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THE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY. DECEMBERS, 1884. THE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER. Dolly and Weakly* THK TCLEORAPH AND MtSSlNCEB 1* pub lished every day except Monday, and weekly every Friday, TozDAiLr ii delivered by carrier* In the city or mailed postage free to aubaerlbcr* at !*l per month, $!:50 for three months, $5 for six months or HD a year. Tub Weekly Is mailed to subfcrlbera, tage free, at $150ayear. 75c. for six monins. To clubs of flvo fl.25 a year, end to clubaot ten $1 per year, and an extra copy to getter up of clnl» of five or ten. _ . Transient advertisements will bo taken for fie Daily at -1 per square of ten lines or less for the first Insertion, and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion; and tor the Wxkkly at |l per square for each insertion. Liberal rates to contractors. . . Rejected communications will not be re- °nrre.spondence containing Important news o t discussions of living topic#, I# solicited, sntmustbebrkf and written upon butono Bide of the paper to hare attention. Remittances should bo made by Express, Money Order or Registered Letter. Agents wanted in every community i® the State, to whom liberal commissions will be paid. Postmasters are especially requested AUoommunic 111 on* should be addressod to Youa ancle Josey la taking a lot ol them down under the mountain. They’ll come up properly fixed. We will all proceed to •tfc * at»T, or too or "Down la a Coal Mine." It l, said that General Ilazenis a skillful irriter and that his pen ■•precipitated the Northern Pacific crash." Let's see: was it not Hasen'a pen, also, that precipitated the northern Arcticcrash? Bartholdi's statue of Liberty may hare to stand knee-deep in the mad of Brdloe'l Island, bat that's all right. No one can a’taln a prominent atation In this country until ho baa waded through mud. SanaToa Bayaid his a habit of eating quinine, which be inherited with the Ben- atorehip from his father. “Chet” they say has found that it braces him up after an ail night roly-poly with Barney Biglin and the boys. Tin gradual dhappearance of the New York dude is attributable to the habit be has of sucking his cane. It is said that the rarnish acts upon them like cobalt on flies. The Tarnish manufacturers ought to be encouraged. Tna effort to abolish morning prayers in Harvard graw out of the fact that the foot ball teams could not bend their game leg, so early in the morning. The gore: no is bare taken the bull by the other born and abolished football. A Losr os cablegram lays that a well known journalist has started for America to travel in the interests of < be Teliqsa ru. This shorn that an able, fearless paper has a boundless constituency. Oar London friends are ai ways preparing pleasant sur prises for us. "A haw in Tallahassee, Fla., in digging a well tha other day, struck a deep layer of oyster •hells." And recently, on Sulll- Yan'e Island, an excavator came upon a lot of parrot shell,. It is singular how frequently the evidences of snbmarinc and tropical era, come to light. Nothiisq would boom trade in Macon so much aa the commencement of work npon the new road. By the way, this is an en- terprlsetbat merely ileepetb. It is ru- mcred that it will be ours In the spring. Tns St. Louis Globe-Demosrat says: “Mr. 0. F. Harriott and wife (Clara Mor ris) celebrated their tin wedding yester day. They spent the day quietly." Can it be possible that there are no boys and tin horns and Un raw. In Bt. Louis. Tax Legislature u disposed to become gusby. There was no law or reason why the clerk of the Hones ahould not employ females to enroll bills or to do other writ ing. The Legislature bad best come home for awhile, gush is apt to deteriorate into •lush. Mb. C1.1rz1.4gD baa declined to receive a Newfoundland dog, presented to him by an admiring friend. Quite correct. Orore dose not Intend to have a borne guardian dragging him abont the White House lot by his new lavenders when he comes home after midnight. TnxNew York World says: "But for Democrat'.-: treachery and Democratic fol ly Mr. Blaine would have been defeated in this State by 100,000 plurality instead of a little over 1,000." Well, everybody knows about the folly. Will not the World locate the treachery to public aaUafaciian? The Talbotton New Era say* “we want more hogs raised another year in Talbot ooanty than tor any year since the war." The New Era refers, ol course, to the great A nerican hog, and not to that variety that la seen sometime* in human shape. Bnt it is always bsst to leave no room for tech nicalities. Evsav Bute in the South has been under Democratic rule, In the moat absolute sense, lor many years, and what has It done for than? What the South needs Is not non Demo cratic rule, but awakening to tho fact that prosperity Is a matter ol elbow-f nase rather tl.au of election returns.—SU Loots Globe- Democrat. Aye, what indeed t It baa kicked out lL-t thieves placed la power by the Repub licans nnd more than doubled the value ol such taxable property as they left. Foes covered wagons passed through Ji.;>d,-efil!e on Thursday loaded down with women and children. Taro bad two oi- ti, and two one oxen each. A man was walking by each team and guiding the steers. Where they were Pom or where they were going to was not learned, bat our thing is certain, they were not giing West. Probably they were going back to Tar River, N. O., niter a Western experi ence that was not profitable. Mb. Devise, it Is understood, recently wrote to his friends in Pennsylvania aa foi Iowa: "I cannot say yet whether or not a position la the Senate would be accepta ble to me. I am told that Mr. Conkilng will probably b* returned from New York. II be la. I thins I would preler to sUy at h > ne. Tha condition of my apart if not a as to warrant me In trying to (land up o.-alnst acock that baa bal the benefit of a tlirec-yeara’ walk." >1 ms. Clovis Hearns who, a day or two ilnce abet and killed It. Morini (or ala-v- der, has been Jtutifiadhy papers found in the de al nun's apartments. A certain Unte. Lenormand was seeking a divorce from bar but band, sod in tlorini'a apart ments war* found a list of witneurs who had baso suborned lo swear that ha had b»»n guilty a Mason with Mme. Clovis- Hutbaa Mr. Randall'* Speech. Perhaps many of the people in At lautaon Friday last, were deeply dis appointed that the elements belittled the prepared demonstration. No man who understands tlie situation of the country and feels an interest in its future can find point (or criticism in tho admirable speech Mr. Randall de livered on that occasion. It was clear, concise and powerful and enunciated the position to be assumed and held by the Democratic party. Tho following extract which em braces tho very pith and marrow of bis remarks, may well be quoted by Mr. Cl^eland in his inaugural, as an out line oi his administrative policy t Ho would not ucdertalco to say that there was anything in the constitution to ex plicitly Justify protection per se, but would say tbst tho duty on Imports should be so levied as to discriminate la favor of Ameri can industries tocovor the difference in tho cost of producing tbe foreign articles and the domestic. It should bo levied so as to pro tect tho American mechanic and Amirican industries. One great duty ol tho Democratic party In power would bo to abolish tho odious and In iquitous internal revenue system, which Is an unjust and oppressive burden upon tbe peo ple. The time la not far dlstsDt whoa there would bo no room in Georgia or Pennsylvania (or Internal revenue officials; when tho reve nue needed for an economic administration of tho government would bo derived from Im ports collected on tho borders. That this expression was received with cheers and satisfaction, by a large audience composed of people from all portions of tho State of Georgia, the foremost State ol the South, should assure our brethren of the Nnrth that we are eminently sound upon the great issue, which for some time to come must divide public opinion. The Demo cratic party has been entrusted with tho control of the government on probation for tho coming four years. It can only look with certainty for a further lease of power by a rigid adherence to tho principles as laid down in the speech from which wo quote. Mr. Randall’s coming to Georgia was a pleasure and honor to her people. The Democratic victory had already been celebrated. Indeed, the red paint in some casee had dried, and in others been washed away. But tho great significance of his coming is concentrated in the ex tract from his speech, which we have given. Beyond its soundness and wis dom, it was timely. It has forestalled the President’s message, due on to-morrow, and has captured advance the only position upon which tho Republican party may hope to rally its beaten nnd scattered legions. The fact is settled beyond controversy or cavil by tho campaign just closed, that no party can hold power in this country that does not pledge itself to destroy the infamous internal revenue system, and which does not faithfully redeem the pledge. The Democratic party of Georgia and the country looks to Mr. Randall to push this scheme of destruction to fnll maturity. The inspiration of his com ing doubtless sprang from weightier motives and deeper brains than those carried about by people devoured by a desire to mako a noise and attract attention. We are glad that tho in spiration was acted upon, and that Mr. Randall came to set the step for the forward move of the Democratic battalions. The readers of the Telegraph will readily understand and share our pleasure that the position assumed and defended by tills journal three years ago, solitary and alone, has become the common rallying point of the great Democratic party, and in the capital city of Georgia haa received ttie open and unqualified indorsement o( one of its great leaders. In this mo ment ol triumph we feel that we are more than compensated for the doubts and (ears of friends, the cowardly thurats of secret enemies, and the open blows of pronounced foes. We have watched witli courago and confidence the growth of the sentiments promulgated by the TiLEOBArii. We have seen unreasoning opponents be come followers, and have been free to forghTtheir unintelligent work in con sideration of the seal exhibited in its performance. We feel that, under a load of misap prehension and misrepresentation suf ficient to have overcome anything but a strong and honest conviction, we have made a fight for the best interests of the Democratic party an l the coun try, and that in indorsing Mr. Ran dall's speech, Georgia has fatly in dorsed our poaitlon. Dr. Huicsod'a Resignation. The people of Georgia have learned with regret that Dr. Uaygood ha* re signed the presidency of Emory col lege. The best years of his life have been spent in rebuilding this institution, which, like every similar one in the South at the close of the war, was financially wrecked. For years Dr. Haygood taught and wrote and anoke in the interest of Emory. His labors were Iiercutcan. Few men could have endured tbe work ho performed in the promotion of the iuterest of the college. There were fewer still who would not have abtndoned in despair the purpose that he pursued with such hope and courage, in the face of diffi culties and disappointments that were often disheartening. Daring the years in which the college found its income inadequate to tbe proper support of its faculty, Dr. Uaygood, though poor him self,rendered large assistance tonumer- ona young men who came to him yearn ing for education and yet without tbe .means to pay the expenses of a college course. These are scattered through Georgia and other States, and if these lines should fail under the observation ol some of them, they will doubtless min gle with the!t tear* ol regret that the Doctor haa resigned the presidency of the collage, t prayer that hi* life may be spared and his future efforts signally blest. Ife leaves the college in a very pros perous condition. To his efforts more than to that of any other aud all other men it qwes its finan cial success. To his won derful good sense, his uniform kind ness, his brotherhood and fatherhood towards the young men who have been under his training and care, is due the power and influence he exercined over them. We are gratified that he is yet con nected with the cdtingo ns president of rim board of trustees. lie also holds an emeritus professorship. Dr. J. H. Hopkins lias been elected to suAteed Dr. Uaygood as President of the college. lie is well known to tho people of Georgia, and we congratu late the friends of tho institution upon their good fortune in securing such a successor for Dr. Haygood. Too Lota for Potior- The Philadelphia Press utilizes tho interval that preceded President Ar thur’s message to impress upon him the importance of doing a little farewell work in behalf of tho “grand old par ty.” Says the Press: For ox ample, it would not bo out of ptaco to recall what bat been accomplished In order to appeal to tbo fraternal spirit which should prevail between the aectloof. Without trench lug on the domain.of partisanship, tho Presi dent might make It clear that the party which haa admlnlatered tho government Is tho true friend _ of tho South. Ho might touch the patriotic chord, and might khow how greatly tho revival of tho old Inflammatory spirit la to be deprecated. There Is room and flt occasion for a broad, llbe al, enlightened deliverance which should appeal te the better sentiment of tbe South, and which, when Democratic divisions come, would leave the ba<ls for no r alliances. A weak Pres'dent, afraid of stepping on delicate ground, wonld shrink from auch a diicusslou; hut there it no reaion why a strong President ahould not grasp tt with a firm aud aurc In: d. v - ^ This has a very hollow ring when wc remember that a fortnight has not passed since the Press enthusiastically indorsed the incendiury utterances of J. G. Blaine and followed it from day to day with editorial efforts to demon strate that tho falsehoods of. the arro gant "statesman” were solemn truths. Why should President Arthur "show how greatly tho revival of the old in flammatory spirit is to bo deprecated” if Mr. Blaine’s frantic effort to arouse that “spirit” again was patriotic? Did not Mr. Blaine hare a better op portunity and "occasion for a broad, liberal, enlightened deliver ance which should appeal to tho bet ter sentiments of the South” than President Arthur now lias? Would not a ringing declaration from Mr. Rlaino that this is a peaceful and unit- edcountry; that the will of the major ity as expressed at the polls is the highest law under the constitution, de livered at a time when the country was feverish and the reault of the election was hidden, have touched the “patri otic chord” in a manner not possible for the words of one who goes out of affioo in obedience to that law alter it has again asserted itself? The Republican party lost its grand opportunity to commend itself to tho patriotism Sf the American people when it indorsed the Augusta speecli^oj Mr. Blaine. No message from President Arthur can atono for tho demonstra tion it made against the liberties of the people. Meet it is, that tbo party which waa born of fanaticism, nursed in envy and fattened upon corruption should in a flt of madness hurl itself ■olf-cursed into tho bloody chasm of sectionalism. The efforts of the Press at this stage are vain. Roll policy into sugar-coated sentences as it may, no one will be de ceived into swallowing it for patriotism, Was It the Tall of the rlekett Whatever may be the relaions be tween Mr. Hondricks and Mr. Cteve land,Unfriends ol the former are deter mined that be shall be accredited with hia full services in tho late campaign and be placed in a position that will justify anyclalmfor recognition that he may advance. Recently tho New York Times took occasion to say that Cleveland was elected without assistance from Mr. Hendricks; that while it is perhaps true that Indiana was carried by him that Slate was not necessary Ao the great victory achieved. At an offsc to this a correspondent of the Pioneer Press at Indianapolis, says: It la all over, anil Indiana, or at least her Democratic progeny, feels very proud. It le here believed that Thomas A. Hendricks did not only carry Indiana for himaeif, but that he alio matched New York SI a brand from the homing for Cleveland. “If tt hadn’t Tom Hendricks, by—, air. John Kelly would have bolted the ticket and taken all Tammany with hint,” says the enthusiastic admirers of Mr. Hendricks. This is not at ail extraordinary when the relations of Mr. Hendricks and Mr. Kelly are considered. Says the Bun: It la wall known that Mr. Hendricks haa long been an admired peraonal friend of Mr. John Kelly. Probably hta nomination waa more Instrumental In changing Tammany Hall’s fierce end lodlftiant real*fence to Cleve land's nomination Into n determined and suc cessful support of the ticket, than anything else the convention could have done. The Cleveland men openly expressed their hopes at Chicago thnt the choice ol Mr. Hen dricks might lead to that suspicion! remit, They relied upon Hendricks to ofibet Cleve land with Tammany: and the figures of tbe election show that It la well for them they did •o. If there had been the slightest diminu tion In Tammany’s teal for the Democracy, If they had been a ehadc leu earnest In their de alt* to elect Cleveland and Hendricks, thenar row Democratic plurality of a few votes more than a thousand would never have exlited at all, and the Slate of New York would have been carried lor Blalna and Logan. This may not bo very gratifying to Mr. Cleveland friends, hot ft Is a fact that cannot cully be denied. The question now l«, how will the heid of the incoming administration recog- nlse this fact? Jt will be a moat Intereitlng study, and it Is poufble that much politics! Instruction may Bow therefrom. Tas Cherokaa now declare that there Is no room In Cherokee land for the white man. We trust the ab'.e Red men are not ■•king tofltlrupoad sectional animotiUee, Alt stondy In tho Boat." The South is now in a position where it can afford to jest, lor tho first time in twenty-five years, and some of the boys make a pretense of dusting their old army jackets just to hear the “trooly loil” howl back from across tho line. Among tlie chatter-jawed patriots is the editor of the Detroit Pott, whose coat-tails have to be nailed to his editorial stool to keep him from bolting into Canada whenever the Southern mail arrives. This amiable gentleman recently bad Ids nerve cen ter horribly jostled by a little para graph in tho Tkluuu apu, and to which •he makes reply: The Macon, Ga., Teixaaapn abb Messen ger says: "John A. Logan hat been fortwen- ty years congratulating hlmiclf that ho was, at tbo last momeui, prevented from going upon the wrong aide in tae late unpleasantness, and now wakes up again to rest lie that he made a mistake after all." This means that Gcner-d Logan •■made a mistake la fighting for the Union, Instead of fighting for the Con federacy; aud that, now that tho Democratic party liu come Into power, Northern men who are ambitious to wield power In the na tional government will loon realise that they made a mistake when they fought for the Union. In other words “the Southern Confed eracy It ogalu In the saddle," and Union sol- dlcra must now be subdued. Wc insist that this is altogether too gloomy a view of the future. Wo sin cerely regret having cast such a cloud upon the mind of a contemporary who, perhaps after all, is hntnan, just like tho balance of us, and hired a substi tute to fight for what be believed to be the right, just as Mr Blaine did, and which, by the way, is genuine patriot ism; for when the average Republican burls hia money into tho breach he contributes the best part of his exist ence. Snub the Union soldiers? No, girt We want to go rigtARn nnd holp them hold the fort and draw rations. Wo want to get up at a nine o’clock reveille and be turned loose at 3 p. ni. tattoo, just tho Union soldiers who “wield power in the national government”are. Snub them!? No indeed! We are going to divido even all around; give them credit for all they have done, charge them up with what they have received, aud then give ourselves a fair chance. We want none of tho “saddle” basinets in ours. AVe are for higher wages and less moving around. Bat there’s nothing to be frightened at; positively nothing. There is not a man in the South to-day who would bust a cap” in tho presence for the great American eagle for bucketfulof diamonds. Nothing ci n tempt us to disturb the proud serenity of the Bird of Freedom again; it takes him too long to circle around and alight. AVe want to crawl up under the shadow of his wings, borrow a quill from him and go to work on a salary. "Con spiracy and rebellion” do not lurk in such sentiments as these. They are patriotic, absolutely patriotic, so yon have been telling us for lo these many years, and tho time has come when we are free to admit that you were correct in your diagnosis: A Noble Lord. Itnow transpires that Lord Coleridge, who turned bis daughter into the streets because she was determined to marry a lawyer who waa objectionable to the aforesaid nobleman, only allow ed the girl $100 a year, and for which she kept bouse and attended to tho do mestic business. This Coleridge is tho “Chief Justice” whom the Now York anobs dined and wined last year and whoso impressions of America were received with demonstrations of mixed gratification aud humiliation. AVhata pity ’Us the true American noble man cannot tell the chief justice what this people think ot a man who kept his daughter upon a level with bis ser vants nnd kicked her into the streets because she was a thorough woman. AVith such exhibitions of beastly in stincts as have been paraded for the last few years by tho alleged “noble man,“ it is not difficult to understand the growing enmity will) which tho common people of England regard the titled classes. The custom that bangs upon the breast of a thief the Insignia bestowed upon some gallant ancestor for services rendered his country, and crowns the forger with a coronet won centuries ago with the sword; the sys tem that says a man is noble because bis fathers were, is sinful and false. The man In America who would abnso and insult a daughter as has Lord Coleridge would be kicked out of decent society. AVe are loose enough here In morals, God knows, but we certainly do not class our brutes aa noblemen. The Whipping Post. Tho Now York Star, with strong language and stronger argument, con tinues to advocate tbo whipping post for tho pnnishment of such crimes as are insufficiently punished by fine and imprisonment. In a recent article two cases are cited, in which husbands bent their wives until they were insensi ble and disfigured them for life. In one of these instances not only was the woman badly beaten but cut with a carving knife; in the other the woman’s eye sight was deliberately destroyed with an awl. These crimes—inexcusable, no matter what might have been the provocation—were committed without cause whatever. Says the Star: These are the deeds of Sends Incarnate. That they occur In our own locality brlnxa their horrors close to ui. The lustful aud brutal attacks on women lately reported In other places were at least the work of atran- *et». These two women were Injured for life by brutes whom It were a libel on humanity to call men, yet who, by a bitter satire, prom- iaed to honor and chertih them. It la a scandal and a reproach to this 8tato that its statute laws contain no adequate pen alty for such crimes. Imprisonment la a farce In cues where retribution is called for. Such men, who would be hanged In half an hour in the 'Tawlen” West, are secured from the same punishment here without the barest compensation to an outraged public senti ment To tub them is the leut the taw can do, and If the dose wero repeated at tnterrals of their imprisonment, nobody would protest. Hero is a subject for the Georgia leg islator. Crime and fiends incarnate abound in this State as well as in New York. AVe have here a population that cannot be cheeked and controlled by the fear of, nor by actual fine and imprisonment. Time and again havo we been called upon to record the sum mary punishment of negro fiends for assaults upon women and children, and it is notorious that where one is caught a half dozen go unpunished. Tne only objection to a whipping yet urged is that it is not a reform punish ment; that it destroys self-respect and leaves no groundwork of character to build upon again. It is sufficient an swer to this to say that such objection is based upon sentiment only. The man who can brat his wife, feloniously assault women, or commits any crime that betrays the total absence of moral- ity a cannot be ruined by the lash. They are already abandoned members of society, and the only way to control them is to lay society’s condemnation upon their backs with a force that will make itself eloquent. AVe control brutes through fear. The brutish must be handled the same way. “An Ungrateful Contamooraiy.” Some time since tho Tilkoraph re produced from the Columbus (Ga.) Times an editorial relative to Mr. Geo. I. Henoy and his gifts to Georgia col leges,underthe headlines" An Ungrate ful Contemporary,” without any inten tion really of conveying a charge there in. Tho heading, however, seems to have attracted tho attention of pcoplo inimical to this section, and various journals have commented upon tho same. Tho Times simply deprecated such gifts as those bestowed by Mr. Scney, because of the Influence upon tbe peo ple’s independent spirit and because they are apt to convey nu erroneous idea of the State; expressing at tho same time a high appreciation of Ih donor and his generosity. AVe do not think the Times open to a charge of ingratitude, having merely considered the matter in the light oi public policy and in an impersonal mannef. Speaking tor the entire State, it is proper that wo should say that not only has Mr. Seney’s magnificent gifts been thoroughly appreciated, but the people have done all in their power to show their appreciation. The freo right of way for arailroad from Atlanta to Rome, side by side with the State’s own railroad property, and the liberal concession! from the city of Macon and other places to the • corporal ion ot which Mr. Seney is the central fig ure, show that both sections benefited, as well as the whole State, are tally ap preciative of the liberality lavished upon them. Ferhaps if these have not al ready reimbursed Mr. Seney, as the yeara roll by they will, and the remnant of hia fortune supposed to consist of stock in the favored road .become of such value as to reinstate him among tbo millionaires. It would be a happy ending of the complications which hare so reduced the philanthropist, if the bread cast upon the waters ahould return to him in after yeara, and serve to restore him to prosperity. He may rest assured that this people would enter heartily into the pleasure of such an event. Tha Turning iverof the Treeeure. The AVashington Star says: Whsn la irra then was a strong suspicion In many quarters that Mr. Tllden bad been elected President, Secretory Morrill, ot tbe treeeory, under tbe tmpreulon, II it eeld, that bis report would be tbe lest report made by a Republican aecretsry of the treasury for aoma yean, made hia annual report nmiaually long and lull. Tbo report of tbe Secretary of the Treasury Ihla yeerwlll,It is understood, un der tha Influence of ilmllar motive!, be very lull, and review tbe flsenclal affaire of tbe government under Republican rule. Then- porta of other cabinet officers will alto be made of e character, appropriate for tbe dos ing otthe history of twenty-four yean of Re publican administration. This is all very well go far as it goes, but the Secretary of the Treasury, who may be appointed by President Cleve land, should be extraordinarily careful in counting tho cash turned over to him and making a trial balance of the books. It may savo him a great deal of trouble and prevent a deficit. This point will havo to bo more carefully guarded than any other in making a change of administration. The public mind if settled in the conviction thst there haa been corruption and extrav agance in this department fur many years, if not downrighkfteahng. There is more than g suspicion that tbe books will be industriously manipulated be tween this and tbo 4th ot March next. TM New Capitol Our position in regard to the new capital was stated at the time the bijl providing tor the same was Introduced, and has been repeated since. AVe were in favor of having it bniltof.Geor- gla material, from “turret to founda tion Rtone,” that tho work should be done by Georgia workmen and the plan provided by Georgia architects. AVe do not desire to alter or amend this opin ion, but wo are burdened with no re- ■ponsihllity as to this important work. From time to time we have freely opened our columns to a discussion < f the subject to those who could not command* hearing elsewhere. Tbe whole matter has been intelligently discussed in sack shape as to .reach the commissioners and Legislature, and we propose to leave it in their hands. A Western paper ha* stertad theramrr tual eb -re It a plan afoot to give Hr. Hen dricks tbe firet place npon tbs electoral ticket and Hr. Cleveland the second. This Is what makes ti» tired. Kiohtt coontler In Ojorgia stand In tf e prohibition column. The Talbotton New Era Is miking a per sistent fight for prohibition. Mr- Randall Not Repudiated. The Philadelphia Record isa journal long since given over to bo the organ of free trade cranka and mild-mannered idiotB,whoso dreary repetitions of argu ments and fallacies, worn out half n century ago, give it a venerable and antiquated tone. This harmless journalistic mossy- back has discovered that Hon. Sam Randall has been down South and met with a rousing reception from the peq- ple of Georgia. As n mutter of con science, it feels called npon to protest and advise. There Is s bovy of now fledged, unbatched aud Indlaaroet protectionists in tbe Ststeof Georgia, not representing the Intelligent sen timent of tbe Democratic party In tbst State, who appear disposed to turn tn Intended Jubi lee over tbe election of Mr. Cleveland into a sort of Randall apotheosis in tbe name of protection. In the faee of tbe fact that within the past two years tbo Democratic party has twice openly repudiated Mr. Randall and bis works By rcfusl tig to make him Speaker of tbe Houio when ho was a candidate for that place and by refuting to name him for tbe Presi dency whon he wea a candidate for tbe nom‘- naslon; and, a’so, In the face of tbe fact that Mr. Randall, on bis part, hae as distinctly put himself Inopposltion to tbo clear and under stood desire ot bis party by refuting to support a moderate and reasonable measure of tax re duction, tbe protection hurrah set up among tbe Georgia cotton factories bu a picturesque and picayune grotcsqneneia about It that makes us smile. Mr. Randall we know hta stomach for reasonable adulation, but be •bould not Imperil tbe Arm lodgment be made in Southern heart! by his conduct when be ■tood as tbe champion of Northern Democ racy by accepting tbe leadership of Dome- cralio revolt in the hour of Democratic suc cess. Because Mr. Randall was not nomi nated for the Presidency he was "repu diated.’’ This is very, very fanny. On the same ground, Mr. Thurman, Mr. Bayard, Mr. Hendricks and all the long list of honored statesmen were “repudiated.” Mr. Randall was beaten for the Speakership by an appeal to Southern sentiment, and by the treachery of men whom he had built up. Tho former we have from men who voted for Carlisle; the latter is self-evident. The whole scheme, which began with the candi dacy of Carlisle, and was crushed by tho defeat oi tho movement to extend the bonded whisky pe riod, and by the death ot the Morrison horizontal redaction bill, was a whisky ring conspiracy to perpetuate the in ternal revenue by lowering the tariff. At Chicago this element could only se cure a platform that might be con st) ned to suit its purposes; and it fondly believed and heralded that a man had been secured who could bo relied upon to so construe it. This was in outline the history of the late movement on the part of the un holy alliance between whisky and id iocy. AVhen tho strength and backing of this union is considered, tho charac ter of Randall, who in the short space of eight months hta rieca triumphant over all opposition and has Been hia opponents defeated and scattered to the four winds, shines brighter than ever. Is this repudiation? Jf so, how will you class the fact that the va cant desks of more than halt the men who voted for Morrison’s bill will stare Mr. Randall in the face at the opening of the Forty-ninth Congress? Tho Presidential campaign waa fought upon other than a tariff issuo by tho Democrats until within a fow days be fore the eloction. Just prior to election day the Telegraph concluded an article as follows : Is all cbanco for victory la Norember then goner Not neceuarily. A bold committal of bis party to a protecUre tariff policy; a union of tbe dltrupted elements of New York city, la yet wtlbtn the power of Grover Clerelend. A belt dozen epeecbet In Indians, New York, New Jersey end CoanectlcuLdeflnlng blmielf ax a protection Democrat would start tbe tidal were for whose coming tbe country'* eyes to long bare atralntd tn rain. The article appears simultaneously with a change of programme. Cutting loose from Morrison, Carlisleand AVnt- terson, Governor Cleveland took the stump in Now Jersey and Connecticut advocating a prctocive policy; Hen dricks made hia appeal to Kelly and we are assured thereby secured a solid Tammany support; and sustained by the New York World, thongh de nounced by tho Courier-Journal, the new movement prospered. There exists not a particle ol donbt that the short, sharp campaign of one week changed tho rout into a victory. In this movement Randall was conspicuous actor and adviser. He it was who, sustained by tho protective sentiment of the South, as voiced by the Tklkorami and other leading jour nals, stood firm and laid the axe npon the python’s neek last spring. It waa bis policy sustained by the nnterrified press, that brought Cleveland to the stump and the opposing forces face to face with the real issue of the day. Cleveland went into Connecticut and New Jersey In response to the demands of the Democratic protective element of which Mr. Randall is the undis puted leuderand of which such papers as the TtLiORAm, Nashville Ameri can, Memphis Avalanche, Birmingham Age, Timcs-Democrat, Chattanooga Times, Anguata Chronicle, New York AVorld, and of Into the Atlanta Const! tution are the exponents. Small wonder then that Mr. Randall and the press and people of tho South should feel drawn to each other and spend a day or two in jollification. De spite the desertion ot 8ou(bem Con gressmen last winter he knows that a grea'change has swept grer the Sooth; that the people wherever enlightened are in favor ot a protective policy that will build up home industries and de velop home resources. He sounds the rallying cry of the South when he says, down with the internal revenae and np with protection. The spon taneous tribute of Georgians gathered in Atlanta to the great protection lead er, the unanimous election ot protec tion Senator* in Georgia aud in Ala bama and tlm solid array of protection journals in the Booth, mean that the Demi-ratio party haa pet rermdia.id “Mi. Randall and hia works.” 8tlll n Myatery, AVhat,” said tho Shah of p„ r ,;. one day, “meansall this turmoil I h £ in tho streets?” “Most High ..a Mighty Son of tho Sunrise,” 8 rpn u a his Grand Vizier, "it is the po p jj£ n 8 °, ne who cal 'e»t himself “ a ade n 9 ”' h ° geta about !>■*<"»• "Let him bo brought in •” The guards brought in on the run an old man oi majestic appearance te whom tho Shah said briefly; 44 “Let the hippodrome proceed ” Thereupon tbe alleged Buddhi began his circus. He swallowed three cannon balls without winking; he climbed an invisible pole; ho rubbed tho rheuma- tisrn out of a scullery maid’s rhoulder- he removed a royal wart from the Grand Vizier’s nose; he rolled lamp lighters, lit them and they became writhing snakes; and took a six-year- old girl out of his pocket handkerchief. Thcso did ho all most excellently’ Yet did not tho grant ruler bat his eyes, "Art Buddha?” ho said tersely. (The Shah was very brief-winded). ‘Yea, verily.” Then tako theo this lead pencil friend, nnd drop tho same upon the floor. If tho end break not, then verily thou art Buddha. But tho alleged Immortal, shrieking wildly, “That I have tried these many yeara in vain,” fled forth, (lung him self from the battlements, caught upon his cheek and escaped hack into the far recesses of tho Himalayas. But tho great monarch smiled feebly and said: “Thus have X unmasked already, nineteen Buddhas.” "—«■* • Cotton Stntement. From the Chronicle's cotton article ot November 23 ore gathered the following facta relative to the movement ol the crop for tho past week: For the week ending Norember 23, the total receipts have reached 281 G9> bales, •gainst 258,774 bales last week, 2C9.1K bales three weeks since; mtkng the toul receipts since the 1st of September, 1331, 2,505,451 bales, agtinat 2 420,231 bales for tbe sama period of 1833, ebowing an In crease since September 1, 1884, of 65,187 bales. The total receipts at all tbe interior towns for tbe week hare been 183,879 bales, since September 1, 1405,429 bales. The receipts at the same towns have been 23,- 755 bales more than tbe earae week last year, and since September 1 tbe receipts at ail the towns are 147,710 lets tban^for the tame time in 1883. Among the interior towns Macon Is credited with 2,737 bales for the week, and with 38 213 bales forthe reason. Last year tbo receipts for tbe week wore 3,415 bales, and 43,393 bales for thereneon. Them fig ures indicate a decrease for tbe week, as compared with last year, ot 078 ba'oi, and for tbe eeason a failing od oi 4,13) bates. The total receipts from plantations since September!, 1881, were 2,755,388bales; in 1883 were 2,745,082 bales; in 1332 were 2,701,552 bales. Taking tbe receipts from plantations, tha net overland movement to November let, and also the takings by Hnuther i spinners to tbe same date, the total risible supply becomes 2 003,843 bale:), a decrease in tbe amount In sight as compared with lost year of 27 803 bales. The imports Into continent*! ports for the week have been 85 000 bales. The ex ports have reached a total of 148 555 bales, ot which 70,478 were to Great Britain, 27 253 to France and 42,824 lo the rest of tbe continent. Relatire to the fluctuations in the mar- krt for the week under review, the Chron icle says; We have had another week of ipecnlatlre manipulation and wide fluctuations la prices of cotton for future delivery at thl* market Somethings! a '‘corner" on Norember op tions became a feature at the close. On Sat urday there waa a aharp decline under Mice to realise, promoted by tbe report that Norem- ber eoitncta had been t-ncrally aettlad, kut on Monday there was renewed buoyancy, fa vored by favorable lurrlan adrlcea end cold weather at the South. On Tues day tboro was soma further ad vance. amt Wednesday, after a weak opening, ctoaod "lightly dearer. To-day there was. In tbe later dealing", a prexxure of No* vemU ,* contracts, and this month advanced 11 points, while other deliveries closed onlr riijatiynigner, and nonces for December de livery war generally thrown upou the mar ket. Tho close, as compared with last Friday, UsUgbllydcarer for the winter mon'beand cheaper for the distant deliveries. Colton on the spot lost on Saturday i-*S cent ot the pro* vlous advance, and remained quiet end un changed until tbe close to-day, when middling uplands were quoted at 10 7-1* cent. A Specimen. It was our deliberate opinion that Bibb ooanty bod three Represenlslires In the Leg islators, bnt poealbly we ere mistaken, for some of tho Macon papers may frequently be seen to refer to “our representative, Mr. liar- rti,” Wo did think that Mr. Onatln asd Mr. Cbarit* Bartlett represented each a third of th-honor ot speaking for Rlbb In Atlanta, but It appears not.—Katonton Messenger. The words quoted by the Messenger were used in connection with a notice of bills Introduced by Mr. Harris. AVhy under tho Sirenmstances it ahould be necessary to name the other repre sentatives from tliis county is more than wo can fathom. Tho lingering enmity to tho Telegraph has long since passed the humorous stage. It is now ridiculous. A Rsmarknble iaonpe. lira. Marv A. Daly, of Tunkhannock, Pa„ waa nillicted eix yevra wllbaatbma usd lironcldlij, daring which lime the bed physicians ootudgiveno relief. Her lua vrsadi#pairf*<l of, ootil in hut Octot>«f the procured a bottle of Dr. KIok’s New Di«* covery, when Immediate relief waa felt, and by continuing its upo for a tborttlme she was completely cund, gaining infletn 60 pound*, in * few month?. . Frm trial bottles of this certain cure of all throat und lun* di‘«.i#es at I.amar, Rankin it Lamar’s dra^ store. Large bot tles |1.00. The S7S.000 Prize to nn Unknown Hare! It la collected by t*he Louisiana Nation al Hunk for an unknown deiH*lu>r . '*h* lucky 73 465 waa presented at the mam ot- tice# of Th* LouUlana State Litt< ry Coni- !• .rawby Mr. A. Loria,Oi-ilerol the Lou- i-iana National Hank, for a depo-ntori I Lie Is nil that lb* Lottery Company - ,.f it and Mr. 1. na declined,to name f lurky ’dS5 ;l.*d ti) -New Or!t hilt of is City