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FLDON PRICE AMD BIS CtROO* BILL. V c all know Weldon Trice, of ■ # nd arc familiar with his l - faults as. well as his many noble . lint it is not of these that ' now wish to speak, hut of his I.,, as a legislator. We say, of contradiction, that »dc a model representa- pcople, and it would he corgia did that entire >r..p. i.d.hlc : i without tear M,, nice nu , ,,. of hi' *«ll for • of la"-makers take pattern by official career of this gentleman. , his fearless and patriotic course, 1 ilea member of that body, that j,l, to take as a text for our - ,1 t.. dav, and hold up Wei- 1», jec a- an illustration to . o,e \ . lets in choosing their ..tVin-is. In the livst place, eatleman had no at e to grind. t . no ambition ior either a . ... ,,t fuitiler prom •tion. 11c .he- in a condition to act f«, „ ,1, if his constituents, without - ,, n-i 1 ' lienees. This should i.c a the strongest poin’s a c a legislator. Place in ,,)>>■.!i.tnl po-ition no politician i-pires to promotion, .. -me to look more to his ... welfare than to the good of his 111-hands are tii d, as it tl . .,,,,1 he will he afraid to casta „ wiihoiit tilst considering the r. .. w ill have upon his dusky p.:i:.n uc v. The great trouble in li e ’, leorgi.i legislature is that ...full-, too many ambitious iniai!-. and as a natural cousc- and intelli- made to give ho generally m l .hi election. As we said, IV:, e had no higher ambition i , netit his people, and sonic • c c‘e.ite-t protections now ac- 1 . i farmeis origilurted with V liief among there is an act | i the put chase of farm sup- . f:..m tenants hetween sun- and d.uk. The splendid la- ,.f Ml Tint, that was killed ncoo teaiing politicians, was ..niclcl after all act introduced hy Pi.-e. lie was for abolishing ,e-. advocated a dog law, :v»l 1 ml.er end that locked to line -i euty of tiie eoiiiili v; hut as he . ocmilcil in most of thus*.* ...piling politicians, of course he .1,! .iCComplisli hut little. Buttiie • !l iutroiiueed hy Mr. Pi .that placing a prohibitory I-., icuses in Georgia. This act . o.inl down, hut its failure to . wa-, e: tainh a severe blow at agin uituval interests ot our a I'aimeis tell us that frointhc .i :!a-e chcus posters are first •ic i up in a ncigbbui bond until . Vo e'-.s after'the show departs, .: 1- .iemoiali/ed and the tields \ ;'ected. The negroes have . .n the til ain and will not Thev loaf from house to lii-cu-'ing the advent of the i .nu! aitci it- tleparture what l ad seen. There is a weird • a on about a circus for the rage Georgia darkey that is as -tihle as the dice to a profes- il gambler. At the lowest es- ,.le. one uuinlli', seal -t to iIn- farmers through circus- ! Iters not how white l>e field, or how far behind ndlotd the tenant is, he money to carry himself family to the show. If i-e the means in one w ty mother. If he lives ten, • liirti miles distant from • f exhibition it makes no NO XX. ATrrreisrs, Georgia, THE B ANNBR-WATCHMAN. TRYING TO VINDICATE. iCAKol in KaUierlng facts to satisfy Col. Gantt, of the Athena Banner-Watchman, and Col. Ma thew*. of the Svlvania Telephone, both of whom THU PROHIBITION MOVEMENT. The map of Giorgia in the Sun day’s Constitution, showing the counties from which liquor has been driven, through a test vote or by the legislature, was certainly a matter of surprise to every one. While we knew that the temper- I fictional part of * ernt which it coat Brother ' dalhews to run the extra session. The*e nutls- ance move was sweeping over our ! tic* win »*• *i?.n to the public ms soon a* lure, that »h»y were not robbed to any alarming extent, rol. Brinson ha* figured up GanU'a ex- list's for the extra tension U» have been! 1 * cent*, lie carried home a slate which he thinks win hold the lecimals necessary to express the fictional par. * L ‘ L | state, we had no idea of the extent I of its success. More than two-thirds )>orianl and lie-ioto a work can be prepared for publication.— H «tyaft boro Citizen. It is indeed very kind in “Hon. ,r I of the c<.unties have driven whisky R. A. Brinson, representative from Scriven,” to have taken this great trouble upon himself to satisfy two humble ink-slingers, and so far as our pro rata part of the burthen of the late Atlanta menagerie is con cerned we expect “Hon.” llrinson's figures arc about correct. Hut we will endeavor to combat his calcu lation with one of our own. Let it he admitted that it cost the Banner- Watchman if cents to keep these Iq-per-diem-free-pass Solons grind ing out windy orations and dodging every important hill. Now the tax payers of Georgia have decided that the real worth of the business transacted hy that body amounted to just seven-eighths of one per cent. According to “Hon.” Brinson’sown estimate, this throws upon our shoulders not only the entire real value of his whole body, hut we are taxed 3 per cent, besides to he ex pended in free rides and mean whisky. Like all editors we arc far from a millionaire, and do not feel able to bear the entire burthen of our general assembly. While it is true that the big tax-payers had to dance up to the tune of $ 109,000 to pay hotel hills at summer resorts, where the landlords struck against dead-beats, and also to liquidate bills for cigars, pop-skull whisky and other luxuries indulged in l>y this body, “Hon.” Brinson will lie forced to admit that our paper had to pay a premium on every act of real importance himselt and fellow free ticket liends enacted. In look ing over the proceedings of the two prolonged sessions of that body we find that they did manage to get a quorum together long enough one afternoon to incorporate some fel low's fish-pond. The rest of the time was spent in loafing around har-rooms, airing their dignity on the thoroughfares of Atlanta, from their borders, while the others | are last falling into line. But what ; is most surprising, the thickly pop- j lilateil negro cdhutics in the lower j belt of the state, and the mountain j section—the home of the "moon- I shiners"—seem to lead in this good | w °rk. The liquor dealers claim j that this agitation is only temporary, j and that it will soon run its day. , \Y e admit that heretofore temper- j ance waves were soon spent, hut | this movement seems to ns more I deep-rooted than any we have ever I before known. It appears to Jie a ; settled determination on the part ot j the people to drive the curse from I our borders, and we do not believe I that they will waver or turn hack in their resolve. One-by one the strongholds of King Alcohol arc being stormed, and from the glori ous ami unexpected victories achiev ed it seems that God is on the side of the friends of temperance. With in twelve months we do not believe tluit whisky will he sold in half a dozen counties in Georgia. The cities will he the last to succumb, • hut they cannot stem the tide. We ; believe that this move will amount to something, for it is based on an (uprising of the people against j strong drink. It is not forced upon them hv legislation, hut the result right and just. When the great people arise in their majesty and '" c | proclaim that they are for prohibi tion, there is noappeal. While you can’t legislate morality or temper ance into a people, they can he ed ucated up to that standard. We believe that this lcsult is now upon us. With the advance of enlighten ment and civilization, one hv one the curses that have so long been tolerated in this country are being wiped out. It would indeed he a happy day for Georgia when the the last drop of intoxicating liquor is drivenirotn our borders; and it can be exterminated, too.ifthe people are t brought up. And for such 11 full sympathy with the laws. It J magnolc as this are we taxed Q cents. It is an outrage on a citizen. It seems like a foul conspiracy to It N.. pave Ui,. him aw; tier to coniput •r person- It is no is needless to enact a statute unless it is upheld by the popular voice. It will soon become “a dead letter.” • In Athens there are many lahor- i ing men and mechanics who spend | from one-lourth to one-half of their entire wages for whisky. As a natural consequence their families must sutler for the little com fos, if not the necessaries of life. Drink does them no good, and they would be much happier and better oil' without it. What a blessing prohi bition would he to the women and children of our land! Take for in stance our sons—lire future rulers ot this country—and for them the > tin .;ia the loss sus- '.iiniei's each year I of circuses. They IV annually tliou- II lo-s of labor alone, i.ikii.g into consideration the -pent lor admittance. We :.oit Mr Price s circus hill will ■I'l.'itii' a law. Our farmers are ;.ti «! t.. War the brunt of taxa- .1:11 they ile«erve every pro- ■ 11 that can he accorded tk«ar. "tig a- \ie till our legislature I tinllticians and otlici-hunters people will he neglected. This ie office that should seek the If you see a candidate work- tor nomination drop linn on the int. Select some honest, fcar- i'iti/eii. whether he W- an orator ot. and -ee tli.it he is elected. ■ cities will he sure* to senil ugh lawyers to see that the hills It'.acted are constitutional. What l a Lumets want is men who are a t afraid to do their duty, and who I' ii not want to get hack. Give lie igi.i for one term such a body I s Uw-makers and you will see our KMial uiil state, at one hound, ad- l-eici at least ten years in progress. I 1 here is still another class of of- I-i-ei-kers ut which the people filauail steer clear—men who are XL.i'al tu expre-s themselves on an iitant public issue until they see 'i pul i.c sentiment drifts. Such fr :: a t is not to he trusted. If he J - not die courage or manhood to t boldly on one side or the lie will not do so In the stock law' the various counties could see politicians astride the u'. Hying to cling on to the iHttl- - ot bath sides. Every lioisest a must feel a contempt for such aaractcr. They certainly have a lcrcncc one way or the other, • are afraid to come out and pro- 111 themselves. Never elect 1 •nce-ridcr” to any ollicc, it mat ' not how insignificant. Par bet- bad you vote for an outspoken i" aent, than have a nullity repre "nig you. You can know what expect of the one, hut the other ') tepreseiil nothing hut his own '•ilical ends. We hope the hon '• voters ol'the country will seri- '■>' consider this matter, l’oliti ■ combinations aye already beiflg "ued, and they should lie nipped II the bud. Don’t let a few polity leaders in each district get to Itcther and give you a cut-and-dricd ticket. It is essential lor the success I'" our party that rings and cliques should lx broken up. Make your •"ght under the organized flag, but throw off this ring rule. The white people of Georgia must votetogeth- i* r as one man, and the only way to preserve that unity so essential to success is for each man to be his oven master and not be glided by an Y one. Let the success of hit I'jtfty end the welfare of old Geor gia be your only guide. bar-room is our greatest fear. There is not a father in Georgia hut at j consideration the real value that art dreads that his hoy may tail a j | K)( ] V was t o the people of Georgia. cutse. , j- ow> jf t |, e members of our late de funct state legislature had remained atlhcir posts and attended to husi- 1 victim to this great national lie stands more in dread ol whisky than r-.ll other temptations combin ed that may \>c placed before the youth of the land. Alcohol takes away all and leaves nothing. That it is a blighting curse even its ven dors must admit. We have only to look around us and see the bright intellects that it has deadened and wrecked, and the happy homes it lias desolated, to almost cause the blood to boil in the veins of every good and thinking man. The fath ers and voters of Georgia could not bequeath a richer legacy to their sons than to drive this monster Irom the country before our youth are contaminated. It will l>c worth more to their children than all the riches they could accumu late. It is needless, however, to W ' m every issue that may arise it will be found battling on the side o. r mor ality and good government. We never stop to count the cost before taking a stand, trusting our cause n the bands of a fair-minded and intelligent people. It the temper ance issue is ever sprung in our flinty the cause will find an earn est supporter in the editor of this paper, as likewise any other move that looks to the advancement and good of the people. \Y c do not, however, think that Ath- vet prepared for the revolutionizing change. Our lit) is too large, and we believe the measure- will certainly he voted down. When other places llw size of Athens begin to throw oil the vokc of this old tyrant and despot, then there will be plenty of time for our people to act. Temperance is something that must vvork its way gradually into a community. It can not be pressed. Let Aur temper ance men and women, and church es, too, get to work aad instill into the minds of the public a healthier sentiment. Let the masses lie ed ucated up to sobriety, and then, when the test is made, there will be no trouble in cither carrying the day or enforcing the laws after they arc enacted. A man -who is in the habit of frequenting bar-rooms and becoming intoxicated should not he recognized in society. It matters not how high his family may stand, or what be his wealth, the ladies should show him by their conduct that he must •ather discard their so ciety or the rmir. shop. Our minis ters should pi each temperance more and the chuTch members practice it. Hold whisky drinking in as ob noxious a lij'ht as possible. By this means you will draw around your cause the best people of the country, and when you have them on your side success is already secured. We shall watch carefully this temperance agitation, for it it oae £ the most important moves ever irted in Georgia. The prosperity df the country and the future of oar sons bing^p upot) its result, GEORGIA GOLD. A ItecMii* Finally (Marat tor Separating QcW from Quarts that a Impregnated With Sulphur. Columbus, Nov. i.—On the Bee line vesterday I encountered Mr. M. C. Wilcox, of Mt. Airy, Ga. Mr. Wilcox is an Ohioan, his pa rents and relatives still residing on the western reserve. He enlisted in the regular army at the outbreak of the war, but was afterwards transferred to the volunteers in an official capacity. The war over, he joined a Yale scientific expedition, and began an exploration of the hills of North and South Carolina and Georgia. Bradley, the leader of the party, was shot and killed in North Carolina, I believe, for a rev enue officer after moonshiners. For ten years Mr. Wilcox has been de voting his entire attention to the gold fields of Georgia. He was re turning from New York, where, as secretary of a mining corporation, the papers were completed by which a party of London capitalists will place some $.100,000 at the dis posal of his corporation for mining operations. I asked him to locate and describe the field of operations. Said he: “Thegold field isin Lump kin and \Y liite counties. It is about two hundred and fifty miles in length and twenty-five miles in width. Nacoochee is the head cen tre of our operations. It is twenty- live miles across the country from Mt. Airy. The gold presents itself in all phases. In some localities there is fine gold; in others the beautiful flower gold; in others coarse gold, and in still others we find nuggets. The tract was origi nally held by Indians. It is prob ably the El Dorado, in whose quest the great De Soto died. The Uni ted States government drove off the Indians and turned the lands over to the state. Then the state got up a lottery, and the land was parceled out to individuals. Pre vious to this there had been placer mining to a considerable extent. But the western gold fever and change in ownership took all of the old miners away and mining almost entirely ceased. Many of the new proprietors never went to look at their land*.- Others were poor peo ple who came and took possession of their small tracts. They could go out any fine day and pan out $3 to $3, and it was like a big fortune to them. Hence when capitalists talked of developing their field by regular quartz mining, they held the lands at such a price that it would not have keen profitable. In the southern part of the gold terri tory there are now three of our com panies mining with hydraulic power. I have spent seven years in perfecting a combination of ccpting every free ride tendered ^ twelve hundred acres in the north- thorn and ill dodging votes when | ern portion of the field. Our terri- •mv nfeasurc of importance was I * or y extends sixty miles. It is all car- ,cat b’ f° r hydraulic mining when our capital comes from London.” “Are the present companies pay ing?” • “Yes; all of them. And they are in the poorest part of the field —that is, it has been most worked. umpalm dbunty’”wHere ilieir' op" erations are. \Yc call ours the new field, although of course it is the old.” “Do the streams yield up gold as in California.” “Wherever there is sand to wash gold can be found in such quanti- tiesjas pay the worker well. They earn better wages at that than at anything else in the country.” “Are there any difficulties?” •“None in the ordinary quartz beds. But when we reach the wa ter line we strike a problem that will make the fortune of the man who solves it. Below the water line the gold is mixed inseparably with sulphurets. Assayists can take it in small quantities in their laboratories and separate it, hut the problem of separation in large quantities at a cost that will pav has bafiled scientists for a century/’ “Is there no prospect of solution?” “Yes, there is. A hundred men in different parts of the country are working at it. A young man in Cleveland has a machine nearly perfected, which I have just come from inspecting. I am to go back next month for its final test. It was built by Lcffel & Co., and Spring- field and Mr. Book waiter gave the inventor valuable assistance. The primary tests of the machine have been satisfactory. If it is a success there is arcel y any end to the gold that can be assayed from the Georgia field. Below the water line is the richest quartz of all. It will yield from $1000 tc $Soo per ton.” Mr. Wilcox, by the way, is the brother of Mr. E. G. Wilcox, of the Cleveland Leader, and of E. K. Wilcox, a prominent attorney of the Forest City. The tormer is past grand master of the Odd Fel lows of Ohio. Tulmpoulbl*. Men cannot draw water from an empty well. Or trace Ihe alorlee that *oa»l w tall. Or salher the aounds of a pealtns belt. Men nerer can alon the htllow'a roar. Nor chain tha winde Ull they blow no more. Nor drire true love from a maiden > iW. Men ■ an not o’ertake a decline lie. tlhaoee hla wheat 10 a Held of rye. Or call back ycata that have lone gone hy. Men cannot a cruel word recall. Feller a thought, be It great or ama 11, Or honey extmet from a drop ol Meu never can bribe old Father Time. Gain the height of a peak be cannot climb,. Or trust the hand that hath done a crime. Man never can backward turn the tide. Or count the stars that aro scattered wide, Or And iu a fool a trusty guide. strangle the press. While we are not pickayunish, and would freely contribute, our penny »- J worthy chanty, we do protest against our hard earned wealth be ing wrung from our pockets for any such infamous cause. It looks too much like sending good money af ter bail rubbish. We try to expend our funds judiciously, and always like to got value received; but any fair-minded man will admit that the assessment that the Georgia legis lature placed upon us was extor tionate and outrageous—taking into Or gola a been he bath ceuned lu bleed. Man never can hope true peace to wia Pleasure without aud joy within. Living a thoughtless life of aln. Old Fanner Grudge. Old farmer Grudge was determined to tn In the surne old way that hia father wet To toil aud to slave, to pinch and to save. Nor spend on pleasure a tingle cent His toiif* were few. and so rusty too. For want of the needful drop of oil. That cracky and slow^ thejr Jorced to go, Aud added much to his » ily toll. His crops were scant, for he would not plant Kuough to cover his acattered field; But grumbled aud growled ami always scowled At harvest over the meagre yield. And from paltry store #»n the threshing fl«*or, From gaping mow, and neglected bin. Would voiees cry as he passed them by; -You can't take out what you don’t put iu!'* dee was: And iu his dwelling am ’Twas plain And mauagcdall with There was little wood, tii Oh. bare, indeed, was * heed of a his laud ran s lire wo aud keen, miserly hand re was li the {sultry shelf, little food, Ihe wife, it Is true, would skimp and screw. Piece aud patch, ami some way tdau, A* a woman will w th amsaing skill. Who is tied for life to a stingy man; But. oh. how she sight'd for the things denied, The books and comforts, aud larger life. Of which she dreamed, aud for which she schemed When eouseiiiing to be Farmer Grudge’s wile. But Farmer Grudge not an luch would budge From the path Ida penurious hither trial; But though verv ricn, would work in a ditch All day. and at dusk in a corner nod. And his girl* and boys, bereft of the joys That others had, were disposed to roam, And to spend, profuse, uor put to use Tue lessons they had been taught at home. When Kllen, hi* pride, and his youngest, died. Old Farmer Grudge was so much.depresscd, ally believed the old man grieved, And thu* hi* fatherly lovi , . onfessed, r the dead he shook hi* head, Eeouomy was still in hi* thought, r'or he suld with a groau aud a mournful moan: “Now all that good Tamin' is good for naught!” t his home one moru the fanner wa* home. Aud though little tocoiufort another he gave, His neighbor* more kind were not int-liued To grudge him the space required for a grave. THE FACTORY POND. Mr. Bloomfield Acta the Part af % Good citizen. Office Athens Ma.nf’g Co., Nov. 13, 1SS3.—Editor Banner- Watchman:—Your editorial relat ing to the dam at the Athens facto ry was referred to the health war dens of the city, throught the May or, at the same time announcing my willingness to assist ill every effort made for the best interest of Ath ens. Respectfully, R. L. Bloomeield, Pres. ness, instead of dead-beating every individual and corporation that had an axe to grind, we believe the peo ple would have been willing to pay its members the real worth ol their services, graded according to abili ty—say from three cents to $2.25 per day; but when.thcy arc made to average the whole caboodle at I4, and then allowing 29 days out of every month for loafing, it is time for the tax-payers to arise in their majesty anil rebel. $109,000 for in corporating a fish-pond and buying a lot of old third-class portraits is a recount the dangers ot strong drink, i rather expensive luxury. W r e, how- for every one is familiar with the 1 « H on.” Brinson, of. iloinivn c tt'/ifk v * vl • Seri vc n, for the trouble he has tak- in our behalf, and would now demon’s work. The Banner-Watchman is not a temperance paper, but at the same time it will always labor for the as j. ,j, e gentleman to please figure best interests of the people, anil ill j,; s own gains, and tell the tax- up tns own gains, payers of Georgia what return he has given them for the money he drew from the state tveasmy? W'c think the gentleman will find himself with a balance ol over $500 on the wrong side of the sheet. Col. Huff will find it very difficult to run a livery stable and a hotel in the same building and give satisfac tion to his guests. While stopping at the Markham our party were dieted on "phantom lunches.” The bill-of fare read all right, but when you ssked for any article thereon it had just vanished. The hash eaters at the Markham will evidently observe the 29th inst. as a clay of fasting; hut if they un charged $2 per day fer such fare as our party had they will undoubtedly substitute cussing for prayer, we seriously fear. When an editor pays the Mark ham House $2 per day for board there is just $1.95 clear profit to Col. Hull. And yet for this he expects us to return thanks and ever hold his house in grateful remembrance. We sec that the name of Col. Huff, of Markham House fame, is sug gested for congress. We shall cor dially support the Colonel, f-r it would be a God-scnd to the travel ing public to get nim into some oth er business than running a hotel. Ed. Calloway well knows the opinion the Athens boys entertain ed of the Markham hashcry, for the demerits of that hotel were freely discussed in his presence while clerk at the Kimball. Ed., why did J ou not do us the justice in that ournal interview to say that the editor of this paper was not the only guest that denounced the Markham? , Prolculosal Humorist. Indianapolis Journal. George Peck, the father of the “bad boy,” was here a few days ago. In the past few years Peck has be come one of the most successful of professional humorists. His income is said to be nearly $25,000 a year. In 1S74 he was a reporter on the New York Herald “several hun dred dollars worse oil! than when he was dead broke. lie left New York with a resolve “never to come back until he had accumulated $13.” Peck originated and grew up in Wis consin. With “Brick” Pomeroy he went to New York to start a demo cratic paper. He was fortunate, losing but $2,000—all that he had, however. After reporting on the Herald for a short time he returned to Wisconsin, and, locating at La Crosse, started Peck’s Sun, which has brought rays of brightness to many households on dark and gloomy days. Five years ago he removed to Milwaukee, and there has met with continuous success. A friend to him told me, a few days ago, that he owned the whole town. That’s perfectly natural. It’s a way we editors have. The Sun consists of mostly of real, and sparks of wit and humor. Peck does nearly all the editorial work himself. His expenses are light and his profits large. The humorist is about forty years of age, heavy-set and wears an immense imperial. He has fitted up an elegant office and has a beau tiful home. He is veiy popular, and especially so with the ragged newsboys. Not long ago he gave several hundred of them a banquet, and they in turn presented him with a nair of diamond cuff-buttons. Tha Ku-Klux Cases. tivinnrlt HrraliL A motion has been made lor a new trial in these cases, which will be argued before the circuit Judge. Judge McCav refused to admit the prisoners to bail, anil they are con fined in Fulton jail, where they are subjected to insults from a lot of negro prisoners who are incarcerat ed there. The Banks county boys do not propose to submit to these in sults. and the result has been a num ber of tights. While in Atlanta last week we heard what purports to be the true version of this whole matter. It is said that it all arose from the burn ing of a church in Banks or Jackson. The Legislature had passed an act prohibiting the sale of liquor within Yarborough’s groerf.y was the prescribed limits and when the church was burned some of his friends were charged by these negroes with the crime. The result was that they were whipped. There was nothing politic in it and when the negroes came before Commissioner Dunlap inGainesville he decided that the U. S. Courts had no juridition, as the whipping was not done for political reasons, and that the case was one for the State’s court. After consulting with Speer and Judge McCay he was instructed to issue the warrants, and a new ver sion was given to the whole matter. The negroes now change their story in order to get it before the United States courts, claiming that they were whipped for voting for Speer. This was the first time the political aspect of the case was heard of, and when the negroes got to Atlanta, they were prepared to swear any thing that was necessary. It is sta ted that the story told in Atlanta and Ganesville was entirely different but the judge refused to allow proof made as to the former sworn state ment of these parties. A Test Temperance Case. An important test case was tried in the Superior Court of Fulton county during the past week—that of Mrs. Margaret Johnson vs. B. C. Johnson, saloon keeper, for selling liquor to her minor sou, James, who;becamc a drunkard and lost his situation. The complaint of Mrs Johnson showed that she was a widow lady, and that her son was her only sup port,etc. The youth is a machinist, and earned $12 a week up to Dec., 1SS2, when he began drinking, be came a confirm’d drunkard,and soon went to ruin. She had endeavored to bring her son up in the paths of rectitude, that he might not only be a help to her, but an honorable Importanl Law,. As it will be some time before the laws passed at the last session of the Legislature are distributed, we publish for information of parties interested the following acts: REttlSTKATION OF LIQUOR DEALERS. Fromjiind after January 1, 1SS4, and annually thereafter, each per son or firm desiring to engage in the sale of spirituous or malt liquors or intoxicating hitters, or in either or all of them, irr this-State, shall, be fore he or they commence the sale ot such spirituous or malt liquors or intoxicating hitters, go before the ordinary of the county in which he or they propose to sell said spirit uous or malt liquors or intoxicating bitters, and register his or their names as such dealer. PROOF OF ACCOUNTS IN* JUSTICE COURTS. Sec. 4151 of the Code is amended so as to read as follows: \\ hen suit is brought upon an open account in a justice court, such account may be proved by the writ ten affidavit of the plaintiff, and when so proved shall be received in evidence as if it was proved in open court; nevertheless, if the defend ant will file his written affidavit, denying the justice and fairness of the whole or anv part of such ac- cont,- the court shall not give judge ment in favor of the plaintiff for that part of the account so denied or controverted, unless supported hy other proof; provided, that in all cases when such affidavit is made, there shall be personal service upon the defendant before judgement is given tor the plaintiff under the provisions of this section; provided further, that in all cases where a counter affidavit is filed by the de fendant, and the plaintifl’ is not present at the court, it shall be the duty ot the justice of the peace to continue such case until the next term of said court; and provided further, that nothing in this section contained shall apply to suits against administrators anil executors on contracts ot their deceased'testators and intestates. EM PLOY INQ SERVANTS AX1> CROP PERS. DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. TS# City by uu Su TlMud bj Ita Flra naad. Charleston, November 12.—A fire broke out in Wilbur’s clothing manufactory, on Hayne street, this afternoon, and spread to the estab lishment of Robertson, Taylor & Co., wholesale grocers, completely gutting both buildings. Luding’s bag factory, adjoining, was also damaged. The loss is estimated at $60,000. There were eight women and a boy employed in Wilbui's factory, most of whom jumped from the third story to the street. Ellen Hermon was killed by jumping and Susie Bond was mortally injured. Mary Wolfe was badly burned, but may recover, as she was not injured much in jumping. Maggie Quin- lick and Annie Tylee were badly hurt but will recover. Abigal Guy and Laura Green are supposed to have been burned in the building. A little boy, named Lightheart, jumped and was caught without re ceiving any injury. Only the eight persons named were in the third story. The fire broke out under the stairway, on the second floor, and spread with amazing rapidity, cutting off escape from the third floor by the stairs. The persons on the second floor only escaped ivith great difficulty. Presldenuol Calculations. The state elections of this year being over, some enterprising jour nals have begun the work ol figur ing out the results ot the Presiden tial election of next year. If they would base their calculations closely upon the issues of the last election in each state, there would be no doubt of the result—the democratic candidate would be elected with a large margin to spare. But we take as a basis the states allowed by the republicans themselves to the dem ocrats, as follows: SURE DEMOCRATIC Delaware Florida ELECTORAL VOTES. Mi**onri i« New Jersey y No South Carolina Tennessee Texas West Virginia Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Every one of these states democratic at their last elections by decisive votes; hence the republi cans cannot well dispute any of them. It to these we add the other states that have also recently gone democratic by majorities so great that their votes of next year cannot reasonably be doubted, we supple ment the concession with the fol lowing: Ohio 23, Virginia 12, Cal ifornia S—making with the above conceded 165, 20S electoral votes, or 7 more than a clear majority. There Sec. 4.300 of the Code is amend- ,s "° m “ r ?. . rci * s .? n . to d »P“ te ,. ? lle votes of Ohio, V lrgnna and Calitor- man. I p to the time when he took the fatal drink he was a good, mor al boy, and had no intemperate hab its. His prospects socially and in a business light have been blasted,and that he is now said to be not only a worthless boy, but her happiness has been destroyed. The mother’s damages were placed at $10,000. The saloon in wnich the downfall of young Johnson began is thu ‘Reading Room,’ on Marietta street, well known as a popular resort for members of the General Assembly and formerly kept by E.Mercer.now by U. C. Johnson. The defendant of course employed able counsel, but the widow was well represen ted, Jcdge Cunningham, Lester and other temperance advocates hav ing volunteered their services. Judge John D. Stewart, of the Flint Circuit, presided for Judge Ham mond, and the case attracted a large crowd of anxious spectators to the court room. The case was given to the jury Wednesday evening, and on Thursday morning they returned the verdict for only $ 1 and the cost of the court against the|defendant. As this is a test case and the verdict is favorable to the principle at stake, despite the trivise amount given the heart broken mother, it is announc ed that it will be carried to the Su preme Court by the friends of the temperance cause in Atlanta. ed so as to read as follows: If any person, by himself or agiyit, shall be guilty of employing the servant, cropper or farm laborer of another, under a written contract, which shall be attested by one or more witnesses, during the term for which he, she or they may be em ployed, knowing that such servant, ployed, amflliat VmTer”rfof service was not expired; or if any person or persons shall entice, persuade or decoy, or attempt to entice, persuade or decoy any servant, cropper or farm laborer, whether under a writ ten or parol contract, after he, she or they shall have actually entered the service of his or her employer, to leave his employer, either by ottering higher wages, or any way whatever, during the term ol service, knowing that said servant, cropper or farm laborer was so em ployed, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as pre scribed by section 4310 of the Code of this State. JURIES IN JUTICES COURTS. Section 4157 is amended as fol lows. All appeals shall be tried before the justice of the peace or notary public, or both, and five jurors drawn impanneled and sworn as follows, to-wit: The justice in each district shall once in every two years make out a list of all per sons liable to serve as jurors in the superior court, who may reside in their respective districts, and shall write their names on separate pieces of paper and deposite them in a box marked No. 2. If the list is, in thedccrction of the justice of the peace or ’ notary public, as the case may be, too small, then the jus tice of the peace, notary public and one ol the jury commissioners, and if no notary then the jus- tice of the peace and two of the ju ry commissions of the county, may select front the list of the tax pav ers of the district such a number of the most upright and intelligent men, as they may see fit an proper, to add to said list of the jurors: pro-- vided, however, that the list when so increased shall not exceed one-fourth of the voting popula.ion of the district. Said justice or one of them, or one of them in public on court day, in conjunction with a constable, shall if any is pending or notice thereof given, draw, after shaking the box, nine names there from which names, af ter being recorded in a book, shall he deposited in a box marked No. 2. After all the name is drawn from box No. 1, then the drawning and so on alternately. The jurors so drawn shall be summoned by the constable or other lawful officer at least five days before the court at which they are called upon to serve, and if there should be a deficiency ofjurors at the trial from cause or absence, the constable, by direction of the court, shall complete the juty by talesmen to nine from whom the plaintifl and defendant shall have 2 strikes each.” Mahone claims that he was slaughtered in the house of his friends. It is natural that he should complain. Benedict Arnold, though he got the price of his treason, died despised by his purchasers. _ Senator Brown, of Georgians the richest of the Southern members of the upper branch of the National legislature, being estimated as worth >,000. The no fence movement has this advantage: it can never take a step backward. Whenever the old fence is rooted outit can never be re-es tablished. chance for the democrats in Nevada, and by no means a hopeless one in either Maine, Michigan or Wiscon sin—the two latter having gone democratic last year. In every view that we may take of the field—looking either at’the re sults of the last election in all the states, or at known conditions that affect their present political situa tions—the way is open for a decis ive democratic triumph, which can only be endangered by irrational devotion to men against whom there are strong personal objections or lo cal prejudices, or by a mistaken en deavor to carry certain states or in terests to the detriment of the party in others that might more easilv be carried. THE DEMOCRATIC) COLUMN. OHIO TEXAS NEVADA FI.OKIDA GEORGIA O It E G ON VIRGINIA A I- A It A M A INDIANA MISSOU R I A R K A N S A S I- Ul'ISI A N A 1» E I- A \V A R K KENT l’ C K Y MISSISSIPPI M A RYE A N D T E N N ESSE K CALIFORNIA N E W Y O R K N E W J E R S E Y WEST VI R (J I XI A SOU T li V A R O L 1 X A NOR T II c A R O L I X A Twenty-three states, with 250eleetora votes. Necessary to a choice, 201. THE REPUBLICAN COLUMN. N K W II a M P S II I It K M A S S A C It U T E T T S C O N N E C T I C U T P K N N 8 L Y V A N I A R IIO D E 1 SL A X I) M IN N K S O T A W ISCOXSIN C O L O R A I) O X E It It A S K A V E R M O N T MICHIGAN II. LI X O I S K A X S A S M A 1 X K 1 O W A Fiiteen states, with 151 electoral votes. VOL XXX. TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS. Shenandoah, Pa., has had a million dollar fire. A fire destroyed a large pot tion of the town of Cesco, Texas. John Kelley, of Tammany Hall proposes to retire from politics. The senate labor committee will hold a session in Augusta, Ga. Mr. Asa L. Biggs was burned with his residence at Franklin, Va. A syndicate in London is discuss ing a project for a ship canal across Ireland. An Ohio family is dangerously ill from eating hogshead cheese, that contained tirchiniases. An attempt is reported to be under way to bring Arthur to the front as the republican candidate. The superior court of Pennsyl vania held the Pulman car company responsible for money stolen from a passenger. Washington, Ga., Nov. 12. The new Catholic church at Sharon was dedicated yesterday by the Right Rev. Bishop Gross. The ladies in the Atlanta Musical Festival refuse to appear on the stage with Levy, the cornetist, who is divorced from two wives. District Attorney Speer has Jo been heard from in Washington, Pi where he has been commissioned to take charge of the South Carolina cases. In the elections Morgan coun ty voted heavily against prohibition, while the vote in Butts county, which is not’sll yet in, is sufficient to be in favor of the exclusion of liquor. The total revenue of the United States for the past year, according to the treasurer’s report, is $5,337,- 66S less than for the year before, while the expenditure have been seven millions greater. Indiaga, Pa., Nov. 12.—At West Lebanon, twelve miles south from here, on Saturday evening, Joseph Sarber shot his father twice, went *', rst , in ‘Iw ami and again through wtnt the head, killing him instantly. Isaac Brvan, on trial in Golds- horough, N. C., for the murder of Thomas Saunders, has been con victed and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. The parties were brothers*in*Iaw and became involv ed in a quarrel about a hog, during which Bryan struck Saunders with a hoe, killing him instantly. Augusta, November 13.—The body ot II. Fulcher was found in a thicket near McBean, Richmond county, yesterday. His head was riddled with|huckshot. The coro- tier's jury could find nc clue to the murderers. Fulcher’s brother thinks that the murder was com mitted by a colorctl man, and was instigated by white men. Conkling is said to be making $100,000 a year at the law. Rev. Dr. Talmage is to lecture iu Mississippi during December, The taxable values of Texas have increased $107,500,000 during the past year. A Utah tourist sums up his opin ion ofMormondon by calling it the waste basket ot the world, A citizen of New Plymouth, O., has some Easter eggs that have been in the family over too years. The underground railway system which will soon encircle London, is being built at a cost of $15,000,000 per mile. A mot ement for the colonization of Honduras by emigrants from this county is expected soon to com mence. The teachers in a female college in Milwaukc, Wis., have forbidden the students to wear hoops or hangs and the girls have rebelled. There are two cats at the Crystal Palace exhibit of London priced at $50,000 each. Five handred dollars is a common price fixed on the ex hibits. Professor William North Rice says that the Connecticut river, be tween Northampton and Meriden, was once 150 feet deep and fifteen miles broad. Lieut. Flipper has apparently abandoned all hope of reinstatement in the army and is now a clerk in a Texas laundry. “To such base uses do we come at last.” In Boston last week Judge Holmes granted an order dissolving the Palestine Railroad company. This road was originally designed to run from Cairo, Egypt, to Jerusalem. Memphis, Nov. 10.—The steamer ohn Lee, when opposite Fort ickering last evening, ran down a skid’containing a man, his wife and one child. They were all drown ed. ilia, than those of New Jersey—w believe, indeed, that either of them may lie more surely counted on for the democracy than New Jersey. Then the democrats will have a fair chance to carry New York if their nominee .mould be a politician not belonging to either of the New York factions Jtnd ohiectinivihU tn tli« ou.l-K 1 >nrso at least an even M aco „, whose traveling representa- Tno Whitley Cum. Butler, Nov. 12.—Mr. Camp- Another “End of to* World.” The etui of the world is confident- „ lv predicted by devout Moslems to shall commence on box No. 2, and be approaching with the close of the Mohammedan thirteenth cen- Two runout Roco Horses. Frank Harper,who inherited two of the greatest horses this coun try ever saw,said the the other day: "Longfellow is now 16 years old and Ten Broeck 12. I always keep a guard over them, both night and day. I have been offered $50,000 for Longfellow, but I wouldn’t sell him for $100,000, nor would I sell Ten Brocck for the same money. I will keep them as long as they live, or until I die.” Fnschor J.scktoa’i WlTM. Oyster Bay, L. I„ Nov. 9.—The colored population here are excited over the discovery that one of the t illars of the African Methodist Episcopal church is a bigamist, having no less than three living wives. Kach threatens vengeance. They held an indignation meeting last night in the house occupied by their lord and waited for tue return last evening. He failed to appear and ha* vanished. thirteenth ceil tury on November S. Tradition declares the Ramadan feast, the sun shall rise in the west, the day of mercy and forgiveness shall cease, and that of judgment and retribu tion begin. Thus, a proclamation has been issued from Mecca warn ing all true believers to prepare for the coming day, w hich the Times, of India, tells us has been widely circulated, and has created a great impression. A fanatical pilgrim to the Prophet’s tomb at Medina, Mo hammed Saleb, declares that Mo hammed appeared to him in a dream last March, and warned him of the pproaching end. There are 25 signs to he fulfilled before the great day, and some of these the Moham medans already recognize, the clos- i n g s 'B ns being the coming of Iman Mahdi, the dictator, with his troops bearing black ensigns, and a mighty wind which shall sweep away the souls of all who have but a grain of faith in their hearts. Af ter the Mahdi’s reign the trumpet will sound two blasts, the dead shall all rise, and the judgment begin. At a County Convention, which appointed delegates to the state oo.tvention, at Atlanta, December i», the negroes of Jackson county resolved that they will not support any candidate, from Coroner up to President of the United States, if his efforts and decisions be not in favor of the public school system. tive, King, was arrested at this place the other day for dispensing liquor from his sample cases to voters du ring the progress of the prohibition election has been in Butler for the purpose of settling the case. After conference with the town authori ties it is said the settlement was made. Mr. Campbell admitting tho truth of the charge and agreeing to pay fifty dollars fine, fifteen dollars costs, fifty dollars each to three lawyers interested in the case. Two other attorneys not presents at the settlement had been employed in the case and they may perhaps re quire as much. This settles the matter so far as the municipality is concerned, but should the grand ju ry take up the matter, which seems probably there will be further trou ble. Campbell left fot Macon this afternoon after being here a day. Plantation Philosophy. De quickest pusson an’ de strut ain’t always de best business man. De colt is livelier den de hoss, but he kain’t pull nigh so much. De young man what would wa’r a tight shoe case he thinks it looks better in payin more ’tention ter his foot ter de negleck Job his head an’in airterlife de foot will track de mos’ tention. Sorrow is often de result of bod ily punishment as it is ob true re pentance. De man what is put in jail don grieve so much because he tuck what didn’t.long ter him as he does dat he is in prison. Loud talk is often mistaken for argument and de man what drowns de voices ob udder men, is mighty often thought to have gain ed de fight. Dis kills fine talk, fur de mawkin bird flics away when de mule krays. Doan think, young man, dat yer ken wa’r a dirty shirt an a bad- looking hat an’ be ’spccted ’mong strangers like de man what w’ars fine clothes. De peafowl 'tracks more ‘tention den de turkey hen, cben dough his meat ain’t so good. It ain’t kindness ter tell a man jest airter he gets sober what he done while lie was drunk. Ef yer haster tell him, wait awhile. De day air ter yer sticks a splinter in yer han’ de place hurts when yer touch it, but a week airter •vartis yer can press it widout frelin’ pain. Rome Courier: “District Attor ney Speer has exhibited a letter from one of the convicted ku-klux prisoners of Jackson or Banks coun ty, offering him $100 if he would have his sentence suspended. The writer was perhaps a very simple minded man, whodid not know how reprehensible an acceptance of his offer would have been. No doubt he supposed that as state solicitors sometimes nol pressed cases upon pay ment of costs by defendants,‘the United States District Attorney might be able to obtain a suspen sion of the sentence of a prisoner after he is convicted. But whether that was his idea or not, he paid a very poor compliment to the Dis trict Attorney in offering him the money for his services, and we think it would have been better for Mr. Speer to conceal the fact that any man had so poor an opinion of his official integrity.” InfMtlcld. Benaltd ty s Dog. Cleveland, Nov. 13.—Early this morning at Akron, Summit county, the body of a full-grown colored infant was found by a dog on the banks of the Cuyahoga river. The animal dragged the remains through the principal streets and presented a shocking spectacle. A portion of the body had been eaten. There is no clue and the affair is shrouded in mystery. On account of the drouth, which seems to be prevalent all over the country, the orange crop of Florida is maturing slowly and the fruit is somewhat smaller than usual, hut the prospects for a good crop is con sidered excellent. The yield is ex pected to be much larger than last year’s. The passengers on this morning’s south bound train on the Cincinnati Southern railroad, state thatTrurall, who committed an outrage on a young lady at Point Burnside a few weeks ago, was hung by lynchers last night, and that his body was hanging in sight of the train when it passed that point. Atlantic City, N.J., Nov. 10— Three children of George E.Barnes, proprietor of the Sageamtha house, in this city, while out riding in a phaeton this morning, were struck by freight train at the Arctic avenue crossing of the narrow guage rail road, and all fatally injured. Two have died and the death of the third is expected. There are not a few humorous features about the water famine in New Orleans, as for instance the burglary committed out on Canal street, when Mr. Hoyle was awake at midnight to discover burglars in his yard, armed with buckets and and boilers, and prepared to steal the water in his cistern. It is said that young ladies actually go out visiting at neighbors’ in order to be invited u» Imv* — (U«w wf water. n man in Kingston, Ont., who feared that the hotly of his wife would be stolen, erected a tent over her grave on the day of her burial and has slept there nightly ever since. He and Moses, the husband of the fat woman, who sold her body to Dr. Hill, of Baltimore, for $too, entertain different views as to the proper disposition of a wife’s re mains. GEORGIA NEWS. Barnwell county went dry Tues day hy 1,500 majority. The official majority for prohibi tion in Campbell in 259. Prohibition was defeated in But ler county by 942 majority. A French stenographer has writ ten 44,031 words on a postal card. The late L. M. Hill, of Georgia, left an estate of $700,000, made by farming. Colonel J. C. Freeman is mention ed now in connection with the At lanta Postmastership. An Oxford student by the name of McIntosh ran over a croquet wicket last Saturday and broke his arm. Policeman Frank Moscly and fam ily were dangerously nauseated by poisoned oysters in Atlanta Sat- day. Mii.lkdgevii.i.e, November to. About six o'clock this afternoon a man by the name of McMillan killed another named Ellison, cutting bis throat. The Early County News says: “We learn that cattle arc dying iti the Spring Creek neighborhood for want of water. This is terrible to think about.” Americus Recorder: Capt. John A. Cobb says he has eight thousand bushels of corn over and above what he will need. Last year his surplus was six thousand bushels. This is the way to make farming a success. Waynesboro Citizen: “The in vestigation of the McBean homi cide is still progressing. Messrs. John and Warren Rodgers have been absolutely released, the state presenting no testimony which in anyway connected them with the atlair. Young Cox has been admit ted to bail on a $1,000 bond. Tin- investigation is proceeding in tin- case of Brit Rodgers and Rufus McNorrill.” Everything is so dry in Macon county that some of the sportsmen carry a canteen of water along for their dogs. In Walker county, Ga., last week a sow took a year old child in her mouth and ran a considerable dis tance with it before it was rescued. No-harm done. An exchange in Georgia says a man catches fish in his well bi<* enough to fry. . That’s just the sort of a well a man needs to keep him home Sundays. In Montgomery county superior court a white woman was indicted by the grand jury lor carrying a concealed weapon. She was con victed and was fined by Judge Pate in the sum of $10. The Washington Gazotte says- “The Magruder mine in that coun ty is making *mretry gratifying yie i d of silver. The ore being fitken out assays $48 worth of silver tb the ton. About a.ooo tons of ore have been taken out and {filed up, and the company i« now negotiating for the machinery for smelting works. Which will soon be put up at the’ mine;