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guvnramend Enas, a* the expose
treasury aad the craatico of A now
faottei to operate tbo government 1
. In Greet Britain, where there axe
stations, 76 per cent of tbe entire re
in at 15 state*; 15 pet cent. a* 81 at
3 per em* at the residue; evem of the
orivad at the 18 stations one-half of
collect 4,178,333 franca
statistics tear that there ie a tag* number of tele*
graph offices, in proportion to the population, in thk
conn try. than fat any other in tbe world. In Europe
there ia but ana telegraph office for erery 44,651
of ita intiaWtanto. In the United State* there ia owe
for erery 7,549.
The loid nnmber of telegrams transmitted in Eu
rope per anuam, assorting to tbe official reporta,
ie 18,685,000, at an expense of 415,388,000; thoever-
age coat being 81 6-6 centa per meaaage.
The Weetern Union Telegraph Company trana-
atla 10,067,000 telegram per annum, at a coat of
45.733,000; being an arerage of 67 centa per mree
age. The European statistics include inland, in
ternational and transit maaaagra, andthua present
incnrred in fitting np the Opera Hooae for a State
Capitol. An appropriation wfflb. ached for to re-
toborae the parties, to which conaUatafale oppoai-
drtren oulof the
semi-goTenunent
in tha months of January and February, one
oonld acaroely pass a block without being ae-
ooated by aonae negro and aakad for a aituatioa.
“Boas, doaa yon want to hire any body ? ” was
a demand which met him at erery tern. This
year, “ if you want to hire any body,” yon mnat
act inquiries afoot, and yoo will find it no easy
matter to supply your warts satisfactorily.
lent January “Hoff's Corner,” as it ia called,
swarmed from sunrise to sunset with a sooty
throng of anxious applicants for labor |J«~»
That opmer was a sort of Inbar Exchange, and
would not be entitled to an offloe; Minnroota, ifaa-
siaaippl and South Oarotina, to bat ona; North Caro
lina and Texag, to bat two each { Delaware and Ttat-
luiaaiii to hut three: OOoneotiout. Georgia. Ken
tucky and Hicbigan, to but fourTand Indiana, Kan-
aas, Louisiana, Missouri, Naw Hampshire, Rhode
bland, Virginia ami Wisconsin, would be entitled to
lees than taro oaefi; while tboM provided for the
whole United Statea would ha lean in number than
tbe branch offioea furniahed far the convenience of
tbe public by the Weetern Union Teletpaph Com
pany at the hotels, docks, piers and other places in
the larger towns alone.
Tbe paper oonohalea ae follows;
The proposal presented to Cnngraaa is one which
the gorerumenia of Europe from which it professes
to draw its inspiration, bays never entertained. Mo
government then bas ever yet attempted to engage
m any poblie work by the destruction of the proper
ty of ita people, except after Just compensation.
Tbe recent example of Gnat Britain in aoquiximr tha
British lines of telegraph is eminently illustrative of
this national justice. Neither cavilling with the na
ture or condition of their structure, cheapening the
value of their property nor defaming the officers of
.any company, tbe British Parliament doubles tha
vatnation of Ub armies and pays a price therefor
which utiifld most fxirang.
In striking contrast to this, ia tbe enterprise pro-
transmitted; and the same aitangt is anmethnea
counted in several countries while those of the
Western Union Telegraph Company are counted
but ooce, although they may traveme thousands of
milco in reaching their destination. Making a prop
er allowance for the duplicates in counting in Eu-
Partia.aeeiaathisadvertteaneat.aad wantingthis Corn, muat not axanot It without tha meaei iaad-
vaaea. I am “on it- sysla. aad da aetlateal to 411 any mast order wtthaat thaOdflH la advance. earldo
not want aa order fer Dollar Coni without tha “dro-otaf** oomea with It. “RBMEMBBR THIS."
the aeana of continual but very daaattiwy chaf
fering. The anxiety was all on the port of the
laborers. This year, “Huff’s Comer" baa
AaSed to be a mart of labor, and wo bear that
a good many plantations in tha vicinity of Ma
con are fax tent of tbe supply of labor which
they had last year.
It is not worth while, then, to talk about
emigration as the cause of local deficiencies.
That would create a supply or a redundance in
aamc other places, and such a supply or ratkm-
danes cannot be found any where.
We mnat, in our judgment, lock for a solution
of tbe problem to a variety of censes—tha de
crease of the negro population—tha diversion of
their labor to other industrial pursuits—the
withdrawal of inure Being, but not considerable,
number* every year to farming on their own
aeeonnt and, lastly, tbs tremendous increase of
the demand for labor resulting from the high
prioe of cotton.
Planters, this year, are planning their agricul
tural enterprises with views ao widely different
from those which actuated than last year, that
few or nans of them would be ready to subscribe
to an exact transcript of (heir views and feelings
at that period. Consequently, what eras last
year considered a euffioent venture in an uncer
tain business, seems this year altogether meagre
and inadequate. Planters’ views have wonder-
folly enlarged and, by contrast, greatly exag.
gerate the actual diminution in the labor supply.
Now, the scarcity of negro labor, although it
retards the progress of public and private recu
peration, should, by no means, be regarded as
an nnmired evil It is warning in advance to
gtt ready for the great change in industrial
economy which it slowly hut surely coming upon
us, whether w* will or no, —
substitution of white for
W. A. HUFF.
14,012,000, at an average eost of 4109 cents each.
In no country in Europe is the telegraphic adarinte-
tration connected with the poatofllne In Prance
and Spain the telegraphs are under the control of
the Minister of tha Interior. In Bneria and Italy
tfaay belong to the Minister of Pnblio Works. In
Belgium the telegraph, rad ways and tbe poatofllce
form a general dtrioioo, under the Minister of Pub-
lick Works, faut are kept distinct. In Austria tha
administration of the twlagtnihe and the poatoffice
were, at onq time, united, bat it area found ex
pedient to separate them. In Switaarland tha tele
graphic organisation is nearly tbe same. In Prussia
J fUST RECEIVED.
I A lot of Early RUSE POTATOES,
Three weeks earlier than the Goodrich. Call
as* sample., at MACON 8BKD SrORR,
jjp m*.i a ,
Gen. Grant han written a letter to the Republican
Inauguration Committee, in which be sayi, that if
they consult his wishes, there will be no inaugura
tion balL
Wilson’s army UB will make bherman General in
place of Grant; Sheridan, Thomas and .Meade,
lieutenant Generate; Hancock and HaBeek, Major
Generate; and promotes to that rank McDowell,
Pope, Schofield, Howard, Terry, Ord and Can by.
The Philadelphia Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias,
is in session. The Pemmyl.aaia order numbers fifty
thousand members. The Supreme Lodge of tbe
rder meets in Bichmoad in March.
Of every demriptina. Baalish PEAS—imported
from Europe, which are far superior to the Pas* raised
In Pennsylvania. A few Choice H V ACIN I’ll BULBS
(doable), colored and flowered HYACINTH GLASS
ES. U. K. EVANS’
Seed Store.
agricultural la-
The eyee of our political economists are turned
to the ends of the earth in search of somebody
to put into the Southern cotton-fields when tbe
negro shall pass away. We are opto our eye
brows in schemes for securing an immigration
from abroad, mainly, as we believe, to furnish
new supplies of fleld-Uborera who will take sub
stantially the places of the African in our old
Tha OhaHiaton Courier has been “charmed
into an eeeteey of admiration and delight,”
(poor fellow) by a basket at J^oaicas. Which
4h«* paper nays grew on atieeoaWeloome Farm,
now the property of our much esteemed friend,
Wm. Uffexhart, leq., at tbe bend of Bt^ afreet
road. Tkte tree, we are told, te at praeent fif
teen feet high, at least forty feet in cfamnnferv
«•» ia now proliflo of Hoorn, and beam daring
Dm season, speaking entirely within bounds,
net lam than 5000 of tbs choicest Japr-nmae
MY STOCK OP SUGAR. COPFEB, BALT and SYRUP la alwan asmsteta. and mr erieasaalow ai
Mules Strayed or Stolen.
'I'WO broke Male, ercaped from my stable lot Taes-
i daynisbt, and took the Uou ton orColambasroad.
One ia at nxdium.ixe, of a dark bay color, aad baa
a sear on hi* leftbind lee, near tbs fool. The other ia
FIVE HUNDRED BALMS PRIME HAT. aad TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED BUSHELS of SEED
OATS, for sals by
MORTGAGE SALE.
TTHDBRand by virtae ofe power of sals contained
VJ in a mnrlxace deed executed by Robert G. Mar-
ria.nn thojthd.y °r Augu-t. 1*7. 4s me as trusts,
for D. H. Baldwin, aad lo satisfy certain debts therein
specified, I will sell for cash, at pablie eatery, to the
hishwt Udder, in Georcetown, Quitman county,
Geortia. on Tuesday, tbe second day oil March next,
tha followln. descriuod real .slate, to-wit: Lais Nos.
255.363 and 281 ia tha Twenty-first District, coo tain-
ins tvs bandrad and two mad one-half acres each.
Also, fractional Lot No. 281, eontaiaina on* hundred
aad eisbty-Mvtn sod ons-balf acres, in the same Dis
trict. Alao.LstNo.l58,eontainins two bnndrcdland
two and mo half Hr**, in tbs Eighth Di.triet. Also.
Lot No. 274. in the Twenly-fbartbpistriet, containing
two hundred aad twoend one-balr neras. All of said
Aooording to the Yorkville (S. C.) Enquirers
planter in Edgefield District, in that State, tra
der a process similar to that proposed by Hr.
lands Ijinr and bring situated in the county of Quit-
m Tbe*su1d rfsseribrt'iandr I am informed, is now in
tbo possession of 8. Aonithr aad Nephews, of tha dry
-dteU^-New York. ^ ^ ^
Jsa22-dUw4t ' Mdm
Globe Flower, or Button Bush Syrup.
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