The New York Herald Newspaper, May 30, 1871, Page 4

< , ae 1 iF them? Do younot believe that'when they come to Hi fi HN CAUSE RORY ! § | tock calls unon the aesation between the Morte id Wubi Uae WE wit} Se | and South they will form parties and plauorins ‘upon whic! cap stand? And when that our ~~ a comes then ivill come the fulfl-nent of the promised s in Ate | Speech of Jef Dav Tanta, Ga. SCE OF THE REB=LEION. ins His Course During the Wor ond ss to Aceept the Siination. co to Southern | ACi aus. euth to Await tho Movements of j Norti ATLANTA, @ The arrival of Jefferson Davis at this place on | inotion, pariors U ladies ana | Avail Nouse Were thron er Lo grasp by t the “io! ot the & gen tat very } man of t gathered in font of | the Poie is Pesponse to the repeated cries of the 1 eral on came upon tre Lalcony and introduced Jett speech: — 5 HeCil OF GENMRAL GARLINGTON. eit welcome to This trioute is oxered @ boule q Wy ancestry, homase of hens public services rend: and in chief of a dou, brave and dows Sir, were valroug 2 under the accunim no whose | jor of davfag, | wu upon you Wilitcn on history's page and ved in; ers apo tho heart’ of tue brave and | true meu of hb. In the terri ! througy wh.c yhuve passed since the cad ' verses Wi their arms your name has been | treasured usu thi your — b: foiciers hoor it, women and jove it, und boyy { the inspiration of and motuers? | be: shensh i’ as ope of the few, uie tmmortal | Nas.es tat are not burn to dio. nub thig | peorle i welcome ye shit, & ud itaen | love au sor daugers of } exiean con dared io di due fulnes wron r erty—for wich | Or MiG Are Impetsh of time, ase tyra the irecmen of | 0 themeelves, © that has | guage of a | favorite bard excia Bur! that ban pak "as wre: Shaii 20 souading down tue 4, Fur. its folds, though now w (reat ress had boon concladet 2M appeared upon tke balcony awid tne widest enw | glasm, cries ei 08 see his | face,” B: Plight arose from the @ exci dividual p e2 thousand cheers for tt had subsided Mr Davis EOI. upon the surging | ed by ti pitana | My F crowd be.o strope-li> tied im mies | my ieeings ure ti autude | atid pri: is | not oder ow, but is ssw, Geo. have becn t themsel of ibe | | | pyiause.) | You W- be 1 iCOK Upou y r alew e ved by tou Jn regard co the pair got of your liberty. | pi of iit peileve great trutes uttered by y pier ol opee more b > d an ene Joymient 91 Les of bat Tirust that si t point, Lsnull de in the Orin fatin a Y will ere lon: 1 gaid that yor »Wready to wiven up to tue Laws | derstood how true | » your principles of tO ox we to bind have been word of Work caunor was pledged, fur he s enough to wake a G Iu! Lo Lis 0 [3 y nO jUs+ it these uro as—Whouse purpose | (A Voice—""Tha's #0.") Tuough w pelied to subedt to the presence of power, yet our manhood and our seit. | Fospeot can be presér Peace is what we hope lor, 48 Vesistance tot PRACK WE DESIRE, ace we will have. Ihave nothing to say to ou to-night of politics, and, my friends, | hope you ave nothing to do with them. You have political | is only postpone | the restoration. of your I ri } el us, then, staud suil and quiet | pments, The men of the Nor'h, Bi ha i ives, love their government and noderstand their rule, and mep of the North have uo {lea of sur enderin, tu their own Country those grent Goiwarke. of consuinuond. liberiy, the riglit o@ trial by jury, the right to elect their own usficers and uie right to dciermine tyelr own internal polt’y, ald a8 soon a8 thelr prejudices and Datred against the South are removed aud they see | that vy the unia@ful action of those In power to- he South these sacred rights of thews are in nt, TURY WILL BECOME YOUR ADJUNCTS and you wii! hoid the balance of power; and In that pour your power Will be great aud your saccess will be great. (Applause) 1 have said, and | he re ai i, thal J despair not of the restoration Of our fverties. 4 aie HOt OUIs ODIy; they are cquaily the jwertics tue people of the North and the * Inthe evening a | au Davis 1 the following [ ) neo! Atlanta | , and nut by servile | Dy a the | stead niag | to mark the } building } rtwill, 1 | and prot j To. baw! | Une true Southern geutieman, | ana this fact was announced, era of constitutional » Which I so con. fivently anticipate and @ for to-day. I may not live to see it; bat if 1 do not, 1 shui! die confdently believing that it will coma 1 know, my friends, that in Mis Tron counter to the feelings that are prevalent in duterent portions of our country, but | believe Uns ts the true pol Jor the Souih to pursne at present, The Houta canno! nasien the day of her dcuverance by atveupis to assuine. @ Jeading putin the politics of the country to-day. Let her people quietiy and earaesly devote themselves to the work of tm)roving and ouilding up their ma- terlal prosperdy, leaving those Whe have the power to sctile these questions ax.ong teLisolves, simply saying to them, “We Know our rights—know they are invaded,” and then walt = patientiy util we see them divided and at issue with == themselves, and join the party and sapport the candidate and the platform that projuses a restoration of constiiutional itberty, 113 tuen Liat )oa whl hold the baiapee of political power in your owa nands, an! ft is then that all your Tights will once more be restored aud guaranteed, (Applause) i HAVE SUAKEN NANDS WIT POLITICS. Tam now engaged upon matters of life tsurance, (Langhier and applause.) 1 would like to Mmsure all Jour lives tor a hundred years. (Laughter and ap- pliuse.) Ihave therefore, my frends, very quiet'y preseited this opinion whieh 1 entertain Upon the subject that hasbeen the Guiy of former years, but not of preseat years, I know I can do you no good, am notengaged in public affuirs, butt nope to d You Sore good by showing the world that though retired irom 9ctiye put ve you, With headand h S$ 1 jive, Your mtecest is miie— abstract and general seuce, but in that a cero Wich Lhave for your weliare aud haypines: I ly reward ask ov seek \ Lucal rights rescored air \ independent aud 4 ore In What I have {1 ‘ spoken of what I consi the best pi 26 LCople oO. tue Souty, un The presevt cireumetance: rsue, Let ihe e« of the Nori ta lyes. You F Upon the same question i i and theirs conrended tn lute Avamst the gove the rignt of coamercial independen | teveretxaty, You secured it i that fi State sovereignty must again be restored or cl ot Awer.ca is @ Taiiure. Despotism cd undey @ republican orm of govern. ment, and, my friends, if you can but | wali ail wil ve well. Ii any of us die before tae day of peace and hberity dawns, let us die ta the faith that it willcome at last. The people of X will never enirender ther nghis; and when they Seo the danger at home then they will need your a.d ; aud Will Come to you, abd then you will be crowued | With victory and triumphant suecess, (Applause), { Lam not of those who “accept the situation.” T ACCHET NOTT These cant phrases that we hear so much of about “accepting the situation” and avout our rights hav- been subaiitied to the sword” are but the exe “arbitvrament of ihe s of cowards. (Applause,) ditt that power pi 1 adutt that that power ia so great that it would be folly to ist 1, and there.ore T am iu favor, myseil, of being acauiescent, and I advise you to tie same course, but T do not adinit that our mghts have ever been submitted to the arbitrament of the sword. Who has the power to submit your doriies to Cie arditrament of battle? You never ower {0 your représentatives: I, a3 never claimed it, aadnevor, dying 1g. will Ladi it, (Applanse.) And tuenm, ads, about this much ta’ked of subject of jug the situation.” You are not calied upoa ige that you have done wrong unless oe or i you tee! it. #1 DON'T BRIEVE I DID ANY WRONG, and ‘Wetéiove Ldou'tacknowicdge it. All that agoy- ernment a right to claim frou any of its subnatt to the law. Liberty ance, aud submission to the Ww us long as it js such is their duty aud their obil- gation, and it shouid be their pride. Now, my having already said more than I intended, it ouly remus for me tosay how haypy fam to see the evidences of prosperity that now sur- round — you, first timo that I saw the place your city now stands it was little More than @ wilderness, When J saw it ed aud deseried rap ks Of noble fertunes, upon @ nd upon areined and stricken been devastated and laid lem darker than aught me of Turenne, But { nio-day, aud the traces of desola- ‘tion aré no longer vistb!e; but in tueir cent structures rise upon every hand wouderfal advance of improvemeit, prosperity and material greatness. L rejoiee m it. it ts but the beginning of the grand era of prospertiy that 1s yet to come, and 1 rejoice to See you going on r railroads, establishing your manutae- tories, uraling Rew enterprises Of commercial proat, butldiag up your towa, lmproving your jands nd Aevetoping the meteriat fesources Within your reach. You will thus go on tocreasing “ un- ti = you = =become wealthy and powerful Leay I rejoice in these evidences of assiduous, earn- est iabor ip things inaterial, because there is little in this that a foreign government can mteriere with. Persavere in this direction; watt quietiy and pa. tiently until the tide turms—as, sooner or later, turn nd the day 16 not far distant whea tae sun Wiil suine upon you a free, independent and sov- eit Siate. (Applause.) With tese expressions nd with thisadvies to you T have done, Teel hat I eannot fally express my gratitude to yon ail for the Kindness you have mani- fested towards me, and the heartfel: desire 1 your ways may be ways of pleasantness, ives Taty Le prosperons, and that your eyes at last © close upon your country free and ur chitdren stancing erect, ‘proud representatives f the grand old Netten onwealth of Georgia, (Great sed applause. Ar. iy (3 Making a tour of the Southern States and speaks to exci ed crowds at every important place. ‘he South ts awakeving under this inspira- tion and (he tempest Is brewing. 1 ning SEFF DAViS AT AUGUSTA, GA. (From the Augusta (Ga.) Sentinel, May 27.] It was the original intention of Mr, Jefterson Davis to pass only one night in Augusta, and he would have left the citv yesterday morning had not the desire of our citizens to see him been so great that he was unable to stand the pressure bro. git to bear upon lum, and coasented to remain in the city Guring yeeterd¢y. As the short notice had only allowed a limited number of persons to see him on Thursday night, he consented to hold a short re- ception during the day, between twelve and two o'clock, During the mornivg Mr. Davis left the hotel only ouce. Soon alter breakfast he expressed a desire to visit the office of Genera McLaws, the ageut | in thls cily of the Carolina Insurance Company, of Is is president, and insisted on walk- intosn sireet, As he walked along soon recognised, and crowds thivenved by cunosity, tou upon the great repre: callse. ock the distingulshed visitor Viauters’, in order that he might ig belore the reception began. The recep. tion was announced to commence punctually at twelve o clock, and by the ume that bour arrived ported by seve of our prominent nS, Lok @ position In the parlor and the recep. commenced. As the visitors entered they e reeeived by General McLaws or Gene- Stovail and presented to the ©Xx-l’rest+ dent, who shook them heartily by the head and spoke a few cordial words of welcome. Visitors tien passed om, ANd new comers took their places, A steady stream of persons continued to ponr into the room ing the inorning, and one could hardly belleve that they all caine from Aa. gusia Hough the ordeal must have been a very d trying one to Mr. Davis, avd though his hanc thave sched from repeated squeezing, he bore up bravely under it, aud nis face never once lost iis Whuning ex, or bis manuer tts pleasing gr itors were a great many Inutes und chhdren, and he received tne fors mer with all the eiegaut courtesy characteristic of To the children his @emeanor Was diferent, and gave the bystanders a clear iosignt into the heart of the lero, As the little thmgs would come up to the place where the man ood whose name had been a household word tn their homes, he would stoop down and kiss them it the: derly in his arms, ‘The reception ed at two w'clock. number of our citizens had determined to give Presi ‘eut Davis a grand banquet yesterday evening, Bot preparations for > dinner were yery suddenly stopped by the ure rejuest of ihe party intended to be Téted, Mr. de d that under the present circumstances d Got attend an adair of this Kind, and begaewl so carnestly that the banquet wasrelucianuly abandoned. A spall but vecherché dinner was or- dered, however, to which Mr, Davis aad seven or eight gevticmen fat Gown at ball-past turee o'clock, As the people oF Summerville were all anxious to #ce ihe hero, Mayor Joseph Ganah! invited him io go toh sel the afterLoon and hold a reception, The i was accepted, and Mr, Davis and par.y rode out to Summerville at five o'clock. ‘The recept was icld at Major Ganahi’s residence, and blog largely aiteuced by Uke ladies and gentlemen of e . Aiter the reception the ex-Preaident and party re- tnrned to Augusta aad spent the remamder ol the afternoon in & drive around the city, Mayor Estes doing the honor her, Davis expressed himself a Iighty plowset with ail he saw and was epthuslastic in his edmiratton oF portions of our city, After the drive he returned to tie Planters’ avd made pro- paratious for lily departure, At eight. o'ciock he Was escorted to ihe depot, where he took the train for Atlanta, Yesterday morning the City Court was {n session, but after the frst case had been disposed of Major Gaoah! arose, and stating that Mr. Jetlerson Davis, who had been the chosen leaver of the Southern people, was tn the city and intended holding @ re ception, moved that te court adjourn, as & mark of cougesl, with # fe a remarks, hi fe ny ot wd Law, Wt issenting voice, fouth, and when ti t the Noth seg yay) jaws ave made for Weis opprtualon, 4, ua not | M beive that the men who tave descended from revoluuousry girea will rang ther yolce amalnat here ed Judge Gould ordered the court adjourned until three o'clock in the afterhoote | ness, and will l A SOUTHERN PHILOSOPHER. Ex-Goviruor Orr, of South Carolina, on the Political Situation, Ku Klux Outrages and Carpet- Bag Rule. Tho Lost Cause of Andy Johnson—Uncle Sam's Regulers No Use in the Falmetto State— Goneral Sherman's Chances for the Fresi- dency—Whatthe Governor Thinks of tho Demcora‘ic Party and Its Policy. The condition of tho Southern States nnder the Tule of the radicals being the absorbing question of home policy, and the utterances of Southern men of position and Influence concerning the future of those States being especially Important at this junc- ture, 2 HERALD reporter was yesterday despatched to the Grand Hotel, on Broadway, where Mr. Orr, Governor of South Carolina under Andy Jolinson, Was stopping, for the purpose of getting nis views on the poliucal situation. Mr. Orr was accessible after dinner, and was picased to meet a representa- ve ofthe Hrnanp. Heurctvet here on Saturday | for the purpose of transacting some private busl- 2ve for Annapolis this moruing. He 1s one of the visitors to the Naval Academy. The | ex-Governor Is a stout, rosy-checked, good-humored Bentleman about sixty years of age. After some prelim'nary talk Mr, Orr said, in answer to 2 question put by the reporter, that he did not think much would come of sending United States soldiers into tho South at this time. Rsrorrer—They wlit be abio to put down lawless- Ness in the Soutn, Governor, will they not? ‘THE SOLDIBRS USELESS. Mr. OnrR—No; and I will tell you why. ‘the law- Jess persons don’t commit crimes where there are armed forces; it is only in wild and unfrequented places that tieyoperate. It takes some time for a messenger to reach the place wiere the soldiers aro stationed, and a longer time for the latter to reach the scene of the disturbance, 4f course when they get there they find nothing to suppress and nobody to arrest. . TRerorTeR—Then you admit that lawless bands exist in tue South? Mr. Orn—Indeed I do; at-least im South Carolina. Tdon't know how it may be 1 other States, but we have got them, They are political bo:ltes, too. Can't say what they care driving at; but, undoubtedly, they are actuated by hatrod of the Yankees. They are a trouble and a nuisance to all citizens who are DESIROUS OF PEACE AND QUIET, and these are the majority of the people of the State. Most of them are soldisrs—bad ‘ones, no doabt—of our (Coniederate) army; but of this 1 aia not certain, IsuppozeKu Eiux would be the proper name fcr them, RrrowrnR-—It they are troublesomo to tho peace. ful citizens of the State, why don’t the citizens sup- press thenr? Mr. Orn —That's yust it. Iwish they would sup- pres3 them, If Wade Hampton and the other gene- rals of the State who have the confidence of the people would only deciare themselves against the Ku Kiux and thetr damned prauks, there would be peace at once. Butyou see they won’t, They are sore, They have their backs up because they were not enfranciised. Had they peeu pardoned and given the franciise the Ku Klux would have bad no existence, Im our State, at least. Tnoy are sullon now, and let the niggers, carpot- baggers, scaiawags and Ku Kiux send the state to the devil their own way. It’s a pity that a diferent pol'cy had not been pursued. If tho recoustraction of Johnson had been given a fair trial there would be a different state of affairs in the South to-day. I yas in tevor of Johnson's policy ail along; I sce wnere he made a mistake; he should not have “i to run the wholé business himself, bat have 1 Congress together and submitted his pro- ramme of action to them, J believe Congress would have supporied lim, and all would haye been well, Jt wus A PERSONAL FIGHT between him and Congress; indeed, old St (Thad) satd to ms ove day in Washington, eruor Orr, this is eutirely @ personal ght between us and the man at une other end of the avenue," REvorTER—There were no lawless socie:les while you werd the Executive of South Carolina, Gov- ernor? Mv. ORR—NO; not cven an arrest during the two years and a half that 1 was Governor. i took good, kafe measures against disorders. I organized a secret police force, and kept the names and whereavouts of the members of it a pro- found secret. The consequence was none dared take the first siop toward an untawtul act for fear of jnstant arrest, A siinuiar force now in South Carolina would do more to suppress Ku ae outrages than all the army of the United States. RevorTeER—Then you don’t see any way out of your present diMiculties? Mr. ORR—NO; unless, as I said, the leading gen+ erats take the Ku Klux tn hand I don’t see how out- Tages are to be stopped. A deciaration from Wale Hampton and the other generals who have the confidence of the people that they acquiesced in THE ACTION OF CONGRESS, Digger suffrage and everything, aud counselled suo- mission, and there would be 10 more vutrages to be reported, But why should they do it? It is nothing to them. They don't suider. It is a difulty the carpet-baggers made for themselves, aud they must bear it. Sir, the way the State 1s now run js awful. ‘Tue people are robbed right and leit, and are being rained completely by the swarm of Northern locusts that have settled down in ther midst. It is lamentable that outrages should be committed by the citizens; but the provo- cation 13 inéeed great. I am coucerned for the State, We have now a nigger majority of 30,000, and against this we are powerless, as at present ox. ganized. They rule and ruin as they please, be. cause we are stupid enough to msist on being recog- nized as democrats. ReronreR—you are @ republican Governor, are you not? Mr. ORR—Weill—yes; that is, I am a kind ofa re- publican. The only hope 1 see for the State of South Carolina is tor all hands to declare them-elves | repablican. AS matters DOW siand the carpet-bag- gers and niggers have everything their own way. At election time, when @ good map sincerely desires of supporting the government, healing the pitier- ness of the hour aud restoring the State to her proper condition, offers himself as a caudidate tor odice on the cemocratic ticket, he 1s immediately put down by SOME ACCURSRD SOALAWAG or field hand, the tool of the scalawag, in this fashion, “Who emancipated you? The niggers! Who enfrancnised you? Who enabled you to exer- cise your inaliemable right to ride on the cars with White folks? Who shéd thetr olood for you and stand by you today? The repuliicaus! Who fought against you in the war to. keep you in slavery? Who want to annul the emancipation proclamation and the laws of Con- gress made for you hy your friends? Who want to re-ensiave you? The democrais.” So the demo- cratic genticman has to take @ back seat; the 30,000 black majority 1s rolled up for the scalawag, car- pet-bag and nigger candidates, anu we are as fore. Lf our people, sit, bad the sense to goin with the niggers, declare themselves res0.ved to fupport the amendments to tie constitu. tion and the reconstruction acts. of Con. ress, and that = honeeforward they would repubiicans, it would be all up with carpet-baggers; tty keep offices would be filied with men of respectability aad inteliigence, and tho State would speedily recover. ‘That is my polley for South Carolina, We don’t care anything dowa there for federal poittics; our ardeut desire ts to recover the State from the scoundre|s who are now running Ite RerorTeR—But suppose the democratic party wins THE PRESIDENTIAL FIGHT, would not their triumph be of benctit to South Carolina? Mr. ORR—Not at all, There ts that 30,000 nigger majority; we have to get rid of that somehow. No wnatter what party Wins ib the nauonal election it will make no difference to us, Bhouid ple republi- cans Win We will be as we are, Perhaps, indeed, We would have another army of unconscionable radi- cal ramans quartered upon us, If the democrats win they cannov help us, for the nullification of the amendments is out of the question; toginfernal 80,000 nigger majority will be there worge Uian ever, No, sir; We mist all become republicans, and 80 take the wind out of the salls of the carpet-baggers. ReEPORTER—Yours is & bad predicament, Uov- ernor. What about the other States? Mr. ORR—Of the other States of the South and their condition I am not very weil informed. They are, however, better off than were. Ours is the only State where the niggers outnumber the whites. L have ceased to be & politician outside of my own State. 1am a philosopher— A POLITICAL PHILOSOPHER, if you like. kPORTER—Governor, JT am giad you told me that. An American poiltical philosopher who does not Care gbout afiairs Outside of bis own State is a vara avis, Your ppinion on the outlook for the Presidential contest !n 1572 will ue of great value to the readers of the HpraLp, Mr. ORR—Weil, well! Idon’t know much about whats going ol up here, Lauppose Grant will be pe by hls party; tudeed, i feel very certain i Reronten—Why do you think so? Mr, Onn-He bas the inside wack now, and his war record {s not yet threadbare, No other general On that sid@ gan be DUt UD against bi, gud there is NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1871.—TRIPLE . SHEET. ee eet no civilian of prominence in the who could shove his: out of the way. The republicans coula pet succeed in electing @man who did not serve jn the war as @ successfut ery Uf they nort- nated 4 civillan they would have to part with thelr heaviest pi of artillery, RePORTER—But su Grant ts set aside in the Conyention and some! else nominated, WHAT THEN? Mr. Onr—What then? Defeat for the repubticans, and, with moderation and wisdom. an overwhelm- ing victory for the democrata, With Grant in the Held the contest would be donbtful, bui with any other republican as the standard bearer of the party the democrats world win, Bat 1 have no fait in the democrats, They have no great men now; they are a lot of confounded idivts, that don’t know what they are avout It is as likely aa not that m- their, nominating Couvention they will put a fresh secession plauk tu their platform, put up some old dummy of bygone days, and go home to be licked Iie heit at the polls, They had a fair chance last ume, others urge'l them to take ergy oe of It. stead of nominating our fine old nd Seymour— with his draftriot reputation and the absurd platform they gave bum to stanu on -they had et up Chase, the country would have been carried for peace and democracy. Lvoted for Seymour and Blair-myself, very unwillingly, I confess, espectally for Biair—I Went with the crowd. ‘The true policy ior the de- mocracy is to nominate for the Presidency some good and tried democrat with a sound war record, not necessarily @ soldier, if the republicans put up @ civilian, but a prominent general ta case GRANT IS IN THE FLELD. Perhaps it would be better in any case to nominate @ civilian, RerorreR—How wou'd Sherman sutt you down South as the nominee of the democraie party? Mr. ORR—He would not suit us at all. Ho ts not forgotten m South Carolina. Me is an overrated man, We hear a good deal of bis executive abiilty, and all that kind ot thing, but I don’t take much stock 1m thos¢ stawmeats. I anybody took tne trouble to imquive of certain peopic in Lousiana, WHERE 821 AN WAS in business before the war, as t his ability, he would probabiy be satisied that he was not quite as greab a man as he 1s represented to bo by his friends, f£ dows think ne wil take in the Sovth apyiow, and that section of the country will have to be con- sulied in the Convention, iancock, in my opinion, would bea vetler maalt a military hero is to be nowtnated, But tiere should be uo more military ralers, knows. ‘The wars over now, and men of peace should be elected to high oitices, Hendricks would make a good man for the Presidency. REPORTER—.ow about toiuan? Mr. Oxr—I con't know much about him. Hen- dricks tg the man, | think. But as AGAINST ANY RADICAL CANDIDATE except Grant there are a dozen democratic states- men any one of whom would win i tho race by 600,000 majority, Tne democra:s will have to be careful, however. It will not do to put old planks in the platform and old fogics oa it, Only live asus and live men will win the day. 4 ‘Lhe ex-Governor here got back to the sudject of the South Carolina troubles, repeatmg with more empiasis than belore the oplaious given above. The reporter listened to the close of his remarks and then took his leave. RUNNING NOTES—POLITICAL AND GENERAL. Uncer the head of ‘The Bars Down” the Raleigh (N. ©.) Sentinel (democratic) states that eleven Colored republicans and two whites publish cards in the Carolina Spectator withdrawing from the radical party. ‘The Rutherford Vindicaior announces “dally accesstons to the conservative ranks of honest republicans," A Chicago editor thinks it strange that the Indians have no phrase to express the word “honesty.’? | Whereupon the Detroit Free Press remarks tnat there is nothing strange about it Dogs le suppose that the Indian agents Would be fooling around the past ten years and not pocket the word? A Western paper says when Grant inaugurates his system of civil service reform tt is expected that the first quesiion asked candidates for admission will be, “What is the best time ever mado by Dexter i” The Detroit Fre? Press says there is probably no truth in the story that a Texas lady, pulling down 3800 avoirdupols, attempted to Kiss Greeley on her father’s account, ~~ GREAT FIRS IN BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Tho Most Destructive Conflagration that Has Gccurred in the Clty for Twenty Years— Loss Estimated at Ovor Ono Hundred and Thirty Thousand Pollurs. BRiIpGErorT, May 29, 1871. At abont half-past ope o’clock on Sunday morning a fire broke out in the lumber yard of Beardsley & Wilson, situated on the docks, near the ol: toil bridge, in Bridgeport, which 1n its results was more dlvastrous than any that has taken place in this city for twenty years. The tracks of the New York an@ New Haven, Housatonic aud Nangatuck Rallroaus pass directiy througn the yard, and it is supposed a spark from some passing locomotive kindled the im- mense piles—estimated to contain 1,500,000 feet of the, best Michigan lumber-—into flames, The eight o'clock Boston express from New York, due here at thirty-three minutes past ten P. M., may have shed the iatal spark, which, fanned by a gentle wind from the east, gradually grew into fame, but not until haif-past one A, M, had it developed into any Magnitude. The alarm was sounded at that time, aud had the firemen been on the ground with their usual promptiess they might, with little dificuity, have arrested the flery fend. As it was, notwith- standing the shouts from numerous citizens and the ringing of bells, the engines, by some unaccountable means, did not arrive till nearly two o’ciock, when the flames had spread in all directions, ENVELOPING EVERY COMBUSTIBLE OBJECT, and throwing out such intolerable heat that when the steamers were ready to operate they could not get near enough tobe of much service, and asa consequence the fire had to take its own course. Fortunately for some half dozen vessels moored near the dock the tide was well up, and the little tugs, two in number, always awake aud on the alert, succeeded in hauling them to a place of refuge. Ten minutes more and they conld not have been saved. The New Haven depot | and Atlantic Hotel, distant some twenty rods, wero sensibly affected by the heat, put tue current of air being from them escaped uninjured. For @ tune W. D. Bishop's fine buliding, occupied by W. W. Tlolcomd as a hardware house, was thought to be tn danger, the water from the engine boiling and buble biting as it rolled down the Mansard roo!, but, bong consiructed on fireproof principies, passed through unscathed, The night was wild and beauiiful, and the dire, 1 4 spectacular point of view, Was magni- ficentiy graud. More than eight thousand people, a Jarge snare of them ladies, were out Lo behold, and, Jn some instances, to lend @ haud, ‘ile ery tongues darted irom object to olject, transforming inem into mas-es of living fame; and as they reached oue huge pile of lugiber, Ofty feos in height, aud alone valued at from $7,000 to $10,000, springing, at the bidding Of ita master, as it were, into @ mass, A COLUMN OF BULID FIRB shot up towards the heavens, and as its vast pro- porous stool Out to view, carrying sure destruc- tion to everything near it, the skin pealing from the very faves of the firemen, @ spontaneous shout of horror went up from the vast mulutude, ‘The rapidly increastgg spread of the Names rendered it evident that ‘cts ot brick aud mortar were about to bo consigned to ruins, AG this instant the eflect of the heat was scen across the street. Two splendid od cls, overshadowing what Is Known as the erman ffote),” an old landmark of the city, Bud denly gave Way to the terrible influence, and came before the view as standing pillars of solid lowing coals. The hotel itself next yielded, aud althouga Copious streanis of Water were showered upon 1t— being of wood—it vanished like burning paper. The inmates, who were numerous, got out without narm befalling them. F. Bartram's pork packing establishment came next, but resisied handsomely tor a long time. When the fire reached its contents, however, which cousisted of 1,000 barrels of pork and hams and some 400 packages of Jard, a new source of danger arose. ‘The tire penetrated with trightful rapidity the adjoining butiding, McNeil & Co., fruit dealers, Where the” odor from roasting strawberries, oranges, Oulons, sardines, igs and raisins tolda story Of great and destructive ravages, Meantime the huge piles of lumber burned on, soine of them as they fell sending myriads of cinders om errands looking to other chances for destruction. J.B. Danham’s weoden butlding, adjoining tho lumber yard, then took its turn, and as the firo reached the casks of He add stored on the drat Noor great tonyues of lurid dame like fashies of lightning shot towards the heavens, forming strange and un- earthly contrasts with the glowing lumber, At three o'clock two steamers from East Bridge- port came over to the rescue, and with the three already at work kept the fire from extending further. The docks and ratiroad tracks were very much damaged, the steel rails curling up like annealed wire, and great piles of burning acbris, ten feet high, which bad [atiea Across tie track, rendered the passage cf trains an impoasibilty. ‘The Boston “Owl Train” arrived at sixteen minutes past three with thirteen cars, but was obliged to remain at te station about seven hours unul the tracks Were repaired, The dremen did nobly, working with all their Might to save property and arrest the fire's progress, bvery steamer, too, performed welt its part, Wie D. A, Sterling throwing three heavy streams, THE LOSSES. , So far as we are able to learn the 1o: are,‘as follows:—feardsley & Wilson, $45,000, ured for $14,000; Freaerick Bartram, $39,000, insured for $26,000; hotel, $8,000; Monell & Co., $20,000, insur. ance $009; 1. B. Dunbam, $3,600, insured f 5005 otner partics, Including railroad company, $20,000, or seriqus injucy to person There was no loss of Ii Qt lube We all have had enongh of them, God - - Turon ROME. Tho. Papal Guarantees Bill and Its Prinefpal Modifications. A Murderous Attempt on Life and Property— ‘Wao Were the Perpetrators !~Rolief for tho French Sufferers—Preparations for tho Inauguration of tho Italian Parliament in Rome. Roms, May 10, 1871, Nothing 1s now wanting to convert the Papal Guar- Antees bill into a law of the land excoping the royal sanction, as, after having been voted in the Senate by afar greater majority than was expected—only twenty votes being hostlle—it has been returned to the Chamber of Deputies, and the alterations intro- duced into some of the clauses were approved by the Representative Chamber two days ago. The principal moiltfications made tu the bill by tne Senate and ac- cepted by the Chamber are in the seventeenth article, extending to the six suburbtoarian sees of K the Tight—previvusly proposed for the Pope in the city only—of haying seminaries, academies and colleges Without any interference or inspection on the part Of the scholastic authorities of the kingdom; i artt- cle twelve, extending to every Papal residence the right, previously recognized tn favor of the Vatican, Of the Pope's haviug postal aud telegraphic services With bls owo employés; in article three, in which the Senate deciares the Pontiff free to keep wnat- ever denomination of guards he pleases provided they do not exceed tho usnal number, whereas the deputies had restricied the palace garrisoa to the two corps of noble ans) Swiss gusrda, In arucle five the Senate delares tuallevable not only the Palaces, gardons ani dependencies of the Papal residences, but also the museums, library, and all the contents of the Vatican; rejecis the proposition of the Chamber that these treasures be declared national property and subjected to the care of the competent Miaistvr, aud regonnces the right of the pabi.c to visit them, subuuttiag weir admittance to the benevolence of the Ponuit, A DRBADFUL ALTEM(’T ON Tv AND PROPERTY, An event which might have tériminated an a very trazicul moue, took piace on Sunday evening ina Ronse 1u the Via det barbierl, Waere & Jarge halk hus been adapted torelig:ous purposes, being used by Une Ovangelival minister, iiey, Air, Sclarelil, for his bi-weekly services, On tie day 10 question the service been more than usually bk ESL ON agcount of the p:esence of. severel evangelical communicants from Naples, Vicenza and other cities, to whom the pastor aiministered the holy sa- crament,’ Lowards the conclusion of the cvening soretieg, tp hall being very crowded, with a large FO por joard bet the outer door and tie inner glass door, the force of Which» extinguished all the Ttgits and spread consternation among the congregation, Yeople feli over the benches, and got cul witu the broken glass of the lights In their edorts to reach | the dvor, The explosion alarmed the neighboring corps de garde, aud National Guards aud geudavmcs hastened to the spot, but withoul belag able to deicos the dastardly conspiraicrs, who liad proha- bly absconded beiore the IgaOd of Lie bomb, With | Which they proposed AnGacbigig death upok so wavy + Yur Tra viduats, Tae tui was of papery containing Howder and fragments of rron, all Ugnby bound round, ’ - WHAT IS THOUGHT OF THE DEED. The Osservatore kumano of yesterday has tho following cominents upun this occurrence:—“The hibeval journals have, wade @ xreat noise. about ue | bursiing of a petard on Sunday evening cutstde the door ot a halt in Via del Barbieri, where a Protest- ani minister was holding a conference ironicaliy calied Evuiugelical, ‘Tae authors of this deed have been already designated in the Jesuits and clericals, Who ate made culpable of every aisorder, aud against who. death is being continually shouted. Bat the rage and phaitsaical hawed of the revoiu- tionists are suilcleauy Kaown to us, and we do not liesitaie to assert tial itis mereiy to sur up hatred more than ever agaiust the Catiolics that tiese ogi tators of the pudiic tranqniility lay to their cuarge Uke recect decd, which can in no Way be atiributed to them. And yet they ought to know that the clericals have never used, and never wili use bomvs, Poignards and similiar meaus waich they condemn aud sincerely abuor; and of which they leave the eure monopoly to thet adversaries.” UELP FOR THE FRENOU SUFFERERS. The Osservatwe of this meraing puvitsaes the first list of contributions toward the Jand instututed by the Oatholic Society and approved by ine rope for the reiief of suiferers by the war in France. The Chapter of St. Peter’s heads the list with 500 irancs, Cardinal Antonelli loilowing with 1,000 and Cardinal Bonaparte with 2000; vut contributors of ints calibre are veryrare, for 4 only see the nanie of Jrincess Adele. Borghese followed. by the same figure. Five other members of the Borghese family give 600 francs @ piece, and Monsignor Mereurellt and the General of the Jesuits alike sum. Tnis iirst list comprises elgitty subscriptions, the total amvunt of which {s 11,555 francs $4 centimes, 1H CESTIVAL OF THB STATUTO, which isa national celebration of the in consututional government in It Wil, of course, be observed in itome, 28 it has hitherto been tn all the other cites and provinces of the Peninsula, ‘The first Sunday in June is the estavlished epoch for unis odictal and popular rejoicing, and as that day is fast approaching arrangements mnst bo made Without delay for 18 Worthy observation. On Monday evening & comuiitee of Municipal Councillors met to draw up a programme for the festivities of the Siatuto, ana als for the day of the solemn INAUGURATION OF THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT IN ROME, ‘itution of Mi for which ceremoay Victor smumannel will repair in person to the new capital, On visiting tne localities now In course of constraction for the Senators and Deputies at the Madama and Monte Citorio Palaces it ceriainly seems impossible to a spectator that tn another siX weeks they will be resouading to the sonorous Voices of the antagonistical orators of tus Rigit and Leit. Several of the other Ministerial ofices are also in @ very backward condition, REAL ESTATE MATTERS, Country Property Sales for the Week. We have now reached tie season of suburban sales; hence there may be found in the various newspapers which look to this sort of thing for sup- port Jong columns of advertisements and notices, announcing to the World tliat such and such a place 1g heaven. To take any less Ngure wo feel would bo a libel on tho adveritser, who evidently aimed at producing i Just Uiis iinpression; otherwise he would haye men- toned some of tho disqnalifications of the piacs he Was willing to advance to the level of Paradise, Avoiding this indiscretion and examiniug the aa- vertised record of country sales, which are stated as certain to take place, it 13 but Just here to say a word in savor of Whitestone, We have so long i} argued in favor of the very kind of improvements they nave made down there, and pointed out until it got to be @ great many tines More than a twice told tale, that Jess than this was, not to put too ino a point upon it, bunkum, that we feel a spon- sorial relition almost in connection with this enterprise, It 1s Hempstead on a contracted scale— Hempstead anticipated as tt wero, brought nearer to New York, and made within the reach of men Who, although they are willing to submit to 4 coua- try life, have objections to the wilderness, This property ts largely controlied by Jonn J, Locke, President of the New York, Flushing and North Shore Raliroad, John Locke has spent a great deal of money on the eats wnat they bay. He has built permanent drains alae which is a fact that cannot be ignored ; but, besides he has graded and paved s*reets, curbed and guttered the and laid down sidewalks equal to any In New York. The fact 1s he and his associates are really buildinga new town of Whitestone In the same spirit that Stewart is building up temp- stead, Besides ne-has this advantage over Svewart, that whereas tne latier has to wait for a ineans of rapid communication with the city to be estabiisied,, Whitestone has got it already, by rail and water, equal to any trans-marine fauiourg belonging to tie metropolis, In connection with this matter, we copy the following:— ‘This Whitestone enterprise, the first sale connected with which will (ake place oa Thuracay, ts Wey ad the arrangements for a fuvorabje presentation to the puitilc Fequiring a large expenditure of tne and money, have bul {ust been completed. ‘the property, finely atlunted, I tn the Immediate vicinity of New York, and conecue therewith by rail and boat. ‘The location is healthy one, and fora su- Durban residence possesses many attractions. The inprove- ments made have been paid for, and the iote to be soid ie on fireete and finteied ayentiess already suvored, enrbeds gut f tered and macactam'zed, while in addition a number of do- sirable cot tors of th scheme. To be fully appreciated tho b fled, and from this tact, if for no other rea nes on the auction day should be lary pr 4 Be ‘sold enuitely on, ite merits, no extraneous efforts being fietitionsexcttement. Special train from 1 M. on day of sale, es have been erected by the pro, minds mare to create a Hunter's Point the folding cue ntry salos which can ve Tecognized as featured take place during the week:— RUTHERFURD PARK PROPERTY. A.D, bP & Bro, 0, Ti. Piorson, anc- By tioneer, at Rutherturd Park, N. J., on the growud, ata quarter-past twelve P, M., 200 Lt ag plots, all Clegantly located within casy walking distance ‘om Uhre Tailway stations and distant irom New. yore only ten milea ‘The location is an attractive one, the lots offered on tigh ground, and the sure Toundings all that coud be desired, Por the con venience of those who desire to aitend the sale. o special train willleave the foot of Chambers aud wonty-thlid strects (per ferry) at quarter past eleven A, M., for Wiich free passes can be obtiined of tie auctioneess, No. 6 Wine street. BTATEN :8LAND PROPERTY. ny Johngon & Miller, at Kichiwbad Park, New Dor, f the Staten isl Tatiroad, ou the grount seuepad one Ps Mey Ou onolee vullding Lots, all on of ladies, @ tremendous detonation was | parse or No, 25 Nassau “By S, Di at Mount Vernon, Westchester county, on the premises, at one o'clock, twenty vila ots, to be without on easy terms. The property adjoins Chester Hill, les handsomely, ta within watking distance of the ratlway forty-six mmutes distant from New York, THE INSURANCE CONGRESS, FIFTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. The Foreign Companies’ Requests—Disagreoment on Assets and ,Investments—Mr. William B. Barnes Before the Congress— Actuaries’ Arguments, oe The Insurance Convention again assembicd at the oMice of the Fire Underwriters, Nos. 156and 158 Broadway, yesterday, President Miller in the chair. WHAT THB FORRIGN COMPANIES WANT. E. W. Crowait, of the Lmperial, of London, ap- peared, and addressed the Convention in the intere ests Of the foreign companies Mr. 8. P, BLaupes, of the North British and Mer- cantiie Insurance Company, read the following report:— nf To Hap. Gronax W. MinLER, President Insurance Cone {nsarance companies baye the niveution upon polnis of great Mn ich were not 1eferred to in the very able report ol ‘cmumittoe of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters Ibis the desire of our compantes to furnieh full and gatis- factory statements to the various epartuaents ag promptly as the nature of the case will permit; the suppiementary si meso! the busines in this couutty eau, of course, be made at the same time appoinied for American companies; but the delay necessary In urder to hear trom the various agentes in differeat parts of the world renders it Imposatbie to omke the | foreign state:nont oF the entire ousiness of the year until! about the lato July suceveding, and we would Fea)uo.fully request you to talie suis inch u\0" consideration and arrange tho tiué {a accordance therewith, We nave bad oceasion in past years to address some of the departinents on thia subject, and degire to express our thanks for the cons: eration shown us by the aevera! ofllcialn at the head of the samo, ‘She only other poluts ‘to which we would expocial'y allude isths very importunt question of deposits, which was very tully considered in the Yeport of the committes referfet to above? all ths arguments advanced therein apply with like force ‘agalust the separation of the assets of forelyn compa- nies, We desire to have auch funds deposited im such a manner as will best secare the policy holders, and wot tT at, it placed in the hands of traste ttizons of tl Jnlted titer, and epprayen by the bead of the Ins: sig 29 ‘Depart- mint 9f the Stato in whtel the priuctpal office In this country muy be locate {, as provided in the law recently passed by the New York State Leyialuvirw, this on fs fally attained. Ths Cuslncas of the Corsica cormjanies has alcomdy induced the iayestuaent of upwards of ipl,0 000 capital in Yala coun. | try. Li return for this ali that can be expected, aad all thas odin ther bebalf, isthat they may be subject tothe game laws ani cutitied to the sane oe the iis covatry. ‘They checifully pay all cha: hich auch compaules are Hable, but they res jt against discriminating taxes and lawa to them the company for e 5 ‘They claim this postion with the more assurance because the tuliest libevaitty is granted by the English government to American companies doin busivess in that couniry, where they are placed on a precisely equal footing with the home companies, and no deposit whatever 13 required, Asking your kind consideration of these points and your cordial co-operation fo our eiforis to have this tairand just established tui the different States, we are, Very sincere Ours, Léndow ana Globe ‘Sizned by erpoal and Jovuraac agi A. i. MeDonal’y “Royal Insurance ‘ompitnny "pool and Lonion, William H. Ross, Queen ‘ire Insurance oes » Liverpool abd ‘Hooda a Yjacden, Neck Ba in| Mercantile Insurance Com- ea oh mt fea ge. Crowell, Kesident Maua- cr Hinceriut Tnsufancs Company, London; Alijzer Brothers, eneral Agents Commerciai Union Assurance Company, Lon ion. ait comes ‘The communication was referred to the Commi tee on Deposits. Mr. WILLIAM Baryes, Superintendent of Insar ance of New York, addressed the Vonvention by in- vitation and gave a very interesting history of the early examinations of New York companies, which showed in some ances that companies wit $200,000 had only frum $4,000 to $5,000 assets, Av present, be declared, no country in the world hed such rellable companies, Doth as regards their soundness ond their faithfulness in making thetr re- poris, as tue United States. He advocated the crea- Uon of an exiiaordinary reserve fund to meet sud- cies of epidenac or conflagration. Les, of California, also gave some remi- of the early insurance companies of the niscences cily aid the organization of the Insurance Depart- ment of the State. Mr. Row, of Michigan, moved— Resolved, Tuat the various committees to whom subjects have beoa' retvrred Le requested to report the same to the ponvention to-morrow, and that this Convention adjoura om Jane 1 to inect in Now’ York city oo the tuird Wedaesday in October, to complete the work for whici it has assembied, Tabled, Mr. Yarns, Of Maine, moved— Resolved, That the practice of reporting items of assotm Mabilitie 3s uader designations oF fo classes or fn ay manuer not eapresseive 0. nature ts an evasion that teuds to weaken the conidence the departinesis on the correciness and iategrity o¢ the whole report, and wien sound wteotional justly eaposes the company to suspicion. Reierred to the Committee on Biaak: Mr. PAUse aisy odered the followin, Resolved ug of | P couity, aud, 1m the opinion of tis Conveniion, should cease exi eferred to Committee on Miscellancons Business, ‘ir. M. D. MORGAN, Of the Nori American, ad- dressed the Conveution pon the subject of assets aud the preparation of blanks, but a'so t upon the general manner of Keeping insurance ae counts. wr ‘vhe Convention took @ recess, to meet at the Fifth Avenue Hotel at three o'clock P, M. ‘The Couveation was cailed tu order at the Fifte Avenue Hoiel, at four o’cluck, for the consideration of the report Ol Mr. Paine, chairman 0; Asseis and Investinents, During the auvsence of Presideat Miller the chair was occupled by Vice President Breese, of Wisconsin. The delegutes took up the report, Which appeared in full m yesterduy’s HERALD, and a discussion at once arose upon the first paragraph, which defines the kiad of securities in which companies shallinvest. Mr. Paine siroug! advocaied the adopiion of the clause, whic was opposed by General Smith, of Kentu ky, who desired that the Jaws of all tne States beari on the subject be examined, and he read the laws Kentucky, He advocated a carciul examination of the character of the securities deposited im the in- surance bet Segoe by the companies, who oght buy up bank stock and run the banks. De. Atkin son, of Kansas, beteved it unwise to limit the come panies as to the Nature Of the securities they should: deposit. They slould be permited to go where they could get the highest interest and give the greatest security, Mr. Brinkerhoi, oO: Ul nols, thought all companies should be prevented from inve-vng in insurance stocks, lest In case of calamity all would be dropp down together, There should be a limit 10 uy dssvts invested in bods and Mortgages. Mr. Row, of Michigan, also opposed Investments in Insurance stocks. Colonel Coldwell, of Indiana, moved to lay | the report upon tue table. This called out an ante mated discussion, tn which Mr. Pame deciared (até it was too much for the Convention to dictate to 150 or 200 Companies What secures Wey must invest tu; but they 8: id bo compelled io deal in respon- sivle securinies, Other gentlemen spoke for and Axainst the ndopiion of the first para- ga afier Mr, Coldwell had withdrawn Lis re_olti.on to tavie, but after LWo hours spent im discussion the delegates were as iar from agrees mentas when tiey commenced, and adourned until to-day. Tu tue evening the Comanitec on Vale Nations, xc. Mobat tke Lith Avenue Hotel tv hear argument from actuaries as to tne best means of @:Tlviug ata basis for policy valuations in winding up the adwrs of companies, Addicsses were made by Messi. Sheppard Homans, Consulting Actuary; D. P. vackler, Consuliing Actuary; P. 5. Lincoln, actuary; A. F. Harvey, Actuary of Aissourl; W. Be Harvey, Actuary of Ure Lilineis Department, and K. W. Bryant, New York Stace Actuary. £ QLNMAN JUNE WATBLERS, ‘The twel(th bienniai singing festival of the North> eastern Singers’ Union, which incindes the German. vocal societies of the AUautic States, wil take place in this city, commenciug June 24, and closing June 28. The sections of New York, Pnilavelphia and Baltimore, contributing in all 2,509 singers, wilt take part In the Of vl First day—ieception of Uie singers ff cities at the City Hall py the Mayor, aud subse- quent reception of the ms at the Germanias Assembly Rooms by Mr, ‘theodore Hetdenfoldt, President of ihe Northeastern singers’ Umon. See- ond day—Hehearsal at the Skatins Rink; reception. concert at tne Academy of Music, ‘Third day— Prize singing at Stermmway Mall; concert ab lie Skat ing Kink, Fourth day—Rehearsal at Germania As- sembly Rooms; second mass concert (with orches= tra of 100 performers) at the Sxoung Rink, On Wednesday, June 28, there will be a picnic at Jones® Wood. Mr, Agri¢ol Paur, musical director of the Licderkrang Society, Will be musteat dirvctor of the festival, CONTRADICTORY CONNOLLY. Atthe Yorkville Police Court yesterday Thomay Coimolly, a bartender by cecupation, was commit- ted, fortunately in default of $1,000 bail, ana charge of perjury, It was allowed by Mrs, Cynthia A. Dockstader, of No, 210 West Forty-eighth street, that he had borne false wituess in a suit at law be- tween herself and ove Nicholas J. Sinnotiy, at the Seventit District Civil Court, Her slatement Was corroborated by others, KILLED BY FALLING PROM A PACIFIO RAILROAD Buve—AN emigrant uamed Isaac Ciser, tity. three yoars of fg, from Cerro Gordo county, Lowa, bound for Oreon, in company with lis wile, eight children and 0 son-in-law, stepped ou the platform of a Central Pacitic emigrant car while CoOR, the so high trestle work at Newcastle, California, on day last, tell Clg fect, and instantly kilio Carson Regighr May 1, REE IT