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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1860.
The Vote op West Virginia.—Full
returns from West Virginia show that
Jackson, Democrat, for Governor,- lias a
majority over Sturgis, Republican, of 10,-
2CT votes— an increase ol more than 3,000
over any other election,
The Girls nr Power.—The female
clerks In almost all the government de
partments in Washington literally hold
the fort just now. There never before
has been such a clearing out of the male
clerks to go home and vote. The strenu
ous efforts made by the Republican Cam
paign Committee to send every Republi
can voter in Wash s ngton home in time
for the election engender the suspicion
that there is not that confidence In Gar-
weld’s election which it might naturally
he supposed was felt from tho boastings
which Lave been indulged In.
A mixer bad a wonderful ride in a tin
pan'in Colorado. Being at the top of a
mountain, and desiring to get to the bot
tom of the valley, he knew that a tedious
and circuitous walk'of fifteen miles was
necessary by the ordinary route, while
the distance straight down the snow cover
ed incline was only three. He had such
a pan as miners use in washing out gold.
Squatting down in this, away he, went,
faster and faster, until the solder of the
vehicle was melted by friction, and he
was almost insensible from lack of breath.
But the trip was quickly over, without
any mishap, and the passenger now de
clares that he enjoyed it.
A cave in east Tennessee is two miles
in length, and has openings at both ends.
The owners of the ground around the en
trances charged for admission, and acted
as guides for visitors. Their rivalry led
to serious fights in the cave, for each held
the other to be a trespasser. Then one
of the contestants hit upon a novel and
effective means of ruining the other’s bus
iness. He sunk a sliaft so as to admit a
large stream into the cave at tlie centre,
and, as there was an incline in a'
tavorabie direction, the water poured out
at the enemy’s portal, while bis own was
unobstructed. The matter is to be made
the subject of a lawsuit. •
The Christiancy case caine up in Wash
ington on Saturday, before Judge Cox,
upon an application ot Mr. Christiancy
for a reduction in the alimony ($150 per
month) allowed to Mrs. Christiancy. Ills
application represents that Jie is engaged
in public busiuess abroad and cannot
safely go to trial of his case until lie re
turns to this country, and that although
his salary is $10,000 per annum he is in
debt at heavy interest and ids expenses
are very large, so that only about $4,000
per annum is left from his salary. Mrs.
Christancv, in reply, files an affidavit de-
pying that Mr- CbrUttancy’s expenses jn
T*er>| are as great f»* h* represents them
to be. The £ourt reduced the alimony
froni $150 to $100 per month. .
The Situation- in New York The
New York Herald, which has been ciaim-
’hat State for Gen. Garfield since the
^ireletilbn* hot? admits ~~ a hundred, which, on a crop of $5,
increase in the registry in New York city *{jo,o66 bales of 400 pounds each, amount,
and Brooklyn Is calculated to give uneas- i, lg to 8,500,000,000 pounds of seed co'.ton-
Chronicle’a Cotton Figures.
The New York Chronicle of Saturday
reports the receipts of the week ending
last Friday night, 29th ult., at 254,830
hales, against 245,013 the corresponding
week of last year. Total receipts at tho
ports since 1st September, 1,394,290 bales,
against 1,222,135 for the same period of
the last cotton year, showing a net In
crease of 172,101 hales. '' * - *’*
The interior port business of the week
was as follows: Receipts 125,703 bales,
against 102,790 last year. Shipments 93,-
852, against 83,054 last year. Stocks
170,070, against 115,735 at same date last
year.
The Chronicle’s statement of visible
supply shows 1,895,800 bales in sight last
Friday, against 1,000,350 In sight a year
**o. l,502,l£3 in 1S78, and 1,524,202 in
rigni in 1877 at equal dates. These fig
ures show 289,450 bales’ increase on the
supply of last year—393,012 Increase on
the supply of 1878, and 371,038 bales in
crease on tho supply of 1877 at same
dates. Middling upland in Liverpool last
Friday was' quoted at CJ. Last year, at
the same date, the quotation was 7§. In
1878, at same date, it was quoted at 5
11-10, and in 1877, Gg.
As to Friday’s telegrams from the crop,
they report generally favorable weather
for picking, but the process much retarded
by election excitement in Texas. High
wind alone prevented a killing frost. In
Louisiana, at Shreveport, there had been
J.40 of rain in the week and roads in poor
Condition. In Mississippi, there'were two
aud a half inches of rain in Columbus.
In Arkansas, at Little Rock, there was
rain on four days and a fall of 1.49. In
Tennessee, at Memphis, rain on four days
and but two days of picking weather dur
ing the week. There was a killing frost
on Friday night, 22d ult. At Nashville
2.40 of rain in tho week.
In Alabama, at Mobile, there was 4.57
of ram in the wepk ending last Friday. At
Montgomery and Selma very little rain.
At Madison, Florida, two days of rain. At
Columbus, Georgia, one day. Savannah
two days, Augusta one. At all points the
crop is moving to market freely.
Cost of Picking Cotton.
The New York Cotton tells us in its
last Issue:
Some of the Southern papers have ex
pressed surprise at the estimate made by
a correspondent of llradslreet’s, that it
costs $40,000,000 to pick the cotton crop;
but, as that estimate is made on the basis
of 50 cents per 100 pounds for picking,
and as fully 80 cents is tlie prevailing rate
in Texas, while as high as $1.25 has been
paid this year, it is probable that $50,000,-
000 would better represent the cost of
picking out tlie cotton crop of the United
States. Of this amount probably $30,000,-
000 is paid to colored men.
Perhaps, says tho Columbia Begister,
those who hold the above estimate too
high do not compare the figures with the
cost of picking a good deal of cotton gath
ered by bands regularly employed forcer-
tain wages. At $10 per month and feed,
this, all told, would perhaps not exceed
S13, which amounts to 46.4 cents per day.
Tlie usual limit of 8 hand’s picking is ten
bales of 500 pounds. This calls for an
average picking per day—from the 15th
of August to the 15th of November inclu
sive—of not less than 150 pounds, which,
at above wages, would cost a little over
30 cents a hundred. But as this is al
most, if not quite, double the average of
production per hand in the country, and
the picking begius before and ends after
the above period, at lower rates ot gath
ering, the cost of picking cotton per hun
dred with wages hands cannot fall short
_ „„ * , i • *•••* nnder the
of Go cents; ana special lauoi
pressure of a full blow is,.of course, paid
more.
It is not far from the truth, Chen, all
around, to put tho cost of picking at 70
Not Responsible for It.
Brethren, if any of. you are dissatisfied
with the national administration elected
yesterday several consoling reflections
may tie suggested in tlie case. First, you
have got as good a government as any
body in the United States can boast. A
good many may claim that it will be
better for them than for you; but their
numbers in any community are small,
and in Georgia particularly small. The
political flesh pots in Georgia are propor
tionally unimportant. The great bulk of
our people have achieved in the election
nothing more for themselves than for you.-
ft i3 pleasant to feel that you have carried
the day, but ‘ tho smart of defeat soon
passes away. . • • Hi
A second consolatory reflection is that
you are without responsibility for tho
consequences. There may be a great deal
of evil justlv to be feared, hut it Is none
of your bringing, and we must trust a su
perintending Providence to avert it. It is
a great country we belong to. There are
so many people In it that comparatively
few can havatheir own way.
The wisest cannot foresee many of the
grand causes Which will operate to de
termine its course aud destiny. We can
only judge that the same Power- which
has so marvelously developed this mighty
republic at a rate of progress so far in
advance of any other example in human
history, did it for some grea’, good and
beneficent ends to tlie whole human fam
ily. It is not to perish out ignominiously
by its own corruption and falsity to its
lofty principles aud traditions. In some
way, we may not understand liow, it will
be delivered from the mastery of corrupt
men, and be restored to honest and patri
otic administration and usages; aud
while we know that death and the grave
are inseparable alike from moral and
physical corruption, let us assume, with
equal confidence, the existence of suffi
cient vitality in the great body of the
American people to throw off the gan
grene and resume a state of life and
health, however unpromising existing as
pects may appear.
iness to the supporters of the Garfield
ticket, aud adds: “In spite of their mani
fest advantages, the Republicans of New
York are by no means out of the woods,
although the chances seem to be iu their
favor.” On the other hand Gen. Faulk
ner, Chairman of the Democratic State
VjotmniUee, iu a speech in Irving Hall,
Tuesday evening last, predicted that, with
an honest vote, tlie Democratic majority
in the State of New York would be 50,-
000.
The Jay Goui.d Mississippi Barge
Line.—According to the New Orleans
Prices Current, “the Jay Gould barge
line for the transportation of grain down
the Mississippi will, in a very short while,
assume proportions which will astonish
even the most sanguine river-route men.
The business is to be pushed to its fullest
extent, and many of tlie railroad lines
will act as feeders to these barges; while
floating elevators, as many as may be
needed, will be pnt to work here, to facil
itate tlie prompt forwarding of the grain
across the ocean. This is not intended
as a mere experiment or spasmodic effort,
but is the result of deliberate business
calculation, and backed by sufficient cap
ital and pluck to carry out the views of
the projcctore. Tlie line will have its reg- acts, thereby furnishing an excuse to con-
ular agent here and intends, if necessary, linue their persecution and interference
calls for $59,500,000. In round numbers
it must cost $00,000,000 to pick this crop.
We believe, from a close estimate of tlie
same, that at least fonr-flfUis of this money
Is paid to colored pickers, which is S40,-
000,000 a year paid to colored men,
Women and youths to gather the cotton
crop.
. -----—
What Mav be Expected.
The triumph of the Republican party
means something mbre Ilian tlie election
of Garfield. He is personally-a good
nalurcd man, but, as Judge Poland, of
Vermont, describes him, wanting in back
bone and faith in his own judgment. It
is true, if lie bad uot sold out to the Stal
warts he would never have been elected.
But now, in their power, he must needs
carry out their programme. He will be
surrounded with fill tho influence s of
Granlism, and will bo led to sanction
methods which his better judgment would
condemn.
What we of tlie South have to fear is a
policy of irritation. We do not look for
any direct violation of tlie constituf ion by
the administration, but they will pursue
such a course as to lead Southern men in
to indiscretion* and to commit foolish
No Sedan.
The press telegrams in our last repre
sented the victory of Garfield as “a Dem
ocratic Sedan”—that is to say, a final col
lapse of the party in tho United States.
Dismiss the idea. The Democratic party
has a great mission and a grand destiny.
It presents to-day the only practicable
rallying point around which the intelli
gent and patriotic mind can gather for the
maintenance of free popular institutions
in America. The hope of the country,
under God, is in the Democratic party.
For the time, terror over the possible loss
of an illusory and fictitions prosperity, co
operating with an utter prostitution of
federal power and resources, immense
pecuniary outlay, and the most relentless
bulldozing, has won an electoral majority
for Garfield; but it may well be doubted
whether the popular majority is not on
the other side, and whether the Uemo-
cratic party does not still hold the confi
dence of the people.
But be tliis as it may, in tbe great and
final battle cf the people against place
power aud wealth, the Democratic party
will yet win and reestablish the country
on its ancient foundations of popular sov
ereignty. It is yet to stand as the strong
ard impregnable'bulwark of Liberty and
Popular Rights in America, and the man
does not live who will 6ee other than a
strong, compact party. The poet says:
“Freedom’s battle once begun, though
baffled oft is ever won.” And so the
P^Ocratic party, in spite of tlie tci^P0 r *
ary triumph of personalism, imperialism,
strong government and all the other stuff
of the kind, will brace itself anew for the
couilict to preserve republican government
iii America.
The illusive “prosperity” of to-day is
the result of abnormal conditions—crop
failures in Europe and extraordinary
abundance in America. Political com
plications abroad aud peace herq, attract
ing investments acioss the water, have set
stocks Of all kinds booming. jj u t there
Is hardly iii single sOund idea in finance or
trade With which we are not at open war
as a government. The prosperity came
by a special providence and will disappear
with a change in the conditions. It is not
worth while for any man to count on it a
single year. We saw in 1873 the same
fabric disappear like a myth in a day.
That it will do again in a year or two.
Speculation and kite flying will all come
down, and It is well for every man to re
member that fact. But one thing may be
considered certain, tlie whole aim and
tendency of the Grant and Garfield party
is the prostration of the ballot and the
destruction of popnlar sovereignty In this
country.
to furnish Its own ocean tonnage.
A Close Election Pbobaule.—A
New York letter to the Philadelphia Pub
lic ledger says there are many thoughtful
persons and close observers of events outr
Bide of the regular party lines who begin
to think the election, after all, will be very
dose, and that it will bo one or two oflbe
smaller States—Florida or Delaware, or
Nevada for example—that will have to
fiually decide It. In that case it is fore
seen there will be opportunity for crooked
■proceedings on the part of the respective
leaders, which they will be but too eager
to turn to account, and from that fact it
is apprehended a deal oi excitement and
trouble may come. It is not worth while
to be borrowing trouble, or to be worry-
ins' over contingencies that may never
happen, but at tbe same time it is well lo
Calculate possibilities, so as to be prepar
ed to meet them without exposing our-
Bclves to the panic which comes of sud
den surprises. In any event there can be
HO question that there will be occasion for
everybody to keepbis tamper within Uie
next ten days, never doubting that, let
tbe professional politicians wranslo as
they may, the will of the people w 1 be
respected, and that is tbe main point.
r Xw New York Will Go.-Grant
stated, on Friday, that he was willing to
wa^er a thousand cigars that New lork
would give 40,000 majority for Garfield.
That is to say, if It did not do so, he would
New York would beat Garfield Co,000
i v The discrepancy is wide.■ It
l - . . . , f Norwood and Colquitt m
believes the vote will
v. - v el c. Somebody is going to be
disappointed to-day*
in our local affairs.
We have borne much in the past, and
our powers of cudurance having been
thoroughly tested, we ought to be prepared
for every emergency that awaits us in the
future. We are rational beings; therefore,
knowing our enemies’ motives, lot us give
no cause for an exhibition of their rancor
and hate, Their goads and jibes will be
thrust at us, but let us ward them off
by a dignified and consistent course, at
tending to our own State aflaiis, and look
ing after tlie prosperity of our own sec
tion.
Cai*t. Bates and his wife, formerly
the giants of Bamum’s show, recently
made the overland journey from San
Francisco. They are each nearly eight
feet long, and the sleeping car berths are
only slx~ In order to secure a comforta
ble bed, they took the opposite sections,*
connected the upper berths with an ad
justable piece, and laid themselves cross
wise of tbe car, tbe other passengers kind
ly consenting to the partial obstruction of
the passage at night.
Their Name is Legion*.—Atlanta is
the centre of attraction jnst mow for Geor
gians. Washington presents no attraction
to the average office-seeker from this sec
tion, and hence ho packs liis little grip
sack and liies away to Atlanta. Just
anything, sir, from tbe Senate"of the Uni
ted States or Supreme bench to a page’s
position In the Douse. It* is a glorious
thing to be a member of the Legislature
just at this writing. Free lunches, free
cigars aud free whisky In abundance.
But then, the curses that are to follow—
the abuse of tbe disapifointed—will make
[ a man wish be wasn’t so popular.
EDITORIAL -CORRESPONDENCE.
Southwestern RaIlroad, November
1,1880.—The writer left Macon on Satur
day and was rapidly and safely trans
ported to Cutlibert, where the peaceful
rest of the Sabbath was enjoyed in the
society of filed and well-beloved friends.
Again embarked ‘,‘cn the rail*’ homeward
bound to-day, as usual be proposes ta
relate bis'experiences to tlie-reader, if it
be possible to write amid the noise and
bustle of a crowded car. ... >j
IMPRIMIS. '
On our outward trip we could see tbe
icy touch°f “JackFrost’s?’ .fingers upon
the fields aud forests, but this bad only
heightened the beauties of tbe landscape.
The cotton fields wore
the russet hue
of approaching winter, though still flecked
with thousands of gay blossoms, and
studded with open bolls of the snowy
fleece. But it was evident tbft the “great
staple.” had done Its best for’the present
season', an' 1 , under the stimulus of com
mercial fertilizers, favorable weather and
industrious “pickers,” three-fourths of the
yield had been gathered, and .either mar
keted or housed. ,
To the credit of the farmers also, be it
spoken, they have come up like true men
and promptly met their obligations for
guano and supplies.i On the whole, there
fore, it may be confidently stated that the
people of Southwest Georgia are in
better condition,
and more prosperous than at .any period
since the war. The. price of land is look
ing up, new industries have been develop
ed in the shape of wine culture and early
fruits and vegetables for the Northern
markets; rise and sirear-cane soon
bo added to tho staples of the country,
and the inhabitants generally
seem cheerful and iu good heart.
Surely upon no region on earth has tho
munificent God of nature more lavishing-
Jy dispensed Ills favors. In Southern
Georgia the emigrant will find cheap land,
easily cultivated, excellent range for sheep
aud cattle that require no housing or
“wintering,” fuel in exhaustless supply,'
aud a climate as soft and salubrious as
Italy. Grapes, sugar cane, tbe tea plant,
arrow root, olives, pomegranates, peaches,
sand pears, figs, and in tbe southern
counties oranges/ lemons and bananas
are grown in the greatest perfection. The
soil is generous and responds magnificent
ly to artificial stimulants, and this is in
deed
THE POOR MAN’S PARADISE,
where, with the least expenditure of capi
tal aud labor, be can earn a bountiful
support.
We trust therefore, that tbe owners of
tbe soil will
HOLD ON TO THEIR PATRIMONIAL ACRES
and utilize them to their own advantage
in future. Nowhere'else in this broad
Union can they do better.
CUTHBERT.
This flourishing little city continues to
improve, and is more of an educational
centre than ever. Three thriving, well-
appointed and officered literary institu
tions are established here. First iu order
of age corae3
ANDREW FEMALE COLLEGE,
which, since the return of Rev. A. L.
Hamilton, D.D., to tlie presidency, has
more than regained all of its former pop
ularity and usefulness. By the most un
remitting energy the doctor has succeeded
in-raising a fund sufficient to put the
buildings and grounds in perfect condition,
and liis catalogue now numbers 125 young
ladies. As a female educator and discip
linarian, lie lias few equals.
The branch of the State Agricultural
College also is doing well, near one hun
dred matriculates being in attendance.
Recently extensive additions have been
made to the apparatus of the College, and
the young men have been furnished with
arms by tho State, aud are regularly
drilled and instructed iu military tactics.
There is still another institution in
Cutlibert called tlie “Grange College,”
which, under President McNulty and his
able assistants, is quite popular, and
shows a patronage of over eighty pupils,
some twenty of whom are girls. It will
be seen from the above that no place of
similar population in the State possesses
educational advantages equal to those
tuat are III v, nor is there (
a healthier spot to be found in Georgia.
LEGISLATORS ON THE TRAIN.
Quite a number of tlie newly-elected
law-givers of the State are on the train on
route for the scene of their labors.
In conversing with some of them, nota
bly Colquitt men, we were much gratified
to learn that the proposed re-election to
the speakership of our dlstingu^f.
townsman, Hon. A. O. Bacon, was
favorably received, \voul<l \ be
ati honor gracefully bestowed by
the dominant wing of the Democratic
party, and go very far towards restoring
the entente tordiale which should exist
between meii tof the same political faith
who only differed for a season upon a
mere personal issue. We trust that in all
the pending erections by the General As
sembly tiro question, was this mau for
Norwood or Colquitt, will never be raised.
Is be competent, honest and patriotic;
these are the points to be considered, and
not whether he favored the one or the
other candidate for governor. We sin
cerely trust that Cant. Bacon will be
elected. H. H. J..
Marriage of U. S. Grant, Jn.—Last
Sunday Miss Fannie J. Chaffee, only
child of ex-Senator Jerome B. Chaffee, of
Colorado, was married to Ulysse3 Grant,
Jr., second son of ex-President Grant,
Tho wedding was private, there being
present only ex-Presidcnt and Mrs. Grant,
Col. Fred Grant and wife, Jesse Grant
and wife, Hon. S. B. Elkins and wife, and
J. F. Seymour and wife, of Michigan
Mrs. Seymour being an aunt of the bride,
and D. H. Moflatt, Jr., of Denver.
Judge Poland on General Gar-
Field.—The World of the 31st prints
the following: Montpelier, Vt., October
30.—Judge Luke P. Poland, as President
of the Vermont Bar Association for .the
past year, delivered the annual address
last Tuesday evening in Montpelier. On
Wednesday evening occurred the “Bar
dinner,” and after the dinuer the World’s
correspondent had a long conversation,
in the presence of others, concerning the
“Poland report” and General Garfield,
Among a number of other tilings Judge
Poland said: “Tho trouble with Garfield
is he has no back-bone; he la'cks nerve;
he is a fine fellow and a very able fellow,
but weak; at the time of our report Gar
field ought to have come before us andex-
piained every thing as it was, hut he got
frightened concerning all the hue aiid
cry about the Credit Mobilier business,
and did not dare to come out boldly and
make a plain statement. I think ho is
honest and honorable certainly, but great
ly in need of. back-bone.” All of which
would seem to show that Garfield was
Innocent of intentional wrong, but when
found out lied about it- If this be action
able, come on with your coarts,
An American lady, Mrs. Read, of Wil
mington, Del., oilers to contribute $15,000
for tbe election of a Protestant Episcopal
Church in Nice, Switzerland, as a memo.
German^ Carp.—There has been an
effort on tHo part of several enterprising
gentlemen in Georgia to introduce into
onr ponds and lakes a fish known as tbe
German carp. The enterprise is regarded
now as a success. Tho lion. W. E. Smith,
of Albany, has taken considerable inter
est in the matter, and writes the follow
ing in the Albany JVcwa andi Advertiser.
He says:
The little pond into which Dr. Patillo
placed a portion of his, on account of Uie
absence of rains, became nearly dry.
From this pond Dr. Patillo took two carp,
each one of which weighed between eight
and ten pounds and wore about twenty
inclies in length. One he gave to me,and
a portion of another ho gave to Rev. Mr.
Folder. My fish was baked. I found it a
beautiful white with scarcely any bones ;
and of a delicious flavor.
This experiment, of ■ propagating this
valuable food fish iu this country, and iu
our ponds and lakes, I consider as de
monstrating, beyond all doubt, the feasi
bility and practicability of such enter
prises.
Should the carp in other ponds thrive
as those of Dr. Patillo’s, I will be able to
furnish my neighbors, with apy number
Of young ones next spring. My friend, J.
M., CutTiff, Esq., intends making an ex
amination of the lakes and ponds planted
with carp. Hon. Fish Commissioner of
Washington, and also our State Commis
sioner will furnish you with young carp
on application.
Bacon and the Speakership.
“If Bacon and myself were not on
speaking terms, I would vote for him for
Speaker of the House of Representatives
upon the score of economy,” said a prom
inent' politician yesterday. “I think he is
the best presidiugofliccrthatevcroccupied
a chair.. Hu can tell tho name of a man
ami the’county he represents before he is
on the floor ten minutes. I hope tlie
effort of Brown, Colquitt & Co. to beat
him for the speakership will fail, 8s bytho
election of Bacon as speaker the State will
bo very'-'materially benefited. Hu can
accomplish more business in a day than
many other mtin can- in' a week, and do
the work more satisfactorily. By the way,
1 hear that Colonel Hammond, of Thomas
county, slutjd to Colonel 1 K. F.' Lyon, of
Macon, a few days since, that under no
consideration would ho oppose Colonel
Bacon for the position of presiding officer
of tho. House.”—Atlanta Post.
Wo copy tho above to indorse all that is
said about our townsman. We have never
- entertained any fears about his re-election,
rial to her husband, who died in that eitj, I The reference to the effort of'Brown, Col
as so6n as the land necessary for the pur- j quilt & Co., is' abqut as senseless as the
pose shall have been bought and paid for charges of tlie Post against Colquitt
by others and a clear title obtained. .■ ' during the canvass. *
The Present High Protective Tariff.
Now that the agony is over, and there
appears to he no longer any doubt that
the South has been handed over for an
other term of four years to the tender
mercies of the Radicals, it becomes our
people, without pausing for a single day,
to renew the struggle for their constitu
tional rights, and once more organize to
oppose the corrupt and oppressive schemes
of the dominant party.
Prominent among these is the continu
ance and possible increase of the present
iniquitous tariff, which, is designed not to
cover the financial demands of the govei®.
ment that are needful and legitim ate,but to
build up colossal fortunes for a favored few,
at the cost of the consuming and laboring
classes of the country. This whole sub
ject of protection for protcciiou’s sake,
which Congress,, through the committee
on ways and means in tho House, so
sedulously refused to consider and pass
upon, has of lato assumed new Import
ance, and is destined to form a most salient
factor in the future alignment of the polit
ical parties both North and South.
While it is true that JJie revenues of the
government can be most conveniently and
easily raised by the imposition of duties
upon imports, still, these ought to bo con
fined as much as possible to articles of
luxury, while tbe lree list should embrace
tbe necessaries of life, and such leading
commodities, like paper and steel fails,
for instance, as are needed for the de
velopment of tbe industries of (he country.
l a . tuc great agricultural West It is to be
hoped the South will find a potential ally
in tbe effort to reduce to a revenue stand
ard only, that tarifl which is now operated
so unequally and unjustly upon the masses
of tbe people.
Tlie following extract from an editorial
in the Philadelphia Record presents the
whole question appositely, and with much
force:
The present protective tariff abounds in
inequalities and absurdities. It undoubt
edly stimulates manufactures, hut it cuts
off the foreign market for surplus produc
tion. It encourages the production of
more manufactured goods than our own
country can consume, and, at the same
time, keeps up prices above the market
rates outside. It enables a comparatively
small class of manufacturers to make
money very fast, while it bears hard upon
the agricultural and commercial classes.
The farmer is not protected by our tariff,
but ft makes him pay more for nearly
every article he buys. If all iuterests
were “protected,” no single interest would
gain anything by it. Our tariff favors
one class at the expense of all oth
ers. For every dollar that the system of
“protection” puts into tbe treasury of the
government the people pay two or three.
In a tarifl' for revenue it only
cosis the people a dollar and
the cost oi collection to put a dollar in
the treasury. A tax on tea and coffee, for
instance, is all revenue. But a tax on
salt means that the people shall pay an
additional price, not only for all foreign
salt brought into the country, but for all
the salt produced here. Our manufactur
ers no longer need protection on tlie scale
of our present tarifl. A little while ago the
duty on steel was about 25 percent, more
than tlie fiist cost in England. Did our
steel makers need that protection? Does
it cost twice as much to make steel here
as in England, to say nothing about tlie
freights? Our farmers, who have no pro
tection, are producing nearly all our ex
ports. They must compete with foreign
farmers on equal terms. They could do it
well enough were they uot tax
ed for the benefit of man
ufacturers. The high protective
tarifl' is tlie true^secret of the decay of our
mercantile marine. We canuot compete
with foreign nations when, because of the
tariff, it costs more for us than for them
to build and sail ships. Everything else
lias been sacrificed to tlie manufacturers,
but ROW it begins to react against the
manufacturers, If we bad our proportion
of tlie carrying trade of tru> w°ri4, we
should have established steamship lines
everywhere, aud, by these lines, wo should
send but our sunil os manufactures. Wc
should supply Mexico and .Central and
South America, aud, to some extent, Asia
and Australia. We cannot now, because
it costs us more to build and sail ships
than our rivals—all on account of the
high taiiffi
Affairs in Ireland*
The World correspondent ilk London
glV«3 dil alarming report from Ireland in
the following dispatch:
London, October 30.—Tlie statement
published in your columns on Wednesday
of tliis week to the effect that an appeal
for aid for the agitators in Ireland had
been formally made in America by Mr.
Michael Davitt has been telegraphed to
this side of the water aud lias produced a
deep sensation both here and in Ireland.
Tlie leading agitators in the sister isle
having been making secret promises to
their followers that whenever aid was
needed it would be forthcoming from the
United States, hut tlie document publish-
ed by tbe World is regarded as the first
actual evidence that has been ofi'ered as
to tbe Irish in America “meaning busi
ness.” The most exaggerated rumors are
circulated in the west of Ireland—a
district that has often expected to
and has at times actually seen
a foreign ally arrive to aid in a struggle
with the British power—to the effect that
An auxiliary army from America is even
now on its way, and there is consequently
an increasing disposition to defy the gov
ernment and to incur the terrible chances
of a civil war. Tlie universal cry is, “The
Americans will see us through,” and_ the
masses arc encouraged in this belief by
the agents of tho agitation, who believe it
better, even wiser, as a matter of tempo
rary policy, to take tbe risk of bloodshed
rattier than see the whole movement per
haps collapso ignominiously;
SECRET PREPARATIONS FOR REBELLION.
Nightly drilling goes on secretly with
greater activity than ever, and there is re
ally an immense store of arms of all sorts
now hidden in all parts of Ireland. With
any active help from au American organ
ization, a revolution might he made to
break out any moment.
Taxable Property.—The total value
of tho taxable property in Chafleston
county fdr tbe fiscal year 1SS0 is $26,821,-
055 of which $10,940,917 is real estate
aud $9,S74,138 in personal property,
Thiels an increase of $358,557 over last
year, when tho total amouut of taxable
property was $20,402,498. The value of
personal property this year has been rais
ed $dC3,481, while that of real property
has been reduced $304,924.
-An Appeal to the American People.
“ M ., srs. Young & Co., Edinburgh, in
calling attention to the revised edition of
their Concordance, which they now offer
to the American religious public through
the medium ot Messrs. I. K. Funk & Co.,
New York, beg to say that a publishing
firm In America, without the slightest
effort to obtain the concurrence of either
the author or the publishers, are attempt
ing to foist upon the community an unre
vised and imperfect edition of the 'Con
cordance,’ who, When written to on the
subject, replied that they did not want or
care for our concurrence, and ended by
genprously offering to take copies, if
supplied at a lower price than they them
selves could produce them! ■•■■■■
“First editions arc necessarily more or
less imperfect; but without attempting to
correct even the most' obvious typographi
cal errata, they are reprinting verbatim,
leaving out most important omissions
Corrected in the second edition. • *
“The ‘Concordance’ may’ be regarded
as the practical outcome of forty years’
study of tho Hebrew and Greek Scrip
tures, which the author commenced in
1840 and has kept up daily ever since.
“But Dr. Robert Young is not only the
author, lie to the sole proprietor of‘the
work which cost him thousands of pounds
sterling for printing, besides* three years
of labor night and day in • carrying it
through the press.
“In the view of tlieso facts we cannot
but trust that every right and honorable
minded Christian man and woman in the
United States will prefer to all others the
beautifully printed and carefully.revised
edition which we arc now offering at the
price of paper aud press work, and will
send at once their order to I. K..Funk &
Co. George Ad Am Young & G'o.”.
“Edinburgh, Scotland, Oct. 14, I860,’ 1
of an estate has to he made are so clear
that a very small percentage of cases come
before the Jaw courts; they are settled by
the parties themselves, assisted by their
legal advisers.
Agricultural flats Prom California.
A San Francisco corrc3pondeut-of the
Baltimore Sun says:
One thing is wanting in Baltimore
which seems to need mention ahd intelli
gent description. It 13 an alimentarium,
or food museum. Tlie alimentoria, seen
in the museums of Manchester and South
Kensington, London, exhibit in a singu
larly demonstrative way, tlie special value
to the human system of everything we
eat arid drink. There arc many long
rows of flat showcases, covered with
glass. I11 each case Is the fac-similc of a
pound of what we consume—meat, bread,
corn, oats, batter, eggs, oysters, coffee,
tea, sugar, cocoa,' mushrooms, rice, ail
sorts of vegetables, colored. Also opium,
tobacco, spirits, and many other tilings..
Every article has annexed lumps repre
senting the amounts of fibrin, albumen,
starch, gluten, sugar, gum, casein, miner
als and ashes extracted from the
pound; also phials containing . the
spirit, water, etc. . Above each
case are perpendicular charts in
show type, indicating the peculiar proper
ties of each article, viz., which makes
muscle, bone, fat, brains, beat, etc.,
whiCb is best for certain temperaments,
etc. The order of digestibility is given;
wliat promotes cheerfulness, and minis
ters tosleep. The elemental constituents
of every article are given on the chart—
so much carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxy
gen, etc. Nothing iuterests more than
the lumps of fat, butter, gum, starch,
casein, potash, tannin, theobromine, cof-
feine, tlieine, etc., extracted from a ikmnd
of coffee, of tea, and of cocoa. Tobacco
makes an instructive and repulsive revela
tion. A pliial of dark fluid represents
the amount of nicotine in a pound of to
bacco/ and the chart exposes its deadly
poisonous effects. The- analysis shows
419 grains of tlie poison, seven grains
of oil of tobacco, besides gum,
albumen, sugar, starch, ash, and coloring
matter. With our pretensions to" su
perior education and enlightenment, it is
singular that on tliis American contiucnt
there is no such thing as a food museum
for such object-teachiug in so useful
a branch of instruction. Is it creditable
to humanity that raen in this generation
know no more than swine at the trough
of the nutritive principles of food that
ministers alike to the mind and to the
body? Wliat an opportunity is here for
Baltimore to outrank all other cities on
tliis continent in intellectual progression!
The governors of the English food mu
seums assured us that, in the interest of
science, they would supply duplicates to
au American institution at a rate so rea
sonable as to be ;qnite satisfactory. A
thousand visitors every week arc attracted
chiefly by the fvoij department 'and the
lectures of the attendants. It pays rich-,
ly there. Can it do less in Baltimore?
A new system of cattle fanning is com
ing into vogue in Nevada State that may
be followed else where with profit. After
the manner of alteration In making oxen
they altor their cows by extracting (he
ovaries. Though unsexed, they continue
to give milk indefinitely. They increase
notably in weight, and their flesh becomes
juicy and tender a3 that of oxen. Iu
the valley of the Humboftlt aud its
branches tho assessor returns 3,000spayed
cattle at double valuation. It is seldom
that one is lost in the surgical operation.
Caponizing fowls is analogous. In
France it is the most, profitable branch of
chicken culture. The capon doubles its
weight and its quality as food. The sur
gery is done in a minute by children.
The 132 acres of cotton planted for ex
periment in Kem county, . California,
proves the highest adaptability of a vast
area of land in Southern California coun
ties to cotton culture. It is now being
picked, and rigid inspection by old plant
ers aud by manufacturers shows that
California cotton will take tbe market as
fully equal to No. 1 average South Caro
lina. cotton. A cotton factory is there
fore assured, and soon more will, follow.
Experiments by tbe Kern County Indus
trial Association provo that sorghum
sugar is also a paying product.
The country press is unanimous in pre
dicting early rains and a frosty winter.
One. says “See the wild geese coming
South;” another says “Behold the dry
springs show returning moisture;” au-
olher never saw the nuts of the forest so
abundant; another notes hurried activity
among reasoning ^ animals,^ who lay
Tiis ImpMuba is p revalent among our
negro element that were thfey living to
gether as man and wife before emancipa
tion they are legally married. This is not
true. Tlie code of Georgia says that the
ordinance of matrimony must bo perform
ed to render a union lawful. Where a
man was living with two women he must
choose one or tho other and then be mar
ried to her bjr some, authorized person,
The Royal Library of Berlin has just
celebrated its first centenary In its present
rooms. It. was founded by Frederick
William, “the Great Elector,” in 1059
hutrfor many years occupied rooms quite
inadequate foi- the convenience of readers
and for the storage of books. So, in 1780,
it migrated to the Kiug’s Palace, in the
left wing of which it has just completed
its first century. When the Elector ^dled
the library numbered 20,000 volumes" and
1,018 MSS., while at present more than
800,000 volumes ana 15,000 MSS. are In
the possession of the institution.
The Young Men's Christian Associa-
, tion.
Among the many institutions in onr
midst that claim public attention, none
do more effective work a:cording to their
very limited means than doe3 the Young
Men’s Christian Association of Atlanta.
Besides its, religious services held at its
hall, in Fulton county jail,at the Widows
Home, and among tlie poor each Sabbath
day, it visits during the week the homes
of those who by reason of affliction or
old age are barred the privileges offered
by our churches. And besides tbe fore
going, it performs ,tlie practical service of
nursing the sick, atid when necessary fur
nishing the medicine and nourishment for
those who by misfortune are unable to se
cure the same.
During their last‘year these young
men sat by the bedside . 0! the sick and
dying duriug one hundred and fifty nights.
•They are daily accumulating evidence of
their value to our city.
Many young men, strangers and alone
in'our city, walking into the hall of the
association to pass away an hour, have
received a welcome and Impressions, the'
first in a series of events, which have
drawn' them from the “path that leads to
destruction.” They are about to iu-
augurate' their winter’s work in earnest,
and ask the cc/operation of the young
Ijien throughout our city. It is a work by
them, and for them, but all are most
cordially, invited to meet with them at
their hall, No. 49J Whitehall street.
Meeting every Sunday afternoon,at four
o’clock. Go out and encourage them by
your presence.—Constituiion.
Wanted to Seethe Editor.—Aman
on the cats was ofi'ered a newspaper. He
took it, looked at tlie heading, and then
threw it aside with disgust and remarked:
“I.don’t want news from that paper.”
“I supposed everybody read it in these
parts,” I answered. “Has it been pitch
ing into you?”
“Pitching into me? Great Csesar? I
should think it had. But you just let me
meet the editor of that paper?”
“You never make anything by strik
ing an editor,” I said; “better grin and
bear it.”
“Yes, tbat’s all right for you to say, but
just tel me meet-that man! I’ll show hiur
bow to run a newspaper.’,’ ■
“What did he do?”
“Do! He did a deal. Here’s how it is:
I often go to Springfield in the evening
aud come home on the first train in the
morning. Well, one night I met an old
crony, and we went to the music hall and
the theatre. When we came out we met
some friends. Of course I could not get
right out, so I treated; in fact, we were
having a pretty good time, when some
fellow came in and-tried to raise a row.
In less than no time the police were iu
and had us. The next morning I was
hauled before tho court and fined $7.40. I
did not care much, because I gave a false
name, and I knew my wife couldu’t-find
it out; but the very next morning I’ll 1>e
eternally confused if that paper didn’t
have it all in, and my name, too.”
“Did your wife see it ?”
-“I should, say she did.”
“Did she make a fuss?”
“Fuss! Godlrcy Elihu! Are you mar
ried?”
How the Pastor Lied.—Old Parson
S. of Connecticut was a particular kiud of
person. 1 One day he had a man plowing
in liis field, aud he went out to see how
the work was getting oil The ground
was very stony, and every time the plow
struck a stone the mau took occasion to
swear a little.
“Look here,” cried Parson S., ‘you
must not swear that way iu my field.’
“Well, i rccon you’d swear, too,” said
the man, “if you hail to plow such a stony
field as tliis.”
“Not a bit of it,” said Mr. S. “Just let
me show you !’■
So the parson took hold of the plow,
but he very soon had considerable trouble
wiili the stanes. As stone after stone
caught the plcw-sharc, Mr. 8. ejaculated:
“Well, I never saw tho like!”
Aud this he repeated every time a stone
stopped liis onward way. As soon as he
had plowed around ouce, he stopped and
said to tlie man:
“ There, now! You see I can plow
without shearing.”
“But I guess it’s pretty near as bad to
lie,” answered the man, “and ypu told
dozens o’ lies. Every time the plow struck
a stone- you said, ‘I never saw the like,’
when tho same thing happened a minute
before!”
A Kentucky negro married _a white
woman, and had got as far as Somerset
On his bridal tour when she committed
suicide.
stores, as people do, against the wants
Winter, viz., squirrels, gophers, woo-
peckcts, ants, etc. In the Atlantic-States
weather signs count for something. In
California all signs fail of significance.
Heathen Law.
The Mohammedan law ofiuheritance
recognizes no distinction between ances
tral and acquired: or real and personal
property. It kqows nothing of primogen
iture, and, generally speaking, It .does
uot admit right by .representation. If; a
man leaves sous and sous of a deceased
son tho latter are excluded, having no
rights as representatives of their fattier;
and so, if a man leaves only sons’ sous
they take equal shares .per capita not per
stirpes. The relatives of a deceased per
son are divided into three classes—shar
ers, reslduanos and distant kindred. Tbe
primary reslduaries are tlie son, son s
son, brother and brother’s son, uucie and
uncle’s son,and “every male in whose line
of relation to tlie deceased no
female enters.” No female relative is
primarily a residuary, but females come
111 subsequently; tbus a son takes two
shares, the daughter then takes one.
These are the heirs to the - bulk of the
estate after the claims of tlie specific
sharers have been settled. The sharers
are twelve in number—four males and
eight females. The males arc tlie hus-
bana, father, grandfather aud brother; the
females are tho wife, daughter, mother,
grandmother, sister, etc. 'I he share oi a
liusbr nd is one-fourth, when there is
male decendout, one-half when there 13
not; of a wife or wives,' oiie eighth In tho
former case aud one-fourtli In the latter;
a father or grandfather's shire is' one-
sixth. It is' obvious that, in default, of
nearer male heirs, some of these
“sharers” may be .. the “residuaHes.
In apportioning the property
of a deceased person • tbe first
business is to settle tbe lights of the
ct 3barer3. n Mohammedan lawyers have
trained a number of minute and artificial
rules applicable to particular classes of
PolnsUi County.
Special to Telegraph and Messenger, j
Haawkinsvillr, Ga., November 3.—
Hancocks’s majority over Garfield is 375.
Cook’s majority over Parker 35(5. This is
the vote of Pulaski county. D. R,. r
1 ; Oglethorpe Co-uity.
Oglethobte,' November S. — Thrr
official vote of Macon county is: Han
cock, 703; Gatfield, 748. Congress—
Phil Cook, 093; S. Wise Parker, 291.
J. M. G.
Monroe County.
Forsyth, November 3.—The vote- of
Monroe county is: Hancock, 1,312;
Garfield, 1,023. Congress—Hammond,
1,408; Clarke, 1,009. J. W. E.
Pntnam fonnty.
Eatonton, November 3.—The of
ficial vote of Putnam county to:
Hancock, 027; Garfield, I. Congress—^
Blount, 619. Col. Blount got eveiy vote
but one polled that belonged iu the -
county. The eight votes that he runs
behind were polled by floaters that lived
out cf his district. Putnam bids for the
banner. J. S. A.
The freshmen at the various colleges at
Cambridge, in England, this October,
number 701, as against 808 last year,
showing a diminution of 107.
At the Highland ball at tlie Prince of
Wales’s seal, Abcfgcldie, the Queen danc
ed a reel .with her son, Lord Fife, and the'
Princess Irene of Hesse, the first reel she
had danced for years.
A California farmer got considera
ble fun out oi what had been au aunoy-
ancj by placing a stuffed deer in bis gram
field. The hunters, after emptying a
large amount of ammunition into the an
imal, and discovering the fraud never tres
passed again.
The largest, cotton mill in tho United
States has just been opened at Williman-
tic, Conn. It is only one story high, but
covers a space of 820 feet by 174, all of
Which is in! a single room, lighted atuight
by. fifty-one electric burners. Eighty
thousand persons can stand at once in this
building.
A literal minded little feUow visit
ing on Cape God, who fiuud the inscrip
tion iu the village grave yard, “Not dead,
but sleepetb,” ran iu alarm to Ills mother
aud said: “We mt^t go home right off,
I won’t stay here all night, anyhow.
Tiiey bury people here when they go ta
sleep. I. saw one of t\icm out in the grave
yard, and do you suppose I’ll sleep here
to-night and have-them bury me?”
The bonds which wore taken from the
counterfeiter Doyle when he was arrested
in Chicago are now undergoing a critical
examination by George W. Casiiear, su
perintendent of the engraving division of
the Bureau oi Engraving and Printing at
Washington. -An- official statement will
be prepared by the department when the
examination shall have been concluded
giving in detail the differences which -ex-
ut between the forged bonds and those
which are genuine.
Prof. Swing, in the Chicago Alliance,
thus appeals to theatrical people: “It
scents desirable that all our much-admir
ed actors and actresses should respect the
religions opinions and feelings of many of
their best friends and decline to produce
their plays on that day sacred to religion
If the men and women of tho church are
the jjieiuls npw of tho drama, can.not the
great actors help the Christian world to
keep one night of tlie week sacred to tho
Almighty?” Referriug.tolhe stage gener
ally Prof. Swing says: “Without pausing
x in this
. _ to Seek a philosophy for a new
cases; but all questions of apportionment J j of t jetus simnly confess that tbe
ate easily solved by the processes of arith- } 5 . ‘ rloint
luetic, by bringing the fractional shares profession of the actn can no po
down to a common denominator. The . ^itii pride to a largo group of men wortlij
cases of inheritance which present them- 0 f theiu art and of a generous public
selves for settlement are almost infinite, . „
but the principles upon wiiich the division e ’ let “»■
The Georgia Legislature.
Special dispatch to TcUgraph and Mesicngcr }
Atlanta, November 3—The General
Assembly organized at ten o’clock this
morning. In the House, A. O. Bacon
was -elected Speaker; Mark Hardin,
clerk; Benton Miller, doorkeeper, and
Smith, messenger. T wiggs, of Richmond,
acted as Speaker pro tern. In the Senate,
Boynton, of Spalding, was elected Presi
dent ; Harris, of Worth, Secretary;
Allred, of PickeDs, doorkeeper, aud
Cameron, of Pulaski, messenger.
Organization was perfected and both
Houses are ready for business. Consul-,
erable feeling was excited by the opposi
tion to Mr. Bacon in certain high quar
ters. Twiggs withdrew this- morning in.
a handsome speech. Bacon was unani
mously elected.
The city is full of candidates for all
sorts of offices. There is much depression
on account of tho result of the national,
election. . Carolynn.
College Burned.
Special dispatch to Telegraph and Messenger. J
Cuthbebt,. Ga., November 3.—Tho-
Southwest Georgia Agricultural College'
was burned last night. Loss, $10,000-
Insurance, $2,000. Supposed to be inccnv
diary.
further particulars.
Cutbbert, November 3, I860.—Tlie
large, new building formerly known as
the Randolph Mate High School building,-
but more recently occupied by the Agri
cultural College, was burned last night.-
The lire was evidently the work of an
incendiary. All the gurra, the apparatus*
the furniture and the books in the lower
story were saved. The exercises of tho
college will not he interrupted more than
one day, as the trustees had but recently
put tbe large building formerly known as
tlie Bethel Female College in thorough re
pair. President Sanford to energetically at
work there making ready for work to
morrow. W. H. C.
The Election in Bibb.
Below we give the full returns as re
ceived and consolidated yesterday morn
ing:
Court House.—Hancock, 1,109; Gar
field, 739; Blount, 1,081. , ,
~ City Hall.—Hancock, 102; Garfield, 48;
Blount 98.
East Macon.—Hancock, 86; Garfield, 31;
Blount, S7.
Godfrey.—Hancock, 80; Garfield, 1;
Blount, SO.
Warrior.—Hancock, 59; Garfield, 0;
Blount, 57.
Hazzard—.Hancock, 41; Garfield, 0;
Blount, 37. -
Bulland.—Hancock, 70; Garfield, 0;
Blount, 07-
Howard.—Hancock, 40; Garfield, 89;
Blount, 39.
Total vote—Hancock, l,5St)j Garfield
90S; Blount, 1,540. ... " : .
Majorities —Hancock, 080; Blount,
1,540.
Compared with tbe vote of 1870, as
produced below, it will be seen that there
has been a remarkable falling off.
In 1870 tbe vote of the county- Was:
Court House.—Tildcn, 2,010; Hayes,
484; Blount, 1,903; Gove,475.
City Hall.—Tildcn, 9; Hayes, 555;
Blount, 9; Gove, 555.
Godfrey. — Tilden, 752; Hayes, 70;
Blount, 752; Gove, 70.
Warrior. — Tilden, 300; nayes, 0;
Blount, 300; Gove,0.
Hazzard.—Tilden, 99; Hayes, 0; Blount,
99; Gove, 0. . ...
Holland.—Tilden, 190; Hayes,0; Blount,
196; Gove, 0.
Howard.—Tilden 51; Hayes, 170;
Blount,'51; Gove, 170.
Total—Tilden, 3,504; Hayes, 1,281.
Tilden’s majority, 2,083; Blount’s ma
jority, 2,102.
This fallipg off to attributable to the
large number who are disqualified by
non-payment of taxes.
Tomer’s Majorities.
Specials lo the Telegraph and M singer.
Fort Gaines, November 3.—Turner's
majority in Clay is 407. Everthing pass
ed off quietly. R- K. B.
Cuthdert, November 3.—Official re
turns from Randolph county gives Han
cock 174 majority. Turner, for Congress,
174 majority. C.
Aulington, November 3.—Calhoun-
gives Turner six-three, majority and Gar
field twenty—official. Turner will carry
tho district by 5,000 majority.
. J.&L,
Pennsylvania Coal Trade.—The-
Pofteville (Pa.) Miner's Journal of yes
terday" says: “ Orders for November being,
considerably in advance of anticipations*
it has been determined not to order a stopr
page at present. Next week will be a
broken week—a church holiday on Mon
day, a political holiday on Tuesday, and.
a general indifference to work on Wednes
day, will give about all the leisure re
quired by (lie trade at present. The coal
product of the Schuylkill region for tbe
week ended Octolier 23 was 175,521 tons,
as against 174,772 tons for the week pre
vious, and 105,942 tons for the correspond
ing week of last year. 1 ho total product
for the week was (j-'.0\87‘J tons, against
007,S32 tons for the same week of last year,
au increase of 28,03c tons, i lie output,
for tlie year so far is 18,540,741 tons,
against 21,233/743 tons for the correspond
ing poriod of last year, a decrease of 2,693,-
100 tons. Tlie executive committee of
tlie Lehigh and Scbuysili Coal Exohang
held a meeting Thursday afternoon at the
office of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation
Company, at which it was decided dial
no change in price for tlie uivni her .Novem
ber would be advisable.