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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1880.
There la not a single lawyer In the
newly elected State Senate of New Hamp
shire, which contains twenty-four mem
bers.
Wkaver carried one county in the
United States, Walker county, Texas, at
the last election, receiving a majority of
sixteen votes over Garfield and Hancock
combined.
Toe estate of the late Governor Wil
liams, of Indiana, Is estimated to be
worth §100,000, §75,000 of which is invest
ed in farming lands.
The roads which have beer farticipa-
ing in the cheap fare fight < Chicago
agreo In reporting increased earnings
even iu passenger business.
Lewis Rockwell was supported by
his relatives at Uonesdaie, Pa., until bo
Was a hundred years old, and then, deem-
i nghis longevity unreasonable, they turn
ed him over to tbo Poo rm as ter. He is
now 102.
Snow in England in October puzzled
the swallows. They skimmed over the
whitened ground repeatedly, evidently in
search of worms. The next day these
bappy birds had all left for the sunny
south.
The richest men m Germany are the
Itotliscldlds, of Frankfort; Krapp, of
Essen, and Bleiclibroder, oi Berlin; and
Prince Bismarck is also reckoned among
the millionaires. The number of Prus
sian millionaires is 1,105.
The country has witnessed comers in
pork, grain, whisky and coal, and now It
is threatened with one on lamp chimneys,
the National Lamp Chimney Association
having resolved to cease production for
tho four weeks prior to January 10, 1881
Nor long ago the undertakers held
National Convention at Boston, and now
the coffin-makers are holding a similar
gathering in Indianapolis. All is not
peaceful in the ranks of the colfin-masers
either, as some of the larger factories are
accused of cutting rates.
Bin. Charles Read::, the novelist,
has scut Mayor Cooper, of New York,
aoine cuttings from the mulberry tree over
the grave of Shakespeare. The cuttings
came inclosed In a tin box. Mayor Coop
er turned them over to the Central Park
commissioners, and they will bo planted
in the Park.
Some Republican papers, says the
Courier Journal, are strongly opposing
the reported movement of Southern ne
groes to the West .They are wrong. The
negro is an American citizen and free to
go wiicro he wants to, and lie has been
told so often that the North is the only
place where he can be comfortable, that
it would be well for him to test the verac
ity of the information.
Ireland.—A telegram of Tuesday to
tho World from Loudon says notwith
standing the recent assurance that no ex
traordinarily harsh course would be taken
by the Government in matters relating to
the Irish troubles until alter tlio meeting
of Parliament, Chief-Secretary Foster
states to-night that the Government may,
In anticipation of Parliamentary action
that would authorize such a step, suspend
the vyrit of habeas horpus and' imprison
all the leading Land Leaguers. The
London World says Lord Beaconsfield
will move for a suspension of the habeas
corpus when Parliament meets.
A New York letter says: Gov. Cor
nell, in bis next annual message, will
earnestly second the proposition that ex-
Presidents should lave seats as senators
at large in the United States Senate,
Senator Coukling is understood to be un
qualified!}* committed to it, and the Gov
ernor’s viows upon the subject will doubt
less emphasize those of the Senator. The
question is coming to l>e a favorite topic
at the clubs, where political public opinion
is formed, but there is a very marked
division of sentiment on the point, wheth
er we should take care of our ex-I’resi
dents by making them senators, or by
placing at their disposal an animal in
come.
Death of an Eminent Surgeon
prom Blood' Poisonino.—Dr. Thoma3
Wood, of Cincinnati, one of the most
eminent surgeons iu the United States,
died Sunday afternoon from poisoning of
the blood. On the 20th of last month
Dr. Wood responded to a summons to at
tend the wounded in a railway collision
near Cincinnati. His hands were badly
chapped, and, while dressing the injuries
of one of the wounded, his blood became
poisoned. From the hands the poison
gradually spread throughout ids body,
until Saturday evening, when it struck
the brain, producing paralysis, from the
immediate effects of which ha died bun-
day.
Georgia Mormons.—The Greenville
(S. C.) Xcics says: Mormons do not have
pleasant times in Georgia. On last Mon
day two Mormon preachers had It spread
through Aerial, Habersham county, that
they would preach at a citizen’s house
about two miles from there at 7 o'clock
P. M. At the appointed time a consid
erable company met, and the services
commenced. One preacher went through
his discourso without interruption; the
other was uot so fortunate. He soon
used so ue language that did not suit
some young men that wero present, and
they werw about to use something rough
er than language, but were prevented by
the landlord. They then offered to pay
the landlord if lie would get them out of
his liause, but lie declined. So the meet
ing broke up in a row, and the Mormons
have gone, probably never to return.
The native Chief Khdme, at Sboshong,
South Africa, Is a very remarkable char
acter, as reported in the Chronicle of the
London Missionary Society. At his in
auguration, some six years ago, he - gave
iu uis adhesion to Christianity, and to
this he has consistently adhered. Ue lias
also taken a firm stand against the driuk-
ing habits chiefly of tho white people of
the English colony, within which'his pro
vince lies. *' Khatue neither drinks nor
i mokes, chews nor snuffs, and will have
nothing to do with native ebanus, medici
nes, witchcraft Ac., and strictly observes
the Christian law of one wife. Determin
ed not to rule ovnr’a drunken townspeople,
lie declares agaiust having any intoxica
ting liquors brought into his country or
sold within its limits. Still the curse
tame. He tried fines and imprisonments
ii vain. Jugs of liquor came in bags of
:orn and scenes of drunkenueas followed,
tie Dually tlireatened banishment, -and
■<vx!"h patient and forbearing, be was ln-
'exibie. He did banish, and sent beyond
a limits numerous white oBenders, sey-
•l as be did so, ‘I am blaok, but I am
chii : of my own coun iy, and I (ball
i..»i itain my laws, which you insult sod
despise.”
The Crops of Georgia.
Who Raise Them?
Whenever Southern crops are spoken of,
nearly the universal tnind of the country
reverts to African us—colored labor:
These gigantic crops are tlic colored
man’s contribution to the national wealth.
This talk, if true, would have no Intelli
gent significance. The cotton crop, even
if produced wholly by negro labor, would
only show that the negro will work for
wages, and that the social and political
conditions, are such as to permit his em
ployment and labor. He works for wages
and it is presumable that lie receives
them—just as “in the mines and mills of
Great Britain the operatives work fortheir
wages and receive them. But in the latter
case no British philanthropist sets up that
the mill hands and miners exclusively
produce the metals, the coals and the
cloth, and that the “nation” is underover
whelming obligations to them for their
industry and good behavior, while the
masters are -a set of grasping and lazy
louts, subsisting in idleness on thedaborof
the operatives.
Nobody sets up the claim that nothing
but contempt Is due the men who place
the machinery—litre and guide the hands
and run the mines and mills, w'lile all
the glory of tho product is to be ascribed
in exhaustive psalms to the comparative
ly unintelligent labor which superintends
the machines or digs the ore.
No; this is exclusively an American
idea. It is not predicated of any other
labor interest or product under the sun.
It is found only in the Northern idea of
Southern agriculture, and the fact is, our
Northern brethren really believe .that
these Southern cotton planters are unlaw
fully living on the labor of tho negro; and
if they were out of the way tho cotton
crop would be bigger and a good deal
cheaper,-livestedjol tlie expense of support
ing those lazy white loons—the Southern
planters.
Bat it is not a fact that the cotton pro
duct of America is all or chiefly tho pro
duct of negro field labor. We have often
claimed that it is very largely the pro
duct of white labor, aud is becoming year
ly still more so. It won’t be many years
before cotton agriculture will be mainly a
white agriculture, and wc have to-day
statistics showing the proportion of
white and black agricultural labor in
Georgia.'
In tbe work of Mr. Fontaine, State
commis.ioncr of immigration for Georgia,
on pages 40-53, inclusive, will be found a
table showing, among oilier facts, the pro
portion of white and colored farm labor
in all the counties of Georgia. This re
port if official, and, we doubt not, approx
imately. correct. Tlie proportions vary
hugely in different counties; but the aver
age of 132 counties (others not given, and
there are Jlee counties more) tho percent
age of white farm labor to the whole
amount is a little upwards of 42}. That
is to say, with all the other labor of gen
eral business - management add d, the-
fields of Georgia find very nearly as many
white bands employed in tliem as negroes.
This fact is a suggestive comment ou tlie
ribald talk about tlie indolence of tbe
Southern whites, and the sentimental
lamentations about the dishonor in which
labor is held by the Southern people.
Eic3 Culture.
How to Grow the New Staple.
At the special request recently made by
some of our farmer frieuds,thc writer will
again give some hints,- based upon per
sonal observation aud practical experi
ence, upon tlie best method of cultivating
what is known as white or upland rice.
This cereal is rapidly superseding the
cotton crop in the soutiiern and southeast
ern portions of the State, and lias been
demonstrated to be far more profitable
than the fleecy staple. On high laud it
requires no more attention than com, aud,
ceteris paribus, will yield twice as much
per acre, and sell in the rough or un
pounded state for 50 per cent, more in
market.
One of the easiest and most remunera
tive methods of cultivation is as follows:
After broadcasting with cotton seed, com
mercial fertilizers or farm yard manure,
in October or November, if practicable,
thoroughly break up aud, if convenient,
barrow the surface of the soil anS sow in
rust-proof oats. Care should be taken,
however, that the “ lands” made in plow
ing should not be more than three feet
apart.
The oats will grow ofT, and by shading
the earth, effectually keep down tbe
weeds and grass in early spring. Not
waiting to harvest the crop, but commenc
ing about the 15th of April, with an or
dinary scooter plow, open the “land,” or
water furrow, and then with the narrow
est half shovel to be obtained, run once
on each side of the open furrow, filling it
up, making thereof a slight ridge, not
over a foot in width.
Now tbe ground is reidy for planting;
and tho seed, at tbe rate of one bushel
per acre, should bo dropped in hills eigh
teen inches asnndcr, about thirty grains
to the hill, and lightly covered with the
foot, or an ordinary board.
It will germinate in seven or eight days,
aud, protected by the standing grain from
birds and grass, continue to thrive
until tlie oats are taken off in the latter
part of May, or first of June.
The after cultivation consists in break
ing out the “middles” with a scooter or
narrow turning plow,* and cleaning the
hills of rice when needful, by tbe passage
of a boe between them.
Two additional plbwings, and one hoe
ing, will usually suffice to mako the
crop.
By pnrsaing the above course, not in
frequently thirty bushels of oats and the
same quantity of rough rico may bo gath
ered per acre inside of one year.
When not sowed in oats, break up and
tarn in all weeds and grass in the fall,
(if the land is i}ing fallow, or in February
or March if p’anted the previous year),
and after careful harrowing, lay oil iu
rows 2} feet apart and sow as directed
above, after the spriug has fairly opened.
Afterwards, cultivate with plow and lioo
as usual. When tho heads turn down
and only a few grail s remain green next
to the stalk, is the proper time for har
vesting. Never attempt to use the cradle
and scythe, as they knock tbe rico down
and occasion great loss. The implement
employed in cutting is the ordinary Land
sickle.
The rice sbonld be laid after it is
or yard covered with impacted clay, with
ordinary fiailsticks. When by this means
the grain has been separated from the
straw s winnowed from a rough scaf
fold,ten orififteen feet in height, all the
light fragments of straw and false rice,
called “tailing,” being borne away by the
least wind.
It is now ready to be measured, sacked
and shippad to market, there to be pound
ed and Landed up for exportation
It bas been demonstrated in practice,
time and again, that ordinary sandy pine
land that will not produce over seven or
eight bushels per acre of corn, planted side
by side in tbo same field with com and
white rice, will yield fifteen bushels of tbe
latter.
Tho rice sells readily at from $1.00 to
$1.30 per bushel. On fair uplands that
will make a bale of cotton to two acres,
forty bushels of rice is not considered
an extraordinary production to tbe single
acre.
We shall be pleased to afford oar farm
er lriends any further information they
may- desire respecting tho cultivation of
rice, which is by far the most profitable
crop that can be raised in middle and
lowL-r Georgia.
Queer Seasons for - Objecting to the
Proposed History of the Common
wealth.
The editor of the Atlanta Post-Appeal,
who “is not to the manor bom,” violently
opposes tho proposed history.of Georgia.
Hear him
Our Legislature will have to go against
its belter judgment and make a large ap
propriation of tbe people’s money for tbe
publication of a new history of Georgia.
The project is favored by Judge J. S.
Hook, ex-Governor Jenkins, Gen. Henry
It. Jackson, Gen. Eli Warren, General C.
A. Evans, Hon. A. U. Stephens, General
Gordon, Judge JamesJacksouandSenator
Brown.
Tlie tiling is settled. All of our great
men want a history of Georgia written.
Well, the history would doubtless find a
select circle >-t appreciative readers, main
ly composed of our great men and their
families.
It is natural tliat men who have worn
tlie judicial ermine, who have carved
their way to fame upon the field of bat
tle, aud who have “commanded the ap
plause of listening senates,” should take a
lively interest in tlie preparation oi a his
tory which will hand down their names
and deeds to posterity. But they should
pay for it—tlie money ought not to come
out of the pockets of the common herd.
The unknown lieroc3 of the cotton field
anil the workshop will not be advertised
in tlie new history of Georgia. Why
should they pay for the glittering adver
tisements of the more favored sons of for-
This is the first time that we ever beard
a proposed impartial history of the princi
pal events that have matked tlie life and
progress cf any State, with proper men
tion oflhe dramatis persona: sustained by
adequate evidence, called a mere “glitter
ing advertisement of the more favored
sons of fortune.” We can tell our brother
of the Post-Appeal that the “common
herd,” as he contemptuously styles the
farmers aud mechanics of tbe common
wealth, are the very individuals who are
anxious to be posted as to tlie past history
of the State. They wish to rear an intel
ligent posterity, who shall be versed in
the facts and traditious of tho past, that
they may the better learn how to demean
themselves, and enact their parts aright
in the future history of the country.
A just interpretation of the article of our
contemporary, would lead to tho conclu
sion that such men as ex-Gov. Jenkins,
Gen. H. R. Jackson, Judge Hook, the ven
erable Gen. Warren, Chief Justice Jack
son, Gen. Gordon, Gov. Brown, Gen. C,
A. Evans, Gen. A. R. Lawton, aud others,
simply favor tlie compilation of a new his
tory of Geotgta that their own fame and
achievements may be duly heralded and
perpetuated. But this is too absurd for
serious consideration. That the State
should sanction, and give prestige and
success to tlie undertaking by tbe ap
pointment of a suitable historiographer
who shall ba supplied with the necessary
pecuniary aid in tho premises, is but iu
consonance with her dignity, and both
just and proper.
Upon what authority our Atlanta friend
asserts that a “largo appropriation of the
people’s money" will be asked for in fur
therance of the worn, we are at a lose to
knpw. Indeed, wo are positive!}! advised
to tbe contrary.
But there is a considerable unavoidable
expense involved in tbe collection of ma
terials for tbo task wliicb ought to be de
frayed, and an immense amount of; labor
and research required of the author for
which he should be reasonably compensa
ted. It should bo remembered too, that
the sale of any ponderous standard work
is l’mited, and far from remunerative. Few
authors can indulge in tho costly luxury
of paying for tlieir own printing unless in
the case of sensational novels, and books
of a scientific nature are usually publish
ed by subscription. In the present in
stance the ouly motive In asking for pecu
uiary aid, from the State is to insure the
undettaking and completion of the his
tory at the earliest day practicable. The
movement seems to bo received witli gen
eral favor by tho press and community,
and we trust will receive reasonable sub
stantial assistance from the Legislature
Newspaper Changes.—Mr. W. H,
Harrison, who lias been editor and pub
lisher of the Mdntczuma Weekly, bas sold
out to Mr. Milton A. Smith, who makes the
editorial bow in Tuesday’s issue. We
bone Brother Smith will find tlie “edito
rial sea” more calm than Brother Harri
son seetns to indicate it to lie in liis “Ta
ta.” Wo wish both" gentlemen abundant
success. Montezuma anil the surround-,
ing country ought to support a good paper
handsomely. •>.«* _ *j t ’.
the sprightly locyl of the-Afbarfyt Mcrrii-
ser first, aud then thj'corpblriatfou .of the
News ah l Adetrliter, retires fiotn Hint
journal and returns to his first lore, IbA
Balnbridge Democrat. Messrs. McIntosh
& Evans, bis employers, speak many kind
words of Idra, and send Win off with many
regrets and a blessing. We IiopS he may
fiml his old home as pleasant as for
merly,
Count de Chamruud, although in ids
01st year, and suffering from a slight halt
in his gait, owing to ft fail from his hone
in early youth, still Jakes delight in field
sp aud follows the chase with the ar
dor of his ancestors. At Frohsdorf the
“royal hunt" is maintained with great
ceremony, tho only evidence which re
calls tlie memory of tlie court splendors^
of
ailles and Fontainebleau.
Clouds and darkness’ have held pos-
■aowed tor one or two days (according as , session of the weather in middle Georgia,
the weather may be) on the stubble to ' withVmtslight intermission, for the past
dry. When the straw Is cured it ii ready j three weeks, aud are at last getting very
to be bound in sheaves aud either housed monotonous and tiresome to people who
or securely stacked. J Jjj ordinary rarely see a cloudy day. The
Tbe ordinary cleaning process in the fall of 1880 will be memorable as the
absence of machinery consists of threshing most gloomy harvest season within reost-
tbe sheaves, spread out upon • plank floor lection,
Tlie Herald and John Kelly.
It is said that the hero of Tammany
so dearly loves a fight that be is never
bappy out of one. For :io other sufficient
reason than this can one believe that
Kelly got up his fight with tbe New York
Herald. He wanted to lay by an inex
haustible and never-failing supply of con
troversy. A fight which should renew
with every dawn in tbe year and wax hot
every morning with the sun. Now, says
Kelly, it I get up a fight with the Herald
I know I atn provided for life. That
paper is as persistent as Time. It bas as
many writers at its back as there are days
in tbe year. Its patience, money and
courage are alike inexbaustiblo, and,
therefore, John may well say,l can prom
ise myself, as long as I live, a bout with
the Herald every day in the year. This
contrivance of Mr. John Kelly for an
ample supply of fight ahead—“much fight
laid up for many years in advance”—is
better than Captain Bobadil’s. Ho pro
posed to figlit a whole regiment, challeng
ing one man at atime; but bo would have
worked through the regiment in a couple
of years, whereas John is provided for his
life-time, should he live a century. His
antagonists are about as numerous and
practically as invulnerable as Hilton’s
angels. Nono of them will be killed or
wounded. Tho fight'has now raged a
month, hut it has hardly begun.
The Irish Land League.
According to the correspondence of the
Herald, the Land Leagues of Ireland
have increased in the last nine months
from thirty to over 500, numbering, on an
average, over 200 contributing members
each, making altogether an army of con
siderably upwards of one hundred thous
and. Upon the face of tlieir membership
cards are the mottoes, “Ireland for the
Irish,” "Down with landlordism,” “Keep
a firm grip on your homesteads,” and
“The land for tho people.” Ou tlie hack
are the objects of the League, briefly set
forth; aud for those who desire to know
the exact aims of the organization I tran
scribe them. The Irish National Land
League was formed for the following ob
jects : First, to put an end to rent-racking,
eviction and landlord oppression; second
to effect such a radical change in the land
system of Ireland as will put it in the
power of every Irish farmer to become
the owner, on fair terms, of the land ho
tills.
The means proposed to effect these two
objects are: L Organization among the
people aud tenant farmers for purposes of
selt-defense, and inculcating the absolute
necessity of tlieir refusing to take any
farm from which another may be evicted,
or from purchasing any cattle or goods
which may be seized on for non-payment
of impossible rent. 2. The cultivation of
public opinion by persistent exposure, in
tbo press and by public meetings, of the
monstrous injustice of tbe present system
and of its ruinous results. S. A resolute
demand for the reduction of tlie excessive
rents which have brought the Irish people
to a state of starvation. 4. Temperate
but firm resistance to oppression aud in
justice.
Indian Industry.
Not Such Drones After All,
The opinion has been loug prevalent
that tlie North American savage is essen
tially a wild man, incapable ol being
thoroughly civilized, and made to engage
in the peaceful avocations and pursuits
of organized communities. This is to
large extent true; but may it uot be as
crilied to tbe tact that the Indian has not
only been neglected, but wronged and
preyed upon in every possible manner by
his stronger and more intelligent white
brotbrer? Certainly, according to the re,
cent official report of the Iudian Bureau
at Washiugton, the red men of the United
States the past year cultivated successful
ly near a half million acres of land,
From this area they raised 10,800 bales of
cotton; 100,000 tons of hay; 4,000,000
bushels of grain, and 971,000 bushels of
vegetables. They are the owners also of
804,000 sheep, 375,000 head of cattle, and
400,000 hogs.
This is a most encouraging exhibit, and
should cause tbe government to change
its policy towards the savage tribes of the
West. In lieu of appropriating, or pur
chasing at nominal figures, tin? bulk of
tlieir arablo lands, and confining tlie poor
creatures to barren reserves where they
are provided with deadly weapons which
serve only to stimulate their murderous
propensities, tho savages should be fur
nished with agricultural implements, crop
seed, etc., aud encouraged to settle down
and till the soil. The missionary and
school teacher, too, should be sent among
them, and every effort made to reclaim
from paganism and igni ranee the few
who yet survive of the aboriginal inhabi
tants of Uie new world. The'repirt of.hu
■Bureau shows this to be uot wholly Im
practicable. Surely a great nation like
ours should spare no pains to accomplish
this humane undertaking.
Death of C. B Kin?.
The numerous friends of Bevt Charles
Barrington King, a native of Liberty coun
ty, and son of tho late Barrington King,
Esq., widely known as president of the
Roswell Factory, will be pained to learn
of Ids sudden decease in SaVanuah on the
24th instant. Tho Metes says:
Yesterday morning early ho wont to
market, anil after purchasing his supplies
went heyne. On entering bis dwelling he
wav seized wit ii a fit <Jf coughing, which
was followed by an Distant and exceed
■fcigly profuse hemorrhage, terminatin'
vfery speedily in death. . iii >...
” Mr.-King was a son of Barrington J
Invited to the White House.—The
National Grange, recently in session in
Washington City, was invited to visit the
White House, which they did. Colonel
Smith sa}s the President and his lady
made a good impression upon the Grange
by the warm reception given, but forgot
to state what impression tbe fanners
made on tbe boot aud hostess.
Tbe session of tbe National Grange was
a very harmonious one, and embraced
representatives from thirty-one different
States. Tbe weather was exceedingly
cold, and quite trying to our Southern
delegates. Colonel Smith and liis associ
ates have returned to their homes, to
find tbe sonny South anything else but
warm and balmy. Colonel Long, cf
Texas, one of tbe ableqh men of tbe Na
tional Grange, will visit Georgia and bo
present at the meeting of tbe State Grange
at Tbomasville on the 14th of December.
, _4Mq.tfdfHos#elI, Ctavar- tiUfcdfinilly fn
Mr. J. D. -Ponder, tor some time part ’tills State, and had been a resident of
.a « i . . .« _ .1. . I v . . for tnnnv vo«t« IYa rep«ilisntn«1
tsAatinah - for many years. He graduated
•with distinguished honors at Princeton
Oo'twfi', ami for nearly forty years adorned,
the pulpit in tbls State. He was at one
time preacher for the First Presbyterian
church, and latterly had cliar.o of tho
'Width Bluff church, occupying that, posi
tion at the time of Jus death, ile-preachcd
at one time in ‘Columbus, Ga., and was well
known and highly esteemed-iu that ci;y.
lie was also a teacher for some’ }ca;s iu
tlie Chatham Academy, and was.regarddd
os a most efficient instructor.
For several years past, and until very
reeentlv, it was his custom to hold service
at Buthesda oucc or twice a month, ami
Iris pastoral visits there were anticipated
with great interest by the inmates of the
Orphan's Home. He was a forcible speak
er and a man of true Christian character,
energetic and faithful, never indulging
hiniMilf with a moment of idleness. He
had a great penc/i«nt for farming pursuits,
to the development ot which he brought
a well drilled and scientific Intollcct. liis,
energy exceeded Lis physical strength,
and l:e entered into ail undertakings with
• ieat vigor. Mr. Kii'g_ wa3 about sixty
, and leaves a wife, three
a itch ten and live sous, besides a large
e of friends, who esteemed him for
many noble qualities, to mourn his
uJden demise.
DiruTHK&iA.—Brooklyn by last ac
counts, bad 141 cases of diphtheria, of
( which 40 had proved fatal,.
Animal Sympathy. — The reader
will perhaps remember the publicatiou a
few days since of the cruel mutilation of
a calf in the environs of the city by some
brutally-disposed person. Tbe owner, re
solved, if possible, to save the life of the
poor creature, had the broken thigh set as
well as it could be done and bandaged
with splints. Since then It bas been fed
and cared for, and seems to be doing well.
Bat the most curious circumstance con
nected with the affair is that a fine young
dog on the premises has attached itself to
the suffering calf, and is never content un
less lying close by its side and wistfully
watching over it. This may be instinct,
and probably is; but if so, it is a pity that
the biped, man, did not have moro of the
same feeling.
The United States Senate.—The
Democrats claim in the United States
Senate thirty-eight Senators, counting
Mahone and Fair, whom the Republicans
say they will dispossess for bribery. The
Republicans claim thirty-seven, counting
in David Davis, who was never of them,
and voted for General Hancock. It is
very clear that the possession of the Sen
ate is yet to be determined; but as the so-
calicd Republicans never yet failed to
claim more than they were entitled to,
and never yet failed to win their claim,
the odds are against the Democrats de
cidedly.
The Sudden Freeze.—The sudden
descent of the mercury, which fell upon
the country during the week which has
just expired, has involved many millions
of loss. Tbo Erio Canal froze over on.
Monday night and caught 800 boats on the
route in the fetters of three inches of ice,
which the continued and increasing cold
prevented from breaking up, though in
dustrious efforts were made to that end.
These boats contained, among other things,
six and a half million bushels of grain,
which it will be troublesome and expen
sive to get to market; but, what is worse,
large shipment of potatoes aud apples,
which will be lost by freezing.
Tho Lake Champlain Car.al was also
frozen over with numerous boats on its line.
The great Welland Canal in Canada wa3
placed in the same sitnation. The effect
of the sadden freeze on the seaboard of
tho Eastern and Middle States was phe
nomenal.
The obelisk, according to tlie World
of Thursday, was, on Wednesday night,
about turning across 85th street into -Cen
tral park to assume its final station. Could
it speak and narrate its history for 4,000
years, an enterprising manager would be
able to sell several tickets to the lecture.
Tbi3 was one of tue columns that looked
down on tho marriage of Asenatb, daugh
ter of the Priest of On, to. the patriarch
Joseph; and it witnessed the frequent
visits of Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh of
the flinty heart. It saw the Nile running
blood and overflowing with frogs. It wit
nessed tho dark days—a darkness that
might be fell—wherein, most probably,
many a groping Egyptian stumbled against
it. It saw that terrible hail storm, where
in the lightning ran alongJ.be ground in
huge balls of fire, and tlie great clouds of
locusts, which obscured the sun, butted
against it by thousands and fell at 'Is toot
in insect heaps. In short, the obelisk has
seen a great deal in its time, and when it
wants to toll the story of its life may we
all bo there to hear.
Industrious Statesmen.—Tho in
domitable activity of British statesmen is
illustrated in tbe fact that Earl Bcacons-
field should have produced his novel Eq.
dymion ainid tho excitement of a great
political revolution and tho grand events
which followed it; and evon in the lato
English canvass, Mr. Gladstone found
time to write for English reviews on
Greek particles—and this, at the ago of
70 and upwards. A better climate
doubtless has much to do with giving the
Englishman his iemarkablo vigor, but it
may be said of the statesmen oftbat coun
try, they are never idle. They are ever
at work on something.
have re-
The Comine Crash!
People and the newspapers are gossip
ping about a coming financial crash, but
this surely is unwarrantable talk! It
should be remembered that the people
have just made James A. Garfield Presi
dent, in order to have good times ail
along, and the proceeding amounts to a
virtual contract foi future and permanent
prosperity. It a panic comes it is a Re
publican panic, because, if we concede
good times to be the result of Republi
can policy, a collapse must bo traced to
tho same source.
Tbe auguries of ill times pending are
based on the freaks and high pressure of
the stock markets; but, iu truth, current
stock operations, in respect to regular
trade, should be classed with tho opera-,
tiona of the gambling table. The classes
who dabble in stock speculations have
little concern with regular business, aud
if they singe their wings occasionally,
trade should not be ruined.
Speculation is now at its height, and it
is said that there is a general warning
among dealers to unload; but money is of
small value and every movement which
is quoted as illustrating the wonderful
prosperity of trade, is little more than a
successful speculation outside of tegular
trade and having, in the way of influence
and example, a bad effect 0U regular
trade.
If there were a solidly prosperous stato
of trade, there could be no such thing as
realizing 112 to 116 for four per cent,
bonds. Capital could be far bettor em
ployed. But capitalists! so-called, feel
that, siuce money is worth little or noth
ing, nothing remains but to bet it on
stocks, though everybody knows that
stocks are up beyond all reason. There
is very little business in the way of staple
manufactures, which is not so easily over*
done that the fashion is to stop the works
every few weeks so as to clear the market
of goods.
What is a prosperous trade? What
arc good times ? Are they a sky flight to
be followed by a ruinous tumble ? Are
they an alternation of freezing and tbaw'
ing ? or are they such moderate, gentle
and healthful temperatures as lead to
steady and wholesome growth and devel
opmeut ? Tlie flirts and spirts, the lofty
flights and ground tumbles of tho stock
market, don’t look to us at all a3 indica
tive of a wholesome aud prosperous
trade interchange. Therefore, in spite of
the common opinion tliat these are very
prosperous and well regulated times, wo
doubt whether they are not rather the de
lirium of disordered health than that set
tled, well-balanced and secure prosperity
which must follow an unobstructed and
healthful trade in human products.
Stocks in a twelvemonth, in roms cases,
have risen four hundred per cent., and
where sold and the money secured tlie
detler is wealthy, but not ouo dollar of
trite wealth is created. By-and-by the
four hundred per cent, will bo lost, but
not a dollar of wealth bas been lost,
though fortunes are rained.
Christian Heroism.—Wo
•ceived from Messrs. J.,W. Burke & Co. a
discourse delivered by Dr. A. A. Lips
comb, professor ip Vanderbilt University,
on the subject of “Christian Heroism,
illustrated in tho life aud character of St.
Paul.” It is stereotyped and printed by-
Messrs. J. W. Burke & Co. in elegant
style. After reading, wo will givo it a
more extended notice. Trico, 25 cents per
copy.
Cotton Receipts.—According to the
Cotton Exchange’s report tho receipts of
tho week ending last Friday night were
204,070 hales, against 243,204 tho corres
ponding week of last year. These figures
show a decrease of 43,585 hales in the
week, which Is unusually heavy. The
Cbtlo'iv Exchange reports as totals 2,303,-
183 Wes against 2,054,430 to fame date
last year— showing a uet increase of 248,-
728bales. '• • • j*-'* **
Up to last Friday, night which closed
tlie last cottou week of November, tlw re
ceipts In Macon summed up 30,740 bales
against 32,003 bales to same date last
year—showing a gala of 7,053 bales. Cot
ton during tlie week, up to last Friday
night, advanced from Pj to 10J.
The Austrian Chambers of Commerce
have ordered what they intend to be the
finest table service of glass ever produced
in Bohemia, as a wedding present for
Prince Rudoipb.
So pressed with work and so limited
are the shops of the Pennsylvania road,
at Altooua, tu proportion to tho work or
dered to be done, that tho superintendent
of rolling stock has ordered that the elec
tric light Le introduced iuthe several shops
that operations may be carried on both
day and night.
It is now conceded that the wheat crop
of J 880 will reach the immense figure of
1 five hundred millions ol,bushels.
The Coal Supply.
It Must be Increased.
The sudden advent of a wet and rigor
ous winter has added no little to tho in
convenience, amounting in some instances
to actual distress, caused by the advance
hi coal and tho scarcity ot wood. The
latter can bo accounted for from the fact
that nearly all of the floating labor of this
section lias been employed at high wages
iu gathering the cotton crop, and wood
cutters could not be hired for love or mon
ey. But tlie harvest of tlie fleecy staple
is about over, aud already the wood haul
ers are mustering in force, stimulated by
tbo high prices which have recently ob
tained. A few days of fair weather and
wholesome competition, however, will re
store the normal equilibrium, and wood
will be again reasonable aud abundant.
Not so, however, with coal, which, ow
ing to speculation and insufficient'trans-
portation at the South, and shameful com-
bluations and corners in- Pennsylvania
and elsewhere, bids fair to continue to
rule at the present exorbitant rates: In
Philadelphia tbo article commands from
$0.50 to $7.50 per ton, while the actual
cost docs not exceed $3.00. How to com
bat these monster monopolies is as yet an
unsolved problem. Rigid economy
the use of coal, and the substitution when
practicable of charcoal, wood, peat, and
any and every other substance that will
bum may bring the coal masters to terms
after they havo pursued their cut-throat
policy for a time.
At the South these wicked combina
tions do not exist, and lack of transporta
tion in tbo busy months of winter is the
main obstacle to cheap coal. Why the
long summer, wheu there is no cotton to
move and freights are cheap, is not more
effectually used by tbe dealer iu laying up
largo stores of this indispensable com
modity, we arc unable to say. It is very
certain at this moment, a coal famine ex
ists in our sister city Atlanta, aud impor
tant manufacturing establishments are
suspending operations for the lack of it
Even in Chattanooga, which is within bail
of tbo mines, coal has advanced prodig
iously. Tbo Times attempts to explain
tho cause as follows:
“1‘ri'vs of coal to household consumers
havo advanced here, as compared with
last season, about 30 per cent. But the
advance has been owing to demauds of
miners for advanced wages and great
growth of our manufacturing interests.
Then wo can stand a rise pretty well. Ev
erybody nearly * is prosperous down here,
and prosperous people do not growl if the
coal operator ami tho hard-worked mi
nors inako some money once in
while.”
This is npt very satisfactory to remote
consumers, nor have they any guaranty
that the “coal operator aud the hard-
worked miners,” having tasted the sweets
of tho monopoly they enjoy Ja the absence
of transportation from other gifal fields,
may not continue their exactions still far
ther. luviow of this threatened ernen
gency, we are constrained heartily -to
strike bauds witu our. contemporary, the
Constitution, anil press tlie garty building
of the Western railroad, which, v.'hen com
pleted, will open up direct communication
with the exhaustless co?J beds of Ala
bama.
Tills enterprise is an urgent and prime
necessity alike to tbe people of Macou and
Atlanta. Cheap coal means comfort to the
masses, and the development of the man-
ufacturi ng interests of the country. With
out it tlie latter must languish, if they do
not utterly perish.
Immigration in October.—The Chief
of tlie Bureau of Statistics furnishes the
following informal ion in regard to imtni-
ration into the United States. There
arrived in tlie Customs Districts of Balti
more, Boston, Detroit, Huron, Minnesota,
New Bedford, New Orleans, New York,
l’assaiuaquoddy, Philadelphia and San
Francisco, during the month ended Octo
ber 31st, 1880, 00,808 passengers, of whom
01,312 were immigrants, 5,605 citizens of
the United States returned from abroad,
and 2,591 aliens not intending to reside in
the United States. Of this total number
of Immigrants there arrived from Eng
land 0,005; Wales, 110; Scotland, 1,388;
Ireland, 5,703; Germany, 17,W9; Austria,
1,553; Sweden, 3,480; Norway, 1,453;
Denmark, 050; France, 551; Switzerland,
022; Spain, 70; Holiand, 230; Belgium,
141; Italy, 1,631; Russia, 352; Poland,
184; Hungary, 481; Finland, 14; Domin
ion of Canada, 17,517; China, 474; Aus
tralasis, 81; Mexico, 33; Portugal, 82; Az
ores, 70; and from all other countries, 70.
—Mew York Bulletin.
The Georgia Legislature.
What me Lawgivers ah* Doing —
They Wish to go Home.
Onr Atlanta correspondent states that
three weeks, or more than half of the le
gal session, have beeu consumed in set
tling the claims of tbe hosts of candidates
who sought to fill the numerous vacant
offices of the judiciary. Tbe members
Lave not been idle, and balloting has been
tbe order of the day, morning and after
noon. As a necessary consequence, tbe
General Assembly, though quite a large
number of bills have been introduced, has
just entered upon tbe threshold of its du
ties. Long before definite action tan he
taken even upon the business already
docketed, tho constitutional term of tbe
session will have expired. This iact alone
should settle the question as to the propri
ety Of devolving upou tbe Legislature the
onerous duly of electing the half hundred
judges • and soHcitora-general appertain
ing to tho Judiciaiy of the com
monwealth. It is impossible for tho Gen
era! Assembly to comply with this requi
sition during its legal session and at the
same time complete tlie needed legislation
of the Slate. Tho late elections, besides
engendering bad blood and making a
practical nullity of the law against lobby
ing, have proved a costly affair to tax
payers in tbe per diem of members and
other current legislative expenses. The
experiment will prove salutary, however,
if it results In a return, as proposed, to
the"old system of executive appointments
by and with tho consent of the Senate.
In regard to the contemplated receiS un
til next summer, but for tho reason the
constitution requires tho General Assem
bly to reapportion tho representation of
the several counties in its first session af
ter tho census enumeration, and Congress
may also alter Georgia’s quota in tlie na
tional leg’slature this winter, thus neces
sitating an extra session of our present
Legislature, we should be utterly opposed
to any adjournment until after the const!
tutional limitation. It is to be appre
hended that the custom of winter and
summer sessions may become chrpuic, al
beit expressly forbidden by tho organic
law ot the State. In the present instance,
however, obedienco to the constitution in
the matter of the late elections renders a
prolonged session unavoidable in order to
perfect general legislation. And if there
is the least probability of an extra session
being called next year, it would save
money to adjourn now and meet again in
July, after tlie most urgent business before
tbe legislature has been duly disposed of.
At that session, tco, the days Will be
longer and moro can be accomplished
Doubtless the mud and catarrhal affec
tions of tho capital have much to do also
witli" the desire to go where no wood and
coal famine exists, and top boots are not
needed by pedestrians.
In view of these considerations, it may
be well, therefore, for our Solons to come
home, get warm, close up their year’s ac-
couuts, and after the next crop lias been
“laid by” try their hands again at tinker
ing the code, aud makmgnew laws by the
hundred, though tho number ah eady on
the statute book “is legion” o! those that
are dead letters. Of coarse all pressing
local legislation should be first attei did
to.
Georgia Protection.
The Louisville Etening Post makes
the following pertinent remarks fcoacern-
mg the exemption from taxation granted
by the Iaw3 of Georgia for a period of
years to certain home industries:
The fact that Georgia exempts from
taxation for ten years all capital Invested
in tlie manufacture of cotton has greatly
stimulated the manufacturing industry of
tbe State, though the protection of one in
terest in a State to the exclusion of an
other is certainly unjast and should be
prohibited by a constitutional provision.
That portion of the taxes that cottou man
ufacturers do not pay and should pay,
Tails on other interests and depresses
them to that extent; so it may be doubted
that anything is gained In otie direction
which is not lost in another. The act
provides that any individual or Individu
als, and any body corporate, who shall
hereafter invest money to be employed in
the erection and operation of itny mill
or mills within said State (Georgia)' for
the manufacture of fabrics out of cot
ton or wool or both, whether
sucli investment be applied in tbe estab
lishment ora new factory, or In the ex
tension or enlargement of a now-existing
factory, shall be exempt from taxation for
State, county and municipal purposes on
the capital so invested, and on any prop
erty purchased or erected therewith, in
tended fbr and necessary for such manu
facture, for tbe term of ten years from
and after the laying of the foundation of
the mills to be erected. Tbe seeoud sec
tion of the act prohibits any State, coun
ty or municipal officer from levying any
tax on capital or property reported to the
Comptroller General as coming within
the exemption. Thle act wot passed by
a Democratic Legislature and approved
by a Democratic Governor, though the
principle involved is contrary to all the
traditions and teachings of tbe Democrat
ic party. It seems the Democracy are
becoming demoralized on tbe tariff ques
tion. •• „
In extenuation of this action of our Leg
islature there is much to be said; though
iu the abstract, as our. contemporary re
marks, the principle is wrong. But man
ufactures were then in their infancy in
this State, and. borne capitalists were
afraid to embark in them, and have done
so very charily' even with the exemption
referred to. Again there is no reason to
doubt that the enhanced value of the tax
able property m the towns and districts
where these factories are located has beeu
more than an equivalent to tbe sum lost to
the State by the amount remitted to the
manufacturing establishments fera limited
period only. No permanent protection
was intended by tbe act granting these ex
emptions.
Baalaeaa wad Pnrfsaslwal nan.
And all who, in consequence of overwork,
find themselves suffering from a gradually
increasing brain and nervous exhaustion,
and who feel that they are slowly losing
vitality and the power to do their best,
and that a breakdown in the near future
almost Inevitable, will find In Com
pound Oxygen a new agent of cure and
restoration, which acts as a mitaltxer—
and this with a promptness that at once
stops tbe downward drift. Tbe paralysis
which so often arrests the steps of business
men and bard brain-workers after they
have passed middle life, might in most
cases be prevented by an occasional use of
this revitalizing agent. Our Treatise on
Compound Oxygen, its Nature and Action,
is sent sent free. Address Drs. Starkey *
Palen. 1109 and 1111 Girard street, Phils
delphl, Pa. Iw
The Macon ana Brunswick Railroad
Bill.
Col. Styles bas written a forcible article
in the Seaport Appeal iu behalf ot the
bill, now pending in the Legislature, to
allow the iate purchasers of the road
thirty years in which to complete theirpay-
ments. We extract the following:
It is well knows that suit is pending in
the United States Circuit Court to subject
this road to the payment of $800,000 of
bond:* and interest, issued and indorsed
by the St ate—supplemental to the original
issue and pronounced valiu by the Le e i s .
iature of 1872 tliat repudiated the fraudu
lent bonds but subsequently declared
fraudulent and void. This suit is simply
a scare-crow, but its shadow la enough to
taint its credit, and capital cannot bo in
duced to seek investment in its bonds till
that shadow is removed.
Tho purchasers have a warrantee deed
to the property and they ask the State to
extend tho payments, taking their first
mortgage bonds, bearing ^6 per cent, in
terest, and allowing them to keep and use
the money they would otherwise have to
pay into the treasury on the purchase con
tract in building the extension from Ma
con to Atlanta.
Now in the event tho United States
Court shall hold tho road subject to the
indorsed bonds referred to, the State will,
of course, he bound on her warranty, and
she will have lost nothing bv deferring
the payments, whilst or. the other hand
they will be equally safe, as the 5 per
cent, bonds of the company cau be floated
by the State at 4 per cent., aud would be
available as so much cash at any time
and for any purpose that might be desira
ble.
Therefore there can be no danger in
granting the extension of time asked for,
while the provision requiring tiie immedi
ate extension of the road to Atlanta is an
argument in favor of tlie proposition that
should determine tlie action of the Legis-
turo without discussion.
Down on Boosters.
A salesman in Shillito’s, Cincinnati, re.
ceived the following letter:
Hartford, Kr., November 3, 1880.—
Dear Sir: Last summer I bought ol you
a lot of Hancock badges, which for a time
sold well, hut recently there has been no
demand for them. As yourtrade extends
to all States and sections, I thought you
might have a demand for them, aud be
willing to take them back. They are in
good condition, aud tlie roosters on them
still look game—in fact, they are tho
garaest-looking set of roosters I have seen
lately. I don’t like roosters any more, and
it makes me so all-fired mad just to hear
one crow, that I am determined to close
out tins lot of badges at any price. Ho to
are Hancock badges quoted, any way!
My wife went into poultry raising last
summer, but the business has cot to stop
now unless it can be run without roosters.
When I go home to-night I’m goiDg to
kill tlie last blamed rooster on the place,
Say, what do you]think ts the best you can
do on those badyex?
A fellow warned to sell mu seven dozen
eggs this morning. It struck me if there
hadn’t been any eggs there wouldn’t have
been any roosters, and if there hadn’t
been any roosters there wouldn’t havn’t
been any eggs. I ran the man out of the
store witlra shot-gun, and then sat down
and wondered—what teas the best proposi
tion you would make for thoec badges l
You remember when I was in Cincin
nati, we sat up one whole night at the SL
James Hotel making estimates on Han
cock’s majority. You figured ail over
S \en sheets of foolscap, and showed that
ancock would carry every State except
Kansas and Iowa. Massachusetts, you
said, was dohbtfql, but rooster badges
would give the chances to Haucock. Then
you “stuck me” on the badge trade. You
told me they would have crowing roosters
on them, and that enthused me, and I bit.
That’s what makes me so all-fired mad at
roosters, and that’s why I demand to
know what you are going to do about my
suijtlus badges. Yours truly,
A. W. S.
P. S.—Write soon, for the longer I wait
the madder I get.
■ • ■ •'
“Piffeine”t© Supersede Oleomarga
rine.
Chicago has the honor of coming to the
relief of butter consumers, by the prepa
ration of another substitute for the pro
duct of the cow; in 'which'thepig will now
enact a prominent part. ‘
Tne new preparation Is compounded of
pork; lard and other, ingredients which
are kept secret. The Philadelphia Times
has tius to say of It:
The makers of the piggine do not pre
tend that their manufacture is tlie exact
equivalent of hultci'. They say that it is
richer, and that it lias many of the desir
able qualities of pork. Tlie fact is, that
there are now comparatively few good
judges of butter. Most people are con
tent to swallow anything that looks yel
low and is greasy. Tae alarming texture
of the new article is that it was used for
so many months before the difference was
detected. There is no telling how much
ofitliasbeeii made aud (hipped, or in
whose hands it may tpm up. Admirers
and users of butter must how be prepared
for anything, however shocking.
There is one good result which will in
ure from the manufacture and sale of the
compounds which are used iu such quan
tities as substitutes for butter, and that is,
they will assuredly bring abont an abate
ment in the price of the genuine product
of the dai:y. Housekeeper will not ob
ject to that. Aikomn, .i
A Romance of Natural History.—
On Monday morning last, as J. E. Hughes
was returning to Fresno from a visit to
his sheep camps, in the vicinity of White’s
bridge, lie met with rather a singular and
laughable adventure. When within about
eighteen miles of Fresno ho observed a
large eagle in close pursuit of a jack-rab
bit. As the eagle was on the point of
picking up the rabbit, the latter ran into a
hole. In less than k minute lw emerged
witli a large badger in dose, pursuit. The
eagle picked up the rabbit just as the
badger tackled him. Mr. Hughes lau
over and caught tho eagle and his sheep -
dog pitclied into tbe badger. The badger
caught the dog aud came near dragging
him into its hole, but with the assistance
of Mr. Hughes was soon overpowered, tbe
rabbit in the meantime making liis es
cape. The eagle, which was! exhibited
alive on our streets, measured over eight
feet from tip to lip.—Fresno Republican.
The frittering away-of wealth is of mi
nor importance oomp’aied to the expendi
ture of vital force by delay In treating a
cough dr cold. Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup
saves time ami strength iu its effect upou
coughs aud colds. Price only 25 cents a
bottle. "
’Ti3 autuum, ami tne teqycs are dr7
and rustle on the ground, andcbiJf
winds come whistling by with low ixd
pensive sound. To guard against corghs
and colds you should go to Lamar, 15-tn-
kin A Lamar’s drug store and get a bVtle
of Cousseu’s Houey of Tar. Frier VOc.
White’s Cream White Vermifuge s the
best worm killer. oct!2tf
To ConsiiinjilivcM.
Wiibor's Cod-Liver Oil ami Lime has
now beeu before the public twenty years,
and has steadily grown in f avor and ap
preciation. This could not be the case
unless the preparation was ot high intrin
sic value. The combination of the Phos
phate of Lime with pure Cod-Liver Oil, as
prepared by Dr. Wilbor, has produced a
new phase in tbe treatment of Consump
tion and ail diseases of the Lungs. This
article can be taken by tbe most delicate
Invalid without tbe disgusting nausea
which is such an objection to the Cod-
Liver when taken without Lime. It is
prescribed by the regular faculty. Sold
by Uie proprietor, A. B. Wilbor, Chemist,
Boston, and by aii druggists.
The Voltaic Belt Company, Marshall
Michigan, will send their celebrated
Stactro-Voftaic Bella to the afflicted upon
thirty day* trial. Speedy cares guaran
teed. They mean what they say. Writs
to them without delay. eafii