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' Vv * .* .* •> * + *C • *; ‘' v j5 * *T /; * f •# V . * - /• yt,vn * v. • * * Y Vv ' V ■'"< ~-y «&*-"• : MK TvIESSENGKER 11EID & REESE, Proprietors The Family Journal.—News—Politics LiTERATUR B A GRICULTURE- -Dombstic Affairs. (GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING liflABlISIIED 1826. MACON, TUESDAYIISEPTEMBEH 27, I870J Y0L.LXIV—SO. l4 J0 fciegrapii Building, Macon L-ft end Messenger, one year.......SlO 00 |. 1“ ..,., n t!i9'" INVESTMENT. ia » 01 h j^WeSy^Telegraph and Mosscngor, Thrilling Story. .. O • 1 00 ; In the second year of onr late civil war I was j married, and went to live with my hnsband in a 4 00 small villagoon the Hudson, some fifty or sixty S ' "tbs.. - 00 ■ m ^ 03 front New York. The house we occupied B ?hWeekiy Telegraph and Messen-' • was a large, rambling mansion of considerable rolumus, 1 year 3 00 antiquity for this country, and stood a little 6 > • lt ’ .jy 1 60 ; apart from the rest of the village, surrounded f 0I hv»vs in advance, and paper stopped j by broad fields and commanding a glorious f* monev runs out, unless renewed. ] view of the river and the hills of the Hieblanda »bent D ® * _ _ _____ t. 1 It had been ImmU before tne Revolution, by my \t0tam ' Vt ' : Cisband’s great-grandfather, and though’desti- T A Messenger‘and Farm j tnte of _ ““Y “modem improvements,” was still TtlCo r ‘.’^ “ ftii on ' a comfortable and pleasant residence. ^I^wvaiih and” Messenger''and ! M 7 husband was a lawyer, and a large real V7** _ ill .nift jjjy Te.c-i"»' ° ^ qq 1 estate owner in the neighborhood, and at the F*riu»tui “and’Messenger j P? riod of wi i ich 1 write was greatly perplexed, ' i Home 5 00 I hke man y other persons m the North, by the ’ r ““ BL ' 1 go perilous state of the times, especially about the qq j safe investment of his fnnds, as the suspension S**’^cement is where remittances arc ! ?. f specie payments,.the great rise in gold and ? V,«* te the office of publication. the military disasters in Virginia, made it al- TfllAoranh and Mcssentrar ' E ost impossible to tell where at would be safe W*;\7' 'md Home 6 00 1 1X10 • it: composedly made the desired changes in the S,mSn.Ci«Ad,^ 1 .wUl 1 W..a, U» ■ -Hits a Urge circulation, pervading Mid- I fathom and Southwestern Georgia and I*" 1 Alabama and Middle Florida. Adver- rtlntiat reasonable rates. In the Weekly I na dotlar per square of three-quarters of I each publication. Remittances should rS i>y express, or by mail in money or- I jgs, «•’ registered letters. £ ..nmUJated Telegraph and Messenger | P 0 ? 1 *“?* . , . _ »* c ? 6 . uL circulation, nervadinc Mid-1 to depositor to use onos money in any large amount. . , In the course of his transactions in real es tate, it happened one day that ho received what was to ns then a large sam, about ten thousind dollars, which he brought home and placed in my charge, telling mo at the same time that ho i should have to be absent daring the evening at- j tending to some business on tho other side of the river, and should not be at home till about midnight. “Yon can place the money in the safe, dear,” he said as he gave it to me, “and to-morrow I will try to find some way to invest it securely.” So saying, ho stepped into the buggy which was standing at the door, and drove away taking with him our hired maD, Simon, and leaving me wiih no one in the house but Dinah, an old colored woman, who fnlfilled, in our modest household, tho function of cook and maut-of- all-work, as she had long been in the family of my parents, who, on my marriage, had yielded her up to mo as a valuable part of my dower. Dinah was indeed a character. She was tall and very stout, weighing she would never tell how much more than two hundred pounds. She was very black, and as lazy as she was black. I do not think any one could move more I —The Parish FlerlPs Lament, I vjnirion’a took np with the Ritclielist views, I jjibs'aatl over cliangod from his ’at to his shoes; I Ej coat is bo long, and his face is so grave, I die calls bis good crab stick liia pastoral stave; I £lis voice has pot hollow, and ead-liko and mild, I taibe'd think be was yielding to sin if he smiled, L (B1 j w y what thoy please, but whatever they i»w, [toll like tho looks of these Ritcholist ways. I |j pawn be once was so hearty and stout, IjilMW wbat tho farmers and folks were about; fil'd talk with the men as they worked in the field; Infamr every acre, and what it would yield; li'ja famous loud voice, and a kind merry face Ifyt when be was scolding a child in disgrace. ■far be walks through tho lanes in s eortof a maze, I titbit's what has como of his Bitcheliat ways. |hd the old village church ho’vo done it up new, Igi there's plenty of benches, but newer a pew; |tl[iilaids, and haliers, and things qncor in spel- liD, IfcJ ii for the vestry, its quite past my tellin; Bin used to be two gpvma I had in my cares— Ifed gown for preaching, a white on for prayers; Iktaow there ars twenty, wi’ gold all ablaze— I hi that’s the expense of the Bitcheliat ways. A moment, which seemed an hoar, passed while these thoughts rushed through my mind. I lav perfectly still with my half closed eyes watching the mirror. Slowly and noiselessly tho frightful band pulledup its owner, until I could sec tho head and face reflected in the glass and glaring at mo with fieroe, yet wary eyes.. - The man was a mulatto, very dark, with evil passions written in every lineament. 1 could scarcely refrain from shuddering at the Bight of his hate ful visage, and speedily closed my eyes to shut it out. 1 was not qutto ready for the ordeal through which I knew I must soon pats. X wanted to move my light stand a little out of the way and so arrange the bed clothes that I could spring from the bed without impediment. I therefore gave a sigh, and moved as if about to wake, slightly opening my eyes at the same time. The head and hand instantly disappeared. I then clothes; put my watch with tho key of the safe under my pillow—so near the edge that they could easily be taken out, as I knew they would bo, extinguished one of my candles, said my prayc-rs. and closing my eyes, resigned myself to my fate, with no very sanguine or definite hope of escaping from my perilous position'. I made my breath regular, and a little louder than when 1 was awake, and lay with my cheek on my hand, counterfeiting sleep. At last the stillness became more terrible than even my first agony of fear. Several times I fancied that I heard a soft step approach from tho place of concealment. As of ten I was deoeived Then again that dreadfal stillness, in which ' counted the tick of my watch through the pil low. It was a positive relief when hecamo from bebind the curtain, stopped at the table, and stood looking at me, as I was well aware, though my 6yes were closed. I forced myself to breathe regularly and audibly. He came closer; he bent over me. He passed the lighted candle slowly before my face two or three times. I felt the heat and saw the light through my closed lids, which must have quiv ered, though lie did not seem to observe their motion. Heaven gave me strength not to move nor to cry out. Satisfied, apparently, ho put back the candlestick on the staud, and his hand crept slowly under tho pillow, and one by one he removed my watch and the key of the safe, deliberately than Dinah did, that is to move at ' ?° S ‘- 00 - d . 80 l0Dg IookiD S a *- m ? thit J . felt l&erct lirrps and stoles that's always in wear, iWape* to put out for tho L’nuiy prayer, |bl green wi’ whito edgings for churchings—and hits, lb pats on a purple and white gown to christen. I beret things that hang looso, and things that fit tight, I ted tea miglitly displeased if X don’t bring ’em I ii! it'e almost enough a poor body to craze— ISeicmd the outs of these Bitchelist ways. I&b there’s bowings and scrapings, and turnings cl flexions. IS’ahard work to mind all the proper directions; Ihii first chant a sentence, then turn round his 1 «<•!», bee wheel to the east wi’ a sort of a role; (it he speaks low and loud, now ho jabbere so hat— bit it vraa some thing be wiehod to get paste; bite tack of tho building they can't heara pbrase, Ibihe) don't speak distinct in these Ritualist ways. hike music, its altered, I can't tell you how, fe the old Psalms of David are never sung now— pre've got eomo new hymns wi’ some very queer verfe, Bjithey twitter and pipe like a parcel of birds, fcrtell me it’s grand and I should’nt complain, FI bug for tho old Psalms of David again— bike for onr goodly and Protestant lays— |i ibttc dreadful quick chants of the Bitchelist WIJS. _ _ = : ' I*been parish clerk for nigh thirty years, Fthepanon and wardens is getting so queer, fcthework cf my office is getting eo great puwi'biushin’ tho vestments and cleaning tho plate. Paid almost resolve to resign it and go, ^mfiitnds they say “don’t,” and my wife she “Js'-uo,” ' l y llbtia in my place, and each Sunday prays fOcttiy coon bo an end o’ them Bitchelist ways. H Eecweixmi niooihb, Oloik of St. Vitus's. Mercury, . ^ The Fuun of Praxiteles. BY mTAWT.ru BATtDOB. ft*** not eoe tho Gladiator’s pain, l~ 0D tr'-> hopeless at liia foct for years F* Unppealing agony has lain; aueTer knew the need of tears— JM grief, nor fear, nor sigh, “ur eorrow’a shadow, over camo him nigh. Ifittas against tho woody trunk, and seoms JflWch might be) a Ciraco at rest; Photon tip-toe poised, as if be deems I?dancing steps should earth bo pressod; j? flexile fingers ho ‘olds lightly rustic pipes of Arcady. t'-fing ho stands, with lips apart, to track Rain of echoes that just now .^iwiftlv floating from tho woodlands back, lets went fluting—and bis brow 1 Jitb happy wrinklos mars that never knew of Caro ths deeper scars. 'JSuea at his own music, and at me, can not meet his sunny eyes, [taocent of that whose mystery r ,-r : G-jf gladness underlies ; ' ™ Problems that perplex, ‘ restless Nemeto* that haunt and vex. '*owd of foYerish nations past him pross— thought-o’er burdened throng— gold, and wealth is happiness, rJ hfa is short, and art is long : : not eco them—airs I “--w on him from *nnth«r world than theirs. alL And by a wonderful dispensation, she seemed to feel that whatever her ether faults might be, she was strong on the point of loco motion. For, when she had been moving with a ponderous slowness, almost maddening to a person of ordinary quickness, one of her favor ite expressions wa3, “Well, Miss Lillie, wbat shall lfiy into next?” How she accomplished all she did the brownies only know. ’ ‘ impelled to open my eyes suddenly upon him, As he walked softly toward the safe, I did partly open them, and cautiously watched him through my eyelashes. I heard him fumbling with the lack, and once ho looked over to wards the bed. My eyes were wide open, but I closed them in time not to be detected. Watching, him steadily, I saw him open the ’™P llsue “ door of tho safe, go back to the stand for tho Wo used ■ candle, and return to the safe, which he en- sometimes almost to tremble when there was , tered withoUt drawing the key' from the lock, specialtanj^nbout onr domestic arrangements, Here was tha 0£ ,p$ rtnni ty for which I had and yet Dinah always managed to bring affairs j wa i !0 d an( j wa tched. I sprang lightly from tho to a consummation just when a minute more , oll0 b onn( j reached tho safe, dashed the featureoftheiroiviIization;popuLirelaca- would have ruined everything, and with undia- ; the ’ door ^ turn ed the key, and with one loud I turbed front, would slowly onunciate, ’Well, . shriek fell prostrate and senseless on the floor Mi*t, what shall I fly into nextr” ! of the darkroom. It was nearly dark when my husband depart- How loDg I lay upon the floor I do not know, ed, and after giving my orders to D.nab, or j p ro b*bly for a few minutes only; but I was es rather my suggestions, I left her, and made the j unconscious it seemed, when I came to myself, tour of the house, to see that all was Mght ana y as # m terval had been a long one. * I was properly locked up. This daty attended to, I j aroused by his blows upon the iron door, and went to my bedroom, intending to pass the time , found myself weak after the long nervous ten- in reading till my hnsband should return. j sion bul J stl)1 1 remember the satisfae- It was a large room on tho ground floor, with ^ 0Q j thought, as I lay there before two French windows opening on a broad, veran- - t that he could not escape, mingled with dab. The windows were draped with long ye!- i a Yflt , UQ and f 00 ii stl dread that he might in his low silk curtains, between which the moonlight » rAg0 bam ihQ va laable contents of tho safe.— faintly entered, dimmed by the shadow of the . pounded desperately on the door and swore roof of the piazza, and partly intercepted by j fearfully at finding himself entrapped. But, as the fringe of tho woodbine which hung from it. j j u 0 notice of his outcries, he soon grew My bed stood with its foot towards the windows : q U i e k and its head about half a yard from the walls. | 1 Presently I rose, and lighting a candle, dress It was an old fashioned structure, hung witn | ad myself with all possible haste and with trem- yellow silk like the windows, but I slept with j b i ing fingers, turned often to look at the safe, the banging drawn back and fastened to tho ; from under the closed door of which I mote than headboard. The bed was so largo that no one ( ba j f expected to see blood trickling—why, I ever thonght of moviug it, except in those sea- 1 cannot tell, except that my mind was full of sons of panics called house-cleanings, when the • i ma g 63 c f horror. combined strength of three or four men was j j wa8 soon in readiness. I had no moans of called into requisition to draw it into the mid- j ascertaining the time, as he had my watch in die of the room. So elaborately carved was it, 1 pocket, and there was no clock in the room, that it went by the name of Westminster Ab- : q^lting the caodli I hastened to arouse Dinah, bey in tho family. At one end of the room, at no great distance from the bed, was a large safe, bnilc into the huge chimney of the mansion, with a door high enough for a person to enter standing upright Here I was accustomed to who, as I shook her, slowly opened her eyes, and with scarcely any more than her usual slowness pronounced her formula: “Well, Miss Lillie, whatsball I fly—Lod-a-massa, what’s de matter wid do chile ? You ain't seen a ghost, place every evening onr silver plats on shelves 1 bab y 0U bone j y which extended aionnd the sides, on which also : ‘‘Ho, Dinah; X’vo seen something worse than were place boxes containing papers and other j a ghost I have caught a robber, and he’s in valuables. Opposite the foot of the bedstead, j tb£) sa f 0> What time is it? - ’ and looking at the between the windows, was a mirror, running clock that ticked slowly and deliberately, as how from tno floor almost to the ceiling. Like all ■ could Dinah's clock he!p doing, I saw to my other furniture in tho room, it was old and hand- , gr t at relief that it was nearly midnight - * some. How many happy scenes it bad reflect- j Wo had scarcely got down stairs when I heard cd in the hundred years it hud stood there 1 the sound of wheels. A moment more and my The night was extremely hot, and I therefore j fiusband was in my arms, listening wuhamaze- Ieft the windows open, though I drew the cur- . ment to a rapid narrative of mystngulsr adven- tains before I soated myself at the table in the . ture j won id no t suffer him to open the safe centre of the room, lighted the candles and be- xirrti 1 Silas had summoned assistance from the gan to read in order to pass the heavy time be- j neighboring houses. I feared that my desper- fore the return of my husband. _ j a to prisoner might still escape. When the bafe After a while X heard the clock strike nine, at; opened, there sat my burglar on tho tiunk, which hour Dinah always went to bed. Her j ba if b i. U pelied for want of air, a knife) in one chamber was in tho attic, the third story of tho '■ fiond, the package of money in the other, and house. Remembering some household matter 1 lbo buinei }.oat candle at his feet. Ho was rcc- abont which I wished to speak to her, I started j ognized as an old offender,' who had not been humedlj up and went into the entry to inter- j oat of state prison, to which, in due course copt lier before she got up stairs. I had to wait • Jaw, ho was soon scut hack for .ft term of a minute before she came, and our colloquy con- >ears> w hj 0 b, i devoutly hope, may last as long tinued three or four minutes more. j as he lives; for 1 confabs I should not feel loisy "When X returned to my bed-room, feeling tbat be was again at large. The look somewhat tire J, X resolved to go to bed, ns at Q f ra gc ho gave me on coming out of the safe that late hour in the country it was certain J w j]j no t soon be obliterated from my memory, that no. visitors would call, ana _my husband | My husband, I need hardly say, was greatly could let himself in with the latch-key, whioh i p] 6a8e d with my investment, and*complimented he always carried. I thought, however, I would j me b jr,]fiy on the courage and coolness which t ■ rcbeming deepota rise and fall, frXe&ving nets for freemen's feet; F r i irito nobler hearts enthrall, iTjates, Truth hides, and armies meet; I f7' reiietlees dread 1 "tver threatens some beloved head. L Kreen leaves quiver, elovered banks :! l cunthino and the breeze, .. --..-eyed t quirrol8 play their Joyous pranks TJUietruiiku of mossy trees, - . 1 A ’ t f 1 g^birds trill happy love try to keep awake by reading, and nccordjngly placed a light-stand and candles at tho head of the bed. X then closed and fastened the win dow, undressed and got into bed. The key of the safe I plaocd, as usual, under my pillow. After reading perhaps an hoar, I grew weary of the book, and quietly laying it down, re mained for some minutes meditating, with my oyes fixed on the mirror opposite the foot of the bed, in which I conld see myself reflected; to gether, with the yellow silk curtains behind my head. I was thinking, not unnaturally, how happy I was with such a loving husband and such a large sum of money secure in our safe, when suddenly I saw in the mirror a .sight which made my heart stand still. A hand appeared between the curtains, drawing them slowly apart, and grae It was a man’s as if belonging to a mulatto, or to one greatly tanned by exposure to the weather. My first impulse was to start from the bed and scream for help. I repressed it by a strong effort of will, and lay perfectly motionless, except that I partially closed my eyes, keeping them only suf ficiently open to watch the mirror! As quick as lightnihgmy mind took in tho situation. In the few minutes of my absence from the room while talking to Dinah in tho entry, a thief, a robber, possibly a murderer, had stolen in by the piazza window, and had hidden himself, either under the. bed or behind! its draped head. He was doubtless armed ; and if I cried out, or attempted to escape from the room, he aonld easily reach the door before I conld, and far bis own security, would probably put me to death. Dinah was too distant and too feeble and clum sy to afford me any assistance,.and was by this The iman highly on the courage had doubtless saved my life as well as the money. The love and pride with which he re garded me, and with which he always, to this day, rehearses my exploit, were of themselves a sufficient compensation for the horror andthe agony of that long Bummer night, Strasbourg by Night. A correspondent within the fortifications of Strasbourg vividly, seta forth the scene present ed nightly in that beleaguered town: ‘’Day is the timo for rest in the lines before Stras bourg. At night men gird up their loins and prepare for work; then, pioneers and fatigue parties go forth to their labor under the friend ly cover of the darkness; and then, too, in , _ their turn, the French gunners peer into the grasping cautiously the headboard, night, and open their heaviest fire on every an’s hand, large and coarse and dark, gpeck of light that indicates the presence of the -*“■* ’ " * " foe, and on every spot where they think it like- ^}ing boughs the shade-flecked turf above. 1 time fast aaleepdir the third story. The ! saxae ii »■■. doubless knew that my husband had that day 'j"nli him; there Fancy sings ! received a Urge sum of money, and had gone that lnltthe weary brain ; ; aoros tha river, leaving me alone, or nearly “'U1 mew in Beauty’s freshening springs, ! alone in the house. He had entered, caring /V ii p&noDhed from nain : ahU />»*• mnnAV And. anxinn* fthovi all IOT 1,1 P^ophed from pain ; I Co-. tlie enchanted wave I kite Achilles, arrow-proof and brave. r»rh re4l “ *hd him I part;' TVtho poet’s sesame. Bit c,f unlock, the sculptora’s art I Fj i‘,. Portals lost the key; I It, vf r tom conld seize “Pniug chisel of Praxiteles. j , Records, thou! forever fair, ru; ;:“l a, od and tho Praised, 1 .j I-. ; hiumpa Sculpture still could dare: . ,°P on her altars blaze! ■t. ,- a ; has grown cold >V, Tripod Street thou stoodstof old. AnXnbgdtiOSO' only for the money, and, anxious above things to escape undetected and unrecognized. If I let him know that I was aware of his pres ence, I should expose myself to murder, i and perhaps to outrage worse than murder. ; My obvious policy was to keep quiet arid to feigu sleep. I thought also of the money, and > was not altogether willing to resign that without an effort to save it, and to have at least some clue to the identity of the thief. I oonfess, however, that this last consideration was a very stroDg j one, and aim afraid that, if I oonld have seen my way clear to an escape from the room and the house, I should have fled incontinently, without stopping to see more than that terrible h «4. • ly that working may bo going on. The view of tho beleagured town at night from the cafe of Lion d’Or, at Brumath, was beaulifnl—beauti ful. but awful. A great conflagration lit up the lurid sky ia the direction of Buprecbisao, and the trembling townsfolk whispered among themselves that the ‘Minster’ was in flames; they were wrong, for in the morning the tall cathedral spire pointed grandly to the sky. In stantaneous flashes of lightning issued every second from the heavy canopy of smoke, and were followed iri s few moments by the doll re verberating roar of the heavy guns, while every now and then a shell would burst in the air, scattering points of vivid light through the blaokneas of the night. It was beautiful, but the beauty was infernal, like that of a tiger, or of the ocean in a storm. At midnight the fire was raging terribly, and the whole sky was lighted np with the brightness of the flames.” GEN. BEAUREGARD ON THE WAR The Ex-Confederate Soldier Interviewed-! Why the French were Whipped-r^tal Errors In Attach—A11 Opinion of JVapo- Icon and Trotha. - -- w !—t-cmoQ A correspondent of the Lynchburg Bepubli can writing from Alleghany Springs, Virginia, relates a conversation with General Beauregard about the war ia Europe. Some of the Gene ral’s views are of interest: Tho dnesti.-K was asked: -Y/kat wasArhe mat ter with France i Consider her former military fame,- that of the first waring nation in Europe —consider her patriotism, the devotion aud readiness with which she went to the field, her noble, unsurpassed postponement of eveiy po litical question, of every, faction in her legisla. tive body to win the safety of her country— even tho ‘Tuipracticables” like Favre and Thiers shotting “resistance to the death!” Look at her ready and even excessive loans to the gor- ernment ; her public Bpirit risen to a heiglt that disdains all compromises and hurries to offer all possible sacrifices. -Then why her di feat, and her defeat continued and aggravate on every field V ’Why this succession of disas ters? Is it not possible that there may hare been treachery in the French canwp, as whin the Emperor is reported to have made the ex clamation that “he was betrayed”—and, indeed, you noticed the last accounts, “the French s*l diers in Belgium turned upon their officers aid massacred thorn 1 ” CAUSE 01? THE FRENCH FAXLUBE. General Beauregard replied at length, and with a clearness and detail of conversation that I do not pretend to report, but in the third aid distant person. Tho hypotheses that had been named, the suspicions of treachery, or of grass incompetenoy thrown on particular French ofi- cers were possible; but they were not necessa ry to answer the problem of the French defeat. After all, it might be found in slight causes— ■War, modern war, had got to be such an elalnr- ate competition, one so close and exacting, that the least shade of superiority in any respect might incline the balance. The French system of attack was a traditional one; they relied on momentnm, dash. He referred to an articli in the Full Mall Gazette which compared the xrili- tary systems and practice on the field of France and Prussia. The latter had the advantage in the close and scrupulous calculation of every thing calculated to give advantage to the siagle soldier acting as a combatant, and inspired vith the idea that on his individual effort depexded the fortune of the field. Here was a govern ment that had studied the military efficiency of tho man almost exclusively, to the highest point. A government mere exacting thax the Oriental despotisms; but more intelligent than these. The whole society of Prussia vas a vast, elaborate organization, a camp; tie su preme idea everywhere visible that the man be longed to the government. Form, severity was tion was enforced; oven its social industries were organized; in Prussia no man conld pur sue a trade unless he had served an apprentice ship, or performed certain public conditions. Tho idea of the great Frederick had bead con stantly cultivated since his time, to mak« a na tion of soldiers; organization and discipline in every department of life ; aud to-day we see its results in tho most perfectly trained armies— soldiers the most ohedict, yet enthusiastic, hav ing that peculiar combination of steadiness with spirit, that makes the best soldilrs in the world —and that is the end, the culmination of all military education. ATTACKING IN CLOSE COLUMN. “Who”—and General Beauregard spoke with a suffused face—“could doubt the courago of the Frenoh soldier ? The bravest people in the world may fail under the ccmplications of science—the force of a single fact overlooked in the grand and elaborate competition of war.’’ He had notioed, as far as anything conld be dis covered from the confused dspatches of the newspapers, that the French and adhered to their favorite, traditional practice in the field, that of attacking in close column. On the other hand, the Prussians deployed their lines, seemed to have the constant idea of- develop ing the largest front of fire, and all the news papers had invariably remarked the slowness and deliberation of their fire. It was a circum stance noticed with carious unanimity by Oil the war correspondents. An article in tho Vir ginian, under his hand, read: “The Prussians never attack in squares.” THE ABM OF PRECISION. What tho General designated as “ihe arm of precision” had changed the whole obaraoter of modern war, and ho feared that the French had not sufficiently accommodated themselves to tho tmpoitaut and radical innovation mado in small arms. Their favorite idea of attacking in close column and carrying the' field with a rush was good informer circumstances; brilliant; supplied the two conditions of physical momentum and moral inspiration. But the arm of ptecisiou had changed all that. UEAUREGAnn's INTERVIEW WITH THE EMPEROR. “I had an iuterview,” said General Bettre- gard, “with the Emperor Napoleon in 1SGG.” l'he fact, as known to this writer, and obtained by him, not from Gen. Beauregird, but from a member pdf the press of Paris, is' that' General Beauregatd visited tho French capital in 18GG; was received there—at the Grand Hotel—with an ovation that surprised his modesty, and ; was. invited to a special interview with tho Emperor, who, with characteristic ard, indeed, noble de-' sire to acquire information, asked our great Southern general pointedly what most. remark able .and significant fact he had observed in the war oat of which he had just come with world wide and'immortal reputation-; {General' Beau regard replied with a dissertation on the usp. qf the small-arm. He gave the Emperor a mahiiaX illustration of the subject, repeating hist re markable conviciion of the change which tho arm of precision had made in the art of war. That arm hud made calculation the virtue of the modern soldier. Formerly, with .the; old smolh-boro musket, the soldier fired in the air; his enemy was only a mass In front of him,;.- now with the chassepot and needle-gun, where a man could kill at 2,200 yards,- he fired Upon an individual enemy; he cooldselect him. ; . It had become an exact mechanical task fori the soldier to kill his enemy. : He (General B.) ! had one advice whi>-h he constantly gave to his sol-' diers on every occasion; it was his dogma, i his constant remark whenever he had the oppor- luuifv to spe.'.k to the private soldier : “lire low and fire slow.” world has been suddenly drawn upon a man of whom I never heard before.” General Beauregard—Well, sir, be may be “the coming man.” I know his record well; he is one of the mostjthorough soldiers in France— a man who adopted the deliberate, characteris tic choioo of the thorough soldier, to serve up through all the subordinate grades of the French army. Remarkable of him, he made himself unpopular in the Frenoh army for his freedom and independence in pointing out what he thought the defects of its system. -The French, nice and exacting in every other affair of life, pride themselves on not giving attention to mil itary details. General Trochu has had the bold ness to criticise repeatedly that affected mag nanimity that neglects details, and that has of ten lost the great opportunities of history. He is the reputed author of the remarkable military- views I juat showed you iu the Pall Mali Ga zette. Curiously enough, France has not been fortunate in her recent military traditions. They are those of Algeria, China, Mexico; in every instance) (excepting Solferino) that of an- infe rior and despised enemy easily conquered by The Akermnn Bill to Postpone an Election to December. A Bill to be entitled an Act to provide for an Election, and to alter and amend the laws ia relation to the holding of: elections: Section 1. The General Assembly of Georgia hereby enacts, That au election shall bo held, beginning on the 20th day of December, f870, and ending on the 22d of December, 1S70, for members of Congress to serve daring the unex pired term of the 41st Congress of the United States,.and for members of the 42d Congress; for Senators in (he State Sanate for each dis trict numbered in the Constitution with an odd number; for members of the House of Repre sentatives of the General Assembly; for Sheriffs, Clerks of the Superior. Court, Tax Collectors, Tax Receivers, County Treasurers, Coroners and County Surveyors, of the several counties of this State. Sec. 2. That the said election shall commence on th'e said 20th day of December, and continue between’tho: hours now fixed by law for three separate days, e-tT 1 Sec. 3. Tuat said election shall bo managed and that system of attack m winch the, quality 01 the superintended at the Court-houses at the oouuty soldier is dari, dash, a sudden enthusiasm rath- Hea t, and at any election precinct that may exist than tho quiet, sedulous confidence of the man behind the machine who is taught the Val ue of position, and the virtue of a perfect self- possession. ! * !l JjjU.:'- ! - “Whipped by Fortifications.” Editors Telegraph & Messenger ;;o ” 1 ' As “Grafton” has tacitly admitted without argument, the position assumed in. my article of the 13th inst., I will correct him iu a few particulars, and submit the subject to author ity, time and experiment- for verification.-- He says: “In a careful study of the life of Napoleon, I found nothing< so promiment as his total disregard of the ideas of the great military men who preceded him. * * * It tons this originality which directed his vic torious eagles successfully.” Let Napoleon answer: After Austerlitz, at Schonbrunn, he caused Maret to read to him certain chapters from Jomini’s.“Treatise op Great Operations;” whose text was, the Campaigns of Frederick tho Great Having listened for a few minutes he exclaimed : They say the age does not ad vance 1 Why, here is a young Major, a Swiss at that, who teaches us what my professors never taught me, aud what veryfcio Generals understand” Soon after h6 said, much ex cited: “Why did Foucho~allow such a work to be published ? It teaches my whole system of war to my enemies. The J book must he seized and its circulation prevented.” After reflecting a few moments he again said: “But I attach too much importance to this publica tion- The old Generals who command against me will never read it, and the young men vrho will read it, do not command j nevertheless, such works must not be published hereafter without permission.” Such' is the admission of the Great Napoleon—his system was Fred erick’s, and so on to Caesar, Alexander, Cyrus, or later, Tamerlane and Genglis Khan at the GraBioiie, Issus, Arbela, Brundusium, the campaigns of Frederick, Monlinotte, Maringo, Uim, Jena to Baulzen, it has passed, modi fied, but the principle ever, exemplified to the present time. Lee at Richmond, in 1862, and Chancellorsville; Jackson in the Valley, and in Pope’s rear, exemplified the principle. It is old; as old as the time when genius first sought the ascendant uponetheiibattle field; and the imDrovements in arms, im strategy, in railroads and telegraphy will only expedite and assist, they canuot change, alter or divert war from its ancient and legitimate principles.— Said Jomhri to Gen. McClellan, a few years since, with Magenta and ; Solferino, of the Franco-Austrian, and Sadowa of the Austro- Prussian war before him: “Woe to tho Gen eral who trusts in tbe modern inventions, and neglects the principles of strategy ; those prin ciples will remain unchanged through all the improvements of the futurcj and can. never be inconsistent with them: future history wil! show that under no circumstances can those principles be violated with impunity.” And he is right. The humamnind may be en dowed in future with a greater comprehension, but it will never master higher principles, or. more comprehensive, than those taught by Xenophon, Jomini, and Napier, and practiced by Jackson, partially by Lee, by Napoleon, Frederick, Caesar. Alexander, Cyrus and the hosts, perhaps, who precedeefthem; * I am not authorized tQ say why- breech loaders were refused by the graduates of West Point, but Supposed; at the time, it was be cause tho majority were not worth, for service, the iron of which they were fashioned^» No. Arms of longer range, quioker firo and heavier calibre may be invented ; new maneuvres may be practiced and lines discarded, but he who " .eres to the principle^ of war, as practiced taught by theHighauthorihes referred to, c^n never err, and nufribers alone can defeat him. “Grafton,” nb more than thd true print ciples of war," condemns the cooping up of armiee in fortified or other places, where they can be “contained” by the beleaguering army; but I contend, that when weeper armies are flanked by neutral territories, and ftqnt superior forces, there ^ nothing ;in; tne art war which forbids them assuming the di fensive, be it iu forts, on mountains, or plains, behind brea3t-workd or rail-piles, so tho de fence is superior to, the enginery^mployed. to t ike. Futurity may and perhaps will produce her great military genius, but my opinion is, he will hardly produce greater results with men as his agents, than either of the great com manders I have mentioned. - Nil. or be established iu any incorporate and or ganized city or town by managers chosen as fol lows : Sec. 4. It shall be the dnty of the Governor of the State,'by and with the advise and con sent of the Senate, as soon after the passage of this act as possible, to appoint five fit and proper persons of intelligence and moral worth for each election precinct established at tha Court-house, or in any city br incorporate town in this State; and said J five persons,, or-any three or morG of them; may and shall hold the election at said Court-house and precincts in said city or town. Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Governor to cause the said appointees to be duly notified of their several appointments as aforesaid; and it shall be the duty of said appointees to appear at the said Court-house and at said precincts in said city or town on the day fixed by this aot for the said election within the hours prescribed by aw, and hold said election. Seo. G. It shall be the duty of the Governor to famish each of the Judges of the Sapexior Court witha list of said appointees in the seve ral counties of their respective circuits, and at the next term of said court in each county, after the said election, it shall' be the duty of the Judge to inform himself if said appointees have appeared as required by this act and held the said election, aud if any such appointees have failed to appear, and the absence of his signature to the returns required by law to be made to the Clerk of said Court, shall be prima fade evidence ot such failure, it shall be the duty of the said Judge forthwith to fine such appointee one hundred dollars; provided, that said fine may be remitted on said appointees satisfying said Judge that his failure so to at tend was caused by severe sickness or other un avoidable causes, or that he was legally disqual ified from serving. And provided farther, That said appointees shall each of them be citizens of the county for which they are appointed, and voters of the same. Sec. 7. In addition to the duties now-pre scribed by law for the.maaagers of eleotions, it shall bo the dnty of said managers to preserve order at and near the polls, but they shall have no power to refuse ballots of any male persons of apparent full age, a resident of the connty, who has not previously voted at the said elec tion. . “ Seo. S. They shall not permit any person to challenge any vote, or hinder or delay, or inter fere with, any other person in the free andspeedy casting of his ballot, • ' ” Democratic Meeting In Butts County; trdba - • 1 The common fault of the soldier in the use of musketry was throwing the eye on the sight at the extremity of his weapon ; thus instinctively, unconsciously—it being below the level of the eye—to raise it too high j and th9 deflection of a hair’s breadth in any of the modern arms of long range made all the difference in tho world. The obvious remedy was the double sight near the breech ip oorrect this instinctive elevation of the piece. But, above all, deliberate firing had been his point of instruction. Modem war was becoming an affair of death-dealing mach inery ; ;it abolished muoh of the romance and chivalry of aims; but after all the speaker came back to tho leading idea, that the close com petitions of modern war were to be decided by mechanical differences, these sometimes of the slightest description ; and that a single defect in the French military system might supply all the explanation that public curiosity has needed for their series of defeats. PRUSSIA A GENEROUS ENEMY. Still Another.—The Montgomery Mail says: Ool. George Reese, of Chambera county, Ala bama, an opposer of secession, a Union man through the war, and one of the first in Alabama to esponse the cause of Republicanism, has re nounced the party and espoused the cause of the Democratic nominees. Like his friend Saf- ~ fold, who has also come out from the foul crowd, P la ^^ards the unhappy Emperor-even climb- he thinks the Republican party as now organized ; ln S «™-8to£ bouses iu Alabama, should not live Mother dayf toaigua of hie empire! a , promise of a glorious sun-burst of vtotory for | ^ “ J irkr that there was Di In the conclusion of the conveisation General Beauregard remarked that he thought Prussia would prove a generous enemy, -and would not exact humiliations. He spoke with great feel ing of the unworthy frenzy of the French peo- the AUbaraa ^emoTracy ETryday^t, I860, that there, was we hear of some xecruiti their rWfrom the ! *T“i , 2 Pin,,r camp of the enemy. The ^1-^1 j than the romantic peasantry of England, reasons, has speoial gratification in making this! ,. , . _ , * L latest conversion a matter of record and con- “General, what do youtkmk of Trochu, Goy- ”~r TV 'r j ‘”Jacksos, September 13; 1870. The Democrats and Conservatives of Bntts county mot at the Court-house to-day, accord ing to previous appointment. , pn motion; J. B. Dunlblo iyttS' caHed to the Chair, and Wiley Goodman reqtteSfSd to get as Secretary. The objeet of the meeting was ex plained by the Chair—it being to send delegates to the Congressional Convention to meetinFor- svth on Wednesday, the 21st Instant. On motion, B. F. Ward and H. 'B. Fletoher, were chosen delegates to represent - this county, and W. A. Elder, and H. O. Benton, alternates. On motion, Judge T. O. Jaoob, of Forsyth, was seated as a member of- the Conventior^'to take part in its deIiberationii«},ft i H 6 t!T v ft A! On motion, the delegates were instructed to use all honorable means to secure the nomina tion of C. A Nutting, of Bibb, to theunexpdred term of the 41st Congress, and Col. James S. Boynton, of Spsldiog, to the fall term of the 42d Con gross. -1 * l -.' ‘ T?Aon1vAt1 That thin mfiftHnu aa. See. 0. It shall be the duty of said managers to prevent rioting, disturbances; and rioting at or near the; polls,'and to secure the end it shall be their duty to present more than one person and he, only while voting, approaching or re maining within fifteen feet of the place of re ceiving ballots, and said managers may, if they see fit, require the persons desiring to vote to form themselves into. a . line, and when a line is thus formed stud .managers shall prevent any persons not' in the : line from approaching the polling place nearer than fifty feet, but in no case shall more than one vote at any time be permitted to approach the polls nearer than fif teen feet. V, . ■ • Seo. 10. It shall be the duty of the Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, Town Marshal, Bailiffs and Po lice officers, the whole to be under the orders of the Sheriff or his Deputy, to attend at one or other of said places of voting during the elec tion, and obey all lawful orders of said mana gers,' or either of them, and to act as conserva tors of the peace, and for the protection of the voters against violence, intimidation and all unlawful attempts to influence voters or to in terfere with the perfect freedom of each voter to cast his ballot according to his own wishes. Seo. 11. The said managers, or any two of them, shall have power, by patrol, to 1 order! the arrest and confinement during the day of any person disturbing tho peace at cr near the polls* or disobeying any reasonable order for the en forcement of these provisions for tho preserva tion of order and the protection of voters; and the sheriff and his deputy shall also have power, without warrant; to arrest,' or order the arrest of any person for the causes aforesaid. j Sx,c. 12. It shall be the duty of said mana gers to receive each ballot and deposit the same in a ballot-box, and it shall not be lawful for either of them, or for any clerk, to open any closed ballot until the polls are closed and the _ j, counting of the votes is commenced, fronted by Sse. 13. It shall bo the duty of said mana- tne art ot gera to prevent any person, except themselves and the three clerks by them to be appointed and sworn, to remain in the room when the bal lots are received, so near the ballot-box or polling plaoe as to examine the tickets, or to handle any ticket, and they shall have the same power to enforce tineas other duties herein cast upantham.—,— 3ao. 11. The said managers may select throe, competent persons to aot as olerks in keeping the list of voters and tally sheets, bat said olerks shall not be permitted to handle any ballot or examine the same. Seo. 15. One of said managers shall receive the ballot from the voters and hand them to a second, who Bhall deposit the same in a box, and at no time shall any vote be received, un less there be at least three of said maj^g^” present. Sec. 16. Said managers, clerks and offioert, except police officers actually on dnty, shall re ceive from .the Connty Treasurer three dollars for eaoh dak’s dnty at said election. See. 17. It Bhall be to the power of said managers, or any three of them, to fine any Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, Marshal, or police. of ficers not more than one hundred dollars, as for oontempt, if he fails to obey any lawful order of said managers, or eitherof them for theen- forcement of the laws, for keeping the peace, or preserving order, and for the protection of the freedom of elections on toe day of that el tBaitfi htotolds v«5i»w to baoltse XIoAtojT, Seo. 18. Said managers shall each of t%em iake the following oath ' J ” < ‘ ’ Seo. 20. Each of the said clerks shall., be sworn fairly; impartially, and truthfully, to keep the list of voters, and fairly and honestly to keep the tally-sheets at said election. Sec. 21. It .sliill be the duty of the ordina ries of the several counties of this State to far- nish stationery for the purposes of said flec tion ; also, to have ready, and furnish for each of the sets of managers provided for by this oot, a ballot-box sufficiently large to hold, tha ballots likely to be cast at said polling place—>. said ballot-box to bo made so that it cannot be opened withont serious damage to the box, on all sides except one, aud on that aide to have a. movable lid, with an opening there sufficiently large to admit the pushing in of the ballots one by one—said lid to be so constructed as that it may slide into grooves in the box, and have a lock thereon; and it shall be the dnty of the managers to open and examine said box at the opening of said polls, and then to lock the same, and at the close of the polls on each day it shall be the duty of eech manager to put upon said lid a strip of paper with his name thereon, and affix the same by adhesion to the box, so that the box cannot be opened withont the rupture of said paper, and this being done, the box shall, for the night, bo entrusted to the keeping of one of the managers, and another of the managers shall take the key; and it shall bet the dnty of any such managers entrusted with said box or key to permit no one to tamper, in any way, with the same, and if such tampering ba done, the managers entinsted with.the same shall be prima facie guilty of having done the same, and on conviction, Bhall be punished as provided in 4G08 section of the Revised Code for the punishment of misdemeanor?. Sec. - 22. An election mauagar or oJerk, <a other officers on duty in tho holding of any election, who shall be guilty of atiy fraudulent practice in changing auy ballot, or in using any trick or device by which any false return is made, or any ballot-box tampered with, or who shall, in any way, be guilty of any false or fraudulent practice or act by which any vote actually oast is not fairly counted and returned, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con viction shall be punished as provided iu section 4C08 of the Revised Code. Seo. 23. Repeals conflicting laws. - • From Haeon Comity. . Montezuma, September 20, 1870. Editors Telegraph and Messenger: The new crop of cotton is coming to very slowly. Some of onr farmers say that guano ruined their cotton, and that those who bought and used none bad the beat crops, and others say they will not make more than enough cotton to pay for guano and cost of cultivation. ThoM who have bought all their supplies will fall be hind, or at best have nothing left when they pay np. Nevertheless amid all the gloom we can boast of one or two planters who hare made fine crops—kick np their heels like spring iambs, and defy the State and the whole world, 'including Mr. David Dickson and “what I b>"« about farming,” to come ^ gU 0^^ * rVr* * . . " Fejee. Muaapph> - ing be published to a: of the 4th Congressional Dtstrict. The meeting then adjourned. J. B. Dumbln, Chairman. Wiley Goodman, Secretary. will jnot ave been any person do so by some Uffltll Ready GetorebanD vo* “Gobbliso.”—The Pt delay, or speedy qaat- speoialcorrespondent of.the Tribune, at Paris, . telegraphs: “Alsace and Lorrtiaa are treated • I wiU to good faith, to^the beat ^ toyhbipty. as integral paria of Prussia. 1 The -nfflfiti and pnblio acts relating to their were all ready when Prussia commenced gwr- erning those provinces,, having been prepared beforehand at Berlin.” The New York Commercial Advertiser state* that Generals Beauregard and Ripiey are to. Paris holding commandB in the defence of the city. If any other paper has the- new« *e have ; /naetjtk ~‘V« graralation, riua-'iej jWauiMJ'i cjJ _i ernorof Paris? The attention of the.wfc^e ;l ?•: cT ,V:fW has legal tribunal. I will permit no ons to challer hinder any voter from the free am tog of his ballot. .•_I will to good 1 ....... endeavor.to carry into effect the this act, andthe 80 kelp m«G<xL (Any manager may administer this oath to the others,) < < Sec. 19. Nothing to this act prohibiting dial- lenges at tits polls shall be construed to author ize any one. to vote who is not; by the Constitu tion, a qualified voter to the county of’election; but all persons not duly qualified to vote, are; and shall continue to bo, subject to aH the toins and pejtoltio* flxed by. lawianssa they soto -ii* legally., . • . ?, - u js> .'qx: A Lady’s Opinion on Ptenfem A young lady having been invited to attend a picnic, thus declines, which will be found to be but the experience of a great many peo ple : If to broii, and to bake, and to butter; to bottle, to slice and to pack; to get off before von are ready, and before you are ready come back; if taking a seat on a pie-dish, and los ing your moat in the grass, and having bon drop in your pudding, and snails take a bath in your glass; if toads holding hop on your sandwich, and beetles inspecting your bread, ;when brambles and thorus catch your feet, and worms pelt down on your head; if scatter ing in every direction to seek for foliage and cover, and find yon have been outstripped by some Sarah Jane and her lover : if in gather ing up all the fragments of such an Arcadian feast, you can’t tell whether r twas moat Kfco entertainment for man or for beast; ifthal kind of thing is enjoyment, in longer or short er measure, and you’re ample enough to be lieve it so, why then help yourself to Ahc pleas ure ; but for me (I speak from ekperienoe, dm subject I’ve closely perused), the reply will be found in the Soriptures; “I pray you to hold meexcused.” ' ' Count Benard, the Civil Governor of At sace, and Count Fenckel of JPonncnMamfit, ace both from Upper Silesia. Count Renard ia the wealthiest man in all Prussia, and paya.ineome tax upon nearly *#1,000;600' yearly. - The. other Governor is also extremely rich. In Count Renard belongs to the Free Conservative party—Count Fenokel to the National Liberate. Both Governors are Oathotfes. E —’ ” Tn-- 7 ,? £v CHALK AND MAPS. Ton Xoltke’s Contempt of French .Strategy —The Military Edncatlon in Algeria—A Carious Conversation. . -Ian prom Galignani's Mts*enoer.']j i ± m ^ ';j,. An interesting letter appears in the Salut Public of Lyons relative to the instruotion which Prussian and French officers are re spectively obliged to possess. The writer says: 1 : 0 - ,v McMahon is supposed to have adopted tac- ticts whioh are not new, namely, to.act above - all with bis artillery—said to bo formidable— and to spare his men as much as possible Na poleon L, of whom General de Mo’tke is only the pupil, never proceeded otherwise. He it was who first imagined the great concentra tions of troop3 by - rapid marches. M; de Moltke, his fervent admirer, has always man ifested the greatest contempt for our strategy; I remember having heard quoted some of his very words addressed to a French officer on a mission to Berlin. “l)o not talk to me of your military education in Africa. If you have never been there, so much the better, when you become general you will be glad of it. The war you have been carrying on for forty years against the Arabs is a gutrrillerie of an inferior order. Never any skillfhl marches, no feints, no counter-marches, rarely any surprises. With that school yon will do nothing more than form other schools like it. The first great war will demonstrate your in efficiency, and were I not in presence of a man of your merit, sir, I should not hesitate to laugh at your ignorance ot the trade to which you devote yourself. Amongst you—do not deny it—a pioneer is almost a ridiculous ^per son, and in general the working-man is one of mean intelligence. Here, on the contrary, the most conscientious studies are in the order of the daj’, and the lowest captain knows as much as your staff officers, who arc so bril liant in the ball-room. Have you even a su perficial smattering of the elements of the military art in leaving your special schools? I am tempted to doubt it. Come, now,” con tinued General de Moltke, taking the other by the hand, “I wager that you do not know wbat is the most valuable piece of furniture for the chamber of an officer in garrison. Come with me.” So saying, the old Prussian led his in terlocutor into a small bedebamber suited to a sub-lieutenant; a small bed without curtains, three straw chairs, shelves of books from the floor to the roof, and in the middle of the room a black wooden board ion an easel; the ground strewed with mors-Is of chalk. “It ia with this that we beat our adversaries every morning.” murmured the old tactician who was destined to give afterwards so severe a lesson to General Frossard, the Professor of the Prince Imperial. “And for drawings, here is all we want,” and M. de Moltke ex hibited some geographical maps. What a singular conversation, when one thinks: that. it took place in March, 1870, for I oopy it lit erally from a letter dated the 21st of. that month. What may we not have to say about the lessons to be derived from it? We shall profit by them at a later period. & j&w xosx ft** .■jfc'.iiB* fair,!?,-hi* iililhiiif