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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 19, 1880.~
Two Mormon Elders will leave Chatta
nooga on the 18tb, for Almaso, Colorado,
with fifty converts. During three years
past four hundred converts from North
Georgia, have emigrated to that locality.
TnEtnerchants of Carondelet, Mo., have
what they call “The Book of Beats,” in
which are the names of persons who do
not pay their debts. The Rev. Mr. Scho
field Is therein recorded, and the fact was
lately stated in public, by Deacon Hall,
as disgraceful to him. The church held
an investigation, listened to the clergy
man’s assurance that ho would pay if he
could, and voted that he was an honest
man.
The return of William S. Holman of
Indiana to the lower house, after retire
ment during tnc pnaem, congress, is a
matter of congratulation. During his
membership of former Congresses ho prov
ed himself one of the ablest men in the
body, especially in the advocacy of all
economic measures that had to do with
the paying out of money from the treas
ury.
The boure of refuge on top of Mount
St. Gothard, founded In the fourteenth
century, will be permanently closed two
years hence. The opening of the tunnel
will render it useless, as not even beggars
will then cross the mountain on foot.
At present tlio Hospice affords shelter,
food, and a bed to 20,000 people yearly,
and Is supported by private and public
charity. The ride through the tunnel will
cost only twenty cents.
Orange Boxes.—We noticed upon
the Centre street wharf, says the Fer-
nandina Mirror, a whole cargo of box
material for packing oranges, brought
from the state of Maine, to be shipped to
the Interior. This looks like bringing
coals to Newcastle. This box stuff is pre
pared by an Ingenious system of putting a
circular stick in a thin veneer, a process
which could be applied to many of our
timber trees.
The St. Louis cotton market has a
“boom” of rejoicing, founded on a great
increase in receipts. These amounted
for the cotton year ended August 31 to
406,270 bales, which figures make St.
Louis the leading cotton mart of the in
terior. The Commercial Exchange of
that city says that the value of this busi
ness is equal to $50,000,000 to the city.
The net receipts for the cotton, $17,800,-
000, are expended in St. Loui3 in the
purchase of goods and supplies, and thus
a great market is created by the diversion
of cotton.
The Febnandina Mirror says: The
Fentandlna and Jacksonville railroad
Company evidently intend to be readj
in time for the opening •* ;’ ue ; r _
loccu>utive and two handsome passenger
reoaches arrived here oh Wednesday and
are now at the Transit Railroad shops.
The passenger coaches are very Dieely fit
ted up with cane seats and all the modern
improvements. The piling at Trout Creek
and Nassau is progressing and the work
Is being pushed forward as rapidly as pos
sible. The election caused a suspension
of work for a few days.
Immigration.—Over three thousand
immigrants arrived at Castle Garden from
Europe on Monday the 8th instant. The
total number of immigrants who have ar
rived thus far this year is above 200,000
and it is estimated by Superintendent
Jackson that the immigration this year
will exceed that of any previous year in
the history of the country. The largest
record of immigration was in 1854, when
the arrivals were 310,000. In the opinion
of the commissioners of immigration ftally
00 percent, of all the immigrants who
have arrived this year have been of
the most valuable class for the material
development of the country.
The New York IFbrltl contained a sen
sational double-leaded editorial asserting
“on high authority” that before the elec
tion was held on Tuesday the 2d instant,
and while all the important members of
the Cabinet were absent from Washing
ton, the records of the various departments
of the executive government were over
hauled by unofficial persons who appear
ed in the several departments bearing the
authority of the chiefs of those depart
ments respectively. The World says that
the archives of the Government cover
four Republican administrations as well
as the administration of President Hayes,
and that the accounts of the nation have
never been examined by experts or offi
cials not affiliated with the party in power
since the year 1800. The World argues
that the purpose of the alleged over
hauling of the records was to suppress
any that would be damaging In case the
Democrats came Into power.
Florida Matters.—Major Marks
stales that he is receiving seventy-five per
cent, more business letters from persons
seeking homes in Florida than in any for
mer year. There seems to be less aimless
inquiry and more business among the
writers than heretofore. If there are any
thing in appearances, Florida will receive
large additions to her population during
the present season. Orange gathering has
commenced on a moderate scale. Ship
ments to the Northern markets will be
gin at an early day. Tho crop of Orange
county will probably exceed that of last
year, in spllo of her storm. Strangers are
beginning to arrivo from the North, some
seeking homes and others in pursuit of
health and pleasure. We are pleased to
welcome them, and hope a whole army of
widcawako and enterprising people may
follow them, and find In South Florida
their ideal of a desirable country to make
their homes in.—Olanda Reporter.
Cyprus is likely this year to become a
favorite winter resort for British' valetu
dinarians. Those who have lately trod
its shores are enthusiastic in its praise;
there are no bounds to its hygienic pos
sibilities. A private company is doing
for it what the French Government has
done for its Algerine possession—erecting
attractive buildings for invalids and bos-
telries for travelers, that those wandering
in search of increased strength and hiding
from the bitterness of a northern winter
may find shelter and a happy repose.
The Oeoreta Senatorial Election
Takes place to-day, and we suppose it
will result in the election of ex-Gcvernor
Joseph E. Brown on the first ballot. The
original contest was made before the peo
ple, in the gubernatorial election, (con
trary to sound usage) and the result
practically determined In thatrace.
Ex-Gov. Brown will be a man of con
siderable weight in tho United States Sen
ate. He is pre-eminently a sagacious and;
self-contained man. He never takes a
position unless he is ready to take it. He
never begins a controversy until all his
pockets are crammed with ammunition;
and hence he rarely comes out^of one with
his feathers trailing. ,
For a quiet and conciliatory man by na
ture, ho dreads a fight less than any man
wa ever saw, and, in fact, a fight “agrees
with him.” He is like Old Hickory, one
of whose aids throughout his whole mili
tary career told us that, during ali the
Creek campaign, he helped lift Old Hick
ory to his horso in the morning and lift
him off at night. He bad chills and fever
and could hardly stand alone; but when
the fight got warm ho was like a raging
lion and could do anything; but when the
crisis was over he was faint as a girl, and
had to be borne to his bed.
Brown is a man of gentle and consider
ate speech, hut he gains strength on “op-
pugnanee,” and sticks to it with such ar-
do r and perseverance—such indomitable
energy and pluck—that it is not worth
anybody’s while to beglu a row with him.
II#* is not a malicious hu*
less he is like a bull-dog or a snapping
turtle. When he takes hold he is goiug
to hold on, even if you abridge him just
behind the mouth. And moreover, he is
the Prince oi Plausibility. Let him state
the case and the cause is won.
Ex-Governor Brown will he a pre-emi
nently useful member, if usefulness con
sists in getting appropriations—and doubt
less (or right and justifiable objects, it does,
to a large extent. Governor Brown will
show the gentlemen who complain of the
solid South that the way to destroy it is
not by blows and knocks and bad lan
guage. Some policy of smiles and sun-
shinc, like that wh'ch stripped the traveler
of his cloak, is far more available than the
blasts and storms of winter. They will
all be in favor of plenty oi money, if they
are to get it; and though not one would
spend a dollar of his own ou “Dry creek,”
they will not complain if Congress spends
a million. This is the Tiojan horse in
politics, and Governor Brown Is the best
trainer for that horse In the State ofGeor-
gia. As a man to fight a crowd, or fall in
with it, we know no better.
To the Point, and True—Senator
Hili’g Letter.
Onr contemporary, the Gainesville
Eagle, utters the followiug words of good
sense and cheer, which should awaken a
hearty response In every Southern heart:
While tliere is here and there a croaker,
It is gratifying to uote the fact that au
overwhelming majority of the Democratic
papers are for standing by their colors,
anil indignantly spurn the suggestion of a
new departure iu politics. The Demo
cratic party is one of principles, and.
whether in victory or defeat, these remain
the same. A temporary repulse will no
more destroy the party than it will blot
out the love of liberty and constitutional
government. It will continue to live in spite
of the opposition of its enemies, the evil
surmisine of the craven-heart—* th-
r falSC frieP -- Although" tte
— -scaled, still it is doing a grand
work in checking centralization, and iu
adherents will not hesitate or falter until
iu principles shall triumph over all oppo
sition.
How different from the above is the
Utopian scheme of Senator Hill to organ
ize, North and South, one “great national
union party,” and let the Republicans be
wiped out because they are hated at the
South, and the DemocraU be sent to
Coventry because they are hated at the
Noitli. The project of the Senator is so
far fetched and impracticable that it
trenches upon the ridiculous. It is not
very likely that either the DemocraU or
Republicans will consent to commit sui
cide to oblige the talented member from
Georgia; and who is to “disband” them if
they prefer to live on ? Besides, the mere
act of dissolution would not eradicate the
rying trade Into the pockets of foreigners,
ought to be repealed. '
A true Democrat believes that as wo
manufacture now much more than we
can consume at home It is absolutely nec
essary to our prosperity that our foreign
trade ahall be sfct free irom the shackles
of antiquated repreaslve legislation. He
knows that to sell we must also buy, and
he believes that the tariff, which now
places a heavy penalty on our buying
abroad, ought to be liberalized and re
formed. ,
A true Democrat opposes subsidies and
special granta of public money to shipping
or other commercial adventures, because
be knows that the surest and cheapest
way to procure general prosperity and to
encourage enterprises of all lawful kind!
is to remove restrictive laws and let Amer
ican genius and lovo of adventure have a
fair chance. ■ •
A true Democrat Is opposed to section
al lines in politics, becauso he knows that
such hues are not lounded iu nature or
in the people’s wishes and interests, but
rest on prejudices and antipathies kept
alive to the people’s Injury by designing
politicians. Ilence a true Democrat
wants no “solid South,” aud knows that
so evil a phenomenon would quickly dis
appear In the presence of a real Demo
cratic party. _
A true Democrat abhors all monopolies,
and therefore is opposed to “bossea."
who are only political monopolists. He
delights in overthrowing tho rule of “boss
es,” because he believes that tho people,
rightlv and fully instructed, are wiser tliau
tho wisest bosses, and are their own best
leaders. _
Finally, a true Democrat is not afraid
of his principles. This is a distinguish-
ing mark by which at ono time in our
history the real Democrat was known,
and at that time the Democratic party liad
the confidence and affection of the r®®
ylo.
We think wo may add with propriety to
tho ilcraliTa “solid South” negation, that
“a tme Democrat votes as bis convictions
lead him, and not for the sake or putting
himself with this or that section or party.
He recognizes the right of each and all
the States to their own party attitude, and
the folly and insincerity of abandoning it
for no better reason than that this or that
State or section takes a different one.
Hence, the Southern Democrat who should
vote the Radical ticket, for tho mere pur
pose of obeying the Heral<Ts instructions
to divide and break np the solid Sontb,
the true Democrat would rightfully pro
nounce a fool or false to his principles.
Last Week’sTottou Figures.
The New York Commercial and Fi
nancial Chronicle of last Saturday reports
tho cotton receipts of the seven days end
ing Friday night, the 12tli iiislint, at 215,-
S42 bales, against 220,210 the correspond
ing week of last year. Total receipts
since 1st September 1,857,900 bales,
against 1,007,438 for the same portion of
the previous cotton year, showing an in
crease of 190,408 bales.
The interior port business of the week
was as follows: Receipts 115,147 bales
against 130,522 for the same week of last
year. Shipments 92,771 against 104,458
last year. Stocks 227,135 against 187,120
last year, at same date.
The Chronicle's visible supply table
showed, on Friday night last, 2,107,943
bales of cotton m sight, against 1,898,752
bales last year at same date, 1,731,295
in 1878 at same date, and 1,760,812 in
1877 at same date. This shows an in
crease of 209,191 bales on the visible
supply of last year, 430,048 on the visible
supply of 1878, aud 401,131 on the visible
supply of 1S77. Middling upland was
•quoted at 07-10 in Liverpool last Friday.
Aline same date iast year, it was cj.
In 1878, at same dar the quotation was
51, and in 1877 at same date, it was 0.|
The Chronicle's weather telegrams of
Friday report a killing frost over a consid
erable portion of tho Gulf Stales, and gen
eral rains over tho whole cotton region
Galveston says It rained hard on three
days of the week, with a fall of 2.45. Ona
frost, not killing, is reported at Galveston,
but the rest of the State lias liad two kill
ing frosts, and snow In the northern part.
Cotton is generally killed. Ticking was
in fine progress at Galveston. At Indian-
ola, light rains on three days and a kill
ing frost on two nights. Picking steady,
At Corsicana, hard rains on two days,
and one killing frost. At Dallas, one
heavy shower—killing frost on two nights,
but as much cotton matured as cau be
gathered. At Brenham, one killing frost.
At Waco, two killing frosts, bat as much
Mr. Hill’s Chittenden Letter.
Sometimes when Mr. Hill seems to be
most pleasant and self-exculpatory, he
smoothes the hair of our Northern breth
ren the wrong way. To illustrate, the
following from the St. Louis Globe-Dem
ocrat, 1* In pout: -~
But the most remarkable point in It,
(\lr. Hill’s letter), and one which we have
not noticed, is his declaration that “tho
Republican party will take the Presidency
peaceably because the South wills it—and
at the next electiou the loaders of that
party will tell the people from every
stump and pulpit In the North that the
South must not be trusted.” If we give
Mr. Hill credit for houesty, as wo certain
ly do, it is at the expense of Ids reputa
tion for common sense. Ho honestly bo-
lievos that after the Republican party, by
an overwhelming vote, at a peaceful elec
tion aud with au ungues.lotted result, lias
won the Presidency by the only ordeal
that civilized nations recognize, lio be
lieves that when tho Republican party
steps into the peaceful exorcise of its un
questioned rights, it docs so not in virtue
of any ftindameutal law or principle of
popular sovereignty, not as tlio result
of a voting strength which it lias
just shown, but that Its triumph is a con
cession from the beatenparty—it takes tho
presidency “because the South wills It.”
If the South did not will it, If the South
did not in its magnanimity concedo the
presidency, the Republican party would
Lave to fight for it, and it would bo the
most natural thing in the world if tho
South should choose to withhold that con
cession which on this occasion it lias
granted. Wo wish there was some way
of making Mr. Hill understand that when
the Republican party »*kn« protidency,
as it will do next March, it does so with
out putting itself under any obligation to
the South. All that the South could do
fairly or unfairly to prevent it was done,
and its opposition was futile and unavail
ing. After it bad failed to prevent our
taking the presidency, any talk of our
taking it “because the South wills It” is
almost childish idiocy, but the Idiocy of it
does not prevent it from being genuine
Southern sentiment.
ANew Departure.—Tlio Democratic
executive committee of Brooks county
have opened the door and invited the
“man and brother” to come in and join
them in selecting candidates for county
officers. Whether they accept the offer is
to be seen. The Free Press has the fol
lowing :
We call the attention of the colored vo
ters of this county to the fact that they
have been invited by tho Democratic ex
ecutive committee to go to the polls on
Saturday, tlie 30th of tills month, and
help select good aud competent men as
nominees for the various county offices.
This i3 a liberal concession on the part of
the Democratic party, and tlio colored
people of the county should meet them
half way. We have contended, privately
and through these columns, that the Re
publicans of Brooks county would never
betray a trust of this kind and would
stick as close to a nomination which they
had helped U> make as their white tnends,
and we appeal to the colored men of
Brooks county to verify our words. Come
and vote for the men you believe will
make you the best officers, and do justice
alike to all. We don’t expect to tell you
who to vote for; that matter you must de
cide yourself.
latent hatred that may exist tor each... . , , .
other In the heartsof the irrcconcllablesof °Pf° * Can , b ° p,< * ed
cither section. Bat Mr. Hill’s assertions
arc altogether too broad. The Democratic
party is not hated at the North any more
than the Republicans are hated by the
Democrats. Nor does political excitement
run higher now than in the days of nulli
fication, or the subsequent period of hard
cider, coons and red pepper pods.
The South has been forced to stand on
guard against her Radical enemies, but
she showed by her support of Greeley that
there was no special animus against Re
publicanism, outside of acts of positive
aggression against herself. So long as
these acts are continued, so long will our
people be compelled to preserve Intact
their solid alignment for self-protection.
The bridging of the bloody chasm wasthe
slogan of the Greeley campaign. In
point of fact, too, the North is not solid
against the South, as the elections iu New
Jersey, California and Nevada prove, to
say nothing of the circumstance that it
was solely due to local influences in the
city of New York, supplemented by
heavy frauds, that the Empire State, by a
small majority, cast its vote for Garfield.
In a fair vote Hancock would have been
handsomely elected. We are forced to
believe that Mr. Hill’s views, as expressed
in bis Chittenden letter, will find neither
sympathy or followers In any portion of
the Union.
Herald on Democracy.
The Herald makes the resolutions of
the Young Democrats of New York city,
that “the absence of a well-defined and
consistent policy,” was one of the causes
of the late Democratic defeat—the sub
stance of a negative exposition of De
mocracy. It says the suin of the matter
is that the Democratic party was defeated
because It was not a Democratic party at
all, and proceeds to add as follows:
A tme Democrat does not consort with
Greenbackers or other advocates of fraud
ulent money, because he believes in hard
money—In a dollar’s worth of gold or sil
ver in a dollar, and no shams or frauds to
rob poor people.
A tme Democrat remembers that his
party twice paid off a national debt, dollar
for dollar, aud he scorni, therefore, to con
sort with repudlationista, debt-sca!crs, or
robbers of auy kind. .,
A tme Democrat believes that a tariff,
like every other scheme of taxation,
should be laid for revenue only, he does
not believe that under the pretext of levy
ing taxes for the support of ihe govern
ment commerce shall be crippled aud mo
nopolists lavored.
A true Democrat believes that commerce
is a legitimate branch of industry as well
as manufactures; that a merahant can be
trusted to buy ships, which are his tools,
where be can get the bast at the lowest
price?, and that prohibitive navigation
laws, which have driven our flag from the
ocean and put the profits of our vast car
in Louisiana, rain on three days, and a
fall of 1.82. At Shreveport, rain to the
depth of 2.00; roads in bad condition. In
Mississippi, at Vicksburg, ono killing
frost, and five rainy days in the week.
At Columbus, two days of rain, the Iast
severe, with hail, which did much damage;
the rainfall amounted to 1.61. In Arkan
sas, cloudy or rainy weather all the week,
aud no cotton picked; rainfall 2.08. At
Memphis, In Tennessee, rain ou four days
and 2.42 oi fall; fields too wet and muddy
for picking. In Nashville, rain on four
days aud fall 1.70.
In Alabama, at Mobile, two days of
rain aud a light frost. At Montgomery
four days of rain and two killing frosts.
Lowest mercury 35. At Selma two rainy
days and rest of week pleasant. Cotton
coming in freely. At Madison, Florida,
rain only on ona day. In Georgia, at Ma
con, rain on four days. Rain of the 12
days of November 2.08. At Columbus
rain on two days of the week, in which
the fall was 2.43. In Savannah rain on
three days and 1.04 of fall. In Augusta
heavy rain on the first four days of the
week. Cotton coming forward freely. In
Charleston rain on three days and 1.75 of
fall.
COTTON CONSUMPTION.
Mr. Ellison says the consumption of
Great Britain is now from 05,000 to 60,-
000 bales per week, while that of the Con
tinent is 52,000, or a total of nearly 118,*
000 bales of 400 pounds each.
The Hew Apportionment
The editor of that truth-loving and non
partisan paper “founded by Horace Gree
ley” has been suffering fearfully with
the nightmare, cawed by recent potations
in memory of the late victory of that
delectable “party of high moral ideas.”
His digestion has been bad for some time,
and all the application of liver pads baa
not removed the bile. Ho dreamed the
other night that the Democrats propose to
make the new apportionment of members
of Congress, accenting to the new census,
at the approaching session. He says:
But all know that this subject Involves
prolonged debate at any time. It would
block all other public business, if au at
tempt should be made to force through a
partisan apportionment this winter, be
cause the Republican members know that
the present majority has been repudiated
aud condemned by the people, and that a
Congress of a different stamp is to follow.
Resistance to the passage or any partisan
measure of this character would be not
only proper, but a duty of Republican
members.
It Is the duty of Republican partisans
to retard the business of Congress, but
criminal upon the part of the opposition.
What hypocritical cant. If Congress fails
Novel Election Beta.
The loser in a Memphis bet is to stand
on his head five minutes, iu a public
square, w'tb a Garfield banner suspended
from bis feet.
In Oswego, N. Y., a groceryman Let
his store against a neighboring meat mar
ket that Hancock would bo elected. On
Wednesday morning ho turned over his
wager like a man, but the butcher de
clined to accept it.
A combination bet was mado by ten
Democrats and ten Republicans in Hous
ton, T®xn-- Th2 losers were to harness
themselves to a stage coach anti draw tlio
winners through tho principal street. In
both parties were some of the foremost
men of the city.
George P. Knowls, of Racine,^ Wise*^
sin, won from Edwin Childs, cr Dakota,
one section of good farm land, 040 acres.
The bet was $3,000 against a certain dc-
scribedsection that New YorkStato would
give Garfield from one to five thousand
Republican majority,
In Ogdensburg, New York, William Al
ger bet liis moustache against A. A. Bab
cock’s whiskers that Garfield would not
be elected. On Wednesday morning he bad
bis moustache cut oil' aud aent to Mr.
Babcock. M
A wheelbarrow bet in Baltimore afford
ed more amusement to the spectators than
had been expected. The loser was an
noyed, while wheeling the winner over
the stipulated route, by the taunts of the
latter, and followed up tho payment of
the wager by whipping him soundly.
John S. Miller and Henry Klienpients,
of Rochester, New York, bet on the elec
tion, the loser to walk pt noon, attired in
his wife’s night-dress. Miller lost, and at
noon on Wednesday appeared and walked
In Mrs. Miller’s night gown, followed by
a crowd of men and boys.
A Harrisburg man was caught liy the
tricky offer of a wager that one city in the
United States of over a hundred thousand
inhabitants would not give 500 votes for
Hancock. Tho stake was a supper lor tho
Ward Campaign Club of tho winner. The
city named was Washington, where there
was no voting for President at all. Tho
victim said nothing, except to name the
the time and place for the supper. On
that occasion the viands looked all right,
and were just such as the written terms
of the bet called for, but they were found
to be seasoned w ith snuff aud all other
unpalatable substances.
One of the Necessities. — That
which Is or prime necessity in the Demo
cratic party just now’ is “a little back
bone.” A manly defenso of principle and
a courageous presentation of facts would
be somewhat in keeping with our former
character. Tho desire for victory with
out a firm declaration of the controlling
policies which should actuate the party
baa become too common of late. Confu
slon at defeat is the result, and many
weak-kneed brethren are ready to give np
the ship snd abandon the straggle.
Condensed Hews.
Booth’s reception in London has been
warm, but not enthusiastic. Ho Is re
garded generally by tho critics as an ar
tistic, rather than a realistic actor. They
look upon him as an altogether new type
of Hamlet. Having been accustomed to
the red-eyed and watery translation of
Fecbter, and the languid, boyish melan
choly of Henry Irving, tho English people
were net prepared for the stern manliness
of Booth’s Hamlet. They call his utter
ances polished recitations. They are par
tially correct. Booth’s Hamlet lacks
warmth.
We read every few weeks of some terri
ble mine disaster, i*y aside the paper and
ylilnk no more of It; but those who stand
around the shafts of the pits of death, and
watch the agony of two or three hundred
relatives, never forget It.
There are two negroes employed as
messengers in the treasury building. Roth
were bora iu this city, and have never bad
a residence outside of it. Both of them
went to Indiana, drew pay from the gov
ernment while they were gone, voted tlie
Republican ticket, and returned to their
places under John Sherman. If District
Attorney Corkhill wants their names, he
can hare them by applying at this office.
It is quite probable that they have com
mitted no offense against the laws of the
District of Columbia, and yet it is highly
probable that if there is thesligbest dispo
sition on the part of government officials
to protect the purity of the ballot, these
_ „ ... , two criminals can be sent to the penlteu-
to perform this duty, the Republican par- tiary, W bere they belong.—Washington
ty will be responsible. I Post.
Georgia's Hoble Foundation
The Lunatic Asylum and the Old
Capitol. !• . .
For the first time sines the popular rati
fication of the Federal rape of the seat of
government and its forcible transfer to
Atlanta, the writer visited Milledgeville
on Monday, and trod tho hallowed halls
of the castellated “house which our fathers
built.” How changed was the scene 1
Then the vacant spaces of that ancient
structure which had once resounded to
the eloquence of tho Troups, Jacksons,
Colqultts, Cobbs, Berrien*, Stephens,
Johnson, Bartow, and 'a hundred other
historic names, were muto and voiceless.
The damp mould liad gathered on those
venerable walls, and tho rains of heaven
beat pitilessly through tho cracks and
fissures In tho ruined roof which had
formerly sheltered tho chivalry and elite
of our nobto commonwealth.
Now, all was life and motion. The
lamp of Aladdin or a magician’s wand
could have wrought no greater transfor
mation. The long corridors and many
apartmout8 teamed with youthful forms
Instinct with hope and Joyous animation.
Stalwart young men clad In uniform,
beauteous girls Just expanding into
womanhood, and crowds of younger chil
dren of both sexes, mado the air vocal
with their sports and blitbesomo merri
ment. It was tho lioor of recess In tho
MIDDLE GEORGIA MILITARY AND AGRI
CULTURAL COLLEGE,
and 312 young pcopio had Just baeu re
leased from their labors. Iu number, they
more than equalled tho '‘assembled wisdom
of the State” in tho days of old; and who
will say that their palpitating hearts did
not beat as trna to our loved common
wealth?
Tho writer, in a pleasant interview with
President Dudley, who is undoubtedly
“the right man In Jhe right place,” was
soon aufait as to the present condition
and future prospects of tho rising institu
tion under his cliargo. Dr. Dudley was
formerly associated with Gen. D. H. Hill In
the military school of North Carolina, and
one of the sons of that gallant Confederate
chieftain, D. H. Hill, Jr., A. B.,is a mem
ber of his faculty and Tost Adjutant. The
other instructors are O. M. Cone, professor
of mathematics, C. Woodward Hutson, in
the chair of ancient and modern languages,
and O. T. Kenan, Esq., commandant of
cadets and instructor ip military tactics.
Six accomplished young ladies, the Misses
Helen L. Pardu, Mary E. Herty, Rosa
Stallings, Carrie Fair, Jennie Moore and
Alice Wright, beloug, also, to the corps of
instructors, which, although every way
competent, ’should be still further in
creased.
Prominent In the collego is the military
feature, and every pupil capable of bear
ing arms Is required to be uniformed with
in thirty days, and is thoroughly taught
in Upton’s infantry and artillery drill.
The effect will bo to raise up a host of
young men well qualified to act as officers
and drill masters of the State forces in the
event of a foreign war.
The college has already accomplished
much, but is greatly iu need of pecuniary
assistance. This can only be obtained,
under the new constitution, through ap
propriations by the Legislature to the
trustees ol tho University of Georgia, who
can iu turn donate the necessary help to
tho branches of the parcut institution. We
sincerely trust that our present General
Assembly will exhibit a lib-” - ’ ... .
„ , spirit in
the premises.
NEED9 REPAIR.
The roof of tho old State house leaks
badly and requires immediate attention.
The formercxecutive mansion Is also con
siderably dilapidated. To effect these re
pairs, which are indispensable to the pres
ervation of the property of tho State, Cap
tain DuBignon, the talented member from
Baldwin, has introduced a bill in the Leg
islature, asking for an appropriation of
$5,000. It is to be hoped that the recom.
meudation will be uuauimously adopted
President Dudley is a warm advocate
of female education, and says that, with
the exceptions of the Daliloncga and Mid
dle Georgia Colleges, the State has never
donated one dollar to the culture of her
daughters. In ante-bellum times, when
the country was rich and flourishing, this
was not a matter of so much consequence;
but uow a large number of our best young
ladies are compelled to teach, in order to
eke out a subsistence for themselves and
parents, aud it is only a matter of justice
therefore, that the State should bestow
upon them the same literary advantages
that are accorded to the ruder sex. For
this reason he .ur more pecuniary
help for his own college, in which about
one hundred and fifty girls are matricu
lated. There is no gainsaying the force of
this argument, and our Legislators should
govern themselves accordingly.
MILLEDGEVILLE IMPROVING. |
Since our last visit, the Old Capital, In
stead of languishing under the effect of
tho removal of the seat of government, has
substantially improved in wealth and
population. A new and handsome struct
ure replaces the old Milledgeville Hotel,
which is admirably kept by Mr. Marshall
and his pretty and agreeable wife. The
latter never fails, by her courteous and
pleasing manners, to win the estesm aud
respect of her guests. Many extensive
aud well stocked stores also aie to be
seen, and the streets had an air of life and
bustle, which spoko well for the business
of the town. Tho receipts of cotton the
present season will be from 15,000 to 18,-
000 bales.
Many families hare moved in since the
establishment of the college, and more
are expected. Houses to rent are scarce,
and In demand. In short, the Old Capi
tal abundantly shows that she possesses
within herself elements of prosperity,
which, under the inspiring energy and en
terprise of her own citizens,bave been more
largely developed than might have been
the case if the government had not been
removed to Atlanta. So the people seem
contented and well pleased with their
prospects, and morally speaking, are far
belter off than In the days when an occa
sional session of tho Legislature seemed
to unsettle everything, and left a traiu of
evils behind. •
THE LUNATIC ASYLUM.
A visit to this graud eleemosynary in
stitution and close inspection of its opera
tions, impressed the writer more profound
ly than ever with Its admirable manage
ment and the excellent order and discip
line that obtain in every department. A
better superintendent ani corps of officers
cannot be found in any similar charity
foundation in the Union. Dr. Fowell is
particularly well fitted in every way for
the responsible position he occupies. Pos
sessed of great experience, a calm and
pleasing address, considerable maguelisui,
and medical ability of a high order, he
wields an astonishing influence over his
patients. When passing through the
wards they crowd around him to receive
that friendly recognition and word of
Iduduess which are never withheld. At
the same time, they seem to realize that
he is not to bo trifled with and readily
submit to his authority.
The first and second assistant physi
cians, Drs. Thos. H. Kenan and J. M.
Whitaker, are also very expert in their
treatment and management of tho Insane,
and are unremitting iu attending to the
wants of the sick. They bavo no less
than sixty nurses who minister night and
day to tho wants of tho afflicted unfortu
nates, aside from the regular employes of
tho asylum. Nothing that skill ana hu
manity can suggest Is left undone for their
comfort, and tho largo number of perma
nent cures that are affected speak well
for the fidelity and ability of the attending
physicians.
The financial and practical affairs of the
lu> Union are In charge of the efficient
sui id, Jolm Hammond, Esq., who Is as-
siste y Mr. John Ormo and Fleming G.
Grlevt ' sq. These gentlemen are Inde
fatigable in their efforts to provide for the
physical wants of the patleuts. The sup
plies purchased are of tho best description
and are very largely supplemented by the
FARM AND GARDEN
attached to the asylum. Over2,000 bush
els ol sweet potatoes, 11,009 heads of cab-
bag«, 095 buihels of Irish potatoes, 305
bushels of bests, 210 bushels of English
peas, 380 bushels of cucumbers, 786 bush
els of squashes, 210 bushels of okra, £76
bushels of butter beans, Wi bushels of
onions, 344 bushels of snap beans and 8,-
400 roasting ears form part of tlie garden
vegetables atone, besides farm products,
consisting of com, oats, pees, barley, hay,
fodder, etc., to the value of over $2,000.
These home-raised comforts are an im
mense saving to the State.
Tire matron, also, Mrs.SalileU. Brown,
Iu addition to supervising the repairing of
the clothing of the patients, put up 204
pounds of preserves of various kinds.
THE CONDITION OF THE PREMISES AND
INMATES.
Conducted by Superintendent Powell,
the writer visited all of the wards of the
asylum and the adjacent grounds. More
scrupulous neatness we have never seen
in any private dwelling. The floors re
semble the holy stoned quarter deck of a
man-ot-war. They were simply spotless.
So also, of the sleeping apartments aud
bedding of the patients. Great attention
is given to proper ventilation, and despite
the largo number of helpless creatures
whoso personal wants are an Increasing
care to the attendants, no offensive efflu
via was to bo detected anywhere.
Major Fuss, the well known architect,
has rendered very valuable service to the
State In the many hygienic improvements
he has made to the old portion of the main
building.
We shall attempt no description of the
several Inmates, whose individual cases
cover every grade aud form of insanity.
There was an odd medley of the tragic
and ludicrous, the violent and passive, the
cheerful and disconsolate, iu the demean
or of the patients. But these scenes have
been several times portrayed in tho col
umns of the Telegraph, and will not
be dwelt upon at this time. There is a
wonderful sameness and ovcitwm®—*
sadness connected w"- '1 8
the vvk- w.— -•* Mem.
1 w uUILDING fob colored pa
tients.
Major Fuss has recently put the finish
ing touches to a spacious and imposing
edifice erected with the $25,000 appropri
ated by the Legislature to increase the
accommodations for negro lunatics. The
building is a model of convenience and
adaptation to tho purposes for which it
was designed. Indeed, it is far superior
to the main structure In every respect. The
veutilatiou is perfect, aud each floor
supplied with baths, aud comfortably
warmed by the furnace below. It is a veri
table palace for the poor demeuted African
In addition to the commodious cliapel,
where religions services are held twice a
week, a ueat
CHAPEL FOR THE DEAD
is approaching completion, in which, re
mote from the rooms of tlie asylum,
the dead can be placed and kept' for
several days to await the arrival of
friends, without danger or annoyance to
the inmates of the institution. It is di
vided into two apartments, one for the
corjise aud the other for tlioso who watch
over it.
The steam laundry, rapidly revolving
ventilator, gas and waterworks, and system
of drainage are all iu perfect order and as
complete as possible.
Iu the way of amusements, bagatelle
tables are provided (or the females, and
billiards for tho men, besides other con
trivances for exercise and recreation. Dr.
Powoll is not satisfied with these arrange
ments, however, but is anxions to have a
special building erected, the lower floor
of which shall forma spacious hall for tlie
games, conceits and other amusements of
the patients, while above may be used as
library, reading room, etc. Such
structure would add vastly to the content
ment and happiness of the afflicted inmates
of tlio asylum, for whose welfare too much
cannot be done.
The patients on tlio day of our visit
numbered SS5, of whom G08 are whites
and 177 colored. The white males are
about (orty in excess of tho females, sim
ply because, on account of their sex, they
cau be more crowded together. Rooms
for 100 patients are needed at this junc
ture for the proper accommodation of
those who havo been already admitted,
and unless some other provision Is made
for the harmless Idiots and naturals who
have been received, a further enlarge
ment of the asylum will be absolutely
necessary. The superintendent recom
mends that tho State provide separate
quarters for this class of unfortunates
elsewhere. Mauyoftliem would be bet
ter off at home.
One cause of constant expense to the
institution Is tho nightly destruction of
bureaus, bedsteads, bedding and other
property by the more violent of the lu
natics. No amount of precaution can
prevent this, as these paroxysms of rage
freq v*tly come on without the least
pren r .tion. The oldest patient is a
Mrs. Williams, who has been au inmate
of tho asylum lor forty-five years. She is
still cheerful and full of life.
THE ASYLUM DOMAIN
embraces 3,000 acres of valuable laud in
one body, from which 4,000 cords of wood
aro annually cut to supply the wants of
tlie establishment, iu addition to a consid
erable quantity of coal. About four hun
dred acres are now under cultivation.
THE DEATHS
for the past year number 54, of whom 20
died from chrouic exhaustion, 12 from
epilepsy, 11 from paralysis, 5 from diar
rhoea, 1 from consumption, I from heart
disease, 1 was killed by ligbtuiug, aud 3
died from old age. Dr. Powell says the
descendants of drunkards are much more
liable to Insanity, whether they are them
selves iutemperate or not, than are the
children of sober parentage. The patients
are encouraged, but not forced, to perform
light labor in the grading of the yards,
walks, etc., with tlie most ba(ipy effect np
ou them. The doctor takes strong ground
aglanst tlie sending of insaue convicts
from the pnnitcutlary to tlie asylum. The
effect Is injurious aud demoralizing upon
the other patients. His late report
to the vigilant Board of Trustees
of the Asylum, is replete with wise snd
pertinent suggestions, some of them of an
eminently practical and salutary charac
ter. He thinks $125,000 will be required
for tlie wants of the institution the ensu
ing year, and for tho honor of old Geor
gia, we trust not one voice will be raised
in opposition when tho matter comes be
fore the Legislature.
But we have uo time to dwell longer
upon our lato visit to Uie asylum, but
simply add In conclusion that the institu
tion is an honor to the State, and is in all
respects ably, economically, and satisfac
torily conducted and managed.
The Text of the Bill Pro riding for
the Compilation of a History of
Georgia.
A Bill Entitled an Act to Appropriate
Money, and to Provide for the Prepara- «Vei- in *«ponueu,
tion, Publication and Distribution of a i„., of us domestics bc-
Generat Hutory of Georgia.
BscnON 1. Be it Enacted by the Gene
ral Assembly of the Slate of Georgia, and
it is hereby enacted by the authority of
the same, That Charles C. Joues, Jr.,
Esq., of the city of Augusta, county of
Richmond and State of Georgia, be, and
lie is hereby, selected and designated to
prepare and publish a general history of
Georgia, from the settlement of the colony
to the present time.
Section 2. Beit further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That in order {o fa
cilitate him In the execution or this im
portant labor, free access shall bo accord
ed to him to all the records, documents,
reports, correspondence, papers, acts, jour
nals and registers now on file and exis-
eut in any and ail of the departments In
this State; and also to the transcripts of
colonial roconls taken by the Rev. 0. W.
Howard, anil now confided to the care
and keeping of the officers of the Georgia
Historical Society at Savannah; and the
heads of departments are hereby enjoined
to render him all aid and assistance in
their power in the examination and Iran
scription of such records and documents,
and iu the full use thereof.
Section 3. Be Ufurther enabled by the
authorities aforesaid, That the sum of
tbousaud dollars be, and the same
is hereby appropriated, as compensation
to the said Charles C. Jones, Jr., for; the
preparation of the said history; the said
sum to be paid from time to time, as the
work progresses, by warrant of the gov
ernor upon the treasury.
Section 4. Be it further enacted by the
authorities aforesaid, That upon 'lie pub
lication of tlie said bistory, this State en
gages to subicribe for and to take five hun
dred copies of the same at the price and
sum of five dollars per volume; payment
to be made by warrant of the governor
upon the treasury, out of and from any
moneys then in the treasury not specially
appropriated, upon the delivery at tlie
State house of fire hundred copies of each
volume, as and when published.
Section 5. Beil further enacted by the
authorities aforesaid, That upon tho de
livery of said copies of each volume.it
shall be the duty of the Governor to make
distribution of them as follows: A copy
shall be forwarded to the OrJ;7 iary 0 f each
county In this Stai» j an( j tb e remaining
ouatl be turned over to the State
librarian, to be by him exchanged or sold
for the benefit of the State library.
Section (5. Be it further enacted, That
all laws in conflict with this act be and the
same are hereby repealed.
To show the favor with which the prop
osition is received by distinguished
Georgians, we append a portion of a pri>
vale letter addressed to Col. C. C. Jones,
Jr., by that glorious old statesman aud
patriot, ex-Governor Charles J. Jenkins,
wbicli is published in tho Chronicle ana
Constitutionalist of Saturday; November
13ih:
Every sovereign people, who can re
view their past with honest pride, owe it
to tlK-mrelves, their ancestors aud tlitir
posterity, to have made, lrom time to time,
a true and permanent historical record of
their political existence.
The importance of the work being con
ceded in a public poiut of view, it will
scarcely be denied that the State should
contribute liberally by legislative appro
priation to its accomplishment. It will
bo the State’s history, for the people of the'
State, in honor of their ancestors, and to
their own edification. It will occupy
nearly the whole of the author’s time
whilst in progress. It will necessitate
considerable expenditure, from time to
time, while In preparation. Few, very
few, Georgians are financially able, un
aided to bear the expense Incident to the
work. Of these few a very small num
ber, if any, would be found both willing
and competent to execute it properly.
Isay again, I am rejoiced that the sub
ject is to be brought before the Legisla
ture, and, as a Georgian, I am delighted
to find your name associated, as it is,
with the enterprise.
Most, if not all, of the original thirteen
States ol our Union, and many of their
younger sisters have recognized the im
portance of so doing, and havo adopted
measures to that end. Georgia, one or tho
original sisterhood, now rankingforenter
prise and progress among the foremost,
may be said to hare no condensed written
history. Even tlie fragmentary efforts in
that way are very far from reaching our
own times, and, for general edification, are
out of print.
It is time, high time, that our beloved
State had awakened to this imperative
duty. Time, the relentless destroyer of
man’s works and tho records of them, is
fast obliterating the materials of which
such a work must needs be constructed.
It has been too long delayed. Every
year’s further delay will be a superadded
sin against Georgia.
If ft will not shock your modesty, I will
add that long acquaintance, present close
neighborhood* personal intimacy, and al
most daily intercourse for two or three
years past, have made me familiar with
your high scholarship, your large acquire
ment of knowledge, your untiring indus
try, your fondness fer historical research,
and especially for all that appertains to
Gcoigia. I am, as you know, not given to
Cattery, or to going out of the way to be
stow compliments; but I say, in all sin
cerity, If tho work were ordered, the ap
propriation made, and the appoiutment of
historian given to me, with the whole
State to choose from, I would set you to
work to-morrow. I know It would be to
you a labor of love—of love to good old
Georgia. Veiy truly yours,
C. J. Jenkins.
An Insult to the South Some of
tbo Northern journals of the extreme Re
publican type seem to think that it is im-
lossible that anything should be done
lonestly and fairly in politics in the South.
They have been eugaged in abusing the
South so long, and have accepted as true
so mauy of the Southern outrage stories
that they are prepared to believe almost
anything. They are now circulating
story that it is the reported purpose of
fovemors of Southern States, in which
[republican Congressman have been elect-
euitovi’ithhold certificates of election from
aucu Congressmen until a/ter the organiz-
atiou of tbs House is eflected. The ob
ject of this, It Is said, is to put the
power to organize the House in the hands
of the Democrats. To defeat this alleged
scheme, governors of Northern States are
advised to withhold certificates of election
**®JJJ Democratic Congressmen.
The wonder is that the organs who in
vented this story did not assert that it was
au ascertained fact that a scheme was on
foot in the South to assassinate all Repub
lican Representatives Seforo the meeting
of tlie next Congress. Such a lie would
have been a little more sensational, but
iw> more absurd than the ridiculous story
they ara imposing upon their credulous
readers.—Savannah Mews.
The Republicans of Chatu I100 ,,,
Dominated Hon. John A. Hart fo^^
Building continue, very act.
Paris. The rental of the dt ^,, ® J
at $110,000,000. y 1 tstlu, ated
The Empress of Austria goes toT^.
for hunting in February, alter
marriage. her
The greatest fisherwoman In ,
Is Lady Caroline Lennox, danS?*
the Duke of Richmond, whofa a 0f
ful haul at landing salmon. ° D(!er -
Gebman children are teid . , ,
their eyesight by studying the r Jar °
alphabet, and tbo Cologne T” 4 *
!y advocates the general adopts
man characters. “ Ro-
It is estimated that 8.00n «.n» ,
Havre de Grace, on the fi ret dav '
dock shooting. Judge Gildensfeeve was
consplclous among the slayors. ^
CLa ««noo S a Times of Tuesday
says Sunday was bitter cold. A sW
glaze of ice newly j 0 f an inch in
ness, was visible yesterday ntorain m
up your skates, you’ll need them soon.
An English servant-girl who had re-
turned from the United States to v^ir
home, was told that she “looked real?
.mtomuc;- to sta “ »
, . all of- ’ ’
long to the hire class.”
The ex-Kbeillve of Egypt has been
abandoned by all the inmates ofhis harem,
with the exception 0 rt W0 cqal-black girls
of Nubian origin. His funds having been
curtailed, he found it impossible to £
J^^^thefrirweon^
The partnership of the French Roths
childs, which expired on the 1st ujt.
has been renewed. It is to end in 1905*
The capital of the house Is fixed at Sio 1
000,000, of which Barons Alphonse, Gus
tave and Edmond Rothschild are each to
furnish onc-lhird. The registration of
the deed of partnership cost $12,405.
Thomas Hughes gives this as tho
most characteristic negro verse he lias
thus far heard sung in Tennessee:
De debble he chase me round a stump,
G wine lor to carry me home;
He catch me most at ebery jump,
G wine for to carry me home:
Swing low, sweet char-r-o-t,
Gwine for to carry me home.
Grand Consolidation.—The Norfolk
Landmark announces that a project which
finds much favor is on foot to uuite Nor
folk, Portsmouth and Berkley under one
corporation and municipal government.
The details are not given, as the matter
lias not as yet assumed tangible form and
absolute certainty.
The Luce of Ulysses H Senior
Chaffee, the Western millionaire, was so
delighted with the marriage of his
danghter to the son of Grant, tho man of
destiny and third term aspirant, that he
presented him after his nuptials with
$400,000 in government bonds. This la
shining by reflected light to some purpose.
The Republicans loudly claimed before
the election that business would imdrove
and everybody would be prosperous in
the event of Republican success. And yet
Margaret Dempsey aged 111 years, a re
sident of Ullstcr county, Nww York, died
of starvation on tbe very day after tho
election. She managed to survive four
years of Hayes, but Garfield was too
much. Thus do Republican prophecies
fall through. v 1
Bank Failuhes.—Hackensack, New
Jersey, is convulsed over the failure of two
banks. Throngs of men aud women,
some weeping, are about the doors ol the
Savings -bank. Many have lost money
they have been years in accumulating.
It now appears that John J. Berry, cashier
of the Bank of Bergen couuty, has em
bezzled about $120,000. William M.
Johnson, who was appointed receiver, is
investigating the accounts.
The Sugar Chop.— The finest sugar
crop that was ever raised in Louisians,
says an exchange, is now being gvthercd.
The yield will be fifty per cent, beyond
the average. The uso of proper fertilizers
and careful cultivation has improved and
increased the sugar .as well as the cotton
crop in tbe South. Hitberto an average
yield of one hogshead to tbo acre has been
considered good, but this.year it will not
be less than one and a half hogsheads.
On some plantations three hogsheads per
acre are.being gathered. The unusually
large crop has had the effect of reducing
the price of raw sugar from one to two
cents per pound below the price last ytar.
MIssed the Day.—A singular s(ory is
going the rounds of the Virginia papers
to the effect that the people of tbe new
county of Dickenson voted for President
and congressman on Thursday, the 4th,
Instead of Tuesday, the 2d of November.
Fulkerson’s majority in the district is
4S7, of which Dickenson county gave him
223. Now, the question obtains whether
the Dickenson county rote should be
counted or allowed to go to tbe “Dickens.”
It is a grave matter, and the quidnuncs
are at & loss how to decide it. A
Democracy for the time being, however,
has gone to the “old Hany,” it may be »
just as well for Dickenson county to fol
low - salt.
This is Henry Ward Beecher’s latest:
“I say that In a fair field of battle Christi
anity could not meet Infidelity. I do not
think that in theory - the life and death of
Jesus Christ would stand the test.” Sup
pose some Democrat had uttered anything
like the above. .But, tbe Republican
party being “the great moral party” and
Beecher being one of the foremost men
and ministers in that party, it is permit
ted him to say and practice and them to
project aud accomplish whatsoever they
like, and tbe laws of God snd man must
give way or be In “rebellion towards tho-
Government.” We sinfut Democrats,
must not interfere. Things have come to.
a pretty pass, religiously and politically,.
In this land of ours.
A Washington special to the Louis*
ville Courier-Journal says: Gen. Scbo*-
field’s report frOin West Point excites a-
good deal of comment here. It is so bold -
aud outspoken against unfair discrimina
tion oi tbe Administration against white
cadets and in favor of colored cadets that
Republicans, who endeavored to make-
capital oat of the Whittaker case, are very
angry about it, aud will bring tbe matter
up iu Congress. Nothing better has ever
been written on the color question In the
army. But Republican politicians arc
not prepared to treat this subject fairly
so long as they think there is party capi
tal to be made out of it. Tbe criticisms
of Geu. Schofield hare come like a fresh
and honest breexn into tbe utmostphere
of cant and hypocrisy with which tho
Administration has surrounded tbe Whit
taker case. Secretary Kamjey bad not
read tbe report this morning, aud knew
nothing of it.