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BY MARY K. MIL.L.KR.
Karly In February, there came '
among the Cat-skills a marvellously
beautiful snowstorm. It gave the 1
best sleighing of the winter. It disguised
all out-door things so comically
that not only all the country boys and
girls were laughing, but the busy
mothers and grandmothers went outof-doors
to see the masquerading.
Fumps for instance, looked like men
stuck fast in the snow, with towering
caps, and one arm extended for help.
Gateposts were capped like sentinels
standing guard over pathways lost
under the snow
There was not a On of wind, and us '
the suu came up und "chores were '
done,'' sleigh-bells jingled along the '
country roads, and it seemed as if j
everybody who owned a "team," or '
even a "nag," was out enjoying ihe 1
snow. 1
A great deal of visiting was done,
and the postmistress ut Springluko '
said that every letter wus taken out of '
the postottlce.
David liurnet, a farmer, had taken 1
his wife und two little sons, to visit '
Grandma liurnet, neur the Forge.
The long ride was a merry one, the '
strong arm of the driver reaching for 1
the heavily lakeu boughs and shaking 1
snow down upon the boys us they rode (
through the woods. After dinner ho
had u snowballing frolic with them, '
making Grandma laugh till she cried, 1
watching them, aud declared thut
David was only the biggest boy of the
three.
At last they started for home, and,
of course, they came around by the
|H)stoftico.
Pupa tossed the papers to the lK>ys ;
put some letters in his inner pocket; '
cave a daint.v
0 v w HID n 11U < WUK
his seat, and tucked in tho big buffalo
robe around tho boy beside him, and
his own clumsy arctics; picked up the
roins, and away the pet horses spod
down tho hill, away and away home.
After supper, before the' cheerful
tiro, Mrs. Burnet read her letter, which
ended :
"As soon as we hoard Mrs. Kuger
was comiDp, we wished you to come
to New Yoi -: to stay during her visit.
11 is fifteen years since we wero together
last; do say you will come."
"Yes, certainly," at once said Mr.
Burnet. " Boys we can spare Mamma
to visit two old schoolmates, eun we
not ?"
" Yes, oh, yos 1" the boys agreed.
Mrs. Burnet did not see how she
could leave her little family. But
Bertha, the smart Gorman girl, said
they would bake some extra " things,"
and prepare the "buttery" for thw
raids of hungry boys upon cruller and
cooky crock, and she would risk all the
housework.
That Saturday accomplished a great
deal, besides carrying the letter which
accepted the iuvitation.
Sunday it rained, and mamma half
hoped she need not go ou Monday.
But oh, the brightness and beauty of
that morning ! TI16 whole out-door
world was sheathed in the Ice, that
crystal day. Tho rising sun dazzled
across fields, that were like frostod
wedding cukes, Bertha said.
The trees wero transparencies, and
gave forth all tho prism colors ; drops
of violet, orange or green pendent at
the tips of tho coughs.
n was uoeuiou the tx>ys should ride
to the station to see mamma stal led
upon her journey.
Never did the homely earth look
more like fairyland.
To Ixj sure the sleigh "slewed" in
an exeiting way at every turn in the
road, but the horses were sharp-shod,
and nothing mischievous happened.
Every Insignificant roadside trifle
was tricked out in spangles; stone
walls overgrown with clematis, weedy
patches in dump hollows, were in all
the soft shudes of olive and brown, and
like the tall evergreens, glace.
The telegraph poles wore iced up to
their tops: and their wires were
strung with lr rid ascent heads, that a
princess might covet.
As the vista changed with the overwinding
road, through that hill country,
down towards the railroad, the
happy Burnetsexhausted their descripf
i vn ' -1 !
...u Bujuvvnun duu i-jucuumons in
spasms or delight.
" Too bad, mamma, you have to go
away when everything in so beautiful,''
sain Robert, the elder boy.
" I think so, too," said mamma,
kissing him for good-by ; and thinking
that papa and his boys hud never
looked so handsome before.
"And in Now York, snow is only a
nuisance," said papa. " Hut wo will
write mamma all about our sleighrides
; say good-by, Richard, the train
is coming."
The train came and went, and parted
this happy family.
Those who rode back through the
ravines, winding around the hills, up
and up, home again, were not half so
chatty as when the bright eyes of
mamma had helped them to spy out
the beauties of the frost.
In the first week of her rare visit,
letters flew back and forth. In the
second week Mr. Burnet wroto :
" Do not hurry home ; the boys say
so ; and Bertha says she can keep house
well enough for auother week."
The city was charming the Wisconsin
ludy and the Catskill guest; and
their host and hostess found, euch
day, new sights that really ought to be
seen.
At the end of the second week, Mr.
Burnet wroto:
" If you will stay content till the fif
leenui 01 iviarcn, our wedding day, 1
will Hpcnd it with you, und havo a
wedding journey homo."
Mrs. Burnet was half provoked and
really dropped a tear, feeling for the
moment as if homo were not missing
her as much as she missed homo. Hut
she was quickly ashamed, and her
friends said her family were unsoltlsh
and solf-denying ; and this extension
of her furlough was delightful all
around.
A few mornings later, there befell
at the breakfast table, one of thoso
wretched blunders that no man can
foresee, and "all the cake was dough "
for our dear friend.
it was the arrival of a letter from u
country neighbor, asking Mrs. Hurnot
to make a small purchase for her,
"supposing you are coming soon, al- i
though it is not half so bud as we ox- j
pected. You must have been scared
when you saw the papers." I
Half-crazed, Mrs. Burnot began to 1
pack her trunk, but grew so faint, she i
submitted to lie down, and await an <
answer to a telegram already sent, i
She could not, however, conceal hor |
lOQptttlOQCO* i
"Oh, did you telegraph? What i
could you say r" i
" I asked," said hor host: I
" 'Something alarms Mrs. Burnet.
Any one ill ? Shall she return ?" 1
In a few hours' timo the answer 1
came:
"Noone is ill. Do not come. Letter <
by next mail. David Bubnet." i
That afternoon was spent at the i
Historical Society, where the honor
jf suspense was partly lost among the
pictured scenes of centuries behind us.
Not until the good dinner was over,
lid the letter coine, for which the
* hole company were eagerly waiting,
it said
"Ihar Wife?When I was driving
into the village this morning, I met
the messenger starting out with the
telegram, which will explain why you
received its answer so quickly. Is was
foing to consult with the doctor, and
^ct, as I telegraphed, no one is ill.
On Washington's Birthday I wont
iway for a few hours. It way very
add, so 1 did not take the Ixiys. As 1
mine in sight of the house, returning,
Lo my surprise (and the colts') a salute
wus tired, on the small cannon Cousin
Boh brought down last Fourth of July.
The ranort was alsnit as usual, but I
iaw attouce that something had gone
wrong. The colts dushed down the
lane. Herman came to their heads,
And I hurried to the boys. Of course
the one who was not hurt, was crying
bitterly; that was Richard. Robert.
mum nave leu some powder on top of
the cannon, although they think it was
loaded and tired precisely as they
loaded and fired in July. Hut there
was an explosion, as quick as a wink ;
[or his eyeballs were full of powder,
und the lids besides. The doctor was
hurried here. Your boy was a hero.
As long as daylight lasted We worked
at the powder blotches, and again the
next day. I took the little man in my
bed, und hud not left him, night notlay.
until this morning. His only
wail has been: " Do not let mamma
know." "Oh, mamma must not see
tnu !"
"The doctor and Bertha agreeing
that you were not really needed, wo
thought it no harm to keep the bad
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iiuwb i nun you. w e uro curious to
know what alarmed you. When you
come, 1 think you will forgive us for
trying to bear our own troubles: wo
did not wish to spoil your visit. Will
you stay for the wedding day ?
"The boys send love, and Kobert
will bo himself again before yOu see
him. " David."
Oh, no, indeed : no further plans for
enjoyment could keep the grieving
mother.
Tho visit ended as in a dream. She
hardly knew how her trunk was
packed, and the loving friends wore
left, when she was on her homeward
way.
"Will he bo blind. David?" was
the lirst question she asked at the
station.
"Oh. no, not blind. We hope the
eyes will be all right. Do you forgive
lis ?"
Mrs. Burnet could not say yes.
Oh, the bonnio lads : how glad they
wore! How merrily mamma talked
of tho beautiful things she had seen,
and gave them the presents which
delighted them.
But the strangely mottled face, and
the bandaged eyes?oh, what a sad
sight !
"So you celebrated Washington's
Birthday, my darling?"
" Yes, mamma, with my naughty
cannon."
" And not one of the bravo men who
crossed the icy Delaware, showed
more for?itudo," said Papa Burnet,
proudly. " Not even our dear Washington
could at ten years of age have
beon more of a hero in boaring pain,
without a moan, repeatedly, day after
day, bogging that his mother should
not soo him. And yet nothing on
earth is so dear as mamma, hev, my,
l?oy ?"
"Nothing quite so dear, papa," said
Robert, holding his mother's hand,
while tears met his simlo, trickling
from tho closed eyes.
"Oh, David." cried tho sad little
woman, when by themselves, ho had
told her tho painful details?"Oil,
David, there was Washington's forti
tlido; but do you think there was
Washington's truth in the sorry sehome
of keeping 1110 away?"
i?M ?
TILLMAN FAVORS THE PLAN. |
UK AGKKK8 WITH THECOIjIJKTON
IDEA.
Tlic Governor HiikkchIn a Itig Campaign
Committee?Ho 1'rcl'erH a
Frco-For-A 11 l'rimury to a Nom- |
hinting Convention?He Thinks the
Consorvnt i vch Will h'iKlit For the I
Ijcgislnt tire.
Columbia Register, March '2.
"Some of them arc pulling on the
bit and some of them on the breeches,"
is the way Gouornor Tillman regards
the political situation in this State so
far as the Reform faction of the Democratic
party is concerned.
Governor Tillman can always he depended
on to speak plainly on any
political matter. There is no policy
about him. If lie thought he would
otTend his best friends in opposing
their wishes lie would express his convictions
no matter who it hurt. This
is why the Governor is appealed to
to give his advice on political matters,
llisudvico has been abked many times
recently as to what course the Reformers
should pursue in the corning campaign.
He has not givon any free expression
on the later developments
until yesterday when a Register reporter
saw him and obtained his consent
to an extended interview.
The Governor answered freely and
without hesitation all the questions
put to him, and at the same time
showed a deep interest in atTuii's as
they stand.
"Governor, you have seen the eall
of tho Colleton Reformers for a mass
meeting in that county on Monday,
March f?, for the election of a delegate
to a State convention, and an invitation
to tho other counties to do likewise.
What do you think of it ?"
The Governor answered after some
consideration of tho question : 441
feel some reluctanco in obtruding my
views on the public on a matter which
I fully discussed in an interview
shortly after my return from Washington.
There is evident among the
peoplo a feeling of restlessness and an
uncertainly arising from all this talk
and advocacy of an early convention.
If tho 'antis' were making any active
moves, 1 could understand it, and see
how it would 1x3 desirablo or necessary
to concentrate tho Reform vote in
support of one leader, but the advocates
of a convention to nominate a Reform
candidate for Governor appear to forget
that such a nomination, without
previous discussion to allow the people
to judge of the fitness of the various
Bisttirants, is totally inconsistent with
nil our previous professions and
practices, and must necessarilly breed
heart-burnings among tho candidates
who may l>o cut out and causo disgust
tmong their friends. Tho dangers
which somo men profess to see, if
thore is a free-for-all race In the
primary, do not appear to me as groat
vh tnoso wnioft will confront us should
,ho man who may got such nomination
lot moot tho expectations of tho people
when ho begins to canvass."
"You take it then, that tho candidate
ror Governor will canvass, even though
10 has no opponent?"
"Why, of course. The constitute n
if tho Democratic party in this State
"oquiros candidates for SpLte offices to
nako a canvass, and should a convou
tlon pat forward a muu who did out
give satisfaction on the slump, some
other Reformer, or unobjectionable
antl would inevitably be brought out
and might beat the convention nominee.
Wo had bettor bo consistent in
our practices and adhere to our principles
and run the one danger rather
than stultify ourselves and at the same
timo run the other risk.'"What,
then, do you consider the
best course to bo pursued by the Reformers?'"
was the struight question
which was asked next.
"The Colleton people have hit on a
scheme to allay the unrest, which is,
perhaps, us good as any, with two ad- j
ditions or changes. They were in too.
big a hurry, and instead of calling a j
convention of our from each county,
the mass meetings of Reformers In the
difTorent counties should simply meet
and elect one of their best men, with
no axe to grind, to form a State campaign
committee. It takes at least
three weeks for any movement among
the people to got under way, so as to
carry the whole muss. One half the
Reformers in Colleton do not yet know
that u muss meeting is culled tor that
county next Monday, und not knowing
it, they would resent any rudical action
such us instructing their delegate of
one to the State convention to cull a
nnniitiiiliiur ? T' !* *
..^ ? > 6 vuu<?iii.iuii intur, li 11 1.4
the desire of.the musses of the Reformera
to move in this matter, tlie process
is easy and simple, but it must not he
too hurried. There is no need of hurry,
anyway, and any movement which does
not come from the people themselves
will create great dissatisfaction and
meet defeat."
"ilow, then, shall the tiling he
brought about?"
"Well, in my judgment the only way
in which it can be brought about is for
fifteen or twenty leading men in each
county to unite in a call similar to that
of the Colleton leaders for a mass meeting
of Reformers at their respective
court houses, mlesday in April, to elect
a member of a State Reform campaign
committee. This can ho done next
Monday in every county, and I hope it
will bo done. There are many reasons
why wo should have such a committee
of which I will toll you presently. A
month being given during which the
people can discuss the question of convention
or no convention, the mass
meetings in April, when they elect
their representatives on the State
campaign committee, can at the same
time decide for or against a convention
and instruct as to their wishes. If any
shorter time is given the committee
would not represent truly the wishes
of the people."
" Well, Governor, tell mo what this
committee would have to do?" was
asked.
" The first' thing," ho answered,
" would be to set at rest this question
01 a ueiorin nominating convention,
and until that is done tne bickerings
and jealousies and umbitions of tho
aspirants for tho various ofllccs will
keep tho ltoform cainp in a constant
state of turmoil. If it is decided by
i this committeo to call a convention
(coming. as it will, from tho people,
after fair and full notice) no fair-minded.
loyal Reformer can object and we
will have gained that unity and harmony
which do not now exist. If on
the other hand, the question of nomination
be left to be settled at the
August primary, as I hope it will bo,
this committee will have charge of
tho Reform campaign, and will look
after tho interests of the Reform faction."
44 Would it havo any specific powers
or duties other than those mentioned?"
"Of course, it would be subordinate
to the State Democratic executive committee,
for we must never lose sight of
white unity as the only means of preserving
white supremacy. Wo have
the right to organ 4 i and contend inside
the Democratic party for men and
measures, but when tho party speaks
through its accustomed channels,
every decent, patriotic man must submit."
" Why would not tho State Democratic
oxoeutivo committee, which is
composed almost entirely of Reformers,
answer ?"
44 Because that committee represents
the entire party, both Reformers and
antis, and it cannot, with propriety,
organize ono wing of the party against
another."
" Do you think it likely that the
antis will organize and put out candidates
?"
44 If there is unity and harmony and
fair play among the Reformers, no, not
f,-,.. .... O'-'
v.. uuiuiiwi i>r OUllO UHlCOl'S, Dill
thoy arc going to make a dosporato
effort to control the Legislature ; and
tho whiskey ring1 and railroads will
furnish a largo corruption fund."
"Why do you think thoy will make
their principal light for tho Legislature
r
"Tho whiskey people because thoy
want to repeal tho Dispensary law, tlm
railroads in order to enjoy in security
the special privileges which thoy had
before I was elected, of paying such
taxes as they saw lit."
"What alH)ut national issues --will
thoy cut any 11 gure in tho coining campaign
?"
" Most assuredly. Mr. Cleveland is
using his patronage to strengthen tho
antis whcrovoi ho can, and tho goldbugs
will doubtless supplement the
railroad and whiskey campaign fund to
any extent that 01113' be necessary."
" You think money will boused froel3'
then in tho campaign."
"Oh, yes; all that can be placed
where it is thought it will do aii3'
good."
" Have you any fears V"
" Not if tho advico which 1 have
given in this interview is followed.
Ttio Ulovoland Goldbug Democrats and
the corporations cannot buy our poo?
plo. The Reform cause is as strong
now as it has ever boon. With good
leadership our victory next summer
will be a repetition of the campaigns
of 1800 and 1802."
"If the peoplo instruct the campaign
committee to call a nominating convention.
what would you advise?"
"Why, that is simple. Let the Reformers
in each township meet and
elect delegates to a county convention
just the same as to a Democratic county
convention. The balance of the programme
could conform in every respect
to the system adopted by the
Democratic party as a whole."
" Under such circumstances would
the Conservatives take part in the regular
Democratic primaries?"
" 1 think most of them would, because,
as I have said, their light will
he for the Legislature. I don't think,
after tho experience of 1800, that any
considerable number of them would he
willing to try a repetition of Haskellism.
Some, of course, arc ready now
to ignoro the Democratic primary and
make their fight at the November
election, but thoro aro only a fow thousand
of them, not enough to accomplish
anything."
?The State constables at Beaufort
last week seized two cases of choice
brandy consigned to Senator J. I).
Cameron, St Helena Island, from
Washington.
Tho Japanese Pile Cure is the only
propor application for internal piles
and is gua^aq^ood in every ease by
Carpoutor Bros., Greenville, 8. C.
SUPREME UOURT REJECTIONS- j
RKMINIHCIvNCKN OF FOHMFlt ADMINISTKATION8.
President Orant Mel Strong Opposllion
in IliM Day- Cleveland's Urrcnt
experience Has Mcci tlie Fate of
Ol hci'N.
A. \V. 1). in Augusta UbroniCii*.
President Cleveland's strenuous efforts
to appoint a successor to the late
Samuel 111atchford us Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court, recalls the similar
efforts of President Grant to appoint
a successor to Salmon 1*. Chase
as Chief Justice twenty years ago.
iOuch in ado two nominations that failed
of confirmation, and a third that was
continued with difficulty. In each cuso
the President's party was in the majority
in the Senate.
Chief Justice Chase died in New
York on May 7, 187J. On the first day
of the following December President
Grant nominated Gcorce 11. Williams.
of Oregon, un ox-Senator, und then Attorney
Ccnerul. to tlio vacancy. Tliero
was instant and widespread objection
to the nomination. Mr. Williams' professional
ability was called in question
by his brethren in the law, und the
great Bar Association of New York
udopted formal resolutions in opposii
tion to bis confirmation. A large num;
ber of the principal newspapers of both
political parties condemned the selection.
! Unfortunately for Mr. Williams, bis
' management of bis office bud involved
! him in scandal. For instance it was
charged that bo bad bought for Mrs."
| Williams a landuulot, and bad paid for
' it out of the contingent fund of the
Department of .Justice, lie bad in consequence
been nicknamed in the public
press " Landuulot" Williams.
Moreover, Mrs. Williams was not
popular with the other wives of Cabinet
officers, and a great many detrimental
stories concerning ber were
circulated. To some extent the light
against Williams took on the form of a
" ladies' quarrel." To illustrate faintly
this phase of the contest, the following
paragraph is quoted from the regular
correspondent of a New York paper at
that time:
''Mrs. Williams'carriage blocks the
way. Politically und socially that department
landaulet has been in the
way of everybody and of every salon,
and has used a week of the precious
time before Lent. The ladies of the
cabinet had ouch agreed to give a
' gcrman' to to Mi88 Nellie Grant after
her month of mourning for (.1 rand pa
Dent, but hopes had been entertained
that Mrs. Williams would have been
out of the set before tho invitations
wore sent out."
As early as December ?> reports began
to be circulated that Grant would
withdraw Williams' name, but days
grow into weeks without such action.
Finally the holiday adjournment was
had, with tho nomination still ponding.
On January 1871, Congress having
reassembled, President Grunt visited
the Capitol. He sent for tho Republican
members of the Judiciary Committee,
Fdmunds, Frolinghuyson, Conkling,
and Wright and Carpentor, all of
whom, except Conkling, were understood
to be opposed to Williams. This
gave rise to rumens that. Williams'
name would bo withdrawn, and Caleb
Cusbing's name be sent in.
On the morning of January 7, Hamilton
Fish, Secretary of State, culled on
Attorney General Williams at the hitter's
ollice, and represented to him that
his continued candidacy was seriously
embarrassing President Grant, and
that he (Williams) ought to send to the
President a note asking him to withdraw
his (Williams) name from the
Senate, adding that this was tho only
way in which President Grant and his
administration could be relieved from
embarressmont in tho matter. Williams
yielded to these representations,
and that afternoon sent a note to the
President in accordance with the suggestion
of Mr. Fish. Tho next day
Williams' name was withdrawn.
On the following day, January i),
1871, Calob Gushing was nominated to
the vacancy, and the same day tho
' nomination was favorably reported
iuu-k iroin ine judiciary Committee,
despite tho fuct that Mr. Cashing was
within awook of his 74th birthday. 11o
would huvo boon oonlirmed that day
hud not Morton, of Indiana, objected
, to an executive session. This enabled
the opposition to Cashing within the
Republican party to organize. The
Republicans who opposed Cashing did
so because he had presided over the
Charleston convention, and had east
his vote with the Breckinridge wing
of the Democratic party in the campaign
of 18(1P. They recalled the fact
that Governor John A. Andrew, of
Massachusetts, had declined to employ
Mr. Cushing in a military capacity
in 18H1, despite his excellent record in
the Mexican war. It was also claimed
that he had denounced the reconstruction
legislation of Congress as unconstitutional.
Tho contest grow vory animated.
and finally a caucus of Republican
Senators was called to consider
the matter. Cushing's cause was advocated
by Sumner and others, who
, vouched for his loyalty during tho
war, and for his sympathy with tho reconstruction
legislation of Congress
' Had matters rested there he would
have been confirmed, but they didn't.
, Senator Sargent, of California, rose
and read tho following letter :
Washington, March '20th, lhdi.
Dkait Sm: Mr. Archibald Roane,
for the last six or seven years a clerk
i in tho Attorney General's office, desires
from me a letter of introduction
to you, and ho deserves it, not in the
view of anticipating administrative
favors, hut that ho may have the honor
of your personal intercourse. Of this
1 tako pleasure in assuring you he is
eminently worthy. A Southern man
by birth, family and affection, ho has
carefully studiod and ably discussed in
Mr. DoBow's Review, and other Southern
works, tho lamontablo events
which have been gradually undermining,
and have at last overthrown, tho
American Union. While a practical
man, he is a ripe and accomplished
scholar, with, indeed, predominant literary
tastes and habits. In the discharge
of his official duties, he has
continued in a singular degree tho
llllPftttt. Intoin'iJu 1
( ...? h! .^T uiiu 111 w,->l, UIIII^IIUilK'd
| intelligence, with modest contentment
in his lot. Having moro than once declined
oflicea of more conspicuous employment
in tho public service, ho now
resigns his present oflleo from sentiments
of devotion to that which alone
ho can feel to bo his country, namely,
tho Confederate States, from one of
which (Texas) he was appointed. I
most heartily commend him as a gentleman
and a man to your contidenco
and esteem, and I am, with tho highest
consideration, your obodiont servant,
C. CUSHINO.
Hon. Jefferson Davis, Prosidont of
tho Confederate States.
The reading of this lotter put an end (
to all chance of Cushlng's confirmation.
Senator Sargont explained that \
that morning ho had received an an- (
onymous letter calling his attention to (
the existence of the lotter he had read,
and telling him it was among the Confodorato
archives tho Government had
bought, and which werothon in its possession.
He had gone at once, ho said,
and examined these archives, find lug
the letter he had just read, and of l
which he had made u copy. He had
shown his copy to President Grant,
and then hud gone tothecuuous loaded
for l)car. Grant had the original let- i
tor sent him for inspection, and Immediately
decided to withdraw Gushing's
name. Gushing, learning the <
turn matters had taken, sent the Presl- i
dent a note asking that his name be ,
withdrawn. Itwus a superfluous acton t
his part. His name was withdrawn on
Jan. h, having been before the Senate
just six duys. i
Previous to his nomination for Chief 1
Justice, Gushing had been nominated i
and confirmed us minister to Spain, u
mission he filled with great credit to
himself and advantage to ills country,
in connection with thisappointmentan
interesting story is told. The Virginia
utlair was still pending.
President Grant sent for Gushing and
said to him :
"Mr. Gushing, 1 want you to go us
minister to Spain."
" Do you speuk as a military man or
a civil official, Mr. President? in
other words, sir, is this an order or n
request V"
"This is an order, Mr. Gushing," replied
Grant with u smile.
\ cry wen," said Cashing, " I will
hw ready to go whenever tho Senate
confirms my nomination."
After Cushiug's name was withdrawn
thut of Morrison 10. Waite, of Ohio,
was sent in for Chief Justice on January
19, lt*74, favorably reported on
the 20th, and continued on the 21st.
Cushing's loiter was compared to
that which caused tho expulsion from
tho Senate on Februuiy o, 1802, of
Jesse D. Bright, of Indiana. Mr.
Height's letter was us follows".
WASHINGTON, March I. 1801.
My ])kah Slit" Allow me to introduce
to vour acquaintance my friend,
Thomas 11. Lincoln, of Texas. He
visits your capital mainly to disposo of
what ho regards a great improvement
in firearms. 1 commend him to your
favorable considerat ion as a gentleman
of tho first respectability, and reliable
in every respect.
Very truly yours,
j kkkk i). Bright.
To llis Kxcelleney, .Jefferson Davis,
President Confederate States.
It is something of a coincidence that
both t he gentlemen who brought Bright
and Cushing to grief hailed from
'P . 4 ? -1 la
ivaiiit. aihi iii is another that Aaron
A. Sargent, who discovered tho Gushing
letter, was born in Newport, Mass.,
whero Gushing, then a man of 27, lived
and practiced law and which, at the
timo of Sargent's birth, he represented
in the State Senate.
Another of President Grant's nominees
for the Supreme Court who failed
of continuation was E. Rockwood
Hoar, as he called himself, or Ebonczer
II. Hoar as he appears in the records
of the Senate. While ho was Attorney
General ho was on December 15, 1869,
nominated for Associate Justice and
on February '), 1870, rejected. There
was no question of hisability, integrity,
or loyalty. Ho was defeated because
he hud an acrid temper and had quarrelled
vigorously with Republican Senators.
So far as can bo gathered from the
published records the following is a
complete list of nominations to the Supremo
Court which failed of continuation,
except those named above and
Uorublowor and l'eckham :
Judge Rut ledge, of South Carolina,
appointed Chief Justice by Washington
in 1765 during the recess of Congress.
He presided at the August term of the
Court t hat year. I u the following December
his name was sent to the Senate.
That body rejected the nomination.
By some accounts because he
opposed the Jay treaty with England,
and by othors liecauso his mind had
given away.
John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, Associate
Justice, named by John Quiney
Adams in 1N28. The nomination was
indefinitely postponed.
Roger B. Taney, of Maryland, Associate
Justice, by Jackson in 18,'l5. This
nomination was indefinitely postponed
on motion of Daniel Webster. A few
months afterwards, tho Senate, having
changed from Whig to Democrat,
Taney was nominated for Chief Justice
vice John Marshall, deceased, and, on
motion of James Buchanan, confirmed
by a vote of 25 to ID. It is an interesting
fact that John G. Calhoun voted
against Taney*
John C. Spencer, of Now York, Reuben
N. Walworth, of Now York, and
Edward King, of Pennsylvania, all by
Tyler in 1844, and John M. Read, of
Pennsylvania, by Tyler in 1846. All
failed to be confirmed, Spencer being
the only one actually rejected,
George W. Woodward,'of Pennsylvania,
nominated by Poik in 1845, and
rejected.
E. A. Bradford, of Louisiana, nominated
by Fillmore in 1852, and never
voted on.
Jeremiah S. Black, of Pennsylvania,
nominated by Buchanan in 1861.
Henry Stanbory, of Ohio, nominated
by Johnson. Never reported from the
.Judiciary Committoo. . i
In all, including Hornblowor and
Pocklium, there have been sixteen persons
nominated to the Supremo Court i
of the United States who have failed j
of confirmation. In other words, about
25 per cent, cf all the nominations to i
tho Supreme Bench have failed to bo
confirmed. Usually the cause of the
failure to confirm has been a political
one, but this has not always been tho i
case. i
SOMETHING ABOUT HOGS.
HARDWOOD ASHES FOR HOGS.
Corn is deficient in ash or bone-muking
constituents, so that pigs fed ex- !
elusively upon it have weak or brittle ]
hnnno l? Mr: 1_ - . ..
uvuud. tu ?? experiments, tho
effect of tho hard wood ashes and bone
meal feci to pigs witli corn was to save (
about 28 per cunt, of tho corn in pro- !
ducing KM) pounds of gain, livo weight. (
lly feeding the bono meal tho strength
of tho thigh bono was douhlod ; ashes 1
nearly doubled tho strength of the
bones. Those experiments point to tho
groat value of hard wood ashes for hog
feeding, and show that they should )>o
regularly fed. Bone meal is oven better
than ashes, hut tho latter aro sutlieient,
and do not usually cost anything.
MORE VARIETY FOR HOUH.
Tho fattening hog has usually less
variety in his feed than any other animal.
What is worse, its nutriment is
concentrated in small bulk, and when
this feed is corn, as it usually is. there
is too little other nutrition. The result
of such feoding is that tho hogs
become surfeited and their digestion
is injured. They may increase fat, but
it is not good healthy pork, and they
will not gain so rapidly as if they had
greater variety. They will eat cut
clovor hay in considerable amounts If
It ia steamed and wheat middling put ?
on It. Hogs thus fed will continuo to '
grow, and may be fattened until a year
old with profit. It. in indigestion chub- h
ed by poor feeding moro than anything
also which makes it unprofitable to
koep hog? after they weigh l.'?0 to 200
pounds each.
FOOD row YOU NO PIGS. (
Prof. Henry, of the WitseonMin ata- t
tion, gays: "We feel warranted iu
maintaining that the kind of hxxl sup- >
plied to young, growing pigs has a very ;
marked effect upon the animal carcass ;
that foods rich in protein (shorts, bran,
skim milk, pea meal, etc.) tend to build
up strong, muscular frames and largo
individuals with ample blood and fully
developed internal organs; that exclusive
corn feeding with pigs, oven
after they have obtained a good start
on proper feed, tends to dwarf the ani- I
mat in si/.e and prematurely fatten it:
that, owing to the large amount of ash
contained, and perhaps for other
causes, pigs receiving the usual nitrogenous
feeds have stronger Iwmos than
those of pigs fed on corn, and that the
bones of pigs fed on corn contain the
least mineral matters. It is u rule,
with some farmers ,that the manure of
fattening animals pays lor the time i
used in taking care of the stock. If ;
this is true, and it is without doubt,
the one who feeds shorts instead of cot u
meal, gets double the pu> for his
work.
TIIK ivmivv if?i *
i*w? 3 1 IU'j .A 141'i A N
CUT ANIMAL.
A writer says : The future hog must
be a rustler, by which is not meant a
,k ruzor back," or " inizel splitter," but
one that bus the got up anil if row to
him; an animal of fine proportions,
with extra top line, broad, deep hums,
clean-cut. smooth under line, free from
flabbiness of jowl or holly, with deep
bacon sides and deepness extending
well back to llank and forward to
shoulder, not uneven, and deep in center,
having a line cut head, smooth
ami broad between the eyes, jaw broad
and tapering well even to muzzle, eyes
clear and prominent, with ears standing
out well from the head, breaking
evenly and smoothly towards the point,
but would even prefer a standing up
ear to a drop or Hop ear, as a drop or a
Hop, flabby jowl and under line, in my
experience, are not rustlers, and are
more inclined to disease from their
nature of sloth fulness, and these
had liubits are generally found together.
The bono should not bo too
largo, but one of fine and strong texture,
legs firm, standing erect in their
pens and tapering well from arm down
to the feet.
FEEDING YOUNG SOWS.
There is one thing that should always
be kept in mind in feed in<r a
brood sow. and that is that she should
he kept growing, says Farm and Dairy.
She will bo kept busy enough taking
earo of her litter next spring, and will
not be able to do any growing from the
time the litter comes until the pigs arc
weaned. Consequently the timo between
now and farrowing should bo
busily improved in growing and laying
on ai supply of llesh to draw on when
she noeds it after farrowing. There is
no danger in overfeeding the young
sow if the right kind of food is given.
There is danger in getting tho old sows
too fait before farrowing time. When
an old sow is fait, she becomes lazy and
will not get up when a pig is euught
under, no matter how lustily tho little
follow may squeal. A young sow is
more careful, and we never had one
too fat at farrowing timo if the fat was
put on with the right kind of food.
She should have some oats, bran, shorts
and the like, foods that mako bone and
muscle, along with her corn. A good
deal of bono producing material is necessary
in order to make a strong litter.
If souio of these foods are used
with corn, there is little danger in
feeding the young sow too much, or at
least in getting her too fat, after she
is once safe with pig. Many sows, and
othor nnimals, for that matter, are fed
too littlo instead of too much. Tho
brood sow needs a good store of llesh to
draw on after tho litter comes. If she
does not have it she almost inevitably
becomes stunted, because she cannot
eat enough to keep a good strong litter
from pulling her down to a mere
skeleton. See that she gots plenty to
cat now.
How to Kill Nut Grass.?i have
soon sovoral inquiries lately for a
method of killing nut grass. I used to
think the only way to get rid of it was
to move oil' and leave it, but have
found a hotter method of treating it. 1
had about one aero of very rich garden
land thoroughly seeded down with it.
I could raise a winter or early spring
crop, but it would choke out any corn
or cotton crop I could plant.
Fivo years ago 1 raised a crop of
Irish potatoes on it, then planted it in
corn. Fleforo it was large enough to
hoe, it was a mass of green nut grass,
and to get it out of tho hill pulled up
nearly all the corn. It was very dry at
the time, and by tho time 1 was through,
my corn was nearly all dead, but the
grass was doing finely. 1 concluded to
try heroic treatment on it. So 1 took
a Planet (Jr.) cultivator and tore up
every blade of corn and grass in the
field, using a hoe around tho feneos.
In about four days a new crop came
up. Then I cultivated it tho other
way, always in the hot sun. The fourth
time I plowed it deep, and 1 got another
pretty good crop of grass started,
which 1 cultivated as before.
in one month, 1 think, I had sprouted
and killed every vestige of it, as not
a stalk has appeared since, and it has
been planted to corn or sweet potatoes
ovory year since.
You can take this for what it is
worth, hut tho only way to get rid of
it is to keep it from seeding, either top
or root, and cultivate and germinate
till dormant seed and kill them by cultivation
in the dry hot weather of
May and Juno.?John Axtell.
Wisher's Shortage Paid.?The
"Uato authorities have been informed
that George II. Walter, the County
Treasurer of Charleston, has been paid
m.2sni.hj, the amount of the shortage
sf John L. Weber, ox-School
donor of Charleston, thestoryof whose
jrimo has been published. 'J ho money
was paid by Lcland Moore, a brotherin-law
of Weber, but ono of the best i
md most honest men in Charleston.
i'\?r him and the other innoeent onos
there is the deepest sympathy.
No news has recently boon received
is to the whereabouts of Weber, but ho
is supposed to bo still at Trinity College.
Much h?uj appeared in North
Carolina papers about him since his
exposure. '1 he most of those papers,
t is said, have charged the exposure
to political persecution, and have been
trying to exonerate Weber. They
lavo stated that ho handled ovor
>100,000 a year in school funds, and
,hat it. is a wondor that his shortage
vas not greater. Tho Stato authorities
iay that Weber never handled tho
unds of tho Charleston graded schools
sxcept in bulk and that tho monev
rom that source merely passed through
?ls hands, as is tho caso with the
graded schools in other cities. The
amount of money which ho handled for
he county schools and ovor whloh ho |
lad complete control was about fc.1,300 i
> year.?Columbia Register. |
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END or A MONOPOLY.
The Prospect I'or t'lienpr r Telephones
in I iu* I n(lire.
So general is the use of the telephone
in our thriving cities and villages, that
we shall doubtless render our readers
a service by placing before them tho
situation at the present time.
Perhaps wo shall not supply unnecessarily
elemental information in remarking
at the outset that tho two
principal features of the telephone
covered by tho patent laws nn> t.lm
transmitter into which the message is
spoken, and the receiver, by placing
which at the ear, the message is
heard.
As we have said, the patents bear
especially upon tho receiver and tho
transmitter. But the patent on the receiver
expired on the last Wednesday
of January. This might leave the impression
that half tho telephone was
free to the public, and the other half
covered by patents, thus insuring tho
continuance of the monopoly a while
longer.
But right here two important facts
are to bo noted. First, tho receiver
can boused as a transmitter, as any
one can discern by making the experiment.
Tho Boll transmitter is preferable
; hut supposing that to be protected
by a patent the receiver can be made to
servo as a transmitter. These receivers
aro now oll'ercd for sale at less
than two dollars, and will doubtless
soon be sold cheaper, the batteries,
wires, and other ouuipmont being also
offered at reasonable rates. Tho result
is that any one can buy a pair of
receivers, put up a private wire between
rooms in Ins house, or between
his house and offleo, or his ollieo and
stable, or between his own houso
and that of a friend.
It is evident we are about to witness
lively competition in the matter of
telephone extension. Of course, the
Boll Company's exchange facilities by
which it maintains such extensive
connections as its central olllces afford,
give it a groat advantage at the start,
but two companies are already advocating
the setting up of independent
linos, and the maintenance of oveho??rr?
fe"
systems. Kight hero it would seem as
if a law should bo passed requiring
the Hell Telephone Company to receive
and transmit messages from
other systems on the general plan of
exchange required of the various telegraph
and railway companies ; probably
wo shall have such a law before
long.
Another matter to bo noted is the
fact that it is by no means certain that
the patent of the Boll transmitter still
holds. Without going into the parciculars
of this matter, it is sullicicnt
to say that the question is now in the
courts. Indeed one of the independent
companies offers to supply a long distance
transmitter ; and it publishes a
letter from the President of the Bell
Company notifying the company that
probably no suit will be brought
against it until a decision on the mat',
tor, now pending, it reached in the
I 7nitn/1 i <: :? ' '
VIIUUll OOlU'l.
It will'bo seen, therefore, that the
prospect for cheap telephones is exceedingly
good, and the cities are taking
the matter up. A large company
has been formed in Chicago, and in
Philadelphia it is known that the
Clainond Telephone Company has decided
to light the Bell monopoly for
the business in the Mast. Contracts
are now being made by this company
for towns and cities in Pennsylvania
and New Jersey. Both these cities
have granted permission to two independent
companies respectively to
put up lines.
During tho past six years, the I loll
Company have paid average dividends
of over $2,800,000, in surplus earnings,
and $2,1200,000 regular dividends, on an
avorago capital of $11,200,000, making
an average dividend of of over forty- J
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