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(§£asg.i*t .Mtesfely «n& i&swcijsl & 3K****«g*xv T«« of tb« TrtKwpli •“* *« «*r> Pontage free to all Edition*. Pails Telegraph and Messenger. QW.oOp*ryr '•• 0.00 Knot y v « m SUM J»c». Daily Telegraph and Messenger and Southern Farmer'. Xoethli 11.50 jxrjrr. ■Wtxl.li Telegraph and Metsenger *-®0 y H 11 ** *' L04 (mm Weeh’l Telegraph ana Messenger and Southern Tamer's Monthly HOpergr Remit by P. 0. Order or Registered * 4tt * r ' 10 M.B. BATU,«MM«(r. ^tltppji & Rtotngtr. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, I860. The Vote of West Virginia.—Full returns from West Virginia show that Jackson, Democrat, for Governor, has a majority over Sturgis, Republican, of 10,- 207 votes— an increase ot more than 3,000 over any other election. The Gikls in Power.—The female clerks in almost all the government de partments in Washington literally hold the fort just now. There never before has been such a clearing out of the male clerks to go home and vote. The strenu ous efforts made by the Republican Cam paign Committee to send every Republi can voter in Wash'ngton home in time for the election engender the suspicion that there is not that confidence in Gar field’s election which it might naturally be supposed was felt from the boastings which have been indulged in. A miner had a wonderful ride in a tin pan in Colorado. Being at the top of a mountain, and desiring to get to the botr tom of the valley, he knew that a tedious and circuitous walk of fifteen miles was necessary by the ordinary route, while the distance straight down the snow cover ed incline was only three. Ho had such a pan as miners use in washing out gold. Squatting down in this, away he went, faster and faster, nnlil the solder of the vehicle was melted by friction, and he was almost insensible from lack of breath But the trip was quickly over, without any mishap, and the passenger now de clares that he enjoyed it. A cate in east Tennessee is two miles in length, and has openings at both ends. The owners Of the ground around the en trances charged for admission, and acted as guides for visitors. Their rivalry led to serious fights in the cave, for each held the other to be a trespasser. Then one of the contestants hit upon a novel and effective means of ruining tlie other’s bus iness. He sunk a shaft so as to admit a large stream into the cave at the centre, and, as there was an incline in lavorable direction, the water poured out at the enemy’s portal, while his own was unobstructed. The rfiatter is to be made the subject of a lawsuit. The Christiancy case came up In Wash ington on Saturday, before Judge Cox, upon an application ot Mr. Christiancy for a reduction in the alimony ($160 per month) allowed to Mrs. Christiancy. His application represents that he is engaged in public business abroad and cannot safely go to trial of his case until he re turns to Uiis country, and that although bis salary is $10,000 per annum he is in debt at heavy interest and his expenses are very large, so that only about $4,000 per annum is left from his salary. Mrs. Cliristancv, In reply, files an affidavit de nying that Mr. Christiancy’s expenses in Peru are as great as he represents them to be. The Court reduced the alimony from $150 to $100 per month. The Situation in New York—The New York Herald, which has been claim ing that State for Gen. Garfield since the October elections, now admits that the increase in the registry in New York city and Brooklyn Is calculated to give uneas iness to the supporters of the Garfield ticket, and adds: “In spite of their mani fest advantages, the Republicans of New York are by no means out of the woods, although the chances seem to bo in tlicir favor.” On the other hand Gen. Faulk ner, Chairman of t]ie Democratic State Committee, In a speech in Irving Hall, Tuesday evening last, predicted that, with an honest vote, the Democratic majority in the State of New York would be 50,- 000. ^ The Jay Gould Mississippi Barge Line.—According to the New Orleans Prices Current, “the Jay Gould barge line for the transportation ot grain down the Mississippi will, In a very short while, assume proportions which will astonish oven tiie most sanguine river-route men, The business is to be pushed to Its fullest extent, and many of tho railroad lines will act as fccdcra to these barges; while floating elcvatois, as many as may be •needed, will he put to work here, to facil itate the prompt forwarding of the grain acrois the ocean. This is not Intended os a mere experiment or spasmodic effort, but is the result of deliberate business calculation, and backed by sufficient cap ital and pluck to carry out the views of the projectors. 'Tho line will have its reg ular agent here and intends, If necessary, to furnish its own ocean tonnage.” A Close Election Probable.—A New York letter to the Philadelphia Pub lic. Ledger says tliero are many thoughtful persons and close observers of events out side of the regnlar party lines who begin to think the election, after all, will be very dose, and that It will bo one or two oftbe smaller Stales—Florida or Delaware, or Nevada for example—that will have to finally decide It. In that case it Is fore seen there will be opportunity for crooked proceedings on the part of the respective leaders, which they will be but too eager to turn to account, and from that fact it is apprehended a deal of excitement and trouble may come. It is not^Ortli while to be borrowing trouble, or to be worry ing over contingencies that may never happen, hut at the same time It is well to * calculate possibilities, so as to be prepar ed to meet them without exposing our selves to the panic which comes of sud den surprises. In any event there can be no question that there will be occasion for every body to keep Ids temper within tlie next ten days, never doubting that, let the professional politicians wrangle as they may, tho will of tho people w .1 be respected, and that is tlie main point. ' How New Yoek Will Go.—Grant stated, on Friday, that he was willing to wager a thousand cigars that New York would give 40,000 majority for Garfield. That is to say, if it did not do so, ho would present » thousand cigars to any gentlo- roaii v.'ill lug to maintain the converse or that t ro:»ositlon. John Kelly, on the other hand, was willing to risk a good deal that 1 dik would ix-at Garfield f-i.OOO Chronicle’s Cotton Yigftres. The New York Chronicle of Saturday reports tlie receipts of the tfeek ending last Friday night, 29tli ult., at 254,830 bales, against 240,613 the corresponding week of last year. Total receipts at tlie ports since 1st September, 1,304,200 bales, against 1,222,130 for the same period of tlie last cotton year, showing a net In crease of 172,161 bales. % The Interior port business of the week was as follows: Receipts 125,763 bales, against 102,790 last year. Shipments 98,- 832, against 83,054 last year. Stocks 170,076, against 115,735 at same date last year. The Chronicle?s statement of visible supply shows 1,806,800 bales in sight last Friday, against 1,000,350 In sight a year ago, 1,002,188 in 1878, and 1,524,202 in sight in 1877 at equal dates. These fig ures show 288,450 bales’ increase on the supply of last year—303,012 Increase on the supply of 1878, and 871,538 bales in crease on tho supply of 1877 at same dates. Middling upland in Liverpool last Friday was quoted at 0J. Last year, at the same date, the quotation was 7|. In 1878, at'same date, it was quoted at 5 11-10, and in 1877, C|. As to Friday’s telegrams from the crop, they report generally favorable weather for picking, but the process much retarded by election excitement tn Texas. High wind alone prevented a killing frost. In Louisiana, at Shreveport, there had been 1.40 of rain in the week and roads in poor condition. In Mississippi, there were two and a half indies of.rain in Columbus. In Arkansas, at Little Rock, there was rain on four days and a fall of 1*40. In Tennessee, at Memphis, rain on four days and but two days of picking weather dur ing the week. There was a killing frost on Friday night, 22<1 ult. At Nashville 2.40 of rain in the week. In Alabama, at Mobile, there was 4.57 of rain in the week ending last Friday. At Montgomery and Selma very little rain. At Madison, Florida, two days of rain. At Columbus, Georgia, one day. Savannah two days, Augusta one. At all points the crop is moving to market freely. VttMMponaWa for It Brethren, if any of you are dissatisfied with the national administration elected yesterday several consoling reflections maybe suggested In the case. First, you baro got as good a government as any body in the United States can boast. A good many may claim that it will be better for them than for you; but their numbers in -any community are small, and in Georgia particularly 6inall. The political flesh pots In Georgia are propor tionally unimportant. The great bulk of our people have achieved in the election nothing more for themselves than foryou. It is pleasant to feel that you have carried the day, but the smart of defeat soon passes away. A second consolatory reflection la that you are without responsibility for the consequences. There may be a great deal of evil justlv to be feared, but It Is none of your bringing, and we must trust a su perintending Providence to avert it. It Is a great country we belong to. There are so many people in it that comparatively few can have their own way. The wisest cannot foresee many of the grand causes which will operate to de termine its course and destiny. We can only judge that the same Power which has so marvelously developed this mighty republic at a rate of progress so far in advanoc of any other example in human history, did it for some grea’, good and beneficent ends to tbo whole human fam ily. It is not to perish out ignominiously by its own corruption arid falsity to . its lofty principles and traditions. In some way, we may not understand how, It will be delivered from the mastery of Corrupt men, and be restored to honest and patri otic administration and usages; and while we know that death and the grave are inseparable alike from msr&l^ and physical corruption, let us assume,'* with equal confidence, tho existence of suffi cient vitality m tlie great body of the American people to throw off the gan grene and resume a state of life and health, however unpromising existing as pects may appear. . oi.« . Tl • Ui-ii', discrepancy is wide. It Norwood and Colquitt in trail in licvcs the vote will - body is going to be day* i Cost of Picking Cotton. The New York Cotton tells us in Its last Issue: Some of the Southern papers have ex pressed surprise at the estimate made by a correspondent of Bradslreel's, that it costs S40.000.000 tn pick tho cotton crop; but, as that estimate is made on the basis of 50 cents per 100 pouuds for picking, and as fully 80 cents is the prevailing rare in Texas, while as high as $1.25 has been paid this >car, it is probable that $50,000,- 000 would belter represent the cost of icking out the cotton crop of tbo United tales. Of this amount probably $30,000,- 000 is paid to colored men. Perhaps, says the Columbia Register, those who hold the above estimate too lilgb do not compare the figures with the cost of picking a good deal of cotton gath ered by hands regularly employed forcer- tain wages. At $10 per month and feed, this, all told, would perhaps not exceed $13, which amounts to 40.4 cents per day. The usual limit ot a hand’s picking is ten bales of 500 pounds. This calls for an average picking per day—from the 15th of August to tlie 15th of November inclu sive—of not less than 100 pounds, which, at above wages, would cost a little over 30 cents a hundred. But as this Is al most, if not quite, double the average of production per hand in tbo country, and the picking begios before and ends after the above period, at lower rates ot gath ering, tlie cost of picking cotton per hun dred with wages bands cannot fall short of 05 cents; and special labor under the pressure of a full blow is, of course, paid more. It Is not far from the truth, then, all around, to put the cost of picking at 70 cents a hundred, which, on a crop of $5,- 500,000 bales of 400 pounds each, amount, ing to 8,500,000,000 pounds of seed cotton- calls for $50,500,000. In round numbers it must cost $GO,000,000 to pick Ibis crop. Wo believe, from a close estimate of the same, that at least four-fifths of this money Is paid to colored pickers, which is $40,- 000,000 a year paid to colored men, women and youtlis to gather the cotton crop. What May be Expected. The triumph of the Republican party means something more than the election of Garfield, ne is personally a good uatured man, but, as Judge Poland, of Vermont, describes him, wanting in back bone and faltb in bis own judgment, is true, if be bad not sold out to the Stal warts he wouid never have been elected, But now, in their power, he must needs carry out their programme. He will be surrounded with all the influences of Granllsm, and will be led to sanction methods which his better judgment would condemn. / What we of the Sonth have to fear Is a policy of irritation. We do not look for any direct violation of tlje constltulion by the administration, bnt they will pursue such a course as to lead Southern men in to indiscretions and to commit foolish acts, thereby furnishing an excuse to con tinue their persecution and interference in our local affairs. We have home much in tho past, and our powers of cudurance having been thoroughly tested, wc ought to be prepared for every emergency that awaits us in the future. We are rational beings; therefore, knowing our enemies’ motives, let us give no cause for an exhibition of their rancor and hate. Their goads and jibes will be thrust at us, but let us ward them off by a dignified and consistent course, at tending to our own State affairs, and look ing after the prosperity of our own sec tion. Capt. Bates and Ills wife, formerly thegtanU of Bamum’s show, recently made the overland journey from San Francisco. They are each nearly eight feet long, and the sleeping car berths are only six. In order to secure a comforta ble bed, they took the opposite sections, connected the upper berths with an ad justable piece, and laid themselves cross wise oftbe car, tlie other passengers kind ly consenting to the partial obstruction of the passage at night. Their Name is Legion.—Atlanta is the centre of attraction just mow for Geor gians. Washington presents no attraction to tlie average office-seeker from this sec tion, and hence he packs his little grip sack and hies away to Atlanta. Just anything, sir, from tlie Senate of the Uni ted States or Snpreme bench to a page’s position in the House. It is a glorious thing to be a member of the Legislature just at tills writing. Free lunches, free cigars and free whisky in abundance. Bul then, the curses that are to follow— the abuse of the disappointed—will make a man wish lie wasn’t so popular. No Sedan. Tlie press telegrams In our last repre sented the victory of Garfield as “a Dem ocratic Sedan”—that is to say, a final col lapse of the party in the United States. Dismiss the idea. The Democratic party has a great mission and a grand destiny. It presents to-day the only practicable rallying point around which the intelli gent aud patriotic mind can gather for the maintenance of free popular institutions In America. The hope of tho country, under God, is in the Democratic party. For the time, terror over the possible loss of an illusory and fictitious prosperity, co operating with an utter prostitution of federal power and resources, immense pecuniary outlay, and the most relentless bulldozing, has won an electoral majority for Garfield; but it may well be doubted whether the popular majority Is not on the other side, and whether the Demo cratic party does not still bold the confi dence of the people. But be this as It may, in the great and final battle cf the people against place power and wealth, the Democratic party will yet win and re-establish the country on its ancient foundations of popular sov ereignty. It is yet to stand as the strong and impregnable* bulwark of Liberty and Popular Rights In America, and the man does not live who will see other than a strong,compact party. The poet says: “Freedom’s battle once begun, though baffled oft is ever won.” And so the Democratic party, m spite of tbo tempor ary triumph of personalism, imperialism, strong government and all tho other stuff oftbe kind, will brace itself anew for the conflict to preserve republican government in America. Tlie illusive “prosperity” of to-day is the result of abnormal conditions—crop failures in Europe and extraordinary abundance in America. Political com plications abroad and peace here, attract ing investments across the water, have set stocks of all kinds booming. But there is hardly a single sound idea in fluancc or trade with which we are not at open war as a government. The prosperity came by a special providence and will disappear with a change In the conditions. It is not worth while for any man to count on it a single year. We saw in 1873 the same fabric disappear like a myth In a day. That it will do again in a year or two. Speculation and kite flying will all come down, and Ills well for every man to re member that fact. But one thlpg may be considered certain, the whole aim and tendency of the Grant and Garfield party is tho prostration of the ballot and the destruction of popular sovereignty In this country. NDlfDRIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Southwestern Railroad,November 1,1880.—The writer left Macoaon Satur day and was rapidly and safely trans ported to Cutlibert, where the peaceful rest of the Sabbath was epjoyed in the society of tried and well-beloved friends. Again embarked “cn the rail” homeward bound to-day ; as usual be proposes to relate his experiences to the reader, if it be possible to write amid the noise and bustle of a crowded car. IMPB1MI8. On our outward trip we could seethe Icy touch of “Jack Frost’s" fingers upon the fields and forests, but this bad only heightened the beauties of the landscape. The cotton fields wore , THE RUSSET HUE of approaching winter, tbeugh.still flecked with thousands of gay blossoms, and studded with open bolls of the snowy fleece. But it was evident that the “great staple” had done its best for the present season, and, under the stimulus of com mercial fertilizers, favorable weather and industrious “pickers,” three-fourths oftue yield had been gathered, -and either mar keted or housed. To the credit of the farmers also, be it spoken, they have come up like true men and promptly met their obligations for guano ana supplies. On the whole, there fore, it may be confidently stated that the people of Southwest Georgia are in BETTER CONDITION, and more prosperous than at any period since the war. The price of land is look ing up, new industries have been develop ed in the shape of wine culture and early frultsand vegetables for tho Northern markets; rice and sugar-cane will soon be added to tho staples cf the country, and tho inhabitants generally seem cheerful and in good heart. Surely upon no region on earth lias the munificent God of nature more lavisliing- ly dispensed His favors. Iu Southern Georgia the emigrant will find cheap land, easily cultivated, excellent range for sheep and cattle that require no housing or “wintering,” fuel iu exhaustless supply, s id a climate as soft and salubrious as Italy. Grapes, sugar caue, the tea plant, arrowroot, olives,pomegranates,peaches, sand pears, figs, and In the southern counties oranges, lemons and bananas are grown in tbo greatest perfection. Tbo soil is generous and responds magnificent ly to artificial s.imulants, and tins Is m- deed THE TOOR MAN’S PARADISE, where, with the least expenditure of capi tal aud labor, he can cam a bountiful support. We trust therefore, that tho owners of the soil will UOIJ) ON TO TIIEIR PATRIMONIAL ACRES ami utilize them to their own advantage in future. Nowhere else in this broad Union can they do better. CUTUDERT. This flourishing little city continues to improve, aud is more of an educational centre than ever. Three thriving, well- appointed and officered literary institu tions are established here. First in order of age comes ANDREW FEMALE COLLEGE, which, since tbo return of Rev. A. L. Hamilton, D. D., to the presidency, hks more than regained all of its former pop ularity and usefulness. By the most un remitting energy the doctor has succeeded iu raisiug a fund sufficient to put the buildings and grounds in perfect condition, and his catalogue now numbers 125 young ladies. As a female educator and discip linarian, lie has fow equals. The branch of the State Agricultural College also is doing well, near one hun dred matriculates being in attendance. Recently extensive additions havo been made tn tlie apparatus of the College, and the young men have been furnished with arms by the State, and are regularly drilled aud instructed iu military tactics. There is still another institution in Cutlibert called tlie “Grange College,” which, under President McNulty and his able assistants, is quite popular, amft shows a patronage of over- eighty pupils, some twenty of whom are girls. It will be seen from tlie above that no place of similar jfcpulation in tho Stato possesses Educational advantages equal to those that are offered in Cuthbert, nor is there a healthier spot to be found in Geoigia. LEGISLATORS ON THE TRAIN. Quite a number of tbo newly-elected law-givers of the State are on the train cu route for the scene of their labors. In conversing with some of them, nota bly Colquitt men, we were much gratified to learn that tlia proposed re-election to the speakership of our distinguished townsman, Hon. A. O. Bacon, was favorably received. It would be an honor gracefully bestowed by the dominant wing of the Democratic party, and go very far towards restoring the entente cordiule which should exist between men of the same political faith who only differed for a season upon a mere personal issue. We trust that in all the pending elections by the General As sembly the question, was this man for Norwood or Colquitt, will never bo raised. Is be competent, honest and patriotic; these are the points to be considered, and not whether be favored the one or the other candidate for governor. Wc sin cerely trust that Capt. Bacon will be elected. II. H. J. Marriage of U. S. Grant, Jr.—Last Sunday Miss Fannie J. Chaffee, only child of ex-Senator Jerome B. Chaffee, of Colorado, was married to Ulysses Grant, Jr., second son of cx-Preslder.t Grant. Tbe wedding was private, there being present only ex-Presldent and Mrs. Grant, Col. Fred Grant and wife, Jesse Grant and wife, Hon.'S. B. Elkins and wife, and J. F. Seymour and wife, of Michigan Mrs. Seymour being an aunt of tbe bride, and D. H. Moffatt, Jr., of Denver. Judge Poland on General Gar- Field.—The World of the 31st prints the following: Montpelier, VL, October 30.—Judge Luke P. Poland, as President of the Vermont Bar Association for tbe past year, delivered the annual address last Tuesday evening In Montpelier. On Wednesday evening occurred tho “Bar dinner,” and after the dinner the World?* correspondent bad a long conversation, in the presence of others, concerning tho “Poland report” and General Garfield, Among a number ot other things Judge Poland said: “Tho trouble with Garfield Is he has no back-bone; he lacks nerve; he is a fine fellow and a very able fellow, but weak; at tlie lime of our report Gar field ought to bave come before us and ex plained every thing at it was, but he got frightened concerning all tlie hue and cry about tbe Credit Mobilier business, and did not dare to come out boldly and make a plain statement. I think he is honest aud honorable certainly, but great ly in need of back-bone.” All of which would seem to show that Garfield was innocent of intentional wrong, but when found out lied about it. If this be action able, coine on with your courts. An American lady, Mrs. Bead, of Wil mington, Del., offers to contribute $15,000 for tbe election of a Protestant Episcopal Church iu Nice, Switzerland, as a memo rial to her husband, who died iu that city, as soon as tbe land necessary for tbe pur pose shall have been bought and paid for by others and a clear title obtained. The Present High Protective Tariff. Now that tbe agony is over, and there appears to he no longer any doubt that tbe South has been banded ovor for an other term of four years to tbe tender mercies of tbe Radicals, it becomes our people, without pausing for a single day, to renew the struggle for tbelr constitu tional rights, and once more organize to oppose the corrupt and oppressive schemes of the dominant party. Prominent among these Is the continu ance and possible increase of tbo present iniquitous tariff, which is designed not to cover the financial demands of the govern ment that are needful and legitimate,but to build up colossal fortunes for a favored few at the cost of tlie consuming aud laboring classes ot the country. -This whole sub ject of protection for protection’s sake, which Congress, through the committee on ways aud means iu the House, so sedulously refused to consider and pass upon, has of late assumed new import ance, and Is destined to form a most salient factor in the future alignment of the polit ical parties both North and South. While it is true that the revenues of the government can be most conveniently aud easily raised by the imposition of duties upon imports, still, these ought to be con fined as much as possible to articles of luxury, while tbe tree list should embrace tbe necessaries of life, and such leading commodities, like paper and steel rails, for instance, as are needed for the de velopment of tbo industries of the country. In the great agricultural West it Is to be hoped tlie South will find a potential ally in the effort to reduce to a revenue stand ard only, that tariff which is now operated so unequally and unjastly upon tbe masses oftbe people. The following extract from an editorial in the Philadelphia Record presents tiie whole question appositely, and with much force : German Carp-—There has been au effort on tlio part of several enterprising gentlemen in Georgia to introduce into our ponds and lakes a Uah known as tho German carp. The enterprise is regarded now as a success. The Hon. W. £■ Smith, of Albany, has taken considerable inter est in the matter, and writes tbe follow ing in tbe Albany Mews and Advertiser. He says: The little pond into which Dr. Patillo placed a portion of ids, on account of the absence of rains, became nearly dry. From this pond Dr. Patillo took two carp, each one of which weighed between eight and ten pounds and were about twenty inches iu length. One ho gave to me,and a portion of another he gave to Rev. Mr. Felder. My fish was baked. I found it a beautiful white with scarcely any bones, and of a delicious flavor. This experiment of propagating this valuable food fish in this country, and in our pond3 and lakes, I consider as de monstrating, beyond all doubt, the feasi bility and practicability of such enter prises. Should the carp In other ponds thrive as those of Dr. Patillo’s, I will be able to furnish my neighbors with any number of young ones next spring. My friend, J. M. Cutliff, Esq., intends making an ex amination oftbe lakes and ponds planted with carp. Hon. Fish Commissioner of Washington, aud also our State Commis sioner will furnish you with young carp on application. Baoonand the Speakership. “If Bacon and myself were not on speaking terms, I would voto for him for Speaker of tbe nouse of Representatives upon the score of economy,” said a prom inent politician yesterday. “I think he is the best presidingofllcerthateveroccupled a chair. He can tell the name of a man and the county he represents be I ore ho is on the floor ten minutes. I hope the effort of Brown, Colquitt & Co. to beat him for tlie speakership will fail, as by tbe election of Bacon as speaker the State will be very materially benefited. Ho can accomplish more business in a day than many other men can in a week, and Do the work more satisfactorily. By the way, 1 hear that Colonel Hammond,ol Thomas county, stated to Colonel K. !•'. Lyon, of Maoon, a few. days since, that under no consideration would he oppose Colonel Bacon for tho position of presiding officer oftbe House.”—Atlanta Post. We copy the above to indorse all that is said aboutourtownsman. We have never entertained auy fears about bis rc-electlon. The reference to the effort of Brown, Col quitt As Co., Is about as senseless as tbe charges of tlie Post against Colquitt during tlie canvass. The present protective tariff abounds in inequalities aud absurdities. It undoubt edly stimulates manufactures, but it cuts off tlie foreign market for surplus produc tion. It encourages the production of more manufactured goods than our own country can consume, and, at tbe same time, keeps up prices above tbe market rates outside. It enables a comparatively smell class of manufacturers Lo make money very fast, wliilo it bears bard upon tlie agricultural and commercial classes. The farmer is not protected by our tariff, but it makes him pay more for nearly every article ho buys. If all interests were “protected,” no single interest would gaiu anything by it. Our tariff favors one class at tlio expense of all oth ers. For every dollar that tho system of “protection” puts into the treasury of the government tho peoplo pay two or three. In a tariff for revenue it only costs tbo people a dollar and tbo cost ot collcctiou to put a dollar in tbe treasury. A lax on tea and coffee, for instance, is all revenue. But a tax on safe means that the people shall pay an additional price, not only for all foreign salt brought into the country, but for alt the salt produced here. Our manufactur ers no loiiger need protection on tbe scale of our present tariff. A little wliile ago the duty on steel was about 25 percent, more than tbe Ural cost in England. Did our steel makers need that protection? Docs it cost twice as much to make steel here as iu England, to say nothing about tbe freights? Our fanners, who have no pro tection, are producing nearly all our ex ports. They must compete with foreign farmers on equal terms. They could do it well enough were they not tax ed for the benefit of man ufacturers. Tho high protective tariff is the true secret of the decay of our mercantile marine. Wo cannot compete with foreign nations when, because of the tariff, it costs more for us than for them to build aud sail ships. Everything else has been sacrificed to tbe maupfacturcrs, but now it begins to react against the manufacturers. If wo had our proportion of the carrying trade of the world, wc should have established steamship Hues everywhere, and, by these lines, we should send out our surplus manufactures. We should supply Mexico and Central aud Soutli America, and, to some extent, Asia and Austialia. We cannot row, because it costs us more to build and sail ships than our rivals—all on account of the high tariff. Affairs in Ireland. The World correspondent in Louden gives au alarming report from Irelaud in the following dispatch: London, October 30.—Tho statement published in your columns on Wednesday of this week to tho effect that an appeal for aid for tlio agitators In Ireland had been formally made in America by Mr. Michael Davitt bas been telegraphed to ibis side of tho water and has produced a deep sensation both here and iu Ireland. The leading agitators in the sister isle having been making secret promises to their followers that whenever aid was needed it would be forthcoming from the United .States, but the document publish ed by the World is regarded as tbo first actual evidence that lias been offered as to the Irish in America “meaning busi ness.” Tbo most exaggerated rumors arc circulated in tho west of Ireland—a district that has often expected to seo and has at times actually seen a foreign ally arrive to aid in a struggle with the British power—to the effect that an auxiliary army from America is even now on its way. and there is consequently an Increasing disposition to defy the gov ernment and to incur the terrible chances of a civil war. Tho universal cry is, “The Americans will see us through,” aud the masses aro encouraged in this belief by tlio agents of tho agitation, who bellevo it better, even wiser, as a matter of tempo rary policy, to take the risk of bloodshed ratlicr than see the whole movement per haps collapse ignominiously. SECRET PREPARATIONS FOR REBELLION. Nightly drilling goes on secretly with greater activity than ever, and there is re ally an immense store of arms of all sorts now hidden in all parts of Ireland. With any active help ftom an American organ ization, a revolution might he made to break out any moment. Taxable Property.—Tho total value oPthe taxable property fn Charleston county for the fiscal year 1880 is $20,821,- 055 of which $16,040,017 is real estate and $9,874,138 in personal property. This is au increaso of $358,557 over last year, when the total amount of taxable property was $20,462,408. Tbe valuo of personal property this year lias been rob ed $003,481, while that of real property has been reduced $304,924. 4 “■ 1 ' ' •• * i-i Tiie tmjroiilo ilip revalont among our negro element that were they living to gether as man and wife before euianclpa tion they aro legally married. Thb b not true. Tbe code of Georgia says that tbe ordinance of matrimony must be perform ed to render a union lawful. Where a man was living with two women he must choose one or tbe other and then be mar ried to her by some authorized person. Tiie Royal Ltbrary of Berlin lias Just celebrated its first centenary in its present rooms. It was founded by Frederick William, “the Great Elector,” iu 1059, but for many years oCnpied rooms quite inadequate for tbo c6r lonience of readers and for tbo storage of hooks. So, in 1780, it migrated to tlio King’s Palace, In tbe left wing of which It has just completed Its first ceutury- When the Elector died, the library numbered 20,000 volumes aud 1,018 MSS., while at present more than 809,000 volumes amt 15,000 MSS. are in the posscsslonof the institution. An Appeal to the American People. “Messrs. Young Sc Co., Edinburgh, iu calling attention to the revised edition of their Concordance, which they now offer to tbe American religious public tbrough tbe medium ot Messrs. I. K. Fuuk Sc Co., New York, beg tossy that a publishing firm iu America, without the slightest effort to obtain the concurrence of either the author or the publbbers, are attempt ing to foist upon the community au unre vised aud imperfect edition of the ‘Con cordance,’ who, when written to on tho subject, replied that they did not want or care for our concurrence, and ended bv generously offering to take copies, if supplied at a lower prlco than they them selves could produce them 1 “First editions aro necessarily more or less imperfect; but without attempting to correct even the most obvious typographi cal errata, they are reprinting verbatim, leaving out most Important omissions corrected in the second edition. “Tho “Concordance’ may be regarded as tbe practical outcome of forty years’ study of the Hebrew and Greek Scrip tures, which the author commenced fn 1840 and has kept up daily ever since. “But Dr. Robert Young is not only the author, he is the sole proprietor of the work which cost him thousands of pounds sterling for printing, besides three years of labor night and day in carrying it through the press. . “In the view of these facts we cannot but trust that every right and honorable minded Christian man and woman in the United States will prefer to all others tlie beautifully printed and carefully revised edition which we are now offering at the price of paper and press work, and’ will send at once their order to I. K. Funk & Co. Georoe Adam Young & Co.” “Edinburgh, Scotland, Oct. 14,1880.” Agricultural Sots From California. A San Francisco correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says: One thing is wauting in Baltimore which seems to need mention and intelli gent description. It is an alimentarium, or food museum. The alimenlaria, seen iu the museums of Manchester and South Kensington, London, exhibit in a sinmi- larly demonstrative way, the special value to the human system of everything we eat and drink. There are many long rows ol flat showcases, covered with glass. In each case Is tbe fac-simile of a pound of what wc consume—meat, bread, com, oats, butter, eggs, oysters, coffee, tea, sugar, cocoa, mushrooms, rice, all sorts of vegetables, colored. Also opium, tobacco, spirits, and many other things. Every article has annexed lumps repre senting the amounts of fibrin, albuuieu, starch, gluten, sugar, gum, casein, miner als and ashes extracted from tbe pound; also pliials containing tbe spirit, water, etc. Above each case are perpendicular charts in show type, indicating tlio peculiar proper ties of each article, viz., which makes muse'?, bone, fat, brains, heat, etc., which is best for certain temperaments, etc. Tbo order of digestibility Is given; what promotes cbeei fulness, and minis ters to sleep. The elemental constituents of every article are given on the chart— so much carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxy gen, etc. Nothing interests more than tlie lumps of fat, butter, gum, starch, casein, potash, tannin, theobromine, caf feine, tlieiiie, etc., extracted from a ]iound of coffee, of tea, and of cocoa. Tobacco makes au instructive and repulsive revela tion. A pbial of dark fluid represents the amount of nicotine in a pound of to bacco, and tbe chart exposes its deadly poisonous effects. Tbe analysis shows 410 grains of tbe poison, seven grains of oil of tobacco, besides gum, albumen, sugar, starch, ash, aud coloring matter. With our pretensions to su perior education and enlightenment, it is singular that oil this American continent there ,'s no such thing as a food museum for path object-teaching in 60 useful a branch of instruction. Is it creditable to humanity that men in this generation know no more than swine at tiie trough of the nutritive principles of food that ministers alike to the mind and to the body? What an opportunity is here for Baltimore to outrank all other cities on this continent in intellectual progression! The governors of the English food mu seums assured us that, in the interest of science, they would supply duplicates to an American institution at a rate so rea sonable as to be quite satisfactory. A thousand visitors every week are attracted chiefly by the food department and the lectures of the attendants. It pays rich ly there. Can it do less in Baltimore ? A new system of cattle fanning is com ing into vogue in Nevada State that may be followed elsewhere with profit. After the manner of alteration in making oxen they alter their cows by extracting the ovaries. Though unsexeu, they continue to give milk indefinitely. They increase notably In weight, and their flesh becomes juicy and tender as that of oxen. In tbe valley of tho Humboldt and its branches tho assessor returns 3,000 spayed cattle at double valuation. It is seldom that one is lost in s„«o surgical operation. Caponlzing fowls is analogous. Iu France it is tho most profitable branch of chicken culture. The capon doubles its weight and its quality as lood. The sur gery is done in a minute by children. The 132 acres of cotton planted for ex periment in Kern county, California, proves the highest adaptability of a vast area of land in Southern California coun ties to cotton culture. It is now being picked, and rigid Inspection by old plant ers and by manufacturers shows that California cotton will take the market as fully equal to No. 1 average South Caro lina cotton. A cotton factory is there fore assured, and soon more will follow. Experiments by the Kern County Indus trial Association prove that sorghum sugar is also a paying product. The country press is unanimous in pre dicting early rains and a frosty winter. One says “See the wild geese coming South;” another says “Behold the dry springs show returning moisture;” an other never saw the nuts of the forest so abundant; another notes hurried activity among reasoning animals, who layup stores, as people do, against the wants of winter, viz., squirrels, gopliere, wood peckers, ants, etc. In the Atlantic States weather signs count for something. In California all signs fail of significance. of au estate has to be made are so clear that a very small percentage of cases ooihe before the law courts; ?54y arc settled by the parties themselves, assisted oy tlielr legal advisers. The Young Ken’s Christian Associa tion. Among the many institutions in our midst that claim public attention, iV>ne do more effective work according to their very limited means than does the Young Men’s Christian Association of Atlanta. Besides its religious services held at its hall, in Fulton county jail,at the Widows Home, and among the poor each Sabbath day, it visits during tbe week tbe hoaxes of those who by reason of affliction or old age are barred tbe privileges offered by our churches. And besides tbe fore going, it performs tbe practical service of nursing the sick, and when necessary fur nishing the medicine aud nourishment for those who by misfortune are unable to se cure the same. During their last year these young men sat by tbe bedside ot tiie sick aud dying during one hundred aud fifty nights. They are daily accumulating evidence of their value to our city. Many young men, strangers and alone in our city, walking into tbe hall of the association to pass away an hour, have received a welcome and Impressions, the first in a series of events, which have drawn them from tlie “path that leads to destruction.” They are about to in augurate their winter’s feork in earnest, and ask the co-operation of the young men throughout our city. It is a work by them and for them, but all are most cordially Invited to meet with them at their hall, No. 40| 'Whitehall street. | Meeting every Sunday afternoon at four o’clock. Go out and encourage them by your presence.—Constitution. The Georfria Legislature. Spteial dispatch t» Megraph and Memeng^ , Atlanta, November 3.-The General Assembly organized at ten o’clock m. morning. la the House, A. O. Iw was elected Speaker; Mark Hardin" clerk; Benton Miller, doorkeeper Smith, messenger. Twig^orKicl’morJ acted as Speaker pro ten. l a the ^ 1 Boynton, of Spalding, was elected iw* dent; Harris, of Worth, Secret*^ Allred, of Pickens, doorkeeper, Jj Cameron, of Pulaski, messenger. Organization was perfected and both Houses are ready for busin** r™, erable feeling was excited by the , . (ion to Mr. B.con to ajhtoSKJ tern. Twiggs withdrew this mom., 1 ,. ;* a handsome speech. Bacon was u „t n i mously elected. '* The city is frill of candidates for sorts of offices. There is much depression on account of the result of the national election. Carolynn. College Burned. Special dispatch to Telegraph and " j ij 1 Cuthbebt, Ga., November 3.—Tho Southwest Georgia Agricultural College was burned last night. Loss, $10,C00. Insurance, $2,000. Supposed to be incen diary. • Wanted to See the Editor.—A man on the rots was offered a newspaper. He took it, looked at the heading, aud then threw it aside with disgust and remarked: “I don’t want news from that paper.” “I supposed everybody read it iu these parts,” I »iiswend. “Has it been pitch ing into you?” . “Pitchinginto me? Great Ctcsar? I should think it had. But you just let ine meet the editor of that paper?” “You never make anything by strik ing an editor,” 1 said; “belter grin aud bear it.” “Yes, that’s all right for you to say, but just let me meet that man f I’ll show liim liow to run a newspaper.” “What did be do?” “Do I He did a deal. Here’s how it is: I often go to SpriDgCcld In the evening and come home on the first train in the morning. Well, one night I met an old crony, and we went to the music hall and the theatre. When we came out we met some friends. Of course I could not get right out, so I treated; In fact, we were having a pretty good time} when some fellow came in and tried to raise a row. In less than no time the police were in and had us. The next morning I was hauled before the court and fined $7.40. I did not care much, because 1 gave a false name, and I knew my wife couldn’t find it out; but tbe very next morning I’ll bo eternally confused if Uiat paper didn’t have it all in, and my name, too.” “Did your wife see it?” “I should say she did.” “Did she make a fuss?” “Fuss! Godfrey Elihu! Are you mar ried?” further particulars. t Cuthbebt, November 3, 1880.—Tlie largo, new building formerly known as the Randolph Male High School building, but more recently occupied by tbo Agri cultural College, was burned last night. Tlie fire was evidently the work o! an incendiary. All the guns, the apparatus, the furniture and the hooks in tbe lower story were saved. The exercises oftbe college will not be interrupted more than one day, os tbe trustees bad but recently put tbe large building formerly known as tbe Bethel Female College in thorough re. pair. Piesldent Sanford is energetically at work there making ready for work to morrow. W. II. C. How the Pastor Lied.—Old Pa:son S. of Connecticut was a particular kind of petson. One ‘day lie bad a man plowing in his field, aud he went out to see how the work was‘getting on. The ground was very stony, and every time the plow struck a stone the man look occasion to swear a little. “Look here,” cried Parson S., ‘you must not swear that way in my field.’ “Well, 1 rccou yon’d swear, too,” said the man, “if you had to plow such a stony field as this.” “Not a bit of it,” said Mr. S. “Just let me show you!’ So the parson took hold of tlie plow, but he very soon had considerable trouble with tlie stones. As stone after stone caught the plow-share, Mr. S. ejaculated; “Well, I never saw the like!” And this he repeated every time a stone stopped his onward way. As soon as he had plowed around once, he stopped and said to the mau: “There, now.’ You see I can plow without swearing.” “But I guess it’s pretty near as bad to lie,” answered tbe mau, “aud you told dozens o’ lies. Every time tbe plow struck a stone you- said, ‘I never saw tbe like,’ when tlie same thing happened a minute before!” A Kentucky negro married a white woman, and had got as far as Somerset on his bridal tour when she committed suicide. Heathen Law. The Mohammedan law of Inheritance recognizes no distinction between ances tral and acquired or real and personal property. It knows nothing of primogen iture, and, generally speaking, it does not admit right bv_ representation. If a man leaves sons and sons of a deceased son tbe latter are excluded, having no rights as representatives of their father; and so, if admail leaves only sons’ sons they take equal shares per capita not per stirpes. The relatives of a deceased per son arc divided into three classes—shar ers, residuaries and distant kindred. The primary residuaries are tbe son, son’s son, brother and brother’s son, uncle and uncle’s son,aud “every male in whose line of relation to the deceased no female enters.” No female relative is primarily a residuary, but females come in subsequently; thus a son takes two shares, tbe daughter then takes one. These are tlie heirs to the bulk of the estate after the claims of the specific sharers have been settled. Tho sharers are twelve iu number—four males and eight females. The males are the hus band, father, grandfather and brother; the females arc the wife, daughter, mother grandmother, sister, etc. Thu share of a husbftnd is one-fouith, when there is a male dcccndent, oue-lialf when there is not; of a wife or wives, one eighth in the former case aud one-fourth In the latter; a father or grandfather’s share is one- sixth. It is obvious that, iu default of nearer male heire, some of these “sharers” may be tbo “residuaries.” In apportioning tbo properly of a deceased person tlie fiut business is to settle tlie rights of the “sharers.” Mohammedan lawyers have framed a number of rniuutc aud artificial rules applicable to particular classes of cases; but all questions of apportionment aio easily solved by tbo processes of arith metic, by bringing the fractional shares i down to a common denominator. Thu cases of inheritance which present them- solves for settlement arc almost Infinite, bat tiie principles upon which the division esteem, The freshmen at the various colleges at Cambridge, in England, this October, number 701, as against 808 last year, showing a diminution of.107. At the Q'gliland ball at the Prince of Wales’s seat, Abergcldlc, tbe Queen danc ed a reel with her son, Lord Fife, and tbe Princess Irene of Hesse, the first reel she bad danced for years. A California farmer got considera ble fun out of wliat bad been au annoy- anc2 by placing a stuffed deer in bis grain field. The hunters, after emptying a large amount of ammunition Into tbe an imal, and discovering tlie fraud never tres passed again. _ The largest cotton mill in tbe United States bas just been opened at Williman- tic, Conn. It is only one stoiy high, but covers a spare of 820 feet by 174, all of which is iu a single room, lighted at night by fifty-one electric burners. Eighty thousand persons can stand at once In this building. \ A literal minded little fellow visit ing on Cape Cod, who found the inscrip tion in the village grave yard, “Not dead, but sloepelb,” ran In alarm to bis mother and said: “Wo must go homo right off, I won’t stay here all night, anyhow. They bury people here when they go to sleep. I saw one of them out In the grave yard, aud do you suppose I’ft sleep here to-night and liave them bury me?” The bonds which wore taken from tli* counterfeiter Doyle wheu ho was arrested in Chicago arc now undergoing a critical examination by George W. Casilear, su perintendent of the engraviug division of the Bureau of Engraving aud Printing at Washington. Au official statement will be prepared by tlie department when tbe examination shall have been concluded, giving in detail the differences which ex ist between tbo.forged bonds and those which are genuine. Pulaski county. Special to Telegraph and Messenger } Haawkinsville, Ga., November !L— Hancocks’s majority over Garfield is 375. Cook’s majority over Parker 330. This is the vote of Pulaski county. D. R. Oglethorpe Co-cnty. Oglethorpe, November 3. — Tlie official vote of Macon county Is: Han cock, 703; Garfield, 748. Congress— Phil Cook, C93; S. Wise Parker, 291. J. M. G. XIouroe County. x Forsyth, November 3.—The voto of Monroe county is: Hancock, 1,312; Garfield, 1,023. Congress—Hammond, 3,408; Clarke, 1,000. J. W. E. . Putnam ronnty. Eatoxton, November 3.—The of ficial vote of Putnam county is: Hancock, C27; Garfield, 1. Congress— Blount, 010. Col. Blount got every vote but one . polled that belonged in tbe county. The eight votes that he runs behind were polled by floaters that lived out of bis district. I’utuatn bids for tbe banner. J. S. A. Prof. Swing, iu the Chicago Alliance, thus appeals to theatrical people: “It seems desirable that all our much-admir ed actors and actresses should respect the religious opinions and feelings of many of their best friends and declino to produce their plays oil that day sacred to religion. If tbe wen and women of the church are the frieuds now of tbe drama, can not the great actors help tiie Christina world to keep onu night of the week sacred to the Almighty?” Referring lothe stage gener ally Frof. Swing says: “Without pausing to seek a philosophy for a new era iu this shape of art, let us simply confess that the lession of the actor can now point with pride to a large group of men worthy of their art and of a generous public The Election in Bibb. Below wc givo the full returns as re ceived and consolidated yesterday morn ing: Court House.—Hancock, 1,109; Gar field, 739; Blouut, 1,0S1. - City Hall.—Hancock, 102; Garfield, 48; Blount 98. East Macon.—Hancock, HP; Garfield, 31; Blount, 67. * Godfrey.—Hancock, 80; Garfield, 1; Blount, 80. Warrior.—Hancock, 60; GarGcld, 0; Blount, 57. Hazzard—.Hancock, 41; Garfield, 0; Blount, 37. Rutland.—Hancock, 70; Garfield, 0; Blount, 07. Howard.—Hancock, 40; Garfield, 89; Blount, 39. 1 Total vote—Hancock, 1,580; Garfield 908; Blount, 1,540. Majorities — Hancock, 680; Blount, 1,040. Compared with tho voto of 1870, as produced below, it will be seen that there has been a remarkable falling off. In 1870 the vote of tho county was: Court House.—Tildeu, 2,010; Hayes, 484; Blouut, 1,003; Gove,475. City nail.—Tildcn, 9; Hayes, 555; Blount, 9; Gove, 555. Godfrey. — Tilden, 752; Hayes, 70; Blount, 752; Gove, 70. Warrior. — Tildcn, 300; Hayes, 0; Blount, 300; Gove, 0. n<uzard.—Tilden, 90; Hayes, 0; Blount, 99; Cove,0. Rutland.—Tilden, 190; Hayes,0; Blount, 196; Gove,0. Howard.—Tilden 51; Hayes, 170; Blount, 51; Gove, 170. Total—Tilden, 3,504; Hayes, 1,281. Tilden’s majority, 2,083; Blount’s ma jority, 2,102. « This falling off is attributable to tbe large number who aro disqualified by non-payment of taxes. Turner’s Majorities. Specials to the Telegraph and X stenger. Fort Gaines, November 3-—Turner’s majority in Clay is 407- Everthing pass ed off quietly. R. R- B- Cuthbert, November 3.—Official re turns from Randolph county gives Han cock 174 majority. Turner, for Congress, 174 majority. C* ‘Arlington, November 3.—Calhoun gives Turner six-three majority and Gar field twenty—official. Turner will carry, tbe district by 5,000 majority. J.ft L> Pennsylvania Coal Trade.—The' Poltsville (Pa.) Miner’s Journal of yes terday says: “ Orders for November being considerably in advance of anticipations, It has been determined not to order a stop* page at present. Next week will be 4 broken week—a church holiday on Mon day, a political holiday on Tuesday, a general indifference to work on Wednes day, will g|ve about all tbe leisure re quired by the trade at present. The coal. product of the Schuylkill region for tbe week ended October 23 was 175,521 tons, as against 174,772 tons for tbe week pre vious, and 105,942 tons for tlie correspond ing week of last year. The total product for the week was (110,870 tons, against 007,832 tons for the same weekof last year, an increase of 20,038 tons. The output for tlie year so far is 18,540,744 tons, against 21,233,743 tons for the correspond ing period of last year, a decrease of 2,'S9 ; V 100 tons. The executive committee of the Lehigh and Sehu> kill Coai Exchange held a meeting Thursday afternoon at the office of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, at which it was decided that no clmtige in price for the mouth of Nnvcrn her would be advisable.”