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The Georgia 'W'eekly Telea-raieh. and.Journal &c Messenger.
Telegraph ail M^senger.
Georgia—So rtiange-No Revolution.
V/a rpgret to see the carelessness about facts
with which oven lading Democratic papers in
the conntry speak of the late election in Geor
gia. They call it a “ Wonderful Change”—a
“Gbeat Revolution,” and exhaust their inge
nuity end eloquence in descanting about *'tta
Heston” and “itsmoral” Now if it has got any
particular moral or lesson, it is the simple one
that cheating and fraud, even though they may
be legalized by statute and drawn up with evfcr so
much caro by tho Attorney-General of. the
United States, sometimes miscarry in practical
operation. .
But thore has been no change—no revolution
in Georgia. She has steadily cast a heavy
Democratic majority under all the Reconstruc
tion Acts. In tho first State election, April,
JSCS, every Democrat in Georgia felt well as
sured that Gordon was elected by about fifteen
thousand majority. An intimate associate of a
man who had access to the returns as they came
in, told ns that Halbert and the other canvass
ers had to oonnt in Bollock against original re
turns, showing fifteen thousand majority for
Gordon. Bat it was of no moro uso for Geor
gians to say anything then, than it was for a
man in shackles to try to dance a hornpipe.
Next, in November, 1868, in the Presidential
election, tho vote stood, 8oymour 102,822,
Grant 57,134—democratic majority 45.G88, or
probably a heavier majority than has been cast
in Decembor, 1870. Where, then, the changef
Where tho revolution ? Why should intelligent
Democratic papers speak of this election as
any sudden and extraordinary political change
in Georgia. It is but tho expression of her
settled, inexorable public judgment, so fir as
it could find expression against an election law
Conceived and enacted for tho purpose of sub
verting tho popular will, and returning a false
and fraudulent verdict.
Death or Ex-Gov. Wilson Lumpkin.
This venerable man who, in days gone by,
filled many positions of honor and trust at the
hands of the people of Georgia, died at his resi
dence in Athens, on Wednesday night, aged
nearly 88 years.
He was born in Pittsylvania county, Virginia,
Jan. IS, 1783, end when a little moro than a
year old removed, with bis father, to Ogle
thorpe county in this State. He was elected to
the Legislature when little more than 21 years
of ago, and was subsequently re-elected a num
ber of times, la 1815 bo was elected to the
U. & House of Representatives; in 1823 was
appointed by President Monroe a commissioner
to mark out the boundary line between Georgia
and Florida; in 1827 was re-elected to Con
gress, serving two term3; in 1831 and 1833 was
elected Governor of the State; m 1835 was ap
pointed by President Jackson Commissioner
under tho Cherokee treaty of that year, and
served as U. S. Senator from 1838 to 1841.
Since that time ha had not taken much part in
politics or pnl lio affairs. He was the brother
nf.foo late Judge Joseph Henry Lumpkin.
Govonnwlranipkin was most beloved by those
who knew.him best, ami daring a tong and pros
perous career made probably as ^ ew enemies as
any public man in this conntry. He was a3®°ng
the last and best of the relics of the golden age
of tho Commonwealth, and leaves behind him a
name and memory that will be warmly cherished
by all who honor unswerving official and per
sonal integrity, great purity of motive and ac
tion, earnest devotion to tho rights and intorests
of Georgia and her people, and a sincere and
consistent Christian life and character. For
nearly seventy years ha had been a prominent
member of tho Baptist Church. Peace to his
ashes!
The J&cun Tele&uth aKd Mxssenoeb, dis
coursing of Attorney General Akerman, says:
“Hang be the heavens With black the day that
goes him come back to Jivo in Georgia.” Now
if we were a Telegraph and Messexc-eh we
would own up squarely that we’d : ranch rather
have Akerman himself huDg with black—in
deed*, with a good many blacks—or otherwise,
provided it were effectually done.—Mobile Reg
ister.
It Akerman wore hung lie might cease to be
the prey of his own bitter rancor. Therefore,
don’t hang him. Don’t hang the blacks—for
when Akerman gels “twenty miles from any
post-office" the blacks will be cut off from evil
communications and their manners will im
prove. On a second thought wo don’t want the
Heavens to take so much notice of Akerman as
to be hung in black. Let the sun shine upon
Ain* and warm him like asnakoin January. Let
it promote the fliwof bile and poisonous saliva
80 that he can disgorge it on the wire-grass.—
Let the music of the winds through the sough-
ing pices sooth the wretched d: mons within
him as the harp of David laid the evil spirits to
rest in the bosom of Saul. Let him consult Obi
and the other African divinities, as Saul did
tho witch of Eudor. We bid Akerman no farther
31-fortune than to live with himself, and then
his domestic infelicity will be perfect.
The Result fn this <ongressionnl Dis
trict.
We have reoeived no official returns of the
late election from Batts, Wilkinson, Putnam
and Spalding counties and, therefore cannot give
the exact figures of the result for Congress; but
enough is known to warrant the statement that
Long, negro, and Speer, white Radical, have
both bean elected over Col. W. J. Lawton, the
Democratic candidate for Congress—the former
for the 41st and the latter for the 42od
Congress. The majority in both case3 is quite
small, however—lets than 800, and with abun
dant ground for contest before an honest House
of Represent ativea.
Georgia, it is claimed, has elected five Dem
ocratic CjngrtSsmeu out of iLe seven, and a
Democratic Legislature. Intimidationsnd vio
lence have done their work.—Forney's Press,
ruh.
At forty oeots.a line, this would only nett
Ibmey $2—hardly enough to pay for ante pran
dial cocktails. He will certainly starve at this
poor, dying rate. He mastn’t concentrate his,
lies in snob small compass. Why not spread
them over a column or so ?
Skuhville, Gi-, December 30, 1870.
To Joseph Ctisby :—Can you give us any in
formation's to when Akerman will get up an
other election bill ? John Smith,
»— 5 '■ • Founder of Smithvllle.
Can’t say, but probably so soon as he “gets
out of the woods," that is to say, from his re
tirement “twenty miles from any port office.”
Cotton States Lite Insurance Company.—
We call attention to the adverti.-ement of ibis
Company in another eolemn. Without dispar
aging- the claims of any other company set king
popular favor, we commend to bur readers this
sterling home company. It belongs to oar citi
zens, and all its moneys are invested here. It
is a safe, reliable company, and pays its losses
promptly. Secure a policy in this Company.
A Touch or Michigan Radicalism.—At the
late «h«tinn in Michigan Baldwin, Radical, for
Governor, had a majority of 16,785. At the
same election a proposition was submitted to
the people to strike out the word “white,” from
the State Constitution so as to conform it to the
Fifteenth amendment. Upon this proposition
the vote was 46.000 lees than on the gubeinv
tional election, and footed np as follows: Y.s
54,105; no 5^,978—majority 3,127.
A Happy New Year
To our. patrons one and all. Wo take this
ocoaaion to tender our hearty thanks to the nu
merous and warm friends, the Telegraph and
Messenger is prond to number among the in.
teliigeot and virtuous people of Georgia and
Alabama. Very f6w papers in the South have
moro numerous patrons and readers than this
journal can boast; and we are quite certain in
intelligence, worth and punctuality, our list of
subscribers cannot be excelled. We thank (hem
for thousands of words and deeds of sympathy
and kindness daring the past year, and it shall
be our endeavor to minister to their entertain
ment and information with every resource at
our command. We shall devote ourselves ar
dently and heartily to their welfare—giving
them early and correct information—honest,
independent and intelligent counsel—avoiding
needless offence, yet maintaining perfect can
dor—endeavoring to preserve their respect and
appreciation by prudence, moderation, sagacity
and practical common sense—by ministering
to no bad passions—unreasonable prejudices,
or undue excitements. We shall be tfc e staunch
advocate of tho public and private prosperity,
order and tranquility—the friend of political,
intellectual, religions and industrial progress.
We shall try to wield tho influence of this jour
nal conscientiously for tho advancement of tho
substantial interests of every class of tho peo
ple, and in this determination, hope to see
that influence widen and increase with every
passing day.
This is the year when we, as a people,'will be
called upon to practice tho virtue of modeba.
tion. We shall need to moderate our expensos,
for our incomes will be moderate. We shall
need to moderate our thirst for acquisition, for
wo shall not make fortunes with cotton at twelve
cents, and there will be no use grumbliDg about
it. The haste to bo rich keeps Georgia poor.
If, five ye hb ago, we could have contented our
selves with slow and small gains, we should now
have been far richer than there’s aDy uso in be
iug. Georgia is liko the man who was in such
a hurry to take fish that ho could not stop to
mend his net. We run on onr errands bare
footed because we have no time to put on shoes.
Haste to be rich &eep3 ns poor. That is the
whole story.
Then, too, we shall need moderation in politics.
The time of victory and power is tho time for
moderation. Moderation is tho priceless jewel
of success, which secures and perpetuates it;
whereas, on the contrary, recklessness and in
tolerance converts even victory into the most
hopeless defeat. Only a party which proves
that it can stand the ordeal of success—that it
can control itself, and wisely and prudently
govern the State, is worthy of respect. Then,
too, we shall need moderation in making labor
and guano contracts this year. We shall great
ly need moderation in planning our crops, so
as not to have too much of them in cotton. In
short, moderation is the great virtue for 1871,
and we ought to engrave the word so deeply in
our memories that we shall never forget it.
Pilgrims and Pilgnrlick.
That Western worthy, in Martin Chuzzlewit,
who in. isted that the great moral necessity of
the American people was “■ to be cracked up !”
was certainly one of the sons of the Pilgrims.
“I tell yon,” said ho, “wo must be cracked up/
I’ve known many a man to be bored through
and through or havo his day lights chopped out
at J 1 * 01 because he wvnld’nt craei us up l"
Every winter all the Pilgrims seem to suffer
under the pressure of tho same terrible neces
sity, and never to have a moment’s ease nntil
they are-f'erac/ced up” in a series of hifalutin
orations, sermons, poems, and post prandial
eruptions in which their prowess in arts, arms,
religion, knowledge, enteness and sagacity are
contrasted with those of all outsiders, greatly
to the disadvantage of the outsiders. As you
may be well assured they are tha yaller flowers
f creation, ajjtl the'quintessence of human ex
cellence. j.
This “craokingup” goes on in speech and
press—at pulpit and side-board—round tho al
tar and round the dinner-table—in long ser
mons-long speeches—long prayers—long sit
tings and long drinks—till the whole concern
have gabbled themselves hoarse—drank every
bottle dry and magnified their own merits forty
fold through the bottoms of tumblers—and
then, when they get just as fall of champagne
and self-satisfaction as their skins can hold,
without bursting, they travel on for a timo till
the process of self-inflation beoomes once more
essential. Then they go at it again, regardless
of expense, and totally indifferent to tho opin
ions of the rest of mankind.
Wo are jnst about getting through one of
these critical periods with the pilgrims, and this
year they have blown themselves up with extra
ordinary power, and fairly fly-blow these poor
Eakodaimones of Southerners who aro not sous
of tho pilgrims, but reserved by Heaven’s wrath
as subjects upon which the Pilgrims could dis
play to an admiring universe the invicibility of
their might and the splendor of their genius.—
Yes, even as, in the olden time, the Amaltkites,
the Hiviies, the Hitites and Jehu. ites seem tc
have been created as vessels of wrath to display
upon their own oarcasaes the powers of the
ohosen people.
This year some of the Northern press have
wearied of this flow of gas and are trying to
reduce it, but it is a vain effort. Among those
at the bellows this year the World says was
Ralph Waldo Emerson, a man whom the old
Pilgrims would have burnt as a heretic before
breakfast any morning they could have got hold
of him. It was a most fortunate thing for this
eulogist that the era of the Pilgrims had passed
away, and more liberal ideas of civil and religi
ons freedom have superceded a cruel bigotry
and intolerance which are a blot on American
history. And yet Emerson pours out a two hours
flood of trashy adulation upon the Pilgrims as
the champions of. civil and religions freedom
in America. - : '$H
“Overture to Bullock.”
In our edition of Thursday we suggested to
Governor Bollock the propriet.ro/ adopting a
course often recommended by Radio-ris to Dem
oorats, to-wit: “accepting the situation” and in-
terpofciog no factious opposition to the will
of the people of Georgia. He has failed in all
his projeots, even where apparently successful.
He has reconstructed Georgia only to make her
more thoroughly Democratic. He has turned
Democrats out of the Assembly only to find them
swarming back upon him thicker than ever.
He has been defeated in (he Bcheme of Pro
longation, and the effort at a corrupt and fraud
ulent election was a dead failure. Why, then,
not quit at onoe. Cease the fight. - Let the
will of the people prevail, and co-operate fairly
with it, instead of keeping up a vain opposi
tion which will only disturb the pnblic repose
and trAt.qaility. 'J
Now this piece of advici has sorely scandal
ized the sage of the Savannah Daily Republi
can'; and although he had no band whatever In'
giving it, he wants it dLstinetly understood that
it is not at all to his taste. We trust, there
fore, that the public will comprehend that the
Republican had no hand in giving that counsel
to. Bullock. The Republican don’s want Gov.
Bullock to quit browbeating tho people. It
wants him to keep it up, in order to get his
head properly punched in return. The Repub
lican is on the rampage. It wants a good desl
more fuss. It will never lay down the shillalah
so long as there is a head to be cracked. We
had no idea that the Republican was so hostile
—but—let him rip.
THE GEORGIA PRESS. ‘
The Columbus Enquirer of Thursday, says:
A Rumor.—It is reported here that some sol
diers sent to Fort Valley to preserve order, pre
vent violence, and secure a fair election, de
stroyed the ballot box of Houston county before
tho votes were counted out. We hope that the
rumor will prove to bo incorrect.
Marion county gives Tift 311 majority, and
elects tho Democratic Legislative and connly
ticket.
The Columbus Enquirer says Stewart has
gone Radical by about 400 majority, electing a
white nondescript andanegroto the Legislature.
Laurens county gives Paino and McIntyre
(Democrats) for Congress, 101 and 102 majority
respectively, and elects 0. S. Guyton (Dem.)
to tho Legislature.
A letter for C. A. Sindall, Macon, Ga., is held
for postage in the Savannah post-office.
The following “sarkastio” paragraph is from
the Savannah Nows:
The Ins and the Octs — Now that tho De
mocracy of Chatham county have changed tho
position of affairs somewhat, there are quiet
little arrangements being made by certain offi
cials to pack up their effects and leave for other
fields of usefulness. They do not seem to like
it particularly, but as they have had such a nice
time of it, and such remarkably good pickings,
they ought to retire gracefully and give place
to better men chosen by the voice of tho peo
ple.
Says the Chronicle and Sentinel, of Thurs
day :
Judge Wm. M. Reese.—The maDy friends
and admirers of the noble Georgian whose
name heads this paragraph, will be gratified to
hear cf his recent election to tho State Senate.
He ran in the 29th district, composed of the
counties of Wilkes, Columbia and Lincoln, and
was elected by an overwhelming majority. In
Lincoln connty there was not a vote polled
against him, and his majority in the district is
more than 2,500 votes.
Mr. Artemus Gould, one of the oldest and
most esteemed citizens of Augusta, died last
Tuesday night, aged 78 years. He was bom in
Massachusetts, bnt removed to Augusta in 1816,
where he has lived ever since:
“About twenty years ago he retired from the
grocery business, and from that time up to the
late war was connected with several large bank
ing companies of Augusta. He was Director
of the Mechanics’ Bank for a long time, and
was afterwards President of the City Bank for
several years.
“In 1851 tho Augusta Orphan Asylum wasor-
ganized and Mr. Gould, we believe, was its first
President He retained this position until last
year, when failing health forced him to resign.”
Charles Mills, conductors on the Selma, Romo
and Dalton Railroad, was killed on Monday, by
foiling from the tender of an engine, and strik
ing his head against a stump.
Lewis T. Ford, son of Mra. Dr. Ford, of Cave
Spring, was thrown from his horse last Satur-
eveniog, and so badly injured that he died that
night.
Akertuan is in Atlanta, and says the late elec
tion was “a fraud.” “Av coorse.” It knocks
his chances for the Senatorship into everlasting
smaah, and, therefore, must be a “frod,” as
Radical Congressman Covode spells it.
“No rogue e’er felt the halter draw,
With good opinion of the law”— . *
Even if he made tho law himself.
The total bonded debt of Atlanta is $858,000,
assets $841,250, and annual income $100,000;
Tho Griffinites now pay their Mayor $1000,
Chief Marshal, $1200; Depntv, $1,000; and
Clerk and Treasurer, $600. Policemen get
$6Gy per month.
Hiram Roberts has been elected President,
and W. B. Hodgson and H V, Capers, of Sa
vannah, E. E. Rawson, J. D. Pope and Augus
tus Pope, of Atlanta, and B. O. Humber, of
Putnam oonnty, Directors of the Atlanta and
Savannah Railroad.
George Ormond, one of _the negroes elected to
the Legislators from Houston county, has been
i rrested and bound over to the next term of the
Superior Court for that connty, on tho charge of
inciting negroes to vote illegally.
An old veteran of Talbot oonnty, 9G years old,
rode several miles on the day of the election to
vote the straight Democratic ticket.
A copied negro named Heotor Hall was fro
zen to death at Savannah, Thursday night.
An aocidenfc on the-Charleston and Savannah
railroad near Coosa whatchie on Thursday, threw
off and badly damaged tiiree passenger cars.
No parson was hurt, however. ' J
The Savannah News, of Friday, says:
The Last Card.—It is understood that Simms
and Big Indian White telegraphed to Bullock
yesterday afternoon, petitioning him,to appoint
a committee from the Senate to Investigate the
returns and re-oonnt the votes oast at ute late
election in Chatham oouittyrUn the ground that
the Deputy United Slates Marshals in attend
ance at the polls were bribed and bought by the
Deputy. Sheriffs, and that tbe.eleolion was car
ried by-fraud. We are informed that they also
sent a full hst of the names of the Deputy Mar
shals to headquarters.
Jadge Jas. Johnson left Columbus Thursday
for Atlanta—to take Joe Brown's, vacancy, it is
supposed. But won’t a Democratic Senate pass
upon his confirmation ? . a
The Chattahoochee National Bank of Colum
bus, has declared a semi-annual dividend of
five per cent.
Saya the Sun, of Friday:
Runaway Marriages.—Hardly a week passes
without bringing one or more runaway oouples
from Alabama to be married in this State. The
fever is greater than at any titne during our
history. One week ago a couple were married
her A The lady was to have been married that
night to another gentleman, and splendid prep
arations had been made for the wedding feast.
The parents found, on awaking, the bird had
flown. *
Hiring Fbeedmzn—A Urge number of ne
groes from the country have been in the oity
the last few days, and planters have been bnsy
seeking to secure their services for another
year. The money wages vary from $75 to $100
and rations. We have heard of no higher offer.
One-fourth and one-third of the orop are also
bid, including rations. - No one appears to have
any money,.and the freedmen, asm rule seem
pretty willing to make contract a.
Sales at Auction.—Ellis & SpeDcer sold yes
terday thirteen horses that belonged to Ames’
circus, at an average of over one hundred dol
lars. The highest brought $157 50. Sir horses
and mwle8 were sold at an average of $150, the
highest price being $200 tnn pony. A number
of inferior vehicles brought from $25 to $150—
the last being bid for a Concord buggy. Harness
brought low figures.
Fine wood sold for' $10 a oord in Columbus
last week.
An inoendiary attempt to burn the town of
Elbetton was mode and frustrated last Monday
night.
Says the Augusta Constitutionalist, of Tues-
Utiy: i»Jt ■ ’■ z-s -i i 5 rhl '' *
Firing Into a Train.—From the Charleston
Connor of yesterday we learn that on Tuesday
night, while a train on the South Carolina rail
road was on its way from Augusta, and near
the Williston depot, some one fired into one of
the cars, shooting William Boyd, a colored man
who was Bitting at the window, in the neck near
the spine. The ball, seemingly from a pistol,
penetrated deeply in the flosh, and would have
been removed at the City Hospital, where he
was carried, but slipped its position when
tonobed by the forceps. The wound wan pain
ful but not dangeroua. Boyd says he lives in
Colombo.*, Ga., and was on his way to Charles
ton to visit his relatives.
How It Was Done.—A correspondent at
Washing too, Wilkes county, explains how the
election was carried there so overwhelmingly
for the Democrats. He says: “Our planters
worked on their laborers and satisfied them that
it was better to have friends hero; than at the
North. . Then we had some six or seven faith
ful, intelligent oolored men working fot ns; bnt
the foundation of onr success was the seal and
energy of 800 whits men resolved to achieve suc
cess. Not a white man in the county voted the
Radical ticket.” It this spirit hid animated
the whites, everywhere, ihere wou'd not have
been a single Radical elec-ed to Congress, and
not a dozen to the Legislature.
- The Germans au<l French.
Acoording to our telegrams yesterday the
London experts say that the Germans have
COO,000 soldiers underarms inFrauce, while th8
French have 750,000. The French, too, aro
well-armed, and generally more comfortably
provided against the cold than the Germans.
It is quite true that the Germans aro drilled
Veterans while the French are, to a great ex
tent, raw levies; but, on tho other hand, the
French aro acting under the highest inspiration
of self-defence.
AU the promptings of nature, reason and re
ligion inspiro a man to defend hta home, conn
try and family ogainBt lawless aggression; and
in this war the Geimans havo undertaken to
suppress and extinguish these sacred instincts
by fines, forfeitures, murderous executions,
frightfal acts of wholesale incendiarism, and a
system of bloodthirsty cruelties at war with
reason and humanity, and altogether unexam
pled in modern times.
The German correspondent of this paper,
who summarizes foreign events in a very inter
esting weekly compendium, deplored yesterday
the “fanatic patriotism” of tho French. Man
kind, in general, would entertain but a low es
timation of the French, if they failed, at this
supremo crisis, to exhaust their resources in
the effort to defend themselves against pilbge,
murder and political extinction. It is a course
which a brave people must pursue or sink their
good name in tie common grave of their lives,
liberties and property. Tho horrors now being
enacted upon France, evoke in her behalf tho
profoondest sympathies of the outside world.
Politicians, also, can hardly fail to see that
Germany crashes France in order to establish
her own supremacy in Western Europe, and she
means to divide with Russia a duumvirate over
Christendom. With the prospects, as wo confess,
all against it, we still hope that French valor
and patriotism may throw off the German yoke
and re-establish tho ancient prestige of that
gallant people.
Never did the European world more impera
tively require the re-establishment of French
power. All Europe must be but a vast military
camp, or submit to be disposed of by Germany
and Russia, if tho Czar and Bismarck work out
their plans successfully. The prospects in
Enrope for human liberty, peace and tranquil
ity are shrouded in gloom, bnt in the Provi
dence of God, light may yet break in from un
expected quarters.
Lee Memorial Association.
To the Editors of Vie Macon Telegraph and
Messenger:
Gentlemen:—May I ask tho publication in
your journal of the subjoined notice, in further
ance of a work in which I feel assnred you feel
a deep interest.
Very respectfully, your obd’t. serv’t,
Wm. M. Bbowne.
Notice of Gen. ¥F. M. Browne.
Having been appointed by General John B.
Gordon, Vice-President of the Lee Memorial
Association for the State of Georgia, to collect
contributions in the counties of Bibb, Baldwin,
Crawford, Jones and Monroe, to a fund to be
raised for the purpose of erecting a suitable
monument over tho grave of the beloved and
honored chief of the Southern armies, General
Robert E. Lee, and to seleot suitable persons
in these counties to aid in this pious work! I
would respectfully invite the assistance and co
operation of the gentlemen named bolow.
I would also request that they take active
steps to make collections ia their respective
counties, and remit tho same to me at Mscon,
Georgia.
Bibb.—Col Thos. J. Simmons, CoL Thos.
Hardeman, Col. J.”B. Weems, Oapt. Sam Hun
ter,Ben C. Smith and Granville O. Conner.
Baldwin.—CoL Lewis Kenan, Capt. Thos.
Newell, CoL Wm. McKinley, Milledgville.
Cbawyord.—Capt. J. W.' Avant, Knoxville.
Jonea—CoL A. F. Hamilton, Clinton.
Monroe.—Capt. T. B. Cabaniss, Forsyth.
Very respectfully, Wm. Ml Bbowne.
Macon, Ga., December 81, 1870.
The newspapers published in Baldwin, Craw
ford, Jones and. Monroe counties, are respect
fully requested to copy the foregoing.
Ttae Result in the Second Cougres-
Nlonal District.. .
The Albany News has the following table of
majorities in this district, from whioh tha grat
ifying result is evolved of CoL Tift’s eleotiofa
both to the 41st and-424Congress over Whitely,
Radical: . . 'i . .1 i.
COL. Tin’s MAJORITIES. 1.' -fit
Chattahoochee .238
Dooly. < 323
.*,.....400
Miller.L. ..200
Baker .375
Sumter..,’. ! 729
Terrell.... 407:
Mitchell 2C0 Marion
Clay..... 6
Worth 23C
Early..’.:... 17
Randolph 250
Pulaski .; 549
Qnitman 138
WHITELY’« MAJORITIES. ^
! I t 4211
Wiloox reported ....280
4491
Webster..
, 200
3658
Tift’s majority.......833
Dougberty.„..-....y. 1001
Lee 800
Macon,...,. 505
Stewart Qilil.iif7.lh 800
Decatur reported... 250
Calhoun makes no return. She bits 800
Totars
The above figures are very nearly official.
Corrected figures cannot materially change tho
result.
Tho News has Stewart too low, as it gave
Whitely 400 majority, and' Decatur gave him
327 majority. With these corrections, and
leaving out Calhoun and Wilcox altogether, the
fignres stand as follows: Tift’s majorities,
4,211, Whitely’s majorities, 3;833— leaving
Tift’S majority 878; r . Allow him 100 majority in
Wilcox and give Whitely the same in Calhoun—
in 1868 it gave Bollock 60 majority—and the
result- is still the same.
The” News saya the Democrats have ols>
elected their candidates for the Legislature in
Baker, MiUor, Mltohell, Clay, Early, Worth,
Terrell, Randolph, Quitman, Chattahoochee,
Marion, Sumter, Dooly, Wilcox, Pnlanlri-*-one
from Lee—Schley and Dodge, making 21 in all,
and their Senators from the 9;h, 11 th and 13th
districts. The Radicals eleot 2 from Decatur,
2 from Dougherty, 2 from Maoon, 2 from Stew
art and 1 from Webster—9 ia all, and no Sena
tors. ~ - ■ ---i t* t*mhit«
The Southern Farm and Home for January,
has just reached na from the press of J. W.
Burke & Co., snd we find it an excellent num
ber, of an always valuable and instructive ag
ricultural magazine. The contents are varied
and interesting^ embracing a great many sub
jects of importance to all concerned in agricul
ture, manufactures and domestio economy.—
The letter of John Plowhandles on agriculiural
education, is very forcible and just, and the
papers on under-draining, crop food and hedg
ing, aie especially worthy of attentive perusal.
In the E litor’e B >ok Table—a very oarefully
edited department of the magazine —Huxley’a
“Lay Sermons” are very severely criticised.
On the whole, the Farm and Home is one of
the very best agricultural papers in our country,
and deserve* the cordial support of oor peopld.
The editor announces that Professors Leroy
Broun and S. H. Charbonnier, of the University
of Georgia, will henceforth be regular contrib
utors to the paper, commencing with the Feb
ruary number. 5^ ~J r
Terms, $2 per annum. J. W. Burks & Co.,
Macon, publishers.
All Safr.—We are pleased to learn that
Messrs. Brilard k, Anderson saved (her books
from the fire on Friday night, aud their ooal
trade will go on at the yard as usual
wm
• * New Yorlt Gossip.
We clip the following'from the sprightly New
York correspondence of the St. Louis Repub
lican: ■ * '■
Of all tile female leclnrers I have as yet heard,
Oliva Logan is the brightest nnd most enjoy
able.
ANNA DICKENSON
Cannot bo rightly classed among them. There
is a hard, political, beardod look about her. Sho
has a stony sort, of eloquence, such as Demos-'
thenes astounded'the ancients with after his
nourishing diet of pebbles. Sho will not con
descend to bo entertaining. Wilh a Gradgrind-
ish air she pitches into facts and administers
’em with the same grim satisfaction with which
grandma used to give me a dose of castor oiL
Monday night this Spartan maiden pronounced
an adamantine oiation upon the armor-encased
form of that cast-iron prodigy, “Joan of Aro."
It was listened to with stocial indifference, and
after two hours tho audience dispersed solemnly
for their homes—the women convinced that
Anna and Joan had a very hard fate ordained
’em, and tho men icjoiciDg that fate had denied
’em such hard females as Anna and Joan, ex
cept in such proportion as one to a century.
The best description of Miss Dickinson's per
sonal appearanco I elicited from a little five
year old boy. As she surveyed her audience
and ran her fingers through her hair, I careless
ly asked small Tommy if ho knew who that was?
“Yea, marm,” was the prompt reply, “John T.
Hoffman.”
A SMART YOUTH
This youth was.under my charge a day or
two, sometime ago, and led ms such a life, that
constituting myself a sort of one-horse Sunday
School, I set down attd commenced operations
on Tom. He evidently cared nothing for my
personal observation of hia iniquity, so I got
up a chilling narrative of the All-Seeing Eye.
The next day to reward him for his depravity,
I took him to the circus. The Hippo'hostron
is a circular iron building with no visible win
dow save a small opening in the roof. Tom
took in his surroundings and turning around, in
his shrill voice he sung out: “God can’t see me
here, can he ?” It was no place to continue my
religious instructions, so I hushed up my young
theologian, but assured him God saw him oven
there. There was silence for a moment, when
again he broke out: “Then God sees tho show
for nothing!”
Arnold & Constable havo a flounce 18 inohes
deep, a borthe am & handkerchief of the rich
est old point, for which they ask $2,600. The
pattern is a wilderness of roses and buds and
leaves. These seem to lay up upon tho beauti
ful ground-work; the petals of the rose3 fold
each over the other. But when breathed upon
the whole flower lifts from the lace and the
leaves stir for an instant and then settle into
their places again. It is a wonderful piece of
lace, aud $2,600 is not an exorbitant price.
Amongst the many
babe laces
I have seen I think the Btrangest was n veil,
given by Nicholas, Emperor of Russia, to that
splendid gentleman and soldier, patriot and
statesman, the late Thomas H, Seymour, of
Connecticut. It is very large, of exquisite de
sign, and so fragile, so etherial in texture that
when shaken ont and cast upon the air it floats
like a thistly down and it is many minutes .be
fore it will settle in a clo3o 'room, and then a
whispered invitation will start It On its aerial
travels again After seeing this almost intan
gible creation, one can believe the story of the
Caliph’s doth of gold that was so. wondronsly
fine that it was invisible.
The Correspoodouce Between Count
JXoitke aud General Trochn.
The letteis b=t.te*.n the leading captains of
the two great opposing armies about Paris, re
lative to thereC’ipinreof Orl aus, were brief and
courteous.' The first was as follows i
“Yersaillfs, December 5.
’It may bs useful to inform your Excellency
that the army of the Loi-e was .defeated near
Orleans yesterday, and that that town is 'reoccu
pied by the Gerruau troops. Should, however,
your Excellency deem it expedient to be con
vinced ot tho fact through one of your officers,
I will not fail to pi ovide him with a safe conduct
to come aud retnrn. Receive, General thehigh-
63t expression of the high considerations with
which I have the honor to be your very humble
and obedient servant,
“The Chief of the Staff, Count Moltka.
“General Troohu, Governor of Paris.” • r
The Governor promptly replied :
‘‘Your Exodlency thought it might be useful
to inform me that the army of iheLoire was de
feated near Orleans, and that that town is reoo-
cupied by German troops. . .
“I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
of that communication which I do not think i*
expedient to verify' through the'means which
your Excellenoy suggests to me. Receive, Gen
eral, the expression of the high consideration
with which I have the honor to be your very
humble aud very obedient servant.
“Tile Governor of Paris, Gen. Troohu." -
now noixs.
A «:corsl » Xcitro’s Kensout fur Volin* the
,, Democratic Ticket.
Yesterday I heard an old negro explaining
tow few of his’ color bis reasons for having
voted the Democratic ticket. Said'he, as he
made fierce gestures with his weather-beaten
hand, “Yes, you’re right, I did vote tho Demo
crat! o ticket. It’s the first time I ever did, and tin-'
less they run this here gov’ruent barter than the
Radicals have it will bp tho last time. I propose
to try Vui. AVhy is times hard.and why ain’t thar
no'money in the country? Tho Radicals are
playin'gVmash with every thing. I commenced far
to vote the Radioal ticket over two years ago,
and ever sinoe that time money has been get
ting scucer and fectcer, and now I don't see
a ten-dolLr bill ouoo a month. I hxin’t got
bents now where I used to ‘have dollars when
I commenced , for-to vote the Radical ticket.
We must have a change iu. this here business,
or we’ll all go up, white and black alike.
Talk about tbe Radicals being friends to
the colored’ men! Any man with half-of
one eye can Bee that they ain't friends to
any body but thrinsehes. They’re arter
tbe offi-io which draws them big pay end
takes all tbo money out of the country, and
makes cotton go down so that •'■ darkey -'can’t
earn enough in a . year .10 bny a hoe oaks for
Christmas. That’s what they do. Who lent
me a mule lost Rummer to finish my crop when
mine had broke his leg trying to get over the
fence? Was it a lUdical f -Ko, they’d have see’d
my orpp go to wends. afj>re they’d- have, did it.
Fact in, mighty few of them have got any mules
t-> lend. It was a Democrat who came to me
and eays: ‘Joe, you’ve had bad luok ; you’ll
lose all your’wotk unless you%an get a nag to
finish your erop Go to my stable and got that
bid mule that’s blind iu one eye and pay me
what’s right for her when tbe orop ia made.’ I
paid him up like a man. When I was sick ..last
Hammer, and didn't havo a bite in the house
to eat, who brought m« the hunk' of bacon ? It
was this ’ere same Democrat, and now when he
wants my vo'e he o in get it A man who sticks
np to me, I'll stick to him all the time,” and so
saying the ancient negro walked off, leiaviflg his
little c.rcio of listeners to comment upon his
speech and digest his wisdom.—Giorgio Letter
iii the Cincinnati Commercial
f*ay>.a./»*w -'-ti 1 e,;--qc>Hs^De
An artiole upon the show business in New
York says that good stock actors can earn from
$75 to $160 par week. This may seem hand
some wages, but one must consider the cos
tumes and other expenses. A first class dress
for a character will sometimes oost $800, sad
sometime ten timea that sam. Stock actors,
when favorites with the public, will remain in
one service for years, but te must maintain his
popularity. If be is hissed once in a decided
manner it is fatal. Stage walkers are those who
simply fill up the ranks on tbe stage fur appear,
ance sake, and take occasional part in the dia
logue. They receive from $10 to $30 per week,
and can attend to other business daring the
day. Scene-shifters are paid $20 per week, and
are required to be expert fat that business, as f
digit misunderstanding would disarrange the
roechiceryin a very annoying manner. Among
the best paid officials are the ticket olerks.
These eneu are not ot aches of the pro
fession ; on the other bend they are
dowu-town brokers, bask clerks, and are first
rate judges of currency. There is such an in
cessant attempt to pass bad money (made by
those who are ignorant of the vigilance main
tained at these posts) that such men are neces
sary. I well retpember Mr. B., the receiving
teller of the North River Bank, who subse
quently has become cashier of another institn-'
tion. I had done business with him for a year,
making daily deposit a at his oonnter, and learn
ed that he possessed great accuracy in detect
ing bad money. One evening I went to the
theater, snd whet was my surprise on applying
for a ticket to find Mr. B. sitting behind the
pigeon-hole. A smile of recognition explained
all. The poor bank cletk earned enough in
this way tcypay his house rent, and his value to
his employes may be judged by tbe fact th*t
he rejeoted from $15 to $25 bad niout-y every
night.
Tit© Fighting Ontsirtc Paris-Horri
ble Appearance ortho Battlefield.
Tho dreadful aspect of tho battlefield out
side Pari?, after the great sortie, is thus de
scribed by a correspondent of the London
Times:
“Tpere is a park just at the extreme end of
the village Vifliers. on tbo Paris hide. Before
and all around it ranged the battle on both
days—tho 30‘.h of November and the 2d of
December. The Ckatteau is officers’ quarters.
How it suffered. Thoir is scaicely a window
sash left in one side cf it, and to approach it
there is no necessity to make uso of the en
trance gate. The wall is smashed from top
to bottom in a dozen places. I ont or oil near
tho gato, and tho first thing I saw vw. lea dead
Saxons in a row.' There faces were covered
and three of thoir comrades watched over them.
Passing through the park, in the direction of
Paris, I walked ont through an embrszare in
the wall and came upon rising ground. It was
one of the hotest parts of the battlefield, and
almost the center of the scene of fighting.
Heavens, what a Bight! Toseo the men ad
vancing under fire of the forts, and falling at
every step; to see tha French and the Saxons
amid that horrid din o' artillery shooting one
another down with Chassepot and needle gun;
to hear the ‘imrrali3’ followed by a volley, and
as tho smoko cleared away to find tho' linos
thinned and living men advancing over the
prostrate bodies of dead and dying was horri
ble, but nothing like so horrible ns the sight
of this bultle-fi- U -'a l'h .hundreds uf dead tying
thore in the cold air, tbe sun shining on their
phnstly features and stiff forms, whiio the can
non on Avron and Nogentwero thundering with
soueds which shook the earth for miles around.
“One of the first great groups. I came upon
was composed of 0'0 French soldiers. A few
Saxons and Wurtembergers lay around them ;
bnt the Germans had already removed and laid
in their last sleeping-piece most of their dead.
The center of the group was formed cf a close
line of 46. You could not have placed a body
between any two. They fell shoulder to
shoulder, j ust as they had stood to fire. By far
the greater number of them were on their backs,
with their feet to Paris and their heads to Yil-
litra. Alas, it was painfully evident that many
of them, and of others whom I saw subsequent
ly, had not died instantaneously, but had lived
probably many hours without a hand to lend
them succor, and ia piercing snow and frost.
One.poor fjellow lay on his face. He had two
rifle-wounds in his back. He had partly.strip-
ped himself, and he died with a hand on each
bnllet-hole. Several had taken off their knap-
saoks and placed them under their heads, and
so pillowed ;had breathed, their last breath.
Others clenched their water bottles in one
hand, but had been'unable to remove the cork,
and died without being able to wet their lips in
their last agony. Some,a in their sufferings,
had burrowed their faces in the thick clay on
which they lay, and turned their bloody and
earih stained fact s upward before they expired.
Two I saw Who had their arms fixed and their
fists clenched, as if, while dying, they were
engaged in a pugilistic encounter. Only very
few were on their tides. These had their
knapsacks under thc-ir beads The-re were men
on whose faces beamed tho smile of an infant,
and whose countenances wore like handsome
wax work, Tne expression of others was that
of .terrible agony. Every, feature was contort
ed ; their legs had been convulsively jerked up
until their knees stuck into their stomachs, and
their finger and thumb, nails’had been squeezed
until they became riveted into the palms of
thoir hands. Behind, before, and at the cor
ners of this line of 46 dead men were others,
Saxon and French. One had a frightful wound
in the face-. Ho had pulled his hands up into
his sleeves to warm them, but his cap had fallen
off, and the blood clotted on his hair till it was
all in bloody mats. Near him was another who
had taken a biscuit • from his knapsack and the
bottle from his side, and had partaken of a lit
tle of both. More than one of the slain had
died with the hands clasped in prayer; .and
near one 1 found a little plaster medallion of
the Blessed yirgin. A portion of the edge had
been shot off ic. The Ch-issepots and needle-
guns were still in many a deni man’s hand, and
lying between his arms and his body.
“ Similar were the eights all over the plateau
between Villiers and Brie, and Yilliers and
Ghampigny; and among the corpses were knap
sacks, helmets, shakoes, bayonets, and many a
letter sealed and directed to relatives and friends
in Getmany.and France, r Near a cemetery sit
uated on the battle-field itself, I saw between
200 and 300 dead French soldiors collected close
ly together; they had been removed from where
they had fallen and collected iu that spot for
burial. All were regulars, and a considerable
propoitiua of them were men at least 25 or 30
j i.irs of age. There were dead nearer to Paris
than any spot I visited, though the fortifications
were much too close to be at all agreeable, and
Nemlly-aur-Marne and Fontenay-sous Boia
seemed to be within a few minutes’ distance on
my right and lefri I hope there were no wound
ed. No armistice for the removal of the dead
and wounded hml been agreed to; but both
sides had been, 'removing them by night. So
late as last night some of the German wounded
were found among the dead, and are now in hos
pital. What mast have been their suffering,
in snow and frost since the 2d Inst., for they had
been lying out day and night since then, if not
since the 30th!” .. :
From (he ‘-City by the Sea.**
Brunswick, December 27, 1870.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger— Christ-
mi*, with its joyous festivities and pleasurable
excursion is engaging ns just now beside the
sea. We would really enjoy the holidays better
if Glynn bad not been thrown into the shades
of Radicalism at the recent election. . But as
these shadows cool down oar patriotism, we en
deavor to keep the fires of social life fill aglow,
henceparties, excursions and little social tete-
a tetes abound. Politics, commerce, and the
jarring elements of trade mar much the aweets J
and pleasures of social life. To meet a iu«n
only at the hustings or the counting-room. To
know nought of him but as we see Arm them, he
is soon utilized into a mere machine. The hap
py relaxation of holiday life should always be
embraced.
Bnt wo intended to tell what a happy time
bun party had yesterday, ina trip to St. Simons
on the Louder. The -waters were placid and the
sky serene. The ocean lay in solemn tranquil
ity, boundless, vast—made one feel parsing the
outlet from the soaod, rs if they were looking
into the gateway of eternity.
’ a Frederioats one of the oldest towns in Georgia
General Oglethorpe oaptnred it from the Span
ish and occupied it before he put foot,on noun
l»ndr The General was ohiefly instrumental in
bringing over to Amerioa the Messrs Wesleys,
two clergymen of the English Church. Their
stay among tbe colonies was short, bat so fa
mous have grown their names that their move
ments while here are historic events treasured
up with great interest by their admirers. An
oi»k stands near »n Episcopal chapel, (itself a
half centnry old.)—under it is a.legend that tbe
Wesleys px-jached to the rnde colonists in, 1736.
We wm enrious enough to take aw»y a piece
of the bark off that tree The oak spreads it*
boughs over -112 feet, snd looks venerable.
Could dame nature speak many a tale, might it
unfold. J. W. S.
Extent of tbe Girard Estate.
From the Doyiesiown (Penn.) Democrat.]
The number ot stores sad dwellings in the
eity of Philadelphia belonging to the Girard
estate is 187; the number of farms, (in the
Fifth ward) 15, together yielding a rental of
nearly $260,000 per annum. There are also
ab.-nt eighteen thousand aores of land in Schul-
kill and Colombia counties, valuable for coal,
farming and timber purposes. The personal
property of the Girard estate consists of stocks
and loans, having an approximate par value of
$518,833 94. ..The income arising from these
sources is expended for the maintaining of the
Girard College for orphans, for the repairing of
the real estate, and for the salaries of the offi
cers of the ee*ate, which about absorbs the
whole of it Bee idea this, Girard left two sep
arate funds—one of $500,000 (executors valua
tion,) “for rhe Improvement of the eastern front
Orf the oity and a Delaware avenue,” and an
other of $10,000 (which has sinee deereased to
a little over $9,000) “to purchase fuel for poor
white house-keeper?.” The income arising from
both these funds has been regularly appropri
ated to the prescribed uses.
Sxkosshibr Baoxnaaa, 108 and 110 Payuras
street. New Orleans. We are indebted to Mr.
F. J. R«gl<tod, representing this boose for sam
ple bottles of Brandy, Sherry Wiae and Robin-
son Oonnty Whisky, of a very fine quality- This
house sends soeh samples to .ooontry dealer*,
upon whioh they oau order goods and bs -nre at
finding them precisely the same as selected by
sample. Orders filled upon eatisfsatory oity
references. Cash at thirty dajs or ool’ect on
bill of 1.ding.
Foreign Notes.
[PBEPABED FOB THE TELEOEAPH AND HESSENGEE. j
Two Atlantic cables being ont of working or
der, the foreign news are generally meagre and 1
unsatisfactory. Tbe Franco-Gerrean war is f
dragging on without any decisive results. A
bloody engagement has been repotted between
the French army of the North under Faidherbe
and General Mauteuffel near Amiens in which
both parlies claim a decided victory. The
news concerning the army of the Loire and the
forces of Prince Frederick Charles are conflict
ing and without in terest. Troohu has made an-
other attempt to pierce tha iron circle around
Paris, but with no better success than attended
tho former sorties. The condition of France is
hopeless in the extreme, but a nation Lkethe
Frenoh, being so deeply imbuod with the glory
of their country and util! commanding so vast
resources, may continue a defensive war for
many months. TbeSouthW France has not
yet been devastated by tbe contending armies
and itb inhabitants through whose veins courses
the fervent blood of a sunny clime, are bent oa I
energetio resistance. Gambeita, himself a
Southerner, being a native of Marseilles, has
succeededininspiring his countrymen withsome
of his own fanatic patirotism. Though we have
to acce^A the dduge of proclamations issued by
the French Minister of war with great allow-
ances, we must admit that large reinforcements
and stores of war material are going forward to
the front from the South of France. The Ger
man forces which can be spared around Paris,
not being numerous enough to cany the war far
into the S^uth; there will hardly be any material
change before tho fall of Paris, when almost
three hundred thousand men will become avail
able for the occupation of the Southern depart
ments. In the meantime two hundred thousand
fresh reserves are already on their way to rein
force the corps operating iu the North and on
tbe Loire. We have lately heard little from the
capital and its population. Official advices re
present, naturally enough, everything hopeful
and confident of final victory, but occasional re- ,
ports from private sources are despondent. The 1
long and determined resistance of Pi ris cannot
fail to impress even the enemy. On the 19th |
of September the investment of the French cap- I
ital by the Germans was complete. There were i
few who believed that so large a oity numbering w
two million of people, could be provisioned for' ®
longer than three months; yet twelve more days
have already elapsed and tLeie is no immediate
prospect of surrender. For all this the fate of .„
Paris is sealed. The German intrenchments : J
haye become formidable works, sad anv farther
sorties from Paris will prove vain efforts, unless, ■
they are supported by a powerful army of relief r "
attacking the besigers in the rear.
In the meantime anarchy reigns iu France,
and, while the masses cry ont “Vive la Eepnb-
lique,” Gambetta has virtually made himself
dictator. The French papers are growing dis->i
satisfied wilh his arbitrary acta and decrees, fol
lowing each other in rapid succession, and “Li
France” caller upon him to remember his own
words when a deputy of the opposition. “Eut,"
the paper says, -‘if the change which Power
will work oven upon tho strongest, be already
to complete as to make M. Gambetta look with
suspicion upon everybody who is not of his
opinion, let him listen to the judgment of im
partial foreigners.” And here ‘‘La-Franco”
translates an. article. of 1 he London Standard, <
saying, “that ’ a triumph of the French arms
would bring about a dictatorship of Gambetta
Iwith Mazzini as his most intimate adviser!”
“Let M. Gamhotta remember,” the French pa
per continues, “that infallibility is not the priv
ilege of any mortal, aud that even the most pop
ular deputy of the Left stands in need of aid
and advice to direct the destinies of France.
At the same time he may learn to understand..
that those who demand the Convocation of th* j
Consrituante are much less hla and the Repub- ‘
lie’s enemies, than he is willing'to: believe now.
This National Representation which he so ob
stinately refused, would now prove a source of
strength to M. Gambetta, as it would aid him "
to solve difficult questions and share the respon-
sibility with him; and that whioh now appaai?
as a voluntary subordination, would Ixtvo be
come a moral and lasting conquest for tbe Re
public:”
Ther e comes a report of a rising of the Red *
Republicans from Bordeaux. They gathered J
in large numbers before the Hotel de Villa in a
riotous way. General Goraand,- commiader of
the National Guards, refusing them admission
to,the hall, they assailed him and broke his
sword. Cornand, in self-defense, discharged
his revolver, when the mob rushed forward and j
overpowered him. After a mock trial he was
condemned to death and shot a few minutes af
ter having received the sentence. The troops
remained passive daring the disorder.
Lo Drapean, a French paper, has published
the following Rat of Generals who have been
relieved since the proclamation of the republic:
General Mazore was removed in Lyons, Gen
eral Barral in Grenoble, Gudin in Ronen, d’Aze-
more in Valenoe, de None, in Perpignan, Val-
sin-Esterhazy in Algiers, and the Generals Oam-
brieis, Michel de Keraolon and Boncbaki, by
secret machinations and calumniations were
several times-induced to offer their resigna
tions ,' D’Anrelles de Paladin--*, the idol of one
day, has resigned his command nnd gone to live
oh hi* estates. 1 -.-J- pi c :-L- . -
\ In view of the approaching oapirulation of
Paris, collections are being made ia Galicia and
the Province of Poaen for tbe purpose cf pur
chasing provisions for the ’ Poles shnt up in the
French oapitaL
The committee which has initiated the move
ment, will forward .them ia time from Vienna
.to Paris to save the Polish residents, number
ing about 1500, from starvation. The--e are ta
king a vety active psrt in tbe defense of Paris,
and many of them have died a soldier’s death in
tbe murderous combats around tbe capital.
Id the foreign -legion organized in Toon
there were also 171 Poles, of whom only 21 es
caped in tbe battle of Orleans; th* remainder
being either killed or wounded These troops
seem to have fought with extraordinary valor.
The whole legion, originally 1.G00 strong, was
reduced to 399 men fit for duty after tbe recap
ture of Oileans by the Germans. In the mean-
tibia French agents in S-vIjcm continue recruit
ing for the new corps now forming in France.
Tho recmi'8, who receive 50 francs bounty and
traveling expens-s, generally enter Franoe Ay
w*y of Vienna and Switzerland
The name of Podbietaki, a Prussian genera!
in the army of Prince Frederick Charles, hss
Is-oly been prominent >B the official bulletins.
The JDzieonik," a Polish paper, has published
the following account of his descent: “When
Poland was divided by Prussia, two brothers
Podbirlski, descending from tbe nobility of
r.omu, euterod the Prussian army One of
th;ir nocW, ThadddCus, tf Sta-zjin-Jci, was a
member ofthe diet of Grodno fn 1793, where he
vehemently opposed the partition of Poland.
CoBsacks arrested him, therefore, and led him
into Bussi-in captivity. Both Podbielskia, in tbe
battle of Jena, were near Queen Louise, whoa
they escorted and protected on the retreat. Ai
the Court, prompted hy gratitude, showered
honors and favors upon both brothers, they re
mained in Prussian services after the establish
ment of the grand-duchy of Warsaw, and mar
ried German women, but never learnt d the
German language fluently. The present Pod-
bialski, who is a sen 0f one of these two broth
era, has beoome perfectly Germanized.
The American thanksgiving day, November
24th, was duty celebrated by tho Americans re
siding in Berlin. Divine service was held in
the morning, and an address delivered by Mr-
Bigelow, of Pennsylvania. A brilliant banquet
presided over by Mr. George Bt-noroft, the
American Ambassador, closed tbe ealebmtiou.
Our pacific view of the Russian demands!
seems to prove correct. The representatives °*l
the Great Powers will assemble in London onj
January 3d to discuss any modifications of th@
treaty of Paris. J
The British Grown, at laet, has yielded to the
Irish patriots by .-setting the Fenian prisoner?
at liberty. . They are, however, banished front
the country for five years. j
The hew King of Spun is expected to entalj
the capital of his kingdom with groat pompon
New Year’s Day. Troubles and civil oorenx^
turns are already awaiting the. young severe^
It appears that the Duke of Aosta was less t
choice dt the -people than of Prim, who manag
to hava. hfeoandMate elected. There is a g<
end disntisfhetion in Spstn, and the 7“°
Prince muaf bo possessed of great wurion
moderation 1 jmd pnidecpe tp reconcile tbo i
lirtWa fe hts election. Jabno.1
ferect P*
Captifl
A Fa* Ena*.—We are indebted to
Henry Beusse, of 01m* connty for a fine
l ear. Our pomology does not enable us to
its variety.