The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-05-27

that the Republican general committee, Of whcl
| Thurlow Weed Barnes IS president, would scrc
made Senator Robertson ut tile Kenmore Hotel
and although Lcavy rain storm prevailed, a
| about . o'clock n large conc0urSc Of people gath
cred at the hotel to congratulate the newly-ap
! pointed collector of the port of New York
| The hotel was decorated with flags anl colore,
| lanterns and the entire front was illuminated
| The general committee and large procession o
citizens marched through the rain headed by
| band. Inside the hotel number Of Senator
and Assemblymcn were collected.
Senator Robertson appeared, AMI was intro
duccl 10y Mr.. Barnes in n highly culogisti,
speech, which concluded as follows: Il hav,
the pleasure to present to you the Hon. william
II. Robertson, by the grace Of all that is gooC
in the Republican party, collector of the port o
New York" s...s n .- .xy.s--.. ., a-.-,4-.
Senator Robertson was received with hearty
applause lie said "Fcllow.citizcns, you have
come here tonight to congratulate me upon the
confirmation of my nomination as collector Of
the port Of New York. Let me congratulate
you, or rather the country, upon the fact that
we have President whose intelligence, firm
ness and patriotism will protect the Constitution
from every assault, coming from whatever quar-
ter it may. | did not seek the relationship nol
did any one ask it for me. | visited neither
Washington nor Mentor. | had no cOrrcspon
deuce nor communication directly or indirectly
with the President in regard to it. The bcstow,
- Al, I
exceedingly gratifying to me-
FonrrNE's FEEANs.-It was n remarkable CO.
Incidence that at the moment the imposing; ccrc
monies conrcctcl with the raising of Il monu.
mcnt to Gen. Morgan at Sparanburg were in
progress, an unsuccessful appeal in behalf OF
his destitute grcat-granddaughtcr was made To
cabinet officer bya justice of the Supreme Court,
Miss Minnie Heard, the young lady in question,
highly educated and refined with mother and
sick sister dependent on her, has managed by a
few scanty dollars picked up here and there by
teaching, barely to keep the wolf from the door.
Laucrly she has had but one pupil, the daughter
Of 4 justice of the Supreme Court. Ills sym
pathcs were enlisted in her behalf. and he Sc.
cured her more profitable employment, but only
oi temporary nature, and the young lady is
now without any income. On the day Of the
unvciling of the Morgan statue he went to the
Treasury Department and made an earnest ap-
peal TO Secretary Window to give her position,
but the secretary said that he was unable to do
anything for her. The President will be ap-
peacd to in her behalf, and i, is sincerely to be
hoped that he will respond.
WHAT PosTMASTEH- -GENERALJ\NES nAs s,vrr.
Tic following is a,stateirent in detail of The
net annua! saving III the cost of star route and
steamboat mail service under the administration
of Postmaster General James For the month
Of March, S2l5, 100; Cor the month of April,
-! 81 for the month Of Nay | to ID, Sll.,-
0!3; total. Sil2,O}i, This saving has been
effected without in any way crippling the ser
vice or curtailimg its efficiency, and has been
made on exact informant .on gathered by inSpcc-
tors of the department, who have carefully cN-
ammcd the various routes Much Of the rcluc
ton is the result Of the abors of the commission
SEA; To Memphis to investigate the river service
ramityinS from that point. y very cOnsidcra-
bic additional reduction will be made the
10Th Of June next, when useless service will be
allowed to lapse, thus saving the one month ;
extra pay which would be due to contractors
were the service to he discontinued at present.
TH& ANTI-MoNoroLY LEAGUE on STANLEY
VI >TTuLws.-At a meeting of the Anti Monoro-
ly League Of New York city, Saturday evening,
a res rlution was adopted dcnouncing the con-
Grmaion of Hon. Stanley Matthews as an asso-
ciatc Justice Of the supreme CuUrt IS Il ''sisnGl
ami alarming proof ofthc purpose AMI the power
Of corporate monopolists, a.l Of their purpose
to pack the Supromc Court with judges who
will reverse its decision in the Granger cases,
affirming the right Of the people through their
legislatures to control cOrporations- their
power 10 secure the confirmation of their canli-
da;c in defiance of the popular will manifested
through the press, and against an almost unani-
nous report Of the statesmen and lawyers Of
both parties constituting Tie Senate committee
on the judiciary
TnE SEVENTEEN YEARS LoCr>rS.-Thc latest
ccnsatipn in Georgia is the appearance of lccusts
in various sections Of the State. In middle Gcor.
gin especially they are very numerous, and
mach speculation is INDUCED in as to the proba.
bic result Of the visitation Immense numbers
of them have appeared in the swamps below
Augusta. As yet lie planters are not apIrc
hcn>yC.
TCHNGSs&i. CAPITAL IN FLAMrS.-Nashyi!Ic
May l7.-Rohcrt Lowrys planning a:d turning
mill was destroyed by fire last ishi. he loss
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