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fpie Constitution THE ATLANTA WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY, JANUAKY 4, 1881. 1* t * iere *°y <nan who cannot afford this ] A word t* flame Tic limit, much for * paper that brags in all the j have no doabt that the honest and the southern cultivator. Vow l*dteQB«lo«ih(enbc tor this old and re- Jl«b!e Agricultural Journal. It total* XXXVIII volume and stands at the bead of agricultural It toaoa published by Tax Govs.itb Tina, Atlanta, Georgia. fcz ^ a *1» * THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, THE GREAT SOUTHERN FAMILY PAPER tfrZ.’TZi — —■ *1 W per annua Clot* of 19 “ — -- Clnhe of ». . 13 M ClTWf aTo* and WmiT u. the *c. addram. 3 80 per aaau A«*nt« wanted avarywhere Liberal coma . -a OOJWTITOTJOJT Tf **eklj Conal it n t Ion. s:x months, $1.00. IMPORTANT. We send the Constitution and Cult!* va'or to one address for $2.50. Thl- doea not apply to past snWrlptfon. Doth anbarrlptlona moat be made at the same Ume. The label on your Ooiwitotioi Informs yua when yoor enheerlptlon expires. If yon wish the peper continued, do not wait till the time expires before sending on the •ahecnptinn price Yon may lose s num ber, and it will save ns the trouble of tak ing your name oat of type and re entering It again. L»t every subscriber rend at least ore other subscription with hia or her re- f>» «r-1 ATLANTA, «.A , JANU RY 4. in 1. news of the world? Most of the clobs are oat in tbenext 30 days. Will those who are interested get up the recruith and send them in? See that every old •oldier in the ranks ia in l is fixer, and new recruits are drammed in. We are going to have a lively campaign next year and we want over 20,000 men in oar ranks! Tna n. Hamer Cbarle* Francis A dam- la atiil prevalent in onr atmosphere. Wa have no voice in such a matter, we presume, but really we prefer the Chinese to Ibefr fire* or he If Atlanta had Lang up her stocking in • proper frame of mind she might have got the Georgia VVVMern in it. Wears In favor of genial politics, and all that tort of (bing, but the ii.flaence of New England in our ciimare it not to be tolerated A Gsow.!* editor who bung up bis stock ing last Friday night got a pair of mumps They are bigger than the batfaend of a tin- bon.. “This is no storm," remarked a northern man yesterday, “dnow storm !'* exclaimed an Atlanta youth; "well, I should think it “was!" Brother Beecher atiil insists that "damn" Isn’t swearing. Jf ibis is true, then—how ever. these Brooklyn people must look after their own family affairs. The New York Herald says that "Ohio is “a tort of a politic*! dollar store,’’ bat our contemporary forgets to state that there ii a five ceut ounter attsebid to the concern. Jonir Kelly denies »*;at Tammany is dead; but ibe skillful use of disinfectants cannot cm.oeai the fact that the concern smells bad. New Enoi.axp came along night before last and .quailed dowa right in the lap of the sunny i mrb. We haven’t had such a •now since a year or two before the late riot The snow is not au tmmixed evil. The inadequate street-car mules had their Christ turns yesterday. Let us all join in the bo|« that they will return to their arduous labors refreshed and invigorated. A "society for the reformation of the “world" da bseta organized. The members will first practice on Cmikling, and if they are successful, they will then open in Brooklyu fora twenty years* engagement. The new year opened somewhat inanspi- doubly yesterday with a severe snow-storm. The cl* iriublo movemont which waa inau gurated in Atlanta last Wednesday will now have a definite excuse lor continuing its good work. Tom Uuohes baa written back to England that the negro will not sell hia vote. We do not propose to di.-pme anything Tom aays; but, at the saiue time, we shah not empv to couce*^the fact that he has never been a candidate Tor coroner in this en larged country* of ours, W« are glad to l« an» that Colonel Forney wih rrru tiu in the democratic party. We wars under toe imprexuou that, like Gor ham, the colonel bad merely come over into the caoip tor exercise; but if he haa come to stay, well ai.il good. The house keeper will piease spread a pallet for Colo ncl Forney near the fire. Tusre seems to be good resaon for the claim oi Coukitng’s friends that he is a man of larg* executive ability. Governor ] 8prague, talking to a noq.-paper reporter, I alludes plaintively to the time when the New Yorx senator "took charge" of his household. Anility of this kind seems to be very common m * Brooklyn and New England. A Happy Mew Year. The beat that The Constitution can do tbia morning ia to w*ab its readers and those who are not its readers a hap py and prosperous now year. It is a small thing to do, to be -sure, but a wish that is genuine is sometimes worth more than a gilt that is ungracious. As for the old year, let it go. We could not blot out its memories if we would. The new is before ns, and for aught we know it will bring us nothing but pleasure and pros perity. If it should be otherwise, we can at least content ourselves with the thought that the sorrows that ring our own door-bells likewise enter the hril- ways of our neighbors. Wo may listen in the night for voices that will never more be heard, bat it is better to remem ber that those we hear in the day are as dear. If we can separate the old from the new year, let it be with the hope that the new will bring greater happi ness to rich and poor the wide world over. ___________ To Oar Former Rmdrn. \\Y want to have a arord or two with oar country reader* this week. T.a Wmklt Cqjistitctiox goes row to nearly 14,000 snt»rribers—oi whom over 12,000 an farmers. We can say failhlul v that there are no readers to whom ream so mach attached as these. The daily pap. r goe* to an office or store, the let. grams and special items are hnr- riedly glanced over, the paper ia thrown aside. The weekly goes to the country home of the farmer, and is heartily wel comed. It is carefully read from one end to th. other, and Is read by the-fami'y from the grandmother, in the home chimney corner, to the youngster, who is just learning to read, and has to skip all the big words. Tne daily goes to its subscribers as a mere visitor—the weekly goee as a staunch friend. We like onr daily read era—we love air weekly leaders. Oi coarse we want to have them all stay with ns during 1SSI. It is going to be s gvest year—f.moos in all history as a year of development and program. No man who wishes to do justice to himself or his family can afford to be without a paper for the nest year. We believe that 'it* Wnctr Cover: TCTtox is tile best paper they can get. We h .ve tried to make ii hearty, whole some, newsy and true. We have con ducted it with an eye single to the inter ests of ttie great state that we all love so well. We have enriched its columns with the best work of the best writers, and here tried to have something to soit every taste. It is for onr readers to say how we have succeeded. We are receiving daily, clubs of anbecriben who renew. It is a pleasure to ns to find that there is hardly a man out of ranks. Al Rvntbcra Debt* unit in* Soprfnr <t»nri. The recent decision of the United States supreme court in the case oi Brofiey, ad- miniatrator, is very broad in its apparent scope. The facta in connection with the case are briefly these: Two Penney Ivani- ebs sold s Virginian some Roods in March, 1861. The purchaser of the goods died, and the Pennsylvanians brought a suit against *he man's estate to recover th«- value of the goods. The suit was brought id the circuit court of R»ckin$ham c- un’y Virginia—a state ' court; it should be kept in mind. The adminis trator pleaded the act of the confederate government sequestrating debts to alien enemies, and the pay bum? under that law of the amount to th» state's officer. He pleaded, In other word.-, the payment of the debt. Tr.e local coor readily threw the Pennsylvanians ontol court oa the plea set up by the adminis trator. The court of last resort in Vir ginia refused an appeal to reopen th» case, holding the judgment of the Rock ingham court to b<* “plainly right.” Th» caae was then taken to the United State* supreme court. In this court the case assumed a broader form—a form relating not »• much to the validity of ante-wa* wlaims, as to the power of federal courts over state courts. The federal court first directed the action of the Virginia court of appeals tb be re versed and the case to be heard before it. To this mandate the Virginia court replied, declining to take action on grounds mainly technical, soch as that its action had been final ia the premises, and that the Virginia statutes expresaly prohibited the issue of process on ap peal, writ of error or suspersedeas after a certain interval of time had elapsed, which was the case in this instance. The supreme court of the United States then decided—Mr. Justice Field delivering the opinion—that the Virginia court should have reopened the cate; but in order to get that court out of a hole, the supreme court finally decided to withdraw its mandate to the Virginia court of appeals and to issues new one addressed directly to the infe rior court in Rockingham county. This mandate to the R *ckingham court calls npon it to reverse its.judgment, and to give judgment in favor of the two obsti nate Pennsylvanians for the amount de cided to represent the claim upon an agreed statement of facts, with interest fromfmaturity, except for the time of ac tual war, the judgment to be paid by the administrator in like manner na other claims against tho.estate. \Vhat the Rockiugham court will do remains to be seen; but if it obeys or should obey the mandate of the supreme court of the United S ates, coming as does the one in the Bruffey case, there seems to be no limit to the scope of the recent decision except the pleasure of the fed eral court ol last resort, either in respect of debts discharged in confederate cur rency, or ot coupons or bonds issued by a state. Tne further development of the case will be closely watched. It involves millions npon millions ol claims that have Jong been comddered out of court and divested of all legal rights. The su preme Court of the Uuited States is evi dently marching on quite as rapidly as the most ardent centralist could e’esire. Tit* IrUh Trial* iuia Traablm. The English government is empU ying the courts, the police and the army in its efforts to put down the secret organiza tion known as the land-league—an or ganization that has grown in fifteen months until it has in many respects rendered British rule a nullity in Ire land. Just now the trial of fourteen lea lere of the league, before the court of queen's bench, Dublin, is attracting wide attention. The defendants or traversers are Mr. Charles Stuart Parnell, M. P. Mr. John Billon, M. P.; Mr. Joseph Gil- lis Bigger, M. P.; Mr. T. D. Sullivan, M, P.; Mr. Thomas Saxton, M. P.; Mr. Pat rick Egan, treasurer of the league; Mr Thomas Brennan, its secretary; Mr. M. Sullivan, undersecretary; Mr. P. Boy ton, Mr. P. J. Gordon, of Clan-morris; Mr. Matthew Harris, of Galway; Mr. J. W. Nelly, of Balia; Mr. J. W. Walsh, ot Balia, and Mr. P. J. Sheridan, of Tubher- curry. They are charged with “conspiracy" under a very elastic law; but the jury, composed of eight Catholics, three Protestants and a Quaker will probably have judgments as elas- as the law. No one anticipates a conviction, and few a dis agreement of the jury. The government seems to rely almost solely upon the ut terances of the defendants at league meetings. But the government does not wholly de pend upon these trialsfor the suppression of disonler. It is filling the island with soldiers and a formidable police force. Flying columns are to be dispatched through the turbulent districts. The land is to be trampled by artillerymen, and cavalrymen, and foot soldiers. And yet there is not an intel-igent man who believes the league can bo quickly crashed out by the employment of force—by trials or by military expeditions. The trouble is, the tenants can not pay the rents imposed by the landlords, and either one or the other must go. If the government keeps the landlords in fall possession by force, the tenants will be compelled to fly to other lands or starve. If the government, on the other hand, decides to conciliate the snff* ring people by making them proprietors of the soil they till, the landlords will go back to England. The two classes cannot longer occupy the island in peace. But how to bring about this great change is no easy matter. If the Irish landlords are forced to sell their lands, the English landlords would feel insecure —and then upon what ia the throne to rely? Then again the league is demand- im: too much. Instead of being content with a demand for land reform, it also demands an Irish parliament or home rale on local affairs. There is even talk of Irish independence. Mr. Gladstone is between two fires—be tween the impracticable schemes of the leagners and the rawwity and fears cf the relentless landlord system, both of England and Ireland; and this includes the privileged classes of the kingdom. Never had a minister a more difficult problem to solve. Ireland has no Desk, and the landlords no Kossuth. Mr. Gladstone has to deal with impracticable leaders on the one side and with the en trenchments of a powerful land grabbing aristocracy on the other. He ia full of resources; he is the true friend of all in terests, and if any man can find a good aoluiion of the existing difficulty, he can. But Irish independence is a dream* and Irish ownership of the soil a matter ol a century. The kagne have however de- ccnfiding Germans, who were so unfor tunate mb to have a lot of bogus Georgia bonds palmed off on them by the sharp sod lively parties in terwted in the finances of thia state under republican rule, feel that they have been made the Victims of most outrageous proceeding. The Coxarrrcttos does not hesitate to say that it sympathizes most keenly with these honest and confiding holders of bogus securities and with all other inno cent holders of alleged Georgia bonds which have been shown to be fraudulent and void. Indeed, The Constitution docs not hesita'e to go a atop further than this and declare that they have a valid claim for reparation. They have not only been made the victima of sharp practice, but they have been deliberately robbed. In a matter of this kind, it is well to call things-by their right names, and when we say that the innocent hold ers of the bogus bonds of Georgia have been robbed, we merely give plain ex pression to a fact which must be appar ent to any person who knows the history of the transaction by which they were vic timized. They paid oat their money and received in return a lot of alleged secure- es that were not the worth, the paper npon which they were printed. In other word*, the alleged seenri ies were palm ed off on the innocent Germans by par ties who knew that the so-called bonds were not what they purported to he. The point we desire to make in thie connection, however, is that the German* and • other innocent persons who pur- based these so-called bonds have been made the victims of injustice and out rage and are entitled to reparation. -Strange as it may seemHo these German holders, nobody in Georgia will deny this. They are entitled to reparation, nd there is not a man, woman or child n the state who would net be pleased to learn that they had recovered all the money of which they have been un justly dispossessed. Thus far every- •ody is agreed, but by going a step further, as we propose to do, we fear the holders of the alleged bonds will conclude that our sympathy is not genuine. The people of Georgia, inclnding The Consti tution, simply insist that these victimized Germans 6eek restitution at the bands of the parties by whom they were unjustly and fraudulently dispossessed of their funds. This is not only a common sense view of the matter, but it is strictly fair and just. These Germans make a great mistake in supposing that they have any case against, the state, or any claim against the people of the state, and, as we endeavored to point out the other day, they are losing time and more money in the absurd effort which they have in stituted to have the consti of the United States amend- d in their behalf. They have just as much prospect of amending the organic law of this country by obtaining a tfocree from Bismarck as they have of pushing their ridiculous proposition through congress and through the state legislatures. The sum and substance of the whole matter is that Georgia owes them noth The state did not swindle them in the first place, and they have no right to come to the state for reparation. If The Constitution allows itself to be swindled i»y accepting a counterfeit note purport ing to have been issued by the First Na tional Bank of New York, wo have no right to demand restitution from the bank. Our coat se is to catch the swin dler who paid us the note, and if we fail, the bank has no responsibility in the matter. In a general way, people who invest money in Ef'curities’toLiSiLort aro snp- poeed to know somethin*^ their value —something of their history): bat it ap pears that thes) unfortunate Germans handed over their money to (Sews A Co. without making any inquiry or investi gation whatever. Had tney taken the trouble to look into the history of these b jgus bonds they would have learned that the people of Georgia had put the world on notice that these alleged se curities were worthless and would never be paid. They would have learned that the treasurer of the state, though in political sympathy with those in power, had visited New York City iir person in order to put Wall street upon notice that these so-called bonds were not what they purported to be, bnt fraudu lent and invalid. If the Germans had been ordinarily cantious they would have learned that the people of the state, through their press, had given timely warning of the character of these bogus securities. This is why the bonds were placed in a foreign market. They could not be disposed of in this country, where their character was known, except at great sacrifice, and Clews, through his foreign connections bundled them off to countries where they had not been ad vertised as invalid. But, all the same, the German holders bought at their own risk. They had no warning, bnt they might have had can* tion. The very fact that the securities were offered for sale In a foreign country ought to have excited their suspicions. When was it ever necessary to go outside of Wall street to negotiate a valid Geor gia bond? It is true, the cry of “repudi ation” was raised in New York and else where when these bogus bonds were formally declared* invalid; but the cry was not raised in financial circles —it was not raised in Wall street The stern justice of those who transact business on the pound of flesh policy knew that Georgia had not re pudiated any of her bonds, and they were as ready and as anxious to get hoi J of Georgia bonds the day after the fraud ulent securities received formal condem nation as they have been since; and all because Wall street was never for a mo ment deceived as to the manner and ex tent of the swindle which was practiced when the bogus bonds were offered for sale in foreign markets. It is in all kindnsss and sympathy, therefore, that we advise the victimized Germans to go for restitution to those who swindled them. Neither the state nor the people of Georgia had any part m it. the spring. It is this intention, this earnestness, that is impelling the powers to bring about a settlement of the tfoilblfi before hostilities break out This is the last day of the old year, and to-morrow the new year will inevitably be upon us with all its responsibilities, opportunities, hopes and promises. Let us, in the course of the good resolutions we are about to make, firmly resolve that we will do all that in as lies to make Georgia richer, mere independent and nearer self-»ustaining than she has ever been. w e cannot conceive a more pa triotic res iluiion—one that will, if car ried out, brirg more blessings to us indi vidually and collectively. All the way from Maine to the South Carolina line there fell on Satorday and Sunday snow in large quantities. In some places the storm lasted three days, and the accumulation of snow greatly impedes travel Even in Baltimore there is a foot of snow, and the sleigh bells could jingle all through Virginia and in the greater part of North Carolina. The atly. winter is almost unprecedented in severity. There is no snow in Georgia, t>ut the air is as keen as a Greenlander would he apt to desire. The state trials have been begun a Dublin. Mr. Parnell and bis associates are relieved of the unfriendly spirit that Chief Justice May has manifested, for that gentleman declines to set in their cases. IIo claims that his language on a former memorable occasion was miscon strued; but now that he is not to takf part in the coming trials, it matters very little what he said or intended to 6ay. The course of the trials will be closely watched. DEAD M]) BURIED IH THE TOMB OF THE OLD TEAR* Bill Arp Diicict* oa Hard Time* aad Panic*; and Cone* to tka Ccaclwioa Tkat P«cp!o Wfco Att.-ud to Their Ova Bcein ea Ara ffmr Far Froa Safe. We need not consult Cheyenne papers to find out what a blizzard is. We have heard one at our very doors, ready to greet us, fully forty-eight hours. “A Vote* fruut Ueorgiji” BraoUjn Union, rep. At Oxford. Oa., on Thank*giring day, the pres- lent of Ltnory college, Her. Dr. Hay good, reached a remarkable t-ermoo, the publication l which waa requited "by a unanimous vote of toecougregatiou." before tne war the governors ol s ates only issued thanksgiving proclamations, and in many ml the southern states they were not o-suedatalL Dr. Hay good noticed the fact that bln con regaliou had gathered in "ob«dteuce to a tsfuciamauvu Irom the chi» f executive of our na- ~ and state." which made it "uot merely their lle„c but their dut>’’io meet together and tneu entered upon a review of theo.us.taeratious whica j de bate and ot.ufliet.sach aa we had four years ago,to settle the question of the t>re»idency," and tnal "no sane man" is left in doubt as to "whether tieaera liar field has been elected president of the U uited stales." Tne reverend doctor said that the southern "When," he ask-a, "did a defeated and conquered minority ever before, in tbe short apace ot fllieen years, regain such power a d influence in any age or nation?'* l>r. Hi ~ gyod was emphatic lu regard to emancipation. "Tbe abolition of African slavery" Uay- n. the one great historic fact, he said, to excite iu the south **proiound gratitude to Almighty God.” The teacher dwelt at some length on tbi subject, and m*T the obvious criticism that he Had chang ed his mind by saying: "i have near light. 1 do now believe many tbing* that 1 did not believe twenty yean ago. Moreover, H it please God to spare me in this wor.d twenty years longer, I hope to **— — many difficult problems, more new expect, if 1 rce the d«wu of 1A> •, to believe some tb lugs that 1 now reject, and to reject some thirgs that l now believe. * # Let u* cultivate ; and habits of political au his L sorely needed among iat a mau may vote again* be oar friend; we need to feel that we can be hia friend although we vote against him.’ This surely ia a marvelous sermon as coming dlajonteni and "cussedneaa" generally. When the altar flimct up in tni* way, the'light and warmth will sorely spread. Although the doctor rays he hope* to have new light, and expects to change bis zniud, he iuforms his hearers with very great Kilidity of couvJctlou: "If you should condemn my views, 1 have Ml me at least the sat siaction of toiug quite sura that lair right, and that, if you live tong euough. you will agree with me." Why Amos r. AUerinnu Lrfl Grant. Chicago Tribune, rep. Soon after folouel Atermsu commenced tbe duties ot hm office he w*» called upou by numer ous pantos and sets of -chemiug meu who desired him to Investigate and make favorable reports aa to convince almost any c were just. Cownel Akcrmat , the matter to a most thorough aud rigid examina tion, aud the fruit* of the Invest.gallon mowed tbat the claim had not in the first place been authorized to be Drought against the Uuited Sta.es p ogresa of the examioatiou of the Uoadures laim. President Grant called upon the attorney general frequently. a..d eecmed by hismauuer and conversation to show a dedre for a lavurabl report. Dur.ug one of these interviews wun tbi attorney general, President Grant stated .hat 1*1* friend.-, who ~ * claim r-boulo M «aud. Wneu Colonel Aaermso, as attorney eeueraiof the Untied States, made the report, it was found that it a as unfavorable, aud the ground.. w«.re *< t forth in his usual clear aud cunci-emanner. Hi* report c eatedinoigua- and a po.Ideal charge was m*de upon the but warks of Integrity, officered and commanded by tiou, aud theoffije wasmtde vac mt for a succes sor. He preferred to give up nis office ratner thwu be au instrument io the fraud and corrup tion that unprincipled men we e making an effort to perpetrate upou the government of the country that he loved. The old year is dead. He wrapped him self in a winding sheet.of scow and de parted this life intestate. He was a good old year, for he brought as health and pros perity and a bountiful supply of blessings It will be w-right good wTb to wish you all a new year as happy and peaceful as the one that has passed. But anno domiui will tell. The rolling year keeps its own secrets. We live in a perpetual fight—a fi*ht with old Father Time. He is a hard old customer, and always whips us in tbe long run. Hie has a whole passel of adjutants aad lieuten ants, such as famice and pestilence and all sorts of diseases and b*d pas-ions and whisky and hip-pockets, and ever and anon he lets slip the dogs of war, and if a man dodges all these he is lucky; but nevertheless, the wrinkles will com&an£ the eyes grow dim, and we can’t dodge old age nor decay nor death. May we all dud^e the devil is my New Year’s prayer. 'Ihe winter is nard and all sorts ofruffnet> baa advanced in price, but our farmers are hopeful of another good crop year. They grumble and growl less than I ever knew them, and tbe coal famine is no famine to them. I wish you poor people were within reach of our timber. There is uo irdepetd cnee like living in the country such weath er as this. A man who has a good little farm well stocked has the best security against the ills and accidents of life. He aaier without a dollar o^surplus than a merchant or bankeMn^jj^H^ay with a to b-ck long run—safer when financial revolution c^Lies. And it will come sooner or later. Grady aays its com ing this year, for Jay Gonld ia setting bin traps. Well, these psnics are mighty had some folks, but they don’t seem to ruin the solid, industrious people who go slow and careful. Thty don’t ruin lie farmers who dig their living out of the ground. The men who lautrth ouu beyond their capital and the speculators who* arc iu a hurry to get rich arc tbe ones who suf fer. If a boat keeps near tbe shore it’s safe, but when a ship sails out into the deep sea it must expect a storm. The doctors say that a boil is a sign of good health—a safe-y valve that ieu out the internal fires, snu just so a panic must come along once in a while to stop the wild riL*h after money aud bring back 4 healthy circulation. When folks eat and drink too much they getgouty at.d pulled up and break out iu sores, and then they have to hold up all of a sudden and diet themselves; but it a man haven't got anything bat plam vittels and lives perate and careful, he will be all right panic or no panic. But I don’t believe in prophets—Special ly these Wall street prophets of evil. J don't believe there will be a geueral upheaving this year. If we have a bad crop it will tighten up things, but speculation haseu'l got the credit it had In 1873. When busi ness is done on a cash b*ats there ca».’t be a panic to hurt—commerce and trade isen’t b oated enough yet to cause a collapse, t'here is nothing inflated, cotton is reason able, bread stuffs are low and labor bavonly *. fair living. Cash is pretty much the basis f all industries, aud 1 don’t see what Jay Gould cau do except to burst up a few speculators like hinueif. A few years ago our people owed for their farms and they stocked them ou a credit and got advanc es of provisions to make tbeir'crops. Iron men built furnaces and bought mules and wagons and spread out extensively while iron was fifty dollars a ion—railroad men issued bonds and built their roads on acred it—merchants bought largely ou time at high prices and sold them the same way and shore enough tbe panic came But its not so now. \ was iu the little thriving city of B&rnesville the other day and saw many signs of substantial prosperity There were two firms making wagous'and buggies, four to five hundred each in a year, and they sold them for cash and there was a large furniture factory, and the farm ers’ wagons were there hauling off bureaus aud bedsteads and tables aud chairs and they all had tbe money. Mr. Stafford tolu me their firm sold about $130,000 worth iu a year, and it was all cash or a safe equiva lent, and what they had acid on time to tht termers was promptly paid out of their cot ton crop. He is a splendid gentleman ol the olden time, but hasentany ageto^eak ot considering that hMsa_gidower a-.dpveli preserved. He is a tilfuve of North Caroli na, and was raised principally on pitctr, tar and turpentine. He'says he used to deal 'largely in fruit and lumber, which, in the old north state, means dried puukins and hoop-poles He said that a No. 1 hoop-pole gitter got two dollar* a day and was always cross-eyed—got eo from habit, for while lie had bis right eye on the pole he was cut ting, the left was picking out another, so ai to lose uo time with tbe axe. The Gordon institute at Barnesville is a splendid sue cess. It’s everybody’s pet and pride and boasts of over 2G0 pupils Competition ia*» good thing geui-raily. but that school don’i ueed any to stimulate its teachers, and it’s 1 good thing for every body to be uuited ou 1 school for their children. It’s a good thing for a town to have but one hotel and one newspaper, if they are well cjuducted; then the public are not b.jtbered about which to patronizes and there’s uo hurting of feel toys. Our Christmas ia over, and we had a jolly good time. We gathered home some oi the stray lambs, aud they had hardly set down to the waiting dinner before they began to :.kk .... r u if.... . « ... from which handsome dividends oan be secured, oca ATLANTA. It* growth for the past year has been wonderful, even io those who life among U8, and a stranger who may have bean here a year ago if he *hotila visit Atlanta ho1r Would be astonished. Large and commodious stores and warehouses have been built on nearly every eligible lot in the business portion of the city. In the residence portion of the dty the number erected was only limited ij the qnunity of material and labor to be had. In every section of the city there has been erected many neat cottages and many larger and elegant residences, and the promise for the coining season is that Improvements will be largely augmented, and we think skilled labor will have no trouble lu finding employment at re munerative price*. Our manufacturing interest Is growing rapidly, at not uear so fast as it would if we hwd cheap faeL ThA difficulty, wfc are glad toknow, will not bo long in the way, as it is the determination cf onr city to tap the coal fields of Alabama, and the enterprise!* in the hands of energetic gentle men of means, who know no inch word as fail. The commercial interest ol our city is in a very prosperous condition, and the trade of the past year exceeds that of the preceding year by more than to per cent, and pur merchants are all de lighted with the year's busine?-a. COTTON. Last year Messrs. Turner, Inman A Parrott erected a large compress, which is not excelled by any in the Uuited States, and finding that it has not capacity enough for the business, have determined to erect another oae, which will be ready for next season’s badness. In addition to this Messrs. Maddox, Rucker & Co. baTe erected a large cotton warehouse, and we hear others are to be built the coming summer, which will add much to our cotton receipts next Henson. Onr receipts this season havebeeu curtailed for the want of sto.sge room. Although we expect to increase our receipts folly £0,000 bales, with the facilities thus afforded, aided by our cottou aud produce exchange, which affords facilities to bz had anywhere, we see no reason why our cotton trade should mot continue to improvqfrom year to year. In fact, we think Atlanta has a glorious future; and there is room for ai who wish to come, and we extend a enrdtol invitation to alL SOUTHERN T0FICS. EDUCATION, POLITICS AND COTTON. Editor Nodars on tks Dingers lacideot to a Di vision cf tho Whits Yots—Bsgxs £daoa- t-oaal-Ventures in the South Want ed Against—A Discovery. laid upon my shoulders. The lawyer is as indls- penslble a part of the machinery for the adminis tration cl the laws as the nrhn or the Jury, and C hen all these bear their Ju*t proportion of the ■bor fid. met with an enlightened *ense of Ibilifr. the failure of Justice One wtrtd oh another subject: since I have set upon tile federal tench in this circuit, I have kept one tning steadily Id view, ■ and that was so to administer the law as to «meoh»‘* I age the sentiment that the courts of the L nited States were not eon rts of a foreigu jurisdiction, but courts which belonged to the people of the districts in which they were held, in common 'so!the" - ■ - - WINDING UP THE YEAR. A Grand Frolic Over is In St. Lonis. Special dispatch to the Constitution. ST. Louis, January 1.—Business ou ’change was entirely suspended at noon to-day, and the mem bers wound up the old rear in a grand frolie of nearly two hours’ duration. This consisted of a parade around the hall by a company of maskers under the name of the "Merchants’ My.-tir Krewe." with a band of muric e-Curtin; ibei, queen, who was attired ia a gorgeous costume the climbing of a greased pole chasing a grossed hog by the ’ members.of the exchange, and the expin The railroad system which Jay Goald has mapped out, at least in his own mind, covers not only Mexico and the great west, bnt the promising south as welL Says the Chicago Tribune in dis cussing the Goald system: It proper* oprntmr an twlsi al traffic between Chicago and tbe gulf state*. hoi«ii».» itself free l>-vt«r (rota th* djmlaatioa cf the Vkxot New- eombsjsteas. Ai pre-e t Chtasgo** bui* neat ado Le<- i.rndncn ia Haired e-noaTiisnrecti Ala atra. Georgia, South fat Una and Florid* partly vU L «t~v ire aud Noshnl e PreM e t Duncan of ibe Motdl- and Ohio, end 'be Goalu syndicate pC'poee maklnc Jerkso .Tennewe, a civriba?- tn« point, working that far in barmoojr wita tne U.inois Central This can be tbe more effectually •eco«ap)i»h*d now that tbe Gould svi dic*t* he* lie-.wo« hicago Ha- as also the Iron Mountain. Heretofore tne gulf state* nave oo« earned Ku mm •3tv and Chicazo provisoes shipped by r*U and «tre Baltimore end N w York, and then ledie tnhutrd to them by Warner and coewwls ail O e glare* at tbe map of the *«uibeni sure* *11 •bow what a* orrhM field la thus open, d 10tbe e two great aarpajariocu. Tne litiooi - Centra with 1US a I hern line, atm beooocwtod tbe Xlwto tit-oL Loai-ton*. South Am ri wa and European trade, for m tarilitJe* art being daily Increased. To tbe Mobile and Ohio will fall an tbe trade ►arcrpti'-Ie off d] trite lion via Cor! ih. Deca tur. Meridian. Muntaonrorr, and Mo*He proper. The Greeks are said to have one-sixth of their men of military age tinder arm*, or a force of €0,000 out of a population of a million and a half. This force haa been ga hervd to make the frontier decreed by cided to firmly 5tand by the three Fa— every o.d|name, and old farmer is tbe e— j fixity of tenure, fair rents and free aale. ] the Berlin conference an actual instead and there are many new recruits. The ! Mr. Davivt however fears that any plan ! of a paper fact. The military prepara- paper is certainly cheap enough. It is • the government wiR propose will prove a | tions are going forward with a view to jost 121 cents a month og£ cents a week, i system of fear, fraud and failure J aa occupation of the coveted territory in MIX tl neat merchants, including ex Goveanor* Stan- aanl, D. 1 Rowland. J-Hiu O. Talbott. J C Ev ald, and H. w Chandler, to tbestage, where they were arrayed in mas; grote-que awtaaret and required to ou up> conspicuous place* on the platform to the infinite amosenrent of ihe crowd. Tbe floor of tbe exchange and galleries were filled • Itbaportatorr. woo euiered mo«t heartily Into the event, and made the ball ring with laughter election in the third district, t fill the vacancy Evarts W. Farr, »*. including tne of thirty seveo towns heard a this republican state committee but Lempster. which made a democratic g in of -4. show a republican iret gain of 1.6 -9 Tbe vote was wr, 11 bt, protebiy not more than two- thirtoof lha in th-November rtocii □. Thel*w provid** that s eturns shall no made to the secreta ry of tate wiihiu fifuen days from the day of t-iec- li-.n It ia nnderetood. however, that the execu tive bdy will not d.‘lay action, a* Mr. Kay’* election » palpebte. bnt will immediately issue hia certificate so that he can go to Washing ion the first of next week. Dividing Texas. Austin Review, iud. We Infer that these new states will be created r legislature, lor the fol- division impossible by acting itself and getting cohere*— **- *■— get ted. co’i«reM to act concurrently aa has beeu tug- U uited -tat* a veuite for tbe next four years and can only do s» by sending six new ctenwiK-tatir •r nafora to *hat body from three new add! I mal state* created out ol the territory of Texas. Alfonso's speech. Special dlj-p-teh to Tbe Constitution. Manatd. January L—Considerable impression uadc b* that part of the king*# speech at the speech concludes ice. it dots not appt- tirat e-pain jhonid o ee more ed positions which they had t ot too area nut' return to be what« tetxotvoocreu atauu that we should at least to the NVwa a d o-nricr reports tnat in Scaur eoanty to-toy a colored man named Wright, for whom a ant bad eentovned for stealing a b.le of cottou. iQiaao *bot ad-puty »heriff named jabber at us ail in French. lfecu*cff to school a Dttle while, and a body would have thought they had been to Paris. ' Psssy tuar ler burr," raid oue. "Pas- your nia the butter," said 1. "Dunnay mar ter coftav a suker," said another. "Dues the calf suck bis mother?" said I. I got along with this pretty well for a while—about a* well as Carl did when his mother asked him last Sunday wna: were the names of Noah’s three sons, and he said "Bethleham and Jacob.” My .suspicion about all this sud den French lingo is connected wi.h a re- ix ark I made that anybody was a fool to give fiva dollars to hear Sara Heartburn if they didn’t understand what she arid. Yours, Bill Aar. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The Worni-Pruor Cotton Jasper (Tex*.-) Newsboy. This worm-proof extra prolific, rapid growing and early maturing cotton, whose fame has already spread throughout the American continent, and beyond the seas among tbe French and English and in Spaiu and India, was grown aud mixed with native weeds in the quiet little village of Jasper. The land on which this cotton was grown has beeu in cultivation ever since 1824, and is said to be the first spot of land ever cleared and cultivated in Jasper county. The land (not by any means a fair representation of east Texas soil, for we have much better) is a sandy hillside, with a slope of about six leet iu a distance of seventy five yards, aud too poor for anything but goober peas, apes and hybrid cotton. Mr. White first began experimenting with the hybridizing method in 1862, since which time lie has made a success of his undertaking, aud has given it the test on every hand, it bearing out eveu beyond his most sanguine expectations. The cotton has now been thoroughly hy bridized for three years, each cropping sea son of which a crop has been raised, aud though worms have ravaged tbe cotton farms in close proximity to it, and worms have been placed on the growing plant, they have never dined upon its foliage. Mr. White has gathered 182 matured, open bolls from oue stalk of the second crop of this season, which is elaborately explained in the following, which appeared iu the News boy about two months since: "The hybrid cottou is all right. Newsboy reporter strolled arouud to Mr. While’s garden, a few evening* since, aud was shown a large cotton stalk, which sports something over 200 bolls, blooms and squares, of which abjut seventy-five bolls will mature and open within the next ten days. The interesting feature of thus plant is the fact that it has grown from seeds that were raised this year—the first planting being on the fourth of April lost, aud the whole crop matured, opened and was gathered by the 15;h of August, and the second planting, from which grew the stalk which is the subject of this ar ticle, was made in July Irom seeds gather ed at first planting. Mr. White also has a young plant from seeds of the second crop, making oae young plaut third growth of the ^ason. Of course the young plant cannot mature cotton before frost, but it is something strictly new to see cot ton of the third generation, each of the same season. The following, which Is somewhat com plimeutary to the grade of lint produced by the hybrid of cotton, we clip from the Gal veston News, of 1879: ‘ Mr. L C. White, of Jasper, Jasper coun ty, Texas, sends Mr. A. G. Mills, secretary or abe Galveston cotton exchange, two sam ples of worm-proof ixnt cotton, to be sub mined to the classification and quotation committee for their views, etc.; the samples «re numbered oue and two. The commit tee, after a careful inspection of the samples, reports both staples of fair length, remarka- b.e strength aod very silky—No. 2 the beat. This cotton has been produced by Mr. White alter some sixteen or seventeen years of labor, and study, by nmalgamaticj ordinary cottou with a weed—the weed am his procttss are his secret. * * * * Mr. White further states that the weed with which this cotton is mixed was never known to be eaten by worm or insect of any kind ’’ The writer examined the cotton growing the stalks were large and healthy, a brown iah red color, the leaf resembling ordinary cotton, with a very rank weed odor; the oolls weie larger than ordinary cotton and well filled with lint. In the centre of each tell there is a small pod containing evi dently tbe seed of the weed When the boll is fully opened this pod of seed is also opened, and tne seed drop* out, leaving the liui cotton iu tbe boll. The bolls will all mature within a few days of each other. This the planter could remedy by planting at different times. Editor McClure in Philadelphia Times. The one great peril to the south for which [ can see r.o immediate reuiedy is the now inevitable division of the white vote of the south and the certain appeal of contending ftfctijr-s to the blacks as the arbiter of disputing ambition. I h»ve until recently shared the very general belief of the north that the division of the white vote of the south must be fortunate for the black voters, as it would create rivalry in extend- ig the fullest proti c.ion to the blacks, now thoroughly convinced against all my wishes, that tbe necessaiy and now near division of tbe whites will be fruitful of great demoralization to both races and that will be the severest trial of the wisdom of universal suffrage. There is now nothii s to demoralize the black divert him from bis industry and the education of his child- He is rapidly*beconiing the owner lessee of lands aud is his* own farmer, and iy instance. 4 , accumulating wealth with habits of industry; but when the white man locks horns with his fellow iu the battle of ambition, the most artful dem agogues will best control the ignorant freed >» and the degradation of borh race* must follow. Mahone teaches the lesaou most pointedly in Virginia, where he ha outstripped the bourbons in the devices of Ibe demagogue and has consolidated eighty thousand propertyless voters to stamp the ineffaceable stain of repudiation upon an honored commonwealth, and repeal the just tax that opens the free school to the colored children. The division of the whites in Geor gia under the Colquitt and Norwoxd fljgs, seut a hurricane of debauchery among the colored vote of that state, and all the thrift lei s cupidity of ignorance has been whetted for future contests. This severe trial ef universal suffrage must now comb, and it will present the problem in au unexpected phase to the nation. Tne whites can do nothing else than divide. They cannot and should not do otherwise. They are full of human uature; they have now no common danger to make them forget all differences of opinion and alt the impulses of ambition repressed jealousies and longings of this people will burst out in wide spread and bitter antagonisms, and the lack man will be the umpire between them. Tne seductive appeal of the agrarian and the cry of the communist wiil be heard by the courted olack man, and his prejudices, his passions, his appetites and hi* indolence will be appealed to rather than his reasou mid his interests. I now fear this surely approaching trial of the black man a* the sorest that no has yet grappled with in all smauy misfortunes since his liberation, d I apprehend that it will, at no distant day, demand the searching consideration of the whole nation, as did universal suffrage iu Washington before it was effected to cure its intolerable evils. The factory and the school mast be the great civilizer* of the south, aud I am glad to see that the northern aud southern radi cals agree iu the Uuited glares senate in nationalizing education. It is needed in the south to an extent far beyond what is generally understood in the norih. and there will be no material elevation of the black race until the ignorv*t c’asses of both whites and blacks can be educated. There is cordial sympathy, a* a rule, between tne intelligent whites aud the blacks, much more than there is between the white* and blacks in the north, but tbe ignorant white man never forgives the black mau for being as intelligent as himselt. In nine cases out of ten, the black man will prefer intel ligent white to any Eort of colored jurors, to try his case in court, and he prefers the former owner of slaves to any others, simply bt cause that clas* is certain to judge ihe aegro most generously. Ail of me recon structed states have equal educational facilities for both races, out their poverty has prevented Either the number of school* or the length of terms which should be attained to afford proper opportunities general schooling. The fact that the intelligent whites have no difficulty in harmonizing with the blacks, clearly points to hastened education of both races as the surest means of their mutual elevation and prosperity. .And uex: to tha school the faotory ia-des lined to be the gteat civilizer iu the new south. Every factory I have seen looks like a green spot in tbe desert, aud it is steadily advancing every class of people about it. Manufacturers should go south. The manufacturers of the north must soon go tratenra •. who attempted to arreri h.m. and ** 1 »hot and kilie bf another deputy. Bate- i’a wound* are aerrens. The Boalntn of the Dead Year Bt- viewed. Saturday was a general holiday throughout the commercial trorl-J. Hence, no market re port*, and it is only left for us to brisly review the year that has just bee * closed. The year 1880 has been one of unparalleled pros perity throughout the length and breadth o! the United States, and all section* have cause for rejoicing. Of course there have been mazy up* and downs during the year: but we strike the balance. We find in the aggregate that the pro fit ride of the ledger makes a very satisfactory showing. We occasionally hear notes ot warning of probable panics, etc; but we are U*tb to believe them, especially a* some of the warning* come from parties who think th?y might be benefited pecuniarily by panic*. It Is true panics generally follow inflation. It is also true that talue* have largely increased in the last few month*, flat at the same time our great country is being rapidly developed and new en terprises are springing up in every direction; and while it may be that tome of our railroad stocks have advanced too rapidly—and we. may be, ex pect reaction—the rapidly increasing population, and increasing productions of the country most certainly make the stock of all trunk lines good Investments. COMtSO JCEAKEC HOME. In the south, we think we can safely %xj, that there has never bren a year of such general pros perity aa the oue just closed. Our farmers have raised good cn-ps. much of which has been mar keted at very satisfactory prices and are in good financial position, aud will not b-i compelled to pay exorbitant prices for supplies aud heavy interests for money to raL-e another crop, corros a>i> fertilizers. The popular estimate of the crop, now being marketed is 6,000,000. We don’t think it will vary much from these figure*; aud U would have betn muen larger, but for the very bad weather we have had for the post month*. Bat In the aggregate ve think there will as much money realized to the farmer, for 6,000,000 as there would hare been for 7,000 000. The tree use of fertit zer* has been a very im portant factor iu inc:easing our crop yield, a UTTLS XKAKCX HOME. Our good old state of Georgia, well named the empire state, is all right Crops have U*n satis factory, prices are satisfactory, her merchants are mtisfied with their collections, and with the out- k>>k.for the future. ’ We have had fewer failures in the past year than for sev eral years, iu fact, only oue of any importance. New enterprise* are springing up in all sections of the stato—aew cotton factories, new rolling mills, etc. Georgia ia keeping up with the age and its improvements, and we think in a few year* will compete with some of our sis ter eastern states. Ia fact, we cannot see why we may not expect to see much of the cotton maun factoring interest- tranriemd to GvorgU; with cotton at our door, water power unsurpassed, labor cheap, etc. The south extends a cordial in vitation to all to corns and a’d ns in developing the Immense resources of the country. tat neg lect of the bowels is the prime cause of ill health. It Is so easy to oecome irregular and so difficult to restore the system to its natural health that many despair and doabt every rem* d y. But wbea right at hand is to be found Sim- monr Liver Begnlator, there is no excuse longer to delay. It acts so naturally that the »ys em haruiv te*jc« under the -nfloenoe of medicine, •nd alter awhile all remedww can be dispensed with, lor tMs medicine establishes tbe hea th tad Iu our hill* aad xnououius of northern Georgia permanently creates regularity of the teweis. i ..*7 *-i h-venevsr seen or tried such a simple effi- ™ - “ l31Elt2s - w<Wen la r>ld. silver. Mt i*Iactory and pleasant remedy in my Utiam Johnson. Thu* far the murderer c °PP er - even diamond*, which only lifoss Simmons Liver Regulator, fiedazrem. J requires capital and skilled labor to develop, and I drunke • row iu Bdiiax couuiy. S. <L, U*t wro*. \ Georg- Tucker nabbed with a kail* and killed \V. says cotton can Wlute has taken stalk* of ordinary cotton with the cottou worm at work ou them placed them in and alongside of hia cotton .-o that the worm could easily get on his cotton, but ia no instance did they cut any of this leaves, stalks or bulb of bis cotton. He has gathered tne worms from the other cottou stalk* and placed them on bis cotton with the same result, and feels very confi dent that no worm will ever touch it. The following little "squib,” showing what the leading cotton journals of Amer ica think of hybridized staple we clip irom the New York Cottou, of September. 1880: "Mr. White, of Jasper, Texas, sends ns _ sample of the lint irom bis worm-proof cotton, for which he bos applied for a pat ent. The sample may be seen at the office of Cotton.^ In addition to its worm-proof qualities, it i* a remarkable fine staple." A HORRIBLE DEATH. Sira. J. C. Brown or Norcross Falls Victim to the Flames. Wednesday evening lasts horrible accident oc curred at Noreross on the Air-Line road, which resulted in the death of Mrs. J.C. Brown, wife of young merchant at that place. Mrs. Bro standing near tbe fire when her clothing accl- denuily caught and almost iusuntiy her form was euveloped in flame. She rushed excitedly from the house and was met at tbe door by Rob ert Med lock, who had been attracted-by her howev-r, came too late. Almost every particle of clothlnx was baaied from ihe person of ihe unfortunate lady, leaving her form a charred mass, flbe lingered lu great agony until Thurs day morning, when her injuries ended in death, bhe was quite young, haviu* beea at one time oue of ALanteV mort attractive youug ladies, accomplished and beautiful, receiving the first h -i or in the girls’ high school in 1879. She waa married about a year ago to Mr. J. Brown, then . f At anta, who waa wit 1 ff. 8. G.amlln*. maiden name was Jennie Belle Fuller. He. mains were brought to the city yesterday, and will be Interred at Oakland cemetery to-day. The Weather. Tbe present cold spell has canted * the oldest inhabitant" to come to the front again, and everywhere you go you tear nothing directed except the cold weather. In order to sustain "the oldest inhabitant,” who never lies, Thb Coxsn Tcnox. aided by Mr. R. J. Redding, ha* prepared • table which shows the range of the thermome ter, and the fall of snow sine® December 2, is: December 29 at 7 o’clock a.m., 16 degrees; at p.m-, 13 degrets; at 9 p m, 3 decrees. December 30 about 3 o’clock a.m. 2 degrees be low zero: at? a.m., 1 degree below zero, and at pn.li degrees above zero. In 1877 ibe coldest d y waa. Jan nary 9 th. On the 1st of the mouthYour inches of snow fell, and on the 10th there was another light snow. Tbe seventh of January was toe coldest day In IS74 On the 4th there was a snow, and another D.comber 10th and again December 27th. with all the people's e Untold Slates, r ed by the district Judge* hat been unsuccessful, and I believe It has now * think I un justified in this belief by the fact that many causes in which the federal aud state courts have jurisd.ctlon are brought in or removed to the federal cuuits by resident citizens ol the dis trict ia which they are brought. 1 hope to see this sentiment grow. I don't want the federal courts to be looted upon as en gines rfoppretslon, organized at Washington an alien governmeut, but court* to which ihep pie may confidently turn for fairness, justice aud an alien government, but court* to which the peo ple may confidently turn for fairneas, justice aud the impartial administration of their own laws, both state and nati nal. courts held by their own fellow-citizens for the benefit and protection of DIRECT QUESTIONS FIND THBMSELVRS DIRECTLY Ml*. Aa Iaterrlew With General Sheraaa, Wherein Ha B«fers to tks Batata g of Atlanta, the * Decapitation of Jos Johnston, and Georgia’s Political Prospect* " The Judiciary," was beautifully responded to by Ju ge Jackeon. "The State of Georgia’', as uobly answered by Judge Hillyer. t.olouel Hammond lu a ringing aud beautiful speech replied to the toast of "Tlis United tttatea." Mayor Calhoun did bis usual honor by bis graceful speech in reply to the toast to Mr. P. H. 8nook replied to a toari to the Atlan ta business meu, and Mr. H. I. Kimball made tottn sensible remote- m response to calls. Governor Bullock w-s called ou and happily re sponded. Air. A. E ... a call for the “far north" meu. Mr. A. E. Buck, in a happy manner, answered Mr. Hoko Smith mad* telling remarks in his reply to the toast u» "Young America.” The evening was delightfully passed, and when the adjournment came it wa* with regret aud with many a hearty good wish for the justice of the supremo court whom we claim as an Atlanta duza.i. A totter ol regret was read from Judge R. H Clark, aud Governor Co-quiti sent his regrets. A telegram from Judge Krsktne congratulated Judge Woods and regretted his own abscnca. Plcjuture ana Front. Ihe subject of bee culture!* attracting attention at the present time than ever before in the history of our laud. Bee culture is found not Ida, Calhoun county. West Florida, full or vim, energy aud sparkle, and as handsome a brunette as oue meet* with. He owasaa exten- aud bears 7.0U0 oiaugis ;>er annum, or about barrels. In the course ol a .nort. conversation with him we learned that he bad torve hundred hires of bees, the portions of the common black bciflg 600 Italian He considers the Italians the most Indus- 1 make 2-DO pounds of honey per the black bees make oul> 100 irious, annum to w . _ pounds. His bee* feed orange blossoms, t 1 ho ordinary life of tho common bee is rixt; e in her lifetime. He purchased 1 Ita-Uu queen iu New York for ft and carried home in a wlro-gauze cage and ret it down in that condition in the mubtof u qi. tun tore hiveoi black bees. They did being fore.d upon them in that style, evideu holding that "government should be fouuded i&sutiy log and cjvero-1 the netting iu frantic efforts to sting her to death. During the night their ani mosity cooled dowu; they thought belter of It and they exhibited their change of feeling by a peculiar whirl understood by the apiarist who turned the cap tive queen loose, and the crowd that would have crucitlcdhei (metaphorically-speaking) the even ing previous now crowned her aud paid obeisance to her. The queen bee lays about 3,000 eggs per dav. ate never sting* anything buv queenly blood When a hive t- queenless they will lake the ordi nary grab, (such us if left to itself would develop Into an ordinary Worker), enlarge it* ceil to double the usual capacity, and feed it ou royal jelly until premises, and knowing that duty perfc with scrupulous fidelity. Shei J other embryo queens, uncaps U them to death! Bees are active am . their habits. The hive ts well arranged for buri acre. At the entraucc stand* tbe faithful guards w ho arc on the alert to keep off intruder*, and tbore who are not leaden with the material for making honey. They alio v a bee loaded to enter the hive. On the inside surd another ret of beea, tbe uuloaders, who at ouct, with dispatch and dexterity, remove toe load of honey from too bees. As soon a* that is done, another claw—the strippers— fall to work and strip the bod / of the bee of toe minute particles of wax that ‘xudofrom it Thu* strippers proceed to aeporii toe result of their efforts in appropriate receptacles. Mothsouiv stuck poor hi- e*. The beat way ia to keep toe hives rich, for then the bees keep lu good heart, aud will not suffer toe moths to enter. Before he learned this fact hi* losses on this ac count were fifty per cent. Last year ho lost five hives out ot SOU. lu removing ibe honey he uses the Georgia tractor, which keeps the honey free from bee bread, wing-% eic., a..d renders it really luscious. Mr. a lderman propose* to increase hia hlws to 500. Mr. J. tV. Roberts toe manager of hia piary, ia devoted to toe business, taking real Jciigut 4a auc'Mjing to his puls. They know him from anyoi e else and never Rtlux htm. It la said of Mr. Roberta that he reads only the Bible south with their cotton spindles and loom*, and those who «o earliest will reap the rich est harvest. It is a violation of all the laws ot trade to tran*|K>rt cotton a thousand miles to an inhospitable climate, where water-power is unreliable a third of the year, aud where it necessarily costs more to sustain labor than where the cotton is £rown. Our struggling cotton factories- in Pennsylvania wuuid be earning from ten to thirty per ceut on the great waterpower* of the Savannah or the Alabama, where labor cheap, where the climate is the most genial to be iound on the continent,aud where the cotton tint can be furnished fresh from the Instead of incurring the expense of packing, of transportation, and of re sepa rating the lint, at much cost to tho fibre, the CJtton should, and soon will, be spun directly from the gin, by cheaper later and turued into better iabrics than can be fur nUhed with all the skill ef the north. Those who say that capital is not safe in thesou'h eitier know not what they say or mean to be untruthful. In every southern state there is a supreme desire to have the facto ry everywhere that the raw material ig fur nished, and South Carolina exempts every factory from ail taxation for ten years, lu both the Carolina*, Georgia, Texas, Arkan sas, Mississippi and Tennessee, there are regular emigration bureaus, not only iuvit ing but urging white settlers, aud even Mississippi lias several of tbe largest and most successful factories in the south. The cotton crop of this year will-be worth three hundred millions of dollar*, and when simply spun into yarn, it will worth nearly three hundred lions more. Where m all the world is there so wide and so templing a field for legitimate enterprise aud large profits? I believe that half the whole cotton product will be spun in the soutu before another ten years, and the succeeding decade will furnish southern factories for the entire crop. Ibe factory and the school will go hand and band in the south, aud the factory princes from tbe north will next be buil- duziug tbe black man in tbe south to vote against the present oppressive tariff npon cation machinery. JUDGE WOODS. : his example THE HEW YEAR. A Resume or tbe Basluess or Ibe Past Tear. New York, December 31.—The Even’ng Ex press in it* annual review of toe past year’s busi ness oi the country, says: "Viewing from business standpoint, toe year has be .n a remark able one, probably the most remarkable in the history o! toe country. There has been a great revival in t ede and the volume of legitimate bunincst done during the year was beyond all precedent Tbe improved conditio affairs was the natural result of large crop- export demand for our products, growth country, heavy Influx of gold from Europe, and complete restoration of confidence growing out of tne success ol specie payments. One ef the most gratifying fes ol 1S-0 has been the great falling off in the berof failures aud tho amouutof liabilities of Kuapenaed merchants. The growth ol toe coun try and the large additions to the catioual wealth during 18 0 are strikingly illus trated in the products of the soil, of which we retired 475,000,0;.0 bushels wheat, 165.iOO.OCO bushels corn, 23i.OOJ,0 4) bushels oats, 24.U00.iL0 butoels rye, 4j,000,> 00 bushel* barley aud 0,000.000 bales cotton, to say uoihing of to bacco, sugar, rice, hemp, hay and other crops, anti hug* aud dairy products, which will yield an immense sum ol money in toe aggregate. Iu plain word*, toe United States now ratres enough to fe*M her own fifty million people and supply the deficiency of the balance of the civil ized world. During tbe year more miles of rail- road have been built, more conrollda- tous aud combinations have been entered iuto, mote freight and pas sengers have been transported, more money earned, and more luteresl and dividends paid than in auy former year. The commerce of toe country during the year ha* made rapid progress and caused tbe Uuited States to lake a still higher rank, being uow third among the commercial nstlous of the globe. Lon do if, D.cemoer 31.—The Times In Its financial article this morning says: "The year lb-40 has been nneui solid business in moat direc tum* and of foolish speculation in very few. The beginulng only ol toe speculative period has A Complimentary Dinner from tliw Hup or Atlanta. Thursday night in tha breakfast room of the Kimball house occurred one of toe moat ele gant social affairs ever kuown in Atlanta, it was was a dinner tendered by toe bar of Atlanta to Judge W. B. Wood* in honor of his appointment Tbe dinner was all that coaid be imagined for social elegance and delicious charms for toe ap petite. I he beaut.fill htUs of fare contained such a variety of delicacies and soch a supply of sparkling wines as would have tempted the appe tite ot a cynic. There was nothing wanting to tunke the occasion complete in every respect. 1 he flow of soul began truly when the toast* were called. Chief Justice Jack-on presided, and at the loot of hi* table *ai Judge Bleckley. At toe head of toe other table sav Judge Hillyer, while Mayor Calhoun was at u*/00L The gentlemen present were representative of tbe beat elements ‘ - * terpriae of tbe city. e m-M genial manner with many a merry a follows: Our Distinguished Gue-t-Response by Mr. Jus tice Woods, which was aalo'iows; Gentlemen: By an act of congress approved of the profession* and Judge Jnckson presided in theinubigeuislmanner . of ihe United States for the northern district ol Oorgla was for the * pow Juue 4, 1&72, acircnlt c for the northern diotric find time est blianed. U p to that date 1 of a circuit court hod been conferred diemet judge. After toe peonage of tbe act r The winter «f *79 ’ ■ the mildest, 70 degrees at od 44 degrees. This is toe day npon which 1 toe minimum. Shot by Hia relaier-fn-Lawr. CixccraaTi December 30.—Mr*. Dorcas Burch field, a widow living at Francisco, seven miles east of Princeton, lnd.. last night shot and killed Thomas Burchfield, bar brother i.-law. It is raid they had quarreled at her boose daring the day. Tbe shooting was done dn the street jost about 10 o’clock at night. Mr*. Burchfield ia to JoIL Ts* daily experience of every o e la that t "H. HARKS, SL Louis, Mo." court had been conferred upon the t iud ferred attend toe united Biatp* court 1 tut place. 1 remember well how kindly 1 was received by toe bar of thi* c ty. On the occasion of my fir *, visit here a dinner was given to too lawyers of Atlanta and this district in this very room by our common friend, Judge O A. Locnrane, then chief justice ol Geoigii. Ifcan never forget to* generous tentiments ex- pres al on that occasion, nor the uniform foi tsmr- a. vc and courtesy with which I have ever since been treated by the lawyer* of this district be levea, and in thl* be is as likely to be wrong os right, that his client*’ aide of toe d ue his client end himself. Yet dance the eight years in which I have sat in your court here I havo never received from any member of ton bar In word or action toe alighted, discourtesy. I have no doubt the de- lea tod sounscl have exercised their right-to cur*e the judge, but they have never exceeded the 24 hours, humanly allowed by custom for that pur- po*e and toe cutting boa nev-r been done even figuratively in court, but always in private; and they have always come up smilingly 10 ine next encounter. And what I say of you, gentlemen, is true ot all toe lawyers ol this cir cuit. I am not only indebted to the bar of this and other do-tricrs for the display of uniform good monger*, bat for immeoso a-* is tan ce iu tbe dl»- cnarge of my duties Tbe labor put upon a judge would be imnoa-ible of perf rmance if be were 1 ft to stop* hia way through tne cores without toe aid of tbe learoiog; research and argu ment* of coanoA Io toi* respect 1 acknowledge m> great obligations to tola for It is true I could have got along Mjtaetlmta just aa well if the argu ment* had not been quite -o long, but when left to decide a case without say argument atoll I have always felt that a very great burden wa* toe United State* far prodigious absorption of capital in public wo>o* uow going on in France may alone lead to temporarily unpleasant results to speculator* for a rise, bu. toe new yv or wtU be begun hopefully. Staff Correspondence of lbs Constitution. Nzw Yoxx.Dccember 21.—I went up to the Fifth Avenue the other night to ace Mary Anderson— that divine girl with the slouching Stride of a race horse, play The Countess In "Love.” I found her toe same thoroughbred she aicvajs was—the best product of the blue grass region. Her neck arches as prettily as ever—her .Ipa flicker and tremble just as they used to do, and tha same dewy spring like freshness bangs os the breath of morning about her garments. She has the same crude inartistic movements as free and easy oa a young filly running down the wind— that the prig* used to criticise aud the audleucc applaud. Her arms are quite as long aa ever, and she fl.uga them about just as caisluitiy. 1 auj*- pose she ho* the longest arms iu the world—toougi* Heaven knows, as I watched them flash, to white and virginal, wantou in their very length and loveliness*, I thought a necklace bod never been designed lor toe bliss of one mob and the envy of all the others. But it was not concerning the charming actress that I started to write, but a very different person. In the stage box on the left, watching every curve of tho milk-white ne k, every upfly It g of the glis tening arms and every tremor of toe red lip*, oat G eacral YV. T. Sherman, sternest and most grizzled of soldiers. A handsome bouquet found its way from this box to the stage, and a dazz.ing smllo was flashed toward the box that would have paid for all the fl iwen in the gardens ol Baby ion. All through toe play the general led the applause with all the zeal that ho ever led bis veterans, lie has long been one of the staunchest and truest friends of the fair Kentuckienne, and 1 marvelled that the bright-eyed old veteran that sat there, clapping his hands to toe echo of a girl’s voice, w«s the most merciless invader since A lane, and who had swept through Georgia like a scourge of God. After toe play was over I called at the Flftls' Avenue hotel and spent a pleasan* half hour wlu* General Sherman. I found him iu a jaunty sack coat, and pant* cut trimly, giving his body a youthful look, that the grizzly beard Bcarce denied and tho b ight eyes, mobile mouth and quick, sff*ble motions most decidedly affirmed. I doubt if there waa a mors conscientious sol dier in the northern army than General Sherman, t here was no sentimentalism about him. To his notion, war meant cruelty—It meant death—de struction—and the sooner this wa* realized the iooner was there chance of peace. The heaviest, toarpest aud most decisive blows he contended the most merciful, and the. real scourge, he held, wash* who connived at the prolonging of r with its iuexorable desolation, by glossing horror* over with a show of pity. * r hU was argument, severe aud savsge—but perhaps logical and ju.u On tots argument he fought, uid with this r rgnmeal he expected to tie con- ronted in turn. He struck with a moiled hand’, u.d sowed de-olation m his path. From tbe rot and imitating oi his owa creation, he Ppealed from the hi leous aspects of war, for a peedy and all-cmbracing peace Those who agree with him, b*ld that tbe relentless severity with which he marched through the heart of toe con federacy, first brought the people to know what was really meant, and hastened peace. Bo this it may, we need not judge General Sherman. Hbtory will bring him to its bar—and after hla- •ry—God! I culled the general’s attention to a short letter iat he had written to Captain Burke, of the Qato C.iy Guard, in which be said that he h d never ordered the burning of the city of Atlanta. "Oi course that!* tr«e,” he responded quickly. Tne city of Atlanta was never burne-l as a city. I notice that the headquarter* 1 occupied, all the b-mses about it, and toe hcadquarteis of the other officers were all standing when I revisited ic place a year or two *iuce. The residenoe .nets were not burned at all." "It waa your intention, then, to bmn only the heart of the city My Intention was clearly expressed in a writ- order to General Poe. It was tdmply to.bum : building* in which public stores had b Jen placed or would likely be placed. This Includ ed only four buildings, as I r cooUcct; not over fi ?e or six. One .of these was a warehouse above Ui* depot, in which, 01 under which were & num ber of shells. From this building a block of bus iness houses took fire and the destruction went m y oml the limits intended. 1 he old Trout house . wa* burned by *»me of the men who hod some reaso-i for burning it I ordered the round house b .trued. 1 wanted to destroy toe railroad so that itcouldnot.be used. I then wanted to destroy the public buildings, so that Atlanta could not oe used «s a dep »t of supplies. 1 ordered, as I s0j, four or five house* set on flic, but os far as burning the city in toe sense of wantou destruc tion, I never thought of such a thing. 1 shirked 00 responsibility that war impose!, bull never went beyond my duty.” "Hnw were you received when you visited At* facta a year or two since?” "With unvarying courtesy. I traveled over • the whole state a id I never heard a disrespect ful or Insulting word. The pqpple seemed to be hospitable, happy and busy. It was veiy gratifying to me to see how too scars of war had beon rubbed out, and tbe vmM places made glad once more. There deration shown on all sides—especially from Rome to Atlanta t considered wonderful. But If those people can only work os well as they fought 1 nee-1 have b en astonished at nothing. At CutarsvUIe I was . talking while the train waited, with ex-Attorney-General Afcermcn. There wa* a crowd collected around and finally a frank looking fellow said: “Well, general, don’t you think we have built up pretty well sii.ee you left us?" "Ye*," I repll 'd laughingly—"and don’t you think l left you plenty of room?” At which there was a laugh all around. So I found the people all through Georgia—bright, cheerful, busy." "It haa beeu reported, geueral. that when Hood succeeded Johnston yon sa«d. Heretofore we have been fighting wtere the enemy pleased—now we fight where we please.* I* this true." "Oh I don’t know that I said that. 1 first heard ol the appointment of Hood from one of my scout* who had gone iuto Atiauta with a lot of cattle, and had brought out a morning paper- As soon as I saw thl* I asked two generals, wh » were his classmates at West Point, what manner of man he was. They both described him os a bold, headlong fighU r, and scid that we would have to be prepared all along the line far warm work. I replied that that was precisely what I wan ted-that I did not care to rush on to breastworks but tbat when- we were attacked wro must fight—if we oould only put fifty men agaiust a thousand. By the way, I met Hood afterwards la New Orleans, and wc became warm friends. I am now toe custodian of his papers. He was a brave and gallau . man." "When were you convinced of the success of yoar movement into GeorxU?" "When I naw Hood moving up towards Ten nctnee I frit that toe confederacy could not |sur OUR POPULATION Ascertained to he 80,132,539. Special dispatch to The Constitution. - 'V Amu noton, December 31.—The superinten dent of the census make* the following approxi mate statement of the population of the states and territories. It is believed to be verj near tbe dual figures, which arc expected to be tan noun- cetf next week. Alabama, Arixooa, fo,44l. Arkansas, 8^2,564; California, ,<£*>; Colorado, Vji.GVJ; Connecticut, 022,683; Dakota, Ul.&ri; Delaware, 14C.659; District of Columbia, 177,GW; IlorlJa, 3Georgia, l,538,Vbi; Idaho, 32,011; Illinois, 3.078,636: ' Indiana, 1.978,358; Iowa, J,- 624.463; Kansas, 9^,333: Kentucky, 1,648,399; Louisiana, 94),2*3; Haiue, 64*,941; Ma ryland, 233.139; Md&sachu»etu, 1.783.0S6; Mich igan, 1.134.095; Minnesota, 7i0,S07; UUsfoippi, 1.131.899; Missouri, 2,1C9.VJI; Montana, 3J.157; Nebraska. 4 >7,432; Nevada. 62,260; New Hampshire, 247,781; New J ewy, 1,139,. 892: New Mexico, 118,430; New York, 5,181,173; North Cardinal. 1,400,000; Ohio, 3,197.791; Oregon. 174,767; Pennsylvania, 4,282,736: Rhode Island, 276,rfouth Carolina, 99j,706; Tenners'*. 1,342,4 d; Texa<, 1,197„«9; Utah, 141.907; Vermont, SS2.Z&6; Virginia, I,5i2,- 203; Washington. 75.VJ>; West Virginia, 618493; Wisconsin, 1,313,3)3; Wyoming, 20,783. Total, 50,152459 The following is a statement of the population of the leading southern cities: New Orleans, *16,140; Louisville, 123,615; Richmond. 63,803 Charleston. 49,999; Nashville. 43.461; Atlanta, 34,3%; Memphis, 3S.593; Wheeling, H.266; Mobile, >1,205; Savannah, E0.68L The Friend or Delicate Ladles. Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Core i» the remedy that will cure the many diseases peculiar to women. Headaches, neuralgia, disordered nerves, weakoess, mental shocks, and kindred ailments are effectually re moved bv its UN5.—The Mother’s Magazine. jan2—ti2w sun wed Irid:w2w Sdp —A good joke on a young city fellow who bought a farm last winter, has just leaked out. He had a fine orchatd of about two hundred apple trees, and a few Vreeks ago 1 army A Saooth Complexion can be had by every lady wroo win use Parker’s Ginger Tonic. For promptly regulating tbe liver and kid neys and purifying the blood there is noth- ’trg like it, and tbia is tbe reason why it ao quickly removes pimples and gives*a rosy bloom to4he cheek. Ste notice. accl6—dim tues thur sat <twlm 2dp viva. Aft*' sending Tho can Lack 10 meet Ito-rf 1 had 60,003 good men, and I knew that eminent could sustain itaril with auch t* this marching about through Its territ where it pleased. Wbeu I left Atlanta /or toe march through Georgia m Ito uo army iu my front, aud Hood watebeo by Thomas in my rear, I felt that the end wa* ap preaching. As i looked back fon the city, ti.e heavy smoke made from the binning of tbe vel- low pine, hung uke a pall over the ao-ne." "DRI uot that long march through Georgia breed a strong sense of comradeship among the mem whomadel’?" "That it did. It wa* asplendid army, loo—bet ter. even J believe, than ihe army of toe Potomac. U wti well disciplined and orderly, and 1 think the people suffered little from depredations I n member when wo struck Howell Cobb's planta tion the boys laid It waste. They f. It es if »bcy had achar.oe at one of toe chief rebel*, aud they improved tt. Bat generally they w*re orderly, aud abstained Irom wanton net a and plunder. It i- itrange, tut when I sit on a stand now In front O R crowd I can ofien pick out toe face* of the men who were with me in Georgia. There i* a quick affectionate look of recognition that speaks to me n» plain a* words If 1 am m iking a apeeeh and happeu to aliude to any little thing that happen td on the march, I can then tell the face of evury man u the crowd who wai in Georgia with me. We were diacuralrigIxngstrect. for -.hose rol- dtarly qualities Gen.nl Sherman haa great respect, a hen be said: •The treatment of IxuigKtrcet by the southern people is evidence of the greatest bar to so-th rn progress-intolerance *i.t! -H,tracism «n acc<unt of political opinion. In the north and west a man thinks v> hr t be ph-oam, and there is cone to question hi* right or put a slight on him for it Tbi* is as It should iu the routh. As I once wrote to your paper tterc is no better ocuntry on the continent t an north Georgia, and tire timo wiil onme when It will swarm with settlers. The moat hopeful sign that I have seen in yean ia Governor Krown’a speech, made toe day before hi* election to the senate. The fact that he was brave enough to make *uch a frank and manly speech to the legirixtnre the ntaht briore the election and that the legisla .ure waa wise enough to elect him after anch a speech, will eit.” a great -— —- — — — _nn the best type, perhaps, of the tremendous energy and . courage that haa built up that great west, to which his thought* turn always, and in which his heart *■ fo he found. As I left his presence I fell to wondering why he and bis brother, who are to be credited with .be grandest and roost de-chive feats of tbe lata war and the legislation that fol owed it—ihe march through Georgia and tbe resump tion of specie payment —have neither reaped tha full reward of their enterprise, but hare been overtopped by other and weaker meu. ■ H. W. G. So X!ore Hard Time*. If yon will stop spending so xnneb on tine clothes, rich food and style, buy good, healthy food, cheaper ar.d better clothing, get more real end substantial thing* of life every way, and especially stop tho foolish habit of employing expensive, quack doc tors or using so much of the vile humbug medicine tbat does you only harm, but put your trust in that simple, pure remedy, Hop Bitters, that cure* always at a trifling coat, and you will nee good times and have good health.—Chronicle. ■ ft
