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Manager, Macon, Georgia. luce TEI6R1PQ AKD HESSENSES Tnx lata Congreaa was the moat bra zen political courtesan of modern times. Etzbt hotel seeking a ton-cent notoriety Andean old box containing property be longing to Qnlteao. Thbbb U nothing, refreshing in the of an oleomargarine a margarine platform.^ It is proper to wi Brown, charter Jeffersonians, is Tbs late Congress all of the obscure creek The people continue to AeLoxo Bbamch hotel A Southern man after all of the attio rooms Tb» King of Siam rides a bieydeV Uncle Alexander H. rales, or will rale,7^' from a roller chair. This pots Siam ahead of Georgia. Jurrrzn Pluttos oould newer be happy if he should allow himself to be troubled by the growling of people about too much or too little rain. Pabtxxb gain nothing by adopting the policy of con cession and compromise. Such n policy enoonragee the opposition, instead of reconciling it. Death of William W. Wedlejr. William M. Wadley, president of the Central railroad, died atO o'clock on yea- terday afterboon at Saratoga Springs, New York. Words cannot add to the shock this an nouncement will carry to the people of Georgia. But a few days since lu these columns there were published encourag ing words from the physician who had been consulted as to his condition, and the hope wss raised tbst be would rally from the nervous prostration, superin duced by tbe exciting contest of last win- ter in defonse of the property under bis control. Mr. Wadley hss been a marked men In Georgia for nearly the half of a century. He would have been a marked man in any community where there was civiliza tion sufficient to appreciate energy and courage. Coming to tbe Stat%of hla adoption from his Northern home lfcarly manhood, as with btl strong right arm be hammered and fa££oned the Iron upon the anvil, so he ifYed Ins great char acter by tbe mes^hits ol an honesty and fidelity whi£. We never been sur passed. Every bar < Iron nailed upon tbe breast of Georgia is monument to his foresight land every engine which, *, drags the rich abund- •,-n tbe inland to the sea, * ‘ inscribed with bis I up Wro seen '• .rfjio highest ; f pust be J I ng roc- J J* of the p U.TOW of r% that I ustances 4i than a It is reasonable to suppose] that "Tige” la now pursuing the wolf, with "Tig®” a feeffe ahead. Which is "Tigs" and which is tbe wolf la more than we ean aey. Ir the political uncles who want to be Governor see proper to try a tussle in Ma con they will be met by a large gathering of mixed and uncertain sovereigns. Ix tbe Western States divorce has be- eomtso common that to distinguish a man you have only to deeeribe him aa liv ing with his wife. That always locates Bomb of oor correspondents continue to experiment with our rales by sending in communications written upon both sides of the paper. The rales, however, oontinne Tub truckling poliey has sold out more than one party. The present condition of tbe Democratic party of Georgia furnishes cumulative evidence of Its folly and wick- J. M. Lbacb, of North Carolina, baa withdrawn from the Democratic party. At laat accounts, tbe party in tbe old North State had not, on.that account, concluded . Tna bi-furcatcd short-staple ticket for tbe State-house offices, recently put forth by the forked menagerie, at Atlanta, will soon be flopping aroond loose, in the po litical vineyard. Panrui are arrested in Irsland for "as sociating with suspects.” This is bring ing tyranny down to a very floe point Tbs Cxar of Russia can now take lessons from Gladstone. T*» Republican party of Oeorgia, ao- cording to Georgia papers, is split into two factions. Our neighboring States split it into three, and when last beard from it was still splitting. Tub ‘‘336*' brass msdals might be filed away in the government's medical mu seum. In fact, they might be hangup Gnitenn’s elbows end prominent joints. The effect would be unlace. Tbb river end harbor bill contained about $3,OOOJJOO worth of downright steal ing. Oeorgia Congressmen who do not ran the "oommerci against the plundering job. Tbb jurymen in the Malley trial met the other day. and almost In eight of the place where tbe dead body was found, held a lit* tie jubilee. It suggests to the public that they are "flush'* about this time. Tbb celebrated "Liberal contention,’ which is announced to meet in Atlanta on next Tuesday, wiU not be apt to come to time. If it should, it will hardly rise above tbe dignity of a conference of cranks. Oca stately neighbor, the Savannah Afars, scene to have withdrawn almost entirely from Btate^noUtisa. The truth U, the outlook to saddening soough to induce almost any paper to retire sfok at heart. Joan Poo will also be an uncle, "lively is the word.” The harmonious Independents refuse to harmonize with the inharmomoue Democrats. But the prophets are nevertheless in a state of high and unaccountable glee. Gibus who engage themselves had better marry quick. It seems to be the fashion now to shoot the woman you am engaged to. This saves a great deal of hard feeling and throws tbs expense of the funeral on four would-be mother-in-law. Tnx present outlook Is not favorable to the purification of political methods in Georgia. The buying and selling of votes will be lively between now and tbe elec tions in Novtmbtr. It is a fsarfully cor rnpting business, and ought to be frowned Aided 'mustr.u, rl , times to his _ \a<T little opportunity ■•nceship and friends wiUutie wJJrlaT By many be was mis understood, and was appreciated for his full worth by few, but those who, like tbe writer, had come clop to him for many years, will not cease to remember and ad- miro a character tbat was Roman in all of the sterner virtues, as was the casket which enclosed his great heart. The employes under his control looked to him as a father, and ho was to them in gentleness and Justice at all times a parent. In sunshine and In storm Mr. Wadley was true in every Instinct and feeling to the State of his adoption, ana she has ta ken to her heart no son over whoso loss she has greater cause to mourn. The frame of the giant has fallen and the iron will Is subdued,but tho memories of tbe virtues of Wm. M. Wadley, of his honesty, which shone In the midst of cor ruption, and bis courage,whidi roso In tbe presence of doubt and danger, will remain as a pleasant heritage to the people of Georgia. Tho Alabama Election. The State election in Alabama, which basjust been bsld, presents two phases for political students. In tho black belt, tbe Democratic ma jorities have been sustained though, there was but little excitement or effort, while in North Alabama tho Independents Green backer*, Liberals, Republicans and mongrels generally have been successful. Some ten or twelve counties in tte Con gressional district represented by »• guuo outturn tno us- mocracy. This cannot be attributed to tbe personal'iitfluencc of Lowe, who is properly named, and is a trifling aud vag- a bon dish fellow who does not enjoy the confidence or respect of anybody, except Itobeson, ol New Jersey. Lowe took oc casion last winter to announce that he believed In stealing, and slnoe that time Robeson has clung to him as dose as the barnacles upon the bottoms of his useless isaels. There mnafi be some reason for this thing outside of Lowe. Tbe people of north Alabama are not belter or more In telligent than those of other portions of the State, and we do not know that they are any worse. There, are many distin guished and able Democsats in tbat section. Tbe governor elect, Gen. O'Neel, bails from tbat quarter, and there live Uie Clays, tbe Walkers, tbe lTyors and other distinguished families. Perhaps the fact that tbe Federal* took and behl tMt country, off and on, during thr greats: portion of tbe war, may have something to do with tbe unsettling of a sound political sentiment. Be this as it may, the Alabama Democracy has been confronted there by a successful foe. The same state of things exists In north Georgia. Dr. Felton wm the first to raise the bannerol revolt In Cherokee and wm •ncceeslul until defeated by Mr. Clements. Emory Speer Imitated bis example in northeast Georgia, in a district which had been considered tbe Gibraltar of Democ racy. Both of these are In tbe field agaiu. The friends of Mr. Stephens, when plead ing for bis nomination, pledged blm tbat he Mould destroy these independents. In view of tho succcm of their hind In north Alabama, we shall look with Interest to tbe coming campaign and the results, m between Independentism and "Jeflersonl- William M. Wools* fo gone and Benja min H. Hill is going. Who eaa fill their places? Amongst Georgia's thousand* there an abU men, in the departments in vhi:hthose two giants labored, butthers is nooe that ean folly stand in the lot of the giant that is gone, or in that of the giant that Is going. Tbb Demoeratie party hM survived more betrayals than any other party that ever had an existence In thin country. It will, undoubtedly, survive its present eomi nor «in Georgia, end be purified end I .. by IrAoonseqoeace* of thewteked folly of filing It on! This i« "the -ilrtr lining to the > Hillsdale drew, from If th-> V-l th« Kng.wl bluffed mV m English odtfh for th ship, given by stupid, shameloM Keifer. He has, doubtless, a feeling of personal gratification at robber Robeson's capture of swag, u tbe bora pirate on the naval committee. Tbe position of bora flunkee naturally creates a fellow feeling between Gorham and Robeaon. It would be be coming, if that word could be used in any such connection. It would be singular If the Republican were not Impatient of criticism of the work of tbe Inglorious session, which hM just dragged "its slow length along" to a disreputable end. But it Msumes for itself, and tbe cause It represents, an sir of injured innocence. It afleets to be a sort of breakwater against floods of Jour nalistic violence. Listen hoW the organ preaches: fit claim for tho press the right of free critl clam, but we regard as most vicious and Inju rious to the public food that unceasing railing against the people'i representatives, which would, if half of It were true, make revolution a duty and dcs|>otlsm a boon. The attempt of a dozen editors, who echo each other like dog* In the couutry at night, or barnyard fowls in the morning, to educate the people down to the idea that all who can command their suf- fragcsarc to be despised, and that tho men who make our laws arc public enemies—this is a vile mission, and would be dangerous to so cial order if those who eugago in it could inako themselves believed. Tho |«oplc believe in their choten representatives, and the ncwi|*- pern which always abuse them are really abus ing the people and denying their capacity for self-government. We enter here our opinion that the people have felt no anxiety growing out of the session of Congress, and will not, therefore, experience any sense of relief be cause of Its Anal adjournment. All this would be very fino If there were any truth In it. The boM flunkee overdoes tbe thing. No sane man believes that there Is any denial of tbe capacity of the people for self-government involved in’the disgust or honest and decent papers over the corrupt jobs of the late soMlon. If a denunciation of legislative robbery is s reflection on the chosen representatives of the people, then the chosen representa tive* of the people ought to be sent to the penitentiary. The papers have abused none of the honest work of tho put ses sion; but there was enough dishonest work done to justify Use people In rejoic ing over the adjournment. It is getting to be a serious question how far religious tolerance will go. Not long ago a few religious fanatics organ ized themselved themselves into a Salva tion Army, arrayed themselves in a spe- cles.of uniform, and paraded the streets singing and exhorting. The move ment spread like wildfire, and numbers of men, women and chil dren flocked to the standard. Tbe army thus swelled goes down Into tbe lowest haunts of the large cities, the bars and gambling places, the stores and manufactories. Everywhere stopping men at their business and urging them to be uved. In numbers of our large cities gospel tents are pitched and boy evangelists and distinguished revivalists of all types and den6mlnations are hold ing forth. At numerous watering places camp-meetings are being conducted, which ministers uot in sympathy with the movement say are run |for the joint pur pose of worldly good and spiritual profit, of saving sinners and making summer ex penses. The Hpiritualists are in open air session, proclaiming their so-called luspired doctrines, and takiug In the gul lible by bogus interviews with departed ancestors and notables. There have been sot!5<l times when re ligions revolutions and departures from regular religious dockings and modes of worship have been productive of good. But for tbe most part these occMlons have been due to corruption of the clergy,or tbe manifestation of a deal re on the part of those possessed of sacerdotal authority to coerce the psople Into customs and be liefs distasteful to them. It is not claimed tbat any sueb conditions now exist. Busi ness men are apt to fall into a regular routine system, which it Is hard to rouse them from. In order to bring tbe subject of religion lairly before them, it mty sometimes bo neceMary to resort to extra ordinary measures. But to suffer ary crank who may have the power to attract a crowd to assume the authority of tbe church to boldly declare untenable and almost blasphemous doctrines, transcending legitimate bounds, countenance all these wild, fanatical schemes of saving men Is to bring religion iulo rid 1 nils, to disgust the thinking men whose support it most needs, and to ut terly destroy tLe effectual usefulness of church organizations. To tbe pure all things are pure, and there Is no doubt tbat many honest ministers are imposed upon by these religious tricksters. We can only hope our Southern churches will maintain their old stand, and refuse be drawn Into any movement which is but a travesty on religion and a reproach to those sustaining It. 'Urgnulxed llotirhon Democracy. Houth Carolina Is a while man's government, lust a* Tillman said, and Just as Pennsylvania Is. The knave of the Press would have African government* In the Houth and' Caucasian gov ernments in the North. That Is his pro- me, hut it Isn’t oqrs. It Isn’t Houth Caro- Nigger governments have no place It wasn't respectable « Penny Wise nuil round foolish. The sluggish August dsys, which mark the lloe between tho decline of the last busineM year and the beginning of a new one, have caused a dullness to drop on the noisy Stock Exchange of Philadel phia. Tho bulls aud bears, with sea- sucker suits, palmetto fans and limp shirt collars, have not bad life enough for some time to raise a mile. But on Saturday Jpt, before the closing hour, one or tie members with an Insatiable thirst for gambling proposed to another that they match pennies. No sooner said than done, and in a brief season Uie challenging par ty had all of the pennies within reach. He tlien proposed to raise the rate to fire cents. It wm taken and the half dimes were planked down until the stock wm exhausted. By this time the gambling genius of both had become warmed up aud dollan took the places of pennies and half dimes. At tbe end of an hour the ‘losing party wm out of pocket fifteen hundred dollars. At this point there wm a lull. Then tbe winner said he would give bis opponent three chances to double or quit. This wm accepted, and on the first match he lost, IncreMing the sum to $3,000. The second chance Increased it to ffl.ono, aud Mid m 44£,ooo. Tula uruugUi the game to a cloee. The man who lost gave his notes for tbe amount. The penny-wise man went liome better off for twelve thousand dollars, and the pound-foolish one is perhaps studying out some plan by which he may catch a sucker and get even. tV bat Hamer Raid Jeffersonian harmony is still Inbarmo-' nious in tbe troubled fourth. The troubled political sea CMts up mire and dirt. The whales are perplexed, and tbe minnows are cowering In *tbe shallows. Our ven erable fnend, Josiah I’ou, Is abroad on Ito 1*1* .ipu*, harpoon m band. hMB(4WmDcU-ttt Joriah L Cairo—u calm as Neptune, tri dent In hand, and riding tbe ware., Homer wae prophet, u well ae poet, lie foreeaw true dap, and wrote of It in that thrilling, galloping etplo to peculiar to tho “blind old bard of Scio'a rocky bio." And hoc. la wbet llotner said: The D«. ITnalte. to th. Keerne. Tbe editor of tho Waahiogton Btpublt- cn» haa agrleranca agaltut thoao who either tap or think: “Tho people breathe more freely now, ae Uongneehae adjourn* lie write* about it at If expressing or entertalnlrg inch views were persona! reflections on himself. Tbit far-lelched flew of the quettlon bp Oorham grows out of the feet of hi, position a. manager of th, Pretideot’a kitchen organ, and a, flunkee of the etal wart faction of th* Jaco bins. The Jacobins an in control of both Housca of Congress and tbe stalwart wing of the organisation shapes the policy of .tho lefUlatire branch of th* govern* ment. Under this showing ofthacaae, Itbnot ■trange that lb* boca flunkee should con* alder any exhibitions of rejoicing on the part of tbe people over the adjournment of Concrete, aa a thing to be rtproUud. It necessarily implies popular condemna tion of tba methods of tbo Jacobins, and of the record that they have made; end tbe boet flunkee cannot sea bis way clear to the enjoyment of any euch sentiments, ilia allegiance to corrupt political methods if shocked and outraged by any thing which may he construed Into a coo- (km nation of Kctferiia ac4 IT obtain lam —the one embodying (taptdUyand the other roguery—and both of which wen rampant daring the seedoa Jaet doeed. Tbe hoea flunkee te naturally ptoodof tba record of the last aeaakm. 11s Is ex* ceedlngly ,!a!~! at the <vhibillon—the ihamcleta fra* ehowa, of btama partisan* There was a voon, man named Joeiah, Who cbtrlsh'd a irrmandotu dealab To trr a new way To ret him soma pay By running (or an office (or hlah. Bhouldjhey wish to rtiafranchUe tlw ne- groes’.’ What harm doea their voting do? Doea It not increase Democratic repre- acntaUon in Congress and In the Electoral College? Doea tbe editor of tbe republi can tuppoae that the negroes of booth Carolina can bo diaJrancblaed? Doea be aappose that there is any purposo on tbo part of the Democrats of that Stato to de liberately throw away the only advan tage gained by them in the enfranchise ment of the blacks? * Tbe Republican la either stupid or in sincere. The South Carolina Democrats are going to maintain tbe light of the no te vote when tbe Jacobins, in the near future, shall attempt to deprive them of that right They are going to to It, too, that they have tbe right to vote the Democratic ticket. There are more negroes running for office in 8onth Carolina, to-day, on the Democratic tick et, than have ever held office in ali the Republican States of the North, since they were made citiaeua. In the face of this fact, the hypocrisy of the position of tbe Republican is apparent. Shame on such a whited sepulcher 1 But South Carolina la a white man's government. The whites own tbe prop erty there, and they are going to assume the responsibility ol its protection. They are going to enact tbe lawa upon which persona and property may depend tor safe- They are going to maintain In their purity the institutions of free govern, ment, and transmit them unimpaired to their children, and to tbe children of the negroes. Further, they are going to re. slat, In every legitimate way, the evident purposes of tbe Jacobins to deprive the negroes of the ballot, merely because redounds to the advantage of the Demo, crate. Wo have said enough, perhaps, to make this matter plain to the Jacobin that edits the Washington Republican. What la true ot South Carolina is true of the other Southern States. The ballot wm con ferred oq the negroes, under tbe impres sion that they would use it to tbe utter humiliation and destruction of the white race in tbe South. It wm intended m a refinement of Puritanical torture. It wm an exhibition of diabolical revenge. Tlie invention of these caricatures on honocgble manhood hM returned to curse its originators. Let .them howl. There Is niffsic in it. Tbe Democratic majority in South Car olina will be very large this year, and it will be due largely to tbe negro vote. There is something exquisite in auclr re venge, and we are going to eqjoy it much more than the ungodly editor of that Ja cobin sheet, the WMhington Republican, KramiT Tina's. ~ ,— hero. There Is room tor them In Africa—room (or them In the North. II the /*rrss dcslrea it, but there isn’t room for them hore. and here ther will not ba tolerated. What has the constitution got to do about it 7 1 to keap the edi- Ami the people sai l lie was »irr Sad And ol tbe verdict lift hopes ended. Extraneous Kellffloa. It hM alwajs been asoorca of congratu lation to us that Southern people have been alow to be carried away by the ^■of half-crazy Whether It la that we are by nature less dlspoMdto meet the aeftance of new ideas, or whether It Is because we are thoroughly satisfied with our own opin ions and systems, we ca*inot My. But certain It Is that tbe South hM devel oped fewer cranks in proportion to popu lation than any other section of the Union. Few isms and schisms have ever taken root here, and none have gained permanent foothold. Thlsdoee not Indicate any lack of mental activity, for our people study calmly tbe theories which in other sections of tbe country ore accounted as orthodox, amt laugh at their absurdities. In the absence of densely crowded cities we do not catch .that communicated nervous force, which is converted into blind enthusiMm and overrides reason aud re flection, Every Southerner who needs tbe men- tal excitement of a contest plunges into poUtics,either on his own account, or that of bis friend, fights M hard for the candi date for alderman, m governor, works off his superfluous steam, and settles down contentedly to bis routine work. But in the North and East, politics and religion seem alike productive of cranks. Tbe political crank is familiar to every ooe. Given an undue prominence by the crime of Uuiteau, tbe eye of tbe people Is always on him, and there Is a generally expressed desire and Intention to keep blm suppreeeed. Ills arguments respect ing his divine appointment and fitacM for certain work are aniwered by the police man's baton, and his views are changed by reflection In the station bouse. But dealing with tbe reUgkme crank Is a much more serious and difficult task A man's religion and his mods of worship have been productive of *» much dlscoi J asdbleodthad tbat ws have learned the lemon, and now have no disposition to in terfere. Tbe result Is that a pleauoos harrast of cranks bm grown up, and un molested hM strengthened till now they run riot over tho conn try. .. inch t tor ol the Prt*9 and tha other robbers of the North from stealing tha negroes when the; were profteriri and Its supposed provisions wll. never tie down the white |>eopIe of the Houth to l>e robbed and oppressed by these stolen and liberated slaves.-Mmeou (C/a.) T*U§rapk • Now that sounds something Ilka iL That la the regular thing. It Is the old kind, brass mounted Democracy. "What ha* the constitu tion got to do about It r’ If the • resulted De mocracy do not fancy the constitution, why should they be required to respect or obey U7 The proud Caucasian, If he Is an "organised Democrat," must havo hU own way, despite constitution and laws. A government In which negroes vote, even If they voto for Caucasians, Is, in tho estimation ol the Bourbons (organ tied), a "nigger government." Houth Carolina Is theoretically a State of the Union, under constitution which forbids her to deny the right of suffrage to the blacks. South Carolina has no more right to obstruct th# exercise of the right of negroes to vote at her elections than she has to coin money, make treaties with foreign powers, or divide herself Into four sep arate States without the consent of the United Stales. A Suite government created In that State at an election from which the blacks excluded has no more claim to havo Its thority respected than would a gang of conn terfcltcra. The Slate of Houth Carolina has Just as much right to re-euslave the blacks, or Import sUvea from the coest of Africa, as she within her bop ders or In any manner abridge their right to vole.—Watkbmto* Republican. Editor Gorham appears to be down with a severe attack of. devotion to the constitution. We uso the word "ap pears," simply because It !« all in the seeming. He cares nothing for tbe con- rt'tutlon. He bm never cared anything for U. His party leadsn have denounced it in tbe pMt m "a league with bell and covenant with death and the history of his party during, and since tbe war, la principally made up of attacks upon the social fabric of tbe Southern States, and deulals of their political rights, in utter defiance of that instrument. Tbe only friends that the constitution ever had In tbe Republican party left tbat organiza tion long ago; and It Is literally true that there Is nothing within ell tbe range of human affection and regard for which that organization, m at present consti tuted, hM less respect than lor tbe consti tution of tbe United States. It hM never had any frieuds in this country outside of the Southern States, where U wm faith fully observed for generations, while tbe other sections were robbing tbe treasury in tbeir own Interest, and In defiance of te provisions. It le to be regretted that tbe houth now shows a disposition, in many quarters, to join In tbeee thieving, unconstitutional raids on tbe treMury an evil resulting from tbe precepts and ex ample of the Republican party. Tbe editor of the Republican Is badly ported m to tbe claims and purposes of the South Carolina Democrats. Thera It nothing strange In this, lie is badly posted on purpose. He doesn't want to know tbe truth. If he knew It be wouldn't tell It. It would not be palatable to his readers. Read this: "South Carolina hM no more right to obstruct the exercise ol the right of negroes to vote si her elec tions than she bai to coin money, make treatise with foreign powers, or to divide herself Into foar separate States without tbe consent of tbe United States.” South Carolina hM no recordon tbe subject of dividing States, without tbeir consent, or without tbe consent of the United States. Tba only record, on this line, tbat hM ever been made In tbe United States wm mads by tbs party which the edti;»r ot tbs Republican be longs. South Carolina does not Indorse tbat uncoortltnUoaal record, and will not ne apt to attempt to Imitate It. She Is not going to make any effort to cola mooey, at leant during tbs coming enter Into treaty stipulations with foreign powers; tboogh^U she sbould ever eater- | tala suck a purpose, she will not be at loss te find New England precedents lojoaUfy her course. Further than this, sbehMBO purpose to obstruct the rights of tbe nsgrres to tote. Tbe Democrats South Carolina an not Ms. Wb A Word For tlio Sfntroun. In s valuable exchange, we find the query, "Why do so many Southern ladies grow old early In life ?" No solution is attempted, and we are led to believe that tbe interrogator really seeks information upon the subject. We are inclined to think the true rea son is too deep seated to be understood and appreciated generally, even after having been stated clearly, and partaking too largely of psychological causes to be ca pable ot cmj statement. If we might be allowed to supply a partial reason, we would say that there Is too much monoto ny aud routine In tbe lives ot our women; too much repetition and too little tariety. Of course we speak of tho lives of married ladles. Let us illustrate by this city of Macon. There is no lack of amusement and recreation provided for the young la dies. {Society furnishes balls, parties, so ciables and social entertainments general ly, while the theatre, public gatherings and church services fill up the gaps In their every day exist ence. Daily, or at leMt weekly, they are brought Into contact with new faces, new IdeM, new happenings and fresh emo tions. There is no unlifted burden lo their living. If they have wearisome du ties to perform, and few there are tbat have not, they fiud recreation, not in Idle ness, for IdleneM la never s recreation, but In change. Thought la dragged from its old ruts and given new paths in which to wsuder. Care has no unbroken years in wLich to bend tbe form and line tbe face. Not so Is it, however, when they marry, and, to uso tbat oxpresslve phrase, "settle down.” At the very time when life's duties become heavier aad cares in crease, all that tends to vary end brighten their every-day existence passes out of reach. Their sole diversions are visiting end charcb-going, tbe former growing nar rower and less pleasurable as the years come on end topics change,.the letter generally becoming e metier of duty When we state that these era reinforced by one or two tripe to the theatre during tbe season, the whole situation has leen outlined. We do not mean for the reader to lufor that home hM no pleMures. On tbe contrary tbe bulk of pleuure Ues within tbe home. But It has little or no variety—the* element which someone bM aptly described as tbe spice of Ills. Even at home, with all Its pjcMures complete, a woman may soon grow old. Here In Macon we have abandoned all of thoM pleasures of society once to popu lar. Tbe old fashlooed sociables, In which tbe man of busineM and tbe young matron figured so happily; tbe yet older tea drink ings, the "old folks” parties, tbe little aid societies, which brought all the ladies together, and lbs little neighborhood gatherings that knit the people Into one large family and broadened tbe interests and purposes of life. We well know tbat tbe favorite reason ascribed Ibr tbe absence of all these things Is "poverty.” Tbe truth Is, however, tbat poverty Is not tbe reason now. When tbe war dosed natural Instinct drew tbs veil of privacy and concealment over the empty -parlors and slenderly furnished tables. Rut the cauM hM almost entirely disappeared. The people of this city are more prosperous and thrifty than those of any Southern city we can name. Tbe bouses ait moat all of them well kept and many of them elegantly fur nished, yet tbe old customs reign no more. Where ooce the experienced young mstron set tbe fashion and ruled in sod- ety^tabds cow the Inexperienced girl,upon when more money is lavished than in the olden days the entire family required for Nlato A|f rlt'iilturnl NttClrty. This body met in its semi-annual ses sion in Marietta las' Tuesday, August Dili. Tbe purpose and designs of this organiza tion are too II known to be reported here. Tbe wisdom of these gatherings has been demonstrated by thi public in terest manifested in these semi-annual meetings, and by tbo character and the attend xnce of the membership. All agree tbst much good hM been accomplished by this coming together of tho sons of toil, although it cannot be denied that in some instances tbe influence of these gatherings bai been used for other than legitimate ends. It is impossible tbst so many Intelligent men can come together, mingling socially and in public, without gaining many im portant facts and truths connected with the cultivation of tbe sol). In fact, tbe most profitable part of these proceeding are the experience meet ings, and the private consultations upon matters appertaining to the agricultural interests. The set essay and the popnlar declamations may contain a great deal of buncombe, while at tbe same time may throw out a great many practical sugges tions and present some novel theories; yet the wisdom of the aseembly is not.al- ways seen In them. It is to be found* in the more impasslonated utterances of tbe quiet and thoughtful who use more mus cle and fewer words. The recent session was, Uken altogeth er, one of the moet interesting ever held. Our reports have covered the actions of the body. The several subjects discussed presented a wide range of thought to farmers If they will only take it In. The difficulty with tbe tillers of the soil has been tbat they are slow to comprehend slid still slower to adopt the improve ments in their systems of farming sug gested by those who have made a study of these things. They err doubtleu on the safe side, for it would be more diiMtrous to adopt the wild theories of soma specu lative agent than to continue in "the way tbeir fathers trod.” But the experiments made by practical men and tbe lessons gathered therefrom are so easily demon strated that it is sheer folly to continue in tbe old rule, irrpovei iahing their land and becoming financially Involved more and more ovary year.* The discussion of the subject of "Cotton seeds, their products and uses,” by Prof. White, the State chemist, wm timely and will, no doubt, prove beneficial to tba agricultural inter ests of the State. Judge Vason's effort on tbe "Probabilities of an Income from a cotton plantation in south Georgia," while containing many facts and wise suggestions, must have been a little off in arithmetic, if ho is correctly repoited. The sage suggestion "that figures won't lie," hM been relegated to the dark ages. Their tue in this department may be a modem Invention, nevertheless they de ceive the very elect. Our faith it put to 1U utmost tension when Judge Yason says (hat on an investment of $4,0)0 a man could have after paying all expenses a net balance ef $4,335 In one year's time. Col. F. C. Furman’s IdeM of "Intensive Farming" have the virtue It is said or per sonal application, and. therefore are of Intense interest to the farmers. Still it will not do for every farmer to apply these theories In tbe same way. Tbe character of climate and so.l have" much to do with tbe successful prac tical working of any thaory. The convention did wisely In (he re- election of Col. Hardeman m lu preai dent. And it alto did a very graceful thing when expressing sympathy for the dying suteaman, Hon. B. H. Hill Withal, tbe convention hM left a good 1m presslon upon our upcountry friends, and we hope they wjll come to Albany iu February next and see for themselves wbst Southwest Georgia is, and cau do, under an Intelligent system of farming. fashion, and fill our entertainments and our gatherings with oor matrons, amid whom, watched over and guarded with tender care, tbe "jewel” of tbe house may able* all tbe brighter for tbe setting. Tax New York ihruld fotmi to be de terariaed «o brinw yooac Jodge GCbeoa, ot rates of freight, induced by an unprece dented railroad war. If they were poorly paid before this advance, we are not in formed of any demand mode upon the corporations for an increase ol pay. It appears that their demand wm made in view of the advance In freights, that It had no reference s question ot either fair wages or equiUble rates of freight. A glance at tbe stock quotations from day today,mwell m a knowledge of the charges on shipmenU of goods from New York to Chicago, for . instance, would have convinced them that tbe old rates of freight were not only not payings profit, but were seriously affecting the value of railroad sba-es, in view of the effect bound to be produced upon railroad property by the fearful cutting so long prevalent. They could cosily have seen that an advance of freight from twenty cents 'per hundred ;to thirty cents per hundred from New York to Chicago was not calculated to pay the companies at iMt. Any man can see that this latter rate Is too low to pay profits, when tbe distance considered. The strikers did not rea son this way. They looked only at the fact that freights had advanced fifty per cent. Thepresiof New York city, the pnlp't and tbe general public all express ed their sympathy with the strikers, aud indulged the easiest and cheapest of all abuse, that of corporations. There is danger in such a development of public sentiment. Utterances, such os have filled the columns of various news papers, and quoted m coming from the pulpit, abusing the corporations, without stopping to ioquire Into the facts, tend to destroy that respect for tbe rights and preperty of others that sbould mark the operations of public conscience. It may be said that tbe railroads could pay better wages and better dividends if they only Issued stock for actual capital in vested aad employed. Doubtless this argument is of force in many in stances. It is known tbat the stock of many companies bM been largely in- creMCd,in some instances doubled lue night. This is all wrong, and should be prohibited by law. There are other cor porations whose issue of stock represents only honest money, and this is entitled to tbe same protection before the law, at.d for iu owners the same returns, as though the amount invested iu it put Into any other shape in which pri* vate interests are kept. Tbe only other fact to which we will allude is that nearly every strike that hM occurred in our knowledge hM been In ■ligated by tbe leaders in tbe labor socie ties ot tbe country. The laborers have been damaged in almost every case. Take the strikers at Cohoes. They have lost four months time. If they should now gain all they demand, it would re quire forty months at the rate demanded their wages to equal amount they would have received the old rates. Tba mills have suffered proportionately, no doubt. The high officials connected with the la bor organizations get tbeir salarics,nev*r- thelcss. They have not suffered, them pay is important, but is impossible without place. It is to their Interest to foment discord lu order to maintain tbeir own Importance. The Labor SlrlkesaodThcir Lmum The great labor strikes or this year pre sent important features and suggest valuable lessons. Tbe South hM been free from the excitement and disturbance they create, an«j hM escaped the annoy- ones that would have come with any forced suspension of valuable Improvements, go ing on in all the cities and towns In this section, as well as In tbe country. For this we should be thankful. It hM not been a matter of accident that we have escaped. The causes that make up the difference both In coudltlon and feullog ol the laboring clssoea South and those North are marked. They have bad tbeir Influ ence this year. We have net space In this artiele to enumerate them. They have frequently been detailed by correspond ol the Northern press, who have looked Into the conditions that ex ist here, and have compared them espe cially witbtboM of tbe Midd'e and New Eugiand States. Of the many suspen sions of labor, on account ;of disagree ments between employer and employe as to tbe rate of wages demanded, we shall refer to those of tbe operatives of the Har mony mills, at Cohoes, and tbe freight handlers' strike 4n New York. Tbe for mer hM continued now nearly foor months. The amount Involved wm 10 per cent, of wages paid to tbe operative#! which they demanded and the company refuted to pay. We know nothing of tbe equities of thti cate, and ahall not at tempt to apeak upon this point. We do know that tbe operatives assure tbe pub lic that they cannot live on less than they demand, and tbat the company insist that they cannot afford to pay the last 10 per cent, of tbe amount. The operatives •till live, after four months of Idleness. A portion of their subsistence and other expenses lias doubt less been paid from tbe ravings of better days. This most be a small part, how ever, of tbe aggregate outlay necessary to keep tbe whole force from suffering. Many of them, ai is always tha case among large numbers of working people, are Improvident. The thrifty ones are the exception to the general rule. Tbe presumption is fair tbat Urge portion of the amount necemary, for tbe purposes mentioned h* 1 been contributed by labor organiza tions at oiber points. Tbeee, In turn, an composed ot people who an conplalnln, tbat they an poorly paid, and in many IneUneea say they cannot lira on tbeir wafes. If Ibl* b true, tbe question arises as to bo. they an enabled to make con trlbutton* for tbe auppoclof hundreds men, women and children, for months to* flat bar, who an wholly naomployod! Tho freight handlers struck for an ad- . „ Tans* of wages from sesanleen cents AognSs,sqeantylottofnmi. ttsayst Ihnn, ti.. n i,1,^.1 Tb. Amtbcraynenf erne hss llwtoently sed "f*?**_*™" aejmety been .-rttldmd lor not be. tnt Urstthey could not line at tbs former rale, tarn phone! his leesmihw* But thertbsa Tbeir demsnd was mad* when It was Aegasm youth who, herfat hot iwoety-tra known that lb* rarloua tracipHtatfoa CQMsIStafloi aarehMtow *“* I linn centering at New York had agreed ' Jl^l^IW.k*d mm?- .«(">»■ *dun« of fifty fer not. In lb* mihoi The Crank or the Republican. Tha editor of the Macon Tr.i.Koa.u-ii lias nnask-nse about him. lie sajrs just what hlf political associates think, but refrain from saying, llo speak* lor tho Bourbons of tbe whole Houth, an<l presents the national tssua. which must bo settled before any ether ques can be dcrblctl. The ballot box Is thi- yardsllck by which the popular will Is 1< measured. With the black vote excluded the Democrat# only have to deliver two feet yard, while the Republicans have to deliver three feet It Is a simple ca»e. Are two Dour bon Democrat* equal In politics! power to throe white Republicans? If only tho Bour bon* ore allowed to vote In the South, wb) should any but Kcpublld-aiis be allowed In the North? Another question arises. II the Macon editor la only babbling In bis chll- like way, the real sentiment* which his men prudent nclghl>ors concval, then the nrgnH still slaves In law, because the thirteenth amendment Is only one of Ihe "supposed provls Ions" of tbe Federal Constitution. If the atm manta are. In Bourbon estimation, only "sap provisions" by which tho white pcop’ of the Houth are not to be Ued down, tnen slavery Is only suspended temporarily and tU the Bourbon restoration. Tbe anti-hour bona who are leaving tba Democracy in ibr Southern Stales are doing so became of tbb refusal of the Incorrigible to sea that slavery has bean abolished, and that the negrt is a citizen by national decree. This la not a while man's government, la a white man's government lawful or lc In any State In the Union. That th>- whlto people will control the national and State governments by the free consent ami suffrage of the blacks ts as certain as that civil lsed society will eventually yield to barbarism In ftutm where the majority are ruled by the minority without tbeir consent, and through tha organised violation of law.-ITaeMagfoi tho requirements of the Jaw, w)i.< b i.iakn no distinction! between block* and wMira. Why, the negro is even allowed to «..r* tbe Democratic ticket—a high and pre.n- llarly exalted privilege, which • «•-'.*#! to certain grades of white men! Rut tho l J ti bllcan is tn-ubl.-d xhou our statement that "this Is a white *n*» government.'* if moat of tho white men- in the couutry were like the editor of tho Republican we would, perhaps, bo e -nry that it la a white man’s government: but even that would fail to alter the fuie lu the case. This liawbitn man's govern ment because it cannot help being so. The country wm discovered by white men, settled by white men, colonized by while men and by white men was liberated from British domination. Its civil insti tutions were founded by wldto men f? the perpetuation of tbe liberties of them selves and tbeir children; and while the boon of freedom aud the privileges of dti • zeusbip have been extended to the black race, and may in time be extended to other races (u tbe antipathy of Jacobins to the yellow and copper-colored races dies out), yot it is none the lets true that It Is now, as it was in tho beginning, and m it will continue to be unto the end, a white man's government. Iu the closing para graph of the quotstion from the Republl- can, this fact is admitted iu the statement "that the white people iflU cn: trol the Natioual and State covcrumc* fa t y the free consent and suffrages of the I- n That being admitted, the Rrpubjo tn concedes all that we claim. If «it i'«at the Democrats claim can be arrnirpH lu ed with "the free consent and ruffieg x of tbe blacks," as Editor Gorbtnt «<?r« 1% and m the Southern Democrats claim to be already tbe case, it Is Impossible pi *eu any necessity for, or any poiut In, the howl which the crank injects into his closing acntence. If the country survives tho "barbarism" which counted Hayes Into an ofllco to which he wm not elected—subject in-; ihe majority to the Infamous minority*™ c fo# four ye and, in addition, survives ' tho "barbarism" of a minority rule based upon "the lottory of assassination,"It will not be much shaken by aay probable or even possible "organised violation of law’’ in the Democratic States of tbe South, to accomplish what the ungodly Republican admits can be attained through "the free consent and suffrage of the blacks." i’hyalciau, heal thysell I” Tbo Tribune's PonUentlnry Mtnnd- point. The adjournment of Congress*gives equal pleasure to lta members and to the people. Those features ot Its record which are bad are so conspicuously censurable tbat thejr over shadowed much good that was realty accom plished. Tho action of the Forty seventh Con gress In unseating the members from tbe South who occupied seats obtained by fraud and vio lence, and held by trickery and perjary w IU always be quoted to its credit, sod will cover a multitude of small sins.—AVw lork Tribune. It would not have been difficult to locate tbe above wretched paragraph, even if we bad omitted the credit. It would be eMy to* trace it to the SWbtme—a pap.-r which hM bravely recovered from ti e abort apell of decency with which it im. Inodulcated during the Greeley campaign Tbe venom of the Tribune U a matter ofsma^concern down 'his way. its slandeiron tbe people of ti e South are looked upon m the necessary result of tho character of Its editorial management. Wo do not often Indorse tbo opinions of tbe WMhlugtoo Republican, but them h every reason to believe that it d ies not nn- deiMlimato the malignant and hypocriti cal baseness of Ibe'rtall town" p nple. We should naturally expect the Tribune to consider, m merely venial, tho <li<- graceful robberies of tbe treasury tbit were perpetrated at tbe last session. 1* cot "part of tbe pork,” and this fact U sufficient to incline it to only w k an.t meaningless censure of the Ungraceful -legislation referred to above. The Tribune does nor believe that the Dtinocrate, who were deprived of t’jelr veals lu tbe forty-seventh Con^ti' ^. by the Jzcoblns, w.ere guilty of the crimes which it charge*. It does not believe tbst the Jacobins had any right to turn them nut. It la related to Anaulu. Itialyli g u. rely to keep Its band In. Hut just think of this: It %• -tally claims that the turning of Democrali of tbeir rightful Mots lu Cougrr«s ami the tilling ef their places by Jacobins, were unquestionably defeated, ii a virtue which "will cover a nmHlt-.ih of •maillira”ofstealirg. 'I: up .u(t Tribune doctrine. Nothing v, hUi. InP to tbe advantage of the North it wrm* itv estimation. That "tl. 1 J 1 the means" embodies the « h >!« of J bin philosophy aud morality, from Tribune's penitentiary standpoint. lag- TlX may- fife foa^ss^ The editor of the Washington Repub lican hM a great deal of nonsense about him, m tbe above paragraphs abundantly prove. The editor of this paper dora not tty much that he is accused of Myiug. He hss said nothing remotely kin to what tbe Republican charges with reference to excluding tbe black vote from tbe polls. lawful vote cau be excluded from tbe polL In Georgia; and ir tUre Is a Demo crat in tbe .State who maintains any other opinion we are not aware of. the fact There are people in Georgia who volunta rily disfranchise themselves. Outside this doe#, the polls are open to all lawful voters who are free, black, and tweuly oue—and, we regret to say, to many who are not qualified vc ten, under tbe laws of tbe State. Tbe Republican drivels about tbe amendments. It tries to misrepresent the position of this paper with reference to them. That Is m small matter. Jacobin paper would !•*•: its distinctive features if It sboutd become fair and ho ert. It is never itself, except wbeu n elllngin suppressions of tbe truth a suggestions of falsehood. Th* re a strong evidences In tbe Republican « tract tbat IU editor U a confirmed enn No really sane man could hays wriU the following sentence: "TLe tatl-ll* bone who are leaving tbe Democracy tba Hoothetn States are doing so because uf this refusal of tbe incorrigiblee to see | that slavery hM been abolished, an 1 Uui tba negro la a citizen by a Ballous! We do not know any Southern Demo crats who deny "that the negro Is a cil*- xeu,” and all such talk Is but tbo absurd mouthing tin crank, who does not know tbe truth, or of a knave, who does not ^ care to tell it. Foeaibly it may be simply a | sharp Jacobin device to "3re tte Northern j y n _ s Mm ,~., ( . heart;" but in no event ran it be eo&sid-! fcc a lost »'*t ered a sincere nlteranre nf opinion on the [ mJTth^tha mwSSne part of tba Bejre&Wean-^leM lu edi'ror, ’ Ly long political association with Guilreo, "rank C/iu V ha become lllta-tnloded. NoboJ, here denies the freedom ol the negro, or rigid to vote when be hoe complied ' RRRVMTH. *•'. Sf.kki'ivo on his arm paralyzed the a of a mam In Albany, N. Y. A PiTTsuuao firm Is turning out gl slabs for use on furniture In lieu of marble. Or tbe 1,518 cases of small-i-ox in ( coco lost year, l.lot proved fatal. Tfcrse sUtU> Ues sue. 'it an Important t : f--: **- •. A 5t. Louiarailroad cmh'.u •- .-awoke to And that ho had overslept, rad that t train had gone without him. lie at on killed himself with a platoL Ax American prims donna. Hits Lilian Norton, with tha stag* noma of Nordics, has just mode her. debut at the Grand Opera Paris in "Faust," and woe much applause. A aldy at Newport wm recently in vited to nine dinner parties on the same srtn- of he of Deadwood Lu be*i a to assist lu reeling i Ax exchange puts a sol-nm truth in a ravel and effect!re way when ft mys tbst "some men wear their beat trousers nut In tbo knees In winter getting religions, and the seem of their pants out In aummi-r backsliding." "Josii Billing s' Pulpit" I* tbo name given by the historical society of Rutland, Yt, to a enrieasly rounded knob of slate-rock, some twenty feet bleb, at Mason's KHnt, Uke hombsae, and the aaeml phCeeepber says he bora* to rood from it hla letters on •ThelVob- abilities of Ufa." A young SOU Of tl.* u V. Edward RvetettBrtBef Rartpe. who is at work In the Muon Machine ffurh, at Providence, learn ing to pat engines together, and stiHtlag Hpaalsh in hts spare bean, lo fit himself for • ■> ploy men i la m r. *•* * riioiuMbicodowu In- • ‘ her is sensible enough te be at