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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C.. THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOPER 21 1 MMT VOLUME XVI.-NO. 1.1 TUE FIUHT.IN THEESEN ATE. Motion to Reorganise^' o ornate Defeated -Mr. S'cndlctou Defends tho Deuaocr&tlo Members-Gen. Mahon? Votes with the Republicans. WASHINGTON, March'14. In tho Senate to-day Mr. Pendleton called up the resolution previously offered by him relative to the reorganization of tho Senate committee.;. It had been stated, ho said,.on Friday last, with a great show of confidence, and with very ovid .nt satisfaction, that when the vacant cha1.s on tho other side of the Chamber should bavo been lilied, the Republican party would havo a mnjority in this hall, and there had boen moro than an inti mation that thc Democratic party was proceeding in unseemly basto to take ad vantage ot tho accidental and temporary absence of a few gentlemen on the otber side to seize tho political powers aud places of the organization of the Senate -to do thnt under tbeso circumstances, which a delay of three or four days would prevent their doing at all. He did not know and, therefore, he did not controvert the assertion of the fact, but be did not know and therefore repelled tho imputation. Tho remarks raado by the distinguished Senator "from Illinois (Ur. Davis), on Friday, showed that it was utterly impossible in tho present condition of the parties that tho Republican party should have a majority of tho duly elected members of tho Sen ate. It showed further that it would bo in thc power of this party if it choso to enter upon ways of obstruction to which it had been invited by occurrences of the last few days. He did not know whether or not an effective working majority, under the Constitution and laws, would be given to tho other side of tho Cham ber when the vacancies were filled. Ho had no means of knowing. He did not know what arrangements or proffers or suggestions had been made or accepted, but omnipresent and omniscient gentle men of tho press had whispered about thc capital and put it into their newspa pers that there bad been unusual und extraordinary visits to tho other end of the avenue, and they had connected thc name of a distinguished Senator with dispensation of Federal patronage and tho organization of the Senate. It had ! been whispered that there bad been con ferences in the Capital, in which cham pagne ?ud satisfaction had been equally present, and those, too, who bad been connected with statements as to the or ganization of thc Senate. He did not know what proofs there could be for these suggestions, but they'had filled the air for the last few days. Tho imputation which had been on the Democratic mem bers of tho Senate was without founda tion, in fact. The motion made by Mr. Allison, that tho Senate go into executivo session, was supported by the Republicans, and op posed by tho Democrats. Quite a sensa tion was occasioned by the fact that Gen. Mahone voted with the Republicans. There wit?, slight appinuse in the galle ries, but it waa promptly checked. The motion was rejected-yeas 35, nays 37. Mr. (Joiil-ling then took the floor and maintained that the Republicans were right in not consenting to an organization against a constitutional majority of the Senate. . I The i Jebate was here interrupted by -Mr.'Morgan, of Alabama, who offered resolutions denouncing the assassination of tho Czar of Russia, and extending to the Government and people of Russia sincero coudolence. Laid on the table. Mr. Hill, of Georgia, then took tho floor to., cqutinue the debate. He be lieved when every sent should bo filled thc Senate would bo Democratic, as it is now. If ho was wrong in that belief, he 1 >bad?'been deceived. Thirty-eight mem bers Of this body were sent here as Dem ocrats. One member, Mr. Davis, of Illi nois, was not Bent bere as,a Democrat, but waa sent here -by Democratic votes, and in tho words of high and lofty patriotism, and fidelity to the trust, bad, on Friday; announced that he would be true to tho trust which sent him here. Tho Senator from New York (Mr. Conk lihg) has stated that tho Republicans will havo a .majority. How oas thia been accomplished ? By whom has -hat won derful coalition been accomplished by which somebody sent here as a Democrat baa been "taken and carried off" by the Republican party? Why is it tbnt W6 have no right to act on1 tho assumption that o'J members are still Democrats? He vindicated the honor, integrity and fidelity of thc Slate, people and princi Elea of all 39, who were sent herc as lemocrats, and denied any one had proven treacherous to dis mission. Con tinuing, Mr. Hill said bo did not blame a man fox a change of .opinion, but he contended'lba? it was his duty to givo th'o notice 'of that change to the persons with whom ho lind been associated. No Dem ocrat had given such notice to that Bide of the Senate, and ho (Hill) therefore assumed that no such change had oc curred. He denied that any man had tho right to accept a commission from one party and execute it in thc interest of another party. Manhood, courage, bravery, fidelity, morality, respect for tho opinions of mankind, required that when u man had arrived at the conclusion that ho could not carry out the truth which had been confided in him, it was his duty to return his commission and tell his con stituents ho had changed hts mind. Ho did not believe that a single one of the I 38 mon elected os Dem?crata would hold j in his pocket a commission, conferred, b; Dem?crata, nnd. without (riving ?nv an- I lice to his constituency or Tits associates, would execute that commission in the advocacy of an adverse party. He de nied the right of the Vice-Presidoni to tako part in organizing the Senate, but would not rnlso that question. "If," he continued; "you have but one, tho vote will bo 38 to'88. Who is that ono? ILautrhter on the Republican Bide.] Whola that one?" repeated Mr. Hill in n loud and excited tone of voice. "Who L ambitinua to do what no man in tho history of*? is country has over done, to stand up it) this high presence and pro claim from this proud eminence that he disgraces the commission he holds. [Ap plause in Uie galleries.] Who is-he? Who can ho.he?*' [Laughter, while every eye was turned upon Mahone, who was seated among tho Republicans.] Do you (addressing the Republicans) receive him with affection? Do you recclvo him with respect? Is such a mnn worthy of your association ? Such a man in not worthy to be a Democrat. Is bo worthy to bo a Republican ? If my friends from Illinois, Kansas nnd New York were to come to me holding a Republican con:-1 mission in their pockets, sent hero hy | Republican Legislatures,>and were ; ip whoper to Jae'thal theylwoul?PVot? Tor Democratic orgonizati.?., I would scorn to accept tboir votes. I would tell them that if they came they would bo oxpelled with ignominy from tho ranks of their party. He closed by maintaining that those who mode up the thirty-eight Democrats in the Senate would stand by the constituents that elected them. They were, he said, elected as Dem?crata, and on a question of organization (which isa political and party question) they will act with tho Democracy. You, gent?o men, (addressing the Republican side,) will be deceived if you"tbink??otherwise, and, therefore, tbere ia no necessity for you to enter upon all this filibustering. Mr. Maheno, who occupied a seat on tho Republican side, advanced to the edge of the area fronting tho Clerk's desk, and proceeded lo reply to Mr. Hill; That gcutkmau, he said, had manifestly engaged i i an effort to discloso his (Ma hone's) position ou the floor. Mr. Hill- "I do not know what your position is, and how could I disclose it?" Mr. Mahone-"Thc gentleman has as sumed not only to be a custodian hero of tho Democratic party of the Nation, but hu? ::ied to assert the right to speak for tho constituency which I have the privi lege, in part, of representing hore. Ile bas dono BO without their assent (address ing himself directly to Mr. Hill and ad vancing toward him). I owe you, sir, and I owe those for whom you undertake to Bpeak here, nothing. IMarks of en couragement on the Republican side and in tho galleries.] I came here like a Virginian, not to represent the Democ racy for which you (Hill) aland. I came with os proud a claim to represe::', that people as you to represent tbo people of Georgia-won on the fields where I have fought with you and others in tho caUBO of roy people, and of that section, in the late unhappy contest. That contest, thank God, is over; that I am not here as a partisan, nor sm I hero to represent that Democracy which has done BO much injury to my section of the country. The gentleman undertook to Bay what constitutes a Democrat. I hold that I am au infinitely better Democrat than he. {Laughter.] Ho who stands nominally committed to a full vote, and afaircount, aud on an honest ballot, shoulu sec that they can bc had in tho State of Georgia, where tissue ballots aro fashionable. [Applause.] I servo notice on that gen tleman that I intend to be a custodian of my own Democracy. I do not intend to be run by the gentleman's caucus. I am in every sense a free man herc, and trust to be able to protect my own rights and to defend those of the people, whom I represent-certainly to take care of my own. I do not intend (again addressing Mr. Hill directly) that you shall under take to criticise my conduct by inuendocs. I wish tho Senator from Georgia to un derstand, just here, that the way to deal with rae is lo deal directly. We want no "motions of discovery" to find out how I am going to vote. I regret that so early after ray appearance here I should have found it necessary to obtrudo any re marks on thia body. I would prefer tc bo a little modest. ? would prefer tu listen and to learn, but I could not feel content, after what has passed to-day, tc sit silent. The gentleman (Mr. Hill), by all manner of insinuation?, direct and in direct, has sought to discover who th. Democrat is that may choose to exercise his right to cast his vote as ho please: and to differ with thc gentleman's caucus He seems to have forgotten that I refus?e to take part in the caucus, which has no only waged war upon me, but upon thoa whom I represent, that has presumed tc teach the people of Virginia honesty anc true Democracy. Yef, sir (addressing Mr. Hill), you were duly notified that . took no part or lot in your political ma chinery, and that I was supremely indif ferent to what you did. You were noti hod that I should stand on this ?loor representing, in part, the Stale of Vir gi nia. Certainly tho Legislature whicl elected me did not require me to stat that I was a Democrat or anything che I suppose that the gentleman (Mr. Hill could not get here from Georgia unies ho said that kc was u Democrat. An, how, I came herc without being require to state to my people what I am. The, wjre Q?I willing to trust me. J was elec ted by tho people, not by the Legislature for it was an issue in the canvass, and v man was elected to thc Legislature by th party with which I am identified wh were not instructed to vote for me for th Senate. The gentleman bas been rut: ning all arou jd this Chamber to see if b cannot find a partner somewhere. H has been looking around, occasional! referring to another Senator, to kno' exactly who that Senator was who ha the manliness and boldness to assert h opiiyons in this chamber free from tb dictation of a Democratic caucus, want that gentleman to know hencef?rt and forever that hera is a mau who dai stand here and defend his . right agaiu you and your caucas. [Loud npplaui and much laughter, provoked by Mic vii lent gesticulations of Senator Mahon who launched defiance at his advorsai in a sort of miniature war dance.] Mr. Hill again took the floor, and sai ho could only understand tho gentlemt on the principle that a guilty conacieni needs no accuser. . (Laughter on tl D?mocratie side.} He. had .not me tinned tho Senator's name or any Sta) He bad only asked who tho Demoer was that was expected to voto with tl Republicans, ana to bia astonishment tl Senator from' Virginia ?aid that he w the man. He bad not said anythh offensive to tho people of Virginia, b he bad -?aid that the people of no sectb of tho country would tolerate treachct Uc had said that there wcro 38 Senate who had boen elected as Democra .Hid the gentleman deny it? Would say that ho was not elected as a Dem eral? Ho said he was uot required state that he was a Democrat, and in t next breath he said that ho waa a beti _?. ?u. - - i- - L:-ie iu:m . wivuwu. iiu.il nu iiiiuavii \uiiii WI Addressing himself to the Republicai Mr. Hill said : VI coramend hlm io ye take good caro of him, nurse hin) wt f Laughter.]. vHow .do;_you liko tb tn among you a worse uemocrat than am?" Mr. Conkliug-"Oh, no, not wor better." Mr. HUI, scornfully-"Oh, a bett Then my friend from Now Yoik (Cor ling) is a bettor, Democra4, than I nm.' Mr. Logan-"Ho could not well b woree ono." Mr. Hill-"Never before has th' been such au exhibition in toe Sene where a gentleman tthows his Democn by going over to thc Republicans. I v not defend Virginia. She needs no fensc. She bas given to tho country t world and humanity somo of the proi eat names in history, und I say to I Senator from NOT? York th&t neil Jefferson nor Madison, nor Henry, i Washington, nor Lee, nor Tucker, any of the long list of great men. wh Virginia produced, ever accept?e! a ct mission to represent one party and cs hero and represented -another pan [Applause on the Democratic side.] Mr. Mahone-(who hod returned his seat on the Republican sido.) "I I understand you correctly as saying t I I accepted a commission from one pi and carno here t/> vote for another part; nih Hilf-^"I understand that you v elected as a Democrat." Mr. Mahone-(Imperatively.) " awor the question." Mr. Hill-(With provoking coolni "I say that yon'were elected as ? 'De erst and accepted your commission i Democrat." Mr. Mohone~r(Persistcntly.) " said thst I accepted a commission i ono party and came here to repre another party." Mr. Hill (Imperturbably)-"Isaid that will be the case if you vole with the Republicans. You havo not done it yet, ana I say you will not do it." Mr. Mahone (impatiently)-"I want to say, if it is not out of order here, that if the gentleman undertakes to make that statement, the statement is unwarranted and untrue." Mr. Hill (composedly)-"Was not the gentleman acting with the Democratic party, and was he not elected to thia body as a Democrat? (With .a fiercer tone) Answer that." Mr. Mahone (quietly)-"Slr, I was elected as a Readjuster. Do you know what Readjuster* are ?" Mr. Hill-"I understand that there aro in Virginia Readjusting Democrats and "Debt Paying" Democrats; but I under stand they aro both Democrats. Wo have nothing to do here with that isauo. The question of Virginia's debt is not to be settled in thia Chamber. I ask the Senator again, was he not elected to this National body es a member of tho Na tional Democratic party?" Mr. Hill continuing, remarked he had dono what newspapers could not do, what both par ties could not do-what the whole coun try could not do. He had brought out tbe Senator from Virginia, and ia con elusion, said : "Hut now, in kindest spirit, knowing the country from which tho Senator comes, identified as I am with its fame and its character, loving os I do every line in its history, revering ns I do the long list of great names, I per form a friendly office unasked, of mak ing the last appeal to the Honorable Senator, whatever other fate befall him, to be true to the trust which the peoplo of Virginia gave him. Whoever else may bo disappointed, whoever else may be deceived, I appeal to the gentleman to bc true to bis people and the sentiment of the party which have kindly commis sioned him to a scat in this body." Mr. Mahone-"No. 'Are you answered now?" Mr. Hill-"Then I concede that the Senator spoke tho troth when ho said that I did not know what he is (with a puzzled air;) what is ho? [Laughter.! Everybody has understood that he voted with tho Democrats. Did he not support Hnncock for tho Presidency ? and did ho ..ot in thc Presidential election proclaim himself a Domoc-at?" Mr. Hill (to tho Republicans) : "? commend bim to you. Is there any man on that sido of tho Chamber who doubts that tho honorable Senator was sent to this body as a Demo crat? Is there a man in this vast audi onco who doubts it? Ia there a man in Virginia who doubts it?" In ru pi y io a question from Mr. Logan, who asked what right the Senator had to dictate to thc gentleman from Virginia, Mr. Hill again arose and said : "I havo not undertaken to do BO. HO can do as he pienses. But, when bc acts as a pub lic man, I havo a right to my opinion of his public acts. There is not in my heart an un I:ind feeling toward him. I would, if I could, rese?o him from tho infamy into which others aro trying to precipi tate him. There is no man tn this body whoso whola soul goes out moro in ear nest to protect the Senator's honor than mino. I would rather lose tho organiza tion of the Senate, and never have a Democratic committee here, than have that Virginian coil his honor. [Ap plause.] I do not say that tho Senatoria going to do it, but I seo a precipice yawning before bim. I see whither po tential influence'; aro leading bim. I know the dangers just ahead. I would rescue bim if I could. Men in this coun try have A right to divide on National issues and on local issues, but no man has a right to be false to a trust. Whether enc .Senator from Virginia will be guilty of it or not, it is not for me to judge. I will net judge, but I will say if he votes aa you (the Republicans) want him to vote, "God save him, for he is gone." Gentlemen (addressing tho Republicans) you in your hearts respond to every word I am uttering, when 1 say that you wonld despise treachery, and you honor me to day for making an effort to rescue the gentleman, not from treachery, but from the charge of it. Mr. Mahone (rising)-I cannot allow the gentleman io make any such insinu ation. Mr. Hill-"I made no insinuation." Mr. Mahone-"You do, emphatically, and an unmanly one." After' further" discussion, participated in by several Senators, Mr. Morgan's resolution of condolence with the Rus sian Government was adopted, when the Senate soon after adjourned. A Ureat Surgical Operation. , Medical adventure: which during the last century has left few of thc physical p?n?tr?t ia of humanity unexplored, has just conquered tho last delicate obstacle to the rehabilitation of the body. Oper ations involving the cutting of the throat and the introduction of food by artificial means were thought to be the utmost venture that science would ever success fully make in 1 f^l?cfng the wasted, wounded or decaying forces of nature. But a Vienna physician, Prof Billroth, hos invaded tho stomach of a patient, cut a cancer from the intricate tissues, and the subject is not only alive but in better health than ever. Before making tho experiment the doctor practiced exhaustively on tho stomachs of dogs, removing v^rfeitS parts, restoring the covering, and succeeded in establish-, ing the basts of his scientific principio of resection. The human subject was a woman, and the cancer enormous, leaving some doubt in the operator's mind as to the elasticity of tho stomach to adjust itself after the cutting out of such a -moss. Bal no difficulty was experienced. Thc woman began hy drinking milk, and graduated to more substantial alimentary nourishment. The operation involved tho opening of tho stomach, tho cutting of tho masses of tia3uo-likc covering, tho removal of several pounds of cancelated accumulation, the reclosing of the aperture and the provision for artificial distention of the new coating. Physicians the world over will be delighted, if not surprised, by this wonderful performance, removing ns it does another from the list of gen erally supposed fatal maladies. A HIOH-TOHE OBITUARY.-They had lived in Denver before and after it | became a city, and last week Mr. Smith inserted tho following in the Brooklyn Eagle : "Smith-Busted a trace, in this city, Friday, just after dinner, Mary Smith, wife of the undersigned, and daughter of old Sim I^^jT.tralejm of Denver,' Colorado. ' 'Th?^ecn-pse waa highly respected by tho hieh-toncde*t familics/ ^ot death -got tho drop on her, and she took np tho bucket with poifect confidence that she would have a square Show the other side of the Divide. The Elant transpires this afternoon at her ?arding house, on Willow aireeL, Come one, come al). "Dearest Mary thou has loft us, For you on earth there wasn't room ; But 'fis Heaven that bath bereft tis And snatched our darling up the flume." "Denver papers please copy and send bill or draw at sight. "By her late husbn d. P. SMITH." BUNN!?? THE GAUNTLET. A Thrilling Incident of Ul* Blockade of Ch arl o eton. Tho day had been a sultry one. All day Ioug tue flower of tho American navy had been thundering at the seawall of Fort Sumter. The massive masonry had , been slowly crumbling, but the shanes of evening had put an end to tho furious cannonading, and the gunboat?and mon itors bad retired out of range, and came lo auchor for tho night. On the bar or just outside ibo frigates and heavy side wheelers took up a position beyond "Rebellion Roads," and extending out to sea was a doublcd-bunkcd column of gunboats; while almost in range of Sum ter and Battery Wagner the New Iron sides and tho monitor were ranged. After it grew dark a thunder storm no gan to work up from the wq^w.-d. Fitful flashes of lightning mid the rumbling of thunder gave promise of n stormy night. About 10 o'clock tho storm was raging furiously, and on the low, unshel tered decks ' of tho irouclads the walch were exposed to tho fury of the Eciting rain. Near midnight tho storm egan working back with redoubled vio lence. Flash followed flash, aud peal fallowed peal rolling and crashing with terrific concussions. At times tho tossing waters were lit up with a wiered, ghastly light, plainly revealing the low-lying islands and the gaping em brasures of the fort hard by. Suddenly the heavy thud of a gun came down on tho wings of tho wind from seaward, and following it crinkling, zigzag blinding shaft of light streams across the btu. vous. The momentary light illuminated every portion of the broad expanse. Then there waa a tre mendous crash that shook the solid moni tors to their keels. Au the thunder roared and reverberated and died away in tho distance the deep boom of a heavy Dahl gron guu was heard oui on the bar. Presently another, in rapid succession. Tho watch below came springing out into the storm, every eye peering into the darkness. While every ear listened to catch the distant sounds carno Ibo stirring battle mc?ic of the navy-a dozen drums beating the tumultuous measured roll and tap-tap, and a dozen fifes screaming in shrill csden :o. Rockets stream aloft and lights flash intelligence that a steamer is inside tho blockade aud bound in. Then ibero was n tumult fora seco!' 3. The monitors beat to quarters, steam is rung up, and ibo trained crt. vu go to their stations. From under the shadow of fort Su?uter X stmi?! through the i*ci* embrasure and see fitful Hushes- along tho Hue of gunboats. Yes! the fugitivo was running the gauntlet of the fleet 1-trust ing to the darkness to escape. But her people did not know that they must al most rub thc muzzles of our gunn to pass. Thc plucky fugitive was rapidly coining un, aud in a few moments more would be biowu out of the water. The drums have ceased beating. .Mid from afar come quick exclamation!., the heavy booming of tho monitors and tho Bwift revolutions of a 6crcw. Ironclad after ironclad make the steamer a target ; but it is pitch dark, and her swift way is against them. Above the tumult of the elements carno the loud roar of the huge guns ; but still thote adventurous spirits picked their way through' tho inky blackness. A bright light is blazing on the ramparts of Sumter, and broad off on our port beam, in the direction of Fort Moultrie. Rockets aro streaming con'inuously-the bearings tho Confederates display to help the fugitive. On she comes. The pulsations of tho tireless engines are now heard, together with tho swift churning of Ibo screw. Now she is passing tbo monitor a> tod, and in au.instant will be alongside. The Monlauk delivers both her guns ; there comes a flash of lightning, and the steam er is revealed for thc first time. From her low smoke slack tho smoke is rolling in thick masses; und directly in front, perched on the bridge is the pilot. He stands upright os an iron bar. In her waist a hand is Hiting casting tho lead. As I looked his arm wau swaying and the lead whirling over hi? head, then it was dark. As she came abreast, fairly pushing the blackness before her, thc leadsman's voice, full aud strong, spiced, too, with a flavor nf the Cockney accent, rang out : "And a 'alf two!" Another flash revealed everything, tho man in the wheelhouse whirling tho wheel, the Cockney gathering in the slack line, as if intent on bnving another cast before being blown up, and then a bell tinkles, the turret turns steadily to port, and the men crouch away from tho re coil ; then the vehemeut order tn "fire !" There is a breathless pause, and then a tem?le malediction, for both primers re fuse to burn, and the bold blockado run ner had vanished around the northeast angels of Sumter\~Harlfard, Conn., Time*. Senator lintier on Reconstruction. . lu a letter addressed to tho Philadel phia American, Senator Butler, of South Caroline, says : "One of the errors committed by the North was the immediate enfranchise ment of the negroes. The;; had just emerged from slavery, their ancestors bad not long been brought from Africa, in a savage state, and bad been only par tially civilized under the institution of slavery. Thity wero in tho main Igno rai, i and u .iii t'for tho responsibilities of citizenship. Tho contemporaneous dis franchisement of tho leading white men of the South aggravated the evils, opened tho door for adventurers, camn-followors and bad men-yclept carpet-baggers-tb Btep in between thc races, produced estrangement, stimulated animosities and made possible the long train of evils which followed in the wake of carpet bag-negro supremacy The summary execution of tho prominent leaders of ibo rebellion and absolute immunity to the survivors would havo bcon much more humane and wiser than tho plan of re construction that was adopted, and which ?laced thc late sla-e over his master, his was the first error, and I think the second was in not promptly arresting tho carnival of misrule in tho South, which flowed as logically from this suddon rn franchisement and (/[..franchisement os effect from cause. And the third Kr-*or \JOS In attempting to reconstruct tho Southern States without tho assistance of the intelligent and experienced part of the population. These, I think, were bomo of tho fundamental mistakes. They are things of tho past, aud you may not agree m ?th roo that they wore mistakes ; but you asked my opinion, and I feel bound to give to you frankly." - Tho Nineteenth Century says thai emigration to America has drained away tho middle class from Germany so that "tho millions who have gone have but actuated the difference between tho toil* ing many and the bureaucratic, aristo* eratic and military few who oppress them -have, too, left an almost impassable gap between tho wealthy landlord and the small owner or laborer, between the hand-to-mouth workman and the capi talist class." The only remedy accord ingly left, in the opinion of the lower German classes, is revolution. GARFIELD'S PICTURE. A? Dr??ra by Cal. Jeme* IC. Itaud&ll In Ute Cbcpnlcla and Coast! tntlaaaU et. . . WASIIIKUTON, March 18,1881. Attorney General Devena could not. go out of omeo without a puerile attempt to injure Marshal FJizsimonn, hut it wan, to use the strong language of a friend, "the kick of an expiring jackas*. The Marshal is more than willing now that he has beeu so triumphantly exoner ated, to resign the ellice, hut tho Presi* dent will, 7 think, continue him some time longer. In course of conversation with A gentle man of genius and distinction, whose name and famo arc co extensive with the Union, I called hir- attention to some views I had expressed about Mr. Gar field and his inaugural address. My friend stated that I had arrived hy intui tion at the same conclusions substantially that he had reached from long acquain tance and experience of tho present Chief Magistrate. Ile had mado Mr. Gavficd, he said, a study. There was in the Pres- i ?dent a poetic vein of temperament, ! which colored all he said and did. He had a vigorous intollectnnd a kindly na ture, bat the -'^pressions made in early lifo wero stamped upon his whole after, career, and are not likely to be eradica ted. In the beginning he had been poor and sutTered the repressions of poverty. Ho became a teacher, and as a salaried maa had to accommodate himself to bu patrous and their whims. He became a preacher, but bore no new evangel to his Hock ; simply telling them, with novel warmth but no originality, what they wore already convinced of. There wasin him no kinship to Savonarola or Luther or any of tho sons of men who startle and arouse tho drowsy world. He did a certain sort of good by this conduct ; hut it did Jot getoutof any accustomed rut. Ile became a Sunday School teach? cr, but ibero was the same humdrum ex hibition, only differing from that of any other individual by superior talents, il lustrating old thoughts and following benteu tracks. Ho went into tho war; but distinguished himself only by putting a glow ot romaneo in Gen. Rosecrans' dispatches, and by the celerity with which he abandoned'the perils of the field for ?[realer and moro alluring glories of the omni. From that time forth,aa a states man, ho morely : interpreted the passions of tuc timo tn c. at o ry and legislation. No mau better understood tho popular frenzy, and no.man moro vehemently de nounced "rebels and traitors." Wbon conservatism seemed tc bs a prevailing sentiment, he pitched Iiis koy to that new tuno and became efiusivo in that di rection. When the Nation projected its shadow over the Federation, he could prove out of everything but the Constitu tion, and even mode a brief essay there that Washington and Jefferson and Jack son "did not know everything down in Judee." As President, be catches tho popu'lur refrains and, in his inaugural, parcels out his variant music as ono would feed corn to chickens, There is something for everybody, and yet, with paradoxical adroitness, nobody can tell exactly, until time shall developo it, what that something may turn out. There is a minor chord running through t hat address that tbe stalwart Republicans understands as their policy ; and yet, so clever ia tho rhetorical juggle that the South, almost in choree, accepts it os a H.ugar plum. In his Cabinet selec tions ho bas essayed to make a consistent gombo of the most heterogeneous mate rials. Without specifying at length, it may be said tbat'tbo liberalism of Wayne MacVeagh runs through it as gold oilk through n black stocking. Tho man we have to watch is not so much Mr. Garfield as Mr. Blaine. That wonderful leader never performed any moro dazzling feat in statesmanship than the bold, daring, brilliant und audacious raid he made upon tho position of Secretary of State. He was tired of the Sonate, and he selec> ted what he desired tn the Cabinet. It required all hU plnsk and diplomacy, to retain his grip upon Garfield, and to tho last moment ho clung to the Soneto, fearful that the weak spots iu Garfield's backbone might give way. This you think ia fancy aud speculation. Very well. Du not believe iL; but wait and see. If Mr. RIaiuo bas really grown conservative, and if the people, are in accord with ?ur. Blaine, the President will be only a second edition of Hayes. If tho people of the E?st aud West de mand a stalwart programme, tho Presi dent wiil bo pushed before thatsentiment and, a9 ueual. become its most strident apostle. If tbe politicians clamor for a disturbance and the wealthy classes, of tho North deprecate it, tho President will bo in sore perplexity which to oboy, and will probably turu to Mr. Blaine for consolation and advice. Then will begin a contest for supremacy between the President and Secretary. Tho one has the most luck ; the other has the most pluck. It is an even wager who would win, and possibly, botweeu the two, Grant may emerge as the arbiter of des tiny. Hp is a rash person who protends to read what tho next lour years will bring about ; and he is the wiser man who just now takes nothing on trust, even tho inaugural address of James A. Gar field. Mc.oicAii USE OP EGGS.-For burna or scalds nothing is more soothing than .1.. _1.:.. -r __ _ _i : 1... tu? nuira u> uu *%B> nmuu iii?; w. poured over the wound. It is softer i as a varnish for a burn than collodion, and being always at band can be applied immediately. It is also moro cooling than the "s?*eet ci) a?*d oo^ttya" which: waa formerly suoposed tobe tho sureat application to allay the smarting pain. It is tho contact with airwhich gives the extreme discomfort experienced from; ordiuary accidents of this kind; and anything which excludes .cir and proven?a inflammation is the thing to be at once applied. Tho egg is also considered ono of the best remedie? for dysentery. Beaton up slightly, with or 5uh<Ktt Huger,, and swallowed at a gulp, it tend?* by its emollient qualities to lessen, the inflam mation of the stomach and intestines, and by forming a transient coating on those organa to enable nature to returns healthful sway over the diseased body. Two. or at most tb .-ce, egg? per day, would be all that is required in ordinary cases; and since the egg is net merely medicine, but .food aa well, the lighter the diet otherwise, and the quieter tho patient ls kept, tlic moro certain and rapid ia the recovery. - Daniel Bashiel Warner, tho Presi dent of Liberia, is dead. He was born near Baltimore, Md., in 1815, of slave parents, who, however, obtained their freedom shortly after his birth. Ho bas been' in Liberia ever since, and was a statesman of considerable ability. - Senate David Devis, of Illinois, was a poor country lawyer some forty years ago, but by judicious investments in real estate in Bloomington, III., his home, and in Chicago, he bas amassed A fortune generally nelieved to exceed (3,000,000. Senator Davin belongs to that Mass of men whom a fortune has in no at aso spoiled. Bill Arp (Joes a Coot' Hunting. Tho boys said It was too .vet to plow end they were going down on the river to hunt rabbits, so I concluded to go along and tote the game. Mrs. Arp she said she knew we wouldn't kill anything, and we asked her if Rho would cook all we brought home, and sbc said, "yee, and dress it too." About tho time ve got started tho two littlo chaps came up and hefted me *>o sweetly to let them go I couldn't refuse, and sn Ibero were six of us in all, and two guns and two doga, and in about an hour we bad jumped aix rabbits, and killed ? ve of them, and they were getting awful heavy, when suddenly ono of the boys looked up In un elm tree that was in the middle cf a canebrake and said, "I .liought them things up ibero were squirrels' nesta, but I do bo! io ve I saw ono ot 'em move." Wo all stopped and looked, and sure enuf it did move, and tho other ono moved, end we knew they wero coons. I nover saw boys got excited so quick. They called tho dogs and made for tho canebrake. Tho creek was to eross and nary log in sight, so they just waded through and surrounded the tree and held tho dogs fait while one of tho boys got rvody to fire. By this time I waa getting ready to bc a boy again myself and I hollered to cm to wait and I pulled tho little chaps through tho cain till I found a log aud got them across and was soon on thc battle ground. Bang went a gun and down came a wounded coon, the biggest old fellow I oversaw, and I nover Raw such a light in my life. lie wasent hurt much with tbesmall shot and be did fight and growl and screech most amazin. First one dog an then tho other backed out with a howl and then set in on him again until finally old Zip surrendered aud gave np the ghost. Bang went an other gun and tho other coon let go and fell into a fork and there ho h.y for dead for about fifteen minutes, when one of the boys said ho was going to have him any how. So he climbed tho tree and when ho had got about fifty feet up tho coon straightened up in thc fork and looked savagely at him and f vea growl. I wish you could have aeon that boy alide. He came down thnt tree liken fireman comes down o scaling ladder. He left n right smart of his breeches on the bark and grape vines. Well, of coursa they shot him and that tumbled bim, then we had another fight, and the boys say they never badas much fun,and they feel sorry for your town boys who don't have any snort and arc penned up within brick walla, and tho beat they can do is to waste .1 few dollars on a lrrcn-h actress, and not know a word sho.ariid, and then go home, and bully for Sara. Well, I shouldered thc biggest coon, and I think he weighed twenty pounds when v<e started and about forty when I got home, and I laid him down suddenly in Mrs. Arps lap and said "akin him and cool: him if you please." I ougbteut to have done that. It was premature and not altogether calculated to promote our conjugal felicity. Mrs. Arp is a stately, deliberate woman, but I think she got up a little quicker than I bad ever ob served her. She thought it was a bear, 0? ? hyena, or a catamount, and she screamed accordingly. All that wns lass Monday and I think she has about re covered from it nov/, bul if I were to kill a thousand coons I wouldcnt try that little joke again. It dident, pay. I wonder what makes men and boys so cruel. My Utile girl wau the ouly friend those poor coons had and cannot tell what made mo take pleasure in their death. Boys begin carly to show their love of cruelty and destruction. They rock thc birds and the cats and the chick ens, and rob tho bird's nests, and then they hunt the rabbits and squirrels, and shoot all sorts of wild animals just for sport. There is au original sin about them that don't belong to girls. Girls aro tender and kind and sympathetic I reckon that is one reason why wj love 'cm but why they love us I d?)a;l know. I knew a boy once who caught a wild tom cat in the barn and tied u plow lino rou. 1 his neck and tied Ibo othor end to a ring L jin nd tho saddle that was on tho old mare hitched to the fence and then turned the old maro loose and pitched the cat on her back and she run horself to death in fifteen minutes, and the boys all laughed and hollered and enjoyed it splendid. That was mighty bad, but that boy married ono of tho sweetest girls in tba country nnd made a good husband and a kind father. I reckon its the devil 'that is in us for a while, and then ho quits us and goes into somebody else or into some hogs or mad dogs or something. Tht, ? soy that every boy must sow his wild .??*., though ? have noticed that it takes some a heap longer than other? to do it. They lovo n noise nud a rakel. They begin carly to Bhoot fire crackers and little pistols an beat drums and tin pans and tie things to the dogs' tails and make cm ruu aud make cm fight and set on the cats and a nigger cant go along the road but what they whisper, sic him Cesar. When thoy get bigger and have a few bumps on their chin they want to do something more heroic. They want some girl to fall in ibo crock so they can jump in and eave her lifo, or they wont some wild horses to run away so ir.i;r can jump to tho rescue of tho ladies'and seize the furious animals and jerk en a^r/n just'in tho nick of time, or ho wants to whip another boy because he bucked up th bia girl, and what ls curious about lucio boya the girls seem fo like that sort tho best. If I hadent fought a feller who insulted mo I dont believe Mrs. Arp would have surrendered. I dont. May be she would have took tho other feller, and then what woulu have become of me and my children ? It'n melanchol ly to think cf. I'm sorry we killed thom coona, for they don't do any harm to speak of, and they are lively varmints nnd enjoy life. Tho boya have got four coon skins now, and the girls have prom ised to make a lug out of them with a striped tail sticking out nt every corner, and I'm going .to put it down in Mrs. Arp's corner for her dainty littlo number twos to rest upon us an atonement for my rudeness. She always comes round right when I show it sooner or later. Well, I suppose tho inauguration ia over and wo bavo got a president at last. Four years is a long time to do Without one, and Fin glad they mado a big filas over tho swearing in. Now, if Mr. Garfield is going to bo king overall his subjects ana wants 'em to loro bim jest let him throw our share of tho nub bins down this way. That's all we want. -Atanta Constitution. - The net earnings of the Air Line Railroad for the past year amounted to $810,670.22. Col. G. J. Foreacro was re-elected General Manager at tho recent meeting of the ptockholdcrs in New York. - A curious matrimonial agency flour ishes in Paris, which not only arranges marriages, but undertakes to make all the necessary visita for tho contracting par ties. Among Ita staff aro a number of "highly correct gentlemen," who aro got up with beard, whiskers or moustache, to represent au closely os possible tho in tending bridegroom, and these pay visits, leave cards, and traniact all thc needful social business of the wedding, Tho Lahor Problem. The latest isstlo of the Vicksburg Plan ter'i Journal says : "The labor system of the South ls annually growing worso nnd worse. The negro never was reliablo as a laborer, even in tho days when be ranked as an expensive chattel. The master's eye kept him in subjection, ?ind tho fear ol thc lash goaded him to unwilling toil. As R freedman ho is worse than a failure. Unreliable to the last degree, he bringa ruin, sooner or later, upon nil those that put their trust in him. Contracts are things ' o makes to be broken. The opportunity of defrauding those who havo trusted and befriended bim is eagerly improved. Deceit and dissimu lation aro Inherent traita in hts character. He is familiar with vice nnd dees not hesitate to commit grave crimes to pro mote tho gratification of his brutal pas sions. Slovenly in all his habits,ho cr.ri nd and will not comprehend tho lessons which tho improved agriculture of tho period teaches." These are pretty bord things to say. yet it must be admitted hy nil candid people that thoy present vnstly moro of truth than of poetry. Of course there are a few honorable exceptions in almost every community, but leaving these out and taking ali others as a mass, wo find the case standing very much as .our Vicksburg contemporary puta it. Tuen naturally comes in thc questiou, "What nro we to do ?" Thero arc not enough of these reliable laborers to perform our work-nothing like enough, and to depend ttpou those unreliable cannot do utbertvise than prove disastrous. Tho Planter'* Journal goes on to state, in sub stance, that a radical change is a neces sity and no timo must be lost by indulg ing in vain and useless repining*. Im migrants must bo attracted to usby thou sands. Wo must go after them ff they do not come voluntarily. Motley must bo oxpended in disseminating informa tion regarding tho climate, soils, crops, manufactures, mines, foresta and other resources of the South. To tho unisses of the section* from which wo would draw immigration thc South is only a pesti lential region, a scini-barbarian country where might makes right, where law is defied and crime is deemed honorable. Thcso wrong impressions must bo cor rected. Capital must be invited nnd its iuvcBtmeut bo rendered reasonably secure. Homes munt be offered on rea sonable terms to such ns have moons to buy, and who will immediately improve them, whilo lauds inu.it bo rented to those who have nat thc ready means, but who are willing to work. To meet this crying want the lurge plantation system, so prevalent in the best parts of the South, must be abandoned. Plantations must bc divided and sub-divided. From this changed condition of affairs other resultant benefits will follow. Muscles of iron and steel will bo gen erally introduced, nnd those who under stand their use will find ready employ ment. Skilled laborera will bo in de mand. One of theso with his machine will do moro and better work, nt half the expenso, than can now be accomplished by a scoro of our slovenly cultivators with their primitive implements. The negro cabin will ho demolished and tho white man'B cottage will tnko its pluce. The soil will be worked to its full capac ity and the largest crops of the present will be largely increased, for ncieticc will assist thc efforts of intelligent labor. This increase of population, of an intelligent and enlightened character, will naturally attract to UH a diversity of intercBta, all of which will, in due time, find ample scope atm profitable occupation. Manufactures cf all kinds will be established. Our inex haustible mines of salt, sulphur, coal, iron and precious metals will ho worked. Tho wealth of our wide-spreading forests will be utilized. Our swamps will be drained and our waste places will bo reclaimed. Theso aro no Utopian idens. Thoy are entirely practicable. Something of the kind must be adopted and that without unnecessary delny. Wo do not need to go to Europe or Asia. Wo do not want thc scum and dregs of any nation. Bone and muscle without brain will do us lit* tlo good. We can and should oiler inducements to secure tho be::', class ol the surplus population of our own couti? try. If thrifty, respectable emigrants from tho Old World desire to settle among us they should be welcomed, There is room for them all. In this connection it is proper to state that tho frantic efforts now being mado iu certain parts of ibo South to procure immigrants of any character, can only ba productivo of evil. Wc cannot afford to furnish an asylum for thoie who "leave their, country for their country's good." Neither do ive believe it wise to pin our faith un those who must bo brought to us by charity. God helps thone who help themselves, and wo-feel sure that when wo placo our superior advantages prop? orly boforo the world, tboro will bo no lack of energetic; and intelligent mee who will find a way to reach us without asking advances from us, We have often observed that when an immigrant has been paid to settle iu a given locality tho community Boon finds it advisa ble to nay him to "go West," orin some other direction, ajhr? us only the intel ligent, energetic and respectable. Lei us extend to such every possible iudt'cc mont, tn pnmn nnd all Headed fnaistancr after arrival, but lot us securely close our doors against all others. A HARD CUSTOMER.-A friend whe has been traveling recently in South western Georgia, heard of a man now living down in Lowndes county, whew career hrs been remarkable for more "hair breath escapes" and "imminent dang?n" than usually fall to the lot ol one individual. When a boy, he wai caught in the woods by e panther, dread fully lacerated and covered up for dead by the animal, which ?hen weiittn pursuit of Another boy who was with him nt th? time. His comrade, however, escaped and brought succor to him. Next hi WAS bittenThy A rattlesnake and recovered Then be was struck by lightning and foi A whilo laid out. ?ft?rwerds he was par teHlygroruid up inn sugar mill.but thone;! badly mutilated, survive-'* the easuality Subsequently he got into a quarrel with A man and killed him, for which In served out A term in the penitentiary Ho is now Watting to see what wu "turn up" next. Our informant says thii is no faney sketch, bot positive facts though thoy may not be stated exactlj In Order of their occurrence.-Macon Cit ittn. - Matt Carpenter could repeat som< of Shakespeare's plays from beginninj to end, and studied the Bible for it grand poetry and rhetoric. . - Gladstono owns nearly 7,000 aerea j In fact, the lauded interest is pretty wei represented in thc Cabinet. Tho Duk< of Argyll owns 176,000 acres, rental ovei , ?M,000 ; Lord HAilington's father, 200, 000 acres and ?160,000 ii year; Lort 8pencer, 27,000 aerea and ?40,000 a year j Lord Kimberly, 11,000 acres and ?25,00< 1 a year ; Lord Northbrook, 10,000 acra I and ?12,000 a year. -- - .JU? -A- 1 -V^r . T-J f . Mews und Gossip. - Philadelphia hos a hospital for sick cats. i - Senator Bayard ia aaid lo he gre - i ing exceedingly deaf. - A cremation society has been or ganized in New York City. - A Local Option Bill has passed the Dolnwarc House of Representatives. - It is estimated that there are 40,000 drummers sent out from New York City alone. - - Mark Twain has become rich from his writings, though many af his writings are not rich. - Bob Ingersoll HBya that President Hayes went in by ono vole and went out unanimously. - Ynzoo county ia the wealthiest nnd largest county in Misrigaippi, and hasn't a singlo railroad. - Two young Indies wero rccenliy ar rested and fined for laughing nnd talking in a church st Marion, Pa. - There is to be no poultry in tho S'ate .Department-no turkey-gobbler 'jiisMiesH, you know.-J. G. B. - The salo of intoxicating liquors it military posta and stations 1KM been prohibited by order of Gen. Sherman. - Senator Brown, of Georgia, thinks tho administration of President Garfield bas started out under the brightest aus pices. j - Virginia has 4,8?V. public school?, of which 205 are graded. In these schools 220,730 puoiU are instructed by 4,873 teachers. - Mrs. John Jacob Astor has spent $11,500 and aided 813 children in secu- ' ring homes through the agency of tho Now York Children's Aid Society. - Somebody who did not fancy Rob ert Lincoln's appointment to the Cabinet, remarked that it was on the potato prin ciple-the best part underground! - Col. W. J. Green, four miles from Fayetteville, N. C., lins ono hundred acres in grape vines, and expects to make 30,000 gallons of wine tho coming season. - Garfield is the first President who has ever taken bia mother to tho White ! House. Gen. Grant'? mother ia ?till liv ing, but has never been in Wnahington. - James Gordon Bennett'? latest eccentric performance is that of hiring 1 Johann Strauss and bia orchestra of 80 men to play for hie special gratification at Pan for one month at a coat of nearly $30,000. - Misa Mollie Garfield, about fourteen years of age, is a-fino looking girl, re sembling her father in face anti physique. , She has a hearty, unaffected manner, j which suggests a preponderance of great' good sense. I - Six miles from Punola, Mississippi, ! lives, a colored woman who weighs 470 1 pounds, who has given birth to twins an j nually for the last three years. Her ' name*?a Millie Williams, nnd it takes a ' whole wagon to carry ber around. - Tho Sennto of Texas lins, by a vote of 23 tn 7, passed a bill lo submit to tho Eeople a constitutional amendment pro ?biting tho importation, manufacture ' and sale of intoxicating linuois in the State, except for medical and sacramental purposes. - Fourteen disguised men went to a house of ill-fame r.car Shclbyville, Tenn., lost Monday night and finding a well known married man ibero too!: him out and gave him asevere beating, after wards forcing him to set fire to tho house. - In the year 1880 America issued seventy patent? to women. And not one 1 of theae waa an indicator to bo attached ! to a bed-post to show if tha?e is a man ! under the bed. And yet think how much ! getting down on hands and knees such a : thing would save woman.-Boston Post. - They were discussing the dispos: j tion of a certain lady to have n kind j Word for everybody, when one remarked : j "If Satan wero under discussion I do j believe she would havo a good word even 1 for him." Just nt this juncture tho lady cuino in and was informed of the conver i ration. Suddenly she said, "Well, I think j we all might imitate Satan's perscver : ance." - Moy Sing, Chinaman, met with a ? ; reverse at the very outset of hi? bu ? nc .? s N career in New York. Ho rented a housu i iu which tts open a laundry, and paid ' $50, for one month's rent, in advance to a r'. loafer named Jno. White, who repro ? sented himself as the owner of tho prem ? ?seri. Last Tuesday Moy met the > swindler and gave him a good drubbing. , ! White was subsequently arrested and I committed for trial. t '- A Gazette special says : Senator i Conkling thinks therein a good deal of i Ohio in it. He thu? r p; ko of the inau I gurution to a friend: "The President was I escorted to tho capital by an Ohio com I! pany. Tho officer in command of the ' j whole column was an Ohio General. I Tho officer chiefly prominent in tho inauguration preparations was nu Ohio Adjutant General. He was seated by an i Ohio President, and was escorted to and ?nts the Senate by an Ohio Senator. . He was sworn in by" a Chief Justice from i Ohio and returned to the White House ns > he came out of it, in# charge of Ohio i officers. Two of bia Cabinet ore : virtually from Ohio, and so known to . all Ohio men. The next day Chhif ? Justice Carter, of tho Supremo Court ) j district, also a nativo of Ohio, was called ? upon to ?wear in thc Cabinet of tho new ; j Ohio man." - The extremely fashionable woman i ! now adds to the cost of every new toilet ? the price of a full length cabinet photo graph. It has hecotno n custom in New York to thus make a pictorial history of , one's clothes. Some women have theso Cicturcs carefully colored in the exact ues of the costume, so that the likeness ( is perfect. Album* ?re ?et apart for thia , purpose, and mighty interesting volumes . they seem lo be to their proud owners, p It is supposable, ton, that they are ab j sorblng, if not exciting, to tho men who , have paid the bills for thc raiment therein [' represented. The fashion in general > photography now inculcates disdain for j the old-fashioned cartes de visite, nnd [ even disfavors the Imperial size, and is j only satisfied with the largo cabinets, which cost eighteen dollars a dozen, if ' mado by any of tho fino, leading photo . graphers of Gotham. i - In a speech at tho graduation oxer? . cises of the Washington Spencerian Bus i iness College lost May, President Gar i field said : "Laugh nt ft as we may, put |i it aside as a.jest if we will, keep it out of I Congress er ooMMcal campaigns, still the i woman question is rising in our horizon , larger than the.size of a man's hand; r and some solution, erelong, that question - m nat Omi. I have not yet commuted my mind to any formula that embmces tho wirrie question. I halt on tho threshold of so great a problem; bnt there:i? one point on which I have reached a concia I sion, and that is, that tbis nation must open up new avenue* of fjjtk aud use fulness to the women of tho country, sa , that everywhere they may hare somo 1 thing to do. This is, just new, infinitely ? moro valuable to them than the platform r or the ballot-box. Whatever conclusion - shall be reached ou that subject by-and I by, at present tho most valuable gift : which can be bestowed on women U ) something to do which they can do wei! ) and worthily, and thereby maintain themselves."