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FRIDAY OCTOBER 29, 1880.
A Girl employed iu * Fall River mill
50 a week finds licrself lieiress to $150,-
300.
Mb. Hayes will return to Fremont,
ft, in time to vote at the November elec
tion.
Bss. Butler is confident that Indiana
will go Democratic next month; and not
only that, but he promises victory all
along the line.
A Malden milkman was bitten by a
dog the other day. This is fortunate
for his customers. He will have a dread
ot water after this.
Two men seem to hold the continent of
North A-.erica in a sling. One of these
fa Johnny Davenport, and the other is
Mahone of Virginia, chief of the debt
scalers.
Tee devastation caused by rabbits
amounts iu Australia to a serious calam-
%j. One large estate, which formerly
supported 30,000 sheep has been abandon
ed on account of these pests.
One express company, says the World
of the 19th, took week before last in one
package to the Republican managers in
Indiana the handsome sum of $850,000.
A jollv young girl in Corea
Declared that she never did see a
Young man from the “Hub”
Whom she didu’tcall “bub,”
And they always responded, ‘Oh-deah.’
As elegant marble shaft, to be erected
as a monument to the late Albert Sidney
Johnston, has arrived from Italy, at Hous
ton, Texas. The monument was purchas
ed with a fund raised years ago by the
ladies of Houston.
A Boston poet breaks forth as follows:
We shall never be happy again!
We shall never be happy again,
If old Indiana
Behaves in this manner,
We shall never be happy again.
Garfield and Sherman.—The Ohio
State Journal, Gen. Garfield's home organ,
at Monday, says: “We do not care to en
gage in cabinet-making at present, but we
venture to remark that the financial bead
of the government will not be changed
during Garfield’s administration.” ,
.large quantities of cotton-seed oil
have long been shipped from the United
States to Italy and other European coun
tries for mixing with olive oil, and in some
instances cotton-seed oil has been refined
and labeled, and sold as olive oil. The
Italian government now proposes to pre
vent this by imposing a high duty on cot
ton-seed oil.
A correspondent of the London Daily
Sevu, who has lately visited General
Garibaldi, reports that he suffers terribly,
and is a mere wreck, dependent on the
loving hands that wait upon him; but be
is cheerful in mind, and does not aggravate
has affliction by idle complaints.
A Republican repeater of this city,
says the B'orfil of the 19th, was yesterday
boosting at the Republican headquarters
that be took fifty men to Indiaua and suc
ceeded iu casting 1,250 votes for the Re
publican ticket. It is by such means that
the Republicans carried Indiana.
New York City has an exhaustless
pure water supply forty feet below the
surface, which is largely being taken ad-*
vantage of as a superior substitute for
Croton. There are already five hundred
wells, supplying over 5,000,000gallons per
ami this number will be latgcly in
creased.
There Is to be a baby show in Horti-
enUunt! Hall, Boston, with a prize each
Ibr the baby under a year old with the
handsomest eyes, the blackest eyes, the
bluest eyes, the most hair, the least hair,
the most weight, the least weight, the
smallest hands, and the smallest feet.
The finest baby will receive a grand prize.
Leprosy exists to a considerable extent
a* the Parish of Lafourche, La. An at
tempt to make an official investigation
was lately resisted with arms, the lepers
and their friends believing that the suffer
ers were to be insolatcd on an island in
the ocean. The report of the physicians
is that the disease is not gaining ground.
Cheering Garfield, Grant, And
Even the Bribe.—At a Republican
meeting iu Greenville N. J., one evening
fast week, Matthew Armstrong, the Ffny
street leather merchant, presided. At
the opening of the meeting cheers were
given for Garfield and Grant, and then a
prominent member of the club called out,
“Three cheers for 329.” They Wert
given.
Many clergymen :n this country have
lately received a circular from a London
dealer in second baud sermons. He offers
sermons “lithographed in a bold, round
hand,” sc that those who happen to see
them would suppose they were manuscript,
for twenty-five cents each, or twenty dol
lars a hundred. He has a line of cheaper
sermons iu print, ut ten cents apiece, war
ranted orthodox; and others—a little more
expensive—which have “a pleasantness,
yet an awful solemnity about them.
How to See Jupiter’s Moons.—An
exchange, speaking of the moons of Jupi
ter, says that to witness them it is not
necessary to buy or borrow a field-glass.
A looking glass is all that is necessary,
and by observing the reflection of the plan
et on a clear nigbt the moons can be seen
on either side ot the golden disk of the
planet. This plan has been tried success
fully. As the moous revolvu about the
planet in short periods—the nearest mak-
lug the circuit iu less than two daysv-
Leir relative positions are constantly
changing. The size rf these moons varies
from a diameter of 2,352 miles to 2,929
miles. *
How Tns Bets go.—Immediately af
ter the Ohio election the betting, which
bad been at odds in favor of Hancock,
auanged, and Garfield was the favorite by
three to onp. Gradually, however,' the
adds have been givcu at less figure^ land
to-day, in the pool-rooms, the figures were
Garfield, $1,009; Hancock, $750. Many
thousand dollars w ere wagered at these
jutes. On New York State, the betting is
$1,000 to $700 that Hancock will cany it,
and i-vcn betting that Hancock will have
en thousand majority. Two to one on
Garfield carrying Connecticut was be,
several times to-day, and money was bet
;o the extent of $10,000 in small lots bn
New Jersey.
Trumbull is sure he is going to be
elected Governor of Illinois. Speaking of
»!,e Judge's last speech in Chicago, one
week ago, the Times says: The climax
•*. s reached when JulgoTrtunball a? pear-
1,! upon the platform. The reception ac-
jn.-.i.M him was an ovation. The audl-
arose a-id e'.i> ered and yelled, and
continued to ch
asy of delig!:!
spoke with much more feeling than he is
wont to exhibit on the stage. His review
of John Sherman's recant speech was clean
cut and scathing. But it was his unqual
ified expression of confidence in the ulti
mate result in Illinois that elicited the
great applause.
How it was Done!
The Sun traces the change in the politi
cal horoscope to a satisfactory trade with
the Grant stalwarts, by which the Gar
field men surrendered the campaign and
the administration irrevocably to Grant,
and agreed tljat he should run it in his
own interests, and for the succession in
1884. Old Simon Cameron seems to take
the same view of matter, and rejoices in
the assured hope that Grant will be king
in 1884, though he (Cameron) may not
live to see it. It wa3 this surrender to
Grant, and confession of inability on the
part of the so-called civil service wing to
carry on the campaign with any hope of
success, which harmonized all interests,
and then the immense money levies be
came practicable, and the result in
Indiana and Ohio was bought and paid
for.
Garfield’s sdministration, therefore, if
it is secured, is to be practically a Grant
and third term affair, and in so far as
this arrangement secures the undivided
and hearty support of that portion of the
Republican party which might have
balked at the third term as an original
preposition, it is stronger than the nom
ination of Grant last fall would have
been. Meanwhile, the four years of Gar
field, if they come,are to be sedulously de
voted to preparing the way for the third
term and the empire.
Snows in Western Hew York.
How Snow Storms and Green Leaves
Work.
The heavy snow storm in western New
York set in on Sunday and continued all
day and night and part of the next day.
The fall in New York, at its greatest
depth, was thirty inches, but further west
in some localities is stated at four feet on
a level. In New York much damage to
fruit resulted, as the leafy branches
caught such quantities of sleet and snow
that whole orchards of young trees were
well nigh destroyed. Several flat roofed
barns and one small house were crushed
by the snow, and the shade trees in the
village of Lancaster were in many pJaces
stripped of nearly all of the strjLller
brandies and foliage. In many streets the
broken and fallen limbs, with the heavy fall
of snow, completely blocked travel.
Trains on the Central and Erie railroads
were much delayed, and the fact of al
most a snow blockade in the month of Oc
tober is considered very remarkable. The
sleighing in Lancaster is good.
The snow and ice generally delayed
trains from the West. The through trains
were thrown twenty-four hours behind
time.
As soon as the election is over the
World (says that paper) proposes to print
for permanent use and reference a list of
all merchants, manufacturers, bankers
and other employers who for partisan pur
poses are now forming “leagues” for the
purpose ofpreventing their employes and
workingmen from casting free and un-
trameled ballots. It is our wish to make
this list an accurate historical document,
and to this end we invite all workingmen,
laborers and clerks who have been in any
way threatened by their “masters” to
send to the World the authenticated par
ticulars of the case of each individual. In
no case, of course, unless requested or au
thorized to do so by our informants, shall
we divulge their names, but the facts al
leged must be clearly and accurately es
tablished in each case.
North American Review.—The No
vember number of this publication Is at
hand, and, as is usual, it is well filled
with the most entertaining reading.
“The Monarchical Principle in our Con
stitution,” by W. B. Lawrence, is written
in elegant style, and although containing
some heresies, it exhibits ability and ’re
search. Bishop Doane contributes an ex
cellent article on the “Advantages of Free
Religious Discussion.” Hon. Montgom
ery Blair gives the pedigree of the Repub
lican party. There is a continuation of
the “Ruins of Central America,” “The
Nicaraguan Route,'’ “The Coming Revi
sion of the Bible,” recent European publi
cations, and the political situation from a
financial standpoint. D. Appleton & Co.,
New York. Subscription $5 per year.
The Western Uxtox.—Jay Gould
did not succeed in getting control in the
management of the Western Union Tele
graph Company at the annual meeting of
the stockholders. The old board, headed
by Dr. Norvin Green, was re-elected.
The prospect now is that the fight be
tween the Western Union and the Amer
ican Company will go on with increased
intensity, and the public will he bene
fited by the lower rates caused by the
competition. Gould’s avowed policy iR
aiming to gain control of of Western
Union, as well as the American, was to
make * compromise between the two
companies, by which the enormously ex
pensive rivalry could be ended.
The annual report of the Western
Union states that tiie exhibits of the fami
nes* of the year show an increase over
the previous year in gross earnings of
$1,699,197.08, and in net earnings of
$376,861.12. Deducting from the net
earnings fixed charges for interest' and
sinking fund, $46S£17.13, leaves a bal
ance of net earnings of $4,678,122.32, be
ing a little over 11 4-10 per cent, on the
capital stock of the company outstanding.
Of this 8 per cent, fa as been paid, to stock
holders daring the, year, arnouajlpeto
$3,280,270.25, the remainder bgirigin-
vested m new property. far.*** •--* {p*
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Belknap and Mrs. Greene eloped to-
gather, at Melrose, Wis. Tiidy^ylfove jt
good horse rapidly, but had cot gone more
than ten miles before they heard a clatter
of hoofs behind. Greene had hastily
mounted and started in pursuit. The
race was long and exciting; but the hus
band at length rode alongside Jfa pair,
cocked a pistol, and commanded a h^lt.
•Belknap was abject with terror. ‘‘You
may have your wife, Mr. Greene,” he said.
“I don't want her,”'Greene replied; “yon
don’t think I’ve chased yoti like mad to
get licr back! Ob, no. But I’ll take my
dollar and a half that she’s got in her
pocket.” The money was given up, and
the elopement proceeded quietly.
iTJSeafil as the Geutilcs cannot get
control of the Mormon Legislature in
Ulah, Governor Murray proposes to head
off the polygamists by abrogating the
Legislature, and governing the Territory
r and ye’,1 in a -very t by a commission. The Governor claims
li'il involuntary tears that there are precedents for such a pro
down many a cheek unused to the ' cedure, but the precedents are almost as
melting mood. The demonstration bad J unendurable as the evil It is sought to
ks atl.-ct upon the Judge, and at limes he abolish.
The Necessity for Thorough Party
Organization.
If the recent personal and partisan
gubernatorial contest In Georgia points
any moral at all, it is the supreme impor
tance of preserving intact the Democratic
organization. What do we already behold
as the legitimate outcome of what we
trust will prove only a temporary split in
the ranks of the Democracy? No less
than thirteen Radicals, including four
negroes, have been elected to the Legisla
ture, besides quite a„sprinfclfng of Inde
pendents. But worse than that, our in
sane divisions have fairly galvanized into
life again the Republican party, and so
confident are they of their strength, that
a colored leader, Deveaux, in telegraphing
his congratulations to Gen. Garfield at the
result of the Ohio and Indiana elections,
promised that Georgia would send two
Radical members at least to the next Con
gress to support his administration. It is
to be hoped that he is mistaken. But the
fact is patent that by the assistance of Mr.
Dodge, of New York, and other Northern
capitalists, and encouraged by Democratic
dissensions at home, the white and colored
Radicals of the State are making superhu
man exertions to carry the first, second
and third Congressional districts, and will
succeed unless sternly met at every point
by a united party.
Nor is this all, Our municipal and
county offices will doubtless, also, be
warmly contested by the Radicals in many
counties, and without the most perfect or
ganization there is danger that the local
affairs of some of them will pass under
the control of the negro element. It is for
this reason that we deprecate so much the
disposition now generally manifested to
dispense with the regular machinery of
the party in the forthcoming elections,
and leave each office open for as many
contestants as may Bee fit to enter the
field. If this course is persistently pursued,
the utter demoralization of the Democrat
ic party will only be a question of time,
and that at no distant day.
We throw out these suggestions for the
consideration of the Democratic Executive
Committees of the various counties. It
will be for them to decide whether the
party organization shall remain as hith
erto. While no plan for the nomination
of candidates has ever been devised which
is not open to some objections, for
our part we believe thst a iairly conduct
ed primary election comes nearer arriving
at the public sentiment tlian any other
that has been tried. Upon one thing at
least all should be agreed, the ascen
dancy of the whites in the management
of our local affairs must be maintained at
every sacrifice. But how can that be done
iftbe political bars are let down, and a
half dozen ormore Democratic candidates
present themselves for every office in the
country, iu the very face, too, of a thor
oughly oiganized and powerful Radical
opposition ? Just at present the danger
may not be very apparent. Bat so soon !
as the oiganization of the great party!
whose union has assured peace and good
government to the commonwealth is thor
oughly broken up, then may we look fora
return of all our past troubles.
As Sure as You Live."
Old Simon was interviewed at his Don
egal farm in Lancaster, Pa., by a report
er of the Boston Herald, last Sunday.
The main things got cut of old Simon by
tbe reporter, were.the fo’Awing:
“General, how do you account for the
land-slide iu Ohio and Indiana?
“Genera! distrust of the Democratic
party. Young man, the people don’t
want a change. They prefer to let well >
enough alone. They ate prosperous now, f
and want to hold on to their prosperity, j
with as much more as they can get. The j
business interests, as represented in capi-
ital and labor, are afraid of the Demo- f
cratic patty with its free trade theories
and disloyal record. There is also a
strong, latent, loyal element in this coun-;
try, which responds readily when it is *
aroused, and it was aroused by Senator I
Conkling in his western tour. He pointed |
out the danger to the substantial interests
of tbe country, and the people saw it. *•
The first result was in Ohio and Indiana, |
That is but the beginning.”
“Then yon think that Senator Conk- i
ling’s visit to the West did great
good?”
“The appearance of General Grant, and
tbe subsequent efforts of Conkling gave
the canvass an impetus and momentum
which is not realized in the East. Conk-
ling’s presentation of the tariff issue was
masterly, and Grant was a tower of
strength. I tell you that when the anti-
Grant men said that the people did not
want Grant for President they practiced a
deliberate fraud. Not only the result in
Indiana aud Ohio, but tbe wonderful de
monstrations which led np to it, showed
that Grant above any living American
has the great heart of the people with
him. lie is full of wisdom, full of re
source, full of loyalty to his convictions
and friends. His years of foreign travel,
his wonderful
capacity of observation
and his facility of retaining and using
what be learns make him practically the
best iufurmed man In America. The
people know and appreciate this, and
they have supreme faith in his honesty
and ability.”
“Wliat of his future, General?”
“He will be President as Certainly as
he lives. I may not live to see it, but
yon undoubtedly will. It is part of the-
history of this country which remains to
he written.”
“What of the future of this canvass
generally?”*' *
“ I don't think that Hancock will carry
a single Northern State. The tide fa set
in the right direction. Tbe people are
alarmed about the tariff, and that is an is
sue which is of such importance (hat it <
cannot be overrated, and this is tire first
time that it lias arisen to the dignity of a
national issue. We have always carried
Pennsylvania on it, but it-was net's ques
tion of general concern. 'The(tariff and!
the sol in South, are the great issues which
now divide parties, and they have come
into the greatest prominence in'this cam
paign, as a natural consequence of the
condition of the country and-the altitude
of parties.”
Mr. Fleming DuBionon.—The elec
tion of Mr. Fleming DuBignonto the Leg
islature by the citizens of Baldwin coun
ty was a great compliment to him, espe
cially when his youth and the fact that
his competitor was the mayorof Milledge-
vllle and one of the most popular gentle
men of the county, arc considered. The
troth is, Mr. DuBignon is a young man of
talent and cultivation, and will ably rep
resent old Baldwin in the House. His
excellent management of the recent Con
gressional convention, of which body he
was unanimously chosen chairman, and
his administration of justice as judge of
the County Court have brought him prom
inently before the people, and we doubt
not but that the future has great things in
store for him.
The indifference with which so many
people regard a cough or cold is truly un
pardonable. these affections often lead
to consumption, and should be checked in
time by use of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup.
It Never Falla.
Commonwealth Distribution Co.’s draw
ing on the last of every month. Tickets
$2, and may win $30,000, $10,000, or
| $5,000—1,957 other prizes.
The Tariff Question.
The New-York Daily Commercial Bul
letin vents its contempt of party treatment
of the tariff question, thus:
The way in which the tariff question
has been handled in the Presidential cam
paign is no credit to either political party.
On the one side, appeals have been made
to the operative class on the ground that
a reduction of the duties on imports
would be attended with a reduction of
wages; while the correlative fact has been
wholly concealed, that the reduction of
wages wonid he more than set off by a cor
responding decline in the prices of what
the wage glass consume, leaving them in
a better net condition than under the ex
isting high tariff.
As an expedient of partisan electioneer
ing, this ODe-sided presentation of an im
portant national issue is nothing very re
markable. It was well adapted for a po
litical end, and it will probably change
far more votes than any other plea pat
forth daring the canvass. The thing mon
strously discreditable is the way in which
this pretense has b«en met by the oppo
site party, which by all its traditions and
antecedents is, if auything, in the most
pronounced opposition to excessive im
port duties..
Instead of meeting the plea on its
merits, by showing that, while their op
ponents favored high wages as a conse
quence of high duties and high prices,
they favored cheapness with low hut re
munerative wages, they have tacitly con
ceded the / oqe-sided argument of the
other side and contemptibly turned their
back on their principles by pretending
that they have hot made free trade an is
sue in the election. Such a shameless
recreancy to party principles has nev
er been exhibited iu the whole history of
our political contests.
It is not merely that a Senator, deemed
worthy of nomination for the Presidency,
has spoken mincing words to propitiate
protectionists, nor that prominent party
organs and party leaders have shirked the
issue and slunk away from their standard,
bat their candidate for the Presidency has
belied his party’s platform and its imme
morial policy by declaring, in response to
a local clamor, that he virtually favors
protection as much as the rival candi
date. A party whose spokesmen can
thus abjure its fundamental principles, in
the face of a contest that boldly chal
lenges those principles, has sunk to the
last stage of demoralization aud declared
itself unfit to be intrusted with the repre
sentation of any great issue in national
politics. It is the last overt act needed to
demonstrate how utterly that party has
lost respect for its most cherished tradi
tions and how imperative the necessity is
that public opinion should he represented
hi a reconstruction of parties.
This state of facts shows clearly enough
that the time has not come for a “read
justment of tariff duties,” except with the
idea of making them more exorbitant.
But the country “is great and productive,”
and affairs may run on until the people
are able to learn experimentally that the
practice of collecting five dollars of bounty
money for every one for revenue is not a
paying one, and wores very grievously on
the general labor interests of the country.
Old Cambridge.
Cambridge, the seat of Harvard Univer
sity, some two or three miles from Bos
ton, will hold the 250th anniversary of
her settlement in 1630, Eext December.
The literati of the university had prepared
(pr thought they had prepared) for this
occasion, as one of the entertainments, a
representation of the Greek tragedy of
“CEdipus Tyrannus,” more or less famil
iar to the school boys, and it was to be
represented with singular grandeur and
fidelity to the ancient Greek costumes
and scenery. In short, it was to be pro
duced without regard.to labor or expense.
Bat the truth must be told. Certain Ger
man crirics and proficients happened to
hear a rehearsal, and were taken very ill
with disgust.
This coming to the ears of Boston, a
social meeting of the Sanhedrim of the
Mutual Admiration Society and the Sen
ate of the Republic of Letters was called,
Which by a concurrent resolution adjourn
ed the performance to some date next
July, and meanwhile will send to the
original Cambridge, Oxford, and the lead
ing German universities, for somebody to
teach tbe boys how to talk Greek.
The girls of the Hub, who do all their
ordinary household gossip in Greek and
Latin, have become so scandalized about
this matter-tbat they threaten to take the
performance into their own hands, aud
they say at any rate, a single false pro
nunciation or “quantity,” particularly if
there’s a taint of whisky in it, shall be
Altai to any young player.
Tbe Boston Herald of the 19th gives a
three or four column record of the an
tiquities of old Cambridge and Harvard
University, among which we find the
following:
About 100 works bear the Cambridge
imprint prior to the year 1700, the chief
Of which is the Bible translated into the
Indian language by John Eliot, a copy of
which is now in the library at Harvard
College, the following being a transcript
of the title page:
Mamufie
Wunneetupauatamwc
UP—B1BLUM GOD
Naneefwc
nukkone testament
Kali work *
WCSKU testament
Three years were occupied iu the
printing of this Bible, one sheet a week
passing through the press. Tltere is a
story extant that Eliot, in translating the
word “church, 1 ’ fell into an error, aud
used in every case a word in the Indian
dialect which signified “eel-pot,” which,
if true, must have given rise to astonish
ment to ajl the pious Indians who sough,
consolation from the book.
‘ YicioBiq, Killed.—An El Paso dis
patch to the Galveston Hews chronicles
the death of that Indian freebooter afld
piurdererfTictorio. This dispatch says:
i Intelligence readied here to-day that
the Indian chief Yictoriolias been killed,
iandjbflt most of Jiis band has been killed
or captured by tbe Mexican general Ter-
resjies. On the 14tli the troops overtook
and suffounded^tbe Indians, the latter be
ing in position upon two hills known as
Las .Castiiio, one of which they were
forced ^ abandon. On the morning of
the loth the fight was renewed, resuhingSn
almost tbe complete annihilation of the
whole party. Chief Yictorio, 50 warriors
aud 18 women and children were killed,
seven women and children were taken
prisoners, and 250 head of horses and
mules recaptnred. x The Mexican loss was
three killed and three wounded, sliowiug
that the Indians were almost entirely des
titute of ammunition. 'Within the past
year Yictorio and his band have murdered
upward of 400 persons.
The Women’s Bank Failure in Bos
ton.—A dispatch from Boston dated Oc
tober 16th, says that in the case of
Mrs. Sarah E. Howe bail has been fixed
at $20,000, and $10,000 is required as su
rety for Julia Gould. The women are in
jail, and there is no prospect of them ob
taining bondsmen to-night. Mrs. Howe
stated to a reporter' to-night that she
was wholly innocent of any wrong
doing; that she was in the employ of a
number of wealthy men, and that the
whole truth would soon come out. It is
estimated to-night that the liabilities of
the bank will reach fully half a million
dollars, the losses being divided among a
large number of poor women.
Buy tickets m tbe Commonwealth Lot
tery Drawing on the 30th inst. $112,400
ha cash given away.
Gen. A. 3L Lawton.
laKutU Cbrjr iclt sue Cons nationalist. 1
The editorial correspondence of the
Chronicle and Constitutionalist, dated
Atlanta, February 1,1876, contained the
following reference to General A. R. Law-
ton, then a member of the House from
Chatham. We take great pleasure in re
producing this notice of General Lawton
in the columns of the Chronicle and Con
stitutionalist:
“General Lawton, whose convictions
last year were against a convention on tbe
ground of expediency alone, opposed the
compromise. He is one of the purest and
ablest men in the State, and I could say
with truth in the South. There is noth
ing small in the man. He has neither
egotism nor pomposity, neither assuoiacy
nor servility. Firm in his.convictions, he
is candid in the expression of his opinions
andj always courteous and dignified. A
gentleman of the most liberal culture and
of tbe highest legal attainments he stands
to-day the peer ol any man in Geor
gia. There is nothing negative
about him. His views on ail ques
tions are broad and national, and are ex
pressed with precision, force and elegance
which always command respect, and never
fail of the impression that he is a man of
great character, of spotless integrity and
of superior ability. He is no! only a pa
triot, but a statesman—a man who has
never sought office, but one who would do
honor to Georgia, either as her chief exec
utive officer or as one of her representa
tives in the Senate of the United States.
I have deemed this due to the exalted
character of the distinguished member
from Chatham. To him is due the eredit
of the measure which harmonized the
conflicting vi<*ws of the friends of the
convention. With such men in a conven
tion to frame the organic law, the people
need have no apprehension as to the re
sult. The rights of all persons will be
preserved under the new constitution, and
the best interests of the State will be sub
served.”
We do not know that we could add
anything new to these opinions expressed
in 1876. They were intended to cover
the whole ground of admiration for Gen
eral Lawton. We know for certain that
time has strengthened onr convictions
and that nothing can be taken away in
eulogy. General Lawton is a man of
growth and, as sneh, his mental and
moral stature has advanced since 1876.
He has been popularly mentioned for the
benatorship of this State to succeed Gen
eral Gordon, and in this noble ambition
we heartily second what we deem to be
a genuine voice of the people. Like
General Hancock, General Lawton is a
spotless character. He cannot be success
fully assailed individually orprofessional-
ly. He has ever be true to himself, his
people and his Maker. His ideal is a
lofty one and will always be so. He has
been tried in many ways and found
faithful in all. He has been wise in
peace and valiant in war. He has ever
preferred principle to selfish gain, and has
never deserted his fellow-citizens in an
extremity for his own peculiar usu
fruct. True to them in past misfortune,
he will not forsake them should a dark
dp.y come again. He does not promise in
credible advantages if the Senatorship
should fall to his lot, but he may be de
pended upon to illustrate the common
wealth with dignity and talent and secure
for her all that the law allows and that
personal influence can compass. The Tit
mouse art of giving everything to every
body, by proclamation or resolution, is
easy of accomplishment on paper; it is
difficult to bring to pass in Congress. We
have no doubt that, if elected to the Sen
ate, Genera! Lawton will, in every
way, be acceptable to the whole
people and that they will be proud of him.
He represents the spirit of conciliation
and not antagonism. He is equipped to
meet in debate the best of his opponents.
No scandal will ever attach to his name.
The practicality of his career is only
matched by the chivalry of his soul. He
combines the sound sense of the North
with the high spirit of the South. Noth
ing is more attractive, winning and influ
ential at Washington than such a comtii-
natiou of intellectual aud moral qualities.
Wc may be sure that on the graud arena
of the Senate he will hold no second place
and that he will stand among the fore
most of his peers. Georgia could have no
worthier, purer, abler Senator, nor one
who, faithful to the glories of the past, is
So admirably endowed to sustain the
greater aspirations of the future.
The ice being thus broken, the Savan
nah Hews followed in an article Monday,
in which General Lawton is strongly
indorsed. We copy’the article as fel
lows:
We have not allnded editorially to the
election of a United States Senator to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the resignation
of General Gordon, mainly for the reason
that we have not considered it a legitir
mate subject for newspaper discussion.
There are also other reasons that have in
clined us to avoid agitation of the sub
ject, and *o leave the decision of the
matter where it properly belongs, with
the representatives of the people. The
gubernatorial canvass just closed was dis
tinguished above all others in the po
litical history of our State, by the per
sonalism in it, and if the overwhelming
verdict of the people sustain
ing Governor Colquitt against
the assaults oi his opponents did not
conclude the Senatorial succession, it
certainly transferred it from the arena of
popular debate to the conscientious judg
ment of the Senatorial constituency, the
Senate and House of Representatives.
With this view of the matter we have felt
disinclined to agitate a question so purely
personal, and however decided onr prefer
ences, however much we could desire un
der other circumstances to urge the claims
of onr city and section, we have refrained
from discussing a question on which the
time for argument is passed, and the-agi-
taiion of which, partaking as it must of
the spirit of the late canvass, white it
could avail nothing, would be likely to
create new antagonisms and arouse latent
prejudices, prejudicial to the general wel
fare. Bo much iu explanation of our
coarse in reference to the Senatorial suc
cession.
In another column wc print an article
from the Augusta Chronicle and Consti
tutionalist, in which the qualifications and
merits of our distinguished fellow-citizen,
Gen. A. R. Lawton, are presented in con
nection with his candidacy for United
States Senator. We most heartily and un
reservedly indorse the just encomiums of
our Augusta contemporary, whose tribute
to Gen. Lawton’s ability, integrity and
{exalted character will be echoed by all
who know him, while his election to fill
the noble seat of Gordon would be hailed
with hearty applause by thousands in all
'sections of the State. In the words of the
Chronicle, “Georgia could have no worth
ier, purer, abler Senator, nor one who,
faithful io the glories of the past, is so ad
mirably endowed to sustain the greater
ions of the future.”
Cot Hardeman's Appeal.
I Editors Telegraph and Messenger:—
1 have read notWng in a long time that has
given me more real satisfaction than
was afforded by the eloquent ar
ticle by our gallant townsman, Colonel
Thomas Hardeman,in yourpaper of Tues
day morning. Like everything which em
anates from his tongue orpen, it has the air
of true chivalry; and this, coming as it does
just after a hotly cor ducted campaign, il
lustrates the man in his highest nobility.
When the Atlanta convention adjourn
ed, I was not In the State. Before it met
I was a Hardeman roan. 1 believed then
as I believe now, that something was due
him, and trusted that.the convention
would, in recognition of his many and
self-sacrificing services, select him as the
Mjndard-bearer of the Democracy in the
^bematorial contest. But learning from
persons on the cars that the convention
had adjourned without such selection,
and indeed without any selection at all,
I quietly made up my mind to vote for
Gov. Colquitt. This I did, and am proud
of it.
There being no nomination, of course
voters were free to choose between Gov
ernor Colquitt and Mr. Norwood, or “any
other man.” I presume It did not take
others much longer to make a decision
than it did me. Mr. Norwood, who was
not eve r thought of for the position, at
once took the stump; Mr. Lester
and Judge Warner, whose names
were in nomination, sided with Mr.
Norwood, and made speeches, as did
Gen. Gartreli; but Colonel Hfwdeman,
the strongest man there, next to the
Governor, aud whose claims even his
most determined opponents respected,
catac home and held aloof from a wrangle
which he believed would .result in divid
ing the party. He could not consistently
after his criticisms of the Governor’s ad
ministration support Colqnitt, and while
he may have sympathized with Norwood,
he loved his party, and cherished its grand
history with too much sincerity to go into
a fight on a hopeless issue. The result of
that contest is a matter of history. Its
effects are yet to be seen.
But Hardeman speaks now, and his ef
fort Is, as It always has been, in the inter
est of peace and unity among the Deino-
craticparty of Georgia. The letter before
me is one of his ablest productions. It
succinctly states the case, and sets it be
fore the public in a manner. to challenge
admiration and command respect. It is
worthy its author.
Col. Hardeman’s ideas and suggestions
are “like apples of gold in pictures of sil
ver.” He counsel^ the majority to be satis
fied with the victory it has won, and let
the minority submit gracefully to the
mandate of the people, “but with moder
ation and in a spirit of unity and brother
hood proceed to heal the breach in our
ranks.” This is the general tone and
tenor of his admirable letter.
Once more. Read and ponder the clos
ing sentences of his eloquent appeal. It
is not the voice of the .politician, but the
exalted spirit of patriotism that, rising
above the prejudices of the hour, comes,
like the genius of peace, to unite a divided
people. Nor will his labors be in vain.
Surely the demon of discord wiil disap
pear, and Hardeman’s sounding peals,
ringing over hill and dale, will call to
gether those who supported Norwood and
Colquitt, and Lester and Warner, and
Hardeman and Gartreli.
I can see ho earthly reason why all can
not unite in solid mass, and in November
show to the world that while we may di
vide on local matters we are
solid on all national questions.
Indiana has apparently gone after strange
gods, and' Ohio is joined to her idols,
but dear olu Georgia must remain
true and firm to the principles of the
founders of the government. If the past
can be buried, and Hardeman’s counsels
are heeded, we shall roll up such a major
ity for Hancock and English as has never
before been obtained for any local or na
tional candidate. Then, with a shout of
victory, let all true Democrats resolve to
“take a puli, a strong pull and a pull al
together,” for Democratic success.
Macon, Ga., Oct. 20,1SS0. J. H. S
The Czar’s New Wife.
A St. Petersburg special to the New
York Herald says: Though many ru
mors repecting the Czar’s marriage have
spread abroad, I can vouch for the follow
ing: “On the 19th (old style) the mar
riage with the Princess Doigorouki was
solemnized in the chapel of the Imperial
Palace. The Czar’s family disapproving,
the Czarewitch went to Uapsal, on the
Esthonian coast. The Grand Dukes Con
stantine and Wladimar went abroad in
order that they might not witness the
ceremony. The marriage was very pri
vate. The Grand Duke Nicholas and the
minister of war were, however, present.
The newly-married pair are with the
bride’s family in Livadia. The Czar has
purchased for his consort the palace of the
Grand Duchess Cartbanna, paying two
million roubles as the price of it.
The Emperor Alexander had been in
love with the Princess Doigorouki for
more thau twelve years. He first met her
at the residence of her sister-in-law, the
Princess Dolgorouki-Yulcano, a most hon
orable Neapolitan. Struck with the grace
of the Princess Catherine, a blonde of
charming simplicity and great beauty, the
Emperor declared his love, and the ’affair
soon became the talk of St. Petersburg.
He estabiisned her in apartments on the
English quay; aud here he has visited al
most daily tor the past ten years to seek
solace in her society from the cares and
worries of state affairs. The Princess
Doigorouki has given birth to several
children, all of them being authorized by
Imperial ukase to bear the titles of Count
and Countess de Gourine, the name of an
extinct branch of the Roumanofis. The
Princess followed the Emperor to the
banks of the Danube, under the name of
Mme. Rilejer, during tne late
war with Turkey. Of course, the Empress
knew all about it, but her malady and the
coldness of her nature caused her to shat
her eyes to the real state of the case. But
when the Czar desired to legitimize
the Princess’ children the Empress, the
Czarewitch and the Graud Dukes de
clined to accede. The Czarina deter
mined to leave Russia and find at Cannes
a refuge from the insult offered her. The
Czarewitch avoided the Winter Palace as
much as possible. The influence of the
Princess Doigorouki grew daily stronger
in the Czar’s household. The Emperor
yielded so completely to its fascination
that he even showed anxiety to obtain a
divorce from the Empress and to marry
the Princess. Now that the marriage
is accomplished, it is almost certainly of
the kind known as “morganatic,” m which
the bride stipulates that she and her chil
dren will neither assume the rank nor in
herit the possessions of the husband.
These alliances are notrover frequent, but
the Europe Diplomatique occasionally
furnishes us with a fist of such marri&aes
entered into by princes of the royal houses
of Europe. Besides Victor Emmanuel,
Leopold L of Belgium and Frederick VH.
of Denmark, the latest fist embraces some
fifteen princes’ names, a large majority of
whom belong to the reigning houses of
Germany and Austria.
The Buffalo Courier, commenting up
on a recent remark of the New York
Evening Post that “ there will ho a hot
fight in New York and neighboring States,
and these are too uncertain as a rule to
make trifling at all safe in the remaining
three weeks,” says:
There will certainly be a hot fight, but
not only in New York and neighboring
States, but on the whole line. While New
York, New Jersey and Connecticut, in
addition to the Southern rotes, will give
us not only the requisite majority, but
three electoral votes over and above ii, we
claim that Indiana is more than a debata
ble, is in point of fact a probable Demo
cratic State in the November contest. The
small Republican majority m Indiana,
which there is the best reason to believe is
the result of corruption and fraud, can he
overcome next month. There exists no
local opposition against Hancock as there
was against Landers. Onr Presidential
candidate is heartily supported by every
Democrat and by a good many voters who
are not Democrats. To the Republicans
who count on Indiana for Garfield there
Will be an extraordinary surprise in store.
Those who doubt that New Yoik is still a
Democratic State will also find themselves
greatly surprised, and a similar sensa
tion awaits those who boldly claim Con
necticut and New Jersey for the Credit
Mobilier ticket. Marching with these
States, in the Democratic column, we ex
pect to find others which have been Re
publican for twenty years, hut will aid in
blasting the October hopes of Garfield and
his friends in the ‘melancholy days of No
vember.* ”
Who Are to Take Charge.—A
Washington telegram to the New York
Sun says:
The Grant Republicans here make no
secret of their expectations. They say
that they wifi own Garfield if he is elect
ed, tha: lhe anti-Grant Republicans had
to confess their inability to succeed after
the Maine election, and that it was only
by the presence of Grant, Conkling, Cam
eron and Logan in Ohio and Indiana that
those States were saved to the Republi
cans. "They boast, moreover, that the In
diana campaign was managed exclusively
by Grant men—New, Dorsey and Gor
ham. Evarts, Sherman and Schurz, they
say, will have to walk the plank after the
4th of March next, and retire to private
life. The cabinet, they boast, will be
Grant throughout, and none but the Old
Guard will have positions of importance
and 1 influence at home.
All those who have given it a trial wifi
nut be without it. It cures. Dr. Ball’s
Cough syrup.
A Friendly Fight
The British Whipped.
Onr Atlanta friends are doing the mag-
mingo Santa Maria, Senor Manuel
Iravazaha and Senor Vincente Reyes or
Senor Ambrosio Montt. The'name
„ o f or Jorghurrand is also mentioned t, fi?"
uificeut thing by their military guests * * y the place or that of Senor RevM
from the far distant East .ad West, and still
‘ tax of two Silrer dolfai nn ^ USS ' Dg
quintal of nitrate that is exported “flw
roe been »nnrm-o,i May.
our own sunny Sooth. They have been
welcomed to the hospitable homes of the
Atfantese, feasted, feted, lionized, and
fought in the very best spirit.
These representative men of other
States wiil return home more impressed
than ever with tbe fact that the war is in
deed over, and ali are now marching once
more under the broad folds of the Star
Spangled banner, and “keeping step to the
music of the Union.”
The Southern braves are magnificent
lighters and hearty haters.. But when
they had tried conclusions, and, after ex-,
hibiting feats of prowess worthy of the
paladins of old, were vanquished by supe
rior numbers and material resources, hav
ing surrendered, they accept the situation
in good faith, and are willing now to bury
the past, and fraternize with former ene
mies, and ali the citizens of onr common
country.
It wiil require very few such illustra
tions as that afforded at Atlanta, and
which Macon stands ready to endorse and
repeat, to convince even the erstwhile
prejudiced people of New Eng
land that there is no- bloody shirt
at' the South, and peace, good will to
all sections, and perfect harmony reign
supreme in our midst. These practical
reunions of the men of the North, East,
West and Sooth, are worth more than a
thousand speeches, or hundreds of vol
umes written on the subject ol amnesty
and pacification.
The Constitution gives the following
graphic account of the sham fight:
About I o’clock the companies compos
ing the two armies marched in upon the
plaza. The banners waved, the bands
screamed, the mighty throngs shouted a
glad welcome, and preparation for the
conflict was at once entered upon. One
army n presented the British, the other
the Americans. The British was made up
of the Atlanta Grays, Richland Rifles, of
Columbia, S. C., Rockford Rifles, Rock
ford, 111., and a battery ot the Fifth
Artillery. Captain Joseph Burke, of the
Gate City Guard, was the commander of
the British. The American army was
composed of the Gate City Guard, the
Sherman Cadets, of Lawrence, Mass.,
the Janesville Guards, Janesville, Wis.,
and the Mobile Rifles, of Mobile, Ala.
The Americans were commanded by Cap
tain L. N. DuCbesney, of the Sherman
Cadets. The battle was fought as follows:
The British army, after many hours of
marching, halted midway the plaza to rest.
The Atlanta Grays occupied the right, the
Richland Rifles the centre and the Rock
ford Rifles the left. The Filth Artil
lery were a few paces to the rear of the
line, which faced the west. The arms ol
the British were stacked, the men had
broken ranks and were taking it easy,
while the officers had gathered in a group
some distance to the rear for consulta
tion. The American army was not in
sight. Yery soon, however, a line of its
skirmishers appeared on the west end of
the plaza, and at once began firing upon
the British, whereupon the British officers
rushed to the front, formed their men in
fine of battle and opened a heavy fire up
on the skirmishers, driving them rapidly
back, the battery of artillery quickly tak
ing position to the left ot the British line
and opening upon the retreating skirmish
ers. The American army now adranced
from its ambusli in the rear of the amphi
theatre at the west end of the plaza and
began firing upon the advancing Brit
ish. The Sherman Cadets were
the centre, the Janesville Gaards
the left center and the Mobile Rifles the
left. The firing had become general and
the British were steadily gaining upon
their foes when the Gate City Guard sud
denly appeared upon the extreme right of
the American forces and began a quick
flank movement which threatened for
time to cut oil'the Fifth Artillery from the
British army. The artillery, seeing the
danger, beat a hasty but admirable re
treat, while the British infantry were
compelled to fall back to cover the bat
tery, which they did in splendid style, fir
ing the whole time. When abreast of the
battery it opened again, and once more
the battle became general, the Gate City
Guard enfilading the battery most hand
somely, and steadily renewing their at
tempt at flanking. Af thfa juucture* the
American army,* led by the Sherman
Cadets, made a" most brilliant charge,
and for a few moments the
firing was kept up in a most deadly
manner. Simultaneously, the flank move
ment of the Gate City Guard, who kept
up steady firing, became boldly defined—
the battery swiftly took the back track,
and the British infantry, still hotly press
ed by the Americans retreated in great con
fusion, as if in pursuit of their flying bat
tery. The Americans pressed right on,
the Sherman Cadets slightly leading the
wings and presenting a solid front, and
pouring volley after volley into the ske
daddling squadrons of the routed British.
At length the Fifth Artillery gained the
kill back of Machinery Hall and quickly
faced about. A moment more and the
British infantiy came to a halt on the
hillside in front of their battery and
made wild efforts to form a new fine
of battle, A gun from the battery
was rushed to the front to cover
them, but it was too fate. The Ameri
cans charged right up the hillside, flanked
the gun, throwing their forces about it in
the form of a half circle, and the British
army surrendered. Thus ended the
spirited and exciting conflict amid the
shouts of the thousands upon thousands
of delighted spectators, who dotted the
very battle ground, densely fringed the
race course, swarmed upon the bluffs
overlooking the plaza, crowded the im
mense amphitheatre, and even peeped
out upon the inspiring scene from the
treetops .commanding a view of the
grounds. The whole battle passed off
most brilliantly. It waa directed by
General Hunt who aat in the judges’
stand and kept his couriers busy carrying
orders throughout the fight.
Fatal Railway Collision.
Raleigh, N. C., October 21.—An ac
cident on the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad
occurred early yesterday morning at
Youngsville, twenty-one miies from Ra
leigh. A local freight train and au ex
cursion train collided, the fatter hav
ing six hundred excursionists on hoard.
Of these one was killed outright, and fif
teen wounded. Two of the latter died
soon after. The names of the dead are
Brack Green, Ashley Radford and Duffy
Periy> all colored. The injuries of the
others are not now thought to be fatal.
. _The wounded were nearly all on the
platform of one car which was telescoped,
Trains north and south were blocked,
but the road was cleared at nightfall.
The conductor,. Wm. H. Thompson, and
engineer, W. A. Prince, of the freight
tra’m were arrested, but gave bail.. The
majority of the injured people are colored,
and live in Franklin county.
From South America-
PaXama, October 12.—Lima dates are
to September 15 and Valparaiso to Sep
tember 11. Ot the threatened march on
Lima nothing later or more definite is
known. The Chilians had not committed
any further depredations in the northern
departments of Pern, since their late visit
to Sabe and Paytel, at which places they
destroyed and carried off considerable
property.
A Santiago correspondent of tbe Mer
curic states that Hon. Mr. Christiancy
has carried back the following basis for
preliminaries of a peace: The three bel
ligerent republics wilt each elect three
commissioners to aonftr and discuss he
conditions Of peace, to metjt in some part
or tbirPe irivlan terWory occupied by the
Chilian trmy—the United S' dec minis
ters to Pern and Chili taking part in the
conference as friendly mediators.
Chilian commissioners will be Seaor Do
ing been approved bv tC nZ u v 7
W J nfVf Ppr °- VeS ! be i )ro J ect of the Cham-
one dofiw P Sfty U «nte dU Tb!fi e
tSfrountre B v S° n is now k
31st of 1 August tir m,n- 13SUed , 0n 1110
sjsr
The Monument of Dr. Lovick Pierce.
* Ir - Editor, a brief statement
and appeM in behalf of this movement. The
rJd°Lv? r ' Pler “ 13 familiar to the ears
of Columbus people, old andyoune. This
city was long his cherished home; for Co- •
lumbns he had an undying affection.
Nearly a year ago his venerated form was
jafelnjttfrdfr cemetery, His brethren
of the South Geoigi* conference resolved
to erect a monument to Lis memory, and
appointed a committee to direct as to
puns, ways and means. Rev. J. O. A.
Cook, of the St.* Luke church, Is one of
that committee. What the writer is now
doing is with his sanction and his advice.
The committee resolved to build the mon
ument on the beautiful lot of St. Luke
church, a most appropriate place in every
view. An appeal was made to the public
long ago for contributions to erect this
projected monument. The committee
hoped there would be a spontaneous re
sponse by his numerous friends through-
out Georgia (and elsewhere) to this ap-
pcal.^ No public collection was to be ta-
ken, it was supposed this would be unneces
sary, as the structure would not be of
great cost. Small sums given from so
many would amply meet the demand,
and this might be expected without solici
tation.
So far S3 Columbus is concerned, I re
gret to say, this hope has not been realized.
Probably less has been done elsewhere.
Yery naturally, it would be expected for
Columbus to take the lead for obvious rea
sons, but chiefly because the doctor lived
here, and is buried here, and here his
monument is to be reared. Our young
people and a few others have given for
this object something less than one hun
dred dollars. This amount has been made
by trifling contributions, and without can
vassing. But the time has come when ac
tion ought to be taken equal to the need.
Most people will help, but they wait to be
asked.
Everybody venerated this gifted and
saintly man in fife, and surely none
would object to aid in buildiLg a monu
ment as a lasting testimonial of affection
and admiration.
The committee have not planned an ex
pensive work—they will build according
to the money. Dr. Pierce is worthy of a
pyramid for a monument; let the struct
ure at least be worthy of Columbus, if not
of the great and good man. Mr. J. A.
Bradford, of St. Luke’s church, and A. C.
Flewellen, of St. Paul, have been ap
pointed to canvass the city in this matter,
and they have agreed to act.- Large sums
are not asked, though they would be
thankfully received. A handsome amount
can be raised if every one asked should*
respond even with a small gift. Money
may be paid to either of these gentlemen
or to Mr. Binford, or to Rev. J. O. A.
Cook. J. W. Hixtox,
Pastor of St. Paul Church.*
—Columbus Enquirer.
' Who has the uldest joible ix Vir
ginia?—There is in the possession of a
collateral relation of the illustrious Thom
as Jefferson, a Bible printed at Cam
bridge, England, in 1668. A concordance
is annexed^ printed by John Field, prin
ter to the University. A signet of Cam
bridge University is inserted, representing
a nymph behind an altar with uplifted
hands, one containing a goblet, the other
a representation of the sun. Inscribed on
it arc tbe words, “Ahna Mater,” “Canta-
brigia,” and “Hi'nc lucem el pocula sac
ra.” In it is the family register of births
aud marriages. The first birth Is that of
Juditb, daughter of Thomas and Mary
Jefferson, bom August 30, 1098. One
entry is, “The soul of my dear brotfi-
er, Thomas Jeffeison, departed this
fife Febn a y 14, 1723, he being on
voyage on . board of the "Williams
burg, Captain Isbam Randolph, com
mander, to Viiginia.” These entries con
tinue through the eighteenth century
do vn to late in this one. The paper is
rough bat suDstantial as is the print; tbe
ink, though two hundred and twelve years
old, much more distinct than most of our
new books, and vastly more so than the
modem newspapers. This Bible has es
caped the perils of fire and hook worms of
every denomination. It has been tossed
about in many removals from place to
place and from distant countries. The
Thomas Jefferson mentioned above is be
lieved to have been nephew to the ex-
President. The family very justly prize
this Bible, now so long and sacredly asso
ciated with it, and is owned by one of
them, living near to Whittle’s station on
the Mildand railroad. Is there as old a
one in Virginia ?—Danville Times.
The Havoc Wrought by ax Insect
tS THE VlXEYARDS OF FrAXCB.—The
destruction of its vineyards is thus dis
cussed in the annual industrial report of
France:
The phylloxera vastatrfx is a microscop
ic insect that stings the root and kills it,
find finally destroys the vine. Sulpho- 1
carbonates, introduced among the roots,
kill the insects, hut other insects come.
Submersion, where water is accessible,
does the same. Fifty districts in France
are already ruiDcd, and every year adds
to the list. Unless some efleciive remedy
be found, France will, in a time not re
mote, cease to be a wine country. Our
prosperity cannot be assured unless onr
wine men plant new stock, known to
have vigor to resist the fatal puncture of
the destroyer, and unless our fine French
jrjnes can be preserved by grafting on- the
healthy stocks. Twenty years ago Amer
ican cuttings were sent to France from a
nursery iu Georgia. There were
many varieties. Hundreds of thou
sands of vines are now grow
ing from these ' cuttings. These vines
may be recognized in vineyards stricken
with the disease by the.r being in full
vigor. This gives satisfactory proof that
American vines can be got that will re
sist the phylloxera. Here aud there an
American vine is found punctated, taut
never to the heart of the root. The su
perficial wound heals and leaves no im
pression on the plant. But grafting re
quires nice manipulation, and many "fear
the expense and liability to fathire. This
has led to the discovery of a simpler, bet
ter way to attain the same object. Take
a French and American cutting, each hav
ing five buds, unite them at the third bud,
tie them together and so plant them.
They wiil so assimilate that the twain be-
como one by blending the gap of their
roots. The plant is thus invested with
American vigor aud French nature.”
We remember to have heard Mr. Berck-
mans the renowned horticulturist and
fruit grower of Augusta, say that some
years ago he had shipped, if we mistake
not, a whole vessel load of grape cuttings
from this country to France, and in every
instance they had resisted the inroads of
the phylloxera insect and flourished with
the greatest vigor on European soil. This
fullv corroborates the statement made in
the above report.
All should recollect that with the low
of health, loss of enjoyment and happi
ness soon follows. A cough or cold
quickly undermines the health, and
should be checked by the prompt use of
Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. For sale by all
druggists. Price 25 ceuis.
$30,060 for $2 in the Commonwealth
Distribution Co.’s Drawing at Louisvilie,
on 30th lost. Send in time by plain mail
or express to R.M. Boardmaa, Covrier-
Faxama, October 12.—It is said the Journal building, Louisville, or 307
sad 308 Broadway, New York.