The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-10

the veins and system Of the south. 1t is no
LONGER the south of ante-bellum days, which
in 1860 reached the zenith of its glory. She
had her slaves, and was devoted to agriculture
md free trade principles. In the ensuing four
years was enacted the great war, which swept
,ut of being not only millions of lives but all
the old agencies through which had been
nourished the potencies and conditions that
are now passed away. The ruin OF civil
strife fastened in the wake of actual war to
destroy all vestiges of the former time, and
leave the south open as anew field Tor ener-
res and activities, till then untried, that had
followed the work of reconstruction. These
are at their work. Iron and coal fields have
been purchased, and manufactures and cotton
actories erected from Virginia to Texas. To-
lay the south is progressing more rapidly
han any other section. She has learned to
be progressive and is not the slave OF any one
dea, whether of politics or agriculture. There
is no reason why she should not manufacture
Ill her cotton and grow rich with her coal and
ron.
NEBRASKA still occupies her former attitude
n congress as contestant for contingent seat
rnder the apportionment of 1870. Hold fast
good dog. A seat during the three
months session of next winter for the con-
ngent member would not be worth the
:andle-but the back pay. Think OF what
The Congressional Record has been spared,
If all the country has gained by its loss, which
must pay for in the event of the contingency.
\ majority report of the committee is favor
,be, the argument comprising the merits OF
he census returns of 1870. The question is
emote now, and when nearer was grappled in
yain, which is against the majority. 1t is not
rscertained, and is not going to be, that the
republican party will do itself any credit in
eating at this late day the "contingent"
member, who will want the per diem of the
good old days of burr: ID sessions, on the sharp
1asis of what might have BEEN
IT'S probably known to our readers that a
ew years ago Col. VIM. II. McCardle, OF
Mississippi then just retired from the Nicks-
,urg Herald, was chosen by the Mississippi
| legislature to examine, collate and compile
rom the Confederate archives in Washington
nd elsewhere. the story of the part borne by
lis gallant state in the late gigantic civil war;
The manner in which the trust was coniIded to
lin was in the highest degree complimentary,
Ienoting, as it did, the public appreciation of
lis eminent fitness for the work. Col. MCCar
lie was, we believe, named in the act by the
unanimous vote of both honses. Probably no
,ther man in Mississippi could have received
UGH compliment. Now we are aware that
,ol. McCardle went to Washington with a
view to the discharge of his duties, and would
INQUIRE further Of the outcome.
TIE fast and loose Americans who rush to
Paris to spend money they have not earned
will be concerned to learn that the Jardin
liable is draping for funeral at the expira-
non Of its current lease. 1t is the last Of its
race of vicious resorts. Slowly but obviously
the end has been long approaching, and the
,fusal of its owner to renew its lease has
caused no surprise. The fact is, vice is &C
mirng the rudiments Of better style, putting
n an outward pretenCe of decency IN Paris,
with the expectation that it is going to pay
better than the 1aring wantonness whose
weets no longer catch the flies. The vicious
element in Paris with drop curtain before its
footIehts will make a more modest, if not a
more moral, show.
IT is scarcely less than sorrowful that the
apostle of the street car mission in Phlladel-
phia has not yet such a grip on the festive
mule, as gives assurance of the public safety.
In the meantime the Philadelphia capitalists
whose money has been working the cable mo
tor have introduced proceedings to force kee-
ley, the inventor, to formulate and surrender
his secret to the company. Only the other
day Keeley's success was proclaimed, and the
pneumatic and other pretenders, warned
that the field was occupied. And if this was
a wicked deception it is just possible that the
little secret in demand may not have been
persuaded by Mr. Kelley into bona tlde sur
render TO him. And what will the sharehuld-
ers do about it
CONGRESS- is not without recognition Of the
importance of the Schools question. But the
fund is to he got and its distribution adjusted,
md much I;Se.nt will CnlInw onv Dlan Scna-