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ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1878.
<flu ^Constitution.
ATLANTA, GA., OCTOBER 22, 1878.
We print elsewhere a very kind notice broadcast and plow them in. The plant*
from the Burlington Hawkeve, to which, ing may be done successfully at any time
as usual, we desire to call the attention during the spring or summer, if not fol-
Generay. John B. Gordon spoke in
Gainesville Monday, the 21st inst.
Mr. Fernando Wood has lifted the
pressure no little by an assurance tliat
his taritT-revision bill will not lie pressed
during tlie short session. The mass of
jobs that is called ???the tariff" needs re
vision from top to bottom; but it would
I e unwise to block the necessary business
of the coming session with a measure
that could not be matured on account of
the opposition it would encounter.
A it as on i. of money sharks are trying
to form a coalition of hard-money Demo
crats ami Republicans in the Indiana
Is k ginlsture with a view to the defeat of
Mr. Voorhees. One W. If. English, a
wealthy Democratic banker, is to be the
big-bred candidate for Senator. This is a
very pretty scheme; and all that stands
in the way of its execution lathe stubborn
fact that there is only one hard-money
Democrat in the Indiana Iiegislature.
He is a son of Mr. English, but he is not
numerous enough to help out the Repub-
liran deficiency.
The MlaCe I'nlveraltjr.
We chronicle w ith pleasure the election
of Prof. Woodfln, of Mercer university!
to the chair of ancient languages in the
university of Georgia. The vacancy
made by the death of Prof. Waddell was
a very serious one. It required the ut
most discretion on the part of the trus-
te**s to prevent the loss being un im-j??aru
ble one. They have done well, however,
and deserve the commendation of their
constituents. Prof. Woodfm is oneof the
ripest scholars of the day, and is peculiar
ly qualified for the work to which he is
assigned. Ills election is a matter fit for
congratulation.
We are rejoiced to note the increased
prosperity of the university under Dr.
Mell???s chancellorship. There are fifty-
eight new matriculations against about
twenty-live of last year. There are now
over one hundred students in actual at-
tcrslancc, ami it is said this nnmlier will
In* materially increased during the month.
We have little douht that the nieinlier-
ahip will In* HjNredily pushed up to several
hundred names.
It is the duty of every Georgian to sus
tain the university with pen, tongue and
patronage. We hope to see it soon take
its old place among the universities of
the land.
and the t Minpmlicn.
We learn that some of the in<le(K*n<l-
enta throughout the state are issuing
threats of vengeance against Senator
fiordon for taking part in the canvass in
the contested districts. They have for
mally warned him off, and advised him
that they would ???lieat him for the sen
ate??? if he came into the skirmish. Gen
eral Gordon is doing his honest duty liy
the deiiKN-ratie party, which is the (tarty
that has saved the state and honored
him. If he did not liave the manliness
to stand up for the democracy now, he
would deserve nothing at its hands. The
inen who are fighting the |tarty now???the
so-called leaders, we mean???may just
well understand now as any other time,
that the people have drawn the lines
now, and will reiiieiiilN*r on which side
every man stands. The dcmiNTatic (arty
is put at issue on its integrity and its
honor, and it will have no tolerance for
traitors or laggards.
As for General Gordon, he ean,
courts*, laugh at the men who threaten
him. Their wordy assaults remind us
of a little story that we commend to all
concerned. There was an old woman in
North Georgia that had a little lice she
was very proud of. One day corps after
corps of Bragg???s army was filing past her
humble cottage. Every few minutes her
little dog would rush out and Itark at the
soldiers. ??? Come here. Trip,??? she w ould
cry, confident of her dog???s powers, and
fearful for the Confederacy, ???come here
sir! don???t you bite the army! 1
Hammond and Aras
The most casual observer cannot fail
to see that the Arnold movement in Ful
ton county is rapidly going to pieces. It
has never been deemed possible that it
could hold together for thirty days. It
lias never had any ???bottom??? in it. It
was liased on fallacy and mischief???the
product of sore-heads and malcontents???
without excuse for its formation or
strength in its system. It opened with
hurrah, and is going to pfooM amid gen
era! derision. Its ad cuptandum appeals
and its high-sounding premises, acting
upon idle and inflammable listeners, gav
it at one time an ap|*arvnt volume. It is
now dwindling day after day, and losing
its grip upon all its strongholds.
Its friends claimed openly on Saturday
last that Hammond would get only te
votes in Brooklyn. We were shown on
yesterday a list signed by thirty-live hon
est, intelligent eitixen* of Brooklyn, most
of them workingmen and leading green
(sicker*, announcing their purpose to vote
for Hammond and calling for the forma
tion of a Hammond club. This is hut
sample of the campaign all through the
country. There are a good many well-
meaning and intelligent men who were
caught by this movement at first, but
they are rapidly falling hack into ranks
and leaving the organisers of the
alone in their hastily made camp*.
Tin* most serious defection, however,
made from the Arnold ranks in this conn
tv, is in the workingmen. A great many
of the mechanics looked with favor
this movement at first- Some were de
luded into giving their support to
They have now had time to look into the
matter, however, and they see that there
ia nothing in it, They see that it is
causeless and dangerous revolt against
the old democratic party. They see that
it is support ed in the main by a danger
ous and worthless element of the commu
nity. They see tliat the leaden in whom
they have confidence are all against it.
They see that Hammond, against whom
tlie movement is directed, is as good a
grevnltacker, and a much abler and safer
man than Arnold, in whose interest it is
organized. They see, in short, that it is
a congregation of blatherskites and sore
heads against the masses of the people,
and they are quitting it on the double-
quick.
Tlie truth is, Arnold has never liad any
sort of chance of being elected. His
strength has been bunched in Fulton,
S|*alding and Clayton counties. It has
Wn broken down in each of these cun-
ties, and in none more effectually tluui in
Fulton. Even if he gets the negro vote
solid, w hich he cannot do, he cannot carry
this county. It will give llammond a
majority varying from 300 to 1,500, accord
ing to tlie fulness of the vote.
Some of the hard-money organs stem
gloat over the fact that Thurman i* still ill.
our numerous readers. The Ilawkey
kind, and at the same time cruel. Be
cause we give Hatton and Burdette credit
for earnestness of purpose, is it to l??e sup
posed that we are not as earnest? The
editors of the Hawkeve fought on the
ither side, and some of us fought on this
side; but after all, what does it amount
After all, we have hut one country
left os, and why cannot we join liands in
making it the best in the world? It is
true we hail a little difficulty in tlie old
time; but why cannot we forget t!iat,*or at
least remember it with some sort of rever
ence for those who took part in the bloody
controversy? It is wrong for the editors
the Hawkeye to remember that thosq
who fought for the South during the war
were as generous, as brave, and as self-
sacrificing as those who fought for the
nion? Suppose that the war had been
confined to tlie editors of the Hawkeye
and The Constitution, would it l>e mag
nanimous for the Hawkeye, after being
victorious, to tramp around over the bat
tle-field hewing and hacking the dead and
killing the wounded? Why not he satis
fied with the victory? To judge from the
complaints of the stalwart organs, there
was no surrender in April, 1868;
whereupon, we are inclined to
inquire if history has belied herself. We
are not in arms; we ait* not engaged in
war. Tlie oppression of the colored man,
least so far as Georgia is concerned, is
one of the campaign myths that the
Hawkeye would do well to eliminate from
its political polyglot. We have been can-
1 with our contemporary. We have
given him the address of the Chairman
tlie Republican Committee in the hope
that he would at least take the trouble to
Ires* him a (tostal card u(>on the subject.
There is no difficulty at all about the mnt-
r. A letter or a pistal card will reach him,
and the Hawkeye will learn the truth.
We cannot answer for other States; we
cannot even answer for Iowa itself. We
<loubt even if the colored man has rights
there that the sutler is lsiund to respect.
If he has, the fact has never come to our
ars. The truth is, the Hawkeye, os bit-
r as it is when the jiolitical crop is to
In* harvested, and The Constitution, as
Southern as it is when the test comes, are
upon the same line after all; but we look
the prospects through different sjiecta-
cles. For onr (wirt, we are willing to al
low the Hawkeye the greatest latitude
opinion. Is it willing to do
the same? One thing is certain: we
cannot have any true reconciliation until
each side is prepared to give the other
redit for gallantry, pit riot ism and hon
esty of purpise. When that day comes
???th will discover that the cause for which
me side fought was well-nigh identical
with the cause for whieli the other side
rifired itself.
Am (??? Reconciliation.
them with a straw-cutter, sow them thus insuring the election of a demo- 1 moderate-sized
lowed by too dry wather.
Tbr GforrlM.ktRnrttl,
Tlie September crop report of the State
Dcjurtuient of Agriculture is reasonably
'ncoiirngiiig. Tlie l??asis of its compara
tive statements is the actual yield of last
year. On that basis the com crop, which
nearly all housed, is put at 101, or a lit
tle better than the handsome yield of
1877. The distribution of the crop is,
however, very different. The dry weather
of July reduced the crop of Upper Geor
gia 23 per cent, below last year???s product;
the Middle Georgia crop is also 1m*1ow an
average; but the crop of all lower Geor
gia is enough letter than last year's to
raise the crop of the State to a yield
slightly in excess of the previous year???s.
The country lielow Macon will want no
foreign corn ibis year, and the deficiency
above a line running through that city
will In? very small.
Tlie Commissioner puts the State???s yield
>f cotton at 87, or 13 per cent, lielow last
year???s crop. The percentage* of the sec
tions nre as follows: North Georgia, 81
Middle Georgia, 78; Southwest Georgia,
!*??; East Georgia, 95; and Southeast
Georgia, 87. It is estimated that 59 per
nt. of the crop was gat hens 1 on the
first day of this month, against 34 (ter
cent, last year. Considering that over
one-half of the crop had been gathered,
the answers received by the Commission*
from nearly every county
in the State may safely he accepted as
evidence-that Georgia lias not produced
this year a great crop. Tlie large receipt*
at interior parts are due partly to the
early maturity of the crop and partly to
the favorable prices at the owning of the
new cotton year.
Of the lesser crops of the State, sagar
cane is above an average, but the yield of
sorghum lias not been good; and thesweet
potato crop, which is entitled to a (dace
next to corn and cotton, is a tine one
Commissioner Janes wisely devotes con
siderable space in the report before
the last-named crop. It has not received
the attention that it* importance demands.
It is good for botlk man and lK*a*t, and
none of the crop should In* lost through the
want of care in placing it for future use.
We refer our readers to the Commission
er???s minute directions on this point. He
goes further than the preparation of
hanks or hills, by advising those who
have drying machines to slice and dry
(iart of their sweet potato crop,
known that the dried product, groun.
into meal, may bo shipped to any climate,
and will keep for an indefinite time
When properly prepared for the table,
a manner analogous t???? that of preparing
otlier dried vegetables and fruit, it
scarcely inferior to the fresh potato. En
terprise in this direction would probably
develop a steady demand for the dried
(Potato for use in the army and navy
this and foreign countries.
The last page* of the report an*devoted
to a consideration of the merits of Ber
muda grass, which the Commissioner con
siders tlie productive grass of the South.
After a careful study of the subject, and
an extended correspondence with scores
of the best farmers in the State, he sums
up it* valuable qualities, as follow;
1. It i?? easily projiagatcd.i> perfectly hardy,
and will survive and flourish under alnust
any circumstances,short of a determined
fort to destroy it.
2. It is* exceedingly nutritious, whether
green or a> hay.
3. It is well adapted
ing of hill-sideband to
ity.
*4. By sowing the sod in winter-growing
grains or grasses, a field of it will afford
fresh from the
or otlier known
Colonel Arnold** Card.
We published in our last issue a re
markable card from Colonel Arnold, in
hich he attempts to meet the point
made by Colonel Hammond, on tlie pita
that Colonel Arnold filed in his own case,
when he swore that greenbacks were un
constitutional and asked that he be re
leased of twelve per cent of the amount
money he had borrowed on account of
the depreciated value of the money
when he borrowed it. The plea was
drawn by Colonel Arnold himself, is in
own handwriting, and is sworn to by
him. It was read by Colonel Hammond
show Colonel Arnold???s inconsistency
tlie greenback issues. It was perfectly
legitimate for him to read it, and there is
doubt it lias had a serious effect on
the greenback champion, judging from
the scathing reply he luis attempted to
make. Colonel Arnold takes occasion to
refer to the insurance companies, which
says have so vilely robbed the people
Georgia. If they rob our people by
lending them money, and when the note*
come due they have to sue for it, and are
inet with such a plea as Colonel Arnold
filed, they will soon cease to be able to
exist at all. We are compiled to say
that Colonel Arnold???s defense is as weak
his plea.
The greater (tart of Colonel Arnold???s
card is taken up with charges against
Colonel Hammond. We admit that
Colonel Hammond???s official record is le
gitimate subject-matter for investigation
and ex(Njsure. If there is any stain U(K>n
him no man has ever heard of it. He
a man who has been honest all his life.
His (leraonal, (tolitical and official record
without a spot or blemish. He filled
the responsible office of Attorney-Gen
eral at a time when there was more busi
nes* connected with the office than even
before or since the office was created. He
brought thousands of dollars into the treas
ury of the State by suits that he insti
tnted anil managed. His record as Attor
ney-General is perfect. No man in the
State could have tilled it with more ability
with better success. Colonel Arnold
goes out of the way to couple the ex
penses of the office under Bullock???s ad
ministration with the expenses during
Colonel Hammond???s term of office.
Colonel Willis, whose language Colonel
Arnold quote*, is one of Colonel Ham
mond's warmest friends, and would, if
necessary*, vindicate his honor and integ
rity in any place ami npon any occasion
Col. Arnold had taken the pains, oi
had he desired to get at the truth alioiit
Col. Hammond???s action* and doing* while
Attorney-General, lie could have found
the facts in tlie report made to < iov
Smith in 1870. It ap(>ears from this re
port that Col. Hammond had tried and
ended suit*, while Attorney-General,
amounting in the aggregate to $201,509.19;
that he was defending suits against the
State aggregating $130,378.78; that he was
prosecuting cases in favor of the State
amounting in tlieaggregateto $393,531.2
and that he represented fl. fas. in favor of
thy State, against individuals and corpor
ations, amounting in the aggregate to
$119,550.08. There lias never been
word said, nor the slightest complaint
made about the manner in which these
suits were conducted. The truth is, no
lawyer in the State could have done bet
ter than Col. Hammond.
Col. Arnold says he understood that
large proportion of the enormous sum al
luded to was paid out for attorneys called
the assistance of Col. Hammond.
Where he got his information we are at
loss to know. He is the only man in the
world that has ever heard it. Col.Hammond
had nothing to do with employing co
sel. Tlie Governor did this, and
have no douht many lawyers were -
???loved who were of no service to the State
nor to the Attorney-General. But why
cliavge this to Col. Hammond? He had
no more to do with it than Col. Arnold
himself. The only distinct charge made
by Col. Arnold is that Col. llammond re
ived a* additional compensation $2,700
??? $3,000 in the tax case*. CoL Ham
mond was justly entitled to it. He ta
ilored assiduously in these case*. He
went to Washington City before the
United States Court, and made a great
success of the suits. He received a large
sum of money and (??aid it into the State
Treasury, and, instead of finding fault
with him, he should lie complimented by
every, man in the State. But, says Col
Arnold, he grounded arms in the canvass
a few days ago and went before the Su
preme Court as attorney for the railroads
in t he tax case*. In other words, because
lie had been employed formerly in a suit
against the railroads by the State,
he must never take a case after
wards in favor of the railroads.
New suits have begun since his term
expired, and he must be forever liarred
from appearing as counsel for a railroad,
because he was once attorney against
them. This is the merest bosh, and
shows what a weak bise Col. Arnold has.
Would he refuse to take a case for a rail
road? Has he ever failed to represent a
railroad or a corporation? If so, when
and where? As to questions of good
morals, this is too flimsy to talk about. It
certainly was intended by Col. Arnold
as one of liis ???humorous jokes.??? It is
farcical???it is al??*urd.
cratic president in 1880 under all circum- slopes of the Blue
stances. A majority of states is required j 3. There is no
to elect in the house. Let us see how the J malarial influences within many miles
next house will stand. The states that j of it???the surrounding-country being of a
have, or certainly will have, delegations ] mountainous nature.
???A BAD CITIZEN.'
4. One hundred
I yellow fever have
I city since its fourn
| during one original ca^j
5. The city is subject
I of typhoid fever, but bi
larial fevers are almost
being freer of the lad
I south.
In view of these fad
j we don???t say probable-
yellow fever can be propagated in At
lanta, or for that matter in all the Pied
mont region? The manVho belives that
it can,must necessarily .Jfct either his fears
to occasional cases
lious or other ma-
anknown???no city
bt class, north or
ft is it possible???
* i it possible that
controlled by the democrats are:
Alabama, Missouri,
Arkansas, North Carolina,
Delaware, Ohio,
Florida, Oregon,
Georgia, South Carolina,
Indiana, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Texas,
Gmisiana. Virginia,
Maryland, West Virginia.
Mississippi,
The republicans on the other hand can
only count as certain:
Colorado, M i nnesota,
Iowa, Nebraska,
Kansas, Rhode Island,
Maine, Vermont,
Mai-achusetts, Wisconsin.
Michigan,
While the following states may lie fairly I or his prejudices run away with his judg-
set down as doubtful: | ment; for lie must at the very outset de-
California, New Hampshire, I dare the entire history of the disease in
m!i!d? iCUt ??? New Yorkf ??? I this city and country eccentric and mis-
Nevada Pennsylvania. I guiding, and then proceed to build up a
This gives the democrats nineteen I ^ ,eor 5??? that demands a. degree of faith
states and the republicans eleven. Of ,hat obviates sight and experience,
the eight doubtful states the democrats GENERAL CORDON AT GRIFFIN,
need carry but one to secure a clear rna- A Npr ??? h u.m^W-tb,
jority of the thirty-eight delegations, and I organized Democracy.
control of the presidential choice, I Tlie opera house at Griffi.*? packed full
w hile the republicans need the last one I ??n Tuesday night of (>eop ?? uo came to
of tlafen. The victories in Ohio and In- hKlr Senator Oonl??n discus the issues In
diana liave placed tlie democrats where I ^ ope people. After ntging the import-
they are no longer endangered by official a,K * of , he came out,
OBJ I ???vs the Griffin News, ajnarely for the
iminee of the party, not simply for per-
devices of an unscrupulous party, be-|*onal motives/but ???from principle. Said
cause all these tilings can not be brought I t *l c e f, nen !! : ,,"' ou 1,ave luan
A . . a _a a ??? I who has all the courtesy of -VIV . entleman,
to bear in one or two states. There i* I a ll the honesty of a Christian, all the elo-
more work cut out by the results I quence of the???advocate, and the wisdom of
in Ohio and Indiana than the Gorham I , But 1 speak for the reuse
.aa*. va ..aw. ??? t j, e ??? t j |e CXiUse 0 f government???
committee and the administration can I the cause of local self-government. The
nossiblv manaire. I r4,,,s??? of local self-government is the cause
1 , /* t . .. l4 I of American liberty, and the cause of
let no one tlnuk that we have thought- I American liberty is the cause of human
lessly included Indiana in the democratic I liberty throughout the civilized world. It
list. We have the very best reason for sol j*
doing. The delegation consists of six I No! Lc t j^mmal interests and per-
democrats, six republicans, and one dem-1 *>??al aggrandizement all i*erish; but let the
1 |arty ot r ******* * 1 *' - *
. . tight on.???
The doctor is the balance of power m the I lackers are making now. His remarks
delegation. He was elected chiefly bv I ???l** 1 * , *?????? M hue of his subject brought down
democratic votes, and on Friday night lait {J^il'J^riot^b/ttvc???remind yet lfs was
* *?????? ** * * * 1 democrat, and, like all other good demo-
Bnt He Died with a Fame That 1> Bet
ter Than Gold!
BY BAR W. MALL, (OLD II.)
???A fear days ago a gambler, named Harry Sav
age, who had nursed the sick, buried the dead
or thereabouts of * nd ???"> faUwrlycare of a family of orphan.,
, . . died oi the yellow lever in Chattanooga. He
Drought to the wor fced without fee or reward and gave his life
n, without pro- like a man for his fellow.men.??????Exchange.
he was serenaded by the democrats and
nationals of Indiana(??olis. In the course
of his reply, he said:
We rejoice to-night because of the victory
of tlie (leople over a ring, a monopoly which
has brought distress and vice nil over the
land. Republican legislation is being re
buked by tlie i>eople. Tlie republican (tartv
lias failed to ao anything to keep (tace with
ich* the country was ma
but have stopped it all. If we*(??y our debt:
must work, and tlie (tarty in power ha-
destroyed the industry of the country. We
are opposed to the legislation of the reptile
lican jiarty, and there sliould be no division
* i our ranks. All who are fighting for prin-
ple. nationals and democrats, should stand
shoulder to shoulder in the good work. W??
must combine against tlieenemy. We liav<
not closed the rauqiaign. The Imttle must
goon until we have gained tlie victory. The
crats, was laboring to arcoimriish tlie very
object that this organization nur-
| ports to be organized to accomplish.
For instance, in shaking of Ratioual banks,
be said, ???abolish tlie system, pay the bouds
I iu greenbacks, and stop the interest. If
| the government is good the greenbacks will
be good. If the government fii not good, by
| what process of reason can it he shown that
the bouds are good.??? These
of the great leader of the southern democra-
I cjf. What more can an lioiieqt grcenbacker
sk for?^
Our limited snacc will not |temiit the
!>uhlication of tne entire speech; and it
i??uld In? an injustice to attempt a synoj??-
It was well received; those* who
heunl it were delighted with its words, so
freighted with the love of liberty and the
' >ve of country. No man can. impute the
lotives of the noble Gordon, or come be-
Well, mebbe yer wouldn't er took him, Jedge,
Right inter yer own household, sir.
No more than er shep'erd would take a wolf
Inside of his young lambs??? fold, sir:
But he had er heart like a full-grow???d man
An* as warm as er woman's cheek, sir.
An??? when thar wuz work fer his willin' han*
He never show'd up too weak, sir!
lie wua what yer would call ???a sport" Jedge.
A feller that played on the gTecn,
Like them that up iu yore court, Jedge,
You've often an* frequently seen.
Jt didn???t disturb him wflip, sir.
When his luck an??? the kyards didn???t gee.
But he'd take from the tray his last chip, sir.
Ter stake a poor devil like me.
know???d him when up in Verginyer
We wuz fightin??? with Jackson an* Lee,
An??? yer stood fer Jest what thar wuz in yer.
Ter compose what er soljer should be;
He wuz brave ez old Caesar, I???ve told yet
An??? alius lu front of the line.
An??? a-dyin* would a-beat that *ar soljer
Them poets sent up ???on the Rhine! ???
A bad citizen? ??? Yea, Jedge, he puz, sur,
Kf yer quoten??? the law in the case.
In boldin??? hi* own he wuz tough, sir,
An* bet on hisself in the race,
But up there in the presence of death, Jedge,
With his duty ez plane ez that sign.
He never stopped twice ter take breath, Jedge,
Ner took his own life inter min???!
With the sick ???uns he stayed like er brother.
An??? he buried the dead like er priest:
He took care jest ez fond ez er mother
Of the orphins, from biggest ter least
He bet on King Death with a ???:copper"
An??? didn???t take time fer ter choose.
But however the dealer might drop ???er
He w uzn???t afverd fer ter lose!
He hez passed in his checks like er martyr
An' cherity coven his sins,
Fer, elsewhar wc may dick an??? barter
But in trouble heart-work alius wins!
This man lived a life that was hard, jedge.
An* chuck fall of sin an??? of shame
But don???t yer forgit that the Lord. Jedge,
Weighs the saint an the gambler the same!
He Didn't Sell.
I guess ril sell the form, Jane Ann, and buy a
house iu town:
Jones made an offer yesterday???he???ll pay the
mouey down.
lie said he wasn???t anxious, but he had the cash to
spare,
And reminded me that nowadays cash sales
very rare.
The farm ain???t worth much, any way, the soil is
mighty thi-
the crops It
of them in.
Besides, that pesky railroad that they'
thro* tills way
Will cut the old place slap in two???Jones told me
to-day
ain't afraid to work, you know???my daddy al
ways said,
???There ain???t a single lazy hair In Nehcmiah'i
head.???
There wasn???t no lazy hairs, I know, iu that oh
people of tlie land must rule it; and, when I tween him ami his countrymen. The scar
thev com I line, oppression goes down Indore I til????n his cheek isa memorial 6f tluwc times
their miglitv will. I lived in New York I when unity_of action was demanded and
when Tweet! was at the zenith of liis (tower, I unity of action was had among tlie (tropic
and I say to you that he was not as infamous I of the south; it is a reminder of those day*
as the republican managers who corrupted I when as one man we tailored for the tri
be often purchase the election last Tuesday, I umpli of truth and right,
and 1 hojte the courts will turn the key
those who bought men's votes. ???
Tlie doctor closed with an argent a(??-1 T ** E WATER P ROOF WOT.
(teal to the two (tallies to combine and I* Terrlb, ^??"yj* J ??? sl
work against the common enemy. He I Special dispatch to The Constitution,
spoke of tlie sure distress which the I St. Louis, October 17.???Dispatches from
winter would bring, and urged all classes I Waterproof, Louisiana, to A. 8. Yaruer,
to aid each other. | mayor of that town, who is here, say tliat
about 2.500 negroes
valuable renovator and enricher
of the roil, being, for this purpose, perhaps,
more available than tny other for the grad
ual reclaiming our worn-out and wasted
hiH-ri.lv>.
The testimony contained in the report
px^s far towards establishing these points
???far enough certainly to justify a thor
ough trial of the grass by every progres
sive and enterprising farmer. The plant
ing for this crop should be done in March
or April. The ground should be prepared
as for corn. Some prefer to drop small
Ass Overwhelming Victory,
Tlie republicans, from the president
down to the custom-house claquers, liave
kicked np a considerable dust over the
late elections???claiming tliat the tide lias
turned and that the republicans are about
to regain their old ascendency; when the
truth is/ the tide is sweeping on stronger
than ever, and the hope of republican
ascendency is absolutely crashed. All
the noise and dust over Ohio was simply
intended to prevent a stampede in Novem
ber. The republicans, owing
the folly of the grcenbacker*,
did elect a few petty state
officials in Ohio by perhaps 3,000
majority; but every substantial result
the late election mas against them. Tlie
fight was for the control of the house
representatives, and of the Indiana legis
lature which lias a senator elect. In both
res(>ects the democrats come out the win
ners. Mr. Voorhees will be his own suc
cessor, and the gain of members insures
the control of the house by the democrats
by an increased majority.
There is one a*(>ect of tlie victory that
lias not, however, been duly considered
???its bearing upon a possible election by
the house of a president. If the people
fail to elect, the choice is thrown
into the house under the unit rule
of the constitution. By this rule Oregon
has as much power as New York, Colo
rado as much as Pennsvlvania. The elec-
engaged in a reimrted
Elrvnilon nnu *>ll.w F..re. I uu|brMk ???, ore The ??? ,, ti t(Mta
There is an iinpre.ssion that tlie present I j udKe ( ; or)Wli j. v . H ??rri,.n and Jett
lever epidemic has exploded the elevation 1 Sn} d ??? are wonnde<L xhe burilhlg u f
theory upon which many sections of the I buildings is also reported,
country have confidently rested. Up to I thirty-six negroes killed.
this year Memphis and Fort Smith werel Tlie following is derived from the office
the highest points in tl\is country at which I ??f the steamer Natchez: A fight <>ccurred
. , ; * . -j ??? | with the negroes yesterday in Guldman;
the fever had been epidemic. These four miles above Waterproof, ii
places are about 500 feet above tlie level I which, it is said, 36 negroes were killed am
of tlie sea. The fever has this vear as- h'ie remainder dispersed. Somenersunsap-
, , .. lll . , . | prehend further trouble, while the general
sinned the epidemic form at Hickman and I Impression is that the negroes will not again
at Chattanooga. It did not prevail at I assemble. Assistance is (touring in from
Uallipolis as an epidemic. Some -cue*
arose from the tugboat that was strangely I morning from St. Joseph, Louisiana. No
permitted to scatter tlie poison over a vast I plantations have been burned.
. , . . it ????? | A communication lust received from a
stretch of river navigation, but the I citizen of Waterproof states all quiet and
ease quickly died out without infecting I settled. Ten negroes were killed yesterday,
any section of the little town or its vicinity. I *j EW . Orleans, October 16???The city
- . ??? , i i. i | full of wild rumors about the trouble >???
Chattanooga is in short the sole case I Tensas (tarish. Governor Nicholls re|??ort:
upon which those depend who I that he has received information that *
-k to discredit the elevation theory. S
And yet it is only alxmtsix hundred feet I Una from Natchez arrived there. The par-
above the sea! Hickman and the little ???*??' authorities ask for state troops.
.... ^ ??? . . . ..I the governor ordered the Louisiana field
towns of W est Tennessee, m "Inch the I ar tUit*,y and Crescent City battalions to be
disease is prevalent, are all lower than I in readiness to receive marching orders by
liattanooca. Is the existence of the fever P*. 3 - 'e-morrow. It is stated that the
. *7 I steamer Paryond lias been chartered by the
at Chattanooga, which isonlybOUfeetabove I .(ate to transport troops to the scene of dis-
the sea level, sufficient to refute the en- I turbance.
tire history of the disease in relation to
elevation in this country? Scarcely. I MR. TILDEN'S DEFENSE.
Chattanooga is situated in a valley in | Butler at the Bottom of Cbe Cipher Dia-
hich malarial fevers liave been by no
leans unknown. The city itself lias nev
er been kept in a cleaner condition tlian I make an explanation of the cipher dis
it should be. At the end of an extreme- I patches. He will disclaim any knoweldge of
l.v ho. summer the fever obtained a loot-1 iS
bold in it, W e see nothing in all this to | own skirts. He is excessively annoyed at
disprove the elevation theory. A hot
summer has carried an unusually malig-1 H5s explanation and disclaimers will take
nant type of the disease about one bun-1 the form of an open letter addressed to a
dred feet above its former limita-tha, is friemL^^^mjumer o, his famous
all. This does not prove that it can prevail I There are many circumstances which
one hundred feet higher still; on the otlier I lead almost irresistibly to the belief that
. i -a - i j..* ?? i ai..,* I Ben Butler is at the bottom of the cipher-
hand, it is additional evidence that it K . legnuu disclosures. It is known liere
cannot, or at least is very unlikely to be-1 that they were in his possession at one time
cue epidemic at auy higher point; forif iXmwi???ngc?' ta?hS
at tlie end of this year s August the poison I general purjMise to make both of the old
of Grenada and Memphis could not I j??arties odious and build un a third of
a| l0 _ hnndrml I fnatcljlc>s purify, with himseff ut the head,
score more than six Hundred leet, I he dw * not hmiish for publication, he
it will be useless for the poison of the fu-1 undoubtedly instrumental in their see-
ture to attenq.t to creep up higher. j??K light- He has, it is believed here, a
.. . , ????????? I large bundle of cipher disjatclie* of some-
No one claims that elevation is of an\ I w j, at *,in,n ar im| M >rt from republicans, cov-
account :ls a vellow fever preventive, I ering the same (**riod, which he will allow
???? it .UiMva or nuMiifics to he printed before the election, and thus
except as it destroys, lessens or mouines h . t|ie nmtc .hless third party,
the causes of malaria, namely: heat, 1
moisture and the decay of vegetable mat
ter. If elevation materially lessens the
degree of heat and lift* a people above an
air filled with moisture, thus taking away
a considerable part of the process of veg
etable decay that exists in most semi-
trijwl to work with williu' bauds, in sunshine
and in min;
And I've always wore a cheerful face, except
times, maybe.
When them giddy, headstrong steers o??? ml
would ???haw??? when I yelled ???gee!???
Perhaps it may be sinful for a mortal to find
fault.
With toiling hard both day and night, if he only
makes his salt,
???ve thought while cm
the hillside over th.
my cross wasa???musl
boned man to bear.
It???s alwsyi been my custom, when plowin??? stumpy
To hunt some good old-fashioned hymn???it sorter
cased my toll;
But I tell you what, 'twas pretty hard to smother
the words of sin
Whene???er* springy root would break and whack
me on the shin.
mention these???ere things, Jane Ann, because
THURMAN'S VIEWS.
The Gentleman of the Bed Bandana
on the Recent Election.
Cincinnati Enquirer Interview.
Commissioner???Senator, do you feel dis
couraged by tlie result of the Ohio elec
tion? .
Senator Tuurmax???Not in the least. I
hoped for a better result, but I was prepared
for a worse one. This is the first year in
which tlie issue between the (leople and the
national banks was sharply defined, and
put all other issues almost out of sight. I
was on the stump about six weeks, and spoke
nearly every section of Ohio, and every
where 1 found that no other question so
much interested the people. The Demo
crats were naturally indignant at being
robbed of the presidency by the returning
board frauds of 1876, hut tlie most eloquent
denunciations of that stupendous crime
against popular institutions seemed to in
terest them less than a calm,
fair and truthful discussion of the
currency question. Then the contrast be
tween democratic economy and republican
extravagance in the admuiistratiou of the
federal government, which, under ordinary
circumstances, would have inevitably de
feated the republican party, had but little
effect, compared with that produced by the
issue between the (??eople and the banks.
The corruption that in the last thirteen
years lias brought so much disgrace ou the
nation ought to have been sufficient to.oyer-
throw tlie republican party, but the minds
???*tliq people.were preoccupied by theP* 4 ???
Lpiestiqn, and they took but little
in any oilier. ijuu>:ion> ot (tolitic&l
economy or monetary science would seem
to be dry themes for discussion before a
(Hipular audience, and yet no otlier themes
excited so much interest.
Commissioner???If you are right in what
have said, senator, d????es it not follow
tliat we are beaten on the currency question?
Senator T.???Not at ail. Instead of being
weakened by our platform???I mean the plat
form of our last state convention???we were
greatly strengthened by it. Had we faltered
oil this question we* would liave been
beaten far worse. But why talk about being
beaten? Add the vote of the nationals to
that of the democrats, aud is not tlie repub
lican or national batik party in a minority
thousands in tlie state? Yes, tens of
thousands. And then rememtier how the
republican candidates and orators dot r
and prevaricated. Remember how
Secretary Sherman announced tliat lie
-or of keeping in circulation $30O,U0l),-
.f greenbacks, or at least as many as
could lie ka.t at par with coin???a declara
tion that has brought upon liis head the
severest denunciations ot the liank advo
cates in the east, l^ook at tlie speech of Mr.
Foster, at Springfield. I liave no ropy of
???t; hut, if my memory is not at fault, he de-
lared himself iu favor of keeping iu circt
lation all the greenbacks now outstanding-
$346,000,000. When 1 was in Canton 1 wj
told that the friends of McKinley claimed
that he was as good a greenback nu
General Wiley, the democratic candidate.
I don't know what foundation there wa
the assertion; but 1 am convinced that that
impression was produced, and tliat it lieljied
to defeat one of the best men and one of the
bravest soldiers that Ohio has ever produced.
Was not General Warner everywhere met
by the record of Van Vorhes, in op|??osition
to the demands of the capitalists and (tank
ers of the east? And have you ovcrhiokcd
that precious piece of spread-eagle oratory
of Judge West, extolling the greenback, that
stood at the head of the Ohio Stale Journal
weeks in italics? Why, sir. I tell y??
that the republican candidates and orators,
with some exceptions, did all they could to
dodge the issue. But the national Imnks
were not deceived. They knew they were
round.
So now, if you???re agreed, Jane Ann, I???ll sell the
???You???ll never leave the good old place as long as
you have life!"
Well, there it goes again, I vum! Go on
i???re bound testay right here,by gracious???
HELENA ATTACKED,
The Yellow Fever Finds a New Field,
Helena, Ark., October 14.???The following
announcement was made by the board
health to-day: This board believe* itm...
becomes their duty to announce to the citi
that, while the prevailing disease may
not be strictly yellow fever, it certainly *-
quite as fatal,*and the citizens are hereby
advised. There are about seventy-five cases
of sickness in town. Ten new cases and six
deaths are rei>orted for the forty-eight liours
ending at noon to-day. The quarantine has
been raised. A Howard association was or
ganized with Judge J. Cole Davis as presi
dent, and begun work at noon. In on<
house four deaths have occurred within tlie
last four days, and the fifth party is down.
Court Keene In a Mining Camp.
San Francisco Chronicle.
At Owen???s river mining camp, when Big
ng camp,
point blank at a trial to
t line between two claims,
Bill Moody Swore
ascertain tlie exact
that he hod seen the original stake driven
in 1852, Mr. Graham said:
??? Mr. Moody, do you swear that you saw
that stake driven iu 1852? Remember, sir,
that you are on your oath.
Mr. Moody???Yes, I do.
Mr. Graham???Could you not be mistaken 1
Think, sir, was it not some other stake?
Moody???No, sir, it wasn't.
Mr. Graham (his hand gliding round
the luck of his belt)???Do you swear, sir, y
could not be mistaken?
Moody???Well, I???I am pretty sure.
Mr. Graham (firmly, as his hand gra*(**l
???methitig at his back, which answered with
click, click)???Don???t you know it to be
fact tliat you never saw any stake in s
place driven into anything by anybody
Opposing counsel calmly draws a m
x. and examines it contemplatively.
The Court???I will state to the qpj*
FUN FOR THE BOYS,
A Little Warmth Developed In the
Fourth.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
Newsas, Ga., October 16.???Hon. Henry R.
Harris addressed the citizens of Coweta to-
. . day at the fair grounds and retired. Colonel
tropical sections, then malaria to any I Brewster, of Newnan, was called on by the I o _ j ^
considerable extent will be wanting; and I audience to reply. During his speech Major t a deadly weapon??? known and described a* a
in H,tho ronl.I not he Drev- <in * cc ; Xcttoii- and J. F. Joues ai.- ^-shooter. I submit to yonr Honor that
in tliat ca*. tne teter coni<l not tie pret 1 ,) te ..^akcr. disputing Ins argu-: if j 5tan d committed he should be
alent. I ments. He dia not reply to them, but said : with me.
We put the case guardedly and we be- f t . arris l '?>! done as he did in the war stuck . Tl.e Court???Yes: it is so ordered.
.. . ,. .. I l??w sword in a hollow log and left. The he the nearest jail was sixty miles dis-
lieve tinpregnably. We nave at least the | W a* given to Brewster, who threw a pitcher, j taut, as Caliph???s judicial acquirements did
???unsil that there shan't be no shoot im d??
in this court, an* fordrawin??? a shoot in??? ir
which that is contempt of court, theopp
sin??? counsel stands committed until further
notice.
Mr. Graham???A righteous sentence.
Opposing counsel (slowly rising!: If y
Honor please, it is a well-established joint
of Chief-Justice Storage, of Texas, that it *
the right of the counsel in a suit at bar
see to it tliat the learned counsel
op(M>site side does not get the drop
witness. Your Honor may have heard tlie
ominous cocking by my learned brother '
??? ?? wicuctw, "???*??? ; UUK, as LZlipil ?? JUUibHM auiuiicuiciiM ui
whole history of the disease in this coon- I and a general row ensued. Several pistols ! ??? ol include a knowledge of how to draft _
trv nnrWh If awav from water I were but no damage was done. Per- commitment, and as the constable was him-
try at our oacss. ii away ironi water ^ 51< . aks at the filir grounds to-morrow, ^jf - une G f t he bo vs" and perfectly under-
the disease can prevail anywhere in
this country, it is certainly very
strange that in the course of one hundred
and fifty years it has never gone above
six hundred feet. Theorists tnav assert
H. H. P. j yfood the matter, the>e occasional in term j>-
?????? ! tions of a trial amounted to no more than a
THE WOLLASTON TRAGEDY. i temjK>rary adjournment, during which the
.. . . . ?????????????, RMnonKihi. constable and the bar, and a few inside
The Conductor Found Responsible frieudg m convivial game of draw.
For It.
, ^ , ... , , Boston, October 16.???In the examination
and reassert what they like, but until I at Quinev ^ 1o the cause of the Wollaston
??? ** * ???* J ???" *'???*v that
A Conflict of Opinion.
York, October 16.???There
t of a fight between the democrats
AGRICULTURAL.
THE FIELD, THE FARM, THE GARDEN.
Notst???8e??d Planting???8eed Corn???Cotton
8o??d??? Floral Items???Bermuda
Oran-Sweet Potatoes.
VOL. XL, NO. 18.
well and regularly, butsliouh! be kept clean
and comfortable also.
SEED PLANTIN':.
I It is very desirable, not only to have
good seed, but to see to it that they'arc
& . . . w ??? ! properly planted. To scratch up the woil
Ponltry, Hog*???Wanted???Bwal News???Farm and rover the seed at any uncertain depth
docs not insure a good crop. Whatever
crop is planted, let the ground be thorough
ly broken up and pulverize*!. When tne
farmer puts his seed in the ground, there
are several things he should hear in mind.
The roots of plants cause them to grow and
develop, and this is jiartly done by absorb
ing nutriment from the soil. Not only this,
but tlie roots collect up food for the future
of the plant. Roots run down, looking
moisture. How easy, then, for the farm*
to see that tlie soil should be made
mellow, that the roots may reach down,
easily hunting up food for the plant. Where
the soil has been mode rich, plant-food is
more speedily and abundantly found. If
the soil is loose and well pulverised,
the heat, air and moisture can enter the
ground aud prejutre the plant-food. Not
only this, but when the ground is well bro
ken, the neat, air and moisture will enter,
and give life and health to the seed. In
covering seed, the depth lias much to do
with their vitality and germination. As a
general tiling, seed should be covered in
^portion to their size.
Always select new, good seed, and see to
that they are clean and free from trash
anything injurious.
COTTON SEED.
self-|'reservation. They and the hun
ilred thousand federal office-holders supplied
tlie sinews of war to the republican commit
tees, and the consequence was that never be
fore in Ohio was there so corrupt a use
ey in an election. Mark it,
not say tliat the banks in
tlieir corjiorate capacity furnished
money, hut their shareholders and dej*end-
ents did. It was not to be exjtecied that so
tremendous uitd ramified a combination as
that of tlie national hanks could be assailed
by the democratic (tarty without our losing
at the outset some votes. Remeinlier the
desertions from the democratic (tarty when
Jackson vetoed the hill to rccharter the old
national bank, but in tlie end the losses
mre than compensated by our
gains from the ranks of tlie ojqKisition. And
so it will lie again. The antagonism be
tween the democracy and the national hank
system was inevitable. It is what Seward
would have called an irrepressible conflict.
With its jiower of expansion, the national
bank system if iierpetuated, may, in a com-
|iaratively brief j??eriod, treble or quadruple
its number of liauks, and ('radically wield
by far the greater jiortioii of the active
cajiital of tlie country. And who
then would rule, the banks or the (??eo-
ple? I find fault with no man
for being a national banker. I would
not say a word to create prejudice against
him as an individual, lie is engaged in a
business that the law sanctions, but it does
not follow that because he is an upright cit
izen the unjust and dangerous system, of
which he is a part, sliould be perpetuated.
It will take time for the people to fully un
derstand and form a correct judgment ujmiii
this question. It is true that financial aud
currency matters have been much discussed
eral years; but until this year the dis
cussion was so much marred and obscured
by extravagance and wild theories that the
real point of controversy was almost lost
sight of. Now tliat jKiint is clear. It is a
square fight between the (leople and the
hanks, and every day???s discussion will make
it more and more jilain that we liave the
question. Over two tliou-
nks, wielding $500,000,U0U
of cajiital, over $??K??,000,000 currency and
$700,000,000 or $800,000,000 of deposits, and
suj'jiorted bya great jiolitical party in (low
er, and using the immense (??atronnge of the
government to retain its dominion, is a for
midable foe to attack, but the attack will,
nevertheless, in the end, prove successful.
Commissioner ??? Senator, what do you
think of the third party???the nationals?
Senator T.???It contains many gisnl men,
some bail men, and not a few misguided
The idea that it can absorb the de
cratic party, or the republican party, or draw
enough from them both to become the
dominant party, is fallacious. In a country
of free institutions there never have been,
and there never will be, but two great per
manent parties, the one a party of privileges
created by law, and the otlier a party of
equal rigfits. In onr country the J*arty of
equal rights is tlie democratic (??arty. T 1 ???
K irty of privileges, created by law, has e-
???eri, and yet is, tlie party opimsed to the
democracy.??? I exclude from the oompari
son the slavery*of the blacks that formerly
existed, not only in the south, but also in
ortli. That was forced upon us by
onr English ancestors against
earnest protest of our fofetathert
eluding that, what statute was ever j??a??ed
by a democratic congress or _a.democratic
legislature to center special privileges upon
democrats? Not one. But, on the other
hand, every public debt law, every lianking
law. every tariff law, every subsidy law,
has conferred immense privileges u|??on oui
8ir, tlie democratic jwirty is the
IMPROVED FARMING.
Crops of all kinds are yielding well in
Georgia this season. The cause is not that
tlie season alone was favorable, but planters
have digested much information that has
been printed on agricultural subjects; have
been better instructed in the principles of
vegetation, in the chemical qualities of soils
and the natures and uses of different ma
nures. The farmers of tlie state to-day are
doing more than they ever have done to
combine the powers of art with those of na
ture, to improve the soil to tlie
greatest degree of fertility, and tiius
minister to the subsistence, the in
crease and the hajtpiness of mankind.
Many of our fanners see that the face of na
ture lias felt the bad effects of tlie cultivation
of their fathers, and they are changing barren
fields and swampy marshes into productive
spots; are covering red old hills with vine
yards, purple with grajics, and orcltanls
bending with the weight of fruit. Theerrors
.of ancient farming are being corrected, and
vulgar superstitions are exploded. Farming
now is carried on upon clear aud intelligible
principles. The farmer has hunted up the
causes of the fertility and barrenness of
some of his fields, and the aj??plication of
natural history and chcniistiy has greatly
accelerated the Improvement of these fields.
The farmer of to-day is learning of the food
and nutriment of vegetables???the nature of
soils. He has found out the best modes of
meliorating them with various manures.
He lias learned something of the connection
between causes and effects, and he exercises
a degree of ability, management and skill
in the various departments of his business.
Tlie farmer of the (<ast planted as his father
did, watblied tlie moon and was influenced
by vulgar, superstitions traditions. The far
mer of to-day profits by the diffusion ol
knowledge; derives assistance from the phi
losopher, the naturalist and tlie chemist;
and is furnished with the useful principles
of every art in the least degree conducive to
tlie improvement and success of his.
j'atiou. Imj'mvcd farming will now
timie in our state until the cultivators of
the soil will lie more than ever rewarded for
their labor; they will enlarge the circle of
their comforts; supply tlieir fable
more provision; will lay up a comjieteiit
supply for tlie day of sickness and the in
firmities of age; and their farms will assume
a new asjiect, exhibiting in successive scenes
long ranges of fields waving with every kind
of vegetable production, and rich and ver
dant juistures filled with thrivflig flocks and
herds.
WANTED.
We are anxious, now that the harvest
various cn??(??s is drawing to a close, to hear
from intelligent fanners from any section,
telling us of their experiments with crops,
fruits, or of the breeding and raising of
hogs, cattle, horses, mules, sheep, (MHiltry,
etc. We know that there are many gentl???e-
men engaged in the business who are able
to suggest improved methods of fertilizing
ihesoil, and other new methods and appli
ances of value. Wc know that there are
farmers, who have ex(ierinientcd and have
learned how plants^grow and are nourished,
and hoar animals are reured and most eco
nomically fed. At any time we should lie
gratified to receive communications from
such men, that we may lay them before
readers.
TURNING UNDER LAND.
Crops raised especially to lie turned under
for manure are far more beneficial than
many imagine. Tlie plan is a bad one; at
least no very great bcuefit Ls derived by |ier-
mitting a croji to remain above ground'until
its organic and inorganic matter is lost. If
the object is to enrich, let the grass, weeds
and green cnqis lie turned under while
green. Where a green crop is turned under,
the benefit will be seen in the first croji
grown upon the land. Living plants con
tain in their substance that which dead
plants have not, and that which the lund
requires.
MOULTING HENS.
eceij't of a letter
county, asking what feed Ls best for moult
ing liens. Good wheat attswers tlie purpose
about as well as anythingelse. Corn should
given them???this produces fat???but too
much of it h?? not beneficial. Wheat pro
duces albumen, and makes blood, bone and
sinews. If you make fat at the expense of
blood, bone and sinew*, the fowl is apt to
become unhealthy.
POULTRY.
- -M
a hen???s spur is hard and the scales on her
legs are rough, sell her, for she is too old hi
ofitable much longer. If her under
... so stiff that you cannot bend it down,
and tiie comb thick and tough, send her to
market; she is too old for the farm. If she
ly the rudiments of spurs, if the
scales on her legs are smooth, glossy and
fresh colored, the claw???s tender and short,
tlie under bill soft and the comb thin and
smooth, she is young enough to keep. And
when chickens are kept let them be at
tended to. bo not kcejt too many, and do
not crowd them in their quarters, lu feed
for use as a fertilizer? * Kuuewood.
An excellent liomc-made fertilizer can he
made of stable manure, hog j??cn manure
and wood ashes, scrapings from under hick
ory, dogwood and otlier trees. Compost
this and thoroughly mix. t ???otnpost cotton
seed with it at tlie rate of about one-eighth
* seed; ajuily about three hundred pounds
I the acre.
Dr. Janes, commissioner of agriculture.
[will give you his formula, which is excel-
perhaps as good and as cheap as any
Hiaer. For summer emits, his formula
650 pounds cotton seed, 050 pounds ma-
ire and 700 pounds sui??rr-phospliate. You
ill find the commissioner and his assist
ants courteous, well-informed gentlemen,
and they will take pleasure in giving you
any information on the subject.
;es them healthy,
the young pullets wheat soaked in hot
water once a day. Barley and com and
Freed-
the
is of that of the root at convenient distances, tions of lost Tuesday transferred Ohio and in this country.
thev can name an instance where tlie I disaster, the testimony served
, . ., . . I Hartwell, conductor, now under arrest, did prospect of a tight between the democr
fever has assumed an epidemic form I U precautions to send a sig- and J. S. Davenport, United States suiiei
outside of malarial districts, outside of I na l on tlie track to warn approaching trains, sor of elections. Yesterday Judge Fre
sections in which* high degree of con. on the supposition that the .xcursionuain Und ordered that a voter hid
seraons is .iuui > . kad ???m v aiti Bcston. The engineer of the right to register on papers issued
tinuous heat is joined with great I tra j n testified tliat Hartwell, after 1868. and no election officer had
humiditv in tlie work of destruction??? the accident, said that if he had had two power to go behind the certification of
... , _ . .i ???_ - -ii M^nndk more he could liave thrown the supreme court or common pleas. Late last
until thej can do tliat tlieir thecne* w ill I uyer prevented the accident. . evening Davenport issued orders to the ??u-
fin.l few believers. I* 1M Jpervisor* and marshals to disregard tlie
Of course we have in mind more par- We.nderi.xs .r .he Twrkun S???elTwith rappS^fStitSiS^piSv^^d
ticularly the capital city of Georgia. It I Question. seize the papers and send them to him.
mav be that the theorists would go so far I London, October 16.???Gen. Rheinlander To-day the supervisors were carrying out
; M 1 telezraohs that the district of northern*the orders of the democrats, getting out
as to assert that the fever could prevail I jjnnnahas been subdued after various en- inandiuntues compelling the registration of
here ; but who would believe them in the I gagements. which have coat the Austrians those holding papers.
face of these indisputable facts: 1500 killed. , _ . | ?????????
_, . . . , , , . The Russian minister ot finance was at I Y.. ra
1. Hie city is over four hundred feet. last, consulting the leading T ??"
above the fever???s extreme epidemical line I bankers in regard to the new loan. Noth- Trenton, N. J., October 16.???Daniel M.
ing is settled. The minister left tor Paris Dickerson, for embezzling $16,000 of tht
Tuesdav The report that the Russians funds of the Manufacturers??? bank, of New
??H>tiiey suppuse^that his illness is oi uiat w ?????? M w ?????? U ciuu HM maw, HVW ... I Tuesday The report
p-culiar degree of hiliousnes that tats ten covering them with the foot or with one Indiana from the list of states controlled J 2. It b* seven mues away from any con- have resumed withdrawal towards Adrian- ark, has been sentenced to ten years im-
\ hoosand years- furrow, while others collect the roots, cut by the republicans to the democratic list, siderable water, and that a rapid-running, pie is not confirmed. The report that layard, prisonment in the state prison.
op|M??nenL??. Sir, the democratic (???arty ls
natural party of free institutions. It is
destructible no long ns such institutions
Ambitious men, seeking for a ???
deal,??? may strive to destroy it, but they
will only???realize the vanity of ???kicking
against the pricks." Look at our vote this
year in Ohio and see how tlie j??arty has
maintained its organization and its integ
rity. I Jell you, sir, that sliould the demo
cratic parte cease to exist liberty would cease
to exist. The contest would then he between
desjM'tism and communism. The democratic
|*arty is tlie break-water against both, aiu*
it Ls the only truly conservative party ii
the lund. There is no reason, whatever, why
a democrat should join or remain in the
national j??urty. The democratic (tarty is i
nowise resjtonsible for the evils ot which L
complains. For nearly eighteen years o
party has been out of power. Every act
legislation of which the nationals co:
plain was passed by a radical congress and
approved by a radical president. No relief
from the consequences of these acts can lie
obtained except by the agency of the dem
ocratic party. No third party can afford
relief. This fact, which is becoming
and more aj'j'arent day by day, will,
end, draw Ut tlie democratic party all win
are opposed to ruinous radical legislation,
and jmt an end to radical rule.
Commissioner???Changing the subject,
senator, have you seen that the news(*apers
have been stating that you had an atteck
of paralysis at Beilaire?
Senator T.???Yes, I saw that nonsense.
There is not the least foundation for it I
have not bad the least symptom of paraly
sis. I liave liad a very severe bilious at
tack, and that is all there is of it. Of course,
1 was much fatigued by nearly six weeks???
continuous stump speaking, hut the only
effect of tliat was to retard my recovery
from the bilious attack, or rather to delay
the recovery of my strength. But I am
gaining strength every day, and will soon
Wlthant Foundation.
St. Loris, October 16.???A special from
Topeka, Kansas, says; Reports to tlie ef
fect tliat the work on the New Mexico and
Leadville extensionof the Atchison, T<
& Santa Fe has ceased, or is about to
are wholly without foundation,
leasing of the Denver A Rio Grande railroad
is entirely independent < f the matter.
It is gratifying to learn that sheep culture
receiving more attention in our state.
And why not? There is much on a farm
tiiat would (trove useless were it not for
sheep. There are weeds and briers throui *
the fields and fence corners that they <
stray. They are really but little expense,
and every year pay a good profit in lambs
and wool. Georgia farmers sliould do their
tart to keep all the money they can here
tiome, especially when it is to their inter
est, and oue way to do this is to raLse all the
Mil they can, both for home conHiraij'ti
well as that, and mutton to semi out
e state. There is nothing that can
raised on the farm with as little care and
exi'ense, and nothing that will (trove more
remunerative. Get you a few sheep, a gttod
stock of the common ewes of the country
and improve them hy the m??e of a choice
buck. Sheep pay the second summer front
tlieir birth, wliat other animal will do
this? Horse raising, or cattle growing,
gram farms, all require a good deal
money, but fifty or one hundred sheep cost
hut little money, and then yon can go into
the business on land tliat is too jtoor
anything else. Get a few sheep and try
DEEMl'DA grass.
A letter liefore us asks if Bermuda grass
quires any cultivation? It d??xss very
ell without it; still, if occasionally stirred
with a coulter, it will (tay. .Stirring it per
mits the rain water and other fertilizin;
elements to enter about the roots, whicl
will greatly improve the grass.
seed corn.
We are in receipt of a letter from a sub
scriber making some inquiries altout seed
-uni. If he will look in the buek numbers
f The .Constitution he will find
two articles on tlie subject. Corn that
selected for seed should be taken care
of. Where two or more ears grow on
stalk, take the best from each stalk. Select
large care, those, too, in which the rows are
uniform and regular in sice. Take such
cars that tajter the least, and that are well
filled out. Reject the grains from the tips
and butts, using only the central grains.
It is a well ascertained fact that the grains
ear the ends of the cob give a smaller
ieid and an inferior kernel.
STOfX ON THE FARM.
The present season lias demonstrated that
Georgia fanners can raise horses, mules, cat
tle, bogs, sheep, etc., if they would. Many
counties will raise their suj .ply of meat???why
not all? Hogs should be looked after, have
salt, corn, be provided with pasture, not be
allowed to sleep in filthy pens. Nothing
pays better on the farm than hogs. If farm-
ira would look after their hogs, they would
find them healthy. If a litUe refuse rani
is fed out to the poor hog, ha is regarded
as being cared for. Give him com, clover,
Brood sows particularly sliould be well
fed now*, and they will xh.ii lie in good con
dition tor breeding. Half-breeds are the
most profitable hogs for the farm. Begin
feeding for pork at once, giving the poor
coni first. If yon have green stalks, this
cut fine and mixed with meal will mako
tlie (iigs thrifty. Provide a sufficiency of
water for the hogs, for their digestion is bad
ithout it.
SWEET ROTATORS,
Die sweet potatoes as soon as the vines are
'Uclied hv frost, and allow them to dry in
If they show signs of rotting it is
best not to harvest them until the vines are
dead; they should then lH??sj*read thin over
over a floor to dry, and not put in heaps
until cool weather. Potsuoes keep best in
the dark.
RURAL NEWS.
Tlie United States makes 15,000,000 gal
lons of wine.
Tlie United States sliij's to foreign lands
400,000 barrells of apples.
Adam Smith, of Boone county, Nebraska,
owns 20,000 acres of land.
la their native mountains the Merino
sheep are small, although tine boned.
Fruit lands in Los Angelos county, Cal
ifornia, an* worth from $50 to $150 (*er acre.
There has been no increase in the acreage
coni in Great Britain during the last ten
The American association of short liorn
breeders will meet in convention in Nash-
illc, October 30tli.
Their are 10,155,400 horses in the Unites!
.States, valued at $610,201*.'*30; the average
value of each horse is $60.08.
FLORAL ITEMS.
Climiiers generally like a little shade.
Ferns prefer the shade.
I)o not use barn yard manure on lilies.
Well rotted leaves or sod is better for them.
Any fair garden soil is suitable for tulips,
but well rotted manures, decayed sods or
surface soil from the woods will lie found
of great benefit.
Well decayed sandy co>v manure is lies!
for bulbs, but where tliiscannot lie luul, well
decotnjioscd surface soil from a forest
growth will answer a good purpose.
Use care in securing good (totting earth
for j'lants. A little tobacco or lime water
will compel angle worms to come to the sur
face, where they can lie removed.
Crocus, snowdrops, narcissus, jonquils
and hyacinths bloom early, and at a season
when we have no otlier flowers. They need
little room, little care, little expense, and
repay the little trouble they require.
HOUHEUOI.lt RECEIPTS. ???
Do not put pillows of feathers in the sun
light to air, but in a shady place with a
clear, dry wind blowing over them. This
will keep wCll cured feathers sweet. A hot
sun turns feathers rancid.
Roast spare ribs???Rub over with salt, pep
per and (towdered sage liefore putting in
the oven. Tlie gravy should he made of
tlie drippings as in roast beef. Allow fifteen
minutes to every pound of pork for roast-
g, and serve tart apple sauce with it.
Pickled chickens???lkiil three chickens un
til tlie meat will fall from tlie hones. Re
move the meat as whole as possible and put
into a stone jar. Add to a pint of the water
in which they were boiled enough vinegar
to cover tlie meat. Season with cloves, al-
C ice, pepper and salt, and (tour hot over
e chicken.
Cough syru(t???Put a small quantity of
pine pitch into a pint of water. Let it sim
mer until tlie water is well impregnated
with the flavor. Dip out the gum which
remains undissolved, and add honey enough
to sweeten and make a thick syrup. Dose???
a teasjHtonful four or five times a day. An
other???Five cents??? worth of chloride of pot
ash dissolves! in a tumbler of water, and the
ly gargled. Rub
camphorated oil.
farm notes.
Rich food to animals makes a good strong
manure.
Tlie fatter the stock on a farm tlie better
the soil will become.
Make every acre on your farm contribute
to your own and the general good.
Occasional feeding of salt is very inqiort-
ant to the health and vigor of animals.
By strict attention to com and pastures,
pork can be produced more cheaply tlian
and other flesn.
A grass yard, nice orchard and pretty
shade trees cost i>ut little money, yet add to
the value of tlie farm.
Weak, late wheat, on (toor land, is the
kind tliat suffers most from rust, from fly,
and other ills that wheat is subject to.
A pile of sods in one comer of the chicken
house is excellent for the chickens to scratch
o pieces in the winter; hy spring the earth
vill lie in go??td condition for the garden.
Make rancid butter fresh aad sweet by
tutting from five to ten drops of chloride of
ime, i>er pound of butter, into as much
water as will wash the butter when rolled
out again and worked.
; teats, after each milking
ajP| , v mixed with linseed oil, in
the proportion of a teaspoonful to an ounce
of the oil. Before milking cleanse the teats
lead to
Tlie titles now in use at the Russian Court
are a curious mixture of ancient and mod
em. Tlie word "Czar??? is nothing more than
a slight corruption of ???Tsar,??? a King, the
recognized title of all Russian sovereigns
from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centu
ries. Tlie existing native title ???Gosudar??????
which, having no literal equivalent in Eng
lish, is usually translated ???Emperor??????'was
first assumed by Ivan the Terrible in 1554.
The Grand Dukes???i. e., the brothers, sons,
nejthews, Ac., of the reigning sovereign???
are coiled ???Veliki Knyaz,??? (Great Prince,)
the very ap(iellation home by the barc-
liiiibed chiefs of Novgorod who founded
Russia a thousand years ago. Men
bearing the title of Prince, such an
Gortschakoff and Mirski, are formerly ad
dressed as ???Siatelstvo,??? (Sj.lender;) but tlie
ordinary mode of address to a Russian lady
or gentleman, even from a servant, is
"Eleana Nikolaievna,??? (Helen, daughter of
Nicholas,) or ???Ivan Petrovitch *??? (John, son
of Peter.) The term, ???High Excellency,??????
applied to cabinet ministers and others of
a similar position, Is ajit to stagger an un
prepared foreigner, being represented In the
original Russian by a word of no fewer than
nine syllables,???Vyrokoj.revoekhoditelztvo.
Among the peasantry, the name ???hat-
ioosha??? (pajta) is frequently ??" ed 1 to ???
rior, while ???brat" (hrothcr)or ???goloobtchik
(little dove) is the familiar greeting to a
???rony.
Recovered Treasure.
New York, October 16.???A box stolen
from the First national hank at Fishkill
landing by burglars, last Wednesday, was
found yesterday in the woods near the spot
where the robbers abandoned their hone
and wagon and took to a freight train. The
contents, consisting of bonds and mortgages
valued at from $00,000 to $100,000, were
undisturbed.
The retention of any waste matter in the
???ui, **??.-??? system produces injury. The collection of
hay, and ???phlegm??? or diseased mucus in time of cold
itirely too little atten- J or throat affection, should be promptly ra
tion Ls paid by Georgia farmers to the moved. Dr. Bu 11???s_ Cough Syrup does it
they wHl thrive.
the stock on the more quickly and effectu
??? i not only be fed congh syrup made.
lly than any other