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MACON TUESDAY, JULY 26. 1370i
VOL. LSIV.-S018
\ Nous ot the Wind.
... scr o8S the Autumn woods,
«. L'tjl bi audios through:
rolled leaves clung to her feet,
iS' 1 .,-1, r |i»ir ttio dew.
•J®",ija cried, -‘for the Spring’s sake,
the love beyond the eea,
JSttb»wd! Oi. tender wind!
qji, blow bun back to mo.
^ «nt across the winter fields,
’ Tbastlt teem i wing feet,
tr$ her MJe.1 robe about her heed,
" i, , t the bitter blast.
); Oh bitter wind!
jicinae the enn has gone,
nMell Lim tlion art keen and cold,
ioil* 0 * 2 " a * ouo ’
re «ir.J came over the fair fields,
and the «iu.\ came through the woods,
JjaUanRefce»crossedI the.pale epnnggrass,
in!l .iraneo eyes saw the buds.
■Are” be ««A •' who calIod to me .
And ! was slow to come;
^,il of .i.evaul.smmy heart,
Bat death is i“ mybome.
The Beacit at Eventide.
I «*. h r.o solitude like this. The boach,
*SLding afar, lapped by the sluggish wave,
imt Are the murmurous tones that reach
"fta&twiiw ear, soil, musical mid grave ;
T^M thit the winds take up and bear along,
g^Jag their sweetness with the land-bird’s eong.
itaMvlhd on if*laggicg wing doth call
la 'mjtderiug mate to track the shining sand;
taiiber voice save the hushed winds doth fall
Toon the soothing silence j cool and bland,
TViijili'r'a come, sweeping old ocean’s breast,
ftcaiog to peace its bosom of unrest.
nita flic waters sleep ’neath tender skies,
V bull} them in their own celestial hue,
lit their calm influence still the storms that rise
lathe oVrbtudetied heart, and plant anew
raftin'’ hope anil strength and patience still,
rjpasp the good or bide the coming ilk
ferhe'dio slumbers not, but keeps alway
Hb witch o'er ocean deeps, their ebb and flow,
SeUhthe surging tides that, day by day,
jhroagh human hearts forever come and go;
I Jh his alone, the plummet that can sound
I Js depths of both—dark, restless and profound.
II Tour in Alabama, Tennessee and
Georgia.
| [lion 1 digraph and Messenger:
I returned yesterday from a six weeks tour
I ttrou.:h Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia,
5 ho{< my observations will prove intcrest-
ajta of yr ur readers. I have had good
I opportunities to investigate and find out the
I eoaditioa of the different sections i have vis-
itei The crops of com, oats, wheat, etc.,
appear to le unusually good everywhere, while
Wton does not look so promising. I saw over
«e hundred acres of corn, last Monday, that
I will prodiioo one hundred bushels per acre. It
ij5 2t Bridgeport, Ala., on an island in the
Tennc.-H'e llivua and was a sight to do a far-
1 a»r goo-J-
IVit;: Tennessee has been reconstruct-
elina ;c o tic ii.anuer. The Brownlow Oli-
I nrcky !^-a numbered with the things
Utt were. Tito abominable laws that SUS-
I uined have teen repealed. A Republican
I fcnnoftiovcrtiuieiithas been organized anew,
aid the itiant head ot Democracy rears itself
EteiColussusaiuid the wreck and ruins of
I Mefi-in. The ’’reign of terror’’ has ceased,
I ud the supporters of the government that
lbs oppressed the people for the last seven
I years, may now cleanse themselves of the
1 smell of corruption as beat they can, or sneak
I about the balance of their days in infamy, to
I find ttemsel voa dishonorable graves. Though
the State is greatly in debt, taxation has been
tediwul fifty per cent. The change may be
I noticed in every branch of industry.
Ab, poor Georgia! Thy Temple of State
ns onw the resort of honor and le&ruing, but
lit know become a nen of thieves. Sooner or
Ikter deliverance will come to ns as it has to
lloneficc. People of Georgia, be true to
Ijmrsclres and to your time honored princi-
Ijfe, that when the dark and gloomy prevent
|ia!l have passed away you may feel that you
|k worthy to enjoy the sunlight of liberty.
_ CLAUDO SUBAIlESCENS.
Buy, Go., July 15th, 1870.
|fnn(i;r<!, II aeon,Taylor and Houston
Very BhcI Reports of flic Cotton Crop.
Crawtord, Co., July 15th.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: As you
tiler icports from the farmers I will let yon
arfroai our county:
ft* cotton is as poor as I ever saw it at this
“■oof the year. Several causes have com-
to bring about this effect. First, farmers
illy put in twice as much as they could
['"-trite with the hands on their places, expect-
'* k> be able to hire help as needed. In this
were disappointed, .and tho result is that
tomyof them have not yet chopped out
cotton, and the portion they have been
r*"in a bad condition, beiDg terribly in the
P*a. Second, the rain has caused the cotton
ip t-pindliog without fruit, and, whereas,
■hoQld fiavo been loaded with bolls arid
*• it is all a talk and no fruit. Third, tho
*» unking sad havoe already; they Are an
■'kly every place around me, and.they are tho
!«iaue "army worm,!’ which we all know is
destructive than any other. I have been
kV'ing for thirty years and never have I seen
•Scorer prospect for a crop of cotton.
Iowa just returned from a visit to Macon,
4 jW and Houston counties. I have only
y*over a portion of each, but what I saw
*w only convinced me that onr county was
> alone in regard to poor cotton, for I did not
•what I considered a good field of cotton.—
* was like ours, tall and fruitless.
I tin glad to Bay that tho prospect for corn is
"er than it has been for years. If the rains
riinne we shall all make an abundance, in
of the small area planted. We, ns fanners,
'-1 learn a lesson this year that I trust will be
•*ficial, but fear that few will plant less cot-
*and more corn another year, so deeply root
y's ihc- mistaken idea that all cotton pays the
**• One-third cotton and two-thirds com
Nyiiae belter than any crops I can. plant.
Pleasant Dokjl
Dct. Lee at Saratoga.—Gen. Robert E. Lee
"■Jed last night' and took possession of tho
*®d*mie suite of rooms reserved for him at
•Union. There was much curiosity to see
bnt he remained quietly in his apartments,
■•tog from tho fatigue of travel.— IKorW, 14th.
tones of about 1200 Chinese lately
JJtoed San Francisco, on their return to the
Tjtlial Empire. They ■ had been gathered up
ike line of the Central Pacific Itailroad,
M were all there was left of n regiment of the
J*® 1 * on that groat work. They aro taken
J 18 In pursuance-«f the contract by which
* *«ro originally brought in the country.
S ^tULiel WiLon, o renowned .“living skel-
.. died on Friday last in Boston, at the age
years. Daring childhood he r was
and healthy, but when in his sixteenth
°f “wasting away” and loss of flash
^>}ce«d to appear. .’-Although ha was a
v" l:o, r.tthij time of his death, weighed
Pounds. Ijls disease was an affection
^ ri L,lit lung.
,^°MAL Methodist camp-molting will be
i n“, I| eK plair.es, near Chicago, commencing
! i next mont h. .The sum of $5,000
i' r ' l'“-en Hpeot in improving and fitting
tfe? EtonruL, and one tent is to be 1 raised,
Tn, 1 iitcotmcodate 5,000 people.
^^pS 'jple of Illinois re to be condoled with;
Asa" rft t6l huioted with no less than seventy life
£ « companies; Every other man yoh
hj pL tio Stato is an agent, and customers
j 1 80 scarce that the agents huve com-
d Insuring each other.
Weekly Itosume of Foreign Airuirs.
pretahed foe the telegraph and messesgzb.
The strike in Muehlhouso, France, has be
come general, 20,000 men being now idle. So
far, the order has not been disturbed. Tho
strikers belong to all branches of industry. The
drought continues.
In England, the Government endeavored to
preservo the peace of Europe. Her efforts
were vain.
Ia Spain, the people do not seem to take the
slightest interest in the Franco-German war.
From Italy the news is contradictory. Somo
reports say Italy is favorable to Franco; others,
that she favors Prussia. In the Chamber of
Doputies, Minister Venosta said that the Italian
Government had co-operated with the other
powers in their efforts to maintain peace, but
he declined to make any further explanations.
He considered any discussion as to tue occupa
tion of Home, under the present circumstances,
inopportune. The proclamation of infallibility
to-day does not create much interest consider
ing the importance of the Franco-German war.
Wab Tale.—The Franco-German war is evi
dently absorbing the general interest of the
civilized world. If we aro to credit the latest
reports, the Prussian forces have already
crossed the French frontier by entering the de
partment de la Moselle, forming pait of the
ancient province of Alsace. Before discussing
the other important news relating to the wir°
we beg leave to review, ia a few words, the
merits of the contest. Though the writer of
these lines is a native German, whose heart is
naturally with his countrymen, he will endeavor
to command an impartial judgment. Napoleon,
supposing that Prim and Bismarck had coni
cocted the intrigue of the Hohenzullera candi
dacy, asked for an explanation. Prussia denied
knowing anything about tho whole affair.
Franco insisted on tho withdrawal of tho Ho-
henzolleru candidacy, and the King of Prussia
used his influence with Leopold of Hohenzol-
leru to induce him to resign tho crown of Spain,
the Prince declaring that, as a German soldier,
he would not he the cause of involving Spain
and Germany into a war with France. This
virtually settled the question. And this view is
corroborated by the leading article of a French
ministerial organ, which said that, France be
ing satisfied that no Hohenzollem would sit on
the Spanish throne, peace was secured again.
Peaceful messages flashed over the wires. Bat
France, which trom the very first had assumed
the most imperative and peremptory tone, then
preferred demands which the chief of a great
nation could not agree to, without lowering the
country to a third rate power. And the King
of Prussia sent the French ambassador word he
had nothing more to say, just as we would order
the bearer of an insolent message oat of our
presence. This insult offered to the French
plenipotentiary compelled France to declare
war. In spite of these plain facts, Iheie are a
great many peoplo who, beholding in Bismarok
bat the personification of the Areh-Uend, ac
cuse him of having brought about tho war.
And though the New Yoik World gravely asserts,
-“This is as clear as the Sun in the sky,” we fail
to discover any proof to sustain this declara
tion. There is no evidence to show that he has
intrigued for that purpose ; and as in legal cases
we give the criminal the benefit of the doubt,
we most certainly acquit hiui-of that charge
nntil proof is brought forward. Wo think,
quite on tho contrary, that Bismarck was very
unwilling to hazard everything by a war with
France, lS three yea s have been insnfficirnt to
consolidate North German nmty on a firm basis.
It seems to ns, as if the New York Tribune,
declaring “that throughout the whole affair tho
attitudo of France bus been that of an enraged
roflian bent upon insult,” camo much nearer to
tho point. Ileports from Paris assert that the
Empress Eugenio has used all her influence in
favor of war for the purpose of seating tho
Prince of Aotoriaa on tne Spanish throne. As
is generally known, the Empress is a bigoted
Spanish woman and perfectly devoted to the
cause of her former sovereign, Queen Isabella.
Personal ambition, the wish of diverting public
attention from complications at home, and the
hope of recovering tne lofty position Franco
held before the Prussian victories, may have
been other motives for the Emperor.
The “London Times" takes a decided. stand
in favor of Germany. It has even hinted at the
possibility of an alliance with Germany. We
most bear in mind that once already in the reign
of Queen Anne English and German soldiers
were companions of arms, when Marlborough
and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the
French armies in a series of battles and filled
Europe with the valor of their arms. And Na-
poleou I, again had no more implacable foe than
the Lion of England.
Mysterious hints in La Liberie,” Paris, in
timate that becret negotiations for an alliance
between France and Austria are going on. The
antecedents of Baton Van Beui-a incline ns to
think that such a consummation is very likely
to take place.
Prince Napoleon, immediately after his return
from Norway, is to go on a secret mission to tho
court of Florence. We doubt that ho will suc
ceed in concluding an alliance with Italy. As
the French troops have been ordered to leave
Borne on the promulgation of infallibility, which
is to take place to-day, the Italians will have
enough to do to set their own honse in order.
Wo are not at all surprised at the rumors tel
egraphed from London, that Bnssiaand Prussia
were m strict accord m the struggle against
France. Wo had expected it, as we have al-j
ready mentioned in.our last review. :Wo have
no doubt that a Priiaao-Bussian alliance will be
come a fact as soon as Austria joinsi.France.
This is the present situation of, tho nentral Great
Powers. Nothing transpires as to'the sentiments
of tho Spanish people. Perhaps she may be left
out ia the quarrel, thei immediate cause of the.
war being now the insult offered to the French
Amb.iss-.cljr.
The Times li es another remarkable article on
the situation. The paper sayst “The recovery
of Alsace and Lorraine are tue real objects of
the war on the part of Prussia, and in that she
has the sympathy of mankind.” These two
provinces had always been members of tho Ger-l
man Empire ever since the establishment of
Germany by 'the treaty of Verdun, 843, until;
owing to the discord among-tne-nation itself,
they were wrested from iho- ; Holy Roman Ger
man Empire. And here we wish to dispel the
popular error, as if tho left bank of the Rhine
had been taken by the Germans by conquest.
The left bank of the Rhine, now coveted by
France, hafr.Jbrays- been German territory. It
was divided into several petty principalities, the
largest and most populous city, Cologne on the
Rhine, being a free Hanseatic city, like Bremen,
.Liibeek and Hamburg, are still to this very day;
In 1790 the- Frenob : overran the whole country
and declared the ^conquered territory to be part
of the French Republic. The Rhine continued
French during the successive reigns of the
Directory, the Consulate and; the Empire.—
After the battle of Waterloo, the Great Powers
assembled at the Congress-of-Vienna, gave
Prussia theTeft bank of the Rhine, and Rhenish;
Prussia; as it-is hoWicalled, has'ever since be
longed to Prussia, of which she forms tlio ex-
Ircme Western boundary.
Following the celebrated “Divide et impera”
it hasever been the traditional policy .of France
since centuries to foment discord aud dissen
sions in Germany, that she might be able to ILh
in troubled water.- Time only on account of
internal dissension in’.-Germany, France oould
succeed in wresting two fine provinces like ■ Air
sace'and-Lorraine from the German Empire.
The Princes Qf Southern Germany have acqn ired
an infamous celebrity in history by making
themselves conspicuous for cnqneting with
France. They were ever ready to unite with
France, the 1 hereditary enemy of Germany, to
make war upon theirr'iNHitry. Actuated again
by the same motives, Napoleon I founded the
Confederation of the Rhine, acknowledging the
Emperor as their protector, and made the elec
tors of Saxony and Bavaria and the Duke of
Wuertemberg, his faithful v&saals, Kings of
Saxony, Bavaria and Wu<^>t*niberg by the grace
of Napoleon. <•;” ‘ " .
We hope we will not tire our roaders by this
brief historical survey which we deem neces
sary to throw a better light upon the present
sitnatiou. Napoleon is but repeating tho same
policy when ho is said to tore an immense num
ber of proolimations ready for distribution
among the German peoplo. These circulars as
sure the Germans that France ODly wages war
on Prussia, not against Germmy. The purpose
of this measure, which is especially meant for
the territories lately annexed by Piussia, is oh
viois. -
In this the Emperor will signally fail, for the
Government in Berlin is hourly “receiving dis
patches from all parts of Germany, offering
men, money, arms and horses in enpport of the
national cause, and asserting that no sacrifice
will be deemed too great for the cause of Ger
many.”
In fact, tho German people, remembering tho
wrong3 heaped upon Germany at the hands of
France, since centuries, exhibits the greatest
enthusiasm. We need not dwell on the ridicu
lous attempt to distinguish between Prussia and
Germany. Prussia ia the most powerful Ger
man State of the twenty-two States formingthe
North German Confederation. She is the sword
of Germany, and war waged against her means
war against the German Union.
Tho result of this terrible contest is shrouded
in darkness. Should France remain victorious
she will take the Rhine, and Gorman unity will
be retarded, perhaps be lost forever. Should
Germany triumph over France, Louis Napoleon
Bonapane’s reign will close, and German unity
will be greatly accelerated, perhaps become a
reality at once. • Germany will probably recover
Alsace and Lorraine, and tho German tricolors,
waving from the battlements of Strassbonrg,
will carry the tale over the land, that the Rhine
has agiin become a German river. Jabno.
FROM NEW YORK.
The Iloliilays — Sensations — I.iterntnrc
Alrtcon unit southern Authors Vublulicrs,
etc. ■
New Yobs Crrr, July 14,1870.
Editors lelegraph and Messenger—This city
of sensationalism never lacks elements of that
kind. “The Nation’s Birth Day” came soon af
ter our arrival here, and passed amid'displays
of processions and patriotism, flags and fire
works. Coming on Monday, as the 4th did,
the City had too consecutive days of respite
from the ordinary business of Jife. It was
amusing to witness tho huge rush of the million
back to business affairs on Tuesday. Their en
ergy can be compared to nought better than
that with which a swarm of hungry railway pas
sengers seek the dinner table when the conduc
tor announces “twenty minutes for dinner!”
Very soon after the Fourth, a suicide came in
opportunely to sensationalize tho City. One
Lmgard, well known in the ciiy, but neither
the English historian nor the New York theatri
cal actor of that name, had lived unhappily in
his domestic relations for the brief period of
about twenty-one years. He determined to put
an end to it—and did. He took a magnificent
dose of poison; and immediately thereafter, to
“make assurance doubly sure,” he energetically
sprang into the North River, and reposed on a
mud-couch at the bottom. The immediate pro
vocation was that Mrs. Lingard (who owned
their dweUing-house) had driven him away from
his accustomed lodgings.
The last sensation, just now dying out, was
the belligerent aspect of European affairs. To
a vast commercial city situated on tho sea
board, and the financial metropolis of the West
ern Continent, a European war would be an
event of direct and tangible importance. Bnt
the present attitude of uffaiis promists peace;
and this morning, doubtless the city bad “found
some new thiDg.’" Wo have not seen the morn
ing papers.
Our pursuits here have led us less with com
mercial people than with publishers of books
and litterateurs. It will afford your numerous
r jaders great pleasure to know that tho Apple-
t. nq have in press, and will soon bring out, a
volume from the pen of a Macon authoress—
tne beautiful and accomplished Mrs. Castlen.
Her volume is entitled, “Autumn Dreams ; by;
Utiiquita." We understand she is in tho city
superintending the publication in person.—
Commencing authorship in the very earliest
years of matured womanhood, fall of enthusiasm
and genius, we may safely predict for her a dis
tinguished career in the world of Jetters. *
We have authority for saying that two other
works, written by a Georgia lady, aro in the
hands of a New York publisher, and will be
brought out soon. The volumes are entitled,
respectively “Atiiethusia,” and “TAe JVereid,”
and are thrilling pictures of Southern life. They
are from the pen of Mary Faith Floyd, of Geor
gia. There is no question that the volumes,
when published, wiU prove a success.
We had the pleasure of meeting Miss S. A.
Brock, author of “Richmond duriDg the War,”
and eaitress of the Southern Amaranth, ahand-
some volume, which appeared a year or two ago.
She is engaged in making a collection of extracts
from the writings of all of onr poets, to consti
tute,-.“a thoroughly representative book of the
poetry of America,” and invites contributions
to it Irorn all American authors and authoresses.
She may be addressed^ at “Home Journal Of
fice, No. 3 Park Place, N. Y.” Miss Brock rti
sided, ia Richmond during the war, but now
spends most of her time in this city. She has
lately returned from a European tour. She has
a face full of sensibility and intellect, and is a
noble specimen of a Southern female author^
At the drawing-rooms of: Miss Brock;-last even
ing, we met Mr. Perry, one;of the editorial
corps of the elegant old Homo, Journal, oft hie
city. .That journal, in the hands of Mr. Perryj
and his confreres, has lost nothing of the AM
traotiveness it possessed in the good old dayA of
Morris and Willis,. and, is the most elegant
journal of its kind in America. . - j
.We have called at the respective offices of the
Democrat and. the Metropolitan 'Records Our;
curiosity to : meet Brick Pomeroy- was disapi
pointed'; but we saw the “managing editor”—\
Mr. -Lambert. We were surprised at his youth-j
ftfinessl" Hois a young ijj-in -of'great promise J
exhibiting ah ability rare in one so young. Mirj
Mullsly, of - the Metropolitan Record;,is a gift-1
ed, noble-hearted and genoruus Irishman, great-;
ly beloved by his frienas. His paper has always
been a firm defender of those rights of the
Southern people, which he holds still justly be
longs to them notwithstanding their conquest by
force of arms. . . ...
Among the publishing houses, wo have visited
thoso of Messrs. AppletoD, Harpers, Hnrd &
Houghton and Sheldon & Company. Tho pro-i
f nsion of works these great. houses, and others
of thiscity, “manufacture” continually in amaz
ing. No where else bnt in such places can a
proper conception be formed of the intenso in
tellectual nclivity of onr age and country.. No
preceding ago could approximate it in this re
spect—this ago of electricity and steam. Every
apparent possible avenue of thought seems ex
plored by the human mind—yet ever, and ever,
genins is discovering now continents, and will
continue to do so, we presume, to “tho lastsyl-
Iable of recorded time.” We were impressed
with the superabundance'of English reproduc
tions in -the-lirie df novels! Nothing so reveals
Ant continued intellectual subjection to. the
Northern ;Coqgtry as this. Wo are sure that
that of Ihb Engliah books which are greater
favoritesri iWhen'qhaH' our reading public do-
dare their literary independence ? r, What
“Fourth of, Jnly”-, shall become tfyt “Birthday
of jFreedom.YVo'do nqt seek to deprtciato
the character orvSfeedf Tccdnt iiferary effort ;
but-wo mean -to -assert -that American effoit-is
not behind it in any respect, and should be ac
corded at least equal diffusion and popularity.
Bnt mountains on the horizon are more pleas
ing to the eye than those near. Optical laws
are reversed in the intellectual world somej-
times. Distance sometimes magnifies.
We are havmg very warm weather in this
city. We shall be compelled to.return very sobn
to Middle:Georgia from dimatic considerations.
We had a fine rain here on the 12th, but the
thermoinetrical range does not seem to have
been reduced thereby. We hear of sun Btrokes;
and seek the shady sides of the avenues and
streets in'our-rostricted peregrinations.
..., r • . Oaom. '
Theodore B. Pryor, son of the ex-Confederate
General Roger A. Pryor, who graduated at
Princeton College this year, took higher degroes
than have been taken at that oollege since the
graduation of Aaron Burr.
.vUaorg fieoiotii baa oat i
Trie Georgia Press,
The population of Columbus, it is estimated
will turn out to be between 9,000 and 10,000.
A man named Anderson, who has been on
trial seven days in Cdumbu3 for the murder of
his wife, was found gailty, Thursday.
Lightning struck the Columbus Factory,
Wednesday afternoon, set fire to a lot of cotton
in the lint room. Tho flames woro put out,
however, with but trifling loss. ,j ; .
The Sun, of Friday, mokes the following an-
nonneement: ‘ -
Death op a Most Estimable Lady.—Mrs.
Amelia L Randle, died at the residence of her
brother-in-law, Col. A. H. Chappell, near this
city, at 3 o’clock Thursday morning. Mrs. R.
was a sister of the late Gen. Mirabeau Lamar,
and had resided in the county of Stewart for
many years, where she was well known and
widely esteemed.
John McLaughlin, of Savannah, aged ten
years, was drowned Thursday while bathing at
the mouth of the Ogeeeheo canal near that
»ty-
ABainbridge correspondent writes as follows
to the Savannah News:
The crops, as far as I have beenable tolearn,
are still flourishing. Corn may be counted as
made. The caterpillar has not yet made its ap
pearance in the cotton fields, though the plant
Is somewhat injured by the abundant rains.—
Sugar cane is in fine growing order thronghoat
this entire section. Tho potato crop is also
looking finely now.
The Columbus Enquirer says:
A Colored Wom.vw op the Right Stamp.—A
colored woman, young, neat and of thrifty ap
pearance, called upon the Secretary of the Gi
rard Building and Loan Association yesterday,
and asked the privilege of taking four shares of
stock in the Association. She said she had eight
shares in a Columbus company, and wished to
take four in the Girard, in order to enable her
to purchase a bome:across tho river. We sug
gested, as soch was her intention, the pro
priety of transfering her city stock, and taking
more shares in the Girard. She said no; that
the stock was too valuable; that she did not
wish to sell, us she could do so at any day, if
she wished, at a large premium. She seemed
quite conversant with the operations of such
associations.
The Newnan Herald says farmers in that sec
tion do not report favorably of their crops.
Corn and cotton aro both small, and many local-
ties need rain.
The last Albany News has this crop bulletin:
From all tho information in onr possession at
present, we are led to the conclusion that the
com crop throughout this section will be most
abundant, and farexcbl any previous crop made
since the close of the war. The rice, com,
melon, and other crops of minor importance,
are abnndant. The cotton in some isolated sec
tions looks well, and promises a fruitful yield;
but- as a general thiug the weed is quite inferior,
and tho yield will fall far short of the crop of
1SG9. Fertilizers seem to have abandoned the
cotton crop, and is now enriching acid improv
ing the growth of grass and . weeds. Rain
would be acceptable.
S. M. Myers, who was shot by Joseph J.
Clayton, at Augusta, Wednesday night, died
Thursday morning.
The Chronicle & Sentinel in the conrso of a
strong article denunciatory of the practico of
carrying concealed weapons, very justly re
marks:
So far as our observation extends, the evi
dence of nearly every murder trial, as contain
ed in the public journals, disclose the fact that
one or both of the parlies concerned iu the fatal-
affray carried concealed weapons, and the de
duction is generally justified that but for this
practice no urime or rather homicide would have
been committed. Carrying concealed weapons
is, therefore, properly classed as an offense
against the peace of tho State. The. practice
leads to the disturbance of tho peace and good
of society, by encouraging the idea that the
security of the citizen can best be protected by
personal effort and revenge, and not by the en
actment and the enforcement of law. This is
the law’of the savage, not of civilized'com
munities.
We have not the slightest design or desire to
deny the citizen the right and duty to possess
arms for self-defence. In our sparse popula
tion it is not only tho right bnt the duty of the
citizen to possess arms for his protection. But
this- does not imply his right to degrade the law
and to degrade society to the standard of tho
Sioux Indians by encouraging the cowardly
practice of carrying concealed weapons.
' The Quitman Banner gives the following par
ticulars of the assassination on Tuesday night,
of Thomas M. Alexander, one of the moat prom
ising young men of Brook county:
It appears that the deceased, who was living
on the plantation of his father, Dr. J.’M. Alex
ander paid a social visit to a neighbor’s house
(Rev. G. S. Gnulding) on tho evening of Taes-
•day, the 12th inst., and remained nntil between
11 ami 12 o’clock at niglit; at which hour bid
ding tho members of the household “good
night,” he mounted his horse and departed for
home. .Soon after Mr. Alexander departed,'
members of Mr. Ganl4irig r s household, heard
the.report of a fire arm j' but '-it being nothing
unusual, no' attention was paid to itri • ids i
On the next morning* however, an hour pr
two. before day, a <iegro discovered .the ;doad
body of Thomas Alexander lying in the road a
short distabce froni the residence of James
Morrow, which is distant about a quarter 6f a
mile from Mr. Gaulding’s. 1 1 ,u ■; j.'.ujjJ) j
The inference is,-that the assassin was award
of the visit of Mr.' Alexander to the jcesidenco
of Mr. Gaulding, and for some real or imagined
injury, determined to slay him as he departed
for bin home. For this purpose, he couee ik'd
himself 'along side the f()ad,.'pvdr which the de
ceased was compelled to pass, and as he did so,
the deadly charge was fired. The shot took ef
fect in the back of deceased; and must have re
sulted iu almost instant death. '
Since the foregoing was placed in typ >, the
jury of inquest qn the body of Thomas M. . Al
exander, has completed itp labors, and rendered
the annexed verdict, charging Jimpsey A. Hun
ter with the murder; and ho has been arrested
and is now confined in the dnngeon of the Quit-
man jail.
Tho Rome Daily says the latest news from
Crop Plains, Alabama, the scene of the late riot
between the whites and blacks, is that alllis
this season of the year. Tho sweet potato crop
may be regarded as promising.
The City Council of Atlanta have resolved to
subscribe §50,000 in bonds to. Mercer University,
provided it is moved there.
The Sumter Republican says a terrible storm
passed over the farms on Line creek, in the
eastern part'of that county, on ■ Wednesday.
On the farm of Mr. Donald Graham 100 acres
of fine cotton wa3 ruined, carriage, house, and
buggy blown away, cotton prostrated, and fenc
ing blown down in every direction,
The Cuthbert Appeal says of crops in that
section :
Corn on red lands is unusually good, the hot
suns however have caused it to scald and change
color on grey and sandy soil3. Sull, except iu
individual instances whero the cultivation was
bad, the crop will be an average one, and one
more “season” of rain will put it beyond per-
adventuro.
We have very unfavorable reports however
of the cotton prospect throughout this region
of country Wet weather, lice, and grass, have
effectually done their work.
One of onr most successful planters on the
Patanla, told the writer, his cotton was smaller
than it was ten days ago, owing to the crumpled
leaves and dwarfish appearance caused by lice.
We do not consider the crop more than half
as promising as that of the past year. It is di
minutive in size, unhealthy in appearance, and
very poorly fruited.
From Meriwether.
Chalybeate Spbings, Ga
July 14th, 1870.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger :
A spirit of sadness comes over us as we
revisit the scene of so much happiness and
delight, to find so few of those who, one year
ago, were wont to dispense sunshine and glad
ness, and lend so much to the entertainment
of tho party. On reaching this place last
night, we found that the Messrs- Booher have
taken advantage of their experience, and have
improved even what was in good order and
condition on-a former occasion. They seem
fully determined to sustain the reputation of
this watering place, and are fully alive to the
interests and good comfort of their guests.
At present there are something less than
fifty persons, old and young, representing al
most every district in the State. Among
them is the family of our popular railroad
offieial, Gen. Holt. As is generally the case,
few persons report to such places for pleasure
until later in the season, those coming now
being invalids and families. There is a sprink
ling of youth and beauty, however, which
your humble servant hopes to be more fa
miliar with in a few days.
Your journal suffers from the absence of
those knights of the quill who were chroniclers
of events last year. The venerable “P. W.
A.,” whose presence was always a guarantee
of good times, and whose letters were so
eagerly sought, especially as they brought into
prominence the eharms of some honored
maiden. Then there was “Civis,” he of the
flowing beard and aldermanic proportions,
whose talent for delineation and description
was specially conspicuous. Should these lines
fall under his eye, we would brg to say to him
that his objection to this place has been re
moved, as not to offend the most fastidious.
We speak as one having authority. Lastly,
though by no mcansleast, comes “Occasional’’
for honorable mention. He is of the sun
flower specimen, expansive, commanding, and
portly, and to whose generosity and elastic
conscience we were-indebted on one occasion
for complimentary exposure. We settle that
score now. We miss them all and.hcpe soon
to see them returning to their old loves. The
same walks, retreats, and cozy nooks await
them; and where’er they be may good for-;
tune be theirs. . . .
AmoDg the improvements, we notice the
cabins are all neatly whitewashed, the walks
to them nicely prepared, and over the large
reservoir which supplied, the baths, the pro
prietors have erected a spacious platform for
discing in the evening. It has been roman :
tically christened and called "the “Sun-down.’
Quite an addition has been made to the bil
liard saloon, and one more table added, mak
ing three in all. The ball room and ten pin
alley are in fine conditon. A pistol gallery is
in process of construction, which wuL. prove
an interesting feature. Also a photographic
gallery for the benefit of those whoso efforts
iulove affairs prove availing. Tho table is
well supplied with well-cooked food, and ex
perienced cooks and stewards will insure a
continuance throughout the season. Having
an accommodating palate,' we never lay so
much stress on that point as some who are
more fastidious. ‘ ; •
The country around is abundantly supplied
with fruits and vegetables; besides, the prof
prietors have ample supplies on the premises!
Those who attend this season may feel assured
they will not have cause to complain. Al
though the price of board lias been raised ten
dollars over last season,itis Still cheap enough
for any person who can ; indulge in the
luxury of a summer recreation. - The write!
of this artioleis not a “dead-head” (in the
general acceptation, of that term), and has
.promised to pay full hoard, without privileges
or perquisites; consequently what has been
said-has-' not been from motives: mercenary ot
Oleemosynaiy, hut for the public good. 1 !
Four Hundred Miles uj» Stairs.
Eea'ling about electricity, lightning and the
telegraph, the other dry, stidUnclc Tutor, “re
minded mo of A carious story I once heard when
I was in England.”
Agriculturally speaking, tbe-codritry'-eohf
tiguous is in fine Condition; - xjuupaH ...
- Jovcs v..Respectfully, . . J.-.A. W.M
Trie Great Riot in New York.
- \vo copy ihLr following report of tho Irish riot
in New York, on tho 13th, from tho Western
Dispatch : '.
Tho Orangemen celebrated the anniversary of
the battle of Boyne, at Elm Park to-day, were
attacked by 300 Irish laborers, whose anger had
been aroused by expressions by the Orangemen
insulting to their nationality and faith. The
assailants used stones and tho implements with
which they had been working. The Orange
men defended themselves with pistols; Thom
as Grady was shot "in the head and instantly
killed, as also John Brady; 14 years old, together
with a man name unknown. .Four otherar—
Patrick Carr, Thomas Morphy, Thos. Adams,
and Samuel Smith—were fatally injured, and a
large number of others severely wounded.: ;; A
force of policemen waa summoned to the spot,
who succeeded, by a vigorous use of clubs, in
Subsequently the cars con-
white men, women, and children who were re- damaged. Thomas Kane was met in Central
turning from church, and their white leader have ?ftffair craateS^Udest^wKibn 1 ^^
very many American books are neglected by onr , nrnln , 8 . li ... . , . ; xne anair created me wuuobi, i
countrymen which paswess merit far beyond been killed. Lnke, the white leader, was a neighborhood of its occurrence. _
• — • — Canadian, and a fanatic of tho worst discrip-1 Later,'—From accounts received at police
tion. He made an acknowledgment of his guilt 1 headquarters up to midnight, it appear* the riot
_ i assumed more serious proportions than at first
before he was hung. 'supposed. There are different versions of the
The Atlanta Intelligencer says that wife whip- orIg i n . Superintendent Jourdan states that
ping is becoming quite common in that city. : the Orangemen played party tunes, used in-
It is in contemplation to build a railroad from suiting language and opprobrious epithets, and
- ....... - - . 7.' finally threw stones'at-.the workmen;-Mid fired
Roswell factory, -in ^ Cobb county, > to.connect sev e r ^ 8 ho*s^before any attack’ was made upon
TBifh I>1« Air Trine railroad- -iVi:’] Cl 1 tiietn. Til© workmen then ocean!fori t>iA
with the Air Line railroad. ci j Tho workmen then assaulted "the
At the Mercer University sophomore prize Orangemen with spades, shovels and every
declamation last week, Robt. N. Holtzclaw,of [available Orangemenusedre-
•o * i w \v irnr.il volvew, with which nearly, all of them were
Perry, took the first, and Y». Vv. Arnold, of armei Captain Helme states that the wdrk-
Wasliington, the second prize. men wero the assailants, and after two or three
Of crops in Troup county the LaGrange Re- hundred of them had stormed the park and
porter savs : - lb sfli 1'X* b.w.l «* riy « n the three thousand Orangemen ouVthio
To the great relief of tne country, a good crop fighting was carried on Battering all over the
of oats has been harvested—a much better yield country. During theflG skirmirfies some hnnd-
than the most hopeful dreamed of two months red were -wounded and several killed, but the
ago. Com generally looks well; in some toll particulars are not yet aacertaii^d. Knee
localities good rains.have fallen, in. others the workmen are known to be kiUed and fiw taken
showers have beenlight, and, in some, rain is to Bellevue hospital m an msenrible condition,
very much needed. Tils is the nick of time The wounded Orangemen wwutduo.:^mlbe
with com. Cotton Is backward _ and troubled field of conflict in wmm itfs
with lice, but is growing and making weed very imposs.ble to asoertain the vni«a nearlv I 000 000 pounds
tost. It cannot be said to bo fruited well at « is bebeved no Orangemen were killed. | nearly t-uw.uw pounos
AiA—Kihimgrij datitj-qH to isorO'
Congregational Singing. - f 9
In a late discourse, Mr. Beecher made the
following deliverance concerning singing ia
Church:
It seems there was a newspaper in tbe city of PO^er there is
Glasgow, Scotland, which employed a London an 1 tha, is one reason why, when
correspondent. The correspondent made it his
duty to gather news every day and send it to
Glasgow every night by telegraph.
Ho made an agreement with an operator at a
ceit.ria office by which his nows was sent to
Gla a gow at a reduction, by iho year.
One night he arrived at tho lower door, at the
foot of the stairs leading up to the telegraph
office. Tho door was locked and he could not
find it.
The operator up stairs yawned and looked at
his watch. “ “Jenkins won’t come to-night,”
said he; “I may as well go-to bed.”
And there was poor Jenkins all the time
pounding away at the door at the foot of the
long stairs, unable to get in.
.“Hlllo! up there?" he cried, looking at the
window of the telegraph office, that glowed with
light. “HilloJ Jones, somebody has locked the
outside door, and I can’t get in.”
“What is the row?” said a policeman coming
along.
“I’m locked out,” said Jenkins. “Here I’ve
got a batch of most important news for a paper
—a murder, three fires and a riot—and the door
locked in my face, and I can’t get in. What
will I do ?”
So the policeman began banging at tho door,
but Jones, the operator, up in his office, was as
unconscious of tne tumnlt as if he had been in
the moon. He had been whistling to himself,
and yawning prodigiously.
“Why don’t you go to some other office ?”
asked the policeman.
“No authority to use any other line,” said the
correspondent. “Ah! I’ve got it!” he added,
and before the policeman could ask him'what it
was, the excited Jenkins dashed down the street
as if a mad dug was after him.
Jenkins rushed breathlessly into another of
fice, six blocks on.
“I say,” said he to tho operator, “I’m in a
fix! Got news to go off inside of an hour, and
the slupid operator at my. office has gone to
sleep, and I can’t get in—and—and”
“Well, that is a fix.”
“Tell you what I want, said Jenkins, endeav
oring to catch hia breath. “I want you to tele
graph down to Glasgow, and ask the operator
there to telegraph up here to Jones, and.bid
him come down stairs and let mo in.”
The operator roared with langhter at this, bnt
went to his instrument and began rattling away
at a great rate.
This is the message he sent:
“Glasgow—Wake np Jones, Station Y; tell
him Jenkins, at the foot of the stairs, can’t get
in.”
Jones was looking at his watch again, and
concluded that he had better put out the lights
and goes to his little bed-room' across tho hall
way, when clatter went hi8 instrument.
“There’s. Glasgow calling me,” said Jones,
and ho hurried to his instrument and tioked
off:—
“What’s wanting?”
Back came the answer:
“Jenkins down‘stairs—door fast—go let him
in.” ■
Off went Jones with a rush downstairs, threw
open the door, and at last the anxious Jenkins
got up and. sent off the news.
So you see howa man sent a message through
solid, door and up four pair of stairs, four
hundred miles around, and by way'of Glasgow,
and all within twenty minutes.
“Wasn’t that four hundred miles up stairs?”
Will the Cards Prove Liars ?
Fromt/ie AT. . Y, Commercial Advertiser.']
One hot afternoon in the month of August,
1867, three men sat around a table in a private
parlor at the hotel Darmstadt at Ems, Germany,-
taking such comfort as they could, derive from
ths juice of Rhenish g'spe aud a pack of cards.
The most conspicuous: Sgure of the group was
a large man with a bald head, greyish eyes, a
heavy light colored mustache and an air about
him that would have done honor to thq Imperial'
purple. This person* ge had even then achiev
ed some tome, and was tolerably well known to:
reading people by tho name of Bismarck. Next
to him sat another bald-headed individual; in
ferior to Bismarck in stature, with a border of
black hair about the base of his skull that look
ed like the rim of an old felt hat (ruthlessly
robbed of its crown,) condemned to. remain
there as a permanent fixture. During the Cri
mean war the father of this man figured at the
cabinet councils in 'St. Petersburgh as Count
Nesselrode, but the son was only known as a'
clever gamester end an habitue of the fashion
able European.' watering places. The third
member of the party was a little fellow (so little
that his feelscaicely touched the floor,) with
dark, pierciDg eyes, swarthy skin, and vivacity
enough for half a dozen ordinary men. At the
time of which we speak, he was the French
Consul at Stuttgard. All of them had been
partaking freely of wine; and each in torn
scuffled the cards with a tin that the generous
grape imparts even to the most phlegmatic tem
perament. The'Frenchman, in the interludes
of the play, kept up a running fire of converaa-
tion, skipping from topic to topic with a facility
wjjiqh.pnlyFrenchmen enjoy, until, warming as
he went on, he ventured the declaration that
Franck would ofi’e day mark her boundary by the
Rhine from Basle to the sea.
jU|A hundred Fredericks to. fifty,” exclaimed
.Nesselrode,, “that she won’t.” .- ' !
“Done,’'rejoined’the Frenchman; “and let
ill gamo be the fortune teller.”
They shuffled the cards, and the. Frenchman
lost. : ' - -
“Another wager!” said Nesselrode, with a
glance atBIsinarck, who eyed his two compan
ions calmly, -though never' uttering ■'» single
word. .“Aqother wager! Two hundred and fifty
that: within five years France and Prussia meas
ure swords, and that France yields Alsace and
the whole disputed border.” , v ...^ :
“C’est impossible / ” excitedly responded the
Oamndir j. ... —. -m? j
Again the cards were shuffled. At the fourth
play Bismarok aud the Frenchman had each
taken two tricks. It was the Russian’s lead.
Ho threw the Queen of Clubs upon the table.
’ .“King!” shouted tho Frenchman in triumph,
as' he covered Nesselrode’s card, and extended
his hand to seize the prize.
“Not so fast,” coolly remarked the Prussian
Premier, “I believe the game is mineand
casting the ace, ho leaned back in his chrir and
laughed heartily.
' Mon Dieu! ” shoutqd the discomfitted play-
“but cards were always liars; ” and unable
to’conceal the. chagrin and excitement that .over
mastered him, he rose, from the table and quit
ted the room. Tn„i TT I -**
Three years have scarcely elapsed since the
little incident here related; (ah incident which
Nesselrode told . with hearty satisfaction in the
Ems cafes that summer) and now the big cloud
of war that hovers over Europe may burst, to
prove that cards are not such liars after all.
rfreF n; ,Tr
The Chixese Question.—Either all men are
created equal or they are not; either the De
claration of Independence requires this nation
to open its doors to three hundred millions of
obscene yellow rascals, or else does not require
it to admit the three or four millions of mal
odorous fetich-worshipped black fellows. We
hold, with the philosopher Sumner, that it will
be wholly impossible to draw any lino of de-
m&rkatkm between black, yellow and red. ^ We
invite Spotted Tail; we offer bim *be right-
hand of fellowship; and see no objection at all
to Red Cloud or Fum Hoam being President qf
the United States. But Fum Hoam has the
beat chance, because his countrymen here will
soon outnumber the red men by a thousand to
one. Our favorite, therefore, is Fum Hoam. i
By all means let us reap the fruits of the
wax.— Irish Citizen. :.tflwj
The tea traffic over the Pacific Railroad prom
ises to amount, during the first six.months, to
I came into this Church as your pastor, I de
termined that there should be singing iu the
congregation, and why I never changed that
determination. You know how, ior eight or
ten years, I fought you night and day. . You
differed from me in opinion; you thought you
knew more than I dia, and I could not have
my own way; but after eight- or ten years;
when you were better instructed, and when
you-began to have confidence enough in me
to let me have my own way (and I would
have it; I knew I was right and would not
give up), congregational singing wa^ inaugu
rated among us. And .now all—men, women,
and Children—sing. And one reason why
the Lord dwells among us so much, why there
is so much spirituality in. the Church, why tfie
people in the Church are so cheerful, and
i happy, and social, and why_ you love each
other so much as you do, is that you sing
with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And
I always feel that a Church that docs not sing
has hard sledding. Sleigh-riding in winter
and no bells—think of it 1 A Church that
doe3 not sing is like a spring without any
birds, or like a garden without any flowers.
Of all tho world, a Church that has four
singers—/our whole singers J A thousand peo
ple sitting down, and a thousand pairs of ears
listening, and four months! Singing to the
Lord was meant to open up tho hearts of men
who participate in it, and carry them near to
God. There is no time when we come so near
to the face of God, and speak to him so nearly,
as when we are singing. A thousand folks,
with four persons to do their singing for them,
do not get very near to the Lord. And as a
general things the four singers do not get very
near to him cither. I know that it is possible
for them to sing devoutly—all things are pos
sible with God j but they are not apt to do it.
Give me a singing Church 1 And in a Church
where the Spirit of the Lord is, singing must
break out, it seems to me. ...
A Rich Oratorical Climax*
The Toledo Blade says that a good story is
told of an aspiring orator who held forth on
the Fourth ot July, at one of the many cele
brations in the “rural districts” of Ohio.
His maiden speech duly prepared, and the
telling portions committed to memory, he
found himself in a thrilling state of nervous
ness before the people. All went on well, aud
he had in a measure recovered his selr-com-
mand; when he.arrived at the great climax of
his speech—that portion of it in which he was
to allude to the “American Eagle.” Proudly
he began, and tossed off almost flippantly,
“The American eagle, gentlemen—that proud
bircl* the emblem of our liberties, as she
stands”—when suddenly the rest of his labor
ed simile faded from his memory. Terrified
it_ the discovery he gasped—he nervously
seized a tumbler of water, and turned it by
mistake inside his cravat, and took a fresh
start with a rush of desperation which bid
fair to burst the bonds of his fettered imagina
tion, and soar majestically away on the wings
of the apostrophised bird. “Tho American
Eagle! the American EAGLE; gentle-MEN,
that proud bird of our liberties, as she stands
—standing—as she stands—standing, (with
great vigor) with one foot on tho Alleghaniea
and the other on. the Bocky Mountains, and
stretching her broad wings from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, shall—stretching .her broad
wings—with one foot oh the Rnclnj Motin-
tains -and the other one on the Alieghanies,
shall—shall Havrh, gentlemen and fellow?-
citizens; in the glorious freedoni of—her na
tive air!”
iho:“.-ru The Lost Boy. ' -e!
A Paris letter tells the following story of a
fete in that city :
A wealthy family in the aristocratic boule-
vard_ Malesherbes were amusing themselves in
seeking the king’s portion, or tho ring in the
festival cake, when a lady of the company said
to the hostess, “I wish my portion to be given
to the:poorcat. little boy we can find, in the
street.’! The servant was dispatched ’on this
freezing night, and not far from the house he
found a ragged urchin, trembling with cold
and hunger. He brought him dip, was order
ed into the gay saloon, wlrnre a thousand
lights glittered, and a sparkling fire gladdened
and surprised. He drew her portion which
the benevolent lady had promi.-ed, and, as
luck would have it, the little fellow found the
“ring,” (beans they use in Paris instead,) and
of course he was “king.” They all shouted
out thac being a king he must choose a queen.
Ho was asked so to do, and looking round the
company he chose the very lady who had pro
posed to cede her portion of the cake. He
asked why he chose her. He said, “I don’t
know;, she looks the most like mother!”
‘Mother 1. whose mother?” “My mother 1
I 'ncvCr knew her, hut I was stolen away Trom
her^and here'is her portrait!’’ With this
he dr&w fram:.out ;his: ragged coat a likeness,
which proved to be that of the lady herself,
who,, in Italy, had had her child, stolen from
her, and now he turns up a poor little ragged
Savoyard, dragging ’along;? 'unseeable exist
ence'in'Paris; while his mother; by an intui
tion,- perhapk; felt' that m the atr -hear to
where she was, was one so dear to her. u.
WAKNHia to Husbands,—'“Tim great
want of women at present is money—money
for their personal wants, and money to carry
out their plans, t propose that theyshaH
earn—that they shall consider it as honorable
to work for money as for board; and I demand
for them equal pay for equal work. I de
mand that the beating and rearing of children,
the most exacting of emnloymenis, and involv
ing the most terrible of ri.-ks, .‘•hall be the
best paid work in -the world, and husbands
shall treat their wives with at leait as much
consideration, and acknowledge them entitled
to as much money as wet nurses.”
The meaning of this is, that wives are about
to strike for greenbacks; so much for every
baby born. No greenbacks, no more sons ana
daughters. No greenbacks, no more popula
tion ; no more boys to carry on th* great enter
prise of the age. The scale of prices for ma
ternal duties arc as follows:,.^ . r-JBtt—
Girl babies $ 100
Boy babies 200
Twin babies 800
Twins (both boys). 400
Triplets ...Trrn^:.. ft....:.,.. -—-•••• 000
Triplets (aU boys);..,-.. ..’.id. ...I..... 1,000
Terms; G. O.: D. No credit beyond first
child, the motto being, “pay up, or dry up.”
Husbands who desire, to transmit their names
to posterity will please notice and take a new
start.—Revolution. ^ :
ysE Herald says the session of Congress just
closed bos been marked by a series of blunders.
Its members are now on their way home to pro-
seat the record of their doings to their con
stituents, and upon that reeord seek a re-elec
tion. The most of the-time, on Friday after
noon was consumed in diseuseingthe President's
message regarding the war in Europe and Hie
increase Ot our mercantile marine ; and, to nap
the climax of blunders, both Houses adjourned
without legislation on the subject.
The Sun thinks the war in Europe will be a
protracted one. It will not be like the war of
Prussia with Austria in 1866, which was deci
ded by a single betOe. The French and Prus
sians each have powerful armies, aad are well
prepared for the struggle, which will be «
bloody «w well as a long one.
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