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weberrp "erab hu ILIIS ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., THIURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1888. PRICE $1.50 A Y-EAR SPEAKER CARLISLE. A Sketch of an Able Democrat-The Pee of the Hou'e. [Iarper's Weekly.] With the exception of Judge Thur man, _1r. Carlisle is by far the ables Democrat who has appeared in Con gress for a generation. In some re spects he is better equipped for the tasb of legislation than the distinguishe< Ohioan, for he knows more thoroughly the art of government. At presen there is no man in either House of Con gress who can compare with Mr. Car lisle as a dehator of economic questions and only Mr. Sherman who has so ac curate a knowledge of the operations o the Treasury. In addition, he is the most accomplished parliamentary law yer who has sat in the Speaker's chai: certainly since Mr. Polk'sterm. Othe: Speakers have been adroit nianipula tors of the rules, but Mr. Carlisle has administered the principles of law which lie at the fourtdation of all rule: that govern modern parliamentary bodies. Besides all this, he is a consti tutional lawyer of large attainments and it was by a speech made in the House during the political session o: 1879 on the use of troops at the polls that he first attracted the attention o the country. The Speaker is a qu'et, calm, intel lectual man. He is never excited ex cept by his own thinking. Sometimes the even tenor of his speech will be broken for a moment, and there will be a more brilliant light in the clear eye and a slight flush of the usually pale cheek; but the quickened pulse conie from an impulse given by the mind o the speaker. With scarcely an excep tion, every speech that Mr. Carlisle has made in Congress has been an argu ment from its opening to its close Once, indeed, in reply to a personal as sault which shocked both sides of the House, he said, "I have not made a po litical speech, or at least not a partisar speech. on the floor of this House du ring all my service here. I have giver my earnest attention to what I hon estly believed to be really the highest interests of the general public." Anc this led to the impulsive Mr. Frye, theu a R,presentative, to say, amid the ap plause of Republicans and Democrat: alike: "The gentleman from Kentucky is recognized on this side as the jewe of the 1)einocratic party in this House.' Mr. Carlisle began his public life when he was twenty-four y.ars old In 18-9 he was elected-a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives where he served for two years. He was instructed in the common schools in which lie was afterward for a short time a teacher. He studied law with cx-(overnor J. W. Stevenson, and was admitted to the bar in 1858. From the first his success was great, and not wvithst:miding the denumllds that wver< malde upon)? hliml by public affairs h< veryV soonI caed to be recognized as onit of the leaders of the bar of Kentuck) and of (Cincinnati, which is directly seross the Ohio River from Covington the city in wich Mr. Carlisle has livet sinice l1e enter--d upon the active duties of is profession. During the war he was out of polities, refusing to act as Presidential Elector ill 18(4; but in 186( he was chosen a State Senator, and has been in public life almost continuously ever since. The highest State offlc< that lie has held was the Lieutenant. Gtovernorship. As Lieutenat-Gover nor he presided over the Senate, ani acquired the trainling which has stood him in stead in the present office. He came to tIle front in the Fortv-sixti C'ongress inl a speech oni the politica rider wvhich tile Democrats attempted to attach to an appropriation bill. Thx rider forbade the use of troops at thx polls, and because it wvas in it, Mr Haves vetoed the bill. His speech it sup)port of tihe Democratic positior mnade Mr. Carlisle the chief figure o his p)arty in the House of Representa tives, anid during the long extra session which is now knowvn in the annals o. C'(ongress ats the political session, he ani Judge Thurman guided their party it all that it undertook. It was th< speech on the army bill, also, whici ___made Mr. Carlisle the chief orator of Tammiany Hall meeting which waie held ill this city during that eventfu summner of 1l7. A fter that Mr. Car lisle was a factor iln national polities. When the House went into control o lRepublicans Mr. Carlisle wvas placed or the Ways and Means Commictee, anc he then begun the work which he it still dloingi. His first effort wvas to se cure a mlodification of the internal rev enue lawv, and his report on this subjec remlains to-day the miost thorough dis esinof excise policy that has beer maeby an American public man His speeches againist the tariff commilis sionl, and the bill which was tihe resul of its labors, marked him as thle leade of thxe revenue reformers ill Congress s that when the Democrats re,sumue< co.itrol of mime popular branch of Conl grssh was n:aturally anlfd p)roper2 amaude thew speaker. Since his elevatioi to t hma otliee his career has been to< wetll known and is too recent to requiri conuniment. Mr. (Carlisle's prominence is due no only tona wonderfully clear and accurat, mind. but to gzreat industry. He work from miorning until nighlt. He ha very little recreation. Until very re cently. while he has been in WXashingm. ton. hie ha:s lived inl pleasant roonms m1 an upper story of a hotel. He could b founid there at his desk at ail hours be foure and after thme adjournment of Con gress. His ultteranhces hmave been imar velbous for compiete mastery of hi subjct. lie ha:s studied and under stanF5 the merits of nearly every~ iten ini the tariff la. Nw that he Spea~'ker, he luaikes it his 1)usi ess to} know every member's capacity. Every day he reads tlh ough the (ongressional Record, and ita new telber is proim isiig he m akes it a point to hear him speak. le studies his men so c"arefuliy that lie is able to place thema on1 Comn mnittees to the best advantage. What ever misses he nakes are due to con ditions and circuinstances that lie can not ciontrol. ;ince he has been 4peaker he has studied niembers as carefully as he used to study crockery, pig-iron steel bloomiis, and other inanimate ma terials when he was helping to make tariff bills. This is the reason that the present Ways and Means Committee is strong although it contains an unusu ally large percentage of new names. With all his triumphs he is modest; with all his labor he is genial; and with all his ill health-for his confinement to his tasks does not help to make him strong-he is patient, kindly, helpful) and long-suffering. He is accessible to all but lobbyists. RULE OF PARTIES. How Power Has Alternated Between I)e mnocrats, Whigs and Republicans. W.1SIIIGTON, May 21.-During the century of our national existence the Democracy held the presidency for fifty two years, the Federalists twelve years. and the whigs twelve years and the Republicans twenty-four years. The Democracy began with Jefferson, who was elected for two terns, followed by Madison and Monroe, so that for twen ty-four years the era of good feeling continued uninterrupted. The election in 1824, showed that on the popular vote the Democracy was agamn successful, but Andrew Jack son not having the necessary majority in the electoral college the choice de volved upon the house of representa tives, and John Quincy Adams, a Whig, was declared President for the next tour years. The democracy avenged the wrong perpetrated, as they alleged, by electing Jackson for two tei:ns, and he was succeeded by Martin Van Buren, thus giving the Democratic party twelve more consecutive years in office. The Whigs followed with the election of Harrison and Tyler, and gave place in 1845 to James K. Polk, by which the Democracy again came into power. In 1849 Taylor was elected on the Whig ticket, and the Whig candidates in the two ensuing presidential elections were beaten by Pierce and Buchanan, giving the Democrats eight more yeurs of ofii cial power. The Republicans elected Lincoln twice, Grant twice, followed by Hayes and Garfield, which gave that party twenty-four consecutive years of au thority. This, it will le seen, is also the salle period of politicl prosperity that the Democracy enjoyed after it camne into existenice. The old Whig party never succeeded in keeping in otl-ice for nmore thtan oiie term, while the Democracy. prior to the war, never had its trust limited to a period of four years but once, and that was during Polk's ad ministration, fronm18453 to 1840. The Dc miocracy began with t wenty-four years of continuous power. Is.s next period way twvelve years and thten it fell off to four years. Its last antebellunm term lasted from 1853 to 18631, a periodl of eight years. NO END TO THE THING. The Enortnxous Sumn RepubUicans Want to Take fromn the Treasury in P'ensions. WAsursaTox, May 28.-There is the highest authority for the statement that the raid upon the Treasury contempla ted in the recently; reported arrears of pensions bilwill.not be permitted by the leading Demiocrats of the House. The '>ill, if passed, would cost the tax payers cf the country tile enormous sum of $381,000,000 according to a care ful estimtate by the Pension Office offi ials. To this sum would be added the pending cases for arrears allowed b y law, which wouldl still further increase the amount to $4->0,000,000. The Re publicans will vote for the bill if it comes before the House, because they dare not antagonize it. Many of their more prominent mentbers, notably Mr. Reed of Maine and Mr. McKinley of Ohio, regard it as a demagogical mnens ure, which wvill gain their support only through protest. Mr. Carlisle, however, is outspoken in his opposition to the bill,.lie saidi today, when spoken witht on the sub ject, that before the Committee on Rules, of which he is the chairmnan, should be allowed to fix a time for its consideration lhe would p)revent the committee front meeting again this session. In this he is cordially sup-) ported by Messrs. Mills and Randall, the other Democratic members of the Committee. Writing in His~ Sleep. MIr. J. ( . Garlington editor of the Lurens Advertiser, is someiwhiat of a sominanmbulist, according to the follow ing front the Augusta Chronicle: While glancing over the matter in p)reparationl for the issue of his paper for the current week, lie noticed an article telling of the destruction of Laurens by an incen diary tire. Efforts to ascertain who wrote the article, or what printer put it ini type, failed. It soon leaked out that Editor Garlingtoni had writtein and set up the article while asleep. walking fremi his residence to his ottice in the dead of night to do so. The account of the fire recited, amcng other things, that the loss occasionied by the lire would foot up SiQO'000, with one-eighth THE POLITICAL GRAVE. It Awit. Every Man Who Accept- a Cab? net I'Pition--Ilard Luck and Obscurity Anout the Only 1Rewards. [New York Letier to Atlnita (onstitu tion.] ,c"reiary Bayard'. recent fruitless aiciipt to regain control of the dento er:atie muachine in I)elaware put a vete ran politician whom I met at the Mor toil house lie other evening in a rem iniscelt mlood, and for an hour or more chatted most interesting of the ambi tious llen whose political careers have b eent spoiled by the acceptance of a cabinet portfolio. "The man of influ ence who has any designs on the future always shows his sense by declining a eabinet appointment," said he, "for hard work, poor pay and a political grave are about the only rewards that awaits liim if he accepts. This has been iv observation for thirty-five years and it holds good to-day. Pierce's cabinet was the tirst one formed after I had begun to take an active interest in politics. Its members were all strong mmen, but only one of theni figured in after polities, and not one man in a thousand could recall their names to day. Willian L. Matey, a statesman never appreciated at his true worth and one of the broadest minded men that ever filled the office, made a great reputation as secretary of state and buried his presidential prospects at the same time. Caleb Cushing, another able man, filled the office of attorney general. He came before the public but once afterward. Grant nominated him for chief justice of the supreme court, but a California congressman namied Sargent unearthed a letter f;>n Cushing written years before to Jef ferson Davis expressing sympathy with the slaveholders and his nomination was overwhelmingly defeated in the senate. (luthrie, Dobbins, McClellan and Campbell, the latter of whom is the only one now living, all dropped into obscurity when their days in the cabi net came to a close. Davis, Pierce's secretary of war, was the only member of the cabinet that lived to play a role in the drama of the civil war. Judge Jere Black, of the numerous members of Buchanan's cabiniet, alone kept his place before the public, and he more as a jurist t :an as a political leader. Holt is the onlv member of Buchanan's official family now living and three fourths of the people have forgotten that he had an existence. M:MI:EIis O LINCOLN'S CAItNET. "How many can remember the men who compjosed the war cablinet of President Lincoln? N eatrly all of them hcad the presidential 1be buzzing inl their ears, but all of them with one or awo exc"eptions are dead and almost forg4ttent. Chase, hv all o1dds the brainiest and broadest man in the cabinet, saiw his presidential hopes vanish when Lincoln, with his usual shrewdness, Put him (lut of the way by making himt chief justice. Seward won famze as5 secretariy of state, but his prnesi dlential prospects-he was Lincoln's cief opponent in the convention of 1870-were killed the day he left the snlate to) accept that office. Stanton died three dhays after Grant made him ai justice of the suipremfe court, worn with disease and broken by dlisapp)oint mxent. Speed, whom LinICOIl maide attorney-greneral in remembrance of early friendship, but wvho never p)rovedI equal:1 to the duties of the office, became a country lawyer in Kentucky, and die(d almost forgotten not long ago. Harlan, Lincoln's secretary of the in terior, slid into obscurity by way of the Alab ama claims court, of wvhich lhe was the head until its aflhirs were wound up a couple of years ago. The cabiniet o,f Andy Johnson has fared even worse than that of Lincoln. Evarts, who was made attorniey-gene ral for dlefending the president when the latter was triedl on impeachiment charges before the senate, is the only one o:f its members now in public life. McCullough, the secretary of the treasury, was accidentally recalled to his position during the closing dlays of the Arthur administration, but lie is emph)lat ically a hack number. "What of thle twenty-five men who were nmembers of Grant's cabinet dur ig is two termis? Many of them are dead and (If those still living Don Cameron. who held the p)ortfolio of war for a short time is the only one in ac tive polities. Elihu B. Washburn. the first secret ary of state and subsequently a prominent .candidate for president, for years before his death which oc curred (quite recently, led a retired life and( ranked amongIii the by-gonies. The sunie is true of H-anilton Fish wvho suc eeded him. E. R. Hoar managed the afYains of the attorney general's office in such a way that the senate refused to con fim his nomination for chiefjustice and( forced him to go back to his law pract ice in Boston. Richardson is rich andl still a p)roinenict figure in Wash iigton society, hut his career as the head (If a department is almost forgot ten. Bristowv's prosecuItioni of the whl]is ky cases ended his public career. He is now a lawyer in New York, demianding and receiving big fees, but taking no part in politics. Boutwell is a Wash ington claim agent. Creswell allowed the publ3 to forget that lie was ever pa:tmtetr general while lie drew a fat slryfromiI the Alabama claims court. Taft is practicing law in Cincinnati. Belknapl, dismiissedh from the Cainet in d:isgrace heause his wife hadl dis posedI of a few pos5t-tratdershipls for mon01ey, now has a law office in W\ash ingtoni andc is saidl to be making a fair living. Williams, able and al nbitious, who built a big house in Washington, a. ,de,ntd of a lng nuli career, >assed under a cloud along with et Robeson and both are now politi( uankrupts, the one in Oregon, the oti in New Jersey. Columbus Delano leading the life of a farmer out in Oh THE CABINET OF MR. HAYES. "And the cabinet of Mr. Hayes?" c tinued the veteran. "Evarts, who ibility as a pleader, won him the pc rolio of state, and Sherman, who fail to climb into the presidential chair way of the treasury department, are mnly members still prominent politics. McCrary, who was secreta )f war, and whom Hayes made United States district judge just heft bis retirement, left the bench two three years ago and is now a railro ittorney in Kansas City. His politi< influence is insignificant. Sihurz, w Hayes made secretary of the interior return for his labors with the Geirm voters of Ohio, has been everything intervals and nothing long. He Wa: ,ailure as an editor, cut a sorry tigt is a civil service reformer, made hi elf ridiculous as an independent, a, is now earning a living as agent for t Uernian holders of American hon< Devens is a local judge in Massach ueets, and Key is on the federal ben in the south. De Lesseps, who, in col non with all foreigners, had an exr ,erated idea of the value of an Amhe an cabinet official, made Dick Thom ;on, Hayes's secretary of the nav president of the Panama Canal col )any at a salary of $25,000 a ye: rhompson didn't amout to much wh .ie was in the cabinet, and he has be >f less value in his present positic His successor as secretary was Genei Joff, of West Virginia. Goff was t roungest cabinet officer in the histo )f the country, but his greatness w >renature, and he is now a by-r Zeans conspicuous member of the lou iouses of congress. "Take the cat-iet of President Gi ield. A little over seven years ago ,vas the newspaper's chief topic liscussion and its final formation for d one of the most interesting chapt( n the history of political intrigt 3laine is the only member of the cal et still a power in politics, and not o: nan in ten can tell who the other mci ers were. James, who licked the fc >f Conkling and Arthur to secure t New York city postoflice and then 1 rayed them that he might crawl in lhe post-master-generalship, is pre lent of a bank, and no longer a fact or good or evil in polities. Senat indom was a leading president )ossibility when he became Garfielc ecret:ry of the interior. After the 1: er's death he sought a re-election :he senate in >rder to put hiniself ih t ,ay of the presidential lightning 884, was defeated by a comparative inknown man, and retired from pi :ics in disgust. Kirkwood also got >olitical death by going into the ea let, and is now farming ini Iow Eunt, who Arthur laid on the shelf :he way of the Russian mission, is de: entiment.led Gartield to make Li olni secretary of war and Arthur ec inued him in office for the sai eason. Wayne McVeagh, the attorn eneral, has a law office in Philad hia and another in New 'York a; nakes a great deal of money. As >olitician lie always wanted the ear nd for that reason is as dead as ~offin nail. PREs1LDENT ARTHUR's CAnlINET "And Arthur's curiously compos~o :abinet. It's only three years siie round up its afirs, and already it dmjost (forgotten. P~oor old Frelii uysen, resurrected from a Rip V Winkle sleep and put into the st: iepartment by Arthur, is dead. Al o are Howe and Brewster and FoIgi 1'he election which made Clevelal governor and started him on the ro o the presidency caused his opponein leath. Gresham is a federal judge :he west. Chandler, now senator frc New Hampshire, whom John Roac hrough the late Governor Morgan h ippointed secretary of the navy, a Teller, who stepped from the interi lepartment into the senate, are the or rembers of Arthur's cabinet now public life. What is true of former ilso true of the present cabinet and members. Manning is dead and Lan: > the supreme bench. Bayard a arland find their places in the sem tilled by other men and the quiet private life awaiting them upon th retirement from the cabinet. Vilas pposei by the dominant faction of]1 party in his own state, andl Endic< never had much of a following in 31 ehusetts, while Whitney's politie career is practically ended. Have I made my observation good?" A Very Large Painting. A large sacred painting by the An rican Artist Matt: Morgan has be placed on public view in Boston, Horticultural Hall. The owner is Jani Hill, who has had the painting mai for exhibition purely as a business< terprise. The picture is 19 by 33 f, upon the canvass, contains 57 life-s istures aiid over .500 faces. The subj, is "Christ entering Jerusalem," a the only ideal face upon the canvas that of Christ. The Education of Woman. The University of Oxford, Englan is going to admit womien, not ii men's colleges, but to compete for h<i ors in final classical examinations. this she is but followving the exam: of Cambridge. The first stage of1 Oxford statute has been adopted by 1 congregation, but has yet to be pass by the Convocation. But that is o; or A I.rO.().I) CIlII*E ar ONE AVRNG, al cl The iRoblinso n Extenion Bonds Throwl . Bn:ck on the Hand% of the Sellers. LSp ial tohe News and Courier.] N 'W Yon il, Mlay al.-Several cable n- gralis have Ieel received here fron selt.odo stahcingrthat comp1>ltIttlonls hav( rt- arisen with reference to the sale 0 edi ( Georgia, Carolina and Northern Rail bY roal 1bo;ndls. These Ionls were recentl: its ofiered in London Iby reprcs-entt tiVes o in .Johin Robillsol, for the purpose of ex ry tending his Seaboard and Roanoke sys a ten to Atlanta by paralleling the At re lanta and Charlotte Air Line of th or Riehmond and Danville system, an adl ! intersecting important branlhesl( of th al Georgia Central. Iho It was said at the time that th iu boInds were promiiptly sol through Gil All liatt -k Co., Londlon banikeers. Report, at of the negotiation were well authenti a cated and oecasioned the Itiehlmolc Sand I)aniviile :'n1d Georgia ('entral pec n- pie soIle uleasiness, as they looked for ol ward toi thei prospective initrusionl upoi he their valuable territory allil vigorou: is. Competition for the Pie111ohl t bus ineS u- It now transpires that (:illiatt & (o lh sold the bonds by subscription on ecer - tain representations from this side, an( 4- pate here, claiminig to know, sal ri- these replresenltat ions1 have not pannetlC p- out to she satisfaction of the Englisl y, bankers. At all events the trade is of I- and the money already paid in by th Ir. subscribers has 1eeh returned to them. le This is likely to prove quite a se enl back to thle Roblinsoni extenioi, whiel i. will be aggravated by the present de al termination of the Richmond and Dan e ville to build a line from Norfolk, Va. ry to Raleigh, N. C., in the spirit of tit fo: as tat. Uninecessary ralilroads%, and tlu o- ruinous competition incident thereto er are the rreatest dangers to the prornis ing outlook for the South to-day. I ir- conservative policy in building an< it harmonious relations in Ianagin. of Southern railroads can be maintained n- the South is bound to boom and every ~rs class (of p)roperty will appreciate ii ce. value, and credit will improve until, a: >i- a man of afliirs said to-day, "Anythinn ae there that is now worth a dollar wil - readily bring two within five years." et All the South needs is to Iov< he cautiously and be careful not to solici e- foreign enplital on any but the miost coin to servative representatioli of facts, anu si- for the development (of only p)urell or legitimate enterprises. The Georgia or Carolina and Northern bonds were of al fered here before being taken to Lon l's don, and were rejected on the groun it- that the territory .was alreadly amlpl: to supplied with railroad facilities. Ie ("e:.TEIt ININAsNT. iI1 [Special to the Register.] i ii u:s rErI, May :1.- 't is reporte< here that the Georgia, Carolina an _Nort herni Railroad has1 been sold out t< the Riicnhmod and Danville syndicat' anid oriders have been issuedl to all con i trctor to) stiop work. It is freely dlis euss-ed on the st reets and a good deal o idignationl is felt towards tihe oflicer for sellinig out. as the rolad has beei liooked forward to as being a certaint: an als.,o as being of great benefCit to oul th JAI LROAD) lRIHT OF WAY. The Lanid Desired by the Columbia, New i,wrry and Laumrens Railroadl Valuedl at $850Oby a Jury. it [Register, Mlay :3.] ..- P'romiptly at 10 o'clock yesterda: moi rning the twelve men drawn as: e jur*y to view thle land desired by th. id1 (luimbia, New berry and Laurens Rail r. road to enter the city assemb)led at th< office (If Clerk (of the Court Arthur, and b heing duly sworn and organized, de t's )arted for the loicationi to be viewed. Tile land in qjuestionl, as p)reviousl: m stated, belonIgs to the Columbia an< IG reenville and Richmond and Danvill' Railroad Companies, and altogethe 'Icomprise about an acre and seven .eighlths in extent. lv After viewing thle land the jury rc 5 turned and in the Sheriff's oIffice listen i* ed to airguments on the matter from 3M its A. Carlisle, attorney for the petitioners ar .and Colonel John C. Haskell, repre aId senltinlg the Columbia andl Greenvill ite anld Richmond and Danville Railroads og Several witnesses were also examine1 *hr as to tne value of land ini the localit; is through which right of way was asked Ti rhe jury. spent a considerable time ii >t discussinlg thle aimiount of comlpensatiol to be awarided the owners oIf the lani land( linally .S50 was annIouncedl as thei Tile Columia l, Newberrv and Laui enls Rajiload Cohmpany will therefor hlave to pay this sum for the use (If tb 1land( they require, and wvill also have t le- bear tile expense of renmovinig to anotli el er location a tool house ini the line n at their p)ropo(sedI route. THLE AwARD ACCEP'TEDI. de [Register, 1st.~1 ~i It is understood that the award C et$S75lby thiejury in the railroad right c zeway ease has been accepted by both th :tColumbia, Newberry and Laurens Rai: .road Company, tile petitioners, an athe Columbia and Greenville and Rich mionld and Danville Railroads, th owners of the land. idi' A Big Casting. ito -- m-The largest iron easting eve~r l Ini templted inl Amlerica was recenity mad1( ale at Bet hlehem,l Pal. It was the base ft Ie Itile steel ciomplressor to lbe used in th he new gun steel works, anid 124 tons< dl miolteln metal were used. It will lt lv sonie weeks before the huge castin -wml be cool enough to examline. , Mrs.. I)oliy Mali,son',: Ieanty. [Harriet Taylor Upton, in Wide Awake.] Mistre--s Dolly was not yet twenty three. The portrait of her in a Quaker cap, from a miniature painted at about t that time, shows how exquisitely pretty she was, though the lovely f pinks and pearliiesses of her complex ion and the fine blackness of her silken hair and brows and lshes cannot be f given in the crude black and white of ink and paper, nor the sweetness of her blue eyes. She was wondrously fair. Her mother, who would not permit her to wear jewels, taught her to take care of her complexion. She was sent to school with long gloves on her hands and arms, a close sun-bonnet, and a white linen mask on her face. It is plain to see that in many ways great care was taken of the outward as well as the inward grace of the young l Friend. Though born a Quaker baby it was in 1772, about half a dozen years - later than Miss Abigail Adams in t Massachusetts, and half a dozen years earlier than Nellie Custis in Virginia, and the same year as Martha Jefferson at Monticello-little Dolly (who was so fond of jewelry that she wore a gra: - mother's gift of some around her neck hidden in a little bag) grew up with a love for dainty clothes; certainly a more exquisitely broidered_and frilled little Quakeress than she of the miniature has never been seen. There is in ex istence still, belonging to this period, a delicate gray satin Quaker gown, with elbow sleeves and square neck, worn by the young beauty-she certainly was a beauty. Her mother and grandmoth er before her, on one side of the house, had been great belles, and little Dolly was dowered with sweet looks as well as with a Scotch simplicity and an Irish irresistibleness of manner--she shared the Irish wit and good-nature with her famous second-cousin, Patrick Henry. Her grand-niece, writing a hundred years later, tells us how she met James Madison. It was in Philadelphia, whither she and her little boy and her mother (who was also a widow) had returned, and where her reputation for beauty was so great that gentlemen stationed themselves at points she was to pass in order to see her. Mr. Madi son saw her one day, and got Aaron I Burr to call with him and introduce him, and Dolly came down "in a mul berry colored satin, and a silk tulle - handkerchief over her neck and on her - head an exquisitely dainty little cap I from which an occasional uncropped curl would escape." She must have much resembled a famous young Quakeress beauty of the same period. described by a Frenchman travelling in America, the Prince de Broglie; writing of her-Polly Lawton of Newport-he sys: "She wore a species of English gown, pretty close to the figure, white as - milk, and a fichu very full and firmly fastened. Her head-dress was a simple little cap of very fine miuslin plaited and passedl around the head, which allowed only half an inch of hair to be visible, but which had the effect of giving to Polly the air of a Holy Vir All her friends rejoiced that she was to b)e married to Mr. Madison, though lie was twenty years her senior. Mrs. Washington sent for her to come to the Presidential mansion, and then. "DJolly," said she, "is it true that you are engaged to James Madison?" Dolly was embarrassed, and stammered that she "thought not," and Mrs. Washing ton then exhorted her to "not be ashamed to confess it," for Mr. Madi son would make a good husband. TiHE BIGGEST PAIR YET. A Pair of Shoes Fourteen Inches Long and Five and a Half Inches Wide. [Atlanta Constitution.] "To be made for actual use, I believe those are the largest shoes ever made in Georgia. They :were made fronm actual measurement, and are a close fit. I have been in the business ever since I was ten years old. and I never saw any -thing like them." The speaker was Mr. M. Gaines, the veteran shoeniaker. "Here are some figures," he con tinued, "that I kept on purpose. It took a piece of leather containing 1,040 square inches to make the uppers, and 1,960 to make the soles. That is 3,000 square inches altogether. The shoes weigh eight and one-quarter pounds. If that leather were cut into strips an eighth of an inch wide, and made into r oe lon string, the string would be24,(i00 inches long-enough to reach around the capilol square. The soles are fourtten inches long, 51 wide, and Si inches deep. That don't count the heel, which would add another inch to the depth." S"What number are they- ?" "Fifteen and a half. The list was made to order ini Louisville." "And wvho are they for ?" "They are for a darky named Bill f White-the one that has been with P. f H. Snook for twenty years or more. He La has the biggest foot I ever saw." Big a Man as the Preident. LIn respect of p)atronage the position of postmaster-general is now the most iniportanit in the Cabinet. The 50,000 postmasters who are responsible for their ap)pointment by the chief of the - depart me(nt arc suppleimnted by an im e mense number of clerks who serve at r Washington, on the railroads and as examiners and inspectors, all fover the country, and the post e master general is to the people at large almost as influential a man as the Pres PRESBYTERIANS WILL NOT UNIT. The Southern General Assembly Decides to Remain Separate. BA LTIMORE, MD., May 29.-The Southern Presbyterian General As senibly spent all of to-day wrangling. Organic union roused the members to a fever heat, and Dr. Smoot, of Texas, made a red-hot speech. The report of the committee on overtures, declaring organic unien impracticable, was furth er considered and finally adopted by a vote of 88 to 40, thus killing the scheme. So impassioned were the speeches that the Moderator had frequently to call the speakers to order. Dr. Smoot, of Ter-as, created a sensa tion. H' flourished his right arm and almost shouted: "These Northern brethren keep talk ing about what we owe this country. We started out on the principle that we would conserve the interest of the Church of God at the expense of the country, whether it stands or falls. I owe nothing under God to the country. I pay my taxes, abide by the laws and the powers that be, and love my family. I don't mean to tie myself to the apron strings of any flaunting government. Talk about the country being united! It is not. You might as well talk about uniting the Democratic and Republican parties. They talk about the color line. Why, a white woman actually went to a member of the Legislature in Texas and asked to have the laws changed so that she could marry a great, big, black, stalwart negro, on the ground that he was flesh and blood like any other man. The only difference was in color, which was the most superficial thing of all. They tell us that it will be discourteous to the Northern Assembly not to seek organic union. But these brethren have forgotten all the wrongs of the Northern Assembly to us. I say it kindly, Christianly, bluntly, I don't want organic union. But the Northern brethren are sharp. What they don't know is not worth knowing." The Rev. J. A. Waddell, of Virginia, a precise little man with gray beard, took the platform, with his manuscript in his hand and his umbrella held close ly under his arm. This created a great deal of amusement. He did not mind that, however, and, undisturbed by a suggestion that came from within a few feet of him to drop his umbrella, he held on to it and proceeded to de liver himself against organic union. Organic union by fusion, he declared, was dangerous. Organie union wagsnot commanded by Christ or required by the Gospel. The Rev. S. M. Neel said: "The great question of church unity has fallen upon our age. I carried a musket in the Southern army for four years, and for that I might be supposed to be opposed to the North, but I want to do what the Church of Christ wishes me to do, and I mean to do it. The first question that separated us was as to the spirituality of the Church, but if there had been no war there would be now no separation. Th'.nk God the war is over, and now shall we stay separated? We have been told that the Northern Assembly dodged our ques tions as to pelagianism and semi pelagianism. I don't believe it. I be lieve they met us squarely like men." Mr. R. T. Simpson, a ruling elder from the Synod of Alabama, said: "If unity is not needed in matters ecclesias tical let us abandon our Presbyteries and our Synods and go back to Con gregationalism. It is time for us to hide our heart burnings of the past and go forward in the work that is before us. The Northern Assembly did not evade our questions as to heresy, as they have been charged with doing. They are just as sound on that subject as we are. These questions have all b)een sifted until it has become ridic ulous. We are told that we are making progress. What progress have we made with the colored man? This is a solemn question that confronts us in the South. There is our field of evangelization. We should lay aside all prejudice and take up this duty. It is alone our duty, who know their characteristics so well. After twenty years of professed evange lization can you point to a single Pres bytery that has done anything ?" A voice: "Yes ; in North Carolina and South Carolina." Mr. Simpson, continuing : "Yes, that is all we have accomplished among a people who have been for one hun dred years our tutelage." Dr. Smoot of Texas: "Yes, and if the Northern preachers had let us alone we would have done more." The Moderator : "Order !" Mr. Simpson : "I deny it." D)r. Smoot : "You can't deny as to Texas, You haven't seen it." Mr. Simpson : "I don't undertake to speak for Texas. They have such funny things 'down there that I would not be surprised at anything that hap pened there. How can we accomplish anything with two churches working side by side both jealous of each other?" Most of the members say they are glad the question has now been finally dropped. She and He. [New York Herald.] Why, her character is about all a woman has in this world. A man can pick up a new one every month if he chooses and nobody thinks the worse of him for now and then sittIng down in a puddle of immorality. He simply crawls out, gets into the bathtub, puts on a clean suit of clothes and is all right again. But with a woman it is different. We don't quite see why it Robert E. Lee's Gold Spurs. [From the Baltimore Sun.] In the third year of the late war 3eneral R. E. Lee was expected to cross :he Potomac into Prince George's coun :y at the head of the confederate army >n its march to Pennsylvania. His riends and admirers in and around 4farlborough determined to give him a ,ordial welcome, and to celebrate the ,vent by presenting him with some tppropriate article to serve as a testi nonial of their esteem, and as a souvenir >f his visit. The general and his army lid not come, but his friends decided to ,ive him the present and they collected ;300 for that purpose. They concluded - o spend the money for a pair of gold purs. They were of solid gold, with norocco straps. The roweis were of teel, as sharp as a needle's point. On he inside of each spur was engraved a Latin inscription signifying "Courage irges on," and the words, "Presented :o General Robert E. Lee by his friends Lnd admirers of P. G. Co., Md." The lifficult task of getting the sp'rs hrough the lines was assigned to. entleman of Prince George's, who 2ow resides in B4ltimore. He gave hem to a blockade runner, and they iad a narrow escape from falling into he hands of the enemy. He left them tt the house of a friend while he went o another point in quest of other trticles. During his absence the house was ransacked by a squad of federal avalrymen. The only occupant at the ime was a lady, and when she saw the mminent peril of the precious spurs she :hrust th i into her dress and saved hem. Accompanying the spurs was a iote stating that they were the gift of General Lee's friends in Prince 3eorge's. No names were attached to he note, as the donors had no wish to nake themselves liable to arrest in case )f the capture of the spurs. The fear hat he would get his friends into rouble deterred General Lee from eknowledging the receipt of the spurs. After the war he visited Prince George's . md was given a dinner by Major Lee, mud there met the friends who had remembered him so kindly. The spurs were not heard from again until a few nonths ago, when, with other relics of ieneral Lee, they were placed on ex Libition in Richmond when the corner stone to the monument to be erected Y to his memory was laid. The following letter in reference to the spurs has been received from Mr. R. E. Lee, son of General Lee: ROMANCOKE, WEST POINT, Va., April 9.-Editor Baltimore Sun: Dear Sir-I have the "golden spurs." They were given to me by 'my mother after my father's death. As I remember, she said that my father intended that I should have them. I recall that they were sent to him through the line; by "blockade" about the third year of the waa. I had always understood that they were sent by the "ladies of Prince George's county, Md.," but I see by the - inscription "Friends and Admirers." They are very handsome, solid gold, medium size, and of the military type. The inscription on the inside of each spur is as follows: Stimulos dedit Vir tues. Presented to General Robert E. Lee by His friends and Admirers of P. G. Co., Md." The abbreviations are necessary on account of the space on the spurs. The rowels are of steel and the leathers good morocco, and the spurs are for service and' not entirely for show. Whether General Lee ever wore them I cannot tell, but should think not, unless it was on some review. Where he was when he received them I cannot recall; probably Colonel W. H. Taylor, of Norfolk, Va. could tell. He was 'his, adjutant general, and always with him. I remember no incidents connected with the spurs but what I have told you. Twenty-thiree years ago to-day the army of Northern Virginia surrendered. Very respectfully, R. E. LEE. Three of a Kind. [Smithville, Ga.. News.) The other day, during a veviv'al of religion in a town not far from Smithville, a man got up and said : "Brethren, I want to own up an' git off my conscience : I'm the man that put water in the lard an' peas in the coffee I've been selli' you, nigh on t w enty years." "Halleluia, brother !" shouted a man from the last pew, "P'm the man that furnished the poorhouse with meat, an' if you git in Il follow you !" "Bretheren," said a tall mant, who had been a county official, as he stood up in the middle aisle, "I'm the man that stole the meat that he fur nished to the poorhouse. Let us pray." Peaehes Plentiful. Carolina peaches are coming into Charleston in large quantities now from Aiken, Montmorenci, Elko, Bamberg and Wadmalaw. Good peaches can be had at from 40 to 50 cents per peck box and are retailed at from 10 to 30) cents a dozen. The crop promises to be enormous. Peaches have taken the place of oranges and bananas in all the fruit stores. The quarantine shuts out tropical fruits until after the 1st of No vember. Some Potatoes. There is on exhibition in Charleston a box of Irish potatoes which were grown on the farm of Geraty & Towles, Yonge's island. The potatoes are ex ceedingly fine, as may be inferred from - the fact that eighteen of them weigh twenty-three pounds. Only a day or two ago Messrs. Geraty & Towles dug 139 barrels of potatoes from not quite one and three-quarter acres of land, on the island farm. A Million and a Half for Charities. The hearing in the A. T. Stewart will case has developed the fact that after the testator's death his widow 'ent nearly $1,500,000 for legacies, rtiis annuities, charities and gfsto rel