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jjh»3c*ov!) 3 (1 Ii JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. CLISBY JfcJONRS, Proprietors. THE FAMILY JOURNAL—NEWS—POLITICS- LITERATURE—AGRICULTURE—DOMESTIC NEWS, Etc.—PRICE $2.00 PER ANNUM. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING ESTABLISHED 1826- MACON, FRIDAY. , 1880 • Tj^; ) I - • [■ <0/0 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.