The Weekly Sumter republican. (Americus, Ga.) 18??-1889, October 14, 1870, Image 1

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y ii >■■■11inmn*iw'iiiT'~~ i-t—- i 1 PUBLISHED BY HANCOCK, GRAHAM & REILLY, I "Volume 17. DEVOTES TO NEWS, POLITICS AND GENEBAL' PBOGEESS—INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. f & ■ f T1 i : TERMS: Three Dollars a Year, * PAVABX.K IU ADVAXCK. A.M.ERIOTJS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 14. 1870. Humber 34. tiiek kisses. ;ivenin childhood’* lioai never gave another; till 1 akffl shall feel cil my liiw for yearn, siM heart reeled in bliss y of tho hour felt young love's first kin f the sacred tliree ,ve felt the dying kiss, at kiss of burning love, he dead—then nevermore slionld they think to movi The Fatal Glass. ousin Walter, won’t yon drink my lh?” nnd Fanny Lacy turned from merry group, nnd held tho tempting it ,.f wine almost to his lips. Now, ter Frazier was a man of strong .us nature, nnd had inherited with it .iiilncss for dissipation. He led a wreckless life, and had l»een led hy many as a hopeless case ; uul r.itonished his friends, all at oi liis al'riqit discontinuance of liis old its, and a steady application to his iaos. Yet no one knew what nstnig- it cost him to do so. No one knows mental agony he endured in trying •ast off the temptation which constant ly 1,minted him, nnd sought to cost him n Iron the position he had reached, as, with him, a continual effort; for in* society iu which he moved, not a j,a-sed that ho did not experience a ptatiou to abandon his resolution, and u!ge “just once” in the dangerous us:in 1 , liis friends were by no means trirt in their habits, ami they fre- ntly urged him to take a glass, and >-areely attended an entertainment r’m was not offered wine ; all these r> \uro <iuietly refused ; but some- es he felt that the effort would snap The Hlaton's Grave. In all ages tho bodies of Masonic dead have been laid in graves dug due east and west with their faces toward the east. This practice has been borrowed and adopted py others, until it has become nearly universal. It implies that when the great day comes, nud when He who is Death’s ecnqnerer shall give the signal, his ineffable light shall be first seen in the east; that from the east he will make his glorious appearance; will stand at the eastern margin of those graves, and with his mighty power—that grasp, irresista- bly strong, which shall prevail—will raise the bodies which are slumboring therein. We shall have been long buried, long decayed. Friends, relatives, yea our nearest and dearest, will cease to remem ber where they have laid ns. The broad earth will have undergone wondrous changes, mountains leveled, valleys filled. Tho seasons will then have chased each- other in .many fitful rounds. Oceans, bished into fury bv the gales of to-mor row will have sunk like a spoiled child to their slumber. Broad trees with broader .roots, will have interlocked them hard and knobbed as they are above our having lived, and after centuries of life, they too will have followed our example of mortality, and long struggled with de cay, at least will have toppled down to join their remains to ours, thus oblitera ting the poor testimony that man has u here. So shall wo bo lost to human sight. But the eye of God, nevertheless, will mark the spot, green with everlasting verdure of faith, and when tho trumpet's blast shall shake the hills to their bases, our astonished bodies impelled upward by an irresista- blo impulse, nnd we shall stand fnco to face with our Redeemer. The Mountain of Dead Bodies in the Qnarrie. or Jaumont, Near Metz. lie made the struggle bravely through. II.- firmly resolved never again, to taste ,t.Aicatiug liquors ; for he knew him- .. ii wll enough to be assured that his :r.«t glias would lend to another, and ..M thirst once aroused, he could not iGl wlc iv it would end. But how could 1: • refuse his little cousin Fanny, the only one he had loved dearly from child- i.mul? Ami this was the night cf her bridal; au«l they, perhaps, would never uwt Again. Could he le’use her last ti lu-r voice sounded in hi a Walter, you remember it st time I shall ever ask yon.’ And | the bright blue eyes looked up s.t him i funerals as well rough their dim mist of tears. The *ere Germans. u>hed s too great, nnd raising the et to his lips, he drained it ttom ; but that was not all ses were drained, during md when Walter Frazier that night, he knew that ued man. The demon of was now aroused, and he nearest saloon, to allay his ling thirst—drank more, drank deep* ini then reeled home, and lay all it in a drunken stupor. Day after the t ame was repeated, night found in the same condition. There is a man at the door that won’t tut away. Ma’am,” raid Bridget, her head into Fanny Lacy’s, or Mrs. Morton’s pleasant sitting- Wobi>, “Jew.”—The following, which appears in a communication to a New York paper, is a piece of information that many do not posssess: “Tho word ‘Jew ’ is not the name of the once great nation of Palestine, but it merely de scribes their faith or belief. If should ask me what religion I have answer would be, “I am a Jew.” Ask my nationality—my answer “I am a Ger man.” The same as n protestant can lx an Irishman, as well as a Catholic can hi a German or a Jew can be a Frenchman, Mr. Sig. Kauffman is a German hy na tionalitv and a Jew by religion; and if a Jew is born in Dublin bo is as well an Irishman as a German born in New York is an American. I don’t believe there is a Jew living on the glolie that conld trace his descent; for, when tho emigra tion from Asia to Europe took place, Jews and Gentiles went there as well as Jews and Gentiles come to America.— You have attended Jewish weddings and us Catholic, and both Can a Jew be a Teuton or can a Lutheran be a bulb tlie same qnestio: religion is taught all ove l American are i. The Jewish the globe ” ‘ We drink, onsense Bridget; what is tho miug to me with such stuff' ? t‘ lie will go away if you tell him to ed lib him in,” nnd Mrs. M. book down petulantly, and Says the Chicago Post every one of us, a pair of boots a We carry iron enough in our blood, gtantly, to make a liorsdshoe. We have clay enough iu our frames to make, if properly separated and baked, a dozen good sized bricks. We eat, hero Chicago, at least a peck of dirt a month —no, that is not too large an estimate.— The man who carelesely tips a glass of lager into his stomach little reflects that he has begun the manufacture of a hat, yet such is tho case. The malt of the beer assimilates with the cbylo and forms a short of felt—the very same seen so often in lmt factories. But not being instantly utilized it is lost. Still farther; it is estimated the bones of every aduli person require to be fed with lime enough to make a marble mantle every eight months." "W alter Frazier!” she exclaimed, ns man with bloated face nnd blood-shot »' s staggered into the room. "Yos. I am Walter Frazier. Ah l yon iy well clasp your hands, you bcauti- 1 temptress, who wrought my woes! nt for yon, I, to-day might bo a noble, I 'l’riglit mau, filling the station God me for. Five years ago, you tempted with a glass of wine, and I loved ut so dearly I could not refuse, but fi m that hour I was ruined. And Vnnie Morton, look well on the wreck •on. Raise your hands to heaven |n'l thank God this isyonr work.' he could reply, he was gone, ['ll*- threw herself down on the floor, and v there all night sobbing in her wretch- bass ; and when morning came with s freshness and light, Bridget rushed I her room, saying: “Oh, Ma’am base come to the front door for a min u ■ She did so; and on the mArble I’* 1 p. Miff and cold lay the last of tlje | nee noble, generous Walter Frazier, 'ietimof intemperanoe. And now, my readers, by this true, * simple story take warning. Never . to another, this hateful poison, or nmv, like Mrs. Morton, embitter your I for tver.—Ruby Mortimore. Total Depravity.—A brother oi Henry Ward Beecher thus spoke at the Brooklyn church last Sunday: ‘It had been liis fortune to travel very largely among heathen nations, but there was, So said/ worse heatheuism in New York than iu iCanton, or among the Hottentots of the Cape of Good Hope. I have seen the Bengalee Indians, the Chinese, the South Sea Istanders, nnd the Crackers of Florida, and tho Hillers of South Carolina; and never, never, the surface of God’s earth have I jm such men and women as I have the last week or two in New York city. They cannot be fonnd. London may equal it. Hell does not surpass it.” Considering the congregation ho ad dressed, what a satire that is on Brother Henry’s ministration and what an ex quisite contribution to tho cause of truth Ala Tu ANI * Poetry.—A colored poet of • mphis, says the Missouri Republican * ^luced the Fifteen Amendment and [ Enforcement Bill to rhyme a a sm to atcal a pin. irime to cut» throat— a darned eight bigger to stops nigger oin patting in hie vote. “ May I sing, ms?” asked a yonng lady of four who had been taken to church by her mother, and wlmse bump of mnsic was doubtless netted by the performance to which she listening. Ma, whose eye was upon the ptniers in the next pew, of course stud Yes,” as all indulgent mothers do; and little hopeful with a strong voice com menced “ Up in a balloon—” “ Hash! hash!” said ma; “don’t sing that!”— Pausing a moment, the yonng vocalist struck up M Not for Jpe," and was im- lediately hustled out of the sanetuiy. » China is going to war now. She * the ultimatum of the French | n ‘ ln K the Ute missionary masea^.^, p erring to settle the mater by an ap* T^fo arms. Should this determina- f “ to actual hostilities, in that « as lmt the sympathies of the whole '“3 worid will be with the Frenolr The Prussians were received in sullen silence by-the pec pie of Strasbourg.— General Yon Warder was very insolent His first aet was to make a requisition on the half starved city iu favor of the abun dantly provided German troops. A Paris paper relates that Prof. Lannclouge, ot that city, keep * his pu pils in practioeby shooting bullets with a revolver into the corpses brought to the hospital, sad these ballets are then extracted from the corpses by the TRANSLATED BY THE REV. P. A. BLUM. For the Chronicle «f" Sentinel from tlte flaulois (Paris Pajter). Until now we have had no details of the engagement oi Jaumont. We extract the following terrible narrative from a letter addressed by a young soldier to liis brother : *“Yes, my dear Louis, the Major said, I have hail a terrible shock. May Heaven preserve me from ever witnessing a spectacle similar to that of the quarries of Jnumont, for I am very certatn that I would loose my senses. Event to this time my neives arc still trembling, which alters my writing, nnd wh-.u I close my eyes I see again this fearful tor rent of human beings falling over tin precipice. The battle of Jaumont will remain in history os one of the most terrific acts of war, and, liowover terrible, the imagina tion may describe it, it will never attain that degree of horror experienced by those who were spectators. Would you believe that after the blow was remained dumb, breathing with fright and even weeping before this horrible mountain of dead bodies. Ivnowest thou to what cause wo attri bute in our corps, this unheard of drama. They say it is the vengeance of four peas ants, ruined and burned out by the Prus sians. In order to avenge themselves, these men knowing well the country, mado themselves the guide of the enemy, and conducted them to a position that the Prussians imagined impregnable, not doubting the wonderful trap into which they were drawn. Thou will judge of it. The stone quarries of Jaumont, from which at first stones were taken from the top, form an immense and deep excava- vatiou, the walls of which attain a height of from seven to eight stories. It is at the summit of one of those pointed walls that the Prussians had themselves strong- established, very certain that they would not be surprised from the rear Of the four peasants that had led them into this place one made his escape in order to inform ns of the terrible means nsed to annihilate the enter corps. And this plan was infallible. At first worked from the top, the qnarry has been slowly excavated iu one of its sides by longsnbterrcneau galleries with many stories, one above the other, and which were maintained by support ing pillars. One side, I repeat again had been excavated, and it is on this ground, sustained by these pillars, that peasants had established the Prassi during the night. The obscurity, at first, and afterwards the high eleva tion, prevented them from having any knowledge of these galleries, which w hollow, on the top of which they had trenched themselves. At daybreak Bazaine attacked them from the front, and they fought full of confidence that they could not l>c taken from the rear. Bat nt the height of the combat, Cnurobert, who hnd flanked the quarries, planted cannon on the other side of the precipice in order to fire the pillars which supported the galleries. An hour after a sudden and immense crumbling, in ono enormous block, took placo under the feet of the Prussians and precipitated them into the chasm. O, my dear Louis should I live ono hundred years yet, I shall always hear the horrible cry ottered by the eutiro corps in feeling tho ground giving away under them. Im agine to thyself 20,000 cries con fouuding themselves into a single sound of indes- scribable despair, coming up from these men, when conscious of the instant death approaching. liko ono human voice, bat pow erful as possible, vibrating with that ter rible anguish of a last and doleful appeal for aid nnd a frightful adeiu to life.fbnt of very short duration, for the human avolance immediately commenced, and horses an cannon, all, is hurled pell mell into tho chasm in one enormous mass, which crushes itself under its terrible weight. At the same time that this crumbling took place, Bazaine drove the Prussian corps, before him with such irresistible fury that a half regiment of French who conld not retain their elan were also pre- lipitated in tho abyss. The drama lasted ten minutes; At this moment the national character was imme diately elevated. Instead of exclama tions of ferocious joy, which the Prus sians would not have failed to have given were they in onr place, at a similar suc cess, we remained quiet,terrified by his last and mournful cry which still rung in onr ears; and tears flowed from onr eyes, rliich remained fixed on this mass yet moving in the spasms of terrible agony. This heap of bodies, from which pro- traded arms, basts and heads of men, legs of horses, cannons, broken caisssons represented to us a living moun tain, the height of which settled little by little by its own weight, ended by filling two-thirds of the precipice which had oeived it The noise of the combat immediately censed. All with heavy hearts, were silent, listening to the twenty thousand moans issuing from this mass, and dying away as the masa becomes more compact Onr victory gave us fear. I am ignorant of what paaaed after words, for I fainted, and I am now awake in the ambulance after a long attack of delirium which had seixed me. To remove these thousands of heaped corpses for interment was impossible, tkat did time permit the raising of these braised bodies. We had id first thought of burning them . by inundating petro leum; bat we gave up that idea. The Prussians then hired' Belgians, at ten francs per day, to cover with and this mountain of human beings, from which four days terrible cries camfr out. In the place of earth they employed sand, be cause it fills op the empty spaces in the mass, and rising little by litle, it finishes by covering the frighfnl hecatomb caused by four peasants who desired to avenge their ontraged wives and their hnrned homes. They say even, that one of these false guides, who had succeeded in escaping in order to forewarn us, had rejoined the Prussians, in order to enjoy, at the price of his life, the pleasure of this terrible vengeance. Poor peasants, who a month since have seen lifo so culm ! They are there, all four sleeping their lost sleep under the bodies of 20,000 Prussians, for which their patriotic hatred prepared the death! Joe Trezel. Birdseye View ot Paris. he Beauty of the City—Paris ami the Pleasure See Jeer*—Tlte Fortifications, the Defences and Their Cost. In one of his most powerful essays De Quincy indulges in a train of reflection somewhat to the following effect: Snp* posing that.the moon is peopled with in telligent beings, and that those beings are provided with eyes or telescopes far surpassing our range of vision, on what earthly spectacles, would they look with the keenest interest ? Not, says tho elo quent essayist, on Fields of Cloth of Gold, or meetings of allied sovereigns, or reviews, or even on battles ; the Lunarians wonld rather choose to gaze on some scene of heroic feminine endu rance, where beauty, innocence and nobility of character all combimo to melt the heart of the spectator. The finest sight that earth conld show an observer upon another planet would be sneb a martyrdom as that of Joan of Arc, or such an exeention ns that of Marie Antoinette. Pay# Your Debts.—Simply because to do so, and now you have' You have wheat, corn, hay sell, and pay up. Pay- your remember he is worthy of his wife and little ones need food, g—must be educated; be has to .yon in Holy things; now pay him out of your worldly things.— Pay your physican; remember how he waited on your sick family until they were restored to health. Pay your mer chant; now is the time you promised him; you succeeded hi gaining his con fidence, and obtained your supplies.— Now, he needs it badly; yon cannot con ceive how much; pay, and you will see his rigid mouth relax into the most pleas ant smiles. Try him, and watch the ex traordinary effect—you will make him a happier and a better .man. Pay all persons you owe, so your credit may bo good, olid “yonr wonl your bond?’ and your conscience will approve, and God will bless, yon, because you do it ii in obddrante to-His word. Did yon not know, that “ honest man is the noblest work of God?” Yes, he is! Pay your debts, and your credit will be just os good “ As a bard shell Baptist’s.”—Car- terscille Ex. Babies.—We love babies, and every body who does love babies—No man has music in his soul who don’t love babies. Babies were made to bo loved, especially girl babies, when they grow up. * isn’t worth a shack who hasn't a baby, and the same rale applies to a woman.— A baby is a spring day in winter, a hot house in mid-winter; and if it is healthy, A beautiful city has often been com pared to a beautiful woman, and sorely city in tho world is more largely eu* (lowed with that sort of fascination which beauty inspires than Paris. At all times Paris is an object of more lively interest to the moss of mankind than any other town in the world, onr own sombre me tropolis not excepted ; bnt at present that interest is vastly enhanced by tho tragical destiny that appears to be im pending over tho gay and glittering haunt of pleasure seekers from all parts l BEAUTIFUL CITY. and good nature, and von are sure it’ yours, it is a bushel of sunshine, n matter how cold the weather. A man cannot be a helpless case so long as he loves babies—one at a time. We loye babies all over, no matter how dirty they Babies were born to be dirty. We love babies because they are babies, and because their mothers were loveable and lovely women. Onr love for babies is only bounded by the number of babies in the world. We always look for ba bies, we do with anxiety and paternal affection; we do, indeed we do. We al ways have sorrowful feeling for mothers that have no babies, and don’t expect any. Women always look very down hearted who have no babies; and men who have uo babies always grumble and drink whisky and stay out nights trying of the world. Who can believe it? Lit tle more than two months ago there was not a cloud in the sky as big as a man’s hand, and now the heavens are black with tempests. Two months ago if a prophet, a modern Isaiah, the son of Amos, had appeared on the Boulevard des Italiens, and prophesied tlie speedy encampment of hundreds of thousands of foreigners on the soil of France, ho would have been treated as a lunatic, and sent to the Bicetre. And write, this mass of armed men is steadily drawing towards Paris. £ FORTRESSES. ling the German host should reach Paris, will Paris open her gates, or will she resist to the death ? She de clares that the will resist to the death, and her chances of success are much greater now than in 1814 or 1815. Mod- _ „ warfare has tended to show the mensc advantages of fortresses. Toni and Pfalsburg have proved that lasts E. J. KIRKSCEY, O.IV.C.T.OP Gcorgi*. DELIVERED BEFORE THE GBAUD LODGE AT AKEEICTJS, OCTOBER 5TH 1870. To the Officers and Members of the Grand Lodge of Georgia, Independent Order of Gootl Templars; Brothers and Sisters: By the authori ty of the (trand Lodge, given to me at its lust session held in Atlanta, Novem ber 22nd and 23rd 1869, I have assem bled you as Representatives from the different parts of the State, from the several subordinate Lodges, thus early in tlie season and two months before the regular time of holding the annual Sess ion, that you might legislate for the good of the Order, interchange your views with each other on the all important jioint of. immediate action to extend onr lielovcd Order throughout the State, and consult as to the best mode of advancing our army into the enemy’s territory. Let ns first of all retnrn thanks to The Great Grand Chief Templar of the Universe for the many oomforts around us, as well os for the blessings showered upon our institu tion, nnd invoke^ His continued Divine blessing upon our Order, for without His tve accomplish no good. ion, adopted the following report St. Louis, May2G, 1870. The Right Worthy Grand Lodge'of North America :. Your committee, to whom was referred tho snbject of Children’s Organizations, wonld most respectfully submit. the fol lowing report: After a carefnl examination of the vari ous juvenile organizations, your commit tee ore unanimous iii the opinion Uinttbe Gold Water Templar’s organization is the most appropriate and efficient, and the best adapted to educate the children in the principles of Temperance. We wonld therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolutions: Resoleetl, That the Right Worthy Grand Lodge adopt tlie Ritual of the Cold Water Temple organization. Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the Right Worthy Grand Templar, who shall have the general su pervision of tlie Cold Water Temple or ganization, and as soon os possible divide STATE OF TIIE ORDER. It gives me exceedingly great pleasure to be able to report a five fold increase in our numerical strength since we last met in annual session, and we have tho most flattering hopes of future success, if wo will onlvbe vigilant and active in advanc ing onr army of Good Workers. We havo instituted forty-six new Lodges during tlie post eight months all of them under the most flattering pros pects of future success, and we trust each oue will be a bright and shining light. FINANCIAL CONDITION OF Vi HAND LODGE. Under this head, our esteemed Broth ers Thrower and Pilgrim, Grand Secreta ry and Treasurer, will give all the data you may desire. GRAND LECTURER. to get music in their souls; bnt they come it Babies are babies and nothing can take their place. Pianos play out, unless there’s a baby in the house. We have tried it; we know and we say there’s nothing like a baby. Babies are a pro ductive substance uud we intend to talk more about babies in tho future. We iutend to tell our friends if they waut to be happy in this world they must have a baby in the house—one of their own is preferable. Babies stimulate exertion; they make a young man scratch gravel; this view of the case, they the while laying golden eggs. A hardly ever worth three red cents until he gets a wife and baby. They push him to it. While he is making enough for their support, he is sure to have some thing over. James Gordon Bennett third-rate forts constitute a most formid able obstacle to the advance of a hostile force. Ever since the revolution of 1789 the idea of fortifying Paris was entertained, but nothing practical was effected till 1840, when M. Thiers obtained a grant of 140,000,000 francs for tlie purpose. It lias been the fashion for many years to regard the works that were then con structed as a giant specimen of Oileanist folly. But now, in the face of danger, tho Parisians rush to the opposite ex treme, nnd praiso M. Thiers as the wis est of his species. Ills LASTLEOS. It is known privately among journalists that James Gordon Bennett, Sr., of the Herald, is on his death-bed, and that liis end may be expected at anv moment 3 DIVISION OP PARIS. Regarded from the point of millitary topographer, Paris is divided into two parts by the river Seine, the northern part of which is much larger and lies lower than tho other. The most conspicuous natural object on the north side of the town is thehiUof Mont martre, 426 foot high, which forms i commanding eminence close to tho boon dary lino of the city, and is inaccessible on all sides, except that towards the town. It is a position of surpassing strength, and if well defended with ar tillery, would be almost impregnable. Montmartre is separated from Belleville by the plain of St Denis. The plateau of Belleville, the hill of Montmartre and tho plain of St Denis are the natural de fenses of Paris. THE ARTIFICIAL DEFENCES. Now for M. Thiers* artificial defences. They comprise an enceinte 35,914 yards In most of the newspaper offices elabor ate obituaries havo been in preparation for several days, and that bound file of I deeply regret that onr fiuances were at such a low ebb, that I felt constrained to withdraw our beloved Grand Lec turer from the field, although the harvest was then quite ripe, and we so sadly needed good speeches. I exhausted every resource at my command to obtain tlie necessary funds to keep him and others constantly in the field. I endeav* ored to borrow the money from older bodies of “ Good Templars,” but failed. I applied to onr dear mother, tho R. W. G. Lodge, she however, had far more needy children to feed and clothe, and here alone without help we did the best conld, but was not able to have each Lodge lectured during the term. I trust that your next G. W. C. Templar, will be able to place in the field at least able and efficient Lecturer—immediately on the close of the session. b jnns- each member of the diction. Resolved, That committee be instruct ed to prepare a constitution, to be print ed without delay by the Right Worthy Grand Lodge, for the use of this organi zation. Resoleetl, That the committee shall so plan this organization that it shall be self-sustaining. Resoleetl, That the highest interests of the children demand a pure Temperance literature, and we thererfore recommend the juvenile publications of the National Temperance Society to the patronage of the Order. All of which is most respectfully sub mitted. D. Wilkings, J. B. Graw, Thomas Roberts, Julia J. Drew, Isaac B. Ains worth, Committee. Report adopted. Brothers Wilkings, of Illinois, Aiken, N. H., Hickman, of Ky., Graw of N. J., and Durham, of N. Y., were appointed the committee ns required by the report. JBjr this, action, tho Right Worthy Grand Lodge, assumes the direction and supervision of the Cold Water Temple. Up to the lost session of the Right Wor thy Grand Lodge, it had been under the Grand Lodge of Illinois, where it had its origin. To make this Juvenile Insti tution a success, nnd the Grand Lodge of the State of Georgia assume os little re sponsibility asnosrible, the plan given by D. W. Wilkins Grand Worthy Chief okl alike, that ‘eternal vigilance la the prico of liberty* from the bondage of sin and shame, and * *-—*-*— ****~* that they er- ‘Let us, then, encourage by every means ... onr power, an earnest determination among the meuiliers of our Order to sustain tho Tem perance Tress. Before the close of this session several Good Temperance papers will be laid be fore you and “prospectus” for others will oorae in for yonr action. Let me beseech your cal inn and unselfish action in this matter, in selecting one as the official organ of the State, that will reflect credit oif our Order. ’ • POLITICAL ACTION. Notwithstanding the fact that I am in favor of “strict Prohibition” and of itringeut laws prohibiting the sale of spir ituous liquors every where in our State, lean only recognize tho great difficulty of reducing “these sentiments into uni-, form practical application in a jurisdiction delv extended as our Order, and among a body composing so many persons of diverse political associations. “I think itwiae and prudent that the political stand- ,test i i onr Lodges. RECOMMENDATIONS. I bog yoiv to retain our present able active Grand Worthy Secretary in office. He is now familiar with the duties of the office and in his bands the Order will not suffer. I recommend his salary be placed at 8600. This will enable him in some degree to give up his time. I would further urge upon each representative to give him their cordial support by com pelling their respective Lodge Deputies to be prompt in their reports. GOOD OF THE ORDER. In order that this Body may know who lias done tho work I have instructed each deputy to make his report, and hope yon will after hearing their report and know their worthineas—give them their reward as good and faithful servants. FEES AND DUES. satisfied that there should be a change in the per capita tax by placing it at 25 cents instead of 5 cents. the little lltrald of 1835 has been well ransacked for characteristic specimens of Bennett’s early stylo of journalism. The veteran has been in declining health fur two years. He has not been down town from bis Washington Heights residence for a year. Tlie effect on the editorial character of tlie Herald lias been very marked. It lias lost tliat strong individ uality which made it at one time so fear ed and conrted. Nobody now cares for the Herald’s opinion on the political situation. It might advocate the claims of a dozen different public men for the Presidency without exciting a particle - — * —. TI .. rti.aIa/1 Kv ii, am in length^ completely inclosing the city on all sides, bostioned and terraced with thirty feet wall. Oatsido the enceinte are the casematcd works and independ ent forts, of which most lie on tho north or right bank of the Seine. On the north is St Denis, with a doable crown work facing north, northeast and north west ; a special fort on the east and the little fort of La Briche on the west, to gether forming a strong defence for the city on the north. To the southeast of St Denis lies the redoubt of Aubervil- tiers, covering La Yillette on the north east Further to the south is the fort of Bomainville, and on the samo line, still further to the east, the fort and earth works of Noisy. Proceeding south are two forts, covering Bagnolet and Mon- treuil on the northeast Farther south Roeny, and still more to the south and cast the fort of Nogent, within which ties tlie next great fortress of Vincennes. At St Mease and at other points north of the Seine are redoubts, bnt those named are the most considerable. To the south of the Seine are the forts of Charenton, between the Seine and the Marne; Ivry, of interest It is not quoted by its co temporaries, nor do people in society vigorously denounce it as a satanic sheet as of old. If ever a man impressed him self on a paper, Bennett did on the Her- aid. When he drops ont it is the Herald no longer. His son has no taste for journalism. Ho passes most of his time on his yacht, and the paper is really ducted without a supreme head, each department being run by an indepen dent chief with bis own corps of sub ordinates. When Mr. Bennett dies, it is probable that his great journal will pass into other hands. His heir, with an ample fortune, will be anxions to rid himself of uncongenial responsibilities. It is doubtful if the Herald can regain its old rank under another conductor. Its place, as a strong, aggressive and not over scrupulous commentator on current events is now occupied by the Sun, which has also swept away a large part of its circulation. It will always be a great advertising sheet, however. New York ers have got into tho rat of advertising in the Herald, for houses and help, and it will forever oommand that class of patro nage, though its editorial page should become as lifeless as that of the Weekly Lumber Reporter. that Lave been decided are now i; hands of the Committee, and will come up for yonr approval or disapproval. DECISIONS. I havo answered very many questions for my Sisters and Brothers, none of them however of sufficient interest to bring be fore the Representatives of this Grand body. SUBORDINATE LODGES. Tho work in the Lodges has been a good work with bat few exceptions.— The officers and members have vied with each other and brought the work to perfection. Bicetre, Montronge, Vanves, Issy and tho great fortress of Mont Volerion, which towers above every thing in the neighborhood on the west of Paris, and commands the westerly reach of the Seine and the Bois de Boulogne. AlW . Tho fortifications form a girdle round Paris of 89,000 metres—needy twenty- four miles. With respect to the two wide bays formed by the Seine pt each extremity of Paris below the viaduct bridge at Auteui), and above tho Point Napoleon at Bercy, tho epaulements of the ramparts are carried bn into the shal low water of the river, the channel in tho centre of which will be defended by piles. There are seven or eight hundred em brasures for cannon in the parapet all round the enceinte. Many powerful guns have been placed in position on the detached forts. Tho stores of food and munitions of wav are considerable. Gloves are “going up” in price consequence of tho war. The largest manufacturer for this country is Alexan dre, who supplies one house iu New York city with about 70,000 dozen -pain of kid gloves per annum. As his princi pal factory for cutting is in Paris, his shipments have stopped, and his house states that their resumption will depend upon the contingencies of the war.-— Gldves have accomplished much for Mr.. Mailer, who stamps his givon name of “ Alexandre” npon the gloves. He owns a hotel in Paris for n winter residence, and possesses La Grange, with its Co bed-rooms and 1,500 acres of land, dis tinguished in former years as the home of LaFayette. His hospitulity ponds with these important dwellings.— He manufactures his own champagne, claret and brandy; each of a fine qtiati- ty. 1 ‘ J*Tlxe Detroit Free Press says:— There is no wrong of which this adminis tration has not been guilty. Its affiliation with and in aid of tho military mob in North Carolinia; its eendorsement of similar conduct in other Southern States, and its more reoent indorsement of the the Ritual, disfranchisement of sixty thousand white men in Missouri, all stamp it as corrupt and partisan beyond all precedent. * • ---v* J 7 >. ‘ * •- In accordance with tho action of (he Right Worthy Grand Lodge at Oswego, a circular was sent to all the Lodges in the State, instructing them to vote for or against continuing the Degrees. The result throughout the jurisdiction of the Bight Worthy Grand Lodge was os fol lows : For the Degrees 35,620 Against the Degrees 18,530 Majority for 20800 Majority Against 3,210 Majority for the Degrees, as far as re ports have been sent in, 17,390. It will be seen that the vote Degree question has been exceedingly tight Out of a membership of about 400,000, less than 60,00 persons have voted, oyr not more than one-seventh of the whole number of members. The following is the action of the R. W. G. L. at its last session in St Louis. Whereas, The Degree question is, has been, and is likely to be a snbject to be discussed in future sessions of this grand body, so long ai the success and the workings thereof remains in its present status, it is therefore Resolved] That, our whole Degree ques tion be referred back to a special com mittee, to bo composed of the following members of this grand body, viz; Past Right .Worthy Grand Templars Chase and Hastings, and Bro. Orniston, of Cana da, whose duty it shall be to confer wit the chief executive officers of the several Grand Lodges prior to the next session of this body, with power to oollect such evidence as to them may seem advisable, with a view of ascertaining the opinion of the whole body of Good Templars on this much vexed question, and that they re port at the next session of oar grand body such a mode (as to them may aoeM advisable) of settling this matter. • - By these proceedings you see thatthe degrees are retained and I need not say to this body that each Subordinate Lodge should and must have its degree Temple. And I hope you-will InatourtyoarBep- reeentatives to the next R. W. G. L. to retain the degrees, without any change in Templar of Illinois, iu his last annual address is hsre submitted for your seri ous consideration and action. 1. Appoint a competent general super intendent, who shall have the entire su pervision of tho Cold Water Tempie work in the btate. 2. Let it be his duty to appoint a county superintendent in every county, whose duty it shall be to see that Templers are instituted in every township or precinct within their respective county, and havo the general supervision of the same, under the direction of the General Superintendent. 3. Let the General Superintendent hold county and district conventions, aided by the county superintendent, and the deputies and lecturers of this Grand Lodge, so far os practicable. 4. Let the General Superintendent ad opt a financial basis, that will be self- tainiug, with -the exception of printing circulars, notices, etc. 5. Let the General Superintendent grant all charters for the instituting of Temples, nnd all reports be made di rectly to him—he reporting annually to the Grand Lodge. I do not suppose that any sane person doubts the troth that it is far better to save from Drunkenness, than to reform the Drunkard, this great fact is seen by our Order, and the noble army is rallying around the little ones. Brothers and Sisters here is a ripe hon est, come to the field with yonr reap hooks. THE FUTURE. What shall it be ?- It devolves on this present session to say what shall be the future history of Good Templars in Geor-' gia. Yes my Brothers it devolves on you to say how for the burning waves of Intemperance shall sweep over onr honored State, and where they shall be stayed. As your retiring Grand Officer, I call upon you, in the name of common humanity to rise in all the vigor of yoath and manliness, and arrest if, possible the tide of whisky which is sweeping o’er the beauty of qar (land. We need warm hearts and willing hands, whisky with which we have to contend is more power ful than Kings ( and Presidents, and will not be defeated without a straggle. Go then earnestly to work in the cause of humanity, in the cause of God. We may toil long as Good Templars against this evil, bnt remember victory is ours in the end. It is the cause of man’s happiness, and would reflect glory upon the angels of God, were they permitted to engage in it Be not discouraged though we advance alowly. I would not forget those beloved Broth ers who have rendered me so much aid. in the discharge of my duties in institut ing new Lodges and overlooking old in their work. “Infoks the aeeSetsneeof “God overhead,” end do your duty well, and when the eouree or fife is run, and tho lest hour of hnman probation ar rive*, you will look beck upon your efforts to stay the tide of crime, and rave the drunkard high end holy eatisftetiou. Angel* wffiwhieper in your car of men redeemed from vice and crime, end hy your hand clocked as .brands from the burning. Such tiding* wifi be sweeter music to yanreparii, then aU the anthems of the ■ earth, and though home upon the bleat, or waftedon the gentle breeze, the flourish of trumpet*, or the melody of the organ, awy dU- turb tho stance of your death-chamber, tho memory of your good act, wifi kneel by your dying couch, ana do its homage there, aiul breathe upon you a tweeter strain than <— purchased by the wealth, the *• pomp and parade of empires. w.thonouy CONCLUSION. And now as I surrender to yonr keep ing the high trust reposed in mo—and take my seat among you as a worker jn the common ranks, allow ma-toratuzn to you my warm thanks and acknowledg mentsfor the kind hospitatites received at yonr hands, and your gentle forbear ance—and may God bless oar cause is’ my prayer. E. J. KIRKSCEY, G.W.O.T. return to the .many ministers of the Gospel, those Christian women.— The Press, both Temperance and Secular, for the interest they have exerted in our behalf and hope ns an institution we will merit their continued favors—in the fu ture. I have ever found warm hearts to wel come me, and provide for my comfort all of my visits among the Lodges. Pigeoen Express.-Wo stated the other day that twenty-five years ago carrier pigeons werp emplpyed bj the New York Sun to convey items of news ahead of tbo ‘ mails. Our readers will see by the cable telegrams of to-day that the people of Paris have substituted the pigeon express for the. telegraph in sanding out and re ceiving back news from Tours, Metz, &c. Those pigeons were no doubt obtained from Brussels, where at least 15,000 are continujdty domiciled. No doubt they have a good stock of theee birda in Farm, and that they are what are called “hom ing birds”—that is, birds trained to re- has been conducted with pleasure, and not one line have I received to wonnd or offend. V THE TKMPERENC] In calling yonr attention to the Press one of the strong points of our Order, I beg that you will allow me to quote from the report of our old War Horae the Right Worthy Grand Chief Templar.— Me rays GOLD WATER TEMPLES, The Right Worthy Grand Lodge at its ‘•Ono marked evidence of wwkaew in owr Op- der"ia “ the frarftal lo— we MaojJgsMUuxin our membership from the deeeriioa of theee Order, leiTinyt dishonorable ----- — SSmSg°toS5*iMtaSto»hoStU ofradoll. SB ESiSd acknowledged, m-wm™ uwouem messenger that shall find tbo deserter in all hie wandering#, and shall plead with him with an importunity flat will not be denied." ‘nn tho home, also, where early joys and com forts blind tlio vision of its inmates to the temp tations of eia without, tho silent comes with ite lessons of wisdom, office’s hard experience, to teach young and turn homo even months after their libera* tion. However nUKh we may pride o this CHS Uwmgeon KrtiMM theetortnc telegraph, Md where the win* would be ot no .veil, » bird ofttejir wdl airy the voice, end that which Irath wiegs tells the matter—ft mode of eommmuo*- tion nt least ns old m the time of Solo- mon. Contrasts.—An interesting volume might he written concerning startling _ _ the .British navy went .down at aea, just as one of the smallest and frailest boats' in tho world rodehafely fcto pact after an on nnpanl- leled voyage across the Atlantia And V while poor France is being devaaU- J own Virginia, so full still of war, is suffering terri- from a superfluity otwattf. - ■tare - Are and water, and for disaster! Even in *?ns of tbecon- the onset of tho of God, who never smites but for some, good purpose! The “heathen Chipaq,”'. ^ ; on tlie contrary, attributes misfortune to % the deviL and worships him on the ground that God sends only pleasant things, and therefore need not be placa ted;while the Evil Spirit is the author of . man’s troubles, and therefore must be propitiated.—Augusta Constitutionalist. Kjf John Allen, “ the wickedest man in New York,” is dead, and ™ borisd ■mmMmHSI last Sunday. MniHii