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/ W* x THK WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, MARCH 21,1884. THE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER. Dally and Weokty. TBETXLEaiUrP AM) MESSENGER Is publllh* ed every day except Monday, and weekly ev ery Friday. The Daily U delivered by earrlcra In the elty or mailed postage free to aubacrlbera at $1 per month, |M0 for three month!,, <5 (or .lx month! or >10 a year. The Weekly is mailed to inbaerlberi, pos tage free, at tl.a>a year and *5c. for ilx month!. To eluba of five tl.'ZS per year, and to clubs of ten >1 per year, and an extra copy to getter up of club of five or ten. Transient advertisements will be taken for tho Daily at $1 per square of ten lines, or less, lor the first insertion, and fifty cent! for each anbeequent Insertion: and for the Weekly at >1 per square for each Insertion. Liberal rates to contractors. Selected communications will not be rc- fknx i. 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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 contain able discussions of the issues which will come up in the State and national elections this year, and a summary of the important news of the world. It will contain nothing unsuitable for ladies anil children to lead. Every one who is not familliar with it should give it a trial this year. Opening of the Campaign. The chairman of the State Democrat ic executive committee lias called upon that body to assemble in the city of Atlanta on the 7th day of April next. This may be regarded as the initial pro ceeding of the coming campaign. The committee will 1)0 compelled to decide upon the time for holding the conven tion to select delegates to represent the party at Chicago, and the,other conven tion to select an electoral ticket and to nominate a candidate for Governor. Ai to the basis of representation in these conventions that is a matter which has long since been satisfactorily set tled. It will be necessary to have two conventions, for it would be so manifestly improper to select an electoral ticket before a nomi nation has been made, as not to require argument or illustration. • The State campaign must of course he inaugu rated and organized upon a basis to it self. The only serious question then to en gage the attention of the executive committee is as to the date upon which the two conventions shall be held. There should he no Kurry about as sembling the convention to send dele gates to Chicago. At present the Presidential situation is chaotic and un satisfactory. The party should be al lowed the longest time to arrive at a conclusion most likely to produce satis factory results. Congress is in session and will probably remain in that position until the first of Au gust. The action of the Chicago convention will depend in a great measure upon the action of Congress. Tho National Democratic Executive Committee decided to shorten the cam paign. This action was wise, and if the matter had been sufficiently die' cussed, tho convention at Chicago would not have been called before the first of September. There is no reason why we should be in a hurry in this matter. Georgia should act with all possible light before her, and her dele gation to Chicago should not be chosen at a dato sooner than will allow it time to conveniently reach the scene of its duties. It would be improper to Is Immigration Practicable? The convention which assembled at Nashville the present week for the pur pose of dovising means to encourage immigration to the Southern States, was engaged in a laudable undertak ing. The South Is very much in need of good, reliable labor, not only on the farms, but everywhere. Tho more artisans and mechanics we have, the more work they will have to do, and the better the home market for all sur plus supplies from garden, orchard and field. Hut with regard to immigration, a serious difficulty presents itself at the threshold. This difficulty was suggest ed to us in a conversation with tho late William M. Wadley. It was his opin ion that we could never hope to induce considerable numbers of foreigners or Northern people to emigrate to Geor gia, for example, unless we could fur nish them lands in large bodies suita ble for colonies, or a number of small farms contiguous to each other. For eign emigrants especially do not quit their homes nor settle in new places singly, bnt in companies or colonies; and in order to indace them to come to the South we must offer them cheap land in large bodies, or a sufficient number of farms in the same neighbor hood. This is quite natural, particular ly if the newcomers do not speak the English language. They desire com pany, companionship, society, and prefer in their changed circumstances old friends and associations to stran- a rural rhymester who addressed to liim some stanzas of doggerel. Public men in England and on the continent, as a rule, out-last our states men. Mr. Gladstone is still chopping trees ami ruling the British Empiie. Mr. Stephens rests in his grave. Kaiser William can sup on a pot of sanr krout and wash it down with a keg of beer. A cracker and a glass of sherry wine would give Mr. Tildcn an attack of niglit-mare. Bismarck does the mind work of the German Empire. Mr. Tilden acknowledges liis physical inferiority, and pleads it in bar of his candidacy. The sooner the Democratic party entertains and accepts the plea, the better for i*nnd the country. It is worse than nonsense. It is criminal upon the part of a squad of paid agents to attempt to dragoon the party into the support of a man who has to be fed and nursed as a child. ‘‘Reform,” he replied “Reform should be the Issue. After a misrule of twenty years, the people will stand by it. The party has It In Its own hands, if it bnt take advantage of It. ‘And if you are ronstdered tc be the one to save it, you ahoubl not resist its call.' ‘I should have to. I have aerved it faithfully, until I am now unable to undergo the exer tions which, in cue in of myelectton, I should have to make. It can be done without me. could not stand the physical efrort. 1 would not disappoint my party. My name must not be considered.' “ gers. wtf Editor Dana bus had his “say” alK)ut j l>«t «P a dclcgafion-weeks beforehand the candidates and lie ia now engaged in 10 ,M! tt " n0 >' ed >>>' the nvftl candidates doing his thinking. for tho Presidency. The Illinois State » convention, for this purpose, will not Bismarck ought to be proud of tho mcct unU1 the , lrat weeU in j„i y . trichinm that now fnf«t Germany a. they There sho uld be the fullest time allowed are unquestionably of tic \ aderland va riety. for the farmers and country people to discuss this matter before assembling The Conttilution went to sec Mr. Tildcn I in primary conventions, and found him In a fearfully mixed comli-1 The same masoning will lie tion. He was “feeble” and "vigorous,” I applicable • to the convention “wUUng” and "unwilling," “retiring" and I , hich mugt aelect an c]cctora , “advancing.” But he gate the Constitution I . . , . . « hU picture. It is an era in the history of »nd nominate a Governor, tiio country. There should bo nothing in the shape j | of undue haste, but every thing com* It i. strange, as a matter of business patible with rt intcrcgtg gh ould bo that any sensible Northern man should |\ . . * „. wish to see tho triumph, to the South, of done to shorten ^our pol tical campaigns, the negroes and thorn white men whoflock wl,ic ?> Bre unnecessarily long and dut- with them. This is especially the caso as trading. regards business men, who ought to know | We Like it that the early call of tho With the exception of the pine dis tricts, we have no largo unoccupied tracts of land in Georgia. There may be a score or more of small fanners in a single county, who are ready to sell their homes, hut it is not probable that so many could bo found in the same vicinity or district. Thus it will lxq seen that the way is not so clear ns we all would desire. Tais difficulty, Mr. Wadley thought, would always interfere witli any move ment which sought to encourage immi gration upon a large scale. A different condition of things exists in tho North western a id Pacific States, and in the Territories. There lands can be had at cheap prices, and in tracts of any size, from a mile square up to twenty miles square. And it is for this rea son principally, that emigrants from the older Northern States, and especial ly from Europe, seek new homes in that direction. Perhaps we should add that the pres ence of the negro in the South is also a serious check upon immigration. This check will continue to exist as long as the negro continues to abide with ns, We must look, therefore, for an in crease of population to slow but natural causes, and only incidentally to the voluntary movements and changes of people. that there is nothing to gain from calami tous happenings to the South. Tnxaa are some cunning men to Geor gia of the political persuasion. They don't object to bolding high offices; and when there is a specially Juicy one In light, they peep out, get their Instruments to or der, and take alt the bearings. If the land lies level and the wind la convenient, the State committee by Chairman Jackson is an indication of his purpose to retire front his present position, n step that is rendered so necessary by his attitude as a Congressional candidate, os to de stroy tho regret that would otherwise follow it. Missionary Effort In Washington Rev. Clement A. Evans, a well patriot sails Into the contest like s con-1 known Methodist minister of Georgia, quering hero. If the land be seemingly writes a letter from Washington City to already occupied, and the wind he con- the Augusta Ereniny Newt, from which trary, the cunning roan aubsldes without wc make the following extract; a note of warning or a sigh of regret—or I It is a curious Inquiry why a certain hamlet the lose of a nickel. I of two or three hundred population, lylua — I within the light of this great capital, for more Tog House committee on the Judiciary than half a century haa had no church until bag directed Repreeentatlve Tucker to re- | now. The Church Extenslou Is about to put port favorably a bill to make the as well as civil proceedings States courts conform as near as practica ble to the practice of the State courts In which they are altuated, and to provide that the charge of the judge to the jury ahall always be to writing. It Is to be hoped that so .rise and judicious a bill may become a taw daring the present session of Congress. Witli such a taw upon the- A Winter Hotel Needed. Elsewhere a Macon correspondent has something to Bay upon tho building of a large winter hotel in this city. While hU figures aro somewhat star tling, it is only because few pooplo of this section have brought themselves to seriously consider the facts of tho cose. Macon needs, next to tliu narrow gauge road, a grand hotel to receive the constantly Increasing flood of‘ win ter visitors South; and tho sooner her wants In this respect are supplied, the more rapid will bo her growth. It is a great mistake to suppose that tho win ter tourist from tho North is, as a gen eral thing, consumptive. Probably the of i of I te criminal .hon« Of worship on the vacant spot. But proportion of visitors utUictcl with this, of ITnital ,loMr l* It tlml there are these waste placet lu | 1 1 . ,, .I* .the midst o( the churches? I suppose Ills the scourge of the. ago, is not 2 per tuppotc well remembered that Yallaforro comity, In Georgia, yraa without a Metluxliat church un til a few yeara ago. Ami I suppsse alio that a great many churches in many clttca cant the loug shadows of their steeples over purllcua where they never aen«l the light of the Gospel. apropos of that, the evangelisation of this city has not taken hold of the hearts of the cral statute book, citiaem of the Southern |‘' rh *P* wc »< «h« southern * — ‘ branch have been too poor or thought our- ■elves to be too Impoverished to attempt to Btatea will have some protection against I the arbitrary proceedings and rulings of I the Federal courts. The Banks county I sustain vigorous missions at the capital. But had we cutered this great field fifteen years boyfl could not have been convicted if their I ago as missionaries to the poor,tho result of our counsel could have appealed to such a pro-1 labor* would have been seen in more churches Tision as this. I than one. I am sure that no city lu all this I land offers a more Inviting field or deserves the The Senate very wisely sounded a truce I more aid from missionary and church extern until Monday after the fearful bombard-1 »lon fund. meat of Fita-Jokn Vovtei by Jobs Logan. It is not improbable that there ia a Two other great engagements occurred I wide Held for honest missionary effort about the »me time. At Back-Ninh the I in the Federal capital. There U pro- ground was strewn with pigtails, wooden I bably work enough in this country for ■ > W®’ Intenpenjed with I a)1 wll0 ar0 d i gpoted to devote them- gaudy uniforms and white | gelvea to tho religioua enlightenment tetore Suato^ - the “ ltd ot thelr fellow creatures, without going coeta of the British grenadiers were 'min- l< > ChiQ »- Burmah or Af rica. Be this gled with the belt naked bodies of the fol- «* ““y.know of no minister in lowers of Osmsn Digna. On the floor of I Georgia who is better equipped for the the United States Senate, the cuspidors I work in Washington than Gen, Evans, overflowing with tobacco juice, heedless I A man of winning address, of fine write end dislocated adjectives and scat- abilities and of unquestionable piety, 'P«* L h *»“ ®»>y «*> Pi*'"- he might, if assigned to the duty, ac- sja^ca555sr'hr? , ‘."SK‘ ? r 1 districts to which he alludes. We trust we ahall bo pardoned this The Convict Lessees. Unpleasant rumors continue to reach I suggestion, since we observe that Sena- witli regard to the action of the I tor Colquitt, quitting hits seat in the cohvict lessees. We reproduce, for the Senate ohatnlter, luts volunteered to benefit of all concerned, the following I undertake tho work of looking after the extract from an editorial article, which moral ami religious welfare of Wash we printed in the Teleorapr and I ington and other neighboring Messenger of the 17th of January last: I cities. He has devoted himself The lease to a profitable one to the leaaeea, I alternately to planting, and they at course desire that It should re-1 politics, the life insurance business stain undisturbed. It has bees moss than suspected that In place of relying npon their | own good and bamane management to i mend the system to right-thinking people, the lessees have endeavored to I cent. The great majority of people who come South do so from choice and for pleasure, and not from necessity. Nor is it true that Florida furnishes winter homes for tho majority. Flor ida is tho centre of interest, hut the majority of people who go there in tho winter, spend tho greater portion of their holiday outside of the limits of the State, going and coming. The country south of Chattanooga, from the Atlantic to Tex as, is to-day the resting place of thou sands of these profitable visitors, who come early in the fall and stay late in the spring, some even lingering in the highlands throughout the summers, and eventually finding permanent homes In our midst. Macon should make every effort to secure a large number of these annual pleasure-seekers. Situated among the hills, with as pure air as can be fonnd on the continent, the best of water, and educational facilities unequaled in the South, this city presents exceptional advantages. ' Unfortunately, however, we can present no accommodations tor tbc class of people who come among on pleasure bent. A hotel to i commodate this class should upon the hill, commodious, fitted up with every luxury and convenience, and well kept. Such a hotel wc believe would pay a handsome dividend, even though costing $300,000. Let our en terprising business men look about them and see what con be done in this respect for what Mr. Beecher lias ex tensively advertised as the “prettiest city in America.’’ Sumlay-schools, trade, railroading and campmeotings—with what success the reader, it a Georgian, will be at no loee to determine. Recently he has-been . in Tsars Not a Necessary Weakness. An enthusiastic and somewhat sane admirer of Mr. Tilden writes follows: Mr.TIMen la younger and stronger than Thiers, who brought liberty and lew out Louis Napoleon's work. Ho la youuger than The Presidential Question. The chief interest tho Southern peo ple have in the approaching election of President centers in tho nomination of a Democrat who can be elected. We have our choice among the eminent men who have been named in this con nection, but the election of any one of tjiem will be received at the South with great satisfaction as compared with the election of a Republican nominee. The preservation of our institutions, and the recognition of the supremacy of the white man in this ill-judged and little understood section of the country, is the chief stake the Southern people have in tho conflict of national parties With'our accustomed frankness, we have printed our views witli regard to tho proposed nomination of Mr. Tilden, the most eminent and probably the ablest man in the Democratic party. We have expressed the belief that it would bo unwise to the last degree to nominate him as the Democratic can didate for the Presidency; and yet should he be selected as the standard bearer of the party, he will receive the support of the party in the South, as being under any probable circumstances a more desirable Presi dent for ns than any man who is likely to .be selected by the Republicans. The nomination of Mr. Tilden in 1876 was a wise and proper thing for the party to do. His nomination in 1880, though attended with much serious risk on account of his bodily condition would probably have resulted in the sucecss of the party. But his nomina tion now, when he is comparatively physical wreck, and when he declares himself that he is unequal to the duties of tho'office, and will not consent to it, is one of those unaccountable things in modern methods and modern politics that can only bo explained on the hy pothesis that a huge fraud on tho party in process of incubation. Whether the ultimate object of the movement is the nomination or defeat some other man, or the securing delegations from certain State* that can be played at the convention as the gambler plays his cards, or placed to the credit of this or that candidate for pay in offices or in shekels, remains to be seen. But let us see what Mr. Tilden has to say on the subject himself. Mr. J. It. Randall, of the Augusta Chronicle and Conititutionaliit, a gentleman of Intelli gence and character, in a published letter from Washington, says: A veteran politician just from New York on tonr of observation, says the Tilden boom Is assuming huge proportions, but that Mr. Til den himself 1s a mere wreck and In charge of keeper or major domo. He says that the men who manage this movement may be described commercially as “for Cblcsgo and a market." They do rtot expect to nominate Mr. Tilden, but they hope to command the convention for tbclr owm"usufruct." 1 naked this Informant what waMho Immediate mcanlngof tbeTIblea boom, lie answered: “It Is a vigorous effort kill off Flower." -I queried further: case loth Tilden and Flower were sup planted, whom do you thtuk would next most available candidate?' 1 He replied: “In my Judgment, Stephen Field would come to the front, give you this conversation as It occurred. In a recent interview aa late as last Wednesday, which we find in the At lanta Constitution and the Louisville Courier-Journal, Mr. Tildcn confirms all that is reported by Mr. Randall in regard to his shattered health. This interview la reported to have been ob tained by young Mr. Howell, son of one of the proprietors of the Constitu tion, and no doabt gives the true con dition of Mr. Tilden as late as the 13th instant. Mr. Howell says: I sat near him as he spoke that I might catch his words, for his utter ance was feeble and scarcely audible at a short distance, through some trouble with the throat.’’ The reporter referred to the desire to nominate him, whereupon Mr. Tilden said; With such recent utterances as these by Mr. Tilden himself, thoughtful men will be at a loss to understand the late movement to force the nomination upon him. Tho same line of argument, as the reader will remember, was re sorted to last year to bring the people of Georgia to consent to the nomina tion of Sir. Stephens for Governor. He might have been alive to-day, and oc cupying his accustomed seat in Con gress ; but lie is now in his grave, hur ried thither by some of the same influ ences that arc now striving to foist an other old and feeble man upon the country. Should they be successful now as they were then, the party will, we fear, have another funeral on its hands, and should be careful whom they select for the second place on the ticket. favor a ^eduction of the revenues of the people from whom he derives his own. Aside from Mr. EstiU’s tariff views, however, it cannot be denied that he is in some respects a shrewd business man. The free trade argument now circulated in connection with his name, is an advertisement worth at least $1,700; so that it may be said his gains in the late transaction stand as fol lows ; By amount saved la the purchase of an English press 44,300 00 By amount wrung from the type mau- ...... v sooo ^ -00 00 By advertising In the f elegr'af'ii'and Messenger 1,000 00 Total amount saved >0,000 00 As Mr. Estill was looking fora$6,000 press, it will lie seen that he has made $3,000, besides getting his press free. If the American type manufacturer’s first bid was $3,000 and he knocked off that amount to keep Mr. Estill from going to Europe, why then Mr. Estill got his type and press free of cost, and made $6,000 clear. Tho most prominent fact in the entire transaction witli its history annexed, is the generous assistance rendered Mr. Estill’* paper by the Telegraph, since the Newt in the salt water districts is, to some extent, a rival. Tho Tele graph, however, does not claim to ho over reckless in the handling of such largi advertisements. Its main idea is to let the interior Georgia editors know how to heat the type manufacturers, and how to get presses dirt cheap. Perhaps, too, Mr. Estill may be en couraged to raid the paper and ink men next. Evidently the main expense of the coming publisher will he postage. Ito ’ESSEXT**'*** I «« A* United State* Senate, It would b* difficult to conceive of the I an<1 wfU require *11 hi* time an.l *11 trouble nod eoib-rrasameat that would follow | hi* attention, even with attch help ft* , , thsthrowlwg of the conviris hack npon tho |, e may receive from FenatorBroke, Gladstone, whoso genius yet guide* the hands of the autoload of the roctal and poUL I .. dischsre* satisfactorilv th* dntlaa of I tau »* Britain. He Is far younger than leal consequences: bat we ars free tosey. and I” , Btl '““Issmii— -a -ut take this occasion to do so, that we shall stand | *' ,B ‘ '‘HP* office, tte submit, there- ready to jam In aa Inquiry as to whether some f" r o._that it wiU be best for him and better system may nos be devised, if mrs. mu u win ue neat tor turn and l*-*t£f‘,rhig constituents, to confine him- I in debauching men and demoral- Ixingpabtl/v sentiment. It would require s trained msd accomplished casuist to deride which would to Ito (faster evil to the Cute. Ito trisaw of etwnr convict sow lu chains, or 0 government run by the creatures cf a, »>c* . he leave the missionary field to be workesl bv one who i* better fitted for it, and whose vocation ami calling it is. Aosxti should not fail to see our offer of premium* elsewhere in this ta ll William, whoa* hand atUI snaps tha empire of Germany. Mr. Tilden is not so old a* M. Thiers, but the Utter never saw Ute day when he wa* physically and mentally so frail a* Mr. Tildcn ha* been these four years past. Mr. Tilden i* younger thar. Mr. Gladstone or the German Kaiser. This b about the unfortunate argu ment used by Mr. Stephens in reply to Yea, *nd I appreciate It; but I will not al low the use of my name. 1 know that I re formed the politics of New York ten yean I was more then than now. It would be an herculean task to undertake to reform mat ters now of the general government after twenty yean of misrule and mismanagement. Corruption has become Used, and the most vigorous efforts will be necessary to eradicate It. I do not feel that my condition would allow me to oope with it. In my letter four yean ago I stated why I would not allow the use of my name. It waa discredited for tbs same reasons I now urge. They have be come stronger, for I am four years older, and am more Infirm now than then. I would nrge that the Idea be dlacontlnued, for It la not right that I should undertake to do that which I am pbyalcally unable to do." “Whom, then, do yon consider the most available man for the Democracy?" He slowly shook his head aa he replied: “Well, I don't know. Iloadly la a good man. lUaatrength with the Western Btatea would odd greatly to hta chances of success. With the German voter he is very popular, and he would prove generally acceptable. Payne would be strong and could make a splendid nee. Ant Randall Iran admirable man and who would serve bis parry and country faith- tally." “Where, In your opinion, will the Republi can nomination be placed?" “On Blaine or Arthur, I suppose.” “What, Governor, do you think wtU or should be the leading Issue of A* Democra- We print an interesting article in another column this morning on the comparative excellence of seedling peaches and those grown on budded trees. We should lie glad to hear from other orchardists and nurserymen on this question. The production of early fronts and vegetables has assumed such propor tions in the South Atlantic States, and particularly in Georgia, as to render it a matter of general interest to the peo ple. Along all our railway lines from Savannah and Thomasville to Chatta nooga and Toccoa City, gardeners and fruit growers meet with ready sale for their surplus products, and each year finds them setting out new trees and experimenting with fresh varieties of vegetable seeds. With regard to the peachtree, there is a growing disposition in some quarters to question tho modern prac tice of discarding the seedlings and adopting the budded varieties. It is contended by the advocates of the for mer that seedlings are longer-lived, suffer less from cold ami frost, produce more perfect frait, and that the fruit though mnturingsomewhat later, comes at a season when tho supply of vegeta bles ltavi ng been meosnrahlyexhausted, the peach gives the greatest pleasure. They contend also, that the desire for new and early varieties lias proceeded to Bitch length as to render it difficult now, if not impossible, to procure the better kinds of seedlings, except possi bly at remote points in tho interior not yet penetrated by the mod em nurseryman. Indeed, the fear is entertained that the choicest varieties of the seedlings have been lost, and that it will be impossible to reproduce them. On tlie other hand, it is claimed that the same improvement has been made in the quality and variety of tho poach that is observed everywhere in vegetables, grapes and flowers, and that it would be as unwiso to go hack to the old seedling peach, however good in Its time, as it would be to seek our grapes in the forest among tin fox and winter varieties, or to return to the little marble-sized tomatoes of the last generation, or to the inodorosn country rose to which tho ladies of that day were restricted. Tlie fruit industry has become an important item of trade within tho post few years, and tho de mand for early and improved varieties of peaches particularly, Is imperative and widespread. This want, the nurs erymen contend, can only bo supplied by orchardists who select tho trees that mature their fruit earliest, and later on in such regular and well ascertained succession as to cover the period of profitable de mand. An orchard constituted of trees that ripen their fruit in continu ous succession from May to October, is a valuable adjunct to tlie farm,and more profitable and desirable every way, in the opinion of nurserymen, than an orchard of the best verities ot seedlings can possibly be. Admitting that the latter last longer and suffer less injury from cold, they still claim that the bal ance of both profit and pleasure ia tn their favor. We are without the necessary ezpe rience to justify us in venturing on opinion on the subject. Whilst the facts and argument seem jo he on the side of the nurserymen, we shall be glad, nevertheless, to have the views of others who may feeldisposed to dis cuss the question in articles of reasona ble length. against the treaty was Senator Brown of Georgia. Senator Colquitt was ab sent, but if present he would doubtless havo voted the other w»y, as he did when the vote was taken on a former occasion. The treaty admits sqgar and other Mexican products free, and this it is feared, will lie a fatal blow to the sugar interests of Louisiana. We do not know on what grounds Senator Brown bases his opposition to the treaty, but it is understood that he is opposed to free trade, and in favor 0 protection of home industries an< American labor. This, if true, as we have no doubt it is, will account satis factorily for his voto against the ratifs cation. Wo refer to the matter for the pur pose of making an inquiry of our con temporaries in Georgia, who are muc] given to finding fault with the T*u oRAPti and Messenger for its views on the tariff question. Many of them are friends and supporters of Senator Brown, who entertains tho same views on the subject that wo do. Wc wish to know what they arc going to do about it? Theiraltacks on this joumil arc rather amusing—especially since it is plain tliat a majority of them will be on our side in a few years. Has not the Atlanta Conttilulion itself, but re cently the uncompromising champion of a revenue tariff, strnck its colors and come over to us? But what will those free trade journals that still remain without the fold—warm advocates and supporters of your undo Joseph—wh»t do they propose to do with him for vot ing against their pet theory of free trade? We pause for their reply. The WhlppInR Post. For years past Republican journals have busied thetnselves with frequent denunciations of the whipping post as a “relic of barbarism.” Delaware, a State that very wisely flogs her smnll and mean criminals, comes in for very heavy denunciation whenever the sen tences of her lower criminal courts aro executed. For tlie reason that some of the States of the South desire to escape the heavy expanse and the waste of time attendant upon the trial and punishment of small offenders by tho establishment of tlie whipping post, the negropliilists of the North have been aroused to loud indignation. From nowhere have the howls come louder and more frequently than from the State of Massachusetts. But even Massachusetts is still capable of learn ing something. On Tuesday last the House of Rep resentatives of the Massachusetts ‘Leg islature, passed a hill providing that wife beaters should bo publicly whip ped, after conviction. It should he passed by the Senate. There is no meaner or more cowardly offense against human and divine law than wifo beating. It is an amnsement very popular among the colored statesmen of tlie South, and one that entails heavy expense upon the body politic. When Massachusetts goes to whipping the white brutes who maltreat helpless women in that State, she may be con vinced that the whipping post is a most ready and efficacious remedy for small offenses, and tlie practice clang to courageously and tenaciously by little Delaware may yet become general in its appliance. Allen D. Candler. Replying to tho inquiry, whetherXl. Candler will be re-elected to Congress, the .Villon County Democrat answers: Certainly he will, because his friends desire It, Ills enemies dread it, and tho Democracy ol the ninth Congressional district, never un grateful, will support him oven more strongly than it did In his former election. Political Straws. The MUledgeville Union says 1830 was the time to renominate Mr. Tilden. It is now too late. All the leading dally papers In Georgia are opposed to the nomination of Tilden, except the Atlanta Conttitution and the Augusta Chronicle. The Chronicle is not enthusiastic about tt, however. The Rome Courier says there are thirteen daily papers in Georgia,only three of which support Mr. Tilden, and that of the one hundred and fifty weekly papers in the State, twenty-fiv* can't be named that an helping tn blow tho “hnhhls” that was ‘bubblingover" for Uncle Samuel. There are hardly any Tilden men hi South Carolina, Florida. Alabama. Missis aippt, Arkansas, Texas or latulsiana. There seems to*be a few about Atlanta and some In Augusta. The S»uth will bs saiil against the old man this time. CeorRla Patents. Mr. H. N. Jenkins, solicitor of patents, Washington, D. C-. officially reports to the TfLaosArit and MasszNoan the following complete list of patents granted Gcorps Inventors for the week ending March U, 1884: Wm. E..Elsm, Antericu". temii ry binders; David C. Camp. Athens, cnnnit-al motor ;'John T. Forty, IatGranpc ortahle counter; D. A. C. & J. F. Funder- • mrk, Ilninbrldge, plow; Ii. C. Locket,N. W. English and J. W. Murphy, Atlanta, Irick-drying kiln. Makinq Love to bias. Siddons.—Talley rand asked if Fox lmd not been "fresse enpe dr Mine. Siddons." "Oil, no." said Brougham, “that was not ;>o-dblc; oat might os well have thought of loving the sea, os Siddons. She was of far too tiigh The Color Lins In Uborla. The tendency among the negroes is to draw the line between those of pure blood and mnlattoes. They ltnve had trouble of this kind in Hayti, and it crops out here in tlie South to a greater or lesser extent during every political campaign. It lias become the con trolling issue in tlie politics of the Re public of Liberia. The constitution of that republic erects a Ixtr against all men of white blood. They cannot hold office and are restricted in thoir rights of citizenship. Tho black negroes new propose to bar out the yellow ones. J. J. Roberts, Liberia's first president and the Georgo Wash ington of that country, was defeated when ho last ran for office on the color issue. Ho was very fair, al most white, in fact, and a native of this country. Tlie Liberians now have a black president, who is a native of Af rica, and tho colored or mixed people are given to understand that they arc not wanted. Very few colored people can now be induced to go to Liberia, tho disposition being to let Liberia he purely a black republic. an order of beings to inspire lore. TEa East India company might perhaps hast dared to love Iu-r—nothing short of that'' —Letter! from thrf/iay of limey Q ■ A Cood Tim* Coming. Every now and then some astute provincial editor discovers a mares nest in connection with the protective tariff policy of Ute government. The latest sensation brought to our notice is the assertion that Mr. Estill, of the Savannah Nttei, concluded to purchase a new $0,000 press, and was enabled to get one from England $4,300 cheaper than in America,counting in the freight, custom duties and drayage; also that Mr. Estill concluded to purchases large lot of type, and when he threat ened to order it from England, the American manufacturin', evidently to savehimaelf from ruin, immediately knocked off $3,000 from h!§ first hid secured the order and made Mr. Estill a free trader beyond the possibility of reform or hope of redemption. That is, Mr. EatUl was made a face trailer beyond the possibility of reform or hope of redemption, except in the matter of rice. Rice is a leading pro duct in Mr. Ettiil’s Wiwick, and would be expecting too much of poor human nature to require Mr. Ettill to Or* KEokiurf u th« real tMtof a tobacco Ii ! • :• <f t. v .»> f ml- *u..r k.iti .-ft more dirvctljr at Uie flayer anti fr«*ra*ce. You taka the cooler, an<l the tonic dataller and safer. 1*1 j o unokinf Is ► :• i... It"* ftt.«- art Th* mot* the Qtimlon of aanlters^l Iteeu on tho attention of iketnbU It ' prsdaely what yon tobacco fores* i U Dhcfciisir* B*> Ditto 1bdMhT» I I baeeo yon have s ifiJartntte, hlwray», that it H Nature’* ownunc.lulteraU'sli r duct IU frBaranets flat- r, ar. 1 i.imiri juahty.are 1- In the Hands of Friends. If we may believe the reports sent in by the members, the engineer corps engaged upon the survey ot the Macon and Florida Air-Line railroad hove been captured bodily by the good citi zens of Quitman. Upon their entrance into that enterprising little city, the engineers were seized and entertained in a most hospitable manner. Every want was supplied, and the members of the corps were not allowed to spend | a cent while in the limits of the cor- poration. Moreover, after a dcpar-1 t— tore hail been effected, the generous <C boots followed them into camp and set I CC up a bountiful aupper. . jJ But that we have every confidence r*^ In tjie level-headed men who arc en gaged upon the survey, we should be | disposed to think thathoweverstraigbt the line may be elsewhere, it must zig- in the neighborhood of Quitman. C LAO^iSMLU bs, 1 MERRILL’S INFALLIBLE Free Trad* Organs In Coorgla. The proposed Mexican reciprocity treaty has been ratified, aa was stated in these columns some days ago. Tlie treaty allow* the exportation and importation of certain raw materi als and mannfactnres of either country free of duty. Southern Senators di vided, some voting for ant! some against the ratification. The same is true of Northern Senators. Among the members who voted cncwnrra ion