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-■ ■■■ . 'll o ■1 its & c H m ■AJNTD GEORGIA »TOTTTMNT M T i jfe . Tvri^iRMTn-Nrr^TrsR. ■ - GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING ESTABLISHED 1826. MACON. TEU8DAY, JUNE 2S, 1870. VOL LOT—K044 ( WrUtdi f or t,ie Telegraph and Messenger, j .Macon and Northeast Georgia Bail* STONE MOUNTAIN. road Meeting in Dalilonega. From the Dahloncga Signal. J dedicated In pursuance to a call made through the 10 A B. STEPHENS. ! Mountain Signal, a large number of the citi- i z eM of the county met at the Court-house on ; Tuesday, the 7th inst. gtSTIfl® 8 : Enclosed please find an original • ? t S -p 5* V ? nD V ko was called to the Chair, ^in Honor of a great man. Some years eince a'andJ. P. HarrisonVas appointed Secretly. fT-roto from upper Georgia: I have seen at j On motion of R. A. Quillian. Esa.. H< '.rotcirom up*">‘ *»—• • wu iuouob or a. a. Quillian, Esq., Hon. ' tin* the two great wonders of the world—Stone | }Veir Boyd explained the object of the meeting lif iSltaS I have made it effec- in the piece. Yours sincerely, His great work re- J in his usual earnest and forcible manner. On motion of Hon. W. Boyd, a committee of ! twelve was appointed by the Chairman to draft ; resolutions. F. O. T. j^ED ia the furnace of tho world’s mid-fire! ITw ill scourges of the fierce and dire! Z of aU W&ters! Tho volcano s core The committee appointed were Hon. Wier ‘ Bopd, Andrew Howell, H. Shuffleld, J. it. • Mays, B. H. Corbin, Dr. N. F. Howard, J. C. Davis, Elijah Pitner, M. L. Jones, Henry ,Wl ° JL Heavens at last, a Wosdeu, evermore! j Se i® tz > Merritt London, and M. C. Healand. Places the it j During the absence of the committee, the tnlred to all. that, clasped by eod or shroud, j*j lM t i,o crystal that shaU cleave the cloud. dience was entertained by E. A. Quillian, Esq., and the Chairman. Bo* vile to this, tho tyrant-triumph, hid b aw worn Spbjnx, tho wasted Pyramid! Ed* poor and pale all pomps the world has known, tonnblaroned shaft of Georgia stone! The committee submitted the following reso- i lutions, which were nnanimonsly adopted: (vmcJ with the stars!—a cenotaph to stand | We, the people of Lumpkin county, in pri- Tii! the last flood of fire shall oversweep the land! mary meeting assembled, desire to express our 1 approval and intended co-operation in the con templated railroad enterprises passing through Northeast Georgia, to-wit: The Air Lino, the Dalton and Morganton, to the State line, N. C., and the contemplated railroad from Macon, Ga., : to Knoxville, Tenn. I The early completion of these roads, or any ; one of them, will tend to the development of I the vast agricultural, mineral and manufactur- J ing resources of one of the richest portions of ! our State, abounding in all those natural ele- j ments of wealth and beauty, which constitute a j desirable habitation for the highest typo of re- I fined Christian civilization, and would add > largely to the aggregate wealth of the State, and [ in proportion result in the reduction of the ! amount of taxation required of our people, now ! already too heavy to be borne. | Owing to our remoteness from railroad facili ties, these great interests have been compara tively neglected, even by our own people, and false nnao and fame shall front the ages with IhM awful grace, imperial monolith! (Tu!i roots as central as tho crater’s own, jjj r0U ; a ga steadfast as the granite stone ? j:-j t of the thunderous delugo, worn and tried! Be, of the furnace-dungeon, purified 1— n 0 cr eet of Jlemnon o’er the orient seas. Hnttttua-voiced with silvery symphonies; Ioler as star-light, with the pleiad gaze 0 er tho lost Eden of the lovely days. *rt» as the Scs whose sempiternal light ,,, though all shadows shroud our world in “ k1 l y a f f,T’ ■ ’ b I overlooked by strangers and capitalists because sight. Crewacd ou the cross!—above high torture-line, atog on Irate with Love's own smile divine! Shore mighty work salutes the eun at last! Pm flock Cathedral of the fiery Past! raising the princely dust with sacramental care; initialling darkened aisles with censor, song and prayer; leaching old banners with their battle-glow, Ani the worn bugles till their triumphs blow! haling sweet music to tho tears that shed Itetendercst splendor o’er our Freedom's dead ! ini clarion clangors to tho star-ward arch, fiacre her gray cohorts rally to the march— Keeling all glories of the arch of light 7c robe and crown and consecrate the Bight. A kingly vigil '.—where enebautment lies On the palejlips of peerless chivalries, A. God-like deed to hid these charnel gates Kta-j with the resurrection of the States. Slay we not mate tho mountain and the Mas ? The Granite dome and the Great Georgian ? Kindred to all. that swathed by eod or shroud, Eislw the crystal that shall cleave the clouds. liieir pathos, one—tho melancholy grace 0! Sinai's shadow on the Prophet’s face;— Ken the lone summit of the thunders saw The broken People in tho broken Law;— And the last splendor of the lightning fell On shattered tables and lost Israel 1 ©st in their grandeur 1 Who shall bid apart The tulwart coils that clasp our Georgia's heart; Ot crown this Majesty that meets the Heavens With oilier immortality than—“Stephens.” Ga. F. O. Tic knob. of isolation from Eailroad communication, j Most of the surplus products of this section j are comparatively valueless to the producer, be- . cause its price is exhausted in its transportation to market. This offers no incentive to industry | or material improvement. Other portions of our State have long enjoyed , the fostering care of legislation and been the ! beneficiaries of railroad advantagec, and whilst | we do not envy their wealth and happiness, but ’ rather rejoice in their prosperity, yet the time, ! W6 think, has come when these facilities should 1 be extended to all consistent with the greatest good to the greatest number. Therefore, he it resotved, 1st. That we-will ! give all the material aid and co-operation in our power to these enterprises. | 2d. Whilst wo earnestly desire the Macon & 1 Knoxville Boad, if constructed, to come within : the limits of onr county, yet we will not be so • selfish, as to impede its progress, if we could, if : npon a survey a shorter and more practical ■ route can be fonnd. Its passage through any portion of onr section of the State will be of in- calcnable benefit to our people at large—con stituting, as it will, a main trank through the entire length of our State; connecting the sea- ' board cities and towns, and Southern and Mid- • die Ga., with the Great Valley of tho North- West, and the manufacturing interests of the North and East. i 3d. That the Secretary of this meeting do furnish the editor of the Mountain Signal, with a copy of tho foregoing preamble and resolu tions for publication, and that all papers friend- ! ly with the enterprise, in the State, be request ed to publish. 4th. That the meeting be adjourned to the 1st • Tuesday in July, when it is hoped that every one, in the county, feeling an interest in this vastly important enterprise will be present M. H. VanDxke, Chairman. J. P. Habbison, Secretary. I'te Telegraph and Messenger.) ‘•There is no God.” • There is no God,” the fool hath said, Awl anger stirred hia soul— "So God to fear—no God to judge While ages onward roll.” "Is there no God—who made me ?” asked The Ocean’s thundering roar, •■Who set my bounds and bade me keep Within the appointed shore? Who stays my proud, foam-crested wares, When mountain high they dash ? Who calms my bosom’s restless throb, beneath the storm-fiend’s lash ? Who form’d each tiny, enamel’d isle, Tint decks my heaving breast— And rear’d them from their briny couch In richest emerald dressed ?” 1 Tire Louisiana Radicals at Logger- heads—“Shameless Bribery and Fla grant Dishonesty”— The Same Old Story. A Washington correspondent of the Tribune gives that paper the following information with reference to the status of the happy family of “moral ideas” in Louisiana. We suspect these chaps at Washington are no better than War- Death ot Queen Elizabeth. by John quill. Queen Elizabeth is dead. It doesn’t make any difference how we got that information, lhis is none of our light—this quarrel is be tween the associated press and its rival We’ve received tho news, and that’s enough. She died 268 years ago, the 24th of last month. She survived until the vital spark had fled, and then she saw it was no use resisting the inscrutable decrees of fate, and so her unfet tered soul took its flight into the mysterious void, and settled down in that bourne from which no traveler returns unless he has a mis sion to jerk chairs around and rap on tables for the benefit of mediums and other auburn haired, wild-eyed lunatics. Queen Elizabeth was a virgin—a virgin of seventy; and the fire gleamed as brightly as ever in her cream-colored eye, and the deli cate sheen of her finely tinted maroon nose contrasted as forcibly as in her youth with the alabaster of her brow; and the pings in her teeth were just as valuable as when gold was at 156. _ She.died without ever having read the Sun day Dispatch, and without making the ac quaintance of John Quill. The physicians attributed her untimely end to this in a great measure and upon reflection it does seem somewhat rough on her. But it could’nt be helped. All the human race cannot be equal ly blessed. Alexander the Great met the same unhappy fate. But still, she had no small rice. She did not smoke or chew, or belong to the society for the promotion of cruelty to animals. Ana when she swore never descended to the vul- arity of Horace Greeley, Queen Elizabeth idn’t. When she used profiurity, she gave it with a finish, an elegance, a delicate airy grace, and infused into it a certain luxurious abandon, and rounded it carefully at the corn ers, and dressed it up with well selected poeti cal adjectives, so that it sounded like a strain from some sweet singer—like seme sweet sing er, herself in fact. And she had red hair. Her chignon was burglar proof. And often in the dim twilight of evening, when the sun had sunk to rest, when the western sky was filled with radiance and lambent light, and the bnlbnl wooed the rose in the back yard, she would sit down and play a few notes upon her harpsichord, or write a Latin hymn or an essay on the Harrison boiler. She was supposed to be the author of “llock me to Sleep, Mother,” and “Beautiful Snow,” and “Five o’clock in the Morning.” But, nevertheless, she was a very estimable woman, and with all her faults we love her still—better, indeed, still than if she was feeling around. Qaeen Elizabeth was not proud. She al ways insisted npon cleaning her own teeth, even if she was a queen, and she always did it once a week, every Sunday morning with her own toothbrush. What a lesson does it teach to those who are vain and haughty and belong to the bottom 1 She never forgot that she was mere perishable dust, and that the sheep and the silk worm wore her fine clothes long before she got them. She read every Sunday-school book that taught these facts; and she once trod on Sir Walter Raleigh’s cloak to remind him of them, because he was so set up with his new fancy cassimers. She said upon her death-bed that Lydia Thomson need not learn tins lesson, because it had no moral for those who browsed round in nature’s simple garb. Queen Elizabeth was not sorry to die. She foresaw that George Francis Train was coming to England; and she said "to her physicians that she would prefer the enduring peace of the cold and silent grave to three weeks of George and the Alabama claims controversy, and the Schleswig Holstein question all at the same time. Her last words were “Kill Horace Greeley before he has a chance to write what I know about farming.” There was a not a dry eye in that second story front room. 'Everybody was thinking how impossible it was to carry out her dymg request, and to escape so much misery. • But she has gone now; she has left us; we shall see her no more. Perhaps it is for the best. She was a vigorous woman; and if she had lived she might have come to Amer- THE FOPE. How He Elves, What He Eats, and How He Spends His Time. One of onr Boston correspondents, who has uncommonly good opportunities to know, sends ns the following account of the Pope’s daily life: moth and his crowd, and that all they want is a j and Jived in Philadelphia, and .we might t grab at the plunder, which Warmoth won’t al- i low. Anyway, they state the case very cheerful ly for Democrats: A delegation of colored Republicans from Louisiana are in the city, anthorized by inflnen- tial Republicans in Louisiana, unconnected with 1 the State administration there, to lay before the'President and Cabinet, and theBepublicans in Congress, the utterly corrupt and profligate management of affairs in Louisiana, both as to State and Federal officials. They charge the - k-— »..d kivioiui* bm most shameless bribery and flagrant dishonesty, And reare’d my snow-wreath’d, doud-capp’d and urge a general chaDgo of the Federal office- •;Ia there no God—who formed me?" asked Ion towering mountain peak, "Who fills each crystal stream that laves, JJrnigged, tima-ecarred cheek? Who laid my strong, stupendous base Lpoa the groveling clod— A Y1 \ raas. iM >-r, rsn ©row— Who, but a mighty God ?’’ "Is there no God—who made me ?’’ asked The thunder’s deafening peal, "Who stamp’d with awe, my booming bolts. That make Creation reel ? Who bears my loud, appaling tones, Throughout the world so wide— And stills my voice in silence deep, hut He, whom fools deride ?” L there no God—who made me ?” asked The lightning's vivid flash, “Who guides my forked tongues of flame, Amid tho storm-king’s crash ? W ho spreads my gleaming, blazing, pall, Athwart yon frowning sky— And grasps my flery darts at will. Who, but tho God most High ? holders in Now Orleans and the State. They declare that the Eepublican party there, if un affected by the use of patronage by Federal offi cials, will quickly dispose of Governor Warmoth by tho election of a legislature instructed to im peach him for high crimes and misdemeanors. Tho delegation claim to have ample proof to sustain their charges, and tho documents will bo laid before the President, Secretary Bontwell and others. The delegates ask that the Eepub lican party in Louisiana be aided in this move- have given her offences, and she might have pranced around hero and flogged us like the very nation. For she was a woman who fol lowed closely in all the prevailing fashions. And so we are glad that she is dead, and has four tons of marble planted upon her grave to hold her down. Rest in peace, old girl! Rest in peace. Where It Came From. The Washington correspondent of the Con stitutionalist says: It i$ not generally known, bnt it is neverthe less true, that the great bulk of the monoy now in the Treasury of the United States is the pro ceeds of cotton, sugar and tobacco token from private citizens (many of whom were not engag ed in the war), and this property was taken, moreover, long after the war dosed. By the end of the war is meant after the surrender of Gen. Lee, Gen. Johnston and Gen. E. Kirby Smith, the latter having concluded his surren der on the 24th day of May, 1865. And furth- xnent for self-purification, and they claim that on the 27th day of June, 1865; the Secretary of er, it is a fact—also not generally known—that r\r* cfn-xr nf .TllUfi- fhfi fiflftrfitfttT of unless it be done, there is great danger that the great body of the Eepnblicans will, in disgust, allow the next election to go by default, or at tempt Ibo organization of a movement within tho Eepublican party, which, by division, will produce the same result—Democratic success. "Is there no God—who made me ?” asked Tho tempest's howling blast, •Impels my fierce, terrific strength, W kilo Nature stands aghast ? Who steers my course—my fury curbs— Subdues my shrieking wail— Uestraina my wild, destructive flight, O’er mountain, plain and vale ? Who lulls my harsh, discordant howl, To murmuring zephyrs light— Soft as the echo of a sigh. Who, but a God of might ?” Activity in tlie New York Wlieat and Flour Market. New Yobk, June 16.—The excitement in onr market for flour and wheat, yesterday, was some thing remarkable. Tho sales of wheat conside rably exceeded three hundred thousand bushels. The French were large buyers, and their pres ence in tho market led to an active speculation. 4. farther large advance is not improbable. fsaStsB^ssfiai! aaraissBiaa the Treasury, by direction of the President of the United States, addressed a letter of instruc tions to the United States Treasury Agents, in which they were instructed not to seize a pound of cotton after the 30th of Jane, 1865. Yet, these Treasury agents, backed by squards of armed soldiers, went through the Southern States, and seized every bale of cotton,'hogs head of sugar and box of tobacco they could lay hands upon. Tho sugar, cotton and tobacco thus seized by these Treasury agents, in viola tion of tho instructions and special mandates of the Secretary of the Treasury and the President,, •was, after the agents had secured for themselves a most liberal portion, turned over to tho Gen eral Agent in New York, Mr. Simeon Draper,— Mr. Draper, after making sale of the property, Some of ocr readers may feel some curiosity, if not interest, as to the manner in which the Pope lives and passes his time. It is eiy sim ple, entirely divested of the pomp surrounding him at the great church festivals, an-, far less luxurious than the habits of the dear bishops of republican America. Winter and summer Pius IX rises at five A.M. After dressing he passes a half hfe'ut alone in prayer; then he says mass at six a. ir. After which he breakfasts on a cup of chocolate a Veau and dry bread. At eight a. ar. until mid day he is occupied in the examination of State documents and in the reception of Ministers, each member of his Cabinet having a special day on whioh his report must be made, with the exception of the Cardinal Minister of State, An- tonelii, who is admitted every day. At two o’clock, or a little before, tio Anti camera No bile, or court dignitaries on duty, are dissmissed and the Pope sits down to dinner. This is of the very simplest.fare, generally consisting on ly of vegetables, sometime! with fish, rarely, if ever, of meat; no batter or sauces of any kind, and only when his medical atiendant prescribes it, accompained by a glass of country wine— vino nostrale. At 3 p. si. he hears vespers in his private chapel, and immediately afterward, if the weath er be not too inclement, goes ont for a drive, in which he is accompanied by one or two of his clerical chamberlains and by the detachment of twelve noble guards who are on duty. En pas sant, it is well to state that these warriors, al though ono of them rides on each side of his carriage door, are merely ornamental append ages, not guardians of his person, for they wonld scorn to soil thoir aristocratic hands by any contest with malefactors, and always ran away or get leave of absence when any “black spots” are to bo seenabug the political horizon; besides, the Pope has no need of champions among the Bornan people, who are devoted to him personally, as any one may assure himself who has ever seen the battistrada, or outriders, dash along in front of the coriege, or who has noticed the affectionats reverence displayed by all classes of the natives as they discover the lumbering red carriage, with its four black horses, or the venerable Pontiff himself, attired in his plain white cassock and broad red hat, distributing his blessings to the crowd as he walks aloDg the middle of the street. Par Farenthese : It is contrary to etiquette for any Cardinal to be seen on foot within the city walls, so their pedestrianism is confined ex clusively to the rural districts; but the Pope al ways does tho length of tho Corso, or the circuit of the Fincian Hill, if it does nqt raiu, particu larly should any of the foreign newspapers have published a report of his failing health or strength. After his return from his drive the Pope takes another frugal repast, and then, until bedtime— about ten or eleven o’clock is busied in tho examination of Ministerial reports and State documents. Such is the daily routine of the Holy Father, only varied by private receptions of distin- pished personages in the mornings three or our times a week, and by a public reception on Sundays at four o’clock, both of which are, as a rule, fearful nuisances. It is a generally received opinion that Pius IX is a mere cipher—“a good man occupied solely with spiritual affairs, and abandoning secular matters entirely to Antonelli.” There never was a greater mistake in the world. The Pope is good—not even his enemies deny that; bnt he is not only a spiritual chief, but a temporal ruler in every sense of the word, andfew sovereigns are more bnsied with the affairs of State than is the old man of the Vatican.” He does not spend a very great amount of public money, for the entire civil list of the Pontifical government, in cluding the Pope’s personal expenses, the sala ries of the Cardinals, of all the foreign diplo matic agents and home Ministers, and of the court officials, guards and servants of the Vati can, is covered by the sum of five hundred thou sand dollars annually. As a rule, Pius IX eats alone, his domestic chaplain reading aloud the prayer of , the day daring the meal. Sometimes, however, ono of tho prelates on duty ia invited to share the re past, an honor of which it appears they are not extremely covetous, as it is scarcely up to. their standard of good living. One of them, Mgr. de Merode, a squint-eyed prelate, who once played Minister of War, used to be a great fa vorite with the Holy Father, on account of his wit and his talent for retailing the gossip of tho city, of which the Pope likes to bo informed; but he forfeited his claims to favor by the shocking amount of ill nature which he dis played in his stories, and by his insinuations against some of his colleagues, whom ho almost directly accused of plotting against their sover eign’s life, when he'advised the renewal of the old custom of having a “taster” at the meals, as a precaution against poison. His Holiness smiled quite maliciously when the proposal wa3 made, and at once ordered^ Merode to discharge the functions of an office’ which had been abolished two centuries ago.— Merode, of course, refused, and was sent into the corner, like a spoiled child, and was told to stand there with his face to the wall until the Pope ate his dinner, “as a punishment either for his disobedience or his want of charity; his own conscience wonld toll him of which fanlt he was guilty.” The presentation of private documents or petitions requiring the Papal signature is pre vented as rigorously as possible, although the orders are that every request of importance Bhould be submitted to his personal examina tion ; and many an indigent family has been re lieved by the private bounty of the Pope, who has insisted that the papers stretched out to him by people in the streets shonid not be with held by his attendants, who would like a mo nopoly of their master’s charity.^—New York Post. t i i "la thore no God—who made me ?’’ asked ion blazing orb of day, "Who gave to me_my dazzling crown, Ana gilds each quivering ray ? Who gave me warmth and fight to ehed Alike on all below ? who keeps my strong, resplendent beams In one unceasing flow ? who placed mo on my blue-arched thrones, ! Mid star-girt worlds so high— And holds me in my destined sphere, Bnt He, whom fools deny ? not getting any foreign wheaLexc^t fromthe | co^taSI the United States. The demand at this market for ^ prooeeds to ^ Secretory of the Treasury, “There is a God—a loving God,” The wild-wood flower replied, "He gave to mo this velvet robe, with rainbow colors dyed. My suu-wroath’d brow, Ho bathes with dew— My waxen cheek perfumes— the continent has interrupted her supplies, and she will soon feel the want of them, bnt the most important fact is the falling off of the receipts at the Lake ports, which, according to the statistics for tho week ending June 11, ‘J2,- 000 bushels wheat and 2,COO barrels flour, or reducing the flour to wheat, equal to 309,000 bushels wheat less than for the corresponding week last year. This in connection with an in creased demand can hardly be overestimated. All available shipping in port is being rapidly token up for home transportation of breadstuffs to France. One of the steamers of tho National Line was to-day put on for Havre, and in ten minutes all her freight room was engaged. Supports my frail and gracoful stem Bow’d 'neath its budding blooms.” 'There is a God,” all Nature cries, ‘ His works declare Hia power, Let fools dofy— bnt oh, ye wise,- Make Him thy shield and tower; For list, the time will surely come, when all who mock Him now, “LiU plead in Mercy’s gentle name- while to their God they bow!’’ ., Sunbeam. i 'urest llome June 10th. Gen. Robert Anderson, who surrendered Fort Sumter at the beginning of the war, has been living in Tours, in France, for some months, in declining health. On Sunday he was thought to be dying, and a request_was sent to Paris for medical assistance. Minister Wasbbnme despatched aphysician, who found that the alarm was premature, and that the General was in no immediate danger. The patient is to be sent to the Pyrenees for a change. Ax Iowa paper having inserted an item rela- llD 8 that a woman of that State had helped her Ltsliand to raise m seventy acres of wheat, and "dicing the item copied by its exchanges under ^ evident misapprehension of facts, now cx- PJrins that the way die helped was to stand in i a broom at him when ho sat i and terrifying him mother ways. From Mitchell County. Camilla, Ga., June 14,1870. Editors Telegraph & Messenger: Crops are good in our county, bnt late. vVe are now having fine rains, which will soon dnve early corn to maturity. We had a storm, to pass through our county this morning which did considerable damage among titnber^an^rfences. Thackeray had a nose of most peculiar shape, as may be seen from his portrait. The bridge was very low, and the nostrils extremely well developed. On one occasion, at aparty where Douglass Jerrold was present, it was mentioned that Air. Thackeray’s religious opinions were’ unsettled, and that a lady of his acquaintance was doing her best to convert him to Roman ism. "ToRomanisml” exclaimed Jerrold. Let us hope she’ 11 begin with the nose. A Scottish clergyman, happening to go into while the beadle the churchyard while the beadle was employed neck deep in diggin a grave, thus accosted him: “well, saunders, that’s a work you’re employed in well calculated to make an old man like you thoughtful. I wonder youdon,t repent of your evil ways. The old worthy, resting on the head of his spade, and taking a pinch of snuff, replied: “I thought, sir, ye ken‘d that there was nae repentance in the grave.” . Fish.—The World charges the Cuba message on Fish, bnt the weight of authority puts It to the credit of Cashing. By common consent General Grant seems to be exonerated from ail responsibility in the premises. Taour-FxsHisa.—The New York Son says the the Cameron-Prdsidentia) Trout-Fishing party caught sixteen hundred trout. Each one of the fish, we suppose, had a silver or a gold piece in his month for tribute to Cfflsar. A Pretty-Picture. ; , 11 A mother’s bed is like a mother s heart, and both like the proverbial city omnibus; so we thought this morning as we were tiptoeing in the sickroom of an'invalid sister. Just as day dawned, little four-year-old Willie, who sleeps in a crib besides mammals bed, awoke and whispered in such entreating tones as wonld be very diffioult for even a sick mother to refuse, “Mamma, can’t I cjma in your bed just for one wee nappie ?” Of coarse Willie cuddled in beside baby Ed die, and in a few moments was fast asleep. Presently little Bell’s cnrly head bobbed in at the nursery door, and “Mamma, is there room for one more ?” was queried, scarcely above a whisper. t . j “Yes, dear?” :•<*>'; “Then I’ll come, too! ” laughed roguish NeU, who by this time was peeping over her twin sister’s shoulder. By the time these were duly kissed and tucked in, baby was awake; and, perceiving his brother by his side, nestled toward him and gently pat ted his cheek till Willie opened his sleepy eyes, smiled, exchanged kisses, and, without speaking a word, threw his arm over Frankie’s neck, and with their cheeks close pressed together, both dropped into a sweet sleep* i Glad tears filled the mother’s eyes as she ejac ulated, “God grant that their love to each other may ever be as beautiful and spontaneous 1 1 ’ while th«?r aunty longed as never before for an artist's skill, feeling that she would need make no draft on the immigration to paint a compan ion piece to “Baphaei’s Angels.”—Aunt Alice, in Moore's Rural Neu> Yorker. This is pretty steep. To plunder a people and then use the plunder to pay a lot of men to pass all sortsof odious oppressive laws, and anoth er and still meaner lot, to execute them. Why, fhig is a case for the party who didn’t damn be cause any amount of damn failed to do justice ^0 the subject. IN THE LIONS’ DEN. An Appalling and Horrible Occur rence—Three oi Robinson’s Circus Hen Killed and Four Shockingly Lacerated by Savage Beasts; From the Middleton {Missouri) Banner.) Upon starting ont from Cincinnati for the sea son, the management of James Bobinson’s cir cus and animal show determined to produce something novel in the way of a band chariot, and conceived the idea of mounting the band upon the colossal den of performing Nnmidian lions, and which wonld form one of the princi pal and most imposing features of the show. Although repeatedly warned by Professor Sexton that he deemed the- cages insecure and dangerous in the extreme, the managers still persisted in compelling the band to ride npon it Nothing, however, oconrred until the fatal morning of the 12th. The band took their plaoes and the procession commenced to move amid the shouts of the multitude of rustics who had assembled to wit ness the'grand pageant, and hear the enlivening strains of music. Not a thought of danger was entertained by anyone, bnt the awfnl catastro phe was about to occur. As the driver endeavored to make a turn in the streets the leaders became entangled and threw the entire train into confusion, and -he lost control of them, and becoming frightened they broke into a violent run. Upon the oppo site side of the street the fore-wheel of the cage came in contact with a large rock with sach lorco as to cause the braces and stanchions which supported the roof to give way, thereby precipitating the entire band into the awfnl pit below. For an instant the vast crowd were paralyzed with fear, bnt for a moment only, and then arose such a shriek of agony as was never heard before. The awful groans of terror and agony which arose from the poor victims who were be ing tom, and lacerated by the frightful monsters below, was heart-rending and sickening to a ter rible degree. Every moment some one of tho band wonld extricate themselves from the debris and leap over the sides of the cage to tho ground with a wild spring and faint away upon striking the earth, so great was their terror. But human naturo could not stand to see men literally de voured before their very eyes, for there were willing hearts and strong arms ready to render every assistance necessary to rescue the unfor tunate victims of this shocking calamity. A hardware storo which happened to stand opposite was invaded by the request of the no ble-hearted proprietor, and pitch-forks, crow bars and long bars of iron, and in fact every available weapon was brought into requisition. The side-doors of the cage were quickly tom from their fastenings, and then a horrible sight was presented to view. Mingled among the brilliant uniforms of tho poor unfortunates lay legs, arms, tom from their sockets and half devoured, while the savage brates glared feroci ously with their sickly green-colored eyes upon the petrified crowd. Professor Charles White ar rived at this moment and gave orders in regard to extricating the dead and wounded—he well knowing it would be a diffioult and dangerous undertaking toremove them from the infuriated monsters. Stationing men with forks and bars at every available point, he sprang fearlessly into the den amid the monsters and commenced raising the wounded and passing them upon tho out side to their friends. He had succeeded in re moving the wounded, and was proceeding to gather up the remains of the lifeless, when the mammoth lion, known to showmen as old Nero, sprang with a frightful roar upon his keeper, fastening his teeth and claws in his neck and shoulders, lacerating him in a horrible manner. Professor White made there herculean efforts to shake tho monster off, bnt without avail, and gave orders to fire npon him. Tho contents of four of Colt’s navys were immediately poured into the carcass of the fero cious animal, and he fell dead; and the brave little man, notwithstanding the fearful manner in which he.was wounded, never left the cage until every vestige of the dead was carefully gathered together and plaeedupon a sheet, pre paratory for buriaL It was found that three of the ton were killed outright, and four others terribly lacerated. The names of the lolled are August Schoer, Conrad Freiz, and Charles Greiner. Coffins -were procured and an imme diate burial determined npon, as the bodies were so frightfully tom and lacerated as to bo unrecognizable to their, most intimate friends; __' The lions are tho same ones whioh nearly cost Prof. Charles White his life two years ago, while traveling with the Thayer & Noyes party, and were known to bo a very dangerous cage of animals. • • nr j •*“ a * ^ ’ ■'•&»' A Siusnlar Case—A Man Lives Six Ycavs with a Minnie Ball in Ills Brain. . The tenacity with, which some; pepple cling to life borders on; to miraculous. Wounds which, according to all the laws of. nature, are necessarily mortal; to those tenacious people are mere scratches. A case of this sort is just now.attracting considerable attention among the medical fraternity of this city. It is that of a man who for_ over' six years has' lived with a minnie ball in his brain. Ih : January 1864, Abraham De Bond, of Washington county. Kentucky, a member of a Kentucky Federal regiment, was shotin thB forehead with a minnie ball in a skirmish at Fair Garden, East Tennessee. When struck by the ball he fell to the ground insensible, and it was at first supposed he had been kill ed. He subsequently exhibited signs of life, ar.d was taken from the battlefield to the hos- pital. The tall entered the forehead just above the right eye, and as there was an open ing in the temple, just in front and slightly above tho right ear, it was supposed that the ball had passed entirely through. • The man did not die, as everyone who saw the wound thought he would, and he soon so far recovered as to.be sent home. .The wound did not heal up, and there has been a contin ual discharge from it ever sihee its infliction. The man’s health has never been good since he was wounded, and at timeshe-has suffered terribly with pains in his head j and if by any means the discharge from the wound was per mitted to cease he would sink into a stupor. Other than this, his intellect does not seem to have been impaired by the singular weight added to his brain. Recently his sufferings have been so intense that he consulted a phy sician who said that the pain arose from dead bone, and that it would nave to be removed before he could obtain relief. De Bond came to this city and placed himself under the care of physicians, who decided that it was neces sary to perform the operation of trephining, and a day or two since undertook the opera tion. They detected the presence' of lead, and with the forceps extracted a minnie ball flattened into the shape of a chestnut from the man’s skull. It had entered the lateral sinus and fractured the internal table, and was rest ing upon the brain. It is supposed that a fragment of the ball had been chipped off the hatband passed out throogh-the temple, lead ing to the belief that the ball had passed en tirely through the skull. The removal of the ball gave great and immediate relief, and De Bond is now at St. Joseph’s Infirmary, on Fourth street, with every prospect of a speedy and perfect recovery. Miss Louisa Stratton, of Cass county, Ind. challenges any man in the State to a plowing match with her. She proposes a two-horse team, each competitor to drive the horses and hold the plow. THm derangement of the cable lines of tele graph, which has lately caused run eh inconven ience, to a great extent, been remedied The authorities promise all diligence to mak the restoration complete. Tbe Excursion io Brunswick and St. Simona Island; Macon, June 20, 1870. Mr. Editor ;—The interest manifested by the many friends of the Brunswick excursion party, together with repeated requests to give an ac count of our excursion, has induced me to write this letter, though I feel deeply my inability to do justice to the grand occasion, with the im measurable joys and pleasures which attended it. The happy crowd with beaming eyes all as sembled at the depot on time on Tuesday morn ing last, and in a short while the iron horse was speeding his way over the Macon and Bruns wick Eailroad to the exultation of alh In the language of scyne enthusiastic admirer of fe male loveliness and excellency, I may be par doned for saying (for every gentleman in our party will testify to the train ui osooxtiAiO that our train contained the most “precious freight” that ever left the “Central City.” I refer to the two dozen beautiful, accomplished and lovely women whose escorts we had tho honor of being on this excursion. There was not tho slightest ripple to mar the pleasure of our trip to Brunswick, for all united their de terminations and efforts to render tho excursion what it was originally intended to be. Much could be said concerning the different amuse ments and jokes which were indulged in on the railroad alone, but time demands that I should be brief. I would be glad could I but make my pen do justice to the excellent conductor and truly ge nial and clever gentleman, Capt Geo. C. Tan ner, who brought us safely through pine groves innumerable, until it came time to bid “good- by” for a short while to railroad travel. He has truly and fairly gained the golden opinions of every member of onr party. His impartial, unselfish and untiring exertions to make allhap- py will never be forgotten. His presence inva riably brought an enviable smile from the fair creatures with whom he was conversing. Inno cent coquetry, it is true, was indulged in to an alarming extent, bnt I verily believe the smiles referred to were exceptions and the offspring of sincerity. Merry voices drowned completely the confusion which always attends “riding on a rail,” until we neared the “city by the sea,” when the musical frogs in their native element greeteduswiththeirmelodiousvoices. Whether it was with them some extraordinary occasion or not, I cannot tell, bnt heard it suggested by a lady (herself noted for a sweet and melodious voice) that they were celebrating the marriage of some of their race. There was everything to relieve ns of the monotony of general travel. At 9 o’clock Brunswick was reached, and onr party was conveyed to the Ocean House to pass the right in rest, that the next day night be en joyed as Tuesday had been. At the Hotel onr party received an invitation to participate in some TerpBichorean festivities which the yonng people of Brunswick were then enjoying. A low of the excursionists had cariosity enough to accept the invitation, among whom was yonr correspondent, nor did those who acceptedleave the scene regretting that they had gone At II o’clock on Wednesday morning the majority of our party went aboard the steamer “Starlight,” bound for St. Simon's Island—the remainder of our number taking the sailing boat Cassidy.” In something more than an hour the Island was reached by tnose who took the “Starlight,” and we landed in small boats. What an Eden St. Simon’s most have been in the days of South ern prosperity, when it was the happy home of that noble and patriotic son of Georgia, Thomas Butler King. We had no more than landed when tho threatening clouds gave every indica tion of a storm, and eagerly and intently did we look for the safe arrival of our friends who had preferred the sailing vessel. But soon they landed, with no other injury than a gentle duck ing which doubtless they enjoyed. The sun soon Bhed its beams again, and then the strolls began. I am trying to give a truthful account, but the history of tnose strolls which then be gan and lasted until Friday evening at C o’clock, I aia not acquainted with. I only Know tho his tory of my own, and in that the public would hardly find anything to interest. What an influence the orange groves and splendid beach had npon our pleasure seekers 1 The momentary joys may have been finally sad enough to some of the youths of our party, but this is merely a conjecture on my part, for np to the time our excursionists separated at the Macon depot on Saturday evening, I had been unable to detect in the countenance of any gal lant, the slightest disorgaization either in facial feature or in disposition, which would lead one to believe that on this excursion, his hopes had been, blasted, or his life made forever miserable. But this can be easily and plausibly accounted for. This innocent coquetry plays a pretty part, but never strikes the total blow too soon. It se- cures itself in the well grounded belief that “there is time enough yet.” • The influence of those smiles did not die with the end of the St. Simon’s excursion—for man’s constancy is proverbial; as I heard one of bur leading belles remark while sitting by her side beneath a splendid grove of noble water oaks; and there is yet time for the heartless coquette to say: “I’m really sorry, my dear sir, but of course I was only jesting, and thought the same of you.” Promenading on the beaoh was a favorite pleas ure to some, while rambling beneath the luxuri ant growth npon the island was a far more in viting species of pleasure to others, and -parti-- cularly to: those who were in. fear of tanning their delicate faces. Many were in deep fear of this, but I know one young lady who, 1 think, subjected herself to a different order of tann ing, and the process was falr ; 'more delightful than would have been the influence of the; rays of “Old Sol,” for the gentle tanner did his delicate work by beams and smiles from hu man eyes, and soothed tlie young heart of the fair one by gentle words. Sea bathing was a pleasure which all the gentlemen enjoyed, nor did alt the ladies deny themselves this pleasure. And this reminds me of a joke which was prac tically perpetrated upon one of onr innocent youngsters. by a well known privileged charac ter. On Thursday night about 11 j o’clock a party of fifteen gentlemen started on a bathing expedition, among whom was the victim. The perpetrator had just returned to sleeping quar ters and fonnd that all the matresses had been token. But it seems he was not to be baffled in any such way, for as soon as young innocent had departed, his nicely arranged bed was stol en, and on onr return onr privileged character was on a journey to the land of Nod, leaving his victim to find rest upon the floor. But I am intruding upon your space, and yet a thousand things remain unsaid. • > The memories of onr excursionists will never be entirely relieved of the happy scenes to which the lovely groves of this beautiful island are now, and will be for a long time to come, faith ful witnesses. When at 6 o’clock, on Friday evening, we said adieu to St. Simons, all felt as if leaving our childhood home. Arriving in Brunswick, we participated in a dance which the: yonng people of Brunswick got iip in honor of the excursionists. We were well pleased: with the friends made, and were handsomely enter- tamed by them. We again took the train at o’clock, a. m.; Saturday, and at 5 o’clock we were again homeward bound. All were gay and lively ns oh the outward bound. When the train had passed Eastman, a Court was organiz ed and a “heart-smasher” was arrested by the high sheriff, and brought hand-cuffed before the Court, charged with the unpardonable of fence of “talking love to one woman while en gaged to another.A jury was jmpanneled, consisting of three ladies and three gentlemen, the prosecution represented by two legal gen tlemen, the prisoner having retained the servi ces of a Iogal lady aud legal gentleman, and the Court thus began. Three ladies were intro duced as witnesses, and wondrous things were revealed. A gentleman was also introduced, but merely to testify as an expert in flirtations. After an hoar’s time the examination was con cluded and the arguments made to the jury. Then came the charge of the Court, after which the jury consulted, and in accordance with the social code, the prisoner was fonnd gnilty, and sentenced to marry the woman to whom he was first engaged. Memories of the excursion in vite me to linger longer in my description of those never-to-be-forgotten scenes, but here the I dictates of reason must rather be obeyed. At C o’clock p. a., the excursionists landed in Ma con, and though now scattered to their several homes, and divided in many thoughts and aims, they are all united in their memories of the scenes on St. Simon’s. Delta. HARK TWAIN. Elected Member of the Poultry Soci ety—His Experience and Qualifica tion l’or the Business. From the Buffalo Express. \ ■ ’ - .. Mark Twain having been elected a member of the Western New York Poultry Society, thus displays his knowledge of poultry raising, inti mating to the Secretary that he knows two or three places where the thing can be done ac cording to his method: Seriously, from early youth I have taken an especial interest m tim subject of poultry r&is* ing, and so this membership umobes a ready sympathy in my breast. Even as a school-boy, poultry raising was a study with me, and I may say without egotism that os early as the age of seventeen I was acquainted with all the best and speediest methods of raising- chickens, from raising them off the roost, by burning lucifer matches under their noses, down to lifting them off a fence, on a frosty night, by insinuating the end of a warm board under their heels.— By the time I was twenty years old, I really supposed 1 had raised more ponlty than any one individual in all the section. The very chickens came to know my talent, by and by. The youth of both sexes ceased to paw the earth for worms, and old roosters that came to crow ‘remained to pray,’ when I passed that way. I have had so mnoh experience in the raising of fowls that I cannot bnt think that a few hints from me might be useful to the society. The two methods I have already tonched upon are. very simple, and are only used in the raising of the commonest class of fowls, oneis for summer, the other for winter. In the one case, you start out with a friend along about eleven o’clock on a summer’s night (not later, because in some States, especially California and Oregon, chick ens always rouse np jnst at midnight and orow from ten to thirty minutes, according to the ease or difficulty they experience in getting foe public waked up, and yonr friend carries with him a sack.) Arrived at the hen roost (your neighbor's not yonr own) yon light a match and hold it under first one and then another pallet’s nose until they are willing to go into that bag without making any trouble about it. Yon then return home, either taking tho bag with yon or leaving it behind, according as circumstances shall dictate. N. B.—I have seen the time when it was eli gible and appropriate to leave the sack behind and walk off with considerable velocity, without ever leaving any word where to send it. In the case of the other method mentioned for raising poultry, your friend takes along a covered vessel with, a charcoal fire in it, and yon carry a long slender plank. This is a frosty night understand. Arrived at the tree or fence or other hen-roost, (yonr own, if you are an id iot) yon warm the end of yonr plank in yonr friend’s fire-vessel, and then raise it aloft and ease it up gently against a slumbering chicken’s foot. If tho subject of yonr at tentions is a true bird, he will infallibly return thanks with a sleepy chuck or two, and step ont and take np quarters on the plank, thu3 becoming so conspicuously accessory before tho fact to his own murder as to make it a grave question ia our mind, as it once was to the mind of Blackstone, whether he is not roally and de liberately committing snicide in the second de gree. [Bnt yon enter into a contemplation sub sequently, not then.] When you wish to raise a fine, large, donkey voiced Shanhai rooster, yon do it with a lasso, jnst as yon wonld a bull. It is because he must be choked, and choked effectually, too. It is tho only good, certain way, for whenever he mentions a matter which he is cordially inter ested in, the chances arc ninety-nine in a hun dred that he secures somebody elsc’s attention to it, too, whether it be day or night. Bnt what is the use in my pouring out my whole intellect on this subject ? I have shown the Western New York Poultry Society that they have taken to their bosom a party who is not a spring chicken by any means, but a man who knows all about poultry» and is just as high up in the most efficient methods of raising it as the President of the institution himself. I thank these gentlemen right pleasantly and heartily for the honorary membership they have con ferred on me, and shall stand at all times ready and willing to testify my good feeling and my official' zeal by deed as well as by this hastily penned advice and information. Whenever they arc ready to go raising poultry, let them call for me just any evening after 11 o’clock and I shall be on hand promptly. Mask Twain. P.-S. To the Recording Secretary: I know two or three good places. Taxing Bonds.—The Cincinnati Daily En quirer says: “The Chronicle speaks of ‘Con gressional taxing of bonds being in defiance of an express contract.’ Will it tell ns where that contract can be found ? We affirm that tho Federal Government, when it issued the bonds, reserved to itself the right of ; taxing them. Every purchaser of a bond did it with the foil understanding that they were liable to taxation b/y tbe Federal Government. In the new Fund ing Bill it is proposed to surrender this impor tant privilege, thus in the .strongest manner recognizing its present existence. It is a scan dal and a shame that, while the poor man’s salt, tea and coffee are heavily taxed, the rich man’s bonds shonid be exempt!” - - - AnothebIbon Steamship eob Charleston.— Tho Wilmington (Del.) Tribune, of a recent date, says: At the yard of the Harlan & Hollingsworth Company, on the stocks from which the iron steam collier “LeopaTd” has just been launched, workmen are already laying the keel for a mag nificent new steamer for the Morgan line, larger *. than the very large iron steamer now on the stocks in the same yard for the line between New York and Charleston. On the last men tioned vessel rapid progress is being made. Bbo. Whotemorb.—A Washington special to .the Eiohmond Dispatch, of Thursday says: The virtuous Whittemore was on the floor of the House to-day, but was received very ooldly, and but very few. members recognized him. The probability is he will not be allowed to take his seat”; He had a long confab, with Holy Ben the night before thougb, so he can afford to snap his fin gers at black looks. If Ben says he most be admitted these frowhers won’t dare say nay. We think Bro. Whittemore ia a most symmetri cal scamp, but we don’t think there are many of his kidney, in 'or out of Congres who are ft bit bettor. ’ The Democratic newspapers of Indiana prin- the names of upwards of three thousand men who have been aoctive and efficient workers ot the Radical party, who announce that they ha to left that party on account of the Fifteenth Amendment and other segro-isms whioh the Radical leaders are seeking to fasten npon the oountry. Dickens lived longer than Shakspeare, who died at fifty-three; than Byres, who died at thirty-seven ; than Thackeray, who died at fifty- two ; than Burns, who died at thirty-seven; and was one year younger than Macaulay, who died at fifty-one.—Gin. Com. K What Then ?—Eev. Dr. Will’s congregation, by a large majority, on Sunday last refused to accept his resignation as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in this city. He has accepted the appointment of President of Ogle thorpe College, Atlanta, unconditionally. One party or the other must give away, and take the backtrack. ■mi 111 ii I mam J