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Terms ®C tl»e Telegrepl* ®»d Mcmen- »er. Postage free to all Editions. Daily Telegraph and Messenger. fclO.OOjvcryr «. « » » 5.00 fimos t> !■ i< •• 2.50 Smos. Daily Telegraph and Messenger and Souther* Farmer's Monthly 11.80 peryr Weekly Telegraph and Messenger 2.00 ” . u u « . “ 1.00 6mm TPee)cy Telegraph ana Messenger and Southern Farmer’s Monthly 8.50 peryr Bemit by P. O. Order or Begistered Z*li cr > lo h. B.D AYIS,XamRCr. 4Mfgrt$ X ffitBBtngtr. 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.