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Newspaper Page TextAND GEORGIA JOTJm'JA.L &c MESSENGER. ^jSBY, REID & REESE, Proprietors. = The Family Journal.—News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic Affairs. i.cih t. ■ ; GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING fffABLISnED 1826. MACON, TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20. 1870. aq elii; moil ogts, Y0I.LXIV—NO. 10 t*s”E ' 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 ’fore- tvrtiMiirsquaf tat tatafeafiad J it Jaw t%d had has tm at a'qfcta tawUbi? wtaiW ir ■qaaads viusuv'srqiof uvuuoqy jaiauuo ' Xaunwv 'JJt soioos TR9 jo pt JO A . , - ■ . .*•* .? Sfi - j Tl '• • i iiO rj .-icooe {->.-**0 ^ a I -*Jf use V» has,

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Georgia weekly telegraph and Georgia journal & messenger. (Macon, Ga.) 1869-1880, September 20, 1870, Image 1