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Newspaper Page Text, ■!-... 1 .J U l 1 " 1 ’ --V . V PM " 1 i-: L ' ■ •o; c ^ ’> ftO- AND GEORGIA &d MESSENGER. REID & REESE, Proprietors. The Family Journal.-—News—Politics—LiteBATURE-T-AGRioULTURE-^DoMESTiitrAF pairs. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING 1826. MACON. TUESDAY. JUNE 7, 1870. YOU IX1V.-K042 <jlie ItoI>l»cr. ^a-road of the forest, »*$*Schemas robber, waiting: ss^sassa® U £ f^orprisethe merchant, VfMtiog to ^ 3j 0 ney laden, ^Upmarket-town had started, ^ft^bdonto themoon was glancing I^tbe CraciSx fl hbadow. i aonnds like angels’ voices, loving prayers fdtes 1 e'Sbs, be]]a of cvemng) Co»«. twilight zephyr; Bon» open tJ ®Jammed cadence, gwet, ^“"“rfnpon his hearing, - Guard of the defenceless! ®rSS6SBa“ - Orer an ng bo loving, °^«r e onTh® cTse extended, sssr* Bbeiter f . ! i ther - Jw nostorm heeet his pathway, 2»‘ v?—odBteeds may not stumble, ^Amus robber, lurking ^“sfasrsssii-i- ind die robber hears distinctly J, tbe Crucifix's shadow. rn«siiig bis unsullied forehead mb He holy sign, the youngest mils to baby hands, and whispers: SeLodChrist’ Thou art almighty, MK on the throne of Heaven, rider stars so sinning, golden, ratar'-l round with joyous angels. £5. nurse has often told me: Oh. be merciful, dear Saviour! Give the robbers, hungry, daring, Cite thim bread in greatest plenty, Ct they need no more to plunder, \or to murder onr dear father. itil I know a robber s dwelling, jto K old chain I’d gladly give him, With this crucifix and girdle. Sarins, dearest, dearest robber, Tie Ibis chain, and cross, and girdle, Tbit thou need no more to piniider, Sorto murder onr dear father! -And tbs robber hears distinctly In tiie Crucifix's shadow. Distantly a sound arises— Kobe of wheels, and horses tramping; Ltisurelv he grasps his sabre— huanrelv the loaded rifle : . And thus stands ho long, reflecting, la the Crucifix's Bbadow. Still the little ones are kneeling; -Oh, Thou Guard of the defenceless! Of the lust Thou kind Protector! Bang us home our dear, good Father! And the father, unmolested, All bis goods and gold in safety, Through the g’oom is seen approaching, Clasps the children to Ins bosom, Bless-d lisping, sweetest kisses! Where no longer stood the robber, Ilet but found tho naked sabre, Pound the darkly gleaming rifle, In tlw Crucifix's shadow: From bis hands they both had fallen! Autumn. arelu IK SIX DKISiES. FlItST DRINK. Anindnd the scared leaves drop fnm off the to est trees: ISsitatelr com, with tasseled top. Beads to the sc.-med breeze. SECOND DRINK. hmar bird warbles in the shade, Ib«Uatj,ysh'i!:y cries, hi the cattle show their tails were made Is brush cl hungry fii*s. TRIED DRINK. iiHhnid with sweet face and figure G:e<trifling away o’er tho green. Mite an ancient white man and a nigger vtruning a thrashing machine. FOURTH DRINK. JbcMekens, the turkeys, tho ducks and the geese Ssia'round ou the pond by the mill, ■brats ran by an cld buffer named Pease, ullamre iably informed ho runs it still. FIFTH DRINK. wiasbrutoson of old Pease fell in Jo tie ml. and was never -ceo any more: . WlMgacst is often observed with a bottle of gin ulsMae.'andwiches, bumming ’round the shote. stxin DRINK. **•. mtmvl and hit his hired man a sockdollager to the j v*-. Rtatheh Ti i man went for Pease with a stick of , »rod. W”««e laid him out with a brick, and so they went i J*■»». »t as*, advice* that’s abont how tho matter Stood. IDreauiol ibe South Wind in Jane. BV rAUt, H. HAXNE. 0! fresh, how fresh and fair 5*r- „*hro’ the crystal gulfs of air, . * ,, «t7h.u'.hwintl floatotaon her subtle wings of lilts. And the green earth lapped in bliss. Pi the magic or her kiss. 8 Turning upward fondly thro the golaon- Cftattu calm; ■ From tho distant tropic strand . Where the billows bright and bland •uerfir g. curling ’round tho palms tn the hush of runmer’s noon. . _ 1 :om its fields of purpling flowers „ i Mill wet with fragrant showers, . " “Ppy couthwind lihgenng sweeps the royal fceOuia* o. June. ~ All heavenly fancies rise ‘tcep^h^Sort'spiritin^'l'aDguor rare and fine. And a peace more puro than sleep ?, i Unto dim, half-comcions deeps. ">apotts me lulled and dreaming, on its twilight tile* divine. These dreams! ah mo! the splendor Vi . So mystica' and lender, .... ■tesvith like soft heat-lightnings thev gird tneir mining round, _ ,ir And those waters, calling, calling, In... IVith a n iu.c:e;j charm enthralling, ■xetle chnst < f music melting on a rainbow-spray ®t sound! Touch, touch me not, r or wake me! r— , Lett gross.r thoughts o’er takome. n *.«rth receding faintly with her weary din and Jus; IV hat viewless a. ms caress me, *•„, , Whit fden voices ble-s me, «*«leoaM drooping dew-liko from the weird «tl wondrous stars. Alas! dim, diet,- and dimmer fiftha* Oro . 1, *the preternatortU.g immer Presbyterian Re-Union. Response of tha Southern Chnrrh. On Friday last the Gommittee of the Louis ville General Asembly to whom was referred the propositions of the Northern Presbyterians in General Assembly at Philadelphia submitted two reports. The majority report, drawn up by Dr. Palmer is as follows: The Committee an Foreign Correspondence, to whom were referred the overture for reunion from the Old School General Assembly, North, of 1869, at its sessions in the city of New York; and also tho proposition from the United As sembly of the Northern Presbyterian Church, now sitting in Philadelphia, conveyed to us by a special delegation, respectfully report: That the former of these doonments is virtu ally superseded by the latter; because the body by whom it was adopted has since been merged into the United Assembly, from which emanates a new and fresh proposal reflecting the views of the larger constituency. To this proposition, then, ‘‘that a committee of five ministers and four elders-be appointed by this Assembly to confer with a similar committee of their Assem bly in respect to opening a friendly correspon dence between the Northern and Southern Pres byterian Church”—your committee recommend the following answer to be returned. Whatever obstructions may exist in the way of cordial intercourse between tho two bodies above named, are entirely of a public nature and involve grave and fundamental principles. The Southern Presbyterian Church can confi dently appeal to all the acts and declarations of all their Assemblies, that no attitude of aggres sion or hostility has been, or is now, assumed to wards the Northern Church. And this General Assembly distinctly avows (as it has always be lieved and declared) that no grievances experi enced by ns, however real, would justify ns in acts of aggression or a spirit of malice or retal iation against any branch of Christ’s visible kingdom. We are prepared, therefore, in ad vance of all discussion, to exercise towards the General Assembly North, and the churches rep resented therein, such amity as fidelity to our principles could under any possible circum stances permit. Under this view the appoint ment of a Committee of Conference might seem wholly unnecessary; but, in order to exhibit before the Christian world the spirit of concilia tion and kindness to the lost degree, this Assem bly agrees to appoint a Committee of Confer ence to meet a similar committee already ap pointed by the Northern Assembly, with instruc tions to the same that the difficulties which lie in the way of cordial correspondence between the two bodies must be distinctly met and re moved, and which may be comprehensively sta ted in the following particulars: 1. Both tho wings of the now United Assem bly, daring their separate existence before the fusion, did fatally complicate themselves with the State, in political utterances deliberately pronounced year after year, and which, in onr judgment, were a sad betrayal of the cause and kingdom of our common Lord and Head. Wo believe it to be solemnly incumbent upon the Northern Presbyterian Church, not with refer ence to us, but beforo the Christian world, and before onr Divine Master and King, to purge itself of this error, and by public proclamation of the troth to place the crown onco more upon the head of Jesus Christ &3 the alone King in Zion. In default of which, the Southern Pres byterian Church, which has arleady suffered much in maintaining the independence and spir ituality of the Redeemer’s kingdom upon earth, feels constrained to bear pnblio testimony against this defection of onr late associates from the troth. Nor can we, by official corres pondence even, consent to blunt the edge of this, our testimony, concerning the very nature and mission of the church as a purely spiritual body among men. 2. The union now consummated between the Old and New School Assemblies North was ac- complished-by methods which, in our judgment, involve a total surrender of all tho great testi monies of the church for the fundamental doc trines of grace, at a time when the victory of truth over error hung long in the balance. Tin United Assembly stands, of necessity, upon an allowed latitude of interpretation of the stand ards, and must come at length to embrace near ly all shades of doctrinal belief. Of those falling testimonies we are now the sole surviving heirs, which we must lift from the dust and bear to the generations after us. It would be a serious compromise of this sacred trust to enter into public and official fellowship with those repudi ating these testimonies; and to do this expressly upon the ground, as stated in the preamble to tho Overture before us, “that the terms of re union between the two branches of the Presby terian Church at the North, now happily con summated, present an auspicious opportunity for the adjustment of such relations.” To found a correspondence profitably upon this idea would be to indorse that which wo thoroughly disap prove. 3. Some of the members of onr own body were, but a short time since, violently and un constitutionally expelled from the communion in one branch of the now United Northern As sembly, under eclesiastical charges which, if true, render them utterly infamous before the Church and the world. It is to the last degree unsatisfactory to construe this offensive legisla tion obsolete by the mere fusion of that body with another; or through which the operation of a faint declaration which was not intended, ori ginally, to cover this case. This is no mere “role” or “precedent," but a solemn sentence of outlawry against what is now an important and constituent part of onr own body. Every principle of honor and of good faith compels ns to say that an unequivocal repudiation of the law nnder which these men were condemned most be a condition precedent to any official correspondence on our part. 4. It is well known that similar injurious accusations wore preferred against the whole Sonthern Presbyterian Chnrcb, with which the ear of the whole world was filled. Expending, as these charges do, to heresy and blasphemy, they cannot be quietly Ignored by an indirec tion of anv sort. If troo, we are not worthy of the “confidence, respect, Christian honor and love” which nre tendered to us in this overture. If untrue, “Christian honor and love,” manli ness and truth, require them to be openly and squarely withdrawn. So long as they remain upon reoord, they are on impassable barrier to official intercourse. smtOBEnr eepobt. : The undersigned, » member of the Commit tee on Foreign Correspondence, to whom were referred the resolutions of the Northern Gen eral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, now in session in the city of Philadelphia, together with tho addresses of their delegates lately de reconciliation rnd to promote the glory of God and the efficiency and Harmony of His visible kingdom in the earth, we are ever ready for any good word or work promotive of these desirable ends. Therefore, in view of the premises, this As sembly, already recognizing the separate and independent existence of the Northern Church, is willing, if tho same can bo don# without com promise of the interests of true religion and the tonor of tho Church, to sustain the same rela tions to them as to the other branches of the Presbyterian Church; and, in order to ascer tain this fact, will comply with the suggestion and wishes of our Northern brethren in appoint ing a commission of five ministers and four rul ing elders to meet the commission already ap pointed on their part at such time and place.as may be agreed upon; and the Stated Clerk of this Assembly is directed to transmit to tha Stated Clerk of the General Assembly at Phila delphia a copy of this report, with pur recipro cation of their Christian salutations. Respectfully submitted. May 26,1870. Jesse G. Wallace. Perhaps a better idea of the current of thought and feeling may he gathered from the following leading speeches on the subject—the first by Dr. Palmer, of New Orleans, and the second by Dr. Boss, of Huntsville: Dr. Palmer—I have listened with a great deal of interest to the excellent preaching we have had,.both this morning and this afternoon, and if it were addressed to me in the form of a sermon, I might receive it, however much I doubted its application to tho case in hand. I do not refer to this in sarcasm, but wish to say a few things in addition to the point so excellently made by Dr. Hopkins. The remarks of Dr. Lyon this morning were chiefly to this end: That all this iposition to correspondence with brethren at e North is hatred and an exhibition of a bit ter spirit, unchristian, and that those who favor it have ail the piety and religion in the country. I know he didn’t intend to convey any such im- ession, and my love for the brother and my owledge of bis candor let me bear it from him with more patience than I would have heard it from anybody else. Sir, it is not a question of forgiveness at all; it is not a question of re sentment at alL I solemnly avow, 03 far as I know my own heart, I am not filled with the spirit of resentment towards the Northern church. The point is made distinctly in the' report under consideration, that this is a matter of principle, and not of feeling. Wo are here to sustain the principles upon which our church is founded, and we wish that it may be so understood. The objection I have to the policy of the opposition in this debate is that this is a subject of arbitra tion between us. Never since our first statement made in reference to the separation have’we made reference to the Northern Assembly or the existing difficulties. What is there to arbitrate ? Why do you go there with a view to meet iheso men before the whole world ? If we can go into an organic union, say so here in the Assembly. The reply will bo' that this is not a question brought before us. Moderator, I do not pro pose to sacrifice substance for shadow at any time. If yon enter into this conference in three years there will be a fusion between this Assem bly and the North. I am opposed to fusion, and will never consent individually to be fused into any body. I hold to the old maxim, olsta prin- cipiis. Probably that correspondence is intro duced in every case with the ulterior view of amalgamation. We are carrying on such a cor- pondence with the Associated Reformed Sy- 1 of the Sonth, and, if continued, we will have such a fusion. Is it not a little singular that from 1838 to 1861 we have had no proposi tion from the New SchooF to have such corres pondence ? And is it not an overweening affec tion that brings it on now ? livored beforo this body, conveying their Chris tian salntations and giving expression of their desires for the speedy establishment of cordial fraternal relations with this General Assembly, unable to concur in full in the report of the majority of the committee, submitted through unite jL/avia i their Chairman, would respectfully recommend in Jacksonville! j th ° following response to the resolutions ro- That this General Assembly recognizes in this fraternal greeting and in these overtures of re conciliation a proposition pn the part of our country, wiving imw Northern brethren to establish those relations of 'sWyho ri he wanted to sell. He said he friendship and brotherhood that should subsist twice the Soutliwiad brought m» on her sub- ofbalm. For behold 1 its spirit flieth, .And it* fairy murmur dieth. Silence closing’round mo is a dull* and soul* calia. iJ®* Hartford. Post saysr/‘While David nVj “T, of this city,-was in Jacksonville, during his recent winter sojourn in of orange groves, there came into t/ one line morning in February a planter kvi i country; having with Turn a j n bo wanted to sell. He said he to raise a little cash, and so had “the hoy” along to sell, and wanted pt about §1,000 for nim. fie was utterly that there had been a war, and that rpy had been abolished, and when told E Qch was the case, thought, that his in- ^r?ots were playing a joke on him, and for I'*®, „ - . "Cue refused to believe it. His plantation interior, his nearest neighbor was 17 miles distant, and in all the years that i. .elapsed since Sumter’s years Q'jfPsod since Sumter’s gun, he had not Jr* «om the outer world, knew nothing of between the different parts of one catholic, viii- blo Church; and to testify to the world that, though geographically distinct and mutually in dependent, the unity of the spiritual seed is neither broken nor impaired by the separation; and that even in the midst of diversities that were once attended with bitterness they have “one Lord, one faith, one baptism/ And, in view of the fact that the Northern As sembly have appointed a commission of nine of its most eminent and acceptable mmutexs and lav-members to meet and confer with a like com- Ti-binh thev invite ns to appoint fc mission which they invite ns to appoint for de vising terms for opening a friendly correspond ence and for the adjustment of relations between • — tho two Assemblies, and conscious ourselves of informed their fellow that he having heretofore given no occasion of offence hs LTS luaD > an( I at l ast master that and beon guilty of no purpose to rond the body tion , i 1 ? 80, and departed for his planta-' of Christ, and desirous now, as wo ever have been, a ladder and wiser man.” ,. "to evince a proper Christian chanty and spun of Dr. Palmer then stated that he was very much impressed with Dr. Hopkins’ remark, that Dr. Lyon had assumed that all this opposition to a correspondence with the Northern Church pro ceeds merely from hatred. This idea he combat ted, and then proceeded to notice Dr. Ross’s re marks about union of the churches in the North and those in the South. He stated that much more care had been taken to Becnre orthodoxy in the Sonthern Church. There had been no diplomacy in their coming together. There is no jar or discord between them. It never had occurred to him that there was a shade of differ ence doctrinally between them. The report takes exception not to the union, but to the bringing forward of’ the union of Old and New Schools North, as a reason for union with the Southern Church. Also that union involved the surrender of all the testimonies of the Old School Church, which ho believed he was solemnly called upon by the head of the Chnrch to defend. He paid an eloquent tribnte to the Southern Presbyterian Church—the only borne he had left. Lam a disfranchised man, he said. The boy who waits on. my table at twelve dol lars a month dictates to me at the polls who shall be my master. - • I have no vote. I am an exile in the land of my birth. My only consol ation is that I have a home in tho church of God. I want peace, and do not, therefore, want to be involved in any of these complica tions. ..We have not approached them with any disturbing proposition. - Why should they come and disturb ns, and seek to divide brethren who are united ? After referring to the encouraging progress of onr chnrch - daring the last nine years, and of the noble work it is now doing, he added that ho believed that the ideas of corres pondence and union are. identical, and that ei ther step will paralyze onr offorts. - '’i ' As to Dr. Ruse’s remarks—The Sonthern rep resentatives were thrown'out of the Assembly by an act that bound the Chnrch to' the chariot Wheels of Ctesar. He; then hoped the princi ples nf Christian troth and love would hold the Chnrch together, even when the State was rent. That hope was speedily diapered. ' Both'of Uje Northern bodies have gone on and reiterated this political aotion from year to year; and now, without withdrawing them,-we axe asked to open a correspondence that will inevitably lead to nnion. The principle can't be surrendered. The proposition carries ns back to the very time andissueon which wo divided, and we mast stand np to them. We are few in number—a “handful of corn on the top of Lebanon/’ Wa are weak, poor, impoverished; but we are strong in onr principles. Onr position is sublime 4n the eyes of the whole world. The moment we recede from the great principle that separates us, we ore gone, gone. -1 have been bearing reproach and ignominy for nine years, and 1 can bear any amount until I die. 1 find conso lation in that I am bearing it for Christ. What would Dr. Lyon have thought of Paul fighting all his days—“withstanding Peter to his face because be "was to be blamed”—fighting down to hi* last-' days—believing that it was either the Church or the world, and that one or the other must prevail ? J There is a time when wo are not.called on to speak honied words, and that time is the present. — The Northern Assembly had lost an opportu nity for doing a noble act. They should have rescinded their paBt-deliverances before sending the delegation. How can the Northern Assem bly feel any Christian love for ns if a tithe of what they say of nson thcir.record8 is line? if we are heretics, covenant-breakers, schismatics? How, if they feel this Christian love, how can they fail to see that those things ought to be re scinded. When we take these resolutions to them they will soy we can do nothing upon compulsion, and there the matter will end. Onr brethren, with the best intention, have complicated things. They began at the wrong end. They elMBSi first have approached their o'wn-oody to have their wrongs righted. Instead they came to ns while these wrongs wore in the way; , • Dr. Ross—Mr. Moderator.;'I wish to say what I have to sav. as I think I would feel if I were | Northern Church. x »T «K/vk-o 1 . On —nrfiflTIl tilfl now in heaven. J feelings of anger. T . -.. emed by the 13th chapter of Paul 8 Epistle to the As to my own position. At the opening of the war I was no secessionist. I wept when the old flag was pulled down, but I took sides with the South and sent four sons to the war, and yrould send forty if I had them. I do not har- mqpize at all with the idea that the Church may not interfere with political affairs at all. On tho contrary, I gave every member of the Madison Guards, as they were drawn up in front of my house, a Bible, and told them to go and fight for the liberties of the South; and if I could go into the history of my experiences during the war it would draw tears, and perhaps laughter, from this audience. Dr. Ross was about telling how he had been arrested three times and a half, when he was interrupted, and explained that he was only defining his position, and then went on to say that when he surrendered he.did so honestly and in good faith, and wanted to do all he could for tho benefit of this great country. There were two points in Dr. Palmer’s paper to which he would call attention. First, it ad duces the offensive conduct of the' Northern Church as a reason against favorably entertain ing their overture for a committee. Nothing, he said, had been done by the Northern Pres byterians towards those of the Sonth at all comparable in offensiveness to the aotion of 1837, as viewed by those affected by it, when, without form of trial, five hundred ministers and sixty thousand communicants were cut off. Then there was an agitation bitter and fierce, compared with whioh the cutting off of the Presbytery of Louisville was a mere ripple. I knew the bitterness of feeling, and I say before God there has not been anything equM to the intensity of that bitterness in this late ecclesi astical division. No language was more terri bly vituperative than that of that day hurled by Old School men against Now School, and by New Sohool against Old School. So intense was the hatred that it would have sent a thrill of joy to the hearts of many Old School men to have seen Albert Barnes fall dead in the pulpit; and would equally have rejoiced New School men to have heard of the death of Judge Gib son. Yet the Old School North are now in per- feot harmony with the New Sohool North. All that has passed—the spirit of reconciliation now prevails. The second point I would notice is that an ob jection to the consideration of the question of correspondence is that the Old School North and the New Sohool North have united. But the Old School Sonth and the New School Sonth have done the same thing. Dr. Barnes is the front of New Sohoolism; still I believe he would have agreed to the basis of nnion determined upon in Lynchbnrg in 1863. That arrangement has not changed the preaching of any one. Every mem ber of the United Synod has the right to preach just as he preached before; every member of the Old School has the right to preach just as he did before. Where is the difference between the nnion of the two branches in the North and those in the South ? In both cases there was some preliminary disenssion as to terms, bnt finally in both cases they united on the basis of the standards pure and simple. Why, theD, should we object to corresponding with them on the ground that they have effected jnst such a onion as we had done before ? I am sorry to U3e the words Old School and New School in this body. 'We are not the Old School Assembly; we are neither Old School nor New School, bnt the Presbyterian Church in the United States. It has been said that the members of the United Synod were Old School men. I mentioned one—a leadep among them; he was further from tho views of many'here than even Albert Barnes. Others may meet the fears of some as to what may follow this response. Are we afraid of what may be done in tha North? I trust not. I think wo can trust a committee of nine to represent the feelings of the whole Chnrch. Before the union cf the Southern Church I could trust my self with those who were then Old School men, thongb they shonld come np and cover all the land occupied by the United Synod. So, too, I can trust my brethren who come to ns with this overture, and feel it to be onr duty to appoint a committee to confer with them, in order to pro mote a good understanding, in the same friend ly Chistian spirit in whioh the delegation came to us. The minority report offered by Judge Wallace was voted down. db. bullock’s substitute. Dr. Bullock then offered the following substi tute: - Whereas, The Northern Presbyterian Assem bly has caused to be laid before this Assembly a paper proposing to it to appoint a committee of similar character to one already appointed by that body, for the purpose of considering exist ing differences between the two bodies; and inas much as tho re-united Assembly, in order to re move all difficulties in the way of such negotia tions, have Toaffirmedthe declaration previously made, that no offensive deliverances of former years are to have any force; and inasmuch as the delegates sent by that body have assured the Assembly of a sincere desire on its part to do justice to the Southern Church; as there is no proposal for reunion with that Church for which the Southern Presbyterian Chnrch is not pre pared, tne Assembly agrees to appoint the pro posed committee, which, however, is to act un der instructions from this Assembly; and the Assembly further directs the Committee of For eign Correspondence to prepare suitable instruc tions for tho guidance of the committee, the same to be. approved by the Assembly; and further, to prepare ait address to our own peo ple, assuring them that, while tho Assembly deems it necessary to enter into negotiations for the settlement of existing differences between the two bodies, no idea is entertained of any ul timate reunion with that body. ^ Dr. Palmer remarked that if the Assembly adopted this paper jnst introduced, it would adopt it knew not what. No time had been afforded for its elimination. The question was put and lost. The amendment of General Prince,. propo sing to strike' ont all after the first paragraph of the majority, was lost. M-SJOErrX BEPOET ADOPTED, it The majority report, unamended, was then adopted by the following vote: Axis—Ministers A. B. McCorkle, O. A. Still man, S. W. Davies, J. M. Brown, M. D. Wood, E. M. Green, R. W. Milner, J. E. DnBose, J. H. Nall, B., Q. Way, O.O. Bomberger, J. E. Spilm&n, S. Robinson, H. H. Hopkins, W. A. Harrison, S. M. Lnckett, J. D. -West, James Holmes, Jas. Naylor, 0. H. Caldwell, O. M. Alchinson, A. R. Graves, B. SI. Palmer, W. 0. Dunlap, Cl. 41. Gibbs, J. M. Shc-rwood, D. Har rison, W. E. Boggs, S. H. Hay, J. O. Lindsay, R. A. Mickle, J. W. Arthur, D. D., Samuel A. King, O. M. Shepperson, B. Gray, J. J. Bid- lock, E. H, Rutherford, Satn’l Brown, B. Scott, P.-T. Penick,,Alex. Martin, M. W. Woodworth. Boling Elders—T. A. Hamilton, W. P. Webb, J. B. Crane, T. T. Windsor, W. L; Kirkpatrick, W. J. Reese, H. A. Crane, Win. Killen, John Patton, Mark Hardin, J. W. McPherson, L._B. Thornton, Jas. Fentress, Jno. W. Campbell, T. O. Harris, W. 0. Raymond, J. H. Reynolds, R, I. Wilson, T. J. Konnedy,- J. H. Greenlee, Alex Kelly, Wm. M. Cooke, W. McMasters, W. L. T. Prince, R. A. Fair, D. McGregor, J. T. Wiggins, J. N. Smith, J. Cloud, J. Harmon Brown, W. F. G,linos, W. M. Tate, J. L. Camp bell, R. 0. McCluer, R. V. Gaines, F. N, Wat kins’, J. H. Turner.—Total, SO. Nays—Ministers J. J. Simrall, James A. Lyon, J. K. Hetner, John H. Rice, F- A. Ross, Walfer W. Phare, J; Henry Smith, H. L. Singleton, Ruling Elders—T. H. Rice, J. L. Witherspoon, H. P, Richards, P. Joyes, P. J. Booker, J. H. Shelby,‘.N. E. Goodwin, Jesse G. Wallace, W. C. Kerr—Total, 17. , • The Committee on Foreign Correspondence was instructed:to draft an expository letter to the churches respecting- their relations to the Presentments of the Grant! Jury of Bibb County for the May Term.(1*70. The Grand Jury for the present term make the following presentments, to which theyreapeot- folly call the attention of the Court and citizens of the county: ' _ , „ ’...qn We have examined the books and accounts of the Ordinary, and find the same correct in every particular. The receipts and expenditures were properly audited and attested by vouchers re gularly numbered. After passing npon these vouchers and accounts, at the request of the Ordinary, the same were cancelled with a Bank ers hammer or cutter,, a practioe we recommend to each succeeding Grand Jury. We note a credit to the. county on the books of the Ordinary, of $409 13 collected iu the way of interest on oertain county funds in the Ordinary’s hands not at present employed. We find that the Ordinary has received for the current year from all sources, $42,597 65, and has expended in same time, $38,472 60, as fol lows: Court Expenses $9,995 15 HoapitalandPanpers 3,431 11 Bibb County Orphan Bonds 4,399 34 Acorned interest on same 219 44 Jail Account. 2,765 83 Roads and Bridges..... 8,166 17 Poor Schools 7,492 91 Miscellaneous 2,012 65 The balance now to the credit of the Court; house fund is $16,441 79, which includes pro ceeds of sale of $6,000 bonds, part of $50,- 000 county bonds to be issued for the build ing of the Courthouse. In this connection we would recommend that the right be obtained from the Legislature to issue $50,000 additional bonds of the o«nnty to complete the Court house. The balance to the credit of the jail fund is $17,041 65. We recommend that the Ordinary levy such a tax as will raise the sum of $10,000 00 for Educational purposes; also $7,000 for Court ex penses, $2,500 for Jail expenses, $4,000 for Paupers and Hospital expenses, $10,000 for Roads and Bridges $3 500,or general expenses, and $5,000 for interest on County Bonds. A memorial, signed by many citizens, tax payers, requesting $1000 from the Ordinary, in add of the Bibb County Orphan Home, was laid before ns. We endorse the memorial and re commend that the Ordinary pay over to that Institute the sum of one thousand dollars from the Poor School Fund. John J. Riley, Administrator of William M. Riley, deceased, turned over to this Grand Jury do'dLhonor^.omyCffiristiM^maSoodifl'doabt; | hand and full’.of matter. Ttoi time honor^ ed what was said by those noble representatives agricultural monthly m published by lleesra. of the Northern Church who addressed us yes- Wm. A W. L. Jones, at Athens, Geor 0 ia. P ice ' terday. '^*^7 , ' - $2 00 a y«ar. ty scrip not signed. that tho books of the late County Treasurer, Wm. M. Riley, accounts for this scrip as belong ing to the county. A committee from this body, in-the presenc# of the Ordinary, counted and burned said scrip. We find the roads of the county to be in very bad condition, especially the road leading to Knoxville. We except tho Milledgeville road, which has been repaired by private contribu tion. It is evident tint the Road Commissioners have neglected their duty in not having the roads more thoroughly worked. The covering of the bridge at Bailey’s Mill is in a dilapidated and dangerous condition. We find the books and records of the officers of the Superior Court and Ordinary are kept in a neat and systematical manner. The Poor House and Hospital is conducted by the county and city of Macon jointly. It is in an excellent condition as to cleanliness and or der. We think the Ordinary and Mayor are en titled to the thanks of the citizens for the very commendable manner in which they have pro vided for the sick and poor of the county and city. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted by this body: We recommend to the Ordinary that a tax be levied npon the property of the county suffi cient to raise $10,000, and that the same be expended by contract, under bonds, in putting the main public roads and bridges in good order. We recommend to the Ordinary that all pub lic works belet.to the lowest responsible bidder, after advertisement in the daily papers. Having brought our labors to a close, we re- -tum onr special thanks to His Honor, Judge O. B. Cole, and to tho Solicitor General E. W. Crocker, Esq., for their courtesies to this body. We respectfully request these presentments to be recorded on the book of the Court, and to be published in Ihb public gazettes. Benjamin P. Ross, Foreman.. Solomon R. Johnson, George R. Barker. Cornelius J. Roosevelt, Joseph E. Hudgens, Asher Ayres, Franois J. Champion, John B. Cobb, Hayne Ellis, . William A. Huff, Thomas J. Hunt, Anthony L. Maxwell, Jno. W. O Connor, John S. Hoge, O. Daniel Edwards, Jas. P. Barfield, W. T. Hollingsworth, Samuel I. Gustin. Ordered by the Court that the foregoing pre sentments be published in accordance with the request of the Grand Jury. May 27, 1870. E. W. Chooses, Solioitor General. A true extract from tho minutes. May 27, 1870. A. B. Eras, Deputy Clerk. The Enchanted Mountain. In one of the Northeastern counties of Geor gia is a natural curiosity, called, from Indian tradition, the 1 Enchanted Mountain."' V The mountain is not large, and there is nothing remarkable about it until you get od the top, whon human tracks, or impressions in the solid _roek, which appear to be human tracks, are seen. How these almost human tracks caine to be impressed On the rock of this mountain is one of the many mysteries of this mysterious land of burs. ' There were a great many traditions.among .the Indians in regard to this mountain, but node of them are satisfactory, and it probably never will be known who it was that left their tracks upon the summit of the Enchanted Mountain. One of the Indian traditions is curious, for it shows that they had a vague idea bf Noah’s flood before the advent of the white man. The stoiy has been handed down, among the aborigines that k was the landimr place of the great canoe, after the deluge, and the tracts were made by the people in Hie canoo, as they stepped out upon the rocks, which had been made soft by the long inundation. One of the tracks, and the largest one, is seventeen apd a half inches in length, and s’even and three-fourths' inches wide. Unlike the others,'it has six toes. This must have been Noah-’a track, arid if thero was anything in the Mosaic account of the flood concerning the size of Noah’s feet we might have a confirmation of the Indian tradition. The size of the (rack would indicate that he wore num'xer cightetn-’. There are one hundred and thirty-six im pressions of feet and hands visible on the face of the rock. The smallest foot-track is four inches in length, and of perfect shape. Another Indian tradition is that a great bitile was once fought there, abd the largo track with six'toes is that of tho victorious commander. This is essentially Indian, a3 their ideas of mental greatness were circumscribed by. physical size. To ba a great warrior witli them was to be of great size and strength. They did not recog nize the size or quality of tho brain as having anything to do with it. tth afl •natitlVtaxiU But who made these tracks .upon the En chanted Mountain? . If .it wa3 human feet, then whose feet, and at what age of the world ? If they were chi.-elled out by human bands, whose hands, and .when? Alas! that the learning of the world amounts to so little, for no man can tell. The New York Sun (Bad.) says: “The Re publican party in New York is a disintegrated ruin, .and Gen.-Grant, seated on a cigar box, contemplates this ruin, and in undisturbed pla- >-idity smokes through his nose. letter from NanhallvIIIe. Marshallyill, Ga., May 28, 1870. Editors Telegraph and Messenger: Onr faces are bright and onr hearts grateful Mid happy, because of the recent copious seasons which have visited us. Our gardens are wear ing a different face. The com waves in fresh ness and beauty to the undulating breeze, and the revived appearances of the extensive cot ton fields promises the farmer that he will re alize muon from their snowy opulence next fall. The beauty, gallantry, childhood and irfancy of our delightful village, collected ou the 25th to participate in the annual Sabbath-school celebration. The place selected for the picnic was a lovely spot The blue, arch dome was clear, bright and beautiful above us, gentle breezes refreshed us, and the generous hospi tality and politeness so highly characteristic of this community left nothing undone which could could contribute to tne comfort and pleasure !of visitors. Being a comparative stranger here, we can say without eliciting the charge of egotism, that it has rarely been onr pleasure to moot with an assembly so general ly refined, cultivated, tasteful and social. The exescises opened with singing by the pupils of the two schools. The music was ex quisite. Their voices were naturally sweet and the careful training they evinced speaks much for their indefatigable and gifted instructor, Mr. Clark. As their songs echoed through the leafy bowem and rolled in delightful ca dence accsoss the verdant plains every heart was enraptured. One of the speakers of the day only did the children justice when he said their pure, sweet, gushing melodies were a foretaste of the praises which would reverbe rate through the shining vaults of Heaven.— We had an eminently entertaining address by Bev. J. B. Smith, that genial gentleman who possesses the rare and happy art of inter esting all classes—persons of ordinary acquire ments, as well as those of cultivated tastes.— We were also favored with a brief speech from Rev. J. P. Duncan, one of the most accom- lished gentlemen and polished orators we ave. Bus fine sensibilities were aroused by the enchanting mutic to which we had listened and the knowledge that it was a union cele bration touched aresponsive chord in his heartj so he gave us some brilliant strains of feeling eloquence. Another song closed the forenoon exercises. We then mingled a while in social intercourse when dinner was announced- Not withstanding the dearth of edibles in our midst, there was an abundance of all which the most fastidious could desire. The crown ing refreshments of summer were accesisble to alL _ , When the afternoon was far advanced we sought our respective homes, feeling gratified these occasions como to brighten life, cultivate the social affections and attach our children to an institution from which flows more good per haps than any of the present age. Your valuable paper is esteemed by ns above all others. We hail its coming with much pleasure, 1 and regard it as a friendly, instruc tive visitor, who shows a silver lining to many dark clouds. L. H. THE WEST POINT BEVELS. ; The Colored Cadet Making Ills Bow iff Col. Black, or the Regular Army—.V Connell or War—A Plot to Trip Ilim ln bis Ex amination. Correspondence of the Jfeta York Sun. | West Point, May 25,1870.—West Point and the entire National Academy were almost breathless with excitement yesterday. The son of a colored American citizen arrived here in his new role of military cadet. There had been rumors that negro boys had been ap pointed to the National Academy, but the absolute arrival of an African, commission in hand, is too much for West Point human na ture to endure. Aristocratic professors and jaunty cadets are speechless- The time for the breaking forth of their indignation has not yet arrived. They cannot do the subject justice, but their indignant.countenances and ominous looks indicate the coming storm. . Cadet Master Charles Howard (colored) comes from the State of Mississippi, His ap pointment is from the Secretary of War, and hewas recommended by the Hon. Legrand W. Perce, newly elected member from the Fifth District. - • ; Young Howard is a full black, of sturdy physique. He measures five feet in height (regulation size,) and is as bright a boy as was ever seen. His hair is cut tight and his ac cent smacks decidedly of the plantation. “What you g’wine to do wid dat bag sail?” and “Youdunletdat drap,” was;his cxcla- .mation to a hotel porter who accidentally took up hi3 carpet bag. His nose is slightly re trousse ana his face is shiny with health. It is settled that he cannot he rejected physically by the Medical Board. The first African cadet landed from the ferry-boat with a jaunty air, and, lifting his military hat, he inquired for the West Point .Hotel. On arriving there he registered his name and asked for a room.. For the first time at this hotel a cadet was'refused a room. Charles said something about his rights, and samitering out on the campus, he inquired lor Col. Jerry Black. The news flew over to Cot Black’s;, who then and there; with Col. Boynton and others, held a very serious coun cil of war.- The African came and' stood; be fore them—before Col. Black of the Regular Army—and respectfully asked, that his equal ity he recognised.’ 'The Colonel 'Waved -him' away with his hand, and one by one the offi cers departed, speechless with amazemenL The white ciuetsseemed paralyzed. “Itis dreadful,” says one. “Let’s put the nigger in tho river,” says another.; Some of them threaten to resign, while others talk of killing the black boy outright One. young Demo crat from Illinois exclaimed : ?‘Great God! what shall • we do ? He will have to drill with U3 foe four weeks before the examination, any way. He will have to be bilged.” One thing is certain, the black cadet is here. He is undoubtedly physically qualified! He must now drill with the white cadets until the examination on the 24th oft-July. Then lie will fail in mental examination, and go back to Mississippi. This Ls the programme, for the examining officers have_ power to re ject any applieant. Gen._ Scnnver and Col. Black are opposed the Af/ican, and while they are the head of the National Academy, the boy will remain on the plantation;; Judge Hoge, M.' G. from Columbia, is to appoint a' negro, and has already signed a paper of recommendation. General Butler’s: colored 'youth was too young, and .the General knew it. He only appointed him for political pur poses. But in the light of/the Fifteenth Amendment, what shall we do with the Afri can in our National and Naval Academies, is a grave question for the unregenerate mind. Rev. Wm. Pinkney, D. D., has, been elected assistant bishop.of the Episcopal Dio cese of Maryland, oft which'Bishop Whit- tingham is bishop. For some time the ques tion of electing an assistant bishop has been urged upon the attention of Episcopalians oi Maryland by the increasing infirmities and xll- health of BL-hop Whittingham, whioh have rendered it necessary for hun at time3 to call in the aid of bishops of other States to assist him in the performances of his Episcopal du ties. Dr. Pinkney is the present rehtor of Ascension Parish, Washington, P. C. Geeks corn and ripe tigs made their appear ance Friday, in the New Orleans market, at ten oents an’ear for the former, and the same price apiece for the latter. Weekly Resume of Foreign Affairs. wmum EOS TBZ X*LEGBJJPH AND lOBMXSCHEB. Gbxa.1 Bbitazn—A number of distinguished gen tlemen assembled in the Mansion House, passed resolutions to send delegates to the World’s Evangelical Affiance, which will convene In New York September next The Engtish, as is generally known, have taken the deepest in terest in promoting the cultivation at ootton In Egypt, Brazil and India, aver sinoe the Ameri can civil war- The Manchester ootton supply association have now seized the opportunity of congratulating the Brazilian Minister on the production of Santos ootton. The city of London is neatly excited over the massacre of an entire family, consisting of a father, his mother, sister, wife and four children, in Uxbridge, a few miles from town. The supposed perpetrator of the crime, which, for atrocity, equals the late Tranpfanan honor iu Paris, has been arrested. He is said to be the brother of the murdered man who was in strumental in having him transported to Aus tralia eighteen years ago. Motley, the Ambassador of the United States, with his family, attended the debate on the Greek massacre in the House of Lords. They. wore mourning in honor of the murdered victims. Another terrible marine disaster is reported from the Indian Ocean. The Ship Marianne,- which was found drifting along with signals of distress flying from her masts, presented an ap- paling spectacle, when boarded. Twenty-one of her crew had died of starvation, while the remainder were in a dying condition. 1 The Irish land bill, which, with amendments was reported from the committee, was ordered; to be read the third time in the House of Com mons. The Parliament reoeived this announce ment with long and repeated oheers. Tne approaching marriage of the Earl of Derby with the widowed Marchioness of Salis bury, which will metamorphose tho noble Lord from a bachelor into a grandfather, has created a great sensation in the aristocratic circles of London. The Earl, enjoying & yearly income of XI 20,000, is forty-four years old; his bride, the second wife of the late Marquis of Salisbury, is by two years his senior. Lord Derby will have the immediate blessing of a numerous family, as the lady has five children of her own and four step-children, several of whom are already married and boasting of & long line of descendants. France.—The recent political excitement has given room to a thorough exhaustion. A bill introduced in the Corps Legislate will try tha patriotism of the deputies very hard. It pro poses to reduce the- present salary of the depu ties from 80,000 to 15,000 francs per annum. The source of the counterfeit American bonds which have been lately circulating on the conti nent, has been traced to Paris. Parley, a detec tive, ha3 seized the plates but the counterfeiters are still at large. The number of cases of small pox in Paris is increasing in an alarming manner. The debates in the Corps Legislatif have no interest. The expected coalition of the right and left wing of the Chamber for opposing tha ministers has not yet taken place. The students avail themselves of every oppor- their dissatisfaction with being a supporter of the Government, was hissed at and forced to leave the lecture room—tt® students even following him into the street. The Professor escaped only with much difficulty. The ring-leaders of tMs scandalous demonstra tion have been arrested. Nobth German Confederation.— The com plete re-union of South Germany with the North may be regarded as a mere question of time. The current of German opinion sets steadfastly in that direction, and if the goal is not yet close at hand, the progress towards this con summation is not the leas certain for being slow. The movement tending to German unity may be traced in every part of the Fatherland, not even Wnrtemberg excepted, where th© so- called patriots would gladly prefer French role to Prussian supremacy. The visit of the Duke of Hesse in Berlin had given rise to many con jectures in this respect. In diplomatic circles there were rumors cur rent of a contemplated proclamation of King William, as Emperor of-Germany, and of an im-. mediate entrance of the Sonthern States into the Northern Confederation. These rumors are without any foundation. Count Bemstorff, son of the Russian Ambas sador in London, and President of the Berlin Committee for the Propagation of -Protestant ism in Spain, delivered a discourse, before a numerous audience, on the religions condition of that country. 'The lecturer stated that he had just returned from a three months' tour in the Iberian peninsula. The immediate object of hia journey was to ascertain whether the re cent attempts to introduce Protestantism into a country where the unity of the Catholio faith was formerly maintained by fire and sword, were such as to deserve the sympathy and sup port of Protestants on this side of the Pyrenees. , Though his expectations on starting were far from being sanguine, he returned with the con scientious conviction that the Protestant move ment in Spain deserved, the hearty aid of all the friends of truth and religious liberty through out the world. Not long ago, a North-German merchantman, whin in Chinese waters, was boirded by Chi nese pirates, who are a terrible soourge in thorn parte. Von Bismarck has now invited the Great Powers to take joint action for the suppression of piracy in the Chinese waters. England and the United States of America are said to have accepted this proposition. Spain.—Wo arc fahrto confess that the ques tion of tho Spanish throne is becoming a tedious topic. Tho report of Espartero having accepted the crown has hardly reached us, when there are again two or three contradictory reports alloat. Without going to the wearisome task of exam ining into the different statements, we may men tion that there is again revived the old plan of investing the Regent with the attributes of roy alty. An Iberian Union, consisting of Spam and Portugal,'is also spoken of; 'but, hitherto, the Portuguese have always been unwilling to enter into a union with their Spanish neighbors. Prim and tho Duke of Saldanha are said to act in concert to th;il effect. The Duke of Mont- pensier is also in the field, and wishes that his candidacy be passed upon openly by the Con stituent Cortes. The Greek Brigands have been militated i by Spanish highwaymen near Gmralter. They have captured four Englishmen; for .whose delivery they demand a ransom. Poutugat,.—Nothing new has occurred in Portugal since the last resume. Saldanha has formed his Cabinet . The country is perfectly tranquil. Italy.—We hear very little from the Roman Council. The “ Constitntio clymatica de fide Cathtlicn," with the canons, winding np by an athemas,' has been officially published.. Jfoa, The Sablime Parte has invited the Bishops living in the Turkish Empire to return with their suits. An Imperial Ukase issnes more humane reg ulations for the transportation of prisoners to Siberia. Formerly they were all fettered and marched to exile without distinction. Now they are to be divided into l three classes, the first class comprising political prisoners, the second, those convicted of official misdemeanor, nud lastly, the third class, real criminals whose sentence of death has been commuted into per petual deportation to Siberia. Only those be longing to this last category are to be pnt in irons, and they are made to walk' wherever there are no railroads; those of the second class will be transported in a similar way, but with out fetters, while accommodations by railroad, steamship or vehicle will be provided for the first class or political prisoners. . , _ This latter class will also have the oonteol of the funds appropriated to their support by th© Government ;‘theso stuns would be put In tb© hands of the commanding omoer who did not always keep • striet account, JaXNO. The Fenian Collapse is about the wildest and most ridiculous performance of the kind on record, and we Jiope will Wind up the for a a generation at least.

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Georgia weekly telegraph and Georgia journal & messenger. (Macon, Ga.) 1869-1880, June 07, 1870, Image 1