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•• Odtgrapjj nnii ftlmtngtr FRIDAY NOVEMBER 12, 1880. The Czar's Yacht in a Gale.—The Czar's new end strangely shaped yacht, the Livadia, was caught in the late gales in the Day of Biscay, and Is said to have weathered them with remarkable steadi ness. A very old man voted three times at Washington, Iud., In the recent State elec tion. On Ills trial it was convincingly shown that, though sober, he had been so carried away by'escitement as to forget that he had already voted. The Paris correspondent of the Tablet avers tliat Mmo. do Glrardin, an impar tial an J experienced judge, said that the only reason she despaired of France was that it was the only nation she knew in which the men were better than the wo- As to the Solid*. } 'English Wheat, Etc. The eight or ten thousand solemn ad- ; The American philosophers are care- monitions to the “solid South,” which fully establishing, at least by their ow n have already been or will shortly bead- figures and premises, that Uie businessof dressed to these States by the so-called Republican editors of the other members oftbe Federal Union, were pretermltted in 1870 by reason of the actual election of Tildcn, and are due in 1SS0 to the fact that a few thousand votes In so-called pivotal States liave been bought and frightened into voting for Garfield. The majority of the intelligent suffrage of the United States, conceding all the negroes to Garfield, have indorsed Ilancock and English; and it is too apparent for dispute that if the necessities of self-protection st.il hold the States of the South as a unit in a common cause, they are bound to se cure impartial consideration as States of the Union at last. This attitude of these States, as a defenseless minority, is noth ing more than an appeal to the magnanim ity of the immense anti-Southern majori ties, against the settled policy of tlio se- called Republican party to degrade and trample them under foot. It would be impossible to maintain tbis attitude, ifhpposed upon the part of the Republican Nortli, with reason, justice and impartiality. Rut these methods never have beeu and, for many years to come, never will be tried. None of the Repub licans have ever^ret, since the war, been able to concede the South an equal status in tho Union. It is still a conquered The export of iron ore from Spain in the first half of this year was ICO per cent, more than in 1870. Spain is now full of •ommercial Englishmen, who run the railroads, mines, and vineyards. The Spaniards are not very fond of these Brit ons, but can’t get along without them. Nearly every engine in Spain hails from Manchester or Birmingham. TnE twelfth “National cat show” has beeu in progress at the Crystal Palace, Loudon. There were oaU valued at five .. hundred dollars in tlio exhibition. “Per- province-subsisting by toleration, and to sian Toms ” “Maltese Toms,” Manx cats, I* b * ld «*• ° r repression, and with Sustendjee Pussy*, Angora Gray-mslktns * settled caution and distrust. No man and Tabbies of various lineage. Baroness of discretion, North or South, would think Burdelt-CouUs wins a prize for a kitten, of proposing a Southern man forPresident, ami the aristocracy contend for the and the expressed confidence oftheboutb- awar.ls I ern in aa y Northern man injures A CORRESPONDENT Of lllO Louisville b ‘ m bl lbat SeCt *° n . Courier-Journal, who has examined Tom I These facts are very natural and may HugheVTcnnessee settlement, Rugby, be v «nr excusable; but they are facts, and writes very disparagingly of it. The land produce that Democratic solidarity of will raise a barrel of com to the acre, he wl,ich tbe North complains-a solidarity says, irtho. crows keep away until the not to assert a single sectional interest or erop is gathered, and it is too elevated to opinion, but suggested by self-respect for raise early vegetables for the Cincinnati I self-protection gainst unfriendly admin- market. The Englishmen there, he says, istration. lounge about in fine clothes “bossing” I When the Republican! put 'national the American mechanics and laborers candidates in tho field, they address this who do tlio work. I unfriendly sectional feeling and rest their Tub smallest bell of Cologne Catlie-1 case 11 P 011 ^ almost solely. Can they Ural received a few montlis ago a serious reasonably complain that tho Southern hyury. It was taken down and sent to I P eo l de decline to follow suit, and appeal Gosses foundry at Dresden to be recast. I t0 tbe country against themselves? Are It had been originally cast in 1418, and reasonably surprised that we refuse had already been recast twice. The court 1 10 do it, or that we prefer to act with organist says that the tone is now perfect. I * be Democrats, who propose a more ira- There are three other bells. One is the P a »*ial course? During the late canvass great “Kaiserglocke,”the ehiefingredients «*“ niosl prominent Republican speakers of whose metal came from the French I proclaimed their undying hostility to any cannon taken at Sedan. The two others administration not Northern and admin- or less disabled by two years of successive ire comparatively old. istered in Northern Interests. Will they short crops, has constituted those high and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln’s Low Es-1 a,k tbe Southern voters to unite on such I prosperous times which have just elected tate.—A New York correspondent of a P ,alfonu? Is it a just, good or fair one? I Garfield; but they have also done a great the I'liiiadelphia Times says: Truth is Will the country thrive under it ? deal more. They have opened tlio eyes of stranger than fiction anyhow, and the 11 sbouI d b « plain to common s-msc the British people to an apparent fact that few who saw the widow or Abraham Lin- tbat sectionalism must breed sectionalism, their agricultural products can always be coin thrust rudely back by policemen at and abuse and calumny cannot inspire a undersold in their own markets by those the steamship wharf on Wednesday could s P int ofbroad nationalism which should of America—that they cannot raise grain not but be sure oflhat ract. An aged, white- aad Photic counsels. It is -OT rental and sell for what the Amerl- haired woman, almost shabbily clad, she equally plain that such a purpose and can farmer can, with his cheap new lands attracted no attention from the throng temper are not entertained and cultivated which require only tho most careless cul- who crowded about to welcome the French b >* tbe Republican party, and when they lure and no fertilization, adventuress. I complain that the Southern States refuse This might not be so moving a consider- Death at the SupperTarle.—Jas. to co-operate with them in their political ati,J| i if they could return to this country Connor, of Wilmington, Del., died very designs, the complaint cannot be sincere, in payment for our products other pro- auddenly Saturday evening or heart dis- I T1,e y would be astonished if the Southern I ducts of their own labor on any terms ears. Mr. Connor was at tbe supper ta- OTP>e wws foolish enough to heed it. approximating equality. But that is im- Sle, apparently in good healtii, when ho A S*i». ll ‘C entire policy of tlie so-called possible. Our tarifT duties confront them fell back from his chair and said. “Good- I Repubi.cans inevitably tends to social dis-1 b< ^ with taxes on tbeir merchandise by to all. Tbe time has come. I go this cord in 11,0 Southern States. It was founded ranging from forty to one hundred per time,” and breathed his last. Deceased originally on the Idea of organizing a pro- ceilt - « was engaged in tho saddle and harness- ponderating political negro force out of These facts open a condition of indus- making business. He wa3 born in Kent the colorod people. Disregarding all the trial exchanges which seems to be ruinous, county Md., in 18b), and was a lineal I moral > intellectual and pecuniary forces I anJ hence no one should bo surprised at a docendant of tlio Fliilip Coknor so con- wll,ch arc 50 generally supreme in simp- str ° n g and growing disposition to meet spiciousin the colonial history of this I in 3 politics in other States, it assumes that [ our agricultural exports to Great Britain Sute> . every negro is necessarily a Republican, | w ‘th a moderate so-called protective tariff. Horrible Murder of a Young aMd wben tbe votes do ,10t ®o«nt out in I Tbe question will be wiictber American Woman—The township of Hamilton, ,hat Kav > Jt « due to white fraud aud fanners will wake up to their own inter- Pennsylvania, was thrown into a state of violence. It is owing almost wholly to «•*» in tim010 prevent sucli an impost by wild excitement Monday morning on find- tbese conditions that Garfield lias carried I reasonable concessions to foreign raauu- »g that the seventecn-ycar-old daughter | tbo 8obd North, but a similar result in the I iactures. •f Samuel Bittenbender liad been murder- Soulhem Slates 13 aa unpardonable crime, •d, her head being pounded into a jelly. I thou S b 110 violence or intimidation be The girl left her home yesterday after- j Practiced. We must divide the forces of aoon to go to Jacob Marsh’s to do work. ,nte,li Sence, wealth and character to Her little alsteYs, while on their way to P lease tbcm * ' Ve mu>t arra >' tbe whites wheat-growing in the United Kingdom with average luck, is a pretty fair busi ness, after all. It is not likely to be utter ly starved out by American competition. Thus it Is shown that the average yield of English wheat lands is at least 20 bushels per acre, though some authorities make it more. Now, tbe average wheat product of the United Stales per acre is only 13.09, just about half the yield in Great Britain. The average price of American wheat in Amer ica was, in 1871 (the highest or late years), $1.20 per bushel, and in 1878 (the lowest year) it was $1.04 per bushel. But the British farmer averaged $1.SC in 1873, $1.27 In 1878, and $1.57 through the series of years. So, then, the average acre of wheat in these years was worth to the American farmer $12.80; but the English farmer received for his average greater yield and higher price during these years —$41.05 per acre. One is glad to see the Northern papeis figure up so good a case for English agri culture. True, rather a fatal deauction must be allowed for tbe greater cost of English tillage and fertilizing, which are carried on at more than double tbe ex pense of American wheat farming. The most of our American wheat is raised with out fertilizing. Much of our rich prairie aud bottom lands are only too rich already. Tho growth of the straw is so excessive as to endanger the grain. It is only in older and less fertile States that manuring is resorted to, and it is probable tbat tho British farmer expends on his wheat four or five times the labor that the average American farmer does; while the land represents twenty to forty times the average value. But, conceding that the case is made out, and the English fanner can go on, pay his rents with au average yield and have a little balance left on hand at the close of the year, we are heartily glad of it, and can easily see why the Northern press is anxious to show that such is and must be tbe case. The fact is, a nation disabled for the production of its own bread is in a disa greeable if not perilous condition. Its soil, which should be its chief value, and tbe foundation of other values, ceases to be a solid basis of wealth, and has only a fancy, fluctuating and fallacious value. Its foreign bread raisers bold a ligature round the throat of its foreign policy. Now the furnishing of bread stuffs and other food, chiefly to Great Britain, more $80,179,5S6, an increase of $53,075,030 over last year. The exports of me.-cliun- | disc for the year ended-Septcinbe* 30, 1880, aggregated $SC9,972,921 in value, an i increase of 149,578,307 over the preced ing year. The exports of gold aud silver coin and Imports and Exports.—The imports of merchandise Into tlio United States during the twelve months ended Septem ber 30,1880, were valued at $700,153,708, school this morning, discovered her by the { a ?ainst cacli other and scramble in the I iinmrts^t'vcaf^The imports of eohl the fence aud stones where she lay. There I co,oretI population and make It the bal- were several tramps seen in the vicinity I ancc of P ovver between the whites. It •arly in the morning, and it is supposed I nceds 110 a hl°f imagination to see where they committed the crime. I when it comes, will lead to: dc- Capt. Eads’ jetties have had a re- baucliery and ruin of both races, markable effect on tbe commerce of the and interminable social and ip- Miss’ssippi Valley. Since January 1 SL { dustria! disorder. It may come, perhaps Louis has shipped to Europe twice as j) cannot long he avoided, but in our op- j bullion amounted* to $14,755,053^ 8 *de^ much grain by way of New Orleans £3 I ihlon it will be the opening of tlie seveuth J crease of $11,1S4,070 as compared with passed out the country by that route in acal of trouble and ruin to both whites I tbe same period of last year. The total fi <: J . T . an s blacks I es P°rts of merchandise aud specie aggre- the corresponding period of last year. It gate $884,'728,574, an excess SfmoSISo Is said that the shipments are at present I ** ie ®®tito€m people, sensible of their I over total Imports. Last year the excess limited by tho waut of barges, Ac., with unfortunate condition at best, have ox- was for the same period $230,285,540. which to move the grain, and fleets of boats I liau8lcd ,beir in S enuIt y to imagine some Tb« ao-called-‘‘balance of trade” in our are being built to supply this want. The wa >' b F vh,ch ***** ““J* 11130 their P° ! 'li- who cau doubt that business’ was Vetter crop to be moved is so great this year that j caI * nflu€nc ^ without injury to themselves. I and more profitable, with a growth of to- m spite of tlie increase in shipments by PW bave suggested that they should 1 talfi.reign trade from $1,202^83,020 to water from St Louis the railroads cast- take no P art * n national elections; but SI.ffI7.0Ul,0j8, or $414,018,038 increase in waier iroia ah l.ouis iuo ranroaus easi ,. . a single year, accompanied witli a net in ward have been doing an immense busi- I tbIs wo,dd be re pro~ented as disloyalty, j crcasu 0 f $71,^-123,933 in the country’s coin hies* at ]>ayiug rates. The prosperity of j-* bat l b c y should run blank electoral tick- j and bullion, this Increase being $54,259,- tbc country is based on the sure foundation eta-^pledged to no man; this would be j 112 greater than it was in tho former of an enormous crop, for which there is j considered still more offensive. That they i car> a navlne market 1 dmoM kill tlie Republican party by vot- j _ _ Killed dy ' “Serpent’s Egos.”- in » witl * il j lb!s '™ uld sac «fi“ conscience oran^witth^areSt V^he John Dickenson, aged 35 yearn, residing a " d There is no better "ay at 25i Moffat street^ Brooklyn, and doing tban 10 3tand b y tbe P art y ncare3t in bar- , a ^ offl JjSoJJlfbSlSL ‘ moiny with us, and w«it patiently for re- V° 0 ’ color a,ld handsome shape, suits to work out. Tbe Florida cro P will bo tho largest ever Our Northern lecturers monopolize the 18* lbcrcd In ,bat State, dqspite the great wisdom of the countty, in their opinion; I stor “* August, which destroyed so but they do not comprehend the diflicul- J ,nacb ® ftba y <mn S fruit. The apple crop ties of the case. The Southern States, !s P 1 '^ * be P Mt faw which conceived and framed cur form of weck3 barrels have been sent to government, should be conceded somc I England, and the demand is conetant. right of judgment in tlie premises. business at No. 229 Broadway, New York, has lost his life through the inhalation of the vapor from tho toy known as “ser pent’s eggs,” of which he was the maker. These eggs, while burning and producing the serpent, have for a long time been' considered by physicians as dangerous to aso in a close, room on acccvnt of the noxious vapor arising therefrom. The re tort Friday cracked while Mr. Dickenson was bending over it,*and he inhaled tlie poisonous fumes. When he noticed this Eight hundred car loads of luscious grapes were recently shipped from Flor- Tbe Governor's Message. The message of Governor Colquitt was I ence to Germany. The grapes were pre laid before the Legislature yesterday, and I served by a now refrigerating process tfaat- ie drove his wife and children quickly I | s printed fn exlcnso elsewhere in our I kept them ai fresh as when they were sut of tlie basement, at the same time re- present issue. It is confined wholly to J gathered from the vineyards, marking that it was all over witli him. domestic matters, and a brief glance at A short time nf.cr ho was seized with a the contents shows tlio affairs of the I A small boy was arrested in a Miiwau- eboking cough, and in one of the spasms I Commonwealth to be in a highly satis-1 kce suburb at nighty and thus cut short In he died. • I factory and prosperous condition. We { b ^ ca roer as a fiighwayman. He wore a Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, has have neither space nor time for com- b,ack mask, carried a dark lantern, and some original nnd very effective ways of ment at present, but may discuss k 3 I was armed with two pistols. In it is pock- doing things. Wishing to test a railroad various details on a subsequent occasion. ct was fcmid tho “Life and Adventures of brake of which ho had heard a great deal, | The document is lucidly and ably written. I Jack Sheppard." A Prosperous Manufacturing Es- I Decided.—Tho American people have tarlisiiment.—Tho Roswell Manufac-1 decided that a lie, well stuck to, is better tiiring Company has just declared a semi-1 than the truth. A liar is preferable to a be liad tlie appliance adjusted to his loco motive and cars, a:nl tlie enginear in structed how to use it. Then he embaik- «d aboard his train and started upon an. . . , , , , B. , excursion. At a dan-crous point in the j *° f , t P ercent ” making j man who tells the truth. All who bavo xoad the engineer, whose train runr niug at thirty-tvo miles an hour, saw what was apparently an immense rock tt iO. liad fallen upon the track, a few hun- - ii yards ahead.- lie put the brakes -...a with a vigor which may be conceiv ed. snd succeeded in arresting tl«e train Is-fore it camo 111 collision with the ob- Tliis, however, when more close- ly cvauiiiK-d, proveil to be a pastelward r ck of If mi Pedro’s own contrivance, ii--wanted a practical t-- of the new about 10 per cent, for tbe current year. I aided in this triumph must be cootent to 1 Under the able management of Col. Jas. J accept their full share in the proclaimed W. Robertson tlie f.ictoiy^ is in a highly j degradation of our political system. ! flourishing condition. The product of the looms was 1,171,157 yards of-coiorcd goods, sheeting and shirting, besides yarns and warps to tlie amouut of 792,233 pounds. The mill during the year con sumed bales of cotton. Withia a short time the number of spindles has been Increased from 4,890 to 8,409. There ’raki-alid'that"waj” his wny~of 'securing | 13 * handsome surplus fund shio to the j dogs by reason of poison is greater tban credit oftbe company, ] among the deer. The residents of northern Michigan ilo'not wish to bare the deer exterminated. At the opening of tlie present season they advertised that hunters would not be welcome, and wonld probably lose their dogs if they came. Tbeir request was disregarded, and tbe mortality among tbe Got. Colquitt’s Message. Executive Department, State oe Chohoia, Atlanta, Ga., November 3, l?*).—To the Genera! Assembly: I ex tend a cordial greeting to tbe representa tives of the people ofGeorgia, who now assemble to consider the public welfare in tbe second biennial session under onr new constitution. Through th6 blessings of a kind Providence, our State has been permitted to grow in prosperity. There is everywhere in the broad limits of the commonwealth, progress, order, thrift and contentment. All industries bave thrived. AU classes rejoice in an improved condi tion, and in the hopefulness of a bright future. Our resources have been multiplied and developed. The different sections of the State have grown in wealth and population. Our credit maintains its exalted standard; our nubile debt is diminishing; crime is steadily on the decrease. It is a matter of congratulation to all true patriots to ob serve tho rapid progress of the State in moral and material development. In reporting to tho General Assembly the workings of tlie various departments and institutions of the State government, it becomes necessary to include two years. Accompanying are copies of the repot ts of the officers in charge, to which tlie members are referred for tbe details of each. 8TATE FINANCES. " At tlie close of the fiscal year—Septem ber 30,1818—tlie balance in the treasury was $205,789.68. During the year, from October 1,1878, to September 30,1879, in clusive, the receipts amounted to $1,847,- 790.54 making a sum total in the treasury of$2,l43^S0.«8. The disbursements dur ing tbat fiscal year were $1,212,071.00, leaving a balance in tlie treasury Septem ber 30, 1879, of $930,908.02. During the year from October 1, 1879, to September 30, 1880, inclusive, tbe receipts were $4,589,015.04, making a sum total i n’t lie treasury of $5,519,924.20. The disbursements during this fiscal year amounted to $4,833,083.79, leaving a cash balance in the treasury September30,1880, of SOSO,240.47. One large transaction reported was the item of $2,208,000.00. This was tlie funding of the 7 per cent, indorsed bonds of tlie Macon and Bruns wick, North and South, and Memphis Branch railroads in 6 per cent. State bonds, under the act of 1877. Tho treasurer recommends that the act approved December 17, 1878, authorizing and requiring tlie Governor to issue $100,- 000 of 4 per cent, bonds in 1881, to meet bonds issued under the act of February, 27, 1850, be repealed, as there is a surplus iu tbe treasury. He also recommends, that of the $PJ0,000 of 4 per cent, bonds already issucJ, of which $100,000 have been redeemed, the remaining $100,000 still out be called in and redeemed, as there is a sufficient surplus in the trca3it- 2 1 to do so. I concur in these rccomnien- ations. Such action will save interest to the State, and will diminish instead of increasing the public debt. The report of the Comptroller-General exhibits the gratifying fact that the in crease in the value of the taxable proper ty of tlie State will exceed fourteen mil lions of dollars. THE LUNATIC ASYLUM. The management of tiie Lunatic Asy lum for tlie past two years has been able and economical. The average of patients during the year, from October, 1878, to October, 1879, was 748 patients, at a cost per capita of 32 9-10 cents, against 84 35- 100 the year before, and 30 33-100 in 1877, showing a steady reduction of expense. The expense aggregated $89,029.19, which nicluded tlie purchase of twenty-five acres of laud and the rebuilding of stables and barns. The whole number of patients in tbe Asylum during tlie year was 051. A balance of $35,000 was left unexpended to the credit ot tho asylum for tills fiscal year. The average of patients for tlie year, from October, 1879, to October, 1880, in creased from 748 to 820, and tlie cost per capita was 35 64-100 cents, being an in crease due to advance in tbe price of sup plies, provisions and labor. Dur ing tbis year, new buildings were added for tiie accommodation of colored patients, under tiie authority of the General Assembly, and were paid for out cl tlie savings of the two previous years. The whole expense of tlie asylum for this year, including many improve ments, was $100,722.39. Tlie whole num ber ol patients was 1,058. The number of cases discharged restored was great er than any previous year. Tlie attention of the General Assembly is called to cer tain suggestions in tbe reports of tlio trus tees accompanying this message. The proper vouchers for tiie expenditures of the asylum are in tlie executive office for tiie examination of tiie legislative commit tee. Special attention is called to tbe recom mendation of tlie trustees and superinten dent for a:i additional asylum, as tlie present building will not accommodate the insane of the State. THE PENITENTIARY. The principal keeper of the peniten tiary reports that on October 20,1878, there were in the penitentiary 1,239 con victs, and sinco then have been received up to October 1,1SS0,444 convicts, mak ing an aggregate of 1,083 in the two years. Of tliis number, 332 liave been discharged, 80 died, 32 escaped and 52 pardoned—400 m all, leaving 1,187 in the penitentiary. As in 1877 there wore 209 convicts received, and 3*10 in 1878, or 549 in tho two years, against 444 in 1879 and 18S0, it will bo seen that there lias been a gratifying de crease in crime in tlie State. The de crease in deaths and escapes shows tlie humane treatment of tiie convicts as well as tho vigilant discip line preserved. Every effort has been made to secure tbs two fold object of tlio strict execution of legal penalties in con junction with humanity. Tlie grand juries of the counties where tlio camps arc located, maiutaiu a close supervision of tits convicts, and report them in ex cellent order, and as conducted with every regard to the law and tiie welfare of this unfortunate class. The principal keeper recommends that when convicts are released from the peni tentiary, some provision should be made for supplying thenrwitb a small sum of money to enable them to return to their homes. Without money, aud under sus picion created by their convict garb, they are driven sometimes to crime to get sub- sistance. Tht recommendation is worthy of consideration, aud I suggest further, that provision be made forsuppiyiugtbem with citizen’s clothes. THE STATE UNIVERSITY. During tlie year 1879, tho revcuue of the State University, at Alliens, wa3 $33,- 274.57. The total number of students was 149. In tlio last year, 1880, closing July 8, the total available fund was $40,. 035.90, of which $7,270.05 was tbcbniance from the previous year. Tho disburse ments wore $32,188.48, leaving a casli bal ance of $7,897.48 Tlie amount realized from tuition was $2,277 50. Tlie whole number of students at Athens in 1880 was 152, a small increase over tlie previous year. Of these, 82 were iu tlie literary college, 03 in tlio College of Agriculture and the mechanic arts, and 7 in the iaw sctiooL In the branch colleges at Daiilou- ega, Thomasville, Cutbbert and Mii- ledgeville, were 1,024 pupils, allow ing a most remaakablo patronage of tliesc institutions, and their value to the State. At Dahlonega were 325—males 2-15, and females 80; at Tliomaiville 170, all maics; at Cutiibert 178, ajl males; and at Milludgcvillc 351— males 105, and females 180. Adding to these t''e 112 students iu the medical de- lartment in Augusta, and we have the arge aggregate of 1,2SS students receiv ing education at these various State insli- iutions. I cannot forbear a few words of earn est commendation of tliesc branch colla tes. Their remarkably successful estab- ishment in so short a time, and tlie good they are doing, constitute tlie best practi cal commentary upon tlie sagacity and S ublic apirit that inspired them. Tlie Georgia College last July commis sioned 79 young wen and women to teach in our State schools, and reliable returns . show that the teachers scut out from this institu tion Instructed iu llte fall of 1879 no less than 5,000 children. The college at Tbomasvfiie was not organized until Sep tember, 1879, and it now. baa 4 teachers and 177 pupils. The citizens of Thomas- vllie raised $7,000 by private subscription, and Invested it in connection with the campus and buildings of tbe old Fletcher institutejgencrously given by tlie Methodist church. This college has received $2,000 from tbe trustees of the State University. Tiie college at Milledgeville was organiz ed in January, 1830, aud the old State capitol utilized for the purpose. With only $1,200 of State money, tbis institu tion has employed 10 teachers aud in structed 385 children. Tbe college will get $2,000 for the year from tiie trustees of the State University. The college at Cuthbert began work September 15th, 1879, and has liad four teachers and 181 children. The college property consists of good buildings aud real estate, which formerly belonged to tbe Bethel Female College aud tbe Cuthbert Male High School. In view of the valuable work effected in the great cause of education by these institutions, I submit to the General As sembly the question, whether the public interest cannot be substantially sub served by some judicious method of aid and encouragement to these colleges. THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. The report of the Commissioner of Agriculture is especially interesting, and shows valuable results. The duty of protecting our farmers from inferior fer tilizers is very Important. The etatistica show that during tho season of 1879-80 there were 119,583.00 tons of commercial fertilizers inspected in the State. This was an increase of 34,534 tons over the previous year. Of these, 104,838 tons were ammoniated superphosphates, and 13,900 tons were acid phosphates. The number of brands of fertilizers was 182 for this year, against 102 last year. The amount of money received from the inspection of fertilizers wa3 $59,791.53, and the cost of inspection was $10,353.17, leaving a balance of $49,438.30 of revenue from this source that went into the treas ury. Oftbe $10,353.17 of cost, however, $S41.70 was paid ou previous account. Tlie commissioner recommends a revi sion of the laws relating to tbe inspection and analysis of fertilizers, on account of their ambiguity and the impracticability of executing some of th3 requirements. The cuminissbner also recommends that tlio .urplus of money from tho inspection of fertilizers be used iu establishing an experimental farm. The department has issued 148.000 copies of circulars and crop reports, and has now in press a “Manual on Cattle,” for dlstri billion. Tbe Commissioner includes ill his report tho report of tlie Superintendent of Fishe ries of Georgia. Iu June, over one million of young shad, received from the United States Commissioner of Fisheries, were placed m the Oconee, Ocmulgee and Chattahoochee rivers. A small number of German carp were also distributed fer ponds. The superintendent recommends a reasonable appropriation to carry on the work of stocking our rivers witli fish. The Commissioner of Agriculture calls attention to tlie gratifying fact of the ad vance In tlie agricultural prosperity of tbe State, to improvement in home com forts on the farms, to the general intro duction of improved implements and machinery, and improved methods of culture. Steam power has been largely utilized on the farms, especially in run ning cotton gins. Au increased dewanil lias been made for improved seeds. Thoroughbred cattle and sheen havo been bought. The dairying interest lias re ceived a decided impetus. Local agri cultural organizations have been institu ted iu greater numbers, and there seems to be a general and practical interest taken by the tarmera in the department of agriculture. TUB STATE FREE SCHOOL SYSTEM. The report of the State School Commis sioner shows tbat in tbe last year the at tendance upon tlie white schools was 145, 090, and colored schools 79,000, making a total of 224,090, being an increase of 14, 000 over tlie year 1878. The .Commissioner gives the attendance since tlie inauguration of tlie school sys tem in 1871, and the figures exhibit the gratifying fact of a steady growth of tiie system in each year. In 1871, white pu pils, 42,914; colored, 0,004; total, 49,578. In 1873, white, 03,022; colored, 10,753; to tal, Si,077; increase, 34,099. In 1S74, white, 93,107; colored, 42,374; to at, 135, 541; increase, 51.804. In 1S75, white, 105,990; colored, 50,853; total, 150,304; in crease, 20,808. In 1870, white, 121,418; colored, 57,987; total, 179,405; increase, 23,011. Iu 1877, white, 128,290; colored 02,530; total, 190,020; increase, 11,221. Iii 1878, white, 137,217; colored, 72,053; to tal, 209,872; increase, 19,246. Tho total number of children ot school age is 433,444. The net amount appro priated in 1879 for the schools was $155,- 20431. In 18S0 the amount was $185,- 7S9.54. The increase in 18$) was due to tho liquor tax, a half year’s yield furnish ing $55,000. The poll tax is to be added, which is retained in tlie counties. In 1>79 tiie net poll tax collected was $160,484.35, The whole amount estimated for the pub' lie schools for 1S80 will be $570,000. Cer tain cities and counties, under local laws, raise by local taxation for school purposes about $150,000 yearly, making the whole sum, which will be annually raised by tho preseut laws for free education, $520,000. The commissioner recommends a num her of methods for increasing the school fund, to which legislative attention is directed. The sum or $500,000 lias supported the public schools in tlie different counties for periods vary ing from one and a half to three months of tlie year. Tho steady increase in tlie attendance at tlie public schools demon strates tbe growing popular appreciation of them and their enhancing utility. I trust that some incans nmy be devised to strengthen this powerful instrument of State progress. THE ATTORNEY-OENERAL’S REPORT. I Tlio report of tlie Attorney-General In cludes tiie operations of Ids department since 1878. In 1874,an act was passed by tlio Legislature taxing the property of all tlie railroads in the State as other property of the citizens is taxable. Maiiy of these corporations claimed that they were enti tled by their charters to a limited, pre scribed rate of taxation, and that it was a violation of the contract made witii tlie State to attempt to impose a higher rate. The rate prescribed in tlieir charters was generally one-half of ono per cent, upon their net income. The object of tlio act was to test tho right of tlie State to tax tiie railroads beyond the limits prescribed in their cliarteis, and a method was pre scribed by that act by which tho railroads could avail themselves oi all the privileges conferred by their charters. Suits were instituted after tlie passage of tligl act against most of tlie railroad companies fur taxes due under that act during tiie term of ray predecessor; and while taxes were collected against those roads which had no chartered exemp tions, yet in most of tiie leading lines of this States, tlio decisions of tho courts, ei ther of thh State or tho Supreme Court of the United States, were adverse to the right of the State to recover any taxes be yond its chartered rate. These fi. fas. were generally for taxes duo for the years 1874 aud 1873. Still, tlie Legislature, by re-enacting tho act of 1874—only amending it—con tinued to impose tlie tax, and made it tlie duty of the Executive to enforce it, if possible, under tho law. Tlio Attorney-General called my atten tion to these acts, and suggested Unit if new suits were Instituted against tlie rail roads, a decision might he obtained from the courts, either declaring these exemp tions unconstitutional, or else materially modifying them. Gen. Toombs, who had been employed In the suits arising under tlio fi. fas. for tho years 1874 and 1S75, was also employed at tiie sug gestion of tho attorney-general to aid him in reopening this litigation. Tho comp troller-general, whose duty it was under the law to issue tiie fi. fas., declined to do so, on the ground that uuder the decisions of the courts, no taxes were due by tbe roads beyond their chartered rates, unless an executive order was issued requiring him to do so. Tliis order was according ly given and tlie fi. fas. issued. The report of tlie Attorney-General will show tiie result of that reopened litiga tion, and that from tills source, apparent ly closed, there lias been collected for tlie State the handsome sum of $210,083.27. These collections embrace taxes from tbe railroads for tbe years 1874 ami 1S75, as well as subsequent yeais, with interest thereon from the time when due. A prin ciple has been established which will re sult in bringing a large amount of reve nue into tiie Stale treasury annually from tbis source. Tbe Attorney-General recommends some legislation in connection with the tax on certain roads, to which special at tention is called. The Attorney-General further recommends that, In order to se cure a proper return ol the taxablo prop erty of railroads, the duty of determining what taxes the roads should pay, should be devolved by the Legislature on the Railroad Commission instead Comptroller-General. A very important case is now pending which involves tbe constitutionality of the act crcatingthe Railroad Commission. A bill was filed by M.K.Jessup^urviving trus tee oftbe bondholders, for the old Atlan tic and Gulf railroad, in tbe United States Court, to restrain the Commissioners front executing the act to regulate tariffs. Judge Bradley dismissed this bill, when a second bill was filed by one of tbe stock holders oftbe Savanuali, Florida and Wes tern RSliroad Company, which succeeded the old Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Com pany, and a preliminary injunction has been granted, and tlio case is now pend ing. As the case is one of importance, I retained Gen. Toombs and Messrs. My- natt & Howell to assist the Attorney-Gen eral, and liave paid them a portion of their fee out of the contingent fund. 'I respectfully call the attention of th6 Gen eral Assembly to the cage, and to the employment ot assistant counsel, and re quest that an appropriation be made for paying tlieir fees. In conformity with a resolution of the General Assembly, fi. fas. were issued agaiustjobn W.Renfroe, treasurer of the State, and his sureties, for certain moneys received as interest on the public funds. Bills were filed in these cases by tlie de fendants, and injunctions granted, and tbe cases are now pending. In the case of the State against John Jones, treasurer, and John T. Grant and C. A. Nutting, sureties, a judgment was obtained for $90,000, dated May 23, 1879. A motion was made to set aside the judg ment. The suit was instituted during tlie term of my predecessor, ty the attorney general, Hon. N. J. Hammond, and Gov. Smith employed to assist him General R Toombs, Messrs. McCay & Trippe, Co). Willis A. Hawkins aud Mr. Wm. T. New man. All of these able lawyers advised tbe acceptance of $35,0C0 offered in com promise by Mr. Grant. The tax books showed the available property of Mr. Grant to be about $02,OCX), on which there was a mortgage of $22,000 made prior to the judgment. This left but $40,000 property to cover the judgment. Mr. Grant urged, and some of tbe State’s counsel conceded, that he gave the bond to serve a temporary purpose, deemed important for the public service, and thought that the new bond given was legally a substitute for his boud. Tbis constituted a strong, cquita ble reason for accepting the compromise Under the circumstances, 1 felt that I had no alternative except to act upon the unanimous recommendation of tlie coun sel for the State and accept the $35,000 as tiie best thing for the State’s interest. This offer was accepted pending tho mo tion to set aside the judgment. The Su preme Court afterwards decided in favor of the State, but the decision would not have increased the chauces of a larger re covery. THE M \CON AND IIIIUNSWICK RAILROAD The General Assembly passed an act, which was approved September 3, 1879, autboriziug tlie lease of the Macon and Brunswick railroad, with tlio privilege by tiie lessees of purchasing tbe road fur $1,125,000. On the 10th of September, 1879, the road was advertised fur lease as directed by the act, the lease to be made at public outcry, in Macon, on Thursday, the 6th day of November, between tlie legal hours of sale. Tbe road was put up 011 tlie said day, and the bidding was not finished when the legal hour of sale had c!o3ed, wliile in the confusion and rapidity of bids as the clock struck, it was impossi ble to decide whose bid u as entitled to tlie lease, aud tlie highest bid obtainable had not been offered. The sum of $170, 000 was bid as the yearly reut. 1l conformity with the law, the road was readvertised for leaso on the 18lh day of November, 1879, iu Macon; the lease to be inade on Tuesday, the 13th day of January, 18S0, in tiie legal hours of sale and to coEtinue from day to day unti made. Tho road was knocked down to Mr. James M. Coupcr, representing a company cf capitalists, for tho sum of $194,000 rental, and the $10,000 required by tbe act was promptly paid. In concluding the negotiations,tlie lessees offered to pur chase immediately, and desired an un conditional warranty deed to the road, which I did not feel authorized to give In behalf of tho State. After some delay tlie lessees consented to receive the roac 1 under a deed accompanied with an ex planatory document that no warranty was given, save such as was authorized by the law of the lease and the general laws of tlie State. On the 2Stb of Febru ary, 1880, tho leaso and sale were con cluded, and the road transferred to Jas. M. Coupcr, (ieo. U. Hazlehurst, A. J. Lane and W. M. Johnston, as lessees first, asd afterwards as purchasers. Al! of the provisions of tho iaw were com plied with. The sum of $250,000 in 4 per cent, bonds of the State of Georgia was paid by tho purchasers, and the title transferred. The purchasers have already begun to survey a route for tho exten sion of tljo road from Macon to Atlanta, as required by the act, within twelve months after the execution of tlie lease. Tho act lias been fully executed, tho sale oftbis valuable property bavins been effected to a stroug company, financially responsible, and in every way iegaliy bound to carry out to the letter tho law of’ tne purchase, and I have every reason to believe they will comply with their obli- gations. The directors of the Macon and Bruns wick railroad make their filial report of tlieir management of the road from Sep tember 30,1S7S, the date of tlieir last re port, to February 29, 1880, when they turned over the road to tlie lessees and purchasers. The earnings duriug this pe riod were $038,73130, and the expenses $190,246.35, leaving a balance of $142,- 4S4.01. The road lias paid into the treas ury during these seventeen montlis $104,- 008.12, which includes some oftbe earn ings previous to October, 1878. Considera ble addition was made tu the equipment of the road, Including engines, *cars and rails. Tiie directors reier tho reduction of tlie net income received by the State from tiie road to several large amounts uid since tiie roud was seized by tbe state in 1873, including $97,700 or fare 'dlls of tlio old company, $11,5S5.00 of old mortgage bonds, and $14,041.00 or freight balances lost, due by tho Atlantic and Gulf railroad of freight balances. Tho directors have been engaged, under executive direction, sinco the sale of the road, in winding up the unsettled busi ness, a portion of which still needs some attention, but is iu process of settlement. MACON AND DnUX8WICK RAILROAD COU PONS. The last General Assembly passed a resolution approved October 17,1870, re questing the Governor to investigate and report to the next General Assembly about tlie validity of certain coupons due on or before January 1» 1S73, of the Ma con and Brunswick railroad Indorsed bonds. * I have to report to tlio General Assem bly, In response to this resolution, that tlio coupons referred to were coupons of the first mortgage bonds of the Macon ar.d Brunswick railroad, indorsed by the Stato. Governor Smith seized tho road on account of the nonpayment of tlie in terest of the road July 2,1S73. Tlie inter est was due July 1, 1873. The Leg islature of 1875 passed an act authorizing the issue of $540,000 of bonds to pay tlie back interest on these and other bonds aud June 23, 1870, Governor Smith gave an order to tiie treasurer, which appears upon the minutes of the executive depart ment, which contains these words : “In paying off tlie coupons of the $1,- 950,009 Macon and Brunswick railroad recognized and indorsed first mortgage bonds, you will be authorized to aeeent when any bond or bonds indorsed by the State, or Lhe interest due thereon, shall not l>e paid by said railroad company at maturity, or when due, to seize the road upon information of such default by any holder of said bond or bonds, aud apply the earnings of said road to tbe extin guishment of said bond or bonds or cou ncils. Tbe first information given by any holders of said bonds of default in the payment of interest, was on the 2d day of July, 1S73, of default of tbe interest due -July l, 1873; and upon this information tlie of the road was seized. No information was given of default in the payment of any interest due before this time, and tbe Executive liad therefore do chance to protect Die State’s interest, if there was such default; and the act authorizing the indorsement only provided for tiie application of the earnings of the road wben seized by tlie State to the extinguishment of said bouds or coupons in default of the payment of which the road was seized. The coupons due on or before January 1, 1873. of the Macon & Brunswick Railroad indorsed bonds, were excluded from pay ment under the executive order of June 23,1876, quoted above, as not being valid and bindiug claims against tbe State, the holders lasing tlieir right by tlieir failure to inform the Governor of the default; the State, by this failure to give notice of the default, losing the opportunity to protect its interest. ) ** H It would be a difficult and tedious task to ascertain the facta about the holders ol these coupons, and when aud from whom they received them. Under tiie present construction of the law, they are not valid claims against the State. Tiie facts as as ccrtained are respectfully reported to the General Assembly for sueh action as is deemed proper. THE DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTE. In 1879 there were 07 pupils, and in 1880,64 in the State Deaf and Dumb In stitute. Of these there were 43 males aud 24 females tiie first year, and 32 males and S2 females tlie second year. Iu 1879 the receipts of the institute were $15,641.94, including tlie balance of $1,1S5.S0 from tho previous year, and the amount paid out was $15,010.07. In 1880 the receipts were $10,909.67, and the ex penses $14,010.13, leaving a Dalaucc July 1, 1880, of $2,-541,09. The superintendent calls attention to the fact that the accommodations are very crowded, no additions having been made to buildings that were first used for 40,and now are used for 07 pupils. There is an absolute necessity for an enlargement of tlio buildings. Some 15 applications from colored mutes liave been made for admis sion to tbe benefits of tbe institute. The trustees furnish a statement of tiie treat ment given by other States to their deas and dumb, aud they show that Georgia if tlie iowest of ail the States in the general appropriation for these unfortunates. At tention is called to tbe recommendations of the superintendent and trustees. ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND. The year from October, 1S73, to Octo ber, 1871), wa3 tlie 2Sill year of the Geor gia Academy for the Blind, and tiie ex penditures amounted to $9,024 26. The whole number of pupils iu attendance was 60, and the average monthly at tendance was 58. The per capita cost of each pupil was $105.93. For improve ments and repairs $3,300.03 were ex pended. During the year from October, 1S79, to October, 1880, ilie 29th year of ibis insti tution, the number of pupils was 57, the State appropriation $12,000, and tbe ex penditure by tlie Principal for the main tenance, salaries, etc., was $10,340.84. THE RAILROAD COMMISSION. Tho report of the Railroad Com missioners has not been prepared for tbe Executive, on accouut of the illness of Col. Barnett, to whom was specially deputized the preparation of tlie report. I am infunned that the report is being pre pared, and I will lay it before the Gen eral Assembly as soon as completed. COMMISSIONER OF LAND AND IMMIGRA TION. Under an act approred October 17, 1S79,1 appointed Mr. Francis Fontaine Slate Commissioner of Laud and Immi gration—an office without emolument from the State. The commissioner en tered immediately upon tbe discharge of liis duties, opening two offices, one in New York and one in Atlanta, en tering upon an extensive correspondence in this couutry aud Europe, and printing circulars and pamphlets to di-seminale information of our soil, climate, produc tions and resources. Hts expenses, in cluding tiie cost of his living, he reports at about $2,500, while his fees have altogether aggregated about $100. Agents liavo been appointed North and iu ‘Europe. The matter of immigration lias been prac tically inaugurated, and information learned as to the proper methods to suc ceed with it. The Commissioner reports very luliy bis experience, and presents au interest ing aud instructive paper, furnishing val uable and detailed -information ou tbis most important subject. He concludes that the best plan to get immigrants for Georgia is to obtaiu them in Europe, and bring them direct to the State by steam ship to Savannah, distributing them by our own railroads. He suggests that the following changes be made in the act: A fixed salary and an office at tiie capi tol, iu Atlanta, for the commissioner; a salary for one secretary, office rent aud fixtures provided fur in the city of New York, if that office bo continued; a fixed sum provided for printing, stationery, pos tage, etc.; and authority to make contracts cation of a name fed to suited in the discovery of thefh?,’ i*°^i m*ter was prompt^ ta tMmfe the solicitor-general of the AtuSto^ cult, and the parties were arre^ Indicted, and one of them hMfeSl victed. Deea “n- STATK DKPOSITORHes. Under the act of the General approved October 10, 1879,1 State depositories tbe follojrfj^jted? each uuder a good bond 0 f s.vi oailks > quired by the law, viz; * s . re ' Georgia Bank, of Macon • the rn* ntr *! Bang of Georgia, of Atlanu* ,vf' o* et V* em Bank oftbe State of’ (^® oath - Savannah; the Eagle and Phaafe^ of factoring Company, of August“*?£' Bank of Rome, of Rome; the rTi*. tbe Ranking A Trust Company of r tbe Georgia pany, of Augusta; the Bank ofthl fe' versity, of Athens; tbe Bank of •nd the Grifliu Banking Com^ny ^ These depositories agreed to fmnbh all exchange free of charge, aud each to take if required, its proportion orfour per amt’ bonds at their par value, and thus we- serve the credit or the State. pre GEORGIA’S MINERAL RESOURCES The last General Assembly nutfe m appropriation for tbe continuance of the geological survey oftbe State and the payment of the State geoloaUt. The field work was, therefore, suspended. The State geologist has continued the corres pondence of his office to some extent, and tlie collections of ores and geological data along the lines of the various railroads He reports a constantly increasing interest in the mineral region of the State. There are in operation 50 gold mills with neariv 500 stamps, representing a capital of neaf- ^ dollars, brought into the State from the North and West dur ing the five years oftbe active prosecution oftbe survey. New investments are beine constantly made. ° The State geologist reports that he has just finished the work of collecting the mineral statistics of Georgia for the tenth census of the United Sta'es. The mining of manganese ore in Bar tow county, brown hematite iron in Dade county, and copper in H iralson county, are among the developments of the )a3t year and may be ascribed to tlie geological de^ partmeut. Fertilizers are being made of the potash deposits in Houston and Twiggs counties, soapstone is being ship ped from Murray and Fannin counties, sandstone from Bartow county, aud asbes tos, barite, mica and rutili from other counties. The collection of minerals discloses some astonishing evidences of Georgia’s wealth in minerals. There are specimens of iron ore from 71 counties; granite, 45; gold ore, 01; limestone, 4S; quartz, 40; soapstone, 22; mill rock, 71; asbestos, 2& copper, 27; corundum, 9; kaolin, II; manganese*, 15; marine, 0; serpentine for mantels, 11; etc. The survey shows water power afforded by over 000 streams, ranging from 10 to 300, and a3 high as 30,000 horse power. These can be used for cotton factories add other roanuiactures. The Sta’-c Geologist calls attention to the vast number of valuable statistics and farts that have been gathered by the sur vey of the varied aud magnificent re sources of our State that liave not been published, and where publication, uuder official authority, would be beneficial. A large map of tlie State, complete and accurate, is well under way. Every State iu the Union save one has had geological surveys. It is a matter of serious consider ation for the General Asseineiy whether the Interest of the State will not be sub served by the completion of the geolog ical survey. CONCLUSION. The interests of this great common wealth which are committed to our Hands by the constitution of tlie State, are of in calculable importance and dignity. If by- cur patriotic devotion we shall conserve and advance these, we shall have accom plished a great work—one worthy of the noblest ambition. The times are propi tious for our efforts in behalf of our be loved State. And now that tbe excite ment and disturbing agencies of popular eiectious are no longer diverting our at tention, we may bring an undivided zeal and industry into our labors for the public weal. The happiness which good and wise govern tueut so powerfully aids in diffusing^ is worthy of the highest powers and utmost sacri fices of tiie sons of the State, and the glory of our common country will be consummated when (very community embraced in the great family of Slates is made to share in that large degree of prosperity which wise government will surely promote. I gratefully feel my obligation to assist you in every attempt to elevate the fame and increase tlie happiness of the people of our beloved Georgia, and I can propose to my own ambition no higher enterprise or nobler reward than to lie a co-worker in this glorious service. Alfred H. Colquitt. Manners 200 Years Ago.—A curi ous little book, called “Tlie Rules of Civility,” which was published in 1075, throws amusing light 011 tlie manners of our aucesters two centuries ago. “Being in disctirse witli a man,” we read ou one page, “’tis no less than ridiculous to pul! him by tlie buttons, to play with his baud strings, belt or coat, or to punch him now aud then 011 tlie stomach.” Again, “It - "J** and undervalue ofa man to ufa business nature with applicants for ?I tep r " lien *5 is dl3C0Urs ‘? e or reading; labor, under certain limitations, iu order i. he , r f[ or 1 a «?V d demand it to bo to defray the expense of agents In such «> rbi dj besides something may happen m cities or countries iu Europe as eircurn- , e act snoring, sweat- stances shall warrant, subject totheap- ’ ill S»S a P^5 or dribbling.” More explicit provaloftho Governor or Bureau of Iiu- : f? 3 lhe rules for *****« «* the table: migration, if such a bureau be coastitu- * n “”” n " ~ “ *“ ted. If immigration is to be encouraged, the fact must be recognized that the State must incur some expense to obtaiu its benefits. If additional labor is needed to develop our mineral deposits,»to cultivate our idle land, aud to ruu manufactories, we must go to work practically to get it. Mr. Fontaine has made a good beginning, and attention is directed to tbe record of Ins labors, as containing the germ of what seems to be the most feasible plan to se cure such immigration as wo wish and need. The matter is commended to tlie careful consideration of tho General As sembly. PARDONS. I submit, la accordance with the re quirement of the new constitution, a list of the pardons grauted by mo since the date of tiy message to the last General Assembly, giving the particulars iu each case of executive clemency. MAIMED SOLDIERS. The last General Assembly passed an act carrying into operation the fast clause of paragraph 1, section 1, article 7 or the new constitution, to supply the soldiers who lost a limb In the military service of the Confederate States with substantial artificial limbs during life. The method or proof was submitted to the Attornev- General, who prepared careful! v a system of blanks for use. The soldiers were re quired to make affidavits oi the facts eu- litling them to tlie aid of tlie State, aud to support tlieir claim ; by the affidavit of a commissioned officer of tbeir company, or if there was none, by the affidavits of three responsible citizens to tlie farts, aud these ailidavits were required to be attest ed by officers holding their comaiissio: from and recorded in this offi.-e. a cer tificate under official seal from the ordi nary of the county where the applicant fi nf tlrn ^ Ua ,y oxacted “ to the ide.iti- ty oftbe applicant, and his witnesses r 1,e -ri r ‘?P ec | ab * ,it y to complete tlio proof. The blauk tonus were sent to the ordinaries oftlie dillerent countiesfo? di£ tribution among the maimed soldiers, aud sent 8, dirert U to ?h ^ a PP ,icat ions were sent direct to the Gomj!trgIter-General who kindly consented to take the trouble Thu. r Ug rcral? ttng the money. Ihus every effort was made to guard against fraud, while affording even- facil ity to the poor soldiers to secure tlieir M°possib!e h ” HU!0 expense audl trouble “‘‘funT.f ^’ 8701 ? as heen P** o' 11 "" fund to 900 maimed soldiers. In every effc v -t to prevent it, some - — upon tbe follow-) o din^fe\«f . * the a** 13 the ing considerations: Tlio Governor, under nresentld dutant counties, and tlie law authorizing the indorsement, ap- Hki'lfelfv WjiMUons very eating, observe to let your hands be dean. Feed not with both your bands, nor keep your knife in your hands. Dip not your fingers in the'sauce nor lick them wben you have done. If you liave occasion io sneeze or cough take your hat or put your uapkin before your face. Drink not with your mouth full or unwiped, nor so long that you are forced to breath) in the glass.” These are the rules also for tho drawing-room: “If a person of quality be iu tlie company of la dies, ’tis too juvenile and light to play witli, to toss or tumble iliem, to kiss them by surprise, to force away their hoods, their frns, tlieir niffs. It is un handsome among ladies, or any other se rious company, ip throw off one’s doak, to pull off one’s peruke, to cut oue’s nails, to tie one’s garter, to change shoes if they pinch, to call for ono’s slippers to be at ease, losing between the teeth, or todrum with one’s fingers.” . The Mother Rules the World.— It ia bard for a • young mother, who has not yet overcome the wayward tendencies of her own youthful natere, to reaiize the tntluence she exerts over her own little ones. She is constantly surrounded by 1 critical imitators, who copy her morals and manners. As the mother is, so are her sons and daughters. If a family of children 13 blossod with with an intelli gent mother, wlvo is delicate aud refined in her manners, and docs not consider it necessary to be one woman in a drawing- rooih and an entirely different person in cvery-day life, but who is a Hue mother, and always a tender, chamiiag woman, you trill invariably see her habits of speech and perfect manners repeated in her children. Great, rough raeu aun noisy, busy boys will always tone dowe their voices and step lightly and try to be nidre mannerly when she stops to give them a kind word or a pleasant tmiie, for a true moU er will never fall to say or do al) the pleasant things that she can that will in any way help or lift uj) and cheer those whose lives are shaded with care and toll. The mother of to-day rules the world of to-morrow. An Amusing Incident.—Iu a little village in Virginia there lived a family named Ransom.. They were not very pious people, and never went to church. Ouce, however, during a revival, the family were prevailed upon to attend preaching. When they made tbeir re luctant and tardy appearance the servi ces had just begun, arid when they had scarcely taken their seats, the minuter gave the first hymn, reading it somewhat thus: “Return, ye ransom sinners, home.” “Ail rightcried tlie head of tlie Ransoms, getting up in a race, and clappjng his hat on his liead. “Go** along, old woman and gala, we’ll go home last enough, and everybody in the old church knows we didn’t want to come*