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Boarding, For Rent, Lost and Found, 10 cents a line. No advertisement inserted under these headings for less than 30 cents. Remittances can be maie by Post Office Order, Registered Letter or hxpress, at our risk. We do n"t insure the insertion of any adver tisement on any specified day or days, nor do we insure the number of insertions with in the time required by the advertiser. Advertisements will, however, have their full nunilier of insertions when the time can !>** ri.adc up. but when accidentally left out and the number of insertions cannot be civen. the money paid for the omitted in- r,-r!i ms will be reiurt>**<l to the advertiser. Yo letters snould be address**d. J. H. ESTltL, Savannah. (Ja. Registered at the l*ont Oiflt-e iu Ma- T1 iiiitth a* Second Cia»* flatter. Hi OPI ORTPNITY. This I saw one*, or dreamed it in a dream: A child had strayed from out the palace gate i ur up a meadow slope, led on and on By butte* tlies, or floating thistle-down. Till n <w lie p ayed close on a precipice. And stretched to reach the rolling globes o? down As they sailed out across the d'zzy gorge. A laggard saw him from the distant road, Ani thought, “No use for me to go—too late; i but s**en him ere he reached the verge, . A it had been yesterday—just there 1 -tood. and Hew my goshawk; ’tis too late.'' He twirled his scar , sighe 1, hummed a foolish tune. And turned, pitying himself witho it a chance j-'ur great emprise, and idled on his way. A wiic-ie hour passed; the laughter of the King Suddenly saw the b-->y. still at his play. . Fur every blue-eyed flower had smiled its best, And beckoned, nodding to him, to hold him back), And fl »w aud saved him, clasped upon her heart. And this I saw, or dreamed it in a dream: There spread a ch>ud of dust along a pi <in; A-'d underneath the cloud, or In it. raged A furious battle, and men yelled, aud swords Shocked upon swords and shields. A Prince’s banner Wavered, then staggered backward, hemmed by foe«. A era’ en hung along the battle's edge, \n l thought. "Had I a sword of keener steel - That blue blule that the King's son bears—but Blunt thing!" he snapl and flung it from his hand. And lowering cr**pt away and left the field. Then came the King -son, wounded, sore be- .• tead. And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Aud ran aud snatched it. and with battle-shout Lifted afresh he hewed bis enemy down. And saved a grea’. cause that heroic day. —E. R. Sili in the Californian. Georgia A trail s. Rome received over 7,000 bales of cotton last week, and the Tribune boasts that no other city in the State of the same size can make as good a showing. It is stated that a valuable heifer belonging tuft farmer in North Georgia recently broke its 1-g and it had to b.» amputated. The animal has since been fitted with a wooden leg, on which it moves about with the utmost ease. This, the Arlington Advance thinks, proves the absurdity ot hasti'v ordering the destruction of animals that meet with such accidents. Messrs. W. L. Calhoun and R. F. Maddo x trustees of the Georgia Western Railroad, pub lish a card in the Atlanta Constitution offering the r. ad bed and franchises of the line free of c<»st to any responsible company who can raise the means for its construction. We have heretofore published what purport ed to be official figures of the majorities given in the various Congressional districts in this State at the recent election. It seems that those figures were erroneous. The Atlanta (.'•institution of Sunday gives the following, which it says are correct, and, we presume, are taken by that paper from the returns received at the office of the Secretary of State: “Black's majority 3,447, Turner's 5,(79, Cook’s 3 879, Buchanan's 2,774, Hammond's 4,815, ( lements' S15, Speer’s 4,064, Blount's 8,373, Stephens’ 11.S4L" The duel reported by the Atlanta corres pondent of the Augusta News as pending be tween General W. T. Wofford and ex-Treasurer Renfroe is now reported by the same authori ty as having been amicably and honorably ad justed through the mediation of mutual friends. The Early County Newt has been given by a fanner of experlance a plan for saving meat, which may be profitable to somebody who has hogs e jough to have more than one killing. Its informant says that if he could have favora ble weather for the first killing, he was not particular as to the weather for the next. His p.an is, when he salts down the second killing, to put a layer of the old meat on each layer of the new. This plan, he thinks, secures the fresh meat from sj filing even in moderately warm weather—at least he has always been successful in saving it in that way. The Eatonton Messenger says: “Judging by the tone of the press during the last week, the South has reached a state of solidi’y upon the subject of industrial improvement that will result in solid good We may accomplish for our section what we please. All that is needed is earnest work.” The DuPont (>kefenokean has been discon tinued, and has been sold out entirely, good will and all, to Judge Tillman, of the Waycross Reporter. Major J. U. Broughton, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Madison, died there Tuesday morning of last week in the seventieth year of his age. The Madisonian says “durirg bis life he was no unimportant factor in the commercial interest of the county, and by industry, frugality, and the strictest honesty, accumulated a large estate, which he leaves to two children." Reports of the severity of the storm of last Wednesday are quite general throughout the 8tate. The colored Democrats of Brooks county have been invited by the Democratic Execu tive Committee of the county to go to the polls on the 3l»th inst. and h ?lp select good and competent men as nominees for the various county offices. TheQui man Free Press states that the recent heavy rains have so swell-n the streams in that section as to render some of^hem irapass r.b »* Several tridgss have been washed away and much damage done to roa^s. Not for many years has such a flood fallen as that of Friday night, the 5th inst. Colonel Sam Carter, of Murray county, on two hun ired acres of land, will make this sea son two hundred bales of cotton. This is equal to the cotton production on the Mhsissippi bot toms. The LaGrange Reporter reports that Mr. Benjamin F. Johnson, who was the first whi'e man born in Troup county, was in that town on Saturday. He is now fifty-five years old and is a resident of At.anta. Mr. Johnson's mother will be one hundred jeare old within a week or two. She now lives in the house in which her son was born, about three miles west °f LaGrange. fche was the first white woman that came to Troup county, and at that time the country was filled with Indians. Three mer. carpenters, while at work on the new college building at Lumpkin, on Monday "f last week, met with a serious accident. The Keaffulding upon which they were standing fell, hurling them to the ground. The Inde- irndent says Mr. Thomas Kendrick, the con tracting carpenter, hod his left leg broken near the thigh joint. His injury is a very painful one. indeed, and will, it Is feared, render him a crippls for life, if it does not disable him entirely. Levi Brown and Mcses Harris, two f Jlr Kendrick's colored assistants, were also badly bruised, but ro bones were broken. JIarris had his shoulder severely hurt, and Brown his leg. see by the Atlanta Post that Major J. C. Hebberts committed suicide at the National Hotel in that city on Sunday last. He was, says that paper, born and resided in Upson oounty. near Thoinaston, until shortly after h- had reached th» age of manhood. Then for a time he resided at Dalton. Acworth and ^artersville, and at one time, w bile farming in Bartow county, was elected to the Legislature, Gufle)4 Not Committed to Favor of General Grant for 1884. ZU gtonring gktrs. ^577} WHITAKER STREET, * ’ (MORNING NEWS BUILDING). J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR. SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1880. ESTABLISHED 1850. The Greenville Vindicator learns of an in formal duel which recently took place in the lower part of Meriwether county between two young men. Messrs. Brown and Hatchett. It is rumored that the two met several days ago, Mr. Hatchett being accompanied by his sister and unarmed. Mr. Brown at that time made some threatening demonstrations, and Hatchett asked him to wait until he was armed. Mon day the parties met, armed with shotgun*, and exchanged one or more rounds without serious results. The Vindicator has not been informed of the origin of the difficulty. Says the Calhoun Times: “Mr. Nick Moss, who lives in this county, about ten miles from town, and who is now in his ninety-first year, went hunting the other day and killed eight squirrels at eight shots. He frequently walks to town ana returns the same day, and what and during the deliberations of the body of w hich he was a member he made a most able repr*-sentative. A few years since he came to Atlanta to live, and has since resided here, getting along as comfortably as his reduced circumstances would permit. He had reached (b*-advanced age of seventy-nine, and leaves °ne or tw 0 children who are grown, bis wife d.ed several years ago. He was a candidate for doorkeeper of the Senate when present Assembly met, but was defeated. rj^Ppointment at his defeat.added to his help ers c ondition generally, it is thought, led to vac- committal of the rash act. ; day, i more surprising than all, he is a candidate for matrimony” Says the Berrien County News: “We are in formed that a negro atTyTy, Worth county, Tuesday, while in a state of intoxication, fell across tie* railroad track as the train was mov ing backward and was killed. It appears that he had been lying near the track fur some time in a stupor, and at the time stated wai trying to get upon his feet. Before he gained his equilibrium he tumbled Jaefore the moving car, which severed one leg from his body, and in flicted internal injuries from which he died in about thirty minutes." 'J he Albany News and Advertiser says: * 8ev eral New Orleans dium-rers have been through this section of late, and met with success. W would be glad to see the Crescent City extend in? her trade in this direction There is no reason why she should not furnish the bulk of the sugar and molasses trade to the South; and just now wbeu the recent political defeat has aroused our people mor** than ever to the necessity of becoming commercially independ ent and solid, it would seem an excellent op portunity for New Orleans to push her claims." Speaking of the carelessness of the children of Hamilton in plavingon the railroad track, jumping on ana off the cars while in motion. **tc . the Journal says: “We have about con eluded that some few thousand years ago the fates must have decreed that about the y*ars 1880 and ’81, a little boy by some name or other, at the town of Hamilton, should be killed by the cars, in order that his comrades might l*-arn to respect the weight of locomotive iron We sympathize with his mother. We can but fold our hands and wait till ihe time is full." Toccoa News : “A very sad and painful acci dent happened in the family of Mr. Robert Nives. living near this place, on Saturday evening last. Our informant states that Mr . Naves was boiling some clothing in a large oven over the fire in her room, around which her two small boys were playing, the < luest not exceeding six years ot age. Mrs. Naves having removed the clothing from the oven of boiling water, left the room to hang the clothes on - , and, during her absenc**. one <f the little bovs pushed the other, causing him to Tall into (lie boiling water in a sitting posture. The little fellow was terribly burned, and, after the most intense suffering, until the next M< nday morning, he was re ieved by death. We sin cerely sympathise with Mr. Naves and his family in their sad bereavement” Early County News: “One ot the most hope ful .-igns of the times which we see in Georgia, is the di position manifested in several coun ties of the State to do away with the retail liquor business within their limits. ’Local op tion’ seems to be popular wherever the question of ’liquor or no liquor' is sprung. W< do not now remember but one county where the question has been submitted to a vote of the people hut what ‘no liquor' or ‘ro whisky’ has carrie 1 i he day. In Washington county, we notice the subject is now in agitation, and public meetings are being held all over the county, at which th-* matter is discussed Movements in the same direction are being made in several other counties. We would like to see the matter agitated in Eirly. No county iu Georgia would he more benefited than ours by putting a stop to the retail of whisky." Atlanta Constitution: “Yesterday evening a difficulty occurred near the rolling mill store be ween Charles Cooper and Mac Richardson, in which the latter was badly k- ifed. Cooper and Richardson were companions and had been drinking freely, when a dispute arose be tween them which end*d in a fight. Richard son was getting the best of the game, when Cooper drew his knife, and, rushing at his an t-gonist, succeeded in infl eting two ugly, and, it is thought, dangerous wounds. and at once proceeded to make himself scarce Richardson was taken to his home near by, and Dr. Me Fall summoned, who, after an exam'nation, proceeded t > dress the wounds. One cut was across the right cheek, the knife cutting clean through, and the other iu the small of the back. The latter wound is a deep, ugly gash, and. in the opinion of the physician, is an ex ceedingly dangerous one. The other wound, though bad. is not dangerous. The police were notified of the difficulty, and officers Baird and Mai tin, after a long search, succeeded in ar resting Cooper and taking him to the station house, where they entered a city case against him. Later, officer Menkin made a Sta’e case charging him with assault with iotent to murder. Cooper is a rolling mill hand, and has heretofore borne a good reputation. At a late hour last night Richardson's condition was exceedingly critical.” We made brief mention a few days since of the killing of a Mr. Prather, at West Point, by being run over by a train. The I*ress of that town gives the following particulars of the shocking affair: “The silent stars looked down ux>on two very different scenes in West Point on last Tuesday night. Assembled in Wright's Hall was a gay company, flushed with the ex clteinent of the dance, and all hearts beat men ly. Just over the way, a few rods distant, lay the quivering, ghastly remains of what was, a minute before, a man in the full tide of health. Such are the contrasts in this world. Mr. Ephraim Prat! er, of Randolph county, was en route to Montgomery as a witness in a cast* pending before the United States Court in that city. At twelve o'clock that night he was in Mr. P. Gibbons' bar, and, hearing the noise of a train, supposed it was the one he was to take. It was, however, the up-passenger train of the A. and W. P. Railroad, just moving out. Attempting to board this train, he fell under the wheels, all the coaches passing over his body and severing it in two Another account sa>s Mr. Prather was drinking, and attempted to crawl across the track under the cars, and was caught by the wheels. He was about sixty j ears of age, and bad a family. His re mains were forwarded to his home the next day. No one connected with the railroad was to blame. Marshal Atkins and Mr. T. A. Barker, watchman, witnessed the terrible accident” Florida Affairs The vegetable time is fast approaching in Florida and the average inhabitant is already- anticipating the usual salutation of the season, “How is cukes The Palatka Herald reports but little rust among the oranges of that section, and the prospects are that growers will realize a hand some profit on their fruit. The Palatka Herald confidently believes that Senator Jones will be elected to be his own successor. A fatal disease has appeared among the fish of Tampa Bay, and the Tampa Tribune thinks it may possibly be well enough to ab stain from a fish and oyster diet while the fin ny tribe is dying in such quantities. The Tampa Tribune thinks the vegetable business can, no doubt, be made profitable in Hillsborough and Manatee counties, even with only two shipments a week. It would like to see the people give the business a fair trial, though it cautions them not to be over enthu elastic or risk too much until they have famil ial ized themselves with all of its details. The lumber business of Sanford is booming. The South Florida Journal says that although the saw and planing mill at that place has been running day and night, it has, in the past week, turned away several large orders for lumber, being unable to fill them. It has now to fur nish 36,003 feet immediately for the railroad wharf, besides thousands of feet for other lo cal demands. ' The trade of Lake City and that section of Florida is gratifyingly active, 'ihe Reporter reports that bales upon bales of cotton are pour ing in each day. and the merchants and clerks are kept busy from ‘early dawn to close of day. And when King Cotton takes the back seat for a little respite the vegetable shipments will commence, and the streets will present as busy an appearance as now. The Constitution regrets that bu iness is dis tressingly dull in Monticello. The Sumter Advance, while it laments the defeat of General Hancock, rejoices that Blox ham has been elected by a majority which will kill out Radicalism in Florida eternally. Our Florida contemporaries, with scarcely an exception, unite in advocating as the future motto of the South: “Get rich, and keep your money at home.” Sanford Journal: “Our county people are nearlv all back from the North, and a great many strangers have already come among us —in fact the town of Sanford is a ive with them nearly all the time. The Sanford House not being open, every available sleeping room was occupied on Tuesday night, and some of the pa sengers bv the Rosa were compelled to go to Fort R ed for accommodations. Thus early in the season Is the necessity for further hotel facilities practically illustrated There is a splendid opportunity for a profitable invest ment. here of $4 000 or $5,000 fn building a snug hotel that would accommodate thirty or forty guests. It would be crowded all winter, and have a most excellent patronage all summer. Why don’t some hotel man look after this chance?" Gainesville Bee: “The Democrats of Alachua have great cause for rejoicing over their vic tory When a people so long oppressed by Republican ascendancy at length gain a victoir, there is great reason to be elated. But the people of Alachua should be doubly so. as they have not only secured a glorious victory over the Republican party, but have succeeded in digging the political gra T <* of Captain Dennis. For years he has been at the head of the Re publican party in the Second Congressional district, furnishing most of the brain power and arousing his followers to action when the efforts of other leaders failed. Therefore, we say, the defeat of Dennis furnishes greater cause for rejoicing than any other one thing connected with our victory- Now that the Lit tle Giant’s goose has been cooked, it will for ever hereafter be easy sailing for the Democ racy of this countv and district. Three cheers for the grand old Democratic party! Three groaps for Dennis.” Says the Pslatka Herald: “We again call attention to West Putnam county. We have traveled all through it. and can truthfully say that there are no finer lands in the State. You would be surprised to see the grand eld oaks, hickory, magnolia and other tall trees of the forest looming up ou some of those splendid hammocks, twenty mites west of Palatka. Beautiful lakes, abounding with fishes: game in abundance: healthful localities and good wa ter, and in fact, the best land for oranges in East Florida. As to schools and churches, if they are not as good as they might be now, settlers can make them better." The Orange County Reporter savs: “One of the singular features of this neighborhood is the peculiar sink or underground outlet near the tine grove of Coh J. J. Davis. The several small lakes in the immediate vicinity of Orlan do have a thorough system of drain age, which centres into the little lake or rink at the locality mentioned. In time of high water the ditches and creeks which flow into this little lake carry an aggregate of water equal in volume to a me dium sized river. The lake into which they flow covers but a few acres of ground. It has no visible outlet, and yet il receives a quantity of water equal to its own bulk every twenty four hours. It must have an underground out let capable of carrying off this inflow. So far as we know, no effort has ever been made to find the opening through which all this water escapes; hut to the curious in such matte;s. an effort iu that direction would pay." Tampa Tribune: “There was an inquest last Thursday afternoon over the remains of Henry Smith, who was accidentally shot, as report-cl in last week's 2'ribune. by another sailor named George Angus, and a verdict was renderef in accordance with the facts, exonerating An gus from any felonious intent. It seems that Angus pii ked up a pistol which another sailor was cleaning and fixing and pulled back the hammer, which fai ed to catch, and falling, caused the pistol to be discharged just as Smith happened to be in front of it. The ball entered the chest at the right eJge of the breast bone and between the second and third ribs and pas ed diagonally backwards and to the left, wounding both lungs, the pericardium and one of the pulmonary* veins. The on’y wonder is that the wound was not instantly fatal,” Fays the Marianna Courier:"On Monday night last, Mr. J. H. McKinne, with a lady friend, were invited to a tea party, and after remain ing some time, repaired to his buggy and horse, which was in front of the house on the streer. and upon leaving Mr. McK. suspecte something wrong by his buggy careening when, just in time to save probably a severe and painful accident, he stopped his horse as one of his wheels rolled off. Some one during his absence had taken off the nut of rbe axle, and left the buggy in that condition. We are plea-ed to learn there wai no damage to either party. We would here state tha f it was one of the most diabolical and unwarranted acts we have ever known, and the perpetrator should l>e found out and receive nis deserts. He should be cowhided through the streets, and made au example for others who might be inclined to commit such unheard of acts." ■ Oca'a Banner: “Notwithstanding a consid erable negro immigration into this county from Hernando county, and from the State of Alabama, the Republicans fell short of their majority of 1876 just 159 votes. This year they claimed a majority of not less than 600. and en'ertained hopes of running it up to 1,000 The result shows that they carried the county by only 431 majority. This was not a bad day’s work for the Democrats, and especially wheu it Ls remembered that the inspectors admitted in the Ocala box alone 90 Republican ballots voted by persons whose names were not on the registration list. Mr. W. H. LeCain was sent into this county as an expert in election matters He revised the lists, compared the poll lists of the various precincts with the original registration book, and saw that every name was properly transfe-red. Notwith standing this precaution 200 votes were sworn in whose names were not on the registration lists. Under a strict construction tf law, the Democratic inspectors could have refused to receive these l> illots. They ought, in right, to have been rejected. Yet. notwithstanding all this, the Republicans fell off 159 votes from the vote of 1876. There is but one explanation for it. The Republicans committed immense frauds in 1876 in all parts of the State, and the facts cannot be rubbed out ’’ The Monticello Constitution says the Radi cals talk a great deal about Demociatic bull dozing, but during the recent election more build* zing of Democrats by Radicals was prac tice! in Jefferson county than throughout the whole State combined. It mentions the fol lowing cases which came to its personal know! edge: “Two colored men who nad expressed a determination to vote the Democratic ticket were stripped by negro women and unmerci fully whipped. One remained true to his con victions of duty and the other promised to vote th-* Radical ticket. Another colored man was waited upon at his house by a score of women, who had resolved to whip or murder him. and he escaped by flight. On the night preceding the day of election the residence of Mr. Wither spoon, the Republican candidate for Congress, was made the r. ndezvous for thirty or forty women, who attended the election poll on the following day, armed with bludgeons, and de fied any man of their color to vote the Democratic ticket. These women peratn bulated the streets in crowds, and really terrified conservative colored men, Sam James, a sensible and industrious colored man and barber of this town, did not desire to vote, and to avoid trouble he made a visit to Tallahass *e on the day of election. He returned to his home on the evening of the same day. and late at night his house w as surrounded by a negro mob who clamored for his appearance. He made his escape. During the next day many threats were iadulged, anc Fain James was forced to call upon the town authorities for protection. < )ther instances of outrage can be cited, but these are sufficient for the present. The courts will have all these matters under consideration at an early day. and male and female bulldozers will be made to feel that the sacred rights of American citi zens will be protected. An idea prevails among colored men that their women can ex ercise th*! prerogative of bulldozers with im punity, and it is very likely they will change their ideas after the next Circuit Court." Tlie Temperance Movement in Bui loch L'ouutj. Statesboro. November lb.—Editor Morning News: Knowing the interest that you take in the prosperity of every part of Georgia, and especially the subject of reform in regard to the liquor question, I will tell you of what the people of this county have done in regard to the enforcement of the prohibition law. and how the other counties around are making efforts to do the same, viz: That no alcoholic spirits can be sold in the county by retail: or, as the law reads verbatim, “that no spirituous or intoxicating liquors shall be sold within the county unless by consent of two thirds of the legal voters of the county and by paying a license of five thousand dollars to the Ordinary of the county.” The effect of this law on the moral status of the people is shown on all sides. The jail has been empty, and the criminal docket almost without a case to be tried. Business has impro^ ed, new stores aud dwellings are b**ing erected, farmers are paying their old debts, and con tracting only a few new cues, labor is not so scarce, and in fact general prosperity seems to l»e the order. There are a few who send off and get a few more and last drink < to taper off on. but public opinion has l>een so _nf- feete 1 by this law that we see but seldom'the ruuken sot. and when we do it is the rare exception The people have spoken, and alco hol must go. And we hope other counties all over the “t xnpire State of the South’’ will follow the example of the brave men ot Bul loch, and vanish this “devil" of society to the regions of oblivion, where it may sleep its everlasting sleep with all that can destroy “God's noblest work—an honest man." As ever, for total abstinence. J. Edwin Churchill. lie's Had 'Em! Delirium tremens! Snakes! Jim jams! Yes, I've had touches of them. You want to know how it feels? I’ll tell you. You have drank maybe a week maybe more. At last liquor ceases to excite, brace up or tranquillize. You drink a half pint of brandy and it has no more effect than so much water. Then you are close on the horrors. Food won’t help you. Your stomach rejects it. Now your punishment commences. You can’t sleep. You are weary. Oh! so weary, but there is no rest. You are tired of thinking yet the tired brain will think. You lie down, drop into doze for a moment and wake up with a shock as if touched by an electric wire. Y'ou are covered with perspiration. You get up and walk the room, walk the streets—walk, walk, walk, and then fling yourself down, praying for ever so few minutes' sleep. All this for drys with people about you, and through nights. But no Chinese torturer employed in keeping some miserable criminal awake till he dies was ever more full of relentless vigilance than your abused nerves. Dreads inde scribable seize upon you. Your hands have a sensation of being of enormous size. They do not look it. They feel it. Your head in like manner feels as if enormously puffed out Then your breath comes spasmodically, hot flushes strike at the region of the heart, all the blood seems at times to rush in that di rection, and you fight aimlessly for life aud expect to fall dead. This is the com mencement of the horrors. Now you arc fixed for seeing rats and snakes and vermin. Office of-tub “Industrial Era,” ) Aliiia, Iowa, May 36, 1880. ) To Whom It May Concern : I take great pleasure in making the fol lowing statement : 1 have been afflicted with a disease of the kidneys for the past two yeare, and have tried numerous reme dies with only partial and temporary relief. Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure was recommended to me,* and after takirg it the lain and distress left me, and I am to-day : eeling strong and well. £ am perfectly satis fied that Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure is the medicine needed, and can cheer fully recommend it to others. G. W. Stamm. novlO*W,F,M,w«sTel2w FROM THE STATE CAPITAL THE UNITED STATES SENATO RIAL CONTEST. Ex-Governor Brown Elected to Fill Gen. Gordon’* Gnexplred Term— YeKterday’i Proceeding* of the Legislature—Report of cbe Com mittee on Elections—The Bryan County Contest Decided — Bills Oflered In Both Houses. Special Teleoram to the Morning News. Atlanta, November 16.—General Law- ton did not speak this morning, as Senator Brown said nothing last night calling for a rejoinder. The rain has ceased, aud the weather is clear again, but chilly. Representatives Hall was packed early this morning.. Hundreds of ladies were present, filling nearly all the galleries. In the House, Mr. Miller, Chairman of the Committee on Elections, made a report. It decides in favor of the following sitting members: Messrs. Wilson of Camden, Turn- ipseed of Clay, Johnson of Lee, and Smith of Lowndes, are entitled to their seat6,against Messrs. Long, Freeman, McKinney, Hinson and Smith. As to Mr. Smith of BryaD, his seat was given to Mr. Kennedy, the contest ant, as frauds were perpetrated by the elec tion managers at Way’s Station, which should be punished by proper authority in the courts. The committee heartily con demn these false and fraudulent returns. Mr. Smith was unseated and Mr. Kennedy seated without any opposition or discussion, and amidst general applause. Mr. G. N. Nichols was added to the Com mittee on Enrollment. The bill against running cars on Sunday was reported unfavorably by the committee. Mr. W. U. Spence offered bills changing the time of the municipal election in Ca milla; amending the act creating Commis sioners for Mitchell county, and for incorpo rating the Planters Bank and warehouse at Camilla. The following were also offered: By Mr. Wilcox, of Telfair—A bill for the registration of voters in that county. By Mr. J. J. Hunt—A bill creating a City Court In Griffin. By Mr. A. J. Kimsey—A bill chartering a railroad from Cleveland to Lula, to connect with the Athens Railroad. By Mr. W. H. McClure—A bill giviDg the Comptroller General authority to extend the time of final settlement of Tax Collectors in certain cases. By Mr. T. L. Lewis—A bill fixing the fees in suits on mortgage property. By Mr. Davis, of Lumpkin—A bill appro priating twenty thousand dollars to the University for rebuilding the Dahlonega Ag ricultural College. By Mr. F. Walker—A bill requiring clerks of Superior Courts to cancel certain records of debts paid. By Mr. Miller, of Houston—A bill amend ing section 1631 and repealing section 1633 of the Code of 1873, on peddlers. By Mr. Pope Barrow—A bill addiDg a pro viso to section 3383 of the Code. By Mr. S. A. Perkins—A bill calling for a tax of one tenth of one per cent, for the school fund. By Mr. J. 8. James—A bill amending section 2009 of the Code, on homesteads. In the Senatorial election Mr. Hillyard H. Hlllyer nominated Senator Brown, and Mr. A. J. Lane General A. II. Lawton. The vote stood:* Brown 118 and Lawton 45. Mr. Pope Barrow voted for Bacon, Mr. J. B. Wheeler for Jenkins, and Mr. Isaiah Wil liams for Lester. Speaker Bacon and Presi dent Boynton voted for Lawton. The result will be announced to-morrow In joint ses sion in official form. In the Senate, Mr. R. B. Harris offered a resolution appointing a joint committee oh State hygiene and sanitation. The following bills were introduced : By Mr. J. E. Carter—A bill prescribing the number of jury commissioners in each county. By Mr. J. 8. Boynton—A bill empowering Judges to employ stenographers. By Mr. J. W. Harrell—A bill amending the road laws. By Mr. R. L. Storey—A bill conferring additional powers on Tax Collectors as ex- officio Sheriffs. By Mr. BenDuggar—A bill amending the judiciary laws. By Mr. R. L. McWhorter—A bill provid ing for the payment of costs due Sheriffs and Bailiffs in certain criminal casr.s. By Mr. W. R. Gorman—A bill amending the act for a more economical analysis of fertilizers. In the Senatorial election Mr. A. T. Hack- ett nominated Senator J. E. Brown and Mr. R. T. Fouche General A. R. Lawton. The vote stood. Brown 28, Lawton 16. THE STELLARTON HORROR. Another Explosion Fea-cd—An Ur- gent Appeal lor A**lat».nce. By Telegraph to the Morning News. Stellabton, November 16.—There is no great change in affairs here to-day, except that there is a stronger sm«Jl of fire damp on the surface and another explosion is ex pected. A meeting was held last evening in the Mining Company’s office and it was resolved to send the following appeal to the Mayors and Wardens of the various towns throughout Canada and the United States: “A terrible calamity has bapper ed in this jlace. Two disasters iu succession have )een the means of killing fifty men and boys, and leaving thirty-three widows and one hundred and ten orphans. Seven hun dred men, representing a population of two thousand, are thrown out of emplov- inent in the face of a Canadian winter. We appeal to a generous public for Immediate help. Contributions may be sent to James Hudson, manager of the Albion, Stellarton, N. 8.” TIIE FIRE RECORD A Conflagration in Newport, .Yrfcan- *»» JlMminotb City Destroyed. Bii "eieoravh to the Morning News Lim i: Rock, Ark , November 16.— About six o’clock yesterday evening a fire broke out In the northern part of Newport on the Iron Mountaiu Railroad, and under the influence of high winds, the flames rapidly spread until two-thirds of the build ings in the town were destroyed. About two hundred families are rendered home less and the distress Is veiy great. The loss ls estimated at about $200,000. 8an Francisco, November 16.—A Bodie di?patch 6ays reports have just been re ceived that Mammoth City was destroyed by fire on Sunday. No particulars have been received. FINANCE AND TRADE. The New York Stock IHarkct — A Weak Day —The Brltlnh Grain Trade. By Telegraph to the Morning News. New York, November 16.—The stock market was weak in early dealings and prices declined ^ to 1% and subse quently recovered from >^a%. During the afternoon speculation was dull and weak, and a decline ranging from >4 to 4% from the highest point of the day was reached, Reading leading the downward movement. In late dealings a firmer tone prevailed, and the market closed at a recovery of }£al per cent , the latter in Reading. Transactions aggregated 285,000 shares. London, November 16.—The Mark Lane Express says: “The deliveries ot English wheat show a very indifferent condition. Good samples of English red sold compara tively readily. At the beginning of the week prices were higher iu many of the provincial markets, but the tendency was weaker at the close. Superior samples were heavy. Foreign wheat and floating cargoes of American improved from Sd. to Is. on Tuesday and Wednesday, but at the close of the week American bad lost its advance, and cargo trade was generally weaker. “Prices of foreign flour were well support ed, but the supply was better. Oats-wer*- firmly held, but were quieter at the close. Maize on shipboard advanced 6d., but was less firm at the close.” FROM LOUISIANA. Republican* to ConleHt the Late Election — A Fatal Altercation- Senator Spofford’* Successor — A fflandamus Tor Taxes—The Posses sion or City Hall. By Telegraph to the Morning News. New Orleans, November 10.—United 8tates Marshal Wharton, In an interview with a Times reporter, stated that the Re publicans proposed to contest the seats of the Democrats returned as elected from the Fourth atd Fifth Congressional districts, and may also decide to contest the First aud Second districts. lie says the late elec tion was a farce. Warren P. Chism was shot and killed at Pattersonville yesterday by Shelby Sanders, in an altercation. . Governor Wiltz has appointed Hon. J. C. Manning, Ex Chief Justice of the State Su preme Court, U. S. Senator, vice Spofford, deceased. A mandamus was asked, and made re turnable ou Monday, to compel the city to levy a tax of $250,000 to pay the interest on . the city consolidated bonds. 1 The courts will decide who is entitled to * the possession of the City Hall.' LUNATICS LET LOOSE. AN APPALLING AND TERRIBLE SCENE. Burning of the Jliuaecota Io*aue Aftylum -The Inmate* Liberated — Lou from £100,000 to $150,OOG Origin of tbe Fire a .Vlyatery—Iflawy of the l.'ufortunatea Victim* to the Flame*. By Telegraph to the Morning News. Chicago, III., November 16.—One wing of the State Insane Asylum at St. Peter, Minn., was burned last night. The struc ture occupied ten years In building, and was completed three yeare ago at a cost of half a million dollars. The loss from fire will be from $100,000 to $150,000, on which there is no insurance. The cause of the fire is unknown. It originated in the basement of the north wing, which was destroyed. Different reports state the loss of life at from three to fifty, but no bodies have been found and no one is surely known to be missing. Wheu danger became imminent the Superintend ent ordered the release of all the patients, and it ls probable some were overlooked in the confusion and burned, especially as some rooms quickly filled with smoke, and could not be entered by the rescuers. There were six hundred and fifty-six patients in the hospital last year. The liberated ones were cared for by the citizens. Probably some took advantage of the opportunity to run away, and others wandered off aim lessly. St. Paul, Minn., November 16.—A bul letin to the ftoneer-Press, from St. Peter, says: “Tbe number of lives lost by burn ing and freezing at tbe insane asvlum variously estimated at from 20 to 50. The I06S on the building Is $30,000.” A special dispatch, dated at 4 a. m., says “The scene at the burning of the poor in mates in the hospital was heartrending in the extreme. So appalling a sight has rarely been witnessed. Tne patients in the aDnex wing were males. Many of them refused to leave the building at all. They ran up and down tbe balls, screaming and crying, and those who could not be coaxed nor forced out of the building became the victims of the flames or were suffocated. Those who escaped fled half naked iu all directions, and could not be overtaken. The night was bitterly cold, and the suffer ings of these poor wretches, half clothed and with bare feet, can hardly be imagined. There were about 6ix hundred patients In tbe building, aud what will be done with those who escaped is a serious question.” THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. THE FRENCH PARLIAMENT. Proceeding* In tlie Senate—An Up roar In tbe House. By Telegraph to the Morning News. Paris, November 1C.—In the Senate to day the debate on M. Buffet’s inter pellation was resumed. M. Cheshnelong, Legitimist, asked whether an occult direction did not exist behind the Ministry. He intimated that the Cabinet, from dread of M. Gambetta, had retracted what it previously approved. This re mark caused an uproar in the House. M. Jules Simon attacked the gov ernment and praised the policy of M. de Freycinet. M de Leon 8ay then read the order of the day proposed by M. Simon, that tbe Senate being unable to countenance the policy of arbitrariness wh ch disturbs the public peace, passes to the order of day. M. Duvernev moved that the Senate, regretting that the policy of M. de Freycinet had not been followed, and hoping that it would be pursued in future, passes to the order of the day. Premier Ferry declined to accept either of these orders of the day, and demanded the adoption of the order of the day pure aud simple, and his motion to that effect was carried by 143 to 137. THE IRISH TROUBLES, I?Ir« Jobu Bright ou Reform In the Laud Law*. By Telegraph to the Momino News. London, November 16.—Mr. Parnell will go to Paris’ immediately. Mr. John Bright, speaking at Birming ham yesterday, strongly condemned the land laws of Ireland, which virtually gave the proprietors a monopoly of the land. lir. Bright attributed the state of affairs in Ireland to the rejec tion by the House of Lords of the compen sation for disturbance bill. With re gard to the future, he said, force would effect uotbing. The government would not approve of chimerical projects for the transfer of land to tenants. Mr. Bright said he believed the remedy would be a well considered plan giving tenants security in possession of farms and protec tion against a constant incre.ase of rent. His plan would include provisions by which landlords willing to 6ell would bo able to deal with tenants willing to buy. CONGREGATIONAL COUNCIL. Delegate* to tbe Ganeral Presbyte rian A**emblr South—Reports ol Committee*—The Frequency of Di vorces. Date for the Commencement of the Session Uncertain—The Irish Laud Bill. By Telegraph to the Momino News. London, November 16 —The London cor respondent of the Manchester Guardian says: “The date for the commencement of the session of Parliament is still uncertain It is believed the government Irish land bill will enable tbe local courts to award com pensation even to tenants evicted for non payment of rent, give tbe courts more power for interference in cases of excessive rents, improve, the Bright clauses in the land act, and simplify tbe transfer of land.” ANOTHER RADICAL MOVE To Establish an Aristocracy In the Union. By Telegraph to the Morning News. New York, November 16.—At a meeting of the Republican Central Committee to night the following was submitted and re ferred to the Committee on Resolutions : Resolved, That in tbe opinion of this com mittee, steps should be taken by our repre sentatives in Congress to so amend the Con stitution of the United States as to provide that Presidents and Vice Presidents on their retirement from office shall be admitted to life membership of the Senate. THE M. k C. R. R. Election of Directors and Officers, By Telegraph to the Morning Neics. Memphis Tesn., November 16.—At the annual meeting of the stockholders of tbe Memphis and Charleston Railroad to-day the following were elected as the Board of Directors: E. Norton, George P. Beirne, E. W. Cole, F. 11. Cossett, W. W. Garth L- Hanover, Napoleon Hill, C. M. McGhee, J. C. Neely, G. D. Rither, 8. Wilson, James Wheeler, and Addison White. The old officers were retained. By Telegraph to the Morning News. St. Louis, November 16.—In the Congre gational Council yesterday the Committee on Nominations presented the names of Dr. Goodell,|of St. Louis, and J. M. 8tU!t-.*vant, of Illinois, as delegates to the General As sembly of the Presbyterian Church 8outb, and Rev. Edward Davis, of New York, a delegate to the Congregational Union of England and Wales. The report of the Publication Committee was adopted, aud a committee was appoint ed upon the missionary work in Dakota. The Business Committee submitted a re port, which was adopted, deploring the growing frequency of divorces, and calling upon the ministry for earnest efforts to pre vent them, except on grounds sanctioned by tbe church. STATE SECULARIZATION. A .fleeting of Non-Rellstonlats In €hlcigo-Wlrat They Propose To Do. OHIO WHEAT CROP. A Large Increase Over La*t Y ear. By Telegraph to the Morning Ne ids. Columbus, Ohio, November 16.—The November crop report of the 8tat * Board of Agriculture, which is based on an actual township canvass of tbe whole State, shows that 2,906,657 acres were sown i;i wheat tills year, and that the yield is 52,5222,794 bush els, an increase of more than 11,000,000 bushels over last year, which was the best year on record. Executive Clemency Refused. Richmond, Va., November 16.—Governor Holliday has refused to interfere in the c ase of Marcus D. L. Hawlev (white), convicted in Roanoke county, VaT, last month of t he murder of Hays (white) in June, 1879. Hawlev will be banged on the 36th instar t. A strong effort is still being made to obtain executive clemency. Nursing mothers and delicate fqxnales gain strength from Malt Bitters. By Telegraph to the M<yming News. Chicago, November 16.—A meeting for the purpose ot organizing a national asso ciation for the secularization of the State was held at tbe Grand Pacific Hotel yester day. More than sixty delegates were pres ent representing every section of ihe Union. A national address was prepared favoring the abolition of enforced religious exercises in legislatures, schools and institutions supported by taxation, de claring that no property should be exempt from taxation on account of Its use for re ligious purposes, and that all laws enforcing tbe observance of one day above another should be repealed, as well as laws prescrib ing judicial o&tbs in a religious form in courts of justice. A NEW RAILROAD To Ran from Texa* to .flexlco. By lelegraph to the Morning News. Galveston, November 16.—A special to the News from Austin says application has been made for a charter for the New York, Texas and Mexican Railway, to run from Richmond, through the counties of Fort Bend, Wharton, Jackson, Victoria and Gollah, to Brownsville, with branches to Matagorda Bav, Corpus Christi and the mouth of the Rio Grande. The incorpora tors are New York parties and Texas men. A mixed Electoral Ticket. Saw Francisco, November 16 —Full offi cial returns of this State show that Henry Edgerton, Republican, receives 507 more votes, fer Presidential elector, than does Judge Terry, the lowest on the Democratic ticket, and is elected. The other Demo cratic electors have majorities from 87 to 143. An endless chain of certificates verify the excellence of Dr. Ball’s Cough Syrup. Price 25 cents. nov!7-lt An Explanation from Judge Davl*. New York, November 16 —Judge Davis, at a late hour last night, sent a communica tion to the newspaper offices, in which he says he 16 satisfied that in giving the summary of Hart’s testimony in the Philp case from his memoranda and recollection, he fell into error in relation to the time when Hart took the Morey letter to the National Committee rooms for examination at which time Hewitt first examined it The text of the letter had been published aud the fac simile had not been, and It was to determine whether it should be lithographed and pub lished in fac simile that Hart sought the opinion of Hewitt and others to its genuineness. In every other particu lar Judge Davis 6ays he believed the evi dence, and all the inferences made by him trom it are fully justified by the facts. Then the Judge goes on to show how the error happened to be made, and to inquire whether it is of any significance in forming a correct opinion of his conduct in the affair. He says the letter, as first publish ed, would have failen still-born as a silly and useless forgery If it had not been taken up and carried through by photographs and lithographic fac similes on the shoulders of the National Committee and Hewitt’s stronger character. Weather Indication*. Office Chief Signal Observer, Wash ington, November 16 —Indications for Wednesdav: In the South Atlantic States, higher ba rometer, rising followed by stationary or lower temperature, winds mostly north to cast, clear or partly cloudy weather. In the East Gulf 8tates, partly cloudy weather, easterly winds, statlonaiy or higher barometer, lower temperature. In the West Gulf 8tates, partly cloudy weather with occasional rain or snow, north to east winds, higher barometer, lower tem perature. In the Middle States,^ higher barometer, rising followed by stationary or lower tem perature, clear or partly cloudy weather, southerly veering to westerly winds. In Tennessee and the Ohio vallev, rising barometer,*colder north to west winds, partly cloudy or cloudy weather, with occasional rain or snow. The Au*tro>German Constitutional- 1*1*. • London, November 16.—The Vienna cor respondent of the Times says the meeting of the* Austro German Constitutionalists there on Sunday last was an imp sing demonstra tion. Nothing can shake the fact that the Liberal German party in the Reichsrath has quite nine-tenths of the well-to-do educated Germans of Austria behind it in any 6trugele acainet Federalist attempts. A Telegraphic Controversy. Pittsbwig, November 16.—A decision was rendered in the United States Court here to-day in the suit of the Western Union Telegraph Company vs. the American Union Telegraph Company and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for the posses ion of the lines on the Pittsburg division of tbe last named corporation. The court bolds that the lines in controversy must be surrendered to the Western Union Company. Boot and Shoe Tlanulaclnrer*’ Con vention. Philadelphia, November 16.—The Na tional Convention of Boot and Shoe Manu facturers was opened here this afternoon. About five hundred delegates were present from all parts of tbe United States. John Zelgler was chosen temporary President and a committee was appointed to draft a con stitution and by-laws. Fatal Railroad Accident. Wilkesbarre, Pa., November 16—A passenger train on the Lehigh Valley Rail road was thrown from the track by a defec tive switch on the outskirts of this city to day and badly wrecked. Thomas Mahone, flagman, and John Sweeny, fireman, were killed, and two other men seriously if not fatally injured. No swindler shall shave us except it be with Cutlcura Shaving Soap. OUR JACKSONVILLE LETTER. The Sonth Will Hans on to Her Home fiovernraent* -The North Can Run National Affairs—Four Year* ^lay Brins * Chanje-How the Sonth 1* Caricatured—She the Peer of Any Country—A Way to Brine the North to Her Senae* Brain* Not Bayonet*—The Radi cal* In a Base—The Sanhedrim In Council—Affidavit Factory. Special Correspondence of the Morning News. Jacksonville, November 15.—Whatever changes may take place in the political status of the South, so far as national politics are con cerned, during the coming four years, one fact may be accepted as reasonably certain, that she will cling most obstinately and tenaciously to the control of her home governments. So long as these remain in the hands of their present mansgeis, the South can Dever be ma terially injured. Her monopoly of several of the great staples will always entitle her to con sideration. Her voice may be powerless in the councils of the common country, her wants and interests may be disregarded, but while her fertile soil produces annually three hun dred millions of dollvrs of cotton, to say noth ing of minor crops, her influence in commercial and manufacturing circles must be mighty. if the Northern people claim it to be their special privilege and calling to direct the affaire of the GeneraJ Government after their own notions, the South must quietly submit, as she has not the power to resist the assumption. She must calmly put aside ary ambitious as pi rations of this character, an 1 look on as an in terested spectator. There will be no responsi bility at least resting upon her shoulders. Meantime she cun sit peacefully beneath her own vine and fig tree, attending carefully and industriously to the development of home in stitutions, encouraging growth and progress, planting and reaping her great harvest, and working bravely to retrieve her shattered for tune?. 6he will obey the laws, liear her share of the common burdens.and labor for the gen eral welfare cheerfully and willingly. In re turn she only asks the privilege of managing her domestic afroirs ac -ording to her own ideas. She entertains ihe impres-ion that shecompre bends these little afTnrs better than the great North does, and certainly has had more expe rience. Vermont. Pennsylvania and Iowa can do just as they please iu their own families. Virginia. South Carolina and Texas only ask a similar privilege. The mighty North and We4 can put out to sea in their splendid three deck ers, with all the pomp and dignity imaginable, on a pleasure voyage We only hope that their ponderous vessels will not crush our simple snallops. and that they will kindly permit us to paddle our modest canoe-*, it we will engage to creep along shore and not spread too much canvass. They can monopolize all the Cabinet appoint ments, all the foreign embassies, all the places on the Supreme Bench, all the positions of trust, honor and dignity under the nation,with out any murmuring on our part. “To the vic tors belong the spoils." is the battle-cry of their legions, and we neither ask nor expect a portion of the plunder. But so long as the South is true to herself, and faithful to tbe tra ditions of the past, she will continue to admin ister upon her own estates. This, too, not out of sullen opposition or dogged obstinacy, but because it would be the most wanton madness to entrust her interests to other hands When the Republicans were in power in the Southern States, their governments were those of rogues, ruffians and robbers. There is no use of mincing words, or employing euphemism when speak ing of the acts or these rascals, while they hold the reins of power. In the years to come they will be held up as connected with all that was vile, mean, contemptible and infamous, by their abuse of power, their want of honesty, their disregard of decency and morality, and the shameless manner in which they violated all law. divine and human. In every Southern State they have erected a monument, that will keep their memories fresh and green, in the shape of a mountain of debt, that hangs like a millstone around the necks of the struggling people. The South has not forgotten, and will not forcret. these wrongs ana trials, aid neither threats nor promises, harsh language nor st ft words, will induce her to deviate one iota from the path she has carefully and deliberately chosen. She must, perforce, and as a matter of paramount necessity, hold on to what she now has in possession. A complete justifica tion of her solidity must be patent to all who have read American history, with unbiased eyes, for the past fifteen years. No brave, in telligent and rhristian people could have acted otherwise. It is a square figiit for all that we hold good, true, lofty and elevated, and having won, we intend to rest upon our arms, ready to meet tbe enemy whenever he shows a front. Just so lonr as the South i-* permitted to exer cise the right of suffrage, she will be found “solid'' for home government. In the four years before we are again in the throes of a new Presidential struggle tli»- South will have ample time to consider the sit ua'ion. The utterances of her press and j»eo- ple since the election of the 2d inst. are too much colored by disappointment and the de pression arh ing from blastei hop-s to l»e re garded as correct and proper indices cf her fu ture action. With the progressive character of our country, new issues may rise before Novem ber, 18 4, tbit may totally alter the present re lations of parties, or lead to their total didnt*- gration. So far as the policy of the South is con cerned, her duty is to sedulously devote the era of peace and quiet to the cultivation of those industries that will surely lead to pros perity. 8he will find it far more profitable to raise potatoes than to make political plat forms—to raise rice than to write’resolutions — to collect cotton rather than crowds. Let the people of the North wrestle with the knot ty problems of the finance and tariff 1 hey have won tbe elephant, and they must subdue the big animal thems- Ives, as they do not de sire assistance from us. When the big bea*-t becomes too unruly they may unbend sufll ciently from their dignity to cry for help. There was a time when the North gave some credit to the South for ability, patriotism and honesty. Now, too many of the Northern people have been taught to regard their South ern brethren as not only totally destitute of the virtues and qualities mentioned, but as being only a degree above the level of semi barba rians. For a long series of years the typioil Southerner, as weekly represented in journals of immense circulation, has been a long, gaunt, thin-visaged, hollow-eyed, un»h&ven and unkempt ruffian, clad in coarse, ill-fitting g arments, liis rough pantaloons stuffed into oots, and his shaggy locks surmounted by a battered and dented sombrero. From his belt always protrude tbe butts of murderous re volvers and the handle of a savage bowie. Everything about him is brutal and repulsive. He lacks all of tlie romance and picturesque garb usually assigned to an Italian assassin or a Mexican brigand. Hundreds of Northern clergymen, who every Sunday inculcate chan ty in smooth and unctuous platitudes, never show any of its true spirit to the Southern people. Every act of violence occurring at the Couth is greedily caught by a sectional press, and duly paraded as fresh evidence of a law less, blood-thirsty and un ’ivilized spirit. Con tinually living uiKin such food, the natural effect is produced upon the Northern mind, and the coming generation grows up with the impression that all of the morality, intelli gence, Christianity and civilization of this entire country is concentrated In the Eastern, Middle and Western States. There maybe another reason also for this assumed superiority. After the great civil war the Northern people saw to their great sur prise men from their own section, who had been camp-followers, sutlers and teamsters in their grand armies—men wholly unknown to fortune and to fame, obscure, ignorant and de- E raved—suddenly lifted into positions of trust, onor and profit. They saw such individuals sent to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, made Governors of States and invested with judicial ermine. It must un doubtedly have been a great surpr.se. and equal to the wonderful me-araorphoses wrought by the wands of the fairies. Without reflecting upon the causes that led to the elevation of these lazsaroni. thousands of Northern people, w'ho live in the rural dis tricts and seldom venture beyond their own townships, caine to the sage conclusion that it was due to the mental ascendency or pushing qualities of the lucky personages. They rea soned thus: “If Zedekiah 8nodgr?ss, who used to keep a ha-room up in the Green Moun tains. or Timothy Doolittle, who had an oyster stall in the Fulton Market or Jonathan Keener who peddled tinware in Michigan, can go down to Alabama. Florida and Texas, and in three years get to be a Congressman, a Governor, or a Judge, what a set of tarnation fools those rebels must be! Why if these fellows had re mained at home they would still be mixing drinks, opening bivalves, or bartering coffee pots." All of these causes combined have so greatly lowered the former standard of Southern dig nity and importance.’ that the inon erroneous impressions as to our char acter and purposes prevail quite generally among our neighbors on the other side of Mason and Dixon's line. So deeply imbedded have these become also, that long years of intercourse will be required to bring about a better understanding. We are very good customers of the North, quite as good as the Cabans, Brazilians aad Russians, and certain’y deserve as much con sideration. We nk and expect nothing more, as all such trivial claims as being citizens of a common country, and descended from the same ancestry, have been practically for gotten. Suppose, however, that we pluck up a little spirit and retaliate in a manner that will be strictly legal and constitutional, and which cannot be prevented by any acts of Congress or judicial decrees. For instance the spare money in the South could be invested in houses in Richmond, Norfolk, Wimington Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, Mobile, New Orleans. Galveston and other points for the purpose of conducting a direct importing business with the countries that are purchasers of our cotton, tobacco, naval stores and other products. Foreign vessels would come after these great staples, bringing over what we need in ex change, and a steady and increasing tide of immigrants. What a field do we present for manufactures, with the crude material in abundance in tbe shape of coal, iron and cot ton and unlimited water power. The South is a Samson who has never known his strength. It has been content to saw that others might reap, and has placidly permitted the golden fruits of its labor to be garnered by others. Concert of action can and should alter this condition of affaire, and wisdom and prudence, utilizing tbe great elements of wealth all about us, would soon render us rich and independent and remove Cook- ling’s epithet of “the poverty-stricken South.” It is in our power, in a very few years, to manufacture every yard of cotton cloth re quired by our population—to export, ra'her than to import iron, and to show in a thousand ways that we are grateful for and know how to appreciate the innumerable natural advan tages conferred upon us by a beneficent Provi dence. The present tone and temper of the Southern people are ripe for such a change of policy. Their overtures for peace and concilia tion have been rudely rejected, the tendered olive branch has been trampled under foot, their promises and pledges have been derided, and they have been systematically treated.not as peers, but as inferiors. Let us teach these arn'gant, would-be oppressors ir at we can be their equals in all the qualities and conditions that go to render a people strong and rich and great and reepected. It is a lesson which they require and which we can teach. We can stand abreast with them in all the arts of peace, industry and civilization, and the same spirit that sustained 11s in the terrible trials of I81I 65 will enable us to succeed in a new struggle for our commercial freedom. The talents have been placed in our keeping by tlie Master. Let us not bury them, but quadruple their value during the remainder of this cen tury. of defeated ambition, and frantic shrieks of “iraud” continue to issue with increasing force and volume from Radical throats. These vir tuous and immaculate saints are making the very atmosphere mephitic with their impreca tions over the result of the Ftate election. They have been terr.bly hurt, to judge from their writhing* and contortions. Thete pure, good little fellows hold up their clean hands in affected holy horror, and.in a'perfect paroxysm of well simulated indignation, are charging upon the awful Democrats the violation of all the laws ia th-- catalogue of crimes. Because some very silly and inconsiderate persons in Madison county stopped a train last week and rescued a party of prisoners from the custody of a deputy marshal (for which unlawful act it to sincerely to be hoped that they will be se verely pur.istied), a whole community is held up to odium as accessories, and the howlers are striving to make it appear that the entire State i* almost in armed resistance to the United States Government. Most of the big Radicals have gathered to hold a solemn council of war. and from the tremendously portentous visages they wear, one would imagine that the safety of the nation was immediately involved. Ex-Senator Cono ver is here, aud has evidently won a suit of new clothes betting against himself, in which h9 looks uncommonly smirk, snug and spruce. He takes the matter with comparative calm ness, having never cherished lofty expecta tions. Ex Senator Fatty Osborn resembles a man just recovering from an attack of cholera morbus. He is in a collapsed condition and his raiment liangs loosely around his shrunken anatomy. Woeful to relate, tis sad that his name was on the slate for State Treasurer. Hinc illae lachrymae. Colonel Bisbee’s spinal col umn has sustained a partial curvature, and bis ribs no longer stand at a right angle with the keel of his osseous system. Parson Wither spoon has got the Idea in his head that he can unseat Colonel Davidson, and will probably be sworn in A. D. 19U0. All the pigmies of the party, the maggots and tadpoles, are wriggling around the leviathans, catching a hint now and then.wuieh they retail to the gaping hordes of gutter-snipes. Truly the Radical hive is in a commotion, queen bees, drones and workers, for the store of honey has been exhausted and the fields of hope are barren and flower- less. If they would only swarm and seek new pastures they would deserve a monument of imperishable brass, with their names inscribed thereon as those of unselfish patriots. Affidavits must be cheap now, as the Radi cals are manufacturing them by wholesale. The crude material is abundant and there are plenty of skilled workmen here to turnout the machines well oiled, handsomely varnished and highly colored. It may be that some of these scientific engi neers, while attempting to blow up the de fenses of their opponents, may be hoisted by their own petards. We shall see. W. H. B The American, a weekly political jour nal published iu Philadelphia, print* a remarkable editorial in Saturday morn ing’s issue on the “The Grant Campaign.” The value of the article arises out of the fact that Mr. Wharton Barker, the pro prietor of the American, is on terms of close intimacy with General Garfleld, and when he predicts that the President elect will be his own candidate for re election, it Is pretty sure that he speaks on positive information “It has been remarked, amon the exu berances of the Republican campaign, that some of our orators were not con tent with doing their best for ihe candi date of 1380. They extended their efforts to promote tbe cause of the can didate of 1884. This is hardly to be wondered at. Tbe preliminaries of the Republican canvass were conducted this year with a vehemence which was most impolitic, and might have resulted in the dismemberment of the party. The crit*cism to which each of the prominent llowls of ra»o, threats of vengeance, groans I candidates was subjected by Iiepublican . . - - • - -• - f - - journals went far beyond what the most vehement of them have said of General Hancock. Had any one of the three most prominent l»cen put in nomination, the defeat of the party would have been certain. It would have been quite im possible to rally to his support the friends of the other candidates. When Mr. Garfield was nominated this fervor of factions did not die out; it was said and felt, “We have not succeeded this time, but wait till 1884." And those who place the success of a favorite candidate on a level with that of the party, went into the canvass thinking of 1834 even more than of 1880. This Las been most nota ble in the case of General Grant’s friends and supporters. They have not, like Mr. Skermau, made up their minds that the choice made at Chicago was the best pos sible. They seem to have been unusual ly anxious to explain that Mr. Garfield was not their choice; that they belonged to the illustrious 306, and to indicate that they were confident of securing for Mr. Grant next time the prize which so nar rowly escaped their grasp this time. In this business Mr. Conk]Ing has taken the lead. In the first half of tbe campaign he led in nothing. He spared no pains to let the country know that he was offended, and that he must be made much of and soothed before he would take a part in the game. When he did at last show himself the air was full of rumors as to bargains and agreements between Mr. Garfield and himself. These rumors were altogether misleading. Nei ther then nor at any other time did Mr. Garfield conciliate Senator Conkling’s or any other man's support by any pledge besides those contained m* his letter of acceptance. We know whereof we speak when we say that not even George Washington entered upon office more free from entanglements of every sort. “We venture to predict that the candi date of 1884 will be the candidate of 1880. Mr. Garfield, unlike Mr. Hayes, has not pledged himself to refuse re-elec tion. but he will be like Mr. Hayes iu re fusing to use his high office for the pro motion of his personal ambitions. If he is be President a second time, it will be because the people, having found him worthy of the place, prefer his re-elec tion to an experim? nt with a new and untried man. And if he tails to give sat isfaction and to win friends in the Presi dency, it will be the first of many trying positions in which he has failed.’’ OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. A Hubbub Among the Radical Small Fry—Garfleld and the Grant Tien— In Anticipation. Special Correspondence of the Morning News. Washington, November 14.—There is a great hubbub here among small fry politicians and others anxious to hold on to office or to get in The inauguration of a President is always looked upon by those prominent in the attend ing ceremonies as a sure stepping stone to place. Of course, they are sometimes mis taken. I call to mind one newspaper m«m who was frozen out even after riding on a livery hack at Ilayes’ inauguration. He wanted to be Recorder of Deeds for the District of Colum bia, a place worth about $10,000 a year. He was not much of a news E ft per man really, but, by always pushing ini self forward in that capacity, had achieved some notoriety. But he didn’t get the place. It was given instead to a one-horse politician. Our newspaper man got very sore over it. He started him a weekly paper, of very' weak and Insipid tendencies, and has been abusing Mr. Hayes to bis heart’s content and to the edifica tion of some two hundred readers. But to get back to the subject. The local fry- is very much agitated over the forthcoming inauguration. A party of clerks, with the aid of a very weak officer of the army, got together and constituted themselves an executive committee to have charge of all arrangements for the great event of March 4th next. He got the start on the rest of the boys, and had the name of the committee telegraph ed all over the country. Military and other or ganizations intending to take part in the inau guration were requested to communicate with this committee Since then there has been a howl. The Republican clubs, who. of course, expected to take the leading part, were entire ly ignored. The business men who raise the money to defray the inaugural expenses were left out. The howl has grown in such large proportions ihat the fighting point has almost been reached. The outcome of this war of office-seekers will probably be the annihilation of the committee of post office clerks and the weak and vain army officer, and the substitu tion of the names of men chosen at a mass meeting of citizens to be held next Wednesday evening. It is fun for the unconcerned to look on and see even the mere formality of putting a President into the White Hou c e made tbe subject of so much squabbling by him who has hold <>f the government teat and he who hope* also to feed from the same cow. GARFIELD AND THE GRANT MEN. Donn Piatt, of the Sunday Capital, is out to-day in an open letter to Garfleld. Piatt is one of Garfield's most intimate friends. They lived together here in the same boarding bouse for several years during the Congressional session. He tells his friend that he is no great man and no politician—in fact, that he is hated by the politicians. He calls bis attention to the men who elected him, and says that he well knows that it is the intention of those men to change our form of government by making the office of President a life tenure. “You know the man who is to be used as the tool in this scheme They bank upon his military record and eup posed popularity ” He then proceeds to warn Garfleld against those sort of men. He tells him he is weak .but adjures him not to come within their Influence, to have nothing to do with them except to try and break their influ onoe. He refers to Garfleld * knowledge of Grant and to his having been chairman of a committee that investigated the Black Friday crime. “You were chairman of that commit tee and secured from it the introduction of a resolution in the House, calling upon President Grant to appear and explain the part he played in the in famy. That night you went to the White House and stayed until after twelve o'clock in conference with Grant. You left in the early morning sore at heart. That same day and at your own instigation the resolution was with drawn. Even the Democrats on the committee could not stand the exposure that would have been made,” This letter of Platt's has created much comment here, owing to his familiar re lations with Garfleld. Garfield is the kind of a man who will tell everything he knows to a friend, and Piatt was his intimate friend. The editor of the Capital this lime at least knows exactly what he is writing about. IN ANTICIPATION. A large number of people have already ar rived here in anticipation of the meeting of Congress. The hotel lobbies are crowded of evenings, and evenrthing about town is begin ning to put on its fively winter look. Most of the advance guard are Republicans who ex pect to get some place upon the organization of the House under Republican auspices. They are busily canvassing the names or the candi dates for tbe elective offices, and are either adherents of thi* or that man. It is noticed that most of those who went out when the House became Democratic are here to push themselves back into place. It is said that if a man once gets pay from the public treasury, he is never satisfied with any other paymaster. Potomac. Brief Telegram*. Two violent shocks of earthquake oc curred at Agram at midnight Monday, caus ing another panic. The flight of people has again commenced. Captain J. B. Eads, the eminent engineer, and his staff, were met in Galveston on Tuesday by a delegation of citizens headed by Mayor Leonard and conducted to the Cotton Exchange. They afterward re turned to tbe steamer Whitney and resumed their voyage to Vera Cruz. The re-election of Jones, Independent, for Congress in the Fifth Texas district, Is con ceded by a small majority. Diphtheria prevails to a considerable ex tent in Petersburg, Va. In some instances three or four members of a single family are eufferere from the disease. Tiie Opium Syndicate Nervous,—A New Y’ork letter says: “The famous opium syndicate is getting to be a little nervous about the present condition of the market for the article, for while some time ago having given it to be un derstood that matters would be left to themselves until spring, it is stated that purchases of some twenty-five cases have just been made in order to prevent a new break in price. At present there seems to be more available at $5 75 per pound, in bond, than there are buyers for. When the syndicate began operations it was claimed that nothing could prevent au advance to $10 per pound. The trade have thought otherwise, and any attempt to unload ju3t now would see the former a good many thousand dollars out of pocket. 1 * No one would willingly disturb the com fort of a public gathering by constant coughing: but we feel that it is the proper thing to call the attention of those afflicted wi b coughs and colds to Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup, which always cures. Price 25 cents. novl7 It The Woes or Ireland. Baltimore Sun. “Successful in every country but their own’ is the descriptive legend of the Irish race, that brave, generous and warm hearted people, “gifted beyond measure with the power of physical endurance, and graced with the liveliest intelli gence.” Yet their country is one of the loveliest, most fertile islands on the globe, well waiered, with a superb climate and lying in the midst of a sea studded with the white sails of an enriching commerce. Surely, as Lord Dufferin has said, ‘ ‘some human agency must be accountable” for the perennial desolation of Ireland. That agency, in the sharp words of Thomas Carlyle, is to be sought for in “the long centuries of injustice” of England to Ireland. “England,” he says, “is guilty towards Ireland, and reaps at last, in full measure, the fruit of full fifteen genera tions of wrong doing.” But the recollec tion of wrongs in the past does not afford compensation for woes in the present. The question is not whether England can re pay Ireland for the evils done her, so much as whether Ireland’s condition to day may not be repaired by the redress of existir g evils oyer which England has control. Lord Dufferin claims that “the disproportion of the opportunities of employment to population” is the fundamental cause of Ireland’s wretch edness, and this cause h more operative to-day than it ever was before. It be gan in the regime of commercial restric tions established by Elizabeth. The con querors of Ireland permitted its indus tries and commerce to thrive under the same laws as those which regulated the affairs of Great Britain. But Elizabeth began by prohibiting the exportation of wool, under the pretext that it ought to be spun and woven at home. Of course the result was that Ireland ceased to grow more wool than it could spin and weave. When Wentworth, Earl of Stafford, was Viceroy of Ireland, he adopted the policy of prohibiting the export to England of Irish woolens, on the ground that the manufacture of linen was best suited to Ireland. After Wentworth came Cromwell and chaoe. disaster and depopulation. With the restoration, Ormond became Viceroy, and, under hi9 wise and just government, Ireland revived with amazing rapidity. Lands were improved, rents doubled, manufactures multiplied, cities grew, and the envy of England was excited. More restrictive lfgislation followed— legislation that was distinctly hostile to the growth and prosperity of the sister island. It took the thape of prohibition. England was forbidden to import Ir sh cattle, beef and bidvs. Ireland was for bidden to sell its woolen manufactures anywhere but in England, where they could only come in under very heavy and practically prohibitive duties. The woolen manufac ture at that uay was Ireland’s most important industry, and it was ruined by this adverse legislation. In 1708 the effects of this ruin were set forth in the memorial of the Irish manu facturers to Queen Anne, in which they spoke of tbe disappearance of the cur rency, the desiruction of foreign trade, the forced emigration of iarge bodies of the people, and the want and beggary to which many poor tradesmen were re duced. “We are apt to charge the Irish with laziness,” wrote Dean Swift of these times, “but then we don’t consider that they have nothing to do.” It was the legislation putting down Ireland’s industries which left the Irish with nothing to do. Down to 1780 not a pound of Irish wool left the country for Europe save what was smuggled. This illicit trade, however, did not bring wealth, but m.sery, for the smuggled wool was bartered for smuggled French b rap dies and clarets. Poverty continued to increase and spread, and with it the spirit of discontent and rebellion. When Ireland was poorest, during the American revolution, the revolt of the Irish volunteers took place. Ireland has continued poor and continues to be rebellious. In addition to restrictive legislation upon industry, she has been subjected to burthens still more irksome to a proud people, to fet ter* upon intellectual growth and moral freedom such as cannot help but lead to revolt. Some of this legislation, the worst of it, probably, has been repealed, but the scars, the poverty, the discon tent that were produced by it cannot be repealed. Nor does England cease from regarding and treating Ireland as an alien country, just as much as was the case in the days ot Elizabeth, of Cromwell, of Anne and of George III. Ireland may be truly “the nightmare of British poli tics,” but the reality and ever present grievousness of Ireland's woes cannot be uenied in this day of rack-rents and evictions, of starvation and misery, of dark passions and terrible reprisals. A PhTaiclan’* Testimony, I hereby certify that I have bten a prac ticing physician for twenty seven yeare, and for many chronic cases in my practice do recommend Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. It was upon my advice that G. W. Stamm, editor of the Industrial Era, Albia, Iowa, obtained this invaluable remedy. A. A. Ramsay. M. D. no»10-W,F,M,w&Teia*r
