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N. * an j I* " -•••** ' *^*JJ JrtU V‘i iju /•>ill )gtl) : « JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. CLISBY & JONK8, RbopmEtobs. s ' \ yrA 1 *d? 'uiU !•(!£ .!>■ THE FAMILY JOURNAL—NEWS—POLITICS- LITERATURE—AGRICULTURE—DOMESTIC NEWS, Etc.—PRICE $2.00 PER ANNUM. GEORGIA TEI.EGRAPH BUILDING ESTABLISHED 1826.' "»-T* - . . . , ! -d -Hli Hr «..!* , i m, . • «i»t; 1 **"■• » I>i si ( a i * a wtiA-iiiJi 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 _ » i 1 w - . ^ *W Uti ' ■ a sUJOI XI 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.