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•% ^ „ THE ATLANTA "WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1880, ^Iie ^nnstitiition. U«io«miy** V >T I then go to fieri be can u*e German as fluently nnd as he tuei English, be can Berlin air) urge Bismarck and thv snr riiPR* rtTTTiVATOlt. 1 ,h * Gern “ n P" liMn <- nl to i “* * I,w Zw * «£2Lto to ««. -dra impelling Georgia ...^yth^erileged i!*bX AtncaUonl Jcmui. HUUIBIXIVIII | seconuea. When th;n i, .lone, we prom- gJST H ta ST’VaMkkL^Sr TaiuSwSrJ- i i.-eto listen calmly u. what the judge haa non, Atlanta, Georgia. ., M t-> Bay on the subject; and it is immate- ri U to as whether be make* hia demand on Georgia in English or German. He shall be beard. a t»« t* c THE WEEKLY C0SSTITDTI0Y. Clots of » ® 00 Tb* Ccltt a tow *nfl Wwwzlt t» the «ae address 280 per sanuin. Agent* Wan ted wr»«jWb«w Uberwl carnal* ■ton*. Ail dr— CONaTITLTlON, _________ Allutt, Gw- Weekly Constitution. six months, $1.00. IMPORTANT. We lend the Confutation and Colli- rotor to one nddrent for $2.S0. Thl« does not apply to past subscription. Both enbaerlptlona moat bo made at the To Oor libHrlMK. The label on poor CoemTonon Inform* poo when poor enbecriptlon expire*. II poo wt»h the paper continued, do not wait till the time expiree before rending on the enbacnptlon price. Yon map lore e non- bo, and It will ear* u* the trouble of uk- In* poor name ont of type and re entering It again. Let aeerp eobecriber rend at leaat one other rabeeripUon with bia or her re- n*«wl . ATLA STA. OA., DECEMBER 28, 1»* Now it tbe time to bunt np your blue ribbona If *w. 8mugce baw begun a formal suit for divorce. Mr. Conkling baa bia revenge. f r Macon and Augusta will be right good and behave tbemaelvra, they can coroe up to A*iaota and aee Mi** Bally Bernhardt. Thkrb ia no anch tune aa “The Organ “Grinder’s Farewell.’* A good aabaiitnte la to allow the yard-dog free access to tbe front gate. Ma Albert Fiaa atserta that a state can not regulate railroad fares and freights. Mr. Fink ia evidently not keeping up with current events in Georgia. Lorn a ia divorced from hia wife by what in royal lingo, ia termed a tack of society. Asa resident of the American continent, IaOrne may thank heaven it is no worse. Job* Kelly ia down on people who part their hair in the middle, and a New York paper suggests that Kelly lost bia grip be cause He tried to pari tbe democracy in the middle. _ ^ Ma. McClure. of the Philadelphia Times has bad an interview with Jefferson Davis in which tbe latter is said to talk rather more hopefully of tbe future of tbe south than has been his custom. Tbe Mslniffl CeatMlersles The following editorial from the New Haven Palladium, a lending republican paper in New Ragland, was seat to Mr. H. I. Kimball by a friend of hie in New Haven, with a strong letter indorsing it. The letter says that the editorial ex presses the sentiments of the “boys i n Mae,” and was written by a man who has an opportnnity to know, and he says that it is a fair exposition of northern public sentiment No people in the world ever suffered more than tbe poor maimed confederate soldier. His home was desolated; be was bankrupt, and left without any way to support himself in a country and in times when the strongest had to struggle hard for bread. Few people who have not considered the question can under stand the real suffering of these people. Every county in the territory covered by the confederate states has from oner to a dozen of these men even now almost helpless. They have borne their trials without a murmur, no one to aid them, uo pensions, very little assistance, and yon cann >t tell the hardships and priva tions they have endured. We hail the tfentiqpentB expressed by the Palladium ai reconciliation on the right line. It is more magnanimous because the men did not ask it Bat no man that was woi inded or fought in the late war on the confed erate side wil. fail to feel grateful for the kind expression sin this article. Below we give the article from tbe Pal- adium No hUfTererit in all tbe country are more to be i.iti*d than vh«* maimed men of tbe tomb who foUssbt in tbe r<-bel armies. In a recent lame, tbe f^ew Orleans Pte.vunc makes tbe following ap peal in their behalf: “As a p f»|*Jc we are called upon to maintain our nelf-re»pect by the •sublisi m* nt of a i*h.b1<>ii fund to relieve the sufferings of tbe maimed. Let us bare a Kreat central hospital In tbe aouth where the shattered remnants of humanity mat r< poae In comfort Let us honor the’living malma-d as we Co tbe Happier dead. Let us Uke Uveas battered hero** firum our street camera and make them comfortable. The boys In b ue will get their just recompense from tbe national government. and about tbo lost act of tbe retiring d- mucratic congressmen will be to pam an enormous pension bill to relieve tin and need of the federal army. Bat It it private aid to give relie ** ~“ Stephens voted “no;” Messrs. Persons and Smith were paired. Tbe motion was carried. The Burnside educational bill was taken np i? Wednesday, and Senators Horrid and Brown dis cussed it at considerable length. The speeches of each senator were “held for revision.” In the house Mr. Nicbolla obtained unanimous con sent to have the bill taken from the speaker’s table for present consideration, to authorize the construction of a fixed- bridge over the St. Mary’s river. Ma Conger opposed its *>as3age, and it was, after being read twice, referred to the committee on commerce. Tuis is the bill that was introduced by Senator Brown in the interest of the Jacksonville tbort-cut railroad. Later on the bill was, on mo tion of Mr. Nicholls, taken from the com mittee on commerce, and returned to the speaker’s table. Tbe speech of Governor Brown on the educational bill appears in the Record of last Friday. The bill was further dis cussed on Thursday, and Senator Hoar in his remarks on the appropriation for at least one technical school in each state, submitted tbe following statistics in rela tion to the university of Georgia: 1. Object*.—Those contemplated in the Ir the cabinet is to come from Ohio, it would wem heartless not to bold the ces sions of lire government in Cincinnati. In other words, let ns have true reform, snd not the shadow of reform. That say Mr. Hayes sometimes exhibits bis-backbone. This is a bad record for a stall fed statesman. If it Is dyspepsia that causes Mr. Hayes’s spine to protrude, we cheerfully recommend a light diet and a liver-pad. A little Georgia boy whfc wrote to Santa Claus for a pony was wise enough to add: “Poecrit. If he ia a mule. Pies ty his be- ♦ hine legs.” This little boy, it should be remarked, baa been to other animal shows besides tbe circus. _ othe sufferer in the confederate service We think it to about time now to start a pemion f and among ourselves to give what comfort we can m those moat needy in the southern states. We should, nt all event*, have an asylum where those who bare lost tbeir or been Incapacitated for usual work. ;b casualties in the confederate army, could of the tegldature, this iocome L tbe University of Georgia, at Athens, and branches of tbe same emtabltoi* a at Dahlocvga, Cutbbert, ThomasvUle and MilledgeviUe. From these branches no Information has been received ) i be * early expanses of the Athens institution are the southern staus. We should, at all events, have an asylum where those who bare lost tbeii limbs or been incapacitated for usual work, through casualties in tbcoonfc* ps*« their last dajs In comfort. This moderate and sensible appeal ougnt to be beard and heedt-d. not only b) ua we to whom it is rspecl.lly addressed. but by wll-to-do people all over the Uolud S(»tc-s The great body of the Talk age’s friends are now trying ha prove that he is a perjurer. It is to be borne in mind, however, that great latitude is al lowed a clergyman in Brooklyn, and per jury is one of the great transgressions that may be condoned. Get an average congressman full of beer and he would just as soon ' clinch” one of his fellow-members as not. In this view of tbe case, we believe it would be tbe part of prudence and economy for congressmen to be furnished with beer at tbe public ex- pense. Tut Washington Post is endeavoring to get tbe democratic majority in congress to settle down to - something like statesman ship. Our esteemed contemporary seems to forget that even if.the majority were in the humor, Mr. Randall and hia packed com snifters bar the way. It ia useless to disguise the fact that Conkling has the upper hand of Sprague. The threatened revelations wglll give the New York senator a place in metropolitan society he has never held before. He will take tbe place of Cbastine Cox among the hung tung of tbe bo mong. 1 Wz observe with regret that Colonel For ney ia still reeking with what our friend Sidney Lanier bluntly calls the “sweat of . “fight.’' He even gosa *6 far aa to call Mr. Hayes a Peckaniffian Pharisee—a stinging .phrase that will stab the sensibility of tbe amiable Rogers to the very giszafd. The world never bears any really serious com plaint* of injustice until the people be gin to resist the exactions of monopoii* No one ever knew that railroad corporations were orphans struggling to eam an honest living, against all sorts of cold contingencies, until the state was called upon to relieve tbe people of tbeir extortion. Tub New Haven Register says congress meets to represent the people. Well, we are glad to bear it. But will tbe Register please inform tbe country when congress will begin to do Its duty in this respect? As matters stand, the erection of a national tenpin alley and the employment of tbe treasury girls to serve beer on tbe floor will apeedtly follow the present tendencies of congress. >uthern soldiers were entirely Innocent of any }*rt diMlton iu the action that brought on tbe war. Tbonaanosof them were forced into tbe rebel r inks as»l;>»t their wi.l, *-•(! were kept there by the »trtng» nt m«urar«* adopted by the rebel au- tnoriti s All such were more “sinned against than s' nnlqg ” But if the reverse were true, aud every rebel soldier tiecame suett voluntarily, that fact would not mitigate tbe hard lot of the maimed survivors of the rebelllo , multitudes of whom are dragging ont a miserable existence in tbeir southern homes Tbeyjnake no appeal to ns for charity, bn' bear their sufferings *ilb fortitude, and pailertly abide tbe coming of a day when death shall give them deliverance; but aa suffer ing fellow-countrymen they are entitled to our sympathy, and to a share in our prosperity 1 bare is a manifest Impropriety in asking tbe governmefit to aid them; there is the highest authority for tb* people to help has borne fiult through all succeeding ages. At the approach!ChrisUnasUde in what better work o! Christian charity could the people of this country engage than to coutnbute from their abundance a fund generous enough to provide for tbe comfortable maintenance lo soluble ai d pleasant ret ream of the maimed and broken down soldiers of the reoel armies. We pnbliah in another column a re port of an interview with Judge Loch- rane, who ia now in Washington in con ference with the holders of the so-called bonds of the state that were declared null and void for fraud by the general assembly ten yean ago. The views and remarks of Judge Lochrane will be of interest to those who desire information in regard to the movement which has been net on foot .to restore the validity of these alleged securities, bnt there is no reason to suppose that the movement in its present shape will prove to be very ef fective. The verdict of the_geueral as sembly, declaring these bonds invalid, was ratified by the constitutional con vention of 1S77, and this ratification as sumed the shape of one oi the strongest paragraphs in the organic law, forever prohibiting any legislature from paying Tbe Trouble fu South Africa. Tbe tones of England are chuckling over the troubles that beset Mr. Glad stone’s government, forgetting, of course, or at least concealing from the public mind, that every one of them is the direct result of the blunders of the Beaconsficld administration. The Greek question is the outcome of the "peace with honor” policy; the land-league took form before Mr. Gjadstone was restored to power, and the South African trouble is directly traceable to the tory scheme of making Queen Victoria empress not only of India but of South Africa. The rising in Sonth Africa includes the Pondoanml fiAsutos, and also the Boers of the Transvaal. The Fondos and Basu- tos constitute two of the three groups into which the Kaffirs of southeastern Africa are divided—the Zulus being the third group. Heretofore Ve Basutos have aided the English colonists" and during the Zulu campaign the Rondos were hearty foes of Cetewayo and Sekuknndi. They have become er-emies of tbe British invader b.*cansa they have been treated badly. In the. scheme of forming a South Afri- c in empire it was determined to disarm all the Kaffirs, whether they had been friends or foes. This unjustice was keenly felt by the Basutos and Rondos; for without arms they would be at the mercy of the adjoining uuannexed tribes, and they would be powerless at Cape Town. Rather than to submit to such degradation and danger they resolved to fight for freedom. The Boers of the. Transvaal are Hol landers, or the descendants of- Hollanders. The little republic that they founded was annexed much against their wishes and m.the teeth of an almost solid protest, in April 1S77. The Dutch settlers have never accepted the set, and 5,000 of them met at lydenburg last week for the pur pose of declaring their independence. They have utilised the rising of the tribes to the east of .them to strike a blow for liberty. The Boers can put about 5,000 men in the field, and the Kaffir allies—for each they really are—about twice as many more. As much of the country is moun tainous and fall of military difficulties, it is plain that the English government lias no light task on hand. Just at this time, when troops ar» greatly needed in Ireland, the government can illy afford to a send a large force to Cape Town; but the necessity is so great, the call for succor so pressing, that s considerable force will have to be dispatched at once. Itnow looks as if an army of at least 5,000 Europeans, together with all the natives that can be pressed into service, will be needed to suppress the rebellion in Basutoland and the Transvaal. Tun is one of the legacies of the late tory administration, but it is not to be doubted that Mr. Gladstone will be » 70, all mxlre la engineeiiug department where Itl* 175. . i>. ocboUrtoip*.—Two hundred and fifty, making tuition virtually free. S Graduates —Mince organization In 1872, 48 7. fJoaree of Study.—Agriculture, engineering, architecture and chemical edeLce. 8. Women ace not admit Ld. 9. Appliance*.—Farm of 45 acre* under cultiva tion ; • htmleal labratory for 60 atudenta, physical apparatus, etc. Tbe ways and means committee re ported a resolution providing for a recess from tbe 22d instant to the 5th ultimo. Messrs. Blount, Felton and Hammond voted “ay;” Messrs Cook, Nicholls, Speer and Stephens voted “no;” Messrs. Per- eons and Smith were paired. Upon tbe proposition to cut down the fee of tbe examining surgeon from $2 to$l in each pension case—a matter involving$250,000 a year—Messrs. Felton and Speer voted “no;” Messrs. Blount, Hammond and Nicholas voted “ay;” Messrs. Cook, Per sons, Smith and Stephens did not vote. Messrs. Cook and Stephens were not paired. Mr. Hammond presented the petition of citizens of Georgia, for a post- route from Doraville to J. J. Cook’s resi dence. On Friday of last week Mr. Nicholls again asked nnanimoos consent to take up the St Mary’s bridge bill. After Mr. Conger had aired his petulance, the bill was taken from the speaker’s table and passed. It is now in the hands of tbe president . In the senate when the house resolution providing for a Christmas re cess was taken up, both of the Georgia senators voted against it It was rejected. The educational bill was az&in taken up. The chief fight was over the Teller amendment, providing for the. immediate use of the- net proceeds of the public lands and pat ent fees, instead of forming a fund only the interest of which to be available Under the Teller amendment about $2, 500,000 a ye *r could be at once applied to educational purposes; under the bill as reported a fund of about$15 l 000,00 woul be accumulated in tenyears, which would thereafter afford an income of $600,000 for distribution among the states. The vote on the Teller amendment was28and 28, and the amendment was therefore de feated. Senator Brown voted in favor of it, and Senator Hill against it The bill was then paseed, the vote being, yeas 41, nays 6, absent 29. Messrs. Hill and Brown voted for the bill. The six nega tive votes were cast by Messrs. Jonas, McDonald, Saulsbury, Vest, Voorhees and Williams. The following is a sum mary of the bill os it leaves the senate: Tbe net proceeds of sales of public lands and cf patents are forever s i apart for the education ol the people. The secretary ef the treasury ahall yearly ap portion to the several states and territories and tbe Dis riel of Columbia: upon the bads of popu lation between the ages of five and twenty years, tbe said net proflu for the previous year, which aha 1 be credited on tbe books of the treasury, at educational fund, on which for * tereat per annum is to be paid to above; provided that for the’ first apportionment shall be made see numbers of tbe population ol ten yearsold and up ard who cannot read and write, and provid 'd. further, that one third of the l icome from ■aid fund ahall ba annually appropriated to the completed endowment and support of colleges ts abiisbed or which may ba established under the act of 1*62. u~.til the amount annually thus •ecrul g to said colleges In each state ahall reach tao.tXO after which the whole income of said fund ehall be appropriated by thesa d states, territo ries and district to tbe education of all children between the a es of >lx ai d sixteen Tbe secretary of the treasury is authorized to add to the fund any sums given to the UuitedPtatea for that purp>e. A sum not ex ceeding fifty per cent of the amount received by any state, etc., the find year, and not exceeding too per rent ia any year thereafter may be aa- plled. at discretion, to the maintenance of schools lor Instruction of teachers of-common schools To be entitled tc the benefits of this act sny state, etc. must maintain for at least three mouths in each year until January 1,1885, aud thereafter fou months lo each y*ear. a system of erlands, which owed in 1865 above $414,- 000,000, and has reduced it to $390,000,000. We have paid off the astonishing sum of nearly $1,100,000,000, or have reduced our debt from $2,956,000,000 to $1,886,- 000,000. We owe less than France, Great Britain, Spain, Austria or Italy. The Ital- Htn debt is larger than ours by $56,000,- 000. France has the largest debt in the world, or $3,927,000,000. It costs to run our government, including the payment of interest, $300,000,QOO a year. It costs Germany $14,000,000 more than us; France $167,000,000 more; Grea^Britain $106,000,000, more and Russia $211,- 000,000 more; and our expenses,, omit ting war expenses, are almost precisely the same as thoseof Italy, or $267,000,- 000. The Unitefi&ates is, therefr re, the most economically administered country in the world, and with largest debt-pay ing ability. _ ~ * * “The gentleman from Iowa,” who is otherwise known as James B. Weaver, and who on Friday displayed in the boose great pugilistic proclivities, is not only a congressman, but he carried the greenback banner in the late presiden tial campaign/ Three’ hundred and six thousand American soverei gna~gave him their ballots. That number desired to have him succeed the amiable Mr. Hayes. How they feel now has not been definitely ascertained. Mr. Weaver, al though now a greenbacker, spent nearly the whole of bis active life in the reputr lican party.. He ia Ohio-born. Nearly all famous men in Washington are. The reorganization of the democracy of New York^it^isprog^esaing satisfac torily. *A cotflJS^frganizatSA being effected outside of the pestiferpns halls. The people met on Tuesday in each elec tion district to elect district delegates. These delegates then met and selected assembly district committees, and' the last-named ore to meet to name the gen eral committee. When all this is done there need be no further use for either Tammany or Irving hall. The hall or boss business should be outlawed, for it has been productive chiefly of defeat and shame. BUT 0A T CE A YEAR. AND BILL ARP FEELS CARRIED AWAY* Mediitioaaladnced LyVae Aron* cf tie Chriitms, Txrkej tad tire Flowing flagon—He Gou Away Back Into thv MidjtcfTime and Draws Comforts Tharefiom. effect of the exhibition will be widespread, it will awaken an interest in the south that will as tonish all sect ions. The times are ripe for it The south waste* annually many millions of dollars by bad methods ol cnltiTstion, picking and pressing. At Atlanta all kinds ot cotton machlu- ** be cons tan t-y in operation. Including ^ “* * ‘sum these alleged bonds. The leaden of Tbx CoxsTirmox need j a bi e to meet it and to place its origin ip not be toU that dodge Lochrane 11 tm, light before the British people. ia a eery plausible man. With his smil* ins countenance and ingenious mind, he ««or*t» can exert extraordinary irfloeoce over i At the first call ol the aeasioa for billa the av^rase congressman. When the «>d resolutions, Mr. Stephens presented judge and bia German allies, flanked by ' * Gill relative to the melting and refining tbe ponderous seal of Great Britain in j of bullion. Mr. Nicholls presented, the hands of the British consul at Savan- through the petition-box, a btU to appro- nah, form their line ol battle around the • pri*<e *50,000 for the improvement of the espitofat Washington, they may be able] Chattahoochee river. Mr. Stephens pre- to convinces few men inside that these rented the petttion of J. J. Hyman,of Biddleville, and other citixena ot Wash ington and Johnsoa counties, for an ex tension of the poet-route from Davisboro and Beding to Wri*;htaville. Senators Hill and Brown voted to aa- tborixe tbe president to tasks Fitx-John Porter n colonel on the retired list, with no pay for the time Intervening between his dismissal from the army and each ap pointment. The hill was passed in that shape. Id the boose aa effort wsa made to convince so-called beads an valid and binding on tbe state, but they will tail to convince any man who understands the question, or who is informed in regard to the manipulations of Henry Clews, et ah, in 1869 and 1870. In oor opinion, Judge Lochrane is los ing a good deal of valuable time in fight ing for these bonds before congress; bat at the same time, we think he acted wisely in going sway from Georgia lor authority to collect them. The) to uke np th« Wood refaadmg biU, aud better plan would be for the judge to dc the yeas and nays were called on the pro- vote the time and labor be proposes to, pneitioo to give it precedence. Messrs, devote to tbe matter in Washington to Blount, Cook, Felton, Bamutond and Ipdying tbe German language. When 1 Nicholls voted “ay;" Messrs. Speer and Willi ax A. J. Spares, one of the he- roes, so to speak, of the proposed boxing match without gloves in the house of representatives, on Friday, represents tbe seventeenth Illinois district He is a democrat, and the only excuse that we know of for his extraordinary conduct, consists in the fact that he has been a member of congress six years. He was born in Indiana, bnt he removed to Illi nois where he Soon become an office- seeker, and he has been going from bad to worse|ever since. The Ohio senatorial contest has been abruptly ended by the withdrawal of Governor Foster. He claims that he could hare been elected, but in the in terest of. party he gives Secretary Sher man a clear track to the senate chamber. This simplifies matters for the president elect and the great host of cabinet mak ers. A new cabinet throughout now becomes a strong probability, bnt it will of course contain an Ohio man. Gov ernor Foster ia generally thought to be that Ohio man. Now that it is ascertained that the democratic party leads all the rest in the popular vote, and that it polled an im mense majority of white voters, we shall not hear quite so mnch about its early demise and bnrial. The campaign of 1884 will be fonght bnt by the party that polled the most votes in 1880, and if there is to be any mortality among the parties it must occur outside of the party of the constitution. Nothing conu nvd lu the act shall be held to alter any previous Lv regarding the disposition of public domain ,n *r to interfere with (nutting bounty Ian ■ to soldiers and sailors. The bill also authorises roltecea established under the set of 1862 to establish schuoli lor the techni cal education of The senate was not in session on Sat* arday, and the boose was engaged ip con sidering the military academy, and con- solar and diplomatic appropriation bills. No Georgia business was presented. Senator Brown introduced last Mon day a bill to appropriate money to im prove Cnattahoochee and Flint rivers. Senator Brown voted against the resolu tion to adjourn for a holiday recess, and Senator Hill did not vote. When Senator Davis called up the bill relative'to the surplus-revenue deposits of 1837, statement was read showing that Geor gia received $1,051,423.09 of the aroonnt distributed among the states. The bill was not disposed of. The proposition to open the lands of the Indian territory to which the Indian title has been extin- tingnisbed to settlement,'was referred to the Indian committee by a vote of yeas 114, nays 67. Messrs. Felton, Nicholls, Speer and Stephens voted “aye;” Messrs. Blount, Cook and Hammond Voted “no;” Messrs. Persons mod Smith were paired. No Georgia bills were introduced on the call of states. Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Persons until after the holidays. Mr. Nicholls introduced through the petition box a bill to appro priate $10,000 for tbe improvement of Jevkel creek, and a bill to appropriate *15.000 to improve the navigation through Romney marsh. Senator Brown, last Tuesday, obtained nnanimoos consent to introduce bills to appropriate money- to remove obstruc tions in the Savannah river np to Trot- shoals, 64 miles above Angnsta; to improve the harbor of Brunswick; to re move obstructions in the Oostenania, Coosawitee and Coosa rivers, and for tbe Altamaha, Oconee and Ocmnlgee rivers. Senator Brown introduced last Wednes day a bill to appropriate money to im prove the navigation of the Chattahoo chee river. In the house, npon the mo tion to lay the Sparks-Weaver matter on the table, Messrs. Biotint. Cook, Felton, Hammood, KichoUa and Speer voted **ay4i;” thqother Georgia members did not vote. Both hoosea adjourned on Wednesday not to meet again until the 5th day of next month. The United States ia the only country that materially reduced its debt in the past fourteen years, except the Neth- The Greeks will listen to no negotia tions looking to the definition of a new Turkish boundary. They consider the one already laid down on the map good enough, and they propose to put their little army of 40,000 men in tbe field to fight for it, if need be. They are not mighty, but they are strong cnough to keep Europe distnrbed; and the desire for peace may lead the powers to deal fairly with the plucky kingdom. None of the tables .of the popular vote that have been published have correctly stated the Texas Vote. In every one of thim the vote for General Hancock has been understated. Hancock’s vote in the state was 156,528; Garfield’s 53 ( 928, and Weaver’s 27,405. Hancock’s majority over Garfield is therefore 103,230; bis majority over all 75,825. These figures give Hancock*a very handsome majority over Garfield in the country. Tnx Weekly Constitution "for 1881 will be made up with unusual care, and will contain new features. A summary of the week’s -telegraphic news will be prepared specially for The Weeklv edition, and mnch new work will bo ex pended npon it in order to make ii the best weekly in all the southern country. We say this without boastfulness—sim ply in a spirit of hopefulness and reason able ambition. Legislator Williams, of Ohio, a col ored man, warns nis race against the new Mexican scheme. After a visit to the territory and the designated lands, he pronounces the whole project a selfish and heartless speculation. The colored people of Georgia need uo such warning. They are- content to fight out the battle of life in thfl old state. "Aaotlier blocking to Fill.** WHAT MAMUA f OINKS. Sant* Claus! Sxnta Claus! bend o’er oor treas ure; Write down his name in that loug list of thine; Open your knapsack of joys without miasure; Bring ont the wealth oi yoor great Christinas mine. You are tbe saint that makes children to love Leave* him a gift for the bright Christmas mom. Now he’s too young to know you are near him; Soon will old Santa Claus cans* him to smite; ' r fresh C asnres guile. Think of the trials the boy has before him. Time with his hourglass borers around; Swift fly tbe days lo which none can m Soon into manhood onr baby will bound. Show him tbe brightest of childhood's sweet . Santa^ciaus! Santa Claus! cmlle on my Don’t these people know that I’m worn ont? Millions of ’em coming year by year, hvexy youngster wretched if 1 don’t appear. First they want a rattle, then a ring to bite. Then a box of sugar-plums, then a do 1 or kite. Then a story book to read, then a bat and Saata Claus's back is broad; be must bring them alL Gratitude they talk about! Not a bit for me. first you know, they get co wise, cry cut "Fid dled ee! No such chap as Santa Claus—can't deceive us Never find a six Inch sock hanging is the row. Here’* this jolly little chap, scarcely here a week: Don’t I know he rules tbe house, though he looks so meek? , Both his eyelids shut up tight, mouth wide open too. S*pose he got a look at me, wonder what h’ed You are bound to get your share in this vale of Battle. Is H? WeO.aH righlT Yea. I’ve got my Flais^out your jolly nap. Ttll be be round Wxiwm fox Tbe Constitution. Another busy year has gone-gone like the water that has passed over the dam— gone never to return. It has carried many friends along with it and left sad memories in our households, but on the whole it has been a good year to us all, and Provideno bas been kind. Now is the time to look back and review "the past—to take an ac count of stock like the-merchants do—a time to be thankful for what we have re ceived, and to compare our condition, not with thoee who are better off, but with' thooe who are worse off.; It is a good time to feel happy, for there is something about Christmas that seem? like a recess from a long year of work, and toil, and tribulation. Man needs just sucb a rest for body, and mind, and spirit. These periods of relaxation prolong life, both or man and beast. Ii it were not for the Sabbath we would wear out before we got old, and 1 remember reading, a long time ago, about some emigrants going overland to California. Some' of them rested their teams every Sunday, and some did not, and the first got there several day? ahead, and were in the best condition ai the end of the long journey. But one day seven is not' enough—we want a whole week at the end of the year, and according to scripture it is a good thing to have a whoh year in seven—a year of jubilee when even the land we till shall have rest and a tiiu* to recover itself and renew its wasted ener gies. Blessings on the holy fathers wht established the Christmas holidays, and on the good men who for eigt - teen centuries have preserved it lor ns and our children. It is a blessed heritage and belongs to all al*ke—the rich and the poor, the. bond and tbe free, the king and his subject. But these good old ways ore changiug and becoming circumscribed Mankind is growing too stingy of time Christmas used to last from 'the 25th oi December to the 6th of January, and for twelve dzya there was neither work nor toil. official business, nor suits for debt, nor dunuing; nor preparations for war, but ali was peace and pleasure and kindly feelings. The peasant wasarn a level with tne prince, and the girls and boys wore chaplets of ivy and laurel and holly and evergreen, and u was no in for them to take a sly kiss while the rosemary wreaths encircled their brows, for a kiss under the rose was an emblem ol innocence and had the sanction of heaven, and love whispered while wearing a rnistle »<*e crown was too pure to be lost or be trayed. i love the old superstition that dusters around this season of joy and gladness Lon£ did I lament the day when my child ish eyes were opened and I learned there was no Saint Nicholas nor Santa Claus, no reindeer on the roof, no coming down the chimney to fill -the stockings that hung by tbe manteL Even uow 1 would fain be lieve. with Shakspeare, that for these twelve days witches, and hobgoblins aud devilish spirits had to fly away from the naunts of men and hide themselves in the dark pits aud caves of tbe earth while th< good spirits who love us aud watch oyer us nestled their invisible forms among the evergreens that hung upon the walls. It was pleosaot to think that on he last day of the twelve the cattle knelt down at midnight and humbly prayed that souls might be given them when they died, so that they, too, might live in heaven and worship God. 1 hope the poor things will have a* good time in the next world, for they see a rough one in this, and Ijecken they will considering what a splendid pair of horses came down after the prophet Elijah. Heaven wouldn’t bo any the less heaven tome to find my good dog Bows np there, all renewed in his youth, and to re c4ive the glad welcome that wags iu his di minished tail. How naturally we become reconciled to the approach of death. How tired we get fighting through the hard battle of life. I remember when it was the grief and horror of my young life that sometime or other I would have to surrender and give it up. but now I don’t care. Let it come. I would not live it over again if I could. I do not lament, like Job, that I ever wa* born, but still 1 have no desire to hold on and worry, and struggle for several hundred years longer, a* did tbe old patriarchs before the flood. If I was a good man and everything moved along serenely I would’t care, but there's a power of trouble, and wa;make mostof.it for ourselves. Like David and 8olomon, ws keep sinning and repenting and the memory of it haunts a inan and cuts into him like a knife, and ali sorts of friends come ak)Dg and clutch the handle and give it a gentle twist. Not one in a thousand will pull it out and put a little salve on the wound. I always thought it a pretty idea to weigh a man—to put his life in a pair of balances, the good on one side and the bad on the other, and let him rise to heaveu or fall below it, as the scales might turn. I know its not an orthodox doctrine exactly, f «r they say that one bad deed will outweigh a thousand good ones. Neverthe less, Belshazxer was weighed, and the Scrip tures abound in such figures of speech. It will take miracles of grace to save us all anyhow, and it becomes oyervbody to help one another, for the devil is doing his beat. David committed murder and Solomon worshipped idols, Cain killed his brother as will ad J three cents per pound to the value of the crop.” If this seems somewhat extravagant, it shows what great things are expected of it. Louisville should do all inAer power to make the Atlanta enterprise a success. Whatever adds to the value of the couou crop, whatever tends in any wax to bilng capital and capitalist** to the ■oath, will beneat this city directly and Indirect ly. Perhaps forces may be set at work at Allan a that will result in great things for Louisville, i his i-* the time for great enterprises, aud we hould take part in them. At that ex* Liouion this city will not be able to *how any specimens of our cotton cloth, tout we should bo able then to say the best couou mill in the couth is aixzibst finished in ioouisville, and that the contracts have been made for the best machinery that can be ob tained. When we have one such mill we need “Ot trouble ourselves about the others—they will come of themselves in their own good Ume. It is the first that counts. TRYING THE STATE. A C-SE OF INTEREST LOOMING UP* Jadgt Lockraas’s Scltean to Have Georgia's Re pudiated- Boads Brought B.fore Gcngrds in Older That th» Stats May be Compelled to Pay Them. GEORGIA’S. CREDIT AND GEORGIA’S GROWING WEALTH Shown by Mr. Taggl* »o b* Greater Than Ever—Wherein tb* Wealth of a 8tate Consists—Mr. Stephen * on Immi gration to Georgia. Tbe Cotton Exposition or 1S8L The Textile Record. The proposition for a great cotton exhibition at )me central point iu the aouth, made first by Mr. .tkinson, and earnestly advocated by this jour nal from lu first issue, has been finally brough! into dt finite form and a complete organization effected at Atlanta, Ga., on the 2 i of the present month. The publishers of this journal decided take an active part in a plan of such va*t value the textile interests of the oounrry, and for that purpose visited Atlanta and presented the subject in its broadest and most liberal a«pccts to the leading citizens. They were cordially re- c ived. and the purpose of their visit becoming giue ally known, a public meeting was called December 1st, at which the pteliminaries w considered, a more general meeting followed December ad tthe proceedings of which will be found in another column), definitely adopting tbe proposed pl-n, and rendering the success of this great measure certain. * ihn> exhibition is tntcuded to represent every thing that concerns ihegrowth of the plant, the fertilization and treatment of the crop, the hand ling c * the staple in trery form, and the commer cial disposal of all raw cotton; and also iu manu facture in every foim. especially in the southern states; the forms of mills aud machinery for such purposes, and all that thejnosl recent invention may afford for the improvement of tnese pro cesses. There can scarcely be a subject of wider interest tnan this in aoouutry producing almost 6,000,000 bales of co lon, two thirds or more of which now leaves the country In a raw state.worth only the mi-timum rate per pound, aa raw staple ol perhaps 10 cents on an average. The planting ■at. a should realize, and may realize, much more isn this from their favorite crop. The opportu- ities for improvement are mauy; the quantity grown may, in the first place, be greatly increas ed. and next the staple may be greatly improved. It is now well known that varieties of coilou may be »s much improved as varieties of wheat. Good cultivation originated good varieties, and proper care in extending the plauting of superior seed will rive to the uplands of the south a better sta- >le o! cotton aud a much larger crop, main t tin- ug them in the lead they have so long held as producers of a staple the whole world must use. Machinery of all the clat-se* demanded in cult! v.ition first, and next in ginning, baling,’packinz and e -mprofsing raw cotton, belongs to the first divi-d n of machinery exhibit*. This is itself Al ready aTast Interest, better developed, pernaps. than any other, and wonld alone make an at- tra tive exhibit. The abundant crop of the eastern cotton states the present year has stimu lated business to great activity, aud brought out many valuable devices and improvements. The machinery requiaite for the manufacture of cotton, with the l>e».t form of ml Is, the most economical applications of power, and all the de tails of subsequent manufacture, constitute a greatdepartmeut with which the cotton interest in Georgia and the adjacent states is already quite cent, more of the next crop than it has takenof that for the current year. The city of Atlanta has a great future before it, which it appears to have the enterprise aud goo 1 judgment to cultivate in a broad and liberal manner, worthy of the future of a metropolitan city. It will be an immeasurable blessing to the entire south, also, to stretch lu bands out in the liberal course now opened up to it, becoming prosperous in iu < wu right through a liberal de velopment of iu own resources. A NOVEL PUNISHMENT. NeateysvLlo. Bad *1t- n. allot B. H. Joaoud «tle. ol Smith-* Fcctt. Smtct M**u, Fa. udDonon J. H Rncro. ofOrtU.Txxm.aod lira neaped to the wrwri* a j war* p**vestge-a on tb* train. Mrs. Jours was dargyresuly wonafed to tbabstodL Her husband was shot in tha hand, and Dr Encea received a severe flesh wound in the ahrtder. Jore* and wife were Corning lr etreof the railroad agent, and Rogers continued hJaiovMy toTaxaa The affair seems to be fa- volved in great mystery. and* Jacob cheated Esau out of bis birth right and Noah got drunk and Peter denied bis master, but they all repented and got forgiveness-and if there’s any differ ence between folks now and folks thenl dot.** know it unless it is that they bad the strongest support and the least temptation to fall. But then a man ought not to take too much comfort from sucb comparisons for they savor of vanity and vanity don’t save anybody nor keep him from doing wrong A man who moves along the pathway of life happily and serenely in the midst of cares and temptations is a long ways bet ter off than one who don’t. A tnan who brings no sorrow to his friends and nabors lives to a better purpose than one who does, and it must be a blessed bed to die on when a man gets old and has uo stinging memo ries in his pillow case. There is uo good lier sight iu nature than a good man going down to the grave in graceful composure I recall one who not long ago reached his four-score years and died He was a model of that sweet decay that has no odor of dis solution, He was never a burden nor a cross and to the la3t received his children and his children’s children with a rejoicing smile. Would that I too like faint might go down behind the everlasting hills—-not in a cloud nor yet a blaz? of glory, but rather like the sun when bis rays are soft ened and subdued by the Indian summer sky. Our family frolic is over. The show of it and tbe pleasant hilarity of tbe occasion, with all (be delightful surprises and re- jqicings, passed away most happily, but tbe sweet perfume of love and kindness that Christmas brought remains with ns still. It -is more blessed to give than to receive and tbe purest pleasure we can feel is in making others happy. In the good old times Prince Rupert used .to go round in disguise and tiud out who was needy and grateful and kind, and when. Christmas came be dis tributed his gifts according to their deserv- ings. It seems to me that if I was Mr. Van derbilt I would like that, but may be not. Then a rich and merry Christmas to the rich. And a bright and happy Christmas to the poor; So their heart- are jojful it doesn’t matter wnich Has the fine velvet carpet on the fljor. For riches bring a trouble when they come, And money leaves a pain when it goes. But everybody now must have a little sum To bri^tea up the 7ear at iu dose. Yours, etc, Bill Arp. Cotton Kills on«l Exhibitions. Louisville Courier JournaL During the summer tbe Courier-Journal called the attention of the bu iness men of Louisville to the projected international exhibition, and arced that steps be taken to have it located In Louisville- she advantacts that would conje to a city from such aa exhibition were manifest and manifold: t*u> exnlbitioa should have been se- sured for LouisviUe^nd it could have bem secured cy prompt action. A committee was appointed by the board of trade and tbe matter w*a quite best rally discussed. ▲ number of gentlemen an; trgetic. liberal-minded, public-spirited, mani fested a d*ep interest to it. and offered quits large subscriptions, but there was aUtoDg the xaa- joriiy a aant of appreciation ol the scheme, aa endifference to iu failure or success, and a dispo- fition to shirk aud alio * the lew to carry itout, if t*«t could be do* e. This being the toueof the maj ority, the p.mmUtee wisely concluded to let the matter drop; no su.h project can be carried to a succeufol issue without all .femes oi citizens. merchants, man ufacturers . and capiuli-tz, lain and «*tiait are willing to go to work eanuatly and eu- thustastically. Some under takings can b?, and indeed in Louisville usually are, carried on by a few men. but a o.ttoa exuiatioa is not one of this character. Besides, it should occur to some of the do-nothings by this time that the public- spirited tew have assumed jast about as much as they can well carry, and if there is not a change of spirit and of a«fcn Loobytiie will lag very much behind any rival who chooses 10 challenge to secure an exhibition creditable to the city sskI advantageous to tbe aouth. On the was Mi 1 this * -- - With lllsn. When President Barrios came into power one of his first acts was to drive the priests out of Guatemala. In his opinion they drones in tbe community, and made drones, so he would not have them about But the women, who there, as everywhere else, have most use fo» religion, made a great outcry about the expulsion of their priests. There were a dozen women, recog nized leaders of society in Guatemala, wealthy and prominent,who were especially loud in their lamentations and vituperation. They would have stirred up an insurrection against Barrios if they could, on account of their priests. He stood ;heir attacks until his patience gave way. At first he simply shrugged his shoulders; then he knit his brows. Finally he said, “This thing must be stopped.” He had twelve single armed high gallows erected in a line on the the plaza. From the end ol each arm he had suspended a broad, shallow basket, with a short rope fasteued to the bottom like a handle. Then he had those twelve women brought to the b&ske s, placed in them, and hoisted into the air. As you may imagine, such a spectacle in the plazi attracted everybody. All the city came flocking to see the ladies elevated into such undesirable prominence. And fancy, if yoti can, tbe wild, unbounded joy of the hundreds of street boys when free admission was given them to awing those baskets by the short ropes attached to them. The little ragamuffins yelled with delight, fought with each other to get at the rope, and . exerted themselves with frenzy to see who could toss a basket high est The women, standing in the basket and clutching the ropes by wnich they were suspended, shouted wildly, with new acces sions of terror each time fresh and vig orous hands gave a livelier impulse to their wicker chariots or sent them flying in new directions. The assembled multitude roar ed with laughter and encouraged the boys. When at length President Btrrios deemed that their pun ishment was sufficient, he gave a signal, the swinging of the baskets was stopped, they were lowered, and the exhausted, hu miliated ladies were sent in carriages to t^eir respective homes. The lesson had never to be repeated, for they sought no more to meddle with the concerns of gov ernment, and were careful to keep to them selves thereafter their private opinions of public affairs. /■ Tbe Conitltnuun Elsewhere, Gainesville Eagle. We have little cause • to love The Atlanta Constitution, but we would give even the devil bis due, aud it is without doubt thj finest news paper—and by this we xneau the best paper for news—in the south. Guntersville, Ala., Democrat The Atlanta Constitution constantly carries a considerable array of paying advertisements, and that taper in turn, as is well known, has ac tually built up a large, thriving and prosperous city, upon the ruins ot what was left irom Sher man’s “march to the sea.” Houston Home Journal. We do no always agree with The Atlanta aliowea.to oppress the citizens of the state grant ing the charter. ^ Leadville, (Col,) Democrat. It does one a world of -good to get aright at The Atlanta Constitution away here on the dome south, with memories taertd aud all endearing, of its manly efforts in the cause of reconciliation and good fellowship. It is the official organ of the Gate City Guard. Burlington Hawkeye. Undoubtedly th * ablest and newsiest southern newspaper Is The Atlanta Constitution. Ills . live city, _ _____ fitituencyand the very best newspaportal man agements As a natural result It is prosperous. We say this now because it comes to us in an en larged form. It is one of the most welcome of our exchanges, and we wish it a glorious plenti tude of success. Blown to pieces. Terrible Result of a Xltro Glycerine f-.xplosion Near Bradford, Pa. Fraiitoed, Pa., December 25.— Albert Magee and Thomas Perry, moonlighters, went to torpe do a well north of Bradford, at an early hour this morning. The nitro glycerine wa* conge Ved and * sgee idaoed tbe cans, coniaiuing 37 pounds, in a tab of warm water to liquify it Justhpwno t -ngne can fell, bat at arty rate all the compound exploded with terrific force. Ms gee wy torn to pie ces and bis remain scattered about in every direc tion. An arm. leg, bis lanes and heart were “ largest portions of hia body found. Perry s an ding some distance away, but was thrown against a^uildlng with great violence. His hear ing was destroyed and his body badly bruised. The detrick and engine house were reduced to snliuteis. the emeus-ion broke window* at a distance of nearly one mi.e. Magee was aged 23 and has been residing in tne oil region for sev ers years. He is a native of Ohio. be altogether Inadequate t would been perfected in Atlanta; V wiU g-t a ccarter from congress; the active co operaiam of scores of men In tbe atortb is promised, and steady it is plain to be tea that the exhibition will be a triumphant success, and after careful estimates it to thought a guarantee fund of $100.0u0 win be sufficient. Atlanta geu i:, and deserves to have it, lor she took hold of U in a n .nrvi.r that showed she meant business. The Robbed III* Father. Boston, December 25— J. W. Boxen dale, aged twenty-!onr, who had charge of the financial department of tbe *hoe manufactory of his father. John Boxen dale, at Brockton, Mass, has dimppe&red, and to discovered to be a defaulter Washington, December 20.—Georgia may as well strip Rerifelf for a discussion of her bonded debt. With the persistence of Banquo’s ghost, it has arisen amid our banqueting and prosperity, and confronts us. A most malicious and inexcusable ghost it U—aspook, that iniquitous in the flesh is vicious in its bones, but still a haunting presence that demands attention. It ia ptetty much as if the spirit of a felon should hsuig about the con science of justice, but even justice musj exorcise the ghastly shadows that flit beneath the scaffold. So here goes for a talk about our ghost—the shade of a crime that was justly throttled—and the only shade that hangs between Georgia and the full sunlight Judge Lochrane is the man that pulls the strings by which the puppet is moved, and he is pulling them with a skill and address that can hardly be overrated. I have never seen Judge Lochrane so mnch in earnest on any subject be fore. He has devoted every resource to pushing the matters forward, and is in for the war.” I imagined when I heard the judge quoted on the repeal of the 11th amendemeut, that he was merely talking lor the fun of the thing. I find that he is terribly in earnest, that he has organ ized thoroughly fora desperate fight, and that he has a backing that is fearful and aggressive. He is at work night and day, and promises startling developments before long.. him yesterday and asked him how his case was getting 00. The question led to one hour’s talk, of which I send you th,e most impor tant points. “Let me give you the history of one case,” be said-“on which I ask that tho 11th amendment which prescribes that a sovereign state shall not be sued, be repealed, and then you’ll see what my hopes are based on.” Saying this the judge drew forth a brief in which he has condensed his facts and arguments, and ran qver it as follows: . “Before the war” he s^d. “there was a great demand for a railroad from Brunswick to the middle part of the state. The press and people urged that it be built, and finally a company of northern capitalists took hold of it. They built sixty-five miles of It, and had l,i00 tons of iron on the wharf at Brunswick when the ordinance of secession was passed. In the secession convention, Mr. Nisbete offered a resolution which was passt d guaranteeing protec tion from the state to all public works within the borders of the state. Daring the war, however, the owners of the Brunswick road aud the iron were declared alien enemies and their property seized. Part of the iron was osed on the Live Oak road built into Florida—part waz used In building the “Ladies’ gunboat” and 175.000 worth was put on the State road. At the close of the war the original owners found their property destroyed. In a few years they made a claim upon the state, aud a compromise was effected.” “What was this compromise? ’ “It was that the state should give state aid to the amount of $15,000 a mile to the company it* lieu of all dainages, and that the company should then build the road. This was accepted and the work waz begun. Now It was not a negro legisla ture that passed this bilL The negroes had been turned out. It was not a radical legblature—for it had thirty-eight democratic majority, it was not the radicals that parsed tt—for Governor Con ley, then president of the senate, and eighteen other republicans opposed it bitterly, and when it was passed made a written protest. It was passed by a white democratic legislature aud by native democratic votes. It even underwent judicial investigation before it become a law. Geaenu Toombs and General II. R. Jackson, as attorneys, asked for an injunction restraining the treasurer from signing the bonds. Senator Stephens and Mr.lVm. I>onri erty represented the other ride and the injuactio was refused. Tho case was carried to tue supreme court, and the court below was sustained. The validity and regularity of the bonds being thus established, the parties went;to work and 100 miles-wero built, as provided, and 81.500,00) of the bonds issued. These bonds do not bear Bullock’s name but were signed by Angier. The law was then changed aud the governor required to sign the bonds. About 9> more miles were built and the 815,000 a mile issued on th*is length. Then there was issued bonds for about 60 miles more that was never finished. These last bonds, I say frankly, should not be paid. But the bonds is sued on the 190 miles, which were completed according to law, the state could not repudiate justly, and I defy any living man to give to-day a just reason for this renudiation.” “These are the bonds that you want paid?” “Yes. The bonds issued on the terms prescribed by a democratic legislature, over republican pro test. Jhe bonds were sold almost entirely In Germany. They were first taken by the secretary of state to Savannah, and the BritUh consul testi fied uuder the seal of Great Britain to the validity and regularity of the bonds. They therefore found ready market in Germany. And the German holders will exhaust every effort to secure a set tlement. They will have a committee to wait on gress and pray for relief,and will prosecutc the case before any and every tribunal.” “How much of the debt declared null and void by the legislature do you think is a just debt?” Ido not tulnk there is over S3.00U.W0 that would be paid. I do not think that a court would decide that any more than that was a legal debt. There is a large amount of the bonds that I know illegal. There arc two issues, fdr instance, of Cartersville and Van Wert bonds. One these issues * ought to be paid and one onght. not The bands issued for the uncompleted sixty miles of the Brunswick and Albany ought not to be paid. But thereto no reason for not paying the bonds issued on that part of the road built in compliance wltn the law as made by the democrats of the democratic* legislature. They were repudiated in passion, and the repudiation cannot stand the test of in vestigation.” • "Do you think you will succeed in securing the repeal of the eleventh amendment so that you 1 sue the state?” 1 do. Some of the strongest men .in both houses already favor It openly,and I shall see that every man to fully acquainted with the facto. The best lawyer in the house, a democrat at that, will make an argument iu favor cf the repeal. Let me tell you oue thing: I heard Conkling open the last campaign in New York, and I noted then that nothing caused so much feeling as his allusion to repudiation by southern states, and nothing evoked such hearty applause as his pledg ing the republican party to eternal enmity to that policy. The fact that state* have repudi ated injures American credit in the eyes .of tbe world.. Nothing can restore that credit but that the repudiating states'shall be forced to meet these obligations. I believe ilia; the amend ment will be repealed.” “ You must understand,” the judge went on to ay,“ that we have never had a hearing on this question, I and Mr. John E. Ward begged the senate for one hour each in which to pterent our ride of this esse. It was refuted. We begged for permission to go before the committees. That was refused. We asked to be allowed'to submit pa pers. That was refused us. We have had no bear ing, and the holders of 81,000,00) of bojtds, the proceeds of which built roads that are now bein' run in Georgia, are told that they cannot gel their money. Just look at the facts. IThe road to built-as was prescribed. It has a :ded to the tax able property of Georgia more than enough to pay the bonds, principal and interest. Aud yet the state has not paid one dollar, and there Ger man holders have put over 83,000.0 0 in Georgia, which tbe state says they must lose without a bearing.” “What would be the result of a trial of the merits of the bonffs?” “Whatever the result was we would be satis fied. lhere is not a particle of doubt, bowever, that they would be paid. Why, ex-Sovernor Brown swore, in the ADgier case, that ai chief* justice of the state he advised Angier-that he most sign the bonds—that it was his duty under the law. The bonds were before the courts twice, and in both eases it.was decided that they were regular aud legal, and must berigned.” I give you the above, that tbe press and people of Georgia may know the line upon which the fight against her good faith is being waged. I hart of course given the merest outline. As to the re peal of the amendment, I do not think that can be passed, although lean say without-violating Confidence, that the ahowiug Judge Lochrane made of his strength astonished me. The people of Georgia will be treated to at least two genuine surprises when the alignment on the question is Uarflrld’s Cabinet. New York, December 23.—A Washington dis- p -ich to tne Telegram says: “Governor Porter, of Indiana, is mentioned by his friend* for sec retary of the treasury under Garfield. He will accept, he says, U it to offered him. Tbe Swiss President t ommltsSnleide. Bscxc, December 2M. Aulerwert, who was recently elected president of the ewiasCo ifed ra tion. for 1881, commute 1 suicide at 9 o’clock this *vening. in the public promenade by shooting himself with a revolver. Judge Woods. Washington. December 2R.—The presiden signed the commbrion of Judge W. B. Woo<! Bad Breath arises from tb* stomach, and can be easily corrected If you take Simmons LiTer Rem ulator. It 1s peculiarly adapted to the stomach, eorreettn - acidity, destroying foul gams and al- laving Inflammation. Take after eating a half ublespoocful. It assimilates with the food and equaL It rarely and never, in giving relief, lhere is so ingredient in iu manufacture that rnn injure any ooe. It bas been tried for many years, and. unlike many other medicines, ia teedily gaining the confidence of the public.” Bnt whether the proposed repeal passes or fails it is certain that Georgia will be put oinipicu- ouriy on trial wltiiia the next year. Her debt will be subjected to the closest scrutiny—her dis posal of it criticized and denounced. She will be put under raking fire and the inmost citadel of her honor assaulted. It behooves her journalists and her public men to prepare lor a defense of her parity no lea than her purse, end the pur pose of this letter to simply to give note of the coming battle that they may gird on their armor. There is but one couree open to her and that is to stand by her record. If she rejected these bonds in hsate. she has, after eight yean cf reflection, indorsed that rejection by embalming it in her constitutional law. Let congrem do what it will, all Georgians must stand or fall by that coustitu- —I have suffered from a kidney difficulty for the past tea yea« accommparried with nervous spasms. Physicians gave me but temporary relit f, but after using three and one-half bottles of Warp«f» Safe Kidney and Liver Cur?, my nervous spesms were entirely relieved. My age is 77 years. I recommend this great remedy to all suffer ing from nervous trouble* Easton. Pa. Mu Mary Reese. declfi d2w *ao.wed<fcfri4fcw2w —New York bas diphtheria, snvsll-pox and the Herald Kelly.quarrel. ^ Washington, December 23.—Editors Con stitution: You requested my opinion as to whether Georgia was poorer in 18S0 than in 1870, and in reply I answer that Georgia is richer than in 1870, and tested by the gen eral characteristics of a progressive state of wealth, her condition will compare favor ably with that of any other state in the union. The aggregate wealth reported by the comptroller in 1870 was, in round numbers, $226,000,000 and in 1830 $238,000,000. show ing an increase of $12,000,000. An anal ye 1 s of the tar returns for 1S70 shows that t he basis of valuations-was much higher in 1870 than in 1880, owing to tbe fluctuations in cur rency and other causes. Land was given in $2 88 per acre in 1870, while in 1880 it was returned at $2.36 per acre, thus result ing in an aggregate of $95,000,000 cs the value of land in 1870, and in 1880 $88,000, 000, although 4,000,000 more acres were returned in 1880 than in 1870. If the land returned in 1880, to-wit: 37,000,000 of acres had been given in at an average of $2.88 po* acre, the increase would have been over $19,000,000 on this item alone and if the entire taxable property of the state had been assessed on the same basis, the aggre gate wealth would have appeared about fifty-two millions of dollars over the re ported figures, which were 238,000,000, the entire taxable wealth would have been 290,000.000. If the reports for 1875 and 1830 are com pared, the result would apparently indicate that the state was poorer at the latter date than at the former, but an examination of the articles of real and personal property returned by the tax’payers proves that the decrease is only apparent. The whole property was reported in 1875 at $261,755 884. . Land was retnrned at $3 38 per acre in 1875, while in 1880 improved land was valued at $2 91 per acre. Had tbe land in 1880 been • returned os in • 1875 would have aggregated $100,776,697, instead of $86 676,553, as reported by the complrol ler general, thus resulting in an increase on land of $J4,100,144, and if the same basis of valuations extended to other items of taxable property, the aggregate for 1880 would have been $274,774,044, as compared with $261,755,884 for 1875, showing an increase of over $13,000,000 But, it may be objected, ihe taxpayers make oath to^the valuation of property at both dates aud must we not rely on figures? No, for an analysis demonstrates that the figures reflected the sentiments of the tax payer and not hia true financial condition. He had the same land and doubtlem tbe annual income was as great, as it is well known that the products of Georgia have annually increased in value ali things being considered. Besides this, there are many kinds of pe; sonal property which persons whose finari cial condition is improving, will purchase and yet which will not materially swell the taxable aggregates, such as household and kitchen furniture, plated ware, plants tion and mechanical tools, personal apparel, etc. Their ownership renders the people more comfortable and better equip ped for the future, and yet the annual val uations will appear about the same. Sewing tuachines, buggies, wagons—who can tell the amount invested? .Not the tax books. Since 1870 the people of’ Georgia have invested much cf their savings in non-taxable property, as a prospering people will always do. How niucn money has been invested in non- taxable stocks, state, and United States bonds, cannot be ascertained, but tbe amount is not inconsiderable. In factories there has been invested since 1870 a large sum, over $4,000,000, not tax able under the statutes of Georgia. Statisticians admit that it is impossible to arrive at the exact wealth of a ration, and any estimate is to a certain extent guess work, but when distant dates are compared ’the result, while only approximate, is con vincing and satisfactory. The ^census of 1880 will, show that Georgia is steadily pro greasing, and her annual products increas ing. Take the item of cotton. 8ome insist that the more we make the poorer we be come, bnt the prices this year indicate that 5,000.000 of bales will be sold at remunera tive figures. I enclose a statement of the number of bales of cotton produced in the 1st suj^ervisor’s district of Georgia in 1870 and 1830, showing that north of Atlanta 53,072 bales were made in 1870, and in the same counties 113,210 were raised in 1880. Take transportation. In 1871 tfae'nurober of freight cars em ployed on the railroads of Georgia was 3,762, while in 1879 the number was 5 330. Take the progress in miles of railroads. In 1837 there were 7 miles, in 1850 there were 643 miles, in 1860 1 420, in 1870 1,845 miles, and in 1879 there were 2,469 miles But there is a broader view than that which is confined to mere figures of any kind, for the poet declares that “111 fares the land to hastening ills a prey, Wheie wealth accumulates ana men decay," and England’s great political eroiomist. Mill,gives certain tests of a progressive state, which we may well bear in miqd. 1. The growth of man’s potft' over na ture and knowledge of the properties of laws, of physical objects, as indicated by m ventions and contrivances for economizing labor. An examination at the patent office shows that more Georgians. are applying for patents thau r ormerly, and it is notori ously true that eyery year our people are utilizing to a greater extent labor-saving machines (not including political o'fflces) such as improved machinery in factories, in mining, in compressing cotton, and on the farms more and better machines and implements of every character. 2 Another characteristic of a progressive people is. tbe increase of the security of person and property, by the suppression of crime, by restricting the unjust privileges of certain classes to prey on others, by mak ing taxation less arbitrary and oppressive. Georgia by these tests ia improving, the work of our railroad com in iaston in adjust ing the rights of the corporations and the people on the principle of preventing un- j usrd i scri mi nation is attract! ng otb er sta tes New York is trying to solve this problem and has not progressed as far as Georgia. Our taxes have been lessened and the principle of our constitution of 1877, is that all the property protected by the govern ment shall contribute to the support of the govern men r, and every year the exempted property will grow less. Our neighbors, Alabama and Florida, each pay 70 cents on the $100. while Georgia pays 50 cents as a state tax. The reduction of interest has lessened the burdens of the people. 3. Another test is the improvement in the bu-dnes capacities of the general mass of the people. With railroads penetrating every section; with increasing attendance at- the schools; .with'new methods in the city village and country stores and Indica tions of renewed energy and enterprise in many of the departments of industry, man ufactures and mining, who can doubt that our people arc better, capacitated for labor, .1 ysicat and mental, than they were ten years ag-j? Tbe ma^s of tbe people will always improve very slowly, bat when the illiteracy regularly decreases, aa it does- in Georgia, tbe sign is a good one. 4 Tfae growth of tbe principal' and prac tics of o-operation. Cooperation is by some philanthropists considered tbe pa nacea for all the ills which laborers are heir to, but our people are alow to venture bsyoud joint stock companies in~this di rection. 5. If these characteristic! are found they will h* accompanied by another, to-wit: an increase of population. “A fool for luck and a poor man (or children,’’ but the psalmist reminds us that “children are an heritage of the Lord, and happy b the man who has bis quiver full of them.” ' Political economists estimate the muscle of a sound man to be worth $1,000. The census for 1880 will show Georgia’s popula tion to be about 1,537,000, It was 1.184,000 in 1870. Another fact will appear that the proportion of children to adults is far greater than in more fashionable states and in tbe course of a few centuries the result will be favorable to os.. If the propagation of fools b the leading characteristic of America, as hinted by Carlisle, then the south and west will soon monopolize the business unless the north becomes les* fashionable; in any event our state will increase more rapidly. ^ The conclusion may seem ptradoxical. Mill says: “It is quite possible thatrthere might be a great progress in. indus trial improvement anil in the sizns of ; what ' is commonly * called material prosperity, a great increase of ag gregate wealth, and even in Epme respects % better distribution of it, that not W»ly th* rich might grow richer^ b^t mauv of the poor might grow riyh, that intermediate classes might beootc^ more numerous and i;ovt«rfol, and- the means of enjoyable ex- *stenc* he more largely diffused, while yet tue great class at tbe base of the whole sys tens might increase in numbers only, and not in comfort nor in cultivation." , That is. we might raise children faster than anything else, and the per capita might be srqpller, although the aggregate of Wealth was greater. From the foregoing facta, tbe people of our state ought not to find it very difficult with Paul, "I have learned in what soever slate I find myself therewith to be content” The facta prove that onr people are richer but did they show the contrary we should remembei that “poor and content is rich, and rich enough, but riches boundless are as poor as winter to him who ever fears he ill be poor.” . A great Georgian is reported to have said, A sound man who owns ten acres of Geor gia broomsedge is rich ” A million and a half of Georgian's own thirty seven millions of acres, not all broomsedge. besides some millions of other properly and they can only blame them selves, not their Mars, if it cannot be said of Georgia, “Rich in the past, richer in the present, richest in the future.” W. O. Tuggle Chattooga— Cn«-rokec Cobb timer Habersham HaU Haralson — pkin.....— rray Paulding Pickcus............ Total 1132.1. 53072 lion. A. II. Stephens on Immigration Said Mr. Stephens: “Our people have been greatly xuisundrstood and are now.” “In what ?” "Well, it is said northern men are not safe and are not welcomed among us. This just as untrue of our section as it is of the great west. We want northern men— we want the yankee there; we welcome all honest, thrifty citizens who will come among us and labor with us to bring a return of prosperity to our prostrate slates. Nordowc care or inquire what his politics are, so loug as he comes among' us in a straightforward, manly way. I will tell you what kind of men it is that come there and get into trouble. It is the poli tician who comes as a sort of scavenger, to muster tne ignorance (made potent by the franchise) of the colored element, to tioist himself into political authority. Now, there is a state oj things in the south that the north does not realize. Tfae whites rep resent the culture arid the intelligence of the south, while the colored man represents the ignorance and the unwisdom. Tbe ques tion between them, then, is, who shall frame the laws, and give that direction to the affairs of state, county and town calculated to make our people happy and prosperous? The life, habits and. experience of the col ored man do not fit him to do it as a class, though there are many among them, and. yearly increasing in number, who are ap proaching the kind of ability required. Well, now, the white people of the south are just as reluctant and apprehensive of trusting the control of all matters affecting their rights of property and other domestic affairs to ignorant col ored men as are the intelligent while people of the north to the ignorant and vi cious class among them. In the north you get into desperate town fights as to who shall have the reins of government, and the rich man, the business man and all the law- •abiding, thinking, earnest citizens become exceedingly alarmed when there is an ele ment among them sufficiently large to place the balance of power in the hands of reck less, vicious men, who may not only make inadequate city regulations, bnt deprave those already made until society suffers. This is quite analogous to our condition That which alone we strive for is to preserve and! elevate our domestic affairs So when it happens that a northern man comes n nong its, rallies the worst element of the c ilored class under cover.of night, or other circum stances, with a view of creating hostility between the races, *0 as by prejudice to control their votes for no other purpose than selfish political emolument, why, of course, our people don’t take him cordially by tbe hand, but they ra’hsr shun him as one calculated to work injury in our midst. We have good citizens from the north among us. It is all a mistake to think there ia uo immigration to our stater. And we prize them to a high degree. In my own locality thecenre quite Remitter, and they are thrifty, earnest men, making tire fields they cultivate rich and profitable. I hey have the respect and society of their southern neighbors aud we would just as soon do harm or unkindness toa good south ern neighbor as to them. They help ua to make our community better. The colored men are improving yearly. Society is adjusting itself even more rapidly than one would suppose, to the new and changed state of things. In the transition it could hardly be expected that co abuses would creep in. Men are human, and the pas sions of the war, the prejudices of a ecu tury, could not be obliterated in a day, and in the readjustment both have suffered.” THE UNRASY FEELING Tirol Pervades Ubleaso Business Men Chicago, December 25 —The wheat mar ket was very steady his afternoon, and when affairs settled down it was found that J. P. Taylor, a very small speculator, aud Gardner. Slone <fc Go., a prominent and long established house, had tailed. Several other parties were somewhat strained by the heavy drop, but if prices recover, they wi 1 probably go on. A continued decline would, however, very probably swamp a consider able number of other firms. It is stated that New Y’ork Wall street speculators are largely re sponsible tor the shaky condition of many commission men here. Impressed with the high price of stocks and believing that, grain and provisions should be equally high, they have sent in orders reckless iu amount and prices limit to buy. Commis sion men who have done their business have in many instances been compelled to sell them out or eland in the gap and margin tbeir deals. By these ma nipulations prices have been forced to an unwarranted altitude, and under the circumstances a crash was inevi table. Many people look for a continuance- of the fall in tates. If their anticipations, are realized the result will bs'disaatroua. To-day’s dealings were ra h^r panicky at. limes, and the weakness was assisted by tho news of tbe heavy failure in ht. Loui«, and bj calls for margins from all quartern. The failure of Gardner. Stone &. Co , was a genuine surprise. A. J Gardner, the senior partner, is an ex-governorof Massachusetts, and was reputed wealthy. They can give no statement, bur their liabilities are estimated at $50,000 to $100,000. They put up $20,000* in margins yes terday and have been heavy losers for two- weeks. Severe strictures upon Jones dr McDonald are beard on ’change, ft is and they did tbeir buunest in a reckless and disagreeable way, so that friendship was: alienated and large sums intrusted to them and loaned by friends were squandered. It. : s very doubtful if they pay tnirty cents on the dollar. To-morrow’s deveiopero ents are looked for with much interest, even by those not personally concerned in the deals. A. Ladr'a Wtati. “Oh, how I do wish my skin was as dear and soft as yours,” said a lady to her friend. “You can easily make it so,” answered the friend. “How?” inquired the first lady. “By using Hop Bitters, that makes pure rich blood and blooming health. It did it for me, as you observe.” Read of it.—Cairo. Bulletin. to say 1 —When Senator Edmunds apexes he usually begins by putting the kr’. lC *!es of his right hand down upon bis de»k in & manner which seems to say that he has not only clinched ihe argument but that he bas done all his hammering beforehand. —Parents will tiud the - A. S T. Co. B ack Tip not objectionable like the metal, while it will wear as well. By asking for it in their children’s ahoes they can reduce slice billa one half. —Mr. Mackaye. manager of the Hazel Kirke theater in New York, has lately de vised and-Introduced a novel icenicappli- anoe whereby be produces theeflect of light and shadow, drifting over distant hill* and meadows as in nature. A Smooth Complexion can be had by every lady who will use Parker’s Ginger Tonic. For promptly regulating the liver and kid neys and purifying the blood there is noth ing like it, and this is the reason why it to. —Mr. Le Due has gone tq Florida, where he will make arrangement* for planting tea. Mr. Le Due is iu charge of the agri cultural department under Mr.'Hayes. It is believed that if he succeeds lu planting thfl tea he will soon begin to plant loat sugar, —The Empress Eugenie isa very wealthy woman. She baa estates in Hungary, Spain, France; Switzerland, Italy aud England. She has, besides, tbe product of savings and speculations and the insurance on the life of her late husband. A Serious Hatter. For Physical or Mental Debility, Ner vousness, Weakness, Incapacity for Labor. Timidity, Dizziness. Headache, Loss of Memory, Epilecsy, Bad Eyesight, Skepand Appetite, Incapacity and Emissions, use no medicines. Dr. FJagg’s Improved Liver and Stomach P<»d WtU restore h$ strength. «toreh$*i«ri»v
