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THURSDAY. -
APKIL. 30,1885
Farms have been leartuliy waalied.
ItiissiA continues to play for time.
St. Louh la going to have a crema
tory.
England is
vessels.
going to building war
Tub dynamite fiends still eDjoy life
in London.
The Colorado is an adept in getting
on benders.
aVill. not somebody start a beel
packery at Austin ?
TnE ltussian Hear is reaching out
its paw te sieze Herat.
Tms cemetery business should be
settled without much delay.
The stories of loss of life and prop
erty, from floods, are sickening.
A Crisis is evidently approaching
in the XSusso-Afghan business.
Anxious Democrats
President as a chestnut
oait.
regard the
with the bur
The followers of Mahone, strange
to say. remain in possession of the
Federal offices in Virginia.
The people of Dallas seem deter
mined on building a railway from
their citv to the coal fields of Wise
County.
It is during such times as these that
modest unprecations are heard about
the absence of a free bridge across the
Colorado.
Efforts are being made near
Oakland, California, to prove that
tea may be' successfully raised on the
Pacific slope.
As the Hew. York Tribune finds
fault with Mr. Bayard, so do the peo
ple find further proof of his public
worth and ability.
Francis II. "VVigfall, of Mary
land, appointed Consul to .Leeds, is a
son of Louis T. Wigf all, who was one
of the Texas Senators at Washington
before the war.
Mu. Randall has the gout. He
mav now. therefore, hare a forcible
reminder of
screw bends
how the tariff thumb
terror into a wretched
consumer s carcass.
bENATOR Maxey is not going to
be lured away from a proposed re
election by any offer of a gubernato
rial nomination. His opponents can
not trade him off in this style.
Fred Douglass eulogizes Presi
dent Cleveland. He ought to, since
the President retains him in a most
lucrative public place, as he does
Bruce and other Republican negroes.
Gen. HAzens punishment was
light, except in trie estimation of a
fine sensibility. In accordance with
the judgment of the court-martial, he
was reprimanded by the President and
restored to his duty.
Might it not bo well enough for
the Governor to come home by way of
the A. & M. College and see how tha
lone bull is getting along. It would
allow Acting Governor Gibbs time to
take a better swing at things.
HON. JOHN F. McKinney. of Ohio
has been convicted of having received
excessive fees for collecting pensions
It was proven that he received $130
for obtaining a pension of $1,700. He
was a member of the Forty-second
Congress,
The English Premier has been sub
jected to rather discourteous treat
xnent in the House of Commons. His
replies to questions as to the progress
of negotiations in the Asiatic difficul
ty have been greeted by laughter and
jeers. Gladstone evidently has not
, the tact for high diplomacy.'
Senator Maxey will be a cand-
icate for re-election. It is thought
Mills will also be in the race; and
Wellborn will be there. Last, and
probably not least, Ireland, will canter
in with head and 'tail- erect, bent en
- coming in on the home stretch in the
lead.
The difficulty between the Khedive
and France is apparently increasing.
The French are determined on satis
faction for the suppression of their
Darter at Cairo, while the Khedive, in
effect, declines to accede to the French
demand. In the meantime the Porte
backs the Khedive and attempts to
bully the Preach by announcing that
. "France has no business to Interfere
in Egypt," -
The Statesman regrets that it
wis kd by amis-statement to attri
bute " to Minister Phelps utterances
for which he was not responsible.
The papers have betn pretty rough on
him, but it is wrong to hold him res
ponsible for expressions of the entire
Phelps family. When Mr. Phelps gets
over to England and begins to dis
charge his duties, everybody will
think better of him. The English
people, we are satisfied, too, will be
appeased.; ; '. -
. . The . director of the newMcCor
mlck Observatory at. the University
of Virginia is Profes or Ormund
Stone, a graduate of the Chicago Uni
Yersity, and formerly in charge of the
Dearborn Observatory. He was as
sistant in the Naval Observatory at
Washington from 1870 up to 1875,
when he was elected director of the
Cincinnati Observatory. He held
this position till 1882, when he was
called to his present post. In 1882 he
visited many observatories, and ex
amiced their plans before the erection
of the new building n ai begun. His
asfUUnt is Mr. E. P. Leavenworth.
A ROTTEN DEPARTMENT.
People are used to well authenti
cated statements about corruption in
the federal departments, and nowhere
may more disgraceful official acts be
fastened than upon the Interior De
partment. The appointment of Mr.
Lamar to this important trust was
one of the wisest acts of Mr-
Cleve'alid. In the new Secretary
the country has obtained a public
servant, whose every energy will be
directed towards correcting, as far as
lies in his power, the evils of the past
and providing honest and conserva
tive methods of administration in the
future. His appointment was met
with disfavor by the corrupt
rings, which had controlled the
Department, for they at once under
stood that the day of jobbery was
ended. My. Lamar's first act in office
was to stop the issue of the Backbone
land grant patents, and to save 5,000,-
000 acres to the people. Still, as the
machinery of the Department, was in
the hands of the same old gaDg, they
persisted in their attempts to rob
the public domain. One attempt was
Cor the benefit of the Northern Pacific
Railroad, by changing the line upon
which the alternate sections
would be based, thus capturing a
very large body or vaiuaDie lanu;
the other was for the benefit of the
Southern Pacific Railroad, and also
affected a very large body of land
Both were naked frauds, involving
enormous interests, . ana DOtn were
cunninely managed. If ths subordi
nates to the Secretary and to the Com
missioner of the Land Office had been
faithful and honest men, these frauds
would not have been attempted. As
it was, they were nearly a success,
It ha3 required the utmost vigilance
and care of the two or three officials
who compose the entire Democratic
element of this department to detect
the fraud. And here is a most serious
point in question. The Civll-Ser-vico
rules keep a large force
under Mr. Lamar, as they do
under any other chief, needing con
stant watching to prevent the con
tinuance of fraud. Many of the sub-
chiefs and clerks belong to the corrupt
rings, but Civil Service steps in and
keeps them now, at least, where
they are. Must they be caught before
they can be removed? It is hoped
means may soon be found for clearing
out this Augean stable. The guilty
rascals are not confined alone to the
departments at "Washington. They
are scattered in offices all over the
states. The land offices in the states
and territories are intimately connect
ed with the rings outside, and
the Interior Department. The rascals
are inund together by the ties of
rogues, and the only course is to dis
lodge the corrupt incumbents. In the
meantime the organs connected with
these corrupt rings harp on the dis
loyalty of Lamar and praise the ef
ficiency and nonor of Jacob Thomp
son.
WHAT THE RAINS TEACH.
The recent heavy rains bring to
light the fact that numbers of our
farmers have not yet finished plant
ing their cotton. The complaint is
made that the rains are interfering
with planting, but the farmers who
make such complaints ought to hide
themselves from their neighbors in
shame t at either their laziness
or inattention to business. "The
winter has been an unex-
ceptionally fine one for farm work.
During the winter there was verv
little severely cold weather, and com
paratively but little rain, none of
either to seriously affect the prepara
tion of soils for the cropping season.
The cotton crop of last year was very
short, and it was gathered and mar
keted before there was cold wea
ther Every opportunity, there
fore, was presented tor the
breaking up of soils and the prep
aration of fields so as to receive seeds
at the earliest moment advisable,
Those who have not finished planting
are the ones who in the winter neg
lected to plow, who wasted time, and
who are now led to complain that
the rains are preventing them from
planting cotton. Is it not
shocking; to think that in Texas all
the cotton is not up and ready for cul
tivation? Last year farmers had an
experience which should have taught
them that success in farming must be
the reward alone of vigilance.
Farming operations were retarded
by the absence of winter
prepared fields, and before they were
prepared and planted the heavy
spring rains began, and much cotton,
as a result, was planted in May. That
it made nothing, with such seasons as
we had last year, is not to be won
dered at. Where soils were thorough
ly prepared in the winter.
and the seed planted early,
good crops of corn were made
and very fair crops of cotton, but
where there was poor preparation or
may be none at btn crops were
failures. Dllliaence is all that is nec
essary to make as sure crops in Texas
as anywhere in the world, with thor
ough preparation and early grow
ing plants there can- be no
mere profitable agriculture than in
Texas. Cotton that was up on well
prepared land, before the late succes
sive heavy rains began, if diligently
cultivated, will make ,a crop before
any summer drouth may set in, but
fields poorly prepared, that are to
be planted after these rains
are over, will probably give very
poor returns. Should there be a long
summer drouth, the late grown cotton
will not pay for the labor expended
on it. Experience seems to be worth
nothing to some people, but the seasons-teach
the thoughtful to plant
early. There is pleasure as well es
profit in cultivating early crops.
ACQUISITION OF THE PENJDEH.
Gladstone denies that the English
Government is ready to give . up
Penjdeh, and declares that statements
to that effect are untrue. In the na
ture of the case Russia could not make
such a demand of England, nor could
England grant or deny it. England
has no right to Penjdeh and hencq no
right to cede it or refuse its cession to
Russia. As a matter of fact. Penjdeh
is in the belt of territory the
nationality of which has been in ques
tion ever since the proposition to fix 1
a new northern boundary for Af
ghanistan has been under discussion.
Therefore, the Afghans had no right
to occupy this territory until the
boundary line was fixed. The fact
that they did so, gave Russia an ex
cuse for bringing her military forces
south on the Kushk River, where the
battle of March 30 was fought. And
when, after that battle, Penjdeh was
deserted ly the Afghans and the
country wrs threatened with an
archy, General itomaroff could do no
less than attempt to organize seme
sort of order through the country in
which Penjdeh is situated. Should t here
be no war Penjdeh will eventually
fall to Russia or Afghanistan on the
decision of a boundary commission
which, however, does not appenr lo
be a part of Russia's plan ot settle
ment. Under any adjustment of this
sort the most powerful will be
most apt to get the terri
tory, and in the event of
war there can be no doubt that Rus
sia wia secure l'eojaan, ana as
much other territory as may be de
sired. It must be borne in mind, too
that the Russian Bear is a very greedy
brute, with a stomach of immense ca
pacity.
INCREASED COTTON PRODUCTION.
Mr. Wm. L. Trenholm, son of the
Secretary of the Confederate Treas
ury, has prepared for the United
Statistical Department a report show-;
ing the persistency of fertility in the
cotton producing lands of this
country. Mr. Trenholm asserts
that, under the old methods of
cotton culture prevalent prior to 1860,
great bodies of land not only lost
power to produce cotton, but became
unfit for any purpose known to the
planter. He confidently asserts, how
ever, tnat, with the improvea metn
ods and expedients described by him,
the cultivation of cotton has become
not only a lucrative ait, but a pro
gressive science, that "cotton sick"
lmds have been reclaimed, and that
the general average of the produc
tiveness of the cotton lands of the
country has been greatly increased
This he clearly proves by the statis
tics of the production of particular
tracts, and by the relation of crops to
acreage throughout the cotton belt
Mr- Trenholm concludes his report as
follows: "Looking at the question
solely with reference to the capacity
of the land, it seems reasonably cer
tain that the cotton states of the Un
ion will be able, not only to keep a
crop of 7,000,000 bales, but in case of
need to increase that crop considera
gly, without materially increasing
the acreage now in cotton."
John Sherm an has announced that
he will not accept the nomination as
Republican candidate for Senator of
Ohio. He insists that a re nomina
tion is due Mr. Foraker, who was de
feated last time, and there seems to
be but little doubt that he will
be the candidate., Sherman
can be satisuea aione in one or two
places he would stay in the Senate
or he would be President. It is said
he has strong hopes of receiving the
Presidential nomination in 1888, and
will bend his energies in that direc
tion. He is not convinced that the
road to the White House is by way of
the.Ohio capitol. Should he change his
mind, he will not be so unwise as to
run for Governor next time. The
Governor'3 term is only two years
long, and he would be out of office be
fore the Convention of 1887 was held,
and In retirement. Should he desire
to run for Governor, to help his presi
dential chances, ' hi3 year would
be 1887. . A brilliant campaign
and a decisive victory then
might make him conspicuous a year
later. He ha3 tried his luck in
the. presidential lottery once, and
knows that the man who plays
for the prize stanas a very slim
chance at best. There are six years
of solid comfort in the Senate
anyhow, and John Sherman may
show himself to b3 a sound philoso
pher as well as a successful bank
operator with Treasury backing.
It will take a change in the Sena
orial representation of only five
States to give the Democrats control
of the next Senate. In two States-
Virginia and Indiana such change is
already assured, and the recent elec
tion in Michigan makes a
change there almost as certain.
There remain but two more to effect
the desired consummation, and the
many recruits the Democratic party
has recently gained in the Northwest
ern States, and the fact that several
of those States were close before,
afford good ground for believinsr
that those two will not be
lacking. . Then, with a Pres
ident and both branches of Con
gress in their possession, if the Demo
crats do not abolish special legislation
and adopt measures for relies ing the
people of unjust and unequal taxa
tion, for stopping all sorts of favors
to all kinds of monopolists, and to
make the Government, as it should
be, of, for and by the people, they not
only should, but will, be retired, and
the country be Intrusted to other and
better hands.
One of the most' cruel freaks ot
fashion is the decoration of hats and
bonnets with the skins ot birds. The
brightest and prettiest of the feather
ed tribe are in the greatest demand
These are usually harmless insectivor
ous birds, whose destruction is an eco
nomical mistake as well as a needless
wantonness. It may , often happen
that the poor bird which adorns a
fashonable bonnet is quite as useful a
creature, when alive; as the giddy
creature who wears it.
' Mr. Cleveland is advised by
none of hi? best friends to call an ex
tra session of Congress, because of the
failure of thr J;ist Congress to pass a
river and harh r bill,- a bankrupt act,
and to provide other alleged necessary
legislation. Unless an Anglo-Russian
war should begin in earnest there
is no need for 'n extra session. Then
it might be r - p-mry to amend our
navigation lu. .is in the . ii teiest cf
commerce. ,
their sinister purposes.
In considering the" late utterances
of J. G. Blaine, William Walter
Phelps and Senator Sherman, regard
ing President Cleveland, it must be
observed that their expressions have
the ultimate purpose of indicating I
that the Democracy-, becaiisa of the !
lack of Democratic zeal on the part
of the President, is destined to loose
cohesive power. They agree that
Mr. Cleveland i3 going to admin
ister public afTiirs with honesty
and fidelity, unknown quali
ties of II -public jJiisDi. Here is a
new tliiug under federal administra
tion, ai which the people are delight
ed, and not oaiy Democrats b it Re
publicans are going to be captivated
by such qualities ia government,
while D.-iiitjcracy Will be honored and
strengthened by their active power ia
what pt rtaius to the public good. It
is proper enough for Republicans to
prais-i honesty in government, but-,.
having practiced the reverse for twen
ty years, they probably have the sinis
ter purpose in view of misleading
people and leading them to believe,
that because of tbeir endorsement
there must ba something
rotten still in government. The only
thing rotten therein is in the persons
of officials and clerks, who have been
placed in position by Republican
Administrations for purposes of dis
honesty and infidelity;, and that an
objectionable civil service Bystem re
tains these men where they may still
do harm is the present source of pop
ular anxiety, which must exist until
these rotten placemen ara spotted and
removed. Of course the commecda
tions of Republicans are always coupled
with the prediction that the President's
course will meet the opposition of the
mas'i.of his own party, in giTing ut
terance to which they show plainly
that the wish is father to the shought,
They hope for the opposition which
they predict, and the division in the
Democratic ranks which would result
therefrom; and they will do all they
can to bring it about. There ia no
probability, however, that their efforts
will succeed and their hopes be grat
ified. So long as the President ad
heres to the policy he has outlined and
thus far pursued, and gives the
country an honest economical admin
istration, conducted upon business
principles, and at the same time main
tains his adherence to the fundamen
tal doctrines of the party in influenc
ing legislation within the sphere of
his constitutional' prerogative, there
is no question but that he w Jl re
ceive the hearty and earnest support
of the great mass of the Democracy
throughout the country, no matter
what is the course or action of the
Republican leaders and party. Of
course it may be expected that dis
appointed office seekers may mur
mur, but they are a mere drop in the
bucket, and even these will catch on
to the cause in the next
canvas with renewed zsal,
under the hope that reward
will come next time. A few greedy
office-seekers may regard as the prime
object of administration the distri
bution of offices, but most Democrats
are honest, patriotic men, and desire,
first of all, faithful and honest man
agement of the affairs of Government,
and the distribution of public offices
in a manner which shdl effect
ualiy conduce to that end. Should
few,-because of personal disappoint
ments, leave Democratic ranks, it
may be safely calculated that the de
sertion of every one of these will be
followed by several recruits from
among the masses who do not ask for
plaC63.
THE UW OF 1.1 BEL.
The features of the Texas libel law
as settled by the Supreme Court,
the Galveston New3 case, cannot
too well understood. The News, it
will be remembered by some mean3 ob
tained and published the secret pro
ceedings of a committee appointed by
the Legislature to investigate the
land frauds, many years ago. The in
vestigation involved the privato rep
utation of a , citizen of Aus
tin, who prosecuted the Gal
veston News f5r publishing the
proceedings, holding that his reputa
tion was thereby needlessly damaged.
Judgment was obtained against ihe
News for several thousand dollars in
the District Court, and it was affirmed
by the Sapreme Court. The ground of
the decision was that the proceedings
of the committee were not privileged;
the Supreme Court holding it was in
the nature of a secret inquisition, and,
although authorized by a legis
lative body, was neither legisla
tive nor judicial ' in its chnritcter.
It was not legislative becaiiie the
committee did not report to tlri Le
gislature, and wa3 not directed or ex
pected to do so. There seems to be
SDme public misapprehensioi as to
the real scope of the decisi in, as at -fecting
the newspapers of ihti State.
If wo understand it, it does not affect
ordinary legislative committeep, where
a public report is to follow investiga
tion, nor bodies of a judiciary charac
ter. That it does, to some extent,
limit the power of the press, is evi
dent, but we must remember the lim
itation marked out by our Supreme
Court, is in the direction cf the pre
servation of private reputation from
undeserved tarnishment reputation
which should be he d sacred In the
eyes of the law and of journalism.
The appointment of W. H. Brinker
of Missouri, to be Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of New Mexico,
was a surprise to many, who had been
expecting that ail territorial noni- !
inations would be from among ! TnE dissatisfaction of the Corn
residents of " the territorif-s. Uut moaa witn Gladstone Is evident. Why
the President discovered that in?do they not Put hlm out before ti
some cases the resident law yers i mldity is recognized as the ruling
pressea ior appointment pre more or
less interested in mining a::d nther
schemes ia the Vrifn-.-. and, in "the
ease of New M -vicW id n&t
there were'qa irrea.1 f t :? i.ii. Heicp,
a3 some of the n-;rst p-nmirv r.t resi
dents of t hit '!' r.t-ry i- f tvr
of Mr. - !ittki"s ap ? it.r.ii. ;t!,d
inasiVkis as his appointiu :it v is ie?
omended by Judges of the'Supiv: -Court
of Missouri, and oth r Ms- t
Judges, and was approved by the Mia-'
souri Senators, after they Wert in
formed that he was favorably regard
ed by the President, the latter con
cluded to appoint him.
The probabilities are that theie wili
sooii be a grand march-over of the
negroej from Republican to Demo
cratic ranas, in the South, for it is un
derstood that the policy of this ad
ministration with regard to appoint
ments to places in the southern states
that are now held by colored Republi
cans will be not to substitute white
men for colored men, but to replace
incompetent or dishonest color ed Ro
publicans by colored Democrats who
are worthy and capable. In accord
ance, it is said, with this policy the
Postmaster-General has just appointed
ex-Representative Tom Hamilton, of
Beaufort, Route Agent from Beaufort
to Jackson bo n. S. O. Hamilton was
the leader of a small band of colored
men who supported the Hampton
Goverrimeat in South Carolina In
1876.
urewers in Kansas ana lowa are
moving to test the constitutionality
of the prohibitory laws of those states,
Already there is practical nulification
bf the lews in every large city or town
and the lawyers have thus far been
the only gainers. In Illinois, where a
high license law is in force, the
liquor traffic is becoming reduced in
quantity, while yielding a larger rev
enue tntne state tnan ever Derore,
Between the practically free-saloon
system of some Strtes and the senses
less fanticlsm of Iowa and Kansas,the
high-license system stands as an ex
emplar of a sound public policy bn
the liquor question.
A prominent United States Sena
tor remarked iu Washington, the other
day, that political influence amounts
to nothing with this administration,
and that applicants must have not
only good moral character.butbe qual
ified for the positions they seek
to obtain ; that this was illustrated in
the case of Governor Jarvis, who was
Minister to Chili, and in the appoint
ment of Governor Hubbard, of Texas,
who was sent abroad. The two names
had been before the President as
those qualified for Cabinet positions,
when he was selecting his Cabinet
and had an opportunity to learn fully
their standing and qualifications.
The question of again opening the
New Orltans Exposition on Novem
ber 1, is being agitated. Notwith-
standing the expense that would be
entailed during the five months inter
vening between the closing and re
opening of the buildings, in the way
of insurance, repairs and police, it is
claimed that the enterprise may be
made to pay. And yet the managers
assert it has not paid not paid the
stock-holders, probably.
Mr. Coleman, Commissioner of
Agriculture, in enumerating the
Texas counties, from which he de
sires certain information regarding
cattle, mentions, among them, Greer
County. They all know it belongs to
Texas, and it was only in consequence
o' an act of omission in a bill, after
the war, that the question of jurisdic
tion was ever raised.
The situation at Panama grows
more serious. The number of United
States nvirines has been Increased by
the arrival of tffe Acapulco, and they
are in complete command of ap
proaches to the railway. Trains travel
over the Isthmu? with guards of
United States marines, taking along
with thpm batteries mouuted on
cars.
Tiik E istern pipers are trying to
fasten on Mr. Bayard the responsibili
ty of Mr. rnelp'- appointment as
Minister to England This is all stuff;
Mr. Cleveland selects and appoints
the ministers, and it has been told
how he was led to think of Mr
Phelos as the proper min to send to
England.
The people of San Angela want the
branch of the Santa Fe railway to go
there. They ought to have it, and
then the line should be extended
westward, through Crockett County
and to Presidio, on the Rio Grande
It is onlv a jump from there to the
rich silver fields of Chihuahua, .
It is estimated that Texans have
during the Exposition, spent $150,000
In New Orleans. Taking the various
contributions to the Exposition, and
the vast amount of money spent by
ylsitors, the show has been a bonanza
to New Orleans, to say nothing of the
Exposition management.
As evidence of the remarkable
progressiveness of modern public
school systems, it has been decided in
Tennessee, that a school director must
be able to read and write. In Texas
some of them still make their cross
marks as signatures.
The approiching war is fraught
with great possibilities. One of them
is the Poles seizing the opportunity,
along with the Turcomans, to force
themselves from the Russian yoke
The Turcomans already threaten to
make the attempt.
France must make the Khedive
put up on the Bosphore-Egyptien af
fair, or the world will hereafter invite
her to shut up and submit to French
men being insulted and maltreated in
all parts of the world.
The President is reported as saying
that he .does not propose to remove
Mr. Bruce, ex-Senator, who has made
a good officer, nor to remove James
Hill, the "colored Collector of Internal
Revenue in Mississippi,
; characteristic of the English Govern
ment?
The County Comt i3 responsible
for many souls on the south side of
the river pursuing the downward
path to perdition. Salvation 'and the
: toll bridge do not go hand In hand.
The old Houston Post material sold
tor $5,600. Such was the end of a
newspaper, upon which nearly $200,
000 had been lost
the president and the negroes.
A few days ago there: was a confer
ence of the African Methodist Zion
Church In Washington, and a dele
gation called on President Cleve
land. They were cordially received
by the President, and Prof. Howard
Day delivered an address on behalf of
the delegates, in which he said that
they were not politicians or seekers of
official place, but men inf.ere3ted in
whatever concerns men, and especial
ly desirous that in this country there
may ba good government for even the
poorest and most depressed of its citi-
aens. He said that; as religioua teach
ers, they realized the importance of
their people seeking by well-ordered
lives td meet the expectations of their
mends, and, he added, that they are
striving in their church and school
Work, to carry out this idea. He re
ferred to the extent of the Meth
odist Church and school work
among the dolored people of the
Unitad States,. . Canada, the
West Indies and. Africa, and said
"This extended working church comes
to-day to congratulate the President
upon this election. Some of our men
voted ior him, but, voting for him or
against him, we recognize the fact
that he is the President, not of a party
merely, but or the nation. or the
first time in many years we cheerfully
pay our respects to a President who
is a Democrat. We believe him to be
a Democrat in the true sense of
that term. We trust the President,
We have asked and will ask our peo
ple to trust mm."
Oontinuingi professor Day said
that the Democracy of the President
was of that character "which asks
nothing but what it concedes, and
concedes nothing but what it de
mands," which is destructive to des
notism and the sole conservator of
l.berty, labor and property the law
or equal rights and equal obligations
"losucna rresiuent, nesaid, "wr
pledge our support and earnest pr aj
er3 that his life may be preservtd an
his heart strengthened to maiutain his
earnast purposes.
Among other things exprisst-u
in reply Mr. Cleveland said: In
the church and in the .Sunday
school are taught religion, good mor
als, honesty aud a proper regard ior
established authority, all of which are
exceedingly necessary to good citizen
ship. lou have set-u fit to refer to
the Democratic party, to which i be
long. My conception of Democratic
principles btnuraces equ.u rights ana
privileges to all who are citizens of
the United States, and I am glid to
know that in the endeavor to enforce
such a principle I shall have your con
fidence and support. I am pleased
to greet you all and take you by the
hand."
THESUKUENDEUOP LEE.
The
I.imt Mem rable Scene iu the Great
CIVil War.
One of the most memorable scent 3
in American history is the surrender
of Lee, at Appomattox. Tha apple
tree at Appomattox will live in tra
dition as long as the Stars and Stripes
waye. The apple tree is,
however, somewhat of ' a
myth. Its only actual appea--ance
was in the fact that L",e, hot
Grant, sat under such a tree when he
received Grant's note in reply to his
offer to surrender. After the fall ot
Petersburg, Grant dispatched Sheri
dan at once, to intercept Lrve, who,
with his army, was hastening to D.11
villo to unite his forces with those of
Johnston. Alter a hot p'irsuit. li-e
turned off the main road, and hi
army toiled all day along wood roads
and paths, windlDg through thtckts,
unmolested. It was a dreary march,
and men and animals, worn d wr
dragged themselves wearily idong.
The next morning they struck ihe
main road, and taking courage,
marched quite rapidly along until
dark, and encamped in the neighbor
ing helds. That night Lee held a
consultation with his officers as to the
best course to be pursued. It wa a
ttloomy council, and its deliberations
were hurried by the boom of bheri
dan's cannon in front, showing that
their way was hopelessly blocked
The end was reached.
lee's surrender demanded.
Grant, knowing how hopeless was
Leo's condition, sent him a dispatch
from Farmerville, demanding the
surrender of his army, on the ground
that to hold out 1 nger was a U3ele
e-ff n-.i m of blood. Le replied the
same -'ay, repudiating the insicu-Uion
that his cs was hopeless, but con
cludod with asking the "term3 he
would offer." Th next day, Gratit re
turned an answer, saji-ig: "Peace
being my first deaire, there is but oue
condition that I insist upon, that the
men sh-iil be disqualified from taking
up arms aariijisii the Unitc-d States
Goverumeut until properly exchang
ed." Lei, iu reph', denied that he
proposed to surrender hu army, but
to ask his terms, saying: "lo De
frank, I d not think the emergency
has arisen to call for the surrender.
At this time, it is stated, Lee had
not more than ten thousand m n
with muskets in their bands, to re
sist Grant's magnificent army. ' He
proposed to meet Grant at ten o'clock
next day, ana tain the matter over.
The next day Grant sent a letter
saying he had not received his letter
UDtil 11:50, but would immediately
push forward to the front to meet
him. This dispatch arrived just in
time to prevent an attack on Sheri
dans cavalry. The bugles were
ready to sound the charge, when a
flag of truce raised in front ot
Gordon's troops, prevented it.
THE TERMS OFFERED.
The final correspondence then took
place as follows:
Appomattox Court-house,
. '- April 8th, 1865
In accordance with the substanco
of my letters to yoa. of the 8-h in
stant, J. proposa to receive the surren
der ot the .A.rmyor jn ortnern v lrgmia,
on the following terms, to wit:
Rolls of all the officers and men to
be made in duplicate, one copy to be
given to an officer to be designated by
me, and the other to be retained by
such officers as you may designate.
The officers to give their individual
paroles not to take arms ag&iust the
United States until properly exchang
ed, and each company or rtgimer.tal
commander to sign a like parole for
the men of their commands. The
arms, artillery and public property,
to be packed and stacked and turned
over to the officers appointed by me
to receive them. Thi3 willnot em
brace the side-arms of the officers,
nor their private horses or baggage.
This done, each officer and man will
be allowed to return Jto their home s,
not to be disturbed . by the Unitd
States authority so long as they ob
serve their parole and the laws in
force where they reside.
Very respectfully,
U. S. Grant, Lieut-General.
Lee replied saying that he accepted
these terms, and that he would des
ignate the proper officers to carry the
stipulations into effect. It was at
this time that iiee was sea-ea unaer
an apple tree, ascompamed only oy
a single staff-officer. Col. Babjo-.-k,
of Grant's staff, rode up, saluted him
and reported that General Grafit whs
riding along that raJ, a lit!- wiy
behind, and would eovu our uu
Lee at once told his aid to li.i'i - pr-v-er
place to receive him. TLe KtUr.
seeing a man passing by, asktu u
there was a house near by. The man
pointea to a nouse near by, partly n
ruins. But Lee, refusing to reieive
Grant in such a desolate-lookinar
building, the rran offered his own
arm-house, a little way off.
meeting between grant and lee.
Thither Lee proceeded, and soon
Grant; accompanied by hes staff and
several generals among them snerl.
dan rede up. These two heroes met
with trankness and informality. Lee
wore his sword, but Grant was with
out his, and observing that the former
noticed it4 said: "I must apolieize.
General, for not wearing my sword.
xtnaa gone on with mv bairsaee
when I recieved your note." Lee
bowed and at once introduced the
subject which had brousrht them
together, and asked Grant to stand in
writing the terms on which he pro
posed the Armey of Northern Virginia
should surrender. Grant sat down at
a table and wrote the terms . as given
in the above letter. He then handed
it to Lee, who after reading it care
fully, asked what he meant by "private
horses," as most of the cavalry owned
their horses. The latter replied they
must be turned over to the goverment.
Lee acknoledged the justice of this,
when Grant said that he would "in
struct his officers to let those men
who owned their horses retain them,
as they would need them to till their
farms."
While this document was being
copied, the two generals conversed
familiarly about West Point times
and old army friends. At lengib,
alluding to the bulsness before them,
Lee said he had two or three thousand
federal prisoners and was atraid he
had not rations sufficient to supply
them. General Sheridan spoke up
and said: "I have rations
for twenty thousand men." The
document having been copied. Col
Marshall began hia reply with "I have
the honor to reply to your communi
cation," &c. Lee scratched it all ont
and in a clear, soldierly . band wrote,
"General, I have recieved your letter
of this date, containing the terms of
the surrender of the Army of North
ern Virginia, as proposed by you; as
they are subtantially the same as those
expressed in your letter, ot tne
8th inst.' they are accepted. I will
proceed to designate the proper of
ficers to carry the stipulations into
effect." Thus ended the interview
between the two erreat leaders in
the most memorable war of
modern times.
Three ciays later the confederate
army wa. drawn up as for a parad
and marched to a spot ni-ar the court
house, whfre the tjoldiery stacked
their arms un.l piled together their
flaer3. Reduced by s'raggling and
prisoners, only about 25,000 remained
and of this number not more than half
had arms to lav down.
THE PRESIDENT'S CHURCH.
How a bitter Republican preacher
was put under presidential favor:
The Capital gives the fVUowing
story of how President Cleveland
came to select Dr. Sunderland';! church :
Just before the inauguration some
friends in New York State wrote to
Mrs. Sunderland, expressing the
desire to come to Washington to wit
ness the inaugural ceremonies. Mrs.
Sunderland wished to write back
an invit..tion for ihem to be
her guests Hut Uny -.tre war:iJ
friends of Mr Clcvci.tud, nd her hus
band had bei.n sc bitter against him
that she said to htr daughter: "Your
fattier will b3 sure to say something
to hurt their feelings." She decided
after much trouble of mind to gently
hint this to the friends and relieve
herself of apparent inhospitality. To
her surprise they replied that they
thould not mind anything he said, or
feel hurt in the least. They came,
and the united efforts of Mrs. Sunder
land and her daughter kept the doctor
pretty well behaved. Jiut after the
inauguration the friends wished to go
to the White House. Mrs. Sunderland
thought it only courteous to accom
pany her guests, and wanted her
husband to go with them. He flatly
and firmly refused. Jits wiie was
much distressed, but, taking their
daughter, went with the friends to
Miss . Cleveland's first Saturday
reception When the ladies were in
troduced Mrs. Sunderland was named,
and if Misa Cleveland knew her she
betrayed no sign of recognition; but
when Mr3. Dr. Sunderland approached
Mrs. Hoyt, the President's other si
ler, the "latter held out her hand and
said:
"Tell me if you are the wife of the
Jtev. Dr. Sunderland, once my dear
mother's pastor. Did your husband
ever preach at I3atavia, N. Y. ?"
"Yes: when a very young man
before he had a call to Washington,'
replied Mrs. SunderlaDd, a little em
barrassed as she thought of her hus
band's feelings towards the President.
"Oh I'm so delighted to meet you,
and I want to see your husband. My
dear mother was devoted to him, and
her fi lends must be ours. My
brother will be glad to meet him,
too. I hope you will come again
and bring Dr. Sunder
land," said Mrs. Hoyt, showing so
much pleasure that Mrs. Sunderland
promised to go. forgetting for the
moment how her' hesband had set his
lace against going to the White
House. When she told her husband
he slowlv said:
"Well. I won't retract what ive
said, but 1 may go some time." A
few days after, the family at the
White House talked over their mo
ther's vountr pastor and decided that
he should be their own. The diagram
of the First Presbyterian Church was
sent for and family pew No. 132 was
tab ca.
it Looks That Way.
ClarksYille Times.
Some of our State exchanges persist
In grooming Wellborn for the &( nato-
rial race in 1887, to . succeed Senator
Maxey, whost term expires at that
time. A great deal of this talk about
supplanting the Senator with an ex
isting (Jengressman is no douot in
spired by parties who desire to remove
the Congressman out or tneir special
way, in order to warm a seat In the
House themselves. It looks a good
deal this way to a man up a tree.
Mr. Ilandall Bald the other d.iy: 'Mr.
Cleveland reminds me more than any
manl know of, what Mr. Garfield
said to me: 'I wouldn't give an ounce
of pluck for a ton of luck.' Like Gar
field I believe In results.''
Wisre ttsi Mm is Oil!
"Haronn of Aleppo," said Sir Phillip Darya
"had mastered every secret in nature which
the nobler magic seeks to fathom. He dis
covered that the t-ue art of healing is to assist
Nature to throw off the disease to summon,
as it were, the whole system to eject the en
emy that has fastened on apart. His pro
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principle of lire."
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