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VOLUME LV-NO. 46
Affairs at the CapitaL
The Legislature seems to be getting to
work with commendable industry, and
quite a number of bills, it will be seen,
have been introduced, some of them of an
important character. Q TiiS' plectton of
Senator, judges, etc., has been postponed
until next week, and wlU be conducted
in tbe same order as formerly, beginning
with tilling the vacancy in the United
States Senate, then proceeding to elect
the judges, and lastly solicitors general.
There was a sharp debate on the adoption
of the majority and minority reports, but
the latter, postponing the elections and
bringing on that of Senator first, was
passed by a vote of 82 to.63 in the House
and a majority of three in the Senate.
Some suppose this to be a test of Gov.
Brown’s strength before the Legislature.
But this is not definitely known to bo so.
The standing committees in the Senate
are as follows: . •■ .« -
Judiciary—H. D. McDaniel, chairman:
W. T. Price, R. T. Fouche, A. T. Hack-
«U, W. B. Butt, Dupont Guerry, P. W.
Mcldrim, W. J. Winu, A. L. Hawes, W.
H. Dauicl, E. P. S. Denmark, J.G. Parks,
B. F. Payne, J. H. Woodward.
Finance—R. T. Fouche, chairman; A.
C. Westbrook, W. H. Mattox, H. D. Mc
Daniel, J. S. Reid, J. E. Carter, J. H.
Woodward, J. W. Barksdale, J. H. Baker,
1’. W. Mcldrim, Dupont Guerry, a. M. H.
Bvrd, S. G. Treadwell, J. F. Brown, J. M.
Wilson, S. H. Mosely.
Internal Improvements and Railroads—
W. B. Butt, chairman; W.'P. Price, A.
T. Ilackett, W. P. Bond. J. S. Reid, W.
II. Daniel, J. W. Barksdale, T. J. Smith,
S. M. II. Byrd.
State of Republic—W.H.Daniel, chair
man ; E. 1’. a. Denmark, S. II. Mosely, C.
A- Smith, D. A. Smith, J. W. Harrell.
Education—W. P. Price,chairman; P.
W. Mcldrim, W. R. Gorman, S. M. II.
ltyrd, A. C. Westbrook, S. G. Jourdan, E.
P. S. Denmark, B. F. Sudduth, W. A.
Curtis.
Banks—Dupont Guerry, chairman; A.
Westbrook, James Boggs, W, P. Price,
J. I*. Neal, S. G. Jourdan: J. H. Baker.
Corporations—W. J. Winn, chairman;
W. II. Daniel, W. B. Butt, J. G. Parks, E.
I*. S. Denmark, B. F. Payne, J. II. Wood
ward.
Enrollment—R. L. McWhorter, chair
man; W. R. Gorman, J. G. Parks, 1L L.
.Storey, B. F. Payne, W. A. Curtis, S. G.
Jourdan.
Privileges and Elections—B. F. Payne,
chairman; W. II. Daniel, W. R. Gorman,
,1. S. Reid, R. L. McWhorter, S. II.
Moseley.
Petitions—J. M. Wilson, chairman;
Lemuel Johnson, J. W. Barksdale, J. E.
Carter, It. U. King, C. A. Smith.
Lunatic Asylum—D. A. Smith, chair
man; J. F. Brown, It. B. Harris, W. D.
Rond, J. E. Carter, John S. Reid, S. G.
Jourdan, B. C. Dugger, R- L. Storey.
Penitentiary—A. T. Ilackett, chairman;
J. M. Wilson, U. L. McWhorter, A. L.
Hawes, W. D. Bond, J. C. Carter, B. C.
Duggar, W. J. Winn, B.F. Sudduth, S.G.
Treadwell, J. W. Harrell.
Public Buildings—II. D. Hawse; chair
man; Dupont Guerry, James Boggs, J. W.
Harrell. It. B. Harris, II. C. Westbrook,
W. J. Winn.
Military—I*. W. Mcldrim, chairman;
J. S. Reid, R. B. Harris, J. 11. Baker, J. II.
Hicks.
Printing—W. n. Mattox, chairman; R.
L. McWhorter, A. L. Hawes, J. H. Hicks,
W. A. Cuitis.
Deaf and Dumb Asylum—W. D. Bond,
chairman; J. W. Wilson, S. M. II. Byrd,
J. F. Brown, T. J. Smith, J. L. Neal,
Lemuel Johnson.
Academy for the Blind—J. F. Brown,
eliairiqan; R. B. Harris, J. II. Baker, L.
Johnson, S. G. Treadwell, S. H. Mosely,
It. X. King.
Agriculture—S. M. H. Byrd, chairman;
W. II. Mattox, J. M. Wilson, J.W. Barks
dale, T. J. Smith, S. II. Mosely, J. L.
Neal, B. F. Studduth, S. G. Treadwell, J.
II. Baker, It. L. McWhorter, R. N. King,
c. A. Smith.
Auditing—A. C. Westbrook, chair
man; A. T. Hacxett, James Boggs,
Lemuel Johnsou, J. H. Hicks, T. J.
Smith. . .
Geological Bureau—J. L. Neal, chair
man; A. T. HacSett, R. T. Fouche,
B. C. Dusger, IV. A. Curtis, T. W. Har-
rell.
Engrossing—W. R. Gorman, chairman;
James Boggs, R. L. Storey, J. W. Barks
dale, J. If. Hicks.
Slate library—J. G. Parks, chairman;
J. II. Woodward, It. L. Storey, W. P. 1,0
Price, W. B. Butt, P. W. Meldrira.
Journals—E. I’. S. Denmark, chairman;
H. II. Mattox, S. T. Jourdan, C. H. Smith,
1). A. Smith.
Rules—James S. Boynton, chairman
(by resolution of the Senate); H. D. Mc
Daniel, It. L. McWhorter, W. P. Price,A.
T. Ilackett.
Stauding committees in the House as an
nounced by the Speaker:
General Committee on tbe Judiciapr—
Mr. Hammond, chairman; Milner, Bas-
tinger, Janes, Jackson of Richmond, Bar-
row, Dupree of Macon, Ror.ey, Twiggy
Hunt, Hightower of Stewart, Standfonl,
Post. DuBignon, Bull, Reese, Winslow,
Anderson, Hillyer, Maddox.
Special Judiciary—Mr. Polbill, chair
man; Gray, Estes, Crawford, Cameron,
Turner of Monroe, Wingfield, Singleton,
Jones’of DeKalb, Kimsey, McBride, Sii-
tiati, Mavs of Richmond, Branson, Tur-
nipsced, Render, Sweat, Lewis, Little;
DuPree. of Pike, Day, Spence, Janes,
Scliockley, Middlebrook.
Finance—Mr. Hutchins, chairman; Mil
ler, Northen, Garrard, Foster, Fuller,
White, liitrcb, Martin of Taloot, Wright,
Uiub, Hill, Adderton, Patterson, Hester,
Collin, liacon of Chatham, Flyut, Peck,
Purnell, Wheeler, Glover, Zachry, Davis
of Habersham, Bennett, Beatty, Young
blood,‘Christie, Crumbly, Davis of Lump
kin. *
Local and Special niffe—Mr. Gray,
chairman; Singleton, Hammond, High
tower of Stewart, Stanford, Turner of
Monroe, Winfield, Mays of Richmond,
Corporations—Estes, ebahnnan; Polhlll
Roney, Rankin, Hutcliins, Garrard, Cam-
iron, Hillyer, Basinger, Twiggs, Martin
or Talbot, DuPree, of Macon, Jones, ot
DeKalb, Winslow, Foster, Render, Little.
Railroads—Rankin,chairman; Garrard,
Reese, Bacon of Chatham, Rice, Jackson
or Richmond, Feagin, Lane, Lamar, bU-
pleton, DnlJignon, Branson, Clarke, Bull,
Estes, Hutcliins, Miller, neater.
Privileges of the Floor-DuPree of Ma
ton, chairman; Foster, Wheeler. McAl b-
ter, Davis oi Lumpkin, Spearman, Brin
'state of the Republic—Twiggs, chaw-
man; Hansel!, Stanford, CariUiere.Sin
Rletoii, Turnipseed, 1 liarpe, Heaiy, Hunt,
Hancock, Smith of Bryan, Rainy, Harp,
McLucas, Orr, Sellars, Brewer, Barnes,
Gaskins, Dykes, Nichols, Jones of Baker.
Agriculture—Smith, of Oglethorpe*,
chairman; Peek,Northern, Scruggs, Burch,
Glover, Walker, Jasper, Robins, Jones of
Baker, Carter, Arrington, Feagin, Sapp,
Cook, Story, Coffin, Martin of Houston,
Crazier, Crumbly, Tbarpe, Barnes, Mc
Clellan, Harrell, Hafp, Price, Bates,
Hightower of Early, Rawlins, Johnson of
Johnson, Carithers, Lamar, Lester, Dan
iel, Strother, Denton, Mays of Butts,
Walker of Crawford, Edwards, McLucas,
Flynt, Zachry, Zellers, Orr, Lamb, Park,
Julian, B n iine tt, Stapleton, Rainey,
Youngblood, Bird, Fuller, Moore of Han
cock.
Privileges and Elections—Miller, chair
man; Garrard, Janes, Roney, DuPree,
Milner, Barrow, Whittle, Spence, Sapp,
Silman, Crazier, Lamb, Ball, Jones of
DeKalb, Hunt. - •. >
• Banks—Basinger, chairman; Hill, Wil
kinson, Patteraon, Cook, Hester, Milner,
Turner, Post, Branch, Julian,- Denton,
Dyer, Hightower of Stewart.
Enrollment—Sweat, chairman; Hansel,
Peek, Mitchell, Zachry, Willingham,
Martin of Houston, Mathews, Story, Du-
Pree of Pike, Jackson of Carroll, Hester,
Spence, Bates, Stapleton.
Journals—Harrell, chairman; Hatpe,
Kimsey, McLucas, Moore of Taliaferro,
Dyer, McKinney, Heath, James, Clarke,
Awtry, Quilian, Dial.
Military Affairs—Crawford, chairman;
Basinger, Gray, Smith of Ogeltliorpe,
Twiggs, Summerlin. McClure, Rice,
Tharpe, Letter, Lewis, Daniel, Keil, Mc
Bride, Wright, Ritchie.
Public Library—Jackson of Richmond,
chairman; Cameron, DuPree of Pike,
Hightower of Stewart, Rankin, Shockley,
Middlebrook, Price, Beatty, Ilill, Reese.
Deaf and Dumb Asylum—Willingham,
Cook, Dial, Bird, Summerlin, Hall, Reese,
James, Zellers, Dykes, Bull, Brewer,
Wright, Rice, BenneU, Arrington, Mad
dox, Hall, Hansel, Moore of Taliaferro.
Academy for the Blind—Summerlin,
chairman; Walker of Jasper, Turner of
Floyd, Mitchell, Whittle, Sapp, Moore of
Pierce, Mays of Butts, Branch, Beatty,
Christie, Matthews, Palmour, Price, Story,
Lester.
Lunatic- Asylum—Peikins, chairman;
Scruggs, Summerlin, Cook, McClure, Zel-
lars,"Walker of Berrien', Jackson of Car-
roll, Wright, Wingfield, Lamar, DuBig
non, Smith of Union, Dykes, Day, Mat-
thews, Withrow, Henry, Williams, Burch,
Hightower of Early, Heard, Davis of Hab
ersham, Dyer, Thompson, McIntosh,
Johnson ot Lee.
Penitentiary—Lane, chairman; Milner,
Perkins, Zellais, Barrow, Hansell, Wil
lingham, Heard, Smith of Union, Sum
ner, Post, Sellars, Walker of Berrien, Ful
ler, Farnell, Edwards, Spearman, Ford-
ham, Hagan, Christie, Arrington, Mc-
Cants, Bennett, Coffin, Stone, Jackson
of Carroll, Burch, Wilson of Bulloch,
Moore of Hancock, Lawson, Wilson of
Camden.
Wild Lands—Garrard, chairman; An
derson, Wilcox, Wilson of Bullock, Flynt,
Dial, Denton, Hillyer, QuUliau, Whittle,
McBride, McAllister, Heath, Brinson,
Withrow, McClellan.
Counties and County Lines—Jones,
chairman; Robins, Scruggs, Honry, Car
ter, James, Crumb ley, Palmour, William.-,
Spearman,-Strother, IIcar.1, Lewis, Gas
kins. , ,
Auditing—Fuller, chairman; Lamb,
Wi.kmson, Walker of Crawford, Thomp
son, Sumner, Johnson of Johu-:on, Gas
kins, Mays ot Butts.
Public Printing—Martin of Houston,
chairman; Nichols, Moore of Pierce, Ju
lian, Keil, Wilson of Bulloch, Wilson of
Green, Smith of Bryan, Ritchie, Broyles.
Immigration—Barrow, chairman; La
mar, Stanford, Patterson, Bacon of Chat
ham, Bull, Adderton, Janes, McAllister,
Clarke, Sellars, Edwards, Morrow, Moore
of Hancock.
Manufactories — Hansel], chairman ;
Wilkinson, Youngblood, Carter, Davis of
Habersham, Nichols, Wilson of Bulloch,
Hale, McKinuey, Strother, Julian, Park,
McClellan.
A Letter from Ben HilL
Washington’, November 10. — The
New York Tribune to-day contains a pri
vate letter Irom Senator Hill, of Georgia,
to Hen. S. B. Chittenden, of Brooklyn,
furnished by the latter for publication,
with Senator Hill’s consent. The follow
ing are the most significant parts of the
letter:
“Well, my friend, the most anxious
event of our history lias become a fact—
a solid North against a solid South. No
language can express to you the view I
take of this event for evil. It can have
logic, if continued, but disrup
tion into several monarchies or ab
solute consolidation of all the States into
one empire. In either event, our consti
tutional system will fail. •
“In my opinioD the time has come when
the great question for the real statesman
to consider is liow speedily to break up
this sectional solidity and organize parties
altogether on other Issues. The Demo
cratic party is hated at tbo North and
therefore it ought to be disbanded. The
Republican party is hated at the South,
and therefore it ought to be disbanded.
Whether this hatred is just or not makes
no difference. I would be glad to see
a great national Union party organized,
for I believe that the government formed
by the constitution is a nation. Tnicitls
limited, but, within the powers delegated
to it by the constitution, it is as much of a
nation as any on the globe.
“I really like Garfield; I sincerely Iiope
he will have a successful administration;
lie has the ability for tlie crisis. He must
feel keenly the fact that ho is elected
solely by Northern voters; but lie has a
great opportunity, and he can, if he will,
easily and consistently destroy all section
al animosity and solidities, and be chosen
for a second term by a majority of the
Slates North and South. This 0PP? rtu ;
nity is far greater than the office itself, and
if utilized will give him a fame which the
office could not give him, and which the
previous President attained. But will lie
do It? T ’greatly hope ho will, and I
greatly tear he wllf not. t
b “I see a movement to make an issue on
the result in New York, with ■j view to
defeat Garfield In the count by
Tiiere would be great danger of this but
for one fact, and that one fact is, the
South will not countenance it: poor,
divided and abused South, if necessary,
will once more save the country from a
revolution, and. os before, jriH get no
credit for It. The Republican party will
take the presidency peaceably, because
the South will sit still, and at the next
election the leadere oi that party will tell
the people; from every stump and pulpit
in the North, that the South must not be
trusted. Ncverthcriess We shall avert all
revolution—not to win Republican praise
or to avoid Republican abuse, for-either.is
iiauossibie; but solely because ;t is rijit,
and°we are determined, to preserve the
Blossoming a* the Bom.
You have heard of the desert blossom
ing as tho rose; but In order to see a
practical exemplification of it,you ought to
go out to the Rock College and see how
different is its appearance from what it
was before Gen. Wm. M. Browne took
held of it. Gen. Browne is conducting it
as a model farm, in his capacity of pro
fessor of agriculture and horticulture.
Tbe barren stretch of yard in front of the.
college has been, to some extent, laid off*
in beds, end a fine collection of flowers is
there. Several banana' plaiits—one or
two with fruit—are growing—or were
before the frost compelled them to bt>
taken Inside—as if in their native clime.
Rare exotics and beautiful indigenous
flowers and shrubs, abound on all side..
Some are outside, adorning the plats;
others are in the piazzas in pots; but all
combine to convert what was once a
veritable bleak house, idto 'a place of
beauty.
Not only Is the ornamental attended to,
but the practical is bv no means neglected.
There is a field of six acres be'o iglng to
the farm, which bad lain ont as a bennu-
da-grass common, unfenced for a score of
years or more. This year it has been
planted in cotton. At the time we were
there, five bales of cotton had been gath
ered from it, and two more were expected.
This was done, not by inordinate manur
ing and forced growth, as is often the case;
but by thorough, diligent cultivation.
Tbe plan which Gen. Browne adopts
in teaching agriculture and horticulture
to the students, is tbe ouly practical one,
unless tho students should be required to
do the farm work themselves; and this
idea of manual labor schools was aban
doned long ago. He thoroughly indoctri
nates them with tho theory by lectures
and other oral instruction, and then shows
them, from his own successful fanning
and gardening, ail the practical part. How
the ground should be prepared, how the
hills and rows should be made, how the
seed should be deposited,how and when the
plants should be woikcd, how the crops
should be gathered—theao things, in all
their details, arc exemplified by the pro
cesses actually going on. And they furnish
s we said above—the ouly method of
practical instruction in these branches,
that is possible without manual labor on
the part of the students.
The university is fortunate in having in
its faculty a gentleman of such diversified
talents as General Browne. With all his
accomplishments lie unites a practicality
lhatfis as rare as it is desirable.—Athens
Banner.
Polygamy as an Investment.
We halted at a way station for dinner.
A white-haired bat not very sanctimoni
ous saint occupied the chair next to me.
“A resident of tlie country ? ” I asked.
“Oh; yes; for twenty-live years.” “Mar
ried ? ” “Some.” “More than one
wife?" “I think so. Iv’e got a few
scattered here and there.” “Believe in
polygamy, I presume ? ” “Certainly.
I’d never have made a living if I hadn’t.”
“How’s that ? ” “Well, you see, stranger,
I used to think a good deal as you do. I
had one hundred and sixty acres of land
and one wife, but didn’t make much,
headway. There was too mucli for one
man to attend to. Finally I froze to a
second wife. She took her share , ot the
burdens like a perfect brick, and affairs
moved on in better shape. Then I got to
thinking that if two wives were
better than one, three would be better
than two; consequently I took a thud,
and my affairs improved still more, i
mapped out tbe business of tbe rauche,
and gave No. 1 her part, and gave a part
to No. 2, and a part to No. 3, and took a
part myself. Everything went on like
clockwork. Our little community was
thoroughly organized. Finally I conclu
ded that a fourth wife would be quite an
advantage, and I looked around and se
cured tier. I found that the more wives
I had the more land I could work. I
;• operate 240 acres or one kind
and another, and have six
wives to assist me, and I’ve got
things so systematized down that every
thing goes on quite lovely, and I don’t
have much to do myself. Polyg
amy is a great imtituMon, my friend, ami
you’ll never succeed in the world until
yon marry a few times. Some times one
of my wives gets a little offish like,but in
stead of making a great row about it ami
getting a divorce as you do in California,
I simply stay away from her a day or two,
and tfien when I do happen around she
smiles all over her face and loves me in a
desperate fashion. Ob, yes, I may marry
several times yet before I die, and the
more women I marry the richer I expect
to get-”*Tliis talk was by means sophistry,
as I afterwards ascertained. A large por
tion of the women of Utah arc slaves.—
San Francisco Chronicle.
the electricity of the air being gradually
drawn off instead of accumulating. Hail
also is rare where there are many trees.
M. Cantegoil has tracked many of
the hailstorms so destructive in France,
and has found that they generally make a
leap over a forest. Early in June, 1874,
for instance, a hailstorm which had swept
over tbp department of Allege, entered
that .Ot Aude. As soon as ‘it got to the
forest ISuiL.the hail totally ceased; but
when it reached the treeless department
cf Eastern Pyrenees, it began again with
great fury; yet there was electricity
enough in the air over the forests, tor sev-
eral nr trees were struck and shivered to
pieces.” - 1 **
The Philp Trial.
New York, November 9.—The exam
ination of Kenward Philp Tor - an alleged
criminal libel upon Gen. Gaffield was
continued before Judge Davit to-day. Tlie
first witness was Samuel E. Morey, who
testified that he had two brothers, named
Franc's A. Morey and Geo. O. Morey, and
a half brother named .Julian A. Morey,
but no relative named Henry L. Morey.
The next witness was Robert Lindsey,
who said he was a detective for a secret
organization of workmen in Alleghany
county, Md. He knew Henry L. Morey,
and traveled with him last February from
Lowell to Lyon. Morey showed him Gar
field’s Chinese letter then, aud again at
Boston, where the letter was read to him.
Here Morey’s letter was handed to wit
ness, who identified it as the one shown
him, or a fac simile of it.
Mr. Bliss then cross-examined the wit
ness at gr^at, length with a view to im
peach his credibility. Witn’ss said be first
became acquainted with Morey in tho fall
of 1874, through a letter of introduction,
purporting to have been written by a cer
tain secret organization, tlie name oi
which ho refuse's to give. He admitted
that the letter was a forrery.
Mr. Bliss then examined Lindsey as to
the mines In Alleghany county, Marylaud,
where he said he had lived many years.
Witness could not give the name3 of the
proprietors of any of the mines.
■ “When and where did you see Mr. Mo
rey last?”
“In Philadelphia, about the seventh ot
February."
Here Mr. Bliss read from witness’ affi
davit, in which he stated that the time lie
Saw Morey was in Boston, and that he
then said he was going to New Or-,
leans.
“What is the name of the man who em
ploys you ?”
“Youi
Strother* * WaYkor "of Jasper, Jackson of, ^^f theVunl^.'IIow long human
Carroll. Morrow,. Palmour, Fordhain, , {* can bear this I do not know. It is
Morrow,. Palmour, ruwm . * . bear this l oo not sum.
l Hall, Polhlll, Roney, Robins, ice unparalleled, and a wrong
l yapp, Kimsey, Carter, Hagau, : JgJ^^jEbui North with blushes
Carroll,
Rawlins,
Branson.
Dajr, Williams. . r
Education-Northern, chairman. Cam
eron, Mitchell, Barrow, Awtry, Crazier,
Broyles, Cook/Adderton DavU ofLump-
The Result in Xaine.
Augusta. November 10.-Thei clerk’s
gSangrA-gaiffa. wiy
field, Turner of Floyd, Maddox, Shock- ana Vice are ^ state from all but
fey, Nichols, Clarke, ^CanU, .Middle- o He* ““‘^^Wions. Will, the
brook, Hale, Hammond, McIntosh, Good jon of a( j.'ing somewhat to the total
rich. .-I- ‘ vote 1 the figures from the remaining towns
Internal Improvements—Lamar,.ch* ot Materially Change Die result,
Effect of Forests on Bain.
We have always been somewhat skep
tical in regard to the alleged influence of
cutting down or planting trees upon tlie
amount of rain in any particular locality.
The data on which conclusions have been
readied have been too limited, in our
view, to establish them as a matter of
cause and effect. But tlie subject is one
of much interest, and is worthy of being
kept before the minds of scientific men.
Chambers' Journal lias an article on tho
subject, from which we make the follow
ing extract:
“Forests have a fourfold effect on clim
ate aud rainfall. There is tho chemical
action of their leaves, which decompose
the carbonic acid of the air, fixing the car
bon in their woody tissue, and liberating
tbe oxygen. Tiiere Is their physical ac
tion, In hindering evaporation and stopping
currents of air, and in covering the ground
with a vegetable mould which holds water
like a sponge. And there is the organic ac
tion of tlie leaves, which, in breathing, re
store to tlie air a part of the water winch
the roots have drained Irom .no soil.
Lastly, there is the mechanical
action of the roois, which at once
prevent the earth from being washed away
iy tbe rain, and also enable the water to
filter down deep into the ground. For
ests, then, ought to make a country cool
er, by withdrawing the carbon Irom the
air, the heat that is set free when wood is
burned is the very heat that was being
absorbed while it was growing. A forest
may be looked on as a vast condensing
annaratus for storing up the heat of tlie
atmosphere. That is wliat theory says,
and experiment confirms it. The mean
temperature of a wooded country
is always lower than that of a
similarly situated treeless countiy; but
(and this is Important) the cold is * ess ex
treme, as well as heat, and changes of
temperature aie gradual. Of course, since
rain comes because tbe air is too cool to
bold its moisture any longer In solution,
there ought to be more rain in a wooded
than in a treeless district; and so th<we is
—from six to eight per cent., as Mr. Fau-
trat found by putting up several raln-
cuaces, some in forests, seven yards above
the tree tops, others on treeless grounds
some two hundred yards off Bare soil
soon gets heated, and heats the sur-
rounding air. This expands, rises,
and absorbs, without condensing them, the
vapors brought by the sea winds. Rain
only comes in such a district when a con
trary wind meets this hot current, packs
its layers one on another, and, as it were,
squeezes out wet from them. ■ Hence such
rain, due to ‘atmospheric perturbation,
generally comes in floods; unlike the gen
s>. • <■-" of forest land
our Honor, I am under oath not to
reveal liis name, and I must decline to
answer.”
Judge Davis—“You must answer the
question."
Witness then said: “The man who cm-
iloys me is W. H. Thompson. He is a
awyer in West Cumberland, and lives in
Baltimore street.”
“When did you see him last?”
“Last Thursday. 1 told him I was
coming here, and also told him what I
was coming for. He lives near the—jail
on West Baltimore street. I have lived
for ever twelve years with Mr. Thomp
son.”
« How near is the court house to the
jail on West Baltimore street?”
“ I don’t know, sir.”
“ What are the names of the streets
that cross West Baltimore street?”
“I don’t remember any of them.”
“What! You say you lived with Mr.
Thompson for twelve years, and you don’t
know the name of a single street in the
vicinity of his house?”
“No; I don’t remember the names of
them. They have been changed since I
was tiiere.”
“What were their names when you
were there?”
“I don’t know.”
“ How much pay do you receive ? ”
“Seventy-five dollars a mouth.”
“ How do you get it ? ”
“In letters from Mr.Thompson.”
“ Do you get them by mail ? ”
“No, sir; I find them.”
“What do you mean by ‘I find them’ ?”
“Yes; I find them in a niche in the
wall where they are placed, and I always
destroy them. I have had no personal
communication with Mr. Thompson for a
year past, until last Thursday.”
Witness was then questioned about his
trip from Now York to Boston last Febru
ary, but could remember nothing except
that after seeing Morey in Lyun he re
turned to New York.
Witness said that far tho past month ho
had been sleeping in houses of private
families along the Frostburg road, but
could not give the name of a single house
holder between Frostburg and Camber-
land.
The prosecution called H. S. Johnson,
postmaster of Cumberland, who testified
that there was no such man as W. H.
Thompson residing in West Cumberland.
He was then asked regarding various
streets and localities described by Lind
sey, and flatly contradicted most of tbe
latter’s testimonv.
Wm. D. Griffith, book-keeper ot tho
First National Bank of Cumberland, tes
tified that there was no man of tho name
of W. H. Thompson living in West Cum
berland.
James Reid, who has charge of tlie jail
on Washington street, Cumberland, said
tiiere was no man uamed W. H. Thomp
son living near there. [Lindsey, in his
testimony, swore that he lived there with
W. H. Thompson for more than twelve
years.] „
Clara P. Morey, an old lady, testified:
She had lived in Lynn, Mass., fourteen
years. She is a widow, and married
Samuel C. Morey thirty-five years ago.
He had three sons by her. He also had
two half brothers and a full brother, but
neither was named Henry L. Morey. A
lawyer named Wilson approached her re
cently, and asked to make an affidavit
concerning tlie Morey family, but she re
fused to make or sign it. Witness never
knew or heard of any member of tbo
family named Henry L. Morey. She nev
er heard of S. S. Morey’s having an uncle
named Henry L. Morey.
George C. Morey, a son of the last wit
ness, was sworn. He had nonncle named
n. L. Morey, and never heard of such a
man. _ ... „
John W. Morey, a Boston policeman for
thirty-five years, 3Wore that no member of
the Morey family was named Henry L.
Morey; tiever heard of such a man until
the Chinese letter was published.
Samuel S. Morey never had an uncle
named Henry L., and witness would bo
his brother had such a man existed.
Frank B. Morey, whose mother is a
sister of Samuel S. Morey, testified that lie
had a conversation with S. S. Morey in
Lawrence, Mass., when the latter returned
from New York last Tuesday, after testi
fying in tills cose. Samuel told him ho
did not wish to go to New York, but a
man named Clarke induced him to go.
Samuel said lie told Clarke he wa3 afraid
they would all be in Ludlow Street Jail
before they got through. Clarfe said it
would be alFriglit; that the whole thing
would be dropped after the eleciion. Wit
ness said Samuel S. Morey, on Jiis return
from New York, had lots of money in his
pocket; that lie was free with it and
treated several times. Witness ■ said: “I
thought I might get old man SjS. Morey
out of trouble, *
gave a clear description of that region,
and said iu his opinion Lindsey was never
iu the locality. The latter’s testimony
was totally incorrect, and was sheer non
sense.
Assistant District Attorney Bell then
rested tlie case for the proeecution.
General Pryor made a motion to dis
charge Mr. Pbilp, on the ground of insuf
ficient evidence. Judge Davis said be
would give the case his meet earnest at
tention and render a decision Saturday
morning at ten o’clock, to which hour he
adjourned the proceedings.
While the crowd was leaving the court,
detectives arrested Samuel Solomon Mo
rey and Robert Lindsey on a charge of
perjury. Mr. Geo. Bliss made complaint
against them. Morey testified several
days ago that lie had an uncle named
Henry L. Morey, while a number of his
relatives swore there was no such man as
Henry L. Morey in the Morey family,
Both men were crestfallen at the turn of
affairs, and Justice Morgan commuted
them for examination to-morrow morn
ing. The arrests caused a good ileal of
excitement. It is rumored that oilier
arrests will follow. Mr. Bliss said the case
would be laid before the grand jury at
once.
. .i i. i
The Trouble* of 1876 to Come Again.
Washing tox, November 9.—A special
to tlirt Star from New York says tlm Dem
ocrats' are seriously at work obtaining
evidence of fraud on the part pf the
Republicans with a view to having the
vote of New York counted ior Hancock.
The pressure to open a contest for tho
vote of the Stale comes principally from
tlie Southern States, and mainly from
Kentucky aud liielmmmi, Ya. Irving ami
Tammany halls and the State Democratic
committees have been diligently at work,
qnd claim to have made discoveries which
astound those engaged iu the investiga
tion. .7
The National Democratic Committee
has uot yet taken hold of tbe matter, but
tlie executive committee meets Friday.
At that mcetiug reports from • tho three
other committees now working tlie sub
ject up will promise to furnish affidavits
to prove frauds involving over 20,000
votes. These committees will request
the national committee to insist upon tho
appointment of a congressional conim't-
tee of investigation into the New York,
election, and make it the very first bus
iness of iHitk houses at the approaching
session. .
Tlie Republicans have done nothing, be
lieving iip to this time, as Gen. Hancock
Is utterly opposed to any scheme of tho
kiud, an 1 says so, nothing would come of
the talk; but iiow they propose to be ready
to demand that tlie same class of investi-
f ;ttion shall proceed under their auspices
u certain Southern States, and here, also,
to prove Democratic frauds.
Threo or four Democratic Senators
have already iieeu heard from. Senator
Davis, of West Virginia, says lie will not
be a party to it, hut will oppose any at
tempt to open iheTv'air.and tho others say
they will not think of giving it counte
nance. A nervous fcclitig obtains here,
and nothing but some public declaration
from enough Democratic Congressmen to
settle the matter now will avert tlie un
steadiness in business that is threatening
to happen, aud which would last till tbe
votes aie counted in January.
Albany, N. Y., November 10—Edgar
K. Apgar, a member of tho Democratic
State Committee, and of the executive
committee of that bedy, has written a let
ter tp the Arffus stating • that there has
been no meeting held since the day of
election, either of the Democratic State
Committee or of the Executive Commit
tee, nor have notices been sent to mem
bers of either committee for any such
meeting in future. He also says: Any
action taken by members of the commit
tee, whether officers or otherwise, is in-
THE SUPREME COURT.
Declalowa Bendered October 36,1880.
Abridged for the Telegraph and Meueeper bg
Hill <0 Harris, Attorneys at Law, MacaH,
' O urgia.
McDaniel et al. vs. Brakefield. Manda
mus, from Harris.
1. Diligence requires that counsel for
plaintiff in error should ascertain whether
their rase has reached this court, and this
information mint be acquired in time to
have the papers on file by some appropriate
proceeding, before tbe conclus'on of tlie
call of the cases on the circuit to which it
belongs.
2. Where tlie clerk of the court below
makes affidavit that lie lias forwarded by
mail tbe transcript of tbe record and tlie
original bill of exceptions to the clerk of
this court, and the papers fail to arrive, a
copy of the bill of exceptions may be
established, provided the motion be made
before the conclusion of the call of tlie
docket ot the circuit to which the case
belongs
As to the court in which the motion
to establish a copy of the transcript of the
record sbould*be made, is left undecided.
(BO-
Price ct al. vs. Latlirop & Co.ct al. Eq
uity, from llibb.
1. Where a bill was filed by the wife
and children, against tbo husband and bis
creditors seeking to establish a trust in la-
vor of complainants under a marriage set
tlement, covering projierty in possession
of the husband against which his creditors
were proceeding, and tbe latter answered
denying the tiust, and by way of cross
bill against complainants, the husband
and others, alleging that if tiiere were
such a trust, the property was neverthe
less subject, because tbe consideration of
their claims was money, goods, etc., sup*
plied toandsuitablo for the trust estate,
and praying a decree to subject the trust
property, and pending tlie litigation the
msband was adjudicated a bankrupt and
his assignee made' a party defendant in
ills stead:
Held, that such assignee was a neces
sary party defendant to a writ of error
sued out by complainants to the refusal of
the court to order a now trial at their in
stance, anu this though the assignee was
not referred to in the verdict or decree.
Not having been served with i copy of the
.bill of exceptions,, the writ of error is dis
missed. •
2. Such assignee cannot be made a par
ty plaintiff in error with complainants by
an amendment to the bill of exceptions
instanter, because he was not on the
same side of the litigation in the court be
low, as was in the case 62 Ga., 135 and
and 10 lb. 1. His interest, as well as his
position in the court below, show him to
tave been antagonistic to the case made
by complainants, aud therefore lie cannot
be made a party on tlie same side of the
litigation in this court.
Smith vs. Eckies & Abercrombie. Cerli-
orari, from Newton.
1. Wliero Eckies & Abercrombie were
the defendants in error, and on the bill of
exceptions was an acknowledgment of ser
vice signed “Eckies & Abercrombie per
John T. Eckies,” it nowhere appearing
who John T. Eckies was, the seivire was
uot sufficient.
2. One who take3 a homestead or ex
ception, can only have set apart property
owned by him at the time. Tbe fact that
one who did not own a horse or tiiule in
cluded iu his petitiou for au exemption
“one horse or mule,” and that it was al
lowed, did not operate to exempt a horse
subsequently purchased.
Lathrop & Co. vs. Brown et al. Equity,
from Bibb.
1. For a power to sell realty to survive
the death of.the grantor, it must be cou
pled with an interest, and that interest
must be not in the proceeds alone of the
dividual action, which tlie committee has thing to be sold, but in the thing itself.
tie natural rainfall
btonus are
not authorized, and for which it cannot be
held responsible. In so grave a matter as
calling into question tho vote of New
York in’tbe electoral college, there cannot
be too great caution. The only way In
which any contest could bo made with
even a shadow of probable success, would
be by the rejection of the Republican elec
toral tickets on which the word “Electors”
has been twice printed. This, I believe,
cannot and should not be done. To
change the result in any other way, more
than 20,000 separate cases of fraudulent
or corrupt voting would have to be proved,
an evident impossibility. It certainly can
not be expected that the present State
board of canvassers will declare other
wise than is shown by the face of the re
turns, and ivy view of Democratic doc
trine leads me to hold that Congress can
not go behind tlie seal of a State to investi
gate fraud at the polls iu the choice of
presidential electors.
IIondout, N. Y., November 10.—The
chairman of the Ulster couuty Democrat
ic committee has served upon tho board
of canvassers of that couuty a protest
against counting Republican electoral bal
lots, claiming that those ballots do not
conform to the requirements of the statute
in that they contain both caption] and in
dorsement, and that the names oi the sev
eral candidates arc not printed “In plain
type.wilk letters of uniform size.” Ulster
county, heretofore largely Democratic, on
the 2d instant gave the Garfield electors
130 majority.
A Nut for the Radicals to Crack.
State’s Biairrs and the Fbesidency.
Amid all the present jubilation of the
Republicans, it may bo well for them to
reflect that after all Garfield was beaten
by tho popu.ar vote of tho country, and
liis election duo simply to the ill-starred
municipal contest in New York city.
While tho popular vote is not yet ascer
tained, it seems probable, says the Balt!
more Sun, “that, as in 1870, tho Demo
cratic candidates have the majority of the
popular vote. As figured up by the New
York Uerald, Hancock now leads Garfie.ld,
some 20,000. In 1S70 tlie defeated candi
date, Tiiden, had a majority oyer Hayes
of 250,000. The constitution, however,
as framed by tlie fathers, provides for an
election Of President and Vice-President
not by the people directly, but by the elec
toral colleges, and in the competition of
tiiese colleges the equality of tlie States
is recognized and represented by giving
them two votes each, without regard to
population. It is a siguificant circum
stance that in 1870, and again In 1880, it
is to this State’s rights feature in the con
stitution tiiat the Republicans, who are in
tho habit of decryi’7? and deriding all
States’ rights, owe their success. If tho
people of the United States were nothing
but a Nation with a big N, as Mr. Hayes,
and Mr. Garfield, and Mr. Coukllng anc!
tlie rest of them are fond of repeating, and
had voted for President as a nation, and
not by States, Mr. Tiiden, and not Mr.
Hayes, would to President to-day without
all cavil, and General Hancock, and not
General Garfield, it appears, would have
been declared elected on Tuesday. As it
is, General Garfield will be the choice of
the electoral colleges in December, al
_.... _ . . though it is more than likely lie is not the
1 advised him to come on 1 choice of a majority of the people, as shown
again to New York aud tell the truth. I Ry the popular vote on Tuesday,
told him if lie stuck to wliat hoi had testi
fied to he would get into tlia peniten
tiary.”
Ransom T. Powell, employed in the
rarcTutlie wooded "countries; Bckbardt mini of CumberUnd, Maryland, cents. All druggists keep it.
A standard household remedy of un
doubted and acknowie iged merit is Dr.
Bull’s Cough Syrup. And it costa but 25
Therefore, an instrument in tho form of a
mortgage, which provided that in case of
default in the payment of the debt there
by secured, it should bo lawful for ti;c
mortgagees to sell the property covered
thereby, and tho equity of redemption of
the mortgagor, according to the direction
of the act of the’Legislature in such cases
made aud provided, accounting for the
overplus, after satisfaction of the principal
and interest due, tlie charge for advertis
ing, the costs of foreclosure, and all attor
neys’ fees and commissions, if there should
be any overplus, to tlie mortgagor, did
not vest such a power as would survive
tlie mortgagor and take precedence of
dower, year’s support, oxpeuses of admiu-
istration, trust debts, etc.
2. That a part of the money tbe repay
ment of which was .secured by mortgage
was used in paying tbe purchase money
of the land mortgaged did not place it on
a different status from the balance of tbe
debt, there beieg no agreement to (hat ef
fect.
3. A testator in his lifetime rented cer
tain land and assigned the rent note or
contract, and subsequently rc-rented to
the same tenant for tlie same year, and af
ter his death his executor received a part
of tlie rent under the second contract, and
applied it to the payment ef tho year’s
support and other legitimate claims. Tlie
tenant was insolvent, and therefore a
judgment obtained by the assignee was
unproductive:
Held, that in the distribution of the es
tate, the assignees of the rent note would
have a claim for tho amount collected by
the executor which would take precedence
of a debt for money entrusted to the tes
tator.
Dumas vs. The State. Murder, from Pike.
1. One of the witnesses testified in brief
as follows: About 7 o’clock at night the
deceased came to witness’ house; went in
and sat down by tho lire, and held his
head with his hands; told witness that Ills
head was fit to burst open; that he had
been shot, and asked witness to get a light
and see how badly he was hurt; tbe latter
did so, aud found that he was shot in tiie
bock of the head; in a few minutes he
stated that a couple of darkies got into liis
wagon about Barnesville, and rode with
him down tho road, and shot him and
jumped out. Shortly after this he swayed
or leaned forward in his chair. Witness
made him a pallet, laid him on it, and
went to a neighbor's for assistance. De
ceased did not talk further, but afterwards
became unconscious and died early uext
morning.
Held, that the declarations of the de
ceased as to who shot him were admissi
ble in evidence.
2. If a juror docs not understand one
of the statutory questions put to him on
liis voire dire, the court may explain it to
him, and that tbe juror thereupon answers
differently, thereby qualiiyiug himself, is
no ground for new trial.
3. Where a challenge to the array of
jarors had been sustained, and talesmen
ordered to be summoned, the faet tbat
some of the same jurors were again sum
moned, is not ground for striking them lor
cause. If tbe second panel was illegally
summoned, a new challenge should have
been made to the array,
the bar knows of any further use for
them without response from the prisoner’s
counsel.
Jordan vs. Jordan. Complaint, from
Bibb.
1. The verdict iu the case was contrary
ts ibe evidence.
2. The plaintiff sued defendant for
$400. It appeared on tbe trial that defen
dant had agreed to give plaintiff $1,000 to
superintend certain planting interests and
was to pay an assistant to him $400; if de
fendant did not employ the assistant,
plaintiff was to do so. Whether this em
ployment was absolutely agreed on, or
whether the assistant was to be employed
if necessary, the evidence was conflicting.
Plaintiff 1 was paid $1,000. No assistant
was employed. Plaintiff sued for the
$400. There was nothing to show that he
he had any interest in it. The court
chanted that if tlie plaintifl' was to have
no iuterest in the assistant’s wages, wheth
er employed, or not, his contract would be
legally for $1,000. The jury found for
plaintiff;
Held, that tbe verdict was contrary to
the charge and contraiy to law.
Roberts vs. the State. Murder, from Bibb.
1. Tiiere was no error in administering
the oatii to twelve jurors at once, prelim
inary to their examination on their voire
dire as to their competency. Tlie prac
tice rather recommends itselfto this court.
2. There was no error in swearing tbe
jurors in chief until a panel of twelve was
obtained.
3. An exception to tlie whole charge
will uot be entertained unless it be errone
ous in its entirety. It-was not error in
tho court to remiud tbe jury of the impor
tance of their duty, both to society and
the prisoner, for society has a deep inter-
erest in vindicating criminal justice, and
the life and liberty of the prisoner demand
the gravest consideration.
4. If tlie interview which resulted In tbe
homicide was sought by defendant for tiie
purpose of effecting a reconciliation with
deceased, and lie was driven to the neces
sity of killing him to save his own life, and
he had brought the necessity upon him
self, lie would lie ent itled to an acquittal.
But if tlie object of tbe interview was to
kill, or for mutual combat with deadly
weapons, then liis offense would be mur
der or voluntary manslaughter according
a3 his conduct was marked by deliberation
or excitement.
(а) No menace, threat, contemptuous
gesture or presentation of weapons, with
out a manifest intention to use them pres
ently, will justify the killing.
(б) Before the] slayer can be justified,
it must appear dial lie acted without mal
ice, not in a spirit of revenge—that the de
ceased was the assailant—that in order to
save his own life it was necessary to .kill
his adversary, or tbat ho was under the
pressure of other equivalent circumstan
ce. Ue cannot avoid the fearful respon
sibility of guilt by the hare fear or appre
hension of danger; the danger must be ur
gent and pressing at the time. He must
decide the momentous question with, ref
erence to Ills accountability to the law, at
the time, and by the exercise or tlie same
mental and moral faculties which he em
ployed to shoot.
John Guy and General Cass.—In
years gone by ttiere dwelt in Washington
John Guy, a character in his way, in con
nection with whom Col. Forney tells the
following anecdote:
Guy kept the National Hotel in Wash
ington, and among his guests was Gen.
Cass, then Senator from Michigan. Guy
dressed like Cess, and though nut as port
ly, his face, including the wart, was
strangely similar.
One day a Western friend of the house
came in after a long ride, dusty and tired,
aud, walking up to the office, encountered
Gen. Cass, who was quietly standing
there. Mistaking him for Guy, he slap
ped him ou the shoulder, and exclaimed,
“Well, old fellow, hero I am 1 The last
time I hung my hat up in your shanty,
one of your clerks sent me to tlie fourth
story; but now I have got hold of you, I
insist upon a lobby room.”
TheUcneral, a most dignified person
age, taken aback by this startling salute,
coolly replied: “You have committed a
mistake, sir. I am not Mr. Guy; I am
General Cass, of Michigan,” and angrily
turned away. Tho Western man was
shocked at the unconscious outrage he
had committed; but before he had recov
ered from bis mortification, Gen. Cass,
who had passed around the, office, con
fronted him again, when, a 'second time
mistaking him for Guy, lie faced him and
said “Here you are at last! I have just
made a devil of a mistake; I met old Cass
and took hjm for you, and I’m afraid the
Michigander has gone oil mad.” What
Gen. Cass would have said may well be
imagined, if tho real Gay had not ap
proached and rescued the innocent' offen
der from tbe twice assailed and twice an
gered statesman.
Misery nntl Want In Bnsaia.
A World dispatch, dated November
Gth, says: Tlie Minister of the United
States at St. Petersburg in a recent d's-
patcb draws a gloomy picture of the pres
ent economic aud social condition of Rus
sia. The grain crop of the past season, he
states, lias proved a failure, and American
wheat is imported now even at St. Peters
burg. It ts also entering al Odessa and
other Lucian ports, liut a large maiket
for tbis American wheat cannot be pre
dicted, as very lil.le bread made of wheat
is used in Russia—tho mass of the people
must have a cheaper and coarser article,
such as rye or Indian corn. The scarcity
of grain in the empire is so great that it
was currently reported and generally be
lieved that the Imperial Government was
considering the propriety of prohibiting
tlie exportation of rye. There will be
much suffering among the poor classes.
Mr. Foster, the minister, in his dispatch
quotes the Golos of St. Petersburg as
follows: “From all sides comes the news
of the harvest being below tbe average; of
want and hunger from which will spring
disease and very likely death. Beetles,
worms and locusts arc eating up the corn;
the diminution of cattle surpasses all be
lief] diphtheria is taking oil' tbe coming
generation; brcadstuii3 have already
readied 5 copecks per pound. Every one
feeU that Russia docs not subsist by the
produce of its own land, bat is wasting its
capital on cutting wood, selling surplus
cattle, pulling straw from its thatched
roofs and depriving Itself of its very
clothes and shoes."
Adam* vs. Tbe State. Bastardy, from
Newton.
A demand for trial, with the right to
discharge under it, involves tiie impanel
ing of two traverse juries qualified to try
the defendant, one when it is made, the
other at tbe uext succeeding term. It is
suffident tbat a jury has been impaneled
at tbe second term; and.it makes no dif
ference that they have teen discharged af- j train was then permitted to proceed
ter inquiry by the court if any member of ' injury was sustained by auy. person
Alabama Legislature.
Montgomery, November 10.—Tbe
Alabama House of Representatives organ
ized to-day with Mr. Dawson for speaker,
and Phelan for clerk. The Governor’s
message was seut to both houses, and
deals entirely with State matters. The
election for United States Senator, to fill
the place now occupied by Pryor, comes
off on Tuesday, tbe 23rd instant. The
principal names mentioned are Watt,
Walker, Pugh, Bradford and O’Neil.
Prisoners Released.
Jacksonville, Fla., Non 10.—A
train from Madison Court House, having
on board five citizens of tiiat county, in
charge of a deputy United States marshal,
arrested for alleged violations of the elec
tion laws, was boarded on Tuesday night
as it was leaving Madison by a party of
masked men, who released the prisoners
and made the witnesses disembark. The
No
Crop Botee.
Galveston, November 8 The Cot
ton E&diange has ninety-six replies from
seventy-four counties, as follows: Eighty
report the weather since October 1st as
got d; sixteen as wet; fifteen as more fa
vorable for gathering than at the same
time iast year; thirty-one the same as last
year, and fifty as less fhverable. All the
counties state that titer* has been no dam
age done by frost. Nine report 60 per
cent, of the cotton picked; eight tbat pick
ing will probably be hoisted Novem
ber 15th; three by November 26th; fifteen
by December 1st; twenty-two by Decem-
15th, twelve by December 23d; sixteen
by January 1st. Twenty report tbat the
y.Dld will be 25 per cenu less than iast
yesr; twelve the same as last year, and
sixty-four average 30 per cent. more. A
number of correspondents oomplain of
sickness and scarcity ot later.
Columbus, Xuvemper Ik—The State
agricultural department, has completed
•a compilation of the crop reports furnish
ed by township assessors as required by
law. The footings show tbe total acreage
of wheat for 1870 to have been 2,318,370,
and the total number or bushels raised
40,052,119; average yield per acre 17 i'-lQ
bushels. This is tho heaviest yield by ‘Jvc
million bnshels ever reported by towual'ip
assessors in this State, and the larjpst
average since 18S50, in which- yeat the
average was 18 busiiols per acre.
New York, November 10.—The fol
lowing is tlie New Orleans Cottou Ex
change crop report:
LOUISIANA.
Our report is compiled-from ninety-
three replies, received from thirty-one
parishes, of the average date ot October
31st. The weather up to tho 27th is re
ported as favorable to the crop, but less
favorable as compared with last year.
"Slocfi the date mentioned, rains have teen
general. .Light frost* occurred from about
tlie ICtU to the 20th, causing little or no
damage. Tho proportion of the crop
picked averages 00 per cent., and picking,
weather permitting, wll! be finished about
tho 12th of December. Tbe yield, as com
pared with last year, is reported- to bo
about 28 per cent, less, except in the par
ishes of East Baton Rouge and the Fe-
Iicianas, which report an increase of 15
per cent. I ■
MISSISSIPPI. I
From thirty-two counties in the State
wo have received one hundred and fifteen
replies, ofthe average date ol October 31st.
The weather was generally favorable up
to the 27th; since then tiiere have been
heavy rains. On the whole, the weather
is decidedly less favorable than last year,
as then It was very.fine for tho crop. Light
frosts appeared about the 18th. No dam
age is reported. Sixty per cent, of the
crop has been picked, aud picking will bo
finished about December 20tli, weather
permitting. Tho yield averages 29 per
cent, less than last year.
ARKANSAS.
TVe have one hundred and thirteen
replies from thirty-four counties south ot
the Arkansas river, of the average date of
October 31st. Nineteen counties report
tho weather to have been cord, and fifteen
report it to have been unfavorable; but,
compared with last)ear, it has been de
cidedly less favorable. Heavy rains oc
curred generally during thn last few days
of tbo month. From the 15th tq the end
of the month frost fell all over the dis
trict, but no damage is reported from that
cause. About 50 per cent, of the crop is
picked, and picking will bo finished about
December 20tb. The yield promises to be
25 per cent, less than iast year.
ALABAMA.
Mobile, November 10.—The Mobile
Cotton Exchange crop report is as fol
lows: Thirty-six counties in Alabama
send fifty-seven replies. The weather is
reported as having been fairly favorable
iu tbe eastern and northern counties and
unfavorable in tbe western and middle
counties, and, as compared with last year,
two small counties and two rich counties
report it more favorable. There were
light frosts about tbe 22d to tbe 25th, but
no damage resulted therefrom. About 78
per cent, of the crop is reported as having
been picked aud all will bo harvested from
November 15th to December 1st. Tbe
estimated yield, as compared with last
year, is reported as being 17 per cent, less
I n nineteen of the productive counties,
and 10 per cent, less in smaller counties.
MISSISSIPPI.
Seventeen counties send twenty-seven
replies. The weather during October. Is
reported as having been favorable in eight
counties and unfavorable la nine, or, as '
compared with last year, equally as favor
able in seven and less so iu ten counties.
Light frosts were reported, but no dam
age'therefrom. About 02 per cent, of tbo
crop has been picked, and all will be gath
ered about December 10th. Tlie yield is
estimated iu four small counties at five
per cent, more, and in tbe thirteen re
maining counties at 23 per cent, less than
hi<t year.
Memphis, Tenn., November 10.—Tho
crop report of tho Memphis Cotton Ex-
change for tbo month ot October com
prises one hundred and twenty-nine re
ports from West Tennessee, North Missis
sippi and Arkansas north of tbe Arkansas
river. Thirteen report tbe weather very
favorable, thirty-seven moderately favor
able but rather wet, seventy-nine very un
favorable owing to excessive rains. As
compared with last year, two report tbe
weather more favorable, twenty-four
about tbe same, and one hundred
and three much less favor
able. AU report frosts, dating
from the 8th to tlie 25th of October, aver
aging October 18lb. AH report a subse
quent killing frost, but without injury to
the crops. Picking progress is variously
reported at from 25 to 75 per cent, of the
crop, averaging 47 per cent. The dates
given for the completion of picking range
from November 15tb to January 3Jst, and
average December 0th. Five report an
increased yield per acre over last year of
from 5 to 20 per cent.; ten report about
tbe same, and one hundred and
fourteen a decrease of from Iq
to 50 per cent., averaging 23 per cent.
Throughout this entire department there
is great complaint of continued rotting of
cotton, especially of tte Isle growth, owing
to almost incessant rains aud cloudy
weather. Much of this portion of the
crop is partially open, but, not receiving
sufficient sunshine or dry winds, ausorbs -
the rain and decays. Much is not open
that would make good stains cotton, but
which must prove almost entirely worth
less without fair weather at' an early
day. On the Mississippi river plan
tations, and in many portions of Ar
kansas there is serious complaint of lack
of laborers to save tbe crops. Tho oujy
attributable reasons given arc tbo induce
ments offered to work on railroads. In
some portions of the Tennessee and Mis
sissippi upland region considerable com-
plaiut is made of tho discouragement of
cropping laborers, owing to very short
crops and bad weather, causing much in
difference towards saving crops.
Memphis, November 10.—In a difficul
ty originating about tho possession of
some lumber, Charles Gooebler, the well-
known florist, was shot last evening by
James Gregory, a young attorney. The
two quarreled early yesterday morning,
and by agreement met outride the city
limits, and for a time engaged iu a regu
lar fisticuff. Gooobler, who is much tho
more powerful of ilic two, was getting the
best of It, when Grocery draw a pistol
and shot him in the groin. Gregory has
uot been arrested, but ids fattier, who is
a prominent attorney of this city, says ha
will surrender hiruselfto-dav.