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TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
i opposed
to Boaopolie
Got. Jrri baa another pua cat
jT for Caforc lodsiTe Diice.
Tte bankrupt Best anj L!j njtli-.
Ictl Boston rinff nd vac'ortb
rrcuiaa orttsa are oue aaa ice
Vw -
use tbi& 1 f
'sandiv tbt the txople wtn la
corf Jangtr of cUmnation tho
urTatioa or railroad ' tnonopollea.
la the f ccmeoical ; coafereoce ia
-
Indoa. Biebon 8impoa alj-tbe
K4 of children of i!etbo!Uta Jo
Kioftxcm ia faror of otber deaonl
BAiioo vat ose- of the most di
:roai facta connected with lietbod-
I WD- ... ;
Thfff aema no looker any donbt
tit tbr are Soathruccrfon milJj
CJtl FM cloth liow tUl Xii-
tr n;!', a&d tvk better div.
Jfad. llr. Francis Ccpn, mannrr
eltlp Accata fliJ.) cottoa f.ictorv
ujr. Sjathern mtl.'a cm cloth
csf L!f cent Iea per jard lbn tbp
V Kazlaod railis, and atiil make
nore tsoney tbaa tboj do. Mr
Bitter, cf tbe Eaela and Pbcsaix
cuJ4, of &iamba. Ga., waja th
Soitbero aaunfactorrr baa 19 30
. catJ p-r pound adtanUgc OTertae
lSr.Hta!' mnirui?i.tioners a far
. Ut a bt 3I.v "actually entered
into a f.-rtu.u artt ment witu Jdr.
to the rc-aKinment
U'taid tntrartf of which trre-
tynt the aipntva were kept ia
M J icor'atx for mora tliaa two
Burith. ijotwitlwtaudia tbev were
rrlaMi:j thi ir cnerien and par-
bn.,rort or, eiia- to carry
ct and nuijIrt tll rontrnct, re-
hirrni-m XLe , exteuMun of time
ilitb Lad not tmy bevu granted
ri:Loit cuiitrovcx3 sla to, their!
r.;!it M claim it.
VL nte thf jatifiratIon for this
vatnren prvTtlin.
tbe
:ort of tbe State Couuu doners f
la the emphatic word of tb Cliar-
Itle 1tlrrrcr, thi.t fairf Is
Ui rzht
! I this honorable T Wc
uot, and for that iraioa we
? it. Iet n bive ix'ac, lmt
that itac which dimes from
lav nllicr wttirro than a mcthcxl of
fair ilaliii2 and tlut rvarvl and
rvirnuie fr th law. .which baa
, tia.!na nani f.r North Carolina
. f r a re ntury pat."
Prr;deatGarretttof tbe Baltimore
JtOhio Hii!road. aaja tbe North
CATotisa Midland win b bailt vitb-
eit deljj. lie farther ava that
, tie cooiructioo of this extension
: vrrdedaa material to perfect
tie u:lar jilrra eoatb of Dan
tUIe ia tie Carolinaa, and to aiTord
lie ceojanr oatiet for tbe baai-
tfsacl aa exteoeire and ralnable
rtjioa of ccaatry partially direlop
eJ 3i beretofore cot prorided with
drt rable facilities of traosportatioa
U tsarkeL Mr. Barboar ia cow
, tmideot of tbe North Carolina
; 'ilUlaad Bai!road Co a pan j, and it
U BaJtr(ood that LU aModatea
lire, fince tbe parehase referred
t?t mti e Ur aabacrfptJon to
Ue capital a!ocX of that company,
bicl M2ttPt with tbe co-opera-tk)3
of tbe local commanitles, tbe
fcjxpletiaa of tbe road.
PfMiJeat Garrett talks aa cooly
a!3t protidiajf aa oatiet for North
,Cro'in prfHlncta a If there was
; sat3C3 tfiiaj a a North Caro-ijstta.-
Where is BtT
r .Tue tiI i .nH aI.itiaa iu rottoa
Urlhn fat, -Ht-iaUy ia the
rt. Within tlu past t-n day
Ib-v.thmie uf urdt-m for tli? pxir
fla if futures ia thU staple has
irvaI n.any thonvmd tuld ia
- Tbrai!.M f thi sntldcu dtire
, todr un.tttm in the prvvailin;;
i!.rfthat thf ript-nuij? crop lias
ciNt .M-riouly injured ly tbe
i laI:h h ha prevailed tbrunh-
uv cuttoa U lt during tbe Jait
p trl.. Ju format iuu rvanliu
bii j;7p until quite recent
ti"W it I iMrtirin in more
ajj.l tj,e ImC- increase in
,: r ard grow more confident
fa b.-f advance ia prices a tbe
M ri ;rt tonteruing the coudi
a ot the crop' accumulate. ; Pick
ji rommTel- earlier than
WUf...rv in the LUtory of the
,r::rini.a:id,ifthtMlrTweather
- I'-tNihe prubabilitv U tbrJL
1 ;j r ; illle gatben-d from
'irtoht wk:t rarlicr in the
Inn any previoU-nycar since
TnEPzorLK vs Vasce Aah-
'-e.v.rt Ifthcrrit
n man tn ie
aamaei
4 work on tbe
. .
' K'tLt
.a tr aim. mnrnare
the
rrvrtttion. It aeena
u
JTerof men toco, ia being done
"y taa that can be procured, ia
rJ JT none are turned awaj;
farces are u$ed, regardle&a ot
ll,e wrk paahed and pro
f,? . ai Pdly aa pbjelcal clr-
with
MU a ui t i, uu uai irv
Br! - -
one voice aar. It la the
. .Ftoapec: aBa beat bone
-mm
of tbe
iad ithoat regard to parly,
Mcr co'or.i-.is believed that all
.ejroct that every favor and
C:,. gtxztzt consiatent with law
W, the preter-t operatives,
we feel confident Ia their
wr: falSI thMr enrrac
trne Western and Eastern
; itc the ctod axe ncarlv
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THE LATE PRESIDEUT.
Sketch of the Idfa and Puhllo
Servicai of Jas. A. Garfield.
Janes Abraa GarCeld was 'bora
November 19, 1S3I, ia tba towniblp
of Urausre.Uajaboga eonnty, Oaio,
abdat fiixeea miles from Cleaveland.
Ills father Abraa -GarCdd, caae
from N"ew York, bnt like bis moth
er, was of 2 e w England a lock. James
wsa tbe yonojroaiof four children.
Tbe father died la 1S33, tearing tbe
family dependent upon a urn all farm
knd tbe exertions of the mother.
James bad a tough time of It as a
boy. Ha, toiled, bard on .'the farm
early asd Iatela sammer andworked
at tbe caroenter bench in winter.
He: bad aa absorbing ambltloa to
SreLaa edncatloa, aod the only road
open to tbla end seemed of manasl
labor. Beady money was bard to
get in those days. The Ohio Canal
ran cot far from where be lired.
and, finding that tbe boatman got
their par in cash andearned better
wages than becoaldmake at farm-
tog or carpentry, be hired oat as
adrirefoa tbe tow-path and soon
got ap to tbe dignity of holding tha
helm of the boat. lie was ill tore a
months, and when be recovered he
decided to go to a school called
OeAagaAcidemy, ia aa adjoining
cooniyDy working at the carpen
ter's bench mornings and erealngs
aaa TaciUon times, end teaching
conn try schools daring the winter,
he managed to attend tbeacadamj
daring, the spring and full terms
and to tare a Ihtlo money towards
gtiag to college. Ia the fall of 1&1
be entered tbe janlor class of Wil
liams college, .llasaachasctts, and
graduated la 1S3 with' the meta
physical honors of bis class. When
Garfield returned to Ohio be become
professor of Latia and Grtck at
Hiram college. Before be bad beta
two years ia bis professorship be
was appointed president of tbe
college. Daring bis professorship
GarCeld ;xnarried Miaa Lacietta
Kndolpb, daogbter ot a farmer in
tbe neighborhood, whoso acquain
tance be bad made while at tbe ac
ademy, where ahe waa a dodU. She
was a qaiet, tbcpgbtfal girl, of
aingalarly sweet and refined dis-.
position, fond of study and reading,
possessing ".a warm heart and a
mind with the capacity of steady
growth. Tbe marriage was a lore
affair oa both sides and bss been
a thoroughly bsppy one. Mnch of
General Garfield's subsequent sno-
oess la lire may Do attributed to
tbe never-failing sympathy and in
tellectual companionship of his
wile aadtbe stimulus of a loving
home circle. Tbe joaog couple
bought a neat little cottage fronting
oa the college campus ana Degan
their wedded life poor and ia debt,
bat with brave hearts. '
OOI5Q ETTO POLITICS.
In 1S5G tbe college president was
elected to tbe State Senate. Daring
the winter of 1SC1 be was active in
the passage of measures for arming
the Sute milita. Early in tbe sum
mer of 1861 be was elected colonel
of an infantry regiment raised in
Northern Ohio, many of the - soal
ditrs in which had been students at
Hiram. He took the 'field la Xen
tacky and wassooa put la command
of abrigaJe. From Eastern Ken
tucky General Garfield was transfer-
ed to Loaravllle, and from that
place baatened tjoio the army of
General Duel!, which ho reached
1th hie brigade ia time to partici
pate la tbe second daj's fighting at
Pittabarg Landing, lie took part in
the eiege of Corinth and ia the op
erations along the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad. In 'January,
1&C3, be was appointed Chief of
Staff of the Army xf tbe Comber-
land. His last conapicuoas military
service was at the battle of Cnick
amauga. He was promoted to a
major generalship.
General Garfield was nominated
for Congress while be was la the
field, without aaklng bis consent.
That was ia 1C2. Whea he heard of
tbe nomination Garfield concluded
to accept and be was elected. Oa
entering Congress, In December,
1SC3, General Garfield was placed
upon the committee on military af
fairs, with Sbencs andxarnawortn,
who were also fresh from the field,
lie took an active part ia the debates
ot the House and won a recognition
which tew new members succeed in
gaining. He was not popalar among
his fellow-members during his first
term." His attainments and amiable
social ' qualities enabled him to over
come prejudice daring bis second
tsfa, end be became oa terms of
close friendship with the best mea
la both bouses. His ccmaiittee ser
vice daring his secosd term was on
the wars and means, which was
qniet ta bis taste, for It gave btm an
opportunity to prosecute the studies
la finance and political economy
which be bad always feltafondness
for. He was a hard worker and a
great reader in those days, going
home with his arms full of books
from tbe Ooagreaaional Library and
aitting ap late nights ta read them.
Garfield was regularly returned to
Congress at every election from
1S6J till be became a candidate for
President.
When James G. Blaine went to
the Senate, la 1877, ithe mantle of
RepnbJican leadership ia the House
was by common consent placed up
on Garfield, and be bss worn it every
since. Ia January, 1SS0, General
Garfield was elected to the Senate
to tbe aeat which was to be vacated
by Alien G. Tburman on the 4th ot j
March, 1831. ne received the nnao- j
imous vote of the Republicaa cau
cus, an honor never given to any
man of any part In the State of Ohio.
After bis eltctloa be was the recip
ient cfcaanr complimentary aaani-
fesutlocs ia Washincton and Ohio
AC the lleDoblican Kstionai Con-
reatloa af. Chicago. Jane 8.1831.
Garfield was nominated for.PresI
deat cf tbe thirty-sixth ballot, re
ceiring C3 tos, to SOG for Grant,
43 for IIaia and 3 for. Bherman.
lie was e'ected rreaident on -Nor-eob?r
2, 1SS0, andwaslaaagarated
on March 4, 1SS1, i
: 7 HI3 JLD3icnsTRi.no.
In bis inaugural address Presi
dent Garfield reviewed briefly tbe
progress of the nation and express
ed high hopes of its future. lie
was outspoken in the matter of ne
gro citizenship, declaring that the
negro innst enjoy tbe free and equal
protection of tbe laws, i lie recog
nised the dangers arising from ig
norance in the roter, and said that
the nation is under obligation to
educate the people. lie favored
such an adjustment between gold
and silver currency as would keep
both in circulation, advocated a re
funding measure which would not
compel the withdrawal of national
bank note, spoke briefly? of agiv
cultural, manufacturing and com-mcn-ial
interest, took strong
grounds on the Monroe question,
anil advocated tbe regulation of
the civil service by law. 7 Senator
Blaine was called to the Secretary
ship of State in the new Cabinet.
and tho other member selected and
confirmed were as follows: Secre
tary of tbe Treasury, William Win
doui, of Minnesota; Secretary of the
Interior, Samuel J. Kirkwood, of
Iowa; Secretary of War, Robert T.
Lincoln, of Illinois; Secretary of
thetNavy, William II. Hunt, of
Louisiana; Postmaster ' General,
Thomas L. James, of New York,
and Attorney General,- Wayne
MacYeagb, of' Pennsylvania.
Throughout tbe week following tbe
inauguration tbe prevailing topic
was tho advisability of an extra
session of Congress. The Presi
dent's decision that an extra session
was not necessary apparently met
with the approval of the people.
Public attention was then turned
for several weeks to a dead-lock in
tbe Senate over the reorganization.
Meanwhile in making nomina
tions" to fill government, offices in
New York the President gave places
to several snpporters of Senator
Conkling. But to placate the "anti
machine." or anti-Conkling faction
of New York Republicans, as was
said at the time, Judge Robertson,
the leader of the anti-Conkling
wing, was nominated for the
im
portant position of Collector of the
port of
ew lor k. j This caused a
political sensation. Mr. ! Conkling
resolved to antagonize the admin
istration at every point and esec
ially to prevent the confirmation
of his political enemy. Apparently
for several days Mr. Conkling was
succeeding in his purpose, but the
President again obtained tho tip
per hand by withdrawing what
were known as the "Conkling nom
inations." This was regarded as a
heavy blow at tho faction led by
the senior New York Senator and
it caused another sensation in New
York politics. A third iensation
then quickly followed, for on the
ICthof May both the New York
Senators resigned their seats in the
Senate. The avowed motive of the
resignations was that anfmportaut
Usuc having leen 1 raised between
the administration and Messrs.
Conkling and Piatt, the people
should decide upon tho mentsf of
the case. In other words, Mr. Conk
ling wanted "vindication.!' On the
18th of May Judge Robertson's
nomination was confirmed by the
Senate and the withdrawn nomi
nations were returned to that body.
Going to Allwiny Mr. Conkling and
his Mipporter, including the Vice
President, began a long struggle
with the anti-machine men. which
grew stronger every day. The pre
liminary ballot of May .31 showed
that Mr. Conkling had mistaken
the will of the peopled,' After a
dead lock of six weeks on tho ICtb
of July Warner Miller was chosen
Senator for the long term to snc
ceed Piatt, and on July 22Elbridge
G . Lapbain was elected to succeed
Conkling. In the fight the people
of New York sustained the Presi
dent, j j
Shorty after Postmaster General
James took bold of the Post Office
Department (general Thomas J.
Brady was obliged to resign from
the department and there followed
certain disclosures of fraud in con
nection with the "Starroute" branch
of the service. At the end of June,
the President, having passed
through what iKrhaps would have
been the most trying period of his
administration, made preparations
to take a few weeks' rest.
On the morningof Saturday, July
'J, President Garfield was shot by
Charles J. Gniteau, in the Balti
more and Potomac llailroad depot,
as he was leaving Washington for
a trip to New England, i He then
received the wound which has
brought about his death, j
There are five Garfield children
living, two having died in infancy.
The two older boys, Harry and
James, have been at school in New
Hampshire. Mary; or Molly as
everybody calls her, is a handsome,
rosy -cheeked girl of about 13. The
two younger lioys are named Irwin
and Abram. The President's
mother is still living and has long
been a memler of his family. She
is an intelligent, energetic old lady,
with a clear head and a strong will,
who keeps well posted in the news
of the day and is very proud of her
son's career, though more liberal
of criticism than of praise, j In per
son the late President was six feet
high, broad-houldered and strong
ly built. He had an unusually
large head, that seemed to be three-
fourths forehead, light brown hair
and beard, large, light-blue eyes, a
prominent nose , and full cheeks,
lie dresjied plainly, was fond of
broad-brimmed 1 slouch - hats and
I stout boots, cared nothing for lux
nrious living, was thoroughly tem
perate in all respects and was de
voted to bis wife and children and
very fond of his country home.
Ainonr men he was xrenial. ap
proachable, companionable and a
remarkably entertaining talker.
TUB 2TEW PEESIDZXT. i SKETCH
OP CHESTER' AIXE3 jLETHTJE,
WHO XOVT BECOMES PEESIDEXT.
The Vice President of the United
estates becomes, tue I'resment on
tho death of General Garfield, the
Constitution providing that" the
duties of the office shall devolve
upon the Vice President in the
event of the removal of the Presi
dent by death, resignation or Ina
bility to perform the duties of his
oflice. The man who was thought
worthy of this high office, with all
its possibilities, ; is Chester Allen
Arthur. f 1 ' '
Mr. Arthur is by birth a Ver
monter and of ; Irish parentage.
William Arthur,' bis father, came
from. Ball ymenav County Antrim.
He was educated at Belfast College
and when he was eighteen years of
age he came to this country and be
came a Baptist clergyman. He
was a man of learning and distinc
tion. The mother of Mr. Arthur,'
Malvina Stone, was a native of this
country. Mr. Arthur was born at
Fairfield, Franklin county, Vt,
October 30? 1830. nis education
was principally I acquired at the
grammar school of Schenectady and
Union College, from which iustitu-
tion be graduated in 1848. His
father was no richer than other
members of his profession, and Mr,
Arthur was obliged to earn much
of the money necessary to pay his
expenses by teaching school. After
graduating he studied law in that
home of great lawyers, Ballston
Springs. During this studentship
also he tan ght school. He was ad
mitted to the bar in 1852, and be
came tho law partnea of Judge B.
D. Culver, of Brooklyn, New York,
who in his day was a man of con
siderable note? liaving served for
a time as Minister to one ' of the
South American States. The firm
lasted five years," when. Mr. Arthur
formed a partnership with a friend,
Henry D. Gardner, the new firm
parting out together to find a place
to practice iu the West. This was
an unsuccessful attempt and the
firm finally went back to New York,
wuere Mr. Arthur has lived ever
since, known to the community
somewhat as a lawyer, but chiefly
as a local leader of the Republican
party. ; ;
TWO NOTABLE CAUSES.
Two of the inost notable causes
in which Mr. Arthur participated
in a professional way had connec
tion with the colored race. The first
was the celebrated Lemmon suit.
The Lemmons, it will be recollect
ed, were Virginia slave-holders.
In 1852 they went to New York
with eight slaves, intending to take
steamer for Texas. On a writ of
habeas corpus Judge Paine liber
ated their slaves, and the Attorney
General of Virginia and Charles
O'Conor, jxaid their counsel fees by
the State of Virginia, took an ap
peal. Opposed to them were Wm.
M. Evarts, assisted by Chester A.
Arthur. The slave-holders were
again beaten and tho eight slaves
were set free. The second case
arose in 1S5G. lizzie Jennings, a
resicctable colored woman, was
ejected from a car on tho ' Fourth
Avenue Street Railroad. Suit was
brought for damages and 2Ir. Ar
thur appeared for the colored wo
man ami won the case, and his vic
tory oened all the cars of New
York city to the colored people.
During the war Mr. Arthur serv
ed on the staff of. Governor E. D.
Morgan, for the most of the time as
quartermaster general. It was
this connection which introduced
Mr. Arthur into politics. After tbe
war his law practico was of that
peculiar kind which consists large
ly in looking after matters of legis
lation. Tnis work made him more
and more familiar with ' the habits
of toliticians. He soon had a wide
acquaintance, mainly, however,
among the public men of New York.
AX ACTIVE POLITICIAN.
He was very young when he be
came a power in the politics of New
York city. He was always a friend
of the men who now compose what
is known as the stalwart wing of
the Republicon party. ' "Tom"
Murphy was his constant political
associate while the Tweed ring was
iu its clory. and lie has always
been and is now one of the chief
adherents of ex-Senator Conkling.
lie has always been among those
in power in his party, an indefati
gable, shrewd worker, a skilful
organizer of the party machine.
It was some time after he had
become one of the most reliable
conductors of tho "machine" that
he was called to his first Federal
office. His appointment as Col
lector of the Tort of New York was
a grievous disappointment to the
commercial community, although
ho was pretty generally accepted as
an improvement on his predecessor,
Mr. Murphy. Mr. Arthur, outside
of political circles, was an unknown
man. His law practice had not
taken him into the courts and in
rolitic he had remained out of
eight as a manipulator of the pup
pets. His appointment was made,
as all appointments were made at
that time,in strict accordance with
the rules of the ."spoils systeni."
Roscoe Conkling was the favorite
Senator from New York, and Gen-
ex. urant appointed to tbe chief
pc caiomce of the State, the
i wnom itoscoe Conkling relied
ur a a the captain of I the hosts
iHLZ upneia mm in nnu-pr n.o
- 1 assertion was made attbetimethat
auifl lawyer ana a man
of jremarkable executive ability.
i j ;JLETITTJE AS COLLECTOR. ,
He took his office December 21,
18T1. The abuses in the New York
Custom House were so gross under
his predecessor, Murphy, and the
great that he was actually forced
ivujuoji omcry against mm so
to rex Ign. Somethinir better an A
purer was asked for and General
Grant and Roscoe Conkling gave
the merchants Mr. Arthur. Did
Mr. Arthur fulfil the implied prom
ises c" those who appointed him
and 1W absolute needs of the . ser
vice he was called upon to admin
ister! The records will sufficiently
show. His first term bavin cr ex-
I pired. he was appointed for a sec-'
ondtime. But in the meantime
the clamors against the manage
ment; 01 ine u us to in House bad not
ceased. It was charged by leading
uniwirm vi uie city wnicn pays
seventy per centum of the customs
dues of the country that the ereat
- - a a.1 . a .
office was merely part of a political
I machine, ahd that its affairs were
administered not for the benefit of
the Treasury but for the advance
ment of the faction of which Mr.
Arthur was one of the leaders.
It was during Mr. Arthur's term
of office that the infamous moiety
laws reached their climax in the
case against Phelps, Dodge & Co.
The informer, Jayne, who, for his
share in the proceedincs. was made
j forever odious, by tampering with
a confidential clerk secured what
he considered grounds for a claim
against this respectable firm for
6 1.750.000. Although the actual
undervaluation of goods imported
was only a little over $0,000, and
the loss of duty to the government
only $1,064, and although it was
shown that, so far from there being
an intention to defraud the Treas
ury, the firm had in the course of
its existence paid 850,000,000 of
duties, and had frequently over
valued goods, the customs officers
pursued them vigorously and com
pelled them to pay $271,000. The
testimony snowed mat tins monev
was actually wrung by threats
from the merchants, and that Ar
thur, Cornell and Conkling persist-
I eutlj- advised their pursuit. Half
of tbe sum was divided under the
law between the Collector, District
Attornej-, the informer aud Lanin,
the Surveyor. The exposure of
this proceeding led to the repeal
of the moiety law and to the inves
tigation of the Custom House by
the-Jay Commission.
Arthur's refusal to obey sir.
HAYES.
Soon after Mr. naves entered
upon his office he issued his "Civil
Service Order No. 1." In that or
der it was required that "no officer
shall be required or permitted to
take part in the management of
political organizations, caucuses,
conventions or election campaigns."
At that time Collector Arthur was
chairman of the State Republican
executive committee and Naval
Officer Cornell was chairman of the
regular State committee. It was
insisted on that they should resign
those positions, but they refused,
and in the fall of 1877, after the re
port of the Jay Commission, Mr.
Arthur was requested to resign and
Theodore Roosevelt was appointed
Collector in his place. Mr. Conk
ling succeeded in defeating this
nomination, and in July, 1878, Mr.
Arthur was suspended and Mr. E.
A. Merritt was appointed to suc
ceed him.
Then began a struggle between
Mr. Conkling and the administra
tion, which was represented princi
pally by Secretary Sherman, which
has rarely been equaled in bitter
ness in the annals of political war
fare. It was Mr. Sherman who,
after an adverse rejwrt on the nom
ination by Mr. Conkliug's commerce
committee in 1879, put on record
the opinion of the alministration
on Mr. Arthur's performance of the
duties of the Collectorship. The
letter was addressed to Vice Presi
dent Wheeler and was based on
the report of the Jay Commission.
It showed that the receipts from
customs had gradually diminished
from 1872 to 1877 from $148,381,
44G to 91,050,908; that ! the t em
ployes were bribe-takers and guilty
of gross irregularities, and ,that
"persons were borne on the pay
rolls as laborers as a reward for
political services who performed
no service except to sign their
names to the rolls and aeceive their
pav. These evils were
known to Collector Arthur, yet he
made no attempt during his term
of office to remedy them." He stated
also that although Arthurs com
pensation amounted to $ 155,800 he
did not attend to the duties of his
office; that, in short, his office was
a sinecure and that the public in
terest demanded his and Cornell's
removal. In another letter ad
dressed to the Senate, Mr. Ha es
said: "I regard it as my plain dutyJ
to suspend tbe officers m question
(Arthur and Cornell) and to make
the nominations now before the
Senate, in order that this impor
tant office may be honestly and ef
ficiently administered.'' Mr. Sher
man, in another letter this time
to the President, said that gross
abuses of administration continued
and increased during Arthur's ad
ministration. I i
Arthur's fight fob conkling.
Tbe reaol: of tbe straggle was the
confirmation of Merritt and Bart,
and Conkling, Arthur and Cornell
weui ouc or power and began to
fight the Hayes admiaistraiton. In
this game jef party politics the
cnampions or tbe spoils system won.
Cornell was made Governor of New
York, and Arthur Vice President
of the United States. The stal
wares retained meir, power over
tbe machine notwithstanding the
loss of patronage. When the new
administration came into power it
was announced that if 3 second offi
cer, who bad been Dht udou the
ticket as a concession to the Grant
I eiement Obedience to the wishes
or lioscoe Conkling, would not be
tbe figure-head i that his predeces
ouio uu uctu. jae prupoaeu, it was
said, to hard somethiag to say in
luo tuituBgeweui, 01 gavernmenc ai
fairs. It sopn tamed joat that this
something was only ia connection
with the appointment! of officers.
It was the machine ide of the func
tions of government. He still re
mained the friend and! follower of
Senator Conkling, and lent his aid
in endeavoring to secure again the
patronage that bad been lost under
I -Hayes. t When that effort was
unsuocessiui ana air. uonaune re
signed his seat in the Senate, Mr.
Arthur followed him to Albany,
where he labored for what his
friend and leader called! a "vindi
cation'7 against the administration
of which Mr.1 Arthur himself was
the second member.
Daring the week following the
shooting of i the President, Vice
x'resiaent Arthur was j summoned
to Washington by the Cabinet
Daring the time that he remained
at the capital and all through the
illness of the President,!Mr. Arthur
has shown a keen appreciation of
tbe delicacy of his own position.
His conduct and expressions have
been in good taste, and he will as-
same the position of Chief Magis
trate with a better popular feeling
toward him than existed previous
to the fatal 2d of Jaly.
Peachy Pejay.
The annual check had come from
Consla Wlnamaker, and; Mrs. Cald
well and her j daughters were dis
cussing where they should go for
the summer, i Mrs. Caldwell was a
widow with but I a smll income,
and Mr. Wlnamaker was a million
aire. !
Mr. Winamaker himself, though
a widower, was still the prime of
lire, and eminently handsome; and
Mrs. Caldwelj, perhaps, Would have
preferred bis band to ins check:
but she anew; this was
Wish. ( I i :
!a hopeless
rSo kind of Cousin George," she
said, "And now, girls, bere shall
we go! I am tired of Saratoga
and Long Island. What do yoa
think . of a quiet country retreat
somewhere fj Hi
To a quiet country retreat, after
some discussion, it was Resolved to
go. The place selected was' a farm,
up among the hills, belonging to a
well-to do farmer, known as Grand
father Tole. Aunt Pboabe, Grand
father Tole's sister, had rather op
posed the taking of boarders, as
she opposed everything that was
novel; bat Chloe, the eldest of the
granddaughters, who was the Jupit
er, had spoken up promptly. "Why
not 1'' she said. It will stir us np
and give Maggie some idea of great
folks, for I am told these! Caldwell's
are very fashionable. Let us have
them, by all means." Maggie was
Ghloe's younger sister, a!nd the pet
and beauty of the family;; and when
she, too, pronounced in favor of the
scheme, the thing was settled. So
the Caldwell's came mother and
daughters. I j
1 "They're not stack np a bit, if
they did come from down below,1'
said Annt Pbcebe, when tea was
over. "Appear just like car sort
of folks."
The did welt's were equally
pleased, "Let's stay bete always,"
said Mabel, the younger daughter,
to her mother: "it is so beautiful
in the country. I hate the city."
It really was very pleasant at the
old farm house, those early sum
mer days. There was a tender
green on the field and; tree, such
blossom and scent; snch sparkling
mountain streams; such j wonderful
moonlight. The Tole fimily, too,
were so pleasant. Maggie was the
life of the house. She was so fall
of fun and was bo obliging. " So
cnltivated, too," said Mabel, who
had fancied that farmers, daughters
must be ignorant. " Why, she has
read more books than I have, ma!"
Bat as the sammer jadvanced,
and tbe days grew hotter, and things
lost their novelty, the fijskle Mabel
began to be less enthusiastic about
the country. j
: "Always the same milk and fruit,
always the same drive," ihe said.
"And Maggie has S3 much to do
now that she can't be with me like
she used to. I'd rather a thousand
times be in town. It is so dread
fully stupid here, with not so much
as a donkey-cart going! by. The
mosquitoes are ever so much worse
than at home. There we have bars,
and there are more people, so they
needn't bite just as all the time.
And the flies are awful,"
In the midst of her grumble there
came a smart rap at the door, and
was directly pushed open by a
little old woman; who dropped a
brisk i little curtsey oa the thresh
hold, and then stepped in. She
was dressed in I an old fashioned
"short-gown and i petticoat, and
wore on her head a huge green silk
affair; fashionable thirtyfyears ago
under tbe name of " calash," and
bearing close resemblance to a
chaise top. Away in 'under this
monstrous -bonnet was! the wide
frill of a white muslin cap : and a
pair of colored iron-boifed glasses
covering a pair of twinkling black
eyes. The jold woman-carried on
her arm a covered basket, and in
her hand a great? bonqaet of field
uiiies, jewei-weea, golden rod and
clematis.:
Miss Peay, Miss Peachy, Peay,"
M uiuppmg anocner curtsey:
" I called to fetch yoa a handfal of
my Bopsovme apples. 'My tree is
eariy,. and I thought mebby yon
badn't had: a taste of apples yet
this year. And here is a parcel of
mows x picKed as I was a coming,
I Mebby yoa kill like them, too. They
I are considerably prettv."
I As she spoke, Miss Peay opened
i uer uasnet ana took oat a dozen
I emooth, red ; apples, fragrant and
fair. I
"Oh, how nice ! Thank yoa ever
sua ever so much r7 cried the Cald-
iu - uearcieiv way. jjo
stop and sit. with as awhile."
" xes, I was a meaning to," re
turned Miss) Peay. p "I live over to
the Uross-Rpads. a erood bit from
here ; bat I rode ia with my brother
xrauup as iar as tbe tarn of the
road. He brought his grist over to
the mill here, for he thinks Cooler
grinds better than the man does at
oar place. And he bad one or two
arrants to the store; so I don't need
to be back to the tarn ander half
an hoar or each a matter." i
" And yoa live with yoar broth
er it asked Mrs. Caldwell.
"Oh, yes I Him and me, we never,
ne'er a one. of as, married,' and
we've always lived together. We
was twins ; bnt we arn't any alike.
xoa woaid not think we was any
thing to each other." '
" Is it on a farm like this where
yoa live 1" asked Mabel, forgetting1
her discontent at once.
"Something like," returned Mies
x-euy. juv orotner, ne carries ou
iuo um-uuui .wuiiwauu x Keep iiouse
U t J ; I .1 T 1 I I
tor him."
"Uo yoa do ail the work yoar
own selfevery bit 1" asked Mabel,
in a tone of pity and wonder.
" La, yes, miss, I hope so ; and I
have a good bit of time left for my
knitting. I knit twenty-five pairs
ot white mittens and twenty-five
pairs of feeting last winter. Mr.
Call to. the brick store takes them,
and pays one-half the money and
one-half the goods."
ii TtViatin rr f What ara faaUnn 1"
asked Mabel
.Feeting!
Men's socks
Why, don't yoa knowt
or stockings, or what-
ever they ca
them. 1 finished off
a pair this morning."
'Ob, mother!'' exclaimed Mabel,
can't I get a pair of Miss Peay's
feeting, and send to Mr. Winama
ker."
Mrs. Cald
well
smiled: and the
quick black
caught the
behind it.
eyes
ander the calash
smile and the thought
"Han't likely," said she, my
homespun, blue yarn would be suit
able for a city gentleman, but I would
send him a taste of my sopsovines
in welcome, !if there was a chance."
"Oh, yee!7j cried Mabel, " do send
him some apples! We are just send
ing a box of ferns and moses for bis
aquarium, and there is plenty of
room."
"Send them, to be sure," ans
wered Miss Peay, opening her bas
ket again, and as though it bad
been the widow's barrel that never
lacked its handful, producing an
other dozen of smoothe, red apples,
fragrant and fair.
Miss Peachy Peay went away
presently with another brisk, little
courtesy. Bat theelTect of her vis
it lasted longer. It even outlasted
the apples. I Mabel's good natnre
and content continued all day, and
as she occupied herself filling a
letter to Mr. Winamaker, with a
picturesque and enthusiastic ac
count of the visitor.
Bat that was not the last visitor.
She came again upon another day,
when Mable was in the midst of
another fit of dissatisfaction.
This time Misa Peay brought
some early blackberries, and a
great bandfql of water-lillies; and
she came in a dress still odder and
older-fashioned, with the same little
dipping courtesy, and the same
quaint cheerfulness of manner.
Mr. Wlnamaker was ever and
ever so mnch obliged for those ap
ples, Miss Peay," cried Mabel; "and
he says if yoa are as nice as your
apples, be wishes we would take
yoa home with us. Will yoa go,
Miss Peay! Now please do."
- "Home with you!" exclaimed
Miss Peay, her black eyes shining
with mirth. . fA plaia country body
like me would make a-pretty figure
ia the city! And I should be worried
to death by all the noise and duz.
Somebody a-going by io the road
pretty much couttnually, I expect;
and a fire likely enough somewheres
about, almoslj every day. But I
thank him and yoa, too, for the
invite."
" Oh, Miss Peachy, yoa mast go, !
Mr. Winamaker wants to , see you
awfully. He truly does,'' persisted
the inconsiderate child.
Miss Peachy langhhed heartily;
bat before she bad time to do more,
the village coach drew up before
the door, aod Mr. Wiaamaker him
self got oat. I
At that sight! Mrs. Caldwell rush
ed eagerly upon the piazza, follow
ed by all the children; and Miss
Peay was left alone in the room,
with ho way of! escape bat through
theflittle square entry, where Mr.
Winamaker stobd paying the driver,
and shaking hands with the CahT
wellst I
She had no idea of meeting him,
though, and so she darted across
the room to seek an exit ; through
the window. But her dress caught
on an ugly nail that Mabel bad
driven in tbe j casement to hazg
balls of thistle-down upon.. .
" I am awfully glad you've come
- i r r i 1
I do Ipve yoa so P. she heard Mabel
say; then the party began to move
toward the room. 1 i
""f cAuujr oreay bg lUlS made r. j
auutuci- euort io escape; pat the
nail held firmly to the stout chiatx
gowu that poulda'tj tear, fo, alast
it was not woven oa oar degenerate
J'Mlss Peachy Peay is hire this ?
minute, Mr. Winamaker, I aud so
yoa can see her," coutiaaedj Mabel,
with a lisp that she pat onJ like sv
state dress,! apoa a state occasion. .
MIs Peachy Peay at thii strug
gled still more fiercely, bat still the
nail aid chintz refused to part com
pany. And it was this aetoniahinf?
tableau that presented itself to Mr.
room..p rji' ,' .
A V Permit xar-madam" said he.
v im km cttA. a tc w K3a aa un ruuii nix i mm
ooming forward politely.
i "At that instant the trathnra nf
the gown gave way. and I at the
same time the green calash and iron-
bowed,; glasses j fell off; and down
floated a mass of fair hair, and np
looked! a sweet, girlish face in a
pretty flush of girlish shame. j
I Mr. Winamaker had only an in-;-
Stant look, for as soonas i she feltn
herself released, MissPeachv Peav j
disappeared j around the corner of i
the house, never to returu. i I I
j Oh, mamma I what a trick has
been played !oni us," criedr Mabel.
V Did too know it was Maggie all ,
me time i ' x aiac c dream i
Mamma smiled with wisp
supe-
riority.1
j -Country
gets dull
so mo
iimes, ?uu we nave to : amuse our
selves with all eorts bf travesties,"
said shb, in d side apology to Mr.
vvinamafcer.
U&dly have hidden her dim!
As to poor Maggie, she j
would
hished
head dnrincr Mr. VVinmftfrr
T 1 7 !
a stay;
pat that was not possible.
The
been
qervantl, who was to have
sucn a lamuy renet. never
came,
and Maggfe was both chambermaid
and table-waiter. But when she
appeared that night with his cap
of tea,! Mr. j Winamaker gave no
sign of recognition; so by degrees
the hot color burnt itself outon her
cheeksJ and sho recovered her tran
quility.! Nevertheless, be! noted
every look, and word, and cestnre.
though! so quietly that; eveti Mrs.
Caldwell's observant eyes
elee it. j . !' .1 r I i
did
life,
not
So that, for once in her 1
she
was taken unawares when, at the
end of Jtwo weeks, Mr Winamaker
led herj to the aibor at the foot of
tbe garden for tbe sake of asking
her ad t ice, as he said, and began
to askit by announcing his inten
t oa of adopting Maggie Tole as bis
daughter. ' - 1 H - ' ! .
"Mv fad vice P'honirhfc Mm. flaM.
ell,carling he? Hp aJittld! jHe
ii past
advice and a good way past
it.. I nave seen for t wo days which
Way the room was going to ly."
Bat patwardly she was sweeter
than honey and smpothertbaa oil.
"Hotv nice!" she said, heartily,
yet, as a woman would have per
ceivedwith an undertone bf dis
approbation. JA capital idea,"
she continued, after a rcjjective
pause, "only I donbt if herrand
fatber (would part with her.KAnd
then, sbe is rather old for adoption
-4-twerity-two at least, I fancy."
"xwenty-iwoi 'jrepeaieaair. win
amaker, aghast. 1 1 j ' i
To be sure: Wbat had be been
thinking of. ; Whatever it was he
evidently thought of j it no j more,
for, though he staid another two
weeks.rho never epoke cf adopting
a daughter. -; ! . I j ' ' ; ..
Neither did heat Christmas When
he came to Cranberry, to see how
the country looked in j its rbbe3 of
tfansfiguration, white and!' glls
teaiugj Nor in the early Spring
time, when he came for no jreason
at all that Aupt Phcebo could dis
cover. T.'l . .
"Unless to see about getting
board I for next Summer; and I
should: 'most thought he'd a wrote
f6r that, and not be to the cost of a
journey downbere,"said she. J"Look
berel jl wouldn't go in the parlor
there's folks there that New York
gentleman, ; Mr; Wagoutnaker.
Likely jhe wants to see your j pa on
some business or! other,'' she added,
s Maggie came! down the stairs,
looking as fair ahd fresh aa a daisy.
She went right on, , however, ia
Spite of Annt; x noeoes warning,.
and as eoon as she openetrthe par
lor door, Mr. Winamaker came for
ward and, bless yoa kissed br. . . -j
I want to know" ejaculated
Aunt Phoebe, opening her eyes.
She 'did know, and soon, for
hough Mr. Winamaker still said
lothiucr about adootine a daaehter.
Maggie Tole before the water-lillies
were lb bloom, went to live j with
him ia his beautiful borne, in the
And wben 8be went, packed (away
in tbe cnoicest corner ot ner iron as.
ituiVUg nunc oanv, auu lavci auu
ma8lin, and oraoge flowers, was a
'green calash. ' h . 1 . i I -
" Ia memory,?! said the nappy
bridegroom, "of Miss Peacy Peay,
who introduced me to my wife."
Selected.
The! Hon. i. Art emus HaleL of
Bridgewater,i Mass., is doubtless
the oldest ex-CoiJgres.sman Iiyii
ha viitg Ixjen Iwra Oetober 20, 7
and is therefore nearly 98 years
S3.
ot
age. I Ile served in Congreks from
1845 to 1$49. Baltimore ' SHm,
Wh believe that ex-Senator Cling,
man is still living. Hi agje is un
known toj the f'oldestinliabitjint.9
! The Glen Anna Mine, pt a
mile
south of Thomasvillc, is! worked by
A.
C. KcndalL Wilson ' Kinderly, J!. J. Sulh
van, Hi Harris and Isam Ritgin all
natives of the place. They nave four
vein averaging iY feet brdwn
ores,
quarts and
Isulphurets.
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