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MACON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1880
VOLUME LV-NO. 46
Affairs at th* CapitaL
The Legislature seems to be getting to
w Gaskins, Dvkesi Nichols, Jones of Baker,
work with commendable industry, -.rAgvtewure-^-Smith, of Oglethorpe,
quite a number of bills, it- will be 'swn, cbatrtMtif Peek,Northern, Scrubs, Burcb,
Lave been introduced, some of them of an ®wer, Walker, Robins, Jones of
important character. The election of
Senator, judges, etc., has been postponed
until next week, and will be'conducted
in tbe same order as formerly, beginning
with filling tbe vacancy in the—United
States Senate,.then, proceeding to elect
the judges, and lastly solicitors general.
There was a sharp debate on the adoption
of the majority and minority reports,, but
tbe latter, postponing tbe - elections and
bringing on that of Senator first,-was
passed by a vote of 82 to 68 in the House
and a majority of three }h the^ Senate.
Some suppose tills glo be s . test of Gov.
Brown’s strength before tbe Legislature.
But this Is not definitely known to be so;
The standing committees in the Senate
are as follows:
Usncock, Smith of Bryan, Rainy, Harp.
McLucas, Orr, Sellars. Brewer, Barnes,
Judiciary—H. D. McDaniel, chairman;
W. T. Price, B. T. Fouclse, A. Ts-H*ck-
ett, W. B. Butt, Dupont Guerry, P. W.
Meldrim, W. J. Winn, A. L. Hawes, W.
H. Daniel, E. P. S,Denmark, J.G.Parks,
B. F. Payne, J. U. Woodward.
Finance—R. T. Foucho, chairman; A.
C. Westbrook, -W. H. Mattox, H. D. Mc
Daniel, J. S. Reid, J. E. Carter, J. H.
Woodward, J. W. Barksdale, J. H. Baker,
P. W. Meldrim, Dupont Guerry, S. M. H.
Byrd, S. G. Troalwell.J.F. Brown, J. M.
Wilson, S. H. Mosely.
Intel nal Improvements and Railroads—
W. B. Butt, chairman; W. P. Price, A.
T. Hackett, W. P. Bond, J.-S. Reid, W.
H. Daniel, J. W. Barksdale, T. J. Smith,
S. M. H. Byrd.
Slate of Republic—W-H-Daniel,chair
man ; £. P. S. Denmark; S. H. Mosely, C.
A. Smith, D. A. Smith, J. W. Harrell.
Edncation—W. P. Price, chairman ; P.
W. Meldrim, W. R. Gorman, S. M. II.
Byrd, A. C. Westbrook, S. G. Jourdan, E.
P. S. Denmark, B. F. Suddutb, W. A.
Curtis. ^
Banks—Dupont Guerry, chairman; A.
C. Westbrook, James Boggs, W. P. Price,
J. L. Neal, S. G. Jourdan, J. H. Baker.
Corporations—W. J. Winn, chairman;
W. II. Daniel, W. B. Butt, J. G. Parks. E.
P. S. Denmark, B. F. Payne, J. H.-Wood
ward.
Enrollment—R. L. McWhorter, chair
man; W. R. Gorman* J. G. Parks, R. L.
Storey, R. F. Payne, W. A. Curtis, S. G.
Jourdan.
Privileges and Elections—B. F. Payne,
chairman; W. H. Daniel, W.-R. Gorman,
J. S. Reid, R. L. McWhorter, S. H.
Moseley.
Petitions—J. M. Wilson, chairman;
Lemuel Johnson, J. W. Barksdale, J. E.
Carter, R. U. King, C. A. Smith.
Lunatic Asylum—D. A. Smith, chair
man; J. F. Brown, R. B. Harris, W. D.
Rond, J. E. Carter, John S. Reid, S. G.
Jourdan, B. C. Duggar, B. L. Storey.
Penitentiary—A. T. Hackett, chairman;
J. M. Wilson, U. L. McWhoiter, A. L.
Hawes, W. D. Bond, J. C. Carter, B. C.
Duggar, W. J. Winn, B.F.Suddntb,S.G.
Treadwell, J. W. Harrell.
Public Buildings—H. D. Hawse, chair
man; Dupont Guerry, James Boggs, J.W.
Harrell. R. B. Harris, H. C. Westbrook,
W. J. Winn.
Military—P. W. Meldrim, chairman;
J. S. Beid, R. B. Harris, J. H. Baker, J. H.
Ilicks.
Printing—W. H. Mattox, chairman; R.
L. McWhorter, A. L. Hawes, J. H. Hicks,
W. A. Curtis. ....
Deaf and Dumb Asylum—W.D. Bond,
chairman; J. W. Wilson, S. M. H. Byrd,
J. F. Brown, T. J. Smith, J. L. Neal,
Lemuel Johnson.
Academy for the Blind—J. F. Brown,
chairman; B. B. Harris, J. H. Baker, L.
Johnson, S. G. Treadwell, S. H. Mosely,
It. X. King.
Agriculture—S. SI- 3. Byrd, chairman;
W. ft. Mattox, J. M. Wilson, J. W. Barks
dale, T. J. Smith, S. H. Mosely, J. L.
Neal, B. F. Studdntb, S. G. Treadwell, J.
H. Baker, R. L. McWhorter, R. N. King,
t. A. Smith.
Auditing—A. C. Westbrook, chair
man; A. T. Hacicett, James Boggs,
Lemuel Johnson, J. H. Hicks, T. J.
Smith. . ’
Geological Bttreau—J. L. Neal, chair
man; A. T. Hackett, B. T. Fouche,
B. C. Dugger, W. A. Curtis, T. W. Har
rell.
Engrossing—W. R. Gorman, chairman;
James Boggs, R. L. Storey, J. W. Barks
dale, J. H. Hicks.
State library—J.' G. Parks, chairman;
J. II. Woodward, R. L. Storey, W. P,
Trice, W* B. Butt, P. W. Meldrim. , j \ ■
Journals—E. P. S. Denmark, chairman;
II. II. Mattox, S. T. Jourdan, C. H. Smith,'
D. A. Smith.
Rules—James • S. Boynton, chairman
(by resolution of the Senate); H. D. Mc
Daniel, R. L. McWhorter, W. P. Price,A.
T. Hackett. •
Standing committees in the House as an
nounced by the Speaker: !
General Committee ou the Judiciary—
Mr. Hammond, chairman; Milner, Bas-
singer, Janes, Jackson of Richmond, Bar-
row, Dupree of Macon, Boney, Twiggs,
Hunt, Hightower of Stewart, Standford,
Tost, DuBignon, Bull, Reese, Winslow,"
Anderson, Hillyer, Maddox.
Special Judiciary—Mr. Polhill, chair
man; Gray, Estes, • Crawford, Cameron*
Turner of Monroe, Wingfield, Singleton,
Jones* of DeKalb, Kimscy, McBride, Sit-
man, Mays of Richmond, Branson, Tur-
nipsced, ’Render, Sweat, Lewis, Little,
DuPreo; of Pike, Day, Spence, Janes,
Scliockley, Middiobrook.
Finance—Mr. Hutchins, chairman; Mil-
Lamb, Hill, Adderton,, Patterson, Hester,
Collin, Bacon of Chatham, Fiynt, Peek,
Fanieli, Wheeler, G1 ovor/Zacbiy, Paris
of Habersham, Bennett, Beatty, Young-
Baker, Carter; Arrington, Feagin, Sapp,
•Cook, Story, CoflltUMartfn of Houston,
Crosier, Crumbly, Tbatpe, Barnes,’Mc
Clellan, Harrell, Harp, Price, Bates,
Hightower of Early,’Rawlins, Johnson of
Johnson, Carithers, Lamar, Lester, Dan
iel, Strother, Denton, Mays' of Bnttsf,
Walker of Crawford, Edwards, McLucas,
Fiynt, Zachry, Zellars, Orr, 'Lamb, Park,
Julian, Bennett, Stapleton, Rainey,
Youngblood, Bird, Fuller, Moore of Han
cock. * *
Privileges and Elections—Miller, chair
man; Garrard, Janes, Ronej; 'DriPree,
Milner, Barrow, Whittle,’'SifenCe, Sapp,
Silnaaa, Crozler, Lamb, BaDf . Jones of
DeKalb, Hunt. •' ' ■ ”•”» s *- ,7n ’”*
Banks—Basinger,'chairman; Hill, Wil
kinson, Patterson, Cook, Hester,- MUrier,
Tamer, Post, Branch,- Julian, Denton;
Dyer, Hightower of Stewart. r.n;***»ii -■*
• Enrollment—Sweat, chairman; Handel,
Peek, Mitchell, Zachry, 1 Willingham,
Mai tin of Houston, Mathews, Story, Dn-
Pree of Pike. Jackson of Carroll; 'Hester;
Spence,Bates;Stapleton. • J' - Mi
Journals—Harrell, chairman; Harpc,
Kimscy, McLucas, Moore of TallaferroJ
Dyer, McKinney, Heath, James, Clarke;
Awtry, Quilian, Dial.
Military Affairs—Crawford, chairman;
Basinger, Gray, Smith of. Ogalthorpe,
Twiggs, Summerlin, McClure, Rice,
Tharpe, Letter, Lewis, Daniel, Keil, Mc
Bride, Wright, Ritchie. • .
Public Library—Jackson of Richmond,
chairman; Cameron, DuPreo. of Pike,
Hightower of Stewart, Rankin, Shockley,
Middlebrook, Price, Beatty, Hill, Reese.
. Deaf and Dumb Asylum—Willingham,
Cook, Dial,-Bird, Summerlin, Hall, Reese,
James, Zeilprs, Dykes, Bull, Brewer,
Wright, Rfee, Bennett, Arrington; Mad
dox, Hall, Hansel,-Moore of Taliaferro. '
’Aeademy for the Blind—Summerlin,
chairman; Walker.of Jasper, Turner of
Floyd, Mitchell, Whittle, Sapp, Moore of
Pierce, Mays of Butts, Branch, Beatty,
Christie, Matthews, Palmour, Price, Story,
Later.- - . ^ •
Lunatic Asylura-r-Peikins, chairman;
Scruggs, Summerlin, Cook, McClure, Zel
lars, Walker of Berrien, Jackson of Car-
roll, Wright, Wingfield, Lamar, DuBig.
non, Smith of Union, Dykes, Day, Mat
thews, Withrow, Henry, Williams, Burch,
Hightower of Early, Heard, Davis of Hab
ersham, Dyer, Thompson, McIntosh,
Jpliusop ot Lee.
Penitentiary—Lane, chairman; Milner,
Perkins, Zellais, Barrow, Hansell, Wil
lingham, Heard, Smith of Union, Sum
ner, Post, Sellars, Walker of Berrien, Ful
ler, Farneli, Edwards, Spearman, Ford-
ham, Hagan, Christie, Arrington; Mc-
Cants, Bennett, Coffin, Stone, - Jackson
of Carroll, Burch, Wilson of Bulloch,
Moore pf Hancock, Lawson, Wilson of
Camden. .
Wild Lands—Garrard, chairman; An
derson, Wilcox, Wilson of Bullock, Fiynt,
Dial, Denton, Hillyer, Quillian, Whittle,
McBride, McAllister, Heath, Brinson,
Withrow, McClellan;» ’•••■»■' ,T *
Counties and County Lines—Jones,
chairman; Robins, Scrugg3, Henry, Car
ter, James, Crnmbiey, Palmour, W illiaras,
Spearman, Strother, Heard, Lewis, G as
king.. fiM Miii «
Auditing—Fuller, chairman; Lamb,
Wilkinson, Walker of Crawford, Thomp
son, Sumner, Johnson of, Johnson, Gas
kins, Mays ot Butts.
Public Printing—Martin of Houston,
chairman; Nichols, Moore of Pierce, Ju
lian, Keil, Wilson of Bulloch, Wilson of
Green, Smith of Biyan, Ritchie,. Broyles.
Immigration—Barrow, chairman; La
mar, Stanford, Patterson, Racon of Chat
ham, Bull, Adderton, Janes, McAllister,
Clarke, Sellars*, Edwards, Morrow,.Moore
of Hancock. . , . .
Manufactories — Hansell, chairman;
Wilkinson, Youngblood, Carter, Davis of
Habersham, Nichols,. Wilson of Bulloch,
Hale, McKinney, Strother, Julian, Park,
McClellan. . - . . > „ . f ■
A Letter from Ben Hill.
Washington, November J0.-—*Tbe
New York Tribune to-day contains a pri
vate letter from Senator Hill, of Georgia,
to Hon. S. B. Chittenden, of Brooklyn,
furnished by the latter for publication,
with Senator Hill’s consent. The follow
ing are the mOst Significant parts of the
letter: ,l ' ■ * •' '
‘‘Well, toy friend, tlie most anxious
event of our history has become a' fact—
a solid Rortli against a solid South. .No
language can express td you the vievfr I
take of this event for 'etil. 'It dan have
no 16gic, if continued, but disrup
tion intp "several monarchies. .Qt ab-
solute consolidation, of all the States into
one empire. In cither event* our consti
tutional system will fall. ,,
.. “In my opiniph the time has come when
tbe great question for the real statesman
to consider is .how speedily to break up
this sectional solidity and organize parties
altogether on ; other issues. The Demoi
cratic party is hated at the : North and
therefore it ought to be disbanded. The
Republican party, .is hated at the South,
and therefore it ought to be disbanded.
Whetlior this hatred is just or not makes
no difference. ..I would be glad to see
a great national Union party organized,
for I believe that the government- formed
by the constitution is a nation.’ True it is
limited, but; within the powers delegated
to it by the constitution, Itis asmuch of a
nation as any on the globe. •
• “I really, like Garfield; I sincerely hope
lie will have a successful administration;
he has tlie ability for the crisis. He must
feel keenly the fact that be - is -elected
solely by Northern voters; - but he has a
ler, Northern Garrard,- Pcatcrr Fuiierr -great-opportunity, and he call, ifhejvill,
sm saaissfsafiss.’sss
Ibr a seabnd term by a majority of the
States Noth and South. This opportu-
nil j m ihwH i m i i tlian the office itsel f, and
kin. ^ ■ in g ut
ami I
Local
chairman;
tower
Monroe,
Silman.
Corporations—Estes, chairman; Polhill,
Roney, Rankin, Hutchins, Garrard, Cam
eron, Hillyer, Basinger, Twiggs, Martin
of Talbot, DnPree,
DeKalb, Winslow. *
Railroads—Rank!
of Richmond, Feagin, Lane, Lamar, Rj The Republican party will
plcton, DuBignon, Branson, Clarke, Bull, «■*»_**■ presidenoy peaoeaWr, . lecanse
Estes, Hutchins,i Miller, Hester.
_ _ assue on
tije-resulliin Nwv. Yqrk.'.witUa view to
defeat Garfield in the couiltrbr Congtess.
There wonld be great ■danger of thlt bit
ibr. one fact, arid'that one fact is, the
con,
BLotfoming u the Boae.
You have heard of tbe desert blossom
ing as the rose; but in order to see a
practical exemplification of it,you ought to
go out to the Rock College and see how
different it its. appearance from what It
w as before Gen. Win. M. Browne took
hold of it. Gen. Browne is conducting it
as a model farm, in his capacity of pro
fessor of agriculture and horticulture.
The barren stretch of yard in front of the
college has been, to some extent, laid otf
in beds, and a fine collection of flowers is
there. Several banana plants—one or
two. with fruit-rare growing—or were
before tbe frost compelled them to: be
taken. inside—gs if in their.native dime.
Rare exotics and beautiful indigenous
flowers and shrubs, abound on all sides.
Some are outside, adorning the plats;
others are in the piazzas in pots; but all
combine to convert what , was once a
veritable bleak house, into a place , of
beauty. ./
Not only is the ornamental attended to,
hiit the practical is by no means neglected,
There is a field of six acres •'be’.o.iging to
tbe farm, which bad lain out as a bennu-
qa-grass common, unfenced .for a score of
Veits or more. This year it has been
planted in cotton. At the time we were
there, five bales of cotton had been gath-
ored from it, and two more were expected.
This was done, not by inordinate inanur-
ing and forced growth, as is. often the case;
but by thorough, diligent cultivation.
Tbe plan which Gen. Browne adopts
in teaching agriculture and horticulture
to tbe students, is the only practical one,
unless tlie students should he required to
do the farm work themselves; and this
idea of manual labor schools was aban
doned long ago. He thoroughly indoctri
nates them with, the theory by lectures
and other oral instruction, and then shows
them, from his own successful farming
and gardening, all the practical part. How
the ground should be prepared, how the
hilts and rows should be made, how the
sgedahobld be deposited,how and when the
plants should be worked, liow the crops
should be gathered—these things, in all
their details, are exemplified by the pro
cesses actually going'on. And they furnish
—as we said above—the only method of
practical instruction in these branches,
that is possible without manual labor on
the.part of the students.
. The university is fortunate in having in
its faculty a gentleman of such diversified
talents as General Browne. With all his
accomplishments he unites a practicality
tbatjis as rare as it is desirable.—Alliens
Banner.-
Polygamy as an Investment.
the electricity of the'air being gradually
drawn off instead of accumulating. Hail
,gl»o ia rare where there are many’trees.
M..\Cantegpn Was' tracked' many of
the hailstorms so destructive in France,
and has found that they-generally make a
leap over, a forest. Early, lit Jane,J874,
tor instance, a hailstorm which had swept
over the department of Ariege, entered
that,,of Aude. As soon as it got to the
forest land, the hail totally ceased; but
when it reached the - treeless 'department
cf Eastern Pyrenees, it began agairf with
great fury;, lyet there was electricity
enough in. the air over the forests; for sev
eral, fir trees were struck and shivered to
pieces.,” ‘ “ '
The Philp Trial.
Nkw York, NovemberiO.—The exam
ination of Kenward Pliilp. fori an alleged
criminal libel upon Gen. Garfield was
continued before Judge Davis to-day. The
first witness was Samuel E. Morey, who
testified that he had two brothers, named
Franc's A. Morey and Geo. C. Morey, and
a half brother named Julian A. Morey,
bat no relative named Il^nry L. Morey.
Tbe next witness was Robert Liudsey,
who said he was a detective for a secret
organization of workmen in Alleghany
county, Ma. lie knew Henry L. Morey,
and traveled with him last February from
Lowell to Lynn. Morey showed him Gar
field’s Chinese letter then,'and again at
Boston, where tbe letter was read to him.
Here Morey’s letter was handed to wit
ness,. who identified it as the one shown
him, or a fac simile of it.
Mr. Bliss then cross-examined the wit
ness at great length with a view to iru-
jeach his credibility. Witness said he first
jecame acquainted with Morey in the fall
of 18^4,'through a letter of introduction,
purporting to iiave been written by a cer
tain secret organization, tlie name ot
which be refused to give. He admitted
that the letter was a forgery.
Mr. Bliss then examined Lindsey as to
the mines in Alleghany county, Maryland,
where he said lie had lived many yeai-s.
Witness could not givo the names of the
proprietors of any of the mines.
“When and where did you sccMr. Mo
rey last?”
“In Philadelphia, about tbe seventh of
February.” . ,. . 1
Here Mr. Bliss read from witness’ affi
davit, in whicil he stated that the time he
saw ; Morey was in Boston, and that he
then said he was going to New Opr
leans. ; i ' ... .
“What is the name of the man who em
ploys you ?”
‘Your Honor, I am under oatli not to
reveal his name, aud. 1 must depliiie to
gave a clear description of that region,
and said iii his opinion Lindsey was never
in the locality. The latter’s testimony
was totally incorrect, and was sheer non
sense. l>0*' ^ .._’M
Assistant District ■ Attorney Bell then
rested the case for tbe prosecution.
General Pryor made a motion to dis
charge Mr. Philp, on the ground of insuf
ficient evidence. Judge Davis said he
would give tbe case his most earnest at
tention and render a decision Saturday-
morning at ten o’clock, to which hbul' he
adjourned the proceedings. ' i ■ lr'
■' ' While the crowd was leaving the court,-
detectives arretted Samuel Solomon Mo
rey and Robert Lindsey on a charge of
peijtiry. Mri Geo. Bliss made complaint
against them. Morey testified several
days ago that be had an uncle named
Henry L. Morey, while a number.,of his; 'this court, and the papers fail to arrive, a
relatives swore there was no such man as
Henry L. Morey in the Morey family.
Both men were crestfallen at the turn of
affairs, and Justice Morgan committed
them for exarmnjulop to-morrow morn
ing. The arrests caused a good .deal of,
excitement. - It is rumored that' other
arrests will follow. Mr. Bliss said the case
would be laid before the grand jury at
once.
loopy of the' bill, of exceptions may he
established, provided tlie motion be made
before the conclusion of the call of tlie
docket of the cireuit to.which the case
IfataMbi,..-.,! ;«* ~~ l '
j 3. As to the court in which the. motion
We halted at a way station for dinner.
I answer.”'
A white-haired but not very sauclimoni-
ous.saint occupied the chair next to. me.
“A resident of tlie countiy ? ” I asked.
Oh; yes; for twenty-five years.” “Mar
ried ? ” “Some.” “More than one
wife?” “I think so. Iv’e got a few
scattered here and there.” “Believe in
joiygamy, I presume ? ” “Certainly.
..’d never have made a living if I hadn't.”
“How’s that ? ” “Weil, you see, strauger,
I used to think a good deal as you do. I
liad.aue hundred and sixty acres Of lin'd
aud one wife, but didn’t make much
headway. There was too much for one
mau to attend to. Finally I froze to tt
second wife. Shei took her share ot the
burdens like a perfect brick, and affairs
moved on in better shape'. Then I^got to
thinking that if two wives were
better than one, three would he better
than two; consequently T took a third,'
and my ' affairs improved still more. I
mapped out the business of the ranch?,
and gave No. 1 her part, and gave a part
to No. 2, and a nart to No. 3,; and took a
part myself. Everything went on like
clockwork. Our 'little community was
thoroughly organized. Finally I conclu
ded that a fourth wife would he quite an
advantage, and I looked around and se
cured her. I found that tlie more wives
bad the more land I could work. I
■ operate 240 acres of one ldfld
and another, and have six
wives to assist me, and I’ve got
filings so systematized down that every
thing goes on quite lovely, and I don’t
have much to do myself. Polyg
amy is a great institution, my friend, and
you’ll never succeed in the world until
you marry a lew times. Some times one
of my wives gets a little Offish like, but in
stead of making a great row about it and
getting a divorce as you do in Caljljprnia,
I simplystay away from hei;.*day.qctW9»
and then when I do happen 'Around she
smiles all over her face and loves mein a
desperate fashion. Oh, yes, I may marry
several times yet before I die, and the
more women I marry the richer I expect
to gi:t.”DTbis talk was by means sophistry,
as 1 afterwards ascertained. A large por
tion of the women of Utah are slaves.—
San Francisco Chronicle.
r-the South, will sit' still, and- at 1 the next
Privileges of the Fiodr-DwPree of Ma- election:the leaders ol that partr wm.'tClJ
>n, chairman; Foster, Wheeler, McAlli*-
‘efUfy.sMmPTMlwtet 1
ter Davis oT U Lu^o1rin ff 11 the North, that'tiie-South' roUsi‘i>&
ter, Davis ol Lumpkin, 8^ >**ST {trusted. Neverttferi&k.we shall av>H all
State of the Rennbfie—Twlars chair-' revelation—not (o wl» R£j>uVJic*n pr*Be
man; UanseU.^nford, Oaritiers. Sin- j * r »gjW* Republicanahuse^-for either is
gleton, Turnipseed, Tharpe, Heaty, flunt, j impossible, tmt^*olelyii because it is right,
Strother, Walker of Jaipur, Jtckson of'* nd ™ •» de ^ n ^.° ivSTn,^
Carroll, Morrow, Palmar, Fordbam, <* the conoti^/ Ho* lo^ bnmah
Rawlins, Hall, Polblll, Roney, Robins,^ **“ bear
Branson Sapp, Kimaey, Carter, Bagaih tojwto* unparal feted, and d wrong that
Day, Williams. weight to cover the North, with blushes-’
Education—Northern, chainnss; Cam
eron, Mitchell, Barrow, Awtry, Crozied,
Broyles, Cook, Adderton, Davis of Lump-‘ • •• AtrotiSTA, November. IP^-r-Tha ulerk s
kin, Harrell, Mays of Richmond,. Wing-.rretumof-votes for electors- for- President
field, Turner of Floyd, Maddox, Shock-■L-Xfidi’-iee President has been received at the
ley, Nichols, Clarke, McCants, Middle-,.oAer.qf the secretary of state ftenst all but
brook, Hale, nammoqd, McIntosh, Good- air-towne and six ptontatioii*. With the
rich.
Internal
man; Smith
of Johnson, Daniel, McCants, Moore of whldh 1J a majority of 5,010 for Garfield.
' Effect of Forests on Bain.
We have always been somewhat skep
tical in regard to the'alleged influence of
cutting down or planting tree3, upon the.
amount of rain in any particnlar iocality..
The data on which conclusions have been
reached have been too limited, in our
view, to establish them as a matter of
cause and effect. But the subject is one
of much interest, and Is worthy Of being
kept before the minds of Scientific men.
Chambers’ Journal lias an article oh the
subject, from which we make the follow
ing extract:
“Forests have a fourfold effect on clim
ate and rainfall. There is the chemical
action of their leaves, which decompose
the carbonic acid of lliu air, fixing the c4r-
boti in their woody tissue, and liberatirfg
the oxygen. There is their physical ac
tion, in hindering evaporation and stopping
currents of air, and in covering the ground
with a vegetable mould which holds .water
like asponge. And there i3 the prganic ac
tion of the leaves, which, in breathing, re
store to the air a part of the water which
the roots have drained from «.ne soil.
Lastly, there is the mechanical
action' of the roois, which at once
prevent the earth from being washed away
by the rain, and also enable the water to
filter down deep into the ground. For
ests, then, ought to make a country cool
er, by withdrawing the carbon from the
air; tlie lieat that is set free when wood is
burned is the .very heat >-that-was' being
absorbed while it was growiDg. - A forest
may be looked on as avast condensing
apparatus for storing up tlie heat of the
atmosphere. That is what theory says,
and experiment confirms it. Tbe mean
temperature of a wooded country
’ft always lower than that , of a,
Sirqilarly'situ&ted treeless country; but
(apd this is important) the cold is less ex
treme, as well as lieat, and changes of
temperature are gradual. Of course, since
rain comes because tbe air is too cool to
hold its moisture any. longer in solution
there ongiit to be more rain in.a wooded
than'in a treeless district; and so there is
from six to eight per. cent., as Mr. Fau-
Irat.found by putting up several raln-
guagts, some in forests,.seven yards above
tbe tree tops, others''on treeless grounds
some two hundred yards off. Bare soil
soon gets heated, and heats the sur
rounding air. This expands, rises,
and absorbs, without condensing them, the
vapors brought by the sea winds. Rain
only comes in such a district when a con
trary wind meets this hot current, packs
its layers one on another, and, as it were,
squeezes out wet from them. Hence such
rain, due to ‘atmospheric perturbation,’
generally"eomes in floods; unlike the gen
tle natural' rainfall of forest land,
btonus are rare in tire wooded countries,
Judge Davis—“You must answer the
question.” , ,
Witness then said: “Theman wbo.em-
ploys me is IV. H. Thompson. He is a
lawyer in West Cumberland, and lives iu
Baltimore street.” . . . • •
“When did you see him last ?”
“Las( Thursday. I told him I was
coming hero, ahd also told him what I
was coming for. He. lives near the jail
OnWest Baltimore street. I have (ived
forever twelve years with Mr. Thomp-
How neat is the court house ‘ to tlio
jail on West Baltimore street?”
“ I don’t know, sir.”
“What are ’ the names of the streets
that cross West Baltimore street?”
“I don’t remember any of .them.”
“What! You say you lived with Mr.
Thompson for twelve years, and you don’t
know tlie name of a single street in the
vicinity of his house?” .
“No; I don’t remember the names of
them.' Tlicy have been changed since I
was there.” j ’
What were their names wlien you
were there?!* 1 '■ ; "’ ’
“I don’t know.” i , ' "
“ How much pay do ypu receive ? ”
“Seventy-five dollars a mouth.”
f‘ How do you get it ? ”
“In letters from Mr. Thompson.”
“Do you get them by mail?” , .
“No, sir; I find them.” ;
“What do yon mean by ‘I find them’ ?”
“Yes; I find them in a niche in the
wail whore they are placed,'and .'I alwiys
destroy them. I have had no personal
communication with Mr. Thompson for a
year past, until last Thursday.”
Witness was then questioned about his
trip from New York to Boston last Febru
ary, but could remember nothing except
tjjat after seeing Morey In Lynn he re
lumed to New York.
Witness said that for the past month ho
had been sleeping in houses of private
families along tho Frostbiirg road, but
could not give the name of a single house
holder between Frostburg and Cumber
land.
The prosecution called H. S. Johnson,
postmaster of Cumberland, who testified
that there was no such man as W. H.
Thompson residing in West Cumberland.
He ..was then asked regarding various
streets and localities described, by Lind
sey, and flatly contradicted most of the
latter’s testimony.
.. Wm. D. Griffith, book-keeper ot the
First National Bank of Cumberland, tes
tified fbat there was r.o man of the name
of W. II. .Thompson living In West Cum
berland. ' , V
James Reid, who has charge of the jail
on Washington' street, Cumberland, said
there was no man named W. II. Thomp
son firing near there. [Lindsey, In his
testimony, swore that lie lived there With
W. H. Thompson foF more than twelve
years.]'
Clara F. Morey, an old laijy, 'testified : f '
She bad lived in Lynn, Mass., fourteen
years. She is a widow, and married
Samuel C. Morey tbirty-flVe years. .ago.
He had three sons by her. He, also' had
two half brolliers and a full brother, but
neither was named Henry L. Morey. A
lawyer named Wilson approached her re
cently, and asked to make an tllidavit
concerning the Morey family, but site re
fused to make or sign it. Witness never
knew or beard of any member of tbe
family named Ilenry L. Morey. She nev
er heard of 8. S. Morey’s having ?n uncle
named Henry L. Morey.
George C. Morey, a son of the last wit
ness, was sworn. He had uo uncle named
H. L. Morey, and never heard of such a
man. ‘ ,, ‘
V Jehn'W.-Morey, a Boston"policeman for
thirty-five years, swore that uo member of
tbe Morey family was named Henry L.
Morey; never heard of such a mqn until
the Chinese letter wps published.
Samuel S. Morey ney^r had an .uncle
named Henry L., and wUfiess would be
liis brother bad such a mau existed,
Frank B- Morey, wli<>se mother is a
sister of Samuel S. Morey, testified that he
had a conversation With S. S. Morey In
Lawrence, Mass., when the latter returned
from New York-last Tuesday, after testi
fying in this case. Samnel told him he
did not'wish to go to New York, but a
man named Clarke induced him to go.
Samuel said be told Clarke be was afraid
they would all he iu Ludlow Street Jail
before they got through. Clarke said it
would be all right; that the whole ’ thing
would be dropped after the election. Wit
ness said Samuel S. Morey, on bis return
from New York, had lots of money in tiis
pocket; that be was free with it and
treated several times. Witness said : “I
thought I might get old man S. S. Morey
out of trouble. I advised him to come on
again to New York and tell the truth. I
told him if be stuck to what lie had testi
fied to he would get into the peniten
tiary.”
Ransom T. Powell, employed In tbs
Eckharut mine of Cnmfierland, Maryland,
Tli* Troubles of 1876 to Come Again.
tFASHlNGTON, November 0.—A special
to tho 8tar from New Yorksays theDem,
ocrats are seriously at work obtaining
evidence Of fraud' on ...the part of .the
Republicans with a View to having tbe
vote-of New York counted ior Hancock.
The pressure to. open a contest for the
vote of the Stale comes principally from
tho-Southern States, and mainly from.
Kentucky and Richmond! Va. Irving and
Tammany halls and the State Democratic
committees have been diligently at work,
and claim to have made discoveries which
astound those engaged in the investiga
tion.
The National Democratic Committee
has not yet taken hold of, the matter, but
the executive committee meets Friday.
At that meeting.reports from the three
other committees' now working'the sub
ject up will promise to furnish affidavits
to. prove frauds involving over 20,000
votes. These committees will request
tlie national committee to insist uponfTho
appointment of a congressional commit*-
tee of investigation into the New York,
election, and make it the very-first bus
iness of both houses at the approach!ug
session. *
The Republicans have done nothing, be-
lieviog up to this time, as Gen. Hancock
is utterly opposed to any ■ scheme of the
kind, aul says so, nothlngwould come of
tbe talk; but no w they propose to be ready
to demand that'thc same class of invetti-,
Three or four Democratic Senators
have already been heard from. Senator
Davis, of West Virginia, says he will not
be a party to it, but will oppose any at
tempt to open tbe affair,and the others say
they will not think of giving it counte
nance. A nervous feeling obtains here,
and nothing but some public .declaration
from enough Democratic Congressmen to
settle the matter now will avert the un
steadiness In business that is threatening
to happen, and which vyould last tUltbe
yotes aia Counted In January.
Ai.hanv, N. Y., November 10.—Edgar
TEE 6VFBEXB COURT.
Dedal mu |«a4end October SM. 18M,
Abridged for the Telegraph and Messenger by
mu A Barrie, Attorneys at Law. Macon
■'“CMMs-' '• . - v , tJ uj, , -Ault -ii
McDaniel et al. vs. Brakefield. . Man da
•'•” inus, from Harris.’ * '*
1. Diligence requires that counsel for
plaintiffin error should ascertain whether,
their rase has reached this court, and this
information must be acquired in time to
have the papers on file by some appropriate
proceeding, before the conclusion of the
call of tbe cases on tbe circuit to which it
2. flfhere the clerk of the court below
makes affidavit that he has forwarded by
mail the transcript of the record-anil the
origtoai. bill of exceptions to. the clerk of
tq establish a bopy of the transcript of tlie
record sbou)d*be made, is left undecided.
(R.)
Eq-
Price et al. vs. Latlirop & Co.et al.
i ■ 1 ••: nity, from Bibb.
1. Where a bill was filed by the wilfe
anil children, against tbe husband and his
creditors seeking to establish a trust in fa
vor of complainants under a marriage set
tlement, covering property in possession
of the husband against: which his creditors
were proceeding, apd tbe latter answered
denying the tiust, and by way of cross
bill against complainants, the husband
and . others, alleging that if there were
such a trust)'tho property was neverthe
less subject) because the consideration of
their claims Was mortejr, goods, etc., sup
plied to and suitable for the trust estate,
and praying a decree to subject the trust
Moperty, and pending the litigation the
msband was adjudicated a.bankrupt and
his assignee made a party defendant in
bis stead:
Held, that such assignee was a neces
sary party defendant to a writ of error
sued out by complainants to the refusal of
the court to order a new trial at their in
stance, and this though the assignee was
not referred to in the. ;verdict or decree.
Npt having been served with -i copy ofllie
hii) of exceptions, the writ’of error is dis
missed.. ''
.. 2. Such assignee cannot be made a par-
ty plaintiffin error with complainants by
an amendment to the bill of exceptions
fiistanfer, : because he was'not on the
same side of the litigation in the court be
low,' as was in the case 02 Ga., 135 and
and ll> lb. ’1. His interest, as well as his
position-in the court below, show him to
tlie bar knows of any farther use for
them without response from the prisoner’s
counsel. .
from
Jordan vs. Jordan. Complaint,
Bibb.
' T The verdict in the case was contrary
to the evidence.
2.! The- plaintiff sued defendant for
$400. It appeared on the trial that defen
dant had agreed to give plaintiff $1,000 to
superintend certain planting interests and
was to pay au assistant to him $400; if de
fondant did not ^employ the assistant,
plaintiff was to do so. Whether this em
ployment was absolutely agreed on, or
whether the assistant was to be employed
if necessary; the evidence was conflicting. ■
Plaintiff was paid $1,000. No assistant
was employed. Plaintiff sued for the
$400. There was nothing to show that lie
he had any interest in it. The court
charged that if the plaintiff was to have
no interest iu the assistant’s wages, wheth
er employed or not, his contract would be
legally for $1,000. The jury, fonnd' for
plaintiff; . •
. Held, that the verdict' was contrary to
the charge and contrary to law.
be made a party on the same Aide of the
litigation in this court. r ,. . i' '
Ceiti-
Sinith vs. Eckles & Abercrombie.
orari, from Newton.'
■ 1. Where Eekles‘& Abercrombie were
the defendants in error, ahd on the bill of
exceptions was an acknowledgment of ser
vice signed “Eckles; & Abercrombie per
John T. Eckles,” it nowhere'appearing
who John T. Eckles vras, the seiViib was
not sufficient. " ' '
2. 'One who takes a homestead or ex
ception,can only have -set' apart property
owned by. him at the time. The fact that
•aw • . ■ ~ r-v-oj- i uuu ujlihuj au mo iuuc. a-uc juuu mat
K-Apgar, a member.-oLthe* Demficfotic lbiife Wito-Aifl notown a horse or mule in
state Uommittcc, and. of the executive
committee of that body, ha3 written a let
ter to the Argils stating that there has
been no meeting held since the day of
election, either of tlie :Democratic State
Committee or of tlie Executive Commit
tee, nor have nqtices been sent to mem--
hers of, either committee for any such
meetiug!ufuture. He also says: Any
action taken by members of tho commit
tee, whether, officers'or otherwise, is iir-
dividual action, which the committee lias
not authorized, and for which it cannot bo
field responsible. In so grave a matter as
calliug into question the- ‘eff*NeW"
York iifthe electoral college, there cannot
be too.great caution. The only way- in.
which "any contest > could be made: with-
even a sliadow of probable success; would
be by the rejectiou of tlie Republican elec
toral tickets on which the word “Electors’.’
has been twice printed. This, I believe,
cannot and should not be done.' To
chaDgc the result in any other way, more
than 20,000 separate cases of fraudulent
or corrupt voting would have to be prored,
an evident impossibility. It certainly can
not be expected that the present * State
board of canvassers 1 Wilt SeBlArfi 'ofhVr-"
wise than is shown- by tlie face of the re- :
turns, and my view of Democratic doc
trine leads me to-hold that Congress can
not go behind the seal of a State to investi
gate frajul at the'pdlls ih the choice of
presidential electors. - '•' ,l
Roxdout, N. Y., November 10.—Tho
chairman of tlie Ulster, oouuty Democrat
ic committee has Served upon the board
of canvassers of'-that county * a''protest'
against counting Republican electoral bal
lots, claiming that -those ballots do non
conform to the requirements of the statute
in that they contain both caption; and id-
dorsernent, and that the names of the sev
eral candidates are not printed- “in plain
type.with letters of Uniform size.” Ulster
eluded in-'bis petition for an exemption
“one"horse or mule,’’l and that it was al
lowed, did not operate to:exempt ahorse
subsequently purchased. •
Lathrop & Co. va. Brown et al. Equity, strangely similar.
1 y’- , ftvmiBibb.- -t One day a Western friend of tho house
1. For a power to sell' ’realty* tosiuvlvie
the death of.thegrabtor, 1 it muit be tou-
pledwithan interest, and that interest
rinist be hot ip the proeeedtlalone oftlie'
thing to' bb told,’ but. in tbe thibg itself. 1
Therefore, ari instrument in the'form of a
mortgage, which providid that in case Of
<Tdfault in, the paymertt'of tfib debt’there
by secured, it should be' lawful for the
mortgagees to sell the property covered
thereby; and thp,equity, pf redemption of
the mortgagor, accordlngjto the > direotion
of the act Of the Legislature in such cases
made atid' provided, .accounting: for. the
overplus; after satisfaction of tlie principal
and intcrest’due, the- charge for advertis
ing, the costs of foreclosure;, and all attor
neys’ fees ahd commissions, if there should
beany overplus, t'A'J.thi’ qtortgagor, did
not vest shell a powei 1 as jyoutd survive
/hft^eeortgagor j'Ana’ take precedence of
dower, year’s support, expenses of a'dmiu-
istration, trust debts', eic. T ,n- ; -
That’aparii of th^ moneyihe^repay-
ment of which wAs'^se'curcd by'mortgage
was .used ,iu' : paying the.purchase money
pf tlie land.mortgagcd did not place it on
afiifferent status from the balance oftlie
debt, there belng no agreement to thatef-
A testator in his lifetima V^teft’cef-
^ajn land and assigned the rent fiore 'pr
contract, and subsequently "re-rciited’to
tho same tenant for the ssmeyear, And 'af-
ter'his death his tetecittbr received apart
county, heretofore largely Democracy, on;
the 2d instant gave the Garfield electors
130 majority.
.11 J ,*. . V l.\ I
A Nat for the Radicals to Crack.
State’s Rights akd the Peesidencv.
’ Amid all the present jubilation of tlie
Reputilicaiis, {t may bq well for them to
reflect that after all Garfield was beaten
by the popu.^r vote of the country, and
his election-due simply to the ill-starred
municipal contest In New York city.
Wlnle the popular vote is riot yet ascer
tained, it seems probable, says the Balti
more “Sun,'“ that, as .in 1810, the Demo-
Cfatic c^ndidajtes have the majority of the
popular vote. As figured ,up by the New
York I/eratd,‘Hancock now leads Garfield
some 26,000. flri 1S76 the defeated candi
date, Tildcn, had a majority oyer Hayes
of 250,000.. The constitution, however,
as framed by the fathers,‘provides for an
election of President and yice-President
not by tbepeople dlrectly,hutby the elec
toral colleges; and in-the competition of
these colleges! tlie equality of the States
is recognized and represented, by giving
them two votes each, without regard to
population. It is a significant circum
stance that ini 1870, and again in 1880, it
is to this State’s rt^hts feature m the con
stitution that file" Republicans, who'are in
the habit,of decrying and deriding all
States’rights, owe ; their success. If the
people or the United States were nothing
hut a Nation with a big N, as Mr. Hayes,
and Mr. Garfield, and Mr. Conkling and
tbe rest of tlieta are fond of repeating, and
had voted for President as a nation, and
not by States, Mr. Tilden, and not Mr.
Haves, wouldtbe President to-day without
all "cavil, and General Hancock, arid not
General Garfield, it appears, would have
been declared* elected on Tuesday. As it
is, General Girfiuld wHl be the choree of
the electoral {colleges -in December,” al
though it is more tbau likely be is not the
choice of a majority of the people, as shown
by Ibe popular vote on Tuesday,
A standabd household remedy of un
doubted and ricknowleiged merit is Dr.
Bull’s Cough Syrup. And it costs but 25
cents. All druggists keep it.
Gen. Cass, who was quietly standing'
there. Mistaking him. [or GuyV .he'slap
ped him ou the shoulder, arid exclaimed,.
“Well, old fellow, here I am 1 The kst
time I hung my hat - up in your shanty,’
one of your clerks, sent me to. the fourth,
story; but now I have got hold of you, I
insist upon a lobby room.”
, , The Genera),' a most dignified person
age, taken aback by this 'startling salute,
coolly, replied: “You have .committed, a
mistake,sir. Iam not Mr. Guy;'lam
General Cass, of Michigan,” and angrily
turnetf'.awayj The Western 1 iban Was
shocked at the' unconscious outrage lie
had committed; but before he had recov
ered from his mortification, Gen. Cass,
who had passed around the office, con
fronted him again, .when, A second time
mistaking him for Guy, he faced him and
said “Here you are at last! I have just
made a devil of a mistake;. I met old Cass
and took h[m for you, and I’m afraid the
Michigander has gone off mad.” What
Gen: Cass would have said may well. be
iniAgiried, if the real Guy had not ap
proached and rescued the innocent offen
der from the twice assailed and twice an
gered statesman....
support aqd other legitimate ciaipis. .
'tenant was insolvent;'and 'tbirefore
judgment obtained by the assignee Was'
unproductive: - ' ’ Tt , ‘ •” \* '
Held, that in the distribution of 'tho es
tate, the assignees of tlie rent note would
have a claim"fog tlje amount collected, by
the executor whicii would take precedence
of. a debt for money entrusted to [he tes
tator.;. • - ,.. •
Dumas vs- Tlie State. Murder, from Pike.
VU One pf tbe witnesses testified in brief
as follows: About 7 o’clock at night, the
deceased came to witness’ house; weut in
and;sat downjjy the fire, and held his
head with his hands; told witness that his
head was fit to .hurst open; that he had.
been shot, and e&ked witness to get a light
ai)d,#ee liow badly he was hurt; the latter
did so, aud fouijd that he was shot in the
hack of the head; in a,few. minutes ho
stated that a couple.of darkies got into his
wagon about Barnesville, and rode with
him down the road,.and shot him and
jumped out. Shortly after this he swayed
or leaned forward in Ins chair. Witness
made him a pallet, laid .him . .on, it, and.
weut to a. neighbor’s for assistance. De
ceased did not talk further, but afterwards
became unconscious and died early next'
morning.
Held, that the declarations of .the de
ceased as to who shot him were admissi
ble in evidence.
2. If a juror, dries not understand one
of the statutory questions put to him on
liis voire dire, the court may explain it to
him, and that the Juror thereupon auswers
differently, thereby qualifying himself,.is
no ground $r new trial.
3. Where a challenge to the array of
jurora had' been sustained, and talesmen
ordered to be summoned, the fart that
some" of the same jurors were again sum
moned, is not ground for striking them fir
cause. If the second panel was illegally
summoned, a new challenge shouldhave
been made to the array.
Adams vs. The State. Bastardy, from
Newton.
A demand for trial, with the right to
discharge under it, involves tlie impanel,
ing of two traverse juries qualified to try
tho defendant, one when it it made, the
other at tlte next succeeding term. It is
sufficient that a jury has. been impaneled
at the. secoqfi term; and.lt makes no dif-
Robeits vs. the State. Mnrder, from Bibb.
1. There was no error in- administering
the oath to twelvejurors'at once, prelim
inary to their examination on their voire
dire as to their competency. The prac
tice rather recommends itself to this court.
2. There was no error in swearing the
jurors in chief until a panel of twelve was
obtained. ...
3. An exception to the whole charge
will not he entertained unless it be errone
ous iu its entirety. It was not orror iu
the court to remind tlie jury of the impor
tance of their duty, both to society aud
the prisoner, for society lias a deep inter-
erest !n vindicating criminal justice, and
the life and liberty of the prisoner demand
the gravest consideration.
4. If the interview which resulted.inthe
homicide was sought by defendant for the
purpose of effecting a reconciliation with
deceased, and he was driven to the neces
sity of killing him to save his own life, and
he had brought the necessity upon him
self, he would be entitled to an acquittal.
But if the object of the interview was to
kill, or for mutual combat with deadly
weapons, then his offense would be mur
der or voluntary manslaughter according
as his conduct was marked by deliberation
or excitement. ; ' u .
(a) No menace, threat, contemptuous
gesture or presentation of weapons, with-
opt a manifest intention to use them pres
ently, will justify the killing.
(5) Before the] slayer can be justified,
it must.appear that he acted without mal
ice, not.in a spirit of revenge—that the de
ceased was the assailant—that, in order to
save liis own life it was necessary. to kill
hii adversary, or that he was under the
pressure of other equivalent, circumstan
ces. Ho cannot avoid the fearful respon
sibility of guilt by the bare fear or appre
hension of danger; the dangermust be ur
gent arid pressing at the time. He must
decide the momentous question with ref
erence to his accountability to the law, at
the time, and by the exercise of tlie same
mental and moral faculties which he em
ployed to shoot..
John Gct and Genebai. Cass—-In
years cone by there dwelt in Washington
John Guy, a character in his way, in con
nection with whom Col* Forney tells the
fqllowiug anecdote:
Guy kept the National Hotel in Wash
ington, and among .his guests was Gen.
.Qass, then Senator from Michigan. Guy
dressed like Cass, and though not as port-
ly, kb face, including the wart, was
came.in after a long ride, dusty and tired,,
aud, walking up to the .office, encountered
Misery and Want In Bnsain. '
; A World dispatch, dated November
Cth, says: The Minister of the United
States at St. Petersburg in a recent d*s-
patch draws a gloomy picture ol the pres
ent economic anisocial condition of Rus
sia. The grain cfop of the past season, he
states, has proved a fdStire, and American
wheat i3 imported now even at St. Peters
burg. .It Is also enterinn.at Odessa and
other Russian ports. But a large market
for this American wheat cannot be pre
dicted, as'very little bread made of wheat
is used in Russia—tho mass of the people
must have a cheaper and coarser article,
such as rye or Indian corn. The scarcity
of grain in the empire is so great that it
was currently reported arid generally be
lieved tbit the Imperial Government wps
considering the propriety 6f prohibiting
the exportation' of rye. There will be
much suffering among the -poor classes.
Mr. Foster, the minister, in his dispatch
quotes tho Qolos 'of St. Petersburg as
follow's: . “From all sides comes the news
of the harvest being below the average; of
want and hunger from which will spring
disease and very likely death. Beetles,
n orms and locusts aie eating up the corn;
’the diminution ol cattle surpasses all be
lief;-diphtheria is taking off tbe coming
generation; breadstult3 have already
reached 5 copecks per pound. Every one
feels that Russia does not* subsist by the
produce of its own land, but is wasting its
capital-on cutting wood, selling surplus
.cattle, palling straw from its thatched
Voofs and depriving itself of' Its very
clothes and shoes.”
Alabama Legislature.
Montgomeiut, November 10.—The
Alabama House of Representatives organ
ized to-day with Mr. Dawson for speaker,
and Phelan for clerk. The Governor’s
message was sent to both houses, and
deals entirely with Slate matters. The
election for United States Senator, to fill
the place now occupied by Pryor, comes
off on Tuesday, the 23rd instant. The
principal name* mentioned are Watt,
Walker, Pugh, Bradford and O'Neil.
Crop Notes.
• Galveston, November 9 The Cot
ton Exchange has ninety-six replies from
aeventy-four counties, as follows; Eighty
report the weather since October 1st as
good; sixteen as wet; fifteen as more' fa
vorable for gathering than at the
time last year; thirty-one the same as last
year, and fifty as less favorable. AU tbe
counties state that there has been no dam
age done by frost. Nine report 60 per
cent, of the cotton picked; eight that pick
ing will probably be finished by Novem
ber lath; three by November 26th; fifteen
by December 1st; twenty-two by Deeern-
15th, twelve by December 23d; sixteen
by January 1st. Twenty report that the
yield will be 25 per cent, less than last
year; twelve tbe same, as last year, and
sixty-four average 30 per cent. more. A
number of correspondents complain of
sickness and scarcity ot tabor.
Cor. cmb ire, Noveaiper 9.—The State
agricultural department has completed
a compilation of the crop reports furnish
ed by township assessors as required by
law. The footings show the total acreage
of wheat for 18*9 to have been 2,318,870,
arid the total number or bushels raised
40,052,119; average yield per acre 17 2-10
bushels. This is the heaviest yield by five
million bushels ever reported by township
assessors in this State, and the largest
average since 18850, in which year the
average was 18 bushels per acre.
New Yoke, November 10 The fol
lowing is the New Orleans Cotton Ex
change crop report:
LOUISIANA.
Our report is compiled from ninety-
three replies, received from thirty-one
parishes, of tho average date' of October
itlst. The weather up to the 2!7th fa re- t
ported as favorable to £he crop, hut less
favorable as compared with last year,
Since the date mentioned, rains have been
general. Light frosts occurred from about
the 16th to the 20th, causing little or no
damage. The proportion of tlie crop
picked averages 60 per cent., and picking,
weather permitting, will be finished about
tb© 12th of December. The yield, as com-
pared with last year, is reported to be
about 28 per cent, less, except in the par
ishes of East Baton Rouge and the Fe-
licianas, which report an increase of 15
per cent. * i-:.
.■t.Mjanu . MISSISSIPPI.
From tbirly-two counties in the State
we have received one hundred and fifteen
replies, of the average date ol Oetober 31at.
The weather was generally favorable up .
to tlie 27 th; since then there have'been
heavy rains. • On the whole, the weather ;
is decidedly less favorable than last year, • "•
as theni it was very fine for tlie crop. Light
frosts appeared about the 10th. No dam-
agei is repotted. Sixty per cent, of the
crop has been picked, and picking will be
finished about December 20tb, weather
permitting. The yield averages 29 per
cent, less than last year.
ARKANSAS.
We have one hundred and thirteen
replies from thirty-four counties south ot
the Arkansas river, of the average date of
October 31st. Nineteen counties report
the weather to have been good, and fifteen
rteport.it to have been unfavorable; but,
compared, with last year, it has been de
cidedly less favorable. Heavy raios oc
curred generally during the last few days
of the month.. From tlie 15th to the eud' »
of the month frost fell all over the dis
trict, hut no damage is reported from that
cause. About 50 per cent.,of the crop is
picked, and picking will be finished about
December 20th. The yield promises to he
25 per cent, less than last year. • -- 1 •
" ALABAMA. <• -1
Mobile, November 10.—The Mobile
Cotton Excbarige crop report i3 as fol-.
lows: Thirty-six counties in Alabama
send lifty-seven replies. The weather is
reported as having been fairly favorable
in the eastern and northern counties and
unfavorable in the western and middle
counties, and, 'as compared with, last year,
tw;o small counties and two rich counties
-report it more favorable. There were
light frosts about the 22d to the 25th, hut
rio'damage resulted therefrom. AboHt 18
per cent, of the crop is reported as having
been {ricked'and all will be harvested from
November 35th to December 1st. Tbe
estimated 1 yield, as compared with last
year* is reported as being .17 per cent, less
in nineteen of the productive counties,
and 16 per cent, less in smaller counties.
- i MISSISSIPPI.
Seventeen counties send twenty-seven
replies. The "weather during Oetober is
repotted as having been favorable in eight
counties and unfavorable in nine, or, as
compared with last year; equally as favor
able in seven and less so in ten counties.
Light frosts were reported, but no dam
age therefrom. About 62 per cent, of tbe
crop lias been picked, and all will be gath
ered about December 10th. .The yield is
estimated in four small counties at five
■per cent, more, and in the thirteen re
maining counties at 23 per cent, less than
last year.
Memphis, Tenn., November 10 The
ci op report of the Memphis Cotton Ex.
change for ijke' month oi October com
prises one hundred aud twenty-nine re
ports from West Tennessee, North Missis
sippi' and Arkansas north of the Arkansas
river. Thirteen report the weather very
favorable, thirty-seven moderately favor
able but ratber wet, seventy-nine very un
favorable owing to excessive rains. Aa
compared with last year, two report the
weather more favorable, twenty-four
about the same, and one hundred
and three ., much less favor
able. All report frosts, dating
from the 8th to the 25th of October, aver
aging October 18tli. All report a subse
quent killing frost, but without injury to
the crops. * Ricking progress is variously
reported at from 25 to 75 per cent, of the
crop, averaging 47 per cent. The dates
given for tho completion of picking range
from November loth to January 31st, and
average December 9th. Five report an
increased yield per acre over last year of
from 5 to 20 per cent.; ten report about
the same, and one hundred and
fourteen a decrease of from lo
to 50 per cent., averaging 23. per cent.
Throughout this entire department there
is great complaint of continuec rotting of
cotton, especially of tlie late growth, owing
to almost incessant rains and cloudy
weather. Much of this portion of the
crop is partially open, but, not receiving
sufficient sunshine or dry winds, aosorhs
the rain and decays. Much is not open
that would make good stains cotton, but
which must prove almost entirely worth
less without fair weather at an early
day. On the Mississippi river plan
tations, and in many portions of Ar
kansas there is serious complaint of lack
of laborers to save the crops. The only
attributable reasons given are the induce
ments offered to work on railroads. In
some portions of the Tennessee and Mis
sissippi upland region considerable com
plaint is made of tlie discouragement of
cropping laborers, owing to very short
crops aud bad weather, causing much in
difference towards saving crops.
Prisoners Released.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 10 A'
train from Madison Court House, having
on board five citizens of that county, in
charge cf a deputy United States marshal,
arrested for alleged violations of the elec
tion laws, was boarded on Tuesday r.ieht
as it was leaving Madison , by a party of
masked men, who released the prisoners
and made the witnesses disembark. Tlie
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ference thsttbey have been discharged al- j tn sin was then permitted to proceed. No
ter inquiry by the court if any member of' injury was sustained by any person.
Memphis, November 10.—Iu a difficul
ty originating about the possession of
some lumber, Charles Gooebler, the weil-
knoWn florist, was shot last evening by
James Gregoiy, a young attorney. The
(.wo quarreled early yesterday morning,
and by agreement met outside the city
limits, and for a time engaged in a regu
lar fisticuff. Gooebler, who is much the
more powerful of the two, was gettiug tho
best of it, when Gregory drew a pistol
and shot him in the groin. Gregory has
not be on arrested, but hia father,'who is
a prominent attorney of this city, says ha.
will surrender himself to-day.