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Of lb« Telegraph ud Me****- W*«~- Postage free to all Editions. Daily Telegraph and Messenger BlO.OOpci-S r « .. •• •• 5.00 Chios « « “ " 2.50 Snot. Daily Telegraph and Messenger and Southern Farmer’s MonlUg lldlQpergr. Woolly Telegraph and Messenger 2.00 “ .. •• •• •• 1.00 6 nor. Week’y Telegraph ana Messenger and Southern Farmer's Monthly SJMperyr Remit by P. O. Order or Registered jALlZTn to H. B. PAHS, Manager. Cglrflropjj quit 'fttenger FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17. 1880. The Paris Ordre states tbit Queen Vic toria Las invited the Empress Eugenio to spend the winter with her at Wi-dsor. Senator Lamar was in New Orleans last Thursday and was to leave for Wash ington on Saturday. His health had im proved. Col. Bod Ingersoll says that during the recent Presidential campaign Hayes was not alluded to by either party, and that the Kepublcans won in spite of him Garfield, be says, was elected by 30,000 colored voters in New York. Illuminated by Electricity - .— Lieut. Gov. Weston has given instructions to Manager Gardner, of the Troy & Green field road, to try the experiment of illumi nating the Hoosac tunnel by electricity, with a view to having such illumination made permanent should it prove success ful The New York Tribune has compiled an unreliable table of the popular vote of 1880, with the following erroneous results: Garfield 4,438,070 Hancock .... 4,337.002 Weaver 305,339 Dow 40,799 Phelps 20,072 Scattering 8,081 Garfield’s plurality . . . 708 The Chicago Times figures out Han cock’s plural'ty to be 0,513. Sir Alexander Cockburn, the late chief justice of England, thought more of the spint than of the letter of the law. When ap uuknown barrister he was in trusted with the defence of a man who, having been forced Into an encounter by a noted duelist, killed him. “Gentlemen,” he said to the jury, “my learned friend has told you this is murder, his Lordship will tell you that it is murder; I know that It is no murder, and yon know that it is no murder.” After these words the jury at once returned a verdict of not guilty. Senator Thurman has a modest home on Fourteentn, street, Washington. The Senator is a complete home body, and eDjoys the society of his wife and daughters more than the gay whirl of the fashionable round. His bouse is worth, say $10,000, Is fumisned modestly, but with good taste. Mr. Thurman is seen at his best at home In his easy chair, en joying a good Democratic smoke from common Powbattan pipe. Nearly all the other Senators live in boarding-houses or hotels. Junos Black’s strength as a lawyer, says the Springfield Republican, lies in the vigorous application of old principles to new problems. He has. not often, if ever, better shown his strength than in his letter to the New York Chamber of Commerce, supporting the proposition that railroads are public property, whoso care, maintenance and management are intrusted to the corporations, wbicli, in popular language, “own” the lines they build and operate by the permission of the State. New Lights Along Broadway.— The preparations for illuminating Broad, way, New York, from Fonrteeulb to Thirty-fourth street with elcctnc lights are being rapidly pushed forward, and the indications now are that the new lights will be substituted for gas on or before Christmas Eve. The Brush Electric Light Company is to do the lighting. The experiment is to cost the city noth ing, and the system is to he done away With at any time if it proves unsatisfactory. The district selected for experimenlial illumination includes thirteen hotels, five club-houses, and a large number of restau rants and business houses. Property holders have made no objection to the erection of electric lamps, and it is not tbougbttliat they will be displeased with the lights as substitutes for gas. The revenues of the Oxford colleges have been so seriously diminished by the agricultural depression that the Commis sioners will have altogether to revise the estimates on which theii recommendations in regard to aiding the University from this source are based. It is difficult to see how anything whatever is to be got out of .be colleges, tho wealthiest of which (such as Christ Church, Magdalen, and New) have lately been, and now are, spending large sums on extensions and improve ments. Tho expenditure on the schools and the extensive repairs to the Bodleian Library bavo encumbered the university With a debt of £100,000, and It Is difficult to conjecture where the funds are to be discovered to relieve it of the burden. Mb. Forster, the Secretary for Ireland iu Mr. Gladstone’s Cabinet, while lunch ing at a well known dining room in Dub lin the other day, he found himself play ing involuntarily the role of Haroun al Raachld. At the same table was an out spoken young gentleman, whose advances toward conversation were not declined by the Irish Secretary. In a short time the conversation turned on the state of anarchy in which the west of Ireland is plunged, and the opening remarks of the young gentleman were so truly liberal that Mr. Fourier felt they bad met on common ground. This opinion was, how ever, somewhat modified when bis con.* panion, warming with the subject, said. “Some reform lu land tenure will certainly be necessary when the ^country becomes settled, but no wonder It Is in such a state when we are governed by that d ■ —d old fool, Buckshot Forster.” The Irish harvest this year Is described as Ike best known for more than a gener ation. The area planted with oats is very large, and the yield hat turned out to be at least 75 per cent, in excess of i hat of last season; while the grain has obtain ed if anything, a better price in the mar ket than it did last year, when the yield was so scanty. The yield of wheat has been iu some parts as much as twelve barrels to the statute acre; and the quali- ity, both red and white, lias been superior to that of any harvest withm living mem ory. The green crops, too, as a rule, bare given the Irish farmer satisfaction, although tlw potato crop has been a light disappointment. Last Week’s Cotton Figures. - The Chop Situation. The New York Chronicle reports the cotton receipts of the seven days ending last Friday night at 243,137, against 234, S76 the corresponding week of last year. Total since 1st September to last Friday 2,781,194 bales, against 2,580,041 for the same period of the previous cotton year, showing an increase of 195,153 bates. The Chronicles interior port table shows the receipts of the week to have been 127,551 bales, against 138,341 for the same week of last year. Shipments 111 140, against 109,992. Stocks 205,270, against 317,4CS at same date last year. The Chronicle's visible supply table showed on Friday last 2,504,820 bales of cotton in sight, against 2,303,845 at same date last year; 2,223,180 in 1878 at same date, and 2,083, 306 in 1877 nt same date, These figures show an increase in the vis ible supply of this year as follows: Over 1879, 140,431 bales; over 1878, 281,140 bales; and over 1877 421,020 bales. Middling upland was quoted in Liver pool last Friday at 0|. Last year at same dato the quotation was 0 15-10; in 1878 at same date, 4J, and in 1877 at same da»e, 0 0-10. The Chronicle's telegrams of last Fri day from the cotton region show abatement of the rains and improvement in the situation. Iu Texas, at Galveston, picking has been renewed. The roads were drying, though still very bad. The rainfall in the montli of November atGal veston was 8.82. At Indiauola the situa tion was the same. Rainfall in Novem ber, 5.85. At Corsicana the same. Rainfall in November, 7.07. At Dallas the same, aud rainfall in November is given at only at 3.05. At Brenbam the rainfall of No vember is reported at 3.00, and al Waco the same. The roads everywhere in Texas are reported to be in a terrible condition, In Louisiana, at New Orleans, 1.43 of rain fell during the seven dayi ending on Friday. At Shreveport there were tbrcc days oi rain—roads bad. In Mississippi at Vicksburg, there was rain on three days and at Columbus on two days of the week. In Arkansas, on Saturday last, there was a thunder-storm with hail. In Memphis, Tennessee, rain ou two days of the week. Cotton picking thoroughly resumed. In Nashville rain on three days with a fall of 1.57. Iu Alabama, at Mobile, showery on two days. At Montgomery rain on four days and a fall of 2.01. At Selma, rain ou two days and ice on three nights of the week. In Florida, Madison bad frost and ice on one night. In Georgia, at Columbus, there were two days of severe rain. In Macon, three days of heavy rain with a fall of 2.82. At Savanuah, in two days 3.37 of rain fell. In Augusta heavy rains on three days—ninety per cent, ol the crop gathered. A Small Rebellion in Kansas. Our Sunday telegrams develop a spark ol rebellion iu Kansas. Eight companies of citizen emigrants are encamped near Hnnnewell, Kansas, under military or ganization, and determined to force their way into the Uto reservation, contrary to the laws and authority of the United States, there represented by a force of Federal cavalry under Col. Cappenger, with orders to stop the movement. The Kansas men are embarrassed by a fire in the rear in the form of famine. They are in a starving condition at home, through bad seasons, and think themselves shut up to a forcible invasion. An earlier dis patch from Uunuewcll says: Recruits are constantly pouring in- Large accessions arc expected to-morrow. Most of the new comers are from the droulhy regions of Western Kansas, where the settlers have been literally starved out for several years past. The Southern bor der is almost a barren waste, the farmers being unable to raise sufficient seed for the next plauting. Women and children came in, to-day, following their meager outfits, and presenting a pitiful, destitute condition. Families, with barely enough means to provide & month’s subsistence for themselves and stock, have joined the colony in the hope of getting a fresh start on the prolific lands of Oklahoma. Dur ing the last three days, twenty-five teams have crossed the line at this point and moved into tho promised land. Filly teams also moved down from Caldwell. A large number of settlers also crossed the Arkansas line, and a strong body is also moving up from Texas. It is estimated that 1,500 to 2,000 white settlers are a! ready on the public lands in the Territo ry, and a majority of those who have been expelled have retraced their steps as soon as d ischaiged from custody. The settlers Iu camp here are resolute, not to say desper ate. They know not what to do or where to go if not permitted to moveupon the ced ed lands. If it were not for the persuasion and restraint exercised by tlie officers of tho colony, they would have crossed the line, in the face of the soldiers, twenty- four hours ago. The situation is critical, and the officers of the colony hope to re ceive assurances from Washington before they move from this point, that will avert the threatened conflict. By Sunday’s telegrams the prospect seems lair lor a fight. Says the New York Bulletin: The Na tional Public Health Association, which is just now In session at New Orleans, ap- : >ears to have very capacious ideas of its l unctions, seeing that much of its time thus far lias been devoted to an exposition of the commercial advantages of the Florida Ship Canal and engineering other enter prises of the same kind. We suppose no one will question the commerciafadvan- tages of the Florida Ship Canal, or any other canal; but it puzzles one to know what an organization for sanitary purposes has to do with it. The National Public Health Association should beware of too many irons in the fire. Jfe sulor ultra crepidam. And yet this suggestion will be seen to be relevant when we remember that tbe idea of the health association was, that tbe canal would do away with much of the necessity of navigation in yellow fever latitudes. “Boycotting” ties up every man In Ireland who does not belong to tbe League as tight as if he were in a straight jacket. He cannot buy or sell or procure service of any kind. He can neither bor row nor lend—go abroad or stay at borne. He is simply “sewed up.” More perfectly left to himself than if be were In tbe Cen tre of the great desert. The Kansas War.—An Arkansas City dispatch in the Herald of Saturday, dated the 10th, says: “When the corre spondent left tbe camp this morning the colonists were on military dress parade and inspection, and the stars and stripes at the right of tbe line. Tbe immigrants are nerved to tbe determination to go to Oklahoma at any cost, and should the troops oppose or, as is anticipated, kill their horses or attempt to destroy their outfit, there will be a bloody conflict.” Bibb County.—The population of Bibb county by tbe census of 1880 is 27,140—of which 12,761 are male and 14,386 female. 26,537 are native bom and 009 foreign biro; 11,423 are white aud 16,723 col ored. QBH Hr. Battle's Sermon in Vineville. A Touching Picture of Home. The pulpit of the “Union Church” in Yinevllie, which Is kindly supplied in turn by the pastors and other resident ministers of the city, was occupied ou Sunday evening by the affable and distinguished president of Mercer University. Tbo intelligent youth of the village (aud their number is most surprising) tamed oat in strength to hear him, together with the older folks and several of tbe gray-headed patriarchs of the community. The Doctor, always graceful and inter esting as a speaker, on this occasion fairly excelled himself. Seldom have we ever listened to a discourse more eloquent, beautiful and comforting. The text was drawn from John, 14tli chapter aud 2d verse: “In my Father’s house are many man sions; if it were not so I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.” The sacred orator began by drawing a life-like picture of home aud the sweet surroundings of the family hearth-stone. The word “homo” always awakens the tendcrest emotions in the human bosom, it matters not how humble it may be. The merchant, absorbed in his duties and operations “on ’change,” tbe pro* fessional man borne down by tho weight of his peculiar responsibilities, tbe toiling mechanic and industrious husbandman whose hours of leisure are few, the day laborer who leaves his humble cot with the earliest dawn and digs and delves until the evening shades darken around him, the statesman posed and bewildered by tho gravity and perplexities of tho political situation, the banker and specu lator weary with peering into the un known future where fortune or ruin awaits him In ambush, tho furloughed soldier hurrying with eager step to the side of wife and children, the returning mariner long absent from his own snug port, even the wretched convict just re leased from a felon's cell, all, all gladly hasten; to their homes at eventide or when permitted to do so, and there find a haven of rest, and precions refuge' from outside disappointments and corroding cares, which are rightly banished from that charmed spot and forgolleu, while soft kisses bedew the cheeks, aud warm, clinging arms encircle the weary form of paterfamilias. The speaker argued that if beatitudes like these cluster about our earthly taber nacles in this life of trial and vexations innumerable, what must be the ecstatic happiness and delight of those who are assigned to tho heavenly mansions in our “Father’s house,” which, thanks be God, are “many.” These are provided for all who have “fought the good fight” aud conquered tho evil adversary, and for the saints made perfect. There the fullness of Jehovah’s ineffable presence will be enjoyed forever, tbe terrific struggles of life’s sojourn no longer affiiet the body, and all tears shall be wiped away. Then followed many tender admonitions aud affectionate appeals to the sinner to turn from the error of his ways and embrace that salvation wrought out at the inesti mable cost of the blood of tbe Sou f the Most High God, and which is offered without mouey and without price. Before concluding, Dr. Battle toadied upon the “heavenly recognition” as infi mated, if not expressly laid down, iu the scriptures. • He firmly believes that we shall know, and be known by tho loved ones who have preceded us to the mansions above and cited many passages from tlie Bible in support of that opinion, notably, tlie case of David, who, while Ids sick child still lived, clad himself in sackcloth, and out of the dust of Ids humiliation plead that be might be spared to him. But when tbe spirit had taken its flight from tho form of tho cherished infant, to the sur prise of his household he washed and shaved himself, again put on his kiugly -robes and exclaimed: “While tbo child was yet alive I fasted and wept, for I sail 1 , who can tell whether God will be gra cions to me that the child may live ? But now he is dead, wherefore should 1 fast? CanlbriDg him back again? shall go to him, but he shall uot return to me.” This was regarded as clearly showing that Israel’s king, the “man after God’s own heart,” believed that ho would bo re united to bis dear boy iu heaven again and there recognize him and enjoy his precious presence forever. This belief is, at least, very comforting to tbo bereaved on earth. The closing passages of the dis course, which were touching and truly eloquent, were delivered with an emphasis and solemnity that deeply impressed all present. Tho abovo does uot purport, in tbe ab sence of any notes whatever, to even skel etonize the able sermon of President Battle. It is simply a feeble description of some of the ideas which were graphi cally delineated by the speaker. We trust that it will not bo long before he will again consent to take his turn in ministering Iu holy things to those who are wont on Sabbath evenings to worship together in tbe Vineville Union church. Barsrlmm Soear Again. Several weeks ago wo called attention to the experiments of M. LeDuc, at Washington, under the auspices of the government, in making and refiuingsugar from thirty-six varieties of the sorghum cane. The results were eminently suc cessful, and now it turns ont that even before the official report of the commis sioner of agriculture was made public, tbe manufacture of crystallized sugar in tlie States of Wisconsin, Illinois and Minne sota had become quite general. As yet, however, tbe reports do not Indicate that the business bss proved very profitable, but it is thought that the difficulties in tlie way can and will be removed so as to make of it a success. Dr. James Wilhelm, of Faribault, Min nesota, in response to a letter of Governor Pillsbnry, of that State, has published a pamphlet on tbo subject of tlie manufac ture ofsoigbnm sugar, which is thus summarized by tbe New York Bulletin: The Increase of labor and capital In tlie development of this business is quite marked, though, as usual in tbe cultiva tion of new industries, it has from time to time encountered serious discouragements. Ill Minnesota, the cane matures by the lest week in August, if propeily cultivat ed. A frost does not injure it unless it is quite green, but when near maturity no bad effects are perceptible. Very little sugar makes lU appearance until after tlie seed bead comes to maturity. Samples taken August 23d from cane on which seed had formed, but with no milk, polar ized 7.3 per cent, cane sugar, with 4.3 grape sugar, 85.5 water, 1.9 orgauic mat- Ur. Another, taken August 27th, gave 11.8 per cent, cane sugar, 8.20 grape sugar. Tbe result of tbs work tlie past season at “Tbe lowest polarization during the past season was 0.5; the highest, 15.0. The highest Beaume test was 10 degrees and the lowest five degrees. Our working average was six degrees Beaume. Our working average by polarization was 9 per cent. Tbe cane we worked at tbe re finery was grown by twenty or twenty-five different fanners. Some was well culti vated aud harvested at the proper time; others, on a haphazard scale; hence the nonconformity in chemical analysis. Ow ing to the limited room in our building, we could not run our whole cane crop into sugar, but tbe amount placed into vats for granulation turned out remarkably well. As a result, we obtained over six pounds to the gallon of beautiful clarified yellow sugar, with a firm, large crystal and en tirely free from gum and foreign mat ter.” An estimate of the cost of production of this cane is furnished from an accurate account kept by Ur. Charles Euetis, of Foit Atkinson, Wis.. who had In forty acres. Tlie cost of raising one acre is set down at $1L Tbe expanse of reducing the juice to syrup in a fire evaporator was 14 to 15 cents per gallon, the syrup aver aging 150 gallons per acre, equal to 180 gallons for tho use of the refiner for so gar making. This would make tho pro. ductiou of sugar per acre, according to tlie average of the Faribault refinery, 1,080 pounds per acre. If these figures are any where near correct, tho cost of the sugar would seem to be about 2J cents per pouud, plus tbe value of tbe services ot tlie refiner, which would scarcely exceed li cents, with the syrup residue to offset. At 25 cents per gallon for the syrup as it came from the evaporator, there’ would havo been a uet profit of SIS per aero. These figures are certainly satisfactory so mnch so indeed as to have attracted the attention and aroused the fears of the Louisiana sugar planters. The Picayune says: If this material ■ for sugar-making can be made a success in the West, it opens up a competition that will be seriously felt. It would seem, also, that if a sugar bearing cane coming to maturity sufficient* Iy early for taking off the crop so far north could he secured, our planters would do well to experiment iu that direction them selves. But the preponderance in any event greatly in favor of tho Cuban or Otaheite cane. The latter will yield manifold more sugar to the acre than the best sor ghum or amber cane, aud possesses supe rior saccharine qualities. Besides, the Louisiana men enjoy tlie advantages of “protection,” and Lave nothing to fear, therefore, from sorghum competition. We wish success to tho growers of both kinds of sugar and syrup. The cheapen ing of this prime article of food, which used in so many ways alike by tho rich aud poor, would be a great benefaction to tlie whole world. The Bayard Controver.y Referred to in a Sunday telegram will find explanation in the following: Philadelphia, December 10.—In speech at Dover during the presidential campaign Senator Bayard, alter assailing the present tariff system and the arbitrary power it vests in special agents of the treasury, cited the case of Phelps, Dodge & Co., who were compelled, some years ago, to refund to the government the amount of duties unpaid on certain under valued invoices. The amount so refunded it was stated, was $207,000. Mr. Bayart was reported as having described ilia scene iu the custom-house when this im mense sum was turned over to the govern ment officials as follows: “When that interview took place very distinguished gentiemeu were present, the senior Senator from New York, among others, Mr. Conkling; also Mr. Noali Da vis, tbe district attorney; Mr. Arthur, the collector; Mr. Jayne, tlie spy or special S ent, they called him; all were present. r. Boutwcll, that distinguished financier who was secretary of tlie treasury, was there also, and they all stood around this unhappy merchant, who had given his $25,009 subscription to Gen. Grant. This president ot the Young Men’s Christian Association, this member of the Union League, and this president of the Cham her of Commerce, lie thought alf that would protect him. Not much — not much. They took troro that man's pock et in one sum $207,000 in money, and they divided it among themselves. [Great laughter.] Gentlemen, this is no exag geration or figure of speech. There it stands upon the record, and I want to tell yon it is a thing of which I have knowl edge and means of knowledge.” Keferriug to this maltor and quoting an editorial from the Philadelphia Press call ing Senatoi Bayard to account, Secretary Boutuell, Vice-Presldent-cIect Arthur, Senator Conkling aud Judge Noah Davis have addressed tlie following joint letter to the Press, and it will bo priuteil in that journal to-morrow: u To the Editor of the Press: In your issue of Uctober29, 1880, we fiud the fol lowing editorial. [Here the editorial em bodying the above quotation from Senator Bayard’s alleged speech is given iu full.] A month has now elapsed since you thus published and characterized tllis reported utterance. The State Sentinel, a liewspa- par published at Dover,the place where the speech is said to have been made,contained, only one day later thau your issue, a like report, yet up to this time no disclaimer or retraction by or on behalf ot T. F. Bayard has appeared, as far as we know. We think it time to notice so serious s slander purporting to come from a mem ber of the Senate of the United States. We therefore prouounce the statement, by whomsoever made, a truthless calum ny. If it was made with the assertion that the man who made it had 'knowledge and means of knowledge’ of its truth, besides being a falsehood, it was a’wiilful aud wicked falsehood. “Geo. S. Boutwell, “C. A. Arthur, “Roscoe Conkling, “Noah Davis. “New York, November 29,1880.” Tub Panama Canal.—A Paris dis patch of Saturday says that tbe applica tions for Panama canal shares In Europe render necessary a reduction of allolmeut to one-third of the demauds. A dispatch from Paris to the Times says there have been over 1,200,000 applications for Pan ama canal shares. Five hundred aud ninety thousand shares were offered, John Kelly, the Tammany chieftain, lost his office of comptroller of public accounts for New York City ou Friday last, and Allan Campbell, a Scotch Demo crat born in Albany, was confirmed as the incumbent. There was great excitement In the city over tbe result, and tbe Her• aid did uot dissolve iu tears on account of it. An Inauguration Fuss.—According to Sunday’s New York Tribune, Springer, of Illinois, threatens, if tbe House defeats the electoral couut resolution by fill blistering, tbe Democrats will defeat the count of tbe electoral vote by persistently leaving tlie joint session without a quo rum—that is to say, they will absent themselves. Springer is one of those gen tlemen, perhaps, who never heard that two wrongs cannot make a right nor a remedy. The road of the Democratic party to public coufhlence, if they are ever to win it, must be through such a persistent and. unflinching adherence to right, no matter what wrongs the Radi cals do or attempt to do, that their own conduct shall be unassailable ou auy grounds. Iu all the dreary waste of fraud aud dickering aflbrded by American poli tics, there la but one path which holds tbe least promise of success to Democracy, and that is the strait and narrow one of self- evident rectitude. No matter what tbe Radicals may do or threaten to do, the the Faribault refinery is summarized as on ^ care of Democrats should be to do \ follows; rght. Tlie Irish Complication. It is admitted in the London telegrams of Monday that a cabinet meeting is to be called, with small prospect of agreement on an Irish policy—a part of tbe cabinet being irreconcilably opposed to coercive measures, and another part insisting upon them or upon retiring from their bureaus In such a condition of affairs any cabi net agreement would necessarily be a com promise, which would be fatal; for it would aggravate Irish hostility without providing efficient measures to hold it in check. This is the most certain means of kindling the excitement into a devastating flame, which would at once precipitate greet military catastrophe upon the Em pirc, and tax its energies of - force to the ver> utmost. When the conflagration gets an apparent mastery, then all nice choice of means for extinguishment is lost, and the clamor rises for everythrng and any thing—all that is available to quench the flames. This seems to be tho political augury just now. The failure to provide force is a confession of weakuess which will strengthen the rebellion; aud, on tbe other hand, if it be provided by a crippled ana conflicting cabinet, tho provision will only amount to further irritation—for if force is to be used, bumauily and policy alike demand that it shall be overwhelm' ing. The probable outcome will be a rup turo of tlie Gladstone cabinet, and the re turn of tbo Conservatives to power; but this will involve a delay and uncertainty most injurious to the Union cause, and likely to aggravate largely the expend! ture of treasure and blood in domiug to solution of tho controversy. Every day add3 to the menace of the situation; and assuming, as we feel compelled to do, that tho only possible solution must be the reduction of Ireland, hope all centres in reaching It with the least possible cost of life, property and human suffering. It is easy to see that tho Gladstone ministry is displaying a fatal incapacity to deal with the situation. The business inanaeer of the Tele graph and Messenger and his family have bccu severely afflicted iu the death of their first born, Orrin Howes Davis, a re markably beautiful boy of three years and two months of age. The little fellow was taken ill about tea days ago of a dis order which puzzled the medical faculty, attended by partial and deepening into general paralysis, under which he expired about 12 o’clock Monday night, and is to buried from the family residence at 10 o’clock this morning. None but a parent can appreciate the agony of seeing the guileless Innocent perish iu agony before his eyes, and calliug for help which mortal arm is powerless to render; but it is consol ing to know that “of such is tho kingdom of Heaven.” May God sauctify this afflic tion to the strickcu parents, with whom all sympathize. J. C. The National House of Represent* tires. Should It re Increased In Number. The Boston Herald thinks there likely to b i considerable discussion over the apportionment of the House of Rep resentatives, In accordance with tho re quirements of tho recently taken census. This branch of Congress has been grad ually enlarged, until now the number of its members is 293. If this number is held to, it must, of course, result in loss of members to certain St atcs # where tlie advance in the rate of population has been relatively slow, and, on this ac count, nu effort will probably be made to so increase the membership of the House that, while accessions are made in the rapidly growiug States, tho others will still be permitted to send tlie number that they now do. In favor of such a change, it can be urged that our popular branch of the government is smaller than most popular assemblies. The English House of Commons has, when its l'sc is full, 658 members, and the French Chamber of Deputies-is also a very laige body. But, in spite ot these examples, it must none the less be said that large legislative bodies are unwieldy, and few need to be told that we have row ail the talklug ma terial in Congress that the most exacting could desire! When a governing body liko tliis has become so large that it rep resents substantially local sentiment, cannot be handily managed by a lobby, and will uot act hastily, its maximum size for serviceability has been attained. Iu ail conscience, two hundred and ninety-three lawgivers on" ouo floor, and often clamoring at tho samo time to be heard, are enough to govern the universe. Tho question pertinently recurs, Is the number uot too large for eflective legisla tion ? With parties anything like cvculy divided, “filibustering” can be resorted to with perfect success, and to the great detriment sometimes of tbe public inter ests. Speaking “against time” is now a com mon occurrence, and calling tbo “yeas and nays” on every motion or amend ment, however Insignificant, furnishes an other available expedient to stave off ac tion in any large deliberative body. Frequently, too, the popular branch of our national Legislature more closely re sembles an angry mob than a grave con clave of statesmen assembled to consider the weightiest questions appertaining to tbe laws and civil government. Why, then, add to the difficulties of tlie situation by multiplying the membership of tbe Hoose? Sunset Cox is about right in saying that a reduction to 250 represen tatives would greatly expedite the transac tion of public business. We hope, therefore, that instead of adding to the size of the House under tbe appor tionment to be made according to tbe new census, tbe number will at least be allow ed to remain at its present figure, by in creasing the constituency of each member. It would be staving of time and expense to the country and promote the dignity and importance of a co-ordinate branch of the government. Mercantile Elections. i and cattle also, at.l in connection with In Florid i, James Ponce killed a bear A zealous young Republican addresses “Is gin » bone crusher Is attached, which that weighed over 000 pounds. In Carter iie New York Nation with the following is ulilizpd * >ro,luce the fertilizers whose county, Tenn., Joseph Hiiiipa killed a bapter of his personal experience in tlie I W0lu!e -' ful eflects are so visible on every , bear weighing 400 uouhds. the chapter of his personal experience in the . late Presidential election in New York: « !d ^ , . . , , 1 One shaft has been completed at the Hospitably entertained by our genial* „~.i. • ,, , „ 1 al - . . , . 1 b i 0041 uimes near Gordon, Tex., and twentv- >st, who is a prince among marooners, ,„ r . , _! * , LWenty the whole party enjoyed themselves On election morning I went early to the polls and stayed there all dav. i “ped dled” Republican ballots, and watched closely the progress of the voting and the I —-.7 methods of the workers and the poll dri-! Ceedlu ® ^’ alld returned about night.all, vers. I discovered that upwards of 20 per ““Ightad with their visit and charmed cent, of the votes were openly for sale. I know that more than sixty were bought by Republican “workers” at prices ranging from two to five dollars each. How many the Democratic “workers” secured by the same means I do not know, but probably nearly au equal number. I have since learned that the towns in oar county each require on an average at least $250 for the solo purpose of buying votes on election day, aud that this is the usual sum ex pended in this manner. I am informed that It cost our candidate for Congress, in a district naturally (!) Republican, aud who was elected by a large majority, uot leas than $25,000 to pay his election ex penses within the past sixty days. I find that it would bo folly for one to aspire to office in this county or neighborhood wiio was not wealthy aud willing to pay liber ally for tbe honor (1)—that wealth is al most the sole requisite in a candidate for any office of importance. Finally, I find that this state of things is by no means exceptional, but that it is precisely the same in the adjacent counties and Con gressional districts. Mr. Gariiold lias been elected. The vote of tliis State lias been decisive of the result, and this State has given a majority of less than 25,000. I am forced to the belief that the use of money, in the open purchase of votes, has gone far to bring about this result. One would expect to find at least some private expressiou of condemnation for flie paiticipants in so disgraceful a system—for those who prof fer the bribes as well as for these who ac cept them—but such is not the case. Men of tho sti iciest integrity, who would scorn a dishonorable action m any busi ness or social matter, do not hesitate to take an active part in this open bribery, and they do not lose caste in the commun ity by so doing. Their action is consid ered a necessary part of “practical poli tics,” and to be applauded m proportion to their success—i. e., to the uuuiber of votes they secure by outbidding their op ponents. How is it possible for any real reform to be inaugurated with such corruption at tlie ballot-box? How cau we expect wise legislation wbeu our law-makers are selected by such a process? Now, I should be glad to devote a portion - of ray time to political affairs in tbe interest of good governmentsimply,but I ask: What can 1 do? I am quite ready to lie a sub scriber to tlie Civil Service Reform Publi cation Society, but is that to be tbo ex tent of my political activity? Must I stand aside and see tbe methods of this campaign repeated year by year, with no effort made to change them ? My friends ol the “machine” toil me they deplore thu necessity for this state of affairs; they ac knowledge that the cori option of the bal lot-box is the root of all the evils of our present government; they profess theoret ically to believe in the desirability ot civil service reform; but they say that practically we must accept the situation as it is—we cannot cliauge it. Are they right? I am sir, etc., M. U. New York, November 8th. It is admitted that Garfield’s plurality was aliont 3,000 votes, which, at $2.00 to $5.00 apiece,were worth the sum-of $0,GOO to $15,000, and turned over the revenue of the country, amounting, in four years, to one thousand four hundred millions to the management of the Radicals. It was grand and glorious investment. -with his model farm. Canals and Railroads. The Eka of Speculation. es I our more shafts are iu progress. . One hundred and eighty-nine houses have been destroyed at Memphis -within two years, having beeu condemned by the Board of Health. No compensation was allowed. . ■ . jr The amount paid to the eleven Presi- The world is booming on- a spring-flood ' deu . tial * ,eclors of Georgia was $1,509.40, Oakland Farm. The Hobby* of our Fellow Citizen Asher Ayres, Esq. The writer was ono of a small party wjio visited the pet farm of Mr. Ayres, yesterday, situated about four miles from the city, on the Forsyth road. The pro prietor was along, his ample conveyance chock full of geutlo ladies, spiced with Episcopalian divinity. Tbe afternoon was pleasant, resem bling the early days of spring, aud the roads surprisingly good, considering the late rains and freezes. Oakland farm is perched upon a lofty cminence broken into sundry picturesque ridges, all of which arc in tboliigheststale of cultivation, as shown by tho luxuriant cotton stalks blackened by tlie icy touch of frost, and the fields of com and small grain, the latter just tinging the earth with a coating of emerald. Tho placo gave every evidence of care ful and judicious tillage, os manifested by the well kept hillside ditches and plow furrows, all deftly arranged to preveut the inevitable washing incident to broken laud. Entering tho enclosure by a serpentine roadway through stately trees of natural growth, on-the very apex of a lofty hill after passing sundry plats of thriving veg etables, shrubbery and flowers, wo paused at the rustic mansion of our Macon mill ionaire and entered its hospitable portals. Thence, after a brief season of rest, the whole company sallied forth, accompanied by onr host as guide and cicerone, to view the premises. He took us straight to tho sugar mill; where the tiny hut powerfui iron rollers expressed every drop of juice, not from the ignoble sorghum, but the genuine Indian cane, which, as a beverage, is botii grate ful and refreshing, aud was partaken of and enjoyed in its raw state, aud also in tho form of delicious syrup Just from the evaporator. There were no “young ones” in the party, or doubtless a pot of “candy” would have been improvised for their benefit. As it was, however, several par ents bore away sundry specimens of the toothsome cane for their darlings at home. Next, escorted by Mr. Thomas, the gen tlemanly superintendent of tho farm, we visited the commodious aud neatly ar ranged gin-house, where, driven by steam power, the curious maclilue was rapidly separating the cotton lint from the seed, which is so valuable for its essential oil, stock food aud fertilizing properties. Mr. Ayres has quite a run of custom from Lis neighbors, whore cotton he pre pares for market. The cost of ginning a The summer tourists are estimated to „ ag of m pounds is $2.50, and the have left in New Hampshire last season charges for baling $1.25. all tbe way from $2,000,000 to $6,000,000. The sum is no donht very large, as tho railroad receipts from this business alons were equivalent to $000,000. Whether two or six millions, however, there is every reason to believe that it will be more than doubled next year. The Boston Advertiser says there are assurances that a fund of $250,000 will be secured for the Graut peusion, pro vided New England contributes $50,000j and if expressions of interest signify any thing the task will not be difficult, and that it is understood that if the present* or any future Congress takes equivalent action in the matter the fund will not be called for or distributed. A sieeting of the public creditors, of New Orleans has been called for Decem ber 20th to consider propositions for com promising tlie debt, which now amount* to a little over $15,000,000. ' ; “Oakland Farm” embraces 105 acres, of which 100 are in cultivation. Tbe soil, though rolling and sandy, has a clay foundation, aud with proper care and cul ture, has been made quite remunerative. In proof of this, we have only to say that from that’ one hundred acres has been gathered the present year thirty-two hates of cotton, six hundred bushels ot corn, ten barrels of syrup, besides small grain, sweet potatoes and a perfect wealth of tlie choicest vegetables, grapes, figs, peaches and other fruit. We saw turnips and beets which would grace any agricultural exhibition. Prominent ou the grounds, too, stands a gigantic specimen of the “tea-scented olive,” loaded with odorifer ous blooms, wlioso perfume can even be distinguished by the inmates of tho pass ing railway traius hundreds of leet distant. The trunk of this tree (for tree it is) would measure near two fact in diameter, and it is more than thirty-five years old. of a great mouey overflow. In Georgia we are told a second railway between Ma con and Atlanta is among the inevitables, although the uses for it are no clearer than tlie necessity of grease to lightning, There is no more thau a fifth part of em ployment for one track, and no promise for more. On the contrary, when the people of Augusta have opened up direc: railway communication with Knoxville and CInciunati, which they will shortly do, the business of Macon, and its depend encies with the West, is going to be done over that line, and it will substantially in terpose a good deal more than a third competitor for tlie present trade over the Macon and Western. It will control onr coal and grain and provision transporta tion. Cincinnati is really the best West ern centre for the provision trade, and can distance all rivals wheucrer she can un derstand and use all her facilities of po sition. Tho Augusta and KnoxYjlle con nection is of transcendent importance to Cincinnati and the Southern road—a fact which the latter will he able to see iu no great lime. But while all these rival routes are building, the same kind of a performance, on a larger scale, seems to be maturing in respect to Central America. Two in- teroceauic canals are projected—tho De- Lesseps Panama and tlie Grant Nicaragua routes. Unless we assume that tlie cer tainly of one’s success will estop the otb- ea, aud the present Is a mere race of pre tension for moral effect, there threatens to be an expenditure of six hundred mil lions on two rival projects, which could not promise a six per cent, return on half the cost of one. Thi3 is like the dupU- cate railways to Atlanta, on a larger scale, Tho latter contemplates throwing away two millions, and the foraier three hun dred millions, with no use for more than the iiitli part of their capacity of either line.] The world U agog and crazy over joint stock enterprises, which almost necessari ly take the form of railways and canals. The craze is due to tbe cheapness of money and low iuterest afforded by all productive enterprises. Now a railway, or a canal adds nothing to the wealth of the world, unless it Is an essential artery of trade communication. As such it can make returns on the investment and be valuable as properly, but otherwise it necessarily ofles3 than no value, because it is an expense to its holders. The general situation seems to be this The multiplicity of the mechanical aids to production has increased the general range of supplies far beyond the demands for consumption. There is nothing in the world of produce or manufactures which docs not present surplus, aud there is an equal surplusage of the earnings of labor in the form of capital. These being the conditions, the rage for speculation can bo understood. That speculation, iu trade, manifests itself in constant efforts to manipulate the surplus of produce and manufactures so as to produce local and artificial scarcities— to create abnormal demands and make money by supplying them. These opera tions are calle£, in speculative parlance, “comers,” and trade, in its utmost range, is full of them. What is to be the final outcome of such a situation is an enquiry which opens world oT thought and conjecture. But the fact cannot he doubted that tbe constant improvements in tlie modes and means of human labor, which mnltiply its efficleu cy, as 13 said, about 700 fold in many de partments, have, as a matter of fact, placed its productive power almost inimi tably ahead of its necessities, and still the process goes on, Taking an elementary view of the mat ter, ono would say the labor of the ma chine slave, so much more rapid and efficacious, should correspondingly lift the burden off of human labor, and make life more easy and abundant. It does, to some extent, but notin an equal ratio, The natural operation of the laws of supply and demand is almost wholly sup planted by human artifices, so that in the midst of great supplies, the prices of scarcity are made to rule. But, aside from speculations to fix arti- clal prices in trade, the other almost single resource for the surplusage of capi tal is operations In stock, looking primarily to aud increasing the facilities for moving the surplusage of produoe. In ancient times, the llule surplusage accumulable irom unaided labor, was liable to constant destruction through local famines; but the day of famines which can seriously disti ess civilized nations has passed. The facilities of transportation are now too great, and accumulations are every year increasingly vast. The whole world is now operating under new circumstances and conditions—demanding the applica tion of new rules and principles. Tbe laws and necessities of an advanced civilization are yet to be developed in a de gree correspondent with the necessities of the situation. EMia ration as a nations! evil is sore’y troubling Italian statesmen. Statistics prove to us that 1,108,090 emigrants left their overtaxed country between 1868 ana 1878, having previously obtained certifi cates from the Government, whereas an unknown number annually depart with out letting the Government know. And of these it is estimated that one-quarter go away with the determination never to return. The largest ‘contingent is sup plied by the province of Venice, the next by Genoa, aud the third by Lombardy, apparently in exact ratio to their foraier prosperity. It has been determined by the authori ties at Washington to establish a military post at what are called tbe Arsenal Grounds in that city, and to that end ail the old material with which the place is now lumbered up is being removed to other cities. The public will fiud it dif ficult to understand why the capital should be provided with an establishment of this kind. There is no danger of a second invasion by Great Britain, and all peace on the other side of the Potomoc. It military posts are required anywhere which includes $1,000 clerk hire. The mileage allowed is forty cents for each mile actually traveled. Maine stone merchants get the con tract for the 40,000 square feet of granite blocks for the Washington monument. The present appropriations will carry tho monument 224 ieet front the ground. PEorLE are begging iu Chicago and elsewhare for relief lor “bleeding Kan sas” again. They assert that 100,000 peo ple in the western part of the State are starvlng ou account of the failure ofcrop9. There is a State Aid Society,but the organi zation is charged with stealing half tho funds which come into its bands. It ap pears tlikt Kansas can not be a very good place for Southern negroes to emigrate to. In China “a woman killing her husbaui receives ,ling chi’—cutting into ten thousand slices—and lier paramour is beheaded. She is bound hand aud foot to two pieces of wood in the form of a St. Andrew’s cross. The two executioners with sharp knives commence Work by slitting the flesh at the wrists, and then slice the flesh over all parts of the body, except the face. The finishing stroke is one lunge of the knife into tho breast, while the assistant tears out the heart of the unfortunate ,wretch.” Fat Makes Hens Lay.—The Rural Home says: There is much refuse fat from tlie kitchen that can be turned to good account by feeding to tbo hens. Of course where soap is made it will be used in that way, but it is a question whether It is not easier and more profitable to buy soap and make tbe bens lay by fcediig them with fat. Everything that is not wanted for drippiugs for cooking purposes should be boiled up with vegetables for the fowls. Only* thirty Iron vessels were built in the United States last year, and nearly all these at Philadelphia and Wilmington, with one or two exceptions, for the coast- jng trade. ’ This is not a brilliant record for a great country iike this, aud the ship building is decreasing every year. Tho laws to “protect American industry” are tho cause of this disgraceful condition (f affairs, as admitted by the late Nat. Mc Kay, one of the largest ship-yard proprie tors in the country. The apparent success of the Panama Canal subscription in Europe, sap tho World, is but one oi many things which illustrate the enormous accumulation of capital seeking investment at the great fiuancul centres of Uic Old World. Thirty millions of dollars were last week subscribed in two days for a railway be tween Hull aud Barnsley in England, only fifteen millions being asked for, and Mr. Jennings cables us to-day that all solid American securities arc now anx iously looked for aud taken up in tho London market. Awe-struck nr American Prosper ity.—The London correspondent of tho IForfd says M. de Lcsseps canal schema meets with little or no support here, hut all American securities are sought for more eagerly thau ever before, iu conse quence of the official reports concerning tbe flourishing condition of the Union that havo been made public dui ing the week. The Spectator declares that “America excites the half-awe-struck admiration of the world at her material prosperity.” Every body who has any money at all now holds some American securities. A sea leopard was killed in Great Bay, New Hampshire, recently by two men. One of them saw it oil a piece of floating ice, nearly a mile distaut. ne took a small sculling boat and gave chase, emp tying the contents of a double-barrel shot-gun into its body near tbe nock. WUh open jaws, it mado for tbe boat, tearing pieces from it with its teeth, trying to overturn It. The gun was empty and they had no chance to retaliate. The water was crimson with gore. Shute and his companion, with an oar aud clnb, managed to keep it clear of the boat for i about twenty minutes, when it died through loss of blood and was towed ashore. A Great decline in Stalks.—Tho New York Post of Saturday says that Jay Gould’s conservatory at Irvington, on tbe Hudson, was burned this morning. The loss is said to be about $ICO,000. This green-house was the largest in the country, and was filled with the rarest and most valuable plants, exotics and ferns. Many were imported at great ex pense aud some could not he equaled in the United States. The collection of tropical plants alone could not be equal ed in this latitude. There were other plants that were brought here from all parts of the world aud the cost of expor tation alone was sufficient to maintain an average sized green-house for years. “Conkling’8 interested in Garfield Just now,” said Mr. Foster. “He took % sudden interest in Garfield just after the Maine election. He was fishing at the time, if yon remember. It reminded mo of the old negro fishing at the doJcs at the foot of Christopher street. There- were several little colored boys pitying around him, and one of them fell over board. The old man dropped his line and pitched after him, as Conkling pitched after Garfield. He came to the surface with the little negro iu his arms, just as Conkling came to the surface after tbo Indiana election, with Garfield in bis arms, and the people on the dock threw them a line. When they were hauled out everybody praised the old blackamoor ft r Ills heroism. ‘Is the little fellow your •on?’ wked a bystander. ’No,’ the old man rep-ied. ‘Ob, I didn’t know but what ho waa,’ the enquirer observed, ‘because- you pitched after him so quick.’ The old negro opened his eyes. ‘Why.de Lord bless you, man!’ be said, Sle boy bad ail do bait in his pocket.” And that waswhal waw the matter with Conkling. Garfield hsd all tbe bait in his pocket.” Mm p. T. Babxum, the show man, con tinues seriously ill in New York, bis condition causing anxiety to his frisnda. is out on tbe frontier, where Sitting His illness is a gastric difficulty, and ha Bull and other native American warriors ha* been unable to retain food. Mr. Ayres has some very superior hogs ' take periodically to the war-path. {