot dead, at his own earnest solicitation, !
>y a comrade?" his answer in the aftirma- j
ivc by your humble servant. It happened i
is follows: The writer, a member of G j
jompany, First Delaware infantry, was i
hen attached to the Third brigade (Web- j
;r's), Third division (French's), Second i
jorps (Sumner's). After wading Antic- i
;am creek, plunging through plo wed fields, |
itubblefields and cornfields, his regiment |
was finally located within t>lain view of
;he enemy, -when the welcome command j
ang along the line to "load and fire at
will." It was then that our daily target
practice at Fortress Monroe came into excellent
use, as many a poor chap of
the Sixth Alabama learned to his cost.
After firing eleven rounds the writer
was wounded and ordered to the
rear. While retreating in good order,
Lmt making most excellent time,
liis route led him through a portion of
the Irish brigade. Here he saw a sight
that capped the climax of horror. A
of tltnf. dnvntfid brioade was
aimlessly stumbling around with both
pyes shot out, begging someone, "for the
love of God," to put an end to his misery.
A lieutenant of the Fourth New York
was passing by, and, seeing the poor
fellow's condition and hearing his
appeal, he halted before him and asked
if he really meant what he said.
"Oh, yes, comrade," was the reply,
"I cannot possibly live and my agony
is unendurable. *
"Without another word the officer drew
his pistol, placed it to the victim's right
car, turned away his head, and pulled
the trigger. A lialf-wheel, a convulsive
gasp, and one more unfortunate had
passed over to the silent majority.
"It was better thus," said the lieutenant,
replacing his pistol and turning
toward the writer, "for the poor fellow
could?"
Just then a solid shot took the lieutenant's
head off, and the "subsequent
proceedings interested him no more."?
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Ttnwln Arisrht.
A frowning face or unkind word may
shroud a whole household in gloom the
entire day, while cheery smiles, like brilliant
sun rays, Jill the atmosphere with
glowing warmth ;ind happiness. Let us
cultivate the habit of good humor and
sing with the poet:
"Dark clouds away and welcomo day;
With night wo banish sorrow.
Sweet air, blow soft; mount, lark, aloft,
To give my lovo good-morrow."
NEWS SUMMARY.
Fnstern and Middle States*
Geoiu;e J. Sciimidlin, mirier sentence of
death for murdering Frank Ileilz, committed
suicide by hanging himself in his cell in the
Milfonl (Penn.) prison.
Mivh feeling is manifested in tho coal region
of l'emisylvnnia at the heavy importation
of foreigners, who are employed tr,
work in the mines. Largely attended meetings
have l>een held to denounce the course of
the railroad and mining corjK)rations for
bringing this element into the coal country.
Secret societies are being formed to drive the
foreigners from the districts.
The assignee of Grant <fc Ward, the suspended
New York brokers, has made an official
statement of tho firm's afruirs. Tho liabilities
are $I(!,7!fcJ,<>47.7'2. Tlie nominal assets
are $27,i:!0,0DS.o0; the actual assats, $U7,174.3H.
Many bams and sheds were destroyed,
fruit trees ruined and much damage to corn
and tobacco crops was done by a terrific rain
and wind storm in the region surrounding
Litiz, Penn. Tho loss is estimated at $50,000,
Adam Hraukxder. president of the suspended
Erie savings bank, of Eric, i'enn., was
arrested on tho charge of embezzling $1">0,01
Kl of the institution's funds, and committed
in default of $100,000 bail.
South and Went.
Miss Floyd, of California, while riding in
a twenty-mile race at Butte, Montana, was
thrown from her horse and fatally injured.
During tlio progress of the rar e the roof and
the foundations of the grand stand suddenly
gave way, precipitating 5(H) j>eople twenty i
feet. One boy was killed and a dozen persons
injured, two fatally.
Much damage has been done to proi>erty in
portions of Iowa, Missouri and Illinois by severe
wind storms. At Sioux City, Iowa, several
structures, including a large brick plow
factory, were wi ecked. At Ricli Hill, Mo., a I
brick church and other buildings were ruined, j
and in Central Illinois many buildings wore ;
entirely or partly destroyed.
Miss Kate Shelby who saved a railroad j
train from certain destruction at the risk of !
her life, three years ago, has just been pre- |
seated with a gold medal by the Iowa legisla- ,
ture, in recognition of her bravery. Tho
presentation was made at Ogden in presence
of a large assemblage.
Two young ladies?Miss Williams and Miss I
Gibson, both prominent residents of Rich
mond?while bathing at Fortress Monroe,
were earned out by tho undertow and
drowned.
Tfie Bank of Mobile, established at Mobile,
Ala., in 1818, has made an assignment.
A fight between cattle men and Uto In- |
dians in Eastern Utah resulted in tho killing j
of four redskins and the wounding of two !
whites.
A kike which broke out in a Toledo (Ohio)
lumber yard spread over twelve acres and i
burned up twenty million feet of lumber. !
Estimated loss, $o50,(K)0.
Washington^
Further nominations by the President: '
(.'lenient Carpenter, 01 umo, to w secretary
of legation of tho United States to Chili;!
Chapman Coleman to he first secretary of legntion
of the United States at Pekin, China; '
Chester Holcomb, secretary of legation and
consul-general at Bogota; Edwin Dan to bo !
second secretary of legation of the United :
states at Tokei. Consuls?Charles Einstein, ,
of New York, to be consul of the United :
States at Zurich; Horatio N. Beach, consul-general
in Equador; W. H. Frye. consul !
at Lambaysiuue; H. H. Leavitt, of Ohio, at j
Managua; George Scott, of Nebraska, at J
Odessa; Fulton Paul, at Bucharest; John j
Schroeder, at San Jose, Costa Rica; J. R. !
Smith, of Mississippi, at Ascencion; Gilbert I
Robertson, of New York, at Vervier and j
Liege; George C. Tanner, of South Carolina, |
Tegquiciqualpa; H. Remson White- j
house, of !sew York, secretary of le;ra- j
tion and consul-general to Guatemala; Riih- j
ard K. Neil, of Pennsylvania, secretary of j
legation at Lima; E. Pierrepont, of New |
York, secretary of legation of the United 1
States at Rome. To be commissioners for tho ]
district of Alaska; Mottram D. Ball, of
Alaska, to resido at Sitka; Henry States, of
Oregon, to reside at Juneau City; George P. !
Ihric, of Alaska, to reside at "V\ rangel; John i
G. Brady, of Alaska, to resido at Oona- j
laska.
Congressman* Randall states that tho j
whole amount of appropriations for tho ex- j
penscs of the government for the last fiscal
year was $'i39,187.01)0.90, and tho -whole ,
amount appropriated directly for the current i
fiscal year $180,100,477.01.
Just previous to the adjournment of Con- !
gress the Senate, in executive session, con- j
firmed a large number of the President's nom- I
inations.
The President nominated on the last day of
the session, and the Senate confirmed Jar vis
Patten, of Maine, as commiosicnor of unrigs
tiOEL
Foreljfri.
Dn. Koch, the heart of the Berlin cholera
commission, who is investigating the disease
in France, rejjorts tliut the cholera at Toulon
is Asiatic, from the extreme East Ho j
found the same microbes there as wero |
found in Egypt and India. The intestines j
being the seat of danger, fumigation |
is useless. He said: "The cholera will reach
Germany. It will go everywhere. Having j
a center like Toulon it must spread." At j
Marseilles and Toulon the disease was on the j
increase, and at the latter place the cemetery 1
was kept open all night to allow the speedy I
burial of those who died from the disease.
France demands $50,000,CO I indemnity \
from China for the recent firing by Chinese
troops upon a French fo: co in Tonquin.
General Igf.esias has resigned the presidency
of Peru, and a new election for president,
vic e-president and members of congress
has been ordered.
Ninety per cent, of the cholera victims at
Marseilles are women. Eighteen hundrod |
persons left the city in one day.
The national division of tho Sons of Temperance
of America opened their fortieth
session at Halifax, N. S. The report showed a
total membership of 00,570.
A Paris dispatch says that "although tho
epidemic, does not appear to bo abating in intensity
in Toulon and Marseilles, the cholera
scare is fast dying < mt in Paris and all parts
of Franco which are not in the vicinity of tho
Mediterranean coast. In fact, all the indications
seem now to show that there is little
fear of the disease spreading over Franco as
far as Paris and the Atlantic ports."
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS.
Senate.
Mr. Logan made a speech and produced letters
and documents to disprove recent statements
made in the House that he is a heavy
land owner The inter-state commerce bill
was postponed until December.... The conference
report on the fortification bill was agreed
to... .1" urthcr consideration of the bill to prohibit
the importation of foreign labor under
contract was, on the motion of Mr. Brown,
JJUM|MJ1K*U till LH?fUlIIBJUI~ 11.
The Senate continued in session all night and
a part of Sunday trying to come to an agreement
on the various appropriation bills.
The Senate receded from its amendment to
the naval appropriation bill... .On motion of
Mr. Bayard a vote of thanks was given to
Mr. Edmunds for the ability, courtesy and
impartiality with which he had performed
the duties of the president pro tempore
Mr. Allison, chairman of the appropriation
committee, summarized the work of Congress
on the appropriation bills. He said the whole
amount of this year's bills in excess of last
was $?j,0(>0. (XX). The excess arose largely
from the fact that last your we had no
river ami harbor bill, while this year that
bill amounted to $14,000,000. The total
appropriations this year were 201,(>S7.13.
In respect to one or two features
of the naval bill this amount was
estimated, but the variation would probably
be less than S'.'00,000 from the amount he hail
mentioned. This aggregate did not include
renppropriations, which for pensions alone
this year amounted to ?<<0,000,000, raising the
aggregate to SiVJJiO 1,067. US. After a few
remarks by Mr. Edmunds the Senate adI
journed for the session at:?o'clock i\ M.
llOllttC.
The committee on elections reported that fx.
II. Craig was entitled to the seat from the
Fourth Alabama district, now occupied byC.
M. Shelley. Laid over for future action.
Another rejxtrt from the committee confirming
the right of Martin Maginuis to a seat as
delegate from Montana was agreed to
I The conference committee on tin* consular
] and diplomatic appropriation Mil reitorted
j that of the 107 amendments placed on the bill
1 by t lie Senate the conference committee had
| reached an agreement on all except three.'
| One of these was that appropriating ??>!),000
j to meet the exjwnses of foreign intercourse;
the other two have reference to the appointmont
of a commission to ascertain the l)est
mode of securing more intimate international
and commercial relations between the United
States and the countries of Central and South
America. The bill, as far as agreed upon,
appropriated $I,1W,.S!H>, an increase of
l 1-0 over the appropriation as it passed the
IIous^... The House refused to recede from
i its disagreement to the ??>0,00) amendment,
j It receded, however, from its disagreement to
i the other matter in dispute.
The House session was continued through
Saturday night and a part of Sunday. Sll
th;* appropriation bills except the naval bill
were disposed of,the conference committees of
both bouses having come to an agreement.
The House concurred in the Senate amendment
to the adjournment resolution fixing the
hour of linal adjournment at 2 i\ m. But a
few moments before 2 the hands of the clock
were turned back live minutes to permit the
reception of a message from the Senate announcing
the adoption of a resolution postponing
the hour of adjournment until 3
o'clock. The resolution was agreed to
Messrs. Randall, Turner of.Georgia, and His|
cock, who were appointed a committee to wait
| upon the President and ascertain whether ho
i had any further communications to make
I .... ?.L.. tf t ?,1 ?!...? .. ?,]
! U* tliu |n;iiuiiui/-l( tnuv \utvj, c*ui* imJ
nouiu'cd tlint the President had no furj
thor communication to make A
I l>ill was passed increasing the pension
of soldiers who lost an arm at the suoulder
joint to Ihe amount received by those who
lost a log at the hip joint At 3 P. M. the
House adjourned without clay, and the first
session of the Forty-seventh Congress was at
au end.
LATER MEWS.
Four persons were Imructl to death, four
! others liailly injured, two it is believed fatally,
ami ten buildings were destroyed by
| fire in Hradford, Penn. Tlio ituiiio liate <load
i comprised Mrs. lteibly, lier two young chil
drenand a Swedish girl.
Hermann Bruhoeman, n postoflico clerk,
deteeted in stealing stamps, admitted his
guilt.
Three United States prisoners were executed
at Fort Smith, Ark., for murders committed
in the Indian Territory?Thomas L.
| Thompson, a white man; John Davis, a fulli
blooded Choctaw Imlian, and Jack Womanj
killor, alias Gal Catcher, a full-blooded Cheroi
> #v.. .1 T7,l.Alt*..,..,
j Kin?. \Jl\ (IIU KUIIU UUJ JJUUUIU /iiwuuu uiiV4
I Charles Malskey wore hanged at Warrensburg,
Mo., for murdering a young German.
Tub secretary of the interior requested the
secretary of war to cause tho arrest of Cap!
tain Payne and such of his party (reported to
number 1,">00 or 2,000} now upon the Cherokee
outlet lands of the Indian Territory, in violation
of law.
In the British house of commons, in a
bate on the franchise question, Lord Ilandolp
Churchill accused Mr. Gladstone of using
private communications with which to traduce
his opponents. A lively sceno was the
result.
The Mexican government offer a bonus of
$(>0 for each Chinese laborer landed at
Guyamas.
THE NATIONAL GAME. J
Millioan*, one of the catchers with the
Athletic club, is a littlo over six feet high.
Columbus has only lost two championship
games on their own grounds this season.
The Providences liavo now participated in
ten, fourteen, fifteen ami sixteen inning
games without losing one.
It is not likely that Chicago will be represented
in tho national league next season, as
they will not have tho Latce Front grounds.
The Chicago nine is considered the-highest
salaried team in the national league; Now
York next, then Providence, Philadelphia, j
Boston, Cleveland, Buffalo and Detroit in the
order named.
Thk Providence-Detroit fourteen inning
I^axiiu ui u 11111s ^ i, ux iii^n iaj liiuux ouu iw^u uuu,u
these same clubs, on August 1(5, 1862, with
"Ward and Weldmnn in the box, played
seventeen innings without a run being scored.
In the eighteenth inning Radboume made a
lucky hit and won the game for the I'rovi- I
dence.
Facts about the league champions:?Hornung
is the richest man in the team; his age
is twenty-soven. A Vise is the heaviest; weight,
195. Sutton is the light-weight at 155. Morrill
is the best looking. Morrill, Burdock,
Hines, Hackett, Crowley, Manning and Barrett
are Irish. Horaung and Wise are German.
Buffinton, Sutton and Whitney are of
American parentage. - Sutton is the only
church member ana he lives up to his professions
of religion. All the Boston players are
married, except Buffinton, Hackett, Hiues,
Manning, Clowley and Wise. Sutton is tho
oldest man in the team?thirty-four. Hines
is the youngest?twenty.
The tenth week of tho Leaguo championship
contest closed with tho Boston
nino in tho van, the record of the different
clubs being as follows:
Club*. Won. Lost. Clubs. Won. Lost,
Boston 33 11 Chicago 24 26
Providence 36 14 Philadelphia 10 33
NewYork 31 20 Cleveland 20 49
Buffalo 25 23 | Detroit 11 40
The twelve clubs of tho American association
stood as follows at tho end of the tenth
week's play.
Clubs. Won. Lost. \ Clubs. Won. Lost.
Louisville....31 13 | Athletic. 26 21
Metropolitan.31 15 Btooklyn 2t 25
Columbus 31 16 Toledo 16 31
Cincinnati....29 16 I Pittsburgh ...13 34
Bt. I^ouis 23 17 j Indiaunpolts.. 12 33
Baltimore....21 IT | Washington.. 8 35
In the Eastern Leaguo race tho Harrisburg
nine have disbauded. Wilmington team still
held the lead:
Clubn. Won. Lost. | Clubs. Hon. Lost.
Wilmington....!I3 S | Nnwark 15 21
Trenton 20 is | Allcniown 13 it
Virginia 21 is Ilarrisbiinr. Disbanded
Reading 15 15 | MonumctiulTlirown out
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
John E. Owens will raiumtf acting in the
fall.
" AubOtfl to Eksio in Lohengrin has mud* a
sensation in London.
Madame NilS50X and Theodora Thomas
the conductor, huvo sailed for Europe. "
Mrs. Langtry will play in England till
the end of the year. She returns to America
January 1, I8S0.
It is proboblo that Miss Emma Abbott will
open her next season of English opera in New j
York in October.
It is rather surprising to hear that an English
opera company is playing in Turin, Italy,
with great succees.
Mr. Carl Rosa has secured all the rights
of representation of M. Jules Massenet's
"Mauon-' in England, and the work will be
brought out in Liverpool at Christmas.
Gertrude Griswold, a niece of Bret
Harte, has made her debut at Covent Garden,
London, as "Marguerits" in Gounod's
"Faust," and great success is predicted for
her.
A prize of 100 marks for tho best cradlo
song recently brought out 280 compositions
from German housewives and daughters.
Tho prize was-a warded a Miss Marie Bluhm,
of Berlin.
Madame Trfbelli will return to this
country in September. She has accepted
several important engagements in oratorio
an<1 concerts for next season, ami will also go
011 .1 concert tour in conjunction with M.
Musin and other artists.
Madame Patti has signed an agreement to
sing in America next season, according to
London Truth, and will sail 111 November for
New York. The terms are ?4,000 for eadi
/v-innort- nnH nil hor Bxnensas. SS.O.H) down
and $15,000 in October. She demands $50,000
security before sho sings.
BULL FIGHT IN KANSAS.
Amusement for ll?u Cowboys and
Residents ? !' D?il?o
Tbi first Mexican bull fight on American
soil occurred at Dodge City, Kansas, on Indo
pcndence day. A largo number of visitors
by the trains east and west and 500 cowboys
were present. The fight occurred
at tho fair grounds in an arena 10Q
feet in diameter, enclosed by a
fenco eight feet high, provided with
eight escapes and two ladders. There wero
j five bull fighters and four animals. The first
' bull ushered into tho ring made only
a fair light, furnishing over a half
hour's s<>-called amusement. Tho second
was too' quiet, and, showing no spirit,
; was withdrawn. The third pranced into
the ring, throwing up clouds of dust.
After being angered by several sjiear
thrusts, he made mn ters very lively, and
when lie was exluiusted was lassoed and
dragged from the ring. The fourth proved a
failure, and the crowd demanded (ho first
bull, which was returned to the ring. After
a brisk fight and much charging, the picador
, gave mm a lauu turusr. wan ins lance and no
I fell dead. One of tlio matadors was scvoroly
I injured about the. ribs in the final encounter,
and perhaps fatally injured. The crowd was
greatly excited during the progress of the exhibition.
There were 4,000 persons present.
| PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Empress Eugenie's nioinoirs will be published
soon in both French and English.
Tiie Prince of Wales is reported to lie in
bail health, and leading aquiet life near Dork:
ing.
Secretary Chandler is said to give more
, attention to society than any oilier member
of the cabinet He has been to all the evening
parties.
' Howard Vincent, the chief of the Scotland
yard detectives, who recently ma l ied
the beautiful Lady Gladys Lonsdale, will
probably enter parliament.
Guitkau's sister, Mrs. Scoville, is said to
1h> canvassing Pennsylvania selling pictures,
i her object being, she says, to raise money to
j prosecute her brother's murderers.
The widow of Gcnend George H. Thomas
I has purchased a building site in Washington,
and will erect a residence this summer, exlK'cting
3o make that city her poruiauent
home.
Oliver Wendell Holmes and Mr. Howells,
the author, aro to bo neighbors in Huston,
Mr. Howells having bought a house a
lew doors from that of Dr. Holmes on the
lower part of Beacon street.
The wife and family of General Sheridan
will spend the summer in Manchester. -Mass..
nml the general will join them there after
making a tour of inspection among the military
posts along tho lower lakes aud tho Atlantic
coast.
NEWSY GLEANINGS*
There were forty-four deaths from starvation
in London last year.
Tiie births ill Spain during 1SS4 numbered
and the deaths 418,(j?'kj.
j Colorado has to buy o.injo worth of
1 grnin every year for cattle feed.
The lessees of the sea islands otf tli - Alaska
coast pay ?!U<>,0()() yearly to the government
The Shoshone Indians, at their annual l'es'
tival recently, danced for three days and
I nights without stopping.
The converts to Christianity in Japan the
past year exceeded in numtier tho converts of
the previous twenty years.
About 17,00(),ihk) pounds of licorice, nearly
all that is used in this country, is manufactured
by one linn in Connecticut.
AT CHICAGO.
I Details of the National Democratic
Convention.
The Nominees Grover Cleveland ant?
Thomas_A, Hendricks.
Democratic Nominee for President.
FIRST DAY'S I'HOtKEDIlVGS.
[On the afternoon preceding tlio opening of
the National Democratic convention in Chlcago
a meeting of the New York delegation
was held for the purj>oso of obtaining tlio
delegates1 views as to the choice of a presidential
candidate. Interest centered in the
New York delegation on account of the division
among its members regarding the availability
of Governor Cleveland as a candidate.
A minority of the members, le:l by the Tammany
Hall delegates, were opposed to Governor
Cleveland, and were determined to make
en effort to prevent the enforcement of the
unit rule, which provided that the vote of th?
delegation should be cast in convention for
the candidato selected by a majority of its
members. An informal ballot on the delegates
choice for a presidential candidato showed
that Cleveland had 40 votes; Flower, 23: Tilden,
1; Bayard, 1, and Thurman 1. Upon
formal ballot the vote resulted: Cleveland,
47; Slocum, 15; Bayard, 9; Flower, 1. A
resolution was then offered that the chairman
of the delegation l>e instructed to present
Governor Cleveland's name to the convention,
; and that the chairman cast the 72 votes of
New York for hini until further orders. The
resolution was opposed by Messrs. Kelly and
i Grady, and advocated by Colonel Fellows. It
was finally passed by 151 yeas against
11 nays. Upon a ballot being taken sixtyone
votes were cast in favor of the enforcement
of the unit rule and eleven votes against
such enforcement. The resolution was
amended at Mr. Grady's request, and by its
provisions Uhnirnian Manning was directed !
to announce upon the call of States that the .
Saratoga convention instructed the delegates
to vote as a unit; that a vote having been
taken for choice of candidates, forty-nino
favored Cleveland and twenty-three delegates
had other preferences and were divided
between Flower, Bayard and S locum.]
The following is an authentic copy of a
communication to Mr. Barnuin, the chairman
of the national committee, from Mr. Tilden,
dated ut Greystone-on-the-Hudson, and made
public on the"eve of the convention:
To the Hon. William H. 11amum,Chicago,
III.?I have received your telegram informing
me of the disposition to nominate mo for
I the presidency, and asking, "Will you accept
a unanimous nomination from the convention?"
and also a telegram from Mr. Manning,
saying, "It seems absolutely necessary that |
you (I) should answer Barnum's telegram as j
soon as possil le."
Your inquiry was explicitly answered in j
the negative by my lettor of June 10 to Mr. |
Manning. * S. J. Tiluen*.
Fifteen thousand people were present at tho ;
' opening of the National Democratic convon- i
tion, held in the vast hall at Chicago occupied !
a month previous by the National Republican :
convention. The hall was <lecorated with
flags, and a band of music performed before j
the opening of the convention.
At 12:40 ex-?Sen'ator Banmm, chairman of i
the national committee, rapped the convention
to order.Prayer was offered by the
Rev. Mr. Marquis. Chairman Barnum than
said that harmony roomed to prevail throughout
the party, audit wantheir intention to
nominate a ticket that would harmonize tho
country oisure victory in November. In
the selection made bv tho national committee
of a temporary chairman, it had brni guided
by a desire to have an impartial officer. Such
a man was Governor Richard B. Hubbard, of
Texas, whom the committee had elected chairman
unanimcndv. The selection was ratifle<l
by the convention, and Governor Hubbard
was escorted to the stnge by A. S. Hewitt, of
New York, Senator Jones, of Louisiana, and
George T. Barnes, of Georgia.
Governor Hubbard mado an address in
which he said that there was never a time !
when the Democrats had so good a chance for j
success as the present; deprecated the bloodyshirt
cry of the Republicans; declared the !
Democrats would reform affa'rs, and urged
I that whatever candidates were nominated
j should be supported loyally.
General Smalley, of Vermont, next offered
a resolution which was adopted by the nationrl
committee, that the rules of the previous
conventions rule this convention, with this
difference, that in voting for candidates for
President and Vice-President, no State be allowed
to change the vote until the roll of all
the States was called.
Senator Grady, of New York, offered an
amendment that when the vote of any State
' was announced it could be challenged and the
roll called by individuals; that the vote as so
announced by individuals should be recorded |
as the vote of the delegates.
Debates on Mr. Grady's proposed amendment
followed. Messrs. John Kelly, Grady
and Cockran, all of New York, ami others
favored the amendment, and Messrs. Fellows
and Jacobs, of New York,and others.opposed
its adoption. When debate hail ceased a voto
by States was taken, with the following result:
Total numlter of votes cast, yeas,
332; nays, Mi1. Grady's amendment was
therefore lost, and the original resolution was
adopted unanimously, after which the convention
adjourned until II a. m. the follow- ,
ing day.
SECOND DAYrS I'HOCEEDIIVtiS. |
The convention,crowded to suffocation,was i
opened with prayer by th:t Right Reverend j
. Bishop McLaren, of tin- diocese ot ( nungo. j
Petitions wore present! d a king; f* v ;i hear- |
ing for the Irish n;i!i >n;i! lvalue; <ie oimc.ug j
the lulinr convict system, favoring the eight
hour lnw nnd :i labor statistic bureau; reduc1
tion of taxation to a revenue basis; aguinst
polygamy: against the acquisition of'larga
tracts ofpublic lands by corporations; for reform
in the civil service by making postmasters
elective; for a systematic reduction
of taxes; providing that, in case of the death
of candidates for president, and \ L'e-pri sident,
the chairman shall call together the 1
convention again to fill the vacancy: for the j
rejx'al of all legislation which under Repub- j
liean rule, litis tendered to pauperize labor;
for a constitutional amendment making
the presidential term of office six years, 1
and to limit the disposal of the public'
lands to actual sett lei's in quantities of not ;
more than Hit) acres each. Finally a resolu-!
1 tion was adopted to refer all such projiositions :
without being road. Under that rule several
anti-Chinese and tariff reform resolutions
' were referred, being only ea 1 by their titles, j
The report of the commit t-e on permanent
: organization was then made. The name of
W. F. Vilas, of Wisconsin, being presented as j
| president, with a list of vice presidents (ono j
from each State) and several secretaries nn 1
assistants, it. was < rdered that the secretaries
and clerks of the temporary organization be j
continued under the i>ormaucnt organization. :
i ino lojioiT was unanimously auopreu, a id
Thomas A. Hendiicks. (if Indiana: W. W. i
i Armstrong, of Ohio: W. H. Parsons, of
; Georgia; John A. Hendrrson, of Texas: I
John A. Day, of Missouri: William Sparks,
of Illinois, nml Smith M. Weed, of Now York,
were appointed to escort Colonel Vilas to the i
chair.
Upon taking tlie eliair Colonel Vilas was '
greeted with great applause, and made an
t address in which he returned thanks for the. i
i honor clone him?not rs a recognition of him- j
I self, hut of tin* young Democracy of tin1
, Northwest.
! At the conclusion of Mr. Vilas' address, Mr. 1
Snowdi n. of Pennsylvania, offered a resolu- j
tion for the call of the ro'l of States and for 1
the placing in nomination of candidates for j
President, and Vice-President. Motions to re- |
j for the resolution to th? committee on plat'
form, and to adjourn until tin* next day were j
lost. A motion to lay Mr. Snow-den's resolution
on th" tabic was voted upon by States, '
and resulted in the negative l?y ii'21 nays to !
5JS2 yeas. "When New York's seventy-two .
votes were aniu unced in the negative Mr. I
Graily challenge I 111" vote amid great upro ir
and tried to pr. s lit the original tally. The
chairman decided that he must accept the ;
vote ot New Vi j\: as a unit. An amendment ,
was adopted to Mr. Nnowden's resolution that
no vote should be taken on the Diminutions
until after the adoption of the platform. Mo- '
: tions to adjourn were voted down, and at '.I
I P. M. the call of States tor nominations for
President began.
When Delaware was called there was an
' outbreak of cheers. After the uproar had j
subsided Mr. (ieorge <!rav, of Delaware, ,
made a speech proposing lion. Thomas F.
Bayard, of Delaware, as the Democratic can- i
didate for President The speaker paid a high
tribute to Senator Bayard's abilit v ami in tec
rity, ami wouiul tip by prophcsyingtlmt Bayart)'s
name would still the voire of friction,
that lie would "carry every doubtful State,
and make those Stales doubtful that never
were doubt ful before."
I When Kentucky was reached lion. James |
| A. MeKen/.i- nominated Speaker James (}. i
I Carlisle in a speech highly eulogistic of that !
gentleman.
When Massachusetts was called it was exported
that Benjamin 1'. Butler'.-. 11 una would
1)0 presented; but u member oi tho delegation
announced that Massachusetts had no name '
to present at that time.
General Hooker, of Mississippi seconded
Bayard's nomination.
When Indiana was called Hon. Thomas A.
Hendricks came forward and presented tho
name of Hon. Joseph E. McDonald, whoso
name was greeted with great applause. Mr. 1
Hendricks concluded his remarks l>y paying '
4 hich tribute to Mr. McDonald, whose nomination
was seconded by General Black, of
Illinois.
At tho conclusion of Gernr.il Bhck's remirks
a delegate from California, which had
b'en temporarily panel when its name was
c.illed, suid that the State wan ready to pre- j
k Tit a nominee, and Hon. John W. IJrecken- \
ridge printed the name of ex-Senator Allen
(4. Thurman, of Ohio, in a speech in wliHi h
slid: "Of all tli-j lionond anl illustrious
inmes which have been and shall lie presented
for tin? (O'lsid'-rntion of this convention, there
are lion" which lie nearer th crreat heart of i
tie Anici'icnn people than that loft}- an I in- j
trepid statesman's, who, form >re than twenty ,
veal's lins h.-en the lioldi stand ablest advocate
of Democratic doctrine and Democratic principles."
General Durbin Ward, of Ohio, seconded
the nomination of Senator Thurman.
Kx-Co:igressman Lock wood arose when
New York tvns called, amid great applause,
and presented the name of Governor Graver
Cleveland. The speaker eulogized Governor
Cleveland, saying that his name would draw
the independent votci's of the country, that
lie could give the Democrat ic party the thirty- j
six electoral votes of New York, and that he |
could "by his purity of character, by his I
purity of administration, by his fearless and I
undaunted courage to do right, bring to the j
Democratic party more votes than can any- ;
body else."
Mnvor Carter Harrison, of Chicago, and
Riclu.rd A. Jones, of Minnesota, next made
speeches, seconding the nomination of Graver ]
Cleveland. When they bad concluded, Mr.
Gradj, of New York, obtained the platform, j
amid great confusion and excitement, and
made a speech, asserting that Mr. Cleveland
could not carry the State of New York, and
that the laboring classes and the nnti-Monop- j
oly league of New York would oppose Mr.
Cleveland. Much confusion and cxcitement
prevailed during the delivery of Grady's
speech, and General Bragg, of Wisconsin, j
raised the point of order that the business of
the convention was the nominating not the
attacking of candidates. At the request of
Mr. Manning, chairman of the New York
delegation, Mr. Grady received unanimous
consent to finish his remarks.
Mr. Cockran, of New York, followed Mr.
Grady in a speech seconding the nomination
nf Senntnr Thnrinan. and attacking Governor
Cleveland, who, the speaker asserted, could
not carry New York. The speaker was called
to order by General Bragg, amid great excitement,
but ?vas allowed to proceed.
Mr. Apgar, of New "iork, followed Mr.
Cockran in a speech defending Cleveland's
nomination. The speaker said that the present
opposition to Cleveland was Tammany's
fight on Tilden In 1876 over again, only that
Cleveland stood in the place of Tilden now.
There were 600,000 Democrats, 580,000 Hepublicans
and 100,000 votes outside of both
parties in New York. That State, Mr. Apgnr
said, would be carried by the man who
got the independent vote, anil that man was
Cleveland.
After Mr. Apgar's speech, upon motion of
Governor Palmer, of Illinois, the convention
adjourned until 10:30 a. m. the next morning.
THIRD DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
Chairman Vilas called the convention to
order and introduced Rev. Doctor Laramore,
of Chicago, to open the session with praytr.
Nominations for presidential candidates
under the call of States was continued as unfinished
business of the previous (lay. When
Missouri was reached General C. G. Manser
seconded the nomination of Thurman.
Thomas G. Powell, of Ohio, followed, nominating
Governor Hoadly. He said the brilliant
reio.'d of the great State of Ohio would
be maintained with the candidate he presented
?Governor Hoadly.
"When Pennsylvania was called ex-Senator
"Wallace nominated Samuel J. Randall, saying
he had a luminous record and that no intimidation
had ever wavered him in the pursuit
of his duty. Mr. Randall's nomination
was seconded by Governor Ahbett, of New
Jersey, who saiu that Randall's record was
stainless, and that he would sweep New Jersey
like a cyclone.
Hon. John Cummings, of Massachusetts,
next seconded the nomination of Bayard.
He was followed by Senator Hampton, who
said that South Carolina had no candidate,
and by Leroy P. Youmans, also of South
Carolina, who seconded Bayard's nomination.
F. M. Rose, of Arkansas, anrl Mr. Delany,
of Mississippi, followed in speeches
seconding Cleveland's nomination.
General Bragg, of Wisconsin, took the platform
and seconded Cleveland's nomination. I
He said he voiced the choice of the young j
men of Wisconsin and of the West in seconding
the namo of the great governor of New |
York. They loved him most for the enemies j
he has made. (Great Apnlau.se.)
Mr. Grady, of New York, sprang to his
fe?t and Raid In behalf of the governor's ene- I
mies he reciprocated that hatred Great confusion
followed. General Bragg said sucb ac- j
tion on the part of a senator was a disgrace.
(Often, hisses and confifldon.) General Bragg,
pointing to Grady, said his labor had been on '
the crank of the machine. (Renewed cheers I
and confusion.) He said the party had fol- i
lowed tho old leaders to itsdeatn, and it aske 1 j
a new and young man to lead it, possessing
life and blood
Henry O. Kent, of New Hampshire, and
Senator Doolittle. of Wisconsin, took the
cim-nnd t.hp nomination of Cleve
car . i
The roll-call was at this point c ompleted. j
Governor Waller, of Connecticut, took the
platform by consent, and seconded the nomination
of Cleveland in an eloquent speech,
after which the convention took a recess until
8 p. M.
Tlie evening spssion began at 8:25. Mr.
Henry, of Mississippi, introducing resolution*
expressing both admiration and regret at the
recent "statesmanlike and patriotic letter of !
Samuel J. Tilden," and conaeming '"the fraud !
and violence by which Tilden and Hendricks '
were cheated out of their offices in 1870."
The resolutions wero adopted unanimously.
The national committee and a committee to |
wait upon the nominees and notify them of
their nomination were next reported.
Mr. Morrison, of Illinois, chairman of the !
committee on resolutions presented the plat-j
form, which was rea i. General Butler followed
with a minority report It was read,
and a speech favoring its adoption made by i
Butler. Congressman Converse, of Ohio, and
Henry Watterson, of Kentucky, followed in
speeches favoring the adoption of the majority
report. The vote on General Butler's substitute;
resulted in !>7yt yeas to 714i nays. Senator
Voorhees said that he wished specially to
have his vote recorded in the affirmative. The
platform was then adopted with a few dissenting
votes.
Mr. Jenkins, of Wisconsin, now proposed
that the convention ballot for a presidential
candidate. A scene of great excitement and
uproar followed, General Butler leaving the
hall, and a motion to take a recess being defeated.
The motion to ballot havi ng prevailed,
a vote by States was taken with the following
result:
Cleveland 3!Ri
Bayard 170
CU
Thurnmn *:
Rniula'l 78
McDonald S'?
Carlisle ~T
Flower 4
Hoadly :!
Tilden 1
Hendricks 1
Total vote ? K-0
Necessary to a < hoice 517
Amid trem ndous excitement a motion to
adjourn was lost, by 404 yeas to 41*2 nays; hut
soon after, at 1:20 a. m.," ujk n motion of Mr.
Manning, of Mw York, I li'convention adjourned
until 10 a. m.
FOI'HTIB DAY'S l'HO( i:K?l.\?;s.
The convention was called to order at 11
o'clock, and nra.ver was ottered by the Rev.
Dr. Clinton Locke, of firace church, Chicago.
Uj>on motion of a Pennsylvania delegate,
the convention pioceeded to a second ballot.
Then Mr. Snowdcn, of Pennsylvania, with
thanks to those who had voted for Samuel ,J.
Randall, withdrew that gentleman's name.
Theeall of States was proceeded with and when
Illinois was readied that Stato < ast one vote
for Hendricks. Here tlov suddenly broke
out u scene of wild, gem ml, and enthusiastic
cheering and waving of hats, fans, and handkerchiefs.
It was impossible for the chair to
suppress it, although he tried. Most of the
delegates and s]H.*ctatoi"s took part in it.
It was renewed again and again, and
finally the band joined in the demonstration
with "Hail Columbia" and other patriot i
aii-s. At the end of a quarter.of an hour.
and wliilo the uproar was nt its lieignt, \ oorhees
mounted tl:o platform nutl announced
that at the request of the Indiana delegation
lie withdrew the name of Joseph E. McDonald
fortho purpose, at a proper time, of casting
the vote of Indiana for Thomas A. Hendricks.
This renewed the cheering, which wits
kei)t up for several minutes longer.
Illinois gave Cleveland W, (a gain of 10),
Bayard :>, McDonald I, Hendricks '.I. Here
the friends of Cleveland cheered tumultuously
at the gain in his vole.
toon alter the 1'ennsylvania delegation
asked leave to withdraw, anil the balloting
continued, with furilfr changes, principally
in favor of Clevciii'id and Hendricks. The
roll lieing coit'-hidi"!. I Vnnsylvnnin was called |
for, and the chairman announced for Cleveland
4-. Hendricks II. Ilandnll 4, Bayard 'J,
Thurman 1. (?reat cheers from Cleveland's
friends greeted this vote. The total ballot
was found to he: Cleveland, 47.">; Bayard, !
no'.f; Hendricks, lsMjtj: Tlmriuan. <*>: Kan- |
dall, McDonald, i!; Tilden, l.'. Several |
changes were made, North Carolina transferring
Tier votes front Bayard to Cleveland,
ivtu.i-i.nl- ti a *|. was treat cheering and excite
inent; Virginia followed "|?y giving I
~.'l votes to Cleveland ami 1 for Hen- '
dricks. Otla-r changes followed until
Clevelniul liail the necessary twothirds
vote?~?-47. At this point, the cheering
was deafening. An nnelior of (lowers was ,
carried to the New York delegation, and a
stuffed eagle was carried ill procession. The
txinil struek up more imtriolie airs, and flans '
and banners were waved, and tin* excitement
reached a fever point. The result < f tiie re- j
vised second ballot. t?y which Cov. rnortirover
Cleveland, of N'ew York, n ived I
National lleniocialic it. :iiiu:iti<>11 lor 1'nsi
dent, was:
Cleveland I
Hnyard S| i
Hendrielcs 4'i^n !
rinirnian 4 ]
McDonald ^
uuidall -J
A motion mado by Monzies, of Indiana, in
behalf i)f Hen-li icks, to make the nom:nation
unanimous, was carried, anil a recess was
taken until "> r. M. At the evening session
tlio roll of .States to nominate candidates for
Vice-President was called. Rosecrans, of
California, M : Donald, of Indiana, Governor
Glick, of Kansas, anl General Black, of
Illinois, wen1 named. Finally, amid a
wild outburst of enthusiasm, Senator
Wallace, of Pennsylvania, nominated Thomas
A. Hendricks, of Indiana The names of the
olh?r candidates w.-re withdrawn, and the
nomination of Hendricks was earned unanimously
amid wild ch v,rs, the waving of banners
and singing of songs. Then, after a voto
of thanks had been given to the chairman and
other ofli'.'ers, the convention adjourned.
National Democratic Platform.
The Democratic party of tho Union, throneh its
re resentinlves in nation tl convention assembled,
r?<v gn: o< tha', as the nation grow# older, new Isgu
e are born of time and proven*, and old lg?ne?
pr?i. Hut the fundamental principles of the Dem
e:racy,nnnroved by the united voice of the people,
rj naln ana wil. ever remain as the best and only
saouitvfor the continuance of free government.
T c pre?wfrftlon of percoiial rights; the equality of
al clrlzen* before the law; the reserved rights of
t ie .Mates, and the 8 ipreinacy of the federal government.
whhln the limits of the constitution will
ev :r form the true b.^is of our liberties, and can
no;er be surrendered without destroying that balance
of rights and powers which citable* a contlnoat
to be developed in peace, and social ordor to
be maintained by means of local self-government.
But it is indlxnensable for the nractlcal aDDllcatlon
and enforcement of these fundamental "principles
th it the government should not always be controlled
by one political party. Frequent change of
a lmlnlMration is an nee- '^ary as constant recurrence
to the popular will. otherwise,abuses grow,
and the government, Instead of being carried on
for the general welfare, becomes an Instrnment
for Imposing heavy burdeDs on the many who are
governed, for the benefit of the few who govern.
Public servant)* thus become arbitrary ralers.
This is now the condition of the country; hence
a change is demanded.
The Republican party, so far as prlnclplo 1* concerned,
Li a reminisconce. In practice It is an organization
for enriching those who control its machinery.
The frauds and jobbery which have been
brought to lisjht in every department of the government
are sufficient to have called for reform within
th~* Republican party, yet those in authority, made
reckless by the long possession of power, have succumbed
to its corrupting influence and have placed
in nomination a ticket against which the independent
portion of the party are in open revolt 'i her>
fore. a change is demanded. Such a change was
alike necessary in 1876, but the will of tho people
waa then defeated by a fraud which can never be
forgot'en nor condoLed. Again, In I8S0, the change
demanded by the people was defea e 1 by the lavish
use of money contributed by unscrupulous conI
tractors and shameless jobb.-rs, who had bargained
for unlawful profits or high office. The Republican
party, during its legal, Its stolen, and its bought
tenures of power, nas steadily decayed In moral
character and political capacity. Its platform promises
are now a list of its past fall ire-. It demands
the restoration of onr navy?it has squandered hundreds
of millions to create a navy that does not
exist. It calls npon Congress to remove the burdens
under which American shipping has been depre jsed
?it imposed and has continued tho j Hardens. It
1 professes the policy of resen l:ig the pndlic lands
for small holdlugs oy actnal settler*?It has given
away the people's herltace till now a few railroad*
and non-resident aliens, lndivirin il and corporate,
possess a larger area than that of all our farm*
between the two sea*. Jtprofe a preference
for tree institutions?it or^aM ml au.l tried to legalize
a control of State election* by Fedora- troops. It
professes a desire to elevate lnl> >r -it hi* subjected
: American worklngmen to the competition
of conrict and imported rontrart labor. It
professes gratitude to all w!i" wen disabled or died
in the war, leaving widow." nn \ rphans- It left to a
Democratic House of Rijir * ut-ttlve* the first effort
to equalize both boun.i.-* and pensions. It
| proffers a pledge to correct the irregularities of our
tariff?it created and ha* continued them. Its own
| tariff commission confessed the need of more than
I twenty per cent, reduction?It* Congress gave a re:
dnction of le.-s than four per c?>nt. Itprofe-ses
: the protection of American manufactures?it has
[ subjected I hem to an Increasing Hood of mannfaci
tured good* and a hopeless competition with mana;
faclnring nations, not one of which taxes raw materials.
11 professes to protect all American Industries
?it has impoverished many to subsidize a few. It
professes tne protection of American labor?It his
depleted the returns of American Agrlcultnre, an
Industry followed by half our people. It professes
the equality of all men before the law attempting
to fix the status of colored citizens?the acts of Its
Congress were overset by the decisions af Its courts,
It "accepts anew the duty of leading in the work
of progress and reform"?its canght criminals are
permitted to escape through co.itrlved delays or
actnal connivance in the prosecution. Honeycombed
with corruption, outbreaking exposures no
longer shock its moral sense. Its honest members,
Its independent journals, no longer maintain a successful
contest for authority In Its councils or a
| veto upon bad nomination.*. That change is
! necessaty is proved by an existing surplus of
more than $100,000,000, which has yearly beer, collected
from a suffering people, rnnecctsary tax,
at.on is unjust taxation, we denounce the ftepnblican
party for having failed to relieve the people |
from crushing war taxes, which have paralyzed j
l business, crippled industry, and depriven labor of
employment and of Ju<t reward.
'I he Democracy pledge* Itself to purify the adInn
frnm rnrrnn*Inn. to restore eCODOUiy, I
to revive respect for law, and to reduce taxation to
t the Iowe?t limit consistent with due regard to the
preservation of the faith of the nation to It* creditors
and pengioueie. Knowing full well, however,
, that legislation affecting the operations of the
pe -pie shon'd oe cautious ana conservative in
metnod, not in advance of public opinion, bat responsive
to its demand", t ifc democratic party is
pledged to revise the laritf In a spirit of fairness to j
Ail Interest*. But, In making reduction In taxes, It <
Is not proposed to Injure any domestic industries, !
i but rather to promote their healthy growth. From |
the foundation of this government taxes collected
I at the custom-honse have been the chief Mil roe of
Federal revenue. Such they most continue to be.
Moreover many Industrie* have come to rely upon
legislation for successful continuance, so that any
change of law mast be *t every step regardful of
I he labor aud'cupltal thus Involved. The procc*fl 1
of the reform must be subject In the execution to i
th'a plain dictate of justice. All taxation shall bo i
limited to th? requirements of economical government.
The necessary reduction In taxation can
and must he effected without depriving American I
labor of the ability to compete successfully with |
foreign labor, and wlthont Imposing lower rates of I
cut' than will be ample to cover any Increased cost |
of production which may exist in consequence j
of the higher rate of wages prevailing In |
this country. Sufficient revenue to pay all
the expenses of the Federal government i
economically administered, Including pen?ions, in*
terest and principal of the public debt, can be got
under our present system of taxation frbm Custom
lions' taxes on fewer Imporied articles, bearing
heaviest on Aiticles of luxury and bearing lightest
on articles of necosslty. We, therefore, denounce
ihc abuses of the existing tariff; and subject to the
preceding limitations, we demand that Federal taxation
shall be exclusively for public purposes, and
shall not exceed the needs of the government economically
administered.
The system of direct taxation known as the "Internal
revenue'' is a war tax. and so I on; asi^g) law
continues the money derived therefrom should b?
sacredly devoted to the relief of the people from
the ro alning burdens of the war, ana be made ?
fund to defray the expense of the care and coinfor:
of worthy s Idlors disabled in line of duty In
the wars of the republic, and for the payment of
such pensions a* Congress may from time t., tlm?
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grani to sucu somirrB n HUB I JIIU 1UI lac ro,iv?
having been already provided, and any ajrplai
should be pnid into the treasury.
I We favor an American continental policy based
upon more intimate commercial and political rein,
j lions with the fiftepn sister republic# of North
1 Central and South America, but entangling alllan'
ces with none.
We believe in honest money, the gold and sllvet
coinage of the Constitution, and a circulating medium
convertible Into such money without loss.
Ast-ertlng the enunliiy of ali men before the law,
we hold that it is the duty of the government In Itr
i dealings with the people to mete out equal and exact
justice to all citizens of w hatever nativity, race.
; color or persuasion, religio is or political.
Wo believe in n free ba lot and a fair count, ?nd
l we recall to the memory of the people the noble
I struggle of the Democrats in the Forty-flfth and
Forty-sixth Congresses, by which a roluctant Republican
opposit on was c m pel led to assent to
i legislation making everywhere illegal the'presence
! of troops at the p 'lis as a conclusive proof that i
Democratic a'ministration will preserve libertj
with 01 tier.
I The selection of Federal oflicers for the Territor
ies should be restricted to citizens previously resi*
dent therein.
We oppose sumptuary laws which vex the cltizec
and interfere with individual liUerty.
We favor honest civil service reform and the
compensation of all United States officers by fixed
salaries; the separation of church and State and the
diffusion of frre education by common schools, so
that every child In the lann may be taught the
rights and duties of citizenship.
While we favor all legislation which will tend tc
the equitable distribution of property, to the prevention
of monopoly, and to the strict enforcement
of individual ri^mv a^unsi tuipmicuKu^r, ,
hold that the welfare of society depends upon a
scrupulous regard for the rights of property as de!
lined by law. We believe that labor is Dent re- j
warded where it Is freest and most enlightened. It i
should therefore be fostered and cherished. We |
| favor the repeal of all laws restricting the ,
free action of labor and the enactment of ]
laws by which lalo- organizations may be incor- j
purated, and of all such legislation as will tend tc
i enlighten the people as to the true relations ol
capital and labor.
Wc believe that the nubile land ought, as far as
possible, to be kept as homesteads for actual set- J
tiers; tlmt all unearned lands heretofore improvi- |
dently granted to railroad corporations by the action
of tlie Republican parly should be restored tr
I the public domain, un.l that no more grants of land '
shall be made to corporations or be allowed to fall !
Into the ownership of alien absentees.
j We arc opposed to all propositions which, upon !
i any pretext, would convert lhe general government j
into a machine for (o'lecting taxes to b^ distributed
| among tlie States or the cui/.etis thereof.
I In !! illlrniing the declaration of the Democratic !
platfoiin of ls3f> that the liberal principles embodied
bv Jefferson In the Declaration of Independence
and sanctioned in the Co istitution, which make I
ours the land of liberty and the asylum of the op> I
pressed of every nation, have ever been cardinal
; principles in the Democratic faith, we nevertheless I
do not sanction the importation of foreign labor ot j
the admission of servile races, unfitted by habits,
training, religion, or k ndred, for abs. r, tion Into I
I the great bo ly of our people, or for tlie citizen j
ship which our laws confer. American civihziI
tion demands that against the immigration or importation
of .Mongolians to these shores our gates 1 <
closed.
The Democratic party Insists that it Is the du j
of this government In jrtect with equal Udehi,
and vigilance the riulit* of its citizens, native ane
naturalized, at home and a iroad, and to the end
that this proteeiion may b assured, I'nitcd MatCf
papers of natural.station issued by courts of competent
jurisdiction must be respected by the executive
and leL'ls'ative departments of our own govimhI
livull foreign D wers. liisan im
nerative ilntv of til's government to efllciei.tly pro- I
teet ail tin- rights "f persons nnd property of every I
American citizen in fore inn lnnds, and demand am)
enforce full reparation for any Invasion thereof. '
An American citizen is only responsible to Ins own '
government for any act done in his own conntry j
under her flag, and can only be tried therefor on
her own soil and according to her laws; and no I
power exists in this government to expatriate an j
American citizen to be tried in any foreign land for :
any guch act. .
This country has never had a well defined and J
executed foreign policy save under Democratic ad- |
ministration. Thar policy has ever been in regard !
to foreisrii na ions, so inn,' as they do no act detrimental
to the interests of the country or hurtful to
our citizens, to lot them a'onc; that as a re?ult of I
this policy wo iccall the acquisition of Louisiana I
Florida, i'alifornia, and of the adjacent .Mexican '
territory by purchase alone, and contrast these I
grand aci|iii?iiioiis of Democratic atatesniaiiship |
w ith the purchase of Alaska, the sole fruit of a Re- I
publican administration of nearly a quarter of a1
century.
The Federal government should care for an 1 iin
prow tIt-* Mississippi river ami onier ureiu ivhhtwave
of the republic, ho as lo secure for the interior
Males easy and cheap transports) i n to tide water.
I'niler a long perodof democratic rule and policy
our meichant marine was fast overtaking and on
the point of outstripping that of (Jre-it Britain;
under twenty years of Republican rule and po.icy
our commerce has been left lo liritish bottoms anil
the Amerivan has almost been swept off th>
hfi?h seas. Instead of the Republican patty's
British policy, we demand for the people of the
United States an American policy. Under Demo
cratlc mle and policy our merchant* and sailor*
flying the stars and stilpes In every port, succesa
fully senrch.-d out a mnrket for the varied product^^^?
of American industry; under n ijuurtcr century
Republican rule and jw.icy. despite our raanlfeagH
advantage over all oih r nation* in high-paid labor.-"'ayM
favorable climates and teeming soiiu; despite freo j;?w
dom of trade among all theie I'nlted States; de-f.^s
spite their population by ihe forerao.-t races of mei:fc$UB
and an annual immigration of tho young.tSalB
thrifty, and adventurous of all nations; despite ouih ffifij
fre.-dom here from tin- inherited burdens of li/t
and industry in Old World monirdtles, their costl'
ws na\ies, their vast tax-consuming, non-pro
during standing armies; despite twenty year* qijp9a|
pence, that Republican rule and policy have msn-^HH
a^cd to surrender to (.rent Britain, along with out {$?
commerce the i ontroi of the markets of the world. &J?I
Instead of the Republican party's British policy,wt
demand, in behalf of tlic American Democracy, ar &5W. i
American policy. Instead of .he Hepnblic?n party'.* nM
discredited scheme and alsc pretense of friend' PS
stilp for .American liltor, expressed by imposing 19
taxes, we demand, in behalf of the Democracy H
freedom for American labor by reducing taxes, iA j^B ^
the end that the.<e I'nlted States may compcte wltl'
unhindered ]>owers for the pnmacy among nation;-jwfl
In all ihe arts of pcacc and fruits of liberty. ,
With profound regret wc have I cen apprised by '.Z
the venerable statesman, through whose person
was stracK mm d o.v nt me vitai principle 01 republics,
acqu'cscence in the will of tho majority, h ~
that he cannot permit n again to place in bit hand* jj -C;
the leadership of tli Democratic hosts. for the
reason that the achievement of reform in the I
administration of the Ktderol government is an MMjjB
undertaking now too heavy for hi.i age and |H|
failing strength. Kcjoicinc that his life ha* |:-$y
been prolonged until tho general judgment of oat 1HF
fellow-countrymen In nnited in tho wish that that UB
wrong were r.ghted in his person, for the Dcmoc* HE'''
racy of the United States wo offer to hira, in hf? I
withdrawal from public cares, not only"onrr<j- |/'3j
cp.tctful sympathy and este'in, but also that bef - I
homapo or freemen, tho pledge of oar devotion t >
the prlncitl ;s and the cause now inscpir&ble in tba
history of this ropnblic from the labors andthr SB
nailie of Samuel J. Tilden. ^Kj
With this statement of the ho|t ?, principle#, ami f i
purposes of the democratic paity, the great issna
of reform and chin^e in administration is sub- MBa
mitted to tbo jico'ile in calm confldencc that the I
popular voice will pronounce ia fa-or of new men j -W
and new and more favorab'e condition* for tho , M'/j
growth of industry, the extension of trade, the eri- Hi
ployment and due reward of labor and of capital VSK
ana the general welfare of the whole country. ' ,'v
The Democratic Nominee*' Liven. 1
Grover Cleveland, governor of the State of ^
New York and nominee of the National Dem
Dcratic convention for President or the u nitea nr
States, was born in Caldwell, Essex county, ]':i
N. J., March 18, IS--}", and is therefore in his H
forty-sixth year. He is son of a minister, and ,-cj
aas relatives prominent among the Protestant fS
:lergy. After obtaining such instruction a*
iras procurable at the common schools in the
farious places of his father's residence, h? - K
rras sent to the academy near Clinton, N. Y. . H
to finish his education. From the Clintoa fe
I icademy young Cleveland wont to New n
York city, where for some time he acted H
is clerk in caharitable institution. From H
Sew York he started for the West with an- H
;ther young man, their objective point being H
Cleveland, Ohio. ^
But stopping on his way to visit an unde \-M
(n Buffalo, he was induced to accept a situation
as clerk in the store of his relative. At
this time the future governor was eighteen
fears old, energetic and ambitious, with an
earnest desire to become a lawyer. This aspiration
was favored by his uncle, at whose ,;
house he resided, and he soon found himself
installed as clerk in the office of a prominetat .
Buffalo law firm. In 1859 he was
admitted to tho bar. His- first political
office was as first assistant
district-attorney for Erie county, in which
Buffalo is situated, his chief being C. C.
Torrance. This office Mr. Cleveland held fori
three years, or until the expiration of District!
Attorney Torrance's term. He was nominated
on the Democratic ticket as Mr. Torrance's
successor, but was defeated. Fire.
years after this event, in 1870, Mr. Cleveland'
was elected sheriff of Erie county. In 1881| $
he was elected Mayor of Buffalo, and thfr
prominence which he gained in this position
drew attention to hi? merits as a gubernatorial
candidate, and led to his nominationbr.
the Democratic State convention In 188&1
He was elected by an overwhelm-' i
ing and memorable majority, receiving
63.5,318 votes to 342,803 votes for his Republican
competitor, Hon. Charles J. Folger, secretary
of the treasury. This majority of -V
192,864 votes is the largest ever obtained a
gubernatorial candidate in the State of New %
York Since his election, Governor Cleveland,
who is a bachelor, has attended quietly .
to his duties at Albany.
Thomas Andrews Hendricks was born in
Ohio on the ?th of September, 1819. He was
graduated from Sotitn Hanover college in that
State in 1840, when he removed to Cnambereburg,
Penn., and began the study of law. * '
Three years later ho was admitted to the bar
and began the practice of his profession in Indiana.
His career opened auspiciously, and
in a few years he became a lawyer of stand- u
ing. In 1848 he was elected to the State
legislature, and in 1850 was a delegate *
to the State Constitutional convention.
The next year he was elected to the
House of Re >re>entatives, and in 1853 histerm.'
expired. He was appointed commissioner of
the general land office by President Pierce and
from this on he has been one ortin meet important
political character* in Indiana. In
I860 be ran for governor agatast JB?pry S.
Lane, and was defeated. He w# tinted to
the United States Senate in 1888 itir the
long term. Here he won considerable
distinction as a debater. His name was
presented to the Democratic national convention
in 18fi8 as candidate for the presidency,
nnd ho would no doubt have received
the nomination but for the Ohio delegates,
who by persistently voting for Horatio Seymour
finally caused a stampede in his favor.
The friends of Mr. Hendricks have always insisted
that his nomination would have insured H
a Democratic victory. Again, in 1872, he
was proposed as a candidate in tho Democratic
national convention, and but for the
unexpected fusions of that timo ho would
probably have been the nominee of his party.
He was nominated for Vice-President in 18?t$,
and since that memorable contest his professional
duties have engrossed tho greater part
of his attention.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Steel tubes are found to retain twice u
much magnetism as steel rods, and are
therefore better for permanent magnets.
A pearl, weighing nearly 200 grains,
has lately been found on the line of the
Panama canal. It will be called the $
Lcsseps.
It is held that some of the rays of
electric light are hurtful to vegetation,
but these may be held back by trans- ^
parent glass.
It is stated that M. Lauth, of the
Sevre9 porcelain manufactory, has discovered
a method of imparting to new
cups, saucers and vases, the depth and
richness of color characteristic of the
best old chinawate.
A tomato canner says the cause of pois?"i-?
notinrr rannpfl tomatoes is
UlilUg AiUiU vuu*u^
this: When the can is opened and only
a portion of the contents removed, the 4
air acts upon the tin and develops the
poison. The can should be emptied all
at once, and the unused portion put in
an earthen vessel.
3ignor Savastano considers the views
of Muller, Lubbock, and Grant Allen on
the adaptation of flowers to insects as
considerably exaggerated. He has frequently
noticed bees visiting numbers of
nowers and extracting their honey without
touching the stigmas or pistils, and
he has also known them to discard flowers
which were rich in honey for others
having a comparatively scant supply.
But such opinions, while they may serve
to modify, do not seriously undermine
the broad conclusion so generally maintained,
after close and protracted observation,
of the adaptation of plants to insects.
The very remarkable climatic eccentricities,
if so they may be termed, that
have latterly attracted attention the
world over, are typically exemplified in
the last winter season about Stavangov,
Norway, where in latitude fifty-eight degrees,
or only one degree south of the
; extremity of Greenland, the thermometer
but oucc during the month of January
fell to the freezing point. The frrass
plots of the various gardens arc described
as having ocen practically as green as in
summer. "Daisies, snow-drops, pansies,
violets and primroses hail their blossoms
well set; peonies had appeared above
the ground, and many roses had thrown
out vigorous shoots."
WISE WORDS.
By other's faults wise men corrcct their
own.
The secret of living is to say every thing
(hat can be said on the subject.
Popularity is not infallibility. Errors
exist only while they are popular.
Jt is more difficult to dissimulate the
sentiments we have, than t? simulate
those we have not.
We ought not to judge of men's merits
hv their oualitications, but by the uso
they make of them.
In all the affairs of life the lifting
power of tne lever depends upon where
fhe fulcrum is placed.
A free application of soft soap to Q
fresh burn almost instantly removes the
fire from the flesh, according to a medical
man who lmd been burned repeatedly
himself. If the injury is very severe, as
soon as the pain ceases apply linseed-oil
and then dust over with fine flour. When
this last covering dries hard repeat tho
oil and flour until a good coating is obtained.
"When the latter dries allow it
to stand until it cracks and falls off, as
it will in a day or two, and a new skin
will bo found to have formed where the
skin was burned.