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AND GEORGIA JOCRNTAL <fe MESSENGER. f’-V; rjT rEID & REESE, Proprietors. The Family Journal.—News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic Affairs. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING WISHED 1826. MACON. TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1870. >. "ioJ I auJ Jaebttqev '1 n; vna : fiaasti aiLiat.'Jit 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 ■’iseu+tt h* .v/i ■' i