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i^DAY, DECEMBER 17. 1880.
«r»r Cim>ntr.n liu refused to let her
jWitgctfk V sold or her likeness be en-
iPiCnoe of VV»Tes has been noml
LGrend Master of the English Free-
:«m« for the seventh time.
tgrr’i *-o*r Gokben’s death is mourned
**«*. irreparable loss to Germany. He
■swat Uofced upon as Moltke’s successor.
TD*« Savannah Morning Mews has of-
aMJDgwrta of the census from all the
- ir -n-.ini;<»nryla except three, showin;
■'3m iaecease of population since 1870 to be
32^*7.
rp^Tingi of Epizootic.—A Cana-
LSa Sifpatch says seventy-five per cent, ol
>fcr,>i In the Ottawa district arc aflect-
«fc«*htl»e epizootic. Many fine animals
5uv*s-&ed in tho shanties for want of
■ treatment. It is feared this will
with lumbering operations,
f Bull Coming in.—Adjt. Gen*
Tuesday received a dispatch
..TrttzGen. 'Terry,at SL Paul, Minn., stat-
, rSut he bad received information
Jaum Campon Poplar creek, and irom
. <OT»-«nfnrd, which indicated that Sitting
dkiCnwuld probably soen come in and
r«cxre*derat Buford.
JL seucBiPT for making soup—Take
water and wash it clean, then boll
Mi is brown on both sides; pour in
t heau; when the bean begins to worry
s to simmer. If soup won’t sira-
ticb; pour in more water;
.%4g cite water with a towel before you put
dryer the water the sooner It
kaacata. Serve hot.
.'tSHCC'SlEW YORK CONTROLLERSOTP.—
Tfc «£ck.l term of Comptroller John
XUS*,* New York city, expired on
CscesCey lest. Mayor Cooper has the
■ryurc to nominate his successor to the
~tacj£«f.Aldermen for confirmation, and,
~-sc iU-s Republicans and anti-Tammanyiles
iutcle majority in the board, a success-
<uXm. Mr. Kelly could be, perhaps, am
id IsKflC; hat It Is possible Mayor Cooper
■w3L £«ewe the nomination to bis successor,
.Sfc.Grace, in which event it is likely Mr.
will be reappointed.
'DeoaEnglisli provincial press is full of
osuzorthat the cx-Prcmier is about silent-
IjjAs transfer the chief post in the leader-
■sUgp <& his party to tbe Marquis of ‘Salis-
efficient colleague in tbe scttle-
r'wert of the Berlin treaty. There is to be
-xivTemal resignation of position, but,
seder the weight of advancing years and
^-afcrcrcrseitofa long cherished literary task,
<E*c£-Beaconsiield is anxious to be rellev-
VWE.4T Che bard work of active politics, in
•cwAorto have more leisure for other mat-
7Pk.vb are threatening large districts
hail of populous towns on the
r.*r£tem shores oi tbe Gulf of Finland.
JSSesress children liave, during two months,
immu Mango, been carried qff by those
3r.rm-iatis marauders, stealing down from
'Sfee-swigliboriug woods to tbe very thresh-
fib of the peasants’ bouses. The Fin
rafr authorities have ofll-red a reward for
Ah&Zaaad of every wolf killed or captured.
[Cm kinds of dogs are indicated as most
ible in wolf hunting. These are
dogs and bull-logs; the former to
-AeTaetfce game and bring it Into a circle
: sec the Utter to pull it down.
A. Tall Cotjta.iian.—The Chinese
^cct Ckang arrived at New York from
dJhv^jmol on Wednesday. lie is said to
bMiu tallest man in tbe world, being
vmjSaLteclsix inches in height, and well
:jm^astioned. He has tbe small almond
ad prominent cheek bones of his
His forehead is broad and massive,
-*■£ be wears his “pigtail” neatly wound
cagwa the top of his head. He has small
Tamifi and feet for a man of his size. *Ue
jccKcaarkably graceful in his movements,
vonCjMllte and cheerful in manner. He
s&ctica English, French, German, and
tiLSesSpauiali, in addition to his own lan-
JKx.GiADSTO.VE.—In Mr. Gladstone’s
ic .- eltald at Uawardcn was an old wo-
«—Miwnt who had a son inclined to go
'WEoccg. She remonstrated with and advised
Tfeec-Vsy, but all to no purpose; he seemed
—uctartiioed on a headlong course of ruin.
All tut the mother in her desperation
uxcgkt tho idea if she could persuade tin
SEhaate to take hhb In hand perhaps the
SSradigal might be reclaimed. “Screwing
(fiber courage up to the sticking po’;, —
CCarwiat will a mother not do far her
4Mhshe approached her master and in
iAseaabUag tones preferred her request.
BCrr. Gladstone responded at once, and
.~Seragti the affairs of ihe greatest kingdom
uatltewerkl pressed heavily upon him,
«vfXi genuine simplicity of character, he
Sure bad the lad sent to his study,
>wSkc be spoke tender words of advice and
•:.’Mteustrance, and eventually knelt down
grayed a higher power to help in the
of redemption. This kindly action
: effectual, and the lad became a ro-
: character.
26. half-dozen prospectors camped one
recently in the Sierra Nevada, El
■’JieceAo county, California. Tbe ground
-«C»f«avered with snow, aud when about
■■i3C.i£ught a grizzly bear approached the
Mooching of his icet aroused the whole
The bear trotted boldly up to
-wntfela a few feet of tbe fire and seized tbe
.veeamet thing that could be reached—a
%cgoouta!nhig a few such articles as bread
sxai sugar aud a demijohn of the hottest
-.<wbMtey manufactured on tbe Pacific
• vaesL. (The prospectors fired several shots
OUke grizzly, which caused him to seize
r5»e bag in bis teeth and scamper off. Re-
Tieeed-trf the unwelcome visitor’s presence
It party dropped off to sleep again, to be
'Doused about dawu by loud and lone
~r*ars in tbe neighboring ravine. Tbe
approached the ravino cautiously
**4 were delighted lo see tho grizzly up-
i-aartously drunk and rolling in tho snow
Obc bear had broken the demijohn and
- v rjwed up the whisky with an apprccia-
jtfce Longue. Ills antics were very funny—
-Sfesgood as a circus,” one of the prospec-
4tH ays—and I hey wore kept up until
<Mng after sunrise. He tried hard to climb
-.aa ea-5 side of the ravine and made fero-
dashes at the men, but every time
tier-Jed down. At last tbe spectators
him and moved on.
Panama Canal Boom.—It would
h . o from the reports that the De Les-
r ~ i i'anama Canal stock is likely to he
. u to an extent which will Insure at
c ( «*. a beginning of the enterpri e. It
V. we a bottun'ess gulf into which
-tv mount of nnney may be thrown,
VXf. small danger of filling ur The
; u - that hundreds of millions ».an be
i^M-d on such a schedule, shows tuat the
id is full of money.
The Solid South.
“The South,” says an exchange, “Is not
so solid as the North. Take, for instance
Alabama. Out of 147,000 voles tbe Dem
ocrats bad but 37,000 majority, but in
Massachusetts out of 281,000 votes tbe Re
publicans bad 4S.000 majority. Nobody
talks about the Republican solidity of
Massachusetts, but there is great complaint
that Alabama goes Democratic. So again
take Arkansas, out of a total vote of 100,-
000 tbe Democrats had less than 15,000
majority; but in Kansas, out of a total
vote of 201,000 the Republicans bad 41,-
000 majority. Again in North Carolina,
out of a total vote of 101,000, tbe Demo
crats bad only 7,500 majority, while in
Iowa, out of a total vote of 322,000, tbe
Republicans bad a minority of nearly 40,
000. Thero Is a great cry against tbe
solid South, but nobody seems to remcm
ber tbe more solid Republican voto in
many Northern States. Tbe truth is that
some Stales in the Union are Democratic
and some Republican; some States send
solid Democratic and some others solid
Republican delegations to tho House, but
when the Republican politicians set up
howl about the solid South all this is for
gotten.”
All of which shows that, if restraint and
intimidation of the suffrage Is fairly in
ferable from large majorities, it Is certain
ly practiced to alargerextent in the North
and East than In the South; but these
Northern sections spit upon any such in
ference in their case.
But the cumplaint is based against the
fact that all the Southern Stales vote the
Democratic ticket by smaller or laiger
majorlt'es. Is it lawful for them so to
vote ? If not, how should they divide and
who should divide them, and how get
about It? Tbe party wiseacres should
give us light on tbesa points. Is it lawful
for half the Southern States to vote the
Democratic ticket; and if so, wliy not
more? Who shall apportion and lime
the manner of the exercise of a free bal
lot, the essence of which is an expression
of the unbiased will of a free people ?
Tbe very bitterness of the complaint
against tbe solid South shows the bull
dozing intolerance of those who make it.
They wish to punish the free exercise of
the ballot by the Southern States ! It is
just like their scheme to purify the Amer
ican ballot by putting it under the exclu
sive control of corrupt, intriguing parti-
zans like Johnny Davenport! A more
scandalous assault on a free ballot cannot
be conceived.
The Southern States have chosen to
vote with the Democrats, because they be
lieve them inclined to deal fairly and just
ly by this section, and that is all. The
North votes against the Democrats be
cause it prefers au administration un
friendly to au impartial administration of
the government, and wishes its power ex
ercised in the line of discrimination and
repression. This is the whole story in brief,
and so long a3 man prefers friends to ene
mies so long will these motives operate to
incline the Southern Stases to the Demo
cratic, rather than to tho so-called Repub
lican party.
The Electoral Vote of Georgia.
A PltECEDEXT FOn COUNTING It—GOV-
Enxon Colquitt Not to Blame.
As will be seen elsewhere, tbe electors
on tbe Hancock and Enslish ticket chosen
by the people of Georgia, met at the cap:
tol on Wednesday and cast the eleven
votes of the State for those gentlemen re
spectively, for the offices of President and
Vice-President of the United States.
That tbe vote will be uuly received and
counted by Congress at tbe appointed
time in February, cannot be doubted for
the following reasons:
1. If it was rejected tbe result of the
late Presidential election would not be af
fected, as Mr. Garfield has been chosen,
even without the vote of Georgia.
We are advised on good authority
that a precedent of precisely similar char
acter is on record—to wit, when the vote of
tho State was cast for Governor Sey
mour in 1WJ3, on the second Wednesday
of December. Afterwards, when the sealed
returns of all the States were opened aud
counted at Washington, no objection was
made to the vote of Georgia and it was
duly received and registered.
Id is desirable, however, in order to
avoid all complications hereafter, that the
State law should be changed and made to
conform exactly with the revised statutes
of tbe Uuitcd States.
In this connection it is but just to say
that no blame whatever should attach to
Governor Colquitt for the course pursued
by him in the premises. As the Chiei
Magistrate ot the Slate and sworn to exe
cute its laws, he had no liberty or discre
tion as to the choice of the particular day
when the electoral vote of Georgia should
bo cast. The set time, viz’ the first Wed-
esday after tbe first Monday in Decern
ber, had been fixed by law for the casting
of the electoral vote of the State, and the
mistake is chargeable,not to the Governor,
but to the framers of the law in question
The order convening the electoral college
was published as is usual for thirty days
previous to its assembling, and yet not
one word of comment or disapprobation
was heard from any source. Members of
Congress, distinguished jurists, United
States Senators, and the electors them
selves were alike silent on the subject.
It should be remembered, also, that in
180S, among the members of the electoral
college that voted for Mr. Seymour on the
second Wednesday in December were
such distinguished sonk-of Georgia asi
Gen. Gordon, Speaker Bacon, Hon. J. B
Cummiug and others who made the same
mistake, if mistake there was, at :bat
time.
We are induced to make these remarks
more particularly because of tl.e unjust
and uncalled-for animadversions which
bavb been made by a small portion of the
press upon the Governor's prudent and
conservative com sc in the above matter.
Query: Had he taken llie law in bis own
bands and ordered a change in the day
designated for the meeting of tbe electoral
college, would not these identical prints
have denounced him for the act? And
why did not they agitate the matter before
the college bad met and performed itspre-
scrilted duty ? We trust that no act of tlic
Governor’s future administration will be
more obnoxious to censure than his refusal
In the instance under review to violate a
law which he had sworn to execute.
The Washington Star says: “It- is
stated, and upon good authority too, that
Gen. Garfie'd has been assured personally
and by letter by several Southern Sena
tors that they intend heartily to support
his administration, In the hope that section
alism, which Is so fata! to the South, may
be .oia e removed from Americau poll
tloi.”
ilep*rt of State School Commissioner
G.J. Orr.LL. D.
This document is even more complete
and exhaustive than those that have pre
ceded it. Dr. Orr has devoted all the
powers of a great Intellect, united with the
most untiring industry, to the develop
ment of our present public school system
which has made rapid strides In the esti
mation of the people, aud justly challenges
admiration abroad. As an evidence of
what ho has accomplished, it is only
necessary to state that in nine years,
beginning with 1871, the white pupils in
the schools of the State have increased
from 42,014 to 147,102 in 1870, and tho
colored pupils irom 0,064 to 70,435 during
the same period; giving kn aggregate at
present of 226,027 youths who are in
attendance upon the public schools.
To meet the expense of maintainln,
this army of scholars, the following sums
were realized the past year:
From tax ou shows and exhi
bitions 1,467 00
From the liquor tax - - - 35,384 27
From dividends on GeoigiaR.
R. stock ------ 3,441 00
From half rental of State
Road ------- 150,000 00
$100,202 27
The total expenses of the department,
including salaries of the commissioner
and clerk, office expenses, printing blanks,
etc., foot up $4,502.73, leaving for distri
bution among the several counties the
snm of $185,780.54.
The poll tax Is not included in this
statcraentjthoughapartof the school fund,
as the law directs that it shall be held and
expended in the counties where collected.
The Comptroller reports the number of
polls returned in 1870 to be 223,335. From
this must be subtracted, however, the in
solvent list, which amounts to 50,525. Tho
net amount realized from the tax on polls
was $160,484.37. This, added to the $1S5,
789.54 above mentioned, shows a total
revenue from tho State for school pur
poses of $315,748.31.
The school population being 433,444,
the enrolled pupils 226,627, and the aver
age attendance 132,000, this sum, when
distributed amounts to 73 cents per capita
upon school population, $1.39 upon en
rolled scholars, and $2.39 upon average
attendance.
For the year I860 the Commissioner es
timates tho appropriation per capita on
school population at 80 cents.
The yield from the liquor tax Lhe present
year is estimated at $G5,00Q, and the total
appropriation by the State available the en
suing year for the public schools at $380,-
000. This would make the per capita ou
school populatiou 88 cents, on enroll
ment $1.60, and on average attendance
$3.00.
In addition there is raised by local tax
ation In several cltiC3 and counties in the
State $150,000 for popular education,
which gives a grand total of $530,000 de
voted to that purpose in Geoigia.
The commissioner urges the more rigid
enforcement and collection of the liquor
and poll tax, which would greatly aug
ment the school fund, and recoinineuda
an increase of the former, and an imposi
tion of a tax of $1.00 upon Jogs, which
is allowed by the constitution, and is spe
cially set aside for public school purposes.
He also proposes a general tax of one-tenth
of 1 per cent, on all property for the sup
port of these schools, which would yield
net income of $200,000.
With the aid of the dog, liquor and spe
cial property tax, in addition to the
present revenuDr. Orr thinks the mag
nificent sum of $385,000 could be easily
raised for the maintenance of the public
schools. This large amount, properly ex
pended, would be of incalculable benefit
to the commonwealth.
The appropriations made by the trus
tees of the Peabody fund fir the past two
years cover $5,800 for the State of Geor
gia. Besides this, they have generously
defrayed the expenses of the State School
Commissioner in his educational canvass
of forty-six counties, in which sixty-eight
addresses on popular education were de
livered. Dr. Orr diligently sought to pro
cure the removal of tbe Peabody Normal
college, located at Nashville, Tenu., to
Atlanta, or some other point in this State.
Much of hfs report is devoted to the par
ticulars of his efforts In that direction.
They failed, but he still thinks the trus
tees of Mr. Peabody- would aid in the es
tablishment of a normal college in this
State.
The concluding pages of the report con
tain valuable tables, giving the enumera
tion of school population, and statistics of
illiteracy, the consolidation of public
school teachers’ reports, the consolidation
of the reports of private elementary
schools, the report of private high schools,
the report of the institution for the deaf
and dumb, the reports of tho universities
and colleges of (he State, and the details
of the apportionment of the school fund of
1870.
These statistics contain much valuable
Information, and are deeply interesting.
It Is impossible to give them iu tho limits
of a newspaper article, and the reader
should obtain a copy of the school com
missioner’s report and preserve it for future
reference.
Dr. Orr U doing a great work for his
native State, and we trust will be con
tinued in his present.responsible position
as long as he la physically abloto dischaigo
its duties.
Froceedines of the Electoral College.
The electoral college met at 10 o’clock
yesterday, in order to have ample time
for the transaction nf ail preliminary
business before tho hour ot 12, wlieu the
law - proscribes that the vole will be cast.
The full college was present, CoL P.
W. Alexandei having been elected to fill
the vacancy caused by the sickness pf Mr.
P. W.* Aiken, of the seventh district.
* The election of Col. Alexander to 1311
the vacancy was had the day before, but
llie college, in the abundance ot caution,
re-affirmed his election and directed the
secret ary.' to inform the Governor of the
action 61 the college.
Tho college theu took .a rcces3 until a
quarter to J2, when tho president called
the cnllego to order, aud announced tiiat
in a few minutes, according' to the law,
the electors would cost their votes for a
president and vice-president of the Uni
ted States.
At two minutes to 12 the president an
nounced that the roll of the electors
would be called aud each elector would
cast his ballot for president. As tbe names
of the electors were called, each stepped
up and deix»sited his rote for president.
Messrs. Simmons aud Smith were ap
pointed toilers. The vote for president
as counted aud declared as follows:
For President of the United States,
Winfield S. Hancock, of the State of Penn-
lvaula, received eleven votes—all that
were cast.
For vice-president, William H. English,
of Indiana, received eleven votes—all that
ere cast.
The president declared 'hu vote, and
then announced that the «lection of a
messenger was next in order.
J. I,. Maxwell of Richmond, J.D. Wad-
Hell of Cobb, K. B. Smith of Jasper, J. D.
Alexander of Pike, T. K. Oglesby of
Clarke, F. V»Evans of Dougherty, and F
M. Dunson ol Campbell, were put in nom
ination. s
Seven ballots were had before the col
lege could choose one from among so
many clever gentlemen. At last, howev
er, Mr. Thaddeus Oglesby received seven
votes and was declared elected.
Mr. Bradwell, of the electoral college,
was designated to deliver a copy of the
vote to the United States District Court
judge, now in Savannah, according to
The president was then required to mail
another copy to the President of the Sen
ate at Washington.
Mr. Oglesby will carry the third and
personally deliver it to the President of
the Senate.
It is estimated that the expenses of the
college for per diem, mileage, r.tc., will
exceed $1,500.—Constitution.
The Irish Storm.
The rapid gathering of the black and
portentous clouds of conflict over Ireland
is a thrilling spectacle, calculated to
awaken the most earnest solicitude everyr
where. We noticed, a few days ago, the
speech of Earl Salisbury, the de facto
leader of Conservative opinion In the
British empire, scouting at the compro
mise ideas of Mr. Gladstone’s ministry,
and declaring the real object aimed at in
Ireland was national separation and inde
pendence. It is very clear that this de
claration finds a responsive echo in Eng
lish public opinion. The telegrams of the
last two days indica'- that llie Gladstone
ministry is cninum..-. ami likely to go to
pieces upon ilm
Irish discoun t - >.
thing weie lu.-K"
elusion, it vva.-
speecb at a gtr
Waterford, lr« »
he affirms, » n
more than ah,
He also ridicu
the English Lit*
and defies ctx-r .
is a quest! jii mi .
dependence, a..-,
by five millions • i
the power ol tn« • ,
carry on the n^t.
British consiituiiMi,».
nient to do so, but
the ultimate eud. •
• 1 dealing with
-ti ives. If any-
','iiute this con-
tit. Parnell’s
ten to biin at
• ay, wherein
.•■in, all, aud
qnry alleged,
try devices of
-■•it question,
He says it
ny and in-
. ran be won
- 'imen against
cl proposes to
-. i-over of the
• gas it is couvc-
•».»i«liy proclaims
lie iu this speech:
“I tell them (the monslry) that all their
acts and statutes are so much waste papei;
that it is impossible in these days lo cou-
tinue governing this country against the
will ot the majority of tbe people. No
nation iu history was ever able to do this,
aud of all nations that ever tried it Eng
land has made the worst mess of it. We
stand to-day in the same position that our
ancestors stood. We declare tiiat it is the
duty of every Irishman to free his country
if he can. We refuse to iullict needless
suffering on the misses. We will work
by constitutional means so long os it suits
us to do so. We refuse to plunge this
country into the horrors of civil war when
she lias not a chance. But I ask any inau
at this board, I ask any tme Irishman, be
lie priest or layman, whether he would
not consider it the first duty of an Irish
man to do what lie could to enable his
country to taka her place among the na
tions of the world. [Deafeuiug cheers.]
If it could be proved to you that there is a
fair prospect tiiat success would r ollow
from the sacrifice, I ask you whether
it would not be your highest duty to give
S our lives for your couutry that gave you
irtii. I call for no useless sacrifice. I
don’t wish to be misunderstood. Our
present path is within the limits of tho
constitution. England lias given us tiiat
constitution for her purposes. We will
use it for ours. If 1 ever call upon
the people to go beyond the constitution
we shall do so openly and above board.
We shall not ask the people to take a
risk we are not willing to sliare, but for
the present we will remain within the
constitution, relying on parliamentary ac
tion iu England aud upon organized na
tional action at home. I believe we have
in these the power to achieve our ends.
We call upon you, if you believe in its
use and believe in our honesty, to help us
with the ability and the genius God lia3
given you, confident In tho future of our
commou country.” [Great cheering.] _
This talk cannot be misunderstood.
It means revolution, independence and
separation, which it is folly to suppose can
be otherwise than questions of force,
which will tax the highest energies of the
British empire to defeat at all sacrifices.
Tbe whole of that vast fabric is demol
ished, if peace, union aud homogeneity
cannot bo maintained at home. These
little Islands furnish the controlling and
directing power to a vast empire upon
which the sun never sets, and are like the
rudder and engine to a steamship—if iu
possession of hostile, divided or disorgan
ized forces, the whole ship is lost. It is
superfluous to say that Englaud will see
Ireland desolated and depopula
ted, before slio will consent to a. repeal of
the union, and yet all the elements are
gathering for tho momentous struggle.
The Polhill School Bulletins:.
What Shall be Done fob the Re
lief of Ouu Cotldben.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: —
The communication of “A Patron,” set
ting forth the condition of things at tho
North Macon Grammar School, and your
sensible comments upon it, have caused
a good deal of talk upon the subject of
school accommodations. But we want
action—immediate action. How would it
do to call a meeting of the patrons of that
school to consider the matter and to de
vise, if possible, a plan to get a new build
ing? . Parent.
We most cordially approve of the pro
posed meeting ol all who are directly In
terested iu improving the accommodations
of the children who attend the public
schools in the Polhill buildings. While
such a gathering would be powerless to
achieve anything of a positive, practical
nature, it would nevertheless concentrate
the attention of the community upon tho
terrible condition of some of the apart
ments used for instruction by those who
havo in charge the public schools of tbe
city. They must he repaired and enlarged,'
or, better still, torn down and made to
give placo to other aud more suitable
structures. This should bo done without
delay, ffiih the proceeds of any eleesmosy-
nary fund that could be ntado. -available,
or, if needs be, by the levy of a sufficient
tax to defray the necessary expense'. Tho
people should continue to agitato the mat
ter which is of such vital importance to;
tlio health and safety of‘their loved chil
dren.
The Beads.
reduced, the condition of our cherished
Within the past week or two the coun- j schools and colleges is not only cheerful
try around Macon has been vocal with
complaints about the condition of the
roads, which, no doubt, between the ex
traordinarily bad weather and the with
drawal of the working force to the town,
have been richly merited. But within
few days we have heard serious coraplaiuts
in town about the dullness of trade, which
is said to be almost as fiat and sluggish
iu the summer season.
Now, these complaints harmonize per
fectly. Bongh and boggy avenues to
tewn are bound to injure trade. It is
much a town interest that the country
roads should be in good order as it is
country interest; as much or more a town
interest that the approaches to to wn should
all be easy, safe and convenient as that
the city streets should be kept in good
condition. It Is a single string, ana no
man can say that one part of it is more
valuable than another. It is an equal
necessity that tho whole length should be
sound and strong.
We believe that the arrangement with
tho Board of County Commissioners is
that the road force shall be employed one-
half the time on the county, aud the other
half on the city roads, and this seems to
be a liberal division; but, as we have al
ready said, tbe interest is one and essen
tially indivisible. What is needed, it
seems to us, Is a power and discretion to
apply this force to the town and country
as the condition of each seems
to indicate, without regard to spe
cial times and seasons. For exam
pie, tho country roads have just now been
reduced lo a miserable condition by the
long spell of wet weather, at a time when
they are most used for the transportation
ot heavy freights to town.
We are informed that the Knoxville
road, in particular, is in a terrible fix, aud
needs instaut attention. Apply the road
force in such a crisis as this where it is
most needed, and leave the working of the
city roads until these emergencies have
been provided for. The general division
of tlino and labor between town and
country should not be lost sight of; but
clearly it is of the first interest to tbe
town that trade should not bo injured in
the business season by impassable roads
The town might well submit to sonta in
convenience at such times, in order to put
trade in easy communication with it, and
the precise application of tho working
force should be suggested generally by the
condition of the roads, rather than the
time of the month or year. A11 interests
demand the exercise of a wise discretion
in the premises.
Why Pension President Grant ?
An indignant correspondent, wtio
also a worthy and enterprising citizen
wishes us to administer a “sido wipe” lo
Congress iu consequence of tho motion of
McCook, of Now York, to pli.ee General
Grant on tho retired army list, with tho
pay of general for life. Tins we suppose
is in response to the recommendation of
Mr. Uayes in his late annual message,
that tho ofleo of “Captain General” of
the army bo created for the “Second
Washington,” .with suitable provision for
compensation and retirement,
* We protest against any such act of toady
ism and folly. President Grant’s ad
ministration was more distinguished for
the fraud and peculation of his cabinet
and appoiutces, aud his own absenteeism
and shameful neglect of public duty, than
anything else.
Moreover, he has been tbe recipient of
numerous valuable gifts iu the form of
elegant mansions, sums of money, hand
some cquippages, blooded horses, dogs,
etc., all of which were unhesitatingly ac
cepted. ne has also almost without in-
termissiou continued to bo the nation’s
guest, riding free ou our railroads, cross
ing the ocean aud traveling to remote
portions of the world In government ves
sels, and greeted wherever he moved with
ovations from his friends and admirers
His salary in office, too, was doubled, and
if tho ex President has not saved up
“competence,” it has not been for lack of
the opportunity to do so.
Tho attempt, then, to make him a pen
sioner upon tho tax-payers of tho country
should bo met with tho sternest reproba
tion. It is anti-republican, aud in con
flict with the spirit and genius of our in
stitutions. Surely it is sufficient that the
special friends of the ex-President havo
already raised a considerable part of
proposed fund of $250,000 for the benefit
of tho illustrious mendicant, and that if
willing to work liko other people, lucra
tive positions have been and doubtless are
still within his roach. Our correspondent
Is right, therefore, in .suggesting-that Con
gress should sit down upon tlio whole
movement, and confiue itself to the proper
discharge of the important matters which
just now imperatively claim tho attention
of the national legislature.
Weioht of Cotton Bales.—'Tho av-
rage weight of American bales the last
season was 452 pounds against 444 pounds
tbe previous season;of Brazil, 181 pounds;
Egyptian, 620 pound*; Svinrna 350 pounds;
and West Indian, 160 pounds for both,
seasons; of East Indian 878 pounds,
against 876 pounds for Great Britain, and
305 pounds again*'. 300 pounds for the
Continent. . Of all kinds the average for
Great Britain Is 444 pounds last season
against 430 the previous season, and for
tbe Continent 423 pounds against 418
pounds.
Thrbb are likely to be lively fights when
tbe Orangemen in Ireland take up the
cudgels against' tbe a till-renters, as they
threaten to do.
The Municipal Election To-Day.
It.is a matter of congratulation that, af
ter tbe exciting political campaigns which
have agitated and well-nigh convulsed the
country for months past, the charter elec
tion of our, city, which comes off to-day,
promises to bo quiet without precedent.
But one candidate for mayor, Felix Cor-
put, Esq., Is presented to the people, other
aspirants equally worthy having retired
from tho field.
This is a high compliment to Alderman
Corput, who, as a member of the present
council, has shown himself to ho a vigi
lant, reliable and ablo representative of
tho city. We doubt not as her chief mag
istrate, also, he will continue to give satis
faction, and do all in his power lo conserve
llie interests and promote the welfare of
his constituents. Wo bespeak for him,
therefore, a hearty and unanimous sup
port. I ,V;
For aldermen,' lit tho absence • Ot the
usual, ward-’nominations, the iintnes of
quite a number of deserving citizens have
been presented, and will be voted for.
From these an excellent council can be
selected; and we trust the taxpayers' and
solid burghers of Macon will see to it that
nono but tbe most capable, trustworthy
and best men shall,be chosen to adminis
ter the government of the city ibr the
next two years.
A bright future seems to, await the
beautiful C'ontral City oi Geoigia. Her
real estate is advancing in value, numei-
ous magnificent edifices have recently
been completed and others equally Impos
ing are Soon lo be erected, ber wholesale
business has quadrupled In the last five
years, her retail establishments cannot be
surpassed at the South, ere long an abun
dant supply of pure water will cheapen
insurance rates and add to the comfort
and safety of tbe people, her credit-
thanks to tbe eflorts of the funding com
mission—Is now “gilt edge,” and lssr
bonds constantly appreciating,taxation and
tbe price of licenses have been materially
but flattering, the health of the community
is excellent, and population flowa in
apace.
How important, In order that this pros
perity may not only be continued hut in
creased, that good and true men should
be elected to-day to manage our munici-
A MEBBY MOPRSBR.
HI* Oration over tbe Burial of Dem
oeratle Hopes.
The Republicans of Clarind-i, Page
county, Iowa,had a jollification meeting on
Friday night, tbe 5th instant. After sev
eral Republican orators iiad given vent to
their feelings with spread eagle speeches,
the crowd called loudly for Ixni B. Cake.
Cake is a Democrat and he looked too de-
pal affairs. Let every citizen, therefore, pressed to speak, but the crowd wouldn’t
tak£ time to go to the polls and deposit
his vote for those who will most faithfully
represent every interest and class of the
community.
The Befundinsr Aot
Some seven and a half hundred millious
of 5 ana 6 per cent. United States - bonds
become due in a few weeks, and Congress
is now debating whether they will seek to
substitute 3 per cent., or 3J per cent, bonds
for the bonds so due. The question is,
can 3 per cent, bonds be floated; for every
body agrees that the government should
not pay 3| interest if they can borrow for
three. There is no reasonable doubt that
3 per cent, non-taxable bonds can be sold.
They would pay in Macon 54 per cent.,
and in most other Georgia cities 0 per
cent, or more; that is to say, they are ex
empt from all tax, which in Macon
amouuts to 2| and in New York at least
3}, and add 3 per cent, clear income.
They are as good, therefore, as 5} to 64
taxable stock, f. e., as good to the investor,
but of no value as property to the State;
but the saving to the government will be
more than twelve millions annually.
laborera for Oar Cotton and Sugar
Plantation*.
A New and Valuadle Source of
Supply.
In view of the colored exodus to the
Ffest, it is not a little gratifying to learn
that an indefinite number of sturdy la
borers may be obtained from Spain and
Portugal. Mr. Charles Nathan, of New
Orleans, has charge of the undertaking,
aud has already supplied many planters
with all the help they need from these
countries.
The New Orleans Democrat says that
they have given general satisfaction. They
are not only intelligent, but are already
acclimated, the latter consideration giving
them a great advantage over almost all
other immigrants to the South.
Mr. Nathan speaks the Portuguese aud
Spanish languages as fluently as ho does
the English, and being a man of great in
telligence aud business experience, is em
inently adapted to the occupation in which
he Is now employed.
He has au order at present for 10,000
laborers, but he say3 he could secure
90,000 more, just as readily as tho
10,000.
Our colored friends should give heed to
the above, ere they hastily leave
their comfortable Southern homes
to encounter the snows and
hardships of Kansas. If they persist
in doing so, however, and their places are
filled by these European emigrants, it wil|
bo too late for them to return, and they
will be forced to reap the’sad consequences
of their own folly.
The Population of Georgia.
Complete Returns of The Census
Takers.
According to tho official report of the
census enumerators, tho total populatiou
of the Empire State is 1,538,011, showing
an increase in the last decade of 350,042.
In the first congressional district the pop
ulation is 178,018, a decrease la ten years
of 323; iu the second district 157,100, In
crease 31,035; third district 120,536, in
crease 16,412; fourth district 164,780, in
crease 25,831; fifth district 101,800, in
crease 44,540; sixth district 153,505, in
crease 25,202; seventh district 100,352, in
crease 30,724; eighth district 212,047, in
crease 40,378; ninth district 183,784, in
crease 45,352.
Tho above is a highly satisfactory show
ing for tbe progress of our noble common
wealth.
His Solemn Warning.
“Yas, there’s money made In stocks, no
doubt,” said the old man, as he removed
his hat and ran his fingers through his
gray locks, “but it is a resky biziness; it’s
suthiu’ like betting on whar lightning’s
going to strike, with the odds iu favor of
hitting the tree you stand under.”
“Then you never speculate?”
“Never. I dig along on the old farm,
takin’ one crop with another, and pullin’
out stumps when I’ve nothing else to do;
and if I don’t make any great shakes, I
haven’t auytbing to worry over. I had a
puity solemn warning during the coal lie
excitement, and It cured me 0’ speculat-
“How was that?”
“Waal, I was a widower then; wife fell
down the well and was drawu out stiff as
a poker. 1 had a big farm, lots of stock,
and was called purty solid. We all got
excited about lie, and all of us dug more
or less holes iu search of tlio stuff. All of
a sudden a widder livin’ about two miles
from me found lie in a dozen places on
her farm. She was a widder with a red
nose, IVcckles all over her face, eyes on
the squint, and built up like a « amel. But
when she struck He that was a different
tiling. Old Deacon Spooner, who was a
widower got mashed right away. Our
preacher, who had lost his third wife, saw
the spec. I thought It over and concluded
slm was au angel. I guess some six or
seven of us begun courtin’ that widder
within sixteen hours after tbj first sight
of He. I know the procession reached
from the gate to the house.”
“And you got her?”
“Not much I didn’t, and that’s what I’m
thankful for. Somehow orotherl couldu’t
work up to the point. That nose kinder
stood in the way every time I was ready
to pop the question. She acted like she
wanted me, but Deacon Spooner got tlio
best of all of us, and they made a match.”
“And what?”
“Nothing, except she had dosed the farm
with a barrel of lie, and thus got a hus
band for herself and a home for her chil
dren. When the news came out, I was so
cold along my backbone that they had to
kiycr me up with a horse blanket, aud
since that time I nave n’t had tlio nerve to
buy eggs at seven cents a dozen and hold
’em for a rise,—Wall Street Mews.
Dn. Edward H. Dixon, of TheScalpel,
died of pneumonia in New York ou Tues
day last, at, the ago of seventy-two.
be put ofi, so be mounted a box aud made
the following unique speech:
Fellow-citizens: A man usually attends
his own luneral, but It is not expected
that he should talk much. [Laughter.]
I knew tho funeral ceremonies would go
ou without me, so 1 concluded that I had
better bring iu the body. [Laughter.]
But it takes a great deal of grace to sus
tain a man who lielps furnish the corpse
for an occasion like this. [Laughter.]
Nobody but a Democrat could do it.
[Applause.] It is^ertain t'aat no one save
tbe Democrats have had a chance to try it
for the last twenty years. [Sliouts of ap
plause.] Disappointment is the modern
Democrat's birthright and mourning his
normal condition. They took out a pat
ent on disaster twenty years ago and it
has never been infringed. The patent
run out in 1876 and they have just got it
renewed. Looking over the landscape of
the last twenty years, I behold acres and
acres of busted hopes, cords and cords of
disgruntled ambitious, barrels and barrels
of unavailing tears, oceans and oceans
strewn with the wrecks of phantom ships
onco burdened with Democratic delusions.
[Great applause.] Disappointment is an
anchor to the Democratic soul, both sure
and steadfast.
Leaves have their time to fall,
And flowera to wither at the north
wind’s breath,
And stars to set; but all, O Democrat!
Thou hast all times for thlue own
death.
I might say with Shylock, “Sufferance,
sulfer-ance is the badge of our tribe.” 1
could give you 329 reasons for this.
[Laughter.] A lawyer offered a judge
sixteen reasons why his client was not
present In court. First, he was dead.
The judge told him that ho might omit
the other fifteen. The first reason of the
329 Is, wo lacked the voters. You wil
allow me to omit the other 328. [Ap
plausive consent.] But I could give you
more than 329 reasons. Yea, Storey let
ter. John Kelly did it with his little
racket. [Great applause.] Wade Hamp
ton’s mule broke his leg instead of his
neck, and Ben Hill wasn’t bom a mule.
English has foreclosed his mortgages and
we couldn’t redeem. Then—
’Tis the South that can supply
Solid comforts while we die.
In some States the Greenback party fell
through a crack iu their platform and
crippled us. [Laughter.] But Democra
cy still lives. [Givat applause.] It’s like
tbe mule—it never dies. But unfortu
nately, like the mule, while it lives it is
forever throwing its riders.
It bucked Greeley off and killed him in
1872. Tilden stuck on till he passed un
der the wire. [Applause.] But there
was so much daylight between him and
this Democratic quadruped the judges
counted him off, although lie had his foot
in the stirrups. This year we got a splen
did send-off and might have won, but the
donkey was stricken down in Indiana with
(g) Landers. [Applause.] Wo close
this chapter of history with
the 1i£pe the story will not
be continued in our next* [Cheers.] We
accept defeat the more cheerfully because
of the mignanlinous manner with which
you take the victory. We take it every
four years. It is a standing prescription.
It might well be called the quadrennial
ipecac. [Groans.] It works up before
the election and works down when the
returns come in. Wo thank you for the
magnanimous way in which you have
turned out to our funeral. [Applause.]
Wo congratulate you on the magnificent
and imposing character of the obsequies.
[Here the speaker’s feeling overcame him
and ho retired amid encouraging earth
quakes and applausire avalanches.]
DIXIE'S USD.
Tub Constitution says : Thirteen
counties in the state eaeli gained more
Atlantis and Macon, Ga.—The Colored
Brother aa Ho Appears Upon His
Native Heath—Some Facta and FI*,
ure* About the (Mate ol CeorKin, Etc
The Kokomo (Ind.) Saturday Tribune,
a Republican journal, contains the follow
ing letter, written from Macon by its
junior editor. The epistle is very pleas,
antly worded, and contains observations
which may be of interest and service to
our people
Our point of destination is so far distant
from here that we have determined to
travel the rest of the journey by “easy
stages.” One of tlie liveliest aud most
thrifty cities of the South is Atlanta,
where we stopped a short time yesterday.
It is a place of about 35,000 inhabitants,
aud lias several good newspapers, fine
business houses ana meny manufactories
The city lias developed rapidly since the
war, aud is now one of the best business
points in the South. Macon is not far be
hind Atlanta, but Is hardly so full of life.
Here we’find an excellent hotel, Brown’s
National, whose proprietor has lived in
thk part of the country since 1818, having
been engaged in the hotel business since
1856. lie helped fight the Indians iu
Florida in early days, and is one of the
pioneers of the sunny .'South
To-day the weather here is mild and
pleasant, although the ]v>ople are com
plaining of the “sudden cold snap,” and
it is amusing lo watch them huddle about
tbe stoves. Leavings “zero atmosphere”
on Wednesday the change is most agrees
ble. This morning I noticed many col
ored children on the streets in tlieirbare
feet. Roses arc still in bloom aud many
door-yards are filled wiih tlowers and
green foliage. Snow is rarely seen here,
although about four years ago there was a
four-inch snow fall some time in Febma
ry which set the people wild with delight,
and sleighs were hastily constructed,
some of them out of rude pine boxes, and
the citizens enjoyed the pleasures pf
sleighing as long as the snow remained—
about tour days.
Although I had read much about tho
colored population of the South I had no
idea they were here in such large numbers.
The reader who has uever visited tins sec
tion would no doubt be impressed as I
have beeu with my journey through Geor
gia, as we stopped at the numerous way-
stations along the route. Tho colored
brother abounds numerously, and unless
sickness prevents, he goes to the depot
every day to see the train pass. Sol Etynge,
in one of his happiest cartoons of Black-
ville in Harper's Weekly, has utterly fail
ed to depict such a scene as greets one
when the train stops at a Georgia town.
It is on his “native heath” that the c. b.
must he seen to be appreciated. Here is
ills paradise—here his perpetual happi
ness, when not bothered by elections. ,To
look at the crowds assembled at the de
pots one Is forcibly reminded of that beau
the !a»t ten years.
Tlic gain of the thir-
teen were as follows
:
Fulton,
10,060
Bibb,
5,891
Burke,
9,448
Habersham,
5,092
Richmond,
8,845
Hancock,
5,672
Floyd,
7,168
Coweta,
5,234
Hall,
7,100
Carroll,
6,131
Cobb,
6,9:14
Greene,
5,093
Washington, 6,273
Some of the counties lost population,
owing to the cteatiou of new counties, but
four show looses that are unexplained :
Bryan, a loss of 323; Stewart, a loss of
206; Chattahoochee, a loss of 960, and
Dade a loss of 330.
The Indianapolis Journal says that the
suggestion to make Rainey, the colored
ex-Congressman from South Carolina,
clerk of the next Aouse is generally com
mended by the Republican press.
tiful but much abused quotation: “Well, I
should smile!” You can have no idea of
tho delight and admiration depicted on
the anxious countenance of tbe colored
youth as lie looks down the track for the
appearauce of the <: steam cars.” Tlio
whistle of the locomotive seems to be the
signal for the general assemblage of the
entire populace. It is then that the peo-
p'o-riso in their might aud exert every en
ergy to get to the dppot by tlio time the
train does. They come from alt direc
tions—“the woods is full of’em.” O11 the
way they gradually take ou that broad
grin so characteristic of the Southern dar
key, and when the train rolls in and pass
es the long line of anxious waiters, llie
passenger is convinced that ail the world
has been converted into one mouth, and
that mouth Is laughing at him. The
crowd takes an active interest in every
movement of the train men. Every
trunk is carefully examined as tbe
“baggage smashei” dumps it ol), and
the mail sa:k that falls Into tbe hands of
the postmaster is at once guarded by a
host of citizens. Although the colored
brother’s face bears a look of intense de
light as the train approaches, his counte
nance falls as the conductor calls “Alt
aboard!” and as it disappears his lower
jaw drops down upon his neck, and be re
tires to bis domicile to await the impor
tant event of the next day. Of eonrse no
body in the crowd expected any friends to
arrive by rail and none ever hope to leave,
but that makes no difference. Didn’t they
see the cars and have their fun aud grin
their grin ?
Some idea of the vast room for emi
grants to the State of Georgia can be ob
tained when it Is known that it contains
37,120,000 acres of land, nearly all of
which is capable of til age, yet only 7,-
000,000 acres—only one-fifth—are im
proved or cultivated. The one-tifth that
is cultivated yields annually 500,000 bales
of cotton, worth, upon an average, about
$22,500,000. A large amount of corn,
rice, fruit, and various other crops 's also
obtained. Nearly all of the unimproved
land could be made just as productive as
that under cultivation, and it cau be
bought almost upon the purchaser’s terms.
Tho present population of Massachu
setts does not greatly exceed that of Geor
gia, but in the former State there are thir-
cities each containing more than
10,(XXI inhabitants, while in Georgia there
are only five such towns. What this State
needs is manufactories, and it seems rath
er absurd to ship all the cottou from this
section to Massachusetts and other Eas
tern States, there to be made up in
to manufactures, when the same work
might be done here. There are a great
many waste places in the South that need
to bo built up, and In no State is this more
apparent than in Grorgia. What seems
to be needed here is Northern capital and
pluck to start up the commercial interests
of a country that might be one of the
most prosperous in the world, instead of
one of the poorest.
The Irish Situation.
The Feeling of the People.
London, December 8.—Tho Morning
Post says that another very serious diffi
culty has arisen within the cabinet. Par
nell’s last speech has convinced many of
the ministers that the land law reform
alone will not satisfy Ireland, and the ad-
vocates of coercion, headed by Forster,
chief secretary of Ireland, are Increasing
their demands for immediate coercion in
order to maintain the law. The urgency
of the question has become so acute that
the idea of a December session of Parlia
ment or important sessions of the cabinet
is not to be lightly set aside. A very few
days will show whether Gladstone can
again stifle discordances in the cabinet.
If he summons Parliament to propose co
ercion he may lose two colleagues, and If
he refuses that course four may desert
him.
The dissatisfied members of tho Cabi
net are believed to be tbe Earl of Sel-
borne, lord high chancellor; tbe Duke of
Argyll; Marquis Hartington, secretary for
India, and W. E. Forster, chief secretary
for Ireland. There are also rumors that
Earl Cowpcr, lord lieutenant of Ireland,
threatens to resign uuless coercive meas
ures are adopted.
At the Sniagh A«izes to day a farmer
was sentenced to twenty years peual ser
vitude for firing at his Iaudloid.
Messrs. O’Kelley, Dillon and Biggar
have written Forster, saying that Lord
Kossmore, iu fulfillment of his throats to
oppose tho land meeting at Laslioun,
Thursday, has arrived at Enniskillen
with a body of armed men, who intend to
attack the meeting.
Tho Standard, in a leading article, dis
credits the reports of fresh disagreements
iu the Cabinet.
A baliff lias been shot dead near Coke-
town, County Tyrone, while attempting
to execute a decree. Tho man against
whom the eecreo was issued and who
fired the shot escaped.
Solicitor Connelly defended a game
keeper against the charge of shooting at a
farmer at Murro. When Connelly left
tho .court a crowd of people, numbering
fully a thousand, gathered around him,
hooting and groaning vigorously and rais
ing their sticks iu tho air. The state of
affairs became so threatening that Con-
uelly had to secs shelter in a house. The
doors were closed, and it was with the
utmost difficulty tiiat those within pre
vented the forcible entry of tho populace.
While the uproar was at its height, tho
local secretary of the league appeared and
Informed the people that Connelly was
prepared to make an apology for tho part
he took against the people in tbe past, and
tiiat he would not do anything to thwart
them iu the future. Shortly afterward
Connelly appeared and, mounting a chair,
expressed sorrow at having acted profes
sionally for a land owner who, it was
alleged, had made himself obnoxious to
the people. He promised that lm would
never again serve au ejectment ibr rent.
His apology, however, did not allay tho
angry feelings of the populace, and the
officers of tho league had to form a cordon
to protect him from their fury. Mud was
flung at Connelly, slicks were brandished
over liis head, and one blow was dealt
him. Opprobrious epithets were applied
to him as he was escorted, with consider
able difficulty, aw8y from Murro.
Duiilin, Dec. 7, 1SS0.—A remarkable
case of Boycotting occurred to-day at Bal-
Hna. Miss Harriet Gardiner, of Farm-
hill, Killala, has been for years on bad
terms with her tenants, and was shot and
wounded in her own house a few years
ago. She v:as to-day accosted by a wo
man while passing through the street, and
railed some vile uarae. The woman then
struck her across the face with a tea pot.
Afterward Miss Gardiner entered a hard
ware shop, owned by Mr. Muffeny, Town
Commissioner, and was in the actof buy
ing goods when the proprietor entered aud
ordered Miss Gardiucr out, declining her
custom. The lady then walked down tho
street, followed by an excited crowd, yell
ing and hooting. She drew a six-cham
ber revolver, and, turning, presented it at
the crowd. She commanded them to
stop, saying she could and would use the
pistol if necessary. She was escorted to
her hotel by the police, and Anally accom
panied to her residence by two consta
bles. She is an excellent stmt, aud always
goes armed. She is profoundly hated by
the people of the neighboring country.
Clearing the House of Demoorat*.
The Washington corre'pmdeut of the
llerald says:
Though no notices of contests have as
yet-been filed by Republican candidates
for Congress from Southern States during
the last campaign, it is understood that
within Lhe time specified by law notice of
contest will be filed by the Republican
candidate iu Delaware, on the ground of
illegal election laws. Iu West Virginia
the scat of Mr. Wilson will he contested
by the Republican candidate iu the first
district. Mr. Wilson’s majority as claim
ed was abouL 120. Iu Virginia a Read
justee candidate talks of contesting Ca- ■
hell’s scat In Lhe fifth district.
In North Carol.ha’s first district Gran-
dy, Republican, will contest Latham’s
scat. In South Carolina, under instruc
tions, it is undeistood. from tlw National
Republican C’onimitte?, the five Demo
cratic representatives will liave contests.
In Georgia’s first district Collius, Re
publican, will contest Black's seat. In
Florida BUberf will again be a contestant
for the scat from the second district. In
Alabama Lowe, Greenback-Democrat,
and member of present Congress, will
contest the seat given to his Democratic
oppopent In the eighth district, and in the
fourth the Republican will cmivest Shel
ley's seat, iu Mississippi Chalmers, rep
resenting the sixth or Shoe Suing dis
trict, will liave his right to the certificate
contested by Lynch, colored.
In Louisiana the contest will bo for tlio
seats ol Messrs. Gibson of the first,
Blanchard of the fourth and KiniJ of the
fifth districts. In Missouri the Hard dis
trict will give a contestant named Lessing-
bam, who disputes the election of Mr.
Frost, whose claimed majority was about
one hundred and ninety. It will thus be
seen that there is a probability of sixteen
Republican Congressional nominees in
Southern States contesting tine seats of
that number of Democrat*, and one Read
juster and one Greenback Democrat ask
ing for the seat of a straight Democrat.
Professor David O. Swing talked
about leaving Chicago for New York, but
bis congregation having raised his salary
from $7,000 to $10,000 he will *Uy with
tbe wicked of the West.
