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liOUcrof Advice from the Governor
to Malingers ot Election*.
Execottve Department, )
State op Georgia, s
Atlanta, December 7th, 1870. )
4 00 To the Managers of Elections .-—The fpnda-
2 oo nrnmal changes which, in the last few yearo,
; navo been made in oar laws, together with tho
3 00 t a °t t^at a mode of holding elections, altogeth-
rj; columns* 1 year. t 0
S* r ’'"nths 1 so new in tide State, is adopted by the act of
1110 . .j...... — October 3rl. hnvA l«/t ...„ *„ .
unwise
np-
-iw.vys in advance, and paper stopped uctooer jtl, have led mo to think it not unv
WJv ,h e wjiicy rune out, unless renewed. { ° cail the attention of the managers of tho „ r
,Rr i vNr.r.i!ENTs with j. tv. nt’KEE & preaching election to the following considers
a*" 0 ”. cah muonm. tlo ns:
.. T rr^oh k Messenger and Farm •. qualifications of voters are now regulated
0 4 ’’?,‘ $11 00 *JF *>“ 2d and Cth sections of the 5th Article of
Jev. '-rapli and Messenger and “? Constitution of 18CS. Ail other laws upon
• ,...A if.,me 4 00 this subject are superceded by the Constitution.
« •«—Uv IVlegraph and Messenger These sections are as follows :
p.. ri , fl nd Immn 5 00 Sec. w. Every male person, born in the United
M ~ rhristian Advocate with Weekly 6 00 S.ates, and every male person who has been
gonttmi ^ qo naturalized, or who has legally declared his in-
ia where remittances are toation to become a citizen of the United
ijSthe office of publication. . “*•*** twenty-one years old, or upward, who
"m \.™LlWat.<l Telegraph and Messenger eha!! have resided thirtydaysin the county in
l 119 1 isr-'e circulation, pervading Mid- ^hieh he offers to vote, and shall have paid all
JP'SSh-ro and Southwestern Georgia and tax . es ma y been required of him,
SE#.™ Alabama Middle Florida. Adver- nnd whloh ho may have had an oppoitunity or
reasonable rates. In the Weekly P»ymg, agreeably tqdaw, for the year next pre-
^ doll ir per square of three-quarters of
““I L,eh publication. Remittances should ▼tded,) ehall be'deemed an elector; and evory
bv express, or by mail in money or- n ^ ale c ^izen of the United States, of tho age
or Wintered letters. , aforesaid, (except as hereinafter provided,)
“ 4rs ' ■ — — , ... ; who may bo a resident of the State at the time
Might and itigbt.
! of the adoption of this Constituti.-n, shall be
! deemed on elector, and shall bavo all the rights
j( the tone of recent English journalism is very of an elector, ffs aforesaid: Provided, That no
■n-cfstive of the latest change in British sentiment soldier, sailor or morino in tho military or naval
•“= b .. . t. »i.~ t— 1 sorvien r.f Ibn TTnimS RfalAa cbnll lUo
rtnriinK the war ‘ n France, the English muse is service of tho United States, shall acquire the
w. awake at last to what tho lion has lost in the
nnlcte awake at last to what tho lion has lost in the :;o—an elector'by reason of being sta-
# °' imperial eagle. Under the title of ft =
eusUT m «>»>™ Ul shall vote who, if challenged, shall refuse to
“Might *n l It'Kbt the scholarly Spectator offers take the following oath: “I do swear that I
tlda «j irited metrical illustration of tho present have not given, or received, nor do I expedf to
leonine idea:
KING WILLIAM.
I vi«H the strength of the chosen race.
Uv breath nnko* kingdoms to fall and stand;
lfcive moved my landmarks a goodly space.
And won f eii realms from the stranger’s hand.
Huts driven the “Welsh" with spear and sword.
In the cause of God and my people’s gain,
That Gt rman tongues may sing to tho Lord
In the fields of Alsace and fair Lorraine.
On mv rigid stands B emarck to do my will,
With steel in his words aud blood on his pen:
On my left sits Moltko calm and still,
Weivttig his nrts with moclua of men
Am I net lord i*> tha day of wrath,
To smito uiv f us witli a holy rod ?
Who shall hl.i-pliMU-c or bar my patli ?
Is not my award as the sword of God ?
0 king <f tiro proud and patient folks.
When you rose in power to guild your Rhine.
And smote tho tyrant with stroke on stroke.
The enord was v.urs, but the edge was mine.
Can I ee'l mv children to serve yonv will ?
Shall tlity bow tlieir necks to ayoke again f
Of plunder rc ur note may take their fid,
Eat ih.- meshes are wide for the souls of men.
Though yon bum with fire and sow with salt
All fenced cities from Bhioe to Seine,
Jj France the soil where yotlr armies halt ?
Xsy, Fiance is mine, and your thought is vain.
Tho tunb r.nis are broken and dashed in spray
Till the waves are spent and tho storm is done:
Lo, rrith the wind, how I rule tho day!
Lo, how my fury bath quenched the sun!
The nm»ic of sun and stars in their path
Is fuller than storm-wind and beat of dram,
For yon the darkness and day of wrath:
The light is mine and ths nign to come. E P.
Gooil Night.
BV NATHAN V. X7BNEB
Soft glimmers tho moon through tho trelliced vines,
Bat a softer splendor quivers and eliines
In eves tear wet. yet bright;
like the crimson flnsh of the coming dawn,
The rose on her chock blooms quick and is gone—
"Good night, dear lovo, gooa night 1”
Strayed in the wind, the rose buds poor
Their i
t perfume at the cottage door,
From petals pnrplo and white;
Bat their honeyed sweets aro mixed with pain,
For lorres who part to meet again—
"Good night, sweet Flowers, good night!”
in.
Rad is the touch of tho wave on the sands,
Bat sadder the press-ure of the trembling hands—
The brown one clapping tiie white;
And heart-throbs are wilder than waves on the
shore,
As those sa<l. sweet word-* are faltered once mCro—
. "Good li ght., pale Trembler, good night P
IV.
From leaf to leaf, from flower io flower,
Tiie new spirits dance in the midnight hour,
With slippers of silver bedight;
Bat pcrfectcr pearl-* are the tears that ehino
On the fair vour g choak ’uealb the eglantine—
"Good night, bright Weeper, good night!’’
receive, any money, treat, or other tiring of
| value, by which my vote, or any vote is affected,
• or expected to bo affected, at thi3 election; nor
have I given, or promised any reward, or any
1 threat, by which to prevent any person from
| voting at this election.”
j Sec. G. The General Assembly may provide,
• from time to lime, for the registration of all
electors, but the following classes of persons
shall not be permitted to register, vote, or hold
; office: , .
! First. Those who shall have been convicted
of treason, embezzlement of pnblio funds, mal
feasance in offiiie, crime punishable by law
wi’h imprisonment in the Penitentiary, or
bribery.
Second. Idiots or insane persons. f r,,...,
You will each of you, before opouing the
polls, take the oath prescribed by the act of Oc
tober 3, 1870, for tho election managers; copies
of which wili be handed yon by the Clerk of
the Superior Conrf, to whom ibey will be trans-
| mitted
Tho hours of opening and closing the polls
| remain as before, to wit: they aro opened at
J the conrt-honse at 7 o’clock, a. it., and close at
G p. ir. They are opened at other places of
! voting at 8 o’clock, a. ar., and closed at 3 o’clock,
i p. m. You will beep three lists of voters and
j three talley theots, and you will number each
1 voter on the list as be casts his vote and num
ber the ballots he oasts with tho saaio number
as hi3 name on the list. Code, sections 1313
•and 1815.
-Yon will not permit any person to be hin
dered or delayed in ensting bis ballot by clial-
; lenges or questions, as this is prohibited by the
I act of October 3, 1870. As yon will perceive
j by the opinion of the Attorney Genoral, hereto
1 attached, this prohibition of challenges does
| not repeal section 1303 of the Revised Cads an-
1 thoriziog tho managers of election to adtninis-
! ter to any person offering to vote, an oath as a
I test of his qualification. If, therefore, you
1 have reason to believe any vote offered to bo il-
i legal, it is your duty to administer the oath pre-
I scribed, as modified by tho Itw changing the
; qualification of voters. This ought not to ho
' done unless you, in good faith, suspect tho
i veto jo be illegal, and should you not ogreo
I among yourselves, a majority will, as on other
' questions, control the action
i At least three managers must at all times bo
present to receive a vote.
: The only taxes required by law to be paid lo
: qualify a voter are the legal taxes for the Tear
I 18G9.
Tho last Genoral Assembly having declared
' the poll tax of that year, and of 18G8and 1870
' illegal, and remitted them, xo poll tax is doe
' FEOM ANT PERSON FOB 1869
! Upon each list of voters you will place a oer-
i tificate, 8igi.ed by yourselves, that it is a true
■ list of th-i voters at the election held at
Bat tho moon must wane in an hour or more,
And the flowers that awing at thecotisgo door
Must dresm or the morning light;
So lovo must slumber, bo love's sleep beam
With the trust and the truth of a morningdream—
"Good night, Heart’s Dearest, good night!’’
from the Galaxy far December. ]’
ICatrimi on tbe Perch
BY ALICE CAEY.
An old, old Louse by the side of the son,
And never a picture poet would paint:
But I bold ths woman above the saint,
And tho light of tbe hearth Is more to me
Than shimmer of air-boilt castle.
It fits as it grew to the landscape there—
One hartilv feels as he stands a
One hardly feds as he stands aloof -
Whero the sandstone ends, and the red slate roof
Just over the window, low and square,
That looks on the wild eea-water. ., .,
From the top of the hill ao green and liigh
There eloi>eth a level of. golden moss,
That bars of scarlet and amber croes
AaA rolling cut to the further sky
Is the world i f wild eea-water
Some starved grape vineyards round.about—
A zigzag road cut deep with rate—_
A little cluster of fishers’ hata,
td tblack sand scalloping in and out •'
Twixt th’ land and the’ wild sea-water.
Grav fragments of some border towers,
Fiat, pell-moll on a circling mound,
With a furrow doeply worn all round
By tho feet of child-en through the flowers,
And all by the wild sea-water. i
And there, from the silvery break o’ th’ dry j :
Till the evening puipla drops to tho land,
She sits with her chedk like the rose in her hand,
And her sad and wistful oyea one way—
Tbe way of tho wild sea-water. •,
MACON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1870.
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And there, from nlglittill ths yellowing mom
Falls over the.-huts apd- th’ t callopa of sand—
A tangle of curls like a torch in her lund—
She sits and mouth her moan eo lorn, *
With the moan or tin wflddca-wateni -
• '.i v-uU .raviwotl ; acitAliiiomtaoa lo • ‘
Only a study-for homely oyoe, j r.i v.oai :
And never a picture poot would print: _ -
But I bold the woman above tin eaior,
And the light, of the humblest hearth I priaa
O’er the luminous alr-bullfc-cattie. '•
in thu county of , on the 20:U, 21st and
22d <1 its of December, 1870; and upon each
tally-hbeet, you will certify that it is a true tally
sheet of the result of the polls of , on the
20th, 21st and 22d days of December, 1870.
If your place of voting be not the court-house,
one of your number will carry the list of voters,
tally sheets and sealed packngeof ballots, to the
c jnrt-honsd, and, -with a majority cf the mana
gers at said court-house, make out a consoli
dated rf-tiro. Yon will be careful that it shall
appt-nr plainly in your tally-sheds, and ih your
returns, what is tbe name of the persons voted
for, how many votes he has received, and for
what offi-.-e he was voted for.
Yon will receive from the Clerk of the Snpe- :
r rior Court blank forms for yonr returns
Yon will make two packages, each containing,
a copy of your manager’s oath, duly executed;
• ono tally-sheet and one list of .voters from each
j votiog place, and a return of the resnlt of the
• election, signed by a majority of the managers
at, the court-house, and one manager from each
other plaoe of voting. One of these packages,
j-with thesealed packages of tickets, yon will de
posit with the Clerk of the Superior Court, &
1 rected to him. Tho other package you will
1 transmit-to the honorable, the .Secretary of
State, David G. Cutting, at Atlanta, directed to
him in his official capacity. .,,
The act of October 8,1870, clothes yon with
lirger powers for the preservation of the peace
; and for tbe protection of peaceable voters, and
you ere responsible for the faithful, honest and
impartial performance of this duty. Indeed, if
any citizen is molested in the peaceful exercise
• of his right to vote, the public, us well as tho
injured man, will have good cause to’lay the
blame npon you, since your duly is •plain and
yonr powers ample. I respectfully suggest that
I you take extra pains to fully carry into effect all
the provisions of the act of 1870 in this reepect.
. The not of Congress of May 31, ,1870, a copy
of which, will be before you, contains heavy pen
alties agciu=>t either citizens, or offioers, who
! unlawfully obstruot any voter by reason of his
color or previous condition, or who shall, by
• force, bribery, threats, intimidation or otbor
unlawful moAntv interfere with his free easting
of his ballet. . fe all. Uta !
Section 5 of this act is ia these words :
And be it farther enacted, Tint if any per
son shall prevent hinder, control or intimidate,
or shall attempt j(o prevehty hinder,'toWbpL^jfc,
intimidate any person nuranMM;Wai ox-
1 ©wising the' right of suffrage, to whom this
right of snffnge is secured; or guaranteed, by.
'-i theFifteenth Amendment to tho Constitution
of tho Uuitod:Slates, -by- means of bribery,. . jji^yj^ox^ CjspaiAijY.-
threats, or thioats-ofjdapnYing.suc^ person of elates that ’■ ‘—j "
employment, or occupation, or ol ejecting such, ‘ ‘
person from rented,houae, lands or other prop
erly, or by threats of refusing to renew leases
or contracts for labor, or by threats of violence
to himself or family, such peraon so offending
♦twril FiM jtolltyof-a misdemeanor, and shall, oa
TinyIWiwlAinayq Mr Sumner ans to tntko ■ COnvietton ti ereef. be fmed not liss t'uan five
a great spfiCch:on. .San Domingo, and he will hundred dollars, or bo imprisoned not less than,
Cv»me into the debate with : a perfect mitrailleur one'month, and not moro than one , year, or
or damaging facts. If the President’s docu- both, aj tjha discretion of tha court. . Kei-
it f-ustnin his assertions, his case ’ 'Thaact of October 3,' 1870,_ by^authorizing
““OtadWtipOt;.— . -
Will fall of itec’f; but if the documents do sup- and requiring you to prevent all crowding and
port tho message, Sumner means to refute them, violence at tho polls, and especially in requir-
He ia indefatigable in research, and before he ing you to prevent more than one voter to ap-
gets through with the discussion ths, President proacb, at ono time, nearer the polls; than- fif-
willnot have.erop a crutch left to stand on. teen feet, if honestly and thoroughly enforced,
Among all the mistakes of General Grant he has will go far to secure to all perfect freedom in
probably net made a grea'cr than his attempt voting as they desire; this, upon your oaths, you
to ga’.vaivz > the S ,n Donfcgo c irp'-a into life, aro boned to *ee d ine.
Mr. Sumcofj'Iri order to prove ft dead, will dis- A fair election is-not only a righfcchd proper
sect every ouuce'of flesh from iis skeioton. '■ thing in itself, but tho prescnt circurustanc£-s.Qf.
this State make it of very great importance, not j Tiie Macon Canal amlthe Transntis-
cnly that the election should be fair, but there I siou of Water Power.
shall not be even a sopicion of unfairness, and
especially that the largo cla«s of our people
who have only lately become citizens, shall be
perfectly free in casting their votes.
Very respectfully,
Rufus B. Bullocx.
X
Executive Department,
State of Geobgia,
December 2, 1870.)
Mon. IL P. Farrow, Attorney General—Sm-
The act of October 3, 1870, for holding an elec:
tion oa the 20th, 21st and 22d of this month,
has received different constructions in two par
ticulars. 1st. It is contended that section 12 of
the act is inconsistent with paragraph 3 of sec
tion 1315 of the Revised Code, which requires
each ballot to be numbered; 2d. It is con
tended that as the act of October 3, 1870, pr°'
hibits challenges at tho polls, tha power given
to the managers in section 1303 of tho Code to
require at their discretion any suspected per
son to take an oath testing his qualification, is
repealed. As it i3 of importance that' there
should be no uncertainty , upon either of these
points, I desire your opinion upon them.'
Vqry respectfully, yours, eta,
R. B. Bullock.
Office Attorney Gen., State of Geobgia,)
* Atlanta, December 3,1870. j
Mis Excellency Bi B. Bullock, Governor, etc.:
Bra—Yonr note of the 24 .inst., asking opin
ion as to tho proper construction of tho elec
tion law of October 3, 1870, is at hand. Tho
only portion of the act of October 3, 1870,
which can be considered at all inconsistent with
the part of section 1,315 requiring the mana
gers to number tho voles, is section 12, which
requires one of tbe managers tareeeivethe bal
lots, and another to deposit them in the box,
saying nothing expressly about the daty of
numbering them.
As, however, the manager’s oath,, as well as
section 23d of th aet, in express language, keeps
of force all former laws not militating against
the new act, it seems to me very clear that the
duty to number the votes still remains the law.
1 come to this condoaion the more readily be
cause the prohibition of challenge makes the
duty to number the votos of the greater impor
tance, aud it is hardly to be supposed that the
intent of the Legislature was to repeal it, in the
absence of express language to that effect.
2. The power given to ths managers to re
quire any suspected voter to take the oath is
given by tho section 1,303 of the Code, wholly
irrespective.of the rights of any oitizen to chal
lenge, aud is not in my opinion taken away by
the denial of tho right to challenge.
Indeed the act of October 3, 1870, by impli
cation reserves this power to tbe managers,
since it makes it their duty to refuse the ballots
of certain classes, and implies therefore a right
to administer tho oath.
This oath prescribed ia the Code must, how
ever, necessarily be modified by tho changes
made by the Constitution of 1868, in tbe quali
fications of voters. As so modified it is as fol
lows :
“I do swear that I am a citizen of the United
States, (or that I have made a declaration of my
intention to become a citizen of the United
States,) that I have resided six months in the
State, and thirty days in this county; that I
have paid all taxes which havo been required of
me, and which I bad an opportunity to pay
agreeably to law,.for the year 1869, and that I
am under none of the disabilities prescribed by
the Constitution of 1868. So help me God.”
With great respeot, I am yours, etc.,
• H. P. Fabbow,
Attorney GeneraL
IMPORTANT.
The Constitution of the State, as well as the
aot of March 19, 1869, makes it illegal to sell
intoxicating liquors on election day.
The act of 19th Mach, 1869 prohibits the sale
within one mile from the town or precinct where
the election is held, on pain of fifty dollars
fino, or imprisonment inf lie common jail.
It wiU bo your dnty to see that this law is en
forced ; jour oath requires yon to endeavor, in
f ood faith, to carry into effect the “Jaw for
olding elections.”
If yen know or hear of any violations of this
law, nt any time during the days of tbe election,
it will bo your duty to canso the parties offend
ing to bn arrested; and as often during the day
as tho offense may be committed let. the law be
enforced, as eaoh sale is donbtless a separate of
fense.
The act of 19th March, 1869, is as follows:
An Act to carry into effect Suction 8, Article 2,
of tbe Constitution of this Staio.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives in General Assembly
met. That from and immediately after the pas
sage of this act, if any person shall sell intoxi
cating liquors on election days, at or within one
mile from the city, town or precinct where elec
tions inaybs held, he shall bo guilty of a mis
demeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall ba
fined in a sum not exceeding fifty dollais or im
prisonment in the common jail of the county
not exceeding ten days, or both, at the diicre-
tion of the court, for each and every offense.
Sec. 2. Rt-peals conflicting laws.
Approved March 19,1669. ,. ( ( l!
Mansard Roofs.—These fashionable abomin
ations in city architecture will,prove a most
costly luxury. In rural .homes they are often
introduced with fine effect as far as tha land
scape is concerned; although tbe rooms, they
cover are insufferably hot in summer, and cor
respondingly cold in winter. But apart from
convenience, comfort, or architectural effect,
they aro rogular fire-traps, and the, city insur
ance companies will begin to grow shy of them
wbenthe danger ia onoe appreciated.; They are
nothing less than a great wooden story topping
ont a brick or stone building, constructed for a
bonfire on scientific principles, and placed in a
position where the danger is greatest and the
remedy least effeotive. Tha great increase in
the number now under, contract and. the evi
dent peril to city property from this dangerous
nuisance leads .ua to this plainness of speech
concerning them. Some Very Urge and elegant
bnildings base recently been finished toward
tbe heavens in this way, and others are in pro-
gr'esstbiWil
'by k 1 most
of Commerce. : •>
The Russian Navy.—The English journals
are exhibiting gTeat alarm in consequence of a
report that the Ruoeianshave already fifty irdh-
clad monitors, drawing uuder eighteen feet of
water, at'Nflcolaieff. ' ThU -town, significantly
called Ihe “Portsmouth” of Russia, is situated
on the river Dneiper, whioh flows into the
Black Sea through tho basic called tbe Dneiper
Liman.; ! is stated that for soina _
©very difficulty has bsmtfflmropiit ......
foreigners desiring tq visit:Nikolaieff, and that
Rosas has refused permission to have any Etr-
glish naval offloera attached • to. the Br?tish F“
hassy at St. Petersburg. It is reported that .
forts of Kertch and Yenik&le, at the entranced
the sea of Azof, have been fortified in such a
manner as to be thoroughly impregnable.
II baa .ttaJotcai! F.itnjYV
By Holcombe’s Survey, tho distance from
Healey’s Shoals to the Vinevilte Branch, at
which point tho canal is- to terminate, is seven
and six-tenths miles, and the fall of water actu
ally available for mechanical power will be
thirty feet. The entire fall from that point will
bo thirty-four feet. The volume of water will
be limited only by tha size of the canal. This
scheme contemplates a canal forty feet wide at
the bottom and sixty feet wide at the water
line, with five feet depth of water, which would
give a mechanical power of 625 cubic feet of
water pefsecoad oa a fall of thirty feet—suffi
cient, according to the estimate of - engineer
DnBois, to driva tea factories of 150-horse
power each. The supply of water, however,
would be ample for a canal double this capacity,
affording, of course, twice the power. '
The cost of the canal proposed was estimated
by Mr. Holcombe at $212,500 and by Mr.
Hazlehnrst In 1866 at $225,000, and ihe annual
value of the horse power was calculated at $59,-
100, Mr. H izlehurst estimates the cost of wa
ter works which would supply every part of the
city, except Bond’s Hill, with water, at $200,000
additional; but gives no estimate of the income
to be derived from the water supply. For the
highest points of the city a smaller independent
reservoir would be required.
The caual upon which these estimates are
based, follows tho coutso of the river near its
western bank,'except atWinship’s bend, just
above the rapids, which it crosses in a direct
line. From these brief notes, it is too obvious
to require further assurance that the enterprise
embodies every condition of profitable invest
ment. It ought to nett at least twenty per cent,
th the stockholders upon an investment contem
plated by the estimates.
But wo think it is a pity that inadequate
means should ba suffered to limit the size of
the canal to one-half the volume of water af
forded by the river. 171416 the company is
about it, and the additional outlay would be
comparatively so small, the whole should be
utilized. This would add nothing to the cost of
the dam, and very little or nothing to that of
the embankments. It would, at the most, mere
ly double the cost of forming the bed of the
main canal, and add a hundred per cent, to the
power obtained. If possible, the company
sbonld aim at acquiring tbe whole power of the
river. Some notes on the Augusta canal, whioh
are added to the report of enginoer Holcomb,
stato that tho mistake of too small a capacity
to the canal was made in that case, and that the
power might have been vastly increased with
out adding materially to the cost.
As to the calculation of tho value of tho pow
er the original report of Engineer Holcombe,
(June, 1849), puts the figures thus: Tho full
cost per year of a horse power by steam with
pine wood at $2,00 a cord is $44, and attend
ance thirteen dollars—equal to $57 a year.
These are low estimates applied to tho present
time. Wood is three to four dollars now and la
bor much higher than it was in 1849—and,
moreover, the greater oost of steam engine re
pairs and lubrication should ba added. Mr.
Holcombe further estimates that every one thous
and spindles will represent employment and
subsistence for 100 persons—operatives and
their families. Upon this basis it can be eBti-
mated what population the power of the Oemul-
geo river properly utilized would add to the eity.
It would drive a hundred to a hundred and fifty
thousand spindles.
In connection with this caual enterprise, there
is a project whioh will he novel td many of our
readers, but which we understand has .been
demonstrated to be feasible by numerous ex
periments, both in Europe and in this country.
We allude to what is caRed tho “Transmission
of Power" for long distances. It is contempla
tion to ran tho great Laboratory Factory some
where about a milo and a half distant from the
river and canal, by water power obtained at tho
river. This is done by means of successive pul
ley wheels stationed 400 feet apart and con
nected by endless belts of steel wire cable until
the last one connects with tho propelling pulley
at the Factory. As this is a new, and possibly
may be a valuable, idea.to some readers, we
append a letter Upon the subject from the engi.
ueer. to' Mr. Henry V. Meigs :
Engineer’s Office, N. Y. Bbidge Co.,, )
i Fulton St. Cor. of Front, Brooklyn* Deo. L)
Dear Sib : Your favor of the 28th is at band.
Your proposed improvements will afford a fine
application of our system of transmitting pow-
I suppose in any case,.you will commence
with one turbine wheel and one factory at first,
and the turbine’maybe assumed .at. 100 horse
power. When that is running and in suooess-
Tho wheels aro made in two halves for con
venience in transportation. The feces are
planed and bolted together. It is possible that
you can get the shafts aud bearings cheaper in
Columbus; at least, the transportation would
be saved. If the whole could be shipped with
out being made-into, halves, it would make
them considerable cheaper.
Very truly, yours, . ’ ,
John A. Rofbzxng's Sons.
To Henry V. Meigs, Spottswood. Motel, Macon,
Georgia. . .. r. u '
The Canal Company has secured on© of the
most liberal charters ever granted to a corpora
tion—including right of way, exemption from
taxation, full control over the river, and every
desirable power and privilege..
To Montgomery and Back.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger .• Indulge
me a little, while I narrate a few things seen on
this little trip. One feels a strange pleasure,
although leaving his home, as he takes his seat
in the luxurious passenger car that runs be
tween Augusta, Macon and Columbus with
out change. This pleasure I had on last Thurs
day morning when I left Macon for Montgom
ery. The Southwestern Road was never in a
better condition than at present. Good cars,
safe track and polite officers always guarantee a
pleasant ride. ' .> ‘ ' .
Our conductor, the jolly, genial Giles, had a
difficult ease to decide soonafter we left Maoon.
A very light yellow colored man, well dressed,
took his seat in tho ladies’ car, among tho white
folks. He had a pamphlet in his hand, and
read on one page (if he read at all) nearly all
the way to Columbus. Giles came to him, and
upon a close survey deoided that ho properly
belonged to the next car, aud so expressed him
self, but the man insisted that he passed
lor a white man in New York—end as it was
doubtful, Giles gave him the benefit of the doubt,
and he remained with his eyes fixed on that
page. I think the work was Jayne’s Medical
Almanao for 1871. :
At Columbus we changed oars for Montgom
ery. However, after leaving the Macon car we
stepped into a dining saloon connected with
the passenger shed, where we got the best din
ner wo have ever had at an eating house Binoe
the days of Byington at Fort Valley. We ate
and paid, one dollar, and felt that we had re
ceived fiffi value for it—a rather uncommon
feeling in these degenerate days.
The road from Columbus is not in good or
der, and the time, therefore, is slow. But as
this road is now under the control of Mr. Wad-
ley, and the energetio Superintendent of the
Western Road, Captain G. J. Foreaore, it can
not long remain in.ils present condition. The
Western Railroad extends from Columbus to
Selma, and is destined to be a more profitable
road, and one very important as a link between
New Orleans and New York. They have no
surplus men on this road. Conductor McCoole
leaves Montgomery at 6 a. m., runs to Colum
bus, whero he meets the passenger train from
Maoon, and returns to Montgomery at 74 p. m.
This ho does seven days in the week, and keeps
jat on it. He had a little experience Saturday
with a couple of 15th damsels. They got into
the ladies’ car. Mao told them they must take
the car provided for them; whereupon a car
pet-bagger present advised them to sit still, and
he would report the conductor. To this the
conductor replied that if he didn’t close up he
would put him out tod, and that if he preferred
the company of the dusky ladies he conld ac
company them into the next car. The damsels
prudently went where they belonged.
Montgomery is jubilant over the deliverance of
that State from,Radical bondage. As you have
already announced, ex Governor Smith, on Sat
urday, surrendered the government to his suc
cessor, Governor Lindsay. The Democrats
have everything now but the Senate. For
which let every body give thanks.
The Alabama Conference of the M. E. Church,
South, was in session, Bishop MoTyeire pre
siding. The reports of all the preaohers rep
resent the denomination in a prosperous condi
tion. '
On our return we stopped a short time in
Opelika. This is one of the coming towns of
Alabama. Its growth Ik the past two years is
wonderful Touts,'eta, J. W. B.
Dutch Dairies.
Carletou, in the Boston Journal, says of these
institutions :
“Tho fanners’ boys and’ girls of America, I
am confident, would like to go with mo into a
Dutch farm house. Stable, house and dairy
are under the same roof. The house which we
visit stands on the bank of the canal—the wa
ter in the canal almost on a level with the ridge
polo. One of the dairy maids has been ont to
the canal to wash her pans and dishes, and now
she is taking them back to tho house, drawing
them in a little cart. Look at her shoes—wood
en one's, turned up at the. toe like a skate—
dump, dump, clump they go as she steps. She
leaves them outside the door, aud puts on a
pair of slippers as she enters. Shohasa bon-
curioua that 1 shall not attempt to de
scribe it, but of just such a pattern as was worn
by her grandmother. Some of th© cattle are in
the fields, blanketed’to keep them: warm. A
gud with red cheeks and bright eyeR opena fhe
door of the stable, end takes us along the Btalts
to see the cows—twenty-six standing
_ ty'ttA,
cribs, or lying down chewing their cuds, fas-
ful operation,-you can then'determine whether ( tened by ropo halters-^-und, funniest of all
yofc will put Dp another oneof 100 horse pow-; sights, eaehi cow JuwLheF'Md drawn pp to the
uJ OAA bi\*oa Tuvtna* W* ©f© nnnr 1 .Jl J3 11._ 11 A 2_ a»—1 -
great tubs filled’Wiiit miO$
in diameter. ^ ! whey? there is a fireplace in the ©table, where
^ Tho'diatanoes from one station tothe other.ia^ waidih© unlk; also the oheess press, ff©
should be about 400 feet;'but variations of 50, eater a little roong and siee pots of butter, aud
feet either way are admissible, enabling you to j the rows of cheese—not such great one© as the
loeate the stations so as to suit the conform a-1 New Hampshire girls turn out; but cheese al
tion df tbe ground. The rou<fiui©eaeruuu©veE;.most: the size ofaslxty-f our pounder’Y'-”
ness of the ground will make but little differ-1 ball, not quite round, but, like the'
enoe, since one stationeanbe twenty or t wenty- f©hed at 'the polasr^ ant .o vimo
five feet higher-or-lower than Ihe other. It ist - “Ifyauwere to go with me into some of
neceftsirr, however, that the line of transmission warehouses of Amsterdam, you wotild see
should be aa nearly atraight as possible. r [toads of the cheeses—enough to freight"
The first thing to do, therefore, when your ; ©f ships; They are kept for months, and
arc Wated,.isto run a pro; 'even, aad^n^varlo^'flifeb BoodnM^^*'^
. - — , . ..f B©U3ph
suppose that' this distance is 5,2CK) ; fe^ij ;i T t ' s ‘* - ik;
roold make 13 bays of 400 feet each, requir: ___
12 double wheels at the' statiohs, and a einglo Xid
m.1* r*. al ‘e 'an A Thfi£0 cmnld tcliAAld aKfintll'l iICm
wheel at each end. These single wheels should . tha kitobep and say *gqod mai.
oome oh. the oudarf:fhd driving .shaft outaifle ’.'er's wife, who curtesieslik<5£{,
the turbine house and on the ead of the driven j over the house, draws asii
oe l veaS*badkl*» f t| outside toe factory. -1 would recbmirieml ’ afcj-m, u£tl»”'b3Fs lit 'tt»! xf&jm&JtfBSg jtj»
TnffiwSf the use qiH5pot 'wh4els^maMngi20 i reyoldl;|vfaIi f ; .like ©jb'erffiian/sSlp. '.ArioWetoefejits.
3 —tiefis per minute, and using a No 18 wire a opo, • bras3 Weight i and pendulum as bright as sand
' ' - inch/ ii*(diameter,.gpScran ar ’ " TT '“
which islll‘16 of ian i
Em . endless. This gives a speed of rope of :LOW She takes greai pleasure in showing us _
t the feet per minute. ; "[ treasures In the *frone room ; a bureau df the the-BeWimoM Bun says: x enotoiinaemi J ' jC3
‘ j,-.- , ■„ •"•'• ’richest mahogauyjsot^f with besd mmfttipg©;. UJ ^ efforts wirf be made in (be House on
.ftnd*qjsca^ed,;<
d2.do.nhJft:Kl'«9Ve:
the province of Westphalia,- al ame’er, iidcd wit i
tho begiuiug of October, there were 11,817 e«,
married women, tho wiyos aud 'widows .of -sol- *2 wroniiot.iron.shi
diets, together with 22,713..children,' .obtaining
relief from the public fuhds. .Ia.^£anover,9,624
women: and 26,418 .children we;6 dependent
upon the -pjthJliq for sopnMt.',^Di.th^Rhenish
provinces there were 14,312 married women add
29,019 fatherless .obildren who wero utterly des
titute. Thu3 in only threo Prussian - provinces
there were, last Ootober,-, 35,753 women and
.•78,750 children in a- coudtlfcoi^ inwery • and
wont, end it is believed tiiat destitution to tho
same extent prevails in ; $)o other provinces of
Prussia. The price of provisions is extraordi
narily high. :n ;--i ---.-mi-■
f ^ .T uiic. ' a pH©
Jl ii*o‘.i*y■ lyj,v,; ,'inirii'
13 endless ropes, Iw. IS, 11-1C •
/viof an inchin diameter,'each : .' .
800 feet long, @15c pr foot.$1077 00
Deduct 7 par cent 117 00
.7 di oiolsd hir vecia . aippV w.-:
lab
ware, cups apd saucers; 1 which her
„ ^ andfaaothef nsMrirhfch eb© willjhatad;
„, I down to.her daughters, and -they to their chA-
I 1 tWJaSfgtfhJtnP-fPt ThVii'sro qld pio'tiifSPftfteevrall-iflae
Wfought-iron.shafts, turned.off, G~" • ^tsftca’vip^BVfiJipre ,chittiv.oir the . tables 'and
| iqoUes ih diameter,; 4'feet lohg,@540 '.480 00 stiSmT . EframhSSg- ds.©p -clean hie«)thaF
2 bearing! and pRlbw-hlocks.for cabh {* t yW'ara'.'almost'afriiia'toljedn the'rooia.*-- J -re
i double-wheel*, Wfindifs "wide, '-i®,' : Ji u<Sh»hd.p2Ji:uszy,uu b
bolls, @$30 eachx24 : .V.. 720 00 The 1 Diamond Fnri» or Atmca - A steamer
vt'\nootd liiJPfe 1102 * 6 -.; whitffi —j— t*—
3 yard? of .masonry, for foundation'.of ’ v 0 f
each station, niakiPg,-3fi yaj(hq @.*6..' 551 (100 'gt;
12 timber frames foie eaph^taticn,,G5.?50 ‘OTQ 00;
. ;< . . ... ... . . ' T:C.PFN. , -*'• '
„ _ re-
specjivclyf siArffoid tweofy-fite carats.. • Tho
•popUlatlon-kt' thBjdiggjqt’s oamps^has; increased
to lJ^OpO souls. British magistrates tind mounted
police are -.0 be appointed by the Colonial Gov
ernment for the diamond fields. 1
The flow of specie last week to the Bank of
*161.1 on England was amiaual'y heavy., The ftlnount in
_1 ’ . bank'last Thursday was ’five, hundred and ten
TMK CEOBCilA S»RES»«.
Major Edgar Dawson was in Sparta last w--ek
selling off his property—tho late Terrell estate.
A good part of the land lying near Sparta, was
bought by negroes. • ■ .. ;
The “Bass Ball Park Association” was organ
ized at Savannah on Saturday, with Colonel B.
B. Ferrill as President. The Association in
tend .making the game one of the institutions
of the city.
Bullock has appointed J. L. Culver, J. B.
Gondcr, Whit Johnson and several negroes,
election managers for Hancock county.
A collision Sunday morning on the Atlantia
and Gulf Railroad, damaged two locomotives
and several freight oars.
A petition fot the pardon of Dr. Innes, lately
convicted at Atlanta of rape, is in circulation.
A promise from Innes “to rote right” wiU have
a great deaLmore weight with Bullock.
Says the Savannah News,’ of Monday.
Fob Five Generations'.—Mr. J. N. Wilson,
the well known photographer, has just taken
npon otje plate the likne&s of Mrs. Gilbert But
ler, of this city; her mother, Mrs. J. R. Still
well;- her daughter, Mrs. J. V. Tarver; her
grand.daughter, Mrs. F. J. Doolittle; and her
great grand daughter, Miss Georgia B. Doolittle.
The oldest lady in tho group being ninety, and
the youngest four years of age.
The Ordinary’s office, with Judge Wetmore
in charge and Mr. W. J Clements in his old po-
sition as Deputy, will serve the public as usual.
No farther interference by General .Terry is an
ticipated, but should this autoorat issue another
ukase in the premises, Judge Wetmore will
take another office, and perform the duties le
gally imposed upon him, compelling the usurp
er lo deliver up the records of the Court of Or
dinary by a mandamus from the Superior Court.
The Democrats of Fayette county have nom
inated M. Harp, a crippled soldier, for the Leg
islature. The ticket for county offioers is most
ly made up of the same good material.
We quote, as follows, from the Monroe Ad
vertiser, of yesterday:
Sale Day.—Several valuable tracts of laud
passed under the hammer on Tuesday, and
varied from two to eight dollars per acre: The
figures obtained were not at all satisfactory—
one or two farms sold for less than lands have
been renting for two or three years. Judge
Zellner bought the Hnguly plantation, consist
ing of three hundred and seventy sores, for
three -thousand two hundred and fifty dollars;
the Davis place, threo hundred and fifty acres,
was sold to Col. Trippe for $2,200; the John
Moore plantation, nine hundred aores, to E. M.
Moore for $4,500; the Edwards farm, one hun
dred acres, for $200; aud the Tomlinson farm,
one hundred and fifty acres, to 0. M. Sutton for
$soo.
Sale Day in Jackson.—Tho attendance from
the different sections of Batts, at Jackson, on
Tuesday last, was quite numerous. But liltle
property was sold. Tho farmers generally re
ported crops gathered, the negroes restless, un
settled, and somewhat indisposed to contract at
present. The advice of Long, Crowley, and
disturbers of their character, black and white,
has led many to make exactions for labor that
cannot be granted, and wo heard of a number
of farms npon which no labor has been secured.
Incendiary Language.—The Intendant, CoL
Hammond, xeoeived an anonymous commnni-
oation recently, in wltioh the writer, among
other things, declared it to be the settled pur
pose of the Radicals, in the event of the defeat
of George Glower for the Legislature, to destroy
the town by fire.. The tone of the latter is ex
ceedingly threatening and incendiary. Tuesday
night Geoige avowed the authorship. A stitch
in time saves nine.
The Advertiser makes the following report of
a speech made at Forsyth on Saturday night by
George Clower, tha negro candidate for the
Legislature:
My Friends—I am mad. I am here to exer
cise my rights, and I will do it if I am slayed.
I have been told that Democrats say they will
scare us away from here to-night. I received
this telegram a few minutes ago, and it has got
my “dander” np. I intend to speak, and if
they trouble ns they will pay dearly for it We
have a peculiar nod and whistle and by these we
rally. Let the whistle be giyen, and we all
come up .like ants. I intend to put a stop to
these threats. I have more influence with Gov.
Bollock than any man in Monroe county. He
pardoned one negro out of the Penitentiary at
my solicitation. Bollock will defend us in all
things, and if ho is powerless, Gen. Terry will
lend assistance.
Thru you see, my friends, I have influence,
and I intend to esk Genoral Terry to put this
town under martial law.
I have'been charged with writing a letter to
a certain Democrat. That letter was written
in the interest of peace —it is a peace messen
ger in behalf of the colored citizens. It de
mands peace and onr rights. Let trouble oome
and Forsyth will be left in ashes. My people
will follow in my tracks.
I made-a speech at Gnllettsyiile reoently.
Hud I been disturbed, as I was told would bo
the case, tho place woald have been destroyed
by Are. ' t . ■ . » • . -7
■ If the white'people jpauseiriot, we will march
Due cf t!ie Joke's
_ jJpL to^saye..a.8ixpenea.7 A .amaj&pedestrian.Iik©
unitod","with torch in one hand'and gan in/the Weston can eat his breakfast at one statiohand
other. This is our programme.
A letter for Mrs. Manda Davis, Macon, Ga.,
is held for postage ia the Atlanta offioe.
We dip the following from the Atlanta Con
stitution of yesterday t ;i ^ p}. —jg.j J
Barney Hughes, agent of the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad, got into an altercation
with three of the colored waiters cf the Nation
al Hotel, yesterday evening, and shot one twice
in the amt, one, once in tbe arm, and the lost,
ha scalped with a pistol ball. We did hot mb-
certain the origin of the difficulty, bat think
a" hid aomethingto do with ft.
-We leant that s negro man named Rnfua, was
brattaUy mttrdered yesterday evening, near the
Blue House on Peachtree street, by a colored
■ '• ' *’ ’ ly broke and run after com-
Oaptain Anderson, Chief of
t two mounted polios on. the track of
ike murderer last night. 31 to ziieahciatS1°'
8pme of, the members of the Grand Jury in
tbtaco'ui§,during tt?e$K*on of the Superior vrhero Uienegro e a ‘‘ouariered” when they Were
bt $25. If they got to the Gourtihonse by the
time he opened court, they saved the purse; if
they didn’t they W to pay up.
/.TSir -TTEiaitiBAxiqNl^Jffinmratioti is*, pouring into
show* Atlanta. All are colored, however, aud are
fatougjht <fcwn"Hie C-tate road. . Tennessee and
Alabama, wift be, depleted ia order to carry the
" “ ’"Utiict fox Barnett, and Fulton county
"*'**' »»t ~" : fq©ie-TT~ ’r i 1 ft it* *7 *
i
Amnesty.-
upJrtho- question of generaL
hajrroam of 3 the Reconstruo-
iUrs'dsy tb
i&unstxrfiuf |H JHip HR
tion Co;nmittec intends ta submit a Bill to ex
cept two classes front congressional pardon—all
officers of the army end nsvy, and Senators and
members of Congress who left/W 1 Join -the xee.
bellion. Republican members generally appear
more dispbEcd^to ^tife/or'Soihia sUCh>'mea£nre
'than for «Jpe'pTpYfdrhg r fbf ttolversai ntohesty.
Seme of them, however, will favor tho Utter,
and will bo supported by the 1 f&lL Democratic
Rtrc'flgtb.' ’.’Alhly'a partial measftfa, therefore^ |
likely to cowmand the ifeqnired two-thiriis vote
; TLilLci MhlitiA.t) /1tcflhill)iDJ : Ti
to'remove the f-.o c illed political disabilities.; Iff
the "Senate, Messrs Sebnrz and Kellogg intend
to^port.generalT-mnesty.”J
Th© contemplation of Grant with a message
on hie mind, can only call to the Courier-Jour
nal's mind the figure of little Johnny Te'itsrby
staggering about with that blessed Moloch' of a
baby, like a-veryvuaall porter with a Tory largo
parcel, which wai:Hrve‘ed to nobody and could
Somebody and bodies must be stealing a pile ^“ctoo
from the various Pacific railroads now in sue- Making 13 splices, (£$o
2X^aful>>^^ti6^ as laiey otra.’dho/goifirafneni;,,^”^ . . r __ v - - . ,—
over $6,000,000 interest oa their bonds. Totf .$0981 00 thousand pounds greater than the week before, never bo delivered anywhere.
^ ^iiHyaoa wl xadr. ot ^ * xv.mimU, rig
«at twifftaiff xol stawf ifiguod Laaffsiaow | vokRfto aj«»a»^dj odffted wsa ^aiJIiaxlaiT iTt
'ViHtBt&r -f.’i.i midiel .joaasdh MilH Ijsifrf i... » . viab . -
o« -AraranA.sc-, ii ^SJ
' '* uni xx -- . «rtsfai£(.vi xawtitewi arjgifisi L-V..-UJaxTS?;
Jtoria. “ 1
The Paris correspondent of r London papa r
tells this story of one of the humors of the
siego: •
Lit me give you another story, but it belong©
to sa many weeks back that I am not sure if I
can give y^u t xactlv the correct names. There
was a certain oH gentleman—a Biron, who liv
ed in ono of tco west-end suburbs. He had a-f
delightful villa in a garden with high walls. Ha
was very muoh of an invalid, and had to be -
wheeled about in his chair. He got up late;
ho was dressed with all due oare by his servant#;
ho had his breakfast between eleven and twelve;
then he was wheeled out into his verandah, at
to some snnny grass-plot, to read the papers;
and then again at a certain hour in the after
noon ho was wheeled bavk into his honse, and
he was seen no more. The people who over
looked his grounds knew his habits, and he was
as good os a clock to them. He had a wonder
ful dinner in tho evenirig, for whioh the neigh
boring butcher had to provide with awful solic
itude. When tho siege drew near, the Baron
was torn in pieces between a desire to get away
and fear for the safety of his precious abode, in
which everything had been arranged for bla
taste and comfort.
“I do not know what is to be done,” he sold
to his most trusted servant, Felix;the pea-,
pie will say that I. am a co ward if I go away;
that I fly from danger ; and they will destroy
my honse. No, I cannot go away.” “People
are so unreasonable," said Felix; “ they can
not expect H..le Baron to fight, confined as he
is to his chair, and yet if ho leaves Paris they
will he very angry—they will be jealous. Surely
we can arrange something.” “No, Felix—no,”
said the Baron, I mast stay.” And Bure enough,-
when the siege began, there was the Baron .to
be seen as usual reading his paper after break
fast in his pleasant garden. “There’s a true
patriot,” said the neighbors; “he does not tom
his back on Paris like so many others. He can
do nothing for us, but at least he can suffer
with us. He is a hero.” “But how he eats,”
said another. “ The butcher tells me that since
the siege he eats more than ever, and is always
sending Felix to complain of the meat. These
invalids—what appetites they have.” “Ahl”
they all agreed, “ I should be sorry if anything
happened to the Baron—he is a good: felknr;
and, as for eating, let him eat-.' There ia plenty
to eat, and it is his only amnseoient.”
One day, however, it was observed that the
Baron read his paper longer than usual. The
afternoon was far advanced, and . still he read.
No donbt he was waiting for some one. Per
haps Felix had forgotten him. The sunset;
the dinner hour drew near p and still, in the
twilight, the Baron could bo seen reading.”
‘‘Ah, what has happened to the Baron?” said
the neighbors. “He will catch his death of
cold. The dews of evening are very danger
ous.” Bat they did nothing. No donbt they
discovered some satisfactory, explanation of
what they had seen. In the morning they look
ed out of their windows—and cb,.horror!—the
Baron was still in his chair immoveble r reading
the paper. No donbt he was dead. He had been
seiztd with a fit, and that wicked Felix had neg
lected him. They rushed into the garden to
see for themselves, and they found a lay figure.
The Baron had, in fact, loft Paris in good time;
and had left at the head of his little villa in the
suburbs a wooden idol,- decked out in his clothes,
to receive all the outward observances which
were usually paid to himself. The trick we©
discovered one day when t'no servants forgot
themselves; and the neighbors laughed so much
at the joke that they spared the house.
A New Yorker, on a.Southern Trip*
The Journal of Commerce is- giving the jot
tings of a New Yorker Soath of the Potomac.
Here is an extract: 1 i
From the moment we cross the James River
at Richmond, all things beoome strange to the
'Northern eytu; There is a marked difference ia
scenery, products, architecture, social character
and the means and inodes of locomotion. A
survey of our railway train discovers the front
car set apart for negroes; in the middle osr,
men smoke, spit, ohew and make themselves
perfectly at home; the rear car is sacred to la
dies aud those who accompany them. Any gen
tleman who ia squeamish as to tobacco, has S
privilege here with his lady; but after, all, there
is little choice in cars as respects pure sir. The
first is redolent with odeur d'Africaine, the
second with tbe vapors and exhalations of the
weed, and the ladies car with sour baby smells
and paregoric. At tbe depot a motley crowdof
negroes are selling “snacks” to the passengers
through the car window. (A snack, in the ver
nacular, is half a chicken, with'bread; some
times it is fi*h ) Knacks aro tbe rosin stay to
appetite down South; for eating houses are
scarce, and their tables generally execrable.
)Ye were advised of this opportunity, and pro
ceeded to lay in supplies. Oar negotiations
were interrupted by the warning: “All aboardl"
“No hurry, massa,” said the negro.
At that instant the whistle blew, and the train
moved off slowly. Wo thought the ingenuous
African had fibbed. But presently it came to
a dead halt, and did sot start again for fifteen
minutes. Tho African was right!. ..7 ~ ’7.
Dixie is aslow country. . There are no light
ning expresses down South, no fast freight
trains, no rival popular lines, tbrongh without
change."' Nobody se’ems in a hnrry, and the
oars run slowly. People don’t risk thaix necks
catch the train before it leaves the next. Half
the schedule time is consnmed in stoppages.
The ears run ten minutes asd step fifteen. This
gives the passengers an opportunity to make
the acquaintance of residents along the ronta.
It is also favorable to colporteurs and oensua-
takers. Down Sonth, every one is acquainted.
The condnotor knows the majority of hie pas
sengers, We atone we a stranger among them
all. In looking through the car, we notice that
nobody wears silk hats; felts are in vogae. Mfm
feel that we are scrutinized—known by en
“beaver”—recognized as a Northerner. For
the first time vre realise thst we are down Booth.
Then, the style of dreoata different; ao tithe lan
guage, th« accent, sadtha iooal vocabulary. Look
ing out of the window, there ore new features
in tbe landscape. 'Tobacco fields and drying
houses, MtEke fences, core cribs, or mills;
bouses with their 3cellars out: of doors, bnrtfts
with piazzas all around and huge chimneys
dinging to i heir gables, clusters,of dingy cabins
whexo the negroes “quartered”
further southward, turpentine stills peer oat
from gloomy forests of pine; we crass intermi
nable swan pa on rickety trestle work; saw skills
are in busy operation; sluggish end muddy
rivers wind through the bottoms; buzzards Stout
in (he fields; houses become fewer in number
rad more scattered; the country ■‘—murfft s
dreary aud monotonous aspect. ’ Occasionally s
passenger alights at a lonely station, mounts a
horse, and rides off into the erne®.’
Slowly the cars ramble cm. ;Tbe shadows oi
evening fail space. Dusky figures flit by sad
dance along the wayside. Burning pine knots
.date intfaewinddf the passing- train rad-'flask
raefir ruddy ! gl*re‘ Intel toe 'deepening gloom.
Nature is beginning To tire aud sleep to $laim
hex-owhi when the train draga-siowjy inta,WeJ-
tdoni t This f&WPaftt ,(h®‘ JpcsT pomjs' of ths
'Southern railway systeivr,' ^-—3 1 -■ —
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resign orireei ves t o hiorpheus..rad the ahanoes
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‘ ob->q imV.s artcadant who*. WAkeo ns, rad who
also expect n a quirter for .-“blacking the gentle-
hren’ri bouts and oilier favors”—r’ife printed no
tice modestly posted in a conanienotts plaoe by
the wadi basin. idlo Wlfaiaill ©df 0© '. V*,.
Thus wa travel on toward s more genial clime,
of whioh I shall spook in due time. .
Frederick Hudson hss been-TeisaBeaUe Um
managing editorship of the New York Herald,
which ho held for many yews, AR efforts to
fill his place proving abortive, he enters upos;
his duties at onpe.
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