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■ -*» 7 TIIE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1884. THE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER. Dally and Weekly. Aii*T In delivered by caitiff* In the j ostafe free to subscriber* at $1 , per *iontli, M50 for three months,, $5 for six jnonth* or $10 a year. The Weekly la mailed to subscribers, pos tage free, atll.Ma rearand75c.foralxinonth>. To clubs of five $1.1) per year, and to clubs of ton $1 por year, and an extra copy to getxr up of club of fire or ten. Transient advertisements will be taken for Make Haate Slowly. A walking mania rcaata ' hare struck the Sooth and although it has • go far been principally confined to At* ^'T “ d ”*“*"• lanta, threatens to extend as rapidly as the mumps; possibly with as direful results. The people have been initi ated with r.ll the slang and vernacular of the track by the “journalistic walk ing match,” the “railroad employes walking match** and the “dry-goods the Daily at $1 per square of ten lines, or less. . .. —-it.: m ,$ i .. Matehos for tha first Insertion: and fifty cent; for each 11 walk.ng man n. >U\lCne* ■abaequent insertion ; and for the W xxklt at have been threatened between ex-Gov- $1 per square for each Insertion. Liberal rates . . . . . to contractors. enters, and the fas men are reported in tumiS 01 * 1 00mmun!c,tl0 “ , no ' ** council over . simile style of contest. Correspondence containing important news. Fortunatelv the hank officers refuse to aad discussions of living topics, is solicited, , . .. - hut must bo brief and written upon but one tram in this popular division of sport: aide of the paper to have attention. tvvtoMr Kw time- twtftsiblv Remittances should be made by Express. want OI time, possiui} Homey Order or Registered utter. for :>ar erf awakening suspicion Amato wanted in every community In the , ‘ ... State, to whom liberal commission* srtil be The late#: move in walking circles is “* e * pccl * Ur .in < T.'rt lo pit Atlanta .gainst Macon All communications should be addressed to the gate money and honors. Prin- H.c. hanson. Manager,^ dpally the former. It is evident that acon> , vhit people under the circumstances Tus panic on this side would not permit! flight to approach this fascinating East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia , scheme with caution and deliberation, railroad bonds to float on the other side. The legs of the Central City are, to state the objection to hasty action in FY«« TracJ* and Direct Tasatlon. applyour lal.'or to productive channels, people In Georgia con* J; (j possible to do this, but not easy. Tfts presence of ye faire ladyee, ye plumed knightes and ye champing steeds, carries us back to the days o( the cloth of gold. “Tiie Edmunds boom is about the site ofa blue pill,” says the Constitution. Sott is, but it lacke a great deal of being as lively. The legislative appropriation bill is upon the House and develops one good feature, viz: a reduction of Internal revenue dis tricts. Btrr for the Mexican veterans Georgia wonld have gotten back some money on yesterday expended daring the revolution- ary war. Hsxator Brow* seems to forget, in treat ing the Mormon question, that Congress may do In the territories what it cannot do in the States. The English sparrow has been caught in tb* very act of robbing vines of their blooms and young melons. Let him be pat to death, without benefit of clergy. The race for. the English Derby must have been exciting. Tho favorite only reached third place, Plunger Walton’s dork horse was not placed and a dead heat was the result. The yellow fever has made a diversion in Aguero's favor in Cubs. It lias small regard for tho usefulness of Spaniards, nnd seems .to take special pride in enabling them to die young. It will require no mean political diplo macy on the part of the bad Chicago vention.to settle the contested delegate question from Virginia. The g. o. p. must suffer, settle it as it may. All the leading financiers are agreed that the panic will help matters. Perhaps so, if s number of broken bankers are sent to the penitentiary and more stringent laws are pissed for the protecUon of the people’s money,; * Lsoulatios as a remedlsl agent in the United States is merely an imaginary quantity to the problem of wise and good government, If it be out of the i>ower of Congress to legislate for the repression of polygamy in the Territories, which are un der Its exclusive jurisdiction. Membxes of tha Legislature ought to feel enough interest in the future of Geor gia to give the State a system of road laws in keeping with the demands of the times. Past Legislatures have died in their sins, in that particular, and gone to judgment nnforglren. We want the coming Legisla tures to be saved. brief, not in training; and the people should not, oat of mere patriotism bet upon their lasting qualities nor their swiftness. We must play for terms, and favorable terms, before allowing ourselves to be caught in the net evi dently being spread for us. Atlanta has, at the present writing, fatal advantages, from a Macon stand point. It is well known that the matches already had have developed the swiftest movers in certain classes. The journalists have been vanquished by the railroad men and the railroad men by the dry goods clerks. From eacli division a swift walker has been obtained. The survival of the fittest lias been the result. These men will come down here with tough legs, beef jnice and the most reliabio brands of whisky. With flabby legs, and igno rant of methods, it matters not how great the sustaining courage, we cannot contend with them. Again, the life of the average Atlanta man gives him a wonderful advantage. The species of Atlantians that takes to foot races lias been engaged for years in chasing the half-dollars put in circu lation by the State-house clerks through all the clmnhe’.s of trade, and this daily scramble and go-as-vou-can sort of plovinent has developed qualities that unquestionably aid a man in a foot race. Ho who gets along on one meal a day and walks from daylight till dark for rest, will win ever}- time he comes into competition with the fat, well-fed citizen, who waddles down to his busi ness, sure of trade, occupation and re muneration. Macon cannot compete with Atlanta in a walking match nt present. Give us time and we will train down some oi cur young men for the contest. But right now, however much tho Gate City may desire to put in circulation our bright shekels to restore confidence in financial circles nnd supplement tho government salaries, we ought to de cline to he led astray. tinuailv talk of free trade to catch the rotes and support of the agricultural element, which they contend will be iK-nefited by the adoption of their fan ciful theories. It is admitted by all, that if we have free trade or anything approaching thereto, we must resort to direct taxation for the support of the tlie government. The tax gatherers will have to visit the home of every man and enumerate all of Ids jmsscs" sions in order that he may be made to pay in hard cash a direct levy for the support of the government. Georgia farmers row groan and growl at the taxes they are compelled to pay in support of tlio State government, but when tree trado is established, they will he compelled to contribute heavily to the support of the general govern ment in addition. Hon. Columbus Upson, a Democratic ltepresentative from the State of Texas in 1882, after careful research and study of this subject, compiled n table, show ing the amounts that would have to be contributed by the several States, which we reproduce as follows: Alsbsms's share would be about $ 6, 100,000 bmaUHr - "’'"' 4,000,000 4,000,000 Stxahoeu from the North and West, passing through our section, ail fall into tha laahion of expressing wonder at the signs of progress and improvement in Georgia, and at the really civilised look and tone of her people. Georgians ewallow It all, without even a halt at tbe patroniz ing air in which it la epoken, and with no dispute of the Ill-concealed claim of supe riority which It involves. But, after all, the compliment may be honeetly meant. A Washihotoh special says: “The House judiciary committee agreed to-day to so change the statutes of the United Eta tee as to permit ex-Confederates who have, eince September 1,1800, served two years either in tbe army or navy, to be eligible to commissions in tha same. Heretofore an act of Congress had to be procured in each cases. This will make tho army and nary, especially the former, more attractive to intelligent and daring Confederates than heretofore." Granting that House sod Senate may concur in the recommendations of the Judiciary com mitten, it will cooler but slight prlrtlsges on a few. Thera are perhaps some Con- federate soldier* who haveeervedin the army and navy of the United States, and the competent and deserving of i might get email appointments. We have army and navy sufficient, but all restric tion laws as to both should now be wiped out. Railroad Building. The New Orleans TimtfDemocrat saya: The Railway Age axes the mileage of ran- reads In the Cnlted Slates at 128,431, a very considerable increase over test year. Tbe South, end particularly the Southwest, makes s gratifying exhibit here. la Ueo, when the census was taken, there were but 23,220 miles of railroad In the booth, today there ere MAM, *n Increase of 10AM miles, while the net of the country hss built only 21,501 miles. Tha greatest Increase Is In Texas from 2,501 0.070 miles; tn Arkansas, from SOS to 1732 railrr: Louisians, from 54t to 1,270 mites, aud Florida, from 61S to 1,21* miles, all these States autre than doubling their mileage In the short period of four years. This ia a very gratifying exhibit of the progreag made in the construction Of railways in the United States, and particularly in the Southwestern Staten, It will be seen that the States which make the best showing are without railroad commissions. Thin is g sig nificant fact. Even the railroad com- I-anius have hat little to object to ucll regulated commiasion, provided the great American right of a hearing before condemnation, and of appeal afterwards, Is secured to them. Until this right shall have been con ceded to the owners of the $60,000,000 of railway property in Georgia, we need not expect they will be content to snb- Rut, without constant (potest, [to the existing law. Arkansas' share would be over ..... California’s share would be about Georgia's share would be over 8,000.000 Illinois' share would be about lfl.ooo ooo Indiana's share would be over.....—. ]0,oco,ooo Kentucky's share would be over 8,500,000 Mississippi's share would be about... 0,000,000 Missouri’s share would be about..... 11,800,000 New York's share would bo about... 26,500,000 South Carolina's share would bo over 6,000,000 Tennessee's share would be About.... 8,000,000 Texas' share would be between $8,000,000 and 10,000,000 Virginia's share would be about..... 8,000,000 Tlie public debt of Georgia is in round numbers about eight millions of dollars. It is conceded that she has public property of sufficient value to wipe out this debt, by its sale. Ad mitting that this were done and Geor gia wonld stand without a burden, and liable only to the tax required to sup port tbe State government, which un der a proper system of valuation would be light. But if the ideas of tlie free traders prevail, and direct taxation is to be resorted to, Georgia would have to raise annually in money a sum equal to her present public debt. And as the years advance and the expenses of the government increase, nnd they are compelled to increase rather titan di minish, tliis stun would he greatly add ed to. Is there a Georgia farmer that think* lie can stand free trade and n direct tax of eight millions of dollars? If so, lie will hail tlie advent of free trade; if not, he must necessarily favor tlie raising of revenue by a tariff, nnd his every interest demands that tlie tariff lw such a one as will protect American labor nnd industry. There is no escape from the facts and figures wo have given. They are so simple that any man of the commonest understanding can master them. The farmer friends and readers of tlie Telegraph and Mf.ssf.xgeu should take these figures, and hold them for the consideration and explanation of the first free trader who comes along seeking farmer votes for Congressional honors and emoluments. Yon .hare to deal witli a dangerous element, for atl idle, Ignorant people are dangerous. Tlie vagrant law as it now stands is a dead letter. If I swear out a vagrancy warrant against an idle negro in my neighborhood, the proba bilities are that I will be burnt out in less than a week. Still the vagrant law is tlie real remedy, but tlie legal machinery must be changed. Take Bibb county, to illustrate. There are thousands of idle negroes in its limits at this very hour every one of whom conld find employment in tlie cotton fields, hut unless forced to they will not work. I would meet the difficulty witli a county police system and mount tlie police, giving each a roll of the in habitants of his district, and making it his duly to arrest every vagrant in it. This police should be on duty always, and the information lodged in their hands against idlers or suspected criminals would be confidential and not acted upon until verified by tlie guard himself. A month of quiet surveillance and prompt action would rid the districts of vagrants, and a year would work a vast chango in the farming interests. This system ap plied to the State at large would make our labor productive, and under the patrol suppress the indiscriminate thieving which makes diversified farm ing almost an impossibility.” Let Bibb county try this system for a year, and note the effect upon the farm and the courts. Cotton Statement. Tlie Chronicle’s cotton article of May 23 furnishes the following figures rcla tive to tho movement of the crop for the past week: For the week ending May 21, the total re celpls hare reached 8.S63 balei, against 8,621 bale* lA't week, 15,759 bidet the previous week anti 20,053 bales three weeks since,making the total receipts since tbe tat of September, 16as. <,743,533 bales afatnat 5,791,760 balealorthe same period of 1182413, showtni a decrease since September 1,1693, of 1,050,22? bates. Tlie total receipts at all the interior towns for tlie past week have reached .423 kales; since September 2,820,' SGIl bales, showing a decrease of 10,522 bales, as compared with tho receipts of tlie same week lost year, and for the the season a falling off of 074,580 bales. Among tbe interior towns Macon is credited witli 0 bales for the week, and with 59,001 for the season. For tbe same week last year the receipts were 42 bales, and 57,350 for the season. These figures show a decrease tor tlie week, os compared with last year, of 33 bales, and for the season an increase of 2,651 bales. Taking the receipts from plantations the net overland moroment to May 1, and also the takings by Southern spin ners to tlie same date, the amount of cotton substantially in sight becomes 5,675,026 bales, against 0,777,702 bales last year, showing a decrease in the total visible supply, as compared with that period, of 1,202,070 bales. The imports into continental porta this week have been 43,000 bales. The exports have reached a total of 25,010 bales, of which 10,035 were to Great Britain, 3,351 te France, and 1,024 to the rest of the continent. The Chronicle has the following to say witli regard to the speculations in cotton for future delivery during the week: Saturday the market was active tad buoy ant, the advance for May belnf 15 points, and on Monday there waa a further advance for May of SpoloU, making a recovery of 21 points from the cloiint figures of Friday: tbe other montha were only ellghtly dearer, and on Tueaday there wat a general decline of s to f polnu. Wednesday waa variable, doting •lightly dearer. Thunday opened ttrong but dnll; not until the lam hour, when report! were received ol deitraetlve itormi In Texat, obetrucUng railway tramponation and neces sarily doing Injury to growing crop!, waa there any material advance. Then the neat crop became buoyant, lmprovlng9to 12 point., which waa partially loit at the cloae. To-day there waa tome further advance, In tympathy with Liverpool advicee.but the heavy ralm tn the Sonthwett had ceased, and tbe mtrket won relapied Into dullnet), rioting, at com pared with tail Friday, 2g point! dearer for May, tall dearer for the Sommer month! end 17a2S dearer for tbe nest crop. Cotton on tbe ■pot hat been more active for export ai well at home conaumptlon, the txulneai looting up a larger aggregate than In any week lor many month! past. Quotations ware advanced l ife, on Monday. To-Ciy there wee a farther ad vance of 1-lie., middling uplands closing at Ute-, with the bnsiaeis atilt brisk. Joax Sesbhax thinks tbs Republicans ought to nominate s “financier." Idleness the Cnuee. I cannot understand,” a gentleman recently said to the writer, ’’why the country shows so little improvement, while the improvement and progress of the cities is so marked.” lie had made a personal examination of many important farming sections. Many theories have been advanced to explain the non-progressive condi tion of the farmers, and many reme dies pointed out. It is held that tlie farm should lie made independent of the Wost by producing thereon ail tlie meat and grain necessary for its sup port. Truck farming and widely diver sified crops have also been held up os another remedy, and tlie credit system condemned as the cause of all South ern agricultural failures Much worth heeding hss been said in connection with all of these, and much that without loss might be forgotten. The real evil in our midst is idleness. Tho country, towns and cities are full of idle negroes, consumers but non-pro ducers. We are convinced that this is tlie curse of Georgia to-day, tlie great drawback to prosperity, and the most important subject for thought and leg islation. As we write, opposite our window may be seen sitting upon the court boose steps eight able-bodied ne groes. On Cotton Avenuo a hundred more can be found without any great ef fort. Along on Fonrth street they may be seen clustered in groups. In the negro settlements of Unionville,Pepper- ville, Collinsville and Tybee, they can be found loafing, chatting and sleep ing during all hours of the day. Idle- nes! idleness! Idleness! And what is true of Macon and its vicinity la trne of ever}’ town, city, county, railway station and settlement in Georgia. The 8tate’a labor is not applied. A large per cent, of its laboring population lives in idleness, and crime and disorder in stead of food and fibre is tlie result. Every court of justice, from the Record er’s up to the Superior, swarms with negro criminals, witnesses and specta tors, and the jails and chain-gangs are the moat thrifty of all our institutions. France, with her population more evenly and closely adjusted to produc tive lines of labor, is probably the most clastic and prosperous country in the world. The South, with an enormous per cent, of its population in idieneas, and a large per cent, of tlie remain der losing two days ol each week and tailoring listlessly during the remaining five, is, considering its opportunities, tlie poorest. Tliis state of affairs is admitted. The remedy is not so clear, hut there has been made within our hearing, by one who has spent a lifetime in succenfol planting and has a thorough knowledge of tlie negro character, a suggestion foil of force and wialom. “Clearly, 1 •aid tbe speaker, "tha remedy ia to Senator Brown's Spsech on Mormonlam. We print to-day a telegraphic synopsis of Senator Brown’s speech on what is known as the Mormon bill, now- pending before the Senate. Tlie speech was prepared with great care, and was doubtless able and ingenious, but we the country, when it rises from its perusal, will experience a feeling of disappointment. The purpose of the bill, as wo re member, is to accomplish tho final overthrow of polygamy in Utah and other territories in the United States. Senator Brown opposes the measure on two grounds—its alleged unconstitu- tionality, and the existence oi worse social evils and practices in some of the States, and particularly iu New England. ' .Upon the first ground of objection a former Congress seems to have found no difficulty. The constitutional ques tion was fully discussed when the pres ent law was passed, and as far as Con gress and tlie executive were concerned, it was then dis posed of. Tho present hill merely seeks to amend tlie existing law by rendering it more effective, and tho ablest lawyers in the Senate, whether Democrats or Republicans, including sucli men as Mr. Garland of Arkansas, and Mr. Edmunds of Vermont, maih- tain that it is clearly within tlie consti tutional power ol Congress to pass it. Neither these eminent authorities, nor tho best legal minds of the coun try, share tlie doubts which tbe Senator from Georgia seems to entertain. Wo are sure that the religious feeling of tlie people is clearly against him. ’ Tlie second objection may be dispos ed oi'quite as summarily. Tbe ques tion before tlie 8enste is the horrible evil of polygamy in the Territories and tlie best means to eradicate it. No one knows better than Senator Brown that Congress alone lias tlie power to legis late on this question for the Territo ries. Whilst admitting, as he docs, tlie existence of the evils referred to, it is no answer to say that immoral practices prevail in the States which are quite as bad. ne is well aware that tlie States alone can deal with these practices within their own borders. Congress cannot do it, and if it were to attempt it, lie and all other friends of the doctrine of State rights would rise in arms to oppose it. He is also aware that tlie States are not responsi ble for polygamy in Utah, and that they have no right to lcglslate'wlth re gard to its existence there. It is wholly illogical therefore, to reply to Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, or Senator Gar land of Arkansas, that the practices among their own people are quite as bad aa those among tlie Mormons, and that for this silly reason they must let the Mormons alone. This is not argu ment, nor reason, nor logic, nor con* mon sense even. If the alleged evils exist in the States, they should be ex tirpated ky tho States, if possible; but if they be not, that ia no reason why Congress, having both the right and the power, should not destroy poly gamy in the Territories while the op portunity exists, and before it becomes fixed and ineradicable. If we wait until the States shall have purified themselves of every evil and immorality before their Senators can be permitted to legislate for the pre vention of crime and. wrong-doing in the Territories, we shall have to wait a long time. If, indeed, only “tlie pure in heart”—tlie perfectly good—can work for the ame lioration and christianixation of man kind, then ail missionary effort must cease at once. Stripped ol its ingenious sophistries, the speech is practically a defense of Mormonism. If our Senator were such a man as Mr. Beecher or Mr.Conkling, one conld understand his position. Perhaps if he liod never been in polit ical affiliation With the dominant party of New England, the reader might be at leu lorn for an explanation. Aa it ia, the people of Georgia will read this speech, as they did his former effort, with surprise. Soothing a Contemporary.” The Atlanta Constitution takes excep* lions to our statement regarding tho proposed walking match between rep resentatives ot Macon and Atlanta. Tho Telegraph's understanding of the affair is simply tliis: as between the two cities the programme is: heads, Atlanta wins—tails, Macon loses. And what will it profit Macon if the library gains a hundred dollars and the city lose fivo hundred? It would be more economical for the Macon pedestrians to engage in a match between them selves nnd share with the library. As to the implied opposition to libra ries, the Constitution is, to say tho least, mistaken. Nor does tlie Tele graph propose tp dictate to the gentle men engaging in the contest. As a public servant it has duly pointed out tlie disadvantages, leaving the decision in the liandB of the proper parties. Here our duty ends. The Constitution, however, has seen fit to Iovel its sarcasm at our editorial legs. To this there are two replies. In tlie first place, not legs, but heads, govern in tlie editorial sanctum. And if our legs, while quietly folded away, get flabby, they suffer in an honorable •ause. David says, “the Lord taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man,” and we know the public well enough to be lieve that the condition of an editor’s legs never yet affected tho subscription list of his paper. In tlie second place, the sneer comes with poor grace from the Constitution, considering the fact that the three picked representatives of that journal, combining its wind, cheek, strength nnd bottom, were vanquished by the single representative of an evening paper who they are accustomed to be lieve takes little or no exercise but avails himself of the uncopyriglited items of the morning journals. In this connection, however, it is due our Atlanta contemporary that we admit tlie victory was won by main strength and good bottom. Had it depended merely npdn wind nnd cheek, the Constitution would have borne off all the honors. FROM ATLANTA. Thuraday's Tournament—Th. Troopers *•'The Contest-Rules nnd Regula- tloni—Meeting of Judges Called—Truck Growers. fsrzcrxL coxEuroxDiscs.l Atlaxta, May 20.—The preparations that are being made here for the tourna* ment to be held in Macon next Thursday, and the enthusiasm manifested by the Horse Guard and their friends, indicate that the occasion is to be made a memora ble one in many respects. The tourna. ment will afford a lively entertainment for thousands of spectators, and the Atlanta troopera will be on tbeir mettle to sustain and add to areputation of which they have reason to be proud. The llorgc Guard is made up of the heat yonng men of Atlanta—tlie flower ot them, it may he aaid, and aa gentlemen of high social standing, and as dashing, gallant cavalrymen, they will merit and appreciate all the welcome and courtesies that may be extended them in Macon. who ask comixq. .Captain Milledge has furnished me with the following list of the members of lita company he will carry with him: Captain, John Milledge: first lieutenant, Frank Gordon; second lieutenant, Wei bom Hill; second lieutenant, jr„ E. F. May; first sergeant, Alex W. Smith; second sergeant, T. J. Youmans; third sergeant, T. D. Arnold; fourth sergeant, W. C. Kawaon; fifth ter- ant, It. L. Jones; sixth sergeant, J. L. »tle; seventh sergeant, W. A. Graham; rat con poral, D. P. Lester; second cor- oral, H. L. Culberson; fourth corporal, eorge W. Simms; ensign, James A. Gray; first coi pond, H. 1 George W. —* bugler, Charles Warm; quartermaster! Frank A. Arnold: surgeon, IL W. West- mhrcland; chaplain, Rev. Charles M. Beck- with. Privates, C. T. Brackett. W. D. Ellis, P. H. Beil, A. F. Cooledge, J. M. Calioun; Zack Castleberry, W. C. Dodson, J. If! Dawson. J. C. Freeman, Jr., A. L. Greene. H. C. Glenn, Harry HilL A. L. James, T, D. Love, J. A. Miller. T. D. Meador, H. M. McKeldin, E. P. McBurney. George Paine, E. T. Paine, Jr., J. O. Paine, (marker), F.. C. Peters, W. F. Plane, J. O. Perkins, C. D. Rowland,C.C. Rhodes, C. W. Smith, A. B. Steele, L. O. Stephen-, A. A. Sanger, A. A. Sheldon, J. P.Trottie, A. S.Thwcatt, B. J. Taliaferro, C. T. Wat son, G. C. Whitlock, B. M. Blount, Willie May, marker. The baggage will be in charge of Sutler Max Marcus. The lioraea belonging to the troop will be shipped frem Atlanta at 8 o clock \V ednesday morning. In the after noon of Wednesday the Horse Guard will be escorted to tbe depot by the Gate City Guard, and sent on their way in special coaches. A full bra-9 band will go along to make the trip as lively and cheerful as possible. THE TOURXEY. TIM PestHent Riee'BIrd, GsinettUle Southron, l ittle u may be thonght of it, the rice birds are destroying or badly hurt ing hundreds of acres of wheat ht northeast Georgia. The Coorgla State Fair and the New Or leans Exposition. President Livingston and Secretary Grier, while in the city on yesterday arranging preliminaries for tho State fair, to be held in October, reported at this offico that the outlook was so far most favorable. It is time now that tlie people should he addressing themselves to this sub ject. It is expected that Georgia will make tlie best and most valued exhibi tion of her resources during tliis fall that lms ever marked ono of her State fairs. It is u matter of prime impor tance tiiat she should bend every effort to accomplish tliis, for her success nt homo will he hut the prelude to lier success abroad. The cream of tlie display at tills point will go to the credit of the State at New Orleans. In order to bring about a full and satls- isfactory exhibit of the producta of tlie soil, the fair committee should offer a liberal premium for contests between tlie counties,one premium in money and such a one os is calculated to produce tlie liveliest competition. Major Bacon, the commissioner at large from Georgia to tlie New Orleans Exposition, was also in the city, and dropped in to unfold the general plan of operations. Major Bacon is a gen tleman of excellent judgment and un bounded energy, and if he is supported in spirit and action by his subordinates, Georgia’s display at New Orleans will be gratifying to tlie pride of every citizen of the State. Nothing ia to be left to chance, but everything is to bo done ky the most exhaustive and systematic methods, It is known that a constitutional in hibition will prevent tlie State from making any moneyed contribution to the enterprise.. Georgia stands alone, we believe, in this particular; so that a demand will have to be made upon the people, not large in the aggregate, and so small os to individuals that the amount will not seriously interfere witli any one. The contributions are to be voluntary, and tlie first time tlie people of tlie va- 4ous counties assemble they might proceed to put some plan in operation for raising tlie necessary snm. The New Orleans Exposition promises to be the grandest in all respects ever held on this continent, v It will far surpass in exhibits and fd visitors, tbe centennial of 1876, and Georgia connot afford to occupy an un important position on so important an occasion. Whatever ia dono for the State fair will redound to tlie credit of Georgia, not only at home bat abroad. We may differ about men, measures, presidents, policies and platforms, bat upon this question we can all affoid to be united, and we must inaugurate the work at once, with a determination to achieve the highest possible success. The committee on privileges sad elec- tions It saving tbe Wise-Uassey case as a sort of dessert, to follow tbe plain fart of the other contests. There should be no unseemly delay In following the Republi can precedents that are applicable to Johnny’s case. Let him go to join Chal mers—dearly beloved of “the grand old P«"y." ^ It ought not to strike anyone as strange that in the recent FrancoChlnese treaty France obtains the exclusire right to trade with Chins along the Tonquin frontier. Certainly Englishmen ought to understand the matter. It Is simply an application of the English method of making a an frets ful war answer tbe purpose for which it was engaged. TO SUBSCRIBERS. We will credit any subscriber to the Weekly Tsleghaph and Messexoeb with one year’* subscription who will aend us a club of live subscriber* at $1.25 each, or ten at $1 each. This ia an eav way to pay yoor next year’s subscription. Give it a trial, tf The following rules nnd regulations hav been adopted,which will besides contain in teresting information for the general reader: 1. “Right cut against infantry leather head on a post eighteen inches high. 2. J“Qnartc point"—At a ring tlircc inches in diameter, suspended at the height of a mounted troo|ier's thigh traits of the coming season, nnd the he ■ I cat, from the si::n:;ient ..r r “mi- load to the last, vrilfbe regarded 6 -! [h* mual Interest. A large measure or fh. 00 ' sponsibility end the successful operafiim ot the new system will attach to Mr Ti . end the office in his charge Hita'.®!!? thinsn of fine business qualifications work!* ,0 ' lnd u * orou Srt , y equal to ffij Atunta May 27 .-The Governor h„ appointed tbe folftwing gentlemen.,,!*! board of visitors to’tlie State Unlveriltv Rev. Thomas G. Pond. Albanv Ed-r-d Hunter, Esq., Louisville; Rev. T. p Cleveland, Gainesville; Professor G »’ Glenn, Columbus; W. B. Bennett Eeo ifuitman; 6. A. Reid, Esq., Eatonton ■ \v H. Baker, Savannah; Samuel Barrett’ Washington; I. W. Avery, Atlanta- R.,’ G. A. Nun sally, Rome. Rev. R. J. Willingham, of Bar was also tendered an ap|>o!ntment on il l b °» rd . but lie declined, owing to a press ol other duties, which would prevent his at tendance at tlie time speciflbd. ** ncpoBTAjrr railroad mrrtixo. P'*n. & fast 6 achcxTules^cheap ratwM.u? In attendance are W. F, Shellman and VV W. Star ol the Central ;W mtnmZ lb p. Flemming, of tlie Savannah. Florid. Southern and the Southern Railway ,nd MiStM&hy^?' n « AXTt-FABK. 1 Powen, It Is noticed with some degree of sdreru criticismthatthe little open spaceatthe interaection of Peaclitreo and Pryor street! the little trianglei in front of the First odist Chnrch and St. Luke's Cathedral li being choked, up with a little shire, cornered, uns.upely building. This was one of the few bits of breathing places left in AUanta, and It is to be regretted that the city authorities conld not keep it open. Thousands of people who are in the habit of passing dally along Peachtree will mourn the loss of this little open space, and the unsightly building which the Interests of trade are piling on It will add very little to the architectural appeam ance of the prominent churches around it If Atlanta bad more of these little spaces, instead of losing the very few she hat. the city would be better off, both in point oi beauty and health. It may go without saying that Atlanta, for a growing and important city, fails la mentably to appreciate the value oi parks. A strong force of workmen are engaged in tearing down the Central Presbyterian Church on Washington street In its plnro will t>c erected a new church build, ing to cost lietween $75,000 and $100,000. It will almost face the Washington street entrance of the new capitoL That reminds me to say that the lithographed plans and drawings of the new enpfiot have just been re ceived from Chicago, and are on ex hibition in tlie office ot the commission. They are very handsome, and the magnif icence of tlie new building grows apace us one examines them. 1 am informed that Dr. Hawthorne, j Baptist chnrch of Rich! •rvSff-y ‘"K‘G ueuu III-1 mond, lias tendered his resignation to ac- n u woi i de n b n ’ on V ? P 08 ^ vdth I cept (lie call tendered by the First Baptist between the | church of Atlnuta. Ifis resignation will |iost and head. to bo counted unless the pin is cut with the edge of the saber. 4. “Tierce point"—At n ring three inches in diameter, suspended at the height of a mounted trooper's eye. VALCATIOX, Sabre exercise. 5: horsemanship, 4; right cut against Infantry, 1; quarter point, 3; right cut, 2; tierce point. 3. Total one run is. best possible. Bust possible 3 runs 54. Minimum 0. Distance between obits, 30 yard,. Time, 11 seconds from ret to last post. At the trumpet signal the trooper on the Igbt, with his sabre drawn and at tbe carry, moves torward at tho walk a few yards and then takes the gallop. When midway between the Hart and the first post he comes to “guard" and commences the “charge,' at the full speed of his horse. When within a few yards of the first post he takes the first po sition of "right cut," and upon getting opposite tlie bead, be executes tbe “right cui against Infantry.” After making tni* cut, he resumes the position of guard, and when within a few yards of tlie first ring, he take the firet position of “quarte point," and, when near enough thrusts In ■quarte” at tlie ring, and if he takes the ring throws U up and off the sabre by an upward morement of the wrist. He then resumes the "guard" until within a few yanls of tbe second bead, when he I liakei the first position HI! ■right cut," and maxes the cut I when hit hone's shoulders are opposite tho post, resume* tbe “guard," as when near the second ring, takes the first posi tion of “tierce point,” and when near enough, thruits In tierce at the ring, throwing it up and off the sabre by aquick movement of the wrist. He then resumes "carry sabre" and brings down his horse slowly to a walk and returns to ranks, tak ing hit place on the leftof the rank. Each trooper it allowed three inns. Tics be- I tween troo^ ^ledih^ anus. 1. No trooper shall shout at or strike his horse with bis sabre, ll>e resisted by h:s Richmond church, bat the indications are that Dr.| Hawthorne will come to Atlanta. ■The executive committee of the 8outh- n Railway and Steamship Association will meet in the offices of the company in this city, on Thursday. If tho arrangements for tbe walking match, outlined, in the Telco as va this morning, are perfected, the Macon beys will be very wise to beware oi Heel. It he gets into tbe match, lie will be found a very tough rival. There is already consid erable discussion hare over the proposed match. vrxtilatrd cars raovtDxo. Thewneetlng ot railroad men, of which mention is made above, adjourned after a rather informal teuton. The special ob ject of the meeting wu to make arrange, mente for cars for the transporta tion of .melons. The ume plan adopted lut year wu agreed uoon. The repreaenUtives of the Western and Atlan tic and the Louisville aud Nashville rail roads offered to furnish u many ventila ted fruit cart as will he necessary to more the melons to the West and Northwest. The offer was accepted. The question of rates will be dlscusied 1 hnrsilay at tbe meeting ot the executive committee ol the pool. There wu a delightful little entertain ment at the o|>era house to-night. An operetta. “Kebeuioo of the Daisies." was given for tho putpou of aiding In the pur- for the pm pose oi aiding I.. — r _. Chase oi an organ for the First Methodist Church. Atlaxta, May 28.—The Governor's Hone] Guard left ben this afternoon amid a great deal of entlrailesn and an abundance of brau band. Tbev were es corted to the depot ot the EsstTennre-ce, Virginia and Georgia Railroad by tbe Gale City Guard and a large detail from the general populace. Tbe departing troopers made a very line appearance hers, and will mike a very handsome api>carance in Maeon, .There Is great enthusiasm don ot fail, ymt wUlbave a large delegation from AUanta to-morrow. THE CAPITOL COXMtttlOH. There is an informal meeting this after- 2. No trooper shall go upon tlie judges, manifested here In the touraamant stand during tbe contention, unleulnrtted to do so by the judges. 3. No trooper thill contend out of his Umo, except with the consent of the com manding officer, nor until the fact bu been first communicated to the Judges. 4. If a horse bolts between tbe start and the first post, the trooper can retain to the starting point and commence tbe run snew. This will not, bowerer, be allowed when the horse bolts after putlog the first 5. If a troaper tbsll be thrown, except by bis horse falling down, he shall receive zero for horsemanship on that round, and for all failnrea canted by bis fall & If a trooper drops bis saber he ihall receive tero for uber exercise on that round, and for all failures caused by the lojtof bis uber. 7. If a trooper goes through at a leu gait than the InJ K*Uop of Ms bone, he shall receive tero for «Vf r 7*hlng on that round. The tillers are In consign* practice, and will show tome handsome work at tbe tournament. Jn Milledge at the Brown House at 0 o’chick Wednesday nl| standing and proper and neo Till o’clock under, ■ay bo I had the pie day Mr. J. 8.4) hu been select: South Georgia the season in agreed upon point for i Davis will almut the lOtl tent corps of cl tlie plan recer grower* of that signmenta tn shipped to his c keta are glutted ments to mark: He will be in c tion both witli t pern. The 111 about June 7u toZC It will not bo so Urge u last year, u there if a Urge decrease in the acreage, bat the melons shipped trill beo a better quality rotne figureof " If tha rest uUafartory u now anticipated, the Indus- **T Wifi start on a boom which in the roomofafew y«M may raachaa annual ere to- • Deris ■rereof during > been I bating Mr. here corape- rretfoa melon ;h con ed! be lemar- e ship- iredci imilcs- i ship- ked for total of a million dollars, future of tlie tael ■The depend In no snuC i melon industry trill 1 upon the re- r-nrxt«i g will i lng. They claim that it will beimportont and necessary for them to make a thoroagty examination of the lithographed E l of the new batlding. which, accord- ) the present arrangement, would re- them to come to Atlanta and spend several weeks in Uie work. Tlie plant In the office of the commi--ioner will not be allowed to be removed from thecapitol and provision bu not tx-rn made for a *~JScient number of duplicates to supply t> those who may want to examine them gitbontthc experm of a visit to Atlanta. Ibe commission will no doubt re .ch some Utlafactory solution of the difficulty. The members of tho commluion arc ex- yectrd to reach tbe city by the afternoon sains. The government offices In Atlanta wifi in be cloeed on Friday, on account of ill o,* ln * tbs national Decoration Day. • SO CEO TO cniCASO. Quito a nnfiber of delegates to the na- ttonal Republican convention are naming through the city on their way to Chicago, genra.' of the more prominent of tbe dele gates ass rrt ''.it in spite of what may have fwo -eld v'>thecontrAnr th.: rote of tire GeoraU <Wes.'a , * on will recast f >r Arthur. GcnerallW nb * u Jn the city today looking better L.’ lin 1 hare seen him tn a 1 *A mating U In ** “*• Y<m , n « Men’s Libraiy between the gentlemen in- great walking match. Ti meetingwillbegiven Uter. AXOTHEB BOARD OF VISITORS. Atiha request of the president ot “t North Georgia Agricultural College, anu according in custom, the Governor nas HI- iu?ttttsr rlD * bo “ i1vuiwr * u Cot. John A. Stephens, Atlanta; Hon. J. S. Boynton, Griffin; CoL P.W. Alexander, Macon; Capt. K.P.Howell. Atlanta; lion. F. P. Bic. AtUntei Rev. IL L. Campbell, Dawsonrille; Col. Sam llirnctt. Washing- !.,n; Hon. J. C. C. Black, Augusta; MuUh. Smith. OalaearDhq uSW. ft Hauteur. Savannah; Colonel \V. ft Piko, Jefferson;Claud Estes clainuviUt; J. IL Gray. Atlanta Colonel l: r ll.«e, Atlanta; Colonel Robert Hardeman. Al- tento; Captain Henry Jark-on. Atlanta; OeorgaN. Bell,Camming: F. C.Tate, Jas- • per. As this boerd Is wlthoni special authori ty of law, no provision Is made tor tha of the members.