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Ctfegrnpjr nnb JiksBragtr MACON, MARCH 23 **80. The London Journal of Science as serts that the one thing lacking to make the beauty of American women perfect- increase of fat—is now supplied. There are 60,000 locomotives in the United States, and each contains 2,600 pieces, requiring renewal every ten or twelve years. This conveys a notion of the industries which railroads foster. —The London World says that “ank lets, alias bangles for the ankles, are now openly displayed for sale in the shop windows, as well as In some cases on the feminine extremities. What next?” —The first organization of colored Grangers was recently perfected at Dallas, Texas, when a large number of negroes met and formed what they call “The Texas Farmers’ Association.” None but colored families are admitted, and the ob ject of the organization is to procure homesteads. I( Young Japanese children scarcely ever cry, because great care is taken to keep out of their way every possible cause of irritation. It is probably in con sequence of this that the Japs are, as a race, almost exasperatingly gqojl humored, so that a servant severely scolded will of ten merely reply by a beaming smile. —The Parisian dealers are very sly. One of their favorite tricks is to place their pseudo-antiquities in country inns and cottages in Brittany or Normandy. The tourist or the sportsman sees them one day; the innkeeper says they have been in his family for hundreds of years, and the unsophisticated amateur pays a long price for them and restores them to their native Paris, which they had left per haps only a few’ weeks before. —The Supreme Court of Indiana de cides that the legal name of a person con sists of one Christian name and a sur name. Any one may have as many mid dle names or initials as are given to him, or as he chooses to take. They do not af fect Ids legal name. This is terrible, as Mr. J. Lawrence St. Clare de Vere Al phonse' August Smith will have to leave that State or make another J n 8 tb. —On the morning of March 8, shortly after one, an elderly gentleman, while in conversation in London with a friend in an Islington omnibus, suddenly fell on his face quite dead. He had been running for some distance to catch the omnibus in which he expired, and a few moments be fore his death his friend said, “If you run like that, old man, you’ll kill yourself one of these days.” He had scarcely spoken wKfcn the unfortunate gentleman fell dead. The Irish Potato.—A Cork letter says I wish I could describe a mountain potato to you. The lowland root is waxy and speckled and unwholesome enough this year, but what words can convey an idea of the wateriness and clamminess and utter worthlessness as food for man or beast of thnt grown in the bogs! And yet the poor oreatures will say regretfully: “Sure if we had a male a day of the prates, ’tis little else we’d be askin’! “Atin’ the bit o’ stirabout always is kill ing; there is no substance to it without a dhropo’ milk, but sure you could, ate a pratee by itself, and ’twould rouse your poor heart.” —The Pope has been told by bis physr- cians as their unanimous opinion that it is neoessary for his health to quit the Vati can and pass the summer where he can avail himself of sea bathing: “You are merely telling me that it is necessary for me to do what is impossible,” he answer ed, aad no more was said until a French physician renewed the subject, and ob served that the baths were essential, and might be procured within the precincts of the Vatican. So the Pope consented^to measures for erecting a bathing establish ment of salt water to be brought from Civita Vecchia, and for. other mineral wa ters to be procured. —A parrot was allowed to give evidence at the Westminster police court, the other day. The bird was claimed by Mrs. Tan ner, who said that it bad escaped from its cage and been caught by Mr. Isaacs, who refused to give it up., Mr. Isaacs admitted that be. had caught the parrot, but disputed Mrs. Tanner’s ownership.. Mrs. Tanner said the bird could not talk much, but could say “mother” quite plainly. Mr. Isaacs said it; was in the habit of saying “my lord.” The magistrate directed that the parrot should be kept for some hours to see if it verified either statement; During the afternoon, the bird gave such satisfactory evidence in .favor of Mrs. Tanner’s statement that it was ordered to be restored to her. —. *wl The Coming Fight in GkeatBiu-' tain.—The political prophet of’Uvaser’s Magazine thinks that the political parties at the next election its England will be pretty evenly balanced. The Tories ought to lose a dozen county seats in England, Scotland and Wales, and some gains must be expected in borough constituencies in the west and north of England, beyond the influence of the metropolitan ministe rial press. Fraser hazards the conjecture that a third of the present Irish supporters of the' government will not reappear in the next Parliament, and'says that Sir William Harcourt was not far wrong when he prophesied that the first'day of the new Parliament would be the last day of the old administration. - • —Relief for I belaud.—The United States ship Constellation, at the Brooklyn navy-yard, began last Monday to receive its cargo of donations of food for the fam- ; ishing 'Irish poor. This vessel was set apart by a joint resolution Of Congress authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to fit ont a ship te convey Well donations of food as might be made to Ireland free of cost to the donors. Contributions of flour, oatmeal, seed potatoes, cornmeal, pork, hams, fish', beans, and any dther sort of food tliat will keep will be received, and anything sent in this way will be delivered immediately to the sufferers, bn the spot; and without further cost. "'A benevolent citizen of New York has agreed to furnish one-fourth of the cargo, and the New York JJerald will provide another fourth on condition that the remaining half is made up from other sources. With these liberal offers, it is reasonable to suppose that the Constellation will very soon be stowed and ready to sail. NoFbost.—As it drew near sundown on Wednesday, the danger of frost abated. The temperature moderated—the wind in clined more to the East, and by sunrise yesterday, the mercury indicated about fifty, and the wind was southeast. Yes terday the wind continued in that quar ter, with a cloudy sky, and renewed rain. Senator David Davis. The New York Sun of the 15th booms in a campaign ll{e of Senator Davis, of Il linois,'occupying six columns of that pa per. The Sun seems to be possessed by the idea that the only practicable alterna tive to a third term and an indefinite pe riod of Grantism, is a union of all the op ponents of Third Term Imperialism, and this can be accomplished only by selecting a candidate of doubtful party fealty, or at least one who has never displayed strong partisan bias. Senator Davis, of Illinois, is generally regarded as occupying that at titude. The newspapers, in classifying Senators, ever since he has been a mem ber of that body, by common consent say: So many Democrats, so many Republi- -cansr«n<I Senator Davis, of Illinois. As to the Senator, personally, he is claimed, to be a man of so judicial and impartial a mental constitution that he could not be a partisan or make a party speech if he tried to do so. He is undoubt edly a man of the old school, without guile, single-minded and honest, as well as clear-headed. He has never been com plicated with any speculative or sinister rings, either in finance or politics. He is a man of moderate means, invested chiefly in lands, and bringing him a modest , in come. The Sun bases its philosophy on the as sumption that no sentiment of opposition to the revolutionary policy of the third term party will draw a Republican to the support of a known and decided Democrat, and in the absence of Republican recruits; the Democrats are beaten—Grant is elected and the revolution accomplished. Two points of inquiry prominently sug gest themselves in this connection. The first is, is it true, universally, of those who have acted heretofore with the Republican party? On the 'contrary ,1s it not true that thousands of them would prefer to vote for a fair and popular Democratic candi date to joining In such a dangerous move ment to revolutionize the character and settled traditions and usages of the gov ernment. • Secondly, if true, as to the Republican party, is it true of the Democrats that all of them could he induced to forsake their party standard and vote for Mr. Davis out of a pure, patriotic desire to save their country from third term imperialism? It is by no means safe or just to assume that such a disinterested'' patriotism pervades the Democratic ranks, and, at the same time, is not to he found at all in the so-j called Republican party. That a common' patriotism will control all Democrats and is powerless with all Republicans. This is not good sense, nor does it accord with the result in the Greeley canvass. ' ' Wa believe the great mass of the party, would support David Davis, if they be lieved ft to be the only safe, wisd and judi cious alternative to a third term; but this is the question to be considered, earnestly and with care. To sacrifice Democratic unity in the perhaps vain attempt to di vide the Republicans is like trading a bird in hand for a bird in the bush. Terrible Condition of Turkey. A London telegram of the 14th instant to the Tribune says that the embassies at Constantinople have been notified from the consular offices at Salonica, that with the exception of the towns and their im mediate vicinity the whole of Grecian Turkey is dominated by brigands and in perfect disorder. In Armenia and Kur- destan a famine is raging over an area of one hundred thousand square miles, and five months must pass before another har vest can mature. The troubles between the Greeks and Bulgarians in Eastern Roumelia have be come so acute, and the evidence of a sys tematic effort. by the Bulgarians to drive away the Greeks and Mussulmans so over whelming, that Aleko Paslia, Governor- General,lias been compelled to issue a cir cular to the Prefects, commanding them to dissolve the Bulgarian secret societies arid armedgymnastic associations. It lies been resolved-to return to a gold standard. This decision has occasioned a further heavy depreciation in the metalic curren cy, aodrtU, declared:to bo impoliticjxirnel and unjust. ~ The price of broad has risen, and the shopkeepers refuse to receive the metalic currency except at an enormous reduction. The Railroad Commissioners Will .' Do What is Eight. Our readeis will find elsewhere a sy nopsis of the criticisms of an Atlanta cor? respondent upon., the general railroad schedule which has recently been pre pared and published, by the State Com missioners. • The duties of those gentle men, besides bfiing of an exceedingly del icate and perplexing .description, f have been very arduous. Theirs was an un tried experiment, involving a multitude of interests, many of 1 them antagonistic au,d utterly diverse In tbeir operation. It.we? equal to the task of Sysiphus to attempt to harmonize them all,'yet this was what Jwas required of them. That they did their best, none can doubt, and moreover po three citizens in Georgia possess more entirely the confidence of the 'people. If the schedulrftfiat has been printed is not, therefore, free from faults and objections, it is nothing more than was expected. It frill require time, patiencO, and repeated modifications to adjust it to the wants and conditions of each railroad. The follow ing Atlanta special to the Savannah News indicated most'dearly tbe- animus, of tho Commission: , ' Atlanta,' Ga,, March 16.—I bad a conversation with ex-Govemor Smith, Chairman of the railroad commission, re- garding.the. tariff recently published. He said’it had been made as a basis of fates, and if dn reasonable or nnjost to the pub- licor any- : -railroad .or railroads, that fact had only to be established to the satis faction of the commission and the tariff hr each'instance would be adjustedto suit the case. I The commission expects par ties interested to present their complaints to them at an early date and are anxious that'*lt should b’d done, as they do not wish to do injustice to any railroad. Governor 'Smith said also that in making any changes the amount-oficapital invest ed, the receipts and expenses, length of toad 1 And the ainount of business done would all be taken into consideration, and .thatevery road in the State, would be al lowed to do all the business it can do un controlled by contracts.with other-roads. He said farther that it was the intention of tho commission to carry out the law; .that it was constitutional, and that it would be enforced in a manner which would be equitable towards all railroads. ’ j —Steamer Montana, from New York, March 2, for Liverpool, struck on the rocks in.Church bay, Saturday morning, ip a.dense fog. The mails, passengers and crew wero saved. The forward com partments of the ship are full of water. She is afloat aft, hut there is not much prospect of saving the vessel. The cargo was valued at $150,000, which is supposed to be covered by insurance. The vessel was valued at $500,000. The pilot is said to have been asleep when the ship struck. The Freedman’s Bank. The Senate select Committee on the Affairs of the Freedman’s Bank has com pleted its investigation and partially agreed upon its report. The report will show that all the circumstances were fa vorable for the institution being a flourish ing and permanent one, and that loose, corrupt and inefficient management was the cause of its downfall. Some of those who were responsible for the misfortunes of the hank and the defrauding of its de positors, will he mentioned and their acts exposed. The report will be accompanied by a bill dispensing with the commission ers now in charge of the affairs of the bank, and substituting for them t^iq Comp troller of the Currency. The Controller will be empowered to wind up the affairs of the bank, and will receive an addition al salary of $1,000 therefor. The Solicitor of the Treasury is instructed, under the direction of the Comptrriller, to investi gate the management of the bank affairs, and, if deemed proper, to institute civil and criminal proceedings against all thosi participating in the fraudulent and corrupt practices. Two hundred and fifty thou sand dollars is also appropriated to pur chase the bank building, now occupied by the department of justice. Grady Sends Another Sockdolager to the Constitution. New York, March 17.—The Georgia Western project is still being busily dis cussed and apparently beading up rapidly. Captain Gloster was to-day ordered by telegraph to proceed at once to a survey of the route to Blount springs by Terrapin creek. Mr. R. Wilson intimated that to build this line, which will be 140 miles, will cost not exceeding two and a half millions, and will strike the rich coal and Iron'region. The general report here is that New comb has formed an alliapce with Wilson and McGhee, who will use the Georgia Western to connect their Memphis and Brunswick system, and that Newcomb will make Brunswick his port rather than Savannah. He will go South about Sat urday, and will doubtless make formal propositions to Atlanta at once. Undertbese rumors Nashvilleand Chat tanooga stock has fallen from 124 to 85, as all Louisville and Nashville freights will be carried beyond it and delivered into Atlanta by the new line, if it is built. The Louisville stock has gone up steadily, as the Georgia Western is a favorite project with those interested in this: stock. The conferences between Cole and Newcomb here . terminated, it is.said, in disagree-' ment and Governor Porter takes tbe pres idency of the Nashville and Chattanooga line. The Louisville peopletotday signed’ papers giving them actual possession of the Southeastern road. H. W. G. If the above turns out to be true it will be joyful tidings to our Bruns wick friends, and give a great impetus to the prospects of that rising young seaport. It is diffi cult to reconcile this intelligence, howev er, with the asserted combination of Messrs. Newcomb, Wadley and Alexan der. Has that league been broken off? Or was it ever actually signed ? The lat ter two gentlemen seem decidedly reti cent. A Wonderful Spring, " The Tallahassee Floridian is credited with the following: Recently, while a party of ladies and gentlemen were boating on the wonderful Wakulla spring, one of the ladies dropped a ring from her finger, and it could be seen sinking in the clear water. When it had reached a depth far below the surface a trout was seen to make a dart for and swallow it, and then disappear. Of course it was given up for lost, but an in genious young man present immediately borrowed another ring, fastened it to a hook, and let down his line into the crys tal water. After paying out about ninety feet of the .line, a trout was seen to approacli the shining bait, and finally making a jump at it, was transfixed. It was immediately hauled up, cut open and sure enough, there lay in his stomach the lost ring. “This,” remarks the Floridi&n, “may sound a little unreasonable, but persons who are acquainted with the spot and the remarkable clearness of the water —which is so clear that a nickle loOks as- large as life two hundred feet below the surface—will readily credit tbe statement. Wc could give the names of the parties witnessing the strange occurrence, all of whom will vouch for the entire truthful ness of this narrative, hut do not consider it necessary.” * • , _ r • . A Father Shoots His Own Son.. The Savannah JS'ews priuts an extract from a private letter giving the details of the following heart-rending accident: A terrible accident occurred yesterday at Dungeness. Mr. B. M. Davis, son pf. General W. G. Davis, the recent purchas er, had the misfortune to shoot aiul kill Ibis eldest son, a bright little fellow of five years of age. The family had just moved over from Fernandina the 1 day before, to take possession of their new home. A flock (of robins lighting in a tree near the house, Mrs. D. called her husband’s attention to them, and suggested that he shoot some for their breakfast.' He got down.his .breech-loader' arid standing In the'floor proceeded to put in a couple of cartridges when, in adjusting the barrel, by some means the charge of one barrel was ex ploded, the load striking the little boy in the right arm aiid penetrating the lung, Mr. D., surprised at the explosion, looked to see where the shot bad taken effect. Only a few paces from him. was the child, and noticing blood on his <.ann, be said: ‘My darling, did papa shoot you ?’ Ha said, “Yes, papa.” Mr. D. hastened to tbe child, and noticing the red stain al so on his lip, said: “Did papa shoot you. in the mouth also?’ 'No,. papa, right here,’ he answered, putting his left hand over the wound iu his right arm and aide. He looked up beseechingly at his father, but without any outcry or screaming. In stantly Mr. D. took him up, and as he did Sq. S'violent .hemorrhage bunt, from the child’s lips, and in less than fifteen min utes the little fellow was ‘beyond the pass of shadows.’ ^ .It has spread a cjoud, of horror over our little community, and all fender to tbe bereaved parents their heaft-' felt sympathy. * “It is needless to add that the parents are almost crazed by this terrible, heart rending disaster.” j - Suicide. i -> • Philadelphia, March - 14.—Charles Cathcart Taylor, city editorof the Times, died to-day from the 'effects of pistol shot discharged in mental aberration by bis own hand. Mr. Taylor has . been in ill health for two month, and physical dis order was supplemented and aggravated by an accumulation of. business- troubles, which brought'on A mentaf"3isturbpnce, involving depression of spirits. 'This morning he awoke, and though very weak,' proposed to accompany his wife.to church, She persuaded him that he" ought to sleep longer, and went dbwri stairs to prepare some beef tea, in the hope that it 'Would strengthen him. While.she was gone lie fired the fatal shot.. The remains will be interred as Oak Hill Csincteiy, George town, D.C. "’ **.. . . : '.•■ •tTsifitiiojw ! recently received a litter, from an exodus friend in St. Louis, who says that “a black man can make more money In the South in three months than be can make in St. Louis in a year;” and Mr. Johnson, who is a Louisiana,Republican, has no hesitation in saying that “the South is the place for the colored people.” Thiktv-three yean have passed since the introduction of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syr- “Oh, hubby dear, I’ve called you twice, your dinner is quite done.” “Just wait a Bright Oktloolffor Cotton. The New York Journal of 'Commerce of Tuesday gives the following extract from the latest letters of one of the lar gest and most influential firms in Liver pool, and which, it says, reflects an opin ion shared by many in New York who are more directly interested in the price of cotton than those against whom the re marks are pointed. It is worth reading: “What a fight you are making of it in New-York against our strong bull tenden cies here, which are the result of a state of trade in Manchester yoiL.do.not fully realize. Your operators would have done'far better for ' themselves to have helped us up—humored us, in fact, to the top of our bent, and then let us down With a rush, when they would have filled ’themselves with the fragments. As it is, 1 suppose,- as you say, they wanted to draw us down to a lower figure in order to get iu, but have got caught by a market rising in spite of them and dare not now turn round, and, as I suppose, they could not close. It is Manchester who is buying nearly .all the futures and doing splendidly, as in consequence of New York’s weak market they are able to get distant deliveries cheaper than spots. The beats need not think the cot ton will be taken up—it will be wanted to spin. I look for good trade continuing, and, with the present enormous consump tion, expect decided scarcity with 5,500,- 000 bales, which I really think is the low est it is safe to put the crop at. Spinners are now making from ljd. to 2£d. per pound clear profit on all they spin. Why, therefore, should cotton go down to 7d., or even stop at 74d.? Consumption would not be increased a pound. Price has at present little. to do with' the quostion, a fact which New York won’t see, and I fancy may have to pay for - not doing so.” Far be lt from us to say or do anything which shall promote the hazardous and always, in the long run, ruinous busi ness of gambling in futures; but neverthe less, in ^h?-interests of }he cotton culture aud traffic, we feel bound to give all the facts of the situation. That situation, as reported last Saturday, was, briefly, 4,344,- 639 bales against 3,90S,320 bales at same date last cotton year, showing an excess this year over last of346,319 bales, which is now constantly diminishing. Last week ii, fell off 14,122 bale3. The crop of last year was 5,078,531 bales, which, of course, included overland and Southern consumption. Making no allowance for further falling off in weekly receipts, or oflsetting it against any prob able increase imder the'two heads of ove’-- land and Southern consumption, the crop of 1879-80 would be 5,419,850 bales. But there are yet twenty-four or twenty- five weeks belonging to the current cotton year, which arelikely, in our opinion, to reduce the year’s receipts as compared with last year, about a hundred thousand bales net, so 4 that we look for a tot al crop ranging about 5,325,000 bales, or 175,000 short of the Liverpool expectation. It will scarcely be doubted that, with existing prices cotton will go forward more unanimously thaa it has done for years. The Liverpool price is about two pence higher than it was last year at this time, and a better time to clear off than this spring offers need not be looked for. The stimulus of these fair prices on production is already manifest in largely incieased purchases of fertilizers and increased acreage in preparation for the next crop. Nothing but a decidedly unfavorable season will prevent a considerable in crease of crop for 1SS0-81. We expect to see one next year in the neighborhood of 6,000,000 bales, and under the reactionary influence of increased supply, prices will come down several pegs. It often needs very little real increase to exercise a vast influence on prices. And on tlie other hand, a -moderate re. vival in prices is allowed to exercise an altogether disproportionate influence on planters in diverting their attention from all the sound and well established econo mies of their business. These all lie in diminishing to the lowest figures, the ne cessity of buying supplies of' all kinds. It matters no great deal what possible price the cottqn may sell for, a very meagre balancey or a balance on the wrong side, Will inevitably follow the purchase offood supplies for man arid beast. "Warlike Prospects. If one may credit European letter- writers there is no favorable prospect for the continuance of peace in Asia or Eu rope during tho coming summer. A fierce 'quarrel is'now maturing into war between .China and Russia, growing out of a r re fusal of the former to ratify a treaty made by her ambassador Chung How, in relai- ■tion to some boundary troubles near ihe iRuss'lanborder in Siberia: China refuses ito'execute . the treaty, and .has executed, 'instead, the man who made it for her, byi cutting Ids head off. The Czar is affront ed arid will probably assail tbe Celestials by sea arijl lpniL Contrary to the com mon impression telegraphic correspond ence from Shanghai reports that the Chi nese will bring into the war an army well ■drilled—equipped with the best European arms and fierce for the fight, and this war jls likely ty exercise a disturbing influence Intrade. ‘ ; I Unfriendly relations are also reported between Germany and Russia which are likely to culminate in hostilities soon. We know that Lord Beaconsfield insists that English ascendancy on the continent Is necessary to keep the peace. Altogether !t is denbtfnl whether peace will be kept f Russia ventflres heavily into a war with jhina, ' ’-'".., iu ‘ii r> -!. , • . . ; • 1 A Bare Sight at this. Season. ■ Yesterday,in passing, by.Mr. David Walker’s stand, we saw exposed upon the ^bisimbjes,'portions'of a stall-fed beef that would, hare graced Fulton market. Upon inquiry, it proved to be an animal fatted m this city. The flesh was as tender as chicken, and the fat as white as a card. Many wished a . piece of this tempting meat, .but in a trice it had all been en gaged. The ordinary country blue and bloody beef sold in this market during the daily spring, is hardly fit for anything but tpfeed the beasts of a menagerie. Tennes see beef ismtich better. But notliing can compare wlthoUr home-raised, domestic beef when properly'cared for and fattened. It is wonderful why our fanners and stockralscrs do not bestow more attention upon this department of husbandry. Tfever w}l} Georgia be really independent until field, orchard, poultry yard, apiary ahd pasture are made to furnish an abun dance of their, products to supply the wants of the people. The South the Place FOB : CpL&n- , _ . ed People.—W. W. Johnson, a colored ‘ j „ , man, residing in Madison parish, !*.} has J Chief Douglass, now confined at Fort Leavenworth, as ringleader of. the Utes, who massacred the Meeker family, escaped'front the guard house of the' Fort aTew days ago} hut was re-captured by a mounted Sergeant, who intercepted him in returning to the Fort. He was taken back and heavily ironed, and remains there Very sullen and morose. (Advice of an Old Nubse.—The ba- „ ... . vhy would be always bright and cheerful promise of um and ft 'still stands unrivaled." Price i moment,” shrieked the man, “no got tf all occasional dose of Dr. Bull’s baby only 25 cents. j’em all but one.” ; S^iip were administered. . The Colored Exodus. The testimony before the committee as to the cause o: emigration from the South of to Kansas, Indiana and other States, as might be expected, is (Mulct ing and establishes nothing. Oar colored ^people are naturally restless and love change, as is evinced by the frequency with Which they move from plantation to plantation, even when earning a good liv ing. Indeed, tbe more idle portion of them are averse to any steady employ ment, and prefer the quasi Independence of an occasional job, even if it does some times bring tbeiii to tbe very verge of star vation. This is the more specially true of the crowds who flock into the towns and villages,and-are ableto procure at best but a scanty subsistence. It is from tbis float ing population mainly, that tbe exodusters come. . ^ Again, the negro is simple minded and proverbially credulous, and artful immi grant agents with their alluring represen tations and deceitful promises, find no dif ficulty in persuading many to go forth in quest of that Eldorado which is held up so temptingly before their vision.- Up to this time, however, very few have left Georgia, and we note with mnch sat isfaction that the most intell'gent and best informed colored citizens of the State —their pastors and representative men in fact—are opposed to tbis insane attempt to remove their people from a genial cli mate and fertile soil, where all that wish it can obtain constant and remunerative employment, to the inhospitable and un tried West. ■ But in Mississippi and Louisiana, largo numbers haTe taken tbeir departure, andf more still are following, despite tho har rowing'tidings concerning those who have preceded them. A St. Louis paper of the 17tli inst. says: Not a day passes but a batch of im- poveiished negroes is. landed , here, aud the only feeling that seems to animate the poor creatures is one of thankfulness that they have had the opportunity to leave that land of misfortuue to. them. It mat ters not that they are told too many, per haps, have come; that there is no money in the hands of the local Board cf Relief, to assist them to go,to the “land of prom ise,” or even to give them a decent living here. In the face of such .3', state of af fairs they come, glad to brave any hard ships. A small contingent arrived yester-, day afternoon, and-early this morning a large number is expected. Reports from' the new arrivals are. to the' effect that, there is a burning desire among the ma jority of those they left behind to join the throng, hut lack of funds, principally, and the severity of the spring weather in these latitudes, keep them hack. . When mild weather has fairly set in the number of refugees will be very large, it is expected, •far in excess of the number that came up last fall. ’ ' i And yet while every effort, and the most glaring falsehoods have been resorted to in the endeavor to influence this emigration movement, no provision has been made for the maintenance -or employment of these deluded creatures, and we are told by the some journal that the so-called “Relief Board is in a straitened condition, being bard pressed to give assistance to the few who are here already.” Human ity shudders when it contemplates the fu ture of these victims to a designing and pseudo philanthropy. But in face ot the facts that are patent to all Sonthern men, the Globe-Democrat persists in saying that:— j.<f , . The theory that the negro does not know what he is doing, that he is a mere dupe in the hands of designing men, is an insult to common sense. There is no animal so low down in the scale of intel ligence ’ as not to possess the instinct of self-preservation, and an influence which sends thousands and tens of thousands of human beings, without any concert of action, to leave the homes where all their lives have been passed and to take all tho risks and dangers of a new life in strange lands, is a condemnation emphatic as a curse from heaven upon the injustice from which they are fleeing. If the author of this fling against the people of the South would visit the homes of the exodusters, and observe their treat ment and condition, and what class of the blacks are moving West, and by whom in stigated to do so, perhaps he might recall his harsh language. We‘see 'no remedy for this, emigration at present. As well attempt to restain a flock of sheep when their leader has slipped through the gate. The cheek will come soon enough. But alas, not before hundreds of the poor un fortunates arc mingling their mortal re-! mains;with the soil of that storm-swept region of ice and snow. God help, the wretched exodustere.'J. : lie Tay Bridge Catastrophe. Speaking upon the evidence given in the (great Tay Bridge catastrophe, in Scotland, ‘the. World says if it. bad been submitted concem'ng a similar American structure, 'which had tumbled downand killed nine ty or a hundred people,* it would haye led to severe ariimadvereipn .iiy' the .British press. „ j-.-..I Jens*. U As to the inetaLused-for the cblumn9, moulders employed in the work for twon- ty-seyen years “never saw. worse;” the coke used for melting it was inferior; holes and cracks were patched 1 up with ce ment; none of the defective columns, >‘whi<jh are, numerous, 1 ’ were broken up, but went into tho work, am} sp on. The inost favorable testimony was that of one foremen who had been engaged iii casting these columns, and he'said that the mate rial “was.not sp terribly bad—for building Iron.” Not a few witnesses, such as ex- ’rovost Robertson,‘of Dundee, an engi- eer, testified as to the habitual reckless- ess of the drivers on the bridge. . The regulation speed. in crossing it was twenty-five miles an hour; Mr.’Robertson found that tbe actual rate averaged from ftiirty to thirty-five miles, whilesometimes when trains were behind time, they dash ed over the two-mile-.long bridge at the rate pf forty-two, forty-three and even fbrty-seven miles. So great was the vi bration that it produced in this old en gineers mind a sense of fear and discom fort, and some time before the accident he stopped traveling over the bridge from south to north, though he used it in his daily journeys from north to south, the southern bound trairis running much more Slowly. •. .... . He complained to the station-master, \yho says that “he did not report these complaints to riny of his superior officials.” Other habitual travelers gave up the Bridge on account of the oscillations and took to the ferry. Altogether the evidence thus far taken seems to indicate such “scamping” in fitting up the bridge and such recklessness in using it as our Brit ish brethren have been accustomed to de pict as exclusively and characteristically American, and to compare, to our mani fest shame and disadvantage, with British solidity and caution. ‘ —Ladies dress so much like gentlemen now that an exchange thus drops into poetry: “She wore a belted ulster cloak, All buttoned down before; A standing collar and the tie, 'I think, was red she wore; A Derby hat sat on her nose, She carried a rattan, And all who saw her couldn’t tell The lady from—a man.” Life is but short, and we should do all we can to prolong it. Check a cough or cold at one by using an old aud reliable Bailroad Hatters. ) How Iron Steels the Heart! There is nothjng new in railroad circles Those of us who never prosper should to-day, except the report that the Air draw instruction and consolation from the Line Railroad'-has purchased the road m from Knoxville to Maryville, Tennessee, which would seem to assure the building of the Rabun Gap road. This long- jS^ught desideratum will prove, when com pleted, a very important factor in the railway future of the country. “H. T7. G.” has bis usual dispatch, to the Consti tution, hit or miss. This time he says, under date ofNew York, March 18th: A dispatch was received at Louisville and Nashville headquarters in this city this morning, from a prominent official of- the road who is now in Georgia, in which it is stated that a report had been publish ed in tbe Georgia papers that the contract between the Louisville and Nashville and Central Road had not been ratified, and could not be. The official telegraphed that he had investigated the report and was satisfied, from an interview with an official of the Western and Atlantic Road, that Governor Brown was practically dictating the policy of the Central, and that he was in open hostility to the Louisville and Nashville road, and determined to impose upon them conditions that they could not accept. The official went on to say that it was his opinion from a survey of the field in Georgia that nothing shortbf the building of the Georgia Western would give the Louisville and Nashville protec tion and immunity in its southeastern business, and he urged that steps be taken at once for the rapid building of this road. The opinion of this official has great weight with the Louisville and Nashville people, and confirms the pol’cy which the lorce of circumstances already seems driv ing them to adopt. •' Your correspondent saw Mr. Newcomb, who was naturally reticent under the cir cumstances, and in reference to the con tract of the Georgia Central, ho stated that it was true that he had never ratified it,and infact hehadnever so muchas presented it to his board, owing to the incorporation by the Georgia Central of certain conditions, which he said he could not afford to ad vise liis company to accept. Mr. New comb is deliberate in arriving at conclu sions involving such heavy responsibilities as these, but it may be safely said that he is now thoroughly in earnest, and that cir cumstances will shortly force him to adopt the policy that will lead to the building of the Georgia Western road. . .■ Mr. Wilson says that he and Mr. New comb have come to no definite understand ing as yet. So, according to the above, - tbe only tiling definitely known is the failure, at least to this date, as was suspected, of the combination between Messrs. Wadley and Alexander. Mr. Wilson has done noth ing as yet, despite the memoranda left upon the table in his consultation with Newcomb, which were so satisfactory to Mr. Grady. Possibly, the “Central” feels strong enough after its affiliation with the Western and Atlantic, to be independent of Mr. Newcomb. In that event it is but natural to conclude that the Louis ville and Nashville road will direct every energy to the construction of the Georgia Western. But nothing whatever of a definite nature has transpired. What Mr. Wilson will do remains' to be! seen. Those interested in the future of the Ma con and Brunswick road, and the pros perity of the two cities after which it is named, feel a deep interest in the final result. A Wide-Awake Representative. Hon. James H. Blount has introduced a bill into Congress making Macon a port of entry in the Southern District. Our immediate member seems to leave no op portunity unemployed to advance the best interes-.s of his constituents. If At lanta, situated one hundred riules nearer the mountains and upon no navigable stream, has been deemed worthy of that honor, surely our own fair city, through which flows the broad Ocmtilgee, which is being deepened by the government, and has carried in past days a vast commerce to the sea, ought to be entitled to similar consideration. Macon is also one of the most important distributing points of the South, anil every commercial facility should be afforded to her. The success of Mr- Blount’s action would necessitate the erection of a custom house here. The Fruit All Bieht Coloiiel Felton, of Macon county, in forms. us that, with favorable seasons in future, there need be no apprehensions of a failure in the fruit crop. Peach trees that appeared to be ; dead, have recently put forth their blossoms and promise an ' abundant yield. The apple trees are still 'behindhand with their buds, but will soon follow'suit. For tho first time, in the ; memory of anyone, the forest trees arc in advance with' tlieir foliage of the early blooming fruits of the country. The bloom ; of the peach is fully one month later than (usual. Now look out for cold in April or May. .." " l - / % " I ;• S -—»■ —— ' The Weather and Vegetation. , in.c ii Cuthbebt, March Yll This is the-dunoUs puzzle of the day. Many of the forest oak3 are in full foli age. ■ Wq have had-for several weeks al most summer Weather. Cover at night has been nhcomfortable because of the warm temperature, even in the latter part of the night without it. The fruit trees that began to put forth buds iii January, were suppressed, and all the buds supposed to have been • killed by - a sudden cold snap. Now they are beginning ^o blootn, and we have the singular . spectacle of dense green forests and fresh peach, plum,' and apricot bloom—and all look chilly under a cold north wind. We read of freshets and continued' rains, while we have been neediDg rain to soften the land to plow. Had a pretty, good season yesterday, and now have cold winds aud apprehend frost. * • ■ Randolph. The other day T. G. Diet an old.friend who was formerly a prosperous young lum berman up North, but whose bad habits of drinking resulted as they often do‘, though he has since reformed and is try ing to do better. “now are you?” said T. G. “Pretty well, thank you, but Fve just been to a doctor to have him look at my throat.” “Wliat’s the matter?” ‘ “Well, the doctor couldn’t give me any encouragement. At least he couldn’t find what. I wanted him to find.” “What did you expect him to(find ?” “I asked him to look down my throat for the saw-mill and farm that had gone down there.” " “And did he see anything of it ?” “No, but he advised me if I ever got an other mill to run it bv water.” ^. ; l - A remarkable wedding recently took place at midnight, when the moon shone upon the moon shiners in the piny woods of North Carolina. Buck Singleton, a daring and desperate moon shiner, was the groom, and Lillie Latour, the pretty eighteen year old daughter of Morgan La- tour, the “King of the Still,” was the bride. The course of their true love was as crooked as the whisky made in their stills. For days they were so closely watched that tbe ceremony could not take place. Finally, riding to the most inac cessible part of the county, two men were stationed as pickets, and two others scoured the country for a clergyman. Af ter riding twenty-seven miles, a Baptist minister was found who, after being told that he was wanted to perform the cere mony for a dying man, went and quickly made tho twain one, for doing which he was astonished at being slapped on the If babies coaid talk, they would often back by the happy man, receiving $50 in . express their thanks to their nurses, for effect of prosperity on the (‘great iron inter est.” We can never entirely lose sight of reason under the excitement of too much good luck. Iron, though not a buoyant article, has been floating on the silvery pinions of an outrageous and unreasona ble fancy, till it has lost sight of earth above the clouds of speculation. • Con sider the case of common cut nails, which one year ago brought two dollars per keg, and to-day, in Macon, are quoted at six dollars. Nails might then have been too low, but there can be no mistake about their present attitude. Yet, notwithstanding, the papers inform M3 that the “Western Nail Association” met at Pittsburg two or three days ago and agreed to “shut down” all their mills for two weeks, so as to work off their ac cumulations' of stock. The two weeks art to begin to-morrow. The telegram which brings this information solemnly adds; • j "• This .action Is most impprtant,and shows that the manufacturers are masters of the situation. Its significance is the more marked on account of the improbable ru- morsthat have been flying about that there was a break in the market and that there would bo a reduction in tbe card. These stories have. probably been set afloat by jobbers who desire to stock up at lower rates, and who thought the tem porary blockade of the reads and conse quent accumulation of stock gave a good opportunity to break the market. Yet neither nature nor trade ever intend ed the iron masters to be the masters of the people or the situation; and they may ex haust themselves in the effort to perrna nently occupy that position, but it will all be in. vain. A paroxysmal .business, run ning and stopping to sell off, may help tb keep up prices for a time, but it will cost more than-the mills make by it. It will demoralize and disgust their operative forces, diminish the demand for their products, and develop, new sources of sup ply. On the other hand, a steady prose cution of their business will inevitably lead to an adjustment which will afford the mills a fair profit on their labor and investment. And as to the other iron interests, all is confusion by reason of the good fortune which has befallen it.' Our Western aud Northern exchanges are a dreary record of strikes and disturbances. The “pud- dlers” are in a dreadful' puddle every where, hecAise they are getting double the. wages they did last spring, and like Oliver Twist, with much less rbason, are asking for more. The puddlers in Penn sylvania last summer, were getting $2.50 per ton—are now getting $5.00 and $7.50, and will 'not work because they must have more. The other hands occupy a similar position. „ How it is with the employers we can not tell, but it is a chance whether one of the group is adhering to the good old prin ciple of “making hay while the sun shines” —supplying, to the best of their ability, the active demand of the American mar ket; but with their ill-advised strikes and controversies, are turning over a consider able portion of American trade to British foundries. 1 ' J When employers and men have crip pled themselves in this way, will they bring their “infant industry” into Con gress again for more “fostering” and “pro tection” in the shape of a heavier tax on foreign iron to American consumers? This is the ordinary way, but it is not a just way. Experts talk of new processes of converting iron into steel, but here is an active process of making the whole trade a steal, and giving it a steely effect on the public morals, which steels the heart against common sense and reason. Earning Not All. The Virginia, (Nevada,> Enterprise laments that, although the men of the Pacific Coast have mined $1,400,000,000 of gold and silver—have built one great and many smaller cities—haye reclaimed a great domain from barbarism—have built roads and railroads—have establish ed a rich and productive agriculture, and teniples of religion, law and' learning- still, the Pacific Coast industry is, in this respect, a failure—that it has left a region of poqr men, poor in pocket, trade, mor als, personal comfort, and in all the char acteristics of a thrifty, substantial, moral and religious people. The. enormous mass of the precious metals, has disap peared, leaving a vast moral wreck be hind it—a gambling, unsettled, adventur ous and uncomfortable people. . And it may will be questioned whether any country relying upon a single all con- troling interest^ often fares any better. What has the r South to show as an ade quate return for her innumerable millions of cotton bales ? They have been re turned to us mainly in goods which have been consumed. They should be now largely visible in provisions for supplying our own wants by employing dur own la bor, and so producing universal industry aud thrift. They should be seen in a large and active population, 1 bright and comfortable homes, a varied industry pre serving us from foreign outlay for the sup ply of all our necessities—and In generally & home life. This is what we need to build up a real prosperity. That kind of prosperity which consists almost wholly in vast individual achievements which fail to carry the masses along in its career, merely acattei-s wealth abroad. It does not enrich a country. ''■ ■ ■ . ~ • ,, t ■■■ ■•■ Shall Kellogg be Unseated ? It'is currently rumored that several Democratic Senators arc opposed to re opening the Kellogg case, albeit the Com- mitteeon Privileges and Elections have reported in favor of seating his competitor, Judge Spofford,’. They urge expediency as the ground for pursuing this course, and some even claim that the case was res ad- judicata,,uni cannot. be re-opened. But there are precedents to show that other members similarly situated have been de prived of their seats in' the past, and as for thef expeijipney part of the matter, nothing will be gained on that score. The Radicals are resolved to raise their favor ite flag, the bloody shirt, in any event, and have been gathering material for their sensational falsehoods from the witnesses before the-Exodus Committee, the emi grants to Kansas and Indiana, and every other possible source. They will inaugur ate the dirtiest and most fanatical Presi dential campaign ever witnessed in this country. Let no paitry fear bf Congress, then, deter onr Democratic Senators from kicking out this corrupt interloper, who, by the most palpable frauds, contrived to insinuate himself into his present elevated position. Justice to an honorable man, a due regard for the right, and respect for the august body of which they are mem bers, all demand that their bogus colleague should be sent “down and out.” ‘ Georgia” on the Work of the Bail- way Commissioners. The correspondent of the Constitution, “Georgia,” has concluded his fourth and last article on the recent schedule of the railroad Commission. The papers are in- teresting as showing up one side ol the question. Doubtless the whole subject pro and con, will be thoroughly discussed and such compromises and modifications adopted by the Board as may appear nec essary in practice. The interests of the people and roads should alike be consulted without favo: or affection for either. That juste milieu or happy middle course should be sought which will dispense justice to all and inflict special detriment upon no one.. — — To do this, however, immediately, would require the wisdom of a Solomon! Time, patience and mutual forbearance will be necessary to accomplish the work. We have an abiding faith in the purity 0 { the Commissioners and their desire to do that which is light in the premises We extract as follows from the last paper of “Georgia:” Between the railroads and the public at large there is no antagonism of interests and there is much less diversity of pur pose than is generally supposed. The trouble is nearly altogether the re sult of commercial rivalries, and the struggle is mainly between the old estab lished trade centres of the State and the young and aspiring towns—the old trade centres demanding to be protected in their old sources of business and the younger towns demanding to be liberated from their tribute paying to the trade cen tres and placed before the markets of tbe world on equal footings. The older cit ies being large and wealthy, more con centrated and thereby able to act with more unity, have made a strong fight. The smaller towns, though more scatter ed, are numerous, and have made their influence fe.t. ; The roads, as a general rule recogniz ing the claims of the original trade cen tres—partly because, in the nature of things, changes from old customs are slow—partly from self-interest, as it ena bles them to hold up their local rates, and thereby hold up' their revenue. Butin the less aud less degree each year have the trade centres had this recognition. As the increase of business relieved the roads of the necessity for so high a rate, the con cessions were correspondingly made. Too slow, however, to satisfy the towns, and too fast to suit the cities. . livery failing off of the road’s support to the trade centres have brought down upon them the bitterest denunciations, and every failure to meet the demands of the smaller, towns have brought forth tbe same result—two laige communities con tending for exactly opposite ends, using the satpo war cry—discrimination, that talismanic word that has only to be utter ed to kindle the fire of indignation through town, country and State; the railroads being the weapon, as it were, for both to use, and each in turn attacking the weapon as it is wielded by their opponent, to their hurt. Yet none are brave enough or generous enough to protect and defend it when it was firm enough to stand by its own princiDles upon the high ground of neutrality. Its position becomes misunderstood, and in time it comes to be regarded as a common enemy, and the real issues of the struggle are lost sight of. Actually at diverse in terest, but apparently united, these con tending .communities have been able to make tbeir voice heard, and it is now their voice that is being heard through the mandates of the State Commissiouere. Nevertheless, the scaling and leveling principle has gone on—gone on until the smaller towns are given facilities that en able many of them to make daily transac tions at the local railway station that a few years ago could only have been made at one of the ocean ports. If let alone it will still continue to go on—slow, it is true, and in its own way— until the people have fully recognized that all communities have equal rights; that the railroads are simply carriers for the benefit of all. Their aid is not to be in voked in support of one community to the detriment of another; that they are only carriers, and must, carry for ail; local disabilities of sections are not to be over come by the improper and unfair adjust ment of rates; that each locality must bear its own burden of geographical or other disadvantages, and rely upon them selves alone; That this result will be finally reached I do not doubt. , If the railroads are ultimately to be, as now appears so evident, the recognized and confirmed means of moving and inter changing the commerce of a great and growing people, no one can for a moment doubt but that this must be attained. But to be reached properly it must be in its own natural way. Slowly and without shock to any community, without the sud den uprooting of old established customs and without bankruptcy, to these same railroads that are to be relied upon at least to perform this valuable service of carrying the business of a State, and in its own way, if let alone, this wUl be- accomplished. What is lost to tfie roads in a gradual decrease of their revenues from a gradual leveling of all rates, will, in the natural order of thins, be as gradually made up to them by the increased ; growth of tho business of the country, and the opening up of new sources of revenue. - The commissioners’ rates attempt to reach the ultimate con clusion with one broad and sweeping change from old established things, in the wake of-which must follow disaster and ruin, so needless that to make it seems a crime., - • ■n The (kit Crop. The oat crop, to which is due the credit more than any other agency of delivering Georgia, in a great measure, from the bondage of Western com cribs, isatthis- time a subject of much solicitude. About Thomasvllle, ‘where large quautiliesof this useful cereal are grown, the outlook is decidedly unfavorable. Rust and blight are generally reported. Rumors to the same effect reach us from Stewart and Clay counties, and up to a day or two ago the copious rains with which we have been blessed, had not reached that section of the State. Ere this, however, they may have done so, and perhaps with the aid of an abundance of moisture the plant may still retrieve its early promise. In other portions of the commonwealth we hear Of no complaint, but on the con trary the prospect is flattering for a heavy yield. The Early County Netcs hasa- sample of oats', the average of a twenty- five acre field from the plantation of Mr. B.F. Long, which are heavily headed, and measure three feet and eight inches in height. A' member of the Ocmulgce club, Mr. G. M, Davis, also left at this of fice yesterday a bunch of oats three feet in length, which he says is a fair specimen of a prize acre he is cultivating. In Ma con county the crop is likewise excellent, and on the whole, with no untoward acci dent hereafter, there will be a heavy oaS crop harvested the present spring in Geor gia. It should be said too, that the acre age, in view of the last year’s sorry yield of com, is larger thaa ever known before. —In drilling a well near Chatfield, Min nesota, the men dug down fifteen feet through the soil, then came to solid rockr through which they drilled to the depth of twenty-five feet, when their drill came In contact with an elm log fully one foot- through, which was in a good state of preservation. Passing tlirough the log the men struck solid rock again and drilled many feet before finding water, Hawking has of late years been re coin ai one oy using an mu auu rename ubck oy u:e nappy man, receiving in , express meir mantes to ineir nurses, lor . r . . , r »ntbu- remedy, such as Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. * gold, and “three cheers for the parsou,! relieving them of pain and suffering, by Tivc “ 1,1 h-uglana, ana iinas a Price only twenty-five cents a bottle. | boys.” , the use of Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup. j siastic votaries.