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/ 8 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY, APKIL. 11, 1882 WORK IN WASHINGTON. PROGRESS OF BILLS INTERESTING TO GEORGIANS. JUTorta of Georgia*. Reprea<*ntatlaea—The Condition of til a Blvar and Harbor BUI—Changes In tfca Cabinet—Tha South Carolina Squabble —The New District Court. Special Correspondence of The Constitution. Washington, April 2.—The house commit tee on commerce is preparing the river and harbor bill as fast ns it can. This is always a troublesome work. Custom bos fixed the maxiiim appropriation at about ten millions. Ten times that sum is usually asked, and liow to scale down the supply to meet the demand is a perplexing question. Everybody knows how unjust the distribution of this money has been, even under democratic con gresses. Hope of a fairer apportionment is not bright now, but the southern men are muking honest etlorts to get tiie'r deserts. Georgia lias never made sueli a determined effort in this direction as Senator llrown and Representative Black lmve made for Savan nah. The report in favor of the improve ments of the harbor to cost $*>50,000 could not have been stronger. If the engineers were given the money to distribute to the best advantage they would attend to Savan nah among the very first points of operation. Though $1150,000 is asked for Savannah, and petitions from every city in the siateliave imeked the request, the otiier Georgia inter ests are not being neglected. Brunswick is presented for ils share of attention. With a harbor of superb natural advantages, it has never been a burden to the government. A small appropriation would do the little work needed, and justice demands it. The upper Savannah, the Alta mall a the Ocrnulgec, the Chuttuh jochee, the Coosa, the Oconee, are all to be urged by the Georgia delegation as worthy of consideration, I have no idea 8avanu:ih will get the $550,000 or the rivers what is asked for them, hut tlie delega tion none the less deserve credit for the ener gy displayed in their eflorts in this direction. We will fare better than we would with a less faithful set of senators and representatives. .Senator Brown has succeeded in getting four life-saving stations for the Georgiu const. In the treasury is now lying $00,000 to lie applied for light houses at thu Savannah harbor as soon as suitable locations can Is* obtained at reasonable figures. Now if we can get a just appropriation for our rivers and harbors we will have to thank the government for more than it has yet done for us. The committee is not constituted of very libera) men us a rule, but UandaU’s fixed up committee of the last congress was about as bud. CHANGES IN THE CABINET. The general comment here is that Arthur lias gotten pretty hard up wiien he comes to Teller and Chandler for his cabinet. They will complete the worst wornbination any president ever sat in the middle of. Tender footed, old-maidish Frelinghuysen, with his milk-and-water foreign jioliey; bland old Folger, with everything negative except a look out for what is to come after the treas ury portfolio; Boh Lincoln, living on his father's fame, and vindictive Brewster, will find in t'*e stupid Teller and the frisky Bill (.'handler no inlluence to di turb the peaceful mediocrity of their high council. In Kirkwood the most highly respected man of the present cabinet goes out. Mr. limit's probable departure is also regretted partly because lie is personally liked and because of his well known preference for remaining. There are some hints that don't knock a man down, and Hunt will resign. Teller will be promoted to strengthen him at home where the other faction is crowding him. Ilis pres ent term expires in 1885, ami lie wants anoth er. By giving the remainder of his present term to secure some permanent home inilu- cnee, and by the prestige and patronage of the interior department lie may come back in ’88 to make, for another six years, the answer easy to the conundrum, ‘‘Who is the bore of the senate?” Chandler and his friends are ad vertising liis public services to prove his fit ness for the management of our mythical uavy. One amusing thing about these circulars is that, though they luxuriate in rhetoric like a circus poster, they omit all mention of Willie’s heroic service*; in Florida. Though he stands con fessed the champion ballot box juggler of the age his achievements in this line are mod' cstly eliminated from the list ot his vir tues. THE SOUTH CAROLINA SQUABBLE. We have promise of some lively talk when Senator M. C. Butler returns from South Car olina. Before he left he offered a resolution asking that Attorney General Brewster fur nish the senate a copy of his correspondence in reference to the prosecutions begun to day against certain citixens of booth Carolina for alleged violations of the election laws. A few days ago the correspondence was trans mitted" to the senate but Butler had gone and General Hampton wanted to wait until his colleague could come back before a con certed arraignment of Brewster should begin. Butter and Hampton arc both indignant at the charges made against their constituency in the attorney-general's in structions to the Philadelphia lawyer lie has sent to aid in the prosecutions. They propose to say something in reply. Han Vooruees has takun up the cause too, and is primed for a speech in bis Inst vein of satire. Mr. Mor gan. of Alabama, is also booked for a raid on the new attorney-general, tubers may come in on thc-attuck, and there will be as much, probably, to l>c said on the other side. This discussion, wherever the responsibility for its origin may lie, will he unfortu nate. It will necessarily take sectional tinge, and revive the hitter feelings that a year ago were ratnpuni in the determined dead lock. Among the most disagreeable probabilities looms the grim visage of Dawes contorted in the agony of a four hours’ harangue oti "a free ballot and a fair count.” Manone might furnish his as sailants with one of his sp ismodic etlorts if he eottUl protect his friends from the same itillie- ion. Everybody lias grown weary of the old rimination ami recrimination such a discus sion is bound to bring about. As the eases will not amount to much in the courts, why. not let the thing show itself up as a farce and pay no attention to Benny Brewster's splenetic epistles. Some democrats from South Carolina say they are very glad this tiling has happened, "it lias solidified every element in the democratic party of the state and hushed the rising clamor for a "new departure." An injudicious agi tation by southern men in the senate would not enhance this benefit, and might more than offset it by injurious impressions in the north. * ■ THE NEW JUSTICE. Judge Bla tell ford was sworn in to-day and took liis seat next to Stanley Matthews, on the extreme left of the chief justice A great many people p ip in to look at the august court a moment, but the crowd was much larger than usual to day owing to curiosity to see the new man lie is a dry looking old gentleman, about the most commonplace figure in the illustrious nine. He sat reading, seemingly as uncon cerned us if he had been there ten years. The court had eight judges present, something that lias not happened for a long time. Mr. Harlan alone was absent, and lie was at work on the circus:. A year ago there was difficul ty in getting u quorum. Tiie court is chang lug very fast. It seem only a few days ago when Judge Words was appointed and the Atlanta bar was wining him over the honor. Yet Justices Matthews, Gray .>ud Biatchford all have come sine,. Judge Woedshas moved up a file on the right, giving the end seat to Bachelor Gray with his enormous bald head. The guide " who takes gtcen visitors with plenty of money through the vast area of marble under the roof ot the capital al ways dilates on the historic memories of the court room. It was the old senate chamber where most of the school-boy speeches of the day were forged, and where many of the an ecdotes of the great men of the ante helium days did not occur. The place must have been uncomfortably close and small for the senate, for in the famous picture of Clay ad dressing liis peers, liis tall form seems to go half way to the little gallery, and his long arms give him the appearance of patting his distinguished friend* in any part of the house on the head in liis easy style of oratory. The glory of the old room has departed so far as "the general public is concerned. Business and curiosity alone attract to it liow. Noliody expects to be entertained, for the .■‘[leeches made there are the perfection of re- lined dullness. The orators are generally con versational in manner and the great judges not infrequently look sleepy. The marble bus.s of dead chief justices around the wall, the thick carpet, the heavy red cushioned benches, and the pompous old negroes who swing the noiseless doors for your entrance and exit—all aid in the general effect of solemn quiet and your first impulse when you get outside is to yawn and shake yourself to the friskiness of ordinary mortality. OI P. NEW DISTRICT. The bill to give Georgia a new United States district court with complete equipments is now only waiting for the house to adopt the brief form the senate agreed on. Con 'Tess in* n Hammond lias worked with great energy, and will not relax his efforts until the hill "is finally [Hissed. The only difficulty now is to get it'uji—a very hard thing to do in the crowded condition of business before the house. Butitwill be done soon. Then will come the fun of filling the new places. At lanta is to get the new judge while Savannah has the new murs'ial, clerk and district attor ney. Whether we shall say Judge McCay, Judge Printup, Judge Atkins or Judge Some-' bodyelse, does not yet appear. Atkins has the "lead now. He lias very strong republican indorsements, and- they are the only indorsements worth handing in to our model president. Mr. Atkins’s friendssay be has had enough legal experience to make a judge. He has been waiting ever since Garfield was iu augn rated for some nice place and has been more of a Warwick than any other Georgian until Longstreet loomed in the calcium light of the coalition. Atkins having taken care of liis friends ami carefully surveyed the field will now, says rumor, retire from the fret of politics to tiie dignified calm and lifelong alary of district judge. Some of the colored politicians are in for claiming a share of the new judicial offices in Savannah, but the ad ministration lias strained to the last notcli on this line in Georgia and no colored republican need apply. THE VETO MESSAGE. Immediately after the reception of the iresident’s message vetoing the anti Chinese fill, at 1:15 o’clock, the president, pro. tern., suspended the operation of business to lay the communication before tiie senate, and di rected it to be read. Tiie reading of the mes sage by the secretary w«.s listened to with marked interest and attention by the entire senate. The vital objection of the president is to the twenty years suspension of immigra tion, which he construes is virtually prohibi tory, and therefore violative of the spirit f not of the letter of the negotiation on which the treaty was based, ami as a breach of national faith. The message calls atten tion to the proposition made by the United States commissioners on this point, the coun ter- proposition on the part of China to show the understanding of the latter country in the agreement which was ultimately made, that immigration would be limited or re stricted to a reasonable period. The presi dent then points out other features of the act which, in liis opinion cannot be modified to advantage. Tiie system of personal registra tion and passports is specifically men tioned as undemocratic, and hostile to our institutions, and he alludes to tiie omission of the act to make any provision for the transit to Chin of Chiucse subjects now residing in foreign countries, to which subject tiie president adds his attention lias been called by the Chinese minister. The message refers to the alleged benefits to its industries derived by the Pacific slope from the presence of the Chinese. Ho therefore expresses apprehension of the inju rious effect upon American commerce >viih China of legislation of the character proposed, unless carefully guarded, and without naming any specific period of suspension lie suggests that the length of the term should be experi mental. The piessage and the bill were tem porarily laid upon the table and ordered printed. ROSECRAXS, rAGE AND MILLER. General ltosecrans claims that the veto as sures the democrats the control of the next house. The republicans will not, he thinks, even attempt to contest the congressional elections in California, Oregon and Nevada, while the labor interest from one end of the country to the other will be arrayed against the president's party. Mr. Page expresses himself as disappointed and disheartened. He had prepared himself foi a qualified veto, but the document is scarcely that, it being probably impossible to frame a bill which would be effective to ex clude the Chintse and nut be open to the ob jections fouud by tiie president to the present bill. Mr. Page does not expect to pass the bill over the veto, because tne democrats will now refuse to help. He means, however, to put them on record if possible. He is sure tliat all the republicans in the house wtio voted for it origiually will vote to pass it over ttie veto if they have a chance. Senator Miller, of California, thinks the [‘resident made a grave political mistake, which would weaken the administration ail over thecauntry by arrayingthelaboriuterest against the republican party. republican defeat acknowledged. San Francisco, April 5.—The Alta Califor nia comments bitterly on tiie action of the president in vetoing t he Chinese bill, and says the veto appalls every republican in the state, aud proves that tiie president is the slave and not the master of eastern bigots and scared New York merchants. He reminds us of our insignificance at the east, and that the wants of Californiaare nothing to Mas.-achusett.sand New England. Thereto means the loss tothe republican party of California, Nevada, Ore gon. Dakota, Arizona, Utah and Wyoming, and the demoralization of the party of the Rocky mountaius. We acknowledge the bit terness of defeat, but we do not give up the fight. , THE HOOP-JOINT SNAKE. tion from a hoop snake was to get behind a tree or stnmp on the opposite side front the one it was coming, we took a position behind an old stump and awaited developments. It was not long before the head came slowly and cautiously through the crack of the fence, raised itself to an angle of forty-five degrees, looked in every direction and then com menced the work of rejoining its body and tail to its head. This was soon done. Its next movement wus to rear itself up per pendicularly, or in other words, to stand on its tail. As" the head went up we distinctly saw that each joint possessed India rubber qualities, for as it went up each joint became extended until, when the perpendicular posi tion was attained, the head was entirely out of sight. By a mathematical calculation we ascertained "its head to be a little less than five miles high when it passed out of sight. Having taken its bearing, it gradually con tracted to nine feet. It then made a circular dart for its tail, and without more ado rolled off rapidly in the direction of Atlanta. AN UPRIGHT OFFICER. RAISING CORN AND PROVIDING AGAINST THE DE MANDS OF THE WEST.*) r Jtti A Tew More Georgia F.rmsra Wao Have Solved the Problem of Sacoet*. and Know How to Make the Old Bed Hills Pax—Xhe Smokehouse at Home With Plenty In It. Itemtnlaernemof Commodore Joelnb Tatnallsnd III* Integrity. Editors Constitution: Seeing how very oiten committees are appointed at Washing ton to investigate the different departments, when charges of dishonesty have been alleged; particularly in connection with the contin gent fund, under Mr. Sherman's administra tion, has led me to contrast the conduct of tiie present officers, wilit those of the old school, in former years, -and to show how great is that contrast, as to honesty. Allow me to mention two incidents occurring during the war between the states. Commodore Josiah Tatnall, was in charge of a station where I was naval store keeper. One New Year’s day we paid the old hero calls, as was our duty as officers in the navy. It was a very cold day and the old gentleman was suffering with his wounded arm, and his servant was endeavoring to make a fire with some green pine poles, the only fuel he had. His family was without wood "or fire. (Fuel was very scarce and difficult to get.) I went to the navy wharf, (where I had several hundred tons for the use of the different gun-boats,) and ordered a ton of coal taken to the com modore's residence. with instructions not to let him know it, but he happened to be in the yard when the coal arrived, and asked the wagoner who sent it. He said I had, and in a very pre-emptory manner he was order ed to take it back. Tiie next day he called at the store to see me, and demanded by what authority I had sent public stores to his house. I endeavored to explain and re ferred to his suffering for wail t of wood and fire, and concluded to send him some coal for the comfort of himself and family. "Well, sir, I appreciate your kind feelings for me and my family, but if you ever attempt such a thing again I will have you dismissed from the ser vice. I would freeze to death before I would touch an ounce of coal belonging to the gov ernment.” On another occasion I was receiv ing a large quantity of navy bread. It was very fine. The commodore saw it, and said: T wish you to loan me iif y pounds of that bread until I can get a baker to return it.” I sent it to hint, and as soon as he could get the flour he got a baker to bake and return the bread.” Again I had received some old rye whisky from Pensacola navy yard made inl830. The oid gentleman liked liis dram, but never to excess. I knew he would like some, and I said to him, "you aregettingold and feeble, and if you will take some of this good old whisky it will benefit 3’ou ” "No, sir," said he, "not a drop goes down my throat; it be longs to the government, not to tne. I will issue an order for it to be sent to the different hospitals for the sick and wounded.” I had near 2,000 gallons, but not a drop would he touch or allow any one else to, except upon a requisition from a surgeon, and 1 ant sorry ((to say officers and doctors got sick very often after that, until it was all sent off. What a contrast between Josiah Tatnall, of the confederate states navy, aud John Sherman, secretary of the treasury of the United Sta es, if the report of the com mittee in his case be true I was associated with Commodore Tatnall intimately several years during the war, and I do say, without reserve, he was the most- honest, truthful man I ever knew. I believe he would have died before committing a dis honest act. I aut afraid we have but few suen in official position in this country left. Peculation and down-right stealing seeuts to be the order of the day, particularly at Wash- ngton. Ex-Naval Store-Keeper. The Terrible Reptile fern by the Red Eye el a Fi •jth t utility Editor. From the Cummlug Clarion. In our boyhood we often heard of a hoop snake, one iliat. bringing its head and tail to gether, rolled over and over like a wagon wheel. It was said that this snake did its ex ecution with its tail, that being pv-inted like a needle. We never had the terror of seeing one of them, but did, when about eight years old, see a jointed snake. The joints were about six inches long. When alarmed the snake fell to pieces, the head joint darting off like an arrow to a place of concealment. That was the last snake of the kind we ever saw until quite recently we saw a hoop- jointed snake. We were walking leisurely one day through our field close to"an old fence "which was near a small branch and marshy swamp. Thinking of no evil, but rather imagining that on that piece of ground we could make a bale of cotton to the acre, which would buy twice as much corn as the land would make, all of a sudden we were startled out of ourself by something rolling by us w hich looked like tiie rim of a buggy wheel without tiie spokes. When it had passed about ten steps beyond us, in making an effort to turn, it accidentally struck the eud of a projecting rail. This must have alarmed it for all at once it fell to pieces and the head joint darted through a crack of the lence and into the swamp as quickly as possible. Remembering tiie jointed snake of our boy hood, aud that our garndfather had told us "if we would watch we would see the iieud return for the joints left, as badly as we were scared we determined to watch and wail tiie head’s return. Not unmindful that we liad been told by them of old time that the only protec- Gwinnett County, Ga„ March 21, 16S2.—Editor* Constitution: The cotton exposition is over, but cotton manufactories and cotton seed oil mills are on & boom, and other enterprises are springing up all around. It is said agriculture is the founda tion of aU these things. If that be so. it is very im portant that it should be properly conducted. About a year ago I wrote a short article for The Constitution, giving a statement of my experi ments for three or four years in cotton rows three feet and four feet wide. I will not repeat the state ment here,but just say that cotton nlan ted four feet wide made as much ns that planted three feet. I am so well confirmed in the fact that I have no in tention whatever of planting any more three feet rows. We, the farmers, are admonished on every hand by writers on the subject to raise more corn". Of course that fed to hogs would give us-more meat, and in order to do that plant less cotton. All of which appears very well, but let us try to be con sistent iu our conclusions as near as we can. W'e are inviuting capital amongst us to build cotton factories, and insisting that our people should en gage in the same Pursuit. Where would the profit be on capital invested in that way, if we were ab ruptly to break off making cotton" and raise grain entirely? Of course no one is thinking of that, but from the statements I see about the prosperitv of the grain raisers, it would seem that we" all should turn our attention that way. But let us examine into the condition of thing* a little. W’e would say that;all the cotton that has been produced fora series of years has been seeded to run the cotton factories and more are being built. We suppose they will need the same amount hereafter at any rate, aud we all know that we need more corn in Georgia than we raise. 1 just mention Georgia. The other cotton states are iu tue same condition to a greater or less extent. Now. how shall we manage to produce the same amount of cotton and increase the production of corn? It seems to me that something might be done in this way. One hundred thousand acres of cotton in four feet rows would require no more hoeing than 75,000 acres in three feet rows. Well, we will take the 100,000 acres. It wilt take one-fourth longer to put in the fertilizer in 100.000 acres than the 75,000. Then in the 100,000 acres four feet wide aud the 75,000 aeres three feet wide there would be the same number of rows aud the 100,000 acres could be planted in the same time that the 75.000 acres could, aud all the balance of the culti vation would be done in the same time except when the middles would be plowed out, then it would take one-fourth longer to plow 100,000 acres than 75,000. To moke allowance fortheextra plow ing, we would say that it would take the same time to cultivate 80,000 acres three feet wide that it would 100,000 four feet wide. Allowing the same yield per ae-e (say a half bale) the result would bo 40,000aud 50,000 bales; so we seethe same labor iu four feet rows will make 10,000 bales more The 10.000 bales at $10 a bale would be $100,000. We eould invest that iu cotton factories, and if they made money the dividends would be among our selves, and our material prosperity would be ad vanced that much. Now,' if we only waut 40,000 bales, plant the rows four feet wide on 80,000 acres and four-fifths of the labor will make it, aud we can devote the other one-fifth to cultivating corn. Now, if this one-fifth of labor makes $100,000 in cotton, how much will it make in corn? I suppose that cannot be so easily determined, but say $200 000 worth of corn, and we would have that much amongst us, and would noi have toseud west for it Any one can see the benefit in that. Now, if the whole cotton region of the United States were to adopt that manner of planting cotton and raising com the profits to us would oe immense. Let the subject be taken Into consideration bv the cotton planters, and each one experiment for himself in that way and thev can soon find out the facts in the case. Respectfully, J. R. Jackson- HOGAXSVIU.E HAPPY. Hogansville, t'roup County, Ga., March 30,1882. —Editors Constitution: Some time since you wrote me to ascertain the successful farmers of this imme diate section, their system of farming, etc, which I wrote you aud wus published: and now I wish to inform you of their present condition aud prospects Water P O: J J Adams, Cold Water PO: Alexander Hall, Hard Cash P O: Henry K Deadwiler, Davis Creek; Joseph P ferdwilcr. NO WESTERS PRODUCE WANTED Conyers. MRich 21.—Editors Constitution: We give our farmers one more year to get clear of the west for com, flour aud hay. Our merchants arc not selling one-fourth as much provisions os last year, and if we have anything like a fair crop this season we will want no western produce for Rock dale next Our farmers are determined to raise their ewn supplies If "cotton Is king.” P. F. J. THE END OF CORNELIUS. Vanderbilt** Eccentric Bon Withdraw* From the Scene* of Lite. New York, April 3.—Cornelius J. Vander bilt, brother of William H. Vanderbilt, shot liimseif in the Glenham hotel, on Fifth ave nue, yesterday afternoon at two o’clock and died from the effects of the wound at six o’clock. From the time of the shooting until liis death. Vanderbilt was unconeious. Many friends of the dead man and members of his family were present when he passed away. The motive for the act as given by his friends is, that it was the result of mental derange ment brought on by years of suffering from epileptic fits. No other reason could be given, as his financial affairs were said to be in- a most prosperous condition. New York, April 5.—There were some distress ing developments to-day which threw consider able light on the causes which led to the suicide of C. J. Vanderbilt, at the Glenham hotel, Sunday afternoon. It was learned that within a few months he had indulged largely in gambling, aud his losses had been heavy. He had also been hur rahed by importunities from persons claiming he owed them money for services which are believed to be connected with games of hazatd. Added to the worriment over these matters was the anxiety which he expressed in regard to the litigation with Scott Lord, one of his counsel in the con test over the will of the late commodore. His depression of mind, caused by a severe epileptic attack two days before his death, wasaggravated by an unfortunate Indulgence in his greatest failing the night before the suicide. This is believed to be the primary motive for the act. "Lizzards." Iu the trial at Decatur of Henry Cato, a col- ered man, charged with the larceny of live rough planks, George Patterson, also colored, was placed on the witness stand. Colonel Candler, in a serious manner, said to George: “George, what was the matter with you when I met you a few* days ago with your head tied up?” "Some un done played a trick on me.” "What sort of a trick?” “A inity bad trick; dey put insects inter me.” “Insects? What sort of insects?” “Dese yer lizzuds an’ seeh; dey crawls all ’cross me an’ inter my head.” "How did it all happen?” "I dunno, tuassa, but deyer in me, slio', an’ I’m ’feared dat dat niggah Cato done it. He a rni’ty bad niggah, an’ I b’lieve he stole dat plank. I aint had no lizzuds ’twelll bin befo’ de gran’ juery, an’ tell ’bout Catostealin’ deni plank. Den he run ’way, an’ I got better er de lizzuds.” “Did that cure you?” "Not dat; den I went ter a cullud doctor, an’ lie done sump’n er n’er, an’ gun me some tea. Dat made tne a ieetle better but not well. Den w’eu Cato, he come back I got bad wid de insecks ag’in. He a mi’ty bad niggah. I bin pisened once since lie come back.” “That is a bad character you give Cato. I thought he belonged to the church?” "He don’t ’long ter our chu’cb. I don’t know he can put lizzuds in folks; bjit w’en he done gone ’way I gets lots better.” Auraria Mining News. From the Dahloutga Mountain Signal. The writer has had but little time this week to gather mining news, but understands tiiat at the < hicago and Georgia they made the best clean-up ever obtained at that mine. S. Vance, president of the Auraria mine is here and looking as jolly as ever. He seems well pleased with the working of his mine. Tiie Wells mill made a list run on some ore this week, with very satisfactory results. They are still experimenting with their ores in New York. The Dana mine has been de tained. waiting for some portion of the ma chinery, and did not get started as expected last week. They hope to start their wheel this week. Success to them. John Weaver, at the Cleveland, reports everything lovely, with a good clean-up. English Sparrows in Athens. Front the- Athens Banner-Watchman. These feathered pests are about taking Ath ens by storm. They first appeared here about three* years ago, and no one knows from whence they came. These sparrows are never seen in the country, lint live in cities and build their nests around the cornices and fin ishings of buildings. Hundreds of them in habit the ivy in the campus, and breed under the eaves of" the o 'liege, while another large army lias taken up its headquarters at the in surance building, and every nook and corner of fancy work around the building is tilled with nests. They lay and hatch all the year round, and so multiply rapidly. They are a game little bird, x.io, aud have desperate fights every day. Insane for Thirty Years- At the trial of .NathanielCato on a writ ot lunacy before Councilman Calhoun a day or two since, it was developed that Cato had been insane for thirty yean*. He is sixty-five years of age, and for thirty years has been al lowed to go and do as be pleases in the ni igh- Lorhood in whicli be lives, a few miles from the city iu Stone's district. He was regarded as harm less, but lately he ^ias grown worse, and be is to be sent to the asylum. How it Feelft to Fall Sixty Feet. From the St. Louis Republican. Dick Sullivan, who fell sixty feet from the roof of the Visitation Con vent"at the fire a few weeks since, was down town yesterday, and while still using a crutch, he is able to get around. He said that when first he lost his foothold on the roof he fell forward on his face and commenced to slide down. There was nothing to catch to, but still there was hope. Every obstacle was grabbed at. When the tin guttering was reached Mr. Sullivan made a desperate effort to hold on to it, but it gave way. Then he knew no more, and was instantly crushed on the brick pavement below. Mr. Sullivan says that when he was sliding down the roof he never expected to again see the sun shine or hear the voice of a friend, and during the time he could not help think ing of what a horrible death he would meet. This feeling was but for an instant. Unless something unexpected occurs Mr. Sullivan will be at his post—pipeman of No. 6 engine house—in a few weeks. lor this year's crop. etc. will si say after visiting several farms la gather by ob- First, then, in person, and from All that 1 cou servution passing from one to anotherr that I "have never witnessed such efforts as are at present going on to improve, In every way possible, both die con dition of the soil and yield of crops. Old and poor lands are being terraced, deeply plowed and highly fertilized, wherever cultivated at all, while the better quality of lands are being managed so as to retain its virtues, and at tiie same time care is taken to increase its production by scientific management. We now have a stock law, which is just going into effect, and on account of its anticipated benefits, most excellent stock pastures 'Are being prepared, and fewer, but better cattle and bogs, are being brought in to take the place of common, and to a great extent, worthless herds. Our people, as a general thing, are much elated with th« new law, and great good is expected to reiultfromit. Such a crop of small grain, especially wheat and early sown oats, was never before known by out oldest citizens. Wheat will soon be in full head, and if no frost comes to kill it in April, the yield will simply be enormous; while the good of It is that there is great deal more titan a usual cron sown. We have whole erops of wheat here that bids fair to yield from twenty to thirty bushels per acre. in this immediate neighborhood can be seen en tire lots of land solidly seeded in wheat and oats Taking into consideration tho prospect for wheat and the preparation for corn, liugunsville will make, bake and eat herown Johnnycake at home, hereafter. Onr people having mostly seen the folly of an all cotton system, have fairly commenced to diversify their crons, aud again establish their own corn cribs and smoke-houses at home, having, as iu olden times, regular hog-killing and mill-days. Five years ago some of our best farmers com menced by reducing their firms, to improve their lands, take better care of their stock of all kinds, use etter and improved varieties of seeds of every roduct! and to-day we boast of the * tve.it yield • f cotton from the fewer number of acres, abo corn, wheat and oats, than any oth-r locality iu the state, with similar lands and conveniences. Twen ty miles by eight delivering 10,000 bales here at our depot annually. Within hauling distance of seed cotton to Hogansville, was ginned iu town by Messrs Sykes & Thompson, 15 i 7 bales, aud within five miles of town by other public gins, 2050. Be sides making this cotton, some-of our farmers sell annually hundreds of bushels of wheat, corn and oats. We have a small grist mill In Hogansville, operated by Mr. a. H. Thompson, which I visited tnls evening, where I saw over 500 bushels of coin, awaiting its turn to be ground. Every one is not yet raising tbeir own grain but all are expected to fall into line another year. We have a farmers' club that meets every first Saturday in each month, well organized and con siderable interest being taken by every member. Such nu organization brings the farmers together, and as we have no patent ideas, all that Is known or being learned is freely given from one to an other once a month. We hear from the prospeots of each olhe's crops, and more animation is created than one could expect that has never wit nessed such benefits. In fact each and every mem ber is aU the time striving to excel his neigh bor, and, as is at once seen, unknown benefits is certain to be the result and great good permanently established, the effects of which we can never hope to lfve to see die out Nothing would create more interest and be of more good to our agricultural world than to have In every community well organized clubs of farm ers, accepting as a worthy lesson that a multitude can accomplish more than a single individual. J. F. Jones. GOOD FOR PIERCE COUNTY. Schlatherville, Match 30.—E.i.ors Constitu tion : I s**e in your paper account- of many coun ties about farming. as yet 1 have seen no account of Pierce county, therefore I will say a few words with yoar permission, and in so doing I will con fine myself to my immediate neighborhood. Within a few miles of my house there live several very indepe.-dent farmers who plant mostly com and very little cotton If any They sell com bacon, laid, potatoes aud syrup the year round They always have plenty of money and cau loan you a few hundred dollars at any time, they have fat horses, fine common breed cattle, plenty of hogs, etc. They all have large families, some of them havt ten or twelve children and they are all fat aud hearty One of those gem le- men who has teu children sail to me the other day that he never had a doctor in his hou-e. to see one of his family. The best is yet to be told AU these bountiful crops are made by the family and not a darkey is employed in the field or in the bouse at any time. That is what I call indi- pendence even if you do not belong to the inde pendent party. Yours. F. H. Maiaon A WORD FROM ARKANSAS: Hickory Plai.ne. Prairie county, Ark.. Match 2G. 18*2.—Editors Constitution: Being a subscriber to your paper I will send yon a few item, from Arkansas. I like to read about the corn raisers of Geonzia. I lived in Georgia before the war, and was living in Columbus when the war commenced. I enlistea in Captain G. W. Atkinson’s company aud served in the 9th Georgia battalion of artil lery commanded by Colonel A. Leyden of your city. 1 would be glad I wo- living in Georgia now. 1 like to read the letters of Bill Arp; there isa good deal of sound doctrine in his wriliug. 1 here are a few farmers in my section of country that raise thler own supplies at tome, but they are few and far between; the majority of them are all cotton men aud all under mortgage. Yon etc T. F. TURNAGK. HEY RAISE IT ALL. Cold Water. Maine »>. i»z.—Editors Constitu tion: Below you can see the names and address of successful farmers, afl of whom diversify their crops, raise their own meat, corn, wheat, osts—buy notniug scarcely iu the way of supplies: L M Ad- Imitators of Sullivan and Ryan. From the Selma, Alabama, Times. A curious and fierce combat was witnessed yesterday between a blackbird and a wood pecker. The quarrel was for a large worm that the red-lieaded bird had secured but dropped in his eagerness for mastication of it. No sooner had it touched the ground than the sable-hued garden destroyer pounced on it with the historic vigor of a duck on a June bug. Blackbird and woodpecker reached the prey near the same time and each was bound to secure the prize. They fought with the skill and motions of thoroughbred roosters and so intent did they soon become that both could have been captured. The fight lasted fully ten minutes and appeared to he a draw. Both birds flew away from the battle-gronnd with weighty wing and feeble stroke and seemed not over inclined for any more. They were both satisfied. Where Most of the Punched Coin Goes. New York Letter in the Troy Times. Since the general refusal to accept punched coin the latter has become a mere article of merchandise. Calling at a specie house, I was informed that the colored people are in the habit of punching coin in order to wear the pieces as ornaments. When compelled by necessity they afterward pass them at the stores. Among the lot was a large number of mutilated nickels, which are worthless. The greatest amount of punched coin at present is of this character anti origin. The spring trade is bringing an immense quantity of worn-out money to the treasury for exchange, and often $10,000 is received in a week. This money is packed in pasteboard boxes, carefully scaled and sent to Washington, where it is destroyed. A Marine Phenomenon. From the New London, Conn., Day. A strange phenomenon was observed on Wednesday at Bartlett’s reef light ship, off Saybrook, which resembled a tidal wave on a circumscribed scale. The vessel was lying perfectly still on a sea as calm as a mill-pond and not a breath of wind stirred the atmos phere, when all at once an area of about a quarter of an acre was lifted out of the depths to a height of 25 feet, churned into foam, and and iu a second threw the light ship on her beam ends, almost swamping her. The phe nomenon subsided as quickly as it appeared, but the billowy roll continued fora long time afterward. Captain Edwards, who was on board at the time, states that he saw a similar occurrence about the same place nearly 16 years ago. Why Young GnrOeld wu* Not Suspended. Springfield, Mass . April 5 —Among the thirteen' students suspended from Williams college for five weeks on account of trickery at tiie recent examina tion, the following are prominent: H D Rockwell, field. Young Garfield was not successful in secur ing the examination papers and escaped suspen sion. Iteutli of a Maine lardy at the Ace of 102, Portland, April 5.—Mrs. Daniel Deshon died in this city to night, aged 102 years. 8tic has been three times married. 8he was never sick uutil 1876, when she had a severe attack of typhoid pneu- moi ia. A bout sixteen months ago she was paral yzed from the waist down. She was probably the oldest person in the state. The New* from Senator Hill. Philadelphia, April 5.—Senator Hill, of Georgia, continues to improve. It was his intention toleave iu the early part of this week for the south, but he has concluded to remain with his physicians unti next week. PRESENTIMENTS. An Inveottcatlon of the Canoe* ot Tho*e Dark Fore- bodelne* which Make Powerful Men Weak. From the Golden Rule. Much apprehension has been occasioned throughout America from the announcement made by Professor Proctor tiiat the return in nineteen years of the great comet of last sum mer will cause the destruction of the earth. But while people are becoming so strangely exercised over this announcement, an event of far more serious importance, which is tak ing place to-day, seems to be almost wholly overlooked. The nature of tills most vital subject can be best explained by relating the following experiences: Bishop E. O. Haven, known to the entire land, was unaccountably awakened one night out of a sound sleep, and lay awake until morning. His mind seemed unusually active, and he not only reviewed his past life, which had been an eventful one, but laid extensive plans for the future. He did not feel especially ill. but could not account for the unusual ac tivity of liis brain, nor for the restlessness which seemed to possess him. In the morn ing he had but little appetite, but was appa rently well in other respects. In a few days, however, he began to feel restless and morbid, although lie tried earnestly to overcome the feeling which had taken possession of him. But try as he would the shadow of some evil seemed to follow him. and he was conscious of a gradual sinking and wasting away of all his physical faculties. He had been an earn est and diligent worker, and in his zeal fre quently over-taxed his strength, and being absorbed in his duties failed to observe the common symptoms with which he was af flicted, thus permitting the work of destruc- ams, tr, Cold Water P 6; IVn Jl Adams, Cold i tion to go on unheeded. But the end finally came in a most peremptory manner. Shortly before his death he wrote a letter—the last one lie ever indited—in which he speaks as follows: “A belief that death is near affects different minds differently, but probably all who are in a fair condition of physical and mental strength instinctively shrink from it with an indefinable dread and horror. A dy ing man is no more able of himself to foresee his own destiny or tiie destiny of those he leaves than he was before he began to die.” The recent sad and sudden death of Hon. Clarkson N. Potter is one of the most serious warnings ever given in the long list of innu merable cases of fatal neglect. It is not suffi- cient to say many other brilliant men, iu- cluding Everett, .Sumner, Chase, Wood, Wil son and Carpenter, were swept away by the same fatal trouble. The question is, was these men sufficiently careful of their health, and could they have been saved? The Al bany Argus, in speaking of Mr. Potters sudden illness and death, says: "One of the physicians who attended Mr. Potter here was interviewed last evening. He stated that Mr. Potter’s inability to con verse had for some time served to baffle the physicians in their efforts to determine the root of his illness. It seems, however, tiiat Mr. Potter, some two years ago, suffered a Slight attack of kidney disease. Unwise de pendence upon a robust constitution and naturally perfect health, and neglect of pro per clothing, doubtless sowed the seeds of a disease that needed but some such personal neglect as that of Tuesday morning to de velop. From the symptoms at first shown, it was thought tiiat liis only troub’e was nervous prostration; but his long continu ance in a semi unconscious state led to the belief tiiat his illness was seated in a chronic difficulty more mysterious and dangerous.” Up to the latter part of last year Mr. Ed ward F, Rook, a member of the New York stock exchange, was doing business in Wall street, New York. He had everything to en courage him. and make life happy, but was the victim of unaccountable uneasiness. His experience as described by one who knew, was as follows: “At unexpected times, and on occasions when lie had the greatest reason to feel joyous he was irritable and haunted with strange feelings of discon tent. He en deavored to check these feelings and appear pleasant, but it required a great effort to do so; after which he would again relapse into his former morbid mood. This feeling con tinued for a number of months, when he be came conscious of an added sensation of lassi tude. He was tired even when resting, and although experiencing no acute pain, had dull, aching sensations in his limbs and vari ous parts of his body. Shortly afterward his head began to ache most frequently and his stomach failed to digest properly. Beiqg told that he was suffering from malaria he consulted an eminent physician, who ill; formed him that his kidneys were slightly ef fected, and gave him medicine to restore them. But he grew worse instead of better. He then consulted other eminent doctors of another school and was informed that he had a brain difficulty somewhat in the nature of a tumor, but in spite of all efforts to the contrary he continued to grew worse. At this . time his condition was terrible. What were at first simple symptoms had developed to terrible troubles. He was flushed and feverish, con stantly uneasy, and yet always weary. He had an intense appetite one day and very lit tle the next His pulse was irregular, liis breathing labored, and every moment of ex istence was a burden. These disastrous symp toms continued, his face and body became discolored, his heart was irregular in its action, and his breath came in short, con vulsive gasps. He grew constantly worse, notwithstanding the utmost precautions of his friends, and finally he died in the greatest agony. After his death an examination as to its actual cause was made, wh«n his brain was found to lie in a perfect condition, and the reason of his disease was of an entirely dif ferent nature.” The experiences which have been cited!, above all had a common cause and were each the result of one disease. That disease, which so deceitfully, yet surely removed the people- above mentioned was Bright’s disease of the kidneys. In the case of Mr. Rook the exami nation after death, whileshowing the brain tp be in perfect condition, revealed the terrible fact that he was the victim of a slight kidney trouble, which had gone on unchecked, until it resulted in acute Bright’s disease. The leading physicians and scientists of the world are fast learning that more than one-half the deaths which occur are caused by this mon strous scourge. It is one of the most deceitful maladies ever known to the human race. It manifests itself by symptoms so slight and common, as to seem' unworthy of attention^ and yet these very insignificant symptoms are the first stages of the worst complaint known in the history of the world. Thou* sands of people have died from troubles that are called heart disease, apoplexy, pneumo nia, brain fever and similar diseases, when it was, in fact, Bright's disease of tiie kidneys. The ravages of this disease have been greatly increased from the fact tiiat until recent years no way was known to prevent its begin ning nor check its increase when it had be come once fixed hpon the system. Within the past two years, however, we have learned of more than four hundred pronounced cases of Bright’s disease, many of them much worse than those above described, and most of whom had been given up by prominent phy sicians, who have been completely cured. The means used to accomplish this end lias been Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, manufactured in Rochester, N. Y., a remedy th t has won its way into the confi dence of the public solely upon tlic reinarkar ble merits it possesses. As a result, it is more widely used and thoroughly praised tlian any medicine wliicli has ever been before the American public. Indeed there is not a drug More in the entire land .where it cannot be found. Although Bright's disease is so common in cities, it is still more prevalent in the coun try. When eminent physicians in the largest cities are not able to recognize Bright’s dis ease, it is only natural that in the country, where there are few physicians of any kind, and those few so unacquainted with the dis ease as to call it by some other name, it should rage terribly and yet unknown to the ones who are suffering with it. Thousands Of people can look back and recall the death of friends from what was supposed to be some common complaint, when it was really Bright’s disease, and no one knew it. The ter rible plcuro-pneumonia, which has been so dreadful, is usually the resultof uremic or kid ney poison. Lung fever can be traced to a simi lar source. Most cases of paralysis arise from the same difficulty, as well as innumerable fevers, lung, throat, head and bowel troubles. A vast number of ladies have suffered and died from complaints common to their sex called, perhaps, general debility, when, could the real cause have been known, it would have been found to be Bright’s disease, masquera ding under another name. In marked con trast to the sad cases which have been above described are the experiences of many promi nent people who were as low as any of the persons mentioned, but who were remarkably restored to former health and vigor by this same remedy. Among this number are the following prominent names: Colonel John CL Whitner, Atlanta, Ga ; B. F. Larrabee, Bos ton, Mass.; General C. A. Hackman, Phillips- burg, N. J.; Itev. D. D. Buck, D. D., Geneva, N. Y.; Dr. F. A. McManus, Baltimore, Md.; Edwin Fay, Davenport, Iowa; Rev. A. C. Kendrick, LL. D.. Rochester, N. Y.; J. 8. Matthews, Portland, Mich.; C. W. Eastwood, New York; Dr. A. A. Ramsay, Albia, Iowa; Chancellor C. N. Sims, D. D., Syracuse, N. Y.; Dr. S. P. Jones, Marienette, Wis.; T. 8. Ingram, Cleveland, O.j Henry T. Champney, Boston, Mass.; Elder Janies 8. Prescott, North Union, O., who is a prominent member of the Shaker community, and many others. To all candid minds the force of the above facts nni3t come with special power. They show the importance of promptness and at tention to the first symptoms of disordered health before disease becomes fixed and hope departs. They show how this can success fully be done, and that the dangers which await neglect can only with difficulty be re moved.