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StxiJcj WEEKLY CONSTITUTION VOLUBLE XIV. TUESDAY MOKSTCNXL XOVEMBEB 1, 1881. PRICE 5 CENTS. WASHINGTON. BREAK ING OF THE DEADLOCK AND FINAL ADJOURNMENT. The C3o*ln* Hour* of the Extra Session???A Bess, lut-.oa by Ur. Hltl-A Republican Caucus??? Bcaolutlons of Thank, and Other In. cldenta of the Closing Beene. Washington, October 29.???The executive session of the senate closed at three o???clock this morn ing. No decided action was taken on the Stmtham nomination, and when the doors were reopened the senate adjourned to meet at noon to-dny. Owing to the late hour at which the senate adjourned last night there wan but a small attendance of senators when tho journal was read this morning. Mr. liill, of Georgia, offered the following resolu tion: Resolved, That appointments to offices under the federal government ought not to be made to con trol or influence the elections in the several states, and appointments with such intent are unwise, un patriotic and contrary to the spirit of our political institutions, and If continued without rebuke by the people, will become dangerous to the perpetuity of our institutions. Mr. Hill asked for Immdediatc consideration of the resolution, but Mr. McMillan objecting.it was aid over under the rules. The republican senators held a caucus this mom ing to define what course should be pursued in regard to the existing deadlock over the Lynch- burg post-office nomination. As a result of the brief interchange of views, it was decided to ap point a committee to confer with President Arthur and to be guided by hiN wishes, whether to con tinue tlieirstruggle for Strathatn???s confirmation or to^llspose of other unfinished executive business this afternoon, and allow the Lynchburg nomina tion to go over without action (unless it be with drawn by the president) and adjourn the senate sine die, leaving the Strathum induction to office to be effected by presidential appointment inline dlatcly thereafter. The committee appointed in accordance with tills determination will wait upou President Arthur, and it Is generally belived that the result will lie the break of the deadlock and speedy adjournment sine die. The senators who conferred with the president in relation to the Lynchburg nominations were Ferry and Mahone. After their return the nominations were laid aside, und the senate dispatched the re maining business readily, and a number of nomi nations were confirmed before the limit adjourn uicnt The senate, at 12:30, on motion of Mr. Allison went Into executive session. While the doors were still closed, but uftor the transaction of executive business had been concluded, Mr. .Sherman offered a resolution for the apjiointmcnt of a committee of two to wait on the president and inquire if lie hud c any further business to lay before the senate. The resolution was adopted and Messrs. Sherman and Iiuyunl api>olnted on said committee. Subsequent ly they reported that they had performed their duty and that the president had nothing further to communicate. Mr. Mnxey moved that when the senate adjourns to day it he sine die. Agreed to. Mr. Bayard offered the following resolution. Resolved, That tho thanks of the senute are hereby tendered to lion. David Davis for the ??? onrtesy, impartiality and ability with which lot has performed his duties as president pro tern .il iyg jiln.OwV. Mr. liat???Is having resumed the (hair, which fora moment lie had vacated, said: Senators: 1 am touched by the generous expres- renominated, and that Cameron and Mitchell will name the man; Imt they fear the effect on tho Philadelphia election of appointing a stalwart over Thompson. President Arthur is an adroit politician, and he is inclined to the side of discretion. He is as uncompro misingly. as bitterly and as aggressively stal wart as Grant, but lie will wait until after the November elections to begin the work of slaughtering the Garfield men. The appoint ment of Morgan, who does not want tho place, is one of Arthur???s shrewd devices. It shocks none of the Garfield element, as lie was ex pected to accept and retire In December or soon thereafter, when Uoscoe . Conkling could lie called to the cabinet, unless Lapham can be sent abroad and Conkling elected to the senate; hut Morgan has declined to he made a warming-pan for Conkling. Blaine and all the Garfield element for the government will soon cease to be known in the administration, but it will not be done in time to enable the republicans to rebuke stalwartism at the No ember elections. OUR CHICAGO VISITORS. sinus in the resolution which It has pleased the sen ?????ie to pass in tny honor, and I am grateful for the courteous eo-oi>cration which lias been extend cd to me front ull sides in ad ministering the duties of piesiding officer of this high mid enlightened body. Hoping that every liieinlit-rof the senate will rctiini happily und safely to his home and be permitted to resume his duties here at the next meeting of congress, it only remains for me todeclaru the senute adjourned sine die. Tlte doors were then, at -I :.tt), opened and the usual leavestnklng exchanged and in a few mo- mctitsThe senate chamber was deserted. Dr. Coring, commissioner of agriculture, lias is sued a call for the cotton growers convention to assemble at Atlanta November 2d, in connection with tin* exposition, now being held there. Notices have been sent to nil the agricultural societies in the cotton growing states, with a request to send delegates. Commissioner 1 .or ing will deliver the ad dress at the opening of the convention Wednesday, aftvr which a general discussion will follow. Arrangements have been made with Mr. Kinibull, director general of the exposition, for tin* management of the convention, amt many questions of interest will be proposed and di- cussed. Tire following is a copy of ox-Govcrnor Mor gan's telegram to the president declining to accept the office of secretary of the treasury New York, October 2s.???Hon. C. A. Arthur, presi dent of tlie United Suites: It is painful to re fuse any request of yours. It has been specially so during the whole of the past week and more so now since your generous action and the prompt Concurrence of the senate. Rut considering my ug and the engrossing character of the Untie of the treasury department. 1 am com|>ellcd to decline its acceptance. Thanking you for the great honor, I am with much respect and esteem your friend, K. D. Morgan Tho leading stalwarts of the party liav lieen in close conference with President Ar thur during tho last Tew days. The pres dent???s consultation with Grant, t'ntucron, I.< gan. Jones, Ethnunds, Beale, and others of pro nounced stalwart views have been frequent, and often protracted until after tin* midnight hour. It is an open secret that the only gen end question discussed was how to get- the stalwarts into complete possession of i lie ad ministration without fatally shocking the re publican party of the country. General Grant is closer to the new president than any one man outside of C-onkling. The president makes no concealment of his devotion to Grant. Grant lias been tlte first and tlie last man at the secret presiden tial conferences. Grant had Arthur as his fellow guest at General Beale???s to dine on Sunday, and Arthur called on Grent and took him to tlie railroad depot on Satur day when Grant left for New York, a courtesy that is almost unprecedented from the presi dent to any one. Grant has been for an ini mediate and entire stalwart cabinet, which would at once dismiss all of the Garfield eabi net but Lincoln, who was a Grant delegate to tlie Chicago convention, but not admitted Grant urged tire immediate nomination of Conkling. Bout well, Beale, and others of that lHisitive stalwart type, to the cabinet. lie oelieves that the way to sustain a stalwart ad ministration is to make it stalwart boldly and let tlie party understand that Garfield ' dead, and his policy with him. He wants Boutwell and Beale in the new cabinet. His love for them is equaled ??? only by his hatred for Blaine and MacVeagli. Senator Cameron earnestly antagonized Grant???s plan for an immediate and entire stalwart cabinet. He protested against tlie immediate retire mem of Blaine, and said that it would cost the republican candidate for treasurer (Bailey in Pennsylvania many thousand votes, aiid increase the vote for w olfe, anti-machine re publican, very largely. He urged the jiost jsinement of the execution of Blaine to stal wart izc the administration until after tlie November election; and he as earnestly urged the president to retain MacVeagli, if it were at all possible, until the elections arc over. He said that when they could take possession of the cabinet and everything else in a few weeks after tlte elections are over, without exposing themselves to rebuke by the people at tlte iiolls, it would be foolish and probably suicidal not to wait. For tire same reason he urged the appointment for surveyor of the port of Philadelphia. It BILL ARP ON PREACHER???S AND AMUSEMNETS. A GHmpm* at th??* Men of the North went- For several diiys a distinguished party cf gentle men from the great northwest, technically grouped in the hurried purlaneeof the street as the ???Chicago Isilors,??? have been quietly studying the city and the exposition in such time oh they could snaa-h from the courtesies tendered them, and have up to date escaped special treat ment iu The Constitution. We present herewith some gossip concerning these gentlemen, hastily picked up. We defer to the honor of our profession In put ting first???even ahead o^the cx-Uovemor???M. W. K Sullivan, the city editor of the evening Journal, the oldest paper in Chicago and one of the ablest journals In the west. Mr. Sullivan was fora long lime connected with the Chicago Tribune and is a fine tyjic of the direct, practical journalist, and stands highest where lie is best known. He served a term in the Illinois legislature as a member from Chicago, and was for three terms member of the Chicago board of education, being honored as president of tlie board bis last term. He is also president of the Chicago press club, and is esteemed through the northwest as a nan und journalist. Mr. George S. Bowen, the ???Moses??? of the party, is one of tlie llowen family, famous in Chicago ami the northwest. Hu is an enterprising, energetic man, full of vim, original in his ideas, devoted to American industry and is a zealous protectionist who believes that the United States can ami should produce everything needed by its population, and in thut resjiect be iudei>ciident of the world. He organized tlie excursion, and to him more lliun to unyone else is Atlanta indebted for the visit of tlie Chicago delegation. Hon. Williiim Brass is one of the byst known and most highly respected citizens of Illinois. He was oue of the pioneers of Chicago journalism and is one of the largest stock holders in ihe Chicago Tribune, to which he is a eonstunt and valuable contributor. His shaggy head is known everywhere in Chicago. From 1804 to lWls he was lieutenant governor of Illinois, when General Oglesby was governor. He is a happy and graceful extemporaneous speaker. William T Allen is the head of one of the great wholesale grocery houses of Chicago, where ho stands high socially, commercially and every other way. He takes no specially active interest in pnblic matters, his real business engrossing all his attention Mr. J. H. Bradley is a???model merchant and model gentleman. Although he has not yet reached the op** of A-ny.-Tia is the controlling power ci the Faust it Bradley manufacturing company.one of the most extensive establishments in the United .states. He is a man of exalted character, of unusual ami remarkable executive ability, a distinguished mein tier of the commercial and other organizations in Chicago.'and a citizen whose almost unlimited in fluence iscver exercised to promote the publiegood Mr. A. H. Andrews is a merchant und manufuctu rer whose products are known all over the country, lie looks like a student mid a scholar, is handsome and dignified in appearance, and though young in years, is reckoned among the most prosperous and prominent men in ???the A tlanta of the north.??? Mr. 15. D. Holton is a retired merchant and capitalist, of Written for The Constitution. 1 don???t care. The preacher says its wrong to go to the circus, and tlie preacher is a good man. I love him and I love his wife and children, but I???ve been to the circus aqd I dan't care. I???m no further off from heaven, wish the preacher would go and take his ife and his children. Poor tilings. How ranch they have lost. That is lost as humans ???just humans. We are all humans, aint wc? and we can???t help wanting a little fun and a little frolic now and then. I???m sorry for these folks who go into convents and shut themselves out from tlte world. These priests and nuns and these old-fashioned puritans and Quakers "who think the world is afield of sin and it???s wrong to laugh or to dance or to be merry, may be all right, hut they don???t suit me. I think it is a right good world, and if it aint we ought to make the best of it if we can and be thankful. What???s the use of going around with a sad face and the corners of tlie mouth turned down, and if a man meets you and asks after your health _ on say witli a sigh, ???I???m not well??? and so forth. Why not brighten up and andsay ???1???mpoorly, thaukGod, how are you???? Enjoy what you have gut and if you haven't got anything, then enjov what you haven???t got und be contented still. Life * is too short to worry. A fretful complaining man is a curse to himself and the to the communty. They can stand him of course, but I???m sorry for his wife and his children; who have no escape and have to endure him every day. And its just so with a complaining fretful wife who is never satisfied and always hank ering after something she hasen't got. She has no glad welcome for her husband when lie comes home tired and troubled, and a bank note to meet, and she begins to tell him about how the cook broke another skillet, and the washbowl fell off the shelf, and the rice is ont and the washwoman has struck for higher wages, and so forth,and so fifth, Until his head begins to swim and lie says to himself, will tliis thing never stop? Is "there no rest this side of heaven? I heard of a man once who died and went up to St. Peter???s gate and knocked, and St. l???eter dident recognize him and wanted to see his passports, and he dident have any, for lie dident belong to the church, hut he looked mighty sad and ventured to say, ???Mr. Peter, 1 had a mighty hard time in the lower world, for my wife was a fretful complaining woman, and I was tied to her and couldcnt get loose. 1 reckon you knowd . Arnandy Jane.??? St. Peter said, ???My unfor tunate friend, I did; and thougji thou tcured not God nor regarded man; yet I cannot re fuse thee a comer in heaven,??? and so he let him in. There was another fcllerstandingby who dident have .any passpefrts, and to make sure of getting in, lie told St, Peter he had ??? been married twice, and both of his wives were hard cases and kept Milwaukee, which city he a lily represents in Atlan ta. He has had great expene: traveled extensively, is well reu on many subjects, lias in him a philmi tliropic spirit, is a fluent and poetie speaker and fee???s as deep an interest in the success of the Atlanta exposition as if it were located in his own beloved "city of creeks.??? Mr. 8. T. Merrill is also an eminent citi- zen of Wisconsin. He is a large manufacturer at lk-loil. Ills venerable nspect und courteous de meanor enable him to command the respect which he receives from those with whom he comes in con tact. Mr. P. K. Studebnker, of South Bend, In diana, is one of the famous Studebakcr brothers, a hard-headed business man. with a large head chock full of ???horse sense.??? He is a charming gentleman and lias fallen so much in love with Atlanta that be intends to bring ids family away from the inclement weather of.a northern w inter to enjoy the glorious climate of Georgia. Mr. D. W. Simj: son, of Aurora. 111., is like most of those who have been mentioned as self-made men. and as Horace Greeley or somebody else said, he has reason to be proud of his makefile is a keen, wide-awake, ???up and up??? business man. and one of tlie handsomest and ???best fellows??? of the party. He is very good looking. He is as shrewd as a Scotchman, as witty as an Irishman, and all in all, is a line specimen of the go-ahead American. He traveled ???on the road??? for many years as a ???drum mer.??? and has risen from l>ein., employe to being the employer of a small array of mechanics. He is a rising man. Mr. George G. Bowen is the son of his father. George S??? mentioned above, and is a ???chip of the old block.??? Mr. F. Mthing is correspondent of the ItUnois Stoats-Zeitung. the most influential German-Amor- lean paper in the northwest. RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS. A Letter to lion. Campbell Wallace from Commis sioner Pratt, of Missouri. Jefferson City, October 25,1881.???Hon. Camp- bell Wallace, Railroad Commissioner, Atlanta, Ga ???Dear Sir: Some kind friend has sent me a copy of Tiif. Atlanta Constitution containing the plait for a United States railroad commission, suggested by the Hon. J. Fletcher Johnston, chairman of the Kentucky commission and indorsed by you. I wish to say that I also approve that plan, as you will see by an item in the Tribune of this city, : copy of which is herewith mailed to you. In fact 1 think it a happy hit, and hope that Commissionc. Johnston, or whoever may draft tlie act of congress on this subject, which may finally become law.muy be as happy in detiniug the jsjwers and duties of that commission. In this country, most jrailroad franchises are granted by the state governments. Railroad com- panics arc created by them to be public servanis as common carriers, and my tnind is perfectly clear us to the right and duty of the state to su pervise their operations. In creating railroad commissions for this pur;H??se. we have, I think, made the right move, as is shown in the pamphlet on ???transporta tion by railroad.??? herewith mailed to you. But a: to the precis" powers to he given to and tlie duties to be imposed upon such commissions, cr. ill the language of the paper quoted by Commissioner Johnston. ???The principles on which state laws regulating rates of transportation by railraad should be based.??? I confess that after six years constant study of these matters. I am yet open to conviction and would be glad to have a report on the subject from a committee of experts. As to congressional action I have been of the opinion that when we shi 11 have perfected the inode and manner of state supervision, we 'will be better prepared to approach the subject of supervision by the general government. Unquestionably congress has the right to regulate inter-state commerce, but the principles applicable in the states will doubtless apply to tlie United States: so that when Jthese are settled in respect to the former, there will be little difficulty in regard to the latter ease. In the elucidation of these subjects. I think the country has a right to expect that railroad commis sioners shall take the lead, and I am willing to meet with the others once or twice a year, and to take time fora full discussion of all subjects that anv commissiouer may briug forward. Very respect fully, your obedient servant, George C. Pratt, Commissioner. settled thut Lucius P. Thompson will not be not much sought after! Cantatas of No Account. Savannah Times. Crowds still continue to flock to the Atlanta ex position, and the multitude of ???colonels??? and ???majors??? is simply startling. There is also a little sprinkling of ???captains,??? but their light society is THE BRIGHT SIDE. Is Better to Laugh Than to Be Crying???He Goos to the Circus and Carries the Children???Bill Wants a ???Colonel???s Day??? at the Exposition- Thinks It Would Draw a Crowd. ???lone in any section of the union. The same thing is true of academies and private schools. If the census of 18G0, as taken by the United States au thorities, be correct, the white population of the northern states in that year was nearly 19,000,000, and of the southern only a little over f\000,000. At that time the north had 203 colleges, the south 272, the north 1,407 jirofessors, the south 1,488: the north had 29,044 students, the south 27,ftV>: the north paid for these colleges $1,614,293. the south $1,682,419.??? He deplored the present illiteracy of the colored popu lation of the south, and seemed to imply in his remarks that he was in favor of aid from the United suites government. He can hardly have reflected, however, that the effect of such action in the pres ent state of our civil sendee would be to supplant tl(P state schools or reduce the influence of local sentiment upon the conduct and teachings of the schools to a minimum, unless, as is suggested in some quarters, the money appropriated by congress tor education in the south be handed over to the state authorities, to be used according to the judg ment of the state authorities. In a word, ???nation al??? schools in the south, it is feared, would be but n reproduction of the freedinan's bureau, a politi cal propaganda. THE GOLD BELT. Haw the Blushing Bride Should Act end the Bashful Bridegroom Behave???The Proper Thing* in the Way of Wedding Girts, and How to Treat Them???Ceremonies. Receptions, Etc. Mining Affair* In Lumpkin Couuty, Georgia. Dahloxega, October 27.???Editors Constitu tion : Gold mining in the Lumpkin regiou of the Georgia gold belt is now a fixed and per manent business, as much so as cotton or iron manufacturing. For many years mining was followed simply for what was in sight, and tlie rudest processes were used in the cheapest fashion, and only that quality of gold that After a time the conclusion was reached tjiat these mines were giving out, and this impression getting out so universally, pre vented many of a speculative turn from in vesting, but a few miners, as in all other countries, kept persistently on at work, strik ing new mines, and finding gold in new character of ore, to them, which required hew kinds of machinery and processes to work them, and all this has gradually brought about the present state of develop ment and caused the mines now being worked to attract the notice of capital, and nevor in the history of gold mining in Georgia has there been such interest taken as at present, and never better machinery used, or more substantial improvements made in any min ing country than on this gold belt. It is true, that owing to tlie nature of our mines and the simple, practical manner of working them, the large and costly mills of tlie west arc not needed, but those in use here are accepted as doing their work well and to exactly suit the mines on which thev are built. The hydraulic process, or plan of washing down the hills of slate and quartz and Hood ing this material into the mill, for reduction, through sluices, was at once so cheap ami effective that it completely revolutionized gold mining on this belt and brought in the present era. ; The quartz and slate are of a low grade . in their yield per ton, but ???arc so uniform in this yield and so generally permeate the whole belt, it makes mining profitable almost to a known ??? ertainty when managed as it should he. One great difficulty here has been the want of a quantity of water sufficient to supply tlie niines now opened at an altitude that would permit them to reach the highest point with water to use for flooding material to the mill, but one large canal lias been built so far, and the dry season of this year has forced new enterprises of a similar character to be started go'll way fools.??? But still I like the preachers. They hold us back from going to extremes. They are tlie conservatives. They arc good citizens and set us a good example. They are the balance wheels of society, the scotch to the wagon, the air brakes to the train, the pen dulum to the clock. They are like tlie Hab- batli that gives us rest and peace. They are to society what the judge is to the law. I love ???em all, and when they are blotted out, which God forbid, I want to go too. In sick ness, in trouble, in affliction, yea, in the last agonies they are with us and comfort us, while tiie busy world wags on. God bless the preach ers of this land???the preachers of every creed that teaches love to our Creator and love and kindness to one another. Nevertheless, I sometimes feel sorry for the preacher???s chil dren, for tlie good man is so afraid he will do wrong lie leans tlie other way. It did me good the other day when I saw one of ???em take his children to see the circus procession. It was so kind and considerate. If they can???t let the little chaps see the circus do let???em see the procession. By and by may be they will get old enough to be trusted within tlie canvass and see the pretty horses in the ring and the men ride round, hear the clown crack his jokes and laugh at him because lie is such a fool. 1 don???t admire these folks who are al ways a laughing whether a tiling is funny or not. and 1 never did like to see a pretty girl giggling at everything that happened, but stiii it is better to laugh than be crying. The world is not draped in mourning. The birds sing and the butterflies float around in tlie happy sunlight. At night the cricket chir rups on the hearth and the katydid sings his evening song, sweet flowers are blooming eve rywhere, and Solomon in all his glory was not so arrayed like one of these. All nature is happy except a few snakes and hyenas, and I don't want to be like them. They were just made for contrast, neverthe less when a man or a woman of dignified rais ing goes to tlie circus they feel a leetle bit mean as they come out. The fact is they would rather slip in and slip out if tlieycould. It???s a sort of a let down, a loss of dignity and self-respect, and they take on a pmver of com fort because their nalxirs went. I saw l)r. Felton there the other day and it helped me. for you see it raised me up to him or pulled him down to me and established an equality which is all right. I think I shall vote for hint for governor if no man runs whom I like bettor. 1 will, shore. Especially if lie jines the democracy and gits nominated. I???m not going to be hide-bound about a tiling of that sort. Tlie circus is a wonderful levcler. It???s just as much a poor man???s show as a rich man's. It???s sorter like death and taxes. The dif ference is that a stuck-up man will come out and say it was a poor show,but a poor, bumble countryman like myself will talk about it and enjoy it for a month. Well, I'm glad to see you all have had a big powwow over the governors, and shook hands and buried the hatchet again and had a love feast. I like that. But its the confound- est hatchet I ever saw. It won???t stay ???buried. Every fourth year it comes up like a locust and goes to chopping around for a few ntontiis and then we bury it again. I???m gettingsorter tired of digging graves, I am. Governor Col quitt has been at it for years and buried hatchets from Maine to California, but every now and then the handle sticks up. I???m going to see how long tlie last one stays under. Now, I want Mr. Kimball to give us a Georgia colonel's day. That will gather ???em. Their name is legion, and they will come all the way from Texas and Arkansaw. I used to be aeolonel myself, but the war broke out and I got reduced to a major. I like it better than colonel, for tlie ladies can say it so sweet and soft, ???Good morning major.??? Oh! I tell vou its musical. Get to be major if you can. Yours, Bill Ari\ run to the mines. Tlie report from tlie mills now running in this immediate section is that they are doing well. The principal of these, tlie Bartow and Hand, Findley consolidated company, and the Singleton, are good mines and are well managed. Two new and extensive purchases were made recently for mining property near Dab- lonega, on which improvements' are being made and mills will soon be erected for crush ing tlie ore. River mining is attracting more attention from practical men than heretofore, and new inventions and machinery are being brought to bear to get up the gold from the bottom of the rivers. Several companies are already formed for working in the Chestatee anil Etowah. Captain Noble, who has charge of the ???vacuum process patent,??? will, in a short time, be able to demonstrate tlie practicabili ty of liis machine. He expresses unbounded confidence in its success, and its operations will be watched here with great interest. The boat is already built and waiting for the ma chinery, which has been shipped and will lie on the ground within a week or ten days. Item. A PHENOMENAL CHILD. School* for the South. Baltimore Sun. Dr. Currv, agent of the Peabody Fund association, speaking recently at St. Albans, Vt??? made the point that ???the south, before the war, in proportion to white population, taking man for man, sustained a larger number of colleges, with more professors, more students aud a greater annual cost, than was Only Three Year* of Age nnd Weigh* One Hundred 'und Thirty Pound*. Evansville, Ind., October 28.???There ar rived in this city to-day a man named Adam Castleman, of Casey county, Kentucky. His family is with him, one of which is a striking curiosity. This isa young hoy only three years old, who stands three feet four inches in his stockings, measures sixeen inches around the calf of the leg, twenty-six inches around the thigh, forty-two inches around the waist, thirty-eight inches around the chest, and weigits one hundred and thirty pounds. The child weighed but nine pounds at his birth;-but at six months had increased to forty-nine pounds, and then jumped by rapid stages to liis present enormous proportions. The child is bright enough, although physi cians have counseled his parents not to tax him closely with mental effort. Physically, although so huge for his age, he is sound and healthy, and makes what might be called a waddling effort at romping around. Castle man and liis wife, though both of good siz; are neither of them large, and cannot remenit her any ancestor from whom this prodigious boy could have inherited liis extraordinary proportions. They have another child, an infant girl three months ohl, but giving no evidences of following in l.er lm t e: ???s foot* steps. The father proposes exhibiting the boy through the country as a curiosity. Stilus a Railroad. Louisville Courier-Journal. Miss Louise Montague, the celebrated ???Lalla Rookli??? of Forepaugh???s circus, filed the suit yesterday for damages against the Louisville and Nashville railroad, concerning her intentions to do which much lias been written in the papers. She says in her peti tion that she got on board a train of cars run by tlie defendant at Bowling Green about 10 o'clock on the night of September 22; that almost us soon as she stepped on the platform the train started off at a high rate of speed, and ran into some other cars which bad been left on the track, producing a wreck, in which she was caught and lier left limb bruised and lacerated and the Hesh torn; that at the time she was an actress in Adam Forepaugh???s circus, re ceiving $333 a week and traveling expenses; that by reason of the accident to her she has been confined for four weeks, suffering great bodily and mental pain, losing her salary and incurring great expense for treatment and as sistance; that it will be a long time before she will be able to fulfill her duties as an actress, and, besides, after she recovers the limb will still appear scarred and mutilated, and will be a source of great discomfort and great pe cuniary loss to her. In consideration of all of which she demands $20,000. Colonel R. W. Woolley is tlie attorney for the injured beauty. HOW TO GET MARRIED. SUGGESTIONS AS TO THE PROPER FORMS TO OBSERVE. As this is tlie season for weddings, Harper's Bazar gives some valuable suggestions: A bride elect begins, sometimes three months before her wedding day, to invite her brides maids, for there are dresses to be made and gifts selected. The groom chooses his best man, and his ushers of whom there are gen erally six. These gentlemen receive from him cravats and scarf-pins, and tlie groom frequently gives each bridesmaid a locket. Tlie bride often gives eaqh of her bridesmaids, of whom there are also generally six, some small token of her regard; but not, as former ly, her dress. Bouquets are always provided by the bride for.briilesraaids. The church must be engaged for a fortnight ahead, to Svoid the gloomy catastrophe of meeting a funeral coming out, which has happened, and which is of course depressing. The clergyman and organist both need time to get themselves in order, and tlie florist, who is to decorate the altar with fresh-cut flowers and growing plants, also needs time; he also should have plenty of warning. THE READ USHER. When the happy day arrives the head usher goes to the church an hour before the time to see that a white cord is stretched across theaisle, reserving pews enough for the family and particular friends, and to see, in fact, that all details are attended to. The ushers should be in attendance early, to scat people in convenient places, ana good manners and careful attention, particularly to elderly people, make life-long friends for these young gentlemen at the weddings where they officiate. When the bride???s mother arrives the white cord is dropped, and she is taken to the front seat; all the family friends take their places near her in adjoining pews. Then tlie clergy come in and take their places at the altar, followed by tlie groom anil his best man. who have been safely guarded in the vestry room. Tlie groom looks down tlie a : sle to watch for his coming bride. The organ strikes up the wedding inarch as the first couple of ushers are seen entering the eliurcli door. They come in slowly, two ami two, followed by the bridesmaids," who bean bouquets of one color. THE BRIDE ENTERS. Then the bride enters, leaning on her fath er???s arm. A very pretty and becoming fash ion is for the bride to wear her veil over iter face, throwing it back at the altar; but this is a matter of taste. | The ushers part company, going to the right and left, and remain standing on the lower step of the altar. The bridesmaids also move to the right and left, neyt the altar rail, leav ing a space for the couple who are to be mar ried. The bride is taken by tlie hand by the groom, who receives her "from her fatiier as She mounts the first ?????*???**. The service then proceeds, the organ play ing very softly until the prayer, when the music stops, and all join in the familiar words. Then the blessing is given, the cler gyman congratulates the bride, and the young people turn to leave the church, fol- d by all posed to be paying the true respect to the de parted. A bride should never dc married in Hack or put on a black traveling costume. The ceremonial of CHURCH WEDDINGS at the Catholic and Episcopal communions is to be commended, as it compels both parties to take a public vow and promise which can not be lightly broken. For this reason many of tlie clergy of other denominations are using the beautiful ritual of tlie English Episcopal church. Every pair, however, can, of course, choose for themselves their own church, and the etiquette must vary a little to suit the occasion. Long exordiums from the clergyman are no longer a fashion. The couple are married as quietly as possible, to avoid agitation on the part of the bride, to whom a church wedding is a severe ordeal. Nor is it a good plan to have a hymn sung during the service, although some people of great good taste have done it, for it keeps the bride standing, ???the cynosure of neighboring eyes,??? too long for her peace and comfort; at "a moment, too, when, with heart fraught with feeling, and a reception before her, she has need of all her strength, nerve and composure. It should he added that if the bride is an orphan, and wishes the support of her brothers and her sisters, it is perfectly proper that several married couples should"precede her into the church, and should stand about, lier in the space near the altar. A mother who isa widow can accompany her daughter to the altar, and give her away. ERA OF PROSPERITY. lowed reverse order. the bridesmaids and ushers in AFTER IT IS OVER. Maids are in waiting in tlie vestibule to cloak the bride and her attendants as they come out from this pageant into the cold anti dangerous air. This is a great exposure, and often leads to trouble; our churches all need larger vestibules. The bride and groom re turn to the house of the former, followed as quickly as possible by the bridesmaids, and stand to receive their friends under a floral bell, or a floral arch, or some other pretty de vice. The bridesmaids are arranged on either side, and the ushers (whose place is no sine cure) bring up tlie guests in order to present to the happy pair. The bride???s mother, va cating the place of hostess for tlie nonce, stands at the other end "of the room to talk to her friends, and to also receive their congrat ulations. Of course her own family arc al lowed to kiss the bride first. The bride remains at her post an hour and a half, then leaves the room to ascend and dress for her bridal tour. She conics down in tlie quiet dress fitted for traveling in this country (where the bright blue velvets and shiny silks which are used in England for bridal trips are not allowed, probably owing to the fact that our railway trains are more public and less clean than those of the British isle), and bids her friends good-by. Getting into the carriage followed by the" shower of rice and slippers, which are thrown after them for luck. THE WEDDING PRESENTS, which in the houses of rich and popular brides are wondrous fine and costly, are fre quently shown. Some families object to the display of tlie presents, and the bride???e inti mate friends alone are allowed the pleasure of beholding them. The bride writes a note, over her own hand always, to thank the sender of each gift. The wedding ring is still tlie old, strong, pure circlet of virgin gold, with the posy within, and the initials of bride and groom, the date, and anything else which the parties choose. Tne manner of announcing engagements seems to be frequently this: The groom steps into his club, and tells an intimate friend; the lady writes to her intimate friends, and her mamma has the day before informed all the grandparents, the aunts and cousins. Weddings in tlie evening are in tlie same order as the morning wedding, with the single difference that in the morning the gentlemen are dressed in frock coats and gray trousers, while in the evening they are, of course, in dress suits of solemn black, with white neck tie, and, iu fact, full evening dress. The bride makes no difference in lier dress; be it morn ing or evening, she is in full dress, with lace, diamonds and flowers. FOP. A WEDDING AT HOME, which is so much preferred by some people, the most convenient place for tlie clergyman to stand is arranged by the lady of the liouse, and cushions are laid down for tire bride and Krooni to kneel upon. The clergyman stands facing the company, while the jiair to he mar ried stand with their backs to the guests. After the ceremony the clergyman retires, and tlie bridal pair takes his place. For a widow or an elderly jierson a bonnet at her wedding is de rigneur, and a veil out of the question. Many elderly brides wear dark velvet or silk costumes and bonnets to church ???are married, so to speak, in traveling cos tume. Such brides disjiense with brides maids. There is a sumptuary law against appear ing at a wedding in mourning. If the bride???s mother is a widow she should lay aside her Cap and veil on that occasion. In England the very uncompromising color, bright red, is considered wedding mourning, that is, the bride???s mother or sisters, if in deepest morning, will wear the color of a Jacque minot rose to the wedding and still be sup- What an Albany Correnpondent Think* of IL Albaxy,October 21.???The very intelligent und ob- servant correspondent, ???C. It. M.,??? of the Neiv York Times, In a recent letter to liis paper of October 19, from Atlanta, thinks ???tlie Atlanta cotton fair isafar less interesting study than the new spirit in tho south, of which it is an outcome,??? and he confi dently predicts a ???most energetic awakening' ??? in the development of its latest resources, the multiplica tion of its productions, and increase of its material wealth, ns an outgrowth of the near future. While we read these glowing predictions with a sensation of pleasure, and would fain believe in their early fulfillment, ive are yet forced by the inexorable logic of facts, and the evidences immediately around us, to the conclusion that llic outlook from the standpoint of Atlanta,iu the heyday of her great exposition, would not be tints encouraging were the observer???s range of vision extended over this imrtion of the state, known and distinguished par excellence os the cotton belt We, down here, can only hope thut his predictions may take us iu, arid that this portion of Georgia may eventually partic ipate in that full title of prosperity and develop ment which he now sees iu a vision. Without in tending an essay on this topic, or probing for causes which in general lie sufficiently llear tne surface, we may take this occasion, by your leave, to lay be fore you a few facts in regard to this immediate sec tion, which can be readily confirmed by the expe rience and observation of any number of intelli gent and thoughtful observers. One of the late committee appointed by the grand jury to visitant! inspect the several convict camps bl eated in thiscounty was Mr. B.T. Kemp, a prominent citizens of Albany. Prior to the war, Mr. K. as an overseer, was kuown as one of the best and most successful managers and cotton planters in south west Georgia, lie managed tlie planting interests of the late Dr. llarloiv. of Sumter, for seventeen years in succession up to the latter part of 1866, al ways receiving the highest wages for liis services. Becoming disgusted with free labor, he removed to Albany early in 1867, and has been engaged iu suc cessful business here since. -Although he has been so long a resident of Albany, until lie was appoint ed the other day on the above commission, he had never been a mile out of town in any direction ex cept by railroad. His observations oil. what he saw on this trip through the western part of Dougherty, known as the Oaky Woods, first to the White Hill place, sixteen miles west of Albany, thence to the Royston place, fourteen miles southwest, then back to town by v.-sv of tb fcav'.i * i-ku a)! plantations on widen convict i.ioor is worked by Colonel B. G. Lockett, being those of an old-time farmer, conversant only with it state of things long since passed away, and existing only in tradition, may show that the dawn of the era of prosperity for this section at least, is farther oil' than the 'limes??? correspondent may have imagined. The route taken by tlie committee led them past nearly all the best cotton plantations in Dougherty county- places which, before the war, gave a reputation of almost fabulous wealth to the Bonds, Tarvers, Bealls. Jordans and others who owned them. 1 will add here that Mr. Kemp???s observations are precise ly those made by your correspondent when lie had occasion to traverse a portion of the same route a few weeks ago, though from a far more capable and practical source. All these large and formerly splendid places, except tlie three convict camps, appeared to be iu the last stages of dilapidation and decay, and looked us though they had been given up entirely to their negro tenantry, who were in many cases theironly occupants. On all tlie places, as seen from tlie road, tlie leneing was iu many in stances down and missing, and everywhere greatly in need of repair. The condition of all the slock seen, partook of the nature of their surroundings, being almost without exception miserably poor, and apparently omthe verge of starvation. One re mark ne made wtfs, that along the whole route he saw only one hog, a venerable row, mines a tail, one car entirely gone and the other pendant and flopping over a most wo-begoue countcn- ancefijfor a sow to have. She was apparently the last of her race???iu that vicinity??? ???the only one left of all the family,??? and lay in a fence corner awaiting the inevitable, aud in her ease, not very distant summons, with stoical resig nation. The houses and quarters ever}'where, wore a look of dilapidation, and imparted to thescene its crowning air of neglect and decay. In a fe\t in stances, the main dwelling, tlie white folks house, would be entirely destitute of an iuelosure, und all crumbling away and falling to pieces, as though the blight and milldew of a century, instead of a short decade, had fallen on them. That these places, thus managed, or rather thus neglected, can yei, produce the short crops they do, aud even support after a fashion the hordes of colored tenantsand oc cupants upon them, is proof conclusive of the in trinsic value of the land, and its possibilities under a different regime. The few and far between exceptions to this most discouraging prospect were iu the eases of a few farmers, some of them colored, who had isolated themselves, in a manner, on small farms, cut off from tlie larger places, and which, coni]sired with them, looked like oases in a desert. In fact, the above remarks only apply to those large estate-sand plantations which are attempted to Ik- kept up aud run in a manner like they were iu tlie ante-bellum days, when the titles to any of them gave to its for tunate owner all tlie importance and distinction that attaches to the name of a mail of property. When, too, a transfer of those titles would involve a consideration ranging from $20 to $:* per acre, and were always iu demand at these figures But to show how changed are the condi tions now, we may state incidentally that the News and Advertiser for some time past hits been running an advertisement for the.-ale of the lauds belonging to the Georgia land and cotton company, an English association, which purchased a number of these large plantations just after the war, at fair prices, for the purpose of raising their own cotton, the places thus advertised are four in number, sit uated a in Dougherty and Baker, and a purchaser could, beyond a aoubt. almost dictate his own terms. They have been for seveal years past ujam the market, but have thus far attracted no pur chasers. The only places our informant saw, during his brief tour, which were in anything like good condi tion, and thut reminded him of the days of yore, were the three convict camps above mentioned, where labor can lie com manded, and discipline enforced. All the rest of these line plantations, with land naturally as good and productive, and some of them superior to the convict camps, were in the condition de scribed pibove. It is true, the long protracted drouth and the present season of the year, being just after the slender crops have been mainly gathered, no doubt udded much to this scene of desolation and decay, but it cannot be said to be. greatly over drawn. The section, we may add, is one rarely visited by strangers, and certainly, iu its present state, presents few enough attractions for a visitor. What the future may have in st ie for this portion of Georgia, we cannot divine. But certain it is, tha a radical change in population and methods, man ners aud customs, etc., must take place before an era of pruspprity can be confidently counted on. Matter* Constitutional. Eiberton New South. The Atlanta Constitution has a mission and is worthily fulfilling it. Covington Enterprise. We were debarred the pleasure of praising the exposition edition of The Constitution when it was issued, because we had no paper. We now de sire to remark that never in the history of Georgia or southern journalism was so much vim aud enter prise exhibited by a newspaper. Thirty-two pages, and every page spoke in unbroken language of the prosperity and pro ressive spirit of a live, business people. Atlanta, as well as tha south, hits just cause of being proud of The Constitution INDISTINCT PRINT