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BY DRAYTON & McCRACKEN. AIKEN, S. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST [26,1884 Miscellaneous Advertisements. Professional Advertisements. APPEAL TO THE COUNTRY. Why Suffer With MALARIAL FEVER J -OK- D. 8. Hexdebsox. E. P. Hesdcesos. Henderson Brothers, Attokneys at Laav, Aiken, 8. C. Will practice in the State and United States Courts for South Caro lina. Prompt attention given to eol lections. ONE BOTTLE OF Dr. BARRY’S (SOUTHERN X MAUBIALp ANTIDOTE! WILL CURE YOU! IT NEVER FAILS. CWAsk your Druggist for it, or for further information address E. BARRY, ELD AUGUSTA, - GEORGIA. Geo. \V. Croft. J. Zed Dcklap. Croft & Bnnlap, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, S. C. James Aldrich, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Practices in the State and United States Courts for South Carolina. P. A. Emanuel, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in all the State and United States Courts. Special atten tion paid to collections and invest ments of money. W. Quitman Davis, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in the Courts of this Circuit. Specia attention given to collections. 0. C. Jordan, Wright’s Note!! Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Emil Ludekens, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in all the Courts of this State. All business transacted with promptness. James E. Davis, Attorney at Law, Barnwell Court House, S. C. j. w. DEVORE. Aiken, S. C. M. B. WOODWARD. Aiken, S. C. S. L. WEIGHT & SON, Prop’rs., !>eA r orc & Woodward, COLUMBIA, s. c. T ABLE supplied with the BEST. Rooms large and well furnished. reasonable. Attorney at Law., Aiken, S. C. Will practice in all the Courts of this State. CLAUDE E. SAWYER, Aiken, S. C. James E. Davis,) (Abtiicr B. Sawyer Barnwell, S. C. f (Columbia, S. C. SUMMERVILLE HOUSE. H. A. Smyser, (Formerly of Aiken, S. C.,) Sawyer, Davis & Sawyer, Attorn eys-at-Law. Wil). ---HrPrrrffin WUI p>VH;tk.e pt attentj sill'SLCntrvw aitei.fr i. give! Courts, n to bu- Koo&ial ntist. "AS a flue 1 rage u>M /if boa: ers in’The beautiful village of Summer ville, near Augusta, Ga., finely situ ated, with splendid drives and pleasant IDr. B. H. walks. Churches very convenient to the house. The house is neatly and comfortably furnished with everything necessary. Rooms and halls well ven tilated and heated. Mails delivered daily. Terms moderate. Apply to H. A. SMYSER, Sand Hills, Augusta, Dr. J. H. Blimett, DOlltist. Georgia. ^ GROVER CLEVELAND’S LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE. A Ringing Declaration in Favor of Administrative Reform and Honest Government—What the People De mand and what the Servants of the People Should Perform. Albany, N. Y., August 19.—The following was received to-day by Col Lamout, the private secretary of Gov ernor Cleveland, who is at Upper Sar anac Lake, with instructions to make it public on its receipt: Albany, N. Y., August 18, 1884. Gentleman: I have received your communication dated July 28, 1884, informing me of my nomination to the olfice of President of the United Stages by the National ^Democratic Convention lately assembled at Chi- cagc. I accept the nomination with grateful appreciation of the supreme honor conferred and a solemn sense of the responsibility which in its accept ance I assume. I have carefully con sidered the platform adopted by the Convention, and cordially approve the same. So plain a statement of Demo cratic faith, and the principles «ipon which that party appeals to the suf frages of the people, needs no supple ment or explanation. the danger oe the hour. It should be remembered that the office of President is essentially execu tive in its nature. The laws enacted by the legislative branch of the Gov ernment theChief Executive is bound faithfully to enforce, and when the wisdom of the political party which selects one of its members as the nomi nee for that office has outlined its pol icy and declared its principles, it seems to me that nothing in the character of the office or the necessities of the case requires more from the candidate ac cepting such nomination than the sug gestion of certain well-known truths so vital to the safety and welfare of the nation that they cannot be too of ten recalled or too seriously enforced. We proudly call ours a government by the people. It is not such when a class is tolerated which arrogates to it self the management of public affairs, seeking to control the people instead of representing them. Parties are nec essarily the outgrowth of our consti tution, but the Government is not by the people when one party fastens its control upon the countr. and perpetu ates its power by cajoling and betray ing the people instead of serving them. The Government is not by the people when the result, which would represent the intelligent will of free /.yr:*■ IVig U, n 4j >i—Lw*. -OFFICE ON- Richland Avenue, Aiken, S. 0. PAVILION HOTEL. Charleston, S. C PASSENGER ELEVATOR AND ELECTRIC BELLS. House fresh and clean throughout. Table best in the South. Pavilion Transfer Coaches and Wagons at all trains and Boats. Rates reduced. Beware of giving your Check to any one on Train. Rates $2 00 @ $2 50. Augusta Hotel, LEWIS & DOOLITTLE, Proprietors. Large and well ventillatcd rooms; Rates $2 per day; centrally located jjPiH" rafTfoau'crossing; telegraph office and barbershop in the building. Augusta Hotel restaurant and lunch room; choice wines, liquorsand cigars. E^TMeals to order at all hours. GranitevUle Hotel. MRS. N. E. SENN, Proprietress. Table furnished with the best, and driving parties from Aiken furnished with lunch at short notice. -OFFICE AT- Graniteville, Aiken County, S. C. Dr. J. R. Smith, Dentist. -OFFICE AT- Williston, Barnwell County, S. C. £2?“ Will attend calls to the country. -THE- Georgia Chemical Works. Manufacturers of all kinds of Fertili zers. 31. C. STOVALL, Secretary and Treasurer, Augusta, Ga. Russ & Stothart, GRANJTEVILLE, - - 8. C. •dealers in DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, VARNISHES, PAINTS, Oils, Glass, Putty, Fine Soaps, Per fumery, Dye Woods and Dye Stuffs generally, Spunges, Brushes, and all articles kept by druggists generally. £3?“ Physicians’ Prescriptions care fully compounded. Langley Brothers, 1C1 King St., CHARLESTON, S. C., -.Manufacturers of Ladies' and Gails' UNDER WE A R. : o: H AVE your Osnaburg Underwear for Rheumatism, made by Langley Bros., and save money. C^'Full pricelist and directions for measurement sent out by Langley Bros., on application. Pausme ffaoifx work 8 -ESTABLISHED 1850. GEO. A. SHIELDS, Proprietor, Manufacturer of- STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS, SAW MILLS, Grist Mills, Cane Mills, Cotton Presses, Etc. Pulleys, Shafting and Gearing, Pipe and Fittings. Jran and Brass Castings made to order. UMBJA - - S. C. A LOT in the Town, with Dwelling LA. of three rooms, on easy terms. Apply to CLAUDE E. SAWYER. A HOME DRUGGIST TESTIFIES. Popularity at home is not always the best test of merit, but we point proudly to the fact that no other medicine has won for itself such universal approbation in its own city, state, and country, and among all people, as Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. The following letter from one of our best- known Massachusetts Druggists should be of interest to every sufferer:— “ Eight years ago I had an attack of Rheumatism, so se vere that I could not move from the bed, or dress, without help. I tried several reme dies without much if any relief, until I took Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, by the use of two bottles of which I was completely cured. Have sold large quantities of your Sarsa parilla, and it still retains its wonderful popularity. The many notable cures it has cifectcd in this vicinity convince mo that it is the best blood modicinc ever offered to the public. E. F. Harris.” River St., Buckland, Mass., May 13, l»jS2. CUT mirillfl George Andrews, NS; 1 p H I"! IM overseer in the Lowell S a I! k,U ill i Carpet Corporation, was for ever twenty years before his removal to Lowell ailiicted with Salt Rheum in its worst form. Its ulcerations actually covered more than half the surface of his body and limbs. Ho was entirely cured by Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. See certilicato in Ayer’s Almanac for 1SS3. PREPARED by Dr. J.C. Ayer&Co.,Loweli, Mass. Sold by all Druggists; SI, six bottles for 35. RHEUMATISM. our citizens are more interested than they in guarding against any of the corrupting influences which seek to pervert the beneficent purposes of our Government, and none should be more watchful of the artful machinations of those who allure them to self-inflicted injury. In a free country curtailment of the absolute rights of the individ ual should only he such as is essential to the peace and good order of the community. The limit between the proper subjects of governmental con trol and those which can be more fit tingly left to the moral sense and self- imposed restraint of thecitizen should be carefully kept in view. Thus, laws unnecessarily interfering with the habits and customs of any of our peo ple which are not offensive to the mor al sentiments of the civilized world, and which are inconsistent with good citizenship and public welfare, are un wise and vorftious. THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMERCE. The commerce of a nation to a great extent determines its supremacy. Cheap and easy transportation should, therefore, be liberally fostered within the limits of the Constitution. The General Government should so im prove and protect its natural water ways as to enable the producers of the country to reach a profitable market. THE DUTY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS. The people pay the wages of the public employees, and they are enti tled to the fair and honest work which money thus paid should command. It is the duty of those iustrusted with management of these affairs to see that such public service is forthcom ing. The selection and retention of subordinates in Government employ ment should depend upon their a._ _er- tained fitness and the value of their work, and they should be neither ex pected nor allowed to do questionable party service. The interest of the peo ple will be better protected, the esti mate of public labor and duty will be immensely improved, the public em ployment will be open to all who can demonstrate the fitness to enter it, seemly scramble for place under the Government with the consequent im portunity which embitters official life will cease, and the public departments will not be filled with those who con ceive it to be their first duty to aid the party to which they owe their places instead of rendering patient and hon est return to the people. THE STATESMANSHIP THE PEOPLE REQUIRE. I believe that the public temper is such that the voters of the land are prepared to support the party which gives the best promise of administer ing tb ‘^government in the honest, liml SPEAKER 0 HOW JAMX2) G HIS VOLUME 3.—NUMBER 43. illr-e for Private 10 Mulligan Let- A St tin that Cau- want to V- writes like a mat and comprehensi^ mit me to a railroad enferpJ parti Prostituting £ Gain—The Stoi ters Plainly TtUd- not be Wiped i>t t. From the Speech yf Hon. Carl Scburz at Biiu idyi.. In May anti Julie, 1570, an investiga tion was made by a committee of the national House of Jlepresentatives into the affairs of certain land grant rail roads. This inve<Pfgation brought out certain letters ia Inch Mr. Blaine, while Speaker ofSthe House of Repre sentatives, had r«*ritten. to W. Fisher, of Boston, a genlT nau connected in a business way wit»7 one of those roads. The first one of Vim letters I mention reads thjfi: i, June 29, 1869. “My Dear Ms^K^her: I thank you for the article fiWm Mr. Lewis. It is good in itself flhfa will do good. He of large intelligence n. Your offer to ad- jpation of the new is In every respect as generous as ~ cLuld expect or desire. I thank you veW sincerely for it, and in this connection I wish to make a suggestion of a so mowhat selfish char acter. It is this : You spoke of Mr. Caldwell’s offer j to dispose of a share of his interest to me. If ho really de sires to do so I wish he would make the proposition c^efluite, so that I could ependon. Perhaps full development of may grow reluctant are, and I do not by istrust of him. I do not feel that I sh^fi 1 prove a dead head in the enterprise iV T once embark in it. I see vaubif* channels in which I can be useful. Nery hastily and sin cerely, youfjfrlJad. „ i/james G. Blaine. “Mr. Fisher, India s’treet, Boston.” This is what 1 uck calls the “Letter of Acceptance.’ 1 The second, dated three days lutei, reads as follows: “A'SfiUST a, Me., July 2, 1869. “My Dear Fisher: You ask me if I am s.atlsfied with the ofler you made mo ot a si tare in your new rail road enterprise. Of course I am more than satisfied a\ ith the terms of the of fer; I think it r| most liberal proposi tion. If I hesitate at all, it is from considerations jin no way connected I with the character of the offer. Your liberal mode of'dealing with me in all our business ^transactions of the past eight years 1^ my full aiprec the know just wh if he waits tii the enterprise to part with th this mean any word, his official honor—should stand clean and clear not only above re proach, but above the reach of suspi cion. Well, Mr. Blaine hAd for eight years been in various business transactions with Mr. Fisher, in which lie says Mr. Fisher treated him very hand somely. Now he was thankful to Mr. Fisher for his “generous oiler to admit him (the Speaker) to a participation in the new railroad enterprise!’—that railroad being a land-grant road. The “terms” offered by Mr. Fisher, what ever they may have been, pleased Speaker Blaine greatly. But he want ed more. He wished very much that Mr. Caldwell, the business Iriend of Mr. Fisher, should “dispose of a share of his interest” to him (the Speaker), and that without much delay. And he desired Mr. Caldwell, as well as Mr. Fisher, to understand that he (Speaker Blaine) “wijWd not be A DEADHEAD IN TI$E ENTERPRISE it he once embarked in it,” and that he “saw various channels” in which he “knew he could make himself use ful.” But Mr. Caldwell seems to have been a little hard of hearing in this re spect. He may have thought that Mr. Blaine \>as neither a practical railroad man to help in building a road, nor as useful a financier as a practical bank er or Wall street man would have been in raising funds. Ho seems to have feared that Mr. Blaine might turn out a deadhead in the enterprise after all, and that his “usefulness in various channels” would not amount to much. And so for three months Mr. Blaine waited in vain for that “definite proposition” from Mr. Cald well, which be had so urgently asked for. Mr. Blaine then evidently grew impatient at Mr. Caldwell’s obtuse ness, and wrote two more letters cal culated to quicken bis intelligence. The first was as follows: (Personal.] “Augusta, Me., October 4,1869. “My Dear feir: I spoke to you a short time ago about a point of inter est to your railroad company that oc curred at the last session of Congress. “It was on the last night of the ses sion, when the bill renewing the land grant to the State of Arkansas for the Little Rock road was reached, and Ju lian, of Indiana, chairman of the pub lic lands committee, and by right en titled to the floor, attempted to put on the bill as an amendment the Fremont El Paso scheme—a scheme probably well known to Mr. Caldwell. The House was thin, and the lobby in the Fremont interest had the thing all set up, iy and Julian’s amendment was like- to simple faml «plain manner WHICH is consistent with its character and purposes. They have learned that mystery, and concealment in the management of their affairs cover tricks and betrayal. The statesman ship thqy require consists in honesty and frugality, prompt response to the needs of the people as they arise, and the vigilant protection of all their va ried interests. If I should be called to the Chief Magistracy of the nation by the suf- frages of my fellow-citizens I will as sume the duties of that high office with the solemn determination to ded icate every effort to my country’s good, and with an humble reliance upon the favor and support of the Su preme Being who I believe will always bless honest human endeavor in the conscientious discharge of public duty. Grover Cleveland. To Col. Win. F. Vilas, chairman, and D. P. Bestor and others, members of the Notification Committee of the Democratic National Convention. I determined by the shameless corruption of their suffrages ! When an election to office shall be the selection by the voters of one of their number to assume for the time a pub lic trust, instead of his dedication to the profession of politics; when the holders of the ballot, quickened by a sense of duty, shall avenge truth be trayed and pledges broken, and when suffrage shall be altogether free and uncorrupted, a full realization of gov ernment by the people will be at hand; and of the means to this end not one would, in my judgment, be more ef fective than an amendment to the Constitution disqualifying the Presi dent from re-election. When we con sider the patronage of this great office, the allurements of power, the tempta tion to retain public places once gain ed, and more than all the availability a party finds in an incumbent whom the horde of office-holders, with zeal born of beneiits received and fostered by hope of favors yet to come, stand ready to aid witlx money ami trained political service, we recognize in the eligibility of the President for re-elec tion. a most serious danger to that calm, deliberate and intelligent po litical action which must characterize government by the people. “honor lies in honest toil.” A true American sentiment recog nizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil. Con tented labor is an element of national prosperity. Ability to work consti- stutes the capital and the wages of la bor the income of the vast number of our population, and this interest should be zealously protected. Our workingmen are not asking unreason able indulgence, but as intelligent and manly citizens they seek the same con sideration which those demand who have other interests at stake. They should receive their full share of care, and the attention of those who make and execute the laws, to the end that the wants and needs of employer and employed shall alike be subserved, and the prosperity of the country, the com mon inheritage of both, be advanced. In relation to this subject, while we should not discourage the immigra tion of those who come to acknowl- I edge allegiance to our Government I and add to our citizen population, yet j as a means of OUR WORKINGMEN should prevail con cerning those who if they come or are brought to our land do not intend to become Americans, but will injurious ly compete with those justly entitled j from the Artie regions; an expedition j ! to our field of labor. In my letter ac- | preparing U> relieve Gen. Gordon; eptingthe nomination of the office of ^ auo ther will probably soon penetrate “George, dear,” saida sweet young wife, to her husband, “I’ve had a talk with the servants this morning and agreed to raise their wages. They said everything was so dear now—rent was so high and the price of meat and but ter had risen to such a price, and everything—I thought this was rea sonable, because I’ve so often heard you complain of the same thing.” A Dakota woman has passed a pro hibition law' so far as her husband is concerned. She says she v/ill shoot the first man who sells or gives him a drink of liquor, and the saloon keep ers are so well convinced of her ear nestness—she has killed one of them —that they are letting her old man suf fer from an extremely dry drought. She does not n.hiuk it necessary to make a political question of prohibi-| tiou. s not passed without ation. What I wrote s iu bring prevail .1 if Caldwell Tha'v was same train t will call at y m. If you doi 1 “Mr. Fisher, Ji J Here let us p/use definite proposition, go to Boston by the carries this letter, and office to-morrow at 12 ’t hapoon to be in, no matter; don’t put yourself to any trouble about itr ^ ours, J. G. B. moment. WHO W'ERE FISHER AND MR. ca LDWELL? Business mefl occasionally engaged in railroad aff^J iu t hi! * case inter ested in the Jiilding of the Little Rock and For# mi t h Railroad in Ar kansas, and inl*e financial operations connected ihereV'Rfi* R should bo re membered thatffi® Little Rock Rail- d from the national luable grant of land, [rests could occasion- or injured, as the y the legislative action id ; MR. BLAINE? time Speaker of the ^ of Representatives. ^Speaker of the House Ves? He is, without t xe most powerful road had recei government a vi and that its in ally be pj-bw: case might be, of Congress. WHO W He was at tl national Hon And what is th of Representat question, by man in the government, next to the President of tl * United Htates. He appoints the co imittees of the House, iu which all ijislation is prepared— it might almost be ipal business of the He can, if he pleases, :ommitteea iu a way unfavorable to certain lines of policy, w measures, or iuter- ests. He can r ia ke the committee cn banking and «urrency a protector or an enemy to tip) national banks. He can give the '■<mmitteo on Pacific railroads, or of; public lands, a bias friendly or Jv to the land-grant roadswand so >:j He can rejvard and aye, in which said, the prin House is done, compose those favorable or protection to a different rule Lieut. Greely weighs forty pounds more now than he ever before weigh ed. He is so weak, however, that he can barely crawl up stairs, and bis muscles refuse to harden. The other day some comrades of his youth crowded around him and he greeted them with “How are you, Charley?” “Good, for yon, John,” but he kept liis arms folded and remarked as he} saw their outstretched palms: “I am ' not shaking hands, boys; the doctor' made me promise I wouldn’t.” The present year may go down in history as being the famous “rescue year.” Greely has been brought home Cormict’s Barber Sliop. I HAVE opened my shop on south side of Curve Street, -4ir>t door from the corner of Main and Curve streets. Shaving, Hair Cutting and Shampooing executed by gocflfr’Work- LUU. W. F. CORMICK. Governor nearly two vearsago I made the following statement to which I steadily adhered: “The laboring class es constitute the main part of our pop ulation. They should be protected in their efforts peaceably to assert their rights when endangered by aggregated capital, and all the statutes on this! subject should recognize the care of The Republican soap crop is being the .State for honest toil and be framed j slowiy harvested. Tills does not ap- Sumatra«to attempt to recue the crew of the Dutch ship Nisera, who are held by a native chieftain for a ran som ; and last, but not least, the gov ernment of the United States has a fine prospect of being saved from the rapacity of the Republican party. with a view of improving the condition , of the workingmen, a proper regard j for the welfare of the workingman lie- j ing inseparably connected with t^ie I integrity of our institutions. pear to be a good year for soap. Governor Cleveland has been elected a member of the Bachelors’ Protective Nom.*ff * Union of Winusbora, 8. C. exalt, or p-an*sr«ud humiliate mem bers whom he likes or dislikes, or whom he wants to* strengthen or to weaken, by givng tfiem desirable or undesirable places on the committees. Moreover, he presides over the delib erations and alministers the rules of the House. It) in a great measure in bis power to rj* mize or not to recog- , nize member- 1 want to “catch his I eye” in order (/speak or make mo- jtlons. HedteiRs points of order—to J be sure, subjeel to appeal—but his bare j decision goes, of course, for much, and during those diy« of hurry and confu sion which s^fcetnnes occur, and especially tovv .Mfce close of the ses sion, a great nuny things may be put through the JoTse by his rapid ac tion, of winch oily he and those es pecially inunovjd and watchful keep the run. In shtL it is currently said that a bill to wkji the Speaker is se riously opposed!^ but a slim chance, and that amealfe 1»<? desires to pass will frequently!hid unexpected and [Such is the power of ost too vast and arbi trary in a gov«'»iment like ours, espe cially as to composition of the committees. all the more impor tant to the ct/J^ry is it that tl^is vast power, so daiffwras if abused, should be wielded wth the utmost scrupu lousness and t)o highest sense of offi cial honor, amall the more important to the Spcukeihimself that his disin terestedness, U. - mpartiality—in one ! powerful help. ! the Speaker, a brought to a vote, ami other members from Ar kansas, who were doing their best for fueiFbwu bin (to vVliiCIl fruTArseenieu' fo be no objection), were in despair, for it was well known that the Senate was hostile to tl^e Fremont scheme, and if the Arkansas bill bad gone back to the Senate with Julian’s amendment the whole thing would have gone on the table and slept the sleep of death. “In this dilemma Roots came to me to know what on earth lie could do under the rules, for he said it was vital to his constituents that the bill should pass. I told him that Julian’s amend ment was entirely out of order, be cause not germane; but he had not suflicient confidence in his knowledge of the rules to make the point, but he said Gen. Logan was opposed to the Fremont scheme and would probably make the point. I sent my page to Gen. Logan with the suggestion, and he at once made the point. I could not do otherwise than sustain it, and so the bill was freed from the mis chievous amendment moved by Ju lian, find at once passed without ob jection. “At that time I had never seen Mr. Caldwell, but you can tell him that, without knowing it, I did him a great favor. Sincerely yours, “J. G. Blaine. “W. Fisher, Jr., Esq., No. 24 India street, Boston.” On the same day he wrote A SECOND LETTER TO MR. FISHER, which reads thus: “Augusta, October 4,1869. “My Dear Mr. Fisher: Find enclos ed contracts of parties named in my letter of yesterday. The remaining contracts will be completed as rapidly as possible, as circumstances will per mit. “I enclose you part of the Congres sional Globe of April 9, containing the point to which J Preferred at some length in my previous letter of to-day. You will find it of interest to read it over and see what a narrow escape your bill made on that last night of the session. Of course it was my plain duty to make the ruling when the point was once raised. If the Arkan sas men had not, however, happened to come to me when at their wits’ ends and in despair, the bill would undoubtedly have been lost, or at least postponed for a year. I thought the point would interest both you and Caldwell, though occurring before either of you engaged in the enter prise. “I beg you to understand that I thoroughly appreciate the courtesy with which you have treated me iu this railroad matter, but your conduct toward me in business matters has al ways been marked by unbounded lib erality in past years, and, of course, I have naturally come to expect the same of you now. You urge me to make as much as I fairly can out of the arrangement into which we have entered. It is natural that I should do my utmost to this end. I am both ered by only one thing, and that is the indefinite arrangement with Mr. Cald well. I am anxious to acquire the in think that whatever I do with Mr. Caldwell must really be done through you. Kind regards to Mrs. Fisher. “Sincerely, J. G. Blaine. “W. Fisher. Jr.” Now, Mr. Caldwell may have been very slow of comprehension, but these two letters (for they were evidently addressed to him through Mr. Fisher) were certainly clear enough to remind him that Mr. Blaine was something more than a mere railroad man or Wall street financier; tbot In fact he was Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives. They told him very point edly that Mr. Blaine, as Speaker, had done him a great favor—although he had done it “without knowing him,” and in a correct way—but a favor which was of great value to the com pany. And it was certainly not the fault of Mr. Blaine’s letters if Mr. OaMwtU did not undei^tand lhat a SpeBter of the House, who could do such favors “without knowing it,” might do equal and still greater favors while knowing it; and that, therefore, Mr. Blaine, as Speaker, had more va rious channels in which to make him self useful and to prove a live-head in this land-grant railroad enterprise than a mere railroad builder or a mere Wall street financier. And writing two letters on the same subject on one day, Mr. Blaine showed himself to be dreadfully in earnest iu pounding clear notions of the Speaker’s opportu nities for usefulness into Mr. Cald well’s head, In order to induce that gentleman to give at last to Speaker Blaine that Interest iu the railroad enterprise which the Speaker insisted upon having. MR. BLAINF-’s FRIENDS dislike greatly to be brought face to face with these letters. They cannot deny their genuineness and they can not explain them away. Some of them content themselves with the general remark that after all they were such as the Speaker of the House would have no reason to be ashamed of. And then they at once change the subject, and speak of the tariff. The fact is that Mr. Blaine did see reason for being ex tremely anxious that they should not become known. He certainly did not consider them innocent. But they did become known in a very peculiar way. James Mulligan, who had been the bookkeeper of Mr. Fisher, having been summoned to testify before the inves tigating committee, brought those let ters, among others, with him to Wash ington. This he did with Mr. Fisher's consent. As soon as Mr. Blaine heard of the letters he called upon Mr. Mul ligan, and the meeting was a very cu rious one. Mr. Mulligan, the next day, described it to the committee un- Uoo-ootb H*. HWora.-tlui.fc Mr. Blaine the generator hayuJaartm to im and implored him greater trouble with Keely, however, had come to him most piteously to give him those let ters—there were fifteen of them in all;, that Mr. Blaine almost went on his knees, saying that if the committee should get hold of these papers it would ruin him and sink him forever; that Mr. Blaine had talked even of su icide and made an appeal in behalf of his wife and his six children, and that then he opened to him (Mulligan) the prospectof a consulship abroad; that Mr. Blaine, finally, wanted at least to be permitted to look at the letters, which Mulligan did permit him to do, on condition that he would return them; that Mr. Blaine did return them, and then wanted to look at them again, and then refused to give them back, and, against Mr. Mulli gan’s protest, kept them in his posses sion. The next day Mr. Blaine testi fied that what Mr. Mulligan had said about his (Mr. Blaine’s) being on his knees and talking of ruin and suicide was “mere fancy.” As to the consul ship, lie admitted he had alluded to something like that in a jocular way. He disclaimed meaning to say that Mr. Mulligan falsified—“not at all.” Mr. Mulligan might have put a wrong construction on what was said. But as to the letters, Mr. Blaine admitted that he took them from Mulligan and kept them against Mulligan’s remon strance. Mr. Blaine insisted that the letters, being his “private correspond ence,” ’vere his property, in whatever way obtained, and he also refused to give them up to the committee. this is the story as it appears in the sworn testimony; it shows conclusively that, whatever his friends may now say, Mr. Blaine himself did not consider those letters innocent tilings. You will readily ad mit, iuis a sorry and humiliating thing to seVjMr. Blaine, late Speal^er of the national House of Representatives, in volved in a pointed issue of veracity on sworn testimony between him and Mr. Mulligan — Mr. Blaine’s own friend, Mr. Fisher, testifying that he bad known Mulligan intimately for many years, and that “his character was the best, as good as, or perhaps better than, that of any other man he ever knew;”4md another one of Mr. Blaine’s friends, Mr. Atkins, swearing that he had never heard anything against Mr. Mulligan’s reputation, and that lie had never doubted any- tning Mr. Mulligan said—all of which you can read at length in Miscellane ous Document No. 176 of the House of Representatives, 44lh Congress, First Session. A sorry story, I repeat, but the sorriest thing of all was that Mr. Blaine fatally discredited himself by daring and obvious misstatements of his own about other points connected Avith tins affair, of which I shall speak later. At any rate, it is not denied by anybody tiiat Mr. Blaine got posses sion of those letters and kept them without authority, in violation of his promise to return them, and that he made a desperate struggle to conceal them. This, I should think, is suffi- H*nv, then, did the letters come out? Mulligan’s testimony, being tele graphed all over the country, created a tremendous sensation. There was a universal outcry. It became clear to Mr. Blaine that the further conceal ment of these letters was impossible. It was sure death. There was still a desperate chance in apparent audacity. The highly exciting scene is still re membered as he himself read them to the House of Representatives. But he who coolly reads the printed proceed ings of that day will find some very curious and characteristic tilings. Mr. Blaine did not permit the letters which he read to pass into the hands of the officers of the House, so that their con tents might have been verified. He promptly put them into his own pock et again and carried them away. And, secondly. In reading them to tho^ House h^jlexteroiisly mixed letters of ‘ different periods and about different subjects together, so that no listener on the spot could make head or tail of them. Thus Mr. Blaine could prevent the House from verifying the letters and from at once understanding their full import. But he could not prevent tho letters as actually read from being subsequently arranged according to dates and subjects, and compared with tho testimony. Then their con nection became clear, and with it their meaning. What is that meaning? What does it signify when a Speaker of tho'House of Representatives writes to a business man that he (the Speak er) wants a profitable interest in an enterprise the value of which has been, and may again be, aflTected by acts of the same legislative body over which that Speaker presides, and in which he exercises great power; when that Speaker says hp “feels that he shall not prove a deadfipad in the enterprise if he once embarks in it,” and that he “sees various channels in which he knows he can be useful;” and when, finally, the desired profitable interest not being forthcoming, he points to an exercise of his power as Speaker, by which*, even “without knowing it,” lie did a great favor to the party from whom he asks tiiat profitable interest, and thus pointing directly at the field upon which he can make himself most useful? What does this mean? On its very face it means one of the high est and most powerful officers in tho government marketing his official power for private gain! It means o/- ftcial poiver offering itself for prostitu tion to make money! MISCHUjANKOUS. The valves of the Keely motor hav ing been made tight, the cUnutbers of is that the stockholders decliuoto leak any more. A young man in New York haa be come insane from practicing on a brass horn. This should serve as a warning to youthful performers uot to tax their minds ami the “pucktoral” muscles of their lips too heavy. A colored Cleveland and Hendricks Club was organized in Cincinnati Monday night, with 143 members. John Logan's black-law record appears to be more than the intelligent colored men of the border States can stand. A Memphis paper regrets the ab sence of malaria this year on account of the cheapness of quinine. Quinine in the best sort of tonic, so tho editor may take it on general principles and discontinue his antl-St. John bitters. It is stated that whiskey exported to avoid the payment of the revenue tax improves in quality very much be fore it is brought back to this country. It ought all to be exported then. Nine- tenths of that kept here gets worse os it gets older. The Republican managers in Wash ington arc said to be organizing the negroes of that city for tho purpose of invading West Virginia at the elec tion, and so carrying the State for Blaine. The Democrats will no doubt spot the rascals and block their game. The decadence of duelling is duo to the fact that duelists who fail to get killed are laughed at as Bombastes Furiosos, while those wflio get killed receive little sympathy. Soon tho newspapers will be publishing tho “correspondence” In the bumoroua columns. The religious editor of the Cincin nati Commercial Gazette. Mrs. Flor ence Miller, has retired. * Sho will rest until after the election. 'Hie editors of the paper don’t want their con sciences embarrassed during the cam paign by a religious persou being in tlie house, and they don’t want a lady about to hear them say “ it” after the election. torest he has promised me, but I do cient to show that Mr. Blaine himself uot get a definite understanding with j in conscience felt these letters to be him, as I have with you. I shall be ■ extremely grave things to him, and in Boston in a few days, and shall then ! the smiles of his friends are rather have an opportunity to talk matters' ghastly when they now try to make over fuliy with you. I am disposed to j light of them. v “Can y j help me a little?” asked a tramp. “I am hungry, and can’t get any work at my trade.” “What is your trade?” asked the gentleman. “I am a glass worker.” “What kind of a glass worker?” “Beer glass worker.” “Here is a penny for your frankness.” “Thank you, sir,” said the tramp gratefully, “I’ll put part of it in the bank.” The Blaine scandal suit is by no means a new one, and it appears that Mr. Blaine had once before sought to heal his wounded honor with pecuni ary damages. Aiiout twenty-five years ago lie is said to have sued the editor of the Portland Argus for $20,- 000 damages for giving publicity to the same scandal that the Indianapolis paper published The suit was with drawn after a big bluster. It Is hardly probable that the Indianapolis suit will be pressed to trial, as it can hard ly be called up in time to make a sen sation in the campaign.