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TIIE WEEKLY TELEGRAPII AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, APRIL 25,188}. Tl-E TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER. Dally and Weakly. err Friday. Tux Daily Is delivered by carriers In the cttyormnilod postage free tn subscribers at 11 per mouth, 1-1.50 for three mouths,, $11 for six mouths or 110 a year. Tr.xWntLY la mailed to subscribers, pos- tage free, at $l.S0a year and75c. for six months. To clubs of live $1.25 per year, and to clubs of ten 51 per year, and an extra copy to getter up of club of five or ten. Transient advertisements will be taken for the li-tiLY at $1 per square of ten lines, or less, for the first insertion, and fifty cents for each subsequent Insertion: and for the Weexly at $1 per square for each Insertion. Liberal rates to contractors. Rejected communications will not be re turned. correspondence containing Important news, and discussions of living topics, la solicited, tut must be brief and written upon but one side of the paper to have attention. Kemlttances should be made by Express, Money Order or Registered Letter. Agents wanted lit every community In the Plate, to .whom liberal commissions will la* pa l. (Postmasters are especially requested to write for terms. All communications should be addressed to H.C. HANSON, Manager, Macon, Oa. It is evident that Atlanta doesn't intend to secede from the State, under the dicta- tionof tliwConsfifution, at New Orleans or elsewhere.' Tbs people of the tenth Congressional district are under obligations to Major Jos. B. Cumming lor the postponement of the nominating convention from the 1st of May to July 1. Tut animats killed by railway trains are always blooded animals—very valuable to their owners, while those killed by light ning are often of very little value. Whi ttle trains discriminate against fine stork is not hard to be understood, for railroads are so very, very wicked. Prophecies of evil are more rcadly be lieved in than predictions of good, and the fulfillment of tlio former are more earnest, ly remembered than ^ that of flic latter. Men arc more prone to forget blessings than misfortunes; and it would lie better for them if the reverse were true. Tnx reports of the Department of Agri culture tor the United States show that drilled wheat has suffered less from drouths, rains and freezes than that Which was sowed broadenst. There is |>oint enough in the showing to attract the atten tion of tarmers, to say the least of It. Tug British bayonets at the battle of Teb, bent like hoop iron when they came in contact with an Arab's bone. It bad betn so long since the British bayonet had been in use, the contractors probably re- gariled them as merely ornamental, and turned an honest penny by palming off in ferior metal on the government. The navies of the world will toon be composed almost entirely of Ironclad ships. Under the fire of the heavy guns of fleets uf iron ships the old time forts and batteries would soon become masses of rnbbish. But why should not forts and landbatteries avail themselves of iron srroor io resist the shot of iron armored ships? Ironclad batteries on land have nothing to fear from Ironclad batteries on the water and there is nothing problemati cal about It The Democrat that Isn’t a free trader will find that he sacrifices no principle in standing on the Ohio platform. The man who favors direct taxation and opposes all impost duties will, of coarse, prefer a dif ferent platform. 8o long as the revenues of the government are raised, tn the main, by tariff taxation, It la not postibio to avoid extending “protection to American Indus tries.” It follows, then, that all who favor that system at raising revenue are In favor of “protection," whether primarily in tended or merely Incidental. A fight over that point Is mers word-war. Ooartsiox Is the very least evil that can come from the contention foreupremacyof two distinct races of people, occupying a common country. That much worse re sults may follow Is plain to oil thoughtful people. That in many ages of the world, and in many countries, strife and blood- abed have resulted bom the given relation, is the voice of history. The negrophiltsts in training the negro race to acquit itself to the best advantage tn the conflict for supremacy here simply effect a prolonga tion of the contest, while detracting noth ing from the certainty of its coming. Columbus. On Thursday last.n'neteen years ago, Columbus, in this S ate, was ravaged by General Wflson and his column of vandal cavalry. As la stated by the Inquirer, he burnt eight cotton mills, 00,000 bales of cotton, and nil the bridges, foundries, workshops nnd other industrial establishments in the place. The only mill o( any kind spared, eras the Palace flour mills, owned by the late Colonel Mott, a well-known Union man and popular citizen. Bo great was the distress caused by the torch of the invaders, “that meat, for the want of money, was taken for railroad fares. This act of barbarism was inflicted upon a helpless people, some days after the fall of Richmond, and after Lee’s surrender. But Columbus has risen from the ad.es by reason of the pluck and energy of her own people, and is to-day one of most thrifty and prosperous cities in the country. Macon and Florida Railroad. Yesterday the long-delayed charter for the Macon and Florida Air-Line railroad was received in this dty. The document was Issued by the Governor immediately upon receipt of certain cer tificates imperfectly drawn in the first instance, but which, corrected, were on Saturday sent in. The pnblic has recently manifested considerable impatience over the ap parent hitch in the enterprise, hut we have reason to believe that the pros pects for the early commencement of v. ilk on the road are unclouded. The anghuera are to-day engaged upon the estimates, and when the probable cost baa been figure-! out and all details at tended. Col. A. J. lame, president of the board, will leave for the North, to eonsult with capitalists, with whom lic hee been in corresjiondence. In the meantime friends of the enter- prtsa in this city ami along the line of route are counseled to patience. The building of two hundred and twelve miles of rood is a task not fo be entered •pon hurriedly. Mr. Blount's Speech. After the speech of Mr. Morrison in defense of his bill and the reply of Judge Kelley, interest seems to have flagged, in the teriffdebato. Our noon despatches of yesterday make no refer- efee to it. The last speaker heard from was our immediate representative, Mr. Blount, one of the committee of ways and means. Tlie bill lias been so framed as not to induce a debate upon the tariff it self. This was fortunate for Mr. Mor rison and his Democratic colleagues on the committee, for it has saved them an exposure of their profound ignorance upon the subject. The proposition is to lop off everything at a twenty per centcut, and this affords opportunity for the wildest generalization. Mr. Blount is at home with this style of argument, and was no doubt at his best on this occasion, though the House was thin and the galleries empty. We'do not propose at present to an- alyize tltis effort of onr Congressman. He will avail himself no doubt of the privilege - f revising or re-writing his oration before it finds its way to the public through the columns of tlio Con- gressional Record. t’erhaps we may find another occasion to perform this duty if it shall then appear in the light of a duty. It will be seen that Mr. Blount de clares himself in favor of raising the revenue for the support of the govern ment by impost duties. In other words Mr. Blount favors a tariff. Not to put it too strong, Mr. Blount favors a tariff for protection; for it is admitted, that a tariff which will raise revenue snllicent to ran this government,must of necessity protect American labor and industries. Indeed, Mr. Blount denies most em phatically that lie is a Free Trader. This must have astonished his col leagues, Messrs. Mills and Blackburn, and may be received with some astonishment by his constituents in this Congressional district. If he is sincere in this statement, common honesty and decency should compel him to silence his strikers, who have liecn industriously booming his aspir ations for another term upon, the ground that a large majority of the people of this district are free traders, and that Mr. Blount is in full accord and sympathy with them. Mr. Blount announces himself as opposed to any "sudden change of policy,” lest it might produce “disaster.” He also puts off the reduction in taxes for twenty years. Now the Telegraph and Messen ger Is opposed to any “sudden change of pulley,'' for the same reason, Mr. Blount ought to call off his hired scribblers, who are making vain and weakly attempts to misrepresent this journal. The TELEORAru and Mes senger, as does every respectable jour nal and sensible man, favors a redac tion of taxation. But wo propose to make it as immediate as possible Mr. Blount woald run it through twenty years. We propose not only to lighten the burdens of the peoplo and toreraovo the spies and informera who are an noying them, but to destroy tlio inlqui' toils Internal revenue system, at once and forever. After reading the telegraphic report of Mr. Blount's speech, we must coir elude that he has suddenly fallen an dor conviction. In no other way can hiscoimection with the free trade faction in Congress these many months bock, lie satisfactorily and consistently ac counted for. It was decided to have an Atlanta head quarters; whether in the Georgia,ex hibit or elsewhere, was left to be here after decided. We apprehend that in this matter the practical, clear-headed business men of Atlanta will now lie heard: If opportunity is afforded them, they will act for themselves and for the good of the Btate, as well as tlie advancement of their own city. They have too mucli penetration and experi ence not to realize that, in a business point of view, they have more to gain' at home than abroad as merchants, manufacturers and contractors; that it is to their direct interest to join forces with the people who are trying to build up the Btate as a unit. The vast pur chasing capital of Middle and South west Georgia, already not over- partial to Atlanta, will have more force with the business men of that city who court it, than a year’s compendium of the silly vaporings of the Constitution. To state the matter plainly, a deter mination on the part of Atlanta to cut itself loose from the State, will he a declaration of war promptly accepted. It will become in trade a campaign cry which will w ork that city more damage than a dozen expositions will compen sate for. The Telegraph merely states this as a fact; not as a threat. This journal, with tlie interest of Georgia more at heart than the temporary ad vantage of its own city, does not en courage suclidissension.lt appeals now direct to the good sense of the business element of Atlanta, and states the in evitable consequence of such a mis taken policy as that contemplated by a journal that does not represent with authority any important class ot Geor gians. There is no objection to Atlanta hav ing a special headquarters for the dis semination of statistics, exhibition of views anil everything necessary to ad vertise the city. This is the plan we advocated for Macon. But gather un der one head all Georgia cities, natural products and manufactures. A place for them and power, if needed, can be liad; hut to distribute them throughout the general exposition under placards bearing local names, would he to ren der them insignificant and ridiculous. Coorals ana the Exposition. The Constitution continues to insist upon a separate display fur Atlanta at the New Orleans exposition. The argu nu-nt lias now reached a point where it is more unique than forcible. The able journalist who edits this particular lea turn of the paper named, crowded into 'esterday’s Issue more illogical conclu ions and fewer (nets than lie lias at any one time heretofore submitted for pub lic inspection. This is putting it trongly, but the able journalist’s work speaks for itself. In the first place, the Atlanta con temporary asserts that “an assessment of two per cent, has Meen laid on the taxable property of each county for the support of the State exhibit. Now it stanils to reason that such tax has been laid since no one lias the power to lay it. The statement is moreover rendered absurd by a simple calcula tion. Taking tlie taxable property of tile Stote at $280,000,000, the sum yield ed from such a tax would amount to $5,600,000. It will hardly require this sum to support the State exltibit. Nor is there any force In the asser tion tliat, “in no exhibition, at no time, in no country has a State ex hibit and a city exhibit lieen made in the same department.” That there no necessity (or a city exhibit is the argument nsed by tlie State press which favors a general State exhibit. Nor is there any reason why the entire display nl a State should not lie made together. Persons who visited the Centennial at Philadelphia and other grand expositions, will rememlier that many countries displayed each its natural productions and manufactures side by side with fine effect. That there were no city exhibits in tlie Bel gian, Japanese, French or English de partment* disproves the Constitution' theory ami argues against its plan. TLc truth is the Constitution las long since ceased to represent the people of Atlanta. It does not represent them in this natter. On the 15th inst., strong movement against separation tlie ex[K>sition was made by prominent men of Atlanta. Despite the presence of one of tlie proprietors of the Cons/ toll/m in tlie choir at a meeting, held at tlie resilience of another proprietor, idea of a special and separate building fur Atlanta was argued and abandon That Tax. The exact percentage o( the tax pro posed to lie levied upon the people ol Georgia by a back room convention in Atlanta, and the precise method of its collection is not made plain to us. AYe regard it as certain that Georgians will make any proper and reasonable effort have the resources of tho Statu In- rably exhibited at the New Orleans Exposition. With tills view, tlie city of Macon has already agreed to put her fair grounds in thorough order and to con tribute in addition tlio sum of $.1,000. Her ixxiple, always prompt, gcuerous and public spirited, are ready and, will- ing to bear their full proportion in any levy (or tlio general welfare and.the honor of Georgia. Wo do not propose to take aback scat in this matter. Bat there arc some im portant anil necessary preliminaries to be satisfactorily adjusted. It must be known beforehand who is to handle ami disburse the moneys to bo raised. Air. Commissioner Bacon would be considered on eminently wise and solo custodian of the fund. But if the junketing party that was prepared to take in the Bostou exposition is to tako charge of tills movement, or to liuve a controlling vote or voice in it, it may be safely said just now, that the people of Georgia will have nothing to •lo with it. Tlie cicerones of tlie sweet potato, tlio duennas of tho young veg etables, tho escort ol the pumpkin- squash uml the chaperones of tho ten der rutabaga must be selected and an nounced, before the tax collector starts on his rounds with tlie caporious hat. need it, and tlie North may not? We have heard, indeed, that it is al ready a debatable question among the proprietors of cottpn mills, foundries and machine shops in New England and Pennsylvania, whether It were not better to let tlio tariff' go, nnd thus strangle Southern enterprises of a similar kind which cannot prosper without protection. Tlie idea is be ginning to be discussed among them, whether the Atlantic ocean, with the difference in distance and time, might not afford them tlie necessary protec tion against foreign competition. They already foresee that their most formi dable rival in the future will he the South. As soon as tlife North reaches the point where it can hold its hand against foreign manufacturers, it may conclude that it will he wise to aban don the tariff, and destroy its Southern competitors whilst yet in their infancy. A moment’s reflection must satisfy the inquiring mind, that the South stands in greater need of protection than the North, that we cannot build up large and varied manufacturing interests without it, and that with pro tection we may eventually become the rivals of the world, at least in cotton and iron manufactures. But what interest has the farmer in a protective tariff? He lias this: All manufacturers of whatever discription, and all persons who handle or trans port them and the raw materials out of which they arc fabricated, must be fed, clothed nnd housed. To do this, the surplus products of the farmer nnd producer are required. If the millions of consumers who are thus engaged, were thrown out of em ployment, their only recourse would he to agriculture. This would lead to overproduction, since every man would produce what was necessary for his own support, and the surplus which no# finds ready sale, would he left to perish on his own hands for lack of purchasers. Thus it will be seen that a protective tariff helps the farmer as well Its the manufacturer. When tlio Southern people come to study this question in all its bearings, and free from sectional prejudices, they will become the most ardent protection ists in the country. Tho North still needs protection against tlie pauper laboi of the old world, and Southern mills will perish at no distant day with out it. land, found old Adams still alive and the controlling spirit of a devoted band of disciples. Since then the colony h&s been, to a certain extent, under the patronage and protection of Eng land. In 1831, the population having outgrown the means of subsistence, persons were transported to Tahiti; but disliking their new home they returned to the old one within six months. In 1855, tlie number having again become too large, all were re moved at their own request to Norfolk Island; but in 1856, two families, em bracing seventeen persons, went back to Pitcairn; and from these, with some small reinforcements, tlie present pop ulation of fifty-two males and fifty- three females lias risen. They have tliier own code of laws, as primitive al most as those in the Garden of Eden, and complete isolation from tho world has saved them trom all of the world’s vices an d tliemost of its miseries. The friends of the latter gentlemen af-[ The chief executive nf ti,„ a. . T“, feet to feel equal confidence in the re-1 stood unmovld in the presence' M sb? suit. The absence of Mr. Hammond man’s wife and2^^°^ with woe. Southern Manufacturers. Tlie Hawkinsvllle Dispatch contains the following paragraph: one ot the mart enthusiastic admirers and patrons ol the Macon Telegraph axo Mea- sexoek Is Mr. C. U. Murrell, ot Kastman. He he would delay his dinner any time to read that paper. But Mr. Murrell differs with tho Telegraph in Us protective policy, lie Is a pretty strong tree trailer. If he Isn't careful the Tr.LEup.APH will instil Into his mind its views on tlie tariff. We arc glad to learn that Mr. Mur rell ii a friend and admirer of this journal. It is a pleasure to number such hearty supporters among our pat rons, and to know that we have the sympathy and approval ol intelligent readers, whether they agree with us upon all topics or not. If Mr. Mur rell “Is a pretty strong free trader,” as we are assured he is, wo can only say he is as much entitled to his opin ion on the tariff question os tlie Til- BAFH AND MESSENGER Is. We llRVe no quarrel with friends whose views differ from our own on economic sub ject*. Down to 1860, os has already lieen stated in these columns, the people of Georgia were about equally divided on tariff and free trade. Nearly all man ufacturing establishments in tlie South were destroyed during the wsr, and with them was swept away the means to relHiild and equip them anew. The great loos sustained by our people in life and property, and the wrongs in dicted upon them during the recon struction period, very naturally engen dered a feeling of hostility to thc'man- uioctaring interests of the North and the policy which hod fostered them. Those interests are now so firmly es- lislied that possibly some of them might be aide to survive the adoption of a free trade policy. But could we o( the South stand such a policy? Can the South get along without tlie foster ing care which Infill up the great enter prises uf the Northern States? If this protection was necessary in their case, is it not equally so in oars? Shall we withdraw all protection, now tliat we A Mesinaa From an Edan In tha San. On April 12th the following tele gram was sent oat from Boston, Moss. The ihlp Mercury, from Port Townsend, reports that sho passed Pitcairn Island on January 11. Inhabitants came aboard and reported 105 persons on the Island—52 males and 5.1 females She took their mall, some twenty-live letters, for-UlTeraul parts of the world. It recalls one of the most interesting romances of the sea, one (amilliar to every school boy and girl ol the last generation, but which is still new to many. Tho Globe-Democrat compiles the following history of these peoplo who have sent messages to a few friends in the outer world, which will be read with far more interest than a resame of tariff debate. In December, 1787,the British gov ernment sent the ship “Bounty,” un der command of Captain William Bligh, to Tahiti for the purpose of col lecting bread fruit plants which were to be introduced into the West India Colonies. On tlie voyage from Tahiti to Jamaica a long-slumbering mutiny- broke oat, due in a largo measure to tho unbearable tyranny ot Bfigh, who, as the sailors say, had "a genius for making a hell afloat.” The leader was the ranking midshipman and acting first lieutenant, Fletcher Christian, a young man of good family, who seemed to lu\ye suffered until forbear- anco ceased to be a virtue. Bligh, and eighteen men who chose to acompany him, were set adrift in an open boat and managed to -make their way in safety to Timor, an inhabit ed island 3,000 miles distant. Tlie “Bounty,” in charge of Christian, went hack to Tahiti, where sixteen of tlie crew preferred to re main. Tho rest, nine sailors, with six Tahitun men and twelve women, after cruising about for somo time, landed on I’itcairn Island, where the ship was broken up and bunted and a perma nent settlement made. As soon as possible after Bligh'* urrival in Eng land, tlie government dispatched tho “Pandora” sloop of war in search of tlie mutineers. Of the sixteen who had remained at Tahiti, fourteen were captured, of whom three were exe cuted in September, 1702; hut no trace could be obtained of their companions, and the search was finally abandoned, Xot until 1808 were they heard from by the outside world. In tliat year Captain Folger, an American touched at what he supposed a desert island, and found a happy and prosperous little colony—all of whom spoke English—under the leadership of tlie last survivor of theoriginal settlers, Alexander Smith,'who had clanged his name to John Adams, lie was very uncommunicative in regard to the past, but admitted that tlie mutineers and the Tahitians had quarreled among themselves and killed each other Christian having been murdered in his own house, which he had built on lofty peak, where he could sweep with his glass the ocean, which sooner or later, he feared, would bring tlie minis ters of vengeance. Adams hail been converted from evil ways by meant of a Bible and prayer-book, and on these ho laid the foundations of the re form which produced a Christian com munity, in which crime was utterly un known and perfect peace and larmony prevailed. Folger, on his return, re ported what he hail seen to tlie British government, which was tlten too btuyr with the Napoleonic wars to give the matter any attention. In 181$, how ever, a British vessel called at the 1* Protection and the South. Some of the Telegraph's irrecon cilable contemporaries—nnd it is a matter of regret that there are such— cannot resist tho temptation to abuse this journal for its tariff principles. Abuse calls for no answer; we care not to reply to sueli; hut whenever argu ment has been brought to bear against us, we have not failed to support our position with statistics, facts, and tlie logic of facts. Tlie Telegraph’s position Is easily explained. It is this: The liest policy for tlie United States is to protect every industry against outside competition, and the result will always he to (1) build up industries at home, (2) give employment at good wages to labor, (3) create a market for agricultural pro ducts, (4) cheapen manufactures by homo competition, (5) and make tlie country self-sustaining. This policy has enriched the North and East; it will enrich the South and West. When this journal, nearly three years since, began to advocate the pol icy described, there was not a daily paper in Georgia, and as far as known, but one weekly that agreed with it. To-day the six ipost influential out of the twelve dailies in the State, and twenty week lies stand with it for the same prin ciples. The growth of the protection inciple in the neighboring Southern States has been equally as rapid. The Richmond Dispatch, Nashville Ameri can, Nashville Banner, Memphis .1 ta- lanche, Chattanooga Timet, New Or-j leans Picayune, New Orleans Times- Democrat, Louisville Pott, Mobilo Reg- itltr, Selma Times and the Daily Age of Birmingham, Ala., are in the ranks of the protection army, In company ithmany fine weeklies throughout the States named. Tlie main difficulty with which the Southern protectionists liavo had to contend, has been the prejudice against protection growing out of the fact that for twenty years it has been embodied in the Republican platforms. The fact has been used os an argument against the Teleoraph tirao and again. It seems to have es-aped the recollection of many of the older editors in the South and the observation of the younger, that prior to the war the South was about equally divided as between Whigs and Democrats, and tliat the former advocated protection in almost the identical terras of what is now known as the Ohio platform. As the manufacturing and industrial interests ol the South increase, and the increase is now constant aud mar velous, the protection principle will strengthen. Tlie day will come in no distant year when the South wilt be it warmest advocate. The prophecy of Mr. Kelley that the South and New England will some day stand together upon this platform, Is bound to lie real ized. Tlie longer prophecy of Edward Everett, that they will change places on the tariff qncstion, may he fulfilled events liegiu to foreshadow such a re suit. These facts confront ns with a deter mination irresistible. , Neither the Telegraph, nor all tlie papers of Geor gia united, could stay the growtli of tlie protection principle; hut they may speed it to the advancement of the State's material interests. In this work the Telegraph is engaged and will continue. Let tlie press unite upon the same line. from tlio district however, and tlie ac tive and intelligent efforts of Captain Jackson and his friends, who are can vassing every foot of ground, cannot fail to have their effect. In tho new tenth district the execu tive committee has held a meeting,and designated tlie first day of July and Sandersville as tlie time and place for the meeting of tho convention to select Demobratic candidate for Con fess. Mr. O. H. Regers, of Wash ington county, a young gentleman of promise, was chosen chairman of the executive committee of tlie dis- trict, vice General DuBose, deceased. The committee acted wisely in reject ing tho proposition to hold the nomi nating convention in May. No action has been taken in the other Congressional districts looking to the call of conventions for the nomination of candidates. We observe tliat Mr. Xicholls, the sitting member from the first district, has been “called, home on important business,” and possibly to look after his politicalinterests. Candidates for the Legislature con tinue to he announced by themselves or their “many friends.” There are prob ably a thousand men, more or less, in Georgia who are ambitious to serve tlie commonwealth in the capacity, of legis lators. It is rumored tliat Dr. Felton’s friends desire to send him to tho House of Representatives from Bartow coun- The Doctor, unlike Sir. Emory Speer, lias steadily refused to unite himself with tlie Republican party. He claims to he a Domocrat—an Inde pendent Democrat—and lias, it is said, always supported the Democratic nom inee for President. His appearance in the Legislature will creato a sensation in political circles throughout the coun try. Political Situation In Csorgia. But few changes have occurred in the political situation in this State dar ing tlie past week. Governor McDaniel Is still without opposition, and no candidate has yet entered the field against Senator Brown. The coarse of the Governor in commuting the sentence of John Thomas, a negro, and in refusing to commute the sentence of Tobe Turner, a white man, lias caused a ripple of excitement in Coweta and Meriwether counties, but it will soon pass away. The only State House office, over which there will lie a contest, is that of Treasurer, the most important in some respects In tho gift of the people. It is now probable that Mr. Humber, of Putnam, will eventually yield to the wishes of tho people, and consent to the use of his name for the position. Should lie enter the race, os he prob ably will, other candidate! may make up their minds to a vigorous contest. Mr. Ilamber is a man of great popu larity among the people, is admirably qualified for the duties of the office, and possesses withal a character of perfect roundness and parity. Ills losses and personal injuries by the great cyclone of February will enlist the sympathy and good will of all classes of people. It is believed in well-informed cir cles in tlie fifth Congressional district, Cheating the Gallows. For the second time in Georgia with in a few years, the gallows has been cheated of its. victim. Tobe Turner, of Meriwether county, was permitted, in imitation of Milton Malone, to take his life which had been forfeited to jus tice. It is not that the gallows has been cheated of its victim, that demands this notice, but that the law of the State has lieen set at defiance. Society rests upon tlie firm aud certain execution of the laws of the land, and this man committed suicide under circumstances that should call for the most immedi ate and searching investigation. If the sheriff of Meriwether county shall be found to have neglected liis plain duty, then the proper authorities should make at example ol liim. When a convict pass es into the hands of the officer upon whom the State lays the duty of exe curing Its mandates, after his ease has been passed upon by the highest tri bunal of tho State, and the Governor has refused to extend executive clem ency, it is expected that such officer will faithfully execute the sentenco of the law. No feelings of pity for tho condemned man, no sympathy for his living friends and relatives will warrant him in becoming an active or silont agent, in any schema whereby outraged law shall not bo fully vindicated. Tlie State of Georgia demanded that Tobe Turner should be hung upon a gallows, for that he had maliciously taken the life of another man. The (set that Tobe Turner klllesl himself in jail does not satisfy tho law. True, the State and society have been rid sf s bad citizen,hut not in such a way,as to impress other hold and had men. The clrcamstance* sur rounding this case, so far as they have reached the public,raise a presumption of gross carelessness against the sheriff. Tobe Turner hail sinco tlie day of his conviction declared that he would not dio on tlie gallows. This declaration was repeated anil reiterated on his way to execution. He was credited with an attempt at suicido in Fulton county jail. The eye of the sheriff or one of his deputies should have rested upon him, until the drop fell. It is customary In Northern prisons to set a death watch on condemned men for days before that of the execution, tn order to prevent themfrom circumventing the law and cheating the gallows. In view of this and a former occurrence, the practice might well obtain here. If there is no warrant tor it in our statute hook, the next Legislature should supply the omission promptly. Tho people should bo informed that it is a crime to Incite one to commit suicide. In event of suc cess, It Is murder under the comrfion law. A trial in which the law was authori tatively settled in Massachusetts took place more than half a century ago at Northampton. A man by tho name of Jewett was convicted of Hie wilful murder of his father and was sentenced to he bang. He was confined In an apartment ol the, prison adjacent to that of one Bowen, nnd the latter re peatedly advised and urged the former to ilestroy himself, and thus disappoint the sheriff and tho people who might assemble to s$e him oxecuted; and, in the night preceding the ilay fixed for his execution, he put an end to his life by suspending himself by a cord from the grate of the cell in which he he was imprisoned. Bowen was indicted for murder, and the most eminent counsel ol that day were engaged in the trial. The court •Iccidedthatlf Bowen’s a-lvice procured the itenth of Jewell, the former was guilty of murder. It can readily lie understood how the sternest man eould have been touched by the piteous pica-lings of the agci Tlie sheriff should have been equal to the occasion. If his soul revolted at the act imposed upon him by his office he could have resigned. So long as ho held it, tlie law demanded tliat lie should obey its mandates, and execute its decrees and it had clothed him with full power to do so. Wo trust tliat we have for the last time in Georgia witnessed tlie success ful defiance of law through the care lessness, ignorance or connivance of its officers. All government rests upon tho faith- ful and impartial administration of jus. rice. English and Morrison's Bill. The prime objection to the Morrison hill urged through the protectionists in Congress, it lias been charged repeated ly, comes from the manufacturers who profit by the tariff, and should not for that reason have any force with the friends ot tho bill. Will Messrs. Mor rison, Hurd & Co. examine the follow ing? The London Iron and Coal Trades Review speaking of English customers in America says: “It is prettyjevident tliat tlie protectionists are no longer to have it all tlielr own way, and consu mers may before long have the right of buying in the cheapest market, wherever that may bo.” The London Machinery Market says it is not to ho supposed that there will be free imports into tlie States, but a “tariff for revenue only,” which is the leading cry of the Democrats,” will open im immense additional field for the sale of English’manufactured goods in the Slates. The same journal Bays the 9 fact that England is now buying from the States nearly as much in tho way of manufactures in iron and steel ma chinery ns sho Is selling to them, is a result that “must be looked upon as miserable," and says that while England must search for a better customer, she must not fail to “watch the opportunities which the tariff reduction in the States will open up to us." The London Iron and Coal Trades Review for February says, “for some rime past there has keen but little chance of supplying English iron in the States, owing to the very low prices of native iron," and hails with satisfac tion the introduction of Morrison’s bill. Tlie London Spectator says: “Of course, tlie North of England holds that Amer ican free trade would be greatly to the interest of British manufacturers.” The Pall Mall Gasetle has it: “The progress of the Morrison bill will be watched with interest by English export ers to the American market, inasmuch as it can hardly fail lo lend in our favor." It cannot be denied that whatever in American tariff legislation calls for satisfaction in English manufacturing circles, is ground for alarm in this coun try. Just to tha extent tliat tlio United' States purchases from England are tho United States industries affected. It a 20 per cent, horizontal tedoction of tlie tariff increases foreign exporting facili ties 20 per cent., it damages American manufacturing to tho same extent. How is labor benefited by goods 20 |>cr cent, cheaper, when 20 per cent, of la bor's remuneration has been sacri ficed? Drawing tha Color Lina In England. England boosts of her absolute free dom from prejudice as toraco and color, nnd we may add, In tlio language of an amended constitute.n, “and previous condition.’’ But even in England’s capital the negro la compelled to tako a sent in tho rear of the white man. Messrs. Frohmon Brothers liavo brought Callcmlnr’s Minstrels to the Ilolborn Theatre under tho manage ment of Mr. Gcorgo Rignolil. The gen uine negro’s gennine plantation melo dies are always to the taste of English audiences, with whom tlio memories of “Uncle Tom’’still linger. They may wonder at tlie selections given by two colored damcels, and at tlie drilling ol the black Zouaves, but tlio real attrac tion is found in tboso songs of alavo life in which Callender's Minstrels ex cel. A carious part of tho performance was the preliminary force performed by the regular London actors. Without tills the Lord Chamberlain refused to license the theatre. Hon* R* C* Humber, We are glad to state that tills gontlc man Is able to get about by the use of cratches, and tliat ho has been in Ma con for a few days on a visit to friends. He will return to Ids home in Putnam to-day. It will be remembered tliat Mr. Humber was seriously injured by the great cyclone that swept ovor Georgia February 19. His dwelling and out houses with their contents were de stroyed, and a lady taking shelter with him was instantly killed. His losses are L-stiuiat-'d at $12,000. Many prominent business men called on Mr. Humber during his brief visit, and urged 1dm to allow the use of bis name for the responsible office of State Treasurer. He has not yet decided what he will do, hut will d-miiileM announce his purt>osc at an early day. that tlie announcement of Mr. My- natt's name was made at too late a day to seriously affect the relative strength {the officers ol justice and on antra of Captain Jackson and Mr. Hammond. : community. In tlie 1(1-■ -1 will nearly always show itself in tlie spring. If it does not come in the ►lint* of blotches, nimplta, eruptions, etc., it eausesa dull nnd heavy feeling, indistw- sition to exertion, loss of appetite, and a general letting down at the system. Na ture at this junction requires Mime assis tance to help throw oil tills poison anil clean up the organism for tlie trying sum mer weather. Knr this there is notLhig better than Swift's Specific. I-eUer* from twenty-three of the leading retail druggists of Atlanta say. under the dateol Match 2$, ISM: "WeecII more of Swift’s Specific than anyotberone remedy i and three to ten times *« much as any I Giber blood medicine. Wo ssfi It to all their boj from an infatr.on* death. I rl R***’- sml many of the best families use Tu them Ins crime did nut seem oa to I ''Treaties "un'ld I "mid -kin l>e.i-ei •d I mailed free. _ The Swirr Przctnc Co., DrawivS, At!*:.la, tia. father and mother, whodesired to save I rnhw ilh-sl muiicine.*