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1826.
GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING
MACON, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1870.
Grave Beside a Stream.
BY Broil MACMILLAN.
Xltv. vn. 17.
■ the union of the stream and gravo!
I ar ! * r *i motion and eternal rest;
I •‘EiJSS beside the transient wave
VOL mv.-NO. 40
i.-sffinaasassfti,
rfrt «n!et> through the chnrch-yard’a solemn
** ** 1 ?’ like an ancient prophet’s voice of faith,
®!*vli5e the grave a glorious psalm
I^OMifeinmidetofdeath.
. rt-.f.r and the hnrial mound
^Sm in parable, that tlirongh death’s sleep
^ for ave though none may hear its sound,
1 "’"'uW.nver still and deep.
rb. T.iwn’s ’ heap or witness" seems,
tie sleeper and tho world’s alarm,
• Ki no anxious cares or evil dreams
“jja? pass‘n do him harm.
, -.a. wrestles by the brook of life;
* 8 ?ri£ht is past—the angel stands revealed;
„ ®?Klhebieisiog wrung from strife,
I ’every wound is healed.
\ Soug oi the Wind.
stewent across the antumn woods,
Th. netted branches through ;
»»d the rotted leaves cluDg to her feet,
»nd to her hair the dew.
Jjrind! ” she cried, “tor tho Spring sake,
And the love beyond the sea :
ninth wind! O tender wind!
a Wot him back to me!
Mjs went across the winter fields,
•put,It tears rising fast,
sub her folded robe about her head,
iMiuet the bitter blast.
• OSorth wind! O bitter mad 1
ftcinse tho sun has gone,
0 tell him thou art keen and cold,
'And I am all alone.”
He wind came over the fair fields,
And the wind came through tho w oods,
And etrango fest crossed the palo spring grass,
And etrange eyes saw the buds.
“0, love! ” he cried, “wh > called to me,
And I was slow to come;
He wad of tho wind is in my heart.
Bit death is in my home.”
-YALLEB DOGS.”
urk Tunin’* History of tlie Founder of
He Finally and his Descendants.
When Noah disembarked at Ararat he had
nreely touched the pier when he proceeded
attliy his passengers. He had just checked
ft list item in the list—a 31 r. and Mrs. Bed-
taj-whenthe cringing figure of a quadruped
aat sneaking down the gang-plank with his
ail between his legs. “Brat it, if there ain’t
ht filler dog!” says Noah, aiming a vicious
hd with his brogan at the brute. Butj with
ifidlity born of long and bitter experience,
tie brute dodged the projectile, and ejacula
ting “ki-yi,” which is Syriac for “declined
mthinks,” or “not for Jo”—he disappear
ed while Noah, who had his sea-legs on, was
Bible to recover his equilibrium, and sat
ion with emphasis on the back of his head.
Xoah arose, and, in accordance with the
sjfe prevalent among the patriarchs, he pro
ceeded to soothe his affronted dignity by pro-
wwdng a variegated anathema upon the
filler dog, which had characteristically sneak
ed unobserved on board, in the confusion of
pattinc to sea, and capsized the Captain at
the first port He cursed that dog in body,
Enb, bark, hide, hair, tail and wag, and ail
his generations, relations and kindred, bycon-
nnguintty or affinity, and his heirs and as-
iftii He cursed him with endless h • ,ger,
rah perpetual fear, with perennial la -eess,
with hopeless mange, with incessant fleas,
ud with his tail between his legs. He closed
b stock of maledictions by a sparkling dis-
phyot' pyrotechnics, from tho demoralizing
effect of which the yaller dog has never re-
eoxered.
With this curse sticking to him like a reve
re stamp the yaller dog can’t help being
“ffi-d." He don’t try to help it. He fbl-
k« Noah’s programme with sneaking fideli
ty He is an Ishmaelite among dogs. He
wares the most oppressive courtesies in the
am of brickbats, boots and hot water, which
*tk« his life an animated target excursion.
He boards around like a district school teacher,
ril it is rucal-timejwith him twenty-four
won in the day. The rest of the time he
takers after something to eat. He is too
oaiverous for an epicure. Cram him at
•tanonico’s, and he would hunger for dessert
an Albany boarding house.
He can’t be utilized. He is too tired. As
•will-cart locomotive, a hunter, ora sentinel,
Bn an ignominious failure. The dog churn
•“» strategic attempt to employ his waste
oergies, but he hadn’t any waste energies,
to batter had too much self-respect to * ‘come”
• bis persuasion. So the dog churn was
wppei
. *o sausage maker dare foreclose his lien on
■* yaller dog, lest his customers—no longer
Allied and sustained by an unfaltering
—transfer their patronage to some less
**j»aou3 dealer. Tho savages, who admire
*Md dog, and who can even attack tripe and
•Jpre the mysteries of hash, without dismay,
waowledged the yaller dog to bo too much
‘•r their gastric intrepidity.
He always manages to belong to a ragged,
■^toco-chewing, whisky-drinking master,
?°se business is
is swapping dogs and evading
Southern Baptist Convention.
From all accounts the lale Southern Baptist
Convention was very numerously attended, and
the affairs of the Convention, it seems, were
ventilated very freely, though in the best hu
mor. Onr former account, condensed from
the Courier-Jonrnal, carried us down to - riday
night.
On Saturday Dr. J. B. Taylor, in behalf of the
Foreign Mission Board, presented resolutions
to the effect that entry young man, who offered
himself for missionary service in tho foreign
field, be appointed!
Dr. Burroughs, of Richmond, called atten
tion to the vast field of China, which, it appears,
other Baptists have left to Southern Bap" ts,
and urged that greater energy and activity be
infused into this mission work.
Tho establishment of a mission to Ireland was
suggested in a paperfrom the ■“Maryland Union
Executive Board,” and referred to a committee.
Rev. G. F. Adams, of Virginia, presented the
report on “Past and Falnre Operations of the
Domestio Mission Board.” The report gives a
graphic account of the great work done by this
Board in tho past in building up what are now
some of the most flourishing churches in the
country, in carrying the gospel to the red men
of the forest, and helping many feeble churches
all over the country.
Rev. J. B. Hawthorne, of Maryland, readthe
report on the extension of the foreign mission
work. The report speaks of the present open
ing in China, Spain, Ireland, Mexico, and other
conntries, and urges upon the Board to estab
lish missions in all these conntries just so soon
as the means can be obtained.
The mission to IrelandVas ably adrooated by
Rev. H. McDonald, of Kentucky, a native Irish
man, bat now a Kentucky Baptist.
The question of contributions and agencies
for collecting money was then discussed by Drs.
Poindexter, Burroughs, Henderson, and Kim
brough, and the business men of the Conven
tion were called on to devise some plan for get
ting at the contributions of the churches.
In the afternoon it was reported that the debt
of the Foreign mission Board had been liquida
ted.
Dr. T. C. Teasdala made an appeal in behalf
of the Sunday-school Board, and received
$1,160 00. It was agreed to hold the next ses
sion at St. Louis.
On Monday thero wa3 a very interesting and
animated discussion in regard to the Sunday-
school Board, which evinced that this Board and
its work has a very strong hold upon tho great
Baptist heart of the South, and that it was hear
tily sustained in its last action.
Tho order of business was suspended in order
to allow the committee on Dr. Jeter’s resolu-
tions on co-operation to report.
In presenting the report Dr. Jeter said that
while it did not go as far as he could desire, yet
it met the unanimous approval of the committee,
and he should cordially vote for it.
The vote was taken withoutfurther discussion,
and the report unanimously adopted as follows:
The committee to whom were referred the
preamble and resolution with reforence to fra
ternal interconrse and co-operation with North
ern Baptists, respectfully report:
Your committee, .with all the light before
them on the subject submitted to their consid
eration, after a careful comparison of their
views, have but little to add to the oonnsel pre
sented in the report of the committee on co-op
eration with the Sunday School Board, adopted
by the Convention on Saturday. The policy
recommended for that Board is proper for all
the Boards. All are agreed that tho Convention
and its Boards should be maintained in their in
tegrity. No measures which endanger their
existence or diminish their efficiency are to be
tolerated. All the energies of Southern Bap
tists should be directed to their support and the
increase of their usefulness. Your committee
do not recommend that any measures be
adopted in the direction proposed in the pream
ble and resolution referred to them, beyond
those heretofore sanctioned by this Convention;
and believing that the further agitation of a
subject which has absorbed so much of the val
uable time of this body, at its last three ses
sions, tends only to disturb our own harmony,
without promoting fraternal relations with oth
er bodies, your committeo respectfully ask to
be discharged from its further consideration.
J. B. Jeter, of Va., Chairman.
Rev. D. E. Burns presented the Report on
African Missions. It gives a detailed account
of the mission, urges sending ont more mission
aries, especially colored men, and that the
missionary spirit be cultivated among that class
of our population.
Rev. Dr. Poindexter offered a resolution in
structing the Treasurers of the Boards of the
Convention to make a more detailed statement
of tho finances of their Boards.
J. H. Mills, of North Carolina, earnestly op
posed tho resolntion as implying a want of con
fidence in the Boards, and offered additional
resolutions, expressing highest confidence in
tho Boards and urging the churches to co-oper-
4tdog tax. Tho yaller dog is acquainted with
S®*h, and he enjoys the intimacy with edi-
•1®? contempt He slinks along through life
J* diagonal dog-trot, as if in doubt as to
riiihcna of him is entitled to the precedence.
Htii always pervaded by a hand-aog sense of
*%»nd when retributive tinware is fastened
’■°.wa tail, he “flies from the wrath to come"
*■»» horrified celerity which ought to be
raggestive to two-legged sinners of a sim-
Wordtal in store for him.
The yaller dog is—well, to speak in italics,
“UidcwrA.
Them is a woman in Joliet with a few em-
ideas on tho topics which agitate the
?°*?ts of a portion of hor sex, and she talks
■a“Us way: "I jast don’t believe in these
Jj* Cornea notions. I have raised six boys—
? of them vote now, and the others will
be old enough. Then I will have six
Now these good-for-nothing women
*?° Have fooled their time away, and never
a single boy, come around and want
F* 1 ? woman to vote for herself. I don’t fce-
r** in Buch nonsense. I have raised my six
and I am going to have every one vote
■t ms. Those women who go lecturing
Weekly Resume or Foreign; Affairs.
PBEPABED FOB THE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGEB.
Gbeat Bbitain.—There is hardly anything
worth mentioning to be reported from England.
Mr. Childs, First Lord of tho Admiralty, ad
dressed a communication to the House of Corn-
Ministry declared in the Cortes that the State
would discontinue the salaries of the Bishops
who refuse to take the oath on the Constitution.
Replying to a deputy, who'had stated that
the Cuban insurrection was still existing, Moret.
Minister for tho colonies, empatically repeated
that the revolution was virtually ended. A bill,
mon8, that thirteen hundred emigrants had ap- j abolishing slavery in the colonies, will be short-
plied for passage to Canada on Government
vessels.
Mr. Danson proposed a resolution, that the
House should denounce that pari of the Indian
revenues which is derived from the opium trade.
Grant Daff having stated that the abolition of
the opium trade would occasion a yearly deficit
ly introduced.
Jasso.
A Raging Princess—The Story or a
* Necklace.
The Crown Princess of Prussia, Victoria’s
eldest daughter, inherits more of her mother’s
traits than any of her other descendants,
* w vxauo nwuiu uvuooiuu u yOUIiy GcHClC i • « • * . « . .
of seven mHIions of pound sterling, the resolu- > an ? 0D £ whl , ch w a jealous virtue not to be de-
47 1 ■ _» -- PI ~ . 1 ATM son. 3TU1 cnniAfhtnrr r\P o tomnav
spisea, and something of a temper. She re
cently went.to her jeweler to 'buy a diamond
necklace, and selected a very beautiful one,
something quite lew, but noticed that the
head of tho establishment, who, of course, was
serving her, tried in vain to suppress a pecu
liar smile. The Process, always excitable,
, _ . •*, flushed up and asked naughtily if there was
it! v!! P roy and SRS?*— Bn Attorne y* I any reason why she tVA not purchase the
aconsmof theEarlof Oflxnarvronand necklace she had seleoted. “It already be-
tion was rejected by a majority of 104 votes.
The remains of the English subjects murdered
by the Greek brigands had arrived in London.
Otway, the Under-Secretary of State, laid all
official communications the Government had re
ceived in relation to the lamentable tragedy, be
fore the House. He stated that the murdered
men were Messrs. Vyner, abrotherof the Connt-
From East Tennessee.
Correspondence of Macon Telegraph & Messenger.
Caretville, Tenn., May 14,1870.
Perched among these mountains, at the
now.is the time for Cincinnati to revert to her IA Graphic Description or the Terri*
original and wiser design to make her road to hie Railroad Collision,
rvnoxville. Let Macon at once give Cincin- „ T ...
natito understand that she wiffbe met at kJ?’ Ma ^- I5 ~ Th -° <ra “’? eanB **•’
RTnnVTrPlfl -JfL - a:ZLi “ bodies that!
_ ° »» *-uG jr nn _ v ni. 1 b °dies that were killed by the collision at Re
present terminus of the Knoxville and Ken- j Maeon and the Oneen fh» ai w r0reka y eateI day arrived about two o’clock this
tucky Railroad, like the way-worn Muscoge^ j abS’mng her apStoSi for 12^?’ „L he 00101161 wiUhold “ ^ uert
chieftain, we AvWIaim “Alabama l.t! tinml oIi.fIk. win ® 1 !!L a * t .£ ni0C ?h
chieftain, we exclaim “Alabama!
ate with them.
ttonnd the country instead of raising^ boy3,
no business to vote anyway. _Ana wher
i when
|| they are as smart as I am, why did they
“. •we some boys to vote for them ? I tell
w I do not intend to be cheated out of my
j T °te8 by any such good-for-nothing folks.
P>«ss that the world would eome to a pretty
‘ "pi m a mighty short time, if the women all
ri7v. <0 - Eoiu’ around lecturing on wimmin’s
in-toad of raising boys.”
Oij,
Wh.
•nan Greeley’s brain most be softening.
■ actually 6ays, now, that; “The best
22 to ma ke the South peaceful is to. make it
j^perous. Let her people feel the power of
j, p°rernment otherwise than as evinced by
' ~*I° n ets. A people busily at work and
a * n 8 money are not prone to rebellion."
Dr. Poindexter earnestly defended his reso
lution, but was willing to accept brother Mill’s
amendment.
The resolutions, as amended, were unani
mously adopted.
Rev. Dr. Broaddus, of Virginia, moved that
tho several State organizations be requested to
instrnot their delegation not to fill vacancies ex-
cept from their own States. Adopted.
Rev. Dr. Graves, of Tennessee, gave notice
that nt the next session he should move to amend
the constitution so as to limit representation in
the body to actual members of regular Baptist
churches.
A motion for adjournment prevailed, and the
brethren took the parting hand while Binging
Blest he the tie that binds.
Rev. Dr. Broaddus made a feeling address,
and then led in a fervent and appropriate
prayer. '
Count of Boyl, Secretary of the Italian Embassy
in Athens. The English Ambassador had done
everything in his power to save the prisoners.
The payment of the ransom, fixed at.first at
£32,000; then at £25,000, (not £2,000 as stated)
did not form the slightest obstacle; and as the
brigands, in addition to the ransom, had insist
ed on a full pardon to be granted by the Greek
Government, the Ambassador, pleading the
critical situation of the prisoners, had en
deavored to persuade the authorities to accede
this request Bat the Greek Minister of War,
instead of avoiding any step endangering the
lives of tho prisoners, sent troop3 in pursuit of
the robbers, who, driven to despair, put their
threat into execution.
Loud are the denunciations of the British
Press against the Greek Government The
London Times publishes a violent leading arti
cle against Greece, calling upon the Great Pro
tecting Powers to send a suffioient force to
Athens to exterminate the brigands, as the
Greek Government had proved to be utterly in
capable of establishing order within its own do
minions.
On the authority of the “NeueFreie Presse,”
of Vienna, it is said that England has offered to
purge Greoce of the brigands under the follow
ing conditions: King George is to withdraw
temporarily from the head of the government,
a Regent is to be appointed, the present minis
try to bo removed, and the act of habeas cor
pus to be snspended.
Fbance.—Though tho result of tho Plebisei-
tnm can hardly be considered an unconditional
vote of confidence in Napolean’s Government,
it proves at least that France prefers the Em
pire to another violent overthrow of the exist
ing order. The Republican party has lost favc r
with all sober-minded men since it has formed
an allianoe with the Socialists who are deeply
imbned with communistic principles and aim
at the destruction of the whole modem society.
The problem of reconciling thG right of the in
dividual to the sovereignty of the State has al
ready been agitated Bince a thousand years and
is still as far from its solution as ever. Whether
the Republican form of Government comes
nearest to the ideal standard, has yet to be seen.
In Europe the character of a Republican Gov
ernment is but very imperfectly understood by
the masses, with whom tho terms of anaroby
and republio have a somewhat similar meaning.
This remark applies particularly to tho French
Republicans, whose Republicanism has al
ways been tinged with vague ideas of commu
nism ; and the accession to power of this party
would probably be the signal for new violent
commotions. We therefore think that the vio-
tory of Napoleon is bnt in the interest of the
French people.
Many demonstrations and riots took place in
Paris on the occasion of the plebisoitum. Sev
eral collisions occurred between the troops and
the people, always ending with the defeat of the
latter. A great many persons—it is said 2,000
—have been arrested on the charge of having
participated in the insurrection. The capital
is quiet now. The police is still searching for
accomplices in tho recent conspiracy against
Napoleon. Tho opposition party has sent a com
mittee to London and Brussels to ascertain
whether there is any truth in the reports
circulated by the ptolice. The London Times is
rather incredulous and inclined to treat the
whole conspiracy as a “manoever" of the French
police to create a sensation in favor of Napolecn
on the eve of the plebiscitum.
The new ministry is complete. The Duke de
Grammont has been appointed minister of
foreign affairs.
Napoleon, who is enjoying excellent health,
attended the races and was heartily cheered by
the people.
Nouth Gebman Coneedebation.—There is a
great deal of indignation felt in Berlin against
the Committee of the Stock Exchange, which
has cautioned the public against the purchase
of certain American bonds, especially the North
Pacific railroad and Honduras bonds. These
securities, therefore, are not quoted on the of
ficial bulletin of the StockExchango. Tho Lon
don Times says the warniDg emanated from
Mr. Koesing, the North-German Consul in New
York, but Mr. Roesing emphatioally denies tho
truth of this report.
King William closed the session of the Cus
toms’Parliament. He thanked the assembly
for the ratification of the commercial treaties
with Mexico and the Hawaiian Islands, and con
gratulated the deputies upon the advantages
North-German commerce would derive from
those treaties.
We are assured by the Augshurger Allgemoine
Zoitong.” that in consequence of the Roman
Council," Dr. Augustus Schenk, Ordinary Pro
fessor of Botany in Liepsig, has withdrawn
from the Roman Catholic Church to turn a
Lutheran.
The study of English language and literature
is making rapid progress in North Geftnany.
There will be a oonrse of leotures on Shak-
speare and his plays, and certain epochs of
English history in all German universities dar
ing the summer months. Some Professors will
lecture on the Anglo-Saxon, Iriah and Gaolio.
In Breslau Dr. Karow proposes to lecture on
the Celtic languages generally, and to examine
critically some selections from Ossian.
Italy.—The debates of the Roman Council
are progressing slowly. The reply of Dapan-
Ioup to Spalding, the Archbishop of Baltimore,
in reference to tho infallibility question, will
shortly he published.
The four canons, “de Deo rerum omnium
Creatore,” “de. Revelatione,” “de Fide,” and
“de Fide et Ratione, ” have been solemnly pro
mulgated in the public sitting of April 24th.
lUnschor, the Cardinal of Vienna, Austria,
has expressed his views on the Couhcil and
Th* Kettbed Conductor.—‘’Gris,” of the
Cincinnati Times, relates of an old conductor
promoted to train dispatohor, as follows:
Habit was exceedingly stroDg with the ex
conductor. As he sat in the office ho would
start every time he heard a bell ring and yell,
“All aboard." Then he would go about the
office at intervals and try to collect fare from
his assistants. We dropped in casually, one
afternoon, and Billy wanted to know if we had
a “pass.” He couldn't get accustomed to his
new position at alL He pined to be again on
the road. One day he begged the boys to put
him through a collision, which they did to his
a entire gratifioation. They tore his clothes
nearly off, blacked both his eyes, broke a kero
sene lamp over his bead, and piled a red-hot
stove on top of him. Billy was inanecaUoy
of delight, and declared he hadn’t enjoyed him
self so much sinoe he bad a bile.
... ptoywy
longs to your Royal Highness,” the shop
keeper was startled into replying, “though I
was not authorized to let your Royal Highness
know it It was ordered some time ago."
Who ordered it—the Ptince? Oh, now I
see] My birthday is in a few days; no doubt
he intends thi3 a3 his birthday gift. Be sure
you do not mention my visit here, and I shall
say nothing to the Prince. The Princess was
touched by tho thoughtful compliment from
her husband, who, in those days, was neither
noted for his thoughtfulness nor his tender
ness, and eagerly awaited her birthday in si
lence.
The morning came, and numberless cadeaux
according to German custom, were carried
into her bed chamber, among them one that
bore her husband’s handwriting on the cover
ing. She tore off the wrappings trembling,
almost weeping, and refusing assistance. The
little casket contained a very handsome dia
mond bracelet—no necklace. What could it
mean ? Like the Queen, tho Princess Royal
is a .martyr to jealous rage, and her fury may
be imagined. But to discover what she was
determined to learn, she hid her rage, saying
to herself, “A necklace like that would only
be a fitting cadeau to some one who goes to
Court—I shall see it 1" And she did. At the
next Court ball tho searching eyes of the
Crown Princess did not permit any to pass
unnoticed. At last there entered a young and
beautiful lady—a well known belle; she wore
that necklace I The eyes of her Royal High
ness flashed as though giving back the light
of the diamonds whe n her glance rested upon
it. She walked deliberately up to the lady
and asked her, in a tone quite audible to those
near, “Who gave you that necklace?” The
lady colored crimson, hesitated, stammered,
and failed to re ply. _ “Who made you a pres
ent of those exquisite diamonds ?” demanded
the Princess, varying her question. The lady,
now quite confident from tho manner of tne
Crown Princess that she knew the donor, and
there was no mercy to be expected, stood
silent “It was given to you by the Crown
Prince of Prussia, my husband 1 Deny it if
you can—but you cannot I now leave this
palace, and I will never more enter it until
you have been openly forbidden to do so.’’
With that she swept out of the salon. Of
course the fair necklace wearer was then and
there dismissed in disgrace.
Jumping into matrimony.
fiom London Society. 1
Marriage is, unquestionably, as derided a
turning point in human destiny as can be. It
is, however, a turning point which, least of
all, should be left to mere blind chance. Yet
mere blind chance often rules the result. Ev
erybody now recollects how Lord Byron staked
on a toss up whether he should make his of
fer to 31iss 3Iilbanke or not. 3Ir. Grant as
serts that there is an English Duke now liv
ing who wrote the following letter, when
ilarquis, to a friend with whom he had agreed
to inspect some carriages in LoBg Acre:
“It will not be necessary to meet me to
morrow to go to Long Aero* to iook for a car
riage. From a remark made by tho Duke
(his father) to-day, 1 fancy I am going to be
married.”
Not only had the Marquis left his father to
chose a bride for him, and to make tho other
necessary matrimonial arrangements, but when
the intimation was made to him by the Duke
that the future 31archioncss had been fixed on,
he seemed to view the whole affair as if it had
been one which did not concern him in the
least- We have a similar anecdote of the late
Duke of Sutherland: “On the morning of
the day of his marriage, a friend of his found
him leaning carelessly over the railing at the
edge of the water in St James Park, and
throwing crumbs of bread to the ducks. His
friend, surprised to see him in such a place,
and so engaged, within two hours of the ap
pointed time l’or his marriage to one of tne
finest women in England—one in whose veins
the blood of his Howards flowed—exclaimed:
“What I you here to-day. I thought you were
going to be married this morning?” “Ye3,”
was tho answer given with the most perfect non
chalance, and throwing a few more crumbs to
the ducks, without moving from the railing
on which he was leaning—‘yes,I believe!
am. * I should hope that sensible men do not
often leave the choice of a wife to be deter
mined in this intermediate way.
Lynch Law lu Kansas.
Fobt Scott, Kansas, May 13.—An aoconntof
one of the most terrible outrages ever recorded
is pnblisbed in to-day’s Monitor. On Taesday,
seven men, either Texans or straggling outlaws
1 from Indian Territory, came to the town of
Ladore, a few miles south of here.
After drinking all day, they went to the board
ing honse of L N. Boach and asked to stay all
night. Being refused on aooonnt. of - their
drunken condition, one of the party knocked
Roach insensible with a revolver. They then
went to the bed occupied by the two daughters
of Roach, aged 12 and 14 years, and outraged
them dnring the entire night.
Roach revived after a time, bat feared to stir,
knowing he would be killed if be did. He de
scribes the cries and entreaties of the girls as
heartrending. A quarrel arose among the de
mons, and one of them, was shot dead 'while
dogma of infallibility in a pamphlet, published
in Naples. Few copies areas yet in circula
tion, bnt we are assured by authentic sources
that the Cardinal passes a severe criticism upon
the Counoil, the convocation of which he con
siders to bo quite inopportune. Speaking of
infallibility, he says “that it conld not be' pro
claimed a dogma, because mortal man had
never been believed to be infallible, and it
would be absurd to proclaim as a dogma what
had always been held to be impossible.”
The whole book, which'is written with a good |
satisfying bis lost. At daybreak the party fled,
one taking with him to the woods the youngest
girl. The town was immediately arohsed, and
parties started in eTery direction in search of
the fiends.
The one wjth the girl was soon overtaken,
and hung to a tree. Two others were found
secreted in town, and were hung to the same
tree. The remaining three were also captured.
Two of them were hong. The other one, at
last accounts, was in custody of the oitizens,
bnt will probably share the fate of his compan-
Lowndes County.—A correspondent from
Lowndes gives a refreshing roport of his neigh
borhood. Those people have plenty to eat, and
we venture to gay owe very little money.
deal of spirit, tends to show h°wgreat thean- j l0 ™ feeling here is, that in this ip-
«» ~|y?.aa"oc
infallibility of the Pope will be proclaimed a , 1D K ptuuahment is entirely jusunea.
dogma within a few weeks. . j • —***-— ■
Spain. The sudden journey of Olozaga, the , The rents in New York and Brooklyn, partie-
Spanish Amfijuamdor fit the Tuilleries, to Mad- nlarly those of expensive stores, it is asserted,
rid. hes riven rise to many conjectures. As have been reduced from twenty-five to thirty
the representatives of Italy, Austria and Poriu-! per cent It is allegedftiat landlords who have
cal were also expected in the Spanish Capital, held out for high rents^have not succeeded in
these interviews were thought to be conneoled renting their stores, which will remain vacant
with the question of the Spanish throne. It is daring the ooming year. Very high-pnrod
hard to credit the latest version, reporting that dwelling houses eannot be rented for * fair on-
Espartero, a venerable old man of 78 years of terest on their oost, bat the rents of moderate-
age, would probably be eleoted King of Spain, priced houses and tenement
while Prim would be declared his euuoesaor. been seriously affected. The rents of the lower
In compliance with the numerous petitions order of tenement housesi m reference to the
from Havana, the Government has declined to accommodations offered, it is asserted, we ex-
take at present any further steps for the procla- tortlohate, the Undlords obtaining twenty-five
tion of a constitution for Porto Rico. The and thirty per cent, in addition to the taxes.
us rest: at least for a few days. The great
restless world is walled out by these stupen
dous barricades, the mountains. True, the
genius of steam has at last penetrated them;
but aside from the daily invasion of a single
train, the magic creation of a dozen or more
buildings near the rushing mountain stream
and under the primeval finest, and the magi
cal sinking of some coal-Bhafts in tho veiy
limits of the new village, all remains as it was
on the day of the discoveiy of Columbus.
Thus yet—hut soon everything will he
changed. At Coal Creel:, ten miles nearer
Knoxville, where coal beds were first tapped
by this great young railway, a tfinrtY Village
of "Welsh miners has sprung up, and wears
already an established look. It is the old town
as compared with Caretville: it 13 fully two
years of age 1 Thus it is with “Young Amer
ica,” hitched to a steam engine, with inexr
haustible mineral wealth just ahead. He
moves rapidly.
^Most of your readers are aware that the
Knoxville and Kentucky R. R., extends al
most due North from Knoxville, and is de
signed to connect the latter plaee directly with
Cincinnati, Ohio. The road is completed,
and trains are now running 40 miles to Carey-
ville. Twenty miles from Knoxville, the old
village of Clinton, (first named Burmlle, but
after Burr’s unfortunate homicide, changed
to Clinton, in honor of De Witt Clinton,) is
reached, and is vitalized by steam-power into
a thrifty little town. T: i railway here passes
through the Lone 3Iouutain and crosses a
most valuable vein of iron ore, which must
sooner or later attract the attention of manu
facturers. At Clinton tho road crosses the
River Clinch, far more euphoniously styled
by the aborigines the Pelissippi. We trust
that usage may soon restore to this beautiful
stream its handsome Indian title. The Clinch
was originally given to it by way of burlesque.
A party of pioneers engaged in one of the
earliest explorations of the country was cross
ing this river on a rude raft An Irishman of
the party, who could not swim, fell into the
stream, and roared out lustily “ Clinch me,
b’ys! Clinch me, b’ysl” He was speedily
rescued, and his jocular comrades called the
stream the Clinch.
At Coal Creek, ten miles this side of Clin
ton, the first coal mines are reached. Three
mines are already developed. Large forces of
miners are actively at work, and immense sup
plies of coal are furnished to consumers. This
fine coal, superior to any previously supplied
by the Tennessee mines, has already made its
way into your markets, and commands a ready
preference over other varieties. It is charac
terized by great 'combustibility and little re
siduum. Your citizens need not be aftaid to
use it. There is more of the same sort among
these mountains, which centuries eannot ex
haust.
At Coal Creek we observed the process of
coining conducted on an extensive seale. The
interior of the mines is wisdy provided with
communications with each other. Should any
accident obstruct exit at tho main entrance, the
miners can escape through the adjacent mines.
Ten miles from Coal Creek, and forty miles
from Knoxville, is our present and pleas
ant place of sojourn. - Just before reaching
this plaee, the road pierces Walden’s Ridge
by a tunnel through an inexhaustible bed of
the finest iron ore. And here, at tho new
village, (named in honor of the late William
Carey, of Jacksboro’, Tennessee, one of the
most energetic and worthy citizens of the
country) extensive mines of coal of the same
quality as that at Coal Creek are developed.
Wo formed the acquaintance of Mr. Kennedy,
of the firm of Morrow and Kennedy, a com
pany prepared to fill all orders which may be
sent to them at Carey ville for coal, on the
most reasonable terms., This company will
carry on the business with more energy, if
possible, in the summer than in the > winter
season—well considering that the wise and
wary will take care to provide themselves with
abundant supplies of coal at that season, when
the careless and the thriftless will neglect it,
to find their supplies in the time of actual
need delayed by insufficiency of transportation
over some of the railways of lower East Ten
nessee and Georgia.
Bnt we weary of writing. Ink and paper
are dull objects to gaze on when all nature, is
redolent of loveliness. The dear, rushing
mountain stream that manners audibly, and
tho chirp of the free mountain birds in the
rhododendron thickets that are interwoven
above the flashing water, woo our thoughts to
nature, and to the profound melancholy which
Israel's wisest minstrel pronounced to. be the
sum of all earthly things. The morning mist
curls upward from the valley and floats along
the mountain ride, revealing the gTeen pas
tures, and fat herds, and young corn-fields
which spread out before the eye like a riohly
tinted mao for many miles to the north-east
ward. We have found hereabouts, some
handsome floral treasures, which would set a
botanist’s soul ablaze. Let us mention the
names of three: 1. That shy and rare Or
chid, the mountain hermit which hides in
shady recesses and shuns the vulgar stare of
mankind, tho Gypripcdium acaulc. Its beau
tiful nodding flower of delicate purple stands
gracefully on our mantle, and bows its head
m the hopelessness of captivity. 2. The ever
green shrub, the Kalmia latifoHct x with its
gay, calico-looking flowers, forming dense
thickets on very many of these mountain pre
cipices ; and 3d, That charming evergreen,
tho Rhododendron maximum, the giant of the
family, who interlaces hie branches above the
waters of the mountain rills, and roofs them
with his obovate-oblong leaves. His buds are
already swellingin the genial warmth of tho
May sun, and very soon his pink and rose-
colored flowers Will light up the darkness of a
thousand shady ravines among these “earlh-
oergazing mountains.”
The whole distance from Knoxville, Ten
nessee, to the Kentucky border, along this
line, is sixty-five miles. To this point we
have stated the distance at forty miles—leav
ing only twenty-five miles unfinished. Of this
distance six miles have been graded, leaving
only nineteen mile3 of the road untouched.
The whole of this unfinished portion of the
road passes through a mineral region unsur
passed for its abundance of iron and coal.
Onr information is not sufficiently definite
as yet in regard to the distance of the road,
completed, and yet incomplete from the Ken
tucky border to Cincinnati, to enable us to
speak. ” V; V ‘ tJj,
The time is now eminently propitious for
Cincinnati to pUBh forward her railway system
directly to the South. The defeat of the Cin
cinnati, bill in the Kentucky .Legislature, re
cently, leaves that city (so far as State action
in Kentucky is concerned) without the right
of way across that Commonwealth. Cincin
nati had, last fall, abandoned her original
purpose cherished for thirty five years, of
building a railway"direotly through Knoxville,
Tenn., to the Southern Atlantic seaboard,
and had been seduced into fixing upon Chat
tanooga as the Southern terminus of her road.
Baffled in this by the jealous rivahy of Louis
ville, Kentuoky.who desires this very connec
tion for the exclusive advantage of herself,
leave Louisville to enjoy I The Republican reporters give the following
if j • , k— i give uro ju
all the advantages she can reap from a oon- description of the collision and wrack:
nection with Chattanooga ana Atlanta, and I The express train had five passenger ears
will grasp the greater prize of direct coinmu- and a baggage car, and the freight train wax
mcation through the agricultural and mineral long *nd heavy. At the point of collision is an
riches of East Tennessee, and through the 1 embankment, 15 feet high, where the road* ; l
heart of the cotton growing region of which cnrves 80 sharply that two approaching trains
Macon is the centre, to the seaboard fit Bruns- eaimot 868 eft °b °ther until close together. A
wick and Savannah. Maeon, through her 2? y J*T lT1 "h 1,68538 the engineer of his train,
city authorities, should at once pnt hereelf in . v 1was the first to deeory the smoke-
! We must not omit to say that the Knoxville Meted* 1 the^ attention Mr^jfow! to** the
&nct JventucKy railway seems to be admirably j danger; brakes were immediately whistled down;
equipped and managed. The able President I the engine reversed, and the speed of the train
ot the road, Gen. Joseph A. Mabry, (a prom* somewhat checked, but no application of human
inent member of tho recent Constitutional power could brake up the heavy freight train and
Convention of .Tennessee) and the efficient bring it to a halt under half a mile. The two
Tress,,.vj. qf the
he read. Mr. John L. Moses, engines rushed at each other like lightning, and
are admirably qualified the enraged monsters, grappled with a tremen-
fiu. We acknowledge with pleasure many [ acraB crB01J i ™ rca
courte-ies extended to us by the sons of the ]" estIe * * 6U into a “ d disjointed
latter—two very intelligent young gentlemen on , 8 r6nnd * 1510 fllloc £ t®**
who Dassed over a nortion of tho msd with ! a The tender, baggage car, and the two
Jggg.- y" 1 1 forward passenger cars of the express train on
V? h i S t ? restin § I one side; and the tender and several bix~caS
information touch ng to the affairs ofthe road 0 f the freight train on the other, rushed into
and the country through which it passes. We the crash with llieir respective engines, leaving
P*^ 811 !® of meeting, also. Col. Terry, I a frightful ruin, spattered with the blood of
toe Ltuet Engineer of the road, (the brother forty human beings, entrapped and mutilated
°f Gen. Terry in command of the U. S. troops beneath its shapeless mass.* The two engines
of Georgia) who politely extended to us much were driven with such force into each other
valuable information. OcjiulqEE. I that it was almost impossible after the collision
' ■«»>■ to distinguish the parts of one from the other.
Eetter From Lowndes County. The crashed cars were jammed together, the
TTirmtA, Ga., May 0,1869. cat3 being shivered into slivers, and the seats,
**« **»"** <c i stems' 3r2E3£SSr
wield a nervous pen, and am not accustomed to J ment. The three rear cars of the express train
writing for thepublio, as I thought that you I shared tho conoussion, but escaped tha fate of
and your many readers wonld like to hear from the two forward ones,
section of Georgia where the farmers operate | After the collision they were found standing
on the self-sustaining prinoiple, I have con- stiff and still on the track with the brakes close
eluded to send von a short communication: np, showing that the brakemen bad done their
Habira, a postoffice of antebellum and Oon- duty by responding to tho engineer’s whistle
federate times, is in the north-western comer of beforo they leaped from the train. The xpeo-
Lowndes county, sixteen miles from Valdosta, tacle was one impossible to view without abso-
the county site, which is on the Savannah & lute horror. “As a soldier,’’ said a passenger,
Gulf Railroad, one hundred and fifty-five miles “I have been through many battles, but never
from the old Forest City. The surrounding in- saw so sickening a sight It was chaos and
habitants are mainly the old stockholders o death combined.” The engines, both on the
former days and their descendants; many of ] same Bide of the embankment, were bnt a heap
whom grew rich at leisure, from the increase of battered fragments, while aronnd, on aU
of stock, the productiveness of the lands, more sides, was a confusion of ruins twice confound-
enriohed by the cattle and “Treading it," as ex- I ecL The baggage car and the one next toil
pressed by us; and the enhanced value of the were shivered as if by an internal explosion,
lands, much of which they bought at low figures, and the mass of broken timbers, iron-rods,
The prodaots are as various as any other wheels, and other portions of the cars looked
section of tho State. We make good crops cf like the frantic vyork of some inferhal agenoy.
corn, oats, rye, rice and wheat, where we cul- -.
tivate properly, with favorable seasons. Sugar From Baber County—“There I* Life
cane approaches maturity and sorghum does J f n (he Old Land Yet.”
well; potatoes, peas and pindars are extensive
ly raised. Figs, plums and scuppernong grapes I Telegraph and Messenger : 1 know
flourish. The English grape, apples, SeachV nelthe ' tho aut ^ or the ab0TO oft-repeated
pears and cherries will not prddnee abundantly; quotation, nor the circumstance that gave ma
nor live long. Strawberries and raspberries do ^ application to Georgia. But it is probable j
well. Colworts and turnips, beans and English ‘ bat 0,0 e ™Jeoces of its truthfulness >ve not
pets grow luxuriantly. The climate is too J 6 "?"®? a PP arent 81 ? oa ‘ he ^nationof l
warm Ind damp for Spring cabbage. tba lata ^trous, cruel and unjust war than . t
The object of my writing isto let yonknow I ^ present. If weseek them only in the lcgifk
that we at least make and raise onr o5n“hom- IatiTaa f d executive departments, if we took ^
iny, hog and beef.” There has not, coming J lone at °ur political aspects, we should turn
under my knowledge, been a sack of corn im- froci lha contemplation with disappointment,
ported into this neighborhood in sixteen years} j ?P? 0W - a ? d n! 8 1 *® 18 ^ atl1fa
but many hundreds hare been exported; and body. instead of statesmanship, ^* ignorance
there is Jombere now, which has been selling aad ™«»of slaves are pandered to by the lying
at $1 25 a bushel, and it would be less but for ‘” cka of Prejudiced villainy. It is true that
the quantity furnished the .cities, towns and I we some honorable exceptions, but they
villages, which draw considerable supplies from ? ral “ bad and are power ess. If wb
us. The exports of bacon far exceed the im- look Executive Department* the face of .
ports, and beef is sent out annually to Savan- every true Georgian must burn with shame at
nah, Macon and other places. We make onr theisad spectacle there presented. Instead of _
own sugar and syrup, and some rice, and we an honest atoimstrnion of the la wsofthe State,
could make our wheat, but prefer to make oats tbe P° wars «* °®. cer8 “® prostituted to the
to buy flour, as good flour mills are scarce. advancement®! partisan views ; the worst men
We are behind hand in our farms this Spring. °. f ^ he 1 ° on , ntl £ a . r “ 8on 8 bt fo ' g***™*?
The corn is not all plowed over yet, and very cipients of official favor. Fraud, lying, theft
little cotton is chopped out We have good ?° d P er J ut y ad tfcequahficationH necessary
stands of both, sna the plants took healthy, f? e B VW U £» 0 to 0?®®, provided he is of
- - * - r J I the political party now m power. The curse of
a justly indignant people will follow our present
rulers to the gates of death, and their plun
dered wealth will not screen their offspring
from the storm of contempt that is now gather
ing over tbe heads of the shameless actors in
the miserable faroe. Their infamy will attaoh
to their progeny to thd thud and fourth gener
ations.
I am not sticking to my text, however. It di
was my purpose to say something about the
but need rain very much.
The oat crop is injured much by diy weather,
and it will be less per acre than in former years,
bnt not as a whole, as more land is sowed.
J, Cephas.
Minority Representation.
The movement in favor of minority represen
tation appears to be gaining gronnd. The
World of the. 13th savs:
The Illinois State Convention resolved, on I farming'interest of this section of The State,
the 6th instant, to submit to the popular vote, The crops are not so far advanced as usual at
as a separate article of the constitution now I this season of the year. The corn, though
framing, a proposition that three represents- small, is looking well, and I think a larger pro-
rives be eleoted in each of the legislative dis- portion of tbe crop is in com and oats than
tricts, and that in auch eleotion “eaoh qualified usual. This we regard as one of the symptoms
voter may cast as many votes for one candidate I that “ there is life in the old land yet."
as there are representatives to be elected, or Cotton is looking well; stands generally very
may distribute the same or equal parts thereof | fine, and the dropping is going bravely on.
among the candidates as he shall see fit, and Laborers are working with more energy and
the highest in votes shall be declar- cheerfulness; bnt the earth is rather dry at
ed elected.” Under this plan, which is that of present for the young cotton plant, and it will
the cumulative vote, it can be seen that the not thrive well longer without rain. More at-
minority party in eaoh district can, by concen- tention is given to stock, especially to hogs,
trating its strength, infallibly secure at least We frequently hear planters urging the abeo-
one of the three members, and that in no case tote necessity of producing bacon for home
can the majority, as now, elect the whole dele- I consumption. This is another encouraging ro
gation merely by betog the majority. Tiros in dioation. After several years of sad experi-
the case of St. Clair county, which cast at the enoe, we are beginning to see that we eannot
last Presidential eleotion 3,269 Democratic and live on cotton atone, and that an agricultural
4,814 Radioal votes—if that county wore an people must produce their own “hog and horn-
election district under the present plan the leg-1 toy,” or artides of prime necessity, ox else
islative delegation would be all Radical, where- grow poorer. •
as on the proposed system two Radioal mem- Improvement in agricultural implements,
bera and one Democrat would be chosen. improved seed for planting, and agricultural
And to the same way to Sangamon county, journals are now attracting more attention than
which has a Democratic majority, all three ever before; while jrolitice areata heavy dis
members would be Democrats by mere majori- I count. These, taken separately, are small
ty voting, but with minority representation the things; but yet when they are considered ool-
Badioala wonld secure one member out of the lectively they serve to point out to the obeer-
three. Carrying tbe principle throughout the rent a great change for the better in the public
State, it appears that the representation of the mind- Agricultural clubs, county fairs and
people at large would be much more equitably I State fairs all serve to give new impetus to tha
provided for than at present. Now the North- idea that every farm should produce its own
ern and central portions of Illinois send almost supply of provisions. Seeing that these im-
solid Radioal delegations to tho Legislature, presaions are daily growing stronger on the
and from Egypt, or the southern parts oome I publio mind, we have good reason to conolude
equally unbroken Democratic delegations.— that “there islife to the old land yet”
The application of minority representation to
this state of things might not, perhaps, change
the majority in the legislature or even mate
rially affect its size, bnt the great benefit is that
the present virtually disfranchised Democrats
of Northern and the disfranchised Radicals of
Southern Illinois wonld have a voice in the Leg-
Oah nut, Baker County.
L. H. H.
A Solemn Indictment.
Forney’s Philadelphia Press of the 14th in
dicts the Memphis Conference as follows:
islature proportionate to their strength. True, j '?S? era l. Conference of the
by the terms of the proposed article Illinois is I Methodist Episcopal Church South was held at
not, even if tho new plan be accepted, to have Memphis, Tenn. There was a large attend*
an opportunity of putting the same in praotiee I an°e. Prayers were offered for the church, for
before 1872; but it is a significant circumstanoe I ad sort ? ®^ d conditions of men, for the biah-
that after minority representation has had a °P 8 an “ other clergy, for good crops, and to be
trial to Pennsvlvania at the Bloomsburg elec- [ delivered from famine and pestilenoe, tor
tion, and is, on the 17th tost., to- be tried in friends present and friends and families at
New York at the election of Judges of the Court home, tor tiie temporal and spiritual projT 0 ™!
of Appeals, a !hird great State should be mov- of the flocks they had toft behind them, for
ing to the end. Memphis, and the welfare and happiness of lta
B — ' people, for everything and everybody; but they
A jealous old Paris!an t who married a young I did not seem to know that there waa such a
lady of eighteen, happened to see her one day I country as tho United States, and that that
look at one of the Palace Guards, and to hear I country had a Government. There was a atud-
her say that the French army! consisted of a I ied avoidance of all reference to this subject,
very fine body of men. What was the lady’s I usually considered worthy to engage the
surprise next day at dinner, when the servant I thoughts and prayers of men who are citizen*
brought up word that a soldier bad called pud j of the best Government the world ever saw,
inquired after her and her health, leaving no j and thna enjoy temporal blessings far beyond
farther explanation. The next day, and the the generality of their race. We refer to this
next, and so on for a week, a call each day at matter merely to show that the same elements
dinner after tho same fashion. The lady grew which did so mr-ch to precipitate and embitter
exasperated; the husband smiled. An explana- I the war are still at work.
tion was insisted upon, whereupon the husband As the Conference is still to session, and
replied: “Well, likely to remain so some weeks, we suggest to
• j rjij»-yj}ian jiifl French ftwny» so X b&Yd or^ [ . « -
derad a Franch soldier to call every day, and as toe prayerful Forney to send on tbe form of a
there are 800,000 of them, you will have enough petition such as he wonld like to hare “offered
to last you the time I suppose you intend to jA'i*
lire.” -r» r» -.
_ , , .... „ , , , A man in Rhode Island has bee* sent to jail
Ovra 500 bushels ot broom corn seed have | f day8 for rieepiDg ^ Nothliy ’
been sold this season by one Nashville dealer,
which indicates that the sowing wiil be very I was done to the clergyman who pnt t$a »
extensive rsleep.
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