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FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 26,1880
Titk Hartford Post says Gen. Hawley
writ, be the “unanimous choice” of the
Osnueettcut Legislature for United Slates
Senator, in January. Gen. Hawley is
i-eeord as asserting that hew Englaud
manufacturers would aot be hurt a particle
6y absolute free trade. Gen. Hawley
4uglit to know*
Judge Kelley Is the Protectionists’
candidate for Speaker of the Forty-sev-
«nth House. Kelley is a very extreme
ftotectioulst and will sit down, as far as
3tB is able, on everything that looks like
a “blow at the tariff.” He believes in
snaking duties higher than they are. He
is certain to be a very disappointed man.
tj^utox fishing on the Columbia River,
Oregon, is very dangerous, owing to cer
ate tidal peculiarities. Two hundred
£ien at least are reported as lost during
She past season. Over eight hundred
Jbaals are employed by the canning com-
jpauics, aud over four thousand men at
tiie canneries.
The Vote of Virginia.—'The fnij
wote of Virginia in the election for Presi
dent was 211,758, of which the regular
Democratic electoral ticket received 98,640,
Head; us ter ticket, 31,284, and the Repub-
iicau ticket 83,834—Democratic majority
saw Republican ticket, 12.S00; over Re-
adjuster ticket, 65,350.
The Rush for the West.—A Chi
cago dispatch says there is a great rush of
Und prospectors and buyors westward
wstnow. They are mostly from the
Eastern and Middle States, and are tlic
most respectable and tbrifly-looking
xmigouits that have ever gone West.
Kansas City reports 4.30S passing through
Chat city on Wednesday, and 4,000 on
Friday. Cheap fare is one of the inducc-
sueuie in that direction.
liras*. and China.—A dispatch from
St. meiaburgto the Daily Eeies says:
«Tb« Russian answer to the late Chinese
caocesslons has been formulated, so that
Che Russian stipulations are now definite
ly known, aud, with a mutual disposition
Co arrange matters amicably, it can hard
ly be supposed that the demand for the re
imbursement of the expenses of the Rus
sian I’aeific squadron can fall to be satis
factorily disposed of.”
SIR. Cyrus W. Field says that his
.Journey around the world with lib wife
mod son and daughter-in-law lias no busi
ness significance. “I have wanted rest
and quiet,” lie declares, “and the only way
Co aeeure this was to go away. Slinc lias
been such a busy life that the time has
come when I must have rest. To secure
this f have resigned the control of many
of the companies In which I was interest
ed, and now I only desire to get complete
ly away from business.”
Judok John V. Wiuoht, the defeated
Democratic candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, has written a manly aud pa
triotic letter, saying that he bows without
a oitfnnur to the verdict of tlie people,
while he rejoices that so large a majority
4>f both parties have declared in lavor of
tie “strict maintenance of Ilia public
laitli, State and national.” He hopes for
a reunion of the regular and the repudi
ating wings of the Democratic party of
Che State upon a debt-paying platform.
Queen Victoria hasjust insured her
life for a large sum. The Duke of Cam-
hridge, who has been staying in Faris,
went to the French Lion Insurance com-
jmtiy and took out a policy for a large
amount in the name ot her Majesty.
Imitating this act of foresight, the Duke
proceeded next day to the office of the
company and insured hb own life also
for a largo sum. The Queen b frugality
itself, and induced her friends to put Its
precepts in practice. She b a consider
able stock holder in cne of the companies
trading with the Cape.
A Large Foreign Population*—By
the recent census returns it appears that
438j000 persons born in foreign countries
are residents of New York city, while
427,000 of the Inhabitants are natives.
Tims two-lifths of the population of that
cily are foreigners by blrtb. In alludiDg
to this, tho New York Herald says: “It
should be remembered, in considering
Itese proportions, that we have a very
largo foreign population that docs not vote
made up of agents, partners and clerks,
arfjo merely represent here foreign busi
ness houses.”
It is evident that the sliver dollar will
form an important factor for Congression
al debate this winter. Secretary Slier-
axtn, will, in lib annual report, recent
mead in regard to the standard'sllver do!
larthat ib coinage be discontinued, or If
the coinage Is to be continued, that tbe
weight be Increased, so as to make il
«jual iu value to a gold dollar, and that
the amount to be coined monthly be left
.discretionary with the Secretary of tho
Treasury.
Ax election bet resulted in a tragedy
atPala Pints, Texas. Paiker wagered
seventeen steers against Arthur’s 00
that Hancock would carry New York.
After tlic returns were received Arthur
went to Parker’s ranch and demanded
cattle, but lie could not get them, and
in hb auger killed Parker with a knife.
Another cose of death caused by a bet
<oecurcd at Wiimotville Ala. The winner
was to have the privilege of striking tbe
ioscr a single blow on lib unprotected
lyreast with the naked fist. Belli men
\rcre robust athletes, and they did not re
gard the penalty as a very serious matter.
Hut the blow was so powerful that it kill
ed the one who received it.
The Opium Syndicate Nervous.—A
Sew York letter says: “Tho famous
opium syndicated getting to be a little
jjervons about tlie present condition of
'-the market for the article, for while hav
ing some lime ago given it to be under
stood that matters would be left to them
selves until spring, it is stated that pur
chases of some twenty-five cases hare just
iseen made In order to prevent a new
break in price. At present ihere seems
to be more available at $6 75 per pound,
ai bond, than there are buyers for. When
Lhe syndicate began operations it was
claimed that nothing could prevent an
advance to $10 per pound. The trade
tame thought otherwise, and aay attempt
bo unload just now would see the former
a good many thousand dollars out of
packet.”
Tm Rev. Henry Morgan, the Taimage
of Boston, preached a series of sermons
emitted “Boston Inside and Out,” and
they were afterward publblied in a book.
His secretary now sues for royalty, claim
ing Hat he wrote all tbe sermons, and
Morgan none.
How to Get Bid of tho Solid South.
A very intelligent Northern gentleman—
Republican—recently left Georgia on
his return North, having spent only a cou
ple of weeks hero. Hb last act iu New
York was to deposit a vote for GarfleM,
which was done under the most conscien
tious convictions of the political necessi
ties and proprieties of the case. After
about ten days’ sojourn here he said: 1
see now how it is. I see tint If I lived
In the South I should bo compelled by the
philosophy of tlie situation to vote the
Democratic ticket, and so add one more
vote to the solidity of this section. No
other course would remain for me con
sistent with tlie political and social wel
fare of my section, and the common wel
fare, as affected by It.
Now that was tlie sober conclusion of a
clear-headed man, sharing to the fullest
extent in the general ideas and preposses
sions of a zealous Northern Republican,
who never sought or desired office, but
shaped liis action- on convictions of mere
duty, propriety and utility.
Thus, while a Northern Republican
coining South is able, in a few days of ob
servation, to discover tho absolute neces
sity of perfect harmony and co-operation
among onr white population (which con'
stitutes tlie solid South), the men of the
North, who see nothing of the situation,
are urging the Southern whites to break
up their harmony and divide—to place
their hope of fair and equal government,
not upou the power of the ballpt as exer
cised to the best of their own discretion,
but upon a Northern feeling ameliorated
by dividing and neutralizing their ballot
—to sacrifice substantial, legal aud consti
tutional power for self-protection to the
hope of winning justice aud equality by
Northern favor.
Let tbe wiseacres who exhort us under
pressure of these ideas to quit the South
ern solidity tell us how it is to be done?
How arc we to set about it ? Aro wo to
draft through the ranks of the
Southern Democrats, and then to tell all
who draw au odd figure, “you go over to
the Republicans,” while to all who get an
oven number, “you stay where you are
and vote with the Democrat?” Those who
insbt so strenuously that we must divide,
should certainly suggest some practicable
modus operandi o! getting at a division
A Democrat cannot vote for political In
fluences and dogmas which lie distrusts
and dislikes, merely for the sake of differ
ing from his neighbor and in order to
please outsiders.
■ We can see Low wo might, and perhaps
will, divide. If our public men abandon
the old Democratic faith, and come out for
high, old-fashioned Federal ideas, we can
understand that influence may carry some
and principle others, so that a clear divi
sion of the vote will result as a necessity;
but that it should be the result of a mere
act of will, in order to conciliate the
Northern Republicans, wc cannot under
stand or see how to bring it about.
Tlie political alignment of any rational
and virtuous people must result primarily
from doctrinal Ideas and a fhore or less
intelligent judgment of fitness, propriety,
and utility. They must see, orthlnktliey
see, a good and conclusive reason for
their action, and must vote to please them
selves and not tlieir opponents. This is
what common sense suggests as an answer
to this overwhelming tide of denunciation
of tbe “solid South.” Give us a reason,
fonnded on just and equal government
and the public welfare, why we should
divide and vote with the so-called Repub
licans, who never yet had a kind word or
act for us.
The Penitentiary.
Biennial Report of tiie Principal
K Kui-Kii, John \V. NELMS.
Wo have read, with much interest and
pleasure, the detailed statements and cred
itable report addressed to the Governor by
tho Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary,
Mr. Nelms, showing the operations of the
convict system for the past two years.
What he says is fully corroborated by the
grand juries of the several counties in
which the camps are located and the sur
geon, lessees, and convicts themselves.
Tlie exhibit made certainly indicates
great improvement as compared witb
former years, and the conviction Is irresist
ible that the evils of the fanrung-out
system have been grossly exaggerated.
In the period, commencing October 20,
167Sv and ending October 20,1SS0,1,186
convicts, including the 150 held by the
directors of the Marietta and North Geor
gia railroad, have been confined iu the
three penitentiaries located respectively in
Dade, Dougherty and Gtcene counties.
In numerous instances tlie convicts,
when received by tbe lessees from tbe
jails in tiie various counties, wens in a de
plorable condition, as many as ten dying
before they hail performed a day’s labor,
while many others were ill in tho hospi
tals for months before recovering suffi
ciently to be fit for duty. Of. course the
blame should rest upon those having
c!large of these county jails,
The stockades and other buildings at
the permanent camps are securely con
structed, commodious and comfortable.
No complaints have been made by tbe
Convicts, and they are well cared for and
fed and clothed. In proof of this, it is
stated that each prisoner is dally allowed
tliree-fourtlia of a pound of bacon, two
pounds of bread, one pint of syrup, with
vegetables in abundance, summer aud
winter, and milk, flour and fresh beef
once a week. He is provided also with
a separate mattress, and two or more
blankets, according to the severity of the
weather, and furnished with four suits of
clothes a year. Tbe winter garments are
made of licavy striped woolen cloth.
Hats and sliocs arc Supplied as needed,
and he is required to bathe and ebauge
Lis apparel once a week-
The white men sleep to themselves on
one side of the building, and tlie women
also lodge together, and are locked In at
night by the guard. In the past two
years there have been but three births,
two of which were by females who were
encicnte when they came into camp.
In Alie same time the death rate has
been roduerd one-half, as compared' with
former rejiorts
When sick, the chains of the convicts
are removed, and a nurse and medical
aid furnished without deity. It is related
of Governor Brown that when the measles
broke out among the convicts iu lb* Dade
county mines, be ordered all work to be
suspended forthwith. As many as seven
ty-five were stricken at one time Willi this
disease, but so carefully-were they nursed
and attended by the physician in charge,
that not a tingle deatii occurred.
Under tlie act of 1879, the grand juries
in tlie countiea where the convicla are em
ployed, as required, have visited and in
spected the camps, and appointed chap-
ports of these grand Juries are published
in full, and afford satisfactory evidence of J
the good treatment of the convicts. Some j
of the first men In the State belonged to
these jury commissions.
The head surgeon, Dr. T. Raines, re
ports in detail tho number of sick cases in
each camp,and the total number of deaths,
which was 65. Of these, however, three
were killed in the mines, one by the cars,
one by the falling of a tree, and four In
rencounters among the convicts them
selves. This shows a large reduction
over former reports. Mr. Nelms makes
the excellent suggestion that when
a convict is discharged, provision should
be made to furnish him with a small sum
of money to defray .the expense of return
ing home.
The report concludes with a volumin
ous table, giving the names of the con
victs, the several crimes of which they
w.eie adj idgcd guilty, their color, place of
residence, the dates of their Imprisonment
and tho length of lime for which each has
been sentenced. Of the 1,186 convicts now
serving in tho penitentiary, there are,
white females, 1; colored females, 30;
white males, 114; colored males, 1,041.
Tho oldest convict is 88, youngest 10,
average 25. In tho past two years there
have been 332 discharges, 52 pardons, 32
escapes, and, including casualties, 80
deaths. We note one alarming fact: a
careful analysis of the crimes for the per
petration of which the convicts aro under
going punishment, shows that no less than
seventy-one prisoners were sentenced for
rape, or attempts to commit rape. Of
these wretched offenders nearly all were
neyrocs. This is a horrible record, and
the experiment is worthy of being tried,
whether the death penalty would not serve
to abate this most atrocious of all crimes.
In conclusion, we repeat that the condi
tion of the convict camps and the work
ing of the present penitentiary system ap
pear in a far more favorable light by the
report of Mr. Nelms than we were pre
pared to expect. It is doubtful whether
any belter disposition of the criminals of
tbe State could be made in tho present
condition of the public finances.
Foolish Chattering.
It seems that some of our faint hearted
brethren have become crazed upon tbe
subject of tbe disbanding of tbe Demo
cratic party, and adopting the Utopian
theory of Senator Hill. Nothing can be
more foolish than such talk. There lias
always been a necessity, and there al
ways will be a necessity so long as we re
tain our present form of government, for
a Democratic party. The Republican
party, by its existence and its recent vic
tory over sound principle, furnishes
that necessity. To oppose its
centralizing and monarchical drift ought
to arouse the Democratic party
to a more stringeut effort aud to a re
newed vigilance to savcjhe country from
the dangers to which it Is now exposed.
There may be some change as to leaders,
and recont developments would intimate
that there ought to bo; but talking about
disbanding tho party is arrant nonsense.
Yon might as well talk about having a
a church without a Bible, as a constitu
tional government without a Democratic
party. A change of name will not destroy
the principles upon which it is founded
la fact, there is no need of a change ol
name. -i . |
Let our disheartened brethren of tlie
press investigate the facts and tho lilstoiy
of the Democratic struggle. They will
discover that this scare is without any rea
sonable foundation. They will sec and
regret their own folly. There are more
Democrats in tlie United States to-day
than Republicans. The popular majority
of tlie country, in almost every presidential
contest, is cast for the Democratic nomi
nee. This recent victory was attributable
more to blundering upon our part than to
streugth in their organization. They
claim the House, but tho Greonbackers
hold tho balance of power. Any defection
among the Greenbackcrs would destroy
tlieir fancied working majority*We hold
the Senate. Then why should we dis-
band? '
The New York Obelisk. I
Mr. Porter C. Bliss, at a late meeting
of tho American Philological Soc'ety in
New York, gave somo interesting infor
mation in regard to the former associa
tions and surroundings of the New York
obelisk. Its original location was not in
tho city of Alexandria, but for 1,800 years
before its arrival there, where it was as
much an exotic as in this city, it stood in
tho sacred city of Heliopolis, which is
mentioned In Genesis as tlie capital aud
court of Egypt, in the tlrns of Joseph. It
was In this neighborhood that incidents
happened cannoclcd witii Moses and tib
miracles in Egypt, before tho tiros of
Pharaoh. Many of these happened in the
very presence of the obelisk, which stood
before tbe TempJeqri)K5t)qt{i. 4 number
of tho greatest men known before Christ
looked upon litis obelisk, among • (hem
Alexander the Great and Ctcsar. Several,
obelisks stood before tbe Temple of the
Sun, which contained a library whore
Moses studied Egyptian law.
The connection of obelisks with religion,
aud the frequciit references to them in the
Scriptures, Mr. Bliss said, have never
been iuliy understood. Obelisks are sup
posed to have been intiinaioly connected
with , fire worship, as from tlieir shape
they arc symbolic of tlie solar ray. ;The
obelisks were erected before the Scrip-
tores were written, when tlie powers of
nature were idolized ami worshipped.
There is war ant in the Scriptures for re
garding the worship of stones, rocks or
obelisks—one word being susccpt.ble of
all three translations—-as permitted by Je
hovah for His own purpeseeof symbolism.
The veteran Egyptologist, Dr.Seyfirath
then spoke of the meaning of the obelisks,
and explained, by tlie aid of diagram*,!lie
.meaning of somo of tlie hieroglyphics. He
said that tlie common* opinion that the
obelisks refer to the sun was erroneous,
and arises from a raishcderstand'ng of the
inscriptions. I ■ •* •'
' Jupiter’s rowui:.—It is difficult to
realize tbe enormous power of the bright
speck, Jupiter, shining so quietly 1 in the
sk^. A recent writer has shown that the
power whiefy tlie sun has to put forth "tq
hold Jupiter in his orbit is oquai to the
combined strength of 170,000,000' bkrs of
solid steei, each one mile in diameter.
Jupiter's pull upon the earth, according
to tlie same authority, is equal to the
strength of 28,000,000,000 bars of steel,
cadi of them one foot iu diameter. So,
tribe mere power of gravity w.-re all that
was required to make Jtspfter’s approach
dangerous to tlie earth, evidently b& is
not lacking In , tlie powpr. To, awqgr
“by Jupiter” must therefore he » powerful
oath. • ' ' - * u J
SevKN Jfrnr.iw aTjTsutk.—Sf a recent
meeting of the Long Island Bible Society,
Dr. Hunt, Secretary of tlie American Bi
ble Society, Sabi that the socCrty hid tVrrn-
What Should the South Dot
A gentleman from Eufaula, Alabama, j
jut recently addressed a letter to the Phil- j
adeiphia Times, asking that the editor
would state wbat, in his opinion, was “the
real cause of the late Democratic defeat,”
and what was the best course for the
South to pursue. In reply, that journal
responds as follows:
The Democrats were defeated in tlie
late Presidential contest by three nearly
equal causes. They were:
L Tho Solid South. It is not in any
sense a reproach upou the Southern peo
ple that they have maintained a solid
front against tho always aggressive and
often revolutionary sectional assaults
which distrusted political leaders of the
North resorted to in order to save them
selves from merited overthrow; but it is
none the less tlie truth that the solid
South was one of the most potential fac
tors Iu favor of tlie Republicans in tho
campaign that has just closed. And a
few Southern madcaps or idiots steadily
furnished all that Northern organs and
orators needed to wage successful^ war
against the domination of the solid South
in tlie general government. There are
quite as many fools in the North as in the
South, and probably more, but they
harm only themselves In the North,
while every crack of the plantation
whip, every flash iu the pan of the hero of
the code of honor, aiid every appeal from
the stumn to vote as Lee ana Jackson
would have voted, was proclaimed in the
North as the reflex of Southern sentiment,
and tens of thousands of reluctant rotes
were given to Garfield to prevent wliat
was feared as a sectional Soutli controll
ing the national government. It Ib need
less now to discuss the question how far
the issue was just or unjust to the South;
the fact remains that the solid South was
one of the strongest elements of Republi
can success. There were enough Repub
licans In the North, with tens of thou
sands to spare, who sincerely desired tb
chasten and regenerate Republicanism by
defeat, but they postponed the Republican
revolution in the North until tlie revolu
tion in the solid South removes tlie fear
of Southern sectionalism in tho adminis
tration. That time has now come; tlie
solid South is a thing of the past, and tho
next political revolution will bo in the
North, and it will follow immediately
upon the heels of the revolution iu tbe
Soutli.
2. The single clause in the Democratic
platform—“a tariff for revenue only”—cost
General Hancock many more votes in
Pennsylvania titan would have given him
the State; it decided Indiana against the
Democrats just at the critical period when
that pivotal State trembled inthebalauce;
it lost Connecticut; it lost New York; it
made New Jersey doubtful; it added ten
thousand or more to the October majority
in Ohio, and it lost tlie Democrats Sena
tors in Indiana, Now Jersey and Connect
icut, and transferred the House to tho Re
publicans. AU these results were achiev
ed by five words 'of concentrated political
idiocy in tlie.CinciuuaU platform.
3. The general and growing prosperi
ty of the country was a powerful argu
ment In favor of continuing the existing
political power. It was an argument that
all men could understand alike, for capi
tal and labor alike enjoyed its benefits.
That a decided majority of the American
people desired some belter rule than tlie
present domination of the Republican
party is not a matter of doubt; but no
party in power was ever defeated iu this
country or in any popular government,
when all sections and classes were pros
perous, aud tlie fact that tlie Republicaus
barely escaped defeat-with all these posi
tive advantages in their favor is the strong
est evidence of tbe general distrust of Re
publicanism, as at present organized and
controlled, both in tbe North and tlie
South. 7
What the Soutli should do is easy to
answer. It has been ground between tlie
upper and the nether mill-stone quite
long enough, and it should cease to be a
large kite following tlie Democratic bob
of tlie North. It lias largely restored its
waste fields; it has solved the great prob
lem of making servile labor free and
profitable; it lias been rescued from the
scourge ol tlie carpet-bagger; it >ias grown
in population aud power; it will increase
its voico in tho national councils and in
the Electoral College under tlie new
census, and il now needs to send politics
to tlie rear and turn its attention to the
advancement ot its industries aud trade
and to tiic discussion of the political ques
tions which directly affect its diversified
interests. The color line is absolutely
and forever obliterated in politics iu tlie
South, as is shown by a large percentage
of Hie most thrifty and intelligent colored
voters supporting Hancock, and the white
men of tiro Soutli will now do well to
imitate the black man and divide on local
and general issues, just as they would if
there had been no war.
Much of the above is true aud sensible,
but our Philadelphia contemporary should
know that tlie South can bo nothing else
tnan “solid,” until slio-bas practical evi
dence that the bloody shirt lias been laid
away, and the abuse and aggressions of
the dominant party have ceased. At pres
ent there Is nothing to divide upon. All
that we ask is our constitutional rights
and a fair participation in the government
of the country. We moat assuredly will
never divide for tbe mere sake of division
w _ w w ed out Bibles at tlie rate of seven a luln-
lains for each of them, who hold divine | ule for every minute or every working
service* once a week. Tbe several re- hour for tbe past year.
Our New 8enater.
The Alliens Banner says: Wo do not
believe, as some seem to do, that states
manship consists in making money out of
tho public treasury; but doubtless there
are times when it is very proper to get ap
propriations, and Senator Brown will
have as much success iu tills line as any
body. We do not regard him as a repre
sentative Georgian; lie will probably do
Georgia no harm, but may probably do her
much good.
Augusta Chronicle: Hon. Joseph E.
Brown was yesterday elected United
States Senator, to complete the unexpired
term of Gen. Gordon. Tlie majority for
Senator Brown was very large, and bo
lias a right to feel highly complimented.
The Chronicle supported',Hon. A. It.
Lawton for the office, but a sufficient
number of the representatives of the peo
ple in the General Assembly preferred
aud elected Hon. Joseph E. Brown. The
new Senator is, as is well known, au old
public servant, having been Governor and
Chief Justice. He is a man of remarka
ble talent, and, as lie says himself, seldom
fails in anything lie undertakes. Ho will
lie one of tlie few rich men from tli South
in Congress, ami one or tlie ablest at tlie
Federal Capital. The pcoplo expect great
things from him, and lie will, of Course,
do ills best not to disappoint them* We
tender him our congratulations, and will,
in duty bound,' corporate with him for
tbe common weal of Georgia and tho Un
ion ol the States. ‘/
Columbus Enquirer: We trust ex-
Govemor Brown may prove a good Dem
ocrat, but tbe hope is ou a slim founda
tion. Something very good or very had
ought to come from such a groat efiort to
obtain the.senalotslfip. , .
. Lamentation can: do no good. The
more meeting of -the tvyo bouses and a
formal ballot to-day is all that is neces
sary to perfect tlie election, as we have
stoteU since Governor Colquitt was forced
ou us, we cau stand any amount of
ciow, though we “don’t .hauker arter it.”
Since we have partaken in the shape of
Garfield, a Democratic loss of tlie House
of Representatives, ana now comes ex
Governor Brown as senator, but tlie otbr
ors were palatable iu comparison to tbe
first. There is nothing like being used to
a thing. Tbe matter cannot ba helped.
T ex-Governor lias achieved a wonder
ful triumph, la twelve years from being
tlie meet hated man in the State, he takes
the highest position the General Assembly
esn bestow. The changes that have been
wrought are uiaieelous.
The contest ahead will be that of Gov
ernor Colquitt when he endeavors to suc
ceed Hon. Be* Hill in the Senate. The
election is only two years hence. For
whom then will ex-Uuvornor Brown cast
his influence?
The Savannah Afaea, after giving the
ballot, says: Tbe question of the Senato
rial succession lias been warmly contest
ed, and tlie discussion to which it has
giveu rise has partaken much of the per
sonal temper which unhappily character
ized our gubernatorial canvass. Tbs re
sult will be accepted as an expression of
the will of a majority of the people, and
wo may heartily congratulate ourselves
that with It ia brought to a close one of the
most exciting and acrimonious political
campaigns iu tlie history of^the State.
Onr Minister to Turkey.
General James Longstreet, our newly-
appointed United States Minister to Tur
key, has arrived in England on bis way to
Constantinople. General Longstreet is a
Georgian, and as such claims tlie atten
tion of every Georgian, whether he agrees
with him or not politically. We give in
the following extract what that great Brit*
ish newspaper, the London Telegraph,
has to say about him and his mission.
The Teleyraph, after giving General Long-
street’s war record, in quite a lengthy ar
ticle, says:
Reviewing the conduct of prominent
rebels since tbe termination of tlie Atner-
can civil war, we are constrained to admit
that General Longstreet has shown moral
courage even to a more remarkable de
gree than the physical bravery which he
displayed upott a hundred battlefields. It
is to the interest of mankind at latge, no'
less than that of tbe South, that the
United States should be prosperous and
homogeneous, aud in opposition to the
many men of mark by whose side, or
in alliance with whom, he had fought,
General Longstreet set an example which
might witii advantage have been followed
by others, and which lias at iostgalned for
him tlie distinction of being selected for a
highly honorable civil office by tbe gov
ernment to which both North and South
now owo a common allegience. _
Nevertheless, it is impossible to abstain
from some reflections upon the strangely
different surroundings which await the
new minister in that hotbed of diplomatic
intrigue to which his steps are now being
turned, from tlie simple life which he has
long led in ills native land. Himself an
untravelcd man, and with no taste for
book learning, General Longstreet goes to
Constantinople with little knowledge of
tlie Eastern question aud witb no linguis
tic or diplomatic experience. It is, per
haps, fortunate for him and for the coun
try lie serves that tho burning controver
sies which are always aglow in Eastern
Europe possess little or no interest for the
Western Republic, which is divided by
many thousands of miles from the an
cient capital of the Turkish Empire.
Diplomacy, as the word is understood in
Europe, lias happily never taken root in
the United States, and it is to be expected
that General Longstreet will find liis of
ficial posi Jon at Constantinople to be lit
tle more than a sinecure. As a soldier
of tried merit, and with large experience
of active war, lie may not improbably see
mimb to interest bim in the East, and
upon all matters relating to the organiza
tion of armies, his ripe judgment may be
trusted by those who arc wise euougii to
consult hliu. Tbe prominence wbicli lie
attained in tbe war which brought him
fame was due to the fact that whilo other
minds more powerful and richly stored
thauhi8 under ordinary circumstances
were thrown oil'their balance by the de
lirium and hurly-burly of battle, bo pos
sessed the rare faculty of 'Milking calmly
and judging rightly while under lire. It
is impossible that his lifo can have been
happy since tho conclusion of the Ameri
can war, for it has been passed in au at
mosphere of bitter hostility to himself. For
these reasons the Euglish friends of Gen.
Longstreet—aud they are many in num
ber—will be glad that probably for some
time to come he will occupy an honorable
position, far from the storms and animos
ities which surrounded him, first as comp
troller af customs at New Orleans, ami
secondly as postmaster at a hide town iu
Georgia.
The Cincinnati Southern Railroad.
Unexpected Costliness.
The Cincinnati Times-Star says:
Painful as it is to announce the fact, it
now appears that the Cincinnati Southern
railroad is not yet finished. It was stated
that tins $10,000,000 first given by tbo peo
ple would complete it,but it did not. Then
it was said that $6,000,000 next asked lor
would surely be enough, but that did uot
see the work ended.
Then $2,000,000 was asked with tlie
most solemn protestation that that sum
would more than do tho work. Yet even
that slipped through tho fingers oftiie
careful trustees, aud tlie road was not yet
done, and so less than a year ago a small
trifle of $300,000 was asked and granted
by the Legislature to finish all up, you
know, ami furnished somo terminal facili
ties besides.
And so pcopl i have lieen breathing easy
of late witii tlie feeling that the* long
agony was over and the community would
now only liavo to sit quietly down auden
joy tho fruits of their investment. But It
now seems otherwise. At a secret meet
ing of tlie trustees on Saturday evening a
very voluminous report from Engineer
Bouscaren was presented, showing “what
it would cost to finish tlie road.”
And the sum mentioned as required for
this purpose is, it is said, $2,775,900. This
does not include tlie work of changing the
gauge, or of replacing the iron rails witii
steel, both of which will he. required be
fore many years, and which will easily
cost $225,000 more, making tlie total re
quired to “complete the road ” $3,000,000
more. ",
Biff Fisk Chasine the Smaller Ones.
A large school of fisli, says the Atlantic
Cily (N. J.) llcvieio, lay stranded on the
beach about a mile below the city, on tlie
afternoon of Wednesday, October 20.
There were hundreds of them nearly op
posite Dry Inlet, among tho numbers
many blucflsh weighing from two to five
pounds. Croakers were gathered by tlie
bushel; menhaden or inossbunkere .were
shoveled up by wagon loads. They were
chased ashore by au immense school of
larger and more voracious fish. Early iu
the day tlie bosom of the sea opposite tlie
city was observed by spectators from tho
shore to be greatly agitated. Immense
numbers of tlie finny tribe would
spring from tlie water, tlie bright scales of
tlieir bodies glittering in the sun. The
rapid motion of the schools led those who
understood tlie heaits of fisli to believe
that tlie bigger fish were after the lesser
ones. Thoso who witnessed tlie fisli come
inland say it was an exciting scene. They
cauie shoreward at wonderful speed,
jumping from tbo water aud scampering
iu the sort iu great fright. When they
got into shallow water there was a great
splashing and hgitatton, tlie fisli iu places
being densely crowded. One man who
was in tlie vicinity at tlie time saw au im
mense blue-fish in the surf,. and shooting
it, found it weighed twelve pounds. It &
characteristic of alt fish that at certain pe
riods tlie larger ones devour tlie smaller
ones, no matter if they are of the same
species. ‘
Yennor and Tice on Snow.
A linn of sleigh-builders iu Leaven
worth, Kansas, have obtainod the follow
ing prognostications:
1 expect December, (latter part) Janu
ary aud 'March will givo us most snow;
December and January the greatest cold.
February looks warm, and snow may rap
idly disappear during that month. An
early spring. Ice crop good. Yours truly,
Henry G. Vkz;noi:.
I expect tremendous snow falls as far to
the South wird as Washington, D. €., aud
Westward beyond Chicago toward-lhe end
of tiecemhor and New 1 ear’s, aud again
in proximity to the* 3th and 9th of Janu
ary. Very wintry weather, with snow,
here Ibis week. Yours truly,
Henry G. Vknnob.
Since the current year is the commence*
.Rent of a period of more than unusual
disturbance, which will uot attain its
maximum until tlie end of 1882, therefore
my opinion is that the coming winter will
be characterized by great and sudden
changes in atmospheric pressure, and, con
sequently, by heavy preeipitation-that is,
heavy rains In tiie South and heavy snows .
in tlie North, with generally extreme low
temperature.
lours truly,
John H. Tick.
Tbe New York Store lias tbe finest,
best and cheapest blanket*.
The European Cotton Trad*.
The annual review of the cotton trade
in Europe, prepared by Messrs. Ellison A
Co., of Liverpool, is generally accepted,
says the Herald, as tlie most trustworthy
source of information on this important
subject. The report for tbe season of
1879-30 lias just been given to the public.
It shows that both in Great Britain and
on the continent the pait year has been
one of unusual activity and prosperity
among cotton manufacturers, and that the
outlook for the future is bright and en
couraging. In England the cotton in
dustry began to recover about a year ago
from a commercial depression which had
been general and long standing, and be
fore the close of 1879 British cotton mer
chants, spinners and manufacturers were,
according to the authority already cited
“in the midst of a revival of trade so
thorough'aiid so extraordinary, that few
dared to hope for its continuance.”
It did continue, however, for many
months, aud although there was a falling
away of activity during tlie latter part of
tliu year tlie season on the whole was a
very prosperous one for spinners and con
sumers. In no recent year has so much
cotton been consumed in Great Britain as
during tlie season ended September 30,
1880: Tlie total amount for the year was
3,S50,000 bales of 400 pounds each, which
was more than 500,000 bales greater than
the consumption of last year, and more
than 300,000 bales greater than tbe con
sumption of tlie preceding year. With
this increase ot consumption there lias
been during tbe year just closed an addi
tion of about 200,000 new spindles (be
sides renewals) to the capacity of the
mills.
The tide of prosperity did not rise nearly
so high on the continent as in Great Brit
ain, owing mainly to the fact that conti
neutai mill owners aro dependent chiefly
on their domestic markets, while British
manufacturers have the advantage of an
euormous export trade, particularly witb
Iudia and China. Nevertheless, tiie past
year lias been more prosperous than the
preceding one ou the continent excepting
in parts of France, Austria and Russia.
The continental consumption during the
year just closed was about ISO,000 bales
greater than it was last year. It lias
steadily increased In recent years, advanc
ing from 2,180,000 bales in 1873-74 to
2,450.000 in 1676-77 aud 2,725,000 in 1879-
80.
In making a forecast for tiie coming
year, Messrs. Ellison & Co. say it is “pret
ty certain” that Europe will consume more
cotton in 18S0-81 than was used in 1679-
80. They estimate tbe total European
demand for the next year at 6,138,090
bales of 400 pounds each, which is about
150,000 bales more than was wanted the
past year. Of this amount 1,856,000 bales
are expected from India, Egypt, Brazil,
Peru aud Turkey, being substantially the
same quantity received from these coun
tries tlie past year. This will leave 4,-
332,000 bales to be supplied by America,
which is about 150,000 bales greater than
tlie American supply during tbe year just
closed. It should be noted, however, that
the American bale is considerably heavier
than that which enters into tho above re
sults, tbe average weight of the former be
ing 481 pounds tor the crop of the past
year. This, of course, would require a
reduction iu tlie above figures if Ameri
can instead of foreign hales were spoken
of. The increase or tlie foreign demand
for our cotton is attended by a growing
home demaud, since the amount taken by
the mills of tills country is yearly becom
ing greater. These facts open up a. bright
outlook for American cotton growing.
A Mermaid.—Tbe St. Louis Globe-
Democrat announces the arrival in that
city of a man witii a mermaid—half fish
and half woman—from Japan:
The arms are covered with scales to tiie
wrist, and tlie back of the small hands
have the same scaly covering to the finger
tips. Tlie hand is as small as that of a
baby, but is perfect in every detail; the
forehead docs uot recede, but is high And
straight, and is ot tho class that indicates
an unusual degree oi intelligence. TJie
eyes aro soft, swimtny and liglitles3 as
those of a fish; but tlie mouth, tho oars,
the nose, and in fact all the other features,
are pronounced human, regular, clear cut,
and as perfect as a beautiful woman’s
face. A light covering ot brown hair,
several inches in length, and eyebrows
of the same color, are tiie only hirsute ap
pendages. The spinal column is clearly
seen running up to tho base of the skull,
and falling down tlie hack until it is lost
in tiie fishy extremity. Ten ribs are easily
counted upon the breast,and the mamma
lian female development for feeding the
young is readily discernible. The mer
maid measures almost three feet from the
crown of tlie head to the extremity of tho
caudal fin, and is said to bo larger than
the only other specimen of the kind ever
seen in this country.
The Crops.
Washington, November 18. — Tiie
Department of Agriculture reports that
the corn crop shows no increase over last
year, but a decline for the whole country.
l7ie Atlantic States show an increase.
Tlie Gulf States suffered from drouth in
the spring and too much rain in the sum
mer, except Texas, whicli almost donbles
her product. In the other sections some
States show an increase, others a decrease.
There was less land planted in tobacco
tliis year than last. There is a decrease
principally in Maryland aud Virginia.
In Ohio, Pennsylvania aud Wisconsin the
increase in tlie yield af reported Novem
ber 1st is 795 pounds per acre against 740
last year. There Is quite a decline in tlie
yield of potatoes.. The yield is reported
atjMi average of 91 bushels per acre
against 98 in 1S79; and 69 in 1878. Texas,
California and Arkansas are tbe only
States reporting an increase.
Death of Old Clem.—A Richmond
dispatch to the New York Herald says:
Clem Canada, the oldest negro in Vir
ginia, died on tlie 3d nut., at the home of
some of his relatives, near Guilford, in
Lottdou county, at the advanced age of
nearly one hundred and twenly.one years.
When Clem was middle aged, about sixty
or seventy years, lie became tlie property
of Mr. Lee, a wealthy citizen of Loudon
county. He proved a worthy man and a
faithful seivant aud enjoyed tho fullest
confidence of his master, who frequently
entrusted him witii largo sums or money
and the transaction of important business
missions. At the death of the elder Lee
provision was made by will for tho manu
mission of Clem, but as tlie latter could
not at that time accept his freedom aud
remain in Virginia he removed to Penn
sylvania, but coon returned to Loudon,
and surrendering himself to the heirs of
ids late master, he was purchased by Mr.
Matthew P. Lee, a son of his former .mas
ter, for $100.
He continued in tlie service of tlie Lee
latnily until, by tiie proclamation of Pres
ident Lincoln, he was again set free. But,
after a brief separation, lie again returned
to tlie surviving msmbeis of tlie Lee
family, with whom he remained nominally
as a “hired servant,” but really as a pen
sioner upon their charity, until a few
mouths ago, when he went to live witii
some of his own race and connection
near Guilford. A lew weeks after liis
change oi residence he received that sum
mons which sooner or later comes to all
men, and be died. Had he lived nntil
next January, ac<»rding to a record still
preserved in the Lee family, ho would
have been one hundred and twenty-one
yean olj. For more than seventy yean
of bis long and checkered life, Clem Can
ada was a consistent and worthy member
of tbe Mount Zion Baptist church, per
forming faithfully all tbe duties allotted
him in tils humble sphere, and after death
his remains were conveyed to tiie neigh
borhood of his early and later home, and
Interred in the Mount Zion burying
ground, respected by all who knew*him.
Philadelphia Times on Sexatoh
Brown.—Tiie indications are that Sena
tor Brown will be re-elected by the Geor
gia Legislature to-day, and that will be a
triumph of the progressive element of the
State. The point has been made on Sen
ator Brown that It cannot be found out
whether lie is Democrat or a Republican,
and perhaps in the general confusion of
tilings he doesn’t know himself. If that
is his dilemma be is no worse off than a
great many people at this blessed mo
ment. Senator Brown was a delegate to
tbe Republican National Convention in
1868, which nominated Grant, and he has
not made a Democratic record since. He
was appointed to the vacancy created by
tbe resignation of Senator Gordon, bnt it
was so near the adjournment last summer
when he was sworn in, that be had no
chance to vote upou party questions.
Perhaps here is another man who will
he.'p Gen. Mahone and Judge Davis to ar
range the balance of power.
The Iruh Beat Question.
The Irish rent question, which wears to
outsiders tiie most insoluble attitude of
any political problem now before the gov-
erhment and people of Great Britain, was
considered by Hon. John Bright in a
speech delivered ,at Birmingham, last
Tuesday, and a telegram to the World
reports him as follows:
John Bright delivered an exceedingly
vehement and brilliant speech at Birming
ham to-day, in which he reviewed the
Irish question in its many phases, and
practically declared that the present agi
tation is due to the oppression of the
laud-holding classes of Ireland. Mr.
Bright traced tbe history of the Irish
peasant for some time past, and said that
the present disturbances in the island had
beeu brought about, perhaps unintention
ally on their part, by the absenteeism of
the Irish landlords from their estates,
which have been left to tbe tender mer
cies of rack-rent agent, who, not haring
the power to lower rents, have beeu com
pelled to drain every penny from th? mis
erable tenants for a master who was
spending it abroad, while the tenants
have been unable to get leases of laud by
personal negotiation with their landlords.
Everyone, tlie correspondent continues,
is now discussing tbe claims of the Laud
Leauuers, and many voices are now raised
in London in modified support of tbe
Irish demands. It is admitted on all sides
that the condition of the Irish peasant
could not well be worse, and it lias even
been suggested in many quarters that the
government should purchase laud exten
sively in Ireland and distribute it on fair
terms among the poorer tenants who need
help to enable them to cultivate it profit
ably.
Tilings will come to a head when Par
liament meets in December. But it is
difficult to eonceivo of any plan or princi
ple upon which government can interfere
in a readjustment of the rights aud inter-
ests of the parties.
The Blue Doctor.—Sa^a Bernhardt
lias been succeeded in the gossip of Psris
by Dr. C'hirou, called the “blue doctor.’
This name he obtained through being
called to sec a lady who was on the point
of death, as was supposed, from some
mysterious weakness. He sent at once,
not for medicamen's, but for an up
holsterer, and ordered this tradesman at
once to refurnish the whole of the lady’s
rooms with stuffs and carpets dyed witii
indige. He clothed her with stufis simi
larly dyed, and ordered that none should
approach her unless clad In indlgo-dyed
garments. The result was, so the story
goes, that the lady recovered, and that M.
Chirou received the name of “le docteur
bleu.” He is not liked by the regular
practitioners, who do not scruple to call
him a quack, but he has made some won
derful cures by wonderful methods.
One of their cures has just occurred with
'tlie wife of an eminent English slates-
*man. This lady had long suffered from
an apparently incurable cough of a very
distressing nature. She went to the blue
doctor, who, for three mouths, made her
inhale daily a mixture of chloroform and
tlie fumes of some strong acid. Every
day slio was chloroformed to insensibility,
and at tho same time was acidulated—
with tho result that she is now quite well,
American Apples in the European
Market.—The Liverpool correspondent
of the Chicago Drovers? Journal writes as
follows: “Euormous quantities of Amer-
can apples are arriving, and they are sold
iu nearly every fruiterer’s, and on every
apple-stand in both London and Liver
pool, and perhaps In other cities; women
stand in front of the places of amusement
at night and offer choice American apples
for ‘three a penny.’ Tlie large arrivals
are accounted for by the fact that Ameri
can shippers of live stock, finding the
English market against them during Octo
ber, threw up their engagements for space,
saying to the vessel-broker: ‘Rent the
space for what you can gel and we will
make up the deficiency, ir there is any,’
and so the space was let for apples. Some
of the steamers arriving tills month had as
higli as 10,000 barrels on board. Lieu
tenant Mayne Reid, meanwhile, writes to
tlie papers that the apple crop this year
throughout Herefordshire and elsewhere
in England is almost an entire failure.
Many orchards, ho says, of acres in extent,
and hundreds octrees, will scarcely yield
a bushel to the acre.” . .
The burning of tlie insane asylum at
St. Peters, Minnesota, which had 050 in
mates, is a allocking calamity. Tho first
estimates of the loss of life prove happily
to be extravagant, and tlie number oi
persons who have perished is not estimat
ed now above twenty. But it is conceded
'that no one knows who died in the flames
or from subsequent exposure to the cold,
and who wandered away. None of these
miserable creatures were fit to be at large,
ant) tlie spectacle of their terror and suffer
ings must have been a pitiful one, while the
danger to the community-from tiie sudden
liberation' of a number of them cannot
fail to cause uneasiness.
Laborers f6r Florida.—Two hun
dred colored men left Danville, Virginia,
on Wednesday last, for Florida, under en
gagement as laborers for the construction
of tlie Way cross and Jacksonville rail
road. Several white laborers accompa
nied them.
Steamship Overdue.—Tbe mw steel
steamship Assyrian Monarch of the Lon
don and New York. Monarch, line, sailed
from Hull October 28th and has not yet
arrived. She had no passengers. Some
anxiety is felt about the ship.
Snow Storm at Little' Rock.—At
Little Rock, Arkansas, last Wednesday
snow began to fall at 8 o’clock in the
morning, and continued to fall witbont
intermission till five o'clock at night.
Sclpuur for Insects.—A subscriber
ofSouthBriantree, Maas.,lias tumid a mix
ture of sulphur and fine tobacco, two
parts ot the former to cne of tbe latter, an
excellent preventive of the ravages of in
sec's on squash and other vines, as well
for keeping lies from cattle, bogs and
poultry. He also recommends its use for
sprinkling trees and bushes that are eaten
by tbe canker worms or by currant worms.
Sulphur is excellent for the use of poul
try. bouse mid stable, aud so is tobacco
ana snuff, used witb care, but we are inclin
ed to choose a mixture of plaster of psris,
with just enough psris green to give it a
light tinge, as being both cheaper and more
effectual for tbe squash vines—Farmer.
It is tbe fashion tor many people to
neglect nahnsa's law* and blame Provi
dence for tbe result. A favorite thiag
with them is to neglect a cough or cold,
instead of using that unfailing means of
relief, Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. Twenty- j
five cent* a bottle. 1
"Boycotting" Iruh Landlords.
The siege of Mr. Boycott on the estate
of Lord Eme, and the straits to which be
was reduced until be was relieved by tbe
arrival of a military and working force
says the Baltimore Sun, lias added a new*
name to the vocabulary. This strategical
move of tbe Land Leaguers consists of
completely isolating the Irish tenant or
landlord who may be hostile to the party
by making it dangerous for him to walk
on his own grounds without an armed
guard, by iuducing his farm bands to de
cline all assistance in saving his crops,
and of withdrawing even from the house
hold those who bad been hired to do do
mestic duties, and has acquired tbe name
of “Boycotting.”
The method employed in this Instance
to get ria of Mr. Boycott—who, it is said,
has determined to abandon his farm ar.d
return to England—seems likely to be
come popular elsewhere in the disturbed
districts. Already “the Ballinrobe” inci
dent is finding imitators. In county Mayo,
not very far from the Erne estate, a Mias
Gardner was shot at a short time ago, or
at least believes sbe was shot at, and has
since fortified her house against the ten
ants, where she lives behind bars and bar
ricades, attended only by an old man and
a lady companion, trusting to.the protec
tion of a police barrack and a detachment
of the constabulary force near by.
How “Boycotting” is spreading, in spite
of the prosecution of certain leader* of the
league, is shown by a telegram from Dub
lin on Sunday last, which states that ou
that day a meeting attended by 5,000 peo
ple was held near Walshtown, at which a
resolution was adopted to “BoycoU” thir
teen landlords, land agents And others,’
residing In thatneighborbood. The silent
working of this system or dealing with
obnoxious persons makes Us suppression
difficult. Tiie law of conspiracy might
possibly be enforced against tbe authors of
such a resolution if it could be proved
against them.
But in such cases Lliere are two almost
insuperable obstacles to overcome: Tlie
iirst is to obtain witnesses, and next to
get a jury that will convict. Tbe quiet
terrorism which contents itself at the most
with a warning letter, is too impalpable
to be reached by law, for no one will ac
knowledge tlie sending of such a letter,
and it cannot be traced except by an act
of treachery that is foreign to the Irish
character. There may be no overt act,
and yet a man may be put in constant
fear of his life.
Tho people in his employ may leave
him—they have a legal right to do so. He
may be secretly baffled in his attempt to
replace them with others, bnt unless he can
bring testimony that he is the victim of a
conspiracy, tlie law cannot help him.
Soft is “Boycotting ” as exemplified in
Ireland at this time, and if it should ex
tend throughout the disaffected counties
every obnoxious landlord would be obliged
to have a strong military force encamped
near him, and to import laborers from
England or the north of Ireland to culti
vate his land and gather bis crops. Such
a situation would soon become intolera
ble, and perhaps force a solution for bet
ter or worse.
The 2Tew Cabinet
“Pickaway,” the well-knowncorrespon-
deet of the Cincinnati Enquirer, recently
interviewed “a well-known Republican”
who had just spent three days with Gen
eral Gaifield, and the following is dipped
from his report of the talk:
“The Grant-Conkling compact is noth
ing but Democratic balderdash. After the
Warren meeting Grant, Conkling, Logan
and tlie eider Cameron called on General
Garfield. He received them as his hon
ored guests. They sat around his table
aud mapped out liis administration, os
though they were making a partition of
their own property. Getieral Garfield was
too well-bred to take issue with them un
der his own roof, and under such circum
stances. He listened to all tLoy said with
dignified silence. They went away
impressed with the idea that
they had made a bargain. Tbeir as
surance nettled General Garfield. This is
the true version of the ‘compact,’ and the
first time it lias been given out to the
public. Conklingism and Grantism, and
all these words imply, will fiud no place
under Garfield's administration. He owes
nothing, cither in Ins nomination or his
election, to these isms or to the men who
expound them. He will open his office
witii a clean ledger aud no debts to pay.
Of course the Grant-Cockling leaders will
cry out that General Garfield lias broken
his agreement; but this was a part of the
origins', scheme, and is a part of tlie pro
gramme to build up tho Grant party in
1834. I believe General Garfield expects
Infinitely more from the Democratic party
than from the ‘306’ segment of Republi
canism, and a vory small segment it will
ppovc itself when it comes to breaking
lances.”
In addition, he suggests the following
as Garfield’s cabinet: Secretary of Slate,
Edmunds, of Vermont; secretary of the
treasury, Washburne, of Illinois, secreta
ry of war, McCook, of New York; secreta
ry ofthe navy. Grow, of Pennsylvania;
secretary of the interior, Longstreet, ot
Louisiatia; postmaster-general, Goodioc, of
Kentucky; attorney general, Harrison, of
Indiana.* When his - attenl!on was called
to tlie fact that lie was leaving the Grant-
Conkiing wing of tho party out iu the
cold, lie replied : “That is tiie important
part of the programme. Garfield is going
to bo President.” '
There is reason for belief that Gaifield
lias chosen a roundabout way for tbe pur-
!>csc of having liis views and belief made
known to the country—first, because it
canuol be charged as coming from him,
or being semi-official, as it would seem if
it appeared in a Republican paper of any
prominence. The cabinet is a strong one
—foil of sentiment, and well in keeping
witii Garfield’s ideas in liis ideal govern
ment. But wbat everlasting Dell there
will be among the stalwarts if he selects
such a cabinet. ■ •
foupIMestarr CurrcopondraM.
In the presentation of tlie cane to Philo.
Loud, Esq., mentioned in our issue of
Friday last, the following correspondence
took place:
Macon, Ga., November 15,1S80.
To Philo. I.ond: We, yotir fellow em
ployes of Carbart & Curd, beg that you
accept this cane, as a slight token of our
esteem.
Take it, and iu after days, when our
paths of life have diverged, let It remind
yon that iu onr hearts will always be
cherished a pleasant memory of the aged
book-keeper. . .. .
E. P. Mitchell,
Jos. K. Weli.h,
Andrew J. Oku,
J. K. Saklsbury,
M. C. Jewett.
Macon, Ga., November'17, i880.
To Messrs. E. P. Mitchell, Joseph E,
Welts, Andrew J. Orr, J. It. Saulsbury
and M. U. Jewett: Gentlemen—Your
kiudiy note with its accompanying
“splendid walking cane,” presented by
your messenger and associate, Mr. A. J.
Orr, fills me with a feeling 1 have not
language to express.
Associated with most of you for many
years, 1 cau truly say that I have felt »
very deep interest itt the present and eter-
ual welfare of each one, and whilst appre
ciating tiie many token* of con tide nee
which you and our respected employers
have always manifested iu me, 1 have uot
been ignorant of niy liability toe < T,thongh
endeavoring faithfhliy to perform tbe du
ties of niy position.
And now, when compelled by uivanoed
age and many infirmities to sever my con
nection with you, aud retire from partici
pation in the active Arties ot hfe, it is a
source of no small gratification to realize
that former associates cherish feeling* of
regard for me. Rest assured, gentlemen,
that whilst I value your present for its in
trinsic worth, I asteMU it for mure aa a
token of kindlv remembrance from,former
associates, sou shall not cease to entertain
a deep interest in tbe welfare of each.
Very reepactfnlly,
Pmiloloous Loud.