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Newspaper Page TextAND GEORGIA JOilJRjNJOVL & MESSENGER. CLISBY, REID & REESE, Proprietors. The Family Journal.—News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic Affairs. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING established 1826. MACOK TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 18708 VOL. LHV.-K049 ^jAille Barbara’s Iljmu. gtood by ber f-pinning-wlieel, i , a .*111 on an anciont reel; flBdmf 1 tbe tin oida In tbe twilight dim yd* 6 „ ire d the words of a quaint old hymn— wo sleep, or whether we wake, “^2$ Jb, who gave His life for our sake.” .i.tiirbara. watching tho spinning wheel, time with her too and heel, vSifo of the thread and her mother s song, To ®*. her own sweet voice, ero long— wc sleep, or whother we wake, gjjj nis who gavo His Ufe for our sake.” _ , .i-ht in her dreams as ebo sleeping lay, Tb» l nlR i nver the scenes of the day 0«* wf till she seemed to hear again C»me wc*. thread and the quaint old straln- ®?Sber we sleep, or whether we wake, Bis who gave His life for our sake.” . _„_ !ne with bounding heart and feet, SSfiS"** in thecrowded street,' cheer £?& totoodwith a took of tones fell on his ear— M.ffte hcr we sleep, or whether wo wake, JS jlis who gavo His life for our sake,’ all day in a crowded room, i «wter stood at her noisy loom, lacuna np through the ceaseless dm. i^Sds at the window floated in— ^whether we sleep, or whether we wake, Te ue hie who gavo His life for our sake.” . sat by her loved one’s bier, {J^iocmed darkened, the world was drear. ,ot» were stifled, and her cheek grew dry, {“E listened to Barbara, passing by— -whither we sleep, or whether we wake, Jye His who gavo His Ufe for our sake.” i mfferer lay on bis bed of pain, tabarnwB brow and throbbing brain; ivno'cs of tbe child were heard once more, iTiie chanted low at his open door— “whether we sleep, or whether we wake, tfe ue His who gave Hia life for onr sake.” Oat and again, as the day passed by, led the shades of tho evening time grew nigh, me Ita voice of a friend or tho carol of buds &oe back to his thoughts those welcome words— •* Whether we sleep, or whether we wake. We ye His who gave His life for our sake. ill, in all hearts, as the years went on, The infant's voice rose up anon, lathe cratrfi'J words that cheered their way, Of tbe hi mn ibat little Barbara sang that day— “Whether we sleep, or whether we wake, We ye His who gavo His Ufe for our sake.” Pshaps, when the labor of life is done, iadthey lay down their burdens, one by one, fomening forever those days of pain, jiev will take up together tho sweet refrain— ••'Whether n o sleep, or whether we wake, We yc His who gave His Ufe for our sake.” Thi following is said to bo the first hymn in the Prna-iin book, and every true bine is bom singing iL TiaasUted from the original German, by Van- p»peffeiili''gendoflfcnwincher8cliaaff: ten BIN EIS PREUSSE. Ism a Prnesiau! see my colors gleaming— The lilaek-eluto standard floats before mo free; . for Freedom's lights, my fathers* heart-blood s: reaming, Sadi, mark ye, mean the black and white to me! Shill then be a coward? I’ll e’er be to the to- ward! Though day ho dnll, though.sun shine bright on me. I am a Prussian, wiU a Prussian be! Before the throne with love and faith Pm bendingj Whsi-w, mildly good, I hear a parent’s tone; With filial h-an, -hedient ear I’m lending— , The father trusts—tue son aerends the throne! ile.-tioD's ties are stronger—live, 0 my country longer! The King’s high caU o’erflows my breast so free, I am a Prussian, will a Prussian be! ftt every day hath ennny light of glory: A cloud, a shower, sometimes dulls the lea; Let Dune believe my face can teU the story, , ■ That every wish unfruitful is to me. How many'far and nearer would think exchange much dearer ? Their Freedom’s naught—how then compare with me ? I am a Prussian, will a Prussian be! Aid if the angry elements exploding, The liahtniogs flash, the thunders londer roar, Huh not tbe world oft witnessed such foreboding ? So I'm.sian's courage can he tested more. Should rock and oak be riven, to terror Pm not driven; Be storm and din, let flashes gleam so free— lam a Prussian, wiU a Prussian be! Wlna love and faith so round the monarch cluster, Where prince and people so clasp firm their hun Is, • 1 lit Ihfso al me true happiness can muster. Thus thawing clear how firm the nation’s bands. Hsain confirm tho fealty 1 the honest, noble fealty! Be strong the bond, strike hands, true hearts, with me, i h not this Prussia? Let us Prussians be\ What tlie French Will Do. The Western press dispatches from London •tphin Napoleon’s plans to him in this way: Ihe following sketch of tho French campaigq to been obtained from reliablo sources: Thq I*tBch army is concentrating within a qaadri-f form, by the towns of Nancy, Thionvillo, ^Lourg and MayenCe- South of Strasbourg, ■- 1 *-# same meridian^ is the entrenched camp 11 Belfort, where a corps d'nrmee is taking np ®I«sition lo form tho right of the French toy. Another corps will be on reserve at I’htlons-sur-Mnrne. The entire army will be "'“posed of eight corps, each comprising threo 0! four divisions of infantry and from six to r -fiht regiments of cavalry; each division will eight batteries of artillery and one coni tony of engineers, and will comprise from 10, W) to 12,000 men. The army of Moselle will to commanded by Marshal Baz&ine and QOQ>{ f»*d of the 2d, 3d and 4th corps. The head Starters of the respective corps will be at Await, Metz and Thionville. The Army the Rhine, which Marshal McMahon will "ithmand, composed of the first, fifth, and wtvnth corps, with headquarters respectively {'Strasbourg, Bitche, and Belfort. The corps General Defailly, posted around Bitche, *“! unite, and the army’s reserve corps in camp '• Chalons sur Marne, under Marshal Canrobert, p* be composed of troops of the line, rein- !®i*d from reserves of all kinds. Threo hnn- 5*2 Hanovarians have volunteered for the service. Turkey offers France two bun- ‘ ••• -ti-oiid soldiers for pay. « is believed here that the Prussians are l 3 " of ammunition, and that tne French it, and hence tho great activity of their r-wements. The ditches around the Torts of have been filled with water, and the 5** *t that place are considered impregnable. British Government is considering the Jj'Hon of dispatching troops aoross the chan* "v 0 presorve tho neutrality of Belgium.. _ i the French Government has been notified kingdoms of - Wnrtemburg and Bavaria ^loin Prussia. t 000,* 1^* Right and the Left Bank op a River.—f v ‘I <11 have, for some time to come, in de- the warlike movements of the French . '''usfians, to speak frequently of the light S***t bank of the Rhine, the Mo3elle, the etc., and as the general reader is apt to the bonks of a river with the moye- l, * s °f an army np or -down a stream, let it ^•••-•••istood that the right bank of a river is tho utiii look down tho mo nguc liana as yon looKaown tne id® 1 aa d 'toe left bank will never be placed ®« wrong aide. palace cars now run no further 11 ° a 'to® Pacific Railroad. Reason, ■ “I'rtl with the Central Pacifio Company. The Georgia Press. Talbot and Habbis.—Tho Talbotton Stand ard of Thursday says: Since onr last weekly report of the growing crops, we have had little or no rain. In a few sections, rain has not fallen for five weeks. Generally speaking, seasons have been good. cinity; though above, some fifteen miles, it has saffered a little for want af rain. Not only in North Georgia, but throughout the whole of East Tennessee, com is more promising than it has been for years. This in formation we have from reliable gentlemen who live in that State. Congress and the Natienal Interests. The Herald of the 20th groaas heart-rending, ly over “onr recreant Congress” which left the Northern shippers tied up aril helpless in the prospeot of a vast freighting btuiness for neu- The farmers ha've pretty well got their wheat tnd bottoms S rowin 8 out of 0x0 w “* 1310 to ‘ 8af0 > bafc 'toa cotton threshed. Though not' as” large as' anticipated' action “d bad legislation of Congiesshave oost slow md_evelopmgfrnit-at least three weeks! the Yield iaAveeliADt. «n tbL the American ports many miUions and turned into, tv,on —'i—iTY —t the yield is excellent. Moreover, all that we il 6 L t . h i n .^ aSt J^ r '„ C “ tt . on J >lanle . d iB , Jm,e I have seen is of very good quality! prospect toj large jdeld of cotton to not at aU JheXropfhoweveTis exceuInL^ aT6raSe ' flattering. The crop is too late; besides, worms and lice have appeared on many plantations in this section. Mitchell, Decatur, Bakes, etc.—The Bain, bridge Sun, of the 21st, has the following: From close inquiry in this, Baker, Mitchell and other adjoining counties, we learn that there never was a better com crop made. Cot- ton, however, ha3 been materially injured by the heavy rains that have fallen daring this and last month. Drowned out is the complaint of many planters; others complain of lice, grass and too much of the watery element. Unques tionably the prospect for a large yield of the snowy fleece grows “‘beautifully less” every day. Many with whom wehave conversed predict that not more thanone-half a crop will be realized this fall. A band of Gypsies are roving about Dalton- over the carrying trade of the world to British ships, while all the time protective tariff parti sans in Congress have been denouncing the free trade men as sattelites of Gnat Britain! But who is to blame for “onr recreant Con- strangers in a strange land. The Citizen has ! gress ? ” What is the accepted epalification of the following: "We have had rain nearly every day this week. Bnt, notwithstanding, the atmosphere has been cooled very little. Some of onr merchants have been paying $1.10 for wheat. We look for it to advance. Spring chickens abont the size of partridges a Congressman with the dominantparty ? "Why, from the Sonth, a Congressman mist be some intriguing ci-devant sutler, quartermaster, or bummer of the Federal army, with sticky fin gers, a capacity for cajoling the negroes, and a mortal hatred for the whites, because he knows Columbus, Cuthbebt and Bainbbidge Eail- boad.—The Southern Sun, of Bainbridge, says the work on this enterprise is progressing rap idly under the direct supervision of tho princi pal contractors, Messrs. Harris & Brown. The right-of-way is cut out to within two and a half miles of Colquitt, and about fifteen miles of the road-bed is completed. The New Dispensation.—The Columbus Sun last Thursday spied a blue-eyed beauty, of scarce fourteen summers, handling a mop on a front portico in a manner that would have done credit to a masculine laboring woman. Foolish pride is unknown to that family. The Sun thinks this speaks volumes for the worthy, de serving, and appreciated parents. But few there are in onr city who shirk their duty, and those have reasonable excuses. No doubt the best constitutional amendment which could be introduced would be to dispense with at least one-half the household servants now employed. We must amend our houses by bringing the kitchen in convenient proximity to the dining room, and have the pnmp or hydrant close alongside of the kitchen stove or range. Make the kitchen nice and nice and convenient cook ing utensils. Employ one-half the servants and insist that they shall be nice too. Ser vants’ expenses are all of 150 per cent, to the household more than they ought to be. The Colnmbus Enquirer has the following: Gov. Bollock and his party in this State, are likely to receive the hearty maledictions.of the hard-pressed Radical Congressmen of the North, seeking a re-election this Fall. Those. Con gressmen rushed through the Georgia bill to forestall the Democratic charge that the Radi cals had had unchecked power ever sines the close of the war, and had not restored the Union yet. They “admitted” Georgia to en able them to deny this charge and say that all tbe States were restored to their old status. Bnt Bollock and bis party say that Georgia is not yet restored or admitted, and this position of theirs will be adduced by the Democrats as proof that {he job is not yet finished. Tho Boiwkites of Georgia would ruin even the Radical party to prolong thnir own terms for two years more. Bradley, in bis speech in the Senate, on Wed nesday, on the question of his expulsion, an nounced himself a candidate for Congress. We think that is the very place for him. The Muscogee Poor Asylum was run for the year ending 1st May lost at on expense of $120 per Capita of its inmates. The Savannah Republican has this remark upon Tweedy’s resolution: The effect of this resolution is a total yielding np of the position of Bnllock and his followers that the members of the present Legislature are entitled to hold over until 1872. It con cedes that a new election is to take place previous to thAt date, and the resolution is offered with tho vain hope of making something by a postponement of the day beyond the'time mentioned in the Constitution. No earthly reason of public policy can bo assigned for such postponement, and when the- resolntion comes np wo hope the opposition will force its author into a declaration of bis objects. ‘ Who Commanded at Oltjstee.—In the Re : phblican we find a letter from Hon. A. H. Ste phens to Mr. Charles Ellis, of Savannah. Mr. Ellis had taken exception to a passage in the second volnme of tho Constitutional View of the War, which attributes the command at Oiustee to Gen- Colquit, whereas the joint resolution of thtinks passed by .the Confederate Congress as- the command to General Finnegan, of Florida. Mr. Stephens says; T •My object was to . give the'facts; of. thqicase without detracting from or magnifying the mer its ttf any one, are being brought to town. They sell at twen- {they understand him. That is a good Congress- °” “* ft0 ” s “ ,h ’ *“‘ >iatoe to Great Freshet in Nacoochee Valley.—A gentleman from Towns county, says the Athens Watchman, who passed through Nacoochee Valley, a few days since, informs us that White county was visited recently by one of the greatest freshests ever known there. He says that a water spout discharged its contents at the upper end of the valley, and the water came with such force as to wash away mills, bridges, and everything in its traok—among other things, a atone house erected, not long sinoe, by Capt Nichols. The damage to river plantations, he says, has been very heavy; while the turnpike road through Unicoy Gap is almost totally des troyed, and impassable. Marietta.—The Journal says Dr. Wills will deliver the commencement sermon of the Marietta Female College on the 24th (to-day.) Marietta is receiving her portion of summer visitors. Strange faces meet ns constantly while on the streets. Wednesday morning last we heard a darkey sensibly say: “These white men always pro fess great love for the nigger, but I notice that they always want money afterwards. When I have to pay 25 cents to vote, I joins nothing.” We wonder if he wa3 alluding to the Union League meeting held the night previous. The Romans arc hot. The Daily says wheat is brought to market very slowly, onr farmers evidently not relishing the idea of selling at the present prices. Wo understand that wheat only commands about seventy-five cents in tho Cher okee section of Alabama. The Courier, of the same date says: Wheat, though not advanced in price materially, is held back at $1 20. The Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad is now running through. A great barbecue, to commem orate the fact, was held yesterday. Speaking of Tweedy’s resolution, the Griffin Star says: This resolntion will pass, or something like it. Now the question is, will Gen. Terry allow this great ontrage to be perpetrated? One thing is certain, nothing but military power wiU prevent the holding of elections in Novem ber, according to our constitution and laws. Conservative Meeting in Savannah. — A trines and practices. He is a man whom a re spectable Northern mercantile house would be slow to employ in any capacity beyond sweep ing out the store, and then they would want to know what he did with the rubbish. And how is it in the North, and East and West? Why, a man is a good Congressman who can mouth loudest about universal equality without regard to age, sex, race, color, or pre vious condition! A man who cai draw briny tears with his blatant eloquence at a negro tea drinking—can roam with Romults, rip with Enripides, and cant with Cnntharxles at wo men’s rights meetings—or dole out old granny- ism with Sumner about manhood suffrage and universal equality, while they tip each other the wink and pick the national pocket. That s somewhere abont the Congressional standard of the day—an unequal compound of low and slippery canning, and stupid, extravagant and impracticable political sciolism, with a minor ity of practical and sensible men, whose coun sels are lost on*such a crowd. If the Northern people wont their interests attended to, why do they not send men with an idea above their own pockets and tbs revela tions of a Supreme Africanization? If they think they caD, with impnnity, pack Congress with snch material, they will find too late that they ore bitterly mistaken. Bad legiilation is costing the country hundreds of millions every year, and we are willing to suffer ou» mite in order to sweat this conviction into those whom ill-fortune has made the arbiters of Southern destiny. If Congress had had the sense or pa triotism to make proper provision for Ameri can shipping interests during this war, the navigation interest might have at least partially reimbursed their losses from the Confederate depredations. Ship building might have re ceived a new impetus, and tho Amorican com mercial marine regained a portion of its an cient prestige. But they had no time to attend to it. The demands of African equality and the 15th amendment—th^operations of tho Re construction Committee—the efforts to get up large number of the most influential citizens of ! speculative tariffs in the interest of men willing \ “> w rasiw-n "«»'<■» and measures looking to a vigorous organize- j pressing on Congress. tions of® 11 'ha Coqgervative elements of that I Agricultural Congress, to lie held in city, with a view to the approaching elections lno *„ r this Fall. A resolution w& adopted calling a i ^ c _ .>6 1870 public meeting of the citizens of Savannah and \ . . v . Chatham county, in favor of a sound Conserve To Agriculturist., ami Agricultural Organ tive government, on Monday next, the 25th! *»«»»... throughout the Country, instant. Tho meeting was quiet and harmon-; . The necessity of co-operation amongst the ^ Agriculturists and Agricultural Organizations * , v ., . „ n I of the Southern States is becoming more mani- The Rome Daily, of Friday, has the follow-i fe8t every Jear . Pablio i m p ro % ements> th a _ - a u l r> j.l diffnsion of agricultural science, and the pro- The Coosa river Steamboat Company and the | teotioa of tho ° ights of ngriou i tu iists have not Georgia and Alabama Steamboat Company have hitherto rece i V ed the attention which subjects consolidated their stock, under the charter of , of 8Uch yast j r(ancQ to 0 ur prosperity de- tho Georgia and Alabama Steamboat Company, . fl whi( £ are beat secnre £ by voluntary A new hull for the Steamer Undine’s madnnery ; and combined action. * * is o be built, to *aw only ten inches, to run , Th0 interes , s of the cuUivafors 0 f the great between this point and Gadsden, Alabama sta le prodnotions of the Southern Stat J de- The new wire between this place and Dalton, ce ntral and united organization, the of the Western Union Telegraph Company, has object f whicb wlU be the pr ° motlon of im- reached about three mfles beyond Plamsvilie, | pr ^ ved metllodi of cn i tur6 (socially adapted to ? ( ma ’ B T 6 r d ® alt ou Railroad er ; ^ rodactiona peculiar \o our section,) the about thirteon miles from th.s point. ^ It will be ( imp f ovemont of V r ] abor system, the en- completed to Dalton in about filteen day s CO £agementof our labor system, the encourage- The Thoniaston Herald of Saturfay sayat ; foreigI1 emigration, and the divert People from the country^ report crops to be in \ cation of onr ^cultural productions. ' ! pretty good condition. All axe hopeful of a big ( a general desire for an organization with T bo weather has beenliot and dry since : j bt:Sa objects in. view is expressed by leading the last issue. A good shower or two would bo j ag , icnlt i. ists throughout the South. ble horses have died suddenly of colic, m tom ^ssibJopoiHt in one of tho Southern.States, .Vicinity. , . ; ;!.iwhere agriculturists from , every section jSlmH A Stone Mountain Adventure.—The Atlantic assemble, to deliberate in council, and fully . j. coo?mmflcato the result ;of their experience-ha l Gto'JpdYtonceinpnf bl- thq arts of htisi- pie. Let truth, justice, peace, .and good will let bandry and kindred subjects.' • • • prevail, and Georgia will soon bo Constitution says: . ’ <ocj • : A Trifend of iinHs^bil Saturday last, was ( down ropes four hundred and fifty feet on this ]’ It ig suggested ‘ that the initiatory ’assembly steep side of Stone-Mountain to' the mouth ojfT conyene"^ Augnst3, Georgia; during the ; hold- tbo cave. Ho informs us that he found tho eni- ring pf,"Ui0 great Fair 6f .the' “Cotton States Mq- tran.ee to the cave too small to admit him,.bnt ' chaiics’ and Agricsultural; Fair Aisociation;'’ in diverging out, anda lock thrown in goe3 out i ushered in, even in its dawn,by the splendid vie- okmting, an entrance can be.e^pured a^. J ^'*tural , ‘Fair"' Asscciatibii ian'd ftdni thh AL tory at Ooean Pond, Florida, on the 20th Feb- cave explored. While there be, found a frog • Board of; Trade,, to make all necessary arrangi ruary, achieved under the lead of 13<ig. Geu. partially imbedded in the rock inside the cave, : meats for tho fust meeting, which will be hel Alfred H.-Colquitt, against Gen. Truman Sey- alive. He supposes rtqto.be an abpriginalfrog,; in this ajty, October incur, commanding the Federals. With lo.ss a* he talked Indian to it and it seemed to under- ; The several Stuto and’county organizations tlun 5,000 men Colqoitt jiut Seymour to rout, ‘stand it. While on his way to the summit, he 1 throughout the country are cordially inyited to with more than C,000 ; killing, wounding and : dexterously “swung around the circle,” and ; send delegates. - 1 capturing 2.500 men, and taking 3 Napoleon landing himself on the old road cut on the side | The first business before the assembly will bp gans, two ton-pounder Parrots and 3,OOt) stand j of the momitain, disengaged himself from'fhe. the permanent organization of an Agricultural of smallarmS.” ' rdoiH A i-q nli?l i irCjie-•'iWhgn.hid friends on the summit of the'Congress, election of .dicers, <stc., to be'folibw- This is all in perfect accord with the facta as mountain drew up the ropeandfonndhim gone, e"d by free. tUscussioii of • agricijlturkv aubjesets. I understand them. It is true, as is well known, ’ they gave him up for lost When he came up . The central Ideation,pf Augusta, and its ex- that the .brave and gallant Finegan was in com- , to them tbey. were* struck all-a-gape with as ton- ^tensive railroad connections, make it easybr Re mand of tho general military operatiouH-im il<o { ishinenL , cessfrom all parts oftho couhtfy."- i Confederate side at that time in Florida. But i ji r .i.'o. X irr.‘n '.n , ■ - uu.1 i Arrangements areihnd6 r with tl» Various raii- it is equally txne, as. I understand it, that he • Cotton Crof of the Sonxnv^.-Tho Cuth- j roads to ° carry deIe g ate3 fre e of charge, or at td- h«d assigned the entire command of all the bert Appeal of Saturday says: ■ ■ . . . duced rates. , - Confederate forces engaged in the action at It is now reduced to a certainty, that the cot- ; Delegates, iu order to avail themsc-Wto d mis Ooean Pond to General Colquitt. The whole ton crop of Southwest Georgia must fall far ' privilege, will have to present duly authentica- hattlo, then, from beginning to end, was com- below an average j ted certifioates of appointment to the Agricul- mittedto his discretion and control, with but, Tho weed is small, diseased, and poorly , tnralCongress. “ - • - -- < one limitation, and that was, ‘^f hard pressed fruited. Many fields are still; eaten np with- Associations nroreqnested to report, as early to fall back to the works at Olastee Station.” ! grass, and where it has been removed, the as practicable, tho names and number of dele- This splendid ,yiotory, therefore, was cer- plant has been badly damaged by tho operation, gates they may appoint.' _ tainly, as I understand it, achieved under the and looks spindling and unpromising. ! All communications will be addressed to Mr. lead of General Colquitt. j There is no donbt of tbe existence also of the E. H.^Gray, Secretary Cotton States M. and A. The affirmance of this troth, if the facts be 1 genuine army worm in our midst. Mr. R. XV. Fair Association, Augusta, Ga. as I think they are, by no means detracts from Gamble exhibited quite a number of these ‘ • WilH, Tc»,. ’ j the honor conferred upon General Finegan by! ravenous insects several days since to the: President O. S. M. and A- F. Association. Congress, for his superior skill and forecast in i writer, still attached to the cotton foils ge and , ‘ ~ ; having^concentration of forcee to meet Gen. j devouring the leaves. •; , . . ^ -Fresiaent Augusta Board of^ Trade. Seymour’s advance;, and in assigning the com-! Should they multiply according to the usual^ -wrl r mand of these forces to the officer he did. It habits of the worm, m six weeks our cotton t South Carolina. - mv b : . P. J. Bebckmans, Augusta, Ga. T. P. BrXnch^, Finegan (embraced equally with him though not named in the same resolution) “in achieving this signal victory.” This great result at Ocean Pond, so far as depended upon field operations, os I understand the facts, was achieved under General Colquitt's immediate lead and direction. This is tho sub stance of the statement in the book upon that subject: and I think upon close examination tbe focts wiU be found to be substantially as therein stated, .-j • ..•»/;>In-dl.-ut Itafllf This ceriainiy does not detract from the high merits of General Finegan who had control of the general campaign. Affairs in Northern Georgia,—Tho Dalton Citizen makes the foUowing report of crops in that region: The season thus far has been excellent. Corn i* doing remarkably well to this immediate VF An Election’ Inevitable. us from Washington as follows TTfro, ■ inidr f»4 frrT.r- Augusta,-Ga. A friend;write8 ;:i ; Augusta, Go,, duty lofft, 187^. g tomu’i vd ; ■s : “If Bnllock t>™? w fKhhJnb ■' ! L , w ho Beib? Oetoge W. Glbboinh, No. or tho Legislature does not order an election Clinton Place, New York say*: this Fall, the President will. Akerman has an- i wag er $10,000 the Emperor Napoleon nounced that he is prepared to give his official be in the city of Berlin to ninety days dio- opinion that he may do so. There is no doubt taring terms to that old despot, King William, bnt that the Radical leaders here are temporiz- Should I win tha wager, I will deposit it in the ine wonderfully. It is considered the only hope bauds of some responsible party agreeable to “1 “*• ” rf lUpvblk'iii, July .Lit. , ! - rEKiDENT Grant has accepted an invitation W o have reason to believe the above an- .. • ., _ , . c . to visit Providence, September 17, at the inaug uration of the soldiers’ monument. He will be* nouncement is true.—Constitution of Saturday. The Hot Weather.—The list of the sun- the guest of General Burnside, and will after- struck to New York, on Tuesday, reached fifty, wards stop at Westerly, the guest of Hon N. F. In Brooklyn, five. Dixon. Letter From Hon. Nelson Tift. Atlanta, Ga., July 21, 1870. To the Honorable Members of the General As sembly, and the people of Georgia; The State having been again admitted bylaw, to representation in Congress, the responsibility for the future peace and welfare of Georgia rests upon the members of the General Assem bly and the officers and people of the State. There aTe now two questions of overshadow ing importance which will engage the attention of the Legislature and people—an election un der the Constitution, and an organization of the Militia. The Constitution of the State provides for ah election on Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1870, for members of the General Assembly and State officers and members of Congress. - [ . £ An attempt is now being made to the Legis lature to avoid the election and continue the present occupants to power beyond their legal terms without an election to violation of the Constitution. Various pretenses aTe stated for such action, tho sum of whioh is, that some act of Congress, or of the Federal or State Government, or of all these combined, has made a violation of the State Constitution and a postponement of the elections under it a necessity. These pretenses have no shadow of truth to support them. On the contrary, Congress hav ing been informed, by Governor Bnllock to per son, of the purposes of the would-be usurpers, added to the usual act of admission for a Southern State, the following positive declara tions, reoognizing the absolute supremacy of the Constitution of Georgia relative to the State elections and the terms of office. The aot of July 15, 1870, after declaring Georgia “entitled to representation to the Con gress of the United States,” continues—“but nothing in this act contained shall be construed to deprive the people of Georgia of the right to an election of members of the General Assem bly of said said State, as provided for to the Constitution thereof; and nothing in this or any other act of Congress shall be construed to effect the term to which any officer has been ap pointed or any member of the General Assem bly elected as prescribed by the Constitution of Georgia.’’ This adds the sanction of Congress to the va lidity and supremacy of our State Constitution, wipes out alt questions of admission of mem bers to Congress, military government, previous acts of CongreBS of the State, and has the same force and effect as though Congress had repeat ed and enacted the language of the State Con stitution on the subject of election, word for word. . • ; - The Constitution of Georgia, then, is the su preme law, which is to regulate the times of election and the terms of otfice. It is too plain to be argned or to be misunderstood. The Gov ernor, the several members of the General As sembly, and every officer in the State, is sworn to support the Constitution on this subject of election, as on every other subject of which it treats. ' Is there any one of them all who will dare to stand np in the presence of his God and his constituents, and violate that oath ? Do the men who propose this wicked sacrifice of their own honor, and the trust which has been re posed in them, intend to provoke a conflict with the paople which shall be marked by strife, bit terness and blood ? What public interest do thesa men pretend to serve? What necessity exists for their at tempted usurpation'?' Are they ready to de stroy Repnblican government in Georgia ? Have they no respect for the people who sent them there ? Are they prepared for the stotin of indignation and the hisses of scorn whioh will greet them as successful usurpers t '-'-J- t It cannot be^. There must be some mistake. Men will not knowingly and V““ ua themselve» crimes so terrible, nor bring upon themselves the swift retribution which would inevitably follow. : There is another subject of scarcely less im portance to the people. The organization of the militia in Georgia would be a measure so clearly.unnecessary, or so disastrous to all in terests of the State that it would seem to re quire no argument. Tho sheriff’s posse is sufficient to enforce the law and keep the peace among our citizens; and should extraordinary cases occur requiring more forco, Federal troops will be tho safest and least expensive. There is not a single good reason for organ izing the xnilita. On the contrary, it would in volve great expense, loss of time, and demoral ization of labor. It would. cause loss of crops and millions of dollars to the State'; and it would’engender discord and conflicts between the two races of onr. citizens. If an organization of the militia is attempted it will ha in the interests of tyrants and usur pers against the rights and interests of the 'pfedple. i ' s . : ■ H fctiL.’ Every goodman, woman,. and child in the State will have reason to bless the men who will nid in saving them from these threatened calamities. We have had. enough of war and its conse qnenoes, of usurpation and its evils. Let the men in Georgia set examples of disinterested patriotism." Let the constitution be respected and adhered to as the supreme law for the pro- tection of the rights of 4 all&«la«5W4>t our peo- The Position or France. Tbe Question or Responsibility for tbe 1 War. The New York Herald of Wednesday takes the following view: - No statement tonohing the war is more flagrantly impudent and unjust than that ac credited to the London Times—that “Franoe, without a shadow of excuse or justification, plnnges Europe into war.” On the contrary, regarding the situation from an impartial stand point, it does not appear that Franoe ia without justification; so far fromjt, it. in faot appears that France oould not without humiliation stand to any other position than that she now holds. France had to “ put her foot .down” Bomewhere to regard to Prussian encroachment, just as Europe, rather more than half a century since, was compelled to draw a line of limit for the ambition of the great Corsican. Indeed, Prus sia now holds toward the peace of Europe the same relation relatively that the great Corsican held; it is an ambitious, restless, turbulent power, which re9peots no law but that of im mediate force, and essays the career of supreme arbiter of the Continent. Naturally Prussian machinations since 186G have had special relation to France, because France is the only obstacle, and the latest of these machinations was that toward the Spanish throne. Franoe knew the true source of the movement and went at onoe to Berlin, ignoring such mere tools as Leopold and Prim. Up on the demand of France the King of Prussia withdrew the oonsent he had given to Hohen- zollern to accept the throne of Spain. Was that enough? Suppose that France, upon this satisfaction, had sent her troops into garrison again and relinquished her war appropriations. The last drum tap would not have' passed from the public ear before some other German prince, under the patronage of Prussia, would have come up for the vacant throne; and then what ever the King of Prussia might have pledged or promised, in view of the candidacy of Hohen- zollern, would not have covered the case. Neither wouldx the pledge with regard to Hoheuzollem and the withdrawal of that offen sive candidate have committed Prussia against future intriguing in Spain in any other shape. France, therefore, in order not to.be ridiculous, had to assume a position and demand a pledge that wonld cover every possible point in the ease. It was not merely the candidacy of Hohenzollern that she objected to; it was not even the candidacy of any German Prince; it was the appearance of Prussia beyond the Pyre nees ; it was the assumption of this Power to pass her natural limits in Europe and to appear m Spain as if it were a German duchy, to bar gain for thrones under the very nose of France. Franoe was fully justified in making an in dignant protest against this; and because.it bad occurred once she was justified in assuming that it would ocoor again; and, therefore, in demanding from Prussia such a formal, open renunciation as would serve -for a guarantee and settle the matter definitely. This is her demand, and this renunciation Prussia refuses to make, although in withdrawing the assent given to HohenzoUern, she recognizes the right of Franco to interfere. The fact is, Prussia placed herself in a false’position when she ven tured whore France had the right to call her in question, os she had to this Spanish matter: and because Prussia was in a false position France has her on the hip, diplomatically speaking; and we should not be surprised to see Prussia even yet concede the demand of France, and thns prevent war. Westphalia—The opening Scenes ot the French Campaign. Westphalia, the German province through which, according to -the telegraph dispatches, tho French, propose to enter Germany, has been since 1815 one of tho two western provinces of Prussia. This; name has been bestowed at aifterent periods .upon puruuns ot western Germany, differing materially in extent and location, and in tbe form of their government. The territory between the Rhine and the Weser is that to which the name properly belongs, and it is said to be derived from the Westphales, an ancient Saxon., tribe, who inhabited the terri tory. Tha “Duchey of Westphalia,” or “Sauer- land,” comprised no portion of the above dis trict, but lay between tho Weser and the Elbe, and was made np of a large part of Brunswick and Hanover, and some of the smaller States. In 1802 it was ceded to Hesse Darmstadt. The “circle of Westphalia” lay between the Rhine and tho Weser, and comprised a number of bishoprics, principalities, duchies, counties, seigniories, abbeys, andfree cities. This circle ceased to exist in 1806. " '1 ; " ‘ „ The “Kingdom pf Westphalia” was created by Napoleon in 18Q7, as one of the States of the Confederation of the Rhine. It comprised all of Prussia west of the Elbe, and the territories of the Electors pf HeSse and Hanover .and, the Duke of Brunswick. To this kingdom Napo leon gave a constitution, and placed over it his youngest brother, Jerome. As a consequence of the battle of Leipsio, it wa3 occupied fey among her sisters in. all the elements that min ister to the happiness of civilized hfe. ; • - The wise moderatioh 'and dignity with which the citizens of Georgia havo borne the trials through which they have passed, and are pass ing, has.dh?armed' bur slanderers, gratified our friends, and extorted the admiration of our enemies. .Tjrio odi lo | ' LotuPEoConttoua to do Qta^uJyj.wifU &U tui- wayering faith that truth, justice^ and right will finally prevail,' crushing the oppressors, and es- wjfiflilngLh.embnstitUtional rights and-liberties of the people. 'Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, : i ‘ • iroxH - Nelson Tift. ■ ■ Holden’s War in NortU Carolina. Tho Wilmington Journal, of Thursday, com menting upon the situation in that State, says : Throughout the 8tate we read of nothing but military orders, the movements of troops, the arrest of quiet and peaoeful citizens. The sound of the drum .and the tramp of. armed men resound throughout North Carolina. War ;n,w d upon us. Upon the one hand are the offsconringo of North Carolina and Tennessee, under the command of a murderer, and on the other are the unarmed, quiet and law-abiding oitizens of Alamance and Caswell. It will spread. The field of operations will be en larged.’ ‘Nd one can tell what oonnty will fall next under the displeasure of the Governor, or who will be the next victims of his personal and political wrath. We trust every citizen of North'Carolina will consider the'temble condition of:affairs.. , To- Character and conduct as citizens afford no pro tection. Nor age, nor sex, nor occupation, nor condition exempt the victims of the Governor's displeasure.- The..civil law is a dead letter. The authority of the Chief Justice is derided, offensively scorned by an unauthorized military official. The people aro driven from their homes and State, refugees from the raalioe and •wickednesa of their rulers. . How long is this to last! How long must our people submit to the tyrannies of their government ? ~ j s Screws Did It.—Screws, of the Montgomery Advertiser, has stolen .oUr editorial advertise ment, after amending it by striking out Tele graph & Messenger, wherever it occurs and inserting Advertiser. They say that the test of ability in composition is a good advertisement, and we can’t complain therefore that Screws should prefer our performance to his own.— But nevertheless . “Short is the man—not Cod- ito. Codlin ia .-well enough, but send your money this way—not 'tother. former proprietors. Westphalia proper, as it now exists, is hounded north by Hanover; E. S. E., by Chaumburg-Lippe, Hesse-Cassel, Lippo- Detmold, Brunswick, Hanover, lValdock, and Hesse-Darmstagt, spuiiffejr Nassau,^southwest and west fey Rhenish Prussia, and nqithwest by Holland ; urea, 7,SI!) square miles; population to 1858, r lv586; 441',' of whom about 864,Ofltt’wero Roman Catholics, and 16,000 Jews. It is divid ed into the adminisurative districts,gif, Munster, Miuden, and Arnsberg. Tho surface is hard or moderately undulating in’ th(i"ii6tth; ! 1 with'-ex tensive marshes, and mountainouffili the" south and east. It is drained by tha Ruhr, .-Lippe, Ems and Weser. . . .•< id enhRsi > : Thete are mines of iron, copper, lead, and mineral and saline waters. Linen, cotton, and wooleni ; ^6Wasf. ! -broadcloths,.< tobacco, j leather, hardware, cotton, paper, and'glass Are manufac tured. The x>rincipal orops are corn, flax, to- feacdo, hope,- ahd ;, potatoeB." Large numbers of horses, cattle, sheep, and swino are r Tearid, and the Westphalia hams have'- sC~ high -reputation. -The principal towns are Munster,’ the capital, the fortress of. Minden, Herfo’rd, Bielefeld, Paderborn, Boest, Dortmund, and Iseriobn. The “Public Peace of WestpbsSia” is a name given to an agreement made between the Em peror Charles IV. and the German States in 1371, for the purpose of maintaining peace in the empire. The “ Treaty of Westphalia,” which terminated the Thirty Years War, con sisted in reality of two treaties, one signed at Osnabmck, and the other at Mnbster, in 1648. —If. Y. World. : Tna Aairvcr Siok or Itself.—The Atlanta Sun, of Saturday, Bays that the Georgia State Senate on Friday presented almost the r appear ance of a mob, and became so much disgusted with itself, under the gaze of the people in the galleries, that on a proposition to adjourn sine die, the vote was 18 to 18, and was decided by the President Many of the most intelligent members voted to adjourn. Do they think it Tbe Bible Revisers. From the London Times, June 27.] It may be interesting to recall a scene which was briefly noticed to the columns of the Times ' as having occurred during the past week, and which gives a pleasing augury for a better feel ing between the contending factions of Church and State. We refer to the participation in the Holy Communion by the company of the revis ers of the authorized version of the New Tee to- ment, which occurred in Henry VHL’s Chapel to Westminster Abbey, preparatory to their en trance on their important work. A notice had been issued to each of the body, to the effect that the Sacrament would be administered there on the day of their first meeting, to such of the body as should feel disposed to attend. Some few were prevented from appearing, but at the hour named as many os twenty presented them selves, and were plaoed to the anoient stalls of the chapeL No one else assisted. The Dean read the servioe from the oommunion table at the head of Henry VHL’s tomb. It so hap pened that this table thns received its first use. It had within a few days past replaoed a temporary table, having as the inscription round it reoorda, been erected in the place of the an oient altar which onoe indicated the spot where Edward VT was buried, probably to meet the wishes of his sister Mary, and had been des troyed by the Puritans in the Civil War. On the marble slab which covers its top is placed the fragment of the beautifully carved frieze of the. lost altar, found unexpectedly, last year, to Edward VL’s grave, together with other frag ments of ruined altars which happened to be at hand for a like purpose. In front of this tablet thus itself a monument of the extinot strifes of former days, and round the grave of the youth ful Protestant King, in whose reign the Engliah Bible first received its acknowledged place in the coronation of the sovereign, as well as its free and general circulation throughout the peo ple, knelt together the band of scholars and divines, consisting of representatives of almost every form of Christian belief in England. There were Bishops of the Established Church, two of them by their venerable years connect ed with the past generation; there were the rep resentatives of onr historio cathedrals and col legiate churches, of our learned universities, of our laborious parochial charges, and of out chief ecclesiastical convocation; and with these, intermingled without distinction, were minis ters of the Established and of the Free Church of Scotland, and of almost every Nonconform ist Church in England—Independent, Baptist, Wesleyan, Unitarian. It is not to be supposed that eaoh one of those present entered with equal agreement into every part of the service; bnt it is surely not without a hopeful significance, that neither on the side of the Church nor of Nonconformity was there any “religious difficulty” raised as to a joint participation on such an occasion in the most venerable and sacred ordinance of the Christian religion. The Chapel of Henry VIII. has witnessed many famous sights, more angust and more stirring—the funerals of kings and princes, of nobles, generals, and statesmen; debates of the Westminister Assembly, and of the convocations of the English Church; the installation of the Knights of the Bath, whose banners wave from the roof, and whose swords were deposited beneath the altar raised on that spot. Bnt it may be donbted whether it has ever been the scene of an event so fraught, if rightly considered; with possibilities of kindly intercourse between jarring faction?, and pacific solution of warring problems, as that whioh happened, silent and unobserved, on the 22d of June. ■ - Change of Schedule.-—The Constitute of Saturday says the following prominent railroad menmet in Chattanooga on Thursday: Gen. Walker, Superintendent-Florida Railroad Com pany ;. ~R~ E- Jaokaon, Vice-President East Ten- n«soeo, Georgia and Virginia, Railroad; Gen. Win. McRae, Superintendent Macon and Bruns wick Railroad; Wm. A. Futler, General Agent Macon and Western; H. S. Haines, Superin’eut Atlantic and Gulf Railroad; J. W. Thomas, Superintendent Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad ;_A. L. Harris, Master Transportation- Western and Atlantic Railroad. They agreed upon a schedule of two daily trains from Louis ville to Savannah, and points in Florida, which takes effect on the 31st instant. One of the trains will make an average speed of twenty- one miles an hour, including stoppages. This new arrangement will bhange'the time of arrival and departure of all the trains, and will affect the' East Tennessee and Virginia lines as far as Washington. •'■*>9vni < In a New Orleans family, where the lady of the bonse prides herself Upon the excellence and daintiness of her salads, she -eerit a nSw ser vant, the othenday, for oil for the-caster. . The - servant went as directed, and returned with a Prussia, but in the following year reverted to its tother thick looking fluid, which was, neverthe- The Selma, asp Montgomery Railway, Fb?- isked.—The iron is down oa tne entice line of tho railroad from Montgomery to Selma, On both sides of the-river, and thorough eonheo-. tion can be made immediately on - the - comple tion of the bridge-,.lor..which we may look)at a very early day. ' ■;■J’-Jq, t.„ m —j-—^ day throughout this broad State no man is secure in bln i property, bis liberty, or his life.- right to continue longer in session, and is it not their duty to -continue crying out : for adjourn ment? Ho ci ,n'iTrc£t .' Mb. Twrrdy’8 Resolutions.—We note as one of “the signs of the times” that the “Young Men’s Republican Club of Georgia” as well as the “Fifteenth Amendments,” at Iheir several conventions held in this city on Thursday last, rallied to the support of the Hon. Mr. Tweedy’s resolutions en the eleotion. question, endorsed, and reoommendeg, their support by the Repub licans of the General Assembly. These signs are sigmficant. Yes! ami,the appearanoeof such paragraphs as the foregoing in the editorial of the Atlanta Intelfigeneer is also significant 1 t cw I * A Strike Under the Water.—The East River Bridge laborers, fifteen or twenty feet undor water, got on a strike lost Monday, and had a general row. This shows that Satan will beset people in all conditions—even under a caisson at the bottom of a deep river. ‘ d Atroint thee, Iwitob!” less, used. At dinner the guests partook spar ingly of the salad. The first taste seemed to produce the most unpleasant sensations. The good lady perceived that something was wrong. She urged the sajatfon her guests repeatedly, but without avail. At last she tasted it herself; the rancid taste was horrible. Calling to tho 'servant she demanded what was the matter with tho salad. “I don’t know, Madam, unless its tlie'cast or oiL” ‘“The what?” screamed the iadysd “Tbe:castor oil,.ma’am. ■ Didn’t; you toll me to go and get some castor oil ?” replied tha innocent'servant “No':'Ttolil you to get oil for the caster.” “I thought it was caster oil you wantett,® r7 ba * uisnsex x-fdt R ; cl edl c.rfli o-.c - 1 AMONG the- “jiromment arrivals” at the St Charles Hotel to New York on Monday, as an nounced to the New York Herald, of Tuesday, we see the name of “Judge Robert Greene,” of Macon. Who ft “Judge Robert Greene?” He has not the honor of our acquaintance. tee'lOaoCt — .. .. .rD Mr. Bessemer’s plan lor obviating sea sick ness, by means of an oscillating chamber, sup ported ou bearings similar to those of a com pass, will shortly be put to a practical test A chamber of; this description is now in course of construction in England, and will be fitted when completed to a steamer of about three hundred tons. dd,c A few days ago the hotels at Baden-Baden oontained 15,000 guests. The number is sup posed to have somewhat decreased since then. Among the prisoners of the York (Pa.) jail ia a man who has been confined for over nine years for refusing to answer a question in court The Richmond Enquirer, with commendable modesty, says : “If any man has any donbt of a hell on earth, let him go to North Carolina.” The descendants of Jonathan Edwards are to hold a family reunion next 8eptember at Stock- bridge, Mass., where the great New England metaphysician onced lived to a house that Is Still standing. The 22d of December next, being the two hondreth and fiftieth anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims ate Plymouth, the Hon. Robert C. Wtothrop, will do them up brown to an ora tion at Plymouth Mass. Dickens expressly stipulated by deed that .his publishers should be reimbursed for any pecu niary loss that might oome to them by reason of his sickness or death before the completion of “Edwin Drood,”. The-first colored juror was summoned on Tuesday last to serve at Quincy, Ill. _ When he made his appearance in Court, five jurors, al ready sworn in, left the boi. The seoond train load of Chinamen for Staun ton w.*h < xpected in Omaha last Saturday. L *a* le&urufT* aii f&« ilLri {tot ait i to Mi .killQi xO Jd >: a slows ah! •gj'vxfl cxi a - - ,1,1m. MB mm

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Georgia weekly telegraph and Georgia journal & messenger. (Macon, Ga.) 1869-1880, August 02, 1870, Image 1