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(Sjeucgia Hfejeklg arift Jmurtroi & Messa^tig^c, €riegrajilj nub Ifitgstngtr FRIDAY, DECEMBER, 31,1880. Sen the sub- fol- En- 840 English immigrants recently aembied at New Philadelphia, Texas, adopted an address setting forth their general satisfaction with their new homes and recommending others to follow them Governed Foster withdraws from the Ohio Senatorial race. This, says the Globe-Democrat, scales two things—that Joi n Sherman will be elected to the “ ate and that Foster will he one of three or four Ohio men in the Cabinet. The World’s Exposition needs a script ion from Vanderbilt in behalf of the New Yoik Central Road of $2,500,000, and it is whispered In his ear that Tom SooU. subscribed $1,000,000 to the tenuis!, and got the money back many times over in enlarged traffic. The Chicago Times propounds the lowing question: “If Mr. Wm. U. ' glisiqof Indiana, were vice-president-elect, ■ > W ouid the Republicans in Congress be striving for the establishment of tbo the ory that tlte vice-president, and the vice- preeideul only, can ascertain and declare the result of tlie electoral vote?” Tub stalwarts are deeply chagrined over the results oi the third census that they induced the President to order South Carolina. The accuracy of the first enumeration is fully established, and the inaccuracy of tiie census ol 18V0 made very manifest. It is a fortunate thing that an honest man like General Walker lias been at the head of the Cen sus Bureau. In these nights of bitter cold it will not bo amiss to remind the poor that two , or three newspapers pasted together will afford as much warmth as an additional blanket. The pa;>er should be placed be tween two thicknesses of other covering. Paper coverlets are now manufactured I England seven feet by five, and sold thirty cents each. They have been use iu China and Japan for thousands years. The Charleston Hews and Courier says: “The corn, cotton and rice crops of eastern North Carolina have been un usually large this year, and the farmers of that section arc reported to be in good financial circumstances. There are large quantities of cotton at various points •waiUng shipment to market. In Hyde county about one hundred aud fifty thousand bushels of rice have been raised the present year, tho greater portion of which lias been sold in Charleston, Miss Martha Terane, of Eacken- sack, X. J., undertook to imitate tiie ex ample of Dr. -Tanner, but unlike the doc tor she has not demonstrated her ability to exist without food, as after fasting seven weeks she quietly expired. It is asserted by her attendants that during that long period she only swallowed a little water, all efforts to induce her to accept food having failed. Miss Tcliane was 53 years of age, and had long been regarded as ecceulric to a degree Uorder- ng ou insanity. Senator Butler is reported as talk ing as follows to a newspaper correspon dent: “I tell you, sir,” said lie, “it is no longer a question of policy with us. Wc simply have one proposition 6taring us in the face, and it is well that the people of the North should understand it. We are resolved that the illiterate lower classes of our 8! ate shall not rule. We have had all the experiments in that direction that we propose to have, and wo intend to use every means, fair or otherwise, to prevent such rule.” New England, says the Boston Her ald, has always been interested iu State rights, aud will always defend them when assailed. Temporarily it was tamed •side by the extreme assumptions of State sovereignty which led to the war, but that episode being over, the IJerald looks to see its section return to wbat it calls the correct principlo under tho constitu tion. It recognizes the strength of the nationalistic piindpal in the young and growing West, aud says it is not impossi ble that the East and South may yet stand shoulder to shoulder in the defense of State rights against the WestT Senator Jones, the energetic, self- made man from Florida, said to Mr. Heniy Watterson: “Wo have not the material wealth that wo had before the war, but in my opinion, children now living will see the South far wealthier •nd more Independent than it ever was. Not even tho recuperative powers of •France, after the German war, have sur passed the energy aud spirit of tiie Sonth ■luce her people have had control of their own affairs. My life has been spent in the South. I know what it was in the past, and I do not think I- exaggerate re garding the future. Alter the passions of the war have passed away, and a wise governmental policy is adopted, we shall soon have all the prosperity we desire.” Georgia, says the Globe-Democrat, lias a Railway Commission, and the gen tlemen composing It seem to be impressed with tiio lel.ef that they must perform their lawful duties even at tbo awful risk of offending the railway managers. A Jew weeks ago the Commissioners noti fied the corporations that no freight block ade must lie permitted on their roads In consequence of any pooling arrangements made between the mmagers. Until this notice was served upon them the roads Were blocked by freight which had been “allotted” to the various lines forming the pool, but now no more complaint is made. Since then tho Commission have notified the roads that alter February 1 they will lie restricted to 3 cents per mile for each passenger carried. This is a very heavy reduction iu rates, the present tariiTbeing 5 cents per mile, and the railway mana gers are making a loud cry against Slate suit- rvislon. There u no doubt that 3 cents per mile is ample to pay for carry ing • passenger over any railway iu this country. Tiie roads running between St. Louis and Chicsgo have been carry ing passengers for less than one-third of 1 cent per mile for the last two months, and their officers boast that they never before found passenger traffic so prol if able. Tho “Potter law” in Wisconsin reduced tiie 'passenger tariff on all first- clnaa roads to 3 cents per mile, and It has. ucrcr been raised since. The Georgia ct.ut.iplc might be followed to good effect io :i.auy other States. A Wicked Piilsecutio:;.—Tbe on* -'au-sht r.pontbo Jews in Germany now - „ Mints to a suppression of their liberty, ,.ul tiie utter destruction of the civil lights of that ancient people. Think of ■udi* spec act tin the present advanced of progress? It is a shame tnd dls- ;»co to civilization. The Flight of Time. .. The recurrence of tiie holidays which come with the expiring year impress all, particularly the elders, with the rapidity of Time’s flight. The year I860 has gone with railway speed. It Is fifteen years (hair a generation) since the close of the civil war, with all its distressing reminis cences; and though one would Imagine that tho vexations and distresses of tho Southern people within that period would have made the years long, as well as weary, yet, looking back, they ssem to have passed as a dream. Tho lads of that peilod are now men in middle life, with families, and tho lasso3 are beginning to look for gray hairs. A few more years, and most of the actors in that sad drama will have disappeared beneath the sod. We can all remember the lime when the poetical similes of Scripture about the brevity of human life seemed strained ahd hyperbolical. With, perhaps, half a cen tury before us, wo could not realize that life was but a dream—a light, fleeting sum mer cloud—a biado of grass,- or a frail flower; but as wo progress in the journey and look back, wo see tho forco and apt ness of these comparisons, and the most ancient patriarch, reviewing his career, is ready to admit that his days have' been “few, - ” and their memory is that of a hur ried flight. Says an old friend, jast so soon as man gains wisdom enough to live his life is gone. He is only waiting the summons to another sphere of existence; and this is the practical sum of divine teaching, though we arc slow to accept it in youth Says another, in the eighties, a few weeks before he expired, “My life has been a sad failure,” and yet tiie tnan had ac quired considerable wealth—enjoyed good reputation, li&d reared a family re spectably, and was an acceptable member of the church! All lives are “failures” in the light he viewed matters—i. e., in the conception of what it was possible to at tain, and those conceptions relating main ly to moral achievements and enjoyments measured by a true standard. And undoubtedly tbo most entire and absolute failure is that cf the man who devotes himself exclusively to what goes by the name of success, however great may be his achievements ; for the failure is perfect when his cold and - nerveless fingers lose their grasp npon his winnings The memory of one good, unselfish deed (what Christ compares to a cup of cold water) is then worth more than tiie most splendid achievement in money-getting Ideas like these are always embodied in Christmas holiday tales, and yet no man can deny their absolute truth and justice, however he may fail to give them practi cal force and eflect in his daily life. Tiie great lesson of Christmas is unsel fishness. Once in the year the voice of Time reminds us of Ins approaching close, and invites, us to suspend the constant pur. suit of personal ends aud think of what we have done and can do for others. This is the Scriptural measure of worldly sue. cess or defeat, for what we have done for others constitutes tiie only investment which we can carry beyond the boundaries of time. Admonitory. Let Us Make Haste Slowly With that Capitol Building. That costly but frail monument of the extravagance and folly of tiie great com monwealth of New York, the State capi- tol at Albany, has already had expended u;>on it $10,000,000, and large sums will still be required for its completion. But the worst part of the affair is the fact that the heavy ceiling of one of the Legislative chambers is commencing to give way, and there are grave apprehensions for the safety of the eutire building. Very pos sibly it will bave to be taken down and built over anew. The Commercial Bulle tin, speaking of this, sensibly remarks that, “until we change our meihods, all such public works will be, as heretofore, undertaken chiefly for the purpose of en abling the politicians to provide their friends with tat jobs at the expense of the taxpayers, who arc expected to be recon ciled to the mulct by having-their pride if not their taste gratified by the tawdry im itation of the architecture of imperial Rome. The remedy is to have the eutire work done in an ordinary business-like way, by private contract to the lowest bidder. We have been assured that our county court house on this plan could have been constructed for $2,000,000; and it is fair to infer therefore that, following the same plan, the new capitol could be built at a corresponding reduction. Just now no human being can tell what the final cost will be.” The court house which our New York contemporary says could have been erect ed for $2,000,000, actually cost $12,000,- 000; but then that was In the palmy days of “Boss Tweed,•* that prince of thieves. We have no idea that the virtuous au thorities and contractors in Georgia who will bave charge of the building of the new state house, would be guilty of any sucli enormities. But then it has at length grown into an apothegm, that ev erything that can be made ont of the State or United States governments is perfectly fair and legitimate. Hence, if in the pro tracted process of erecting this palatial abode for the people’s representatives, tho prices of material and labor, seem to be abnormal, it will not be surprising. “Un cle Sam” and tho Empire State have both been ever subjected to the Sangrado prac tice of depletion. And no stigma seem^to attach to this treatment. Speaking seriously, however, we trust the moral of capitol-buildiug in the States of Tennessee, South Carolina and New York, will not be lost upon the General Assembly of Georgia. Let the State first pay her debts before embarking in any such grandiloquent enterprise, and then vote money charily for that purpose, boid- ig to tiie strictest account those charged wiLli its disbursement. Much cau be done within herself through the aid of the pen itentiary convicts, who could be employed in making brick, quarrying rock from Stone Mountain, digging the founda tions, mixing mortar, and as hod carriers while tho work is In progress. In due lime we wish to see a conven ient aud even magnificent capitol build- erected, but let it be done at the least possible cost, and not until the common wealth, with justice to her taxpayers, can afford to undertake the task. Better Time* Ahead. Senator Jones, of Florida, anticipates a rapid upward progress in Southern for tunes in the near future, and be Is right, because the Southern States possess great natural resources, and the Southern people have sense, Intelligence and energy enough to learn how to use them to an advantage. These make up the condi tions of success in the long run, and though failure may harass for a time, yet circumstances gradually shape the character and pursuits of any people. “Ex perience teaches,” says the proverb, aud It Is teaching our people rapidly. They are better farmers and better economists than tLey used to be, and no man doubts that skillful and industrious larmingin Georgia is a sure road to gain. Thus, with a great staple and gainful Industry, which is competent to employ and reward all our labor, it would be silly to doubt the growth of tiro wholo State In wealth and comfort. It is as sure as crops. But Georgia is still much in the condi tion of a youth without capital, aud there fore labor is, to large extent,wielded disad- vantageonsly, and acquisition is compara tively slow. When accumulations reach the point of seeking investment, and money becomes easy, progress will be far more rapid. We cau see that the beginning ol this stage of progress has been reached. Almost all neighborhoods and towns in Georgia arc looking about for mechanical investments, and the uniform success of those already made will develop these enterprises rapidly. It will not be many years before Georgia will spin the bulk of her cotton, as well as grow it,and be busy with every manufacturing industry sug gested by the situation. Thus, when her earnings as well as her labor are profita bly employed, progress will be more sen sibly accelerated. The cotton crop of Georgia is now excelled only by that of Texas, with her vast area of rich and vir gin soil. Tills shows that our farmers are well up to their work. The Bailroad Commission. More Corn Sugar, alias Glucose.— A movement to establish acorn-sugar fac tory in Fort Scott, Kan., was brought be fore the Board of Trade, and resulted in committee being appointed to wait upon the business men of the city relative to the same. Already the sum of $251,000 S™ 1 tliat *"** .f) 1 f*. j* vert - tiu hp*>n nlfdf.-fMlfnwaT.il nnn*liBainiT«fni>L' I ed. ’ i , , *** “ “Orr, Mister!” said an old lady after a bicycle had passed berg just now I The Big Trial, Began to Test its Constitutionality. The following from the Constitution will be read with interest by all the peo ple of Georgia: Tho celebrated suit instituted to test the validity of tiie bill creating the Georgia Railroad Commission, is being discussed before Judge W. B. Woods, of the United States Circuit Court, in this city. The suit is at the instance of Mr. George H. Tilley, who is the secretary of the South ern Express Company. He brings suit as a foreign stockholder in tiie Savannah, Florida aud Western Railway Company, formerly tiie Albany and Gulf railroad and the till filed by his attorneys wil bring the validity of the law creating the board before the court. This bill has been filed for some time, and has been de layed for one cause or auolher until now. It was thought at one time that the bill would not be pressed, but it is said that tiie railroads have delermiuod to press the suit vigorously since the commission has takeu steps recently to reduce passen ger fares. Mr. Tilley’s bill is to restrain tiie Sa vannah, Florida and Western railway from carrying into eflect the rates fixed by the commissioners for freight and passen gers. But little was done yesterday ex- cept reading the affidavits of Mr. U. S. Haines, general manager oflhc Savannah Florida and Western railway, and Col, Charles II. Phiuizy,president of tiie Geor gia railroad, and others on the part of the complainants. . Tiie argument will commence in good earnest lo-day, and will bo very interest ing and learned. - . Able attorneys are engaged all around, Almost all tiie railroads iu the State have attorneys loosing ou if not participating in the trial. Judge W. S. Chisholm, of Sa vannah, represents the Savannah, Florida and Western railway. Hon. Clifford An derson, attorney-geueral; Robert Toombs and Messrs. Mynatt and Howell represent tiie State ami Railroad Commissioners. Col. H. S. Haines and Captain Harnee, General Lawton and several important railroad officials arc in attendance on the trial. This suit-does not call in question the powers of the commissioners as recited under the act of the Legislature, but the constitutionality of the act itself. There are divers opinions on tho subject. Speak ing for himself, the writer, though em pliatically opposed to local discrimina tions in freights and fares, and believing tiiat the several railroads should be re quired to abstain from all such invidious regulations, yet believes that the present act needs to be materially modified. The power granted to the commission is with out parallel in the legislation of the State, aud cannot safely he conceded to any committee of citizens. Not that wo be lieve that the present commissioners have Intentionally abused tho trusts confided to them. On the contrary, tbev have ex hibited a most placable and accommodat ing spirit, and whenever convinced that their rultogs wrought injury to anyroad, after a patient bearing, have promptly re considered their action. But.it is not with in the purview or ability of any three men to devise a system of freights and regulations which can be made to apply with • equal justice and propriety to fifty railroad en terprises, each one differing from the other in original. cost, running expenses, length and volume of business. The task simply impossible; though, perhaps, Messrs. Smith, Wallace and Barnett come near performing their whole duty 'could any other three men in Georgia. The act, however, requires to be amended so that these extraordinary powers, which fa other hands might be sadly abused, may be curtailed, and tbe commission converted into a board of arbitration or appeal for the adjustment of all questions in dispute between the various railroads or the individuals who do business with them. We repeat, however, that all un just local discriminations in freights or passenger fares should be legally inter dicted. Matters Getting Worse in Ire* land.—A London dispatch dated De cember 19th, says: A Land League meet ing was held at Mullingar, Couuty West Meath,to-day. Ten thousand persons were present. The town was decorated with flags. A mob of 2000 persons at- temptedon Saturday to wreck the resi dence of Mr. Downing, a justice of tho peace, at Bonniconlan, County Mayo, af ter ho had served writs of ejectment on some tenants. The police kept tho peo- >le back at the point of tho bayonet. Mr. downing escaped on a car to Balllna,' where he took the train for Dublin. The police now occupy his residence. At a meeting of the Privy Council di rections were given to prohibit all Land League meetings in Queen’s county; Cavalry and infantry numbering 800 men and 700 soldiers stationed at Cur* ragh bave been sent to Queen’s county. Consequently the projected meeting at Cullolilil has not been held. y. Events seem to be rapidly culminating to a terrible outbreak in Ireland. ■» God Panama CanaL Paris, December 19,1880.—The shares of tbe Panama canal have been token up almost entirely in France. French finan ciers couslder that the immediate success of tbe scheme is now assured. One house alone is said to have taken nearly 100,000 shares. BARON KBLANOER’S VIEWS. A Herald correspondent has had an in terview with Baron Erlanger, who is well known in the French financial world, and thus reports their conversation ou the is sue of Panama stock. Correspondent—You are not yourself specially interested in the scheme, I be lieve ? M. Erlanger—No more than the hank ing world in general. Correspondent—How do explain the revulsion of feeling in a thls country with regard to the canal? M. Erlanger—It is hard to answer the question. Much is no doubt due to the personal efforts of M. de Lesseps. People are subscribing hero because they have faith in the man. Correspondent—Has not an immense sum been spent in advertising the scheme? M. Erlanger—Two millions of francs, quite. Correspondent—You arc aware that the American press is vigorously opposing tbe enterprise ? M. Erlanger—The opposition of Amer icans would probably be. au additional in ducement to French people to support the venture. They would consider it pa triotic to push it through. Correspondent— You believe tu the practicability of the undertaking? M. Erlanger—Certainly. It is a mere question of time and money. The Amer icans liavo done more difficult things themselves. Correspondent — And you think the Panama scheme will eventually pay as well as the Suez? M. Erlanger—In time, I dare say; but it will be fully eight or ten years before the canal will bo finished; so subscribers may have to bo patient. Correspondent—Are you of opinion that the cost of the canal will be kept within the limits of I lie official estimates? M. Erlanger—It will doubtless exceed the estimates. Correspondent—Evidently you liavo no fear the Americans will ever attempt to construct a rival Nicaragua canal ? M. Erlanger—Oh no. They are too practical for financial romancing of that sort. The best thing they could do would be to keep quiet and let mattere take their course. They havo nothing to lose by it and-their hostility is rea'ly unintelligible. has been pledged toward purchasing stock, and its establishment is now a certain thing. Negotiations regarding an exten slve tannery and glucose factory are in rapid development. Good Fannins'. A merchant in Tallahassee writes to the Floridian that a customer of his, from two-mule farm, has harvested the follow ing products the present year: Twenty-two bales of cotton, weighing 11,000 ponnils; 500 bushels corn, 5,000 pounds fodder, 500 bushels sweet potatoes, 200 gallons syrup, 100 bushels gronm. peas; which, sold at cash prices to-day, will yield the nice sum of $1,597.50. The estimate of money yield is, at valae of to-day, as follows: 11,000 pounds cotton at 9c. per pound - - - $ 990 00 500 bushels corn at 50c. per bushel - - - 5,000 pounds of fodder at 75c. hundred pounds - t 500 bushels sweet potatoes at 30c. perbustiel - 200 gallons syrup at 35c. per gallon - - 100 bushels ground peas at $1.00 per bushel - 100 00 250 00 37 60 150 00 70 00 $1,597 50 I see no objection to giving tho name of this farmer. His name is N. M. Isler. Mr. Isler docs not claim his land to be better than the average lauds of this county. A Blast for Atlanta. In one of his recent letters to tiie Phila- peiphia Times, its editor, Colonel Mc Clure, makes the following mention of Georgia’s capital: Tho influence of Atlanta upon Georgia and upon the whole South is incalculable. Already it has revolutionized Georgia. It lia3 not been done by Atlanta verdicts at tiie polls so much as by tiie advanced leadership that pours out its live currents in every direction. There are Confeder ate fossils here as elsewhere in tho South, but their wails fall upon heedless ears; there are placemen who flaunt the Re publican flag bearing the skull and cross- bones of sectionalism, but there are many reputable businessmen of tho Republican faith who will one day reach a better domination for tiie party, and there ore many thriftless uegroes who steal and sell their votes to both sides, and cheat all around in every election contest, but there are solid colored men in trade, and tiie colored college keeps abreast with the white university in the higher education of the black man. Hero are tho most ad vanced leaders of tho whole South, Gov ernor Coiqnitt, Senators Brown and Hill, ex-Senator Gordon, Mayor Calhoun, May or-elect English, Editor Grady, of the Constitution, and ascorc of others of less prominence before the public, but not less earnest and but little less useful in the progressive culture of tiie South, all have their homes in Atlanta, and they are felt in every precinct of Georgia, anu tho tide of progress cannot be swelling up hero in the centre of the South, without overflow ing and finding its outlet into ail the sur rounding States. Can Horses go Unshod Over Hard and Stony Roads ?—That seems to be a question nccissanly raised by the fol lowing : Sir George W. Cox calculates that the English custom of horsu-slioeing costs the nation every year on an average nearly i!9,000,000 in hard cash, every penny of which might be saved if horses were allowed to go unshod. Quoting an imposing array of authorities from Xeno phon, whose unshod cavalry “marched from Cunaxa over the Armenian high lands to tbe walls of Trebizond,” down to tbe “Free Lances” of the present day, Sir George Cox contends that it is safer, cheaper and in every way better to let horses go unshod over the hardest roads— especially over the slippery asphalt of London streets. Two millions and a quar ter per annum would then be saved in farriers’ bills alone; but this is only I fractional part of the money which would be saved by the trebling or the duration of equine existence. Horses ' which are now used up when twelvo years of age would, he contends, last fourteen years longer if they were not shod, and the val ue of this prolongation of the working life of a horse be estimates at £ 135,000,(W0 in twenty-one years or nearly X0,500,000 per annum. Slr'George ruins his case by overstating it. If he really believes that, Tor instance, a cab-horse if unshod would be able to work twenty-throe years instead of the nine which now suffice to wear It out, lie will probably not find a single practical man to share his opinion. A Touching Scene.—When a body of expatriated Capuchins left Nantes a few weeks ago, an enthusiastic crowd of sym pathizers awaited their embarkation. When tho tide served the vessel weighed anchor, and a flag was hoisted with tiie legends, “Ffeent ten Capuchins! Vice la Liberie /” A touching scene took place before the exiled priests went on board. When the Vicar arrived at the quay a ven erable man threw himself at his feet and attempted to kiss the hem of bis garment, asking his blessing. With deep emotion in his voico tho Superior sadly said, “I have not the right to bless you now,” but urged by bis fneudt, he raised his hands and pronounced the sacred formula over the heads of the assembled multitude, and, amidst the sobs of toe sorrowinu friends, resumed his road to exile. seed a wagon*wh*«l mania’ away with a man. You kin believe it or not. I wouldn’t if I hadn’t seed It myself.” Edwin Forkeht Is said to have ha I tbe snoot sonorous and powerful voice of any actor known in all the tide of time.' He could be heard distinctly iu tiie largest theatre when he spoke in ordinary tones, but when he did inflate bis lungs and let himself out, he was a perfect Stentor, aud no mistake. SALT LAKE. Wbat the Hanna Think or the President’s Message. Mr. James R. Jackson, a resident of Balt Lake City, was interviewed at the Lindell Hotel yesterday by a Globe-Dem ocrat reporter, relative to tiie tone of pub lic sentiment in Utah in regard to Presi dent Hayes’ suggestions in bis message concerning tbe abolitiou of polygamy and the disqualification of Mormons as jurors. Mr. Jackson is a gentile, but does not look upon the disqualification suggestion with much favor. He stated that polygamy was on the decline in Utah, and that but very few polygamous marriages occurred, that there was a strong 'faction in the Mormon church that opposed it, and that that clement was fast getting in the as cendancy. “Do you think that suggesMon will be carried into effect?” asked the reporter. “I would not be surprised if ft was,” said Mr. Jackson; “there are a set of gentile lanatics In Utah who are using their utmost endeavors to get up a rupture between tho Mormons and tho govern ment, and they thiuk if the Mormons can bo induced to commit some overt act- such as forcible resistance to tho govern- mentr—the government would drive them from the territory and these gentiles would take possession of their property. That is about the foundation of the whole busi ness.” “What is the relative proportion of tho Mormon and gentile population?” “The Mormons constitute about eleven- twelfths of tho population.” “Is there any conflict of interests be tween the Mormons and gentiles ?” “Not in a geueral sense. Owing to the officious couduct of a few gentiles, Mor mon patronage is generally confined to Mormons, but there are some Gentile es tablishments that are doing a large busi ness. If a gentile goes to Salt Lake City and attends to his business and does not act as if no thought no one was entitled to an opinion but liiinseif, lie can do well.” Mr. Jackson does not think the Mor mons can ever again bo forced into con filet with the constituted authorities, al though there was a strong and deep feel ing among them against the policy of the government iu the Territory. He says tiie Mormons, as a clas3, are thrifty and well fixed financially, As they live upon the communistic theory—each Individual contributing so much to a general fund, which is distributed to tho most needy— want and destitution is unknown among them. There is a large storehouse in Salt Lake City in which is enough provisions to last tbe Mormon in habitants one year; this storehouse is kept full, iu anticipation of famiue or short crops. Referring to the Mormon temple in course of erection at Salt Lake City, he said if it was completed iu accordance witli its proportions and de signs it would be one of tbo largest build ings in tiie world, but ho did not believe it would be finished within the next twenty years. Mr. Jackson thinks the Church of the Mormons, with all of its delusions, is fixture in the ecclesiastical world for tho present decade at least, and, as it is con tinually augmenting its strength; no hu man agency can foretell its final col lapse. The Cultivation of the Cinchona Tree. It Should Be Encouraged by the Government. This wonderful production of nature, • Fire in Cotton Gins. An Albany (Georgia) correspondent of the New York Commercial Bulletin writes an interesting aud valuable letter on the subject of fires in cotton gius, which are Another Chilian Battle and Advance. A recent Panama dispatch says: Tho long-expected Chilian advance on Lima is at last an actuality. On Novem ber 10th eighteen vessels, all war vessels or armed transports, except four sailin'; vessels, winch were towed, appeared off Pisco. The Angatna and two other ves sels steamed into the harbor, tbe former approaching the mole as closely as possi ble, and seut an officer ashore, who de manded the surrender of the place anil was refused. Fire was at once opened from the three ships, and was returned by the Peruvian forces on shore. These were only one thousand two hundred inen t commanded by Col. Zamudi. The landing' at Pisco was resisted so hotly tliat most of the Chilians landed at I’aracas, about ten miles off, and Immediately marched on Pisco, almost surrounding Zamudi’s small force. Tliat officer, hopeless of further defense without tiie sacrifice of his entire force, retired, aft.'r blowing up the shore section of tbe wharf and destroying other property to prevent its falliug into Chilian liauds. The rolling stock of the Pisco railroad was burned, a severe loss to the English bondholders. Tiie Peru vian loss in the fight is placed at 150 men and tiie Chilian thrice that number. Tiie Chilian force landed consisted of the Second and Fourth Regiments of 1,200 men each; the Coquimbo, Talco, Coicliaqua, Cbabuco and Atacama Regiments of 1,200 men each; the naval brigade, of 900 and 800 artillery and cavalry, mak ing in all 10,000 men. Tiie transports, Laving lauded tho troops, returned to Ar- ica for further reinforcements, which will bo landed nearer Lima, probably at Cerro Azul, and thence move on the capital. Pisco is 126 miles from Lima and 70 miles from Cerro Azul. Tiie force landed at Pisco will probably destroy all towns in the Yea Valley and then enter the Cauclo Valley,which they will perhaps make their base of operations. Tiie march to Lima will be resisted step by step. To this end three divisions left Lima on the night of the 19th. They have with them 85 pieces of artillery. How to Get Elected.—Election by the free choice of tiie people is getting to be a tiling of the past. A correspondent of the Nation, for instance, relating how elections are carried in New York in tho counties between Saratoga and the city, says: “A candidate who will not contribute handsomely In all ordinary circumstances might as well withdraw- at once, if the candidate pitted against them will. No one but a rich man or a man with rich friends, or backed by a pecuniary interest that will furnish him $5,000 to $25,000, can run for legislative office with much ex pectation-of success if there is a serious con- test; and this fact is recognized as axio matic with nominating conventions gov erning botii parties in this section of the State. In the community where I live tiie purchasable vote is put at SQQ out of a total x»ll of 2,300 by the best informed men of jotii parties, and tiie amount expended at tbe last election as $S,000 by those who ought to know and whose figures arc the lowest of any. Each party vies with the other in this business, and tiie only difler- ence is said to be that the Republicans cau buy the purchasable colored vote a little cheaper, aud the Democrats the pur chasable while vote. If *A. It.’ visits the eastern part of tho State ho will exclaim witli tho iQtiecn of Sheba, 'Behold, tho liflf waxqoV'told me.’^fc Moorish Table Manners.—Tea is quite a formidable meal. It is served by manservant. First tho teapot—or ket tle, if named after its shape—is filled witli green tea, sugar and water, iu sucli pro portions as to make a thick, sweet syrup, which is drunk without milk or cream. Then follows an infusiouof tea and spear mint. Yet another of tea and wormwood. Yet another of tea and lemon verbena. And yet another of tea with citron. On great occasions a sixth is added, of tea and ambergris. Nothing is eaten. Tim “weed” usually follows, but the Moof.' tlioueli a smoker, Is not an ‘-inveterate.” Dinner consists of various dishes of mutton, fish and fowls, ingeniously and artistically served in mixtures of pomades, soups, spices and qosmetlcs; so, at least, Englishmen declare who have liadj in courtesy, to swallow tho preparations. Knives, forks and spoons are dispensed with, i-erhaps despised. The company sit cross legged on the floor and gather round a central dish. At “In tiie name of God,-* which is tho brief grace pronounced by tho master of the house, tiie slave removes the cover from the smoking dish and mor sels ofiis contents, deftly rolled into con venient forms, are tossed, drippiug, into the mouth with a neatness truly wonder ful. Exact portions are picked from fowl and fish and mutton-chop ' bone without delay or effort. After the course, water id napkins arc brought round. Tho wadi over, another planaingof the .paws tho savory mess. . Incense if often burned., during dinner which fills tho larlment witli delicate aroma. Over890,000 oranges,.passed through Jacksonville to Eastern markets liy rail water on a single day last week. which furnishes the only drug that is a [ usually attributed to causes other than the certain specific against tiie ravages of mi- true ones. Tiie writer, being extensively larial fever, is now cultivated with signal engaged in the insurance of gin-housea success in India. Some or the English has made the question one of study and papers report the annual yield as reach- experiment. He says that from Septem ber 1st to November 20th forty gin-houses were burned iu Georgia, sixteen in Ala bama and five in Florida. He says tbo common idea that tbe cotton takes fire from friction between the saws and sand in tbe lint is erroneous, for it is not possi ble to get fire in that way. The common notion that the fire Is communicated by matches finding way accidentally to the gin from the cotton heap is unsound. Many experiments have been made to communicate fire to cotton In the glu in that way, with single matches and a box of matches at a time, but though tho com position would sometimes Ignite, the wind from the gin would blow out tho flame immediately. What are the main causes he lays down as follows: One of the principal causes of fires is the want of proper attention to the leveling and plumbing themandthen keeping them oiled properly. Last week a man was running his own gin, and finding it re quired more power than usual, he ex amined tbe bearings or journals and find ing them dry, poured oik on them; as they were very hot, the oil blazed up immedi ately, and caught the cotton so quick he bad to run tor his life. It is true this was very careless indeed, but it burned his gin-house. Since tiie introduction of steam, the velocity with which they are run often heats the bearings or journals, even when they are kept oiled properly. As soon as a gin gets out of plumb or uu- level, which U often the case, tbo fric tion Heats the boxes so that the oil in them burns up with a blaze as steam car Journal boxes do. A man living near here, who had his steam gin burned last week, told ino the oil on the bear ings of his gin had been ou fire threo times this season, but lie had always suc ceeded in putting it out until the last time, when it burned so quick that there was not time to stop it. He had kept a barrel and buckets of waters near the gin all tbe time. Last week I saw a gin ing the astounding figures of eight thou sand dollars per acre. A correspondent* of the Agricultural Department thinks this qnite possible in view of the fact, which the trade reports verify, that “the mossed barks bring os much as eight shil lings a pound in „ths Loudon market.” The same writer says: “I have observed that the cinchona region begins just about where the coffee climate ends.” It is a hardy tree that will flourish at great elevations, covering a climate of forty de grees variation. In the vicinity of Boga- ta, and indeed all portions of South Amer ica accessible to transportation, the cin chona has Ween so effectually exterminated by the improvidence of tlio3e who collect ed the bark, that it is difficult to obtain the sight of a single growing tree. The cinchona is not found farther South than the twentieth parallel of latitude. Humboldt suggested that its extension north must havo been limited by the lowness of the mountain range of tho isthmus. It ha3 been demonstrated however, in ludia, that its cultivation may be extended to the thirtieth degree of north latitude. It is successfully grown in the Pnnjaub, on the same parallel of latitude with New Mexico, Arizona and Southern California. Tiie cinchona loves a dry soil, but flourishes best in a moist climate where rains are frequent. We havo not tiie least doubt that it would thrive finely in Southern Georgia. In fact, there exists in that region in great abundance, a shrub closely resembling in appearance and medicinal qualities this invaluable tree. During tbe lato -war, Professor Joseph Jones, of the Medical College of Louisiana, then a sur geon in the Confederate army, experimen ted extensively with the bark of tills tree, which abounds in the “bays” and branches of the seaboard of Georgia, in bis treat ment of malarial fevers, aud with the most gratifying results. He even went so far as to have largo quantities of the bark collected for hospital purposes Should this indigenous plant, upon analysis, prove equal to the South Ameri can original, it would prove a blessing of untold value to tho residents of the chill and fever regions. Experience has shown that the bark of tho cultivated cinchona is far superior to that of tbe tree in a wild state. Also, that with care, the stripping of the bark need not endanger tiie life of tbe tree, slip Is taken off extending the whole length of the trunk and one-third of its circumference. The wound is then dress ed with straw matting and kept wet until tiie healing process is completed, and a new bark begins to form. Each year a fresh strip is peeled off, and the work of deple tion and recuperation continues pari passu. According to the report of the corre spondent of the Agricultural Department at Washington, a plantation of one hun dred acres of cinchona trees may be start ed at a total outlay of about one thousand dollars per acre. As the supply of bark is rapidly dimin ishing on account of the improvidence of those who procure it from the native tree, it is becoming painfully evident that, un less supplemented by artificial means, it must soon bo exhausted. It is said that whole districts are devastated every year, hundreds of thousands of trees being de stroyed, root and branch, while scarce ly any effort is made to replace them, Counterfeiting, which is the invariable concomitant of any valuable production or discovery, is also being resorted to ex tensively, and the market is flooded with Spurious barks, purporting to be tho genu inc cinchona. The only possible remedy in the prem ises is to make the cultivation of the cin chona tree a specialty in agriculture, and wherever it will thrivo on tho habitable globe there it should be planted for the “healing of the nations.” No danger that the supply will ever exceed tho demand Chills and levers with their baneful ef fects are prevalent In every climo and latitude,and quinino is tho only sure rem edy for them. Wo arc glad to setf, therefore, that sci entists and our own government, too, are becoming aroused to the importance ol not only perpetuating, but largely in creasing the production of the chiucboua tree. Should Congress sec fit to make an appropriation for tho importation of a ship-load of young plants for gratuitous distribution at tbe South, we are sure it would be generally approved, and might in a few years prove a very profitable source of revenue to the country, aside from tho sanitary blessings which would follow. As the matter now stands, the poor cannot afford the enormous prices asked for quinine, which tho lowering of the duty upon the crude bark does not seem in the least to havo diminished. D«ath of the Heraic Cmbv. The Courier-Journal says the fact is that the Southern cotton factories make cotton goods twenty per cent, cheaper than they can bo made in New England, and if the prohibitory tax on cotton ma chinery was removed cotton cloth could be manufactured cheaper than in England We would remind tho Philadelphia organ of spoliation (the Bulletin) that General Hawley, a Connecticut protectionist, has more than onco publicly declared that, if the heavy duties were taken off cotton goods, the New Englaud mills could even then undersell England, and we have been told by scores of protection organs dur ing tbe last two months that Now Eng land is “underselling tiie werld” in cotton goods. Tiie inference is very logical, therefore, that the South, which can man ufacture cottons cheaper than New Eng land (who can manufacture cottons cheap er than Old England) can also manufac ture cottons cheaper than old England. Wo rather think tiiat the Philadelphia or gan had better pause for refreshments and get up some better arguments for protec tion than it has heretofore given ns. A lady of Marianna, Fla., writes: “I applied to a physician here for a prescrip tion for sick lieAdaclie, with which I have been afflicted many years. He recom mended Tutt’s Pills. They acted like a charm. 1 can now attend lo my school itiiout any pain or Inconvenience. It is the host medicine I have ever taken. May on meet witli the reward you deserve.” Anna Jenkins. There is an extensive deposit of kaolin, t porcelain clay, in South Carolina, near tho Georgia city of Augusta, of tbo finest quality, equal to the ueroauds of a hun dred years. It is said to have been used adulterate flour, being soft, white and free from gravel. which was brought to this town for re pairs. The journal had wo|ii through the babbitt metal of which tho box was made, and worn an inch into tiie wood. . Now this journal was not only running two inches out of plumb, but running on pine wood, and it was only throuch the merest cliauca that it had not taken fire aud burned up. Then, another great cause of fire is the saws get out of plumb and strike the ribs so as to produce fire enough to burn a gin. Until steam power began to be used, such a thing as a gin being on fire wa3 rarely ever known, except incendiary lircs from dissatisfied laborers. In a few cases gins have been burned by sparks from engines. But as long as gins are run by steam power and tlicparty who is in charge of the ginning (usually an overseer on tho plantation and almost always some per son, while or colored, who has no Interest in the success of the place) has but little interest, you will hear of numerous fires, rt hen a new gin stand is put up by a man who is careful and understands his busi ness, there-is scarcely aDy danger at all for two years; at the end of that time the machinery often becomes worn (as the light sand in the cotton wears all parts of a gin very fast) and.out of plumb, and un level, and the danger from fire increases alarmingly. I charge $00 to insure a steam gin for $1,000 for six months in the running season, and it is very doubtful if any money can be made at that rate. Georgia. Sanding The Track, The 28th of last November will never be forgotten by the writer of this brief tribute to the memory of the brave engineer, who, on the morning of that day, near GriswoldvIHe, on the Cen tral railroad of Georgia, freely gave his own life that he might save the lives of others. The writer It ft S ivaunah the night of the 27th on the accommodation train from bavannah to Macon. In company with Col. Wadley, the distinguished president of the road, Cant. Raoul, ;ts vice-presi dent aud son-in-law of Col. Wadley, Mr. Wm. Wadley, a son of tbe latter, and Mr. Malt. Freeman, of Macon, who was in charge or two little children of Mr. x tiouias Thompson* And An elderly gentleman, and a young man whose name he does not know, the writer took a sleep ing car, his own berth being the last that was occupied and nearest to the end of the train. Nothing worthy of notice occurred dur ing the night. In the morning, as the wri ter lay in his berth, he was debating In his mind, when between Gordon and Grlswoldville, whether he should get up at once or wait—as had been his invaria ble custom—till tiie train passed the latter station. A sudden and uncontrollable impulse detegnined him to do the former. Accordingly lie aroso. In a few moments he was dressed; and no sooner was he dressed than lie left the sleeper and went forward—to-tiie smoking car. He was hardly seated in the latter when he was aware that the train was going at very off speed and evidently approaching a standstill. As no engineer’s whistle gave any signal to put on tho brakes, and as the writer knew that we were at least two or three miles from the next station, the movement of the train arrested his attention. It was soon explained. The accommodation train, on which we were, is a freight train with several passenger cars and a baggage car attached. The freight car had broken loose from the baggage and passenger cars. _ Tbo engine, still bearing the form er in its train, sped on its way to Gris- woldville, unconscious that it had left the latter behind. -How long the train was thus severed before it was known to any In the baggage or passenger cats, it is not in our power to say. Tliat something un usual had happened—that something was dreaded—we were not long in finding out. As our cars came very near lo a stand- gin still, I heard voices without, which How Much of the Public Domain Eemains Unoccupied. Interesting Statistics. The recent passage of the illiteracy bill in the United States Senate gives increased iutcrcst to the future disposition of the public lands of the country. According to the government surveys, there rernaiu open to sale aud settlement in the States of Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska and Colorado, 230,- 000,000 acres of wild land. Wyoming, New Mexico, Idaho, Dakota Utah and Montana will furnish 250,000,- 000 acres more fit for agricultural purposes. Then we have on tho Facliic slope, em bracing California, Oregon, Nevada, aud the Territories of Arizona and Washing ton, 250,000,000 acre3 of umurveyei land. Much of tills region, however, Is so broken by mountain ranges as to he adapted only to sheep-farming. In Texas there are no tab, tta grea Sule haviug ™ S.JlVVbb indicated that danger, perhaps, was apprehended. Two passengers in the car with me suddenly arose and disappeared. An impulse prompted me to go to the door and see what was the matter. Hearing a train rushing on I knew not whence it came. I jumped off and ran up an em bankment about four feet in height which happened to be on my side ot the track. Turning instantly what a sight met my eyes 1 Simultaneously with my turned look, an engine, dragging a long freight train behind it, came thundering along crashing into the sleeper, and crushing through the berth which I had so recently and providentially left. Hardly had this happened when lo, another freight train following close in the wake of its wrecked companion, telescoped In’o it, striking it just at tbe short aud sudden carve where the rear car of the train, which had teles coped into ours, had stopped. Here were three wrecked trains! But at what loss of limb and life! The latter was doubtless the intensely absorbing thought iu the minds of all who were saved. Besides a few bruises which one or two had received, it wan soon known that but one person was seriously btirt. In a few moments it was evident that tbe engineer of the first freight train was buried and had perished in the wreck. AU who could lend *a helping hand were soon busily employed in removing the debris of tho crashed sleeper. Col. Wadley never showed himself to better advantage. He bad escaped almost by a miracle. With noth ing on but his pantaloons, with suspenders hanging down, with head uncovered, be moved about superintending the work and applying his own hands to hasten it forward, forgetful of his recent lameness, and regardless of the bitter cold of one of tbe coldest mornings ever witnessed in our climate. Captain Raoul, just as he had escaped,in his night clothes, with only a loose coat thrown around hitn, and iu slippered feet, was equally prompt, seconding with a hearty will the orders of his chief. There was indeed not one on the three trains—notone of the passengers—who was not ready to do all in his power to rescue the missing en gineer,if rescue was possibly But,alas! all hope of rescue was in vain. The brave Crosby had fallen at his post, a noble martyr to his sense of duty. Not the sligliest blame, as we believe, attaches to any one of tho employes on the three trains. Tbo accident which brought on the catastrophe was unavoidable; and when it occurred, everything was done to make its effects less terrible. But no praise is comparable to that which de servedly attaches to tiie name of the engineer who lost his life. If it had wisely reserved, by tho terms of anuexa tion, every foot of her territory. Arkansas is the only one of tbe older States of the Union, save Florida, In which any consid erable bodies of public land still remain Innoccuplad. First and last, the government has been guilty of the folly of giving aicag, for rail and wagon road construction, tbe enor mous aiuonnt of 10S,105,704 acres of tbe public domain, of which those monster corporations, tbe Pacific railroads, gobble np no less than 135,000,000. The New York Bulletin publishes an interesting table showing tbo value of farm lands fn the United States, cleared and timbered, lor 1SS0, and tiie percentage of increase m one year. In this we find Georgia put down as follows: Average value of cleared land in 1SS0, per acre, $6.03; Average value of timber land, per acre, $5.45. Average increase in value of both classes per acre, 10 per cent. Tbe table gives an increased value for every State. For the whole country tho average is 8 per cent. The South Atlantic "States advance 0 per cent. Tiie aggregate shows an immense addition in value to the real estate of the Union. The SnowStorxi of Monday Night was very severe north of North Carolina, and the mails havo been impeded more or less since that, time. :: At Fredericksburg, Va., the snow-fall continued without in termission thirty-three hours, i.nd many trees were broken down with the weight of the deposit. It wa3 declared to be tho heaviest snow-fall known in Virginia for twenty-five years. In New Jersey the accumulation was at the rate of an inch an hour, and all the roads were blockaded and for a tiino impassable. At Long Branch there were drifts tenfeet in depth, and part of the great iron pier was de stroyed by ihe force of the sea. On Long Island the snow was fifteen inches deep on level. The storm throughout the Mid dle Atlantic States was very severe. Tbe Best New Tear's Gift For your friend is a ticket in tbe 27th Drawingof the old reliable Common wealth Distribution Co., which takes placoon the 31st Inst. It costs only $2 and may result iu a gift of $39,000. Send to R. M. Boardman. Louisville, Ky., for a ticket. _ _ ■ True—It is easy to understand why a f ood actress in % play morally bad will raw better than ap^oractrtlsaJn a m)ay morally good. But trhy a good actress in play morally good will not draw as well as a good actress in a play morally bad— in Boston, too—is a question which should be handled as gently as possible, unless one wishes to get himself disliked.—Bos ton Post. noble purpose to sacrifice his own life to save the lives of others—the loss of life, in all probability, must have been very great. The distance between the curve and the sleeping car was less than the length of his own train. As the conductor of tiie passenger train, who ran with all the speed be could to signal the danger, did not reach the carve before the approach ing freight train had arrived at it, tbe en- g lneer must have seen our train as soon as e saw the flag of tbe conductor. In a moment—in the twinkling of an eye—the intrepid Crosby blew ou brakes; in the next moment he reversed his engine and held it reversed; and to lessen tnt speed by making tiie friction greater, ho all tbe while kept sanding the track. The wooiFpasser and the firepnn, see ing that a collision was inevitable, that certain death awaited them if they re mained on the engine a moment longer, entreated the engineer to jnmp and save himself. But he turned a deaf ear to these appeals. The wood-passer ami fireman leaped from the engine and saved themselves from tho impending death. But the bold engineer nobly stuck to his engine, believing that every moment ho adhered to his purpose he was saving a human life. If be abandoned his eDgine, if he left off sanding the track, liis engine might go crashing through the entire pas senger train before it. But if be held on, he might save his engine; If not, he might so break the force of tbe rushiDg train as to save the lives of many, if not the lives of all on the passenger cars. If he had not dona what he did do, if he had not held to his engine and sanded the track to tbe lost, the destruction of limb and life must have been great. IBs engine must have made a perfect wreck of all the pas senger ear*'before It; tfic blow must bave been so sudden as to leave no possible es cape, at least for those in the unfortunate sleeper. At all eveuts the writer will go to his grave persuaded that the heroic and sdf-sacri- licing conduct of Sol. Crosby saved tbe life of Col. Wattley, the lives of Col. Wad- ley’s son aud son-in-law, the lives of tho passengers then on the sietq-er, and, per haps, the lives of others iu the other cars of the telescoped train. J| Such a death deserves a monument! Such a servant deserves tiie amplest reward. The heroic self-sacrifice of the brave eugincar should be so signally rewarded that every employe of the Central rail road may feel that he seiwes a company ' that knows how to appreciate and now to repay deeds of heroic dariug ;>er- fortned in its service. Let tho widow and the orphan children of the lostengineer be made the adopted wards of the company ! a marble column be reared to his memory, on which shall be written the inscription; “He Sanded His Track to the Java.” J. O. A. Clark. Macon, Ga., December 23, 1880. Charles Hartman, Ohio, says: I know it cured me, aud I hope others simi larly troubled with paiu in &e chest may be helped by Use “Only Lung Fad as I have. The foreign gossip* say that the match between Ashmead Bartlett and L*dy Burdeit-Courts is off.