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(Ssaegfo «mfc 3taiMsiu*l & &«a«tt0W. €t\t%wy\\ tmii ftksstngtr 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