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dtejjEgis* im& Jxmcnal & Me^sama^K. i3tf JTtUgrapU an« tHenseagw FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1882. Amum chums to bavo tho handsomest ■p« in the South. Every AUanta man me that to be a fact. BotW'. Small hns sold ont his interest fafaa Florida Union to his partner, H. B. McCollum. Where next, Sam? Oman Wilds might get him a good hand espm or a set of bagpipes and spend tho Manoo of the season in Georgia. jBlxw Yobs abandons her recently com- ■weed opera house. A falling stock mar ia! has frightened the investors. fi-trrn»rt. continues to run for governor. A man as little pressed, it would seem to a, might safely walk occasionally. OaansLD’H successor in Congress steers eery close to the sentiments of the Morey fa China the medical profession is not egirilurl as resptctable. It is rather look ed span as a humbug. Am guests at Watterson’s free trade inqnet numbered just 000. Cast the , Henry, cost the medals. fix-Gov. Marshall Jewell’s lecture on ^Basils” is delivered gratuitonsly. Tho people are not spendthrifts. lass Gibson boldly declares that the fapata policemen have put on clean drifts. To be frank, we don’t believe it. fawwg as everybody refuses to rally «b General Gartrell, we suggest that the farieral go over and rally on Colonel R. ».a • Tu prime duty of the new Colonel, ns- BgMd to Brunswick, will be to see that the w kales are allowed to coalesce with the ■ow party. , B sap all has been nobbing with Justice VMd over clnret and hot water, and does ns! admire the prim and proper Bayard. Fanaow hns been appointed collector of fas port of Brunswick. Poor, Brunswick! this is a sad ending of a struggle of a half ■fa eentury to become a city. Sdrob I.swis threw out a bait in an' weaneing Stephens’ retirement, and tried (•make it appear that the cork floated an dter Elder Hook’s ncse by the merest • tdauee in the world. Tim is a spirit and dash about the lo re is of the McDuffie Journal which lead *t to believe thnt a twenty-four knrat jour- a xfivtic nugget will some day be discovered in Uiat neighborhood. ■ - ■ . Tan Northern public is making a pro Agioas nss of itself, over Sergeant Mason, M tho Ohio Legislature leads the van in an attempt to have him pardoned and pro moted to a lieutenancy in the army. Sons of our contemiKtraries are consid erably alnrmed over the combinations that are liable to be made when Georgia is re- districted. As for us, unless Bibb county is moved out of tire city of Macon, we shall miss but little fuss. A Mouse or Correction. The paragraphers who kill time and space with assaults upon the convict lease system, which cannot be sustained by facts or arguments, are content to air their Ignorance and prejudice. They pro pose to tear down, but not to build up. Ready and gifted at fault-finding, not one oftlieih has yet suggested a remedial measure. Bat there is connected with this system a wrong which suggests its own remedy. There are several children coDfinedin the penitentiary. When we use the word children we mean youths who have reached that age at which the law, tho courts and the juries of tho coun try have considered that responsibility for crime commences. This class of convicts are undergoing punishment for violent crimes, some of them for murder. The number of this class is likely to be added to, lor the rising generation of whites and blacks is not so snbordinate as were their parents. It is perhaps within tho power and province or the State to reclaim theso young offenders, or at least a fair per centage of them. At any rate the expei l- menl is worth the trial, and should tbo early and earnest attention law-makers. It Is quite certain that if they are work ed by day with a gang of hardened out laws, and herded with them by night, no reformation can be expected. The young have an abnormal respect and ven eration for those who have become famous by deeds of violence and blood. Com panionship can only increase the feeling. The State should have a house of correc tion, in which juvenile law breakers may be confined, and tanght the rudiments of an education and the necessity of honest manual labor. The waifs and vagabonds who have been deserted by their parents or guardi ans, or who have from various causes bro ken away from tho restraints af home, and have commenced careers of crime, may be checked by the discipline of such an institution. * The State may in this way save to her self those who may hereafter become in dustrious and orderly citizens, and the State owes at least the effort to this class of unfortunates. suits into our markets at a profit—batter from Germany, cabbages from Germany, and potatoes from Scotland and Ireland. Isn’t it about time for the granger In j ... homespun to turn lobbyist and plead for Clt ? Chicago on the 15th ult., and par. The Free Trade Coaveation. Under the guise of celebrating the birthday of Andrew Jackson, a somewhat motley assembly gathered Itself In the The Treasurer’s Report. Wo are indebted to Major D. N. Speer, the efficient treasurer of the State, for a copy of his report to the Governor, em bracing the financial transactions of the State for the fiscal year ending October 0, 1881. From it we extract the following table, showing the total valid bonded debt of the State of Georgia on October 1, 18S1; also the amount of liability of the state, absolute and contingent, as endorser on railroad bonds, and the amount of property owned and possessed by the State: some little encouragement of oar infant industry of agriculture?” , The Savannah News seizes npon the above paragraph, and adds to it a few idiotic utterances in the same strain. The reply called for is furnished by Heyle’s United States Import Duties. Farmers are protected upon the following products: Beef and pork, per pound 1 cent Hams and bacon, per pound 2 cents Chetse and butter, per pound 4 cents Rice, per pound -14 cents Lard, per pound. 2 cents Oatmeal, per pound 14 cent Hops, per pound 8 cents Figs, per pound 2>£ cent Tobacco, not stemmed, pcrpound.35 cents Tobacco, manufactured per pound.CO cents Tobacco snuff, per pound .CO cents Cigars nud cigarettes, per 1,000 $2 CO Whoat, pfcr bushel 20 cents Corn and oats, per busliol 10 cents Potatoes, per bushel 15 ceuts Flax seed, per bushel 20 cents Prepared vegetables 85 per cent Canned fruits 25 per cent OraDges and lemons 20 per cent Jellies CO per cent Bulbous riots 80 per cent Brooms. 85 per cent Hats and bonnets of straw, chip or leaf 40 per cent Live animals 20 per cent Spirits turpentine, per gallon SO cents Wool duties are for unwashed, bnt if washed duties are double. Wool, 32 cents or less, per pound. .10 cents Wool, exceeding 32 cents, per pound 12 cents Wool, costing 12 cents and les3, per pound 3 cents Wool, costing 12 cents or more, per pound C cents In addition from 10 to 12 per cent, ad valorum. — Sugars are assessed per pound, according to grade and quality-1%, 2, 2*, 2%, 3J* and 3 cents per pound. Hemp, per ton 825 FI nx, per ton......'. 820 Jnte, per ton $15 TIMBER AND WOOD. Timber, hewed orsnwed 20 per cent Timber, squared, per foot 1 per cent Sawed to boards, planks, etc., per 1,000 feet 81 Other varieties, per 1,000 feet .82 Lumber, if planed, SO cents per 1,000 feet extra ; pickets, 20 per cent.; lathes, 15 cents per 1,003 ; shingles. 35 cents per 1,000; clapboards, $2 ; cabinet ware and house furniture, 35 per cent. It the pauper labor of Europe can real ize a profit after paying the freight and import duties npon any article named in the list, what profit could the American farmer make if be had to contend with this “pauper labor” relieved of the duties We still contend that tbo able economist of the News labors like the homely Sisy phus seen so oiten in the cmintry roads. Total bonded debt ...*9,726,660 00 Tbs Andrew Jackson birthday party at BAieago must bavo been a stnpid affair. Doolittle made a s|«ecli on slavery, and literal letters were opened and turned over to the city press. “Old Hickory” does act seem to have been present in spirit Mi Lord Roscoe, Grant and Dan Sickles want to Barnnm’s circus together. Dan ■rat have suffered for the tickets, for ffoscoe does not unbelt for much money, cd the “old man” would have been com pelted to crawl under the canvas for the Iksk of cash, or a free ticket Tn AUanta Constitution says: “A pair at match horses were so’d at Redd’s 6table 7Mtenlay for $2,500. They were iron grays.” It dant make any difference abont fas color, but the “genial and gentlemanly acent of Humpty Dumpty” must have lost his bos of advertising card i&oney in At- riata. Judob Blatchfobd, the newjusUce of *U Supremo Court, is a lawyer. He is said to exeel at a patent lawyer. He was i protege and afterwards a partner of Wro.lL Seward, is not much of a politician, is resj set able, well behaved, and has inn fared some decisions, as are calculated to pat to shame some of his colleagues on tbo bench. Tk* sutlers and hostlers out on the •fains used to call Grant “Sam,” when he ■as an unsteady and unpromising lieuten ant. Old Jew Grant always called him ‘Lysa.” And now one of the sweethearts sf his spooney days says she called him ■•Click" for sweet and short, when they ■anthunting honeysuckles down along the branch. The fotivo broker called to him "margin” last week, but he was a silent Colons*ioxEJ<|of Agriculture Henderson mjK “The decrease in the sale of fertilizers fait year is surprising. There has been tees sold so far than for (be same period ■t any time in the last eight years. The •■tee varies in different localities, and in Mime places standard fertilizers sell as low an 400 pounds of middling cotton per ton, Wears pleased to knew that as the Georgia farmer grows economical, the commercial fertilizer man becomes liberal. If the Gaorgia farmer a ill use less commercial fertiliser on cotton, which is a sun plant, Bad more on smalt grain, which gets its ralp growth in the wet season, the Geor- farmer will eat more and better biscuits •ad his mules will have bettor feed, lore mad short fiflCBETABT Kibe wood has ordered Agent Armstrong to send 100 Indian children ram the Crow agency, in Montana, to cer tain farmers in Ohio, to be developed in Blind and muscle.—Exchange. We should be pleased to know by what authority Secretary Kirkwood sends an famdred Indian boys to “eeriein farmers as Ohio” to work on their farms ? When did the Indian become a slave ? And if planting potatoes for "certain Ohio far mers” will develop muscle, in what poisi- Ifc way con an Ohio farmer develop mind? Why should “certain Ohio farmers” enjoy b monopoly in one hundred hands ? How lung will it take to develop mind and mus- ote ? Here is a first-class opening fora C mgresaional investigating committee. Ohio la protifio of ideas. Lotus have this ace probed. Ah Atlanta dispatch to the St. Loois ^-Democrat says: “The Liberals are .*01 hint over the action of the Governor. It ls darkly hinted that Gen. Gordon, the Sovarnor’a bosom friend, will make the ace for Congressman at large, and that to redUtrict tho State before tho next election isonid Lavo tended to shut him out.” ■Ehere's a nigger in the woodpile, iteCACSS Mr. Persons nnd ourselves wost- <mr patrimonies planting ootton, he ar- gpts that tiie Democratic party must Binut his plan of primary elections. The premise is well laid bat the conclusion fats not follow. The honorable sx-Con- is as poor a hand at chopping j Total endorsement on (seemed by first Hen) bonds of South Georgia and Florida railroad 461,000 00 Total endorsement on (secured by first lien) bonds of Northeastern railroad 260,000 00 CR. Western and Atlantic railroad—138 miles—lease 10 years to run—annu al rental . 300,000 Macon and Brunswick railroad—19> miles—sold for el,125,000, of which about ? 915,000 Is yet due. See act 1879. Memphis Branch—5 miles—sold for >9,000, dne January, 1881. South Georgia and Florida railroad— 58 mlIes-(contingent)—has never de faulted in paying interest. Bonds Oconee Bridge/value.....™.......... 1,600 00 Bank State of Georgia—1,83.3 shares, no Bank of Augusta—800 shares, no value Georgia Railroad and Bonking Compa ny-186 shares .25,000 00 Atlantic and Gulf railroad—10,000 shares—par *],000,000—(no market valne).. ........ Southern and Atlantic Telegraph, guaranteed by Western Union Tele graph Co—MO shares ...10,000 00 Public buildings—not estimated This showing is a most satisfactory one, and accounts for the high financial stand ing of Georgia in the money markets of tbo world. The property held by the State, if sold in open market, would bring a sum sufficient to* wipe out her entire indebtedness, and we should be pleased to see an exhibit from any State more sound and stable than this. For those who desire to move to a country where taxes ate light, where the soil is good andttlie climate and products are unrivalled, and where Haltering induce ments are offered for almost every indus try, Georgia bolds out inducements that cannot be surpassed. In addi tion to these advantages, the State government is in the bands of the best people of the State, and the po litical machinations which have been set afloat to wrest it from them and to turn it over to a greedy, variegated and irre sponsible mob, have no show for success. It affords us pleasure to notice the fact that tho treasurer has conducted bis of fice on strict business principles, and is deserving of all of tho encomiums con tained in the following report Irom the joint committee of the Senate and House: of Representatives of tbo General Assent bly: The Joint standing committee on finance have examined the accounts and vouchers of the Comptroller General and Treasurer, os re quired by section 186 of the code, and respect fully submit that the books of these officers have been neatly end correctly kept, and their annual reports are sustained by the condition of (he offices. The report of the Treasurer showed a balance in the treasury, October 1st, 1880, of -.688,865.97, which amount is shown on the books, and on the 10th day of November, 1880, J. W. Renfroe, the former treasurer, tam ed over to D. N. Speer, the present treasurer, the sum of • C65.59i.97, which amount we fonnd on the books, and tho same agrees with the books of the Comptroller-General of that date. The books of the Treasurer showed a balance on Septembers, 1881—the day yonr committee began lu investlgation-of r782,88434, which amount your committee found In the hands of tho Treasurer and tho State Depositories, an temUcd account of which la hereunto ap pended. In the opinion of yonr committee the treas urer deserves the gratitude of the people of Georgia for his conduct In the matter of the State's fands In the Citizens' Bank, as well, also, as for his efficiency and the good management of his office. He fonnd In this bank when he entered the office, *332,432,75—more than half of the whole amount of the State'e funds at that time. He at once began drawing from this bank to meet all the demands of the State, so at the time of the suspension there was on deposit in said bank only $103,218.46; thus, as we think, savfng to the State & large mm. of money. CURBED AND BLACKENED. The Farmers asd Protection. Says the Boston Post: “Surely farmers ought to have an equal chance, but we be lieve those who have been moetinfluential in the protection cause have not looked out quite as closely for the farmers as they have for those interests in which they were more directly concerned. As a con sequence, what do we see? Why, the pauper labor* of Europe Reading Its rc- Findlng the Remains or R. u Wat son, who Perished In the Flames, The work of clearing away the debris of the fire on Fourth street nnd searching for the remains of Mr. R. B. Watson was com menced early yesterday morning. A crowd of people had collected and all eyes were turned on the pile of cinders and ashes as the bricks were thrown aside one by one. It was known that Mr. Watson occupied a front room on the left in the third story, and beneath this room is where tho work men confined their labors. The key to tho front door of the store was found on Wednesday on that -pot, a fact that had mnch to do with building tho theory that ho had not left his room. About half-past eight o’clock a pair of eyeglasses were fonnd, and as Mr. Watson used them and kept them attached to his vest, it now became a settled conviction in the minds of those directing the search that he was lost in tho flames. Soon after the finding of the glasses, a charred and blackened mass wa3 taken up and the oft- repeated question was settled. The trank with the limbs burned entirely off, was stil smoking when fonnd, the fire not having burned the internal organs. The remains were then taken to the ware house of Flanders Brothers, corner Fourth and Poplar streets, and acting coroner Dan Adams notified. A jury was impaneled, and the verdict given that ho perished in the flames. The friends of the deceased had the remains carefully placed in a neat e sket and taken to Olay’s coffin store, cn Mulberry street Beneath the charred remains was fonnd some straw, probably from the mattress, which soes to show that the theory advanced yesterday is exploded, and that Mr. Wat son was in bed at the time of the fire, and was no doubt suffocated by smoko and Sever knew the cause of his dea’h. CMr. Watson, whose quiet life had such a tragic en ing, was born in Georgia, but the exact locality is unknown to bis friends. He commenced his business career, when a boy, as a cotton marker inrapnrelicnse in Colambas, moving nfterwanflwo Apalachi- col, FJn.n, at that time the outlet for tiie trade of the Chattahoochee river, and a market for about 150,000 bales of cotton yearly. After serving a long apprentice ship with Mr. .James De lilois, a largo commission merchant, he succeeded to the business on the deah of bis employer, the now firm being Waison & Dester, which continued in basiness until the war. After the war he was a partner in tiie firm of Epping & Hanserd, Columbus, until he came to Macon abont 18G8, and formed a partnership with Mr. W. T. Lightfoot, tho firm being Lightfoot & Watson. On the death of Mr. Lightfoot he continued bnsi- ne.=s in bis own name, bnt his business here was not prosperous. New ideas and ad vanced modes of transacting business had come to the frost, to which he tailed to adapt himself, and the world gradually pas-ed by him. He was a man of generous impulses, and when in the time of his prosperity, sur rounded himself and family with every Inxnry- -It was bo who brought to Macon the famous horre Gray Eagle. Ho hns in time been wortli upwards of n hundred thousand dollars. For several years he has been separated from bis family, who now reside in a Northern city. He was a man of great pride and fine sensibilities, and it is thought that whei. his reverses came he sent his family North to their rel atives,who aro wealthy,that they might not suffer, and began agtin the battle of life alone. We learn that he has a wife and three grown children, who may nerer know the fate of their father. Tho fancral notice appears in another column. It seems that Collector Wade has no been able to ehske that “nigger” yet. t Thx to jr and the man have met. Tho ytoia as at Chopping cotton. Takeafreehj late unlamented Hayes has teen rn.de platform carpenter may gf Henry, and try again. I pre aidant of a savings bank. | with. . Toe Republicans of tho United Btatej arc numerous enough, aided by the Lib eral onti-Bonrbou, elements of the South, to control the country politically if they ire patriotic enough.—Washington lie- publican. As may be seen from tho above extract from Gorham’s paper, the administration organ, the last and only hope of the Re publican party for a continuance of its power is aid from the Southern coalition ists. Without this aid tho control of tho next House of Representatives is lost, and it is a question of short time only when the scales of power will be tamed in th'o Senate. Tho patriotiiin of the Republican party is being beautifully exemplified just now by the stnlwart wing, which enjoys the palronnge and power. In order to sustain Arthur nnd to crash out the influence of the friends of Garfield, the pre&s of that wing of thatjparty'is industriously engaged in besmirCTting the fame of the lately de ceased President. The ghouls have dug up his freshly made grave, and all in his life that should have been covered by oblivion will now be drag- gill out to serve the purposes of the parti sans who could not control him to their base uses when he was in life. The Inde pendent-Liberal coalition is to take part in this dirty work, and are to bo paid for it in such spoils as they may be able to gain. This is the real meaning of the new move ment in which the honest and respectable people of Georgia are requested to take part. Mb. Wattebsox declares that he would not make a platform without “a tariff for revenue only” plank in it. It does not ap pear to have dawned oiion Mr. Watterson’s enthusiastic son), that his services as a be faspsMsed took of the hospitality of the “Iroquois Club,” a new social organization, which wetted its spoons in public for the first time. We are informed by wire t bat “the vis itors were about the city during the day and later in the afternoon a very impor tant reception was held, where political questions were avoided. At 8 o’clock this evening, the clnb and its guests, including a large number 'of local Democrats, not members of the club, assemble^ in'the large dining room of the Palmer Home, which was appropriately decorated, and partook of a superb banquet.' The speeches, while necessarily linked with pol itlcal matter, were in reality not polit ically significant.” As to what that “very important recep tion” was “where political questions were avoided,” is left to conjecture. But the full glare of the gas lights was turned on the feast where politics reigned supreme, from the time Mr. Hendricks made the opening announcement that his sympathies were with the stalwarts, until the wild Western orator, Carter Harrison, closed the brandy decanter and the ceremonies with a long and sonorous yawp. The distinguished men of the Democratic party were con spicuous by reason of their absence. The notorious ones were all present when the covers were raised, and the popping of the first champagne cork gave signal for the assault. Mr. Tilden put in a cool Rnd polished letter, Horatio Seymour contributed a bi ographical, or perhaps more correctly, an historical sketch of the Iroquois Ciub, and Sam Randall sent in his own hand-writing copious extracts from the inaugural ad dress of Thomas Jefferson. But the features of the occasion, to snatch an expression from the carte de menu of tho cook of tho Iroquois Club, the pieces de resistance were the twin ef forts of Henry Watterson and Frank Hurd. We say twin efforts lor the reason that Mr. Watterson declared in favor of “a tariff for revenue only,” and Mr. Hurd asserted that this in its length and breadth meant free trade. It is a striking circumstance that two gentlemen, each on the sunny side of the meridian of life, should, at the celebra tion of the one hundred and fifteenth an niversary of the birthday of Andrew Jackson, attempt to attach his name and fame to a doctrine that did not secure the sanction of his judgment, in life It is no more settled that Andrew Jack- son smoked a corn-cob pipe, swore by the Eternal, and destroyed a National Bank, than that he was in favor of pro tection. We quote his words, and human ingenuity may be safely defied to torture them into any other meaning. Writing to his friend, Dr. Coleman, of North Car olina, he says: Heaven smiled upon and gave us liberty nnd independence. The same Providence has blessed us with tho means of national Inde pendence and national defense. If we omit or refuse to use the gifts which he has extended to us, we deserve not tho continuance of this blessing. He has filled our mountains and our plains with minerals, with lead, iron and cop per, and given us a climate and soil for the growing of hemp and wool. These bring the great materials of our national defense, they ought to have extended to them adequate «uid fair protection, that our manufacturers and la< borers may be placed in a fair competition with those of Europe, and that we may have in our conntryla supply of those leading and im portant articles so essential to war. If, as Mr. Hurd contends, “a tariff for revenue only,” as advocated by Mr. Watterson, “is equivalent to free trade,' then we have a brace of young disciples who have wandered from the faith and teachings of Andrew Jackson, and who aro using their brilliant talents and great opportunities to lead others to disaster and defeat, in tho same direction. As each is endeavoring to reach a common goal, on parallel lines, we will follow Mr. Watterson, who drops the roses of rhet oric, fancy and truth by the wayside. Referring to tho unhappy fact that the Democratic press of the country is not the equal of the Republican, he says Fint of all, then, the Democratic press must realize tlirt there has been a detnge. Old things have been swept away. He who looks backward shall share the fate of Lot's wife; he alone who looks forward shall live, move and have a being. That the Democratic party has survived tho deluge Is of good augury. It tells us that itsexlstcnec has been, prolonged for some great purpose. It Is for the Democratic press to understand that within that purpose are bound up no reactions and no revenges. The Democratic party cannot come Into power, and it ought not to come into power, as an nvenging deity, still less a destroying angel. It must come in, If it comes in at all, os the party of action, ;iot reaction; the party of reform, not redress; the party of to-day, not of yesterday, applying its energies to the adjustment of tho country and itself to tho new and cxtraordl nary conditions which modern science, Invon tlon and research bavo wrought wherever the tinkle of the telephone Is heard and the sparkle of the electric light is seen. Mr. Watterson seems to be oblivfous of the fact that the press has been made aware of the deluge, and that it Is the party leaders who. fall to appeciate tbo fact that when the political floods subsid ed, from the summit of Ararat in 1830, a country far greater than that of 1800, teeming with millions {of men aud wom en, might be seen. He seems to forget that the great section onco givon to agri culture alone, aud then aud now given to the pure principles of Democracy, cannot aflord to have its progress obstructed by clinging to such traditions a! free trade, aud by tearing down the barriers which are to protect industries yet In their infancy. Crippled as tbo Democratic press may be In tho machinery necessary- for tho collection of nows, and the support it should receive from the people, it has performed its duty so far as the means it could reach would avail. It has kept up the courage and hope of its readers, has preserved the Integrity of State govern ments under trial, temptation and op pression, and has constantly pointed and led towards the dawn of a now era. Combatting ignorance from abroad and deep rooted passions and long cultivated prejudices at home, the Democratic press has brought that, portion of the party which has the controlling votes,up to the point of drill and efficiency that only re quires a leader of skill and courage to lead to victory. The requirements of tho times is a Jackson to lead them. They followed Mr. Watterson’s “tariff fdr reve nue only” to defeat, and the brilliant mind, the magnetic eloquence aud the large fortune of Mr. Hurd could, not save him from common burial in a grave with free trade, in au Ohio Congressional dis trict. Geu. Hancock, while marebiug onward, master of the situation, stumbled over the tariff plank in Mr. Watterson’s platform and fell. His army, dispirited, demoral ized and scattered for the time, is taking on courage again, and onlr awaits the word of command to fall in linq for another campaign. Hut the leader who beg leave to suggest to our Savannah friends that they can and it is im peratively necessary that they should, re ceive active and iintpediate outside sup port, | The South is so situated in the House of Representatives fast she could com- The hyphenated offioe-seekers are look ing for a man to beat Gartrell. Gartrell is about to chase his party back into thq Democratic ranks. calls must avoid the errors of the past, mana her full share of appropriations, if Tax present address ot Uliok Grant’s j banking capital is Wall street. A letter to that address would reach it; bnt be it ob- He must have the wisdom to form a poli cy, the ability to enforce it on the coun try, and the courage to seize, to hold and enjoy the traits of victory. The K«ar«M Rising. The recent debate in the United Stales Senate, in which the negro was so r unmer- cifully handled by his peculiar friends, Senators Edmunds, Teller and Jones, has aroused the colored elemeut of the Re publican party. At a meeting in Wash ington, preliminary to arrangements for a grand display in the way of a parade and public speaking, the following resolu tions were passed: Be it resolved by this convention, composed of colored men of this Union, That we denounce tho speech of the Hon. John P. Jones, of Ne vada, delivered In tho United States Senate March 9th, 1882, on the Chinese question. Be it further resolved, That we deny that there ts any law above tho human law that makes the Caucasian race above the African. Mesolved, further. That history falls to show that any other race has within the same length of time made the progress that the African race has made within the lost twenty years—the Jewish theocracy not excepted—and we will never retrograde the moral injunction of God, whom the honorable Senator neither believes in nor respects. ~ Little Rhode Island Has also been heard from. The colored voters of Newport, have addled a resolution that In their judgment “the Republican party at Wash ington should refute the imputation it is open to, namely, that it is of the opinion that there are no colored men of the North capable to fill prominent offices of trust io the section, or that it designs to maintain the color-line in the distribution of the same;” and that “the best interests of the party and of all people and sections de mand a recognition in the North of the merit and ability of colored men residing n that section; that it will have a stimu lating effect, increase respect for the col- iored people in all sections, and create a conciliatory sentiment North and South.” Just at this time the negroes in Wash ington are demanding that the color-lino in the public schools shall be abolished. The “colored contraband” was quite an amusing curiosity in Washington during the days of the war, He has not been quite so interesting since he learned to carve folks with his little razor, and if he persists in demanding office, his peculiar frien'ds, who deprived him of the ballot in the District of Columbia, may find it convenient to colonize him. Watterson’s Free Trade Frolic, Mr. Watterson’s organ, the Louisville Courier Journal, fairly blooms with an account of the doings and sayings of the free trade frolic at the “Iroquois Club” rooms in Chicago. From it we gather that the feasting and fun ran into the small hours, and that there were really here and there in the dismal desert of priggy letters and post prandial orations, an oasis or two of eloquence.- It is but fair to say, and it was' but in accordance with “tbo eternal fitness of things,” that Mr. Watterson bore off the palm.. nen- dricks and Doolittle were prosy, and the effort of Mr. Vilas, though occasionally rising to the snorting and colicky, was generally vapid. There was a lack of blue-grass oratory of the Joe Blackburn style, the Mr. Breckin- rldgo of the multitudinous names having failed to put in an appearance by reason of a delayed train. But under the glamor of the feast by night, the music, the bright lights, the wines and viands, there was still the free trade convention. The floral decorations smothered the cakes, the frnits, the jellies and the bonbons, but tho asp was concealed among the roses. The Courier-Journal account says: “The powerful and convincing arguments of Hurd created the most hearty enthusi asm of the evening, and thoueh long after midnight when be had completed, the effect of this great speech shows certain evidences that ‘tariff for revenuo only’ is to he the shibboleth of the renewed and reawakened Democratic party.” And further on observes: “Mr. Wat terson received a tremendous oration, and there was great applause at the close Of every ringing sentence, especially at every point emphasizing the tariff for reve nue only doctrine. At its close the entire audience rose and cheered him again and again. Democratic leaders interviewed regard Watterson’s rematSs as the key note of tho champagne.” A mischievous but intejllgeut composi tor in the office of tho C.-J. spoils the In tent and effect of the paragraph by a mis take in the last word, but Watterson’s banner with “a tariff lot revenue only” is much more likely to wa7e over champagne frolics than over camp or citadel of the National Democracy. The wine did its work as usual, for be fore tho breaking of day the company im agined that Duke Gwynn was a striking prototype of Andrew Jackson. The body of the Burgundy must have been hefty, when it Is remembered that Andrew Jack- son was tail, spare-made and angular, while the Duke of Sonora is broad, burly and stoop-shouldered, ruddy as a winter applo, and bale as a chrysanthemum at Christmas. Watterson kept his feet, aud regained his head readily, as tho follow ing paragraph from the C.-J. illustrates: Sportively speaking, the showing ot Demo cratic hands at Chicago last night ought to sot any number of Republican chip piles to totter ing. Improvemeut ol Nnvwnnali If arbor. On the 10th alt., Senator Brown intro duced a bill appropriating $320,000 for the improvement of the harbor of Savan nah. We can find bnt a single okjecticn to this, and that is in the amount. The Senator should have made it a million, for while the government could well afford to give this, and the South would still be far behind in her just quota of the public funds, so directed, there would be a mar gin for the paring down which always takes place in a committee of conference over such bills. Savannah is tho second cotton port in the United States, and is rapidly advanc ing la her shipments of naval stores. By reason of tho great system of railways which debouch at Savannah, and the fact that the great staple of tho South tends to the Atlantic ports, It is oi the highest importance that this harbor should be placed iu the best possible condition lor tho outgoing and iucomiuz commerce which will seek it. The river and harbor bill of the present session will perhaps embrace within its provisions not more than ten millions of dollars, aud there will be a hot scramble for every cont of her Representatives were united in senti ment, but some are still clinging to an old and threadbare political dogma about in ternal improvements by the general gov ernment, while others are disposed to handle a fat treasury with the same econ omy which superiors their individual bank accounts. The improvement of the harbor of Sa vannah is of prims importance to every interest in the State, and white.we would be pleased to see all the rivers and har bors get something, we are tree to say our great port should be first and most liberally served. Georgia has not dealt fairly by her great seaport, for during a long term of years tho results of her industries were mainly emptied into the lap of Charles ton. This policy was wrong and should be ^abandoned. Every onergy of every Georgian should bo stimulated by bis State pride sufficiently to make him labor to make Savannah the port, not only fora large coasting trade, hut for lines of steamships to England, the Continent and South America. Savannah herself should send at once a delegation of her best citizens and mer chants to Washington. They should go with pyrses prepared for elegant hospital ities, and to meet tiie expenses of a trip of several weeks. The most important work in the way of legislation at the Na tional Capitol is done through the medi um of social channels, and by energetic and intelligent expositions in commiltef rooms. This delegation, besides being armed aud equipped with facts, fig-ires and sta tistics, should carry with it a capacity to seek and arrest the attention of members of Congress from other sections, and to enlist their sympathy and co-operation. The delegation should know the way to Welckeris, Chamberlin’s aud Wormley’s as well as to the capitol; should have as familiar acquaintance with wines and ci gars as with cotton, rice and rosin, and should know as few of the professional roundors and jobbers of Washington as possible. A Tribute to the Catholic church The Philadelphia Record, a journal of the staunchest Protestant proclivities, pays the following glowing compliment to the Catholic church, iu sn editorial on the political surroundings of the Pope. It says: Thousands of liberal and enlightened Prot estants throughout the world look upon tho Roman Ca’hollc church as, after all, the great fortress of the Christian faith. Every well-in' formed and candid student of history acknowl edges that the Papacy, notwithstanding Its oc casional errors of administration in secular af fairs, was the one great harmonizing and civil izlng agency in Europe during the middle ages. It restrained the reckless tyranny of kings, mit igated the hhrshness of Irrepressible autocracy, defended right against might, and interposed the spiritual power of conscience and religion again and again in behalf of international equity and the rights of man. Under its benig nant influence the principles of just and hu mane government were rightly wrought out, s') that the merciful civilization which Is today our heritage was in a great part its gift. With out it Europo would have lapsed Into barba rism and Christianity would hare been a fail ure. served the letter will be a bigger man than Ulick. Hknby Wattebson’b free trade speech in celebration of Andrew Jackson's birthday was about as appropriate as a speech from Ell Perkins at n George Washington cele bration. “Mb. Beecher says he thinks no more of death than he does of Ling on his right side or his left side.” The trouble with Beesher is that he is not particular about his position, when he lies. The Peruvian guano business seems to have perfumed some Congressmen. Ship- herd says he has letters from them, but the committee would not call for them. The scent can’t be stifled in that way. Keo-eb on the floor was ignorant and impudent, Keifer in the chair seems dis posed to be insolent, but Messrs. Money, McLane and Kenna read him a lesson in manners that he may not soon forget. If it is our turn to roll another pun down into the abyss reserved for puns, we beg the spectators to stand aside while we remark tbit it was simply a pleasant rival ry—the brokers tired and the government retired Uliok Grant. That “tariff for revenue only” whioh Mr. Watterson laid in the last Democratic platform, seems to have been sawed out of doty timber. Whon General Hancock nnd Senator Randolph stepped on it, it gave way and lot the whole concern down. The Independent party of South Caro lina has received n severe check. J. T. Henderson, one of its leading statesmen, is in jail for the trifling offense of burning another man’s corn-crib. These little ac cidents interfere very severely with the success of the movement. “The Colonel” is the next drama book* ed for Macon. Unless the play presents somewhere the newspaper fiend treading over the Colonel’s pet exchanges and pointing out “a good thing” for publica tion, the press stands ready to denounce the affair as a realistic failure. TalboMon Notes. Talboxton, March 16.—We are glad to note the presence of Col. R. L. Gentry, cir culating among our people and adding many new names to the subscription book of the TEuyoBArn. The Colonel has happy smile and k ! nd word for all whom he meets. He expresses himself ns highly pleased with our people and town. How ever, this is not his first visit among ns. Court is progressing finely. Tuesday at noon tho case of Slade & Etheridge vs. W, O. Paschal and McCormick Neal was taken up nad was given to the jury at 5 o’clock yesterday evening. In this caso Neil filed a plea of non est factum; Paschal filed no plea. There is a large emount of money involved in this case, and all during the trial of the same, tiie court room was crowded with interested specta tors. Messrs. Blandford & Garrard and J. H. Mnrtin represented the plnintiffs nnd nnd Willis & Willis and Col. Peabody the defendant. We disremember whether the caso hss been taken to the Supreme Court once or twice. It will doubtless be taken up agaiu, let the jury find either for the plaintiffs or defendant. No verdict has been rendered at this writing. The criminal docket, i. c., the esses in which Judge Willis is disqualified, will be taken up to-morrow. Judge Stewart, by his able aud impartial rulings, it giving general satisfaction to the bar. He knows tho law. knows his duty and performs it iidinirdbly* Yesterday morning a memorial on tho death of Judge Edmund H. Worrill was read by J. W. Hall, of tne Talbotton bar, nnd short speeches made on the occasion by Colonel John Peabody and Colonel M. A. Blnnford, of Columbus. Judge Stewart made some happy remarks on tho life and labors of the deceased brother, and com mended his noble life and achievements to the bnr as weir worthy of consideration and emulation. The Thornton House, W. T. Pasclial proprietor, is quite popular. Every avail able department is occupied. This is oue of tho best kept hotels m the State, as is the general encomium prouounced on “mine host.” Gonial und attentive, Mr. Paschal pleases all who stop with him. We would like to say that Col. Charles H. Smith, “Bill Arp,” is in town, but fear some one would think us doing the distin guished Georgian a grave injury by men tioning his name publiuly. The jury in the caseof Slade & Etheridge vs. Paschal Neal remained ont all night, nnd up to this writing, 10 a. m., they have not agreed on a verdict. Politics are beginning to crop out in this county. We wili have several “aspir ing” gentlemen before our people, to repre sent asinin the State Legislature. More anon. _ Correspondent. _ i this. While we feel assured that Gov. alrarat in fail sight of tk* point which, i Brown and our Congressional delegation wbira Mfatf wtil# te—• ■ jfa htra 1 do their fail duty in this matter, w 0 e A Sumteb county boy writes to know if the Teleobaph has a poet’s corner. Well, we should chatter! And tho hair-trigger trap-door in the poet’s corner is the only thing which keeps the Emperor of China from looking right np through onr dry well and discovering nil onr sanctum se crets. Oar old&t office cat went over in tho oorner tho other night, and the Empe ror had her for dinner next day. Hints fob toe Youno.—My son, never shake a red handkerchief at a professional capitalist, whether he be flush or busted. Tho other day some brokers accused Jay Gould of bluffing, and he emptied his ohipa on the contro-tnble and called the roll. Than were present just $53,000,000. Aud then Jay cocked his hat on the tip of his off oar, stepped outside and inquired if Wall street was for sale. Whan it cornea to n question of put up or shut up, it is best always to shut up und put np. If you enn’t put up.anything else, put the shutters up- A Hepuulican caucus has decided that taxation mast not be reduced. Loud, en thusiastic aud long continued applanse in tho lobby. V.'e tne l Mr. Persons’ farming panacea, and he gives his constituents the result. If they take his political paauoM they will do ,t with their eyes open. fore he can produce the perfumed notes of the Peruvian guano correspondence. The Hon. Mr. 1 Persons .complains th a when we both quit grangering he had noth ing and we had a wheelbarrow. There’s nothing small about us. He may have the wheelbarrow to poddle his panacea. Pleasant^ did draw Wade ont of his chair os a prize in the “lottery of assassin* ation,” but what comfort is this to Pleas ants? A Savannah white man, and a Bour bon, too, dx yon hear it? drew tho fiftaen- thousand-dollar prize in the New Orleans lottery. a Oca poor Senators and Representatives grieved over Girfield to the amount of seven thousand dollars. Feeling a little rocky after getting away with seventeen hundreed dollars worth cf champagne, brandy and cigars, it took three hundred dollars'worth cf.cocktails to brace them up. The Congressional drank must have been simply colossal in proportions. If Mr. Watterson coaid havo convinced Sam Randall'and his appropriation com mittee four years ago that there had been a political deluge, a-d that the public funds were not deposited to their personal eo counts, the “Iroquois club” might have been spared tho necessity of holding a free traiTe convention. The Et*m larttr, Through the kindness of Mr. J. 8. Stew- ill, the liberal anu enterprising stableman, our reporter rode 9U* i<> !suiqn»erfiel<j yesterday morning to gather nny ad ditional particolnrs thnt might have come to light concerning the fiendish murder perpetrated in that locality Wednesday morning. The fire mile post stands about half a mile this side of the store in which the mur der was commit ted. The place consists of only a few houses, but Uncle Sam baa thought it of sufficient importauoa to es tablish a port-office there, of which Mrs. Stone, sister of the murdered man, is postmistress. It was iormerly known as Howard’s, and Mr. Evans’ store hA3 been standing since the Macon aud ttestern railroad was built. The wagon road that runs through the place tries hard to be sandy, bnt patches of red clay crop np like crab grass in a field, and on rainy days the wheels of vehicles cut np the day into sticky crimson mud. The store,louse where tke murder was committed is built of logs, with old fash ioned weather lioarding, and observ ing the same old fashioned way of b iving no win dows. It fronts the railroad, from which it is not more than twenty yards distant, th e store is small and uncoiled, and a rude partition cuts off the back room in which Mr. Evans slept. To the right of this department is a small shed room which was probably added tong after the store was built. Aero*., tiie roiid, to the right of the store, is a small log blacksmith shop, ran by a colored tntu named Bill Carstapben, who Bleeps in tho shop on the forge. To the rear of the store, abont fifty yards, is another log house occupied by a colored man named Hoary Hill, nnd bis family. These are the only buildings in tiie imrne diate vicinity on the right hand side of tho railr'tnd. On the left hand side there are a few residences, and a railroad depot far ther ap. Onr reporter leisurely took a survey of the surroundings, and thou hunted up those who were first on the ground on the fatal morning, and who knew more than nny except those who were in side the house. We found Bill Carstarp hen, the blacksmith, in his shop, and he told us that he was' awakened from his a 'cop by the train passing by at 3 o’clock. He lay awake some time, and while trjiog to go sleep heard tho cry of “Oh Lordy r pro ceeding from the direction of the store. He got up, unlocked the shop door, and while crossiug the road heard several dull thudding blows, nnd more groans. He hurried to the tho store and watched both back and front doors, thinking all the while that there was some oue scuffling with Mr. Evans on the inside. After a few minutes lie called for Henry Htli, who lived in the log house mentioned above as being in the rear of the store, and Henry first ran out in his Washinoton malaria knocked Mr. Blaine nightclothes. He went back aud dressed d. r a,ttrU„ ^ aarJSi.'SS and now it has prostrated Shipberd .be* ^ r?ce> w ho lives near tiie five mile iK>st. Mb. IVattebson eloquently observes “or if yon most go back, go os far back as the lost traditions of Jefferson and Jackson, and return clasping them to yonr heart.” We have stepped back in search of the lost traditions of Jefferson and Jackson and have picked np one of them. Jefferson and Jackson were in favor of protection. When Secsr Jtobeson g6ts well loaded with Jersey lightning and eloquence, he swings his arms abont like tiie flails of an old-fashioned wheat thresher. lathe heat of debate a day or two since, he gave ihe Hon. Mr. Hazleton, of Wisconsin, a side winder full in tho month, and the Hon. Mr. H. has been mistaken for a brother of Faddy Ryan. In view of Gov. Colquitt’s refusal to con' vene the Legislature, it is surmised here abouts that the Hon. Cope Winslow in formed him that he coaid not be absent from home longer titan nine days at a time in the spring season, and that Dr. Ben jamin Duggar’s stock engagements in the monntains daring the month of May made it impossible for him to attend. John Chamberlin's famous club house in Washington has fallen into the hands of the Young Men’s Christian Association. Cold tea, iced lemonade, sherbet and sponge cake, will usm p the places of the deviled crabs, the*famons mutton chops and tho sparkl'ng wines of the tasteful c_ohn’a larder. We fear John, like his friend Grant, has had a rough deal. Skeptics who hoot at sympathetic affini ties should call at this offioe, now that tiie season is opening up, and bo converted. Tear we the enveloping shroud from off an installment of spring poetry ever so gently, somehow the verses will canter acrois the desk, And, falling upon the bosom of the motherly waste-basket, min gle their sobs real audibly. Col. Thoenton’s imported editor 6tops clipping state specials from the Washing ton Republican long enongh to suggest that we manufactured au Atlanta letter. Great heavens! to publish an Atlanta let ter is as mnch as the Teleobapii dares to impose npon its patrons and readers. Do. Gray, one of the prosecution in the Gniteau caso, has been shot in the face by one Henry Reinishaw, who thinks he is an embassador cent from Heaven by Gniteau to remove Dr. Gray. Perhaps the learned pundit wilt change his opinion about in spirational insanity, Youn Uncle Joey B., has found out how to do it in Washington. He gives dinners that are works of art from tho opening Chateau Yqnom, down to Haban eras at tweniy-flve cents a pieoe. His last effort as compared to Watterson’s free trade banquet, was as “pate de fois gras” and “Cloe deYogeont,” compared to fried sausage and Milwaukee beer. A sldc-leoobd, rib-protrnditig, scraggy- necked cow stood ont in front of Bnrkc’s book store, yesterday, and bellowed her ridicule of the cow orbinanee for an hoar and a half. In the meantime, a police man, with his hat tipped over hie ear, strolled along within a hundred yards of her,his eagle eye fixed npon the poor hack- men, whose vehicles were backed np near the sidewalk. Or the letter assailing the character of Garfield on account of his treachery to Rosecrans, the Washington Post says it is' ready to make pabtio the name of the writer whenever any member of President GarSeid’s cabinet calls for it. It was npon ananfaretending o| fan! Awrfaflw* This gentleman answered tho summons at once nnd took his gun with him. On going to the store they woke up Mr. Thomas Tucker, living a short distance from the B*qrc, and tho party then surrounded the house to await tiie approach of day. Whon daylight appeared they called for Emma, tiie little twelve-year-old girl, who slept, as they knew, in the store that night, to open the door. For a long time they received no answer, and Mr. Grace was on the point of breaking in the door when it was opened by Emma, whose clothes were covered with b'ood. The child told them of the murder in an incoherent mauuer, being nearly frightened out of her wits. The party, which consisted of Graoe, Tucker, Bill Carstarpheu aud two other colored meu, then entered the store, bnt saw no evident) of-anything wrong until they went into tho back room. • Here they found Mr. Evans on the bed with his skull crushed in as detoribed in yesterday's issue. The axe was then found with blood upon it, aud_ showed thr.t the blows had been deqttfwith the fiat side, “clearly a woinaji’s wont,” as Mr. Grace afterwards said to onr reporter. This gentleman cock ed his gun and stood ready to fire npon nny one who might spring out, and ordered the men to search every hole and corner. In the corner of the bed-room was a large pile of cotton seed, and in it the woman's shoos were found, with her apron and bonnet, all stained with b'ood. The men upturned all the seed, but did not find her. They searched the store, and were about to conclude siie had escaped when the tittle girl pointed out the shud- roorn nnd told them she lud gone in there. Tho sea-ch was made, and soon the men saw what looked tike a pile of dark cloth in oue comer.' They took hold of it and found the woman. She was jerked rather than pulled out, and taken outside of the Store. Judge Tucker then formally arrest ed her, and she was soon conveyed to the residence of his son, Thomas Tucker, just across the railroad, where she wa- bound nntil the city officers took charge of tier. The little girl Emma is a mulatto, and told her story to the reporter in a plain, straightforward way. She said that on Tueadny night a crowd of negroes were in the store listening to a banjo picker, and she thinks Carrie must have secreted her self in the store daring that time.- Mr. Evans was not fee'ing well, aud sent far Emma to sleep with him so he could bo waited on daring the eight. She went in the back room to go to bed shortly after the train for Atlanta passed by, about 9 o’clock, nnd slept until the train boond for Macon passed by, which was abont 3 o'clock. She was awakened, she say*, by a bad dream, and when she opened her eyes she saw tbo wo man for the first time, with a lighted candle, standing near the bed on the side occupied by Mr. Evans. The wo man did not sso the child and did not know of her sirarence in the house. The child was horrified at seeing a strange woman at that hour of the night and could not make au outcry. A minute or so after the tight was put ont. Emma hear® the ticks rained upon Mr. Evans’ head, and she hid un ler the cover and was speechless with (right. She heard Mr. Evans cry “< )h, Lord I” aud soon all was still. The woman then relit the candle nnd went into tho store. Emma heard tier pull out the money drawer and heard the ciiiukiug of filver money. The child lay in bed afraid to cry out, nnd list ening to everything that was going on. She heard Bill calling her from tiie out side, but was afraid to answer. The wo man put out the tight when she beard the noise outside, pn'.babiy not thinking that the store was guarded, as she frequently lit the candle and blew it ojt whenever she heard much noise out. ide. Daylight was fast approaching and the woman was*rying hard to get out. The old-fashioned bolts on both-back and fide t'cors were nailed down, and escape by these exits she fonnd was impossible. She was endeavoring to nud an outlet other than the door when Emma mustered up courage enough to run to the front door, and knowing where Mr. Evans kept it, secured the key an 1 was in the act of unlocking it when the woman saw her for the first time and rushed at her with the fero ity of an «ffi- raged tigress. She evidently thought better of thus, for she then ran to the back room and secreted herself in the corn iu the shed room where she was found. The girl’s story tallies with that of Bill Carstarphen, connecting a lactly, and leaves no room for doubt as to the woman’s guilt. The remains of Mr Evans were taken to the house of his sister, about a quarter of a mile through the woods to the left of tbe store, and placed in a handsome casket. A grave was dug in the Samtrerfleld bury ing ground, near the graves of hia brother, father and other relatives, and on yester day the body was lowered to its last rest ing place in the presence of a number of the citizens of the d'strict. Many colored people were also present. Mr. Evans had been keening store at the place for abont 8 yeans. He had acquired considerable property, being worth be tween twenty-five knd thirty thousand dol lars. It is supposed that he left a will which has sot yet been found. His effects are now iu charge of Mr. John Carr, who will probably keep them nntil a legal cus todian if made or appointed. Carrie Massey, tbe murderess, is confined in a oeti at the jaiL Daring her recent incarceration she occupied a portion of the oell of Phillis Williams, also colored, who was serving ont a sentence for petty offence and who was arretted at the instance of Mr. Evans. It is thought bv some that daring that time, whonthev were together, Phyllis induced Carrie to an and Mil Even*, knowing that CwriA sentence would soon expire. Canto, in statement, says thatshe rode to Samm«! field on tire trarz. There are a combes? at colored men oat there who in into tirat aftirawav , 0»Wedne8«tey,«tthejriI, indifferent as to the affair, a Mm to realise in the sbghtwft enormity of the crime. Ye ' ever, she cried nearly all dm fatly dented committing thT Is no earfui sags