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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 10, I860.
Would Make a Capital Officer.
Tbe proposed’ retirement of Mr. Malcolm
Johnston will necessitate tlie clioice of a
new secretary for the State Agricultural
Society. The name of Mr. W. G.
Wliidby has been mentioned in connec
tion with that position. He is both com
petent and reliable, and would make an
excellent secretary.
The Incoming Chop.—The report of
the agricultural department on the cotton
crop for August is a heavy set-back to high
estimates and expectations; but it is par
tially confirmed by the crop nows of last
week, culled elsewhere from the New York
Commercial and Financial Chronicle, of
Saturday last. The crop may perhaps
equal, or even exceed that of last year;
but it does not seem probable that it will
reach the anticipated six millions of
bales.
The Chronicle announces that its an
nual report of the crop of 1S79-S0 will
appear next Thursday.
Newspapeb Changes.—Col. John T.
Waterman has sold out the LaGrange Re
porter to Col. W. A. Winbusb, a promi
nent young lawyer of LaGrange. He is a
polished scholar, and we welcome him in
to the, fraternity. The Reporter will be
kept up to its popular standard.
Col. Waterman has purchased the
Athens Banner and will assume control
in a few days. He is an accomplished
newspaper man, and his many friends in
Macon will rejoice at his extended use
fulness in his new position, for he will
give tne good people of Athens they have
ever had, and put a genuine Colquitt ring
to the Banner. “Long may she float.”
The Great Hurricane of 1880.
The details of destruction in Jamaica
and contiguous West India islands by the
great hurricane raise it to the rank of a
historic calamity. They will ail be found
in the telegrams of Sunday night, printed
in this edition. The wreck of the steam
ship City of Vera Cruz was part of the
work of the samegreat hurricane—a storm
so fierce as to defy all human resistance,and
to leave all resources of seamanship ut
terly imbecile.
The same tempest seems to have been
felt in Florida, where cotton in the field
was denuded of all its exposed fleece.
We have seen in that State, two or three
times, cotton fields handsomely picked in
the course of an hour or two, and the
fleece not beaten down into the dirt, but
cleanly lodged in the tree-tops of the ad
joining forest, where it might be gathered
again, if pickers were but tall enough.
Elections.—Arkansas held her State
election on Monday and Vermont on
Tuesday, 7th inst. It is probable some
returns from both States will be found
among the late telegrams in this edition.
Aikansas will be Democratic, ot course,
and Vermont will go Republican, as a
matter of course; but the Democrats look
for a diminished Republican majority.
Vermont gave for Hayes 44,002 votes, and
for Tilden 20,254—showing a Republican
majority of23,838. In the same year her
Republican majority in the gubernatorial
race was 23,735. In 1878 she gave forthe
Republican candidate for governor 37,312
votes, and for the Democratic candidate
17,247—showing a Republican majority of
20,005 votes. The Democrats hope to re
duce this majority to about 15,000.
As to the Maine election, which takes
place next Monday, the so-called Green-
backers have sold out to Blaine^ and the
Republican majority will be increased.
It is asserted by the New York corres
pondent of the Philadelphia Ledger that
the reunion of tlie two factions of the
New York Democracy was accomplished
through the direct intervention of Gen.
Hancock himself. “On this point,” he
says, “it may be stated as an interesting
bit of current political history that less
than a fortnight ago he (Gen. Hancock)
informed the State committee (anti-Tam
many) that the time bad come when
something must be done toward reconcil
iation if the State was to be saved from
the Repnblicans; that the interests of tlie
party demanded that personal prejudices
and personal interests must yield to the
general good, and that if there was any
man or clique or faction not prepared to
make the largest sacrifices for union and
harmony,he could not look on him or it in
any sense as a Democrat.” This shows
that Gen. Hancock is in no mood for
trifling, and that so far as lie can control
the matter the Democracy will present
an unbroken front to the enemy in No
vember next.
Stealing Produce.
Judge Wm. Lundy, a planter of this
county, was aroused from his slumbers
at 3 o’clock Wednesday morning by a
noise in his gin house, in which was
stored considerable loose cotton. Enter
ing the house to discover what was the
matter, he was suddenly fired upon'lwice,
one of the ioads striking his leg two
inches below the knee and producing a
compound fracture of the bone. The
thief fled, but left behind him six sacks
filled with seed cotton and a lot of empty
sacks, which no doubt be ia’ended to fill.
Judge Lundy lias been repeatedly robbed
in this way, but never before with such
unfortunate results to himself.
This outrage brings a fresh burst of in
dignation from planters of that and other
neighborhoods, who demand that some
action shall be taken for the protection of
farm produce necessarily exposed to depre
dation. This produce is stolen because
It can readily be sold or exchanged, with
out inquiry, for goods at road-side stores,
which are mainly receptacles of stolen
goods. The traffic generally Is in the
night, and it is believed a partial remedy
will be afforded by a general or local
Statute prohibiting trade In farm produce
between sunset and sunrise. Such stat
utes, applicable to certain counties, al
ready exist in Georgia, and should be ex
tended to embrace Bibb, if not the whole
State.
Nothing can be more fatal to the indus
try of the State than such secret traffic,
The Bold Britons.—'The way Gen.
Roberts upset Ayoob Khan is remarkable.
There is no mistake about the bold Brit-
and tlie best efforts of our Legislature j ons as soldiers in all climes. They are a
are demanded for its suppression. [ heroic race.
The Chronicle’s Cotton Fienres.
The New York Chronicle reports the
receipts of the three days ending Septem
bers.! (last Friday night) at 21,218,
against 13,920 the same period of last
year. The Chronicle has not yet report
ed the last eleven days of the cotton year
1S79-80.
The interior port operations of the week
ending Friday night, 3d inst., are stated
as follows: Receipts 11,340 against 0,920
last year. Shipments 17,338 against 5,S20.
Stock 21,720 against 9,59S.
The Chronicle's visible supply table
shows on Friday last 1,244,985 bales of
cotton in sight, against 948,903 last year
at same date; 1,118,9S7 in 1S78, and 1,-
034,528 in 1877. These figures show an
increase on the visible supply last year of
290,022 bales, and on the visible supply
of 1878 of 125,998 bales. They show a
decrease on the visible supply in 1877 of
389,543 hales.
Cotton last Friday in the Liverpool
market was quoted at seven pence for
middling uplands. Last year at same
date the quotation was 0 13-16—in 1678
6 9-10 and in 1877 six pence.
Rain Fall in August.—As to the
crop situation, the week ending last Fri
day was too wet in a large part of the
cotton region. In Texas, at Galveston, it
was warm and dry. The caterpillar and
\boli worm were at work in the southern
lialf of the State, hut they still counted
on a far better crop than last year. The
rainfall of August in Galveston was 1.62.
In Indianola the rainfall of August was
7.45. Caterpillars were doing harm.
Corsicana reports the crop as large as can
be picked. Dallas says the worms are
bad in spots, but the crop will be very
fair. Rainfall in August 1.30. Brcnbam
finds the cateipillars bad in bottom aud
black lands, but the crop will be very
fair. Raiufall in August 1.30.
In New Orleans the rainfall in the
week was 1.30—in the month of
August 4.60. Shreveport, iu Louis
iana, says the worms continue their
ravage. Rainfall of the week 1.80.
Vicksburg has too much raiu. Columbus,
in Mississippi, says the caterpillars are ev
erywhere, and cotton has made nothing
since the first of August. The rainfall
in that month was 5.22, and of the first
three days in September, 8.34. Planters
have reduced all their figures. There is
nothing from Arkansas. In Tennessee,
at Memphis, crop accounts were less fa
vorable. Tlie top crop would be lost on
uplands, and tbe bottom lands showed a
poor fruitage. In Nasbville there had
been 1.44 ol lain in the week.
In Alabama, at Mobile, it had been
showery six days in the week, with 4.76
of fell in August. The top crop was de
stroyed by rust and worms. In Mont
gomery there had been rain every day
with a fell 1.41 in the week and of 4.41 in
the month of August. Worms and rust
were doing much damage. In Selma
there had been rain four days in the week.
In Madison, Florida, a storm had blown
out much of the open cotton.
In Georgia, at Columbus, the rainfall
in August was 1.93—in Macon 0.73—in
Augusta 6.00—in Savannah 3.24. Rost is
a good deal complained of iu Georgia.
The Chronicle announces that its an
nual crop report in circular form will ap
pear next Thursday.
Mr. Norwood and tlie “Convict Cat
echism."
We are glad to see it stated that in
Griffin Mr. Norwood denied that he fav
ored the circulation of the -‘ Convict Cat-
eebism,” and condemned it as untrue.
How wrong, then, for his followers to lug
this incendiary document into the present
campaign for the purpose of making capi
tal against Colquitt. The governor had
no more to do with the making of the
law creating this twenty years’ lease of
the penitentiary convicts than Mr. Nor
wood had.
It was Gov. Smith, the champion of the
minority candidate,who, as the executive of
the State, approved the act,aud is,therefore,
responsible for its existence. Under his
administration, too, the shocking mortali
ty and alleged cruelties occurred; while
to the efforts of our present humane gov
ernor arc the poor creatures, in great
measure, indebted for their better treat
ment and comparative exemption from
disease.
Mr. Norwood also explicitly denies hav
ing made any promises of assistance to
Mr. Jonathan Norcross and his Radical
friends if elected. Of course we are bound
to believe him; but tbe following, clipped
from the Griffin News, raises a point-blank
question of veracity between tbe ex-Sena-
tor and tbe said Norcross:
INTERVIEW WITH JONATHAN NORCROSS,
A reporter of the News met the above-
named gentleman at the court house just
before the Republican convention assem
bled for the evening session, and the fol
lowing conversation took place:
Mr. Norcross, I noticed in your speech
before the convention this morning you
said that Norwood promised to do some
thing for the Republicans of this State, in
case that he is elected.
Norcross—Yes, sir, he has promised to
help us out through the Norwood com
mittee.
Reporter—Have you ever had any con
versation with any of the members of that
committee ?
Norcross—Yes, sir, with some of them.
Well, sir, I had a conversation with Mr.
G. W. Adair, of Atlanta. I do not re
member exactly his words, but be did say
that we would be recognized. *
Reporter—Who eise did you talk to ?
Norcross—Mr. Reid, of Savannah, who
is also on the committee, and he also told
me that they would do what they conld
for us. Well, sir, I have talked to a good
many more than one, and they all prom
ised to support us, and I think they ought
to do it, too; they can afford it.
Reporter—Do you think tkeRcpubli
cans will put out any candidates for the
State offices ?
Norcross—Yes, sir, it is my opinion
they will.
Reporter—Can you name some of the
available candidates ?
Norcross—Well, Colonel Farrow, of
Atlanta, would make a good attorney-
general; but I am not prepared to say any
thing further on this subject, as I have
not given it much thought.
The steamship City of Vera Cruz, ac
cording to the New York Sun, had thirty-
one passengers aboard, seven of whom
were ladies. Her officers and crew tram
be red forty-nine, making a total of eighty
persons, of whom nine are reported saved.
She was a wooden screw propeller of
1,800 tons, built at Green Point in 1874,
287 feet long, 37 feet beam, 26 deep and
19 feet draught, with three decks, and her
ruoiive power consisted of two compound
cylinder engines. She was pronounced a
very strong ship, and was elegantly fitted
out. Her captain, Edward Van Sice, was
a man of fifty-six, born in Westchester
county, New York, residing in Yonkers,
had been a sea captain thirty-five years,
and was regarded as an exceptionally able
seaman. But it was a tempest in which
no seamanship could avail.
Panic in Washington.
A prominent point in tbe campaign just
now is tbe distress that will be inflicted
on Washington when Hancock comes to
turn out the clerks. The cjty will be
shrouded in the grief of women and chi
dren, and property will go to ruin under
forced sales of houses. The maledictions
of a wild and raging despair will shock
and undermine public morals. The
gloom of the visiting statesmen, the des
peration of all the men of high politica
minds, and the groans and agonies of all
the rings will unsettle the faith of the
people in a superintending Providence.
These things, it must be confessed, are
dreadful; but as they will be' worse and
worse the longer the revolution is de
ferred, and as a change of administration
all concede is necessary at some time or
other in the course of a century, it may as
well happen now; while it is hoped that
it can he made without fatal results.
But if the country could settle ofi the
English practice, aud leave the clerical
force of the departments independent of
political fluctuations, it would be better.
Tbe misfortune, however, is that tbe late
administration hare compelled these
clerks to play the role of bigoted par
tisans, and hold the public service in
subordination to partisan service. Ap
pointed as partisans and forced to work
in the treadmill of party drudgery, they
are not good public agents.
A Coming Southern Star—The
The Savannah News says: “ Miss Annie
Mays, a stepdaughter of Hon. neury Hil
liard, is reported to be preparing for the
operatic stage. She is a beautiful and
bewitching blonde, and one of the most
popular society ladies in Georgia. Her
musical gifts are really wonderful, taken
in connection with her fascinating and
natural dramatic acquirements. In comic
opera she would rival Lotta or Maggie
Mitchell in tlie ease and vivacity of her
manner on the stage. I paid her this
compliment eight years ago at Athens,
where she charmed her hearers by her
rare vocal powers.”
This is not the first time that we have
heard Miss Mays’ magnificent voice and
histrionic gifts applauded. We trust
when she make3 her professional debut
Macon will be one of the first places to
greet her.
The Dog Days are Gone.
Wc were reminded at early dawn yes
terday, by the sweet trilling of a mocking
bird, that the reign of Sirius and the dog
days, with their fervent heat, was over.
During the moulting seas in, which em
braces that period, tbe feathered sougsters
are dumb and d ’jected. But now they
have recovered their voices, and will make
the trees and groves redolent of song.
We append some account of the history of
the dog days:
“They were called Canicular days by
tbe ancients, Canicular being an old
name for Canis Major. It was also ap
plied to Sirius, or the Dog Star, the
largest and brightest star iu all the
heavens, and situated in (he mouth of
Canis Major. From the heliacal rising of
this star—a star is said to rise heliacaily
when it rises just before the sun—tlie
ancients computed their dog days, forty
in number—twenty before and’twenty
after the rising of tbe star. The rising or
Sirius was supposed, in that period of as
tronomical ignorance, to he the cause of
the extreme heat and tlie diseases inci
dental to that period. The old astrono
mers did not perceive that the two cir
cumstances were merely a coincidence.
The time of Sinus’ rising depends on
latitude, and is, on account of precession,
later every year in all latitudes. The
star will ultimately rise in midwinter.
That is the dog days will by aud by bring
us snow storms. Anciently tbe dog days
were directly ascribed to Canis Major and
Cauis Minor; in tbe middle ages, less
wise people, tbe astroiogists, ascribed
morbific influences to tbe same stars.
“WiU Tote His Own Skillet ”
A reporter of tlie Constitution in a re
cent interview with Col. Freeman, tbe Re
publican nominee to Congress from tbe
5th district, asked:
“What about the race for governor?”
“I shall have nothing to do with that.
I am going to ‘tote my own skillet.’ I
want a fair race and a free count, and if I
am defeated by Colonel Hammond, I will
have the satisfaction of knowing that tlie
5th district Will have a good congress
man. I am going to do, fairly, what I
can to be elected, but will not break my
buttons off my shirt to get it. I have
many friends in tbe district, and I be
lieve I conld Lave been re-elected after
my first term, but I did not want to make
the race then because I did not think I
could get a fair election. If I do get a
fair count this time and tm defeated, I
will be satisfied that I made the best race
possible for my party. ”
Colonel Freeman rang the bell and got
off the street car and walked quietly down
the street with his head bent forward as
if he was in deep study—thinking proba
by about his address, a fair election, or
whether he would be properly reported.
The Trade op Savannaji—The an
nual trade review of the Savannah News
shows that Savannah received last year
728,455 bales of cotton during the year
just closed. The total value of all domes
tic exports amounted to $24,420,091, and
the total imports to $523,051. The total
tonnage of the port daring the year was
1,228,254. The trade in fertilizers
amounted to 119,583 tons, against 85,049
tons of the preceding year. The sales of
meat and lard aggregated 25,000,000
pounds, valued at $2,000,000. There has
keen a remarkable increase in every
branch of trade, and “Savannah has held
her own as one of the first cotton ports on
the South Atlantic coast.”
The Memphis papers, in reviewing the
trade of the city for the past year, point
with pride to the feet that there is au en
couraging increase in the receipts of cot
ton, that every branch of business is press
ed with orders, that rente are going up
aud that there is a strong Inquiry for
stores and houses. Twenty miles of sew
ers and thirty miles of drain tiles have
been laid. Beginning the year in Novem
ber, two months beyond the usual time,
it is shewn that the total receipts of cottou
at the port were 409,800 bales, the estima
ted value being $23,752,529, with tbe
highest average range of prices since 1870.
The trade In dry goods, clothing and pro
visions increased upwards of 100 per cent.,
the aggregate value of business being
$75,OOOTOOO, while the clearings of six
banks for ten months were $40,374,302.12.
Jonathan Norcross denies having
said that Mr. Norwood himself promised
to assist the Radicals if he would give him
(Norwood) his support. ,
But Jonathan does say that some of ths
minority candidate’s friends promised him
if the matter could be arranged to their
satisfaction, to help elect some members
of tbe legislature from the more populous
Republican counties. This is a distinction
without s difference. Query—Do not
Mr. Norwood and his friends pull together
daring this campaign ?
Be wise in time and procure Dr. Bull’s
Cough Syrup, which always cures coughs
aud colds, aud prevents consumption.
Price 23 cents a botile.
Georgia on Trial.
For the first time in many years a per
sonal and political contest divides the
white population in Georgia, and a ma
jority of tbe people have entered into the
struggle with a vigor and heat altogether
disproportioned to the magnitude of the
issues involved. To us, (that is to say, par
ticularly to tbe senior editor of the Tel
egraph), the question whether Alfred
H. Colquitt or ex-Senator Norwood shall
be governor of Georgia for tbe next two
years, in point of real importance to'any
substantial interest of the State, does not
appear to he worth a five-ceut piece. We
believe both to be good and well meaning
men, and safe repositories of executive
power; but in our judgment Governor
Colquitt is the only one of the two who
holds any claim whatever to a representa
tive position Os a candidate of the Geor
gia Democracy; that is the reason why we
prefer him to Norwood.
But there is a far more vital interest at
stake in this unlucky controversy than
the success of the candidates. It is the
character of the people. Are we going to
fight out this quarrel with mutual tolera
tion—witli knightly courtesy—with the
respectful forbearance due to each other
as intelligent gentlemen, or is it to be the
rough and tumble scrimmage of boors, or,
even worse—tbe melee of hungry aud
snarling wolves? Shall we display a
spirit worthy of ourselves or one befitting
what our enemies say of us? Are tlie
partisans either of the majority or minori
ty, after having made their appeal to the
people, unwilling that the case should be
heard before that tribunal witli fairness
and candor?
We may be sure that the intelligence
and patriotism of Georgia will revolt at
the manifestation of an intolerant and
lawless spirit, on whichever side it may
be displayed. We may be sure of still
more and worse—that a more serious in
jury cannot be doue to the character of
Georgians abroad than any display of this
choke-down and drag-out policy. If, after
having made this appeal to the people,
the case is argued before them with cour
tesy and liberality, and then decided iu
the same way at tlie polls, our reputation
will come out of the struggle unimpaired
— : and, in fact, vindicated. But if the
rowdy, intolerant and bulldozing spirit
which has been manifested at two impor
tant points in Georgia, is not quelled
at once and with vigor, and the fullest
exercise of speech and suffrage he not per
mitted and encouragefl, we may be sure
that all tbe ten thousand lies and slanders
printed in the Congressional ku-klux li
brary will he claimed as law and gospel.
The Joint Discussion.
An account of the tilt in this city
on MoiAlay night between the two
candidates for governor has already
appeared in these columns. Our object
in alluding to the affair again is to record
au earnest protest against the shameful
and disgraceful treatment of Governor
Colquitt by a portion of the Norwood
men in the audience. After Senator Nor
wood had been patiently listened to for
an hour and a half, in a speech of the
most aggressive character, without the
slightest interruption or disturbance, his
opponent was introduced by Captain Ba
con, and began his oration. For a time
he was heard witli comparative compo
sure; but when the governor began to
show the fallacy of Mr. Norwood's state
ments by the logic of incontrovertible
facts and statistics; when one by one his
assertions were triumphantly disproven;
when be carried tlie war into Africa, and
mercilessly touched up the political and
war record of his antagonist—some of the
Norwood crowd could not face the music,
and deliberately set to work to drive Gen.
Colquitt from the stand. To accomplish
this, tbe voice of the speaker was drowned
in a succession of deafening yells aud calls
and cheers for Norwood. Pert questions and
insulting remarks, too, were continually
hurled in his face. Soon the racket was
so great that it seemed that Bedlam had
been turned loose, and the governor, after
breasting the tumult with heroic firmness
and equanimity, was forced incontinently
to come to a halt.
Capt. Bacon strove, with all Ills might, os
the presiding officer of the meeting, to re
store order, but his efforts were unavail
ing. In vain he cried out, “As a Nor
wood man, I tell you that such conduct
will do Mr. Norwood more harm than
one hundred thousand speeches. I
treat you to remember that Governor
Colquitt is your guest. Have you no
respect for the high office and position of
the speaker?” But It was like “singing
psalms to a dead horse,” aud the shouts
and din continued with increased violence.
Others of Mr. Norwood’s friends also
exerted themselves to restore order, but
although towards the close, after the gov
ernor had resumed, the noise was some
what less, yet, not for a moment wa3 it
discontinued. Through it all Governor
Colquitt showed tlie nerve and firmness
of a Spartan, and his address, despite the
untoward surroundings, was masterly and
conclusive. He is certainly a speaker of
great ability and force.
who was responsible?
For the honor of our fair city wo are
glad to state that the bulk of the inter
ruption and noise during tlie delivery of
Gov. Colquitt’s speech was, for the most
part, confined to about 250 persons hud
dled closely together, and who appeared
to act in thorough concert. The most re
spectable of Mr. Norwood’s friends, like
Capt. Bacon, express great chagrin and
mortification at the treatment Georgia’s
noble governor received while the guest of
the city and entitled to every possible
courtesy and kindness.
Nothing could have been more unfortu
nate for them and tbe cause of the mi
nority candidate. Tbe insults and dis
graceful treatment Gov. Colquitt received
on the Macon hostings will win thousands
of votes for him in all the rural distiictsof
the State, where he is so much trusted and
beloved. Already have we heard of quite
a number who hitherto were either op
posed to him or undecided, hut no tr an
nounce their intention to rote for Col
quitt. And tbe reaction is bound to go
on. Of ail tbe arguments in the world
bulldozing • and persecution are tbe
poorest.
The Space Required to Stop x
Train.—It is clear that the distance re
quired to stop trains increases very rapid
ly with the increase of rate of speed, and
misapprehension on this vital point may
become a fruitful source of destructive
accidents. In expersments made on July
14, in England, the Westingbouse brake
stopped a train moving at- the rate of 45.5
miles an hour at a point only 485 feet dis
tant from tbe place where the brake was
applied, but when tbe speed was in
creased to 01 miles per hour tbe distance
run after tbe application of tbe brake < increase in tbe total number assessed is
was 1,185 feet, and when tbe speed of 1 with us. The Republicans will no longer i
the train was increased to 07 miles per be able to disfranchise Democratic voters J
hour the distance traversed after the , or poll their repeaters under names of the, j
application of the brake was 2,055 feet. { dead. I have great confidence that Han-
Similar results were obtained when other cock will cany the State, especially if the
brakes were used. | Democrats win Iudiaua in October.
Miscegenation.
HOW THE NEW YORK INDEPENDENT RE
GARDS IT.
Quite a sharp and spicy controversy has
been going on between the New York In
dependent and the Christian Index on the
merits of miscegenation. As might have
been anticipated, Dr. Tucker has shown
himself a foeman worthy of the radical
steel of his Northern contemporary. In
deed, be has unhorsed his antagonist, and
placed him completely hors du, combat.
Treating of the union of the two races by
marriage, the Independent says:
“ We hope for the time to come speedily
when. . . . even In the closest and ho
liest bonds of matrimony the last vestige
of this lingering ostracism shall vanish.
Even now we pledge ourselves to the
Christian equality not yet accepted liy our
people, and will advance it in every way
in our power.”
And again:
“First-class and every-way-desirahle
negroes are not very plenty in this vicini
ty, nor white people either, for that mat
ter, and one has to be careful when se
lecting partners for other people; but, if
any of the fanr.ly of the editor referred to,
should find the mate of his or her heart,
we trust that we should not object if that
mate were colored, on the ground that the
blood was tainted. Wfe believe in the ut
ter breaking down of tlie caste wall, and
one logical result must be free intermarri
age between tlie races. Certainly from
the South, where temporary and nnsanc-
tioned marriages have been so numerous
that evidence of it meets tlie eye every
where, we should not hear such silly talk
as this of the Index.
In reply to these monstrous deliver
ances in defiance of the laws and the eter
nal fitness of things, the astute editor of
the Index proceeds in his own peculiar
and pungent style to literally flay alive
the Yankee slanderer and iniscegenator.
He handles him under five different heads
with telling effect, but withal, the great
est courtesy. We append, as a specimen,
the 5th and last of these heads:
5. In regard to tlie abundance of mu-
lattoes at the South, wc have it in our
power to say some things which w« are
sure will be interesting, instructive and
suggestive to the Independent, and to all
our Northern readers. The facts are:
1. That there arc many <nufettocs at
the South, the offspring not ot marriage,
but of wicked and shameless illicit inter-
coarse, disgraceful to both parties.
2. These half breeds are almost always
found in the cities and towns. It is very
seldom that one is seen on the farms and
plantations.
S. There are large numbers of North
ern people living among us, and this has
been the case for many years. They are
almost always found in the cities and
towns; it is very seldom that one is seen
on the farms and plantations.
Thus it will be seen that where North
ern people are plenty, mulattoes are
plenty; and where Northern people are
scarce mulattoes are scarce. These are
the facts; we draw no inferences, hut the
facts are patent and indisputable.
The Independent thinks that “even in
the closest aud holiest bonds of matri
mony” negro blood would be no objec
tion; much less then would it be in the
“temporary” liaisons referred to; and as
the word marriage, though qualified by
the epithet “unsanctioned,” is leniently
applied by the editor to these disgraceful
connections, it would seem that his view
of the subject is such as would account
for the large number of mulattoes in the
places frequented by those whom he may
be supposed to represent. But we are
pleased to record our conviction that
there are many Northern people whom he
does not represent.
The article of tbe Independent, besides
being an insult to all decent people North
and Mouth, strikes a deadly blow at the
happiness and progress of the colored
race. The editor must know full well
that this miscegenation will never he tol
erated, and cannot be carried into effect
among the whites of the South. Morev-
er, it is a flagrant breach of natural laws,
which ere long would eventuate in
mongrel nation, as vicious as it would be
effeminate and contemptible. As a proof
of this, we have only to contemplate the
condition of the mixed races in Cuba aud
Central and Mouth Ameriaa. A more de
praved and wretched people never existed
under the sun. Nor do we believe the
more intelligent and sensible portion of
our colored friends desire any such ab
normal amalgamation. At tills very mo
ment, even in the face of the colored
schools and colleges that are springing up
all over the country, aud the decided pro
gress, mentally and materially, of the
African race, there are fewer violations of
social rules and less fuss about civil rights
than has been witnessed since emancipa
tion day.
Show us a godly, earnest colored pas
tor, who has the good of his people at
heart, and you will fiud him to be con
servative, law abiding, and opposed to
all antagonisms with his white brethren.
All that he asks for is perfect religious
toleration and equal protection under the
law. As to breaking down the social
barriers which separate the races, he is as
quick to perceive the ruinous effects oi
such a policy as any other member of the
community. All that the South craves is
to he let alone. It is the wretched car
pet-baggers and insolent meddlers of the
North, like the editor of the New York
Independent, who are responsible for the
occasional troubles between the two races
in this section. These breaches of the
peace are alike deprecated by all good cit
izens, both black and white.
A $10,000 Chance for the Radicals.
Mr. George Wilkes, the well-known ex
editor and proprietor of the New York
Spirit of the Times, in a letter from
France to the New York Sun of the 3d,
says:
“I have the right to say that I never
made a bet.in my life, except for pride of
opinion—never on a hone race, never at
a gaming table, never on a purely gam
bling venture, never, in snort, except
upon elections. But, now that we are
talking about betting. I will bet my old
friend Tbomis Murphy, or any other
man, $10,009 that General Hancock will
be elected next President of the United
States. He (Thomas Murphy) or any
other reading this offer may close with it
instanter by depositing $10,000 with
Drexel, Morgan & Co. of Wall and Broad
streets. That distinguished house, if I
am.not giving it too much trouble, will
accept the signature at the bottom of this
letter to the editor of the Bun as iny
guarantee that they will be at liberty to
pay the above-named amount to any de
positor of like sum in favor qf the con
verse ot my proposition.
George Wilkes.”
Judge Warner’s letter.
Tlie following missive of our late ven
erable chief justice is the most vulnerable
production we have ever seen issue from
his pen. How unlike the calm judicial
deliverances of the old gentleman:
• Greenville, Ga., August 30, 1880.
Messrs. J. R. Jenkins and others, Com
mittee, etc.—Gentlemen: . I am in the re
ceipt of your letter inviting me to address
the people of Bamesville on the political
issues of the day, on Friday, the 3d of
September. My prior engagements will
prevent a compliance with your request,
but you can say to my Bamesville friends
that I am for Tom Norwood and good
government. I know him to be both
honest and capable, and too good a lawyer
not to know that although the governor
may make a contract with lawyers to rep
resent the state, yet that officer cannot
touch a dollar of the people’s money to
pay 3uch contract until the general as
sembly shall have had an opportunity to
or unreasonableness of such contract,
and to appropriate such an amount iu
payment therefore as in their jud,
meat the services are reasona
bly worth, and then the governor
can draw his warrant for the amount
so appropriated, and no more—for the
constitution expressly declares that “no
money shall he drawn from the treasury
except by appropriations made by law.”
Tom Norwood is too good a lawyer not
to know that if tbe governor of the State
can make contracts with lawyers to pay
them S10,000 for their services, and can
then thrust his hands .into the treasury
and clutch out that amount and pay
them without an appropriation having
been made therefor as required by the
constitution that he could make contracts
to pay lawyers $500,000 for fees, and
thus bankrupt the people’s treasury with
out as much as saying by your leave or
the leave of their representatives. A
man acting for himself in his individual
capacity may make a contract with a
lawyer for fees, and the lawyer will have
a lien upon the money collected, for the
simple, reason that the money belongs to
him who made tlie contracl, behaving the
power and authority to create a lien upon
l»is own money by his own contract; but
Tom Norwood is too good a lawyer not
to know that the governor has no power
or authority whatever to make a contract
with a lawyer and thereby create a lien on
tlie people’s money, and that the lawyer
acquires no lien by any such contract un
til the general assembly shall approve and
ratify it. Making contracts with lawyers
by tlie governor, at extravagant fees, is
one thing, but tlirustiug his hands into
the people’s treasury and clutching out
their money to pay such fees without an
examination or appropriation having been
made therefor by the legislature, is an
other and very different thing, which Tom
Norwood will never do. Tom Norwood
has not held the office of governor for the
last four years, and did not leave his seat
in that high office and travel all over the
country clothed with all the power aud
patronage of the State government for the
purpose of stocking a convention by the
Boss Tweed process cf primary elections
with a majority of delegates to vote for
Ids nomination and for nobody else; he
did not crack his executive whip over
that convention of stocked dele
gates and compel them to remain stocked
and vote for bis nomination, and nobody
elses, on the assumed ground that his
stocked delegates represented a majority
of the people, whereas not one-tenth of
the voting population of the State had
spoken at the Boss Tweed primary elec
tion. No, Tom Norwood has not forced
himself on tlie people by any such pro
ceedings as :hat,to vindicate himself from
the alleged persecution of the legislative
and judicial departments of the govern
ment worse than Latimer ever endured,
and it is to be hoped that he never will.
If his official record wont vindicate him
no frantic appeals to the people can.
Very respectfully, your obedient ser
vant, HIRAM Warner.
Tbe Supreme Uourt Judeeship.
The appointment of Colonel Willis A.
Hawkins to the Supreme Court judgeship
is announced in another column. Colonel
Hawkins is an able lawyer, aud his decis
ions will doubtless stand the test of criti
cism.
In a general view of the case, the ap
pointment is an apt one. There have been
about one dozen applications for the place,
all coming from men distinguished m tlie
law and illustrious as citizens. In about
a month the legislature meets to elect a
judge, and each of these gentlemen will
personally go before the legislature. To
have appointed one of these would have
seriously prejudiced the claims ot all the
others. But Colonel Hawkins iu apply
ing stated that he could not consent to
hold the place longer than the assembling
of the legislature—that he could not aft
lord to permanently give up his large and
handsome practice. His appointment,
therefore, leaves each candidate equal with
the other, and leaves Ihe legislature free
to select a judge without any bias created
by iucumboncy.—Constitution.
We learn there are no less than nine
teen applicants for the three vacancies
which the next legislature will be called
upon to fill. These occur iu this wise:
Judge Jackson, the chief justice, and
Judge Martin Crawford also, hold their
positions by executive appointment to fill
unespired terms. They will probably,
however, be their own successors. The
only contest, therefore, will he for the
seat which Col. nawkins will fill tempo
rarily.
The following was the application of
Coi. Hawkins:
Atlanta, August 21. — Dear Sir:
There being a vacancy on the Supreme
Court bench on account of the resignation
of the Hon. Hiram Warner, if you deem
my qualifications sufficient, and the office
sjiall be tendered me, I will accept the
same temporarily, but in no event can be
come a candidate before the legislature
for permanent incumbency of the bench.
My professional relationships forbid hie
to take permanent office, hut at present I
am disabled from physical injuries to dis
charge my duties as a lawyer. Very res
pectfully, W. A. Hawkins.
To his Excellency, A. H. Colquitt, Gov
ernor.
Soma of the ablest minds in Georgia
are among the applicants for the vacancy
on the Supreme bench.
Speaker Randall says m reference
to the canvass in Pennsylvania, that “the
enthusiasm In that State is intense for
Hancock. In (ho city of Philadelphia
dissensions have absolutely Ceased. The
committee, ably presided over by Mr.
CasdWft-, has the unqualified support, re
spect and allegiance of the whole party in
Philadelphia, and the preliminaiqr work
of the canvass lias been performed with
surprising thoroughness. The assessment
of thisyearln Philadelphia includes many
thouaauds more of Democratic voters than
have ever before appeared upon any pre
vious list, aud the great preponderance of
A Catalogue of Presents—The
London Photographic News states that
Her Majesty is preparing with her own
hauds a descriptive catalogue of the nu
merous interesting presents that have
passed into her bauds since she ascended
the throne. It is to be illustrated by pho
tography; and as every gift, great or
small, is to he represented by this means,
the work will prove particularly attract
ive.
The New York Telegram says a family
reunion took place last Saturday at Cau-
onchet, Rhode Island, at which all the
Spragues, except the Governor’s wife, were
present. It is rumored that Mrs. Byron
Sprague has assumed full control of the
house and will conduct it in the interest
of all; that ail differences between the
members of the Sprague and Hoyt fami
lies have been adjusted, and that perfect
harmony and unity now exists.
Difference Between Bad and
Good Government.—An official report
on the finances of Cyprus indicates a vast
improvement in the condition of affaire in
that island since this transfer to Britain.
Of the tithes for the last fiscal year, the
large proportion of 98.0 has been collect
ed, the business being placed in the hands
of ezperienoedasfficiais. The cost of col
lection has been reduced from 15 to S per
cent. Though the revenue has thus been
increased, tne burden on tbe tax-payers
has been reduced, and extortion put a
stop to. Officials also are fairly paid,
public works are in pjogress, aud trade
has revived. The abolition of some vexa
tious imposts is .now in contemplation.
All which goes to show that the occupa
tion of Cyprus is a decided gain to the
people of the island, and to civilization,
whatever it may be to England.
Argument Before the Railroad Com
mission.
We publish below, as a matter of deep
interest to the community, an account of
the discussion of “Circular No. 10,” be
fore the Railroad commission at Atlanta.
Macon was veiy ably represented. The
report is copied from the Constitution:
The railroad commission met at 10 a.
m. yesterday. Present James M. Smith,
Campbell Wallace, Samuel Barnett, com
missioners; R. A. Bacon, secretary.
There were In attendance the follow
ing conmiUees:
From Macon-Hon. Clifford Anderson,
From Columbus—Mayor F.G. Wilkins
J. S. Garrett, G. C. Swift, Jr., J. M. Rus
sell.
From Fort Valley—S. B. Brown.
From Americus—Allen Fort, JohnB.
Felder, DuPont Guerry, U. B. Harrold,
D. N. C. Burkbalter. '
From Montezuma—J. C. Ellington.
From Perry—A. L. Miller.
From Newnan—J. B. S. Davis, P. H.
Brewster.
Representing the railroads there were
present Virgil Powers, general commis
sioner, and C. B. Wallace, general agent
Southern railway and steamship associa
tion; W. G. Raoul, vice-president; G. A.
Whitehead, general freight agent; C. H.
Cromwell, western agent; D. W. Appier,
general southwestern agent, and A. R.
Lawton, attorney Central railroad; R. A.
Anderson, general freight agent Western
and Atlantic railroad.
Hon. Allen Fort, representing Ameri
cus, addressed the commission. He con
tended that rates must be published thir
ty days before they went into eflect, and
that the actual rate must he published.
Circular No. 10 could uot go iato eflect
until such publication was bad. He op
posed the repeal of Rule 1, and claimed
that circular No. 10 was uujust in that it
replaced Rule 1. He showed that even
under the joint rates of Circular 10, there
was an excess over standard rates. He
contended that Americus was charged 50
per cent, additional ou cotton by these
joint rates, while Macon was only charged
S| per cent. The standard rate was 41
cents to Savannah from Americus, and 27
from Macou; under the proposed rates, it
would be GO ceuts from Americus, and 37
from Macon. He held that all the
branches, the Southwestern railroad, aud
the Atlanta division of the Central rail
road, should be worked under one rate,
because the Central railroad considered
them all as an entity, and the revenues of
each went into the treasury of the Cen
tral railroad, aud their expenses were
paid out of it. He read from Mr. Wad-
ley’s report in 1870, showing this: They
were one for ail purposes, consequently it
was to the iuterest of all the way-stations
that they should be treated as one road.
Tbe ratio of the increase was too great, in
his opinion, for short distances.
The Central railroad had fictitious capi
tal,on which they wanted dividends,which
ought not to be considered by the commis
sion in allowing them increased rates. He
read from the reports of the Central rail
road for May and June, 1879 and ISSi),
showing a net increase of $10,000 and a
gross increase of $30,000. He read the
affidavits of Harroid, Johnson & Co., and
others ot Americus and Montezuma,
showing that the high rates before the
standard rates had kept much cotton away
■from these points, and that the standard
rates were getting it back. The increase
was not all on through business. Up to
date 950 bales of cotton had been received
in Americus, against 150 bales at this time
last year. This unjust discrimination
against the way stations was retarding
business. The members of the general
assembly from the counties in which these
way stations were situated were instru
mental in passing the law creating the
commission. Before the standard 'rates
were put in operation shippers sent cotton
from Americus to Eufeula and other ter
minal poinfe to New York and saved
monev.
He then read a decision iu the G7th Illi
nois report, defining what is unjust dis-
crimi nation, that no more shall be charged
for a lesser than for the greater distances.
He wanted the benefits derived from the
standard rates continued. Macon lost the
benefit of competition by the Macon and
Augusta and Macon and Brunswick rail
roads through the pool, and ought not to
expect to make it up by claiming that
Southwest Georgia should pay full local
rates to Macon aud full local rates to Sav
annah, less 5 cents per 100 pounds, or 25
cents per bale. He contended that this
double local rate was a tax on tbe plant
ers as well as the mercantile community
of Americus and other way stations. He
claimed that the law of 1874, if carried
out by the Central railroad, wouidgive to
Macon the benefit she desired through the
Macon and Augusta and Macon and
Brunswick railroads. That 5 cents per
100 pounds was simply a toll at Macon.
Mr. N. E. Harris, representing Macon,
said, that he did not know if Macon would
fall with the railroads or against them. He
was on the side of the railroads as far as
the five cents per 100 pounds on cotton to
Macon was concerned. He claimed that
Macon was the terminus of the South
western railroad and not a way-station,
and was entitled to all the benefits of a ter
minal point. He contended that the
through rates from southwest Georgia
way-slations to Savannah ought to he the
sums of the two locals. Macon was very
liberal in agreeing to any concession. In
his opinion the Central railroad must have
an advance on present rates to pay expenses
and any dividends. There must be an
advance on through rates, aud conse
quently on local rates. He contended that
it was not the planter, but merchants at
way-stations who were complaining.
It was a question of advantages, and
Macon had both natural and artificial ad
vantages—a river and five railroads. Her
capital had contributed largely towards
building these railroads, while the way
stations had given little or nothing. Macon
was no more a toll gate than Savannah or
New York. She had eleven warehouses
and a capital of seven million dollars,
giving her great advantages over Ameri
cus, aud entitling her to all tlie benefits of
competition. The through rate was fixed
by the Savannah market rate, llie rate to
that point added. The advance of through
rates was a disadvantage to Macon. The
railroads must live, and the commission-
era must make just and reasonable rates
for railroads aud towns. No city spent
money in building railroads unless she
expected to reap advantages therefrom.
Short branch roads could uot be kept up
with high rates, as in that event wagons
would successfully compete with it. Rail
roads and communities must not be used
to bi eak each other down. Unbridled com
petition defeated itself by destroying each
other. A store difficult of access will not
sell as much as one easy of access. The
Southwestern and Central railroads are
separate and distinct—sued in courts as
such—the officers of the Southwestern rail
road are still elected and paidsalaries aud
dividends are paid separately. It is true
the Central leased the Southwestern with
its rights and franchises, one of which is
to make separate yrtes. If this is not
granted one of the franchises is denied
the lessee. The Central railroad al
ways claimed this and merely surrender
ed it temporarily when it accepted the
standard rates. He contended that each
railroad must he permitted to support it
self bv.its own tariff. Macon was a trade
center and Americus ought to build rail
roads to be equal with her. Macon
ought to have the advantage of rates
over Americus in proportion as the ton
nage shipped from Macon exceeded that
from Americus. Rates could be made to
Charleston, South Carolina, (out of the
State) as low as the roads pleased to make
them without consulting the commission,
and this would break down Savannah.
he people did not intend' this when the
law was made. The commissioners had
protected Georgia towns by Rule 6. He
stated that forty cents had been tbe rate
from Macon to’Savannah before the com
mission had been created and was just
and reasonable under Rule 1. Macon was
discriminated against in favor of way sta
tions. - ' -
General A. R. Lawton stated that the
Central railroad, had submitted to the
laws and tariffs of the commission in ev
ery res pec’. The American bar associa
tion at Saratoga decided that the law cre-
anythmg ever attempted i n few »n,i «*
the commission carried it out ttey would
have a hard time. The commissiol would
concede the fetter point. He drew un
the lease of the Southwestern railroad 5 .
He considered it an entity, and the Su
preme Court of Georgia so decided. It
« a il “ f pa ra te!y- The lease states
all c°rp°rate limits reserved,” All the
dividends are paid separately. The Ma-
con and M estern railroad was first leased
and afterwards, with great difficulty, a
aw was passed merging it into the Cen
tral. The line from Savannah to Atlanta
was one. General Toombs told him that
different Toads ought to have different
tariffs, and one road ought not to charge
the same as another, lie contended that
even if the Southwestern and the Central
were one it made no difference. The
commission could make a rate for differ
ent sections of the same road, where fraf-
fic was limited or l&rgc*
fi.J5® spe ? cl1 Mr - Harris had covered
^ S r °und so fully he felt unable to say
more. It seemed no one objected to tlie
rates, considering that they were needed
to sustain the railroads, hut to the manner
in which the increase was made. If Rule
1 had continued in operation the Central
railroad would have been compelled to
support the Southwestern railroad from
her own eafnings.
Mr. A. L. Miller, repre3esenting Perry,
claimed that the unjust discrimination
against way-statiens caused the creation of
the commission. The increase on cotton
under the joint rates would only increase
the rate from Macon to Savannah 8?. per
cent., and from. Fort Valley, only 29 miles
further, 33J- per cent. General Lawton
and Mr. Harris had reversed positions.
The first seemed speakmg for Macon and
the latter for the Central railroad.
The rate should be increased pro rata
according to mileage and not as Circular
10 desired to do by adding two locals to
gether. The commission had a right to
make any just and reasonable rate under
the law for any section of a railroad, but
each community along the line should he
heard first. Circular No. 10, he contend
ed, was issued before such a hearing. He
quoted from Mr. Wadiey to show that he
considered tlie Southwestern and the
Central railroad as one line. He
held that Macon was as much a way-
station as Americus or Fort Valley, which
latter way-stations wanted the same, rate
per mile as Macon or any other way-
station. The above applied to freight
from Southwest Georgia to Macon, or go-
iag through to Savannah. Macon was a
competitive point ior business going east
via tlie Macon and Brunswick and Macon,
and Augusta railroads.
It was claimed that Macon had equal
rights. He was willing to concede them
when they were proven. A $20,000 ware-
liouse was nearly completed^ FortValley.
It was started when tbe standard rates
and rules were published and would not
have been otherwise. He desired to
know if the owner of that warehouse had
no rights? He did not object to the in
crease of rates if actually necessary to
support the railroads, hut objected to the
manner. It was discriminating in favor
of one way-station against another. Now
the trade that belonged to Fort Valley
nearer than Macon would go to Macon by
wagon. If the rates were very little dif
ferent, according to distance, it would
come to Fort Valley. Circular No. . 10
discriminates against the fanners. The
stations ou the Southwestern railroad
prospered uutil the Central railroad
leased it. Since then they have declined,
or stood still. Under Rule 1 and standard
rates everything became prosperous. Now
it will cease. Circular No. 10 will crusli
out the new life.
Adjourned till 4 p. m.
When the board reassembled, Hon.
Clifford Anderson said that Rule fcwas un
just to Macou. The Central, Southwest
ern and Savannah, Griffin aud North Ala
bama railroads were separate. Macon
was the terminal point for five chartered
roads, with chartered rights. Five cents.
per 100 pounds ought not to be taxed
against Macon, aud was really a discrimi
nation against her. She w’as willing to
concede it in the spirit of compromise.
He held that rates were made when fixed
by the commission, and-publication was
only required to put the public on notice
aud establish a rule of evidence.
Allan Fort concluded the argument. He
said no one had answered the case from
the Illinois report, cited by him, which
showed that rates must he acconliug to
distance, otherwise they would be au un
just discrimination.
The reduced per centum allowed Ma
con is much greater than to the other
way-station3. The Central railroad built
the Arlington branch to keep the Bruns
wick and Albany raiiroad from building
it, and Perry branch to prevent the Ma
con and Brunswick railroad from being
built from Hawkinsvjlle. He did not
think the people ou the main line should
be taxed to Keep up branches built by
the Central railroad for no other purpose
than to defeat competition. He did not
think dividends ought to be allowed on
capital invested for such a purpose. He
contended that the Central raiiroad, as
the lessee of the Southwestern railroad,
can be and has been sued as such; that all
the earnings of the latter go into the
treasury of the Central railroad. Circu
lar No. 10 was in conflict with the law
about unjust discrimination shown in the
Illinois case. At one time Americus had
to pay so much more on cotton than Al
bany, that wagons passed through Ameri
cus loaded with cotton for Albany. The
cotton lay in piles fourteen bales high,
for thirty days in Americus. If railroads
waived the publication of rates, the peo
ple had a right to claim the four weeks’
publication.
Mr. J. B. S. Davis, of Newnan, read
the petition of the citizens of Newnan,
asking that the same rate be allowed
Newman as Atlanta, as the distance was
the same to Savannah. Newnan helped
to build the Savannah, Griffin and North
Alabama raiiroad, and should be treated
as a competitive point. He made a short
but good speech sustaining his position,
but said that as it was getting latu he
would not detain the commission.
The cases were argued ably, each by a
lawyer who was a distinguished member
of the bar. The decision of the commis
sion, we presume, will be renderedon to
morrow. The last publication of Circular
10 will be on tbe 10th instant.
The general idea was that no one ob
jected to the rates being increased, but
only objected to tlieir paying it. Mayor
F. G. Wilkins, of Columbus, desired rate3
during low water between Fort Gaines
and Columbus, when boats cannot run,
made low enough to permit them to get
cotton on which Columbus had advanced
money raised below Fort Gaines, in Flor
ida, Alabama aud Georgia. Tbe commis
sion gave the Columbus delegation a
hearing and will determine their case
soon. .
Harrisburg, Va., September 8.—
Capt. Alex. Hamilton, in a fit of men
tal derangement, shot out his brains in.
this place last evening. He was a son of
William Hamilton, of Rockbridge county,.
Virginis, and brother-in-law 'of Cyrus
McCormick, of Chicago, Illinois. He
commanded a company of Confederate
infantry from Rockbridge in the late war,
and was in the first battle of Manassas,,
where he was shot in the bead but his
visor deflecting the bail saved his life. He
served with distinction all through the
war, ffom the beginning to tire close. He
was 48 ysars old and leaves a widow and.
two sons.
AGernan scientist has succeeded in
obtaining a chemical composition by
means of which a mirror image may be
fixed aud aold as a photograph. With
this composition the mirror surface is
painted, and the back part of the mirror
receives also a coating of oil. The mir
ror thus prepared is held before the person
to be photographed. The oil coating
evaporates, and the likeness of the per
son remains in natural colors ou tbe light
surface. The image so fixed is brought
into a bath, and is exposed for a half hour
in the sunlight before it is ready for de
livery; _
—Among the stonelayers employed upon
the building of tbe new House of Parlia
ment was one of a peculiarly thoughtful
turn ol mind, a man of speech and ambi
tion above his trade. That man now sits
in the house he helped to build, and he is
Mr. Broad hurst, the member for Stoke,
whose speech on the employers’ liability
bill has marked him oat for Perliamenta-
j ating the Georgia commission exceeded ry success.