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1826.
MACON, TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20. 1870.
aq elii; moil ogts,
Y0I.LXIV—NO. 10
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' iu Telegraph Building, Macon Scenes In Sedan after the French De>
. ■ '’ _ . feat.
,h and Messenger, one year $10 00 From friends, whom I found at the hotel, I
r> 00 learned that the Emperor, who had started in
1 00 the forenoon for the field of battle, had return
ed about the same time that X did, and passed
4 00 through the streets with his staff. One of iny
2 00 friends was near him on the Place Terence
when a shell fell under his horse, and bursting
3 00 lulled the horse of a General behind him. He
1 GO himself was untouched, and tamed around and
56 columns, 1 Y ear
> G ."V*. - in advance, and paper stopped smiled, though my friend thought he saw tews
^enthe money runs out, unless renewed. | in his eyes.^ which he wipedaway with his glove.
.niuxanus-vrs wxxn j. w. Dunns & Indeed he had cause enough for tears that fatal
tX## 0 *co’s publications. I firat of September. In the meantime, shells
„. *. Messenger and Farm 1 “8“ fal l in the direction of our street and
Telugrnp ^ . h ote L We all stood under a vaulted stone
***** I tTfln ' ,A i ♦ VlA oafoaf oValtnv ura aanl/1 An,l
_ trance, as the safest shelter we could find. I
^ ***"* 7 4 00 trembled, for the caissons were still standing in
Ftr ?. Tcletrrauh and Messenger i *1» street filling aU space from end to end. It
?.... GOO SN*®* time whfle we waited, watching
5 0Q painfully for a shell, which would have sent ns
^/JAjolidated Telegraph and Messenger
la ’ l3 a Urge circulation, pervading liid-
?snnthero and Southwestern. Georgia and
Alabama and Middle Florida. Adver-
reasonable rales. In the Weekly
■^"dollar" per square of three-qa&rters of
*• 1 esc h publication. Remittances shopld
by express, or by mail In money or-
ar regi^iered letters.
Baby Coarfshlp.
s? VAST STUB Di.ux.as.
inbuilt a little house for you and me,
‘ Oat of umbrellas and my mother’s shawl;
r„i nt the pewter tea cnp3 out for tea,
/hid jour doll s table here will hold thi
them all.
fWa bat ono cake, but yon shall have it,Tick;
*' . i t Anbea maVa mo aiolr
fa t big boy of six, cakes make me sick.
rj in the bam. among the golden hay;
Well live there always. Jack, the stable-man,
promised to keop Ned and WiU away;
Tier langh so at ns, ’cause they never can
£not what true love is. I do, Tick; don’t you ?
K««e give me ono kiss, and TU give you two.
Oi 1 promise me you never wiU grow up
ind be a great big woman. Stay so sweet,
i.j httler thin me, and beautiful,
ni give yon ail tho.nicest things to cat,
g« silver cop, my fork, and all my toys,
isd never, never play with naughty boys.
fell be so hsppy, Vick. We’U not be 01,
And never, never, never, never die.
Imldn’t want to live if you were dead:
If I was dead, poor Vick, how you would cry!
Ithink, when it makes peoplo suffer so
Ii'iveij wrong for folks to dio you know.
sponso. He cried out that Bazaine was taking
the Prussians in the rear. This news, which
had been current all the morning at intervals,
coming from the mouth of General De Wimp-
fen, came to be believed, and a few thousand
men were rallied and followed him ont of the
town. The people began to have hope, and,
for a brief moment, we believed the day might
yet be saved. Alas! need I say that this state
ment was a patriotic falsehood of the-brave
De Wimpfen. Mad with anguish and in direct
oppoaition to the Emperor’s orders, he had re
solved to rally what men he could and make a
stand. He could not have known that he was
bound in the grasp of at least three hundred
thousand men. The bugle and trumpet rang
out on all sides. A few thousand men hearken
to the sound. My friend Rene, the Quiray of
the Chassieurs d’Afrique, whom I had just met,
after losing sight of him for ten or twelve years,
got on horseback again and joined the General.
This is what took place in the sortie. They
went out at the Porte de Balon. The houses
of the suburbs are already full of Prussians, who
fire on the French out of every window. The
church especially is strongly garrisoned, the
heavy doors are closed. The General sent off
querry to fetch two pi
i arrived, and with
iecesof cannon. These
them the door of the
Tell live together in the yellow bam
Io our umbrella bouse for ever more.
We won't need very much to eat, 1 think;
Ourdotbee will last, if wo don’t get ’em tore;
And all tbe time, dear Vick that I don’t be ..
Saving that I love j on, you’ll be telling me.
Tiro Girls.
| C alone in tbe old grand room,
JUalien curtains and splendid gloom,
Apr! in her beauty fcighs.
Tbe softened lit ht of the chandeliers, '
| liwiig her ili.mo.nl8, seek the tears
That stand in her wistful eyes.
Uikoe by the castle walls,
[ lias hardly a ray of etarlight falls,
Again douching in dread.
S* to not beg of the churlish wight,
Curding tbe portal in livery bright, -
Erst a crust of bread.
Ipvcara
Carelessly humminy an amorous song—
Wiii be toea her a silver crown ?
5a Hu thoughts aro filled with nis new love's face,
| hie harries past the familiar place,
And canters on to the town.
' A for a morsel of food!” one groans;
I ’If he but loved me 1 ’ the other moans—
sie comes from a race of Earls.
2e b.ggar outside is not starving alone;
| fttberui Heaven, who lovest thine own,
Pity these hungry girls!
an e<
soon
church was blown in.
Two hundred Prussians, were captured and
brought back with tbe French; who, spite of
all efforts, were soon obliged to retire again to
the town. It was the last incident of the battle;
the last struggle. While this took place at the
Porte de Balon, the Prussian shelling went on,
and the shells began to fall into the hotel.
• Shocking soenes followed. A boy, son of a
i tradesman, round tho comer of the street, came
in crying and asking for a surgeon, siying that
' his father’s leg had been shot off A woman in
; front of the house mot the same fate.
The doctor, who went to the tradesman, found
; him dead, and returning, attempted to carry the
I woman to an ambulance; he had scarcely made
a step when she was shot dead in his arms.
Those of ns who stand in the gateway and wit
ness snch scenes have got beyond any feeling
of personal fear; any of us, I will venture to
say, would have given his life to spare Franee
this dreadful day. Yet we stand pale and shud
dering at tho sight or the fate which befalls the
poor people of the town." Civilians, and even
the jaded soldiers, are as helpless as th9y.
I pass over details; I care not to dwell on the
horrors which, nevertheless, I shall never be
able to forget. I could mention more than one
brave officer wbo did not fear to shrink from
the sight of what had become a mere massacre.
Those who were Bafely ont of the way—as
prisoners—whether officers or men-f-need not
be pitied.
When, after a time, it became clear that there
was no signs of Bazaine, the hopes of the'Frenoh
again departed. A sullen sort of a fight still
went on; the guns of the town answered the
heavy fire of tho Prussians. An aid-de-camp
of the Emperor went by on foot, and I heard
him ask tbe officers near by to help him in put
ting an end to the fire, snch being the Empe-
A f> lonrvfVk fhA urhitA finer wftct hnifitnd
FORTY DAYS WITHOUT FOOD.
| lEtmnrknble Case of Voluntary Starva
tion in Maryland.
[From the Hagerstown Twice-aAVeek.]
Yesterday morning at about six o’clock, John
I f-iwh, sou of George Frenob, Esq., of this
l»n, passed from this life, afier uu illness of
lure than two weeks, brought about in a most
■ Markable way. The facts, as we have learned
I ten from intimate friends of the deceased, are
I>tatas follows: For two or three years past
I tin been noticed that tbe yonng man held pe-
I char views upon various subj eels, and especial-
licpjo religion and his futmo state, but it was
Iu Muinreed that they were imbedded very
|*plv, mnoh less to snob an extent as to de-
rors wish. At length the white flag was hoisted
on the citadel The cannonade ceased suddenly
at about half-past four. Eager as wo arc to
know tho cause, we cannot leave the house,
for the street is impassable, and we have to be
content with learning the mere fact of the sur
render. As night drew on the crowd a little
diminished, and by some effort it was impossi
ble to make ono’s way about town. The spec
tacle it offered a few hours before was more
horrible than ever—dead, dying everywhere,
fled i
the same
civilians anil soldiers mingl
slaughter. H
In one suburb I counted more than fifty bod
ies of peasants and bourgeoise, a few women
among them and one child. The ground was
strewn with splinters of shells. The starving
soldiers were cutting dead horses to oook and
eat, for provisions had again failed, as every-
™ ,,„ W1UU1 ^ „„ thing has failed since the campaign began. I
•8* bis mind. On the contrary, being more ' was glad to get away from the sight of our dis-
PUmsIly gifted with intelligence and acute- ; aster and lose their memory in a few hours
to. credit wa* given him for moro than the j sleep. , _
wage amount of common sense. He, how- The next day we were told that the Emperor
to, became fond of reading that class of works had gone to the King’s headquarters to treat
* theoretical religion, in tho transcendental: for surrender. At 11 o clock his household and
*9te, too many of which aro to be found in the carriages left town, and we knew he was a pris-
•tar.ej of persons who aro not awaro of the oner, and the Empire was no more. About the
Wtncv of these high-flown, but delusive dis- same hour there was posted in the streotsa
*-* ■-- - - - - —I proclamation from General Wimpfen, saying
Ifcth
i of the mind of the genuine seekers after
Io such extent did he become absorbed in
tee of the mysticisms and sophistries of these
I Pocks in theology that Us brain gave way, ami
l**», at least upon religious subjects, took
hi'-N and, whilst laboring under tha .misfor-
became impressed with-, tho idea that he
l*j some special religious tusk to perform,
IJJjoh could only be accomplished after he had
l*M forty days and forty nights, which feat
Ijj.began nearly two months ago, and actually
l«|kd two week since. Every effort during
|«t time made to induco him to eat utterly
“id, and those wbo were in close contact with
all the time say that not a mouthful of
I passed hia lips. Strategy, after persua-
had exhausted itself, was resorted to by
I* friends; templing fruit and other things
I*-; placed in his way, and in snch manner ns
\ !■,,• him und-T tho impression that their
|i' me. was unknown to all but himself, yet
11 1 refrained from partaking of them in every
l^tenee.
1 Of course, during this time he became very
I- '-.h reduced, looking more like a skeleton
l^ui a living human be ing. Nature, at length,
I .ml the strain no longer, and a few days
I Wore the expiration of the forty days he was
Impelled to take to his bed, and, although
I ■’njthing that could bo done for him was done,
l*at last gave way, and his spirit sought that
II- re where the great mystery finds solution.
Ijftttthe forty days he was fed with great care,
lathis system had sunk too deeply to reouper-
T Tctre are very few in this community
|!-> doubt that French really did what he pro-
I undertake, namely, with the exception
I -.--"irking freely of water and smoking oon-
|t-!tably, to actually livo forty days and nights
t tasting food. It is pronounced by
- - dans to be one of the extremely few cases
|jjri*-«nded fasting that has come to the knowl-
^ of the world.
that, notwithstanding they were prodigies of
courage, the army, having no more ammunition,
found itself unable to respond to the summons
of its chiefs, and force its way to Montmedy;
that, being surrounded, he had made the best
conditions he could—conditions such as would
inflict no humiliation on the army. These con
ditions prove to be the surrender of tho whole
army—not less than one hundred thousand
men—as prisoners of war, with all their arms,
baggage, horses, standards and guns.
The officers who sign an agreement not to
fight against Prussia during the war may return
to their homes, the remainder to be sent to gar
rison towns in Germany. Many officers refuse
to sign, preferring to share the captivity of their
men. -On Saturday the whole force laid down
their arms. •' '. z'
Not a few soldiers in their rage broke rather
than give up their arms, and the streets were
littered with fragments of all kinds of weapons.
FROM PRUSSIA.
Scene of the Emperor’s Departure for Ger-
• a' many. '■ * a..
Douchxbt, Sept. 3, 9. a. it—The Emperor,
a prisoner of war, has just passed below my
window through the main street of Douchery.
It is raining torrents. A column of Waxtem-
burg troops, coming in the opposite direction,
i up the way. A cortege is preceded by a
troop of black hnzzars in full uniform and un
cloaked ; then came the brougham with the Em
peror. Ho was in the undress uniform of a
Lieutenant General, with a Btar of the Legion
of Honor ou his breast. His face looked ex
ceedingly worn, with dark lines under his eyes,
which were observant of what was passing
around, for he saluted Englishmen who ran out
to see him, and raised his hat. By his side sat
a French officer, I think Achilla Murat. Bat
who could look at but one man, and it was
only a glance any person with good feeling
wonld care to give at such a moment, even- to
him. The horses were worlhy of the Imperial
stables. The two postillions were as smart as
in the Bois en route for St. Cloud on a Wednes
day. They and the two who set behind wore
long water-proof cloaks, glazed hats and the
Imperial cockade. As the brougham was stop-
ed for a moment my oourier caught sight of
is majesty’s face.
“What a change,” he says, “since the Princo
Napoleon lodged in my house in London before
he went to live in King street.” He had his
hand to hiB moustache, which had the well-
known point and waxed ends, bnt there was no
nervous twitching, and the emotion which shook
him for a moment when he was speaking to the
Crown Pnnco yesterday of-the King’s manner
had passed away. Then he brushed tbe tears
from his eyes wiih the gloves he had in one
hand and was overcome.
For several seconds after the brougham came
a chars-a-banc, with Normandy pencherins,
filled with Prussian officers, mostly cloaked with
hoods drawn over their kepis and caps. Among
the latter were Gen. Bolen and the Prince of
Lemos, who have been appointed to wait on his
Majesty. Some ten or eleven Imperial carriages,
char-a-banc pour-gans with snperb horses, and
filled with officers, followed; then some French
officers on horseback, and after a long string of
saddle and renfort horses, ridden by grooms,
sixty or more in number, the rear being closed
by troops of black horse.
I leave it to others to moralize on the specta
cle. X shall not say a word about the fallen
greatneas. Every one will be ready with tbe
trite saying, “No one cried God bless him."—
The Frenchmen and women who stood ont in
tho rain certainly did not venture to show any
sympathy or sorrow if they felt any. Tho only
sound was tho tramp of horses inappottioned,
jingling of the bells of the char-a-banc and
horses, but now and then a chorus was sung by
tho Wurtembergers trudging through the mud,
celebrating the victory in which so. far as they
are concerned, they had feelings with which
doubtless regret had little to do.
Tbe Cause of t-o >;mperor’n Surrender—
Ttae Prisoners Indignant-Dreadful Loss
es-’I lie Move on Purls.
The Tribune correspondent writes from the
headquarters of the KiDg at Doucherie, near
Sedan, on the 3d inst: “The Emperor fonnd
his condition so critical in Sedan, after the
armistice became known, that he was glad to
come over and surrender himself. He. could
control the storm while tho men were to fight,
and die for him, bnt when it came to all being
prisoners together, they were somewhat dang
erous in their mind. I hear that this same
angry, despairing astonishment- at what ba3
happened, makes it hard to manage the 40,000
prisoners or more who have been taken first and
last about Sedan. There was actual danger of
bloodshed this morning when the prisoners be
gan to move out of the town. Happily, the
officers iu command showed admirable tact, and
the French kept their old authority by not
straining the cord too tight, and the Germans
by not showing themselves on the scene.
Sedan is presenting the wildest scene of con
fusion which you can imagine. The narrow
streets are deep in mud, for we have had heavy
rains. To-day the soldiers are half drunk with
tho stores of liquor. Houses half burned, and
dead bodies are lying everywhere.
There are thousands of wounded men to he
cared for. -TV V. J
I General McMahon was severely injured at
the beginning of the battle, bnt his life is not
in danger.
The! oss among tho French, in superior offi
cers, ha3 been dreadful.
You ask, what is to be our next move? I an
swer, to Paris. So say the men, so say the whole
voice of the public. ■ r *i
Rumor and public opinion is that tho German
army will move to Paris, unless the French will
yield up Strasbourg and Metz, and pay tho war
expenses. Count Bismarck would be content
with less, bnt tho German people insist on hard
terms, and the German poople must be obeyed.
To Paris, then, «the cry, and with their accus
tomed energy, the muddy, travel-stained legions
of King William aro off and away on the road
to the French capital. .: 150 r
THE ASPECT OF PARIS.
Terms of Pence—Tbe Empress Accuses tbe
Emperor of Cowardice—Imperial Swin
dles tbe Canse of tbe War—Some Very
Hard Stories.
A Tribune correspondent telegraphs: v
“From the aspect of Paris, one would sup
pose that news of a great victory had been re
ceived. Such perfect unanimity I never wit
nessed. As it is Sunday, tho men are walk
ing about with their wives and children in
holiday dress. The National Guards are
marching home along the Boulevards as
though they had come from a review. The
windows and sidewalks are lined with people,
cheering them. It is felt by all that the sur
render of the Chief of State must be repudia
ted by the nation; that it had been repudia
ted, and that the dishonor falls consequently
on a man, and not on France.
“I hear that last night, the general opinion
among politicians was that if Prussia will
grant fair terms of peace, they must not be
rejected. The difficulty, however, is to find a
statesman who will iucur the odium of urging
a peace. It has been suggested that au anon
ymous ministry of nobodies should be formed
who would make a treaty, and then disap
pear.
“I was told this morning, by a gentleman
attached to the Court, that the Empress is in
dignant with the Emperor, and says that he
is a coward, and never Bhould have teen ta
ken alive. My friend tells me that, as far as
yet known at the Tuilleries, he behaved with
an absolute want of dignity; that he recom
mended General Wimpfen to surrender, and
that he himself appeared to be so afraid of
his own troops avenging their disasters on
him that he seemed to have but one thought
—to get safe away within the Prussian lines.
“Again, a story is current in Paris which
should account for the difference between pa
per and the effective force of the army, and
which, to a certain extent, explains why the
Emperor rushed into the war, although he
knew that he was unprepared for it Of late
years his civil list has not been large enough
to provide for the lavish expense of his court
—his largesses to his adherents, and the secret
service money which was required to keep up
a line of Imperialism among his subjects,
about two million pounds sterling, were, there
fore, yearly taken from the Ministry of War
and handed over to him. The larceny was
concealed by stores, figuring in accounts, which
never had been bought, and the floating mon
ey, those who were drawn for the conscription
to enable the government to buy substitutes.
Regiments, fully two thousand strong, only
had an effective force of one thousand five
hundred. Money for substitutes and supposed
yearly cost of substitutes was appropriated to
civil lists. When tne Emperor was obliged,
a few months ago, to yield to a ery for a Par
liamentary government, he knew that the next
Legislatiff Assembly would contain so many
constituents that, even if there were still an Im
perial majority, the seandulous fraud would be
brought to light. His only chance, therefore,
was to wage a war. A successful campaign
gained might put off the parliamentary gov?
ernment If that were impossible, the falling
off in men and ttorc-> muht he ascribed to the
Marshal Le Rami’and the personal ad
herents of tho Emperor were in. the secret,
and they felt that they must sink or swim
with their master, and that for themselves, .as
well as for him, the only chance of immunity
was in victory, but when the chief robs the
subordinate will rob too. Tho Emperor and
his Minister of War found they could not
well count on men and stores which they im
agined "they possessed. Food and ammuni
tion were found to be wanting for the move
ment across the frontier, hence the delay to
attack, and tho subsequent disasters.”
broken swords, rifles, pistols, lances, helmets,,
cuirasses, and even mitrailleuses, covered the
ground, and in ono plaoe, where the Mense
rnns through the town, heaps of such fragments
choked the stream and rose above the surface.
The niud of the streets was black with gun
powder. The horses had been tied to houses
and gun carriages, but nobody remembered to
feed or water them, and, in the frenzy of han
ger and thirst they broke loose and ran wild
through town. ’Whoever liked mighthave hors
es, even officers’ horses, which wero private
property, for the trouble of catching them.—
When the Prussians came into tho town they
were very sore and angry at the sight of all this
destruction and waste. What must have pleased
them still less was the state in which they found
the military chest.
Tlic Meeting of Bismarck and Napo
leon. no anal -
Dr. Russell writes to tho Times from Sedan
on tbe Cd 03 follows :
When theEmperor, who had passed the weary
hours of night, looked out in early morning he
beheld a forest of steel and the hill tops with
batteries posted on every eminence, cavalry on
all the plains, and as far a3 his eye oonld reaoh,
a host of embattled Germans. His decision was
taken. At last, attended by a few of bis staff
on horseback, his majesty proceeded along the
road from Sedan in a brougham. Count Bis
marck was in bed at quarters atDourberg, when
an officer rushed in and announced that the Em
peror was coming to meet him and seethe King.
Count Bismarck rose, dressed hastily and
hastened to meet tho Emperor. He was in
time to stop the cortege outside the town. I
was away on the field, and therefore cannot of
my own personal knowledge state what oc
curred. As his Majesty alighted, I hear, Bis
marck uncovered his heard, and. stoodw^hout
cap, and at a sign or request from the Emperor
to put it on the Count replied, “Sire, I receive
yonr Majesty as I wonld my own royal master.”
There happened to be near the placo where the
interview occurred, a few hundred yards outside
of the squalid town of Douehery, the humble
cottage of a hand-loom weaver, of whom there
are numbers around Sedan. Bismarck led the
way and entered it. The room was nut inviting.
The great Count walked up stairs. The apart-
■ — - - “1—* • •* —ilian-
. IIhjllth or Chikf Justicx Chase.—A dis
1*4 to the Boston Journal, dated Providence,
I ■ b, September G, says the recent reports of
L Iree.itious condition of the health of Chief
I Chase were untrue. He is rapidly re?
leering f rom the illness brought on by his trip
8nperior, and yesterday was able to
1?"' Yus daily walk without any assistance.
I has been no relapse or recurrence of the
la *YYack; which was two weeks or mojre ago.
I ^boston Traveler adds: “The illness of
I ■ Justice Chase was caused by exposure to
■ 5.' "' it * an d the doctor who attended him now
j * him ont of danger.”
A gentleman who has lived in the city of Atlan
ta, Ga., for several years, apd has had a good
opportunity to study the effects of having been
bitten, now appears in the character of a hu
manitarian of the Bergh order, and advises his
friends not to battle withmusquitoes when they
desire to drink human Wood. “A good remedy
for tho bite,’’ says the humanitarian, “is to let
the biting operation be continued until finished.
If, when the insect has alighted, inserted his
beak and injected the poison, the hand of the
victim comes down and finishes the insect’s
earthly career,-the poison remains in the wound,
and pain is experienced. If, however, the oper
ation is not interrupted, and the voracious mon
ster has leave to drink his fill, he naturally
draws fc?ck into his abdominal cavities the rank
lingpoison, in company with the sufferer’s blood,
The snfferer will then feel bnt little inconveni
ence from the bite.”
If old Ben. Franklin had. foreseen his head
would have been used on a one cent revenue
It:.*, of Mr - s - Bishop with refer- ' b tamp to paste on a box of matches, he would
! to Lumber.
ment was filled by the hand-loom and applia
Strasbourg as a German Fortress.
In viow of the crashing victories of Prussia
over France tho fait of Strasbourg, heroically
defended as it still is, seems to be inevitable.—
Once within the grasp of Prussia this renowned
and first-class place de querre will not readily
be relinquished. Capital of the department of
Bas-Rhin, and situated on the rivem Brache
, and Ill—the latter being a tributary of tho
Rhine, into which it pours at the distance of
' about a mile—Strasbourg, or Strassburg, as its
name must soon be spelt, numbers nearly a
hundred thousand inhabitants.
The city wa3 founded during the reign of
Augustus, in order to dofend the frontiers of
the Roman conquests. Taken by-the bar
barians and ravaged by Attila it fell into the
hands of tho Francs in the sixth century. After
having been comprised in Austrasia it became
a free city or republic, and remained such until
the end of the ssventeenth century. In 1681
Louis XIV. united it to France and made it one
of the principal strongholds of his kingdom.—
Although nearly two centuries have since
elapsed it still ratains, in its aspect and in the
manners and language of its inhabitants, the
general characteristics of a Gorman town: . , *
. It stands on level ground, is nearly six miles
in circuit', and is surrounded by a wall, with
bastions, ditches and out-works and a strong
oitadel constructed by Vauban. It is ’ entered
by seven gates. Its arsenal is capable t>f con
taining an enormous amount of war materials.
It has a cannon foundry and a military hospital
which can accommodate eighteen hundred pa
tients. It has also a school' of artillery and
eight barracks large enough to lodge ten thon-
sand soldiers. / .
It boosts of numerons edifices'of great archi-
tectnral' value. Of! these th& chief attraction
for tourists is the splendid cathedral in the
midst of the city. This historical monument
was erected on the mins of a church founded
by Olovis and reconstructed by Charlemagne.
Originally built in 501, it was nearly .destroyed
by lightning in 1007. The present building was
Ibegan'in 1014 and completed in 1430. Its
length is three hundred and fifty-seven feet, the
length of its transepts one hundred and forty
feet, the breadth of its nave thirty-five feet and
the height of its ceiling s'evCuty-nine feet. Ita
west front, richly adorned with sculpture, stat
ues and base-reliefs, rises to a height cf two
hundred and thirty feet and has a circular win
dow forty-eight feet in diameter. Its spire, four
I hundred and sixty-six feet high, is the loftiest
Ysyaceef the City or Kacvaaaa. . I
The unexpected arrival of the city of Rogues,
from London in ninety-eight days, makes the
following memoranda of' her trip, interesting:
John Charles Buckley, who conceived and
directed the voyage, is a middle-aged and in
telligent Irishman, belonging in Dublin, and
the companion wbo accompanied him is a mid
dle-aged Austrian, by the name of Nicholas
Primoraz—both old followers- of the sea. Mr.
Buokley, about six months since, was as he
termed it “taken with a whim” that he would
like to distinguish himself by sailing over - here
in the smallest possible craft that ever crossed
tbe ocean. He accordingly purchased a little
bark-rigged vessel, fitted her up for hia purpose,
christening her the City of Ragusa, and, with
his companion and a favorite dog, started for
America. In size the little bark seems almost
too diminutive for safety even to cross the
Hudson river during a moderate 'blow.' Her
length over all is only twenty feet, her breadth
le8a six, ahe draws only about two feet of
water, ahe Is a fraction leas than two tons bar-
then, and spreads between- seventy add eighty
yaidsof canvasJ ; 'C 1 - • -. tsHstpsO mon
Everything abont her is of similar lilipatian
dimensions. The cabin is almost a faroe, as
everything else is In point of size, but with a
wise economizing of every inch of space the
two plucky mariners maniged to get along, al
though such a thing as rendering themselves
comfortable was entirely out of > the'qaestien.
They left Liverpool on Thursday, Jane 2,! the
occasion of their departure being made a grand
gala day, and, thousands and thousands gathered
at the wharves to bid them' goodby and wish
them a God speed. They took on board it quan
tity of corned beef and other preserved meats,
500 pounds of ooal, about 80 gallons of 'water
and a ton of ballast. b( n- - T .\y . nr
They cleared for New York,'but Captain
Buckley changed his mind afterwards and made
for this port, taking the northern course, or
substantially the same one taken by the Cam
bria in her race with the Dauntless. Ten days
was consumed in the voyage from Liverpool to
Queenstown, and upon arriving at the latter
port she put in four days for repairs, leaving
finally on the morning of Thursday, June 16,
with the cheers and prayers of thousands.
There were strong westerly winds almost from
the beginning of the journey to the end, and
two or three heavy gales. The most severe of
these, however, was on Saturday night last,
when the Ragusa was off George’s Banks. Nu
merous vessels in that vicinity were wrecked
at the time, but this little fragile craft, with not
a plank in her over half an inoh in thickness,
danced around on the mad waves the whole
night long, coming out all right in the morning
with only the loss of the jib. The first thirty-five
days of the voyage the weather was uniformly
rough, and not for a moment during this whole
time did either Captain Buckley or liis fellow
tars enjoy the luxury of a stitch of dry clothing.
The water not-only poured in upon them un
mercifully over the deck, but the bark com
menced leaking badly, and one man had to be
constantly working the little hand pumps, which
they were fortunately providedwith. With lit
tle or no sleep for daysand nights in succession
tho adventurers became exhausted and weary,
and with visions of a watery grave before them,
they now began to repent of their singular un
dertaking. A fire kindled in the stove was
speedily quenched by the dashing sea, and for
threo weeks or more tbey had to subsist on raw
meat and hard bread. Their best day’s rim,
however, was, under these trying circumstanoes,
when they made 1G3 miles. •
Their slowest day’s ran eleven miles; bnt the
average speed of the entire ’voyage was abont
four knots per hour. When at length there
came an interruption of a few days’ fine weath
er and the exhausted men were about to indulge
in the rarity of a cooked meal, they discovered
that their kindling wood had been washed away.
In vain they tried to kindle a coal fire with the
few appliances at hand, and-finally they gave it
up in disgust and despair. During this melan
choly frame of mind their spirits brightened
one day by the sight of' a floating barrel, and
when thoy picked it np it was found to contain
about half a dozen gallons of tar, an article
never more timely fonnd in the hour of its
greatest need. It not only served them for
duelling fuel, bnt was also found- useful -for
caulking purposes, and the leaking craft was
very soon repaired. ■
"When in the neighborhood of Cape Clear a
couple of mammoth whales paid the voyagers
a visit, ono of them coming up alongside so un
pleasantly near that' Captain Bnckiey reached
over and placed bfa hand on the intruder’s back.
They followed aloDg some five "or ten minutes
and then disappeared in the briny deep, much
to the satisfaction and joy of the adventurous
sailors. On tho 4th of Jnly they encountered
a heavy storm; bnt in spite of it they commem
orated the day, and, as the Captain expresses
himself, drank the health of General Grant and
all his relatives. They spoke various vessels,
>ing and coming, but only on two occasions
„.d they require any scores 01 assistance, al
though everything wits' freely plaoed at their
disposal by the mariners who came in their
ptj. ■» ‘
'! The Alabama Canvass
Opened in Mobile last Monday with s public
mass meeting and speech from Hon. B B.
Lindsay, the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor. He pronounced it a contest for the
vindication of the rights of the white raoe in
Alabama, and said: ' ' -
Do yon wish yonr own liberties restored t I
knew yon do. What is that government that I
deeire to have overthrown? Need I state it?—
Need I say to yon that there is placed here ever
us a power that we hate, and one which we have
an effioacy to resist ? I need not tell yon that
that government in Alabama hates the white
men of Alabama, that their efforts from their
first inauguration to the present have been
given to trample on the necks ef the white men
of Alabama. I am speaking as a candidate of
the Democratic party, and, with the help of
God, I don’t intend to conoeel my opinion—I
say the present government of Urn State of Ala
bama is a government that hatee the white raoe
of Alabama, and if there is a Radical reporter
here I want him to put it down just as I say it.
[Laughter.] I want to be understood. In the
opening of this canvass I want it to be under
stood that there is not a man bolding high
office under the State of Alabama that has one
single emotion of love for her people. If
riten is a reporter for the' Radical party here,
put that down. [Applause.] Io nnktahoioal eat
They arc a power of oorrnptioa and authority.
I say that we oan go back in the history of the
world, even under an Augustus, a Nero or any
of the Caesars, and we cannot find a govern
ment so obnoxious. <10 the people as the gOven4->
mont which exists in the Bute of Alabama.
This may be impolitic, but if I am to be yonr
candidate, there is no policy in me. If I do
know one thing, I know where the God of Na
ture has plaoed my raoe, and I know that with
the help of Providence, I intend to keep them
there, and no party shall ever make me shrink
from the task. The white raoe of Alabama
must govern thsir own raoe. If you expect the
candidate to entertain any other sentiments, I
will say to those gentlemen who introduced me,
“I have no more to do with the canvass.”
While I assert that position, I at the same time
assert this: That we are running against candi
dates and a constitution that gives the negro a
right to vote. .We have no right to elect suoh a
Governor, nor Secretary of State, nor Treasu
rer. I am in favor of whatever rights are to
be given to the white man or colored, bnt not to
degrade my race for tbe purpose of getting
votef. ~ Never! -never! 1 never i! Io ,.v.
Mr. Lindsay expressed entire confidence in
the Buocess of the Democrats. The Mail says
he is a Scotohmah: by birth, and a graduate of
St.AhdrewVCollege.: He removed from North
Carolina to Tnscnmbia in 1849, and married a
sister of ex-Govenfov Winston. He is a lawyer
of fine standing, and is abont forty y6ars old. ■ i!
cea of tho weaver. So he descended, and in tll< , The grand pyramid of Egypt is
found the Emperor Bitting on a stone outside. | only six feet higher.
Two chairs were brought oat of the cottage, the | interior offers among its many marvels
Emperor sat down in one, and Bismarck took .| superbly colored glass-wuulows,stately columns,
the other and placed it on » *©Jt or ganaof Bilberman, its unique astronomi-
hand eide. The officers in attendance on their j cal c i oc i t> a bsptistry cf tha fifteenth century,
fallen master lay down some distance away on 1 - a. - - * ■* - T —W~
a small plot of grass in ^frout of the cottage.
The conversation was a strange one, and as Count
Bismarck has repeated it freely, or the principal
parts of it, no doubt it will soon be known and
forever become history. The great point to be
gained was peace, but so far as his majesty
was concerned no assurance of it could be
obtained by Bismarck. The Emperor stated
that he had no power,'could not negotiate
peace, conld not give orders-to the army, nor
Marshal Bazaine. The Empress was Regent of
France, and on her and her Ministers must de
volve negotiations. So Bismarck thereupon re
marked that it was of no avail to hold any far
ther conversation on political matters with his
Majesty, and it wonld be of no use .to seethe
King The Emperor desired to see the Kmg in
person, but Bismarck declared it impossible to
accede to his Majesty’s wishes until capitulations
had been signed. Theu, as the conversation was
becoming rather dangerous, and as the situation
was becoming difficult on both sides, he ended
it and the interview terminated. Count Bis
marck went to see the King. The Emperor
withdrew to oonsult his officers.
the tomb of Conrad, the pulpit of Jean Ham
merer, several fine paintings by old master and
a number of curious chapels. During the actual
siege it is reported that this magnifioent cathe-
been seriously injured.
A Goon Business—Rae* Chahoe fob Invest
ment.—We are gratified to read tbe following
of our friend Major Orme, in tho Brunswick
Seaport Appeal of the 2d instant :
We have just returned from a call of tbe store
of Major Riohard Orme, and were pleased to
note an increase in bis business. He was open
ing a fresh lot of western provisions and gro
ceries, but informed us that the supply would
only last a few days. Th® Major informs ns
that his business is increasing rapidly; beuce,
he wishes an active business partner—one who
is a good accountant, with a cash oapital of
$3,000 or $5,000. As he does not fancy cor-
iponding, he requests that propositions be
made in person. This is a rare ohance to eagage
in business in our city, -with one of our most
popular citizens.
have died in great agony.
The Reign of' Mubdzb.—Tha New Yorq
Times made ont a murder calendar for New
York during the months of Juno, July and Au
gust at ninety-two. The schedule seems now
running at the rate of two or three a dBy. Can’t
they stop it ?
Yellow Fbveb in New Obleaxs.—Philadel
phia says tho yellow fever “prevails to an
alarming extent in New. Orleans,” but the Pica
yune reports but on® death from it all last
week.
Protection from Carpet-Baggers.
The Philadelphia Morning Post, Simon Came
ron’s speoial organ demands protection for the
negroes against the oarpet-baggers with great
earnestness. This is a new tune for the Post
and its like, but they sing it very creditably,
as the following extract shows:
“The freedmen must also be protected and
guarded against the machinations of mercenary
politicians and itinerant oarpet-baggers, who
care nothing for the interests of theSoutireor
the welfare of the people, only as these can be
made to subserve their own selfish purposes.—
The colored men have much to fear from tho
system of terrorism and violence prevalent in
many - sections' of ■ the Southern country',-but
they will have still mora to fear from such men
as Weottemobe, of South Carolina, and Sxfhxb,
of Louisiana, who have located in the South
not to toil with the masses, and aid in develop
ing their latent resources and resuscitate their
prostrated industries, but that they may, by ex
perienced-adroitness and bypociitioal dealings,
enjoy the fruits for whioh others toil and sweat.
These men do the country no good, and the Re
publican party much injury. By imposing
themiselves.ion .a credulous constituency, they
obtain representative positions only to bring
pecuniary profit and moral disgrace to them
selves, and defeat and disaster to a great cause.
They have but a single object in view—putting
money in their purses—rand will stop at nothing
that will enable them to accomplish the end in
■ J;German Ideas... cdT
The New York papers copy from L’Univers.
an ultramontane Catholic organ, a bucket letter
from a German correspondent, which reads as
follows : S”® i^IliolhglaAo
» a® * -’ . Dijon, August 21
Within a fortnight there will be' a social
revolntion in Paris. The red-republic will be
installed and established. by the complicity of
Germany. There'is heed of new September
massacres. Proprietors, capitalists, priests, the
rich and solid party of the population, most be
crushed; they cramp foreign projects. The red
republic wffl operate the division and dissolu
tion of the French forces, and will lay open the
heart of France.
To force tha gates 81
at the call of Prussia;. they will plunge without
hestitation upon Paris; Yoii have only the semi
blance of an army $ it will be destroyed. It is
high time to chastise France, to .pull down that
vanity and proud pretence of governing Europe.
The French ore fools, ignoramuses, a people
embrated by prosperity. They must yield place
to others with better title. It is of right that
the one only intelligent and powerful nation,
which bears aloft the torch of reason by her
science and her education, as also the sword by
her oorporeal vigor,'it is of. right that the Ger
man nation should govern the world! It is the
spirit of God that animates her.
It is time also that this Latin race, and this
Catholic religion, whose bases and principles,
worn out and fallen into decomposition, infecu
and gangrene the world, should be obliterated
to give placo to reason. God has chosen this
German race and this King William to accom
plish this triumphant work. He wants to give
to Europe the greatest power to accomplish his
designs. '. .. ..
The empire of Germany must be reconstitu
ted. But to attain these vast enda we want
money. France alone possesses enough; aha
is the treasure chest of Europe. Yon have in
your bank fifteen hundred millions waiting our
order. Wc shall impose upon yon seven thou
sand millions more, payable at short dates. And,
when wo leave you, we mean to retain Alsace
and Lorraine. Avast empire cannot'be'truly
great without a great marine to rale the seas.
We shall take Denmark and Holland. We will
be masters in the Baltic. Then absorbing Aus
tria we will control the Adriatic. In order to
get to the Mediterranean we shall bring Italy
under subjection—she is only a slave. There
the Pope reigns, that antiquated idol that em-
brates and faaaticises populations, and prevents
the reign of reason. Then at last the German
nation will hold the rank to which she aspires,
and of whioh she is worthy.
Tfcfe Jeffuwn Cwouiy Btotoms.
A Louisville letter in tbe Cbrimiele and
Sentinel gives further particulars of the 000-
ftasiens of the Jeffereon county rioters, made? ”
in open oonrt We trust somebody trill pro
cure a copy of Cudjo Fye’s printed book. Lot
the peoplo know whal is going on:
This mormng seven more, charged with in
surrection, plead guilty, and were sentenced.
Andrew ttoott, the first one sentenced, in
his confession or plea for mercy, stated that
he was appointed ’ ’ 1
oompany '
had sixty-1
orders; that Fye told him “ that he had his
orders from Governor Bullock, and that h»
had the power to have him shot if he diso-i
beyed orders.” He joined Fye’s club on Sat'
urdav in Louisville: that Eye had with him
two hooks, which he asked me to read; I
looked at them, but could not read them; the
books were printed, and did not have stiff
backs, but could be rolled up and plaoed is
the ride pocket of n coat. Fy® read to me the:
14th, 15th and 16th laws: That when one of
our members were put in jail' without our per
mission, we had the power to band together
and take him out: that when any one of our
members worked for a man, and he was not
paid, then the members of the dub could join
together and Bell out. the last thing the man*
had until the member got his pay.
Judge Gibson sentenced him to two years’
imprisonment. He remarked, in making this
sentenoe, that perhaps in Ms judicial district
there were more convicts in the penitentiary
than from any other section, and that he knew
that no convict had ever been pardoned by the
the Governor, unless he had good reasons for
exercising the gubernatorial clemency.
Eli Adams was next sentenced to one year’s
imprisonment in the penitentiary. In his
plea he Baid that he was a member of Fye’s
Ulub, he was 19 years old. Fye said he was
old enough to vote, so he sent his name off to
the Governor. He made the same statement
as to the rules of his club, as was made by An
drew Soott. He said Fye bad shown him pa-
~ :rs authorizing him to act from Governor
^ ’
.A.
Madison Walker was next sentenced to on®
year’s imprisonment.
Britton Martin was then sentenced for one
year. He said that Fye had told him that he
had written to Governor Bullock for instruc
tions, and he approved of his proposed pro
ceedings. ;: ^ ™ NOW i.aa*-
Robert Jones was next sentenced to two
years’ imprisonment. He made about the
same statement as the others, to-wit: That
they had organized under orders from Gov
ernor Bullock. laatceH i # ,*Kf
George Sherman was sentenced to two
years. He made the same confessions.
Sol Whitehead was sentenced to two years,
he making about the same confession&
Prince Bruton, charged with riot, ha3 been
found guilty and sentenced to work twelve
month on the chain-gang.
*3
That will do pretty well. When a Radical
newspaper confesses that carpet-baggers are
worse'and more dangerous even than tiie terri
ble Ku-Klux, it is scarcely worth while for Dem-
crats to do more than sunibit the case to the
public judgment-. - '
biit
How A Woman Avengeit hor Wronua,
A Sah Francisco letter says: • IO J art
A man named Kelly was introduced several
years ago to'a young lady roamed Prudence
AIcNamee, and, after an acquaintance of some
ejec. T _
that if she did not have him he would ruin
her. In a few weeks she married another suitor
From Macon County.
Montezuma, Ga., September 9, 1870.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger :
Crops are cut very short with drought and
rust Some farmers say a half crop will
be made, and others say two-thirds of a crop
will be made. The new crop of cotton is be-’
ginning to come in, and our merchants expect
aigood trade this season. Some of:them are-,
getting in their winter stock, and preparing!
for a lively trade. The walls of the new rail
road depot are now up and turned over to the
carpenters, who are putting on the superstruc
ture. When finished it will improve the loola
of the town considerably. -rvUska
Politically,' are quiet, awaiting the develop
ment of events. As some of tho Radicals arei
trying to scare some men out of their offices
by threatening them with the penal law to en
force the 14th and 15th Amendments to the
United States 'Constitution and the iron-dad-
test oath, it may be benefioial to some who are
in doubt as to their status in relation to the
State and United States government, to call
their attention to the following points of said
laws, to-wit: all who held an office under the
State or United States government previous
to the war, and took an oath to support the
Constitution of the United States, and after
wards went into the war, are ineligible to of
fice until their disabilities are removed by
Congress —r these are excluded from office?
either under the State or United States by the
Fourteenth Amendment. But all who did
not hold an officj under the State or United
States previous to the war, are eligible to
office in this State. -Again, by the iron-clad
test oath of the United States, all who went
into the war voluntarily, or aided the war, or
furnished assistance or comfort, or held or
sought office under the Confederate States
government are excluded from office under the
and reports began immediately to circulate de- fat'ted States government, unless their disa-
rogatory to her-character, but her husband, bilitiee are removed T by Congress By atten-
-ogatory _ I. r> „
dying, she renmxfi&J$ San Francisco, and, for
a long time, lost sight of her persecutor.
Hearing of her whereabouts, he followed her
to this city, and rCnewttThis offer of Marriage,
which she again declined, soon after becoming
the wife cf a : Well known citizen named Page.
Kelly immediately recommenced his asper
sions on her virtue, which finally caused, she
states, a separation from her husband and the
— breaking up of a happy home. Resolved- to
have vemteanoe on the man who had caused
000 Germans are ready unhappiness she went down to Gilroy
hurt Thursday,! procured: a horse land buggy,
froma livery stafelf, pud wasdriving toKeily’e
ranche when sho met him on the road, and
invited him to ; get into ’ the vehicle with her.
After driving round for some time she caine
to a place that s® imed suitable for her purpose;
so telling her 00mpanion that some friends
lived * short, dikanoe from the road, she re
quested him to tie the horse to a fence and
accompany her to the house.
Taking his arm she walked with him about
tion to these points of laws on the subject all
can see'how they stand, and whether/they are
in danger of the penalty of these laws. . .
.... „t - - Montezuma.
roita:L-~l cdlGood Farming. osafi
The !CoIombia Guardian of the 6th inst. says to
We have met a friend just returned from Agg>
demon District, who gives us a verbal account
of the crops on a farm near Anderson Court
House, tho property of B. F. Crayton, Esq.
Twenty acres in corn will yield from 1,800 Sod
',200 bushels. Thirty acres of cotton wiU
One-half acre
one hundred yards to a hollow, surrounded by
a ; dense willow thicket, and .then, drawing'.a
pistol, shot him three times, killing him in
stantly. Having thus consummated her
ly. Having thus consummated ner plans,
Mrs. Page came to town and surrendered her
self to the civil authorities. As may be
supposed the affair has caused more than or
dinary exoitement, though public opinion, in
a measure,' defends her conduct
•?d I;
“Smzlxb” Colfax writes to the Brooklyn Un
ion that he has determined definitely and unal
terably to retire from public life. “Smiler”
wants somebody to nominate him for President
That’s his little game you may be sore of it
Batuedat was a comparatively warm day
again. ~' A
- Louis Napeleea and France.
We find the following just, and, the source
considered, very unexpected criticism upon the
fallen Emperor in tha New York Standard, a
Radical paper. History will endorse it too. Says
the Standard: jy .?dica
It is almost too soon to pass our judgment
upon Louis Napoleon. This is no time for in
vective. Yesterdoy a king to-day a vassal. If
Napoleonism h*B any'virtne as a system this
man has been ita true minister. He has done as
muchfor Franoe as any Napoleon could do. Hia
empire has been in the main peaceful. He has
aggrandized the State, added to the oomfort of
the people, developed industry ami oommeroe,
made Paris the most splendid city in Europe
and so far as a despotio rtler conld do, has given
hii people the fullest meoeure of enterprise and
liberty and freedom. It deaerves to be said that
with all his fault be has been the accepted ruler
of Franoe. His policy has not been reaction
ary. Straggling nationalities bsve received
from him the hand of welcome. He saved Tur
key, united Italy, .cubed Austria, and.valiantly
sought to overthrow the power of Prussia. When
xuen come to consider his career they will do
him the justioe to say that he had no Interest
inseparable from the interest and glory of
France,*.
if
Everything
the clo
sed
ver lota es beautiful and luxuriant as they are!
rare. Twenty head of hogs to fatten this fall
are now fed daily on steamed food, mainly
pumpkins. Captain Crayton is also preparing
to manufacture tiles, for the purpose of under-
draining. ; :D .I--.- ',c'jtfovu'-r -eUgt'
Our friend says, justly : So much for the free
use of fertilizers, improved implements and cul
ture. With a few moro such farmers, our up-
]>er country wiU soon rival the green fields of
Virginia. Riohard O’Neal, Jr., on last Thurs
day, had already gathered and packed six bales
of ootton out of a twenty acre lot. He confi
dently expects to make thirty bales on this lot,
which lies along Boundary street contiguous to
Mr. O’Neale’s residence.. Farmers, this is the
way to make thirty bales of ootton on twenty
acres, rather than twenty bales on 100 sores.
Less land, less labor, less mule force, less ex
pense and trouble, and larger crops.
Arrival of 'a French Steamer at New
York.
Sensation Amonjr (fee Pareencere.
New York, September 7.—The French
steamer LaFayette arrived here from Brest
to-day. Just as she was about to sail front
Havre, forty of her crew were impressed into
the Imperial service. The news of the recent
French disasters, and of the overthrow of the
Empire and th® proclamation of the French
Republic, was first made known to the
d t'
tho passengers of the LaFayette at Sandy
- ayetti
Hook. The announcement of the disasters
brought tears to the eyes of the female, Mid
to even some of the male passengers, but this
despondency was overcome by unbounded *
thnsiaam
matio
pubiique, ,
ora declare that on the return of the LtFtp
to France they will volunteer in the service «f
their eoantry. 1
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