Georgia weekly telegraph, journal & messenger. (Macon, Ga.) 1880-188?, December 24, 1880, Image 4

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•• HU?* Q^jetrcgia smft Jxmcrrai & SH*s**ngjet: Postage free to all Editions. Bails Ttlaeraph end MttMufr. $10.00 jwr sr - 5.M tmo* - •• UM) S mot. Bails TaUyrapk aad Mna**0*r a ad Souther* AiWr Moatkls 1 XMparer. Wattle TUaerapk and liaatangar S.OO “ ~ “ LM 6m<m. Wattle TUaerapk ana Muatngrr and aautkam Warmer’* MentUe BMparpr Remit by P. O. Order or Registered Letter, to U. dm Lessees says that be la raking mil tbtt money bo cma to invest in tbe Pa nama (bares for Mine, do Lesseps and tbeir eight little children. Tii* (anil ary authorities of Brooklyn report that diphtheria bolds 1U own. There were upwards of thirty deaths re ported at tbe Health Office during last week. 1CBS. SrRAOCE Sues FOB DIVORCE.— A Providence. (R. I.) telegram says a petition will be filed in Washington county by Katherine Chase Sprague, praying for a divorce irom William Sprague, on the grounds of adultery and other misbeha vior and neglect to provide. Mb. D. Whiting, of Riverside, Cal., is enclosing 1,600 acres of land with a stockade, and proposes importing one hundred pairs of ostficho? from South ■\frica, drOrth from $260 to $'00 a bird. Ostriches breed at four years .of age, and will produce four broods a year each aver aging twenty chicks. At eight mouths the leathers of* bird become worth $5, find as it growl older, attain a value of over $100. It is said that it costs no more to keep an ostrich than a sheep. Material Fbgspxbitt ix North Carolina.—The com, cotton and rice crops of Eastern North Carolina have been unusually large this year, and the farmers of that section are reported to be in good financial circumstances. There are large quantities of cotton at various points awaiting shipment to market. In Hyde county about one hundred and fifty thousand bushels of rice have been raised the present year, the greater portion of which has been sold in Charleston. Sax Fbaxcisco has been in the habit of importing the codfish consumed on the Pacific coast. It now appears that in lieu of deriving her supply from the East she Will soon be in a position to export the article. In 1865 seven vessels caught 460,400 fish, in 1875 seven vessels caught 504,000, while durng the season of 1890, just closed, eight vessels conveyed to San Francisco tbe large number of 1,200,000 fish. The chief source of the supply are the Cooumagin islands and the Okhotsk Sea. A West Tennessee Woman Saves a Train.—The Paris (Tenn.) Post learns that Mrs. Tennis Lee, while coming up the railroad on Monday last, accompanied by her little danghter, discovered that the track had been blocked up for some pur pose.' There were three crossties on the track securely fastened down by pieces of old fence rails. Mrs. Lee spent nearly an hour In clearing away tbe encumbrance. Being a delicate woman, and having no assistance except what her little daughter could give, she was perfectly exhausted from her exertions in prizing and rolling tbe heavy crossties from the track. She states that the northern bound train pass ed In less than 20 minutes after she had finished her work. A Stable ox the Tof of a Mansion. It must be confessed that that the build ing of a stable for twenty horses on the top of a private mansion, access to which is obtained by means of a lift, Is calculat ed to awaken a feeling of astonishment even In these days of marvels. Tet this is the esse on a house just erected in Bel grave Square, London, by Mr. Sessoon. Ground is very valuable in that fashion able part of London, and by relegating the horses to the top of house two birds are killed with one stone, for space is saved and tbe smell ofthe stables avoided Tbe horses do not seem by any means to object to the mode of ascent; possibly they are unconscious of it on account of the closed shutters of the lift. Nxakly 1,000 Casks of Diphtheria ix Six Weeks.—The Sun says tbe course ofthe diphtheria epidemic in Brooklyn Is bo peculiar that the physicians are greatly puwled. The number of new cases re ported to tbe Health Board has been from twenty to thirty daily for a number of weeks past, but ou Thursday only nine new cases were reported. There were, however, ten esses of death from diph theria reported for last Thursday. Yes terday seventeen new cases of diphtheria were reported, and ten cases of scarlet fever. Up to the hour of closing the Board of Health’s office in the afternoon five fatal cases of diphtheria were.reportod. In tbe last six weeks 936 cases of diphthe ria have been reported to the Board, and of this number 332 have been fatal. A. T. Stewabt’s Body Gstb, lu the ' Cincinnati Enquirer says: Tbe body of A. T. Stewart has never been recovered. This Is from persons close to Judge Hil ton. The thieves who stole it relied upon a women’s weakness to redeem the body at a costly price. But to the same re ligious feelings Mrs. Stewarts friends ap pealed when they told tier that if she pur chased these poor bones no man would lie safe in his grave; that they were not necessary to the repose of her husband’s •oul, and that if be could appear to her in spirit be would tell her never to give one cent to keep alive such an example. Hence tbe grave robbers had tbeir nasty work and subsequent expense and long walling on a reward for nothing. I once asked Judge Hilton for information on that subject, and he said: "I would pro bably tell you if I had any thing to say, but the newspaper discussion of the’sub- Ject Is mainly designed, to assist thieves and extort money from Mrs. Stewart. When the subject dies out, and the wounds of tbe hour are healed, it may be time to talk np that question.” Coal at nine dollars a ton! Men of Atlauta, will yon stand this f If you will, the town may as well be roofed sad marked “maximum.” Thu* ejaculates the Constitution. Well, arise and go to work on the “Western” and charge straight into the coal fields of Alabama without an hour’s delay. How would it pay, also, in tbe meantime, by voluntary subscriptions to buymore roiling stock for the impecunious railroads who are unable to provide the people with fuel, which is only second in importance to the staff of life. For once, the beastful Gate City seems to be fairly cornered. Gov. Joseph K. Brown.—The late able speech on tbe education bill by our new Senator has lionized him considera bly at the North. The New York Herald, and nearly all the leading prints en both sides, commend the effort highly. i Last Week’s Cotton Figures. The Crop Situation. The New York Chronicle of the 18th reports the cotton receipts of the seven days ending Friday, 17tb instant, at 238,- 490 bales, sgslnst 218JW7 for the corre sponding week of last year. Total re ceipts from 1st September last to that date 3,019,684 bales, against 2,804,948 for the same period of tbe last cotton year—show ing a net gain of 214,736 bales. The con tinued excess of tbe weekly receipts is surprising. Tbe Chronicle's table of interior port business shows the receipts of the week to have been 121,422 bales, against 122,993 the same week of last, ihe shipments were 92,474, sgslnst 96,958 last year. The stocks footed up ou Friday last 294,224 bales, agaiust 343,503 at same date last year. The Chronicle?* visible supply table showed last Friday 2,606,648 bales of cot ton In sight, against 2,460^02 last year at that date, 2,311,886 the year before, and 2,228,407 in 1877 at same date. Cotton last Fsidsy In Liverpool was quoted at 6 13-16 for middling upland. Last year at tbe same dale tbe quotation was tbe same. In 1878, atsame date, it was fi 1-16, and in 1877 6 7-10. The Chronicle says the total receipts from plantations since September 1 In 1880, vere 3,292,905 tales; iu 1879 they were 3,141,150 and in 1878,2,681,460. The weather telegrams to the Chronicle of last Friday show rain at many points, but Inconsiderable in amount. In Texas, at Galveston, the weather has been warm and dry, and tbe condition Is improving. Picking is going on again. At Indlanola there was no rainfall, and picking was in good progress. The same statement Is applicable also to the other points in Texas—Dallas, Brenbam and Waco. All complain of insufficient rail way transportation. In Louisians, at New Orlearts, there was rain on three days. At Shreveport It was dry. At Columbus, 1.49 of rain fell. At LiUle Rock the week was foggy, cloudy and wet. At Nashville there wAs rain on three days. In Alabama, at Mobile, the same. At Montgomery it rained on five days. At Selma, rained on three In Georgia, at Macon, it rained three days, with a fall of 1.56. At Columbus, rained two days, with a fall of 3.45, and much damage. At Savannah, two days, with a fall of 2.09. At Augusta, cloudy and sul try, with light rains. the crop of 1880-1. The Chronicle ciphering on the agri cultural department and tbe cotton ex change estimates, says according to the former, the crop will be 5,719,200 bales, against 5,757,000 m 1879-80. By the cot ton exchange estimates the crop will be 6,300,200 bales. Both estimates, It will be seen, are less than the actual crop of last year, which was 5.757.397 bales. notes, rising and falling like the fitful in- j The Mississippi River Problem, to nations of tbe ABollan fcarp, and strange-1 The Baltimore Sun says the difficulties ly moving tbe hearts of her auditors, will! which engineering science has to encoun- not soon forget tbe lovely cantatrice and ter in grappling with tbe problem oi the Hr. Cornelius J. Roossvelt, Who was buried ou Sunday last, sprung from the old Knickerbocker stock ofNew York Roosevelts, and was worthy or the linesge. Hb age was a little in excess of six ty, and he had been a practicing physician of tho Homeopathic school, in Macon, for about thirty years. He was man of a great but modest merit—literally and truly a gentle man—that is to say, to the courage, fort! tude and constancy of a hero and martyr he added tbe tenderness and delicacy of a woman. Tbe Doctor was, perhaps,for the larger part of his generation of active and successful medical practice, an intense sufferer from Inflammatory rheumatism, and yet everybody familiar with him has seen him about the sick, busy in his pro fusion, calm, pleasant, and unruffled in in his demeaner with every nerve racked by intense pain. Us was a hero In respect to a cheeiful courage which stuck by him to the last and never yielded to despondency. He was always “better,” always improving, how ever hopeless the situation appeared to hb friends. Hops sprang eternal inhb breast and hb self-command was perfect. Hb constitutional malady assailed tbe func tional parts of hb system In various forms and at last took the shape of dropsical effusion. Two yean ago, last summer, Iu a veiy low condition of health, he vis ited certain springs in Virginia, but re turned apparently on tbe verge of death The best authorities said he could not live more than a few days at most, and once he was reported dead all over the city. But he never lost heart. He was soon “better” again, and since that pe riod has been tapped tweuty-two times for dropsy. Last week be was out in this Inclement weather, attending to some matters of business, when he contracted a cold, which bb medical Judgment assured him he had not the strength to throw oB. He told hb family that it must prove fetal, and prepared their mtnds tor the parting.' It came on Saturday morning last, when, with perfect consciousness, Composure and submission, be breathed out a noble soul—a strong Illustration of the gentle man, not In tho too common idea of an imperious self-assertion and a selfish and aggressive deportment, but in all the vir. tnes of self-command—tbe wiuning graces of a generous and conciliatory disposition and the manly fortitude of a dauntless courage Bad tad Untimely Death of Mrs. Jehn B. Wardlaw, Jr. From a private letter, dated Chrbtians- biug, Virginia, December 16tb, we learn that on tbe 10th instant, after a brief Ill ness, tbe pure spirit of tbe beloved wife of our cherished friend, John B. Ward- law, Jr., was translated from earth to Heaven. The deceased, Lizzie D., was tbe eldest daughter of W. B. Davidson, Esq., one of the noblest citizens of Baltimore. Beauti ful, highly educated, talented and lorely in every sense of the werd, fora single year only had she been permitted to fill woman’s highest mission, that of a true and loyal wife to the husband of her choice. Mrs. Wardlaw was no common person age; hers was a mind possessed of all the attributes and salient characteristics which are embraced in tbe highest type of her sex. She was generous, confiding and true in every relation of life, and to her devoted husband a gentle, ministering angel, at once tbe solace and pride of hb existence. The writer -recalls with melancholy pleasure tbe vivacity, insouciance and cul tivated manners of tbe departed. Iu con- dection with superior mental accomplish ments, the also possessed an exquisite ear for music, which found utterance in a voice replete with sweetness and volume, and which bad been long and carefully trained by the moat skillful masters. her graceful, winaomo manners. But alas, like a delicate flower, suddenly snapped from its stem by tbe destroying breath of tbe tempest, she baa been cut off in the very heyday and bloom of existence, and her sorrowing husband and friends weep, and refuse to bo comforted. In that untimely grave, also, lies buried other tapes and precious anticipations which perished with her. What more can we do in this hour of supreme sadness and desolatiorf, when human aid seems a mere mockery, than exclaim to the bereaved mourners, “Peace, bo still T* God rules and reigns, and He who ‘Hempen tbe wind to the shorn lamb” will not suffer you to be over whelmed by thta dire calamity. There fs a balm in Gilead which can afford consolation to the wounded spirit. May the Great I Am apply it to the bleed ing heart of our beloved friend. Magazines. The number of tbe Eclectic for J sure ty, 1881, has for its frontispiece the finest and most beautiful steel engraving that we recollect to have seen among the great number of excellent ones that hare ap peared in iu pages. It is a reproduction of Bertrand’s famous painting entitled “Mar guerite;” and it is not a mere figure of speech to say that it is alone worth tbe price ofthe magazine, We may also call attention to the pub- listar’s announcement that with the num ber for January the magazine is enlarged to auch an extent as will give about two hundred pages of additional reading mat ter during the year. Thu very material increase of size will afford the opportuni ty not only for an increased quantity, hut for a much greater variety of reading matter; and it is confidently promised that the opportunity shall be so utilized that the Eclectic will be more valuable than ever before. Tbe Eclectic has al ways been a favorite with readers of cul ture and Intelligence, and tho beginning of another volume affords a good opportu nity for this large class iu our community to try tbe Eclectic for the new year. The tabie of contents of tbe January number comprises twenty-four valuable articles, as follows: The Sabbath: An Address.—By Professor Tyndall. Lady Hester Stanhope, the “Queenof Lebanon.” Some Strangely Fulfilled Dreams.— By Richard A. Proctor. Animal Instinct in its Relation to the Mind of Man.—By the Duke of Argyll. Social Life Among the Ancient Greeks. A Letter from Newport.— By Frederick W. H. Myers. Decorative Decorations: Household Art. Fiction- Fair and Foul.—By Jobu Ruskin. Trev elyan’s “Early History of Charles James Fox.” Recent Science.— By Professor Huxley. Through Siberia by Way of the Amur and the Ussuri.—By the Rev, Henry Lansdell. Life and Death: Three Sonnets. The Mystery of the Pezazi: A Sketch from Ceylon. Plain Speaking— I—A Little Music.—By the author of “John Halifax, Gentleman.” The Bugle From the French. The Natural History of Dress. Over-Eating. The Wages of Literature. Phosphorescence. Three Wishes. Literary Notices. Foreign Lit erary Notes. Science and Art. Miscel lany, Published by E. R. Pelton, 25 Bond street, New York. Terms, $5 per year; single copy, 45 cents; trial subscription for three months, f I Quarterly Review.—We have re ceived tbe January number of the Quar terly Review of the Methodist Episcopal Church (South), published at Nashville, Tenn. Price, $1 per annum, in advanco, This publication was commenced a year or two ago, and was regarded by many as a questionable venture. Dr. J. W. Hin ton, formerly of this city, was at tbe helm, and safely conducted it throngb its first year of trial. It had proved a success, and success has followed it through its subsequent career, until now it is upon a solid foundation Tbe present number is a great improve ment, in Its general makeup, over former numbers, and it promises much for tbe in coming year. The table of contents is as follows: Fre-Adamites; The Rev.Elijah Steel, an apostle of the early Southwest The True Manhood of Christ; Condi tional Immortality, its Canon of Interpre tmtion; Modem British Methodism; Osl- andrainlstn and Zinzendorfianlsm Pliny’s Letters; Physical Fatalism; Wit ness of tho Spirit; Death of Bishop Dogg- ett; Literary Notices and Notes and Queries. The Promotion of Judge W. B. Woods to the Supreme Bench. The successor of Justice Strong, under tbe appointment of President Hayes, seems to find more favor at the South than in higher latitudes. Perhaps that is owing to the fact that Lis long residence and constant intercourse with our people have had the effect of liberalizing the views and animus of tbe Judge towards Southrons, and this does not chime in with the notions and prejudices of tbe Northern Radical mind. Another ground of opposition is bis being a native of Ohio. It is charged that Mr. Hayes is loading with honor* the people of bis own State, with a view to making fair weather for himself when he retires to the shades of private life. Be this as it may, inasmuch as the South had no hope or expectation ofbe- lng represented on the bench by a Demo crat from that section, they are well pleased with the selection that has been made, ^peaking ofthe appointment tbe Savannih News*ays: True, Judge Woods is only a political citizen of Georgia. Nevertheless, he has been honest and fair in his dealings with our people and our section. Therefore, though a Republican, we are willing to adopt him, and are glad be is promoted. It is as near to a recognition of the South ou the Supreme Bench as the South has any reason to expect under a Radical aud Ohio administration. We trust the United States Senate will not hesitate tq confirm tbe nomination of Judge Woods. Polygamy ox the Increase.—Gov. Neil, of Idaho, in his late message, states that polygamy Is being rapidly introduced into that Territory by tbe Mormons from Utah.. It seems that owing to defective laws it Is next to impassible to prove tbe sealing ceremonies. Tho Governor de clares the Territory is In a fair way of be coming a second edition of Utah, and calls loudly upon the Legislature and the na tional Congress to take more effectual measures for the punishment and sup pression of the crying sin of polygamy. The “best government tbe world ever saw,” however, seems either nnwllllog or powerless to abate this nuisance, which is Those who hare listened to its delightful a blot upon the escutcheon of the country. best means for improving the navigation Of tbe Mississippi and its tributaries, from their sources to t^e mouth, are commen surate with the magnitude ol that mighty volume of water. The rivers of Europe are but rivulets alongside of this stream, which crosses twenty degrees of latitude and twenty-four degrees of longitude, fall ing two miles in a length of 5,000 miles, draining 1,250,000 square miles of terri tory, discharging annually a volume of water equal to 145'cubic miles, and carry ing in suspension one part of solid matter m every 2,900 parts ol its eutlre volume. Tbe annual total of this suspended matter emptied Into tbe gulf would make a prism one mile square at the base and 265 feet high. Tbe delta of this great river ex tends nearly up to its confluence with tbe Ohio at Cairo: . All below that Is low land, and liable to floods at bigli water. Long before the country was settled by the white man these great floods were dreaded, and there is positive evidence that the extinct race of mound-builders sought to control them by means of levees. Since tbe United States have had juris diction over both banks of the great river a great deal of engineering skill has been brought to bear upon the river problem, and a vast amount of money lias been spent in cutting bars, removing “anazs” ai.d- sawyers,” straighter ing channels and building levees. Nono ofthe levees were stiorr; enough, however, to escape occa sional “crevasses’* and tbe widespread de struction which ensued. The jetty system, applied With so much •kill by Capt. Eads to the South Pass, haS secured to the river a deep and safe chan nel at Its mouth, at a cost of a little over $5,000,000, and now the Mississippi river commission, created by Congress in June, 1879, proposis a scheme for tbe improve ment of tbe navigation of the river and the security of its banks along its entire length. Their work has been pretty well mapped out the entire distance from Cairo to the mouth of tbe river, a length of 1,- 100 milts. To elerr out the shoal places in this length of channel, the river which created them must be made to do service in removing them. The commission have been seekiug for means to harness the leviathan and compel the mighty current to clear away a channel for itself. To do this ft is proposed to narrow the low-water channel to a maximum width ot 3,000 feet, by a combined system of levees and of brush harriers and jetties. By this means the space between the new and old low-water banks will be gradual ly raised and the contracted channel quickened in flow of current, will be scoured out to a greater depth. This would tend to give the current a greater uniformity, both of depth and velocity, aud enables floods to pass off with greater speed. Levees are needed to project tbe work, as well as to protect the adjacent out-lying lands. “Cut-offs” are to be eschewed; it Is not advisable to straighten the channel to any great extent, aua It is recommended that caving shores should be secured Gy “matrasses” of brush and riprap works ol stone. The commission’s work will necessarily be costly. Over $4,000,000 is asked to start the improvements, which cannot be completed at a less cost than $23,000 per mile, or $3,000,000 for the part of the river between Cairo and. the passes. If (lie improvements can be made at any such figures, they will be procured very cheaply. The area of rich bottom lauds to be reclaimed underagood levee system amounts to 32,000 square miles, worth $20,000,000 at the low price of $10 per acre. The annual products of the re- claimable alluvial lands, at ante-bellum rates, is estimated would not be less than $300,000,000. Scotch Manufacturers Coming South. It Is said that several Scotch manufac turers of tweeds propose to transfer their establishments to this side of the Atlantic, locating at the South. In this way they export to add to their profits tho amount of duty now levied on tbeir fabrics through the tariff. If such a movement hither of foreign enterprise and capital should be entered upon ou a scale of any considera ble magnitude it might be a good thing for American workingmcD, were it not for a probability that a corresponding volume of foreign labor would accompany it. Philadelphia Record. The South will bo glad to welcome our Scotch friends, and all the canny sons of the “Land o’ Cakes” they may bring with them. Cheap aud abundant waterpower, the raw material, whether of cotton or wool, at their doors, and food without stint, certainly offet great attractions to tbe foreign manufacturer, aside from the pro tection afforded by the tariff. In less than ten years everyone of these thrifty Scotch laborers will be transformed into Industrious freeholders and make ex cellent citizens. We only wish the water power of the Ocmulgce could be utilized byjust such a class of capitalists and im migrants. It is the one great want of this section of the Union. Gexeral Gbaxt’s Captain Geneb- alcy.—General Sherman,with a bluffness that is refreshing to witness, takes the bull by the horns in the matter of Mr. Hayes’ proposed creation of the office of captain general for tbe benefit of Presi dent Grant. He says in a letter to Wil liam Scott, Esq , of New York city: As to my retiring, yon know tbat I will not be sixty-two years old until 1882, and the rumor of my intending to voluntarily retire grew oul of an expressed desire to manage so as to bring Lieutenant General Sheridan to Washington, and thus to leave the three military divisions for the three mgjor generals now on the army register. But as the President has Just Indicated a new fourth division for Major General Scofield that pressure lias passed, and I am In no measure committed as to my fu ture action. Tbe service Is already em barrassed by too much rank for our small army, and I don’t know what a captain general will find to do. There never was auch an officer in the United States, and it will need legislation to create and de fine such an office. I will take xuy own time and course of action when the emer gency comes. As always, your friend, W. T. Sherman. There la a spice of dry humor, says tbe Philadelphia Record, in Gen. Sherman’s remaik tbat be doesn’t know what a Cap tain General will find to do, just it he were not aware that inch officer would not be expected to do anything except draw his par and allowancea. He hits a big nail oil the head, and hits it hard, in his observation that “the service is embar rassed already witli too much rank for our small army.” That the military estab lishmeut of the Union is rather top-heavy has occurred to others than General Sher man. The wearers of shoulder-straps are out of all proportion to tbe rank and file, and West Point griuds out a fresh grist eveiy year In additiou to occasional ap pointments from civil life. Artemus Ward conceived tbe Ideal regiment to be one made up wholly of brigadier generals. Catailne’s partisan force iu Etruria had at one time more officers than men. Other instances, mythical and historical, of this upside-down and wrong-aide-out arrange ment might be adduced; they are not, however, eminently deserving of imita tion. The epauletted supernumeraries cannot well be cut down, but Congress can at least forbear to augment their number. bands of music and military companUt’ Atom all- parte of the State are expected to be preaeut aud add lo the importance and enjoyment of that auspicious event. Railroad fares have beret reduced on all tbe roads, and a great crowd is ex pected to be in attendance. We congratu late the Democracy of our sister State upon having emerged clearly from the woods, after the complications of 1876, si d the wholesale villainies which tbe “High commission” made her. the unwil ling medium of perpetrating upon the en tire couutry. Irish Affairs. Nothing can give a livelier idea of the Irish situation than tbe statement of tbe Jurors summoned to try Parnell and his coadjutors, that they could not be bound by their oath to give a true verdict, be cause it wonld be done at the coat of their lives. This is conclusive of the practical overthrow of the government and defeat of the prosecution. An Irish woman, Miss Charlotte G. O’Brien, In a late number of tbe Nine teenth Century, who writes with great vigor and apparent intelligence, asserts tbat when the government has forced a re duction of rents they hare not touched the real sore. She says the real pressure and suffering are felt by the Irish labertHI, and Inflicted by big tenants, who sublet the ground to thebe laborers fit an advance of 200 per cent. On what they themselves pay to the landlords. Says the World: Miss O’Brien summons Mr. Gladstone to consider these feeble folk a'so. She says: “When you have secured the farm er in his just rights you have but skinned the wound, for then wilt follow the rising of a class that hates the class above it with an unspeakable hatred. A revolu tion not political bat social.” Sho tells Mr. Gladstone that emigration takes the best blood away from Ireland, and that it finally sends back money not so much to benefit Ireland as to benefit steamship companies. Quoting what she once saw written by a young Irishman in a letter from America; “I would rather be a lamp-post in Ireland than the President here,” Miss O’Brien asks tbe government to take means for tapping the Irish wealth outside., of Ire land by so ' dealing with estates as to puichsse with national fundsone-screplots out of every twenty acres, aud so iu pro portion, and hold them for sale on the Inf stalment principle to resident relatives o- emigrants, or as inducements for the re turn of those “who have gathered their bandful of halfpence in America and still keep their sheer love of country. She claims that Ireland is suffering now from stagnation—not over-population. She ar gues with considerable force that “an im mensity of money” would return for land in Ireland if Irish laud in small parcels could be bought and held. - And growing eloquent, if not poetical, with tbe warmth of her theory, Miss O’Brien declares tbat with immigration and laud bolding in a small way encouraged Irishmen might still “go forth to conquer the world, that they might return to adorn the mistress of tbeir love—their country.” English indignation against the Irish tenantry Is under severe check from In creasing dread of the came movement in England. Clubs are forming everywhere to demand proprietary rights in tho land —lower rents and the right of purchase There Is a rapidly gathering dread of something like a communal agitation which, at least, will seriously unsettle the agricultural interest, and throw a deeper shadow on landed property, the aspects of which are none too bright, at best. This movement ofthe working farmers, it is said, now finds sympathy in the class of small traders, which have been disaffected to the landed interest lately by tbe co operative storo associations, which have struck a severe blow at their trade. Here tofore Ibis class actively supported tbe landed geutry. The IP$rM correspondent, in a London letter of the 18th; says he had a long con venation that day with Thomas O’Con ner, M. P.,wlio had just' re turned to Loudon from Ireland, and O’Conner said to him That he believed the situation :in Ireland was most grave and threatening, aud that abioody Christmas was not at all improb able. Spain's Injustice to Cabo. grievous oppressions, but revolution made Albeit there has been some “jet-up” of Hie division of estate* compulsory end the *bo has just policy of tho mother country tow&rds tho tlon, was extinguished. would indicate r * ceni “Queen of the Antilles,” still, the inbabi- ! The cry of “more troops for Ireland” W< L " toots ot the richest gem of ocean continue Alls the world with apprebensious for the ' Ewolish *P* JT0 * r » were imported to des- to be subjected to tbe most grinding ties- fete of tbe brave end generous, but mis- worw *» now ' 8h «re is e general potiam on earth. No wonder that iosur- ' guided people of that Island. Are there ,le * lre to have something imported that rections aud conspiracies succeed each ! not substantial concessions that if i Wll! destroy lh * *P am, ws other like the links of an unbroken chain, while the people are taxed beyond endur ance, directly and indirectly, and an armed constabulary and gleaming bayo nets are required to maintain even the semblance of law and order. The Cuban tariff is the great engine of thau see tbe laud in tbe throes of revoiu- oppresslon to tbe toiling mamas of the i tion aud deluged with blood. It would be island, and wrings from them tbe means j • vast aaving in the end, and if auything would suffice to allay tbe tbe tempest that Gladstone has been visiting the is brewing? Better far for the govern- Prim* of Wales at Sandringham, aud,by meat to purchase outright half of tbe ***• Prince ’» especial desire, read the les> routed estates of tbe island from their 80n * *1 morning prayers, proprietors aud resell them on easy terms in small freeholds to tbe suffering people, In bis opinion, tbe greatest danger was to ba apprehended in the Wes', where every male is armed to the teeth, and where all have revolvers, many rides of the most approved pattern, and no inconsiderable number carry both kinds of weapons. Reduction ix Ielkoraph Rates.— The Western Union, on Thursday last made reductions on. all of,Its. rates from New York to points in competition with the American Union. Tbe rate to Oma ha Is reduced from $100 to GO cents, and those to New Orleaus, Atlauta and Au gusta, Go., are reduced from $)00 to 75 cents; to Pittsburg, Rochester and Buffalo from 40 cents to 30 cents; to Cincinnati: Cleveland and Toledo, from 50 cents to 40 cents; to Richmond, Va., from 50 cents to 30 cents; to Syracuse, from 35 cents to 25 cents; to St. Louis, from 60 cents to 50 cents; to Milwaukee, from 60 cents to 60 cents. Corresponding reductions are made to points in the vicinity of these places. The rales lo Boston, Chicago and Albany, are not affected by this re duction. Notice was sent of ibis reduc tion by the Western Union to fill its of fices- ' v 1 *.’ Entitled to x Pension.—Under the law, retiring justices of the Supreme Conrt are entitled to receive a pension for life Judge Clifford, therefore, when lie resigns, will be thus provided for. The judge was appointed by President Pierce lu 1857 and has occupied his position with dignity aud honor alike to himself and tbe countiy for nearly a quarter of a century. He is at present prostrated from a long and patuful Illness. Tbe judge is one of the few Democrat* who, with Justices Field and Strong, (the latter having recently re signed) have been accorded seats upon our supreme tribunal. The Jubilant Democracy or Flori da.—The Tallahtmeeant are making grand preparations for tbe Inauguration of Governor Bloxhatn on the 4thproximo, and there will be a general rally of the beauty, fashion and intellect of tta State on that occasion. Tbe ball will be given Illness or ax Old Citizen.—Wo re gret to.slate tbat Mr. James N. Seymour has been confined to bed for near two mouths with a complication of- disorders, from which he has been a great sufferer This is tbe harder for him to bear, as for thirty-nine years be bss enjoyed uninter rupted health. Mr. Seymour has been one of tbe most active and enterprising of Macon’s citi zens. Several times has he accumulated fortune in the cotton business, only to lose it again by the fluctuations of tta un certain staple. . He is a man of unblemished character, great sagacity and surprising energy, how ever, and we trust will soon be restored to wonted health and prosperity again. Many friends wilt echo this wish. Tbe Occident of San Francisco, says that Moody’s meetings in that city, al though tbe press has in many instances tried to make light of them, are having a decidedly serious effect. Tho daily news papers have given more attention to the meetings than they ever before have given In tbe Senate chamber, and numerous to any religious services there. to maintain those costly armaments, and the expensive machinery of the colonial government. Think of a tax of $6.15 per barrel npon flour imported in any other ilian Spanish bottoms. And even in that case the duty is onerous, while the supply is far from adequate. With these obstructions removed, or materially modified, instead of 100,000 barrels of flour received annually from the United States, necessarily at famine prices, the entire supply could be furnished at one-half tho present coat, and this rronld bean unspeakable relief to the needy eonsutnafi America IB the most convenient and profitable market for Cuba, and with a proper reciprocity in the dealings between tbe two countries, the trade of both would be almost indefinitely augmented. ! As it stands, we buy $63,000,000 worth of pro ducts from Cuba and she only draws $12,000,000 in the way.rof supplies from tbe United Slates. The reason is obvious. It is because the Spanish tariff on ihe one band and American protection on the other, combine to place beyond the reach of the people those articles of prime ne cessity which they would gladly purchase, if to be had at living prices. And this is the history and true operation of every tariff for mere pro tection. It inures to the benefit of a pam pered few at the cost of millions of ueudy consumers, who are thus pitilessly taxed by the government and discriminated against without a shadow of reason. It is stated tbat the English possess a signal advantage over us in the Cuban trade from the fact that they are able, at reasonable freights, to transmit their goods in the ships and under the flag of Spain, thus getting the benefit of reduced duties. For this reason, in a single year, England sold Cuba and Porto Rico $000,- 000 worth of cotton fabrics, while the United Stales could only find purchasers to the amount of $95,249. And this wholly on account of two infamous tar iffs whim the balf-clad islanders were forced to submit to. “Protection” means privation and misery to the many for tho upbuilding of a favored class and the injury of the whole country. Still, it is one of those problems in political economy which time and experience alone must solve. Perhaps, ere many years the eyes of the whole world will become enlightened on the subject, aud the manifest justice and propriety of free and uurestricted com merce between all nations will begin to be realized. Till tben, a tariff for revenue ouly is tbe utmost that the liberal statesman can dare hope to ob tain, and not even that under Garfield’s administration. A Typographical Error Correct ed.—In the notice published In Sunday’s paper of tho protracted illness of Mr. Jo seph N. Seymour, his name, through mis take, was printed James N. Seymour. James, who was a brother of Joseph, all will remember, died soveral years ago, He, too, fora long period had been Iden tified with the mercantile operations of Macon, and was a successful, liberal and excelientgentlemau. They had still a third and elder brother, named Jacob, who was the pioneer ol the fkmily to this city. He has been dead for many years. The Seymours and their mother all came from Sunbury, Liberty county, about forty-five years ago* and have sojourned In Macon ever since. One sister, Mrs, Rogers, survives, and Joseph, the second son. The boys were self-made; men, and exhibited rare industry, perseverance aud integrity throughout their lives. Several Worthy descendants of the third generation continue to represent them in our city. < ■■ 1 ■ ■ •»*-•— ■ i ■ . “Fob rAXAMA.”—.The World?s Paris correspondence represents everything aflame for the Do Lesseps canal. It is for the present like Law’s South Sea bubble the song every where—tbe talk In parlor, kitchen and stable—the gossip of street corners and the stock exchange. It is the wedding and Christmas present—the provision for youth and old age—the puff ot the daily press and the hope and dream of everybody. Do Lesseps ride* on the topmost wave ot popularity and has already made a contract for the ex cavation ofthe canal, with the contractors who dug the Suez canal, for the sum of 512,000,000 franc* can do so, convince tlieir Irish brethren that the Queen and Parliament are re solved to treat them with the humauity and consideration which they have so long contended for. We fear, waver, it Is too late. Parnell seems to be omnipotent now with excited Union Leaguers. Beautiful but Unhappy Ireland. The poet Spenser 200 years ago spoke of Ireland as “a most beautiful and sweet country as any is under heaven, being stored throughout with many goodly riv ers, replenished with all sorts of fish, most abundantly sprinkled with many very sweet islands and goodly lakes, like in land seas, that will carry even shippers upon their waters; adorned with goodly woods, even fit for building of houses and shippers so commodiously; also full of very good ports and havens opening upon England, as Inviting us to come onto them to tee what excellent commodities tbat country can afford;besides, tta soyle lt- selfe fit to yeeid all klride of fruit that aliall be committed thereunto. And last ly, the heavens most mild and temperate, though aomewbat more moist than the points towards the East.” Commenting upon this quaint but truth- fill description of tbe Emerald Isle, tbe Courier-Journal deduces that, “under any other European power, even Russia, Ire- laud, so truthfully aud beautifully . de scribed by Spenser, would have been otic of the richest islands on the globe, and tbe people iu all portions of it would be hap py and contented compared witii their present condition. It is a pity, iudeed, that the French did not succeed in con quering Ireland on some of the occasions when they attempted to do it, for there would to-day be no law of primogeniture and entail, with its feudal accompani ments, France having rid herself of that obstructive arrangement, and so created industrious and prosperous peasant pro prietors. Great Britain clings to the ob solete arrangement, and the Tories boast tbat ‘the great bulk of our community re main firm to the old aud true faith.’ So said the landed aristocracy of France one time, cursing the country with Mrs. Mato Chose Sprague. Her Petition for Divorce. The prominent position of the parties to this suit, and the public interest taken iu tbe matrimonial and political compli cations it involves, will excuso tbe publi cation of Mrs. Chase’s statement of her case in tho following petition for divorce: Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague, through her attorney, Winchester Britton, filed, on the 18th instant, a. petition for divorce from her husband with tbe Clerk of the Supreme Court of Washington county. In the bill she declares that ata married Sprague November 12,1863, at Washing ton, and has ever since kept aud performed on her part all the obligationa of the mar- rlige covenant, but alleges that her hus band has violated the marriage compart at various times between 1664 and 1679, and names several women, residing in' different cities, as corespondents in the case. She also declares tbat he has per sonally assaulted her at Canoncbet, where Senator Conkling was a victim ot ‘he “shot-gun policy,” and that he entered her room at tbat place at night in a state of intoxication and attempted to throw her out of a window. In 1879, she says, lie threatened to kill her and that lie has been guilty of contin ued intoxication since 1875; that he baa neglected and refused to provide tta nec essaries of life for the sulisistence of her self aud children. She then refers at length to the failure of A. Jb W. Sprague in 1S73. After the conveyance of tbe property to tbe trustee for the benefit of the creditors he claimed to have a surplus of over $6,000,000. After the execution of the trust deed lie entered into the employ of the trustee and received from him con siderable compensation for services ren dered up to 1879, a part of which was ap plied and paid by the trustee for the sup port of petitioner and her family. Since then, however, ho has lived In voluntary idleness and has neglected and refused to contribute in any way to the sup port of his family and by bis action she has been deprived of the moderate compensation received through the trustee. She further alleges that lie has repeatedly applied vile epi thets to her, both alone and in the pres ence of others; tbat he lias destroyed fur niture and at one time collected the bed ding and furniture and set fire to them in the night lime. She further claims that he has often said to his children that he was not their father and that they were not his children; that lie has repeatedly and falsely accused her of gross impropri eties in violation of her marriage vow; that he has intercepted aud returned let ters addressed to her by her counsel; that in August, 1879, when Mr. Conkling was a guest at Canoncbet, he refused to allow her friends, including her legal adviser, to see her, and at the same time he re fused to permit her to leave the house with her children and sought to imprison her. She avers that he had Insulted tbe fe male domestics and had made Cauoudiet an unsuitable abode for her and her chil dren. At the urgent demand of the t rus ted of Sprague’s property she obtained permission to accupy Canoncbet in 1879. That Sprague urged that by so doing it would be of material pecuniary benefit to him in adjusting his (flairs with his cred itors. Thai while on her way to Canon- cliet, at Watch Hill, Sprague came to see her iu a state of Intoxication and was violent and offensive aud assaulted tbe woman in charge of his children with stick; that on her arrival at Canoncbet he presented himself at tbat place from time to time often intoxicated and finslly as sumed authority over the premises, and that it finally became impossible for her to remain there longer, as he caused her to fear for her personal safety and that he threatened to take her children to Europe Influenced by her fears and his threats and as her ouly escape from indignity aud danger sho says she tied with her daugli ters to a place of safely. She says that since driving her from Canoncbet he has persistently refused to deliver to her her wearing apparel and other personal property, and that having made it impossible for her lo remain at Canouchet, he has occupied tta premises as a place of resort for persona of vicious reputation and has allowed Ids only son to associate with such persons, withhold ing from him all educational advantages. in view ot all these allegations the peti tioner prays that she may be divorced from him and that the custody of her chil dren, William Sprague, jr., aged fifteen! Ethel Sprague, aged eleveu; Katherine Sprague, aged nine, and Portia Sprague, aged seven, may be awarded to her aud that sho may bi allowed reasonable ali mony out ofthe estate of her husband. Sho further prays that she may resume her maiden name, Katherine Chase. Gov. Sprague will probably file a coun ter-petition by and under tta supervision of Gen. Butler, who will be his leading counsel iu the “celebrated case.” Tbe bearing of Mrs. Sprague’s petition is set dowu for the third Monday of Feb ruary at South Kingston. Millions Coming.—A Washington telegram says: There will be a tempor ary alleviation of the demaud for money in Wall street after the 1st of January. Many letters have been received here uring tiie past week making inquiries as to the amount of money which would be released by the Treasury at tbe beginning of the new year. Requests have also been made that the department anticipate tbe payment of the January interest, so that the temporary stringency of the money market wcyild be relieved: Secretary Sherman has oi late shown a reluctance to comply with the requests made by Wall-street operators, as tta Inevitable effect of bis action would be to either de press or elevate stocks. On tta 1st of January about $1,092,000 will be paid for interest on the Pacific Railroad bonds, $7,384,445 interest on the 4 - per cent, bonds, and abont $0,000,000 interest on the 0 per cents. Besides, there are $10,- 000,000 of bonds of the issue of Febuary 8, 1861, falling due December 81st, which will be paid as rapidly aa presented. If the bondholders come to tta front with alacrity about $25,000,000 wilt flow into public channels at the beginuing of tta new year. Virginia figured once ns the “Mother of States and statesmen.” Now she is set down as the mother of Ohio and tbe grandmother of politicians and office- olders. Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria is so gallent and devoted to Lis betrothed Stephanie, of Belgium, tbat he sends her a magnificent bouquet every day, no mat ter where be may be. “GemTjrx,” said tbe old man, “re member dat it am uot aafe to form an opinyun on a stranger by de size of hi* moafor de number of mules in de bam by looking at de stable door.” Senator Carpenter’s witticism on Robeson, while it is not quite fair, is too good to be forgotten. “He is,” said Car penter on one occasion, “a great constitu tional lawyer among sailors, and a great sailor among constitutional lawyers.” The health ofthe Pope is said to ha far from good. He proteats that be is not ill, but after any continued mental labor he Is obliged to keep bis bed, and some weeks he does not leave the Vatlj can for days together. They were walking by tbe seaside, and he sighed and she sighed; and she was by his side, aud he by her side, and they were beside themselves, besides being at tbe seaside, wliere she sighed and lia sighed. A New York paper says that although it is supposed tbat imprisonment for debt has been abolished in tbat State, there are at this time a large number of persons in prison in tbe city of New York for debt. A New York book-trader in London has been causing a commotion among the London publishers by selling an American reprint of “Endymion” at tbs price of ten pence. The price charged by English publishers is thirty-one shillings. Senator Mahoxk, says the Tribune, does not talk much, but his friends appear to feel bound to make up for his reticence by talking a great deal about him. One of them says if the Republicans will sus tain him he will drive the wedge that will split tta Solid South. Let him get his maul ready. That was a witty man who. being de talned by a snow blockade, peuned a dis patch which ran thus: “My dear sir, I have every motive for visiting you except a locomotive.” So was the other who in similar circumstances telegraphed to his firm in New York: “I shall not ta in the office to-day, as I have not got home yes terday yet.” Alt. IT ATT. TO Florida OlTAXGE8.-» One of the sweetest Issues of the rebellion, tays the Newark (N. J.) Advertiser, was tbe giving of tbat long sandy peninsula to freedom and to the orange grove. From the headwaters ofthe St. Johns, down to the romantic hanks of the Okiawaha, circling tbe silver lakes skimmed by tbe heron and peopled by the alligator, crown ing the hills and stretching out over the plains, do we find this golden fruit nest ling amidst its herbage of velvety green. And if, as no one denies, the orange is the king of fruits, neither can it be denied tbat tbe Florida is the king of oranges. It sheds lustre upon the finest table, the eyes of children spaikle as they see it, ltt juice is nectar, they coo! tho blood, quench fever in the veins and add piquan cy to the feast. Florida should be the pet of the Union, for the glow of the color and the warmth of its landscape comes to us when tlie storm rages and the cutting blasts of winter chill us to the marrow. The British Government solved the qululne problem iu 1861 as lar as India is concerned by setting out tho cinchona tree la the Neligherry hills of India and in Ceylon. This Is done with such care ahd in such numbers that last summer the Indian journals reported “millions of cinchona trees already yielding the Peru vian hark were in healthy growth: The price <>f quinine has already fallen in Ceylon from 50 to 70 cents per ounce.” Indian fanners prophesy that in six or seven years tbe yield In bark will be large enough to admit of exportation. In the meantime the fall in the price has brought it within tbe reach of millions of the poorer classes who have ncrer heretofore been able to buy it. It is urged that as soon as India can export quinine it will largely Bupply the present demand for opium and posh that drug out ot tho mar ket. The English press rejoice that Great Britain can “replace tbo poisonous drug in her exports to China by one so benefi cent in its effects.” England, as we ail know, has persisted for years in thrusting the drug into China which she knew was causing the physical and moral death of a majority of its people, against the earnest protest of tta Chinese Government. And we should be at a less to understand her sudden awakening to conscientious scru ples if the reason was not given. Quin ine will prove a much-more profitable ex port than opium. In the meantime, why should not tbe cultivation of tbe cinchona tree be attempted in our own Southern States? It is tbe more probable that it would succeed, as an inferior species of the tree is already indigenous iu Georgia and the upper part of the oilier Gulf States. _ Rev. Mr. Clisby was in Vineville Sunday night, ready to preach, but the weather, after nightfall, was so inclem ent, tbat it was thought tatter uot to make the attempt to call out a congrega tion. Will Go It Alone.—Foster, of Oliity having retired from tta Senatorial con test in Ohio, John Sherman will go it alone. But how far be will go without »- collision with Conkling is doubtful. A Bequest to Vanderbilt Uxiveb- Birr.—The will of Mrs. Maggie Embry, which was admitted to probate on the 15th instant, gives $200,000 in Louisville and Nashville railroad stock to the Van derbilt University at Nashville. • jtstksM CsuwO. A well known merchant of Hauover, N. H., whose wife had ions been afflicted with asthma aent for the Compound Oxy gen treatment. After using it a little over a month ta wrote: “I thought I would write and tell you ofthe wonderful effect of Compound Oxygen. My wife was very tick woman, coughing incessantly ail day and nearly all Bight. Could get no rest at night unless sba used chloro form and alcohol, or 'chloral. Her suf- forings during the asthmatic attacks were dlWressing la the extreme. Now has no cough and no appearance of asthma; is able to do considerable work, aud we be lieve that when two month* expire site will The railroad kino, Jay Gonid, is „ „ said now to control ten thousand mUreof i fellfoformstion,sent railway in tta United States, or about gtarkey A Fatal, 1109 and one-ninth of tta sum total. lUi Girard street, j&Uedtdpbia, Pa.