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INDISTINCT PRINT fSAtcttlg gonstitutxajT. ' 7*LANTA, GA., APRIL 23,1852. Geirfla Ka<lrM4 .' am. The citizens have surveyed the rood from P.vidcrav il" to Tennilie, on the Centra! Road. They make it three miles and 203 yardj. The stock is ff arly all takes. Ci .K'a Crop Meres. Gordon county—Heavy rains bare packed the rro.-id. Cto planting progret.-In:: slowly, rays the Times. Ployd county—Themas Lowry has closer twenty inches high, says the Courier. Pike coanty—Bread prospect improving; con stands generally gool; oats bully; co‘- loo planting goes bravely on, says the Burnt t - vi’le G.izetie. Upson county—Captain J. A. Stafford has sixty acres of wheat near The Rock tnie high. Muscogee county—Cotton accd scarce, aaya the Columbus Sun. The beds show interior heat, and large quantities there by injured. This report is genera]. Tie seed were piled loo green. The crop will be s-riotwly affected, and if replanting is n.ccs- sary, the farmers will be in a qaanaary. Cobb counly—The Marietta Journal makes a cheering report. The farms are highly ft r- tlliz -d and mostly plante 1; grain and cotton the staples; prospects promising; clover Ur SUipMsed; wheat luxuriant; corn in plenty coining up. Of guano, 1,400 tons usee’ Lands well suited to cotton. Dougherty coanty—Some fields of corn Considerably advanced; water ranidle in r: pi-: lotions look well; corn on c: 1 mere cdfarm.: g> .i.'ue, says the Cm....l City. Effingham coanty—Planting fir behind, ua^a the Sa w ann*»li Advertiser. Little curn come no. Pmai’n not di eour&gjd, and al ways make bread. Tro'ip county—C t*» growing finely and cot!. ,. ’ ‘Sting going mi cheerily, «ay« the West Point N»;*v a . din ill grains doing fine ly, end corndJcrab’c acr»*a e of them. Cot ion# The receipts at an j*crta last week were 8>/aK> bales—29,00 * bales less than last y« ar f and 8,C 00 bwlen less than t wo years ago. The receipts at the interior towns weietf,»»00l*I«s —1,000 less than last year, and 8,000 Je s Ihm two years since. It is likely the receipts will bo 35,000 bah* this week, compared with 62,0 bJ hut ye*r and 40,000 the year before. And recoipis at interior towns indicate 7,000 bales this wer cmnpared with 0,000 bales last year and 8,0(i the ye ir before. Tki present amount of receipts point to •omethiug over three millions bales for total crop. Just at this time two years ago, April 17, wc had snow and sleet, then a drought of seven weeks—first good rain was June 11— and we may hear as loud complaint of dry weather In May as we have of wet in March. . The* average of the thcrmonctcr for the past W was 70 at noon, then light rains and two p fectly clear days, the rest of the week firm ly. Many persons are complaining of bo much cloudy weather, but wc think it will save in from a killing frost fust at this time, and if *«• it is a bkaJng rather than a subject of complaint. As there has been a very large outlay for ginno, ami i*»" present indications are we will 1j".vc fnj torcing weather for u few ‘ months, we would advise our friends to put the guano deep in the ground so it wii’ not burn up the cotton it me weather should Le dry. A dry year is always a good cotton year. Wenavirtf, total receipts of cotton forihe pat fifty 3Tar-,'t.a'i wacuajf <tt« them Sm* time. Tuc| target decrease in receipts any year before the last, waa in 1849, when the decrease was 003,000 bales, or 35 per cent, loss from the year before. In 1821, the total crop was 453,000 bales, and did not reach one million holes until 1830. Immfzrniion. This paper bos been from the start a zeal ous and persist eft advocate of immigration. We believe it is one effective way to build np the country. Of course we want the right sort of immigrants—people who wili moke good citizens. The merchants want more customers, the doctor-3 more patien's, the lawyers more cOepts, the laborers mm- em ployers and tire papers more reader-. All dosses and vocations are interested in ex tending their lilts of patrons. This is the simple, unanswerable philosophy of immi gration. When opponents of immigration t .lk to us, we always ask them if they arc willing to send out of -tbs country the large numbers of our worthy,industrious German and Irish citizens in our midst; And if they arc wil ling, what sort of effect it would have on our prosperity to withdraw at one swoop the immense labor and capital represented by these citizens, the most of whom are immi grants? And also what would be the effect ol ilouhlipg tuir-dassolcitizens at one move, giving new power and prosperity to us, tn- usncing the value of our property, increas ing business, redoubling progress? It i-, therefore, with especial favor Unit we regard the efforts of a German Assoeintion called the “ Atlanta Dntsche Gesellsch- ff” to help immigration. It bos organized a rlrong movement, issuing circulars, etc. A r -jrort of m committee, consisting of W. Tiieliutain, N. Frank, Chas. Weinu inter, D tvi l M iycr, fl. Slieldner and Chas. Itaush- - nbu-g is before ns discussing Uiehinii.-anccs to immigration. It all ml- s to the w uit of correct conceptions of Southern condo on in the North and Europe, to the want of imrai- eration organizations that will thoro1-lily infor ro immigrant!, and to the Southern inis- oonrepthm of immigration. It sti.-gesis ...loll forms with a diversity of productions, ■ - i suggests measures to show imqiirrants homes are as cheap in Georgia .a-- .i the »o,ihwesh livelihood ns easy, aud sotiilre- ,:.e oiii.m aifu'.i. 't nc tjocietypPPoposes to help this by eollt-cting in'ortuation of the country, g.-i: ing the land owners to divide their lands into s nail farms, and soliciting eo-o|a:i!iun Uiriuigh IhefonUitUon of local societie The committee further propose to ,»nd c spies of the report to the farmere, German cil zen«, agricultural societies and eilti. rs of the State soliciting cooperation in til:- great ami ia-nefieial movement. tt’e hope to see our people assisting this pruj et, and shall have more to say of il heieafter. Canrasr smith’, ufflnal Report at fcts Action on >he Ratter. X rurabull. In bis strong speech at the New Tor!: Re publican Reform meeting, the other day, dvuHtor Trumbull thus concluded. Hold •rd* they are; 83 well as true, in the si ing- nzneat t37“ Don’t fail to read our supplement. Among other things, il has an interestiiii; let ter from onr fellow-townsman, Judge iiit h- ard Claris to Judge Harden, of Savannah, Mr. Onr’* views of the public school law, and a letter to Tin: Constitution in regard to the authorship of the famed song, •‘All Quiet on the Potomac.” Narrow Huugc • Colonel Hulhcrt has a letter from Robert H. LandN>rn, Vice President of the TVimr and lilo Grande Narrow Gunge Rui load, stating that the road is earning $20,000 to $2'j0<>0 on 70 miles of road, «"d m ■ n $3 >,000 to *40.00'**.« o- ISO r Pcs !; e 120 milea will lie open on the 15th of Mnv. This roa«! is making more per mile now ti.i.n the average of Western ri>a«ls. \..j arraignment of Radicalism: Hut to makoit a success, Republicans must prepared to' face and put down the min ts of a party v and demagogues and hirelings 1 thieves and robbers who plunder tliepco- .«*, and whowill excommunicate you from what they call <£ the party ” because liny set themselves op to be the Republican p’irty. (Laughter and applause.) No more like ibe Republican party arc those plunderers and thieves—aparly of purity and honesty— than the devil himself was li ce the Angel Gabriel. (Laughter.) They will go on, hot discussing the issues of the present day. No! But during the coming political campaign these same persons will be engaged fL'Mmg over the battles of the war, and aholi.s'.iuur slavery and patting down the relieilion. To your demand for an honest administration of the government they will rcplv, “You are a traitor to the ncpnbiicyi party.” (Applause.) To your demand for reform in the manner of appointing and removing from office? they will answer, “ We abolished slavery.” To your demand for reform they nnr-wer, **VVe put down the rebellion.” And when you demand amnesty and rester tion of 6ocal intercourse and harmony among all our people, the reply will be by reciting the horrors or» a war that was ended seven years ago. With the living is- u-s of the present they have no concern further than to retfthLPOwcr in seeking to re.urrect those which are dead Now, if there he any Republics who has* not independence and manhogdiuou^nm meet with tcornaud con tempt^^^lj^Kcnunciations and kuUter- to • go to O.’ndn- Executive Department. ) Atlanta, Ga., March 30th, 1872. ( Whereas, By the act of Congress, ap proved July 2,1802, entitled 44 an act dona ting lands to ihe sev^nl and Trrri'o- ries, wbich may provide collies for the ben efit of Agrtcuiluie uuu Ute Aieciianic Ari*, there was granted to the several States, an amount of public land equal in quantity to thirty thousand acres, for each Senator and Representative to which said States were en titled by the apportionment under the census of 1860; and ft oci«a»e. By a legislative act, approved Starch 10,1866, this State accepted the grant agreeably to the conditions therein specified, thereby undertaking that the donation, made and accepted as aforesaid, should be kept used and applied, as prescribed in the said act of Congress; ar.d Whereas, On the day of Janu- uy, 1872, the Hon. Benjamin Conley, exercising the Executive powers of the Gov ernment, sold the land scrip previously issued to the State, under said act of Con gress, to one Gleason F. Lewis, for the sum of two hundred and forty-three thousand dollars, a part of which, to wit: Fifty thou sand dollars has been paid, and the remain der of which is to be paid within eighteen months from and after the day of sale; and. Whereas, The time allowed the States ac cepting said donation, to establish a College, or Colleges, under the provisions of *aid act of Congress, will expire on the second day of July% 1872, when by the tcrm9 of said grant, if a College, such as therein described, shall not have been established, the grant will cease, and this State will be bound tore- pay to the United States the proceeds of the donation aforesaid; and, Whereas, By a legislative act of this State, approved December 12, 1803, entitled “An Act to provide a (Jollcgc for the benefit of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in the State of Georgia, under acts of Congress approved respectively July 2,1862, and April 14,1864,” the Governor is authorized to receive and sell the land and scrip to which the State was entitled, under the act of Congress ap proved July 2,1802, and to invest the pro ceeds of such sale as he may deem best in bonds of this State, and disburse the interest of said investment for* the support and main tenance of a College, such as is contemplated by said net of Congress, and to provide rules and regulations for the organization, govern ance and operation of said College, until the n xi ensuing session of the General Assembly of this State, and to do and perform all other such acts as may be necessary and proper to secure to the State of Georgia the full bene fits contemplated by said act of Congress so far as the same may be found practicable; and, ** Whereas, The University of Georgia is the only institution of learning in this State hav ing the power by law to organize and « a stab- lish a college in all respects, such as is de scribed in said act of Congress, and the Il lard of Trustees of said University having es tablished a collerc distinct in its organization and specific as to its objects, in conformity in every respect with the act of Congress above named, as follows, that is to say: Heir the party put -upon him. LetthesqdttrEozboons of both parties, those who still talk of reenacting fugitive slave laws and expecting to vote for Andrew* Jack- son, and those who are still talking i f put ting down the rebellion and tbolisliin" slave ry and cxjK*e:ing to vote for General' Grant, who Is as politically dead ns Andrew* Jack- son is physically—-(great laughter and ap- plause)—let these «»n! Bourbons fight their luttilcs over and continue to bury lhc>*- dead Roues. But let the independent Repu'. lleans all over thin land, who believe in progr-.-.ss, in reform, in the living issues of the pivsent, assemble at Cincinnati; and let them there inaugurate measures which, receiving the support of ull the good men and live men of Jill pa nits, shall give us a new and a tetter government. (Great applause*) Light Jticiangc. PhllNilc plii • N «nu(aci irea* Wc Imre before us .* ; iblc showing the manuf.u. g progress of Philadelphia. From this we compile a few examples: llsnnf >ctar • of cotton $ 9, o.«M Ir*»n ***d 30,00 v 00 Mmiufacta'-M clothing and «nlet »of iHTiLitui *r»r.. IG.OOO.O.X) Total ItxtHo f.thric.-* oth-r 40 b a’an SU-.0.406 B,wra oirj itx.iu* i.tnr.c.« Oififf titan silk, cotton Included. Tl IM.039 —,. - The total values manufactured by Pi. ]a- delphi i iu I860 was $77,000,000. It was .n 1870 $103,872,881. Decision on the Helief Law* The case of the Macon and Augusta Rail road vs. Executor W. J. Eve and executor* Turner Clanton, was decided in the Superior Court in Augusts on Thursday.. These sui:s were brought by the company to recover un paid subscriptions to its stock. Defendants plead the Relief law of 1870 A number of similar cases are pending in that coanty. and in all the counties through which the road pass:**, and the amount involved is betv. et n two and three hundred thousand dollar?. The case was argued in chambers, and the decision rendered Thursday in favor of the defending, the suits being dismissed undtr the relief I »wr. We get this information from the Augusta Chronicle. THE OCEAN AT NIGHT. Ore evening, moonless aud so cloudy that M?* nee could not be judged by the eye, I '• ’• leaning over the stein of the ship. The i.><>ked black and infinitely remo:-?. like the invested vault of heaven. Round, j.lios- phorie lights, various in size and intensity, were the exact counterparts of stars: w hile the white, winding, irregular track of the • inkier, seemed the ccmtral path of the Milky Way. The only incongrugous element -f the •c ne was the rushing motion of the whole, w hich pre.iciitly merged its diversity in added sublimity; as if, the perceptions of sig!:! and f '-iing taxing immeasurably quicken"! and wid« ned, wc were suddenly to become pal- pd»lv conscious of the rushing earth under • j ur f«*< f, and could note, in its full rapidity, the dizzy flight of the stars. It was a grand spectacle, but too tolcmn; and, after "zing it a moment or two, I turned away. ' Later h'A nt.vlit tlm lin!il that ma lnnbin/. :.. «I,» iu t!;e night, the light that was lacking iu the heavens sprang out of the sea. All r.round ovi - the ocean each white wave-pcnn.»i Ixire the blazonry of phosphorescence, while the ’• •ri/.on was one ringed rampart of liquid flame. Uail>oud News. • The Chaiuuttoga, Montgomery and P«n- aacola Rrulr.au.Company has been organic d in Chattanooga. This road will run through Walk* r and l hattoqga counties in this Slate. The inm laj ir.g on the Columbus end of the North and South Road began Thursday. Twenty-live m«'» •* o f iron is purchased, and the 64 mi!.*? fr^n» ^«»lumbu* to LaGrar gi and Rome to Cedar Town will be done by winur. The iron is So pound T mil. On the 17tl», CoL *7c v*rauCLr?Io, President of tho Ocmulcec and North Georgia Road, addressed a meeting at Covington. At a meeting at ileronville, Mr. J. C. Kim ball, Superintendent of the Madison and Griffin Road, said the first 20 miles would le in running order in six weeks. The track of the Cherokee Road is bcirg extended a quarter of a mile above Rockm&rt to the slate quarries. The Gulf Road tried to lease the Jackson ville, Pensacola and Mobile Road, but failed because Governor Day, of Fiorida, demanded the power of appointing all the officers. The Elbert on Air-Line will l e built as soon as Elbert, Hurt, and Franklin counties raise $300,000. When this is done, the Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line will furnish the balance of the money. The A.banv News says the Brunswick ard Albany Railroad is carrying on a good bus ness, transporting lumber mostly, and p<v§ its employees better than any other road in Georgia. Loch man,from top to bo»tom rail, along the whole line, is paid np in ud every seven days. Thi* speaks well for any irst tntion, and the managr* dwr»<* cxtdit - their unspr*rirx «f" *s ‘ r :k»* interen ul those who do the work. Notwithstanding the fact that there an one doz?*n xiw mill- established on the line of the road,thedem md for luntln-ra: the Bruns wick wharves still contlnr.cs fa: a v nedn of the supply. T.IK PLANTATION NEGRO IN THE SLAVERY TIMES. .Vhat a queer, suggestive, interesting race people these old “darkeys” were! That i..vsc ancient, sable worthies should be re znrded by anybody as “ down-trodden.” etc., appears to me extraordinary—the idea is lit tle less than an hallucination. I knew and associated with them from my earliest years, have l>ecn cufieil, scolded, denounced, spoiled by them, nud can testify that never was a more contented, happy, domineering, conse quential, well-to-do class of people iu the world. The old mammy was the fee-simple owner and proprietress of the child intrusted to her, and administered tho Jaw toward her charge in full loco /mrentiM. The old coachman who permitted the urchiu from the big house to ride the car riage-horses to water was one of ti e dii majorca in the eyes of that urchin. Ar.d woe to boy or girl of tender years who obstructed Solicit -r* Gevkkal.—- I a*l John A Hunt, of B«rm»viUc, is 9**ok :;ui astnesuc- cc-.vr of JI~j«*r Lem Andcrsoo. m» S*>r.ckor Genera! c*f this Circuit Colonel Hont h* now Mayi r of Bamcavi ie, u a good lawyer, a clever, whole-souled gentleman, and in every way comiHjU^t to fill the office.—Grifia Star, the solemnities of the kitchen, or worried the fat old cook! They were well fed, well clothed, portly, dogmatic, “aristocratic” to the echo, and uniformly considered their master's family the best in the entire world. This famPy attachment was areally po.vjjful sentiment with them, and they were capable of making any and every sacrifice f< farndv.” They were, in a word, simple, affectionate, dogmatic, consequential, and utterly content. The mammy, coachman, and butler, in a Virginia family of old limes, were, a word, most tyrannical and consequential per sonages, satisfied with themselves an 5 all around them, convinced that hoe-cake and bacon were the best discovered food, firm in thrir conviction that they knew everything, and rooted in their faith in the towering and unvq ialed consequence of “the family AMERICAN AND FRENCH WOMKN CONTRA* 7ED. The face of the American woman is more beautiful than that of any other country. It has a delicacy of coloring and feature, and finesse an-J intellectuality in expression; but the lH*ly supporting the head, regarded i rom an artistic an 1 hygienic point of view, is in ferior. For breath ing and digesting, l a* up per part is Picking in depth, and for the! mo tions of a mother, the hips are too narrow, in a word, the American is more fragile; she is hardly a Diana, and the French is s me- :h»»*g rr* re. although no; the Hebe of Rul The French woman’s face is handsome as tha «>f any other m Europe, and fade- more -.jowly. At forty she glides into au embon point* w i si an uuwrnkled face and a good e»»mpl'*xi«»a—at the age when the Eoglish w in »*j • comes hoavy necked and frowzy, and i .c American pale and wrinkled. Toe American has more intellect than her Frer«* -ister, but the latter has softness *.v .e has pertness. There is nervous .«—*natality of ch^iwctcr in the other. The forced. brJ'iiant vitality of woman in Ameri ca I- n'^ect to fit* of reaction, for nature has its limit. In th» FretSui woman th* mind is m»»re even and cheerful, and in the absence «>f exhaustive anl irregular demands made u,m >n U the uniform health is better. Iu qualities of a purely mental character ?!;•» ax/itiwl of th»» Am#rin le equal of the American woman cannot (XTtup* be found in the world; bat with all uer knowledge and inteUcctnal activity, she lacks that which made the Greeks what they hare been and tha J ranch what they are— ora •nircnllirnUon. Entwined intheae words are taste and art. THE LA.1 D 8CHIP. Bhall be turned oTer to the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia. That upon receiving said bonds, or any of them, the said Board of Trustees * “ cause each of the same to be impressed with the seal of said University; and that no pretense whatever shall raid bonds or any part thereof be disposed of by said Board of Trustees*-' - In.teatimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the Execu tive Department to be affixed, the day and year above written. , James H. Smith, Governor. By the Governor: J. W. Warkbs, Secretary Executive Department. , TITLE. The name of this college shall lie, “The Georgia State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts.” IL GOVERNMENT. The administrative details of this College, such as concern its discipline and schedule of study, shall lie entrusted to the Chancellor of the University of Georgia, and to itsenresof officers ns hereinafter named, agreeably to such general provisions as the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia shall ordain for their control, as its agents in the fulfillment of this trust. IIL OFFICERS. The officcra of this College shall be ns fol lows, viz: 1. A President, who shall be charged with the special oversight of the College, under the direction of the Chancellor. 2. A Professor of Agriculture and Horti culture, who, besides performing the usual duties of his chair, shall deliver each ye.r, in different parts of the State, such popular lectures on agriculture and horticulture as may be fnnnd practicable. . 3. A groftssor of Analytic and Agricul- tnral Chcmfetry 5. A Professor of Natural History and Philosophy. G A Professor of Industrial Mechanics and Drawing These Professors shall baTC charge of their respective departments of instruction, and perform such duties as ntny he allowed thim in the completed scheme of organization hereinafter to be effected. 7. A Professor of Physical Geography and Meteorology, with the assigned duty, in addition to his work of instruction, of making as far as possible a physical survey of the State, with reference to 'the development of its natural resources. 8. A Professor of English Language, who shall give special attention to the training of the students in those branches that constitute an English scholar. 0. A Professor of Military Tactics. ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. The Civil Engineer School, now a part of the University of Georgia, and under the control of Prof. Charbonnier, is hereby transferred to the College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, the Professor to be a member of the Faculty of Instruction in said College, and to perform the duties of Professor of Military Tactics. FREE TUITION. Free tuition in thi9 College is hereby guar anteed to os many students, residents of the State, ns there are members of the General Assembly of Georgia; and in addition to this free tuition in the College, all such stu dents are likewise entitled to the advantages of the different departments of the Univer sity of Georgia, without charge. VL CO-OPERATION OF THE tTNIVERSITT. The Chancellor is hereby instructed, with the other officers of the existing or ganization of the University, to render such services -to the College as may he possible without conflict with their present duties; and to sustain as far ns practicable its schedule of studies under a provisional arrangement un til the organization of its Faculty of Instruc tion shall have been completed. vrt. RULES AND REGULATIONS. The Rules and Regulations of the Board of Trustees as applicable to the University, are hereby extended to the College except as otherwise ordered in this act of organization. VIIL OPENING. The Chancellor is hereby instructed to open this College by May 1,1872,in tile Uni versity High School, and such other Univer sity buildings as may be necessary; and to make such arrangements, if poesible,as shall secure boarffinglorthestudentsatasuin not exceeding $125 for the College year. (Countersigned) C. J.’Jenkixs, President Wm. L. Mitchell, Secretary. And it appearing tome that the College or ganized by the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia, as hereinbefore set forth, is in conformity with the provisions of said act of Congress; it is therefore Okdebed, That the two hundred and fifty-three thousand dollars derived from the sale of the land scrip, as aforesaid, as the same is paid, shall be invested in bonds of the State of Georgia, issued noder the act of the Legislature of this State, approved the 18th day of January, 1872, bearing seven per cent, interest, and that the money so invested shall constitute a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall remain forever andiminished, (except as hereinafter excepted) and the in terest of which shall be inviolably appropria ted to the endowment, snpport and mainten ance of the College organized by the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia as hereinbefore set forth. That the leading ob ject of said college shall be, without exclud ing other scientific and classical studies, and inelnding military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are rel tied to agri culture and the mechanic arts, in such man ner as the Legislature of this State may prescribe. The annual interest accruing upon said bonds shall be regularly applied, without diminution, to the purposes hereinbefore set font*. An amount not exceeding ten per centum upon the sum of two hundred and forty-three thousand dollars may he expended for the purchase of lands for sites, on expe rimental farms, when authorized by the Legislature of this State, and not otherwise. No portion of said funds, nor of the interest thereof, shall be applied, directly cr indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the pur chase, erection, preservation or repair of any building or huiidines An annual report shall be made, under the direction of the Board of Trustees of the University, to the Governor of the State, who shall lay the same before the General Assembly at its next ses sion, recording any improvements and experi ments made, with their mats and results, and such other matters, including State industr al economical statistics as may he supposed useful. The said Board of Trustees shall also cause one copy of said report to be trans mitted by mail, free, to each of the other col leges endowed under the provision of the act of Congress aforesaid, and also one copy to tbeSecietaiy of the Interior. It is farther ordered, that the bonds in upon THE SANDWICH ISLANDERS. do Under Tbe Funny Tttlngra they do Und tlae First Draught of Christian CftTilixatlon. WALK IN DARKIES. more About the Co random-Ore—An Interesting Communication. We'i be nearer to de Lard Den de white folks; and dej know* It: See de giorj sate nnbarred— Walk in, darker., pastccpuard. " * — - *le won’t dose It! Bet jer dollar He i Hark, de k uttered anpel# t Go away, white folk*, you’re loo late, We’edewkminkuller! Wait TUI de trumpet blow to foller I Now, we'i de rapWior race, knd, widGorra We’» swine t< TENDER and TRUS. BYT. S ARTHUR. In the rural districts of any of the islands the traveler hourly comes upon parties of dusky maidens bathing in the streams or in tbe sea without any clothing on, and no very intemperate zeal in tbe matter of hiding their nakedness. When the missionaries first took up their residence in Honolala the native women would pay their families frequent friendly visits, day by day. not even clothed with a'blush. It was found a hard matter to convince them that this was rather indeli- catc.- Finally the missionaries provided them with long loose calico robes, and that ended the difficulty, for the women would troop through the town start-naked with their robes folded under their arms, march to the mis sionary houses, and then proceed to dress. Tbe natives soon manifested a strong pro clivity for clothing, but it was shortly ap parent that they ouly wanted it for grandeur. I'htr missionaries imported a quantity of hats, bonnets and other male and ft male tion, and beeged the people not to come to church naked on next fcjundy as usual. And they did not; but the national spirit of un selfishness lead them to divide up with their neighbors who were not at the distribution, and next Sabbath the poor preacheis could hardly keep countenance before their vast congregations. In the midst of the reading of the lty urn a brown stately dame would sweep up the aisle with a world of airs, with nothing in the world on but a “stovepipe” hat and a pair of cheap gloves; another dame would follow tricked but io a man’s shirt, and noth ing else; another one would enter with a flourish, with simply the sieeves of a bright calico dress tied around her waist, and the test of the garment dragging behind like a peacock’s tail olT duty; a stately buck would j-talk in with a woman’s bonnet on, wrong side before—only this, and nothing more; after him would stride bis fellow with tbe legs of a pair of pantaloons tied around his neck, the rest of his person untrammelled; in his rear would come another gentleman simply gotten up in a fiery necktie and strifMMl vest. The poor creatures were beaming with complacency and wholly unconscious of any absurdity in their appearance. * * * The spectacle which the congregation presented was so extraordinary, anu withal so moving, that the missionaries found it difficult to keep to the text and go on with the services; and by and by when the simple children ot the sun began a general swapping of gar ments in open meeting, and produced tome irresistib y grotesque effects in tbe course of redressing, there was nothing for it but to cut the thing short with th* benediction and dis miss tbe fantastic assemblage.—Mark Ttrain'i 44 Roughing It.” Ol>'It liLlXoI* tETTEB. (Srant Losing: strength—Gov. Palmer Against Him—Crop News. Bunker Hill, III., April 16,1872. Editors Constitution: Tlie marshaling of hosts referred to in my last has eventuated in the clangor of arms. “The smoke being cleared away,” a survey of the field reveals the gratifying spectacle of the demoralization of the Republican party. To be more ex plicit: On the first Wednesday an election was held for thoroughness of organization throughout the State. From the result you may safely say that the prediction of my last letter, 44 Illinois is lost to Grant ” has been verified. I stated that a small change io the popular vote wou'd give the Democrats or anti-Administration eleven members in Congress. I can now truly assert that a change of only two hundred votes will effect this “ Straws show which way the wiuds this btraws show wnich way the wiuds blow ” and “coming events cast their shadows ‘* Gov. Palmer has just written a let- :1 Ini fig renoffilffat lon~T5i' Governor. This has surprised the party. A c ireful reading of his letter will convince the most skeptical that bis State Rights proclivities do not affiliate with the great central bend at Washington. Added to this, Mr. Yates, who was compelled to stand aside for Logan, and who, despite hi9 irregularities, lia9 a host of friend3, will be heard from at Cincinnati. Illinois will send the ablest delegation to that convention that ever represented the Re publican party. The German element here voted the entire Democratic ticket in tho late election. Hav ing no ticket of their own, they would not vote the Administration ticket. Trum bull and Gratz Brown are the men to lead the opposition to a successful campaign. Should the Democratic party act wisely and not nominate a candidate for the Presidency, the defeat of the administration is certain and overwhelming. Then “let them stand still and sec the salvation ” of this land from centralization of power, if not military des potism. Spring has at lost set in. We have not had the rains which you have had iu Georgia. The ground having been covered with snow the most of the winter leaves it in a fine con dition for breaking. Wheat looks finely. Com is selling for 25 cents per bushel, wheat $1 00 per bushel, bacon at 8 cents. I expect to return to Georgia in September. Should I do so. I shall again enter upon^iewspapcr life and become a co-laborer with you iu bat tling for the right Truly yours, Calhoun. The Bond Committee In New York The committee of the Georgia Legislature who arrived here last week for theregistra- tration of bonds negotiated here and else where, are busily engaged eveiy day discharg ing their assigned duties, and thus far have acted upon over two million dollars of Geor gia Bonds, Gold Currency, Opera House and Railroad, that have been presented to them by holders or their agents, for registration. No decision as to the validity or correctness of these bonds has as yet been made by these gentlemen, and will not be made until the presentation of Georgia bonds for registra tion shall cease. The committee are very desirous of secur ing the attendance of ex-Governor Bullock, aud have made several efforts to that end, but up to this day without the least success. Hearing more than a mouth ago that he was in New York, Messrs. Simmons, Hall and McMillan wrote him from Georgia, request ing his appcsrauce before them when they should sit -in this city this month. To this letter Bullock replied that he did not think that he would be in New York during April because of business engagements else where, and therefore could not appear as re quested. He, however, referred the commit tee to his attorneys In Atlanta, who, he said, could give them as much information about Georgia bonds as himself. In consequence these attorneys were called on, but instead of doing os Bullock said they would, they re peatedly declared that they knew nothing about the bonds; that they had simply been retained by Bullock to defend him before Georgia courts in case of arrest and criminal accusations. This is tbe nearest the commit tee have come to securing Bullock’s attend ance. So desirous are Messrs SimmoDs, Hall and McMillan to secure the presence of Ex-Governor Bullock that, by their authori ty, the following proposition is hereby made by them; That they will pay his expenses in coming aud going from here, and allow him one hundred dollars per day besides while in attendance, should he appear within the next ten days. The committee emphatically deny that they were closeted with Mr. Henry Clews, late financial agent of Georgia.in.New York, receiving instructions how to conduct their investigations. NEW IOB1, Tl&e Grant Sleeting at Cooper Ini tnte—Cboers for Greeley sad Tram* New Yore, April 17.—The Grant meeting this evening promises to be an immense affair. The following dispatch has been received: New Orleans, April 16.—Henry Clews and Ed. Morgan; Impossible to be with you. The colored people are one and indivisible for the Republican party and its nominees. Frederick Douglass. [Up to this hour, 2:45 a. m., we have only disjointed portions of the proceedings at the Grant meeting.' The building was densely crowded and another meeting improvised outside. The meeting proper was called to order by the banker Henry Clews, and the concern generally was managed by the Wall street men who speculate on Boutwell's hun dred millions of gold reserve. Wm. E. Dodge was chairman and Henry Ward Beech er first Vice-President, with Jaa. Gordon Ben nett and others. A letter was read from Sena tor Conklin" showing that Grant looked after the bondholders' interest. Gen. Sickles from our disjointed account to have been a leading speaker. He abused Schurz in par ticular, and the Germans and the Irish gen erally. Darin" his speech several exciting scenes occurred On two occasions he was interrupted by cheers for Horace Greeley, mingled with hisses, and his onslaught on Senator Trumbull elicited similar mixed re sponses. Senator Wilson was introduced amid much confusion, and coaid not begin speaking until the Chairman appealed for order. Some of the discordant elements which said fond shall be invested, as aforesaid, < were pot oat by the police;] “ Strong and tender and true as steel.” It was the remark of a gentleman stand ing near me. I did not hear the reply made by his companion, who was a lady; bat from something in the manner of the gentleman, I concluded that her ideal of the person re ferred to was not in full accord with his. At the lower end of the room a beautiful young woman stood leaning on the arm of uer husband, into whose face scarcely any one could look without admiring its manly beauty and signs of intellectual strength. It was moreover a. true face; and yet as my eyes lingered upon it, and then turned to the sweet loving countenance of the bride, a shadow crept over my spirits. “ Strong and manly and true as stce’.” Yes, you saw all that in the finely cast face, in the full lips, in the large wide eyes and nostrils, in the ample forehead. “ Strong aud manly and true as steel.” Even so. And yet, lcoking^fliill into the tender, almost dreamy face of the bride, I could not feel all at ease touching her future. Grant Baldwin, I knew him well. W< were old friends. Ills bride I had not seen until this evening.. There was something i than beauty in her face—something that held your gaze like a spell. Her eyes were of deep hazel, large and soft, her countenance very fair almost to paleness; her form slight, and her statue low. I noticed that as she stood by her husband she leaned toward him in a kind of shriking, dependent way, aud every now and then glanced up into his face with" wist ful sort of look that I did not clearly under stand. I met them not long afterwards in their new home, • nd was more than ever charmed with Mrs. Baldwin. She was pure and sweet and gentle, and be was strong and manly and true as steel—meet complements of each other one would think, and 3'et, as on that first evening, I felt the lack of some element to give a complete harmony to their lives. It troubled me. I knew my friend well, knew him to be a man of high honor and strength of character; a little cold and undemonstra tive, as we say. rather more inclined to hide what he felt than to give it free expression. It happened that 1 did not come very near them again for several months, aud then 1 noticed with pain an invisible barrier had crown up betaken them, and that neither had found the sweet satisfaction anticipated. During the evening I spent with them, I saw the tears spring to the eves of Mrs. Baldwin more than once, and 1 n *ticed in them a hungry kind of look as they rested now and then on her husband’s face. I was puzzled. What could it meau ? A few days afterward, meeting Mr. Bald win, I asked after his wife. “Well,” he answered. But fn the tone of voice my eve read: “Not well.” • “How docs she like her new home?” I in quired. lie hud brought her from a neigh boring city. My friend sighed involuntarily. “Not so well, I’m afraid,” he answered. “She still feels strange.” “The tenderer the flower,” I remarked, “the more difficult to transplant.” “Yes,” in an absent tone. “I should say,” I added, “that your wife has a highly sensitive spiritual organizu- Hiwasseb, Towns County, Ga., ) April 10,1872. f Editors CnstituLon: I have just been shown a copy of your paper containing a short article from the pen of Marie A. Cooper, in which be expresses doubt as to the true character of a specimen shown to you, pur- l>orting to be Corundum, by Mr. W. R. Mc- <2onnel, of this place. Please allow me to vindicate the correctness of Mr. McConnei’s statement Since the summer of 18C5, 1 h ive been engaged in the investigation and development of the rare mineral corundum. The first locality of note is in Macon county. North Carolina. From this locality I furnished Professors Dana andBrutdqof Yale College with a box of specimens: and [a friend of miue sold for me severe! hundred pounds of specimens to the mineralogists of the North. I have also been furnishing Dr. F. A. Genth, an eminent chemist of Phila delphia, Pa., and Professor C. U. Shepard, of Amherst College, with specimens of corun dum, and all its associated minerals from the same and other localities. During the past winter, and since my return from Atlanta,! have made discovery of the same mineral in Clay county, N. C.,* an adjoining county to this (Towns) county, and also in this county on the lands of Mr. McConnel, and other farms in the same neighborhood. In a re cent letter to me Dr. Genth speaks of a specimen from Mr. McConnei’s farm as beautiful corundum ” This field is au interesting one to t»uly scientific gentlemen. The rocks in which tue corumdum occurs are beds of chrysolite and serpentine; and the associated minerals ore arbite, arfoedsonite, saussurite, zoisite, corundopholite, talc, picrolite, chalcedony, margarite, etc, with occasional crystals of chrome ore and rutile. The chrysolite out crops here arc generally enclosed in syenite, but sometimes, as the exception, in gruiss. Tiieclirisolyte are igneous rocks, and belong to a narrow zone of dikes which I have tra versed for a distance of a hundred and eighty or ninety miles. In a technical sense there is no sacli thing as corundum ore, but the corundum here be ing mixed with chlorite, Mr. McConnel called the mass an ore; and, indeed, the. agent of the American < orundutn Company, who is now working the locality m Mucon county, calls all such material corundum ore. ' Thi?, however, is not material. The corun dum is here, aud the indications arc that i. occurs in sufficient quantity to make it an ar ticle of commercial value. I have already engiured to furnish one machinist with it for use in his business. It is my present purpose, Messrs. Editors, to visit your city iu May, and should I do so, will take great pleasure in furnishing you some beautiful specimens in support of my statements. Yours truly, C. D. Smith. “Undoubtedly that is true,” answered my Wend. “But are not persons so organ.'z- * difficult to understand.” “{Sometimes.” “Always, I should say,” he returned. I did not know what reply it was best to make, and so kept silent After a little w hile he said, with some feeling: “I would give the whole world to make her happy.” “Happy 1” My surprise expressed itself in my voice. “Yes, happy,” he said with emphasis. “My wife is not happy, and it troubles me beyond measure.” * . - “Do make no guess at the cause of her unhappiness!” I asked. “I am at sea. ' Sometimes I think she don’ really love me. No! No!” he added quickly, “not that! I am sure of her love.” “Is she a3 sure of your love?” said I. The question seemed to hurt him. “Have I not chosen her from among women to be my wife?” he answered with something of indignation in his voice. “Am I the man t*» say I love, and not mean it? Did I not promise before God to love and chcerish lier till death ? Sure of my love! If I have any element of character more strongly developed than another, it is the element of truth When I told her that I loved her, I told her an abiding truth. She is as dear to me as the apple of my eye. The very thought of a doubt on her part hurts me like an accusa tion of wrong. A light came into my mind, bringing a revelation of the real ground of trouble, and said: “Have you been as tender to your young wife, always, as true ?’ His eyes flashed, but the fire went out of them, instantly. “Mere truth in character is often reserved and proud,” said L “True steel is all well enough. But steel is hard and cold, aud chills by contact.” Baldwin looked at me str mgely. “Tender and true my dear friend. Tender and true! Love will have nothing less,” I ventured to add. “Good morning,” he said, in a voice that _ scarcely recoguized, and turning from me he walked away. Ha J I offended him ? We did not meet again for several weeks. I was going home ward one evening, when I hearef quick feet behind me. A hand was laid on my shoulder and a familiar voice spoke my name. It was my friend Baldwin. “Come home with me,” he said. I tried to excuse myself, but he would take no denial; so I accompanied him home. His manner os we walked was frank and cherry. “How is Mrs. Baldwin ?” I naturally in quired. “Oh, veiy well!” he answered, without change • t tone. “Getting more reconciled to her new home?” “Yes.’ *’ I am glad to hear it Few of us can bear an entire change in our surroundings without a shadow falling on our spirits.” He did not reply to this remark, but changed tae subject Mrs. Baldwin met her husband almost at the door. She had been watching for him at the parlor window. I noticed that he kissed her veiy tenderly and put an arm about her waist, spite of my pres ence. Her face was all alive to pleas ure, and its whole expression so difiereut from what it was when I first met her, that. could but wonder at the change. Her SING WING'S SONG. Si^ae aongeetieka peoee, ■ bird When him entoe topside Blrdee bobbery elne: Hlmee tiukee nievy dish be Wee force king! OUR WASHINGTON LETTER Political Speculations—The Democ racy—Items • THGATLtII'% PRESS. A Kind Compliment From a. Disin terested source* The position of Atlanta in a commercial view—its many converging railways—its mills, foundries and machine shops—its im mense provision trade—its banking houses— the t 'ste and variety of its architecture—its fine stores and haudsome family residences— its sple- did church edifices and other struc tures which I cannot specify—all create a ne cessity for newspaper enterprise, to give im pulse and direction to these elements of power and prosperity. Hence, the field is wide aud inviting to the press, assuring* its utility and its reward. Many papers, as 1 remarked in a preceding number, after trying Atlanta, l ave withdrawn from the contest without fortune The two dailies now ill operation have at tained a degree of success which will no doubqrcnder their existence a blessing to their owners and p drons, which it is hoped will be perpetuated until they are Voluntarily re signed into other hands, or given up in a sur feit of good returns. In uiv journeying through different parts of Georgia, and even in other states, I have not failed to observe the eagerness with which the Atlanta papers are sought by all classes of readers—some for the political matter, original and selected, which they contain, and others for the choice miscellany in which they abound. If the editors could see how their labors arc devoured, often with keen rel ish, by the large multitude who pore over their columns, their self-esteem would be strength ened, and their ambition stimulated to still greater efforts for the public good. Tub Constitution and the Sun (here named in tiie order of the alphabet) arc jmcers, felt and acknowledged. They have a large responsi bility and a broad field, from the aggregate of facilities of their comtoftnd. *Hitherto, these papers have stood tho conflict bravely, with. perhaps as ' little com plaint from readers as the common lot of humanity will permit. Perfection ior neither is claimed—for that would be incredible as to journalism, or any other employment among men—but that the Atlanta press as now or ganized and conducted, is entitled to public support, and to the approbation of enlight ened readers, admit of no dispute. Flint. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE, Letter from Keninckr-Trip to Geor gia— Atianta>>'The Old “Thompson Hou«ic’> and Its Worthy Most—The rnrk—k inbali llonse — Familiar Towns—Etc* etc. Louisyillb, Ky., April 16,1872. Editors Constitution: Having just returned from a visit to Middle Georgia, taking At lanta on my way, I offer a few jottings for the columns of your excellent and live paper. ATLANTA. Atlanta was my residence before and during the late “unpleasantness ” and I was curious to see it iu its new dress. On emerg ing from the elegant new car shed, I was bewildered at the sights that saluted my optic nerves. Thinks I, surely I am in a dream, or by a strange mistake I have taken tnc wrong train and lanilci in a strange city. Where is the old and familiar Thompson House that stood on the corner, where the man who behaved himself and refrained his lips from “evil speaking, lying and slander ing” wus treated like a gentleman l>y Uie candid and honest-hearted host. Dr. T ? Where is the iitde park once Atlanta’s pride, for a plat of which to be ornamented with evergreens the city paid $200 ? After several turnings and twisting of my neck up and down and sideways, 1 at last took in the magnificent proportions of the far- fumed H. I. Kimball House. THE KIMBALL HOUSE. ner toward me, her husband's friend, was veiy cordial, and quite in contrast with what it had been a previous meeting. Then she was depressed, absent, and ill at ease, and when she looked at her husband, her face, instead of lighting up, grew strangely shad owed. I understood it alL The true and loyal husband had supplemented fidelity with ten derness. I saw this in every word, and tone, and action. The half-proud courtliness of manner—the dignified repression of feeling —which had so chilled and hurt his loving little wife, and held her away from him, were all gone, fused by the tenderness he permit ted to go forth in speech and act. Tender and true! Yes,be was all that cow; and his sweet young wife felt herself to be the hap piest woman in all the world. necessity of Sleep. Henry Ward Beecher says: There are thousands of busy people who die every year for want of sleep. Sleeplessness becomes a disease^ and is the precursor of insanity. We speak of sleep as%tbe image of death, and our waking houra as the image of life. Sleep is not like death, for it is tile period iu which the waste of the system ceases, or is reduced to its minimum. Sleep repairs the waste which waking hours have made. It rebuilds the system. The night is the repair shop of tbe body. Every part of the system is-si lently overhauled, and all the organs, tissues, and substances are replenished. Waking consumes and exhausts, sleep replaces and repairs. A man who would be a good work er must be a good sleeper. A man has as much force in him as he had provided for in sleep. The quality of mental activity de pends upon the quality of sleep. Men need, on an average, eight hours of sleep a day. A lymphatic temperament may require nine; a nervous temperament six or seven. A lym phatic man u sluggish, moves and sleeps slowly. But a nervous man acts quickly in every th ing. He does more in an hour than a sluggish man in two hours; and so in bis sleep. Eveiy cut must sleep according to his temperament—but eight hours is the av erage. Whoever by work, pleasure, borrow, or by anv other cause is regularly diminish ing nis sleep, is destroying his life. A man may hold out for a time, but tbe crash will come, and he will die. There is a great deal of intemperance besides that of tobacco, opi um or brandy. 3Ien are dissipate who over tax thei** system all d ly, and undersleep ev ery night. A man who died of delirium tre mens is no more a drunkard and a suicide than the minister, the lawyer, the merchant, the editor, or the printer, that works excess ively all day and sleeps bat little all night In it3 exterior, this house meets the highest anticipations. It beats the Tuilleries and tbe Louvre. The last lime I stood on that cor ner, the roar of cannon deafened my ears, and there sat upon their chargers (Jen Hood and staff, receiving Jispntches from aids who were hurrying from the field of battle, in which the Federal General McPherson was killed. What changes time brings in its train! May the dmion of discord never again divide the American people into hostile ranks! While gaziug at the magnificent proportions Servant pUo thakee Uonpee muhee clothes; Chop-chop comes blxckre bird, Nfpee of her nose! Washington, April 16,1872. The Philadelphia Mercury has an enter prising correspondent, who is, moreover, ex ceedingly well posted concerning political movements. He wrote the following points * his latest dispatch: 1. He says the political cauldron at the National Capital is ready to boil over, and that the adherents of the Grant dyna«ty arc rapidly forsaking their allegiance, notwith standing the puny efforts of ihe Court butter flics of the press who hover around the throne” at the White House endeavoring by paid bulletins to induce the people and the country to think otherwise. 2. The long-expected break in the Senate may be expected at an early day, when many of the political 44 Iagos,” whom the President now believes to be his friends will throw off their masks and declare for the Cincinnati nominees. Senator Fenton has enrolled his honorod name in the ranks of the Liberals, and will putlortli renewed energies to accom plish what he has so ably begun. 3. The rubbish on the political track is be ing cleared to make way for the passage of the civil rights bill, which will enable Sena tor Sumner to make his contemplated speech on the incompetency of the present adminis tration. The passage of the civil rights bill will be followed by general amnesty. 4. Of the two thousand five hundred news papers published throughout the country, not more than five hundred can be found advocating the re-election of General Grant The Chicago Tribune, the St Louis Times, aud other influential papers in the West, arc anti-Grant Ten States arc ulso opposed to his re-election. 5. The Hon. John D. Defrees has impor tant and n-liablu information from Terre Haute, showing that Indiana will send a large and powerful delegation to Cincinnati, and that the State is dead certain for the norni- rees of the Cincinnati Convention. 0. Among the delegates to be sent from New York State to Cincinnati, the name of A T. Stewart will be conspicuous, and it will also include the foremost men in the Re publican parly, men who seek no office or emolument. 7. New Jersey has completed her delega tion, which will be rery powerful. It is headed by ex-Governor Newell. 6. The putting aside of Vice-President Colfax and taking up Henry Wilson, of Mas sachusetts, is considered as another move for the destruction of the Grant party, but will be the means of saving Colfax from political slaughter in November. 9- The lion. A. K McClure, of Pennsyl vania, will be invited to preside over the proceedings of the Cincinnati Convention, and there is every reason to believe he will accept this honor. Lastly, the Mercury’s correspondent says, Chief Justice Chase will favor the Cincin nati nominee. and that nominee will be David Davis, of Illinois. It will of course be understood that the views expressed above ore somewhat specu lative, though for the most part based on solid facts. DEMOCRATIC DISSENTER*. The Cincinnati Convention continues to be the main topic of conversation in political circles, aud while it is gent rally conceded that the Liberal movement is daily growing iu strength aud influence, therfc are naturally different views expressed concerning it. For example, some Democrats express a belief that the growing power and immliers of the Liberals will cause the Philadelphia Convention to ijirow Grant overboard and make nominations with a view to haroion- of the Kimball House, an old familiar form rose up before me—none other than William Solomon. I was glad to grasp the hand of the good old man, and find him hale and hearty. He was a landmark that could not be mistaken, and on his assurance that I was really standing in a street of Atlanta, I al- lowed myself to be convinced. But I am wandering from the H. I. Kim ball House. What an Alhambra scene it present* on entering its doors! Pillared stoiy after story with crystal chandeliers hanging between, and the tessellated floor under your feet, make a man proud to step up to the courteously-served office-desk and sign bis name. At meals in the gorgeous dining hall, however, I did not meet with alt the attention to which my $4 00 per diem en titled me. But this is often not the fault of the proprietors, and a passing notice like this will remedy the matter. If my jottings are acceptable. I will con tinue my Atlanta views, and then tel! you of my visit to a Middle Georgia plantation. Faithfully, A. F. F. Oar Americas Letter. Barlow House, ) Amehicus, Ga., April 17,18.2. f .Editors Constitution: bupoosing that a line in the local way from this Hill City of South western Georgia would not be without in terest to your readers, I intrude this. Americusis somewhat lively, the “limb* of the law” of this Circuit having added their presence with the many interested in the pros and eons to be considered in Sumter Superior Court, now in session. Aside from this, sprint; has clothed the city in green, and decorated it with fresh flowers. - All look cheerful and gay. With the receding waters of the recent flood, which has submerged nearly all of Southwest Georgia, the farmers and planters are cheering up, and pushing their work with a will, and bright hopes of better re sults than were anticipated a icw weeks since. They are two or three weeks behind time by reason of the rains; but the present spring weather continuing, they will. make up tbe lost time, and make a good crop yet The good people of Americus are prepar ing for the gala days of Mar, and anticipate much pleasure. A May day celebration, a firemans festival at Albany, and the ap proaching grand annual conclave of the Grand Commandary Knights Templar to meet here soon,are all on the tapis; and these good people know how to make these occasions p!easauL Should you chance this way, call on Jones, of the Barlow House—he knows how to add to the comfort of the inner man, and make his gue&ts feel comfortable and at home. W. A.L. mysterious Sirs* Mason. Donn Piatt gives in the Washington Cap ital a glimpse at the mysterious lady who has figured in the French arms sale business. He says “she has been commented upon and in quired about in the liveliest manner. She gives a color of romance to the dark trans action that piques curiosity to the furthest extent. Mrs. Mason is not now in Washing ton. Many will remember a tall, well formed lady, with a rather handsome face, lit up with bright black eyes, and framed m with raven black hair. She was quiet, modest, aud graceful in her ways, but evidently pos sessed of great force of character and certain fascinations of mind and person that influ enced others. She is one of that sort of peo ple well known at certain periods of history on the continent of Europe, who to the gra ces of the woman add the courage and vigor of a man. Mrs. Mason figured extensively during the late civil war. A Southerner by birth, train ing and association, she gave her every effort to further the lost cause, and honored by the confidences of such mena9 Beauregard, John ston and other Southern leaders, and uer ad ventures wlun working forihe friends would make a thrilling volume of romance. When the lost cause finally went under, she trans ferred her field of operations to Washington. We first hear of her in connection with the Cuban cause, and she is said to have inspired the resolution drawn up by General Dwyer authorizing the sale of arms. She was the confidential friend and adviser of Generals Gordon and Ryan, and could frequently be seen in earnest conversation with General Banks, then as now Chairman of House Com mittee on Foreign Affairs.” The writer met this lady during the war, and became quite well acquainted with her. After the retreat from Corinth, slic traveled under his care from Mobile to North Geor gia, where she spent a summer at Catoosa Springs. Her career had been very romantic She was a Marylander and married a Vir ginian, with whom she lived unhappily, and from wLom she finally separated. She was fora long time, in the early part of the war, a resident of Washington and in communica tion with General Beauregard, giving him secret information. She was betrayed to the United Slates authorities, and imprisoned in the Old Capitol. She was finally turned loose to come South, with the penalty of death if she eveiy returned. She then had one little boy. Shec&tnc to Beauregard’s headquarters and followed them a long wnilc. Ilcr special friend was General Thomas Jordon, of Beau regard’s staff, who has since identified him self with the Cuban cause. Her name w»s connected with his by gossip, and it has even Wen said, how truly we do not know, that reaching the ears of Beauregard, who was a very pure man morally, it was the ultimate cause of the official separation of these tw o officers. Be this as it may, the intimacy wr.a very great between this beautiful and fasci nating lady and Beauregard’s chief of staff Mrs. Mason was a woman of striking ap pearance. Though not large she had a beauty of feature, a symmetry of figure, au elegance of manner, a high-bred queeniincss of carriage, and a fascinating sprightlincss of mind that made her very distinguishable and attractive. She was veiy* finely read and plumed herself on her attainments and brain. She bewailed bitterly her sex. alleging that to be a woman was to be cut off from every sphere of ambition and avenue to distinction She had immense knowledge of men and women, and her criticisms upon people were ▼cry interesting, rathercausuc than kind, and often bitingly sarcastic. She lia j all the charms and powers to have made a successful coquette, but she scen.cd to care little for the admiration of men. She. was rather filled with a desire to be mixed with public events, and be known as a woman izing the partj. This is very^ improbable, however. The Philadelphia Convention is to be s convention of olllcc holders, and it is already pledged to Grant, who cares nothing for the party, !,nt is bent on securing his elec tion by fair means or foul. Another: avs: "rillppo-e we Join with the LibcraVi nnfl. elect l^jeir candidates, how many offices will the Democrats get. and what influence will they have with the nd- miustratiun ? It' Grant is re-elected the Rad ical party wifi he defunct before his second term expires, and then the Democrats can come in with flying colors. What then is to be gained by this coalition? It might, per haps, inure to the benefit of the South, but the South can aflnid to wait four years now.” There is something in this view of the case; but I do not learn that it is proposed to form a coalition between the Democrats and Liberals. The Democratic National Committee is to meet in New York on the 8th of May to designate the time and place for holding a convention, when nominations will be made as usual. Suppose the nomina tions should be identical with those made at Cincinnati; what then? This need not en tail a coalition. We should do all in our power to elect our candidates; the Liberals would do the same with respect to theirs. Wc should retain our organization, and they could do likewise. The question of spoils is less important than the defeat of the present corrupt administration, and could be left for after consideration. TUB EFFECT OF THB NEW YORK MEETING. The principal topic of conversation in all official circles here is the formidable display of Liberal Republicanism at the Cooper In slitufe meeting in New York on Friday even ing last. The bold utterances of Messrs. Trumbull, Schurz, Greeley, and Fred Conk- ling, (brother of tbe Senator,) and the letter of Senator Fenton, have created a very decided scare among the administration henchme An evidence of this is contained in the tele graphic announcement that a Grant mass meeting is to be held in New York next Fri day night. Further developments of the al ready powerful ami influential Liberal Re publican organization are being watched for with no little anxiety by the supporters of the administration. THE PUBLIC LANDS. One of the cardinal principles of the Dem ocratic party has been opposition to the giv ing away of the public lands, which 'belong to the people, to private corporations anti speculators. Yellatlerly wc have seen Dem ocratic Congressmen voting for land stealing bills and Republicans opposing them. Let the constituents of the delinquent M. C.’s have an.eye to the yea and nay lists when land jobs are before Congress. HERB MENTION. The President is better. The Carnival is postponed until *73. Lydia Thompson is drawing crowds to the National Theatre. Boutwcll proposes to abolish the office of Collector of Internal Revenue. Tha testimony of Ex-Secretary Welles is considered veiy damaging to the present Secretary of the Navy. This is Emancipation day, and the darkies have possession of the streets. Tneirpro cession was really fine. Tbe St. Croix land-stealing bill received its quietus in tbe House to-day. Mr. Schofield wanted to know how many funerals were to be held over this job. Good enough I Tommy Haucc. Personal.—We were pleased to receive a call on yesterday from Dr. W. A. Lore, of Atlanta, who is traveling in the interest of that sprightly anil valuable journal, The At lanta Constitution, also the Atlanta Medi cal and Surgical Journal. The Constitution now reaches onr citi zens of this section on the'day of its publica tion, and contains the latest telegraphic and other news that reach us bv any other columns, as well as direct intelligence as to affairs transpiring at the Capital of Georgia. By recent arrangements The Constitu tion for Sunday will get to all places on the Southwestern Road regularly on that daj i the issue for any day during the week. It is needless for us to commend The Constitu tion to our people: it has made itself known and appreciated by its own merits. Dr. Love is a most genial and worthy agent for so sterling a journal. Success to him and it!—Sumter BepublieaiC. Georgia Crop Howe. Campbell County.—Wheat crop flattering says the Palmetto Gazette. Clover will grow well in this county. Dougherty County.—Low plsces still cov ered with water says the Albany News, and wen’t dry oft ;in twelvo months Planters busy putting cotton in and plowing young corn. A vast deal of cotton np and good stands In the flat lands east of Flint river, the Albany News says, there is little hope of health or crops this year. Seas of water everywhere, and the best lands must be idle. Elbert County.—Farmers behind. Wheat crop promising, though medium amount only •own. Fruit abundant Cotton planting not fairly commenced says the Gaaette. Lowndes Coanty.—Farmers busy. Good weather rays the Times. Polk County.—Corn comingjup and look ing well reti the Reporter. Morgan County.—Lands plowed in the wet spell dried, and without some rain plan ters cannot make desired progress. Small grain promi«io». Wtn. Ainsley paid four bands $2 lb and made |1,8U0 of cotton, R00 bushels of corn, fodder and supplies for twelve months. Pretty good says the Madi son Appeal Hancock County—Immense farm work in short time says a correspondent ot the Washington Gazette. Every tiling looks promising. \Y e had lost sight of her for seven or eight years until her connection witli the arms sale lias brought her into public notice. m.tllUH VI ION. Tho Circular or the Atlanta Gee. Atlanta, March 10,1872. We take the liberty to send you inclosed a copy of the report of the Committee of Im- thigtaffcitt adopted by tbs Atlanta Deutsche Gcscllscliaff, at a meeting held on tbe 10th of March, at'lhe Chamber of Commerce in this city;. You perceive that we desire to set on foot a movement, in the State of Georgia, which will lay the Inundation to the initiation of a wholesome immigration of European, and particularly German, fanners; and the in closed ri-porl indicates to you the measures whieh-wo consider of primary importance for the accomplishment of this object. Wjiilc we rely principally upon our country men in thebtate,and their experience amongst you, for information in relation to Die coun try and the people—because, coming from them when compiled into reports nnd pub lished for circulation, it will naturally ho re ceived with more confidence—wc must prin cipally depend upon our American fellow- citizens and the landowners of the State par ticularly, to furnish us unmistakable, practi cal evidence that they desire the settlement of immigrants amongst them, by offering to them inducements similar hr those existing in the North western States. There the immi grant can enter a homestead of 100 uerts at if l 25, or one of 80 acres at $2 50 per acre, on surveyed government lands, besides hav ing many opportunities-of huving lands on very favorable terms from railroad and other land companies. This is well known every where in Europe. If tbe people of Georgia want immigra tion, they must produce simitar inducements for the immigrants in their State, nnd moat make it known abroad that they have doue so. Without Litis, immigration to the State will remain for a long time to come a mere fiction, if it ever comes at all. We wish to obtain the evidence that the people of Geor gia desire immigration, and are wilting to create the conditions required to call it into existence, for the purpose of bringing the re sults of our efforts before the world at large, and particularly the people in Germany, and’ therefore allow ourselves respectfully to usk you the following questions: 1. Have you any land, and how much, which von desire to sell to immigrants, princi pally German farmers? 2. VV ual is its quality ? 3. Where is it situated? How far from llic nearest accessible railroad station or steamboat landing? 4. Will you sell it in parcels from ten to ICO acres, to suit purchasers ? 5. At what price’per acre for cash ? 0. What will you take per ac. e if you re ceive payment iu from three to sevcu equal installments with legal interest from date, on a credit of from five to ten years, the first payment being made the third, tbe last the fifth or tenth year? 7. Have you any extraordinary induce ments to offer to bona fi le settlers, in relation to securing them n home? Are you witling to give them any land ? 8. Are y ou willing to assist poor settlers in their first start, by furnishing them stock, implements, seed, provisions, etc., the firs; year on fair terms? 0. What is the usual price per acre of the different qualities of land in yonr county ? in Whnt la t).a nn.Kt.. I I 10. What is the quality of land in your county, and the kind of timber on it ? Ilow much com and cotton does it produce under the usnal cultivation per acre r 11. Docs your section of country offer sub stantial inducements to any particular branca of industry—for instance, saw miils, flour mills, timber business, sheep raising, garden ing, or anything else? 12. For what kind of labor is there a de mand in your c lunty ? 13. Please state any advantages which your county offers to laborers, mechanics or small farmers. If you will faitbfuJy answer these ques tions with a view that your answers should be embodied tn our report on Uie State of Georgia, and should be made as far as they relate to the land you have for sale, the basis of future-negotiations, you will render a fa- T “ l ° "Utf-ciety We propose to enter into a Book of Record all the lands which ate offered for sale, and the conditions they are offered at, and to maintain a regular corres pondence with ail who have lands to sell. As we arc only working in the interest of immigration, for the benefit of the State of Gcoraia, we make no charges of any kind, but derray our expenses as long as possibk by contributions from the members of our All we ask is a hearty co-operation from 111 and vmip frann^e * K .l / . . —~ j “ wvpwwion irom you and your friends, nnd from the societies and journals wc send these circulars to. If ® 2r uu U1CSC circular to. If sn interest of sufficient extent can be called be ac in the legis- :— —ounAv.iuiiL extent can oe into existence, the desired object* can complished by the people of Georgia, i manner proposed, much better than by lative enactment*. Please send your answers, with the number of the questions to which they respond, or anv communication you desire to make on this tius subject, to Ch. Rauschenberg, M. D D ’ °- AU ““- Rcspectfolly, yours, Atlanta Deutsche Geskllschaft. HTCoL J. C. Barton informs us that Tn Constitution has recently made a vary uoe- ral donation to the Conyers Female College. This speaks wall for Tac Constitution and we are proud to say that ths lubscrip- tlon list to that paper has, within tha put fywdays.been doubled in this place. CoL T-IL Acton, the active and energetic “ lim. ™7., Tfk* in our town last week in excellent health and spirits.—Gir.yer* Mtanmrm. gjcliglous gfitartnwnt. nacon Pr* sbylcry* Amkkicus, April 11,1872. Editors Constitution.- Did you hear the in troductory sermon last night, of Rev. Dr. Wills? The one who missed it was the looser. He reminds me of Stephen A Douglas. His epigrammatic utterances strike you like a hornet. Vigorous, solid combinations of words leave no chance for adything but con viction Interest unflaging from first to isst The Doctor is massive in perron and mind; his gestures natural and unique. Text—Isaiah 53-7—How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringvth Wrtrtrl tiilintvfl nnhlicllftlll lu>non. il.at good tidings, that publishcth peace; that bringetb good tidings of goodjIiHipuldisbcth salvation, that Salih unto Zion, thy God reignelh! I wish that I could epitomize the discourse, I can offer hut an imperfect conception ot the style, doctrines, eloquence, poetry. The announcement that the holy w-vr was very properly dcsominated the ’fifth Evangriist was amply vindicated in the subsequent ex positions. How beautiful and fascinating he, the holy minister, ou the mountains—his fsce radiant with the light of high communion, his heart saturate with the love of Jesus, his life un reserved consecrate. “Bringing good tidings’ from tho world celestial, to this dreary and sad earth; to miserable and bankrupt mortals; overwhelmed withguiltand pneury anu hope lessness; inspiring the cnuic-stained and bleeding heart with the sweetest and most tranqniiizing sentiments of pardon and the tcndcrest sympathy for humanity in her dreariest struggles. I am reminded by the Doctor’s delineations of that beautiful effusion: No r»d : *nt pearl which crested fortun# wean. No sparkling gem which hanc« from buauty'tean; Nor the bri-rht star that oicht'a Mur a ch adorn. Shine vi thru hlntreaa the tear that float, Down Virtue*a manly check* for other*' wow. But , said the reverend gentleman, this glo rious Gospel publishes peace. National, per- sonr.i, domestic, social peace. The earth would be a paradise, lho vestibule of Heaven. Wliat a dreary J£:d:ara isthiamundanespherc without cirristian\sctcnity. Amid the wild waste of waters, tnc forked, lurid lightnings, the bellowing thunders, the engulphing bil lows, the pious voyager, all hi* immortal for tunes embarked on board the sea worthy craft, with the Dear Redeeii cr the Pilot, how calm, how unahtruittL “That bringetb good tidings of good.” Present, future, perennial, permanent good; in the amaranthine abodes of unuttoable bliss, final good. “Zion, iby God reignelh.” What Church is Zion, Protestant or Papist ? The Evan gelical Prophet did not inform us. It must be lire Church of God. No modern cogno mens, no modem Shiblroleths. Some people talk of belonging to the oldest church, if you arc not in the sweet. Scriptural member ship of tho church that sang nud prayed and talked for Jehovah, before London, or Thebes, or B.ilq b n, or the Pyramids, or Je rusalem were dreamt of, you are no chunk «t nil. Take that and deposit il in your cab inet of sacred recollections. Zion—Salem—Jcrusalem from above—God reignelh. Yes. Jc*u9 -ball reisn wliwYr the *nn *k»?h b'>* sncce.-nivr jiMimty.t run. Ills Bproa i from «Miore to ehf.ra Till tuooue *li 01 wax and wane no more. “The Lord God Omnipotent reignelh.” Thank you, good Doctor; we will ne’er forget you. UUSLIbf A* A LOVER. ■low the apostle of ftlethodla *• Fir* n .*<1 I.. .1 ll-iiv. ..f tl.ro ss.^at u/ed lu Affair, el the Heart. Mr. Tyermnn, in his recently published life of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, ■oils the story of his love affairs very fairly and fully. They constitute rather m remark able ch tin of episodes, show ng that the apostle of the Methodists had an amorous heart, where the women were concerned. The first occurrence was during his mission to Geoigia, where he formed n deep attach ment to u Miss Sophia Ilopkey, a niece of tlie Chief Magistrate of the colony. The en tire biographies of Wesley represent the af fair as involving n conspiracy on the put of i ho young lady and her friends against the reputation and even the virtue of the youth ful ascetic—instructions having been given her, they say, to encourage him by all means, and even to “deny him nothing.” Hut so in unlikely an account is now discredited, and is totally disclaimed by Mr. Tycnnon. Cer tain it is that Wesley was deeply in love; certain, too, that he referred Ihe case to his Moravian friends and advisers, who decide.} accordingly that he should preeeedno fnrth- •er in Hid nutatcr, a»d lgs isWid' lArave ao- S uicsccd, saying, “The will of the Lord t» one.” However this may have been—and it seems doubtful whether he voluntarily gave up his attachment—the sequel is equally strong, for we find him a few months alter publicly refusing the sacrament to the same lady (then manualloaMr. Williamson)when she presented herself at the Lord's tablet The grounds of bis refusal have never been cleared up; but it was largely in consequence of this behavior that be drew on bimself the odium nnd persecution which diovc him out of Georgia. For some yean after this he persisted in HIS RESOLUTION OF CBI.KBniCY; A resolution whicli certainly was most ad visable for one who had embraced a life of self-dcnini, lalior and boinclessne-s. In 1743, too, he published his Thoughts on Single Life, extolling that state oa the privilege, if not the duty, of all who are capable of re ceiving it; and three years after, in a public hymn, which is clearly autobiographical,ex press himself as follows: “I have no sharer of m, heart. To rob my S,v.ur of a part And desecrates the whole; Only hetnehed to Christ and I, And wait His coming fo.ni the sky To wad my happy soul.*' It was, therefore, with great surprise, and not without some scandal, that in 174U his friends heard that lie wxs engaged to a Mrs. Grace Murray, a young widow who hod nurwtl him in a short illness, and who was actually arcompany iug him at tint time in his niiuisierial travels through U>ccountry. This young woman had been brought i.paa a maid servant, and was a peason of small educa tion, though of great attractions, and a fervent convert to Metbodintn. She waa a person of ningular impulsive temperament, and with an utter disregard of delicacy and honor, and in the midst of her engagement to Westcy allowed herself to coquette alto with one of the lay preachers, John Bennett, and for some months the most extraordinary sometimes on one, sometimes ou Uie other her lovers, with passionate assertions of her entire devotedneas to each, and this with in tervals occasionally of n few hours only. Charles Wesley, disgusted nnd iiidignout, strove to out an end to the scand.1. His brother yielded, and met the lady to say farewell, lie kissed her and said, “Grace Murray, TOC HAVE BROKEN MY HEART." A week or two aftersbe was married to tho inferior suitor. She and Wesley did n t meet again for thirty-nine years, bite long out lived her husband, and when in London she came to hear her sou preach in Moorfiekls, she met her venerable lover—luver still, appa rently, for the interview is described as being very affecting. Henceforth they saw each other no more, and Wesley never again men tioned her name. Through long years Grace continued a course of Christian usefulness, and lived and died eminently n--pected. the lira in Chinly Churchyard, in Dernyshire Undeuti r al by hit former experience, in 1751 Wesley again ventured no an engagement, which actually resulted in marriage: Now. too, lilt lady was a widow, a Mrs. Vazeile; her first husband having been a merchant* who had left her a small independen. e. There was little in her to deserve the attach ment of such a man, cither in charac'et or intellect. She, too, like Grace Homy, was or humble birth, and, like her, bad been a maid servant. Having, during her widow hood, joined henelf to the Methodists, she was naturally pleased and flattered with the attentions of their renowned bead. CHARLES WESLEY AGAIN INTERPOSES; But this tone in vain. It soon appeared how ill-devised s union hsd been contracted; sad after a few years of wretched married life, marked on her part by outrage..us iil-iem Jealousy .violence, and even treachery, which her husband on bis side boro with the patience of a Socrales, the lady one day took hetaclf off and lived in a state of separation from him until her death." * Eon earn rtiigui; nm dimui; non rttoeahor was tbe hus- btnjfs apt and pardonable exclamation when he found her gone. 8hc takes her place in the foremost rank of the bad wives of emi- nmt men, worthy to be classed with the wedded companions of Socrates, of Albert Durer, of George Herbct, or of Richard Hooker; she was the most vicious vixen of them all. It may be imagined, without doing any injustice to him, that when hit letters were stolen. Interpolated and forged by hls wife. for the purpose of Injuring his character, tbe grieving spirit — prophet rosy sometimes tra-c said, “Grace Murray would hot have done this." At tho same time we must, in justice, say that Wes ley can not wholly be exonerated from blame; for, setting aside the question whether, after electing to marry, he was not hound to do more for the comfort of his wife, be certainly gave occasion to her jealous temper by his unwary conduct, and most of ail by HIS UNACCOUNTABLE FONDF' S for a Certain Sarah Ryan, a quondam maid servant, like the others, who. although she was the wifeof three livinglm-hamls, so Won the good opinion and oonfldenceof Water by Uer ostentatious deroutues*, that he sdasllv nude h-r matron of Kingswood Scbo. 4, where be necessarily paid'frequent-isita No «n- picion ran realty attach, of course, to tbe fair rame of one so pure and unblemished as Wesley, but it was difficult fora jealous wife to think sn. And assuredly we must say of him, adopting swell known phrase of Mr. Fronde s, that in “ his relations with women he seemed to be under s fstsl necessity of mistake.” alternations went on, her choice resting i ther of i Mr. i omen ty of - '