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COLUMBUS:
FRIDAY MURMMi, DEC. 2.
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Slnsoosce County Nominations
legislature—.l. ill. SMITH,
’ J. F. TOO.
Sheriff—J. J. BRADFORD.
Clerk Superior Court—G. Y. PONIL
Oouuty Treasurer —F. G. WILKINS,
Tax Collector—J AS. JVL LENNART).
Tax Reoelrer—H. S. PARK.
Coroner— K. A. WOOD.
County Surveyor— JOHN E. LAMAR.
Bemotratio Congrettional Ticket.
First District—4lst—W. W. Paine.
•“ “ —42 d—A. T. Mclntyre.
Second District—Nelson Tift.
Third District—William F. Wright.
Fourth District—Winborn .T. Lawton.
Fifth District—4lst—B. A- Corker.
<• “ —42 d—D. M. Dubose.
Sixth District —William P. Price.
Seventh District—Pierce M- B. Young.
At Macon.—The Macon papers state
that President Wm. M. Wadiey, of the
Central Railroad, has established his
residence in that city.
Commence Next Spring. —We learn
that tie extension railroad shops, so
frequently spoken of, to be built by the
Central railroad at this point, will be
commenced next spring.
• Fine Sheep. —We saw some splendid
imported ones in a wagon yesterday.
The ram was a magnifiicent specimen.
It was a real plsasure to find a farmer
who thinks of something save c hi
vating cotton.
Another Democratic Victory.—
Manning (Democrat) has beaten Joe
W. Holden (Radical) for Congrer in
the*Raleigh, N. C., District by 43G ma
jority.
The total amount collected by direct
taxation from the Southern States this
year was $3,297,000, leaving a balance
of the assessment yet to be collected
amounting to $2,4G6,00, the balance
due for Georgia being $502,000.
Four of the Georgia circuit judges
have pronounced upon the relief law of
the last Legislature, two holding it con
stitutional and the other two the oppo
site.
The Montgomery Mail says: The
military bodyguard of bellicose ex-Gov
ernor Bmith having been withdrawn
early this morning, an armed loil negro
body guard was supplied by Barber,
headed by Dick Dillard, alias Dick
Johnston, one of the negroes who made
the murderous assault on Luke O’Brien
The negroes were soon withdrawn,
howeyer, and a white bodyguard sub
stituted.
Superior Court Yesterday.—ln
the caso of Blackmar & Chandler against
Barnett <fc Co.’s lino of steamers,the
jury gave the plaintiffs the amount
claimed—slsoo, with interest from Oct.
Ist, 1808. The claim was based upon
the engagement of the plaintiffs by
Barnett to act as the agents for the
steamboat line for a year, and that
without sufficient cause they were dis
continued from such agency. Smith &
Alexander, and Col. Blandford, for
plaintiffs; Moses & Moses, and Peabody
& Brannon, for defendants.
The Common Law Docket was then
rapidly called. The old cases—-previ
ous to 1805—could not be tried, and the
new ones were mostly continued.
Court adjourned at Bp, m,, to meet
at 9 a. m. to-day.
For Texas. —About one hundred
persons, mostly from Chattahoochee
and Stewary counties, left on the West
ern train Wednesday, for Texhs. Mr.
Simon Dean has charge of’ tho party
from Chattahoochee. There were
several large, families in the company.
Mr. J. Baggett married Miss Lunsford,
both of Chattahoochee, while awaiting
the departure of the train. It is esti
mated flt)0,000 persons settled in Texas
last year.
Rare Honesty.—A gentleman com
ing from the country the other day, over
a lonely road, loßt a bag, containing
two live pigs. He had no idea where
they fell out and gave them up for lost.
A freedman discovered the prize, and
instead of faritg sumptuously on the
fat swine, made frequent inquiries, at
last found the owner and delivered the
property.
The New Bridge. —Tho S. AY. K. It.
Company are now erecting over the W.
R. R. track, on the road to the ceme
tery, a bridgo which will be permanent.
It is to be composed of a brick embank
ment and a level iron bed, the floor of
which will be laid with the T rail. As
the approaches are to be pleasant we
suppose all complaints from that quar
ter will cease. The new structure will
be shortly completed.
Advance in Railroad Fares. —The
three great railways from the Atlantic
seaboard to the West, the New \ork
Central, the New York and Erie, and
the Pennsylvania Central, have entered
into an arrangement, through their
general ticket agents, of an advance of
fare. The advance from New York to
Chicago is from $lB to $22, and from
Philadelphia to Chicago from sl7 to
S3O, with a corresponding increase to
all other points touched by the several
companies. The new arrangement is
already in operation.
A Catholic quarterly, the Dublin Re
view, high in favor in the United King
dom,’assures its readers, in its last num
ber, that the Catholics form one-fourth
of the United States, and they are in
creasing in number, not only more
rapidly than all other classes, but at a
greater ratio than the general increase
o£ the whole population, large as that
ratio is.
A correspondent of tho World, writ
ing from Washington, gives birth to a
rumor that tho patriots of Cuba have
abandoned all hope of assistance from
the United States, and are now contem
plating a Federal Republic in the Amer
ican Mediterranean, to include the Brit
ish, Spanish, French, Dutch, Danish
and Swedish West India colonies, and
the independent States of St. Domingo
and Havti. This plan looks well on
paper, but we fear it will go no further.
Theßelief Law and the Supreme
COURT.— The Atlanta Sua says, “if the
court remains as it is there can he no
doubt of its opinion. It will two to
one against the Relief Law. But as
Chief Justice Brown will probably
resign in a few weeks, and another
Chief Justice be appointed, the proba
bility is that Mr. Justice Warner will
be left solitary and alone, aud the de-,
cisions of Judges Hopkins aud Twiggs
will be reversed.
Mobile Fair. —It commences on De
cember 6th.
Meal.— lt is now being sold at the
mills at $1 20 wholesale and #1 25 re
tail.
The colored Georgia Annual Confer
ence will convene at Augusta on the
4th of January, 1871, in Trinity Church.
New York, December 3.—The cable
has been engaged all day sending ac
cumulated business Eastward.
A solve OR A SERMON.
Scotia’s bard and nature’s poet, the
immortal Robert Burns, in the com
mencement of one of his inspirations,
expresses a doubt whether it will end
in a song ora sermon. The genius of
history and the political student is, and
may be, equally puzzled to know
whether the experiments now being
made by Radicals on our Government
will end in a song, or a sermon, in a
farce or a tragedy. The original forms
and spirit of our different Constitutions
would no more be recognized t»y their
wise authors, than were the youthful
companions of Old Kip, after his long
nap amid the Catskill mountains the
glorious work of their huuds no>v ie
sembles the boy s jack knuc, which
was mended so often and in so mauy
different ways that at last he could nol
see it, or like the old preacher’s silk
stockings, that by numerous darnings
and patchings, at length lost their
identity. We have been swung around
the political circle through every inter
mediate degree of latitude and longi
tude, from the wildest anarchy to the
calm of military despotism.
We remember that Mr. Calhoun, that
purest of men, but erratic as a states
man, suggested the idea of a dual
Prtßidency for the United States. The
thought was not exactly original for the
ancient Romans had their Sylla’s and
Marius’—their double headed Consuls
and even their Triumvirates, who were
supreme in civil and military affairs.
History teaches that such a divided
sovereignty ended only in factious and
civil wars, and, therefore, the proposal
of Mr. Calhoun to convert our system
of an elective and representative Re
public into a sectional Democracy, or
two-headed Consulship was at once
abandoned without a single follower,
as unsuited to the spirit of the age or
he genius of our people.
If Mr. Calhoun was alive he could
now see his idea of a double Executive
personated in a sister State, not, how
ever, as he proposed, by a fair election,
but by an attempt at usurpation and
fraud, never equaled for audacity in
the most corrupt age or country.
The Radical Senate now- recognize
Ex-Governor Smith as Governor of
Alabama, while the Democratic House
claim Lindsay as the real Governor.
The Montgomery advertiser of yes
terday says: “Governor Lindsay re
ceived a dispatch from the War Depart
ment at Washington stating that the
Administration would not interfere in
Alabama affairs now transpiring at the
Capitol.” Here that the Rad
ical Alexander refuses, as is his wont,
to cut this knot with his sword. We
shall wait patiently on Time, the test
of truth, and the just arbiter of iadi
viduals and nations, to say whether the
manipulations of Radicalism with our
organic laws, will end in a song or a
sermon—in a merry farce or an awful
anil bloody tragedy.
■ Excellent and Well-Timed Ad
vice.— Wo wish every Democrat could
have heard the earnest, well timed and
eloquent address which Col. A. R. La
mar made in the council chamber Wed
nesday night. It was after the voting
had bean finished, and the count had
not progressed sufficiently to'even have
an opinion as to the resuit, and when a
motion had been made that if nomina
tions be not effected, the meeting ad
journ to have a vote on Saturday. The
speech was very brief, but every word
told. He exhorted the party to bo firm
and harmonious, that itr might be lilted
above petty strife »nd division, that it
might present that array of strength and
devotion to principle which ought to be
its characteristics. Candidates should
forget the individual, and do something
to discountenance the oppression and
wrong which for many years had been
heaped upon the people of the South.
He was in the interest of no person. As
there would, perhaps, be a nomination
of all officers but Mayor, he was in fa
vor of that candidate, be he who ho
may, who received not a majority of the
whole, hut the highest vote. He was
apposed to the repetition of such a thing
as the night had witnessed, because it
weakened the party. The address of
tho eloquent spfeaker was received with
loud applause and the warmest expres
sions of admiration. All motions were
withdrawn, and the question of the ma
jority-nomination —whether to have an
other vote or not—was left to the can
dates thomselves. That speech has al
ready effected much towards strength
ening and harmonizing our party. We
have heard many able judges pronounce
it the best speech they ever heard.
Tile Alabama Muddle.
In tho Montgomery Advertiser of
yesterday., is an able communication
signed Justice, on the Alabama mud
dlo. From it we make the following
extract:
If a Judge has the power claimed for
him, it rests altogether in his power,
whether or not we have any constitu
tion or government. He may eDjoin
all elections required to be held by law;
he may enjoin voting by ballot or
voting at all. He may prevent the re
turns of any being made. Or in other
whether we have a constitution
or not, would depend upon the whims
and caprice of Judges, perhaps no more
trustworthy than the brilliant trio, who
by filing this bill have won for them
selves the fame of the Ephesian incen
diary, and made themselves
“Fixed figures for tho time of scorn
To point his slow unerring finger at.”
Hereafter, all that a defeated office
holder would have to do to retain his
office, wouid be to get a Judge to enjoin
the counting of the votes; get the case
into some Court, which has no juris
diction—and then comfortably draw
his salary and wait.
The electors for President might be
enjoined from counting their votes—or
the President of the Senate ot the
United States might be enjoined
from counting the votes cast for the
respective candidates as directed by the
Constitution of the United States. In
fact, according to the doctrine now
acted by these luminaries, it could not
be ascertained who was elected, and
the whole matter would be left in a
state of uncertainty, delighted to the
man v.-ho was holding on.
But Smith’s bill is am generis. There
is no party to it, except Barr, one ot the
conspirators—as a matter of course he
will take no steps to contest Smith’s
election, ahd the bill can be taken pro
confute as to him in thirty days.
Governor Lindsay having been Con
atitutionally declared elected, ho cannot
be deprived of bis seat except by force.
He is dejure and de facto Governor
i Smith, if ho chooses, can contest the
election if there is any law for it, but he
cannot be Governor until he is declared
by some competent authority.
Further Correspondence.—Gov
ernor Lindsay lias again requested the
usurper Smith to surrender his office,
calling his attention to the law, and
saying it did not make the Governor
the judge of elections. Smith still re
fuses, saying he would give his rAsons
on Thursday (yesterday). See corres
pondence in another column.
A Brave Lady. —The attempt of a
Fifteenth Amendment to rob the resi
dence of Mrs. C. A. Jones, in Union
Springs, Ala., was foiled by that lady.
He was stealing the quiltg from the bed
of her young son when he was discov
ered. She attacked him with a fire
shovel and belabored him so unmerci
fully that he fled and left every article
behind.
Reported for the Montgomery Advertiser.
ALABAMA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE—NINTH DAT.
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 1870.
Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
Adjourned until 10 o’clock, Friday
morning.
hocbe.
The House met at 12 m. Journal of
yesterday read and approved.
The following message from Gov
Lindsay was received, aead, and 1500
copies ordered printed:
State of Alabama, i
Executive Department, [
Montgomery, Nov. 29,1870. J
Gentlemen of the Senate and house of
Representatives: It is with pleasure I
avail my self ot the privilege vested in
me by the Constitution of the Stale, to
communicate with the Legislative De
partment of the Government. Although
on the very threshhold of your high
and important duties, you have encoun
tered a remarkable and anbmalous con
dition of public affairs, I cherish the
pleasing hope that piesent embarrassing
circumstances will soon yield to the
combined spirit of patriotism and of
reason.
It is to be deeply regretted that the
high character Alabama attained among
her sister States, by the peace, order
and tranquility which characterized our
recent general election, should be im
paired by the untoward events of the
past few days, but 1 fondly trust that
by your wisdom and prudence the ma
lignant influence of a few misguided
men will be speedily and effectually
counteracted. In ail you may do to
secure a result so desirable, you wiil
receive my earnest and diligent co-op
oration.
Coming recently from your homes
and constituencies, it is scarcely neces
sary for me remind you of the depres
sion which pervades the business and
industries of the country'. A benignant
Providence has, it is true, blessed the.
land with genial seasons, and rewarded
the labors of the husbandman with a
bountiful harvest. Yet the unfortunate
sanguinary war now exhausting the re
sources of two great European nations,
has had a disastrous effect upon Amer
ican commerce—especially upon the
prices of the chief and most valuable
product of our fields. It therefore be
hooves the Government to relieve the
tax-payers of the State to the utmost
extent possible and expedient.
,Our present system of taxation is of
fensive and burdensome .to the masses,
and the mode of its enforcement op
pressive.
The instincts of the popular heart
seldom err. The complaints of the
people are the surest evidence of the
wrong and injustice of any law. To a
review and modification of our entire
system of taxation I therefore invite your
earliest and earnest consideration, that
its burdens may be lightened and there
by rendered more acceptable to the peo
ple. A suspension of the enforcement
of the penalty incurred by delinquents
would afford immediate and desirable
relief by enabling our small farmers to
postpone the sale of their few but hard
earned cotton bales at great sacrifice.
There are other important matters of
public policy to which at a future time
I will take the liberty of inviting your
consideration deeming it eminently
proper to withhold my views thereon
for the present.
Rob’t. B. Lindsay.
The Speaker announced the regular
standing committees of the session, and
after the transaction of other business,
of an unimportant nature, adjourned.
Liability of Express Companies.
—A legal decision, involving the liabil
ities of express companies, has recently
been made in New York, in the case of
Cochran vs. the Adams Express Com
pany. We copy from the New York
Bulletin:
The factß of the case are briefly these:
The sum of $5,000 was committed to the
company to be taken to New Orleans.
The money was supposed to have been
put in the company’s safe on board the
steamer Bio Bio, which was burned at
New Orleans before discharging her
cargo. The- safe was shown to have
been put into a dry goods box and pro
perly .shipped, but no one could tell
what had become of it after it had been
taken on board, nor could the divers
who visited the vessel discover any
trace of it. The defense was based up
on the proviso of the contract by which
the company was relieved from respon
sibility for any loss unless it was proved
to have resulted from the fraud or neg
ligence of themselves or their agents.
Judge Cordozo, before whom the case
was first tried, held that, although there
was no direct evidence of fraud, enough
had been proved to put upon the com
pany the burden of proving that they
were not negligent. Judgment was ac
cordingly given for the plaintiff, and
this, on appeal, the Supreme Court, in
general term, has promptly affirmed.
The circumstances of the case are
not extraordinary, and the judgment
which is now sustained is of importance
as defining more clearly the responsi
bility of Express companies for the safe
transportation and delivery of valuables
committed to their care.
Crime in Selma, Ala. —The Selma
Times, a few days ago, chronicled an
attempt by incendiaries to burn the res
idence of Gen. John T. Morgan. The
house is two-storied. Gen. Morgan
and his family slept in the upper story,
and he was aroused after midnight, by
smoke in his bedroom, and on running
down stairs, discovered that the steps
to the front porch had been removed,
fire and combustible matter put under
the porch, and the steps replaced, to
prevent the fire from being observed,
until it should get under headway.
The flames were climbing up the sides
of the house. With the assistance of
his family, he put the fire out. His
hands were pretty severely burnt.
• Gen. Morgan had been employed the
day before to prosecute .the negro riot
ers who, on the sth inst., nearly mur
dered a white man named Baxter, and
were in jail. This fact and the negro
shaped tracks near the porch, suggested
the belief that the incendiaries were
negro friends of tho rioters. We con
gratulate. Gen. Morgan and his family
on their deliverance from their great
danger. We trust the fiends may be
detected, and be made to suffer the pen
alty due for their diabolism.
The Times says, on Monday night
last, the store of Airey Bros. A Cos. was
entered by burglars, two iron safes
broken open, and S7O or SBO and a gold
watch taken.* Fortunately, the firm
bad deposited the most of their money
in bank.
Sausages and Soldiers—The Army
and Navy Journal treats of the “Sau
sages in War Time,” and shows how
the Bologna to the Prussian re more
than elan to the French. Twelve bun
dred persons are employed to convert
the material into the warlike sausage,
and special trains convey the toothsome
rolls to the front... The manufacture of
Monday in Berlin becomos the veteran
soldier before Paris on Saturday. The
German war sausage is a compound of
ham, tallow, lard, onior.s, spices, and
pea flour, the latter ingredient being its
peculiarity. Tb- sa'i-ae-e is as hard as
wood and is easily transported. It is
transformable into soup at any time,
and is made useful in a second form. A
full sausage costs 25 cents in gold. It
makes three rations. In this war it has
proved a formidable re enforcement,
and has kept Prussia up to full fighting
power.
It is said that General Cox is going to
publish a vindication of his conduct in
the Interior Department and of hi3 res
ignation, and that he will prove Gen
eral Grant to have been guilty of ex
treme duplicity in, the whole business.
Such a publication will be read with
the greatest interest by ail classes of
the public.
Old Simon Cameron, the champion
paralytic whiskey sampler, says that
more troops are needed in Georgia.
That is precisely what we have been
trying to make plain for ever so long.
It won’t hurt Grant to send a few regi
ments here, and it will help the Demo
crats wonderfully.— 2fem.
Butler says the Radical party has
accomplished its mission. We differ
with Ben. There are some things it
hasn’t stolen.— Savannah Neva.
Wendell Phillips says “Gen. Grant is
not supported.” He might have added
that Gen. Grant is not worth support
ing.— Courier-Journal. '
From the Montgomery Advertiser.
Correspourfencr between Gov. I.tiKl
say and Ei.Gov. Smith.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 28, 1870.
Sir —l have the honor to inform you
that having duly qualified as the Gov
ernor of the Stale of Alabama, in ac
cordance with the provisions of the
Constitution and laws thereof, I am
prepared to enter upon the discharge of
my official duties.
1 therefore respectfully request the
surrender of the apartments in the
Capitol heretofore occupied by you as
an Executive Chamber, and, as 1 am
informed, still in your occupancy.
The surrender indicated and tße trans
ference of all public property connected
with and appertaining to th.e office of
Governor may be made to Col. J. J.
Jolly, my Private Secretary, who is
authorised and empowered for me and
in my name to act in the premises.
Respectfully, yourob’t serv’t,
Rort. B. Lindsay.
State of Alabama, i
Executive Department. >
Montgomery, Nov. 29, 1870. )
lion. 11. B. Lindsay :
Sir—Your favor of the 28th inst. has
been received through Col. J. J. Jolly.
In reply I respectfully inform you
that I decline to comply with your re
quest to surrender to you the apart
ments in the Capitol now occupied by
me as Executive Chambers. I also de
cline to transfer any public property
now in my possession.
I base my refusal upon the ground
that you are not the lawfully elected
Governor of Alabama. In order to test
that question I have resorted to the
peaceful remedy of a bill filed in the
Court of Chancery for Montgomery
county, for the purpose of contesting
witn you the right to the office of Gov
ernor; and in the b-11 prayed for and
obtained an injunction to the pre
siding officer of the Senate, which was
duly served on him, restraining him
from opening, counting and declaring
the result of the votes cast on the Bth
inst. for Governor until the further
order of the Court.
As I am informed, and believe, the
only claim you pretend to set up to the
office of Governor is based upon a count
made in violation of the solemn injunc
tion of said Court of Chancery.
Very respectfully,
W. H. Smith, Gov’r.
State of Alabama, I
Eyecutive Department,
Montgomery, Nov. 29th, 1870. J
To Ex Gov. Wm. H. Smith—Sir: —
Your favor of this date in reply to my
communication of the 28th inst. has
been received.
I hope that reflection and reason will
yet prompt you to surrender the apart
ments and property mentioned in our
corresponcence.
As to the motives you assign in justi
fication of the course you have thought
fit to pursue in the matter, I refrain
from enquiry and argument, but permit
me to remind you of the following pro
visions of the Constitution of the State
of Alabama,Article V, Sections2and 3:
“Section 2. The Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer
and Attorney General, shall hold their
offices for the term of two years and
the Auditor for the term of four years.
Sec. 3. The returns of every election
for the officers named in the preceding
Section, shall be sealed up and trans
mitted to the seat of Goverement by the
returning officer, directed tp the presid
ing officer of the Senate, Who, during
the first week of the session, shall opep
and publish the same in the presence of
a majority of the members of the Gene
ral Assembly; the person having the
highest number of votes shall be de
clared duly elected; but if two or more
shall be highest and equal in votes for
the same office, one of them shall be
chosen by joint vote of both houses.
Contested elections for Executive off!
cers shall be determined by both houses
of the General Assembly, in such man
ner as shall be prescribed by law.
In full and strict compliance of the
letter and spirit of these constitutional
provisions, 1 was on the 27th inst. duly
declared Governor oi Alabama for tne
term of two years, and received the
certificate of the President of the Senate
in testimony thereof. That certificate
and my oath of office are on file in the
office of the Secretary of State.
Your bill was filed in the Chancery
Court to enjoin the counting of the
votes. How could it be ascertained
without counting whether yourself or I
received the highest number ? How
could you contest my election before it
was known that I was elected ?—aye,
before it was or could be known that
you were defeated ?
I will not, however, argue my right
after the proper and high tribunal of the
Legislature has adjudicated and declared
that right.
I repeat my hope that due reflection
will yet induce you to vacate the apart
ments you now occupy.
'Very respectfully,
Robt. B. Lindsay.
State of Alabama, I
Executive Department. >
Montgomery, Nov. 29,1870. j
Ron. 11. B. Lindsay:
Sir —l have the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt of your communication
of this date. Ido not desire to enter
into any argument with you upon the
subject, or to do any other act to pro
voke ill feeling.
If it is your desire to have my rea
sons more fully, for the action I have
taken, I will very willingly give them
to you on to-morrow. I will say now,
however, that, if you are lawfully elect
ed, when I am convinced of that fact,
I will at once submit to the law.
All I desire is, to he satisfied that
you have been legally elected. When
this shall have been done, according to
the clause of the Constitution quoted
by you, or in any other legal mode, I
will be satisfied, and yield a ready obe
dience.
I have no desire to usurp the office
of Governor, and would not hold it by
any other than legal and equitable
means.
In other words, if the voice of the
people, as reflected by the late election,
is against me, and in favor of you, I
will be content; and when that is as
certained, either by a contest before the
two Houses of the General Assembly,
or by any other legal manner, I will
submit without a word.
Very respectfully,
W. H. Smith.
Kaolin.—lmmense quantities of this
particular kind of clay are now being
shipped from the South to this section.
Georgia and South Carolina, which, to
gether with New Jersey, furnishes al
most the entire market for the whole
country, are now shipping large quanti
ties to this market. About one-tenth
of what is now produced is used legiti
mately for sizing wall papers, a very
small quantity is used for mixing with
any kind of clay which needs more of a
white substance than it naturally con
tains, for the finer qualities of pottery
manufacture. The balance of what is
shipped is used for making weight in
the manufactures of various articles,
such writing papers of t-he finer kinds,
and very large quantities are used in
the manufacture of candies and various
kinds of cons ectionery, this material be
ing much cheaper than flour, entirely
free from grit or dirt, and much heavier
than anything that can be used in its
place. It is also used very largely in
adulterating flour, white sugar, starch
and candles. This clay is poisonous
when eaten, but as long as it is cheap
the demand will continue, and in some
kinds of productipns we will be obliged
to buy it at a high price.— N. F. Bulle
tin.
German Reconstruction. —The re
construction of Germany progresses
satisfactorily. Baden and Hesse signed
the articles of agreement with the Con
federation of the North tin the 15th inst.
The new Constitution does not take
effect until January 1, 1871. To the
new German Diet Southern Hesse is to
return six members and Baden four
teen. On the 25th instant (Frfday,)
Bavaria and Wurtemberg make slight
reservations. It is no longer to be
doubted, however, that Count Bis
marck’s workis virtually accomplished,
and that early next year the German
empire will be re established, although
it will no longer be either Roman or
Holy. ' _
The election for a United States Sen-;
ator from Alabama takes place next
Tuesday.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Foreign Summary*
London, Nov. 30, noon.—The fol
lowing, dated Versailles, this morning,
was received via Berlin:
Monday and Tuesday the forts around
Paris, particularly those towards the
South, maintained a furious cannonade
to cover a sortie in force. On Tuesday
the French came out towards L'hay,
supported by gunboats on the Seine,
and attacked fiercely the position held
by the Sixth Prussian Corps. Other
sorties were also made simultaneously
in other directions, probably with a
view to prevent reinforcements to the
Sixth Corps. In ail cases, however,
the French were repulsed and driven
behind their fortifications. The entire
loss of the Prussians in these actions
was seven officers and 400 men, while
the French loss was 1000 in prisoners
alone.
The French have been badly beaten
near Amiens. Their army was totally
routed and tied towards Awas. Four
French guna were captured in this ac
tion.
On Monday the main body of the
French attempted to force a passage to
Fontainbleau, by a heavy and general
attack. They encountered the Tenth
Prussian Corps at Beaune, a little vil
lage in the Department of the Loire, 26
miles north of Orleans. The Prussians
were quickly reinforced with the Fifth
Infantry and First Cavalry Divisions.
The French onslaught was repulsed
with heavy lO3S in killed, wounded and
prisoners— especially in prisoners.—
Failing in this attempt, tho Army of
the Loire withdrew.
Versailles, Nov. 30, noon.—lt now
appears that the greater part of the
Army of the Loire engaged the greater
part of the Prussian Tenth Corps at
Beaune Monday. Reportsof command
ers coming in leave no doubt that the
French defeat was complete; 1,000 were
killed and left on the field, and 1,700
wounded and captured. The captures
are increased by close Prussian pursuit.
London, Nov. 30.—Feeling in money
circles healthful.
The Times urges King William, as
the ally of England, to urge on the
Czar the folly of pretensions which the
civilized world refuses to tolerate.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 30.—The pro
posed conference on the Eastern ques
tion has been favorably received.
Versailles, Nov. 30.—Quantities of
provisions aro being stored here by the
Germans to supply the Parisians when
they surrender.
Brussels, Nov. 30.—The Independ
ence Beige announces that England has
agreed to accept the proposed confer
ence for tho settlement Os the Euxine
difficulties, provided Russia satisfacto
rily explains Gortschakoff’s note.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 80. The
Government ia in receipt of addresses
from all parts of the Empire, showing
that the loyalty of the people of Russia
is unassailable.
Antwerp, Nov. 30.—The French
prisoners hero made an unsuccessful
attempt to escape.
London, Nov. 30.—Lord Lyons is
waiting the decision of the Tours gov
ernment as to the matter of sending a
plenipotentiary to the conference in
London.
London, 5 P. M.—The rumored ca
pitulation of Paris causes buoyancy in
the markets here.
New York, Dec. I.—A special to
the World from Tours says that letters
by balloon from Paris, private letters
from Versailles, and dispatches from
Berlin, all concur in representing the
prospects of the French as extremely
gloomy.
The Germans in the recent engage
ments with the Army of the Loire lost
enormously, still their positions were
maintained.
The efforts of Daurell advance to
the relief of Paris have been foiled.
The provisions in Paris are nearly
exhausted.
London, Dec. I.—The Telegraph
says that the feeling is becoming uni
versal throughout England that the
French war is drawing to a close.
It is reported that Palakao was not
only wounded but captured yesterday.
A balloon, probably from Paris, was
seen over the English Channel, driven
seaward by a violent east wind.
The Army of the Loire is retreating.
Its present position and numbers are
unknown.
All the passengers by the Bremen
steamship Union, ashore off the coast of
Scotland, were safely landed.
Berlin, Dec. I. Private advices
from Vienna say that Austria, England
and Italy accept Prussia’s proposition
for a conference. It is understood that
Russia’s claims will not be prejudiced
by her participation in the conference.
Tours, Dec. I.—The English dis
patch relative to the conference has
been received. No answer has been
returned. •
It is understood that the Government
is inclined to consider England’s course
irregular in urging French adherence to
a proposition coming from Prussia.
London, Dec. I.—The French claim
to have won a victory at Beaune and
Larolande. The victors, the French
say, were young conscripts, under fire
for tho first time. They were gallant
and steady.
The French havo re-covered, within
the last few days, the follbwing placeß :
Bessie, Norgeat, Charnarele, St. Calais,
Maudon and Montargis.
New York, Dec. I,—The Telegram's
special from London says Cabinet com
plications thicken, and a dissolution
seems inevitable. The Times suggests
an immediate assembly of Parliament.
■ London, Dec. I.—lt is said that the
Prussians have suddenly evacuated
Amiens, retiring towards Paris. This
movement is regarded a3 very import
ant at Lille, where it is believed that a
great battle is progressing around Paris
to day.
Brussels, Dec. I.—The Indepen
dence Beige of to day, referring to the
orderly retreat of the French Army of
the North towards Anas, says it will
doubtless occupy the great quadralate
ral formed by the fortresses of the
north, and which is impregnable.
Florence, Dec. I.—The Spanish es
cort fleet has arrived at Genoa.
Heart’s Content, December 1. —A
steamer will be dispatched immediately
after the cable. A steamer came to in
form of the trouble and aid in its re
moval.
Tours, Dec. I.—lt is announced that
Gen. Ducrot, with 100,000 men, made a
great sortie from Paris "Wednesday.
He crossed the Marne. The movement
completely successful. Details are
momentarily expected.
• London, Dec. 2. —The Standard has
war dispatches down to three o’clock
this morning.
A Berlin dispatch says the French
were repulsed in a great sortie Thurs
day.
The French organ proclaims a bril
liant victory tor the French.
No signs of weakness at Tours.
Eleven new entrenched camps are
forming throughout France.
The Times thinks the policy of the
German; in changing positions indi
cates important new movements, likely
to bring about great results.
GortschakofTs reply to Granville has
been published. Gortschakoff refuses
to discuss the propriety of his former
note, but accepts a conference of the
Powers.
Berlin, Dec. 2.— King William sends
the following to the Queen:
“ Versailles, Nov. 30. The Sixth
Corps yesterday repulsed a sortie near
L’Hay. Over 100 prisoners were taken
and 400 killed. The French also sortied
on the Wurtemburgers and Saxons.
Their positions were taken by the
French, but subsequently retaken.—
Simultaneously, sorties were made
north and west, and at St. Denis. The
French were repulsed and driven be
bind their works in all cases. I re
mained at Versailles, as it was the cen
tral point.”
London, Dec. 2.— Dispatches dated
the 30th say operations commenced
around Paris yesterday. Gen. Ducrot,
with a large force, moved from Paris
and occupied Montrielis, which, how
ever, be was soon compelled to evacu
ate. The heaviest fighting was at
Champighy, Brijc and Villiers Sur
Marne. The French are now renewing
the attack.
Tours, Dec. I.—The news of a sue- i
cessful sortie around Paris caused in- :
describable excitement here.
Tours, Dec. 2.—The Moniteur has
the following details: The sortie began
on the 29th. The battle lasted all that
night to the next night. Gen. Ducrot
then crossed the Marne and occupied
Messly. He subsequently evacuated
Messly and engaged the enemy at
Champigny, fighting his way to Brijc.
He then recrossed the Marne by eight
bridges and maintained his position on
the bank. He took two Prussian guns.
He has since taken position at Themay.
Laval, Dec. 2.—Great excitement
over Gambetta’s dispatch, announcing
great successes around Paris, where
sorties in force defeated the Prussians
along the entire line. The line of bat
tle was many miles in extent. Many
prisoners and cannon captured.
Gambctta attributes the evacuation of
Amiens to Prussian defeats around
Paris.
The battles commenced on the 29th,
and at last accounts the garrison re
mained outside, holding the positions
they had captured.
Berlin, Dec. 2.—The following has
just been received from the command
ant of the Seventh Prussian Corps,
dated Thursday:
“A great sortie yesterday. The
French moved out against the Prus
sians and Wurtemburgers early in the
morniDg, supported by a heavy fire
from the forts. Trochu and Ducrot
commanded, leading 123,000 men. At
11 o’clock the French were repulsed
by the Sixth Corps and retired. Subse
quently, at 3 o'clock, the French at
tacked the Wurtemburgers and were
again repulsed."
Laval, Dec. 2.—Gambetta publicly
announces that the Army of the Loire
successfully resisted the attack on their
right and left wings, and is now mov
ing forward. Gambetta continues:
“Victory now favors the French.”
Te JDeums are being chaunted here.
London, December 2.—The F.rench
claim successes at Peuay, in tho De
partment of the Loire.
Tours, December I—Midnight.
The Army of -the Loire engaged the
Prussians to day. The position extend
ed from Chateau Dun, through Join
ville, to Toury, from there to Pithiviers
and Beaune.
London, Dec. 2.—A telegram to the
Times says Prince Frederick Charles is
retiring before the Army of the Loire,
which is ia great force.
A Versailles dispatch says that in
yesterday’s sortie 50,000 French against
the Wurtemburgers were flanked by
the Sixth Prussian Corps. The French
suffered great loss.
The object of the sortie was to open
communication with the Army of the
Loire via Fontainbleau.
Brubsells, Dec. 2.—The French
killed and wounded in yesterday’s con
flict was severe. The French ask for
several hours’ truce to bury the dead.
All quiet before Paris to-day.
London, Dec. 2.—lt is reported that
Garibaldi has had great successes at
Auntun. Nothing official.
Munich, Dec. 2.—A dispatch just re
ceived announces that Von Der Tann
defeated the Army of the Loire on the
Ist, in several battles West of Orleans
and Tours.
London, Dec. 2i—Later and more
important dispatches from Tours rela
tive to the movement of the Army of
the Loire state that the movement of
the army began Wednesday, and was
directed by the Minister of War. The
first operations were favorable. Gen.
Chause says in his report, that the first
day he found the Prussians entrenched
and immediately gave them battle,
which was ended only with night. The
Prussians were compelled to retire and
the French camped in the positions
taken. The French artillery was well
handled. The German loss was heavy;
the French very light. The prisoners
captured by the French were at Gul
ionviile and Gomers.
Tours, Dec. I.—The city is intense
excited. Responding to the shouts of
the people, Gambetta appeared and
praised Trochu and Ducrat for the suc
cessful sortie. Gambetta reiterated
his statement that the French victory
compelled a hasty evacuation of
Amiens. The Germans from that point
were hastening to the assistance of the
besieging army.
New York, Dec. 3.—The correspon
dent of the Tribune, with Garibaldi’s
headquarters at Autun, writes Thurs
day: “The Prussians yesterday after
noon attacked Autun with twelve can
non, infantry and cavalry. They were
repulsed with great loss. The Prus
sians shelled the city. The Mobiles
behaved well.”
A correspondent of the Tribune tele
graphs at two o’clock, Thursday, from
Versailles, that me fighting on the 30th
was followed by no fresh movements.
Yesterday there was a lull in the fire
from the forts. To day again there is
heavy firing in the direction of Charen
ton.
A Tribune correspondent telegraphs
at eight o’clock, Friday morning, Horn
Orleans, that the Army of the Loire was
at that moment leaving Orleans, and
that the Prussians were concentrating
at Janville and Pithiviers.
A World special from Tours, Friday,
announces that Trochu and Palladine
had junctioned, and the siege of Paris
virtually raised.
Berlin, Dec. 3. —The treaty admit
ting Bavaria to North Germany was
ratified by the Federal Council. The
Bavarian Diet will act on the treaty on
the 10th inst.
Washington, Dec. 3.— Foreign ad
vices are much confused. The impress
ion prevails in Diplomatic circles that
the French have made a brilliant effort,
and that at last authentic advices were
pushing their advantage, but the best
geographers failed to locate the armies.
The French Legation here think that
the story of the war will be told within
the next four days.
By cable from private sources:
London, Dec. 3.— By sifting the vast
number'of confused and contradictory
war dispatches received up to a late
hour this morning, the facts are undeni
able that the French yesterday actually
gained a victory, as claimed by them,
but the Germans certainly repulsed the
French attack before Paris.
It is not true that the French Army
of the Loire has effected a junction with
Trochu, though the'Prussian lines were
repeatedly successfully pierced during
the engagement. The bayonet charges
of the French were exceedingly bril
liant.
[Note.— The dispatches from private
sources are compiled from the corres
pondence of the great banking houses.)
Washington, Dec. 3.—Up to the
latest hour there is nothing from Europe
through the regular channels.
No Liverpool markets received this
morning.
New York, Dec. 3.—World’s spe
cial: “London, Dec. B. Telegrams
dated Tours, Dec. 2, say ‘it iis officially
stated Jo-night that one or two days
must yet elapse before the fruits of the
movements now in progress may be
fully reaped. Up to this time the most
gratifying success has attended the suc
cessive steps taken. Every movement ;
brings nearer each other the armies of
the Loire and Paris. During the fight
ing of the 30th, Ducrot captured four
guns and many prisoners.’ ”
London, Dec. 3.— Advices from Paris
to Nov. 30th state that an order has
been issued to the effect that the army ,
movements and particulars, not sane
| tioHed by Government officials, are not
to be published on pain of proscription,
j The military authorities made public
! the following details of recent events
around the city: On the 28th, at day
break, a cannonade Was opened from
the forts on the south of the city. On
the next day Gena. Venoy, Beizinvel
j and Dispan moved out on the fortifica- j
tions on a reconnoissance. They at- 1
tacked the positions of the Prussians
! and carried them. The Prussians were i
also dislodged at Grauorettors.
Tours, December 2.— The Prussians '
are concentrating at Etampes, 30 miles
| South of Paris, to dispute the advance
of Paladine.
Lille, December 2.—Ducrot’s sor
ties from Paris was successful. He is
! now seeking to effect a junction with
Paladine.
From WnalUngton.
Washington, Dec. I. Warmoulh
dines with Grant to day.
It is understood that a movement is
on foot to remove the Federal officers in
Louisiana who did not act with the
Republicans in the recent election.
Decrease in the debt $7,500,000. Com
in the Treasury $97,250,000; currency
$24,600,000.
A. J. Falls has been appointed chief
clerk in the Department of Justice.
The Commissioner of internal reve
nue has decided thafthe mere initials
of the owner’s or importer’s name on
packages of cigars is insufficient. The
name must be written in full for the
purpose of identification; and in the
case of imported cigars, must be written
on the stamp affixed to such packages!
Boutwell’s estimates for the year
ending June 801h,1872,are $280,000,000,
exclusive of the unexpended balances,
which, on June 80th, were $86,000,000.
Washington, December 2. B. P.
Blanchard has been appointed Post
master of New Orleans yico J^owelJ,
removed.
The President has pardoned Ex-'
Speaker Calicott, of New York, sen
tenced to two years imprisonment and
SIO,OOO fine for revenue frauds. The
pardon remits the fine.
From Alabama.
Montgomery, Dec. l.—No change
in the status of affairs here.
Goy. Lindsay has approved a bill
that originated in the House and passed
the Senate.
The troops have been w ithdrawn and
a posse of the Radical sheriff guards
the Treasury and Executive officers,
which are still occupied by Smith and
Bfcgham. Persons wishing to enter
are halted and required to make known
their business.
There was no session of the Senate.
'The Treasury is empty.
The delegation from Madison county,
consisting of a Republican Senator and
three Democratic Representatives, tele
graphed to their constituents that the
law had been folly complied with, and
a call issued for a meeting, irrespective
of party, to denounce the action of
Smith and Bingham.
The Grand Lodge of Masons of Ala.
bama meets here Monday next.
Wasljington, Dec. B.—Capt. Meyer,
commandant at New Orleans, tele
graphs Gov. Warmouth that an attempt
has been made to assassinate Lieut.
Baudy, who testified against the Baton
Rouge prisoners at New Orleans.
Members of Congress are rapidly ar
riving.
M. Trielhard, the new French Minis
ter, has received his credentials.
From Tennessee.
Memphis, Dec. I.—The trial suit of
Riddle, Colmar & Cos., of Pittsburg,
against Gen. Gibson and others, for
coal seized here at the outbreak of the
war, valued at $125,000, commenced to
day in the United States Circuit Court
before Judges Fregg and Emmons.
From New York.
New Yore, Dec. I.— The loss by the
burning of Hopkins, Dwight, Trow
bridge & Co.’s cotton warehouse is
$60,000. They were insured for $140,-
000, therefore there is no loss to them
or their customers.
From New Orleans.
New Orleans, Dec. I.—The Varie
ties theatre,.and John Hawkins’ store
room and coffee house, were destroyed
by fire, which originated this morning
in the property room of the theatre.
The adjoining buildings were damaged.
Loss $250,000; insurance SIOO,OOO. Two i
firemen reported injured.
From Montgomery.
Montgomery, December 3.- No
change in status. Both Houses meet
Monday. Developments hoped for
then.
From Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, Dec. 3.— Girard Iron
Tube Works burned. Loss $175,000.
Three hundred and fifty workmen out
of employment.
Through to the Mississippi River.
—We learn through telegrams received
by officials, that the railroad between
Montgomery and Selma was opened
yesterday, and trains crossed the bridge
oyer the Alabama river. Cars sufficient
to transport some 700 baloßfrom Selma,
were telegraphed for. There is now
unbroken railroad connection between j
Savannah and the Mississippi river, i
and the entire line is controlled by the
Central Railroad and Banking Company
Not Dead.—A correspondent of the
Chronicle and Sentinel, writing from
Waynesboro, Burke county, under date
of the 29tb, reports that Adam Palmer,
the negro reported to have been found
dead near Waynesboro, on Sunday,
was alive on the evening previous.
Cotton at Macon.— To Thursday
night Macon had received 52,794 bales;
stock that night 8,858,
SATURDAY MORNING, DEC. 3.
The total number of French prison- j
erg said to be in the hands of the Ger
mans are four Marshals, 140 generals,
10,000 officers, and 320,000 rank and
file. There is no parallel to this in his
tory and it almost surpasses belief.
The Radical candidates at the late
election in Richmond, Virginia, have
served a note of contest upon the pres
sent incumbents of the municipal of
fices. The grounds of contest, such as
they are, are those usually assumed by
Radical partisans in the South.
For General Information. —ln
the Supreme Court of Alabama the
First Division of cases will be called on
Monday, January 2d, and continued
one week. Russell is in this division.
The Fourth Division in which are
the cases from Barbour, Bullock, Coffee,
Geneva, Henry and Pike counties, on
Monday, January 23d, and continues
one week.
War News.— Our telegrams to day,
indicate that the tide ot battle has
changed in favor of France. It will be
seen that various sorties have been
made and they have generally proved
successful. It is always dangerous to
press an adversary too hard, and often
with individuals, as well as nations—
“ There is a Divinity which shapes our ends
Hough hew them as we will.”
Not Wanted Back. —The Elbertou 1
Gazette, published at the res denee of
Akerman, speaking of his rumored
early return to Georgia, says: “If he’
does return to Georgia, we hope he wiil !
select some other locality than this to !
make his home. Tho people of Elbert
county will not complain if he never j
does come back.”
The Knoxville Whig says tho hog j
crop of East Tennessee will be larger
this season than it has been since the
war. The farmers have been blessed j
with an unusually large corn crop, a
favorable season, and no interference
from the ravages of the cholera. In ad- j
dition, a great improvement in the
stock has added considerably to the
crop.
Stand Back for Your Betters !
The American Union, Bullock’s Macon
organ, thus addresses the colored peoplS
of Georgia, who constitute nineteen
twentieths of the Radical party :
“If the colored people persist in
foroing themselves before the people
for high offices, they will not only de
feat their prospects for such positions
for all time, but will blast the hopes of
the Republican party their only
friend.” •
Bishop Persico. —This distinguished
prelate preached two sermons on Sunday
last in the Roman Catholic Church,
Atlanta, to large and appreciative audi
ences.
Bishop Beckwith was in Atlanta on
Sunday and preaehed to a largo and
interested congregation.
We know no finer field than Atlanta
for sermons and Bishops. We are,
however, afraid she is past all clerical
surgery—but—
While the lamps hold out to bum,
The vilest sinner may return.
Colored Population.— The follow
ing is a comparison of the census of
1860 »nd 1870 as to the colored race in.
the States named, as gathered from
facts in possession of the Census Bu
reau:
• 18GO " 1870
Ninety-five counties oli; e0rg1a.300,829 593,165
Delaware 21,627 22,220
Kentucky, thirteen counties.... 10 388 12,613
vi aryland, one co.inty 6,460 6,684
Texas, twenty-nuo counties 21,425 27,756
Virginia, flft\-i wo counties 272,08 h 253,052
WestVirginia,fourteen counties 1,770 1,347
South Carolina, one county.... 18,292 13,365
District oi Columbia 10,984 35,420
Total of COO oounties and the
District of C01umbia....098,900.769,378
Alabama Legislature, Thursday.
—Senate not in session.
Rouse —Henderson presented a peti
tion from B. Long, colored, contesting
the seat of Mr. Henry, Democrat, of
Russell. A resolution to take a recess
of twenty days, until the contest for
Governor is settled, was laid on the ta
ble. A resolution was introduced to
prevent the use of slanderous language,
either verbally or by printing, against
j females. Petitions were presented and
referred to Committee oa Elections,
from W. V. Turner, contesting the seat
of Benson, of Elmore, and S. B. Brown
and 8. W. Cockrell, contesting seats of
Smith nnd Bullock, of Greene county,
j House tabled, by 58 to 21, a resolution
j of Strobach.that no gentleman’s name
I be called on the roll Os the House who
has not a cerificate of election from the
Secretary of Slate.
Bullock on i;iib Election. The
New York World, of the 20th, says
Gov. Bullock was at the White Houso
on Friday last, and had along talk with
the President. He said that if the
Radicals would carry Georgia, at least
five thousand troops should be so sta
tioned that every voting place, of any
importance, would be under their super
vision, and the country blacks “pro
tected” from intimidation and moles
tation. He places the Radical majority
in the coming election at three thousand.
Additional troops, as stated in the
World, a day or two since, aro to bo
forwarded to different portions of tho
State, probably from Halleck’s com
mand in Kentucky.
Bullock and Criminal Justice. —
Bullock has paid out of the State Treas
ury in rewards ranging from SSOO to
$2,000, for the arrest of some twenty
criminal offenders, $16,526, and has, in
the same time, pardoned double that
number of convicted criminals, murder
era. burglars and thieves, among them
nineteen burglars In one batch. The
felons perdoned, most of them, were
negroes, and his political friends; those
for whom his extravagant rewards havo
been paid, were white men and his po
litical enemies, and the money has gone
into the pockets of his officers; $6,000
to one N. W. D. Moss, and $2',000 to E.
O. Murphy. So much for Bullock’s re
cord as a conservator of justico.
Bold Horse Thien. A negro, arm
ed with a double-barreled gun, on
Tuesday last, at 11 o’clock a. m., bri
dled and saddled a fine mare belonging
to a widow lady, living seven miles
from Columbus, on the Cusseta road,
and came near making his escape. The
marc had been turned out of the lot by
a negro woman, to be watered at the
creek, some two hundred yards from
the house. The negro woman objected
to the saddling, and ran for the lady,
who came out with a eartridge pistol,
unloaded, and by threats bluffed off the
thief. Her three little boys were absent
with all the guns and ammunition, on
a squirrel hunt. The negro was seen
in Columbus the same day riding a fine
mule over the lower city bridge.
Superior Court Yesterday.—The
entire session was occupied in the con
sideration of the case of Farley Adams
vs. J. A. L, Lee—on a writ of eject
ment. After the argument had been
concluded the Plaintiff was non-suited
—or, in plain English, did not win.
Russell and Chappel and Downing for
plaintiff; Blandford and Thornton for
defendant,
At 2 p. m. Court adjourned to 9 a.
m. to-day. Several presentments made
by the Grand Jury.
Greeley, Alabama and Frauc®.
Probably no man in the United States
possesses, and has possessed, more
personal popularity and- influence than
Horace Greeley, of the New York
Tribune. A mau of the most exte
sive and varied acquirements, a clear
sighted and close observer of evenu „
; solid thinker, and clothing hi ß id,.,,.,
true Saxon idiom, he stands unrivalled
as a journalist. Inmany of his amiable
weaknesses and eccentricities, he re
sembles Goldsmith, whose character
was written in a single line—
“Ho writes lilto an angol, but talks like „ .
Pol,'*
j Strike out laths and insert acts and we
have a portraiture of the great New
j York editor.
j With all of Mr. Greeley’s admirable
( traits of personal character and rich
ness of intellect, there seems a balance
wheel lacking in liis mental machincrv
The emotional at times flings the Intel
i lectual out of joint, and he hot only
acts but speaks like an inspired idiot.
He is a representative of a large class
| of persons, whose eyes grow brighter,
j in proportion to the distance that they
I are removed from the distressed object.
Such persons are never near-sighted,
i but view through the lens of a melting
I charity the miserable inhabitants of the
| moon, while ih. ir vision never settles
on this dim spot men call earth. Such
philosophers arid philanthropists, like
Sterne, weep tears of bitterness over a
dead mule and then beat a live mother
They send .their money and affection
on the wings of the wind aud the
lightning to the ends of tho world, aud
suffer struggling poverty and genius to
languish aud die upon their own hearth
stones. They are ever ready to admin
ister the oil of gladness to the sick and
afflicted abroad, but pass ou tho other
side the wounded and dying in their
own highways. It is just such char
actors, with their good intentions and
officious meddlings, that have turned
the world up side down, and created
more miseries than they will ever cure
or alleviate.
Greeley, in a late number of the
Tribune, speaking of the condition of
Prance, says:
Yet, what shall we say of a Govern
ment which claims to bo Republican,
yet derives its origin from no election,
and permits no election to pass upon its
claims; which has a double head, one
beseiged in a capital that must soon
surrender, the other in a remote town
whence, in the language of Prince
Frederick Charles, it must soon move
of be captured.
Greeley professes to be a Republican,
and speaks thus contemptuously of tho
present situation of Franco, when ho
knows full well that Radicalism, v.hich
he advocstes, ha3 reduced the Southern
States, and especially Alabama, to the
exact condition of # France. Here wc
have governments, claimed to be Re
publican, yet in truth derive tljeir origin
from elections of fraud and force. Here
we. havo to the letter a “double headed’
government, the result of Radicalism,
and yet tho white coated philosopher
and philanthropist throws his tearful
eyes across the Atlantic, but lifts no
arm ,nor sheds no drops to save or to
pity at home. He knows the right, and
yet, the wrong pursues. He fails to
follow his own teachings and act on his
own convictions. Can such men be
honest V They may be called philoso
phers and affect to be philanthropists,
biff they cannot be ranked with heroes.
They may be admired for their many vir
tues, but will remain forever suspected
and distrusted alike by friends and
enemies. Such double-headed, double
hearted, double-tongued men never
follow tho advice—
Better alone, stand up with eonsclmi, prWo
Than err with millions on your side,
Arrival of Bishop Persico.— Bight
Reverend Ignatius Persico, D. J the
lately appointed Catholic Bishop for
the Diocese of Georgia, arrived in tho
city on yesterday’s Macon train. It is
the first time the distinguished prelate
has visited our city in his official capac
ity. Present at the depot to welcome
him were Father Cullinan,the members
and congregation of the Catholic church,
the Sisters of Mercy, the pupils of St.
Joseph’s Academy and quite a collec
tion of othors. The assemblage num
bered several hundred, and was very
imposing. The presence of a crowd of
ladies added to tho beauty of the greet
ing. After a few pleasant wprds In
each, and declining a procession, the
Bishop took his seat in a carriage ol
Hon. Wm. A. McDougald’s, drawn by
four beautiful black horses from Thomp
son’s stables, and was driven to the
church. The formal address of wel
como will be delivered to-morrow af
ternoon, in the church, by Capt. John
J. Grant. The reception must in every
particular have been gratifying to him,
to whom it was designed to give a cor
dial, heartfelt greeting.
Tub Canvass fob the Mayoralty.
—lt is hardly probable that any agree
ment can be made between Messrs. 9.
B. Cleghorn and John Peabody, who
alone can be regarded as the Democrat
ic candidates, Dr. Colzey having with
drawn—theße three gentlemen having
alone entered into the nomination call
ed by proper authority. So there will
perhaps boa triangular race between
the firßt two named and Dr. Bacon,
who runs an independent candidate.
For the other municipal offlcoß and for
aldermen, the nominations have been
perfected; so that for them the Demo
crats will have a single ticket. We
cannot impress too strongly upon all,
the necessity of supporting party nomi
nees. The election takes place next
Saturday.
Hay.— Large quantities of Northern
Hay are sold here. Gen. Toombs, in
his speech at our Fair, said Southern
people were always grumbling about
not being able to raise hay; and yet,
three fourths of the year planters spent
in endeavoring to keep grass out of their
fields. He aIBO added that the sun, i. e.,
climate of Muscogee county alone, was
worth more than all the hay fields In
the North. •
Prorarle Receipts at Coi.umbi
We think that Columbus will receive
some 75,000 bales of cotton this season.
Each year since *the war a little more
than one half has been received by the
15th of December. This season, we do
not will prove an exception.
What was Realized.— The oircu.’
performances yielded about S6O for the
Lee Monument Fund, it being a fourth
of the grossreceipts. We are informed,
not authoritatively, however, that sonu
S7OO have been collected for this object.
Another Killing.—Jack Clark til
ed Joe Lumpkin, at Enon Station, Sat
urday night. Both were of the class ot
the "Great American Voter"— freed
men.
A clergyman reading a chapter oi the
Bible for his congregation, found him
self at the bottom of the page with, these
words, “And the Lord gave Noah a
wife;” then turning over two pages in
stead of one, he continued, “and be
pitched her with* and without without
with pitch."
Americus and Florence Railroad
—The meeting of coporators, for the
purpose of organization, has been call* *■
to meet at Americus, on Decem&« r B^-