Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 12, 1881, Page 10

WwW THE CHICAGO ‘TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MARCH fa ee Ce errr 1 2, ISSI—SIX'THEN PAG HARDING'S CHARGE Mr. Riploy Excused from Producing His Booka for the Com-' mittoo’s Inspeotion. He Acknowledges that His Company Doos Not Live Up to the Lav. Settling the Question as to Whether or Not Common Notoriety is Tes- ei timony, “ Tho Witness Thinks Pooling Givos a Btendy Rato to Compoting Points. Epectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, SpmNorinun, H, March 1.—The invest! gation of the Raflrond Commissioners was ‘resuined this ntternoon, Callon withdrew his motion entling for the booke, and offered as n Substitute that the wituess simply be ordered to examine his books and refresh his memory so that he might be enabled to an- awer tho questions propounded to him, The motion prevailed, there being only ono dis- senting vote, Bent offered a resolution that tho witness be not required to produce his books. The Chatr wanted to know who asked for the books, and Bent replied, “ Harding.? , Afarding sald he didi’t want them now. ‘The examination of the witness was resumed, Ripley recognized a pamphlet as the printed ‘tarlif prepared for the Burlington Road by the Commissioners, ‘The tariff actually used by the Company {s on filo in the Commls- sioncrs’ office. There have been changes In the Company’s tarlif during the past three years, Tho book of tariffs was under the con- trol of the witness. Ho had read the act re- specting extortionate rates, . HI@.COMPANY DID NOT LIVE UP TO THR LAW thore Iaid down. In semo cases the road charged n greater price for ashorter haul in tho samo direction, The road makes lower rates at competing polvts under certain circumstances, Preferential rates wore given. ‘The witness deseribed at some length the system of bookkeoping used in recording the rebates and preferential rates, Harding wanted to know If tho rebate cus tom was notorions as related to the other Toads, Withrow objected to tho question, as no- toricty was not evidence, hearsay was not testimony, and tho Louso of Kepresontatives at Washington had so red. Harding wanted to know If general noto- Tiety was guod testhnony. Withrow said if o matter was gonorally notorious It would not bo difficult to produce 8 witness to know It. : Harding said none of the Rock Istand peo- ple were present except their attorney, and nothing could bo learned concerning It, Lanning went into. the ethles of hearsay evidence as it reinted to tho non-perfornmnce of spevilied duties by a public servant, Withrow suggested the establishment of a rule. For twotve years the air has been full of RUMONS CONCERNING CORRUPTION on'the part of the members of the Legista- ture, Lanning flew to the reseue of the Legista- ttre, and repelled what he deemed an insin- ‘uation agalnst the honesty of his fellow-legls- Jators. Withrow wanted to know if the Commit- tee woukl aceept notorictyas evidence In vaso a memberof the General Assembly were under investigation, ‘The member might be 1s Innocent ns an angel, and yet newspaper comments and gossip inight smtrel lm be- youd the possibility of ever proving himself elean, The Chair solved the enlgma by stating that the witness could answer If he knew, ‘The exumlnation was resumed, aud witness srid his road occasionally ent rates to meet competition at common points. ‘The witness would give speeial rates under clreumstaices to manufacturing establishments, The road made no unjust discrimiuation, and did not Propose to, Harding dil not want to have any explana- Uons, but the Committee insisted, Ripley stated fhat to give a low rate to manufacturing companies would be to de- priyo them of a portion of Its legitliate busl- ness, ‘Tholong haut was generatly lowor on his road than the Commissioners’ tariff, andthe shorthaul higher, Itls inpossible to detormine THE ACTUAL COST OF HAULING FREIGNT per ton por nille, and the question is not a proper one. A guess might be made at it. That is what all the roads do, It is impossible to make a purfect ° tari, The companics aro gradually {mprov- ing tho system, Thero has been a dectine in tho rates since the Commissioners’ schedule was made. The tendoncy Is always downward moro on the long than on the short haul. With the rates of 1878 the Company ‘would have mado a million more than In 1870, On portions of tho road a single enging can haul forty cars, while elsewhere fourtcon would make a Jond. Tho witness knew nothing about the details of the machinery departincnt, Counsel for the prosecution wanted to go into the financial condition of the rond, and what interest tho owners wanted on tholr Investinent, when counsel objected, Hurding Inglsted that 2 THE COMVANY MAD WATERED ITS STOCK, ‘ond-he wanted to know if it based its tarltt on watered stock. ‘Tho question was ruled out by vote of the Cominittes, When the Company made sight changes in Mts tariit it gave notico by clreular, At this atnge a wrangto occurred on the question of adjournment. After the hilarity had subsided, witness testifled that owners of elevators at connecting polnts were not allowed any special rates over other parties, At Malden one Jones had & speclal rate, Others could have tho same ratoit they asked for It. Harding wanted to know if the Burlington Koad was huterested in the Lowa pool, Withrow objected, on the ground that the Committee coutd not go beyond the bounda- vles of the State, Callon wanted to know what the Iowa pool Wits. Witness said the pool was composed of threo railronds running te Council Bluts, ond applied only to luter-State commerce, and did not apply to any frelghts orlyinating aud tartilnnating in Etinols, Callon wanted to kuow WHEN THE POOL WAS FORMED, Witness did nut know, lt was about ten years ago. F . Marding said that if the pool terminated in Ghis State the pooling was Hlegal, wid pooled fales were unjustly dlserkininative because the rate frour Onlin te Chilengo was less than from Galesbarg ta Chicago. Tho Chaly decided Uiat the question was Hot pertinent oxcopt on thy poul ln the Staite, Withess continued: ‘The Burlington has no spechil rates to, David Dows & Co. or Fietd, Lindloy & Co. twas possible the Company gave a speclat rate to Davis & Bullock on Lowa freights, On the crossaxumiuation, witness sald that the transportation problem was an dinnense one, tad had been studied and worked upon for years, It was hupossible to construct + tarlit for long hauls on the basly of short ones. As to THE QUESTION OF DISCHIMINATION, it was azuinst the policy of the Company to tnake any unjust diseriintnation. When the Company had the hauling of the products of & munufacturing estublishment it gave peclul rates un the coal and raw muterlala, ‘The Company never made any rates to crip- pis any Industry, It often guye spectal rates at thelr own expetse and inconvenience, The Illinois rates are lower than they were two years ago, > ‘To Senatur Whiting: Ils Compan dll not cive a drawback of $8 per car to Jones, of Malden. It was grain frolght, and the re- bate was on the hundred, ‘There was no , Arawback given at Wyauct, ‘The Burling j ton and Rook Iatand Roads had sort of pool there, Wliness dectined to state how the business was divided hetween the mada, There were other pools, but witness dedined to state where, On tho reeross, the witness sald the Wya- net rate was A just and reasonable one, and ho thought was LOWER THAN THE COMMISSIONERS? TANIFF, Yo Senator Callon: Witness satd ft any rebate was given to one party in preferences to another tor the same haul over the sams ground, it was oxeeptional. Competition was n factor In determinating rates. Where competition ts avoided there Is no necessity for making Jower rates. There were fou polnts in tho State such an ntrangenent dtd exist. Pooling hus made the rates steady, and has not raised them, Before tho poollng the rates were Irregular, ‘There has been no advanceon the printed tari, though there was an ‘advance of the special rates, Wit- ness could not tell the amount of the rebates distributed In this State, ‘To Senator Lanning: The Ratlrond Com- wssioners hind visited tho oftice of the Bur- ington Road. ‘he records of the rebates are in Chleago. If the Commissioners had seen the buoks = ‘THEY MIGHT HAVE KNOWN OF REBATES. If they came to see the books in a particular cuse, they would have been accommodated; but, if they came to inake a general haul, they would have gone away Knowing less than they did nt first, ‘To Mr. Withraws Poollng emables the Tallronds to do thelr business at Jess cost, and also helps tho Intermedints towns, If it wero possible to get away with the compotitive rate, all loeal rates would bo reduced, Fine. tualing rates wero detrimental to business, and no business man in pny piace where pool is organized wants It done away with. THE POOLING GIVES A STEADY RATE to competing and intermediate —poluts. There has been a decrease in the average rate curing the last sixteen years. ‘Tho wit- ess belleved that during t] he nat five years the cost of operating has steadily lnerensed, Atthis stage of the proccedings a motion vas made to excuse him from further nt- tendance, when Senator Whiting said he had question to propound, Senator Fifer hoped the examination would be hurried along, ‘To Senntor Whiling, witness said he know of the fucation of Buda and Neponset. Buda was nearest the Rock Island Road, Witness thought that the tari from Bada to Chicago Was $25. From Neponset it might be $33, He was not sure, Buds 1s only six miles nearer Chicago. Senator Tanner moved to adjourn, when Senator Lanning rose to a atencion of priv- Hlege, aut said ifthe majority concluded to entry on the investigation In this way he was NOT DISPOSED TO GATIKR AT THE RIVER any more. general chorus, ‘ We will excuse you. A wrangle then ensued over the nttend- ance of Lanning on tho session of the Cont- mittee, after which the rofl was ecailed, and the motion was lost by the casting vote of the Chairman, Flfer wanted to know, “ Whero's our other feller?” ‘Lnls sally was recelved with great Inugh- er. Joseph F, Quaker, Traffic Manager for the Tlilnols Central Rallroad, was the next wit- ness. He had just stated his name when Neetlies came in, and Evans inoved to ad- journ, and the motion was carried by 7 to 4, the Chairman refusing to vote, The disgust of the minority knew no bounds. “ARKANSAS. Inn Hotel at Little Rock—Muddy Water and a Missing ShoceBrush—On a Strect-Car and In a Barbor-Shop—A LawsAblding Town— Little Iocky Misatasippl Iivor & Toxan Ratlroad. Sprclat Corrcaponience of ‘The Chicago Tribune. Littin Rook, Ark. March 7—The flrat im- pressions formed by a Northern man who makes hisdebut in this section of the country during: An tinusitally raloy season are not likely to bo favorable. If thore bo any symptom of preju- dico in the mind of tho tourist ugainst the South and {ta people, tho stleky yellow mud, whieh clinya to everybody and everything, will be very apt tu develop the disense in all its tury; whilo naming unblased, if not very quickly bereft of reason, will become saturated und sorked with vity for the peuple whose fate it fs tospend their Hyves in mud and malaria. : A ride of geventvon hours from St. Loulé, over tho Iron Mountain Rallcond, brought mo into Littlo Rock nt 2 o'clovk in the morimng, in tho midst of a nnsty drizzling ruin, anda pitchy Gnrikness which would have made old Erebus Diush in righteous indignauon., Hatt an hour Jater found mo snugly stowed away inn come fortablo Led at n hotel where porters, and office- boys, und chumbermalds secined to take n spe cal delight Sn trampling through the bulls and corrilors in a kind of desultory heel-wud- too guilt, which mnkes tho wenry trav- eler wonder whether ho has struck the Inst ond ‘of an alx-days’ walking-matech, or whether there {s not possibly a serious case of dollrlum-tremens at the other end of the building which promiecs to make things lively doring tho remaiuder of tho night. Sleep comes to the rescue at last, however, and dreams o’ertnke me of the orange-blossom. and magnolia, and tho cotton-ficld and cane- brake, and a chapter or two of the * Fool's Er- rand,” with an illuminated tableau of Uncle Tom and litte Eeain Heaven, and thon twonty mounted Ku-Klux, with hidsous masks, all armed to tho teeth, sct fire to the Ningara sus- pension bridge, aud ride nt a full gallop up my trousers-leg. Ab! of course,—l am the danger- alts nan with tho muniu-a-potu, and these aro my Wwatehers grinuing at mo ns they march by in tho inaugural procession. No-it is Jay Gould performing on the elnck-wire! And who shall say. that Kadynfonand Bob Ingersoll ara notiwinalsters of tho Sara? Was it Adrienne Lacourretr who broke tho Exyptian Obelisk Into four pieces? Crack—orack—crack—— “ Eight o'clock, sir!" ebouts sume demon In hus man form, and gives my door # lusty shake as ho pases on to tho next victim, Agimy unwilling eyes opened to tho reality of day, Teaw a pair of very muddy shoes lying on the tloor, where they had been curclesly thrown in iny hasty preparation for bed. A spasmodic attack of vanity came ovor mo, nud, rushing to the door on deshabliie, I ented tothe porter and beckoned Dim to como hither, “Take those shoos, ny ian, end cluan them for me, will your” And the stiocs and the man departed. The usual preliminary ceremonica of my tollet hnving been completed, tha morning nbs lution enmo next in order, Words cannot truth= fully describe the sensation that possessed ine aad gnacd into the wish-buslu, wow half tiled with water fred from the hydrant. stt looked as though a dozon brick-layers bad ulready washed initaftern bard day's work,-red and dirty, and dirty red. A tup at the door, and back omnes the porter with, ty shoes, atilt muddy, and tho refreshing intellizeuce that the shoes Leuat hortalttg to tho butel-onulpment cout Hut bo found! bhatt this meniad been tess mus cum, L think Lsbould haye become obstroperous and profane on the pot; but, ia view ot hia innge nifticent proportions, it seemed eminently adyisne ble to pursue a conciliatory policy; and. in hume ble imitation of that great man who became offl- clally defunct at bigh 12 Just Friday, 1 decors suined that no word uf ming should be the tuenns of perpetunting scetional atrifte., 1 did feel somewhat fudignant, however, at the idea of being forced to wnsh my face in the muddys looking mixture before uie, and mildly veuturod te exportuluto upon tho subject. The result was perfeotly antistactory (us Lwas doterminad At should bo) —a little sngactous Inqtiry eheiting the fact that tho water th iy basin was pers feetly pure and cloant And, us if fe evidence et this ruthor starukng provogition, the quads mitturud porter assured me, "on ls honor as a gentleman,” the or drinking thorw was 10 water in tbe world Bo goad. My patience wie considerably strained: this announcemont, DUCT bave ince found that my informant was hot altogether wrong, and that the water—or rather the mud and wnter—of the Arkansas River Jy bealthy and wholesome, After a creditablo breaklast, and a olgar which proved lo Le exeeailyoly questtonu: bie, Linguired tho way to tho business part of town, With on view ta a belet investigation of the commercial and Industrial resources of the Arkansas Capitn), Mine host ta person kindly piloted ine te a street-car In waiting, whi y the way, Was duubtiess aunt for my fminedlate peraoiial wvcomuid ontlroly uneccupled, envine deiver npon the Cront platform, whose ebvious duty was to guide the destlites of the sil-look> dng ule to which the car was altuebed, On ane fering the car my uttention was directed to a votive printed In uninlstuguble block letters; “Do uot converse with tho driver’; and imume- dintely under this the signidtcant words: © Louf+ crasmoka in strovt-cars'; and anothor alqn fst abuft tho forwart gangways °F cents, Vay hero" Ueing suddenty convinced that smpking was a pernicious ‘and cztruvagunt habit, P throw my cigar away, and, tn full ayms pathy with the enterprise of mulptalning ating Of strcet-rallway in Litto Kock, deposited inthe glass Dox u silver dime, which, after being au- dited and veritied by the driver, wasduly dumped into tho cast-iron receptacls below, und bucauie from tbat moment a part of ine cons ee revenue. 1 have sivco fearned that vy banding tha yentlemanty mulo-puncher 33 cents, a" blue trip slip" could bave been ole tulned, cousleting Uf fve coupons, euch gouil for ous ride.—a slight reduction ul GU per ceut! This uiloy of vollucting & double fare from the une nitiatod stranger ta doubtices @ maaturiy stroke Of Huaucial zaulus, and strikea wo as acarccly Jon, 14 it wae presonce uf h fexs admirabte than the moral and social dirci- pline which the Company encourages among tts patrons. As aliconversation with thortelyer was officially prohibited, 1 war forced to judmo for myeolf concerning tho beat point of disembark- ation. Hlook after block 18 parsed, and the alrret ia one vast sen of mint. At inst a barher- pole henvesin steht, Ahi happy thought! Bare bers aro somettines willing to converse, oven with strangers, And so—in search of nahave, and its concomitant supply of ueefil Inforination—L pulled the strap and left the car, Without entering into detalls tt will bo aut ficient for me to say that, when I arose from that barber's chalr, ‘and Jnstinetively pinoned my hand into my trousers-pucket for “change, 1 know the ine, polittent creed, moral charieter, prev history, present atanding, an fiture proapor of nearly every proininent man in town, Con. sideriug the length of time devoted to the cniso of general and social inquiry, | felt that Lwas protly well acquainted in those parts, If Thad only, hod iny bate ent, and my whiskors trimmed, ond bought n bottle of “Invigorator,” I bellove J would have felt ke ag oli resident. * How much do you charge for a shave, down here?" I asked, in my sweotest tones,» Swonty conte, alr,” sald this truly interesting and well+ informed person; and then my eyes bexan to open to tho paintal provaunity {hnt this poor pin was once fh niluent efrenmstanees, tite rounded by overy comfort and luxury which wealth could procure; and that he is even now struigylini alogperately to rueaver from the dis- astrous cifects of tho Inte whieh, tifteen ortwenty yeara ago, swept nivay his fortune— and his fellow-fecting. 1 can understand naw why It {s thatso many menin this part of the cotintry allow their Deards to grow unkempt. Barbers who have the chevk to churgo At cents for ashave not oniy seriously lmpede thoadvance of eivillzntion In any country, but absorb agrent proportion of the foreign enxpital which might otherivise bo directed towards Ita permanent de- velopmenty, Had Ltaken my departure by tho first train whioh teft Littlo Nock after the experiences of this eventful morning, my overiustite and tre revocable optalon of the ‘place would have been shockingly unfavorable; but a fow days’ ao goteny aud a botteracqualatance with Its people. ave mudo “darkness (ght bofare my, find crooked things striigut.” Tho ming tnve censed, nnd tho bright sun ahincs agains tho mad Is less nifection: and the Qydrunt-water more dinphanous.” # ths and Violets are in fall bloom, and on every side fipyeneatees begin to Indicate Quit this {s not so bad a place -atter all, Of course. one must expect to witness an Oveasional departure from the conventional paths of propriety and morality in a town of E souls, counting a soul to en habitant, ale Hocenvcto, bit. tuking over: into congldoration, the pollecman’s lot here “1s not it bapps. ono"—that ts, if happiness be measured in Wrect propuction to the number of malefuctors urrested, A case of homicide oceurrod a fow days ago on one of tho principal streets and in broad days ight. As a mutter of course, the whole town wns goes and, whun it: was reported about tho streets that a negro had been ahot down dead by: a white mun, there was much consternation, and Tumors of nv uprising of the colored population inado it appear probablo that the State millltis woukt linge tobe turned out in strong force; but when the fact was dovetoped that tho lus mented fleceased had oceupicd tte last fow mo- ments of his curthly career In a determined nifort to braln the white man with aniron bar, and that the fatal shot was fred purely in salt. defense, everybody sat it was all right and proper. The colored population subsided, and tho milltia soldiers, who hud suddenly been ealled ont of town on pressing business, returned to their accustomed avocations as though nothing had kappened. Rut this was entirely an exceptional affair, Murders ond outrages are of rare aecurrence hero, and, so farus Teun {udzo from obsorva- Hon and Inquiry, this pluco is as orderly, and quiet, and lnw-ablding’* a8 any elty of {ts'slze, North or South, ‘Tho Littio tuck, Mississippl & Texas Hutltond has been revently comploted to this potut, and opens another aveute of commun jon to that ghity theroughfure, the Mississippt River, This railroad is just south of tho Arkansas Hiver, and follows the general direction of that Btream frum Little Rock vin Pine luis 19 Ar kansas Clty,—the utter being a prospective elly of sovernt millon population, situated on the west bank of tho Mississippi, some thirty miles below tho mouth of the Arkinsas River. Prom this point tho road: turns westward, and Is com- ploted to Monticello, a distunes of forty-one miles, the ovjective point belug ‘Texarkena, where conneetion 1s made with the ‘Texas ays: tom of railroads. The new tino passes throvgh tho richest cotton districts of tho Arkansus and Red River Valleys, and will materially encour- ngo thy Intradustion of capital and rapid dovel- opment of the country. ‘The natural resources of tho State of Arkans Basnro intecd inexhaustible, ‘fhousands upon thousands of neres of yiluablo timber and cot- ton lands are nnoceupled, and need only tho touch of well-direeted industry, with a mere modicum of oapital, to uncover thelr golden treasures. Upon theso mutters f will discourso ayuin, STEINWay. LONELY IS THE NARROW HABITATION. From Schiller (in the oriainat metre), for The OMteago ‘Tribune, Lonoly {8 tho narrow bubltatlon— Deep the slumber of the buried one. Comrade, all thy deeds, thy fears, thy stition, Huahed and hiddun, rest, tho’ senreo begun, Oft nbove thy grave the sun shall wlltter, But its beams shall ward thoe nevermoro, Flowers wave, winds sigh, aud song-bieds twit- n= nd ter, But thoir murmur thow shalt hear no moro; Bridal biias shall gluditen thee, wht nevers Loye'a fond sinile thine eye shall ne'er Ilume; Neyer. tho" our tours should stroam foroyer— For thy star fa set in ondiess gloom! Yet'tls well for thee, tho’ no to-inorrow May arouse thee from thy stent bed, For with joy {aug buried sorrow— Nover fenra hor tremors move tho dendt O'er thy bend may fall the durta of slander; Foul corruption may Its vonom spew; Bonsting Pharisees to view muy pander; Bloody superstition rage anew; Hy poerits may teer thro’ tasked pretenses, 3 ‘And false Justlea dent with galls Fato may east, us dice, man's Inst defenses, On and on, until eternity: Still above thee, Fortune, all resplendent, Blindly for her tavored ane may peor; Monurehs relgn to-dny in pow'r ascendant, And to-morrow toll thro’ deserts drearl Woll for thee! Woll, tn thy narrow dwelling, ‘That to thesc--this serio-comly throng— ‘That to Fornine’s surges, falling, swelling— To theav endless games of right aud wrung— ‘To these artful schemes to snare anuther— To this rest, whore care lurke unconcouled— To this devil-haunted kingdom, brothor— Are thine eyes honcoforth securely sealed! Thon farewell, Osoul-felend! Withoutnumber, Shatl ottr bleasings rise to follow theo} Tn thy grave, (n silence, sweetly slumbor— Slumber sweetty, till our mivoting be; ‘Till above this body-crowiled valley, Vorth tho lust almighty trump ahall sound, Rending fenintont ¢, and God's storm-winds rally ‘ Into life the senseless dust around; Til the lub'ring Barth her travall finish, Quiekened by Jehovah's awful breathy Planeta mnelt, and In hot smoke dimluish, Aud the graves reject thelr prey of duath! Whether in new worlds—as ilream the sagos— Pocts’ Heav'n or Paradise dtvine, Somewhere, somowhero yot thro’out the ngos, Shall our souls at inst be knit with thing If that falth be real that Christians cherigh, Tf our ounsciousness live after deuth; Or if man, like smitten brute, must ils All his yeuralogs bit an idle breath; These, aid ov'ry prublen’s trig solution, Why t ortod soul tlready knows— Sips whhre, endless, without diminution, Truth from out the Father's chalice towst Osmicosnt, Wis. M.E. Hanmon, a The Mantmcture of Paper Out of Bane gases, Cotton Stalk, aud Okra an Ace comp ished Waet. New ONLKANS, March 8.—Whutover doubt may have oxigted heretofore aa to the practieability of manufucturiag papor out of biyuxse, cotton halle an Loken a Geers hi eM uawerdd throu by tho etforts of Mr, ‘Thoois J, Speer, who recently forwarded to a Mobily papers mill sovorat sine ples of fibro, and hin recelyved baok five dlatinot Hens oF manufactured paver from vurloue pordons of the okra stem, one of tho cotton, wid one of sugar-cuno stalk, ‘These samples are, all watintuctory, but the cotton aumply is espes glnlly so, for thao specimen of writing paper is the result, ‘The okra speckmous vary from the conreest stout wrapping paper to wot andsliky shoot, almost tsduy paper, a The Luck of n Chicago Broker. Yo tho hearing of ose of our reporters the following was lutely related by Lewis I, O'Conor, Esq, Whose ollles {s located at Us Waoshitigton street, this elty, as an evidence of speetal good fortune: "1 have been ant ferlng,” sald Mr. O'Conur, * tor a niuber at weoks with w severe pain in my back, be Maved to by from the effects of a eold eon. tracted while on the lak T hut been pre-e serlbed for by several of our phystelans and used various remedies. "Three days ago L abuidoned thou ali, and bought a bottls of St Jacobs Oll, uppiled it at night before ro- tiring, und to-day tect ke a new man experlenced atinost dastant relief and now feel no pain whatevar, must express iny thankfuluess for the fivention and mantis facture of such a splendid medicine, and shall esteem itaduty, privilege, aud pteas- uro to recommend 1 fy the future for slullar aflments,” ————— A Chance for a Now Broom, 4 “ phttadrinhta Times. Poatmaster-(encrul James will now have tho Untrammeled sone: his netlve energies ploed for sulong. ‘Tho whimaleal, bungling ineilleleacy of tuo American postal system te vo old a story (hat uven the vloquonce of auger fa worn out over it, The letterdellyery. vyatom (nv Krent cities Hko New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chi- cago, and St, Louis would be considered Insut- ferable in tho least pratentious business-centros of Great Breltaln, Geriuny, Austria, Maly, or France. 1 thoav countries, to give details, cach Lotter box bus a movable seule for the tnvertion of day and date, and tho person who drops ble letter in the box secs to tle minute tho me at which it will be tuken out, Tho “lifting” of totters Je hourly, and the dolivery the same, be tieen An. m. and 10 p.m. A lotte® enn ho weit- ton In nny suburh within: twenty miler of Lone don, for oxrmp'e, nnd within two hours It wilt bodelivervd. In Now York or Philadelphin tt takes twelvo hours ot tho moat ripit work to send tntramiral communications, ‘Ko foreluns ers this primitive and badiyenrranged expeill- Hon of private bust is nil the more Inexpli= enable that this ta tho land whose bunner bears “gtlne ts inoney.” ct = a THE NEW SOUTH: Obiiteration of Sectional Feoling Hee tween tho South and the Normth, and Mtcatorntion of Sympathy and Goode WHI-Encouragoment of Hab: dustry “and [Moral Imypro Among io Colored Peopte=Piain Talk tothe South by a Southern Man, To the Editor of The Uhteago Tribune, , Cuicaco, March t1.—Tho great problein of tho improvement of the Sout h,—the oblit- eration sof sectional feeling between the North and the South, and the restoration of the same spiritof sympathy and good-will that cemented the Union at tho organization ofour Government,—is enllstlug the deepest Interest In the minds of all true philanthro- plats and patriots. ‘The most hopeful algn, the strongest ovl- dence of progress in this direction, are found in the South {tself, whero enlightened patel- ots are looking catmly and dispassidnately at the real contition of the South, and devising Important measures for its Improvement, ‘The South has as true frends of the Union anil as true friends of the colored race ns the North, and ten who are putting forth etforts for the tmprovement of Its eolored yopula- tion that are worthy of all pralse. ‘ In Atlanta, Ga, the Mon. Sidney Root and othors, Including the Gevernor of tha State, are mnking carnest and! successint efforts to éstablish a library and reading-room “ for the tke of the colored, people of atl denoininn- tlons, with tho hope of encouraging habits of study, Industry, and mental and moral improvements} and similar efforts are being made tn other portluns of the South. But my principal object in thls communi- cation fs to cali attention to 0 Thanksgiving discotirsa on **'The New South, by A. Gd. Haywood, Presitunt of Emory College, Ox- ford, Ga. Leopy tho following: - Slavery exists tw mere? For this tuct I des gouty Mau, God this day! And on muny ne- counts: 1. For the negrocs themselves, While they have suffered and will ‘sulfor many things in thoir struggio f xp vistence, [do ucyertholess Dollove that tn the Sug run tt ls best for them, Now soon thoy shall realize the posstbiiticaol thoir new rolations aigpende lurgely, perbans most, on, thotngelt tich depends on those who, under God, set thom free, By every token this whole Nation should undertake tho provlem of tholr education, That problem will hive to ‘bo worked out on the basis of codporation; thi fg, they mist be helped ty help theme! wnake thelr education an absolute gratuity will perpetrate many of the inisconeeptions and Wwenknesses of character which now embarrass ond hinder thetr progress. Much also depends upon the Southern whito poopte, thutr sympathy, thelr justice, their wise and helpful coifperation, ‘Chis wo shoul tivo thom, not reluctantly, bit gindly, for tholr ood and for the safety of all, for thelr olevatlon and far tho glory of God, How we may do this may bo matter for disous~ slan heronfter, 2. Iam gratefulthat elavery no longer exists, because ft is better for thy white people of tad South, [t 1s better for our industries and our ‘business, ns proved by tha crops that free labor innkes. But by eutionco it fs better for our spcial and ctbieal development, We will now begin to take our right place among both tho conservative and aggressive forces of the olvilized and Cheiatinn world, # Tam grateful beonuse it fs unspeakably bet- ter for our children and children's chitdren, It ig butter for thom Ina thonsiad ways. Lhoye not time for discussion In detail now. But this, if nothing else, proves the truth of my position: there nro more white children at work inthe South to-day than orer betore, And this goes fur to necount for tha six million bates of vot- ton, Our obildren aro growing up to bolievoe that dillenoss is vngabondage. One othor thing [ wish to suy before leaving this polnt. Wo hear iittch about tho diaudvuntages ta our childs of leaving thera mong geveral millions of freed. men, | recognize thom and feel them, but I would rather leayo my ehildron among several tillions uf free negroes than among sqveral inllions of negroes in sinvery. BRutleaving out of view at thls time all did- cussion of tho varions benefits that may coino through tha enfrinchlavmont of tho uegroes, E am thankful on the broad and unquiulitiod round that thore fe new no slavery in allour land, Docs any ono gay to me this day: “You hayo Rot now light; you bave chat tho opinions fou entortained twenty yeara ng’ 2" Linawer uinbly, but gratefully, and without qualitlea+ tion: f have wot new light, 1 do now believe muny things that Lid not bellove twenty years go. Moreover, if it plense God_to spare ino in this world twenty years longer, Lope to have, on many diticult problems, toro new Tent. f expect, If L seo the duwn of tho year 100), to be- lieve some things that Lnow rejeut and to ros Ject some things that now bellove. And £ will not be nlone. In conclusion, J ask you to indulge mo in a fow reflections thit urogd bellove, appropriate to thls occnsion, eek. And first of all, as a Prout Tet us of the South frankly reengntze sume of our faults and tacks, and try to reform and improve, Tkuow this lsat hard task. And It fs all the harder beenuse wo ire tho subjects of go much denunciation und mis: representation by our eritica of the Northern States, and of other countries, Much of this comes through slncero iynerance; inuch of it through tho necessities uf party polities; soma } of ft, Erenr, through sinful hatred; aud much of it through bablt. Many fave so long thrown stones at td that it has become a habit to do so, ‘Tho rather Phorisiic ateltude that muny public men at tho North have assumed toward us hus greatly embarrassed and arrested our efforts to discover our fattltg aud to minend them, Rut wil this only furnishes a reason for beginning the kuonor and trying theharder. Whatixreally Roolt—and therd fs much. that is wood—let us stand by, and make It better if we van, There are somo unplensant things that oughe tobesnld, They are on my consvlence. Will you bear with mo while [paint out sumo of tho. Weaker polnts in our saciid make-up—some of the more scrious lacks In our development? First, then, let us ondeavor to overcome our Intense provinciuitem. We are too wotl sutlstlod with oursuly We think better of ourselves than thu frets of our history and our present state of prowrens justify, Some of us are nearly of the opinion that tho worda “tho South” faa synonyin for universe, Asn peuple wo have not. enough felt tho henrtbeat of the world outside of us, We have been largely shut off from that work) Slavory dd this. and this sugwests Mother renson for gratitude that tt oxists no more, On thie point | wilt add only ono word more, Had we been icss pravlucial, teas shut in by and with our own {doxs, bad we known tho world botter, wo would have known ourselves bottor, and thors woutd have been no war in 1801. Sovondiy, there fg n vast masa of filitorncy among us. ‘hero 1s white 1s woll a4 Dinck ple ‘Thore are multiplied thonsands who oan) ee ther roud nor writ. ‘They inuet be might. ‘Tutrdly, lot us recognize our want of a iter. ature, We tive not done mitch In thie line of thiturs. It ts tov obvions to dispute about, it le tow painful to dwell upon, Fourthly, totus wake up to our want of cdu- cationut feititles, Our publie-school system Js painfully inadequate, Our colleges and universities aro unendowed, aud thoy strugglo asalist feariu odds in their olfort toda their work. Wo ure 10} yenrs behind tho Rustern and Middle Stites. We'nre also bo- bind many of tho now States of the West, Fifthly, consider how behindhand we ure with our manitfneturing (Interests, And remember that Nature never did more to furnish a peopty with the condivons necessury to successful manufactires. Poes aby ane my, We lick cape ial? 1 answer, No, ny friend, it was always BU toowiea so when we hud onpltal, 1 obave thought of these things a yreat dent Dbave been placed where b was otliagad nink of them, ald J huve reuched this cops clision with purfect contidence of its eorreat= nese: Our pravincialism, our want of Uterge ture, our liek of educational fuollities, and our AO eae gece Niko one lack of populution, fa u(t oxpvlilned by one fact aud one word—slivery, Dut for slavery Georgia would be us densely poopled as Riode Island. Whorefore, anion many othor reasons, } bay again, J thank Gog that it fa uo more among Uat i I mention, instly, sume traits of character we ahouid cultivate, Firat, the humbio but all provailing virtues of jnduatry aud economy In business, ‘There should be no hon-produchig classes ninung te—ne wasting chugs, ‘fhe Northern pouple have tore money than the Soutbern people, chicily for the reason that thoy work muru and savo mare, Secondiy, lot ug cultivate the sontiments and hubits of patiticnl and social toleration, Whis is surely noviled anoug us. We need to feot that a woun taay voto ugalnat ts and bo our friend; wa heed to feel that wo edn be bly Erlend althougt wa vote agulust bin, ‘Thirdly, let ue cultivate respect for all tnw gud authority as God's appointinent. ‘This is not wu churactoriatic quailty of our peus ple, The educating iotuencea of many gene- rations bave beun unteyorable to the development of this sentient us a mental habit, er, rathor, as & mental churnotoriatic. Wo tnust plant ourselves and bring up our children on tho platfort of st. Paul and St. Potor, as reed: and cousiderod in the beginning of this dis- cyurse. Luw, authority, we must reverence aud obey ay tty vhllnance af God. ‘ Finally, fet us coase from politics as a trust and w trade, Qurduty.of citizenship wo miiyet. porform, but we abuuld look no longor ty political strugwles ug the meunsof deliverance from ail our difiicultios, 1f we aucceed wo would bo dle apponited, litical success muy enrich a fow placu- hunters, who ridy into oltice upow the tde of popittar enthusiasm; but it wilt bring little reward Uo tho tnussos of tho peoplu, ‘Thera Is no hulp for it: If we prosper, We must work [oF it. Our delivoranco will oumo through williluné of * n hard Hicks, and milliods) of acts of self-denial, through Industry, economy, evil order, and tho bleeatiug of Qod Upon obeiienoe. Seoondly, Jot wa took forward, have sspoxen before some of_ ye South of tho futiie, Again To an, forvtard 1 do the herola dend no tits. tieo, Mut the only rational way fr which wo can emulate ibeir virtnes is to live for tha country they dled for, We aro not called on to die for it, bit to live tfor ity believe moe, tgood friends, a much harder thing to do, We stowld not foryet what Gon, Leo sald to our Gen. Gorton whee it waa all overs We must go home nud aultivate oe virtues.” Leo aid that, Ife forthwith set himself to doing good, Itisa good example, Wo are toto tho work of tostay, ooking forward and not brokward, Wo have no divine call to stand eteratl guard by thy _ Hero certainly wo may nity tholr den.” ) nits, my neighbors. and my puptts, L decinre to you to-diy my hopo ts, that tn twent: yones froin now the words “the South! stall Avy uly n geographieal signifieanes, If uny ask, “Why do you say auch things hero to-day?" Lanswer, Hacansy Tf romembor wito ore hero, and T consider whut thoy are todo and to bo whet we are gone henee, Thaye spoken what Caotemnly bellove to bo tho truth, Moreover,'the thine his fully come When these truth shaittd to Rpoken by sume. body: and [try todo iy part. persunded that before many yenta there will huyplly be no Jonwer any ocension or need for them to bo spoken, There is no reason why the Bouth should bo despondent. Let us cultivate Industry and eeonhomny, observe Inw and order, praotloe virtun and Justice. walkin truth and righteousness, and press on with strony hearts and good hopes, Tho true golden day of the Bouth fs set todawn, But tho Ieht ts brenking, and presvntly the hadows will Heo away. Ite fullness of splondor Linay never seo: but my chlldcen will sue It, aud Lwish them to get ready for tt whilo thoy may, Thove i$ nothing Weaker or mora foolish than rephiing over nn irrevocable put, except It ho deapalring of n future to which God invites us, Good frionds, thid 1s nat TRO, It Is 1880, Lot i press forward, following tho plltnr of etoud nud Hrealwaya, With health and pence, with friends: and homes, with civil Hberty and social order, with Nattonal prosperity and dumestic comfort, with bountiful harvesta—with all thoso bloss« ings, and goad hope of Heaven through Jesus Christ our Lord, lets all Hitt up our voices 1 the gind palin of pralse and thanksgiving: "Oh pealse the Lord, all ye nations: praias him, alt Ye people, For his moralfitl kindness Is great toward ve: and the truth of the Lord enduroth forever. Praise ye the Lord.” . If Trightly judge, no wiser words or noblor sentiments than these lave been uttered In relntlon to this vital question, elther North W. or South, iL. Waits, JONATHAN AND WILLY. Htow They Ban Away from School. Elizabeth Camlage tn Wideedwake for March, “ The's a crust on the swamp,” whispered Willy. Bates to Jonathan Gray as they stoatl side by sido at thay blackboard doing sums in fractions. “One-tintf of one-clahth 1s one- fourth, av’ one-half of one-fourth ts one-half, The ernst. is thick enough to carry au ox- enrt, You could slide a mile from the beech= tree, an’ your sled’ll carry double.” “Tf a boy ling one-fourth of a dollar, and orangos are one-fMftieth of a dollar apiece, how many oranges can he buy 2” asked Miss Brandl of Jonathan, “Tf a boy hn one-half of a dollar,’ spoke up Jonathan In a very high voice, “on? oranges ure five conts apiece, he can go like Ughtning on the crust, if he’s gat my sled." All the scholurs Jaughed, but Miss Brain: hall, who was very strict, rapped on her desk with her big hickory ruler, and said severely, “ Come up to the desk, Jonathan.” Very much surprised, he obeyed directly, “Did you answer me as well as you could 2? sho demanded, looking at him through her spectacles, “Yes,” fattered Jonathan. “ Sit down there, then.” And she pointed with her ruler at a square block, on which wits painted in great binck letters, * DUNCE,” Jonathan was at once utterly wretched. Ho dropped down upon’ tho ignomlnlous sent, resolving ff ever he did grow up, he would thrash Miss Brawhall, or a schoolemwan {ust Uke hor, within an inet of her life; ant is exeltement made ils face look so thas Martha Miller, the telltule of the school, cried shrilly, Jonathan Gray’s making taces at you, teacher ?? Migs Bramlinll, though a strict disciplina- rian, shrank trom striking a childs tender flesh; so, after turning her ruler over twice wind coughing gantly, sho bade Jonathan sit on the “girls? side,” between Martha Miller and Betsey Gratiam. Nov, if thore was aty- thing worse than the dunce-block, it was sit- ting with the girts; and Jonathan, Instead of obeying, sab sill, and sald stubbornly and distinetly, “Twon'tl? “You wow't??” “No, mwa, 1 worth? Tepentett Jonathan. There was nothing possible, after this ehal- lenge, but the severest measures; and, after ashorl but sharp ferullug, he was placed by force Velween tho two girls, who annged themselves tiltnoon by bestowlng stinging pluches on his arms and lugs. Nally Bates wag walting when Jonathan enmny slowly downstairs atter a lecture from Miss Bramhall, and tho two boys walked a few steps fn silence. “Twowt stan? it!” cried Jonathan ex- nigaively. “Netther’d 11? sald Willy with Intense sympathy. “Le’s run away, an’ tell her our folks hea company.” “Tsluva’ttell ter nothin’, Vil jes go off, an’ have this afternoon muracltg : “Soll I-nan’ we'll slide, Whero'll we meet?” And the two boys put thelr heads together, and before they separated It was agreed that they should meet nt tho beech tree direetly after dinner, _ But dinner was lite that day at the parson- age, Elder Dobbs from Manayunk was thero with Mrs, Dobbs, and It was plump 1 o'clock wi they sit down at table, You stutl have kt exetise, Jonathan,” sald his mmimint, when she noticed that he Hidgeted aboutand looked at theclock. * You are so Tarely tardy, Miss Bramhall will for- give you this time,” “A tine boy, Sivan,” sald fat Mr, Dobbs In a senorons voice, and bowing toward Sri, Gray, “He must be well brought up, maviin, fie has eae? spoken since he cium ii. A sitent boy isarire sight these tepenurits days,” donathan felt ns If ho wora burning up; ant to add to his discomfort, his papa fooled at him ainilingly, and sald in adroll voice, “Din afrald Jonathan ig sick.” Te did ine deed feel very uncomfortable tl ne was aunin in the street, and running towards tho swap, with his sled * Arcow” at tls lvels. The old beech tree stout Just below, the summit of a steop hill, at whose base retched the swamp, whleh was several iniles In extent, and was now liaden beneath five feet of snow, Only one house was in aight, and, that was a very Huy ong on the eastern sida of the swamp, along which wound arend seldum traveled, As far as tho eyo could see, the snow was covered. with a gilttering crust, and tc looked ag though they were going to have an “awfully splendid Udine,” ng Willy sati, “'Tho’s 8 way of steceing by the ropes,” salut Willy argumuntatively, a3 he sat down, on the “Arrow,” and stretched his jegs warily ensed In red stockings, on the curved ends of the runners. Lhe girls doit, an’ so dos Jim Grange.” * You can't over do ft,” said Jonathan, © Dowt you see, you just holdon by the ropes an’ thats all you'can do—that’s as much ag Jim Grange as’ girla know.” “Tow can you tell til you try it?” por- sisted Willy. “Labwt agoin’ to iy, it thongh,” said sut you ean.” et the don Jonathon, doggedly, Th no very good humor,” Jonathan drow the sled back a fow steps, and: then, after sturting It, goton behind, gathered up his feet, mut left the managementto Willy. But the seloney of “ steurmy by the ropes” proved to by as ditealt for hha as Jonathan had foreboded, Present, pulled the sted halt way around, though it was golng at a high rate of speed, wid Jonathan, in hurriedly at- tempting to place hinself to steer, tumbled off,” Unbalanced, aud pulted this way and tut, the Arrow” now went bumping shie- ways a few rads, and then, hitting a alight roughness In the crust, upset, throwlng the now-fangied steerer on hts head. Vitnt ite you s"pose mide the sled act soo” Willy asked ns theytolled up thé hil, Cansd your steerli’- was reg’lar fool steerla!,” sald Jonathan erossly, “Well,” Willy said, ebbing hts brulsed head, which was already purple, * you wan't hurt none,” , “WaswtL? Didn’t 1 set down so quick I saw sparks of fire big us Roman candles ? You'll steer reg’lar after this, or not ot all? A Mule of thelr Ul-temper passed off, when again at the top vf the hill they surveyed the white expanse. u “Tguuss DM steer this time,” suid Jona- si ae : The “ Arrow” now datted down the hill, und swiftly on across the eWamp,—it was the perfection of coasting,—when suddenly the sled and both boys plimgetl loto a wile, deep iteh that hud been cut stralght through the swainp lite In the fill, 50 fate that the boys knew nothing about it Both pairs of red-stuckinged legs. were stuck in black ooze and water up to thelr knees, The sleal lay bottom-side up in the ditch, one end plowed deop Info the mud. With forlorn ‘ols’? and“ wahal” the boys pulled them selves up the bank, “TL tell you what lets cto,” said Jonathan after a moinent’s reflection,“ Le's wash these atockings. All we've got to do Ig, to rub them up and down tn our hands Dye t attainments are not te oni: sys Hench. Iealla: for sorely nt ts OF the douleatneeets # Jost mprectauion of patie souml publte vfe- Hwations Whiel ho does net eet sata Mr. Wot posses Matthaws' qualttieattons re “thes oa aspects have been Ultstrated in yk te seen ote Hannah do it lots of times. which, — though — brief, A careor ‘Thoy scrambled down to a spot where thers | neo | ludlerous and | matric Rt heir sto! 4 broke MUNK 4 ttpon the politleal skle: ready thom In tho dirty water, ‘Their teeth ehat- } is.at the Creeley fered, thelr fingers and toca were blue—ln they were the most desolate little boys you ever anw. : Bub a pair of bright binck oyes hind Liven thing them from the siny. house by the road: and presently, while thoy were rib. bing thelr freezing stackinga.a very sinall oll lady Ina big green hood trimmed with gray fur, and a gay blanket shawl cnrlously crossed in front and knotted up beliind, and n bundle that looked Hke boots In her arms, came trotting around the hill and down to the awamp, “ Whyeo!shocried In a shrill butplensant vol “TL naver saw the beat} ‘Two hoys a-washin? their own atockin’s! Hop right up. and getinte thess boots—you kin keep fem on by a-holdliv’ to the straps, Come over to the house and Pl dry your things. Poor dears, you was a-havin’ such fund I know who you be well nongh--the minister's hoy and the deacon’s boy—that’s right, feteh the alu Pi dry you up nice and give you something to take—two such boys shiin’t have 9 bad time actor nll—the minister’a boy aul the dencon’s boy!” The old-buty’s kitchen was Nery small, The great cook-stove nearly filled ft; but tt was acharming roont to the benumbed Inds; and when she opened the oven doors and set nsmvoth maple stick within It so they could rest thelr fect In tho heat, and gave, then each cup of ten mace mostly of milk and sugnr, aut soba plate of cookies on the table beside them, thoy whispored to eath other that ft was Ike a pines one rends about, After washing thuir stockInus enrefully and hanging them, before tho fire, and setting their shoes to &leam on the wide stove-henrth, . the oli Indy sat down in a fanny oman eolored rocklug-chalr whose narrow tend plece reached atleast a foot above her enp, sau begun knitting bustiy on 8 stmped mit- i, “Novy, boys, you and 1 both know ‘tain’t Saturday,” she sald. “What othor day of the week Is It that school dow’t keep 2” After a moment's silence, In ‘which tho bay a seelian ped glances, Jonathan said, * School does keep.’ © Does keep?" cehoed the old Indy, “1 thought so. It must be you don’t go to sehool! ‘Too bad! Don’t your folks want you tearned ?” * ‘ xe do go,” Jonathan said, faintly. ‘Then you do go?” und the old lady began countlug stitehes forthe thumb," Ole, twa, three, four, five—E kinder thought inebbe you tid. It'sorter come tome you did, And you nin’t to school to-day, becase-—"” “ Wo runneit away,” sald Willy abruptly. “ Ah, ranned mwah sat the ald Indy, eninily going on with her knitting, and 10% mini esti tho lenst surprise, © T thought: mebbe you had. Lsez to mysolf when L saw you alliin’, soz I, ‘Jemima Blake, them boys hes rin away, tra’s you're divin’) ‘They'll need tondln’ to fore Iong—inind now? So L got the tea-kittle right on, and stirred the fire to alt iba-bitie.” Did you think we'd rin Into {hat ditch 9” erled Jonathan in some excitement, “No, T dunno as Ldid—Iust that Still I knew tho ditch was there.” dust then there wis a confused Hnaliig of bells at the doors and atter much brushing and stamplng, who should walk in. but the Rey, Mr, Gray and the Rey, Mr. 13 1 “Tye brought an old friend to see you, Mrs, Blake,” erled the minister. ‘I hopo you're well—whatl? And he stopped short atthosightef the two boys buck of the stove. “My father licked me,” sald Willy rue- fully ns he and Jonuthan were plodding along to seliool next morning. “Sod mine! an’ ‘mania gave mo tho awftles’ stuff, hot as fire, to taka!” growled Jonathan, “Ty'pose Miss Bramhall *11 lick us too,” pursued “Willy. “PH bet she will Paps went tosee her Inst night, an’ sie knows, everything we did. des’ wait til Dm by an an’ PM hf to see anybody touch mo with a teks, But Mlas Bramhall never mentioned thoir absenee; and when at recess she gave then each three mint-sticks, and two sour balls, they both asked her pardon, and declared ad would never run away sgatn, “hope to-die-drop-dowan-dend 1? , STANLEY MATTHEWS. What tho Nowspapors Say of His Rec- newed Candidacy for the Supreme ouch. St, Paul Ploneer-Preaa (Rep), Stanloy Matthows hus left Washington for Ohio, convinced that he stands no chance of buing renominated by President Garfield to # place on tho Supreme Bench. Which is se- yere on Stanley and Jny Gould, but eredit- able to President Garfield, ‘pugato Commerctat Advertiser (Tep.). There fs practical unantinlty of disapproval in the Republican party of the proposed ree nonluation of Stanley Matthews to the va- cancy on the Supreme Bench, and In spite of rutnors we have no fear that the Proaident will make any inistake in this matter, Huguto Courter (Den,). At te allegui that Pres{dent Garfetd will renominate Stanley Matthews for Associate Justices of the Suprome Court. Tho. report necds confirmation. it 13 undoubtedly in Mr. Garfield’s power to make Matthews a Judge of the highest Federal Court, and it Is also In lls powor ta weaken his own Adinins istration anu destroy the popularity which ho at presunt enjoys. SpringAeld (Mass) Kembtican tnd). President ilasen n-tinptobuble Washing- ton rumor says, obtalned in promise from Gen. Garfield that Stuntey Matthows would be renominated for tho vangancy on the Su- preme Court, President Garficld cannot. af ford at the opening or hls Admintstration to repent the blunders which clouded tho closo of Inyes’ term of office, and there Is no like- Mhood that he will President Gartleld has nothing in common with Stunloy Matthows, and he cannot full to be aware of Mutthows? palntal lack of the qualifications fora judl- celal allies, 2 Hattimore Amerfean (Herd. The rumor that President Garileld Integds to renonfuate the Lon, Stanley Matthews ns Judge of the Supreme Court will probably press to be unfounded. No nomination that is been made for a long time has excited such xenoral disapproval as did thatof Mr Matthows whon his name was sent to tho Senate by Mr. Hayes; and, if anything, tho dissatisfaction has increased since then. The President may consider that ho ts wider obligations to Mr. Hayes to ‘renew the ap- pointnient; but, as a matter of polley,—to say nothing of tho essential unfitness of Mr. Arattaws for the place, —it would bv aserlous inistaxe, PAlladetphis Press (ep). President ‘Garteld fs pressed to renominate Mr, Stanley Matthews for the Supreine Court, and various anpeals of State assocla- tlon, personal follawsliip and courtesy to hls predecessor may possibly Jucline hin in that direction. But he hus not tho excuse of Mr, Mayes for committing sueh amistake, Mr, 4 dayes had ttle left to do but to pack away his favorita on the Government sbelves; he inight naturally feol little consideration for the public, which had shown Httle constler- ation for him; aud at the best ho hadn't heard the popular expresalon. But Prest- dent Gartield las had the opportinity of lerrntng the public judgment, and there ls no wlstuking the fret that the public voicu vondumns this selection... . Mr. Mut. hows 1s one of the contradictions and travesties of American public life, With. out extravagance ho may be deseribud os the ablest and inost — grotesyuc character that Ohio hus developed during the past ten years, He dx aiman of brilliant lutellect, funtastle Judgment, and absurd performance, Ie unites In one blearre fh lire the consumimaty lawyer, tho 105! ous atutesinan and tho erratle politiclan. went Into the Senate with Mo oneral favor, he hadn't been tn it three months before he was the smusemont of the cauutry | he went out of it with the politieal eritlesm but the wart persenal esteem of all his associates; and he returned to it as a candidate for the Supreme Beneh only to bo hung up without xo Much Aya vote, If Jewal neuen were all that is needed Ina Judge ha world’ bo ad- mnirubly qualitied, Mls argument befure the Electoral Commission was w inasterpiece of cogent reasoning and forensic power. Ilo ude the opening plea tue the Florida case, and he did it with such superb skill and Ine genuity that his Inelsive presuntation titted hot merely the requirelnents of — Flor- ida, but “all the varying facts Loulsiana, Oregon, and” South Caro- ling, and blazed a clear pathway for tho Republicans through all the tortuous mazes of the Electoral dispute. It was a splendid effort both tn matter and manuer, and fairly matched, If it did not overmateh, any other performunce in that glittering tournamentof legal giants. Counnon justices demands the fullest recognition of Mr. Stat; thew extraordinary powers as a jawyer advocate, But unfortunately for bim, those shiuing vention of 1873, and alter playlngarone fureleal prolog of a sal tra ly he ee that the Grant camp, ‘Theahis fitermtttae im in went out fora tine. Tn the turmoil oye ight election of 1876 he reappeared pon thee and after he had helpod Haves tito the Watt Mouse, Hayes reciprocated q into the Senate. Te enter Week Hin foram, with largo. expectations, Beat part of the country, but he was hardly yet? {iviits seat before wns connie eae meshed in the snares of the red-headel it and pleuayune pollttelans of Loutstinn qt spectacle a strong litt wayward and yon dant maPinate tho tootbull aid plaything > villgar and unscrupulous trleksters yok of onee pitindle and conten! Nabudy sup ee that he had been guilty of any Wrong i averyborly lamented his. deplorabie rejest sense and discretion, Ile was not blames because with his freshness he didn't rene know any better; but the country laugh one moment and sadly shook its head the ne; Beat ni this unfortunate record, 55 fil of yayarles, and showing such a SUrTy Ing of Judgment, which makes the conntr ote tlon his fitness for the sober Tesponalbtiicy of the Bench. It demands «tycretion a self-polse,—did he show it in his fin Ande so masquerade? It requlres thy ilehes sensaof public honor and obligations, Mtl he exhibit It in his silver delirium? it cally for tho truest duvution to tho public tntere and popular rights,—dld he display tt ty his subservience to the designs of corporation: ; We have the Mghest: Aypreelnston of the splendid abllitles of Mr. Matthews, tne Wi ennnot fee) that he possesses the uttelbutes which are needed for the Bench. Caleb Cushing was a great lawyer, but the count: would not permit hin to wear the ermine, Mr, Mathowsts a brilliant adyocutes but ty pulities ho has heen a grounding, In states. miabalilp ie Is been Be conuerlian, And as 4 tirlst wo fear he would come too’ nes ragie. ra —— “Halr Roviviun " restores gray nalr t tnal color for 60 ects, ¥ 0 ts ort {881 PROSPECTUS, 1%, CHICAGO Dollar Weekly ‘Tribune, The Bast. and Ablast Republioan Newspaper In the Unton, Tho Woekly Tribune Ono Year for Ong - Dollar in Clubs of Five, Wow is the Time to Subscribe. Tne Tarnusn ts the bost business medium ant commorelal oxponont of this city, and Ia undentaty the stronaust nnd most Intiuontnl Republican New poperia tho West.” . Volitieally THe TRIBUNE tsa stalwart Repudtlean Newspaper, and will remain so wntll ovory man in tbe Zouth, irrespective of race, color, or polities, shalt enjoy the riaht to vote and bs votod for, and havehls {nilot honestly countot, without bulduzing or cheat. Ang, std until cil! nnd polltieal tberty for black Re: qubileans, as woll n§ white Domocrats, Inne fray estnbhened In to South ns in the North. In tho future, asin the past Ui TRIN will ade voento the malntonanco of the National credit; purification of the public serrico; the advocney of! sennunable projecta of fiscal reform; risk economy in public oxponditures; apposition to snbsidies and corpornte jobvory in nll. {ts forms; nnd the preserrer don of equal rights to all citicens, North and Sout, Tho Merits of Tha Weekly Tribune Asa Newspaper ato apparent to all, We doileve tet Wt excels. In tho nmount, quatity, and vartoty of the rondIng-maltorsiteh tt provites, avery other publles- tlon of tho kind {n this country, ‘Tho rprce allotted to ndvertiscrs Is purposely kopt down to narrow Ili Its, Mora than fifty colitinna of clear, legthle tye art Alled each week with the latest neros, auiitorial discus sions, stories, assays, pootis, huturous pameraphs, rpectal articles of intorest tu farmers, and the letes market roports, 4 Ita market reporta nro ansurphssed, ambricing all tho information which farmors roquiro for tho tntelll« gont transaction of businoss, both ns scllors nnd buys ora, : fs Facts about rallrond combinations wnd rates ate alwnys noticed In THE WEEKLY, Improvements of naricultural machinery and new methods of ullllaing farm (products aro dosoribed Ia ‘THY WREKLY, “Hdral’Jr." writes on “The Farm and Garden," "0, 4.1." on “itorticniture,” nnd Votorinsrinn” on “Tho Field aud Btablo,” tn cach Issuo of THe WEFELY. ‘Tho Homo Dopartmant, gossip abaut tha fashions, short storien, und poomns, literary sclections. alc. make THE WAEKLY attractive wo the ludles end the younger members of tho fumlly. “Extraordinary Cheapness, White the price of singto subscriptions will remsia at#l.Gn year, Five coplas of TE WEEKLY TRIDUSS ‘will bo malled ano yoar for ee Det Le Mat, ain any ono can make up a Club of fe tx it eee tho price to ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. For'Twanty Lyliara Twonty Coples willbe sont one yonr, und u freo copy to tho wottor-up of toe Club. Terms of Tho Tribune: Bingle Copy, por yonr.. seve H Yor Clubs of Fivo (#1.00 onch),.... ee Fot Clubs of ‘fwanty (und one free cop: py For'l'ho Dally Tribune, por month. ForSaturday, 16-pago Literary Euttion. por yoar For Sunday, 1 pagos (Double Sucat), por youre Specimen copies sent trav. Givo Post-Oilica sddross tn full, and Btafe, Nomittancos may ba mado elther by draft, exprets Poat-OMicd order, or in rogistorad lottors our risk. Address 3.00 B00 Including Coualy THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Cor, Madison and Dearborn. Chi 3 OLT fet nanan x. 11 GREAT GERNAN | REMEDY W RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, SCIATICA, LUMBAGO, BACKACHE, GouT, SORENESS or yan q CHEST, SORE THROAT, QUINSY, BWELLINGS a0 SPRAINS, FROSTED FEET Br. Jacons Uit 2 ® erty wei ae Such Had 7 ‘and 6¥67] tay ote ove jel ih and pos! DIRECTIONS LN ELEYEK LANGUAGES. sia ‘SOLD.BY ALL DEVONISTS AMS DEALERS 18 rn ELER & CO.