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4 BCriggn CONSTITUTION PUBLISHING CO. 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