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He Telsgrapti ani Messenger.
OCTOBER 14. 1879.
Ph- teUema tc print a new Grant organ
in Washington Ms boon abandoned, those
who were expecting to put np the money
hatfng satisfied themselves that Grant is
getting along quite well enough without any
more organs.
—The wealthiest man in Kalamazoo, Mich.,
was approached to the street by an excited
little boy, who said: ‘Mister, my sister ie to
the flume, over there; if you’ll get her out
HI give yon a dollar.’ She man roscuodm
imperilled child. A few days afterward the
boy enured his office and put on bis desk a
dollar to small coin, having broken open a
toy bank and sold a hobby horee to raiao tho
anMat
• —Old Tom Pnrdi.0, 8ir Walter Soott’a
favorite attendant, once said: ’Them are
fine novels of yours, Bir Walter, they are
Just invaluable tome.’ lam glad to hear
it, Tom,’ returned the novelist. *168, air,’
said Tom; ‘for wheb I have been out all day
bard at |work, and como borne tired, and
take np one of yournovele, I’m asleep direct*
iy-’
—It was stated in a temperance meeting
yeeterdey, says tho New York Herald, that
he wine of the Hebrews .was the Jaloe that
naturally exudes from broken gropes, and
was intoxicating. Grapes may have acted
that way in Judea, but no vlneyardiat of tho
present day ever found euch Juice. Tho
‘first running,' as it la called, yields the best
wine, but millions of men have been mads
drunk by It. Tell na something that we can
believe, brethren.
—The official returns.of tie California
election have not yet been made up. In Ban
Francisco the Couite were compelled to mike
an order directing the election commission
ers to go on with the count, and they are
doing It with ae much deliberation as possi
ble, under the circumstance. If they have
good lock, it is probable the work maybe
finished by tho time the returns of the next
Presidential elootion come In.
—A good word for tho blackbirds is thus
epokon by the Natchitoches (La.) Vindica
tor: 'Our farmers tell ns that thousands of
blackbirds are ewsrming in the fields of cot
ton and destroying tho cotton-worm as thsy
go. Very few worms can bo found ‘washed
up’and tho planter feels good. Tho destruc
tion by the birds this year is accounted for.
only by the effects or the gams laws, which
are Just being felt.’
Gew. OsASTiXD ms FaiEsns.—A private
letter reosived to Washington from a mem
ber of Gen. Grant’s party eaysbe may not
get eo far east as Chicago before tho middle
of November. Ho proposes spending eome
days at Galena, hia former homo. It is un
derstood in army circles here that tha re
union of tho Army of fheTennesaeo at Chica-,
go will be postponed if necessary to secure
Gen. Grant’s presence. A number of per
sonal friends of Gen. Grant havo determined
to go to Chicago to meet him on (ho occa
sion of the reunion.
—The Bun has been reviewing an Albany
Democratic leader to the extent of a column,
and this leader kindly famishes tho vote
bofore It is cast or counted:
‘And you aro confident cf Robinson's re-
election?’
*Ferf eolly confident. Tho veto will be; for
Robinson, 475,000; for Cornell, 453,000; for
Kelly, 25,000; for Lewis, 15,000; and two or
three thousand for Hears, the Prohibitionist.*
Now, my informant bad certainly attemp
ted an audacious thing in deciding off-hand
what would bo done by a million intelligent
freemen on the 4th of November.
—The New York Times has sent its corps
cf interviewers to Chicago to get the views
of the leading men of that city about the
chief political eensation of the day—the ap
proach of Grant and the proepecte of his re-
nomination for the Presidency next year.
The Demoorata did not express themselves
very freely on the subject, but tho Bepub-
cans were quite unanimous to the opinion
that Grant’s nomination waa probable, and
would bo tantamount to an election, They
bold that tho third-term Objection la not
operative now. The objection to a third
term ia that a President to office, desiring a
longer lease, has lha potter to set up the
pins for hia own ronomlnation. As Grant
has been out of cffico one Intervening term
this objection cannot apply.
TTtnp Pan.—An English banker, Mr. New-
raaroh, who has bees bringing Tooke’e His
tory of Prices down to dato, has reached tho
conclusion that prices are now lower than a
any time since 1850, having very nearly fallen
to the figures of twenty-nine years ago.
Prom 1850 to 18S4 Mr. Nawmarch finds that
prices increased 72 per cent., tines then they
bavo fallen off, and stood In December, 1873,
only 4 per cent above the point at which they
eiarted. Tina return of current prices to
their original leyslhaa taken place in spite
ofanMnormoBS Increase to tho circulating
me (Bum of civilized countries. Tho produc
tion of the precious metals since 185)
amounts to $4,500,060,003, and the volume
of paper money to England, Franco, Germa
ny and the United States, has risen from
5375,000,030 to 89,473,C»0,COO, facts which
must make it extremely-denbtf at whether
prices are as much effected by the state of
the currency aa baa been suppose A
—'Obi I was barn yesterday; I am a m<.re
bad}!’ exclaimed Oetywayo, the dethroned
King of the Zulus, upon his arrival at Capo
Town on September 1G,' which waa noted
briefly by cable a few days ago. He was
looking with fixed gaze Upon the aoldiera at
drill with the wonders of a civilized town
around him. Oetywayo let loose hia toogue
to say farther: *1 was a child cf the British
government. My father (the English) came
tochaetlso me for wrong-doing. I caught
the stick with which ho wished to beat me
and broke it. I did wrong to fight him and
am punished, I am no IoDgeraking. The
English are a great people. They will not
kill those whQ fought with them.' I hope
the great Qaoen will pardon me.’ He was
accompanied to Capo Town by hia four wives*
font followers and a little girl. On one go*
caelon during tho journey thither he grew
sulky and'demanded that an entire ox should
boroutodfcrbiamoaL Ho hopes that the
Qaeen will.send him back to Znlnland, and
allow him ten wivoa,
—Speaking of the isfiaenc.o of charity kin
dergarlens on children who have been utterly
neglected at home, the New Education says:
‘The first few days the kindergarten la like a
menagerie of little wild beasts, tearing and
pounding each other, talking profane and
foul languago, rebellious, and selfish—all
the vices being displayed to miniature. In a
wceVs time order has dawned, for doligbtf ul
oocupations have chained attention; beauti
ful sights and sounds, and lovely sentiment®
sot to naneio, have charmed eye and ear and
heart; harmonious and dramatic plays have
been organized; kind words and caresses
have waked a new sense of enjoyment, and
to lose than a month It la a little, orderly,
docile, and compliant company, to whioh all
are agreeable to eaeh other, forming little
friendships and making sacrifices.’ And yet
there are people who feet that there are
practical difficnities in eat&b’.ithirg public
kindergartens in this country which hardly
can be overcome.
Tbs Indian Hobudhiss.—The tele-
grama to-day pat aa end to the long sus
pense abont Capt. Payne’s command, and
narrate the events of & protracted seige
They also tell ot a successful engage
ment with the Utes by General Merritt's
par.y, in which the Indians received a
cere chastisement.
Tiift Third. Term.
It ia^ considered and adjudged by the
New York stalwarts that the intervening
four years, to whioh Geo. Grant has been
kept in training on foreign soil for a third
raoe, has removed all possible objections
to a third term. These objections they
think are restricted entirely to the temp
tations to which an incumbent is exposed
to prostitute official influence to the con
trol of the ballot. '
That policy is now substantially affirm
ed in the Presidential vetoes, and their
universal justification by Republican
State conventions, in which tho right to .
superintend the ballot by Federal op- \ Herald. It was started a picayune sheet in
pointees, supported by the army of the
United States, is boldly affirmed.
The temptation to prostitute official in
fluence to control the ballot lies as muoh
against a second as a third term; nor la
the objeolion materially mitigated by a
little interim of not more than three
years, during all of which the incumbent
has been substantially before the people,
a candidate for re-eleotion and advooated
as the only man able to meet the demands
of the situation by reason of an arbitrary
temper—a despotlo^will and a military
habit of using the strong hand instead
of the milder legal and constitutional
remedies.
No more dangerous, disgraceful or
slanderoua plea can be imagined than
that which is everywhere nrged for the
third term. Dangerous, because'R will
belubstantially a decision of the people
against a government of law. Disgraceful,
because it will be a Substantial confession
that the American people are nnfifc for
the maxims and usages of self-govern
ment. Slanderous, because it seeks to
give ih9 foul misrepresentations of the
oatrage mill a special verdict of endorse
ment by the American people.
The real political objection to indefi
nite re-elections to the Presidency Is the
danger of establishing dynastic influence
in the country, snd this Is the very thing
the Grant third term Eeeka to do. It
presents him as the only person fit for
tho office—and if eo, for a third term,
ft will be more *j for a fourth. All this
is fatally at w.r with the true Kepubli.
can doctrines of rotation and a frequent
return to tho original eonree of power.
It makes the magistrate tho master, not
the servant of the people; and finds its
justification only in the theory that the
people are unfit for seif.governmsnt, and
mast have a master to dominate over
them. In a word the theory of impe
rialists and absolutists.
Tiie IJenfroe Verdict.
Speculating on tho verdict acquitting
Treasurer Renfroe, the question arises
what may be its moral ? If its moral is
fhnt the State is not entitled to tho infer.
est of her funds aa well as tho principal,
it certainly becomes important to show
who has gut a right to the interest. If it
belongs to the Treasurer there should
be some showing of law for the faot, and
in the absence of such law there ought- (o
be a fair division among the people.
If another moral dednoible from tho
decision is that the Treasurer can operate
with the State lands for his personal
benefit, than it surely beoomes a thing of
the first importance to fix and limit the
sphere of such operations, so as to re
strict him to safe investments. In the
Jaitfour or five years many and many a
fiduciary agent ruined his principal and
himself by over-hezardons specnlation
with his employer’s foods. He intended
to return the money and without loss,
and to make his jack meanwhile. But
things went awry and he last the mosey
and his character, merely beoanse the
specnlation misoarried. If he had won
and replaced the money, there is no rea
son in modern ethics to doubt that he
would havo been considered sharp and
honest. Therefore, if. we have .decided
that the State fedneiaries may cse the
State’s money for their own profit, then
wo repeat, the power to do so should be
confined to very safo investments, snd
tho safest description of depositories; for
it is those of a quite another sort that are
willing to pay high interest on deposits,
A. capital Frarry.
On Tnesday last n joocso motion to
substitute a removal of the State Capital
for an appropriation for a capital build
ing, ended In an explosive debate
strongly exhibiting a lively sense of error
in the selection of Atlanta for the seat of
government. All that was said in the
Honse against Atlanta for that fnnetion,
was said long ago by thfs paper dating
tho canvass for tbe seat of government;
but the argument went for nothing, for
tho presiding jadge in the case was Afri
ca.
It is no time now for reargument, and
we must not go into fits because every
body’s just apprehcnsions*are realized.
It is extremely probable that the new
State Constitution will be changed by
common consent inn few years, and then
perhaps, there may be an opportunity to
revise the decision in reference to tho
capital. Until then it strikes us there
can bo no chance for a change.
Spending (lie Koons Economi
cally.
N. Y. Herald.I
There was peaso west of tbe Mississippi
a generation since, h:cause then (ha white
man and the Indian were not to each other’s
way. Since then .be white man has swarm
ed out that way; he has built cities and rsil-
roids, he rues stages, hunts the buffalo,
raises com and distils whiskey, and there ia
contact and friction between tho ncBB. Tho
country west of tho Mississippi Valley is to
the same condition to tide respect that the
Atlintio coast region was in two hnndred
yeirs ago. and if tne white man is eventual
ly to occupy all that country, as we believe
h9 it, and unless we are to give way to “the
noble red man,” we must adopt a systemat
ic pelioy for such an energetic repression of
bis revolts as will inolino him to peaceful
habits. One of these days the people out
there will tike cate of themelves, but for
ten or twenty years to come the government
must protect them, and it must proteot
them against yearly revolts of the Indiana.
And the first step to betaken istoincreaso
the army to at least fifty thousand men.
With only the present dislurbance to deal
with we are compelled to send one or two
companies to bo murdered where one or two
regiments would force submission; and that
is a shameful and cowardly sacrifice of men
from pitiful views of .economy.
A Startling Phase or Speculative
Insurance was developed in Lebanon,
Pa., last Sunday, wherein an old man
living alone died suddenly, and it was
afterwards discovered tnat a number of
prominent citixens;of the place.tn no way
connected with him, had taken risks on
his life amounting In gross'to twenty
thousand dollars. The Insurance com
panies demand an investigation. Thsy
want to know how it came so, and refuse
to pa/ until they are folly able to com
prehend the thnsnesa of the matter,
.If you cannot take the baby to the coun
try^ use Dr. Ball’s Baby ttyrup for tbe usual
diseases of (arly cbildhcocL I’rioe 25 ecu's
a belt e. ,
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Nxw York, October 4,1879.
The writer, it will be perceived, has
changed bis base again from Philadelphia
to the great Eastern metropolis, and by
the graoe of God, will sail jfor his South
ern home to-day in tho staunch steam
ship Savannah.
A BILLIONAIRE JOURNALIST.
When in Philadelphia, we called upon
Mr. Geo. W. Childs, the noted and opu
lent proprietor of the Ledger. His jour
nai, in its rapid rise and astonishing sue.
cess, ia only eclipsed by the New York
183G,ond now numbers subscribera by the
hnudred thousand and yields a net In
come the year round of
OHX THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAT
to thelowner. Mr. Childs is said to be ex
ceedingly liberal in his charities, and hia
manners are thoselof a cultivated and cour
teous gentleman. In politics, however,
tho writer differs from him teto eoelo. We
were shown all through the Ledger build
ing which is one of the most magnifioent
structures on Chestnut street,and doubt
if a better appointed printing establish
ment exists on the globe. The presses were
immense in size and power, and worked
with antomstlo precision. Every issne of
the Daily is stereotyped at heavy oobI,
and the plates, after tbe lapse of a week,
remelted and cast ov«r again.
The proprietor
owns a paper hill
and mannfaotnres all of the news and
jobbing stock he oensames. To give come
idea of the expenditure of mousy in this
establishment, the private sanolum of the
editor, a chamber not fifteen feet square,
was famished, gilded, frescoed and orna
mented, at a ooat of $30,000.
This is anti-republican, some would
say. But a man has a right to do what
he pleases with his own. The room is
simply superb.
Last Saturday the advertisements of
the Ledger footed np two thousand dol
lars. We print these foots simply for the
enoonragement of impeounious Southern
journalists. There is nothing like try
ing.
NOW, AND THEN.
That intensely Radical oonoern, “The
Harpers/' published a work befora the
war, by Charles Mackey, LL. D., F. S.
A., entitled ‘‘Life and Liberty m Ameri
ca,” wbioh seems to have fallen still-born
at the North, for now it only occupies a
place on the odds and ends shelves of
tbe street bookseller. We have always
had a fancy for sampling these gathered
waifs by the wayside, which ore usually
made up from the scattered libraries of
decayed families sold at auction, and not
nnfrequently havo discovered rare and
ancient volumes long since out of print,
and extremely valuable. Often prico-
less literary treasures may be thus ob
tained at a*mere nominal price. Halting
atone of these book stands tho writer
scanned the pages of Dr. Mackey's work,
and found much to interest.
Tho picture drawn of plantation life
and tbe attachment of toaster and slave
was both true and graphic. But how
would the Harpers cf to-day relish the
following remark of the Doctor, with tbe
accompanying verse from a negro refrain:
“Tho whites of the North object to a
negro because
HE EUELLS.
They state that he ia almost as offen
sive as a skunk. The negro hymn has
it than
“Do lord Ho lub de nigger well.
He knows ae nigger bj de smell;
And when de nigger children cry
De Lord He gib em possum pj e.”
So much for Sambo’s real standing at
the North, according to this book print-
el by “Harpqr Brothers.”
SABbATH IN DOtLKSTOWN.
On Saturday evening the writer went
over to this pleasant Pennsylvania vil
lage, distant but a few miles, and rested
over Sunday with hia friend, General
W. W. H. Davie, editor of tho Democrat,
a reliable and influential sheet; Heavy
frosts had killed tbe corn and vegeta-
tion, and the poplars and sugar maple
trees bad put on all their autumnal
glory. Hero there are no forests, only
occasional patches of wood, often reared
by cultivation. The landscape undu
lates, and everywhere the church spires
of villages and neat farm houses greet
the eye. Viewed through the clear az
ure of a September asmosphero with
these
0ASK3 OF WOOD
gorgeously painted by the hand of tiro
Creator, tbe scene ia transcsndently beau
tiful and wholly unlike anything to bo
found in onr thinly populated State.
We went with the General to tho
Episcopal Church in the morning and
beard an interesting disconrse, showing
God’s dealings with tbe people of this
country, and containing a succinuiaeoount
of its early settlement and thtfn rials of
tbe emigrants. The application of tho
subject went to show that the Lord was
still extending the bounds of his temporal
kingdom, and all therefore shonid aid the
causa of missions, and zealously help to
carry on the good work.
At night we attohded tho Presbyterian
church, a noble etractnre that cost $35,-
COO, and has a membership of near 400
persons. Tho paBtor, Rev. Dr. An
drews, is a North Carolinian by birth,
and for
roBTT-XIGHT TEARS
hash oken unto this people the “bread
of lir.." He was educated at Princeton,
and is still possessed of great life and
vivaoity. This church was his fust and
has been his only charge. Of course the
people he has served for generations love
and revere him. The Doctor preached
an excellent extemporaneous sermon, and
his mind seemed to retain all the strength
and vigor of earner years. Long may
be live to go in and ont before the de
voted people of his charge. The next
morning found us in Philadelphia again.
Oar misston there ended, the writer re
turned to New Yoifc.
TAMM ANT AND ANTI-TAMMANY.
This is the preposterous question that
now convulses and divides tho Dsmoora-
cy of the nation’s metropolis. Ucterly
oblivions to tho baleful effects upon the
party and country, there factions contin
ue to wage a meroiless warfare upon each
other. At preaent a great struggle is
going on in the Polioa Board of Com
missioners on the question'whether Tam
many should be allowed a voice in the
appointment of the registrars and super
visors of tbe pending elootion. Tho
haughty denizens of the “old wigwam”
seem to be weakening, however, and
Kelly loses ground every day. If the re
sult of this contest sonld
WITZ OUT TAMMANY FOREVER,
then indeod, might the Democracy
of the country rejoice at the issue
that ha3 been made That organiza
tion for long yeaiBhas been nothing
more than a tyrannical marplot in
the regular Damaciatio programme,
causing more than once the loss of the
great State of New York to the party.
Let na hope that these dissensions will
next year paint a moral that will be
heeded by every man who calls himself a
Democrat, North or Soalh. Divided
among ourselves and with independents
in the field, what can be reasonably ex
pected save another lesas of Radical rule,
with its corruption and long train of evil
consequonoes.
THE LATE WALKING MlTC2.
We have refrained from alluding to
this contest, whioh oreated such a sensa
tion for a whole week, bscause it was a
disgrace to the eonntry, and moreover
pronounced a fraud by ail the knowing
ones. But the excitement at tho bulletin
boards of the several newspapers which
made honrly statements of the progress
of the waikists, was ludicrously intense.
They were so many ont-door
GAMBLING HELLS,
where bets went circling around,
and oaths, drinking and pooket-
picking were the usual con
comitant*. Hundreds of thousands of
dollars obangsd hands when the race was
ended. No great battle or disastrous
convulsion cf nature could have oreated
exoitement more profound. Wba a
oomment upen the morality and go d
tense of our people I
MB. TALXAGI AT NOME.
This great preacher and lecturer has
returned from his European tour, and
was greeted by his admirers with a tre
mendous ovation. Bab his enemies, too,
have not been idle, and their name is le
gion. One illustrated paper, whioh is
conspienously placed on the streets, eon-
tains several ridiculous caricatures of the
Tabernacle divino. Among them is his
reception by a long train of his congre
gation with
ASSZ8 HZAD3
upon their shoulders. Another pietnre
shows the Presbytery kicking him out of
their meeting. Siill anotber depiots the
lugubrious countenance of thechuroh
board of trustees as they meet and give
their pastor the cold shoulder. The
whole is most grotesquely exaggerated
and colored, and cannot fail to provoke a
laugh. Such is fame.
FARTING WOBD3.
We cannot cIobo this hasty letter, pen
cllled on the eve of embarking for Savan
nah, without giving some feoble expres
sion of the writer’s sorrow at the sad in
telligence of the untimely decease of the
lovely Mrs. Thomas B. Gresham. Brief
indeed was her career, bat it waa strewed
with fragrant flowers and has awakened
nought but pleasant memories. Seldom
bos any one filled a larger space in the
affections of a community. Beautiful in
person bright andohtoy In her man
ners, a devoted Christian, a true friend,
a public spirited woman, an exemplary
wife, mother, and daughter, where in
deed conld it be said that
she was lacking in any Christian grace or
earthly adornment.
Bat the Savionr has called her home,
and how consoling it is to know that
through all the cyles of eternity she will
ever shine as an angel of light, and be
free from the pains and ills of this life.
The death of this excellent lady has
doubtless oast a gloom upon the socioty
of your city. May God comfort her be
reaved husband and father and mother.
H. H. J.
Dr. Moffett’s Teethina (Teething Pow
ders) removes and prevents the formation
of worms in children. No remedy equals
it.
Boosting Tbzib Bows.—The Ban publish
es from the report of the special committee
of tho Senate, appe-nted to investigate the
affaire of the Freedman’s Bank, the follow
ing statement of the expenses of the com
missioners appointed to wind np the Bank,
from Jnly, 1874, to Deoember, 1878:
Salaries of Commissioners from
July 13,1874, to Ncv. 33,1578.. 839,558 Sa
Salaries of agents 64.229 67
Advertising, stationery, express-
age, postage, and other ordinary
expenses 11,761 C9
Attorneys’ foes and coats 31,373 82
Bents 9,23132
Expenses incident to loans, insu
rance, advertising, auctioneers’
fees, expenses of foreoloauro,
&C £8,236 34
Expenses incidont to the main
tenance of properties, insuran
ce, repairs, fuel, gas, &o 40,145 01
Taxes and arrearsgesof taxes.... 78,785 30
Prior encumbrances 12,381 51
Miscellaneous expenses, &o 8,096 39
Total $318,763 64
This shocking array of plunder of the poor
negroes.’ deposits amounts to about throe-
fifths of a dividend of 20 por cent, on the
whole amount of the deposits.
Batter—Good and Bad.
The quantity of had butter madoin
this country is surprising, not in the West
and South only, where farmers and
planters do not understand and do not
care to learn tho art of making it, but in
the Middle States, and even in New
England, where it is better made than
anywhere else. The chief trouble ia ig-
borance as to the method of workifig but*
ter. Comparatively few work out tho
buttermilk, abd consequently tho butter,
however sweet at first, will not keep. A
great many people, fortunately for their
palates, havo no idea what good butter
is, being actually incapable of telling
good from bad. Bata great many oth
ers know so well that they can noteat
any but tho b03t, and the best is very
hard to get, and "cry expen
sive also. Even in great
cities like New York, Boston, Chioago,
and Cincinnati, good butter can cot be
bad except nt what is called a fancy prioe.
Here, for example, many families are
obliged to pay 50 cents a pound during
spring and summer, $1.00 a pound dar
ing autumn and winter for prim9 butter.
Philadelphia butters,as it is named, com
mands 75 conts to $1.00 the year round.
The first-class hotels and restaurants al
ways have exoellcnt butter; they are
obliged to havo it. Bat the moment yon
leave them, tho batter is precarious, oven
suspicious. Indeed you very rarely get
it. Not nearly enough good butter is
made to supply tho demand of any ordi-
nary rates. You muBt pay donblo price
to ssouro it. It is nearly as easy to
make good as it is to make poor butter;
bnt farmers have cot yet found it out. It
competent persons would go through the
oonntry instructing others bow to make
batter, it would be an important and
benevclent woork. What the quality of
butter was m enoient times is unknown.
Many people think it a modern artiolo
of food, but it seems to hfsve been used
largely by the anoient Hebrews. The
earliest diatinot mention or it is by He
rodotus, and frequent reference ie made
to it by writors of the eame
age. The old Greeks and Romans
employed it ae sn ointment in their
batbs, the former gaining their knowl
edge of it from tho Uoytfcians, Thra
cians and Phrygians,,while tho RomanB
got butter from Germany. Ia Southern
Europe it is now very sparingly used,and
in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Southern
Franco it is sold by apothecaries medi-
oslly, for external application. Tbis is
the greatest butter making State in tho
Union, about one-fourth of all tho butter
in the country being produced by New
York— Ohantanqna, Delaware, Chenan
go, Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Oraugo and
Ot3ego, exceeding all other counties
Something like 140,000,000 pounds nro
said to be made in tho entire oountry.and
its value 13 estimated at some.$70,000.-
000. If butter were properly mado, the
value of tho product would be nearly
doubled. Wo eorely need mis
sionaries in tho cause of good batter.—
New Tori: Times.
Charleston Hews and Courier.l
Mosers. Alonza J. 'Whito & Son sold at
auction yesterday 1,000 shares of South Car
olina liailrcad stock at $9.64 a share. A lot
ot 135 shares was put up with the privilegoof
tbe whole. Tbe Bale was opened with a bid
of $5 a share by Mr. John S. Biggs, whioh
was increased by P. Campbell to $6 a shire.
The bids wore tnen run np rapidly to $3 by
Meters. Cochran & Alexander, John 8.
Biggs and Edward Moreland. Bine dollars
a snare was then bid by Mr. Campbell. Mr.
Morelad bid ®9.12>£, Mr. Biggs $9.25, Mr
Moreland $9,27)4* By bids of one and two
cents the price then advanced to $9 SO a
share. Two bids of five cents then raised
theprico.to$9.49, and by degrees theprico
was inn up to $9 60 a share. The bidding
then began to fat. iff, and with difficulty
crawled up to $3.54, at which price the etocs
was kaocucd down to Messrs. Cochran &
Alexander, who took tho 1,003 shares at
that price.
Banco for SlcKce.
Chattanooga Timee.l
McKee of the Seims, Alabama, Argus, is
whooping up for John Kelly, vast what he
moans by i. wo can’t Beo, unless tho Tamma
ny bar’l has been tapped in that quarter, or
rather the anti Tilden bar’!. We only tug.
geatibis as a ; possible explanation. There
are a sot of persons and newspapers who in
variably explain every wo;d ot rdnlation or
defenao of Tilden by pointing at Simmy’s
bar’i; and we think eauos for tho goose
should be sauoa for the gander.
Boston Herald.l
The N6W York World, speaking as one
having knowledge, says that, before many
months have gone by, tbe tine history of the
proceedings in the last and present Congress
will appear, whereto it will be seen that no
representative southern man, neither Mr.
Bayard, nor Mr. Hill, nor Mr. Lamar, nor
Mr Hampton, nor any man of that stamp,
either in the Donate or in the House, urged
or aavueo starving the executive o. fatten*
i'K “needed repeals’’ on appropriation
bills. .
GOVERNOR B.
A PABODEE..
BY X. X. K.
It wm many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
There lived a man whom you may know,
By the came of Governor B—
And this man be lived with never a
thought,
Bnt of ns, and a liberal fee.
He was wild, and ws were riled
In this kingdom by the sea,
Bat we played a game that was more than
We anil Governor B,
And that is tho reason, aa all men know
The army law would have snatched us
sure,
In this kingdom by the sea.
For a blue coated gang from the North did
oome,
With a star spangled rag,
And a terrible dram, . ,
Looking for him and we,
But he sat on tbe fence,
And he warned them hence,
As he sat twlxt them and we,
Yes, he warned them hence,
Aa he sat on the fenoe,
As h9 balanoed tnixt them and we.
And cow an the night time, we lay down on
ettr side,
Of tbis kingdom by tbe sea,
And swear when we think, of the true in*
- wardneas
Of the fence and the libera fee,
That the stars may dim.
And the moon boat her rim,
But be shall Governor B—
Shall sit on the fence, forever more henoe,
And balance twlxt others and we.
COUNTY COURT.
Enlistment! for tbe chain Gang,
Yesterday several cases were disposed
of in (the county court—a triple case
againat Ben Goolsby, Joe Bowman and
Aaron Bowman, all colored laborers in
the Howard District. They were tried
for stealing ootton from the plantation
of Captain R. E. Park. The cotton was
taken from a cotton house on the place.
Ben Goolsby was found guilty, and sen
tenced to eleven months, Jos Bowman
was found not guilty by the court, and
Aaron Bowman demanded a trial by ju
ry*
James alias Knox Tilly, who has just
served out a term on tho ohain gang, was
up for an old offense of larceny from the
house. He is quite a noted thief among
his color. His case was postponed until
next Saturday.
Robert Stevens, tho darkey, who so
liberally helped himself to tbe contents
of the Lanier House wine cellar, waa
brought bofore tho court and plead guil*
ty. Ho had threo bottles of whisky in
his coat which was hang np in a seclu
ded place, and one abont hie person, all
of which had been freely consulted.
There were ample evidences of hie dep*
redation on several demijohns of the
eame article. He was quite intoxioated
when arrested, although etill endeavor
ing to do the work in the oellar, for
which he waa engaged. For his thefts
ho will serve the county six months.
Excitement tn Albany.
A day or two sinco a Macon man was
in Albany, in a certain warehouse quietly
engaged in Eooial chat with tho proprie
tors, whin the scene was suddenly trans
formed into one of intense excitement.
Tho ubiquitous small boy of the estab
lishment was, when the Maconito ehtcr-
o 4 } careering the front; door po3t and
gazieg anxiously up tho street. Ho sud
denly camo rushing in and breathlessly
announced that “Greer was coming.’
Instantly tho bead of the house stepped
into tho iron vault, and the heavy door
went to with a thud, tho chief clerk
wound his length up to the empty but
friendly box, and another partner dived
beneath the coantor and was cffeotnally
hidden from view, while the remainder
of the force fled precipitately oat of tho
baok door. Tho Macon man began to
think “Greer” wa3 eome escaped mad
man or desperado, who whs spoiling for a
fight and after reaching for the place
of tho pistol on tho hip, and finding
nothing but a taok hammer and a bench
ot keys, began to look for a place of Bafe
ty, and entrenched himself behind a bale
of sheeting. The small boy went ont to
meet the enemy, snd as he waa a lineal
decendant of the original G. XV., an
swered tho interrogations promptly.
Our informant soon lound that the
enemy was an innocent bailiff on a wild
hunt for jurors. The question was asked,
where is the proprietor? He bad just
gone to dinner.
Where is Mr. ? Ho was out of
tho city, and that small boy, with tho
fertile imagination, continued to locate
the members of tho firm in a manner
whioh did him great honor. At last
“Greet” sorrowfully took the pad,and one
by one the absentees returned and fell on
the neck of tho Bmsll boy and wept. When
all had returned the; joined hands, and
carrolied a little song to the email boy >
who con cat a cherry tree and lay it on
the frost, and who can meet a bailiff face
to face and quail hot before bis gaze.
The Jackson Combination Troupe.
Commencing next Monday evening the
Jackeon Dramatic Combination will open
an engagement of three nights with t
matineo on Wednesday. The troupe ha
with it a star in the person of Miss Anni e
Eojle, a, Virginia lady. The troupe while
in Mao an will present Charlie Bess, the
Pearl of Savoy and Fanohon tho Crio hr
et. The Atlanta Constitution to notic
ing her performance in that city says:
The Fanchon of Miss Boyle was indec
an exquisite creation. There was a time
to the history of the American stage
when Maggie Mitchell, the great original
oiicket, held, as if by dvino right of
genius, the supremo place in the delinea
tion of tbis delocato and diffiouit charac
ter, but that time has parsed, never to
retain. Age and ugliness, those twin
faoes of dramatio qasenB, have set their
seat upon her face and form, and tho
roses have been driven cut by the
wrinkles. True, the diamond still spark
les within the oaeket, bnt the casket, alas,
is defaced, its brightness among tho
things that were. Make way, then, for
the sew queen, who in tho person of
Miss Anna Boyle, now wears tho crown,
for to*dsy,Ehercigcs supreme in tho glori
ous Cricket. Her laughing eyes her flowing
hair, her wilohing grace, her shapely
form, her airy molioa, her mellifiuoas
voice seems gifts of nature for the very
patt—and as she flits with wayward grace
amid tho shadow dance, or repels with
noble toora the traveling peasants, cr
veeps upon the breast o£ oldF-det at
sight cf her dress of shreds and patches,
or melts tho heart of otsru old Baibeaud
by her matchless pleading, or hides tho
deathless love ehe feels for Dan dry only
to make it plain, or last of all olings
abont the neok of him for whre^love she
had braved every trial, ws fottol tho ac
tress and seemed to ^tand amid the sun
ny hills of pleasant France, where Fan
chon lives and moves and has her being.
Pood greatly benefits when properly given
at the right periods, but to overfeed the baby
is to eioken it, -and induce a degree ot tuf-
fering; Dr. Bull's-Baby Dyxup is the beet
remedy for the discomfort arising fro***' -
feeding the baby. ■ Prioa 25
Cotton look a. eighth ..vanco'yestor-
day.
TBE JASPER CENTENNIAL.
Off 1 For Savannah.
Last evening the Sseoad Georgia Bat
talion, consisting ot three of the Maooa
military companies, left for Savannah, to
take part in the Jasper Centennial. They
were the Macon Volunteers, under com
mand of Captain Carnes, the Floyd Rifles
under Captain Hardeman, and the
Mitchel Light Guards, commanded by
Captain MoManna. They were joined
at the depot by the Baldwin Blues, of
Milledgeville, commanded by Captain
Walker.
The companies presented a gallant ap
pearance. They will be commanded by
the battalion officers to Savannah, and
will present a fine show.
Cook’s Brlcaae Reunion.
The reunion of' this brigade which is
to take plsoo on the 29th tost, at the
State Fair, is attracting a great deal of
nterest, and It will be the largest reunion
of the eoldiers of a Georgia command
that has ever token plaoe in Georgia,
While many who survived the field have
laid down their arms to the warfare of
life, many etill remain to tell the story
of the bygone days and a goodly repre
sentation will be on hand. Tho veterans
will be cordially xeoeived to Macon.
Efforts are now being made to get up a
grand banquet for the brigade 1
It is thought $500 can readily
be raised,whioh affords a very handsome
entertainment. It is probable oil of tbe
companies in the city will tender the
nsnal courtesies of their armorieB to the
visiting ex-soldiers. Among those who
will certainly bo present will be Captain
Peyton Pitts, of Jones county,
who went ont from that county in
command of a company. Lotlors are
being received from others who were
prominent in the oommacd announcing
their intention of being present. Cap
tain F. T. Sneed, of Montezuma, who
held tbe position of Adjutant General,
will also be present at the reunion.
Haveriy's Minstrels Last Night.
Perhaps in the whole realm of min
strelsy there ia not a troupe more capable
of giving a highly satisfactory perform
ance then that of Haverly’s Minstrels,
who appeared at Ralston Hall la3t even
ing bofore a pnoked gallery and a fair
audience down stairs, to an entertain
ment unequaled for novel variety, and
attractiveness. The applause accorded
them was demonstrative, genuino and
well deserved. A remarkable feature of
the performance was a freedom in the
programme from anything bordering on
the vulgar or darkened with tho slightest
shadow of unrefinement. The jokes
were new acd sparkling, the singing of a
nature approaching melodious perfect
ness, while the dancing was indeed ex
cellent. Tho audiecco was borne away
in laughter by the- comicalities of tho
ten end men.
B. G. Little sang the bass solo, “The
Banjo now Hangs Silent on the Door” in
a remarkably deep voice. “Yes ho did,”
The dancing by Wm. Allen on a pedestal
only fifteen inches square and four feet
high was wonderful good,
As far as onr observation extends, we
accord to Wallace King the finest tenor
voice possessed by any colored man in
the world, , to fact, almost without an
equal, either whito or black. All the
other specialties were admirably per
formed.
Tho entertainment closed with the
great festival, “Uncle Ben’s Twins,"
after which the audience dispersed with
the unanimous opinion that Haverly’s
Minstrels had indeed wrought a revolu
tion to modern minstrelsy, and presen
ted the most excellent entertainment wit
nessed in Macon to man; years.
Tbe Runumeni.
All of the blocks of stone and maible
of the monument have now arrived and
the work of placing them in position is
now aotively in progress. The work is in
tbe bands of Mr. William Ooonsn, of the
firm of Muidoon & Go., of Louisville,
who has had great experience in the erec
tion of some ot the most imposing mon
uments of the State. He is thoroughly
competent to do the work, and it will be
skillfully done.
The work of raising tbe base is to the
hands of Mr. A. C. Bobbins, and when
completed tho work will be turned over
to Mr. Coonan. Yesterday the holes,
to which are to be placed posts for the
support of the derrick, were being dug.
They will be sunk at least six feet in the
earth, and will be distant one hundred
feet from the base of the mpnunient.
The derrick itself will be forty-three feet
in height, and will be of the most sub
etantiai character. We learn from the
contractor of the job that the blockB
composing the monament are as massive,
if not more so, than any ho has erected
□ tho Sontb.
The inscription selected and published
with a few changes, has been pencilled
on tho stone, acd is now being cut. Tbe
unveiling ot the completed structure da
ring tho fair will attract an immense
crowd to tho city. Tho ceremonies will
be very imposing. One of the moBt
brilliant orators of the South will be se
lected, acd the event will be a grand one,
not only to tbe history of Macon, bnt of
the State.
The Northern nail,
On account of the change ot schedule
on tho Georgia Railroad the Northern
mail now arrives at 6:30 o’clock in the
evening, instead of 5:30 as formerly.
Binohas Torah Hod.
This evening there will be given a hop
under the aospioes of the Hebrew Young
Men’s Literary Association, at their hall.
The committee consists of Messrs*
John Hartz, Sam. Altmayer, M. J. Mor
tise, M. 8. Kalowaki and Joseph Fried.
Divine Services nt the Irnscosac.
c To-day being the Jewish feaBt of
“Suhimini Azerotb,” there will; be ser
vices held at the Synagogue this morn
ing at 8:30 o’clock. To-night is the “Eve
of‘Simchath Dorah.” There also, will be
services held 9:30 o'clook p. m., aa well
as to-morrow morning, 9:30 o’clock.
Died in Twins County.
We regret to learn of the death of Mrs.
J. D. Jones, ot Twiggs county, who died
a day or tWo since.- She was Miss Wim
berly, and a sister of Miss Hannah Wim
berly, whose death oeenrred a few weeks
since. She was the wife of Colons
Jones, one of the prominent members of
tho Twiggs oonnty bar.
An Arrest.
It took several policemen last night to
oarry a rural citizen to the barracks who
had imbibed too much of the “rosy” and
was creating considerable of a distur
bance about Ralston Hall- entranoe. In
the melee, the pants of officers Murphy
and Cronin were nearly torn off them by
tbis infariated son of Bacchus. .,,
Lsrtt crowd.
A large crowd left on both tho Central
and Brunswick road for Savannah
last evening. The SavannahiahnB
will to-day have all they can take care
of; bnt then Savannah knows how to en
tertain her guests. The Jasper Centen
nial will certainly be a great success so
far as a crowd can make it.
The corner tuns of the Monument.
We learn that there is still a small
amount of room in the box of tho corner
stone of tbo monument, and any contri
butions submitted to the committee of
arrangements, which may be deemed
worthy by them, will be placed in the
box. The box ia now about two thirds
full, and will be closed in a few days.
Brevities.
Work i3 going on very fast at the Park
and tho race track will soon be up to the
highest standard of excellence.
The ladies of the First Baptist Church
aro requested to meet at the church at
at 8 o’clock this morning, to put it in or
der for tho meeting of the Association.
This evening the Hebrew Young Men’s
Literary Association will entertain their
nnmerons friends at their hall. It is
expected that the event will bo rtchertht
os no izoabia nor expense is spared by
tbe committee to mako it such. Over
one hundred couple are expected to join
in tsrpsichoreau pursuits. KessUr’e
baud will bo in attendance.
Attention ie oalled to tho ndvostiremset
of M. Greenberg, the taller, which np -
pears elsewhere.
Sillie Johnson, colored, was fined $2.5
in tbe Police Coart, yesterday morning,
hut’s being the only case before that tri
bunal,
A warrant was token jeaieriiy tee a
colored yonth by the name of Taisy
Moore, for throwing rocks to the annoy*
ance of tho neighbors. A warrant has
also been taken for him for stealing $7,
from a parly for whom he had bsen
working. '
The Baldwin Bluee took'aupper at the
Brown Honse last evening.
Philosophers say that affairs shonid al«
ways be conducted with a view to the great-
eet good of thtr greatest number. Dr.
Dul.’d Uougn Syrup lras demon*rated itae t
be of the g.eateat good to the granted
uunber of sufferer*.
Mercer University sWlarahipa
The Mayor and Council have given no-
tice'thab there are vacancies of five free
scholarships to Mercer University to b9
filled by the board. These scholarships
are made vacant by graduation and other
causes. The city is by the agreement made
with the University entitled to twelve per
petual free scholarships in tbe University.
It is likely the competition for these
places will be quite spirited, as there are
quite a number of boys prepared to en
ter college who will readily avail them
selves of the opportunity to apply for
these places. Applications can now be
filed in the Clerk of the Council’s office.
The boon of a college education is not
to be sligbtea, and tbia fact will be ap-
preoiated.by many ot our school boje.
| ■ a 4 i -M- ’ ■■*»
in 4 Critical Condition.
The little girl who was ebot by her lit*
tlo brother, Jimmie Valentino, on Troup
Hill, was yesterday to a critical condi
tion. The oocurcnte was purely accident
al, The little fellow, wholia a mere lad,
not knowing the pistol was loaded, was
playing with it in his hand when it wa 3
fired, the hall entering his hand above
the thumb and passing out into his eis
let’s arm, shattering the bone. It seems
that tho pistol was not his, bnt hb and a
playmate at school had temporarily ex
changed weapons, he giving an Alabama
sling for the pistol, an old single barreled
affair. Parents cannot be too oarefol to
watching their ohildren and preventing
their having fire arms, especially unloaded
guns and pistols.
Small and large investments (from $25 to
$10,003), in the combinations of Messrs.
Lawrenco & Co., pay large profits. This
new and suoseearal system unites thousands
of Orders from customers into one immense
capital, and is managed with the best ekilt
and experience in the stock market. Profits
are shared pro rata by customers every
month. Shareholders thus obtain ail the
advantages of large capitalists. Thousands
aro rapidly making money, and man; havo
acquired handsome fortunes by tbis safe
and legitimate method, which haa been
among the most successful of the move
ment* of the Block Exchange. $25 will
lncke$125, or 6 per cent., $100 will return
$500, $500 Will net $3,000, eto., according to
the state of the market. New explanatory
circular, with “unerring rales for auccees,
muled to all applicants by Messrs. Lawrenoe
A Go, Hankers, 57 Exchange Place, New
York City.
Fersunni.
Mr. Cliff B. Grimes of Columbus left
riaet evening for Savannah. His friends
are always glad to see him in the city.
General Phil Cook, Ex-Governor H. V.
Johnson, and £. H. Hawkins and family
of Americas, were at the Brown Hooso
last evening.
Mr. B. Dab has opened the Planters’
Hotel to Augusta a with full list of arri
vals. The Planters’s and has n fine xepu*
totion to in Agusta with the traveling
public, and Mr. Dub is woll pleased with
his new location.
Mr. Ford, the courteous avant courier
of the Fo-d Juvenile Pinafore Company,
is in the city arranging for the appear,
ance of the esmpany next week.
Mr. Elam Christian, of the Sparta
Times and Planter, was to the oity yes
Jsstday, and favored ns with a call.
Miss Mary Bradford, of Columbus, is
visiting Mrs.' W. R. Kent.
Mr. W. E. Mumford, of the Talbcttoa
Standard, was in Macon yesterday, with
bis face sat Savannah-word.
Mr. W. T. Christopher, of the Atlanta
Phonograph, passed through Macon yes
terday for Savannah.
The members of the press with one
consent throughout the State are going
to attend tho Jasper Centenniel in Sa
vannah.
ntLeura
remedies
1NG8, AND IRRITATIONS.
Tho testimonial! ot Der-nunent cures o/ Skin
gggfgaaasaags*
wonderful than any ever before fierioaaedln
sgKsagBSSSMSSte
StagggaMfJSaS'ajB
thus destroying the poieonouj el*menrl »;.k
which these vessels hare been daily cbareld ^
Cuticura. the great Skin Cure. appliScitrr.
nrily. arrests all unnatural or moibid growthi
which cover the surfseeof the di6.«««i
sndtu^swithScaly.Itchingandl^tiMhu!
mors, speedily it remove, them. lesriog ih^s-M
m^Uer. hy ‘ mUWefr0ia
Thus internally and externally do these great
remedies sot in conjunction, performing
thathareastonishedt*e moat noted55*55
Salt leu for 30 Tears
ON THE HEAD. FACE AND GREATER PART
„ OF TUB BODYOUBHD.
Messrs Webxb A Poxwra—Gentlemen: t
have been a great sufferer with Salt Rheum for
SOyesrs, commencing in my bead snd face and
extending over the greater port of my body. I
tune taken gallons ot medicines for the blood of
different kinds, and tried good physicians, all ot
which did mo no good, and I camo to tho conclu
sion that I could not bo enrod. Bat a friend
called my attenimn to an article mthe Union on
skin diseases, and I got a box of Cnticnra. Tho
first application was a great relief and the third
took the scales all oil, and I felt hkaanew man,
I have used three eo cent boxes and my skin is
smooth and I consider myself entirely cured.
Hoping that it maybe seen by somo one afflict-*!
ms I have been (if there is any) is my earnest
wish. And I cheerfully recommend it to all
persons afflicted with the above diseases.
Tours truly. B WILsO.V LORD.
Agwam, Hass, September 9,1878.
The Uuticura Soap should be used for oleins.
SretoTstin. 1 *"^ 1 ’ “ most soa - n3 aro in *’
LEPROSY.
A R rn E A0 • ASTOM8HING RE.
8ULT4 FROM THBU8E OF CUTICURA.
AfESsaa VFsxxs & Fottbs—Gentlemen: Wo
have a case of Leprosy In our poorlioase which is
being cured by Cuticura remedies. The county
had employed alt of our doctors and had sent to
Nov York for advice, but to no avail.
Tbe patient commenced using the Cnticnra
and immciliitely began getting better.
Ho had been confined to hs bed lor two and
one half years. Hehad not had his clothes on
duringthis time. Last week he dressed for the
first time.
When he walked there would at least one
quart of scales come off o' him.
This happened every day.
We think it is a wonderful core.
Wo do not say he is cured, bnt ho is in a fair
way tn be cured to say tholeast.
Tours truly, DUNNING BROTHERS.
,,, ... , _ Druggists and Booksellers.
Allegan. Mich, February 11,1673.
Noie.—Messrs Dancing Brothers are thor
oughly reliable gentlemen, and were unknown to
us prior tc- tho receipt of this letter. Wo firmly
believe this Cuticura will permanently cure this
very severe case of Leprosy, and it has doao
many others
Prepared by Weeks and Potter, Chemists and
Drurgists, 360 Washington Street, Boston, Mass,
and for sale by all Drugg sts and Dealers. Price
of Cuticura, sra *11 boxes, 50 cents; large bores,
containing two and one half times tho Quantity
of small, $i. Resolvent SI per bottle. Cuticura
Soap 25 centsper cake; by mail 3 a cents; 3 cakes
75 cents.
cOLLirvs’ gi^Ta^nd^
VOLTAIC
iVdeTF«S ' Dowels.Dyspepsia,Shoot.
^1181L™ leg Paun* through fho
Loinsund Back. Spasms or Fits, and Nervous.
Muscular and Spinal Affections relieved and
cured when every otner plaster, linment, lotion
and electrical appliance fails.
seplS tu thnasnn lm
curie UK A. B.tSO.^DLtSS
can be had at ELLIS’ DRUGSTORE, Trian-
gn lar If lock
‘■llipy are all Soldi”
“I am too late for this month’s draw-
ins!” is tho tenor of a complaint which is
becoming very general among these who
loiter and wait until the day immediately
the monthly drawing of tho
Leoisiana State Letter; Company, which
occurs invariably at New Orleans on the
second Tuesday to every month. The
fact ia that the integrity with which
every aotion of this institution is charac
terized has so strengthened its reputation
that its tickets are sold every month some
days before the drawing, and therefore
any one dcsirons of investing in this
manner shonid suffer no time to elapse
before they correspond with M. A. Dan-
phip, P. O. box 692, New Orleans, or
same person at No. 819 Broadway, New
York, relative to the 113th grand monthly
drawing which oocnrg on October 14th. .
Everything eseduoive tc the better
ondition of the baby ia sore to attract
attention; and hence it is thac Dr. Bull's
Baby Syrup ia becoming more and more
i»ppr<r( -uteu ub it* wonderful induenos in
pubcuiff ’ me diseases of babyhood be-
Qtm-* rec'gn’zed. Price 26 ceata.
Tbe Cotton crop.
Charleston, B. C., October 8.—Tho
report of the Charleston Exchange for
September, is condensed from replies of
69 correspondents, ia 28 connties. Av
erage dato 30:h of September. Tho
weather daring the month is reported by
all as being very dry and very favorable
for picking, bnt by most as unfavorable
for maturing of the top crop, the growth
having been checked by drouth.
The plant wa3 fruiting well, bnt in
mest cases cot retaining its squares
and bolls. Many complain oE
considerable damage done by rnfet.
The lower counties report two thirds 03
having been picked, while tbe upper
counties average abont one third picked.
The estimates of seed cotton yielded per
acre, vary from three hundred pounds to
eight hundred pound', the average being
450 psuuda to tho acre. Tho yield a3
compared with last year, is estimated to
be tho eame in three connties, and from
tea to fifty per cent, less ia twenty-five
counties; on an average eatimato, about
twenty per cent. less, which deficiency,
however, may be considered to eome ex
tend counterbalanced by the increase ia
acreage.
From Memphis.
IlZiipuis, Oetobor 8.—There were ten
cases of yellow fever in all to-day—seven
white and five colored. Among the uum*
her aro Mrs. Harriot T. Sebreyer, Joseph
Mulline, Laura.-Lewis, Annie Yocrbrink
James HoBride and Mrs. Alice Stone.
No additional deaths have occurred. Dr.
W. B. ‘Winn returned from Wylho depot,
and reports W. B. Stewart’s illness yel
low fever. The announcement of the
case being yellow fever canscd several
families to remove into tho eonntry. Drs,
SeBB and Collins, with President Lang-
sUff and two nnrsrs, left on a special
train to-day for Harrison Station, Miss.,
to respoese to an appeal for aesiEtanoe.
Frank Bannon, arrested on Monday
for violation of the quarantine law, WB3
discharged to-day. The argument of
counsol before Judgo Elbridge, on a mo*
tion to dissolve ibo injunction lately
granted by special Judge Galloway
against tho Slate Board of Heeitb, will be
continued to-day.
Baton Rouge, Oct 8.—The Democrat
ic State Convention completed the State
ticket as follows*. Lieutenant Governor,
S. D. McEnery, of O lachita; Attorney-
General J.C. Eagan,of Claiborne; Sec
retary of State, "Wm. A. Strong, of
Winn* Auditor, Allen Jamel, of Sher-
ville; and Superintendent of Fablio El*
ncstion, 33 Hay, of .East Feliciana. Tho
platform recommends tho adoption of
tho now constitution ; dec!ires for a free
ballot, and denounces tbo elevation or
Hayes and Wheeler to the Presidency
and Vice-Presidency, ae a crime against
tho freedom of tho people; calls tor the
admission of Spofforii to the Senate, ana
eulogizes Governor Nicholls for his great
service to the State and Democratic Con
servative party. Adjourned.
Nxw Yobk, October 8.—-The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Wes
tern Union Telegraph Company wss.'ndo
tc-day, and directors choeen. The prur
ident’s report shows the capital stock ot
the company to be $11,G73.410, cf whica
there was in the Treasury fcelocgiDJ "
tho company nt the beginning ofth9ye»
$G.C09.135. From this there was distrib
uted to stockholders §5,960,608, leaving
the amount in Ifco Treasury. §44.227,8®*
amount outstanding on tho 30th of 'Jone,
1879, §41,029,183. Surplus of nctrev^
nue, §1,593,8S9,72,from which there
appropriated for construction and ot°»
purposes, $820,620.77, making a batin.a
of $4.269,778.32.
Chattanocoa. Tsnh., Oct. 8.*-^
negroes, Tom Joneii and Bill
who had confessed to tho murder of Die
Woods, store keeper on the line of.* , *
Cincinnati Southern B. B., were aei*-
k st night and hanged from the bnago »
White's creek.
Habeisbubo. Vk, October 8.—®*"
Mayor Joseph P. Hyde, was shot on t
street last night by cx-Chief ot POR.
Joseph H. Kelley. One ball cnlered fi‘“
right shoulder from behind, and anotn
passed across his abdomen, producing
alight flesh wound. Kelley fied.
Auousta, Ga,, Go sober 8.—Jowitt&
Shave ,Jjb Printers, have made an ■
ignm nt. Liabiiitiea $2,000. The
.etaconsist ot type, press** and Biaw c
jy.