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t , m AND GEORGIA JOTJJEllN'A.L & MESSENGER. REID & REESE, Proprietors. The Family Journal.—News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—-Domestic Affairs. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING established 1826. MACON, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1870. YOL. LXIV.-NO. 33 I f 0 r the Telegraph and Messenger. “Bex.” , or COLUMBUS. I f. of mine, be glad! the ting is come! ting—who never came befc Ji« king- never came before, eta?, tl,{t ** bin rightful homo, name him “ Conqueror 1" nibomieff^’ to ° k * p! dyking is comet ° him come in, oh open every door, 3 ' , , ,, 10I1 toped and waited still for him, ,he only one! though at thy call, r* tbe tingiy crown have worn before, •TjlXerf/ «» e amon ° thcm M hwt named " Conqueror!" _ him in my dreams through these long fre m rtars— rri iiaeed the vision ere it flow afar— , j wept the rapturous, blinding tears, ^ j named him “Conqueror!” injtben to-night we, too, at last, did meet, *^ho B o'er before in lifo bad been ao near, v c'ii heart fell down humbly at his feet ” named him “ Conhneror!” 01 tin*' h cre in thy crown—thy sceptre—all 115 kingdom; it bath had no king before; jisiot macb, get some would give their soul Jo he #* Conquerer / Ionk. Ao». 23 rd, 18G9. [ For the Telegraph and Messenger. To Miss M . Whene'er I look upon thy face, Or catch the gleam of thy dark eyes, X tliauowing of thy pure soul’s grace, In matchless sweetness seems to rise. Oh! if in all this earth there lives X heart from stain forever free; If e’er aneb gift the Father gives, Ita Bpotlcas beauty lives in thee. Xba “cap ot water’’ thon hast given; X saddened heart touched by thy love, Starts np to/eel the storm cloud riven Xnd ''peace, descending like a dove.” Words could not bear thy worth to me; Good deeds alone the measure prese; Kav He who loves thee give to thee X life of heavenly pleasantness. T. M. S. . An Exquisite Ballad. HnTeiy beautiful verses, subjoined, were writ- la It Mr. Joseph Brennan, one of the most gifted mu* Irishmen that over plunged into so abortivo artrolntion as was that of 1818.—Augusta Chron- Mi and Sentinel. Cone to me. darling. I'm lonely withont thee, Pit time and night time I’m dreaming about thee, h'irtt time and day time in dreams I behold thoe, Cowsleome tbe waking that ceases to fold thoe; Cone to me, darling, my sorrows to lighten, Cooe in thy beauty to bless and to lighten; Come in thy womanhood, meekly and lowly, Come in thy loTingness, queenly and holy. nllon shall flit ronnd the desolate ruin, allin* of Spring and joyous renewing; nd thoughts of thy love and its manifest treasure, re drc’ics my heart with the promise of pleasure; ih! spring of my spirit! Oh, May of my blossom, tune oat on mv soul till it burgeon and blossom; !be wait of nv life has a rare root within it, Lsd thy fondness alone to the sunlight can win it. Figure winch moves like a none through the ( ;ith a reflex of heaven, Features lit up with Eyee like the ekies of poor Erin, our mother, | Where sunshine and shadows are chasing each other, Emiles coming seldom, but childlike and simple, And nooning their eyes from a heart of a dimple. Oh .' thanks to the'Savior that even the seeming la left to the exile to brighten his dreaming. Ton have been glad when yon knew I was gladdened, User, are you ead to hear that I am saddened ? Oar hearts ever answer in tune and in time, love, As octave, to octave, or rhyme nnto rhyme, love. I cannot smile, hut your cheeks will be glowing; lea cannot weep, tint my tears will be flowing; loo will not linger when I shall have died, love; And I could not Uto withont you by my side, love. Come to me. darling, ere I die of my sorrow, iiae on my gloom like the sun of to-morrow, Gtrong, swift and true as the words whici I speak, tore; Tith a song at your lip, and a smile on your cheek, lore; Ccoe, for my heart in your absence is dreary; Hwe, for my spirit is sickened and weary; Cose to the arms which alone shall caress thee; Onus to the heart which is throbbing to press thee A Question. As Annie was carrying a baby one day, Toeaieg aloft the lump of inanity. Djjr to ita father and mother no doubt— Tothcreat of the world a mere lump of humanity— “a came along and was thinking, maybo, nil as mach of Annio as sho of the baby. l»llook at the darling,” cried Annie in a flutter, i.ST®* its locks round her finger a twirl; "I was a man I know that I couldn’t i j*^ M P* D K ®y hands off a dear little girl.” *« Sam g»ve a wink as if to say “maybe w the girls I’d rather hug you than tho baby!” Wm it,” sho cried, though sho still hugged it u ejoeer, It < mouth’s like the rosfes the honey bee sips!,’ haaiooped to obey, and, as heads came together, Owe chance to arise a confusion of lips! it occurred it might have been, maybe, flat etch got a kiss, Sam, Ann and tbe baby I kihtrf to toll just what was tho matter, For the babe was the only one innocent there; Annie flushed up like a fall blown peony, Acd Samuel turned red to the roots of his hair; »tte question is this—you can answer it maybe— ~ Annie kiss Sam. or did both kiss tho baby ? The Days That Are no More. ^"n.the Argosy.1 memories of green and pleasant places "hare happy birds their wood-notes twitterodlow 1 A. love that lit the dear familiar faces We buried long ago! I °c> barren bights their sweetness we remember, tsA backward gaze with wistful, yearning eyos, 4 hearts regret mid snowdrifts of December, Bummer’s sunny skies. 51 »4bcmrs that seemed their rainbow tints to bor- aoms illumined psge of fairy lore; '"Rut days that never lacked a bright to-morrow, wys that return no more. : r Widens with their many blossomed alleys, ) m - i npe roaeB breathing out perfume; vJ 10 . no °k8 in green sequestered valleys, fco Pnipled o’er with bloom. •ssta mu on sue river e icrn-friogcd I “‘reamed, white-rayod, silvery cold. Letter from Mr. R. W. Phillips. Atlanta, Gi_, March 6,1870. Editors Telegraph and Messenger .-—The re port of tho Judiciary Committee in the Senate in regard to Georgia shows that we need not ex pect any favors from Congress. It goes on to state that many wrong things had been done in the organization of the Legislature, and winds np with the significant edict that no further leg islation is necessary—meaning, doubtless, by Congress. I wonder if the members of that Committee are ignorant enough to think that the plunder ers who are now in power in this State will cor rect the abuses to which they allude without compulsion from the .all-powerful and eternal body to which they belong. I can inform them that there arenot many sensible men in Georgia who believe it. If let alone, they will continue to devour and destroy the hard Tamings of the people until they are choked off l>y the strong arm of some friend of good government, who respects the rights of the citizens of an op pressed and down-trodden State. The arguments made by Bryant and Caldwell before the committee clearly sustain the fact that the organization of the Legislature was il legal, but Democratic aid and sympathy consti tuted the serious and fatal charges that distroy- ed their influence with Congress. There were a few men in the Legislature who foresaw the result and so counseled and advised, and even refused to support Mr. Bryant for tbe Speaker- ship for fear it would destroy his influence at Washington, as it was known that he was one of the leading Republicans of the State, especially with the colored part of the party, and that his opinions were considered orthodox with the Radicals^; but their counsels, unfortunately for Georgia, wpre unheeded, for I have great fears that all is lost, and that onr people must contin ue to be hewerB of wood and drawers of water for their imperious rulers. It is true that every patriot must regret that Congress is controlled more by a partisan spirit than principle. This was shown immediately after the surrender, as well as on other occasions, when Gen. Pope withheld the funds appropriated by law for the benefit of the State University at Athens, sim ply becanse Ben Hill happened to cheer a young man who was repeating an argnment in opposi tion to Radical usurpation. Again it was shown by refusing to allow Hill and Miller to take their seats in the Senate of the United States, because they were elected by Democratic votes. Bath Houses of the General Assembly had been purged by order of General Meade. Gov. Bollock commissioned them, and no one at the time questioned the legality of their election—but Democratio aid was the unpardonable offense—and finally, to cap the climax of infamy, the committee admitted that the testimony of Bryant and Caldwell carried with it the coloring of truth in regard to Bui lock’s usurpations, but their report means that it would be a source of gratification to the Democratio rebels of the State for Congress to interfere. Therefore they say that no farther legislation is necessary. Such are the facts now staring us in the face. Can any patriot love such a government ? Can aQr government stand the shock of snch outrages? We are taught by history that it was corruption that caused the overthrow of the republic of Rome, after her pillars had been upheld by the strong arms of the friends of liberty for four hundred years, bat it is greatly to be feared that onrs cannot stand the revolutions of the first cen tury. When Congress can create and abolish the governments of the original States of the Union that framed the Constitution, as well as any other, at will, what greater power can they ask for? It is virtually establishing a dictatorship. It is really the great act of rebellion upheld by those in power, which must lead to the over throw of the American Republic. I can but believe that the people .of the North, becanse they achieved a triumph during the past strng. gle, are now slumbering over a political volcano which will sooner or later destroy the best gov ernment tho world ever saw. It ha3 been truly said, also, that tho first gun that was fired at Fort Sumter was tho death knell of the Repub lic, for it requires no great amount of states manship to discover, however men may differ in opinion, that the great body politic of this country is now in tbe agonies of death. R. W. Phillips, of Echols. • raoorl&nd’e bleak we wander weary hearted, many & tangled, wild and tbomy maze, •.““wring as in dreams, the days departed, jo by.gono happy days! rT 0 ® 5 * ix Germant.—Ladies hero are snr- ^d at woman’s position in America, and Eaoc ked at tho modern idea of woman’s rK That a gentleman should givo up to a e*T,r 3 **** * n a cr °wded house or public con- JJJJ is an astonishment to them; they nev- arrv 13 °* snc ^ a ^“8 in. Germany. Wives - 7 garments and packages for their hus- ; f j ' and not husbands for their wives. Mar- _ Wanen expect their husbands to spend g* 6ve oings at the club or museum, the coffee or oeer house, instead of being society iev m aad ma king home attractive. It is per- S* Proper for a young lady to go home (jjJWJh the streets in the evening—it n-4„ “fibly improper for a young gentle- o accompany her—Letter from Oettengen. ,*' he Siath of France a number of Carlists discovered by the authorities, who Te »«nt them North. The Cold Market. | From the N. Y. Herald 5th. J The continued decline in goldis cansing agreat deal of speculation and anxiety as to how far it is likely to go—whether it will come to par with currency—and what will be the consequences. Of course those who are in debt or who have large stocks of goods or securities on hand which have been purchased at high currency prices are trembling, while the creditor class of the com munity are exulting at the prospect Every one argues upon the probable future course of the gold market according to his wishes or inter ests. Nor is it easy to form an opinion as to. how far gold may decline or what reaction may take placa. At the present time there is a plethora of the precious metals in the great financial centres of Europe. They have been accumulating largely in the banks of England and France, and money is so abundant that it is loaned at two and a half per cent, interest. This plethora and the exportation of United States securities abroad, with tho largo amount of products ex ported, prevent a drain of gold from this side. Here is the real secret of the fall of gold just now. As long as the cotton crops and other products are going ont and a large amount of bonds are exported to balance the trade against ns there will be no demand for gold. Another cause is found, too, for the equalization of trade and value of the precious metals in tbe operation of tho telegraph, which brings the commercial nations of Europe and the United States in instant communication. Bat we have yet to see to what extent and how long the exportation of onr prodnets and bonds will pay for onr importations. If we knew that we might form an opinion as to the price of gold in the future. We must not for get that the more bonds go abroad the larger the debt on the other side becomes—the great er will be the demand for specie hereafter to pay the interest. At the same time should peace continue in Europe and money remain so abnndant there, largo sums may be sent to this country for Investment, and thus help to in crease onr products. It is not wise, therefore, to jump at conclusions from the present state of things. A Washington dispatch of the 4th instant says: “ Tho President was congratulated by all the members of the Cabinet, at the meeting to-day, on tha result of the first year of his ad ministration, particularly on the information bronght in by Secrotary Boutweli that gold had fallen to thirteen and three-eights. This had the effect of producing a conversation concern ing the probabilities of the very early resump tion of specie payments, which ended in the general disposition among the members of the Cabinet to let the future prosperity of the coun try regulate that action as it has been regulated by the peaceful condition of events for the past two years." FROM WASHINGTON. Got. Bollock Before tbe Senate Judiciary Committee—The Georgia Bill will Pass— Tbe Senatorial Question. Correspondence of the Telegraph <fc Messenger. Washington, March 2, 1870. According to the programme previously an nounced, Governor Bullock appeared before the Judiciary Committee of the Senate this morning, armed with a pamphlet of fifty-six pages, which he confidently hoped would anni hilate his enemies, endure the seating of the “bayonet Senators,” Whitely and Farrow, and lengthen the reign of carpet-baggers in Geor gia. Close at the heels of his Excellency was his pet poodle, Blodgett, nicely oiled and cnrled, and wearing a smile which would have tom the manly bOsom of Smiler Colfax with envy had he but seen it. Messrs. Conkling, Carpenter and Thurman, of the committee, were absent; and thus es caped being bored by the reading, by Governor Bollock, of the before mentioned pamphlet. Before he had oonclndcd, a more weary-looking set of men than the Jndioiary Committee I never saw. Bullock is much subdued since he was so severely snnbbed by Conkling, Carpen ter and others, and he read in a low, monoton ous voice, that was rather conducive to somno lence. I am not quite sure that one honorable committee-man, who covered his face with bis hands, did not get a cat-nap. If he did, I am sure the other members of the committee en vied him. Yon will receive a copy of the pam- plot, and I only need say that it is a character istic production, and folly discloses the hoofs of the Bullock. Mr. Caldwell received agreat deal of Gubernatorial attention; and will please consider himself annihilated, squelched and po litically done for. The words “rebel,” “trai tors,” “house-burners," negro-worshippers, “rebel Eu-Klux,” “rebel fault-finding and abuse,” appear frequently; and ou one page the Governor perpetrates the charming allitera tion of “Billinsgate and bullets.” The Governor is also well up in the tricks of typography. He damns Caldwell with italics and stabs him with exclamation points. He “goes back” on Judge Gibson by declaring that the Judge did not ap pear in his behalf on a former occasion. There is evidently a mistake somewhere; bat as Bul lock's memory is treacherous he may not have intended to state an untruth. Everybody knows he would not do that, except under strong prov ocation! When Bullock had concluded there were no re marks from any member of the Committee, and after standing hesitatingly for a second or two, he pat on bis hat and walked ont—the other gentlemen present following soon after. The truth is that the committee had decided' on their report last week, and it was drawn np and ready for presentation some days ago. Bullock wasted his time in appearing before the committee to-day. His statements did not receive the slightest oonsideration,nor cause the alteration of a single word in the report, which was presented to the Senate to-day before the expiration of the morning honr. My telegrams have anticipated the main points. There were present before the committee to day, of the Bullock party, Messrs. Blodgett, Tweedy, Higbee, Hillyer, Rice, J. N. Clift, Dr. Pierson and W. H. McWhorter. Also Mr. Bry ant and others of the anti-Bullock delegation. Mr. Bryant is working very industriously to ensure the defeat of Bullock’s various schemes, and to obtain justice for the State. I think his labors will commend him generally to the peo ple who have beenso outrageously swindled and outraged by Rufus B. Bollock. •A gentleman called on Benj. F. Butler this morning, before the hero of the Dutch Gap Canal had breakfasted, in relation to the Geor gia bill reported by the Becpnstruction Com mittee, and which will come np in the Honse at an early day. Butler received his visitor pleas antly, and disavowed any intention of inflicting farther injury on the people of Georgia; but the bill which imposes the same conditions on Georgia that have been imposed on Virginia and Mississippi, will be laid before the House; end it is my belief that it will pass both houses after protracted debate. This belief is founded on the fact that Georgia, through the machina tions and falsehoods of Bullock and his allies, is regarded as the most rebellious and incorri gible of all tho “wayward sisters”; and I do not see how see she can be exempted from condi tions imposed on the State of Mississippi, whoso FROM WASHINGTON. The Georgia Bill-Speenlatlons on the Sit uation—A Compliment to Bingham and Farasworth—B. F. Butler—Bevel*—and aoon. Washington, March 5, 1870. Editors Telegraph and Messenger :—To-day will be devoted exclusively to the debate on the Georgia bill; and Monday a vote will be taken. The questions will have been decided before this letter reaoheB its destination, and it would be useless to indulge in prophecies. Butler has been retained by Bollock; and of course urges Bollock’s views as to an extension of official terms. Mr. Farnsworth opposes this, and thinks the State should be admitted under the old act of reconstruction, and that no farther legislation is necessary. Mr. Bingham, who has prepared himself thoroughly, will take the same ground Monday. It is to be hoped there may be such a division of opinion on these points among the Badioals that, together with the Democrotio votes, Butler, Bollock & Go. may be inglorionsly defeated. I would rather the vote were to be taken on any other day than Monday; for the Demooratio members, many of them, slip off to their homes in Mary land, Pennsylvania and New York on Satnrday, and often fail to put in an appearance on Monday morning. , Bntler has the power to force a vote at the expiration of the moning honr, and he will let no favorable moment escape him. If, in the event of a close vote, which is not improbable, Democratio members Bhonld, by their absence, permit Bntler to wmak Bollock’s will upon Georgia, they will have mnch to answer for. Bat the troth is, many of the Northern Dem ocrats manifest very little interest in Georgia. They only wish to sie the mnoh vexed Geor gia question settled, and it doeB seem to me that eome of them dan’t care mnch in what way. In the eases of Virginia and Mississippi, two Radicals, Bingham and Farnsworth, sood forth nobly to do battle for the Southern people ; and now that Georgia is in peril from the machinations of carpet-baggers, and the trickery of Beast Butler, they buckle on their armor again in in defence of the right against oppression and fraud. There are very few in the Demooratio .ranks who have done as much as these gentlemen to ward off the blows which Butler’s cowardly and vindictive spirit prompts him to inflict on the Southern people. At least they might be ready with their votes, and I trust every Dem ocrat will be ready on Monday next. “Benj. F. Bntler, Criminal Lawyer. Prac tices in all the Courts and in the House of Rep resentatives.” If it were considered profes sional among the legal fraternity to advertise, some such card as this would be published by the attorney of Whittemore, now tho attorney of Bullock & Company, against the State of Georgia. Of course there could be no objec tion to this if Mr. Butler would resign his seat as a Member of Congress; bnt the two posi tions do seem rather conflicting. Senator Revels is aping Sumner already. He does not wish to be disturbed in his considera tion of the public business, and announces that he will reeeive no cards from visitors while the Senate is in session. This is Sumner's rule. Next we may see Revels imitating the tie of Snmner’s cravat, the cat of his coat, and even the deep bass tones of tho windy and egotistioal Massachusetts Senator. Thus will Sumner be broukhtinto ridicule by his own pecnliarpet and protege; at which no one need feel con cerned, however. There was a slim attendance of members at the session of the House, to-day the seats of the Democrats especially, being generally empty. Bullock occupied a seat on the extreme Demo cratio side of the House for some time, and seated by him was a negro, who seemed very much at his ease, though ho might have been in better company. The general opinion in best informed Con gressional circles, to-day, is that tbe Georgia bill will pass the Honse on Monday; bat its de feat in the Senate is considered certain. The members of the Senate Jndioiary are almost unanimously opposed to the bill, and will op pose it in their speeches, and by their votes. For five long years the Badical party have been at work reconstructing Georgia. They have not yet succeeded in finishing the job to their satisfaction, and one might well &Bk when they will become satisfied with their undertak ing. As Mr. Farnsworth well said, yesterday, we (the Radical party,) have got in a muddle with the reconstruction legislation, and the sooner we get ont of it the better. So every body seems to think, outside of a few bitter ob- obstructionists in the Radical ranks of Con gress. So say snch Radical journals as tho New York Tribune, and the Nation. On the floor of the Honse to-day I noticed Messrs. Bullock, Blodgett, Whitely, Farrow, Clift, Price, and Dr. Bard, and iu the gallery Messrs. Bryant, Angier and Bowles. The Farepa Rosa English Opera Troupe closed a highly successful engagement at the National Theatre to-night, with the new opera entitled “Tho Puritan's Daughter.” The theatre has Radicalism is beyond suspicion. I must state, J"" “ led *® overflowing every night, although the prices of admission were more than doubled. however, that others, who may be bettor in formed than myself, think differently. It is claimed that powerful influences will be bronght to bear at the proper time; and that especially in the Senate will Georgia find many new and strong friends. I hope so, most sincerely, but am unconvinced stilL It will be observed that the senatorial ques tion is not touched upon in the report of the Judiciary Committee. Tho impression seems to bo gaining gronnd in some quarters that Whitely and Farrow will get their seats, though I know of no reason for such elusion. Others are quite as confident that Hill and Miller will be admitted, or at least Mr. Hill, whose chances are considered some what better than his colleague’s, owing to his political faith. Somo time since the opinion was general that Miller would be admitted, and Hill would not. So we go—all sorts of rumors obtain currency, and conflicting statements and contradictions meet you at every turn. A grain of comfort is found in tho reference to the or-1 Mrs. Bowers commences an engagement at the National Monday evening, and the Chapman Sisters at Wall's Opera Honse. Dalton. The earthquake in California, on the 17th ultimo, was not so disastrous in its results as at first supposed. The tremor in San Fran cisco was perceptible about 12 o’clock, M., and the rush from tho hotels was almost uni versal. Tho pavements in front of them were crowded with frantic forms in every variety of dress and undress. Many streets were black with people, who had rushed headlong down the stairs in their haste to escape from out the °° n ' numerous tall buildings. When thb shock subsided, every corner had its eager group, either staring with blank faces at sundry omi nous looking cracks in houses just vacated, or gesticulating rapidly with their hands to con vey to those who had not felt tho shock somo idea of its violence. In some localities the oscillation was barely perceptible; in other places it was sufficiently violent to throw off their feet those who did not happen to be standing firmly at the time. At various points, within a radius of one ganization of the present Georgia in the report of the Judiciary Committee. The Yi S rations appear ed to be from Southwest to declaration that this Legislature was not law- j Northeast, and of sufficient force to sensibly folly organized, it is hoped, may vitiate the election of Whitley, Farrow and Blodgett. Bollock was on the Senate floor this morning for a short time, but received no attention from any one. He said a few words to Senator Mor ton, and then sneaked ont. Dalton. The latest advices from Aspinwall report that the United States steamer Nipsie had arrived at that port on February 9tb, and remained there repairing machinery until February 17th, when she sailed for Caledonia Bay to land the party of engineers detailed to survey tho route of the canal across the Isthmus of Darien. The dolays attendant upon this enterpriso seem to bo innu merable. The Nipsio had not been absent from Aspinwall for twenty-four hoars when she re turned, having only proceeded eighteen miles on her course. The cause of tho return was the failure to obtain laborers at Porto Bello, in consequence of the fears excited by probable attacks from the Indians on the Isthmus. sway brick buildings and cause the occupants to seek the streets. The shock appears to have been more sensibly felt by those who were in large buildings than by those who were in the streets at the time. Some place the length of its duration at thirty, while others at as low as fifteen seconds. In many stores, . goods were thrown from the shelves, doing 1 considerable damage. In Vallejo, the shock was slight and only lasted about fifteen sec onds. At Petaluma, the shock was more se- although of short duration, it had the General Quesada, of the Cnban army, ar rived in New York Tuesday. He was loudly cheered on landing at Jersey City ferry, and acoompanied to his hotel by a large crowd of Cabans. General Quesada will probably be tendered a publio reception by the Cuban Junta. effect of driving people rather precipitously into tho streets from brick and stone build ings. Slight vibrations were also felt in San Rafael, Santa Rosa and other places, but the accounts do not disclose that the loss of prop erty was very severe. A "Washington letter says: “San Domingo will be admitted as a State of this Union before the end of tho present session of Congress. The ‘acquisition’ will add to the publio debt four times the amount the Secretary of tho Treasury pretends he has reduced it Besides, the gov ernment will have made an addition to the na tional harden of an entire nation of paupers. I verily believe the annexation of Central Africa, from tbe rise to tbe month of the Qnar- rie River, would find advocates among the ne gro lovers of this Congress.” WASHINGTON NOTABLES. Pen-Portraits of Some of the Women of Society. A Washington correspondent of the New York World furnishes the following interest ing pen-portraits among others: MINNIE SHERMAN.- But the I street house has this-advantage now in that there is a young lady'daughter to assist in making the entertainments'agreeable. Miss Minnie Sherman enjoys society very much, indeed, albeit she has the credit of be ing somewhat impassive. She is pleasing in her appearance, and is more of the blonde than of the brunette order. Her face is by some called “coldly intellectual,” by others, “statuesque.” But her quiet manner is more to be attributed to her having been an invalid for some time than to any intentiOhal reserve. She was so unfortunate as to be thrown from her horse, while riding some two years ago, and she was so seriously injured that for a long time there was no hope for her recovery. It is not quite a year since she was first able to go into society; and she found it so pleas ant then that at the first of this winter she declared her intention to accept every invita* tion sent, even at the rate of four or five ev ery evening. A story has gone the rounds that she de clined dancing with the Prince, on the score of a previous engagement; bat that is not true, for she did dance with him. With re gard to the loeket Prince Arthur sent her, it was a delicate mode of returning General Sherman's generosity in presenting H. R. H. with a very handsome rifle. It contains his own picture, but not his mother’s. There is never any dancing at the Sherman receptions. Mrs. Sherman disapproves very decidedly of the round dances, and never permits her daughter to dance them. HRS. SPRAGUE. Two or three years ago no sketch of Wash ington society would have been complete with out giving to Mrs. Sprague a prominent place iu the foreground. For several winters her Saturday receptions, which were always mat inees dansantes, were the handsomest as well as the most charming of the weekly attrac tions. Of late she has passed very little of her time in Washington, and when here has entertained but seldom, having given herself up in a great measure to her maternal duties. Thu3 far this season an elegant dinner and a musicale, to which last a very few were invi ted, have been the only occasions on which her house has been open to her friends. Much has been said of the beauty of this lady, her grace and superb dressing, and that has been but little exaggerated. Mrs. Sprague has fine eyes, a well-shaped head and graceful fig ure, though perhaps she is a trifle too slender. All these advantages show better as belonging to Mrs. Sprague, arrayed in costly costumes, than they ever did when Miss Kate Chase ap peared in very ordinary apparel. The taste in dress of this lady has ma terially improved of late years. She no longer wears a huge diamond ornament on the top of her bonnet, as she did in the winter of 1865. Indeed, her dress is more noticed now for the sake of the well-known taste of the wearer than the wearer is commented upon for the display made by her dress. Mrs. Sprague has a bright intellect and a good deal of diplomatic capacity. She is a devoted daughter and a careful wife. A story is told of her at a State dinner at the White House in the early part of Mr. Johnson’s administra tion, which shows her disposition to exercise a wholesome influence over the husband of whom she has never appeared prond. Sena tor Sprague’s seat at this dinner was between Mrs- Stover and Mrs. Dixon. His wife’s was on the same side of the table, a few seats be yond. At that time Mr. Sprague was not, by any means, a temperate man, and he par took so freely of wine that not one of his neighbors, seeing him stretch out his hand to replenish his glass once more, said gently, “I would not take any more if I were you;” while the latter said, “There are a pair of bright eyes looking at you.” “D—n them!” exclaimed the excited man, “they can’t see me I” and refilled his glass as he spoke. But instantly the owner of the bright eyes in ques tion, radiant in pink satin, point lace, ana dia monds, leaned forward, and fixing the keen eyes on her husband, said earnestly: “Yes, they can see you, and they are heartily ashamed of you.” MISS CHASE. Miss Nettie Chase is, perhaps, more uni versally liked than her more haughty sister. She is not only a young lady to be admired for her stylish appearance and ease of manner, but more for her mental acquirements. She ha3 great taste and ability as an artist, and of her drawings a gentleman who is permitted the privileges of herportefeuille says: “Some of her productions are really miracles, of their kind, bringingupinstantly and vividly both Cruikshank and Hogarth, of neither of whom is she a copyist” The Chief Justice has taken a house this winter, and no longer shares that of his eldest daughter. Miss Chase does the honors of her father’s house with much grace, and fills her position with the ease usually acquired only by long experience. Another of the beauties of whom muoh has been said and written is Miss Blanche Bntler. This young lady is one who h&s the rare ad vantage of appearing lovelier in her own home, and . when dressed simply, than she ever does with brilliant surroundings. She is a blonde of a peculiar type, that so seldom seen, where hazel eyes, made dark by lashes, are accompanied by a skin dazzling in white ness and purity, a brilliant ooior, and hair which is of the famous golden hue, with a tinge of red just sufficient to make it glitter. Miss Butler’s amiability and lovable disposi tion are subjects of as much remark as is her beauty. In particular her friends epeak of the relation which exists between her and her father, just what it should between father and daughter, but what it rarely is in our day. Saturday’s Debate in the House on the Georgia Bill—-Farm'sworth, Radical, Gives Bullock A Co. a Dose. Washington, D. O., March 5.—Tha debate on the Georgia bill was resumed. Mr. Farns worth continued his argument against the bill. He contradicted the statement made yesterday by Mr. Bntler, that only two members from Georgia had been admitted to the house in the last Congress, and those through a mistake, the fact beiDg that six out of Beven were admitted. In the criticism of the theory of the Govern ment that Georgia was only provisional, he called attention to the fact that Governor Bol lock, of Georgia, had not been signing himself “Provisional Governor of Georgia," bnt “Gov ernor of Georgia.” That his messages to - the Legislature were not addressed to the Provi sional Legislature, bnt to the Legislature of Georgia. That the test oath, which all offi cers of Provisional Governments were required to take, was not taken by the officers of the ex isting State Government. Besides, he also wonid know whether a Provisional Government could ratify an amendment to the Gonatitation of the United States. What becomes of the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment by the Legislature of Georgia if the theory was correct that the Legislature was only provision al and illegal. Mr. Lawrenoe replied that a Provisional Leg islature is just as lawful and regular, and had the same power within the scope of its author ity as any other Legislature. Mr. Farnsworth remarked that the logio of the bill, as well as of the speech of Mr. Butler yesterday, was that everything done by that Legislature, including the eleotion of United States Senators, was illegal, therefore its ratifi cation of the Fourteenth Amendment was also illegal. Why not as well declare that Bollock shall be Governor of Georgia for six years or for life. Why, it was monstrous, and more monstrous still in the face and eyes of the faot that the same Governor was charged with steal ing the appropriation money of the State. The only excuse for the bill was that if not passed, the Republican party would lose the next elee tion in Georgia. He was also afraid they would lose the next election in the State of New York. Mr. Stevenson, of Ohio—How would yon save it ? Mr. Farnsworth, ironically—Why, of coarse, pass a law installing Republicans in office there, and providing their tennre of office shall be for life. There is an easier way of maintains onr asoendanoy in the nation than by holding elec tions. That way is by the act of Congress that is the way to do it. The gentlemen from Massachusetts, (Mr. Butler) had yesterday raised the cry of murder in the House. Whenever he wanted to pass one of his reconstruction bills, he got up in tbe Honse and cried “murder, murder," and by a howl and cry of that sort, got a bill passed. Whenever one of these bills were to be passed, the Washington Chroniole published an account of some great outrage and immediately the Be construction Committee waa called together and a bill reported to the House. He remembered that last year a gen tleman, a very clever fellow, bnt a man whose politics was always those of the reigning dynasty, who had sold arms to the. people of Georgia in the winter of 1861 and 1862, with which to shoot down Union soldiers went to Georgia, and with the assistance of Got. Bullock, manipulated the Le gislature to get a committee appointed to ex amine his claim for the payment of those arms. The committee was manipulated so as to make a favorable report, but the Legislature refused to adopt or pay the claim. Thereupon the man came to Washington full of sorrow his heart wrong to its depth and with tears in his eyes over the terrible persecution of the negroes and loyal men of Georgia. That man was in favor of the reconstruction of Georgia at once. What was his tough story ? It was that he oould not get his $2500 and interest for arms that he had sold in the State of Georgia. He (Farnsworth) felt that the passage of the bill and the pro longing of the terms of office of the men who now controlled the State would be a most infer nal outrage on the tax payers of the State. He believed the bill was in the interest of a people who desired to perpetuate their reign, so they might put money in their parses. Mecca.—It is announced that an unusual number of pilgrims a?e expected to be present at Mecca on the occasion of the festival of the “Arafatt.” Over one hundred and fifty thou sand visitors, it is anticipated, will be present in Mecca. The pilgrims visit Mecca in the Dhnlhajja,” or month of the Pilgrims, com-1 mencing this year on March 4th. One of the rites consists in standing on Honnt Arafatt, near Mecca, nntil sunset. This ceremony takes place this year on Friday, March Ilth, the Mo hammedan weekly holy day, and, according to tho traditions of that sect, confers as muoh merit as three visits to Mecca in other years. The immense crowd now assembling in the vi cinity of Mecca have been Bnbjectedto sanitary Grant and the Gold Gamblers—A Doubting Thomas. The Washington correspondent of tne New York Sun, (Republican), evidently belongs to the “Doubting Thomas” family. He says of Grant’s connection with the gold panic: Washington, March 4.—Whoever will take the pains to examine with care the testimony before the Committee charged with investiga ting the gold panic of September last, will see that in spite of all the whitewashing endeavors of the Chairman and his assistants, the conven ient memories of some of the interested wit nesses, and the disappearance of the most im portant part of the Grant family correspond ence, there is mnch that is mysterious, suspi cions and damaging to the oocupanta of the White Honse, male and female. It is demon strated beyond all doubt that they knew a large speculation was on foot, and that they were to benefit by it, at least partially. The refusal of Gen. Grant and his wife and sister, to make any statementSbefore the com mittee may bo considered very politioin some quarters, bnt with reflecting people, the failure to explain satisfactorially the transactions with Corbin and Company cannot bat leave a bad impression, especially after tho mercenary incli nations which have been so painfully evident in those quarters. It is no secret here or elsewhere in well in formed circles that the President has received At least $250,000 in the foim of substantial presents, to say nothing of the stocks in specu lative enterprises which have been donated to him and his staff to secure their favor. An in quiry of this kinds, if folly answered, would dis close some interesting information. A curious faot is current in these puts, whioh illustrates the general praotioe and principles of those high in authority. It is stated that a brother of the President not very long ago bad a note discounted at one of the national banks in New York, which happened to be the deposi tory of the U. 8. consular fund. The person concerned came to Washington, made his state ment, and the note was paid; but the consular deposits were immediately afterward transfer red to the banker Seligman, a {favorite with General Butterfield and at the White House. For what reason this change was made some people will not be at a loss to imagine. That is the way business is now done in Washington. New Orleans Cotton Statement. We qnote, as follows, from the Picayune of Saturday: Office or the Picatcnx,') Friday Evening, Haroh 4, 1870. j The sales for the past three days sum np 17,- COO bales, making, with the addition of 1200 bales to the reported sales during the first three days, a total for the week of 36,300 bales, against 41,450 last week and 33,500 the week before ; and tbe week’s receipts 39,656 bales, already made its appearance among the pilgrims an ’ d 16 * 82 £ lit year. Receipts proper sinoS ““to? th ® GnK. *nd & & feared ; September 1st, 839,788 bales, against 675 541 that the deaths from that disease may be u nn- j ^ Th ” weeV8 exporti comprise 33,068 merons as in the year 1865, when the mortality i emb racing 21,558 to Liverpool, 3397 to was frightful. . j Havre, 566 to Cronstadt, 1950 to Barcelona, 471 The Boston Traveller says that those to Boston, 1348 to New York gaged in the boot and shoe trade have not “ d900toMob c Si os 8XATEK ™ found the sales of the season thus far quite np owi-j a nwo ^ to their expectations. There are more houses K od sUce statement..... fe^soi’ m the trade than heretofore, and the demand Arrived previously 878,390-884,891 for goods has not increased so fast a3 the fa-; ——— cilibesfor supplying them. Sales have been ^ 4 A 1t 1M SSSiBM made at small profits to the manufacturers, ci^pSd'yV".V.T.V.V.':.V.629,836-640,988 and with the competition as sharp as at pres- enfc the business must be conducted with pru- Stock on hand and on shipboard244,673 denco, to prevent a positive loss. To-day’s exports embraoe 10,586 bales to Liverpool, and 566 to Constadt. Receipts prop- Equal rights at the refreshment tables of e r since Friday evening, 37,935 bales, against Washington reoeptions are not looked upon with 44,620 last week, and aunee September 1st, 839,- favor. 788 bales, against 675,641 last year. Labor Unions No Where. The sugar planters of Louisiana, determined not to be out-done by the negro labor unions, offer through the West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter the following magnificent terms to field hands. Tho delicate phraseology in which they couch their seductive pro positions surpasses even the benignant suavity of tbe great Chief of the Freedman's Bureau, when he is treading on the tail of a million dollar speculation: In order to populate our plantations with la dies and gentlemen for tbe ooming crop season, we respectfully beg leave to offer the following terms to talented artists who distinguish them selves in the specialty of cultivating a branch of our great national staples : “The ladies shall dictate their own terms ss to position and convenience, and shall receive three times morothan they demand, with foil privilege to increase the same to any amount. Sumptuous apartments are provided, with polite and attentive waiters, who will serve them with delicate nourishment in the mornings, and as certain their desires for the day. If suffering from the slightest indisposition or disinclined to participate in the innooent recreations of the field, no demand upon their services will be ex acted, and a band of music shall be in waiting to produce enlivening and entertaining sympho nies. If enjoying the most profound health, carriages are engaged to convey them to and from the scene of their rnstio recreations, and be in constant attendance upon their pleasure. The better to preserve the beauty and freshness of their complexion during the noontide heat, umbrellas will be used to protect them from tbe rays of a vertical sun. Sponge cake, ice-cream and lemonade will be liberally furnished daring the day, or any other refreshment—the comfort and convenience of the ladies being more high ly prized than filthy lucre. Bala will be given every night daring the week, or oftener if de sired, and New Orleans shall be laid under con tribution to famish talented musicians. It is particularly desired that the ladies should make their minutest desires known, in order that they may be rigidly oomptied with. At the close of the season one-half of the entire crop shall be divided between the ladies, and a donation of $1,000 in gold shall be made to each, (whioh it is hoped will be cheerfully accepted), with the privilege of as muoh more as may be desired. “Gentlemen may also dictate their own term* —wages being of slight consideration compared with the welfare and happiness of our newly enfranchised fellow citizens and brother*. In all cases their desires, tastes and inclinations shall be consulted. Their apartments will be decorated in the most luxurious manner, not omitting Turkish baths, which may be ordered at any hour, with the necessary assistance. Wines, liquors, cigars, etc., of the most ap proved brands, will be famished stall times and in any quantity. Several of the moot fa mous chefs de cuisine have been engaged to serve np all the delicacies of the season Jn tire most recherche and approved styles. Servants will be in attendance to assist in dressing, and to as certain their wants for the day. The choicest steeds will await their pleasure for recreation, or oonvey them to their labors and back. | If desired, accomplished and gentlemanly asaist* ants shall hoe, plough, Ao., so as not to disturb their doles far niente. Schools for the angelie little cherubs will be established, at whioh not the slightest allusion shall be made to the ver nacular of Dahomey or Ashantee. Tha dead and living langnages shall be taught in their pristine parity, and all the embellishments of fashionable life freely encouraged. All pater nal care imaginable shall be exercised to secure the most ample satisfaction in regard to health, comfort and convenience. No gentleman man ager ahail, under the severest penalty, so far presume as to ring a bell, blow a horn, or beat a tin pan, with a view of referring to periods arf commencing or discontinuing rural occupations. Any interference or impertinenoe on the part of the manager must be promptly reported, and will be summarily punished by forcible eject ment from the premises. Beantifal Tribute to tbe SoutSs. We copy the following beautiful tribute to Virginia and tbe South from tbe Baltimore Episcopal Methodist, of tbo 12th instant: And yet, amidst all this desolation and rain, did the world ever see anything like the un complaining dignity with which the Sonth has borne a hideous vivisection that left it at the time bnt a ghastly semblance of life? We confess that not all the magnificent valor that won her thousand victories, not the fiery onset of Jackson’s Scotch-Irish, nor the superb com posure with which Lee directed the advancing tide of battle, or covered the slow and sullen retreat, has ever so electrified or melted onr whole souls as the sublime fortitude with which the South has borne the most unspeakable woes. “The Niobe of nations, there she stands, Childless and crownless in her voiceless woe, An empty urn within her withered hands, WhoBO holy dost was scattered long ago.” Nor is this all. The Virginia thus treated, tho “lone Mother of Dead Empires,” is also the mother of that Union from which she has been kept out like a leper, and only admitted now under the most tyrannical and exaspera ting conditions. The corner-stone of this grand constitutional fabric was laid by the hand of the giant who now stands at the threshold of of the temple, his hair shorn, his eyes put out, and for the present making sport for the Phillistines. It is Virginia, that proud old colony, which, having no quarrel of her own with the King of England, yet took np, from generous sympathy, the cause of Massachu setts ; Virginia, but for whose Washington the Revolutionary War would have been a dis astrous failure: whose Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence; whose Patrick Henry roused the nation to arms with his fiery eloquence; whose Marshall was the glory of American jurisprudence; whose Madison, Mon roe, Harrison, Taylor, adorned the Executive chair; whose Winfield Scott and Rough and Ready were the leading military figures of the Mexican war; with troops of her valorous sons in the war of 1812 ; whose statesmen have illustrated the councils as have her sol diers the camps of the Republic— this is the good old commonwealth which, for five long years, has been gronnd to the earth under the heel of negro and military vassalage, and is now only permitted to enter the edifice which she made by her own hands, and adorned and immortalized by her genius and virtue, from its foundation to its pinnacle, as a captive and a slave. Tbe Income Tax. It is apparent that some modification of the Income Tax will be made; if, indeed, it is not repealed altogether. Certainly, it should not exist as it is. In point of fact this tax ex pires with the present year, in spite of the at tempt in Congress to prolong it by a resolution of interpretation. The modification of this law rests with the people. Let them poor in petitions upon Congress, and let them write let ters to the members, urging them to make a change in the law. The rate of taxation should be rednoed, and the exemption should be in creased. The tax is inquisitorial and unpopular. It opens the way to fraud and corruption, and it is reasonably liable to the charge of anoonali- tutionality. There is no especial need of haring so large a surplus in the Treasury. Tha peo ple are less anxious to pay the debt speedily than to be relieved of the burden of taxation. The President and the Secretary of the Treas ury are desirous of showing a reduction of debt. This is a commendable ambition, but it is one that can be postponed for other elalias. The people, with taxation rednoed, will be all the more able to commence the work of paying the debt.—Com. Ads. .. •.V fit -L- A manifesto from the Emperor of Fiance, it is reported, wifi appear ou the 4th instant, tha birthday of the Prinoe Imperial. -■ ' V . , >i i ‘ '' 1 ,'t li *> !tI ,VJIIi . ylnnn, / fi iiJf '«tuii .s