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AND GEORGIA JOTJJRNAlL .& MES8ENGEE, gY, REID & REESE, Proprietors. The Family Journal.—News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic Affairs. GEORGIA- TELEGRAPH BUILDING Rushed 1826. ' 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. ''s *7 ' I' Y mfr’inlnnai(tin m Hr 111- i'i ' i iir-iN'riT-'tfiimi'rirfri.'ilfrtiiit