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' MACON, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1870.
YOL LXIY—NO. 35
Tlic .Mystic Steersman.
I -i» lark upon an unknown eoa,
IlfiP . Mileon »«•*«• find no echoing strand,
I .teenanw that so patiently
theirs' 0 wlicel forever stand ?
■ vniova sleep, and shies are fair,
I' J >y in th0 fitfnl wind.
I "KjTtnWi my bearings, what they are,
I ^jiuw tfi jllont * n ^° ***• d ar ^ behind—
I -n. '•>'«>• ® at no eefio comes again,
I tnm me round, and how
I . startling eyes to scan the main,
jjjt* 4 n ° yorffier than my vessel’s prow.
I. _ (i isi(s wonder why so frail a thing
1 1 f v t r launched on so vast a sea;
I avails 119 dreamy wondering;
I ^uwwer has it ever brought to me ?
..*•116 soul I hear meek whisperings,
I * ,j w unds from fairer climes float on the air,
*Jf 41 th, luxurioTja plumes her drooping wings,
"jTigivcs nerself to loving traot and prayer.
I s-e- dismal, chilling fogs of Doubt shut down,
I ftoodDR ni 8ht through many weary miles,
L'Tore, that many waters cannot drown, •
* up—through rifts of blue the sunshine
tmiles!
I «,ann arise, and hoarse, wild seas run high,
I {jus that all is lost comes with the gale,
I riae but bear the whispered, “It is I,"
I jjj there is calm more sweet than I can tell.
rv 0 nitsion'e whirlwind bowls across the deep,
I ini sisr-a of danger threaten more and more,
call the Master. Does he sleep ?
I ! Uu bo ? Who sails with him comes safe to shore.
-erefore, j trust my faithful unseen Guide,
‘vy, meeltlr suppliant. lift the outstretched hand,
pin?" o* saintly Watcher to abide.
"^Iriagny frail bark safe to fatherlAd.
Annie.
I Jure < little cousin sweet and fair
y radiant Southern summer skies;
Tic (anbeams linger in her golden hair
jyj 1 iolets havo breathed upon her eyes.
ill day the love-light lingers in her face
it if an angel kissed her. No
Other could have given her such a grace,
Or made such winsome gladness come and-go.
Annie darling! who rocks you to sleep!
Tbo hangs her hat above your reach ?
Wbo sings yon “Rock-a-baby" and “Blackshoep”
Or kragbs when you say Brother Willie’s speech ?
Tm just homo from the ball—the gayest there,
My heart, my heart was distant far
When men called me the fairest of tho fair,
Aad said I shone in every heart a star.
But oh rd rather hear you lisp “7 loveou!”
Aad feel your little arms ’round me,
Than have them praising and “adoring” so
And listen to their honied flattery.
OMignonne! I will come again one day,
Will you remember, or will you
Forget me as all others do—O say!
Will you be faithless or will you be true ?
Ione.
(Written for the Ttlegraph and ITessengcr.')
Fame nml Love.
TO “Jttx.”
Bids cute and whispered in har ear “Bo mine!
And wed blight gold, and Fame ana lineage proud,
Again the Fates may not such gifts incline—
Shat matter if young Hope lie in her shroud ?
And Heads persuaded, who espoused his cause,
ind ixyed she would think kindly for their sako.
Wist maser if in secret she shed tears,
Orif this rung they call a heart should break.
lad Fame lua well nigh won her—Fame the old,
With silver hair and little underneath;
For oh, they sorely tempted her—tho gold—
Re glare— the glamour and tho victor’s wreath.
hit then you came dear love, O happy fate!
"A youth to fortune and to fame unknown.”
Atassly fotm and faco your sole estate,
A put rich mind and heart your glory crown.
lad she who n ever loved before, must still
Rtoash vainly, love eternally and true,,
Oh do not blame her, if against her will • ■ .
& heart turned from old Kamo to L**e and yi u.
loss
Tlio Mountain of Life.
^re's a land far away, ’mid the stars we are told,
Where they know not tho sorrows of time,
**rs the pare waters wander through valleys of
CoM.
ladjite is a treasure sublime ;
i* « bud of our God, ’tis tho home of the soul,
of splendor eternally roll—
"r*way-weary traveler reaches the goal,
•Atwcvergteea Mountains of Life.
rire cann t soar to that beautiful land.
u— o*sti U a. nuai au suae uvuuwsut
“Soar visions have told of its bliss,
** ojr souls by tho gale from its gardens are
n faaaed.
Shea we faint in the desert of this;
«*e#ometimes have longed for its holy repose,
■tea cur spir its were torn with temptation and
*oes,
“"v have drank from tiie tide of the river that
flows
'tom the overgreen Mountains of Life.
etars never tread the bine heavens at night,
.«‘»o think where the ransomed have trod—
~ J the day never smiles from bis palace of light,
fU *« feel the bright smiles of our God;
Vs traveling homeward, thro’ changes and
. Rlcom,
Kingdom whore pleasures unceasingly bloom,
b! our guido is the glory that shines thro’ the
, tomb," »
Ha tho evergreen Mountains of Life.
Memory.
betimes when I look from my window
but into the busy street,
And see the forms of tho passers,
Aad hear tho tramp of their feet,
1 turn in a gush of anguish,
r Aad t«n on my knees and pray;
'otlthitjj of the form that is lying
"°*a wider tho grass to-day.
1 stand in tho midst of loved ones,
Aad list to the words they speak—
,friendship and endearment—
ay heart grows faint and weak;
think of the voice that is silent,
W Um ijpg th a t are still and cold,
''‘ the face of my beautiful darling,
All covered with deathly mold.
Oh, the feet of my Iovo are straying
irM l®’ in the perfect land,
the clear, strong voice is singing
. j . songs of the angel band:
AOd the beautiful faco is beaming
. J" the foot of God’s throne, I know—
et * woep for my darling,
"ho died in the long ago.
Three Seasons.
. ‘‘A cup for hope I" she said,
J'Phog time ere tho bloom was old;
vie erim.on wine was poor and cold
By her mouth’s richer red.
.. A cup for love!” how low,
*oft the words; and all the while
blush was rippling with a smile,
Like summer after snow.
Cot 1 A * or memory!”
— M ®op that one must drain alone:
^Fhile
autumn winds arenp and moan
Across tho barren sea.
■ earth's telegraphic girdle-is to be com-
Hi K J. a “no from Ban Francisco via Alaska
**ussia to China.
memory, love:
r5® f°r fair mom, and lovo for day,
‘a memory for tbo evening gray.
And solitary dove.
Christina G. Rossettl
FROM WASHINGTON.
Bingham Amendment Goes Bp — Senate
will not Extend the Terms of Office—Dis
crepancies on Georgia—Military Rule-
Protection to Corsets, etc.
Washington, April 9, 1870.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:—Captain
Bryant started for Atlanta yesterday via New
York. He thinks the vote on the Bingham
Amendment will be very close, and still has some
hopes of its passage. He admits, however, that
its rejection is probable. On one point he is
quite certain, viz: that there is not a majority
in the Senate favorablo to extending Bullock’s
torm of office. Even Senator Wilson, who in
troduced an amendment extending the term of
the present Legislature to 1872, is opposed to
that 1 and. it is believed, does not really seek
the perpetuation of the Legislature, his amend
ment being simply a bit of “bunkum.”
The longer the debate continues the wider
the diversity of opinion among Senators. The
whole history of reconstruction in Georgia is
overhauled, criticised and commented on; and
days are devoted to discussing questions which
are, or ought to be, obsolete. This embraces
the questions, and the only questions, legiti
mately before the Senate; whether Georgia is
to be admitted, and if admitted upon what con
ditions. Some Senators would admit her with
out conditions. Others, Drake, for example,
would load her down with such conditions as to
make her admission a worse fate than the con
tinuance of military rule. Bullock’s attorneys
have overshot the mark in their zeal for their
client. In representing the State in such a de
moralized condition that it would be out of the
question to to hold an election, they naturally
suggest these enquiries: Why does not Gov
ernor Bullock suppress these disorders? He
has a Radical Legislature and Gen. Terry and
his troops to aid him. If he cannot now main
tain peace and order, will he be any hetter able
to do it two years hence ? Is ho fit to retain the
Governorship at all, on the showing of these,
his friends and attorneys ? If the State is in
such a terribly demoralized condition she is not
fit to be admitted at all, says Senator Carpenter.
Let her be put under military rule and kept
there. These sentiments are gaining ground.
It is among the probabilities that Georgia may
be remanded to military rule, and the work of
reconstruction begin de novo. I am not sure
that it would not be the best thing that could bo
done, short of unconditional admission. A new
Governor would be appointed, vice Bullock,
new elections would take place, and the present
thieving carpet-bag ring would be effectually
gotten rid of. United States troops would bo
infinitely preferable to a negro militia, officered
by carpet-baggers. There can bo no doubt upon
that point, so far as the interests of the people
of Georgia are concerned.
The carpet-bag Congressmen who came here
with Bullock had an axe of their own to grind
as well. Although they were elected to the
Fortieth Congress, and the House by a resolu
tion adopted some time since declared them in
eligible to seats in tho present Congress, they
still nonriah visions of mileage and back pay.
If Bullock succeeds they believe their success
will also be assured. Hence they espouse Bul
lock’s cause, though Prince is understood to be
really no lover of his carpet-bag excellency.
Tnat the House will rescind its former resolu
tion, under any circumstances, and admit these
men, I do not believo. Still they have hope,
which buoys them up in their long sojourn here.
The House consummated a job yesterday by
giving protection to a single corset manufactur
ing establishment in Now England. It imposed
on these articles a duty of three dollars, gold,
per dozen. The debate was enlivened by vari-
ous spicy speeches and double entendres. Mr.
Schenck, Chairman of the Committee on the
Tariff, said: “ We thought the parties who ex
plained it to ns made one a very strong case.—
Still, the committee have not themselves em
braced corsets in what they have done.”—
[Laughter.]
Daring the debate on the section relating to
cotton shirts and drawers, Mr. Brooks, of New
York, stood forward as the champion of the fair
sex:
“ Mr. Brooks, of Now York.—Mr. Chairman,
I am surprised at my colleague on the commit
tee, the gentleman from Illinois, [Mr. Marshall]
for the amendment be has offered; but I am
more surprised at bis want of gallantry on this
occasion, unmarried man as he is. [Laughter.]
Why, what have we just done ? We have taxed
every woman in the country an additional 25
cents on her corsets, which will involve an addi
tional cost to every woman on the ligatures
around her body. And after we have done that
I am astonished at the want of gallantry dis
played by my friend from Illinois [Mr. Marshall]
in getting np and objecting to the 5 cents a
pound on his own cotton shirts and drawers.
“Mr. Marshall.—It is on record that lop-
posed tho increase of duty on tho corsets.—
[Laughter.]”
Mr. Brooks, of New York. I am glad that
that is on record, for the sake of the gentle
man’s character in the estimation of the ladies.
[Laughter.]
Mr. Kellogg. The additional duty on corsets
was for the benefit of the American ladies, by
giving them a chance to mako them at home.
Mr. Brooks, of New York. The American
ladies do not make the corsots at homo. The
corsets are made by machinery by the gentle
man’s constituents and mine, who will by this
bill get from 35 to 50 cents additional from the
Western and Southwestern ladies on their cor
sets All right! Under the general system of
robbery and plunder corsets should bo taxed as
well as other things. I am glad wo have got
corsets in the bill. Wo will have the ayes and
noes on the corsets, and let the country see Till
about it. [Laughter.]
Tbe section imposing tho same tax on wool
on the skin as upon other wools, gave rise to a
lengthy debate, plentifully interspersed with
jokes. Mr. Brooks, of New York, speaking
against a high tariff on wool, said;
Sir, I well recollect the history of the wool
and woolens tariff passed in 18G7. The argu
ment of tho gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Bing
ham] was the same then that it is now. The
argument was that tbe tariff would raise the
price of the wool of Vermont, Ohio, Pennsyl
vania, Kentucky, and other States. Sir, there
is not a sheap on the green hills of Vermont, or
upon tho Alleghanies of Pennsylvania, or upon
the mountain ranges of .California nod Oregon
and Washington Territory, whore sheep are
slaughtered by thousands and tens of thousands,
that does not in his dying moments ejaculate
both of these arguments—Baa! baa!
Mr. Schenck retorted: “I will not undertake
to reply to .the gentleman from New York [Mr.
Brooks] on that which does not pertain to tho
question before the House, and still less will I
try with him the powers of mimicry, for I should
despair of success, as he did it so naturally he
might be mistaken for the very animal it3elf.”
[Laughtor.]
He closed with this fling at the Democratic
members:
“I cannot account for the objection of gen
tlemen on the other side except from the chronio
habit of making an outcry at wool on skin,
which seems to be one of the tenets of that par
ty whenever it makes its appearance.” [Laugh
ter.]
Later in the debate Mr. Wood, of New York
asked the following question:
Mr. Wood—I ask the gentleman whether in
his opinion the Fifteenth Amendment of the
Constitution does not sufficiently protect wool
on the skin? [Laughter.]
Mr. Schenck—It puts it on tho free list.
[Laughter.]
Mr. Kelley—I think, since the gentleman
from Now York has learned to abhor slavery,
he will protect wool on black skins. [Laughter.]
Theso may be called the humors of the tariff.
In this way docs the House enliven a debate
which otherwise would have little interest for
many of its members, though of the deepest and
most vital interest to the country. The pill of
protection is sugared with a • smile and goes
down with a joke end a langh. Those of tho
fair sex who wear corsets will have to pay a tax
of fifty cents each to a New England firm, x
am surprised that some of the members, at
least, who are said to have under their protec
tion more than one wearer of corsets did not
endeavor to protect their own pockets, rather
than help fill those of grasping New Englanders.
Gov. Senter, of Tennessee, had a short but
satisfactory interview with the President, before
the departure of the latter for the North. Gov.
Senter does not anticipate any further recon
struction of the State. He appeared before the
Reconstruction Committee to-day.
A negro named George W. Garb, wbb arrested
here yesterday, charged with committing a hell
ish outrage on his own little daughter who is
under six years of age. The details of the
crime were perfectly horrible, and entirely unfit
for publication. No mention of it is made in
the local press.
There wasnothing of interest at the Capital to
day. Both Houses met, but adjourned early.
About four hundred white laborers from New
York passed through this city on Wednesday
night en route for Alabama, to work on the
Chattanooga and Alabama railroad.
Committees of both Houses are considering
bills for a Southern Pacific Railway.
Dalton.
Railway Facts.
The New York Independent has been hunting
up railway statistics, showing the progress of
the United States in that respect since 1829,
when there was not a single mile of railroad in
the oountiy. In 1830 tweDty-three miles were
opened, and in 1848 we had. 5,996 miles com
pleted, showing an average of 310 miles per an-
rmm. In I860 we had 30,635 miles, the annual
average of advance being about 2,553 miles.
From I860 to 1868 our annual increase of rail
ways was but 1,445, which is easily accounted
forjby the late war. Daring the year 1868 the
the increase was greater, with quo exception,
than before, it being 2,979 miles, and in 1869
the estimated increase is set down at 5,000
miles. The total number of miles of railway
in the United States, as the figures now stand,
is 47,255 miles. On the 1st of January, 1869,
the six New England States had 4,019 miles of
railway, the six Middle States had 9,765 miles,
the ten Western States had 16,889 miles, the
twelve Southern States had 10,693 miles, and
tho three Pacific States had 889 miles of road.
Pennsylvania was the “banner” State as to rail
road mileage—having 4,398 miles on the first of
January, 1869; Illinois stood next on the list,
having 3,440 miles, and Ohio and New York
were about equal, each having about 3,400
miles.
In proportion to the number of square miles
of territory, Massachusetts was far in advance
of any other State, having 1,450 miles of road
to 7,800 square miles, or an average of one mile
of road to every 547 square miles—a ratio
which, if extended to the whole United States,
would give 600,000 miles of railway. The cost
of all these roads, as computed at the close of
1868, was set down in round nnmbers at
$1,850,000,000. Add the cost of the roads com
pleted in 1869, at an average of $44,000 per
mile, and we have a total cost of $2,070,000,-
000, an amount nearly equal to the national
debt Tho aggregate tonnage of these roads in
1868 was about $75,000,000 tons, valued at
$10,472,250,000. Thi3 is equal to about six
times their cost, and would pay four such na
tional debts as tho country now owes. The
year 1870 opens with an exceedingly brilliant
promise for railroad progress. The American
Railroad Journal for December 25, 1869, in
forms ns that about three hundred enterprises
of this character are now under way, and that
in the course of the next two 01 three years,
they will be completed, adding some 15,000
miles more to tbe railroads of the country, to
say nothing of others to be undertaken daring
this period. Some of these roads are hundreds
of miles in length, tapping fertile and rich dis
tricts of country, bringing them within easy
reach of the great markets of the land, leading
to a very rapid increase of population and add
ing millions upon millions to the wealth of the
nation.
Trouble About Georgia.
The Radical Senators are much troubled what
to do about Georgia. Whichever way they turn
they are compelled to confess there is difficulty
and danger. They feel morally sure that if they
admit Georgia, and secure to the people there
an election next fall, pursuant to the State Con
stitution, the State -will go overwhelmingly
Democratic, and the carpet-baggers will never
b8 beard of any more. They all dislike to face
this fact, and yet it is the plan which seems te
promise less mischief to their party ascendancy
at the North. The alternative schemes are, first,
to agree to the demands of Bullock and Blodg
ett to allow them to prolong Bollock's term and
the terms of the State Legislature by their own
act until 1872, and to bankrupt tho finances of
Georgia, after the fashion of North Carolina,
Florida, and South Carolina. Tho second plan
is to reconstruct Georgia a third time, put her
under military government, and provide for an
election at some fature time by a part of the le
gal voters, so as to make a Republican State of
her if possiblo. Bat the majority do not believe
either of these plans can be safely adopted.
It is urged that the Northern States will not
allow this question of reconstruction to be re
opened every month to suit the necessities of
Radicals. On tho whole, it is believed by those
who have made a careful estimate of the vote
of the State, that, though the Bingham amend
ment will be voted ont, yet that in lieu of it
there will be adopted some provision, like that
already foreshadowed by a Republican Senator,
declaring that tho Legislature have no power
under tne State Constitution to prolong their
own terms of offico, and that to do so wonld be
snch a violation of Republican principles as
wonld justify intervention by Congress to cor
rect it- Bollock is in constant attendance upon
the Sonate. It is said that ho feels very little
interest in the admission of tho two Republican
Senators lately elected, inasmuch as they were
chosen iu caucus over his own favorites, and
that his principal concern is to have the term
of tho Legislature prolonged so as to secure
the admission of six years of Foster Blodgett,
one of the rebel heroes who captured Fort Pu
laski when Georgia first seceded. The post
ponement of tho Georgia question was not a
voluntary act, or agreeable to tho Senate Re
publicans. It was resorted to because they did
not know what to do with her.— World.
Weekly Resume or Foreign Affairs.
PREPARED FOR THE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER.
Great Britain.—Both Houses of Parliament,
having passed the Irish Peace Preservation Bill,
or, as the Fenian press term it, the Irish Coer
cion Bill, have adjourned until April 28th. The
ners and language, which hitherto were consid
ered a mark of superior breeding, are giving
way to English customs and language. Eng
lish women are now taking the place of the
French governesses, and the dilletanti theatres
in St. Petersburg have commenced enacting
English plays. English sports, hunts and stee-
statesmen who sway at present the destinies of | pie chases are also finding favor with the Rus-
the British realm, have given too many remark
able proofs of their love of liberty to leave a
doubt of their sincerity, when their profess the
utmost reluctance to yield to the necessity of
advocating snch extraordinary measures. The
state of Ireland seems really to justify the de
cision of the government before the Areopagus
of the civilized world. The bill was not so much
sian aristocracy.
Jabno.
An Irishman's Appeal to his Conn
trymen.
Houston Counts', Ga., April 1880.
Editors 1 degraph and Messenger :—I have
been very forcibly struck with the remarks of
laid before Parliament from motives of a pure- i the slander mill correspondent of the Atlanta
ly political character as from the existence of j Era, in giving his ideas as regards the Irish
agrarian crimes, which, of couno originate j ^ their ^ to the Democratic party,
again in the unjust relations betwecnlandlords -* J
and tenants. It is remarkable that daring the
late Fenian conspiracy of 1866 the country was
almost perfectly free from all agrarian crimes.
The commencement of the present sinister
epoch can be traced back to the summer of 18G8, . . ... T
when a Mr. Scully, while attempting to eject J Radical party that tries to degrade them. I
twenty-two tenants from an estate he hadbought > lived one year in the North. Since that I have
for one rejoice in the the honor that he confers
upon my eountrymen, in this particular, to be
long to such a party. It would be well for all
of my countrymen North to look well to that
Letter from the University—Flection
oi Orators.
University of Geoboia, 1
Athens, April 9, 1870. j
Messrs Editors : As some of your roaders may
feel an interest in the University and the Uni
versity students, I give you the result of the
election for Senior and Junior Orators from the
Phi Kappa Society. The election was held to
day, resulting as follows: W. S. Shorter, of
Eufaula, and C. A. Key, of Jonesboro, Senior
Orators. W. T. Armistead, of Lexington, and
H. Ansley, of Augusta, Junior Orators. .
It is duo to Mr. Armistead to state that he re
ceived the highest vote that has ever been
polled in that time-honored institution, since
its foundation half a century ago. Even a higher
vote than was received by Mr. Beeks, the com
mencement orator elect, who has been credited
by the press of Georgia, with a unanimous vote.
Though Mr. Ansley did not receive as handsome
a majority as bis colleague, yet I feel confident
that he will do himself great credit on the stage.
Messrs. Shorter and Key are good orators, and
much could bo said of them, but it is proposed
to let them speak for ihemsdves.
Visiters to our next commencement need have
no doubts but that all of these orators will en
tertain them with the very best productions.—
Hoping that many may hear them, I am yours
truly, * • Student.
twenty-two tenants from an estate he hadbought
near Ballycohey, in Tipperary, met wit! an ob
stinate resistance. Scully and three constables
were dangerously wounded, and an overseer and
policeman were killed on that occasion. As the
breath of wind kindles again the dying flames,
this act of violence aronsed once more the slum
bering agrarian spirit over the whole country;
and during last year 767 crimes and offences of
this kind were reported to the authorities. There
being a system of terror organized, the courts
very seldom succeed in obtaining the proofs
for a violation of the law. Even those wlo have
been attacked are very reserved in their deposi
tions. They fear the agrarian vehme. One in
stance may serve as an illustration. A respect
able farmer in Johnstown was shot while sitting
in his room. Before he expired the authorities
had time to take his deposition; but tlough he
knew his end was fast approaching, he demined
to give an information as to the proballe mur
derer, from fear of endangering the lafety of
his aged parents. In Meath, Westmeath and
Mayo, armed bands of from one to two hundred
men force their entrance into country houses in
the dead of night, seize all the arms and some
times ask for money; in this way laborers are
compelled to swear that they will not woik below
a certain price, fanners are required to pledge
themselves not to pav any rent or cultivate cer
tain lands. Thirty-five cases of this kind had
come to the knowledge of the authorities in
Mayo, who, however, were unable to indict even
a siDgle offender, there being neither plaintiffs
nor witnesses.
The chief features of the bill have already
been touched upon in these columns. The gov
ernment, anxious to preserve as many constitu
tional rights as possible, has shaped the bill
with a great deal of moderation and forbearance.
Some of its provisions refer only to certain lo
calities where the publio peace is really dis
turbed. The measures against the Fenian pa
pers which preach open rebellion, extend over
the whole of Ireland. The bill authorizes the
Lord Lieutenant to seizo snch productions and
to close the printing offices. But the publishers
may appeal, and if the conrts should decide that
tho paper in question did not hold any treason
able language, the publisher is entitled to am
ple damages.
The farewell lectures of Charles Dickens have
been irrevocably closed. In his last lectnre the
favorite writer took a hearty leave from his au
dience. He added that he would devote his
whole time only to literary labors again, and
that a new novel of his wonld bo published with
in a few weeks.
France.—Tho last debates in the Corps Leg
islate have but little interest for the foreign
reader.
Strikes and insurrectionary movements among
the working classes are reported from several
points of the empire. Tbo difficulties at La
Crenzot are not settled. The strikers made an
attack upon the soldiers by throwing stones at
them, but the troops, who displayed again a
great deal of moderation on this occasion, re
frained from any offensive movement. La
Crenzot is one of the great centres of the French
iron industry, and those works, which employ
15,000 people, reckon probably among the larg
est establishments of that kind. The owners,
Messieurs Schneider, one of whom is President
of tho Corps Legislatif, havo greatly deserved
about the workingmen employe! in their estab
lishments, by founding schools and hospitals and
erecting small tenement houses which are rent
ed at a very low rate. There has always reigned
a good understanding between tie owners and
their employes until last fall, when a spirit of
dissatisfaction began to manifestilself. Owing
to insinuations of the radical ptrty in Paris,
especially in consequence of the tire-eating arti
cles of “La Marseillaise,” the miners have
grown discontented. Thev askedtljatsome slight
changes should be made in the administration
of certain funds for benevolent purposes. The
request was speedily granted. Tlis success in
duced them to prefer several impeitinent claims,
which were peremptorily refused. The miners
continued dissatisfied and unfurltd, about two
mouths ago, the red banner of the republic. An
imposing force of troops succeeded then in put
ting down tho movement without: any serious
consequences. The Government can easily
bring tho minors to terms again, vho are merely
tools in tbe hands of the Radical party, but it is
a sad spectacle to behold that the “Irreconciln-
bles” wield so sinister an influence over a whole
French district as to cause, eventually, a bloody
collision between the troops and the people.
The Dake of CriUon, the last descendant of
“Crillon lo Bravo,” the companion of arms of
Henry IV, died in Paris. Ho was a zealous par
tisan of tho Count of Chambord, the pretender
to tbe throne of Holy Lewis.
There are many cases of smallpox in Paris.
Everybody hnrries to be vaccinated, and one
physician is said to have cleared 700,000 francs
for fees from vaccinatidn since the beginning of
the panic.
North German Confederation.—Tho Prus
sian Government has appointed a special am
bassador for the Celestial Empire. He has been
also instructed to promote tbe political and com
mercial relations between China and Japan and
the North Gorman Confederation. An old law
in the late Kingdom of Hanover, which dated
its origin from the time when Hanover formed
a part of the British Empiro, forbade the open
ing of theatres on Sundays and holidays. By
royal decree this restriction npon Sunday liber
ty has been removed.
Spain.—The new conscription law compelling
every able bodied Spaniard to military service
has come into force. The authorities have en
countered serious resistance iu several prov
inces. Barcelona, the capital of Aragon, has
taken the lead again by opposing the execution
of the law by the force of arms. The insnr-
lived ten in the South and have been treated
with kindness by all. Yon, my countrymen,
are treated worse by the Radicals than the free
negToes ever were in the North. If I had one
word of advice to give, it would be to you to
come to the South. Yes, come to the South—
there is plenty of work for you here and good
wages. Don’t live with the Radical cut-throats.
They care not for yon. All they want is votes.
They are trying to compel the late slaves of the
Sonth to vote for them nntil they find ont what
they are. They will do it first and then they
will quit them. Countrymen all over the North,
for the sake of humanity, if any of you belong
to that party abandon it. It is bringing you all
to rnin, and if yonr masters in the North, as
they call themselves, turn you out of employ
ment, come South. Here you can vote accord
ing to the diotates of yonr own conscience,
close with the hope that this will be read by
every true son of the Erin Isle. All papers
friendly to the Irish people will please copy.
William Martin.
Grandmother’s Spectacles.
They had done gooa work in their day.
They were large ana round, so that when she
saw a thing she saw it. There was a crack
across the upper part of the glass, for many a
baby had made them a plaything, and all the
grandchildren had at some time tried them
on. They had sometimes been so dimmed
with tears that she had to take them off and
wipe them on her apron before she could see
through them at all. Her “second sight had
now come, and she would often let her glasses
slip down, and then look overthe top of them
while she read. Grandmother was pleased fit
this return of her vision. Getting along so
well without them, she often lost her specta
cles. Sometimes they would be for weeks un
touched on the shelf in tho red morocco case,
the flap uplifted. She could now look out
upon tne hills, which for thirty years she had
not been able to see from the piazza. Those
were mistaken who thought she had no poetry
in her soul. You could see it in the way she
put her hand under tho chin of a primrose or
cultured the geranium.
Sitting on the piazza one evening, in her
rocking chair, she saw a ladder ot cloud set
up against the sky, and thought how easy it
would be for a spirit to climb it. She saw in
the deep glow of the sunset a chariot of fire,
and wondered who rode it. She saw a vapor
floating thinly away as though it were a wing
ascending, and grandmother muttered in a
low tone; “A vapor thatappearoth for a littlo
season, and then vanisheth away.” She saw
a hill higher than any she had ever before
seen on the horizon, and on the top of it a
king’s castle. The motion of the rooking
chair became slighter and slighter, until it
stopped. The spectacles fell out of her lap.
A child hearing it, ran to pick them up, and
cried: “Grandmother, what is the matter?”
She answered not She never spoke again.
Second sight had come! Her vision had
grown better and better. What she could not
see now was not worthy seeing. Not now
through a glass darkly l Grandmother had
no more need of spectacles.—Rev. Thomas
De Witt Talmage.
Protection in Congress.
The "Washington correspondent of the Char
leston New says:
The long discussion which has taken place in
the House on the tariff bill, not only oa the
general merits of the question, but on the de
tails of the measure, show that the party of
Protectionists who havo'carried their peculiar
theories with such a high hand for the past
seven years might as well yield the field for the
fature, and allow themselves to be swallowed up
in the now crystallization of parties that is now
going on. The great agricultural interest of the
South and West have proved too strong at last
for the manufacturing interests of New England
cud the iron and coal interests of Pennsylvania.
While the naked questen of free trade has found
many advocates in tho House, it is, at the same
time, confessed that it wonld not be well to en
graft its principles into legislation just so long
as the country is burdened With the presentsys-
tem of internal taxation. Therefore, the pre
vailing plan of the majority of the House is a
tariff based on a revenue standard, with inci
dental protection here and there, in cases where
a heavy internal tax is exacted of certain manu
facturing interests. Beyond this, nothing will be
conceded, but, on that platform, both parties
from the West are reunited, and are already car
rying their views into effect in the pending biU.
For the first time since the Republicans ob
tained control of the House, Pennsylvania is
alarmed on this tariff issue.
The Scientific Amerioan gives an account of
the manufacture of perfumery in Southern
France, and the cultivation of flowers for that
purpose, the latter business being much more
extensive than might at first be supposed. Orange
blossoms seem to be m the greatest demand,
there being seven hundred and thirty-seven tons
of that matorial worked np into odors annually.
Roses come next in popular favor, of which there
are med two hundred and sixty-fivo tons yearly;
then of jessamine fifty tons, of violets thirty-
seven tons, and of geranium leaves fifteen tons.
. The scent of daffodils is among the least popu-
genls have erected well fortified barricades some lar, two tons and a half of that blossom being
distance from the city. Prim has sent reinforce
ments to the scene of action. All telegraph
wires leading to Barcelona being cut, the latest
reports are contradictory and unreliable.
all that the fashionable nose will inhale.
The question now comes in; When does the
| ( equality of States nnder the reconstruction law
Italy. Telegrams from Rome report that tho i commence ? 'It was only yesterday that the te-
Pope wishes to proclaim the first “Schema” on
Easter Sanday, in order to start the discussion
of the second or “Schema” of Infallibility after
the holidays.
The German Princes of the Church, Cardinal
Sohwartzenberg, and Bishop Strossmeyer, ad
vocated a policy of reconciliation in a recent
sitting of tho ConnciL They spoke in favorable
terms of tbe Protestants, and condemned the
excommnnioation pronounced against them as
arrogant and profane. These declarations were
received with loud marks of indignation, which
put a stop to the speeohes of the two German
Prelates. '
Russia.—The Livonian nobility have address
ed a petition to Alexander IL for the preserva
tion of their ancient - rights which have been
granted them by Peter the Great and his suc
cessors. The recent measures of the govern
ment to shape eyerything after the Russian have
often violated those solemn rights.
An embassy from Bueharia is sojourning in
St. Petersburg to petition the Emperor to sur
render again the city of Samarkand, which is
Hon. Henry A. Wise has been admitted to 1 oons j3 erel j a holy place by the Mussulmans,
practice at tho bar of the United States Supreme as Moscow is looked upon by the Russians.
Court, on motion of Hon. Caleb Cushing. * It is a remarkable symptom that Frenoh man-
dioas process of reconstruction was, as we
hoped, ended for all time, and yet Judge Un
derwood, by his decision, re-opens the whole
question. There ought to be some point at
which the unfortunate Southern States are re
leased from reconstruction apron-strings and
allowed to walk alone.—New York Herald.
The expiration of the Bessemer patent has so
greatly lessened the cost of steel, that it is su
perseding iron on many of the railroads in this
country. It is far more durable than iron, and
much better suited on that aocount to roads with
heavy lines of freight and travel. Bat at the
same time it is muoh more brittle in cold weath
er, and has, for this reason, been tbe oause of
frequent accidents at the North. The difficulty
has been obviated to some extent by placing a
a steel cap over the iron rail. The superior
safety, as well as comfort in traveling over the
Southern lines in winter, is a generally admit
ted fact Unfortuately we have no lines to com
pete with those of the North for the trade and
travel of the West at present Bat, when they
are completed, each considerations will be the
feather that will tarn the scale in bur favor,other
things being equal.
Railroad Meeting in Walton County.
Monroe, Ga 1 ., April 5, 1870.
According to previous notice, a large and
influential portion of the citizens of Walton
county assembled to-day at the Court-house in
public meeting.
On motion of Judge Wilkins S. Ivey, Col.
Jas.IL White was called to the chair, and
John P. Edwards requested to act as Secre
tary.
By request of the Chairman, Major Henry
D. McDaniel explained the object of the meet
ing. It being contemplated to build a rail
road from the city ot Macon to the city of
Knoxville, Tennessee, at the suggestion of
prominent gentlemen of the county of Jasper,
the meeting had been called to take measures
to bring the people of the counties of Jasper
and Walton together, at Social Circle, to con
sult about their mutual interest in connection
with the enterprise.
The route through Monticello, and Social
Circle and. Monroe, being the shortest and
most practicable, it behooved the people of
the two counties to take action to procure the
location along this route. When the advan
tages of this route were understood, the road
would certainly follow it if proper steps were
taken.
The Chairman having announced a desire
to hear from other gentlemen, Benajah S.
Sheats, Esq., addressed the mee'ting, ana after
enumerating in a forcible manner the benefits
conferred by railroads upon communities in
their vicinity, explained the nature of the
route from Macon to Gainesville by way of
Monticello and Monroe. He showed that
scarcely a bridge would be required, and com
paratively little grading.
Col. Dickerson H. Walker followed in an
interesting description of the route between
Monroe and Knoxville, either by way of
Gainesville or to tho left of Gainesville. He
exhorted the people to bestir themselves, and
assured them that the claims of a rival route
would be vigorously pressed upon the man
agers of the proposed railroad, but that he
had strong reasons to believe that if tho peo
ple of Walton and other counties interested
offered equal inducements, the road, when
built, would surely seek this route. Now was
the time to obtain a railroad, and if we failed
we would have ourselves to blame.
At the close of his speech, Col. Walker
moved the appointment of a committee to re
port business for the action of the meeting—
which motion prevailed. Pending the an
nouncement of the names of the committee,
Lemuel H. Cooper, Esq-, made a statement
of the positions of the several towns mentioned
in connection with this railroad, with refer
ence to the parallel of longitude. His remarks
very clearly demonstrated that nature had
done more for the proposed route than for any
other, and he impressed upon his fellow-citi
zens the importance of making good use of
their advantages.
The chair announced the committee as fol
lows :
Judge Orion Stroud, Col. Dickerson H.
Walker, Maj. Henry D. McDaniel, Thomas
J. Robertson, Thomas A. Gibbs, John
Walker Harris, John Nunnally and Carter
Hill, Esqs., who retired to their room.
During the absence of the committee Bev.
G. A. Nunnally addressed the meeting. He
gave a very animated detail of the benefits of
railroads, the peculiar advantages enjoyed by
the people of Walton in climate, soil and lo
cation, and of the reasons which induce earn
est and persistent action upon their part to
secure the building of the Macon and Knox
ville railroad.through Monroe.
The committee returned and reported the
following preamble and resolutions:
The people of Walton county having learn
ed that it is in contemplation to build a rail
road from the city of Macon to the city of
Knoxville, in the State of Tennessee, and
knowing that the route which passes through
Monticello, in the county of Jasper, and
through Social Circle and Monroe, in this
county, is the shortest and best between the
proposed termini, have met to take suitable
action to bring before the public the superior
advantages of thi3 route over all other routes
and to express their interest in the enterprise.
Therefore resolved:
1. That the county of Walton will contrib
ute liberally in subscriptions to the capital
stock of the company when organized to build
the proposed railroad, and will give the right
of way through the county.
2. That the people of the county of Jasper
and other persons bo invited to meet the peo
ple of Walton county at Social Circle on the
26th day of April inst., to concert measures
to promote tho building of this road, so vital
to the interests of both counties.
3. That a committee of fourteen be appoint
ed by the chair whose duty it shall bo to pre
pare for the meeting at Social Circle and to
nress the claims of this route before the pub-
lic.
4. That all the people of Walton be invited
to attend at Social Circle on the 26th day of
April, inst, for such consultation and action
as may be necessary.
5. That these proceedings'be forwarded to
the papers in Macon, the Walton Journal
and tho Southern Witness for publication; and
that all other papers friendly to the enterprise
be requested to publish the same.
On motion of B. S. Sheats, Esq., the reso
lutions were adopted.
The chair then appointed the following
committee, provided for in the resolutions,
viz:
Col. JohnT. Grant, Maj. Henry D. McDan
iel, Maj. John B. Sorrels, Rev. G. A. Nun
nally, Benajah S. Sheats, John M. Ammons,
Seaborn C. Burson, John Walker Harris,
Archibald Tanner, Dr. Marvel M. Jackson,
George W. Garrett. Yinoent H. Crawley, Jo
seph F. Shipp, Esqrs., and Dr. L J. M.
Goss.
On motion of Mr. G. A. Nunnally the
meeting then adjourned to meet at Social
Circle on the 26tn day of April, inst
James It. White, Chairman.
John P. Edwards, Secretary.
Tbe Pneumatic Propeller.
Experiments were made on Friday and Sat
urday nights with a pnuematic machine, in
tended to be used for the propulsion of cars
onstreet railroads.
The writer witnessed the experiments on
both nights. Four cylinders or trunks, to
contain the compressed tho air, which is the
motive power, were intended to be used on
the car, but one of the cylinders had been in
jured by some thoughtless or malicious person
so much that it was worthless, and there were
only three fit for use.
On Friday night these three cylinders were
charged to a pressure of 250 pounds to the
square _ inch. Capt. Roberts, under whose
supervision the cylinders had been made, and
who has tried them, says they will bear a
pressure of over three hundred pounds to tbe
square inch. The car was started at Erato
street, on the down town track of the Cres
cent City Railroad Company, on New Leveo
street, and running into Canal street, made
the turn table at Magazine street, with a par
ty of twenty-four riding, in eight minutes.
Returning, the gauge showed 125 pounds
to the square inch remaining. The car was
taken back on the same track at a disadvan
tage, for the track is only used in one direc
tion. Going at a rate of not less than ten.
miles an hour, a loose rail was met at Girod
street, and the car, running off the track, the
impetus was not stopped until i t nearly reached
the curbstone. It was again put upon the
track, not_ without losing much of the com-'
pressed air, however, by leakage, caused by
jarring. There was another run-off the track
before the close of the experiment, and at
St Joseph street the motive power was ex
hausted. _
The trial on Saturday night was much more
satisfactory. The run was made to canal
street in a car in nine minutes. The start was
made with a pressure of 270 pounds to the
square inch. At the turn table at Magazine
street there were remaining 140 pounds. This
time the car was taken upTchopItoulas street,
and was stopped at Erato street.
In these experiments it was immediately
shown that curves can be turned and the ear
stopped as readily when the pneumatic is used
as when the mule draws. The distance down
and np is computed to be upwards of two
miles. Those interested will seek, doubtless,
an exact measurement The machinery is im
perfect, permitting a waste of power; never
theless, the trial on Saturday night proved be
yond cavil or dispute that, with three cylin
ders charged to 270 pounds to the square inch,
a faultless run of upwards of two mile3 was
made with a car full of passengers. With this
fact to deal with it is a simple arithmetical
question as to how many cylinders are re
quired to propel a car any given distance.
Queen Victoria held a drawingroom at
Buckingham Palace on the 10th. Lady read
ers may be interested in knowing that she was
attired in a rich black-ribbed silk dress with a
train trimmed with fringes and crape, and the
usual white tulle cap, with long veil and a cor
onet of diamonds. Her Majesty also wore a
diamond necklace, the Koh-i-noor as a brooch,
the Ribbon and Star of the Order of the Gar
ter, the Orders of Victoria and Albert and
Louise of Prussia, and the Coburg and Gotha
Family Order.
It is said that the women jurors in Wyo
ming during the long Howie murder trial were
taken irith their male companions to a hotel
every night, and there placed in separate bnt
adjoining apartments to pass the night And
here, every morning during the, trial, upon
arising from their beds, theso ladies kneeled
together and asked wisdom of God to enable
them to properly and wisely discharge their
new duties. The men, meantime, were drink
ing whisky and playing bluff..
Russian Barbarism.—At Kieff, in Russia, the
other day, seventy-one of one hundred and
fourteen prisoners, before being sent off to Si
beria, were branded and whipped in the court
yard of the jail of that oity. All the convicts,
men and wamen, were present at the barbarous
scene, which lasted over two hours. Three ex
ecutioners performed the whipping and brand
ing.'. '• One of the ‘prisoners, after receiving
seventy lashes, was carried back to the building
in ft dying condition.
West Point Negro Cadets.
The Philadelphia Press slops over as follows:
“As the colored boy nominated by Gen. But
ler for the oadetship at West Point had not
reached the required age, he was not admitted.
Mr. Prosser, of Tennessee, is likely to enjoy the.
distinction of placing the first colored cadet at
West Point. A colored lad whom he has nomi-:
nated is not only of eligible age, but is qualified
to pass examination, and will, of course, be ad
mitted. It is proper that Jeff. Davis and Rob
ert E. Lee, who devoted the education bestowed
upon them by the bounty of the Government to
efforts for establishing an empiro, should be
succeeded in the Military Academy by a member
of the race which they despised and trampled
upon. The race which contributed many thou
sands of soldiers to swell the ranks of the army
that defended the Union against the late Rebel
lion is entitled to participate in the benefits of
the military and naval academies.
Forney makes a grand mistake in supposing
that the Southern people care a continental
about the admission of negroes to West Point.
If they had their way, they wonld ship snch a
delegation to that school and Annapolis as wonld
make even Forney’s stomach heave. They
would send genuine negroes, though, not mon
grels. Staunton said the simon pnre darkies
saved the Union, bnt Bntler, Prosser & Co. re
ward the mulattoes and half-breeds. Why not
give the sure enough negroes a showing ? Af
ter awhile the genuine Cuff will wake up from
his nap in the snn, and commence to ask this
same question. He certainly shall not lack
prompting. When he gets the hang of the
swindle, clearly, Forney and his like had better
have their lives insnred. There'll be music in
the air.
Plediscitum.—As this word, says the Charles
ton Courier, frequently occurs in French dis
patches, and may not be understood by that
portion of our readers who are unacquainted
with foreign tongues, it may not be amiss to ex
plain its meaning, at least its general significa
tion. It is compounded of two Latin words,
plebs, plebis, people, and scitum, an ordinanoe,
and in ancient times was used to designate a
law or ordinance made by the Roman plebians
or commonality, on the requisition of a Tri
bune, (a representative of the rights and inter
ests of the plebiar.s), without tho concurrence
of the Senate or Patricians. As used now in
France, without any accurate knowledge on tbs
subject, we presume it designates a constitution
or bill of rights modifying tho empiro, to be
presented by the Emperor and voted on by the
people without the intervention of the French
Legislature.
Captain Hall, the Arctic explorer, has, it is
thought, hit upon tho truo theory of travel and
exploration in the icebound regions of the
North. In his next expedition he will not make
the mistake which was fatal to Sir John Frank
lin’s expedition—that of attempting to subsist
his men on ship food. He and his men will live
upon the food appropriate to the Arctic regions,
and will thus, it is believed, obtain the hardi
hood which vriU enable them to proseente their
discoveries to the very pole.
It is reported in Paris that the Prince Imperi
al of France, who has lately passed his four
teenth year; is soon to be betrothed to a “Ger
man princess of high lineage.” As the Empe
ror of Austria has one daughter, the Archduch
ess Gisele-Louise-Marie, who is now in her four
teenth year, it is supposed she may be the
“party of the second part.” She was bom on
the 12th of July, 1856, while the Prince Imperil
al was bom on the 16 th of March, 1856, so that
the Austrian Princess is just four months young
er than the Frenoh Prince.
Georgia Shelved.—The Herald specials to
the 8 th say;
The opinion expressed by Senators of infor
mation on the suojoct leads to the impression
that Georgia will be allowed to remain in her
present condition for the present. According
to these statements some opposition will be
made when the time comes for taking up the
bill again.
"We shall probably know more about this mat
ter before going te press.
The Pneumatic Propelling Company of
New Orleans, made a successful trial with
their experimental street car on Tuesday, de
monstrating the success of the principle and
its practicability.
Bombay cottoni sent by way of the Suez
Canal, has been r.duruidsito India, as yam
from England, in loity-flvo jays. By way of
the Cape of Good Hope it used to take ninety
days.
Brazil anticipates a heavy coffee crop this
year.
Fizzy millions of gold are said to be hoarded
ap by the people in Texaa.
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