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TH£ TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER. Dolly and Weekly. ThkTei.egratii and Messenger I* pnb- 11 si • « rjdEjtgoept Monday, and weekly every Friday. . . . .. Tub Daily Is delivered by carrier* In the city or mailed postage free to subscriber* at yi per mouth. *2 60 for three month*, $5 for *Ix t - r$i0ayear. . t - Tio wm:kly fs malicJ to subscribers, tR fr< -. nt U.SOayear. 75c. for *ix mol- To (1 :( s of five $1.25 a year, and to clubs of leu ?l ]-■ r year, and an extra copy to getter up of i oil. of five or ten. . . „ . ■rraiiEicat ad vertUemcnt. will bo taken for no I» a . i.y at *1 per square of ten lines or less lor u,. fir-t insertion,and fifty cenU for each ip - ««equeat insertion; and for the Wiekly at jl r«r s iuare for each insertion. Liberal late* to contractors. . . M Rejected communication* will not here* < , o'rr«‘‘spondence containing Important new* u* discussions of living topic*, is solicited, tint must be brief and written upon but one pt*v to whom liberal commlsilonl WDlW Pi, 5 postmaster. are c.pcelallj requeite<* Allcommunicatlona ahonld be addressed to Thank..IvinK Day. j lie makes :l -n It has been said that only war can After referring stion previous at fo heavy re-1 p • sufficient to say . operty cannot b< Tbs* It is an i spitty 'tis, 'tis true.-J. A. In Boston lliey have been trying the cor porate limits. Eoitob Watterson is as elastic as a pa tent election bulletin. Now all hands turn In and help elect the New Orleans Exposition. John A. Loo ts has the privilege now of spitting upon the returns as they come In. Tub secret wires of the Republican party must be put under ground. So say the people. Nbw Hampshire reports an earthquake. qy e believe there has been something of a shaking up. AVuo are these valiant men in New York shouting *‘By the eternal,” and where were they in 1876? General Gordon has been killed again. The eccentric Englishman seems to have as many lives as a eat. Willie Waldorf Astob resigned the ministership to Rome as soon as he heard ■« ni the election, the ream. Some say Mr. Beecher did it, and some •ay it was Mr. Barchard. The preacher ie n strong man in politics. ‘ Lamas costumes on the banks of the Nile," is the way a headline artist puts it; but why the "a” on “costume”? There are not Unking symptoms'of a lively racket in the future. The mention ot Randall’s name for a cabinet position stirs the bile of tho free traders. The Galveston Newt desires tho Morri sons and Carlisles tu lord it over the Bandnlls and Pulitzers. Possibly the lat ter may have something to say about it. The Republicans are very much dis tressed over the war talk of certain Demo cratic leaders. Poor fellows; they cannot understand how anybody can jest at inch n time as this. Even New Yorkers cheered when the magnificent new Cunarder, the Umbria, floated into the harbor a day or two since. She Is the largest vessel afloat, the Great Eastern excepted. Casl Schobtz may be excused lor occa sionally besprinkling his Motart music with frajmeDte of a fandango. The old man haa not yet been thoroughly robbed down and wiped off It will be observed that all the threats of war come from New York. The Southern man now does not even carry his plug to bacco in his hip pocket, lor fear his mo- tiona may bo misconstrued. The cases ol two murderers sentenced 0 be lr snged emphasizes the fact that law yers and courts and Judicial trials fail to find highly Important evidence that come* to light Just as the gallows is bnllt. Loan r>» Oset, while bunting alone recent ly on the Yorkshire estate of lord Rlpon, UUed 308 partridges In a single day.-KnglUh P *Kr*n a nobleman will shoot birds on the gronud when hunting alone. Osc* more has Kbartonm fallen I Again has Gordon perished 1 Bat isn’t this all getting to be altttie monotonous? Give ua a man at the other end of the cable whose Imagination is a llttleraoro variegated so to *aj- . Iv there is going to be a row in New York, Senator Brown ought to send on a carload of his pike, to the Democratic .»i.. u i* seme; to ** r . l h« Spw Yurk Ripublicans must be abaolutely an nihilated. ^ Pan Butler h'is g me down to Washing- ion. As Ben will not have any use for his palatial residence there this winter, he probably desires to have tho fences mended nrd the steps scrubbed In time for the rentingseason. A CurfAOi . J ' r inis inherited, fortune In EnilY>J vaiu- <1 i 1 <> (COOM It lakes ft 1.1 ’ Sinn t • dreg ,1 Cote IT ■ id tor out cl ,1,-rn ii.Ui. b it | i-rp'e .ilinotcr ticUe iiniu ni I’rosidiii e. Tie •llsient. this ( worn- Til* Sin hi i‘« Uinta great deal of fun . remains a'ei'. There is meat in this. When the ri'al e| pbcants for county post cHlcis login io come in to entertain their faithful Urngreisional representatives, lire circus will Indeed open, It is said that there never has been seen gfich a panic among the department clerks as now exists over the election of Mr. ffjScievelsnd since it was reported that the • Block Horse cavalry bad reached the scuth end of the long bridge. The artesian well at Leesburg, Florida, his reached a depth of 450 feet, and tho jjl ile press unanimously reports that the d!ill has not yet gotten through llie Demo cratic majority. When a patty la buried In Florida it la buried to slay. Dividin') the offices is what will relieve the South of the idiots and incompetents thit have misrepresented her. Thedisap- imintcd ones will tear down and trample the fellow whom the rural editors describe as the able, eloquent and Incorruptible statesman, Many prominent Ropubiicsns threatin to sell out and Jump the country since i •; velnnd Is to he President This is ail l„>,h. Most oi IheprominentRepublican h.re already been sold ont, and few hav »u mey enough left to jump anythin*. keep a people excited to fever beat for more than twenty-four hours; that when a night has en’ed and a day de dined, tiro danger point has been passed. History will give to this proverb the lie direct. For four days the American people have been shaken as the leaves of a forest in the hurri cane’s grasp, not by war, rumors of war, nor yet by bloodshed, hut over the rosult upon which hangs the vote ~f the pivotal State in the late election Hope and fear underlie all human action. Until to-day, the possibility of victory has sustained both political parties of tho republic; the possibility of defeat, depressed. Between these conflicting emotions the people have been tossed and torn until violence seemed probable, revolution not un likely. Ferhaps it is well that the fi nal result was suffered to foreshadow its approacli for many hours, On yesterday morning anxiety, not merely party, hut patriotic anxiety was a marked feature of pub lic thought. No people better understand the power for evil that ex ists in a commune; no people have in their midst a more inflammable, irre sponsible element than those of the United States. To those who hung breathless over the turbulence which threatened with violence the republi can spirit of our institutions the sud den edict of the President appointing a day of thanksgiving came like apro- clamation of peace. The danger point was passed. Men regained self-con trol. The impending struggle vanished and conflict took the hne of impossi bility. The public mind at once sank to its normal condition. Although the final result of the hot political fight re mained unannounced, the great wheels o’business quickened again, and the people moved on to work, convinced that the country was strong onough not only to bear any decision that might be made, but strong onough to make that decision just and righteous There are those who have never faltered in their belief that this Union has adeatlny yet unfulfilled, a place among j he nations not attained, a glorious future scarcely dreamed of. Its birth, its steady growth, its tri umph over had statesmanship, its de fiance of arrogant power and royal as sumption, its vitality and recupera tive energy, mark it as the instrument of God in a grand purpose we may but half define. In the flashes which have from time to time swept the nights of her despair, this purpose has been re vealed unto us in part. We have seen howfreedom, civil and religions, brood ed over the new found dominion; how supernatural strength armed tho weak 4 how on the land and sea, the winds, the waves, the equal courage of une qual force have favored it; how poli cies that retarded its growth have per ished ; how opposition has boon an in strument to advance it; how energy, industrial, physical and mental, have been stimulated; how invention haB enriched it. Aye, more; how in the gradual unfolding of tho plan of Providenco, slavery perished and the system which threatened dis ruption became tho evidence of a su premo intention. Wo are Southern, but we know that to-day tho South, sharing in the popular government, with its rights secured, its people free, its State laws recognized, its people employed, is nearer its greater future than the old and well-boloved South. What human power and a desperate courage that thrillod the world could not accomplish by force of arms, be cause It then threatened the plan of Providence,to-day lies within the hands of tho Southern people, won without the sword; bought without blood. And as they grasp it with new-found hope, the prize is dearer, brighter, grander, in that with the full consent of Frovl deuce it was won; and the winning means tho purifying and preservation of the Union. There is an apparent element of cruelty in the beliof that God makes a hero’s fall and failure the stepping-stone of success. Ho lies, who says that the blood of the patriots who fell in tho late internecine struggle was sited in the wrong. Tho Creator’s purpose is n?| bounded by the limits oi human life. No man can fight upon tho wrong side who does his duty; and not in vain falls he who (aits in the discharge of that which his belief makes liis duty. Tito friouds of the brave who sleep in blue or gray have nothing to regret. How easy then to say of <hc party now upon the threshold of tho govern ment buildings, “Go in peace. Your i* ended. We, too, are but instruments in the fur therance oi a purpose. Wtien our mission is ended, whether wo will or not, the power that placed ns here will declare our seats vacant.” lie who believe* in the glorious des tiny of this Union will not find it hard to say this nor to ttinnk Providence for tile blessings iqjilch made the belief possible. Auctions mado in traffic rate* by the! prevent income if people who own it commissioners, which were followed get anything upon their capital, by still further reductions during tho PrtsM.nt Raoul's Annual Report. Through the courtesy of President Raoul we have been furnished with advance sheets of his forthcoming annual report to the stockholders of the Central railroad, for the year end ing on the 1st of September last. We regret to note that there has been a falling off in the earnings of the road us compared with the previous year. After submitting the figures that developed this fact, Captain Raoul proceeds to point out tho causes that have con tributed to it. Briefly summed up, they are, decreased traffic, owing to failure of the last cotton crop, and re duced rates, from the operations of the railroad law of the State. At this poinl period covered by this report, lie sug gests the dangerof estimating the traffic of a road by the business done in pros perous rears and the fixing of rates upon this basis of business, that must be arbitrarily followed in years of de pression and light business. While it is clear that under depressed financial conditions the pnbiic need more than in seasons of prosperity the advantages of low rates, it is also equally clear that a railroad company doing business for minimum rates on a large amount of traffic must lose, money when the volume of business is largely reduced, without correspond ing advance of rates. There can ho but one business-like method of dealing with the difficulty here presented. It is not the part of wisdom or good policy to reduce the roads to the necessity in years of light business of lowering their condition in point of efficiency to furnish transpor tation for tho commerce of the State. It would be equally unwise to force an advance of rates when the business of the State could least afford to he burdened by it. Tho policy, and the only policy that is sound and wise, the one that every prudent individual, firm or corporation observes, is the put ting by of a fund in years of prosperous business to assist in bridging over bad years. Fluctuations in trade will come, and this will influence the earnings of every class of individuals and property, and all adjustments dependent upon its vicissitudes must in sound policy be predicated upon average results. We do not understand the treatment of decreased earnings of the road by President Raoul in the nature of a crit icism upon the railroad commissioners nor their action. It is, however, a clear and forcible presentation of the dangers that threaten the railroad property of the State, and i» festive 01 a%eeded change of policy to meet the con ditions we have indicated. It was necessary to inform his stockholders of tho condition of their property and the influences that affect its earnings. This report disposes umy effectually of tho idea that has oReii been ad vanced, that the roads have been bene fited by State control. It is shown that while there was improvement in the first years under the railroad law, that this was due entirely to the reac tion in business generally, that occurred about the timethe law went into effect. This reasoning is perfectly legiSmate, and the proof of its correctness is at tested by the experience of every man familiar with the- advance and de cline in trade that have taken placo since this law has' been in operation. It would be pre posterous to assume that the railroads would liavo prospered less if the comv mission law had not existed. There are periods when railroads, as well as individuals, are- willing to sac rifice profits in order to keep alive tho great agencies and industries upon which not only tho prosperity, but the life of commerce nndindustry depend Evidences of this disposition and pbl icy have been numerous during this year of depression and disaster. But with uniform purpose touching this policy conditions vary as between in dividuals and small corporations on the onohanil, and gigantic railroad cor porations on tho other. With the first, calculations can be more safely made in reference to contingencies affecting business. Precautions arc also more easily adopted with these, because as a gen eral rule their business is in such shape that a few weeks or months of extra effort will place them in asafo position to meet a crisis. Not so with our railroads. Fromthe necessity of the case they are, almost without exception, large borrowers of money. They aro mortgaged on this account. The item of interest becomes one ol importance in the way of annual expenditure. The promptness and regularity with which it is paid de termines the question of credit. Upon ties of* tho roads for improve ment and tho budding of new linos is also dependent, and upon these com bined tho public must at last roly for races its railroad facilities. Whatever policy renders a railroad company incapable of meeting its obligations promptly even in a financial crisis, jeopardizes tho capi tal invested, as well as the advantages the public derives from first class facil ities, an.l these aro rarely soen on baukiupt roads. It does not m -ct the caao to say thr.t railroads ahouM lie built by the capital of the companies, witliou borrowing. This is not practicable! to any such ex tent as will render possible tho build ing of roads to meet presnu demands. It is difficult to obtain sufficient capital on issues of stock to answer as a mar gin required by capitalists as basis for salable binds. If we wait lor capital to be put up on stock issues, we will see but few railroads built for along time to come, and sections ot the State without railroad facilities will be de prived of them, except in instances where communities, for branch roads, are willing to lose their cost for the sake of their convenience. The earn ings of the Central and its leased lines in Georgia, including those from the bank and investments, yield a surplus of only $88,610.86, after paying rentals and other fixed charges, equivalent to a dividend upon its capital stock of about 118-100 per cent. The gross earnings of the Central and Southwestern combined h tve decreased as compared with year bofora last $376,864.09, and the net earnings have been leks than 2J i per coni. We eliai I have occasion to refer to oilier points suggested by this report. At present TRs Negro To-Day. Wo are informed that throughout tile country tho negroes aro uneasy and in some sections actually terrified by the fact that a Democratic President has, been elected. They have been made the’dupes of Republican emissaries to such an extent that they actually be lieve slavery will he re-established and violence become tho order of tho day. It was even rumored that the young men who recently painted the town red used blood Instead of paint, ns more suggestive of their intentions toward the negro. It is useless to address any remarks to the ignorant members of the race, hut the more intelligent can under stand a very simple explanation of the position the negro occupies in the poli tics of the day.. The South lias in Con gress an increased representation by reason of the negro race. These arc Democrats. To deprive the race of the ballot would he to sacrifice n consider able number of Congressmen and per haps relegate in the next election the Presidency to the Republicans. Tho policy of tho Southern Democrats is therefore to keep the negro secure from any assaults that may be made upon the political privileges of his race. But precisely the same cause which makes the Southern Democrat the negro’s friend would in tho next few years make the Northern Republican his open enemy. The nogro disfran- OhiSCd, the South would perhaps he in the minority. The negro as a voter having been abolished, the Republican element in the South would ba free to develop and the p'pople free to divide upon business and political questions. Because the disfranchisement of the negro would establish the Republican in power, it becomes good Republican policy to disfranchise him. But the same reason it is good Democrat.' 6 policy now to sustain and defend him. The South has proved herself the ne gro’s friend when the political skies were dark, and every effort was being made to influence the race. Now that the ruling party is that in which the South is so conspicuous, this friendship will not grow cold. But let it bo re membered that all along, even in the face of paid oppressoTjand hostile bay onets, tho principle that this id a white man’s country, to bo ruled arid gov erned by white men, Was laid .down and adhered tov It will hardly be ex pected that it wHl be abandoned now. The negro is- a labercr. His place is the workshop and the field. He is mentally, mor ally and physically inferior to and weaker than the white race. His old masters are still his masters in a gene ral sense; but he has the benefit of the law which applies to all free men . Ho need notrexpect to rulo-fn high places nor to sit in judgment. He has only to fill his sphere and obey the laws. As long as ho does this he need have no fears tor his safety; but if ho for gets the lessons that for twenty years have been impressed upon him, ho is responsible for tho consequences. These aro plain words.but they arc kindly meant. They are not bom of the new administration now assured; they have been uttered by this journal at intervals for fifteen years. They are just as important now as at any time in the history of Georgia, and as worthy of porusal. The negro- has been taught evil les sons by designing emissaries. lie has been cajoled, defrauded and robbed, Ho lias been the tool of politicians for' twenty years. Men have told him that tills fair South with Its rich gifts of nature, its magnificent oppor tunities, its bright future belonged to him; that tho race of men who inhab ited, the people who had built tho re public,designed its laws, administered its aftairs, fought its battles, and glo ried its' history were woak, indo lent and unworthy of their inheritance; that he might wrest it all from them and be sustained in tho onjoymenl of his spoils. Poor, simple soul. lie k»i;p V m1 it for awhile, and when be lief wavered, hoped against hope and battled with his fate. It was only a poor, brief struggle—this conflict of the races. Ignorance has no shield that may withstand the bright sword of the miufi, nor darkness depths to hide tho flash. When on her great excalibar the South laid hand, the centuries thun dered, the fight was over. The negro and tiie white man may he friends. Why not? Never have we heard a Southerner express antipa thy to tho race. There is work for all in the fields where they learned to labor; happiness for all in the free open country life. Statistic* show that disease which is now ho r.ip idly thinning out their rank- is en_.cn- dered by city life, crowding, irregi.lsr habits, dissipation, tho want of pr «;.-r fond and medicine. Nuvvth »t the vai't promises which drew the race away from its simple, happy, healthful homes have ceased and their fulfillment be gins to appear, as it always lias been utterly impossible, we say to tho negro, go back to your cabin and your fields. team there habits of sobriety; learn to bo industrious and economical; learn morality and strive to make your family tho type of the republic in law and in order. In this way yon will become a valuable citizen of your State, necessary to its welfare and one of the people. Thus, too, may yon gain that whicli will do more to sustain your political and do mestic blessings than all the amend ments that can bo attached. to the country’s constitution, the respect ol the people among whom you live and your children aro to remain. Belva Io»xtruer,,!.t-1 unvoted received four votes for tie lro»l loncy in Georgia. Small Honors. Our amiable and patient corresp- dent at Atlanta, mildly as is his cus tom, hut rightly, protests against the Legislature voting away tho privileges of the floor. The balls in which the Senators and Representatives sit were provided in order that tho publio busi ness might bo properly attended to. Each house makes its own rules for the transaction of business, and takes con trol of the floor. This is proper. The public should not he permitted to inter fere with legislators in tho discharge of their duties. The dignity and decoram of a delib erative Jiody should always be pre served. In order to pay honor to those who have exceptionally distinguished themselves in civil or military life, or who have done the State some service, it has grown to bo a custom to invite such person to a seat on the floor. The real honor and compliment rest in the infrequency which should mark the invitation. It was never intended that politicians should pay off their elec tioneering debts by what lias become a small piece of flattery. If Adam Tadpole comes down to Atlanta (we refer to this impersonal personage as Adam Tadpolein deference to our evolutionary friends) to get a copy of a land grant or to have his jug filled, this Is no reason why'a repre sentative should immediately movo aresolution inviting him to tho privi leges of a scat on the floor. Col. Tad pole may bo a man of mark in his county. He may bo a good father and husband, an excellent provider, a man who never lends money at over 10 per cent. He may cut hair and pull teeth for all tho neighbors. Ho may even draw a plain deed. These accomplishments make him a worthy citizen and per haps a lovable man, hut they do not entitle him to a seaton the floor. Even if added to the graces already enumer ated, he had been sheriff and hanged two negroes, that he raises the tune in chnrch and has five grown sons who \lways vote the straight Democratic ticket, still we contend that armed with these powerful adjuncts, they all comb'i ne< t do not entitle him to a seat on the floor. There are hundreds of Adam Tadp-oles in Georgia. Tho the ory is that a neat the floor is a high honor and we must SO treat it, though in fact anybody goes on the floor that desires, and nobody but a deaf and dumb man ccrtld be male to sit there long. The writer, without any Invitation, has' often wandered about the floor daring a session, and some years since noticed a newspaper reporter Voting on a division of the House. A seat on the present floor is not a big thing for the honor has been fearfully cheapened by use, or we should say misuse. But still the theory of dignity re mains and our Legislators should sustain it. Vfe cut up pretty high, when Fatty Harris invaded tho privileges of our house, and tallied wildly about the sovereignty and rightsof the people, there represented. The best sentiment of the country was rudely shocked, when- General De Trobriand, of the United States army, dispersed the Legislature of Louisiana, nt the point of tho bayoDet. These wero Invasions of tho dignity of the House, and so aro the numerous invitatiens to tho Adam Tadpoles to soats on tho floor. Men of sense and character do not appreciate them, for nobody appre ciates what is so common as not to ho noticeable. This miserable practice grew up with others during the two ad ministrations that loaded Georgia with shame and a demoralization that af fected the government, business and society. If the people can bestow honors, if it is an honor to sit J.with their repre sentatives, then guard this honor prop erly. Sustain the dignity of tho State. A long night of oppression, together with a debased ballot, has lowered the tone of the people. Restore it. Gen tlemen of the Legislature, you liavo caught on to the new born era of reform and have mado admirable exhibitions of your purpose in somo of the recent elections. You cun do ranch to rein- vigorate the people o! tho State and to renew their respect for honored and h storable customs. But do not for- ;i«t that even Adam Tadpole may de- Hpi rn the inviiatli.1 of a seat on the floor of a l>sly. t!i».t has the power to prevent h it ;> omits u drunken rabble to sunnpe.l ■ i:. I slender stocking a legend of the pasl. I d . tion of Vital, nay national, importune that the diet be not changed. Or was j Legislature power to ImaroHnx ihs CPI*. A gentleman who has spout years abroad returns, and after a brief but satisfice iry survey of tho human tides in America, smilingly tells tho papers that Im has discovered a wonderful and gratifying fact: tho American girl is fur (alter and plumper than bIio was say a ilecado since. When tha universal joy which this Rnn-mncement must Create lias sub sided, tire sclontists and editors will begin their labors. It U a great poLnt ■.-lined, this Increase in the national avordupois; and it is worthy of torchlight procession that the feminino mid not the male division has been bettered. Our voters are all fat enougli now; what the country really needed was more solidity about tho domestic contingent. It needed more rouud rosy, romping, buxom girls to stimu late the admiration of tho rival sox, increx-e R» ambition and stop the uiolesi suicides which idle and discouraged young men liavo been accomplishing. Can any masculine American from now henceforth and forever contemplate suicide since it has liecoine evident that ove.y incoming crop of girls is to bo heavier than its- over sc 1-r heessor? Hardly. The atrlfe now wi 11 lie between those who seek to out hve their tiroes, and behold the hour in which all girls are plump, and the these men know of flnM i The test of the scientist and the edi- What f- ' ■ eVolut! ' r is a difficult .... rnipany drill- I'my know of , U I | ' I ‘ rl -‘‘*1 and discipline become so corpulent; for it is a ques-1 and’inefficient U Geo^S*® ^ '*** but plea?in„ They must determine upon what meat 1 theseourseizershavefedthatthey have I, m. , , —i— — military care for tho mil;. indeed a diet? Why may it not have been tho dress? Why indeed! Well, now, the TELaaaAPit is inclined to as cribe it to two causes. The American girl began to fatten about tho time Jer sey butter came on the market and tho sticky paste that the old folks used be gan to dlsappor. With the introduction this butter, came the increased avordupois; and we recall the fact that no one has ever se6n a chromo nor oil painting setting forth the beauties of the Jersey cow, but that somowliere in the neighborhood an hitherto impossi bly plump maiden divided the honors with her. But not to Jersey butter alone is due tho honor. It was the butter and tho roomy, expansive, uncramping, free- flowing “Mother Hubbard” combined. Boom and a stimulus lias added to the national wealth invested in our girls. Ths covernor and tho Pardoning Power. Attached to the message of Governor McDaniel is a list of the convicts whose sentences have been commuted or To liom pardons have been granted. This duty is require^ of the Governor by the constitution and laws of tho State, and we take this occasion to commend him for its strict perform ance. We do not believe in a general commondation of public officers for a performance of sworn duties. They are elected by the people to perform tlieso duties and it is expected that they will regard their oaths and respect the laws. But in this case the commendation merited, more particularly from the fact that olquitt, while occupying the office of Governor, had neglected this specific and important duty and up to this time has successfully defied the constitution and laws of tho State. The contrast between McDaniel and Colquitt is so wide that the conduct of the former when compared with that the latter is worthy* of special in dorsement by the people. Colquitt, in his annual message, said the Legislature that he had complied with the constitution and law in tills particular. Tho Legislature, ’ by sol emn resolution, immediately declared that he had not. Either Col quitt or tho legislature published the people of this State a falsehood. The matter was referred to- a commit tee and this was the last of it. Such’ was the potKical demoralization of the times that no representative of iho people was bravo and unselfish enougli probe this ofllcial lachess* to the bottom. A committee-failed to'do it, and to-day the people of Georgia have no explanation from Colquitt why he turned so many convicts loose upon the community, and a constitutional duty ot tl\e highest officer of the State remains undischarged. A more pitiful disregard of tlie rights of the people, a more shameless defiance of law docs net disgrace tlie history of any govern ment, State or federal. Wo recur to this subject to commend Governor McDaniel: that ho has been honest nnd conscientious in- tho dis charge of this duty, and further, to show to the present Representatives how their predecessors failed and neg lected to perform their duty. • It is not expectod that any puni-h- mont can rcacli Colquitt. But the State of Georgia still needs to lie vindicated. Ilerconstltution and laws havo bcon violated and defied by a man clothed by the votes of the poople with the highest office in tho State. Tlie cal endar of-her convicts Is Incomplete. Nobody knows why the penitentiary wore easily and frequently opened, to the danger of society. Many people believe that money and votes opened them, and the conduct ot tho-man who guarded thonr, in leaving his position without explanation, lends i. ecu to the belief. Is thero no man in the Legisla ture who dans to stand up few tl"-i «,Yr of : •• pie ani to have thia record made clear V j '“jj” 1 * - r . r ‘UStV' 1 *«i • Is the hopo of political advanojiaent I ,,j; r at I ,rj Arundel'- «< and personal favor strong crii -i/i to ] n- -l.t »(-••< - - i stifle in every Representative tho de-1 sire to do his duty? It gives it authority to "e auin „ as well as arm the soldiers. sLi. tents and all tlie paraphernalia r 'i camp life are part and parcel of in l-\ equipment. It gives the Legi s!at Z 1 authority to pay and sunport tl leTI , when in active service. Surely th* I Governor may annually order the re,- ' panics into camp far active, service ***** °t “mp life is worth mo»T to a soldier than a year 6f armory arf. Street drill under the present ey.tC ' It is to be hoped that the 8tat« vd, deal liberally with the soldiers at thi, time. Pay the soldier’s actual ex- pcnscs and once every year put bin completely in the power of his office* for two weeks. This is all that needs] to be done to place the military udob. firm footing. P " 3 The Next Cons*eBB. In the next House of IlepreseDtstire, tho Democrats havo 180 members an l thef Republicans 145. This shows a Democratic loss, the Republicans bat ing gained heavily in California oj I Pennsylvania. As between section? tlie relative Congressional strength of the parties is: , Western States Southern State* Pacific States Tho Republicans have also increased •heir majority in tin- »■ it Ihe | vote twing now 43 to 34. But with i President and 35 majority in the ] I tlie I),-n i.-r r- «ili ... ni,;,. I give the peoplo’ good government for I four yean aileaah The control of the [ government, ns Liras it lies within the I '"'■IT' >>f ll>-' 1'irly, i- . iv.igt- i„ ,i, e | hands of the South. “violation cf.thi* Proprieties,** The wont TioUtlon of the proprieties yet 1 reported in the Democrat io rejoicing wu tk* I parade through iho Itrceta of Georgia iai I body, not of the Legislature only but rf the I judge* of the Supreme Court ai well-Pho*. | delphia Chronicle. In times of great rejoicing and pollti al | • v It* if« nt men do thi: vs! - ■ • ;1 moments they willingly forget and ibel public charitably overlook. Among these,! perhaps, should be classed the alleged! parade of the Georgia Legislature and! Supreme Court. H it tS act! >••. < crowd ltd by men who ought to haye an-j| i ' I 'I-I'.v tl’f folly of HU; , . ■ entering tlie legislative !: .'1 and for 7I adjourning the State'* /r.*at legitiaUTM body was Inexcusable ami -?h >uld re * IvJ the condemnation of every law-abidinj cUizen. A StiBbt Mu Wh« Itc: "Bridget, if Mr. Wilkina comes adial| him. Mr. Johnson may come. It.’ his night, but he ha«been very aTt ! :i»'l lately, and he’s hist in the itato of mladtf ma e a mistake. ' Mr. Johnson rings the lxll. "Missis is sorry, but theenytashoY ain’t your night.” Puternitr Extraordinary. rail Mall Gx/o.'t* • \Cr,»a Vre^fobaldi, Florence, fifty*. 1570. ,1 David Wilson, Indiana, forty .seven cbil dren, year 1850. _ | Mr. GreenhiJI, Abbots Langley, Ilfrti ine children. D. Krskuis, Scotland, tbirty-th child n thirty cbildri • 170). Joe Aecept* Hi* Defeat." You don’t hear Joe Malbatton j about crying fraud. There is acandiU inducted his campaign in freshing and altogether -i'lsfacti in r. We believe he hu >n't p««i lie was put in nominal! >n. II known it win going to have thatelVc him wc would have moved S r l. nation long ago. C^e Tell Bettor-Later* Chicago mr| party d«*s th< nn I tell till. I* stealing? ’ Stayer* Pall : uost remarkab'.Q r ' : 1 eco amend* .1 V . i'--. wl-o ebev I . i 1 ■ j itiuiirere liftzu o-.mt tor Ilia.to btthopsd that no osc *« li- l-ilC. —.V daughter Ol alarm nil - ... . - i -i'rn . • - r -- iiot p*V- at in live Th. Ceoraln MJItla. . J ,. _ „ „ _ I —InBostsa tbe; Wi * r- ’- 1 ? Tlit- Teleorai’U and Messemubb » ;„k »tory to the effect that E»> • pk-twil to note tho vigorous movement JCnyran, whil* pl«yi»* lh«|T' j 1 * 1 , In Khali Of suiio aid for Georgia ' . military. As i-oiutod out lime and | that it be used theasxt tin* °'i*. ngnin, tlie (ieoiyiu militia is desperately conditioned ntul uw di tire S’nto’s f«s- terinq ram to rc<cuo it fr-m dtm >r..Ii I ailion and dikoict-r. /* ststid io I Govern ir McD.i id in liU recent mefav age, tho amount needed is not laryo, { aid it should lie applied to insuring th< proper core of nr.us and equipments improveddiseipliiio nnd tho encourage ment of tho Boldiery. IVlint tin Governor means by bis concluding tonco “without stimulating Hie mlli tary spirit in time of peaco" is diffi.-ul to understand.- Nothing so need, equate j A<tv *!so &howj I abe hav — b Riven i d sisters In lei* ml -1-io tis:" too iiiosir 1 ” "• [ New York 1>4 stimulation new aa tho military of this State. We are eonvltic 1 that one greatest disadvauta - ;s under wbl Georgia militia labors is tlie coi isolation ot tlie various c nm The companies ought to bo b together at least once year. Competitive drills, sectional pride would greatly ulate each to labor for porfi thus encouraging the efficient usefulness of the t ns it may appear, that not half tho pose tlie military since 18< men wt further ,iru , of the lob the id they invariably Jnzs'Ai i./,./1>. I n-cr.vl''; ami thf isMverth.