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dtettrgm tro& Sntumsl ^ Sfejssrnigsxr* There are fire hundred vacant houses in Memphis, the result of the late epi demic. The Rhode Island delegates to the Chicago Convention will adhere to the unit rule and vote for Blaine. The German Government has length decided not to mhke any further effort to raise the Great Elector. The loss is computed at $1,000,000. —About 0 p. m. Tuesday, at Oswego, New York, was witnessed the singular phenomenon of a heavy thunder storm accompanied by snow. Among the candidates in the ap- Droacliing election in England are Mr. G. A. Saia, Mr. Bothwick of the . London Morning Post, and Mr. Bowles of Vanity Fair. ' —Ex-Senator Frelinghuyson, of New Jersey, favors the nomination of Grant. He thinks that the delegates of New Jer sey to Chicago will he divided between Grant and Blaine. —Bayard Taylor’s sister, Mrs. Carey, who is now living at Cedarcroft, near Ken- nct square, sold her personal effects last week and shortly will emigrate with her children to Germany. -Miss Tweed and her brother were robbed of a trunk containing jewelry, which they had placed in a hall of their hotel in Paris ou the evening before their intended departure for home, and Missi' Tweed, who was ill, was prostrated by the misfortune. —Four or five enormous blocks have been removed by order of the Ehedive from the great pyramid for the purpose of building a mosque. The mutilation has been severely criticised by the Egyptians, whose faith, if pinned to anything, is pin ned to the great relics of the Pharaohs. —Nothing could be finer than Thur man’s cool and contemptuous way of dis missing Blaine’s assertion that he had heard the doctrine of subrogation demol ished by Edmunds. “When the Senator gets to be a judge, he will learn to hear both sides of a question,” said Mr. Thur man and left Blaine wondering if he meant that he was not a judge. The Law Against Seduction.—The Kentucky Lower House of. the General Assembly, on Monday passed a bill mak ing the seduction of any unmarried fe male of good repute, under twenty-one years of age, under the promise of mar riage, a felony, and fixed'the penalty at from one to five years in the penitentiaiy. —There are forty Mormon missionaries in the South, and a large number of local preachers. Elder Morgan who has charge of the Southern mission, reports that the cause is making steady progress. Some of the converts migrate to Salt Lake, but the majority remain at home, professing a belief in polygamy, but not practicing it. Twenty elders are to he sent to tills field. —A constitutional amendment will be voted upon in Indiana on the 5th of April proposing to change the time of tho State election from the secorjd Tuesday in Oc tober to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. By this arrange ment the State and Presidential elections would be held on the same day, as they are now held in nearly all the other States. A State Cannot be Sued.—The de cision of the Supreme Court, a decision strictly according to law, reported amongst the decisions of the United States Supreme Court, is, says the Nashville American, holders of a State to a right to sue'tlic iatalej growing out of the law which, at the time the debt was contracted, allowed the State to be sued. The Court goes further and declares that, if such a right of suit ex isted it would be a barren right and not a complete remedy, which the courts could or would enforce against the State. We are glad the Court has considered and de cided the point involved before it was raised in the case of the bondholders themselves. —The Tribune says the disgraceful story of the failure of the freedmen’s Savings Bank is recounted anew in the report of Senator Bruce’s committee, with au additional chapter, which is of a piece with all the rest. Since the institution went into liquidation, $50,000 has been paid as salaries to the commissioners ap pointed by the government to wind up its affairs, $70,000 to agents, and $31,000to at torneys, all of which has been taken out of the funds due the poor depositors. The report revives unpleasant memories ol a recent regime at Washington of which this Freedmen’s Bank swindle was but a circumstance among many. Justice to .the Railboad . Commis sion.—We clip the following paragraph from an editorial in the Seaport Appeal upon the working of the new schedule of the Railroad Commission: A brief inters view with cx-Governor Smith, chairman of the Board of Commissioners, a few days ago, impressed us with the earnest ness and anxiety of the Commissioners to do exact justice to the railroads and to the people, and satisfied us that neither the one nor the other is In danger of serious detriment if correct data be furnished, and square dealing be observed; neverthe less it is our solid conviction that the ex periment is hazardous, full of difficulties and will end in disaster. “Better bear those ills we have, than fly to othera we know not of.” It is the scheme, and not the commissioners we fear, and it will be our pleasure to sustain the latter In all the good they do. Grant Laying in Cigars.—The New York Bun says a case of cigars marked for “U. S. Grant, Jr., New Yook,” was re leased from the custom-house yesterday. They arrived from Havana in the steamer City of Washington, and were a present to one of the members of the Grant party while in the capital of Cuba. They were sent to the public store, and ordered from there to the seizure-room as an illicit im portation. The case contained twenty- four one-twentieth boxes, or 1,200 cigars in. all. The Treasury Department ordered their release on die payment of a penalty equal to the dues. "When the money was paid the older custom-houso clerks seem ed astonished, for it was the first case of the kind in the family history. The Boss Hen Stoby.—Glen Cove goes to die front with the “boss hen,” not a mere ^ordinary egg-laying hen, .but a singing hen—a hen that sings “Hold the Fort” with all the unction of a Widow Van Cott^at Camp meeting. This biped is the pet of a young lady of this village. She has taught the hen to accompany her as she sings the hymn, and the pullet does it with a vim, a gravity and propriety really creditable to poultry nature. She has only to start the melody, and the pul let joines in and sings along with her to the end, following the scale and minding the rests in a Way that would delight the most exacting choirmaster, and,as a mat ter of genius, Glen Cove’s singing hen is as the luster of Aldebaraff to the glitter of a pinhead in the pinafores of beauty dancing at charity balls. The "Wadley-Newcomb Conference. Despite the opinion that the meeting of The Coming Monster Crop. There is getting to be considerable the Presidents of the Louisville and Nash- wild talk about cotton production, gen- ville, and Central railroads in Atlanta,! erated, as we suppose, principally would lead to prolonged discussion, and ; by consumer*, but finding some probably result in disagreement and the speedy building of the Georgia Wes tern, it seems that all differences were harmonized, and as loving as brothers the two railway magnates proceeded to Sa vannah to perfect all their future plans and arrangements. What were the terms of the contract or compromise have not yet transpired. We can only hope they will be for the benefit of the whole State. It is not surprising that Mr. Newcomb should have hesitated just now to tackle an elephant of such dimensions as the Georgia Western. He may be forced to do so, however, when the lease of the Western and At lantic expires. In the meantime, it looks like Messrs. Wilson & McGeehee will be left out in the cold. But never fear; the past six months has shown that the Ma con and Brunswick can be not only a self sustaining but profitable investment at the price paid for it. Remarking . on the present situation, the Constitution reluc tantly remarks: “As to the Georgia Western, it seems that this gives it a black eye; but, then, it is an enterprise that is used to black eyes. We shall continue to put it for ward whenever occasion offers, and to ad vocate it in and out of season. At present, we can only take refuge in the philosophy color in wild action of some cotton growers, stimulated bv the moder ately compensatory price which has ruled during the past winter, and has made their aspirations*run ahead of their dis cretion. The crop of 1879 they claim will be 5,- 900,000 bales, when we think it will prob ably be less than five and a half millions; and then, reasoning’upon the increased acreage which is now being put in cotton, they raise their estimate of the crop to be produced this year to some where about 8,000,000 bales! For example: A cor respondent of the New York Bulletin, writing in South Carolina, finds justabout him on eleven plantations an increase of proposed cotton acreage, from 483 acres in 1879, to 705 acres in I860, and he rates the average increase in South Carolina at thirty-five per cent. Then, by force of this estimated increase he proceeds to add the same percentage to the crop. To the 5,900,000 bales which he says were produced last season, he adds thirty-five per cent, and makes a crop of eight millions—with a smaller laboring force than was at work last year—work ing under far more unfavorable con ditions (for this will be an on year in pol itics), and with closed eyes to all the woree off thL F we n w?ro” hesSs.^‘If they 1 predominant chances of * les s productive don't build us a road, they can’t take away any we have.” The Southern Farmers’ Monthly The April number of the Southern Farmers'Monthly has been received, and is brimful of practical and interesting in formation. This serial, under the foster ing care of its enteipilsing proprietor, Col onel Estell, and the judicious editor, Mr. Bryan, is already the most attractive and valuable agricultural journal in the State. In point of mechanical execution also, it far excels all others. Its columns cover tho whole field of agriculture, horticul ture, pomology, stock, fish and poultry raising and all that relates to the proper management of the farm and dairy. In addition, there is a housewife’s de partment, devoted to the fashions, which is illustrated by cuts of all of the latest styles in woman’s, men’s and children’s garments. The present number contains the late admirable address of General W. M. Browne, Professor of Agriculture and History in the University of Georgia, be fore the late State Agricultural Conven tion, and many articles of great utility and excellence. It should be in the household of every Georgia farmer. Nails and Screws. The "Western Nail Association, at an adjourned meeting held in Pittsburg on Wednesday last, agreed to keep their mills closed two weeks longer, dating from Monday next—making four continu ous weeks of inaction. By that time they are quite sure they will have orders enough on hand to take all their nails at card price. But if, contrary to their an ticipations, such should not be the case, then they will add two weeks more of sus pension, dating from the 19th inst.,and by that time they feel certain, under the op eration of a nail famine, people will come wns. The nail mills, by the com- d force ot tne nair a, uiu aua the tariff screw at the other, feel certain that they can bring tho American —-„i,i m terms and force any price out of consum ers. With a charming naivete they say in their dispatch, “it is proposed to take the business entirely out of the hands of speculators;” but a case of felt de se will be necessary here. This plan of keeping up nails to famine price is im practicable. Propagation pf Oysters. The Convention of Fish Culturists in New York, on Thurday last, heard a pa per from Professor W. R. Brookes, of Johns Hopkins University on theartificial propagation of oysters. He said he had made a close study of the subject at Chrisfield, on the Chesapeake Bay, where he had built up an oyster shell. The gravid oyster was taken and the eggs ex tracted and artificially impregnated. A single oyster yielded from two to thirty millions of eggs. The eggs were not at all sensitive, and the young were thoroughly hardy and there was no difficulty in keeping them alive. On a small-sized watch crystal there was room for half a million to swim about. The shell was formed in a few days after leaving the egg. When they were a week old 135,000,000 would go into an inch cube. In a year they were sexually mature, but they were not fit for market till they became three years old. There was no doubt that the artificial propagation of the oyster was entirely feasible and could be accomplished with better results -than the present methods of planting. j The Future of Prices. The signs of an inevitable decline in the prices of the large staples, says the Charleston News and Courier, have be gun to appear in various directions.. Iron, which has hung so long at what was once the fabulous price of $40 a ton, has begun to shade oft to $35. Through freights on the great trunk lines, which partly make and partly mark the average of price all over the country, have been reduced once in the last month, and are to go still low- Water transportation comes into play earlier than usual on the lakes and in the Erie canal, with its usual effect on grain prices, which are slowly settling down. Everywhere men with their eyes open can see that while the country has stocked up and filled up and spent its earnings during the last year, and supplied the de ficiencies of hard times, goods of all kinds are being turned out with extraordinary rapidity. As to the future supply of the great staples, there appears to be no rea son to doubt that the crops of 1880 will exceed those of 1879 from ten to fifteen per cent. The Radicals Moving in Southwest Georgia. The Cuthbert Appeal announces that the colored Radicals of Randolph county have met, and appointed delegates to the Republican Congressional Convention at Thomasville, and the State Convention, which is to assemble in Atlanta to ap point delegates to the Chicago National Convention. A strong effort will be made to organize the entire Radical party of the State, with a vieweitherto separate action or affiliation with the Independent. Surely, the knowledge of this should compose all divisions in the Democratic camp. Governor Colquitt having been in vited, has consented to deliver the open ing address of the Brunswick Agricultural Fair which takes place in May. season. This is silly talk. Every sensible plant er knows what comes of “over-cropping” himself* It may safely be predicted, if any material increase in acreage is at tempted, without a corresponding increase in the laboring force, a timely abandon ment of the excess must be made, or all will be lost. ‘ The result, therefore, of an increased acreage under the existing conditions must almost inevitably be to diminish the crop, and this, we suppose, will be the ac tual out-turn. Again, every planter knows that the ability of a given force to cany a crop through, depends much on the character Of the season. A wet season calls for far more labor than a dry one—grass and weeds grow faster, and an excess of area which might be saved in a dry season would not only be lost, but endanger the whole, in a wet one. Last year the long and persistent drought saved a large acre age, which, in other conditions, would have been lost. The general disposition is to “take all the chances,” and push the acreage too much; and, if, under the stimulus of the exceptionally propitious circumstances of last summer, any large addition is made, a loss of yield may be counted on with almost certainty. We trust, in the interests of planters themselves, they will, go on without ex citement, to cultivate ^a crop they can manage with Case and comfort, and that it will embrace an ample supply of food products. No man can make any thing farming on speculative principles. A steady-going, sound plantation economy will realize the full benefits of good prices, while a crazy and excited effort to make a ten-strike will probably forfeit them all. What became of all the money from high-priced cotton just after the war? Dr. Talmage in Macon. We are not an admirer of Mr. Talmage enthusiasm" oT"ttie < SfiaS]y* faculty of applying ad hominem that won derful knowledge of human nature which he possesses in such an eminent degree. Despite the utterance of the apostle that he was willing to be “all things to all men” that he might save some, this re nowned divine not unfrequently goes too far on that line, and, by the drollery and dramatic character of his discourses, con verts the sacred tabernacle of the Most High God into a common place of assem bly, where men go to be amused as well as edified. But the object of this article is not to censure, but render justice to our dis tinguished visitor. And imprimis, we think all will be willing to admit, that the laige and highly cultivated audience who listened to Mr. Talmage on Friday night, went home with their good resolu tions strengthened—their cares and indi vidual burdens less onerous—their hearts and spirits cheered—their hopes of the future more buoyant, and in short better, and happier men and women. And surely should not this be the great end of those’wlio essay to stand befoie the peo- . le as counselors and instructors ? -In deed, it may be truthfully said of this lecture, that in scope and effect it resem bled a faithful message from tho pulpit. There were passages so deeply solemn, touching and fervent—which appealed so softly and deftly to the conscience and heart of the erring, that the hushed still ness of the house, where a pin could be heard to fall, and the bated breath of the auditors told stronger than words, how intensely they were affected. But it is likewise equally true that the astonishing facial mobility of the speaker, his never failing command of language, his singular powers of description and im itation, his intense conception of the com ic and burlesque, his graphic recitations and soul-mastering oratory, seemed to cover all topics, and invest them with a charm and novelty at once unique and wonderful. All listened with wrapt attention, while many felt tempted to laugh and weep by turns, and the speaker showed himself to be a very wizzard in portraying human na ture and actual life in the cottage, the pal ace,the counting room]the farm,the factory, the store, the several professions, the mar riage state, and every other sphere of ex istence. But through all, there was a glo rious moral pointed and shining like the great luminary of day, which challenged attention; and carried conviction to the heart. Few were present who could not take home some apposite lesson for their own benefit. It would require both dramatic action' and the finest descriptive powers to ade quately depict this lecture of Dr. Tal mage. We do not attempt to do so. But it is no longer a matter of surprise that this gifted genius conquers his way wher ever he moves, either on this continent or before the fastidious auditories of Europe. It is a subject of congratulation that his fair fame has been fully vindicated from all wrong-doing by the constituted author ities of the church. Let us be charitable to his failings and rightly appreciate all that is worthy and,salient in the charac ter of our late guest. Personal Politico—Mexicanization. A Herald correspondent comes back from the enlightened Republic of Mexico amazed with the similiarity of the "poli tics of the two countries. American poli tics have lost all dignity, and like those of Mexico, which never had any, turn en tirely on personal fortunes and schemes. In the olden time people used to divide on questions of constitutional power and construction. Labored arguments were heard on the stump, and woe to the party with a light championship. That is all gone, and in lieu thereof the attention of the whole country is ab sorbed in the movements and projects of leaders. In Mexico, they talk about Benitoz and Gonzaloz, and in the United States Grant and Tilden. In Mexico it is understood that a good deal unwritten and unspoken of is implied in these per sonal signs. It is clearly understood, for example, that the ballot does not termi nate, but inaugurate the struggle. So soon as the ballots are cast both sides will take to pronunciamentoes, clubs and pis tols. That is understood. That is ac cording to custom and usage, and hence not necessary to be particularly stated. But in the United States it" is compara tively a new practice, and hence it is deemed necessary, by the stalwarts, to state clearly the fact beforehand, that should they fail to get a majority of the ballots, Grant will seat himself by the use of troops and fire-arms. The ballot is a temporary and perhaps superfluous piece of deference to an old and inane custom, which they will not challenge long as it does not stand in their way. But they will accept no nonsensical ver dict of defeat from it. Their ultima ratio is the last argument of kings and imperi alists.'-They run Grant distinctly as a man who will not “be counted out,” though the votes should be overwhelming ly against him. The stalwart papers have been full of this talk, thinly disguised under an affec ted alarm about Democratic election frauds—but everybody knows what it means. Everybody smell3 the Mexicani- zation concealed under it, and it need not be more distinctly stated that Grant is the man to go in, whether elected or not. In the determination of the great body of Stalwart Imperialists the period of an Elective Chief Magistracy has passed—we mean the period when the votes shall be considered as absolutely determining that question, and when their decision shall be quietly acquiesced, in as final. That is the true state of the case now, and this is tho plain English of the “stalwart boom.” On the stalwart programme the country is Mexicanized. Memorial Day. The ides of April are upon us, and it is high time that those in charge of the mat ter were arranging for the solemn services of the 26th, and had selected an appropri ate orator for that most sacred day in the calendar to all true Southrons. Tho struggle for Southern independ ence, albeit through the crushing force of number's, aided by foreign auxiliaries, to say nothing of the Ethiopian soldiery of the Federals, it proved abortive, will still go down to history as the grandest upris ing of a gallant people against oppression that the world ever beheld. Never, even in the remote traditions of antiquity, when truth blended with fiction and the deeds of demigods and sainted warriors challenged admiration, have more signal instances Brtftlgin. 4 the people and soldiers of the Confed eracy. And though our future mission is to heal the acerbities and animosities of the past, and kindle anew the patriotic fires that should animate tho national heart, yet even our former enemies must admire the love and veneration so universally felt by the son3 of Dixie for their buried com rades. It is in no other spirit than the de sire to perpetuate their achievements and keep green in the memories of our chil dren the fame and last resting places of the martyred Confederates, that these an nual floral offerings are laid upon their graves. Long may the beautiful and touching custom survive, and the day nev er come when we shall cease thus to re member the illustrious departed. We trust these remarks may serve to quicken the work of preparation, and that Macon and this whole region will turn out en masse on memorial day to do honor to the loved and lost. Since penciling the above, we learn that active measures have been instituted for the proper observance of the 26th inst., which, in due time, will be made public. Another Deposit in the State Treasu ry. We learn from Colouel George S. Jones, one of the very efficient Commissioners of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, for several years past, under the appointment of the Governor, that an additional $25,- 000 has just been paid OTer to the State. The Board were required by his Excellency to retain their positions af e the sale until all the affairs of- the road could be properly adjudicated and wound up. It will require probably a month longer to complete their duties, and an other payment of $10,000 or upwards will be still forthcoming into the Treasury of the State. The sum just deposited makes a total of $115,000 that has been turned over by the directors since the adjourn ment of the Legislature. The whole amount will reach frilly $125,000. This is an admirable showing for the managers of the road, and the Board and their ex cellent General Superintendent, Colonel Adams, and his associates, deserve the thanks of the Commonwealth for the fi delity with which they have discharged the duties assigned them. Oleomargarine Again. The Charleston Hews and Courier of the Slst ult., contains a response from Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken, Congressman from the third South • Carolina district, to cer tain editorial comments on his oleomar garine speech. Mr. Aiken’s, statements are so remarkable that we append some of them: ’ After the committee had spent near two hours in examining this manufactory and were talking of returning to Wash ington from Baltimore, where the factory described is located, the company insisted we should dine with them. The invita tion was accepted, and as we sat down the host announced that he had by order of the company procured a few pounds of the best butter fromthe best creamery in Delaware and as many pounds of the oleomargarine and placed them in cakes promiscuously upon the table. Within reach to my right upon the ta ble was a round cake of beautiful butter. On my left sat a Northwestern friend who comes from a land better than Goshen, and within his reach to the. left, was a square cake of as beautiful, and perhaps somewhat darker colored butter. While dining we enjoyed - butter from both plates and pronounced them both “gilt edged.” Presently my Alderney friend said, “Aike'n, one of these cakes is oleo margarine, and I can prove it to you.?’ Taking a little from the round cake and spreading it upon his bread, he remarked, “Now don’t you see that this is butter?, see how beautifully smooth it spreads?” Then taking as much from the square cake and spreading it, he said, “Don’t you see how fatty and globulous the surface looks ? lam sure that is not butter.” When we had dined the landlord was asked how he distinguished the cakes ? Said he, “the square cakes are butter, and the round cakes are from the factory, and are oleomargarine.” The president of this company said he would defy the most delicate palate or most experienced eye to distinguish his “butterine” from the best dairy butter, unless when subjected to melting heat, in which case butter would gradually soften, but in hottest weather retain some con sistency. Oleomargarine will melt if ex posed to this heat and run into oil. But lie averred that they had experimented with it in every possible way in compari son with butter of the purest quality, both on land and on sea, and found that under ordinary temperature subject to any ex posure the oleomargarine will keep sweet and fresh where butter will become ran cid The manufactory in Baltimore is the smallest in the United states, and its daily product for eight months in the year averages 3,500 pounds. It is not manufac tured during the hot summer months. There are manufactures in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Pittsburg, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis, and the aggregated daily product reaches nearly half a million pounds. The greater portion of it is shipped abroad and chifly to Berlin, Amsterdam and other German towns, and Liverpool," and the supply has not equalled the demand in any of those cities. On my return from Baltimore I bought a cake of oleomargarine and had it sub jected to the microscope and analyzed at the Agricultural Department. The mi croscopic examination made it appear very unlike buttqr, but the chemical analysis showed it contained 88 per cent, of fatty, matter, 8 per cant, of water, 2 percent, of salt, and 2 per cent, of animal matter. Of the 88 per cent, of fatty matter 95 per cent, was butter. So it only lacked 5 per cent, of being the genuine article at the worst. One of the committee expressed it when he facetiously remarked: “I under stand it all; we are living in a progres sive age, and the inventions of the day have enabled us in this instance to ‘go be hind the returns,’ we have gone to the fountain head; and by a mechanical op eration produced from tlie same source in an hour the identical substance that nature would have consumed twenty-four hours in producing through the slow op erations of lactifica’ion, if I can coin a word, milking and churning.” The Truth from an Eminent North ern Source. The Philadelphia Times, Independent in politics, has the following review of the true inwardness of the present negro exodus, which cannot fail to strike every impartial mind: The regulation colored man from the South now turns up with the periodical precision of that “intimate political and near personal friend of Grant,” to tell how the whites of the South do little or nothing else than gun for the blacks, and maim or kill them as a matter of daily amusement. The colored brother is gen erally found loitering about in congenial idleness waiting for something to turn up, and he is utilized as a martyr or hero be fore the Exodus Committee of the Seaate. It is somewhat remarkable that these reg ulation sable witnesses are seldom heard of after they testify or furnish the ma terials for a newspaper article modem organ, unless as starve lings seeking alms from those who don’t make politics a trade. Whenever the story is obtained from the hopeful colored refu gee, his ■ usefulness is ended with those who tempt him to falsehood with the promise of a free home, plenty to cat and nothing to do, and he is turned loose to beg, steal or work to get his bread. As a rule, the friends of the black man who are ever ready to work up a sensational story in his name, regard their philanthro pic duties as at end when they make such a martyr of him in print that he can’t recognize himself, and they leave to others the duty , of providing him with food, rai ment or labor. v Thousands of colored men who were much more comfortable in the South than they can ever be in the North, even under the most favorable circumstances, have been deluded from their homes and crowd ed into Kansas and Indiana, where they would have perished in large * numbers, but for the generous contributions of sin cerely humane people who have had no part in enticing them from plenty to want. The recent official publication of the con tributions for the relief of the colored suf ferers in Kansas shows that the politicians of New England who have been persis tent: in their clamor for the negro exodus, didd’t contribute an avenge of a penny each to feed their starving victims. It is no lpnger an undisputed proposition in in telligent circles that one of the most atro cious and heartless crimes perpetrated against the colored race was the system atic : organization of the exodus by the systematic falsehood of political adven turers, and the embellished tales of col ored idlers, given out by the same class of reckless partisans, have ceased to be regarded in any other light than as the regulation Louisiana lying. When there are [disturbances and murder in any Southern State the news will get to the world long before a fugitive black man gets to Washington to tell it. The color ed race has suffered much both in slavery and freedom, but their most heartless foe to-day is the political adventurer who lived by the distress he inflicts upon the hapless people he pretends to serve. This, we believe, our colored friends at least: in Georgia are beginning to realize and act upon. Certainly the two races are in better accord in this State to-day, than at any period since emancipation. And why should not this era of good feel ing continue to grow and increase under the fostering influences of common laws and a common destiny. —A dispatch from St. Petersburg says the Empress of Russia is sinking rapidly. Georgia Misrepresented- Courier-Journal: What is said in the following dispatch from Washington to the Pittsburg Post tallies with our infor mation from Georgia: “Representative Georgia Democrats here say that the peo ple of their State are for Tilden, three to one-over any other candidate, and that Georgia will, wtthout- doubt, send a solid Tilden delegation to the Cincinnati con vention.” -M “The wish is father to the thought” with" our respected contemporary, who is par excellence the Tilden organ in the West. While we believe the Democracy of Georgia would generally vote for their last national standard bearer and right fully elected President, if duly nominat ed, yet there is not tbe shadow of a doubt that Bayard, Thurman, Pendleton, Sey mour, Hendricks, Hancock, or any other staunch and available Democrat would be infinitely preferred to Samuel Tilden. We doubt capitally whether he will get a sin gle vote from Georgia at the first ballot before the convention. So much for the truth of the above report.? TOJ ^qX£iscovery in Gold Mining. tended nonce or "—■-«- - - extracting gold from tho spent ore than we were able to do yesterday. As it promises some important results to the business and financial situation of the country, we append tbe Sun's article: If only partial credence can be given to the florid accounts of a new discovery by Edison, there is. still r sufficient in the statements made public to indicate that, he has accomplished a thing that will add considerably to the metdlic wealth of the United States. It is said that while pur suing his researches for platinum, of which there are small quantities in the ;old-bearing deposits of the country, he discovered a means whereby, through the combined agency Of chemistry and elec tricity, he could extract the waste gold from the tailings of mines. . This gold has always heretofore eluded every method devised by science to collect it. The quantity of float gold, and of gold particles so tine that the quicksilver and other devices used.in the separators, cannot attract or reach, is represented to be very great. Not only does it llirk in the tailings of mines, but in the aiirife- rous sands of rivers, and is not discernible by the naked eye, and very often escapes detection under the microscope. It is this waste -gold, hidden among tailings arid river sand3, ■ that Edison, it is said, has found out a way to recover. Having dem onstrated its effectiveness, he has organ-, ized the Edison Ore Milling Company to work over tho tailings of mines by his pro cess, and has made contracts by which millions of tons of this refuse have been secured. The story, as it comes, to us through the New York Herald, seems" al most to surpass belief. It is that, while in search of platinum, Edison has been collecting, through an agent, samples of the tailings of diri'erent mines for many months past. “H« takes,’? we are told, “a quantity of tailings, which,, so far. as any known proc ess is concerned, contain not a trace of gold, and by a wizard-like manipulation of chemicals he produces therefrom the precious metal in quantities simply aston ishing. -He.states that by his method he has got out gold from concentrated tailings at the enormous ratio, in some instances, of $1,400 per ton, at an expense not ex ceeding $5 per ton. From the samples sent him, according to what is said to be his own account, he obtained from the re fuse of the Spring Valley mine an average of $750 per ton;.from the Powers claim tailings, near Oroville, California, at the rate of $1,400 to the ton, and he computes that at the various mines' around Oroville “there are af least $50,000,000 in the tail ings,” all of which he lias secured to ■ be treated by his method." The first works of the Edison Ore Mill ing Company are to be erected at Gro- vifie, and it is expected that they will be In practical operation before August of this year. Edison does not pretend that all tbe samples of takings sent him yield ed the same results. The greatest returns were from the refuse of the crushed and triturated auriferous quartz rocks around Oroville. The black sand from tbe lava beds produced $80 in gold to the ton; sand from the bottom of Feather river but $8 per ton, while the alluvial of the soil around Oroville yielded only $1.25 per ton. As it was the hydraulic tailings that were richest in gold, it would seem as if the Georgia gold placers, where hydraulic mining is carried on to a great extent, would offer, a fine field to experiments; but it does not appear as if Edison had put any samples from that source to the test. The process is, at present, a secret which Edison has only confided to his as sociates in the company that has been formed to work by it. But, allowing for the exaggerations that are common to al most of all new discoveries, there is evi dently enough of value in this discovery of Edison’s to tempt capitalists to embark in it, though, perhaps, quite as much from tbe faith that they" have in the genius of Edison himself as from the practical illus trations which die appears to have given of his ability to extract some gold, at least, from tbe refuse of mines which has gener ally been regarded as worthless. What Governor Brown Baid in An* | gusta. A Chronicle reporter thus describes a visit to ex-Govemor Brown this week, at the Planter’s Hotel, Augusta: Tbe Chronicle representative called on him in company with a prominent Direc tor of the Georgia Bailroad. The Gov ernor was unaware that either of his visi tors was a newspaper man, and he was not enlightened during the visit. In re- sponie to questions, he said: “The object of our. meeting was solely to consult, in reference to the ruinous freight" tariff adopted by tbe Railroad Commissioners. Nothing was said about 9nd was decided to do all we could urlfe—It: a modification-of the tariff, but tbe Com missioners are very determined men, and I doifot if we succeed in having any change made. I haveno confidence in any rail way stocks. I own very little of them, and What I do own I intend to sell. Ev erybody seems to be against railroads. "When the building of a railroad is spoken of everybody favors it, but when it is built things'are changed. The. House of Rep resentatives’at Washington is as radical as tbe Georgia - Legislature concerning rail roads. , Very few railroads can make any thing above iheir expenses if the tariff fixed by the Commissioners is .persisted in. Some of the smaller roads can’t run at all.” Hungry for the Third Term. A special Galveston telegram to the New'York Herald of the 31st ultimo, says: There is no longer any doubt that the ex-Presidcnt has fixed his mind on anoth er term in the White House. He is as si lent about it as the grave, but those who accompany him and his family do not conceal their eager desire, to re-enter the White House, nor their dislike of any op position to their wishes. They have • T . ■ , . fixed all their hopes on success, and the lses " 14 ,s P osslble « 0iR S 10 P 1 *® ex-President not only seeks the nomina tion, but does not mean to be balked, in his design. He will not withdraw; there _ no doubt on this point. He is a candidate before tbe Convention, and be means that the party shall nominate him, no matter how bitter the struggle or narrow the ma joritymaybe. That, if true, settles tbe point of Grant’s nomination,of which our^readers will bear witness we have had no doubtf from the beginning, conditioned on the fact that the ex-President demands it. All the del- icate casuistry expended on tbe construc tion of Grant’s speech and Grant’s silence was labor lost. The third term has now to be pressed and contested with earnest and plain speech. The men who are train ing in these idle processions and glorifica tions should inquire of themselves how far they intend to "support tbe stalwart programme of a Third Term Imperialism. Are they really in favor of it, and do they intend to support it and abandon Repub lican precedents and usages? If so, well and good.: They can afford to swell the gorgeous train of imperialism. But if they still adhere to the forms and traditions of Republican government it is time to rec ognize tbe plain fact that all such par ades and demonstrations are substantially partisan in their character and mean sim ply a third term. A Bad Purchase. Captain George W. Bailey, of the United States revenue mariue, who has been engaged, under instructions fromthe Treasury Department, investigating the resources of Alaska," has submitted bis re port and it has been published. Accord ing to that report, Mr. Seward made a purchase in Alaska, which it would be well to pay a good deal more to Russia to take off our hands. The population of Alaska is reported as follows: American, Foreign, . Creole, . . 219 . 17 1,416 Aleut, . . Indian, . Not stated 3,820 3,386 205 Total 9,063 The proposition to carry on a territorial government at an annual expense of fifty thousand dollars for such a population as this, should be readily disposed of. The territory is not only without popu lation, but without ability to sustain one, except by tbe catch of the waters. The land is cold and absolutely barren. A few watery potatoes and turnips and poor oats are produced on manured laud, but the cultivation does not embrace a hun dred acres; and the timber growth is lim ited to a few stunted and knotty pines, useless for lumber. The coast, however, is rich in fish and illicit rum, and the only way we see to get the money back which was paid for Alaska, would be to sell tbe fish as they swim at Canada prices. The Effect of the Late Frosts. We conversed yesterday with two prom inent fanners in Houston county, and learned from them that the recent frosts were sufficiently severe to cut. down the Irish potatoes in all cases where they were mulched. Corn too ha3 turned white, and looks feeble, but will recover. EnpassaiiC, it may be remarked that po tatoes should never be mulched until all past " ° tlMinviie ’ Honor to a Fellow Citizen. Tlie Milledgeville Recorder says; 'il The ladies of the Memorial Association have linvited Mr. Roland B. Hall, of Ma con, to deliver the address on decoration day, fchd he ljas accepted the invitation. Mr. Hall was a member of the Baldwin Blues during the war, and for a number of years has been a successful druggist of the City of Macon, of which: city he has also been an Alderman. We think the selection a good one,-and shall confi dently expect an address worthy of the> occasion. ;; , .’ Mr. Hall has acquired a reputation as a graceful and eloquent speaker while act ing aS the orator‘ofthe Masonic order on several occasions. It is doubtless gratify ing to him to be thus remembered by the friends and companions among whom he was reared. That lie will not disappoint tbe expectations of the Milledgeville pub lic, all who have heard him believe. The Site for the New-Capitol. There is a hitch in the way of the City Council 6f Atlanta’s attempt to purchase several pieces of real estate adjoining the City-.Hall grounds, with which to perfect the size ofthe area for the proposed new Stats House. An attempt had been made to purchase* "tfaef property of St. Philip’s (Episcopal) Church, for which the price of $40,000 Was asked, also the lot of the Georgia Railroad, held at $20,000. The Council thought "the church premises.worth the money, but objected to the price of the railroad property. Afterwards, Mr. HarriSon, representing St. Philip’s, with drew the church lot. The Constitution says: The adverse report of the committee was adopted and all the plans as to a su perb capitol square thus came to naught. We learn that Bishop Beckwith, as trus* tee of St. Philip’s property, will not allow it to be again offered to the city, and that it cannot now be obtained. A commodi ous capitol square on the site of the city ball without this lot is an impossibility and therefore the question as to where tbe capitol shall be and bow Atlanta shall fulfill her promise once more assumes tho guise of a conundrum. It is believed that Mr. Nicholls, the member from the First District, will suc ceed in getting through his bill for the erection of a Federal public building at Brunswick. Macon’s custom house seems to bang fire. A Swedish Newspaper.—We are in debted to Mr. C. J. Stroberg for a copy of the Dagens Ngheteb, (The Day’s News), of Stockholm, Sweden. It would be an interesting paper if we could but read it< Suicide is not more sinful than neglect ing a cough. For only 25 cents you can buy a bottle of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup and be saved from death. to the surface of tbe straw, and never yield well afterwards. The plan is to mulch after the first heavy rain fall in May. We regret also to chronicle that the wheat crop and fall oats of Houston will prove almost a total failure." And this includes even the non-msting varieties of tho latter. An insect it appears, (which many assert to be the veritable rust), has done the mischief, Cotton planting is progressing, and the expenditure for guano will probably ex ceed that of any former year. One of our informants had put out twenty-one tons on his farin' of 300 acres. But, if judi ciously applied, and the crop properly, cultivated, nothing willpay>better. Our farmers, too, are learning, by the proper admixture of their fertilizers with farm yard manures, to improve their lands per manently. Now let them turn over these rusted grain fields and sow them in com and tbe early varieties of field peas, and all will yet be well with them. Senator BILL The Montgomery Advertiser and Mail, of Wednesday, says the recent shameful conspiracy against this .eminent Georgian has come to grief. Belva Lockwood, Esq., the petticoat at torney of Jessie Raymond, has suffered the committal of a fatal blunder in the affidavit filed by her brazen-faced client. The affidavit alleges that the Senator was with her in Atlanta-at the time when the journals ofthe Senate show that he was in Washington city. So that one of two things is certain either this female blackmailer has sworn falsely or else the journals do not tell the truth. Soon after the exposure of this un fortunate blunder in her affidavit, she left Washington—her coadjutants no doubt having supplied her with money. The rumor that was attempted to be put afloat that Senator Hill had paid her several hundred dollars to go, met with a prompt denial fromthe Senator. It was a matter, as he declared, of the utmost indifference to him whether she remained or ran away. She dad done all the damage she could, and while under no circumstances would he give her money, certainly now he would not hire her to go or to stay. The Senator is to be" congratulated upon the firmness and composure he has ex hibited under this trying raid upon his patience and purse Railroad Progress. — Within the short space of seven months, 2,971 miles of railroad have been completed in the United States, and 12,641 miles are under contract. This makes a total of 15,612 miles that have been projected since the first of September last. These statistics are compiled from the most reliable data, and the increase almost equals that of the three preceding years combined. The actual cash cost of these railroads is esti mated at $17,500 per mile, or 273,000,000 of dollars. The above figures give a start ling exhibit of the rapid material devel opment of the American Union. A heavy and killing frost was reported in Augusta and vicinity on Wednesday morning. Vegetables are said by the Hews to have been killed in many places, and tender shoots suffered from the bite of the frosty foe this late in the season. Conference of Railway Managers. Views of PnEsiDENT Newcomb. Mr. Newcomb, accompanied by several other officials of the Louisville and Nash ville Railroad, were In consultation yes terday with Mr. Wadley and General Alexander, upon matters relating to the late proposed combination of the three roads, and their future action iu the prem- that we shall learn the result ofthe con ference. In an interview with H. W. G., of the Constitution, Mr. Newcomb gives the following history of the contract be tween President Wadley and himself, which, it seems, was never ratified in its entirety: 1. That Wadley should not build, or buy, or lease, or ally himself with any road in Newcomb’s territory, and that Newcomb should likewise respect Wad- ley’s territory, which was defined as “south and east of Atlanta,” and did not include the Georgia Western. This point was settled without trouble. 2. That the initial road should set the rate of freight. That is, ou all freights originating in the West, Newcomb should set tbe price and Wadley should conform, and on all freight originating in New York or Europe, or Georgia, Wadley should name the freights and Newcomb should conform. This point was settled, it being provided that mooted issues should be left to arbitration. 3. That each road should deliver freight originating on its line or in its territory to the other at any point it chose. That is, Newcomb could give Wadley Western Ireights at either Atlanta or Montgomery, and Wadley could deliver Newcomb East ern and Southern freights at either point he chose. This point was apparently set tled, but was afterwards reopened and is now tbe chief matter at issue between tbe roads. Of courae the idea in the third article of agreement was this: Newcomb was anxious to carry his freights to Montgom ery, and there deliver them to Wadley, because by that course he would get about four hundred miles haul on the freights, while if he was forced to deliver to Wad ley at Atlanta, he would only get one hundred and eighty-five miles haul over his main Hue. Freights delivered at Montgomery would therefore pay Newcomb over twice as much as freights given to Wadley by Atlanta, and he held that he had the right to so deliver all the freights originating in h,s territory at what point he pleased. He was astonished, therefore, when he returned. Mr. Stohlman who was left behind to draw up the. contract, reported that while Mr. Wadley agreed in the main to the third article, he insisted upon incorporating this clause, “but as a gen eral thing freights shall be delivered by the nearest route,” or words to that ef fort. He instructed Stohlman to never agree tb such an insertion, and said that ho would never even present such a con tract to his board, as he could never agree to it. He made no open movement, how ever, as he hoped that Mr. Wadley would not insist on this demand, and matters went along quietly. The Georgia and Central roads ratified the contract, and their stock boomed upwards, even while Mr. Newcomb had it in his hands await ing developments. Mr. Newcomb was not seriously dis turbed over the difference between Mr. Wadley and himself, believing that they could adjust it whenever they met. He saw that it made really little difference to Mr. Wadley whether he received freight at Montgomery or Atlanta. But when it was announced that Mr. Wadley had bought a controlling interest in the Western and Atlantic road, he be gan to fear that Mr. Wadley was so com plicating himself that he would not be able or willing to give him the privilege of delivery at Montgomery, as the Wes tern and Atlantic, Wadley’s new line, would be left out altogether if the freights were not forced by Atlanta. Then Mr. Newcomb began to see that lus only safety was in getting a line ot his own to Atlanta, and the Georgia Western, of course, comes to the front. Its revival due to a disagreement between Wadley and Newcomb, and the fear, that Wadley has taken steps that will render the disa greement permanent. — pc enrp^s I am that I am a livins take comfort in wmsumg-TA>>i—«rw<t spirits up, may insist that the whole thing- is a bluff or a trick. All right! If they \ act on that assumption Atlanta will get her new road. Just file this prediction away. To a disinterested party it would cer tainly look like inflicting a great wrong upon persons residing for instance at For syth, Griffin, or Jonesboro, to transport their freight from the West all around by the way of Montgomery, Alabama, when it could be delivered via Atlanta at much less outlay of time and expense. It is due to the public that it should have . the benefit of short lines when they exist, and the whole country would have resen ted this imposition on tbe part of a pow erful monopoly. Mr. Newcomb would do • well then to abandon a scheme so inju rious and impolitic, and if he really wish es to compete on equal terms for the trade of Georgia, proceed with due dispatch to build the much talked of Georgia Wes tern. In regard to the flaw in his title to this road, as announced iu the dispatch copied some days ago from the Augnsta News, we learn that it doe* not practical ly amount to anything. The charter and franchises of the road were purchased from Messrs. Grant and-.Alexander, and the Louisville and Nashville holds a bona fide title to the. Grant half of tho property. The purchase of the remainder was also definitely concluded, but as several mi nors are interested it becomes necessary simply to go through the formality of & legal sale at public outcry. Of course no sensible person would be a bidder under such circumstances. 'C Hoy. F. Layieh, in tbe Spirit of Berks, published in Reading, Pennsylva nia, has this to say about our mineral wealth: As to tbe mineral wealth of the South, and of North Carolina and Georgia in particular, too much cannot be said. In the two last mentioned States the first dis coveries of gold in this country were made, and some of the most profitable mines would now be in operation in Northern Georgia and the western portion of North Carolina if the discovery offgold in California had not diverted to the EL Dorado of the Pacific Coast the great masses of fortune hunters in this country. I venture to say, however, that there are gold mines in North Caro lina and Georgia, which, if prop erly worked would yield millions of treas ure per aunum. No section of the Unit a is richer in valuable iron ore deposits th: a. the Northwestern portion of Georgia^ where Messrs. Noble & Son, formerly of Readiug, are engaged La conducting ex tensive iron manufacturing establish ments, and are the owners of thousands of acres of ore producing land. As to the “reign of terrorism” in the South, this is a bug-a-boo which should not deter Northern emigration. Many of the most successful men to-day in tho South are Northern men. The freedmaa has become accustomed to his freedom, and is no longer the victim of designing men. Recognizing the fact that the ac^. quisition of property depends upon indus try and frugality, he is devoting himself with greater persistency to productive labor, and the good results are seen otx every side. Immigration is pouring into tbe coun try again at the rate of nearly 2,000 pec- day at the port of New Yoik. Tildky’s Tax Suit, according to the Tribune, has been postponed on his re quest to next November.