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- - -- i The Greorgia, Weekly Telegretph and Journal <fc Messenger, Telegraph and Messenger. MACON, JANUARY > VtU “Few Ahead.” —Impeach er Ashley, bein|» interviewed by a reporter of the Chicago Tri bute, predicts a good deal of fun ahead in the South. Ashley says that Grant will be renom inated for the Presidency by acclamation, and will secure the vote of the entire South. Here We quote from the interview: Reporter—Do you mean at the election ? Mr. Ashley—Yes. Reporter—But some of the Southern States have gone Democratic. Mr. Ashley—Tee, I know they have. But 7ie'U Jue that. You'll tee some fun about that time. The people of Georgia think they have seen in the last election, what the Radicals can do in the way of fixing and fun, and they will endeav or by a stringent registry law hereafter, to se cure, to prevent the ballot in this State from sinking into a hopeless farce. Rot Grant “fix” as he may. ABhley says that though Hendricks is amighty “big man,” Chase is the only opposition candi date who can beat Grant—but Ashley inferen- tially concedes that Grant cannot be re-elected without a solid Sonthem support. Ashley says Grant thinks of little else by night or day, ex cept how he may seouro a re-election. A Tribune letter says this is the way it will be in Washington this winter: * ‘Without mean ing and without purpose, the gay votaries will whirl ou this winter, like a dance of flies in the air; the simplicity o' satin will overlay the Shortcomings of grammar, clean banknotes dis guise foul lives, jewels will shine, plumes nod, coaches roll, sumptuous splendor will delight the sense, mosio will lift the listener a moment above the sordid show, till hastening time has tens the rout that rashes, in one mad stream, to break mid-sea upon the rock of Lent Then the devotee shall hurry from the ball-room to the early servioe at St John’s, cover her velvet with sackcloth, while ashes shall take the place of powder on her hair, and the apothecary shall set in order her little vials of posion, with laud anum and chlora to force the sleep that outraged night refuses to yield, with strychnine and acon ite, and all the powerful appliances by which art has learned to circumvent nature. And a Ballow woman, who this autumn was fresh from Bimple, kindly life, and who will have learned to eat arsenic, to blanche her hair, to lengthen her eyelids with blue lines, to enamel the veins on her bosom, will have it to remember, per chance with many a sting of memory besides, that she was part of an unusually gay season at the capital.” Another “Dewelopeb” About to Collapse.— The Mobile Register, ef a late date, has the following suggestive paragraph. The “dewel- opers” are fast coming to grief under the ma lign influence of Democratic victories. They can’t stand that sort of sunlight; Stanton, the great Alabama Railroadist, steps upon the public stage onco more. This time in a truly sensational role. It is currently re ported, and in cirelos with the best right to know, is believed that he has given notice to the Governor that he will not be ablo to pay the January interest on his cart load of State bonds, amounting to $250,000. This is an event. It will throw the payment on the State Treasury, which our dear Radical friends have not left in a condition to meet so sharp a call, and it may end in the necessity of the State taking possession of the Stanton road, and on the final oollapse of the grandest bond grabber of the South, outside of Florida. We now have an inkling of the cause of Mr. Stanton’s great interest in Governor Smith's re-election, and why Mr. Stanton plumped a thousand of his railroad hands for Smith. Fob Shame !—After the sacrifices made by the two officials below named in the interests of the Radical party, it is really too bad that the New York Times, a peculiarly fragrant organ of loilty, should speak of them in snob Wgnage as follows: We are not admirers of either Holden or Bul lock. The Republican defeat in North Carolina was due in a great degree to the odium fastened upon the party by the high handed doings of the Governor. In Ids eagerness to make sure of victory, he really rendered success impossible. The Republican party suffered from his harsh and impolitic methods of promoting its inter ests. In like manner the party in Georgia may attribute not a few of its reverses to internal jealousy and dissensions; and these, again, are in good part due to Governor Bullock’s un seemly and indiscreet atttempts to manage the party with special reference to his own ends. Neither Holden nor Bullock, then, has justified the confidence reposed in him. Both have done more harm than good to the parly that elected them. “Sweet are the Uses of Adversity.” It is really gushing to hear Forney on the sanctity of Constitutions. Sweet indeed are the uses of adversity. He has just failed to thrust himself into Grant's Cabinet, and has this to say of tho respect due to fundamental law: “A constitution is not more a law than an or dinary decree of a Legislature, but in that it is tho rule of aotion beyond the control of the leg islators, -and is the standard by wnich their acts are tried. It has a sanction which does not at tach to the commonor enactments, and should have a stability beyond the whims of the indi vidual or the caprices of a party.” If he shonld, perchance, be kicked down stairs, now, we really should expect to hear of his whispering suspicions as to the beauty and godliness of Ioillty and its votaries. The Jackson, Minn., Bepnblio records the eternal disgrace of another protuberant middle name: “ An unpleasant duty devolved upon Rider Hobert, at the quarterly meeting of the M. E. Church on Sunday last, it being no less than the formal dismissal of the Rev. A. Henry Simonton, the yonng and fascinating Methodist minister recently settled over the church of that denomination in Jackson. It appeaas that he had been guilty of numerous ‘indiscretions, the principal offenses being the desertion of his wifo in Maine, and representations in Jaokson that he was unmarried.” Mebcee University.—The exercises of the next term of this old Institution will commence on tho tirot day of Pobnury next, in tne rooms over Johnston’s jewelry store, arrangements having been completed for use of the same un til regular University buildings can be erected. We hope to see opr people, by a large patron age, show that the advantages promised in re moving tho University to this oity will be all ' that were claimed for it. The Facnlty is an able one, and the course -of instruction will be all that could be desired. Bee announcement. The Baltimore Gazette.—We see that this able Democratic newspaper has been enlarged by four columns, and . has a complete outfit of new type, malting a very handsome appearance. We offer our congratulations. The Gazetto is one of the most faithful and trenchant expo nents of constitutional principles published anywhere, and we rejoice to see such unmistak able evidences of popular endorsement. It knows no halt or let up jn its battle against Rad- ioal deviltry, and deserves even more widespread influence and support. Piano Guano and Acid Compound.—The P&cifio Guano Company, represented by that well known gentleman, John 8. Reese, of Bal. timore, have appointed Asher Ayres, Esq., of this city, their agent for Maoon. Pacific Guano is a standard fertilizer in this section of Geor gia and, we believe, has given almost uniform satifaction. Mr. Ayres also advertises com pound acid Phosphate of Lime, for oomposting with cotton seed. Bee advertisement. Mot Kansas, bat San Domingo. We learn from the-Montgomery papers that a Colored Labor Convention is in session in that city and discussing a proposition by two colored philosophers, rejoicing in the names of Cox and Coon, to emigrate to Kansas in a body. But the papers say there is no fear that this African ex odus will be attempted on any large scale. Tho Mail says the negroes are generally making new contracts as usual, and no disoontent is appa rent among the bulk of them. But a few who are ambitious of figuring in politios are, of course, much disgusted with the apparent cer tainty that Alabama must hereafter be governed by her white people. In what respect they will benefit themselves by going to Kansas does not appear. No matter how loud-mouthed and red-mouthed any North ern or Western State may be upon the abstract question of negro equality, there is not one of them half so tolerant and friendly to the negro race as are the States of the South, and in no part of the American continent will the negro find so easy conditions of success os now east in the South. Here he finds a climate suited to him—an agriculture with which he is fa miliar, and improved lands cheaper than in. any other part of the Union. If, with these ad vantages, the negro fails to. improve his condi tion and make himself an independent proprie tor of the soil, he will do it nowhere. But if he insists upon a happy country, where those of his own race predominate and gov ern, we will give tho discontented negro poli ticians some good advice gratis. Let them rush at once to San Domingo, where every condi tion meets their aspirations. A splendid oli- mate, at tho right temperature—a fruitful soil —invaluable products, and an exclusively col ored population. The hyperborean climate of Kansas will shrivel the negro into the grave in a few years, and he will find in Kansas a hun dred whites to ono of his own color. Butin San Domingo, which, in three or four months, will be admitted as a State of the Union, ho will find all of his own color—and, if ho can head off the New England carpet-baggers, the negro can do his own governing, and arrange everything to suit himself. But let him move quickly, for the carpet bagger is active as a cat and sly as a fox. He will be rushing down to San Domingo in a few weeks full of all manner of “high moral ideas,” all tending to fill his bags with bonds and col laterals and his pockets with State and Fede ral commissions. If the Southern political ne gro is not far sharper than he has been here, ho will find himself again, like blind Sampson, grinding in the mill of the Philistine carpet baggers, and quite as much a “gone coon” as this poor Montgomery Goon who wants to se duce the Alabama negroes to Kansas, there to perish in the fierce blasts and snow storms which come sweeping down from the Northwestern Alps. Let him seize the propitious time, and rally ing the whole crowd of negro politicians in the South, move at once npon Son Domingo—pro claim two States—and in behalf of his race, in sist that they shall bo consecrated to the great experiment of negro self-government in Amori. ca. Duck every carpet-bagger who comes there to “develop the resources.” Udite with the na tive population in maintaining a negro govern ment, and yon will have removed your political grievances, on the one hand, while, on the oth er, you will have secured a local habitation, where, if a man prefers to devote himself ex clusively to politics, all testimony goes to show that there is nothing to hinder it. He can keep fat on the indigenous fruits of the earth, and, as to fuel and clothing, there is no need of eith er. It is surprising that the negro politicians should talk about Kansas, while Hayti and San Domingo are before them, both of which will be negro American States in a few months. Why Won’t it Work Both Ways ? We wish to know why it is that a warrant has not been sworn out against Long, the negro just elected to the 41st Congress from this Dis trict, for violation of the Congressional En- forement Act ? We have been informed by gen tlemen who heard his speech at the City Hall the night before the election, that he grossly and repeatedly violated the provisions of that act having reference to the intimidation of voters, by threatening all the negroes who dared. vote the Democratio ticket with excommunica tion from churches, schools, society and even the oommnnion table. This speech was listen ed to by hundreds of negroes, some of whom were indubitably deterred, thereby, from voting tbs Democratic ticket. This violent speech of Long’s was supplemented the next day and every day of the election by scores of negroes, both men and women, who threatened openly on the pnblio streets to “cut the d—d throats” of all of their color who should dare to vote the Democratic ticket. It is a poor rule that won’t work both ways; Several of the most prominent white citizens of this city have been arrested, and are now un der trial before a United States official for vio lating this act. So far, the evidence adduced has failed to criminate any of them, bat they are none the less subjected to the vexations and embarrassments incident to such a prosecution. Now let the knife cat the other way. Let Long be harnessed, instanter, and made to appear and answer before the United States Commis sioner, also. He has, if wa are correotly in formed, palpably and brazenly violated this law, and could, and should be oouvicted. Will not some of the gentlemen who beard this speech, and are oognizant of its unlawful tenor, move in the matter and bring Long to taw ? Robert E. Lee. Editors Telegraph and Messenger—I propose to be one of the five hundred -gentlemen, who shall contribute $50 each, with which, to erect a monument in Tattnall Square, suited to the memory of this great man. It is believed, that there is in every oounty of Georgia, at least, live soldiers of the army, which served in Virginia, who are ready to pour out this libation nrtnn tho Alto* at Rani I..—- JL J atriotiam. Macon is the Central City of the State. Tatt nall Square is named for a revolutionary patriot. Gen. Lee’s ancestors were of the same stamp, and the General himself, another illustrious ex ample. If you agree with me in this suggestion, give aid and assistance. The purpose has been sanc tioned by every ono (men and women) to whom I have named it. Other things and many, can be said of it; but just now this is enough. I have no donbt but that I can, with the help of friends, raise in the Fifth Congressional Dis trict of Georgia its proportion. Indeed, one of the best public speakers in the State has offered his services in the delivery of ono of his very fine lectures in thi3 behalf. I invoke the co-operation of officers and sol diers in tho late war. Any correspondence upon this snbject directed to me, at Augusta, Ga., care of J. J. Pearce, Butler & Co., will receive prompt attention. D. E. Buxllb. A young dentist whose clothes were found on the beach at Long Branch last stunmer, and who was supposed to have been drowned, has turned up in Chicago, where he has been living on tho proceeds of his $10,000 life insuranoe policy. * A man wrote to Horace Greeley for a situa tion, and reoeivod the following letter in Hor- aee’s handwriting. “ This is tha'2,000th appli cation in a week. Go to the devti. I qajj’t hire every 4-^4 fool.”—jV, y Democrat, Georgia Press. Central Railroad stock sold for from $115 to $115 50 a share, and Southwestern Railroad stock for $9150 a share, in Savannah, on Tues day. . Forty shares of Georgia Railroad stock sold at Augusta, same day, at $98 25, $98 37J, and $98 50, per share. • The late Artemae Gould, of Augusta; left an estate valued at $300,000, of whioh $75,000 goes to his relatives in Massachusetts, $5,000 to a church at Summerville, near Augusta, and the remainder to his -ftidow. City of Savannah bonds sold for $84 50, at the regular monthly sales in that city, on Tues day. Richmond eonnty lands sold at Augusta, on Tnesday, at priceg ranging from $1 80 to $2 50 peraore. A tract of Savannah river bottom land (97 acres) was withdrawn at $40 per acre. The Rev. George McCauley has resigned the rectorship of St. Paul’s Church, Albany. The connecting track between the South Georgia and Florida and the Southwestern Rail roads at Albany, will be finished by the end of this week. Messrs. A. C. and Eichard Westbrook, of Al bany, in searching for goods stolen from their rooms, tracked the robbers to their den last Sat- nrdry night. They were three negroes, two of whom were arrested, and th3 property recov- ered. One of the robbers, in attempting to es cape, was shot, and afterwards died. The first bale of through cotton from Vicks burg via Savannah, to New York, was compress ed at Savannah Tuesday, and went North by tho steamer Loo. A quarrel between J. E. Edwards and George Little, hotel drummers at Augusta, on Sunday, resulted in tho latter’s being shot and seriously wounded. The Constitutionalist says Mr. George Bntler, of Edgefield District, South Carolina, was shot and killed by James Hamilton, on Monday morning. Mr. Butler was a nephew of General M. O. Butler. The quarrel was about a cow. -The Democrats of Savannah had a grand torch light procession and display of fire works, on Monday night, in honor of their recent vic tory. Columbus has to raise $100,000 to meet mu nicipal expenses this year. A fire at Eatonton, Sunday night, came near destroying the main building in Prudden’s cor ner, occupied by W. C. Young & Co. as a ware house, tho Proas and Messenger printing office, the poatoffico, and Prudden’s dwelling, grocery and confectionery. The Houston Home Journal says gentleman of that county, after the election, offered any one of his negro employees fifty acres of land, a mule and provisions for one year, if they would tell him who they voted for; and not a man of them could do it. Only 7 one of them made the attempt, and he failed. The Albany News tells us all about “ Bunk’ Tarver, a noted Democratio negro of Eaker county. He formerly belonged to Hon. Henry Tarver of that county. When the war closed and freedom came about, Bunk remained the steadfast friend of his old master and comrade, and till this day clings to him with the devotion of sincere grat itude and honest friendship. He is a democrat by birth, education, interest and inclination, and in every canvass sinoe the war has labored faithfully and zealously for the success of his principles and his party.. In the recent oontes't Mr. Tarver was the nominee of the party, and Bunk went in for him and his confreres with his whole soul, and all the ener gy he possessed. He slept not, nor wearied in his labor of love. Spending his own money freely, and devoting his entire time to the cause, he succeeded in oaxrying several hundred of his race for the democratio tioket, and in the elect ion of his old master and present friend by a vote of two to one over a negro candidate.” The Supreme Court of Iowa has recently de cided that if a juryman drinks intoxicating liquors during a trial tho verdict which he and his fellows may render may be set aside and a new trial ordered. It is not necessary that he should become actually drank, but the mere fact of his drinking is sufficient to vitiate the verdict. Under this ruling the way of the jury man in Iowa will be quite as hard as that of the transgressor. The unhappy man who is in the habit of drinking a cocktail at noon, or a glass of bitters before dinner must practice total ab stinence while in the jury-box. Even an acci dental pain-in the stomach of a juryman must be homo with stoical heroism, and the brandy which might put it to flight must be postponed until the trial is over. It will, however, doubt less follow from this ruling that juries in Iowa will hereafter agree much more quickly than heretofore. The custom of condemning the jury man to a diet of cold meat with bread and cheese has not proved sufficiently potent to force un- ^’Hinc men fr> oji-m together. Bat the man who may prefer starvation ro me tsauiiSoa of his own obstinaoy will probably yield his con victions to the liberal fellow-juryman who hqlds out the prospect of coming cocktails as an in ducement to tho immediate rendering of a ver dict. The defendant will only have to intimate that free drinks will be provided for the jury whenever they oome to an agreement to render his acquittal an eminently probable event.— Shonld the same rale be adopted by our courts the work of empanelling a jury would beoomo a task involving interminable time and incon ceivable difficulty. For a New York jury with out drinks wonld be as unheard of and as diffi cult to find as a Western jury without chewing- tobacco and poker.— World. Improvements in New York. The World of January 1st, prints a map of New York city as it will be in 1880, with all the improvements now in progress. Among these are the new docks, which involve the construc tion of thirty miles of sea wall around the city. The World says: The plan Is to surround the entire city with a street 250 feet wide, which shall be durably paved, and have a deep sidewalk, a spacious roadway, and an open space which can be used for an elevated railway. Beyond this the wharf or pier line is to begin. The sea wall is to be of concrete, faced with granite, and from it the solid piers are to extend into the river. Each one will be from sixty to eighty feet wide, with three abutments and open spaces between, al lowing free sweep to the tide, and thus obvia ting one of the greatest nuisances of our pres ent system—the constant accumulation of offal and debris in the slips and the stagnation of the water. It is reasonably calculated that the san itary advantages of this plan are sufficient to warrant its adoption independent of the im- Li- .^uicura it wui secure to the business along the river’s edge. Death of Rev. Albert Barnes.—Rev. Dr. Albert Barnes, of Philadelphia, well known by his Soriptural commentaries, died suddenly on the afternoon of December 24, 1870. He had walked a considerable distance, ac companied by bis daughter, on a visit of condo lence to a bereaved family, and had hardly taken his seat in the house when he suddenly com plained of a difficulty in breathing, threw his head back, andsoon expired,apparently without any pain. It is supposed that his death was caused by heart disease. Mr. Barnes was a native of Rome, N. Y., bom December 1, 1798, graduated at Hamilton Col lege in 1820, and at Princeton Seminary in 1824. He was ordained pastor of the Presbyterian church at Morristown, N. J., in February, 1825, when he began his groat life-work of preparing Scripture commentaries for the aid of Sunday schools. In 1830 he was called to the First church of Philadelphia, where be spent the re mainder of his diligent andhonorablo life, only giving over tho responsible change of the chnrch to a colleague two years ago. We are delighted to hear, says the Montgom ery Mail, of the prosperity of our sister city— Eufaula. She is soon to have a beautiful and costly theatre, and many other oity-like attrac tions. Her people are energetio, refined, hos pitable and generous; we will always note with pleasure the growth and prosperity of Eufaula. The New England factories report that the past year’s business foots np much better than they feared, but they are more scarce of water than they have been since the year 1807. BY TELEGEAPH- Washington, January 5.—The Cincinnati Commercial publishes a letter from Orville Grant to the President, charging General Bloom field, Supervisor of Illinois, with connivance at fraud. Orville Grant admits that he was ap proached in confidence with corrupt proposi tions, both regarding whisky frauds and Cuban recognition. Orville says: “ I have gained my knowledge of the whole affair in the strictest confidence, audio tell itl am betraying that con fidence, and the only apology .1 can make for doing a man an act of injustice is that my duty to you is stronger than my word of confidence to one who is instrumental in defrauding the Government and ruining your reputation. For all the frauds of your appointees fall upon you and.the party.” Washington, January 5.—In the House Mr. Schenck resigned and Orth was appointed mem ber of the Ways and Means Committee in his place. Paraguay matters were discussed. Cincinnati, January 5.—The sugar cases of Adolph Wood & Co., of Cincinnati, and F. W. Perkins & Co., of New Orleans, have been de cided in favor of the claimants of the sugar.— While the Government had lost by improper grading, the court was not satisfied that Perkins & Co., had any knovreledge of the error or had any fraudulent intent, the oottit intimates that Perkins & Co., would bo liable to the payment of two cents per pound additional duty. This is an old caso where the government seized su gar throughout the country under allegations of fraud in assessing the tariff. The point estab lished seems to he that the government can col lect the true tariff whereveT goods my be found, but can exact so penal forfecture from innocent purchasers. New York, January 6.—Tho Telegram has a special dated London 6th, which reports that a dispatch from Chausey, at Lo Mans, says he is constantly pushing ahead with flying columns. Ten thousand troops are marching towards Paris via Chartres. Garibaldi is at Dijon, doing little. Faidherbe, at Arras, is preparing to attack Monteuffel, probably with the intention of joining Botrbaki. There are 16,000 troops in Havre and 20,000 at Eolbeo, exclusive of Frono-tireurs, cavalry and regulars. The for ward movement eommenoed to-day. Memphis, January 5.—A constable and the father-in.law of a young man under arrest, kill ed each other at Jacksonport, Arkansas. A man cut another’s throat at Charleston, Missis sippi. At Blontsville, Alabama, Lewis Kechum, who disemboweled Barges, was taken ont of jail by disguised men and killed. Lansing, Micjx., January 5.—The Republican caucus nominated Ferry for the Senate, which is equivalent to an election. Lawrence, Kansas, January 5.—A fire is pro gressing here and the loss already is $50,000. Washington, January 5—House.—Hooper, of Massachusetts, becomes Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. Hooper is said to be more of a protectionist than Schenck. Orth is inclined to free trade. f A vote on the Paraguayan resolution will be taken to-morrow. The question involved is the endorsement of the late Paraguayan Minis ter, Washburn, and the condemnation of cer tain naval officers. The Senate Bill, authorizing the issne of five hundred million, five per cent, bonds, has been received. * Certain reports regarding San Domingo, made during Fierce's administration, were called for. A bill for a Government telegraph was intro duced, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. A bill, giving Sohenck as Minister to England an additional allowance ot $2,500 for an amann- ensis, was passed. House adjourned. Senate.—The correspondence between Mot ley accl the State Department relating to Mot ley’s recall, was oalled for. Amended by Sumner so as to include telegrams. A resolution was reported concurring in the opinion of the Attorney General that tho Choc taws are entitled to a quarter of a million of bonds, and deolaring the President authorized to issue them without further legislation. Tho resolution passed. A select committee was appointed to consider certain charges against Senator Sprague for blookading in Texas. Thurman, Hamlin, Trum bull, Howe and Willie Jewett, the new Senator from Missouri, was placed upon the Committee of Naval Affairs and Pacifio Railroads. A bill passed providing that hereafter no tax shall be imposed or oollected upon any undistribntable sum addeefto the contingent fond of any insu rance company, nor upon.unearned premiums received for risks assumed. The bill relieving J. Milton Best, passed, 28 to 15. It appropriates twenty-five thousand dollars. Best was Surgeon in the Federal army when his house in Paducah was destroyed. Nominations: Wm. H. Daniel, Oolleotor of Customs, Apalachicola, Florida. Resolutions from the North Carolina Legisla ture asking for the removal of politieal disabili ties from Governor Vance were presented to the Senate and referred to the.Committee on Politi cal Disabilities. The contestants for Senatorial seats from Georgia were notified to appear before the Ju diciary Committee of the Senate on Saturday. There are seven claimants, though H. V. John son and A. H. Stephens elected before the Re construction Committee will not push their rights. The following is an extract from Governor Geary’s message: “The employment of United States troops at eleotions, without the consent of the local and State Governments, has recently received con- siderable attention and reprehension. It is re garded as an interference with the sovereign rights of the States, whioh was not contem- nlatedJbv -aransrarGo vern- ment, and, if persisted in, must lead to results disastrous to peace and harmony. The prac tice is one so serioas in its character and so in jurious in its tendencies as to merit prompt con sideration and deoisivo aotion, not only by the General Assembly, bnt by Congress. One of the complaints of the colonists against tho British King was the oppression growing out of the assumption of the power. They said, He has .kept among ns in times of peace, stand ing armies without the consent of our Legisla- tnres, and what is especially pertinent to the case in point, he has affectod to render the milita ry independent of and superior to the civil pow er.” The alleged authority for the use of troopB at bur State elections i3 derived from tho tenth section of air act of Congress approved May 31, 1870, entitled an act to enforce the right of cit izens of tho United States, to'vote in the several States of the Union, and for other purposes whioh authorizes United States Marshals to call to their assistance suoh portion of the land and naval forces of the United States, or of the militia as may be necessary to the performance of the duty with which they ate charged, and to insure a faithful observance of the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Bat it must be a forced construction of this law that justify the presenoe of armed na tional forces at our places of election when no ’necessity exists therefore, and where their pres enoe is calculated to provoke oollision. With .a good President the exercise of • the power referred to might hava no injurious re sults, but in the hands of a bad man governed by personal ambition it might prove exceeding ly calamitous; unconsciously a good President might be induoedto employ it wrongfully, a bad one would- be almost certain to use it for bis own advancement under any circumstances in my opinion. It is unsafe and antagonistic to the principles that should govern our republic and institutions. At the last October election United States troops were stationed in Phila delphia for the avowed purpose of enforcing the election laws. This wa3 done without the con sent, or even the knowledge of the civil author ities of either the city of the State, and without any expressed desire oh the part of the citizens, and as far as can be ascertained without exist ing necessity. From a conscientious conviction of its im portance, I have called your attention to this subject. A neglect to have done so might have been oonstrned as an endorsement of a meas ure that meets my unqualified disapproval. The civil authorities of Pennsylvania have al ways been and arq still competent to protect its citizens in the exercise of their elective fran chise, and the proper and only time for the United States military forces to intervene, will bo when the power of the commonwealth is ex hausted and their aid is lawfully required. The Tribune comments thus: The remarka ble passage in the message of Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania, on the subject of the employ- mentof troops at elections, ismainlyremarkable for its resemblance to the kindred utterances of Governor Hoffman—that the presence of troops is not desirable. Nobody claims that it was de sirable in Philadelphia; it was perhaps a sub ject for consultation between the Governors and the President—hardly for discussion in this message. Ferry, who was nominated by the Wisconsin Republican caucus, and whose election is con ceded, succeeds Howard, who is credited with the Fourteenth, or Howard’s Amendment. It is stated that the Senate Committee on Claims has been holding in abeyance some five hundred claims similar to that of J. Milton Best, which the Senate affirmed to day. Senate adjourned to Monday. Tho Treasury Department has issued orders that the tariff be assessed according to the de cision of a Chicago Court against the Govern ment in a malt case, where the Collector charged at consumption rates in Canada, which included a home excise duty. This decision will seri ously affect imports from countries where pro ducts are taxed for consumption, bnt not for export, especially wine, tea and coffee, from England. There is muoh confusion in regula tions, and dissatifaction among importers. New York, January 5.—The Post says the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad Company have suspended payment of the January inter est on their first morgage bonds, on which the State of Alabama is endorser. The amount of these bonds is about $4,000,000, of whioh about $750,000 is held abroad and $250,000 here. We are informed that the resources of the company are ample for the payment of this interest, and that the necessary money was offered the Com pany by bankers in this city, but according to reports dissentions prevailed in the Board of Directors, which resulted in the offer not having been accepted. The Governor of Alabama has telegraphed to the State agent in this city that the obligation of the State, as endorsed on the bonds, will be responded to as soon as the Leg islature meets, whioh convenes on the 18th inst., and can make the necessary provisions therefor. Owing to complaints of short weight at Lon don, the Produce Exchange have appointed a committee to examine into the method and cor rectness of weighing grain going into ships. The printers of the Jersey City Evening Jour nal have struck, in oonsequence of a dispute whether certain figure work shonld be charged as price and a half or two prices. Arrived—Montgomery, Wisconsin and Cam bria. Arrived out—Guierriere. New York, January 5.—The Chamber of Commeroe unanimously resolved that it was in expedient to petition Congress to stop privateer ing during the time of war. It was stated by a prominent member that the Government was opposed to the scheme. The case of the alleged fillibuster, Florida, has adjourned to Saturday. The evidence on both sides is completed, unless the Government finds two witnesses who have been spirited away since the trial began. The books of a prominent German BCgar firm lately seized were returned upon payment of $10,000 fine. Senor Azarato, credited os the Spanish agent to settle the Cuban troubles with this country, returned to Europe to-day. San Francisco, January 5.—The Supreme’ Court, in the case of the people vs. Brady, re versed the decision before the court and ordered a new trial on the ground that the defendant was convicted by Chinese testimony under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. The Court holds that the amendments cannot affeot, and do not abrogate or annul, the State laws regulating the praotioe in courts of law. Judge Rhodes alone dissents. Chicago, January 5.—No change in the Sen atorial contest. Logan is the strongest man out. Governor Oglesby is his principal com petitor. Gen. Palmer, who commanded in Kentucky after the war, is spoken of as a com promise candidate. Ross & Gossage, heavy retail dry goods mer chants, are reported failed. Liabilities nearly half a million. They offer fifty cents in the dollar. Indianapolis, January 5.—The House organ ized. Wm. Mack was eleoted speaker, and all Democratio officers. The Senate organized with Democratio officers, two Republicans be ing absent, and two, eleoted as Republicans, acting with Democrats. Lancaster, Pa., January 5.—H. G. Brenner, who was to have been married at 7 o’clock to night, suicided. &r. Zjous, January 5.—Girard B. Allen was elected President of the Merchant’s Exchange to-day. Augusta, Me., January 5.—Tho Legislature organized to-day with last year’s officers. Lille, January 4.—A battle was fought on the 3d, which resulted in a great victory. Faid herbe reports the villages Bupoume and De Haighniers as destroyed. Railway travel between Lille and Cambria has been restored. The Fortress of Peronne is nearly destroyed but still holds out. Havre, January 4—Evening.—-The Prussians in* force attacked the French on the left bank of the Seine to-day. Result unknown. No par ticulars. London, January 5.—The Presbytery of Bel fast, Ireland, denounce Gladstone for the in terest displayed by him in the welfare of the Pope. Hon. Nelson Tift reoeived 16,367 votes in the Second District for the Forty-first Congress. Whitley reoeived 14,249 votes without counting 618 votes east in Randolph county for “Con gress” alone. If the latter be oounted, Tift’s majority is 500. The result for the Forty-second Congress-is about the same. Dr. Thomas G. Parks' was eleoted Senator in the 4+th District in place of Wm. Henry—as Mr. McCutohen died. He had no opposition. and to At Troy the liqnor dealers are only allowed to sell benzine to the “traveling public, now when a resident wants to drink he has shoulder his carpet-bag. Before breakfast the morning the streets of Troy look like some Southern oity previous to election.—New York Democrat. I I. \ . the moarrcKNis tunnel. The Great Work Complete—History of the Project How the Piercing; or the Alps Was Done. From the New York Times. ] The “eternal” barrier between France and Italy has at last been overcome, and at this mo ment the workmen, who, for thirteen years,' have been working toward each other in the bowels of the Alps, have doubtless met, and with such familiarity as their diverse languages will permit, congratulated each other on the completion of their more than herculean labor. THE PRELTICINABIES. The Alps have been crossed even with great armies since the days of Hannibal, bnt the un dertaking ha$ been one of no little toil and some danger. In 1805 the first Napoleon constructed a road through the pass of Mont Cenis, which was a moderate elevation of some 5,400 feet above the level of the adjacent country. This was thirty miles long and eighteen feet wide, and was built at a cost of 7,000,000 francs. It served for many years as tho only highway be tween France and Italy; bnt within the last five years a railway has been, bnilt over the ridge, upon which a steam engine of peculiar construction slowly drags a single car. The idea of piercing the mountains, and gliding from one country to the other in a few minutes’ time, was first broached about twenty ‘years ago, and, ob a matter of coarse, was ridiculed by that large class of persons whose conception of what oan be done is formed entirely in aooordance with what they know has been done. All man ner of difficulties and obstacles were suggested, and declared to be insuperable; hut the projec tors believed they could be overcome, The Governments of France and Italy were applied to to lend their assistance for the accomplish ment of this stupendous undertaking. The fea sibility of the work was argued at length before the legislative bodies of both these nations, and the result was finally a contract for the work. - THE ROUTE. The route chosen was, of course, the shortest possible line through the vast mountain range, as the altitude of the peaks or the general ridge made no difference with the work. The old plan of sinking shafts from the top at intervals and working from one to another was pronoun ced impracticable from the start, and a contin uous boring from either end was determined upon as the only method of proceeding, the workmen being supplied with tight and air as they retreated from the cheerful light of day and the wholesome atmosphere of the outer world. The place was found abont fifteen miles from the old Mont Genis road, where a tunnel of 12,220 metres, or a little less than eight miles in length, would pierce the mountain range and and connect the town of Foumeaux, near Mo- dane, in the valley of the Are, in Savoy, with Bardoneohe, in the valley of the Dorariperia, in Italy, by a railroad over which a train of cars of any desired length could run in a very few minutes. Between these two termini the tunnel passes under three mountains of considerable height even for Alpine peaks, known as the Col Fre jus, the Grand Yallon and the Col de la Kone, ranged in the order in whioh they are here named as we pass from France to Italy. The central summit is over 11,000 feet above the sea level, and by the old method of ranking shafts it wonld have required more time and labor to bore one of these than has been taken for the entire work. BEGINNING OF THE WOBE. The work was begun in 1857. At first tho or dinary hand-drill was used to pieroe the rock, and the solid masses were blasted out with pow der. This method of operating kept up on the Italian side until 1861, and on the French side until 1863, wonld have required upward of fifty years for the completion of the work. Ac cordingly it behooved the projectors to bethink them of some more expeditious method of pro ceeding. Tho use of steam was out of the quos- ( tion, and the attention of the Italian engineers was therefore turned to a device for using com pressed air as the motive power. This matter presented no very great difficulty in its general principles, bnt a great deal of experimenting was necessary before it could be put into suc cessful praotioe. THE MACHINERY USED. A machine was finally invented and put into operation which conld stand outside by one of the streams that came down from the moun tains, and with its aid force the air through long tubes to the drilling apparatus. The latter is a machine whioh works in a galley nine feet square, and carries a large number of perfora tors, each of which bores a separate hole in the rock. By the compressing machine the air is forced into a reservoir, and thence it passes through flexible pipes to the cylinders contain ing the drills of the perforating machines. By the opening of a valve each drill i3 forced .against the face of the rock with a force of about 260 pounds, turned slightly,, and with drawn. Two hundred of these blows are given every minute with each drill, and when holes of the required depth have been bored, the air is turned off, and the machine withdrawn a short distance. The holes are bored in such a way as to converge slightly toward each other, so that every blast will bring down a considerable mass of rock. At first, powder was used in the blasting, but there were many obvious objec tions to this. Ab soon as any considerable pro gress bad been made, and subsequently, gun cotton was tried- This was afterward displaced by the use of nito-glyeerine. The rate of pro gress has varied, of course, with the hardness of the rock, and has been from one and a half to three feet per day. Among the incidental appliances employed by the workmen, are a gas house, miniature waterworks, and a machinery for supplying their own lungs with air as well as those of the perforating machinery. Thus the three essentials of comfortable life—light, air and water, are reoeived from the outer world by machinery. SIZE OF THE BORE. The tunnel is in the form of a segment of a cylinder, the bottom being level for the road bed of the proposed railway. The height of the arch is 24 feet -7 inches, the width of the tunnel at the base 25 feet SJ inches, and the width in the broadest part 26 feet 2| inches. As fast as the rock is blasted ont it is removed, and a party of masons follow close behind the busy machinery to complete the masonry. The work has gone on in this way, day and night, for more than a dozen years, and at last the two gangs of workmen have met—so we are told by the telegraph—far beneath the summit of- the Grand Yallon. The progress has been a little more rapid on the French than on the Italian side, the average being 56.80 meters on the for mer to 53.20 on the latter. The completion of the tunnel itself has been achieved three or four months sooner than was anticipated a year ago, April, 1871, being the earliest date fixed for that consummation. It will require abont six months more to complete the railroad whioh is to thread the tunnel, and make a journey from France to Italy as easy as that aeroes the German border. Comparative Profits of Cotton and Cane Culture. A correspondent writeB ns from Pine Grove, Jefferson eonnty, the results of an experiment in the cultivation of cotton and sugar cane, giv ing the cost and relative profits of each crop. He planted six and a half acres of ootton and estimates the cost of working, picking, hauling and ginningat $47—the yield being 666 pounds of clean cotton, which, at 15 cents a pound, amonnt3 to $99,90, showing a profit of $52,90. Of cane he planted one and a half acres, and estimates tha cost of tho seed, manure, planting, working, catting, hauling, grinding and boiling at $90—the yield being 12 barrels of sugar, aver aging 200 pounds each, 5 barrels of syrup, 136 gallons, and 4 barrels of molasses, 130 gallons, which, at 18 cents a pound for the sugar, and 75 cents a gallon for the syrup and molasses, amounts to $631 50, showing a profit of $54150. These figures appear rather inoredible, but our correspondent assures us they are correct. Here we have an acre and a half of cane yield ing a net profit of $488 60, more than six and and a half acres in cotton ! Our correspond ent, we think, estimates his sugar and syrup too high, but, putting them at the minimum price, wo still have a large amount over the profits of the cotton.—Floridian. A Model Plantation. Messrs. Busey & Lambert, whose plantation lies on the river between Limestone and Flat creeks, some three miles from Claiborne, are what we call model farmers. They raise every thing, literally everything, except ooffee, that they consume, and not only what they consume but some to spare. By fertilizing, Btrict atten tion, cto., they produced this year one-third more cotton to the hand than their neighbors, and in addition made 43 barrels of very superior syrup and 8 barrels of most excellent, finely granulated brown sugar, all made from 9 acres of land. Estimating the syrup at 75 oents per gallon, say 1800 gallons, would be $1,350, and the sugar, say 200 pounds, at 12£ oents per pound. Samples of both sugar and syrup may be seen at planters’ headquarters, and none have looked at them yet bnt express surprise at the exoellenoe of both articles. If every plan ter would pursue the course of Busey A Lambert our oountry would soon be flooded with money, and prosperity would reign again throughout the South.—Monroe Eagle. MARRIAGE GUIDE. EVERY ONE HIS OWN DOCTOR, A private instructor for married persons or tho*. about to be married, bdhi male and female, in even thing concerning the physiology and relational our sexual system, and the production and preven tion of offspring, including all the new discoveries never before given in the English language, bv Wm. Young, M. D. This is really a valuable and interesting work., It is written in plain language for the general reader, and is illustrated withnu- merons engravings. 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