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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, APRIL 18,1S84. jjjjHOMAS HARDEMAN a p|ONSTHe CLAIMS OF THE COUN- TRV8 ACRICUUTURE. „„ h .. tha Bill to Establish n Da* < ;,P rt '".n*"rA e rloul«u,...Th.Far. p3 mer*» Contribution to the National Wealth# Congressional Record, April 3. Vr chairman. when John the Divine „ nil book of Revelations lie wrote »n &t«h.KV«n chorc.ie.of Asia, them: “He that hath ear* to Se, him hear what the Bpirit hath to lJho the clinrchea." I would like, air, to F ‘ ize t hat injunction upon the ear of -.members of till. House to-day during ZZk time tliat I will occupy the floor r,hi, discussion. I ahall endeavor to t.. to the consideration of the House the LTtion of the |.ropriety of taking from LSneaker's table a bill reported from the hlmittee on agriculture by the gentle- la from South Carolina (Mr. Aiken) pro- 17„. w mpke the agricultural depart- ll, one of the cabinet bureaus of this ^eminent, and ask its consideration and Misage by this House. t am glad I can now consistently and artfully vote to sustain the report of the remittee on agriculture in their recom- to elevate the bureau of agricul- ™ to a cabinet position. As f said when tu iSeuro-pm-umonia bill was under die- I had rattier uplioid than weaken STann that would strike a blow on this ahor to secure for ag: Iculture a proper rec o-nition from the law-makers of the coun try For what does the committee ask? Sinlr to rise to agriculture that position in the councils of your government which imnntance ami vast capabilities and necessities demand. Tlie interesu to be •observed by such a course are many and all-controUing- for upon them rest the proa- Sritf of this country and tlie general wel. tl, of llie people. No one will gainsay the fact that agriculture is the foundation upon which is built every other industry, lienisigw our income, furnishes our ex •irts. builds up our commerce, supplio: hurfictories; in fine, enters into everv art ererv calling, every trad.-, every industry in the land. No business is independent of its sid. and no government can attiird to ignore its claims. As lias lieen said by Dr. Johnson, "it not only gives riches to a na tion. hut tlie only riches she can call her own." It is die barometer that marks the rise and fall of nations. Rome’s decay dates from the decline of her agriculture, ami every nation that does not fostrr and encourage it retards its own growth, if it does not court its own down fall. Its relations to our government are too close and important to be ignored by our legislators. It is the very life and sonl of the republic. It stretches out its arm and lavs hold of that country's business in til Its channels sml rsmittcatlons. Look at your trade relations and tell me what would they be without it* support and sup ply? Look at your export trade, amount ing in the last fiscal year to t80l.223.G32; of this large amount agriculture furnished 1619,39.449-77 per cent, of the total value. It may be a matter of Interest, considering its btaring on this question, to mark its growth in the export trade of the country. In 1890 it furnished tt08.IIOS.7U worth of products: I860 $250 900,072; 1870, $301.188,. in: 1883. $619,260,440; nearly doubling every decade. 01 this last amount for i08i. $11",928,721 camo from tlie raw cotton of tbs cot ton-growing States; $208,040,890 from the grain and cattle growing States. Now, sir, from what Investments came these largeexportationa? There are in the farm* in this country 536.081,835 acres farm land, valued at $10,107,000,770; farm (tuple- menu, valued at $408,520,055; Uve itock, valued at 12,467.868.524. In addition to tha o vpital Investad, sea thi number of persons engaged in it. ily jour hut census, out of a population of 30.- .'il.Wjwrsons above the age of ten yean I.JW.OU) were engaged In different occu pations; of this number 7.670.4IB persons wets engaged in agriculture, 3-837.112 per- aoM wen engaged in manufacture, leav ing 5,883.385 penotts engaged In all other occupations. You ate, sir, how many of your fellow- countrymen (nearly one-half of thoso hav- ”*.f'J c * uin 8) an engaged In the noble work of agriculture. Haw many are en- hatedinyoor armies and how many are fooat Upon your waten? A comparative- ■7‘“all, number, and yet to look after these soldien and sailors and tha interests “>*y an organized to protect you have two oepattownu of the government and spend annually millions of dollars. Whitt 1 drake “ •*' upon these departments, I have •nought both economy and clllciency de mand they sboold he united under one “••d. But that Is foreign to this discus- •Jon. and I only allndeto it to show If it *•* important to have these two depart- * »*»•«. because ol the great 8J0*th of agriculture In this country and 2“» magnitude of tha interest connected upon It. there is also •n urgent necessity for tills department of government, and the vital interest of the «un ry demands that tha labor of the “unuy, comprising, as I have shown, •bout half of your population over ten J**sa of age should live a voice in the “uwjis of the government. This is an •no!progress and development in art, In SS*"™; “ mechanics and manufacture, luese Industries are mostly in our cities 55? 152!* * 1 " 1 ctn themselves of aU ^ fiSSJan?* ~* n,UU “ gr0WU ‘ H>* nature of their I?!™®'"*scattered and segregated, at.l whh55J.?Sr ,, ??. b ® ""had »» readily Information and supplied 01 Improvement; lienee the KJril.^nsity for an organiied head look after the agricultural Inter- mi I,** 1 ? ““"Vr- * n< l Ha Industrial poi- m fy-raachlne influences, who Will rnnlate Improvements in ln •scientific meth- Jeata, and above all who can Sfe'!* 11 "’ around tlie high conn- jnwiam. of it-,' mntry. tlooo wh*» «nh- .J^nat-.discnsuon nas aha not SSTintermt,,,direct or remote? Who 10 domestic or foreign com- trv in»£J « c * rr Tlng trade of the coun- the itailiil'T ** *h* weather changes do It, 7| SSs.lto its commercial reiatioiis, in JXmtofsdo"*! systems, in iU social and f2i , ^*‘,«<»omy. to ita laws of rsvenue eotuttra*) 4“ n toe agriculturists of the ® Andyet, sir, agriculture has no otWuH 1 ^ 3 ro “/ council lioanls. while lv no" numliera and certaln- Potaie .5”“ “embers of tliel-idy rnelit? m If Ul f r ? •****' 0rails of depart- their toeirintercaLs and advance roa> "tol* can ha do ment-"Si "branlMtioii of the ganhai aT! • deny It; as at- pi Urn vary efficient bead of that de- lit. tihu-fili *?, else than fornm- areiiAlY.*"??, dlatribute med. Hiahanda 5s«fflcis2L h i? fotowdinate position and to !• Impaired because ha has snotlier (often not In .c'PL?* °>e wants of his th?c^tJi’.2 .to* industrial necessities of to tw5'7,“d the policiae most essential r »ncemSd5jSf ami the ad- °* lh *t profession which under- 8veatM,r r !^ p r it!r ■* • people and our •ir. How long, !tai Olt lllA Mlaaaalaw^^lia 3sstfa.l for it in the Uuited States than in most of the civilised nations on earth. **In 1877,” said the mssterof the last National Orange, in his excellent address, “Franceappropri ated for Agriculture and commerce over $20,000,000; Russia, for agriculture and public lands, nearly $15,000,000; Austria and Hungary, for agriculture alone, $5 . 500.000: Great Britain. $800,000; Sweden, $050,000; tlie United States for the same ear only $171.0*0.” I hold, Mr. Shaker, that it U to tlie in terest of tht* government that every mem ber in that government should feel his own fiersonal relation to it. his dejjendence up on and connection with it. Such a feeling nerves his patriotic impulses and instills into ids bosom a greater love for that gov- eri m *nt; and tlie closer that relationship I if it t»e not a forced one) the stronger will »e that attachment. Acting upon this ( >rinc;i>le, I would bring tlie farmer face to ace with tlie |>owers that govern. I would have him feel that his great industry U re ceiving from the government the consid- ation it deserves; not in the way of bur dens, for we all know how much of tlie burdens of government are borne by the agriculture of the’country. Sir, she is will ing to bear her proportional part; this she will do without complaint; and she is fur ther willing, sir, if necessary, in your tax laws raising revenue for tlie general pur- posea of the government, tliat von should give (as far as can be done jnstfy) inciden tal protection to the struggling industries of the country, for labor sympathies with labor the world over; but, sir, while assent ing to all this she demands, while you tax her products, while she contributes to your export trade more, largely more, than all other industies combined, while she has more persons engaged in her pursuit! than in any other calling, who have so long and so patiently borne the inequalities of your tax laws, of your transportation systems, your trade laws, and your cold neglect—I say, in view of all these (acts, she only de mands a representation among those who shape the policy of government and con trol its affairs. I ask you, sir. in view of the great inter est involved, the large number interested, the great benefits that wl!! accrue from it, is this an unreasonable request of the far mers of the country? Sir. the policy of this government toward agriculture has been instrumental in retarding tlie growth of the country. She has been isolated on account of governmental neglect, and lias not realized in all its fullness the import ance of manufacturing industries to her success. Sir, this policy should cease, and agriculture should lie drawn from her iso lated position and brought in contact, close and intimate, with the manufacturing and other industries of the country, for these are absolutely essential to her growtii and prosperity. Let labor l»e brought in asso ciation with labor. Bring her out from tlie retirement into which your neglect has driven her and let her take that high posi tion in matters of government that her im portance and vast resources demand. Make for her. and other industries if you prefer, a department of state, known as the department of agriculture and industry, where they will have a voice in defending and advancing their interests. Let that department have every facility necessary to accomplish tlie great objects contem plated In its creation. Equip it for practi cal and scientific experiments. Make its l)otanical, entomological, statistical, chem ical, and mechanical brandies equal to the . upon your table. IU in dorsement comes from every factory in tlie land, whose poorly paid operatives often strike for bread; it comet from ypur fur. » and forges, whose fires arc too often guislu-d Iiecause of an improper esti mate by capitalists of the wages of the toil* ers therein; it comes from the fields of our agricultarists. where every upturned sod tells of mortgage-deeds and cr6dit-liens. From every section of this land whose his tory is bung written in the tears of toil “and tlie sweat oi the poor” the appeal comes—hoifor ami dignify the labor of tlie country. Heed that appeal, my country men, to-day, or that long-neglected labor may hold up the garments bleeding Cwsar wore and point to the rents and cuts nmde by Cassius, the envious Casca and beloved lfrutus, that they— ’ iy ruffle up your spirit*, and put a tongue every wound of (Toll) that shall move The stones themselves to rise and mutiny. Protect your labor and it will protect you; elevate it, and it wiU redound to the welfare of your country; advance and nourish it, and joy will brighten the lace of toil with smiles, comfort will gladden every homestead, happiness crown every altar, while general prosiierity will smile upon your country, already tlie idol of its people, the exemplar of nations, a model for the world. AT POCAHONTAS. Frightful Mutilation of the Bodies of the Victims—Their Death Probably In stantaneous—The Scenes About the Pit's Mouth. FROM ATLANTA. The Whig Republicans Disperse—Mr. Norcross Throws a Shell—New Phase of Republicanism in Ceorgla—Its Tendency ring t | past year and estimated proportion of high graded animals and tno money value of 1 improvement by breeding in tue several (States. COUNTING THE VOTE. The Bill Introduced In the House to Reg- ulata the Counting of Votes for President and Vice-President. I 1 TELEGRAPHED TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.] Wash ini.ton, April 10.—'The following is Lvschduro, Va., April 11.—After every- I the text of the substitute reported to the thing liail been got in readiness at 1*ocb- House to-day from the Presidential law liontaa yesterday afternoon, the whole committee for bills relating to the election force was placed on guard at the main en- of President and Vice-President: trance of the mines, to keep hack the crowd Section 1. That the electors of each State which had been attracted by the notice shall meet and give their votes on the sec. posted by Superintendent Lathrop, an- ond Monday In December next following nouacing that the bodies could be re- their appointment, at such place in each claimed, and then the mining engineers Ir. State as the Legislature ol such State shall charge of the rescuing party entered the direct mines to note the situation of affairs. 8ect!on 2. That it shall be the duty of when the party emerged from the mines the executive of each State to cause the it was announced to the crowd that the I list of the names of electors of such State, damage was less than bad been supposed, duly ascertained according to the law of and that little trouble would be expert- State to bav.: beer.chosen.to.he enced in recovering the bodies of ““JL the victims. Two Jodies were covered | gJHLff yesterday in a horribly mutilated condi tion—those of Boone Maxey. a white boy, 11 - - , - _ Jim Crim, a negro, flie work of re- “sVJi™ a Th ,,, .... . iry was then postponed until this V >I VRS3* , ! , n h f*" 1 ,*“■ rung, when it was resumed under the —ction of Engineer Moody., A still | larger crowd congregated . to he str.tclied around to prevent too near an approach to the entrance. The crowd, however, observed ncS'nt ™ 01 raultetrt, ”a° »p“* “ I tX, *IT bHroiiS^SBl S eat aoleinnization seeming to pervade J4 r »»5P5Sf n tSj e assemblage. The bodies as they were recovered we?e placed in boxes on the in- side of the mine, and aeveral were then Jjg® pIIIlwmISI QnZLVn 0 £2fSf brought out together on a car. A number sitin’ of miners well acquainted with the vie- tiros were placed at the entrance, for the purpose ofldentifying the bodies, if possl- *“} J5SS" *S",S! 5 tile,but of the sixteen recovered to far only {LSj„i„E h S5?ih. six have been identified. Those are Jim «*■ Sj¥ 1 ?‘n* Crim, Isham Maxwell, George Maxwell, £Ubama, uA Mid teller* having then William Slusher, young Jewell and a Ger- {**£«!*• th. | m man, who wu fecogSlied by his wife. h“" n « ° f th« joint Many of the bodies arc horribly mangled, shjh . .. . some srith the heads blown off, other, with TJJJS. £* “'ey *PJf a Z J*®J?LJ5*}d the arms and legs tom from the sockets and 2j2S22ffiJSi other frightful mutilations. An arm and JStSSlSi S , ? a leg were found in tlie main entrance, but SSjKSSLSitlif Sm? ?i,58 "f, thebody to which they belong could not be ’ ' t p ^- * n ‘ A RAT-KILLINC SHEEP ‘flrum," the Prldeof Kensington. Slaugh- tera Forty Rodents In Forty-Four Minutes. Phllsdelphla Times. N( IV V IS 7Ht 7IS3E TO CURE SKIN HUMOR?;. T " '-'toso* O'Connor's Ken-ngton I ioiH'wT^lm^mb 1 li’.T- rat pit last night stood a stout, sborMeg- Muring bumon, JmmtUattnc h.-ii- Bid sheep, with his neck enclrctod hy a {SjU^Sn^iril'bS?^^uSS?Sa r I rasa collar and his black nose sheathed scrofulous sores, abaee.«i«, d! . , woun.la and .very aperies of Itching, i anu .n,l pimply dlaeaaea of the akin ami uralp .n, made I mow .pcedlly .ml economically cur.- -— Cuticura Keiuedlei. in a kid muzzle. His name is "Brum" and he was there to kill rata on a wager by his owner and trainer, "Stone” McAl ister Between fifty and sixty spectators were present. Last fail McAlister, who is a spirting butcher, found three d.ad rats I Hundreds ot letters in our possession (con- in "Brum s pen. A day or two later ho ies ot which may be had by return mall) »r.i saw the sheep kill a rat. That act our authority tor the assertion th.t skin. alp saved "Brum'’ from lieing convert. » nd blood bunion, whether scrofulous. Inte r- a ... _ " . . .1 itml nr Piilifnfiniii mn- nnur I..* ti*rtnnn«nt1v It Is a Fact. ed into chop*. His owner resolved to train hint. Under the training “Brum" improved so rapidly that McAlister made five matches In which the sheep was /to kill rats against time. The first match came off last night, McAlister wai ited or coutaxloui, mi: now be i*nnanently cured • y Cuticura Resolvent,! he new blood purifier, diuretic and aperient, internally, and Cuticura and Cuticura Soap, the great ■kin cures and beautitiers, externally, iu one half the time and at one half the expense ot aay other season. than that ot lhaday pnviotu Tii. 8en.te and Houm of Renreaentatlve. t , , u »i>»U n>*et in tit. ball of the House ot “ “ffiSItK I Rapretrittatives at the hoar of .1 o'clock fn the afternoon on tb.t da; in joint con- , - int of th. 8enate shall be the presiding of ficer of said Joint convention. Two progressive spirit of the age. Enable it by analysis ot soils, vegetable products, fertil izer., and other materials to satisfy the growing demand of tlie farmers ot tlie coun try for this information, so important to auccewful culture and development. Who. sir, can over-estimate tlie value of tlie statistician, the entomologist, the bot anist, the chemist to the agriculturist, aye. sir, to the country ? The elevation of the bureau to a cabinet position will enthuse new life into tlie departments and new hope, ami new courage into the hearts of the honest tillers of the roil, .nd these will repound to tlie best interests of tlie coun try. Make this department, then, one worthy ot the government and it. greatest industry, not simply . bureau of seeds and Congressional canvass plants, and the agri culturists of the country will realize from your action that justice, though tardy, lias at lost been awarded them by a govern ment so dependent upon them for material proaperlly and financial independence. "But,” Mys one. "it is creating an addi tional oflice and thereby increasing tlie ex- peniM of the government." Sir. tt is not adding to the number of otBcM; it is onlv elevating the office and officer to the digni ty of a cabinet position. I grant you It will costa few thousand dollars more. Sup- [•rectal, coaxesroxocxci.] Atuxta, April 10.—A half dozen of the Whig Republican! met this morning to conclude the business of the session, number of letter* were read from promi nent Republicans over the 8tate, express ing sympatliy.fiir the movement It ap peared that the handwriting of these gw tlemen differed little from tne handwruir.„ of other statesmen in its hieroglyphic char acter, and tlie secretary was Anally com- lielleil to suspend) the reading, owing to nis inability to deripher the lines. Mr. Jonathan Norcross, at tills juncture of the proceedings, threw a shell into the ranks of the brethren by ottering a resolu tion calling a State convention of tlie col ored voters, In sympathy with them, to meet in Atlanta May 1st to confer and co- operate with the Whig Republican conven tion on the question of sending a delega tion to Chicago, and for tlie transaction of such other business as might seem proper to them. This resolution failed to meet the approval of the chairman and other members of the meeting, and was forth with smothered by referring it and all oth er unfinished business to the executive committee. Chairman Markham then read an ad dress setting forth his views of the move ment, alter which the meeting adjourned tine die TUX MPl'BUCAX PARTY IX GEORGIA. The Republican convention held yester day .its membership and proceedings, indi cate a new onler of tilings in the party ln thia State. Not that it will be less cor rupt, or that its methods differ from the old. out it has assumed a complexion which may mean much to the people. The white Republicans, native Georgians. who hare heretofore given the party in . _ „ Georgitthe little respectability snddecency the entrance, hoping by some familiar 19? .tJSJi 1 t-"-- ™ ■ ' with iu methods, sick of feature to recognii. remiin, of dead roU- I Isenn?en5i n n‘ , S. t $100 that the sheep wouul take the lives ot 7Z 7 7 77 ~ forty rats in sixty minutes. In the bet-1 (}rCillCSt Oil LliTtll, ting the odds were against the sheep and McAlister and two or three friends made Cuticura Remedies are the create wagers right and left. George Tatnell was does on earth. Had the. wont case . chosen referee and timekeeper and at 6 rheum to this country. My motin r L_ casres^into {M* The* rata scunnered ES^BS,'lV 1h - McAlister let go of Brum and vaulted out I used the Cuticura Resolvent Internally s of the pit, leaving him muzzled. "The muzzle! The muzzle! TakeofTtha muzzle, Stone!” shouted half a dozen men. "He don't kill 'em with hie mouth,” re plied Mr. McAlister, seating himself com placently on the railing of the pit and add ing: "That sheep'll fool you all.” So it proved. Tlie sheep, without paying tlie slightest attention to tlie crowd, made two leaps to the comer of the pit in which a dozen or more rau were huddled. Then, raising himself upon ills hind legs, he brought tlie carefully sliartn-ned hoofs of his fore feet down like a fiasli intho pile of rats. This act was repeated Cuticura aud Cuticura Soap eztcrnally.jji J. W. ADAM- V a Great Blood Medicines. The half baa not been told aa to the great cumtlre powers of the Cuticura Remedies. L hare paid hundreds of dollars for medicine* to cure diseases of the blood ami skin, and never found anything ret to equal the Cutl* ucra Remedies. CHAD. A.WILLIAMS. Providence. R. I. Cure in Every Case. ... w,..w ....w ..... ,vi. . Your Cuticura Remedies outsell all other jsASSSTSsTS sstejsa&fclt^sress dead bodies of eight.rats lay on the floor. I a cure In every instance, -when* other r.-me- Facing about ”Brum” gave a thrill blast dies have failed. H. W. B rockway, M. D. and darted across the pit to another nest | Franklin Falls, N. II. of rat*. There he related the stamping I ... . ... and strewed tlie pit with dead rodents. At I sos^ST’eentJi 1 ° pEt’m? tha end of nine minutes there were but Drugsnd Cbemleri Co., Boston, Hr^- InfiiMarthe*rese3in!r 0l nartv brought out I lacnl a™ 1 vice-aresmonr ot me cniiea thi'riisrrl.W'hi'sirl.of «Tmtner > 'iSth liis States, and said announcement, together dinner buckTriS^d in hU arms He with a list of the votes, shall be entered on «...lowSv t..«55^klneof K?.linneJ < h « journal of the Senate and Houm of whin » °u>ndine him Representatives, and the presiding officer to tol ,tI^t P v S^5Sd m5SSiw«5 o< the joint convention sliall as loon as tT o m, r - pRks'^in T«d, 73 t n o 0U s , Ll , ‘!:LS:”,7 , p 0 r f e,,K the position of these bodies elretion to smd otllces of Presid, nt indicatelhst death was insUntaneoas | “.a?tom! to all in the mine. At 3 30 o clock the an tiouncement made that no more bodies iiTi ic.". a*.,— would be removed until 9 o’clock Saturday I morning. The remainder of the day was -i" ZSJ! occupied in getting out the carcasses of t > ,“ n b !5?,, *“3* mules, which being too heavy to be drag-1 Ento 1 !?‘hf'nraeUinirJ'witS In’ ged out had to be quartered and taken out. Very little excitement prevailed at the nwta mine at any time during the day. A large crowd it men and women stoorf near K u ° ,, i« tion, s ^‘ he th. -Mr.nc l.rmln. k« torn. ?f »“3f Shall . be made Ipose it does. Who bears the burdens your government? Who pays more into your treasury, who brings you more pros perity Ilian your agriculturists, and who. therefore, should be more entitled to a fair and equitable consideration from the gov. emment? As you elevate and advance litis Industry you advance the growth and I weal ill of your government. d No one can deny tlie assertion that agri cultural organisations anil bureaus bare lieen instrumental agencies in elevating ag-1 riculturc, increasing its production, tnd ■■ larging Iu power and usefulness. And. ■■ as agriculture growa In position and Inde pendence she stretches out her arms after other industries, tnd in these diversified pursulU may be found the grand elemenu of a nation's wealth and a people's pros perity. Tlie government could adopt no I wiser policy than to encourage and foster it hail, disgusted with iu methods, sick of the domination of the negro element, and of a few white tricksters, foreign to the to'l, who still Unger to remind us of the odious "carpet-bag and tcallawag” era, bav* quit the party. Thus tha colored vote ot the State is left in the hands of such taen as Bryant. Buck. Farrow, Locke, and that Uk. What the direction of their leadership will lie, and what it means, may be assumed from the harangues of J. E. Bryant before the convention yesterday, in which bis toadyism to the tieiiro. his encouragement of social equalitv.his tirade against the decent white Republicans who would not affiliate with him or cringe to his lash. This species ot demagogery was strongly condemned last night by tome of the better class of white men whose fortunes are ttiU cast with that crew. And to General Longstrret It to be thrust out of office to give piece to J. E. Bryant. It is unfortunate that tlie colored citizens of Georgia ha e fallen into such hands, tnd tt is to be hoped that when their eyes are opened, when they Mm) out whet tools they are to be made, and how they are be ing useri.they will have the good tense and tae wisdom to repudiate such leadership. THE FLEETWOOD MURDER. The Old Couple Assassinated hy Their Hired Man. ITxisoaArrtRD to tiir associated raxtsj Chicago, April 11,—A special to the Daily -Vries from Mattoon gives the follow ing additional details of the murder of the aged Fleetwood couple, near Rawdon, on Wednesday night: The old couple slept on the first floor, and a married daughter, a small child and a hired man named John t^es but iTsSonM rile announcement th™ members of thejoint convention, be- !h.n?o moto ho hrs wmiM^ot fore the call of said States, said objection was made that no more oodles would not (^ i„ .u. t,.„ i. ,i,„ be taken out tilt Saturday,the crowd quiet- lv withdrew. All ot the identifications to- to ha placed in the hands of the presiding officer of Mid joint convention, who thtU present the tame on th-i call of the State. If more tha n one return, or paper pu-port ing to he a return, from a Slate shall have been received by the President of the Senate, then and In that com tba preaiding officer of tbe joint convention shall submit , to lbs members thereof to determine The Terrible Condition or the Mlsgov- | as to which la the proper return <l»y. were by meant of clothing or articles in the i*vkwt*. Tlie bodies were not in any case recognizable in themselres. UNHAPPY CUBA. erned Island. an«l threo hours shall " be allowed N«w Yoaz, April 1L-A letter from "* ‘iL 1 ? 1 __ a . then proceed to vote tier rapita, comtnenc* Havana, dated April 5, Mys: Serious *o-1 | n . T [th the Stats of Alabama, and those counts trom the interior m to the move- votes shall be counted and added to the menu of large parties of bandIU and of list of vote. alrMdy ascertained which government ^continue to com. I, aitK'SffA*! iterday a battalion of regular troop* proper and legal return, was sent from thU city to Vuelta Arraba Section 4 ot the substitute, after pre- f ; w „ d,y * tt “ cout ln , ,h flet' SS2SS.- «SfS35^‘.tei bJ bor-oodof Havana was occupied by <!«• arranged .continues: 8uch jolntconvention tachmrnts of troops. The government it .hall not be dissolved until the count of apparently waking up to the situation. theelectoral vote shall be completed and f—to a.„ Ttotointo the result declares), and no recess shall be Frivata accounU from San Domingo |, k f longer than one calendar day, U y that the Cubmt refugees there are in! indor. the reluremUilng of thejoint “n- possession of largeamounu of money, and vention on Saturday after the first meet- are preparing for a landing In Cuba, ing, should a onint and declaration ot the in combination with parlies there. Thia vote not have been previously made and U probably the cause of the extraordinary announced, no further or o'her recess movemenu of the troope Tbe govern-1 shall be had until the count ot the it. in _ Wicklebach up-stairs. AU retired Mrly. It. Al'd lt tiyall means In your power, and The daughter was awakened later by liMring Wicklebach going down stairs. by . . at you develop Its great resources other In duatries, that necessarily go hand ln hand be don* under the drpart- can'iSk ? 1 ,l^^, , 1 '^SaSnH^SS tlie ^TiTt tnt increasing wonder: that tire it? t.vJLto ““'“"•-.run iu factoriaa, .sp-Sre.SSSS ’tal of tha country.’b* denied ■“ *- the councils of that be etui country, already made rich from field and farm and.diary and workshop, will grow in greatness as sue grows In years. I am aware, sir, there is a disposition among toms to ridicule every attempt to advance art, -** ‘ ' lea that is a age. This has been tbe history of progress for generations. Mon* was ridicule-! m a visionary and a wild enthusiast in th* balls ol our Congress when Mktng for aid to his electric invention, yet his rliliriilers are dead and forgotten, whiid Morse's name trill be transmitted to posterity as long aa bit electric current encircle* th* civilized world. The astronomer, looking through his lenses and his simple telescope mad* of rude materials, was ridiculed as a star gazing simpleton or a moon-stricken mon omaniac. yet the starry spheres will hymn forever tbe praises of Kepltr and Heiscbel, whit* Jnpite' and Saturn will sound on and on down tbs ages the name of Galileo. The scientists were subjected to criticism and derision m they watched in thought ful study tbe boiling water and tbtbum- >1* vessel that contained It, yet th* world now bows in homage to their discoveries, while tba mighty engine wheeling across oontinenU th* commerce of nations carriu to th* generations tbs fama of Watt, and tbe bursting billow ploughed by tbe ocean steamer dirges in et«nsl cadence a re quiem to Fulton. At it wm in tbs put so is it now. Sceptics doubt, wbil* science progresses. The world is demanding a higher civilization. Tbe earth U develop ing new mines of wealth, and improved •dttica mutt secure her treasures. The beevens marching to th* music of the spheres inviu to other conquesU in the tar off worlds in th* infinity above, old ocean, lathed by tbe fury of tne storm ■ r calm as th* nature of "it* own mysterious source," sing* a ceaseless snog of progress, while science levies tribute upon It waters, and commerce interlocks the hands of nations amid tbe surge* of iu billows. Nature in all her elemenu speaks of progress and de velopment and we can not m a people stop to listen to the jeers of the sneerer or to place tlie fingers of the doubting Thomases of tbe ace. Labor, air. asks for aid to keep p-fre with this progressive age, sod recognizing her Just claims, I will do all in my power to el evate agricultural and mechanical indus tries ami thereby enlUt in their porsuiU more of th* young men of the country. I believe a proper recognition by th* govern ment of there industries would dignify and encourage th* labor of the country. It Is for tbe tulen of th* toil awl for th* tons of toil I speak Uxlay, and ask thia humble recognition of their claims by the Congress of tbe United Bute*. Your soldiers are but dozed off again. She was again awak ened hy hearing tba sound of Hosts being struck in tbe room below, but went to sleep again, only to he again awakened by th* arneil of smoke. She called to the hired mtn that the house was on fire, and he told her to Jump oat of the window. She ran doom tulrt and found th* bed on which her father and mother lay on fire. Wicklebach, at her request, went reluctantly to arouse tba neighbors. She extinguish'd the fire and found tbe aged couple with their throats cut and lieaiU beaten. Wicklebach wm suspected, He bid blood ou bit trousers and wore i clean shirt, although he had on a foiled on* when he retired at night. Th* well was pumped dry, and his axe. covered with blood and hair, wm found at the bottom. Wickle. bach still asserted hi* innocence, but th* coroner's jury held him for murder. The sheriff starred with him for to* jail at Charleston. *s the crowd of 900 persons who ha<l collected at the scene threatened to lynch him. The old couple had no money ln the house, and th* reason* for tbe crime are unknown. A a pedal to-day to th* ^etn from Charleeton says the sheriff succeeded ln getting Wicklebach away from tha crowd at the scene of th* tragedy, and lodged him safely in jail. A revolver, which Wicklebach acknowledged as hi*. WM found with two ot the chambers empty, it is believed be shot Mrs. Fleetwood with it before crushing her bead with tha axe repneeuceit by four trardepartment, y-ur sailors have s mouthpiece in the navy de partment, yocr bankers and roercbanU and boodboidert are heard through your treasury department, your Judiciary has been supplied with a department of justice ; why not provM" a department of agricul ture aad labor for the tolling millions en gaged in the Industrie* of the country ? My appeal te endorsed by a ooavrnlion of n**r- Irthrre haadre-J detegau* of iMeffigeet ag- nculturiste ot my own State, ~ Mississippi Democratra. Jack sox. Mil*., April 10.—The Demo cratic SUM committee has derided to call a SUte convention tor Jon* 11, to select delegates to Chicago and choore Presiden tial electors. Another Fir* at Pensacola. Faxaacnu. April 10.—A fire this morn ing ilestroved the IzmUville and NMhville freight depot. Robert*’ transfer stable, tbe lloffmon House, Robinson's restaurant, Mn. Morris's millinery. Qulna't store. Masonic Hall and several minor buildings. Lou $-15,000. | gnow In Wisconsin and Ohio. Baltimore 8a a. Chicago. April 8.—A special from Junc tion City. Wit., says snow has been faffing there during the past taraty-four hour and If now tlx inches deep on the level. Daytox, April 8.—One of the heaviest snow storms ever knosm at thU season of the year began tola morning and atill pre- valte. The snosrfall for a short tint* Iws equaled tbe heaviest of the srinter. PREMIUMS TO ACENTS. We trill giTe g premium of twenty- Are dollars to the local agent who tends in the largest number of new subnerit- ereto the Wrhklt TxtxoaArn jxd Mhmhxokb up to July lit; a premium of ten dollars to the one who sends next to the largest list, and ■ premium of live dollar* to the one who tends in th* third list in six* np to that time. thirteen rate alive in the pit. Tbeie ‘Brum" chased with the pertinacity and determination of a bullslog. and killed them one by one. The fortieth rat was | slaughtered In exactly thirty-four minutes from tbe moment “Brant” was loosed. Several times during tha match, rate fas tened their teeth in the leather mussle, but the aheep easily shook them off. Old Friends Telling What They Know of Each Other. tbe LocuviiLx cot’Bixa-joraxAL va. AT- LAXTA ooxsmtmox. That lecherous hanger-on of the Painted Harlot of protection, tbe Atlanta Contain- lion, has the ellrontery and the insolence to speak of the Courier-Journal M a -"free lance.” Never a rogue, with a bribe in his pocket, but to the first and loudest to cry "stop thief.” ThU Atlanta mercenary to the mouth-piece of as selfish and dishonest a ring of corruptionist* m ever infested a State capital Under IU inflasnee, the politics In Georgia are in a fair way to be come m mean and sordid as the politic* of Pennsylvania. The Democrats of the Empire State of the South should emanci- K te themselves at once and forever from e thsldrom sought to be established over them by railway cliques, iron foundriM and coal mines, cotton factories and venal newspapers. ATLAXTA COHSMIUIIOX VS. LOUUVILLS -JOB Rima-i-mawar. It will be remembered that Henry Wat- Send for "How to Cure Skin Disea-es.' BEAUTY reL.T’Sin'i pimt>!fs, skin Blemishes and infant... use Cuticura 8oap, a real beautlfler. Mtoi. ii as wjSS* ,..r. axeT^xce IMM. U, Debility M»tok*o4 • mmd D««a* hvAriM prescription of * n^tr-i ipecULsi (now rw •d.1 Prur »■•'.* ran All It A.i-lree* os imiid #• on urimss troops Tbe Koran* __ _ a -. . ment. in spite of all these facta, pretend* electoral rote* ahall bo completed and rt to ridicule til reports of threatened Invat-1 suit declared. News has retched this city that thamin- Coughs, liter of the colonies has made a new loan Brown's Bronchial Troches are used of $3,000,060 with the Hisptno Colonial with advantage to alleviate coughs, sort Bank, of Barcelona, for account of the throat and bronchial affections. Bold only Cuban treasury, pledging in return the I in" -tails- payment of $15,060 from th* income of the Cuban custom house*. The Cuban tr*Mury will have to pay 1 per cent com- A REMARKABLE CURE! is wm ' PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS DECIDE!? TO USE THE KNIFE. My vife and daughter *uffwd for y in affection of the throat, which wm* i l)iit surely nndcnnJnlnir their health,« jonrc«< called In, and after lacareful examlaa decided that there wai do chance of a c le<* they would consent to uuderro a «'inr1«;al operation. AYo were much opposed to th#* knife belns med, until all other nw-uns had lu t-n ex- hansted. n». we becan to use differentthrrtat remedies sold at drue storr*. V/* Ssailr s*- # - . — y v—.— . —# -$ Brcwsr's Luna Restorer, and the eff» « Nwt.. terson, of the Qmntr*Journal, went to truly wonderful; and aft**r a few bottl. « lu$d WashinKton City as the paid lobbyist of l been taken they were entliyJy rellerfd of the of the whisky ring; that ne went on tlie trooble andIKirhtwlthI^Wy rntorefl. Jf any floor of the House becatue he could go I o^mytaatoy •h.ioBjnrerbs riMtoriy sff^'^f, ,l 3l r 5^ r !5S XI01 tb *, ,llct thatthspeoge {nTeSwtoiSl tUl55?iiSiv. Verer-.,., ir.-lly. of his district were tolerant enough of his I \f. 11. 3Len-Viei.ii, lolly to 1st him go and for a very snort un-1 Ma-,n,-nu expired term to Congress; that he was driven out by attention being called to the fact that lie was there lobbying for the bill then under consideration. We have from time to time call-si atten tlon to there facte, and to tbs further fact - that this bullying braggart was trying to 55d hLTznrrirnnd great drive men out ot tils Democratic partv ing.renrn 'hsothatsliecoi who did not agree with him. litre la hto ntoat; th* also lost her at, answer to wliat we have said. her cnn-Utloa w,i« truly al.un :> t. 1 bo lung (See extract above from Contour- "ol-l which I dl l. an-1 with the rao-t hai py • i. If we have ever called hto paper a fra* I 8h.haa ukrn.bat two bottles.and ii c r. -uit i-. tonce we regret it. No man that knows I " .n” j 1 . 111 "‘i'T ^:^f n A W fi , r.^* u ff n /.2?raL h rd' iSShfe “ control of a Irae tone*. He waa a coward- vlacsdItse-eittoM-inMwiilea'- tai-t ly dodger during the, war. banging in the ear*. 1 would.therefore, cSessfBtyiiii igPIMjl rear ofthe army ready to lie on either tide It to all who lusve sreak In ■, l.--. mt c»nn<>t fi-il for a consliteration. lie never carried a tobeo? great beneSt to allwho nmy giie It a free lane# then, and there was not a man I trlaL Yoon truly, in either army as afraid of a lance as this man Watterson. We have neither spaco nor time to handy abuse with this black guard. _* storer Jn cases c mission on the loan, and an intereatof AX per cent, per annum. The meas ure has caused th* greatest indignation here, and has added to tbe state ot pro found alarm and general discontent |ire- CREAT BRITAIN. death or rusauts akadr. Loxnox, April II.—Charles Read* died this afternoon. DYRANima AMMTKD. Loxnox, April 11.—Several months ago vailing, as the loan and contract made I Sir William llarcoart, bom* secretory, with the same bank in 1880 are considered I gave notice to tba police of th* arrival of one of the calamities which have brought a dynamiter in England. A strict wtteh shout th* present state of attain. By vlr- wm immediately put on inspected booses tu* of th* former loan, through which the In this and other citlee, and it wm soon Banco Hispano Colonial is realizing an im- discovered that a man named Daly, allot mens* profit, th* burden of which Cub* Denman, who answered the description of has to bear, the banal* already receiving the dynamiter, had arrived at Dlrmlng- $33,000 daily from the iocoma of the Cuban bam and taken lodgings In a suburb with cua'onfibooses. I a dark named James Eagan. Thera T1>* petition which th* tobac- Daly remained until tost Wednesday, co growers in tbs Vuelta Abajo when he went to Wotrerhampton, and tnbniHted to th* home government, thence to lleaconhead, closely followed by that argent measures be taken to a detective and two Irish constables. To- i evils which they enumerated as day, aa bt waa rebooking at the railroad ita- dettractive to their Industry, has ocen vlr- tloo for Birmingham, ha wm arrested by tually rejected. Th* answer from tha gov- tht offisen, who bad been following him. eranient settled non* of the difficulties. A Three explosive b-mibi were found in his perfect panic to raging in the markets, possession and also several bottles eon- The merchants. In order to sell their drafts, talnine a substance believed to be nitro- have to submit to a large loss on the giy rent e. Various dwellings tin Birmlng- current rates of exchange, which an eon- bam wen afterwards searched for eipio- tlnuaUy declining. Some of th* large lives, but h yet nothing to reported to have booses cannot sell their bills of exchange been discovered. Egan wm arretted at at any rate. I Birmingham on the charge ot bring an » I accomplice of Dalr. and of harint eioio* THE cr,t(N CROP/,'. I lives in his hotut for an unlawful purpose. 111 I He maintained the utmost calmness, and Report of th* Department of Agriculture had nothing to My. He will be brought on Their Condition. I before a magistrate to-morrow, and will WAag.xorox ApzU ” turns of th* Department of Agriculture |UU, merchants, lit wm previously th* make tb* winter wheat am about 27,000,• I secretary of the Wolverhampton branch 000 acres. This to nearly the breadth sown »* L*»} »*««««• After Ur* formal for the preriooa crop, of which between 5 1 at iJcDconheadl DaJjf will and 6 per cent, wm anbeequentljr lb* conveyed to Biminehani -* ploughed up. leaving 26,400.000 acre, to be charged alongsideat «$?»•,_ Agreet hervette-L Compared with tb* are* bar- Mtion hse bm cauted at Ihrmlnghsm by vetted the present breadth to an in- create of *9 per cent. Tb* pm- ■* b0B V- - A ■ggggJg' ent area to greater than that of t! 1 "*" f. 2 the census year by more than two million acres. Thi IncrMra to about 150,0*0 aerea ,h ^ •««* warranto have been aeked for. on tbe Pacific coast and of nearly 750,000 Loxnox, April It.—A sack full of -kwn- acret in tb* Sonthern States and a slight menu belonging to Egan wu conveyed to decrease in Ohio. Th* condition of wheat the polios station. Among tb* paper* wm averages OS, on# hundred representing a fonnd a letter to Daly, in which the former full stand, unimpaired vitality and me- wrote the cough mixture wm ail right. It .hum growth. In April. 1883, tb* average wm nice and cold. It was britovwl that wm 80 snd 85 in April I «b* expression “cough mixture" refers to lid. Tht Apnl average of the ifrgU dynaniit*. . crop of I88Awm 10L Tbe State avenges _ ^ are AS follows: Connecticut 100, New York I Swm« Cum and Mullrio. 97. New Jersey 95. Pennsylvania BO, Del* Very few realize that in the exnditton ware 00, Maryland 102, Virginia 101. North I they see dinging to the sweet gum tree Caroiiaa 102, South Carolina 97, Georgia there to a powerful stimulating eipector- 01, Alabama 88, Mlutosfppi 02, Tezaa lot, ant principle, and In tlie okl field Mullein a Arkansas 81, Tennessee West Virginia mucilaginous oo* that to very healing to HR), Kentucky 'JB. Ohio 88, Michigan 91, | tbe long*. Then two principles pre-ents in Indiana 92, Illinois A2, Missouri 91, Kansas I Taylor's Cherokee Reme-ly of Sweet Gum Sunlight and Human Health- Frost tae IzmdMObserver. I (lrrlved bymrwif, fn«i I; * u-n iuu. been :-r- For some considerable time past the uuwent, Mrfsitb tn ltsvin - Is sm h that 1 Astronomer R-qral and his assistants have I d*s*rf*n»ree<MmeiidIttn*Uwboare_»dieted been weekly reporting the signUlcant fact that the recorded sunshine during the seven days lias been, upon an average, nil. liana 92. Illinois »2, Missounhl, Kansas | Tavlurstlierultee Remedy oCSweetl Hr. CxUfornia 101, Oregon 102. In UlchP I and Mullein a pleasant and effectiveHH gen. New York and Connecticut th* fields | for croup,^whooping coughs, colds and eon- were |.rotecte-l with snow on the 1st sumption. Price 25 cents and $1.00. This of April, in soom place* a foot srith Dr. Biggert' Sonthern Remedy, an ■ •“ tonally efficadous remedy for cramp colic, Otarrh-E*. dywtlery and children, suffer- liltte Ir- without, for the »pee.Iy relief of sudden anJ dangerous atuu-lu of the lungs and bowels. Ask your dnigguta for them. Manufacture.1 lv Writer A. Tartar, tar.ta, Ga, proprietor Taylor'* Premium Cologne. I- W. i in il-p-ii. Tbe sulwequent condition will d-prod on tbe weather of At*! 1 . *:> i* l-l ous winter killing to reported, except In Alabama. On taw and wet araM, some Ini-try is reported throughout tba entire breadth. The superior condition of driik. I wheat to attested almost without exotp- lion. The am* in rye to nearly th* same M last year, th* average bring WJ per cent. Tb* condition avenges 97 per cent. Th* report also give* a statement of Macox.G.*., AMffu-t 15th, With fTNit pleasure I certify t.» th* efflrery of that truly excellent preparation- Urt-wt r'e Lun* Restorer. It has Indeedjsrovt n to l*«* a aorerelipi rcraedv In mr mriqr. Tor many “ it ntfered fn>m wi .ik luiuro. sat dlfflctxltr In lirruth- coald l t ril* • tutt all tot right; the also lost her appetite, azi-f. i n j... t. whiutH t " , t’h«Ts*h»d no cause to ch lejatire to the sfMaejtoJ ltr. GEO. SIMS, was Riven Ir. Hear withpolinocuuTd'scaae. Vtgrra^ tfoUy. w LAMAR, RAKKIN, & LAMAR, MACON, ga; CtKBtXfll AMERICA’S CHIEF STOMACHIC rt »• it tiaja liiu iatii. iijririi un >t * t r.ir. Prints fat ie it is onlv photographers who needbeaff. tel hv this Intelligriicr. What can it i -.--it.ly matter t-i the »--r!.l ,.t lar^o if there to n..t eimugh sunshine alioiit t-. ■ i:- "l-ir a Piece of tenilUvizcd paper? As matter of fact, however, the discoloration of sensltirlzed pa|R-r Is but one of the many t.roccss, - ,lue totlieclicniical . u.-r- gy of the snnllglit. An-I a prolonged ah- sense of sunligtit is a very serious matter. Ita effect* upon tlie health are.llrectan.il is r. -1.. We f t in ■ -ne.aml «.- be come dull and li-tic*-. as if we had been sitting up ail night. When thus outof tone andbcluw par, we are consequently defi cient in that vital energy which would otherwise en*i-l* u* t.» shake off any ordi nal* ailment. Nortothtaall. Absence of -, arnffightlorsnyeonridesabl* (wrlodtosl-l AtBUMSOBSSHB moat Invariably followed by epidemic oat- rt*-»->>»-1» -t.uore. -» breaks. When th* cun tt active, till h of a!! j {JJJ'—'- 1 -—-7!t- kinds putritlei u it collects. When there I ta il no sunshine the tilth collects, accumu- KiU’s in tuaisea and ferments. Thesa for- tuciit.-l accumulations are a - .ur.eof | itive ils-sg-r M soon*-the sun resume* its »- tivlty. Dccomp-i:; mn! r a brizl.t >-.- . is comparatively harmlc-. Slow -lc-om- C sition In theuark i, .--j-v. tally !. stile to allh. We nee.1 no chemist to t. !l us all this; but at the same time it is well to bear the chemistry of common fits in mind. When the Astronomer ltayal r.-;»jrts u total absence of sunshine we ought to be - tally careful, and. it may be added, cbilireti snff-T more from the at.-.-nce of th- sun's rays than doa.lolts. A tultaliave • uly t.. k>. p alive; children lav.-1 , keep aiiv.- and have to grow, which sustains a double amount of chemical work. Now, if there lie no sun-bin--, we can bed supple ment ita absence hy exercise. And yet, strange enough, tlie absence of sunshine is r. ,-irJi-l by im mothers as a sufficient ground for ki.-pln : children within door-. Ir is, on thccsitrary. th* very reason why they should Ie sent out an.l kept out at It** rur* • _ r-^tlVjClirvUs^ 3 DYSPEPSIA. M*y »*• ngffidta all *i r«nsr. •.«*«'« *>r ih^ m. num-h sad ‘-*' 1 ■- ■ > n-1*-*—*i— • v< • urss* * iroizbtA.ir’s NEUTRALIZING CORDIAL' Is aa j>l<*iv*At.t ar. 1 M»rr :•-** is lllhrltberry n; iiiin Ml ! alii li*sl orioast pato. H • - t.-vlly ff'Y IIIM.-U'icti (or-Sfftaslchn — anil Trt-tillin' Chlltlrvn. (icraym siad Eactuh Dim *. i.>ns on rsoii DoUia Price ajc. and ti.oe. L*nr« do* <vtoUIn#*ix limrsumu.^hto**rm!L S-zLltm ■» . i r-..-g-k*J - at. 1 1 » sirn If. M.sll. ft- a. THE EXCELSIOR CHEMICAL CO., 8oi« Prop WAUUUai, 8. C. I'LL SX5D A 1c. MAXI* I"II UTTU: DO»JK, New York Oflice, 70 Maiden Hana. GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 13 BAKER’S The National Prohibition Convention. Philadelphia Press. IPi-mscna, April 9.—'The Urn* of hold ing the National Prohibition Convention 1 bM been changed from May 21 to Jun* 23. This will secure representation from ] twenty-two States now organized and rep resented in the National Committee. The I convention will meet in LeFayette Hall. I Tbe committee having charge of the teat- I ling aracomtidering the charging of terms I demand for tickataT Reserved seat*, after next Monday's meeting, will likely only bt tasaed to penons contributing $5 or np- Breakfast Cocoa. It u ,.l"l tlm<i (ht tirtmgtx of Cocoa a with fiurch. Arrowroot or Soijsr, and Is therefore Ux more oojoomL csL It Is delldoo#, n>orUuluK. ■cahgihMtaf.«MMr* Sslmlrably adA, .if< luvahda •* well SA lx pereras la hcahh. Sold kf Grorers eferjwher^ . BAKER & C0„ Dorchester. Maa. GOLD WATCH FREE!' ■ ■ : : - ■ r f; health j »»»/,. aanrousne* , fiuii> a wish that death PEBlU^Tl!;: ozgaa, Lt- MLTIK •!* .tt*■> 11j.xa-yrxi*'^71,' i i.i.i. ||* 1 T * IWIwMtk.lsv* ******