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- anb flteBtnge 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.