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AND GEORGIA JOTJRTST^VL & MTESSElNTGi-ER. , US BY, REID & REESE, Proprietors. Thb Family Journal.—News—Politics—Litebatubb—AGBiouiTUBE-^DoMisTio Apfaibs. PUBLISHED 1826. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING ^ MACON, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 29. 1870. VOL LXIV-NO 21 ,lu TelegrapU Building, Simeon ^.Weekly Telegraph and Messenger, vr^ib V’eeWy Telegraph ad Mossen- 114 7. as -damns, 1 year 400 200 Foreign Correspondence or the Tele- ,_ b and Messenger, one year $10 00 Sraph ^SSSSt fi . 5 00 Bom*, October 29th, 1870. 1 00 On m 7 arrival in Borne, some two weeks ago, it was confidently expected that the King would make his formal entry into the new capital of his dominions about the 18th or 20th of the present month, and I therefore hoped that I would be able to write a letter from Rome on a subject which would have, at least, the recom mendation of novelty. Fortune, however, has not favored me, and the entry of his Majesty having been postponed until the middle of No- ind Home .$1100 j vember, I am compelled, as I have already Weekly ftnd .. 1Ie3 !^ D . 8 ” ,“ d 4 qq I “»de t»P my mind to inflict this letter upon j your readers, to go over the same ground which K 00 ' fi. lelier from the Eternal city inyariably covers. 8 00 150 55 columns, JSdialvay* in advance, and paper stopped r ‘" (jj,. money runs out, unless renewed. Joan xwuxometcs with j. 1 CO. 8 PUBLICATIONS. Plilr Telegraph & Messenger and Farm w. bubs* <5; a tnQ gpri liaise.. ^.Weekly Teiegraphand Messenger Fatlft »■*••«• I............ 5 00 . JL, Christian Advocate with Weekly 5 00 ^krfTwssHr.-™ {lirko Tli. arrangement is where remittances are A. direct to the office of publication. i;4«faA TolflOTAnh fttui Va lam sorry, too, that the most interesting oT all the sights of Borne is now a sealed book to the travelling public. The Pope, owing to the tL mnsolidated Telegraph and Messenger! “late unpleasantness” between himself and 1UO w Uwl «... . -n • - - . ... -oresents s Urge circulation, pervading Mid- ? Conthera and Southwestern Georgia and r«’t«rn Alabama and Middle Florida. Adver- s«nentaat reasonable rates. In the Weekly .one dollar per square of three-quarters of * inch, each publication. Bemittances should Sinada by express, or by mail in money or- y. or registered letters. i Tribute of Affection to Mrs. Settle * Roberts Fears. ] rxfcninED to those who loved hh | Ifrnuomod spirits aught cau know Of worldly grief or deep despair. Come eootbe, oh, soothe thy loved ones wool « gweet spirit, hear oh, hear my prayer 1" Hjitaioua are thy ways, indeed, and stern, kernel too, tby mandates are, Ob, death! S:v many hearts grow cold and fond hopes wilt jeeith tby icy touch 1 But yesternight, IsJcne esteemed, nay, much beloved by all— fr piece rare and beauties of the mind— Siiulmly 'mid the loved onss of her home, feruiing ewoetly, but with a saddened brow, Ofcbinge* future years might bring to those S fevhom die djeiiahod alia mother's love, v : 5f little did they dream that thou so soon twld'et lay tby icy finger on her heart 1 Oi! 'tie sad, but ob, bow true 1 the lies To-day all ehroadeil for the silent grave. 1 mother'* grief, a father's woo, or even ft* bitter anguish of a stricken hatband, Sweeping household's tears, had not the pow'r Jo touch tby heart or turn thee from thy purpose. ID, til, to thy relentless will mast bow. IMp in their hearts must lie those buried hopes, nidi thou hast there entombed all crushed beneath It; iton band— those crushed hopes that ne’er (fell bloom, bat in tho sunlight of her smile, kithm her narrow house of clay she soon fat deep, from whenco no Yoice ein come, Or gentle, loving words reach down, and find iist’ning ear, within those dreary depths; hound whose precincts, drear and dark, grief loves To sander oft—in sable garments clothed— ini lingers long, and weeps, but finds no light, Till hope appears, arrayed in whito, and wreath Of fadeless floa’reta ’round her brow whispers, •Vfecp not; was she not ready to depart?" Cheered by her beaming smile, grief dries her tears; And ’neath her radiant eye darkness disappears; With placid brow, but still with sadden’d gaao, Eetigned, the wanders thru- life’s thorny ways; ‘Ffhero bops, ’mid darkest night, Emits a gladsome ray; And oft with finger bright Points to the realms of day. Lmonz. 1 ntPCELlSHED BT BEQUEST-! Sweep, O Sen. I From Autumn Dreams—by Chiquita. J ! lyeep, sweep, sweep, o’er a cold, pale face, O Sea— Ofeaclosed red month with its sobbing and eong, _ - „„ „» Z3S2SSU2& to hie the poor sensuous soul felt, O Sea, leaping with all the “wild sweetness of love,” to earth’s slime and bitterness. Light from nbore Lamercd not o’er the wrecked one, O Sea. ijccp sweep, sweep, o’er golden billows of hair— •w whitest of bosoms—o’er fairest of flesh— • ft gleaming and glittering gems from the mesh tot Di* honor hath wove for the fair. Victor Emanuel, has determined to exercise ex clusive authority over the very small portion of territory to which his temporal power is now restricted, and so he has closed the museum and galleries of the Vatioan to all comers. Borne, without the Vatican, is shorn of half of its charms, and this fact is abundantly demon strated by the pancity of strangers now in the city—that Palace, with its unparalleled collec tions of painting and sculpture, being the prin cipal attraction to visitors. A very strong pres sure has been brought to bear upon the Rev erend Father by the hotel keepers and mer chants, through the columns of the press, but he has thus far withstood them all. He main tains that these great treasures of art have been collected almost exclusively by the Pope, and are, in many instances, the offerings of private devotion to the Church, and that consequently they ought to be considered the property of the Church, and not of the temporal government. The force of this argument I cannot see, as it appears to me that, if the people are entitled to the benefits of government property, much more ought they to reap the fruits of the vast xesources which their own liberality, or the Church’s extortion, has thrown into the lap of the latter power. Suffice it to say that I, along with a good many other Americans, am in Rome, and ifnable to see the Vatioan, which fact, of itself, is enough to prevent me from seeing the justice of any proceeding by which such a state of affairs is produced. I hear that when the King arrives he will put a new aRpeot upon matters, but by that time I will be far away ou my journey homeward, and this fact, therefore, but adds fael to the flame of my dis appointment. Our stay in Rome being necessarily very lim ited, on toe morning after our arrival we con cluded to put ourselves under the guidance of a ‘"cicerone," in order to begin toe task of “see ing the sights”—qnickly and in order. I had been led to believe, by gnide-books and travel lers’ letters, that these “valets deplace," were a very disagreeable kind of necessity, and always to be dispensed with if possible. Such, how ever, has not been my experience in Italy, the only country where I have had much need for their services. I have almost invariably found them intelligent, accommodating and trustwor thy, and so far from combining with the natives in their various swindlingoperations, they seem always anxious to protect their employers. My guide in Romo is a particularly intelligent and amusing character, and I think if oar friend “Mark Twain” had undertaken to “quiz” him, -~y'nt,Mredrathor an unman- agable ‘‘subject. “Murray's'’ and “iiaede- ker’s” gnide-books are as familiar to him as “household words,” while the history of Rome, both ancient and modern, is at his tongue’s end. His knowledge of every myth and fable of Qreek and Roman mythology is absolutely won derful, and his quotations from Livy, Pliny, and even Shakespeare are marvelously frequent and appropriate. I would as soon think of “quizzing” the shades of the last named illnstri- us personages as of “making game” of this walking encyclopaedia. Having soon found ont toe character of our guide, we allowed him to taka us to snoh places as he thought most wor thy of our attention, and before toe shades of evening began to fall, we found that we had done the most prodigious day’s wook ever re corded in our annals of sight-Beeing. It wonld require more thsn the spaoe I have allowed for this letter, merely to mention, in their order, tho various objects of interest which were pass ed before our eyes in rapid succession, and I cannot, therefore, dwell upon any, save the most prominent. Wo began with the “Panthe on,” too moat perfect of all the ancient edifices teak, break, break, o’er this fallen one, O Sea: » warm, sheltering wing under which it ‘once .'selfno 1 moro the heart-throbs—in sweet faith it' of'Rome, being the only one, in fact,* dating W awakes now to eorrow and thee. kid, fold, fold, to thy bosom cold. O Sea la a4 matoless heart, that has dared leave the L P»in ■kt beat back the sin, yot fell onoo again— l T», fold, fold o’er tho frail one, O Sea. Jratk, break, break, O thoa surging billow, o'er tbaSed young life—o’er a sad. songless souL ? Mack, hungry sea—O blinding waves, roll Jertbia passion and p*ia evermore. By Abe Autumn Sea. [•jas the dawn of the fairest day, ^oaa the evening's tender gray, ln«tre of Bonaet kissed, that wavers and wanos through an amber mist— jtere oometh a dream of the past to me, ‘bo doaoit Band*, by !li& Antumnso*. G heaven is wrapped in a mystic veil, is dir |fidthe face of the ocean is dim and pals, i-d thorn rises a wind from tho chill northwest, •sat seemoth tho wail of a soul’s nurest, is the twilight falls, and toe vapora floe far over the wastes of the Autumn sea. i tingle ship through the gloaming glides •pboroe on the swell of the seaward tides; ud along the gleam of her topmost spar Ire the virgin eyes of the vesper star That shines with an angel's ruth on me— 1 hopeless waif, by the Autumn sea. Jhc wings of toe ghostly boach birds gleam “-".rough the shimmering surf, and toe curlew's scream ‘ills faintly shrill from the darkening height; the first weird sigh of toe lips of Night nrcathes low through the sedge and the blasted «- tr68 r with a murmur of doom, by the Autumn sea. t>b, tky-enshadowod and yearning main, . •oargloom but deepens this human pain; ibote i Jots waves seem big with a nameless care, put sky is a type of the heart’s despair, I linger ana muse by toe sombre lea, hid the night-shades close on fho Autumn sea. Pam. H. Ha vs* from tbe Imperial times, which still remains tntire. It stands in the lowest portion of toe present city, the floor being frequently flooded by the overflowing of the Tiber, while close around are built vast piles of filthy, dirty houses, not one of whose tenants,' perhaps, ever turns an eyo of admiration on the grand ' and beautifnl proportions' of 'Ills wonderful neighbor. Stained and scarred with age; .the details of the building present none of the at tractions which must have rendered it, at one time, pre-eminent among toe architectural beauties of ancient Rome. Now, the proper, i tions of the magnificent portico, and tbe gran deur of its dome—the largest in the world- alone serve to convey any idea of its former glory. The interior isiighted solely by a cir cular opening in toe centre of tbe dome, which, ' being entirely uncovered and open to the sky, produces an effect more striking and deeply impressive than I can attempt to describe. The braiding has long since been oonsecrated as a Christian churcb, and under one of itsaltam lie the remains of the immortal Raphael. 'Bor many years the “Academy of St. Luke” pre- serrad. in a glass case, what purported to be the skull of toe great painter, and it was there worshipped by the faithful, and admired by conniseenrs, for tha exceeding beauty of its outlines. Korn* doubts about the authenticity of this precious relio having been suggested, this tomb in tbe Pantheon was opened, when lo ! the body was found entire. The skull which had been so greatly admired was proven to ba that of a very ordinary man. Oh! tha beauties of “humbnggery!” About St. Peter’s Church I must have a word or two,altbongh only a repetition of what every body baa said before me. I had bean prepared to be disappointed in my first impressions of its siae, and thought that I had so schooled my self that disappointment would be impossible. So perfect, however, is toe proportion of every thing in toe buildjng to the building itself, that yon are deceived in regard to the siae of every thing around you, no matter how great an (al lowance yon make. I was steading about thirty feet, actually measured, from a statue near tha wail at toe east end of toe church. My gold* asked me how tall I supposedIt was. The very Suita his Boss, | DU | | The Washington correspondent of toe Cm- fact 0 f big putting the question suggested that ianati Gazette, (Radical,) writes as follows: I must make a guess of some enormous height,' i , . 3 „ so, after deliberate calculation, I told him that "•» relations to the, White House. It was ^vc ft?JLJSMSCl for him he failed five times to copy it with- W errors in spelling, and spoiled & sheets Iconld reach the tip ‘'paper before he had the five lines ho had ™ e Ie ^ h, B b ’ on in shape to eend. The interests of »<? conntenanoeseemed to ‘Reclaim are understood to “back him,” , dfsomfitoe AgMn-^mneuvOTarta^fgh term is. Mr. A. was examined a short appearedto m. douhlstts hj»g«g Raines with a view of placing him in charge those m j. the atationery in onoof toe departments, really it ia 8 , oKnnt hundred •*—- ^ examination he could not tell the nnmber Jeyan Female Odjeg»-almnt ou> hundmdJapA ? in a quire, or the number of quires 9™? to . ** toam. tfo ascertain whether he had a inasing e visit cannot ba baofcfaad from the - nwm.uu tuwonam wuemer ue imu a . . . qa knowledge of grammar, several simple JJjtaas wore given to him to correot, among thi* 5 u soldier were happy.” Un- £»eath toe candidate wrote: “ I see no ob- He was appointed. totse chaps must be kin to Grant. If not, ■,*y Peter’s is as grandly j! impressive as York minster, or as wondsrM lb its architectural details as the Cathedral of Mi lan. Many of the smaller' churches of Boms are more interesting, exoept as regards Km men matter of size, than St. Paters -and to see them all would require much mom time (heal have at J * ere certainly selected on the scow of my dia P osaL As it is, I have teen so many that at geniality with him. the verv mention of the name a feeling of dread comes over me. Indeed I believe that a regu lar season of sight-seeing in Italy gives a m»^ such a surfeit of churohes, that on his return to quiet and rest at home he usually abnn« church going altogether for awhile. Each of the 350 churches in Rome has four filthy beggars in at tendance at the door from morning until night, and each of them, on toe approach of a visitor, has some particular office to perform for hinn One opens the carriage door, a second invites him np toe stops, a third opens the door of the sacred edifice, while the fourth looks on to see it well done—and of course they all hope to re- ceive 'some compensalisn for their services. This is, to me, one of the most disagreeable features connected with sight-seeing in Rome— (and Rome is but a sample of toe rest of Italy)— for more than two-thirds of these creatures are deformed and distorted in the most horrible manner. The thought that in order to view the treasures of art which these churches contain, yon are compelled to pass through this mass of miserable humanity, is certainly calculated to mar toe effect naturally to be expected from toe contemplation of anything beautifnl or sublime. Next to toe Vatican, the stranger in Borne is most interested in its wonderful ruins, the pic turesque beauty and solemn grandeur of which meet him at every turn. Chief and foremost among these, of course, stands the “Coliseum,” whose history and general appearance is known, at least partially, to every school-boy. Guide books and friends all told me that I ought to go and see it by moonlight, and so I went. In or der to allow toe moon to attain a sufficient atti tude I had to wait until nearly midnight—but when at last it made its appearance, it was too small to give toe requisite amount of moon shine. I crept back to toe hotel, cold and sleepy, resolved to telLall my friends that if they wish to see toe Coliseum by moonlight, and not be disappointed, they had better wait for a full moon. As for me, my daylight view was much more satisfactory, and much more easy to ob tain. I must add, however, that the ladies who were of the party protest against these heretical and unpoetio remarks, and their arguments in favor of the moonlight side of toe question, al most persuade me that I saw what I did oot see. Grand and wonderful as this gigantio ruin is in itself, it is scarcely less so in its immediate surroundings; and from its lofty parapet yon behold, on every aide, toe decayed magnificence of imperial Borne. A short distance to the north west is toe Forum Romanum, once adorned with arches and portiooes and temples, upon which was lavished toe wealth of a dozen Emperors, now, alas! a shapeless, heteroge neous mass of half excavated rums. Yonder cluster of three graceful columns bears the name of too “Temple of Vespasian,” while the “ Temple of Saturn,” just to the left, can only boost of eight columns and a broken entab lature. The floor, just level with toe ground, is all that remains of toe Temple of Concord, and three tremendous archesjof dirty brickworl alone point out the Basilica of Constantine These rains are fall of interest, from toe sug gestions to which they give rise, but they con vey very little idea of toe form or general appearance of this great center or life tarn thousand years ago. Nearer at hand, and cor- ering toe whole extent of the “Palatine Hill,” are toe rains of the “Palacs of the Caasars,” a confused mas3 of brick and rubbish, withost form and void, but full of poetry and romance to him who would reflect upon the miglty workings of the spirits who once dwelt within these walls. The recent Emperor of toe French owns a large portion of theBe ruins, an& for some years past has caused toe excavations to be carried on with great vigor. This work has brought to light much interesting matter, and he has established on the premises quite an ex tensive museum of kb* various articles therein exnumed. The lesson which all this rained magmficenco must have suggested to their pres ent owner has donbtless been impressed upon him muoh more vividly by the recent events in his own history. On the opposite side of the colisonm is pointed out toe site of toe “Golden Palace of Nero,” boilt upon the riiins of the great fire, during the burning of which that worthy gentleman is said to have “fiddled,"—a very tedious opera tion I fear, and very annoying to the neighbors if he kept it np daring toe whole conflagration. This musical Emperor’s palace was about a half mile in length, but now, I should say that it is about that distance underground. How it be came so I cannot Bay; but I know that I follow ed a dark looking Bomanflown numerous Sights of steps our course lighted only by a wax taper tied on toe end of a fishing pole, and which was, consequently, always at such a distance as to be almost invisible to the naked eye. Down and down we went, and round and round, we went, until I felt that I was at last in a gen uine labarynth. Suppose that man’s light had gone ont 1 Well—your readers would have escaped this letter. But it didn’t go out—on the contrary, he kept poking it about on the ceiling and in dark comers to show various frescoes of greater age than beauty, which in many places still showed themselves on the damp and mouldy walls. Nero could receive no more horrible punishment for his crime, than to he brought back to re-enhabit his an cient golden palace. I believe 1 left the reader standing on the parapet of the Coliseum. If he will pardon me, I will now ask hi into perform a pilgrimage with me to just one more church. This one, the chnreh of St. ClemeDte. I visited it because it is the most ancient Christian church, row used as such, in Borne. The pressnt building is ut terly devoid of interest, hut underneath it has been discovered, one-of tooee ancient " l hasUi. cos" is which the Christians used to assemble, when all their worshipping had to be done un derground. On the wads are numerous frOseoea well enough executed, but the subjects make the flesh creep with horror. Every martyred Saint In the calendar, is here depicted in his dying agonies; sad when yon consider the va rious deaths they are said to have died, yon may imagine what pleasant surrounding to mo an cient worshippers enjoyed. Borne loves to oon treat all this with her hundreds af proud church es, khs admired of all the earth, and by whose names these martyrs are immortalized, but it seems to me that the Mistrees of the Inquisi tion.ought to be alow indeed In calling attention to persecution for' “oonsoienoe sake.” This ohurch of St. Clemente, aside from its horrible yat interesting decorations, must have been a building of oxoeedtyg beauty, and serves to show that the early Christiana, notwithstanding their oppressions, were not devoid of means. - OathoUe Borne may look with self-satisfled pride upon toe progress which has been made in the-state of religion la their churoh, between the days of Clemente L and Pius IX, but to me the change appears rather a cause fee sad ness than songrsfaastlon. Tbe ohumbea which and devoted to the worship of tho true God—that spirit who moot be.wor shipped in spirit asd-in truth—ore now gl' up to be the abiding plaesa of hideous ima of tha Savior, tha gextaNr dtoMatiohs of wt are so fearfully hfapaanwo in all their ten- den dee as to make one shudder in their pres ence. On every altar, too, is a wax -doll repre sentation of the Virgin in full evening dreos, a pewter crown on her head, and glass beads arownd har meefc. Buah ais the geda to whom §!• dedicated ell these manifioeot temple*, t&d a good Catholic has mote faith iu tha eOeaoy of a prayer to a pi pointed by man h ubk matte to the Master whom «. Imke •&3S&SS&S&:. we ' bad te atenh ttte gwtBdssriMn ^y * AuroraDesaaltkthtod pwpr.witni—dj IsIllV tho “oldest iababUaaA-oaya thOtthatBpshoa not btm saen bere since 1848/ Isea bythe . . -• r milk ^awwObswi—mML? oat toe sseOef Bmwpe,m Welle* toe Mcrthorn I have fuiO retaMOl Amaa w-.wWt to imagine your inward omytnlattn— issiue pari*. •• Experience of an American Since the In vestment. . From the Few York Tribune, ISiA.] In company with a score or two of persons, including toe Brazilian and Portuguese Minis ters, Mr. Reed, who has been in charge of the Paris branch of the firm of Tiffany A Company for toe past twenty years, left that capital on toe 25th of October, several weeks after it had been completely invested by toe Prussians. Mr. Reed, who has just returned to New York, gives a very enteit lining account of soenes sod conditions within and around the invested city. He saystoe difficulty of getting ont of Faris, after the inveetment, was verygreat. Minister Washbnrne personally applied to Gen. Trochn for permission for Mr. Reed’s party U leave toe eity, hut Trochn objected that their departure would have & depressing effect up*n toe citi zens. Finally Mr.'Wash!)tune. w*8 compelled to demand, in imperative terms, the desired privilege, and Trochu yielded. - When tbe par* ty reaohed the Prussian line* each person was blindfolded. One of them, however, a com mander in the U. S. Navy, contrived to catch a glimpse of numerous batteries masked at toe front toward Paris. Tbe Parisians did not seem to believe that the Prussians would bombard. One great source of comfort to them was toe daily reit«rated official declaration that three great armies were coming up from different parts of Franoe to the relief of Paris. The (Brnmissaries of Subsistence claimed to have sail, meat, bread and wine enough to last three minths, and also a large supply of fresh meat. A system of rationing had been adopted for all persons within the walls, and meat-rick ets weje issued for the period ending February 1st, 7 canoes being toe weekly allowance. Mr. Reed Lund that 3£ ounces were shout sufficient for an ordinary dinner for one. Vegetables and frfit were plenty, being grown in the great gardeiB which surround the city within toe outer lines of the forts. Poultry was plenty, but sold at very high prices, turkeys bringing 50 francs each and chickens 12 to 15 francs; geese, 25 to St francs. About 1,000 horses were slaughtered every day for immediate and future consumption. Persons having horses to sell wonld bring them to the Commissioners, who weighed them, and gave 40 centimes (about eight cents) per pound, gross, for each. The well-to-do people had overcome their prejudices against eating horse flesh, and had become rather fond of it; but the poorer classes stiffly refused to eatit. u Che- tal a la mode" was a favorite dish with many; but horse-flesh in steaks, and roasts was not considered so good. Gen. Trochu occupies toe Louvre, as his res idence and headquarters. The Tuileries, toe Grand Hotel, and almost all the other large hotels are occupied a3 hospitals, and all have toe white flag floating above them. There were, however, an astonishing nnmber of houses under the hospital flag which were not used as hospi tais. All Americans had hoisted the Stars and Stripes to protect their property. So many Frenchmen not entitled to its protection raised American flags over their honse3 that Mr. Wash- burne interposed and caused large numbers to be taken down.. Americans were very popular in Paris, especially on account of the prompt recognition by this country of the Bepnblio. The American Sanitary Commission is doing a noble work within the city. Several large tents oompose its hospital, and on toe 25to of October they contained 55 wounded. The great superiority of the American over the French system in providing for toe wounded was clear ly illustrated. The American ambulances and other hospital equipments are regarded even by the French as much better than their own lum bering apparatus. In case of battle, the Amer ican Ambulance men are always first in' the field, and go to the front, and even into the lines of the Prussians. Mr. Reed gives toe following statement of the utmber of troops in Paris; Regulars, 60,- 000; Gardes Mobiles, 180,000; Gardes Notion- ales, 250,000. These men had been almost all armed with toe Chassepot guns, and the ladies of the tity were making cartridges at the rate of abtnt 1,000,000 per day. The Chassepot guns were not made in that city, bnt there! are great fennderies there which torn out many cannon, both seige-pieces and breech-loaders, (after the Prussian model,) and also mitrail leuses. AH persons burning wood in their houses are required by .Government iorder< to preserve the ashes, to be utilized in the powder factories. , Balloons were daily sent on. Tbe day Mr. Beed left, one was to go carrying 15 .persons, the fare for each being 2,000 francs ($400) with guarantee to land them beyond toe Prussian lines. In odo case a Urge balloon was about to be started when a gust of wind caused it to break away from its moorings, and afterrising to a oonsiderable.height, it finally fell near the Prussian lines, where French and Prussians contended for its possession, neither being able to carry it ^way for a day or two. Finally the French sallied out in the morning'and drove back the Prussians so far that toe balloon could be Recured. There was a great deal of small-pox in the eity the last week in October, the number of deaths from that disease being over 850. Grave fears were entertained that in the farther stages of the siege pestilence would spread among the people. The treatment of Mr. Beed and his companions'by the Prussians was 'Exceedingly kind. ' 'When they had amved, under escort,: at a point ouUide Paris where a telegraphic mes sage oould be sent to Bismarck, the Prussian officers asked him what should be done with the Americans? The reply was received: “Keep them over night; feed them well, and send them onto the morning.” • , V 3 ' —and subsequently opened a boarding house, and in a few years amassed a handsome for tune. Two years ago she went to San Francis co, and the daughter, whoee education bad not been neglected, was married to one of the most substantial citizens. And what had become of the old man ? Hie wife had not seen or heard of him since they parted on the Humboldt They had lived hap pily for years, and aha sometimes reproached fierself for the wilfolness that separated them after so long a pilgrimage together. Bat he was not dead. We cannot trace his course in Cali fornia, however. All that we know of him is, that fortune had not smiled upon him, and that for years he had toiled without hope. Finally, feeling unable longer to wield toe pick and shovel, he visited San Franciaoo, in the hope of obtaining employment better adapted to hi* wasted strength. For three months he remained idle after ar riving there, and then, for want of occupation, became the humble retailer of peanuts and oranges, with his entire traffic upon his ami. This was six months ago. A fow weeks since, in passing toe open.door of • eattMje in the southern part of toe city, he observeda lady in the hall, and stopped to offer his merchandise. As he stepped upon the. threshold the lady ap proached, and the old man raised his eyes and dropped his basket;. and no wonder, either, for she was his wife, his “old woman!” Bhe rec ognized him, and throwing up her arms in am ftwtntan f. 6Xcl&ilX16d 2 “GreatGod! John, is that yon?” “All that is left of me,” replied toe old man. With ex tended arms they approached. Suddenly the old lady’s countenance changed, and she stepped back. “John,” said she, with a look which might have been construed into earnestness, “ how did you find the Carson road ?” “ Mis erable, Sukey, miserable,” replied the old man, “ full of sand and alkali.’ “ Then I was rights John,” she continued inquiringly. “Yon were, Sukey." “That’s enough!" sold she, throwing her arms around toe old man’s neck; “ that’s enough, John,” and the old oouple, strangely sundered, were reunited. DIVORCED IN THE DESERT. An Obntlnnte Couple’s Quarrel on tbe Jour ney to th« Ins4 ef MM-A Woman's Uek—A Meeting after .Twenty Y< ; l^ek-A Mooting alter Twenty Xenra. From the Springfield {ifass.') Republican.$ Ope of tbe pioneers in California emigration, who went across the plains in *49, tells this story tbat begmuouAbe journey, and has jutewwded in Ban Franctapo: While the train, of wbiah the narrator, now In Nevada, waa a member, was eneamped at a point on the Humboldt, where the Lessen trail tnterreeCts the Carson track of travel, be visited the tent of a family, consisting of an elderly couple and ooo ohild, g daughter of 14 or 15. Tho old lady waa sitting on a {Ale of blankets, andav the eanvn; encour aging a most determined attack of the “snltat," while tbe masenline hfcnd uf affairs kad planted -himself on the wooden tragoe, and was ranking bis pipe ae though he exported to remain there A single gtenee devetaped toe - difleaHy In MmfcBtab train of WWgon end three per sona, and that U had attained a point of quiet * ties beyond too wash of peaceful ad- it "Iferee days before they nad pittoed their tent at tbe forks of tbe road, and aa they eould not agree Wpon tbe route ; .:byr whito j to hater OallfomU, there they had remained. The husband bad oprtensd a, preference for tbe OatMa tend, aba the wife foe the Lessen, and neKlitinro'tid yioKL tt* wite declared «be r would remain *11 winter i the husband said he wonld be pleeeedte prolong the sojourn through the summer following. . On the morning of the fourth day tbe wife Tbe Vest or Obtaining Coolies. The “Planters* Association,” at Honolulu, some time ago, sent an agent to Ohina to pro cure coolies to labor on the Bugar plantations. From the report whioh toe agent made to his employers,.it appears that he found some dis couragement. The planters wanted to procure laborers for $6 a month and expenses. But the demand for Callaio and for account of Ameri can parties had put toe prioe quite above the planters’ figures. It appearing that the oolonial government of Hong Kong doesnotallow “con tract” men to be shipped from that port, the agent, after trying his luck in Severn places, finally went to Macao, bnt failed there because toe price was too high. He gives the following items of cost: The cost of advances on coolies at Macao are, first—brokerage, which varies from $55 to $65; to the Government, $6; - advauoe to eaoh coolie, $8; clothes and blankets, $5.25; inspection of doctors 50 cts; food consumed on boatd before leaving, $1.50 to $2; food for toe voyage, from $8 to $10; doctor and interpreter, $1.50; to the head coolie broker, $3 to $5 extra. Making a total of $93 to $ 100 eaoh. To this add ex change, $17; passage, from $20 to $40, add toe probable mortality, and we get the approxi mate co9t- of contract laborers brought from Macoa to this place. These laborers from Ka- coa cost, landed in Peru or Havana, never less than $2C0 each; wages $4 per week, and all contracts are readily disposed of there at $400 each; and I was assured by those tost knew that the ooat per month of theea men was never less than $20 to $22 over all. All oontracts in Ma cao for labor abroad are made for a term of eight years. No men are allowed to be shipped at Macao under twenty years old, and brokers do not take any over forty years bid. No wo men are shipped at Macao. The agent finally returned to Hong Kong, where he had muoh trouble in getting coolies— most of: them': being afraid that they would be taken to.Oall&io. He finally'obtained a cargo, bnt at such a cost that we judge toe venture was not wholly, satisfactory.—San Francisco Bulletin. - id.-oceed lo bt-o eril d-i broke a alien alienee of thirty-six heura by of toe Virgin, said to be preporing a <fivtrien ef the property, whioh “ ' wurw xoorieted nfr twq yohe-of oxen, one wagon, •amp fnnitara, iw quantity of provisions, and tl^ te sUter/ lkfc proposal we accepted, and' fiiiihnMh hr “plunder was divided, tearing- ff» wif: to the eld: man, and the dai*itewte!*MM0Mr. The latter. ^ with*neighboring train the oattle tob«rfor%pony and pack-saddle, and and bar oortkm of the £ towmfce .Mririri, AhereoriBtely started the Lassen trail, while the Us cattle , spd , took the Hints to Farmer*. y.-: BX THH “vat ommnBCToa.’’ Now that winter is apprbabhing, it would per haps be as well to discontinue haying, and turn your attention to getting in your fall saw-logu. No farmer ban consider his fall work oomplete until he has his cellar well supplied wiCh saw- logs. Seated aroubdt 'the blazing hearth a winter’s night, these is ho fruit more delirious. A correspondent asks us what we thihk of late ploughing. Ploughing should not be continued later than lO of iii o’clock at night. jR gets the horsM inthe habit’of' staying initiate; and unduly exposes-the’ plow. : Wa- -have: known plows to.; acquire stringhalt and inflammatory rheumatism from late ploughing. Don't do it. To another correspondent who wants nz.to sug gest a good drain on a farm, we would say a heavy mortgage at ten per cent: will drain it about as tepidly as Anything we know of.: ai \i When you make cider select nothing bnt the soundest turnips, chopping them into sled lengtbdbefore cradling them. . In bailing your eider nee plenty of ioe, and when boiling hang it up in the son to dry. A pick-ax should never be used in picking apples. It has a tendency to break down toe vines and damage tkeldve. In sowing your winter apple-jack a horse-rake will be found preferable to a step ladder. Step- ladders are liable to freeze np, and are hardly palatable unless boiled with sugar. In cutting down hemlock trees for canning select only the largest. Don’t throw away the ebipe, aa they make fine parlor ornaments, encased in rustle frames of salt and vinegar. “Theeomingeoldweather.should suggest:to humane farmer the neeeerity for a good r-ched. The following is a receipt for jg a good eow-ahed.-'Ponr a pailful of g hot water on her back, and If that don’t ke a good eow-shed—her. hair, we are no ►phet to anybody. Now is the time for plant- -to, log your winter hay. The pink-eye Southdown is probably the best viriety, ; 'as- it don’t need polling and begins to lay early. of Little’s Automatic Tele* graphing Apparatus-2,000 Words per Hlaate. r4mossiv oj.? JO • Yesterday afternoon some extraordinary ex periments were made with Little’s improved automatic: telegraph, at the office of theNetional Telegraph Company, 66 Broadway. When this system was first brought out, the rate at whioh words eould be transmitted was 200 per minute; but sinee that time Mr. Little, toe inventor of the automatic system, has been able to increase the speed to 1,000 words per minute, snd he is hopeful of extending this figure. Yesterday messages were transmitted to and from Washington as a test These messages contained a thousand words each, and were de livered wjthin the minute. Beoentjy experiments were made with the au tomatic system by George B. Prescott, in which ebemioally prepared paper was employed, and it waa found that the highest rate of speed: at tainable through 500 miles of No. 8 wire did not exoeed the ordinary rate of transmission by the Morse apparatus; and that the greatest ■peed which oould be attained over a telegraph line of 250 miles was 700 words per minute. - By Mr. Little’s new invention, however, 2,000 words per minute can bo transmitted over a No. 5 wire, between New York and Washington, and old man mm 1 - wtto 2»3«*®e- ao with feta daughter, the| I monk to wm were lot plentiful than bow BAZA IN E AS A UANBLEIt. His Marriage in Mexico—His Trencherjr to Maximilian—Henvy ©nmbtlaz—Helm** nenrljr 8*00,000 la lix Honrs. From the Society.’] It was our fortune to know Marshal Basaine personally, and be near him during two of toe moat eventful yearn in the history of Mexioo. We saw his entrance into the Halls of the Mon- tozumas, and later, his marriage in the Imperial Falaoe to Seaorita Josef a Pena, a beautiful but poor young lady, quite twenty years tbe Mar shal’s junior—a descendant of a Spanish family, fair and stately of figure. Tbe wedding was celebrated with great pomp. Maximilian and Oariotta—a queen by birth and rare accomplish menta—gave away toe bride. The Arohbishop of Mexioo, assisted by two departmental Bish- opa, performed the impressive ceremony. Tbe presents were numerous, rare, and eoetly, the first of all bring an imperial present from Max imilian to Baaaine, valued at $400,000. It con Mated of toe palace and gardens at San Ooeme, afterward occupied by the Marshal and his bride. Foot months following this event we were tbe recipients of frequent invitations to their mag nificent receptions, conversed by the hour with the Marshal, or listened to him or his staff, or toe various ministers of Maximilian’s Cabinet, while they discussed the then important events of the day. From that intercourse and oppor tunity we became firmly and reasonably con vinced that Marshal Bazaine, as a great General and an honorable man, was a fraud of the first magnitude. From our own conversation with him we knew early in 1866 that the whole tenor of his dis patches to toe Secretary of War of France, and private letters to Napoleon, was against the noble-hearted and rinoere Maximilian. In Sep tember of 1366 we knew from toe same source that Bazaine was plotting for toe dethronement of the yonng Emperor,' and bis own appoint ment by Napoleon as Begent or Dictator of Mexioo. Somewhat later orders came from the ex-Emperor Napoleon for the withdrawal of the expeditionary corps of France to Mexioo, Ba zaine ordered a concentration of the arinies of the North and Central States at Queretaro, whence they marched into toe oapital. The Belgian troops determined to remain. On the morning of tbe 3d of February, 1861, Marshal Baz&ine* plotting and planning and undermin ing was done—his murder of Maximilian well nigh completed; consequently, at the head of the army of France in Mexico, he marched through Galles de San’ Franoisco aud Platoros across the Plaza de Armas, avoiding passing the imperial palace, so as not to salute the Emperor, and out through toe eastern gates and into toe valley beyond. After awaiting there for two days to plot with General Porfirio Diaz, com mander of toe Liberal army, and sell him arms and ammunition with which to crash toe Em peror and empire, Bazaine led his army down the hundred leagues of intervening slope to ward the Gulf of Mexico. Ten days after he left the oity of Mexioo, and before his disembarkation, Maximillian, at the head of 7,500 men, with 25 pieces of artillery, left the capital for Queretaro, where the empire died, and where Juarez brutally assassinated the Arohduke of Austria. As long ao Bazaine remained in toe oity of Mexico, Maximillian feared to leave it, although he desired to, be cause the Marshal of France would seize the imperial palace and the archives of toe Gov* ernment. As a general, wo said that Marshal Bazaine is a fraud. Let the student of history prove any thing to the contrary. We know that a banquet, a review day, a gaming table, are his favorite modes of pastime. These oecupations, with opera and theatre, constitute his pleasure, aud of the five pastimes, gaming has had the greater share for years. As a single example: On Sabbath evening, Deo. 7,1866, Marshal Bazaine and wife, with the Count and Countess de None, occupied a box in the Imperial Theatre of the City of Mexico. Juan Bivas, toe great monte dealer and banker, with' his wife and : beautifnl daughters, Senoritas Juana and Leonora, eocu- ned box sixteen. When the play waa half over, lazaineroee; bowed himself ont of his box, leaving Count de None to escort his wife home, and proceeded to the home of Bivas, 2 Calls de Oapuchinas. Half an hour later one of toe ser vants of Bivas hurriedly entered the Imperial Theatre, went to his master’s box, and whis pered in Spanish to Don Juan, “Marshal Ba zaine and Senor Baron (the great English banker sinoe deceased) are playing monte, and are win ning heavily. ” r lo Ioi ”._Bun@itrose, threw hia 61oak over his shoul ders, and left for his home. The play at the theatre concluded, we went to see the game of monte, for on other occasions we had witnessed immense fortunes change hands in that palaee of gamblers in a single night. Gambling is a respectable oalliog in Mexioo, and a Jugador's family associates with the elite, provided they are wealthy. Bazaine, Baron, several foreign merchants,'and a : number of nabob Mexicans were playing. - Old man Bivas was dealing. Two banks, all the money plaoed : on the; table for the play had been tapped by Bazaine, and won^ giving him $100,000 winnings. Mr. Baron had won about $25,000. The wagers wero not Jess than one hundred ounces or $1,- 600 gold, an4 often one thousand ounces, or *,000 gold, and twice Bazaine wagered $50,- , against the bank’s $50,GOO. Bivas put out. a $100,000 bank at twelve o’clock, all in gold ’ounces. Bazaine’s fortune, turned until at five o’olock A. X., Monday morning, he was $169,- 500 loser, and Baton $55,000 winner. . The grid lost by toe Marshal waa sent to Rivas's home tha same morning at nine o'clock. ! Newspaper* la the Capital, taw-i ooriiatism ia'WaMngtoa haa been, any time ee last five and twenty years, a sort of oomio ra. A good many newspaper* have been tetnmhaye bad a jolly, easy-go devO rilb of it, anf havtf oozed away driidonriy, like uncorked ties of earte blanche. There was the seedy National Intelligencer, ever and anon tha ' * cation of tbe shabby-genteel, an abstract anioaity, respectability and good tiv- nioftfty, respectability and good liv- ee-bre»cbes and shoe-bnoklea. Than was the poor old Untott, a rather. strapping book, with hoofs and horns, whioh had moss great men on it and fewer good weaken than any daily in the world, and was habitually slow, stupid and panegyrical. There was the States, an uncommon bright and rosy exhalation of the afternoon, with a turn for puns snd a genius for luncheon, whereof it died. Of all the by-gone experiments, the Evening Star alone remains to tell the tale; for toe Republican and the Chron icle are comparatively new-comers and belong to iar different order and generation. As the eye travels baric and begins to wander through the ancient, dusty, locust-shaded streets, it encounters such specters as CoL Baton, and CoL Forney, end Maj. Heiss, Dr. Bailey, and Boger Pryor, and Mr. Gales, and Father Bitohie, and GeU. Armstrong (most of them had titles in those days, and good ones, too,) and Ion King- man, ad John Savage, and Ben Perley Poore, and George Adams, ad Agate Allen, ad Dug Wa’lacb, ad the Lord knows who; big-bellied, brilliat and lax^allows, who affected the judi cial, carried grokt gold beaded canes, took late suppers with Johnny Coyle and seven-coarse dinners with - Albert Pike, and knew every kitchen ad back entry in the capital, from Prin- die’s to old Bodisco's, from the White House to Mary Hall’s. As the ear reverts to that old time it catches toe . roar of Alexador Dimitry’s big voice and the ripple of Robert Heller’s piao, ad the rustle of silks and velvets that cost the lobbies a deal of money. As toe mind recalls toe showy vagabondage ad tbe fasbiona- A New Religious Order. A cable dispatch reoently stated that no lees tha thirty members of a new religious order, which had sprung up in the Anglican Obnroh, in Englad, were on their way to America In a steamer bound to Boston. Only three, however, arrived. The Boston Journal rays: Their names snd titles are aa follows: Hi ob. szd Menx Benson, M. A., student of Christ :- *l 5 Church and vicar of the parish of Cowley, Si. John; the Bev. Simeon Wilbezforoe O'Neil, and the Rev. Frederick Wm. Fuller. The of the order to which they belong is the Broth erhood of the Mission of Bt. John the Evangel ist The Bev. Mr. Freneott, who met them on their arrival, has been laboring in this country for a considerable time—in Chicago, New York ud other cities—ad is now reinforced by the three members of the brotherhood above*, named, who have ooma to tola country in order to found a brash of.the order whioh shall ag grandize itself in this country. The lest Legis lature of Connecticut was caued upon to grant a act of incorporation to an establishment to be earned on by toe brotherhood, consisting of a ohurch ad a seminary, the means having been furnished by a wealthy America friend of the order in that State. “The Bev. Mr. Benson, or Father Boson, as V he ia known or addressed, is the superior of tha order, which nnmber, in all, only nine mem- -Sera, ail'of whom are clergymen of the Estab lished Chnreh of England or of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America. They are asce tics in life, ad apparently subject themselves to a discipline very similar to that of the monks that Catholicism nourishes so numerously on the continent. They hold themselves aloof from the world, and do not marry or own per sonal property. Their drees is after the pattern of that worn by toe Roma Cathelic clergy. The brotherhocKl originated about five years ago, ad was oonfined at first to two persons-*! Father Benson ad a American clergyman named Gratton, whose home was formerly ia Baltimore. It appears that the gentleman last named was traveling in Europe when he formed the acquaintance of the Bev. Mr. Benson, car Cowley, St. John, near Oxford, ad was so attracted to him that he derided to give up his y former connections, ad live with him.there. Together they originated the new brotherhood, ad others of the English clergy were, soon at tracted to them, and joined the order whioh so soon is extending itself ad taking strong root in Amerioa. “Father Benson is still Vicar of Cowley, St. John, and comes to this country aa the superior to set the order going, after which he will re turn to England. “The chief purpose of the order is said to be to go about into various parishes, where tbs clergy may be pleased to invite the brotherhood, and hold ‘mission’meetings, fora spaoe of about a fortnight at a time, preaching as often during the day as a congregation can be gathered. Thn special mission servioe is generally held in the evening. The sermon is preceded by a short prayer, and then followed by a Bible olass, after which there is individual conversation, in order to secure the personal app’ication of what has been said in the pulpit. The brotherhood have already conducted missions in various large towns in England—Bristol, Liverpool, Leeds, Whitney ad may other places. Last yearn twelve days’mission was held in London just before Advent, which was mainly inaugurated by this society and conducted by its memben. Religious exercises, in whioh they took a lead ing part, were held in over a hundred of the Lo&don churches, representing may various shades of religious opinion. Father Benson himself delivered an address upon the subject of the religions revival of the masses at the chqrch congress whioh was lately held at Booth- ington, under the presidency of the Bishop of Winchester. “The order also affords opportunities for the enjoyment of seasons of seclusion, called re treats for the clergy ad the laity. The seasons are devoted to religions exercises of various kinds, during which one of the members of the society delivers a course of addresses daily, the object being to aid those who are presat in giv ing their minds to toe consideration of their in ner life, and strengthening them for the fulfill, ment of their dnties for the coming time. In Bhort, the apparent object of the brotherhood is the introduction of revivalism and monasteries into the Angliea Chnreh. Fattier Benson Is a man of middle age^and in tfis full would be taken for a Catholic prieat by one who met him in the street. The gentlemen who come as his assistants are both young and affa ble, and have less of toe priestly appearanos, while Father Prescott is thoroughly Amerioa in voice ad manner.” . A '•rtt so ’ll Hi Cost of the Election. Editors Telegraph dk Messenger.—While tell- ing the people of Georgia something of the extravagance of their Legislature, we hope yon will not overlook the ooat of the new method of holding elections. Under the Akerman Elec tion Law fire managers for eaoh precinct are to be appointed—4hMe by £bs Governor, and two by. the ordinSry bf the county. This In volves the publishing of at least one proclama tion by the Governor, and a extensive system of correspondence between the executive ofit- ee and the ordinaries of , the several oounties, the cost of which is to be paid by toe people. In order to confirm toe managers that are ap pointed it becomes n w rains ty to hold an extra session of the Senate, ad that body is now la.. session for this purpose.; —-— In addition to tins expense to be borne by the people, each county will have to foot a heavy per diam to toe managers, riaxke ad of ficers attending toe election. The new law makes It toe duty of every sheriff, deputy abac* Iff,'bailiff, town marshal ad pottos officer off ts the county to attend tha election, ad they are to reoeive each throe dollars per day for such attondaoe. Tbe expense of the next ilr rilna xi to this (Houston) county will be four hundred ud forty-two dollars and. twenty-five eeata, made np of the following items i ^ mans or omm amam ran day. WtaS. _ ...Iff $80 $ 0AM CMU*,— « 18 04.09 Sheriffs,.. 1 3 0.09 ~ Sheriff*,., ff « 18.00 A.........96 u tmm Police Officers, (none.) Stationery, to be furnished by Ordinary, $g Ballot box, with look, eta, L00 .7 I .. . . . $44fiJBL- Under the old low, twelve and ace-half cents would bsve covered toe expense of holding toe election. The nearest store would here nished a empty rages box and throe ebeeta of paper. Any three free holders might hhTe MB the election, and volunteer Marks werf alwiqnr at had. Bat now, to menage an election, * retinue of paidaBtoasa, with toe mast arbitrary powers, are thrust upon the people st. a griev ous expense to them. Sections have set eoto anything heretofore, and would not do ttheae* after but for a wieked snd profligate Tifigiida tore. A»*U 1,000 words per ssinnte on a No. 8 wire. Under ble idleness, recalls the great actors and the new system, a message coating a dollar by'little puppets that had their boar upon toe toe Western Union line, will cost about seven-! stage, social and political, and then were seen tea rants.—If. Y. Bun, 19th. no more, recalls tho mad scene of. riot with its noisy revelers, the. soldiers, and soldiers’ wives Dost Do Is.—Somebody having published j and daughters, the Congressmen aedihoir fam- TiffnrilVt TT. SirlfcFir^iiTTlirnfr nft -I..- ^ toe statesmen, diplomat^adventurers, stamps on it viciously as follows:. a ensemble worthy of Offenbach himself, it The statement ie false. . Mr, Greeley never, wonders tost any honest or temperate public save a diase to the rich or the powerful, and, if business waa dene st all and sees plainly enough Ubewhl saythtafl — ,J —’ ‘ Wouldn't “Dzao Hsad” Hr*.—The Ghieqgf Republican replies very sadly, as fo&ows, to a suggestion that “they would like to have to* Republican (D. H.) at the White House t* A gentlemrn writes to u* from Wa ' that “they would like to few* (he at tho White House,” that “Dent w see it occasionally,’’ and wonts to know if wo will not send it “D. H.” to the Pi whilst -We wonld do so very cheerfully if fcwyi*W>— trary to our established rales. W' “— doubt that a careful reading of tltt l and a scrupulous adherence ta li part of the President, wquld J Administration and perhaps i nomination of Gran*—a thing nbtl pen if Ulysses continue* to move 1 oua way his blunders to perform.- can’t pey fifteen oenta a week for can, let him go around f “ get up a dub of twenty* in advance),,*nd we will mbete astasal need. that-he felt ahto to give, why tt is that no newspaper enterprise has yet ecu) wboai be supposed achieved more than petty local success at the ' as the getter up of a dub. seat of our Government.—Cowrier-Jouvnol. we eta make him. .3 ^ to m