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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1884. ThE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER. Dally and Weekly. TnETSLKORAPH ani> Messenger is publish ed overj day except Monday, and weekly ev ery Friday. The Daily la delivered by carriers In the city or mailed postage free to subscriber* at $1 per month. $x£0 for three months,, $5 for six months or $10 a year. The Weekly is mailed to aubscrlbera, pos tage Iroe, nt $1.50ayearand75c.lorsixmonths. To clubs of five $1.25 per year, and to clubs of ten $1 per rear, and an extra copy to getter up of club of five or ten. Transient advertisements will be taken for the Daily at $1 per square of ten lines, or less, for the first insertion, and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion; and for the Weekly at $1 per square for each insertion. Liberal rates to < ontru< tors. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. Correspondence containing Important news, and discussions of living topics, is solicited, but must be brief and written upon but one side of the paper to have attention. Remittances should be msde by Exp Moucy Order or Registered Letter. Agents wanted in every community in we .Plate, to whom liberal commissions will be paid. IPostraaatcrs are especially requested to write for terms. . ,, ,, All communications should bo addressed to H. C. HANSON, Manager, Macon. Ga. Some Georgia Tariff Views. We take the following extract from the Atlanta Constitution of Sunday. The argument seems to be coming home to our people at last: The first special movement against the Morrison bill. In this section, was started by the cotton mill men this week. A peti tion was addressed to Mr. Hammond urg ing him to vote against the reduction on cotton goods. Every cotton mill man in Atlanta signed it, and many others, and Messrs. Moore & Marsh for Trion factory. Mr. Hugh T. Inraan, of the Exposition Mills, said: •‘We must have protection against the cheap labor of England. If we don't get it we must stop our mills or cut down our labor to about one-third of what we now pay. Of course we can’t do the latter. Back of England is India with its teeming millions, that may compete with us in the manufacture of cotton, as well as In the growing of cotton. I should consider it verv unfortunate for the Southern mills if this reduction ou cotton goods were made.” It is said that the iron men and other manufacturers will follow, with similar pe titions as to other reductions, and that pe titions will be addressed to the other Geor gia members. PREMIUMS TO AGENTS. We will give a premium of twenty- five dJTrurs to the local agent who sends in the largest number of new subscrib ers to the “Weekly Telegraph and Messenger up to July 1st; a premium of ten dollars to the one who sends next to the largest list, and a premium of five dollars to the one who sends in the third list in size up to that time. CLUB BATES. Agents may receive subscriptions at tbe following rates: 6 copies at $1.25 each year. 10* “ 1.00 “ “ “ Karnes can bo sent in as secured. Additions may bo made to clubs at any time. These premiums will be given only for new subscribers—not for those whose names are now on our books. Agents should go to work at once. The Weekly Telegraph and Mes senger will containable discussions of tho issues which will como up in the State and national elections this year, and a summary of tlie important news of tho world. It will contain nothing unsuitable for ladies and children to read. Every one who is not familliar with it should give it a trial this year. wtf Why should all of the Georgia states men take to the woods when Senator Brown goes to pop a cap? The belief that in five years there will not be a bar-room in Georgia is an Instance in which faith will not be “swallowed up In sight." Democratic Congressmen ought nbt to out-Herod tho Republicans m seeking to give Congress control of all matters of Stute concern. There Is neither reason nor consistency in such a course. Georgia's future depends upon Its lu- dubtrial progress, and its industrial pro gress must be In spite of, and in opposl- sition to, the vain theories of Impractical and visionary men. TiiKinterestof tho;«opleof Georgia in an industrial school seems to grow strong er. Technical training is necessary to fit young men for tho duties of tho industrial era which has d iwned upon Georgia and which has come to stay. Til ire was something graceful in the net of Great Britain in presenting to the United States the ship Alert, to be used in tbe ex pedition for the reliefof Lieutenant Grocly. The Alert was built with a special view to service In the Arctic regions. Democratic papers that claim to be op- posed to protcctiro duties on tho ground that they are not in tho interest of tho farmers show their insincerity by being un willing to the rctainlngof protective duties on hemp, jute, wool, rice, sugar and other commodities in which the farmers arc cer tainly int*re«ted. Tie Georgia tarmers don't object to cheap cotton goods, as a matter of course: hut they surely don’t expect cheap cotton goods to be made out of dear cotton. If they wish to have cheaper cotton goods at the cost of cheaper cotton, they have neg lected to gbre intelligent expression to the fact. Here we have some sensible home views on the tariff question. The whole argument is presented in a nut shell, and any man may understand and appreciate it. And there can be no reply to it, unless it he to take tho utterly indefensible position, that it is cheaper for the people and better for the country to let foreigners manufac ture our raw materials for us and to buy from them, than it is to do both here at home. It is singular what a difference it makes, whether it is our bull that gores the neighbor’s ox, or the neigh bor’s bull that gores our ox. We have here in Georgia and the Carolinas, among the rice planters, tlie most ex treme high tariff men, so far as rico is concerned. In Louisiana the sugar planters claim that it is the duty of the government to levy a protective tariff on imported sugar. The producers of Kentucky and Missouri do not object to a duty on hemp, tobacco and whisky. Tho people of these States are ready to maintain the wisdom of a tariff on such sal and local products as we have Hkrateil; bat if it is proposed to extend the same protection to the products and manufactures of the rest of the country, they resist and set up a cry of injustice. It is all very well to make the people of Ohio and New York pay a tax Qn the rice and sugar they consume, but it is wrong to require the rice and sugar growers to reciprocate the compliment and submit to a duty on such manufactures in those States as they consume. In other words, it all depends upon the fact whether it is our neighbor’s ox or our own that is gored. But, under a well-digested and judi cious tariff, nobody’s ox need be in jured. In a country like this, with such variety of useful materials, and such illimitable agricultural possibili ties, a policy that persists in discourag ing manufacturing is the wildest folly. The more factories, forges, foundries and workshops we have, the greater the demand for our raw materials, and the hotter the wages we can pay our laborers. No purely agricultural country was ever highly prosperous, whereas, in those countries where agriculture and manufacturing exist together and in harmony, we may expect to find labor more contented and remunerative, and capital more abundant and widely dif fused. to'tlie same date, the total visible sup ply becomes 5,063,606 bales, against 5,703,632 bales last year, showing a de crease of the amount in sight, as com pared with last year, of 039,030bales. The imports into continental ports this week have been 42,000 bales. Tlie exports have readied a total'of 100,738 bales, of which 72,503 were to Great Britain, 14,764 to France, and 13,471 to the rest of tlie continent. Relative to the speculations in cotton for the week under review, the Chronicle says: Business has been extremely dull on the Cotton Exchange during the past woek, and to day was a close holiday. The dis cussion and voting on propositions look ing to reduced rates of commission have occupied much of the time and attention of members, and for two days telegraphic communication witli the South lias been almost wholly suspended. Yesterday there was an active opening >n the very much better reports from Liverpool, and indica tions that tlie receipts at the ports con- tinued small, and there was a further ad vance, the final prices, compared with last Friday, showing an advance of two to fonr points for this crop, and no decided change for the next. Cotton on tho spot has baen quiet and unchanged until yes terday. when holders were less disposed to sell. Quotations were not advanced, but the close was firmer at 30}ic. for middling uplands. Irour older Democratic statesmen In aist oh being anonymous in tho preacnco of the Georgia El Mahdi ol bossiam, may be a later generation will furnish a man aUetowear the armor and handle the weapons of true iconociaam. The times demand the man and lie must be forth- Ex-Si-eakeb Brand, of tlie House of Commons, was made a peer when he re tired from office. On the other hand ex- Speaker Keifer, of Congress, was promptly investigated on his retirement. And yet some people believe that British methods are superior to public methods in Uils country. These is something decidedly marked and spontaneous in the tone of the press •f the State, in commendation of Congress man Turner. The fact that he would make a worthy Senator—one above fear and reproach, is a matter worthy of pub lic consideration. The collection of Senator Brown's speeches in Colonel Fielder’s campaign bi ography of that gentleman doesn't contain his earnest efiort in the Chicago Republi can convention In 1863, seconding the nom ination of General Grant for the Presi dency. Possibly it was an oversight Senator Brown's pretended intention to withdraw from public life at tbe close of Ids present term in the Senate Is a thin ruse to draw out tlie anonymous states men. Tbe anonymous statesmen don't intend to be ‘‘drawn’’ for fear of being “quartered." Still, there may be a states man in Georgia that isn't anonymous, and that doesn't take to the woods when ex- Supreme Coart Justice Brown threatens to burst a cap. A 8aU Death. A dispatch from Sparta brings the sad nows of tho death of Georgo F. Pierce, Esq., solicitor-general of the northern circuit. It Is notolton the case that death strikes at a more shining mark, or strikesdown one that liud in him more of tho elements of brilliant and patriotio usefulness. He wsb young and strong. His ca reer was short; but it was long enough to show that his mental gifts were groat and that he knew how to serve the State to the very best advantage in any Btation to which he might be called He nerved witli distinction in more than one public station, and had ho been spared the future would undoubt edly have opened up to him still higher fields of usefulness. Tlie Telegraph and Messenger united with the family of Mr. Pierce, his thousands of intimate friends and the people at large, in mourning the untimely quenching of a bright young life that had the possibility of so much real greatness ahead of ft. It Is a sod loss. M»y heaven deal gently with the immediate mourners—tho gentle wife and the fatherless little ones. A rurroi U a dangerous thing In tbe I,and of a desperado. If tbe taw could ke.-p it out of bis band, it would be well. But would human life be safe at bis bands, even then? Tlie world is full of instru ment. of death, and tbe removal of om would simply be followed by tbe providing ol another. Tbe earth will be cursed by tlie hand of violence as long as free jjSa is given to human passion. If sock ty baa anyseeouree but ir> tbe serin and -are p M-hnn Ni of offender! wc are Jg- LVIULt ol its axutcnce. Cotton Statement. From tho CAronkle’i cotton article of February 22, we gather tlie follow ing facts relative to the movement of tho crop for tlie past week: For tbe week e nding February 22, the total receipts have reached 63,013 bales, against 105,921 bales lost week, 111,481 bales tbe previous week, and 112,110 bales three weeks since; mak ing the total receipts since September 1,1883, 4,263,731 bales, against 4,760,- 393 bales for the same period of 1882-83, showing n decrease since September 1, 1883, of 502,662 bales. The total receipts at all the interior towns for the past week have reached 24,303 bales, since September 1, 2,474,- 281 bales, showing a decrease of 33,574 bales, as compared with the receipts of the same week last year, and for the ason a falling off of 491,315 bales. Among the interior towns, Macon is credited with 279 bales for the week, and with 58,130 bales for tlie season. For the same week last year the re ceipts were SOI bales and for the season 54,160 bales. These figures allow a decrease for the week of 623 bales, as compared witli tlie some week loot year, and for the season an increase of 1,070 bales. Taking the receipt* from plantation*, tbe net overland movement to February l, and the takings by Southern spinners A Vicious Measure. On yesterday a bill prohibiting the carrying in the mails of such newspa pers as may contain lottery advertise ments was reported hack to tlie Senate with a favorable indorsement from the committee on post-offices and pbst- roads. This bill from its very nature will arouse antagonism from the whole press, and set many people not interested di rectly in newspaper property to think ing. Insignificant as it may appear, it is a blow at the freedom of the press, a great principle embodied in our consti tution and undisturbed for more than n hundred years. By what authority does Congress presume to dictate to American news papers the character of their advertise ments? Upon the ground of "public policy” it has been stated. Congress then is to be the censor of the press. Can anyone imagine a more dangerous assumption of power? “Public policy’ is whatever the ruling party may make it. In the hands of a prohibitionist party it can cloak an assault upon an other branch of advertisements. In tlij hands of a party of religious fanatics . it may destroy even another, or shut off Sun day journals altogether. Under an ambitious administration, for it is hut a step from the advertising to the edi torial column, it can forbid criticisms of the government or of men in power, just as it forbids these things among poople equally as civilized and not ten days journey from us. Step by step the power and privileges of the press may be trimmed until no man can in print lift his voice for a liberty broader than tho party in power chooses to permit. And the last embargo placed upon the public journals would be no less unconstitutional than tho first. New England was once the refuge of those who sought religious freedom, Its atmosphere became, under "public policy,” more charged with fanaticism than that from which the refugees fled America is looked upon as the land where speech is free, and tho press un- trammeled. It is not beyond the bounds of the possiblo, that it may yet become, through;, .public policy,” Rus sian in its methods. This is not mere extrava gance of imagination. Ambition is boundless, superstition over whelming, fanaticism relentless. Noono administration can bind this people. Bat if each leaves a chain upon our free institutions, it is not beyond tho range of possibility that some day a hand may be found strong enough to forge connecting links. It is the duty of this generation to bequeath its freedom to tho next, broader, larger and stronger If it can, bat nnr- rower and more circumscribed than when it came to us, never. No civil ized people ever lost their freedom in one blow. The failure of free institu tions is the result of many causes; the logical effect of forces put in motion, it may he, generations before. It was this the statesman had in mind when he exclaimed “tlie price of liberty is eternal vigilance." Not courage, nor blood, nor labor, bat vigilsm watchfulness so complete that the smallest innovation may not enter to expand into a precedent and lengthen into a chain. The small measure before Congress ought to be crushed out, not because it is aimed against the press, but be cause it is opposed to the spirit of our republican- government. The only “public policy” we recognize is that which would preserve and defend the constitution of these United States, War Clouds in the East# England's position in the East is be coming more embarrassing day hv day. The mission of Gordon has, if we may trust the dispatches, failed as a coup d’etat, and the spirit of rebellion mo mentarily checked by money and fair promises seems to have become more general. Tlie repeated successes of Osman Digna, the fall of Sinkat, of To- kar and the defeat of Baker have stirred the many tribes up to a belief in tlie false prophet's religious pretensions. It is stated that Lis emissaries have been circulating tliroughont all Upper and Lower Egypt, and that tho people everywhere are ready for a grand ef fort to shake off foreign bonds. Tlie situation has been complicated by tho Porte, which dissented from England’s instructions to Gordon, and repudi ated ilie recognition ef El Mah di as Sultan of Khardofan. Tho spirit of discontent and of war has extended throughout all Mohammedan tribes far into Asia, and a universal conquest-is spoken of ns sure to follow El Mahdi’s campaign. It was at this stage of the great polit ical game that Russia, ever ready to acquire territory and jeatous of Eng land’s success in the East, sud denly and without warning extended her sway over the Men- tribes of Af ghanistan and found herself face to face 1th the British lion at Kandahar and Herat in that country, and called upon to answer for a broken treaty. What will be the result remains to be seen. A general war in the east is imminent and unless the diplomats are able to arrange affairs upon a new basis, is certain. In which event we may look for England to be pitted against Russia, Egypt and, possibly Turkey. With Russia and Turkey in alliance, it would seem that India must become a very warm region for Europeans. But France is inter ested directly in keeping open the short route to the East and would not be idle. Nor would Austria and Italy, both ready to administer upon the “sick man’s” estate, stand idly by. The question shall the Turk leave Eu rope seems once again upon the point of being argued with the sword. party candidates. Any one or all of the gentleman nominated to take part in tlie oratorical invasion, will meet with a courteous welcome lu tlie South and be accorded a respectful hearing. "We hail with pleasure it return of tlie era in which the Chicago Inter-Ocean 1 speaking for a vindictive class of people, is willing to admit that a Republican leader would be “favorably welcomed’ in the South. So signal a change lias not come beneath our notice since the war. Speaking for the people of Georgia, we extend in advnnco a warm Welcome to any man of brains and ability, who will come amongst us to discuss in public the great business and political issues of tlie day. The people have much to learn of the tariff, the princi ples of our government, and the pro gress of the republic. And while they have much to learn, they have also much to teach, that will disarm calumny and speed the restoration of the Union. Let Messrs. “Conkling, Edmunds, Blaine, Hoar, Frye, Hale, Hawley, Sherman, Harrison, Logan and a score of others” come with their wives and daughters, and tarry for a season in tlie Southern Empire State. Socially, tho people will indulge them in season of old-fashioned Southern hospitality; politically with such men as ox-Governor James M. Smith, lion. J. C. C. Black, General H. R. Jackson, lion. Clifford Anderson, Han. Thomas Hardeman, Hon. H. G. Turner, Hon. N. J. Hammond and General Phil Cook, they will oppose them in open discussion upon the stump. As great ness dwindles as you approach it, so, perhaps, may prejudice vanish in per sonal intercourse. Senatorial Ruse, The Atlanta Sunday Record contains the following paragraph, taken from the “Lounger's” column: I understand that Senator Brown will retire from any aettvo participation in poli tics at the end of Lis term. It is to be hoped that this is a false rumor, for the Senator is a man of ability, respected throughout the entire Union and reflecting credit on the State from whence lie hails. His retirement at this time would result only in harm to the State and to the party he represents; hence, X would hate to see him quit. We don’t think onr cotemporary need entertain any doubts as to Senator Brown’s intentions. He is a candidate for re-election, and is already os ac tively nt work as any man in the United States. Indeed .heliasbecnat work ever since liia first appointment, and from that day to this ho has never neglected' an opportunity to push his canvass. He intends to run now and hereafter, and he includes In his present efforts each successive Senatorial election during tlie remainder'd his natural life Shall he bo permitted to walk over tho track alone? This is a question which tho people of Georgia must an swer for themselves. We trust they have the virtue and the courage to meet it fairly and decide it wisely and fearlessly. Tho report set afloat that tho Senator would not be a candidate for re-election was only a ruse—“springes to catch woodcocks.” Political cosslp. There is considerable activity in po litical circles in Georgia, and especially about Atlanta. Candidates them selves, newspaper correspondents and tlie impecunious followers who pick up the crumbs let fall from tho table of this or that man or clique, think and talk of but little else. This gossip does not signify much, and yet it is not with out interest; and hence we reproduce some of it here from the well-informed correspondent of the Savannah Timet, In a late letter from Atlanta he says: Politics, both State and national, seem to l>e warming up in this section. It is now stated that ex-Congressman W. E. SmIHi hoffnr Irnnivn n« “Tntn" prefer a greater variety and les3 highly seasoned food. There are but few persons, after all, who relish strong and pungent condi ments with tlieir bodily or mental diet. For the thousand politicians in Georgia, big and little, who read this journal, there are nine thousand others who take hat little interest in political dis cussions, and for whom the average party newspaper is dreary reading. These nine thousand men and women are entitled to some consideration at the hands of tho editor. Counting all who read tho several issues of this journal,the fathers, moth ers and children, and the friends who borrow it, it is safe to soy it numbers at least 50,000 readers. This is a large audienco which we address from day to day, and from week to week. It is a mixed audience, including all classes of people, male and female, old and young, rich and poor, wise and sitnplo, and they all differ in some degree at least as to the intellectual pabulum de sired. It will not do, therefore, to edit tlie paper for ono class of readers alone. In other words, wo do not think it would be wise nor just to address our selves exclusively to the one thousand politicians who may happen to bo in the audience, and to slight or disregard tho wishes and feelings ol the fifty or seventy-five thousand other persons who desire to hear us on other matters. But the political reader may rest as sured that wo have an abundant supply of ammunition stowed away in tlie lock er, and that our supply of arms of all kinds is ample from the parlor rifle up to tho heaviest columbiad. These guns we keep in good order, and our powder is dry. But we do not deem it wise to shoot in tho air, nor to waste our ammunition. Nor do wo consider it prudent to begin firing before tho enemy appears, otherwise the wrong man—perhaps a friend—might ho hit. Premature firing only serves to dis close one’s own position. Great battles are sometimes lost In this way. i injury will he Smith, better known as “Tete" Smith, of Albany, Judge Thomas O. Simmons, of At aeon, mid Hon. Louis F. Garrard, of Columbus, will bo in tlie race for Gover nor, As a matter of course. Gov. McDan iel will stand for re-election. If ail of these are in the raco a lively contest will bo tho outcome. Bacon, I hardly think, will try it again, as I learn that recently lie has been employed as counsel in some very important suits that will command ills un divided attention and pay him far better than the Governorship. His name, how ever, lias been mentioned verv favornbiy in this connection by many of the now-spa- K rs of the State, and it is a well known st that his numerous friends all over Georgia ate as determined as ever to put him in tlie executive choir as soon as an opportunity affords It. With regard to the Congressional dis tricts, the correspondent gathers the following rumors, without vouching for their entire accuracy: Northern Speakers In the South. There is a movement on foot tn the Republican party looking to a change of programme in tho conduct of the next Presidential campaign. If we may believe the leading journals of the North the contest should be a hand to hand one. For instance, the orators instead of rushing from point to point throughout doubtful States in the North waving the “bloody shirt” and horrifying audiences with fearful scenes of blood laid away off in South ern settlements, and gloomy pictures of legislation under a reinstalled Dem ocracy, should come down here among the benighted people and address them upon great business principles and leading questions of to-day. Says the New York Herald: We advise leading Republicans in Mis sissippi, South Carolina, Louisiana. Vir- e nia and other Southern States to formal- and publicly ask the Republican cam paign committee to select and send North ern men of prominence and ability into these States to speak during the coming summer and fall. It is true tlie Republi can partv should cease to be a sectional K irtjr. It has no excuse for longer retain- g that character. Upon the same line says the Cleve land Leader: It Is said that in the first Congressional district, the Hon. A. P. Adams will make tlie race for Congress at the next election. In the second, the Ifpn. C. B. Wooten Is spoken of as tlie man who will try to cap ture Congressman Turner's scat. Judge Crisp, ot the third, now in Congress, Will, it is sold, find an opponent lor ins scat In tlie person of Judge A. C. Pate. The fourth-has always been abundantly supplied witli Congressional timber, and Buchanan will no doubt find plenty of op position when tlie time comes. It Is sug gested that Hon. W. A. Little, of Colum bus, or P. F. Smith, of Newnan, may cntei the race. Coming down to tlie fifth, It is predicted on ail sides that an interesting fight will take ploco for Hammond’s sent. Colonel Hammond is now here, attending to some law business and looking over the field with an anxious eye. He is much exer cised over Captain Jackson’s candidacy. * * * A close observer tells me that he thinks Jackson will get the dele gates from this county, but even then the chances arc that he will be beaten by some man from the lower port of the district, os there is a strong feeling among the masses of the district that Fulton has had the member long enough. To-day it Is authoritatively announced that Boynton is no longer in the raco for Congress in the fifth. This announcement was received with much surprise, inasmuch as it was pretty generally believed that tlie complexion of the district was favorable to him. Along with this announcement conies the statement that Judge John D. General Longatreet. General Longstrcet, United States marshal for the northern district of Georgia, was examined in Washington yesterday by the committee appointed to investigate the expenditures by the Department of Justice. Tho reader is referred to our noon dispatches from Washington for his testimony so far as it had been given. It will be seen that General Long- street testifies under oath that a combination had been formed to effect his removal from office, and that Bryant was to he appointed as his successor and Baltin as his dep uty marshal. Bryant is well known in Georgia ns ono of the most pestilent and vindictive carpet-baggers ever turned looso upon tho State. Onco firmly fixed in tho marshal’s office, no man in his district, however inno cent and well-conducted, would be safe. Ballin Is one of the corps ot official examiners sent out by tho administra tion to overhaul tho accounts ol officers of tho government. This man, having been sent to Atlanta to investigate General Longstreet’s accounts, was recently examined by this same committee before which tho Gen eral testified yesterday. Ballin rep resented tho accounts of tho mar shal’s offleo to bo in woful condition— enter that ho had made over-charges and had misapplied tho funds of tho govern ment. Other charges equally gravo were made, and some Democratic pa pers were quick to publish them. But Gen. Longatreet testifies that thissame Ballin, the examiner of Ids books and the witness agaiqst him, under the combination hatched by the Atlanta court houso ring, was to be the new deputy marshal! What are the examinations of such a man worth? And to what credit is his testimony entitled? Absolutely noth ing. Speer and Arthur. A telegraphic dispatch from Wash ington to the New York Timet informs the world “and the rest of mankind/ that “Di»trict Attorney Speer promises an Arthur delegation from Georgia.” Sir. Speer could not secure the Re publican delegates from Georgia for Sir. Arthur, it he was a Democrat. It is understood on all sides thst he has gone over to the Republican party, and that he will act with that party in the future. There can be no objection to this But now that he has become *n open and active Republican, it U hoped that the Democratic papers in Georgia will recognise the fact,and treat him as they wonld any other Republi can. It will not do to support and de fend him >u the future as has been done in the past. The paper that hereafter coddles u Republican who ia devoting himself to the getting a Re publican delegation for Arthur, and who is working to overthrow ihe Dem ocratic party, will be apt to hear some thing drop. The coming Presidential campaign should (litter from every other that has ever taken place In this country, in the (act that in this campaign Republican meetings must beheld and protectionist speecher must be heard throughout the southern States. There can be no restored union in fact to long os one of our two great political parties, ami that the one which controls tlie government, muit re main voiceless and speechless throughout the Southern States, The Chicago Inter-Ocean thinks that “speakers like Conkling, Edmunds, Blaine, Hoar, Frye, Hale, General Hawley, Sherman, both the Harrisons, Logan, Depew and a score of others would be favorably welcomed.” All tliia means that the votes of the South ern Republican delegations at the next Chicigo convention are worth strug gling for; in (act, may become the bal ance of power in tlie contest for which so many prominent Republicans are pluming themselves, and that lie who has a personal influence in the region to be canvassed moat necessarily bare increased chances in tbe convention. It ia ol little moment to the Southern people whether tbe motive be baaed upon the high ground of a restored Un- that distract who want to go to Congress, and want to go there bad. Tlie Eighth, now repercsented by Hon. Seaborn Reese, has not develo;>ed any candidates so far, and petsons from that district who take an interest in politics tell me that Reese will hare no opposition. He is a remarkably popular man. always making friends and rarely manufacturing enemies. In the ninth I don’tknow whether Cand ler will have any opposition or not, but the chances are that he will, os he has not developed as much as his friends hoped that he would. The redislricting of tbe Ninth has thrown into that district new Congressional-timber, and this fact many complicate matters to some extent. The Tentli, which is the new district, seems to bare settled on Hon. George T. Barnes as the coming man. That district has plenty of Congressional timber, erery stick anxious for Congressional honors. Still Another Word to tha Reader. The new* wo rcceire from all parts ot the .State with regard to the course of the Telxuuapii and Messenoer is alto gether gratifying. We are glad to note, also, that It has met tlie (arorable con sideration of the press. Wo hear, occa sionally, s discordant note among oU subscribers. These friend* have been fed on “strong meat" so long that tariff discussion is forced, the simply irreparable. A prominent North ern manufacturer, an earnest and const,. tent Democrat and a representative man of his class in every particular, assured me tl-.at if free trade speeches are made in thh Congress which tlie Republicans can use as campaign documents, New Jersey will be lost to us. It maybe that the threatened discussion can be averted. But one appropriation bill 1ms been passed. There are a number of contested election cases to be disposed of. Both these and tlie appropriation bills will be productive of long debates, and Congress may tire before tlie tariff bill is perfected and reported as ready for the attention of the House. As yet, not a line ot it lias been written, tlie committee of ways and means being engaged in hearing arguments from tlie representatives ot various manufacturing interests. PRESIDENTIAL SPECULATIONS. The Presidential probable and possible candidates r.my be thus aligned: Tilden, Bayard, McDonald, Payne, Hoadly, Ran' •tall, Hewitt and Flower, As remarked above, Mr. Tilden is a candidate. In event of failure upon his own part, it is conceded that his next effort will beta name the man. Mr. Bayard is spoken of by admiring friends, but it is known that Mr. Tilden will not permit him to carry Now York. McDonald docs not grow. Payne and Hoadly are backed by Ohio, but Ohio is a Republican State, and may bo ranked alongside of Vermont, Illinois and Iowa. Mr. Hewitt destroyed himself in the O’Donnell affair. In matters of this kind explanations are worse than tho original offense. Mr. Randall is understood to be pleasing to Mr. Tilden, but Mr. Randall has just been crushed in tlie municipal contest in Philadelphia, and enjovs the hostility of the free traders and tiie whisky ring to a high degree—it may be said, above proof. Many cling to tho idea that the battle may be won upon tho Cincinnati platform, ® with New York ns tho pivotal State, with tho “Solid South" and the sinews of war, in otlier words money. It is a disgraceful and deplorable fact, that the Presidency of tills ration, one hundred years after its birth, is put up to the bid of gold; but it is a fact nevertheless, a cold, solid, stubborn fact, and wo cannot close our eyes to it If wo sodcslrcd. Apart}- outof power cannot commence the work of reform. Tho Re publican party, entirely sectional in char acter, methods and purposes, has held power for twenty-four years by tho power of gold. Can it be overthrown save by the agency which has given it life and success? It is claimed for Mr. Flower, that lie is a gentleman of good abilities, os is shown by his success, that he is unobjectionable as to his record and public service, and that ho can carry the State of New York. The "tidal wave" Governors, Cleveland and Pattlson, have not panned out satisfac torily. No mention has been made of Mr. Morrison, wiiomay bo set down at present os a presidential impossibility. But a new man looms up, Mr. Edward Cooper, for mer mayor of New York city, the aon ot Peter Cooper and tlie brother-in-law of Mr. Hewitt. It is claimed for him that lie is capable andean carry New York. This is the sitnation, as it appears after a careful and impartial survey. No success enn como in the absence of harmony and unity, and tlie sacrifice of personal pref erences for tlie general good. THE HEVCBLICAXS. Our Republican friends are not so happy as they seem. Edmunds, Arthur, John Logan, the two Shermans, witli Grant and Blaine lying off and watching cucli qth- FROM WASHINGTON. Stewart, of Spalding, wl'l enter the contest. The Tariff Question and the Presidency, R l Judge 1, Stewart («‘™a.At. cossespondinos.] will poll -the strength of Boynton, WlBWWIOSf, February 23.-—The wires carry mg the same counties ami capturing have alrpudy announced the time and place & selected for the neEt meeting of the De- Etie votes of'Newton and Rodidaio rouro moeracy of the country. This action was ties, and will go into the convention with without political motive, though it may four votes. If Hammond is be«tenand tend to shape results. The session of the in which event the contest will be a lively through the best part of a day. The dis one from beginning to end. cussionwas exhaustive but entirely fair Blount ortheeixth.itisiiaid.UlosInga and good natured, and there was a dispo- good deal of sleep, caused by Hardeman's _*.» ® ., ’. . ,, prospective candidacy. He feels that if on aN sides to yield mere personal lUrueman U in the race ho will not have predlUctlons and pride of opinion to the the walk over that he ha* bad for some general good. AlUdlscusahm of the tariir y sTfi£ciemcnt»does not seem to have Wa ’ pretermitted as untimely And out of any fixed opposition in the seventh. Be fore the hall opens, lionever, he may have his bunds full, as there area dozen men in they have come to require it st every meal; whereas there are probably an ion or tbe mere personal ambition of hondred times as many reader* who place. The final conclusion was reached in this way: the friends of a later day for bolding the convention voted for Chi cago, to secure this result. This Is good so far as it goes, but the lint of September would have been much better, and a discussion of this point by the press might bare carried ft Ohicagodoes not mean McDonald nor Morrison. It has destroyed the unity ol the "retributive justice" scheme. It was proposed to take St. Louis, the old place, and the old date; the old ticket and the old platform were to follow in due course. Just here it may he said that Mr. Tilden a candidate, has been all along and in tends to be at the convention. He will knife all who stand in his way and may again stampede the convention by his tactics and put a candidate upon the party under whose leadership defeat is as- sured. Mr. Tilden is more powerful than popular. Is be os patriotic and unselfish as he is powerful? We shall see. DEMOCRATIC CHANCES. Opinion here varies widely aa to Use prob abilities of Democratic success. It wool be wrong to diguise the fact, that thinking men are in distress and doubt, soma of the eldest of them in despair. Those who take a cheerful view of the future adm! that everything now depends upon action of the House of Representatives. If the epproprfai * ‘ “ an early adjournment will be (reed do not make tho situation clear and se rene. Tho colored statesmen of tlie South will soon have an opportunitjr to swap tlieir inilucnco for favors of some klmj, but it is claimed here that Artiiur, witli his hand on tho Federal machine, most capture the Southern delegations. Washington is bright and clean, and crowded witli. visitors, who aro enjoying with zest tlie last festivities before Lent demands that society shall make atone ment for its sins of feasting and frivolity. Beyond the new residences going up in the western portion of the city-, tlie growth of tlie Washington monument is most noticeable. It would seem from rumors, or something really more substantial, that the Atlanta Demo- cratic-Rcpublico combination will succeed in plsclng tlie official bond of General Longatreet in acliarger. Tlie patronage of Ills office U n-e-ird for the patriots in the ■ coming campaign. The Macon folks are well and happy. Congressional dinners have caused Colonel Hardeman to limp a little, but not enough to keep him from his publlo duties or at tention to visiting constituents. Much sympathy Is fcltby Georgians here for the sufferers by tlie late cyclone, and anxiety as to tlie condiiion of Mr. Humber. A rattling thunderstorm and rain last night has caussl apprehension that anoth er storm may have fallen upon our people. Georgia lias ranked fourth in the list of States for destructive storms. The t-xI-e- ricnce of the twelve months past must give her the unhappy prominence ot first place. Tills letter may scarceiv he called new.y, A. R. L. but it la true. to auatcRiBcaa. Wo will credit any subscriber to tho Weekly Teleuhai-ii and Mesh:noee with ono year’s subscription who will »eml us a club of five subscribers at 81.23 each, or ten at $1 each. This is an easy way to pay your next year’s subscription. Give it a trial. tf SALE OF LAND. GEORGIA, Bibb CotJKTY.—VHttreti, on tb* Cthdayof Jane. Ism, K. J. Hanks, of said V” u „ ri £ ttQj Sj nuke tad erectile to Roffbltn*, also of said county and hutte, a cer tain promissory note for the sum of one hun dred and sixty dollars principal, <lue on tbe tint day of October, thereafter: anil for tbe I*, tt* r securing of said sum «>f did ere. uto and deliver to the said Sffimi a mort£S£ •1” I "it a., rtii’ii l.,t I.uid Uin-r I,, ”( Mu -.’,1 -u'.'l ((.unit A'ft ''.xi.'. disii,)--.1.1,1 A in tbe plan of said city as lot So. J i y. block No. 7, i (iilmer street, did stipulate and upon hi* failure and .* It at pub simple t< 1 fronting 111 feet wk raas, »i In Raid d K. J. lu five noth » that on the 6th day o’f March, 1“M, -aid l«it of land and will be sold at public outcry before the court hou*c door in >*id county and Mate, and with- I “t*» the bighctl bid- in;' nia’l" to-AtUfv* In tbe Wal hours of i 1 " sale b ft int.” of which ha vhich will be full Miy explained ..r» the day CAMP 4c AXDKIMO.V. r"szsL X : C a & e , pjr:> , sferf ?“‘T*2<!5 “VT'irU of a f-v. .. ./ ... i- j *«*.>5.*itUST'*"* 1 **■ OR.-WARD * GO.. (.•CUIAJU.M