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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1885.-TWELVE PAGES.
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pecially at this time of the year when a
quart of hot soup and a pair of woollen
socks will go farther in evangelizing an out-
oast than a threo hours' discourse on vicari
ous atonement.”
The St. Louis Globe says; “A man and
a woman teach in adjoining rooms, doing
exactly similar work, and the man is paid a
third more than the woman; why, nobody
cun tell. The difference in estimate of
valne may be a purely fanciful notion, or it
may be founded on some good reason, but,
until it is in some way removed, the dis
parity in pay will probably continue."
“Ip the fiery Southerners who denounce
the North as a nation of South haters could
all come North they would find that the
people of the North don't care much
about politics except to insist on political
liberty and freedom for all men,” Hays the
Philadelphia News. Then why in the name
of consistency do they try to force such men
os Malione and Wise upon the Southern
people?
“Professor T.
A Boston journal says:
MeCants Stewart, of Liberia College, West
Africa, was in the city a few weeks ago ask
ing for signatures to a petition requesting
the United States government to explore
Iiberia." It is a bad showing (or a negro
republic of sixty years standing, from
which white men are excluded ns citizens,
that the time negro has not been able to
survey his nation.
The New York World says: “A curious
phase of the delirium of the now sold to be
moribund Robert Toombs ia the fancy that
the furniture of his room is carried all over
the States, oa he finds it in every room
where he stops at night This probably is
a rambling reminiscence of more than twen
ty years ago. when fnmitnrc and household
properties generally were freely removed
from Southern houses and transported to
the North, though none of it was found
next night and some of it has not been seen
by the owners forsome time.”' More likely
it is a later reminiscence of Kimbull House
furniture.
Elections To-Day.
This is an important day in American
politics. Colorado will eleet a Supreme
Court Judge; Connecticut half the State Sen
ate and the entire Assembly; Florida volta on
its new State constitution; Iowa chooses a
Governor, full State ticket and Legislature;
Muryluud elects a controller and clerk of
the Court of Appeals; Massachusetts a full
State ticket and a constitutional amend
ment; Mississippi a full State ticket and
Legislature; Nebraska a Supreme Court
judge and University regents; New Jersey
an Assembly nnd one-third of the State
Senate; New York a full State ticket, five
Supremo Court judges nnd both branches
of the Legislature; Pennsylvania a State
treasurer, nnd Virginia n State ticket nnd
Legislature.
Twelve of the States hold elections of
more or less importance, and the results
in each will have political importance, ex
cept that of Florida, perhaps.
Before the close of this day, we shall
most likely be in possession of the retnms
from New York city and Brooklyn, and
these it expected will settle the contest in
New York State.
Most of the interest settles about this
election nnd in Virginia.
In the latter State, will be' decided if the
South can he divided on present issues, and
in New York the President is on trial. He
has not interfered beyond n money contri
bution nnd bis own vote and those of two
of his cabinet ministers, but if New York,
his own State, shall declare against him and
defeat,the Democratic party it will be asked
why he did not interfere to prevent such a
result. The issue has not been clearly,
made upon the administration anywhere,
but the verdict in every State will he
looked to with interest. It has been claim
ed that the administration has gained great
accessions in the persons of fair-minded
men of all grades of opinion who are not
strictly hound by party ties. If this he
really so, the fact will be made apparent at
the polls to-day. If on the other hand the
Republican party has not lost strength it
will hnve an opportunity to exhibit the fact.
The test cannot be said to be conclusive,
but it may bo indicative, so much so that
the election retnms will not only be eagerly
read but carefully scrutinized. Our col
umns will contain full reports on Wednes
day morning.
Why, in all nations, is the right hand
nsed more than the left; why are the toils
of raco horses bobbed, and would not n
man's ears be of more service to him if
placed on the back and front of his head,
are three questions to be investigated by
the Podunk Scientific Society this week.
A Colonel Lee, who claims to hnve been
private secretary to the late R. B. Hayes,
comes to the front with this yam: “During
the summer of 1877 I had numerous inter
views with Gen. Grant, nnd among the
things discussed was the Hayes-Tilden con
troversy, and Grant gave mo to understand
that he had reason to believe Mr. Tilden
proposed to come down to Washington nnd
be sworn in ns President. Speaking of this,
Gen. Grant said, in his qniet way, hnt with
nn expression of seriousness on his face
which indicated that he meant every word
he said: ‘If Mr. Tilden had undertaken to
do that I woald have hung him.' Col. Leo
says Gen. Grant told him this on more than
one occasion, nnd nt one time told him he
would like to have Mr. Hayes know it.
* • " There is strong reason to believe
that Col. Leo speaks the truth, and there is
corroborative evidence to sustain him,
Among other weaknesses, Gen. Grant was
troubled with a very unrotentlve memory.
3,792 bales. These figures show a decrease
for the week of 210 bales.
The total receipts from the plantations
since September 1, 1885, were 1,678,910
bales;in 188* were 1,574,673 bales; in 1883
were 1,693,485 bales.
Although the receipts at the outports the
post week were 268,023 bales, the actual
movement from plantations was 313,148
bales, the balance going to increase the
stocks at the interior towns. Last year the
receipts from the plantations for the same
week were 301,017 boles, and for 1883 they
were 281,669 bnlcs.
The imports into continental ports this
week have been 10,000 bales.
The figures indicate a decrease in tlie cot
ton in sight to-night of 165,770 bales as com
pared with the some date of 1884, a decrease
of 367,316 bales as compared with tho corre
sponding date of 1883, and a decrease of
142,119 bales as compared with 1882.
The Chronicle hns the following to say of
the market fluctuations for the week under
review:
There has been an important decline in prices ot
cotton (or future delivery at this market tho past
week. Foretan advices have been very unfavorable,
trade and values at Manchester having apparently
become much demoralized, receipts at the ports
have Increased and the speculators on our Cotton
Exchange lost confidence, not only cessing to buy
but selling recent purchases. Under these In
fluences the lowest figures yesterday were U0 to 35
points below recent highest figures. There wai
some recovery In tho latest dealings yesterday, as
cribed to bad picking weather and a consequent de
mand to cover contracts. The exports havo been
more active, keeping stocks down at Southern out-
ports. To-day there was a further decline. In which
the lowest figures of the season were made, follow
ed by a slight and not well sustained recovery. The
Increased stocks at lutorloi towns attracted atten
tion. Cotton on the spot has beta dull and droop
ing. Even tho spinning demand has been small.
Quotations were reduced l-16c. on Monday aud
again ou Wednesday. Yesterday middling uplands
and grades above were unchanged; middling to
strict good ordinary were reduced 1-tOc.; good ordi
nary and grades below reduced J^c.: middling
stained reduced l-15c.; other grades of stained re
duced JtC. To day the market Is nearly nominal at
IJaC. for middling uplands.
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PERSONAL.
BAD OUTLOOK FOR COTTON.
Decrease In the Prospective Yield In Oeor-
gio, Florida, Alabama and the Cnrollnaa.
The October cotton report to Bradstreet’s
based on the condition of the crops in 576
out of the 654 cotton-growing counties in
the Sonth. The September report indicated
that no improvement had taken place from
previous conditions except in the States of
Texas and Arkansas. The present report
indicates a further decrease in the prospec
tive yield in the Carolinas, Georgia, Ala
bama and Florida. Texas, Arkansas and
Louisiana showed a certain amount of gain
in the general condition, while tho crop in
Mississippi and Tennessee just about held
its own. Taking tho cotton region ns n
whole, the prospect of any top crop being
;athercd may be set down ns undoubtedly
iad. The conclusion reached only ampin
's the report of last month, in which the
failure of the top crop was indicated.
In Georgia tho condition of tho crop nnd
its progress during October is not encour
aging. The condition of the weather for
the development of the crop was very bad,
and picking was so much retarded by rain ns
to render it doubtful if over 65 per cent, of
the crop was gathered by November 1. The
prospective yield Bhows n great decrease,
according to our correspondents, from the
expected fair average yield last month, nnd
the top crop turns out nearly a total failure,
as was indicated last month. The heavy
rains reported generally throughout Sep
tember continued well into October in
tnnny counties, and the damage to the cot
ton will lower tho grades very much. The
movement of fhe crop to market is free, the
planters wishing to realize on the cotton in
order to help pay their debts. The yield of
lint is not very satisfactory, and, taking the
State as a whole, the proportion of lint to
seed cotton may be set down at 1 to 3.J.
The condition of cotton in the larger coun
ties of Georgia, on October 25, was as fol
lows:
tribute of surpassing eloquence to the qual
ities of tho private soldier in tho ranks of
the Confederate army. He gave anecdotes,
illustrating tho coolness, courage and devo
tion to country of tho private
soldier which were, by turns, amus
ing cr pathetic, nnd evoked the
enthusiastic approval of the “old rebs"
who heard him. He brought out, in illus
tration, a very valuable statement of the
battle of Seven Pines, (in which he paid a
warm tribute to Col. Thomas H, Carter and
the King William artillery, which he then
commanded), Sonth Mountain nnd Sharps-
burg, which ho regarded as one of tho best
illustrations of the prowess of the Confed
erate army. He gave some very carefully-
compiled statistics to show that, instead of
having 97,000 at Sharpsburg (as General
McClellan reported), General Loo had really
only 27,000 men tnere. He illustrated uIbo
by the campaign of 1864, when General
Lee's army killed nnd wounded more of the
enemy than they had, and their service in
the trenches nt Petersburg.
General Hill concludes as follows:
Aud what shall bo said of thoHe unselfish patriots
who were true to their colors to the last, when the
ravages of armies had desolated their country and
the torches of bummers had left blackened chim-
neys as monuments over the buried treasures of a
husband's and father’s love? How can we sufficient*
ly honor these men who, knowing that their fami
lies. without food aud without shelter, were starving
to death, or ware living on tho offal of the
enemy’s camps—who, knowing even this, yet
still answered to roll-call, yet still filled
their places in the ranks, yet still
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flow Animals Foretell Storms.
All animals act ns a sort of natural barom
eter, and are endowed with a sense which
tells them when the atmosphere begins to be
affected by a storm.
Tame geese fly and squawk before a storm,
and swallows and larks soar to the upper re
gions of the atmosphere to escape the heavy
vapors that precede a storm.
Birds anoint themselves on the appear
ance of the rain, bo as to secure their feathers
from inoisturo that they may be able to fly
higher than usual.
Domestic cattle by their restlessness fore
tell the coming of a change in the weather.
Tho atmosphere is generally heavier because
of the electric vapor that arises, hence their
irritability.
Horses rub themselves, sheake their
heads and snuff the air by turning up their
noses.
DogB throw up the earth with their paws.
Ante labor diligently and the bees keep
near their hives, because the increasing
weight in the atmosphere foretells the com
ing atmospheric disturbance.
Boston, November 2.-—The grand jury
to-day considered tho Mellin-Coolidge con
spiracy. Chief Inspector Hanscom and
Mr. Hchlessinger, clerk of the Revere
House, “Bos” Cobb, James Donahue, nl'ns
“John Bull/’ Inspectors Garraughty, Watts
and Houghton testified, Tho entire morn-
faced death again, and again putting
duty to country above duty to wife
and childrcnl Aye, how many of them
poured out their heart*’ blood in that last despair
ing struggle, leaving those they loved more than
life to the cold charities of a forgetful world. Hard
must be tho heart of that focman which does not
warm with a generous glow at this simple tale of
sublime devotion to principle. And how should
this story affect ns, their comrades in danger and
their partners in tho samo buoyant hopes and the
same deep despair? May my arm be palsied by my
side when it ceases to hold up tho banner inscribed
all over with their glorious deeds. May my tongue
cleave to the roof of my mouth when it ceases
to pronounce the praise of such matchless courage,
unrivalled fortitude and unselfish patriotism. God
bless the privates in the ranks now and forever-
morel (Great applause.]
Having nn unwavering faith in tho wisdom, jus
tice and mercy of God, I bow with adoring rover*
to His decree which destroyed our hoper *
Notice—Commissioners’ Sale.
GEORGIA .JONK8 COUNTY—By virtue of a judg
ment of the Superior court of ►.!: 1 county, obtain* d
at tho October term, 1885, the* undersigned commis
sioners of said court will sell at Haddock’* station
on the Georgia railroad, in Jones county, within
the legal hours of sale, ou the find Tuesday in De
cember next, twenty-four acres of land divided into
small lots, known as and embracing Haddn, k tn-
tlon on said railroad. - A plat of said land and lots
will bo on exhibition at said sale. Sold for distribu
tion among the tenants in common of tho same.
Terms cash. J. T. 8PEI(Hi l s,
\V. T. MORTON.
J. M. MIDDLEBR00K8,
Southern independence.
1 not reverse His
Col. SIabuellvs E. Thornton emerges
from ‘Mown in a coal mine nndcmeatli the
ground." Subsequent t* bis unfortunate
speculation in the “precious dirt” of At
lanta, the Colonel made heavy investments
in a coal mine and became the president of
the concern. It now appears to the Colonel
that his investment is in a shaky condition,
and it is too late to unload it on “My Dear
Ward." When henry Grady, the chum of
the Colonel, madly threw away a Congress
man-at-large to cling to journalism for
ever and forever, Colonel Thornton regis
tered a similar vow. The disregard of that
' vow seems to have invited misfortune for
tho Colonel
The Boston Herald says; “In a recent
paper before a scientific society abroad
Prof. O. C. Marsh, the New Haven paleum
tologist, made the remarkable statement
that the size of the brain in the extinct ani
mals decided the condition ot the snrvirsl
or failure in the race straggle. Those of
the same class who had the largest brains
were most successful in tho race of life.
This confirms, if it needed confirmation,
the natural law of the survival of the fittest
to the extent that the fittest to survive in
the great straggles of nature are those who
have the moot brain power. It is not so
much physical os mental strength that de
termines the existence of both animals and
men.”
While Hob. K. E. HnrrU, of Bibb, is tho anther
of tho biU ertnbtlrtilng IhojKbool of technology.
Chancellor MeU, of the Culrenlty, draerve. the
credit of being th. first mover in the matter. Two
years before th. Legislature took bold of the matter
Chancellor M.U, In ble annual meeeoge, euggerted
the importance of MUbliohing the oebooL
The shove paragraph is from the Athens
Chronicle. Chancellor Mell's annual mes
sage wan written several months after the
Teleoeats has editorially proposed for
Georgia a technological achool We ore in
formed that several years before the Tele-
oxora took bold of the matter the citizens
of Milledgeville discussed a similar enter
prise in connection with the oldcapitol
building, but dropped the subject when the
Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural
V College was organized.
The Cleveland Plnln Dealer shows how
the Democrats may defeat Sherman in the
next Ohio Legislature. It says:
"When th. Senate convenes there wilt be no Ben*
a tor. from Uamitton connty bolding legal certifi
cate,. If the four Republican, present tbemaolvee
they will not be sworn in. Without them there
will be only seventeen Republican Senators—less
than a quorum—and they canuot organize the Sen*
The Democratic Senator, wilt never permit no
gross s nsnrpstlon of authority to be carried out If
It is undertaken, and they will not elt tn tho Senate
If It la attempted. The result will be that the Ben-
ate cannot organize, the omelet vote cannot be can-
vacred, no Joint oeoaton can be held, no United
State. Senator can be elected, and no law can be
paaced. To this state of affaire any attempt to
four Republican Senators from Ham
ilton county by virtue of the action of a coart
must certainly come. This might aa well be un
derstood. If the Republican, think they have a
ease and that their men ought to be seated Instead
of the Democrats they can have every opportunity
to prove it In the Senate. But to that constitutional
tribunal they most coma. The Democrats ask
uotbing but wbat la right and lawfuL but they will
stand upon tbeir right, and maintain them. They
will not submit to any revolutionary proceedings
or any usurpation of authority in defiance of the
constitution. This Is a solemn fact that the gentle
men who am trying to work the courts for a parti
san end unconstitutional purpura will do well to
bear In mind now and save trouble further along. 1
Cotton Statement.
From the Chronicle's cotton article of
October 30, the following facts are gathered
relative to the movement of the crop for the
post week;
For the week ending this evening (Octo
ber 30), tho total receipts havo reached
268,023 bales, against 261,704 holes last
week, 231,491 bales the previous week and
192,107 hales three weeks siuce, making tho
total receipts since the first of Septemlier,
1885, 1,388,453 hales, agninst 1,435,830bales
for the same period of 1884, showing s dc
crease since September 1, 1885, of 47,377
hales.
The receipts of all the interior towns for
the week hnve been 195,917 balea. Lost
year the receipts for the same week were
163,803 bales. The old interior stocks have
increased daring the week 42,612 bales, and
are to-night 38,887 balea more than at the
same period last year. The receipts at the
same towns have been 14,099 bales more than
the some week lost year, and since Septem-
tetuber 1 the receipts it all the towns are
128,811 bales more than for the same time in
1881.
Among the interior towns, the receipts at
Macon for the week have been 3,582 bales.
Last year the receipts for the week were
-Theodore Thomas is conducting the
festival of the Choral Society in St. Lonis.
—Miss Cleveland will return with the
Presideht when he goes back from New
York, after having cast his vote.
—B. G. Halliburton, son of the author of
Sam Slick,” hns made some interesting
ethnographical discoveries in Jamaica.
—Assistant Secretory Coon has returned
to Washington from New. York, nnd re
sumed his duties at the Treasury Depart
ment. His successor will soon be appoint
ed.
—The Into M, Perrin held nn enviable po
sition—in many particulars—os director of
the Theatre Francois, his stated income be
ing about 818,IKK) a year. This is the high
est salary enjoyed by any public function
ary in Franco below the President.
—Cotogni, tho famous baritone, has been
highly complimented in Spain. The people
to whom he had sung in the Badia theatre
visited his hotel to serennde him; the po
lice tried to disperse the crowd; the crowd
resisted; the soldiers were called ont, nnd
for nn hour tho singer witnessed a free fight
in his honor.
—Righteous wrath illumined the face of
the Rev. F. T. Tonge, of Exeter, England,
the other duy when nt the wedding of Miss
Bessie Brown ha stood up in the pulpit,
assumed a dignified ntitude, and solemnly
rebuked that part of the congregation that
had como there “only to see what coaid be
produced bv tho manufactory of art and the
dressmaker's skill.”
—“Though his hair ia white,” says Lon
don Truth, giving a pen picture of Roche
fort, “his vitality is unimpaired. Roche
fort has a vast head, nnd the widest and
deepest chest of any Frenchman that I
know. The bulk of his frame diminishes
(in appeoranco) his stature- The nerves
are as excitable as the muscles are strong,
nnd he vibrates as readily os an JEoliau
harp.”
—It appears from the memoirs of Piro-
goff, now being published, that tho greater
German surgeons, such ns Rust, Graefe,
and Diffcnbucb, did not hnve a very thor
ough knowledge of anatomy. During op
erations they did not hesitate to ask their
assistants tho coarse of certain arteries and
stems, and Diffenhacb, nt one operation
had even forgotten the names of two im
portant bones of the foot.
—When Rubinstein was in this country
“Josh Billings" was introduced to
him, and the pianist in conversation pre
sently endeavored to impress upon the
Yankee an idea of bis high family rank.
“Indeed,” he said, "I have ascertained
that my ancestors were prominent men in
the crusades, and one of them accompanied
the Emperor Barbarossa." “On the piano,
I suppose,” said “Josh.”
Charles IHackman to be Hanged.
Columbus, Ga., November 2.—Charles
Blackman, who killedStonewaU D. Tondee,
at EUnville, Ga., on September 5tb, was
sentenced to he hanged on Friday next, bat
the case was appealed to the Snpreme
Court. It ia thought, however, that tho
Snpreme Court will not interfere with the
sentence of the court below, nnd that
Blackman will be executed at the time de
signated. Tondee was shot through n win
dow ot his store while he was waiting
customer*.
Hoe Cholera in llliuel,.
Tolona, III., November 2.—Hog cholera
has not been os bod for years in some part i
of Champaign county os it now is. More
than a thousand head have died within a
few weeks iu the southern part of Crittcn-
deu township alone. The loss in this
neighborhood will not fall far below 19,000.
The disease is rapidly spreading and threat
ens to attack every hem in the comity.
Opposition to Cremation.
Buttalo, N. Y., November 2.—The pro
ject for the incineration of the dead bodies,
which by the erection of a crematory is
soon to be tested in this locality, is meet
ing with considerable opposition. Bishop
Cox preached at St. Join's Church last
evening to a very Urge congregation on the
anbject of “Christian Bnrial,” giving his
views in opposition to cremation. He
claimed that incineration was repugnant to
Christian civilization.
Austrian Preparations.
Vienna, November 2.—Two railway com-
pahies have been quietly ordered by the
war office to prepare 2,000 wngens for the
accommodation of the military tranaporta-
tion department It U reported that Russia
secretly encourages Serna in the Utter's
bellicose attitude by hinting at a possible
Servian administration over Bosnia.
■ in Alabama tlic weather since September
25tli is stated to hnve been between fair nnd
bad, so far as the development of tbe grow
ing crop was concerned. The prospects of
top crop are set down as bad, and a- dis
tinct decrease is shown from tbe prospects
of a month ago, when it fair average crop
was expected to be gathered. The weather
for picking is set down as between fair and
bad, and the total amount picked by No
vember 1st will probably equal 75 per cent.
Like iu tbe preceding State, heavy rains arc
credited with producing a very bad state of
tilings, rust, shedding and rotting of bolls
taking place iu many counties. The crop
is said to be moving on fairly quick, the
very low price causing planters to hold
their cotton when possible. The probable
yield in lint is placed at about one pound
to three and a half of seed cotton.
In Sonth Carolina the damage by drought
in August and September was supple
mented in October, tit many counties, by
rains during the picking season, which had
an injurious effect, suspending picking and Utct^jiniu^jpeech.
causing a general deterioration in quality to
some extent. The prospects in September
of a top crop being gathered were bad. The
present report serves to emphasize this.
The weather for picking, taking tho State
as a whole, is put down as about fair. The
amount picked is about SO per cent.
THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER.
Address of Gen. I>. II. Hill, nt the Reunion
of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Richmond Dlsaptch, Oct. *23.
Tlirso annual gatherings of “tho men who
wore the grey” havo lung been regarded us
one of the most interesting features of
'fair week.” Last night was no exception.
Tho hall of tho House of Delegates wa*
crowded with fair women and bravo men,
and the occasion wa« one of deepest inj
| forest.
Gen. W, II. F. Leo, president of tho as
sociation, called the met ting to order, and
called on the chaplain (Dr. J. William
Jones), who led in prayer. General Lee in
troduced ns orator of the evening General
D. H. Ilill, in tin; following graceful words,
which were heartily applauded:
I have the honor, ladies and gentlemen, to intro
duco to you as our orator of the evening one of the
famous captains of the gallant Army of Northern
Virginia, whose name ami faint* is interwoven with
its history. It is especially pleasing to Virginians
to greet this ilistiugm-hed soldier, not only on ac
count of his own great merits, being known os
among the bravest of its generals, but also because
he comes from our sister state of North Carolina,
whose pliant sous poured out their blood so freely
on Virginia's soil in defense of constitutional lib-
General Ilill wan received with deafening
applause ami stood for some minutes before
ho could proceed.
ADDBEHS OK OF.NEn.VL I>. II. HILL.
General Hill began his address as follows
Soldier* of the Army of Northern Virginia: It is
meet ami prois r that this a*.>.K-latlon of the vete
rans of the noblest truest, ami bravest army that
the suu ever shone uis»n should assemble in the
capital of the late Confederacy. It is eminently tit-
tiug. too. that|it should meet in the capital of Vir
ginia, since its name and fame are ius4-perably asso
ciated with three illustrious Virginian*. U was a
Virginian who first organi/i-d it an.I Lent it upon its
wonderful career of victory; it was a Virginian who.
at its head, held at bay for three yean* the army re
cruited from the four quarter* of tho globe, ‘and
who, r.*ith ever decreasing forces, fought the
world iu anus; it waa a Virginian who,
with portions of this famous army, made
those stealthy marches to the rear, and struck those
terrible blows which so astonished the world. We
remember that it was a Virginian whose eloquence
m«Ht fired the hearts of the colonists against ISrUUh
aggression; that it was a Virginian who moved iu
the Continental Congress for a declaration of inde
pendence; that it *as a Virginian who wrote that
declaration; that it was a Virginian who led the
armies of the rel* llion agaiust Great Britain; that
it w as a Virginian who so exi>ouudcd the principles
of the constitution as to make that instrument ac
ceptable to the American |>eople; that it was
Virginian who presided over the court cstaH
lisheu under that constitution with such abil
ity aud impartiality that tie is to-day regarded as the
wUest, the g.vatcst, aud pnrcui of the Chief Justices
presumptuous. All honorable Confederates render
the truest allegiance to tho obligations imposed
upon them by the surrender. I believe that the
most uncompromising rebels—yea, the bitterest
rebels, if you choose to call them so—would be the
very first to rally around the old Hag in any Just
and honorable war. They have expressed the sin-'
cerest sympathy with tho suffering* and misfor
tunes of illustrious foemen; they havo rejoiced at
the successes of mauy of their lato antagonists, and
they have contributed to those successes.
But no generous conqueror wishes the conquered
i forget their old tie* and their old loves. No gen-
erouH conqueror wishes us to disparage tho grand
heroism aud the unparalleled constancy of the Con
federates iu the ranks.
No generous conqueror expects us to underrate
the ability of our great leaden* because they were
defeated, without taking into consideration that
their defeat was due to their being overwhelmed.
Every school boy knows of Thermopylae aud of
Leonidas defeated and slain, but who of you can
tell the name of the victorious Persiau commander
of the Dori Phori, who attacked him in front? Who
of you remembers the name of the commander of the
so-called "Immortal Band,” which, having gone
through a secret defile, attacked him successfully
in rear? The historian of tho present looks only at
victory and defeat; the historian of the past look s
at all the surroundings. But even now we of the
present, who have seen the great movements of our
wonderful leaders, can look at these surroundings.
Every ouo with Southern blood in his veins plaees
in tho front rank of the world's great commanders
the two modest men who sleep no quietly and so
unostentatiously at Lexington, Va. Every* one with
Southern blood in his veins cherishes in his in
most soul the memory of their great deeds as a
precious legacy to the land they loved so well.
Gen. Ilill was vociferously applauded as
j took bis seat, nnd was warmly congratu-
thmt one
lngton to Lincoln—thirty-six of the seventy-two
years—was passed under the administration of Vir
ginian President*. We remember with reverential
awe the Father of his Country, the Virginia-born
Washington, of whom Wellington said that "lie was
the greatest aud subliuiest. and yet the plainest and
simplest, character iu history;” concerning whom
Byron made the pathetic lament that "the earth
had no more seed to produce another like onto him.
Eut though from the settlement of Jamestown to
the precent hoar proud memorim and glorious tra
ditions cluster around the beautiful women ami il
lustrious men of Virginia. I honestly believe that
the most heroic portion of her history is from 1861
to 1*65, when she so grandly bared her bosom to
the hostile blow and bore with such pUience the
desolation of her soil and the slaugh xr of the
noblest and best of her sons. The Army of North
ern Virginia! Mo let it lie! Let tbe grand old Ktate
and the grand old army bear the same name now
and ferevensotf. (Applause.}
Gr. nentl Hill then gracefully Introduced
oh hitt theme “Tbe Confederate Soldier of
the Ranks.” Ili* picture of “Jobnny Bel/
as be wim, and hi* illustration* of what tbe
accomplUbed against overwhelming odds,
were vivid and life-like, and frequently
brought down tbe houaein loud Uugntcror
enthusiastic applause.
Ilia facts and figures were of great his
toric value, and were at tbe some time
GUARDIAN SALE.
Also, by virtue of an order from tho court of or
dinary or said county, will be sold at the same time
and place and in connection wifh IIis foregoing
commissioner*’ aale, all of tho interest of Susie D.
Philipj*, minor, in aud to said said twonty.fmir acres
of land. Terms cash, R. H. BuNNEfi, mm
nov3w4t
Guardian.
Executor’s Sale.
cornor of lot Z33 And part of lot $12 iu tli. . __
district of Crawford county, aud known n« thu Lome
L iaeeof ttioaaldAlfred Loug. Good building., Ktu
oti,o aud good land, tn high atato of eulttTatton.
Alao one bnndrad actre, more or 1« *, of 1- t 1 -
being tlio north portion of raid lot, and being iu
tho handy Point diztrlcl of Crawford county.
Alao, ono hundred and twelvo acre, more or lcoa,
of lot 0, In the Third dUtrict of Crawford county,
tho .nine being the northern portion of raid tot
Alao, ouo hundred and one aud oue-quarter acres
of lot dl, in tho Third district of said county, and
being tbe west half of «sid lot.
Abo, one undivided half intercut In lota of land
l'Jh and lull In the) tVarriordialrtct of Bibb county.
Sold aa tbe property of aald Aim d Long, dr.fi.-od.
Terms cash. JAW. A. LONG.
JOHN D. LONG.
IV. J. NEWHLURY.
nov3w4g* Executors Alfred Loug.
STRANGE LEGAL CUSTOM.
A Found of Tobacco Presented to Every
Jury tn the District of Columbia.
Washington Correspondence New York Herald.
There are Home peculiar customs i:\ con
nection with the administration of the
courts of the District of Columbia, relics of
the old Maryland laws; but one which
strikes tho ordinary observer as the most
peculiar is that which requires a winning
tarty to a civil suit to pay for the tobacco
lint the jary which tried the cr so is snit-
tosed to have nsed daring the
tearing of the case. Now, it hap
tens sometimes that not one of the
, urors uses tobacco in any form, and yet
the pound of totneco, or its equivalent, has
to be paid tho foreman of the jury tho in
stant the verdict has been rendered. As
litignnts or their attorneys are not in th«
habit of carrying so much tobacco in their
clothing, for custom requires a pound be
given the jury, tbe lawyer on the winning
side, as soon us • the verdict is recorded,
hands the foreman of the jury 81, which is
jnst good as the ponnd of tobacco. Some
times a jury will try several cases
in a duy. If they do they will
get 81 for each case from tho winner.
The juries put all their tobacco
money together, and at tho end of the term
divided it among themselves, reserving a
sufficient sum to bny for the foreman of
the jnry a cane, some kind of a present for
tho bailiffs who attended the jury, and a
bonquet for tho judge who holds the court.
The jury has legal claim for the pound of
tobacco in every case, but there is no cose
recorded where tbe tobacco has been re
fused and a test case made. On tho crim
inal side of the coarts the judges can, if
they desire, impose tines of pounds of to
bacco instead of dollars. Tho penalty
for wife-beating is from 10 to 100
pounds of tobacco under the old laws.
The old laws, however, ore seldom, if
ever, entered, for most of them are sup
planted by modem ones. Under tbe for
mer the conrts can pierce a hole with a red-
hot iron through the tongue of every one
who blnsphcmes the Creator, but they do
not do it. There is, however, just as good
law for it os there is to hang persons in this
dUtrict. Some overzealous Christian* asked
the enforcement of the law the first time
Robert G. Ingcrsoll lectured in the city, lrat
but no attention was paid to the request.
It was understood that Colonel Ingersoll
would be delighted with s prosecution of
this kind. For doing the slightest labor on
Sunday, under the old Maryland law, from
five to fifty pounds of tobacco was the pen
alty.
The growth of Dakota baa been phenom
enal, even among onr suddenly* developing
States. In 1881) its population waa 135,-
177; it ia now 415,664, with 83,167 furrns,
outranking already in this respect seven
teen of oar thirty-eight States. It has
more farms than Massachusetts, Rhode
Isiana and Connecticut together, nnd more
than Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, Rhode Isl
and, Delaware and Florida. Last year it
stood nnmber eleven among the States as a
producer of wheat, the crop exceeding
500,600,900 bushels. Not a State east of
the Alleghenies stood ahead of it in this
respect, nor one sonth of the Ohio, anil
even Wisconsin failed to equal it.
YVby the I.Ions Did Not Touch Daniel.
Life.
Sunday-school Tescher—“Why did not
the lions touch Daniel?"
American Boy (who reads the newspa
pers)— “"Cog they were'(raid to."
Teacher—“Why?"
A. B.—“'Cos they were British lions.''
Agents Wanted.
We want an agent for the Weekly Tetjc-
okapb in every couiiannity in tbe Sonth.
We will make such arrangements aa will
enable any one to make money canvaasing
or ns. Write for terms to agenta. w-tf.
Crawford County Sheriff Sale.
GKORGLV. CRAWFORD COUNTY—Will he sold
before tbe court bouse door. In tbe town of Knox
ville, Ga„ within tbe legal boars of talc, no the flint
Tuesday in December next lot of land No. H'.», in
the Seventh district of said county. I.cvled on as
tbe property of M. B. Walker to satisfy two tax fl.
fas. issued from the Superior Court of said bounty—
one in faror of John aud Fheny suuipter for use of
officers of court rs, M. B. Walker, aud tbe other iu
favor of J. A. Hunt vs. M. B. Walker and J. P.
w -“er.
■3wit M. P. RIVIERE. Sheriff.
Crawford Sheriff Sales.
GEORGIA CRAWFORD COUNTY.—Will be sold
before the court bouse door, in tlffi town of Knox
ville, Ga., within tbe legal hours of sale, on tbe first
Tuesday in December next, tbe following described
property to-wit: One town lot In Knoxville. Ga.,
consisting of one-third of an acre, bounded on the
north by road, on south side court bouse
square, on east by lot of Mrs. J. B. Stembridge. on
south by lot known as- Heaglcr lot, on west by Dr
Geo. L. Sawyer. Levied on aa tbe property of airs.
Nancy Mathew* to satisfy two fl. fa*, issued by B..
I* Sueur, former tax collector, for State and county
tax for tbe veara 18*3 and 1884.
Alao, at the same time and place, parts of lota of
land|No. 11 and 13,ln the Thlnl dlatrictof said coun
ty, containing 100 acres, more or lee*,
bounded on tbe north and east by lands of Jndge
T. J. Mimraons. on south by A. J. Burnett, on west
by Mrs. A. J. Culverhouse. Levied un as the prop
erty of E. E. Atwater to satisfy two fl. fas. issued
from the Superior Court of aald connty—one in fa
vor of D. J. Baer vs. July Ann Appling and E. E.
Atwater; the other In favor of D. J. Baer va. E. E.
Atwater aud Thomas Atwater. Tenant in posses
sion notified.
Also at the same time and place the north half of
lot of land No. RM. in tho Second district of said
count). Levielon as the property of James A.
Kubanka to satisfy two cost fl. fas. issued from the
Superior Court of said n muty, both iu favor of tbe
officers of the court vs. the said James A. Eubanks.
Tenant In possession notin<-d.
nov3w4w M. F. RIVIERE. Sheriff.
Administrator’s Sale.
STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF JONl-H-Dj
vlrttuof utord.ritranUJbvtb. Coart ufunlbiznr
of mid county, at tbs ngaUr Novcmbi r t. riu, Ikhj,
will be .old during tbe Icra] bourn of ule, nn tbe
flnt TuemUr In 1)C|. lul. f next, at the court hou»e
door. In raid county, that tract of Und In old rain-
S r wbweon J. J. Uerflebl trebled at tho tliuo of bla
i atb—containing four hundred nnd fir. (I".*,)arr«a l
more or lera, bounded by land, ot Wiley Finney,
11. II. Ponnde and othera. lying about .lx mil*,
north ve.t of Clinton, on th. CUntoo and Hontlcel-
to public rood, nnd Immediately on the eurvey of
tbe Covlng'-nn Macon and milroaiLtnow being con*
ntructed. Hold tonda an In n high .talc of cultiva
tion, in n flnt-clara neighborhood, healthy and well
watered, with a capital Wnretory fmned hou.e In a
tttxutlful grove of oak aud]hlokory. near chnrchc.
and ochaola. All peceraary ont buihiingn are In
good repair. All fruit culttratr 1 In Middle Oeorgla
K w. to perfection, and there arc now on the place
i peach, apple and cherry orchard.. Tutorage
l« good, and there la plenty of good Umber. Three
land, are naturally fertile, .lightly rolling, with n
good clay mtbwiL Title, are i-erfict. Term. cub.
Thia, 3d of November, tfifid. A. A. IDnnzLn.
nor 3w It Admlaletrator of J. J. Barfield.
Administrator’s Sale.
GEORGIA. D1HU COUNTr—Under au<l by virtue
of aa order from the court of ordiuary of said coun
ty, will be sold before the court house dt«>r in t he
city of Macon, on the first Tuesday in December
next, between the legal hoars of sale, one house
and lot in the city of Macon, said lot fronting UK
feet on Plum street and running back tea feet,
known In plan of said city aa western half of lot So.
6, in square 41. Kohl as tbe property of Isaac L.
Toole, late of said county, deceased. Terms cash.
C. J. TOOLE,
Administrator of Estate of I. L. Poole.
nov31sw|w
Administrator’s Sale.
By virtue of an outer of the court of .inllnary
of Monroe county, Oa.. will be sold before thi* court
house door, tn Macon, Bibb c<mnty, daring the le
gal hour* of sale, on tho first TuiMlay in December
next, 1MU urea of land, more nr leaa, in Uoward'a
dbtrtid. Bibb connty, ndjniulng tbe Unda of Jewett
E.Holt, Henry Hhaw, L. W. UoUing.worth, Howard
and Coleman. Hold aa tha property of Suren II.
Walton, for dUtrlbnUon among Uic heir, of .aid
Many a Lady
is beautiful, all but her skin;
and nobody has ever told
her how easy it is to put
beauty on the skin. Beauty
on the skin is Magnolia
Balm.