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The Family Journal.—News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic Affairs.
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WISHED 1826.
MACON. TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1870.
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VOL. IIIY-NO. 35
tttl i In the Street.
.j-'s.sr^ssr"^
J^jettliinacity of plenty,
Mj* !5uJ timo 1111(1 leisure—
» il^vjC’hnst*missionbelow,
"f*.*?. .baling and raiao the lowly—
■ ^d*iO’ s nam ® to 8 h° w
iemothing divine and holy.
.fiinas—classical brow,
“ futures—look at them now!
lips—once they could smile;
'tell, nevermore shall they beguile;
JA nevermoro words of hers
P^lttbiU bring to the saintliest face.
iSfe®*! let us hope and trust,
Higher and bolter place.
JS Jnpite of all, still, I ween,
heart she must bavo been
[Vj mother. proud of the task,
w * ped to finger the dainty curl;
1 father has bowed to ask
0 for her. bis darling girl.
iJe think, as wo look at her there,
Ivk, tenderness, love, and care,
niching and soro heartache,
01 ’ill the agony, burning tears,
jo» and sorrows, and hopes and fears,
i and suffered for her sweet sake.
FROM WASHINGTON.
.a pietnre a homo afar,
F ltr( (he daisies and batterenpe are,
and low;
l^ctore a lonely hearth,
tun ased couple dead to mirth
J«la«W*Wo » bed to pray :
KJ'ante o’ nights to hark
tint may come in tho rain and the
L kllowWi woman, with weary feet.
Better they never know
they cherished so
-toWt^eandlow,
J in tb> W«t-
losses.
j I'pon the white sea sand
itreHtapilgrimband.
Hat their hves had known ;
[ tils evening waned away
1 Tib breezy cliff and bay,
Vceg tides went out with weary moan.
I & (poke with quive-ing lip,
| a Bus freighted ship,
/y household to the deep gone down.
[ Bueno had wilder woe—
J roraWrface long ago
Lie,inker depths of a great town.
litre were those who monmed their youth
J With a most loving ruth,
Ltnre hopes and memories ever green;
] ArJllie one npon the west
Tamed an eye that would not rest,
! kills whereon its joy had been.
Son* talked of vanished gold,
J Some of proa1 honors told,
Itiled of friends that were their trust no
1 more;
And one of a green grave,
| Decide a foreign wave,
skill] sit so lonely on the shore.
hat when their tales were done,
litre (poke among them one.
|tpT,,"tming from all sorrow free:
"Sal losses havo ve met,
Bat aino is heavier yet:
IbeSnag heart hath gone from me.”
-tt»r the*e pilgrims said,
‘•fi r the living and the dead—
rtano’s autlty, for love's sure cross,
For the wrecks of land and sea!
Cal, however it came to thee,
Litranger, is life's Ia6t and heaviest loss.”
I-ding to the ’lighty One.”
i fallowing poem, formed from different
liens, is worth preserving:
(to the Mighty one,
k( in thy grief
ttotbe Holy One,
1> £t« relief;
(titheGracons One,
Is* in thy pain.
(to die Faithful One,
l< will sustain.
Ps ixxxix 19
Heb xu 11
Heb vii 26
PscxaiG
Ps cxvi G
Ps lv A
1 These v 25
Ps lv 24
k a the Living One,
Hfiuthy wuo;
ku the Living One
pvagh all below;
p* the Pardoning One,
k>I<iteih peace;
■ta ike Healing One,
7P»b shall cease.
Heb vii 25
Ps lxxxvi 7
1 John iv 16
Rom vii 38.39
John xiv 27
John xiv 23
Exodxv 25
Ps cxlvii 3
pth* Bleeding One,
ft to his side;
J^th* Uuen One,
lw abide;
(Sihs Coming One,
F*hal! arise;
lutbe reigning Ono,
f -its tliiim eves.
1 John i 7
John xx 27
Rom vi 9
John xv 4
Rev xxii 20
Tims ii 13
Ps xcvii 1
Ps xvi 11
' New Nursery Song.
Jwp.sippily sap,
2Sa k ln 1 china enp,
[“.““took from a silver spoon,
"“o 10 Jpnee of tho silver moon!
Mppityap, sippity eup.
P?a«|'h. dippity dash,
Ci o , * ul > & tuerry splash!
r®*«« willi a towel fine,
Haw eye, »„ j j, er cheeks will shine!
kfpity dash, dippity dash.
rUjPnppityrip,
r “f itrings with a pull and a slip,
*er petticoats on the ground,
tbe dancea round and ronnd!
I “ifityiip, rippity rip.
bot, trittery trot,
:w * to her pretty cot,
e falls asleep with a little song—
6 ugcls watch over her all night long !
R ay trot, trittery trot.
he Katlor’s Wedding,
blow eafe, and, winds, blow strong,
'dor-boy over the sea:
Oe! nor let it be long—
Wedding of Jamie and me."
'*1 day, and swift, sweet night,
*; maiden beyond the eea:
"Kwagay, and, flowers, bloom bright—
“®i* wedding of Jamie and me.”
f i. 5,? yfimseo down—
b tkrunder the sea:
I '■ board in the town—
| p ” d “ 5 wedding of Jamie and mo!
a Ixdu.—The New York Journal of
.. «*• a Calcutta letter, of February
«• follows;
i®**® tf ill wastes A j mere an ^ Rajpoo
ts® “ e “cit has led the government of
Prematurely to stop tho relief works; tho
" rr f 3 * ro clamorous, but helpless,
*^®*ted Presbyterian missionaries, who
«oie
*o much, aro overtasking their
. official estimate of deaths from
•nXt little district of Ajmero alone is
I , *<0, and if this i3 the case half a
001 »n excessive eatimato for all Raj-
this famine in India to cease? It
bi S beei
n raging {or three or four years,
k iev ® it is directly chargeable to the
British authorities to forco the
r -tire in India to the sacrifice of the
i Chronicle and Sentinel points
10 illustration of tho policy of raising
[ 3 _ l “ a neglect of com, and it Is a pretty
r - e - It seems to ns an agricultural peo-
PrcfilabI y 8 row their own food and
it, aro tempting Providence.
Ito’aTj 1 ® 1 * do you live?” “Across der
bturni)ikeB hv
km,,/hktt'pikfis by der school as you go
^ “ n ght hand on der odder side,"
i^j ^ -6^1 uana on aer oaaer side,
L^ieman of great experience says he
“*»ti « , u cipoiiuuuu uays no
hE« L* t *h ftt a lady understands a kiss
L “ 3 it from her own month.
n»y fl re t letter, take away my
Ikfitg !. u ‘ !6 away all my letters, and I
|' f t nsh* 6 -. 8 . amo - 0an y° u gness that?
I Hs 0 * i it is the mail carrier.
The Keconstrnction Plot —The Elective
Franchise cone np la the South—Xecrro
Militia Domination in Istnlsiana— Bnl-
lock-« Xecro flax Meetlnsr—Fahinet rc-
orsranlzatlon — Bnlter to be Chicr—Dry-
anfs Amends to the Telegraph and Mes
senger.
"Washington, March 23, 1870.
Editors if neon Telegraph and Messenger—The
Radical plot has been ventilated; and rather too
soon, in one respect. A brief delay might have
enabled those engaged in collecting facts and
figures to have presented a more form'dable
and startling statement; though enough is now
made known to warn the people of impending
danger. The Radical leaders have seen for
some timo that every day was weakening their
hold upon the government of the country. The
apples of reconstruction have tamed to ashes
on their lips. They know that there is not one
State in the South, which, freed ftom military
rale and the penalties of reconstrnction, would
vote tho Radical ticket. It is because they fear
a Democratic Legislature would be elected in
Georgia next fall, that they propose to perpetu
ate the present Legislature, and hand tho State
over to Governor Bullock. This accomplished,
they will attack Tennessee; then Kentucky,
and then Maryland. They will proceed in their
work of reconstruction, even at the risk of a
revolution; which, indeed, is what they court
and desire. They want some pretext by which
to place the whole South under military rale
once more; believing it to be their only hope
for averting the election of a Democratic Presi
dent in 1872.
Whether Drake’s amendment to the Georgia
bill passes or not, a bill of similar tenor will
surely pass the present Congress—a bill which
will send troops into all the Southern States, to
snbsist upon the people; which will permit of
the suspension of the habeas corpus act, and
place all prisoners at the mercy of military
coarts. Worse than that, a biack-and-tan mili
tia will be put into the field in every State of
the South. The State treasuries will be de
pleted by purchases of arms and munitions of
war, and very large per centages on these out
lays will go into tho pockets of the Governors
and other carpet-bag officials.
An agent from the State of Louisiana is now
here for tho purpose of procuring arms for the
negro militia, and Governor Bullock will en
deavor to make similar arrangements, by which
he will add largely to his ill-gotten gains at the
expense of the State of Georgia. A close ob
server of the proceedings of the Senate cannot
fail to notice that what passes for conservatism
is simply a more insidious way of undermining
the rights and liberties of the people. Drake,
Snmner, Wilson, and others," speak out boldly
and defiantly, and make no secret of their pur
poses, while those who take issno with them
merely sngar-coat the pills prepared for the
people to swallow, that they may go down more
easily. The effect, however, is the same in the
end, and the predictions of the Baltimore Ga
zette that another revolution is imminent seem
in a fair way to be verified.
Bnllock is waxing desperate at the delay in
passing the Georgia bill. He has exh msted the
Chronicle's vocabulary of lies and abusive epi
thets; and so set to work to get up a oublio meet
ing in the District of Columbia in his interest.
The police selected Welcker’s, a well known res
taurant, where the majority of lobby schemes are
perfected over the choice viands and sparkling
wines for which the place is noted. Here the
preliminaries were arranged ; and last night the
meeting took place in Lincoln HalL The at
tendance was not large, the Hall being not more
than half filled, and 0T the formidable list of
officers published in the morning papers not
one-third were present. Mayor Bowen took the
chair, and pledged the support and sympathy of
every loyal citizen in the District to Bullock £
Co. in their iniquitous scheme. Forney came
next, and was “received with applause.” He
favored "‘strong movements” by Congress: com
plimented Bullock and other carpet-bag Gov
ernors : and regretted there were no. thousands
instead of hundreds at the meeting. Simeon
W. Beard, a Georgia darkey, returned thanks
for symp,tby, aid and encouragement extended.
Horace Maynard claimed that the South would
never be reconstructed “until it is as popular
there to be a Radical as it was to have been a
rebel soldier five years ago. ” Then the South nev
er will be reconstructed, I hope and trast. Gov.
Scott, of South Carolina, wanted troops to ‘"pro
tect loyal citizens from rebels.” He didn’t want
United States troops, however, as they were, in
a great measure, made np of men who had
served four years iu the rebel army. He wanted
loyal militia, with fat contracts for arms and
munitions of war. Bullock said he had come
to listen, but not to speak, thus It admg off with
a falsehood. Ho spoke in opposition to the
Bingham amendment, and “denied that tho Re
publican State GovernmoDt asked to be perpet
uated in office, but simply that their term of of
fice should not be abridged in the interest of the
rebels.” This is certainly a distinction withont
difference. “Hon. Mr. Yuba, a colored mem
ber of the Texas Legislature, said Texas, once
the land of the bowie knives and revolvers, was
now redeemed and liberated. They had not come
hero especially for Texas, but to n*k that the
rights of Georgia should be recognized." Dis
interested patriots! But should their request
bo granted, what would become of Governor
Bullock. Mr. Yuba (dam ?) was either unfor
tunate in his languago or out of place in a Bul
lock meeting. Thayer said he came there to
hear and not to speak, which is not true, for a
more inveterate blather-skite than Thayer does
not exist. He exalted that “we had conquered
the rebels in tho field,” but groaned at the
thought that Loyal citizens were not, as he said,
E rotected in their rights. He attacked Mr. Bing-
am ; ranted about slavery; beslobbered Bul
lock and sat down. Mr. Fletcher, of Tennessee,
regretted that the “loyal element” of that State
had “dallied with their enemies until they woro
bound hand and foot" He wanted “protection"’
and more reconstrnction; end predicted that
unless his request was granted “the white loy
alist and the colored manmust perish off the face
of the earth.” And then tho meeting adjourned.
Senator Carpenter says Senator Morton don’t
care as much for the Constitution as he does for
last year’s almanac. He never consulted the
former, though he does some times the latter.
Grant is said to be contemplating a complete
reorganization of his Cabinet. Fish will go
overboard certain. B. F. Butler will be Secre
tary of State or Secretary of the Treasury.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Georgia and Tennessee—Democrat* Walt-
Ins for a Seat in Congress—How They
Fare—Macon 1’ostofUcc - Knllock's Coant
and Coantonancc—Collector itofob.
nuggets amoDg the sand and gravel thrown out
from a well. He kept the matter secret, and
This change is considered necessary in order to j so j^ t jj e g 0 j^ to a jeweller in the city for nine
Washington, March 26, 1870.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger : Georgia
still remains in the slough of despond; whero
the Senate left her to attend to the affairs of
ex-satrap Ames, which of coarse are of vastly
greater importance—to the ex-general But,
like a child with a multiplicity of new toys, it
has dropped Amos for San Domingo; and to
day tho exhausted patriots of the Senate Cham
ber ore taking a holiday. They need it, no
doubt. They havo been in session for five con
secutive days, the daily sessions averaging about
four hours. They havo discussed Georgia a
little; had something to say on the Ames case;
and Snmner and Morton havo said something
about tho San Domingo treaty. Voila tout!
Of course the Senate needed rest after such
herculean labors.
Meanwhile two States wait without the pale of
the Union, and the fate of a third State hangs
on the BiDgham amendment. Tennessee has
as great an interest in this amendment as Geor
gia. If the amendment is rejected by the Sen
ate : then Bntler & Co. will proceed to recon
struct Tennessee. If it is adopted there is a
reasonable hope that she may escape their toils.
Let Tennessee take note of tho votes of herrep-
resentatives when the crisis comes, and remem
ber.
The House seems to be in no haste to decide
contested election cases where Democrats are
the strongest claimants.
Nearly a year ago Louisiana elected a Con
gressional delegation—certificates were given
by the Governor of the State to four Democrats
and one Radical. Tho men came here to the
Forty-first Congress. The Radical, Mr. Sbel-
doD, was seated without question or demur.
The Democrats waited until patience ceased to
be a virtue, and then returned to their homes.
They are now here again, and have been in the
city for weeks, waiting for this Radical Congress
to decide one way or the other; either to give
them their seats or say they shall not have
them. These four Democrats come here with
overwhelming majorities—some of them having
a larger majority than many sitting members
received votes. The Radicals who are contest
ing their seats are, with possibly one exception,
non-residents, and havo never been in the dis
tricts they claim to represent. They aro men
of no standing, socially or politically, even
among Radicals. If the House seats these im
pudent adventurers it will commit a great wrong;
not greater, perhaps, than wrongs already com
mitted; bat still a glaring violation of law and of
justice. It hesitates to do this, though the in
tention is evident, and meanwhile these four
unfortunate Demccratsare left to cool their
heels outside the House of Representatives.
Texts has sent here one Democratic Repre
sentative ; and his seat is to be contested by a
Radical, who was at the time of the election,
and is now, an officer in the United States army.
The principal witness against the Democrat,
Mr. Conner, was made collector of a county for
bis electioneering services; and has recently
absconded, being a defaulter to the amount of
$12,000; and the Governor of the State offers
$500 reward for his arrest.
A Radical named Hines is contesting the sent
of Mr. Sherrod, a sitting Democratic member
from Alabama. 1 One of his witnesses testifies
that at Conrtland the residence of Mr. Sherrod,
Mr. S., on election day, forcibly took from him
a Radical ticket, and compelled him to vote for
the Democratic candidates. Unfortnnately for
the veracity of the witness, Mr. Sherrod on the
day in question was confined to his home by
severe illness, and attendod by two physicians.
Yet of such a nature as this is the testimony on
which Democrats aro unseated, and contested
seats given to Radicals.
The practice of the Honse thus far tends to
the conclusion that the fact of a member elect
being a Democrat is a good and sufficient rea
son why be should not be permitted to take bis
seat. Any adventurer whose effects are con
tained iu a carpet-bag. who can claim a baker's
duzen of votes; though he may never have set
foot in the district, and who is of the “truly
loyal” creed can have the seat, and welcome.
Snch is the practice of the House thus far.
Why not state it, openly and boldly, that no
Democrat need apply for a seat in the present
Congress, under any circumstances whatever?
This would save niauy very worthy people much
trouble and expense, and would remove all
doubt which may exist now on the subject.
Ono Pierce, of Camilla notoriety, is here
moving heaven and 'earth to obtain the post-
office at Macon, in place of Washington, the
present incumbent. Washington’s friends must
he stirring if they would save his official bacon.
Where is Sim. F. Gove, one of Washington’s
backers? Ho had better pack up his carpet
bag and take the first train for the capital
Bullock claims be has four majority against
the Bingham amendment, bat those who know
his carpet-bag highues-s say his looks indicate a
very different result. Bryant figures ap thirty-
three votes for the amendment, one less than a
majority, with a dozen or so of “donbtfnl”
Senators ont of which to got the needful vote.
A Georgian here claims fourteen majority for
the amendment, and a canvass made some time
since, by a Republican Senator, gives a majority
of tea against Bullock’s schemes.
Another “Oily Gammon” has been exposed.
Robb, Collector of the port of Savannah, has
been trying to carry water on both shoulders,
representing himself to the peopie of Savan
nah as in favor of the Bingham amendment,
and telegraphing and writing here in opposition
to it. He was as foolish as the ostrich when it
sticks its bill in the sand and thinks to escape
observation, if he expected tho Washington
correspondents would fail to discover and ex
pose hi3 duplicity.
Dalton.
The Iowa Gold Fields.
A correspondent of the Davenport Gazette
thns writes of the late gold discoveries in Iowa:
Newton, Iowa, February 28.—Iowa adds an
other star to her galaxy. Let other gold fields
look well to their laurels. The day may not be
far distant when our Hawkeye State will rank
high in the list of bullion returns. There can be
no question raised to the contrary, as we have
foil evidence of the existence of a deposit of
gold. Nuggets of considerable size have been
found upon the farms of several persons in the
vicinity of Colfax. A hired man in tho employ
of oneof tho above farmersdiscoveredsomesmaU
defeat tho aspirations of certain members of the j dollars. About one mile from this farm anotb
Cabinet, who might endanger Grant's succes- er we jj was Bnn ]£ n08r a bam, and it is presumed
sion to the Presidency in 1872. j (he chickens picked up the gold in eating the
up tho Georgia biU J grftve i thrown out, as the women npon dressing
The Senate has not taken m _ ... . . _
since Monday last. The Ames case has occupied th em discovered several small Irnnps of metal7
exclusively the sessions of yesterday and to-day.
The President has failed in his lobbying in
behalf of tho San Domingo treaty.. The Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations will report ad
versely on this and tho St. Thomas treaty: A
majority of the Senate is also opposed.
CoL Bryant says his statement that the Tele
graph and Messenger is in the pay of Governor
Butlock was made on tho authority of a well-
known citizen of Georgia. He is satisfied iiow
that the charge is untrue; and has so written
to his paper, marked copies of which will be
placed on the desk of every Senator.
Dalton,
A Phenomenon.—A Scotch lecturer un
dertook to explain to a village audience the
word phenomenon. “Maybe, my friends, ye
dinna ken what a phenomenon may be. Well,
I’ll tell ye: Ye've seen a coo (cow) na doubt.
Well a coo’s not a phenomenon. You’ve seen
an apple tree. Well, an apple Iree’s not a
phenomenon. Bnt when you see a coo going
up the apple tree tail foremost, to pu" the ap
ples, it is a phenomenon. ’ ’
The Reason Wht.—It is said, and no doubt
truthfully, that the House refused to expel
Butier of Tennessee for selling cadetships—
which he frankly confessed—because his pleoe
would have been filled by Andrew Johnson.
which they supposed to he brass, drop out ou
the table.
A third farmer in the vicinity found several
pieces; they can be seen at any time by calling
at his house. These discoveries were made
daring last summer and fall, bnt the parties at
tached no particular importance to them, and
in fact were not awaro of the nature and value
of the treasure found. They allowed their chil
dren to bavo them, and thus the largest and
best specimens were lost.
A few days since, Mrs. Carper, owning one
of tho farms in question, carno to this city to
pay her taxes and visit her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Gifford. Upon relating the particulars as above,
Mr. Gifford was induced to accompany her
home, and immediately commenced prospecting
for farther evidence. Upon sinking a shaft
some eighteen feet, he reached a quicksand and
gravel six feet deep. The water came in so
fast, and the tools of the men being insufficient,
it was deemed advisable to suspend operations
for some length of time, when more extensive
developments will be made. The parties own
ing the other farms will not oonsent, under any
consideration, to let an investigation be made,
as the indications are that this strata only lies
near and on the line of a small creek. The ex
istence of gold may be fully established, but
whether the quantity will pay for the labor ex
pended is the only doubt. ;
Ellayills, Schley Co., Ga., March, 1870.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:—In argu
ing in your paper against the position of the
Savannah Republican—which was to submit^
bnt not to touch the unclean thing, which was
very much to my notion of faithfulness to prin
ciple—you adduce a man being robbed, saving
a port of his all by some means or other,
take it for granted yon do not counsel the saving
of that part by a sacrifice of principle-rby dis
honorable means—but how else ? If a band of
robbers should surround and overpower me,
and I could escape by consenting to the infamy
of my wifo or daughter, would it be right in me
to save my miserable life by snob dishonorable
means ? This is dedneibie from your reason
ing. Lid you set aside tho teaching of Christ
as folly, for ho has taught us to tom the other
cheek—to suffer death for principle. Now, I
am not arguing as a politician, Jo:'I aji no poli
tician, not having voted in about nine years;
but tho moral of your reasoning is bad, and it
is that I am fighting. The moral of your rea
soning is, let ns do evil that good may come.
Christ teaches us to submit to that which God
permits, which cannot bo righteously prevented;
and if we had been governed by that principle
since the close of the war—let them have abol
ished slavery themselves, enfranchised and dis
franchised et id omne genus, withont aiding
them as we have, thus making ourselves respon
sible, and swearing to onr own hurt—it would
have been better with us to-day than it is. Bat
we have, like them, gone to Egypt for help,
and “ Wo unto them who go down to Egypt for
help" saith the Book. Folly has been set in
great dignity; servants are npon horses, and
princes are walking as servants npon the earth.
The sea is troubled, and is casting up mire and
dirt. And all this is permitted of God for some
wise purpose—no donbt for our chastening—
and if for onr ohastening, then we should uso
no unrighteous means to escape it; but, like
David, when Absalom arose against him and he
fled, and Shimei cursed him and cast stones at
him, and the sons of Zeruiah asked David to
let them go over and take off Shimoi’s head,
and David said: “So let them curse, because
the Lord hath said unto him, curse David. "Who
then shall say, wherefore hast thou done so ?
It may be that the Lord will look on my afflic
tion, and that the Lord will reward me good
for his cursing this day.” Christians, at any
rate, should be governed by this principle. To
succeed in fighting the devil with fire, ns the
saying is, you must havo most fire—must be the
biggest devil.
I hope I don’t annoy you by my writing, and
if so I will not bother yon again.
J. R. Eespess.
Our correspondent only mistakes our point.
It was simply this: that in choosing between
UDjnst and oppressive but inevitable alterna
tives, we bnt act the port of reason and in no
manner commit ourselves to acknowledge tho
equity or justice of the situation. The man
who is in the hands of thieves may compromise
for his clothing or part of his baggage, if he
can, by surrendering tho remainder. Or if
there be no other way to regain his personal
liborty he may buy it by giving his bond for
ransom money. A man may plead before an
unlawful court, if there be no way of escaping
its jurisdiction. Christ, whose example ho
quotes, plead before the court of Pilate and paid
tribute money to Cmsar—thus acknowledging
a jurisdiction established by violence and hav
ing no other foundation in right, except the
overruling retributive dispensations of Divino
Providence. "We advise no man to do evil that
good may come, but to be controlled by an en
lightened judgment of duty and principles.
Editors.
Georgetown, Ga., March 27th, 1870.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger : I have
been a careful reader of your paper since the
close of the war, ajd it gives me 'pleasure to
nssnre yon of the confidence, and cordial ap
proval of your course, of the enlightened men
of this portion of the State, who feel a deeper
interest for the public safety at the present,
than any desire to preserve a political consis
tency with the past.
In the Convention which declared the throne
of Jame3 the II, vacant, and William and Mary,
King and Queen of England, it became a serious
question as to the power of that Convention to
continue its sessions, to enact laws, etc., as a
Parliament After the display of much learn
ing of law Latin, and law French, Mr. May
nard, tho most learned lawyer of that day," said:
“We are at this moment out of the beaten
path. ) If, therefore, we are determined to
move only in that path, wo cannot move at all
A man in a revolution resolving to do nothing
which is not strictly according to tho establish
ed form, resembles a man who has lost himself
in the wilderness, and who stands crying,
‘where is the King's highway ? I will walk no
where bnt on tho King's highway.’ In a wil
derness a man should take the track which will
carry him home. In a revolution, we must
have recourse to the highest law, the safety of
tho step.”
The condition of the South would have been
far better than it is now, had we adopted tho
wisdom of this polioy, which has been so ably
maintained by yon, and I have thought it not
inappropriate to remind yon of the above in
cident of the greatest and most benificent revo
lution of modem times, that we may draw some
lessons of practical benefit iu the present de
plorable state of public affairs.
Very truly, yours,
A Fexend.
From Brunswick.
Brunswick, March 25, 1870.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger;—Yester
day we had a snorting northeaster, and the way
it stirred np dust and sand was a caution to
weak eyes. To-day it is pouring down torrents
of rain up to lime of writing.
Brunswick is a marvellous town—an embryo
city—a city without many houses, and a stir
ring nlace of business without much capital
It boasts of live men—of the liveliest descrip
tion. Messrs. N. S. Finney & Co., saw mill
and lumbermen, and, at the same time, doing
a large general commission business, are not to
be surpassed in Georgia for speed or bottom.
Cook Brothers & Co. is another mammoth saw
mill and iumber concern. They have just
loaded a big ship for Callao with 650,000 feet
of lumber, and she lies now in tho beautiful bay
just ready io take her flight to the Pacific shores
on the wings of the wind. Cook Brothers & Co
are also heavily fn the grain trado and sell large
quantities of com, oats and Northern hay to tile
shame of Georgia farming. These firms and
others are putting their shoulders to the wheel
BETTER FROM JEFFERSON COUHTT.
A Backward Spring:—Fruits gone np—drain
Look* Well—White Farm tabor—Revenue
Sensation—Bartow—Negpo Politics, Etc.
Bartow, Ga., March 29, 1870.
.Editors Telegraph and Messenger: Every,
body is complaining of the uncertainty of the
weather, as if it bad not always been uncertain.
The good book tells us “that ye know not what
shall be on the morrow,” and yet I hear plant
ers say that they used to be able to make cer
tain calculations as to the future in setting their
crops, bnt the freaks of March have completely
confounded them. They never saw the like in
all their lives, and perhaps if the same circum
stances should take place next year they wonld
make the same remark—so short is the memory
of man.
The cold and heavy rains of March have re
tarded the planting interest greatly. Quite
number in this vicinity planted oom in Febru
ary, and it was just “peeping np” when the
cold weather snapped it off. Others had just
planted before the heavy rain, and where the
land was rolling they not only lost the com, but
also the cotton seed with which they had ma
nured. Replanting is the order of the day now.
The sunshine is bright and warm to-day, and
“mine host,” who is a discemer of the seasons,
says winter is over, because as a sure sign,'the
jay-birds are singing and ths turtle-dove cooing
in the woodland. So mote it he.
The plnms and the peaches died in their in
fancy, from bad colds, and the apples, it is
feared, have been seriously damaged. Other
frnits are scarce in this section.
The wheat, especially in the upper part of
the county, is looking very well for this part of
the State. Rye also, as well as oats, will give,
from present prospects, a very handsome yield.
The low price of cotton, while it will not core
all, will have a convincing power on many. One
of onr prominent planters, for the first time,
plants two-thirds com and one-third cotton. He
is of the opinion that one bushel of Georgia
com is worth more in the matter of feeding
stock than two bushels of "Western com. Are
there not many others who share in this opin
ion ? .
The unreliable “man and brother” is a con
stant sonree of annoyance, and many planters
are working largely this year with white labor.
Gen. Reuben Carswell, J. H. Wilkins, Esq., and
many other prominent men are supplying their
plantations almost exclusively with whites. I
shall watch their progress and make note as the
year advances.
Tho “infernal" revenue agents, as they are
termed, made quite a sensation the other day
in Louisville, in assessing and demanding pay
ment of some twelve thousand dollars penalties
for alleged violation of the revenue laws. The
citizens, and especially those interested, were
quite indignant.
Thisvillage, like tho Irishman’s horse, is “lit
tle, but ould,” it being at one time the capital
of the State. The older inhabitants refer to
this fact with a great deal of satisfaction. They
live in the days of “auld lang syne." The
town has two academies, one only in operation.
also, a very nice -Court-house. Still it has but
one church building finished, the Baptist, while
the Methodists are struggling topnt np another.
Yet, while they are not strongly religiously in
clined, there are, I believe, some five or six
places where “spirits" can be had. They may
be “spirits of just men,” but certainly not of
‘perfect men” in all that tends to spiritual life.
Unconsciously, and I say this in order to re
lieve myself from the charge of “malice afore
thought,” I met up with the Hon. Mr. Stone.
Representative from Jefferson county in the
Agency at Atlanta. He, like all “good niggers
go," was sloshiDg along in the mud. Being ig
norant, in the sincerity of 1 my heart I accosted
him as “uncle.” to which he bowed civilly.
Discovering my mistake, I endeavored to learn
something about this great government and the
movements thereof. Alex, although somewhat
puffed up, is not a bad nigger. He declared he
. Pad no sympathy with the extremists; “wouldn’t
hurt a hair on a white man's head; cares noth
ing for politics, bnt docs love the nine dollars a
day." Sensible darkey.
Poor unfortunate race! I fear our oharity is
growing threadbare for them. They are so
ready to believe anything that emanates from a
Radical source, while they treat with the utmost
contempt ail that you say to them. Seeing a
large crowd of them tho other day engaged in
their peculiar mode of worship, I could not help
bat pity them—
“Thoy looked so ugly in their sable hides ;
So dark, so dingy, like a gubby lot
Of sooty sweeps, or colliers, and, besides,
However the poor elves
Might wash themselves,
Nobody knew if they were clean or not:
On nature's fairness they,were quite a blot;
Not to forget more serious complaints,
That even while they joined in pious hymn,
So black they were and grim
In face and limb,'
They looked like devils, tho’ thoy sang like aunts
LaReye.
THE PEDESPEED.
Another New Plaything for Overgrown
Children.
of Brnnswick and moving her rapidly on the
upward grade. Six month ago Brunswick num
bered less than fifteen hundred people, and to
day she has over three thousand.
Brnnswick is an old—old place; but now she
has thrown aside her cratches and is going to
travel like a young ’un. I believe she will
double her population again in two years, and
in a decade be a place of fifteen or twenty thous
and inhabitants. Brunswick owes a deal to the
steadfast and aotive friendliness of the Tele
graph and Messenger anil we mean to send you
a splendid list of readers. B.
'At the seventh annual oommenoement of the
New York Mediod College for "Women, 23d in
stant, the degree of M. D. was conferred upon
five young women, one of them a Degrees.
From the Scientific American.
A few mornings since a quiet gentleman and
a handsome youth walked into onr sanctum,
bringing with them a qneer looking package.
The queer looking package was no matter of
surprise to us, for our eyes are familiar with
nearly all the forms into which the gonius of
inventors can torture wood and metal Bat
while the elder of the two gentlemen entered
into conversation with ns, the younger undid
the package, disclosing a pair of wheels, some
fourteen or fifteen inches in diameter, to which
were attached some stont hickory stirrap-like
appendages, in the bottoms of whieh were foot
pieces, shaped like the woods of oommon skates.
On one side of the stirrap-like appendages
were firmly fastened metalio plates, each having
a short axle or bearing projecting from its Cen
tro, upon which the wheels above mentioned
tnrned. The stiiup like appendages were made
of fiat strips of wood about three inches wide
in tho bro.idcst portion, bent so that one side
was nearly straight, while the other was made
to meet it about midway to form a sort of loop.
In the bottom of this loop were placed the foot
pieces above described, provided with too straps
and a clasp for the heel To the upper end of
the stirrups was attached a piece of wood to fit
the outer and upper conformation of the calves
of the logs. «
In less time than it took, ns to note these
points, the young gentleman—who was subse
qncnUy introduced to ns as the son of the in
ventor of this singular device—had strapped on
the wheels and ooinmenced rapidly gliding about
among the chairs and tables with singular swift
ness and gracefulness. A space being cleared
he prooeeded to execute with seemingly perfectly
ease, the inside and outside roll figure of eight,
etc., amply demonstrating that the “pedespeed"’
has all the capabilities of the skate, both in the
variety and grace of the evolutions that can be
performed with it.
The Pedespeed is light and strong, and is ca
pable of use on surfaces where the ordinary
parlor skate would be useless. The inventor, a
irge and heavy man, informs ns he can use it
constantly for two hours without fatigue. For
gymnasiums, colleges, and parts of the country
where no ice ever occurs, it affords a delightful,
healthful, and graceful pastime at all seasons of
the year.
"When used by ladies, shields may be em
ployed to cover the top of the wheels so as to
protect the dress.
The masons of New York had an immense
meeting last Monday night to raise funds for
a masonic asylum for old people in New York.
Ground has been purchased at the corner of
Sivth Avenue ana Ninety-third street, at a
cost of $ 140,000- Mr. Simons, the master
mason, in the eourse’of his remarks, warned
his auditors that the council at Rome was
using its influence to put down masonry as
opposed to religion, ana 6aid that they should
snow that its influence was beneficial A large
contribution was made by the members.
Weekly Resame of Foreign Aflklrs,
'PREPARED TOR THE TELEGRAPH AND IOKSENGRbI
Great Britain.—The "Parliament is engaged
in discussing the affairs of Ireland.
Mr. Chichester Fortescue, first Secretary for
Ireland, gave notioe of a bill for the protection
-of life and property in Ireland. The bill re
stricts the posseaaion of arms to the owners of
tickets for hunting; a special license is required
for carrying revolvers. The possession of con
cealed weapons will be punished with two years’
imprisonment Tne anonymous writers of
threatening latters are to be traced, night rev
elers to be imprisoned, and all bar-rooms to be
closed at sunset "." , T
Mr. Lefevre, member for Beading, on the" au
thority of the agents of the Inman Line, denied
that the steamship “City of Boston” had been
overloaded with maize, as was alleged by Sir
Pakington.
A copy of the firet folio edition of Shak-
speare’s works was sold far X360 sterling at a
public auction in London.
The last few weeks have been remarkable for
the great number of marine disasters. The
American war steamer Oneida was lost by a col
lision with the British mail steamer Bombay in
the Japanese waters. - The fate of the City of
Boston is still enveloped in darkness. The
steamer Samaria, bound for New York, was
obliged to rotnrn to Queenstown, in conse
quence of an accident in her machinery; her
passengers and mails were transferred on board
the Java, sailing for New York. Two steamers,
Normandy and Mary, ooliided near the English
coast, and the first vessel, hound for London
from the mouth of the Danube, went down with
thirty-one lives. A Peninsular and Oriental
steamer sank the North German vessel Carrie
Jane near the coast of Japan. The crew was
saved.
France.—The Emperor has addressed a very
important letter to Ollivier. He calls npon his
Premier to submit to him the draft for a “Sena
tes Consultum,” which will fix invariably the
fundamental provisions, growing ont of the pie-
biscitum of 1852, in order to restore to the na
tion a part of the representative power whioh
had heretofore been delegated. The Emperor
thinks it expedient to adopt all reforms which
will restore Constitutional Government with a
view of satisfying those unruly spirits who dis
turb the pnblio mind by not believing in the
stability of the present regime.
The High Court of Justice which was con
voked to prononnee judgment against Pierre
Napoleon, has opened its session at Tours. The
witnesses on both sides were very much excited.
They wers several times reprimanded for exhi
biting too much warmth in- their depositions.
All the witnesses for the defense testified that
they noticed the contusion on the Prince’s cheek
after the affray. But a physician who was called
in at the time to examine Bonaparte's face,
swore that he saw no signs of a contusion.
When, thereupon, he was immediately confront
ed by the other witnesses, he repeated his state
ment. This contradiction caused much excite
ment among the audience. Several allegations
which were made by the defense in order to
show that the Prince had only aoted in self-de
fense, were not sustained by the evidence. The
wife and children of the accused were present at
the sitting of the Court. Acquitted by the Court
of the charge of murder, the Prince, on a civil
snit, has been fined twenty-fiv6 thousand francs,
and ordered by the Emperor to leave the coun
try. He has announced his purpose to come to
the United States.
A festival party was arranged in the Toiletries
on account of the fourteenth birthday of the
Prince Imperial.
The Opinion Nationale, an organ of the min
istry, published a leading article, asking that
the French troop3 should evacuate Rome, that
the Concordats should be repealed and the bud
get for pubiio worship be abolished.
There died in Paris a poor woman 97 years
old, who was known by the name of “Mere Cre
dit” She was the daughter of the Marquis of
Pierre Jean de Juxta Credit who expired on the
scaffold in 1792. After the death of her father
afishwoman adopted the young Marchioness.
Her mother, a niece of lAntoine de Bonrbon,
had introduced the Count de Cagliostro to the
Cardinal de Rohan, who has become so famonB
by the neeklace affair. When her foster-mother
died the ci-devant Marchioness continued in the
fish business; only a few of her customers knew
that the royal blood of France was coursing in
the veins of “Mere Credit," whom fate had com
pelled to adopt the humble calling of a fish-
woman. , , ‘
The head-dresses of fashionable Parisian la
dies are tho nonplus ultra of extravagance and
absurdity. There are head-dresses to be seen
imitating Egyptian Pyramids, trophies of arms,
nay, at a ball in the Hotel Talhonl a lady even
carried a guillotine on her head.
The back of the dresses is cat ont to the neck.
The fashionable head-dresses disfignre even the
prettiest faces so much, that men do not recog
nize any more their wives and daughters.
One of the finest girls, liviugin a French sea
port, has promised to bestow her hand on him
who, during the next winter, will save thojgreat-
est number of shipwrecked people.
North German Confederation.—The Reich
stag is still deliberating on the new Criminal
Code. A discussion arose on the maximum du
ration of solitary confinement, which, in the
draft, has been fixed at six years. This period
was reduced to three years by the Reichstag.
A strange festival—a masquerade ball for tho
deaf and dumb—was ijeld in Berlin. There
was one leader who lacked only the power of
speech. When the mnsio struck up for a dance
he gave the signal by lifting both his hands,
while, by a graceful movement of his right
arm, he invited the gentlemen to engage their
partners. He showed then the waiting conples
the dance to be executed by dancing once round,
and the dancers followed, dancing waltz, polka,
galop, and even tho difficult steps of the ‘"Rhine
lander,’’ with muoh precision. It made only a
comical impression to see couples often still
dancing long after the musiohad ceased to plav.
Spain.—There is an animated discussion
about the sale of Cuba to the United States,
going on in tho Spanish press. Some papers
are bold enough to advocate a cession to the
American Union, bnt the greater part condemn
this policy as unpatriotio.
The funeral of Prince Henry, of Bonrbon,
was attended by tho Masonic Lodge of which he
was a member. When the coffin was being
carried into the Churfch, and the priest beheic
the Masonic insignia, he Btopped the solemn re
quiem to be held for the deceased.
The bishops and clergy have been summoned
to take the oath on the Constitution within
thirty days.
There has a serious dissension arisen be
tween the Unionists and Progressists in the
cortes. The immediate cause was an amend
ment toFiguerola’s bill, the Minister of Finance,
for contracting a loan of ten millions of pounds
sterling. The Unionists supported this amend
ment,, and the ministry resolved to make the
passing of the bill a question of existence for
the Cabinet. Daring the debate Prim made
use of tho following words: “As the Unionists
challenge us to the combat, let us, Radioals, de
fend ourselves.” This bold declaration caused
great excitement, daring whioh Admiral Topete
eft his seat on tbe bench oi" the ministers. He
has since retired from the Cabinet altogether.
Italy.—It is again reported that the Pope is
veiy feeble. The Bishops, of Besancon and
Nevers have aocepted the leadership of the op-
josition against the infallibility party. The
ilarqnis of Bonneville, the French ambassador
in Rome, with two French Bishops had left for
Paris. The Council will discuss the twenty-one
“Canones de ecclesia," only after his return.
It is said that the Russian Government is very
desirous of renewing its diplomatic relations
with tho Holy See. Mr. Wasileff, a Russian
agent, has been sent to Rome, partly to observe
and report on the progress of the Council, .part
ly to win the fathers for Russian views with re
spect to the Catholic Church in Poland. Mon
signore Czacki, a Polish Abbe of great influence
in Rome, is said to favor the Russian proposals.
The Marchioness de la Barre Bodenham, a pious
lady of Polish birth, who is said to have exer
cised no small influence on the mind of the
English Marquis of Bate at the time of his oon-
HABB1AGE.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.
Marriage is a fair transaction on tho faeo
avu. ' ~ • ' n \.. . . ' ’ ^ ^
But there iz quite too often put-up jobs in iti
It is an old institushun, older than the pyra
mids, and as phull ov byrogliphics that no
body can parse.'otlqa'J nns'I : til to ohvMl ,W
History holds its tongue who the pair was
who first put on the silken harness, and
promised to work kind to it, thru thick and
thin, up hill and down, and on the level, rain
or shine, survive or perish, sink or swim,
drown or flote.
• But wottiver they war, they must have made
a good thing of it, or so menny ov their pos
terity would not have harnessed up since and
drove out. . . r.-JJ',
There iz a grate moral grip to marriage ; it
is the mortar that holds the sooshul bricks
IMdlftfcfcfO J* .H .1 ;■! fA'ieildWl
Bat there ain’t but darn few pholks who
put their money in matrimony who could set
down and give a good written opinoynn whi
on arch they cum to did it.
This is a grate proof that it iz one ov .them
natral kind ov acksidents that must happen,
jist az birds fly out cv the nest, when they
have feathers enuff, without being able tew
tell why.
Sum many for bitty, and never diakover
their mistake; this iz lucky. j:
Sum marry for money, and don’t see it. _,
Sum marry for pedigree, and feci big for six
months, and then very sensibly cum tew the
conclusion that pedigree ain’t no better than
skim-milk.
Sum mary bekawzc they hav bin highsted
sum where else; this iz a cross match, a bay
and sorrel; pride may make it endurable.
Sum marry for luv without a cent iu their
pocket, nor a friend in tbe world, nor a drop
ov pedigree. This looks desperate, but it «
the strength of the game.
■ If mariyin for love ain’t a success then mat
rimony is a dead beet
Sum marry because they think wimmin will
be scarce next year, and live tew wonder how
tbe crop holds out.
- Sum marry to get rid of themselves, and
discover thatthe game waz one that two could
plav at, and neither win.
Sum marry the second time to get even, and
find it a gambling game—the more they put
down the less they take up.
Sum marry tew be happy, and not finding
it wonder where all the happiness goes to
when it dies.
Sum marry, they can’t tell why, and. live,
they cant tell how.
Almost everybody gets married, and it is a
good joke. r . ;
Sum many in haste, and then sit down and
think it carefully over.
Sum think it over carefully fust, and then
set down and marry.
Both ways are right, if they hit the mark.
Sum marry rakes to convert them. This iz
a little risky, und takes a smart missionary to
doit- Itpfilli $efil lawtap®Atsr
Sum marry coquetts. This is like buying
a poor farm heavily mortgaged, and working
the balance of your days to clear oph the mort
gages.
Married life haz its chances, and this izjust
what gives it its flavor. Everybody luys tew
phooi with the chances, bekauze everyboddy
expekts tew win. But I am authorized tew
state that everyboddy don’t win.
But, after all, married life iz full az certain
az dry goods bizness.
No man caa swear exackly where he wil
fetch up when he touches calico.
Kno man kan tell ji.-t what calico haz made
up its mind tew do next.
Calico don’t kno even herself.
Dry goods ov ail kinds is the child ov cir-
cumttinsis.
Sum never marry, but this izjust ez risky;
the disease iz the same, with another name
fo it
The man who stands on the hank shivering,
and dassent, iz more apt tew ketch cold than
him who pitches biz head ust into the river.
There iz bufltfryr who never many bekauez
they wont—thgmll hanker, and most oy them
starve with bread before them (spread on both
sides), jist for the lack ov grit.
Many yung 1 iz me motto.
I hov triedit, and I know what I am talking
about.
If enny body asks you whi you got married
(if it needs be), tell him you don’t recollekt
Marriage iz a sate way to gamble—if yu
win, yu win a pile, and if yu loze, yu don’t
loze enny thing, only the. privilege of living
dismally alone, and soaking your own feet.
1 repeat it, in italies, marry yung l
There iz but one good excuse for a marriage
late in life, and that iz—a second marriage.
New York Weekly. *
The Last Loyalist.—The clerks engaged in
overhauling the accounts of the fugitive ex-
Collector Bailey, of New York, have found that
the various sums recorded as “uncollected” al
ready reach $1 CO,000. The examination, how
ever, will not disclose the full amount of the
fraud, for, as shown by the statementof Bailey’s
deputy, a large share of the funds stolen by
the ex-collector was never entered on any ao-
oonnt. The unassessed penalties were pooketed
by Bailey, and, in addition to his raids on the
liquor dealers, he levied tribute on boot and
shoe dealers, clothiers, green grocers and others,
compelling them to pay him whatever sums ho
desired. His blackmailing operations extended
even as far as Cincinnati. A short time ago ho
seized, on its arrival, a large quantity of spirits
consigned to New York by a Cincinnati firm: A
few days later the firm received a letter from
Bailey himself, recommending them to employ
a certain law firm to attend to the matter. Q3ie
reply of the firm was more significant than po
lite. It is a model of laconic writing: ‘To
Joshna F. Bailey, Collector, N. Y. : Sir—Go to
h—11! We won’t be blackmailed.” So far as
appears on the surface, active search is prao-
tically abandoned, and unless Bailey is betrayed
or voluntarily surrenders himself, it seems
more than probable that he will not be seen
again. There appears to be no end to the
number of ceses which he compromised, the
result of these compromises being cheating the
Government ont of its proper dues, and pot
ting in his own pockets the sums extorted from
his victims.
Supreme Court Proceedings.
Monday, March 28, 1870.
Judge J. D. Pope made a motion to amend
the order dismissing the case of Lane and
Thrasher vs. Partee and wife, by striking out
so much thereof as affirms the judgment of the
Court below.
The Court decided to hear the motion at the
heel of the Ocmulgee Circuit.
No. 5, Ocmulgee Circnit—Phelps vs. Porter,
executor—Rule against the sheriff and exemp
tion of personalty, from Morgan—Was argued
for plaintiff by B. H. Thrasher, Esq., and for
defendant by Thomas H. 8. Brobston, Esq.
No. 6, Ocmulgee Circuit—Myrick, executor,
vs. Beall, executor—Relief, from Baldwin—was
dismissed for want of prosecution.
No. 7, Ocmulgee Circuit—Caldwell vs. Ham
mons—Equity, from Jones—was argued toe
plaintiff in error by James H. Blount, Esq., *"4
for defendant by Geo. A. Mercer, Esq., repre
senting Col W. K. deGraffenried.
Pending argument in Na 8, Ocmulgee Cir
cuit, the Court adjourned.—Atlanta Era.
version, is also zealous in farthering the views
of the Ru nan Government.
Let us Tar It.—A celebrated physician
says that if people would eat the phosphate
of lime contained in wheat, instead of throw
ing it away, as they now do in tbs bran, in
two or three generations men and women
would be larger boned, stronger, taller, and
have better teeth. Lot n* try it!
Mteiiaatekteteititt
Oousumxp la bliss, bat
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