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TIIE WEEKLV TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, APRIL lfl, 1884. ThETELEGRAPH & MESSENGER. Daily and Weekly. TheTelkoraph and Meshknoes Is publish- cO uv.->* Jay except Monday, end weekly ev ery Friday. the Dailt U delivered by carrier* In the city or mailed noataye free to subscriber* at $1 per month, $2.60 for three months,, |5for*lx mom in or $10 a year. The Weekly is mailed to subscriber*. pos tage fr. , at $1.S0 a Year and 75c. for six month a. To clubs of five $1.25 per year, and to club* of ten $l per year, and an extra copy to getter up of club of live or ten. , . Transient advertisements will be taken for the Daily at $1 per square of ten lines, or lea», for the first insertion, and fifty cent* for each subsequent insertion ; and for the Weekly at $1 per square for each insertion. Liberal rate* to contractor*. _ Rejected communications will not be re- Correspondence containing important news, and discussions of living topics. Is solicited, but must be brief and w ritten upon but out side of the paper to have attention. Remittances should be made by Express Money Order or Registered Utter. Agents wanted in every community ini tne State, to whom liberal commissions will be paid. (Postmasters are especially requested to write for term*. , . ,, .. Ait communications should bt addressed to H. C. HANSON, Manager, Macon. Ga. The boys can't throw dust in anybody’s ey^to-day. Cyclones continue to present no-fence arguments to the Georgia fanners. The Macon boys may have been beat, but the Macon girls were victorious. The Bandersville Mercury has run up to the masthead the name of Roewell P. Flower for President. The boys were warned against betting. Their money is gone; but bad luck and lime for repentance are still left them. The tariff discussion has broken out in the Honse.lt U the old programme: Demo crats plant and Republicans gather the in crease. It Is somewhat remarkable that the two most eloquent men in Georgia should be two doctors. Dr. Felton and Dr. Miller. A decade ago Mr. Hill and Gen. Toombs occupied that position. Tiiksa should bean end to the subter fugeof ••adjourned” sessions. It is not proper to seek to remedy the defects of an ill-considered constitution by violating its provisions or evading them. A playful little love tap from Henry 'YYattereon: “The Atlanta Constitution is the organ of a ring, of which Joe Brown is the chief, and that ought to be enough to folly explain the milk it its cocoanut.” It mnst harrow the soul, not to say the breeches, of Billy Mahone's President to see district after district sending up dele gations for Blaine and Kdmund*. It means that New York will have two lone tisher- Wk see it stated that Dr. Felton and Dr. Miller, two of the fastest friends and most eloquent speakers In Georgia, will engage in a public discussion soon in Atlanta on the tariff question. Dr. Miller is repre sented to be a free trader, and Dr. Felton a protectionist. The discussion will he in teresting, and we doubt not Instructive. Ore Senator has been found who believes in the doctrine of instruction. In the debate on the Blair bill to aid the public schools of the several Stales, Mr. Ransom, of North Carolina, said: “As I said before, I have the instructions of the Legislature of the State of North Carolina—the very Legislature that sent me here—to vote for this bill.” Cincinnati must be permitted to go head on freshets and riots. The only thing that other cities can do is to lag he. hind In these two particulars, and protest against the order in which the victorious city arranges its triumphs. If it had called on’ its riot first, the flood would have served the purpose of washing out the blood stains. There was “growing” and growling weather on Monday. One of the most enjoyable features of the firemen’s meeting was the excellent bands which enlivened the streets, cheered the contestants and kept the enthusiasm at a high pitch. We had the pleasure of meeting only two of these organizations, that which wore the uniform of the fa mous Clinch Rifles, of Augusta, and the Hawkinsville band, both of which gave this oflice midday serenades. The selec tions were fine and neatly- executed. The Telegraph returns thanks. We have a political editor for our State Comptroller-General, also one for our Com missionerof Agriculture, both of whom take a lively interest in personal politics. Ami now Mercer University turns up with its editor who proposes to take charge of the politics of this Congressional district. Perhaps the people may weary of this thing and conclude to dispense with these ornamental but novel attachments. In such an event the public service and pure methods will suffer no harm. The Boye In Red. j Ceorgla and the Cotton Exposition. Macon gathered into her Itosom thin The Savannah .Vn»i some days ago morning the largest assembly of Are- j ventured to call attention to the fact, Enound seems disposed to superintend the settlement of the French anil Chinese difficulties. It feels called sipon to umpire all questions of European, Asiatic and Af rican concern. It acts the part ot J.ldg* Jocko with great gravity and earnestness. How dlflerent climate affect, people. TTie Beaton Star says that the popular ini prpsslon in that city is that the Harden cf Ellen fronted on lleach street. All Atltantese an prepared to make af fidavit that the "Kyar Shed” la the origi nal site. Cyclones will become completely harm, less when they can be anticipated. Thanks to the new night editor of the CnmtitutUm, just graduated from two journalistic col leges, the discovery has been made. The following able editorial appears in the issue of yesterday. The disaster by the eyclone ot Wednesday morning becomes appalling a* tbe details are received. The loss ofllte was much greater than wus anticipated. Why were those whose deaths were an ticipated not informed so that they might have run in a pit or moved away ? Anil why should th. Constitution have conceal ed knowledge of a cyclone that was antici pated to be death-dealing? It was start ling enterprise to anticipate a storm, but cruel to keep the knowledge for a "spe cial.” "It la aaid that Senator Beck wilts his collar with perspiration in making a spMch more quickly titan any other man in Con gress." The wilting ol Senator Beck's collar is an indifferent affair. The way lie wilts hia party ia the aeriou. part of the performance. Tuna is an apparent coolness between Atlanta and Louisville Jonrnals. A jour nalistic gulf, so to speak, has dropped in between. Cyclones and water spouts play around in the country that separate, them It ia tad, confusing, crushing. This is why we weep. Just now it look, as though the admiral of the fire fleet would not be compelled to abont for “ Water! More water f for No, 1." But damp aa it ia, there will be red ibirta enough In the city to make it look a» dry aa a powder born. Looax, the great Western demagogue, doc. not find altogether plain (ailing in Illinois. He would have a higher appre ciation for tbe memory of Abraham bin coin If he had left a daughter Instead of an office-ieeking ion. Ms. Mousiaox wfiTmake a test of hi. horizontal strength to-day, and some of the patriots will appear in the role of art ful dodgers. It la a poor man that hasn't thccoursge to stand by h's convictions. A bold, open man ia respected even by his strongest opponents. Vatiocs European powers are demand ing “satisfaction from Haytb" They will get it. Haytl always keeps large quanti ties of “satlsfsction" on hsmf, and deals it out, on occasion, with an mutinied hand. Bat it k«p, no money equivalent for the wounded honor of other peoples. Tnt outlina sketches ot notorious people about New York CUy, started by tha New York World, are not special. They are cheap, and yet very dear to journals that have anything of interest to publish. In fact they are cheaper than “Walk In” Mill er’s dime novels and about aa promis cuous. The relations between the leading con tinental powers and Great Bra!tain on the Egyptian question are uncertain. It isn't likely that France and Russia will consent to any disturbance of tbe relation which Egypt bears to Turkey. Whether they will back their protests by force, remains to be seen. A uso angry debate on the tariff ques tion will leave tbe matter further from set tlement than before. Even if tbe Morrison bill should pass the House, it would not bwami. a law, and would not commit the Democratic party to that line of policy. It is a mere exaggerated political "IJnroln rehearsal." Th* following from the Atlanta Gmail- iMtion, ought to reconcile opponents of the Blair educational bill to its necessity: L. K. 8., Villa Rica, Os—Why was Henry CUy called the mill boy of the slashes .' In boyhood he lived in a wooded country, relied the "stashes," because the woods hail been cut and slashed as It were in spots. He was in the habit of riding to mill, and these two clrcumeuncea won fur him the name of 'mill boy of the slashes," and in his brilliant but unsuccessful Presidential candidacy It aided him greatly with the maaaea. Henry Clay was bom near the marshes In the neighborhood ol Hanover junction. The marshes were anil are still called “slashes." Home pedagogue has un doubtedly nrglected to slash the ablest.’* p The Bills for Public Buildings. Congress stopped just short of the hills providing fur public buildings at Macon and Augusta. There was not a full house and much opposition was manifested. It would appear that some of the de feated whisky ringers are playing for revenge upon this point, and it is by no means certain that any more bills will safely run the gauntlet. The Washington Star, a journal altogether impartial and unusually well informed has this to say on the subject: "The present log-rolling combination in Con gross is one of the strongest of recent years, bat tlio opposition is unusually vigorous, anil it is probable that only a small portion of the forty-five bills for new buildings, involving the expen diture of $7,000,000, will succeed in the end. Iz>g-rolUng is good, healthy ex- men ever seen in 11 corgis From every part oi the State they came, and for two days the streets will he filled with engines, reels, trucks, red shirts, fancy caps ami gaudy badges. Some who came have been with ua before. Oth ers are strangers. All we’come. Macon may lie regarded as the fire man’s capital. In no place in Georgia are the boys in red held in higher esti- mation. No city has as many engines, hose companies, reels, nor as many feet of hose. No city has ex tended to it« firemen as much courtesy, nor is there in the State a band of pro tectors who liave worked more faith fully, more readily, more unselfishly for the preservation of life and prop erty, than that which to-day surrounds and gathers in the visitors. The effi ciency of Macon’s fire department has been striking for thirty years. The recognition of this fact on the part of the citizens lias never failed. The sue cessfnl tournaments held here year after year, the grand meeting of to-day attest the force and continuance of the public appreciation. Without reflect ing upon any sister city, it may he Bafely said, that nowhere in Georgia, if in the South, would such a congrega tion of firemen as that witnessed to-day have been possible. The life of a fireman, under the most favorable circumstances, is haz ardous. The invigorating excitement of fierce battles with the flames is not sufficient compensation for the labor and the risk. There is the falling wall, the hidden explosive, the insecure footing, attd last, but not least, the terrible exposure to threaten and lie in wait for him- The paid fireman goes into conflict prepared. Every safe guard the law can establish is thrown about him. He is armed and equipped with all modern appliances for extinguishing flames, learns by con stant practice under men who have been educated to the business to ac comptish the greatest possible good, at the smallest risk; is hardened by con stant exercise at alt hours, is chosen for physical aptness and ability. Not so with the volunteer firemen. They go into the conflict relying upon courage, numbers and sheer force for victory. Without pay or hope of re ward, they leave the warmth and com forts of Itome, and contribute their ef forts at all hours and in any weather. Never in the history of Macon has the volunteer firemen been found a laggard in the hour of noeil, Upon this, their annual holiday, therefore, the city joins them in a frolic, which yet is bent on practical ends. With them, the people welcome tlie guests, joining in their triumphs, if triumphs are secured, cheering them even in defeat, if defeat he met. that Atlanta would not join the Riate in getting up a general exhibit of our minerals, products and manufactures at New Orleans, but was “making ar rangements to erect a building to be devoted exclusively to the display of articles from Atlanta, and which are to be known os the Atlanta exhibit.” We ventured to reprint the remarks of the Newt as a matter of interest to the people ef Georgia. The Atlanta Corutltution is pleased to characterize the article of the -Vries as, "ill-advised and ill-natured,” and to justify the course which Atlanta has determined to pursue. We refer to the subject again simply to express our dissent from the view taken of the matter by the Constitution. We do not think the remarks of the Newt were “ill-advised and ill-natured,” nor that they can be juBtly regarded os “foolish utter ances.” As to the course which Atlanta 1ms marked out for herself, we have no wish to express anti no suggestions to offer. If she prefers to separate her self from the State, and instead of joining in a collective exhibit, to go off into a corner and have her exposition all alone, site has a right to do as she likes. We shall not object. Tlte ground set apart for Georgia is believed to be sufficient for all the cities of the State, including Atlanta. Tlte exhibits made by the several cities, towns, railway companies and corporations might be classed and arranged separately on the ground assigned to Georgia, and yet be made distinct as the most exclusive could desire. The collective exhibit would be known as the Georgia qxhibit, and Byet each particular city would receive full credit for what it had done. This course would stimulate the different cities and corporations to make the best possible showing, anil each one would receive due credit therefor, whilst the combined exhibit would be credited to Georgia, of whom none of her people and cities will ever have cause to feel ashamed. We trust, therefore, that the cities of the State, including Savannah, Augus ta, Athens, Rome, Griffin, Columbus, Albany, Atnericus, Thomnsville, Mil- ledgevillc and Macon, and the several railway lines anti manufacturing com panies,as well as tlte differentcounties, will each have its own special exhibit, if it so desires, and that these exhibits, whilst properly credited, will all be might together and known as Geor gia’s contribution to tile great Exposi tion. Tltis contribution will reflect Itunor upon the State, without detract ing from the merits of the parties who assist in making it a success. We are not disposed to conclude that a debate will do tlte Democratic party further harm. Tlte unwise agitation of thia subject lias already alarmed the capital and business interests of tlte country. Discussion may convince Mr. Morrison and hia followers of their errors of judgment and temper. It may do more. It may soothe and assure the country that this faction is powerless to make good its threats. Tlte clash of opinion may engender a spirit of wise compromise, and this together witli tlte healing proces of time, may bring the two wings of the party to gether in an earnest and united effort to lay a campaign at Chicago and to select a leader that may yet snatch vic tory from the jaws of defeat. Tlte country will watch the movement with an anxiety and interest far beyond anything within the range of Congres sional legislation fur years past. mingle? bitter aed sweet. It was, or is, certainly a rare scene I for Georgia. It may become common: ■ , . . wo trust it will. If Mr. Salter’s favor- ** Oeo,ln "« ,, »" it j able testimony is well based—and with results as already obtained before him Viewed, Katontou Messenger. Jwtsre Simmon* will not he a T 5 ™ A. be r lhCre iB , eV “ ry ^ l^X‘ve Kobnbly ^' ~ ~ “ * Darien Gazette. JutlKe Thomas J. Simmons, of Macon I »a- eouie out in h letter in which I state- that lie i« not a eamliiiate for Gov. reafton to believe that a new and prof itable business may, under certain t ir* cumstances take the place of cotton a candid.u, for w growing. It will he a happy day for er>i"r. Jniijzv Bliutuuns 1ms done a wise Georgia when her horses, mules, Jer- w ,M! »candidate sgsioil scyg, hogs, Bheepand beeves are raised 1 within her borders—when not only iter smokehouses hut her stables, dairies Tat Carter family—to which ail who l» of that name are supposed to belong— will hares national reunion, with epeecbee, poem-, mask, and plenty hr eat and to drink, oa June It, at Woburn, Mass. It is expected that each member of tlie family will be folly equipped with tbe proverbial (f:. ll/oats. Titoroa the. press convention resolved > favor cf tbe newspaper copyright bill, it ereiac, but fatiguing if kept up too long.’’ _ Dr. Felton. A rumor reaches us that this gentle man will be a candidate for the Legis lature from Bartow county. As the Doctor resides in Bartow, and line al ways carried it by heavy majorities in Ilia Congressional races, it is safe to say that lie will be elected, if lie should consent to make the race. He is still a great power in the seventh district, and especially in Bartow. Dr. Felton's appearance in the Legis lature would create a sensation in po litical circles. His remarkable powers, his engaging manners^ and his uni form courtesy will attract atteu:i"n on all aides. Should there be any jobs in process of incubstion, they will hardly escape tlie astute Docvur’s scrutiny, if their authors should venture to bring them before the Legislature. It may be safely predicted that Dr. Felton will be the most notable figure in the Legislature. Press Visitors. We are indebted to the firemen's parade for the presence in Macon of several gentlemen of the editorial fra ternity. Among those who called upon the Tcliobaph and Messknoxs, and whom we met in the city, were Messrs. Gantt of the Athens Hanner-lYatehman, Poa- tell of the Savannah Timet, Woods ot the Hawkinsville DispoteA, Jelka of the Hawkinsville Next, Do Wolf of the Columbus Timet, Car Cotton Statement, Tlte following facts, relative to tlie movement ol the crop for tlte past week, are compiled from tlie Chronicle't cotton article of April 11: For the week ending April 11. the total re ceipt! have rearhe-i IMMM baler, exelnrt: 17,0.-1 baler last week, 52.SS4 bslee the prevloui week and tit'-To haler three week! ilnce; making the total receipt" rtuee the lit of September, 1XH.1, 4,640.774 betel, egelnit ft, WO* held for the eeme peri-el of tasc-Kl, showing a ileereaie line. September 1, Keel, of tcxctoi held, The total receipts at all the interior towns for the past week have liecn 28,- 1181) hales, since Siqrtembcr 1, 2,724,088 bales, showing an increase of 3,000 bales over tlie same receipts last year, anti for tlie season a decrease of 004, 720 hales, as compared with the season of 1882-83. Among the interior towns, Macon is credited with 38 bales for tlie week and with 50,825 bales for tlie season Tlte receipts for tlie same week last year were 188 hules, and for the sea son 50,570 bales. These figures show a decrease for the week, as compared with last year, ot 150 bales, and for tlie season an increase of 3,240 hales. Taking the receipts from plantations, tlie net overland movement to April 1, anil also the takings by Southern spinners to the same date, tlie total visible supply becomes 5,473,014 hales, against 0,521,438 hules last year, show ing a decrease of the amount in sight, os compared with that period, of l ,048,- 424 bales. Tlie imimhs into Continental ports this week hare been 42,000 hales. The exports have reached a total of 51,500 bales, of which 18,530 were to Great Britain, 10,0(01 to France, and 10,180 to the rest of tlte continent. Tlie following, relative to spends tionsin cotton for future delivery du ring the'week under review is clip]ied from the Chronicle’e cotton article. The speculation in cuuua tor future deliv ery at Ihl* market for the week under review has not been so arrive es last week, aud there have been wide fluctuation! with nome Irreg ularity In the coups' of prlrei, but In the ag gregate an Important further advance miet he rec< Med. Foreign advice! have been decidedly better, the movement of the crop ha! been quite imail and itocki have become much re duced, It l! trie that export! have been ma terially curtailed, and the weather at the South ia (airly favorable for the work of planting, the latter fart preventing theneit crop from tally charing In the ad vance for thU crop; hut confidence In higher prices baa been very general, leading to active speculation for the rise, on Saturday a varia ble market closed at a alight advance, and the same was true of Monday; but on Tuesday an active speculation caused an advance of Veil points. On Wednesday morning a slight fur ther advance was followed by some selling to realise profits, under which the close wee at a slight decline. Yesteplay there was again a brlss speculation at admiring prices, elo-tng with a gain for the day of tas points, while as Flrjemn n's Day. There were several features of yes terday’s display which must have im pressed every one who witnessed it. Tlie large numbers present, tlie excel lent humor that prevailed, the fine ap pearance of the contestants, the splen did galaxy of ladies on hand, an<l tho glorious weather fol lowing so swiftly upon the footsteps of the storm, were facts of the occasion, conspicuous and pleasing. Never before fn Macon, nor in sny other city in Georgia, have bo many happy conditions united to produce so splendid an effect. Tlte parade nnd contest of 1884 stand at the head of the list. There must have been ten thou sand spectators of the contest. Tlte welcome extended by tho Tgi.guaani to the city’s guests was fully justified. Every commodation and courtesy that could (toHsibly contribute to the visit ors’ pleasure, have been freely extend ed. It a failure to please has occurred in any instance, we have not heard of it Too mtiL'Ii stress cannot he laid upon the importance ol, and the good that arises from these annual contests of skill. Not only is the efficiency of tlie department kept up by tho prac tice required, hut there are brought to gether from all sections of tlie State tlie active, muscular elements, and de spite the temporary rivalry, a closer union is effected. If we were called up on to name the most conspicuous fact in the present contests, we should say that it is the physical developcment of the competing squatls. In tlie swift race ami rapid connections it is very apparent. In the wonderful ladder contest—a novel and pleasing feature of the occasion—it was conspicious. In deed on ail sides it was recognized und commented upon. To-day ends the meeting. Success hovers over Numbers 2 of Angusta, and 5 anti 3 of Macon, but several gallant squads atop forth this morning to wrest, if possible, the victory from their grasp. The Peril of the States. The late legal tender decision of the Supreme Court of the United States has seriously alarmed the business men and financiers of tlte country. Tlte New York Joumalof Commerce heralds the warning and the remedy so briefly and forcibly that we cannot better sub serve tlie interests of our readers titan by adopting its language ns our own, which we proceed to do as follows: Tito blow dealt by tho Supreme Court is aimed at the dignity, tlie interests and the very existence of the sovereign States of this Union. Tito question whether gold and silver shall he the only legal tender for debts, important as it is, is but a small part of the weighty issues involved. As Congress is the sole beneficiary of tho extraor dinary doctrines laid down by tlie Su preme Court in thus tamely and basely surrendering tlte judicial to the legis lative power, and tbereb.- destroying the constitutional balance of our sys tem, Congress will of course do nothing, save on compulsion, to rectify the great wrong. Tito talk at Washington about proposing an iron-clad hard-money amendment to the constitution is all for effect, and will amount to nothing. Congress will not hamper itBeif or its successors by any such declaration. Least of all conld the needed two-thirds vote pro posing such an amendment be obtained in the presidential year. Inaction in tltis and all other important affairs is the policy of tho politicians at this time. It therefore remains for the people of the States, through their re spective Legislatures, to assert their constitutional prerogative and npply to Congress in due form for the calling of convention. Tltis requires the con certed action ot tlio Legislatures of two- thirds of all the States. The amend ments proposed by such a convention would become a part of tlte constitution when ratified by tlie legislatures or by conventions of three-fourths of tlte States, Congress having the power to designate to which class of representa tive bodies tlie ratifying power shall be given. All this involves difficulty and delay. Congressmen and every politi cian desirous ot destroying what is left of the original powers of the 8tates, will resist tho movement by every means at their command. But if the people are united and determined in the greatest reform of our time, they will triumph. If they are weak and indifferent they will deserve all that fate lias in store for tiicm, if future Congresses push to the legitimate con clusions the amazing dogmaa of tlte legal tender decision. It Is proper that the greatest State in tho Union should head the column which is now mussing (or tlie defense of all the States against the usurpa tions of power of which we have only yet seen tite beginning. Senator Kler- nan’s concurrent resolution on tills highly important subject—calling fur a convention of the Htutos—should ho adopted without delay. No time should hedost in defining tlie position of New York, whoso action, if boldly taken, will be promptly followed, we hope, North, South, East and West Every State is vitally interested in in wanting off a danger which cannot be exaggerated. and butcher-pens have been established inside tlie State’s boundary. Mr. Salter is a practical stock breed er, a native Kentuckian. His theory is that if stock-raising will pay in Ken tucky upon land valued at $100 per acre, where stock has to be fed eight months in the year, it should pay in Georgia, where lands are worth $10 per acre, and tliero are only ttvo months in tlie year when stock will not fatten upon what it finds growing in the open air. The Clashing Choirs. An Atlanta special to the New York Timet says: For years a rivalry has existed In this city between the Roman Catholle aud Protestant Episcopal churches over the Easter mnJIcnl attractions tor their worshipers. To-day great effort was made by both churches' to capture tho attendance of evangelicals, with the result in favor of tha Catholic church, which secured the attendanco of Governor McDaniel, an ardent Rapt 1st, State Treasurer Speer, and many other high dignitaries ol the State. Tho action of the Governor excites gossip among tho Episcopalians. Tho rivalries and jealousies of profes sional and amateur musicians are pro verbial. The Easter festival which is celebrated by tlie Catholic and Episco pal churches, may and perhaps often does start an active competition be tween tho singers in the choirs of both in Atlanta as to the most effective ren dering of the bright mass music appropriate to tho occasion, But we are at a loss to see how the matter is to be decided by the atten dance of distinguished people of other denominations to hear the music in one church or the other. It is safe to say that priests and com municants. just passed through tlie penance of Lent, jlo not share in this rivalry between tlie Atlanta choirs. It is highly probable that tlie singers in tlte Catholic church outsung those in tlie Episcopal, for the simple reason that they are more familiar with the music of the mass. To Protestants who rarely attend a Catholic Church, tlte ceremonies at Easter are curious on account of their novelty. Governor McDaniel was impelled to go to the Catholic Church to see what he had never before seen, and like wise the distinguished gentle men who composed his staff on that occasion, lie certainly could not have meant to becomo a partisan of tlie Catholic tenor or the Episcopal soprano. Wo trust the little incident may nut add had feeling to gcnqyous rivalry, and that no provincial brother will lie alarmed lest the chief magis trate of tlio State be leaning to tho "Fopeof Home.” Meriwether Vlhflleator Judge Siluiuons declines to make the race (nr Governor and it now looks at if Gov. McDaniel will be nominated without a dissenting voice. We have heard noth* log urged against the Governor’s adminis. Ir Alton of public allairs. Morning News. Hon. Thomas J. .Simmons, of Bibb, who has been spoken of as a probable candid ate for the nomination for Governor, has declined to enter the contest. Tlie indica tions are that Governor McDaniel will have a walkover. It is said that even Ca toosa county, for the first time since the ante-bellum days, is satisfied with the Governor, Monroe Advertiser. The letter of Judge Simmons, which we publish to-day, ia a model one. The Judge although assured of a strong following,no- ogmzes the propriety of the re-election of Governor McDaniel, and bus the manliness to say so. It goes without saying that Judge Simmons possesses exceptional ilific-"— ‘— - 1 -- - -- Tim Storm. Our special telegrams give such da ta as could tw gathered of tlio storm that raged throughout Georgia and other 8outhem States on yesterday morning. Valuable lives have lieen lost, much property destroyed and great damage indicted upon growing crops. This is the third infliction of the kind that has marked tlie breaking up of winter, and Georgia has had a full participation iu the destruction. April ao far haa been fretful. As we write, the sun shines brightly ami a soft wind blows, hut the temperature is too warm after such an electrical ilisplay ami atmospherical disturb- nnces us was witnessed in tlie early hours of yesterday. All tho weather prophets prognosticate further dis turbances alsmt tlio close of tho month. Human agencies ure |iowerless to fore* fend against them. We can only trust *** that tlie prophets are at fault, and that wo have had our quota of cyclones and floods. j Mtimford of tii« Talbotton Era, 1’on- hast. A yet becomt a law. Oar srening'' 1 " »f the Rome Courier, and Wilson edition wUl be stofm ami marked speH-tl of tlie Augusts Evening Nevt. by tbs Urns It get* an hundred miles sway j A bright and newsy band of workers bom tu, and we will be powerless to; n Georgia journalism, fol whom, per- i sontllyand professionally, wc cherish every good wish and hope. ter of the Atlanta Conttilnlion, I compared wtta last Friday the latent figures Graham ot the Sumter Repuhliran, showed en adroit.■» ot JDaZI points for this Waterman ef the Monroe Advertiser, l 9 *»*' mher «••* »*“ c-duts for the Ur XL Cotton on the spot has been more active for export, with a fair demand for borne con sumption. On Tuesday vioutlous were ad sauced S Ik. Yesterday there was a further advance of 1-TCe., middling uplands el,Mins at II I»l(e. Tug water coo race are again boon)- inj in portion* of the State. The Morrison Bill. By a very close vote the House has proceeded to the consideration of the Morrison borixontal tariff bill. Any feelings of triumph that Mr, Morrison and bis followers may see fit to indulge in over this result will be short lived, for it has been definitely settled that some of the Representa tives who voted fn favor of considera tion will vote against the final passage of the bill. It is probable that another trial of strength may speedily follow on a mo tion to strike out the enacting clause of tlie bill. Should this fail, a prolonged and exciting debate will result. In this the free traders will be badly worstesl, for the bill itself is crude undigested, anil attempts to do by a single forcible Mow, wbat should have been done by skillful and delicate manipulation. Judicious tariff reforn cannot fie ac complished by a horizontal lopping off. A surgeon might as well attempt to cure a diseased limb by chopping it off with a beef cleaver, without regard to where the diseased portion stopped and tbe healthy flesh commenced. Mr. flsltsr's Experiment* At Mud Creek plantation near Duck er’s Station in Southwest Georgia, an experiment is bcinjf mule which is of the utmost importance to Georgia, and is watched with the greatest interest by owners of large bodies of land in that section. Mud Creek plantation is the name of tlie place upon which Senator llill sunk so much money. It was prior to the wsr the property of tlie late Joseph Bond, Esq., and sold once at $21) per acre. The tract embraces 3,000 acres of the beat land in that section, and lias been for years cultivated in cotton. Tlie settlement is occupied by abont one hundred and fifty negroes and one of its proprietors. It is in fact a small town. Tlte owners of this magnificent prop erty are Messrs. Eugene Morehead of North Carolina, and 8. P. Salter of Dougherty county, Georgia. At the instance of the latter, the place has been turned into a Kentucky farm, and the growing of cotton practically aband oned. Mr. Halter has already demon strated that everything necessary for use upon such a farm can easily be raised in Southwest Georgia. In ad dition to this, he has demonstrates! it to lie as fine a hog country aa can be found in tlie west. Ills stock of brood mares numbers sixteen, and it is to the raising of fine horses that he Is mainly devoting himself, using at present the “Bonny Wilkes” strain. A member of the TaLxoaarii's force, who lately visited the spot, describes enthusiasti cally tbe scene presented to the stranger—the fine race course, gaudy blankets, splendid mares and all the trappings ansi paraphernalia of a firxt- class breeder's farm. LIfv Poller Holders. W.shmgt'm t-'orr. Chronicle and Sentinel. WasilINovog. April 14.—A decision was rendered by the United States Supreme Court to-day. in the insurance case of Em- lilie Moulor, plaintiff in error, against the American Life Insurance Company, in error, to fits Circuit Court of flic United Slates for the Eastern district of Pennsyl vania. This was a suit upon a policy ■>( life insurance which contained ns n part of the contract the stipulation Hint "if tlie representations nnd nnswers made to tlie euiMpxny in the a|iplicatlon for a policy should be lountl to he untrue in any rr- sis-ct the |Kilicy should lie null and void." When tlie insurance was obtained the as sured was asked among other questions if he hsd ever hail asthma, scrofula or con sumption. His answer was no. In the trial of the case in tbe court below there was evidence to show that the deceased had had these diseases in an incipient form prior to Ids application for insurance, but there was also evidence going to show that he was entirely unaware of it. The court instructed the jury that it made no difference whether tfie assured was aware of it or not if as a matter of tsc'. he bail these diseases Ids answers to the company, although made honestly and ing-xjd faith, were none the less untrue and the com pany was not bound by the policy. This ruling is here assigned for error. This court holds: I. That what the com pany requires of the assured and what the latter agreed to as a condition precedent was that he should make a full and honest answer to all questions without evasion, fraud or concealment. 2. That the fact that he hail certain diseases ami aaid he had not hail them did not necessarily in validate the policy when there was eri. deuce to show that the diseases were so latent (list the assured was not conscious of them. 3. That it was an erroneous construction of the contract to hold, as the court below did, that the company was relieved from lisbil- hy if it appeared that tbe assured hail been in fact afflicted with the disease mention- 'A The janr should have been instructed that the plaintiff was not precluded from recovery on the |»liey, unless it appeared that he knew or had reason to beltere at (lie time of lib application that lie was or .had been ao InfiktedT Tbs judgment of the court below therefore reversed, with , r DOS! qualifications (or the office of Governor und there can be little doubt that someday the people will call him to till It. His letteV of declension wUl strengthen the hold he baa on tlie people. Mouth Georgia Cltrton. Judge Sitnn on*, of the Macon circuit ia out in a letter to the Tbi f.ukapii and Mn» 8KNGKR asking hi* friends not to press bit name before the State convention for Got. ernor, In which he stiNtuhis the wisdom unci party patriotism his friend* have always claimed for him. Several candi dates liave been menfioned, doubtless without their knowledge or ronscnt, by country editor* who have nothin* else to write about, and to save themselves from Ignominy it is to be l»o|»cd they will adopt the course of Judge 8iiiunons‘hi refusing to be a party in nw attempt to net aside tht precedent of giving a Governor, whu>P course has met the approval of the people, a second term, which H a custom that hue not been ignored in thirty yean*. Atlanta tatter to Auguiit* Evening News. The letter of Judge 8itn.lions declining to allow the use of his name in the guber natorial runva** has been widely and va riously commented uihui here to-day. I heard a largo group of lawyers disease the subject at the court house, and the pre vailing feeling was that the Ju<?go was a victim of stage fright, and that tue industrious campaigning which is being done in the interest of McDaniel haa caused him to reverse his telescope and see hi* chance* thu* absurdly diminWied. Of course Judge .Simmons baa all tlie right* of a free born white North American, and can decline to run for office if he want* to, hut there is an idea that he seems to have forgotten. That i», he Ought not, in declining, to antagonize tne views of hi* friends who had thus sig nally singled him out as one abler and more acceptable for Governor than the present incumbent. Furthermore, it it absurd to talk about the unbroken prece dent” of re-electing men to public oflice for the sake of ‘endorsement.” That en- dor*ement theory ha* been the mean* of *addiinir more ln«)fBpete8t nincompoops U|iod tlie nubile of America tlmn any other datnphoof idea extant in our politic*. I mu not writing from the present occasion, for I am not (losing as an oracle or |>oHti. cal ref niter. Ho far a* I am concerned I would a* soon McDaniel be made Governor a* most any other man who can be acared up out the sacred circle of “tlie ring” or the wild woods of Arcadia. All I care about is to itlck my pencil point Into the wind-inttated boom* that float about us. Field and Flower, tho Ticket. Washington Letter of J. K. R. to Augusta Chronicle. * Mr. Gillman, the veteran and accom plished correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch, having announced In hit paper that I was of opiniou that Field and Flow er ought to be the Democratic nominee* ior President and Vice-President, the editor of that influential journal heartily Indorsee this suggestion. Th? tuore I think of it the better It pleeees me. It ic said that Judge Field cannat get the indorsement of the managing politicians of California. Be cause he, as a sworn Supreme Judge, made a righteous decision on the Chiutse question the disciples of Kearney and Henry George condmn him. Judge Field does not desire the Chinese to euter California $ or abide there; but as a Supreme Justice, he was bound to recognise and legally en force the obligations of a solemn treaty. Thehoodlumi damn the treaty and would welcome a judicial infamy; hut Judge Field woukl not sully hia ermine for the universe, much leas for the Presidency, so far ae California's wont element could help him to obtain It. Nor would he com mend himself to Uie rest of I he country by winning the approval of the Commune. It is (»artly because he incarnate* the force* at war with American Hoclalbtn that I admire him. He I* the cmt>odi- tueiit of law, justice, property right*, local *«U government, honest uumey, adminis trative reform ami the Hnal. complete and generous reconcilement of North ami South. If he cannot get Califoria's hack ing iu convention, so much the worse for California, where every homestead secured by bis powerful aid and beneficent legislation. J .line* K. Polk was not supported for • nomin ition by Tennessee, and yet be was triumphantly elected to the Presidency. With such a man a* Field for President and Flower for Vice President, I see some strong reasons to believe that nil our party blunders can he retrieved «ml that a grand victory at the polls may lie won. Against Blaine or Logan, Judge Field would be the choice of many tho iraud* of conservative ttcpublleans, who would resent the dicta tion that affronted them wi'h the Maine or lliiimis alternative. I atu coiiddent that the Republican* of alUhadeof opinion ore to $|*v more in dread of such a Democratic nomination than they care to admit. If they give their apprehension expres sion it is always with tho saving consola tion that the Democracy have plunged too far on the road to destruction to become ■uildenly sane and sagacious. Tbe Re- K blicans who thus argue may, I sincerely ne, find themselves most egregiously mistaken. directions to set aside tbe verdict, by Justice Harlan. CR1EF OF A FAITHFUL DOC' Refusing to Eat After His Mistress Was Burled. New York Times. A singular exhibition of fidelity on part of a house dog was shown In Staple- ton, Staten Island, during the past wrek. Last Tuesday morning Mrs. Walter Odell, wife of a tinware dealer In that village, died. A Scotch terrier, named FUIo, had been a pet of Mrs. Odell for the past twelve years. During the two months that Mrs. OdeU was sick Fido remained con tinually by her bed. After her death tbw dog persisted in lying beside her coffin, and he followed It to the hearse, trying to jump inside. When tbe funeral pro cession reached the grave Fido was there, and he watched tbe interment. Then he returned home and took up hi* IH 1 **** b«We the bed lately occo- pled by Mrs Odell. The dog from that time refused to eat, and be grew angry at any efforts to disturb or feed him. At times he moaned in a low tone. pairedbren thrownoSSws..Jhre.U If laid bfa*^ ' ■•BE®?* a. it :b attach, d to tb« ’ took up In 1,1. mouth and ; interest is tn i>rugre ."MM