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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1885.-TWELVE PAGES. THE TELEGRAPH, 9VBLI8HED EVXKT DAT IN THE TIAB AND WEEKLY, BT THE Telegraph and Breseenger Publishing Co , VI Mulberry Street, Macon, On. The Dolly la delivered tj carriers In the city or mailed portage free to aubacriben, for II per month, $2.50 for tbreo montha, $3 for alz montha, or 110 a year. The Weekly 'a mailed to aubacrlbera, poatage free, at $1.33 a year and 75 centa for alx montha. Transient advertisements will be taken for the Sally at $1 per aquare of 10 llnea or leaa for the first Insertion, and 30 centa for each subsequent In* acrtlon, and for the Weekly at 11 for each Insertion. Notices of deaths, funerals, marriages and births, •1. Rejected communlcatlona will not be returned. Correspondence containing.important news and ■discussions of living topics la solicited, but must be brief and written i^ou but one Bide of the paper to have attention. Remittances should be made by express, postal note, money order or registered letter. Atlanta Bureau 17 q Peachtree street. All communlcatlona should be addressed to THE TELEGRAM, Macon, Ga. Money orders, checks, etc., should be made pays* ble to H. C. Hanson, Manager. Mr. Pulitzer hits been called upon to answer a damage suit. Through his coun sel, Colonel Roseoo Conkling, he swears that he owns no interest in the New York World, nnd is only employed by that jour nal as an editorial writer. Sued for libel in Troy, N. Y., Mr. Joseph Pulitzer filed answer that “he is neither ■editor, proprietor nor publisher of the World; that he is only an editor, and denies that he has any information sufficient to form a belief as to the circulation of the World." ' The Philadelphia Press says: “There is no Christian like the acting Christian—es 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. The Weekly Telegraph Free, We will send the Weekly Telegraph one year to any one who will get np n club of five ft w subscribers to it at one dollar each. ; w-tf 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 Burke Coweta Dougherty Greene Han is Henry Houston Monroe Pike Talbot Tronp STS.* * iisa 3 »i IBIS tf Decrease (Decrease None Decrease Decrease Decrease Decrease I Decrease Decrease Decrease Decrease ||| m 71 47fr-l.MO 63 460-1,600 79 465—1,600 72 453—1,500 87146ft—1.373 75 500—1,500 64 300—1,450 60 478—1,560 70*500—1,550 761425—1,550 70 468—1,517 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.