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Newspaper Page TextGEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING 0 f vtEi*lied time, ei»a etrth « primeval m«™, _ the nmnd, unpansmg chime gently ucw-l»rn. * H at) Tia • h 5tj r « bl N f < rr“*ire sennas np-swell, & ^.LliRhtedauiee f p.rtt-hiociiig epell. , ro f-wWt« strand j3 0C , ,.p neU the sea waves raise, from a viewless land * hjnu^of ^raiee. -, in tlino3cr cotos, ? T rfUminK billows shoreward surgo; H «lver langh it floats; * a low, soft dirge. now ennobled grow, SgfsTlw worldly anthem nse; re drowned in the flow 0! Situro’a harmonies. tn clir-K 0 and • ‘cease to be," Ujdfffll'ires rise, and grow, and fail; •ajlhe aierd mneic of the sea hree- *“d ontives them all. a, antic iodr shall last J 5s uae itself no more shall be ; •flirts and shores have pass d— lotto eternity. <[Once a 1 Yeek. _ line* to My Darlins One. tr.:«E5 v °ry often, Write to me very soon; letter! to mo are dealer Jim loveliest flowers in Jane. jytire affection’s touches lighting of friendship's lamp, jittieg around the heait strings, lie '•flrc-llies’’ in the damp. Write to mo very often, dearest; Write in the joyous morn, Or it die close of evening, When alitlie day is gone. jja while the stars are beaming, Bright on tho azure sky, Wien through the fading forest Cold the wild winds eigb, ftavnnthe little table Coieto the fire and write— Write to mo soon in the morning. Or write me late at night. 01. write to rua very often, For letters are links that bind Truthful hearts to each other, During mind to mind. Giving to kindly spirits Luting and trne delight; If »e would strengthen friendship. Sever forget to write. - | For the Telegraph & Messenger. “Found Drowned.” I i't' foird drownod” by tho tide of the pier; | Cover her face, she is nothing to thee, Ihtdropostho still form ono pitying tear; 1 Omr her gently, wherever ehe'be. I i) ‘ found drowned,” only driven to death, loithejitying waters dosed over her shame; hstn and penitence died with her breath; X«(ht firm bnt the stain on the soul and the time. iaaoUier’e hand o’er tho brown curls has strayed, iae mother’s lips taught thoso mute one3 their prayer, -umtlier’a voice for the erring one prayed, in mother’s heart hotrod low with despair. hsnothei’s hands stretched ont in appeal, has choked with sobbing the wanderer’s rocall, at mother-heart true, in woe as in weal, Smt, degradation, aye, loving through all. to, tenderly touch her for that mother’s sake; hit mother’s spirit is hovering near; a that poor sinning head one soft curl take, tod drop for her mother, one pitying tear." ~ “lira a.” Tt-acli us to Wait. BY rna3E CAST. ihire we so impatient of delay, togiug forever for tho time to be ? ■stbn we live to-morrow in to-day, u», ad to-morrows wo may never see. *J®» too hasty; are not reconciled «let kind Nature do her work alone; ttpUat our seed, and, like a foolish child, ••dig it up to see if it has grown. ^f)cd that is to be we covet now. We cannot wait for the appointed hour; ft'Otitke fruit is ripe wo shake the bough, todieizs the bud that folds away tho flower. the midnight darkness reigns wo do not sea rnt tbs sad night is mother of the mom; ••ciimot think our own sharp agony _ *9 to the birth-pang of a joy unborn, ktotoe dost we see our idols cast, tod cry. that death has triumphed, life is void! *1“ sot trust the promise, that the last u ‘ ul our enemies shall bo destroyed! *?!***• A-most in sight the spirit faints, tod wart and flesh grow weary at the past, 2® would walk the city or tho saints, lTeo before the silent gate is passed. ^jjjbna to wait until Thou ehalt appear— fallow that an Thy ways and times are just, !*!•*** that we do believe and fear— •b™, make us also to believe and trust! Gen. Grant No Drinker. , friends of the administration are much j^dbted by tho complete vindication of Gen. ?*» >a the New York World of the 14th, from -ciarge of intemperanco. This vindication jj f rc ® the pen of Major Muldoon, of tho Artillery. The Major brings forwardnu- certificates to support his statements, •be following from Senator Yates, of Illinois, T >. w M , the trees are yearlings, which they Bhould be, lielow we give an able article from one of two expert handa with a hoe and shoveL can our pioneer fruit onlturists in tho South, Mr. i plant l.OOOper day, and it will be bettor done W. H. Thurmond, of MadisoD, Ga. Although than planted in holes dug down in the clay it appeared a year ago in. tho Southern Farm to hold water like a pot, to stagnate around and Home, it will repay a second perusal, and ; their roots. Tho planting of froit trees in holes we call the special attention of all fruitgrowers half filled with manure, has no reason or good to tho article: • j sense in it. ® random thoughts oh fruit MOGRESS ik thb I 1 wrote an article on this subject and ad- sotjth. j vanced thesamo propositions I now hold, fifteen Twenty years ago, if there was a prominent ’ iff 1 a ?°* WEB published in the Southern nursery in tho State of Georgia, I have never H . vato f» and 1D 9 W see some good horticnltu- boen able to find it ont. There were some good < rts -5? C0 “ m K around to the same conclusions, seedling peaches in the country, and now and i.,, ' ..?* Lan S d °n, of Mobile, Alabama, has then a good apple, bnt the pears and other j y? U ®2, an able arlI ° le «**U8«*JeeL choice fruits were few and far between. Where , , 1 ■heartily recommend to all who would there happened to be a fine pear or good win- * a * rea or Tine - ||| ter apple, they were scarcely known beyond I THE “HEATHEN CHINEE.” Themwme.Vwewfa few leading spirits j MfSS Malon7 theMongoilan Qnes- who had begun to appreciate fine fruits and ~ , , * ,_ ,, had gathered up some fine varieties. Among 1 __9 be Jtfhln. Ia it howld on. ye the first and most prominent was Mb:. Camak, | sa ^ ‘ I howld on till the heart of of Athens, ihe fbnner editor of the Southern clane broke entirely, and me wastin’ Cultivator, who gave an impetus to frnitcnl- , thtoyoC could clutch me wid your two ture about classic Athens, which placed her in I think o me toihn like a nager for the vanguard and gave her a reputation which ' v* m Ameriky—bad luck has been well maintained. The Hon. M. A. Cooper, of Etowah, con tributed no little to the introduction of fine pears and other choice fruits. and spared no efforts or money to intr^nce i ?•***?*• .fc 8 ’, b - 6 herdm ’T d * be " * its, and well has he succeeded. £ be „ 6a !“ ta bat I d ba to the day I iver left the owld counthry! to be bate by the likes o’ them 1 (Iaix an’ IB sit down when I’m ready,-so I will, Ann Byan, an’ye’d better be liatnin’_ than drawin’ your remarks) an’ is it mysel’, with five good characters from w feontu), Inn., September 7, 1868. a ,y. 0i: ^ otl are right in assuming that Grant tot a “drinker;” that is to say, if I know Imitates a “drinker,” and I think I do. [J 511 ® Galena to probe this .matter to th6 l2®®r. I am interested in him, as yon know him hi8 “starter.” According to my no- tonstitute a man a “drinker,” he must to d '*P08eof at least four quarts of vtisky a day. And there is this much H.. favor of my assumption, that, as iJJ 1 00 that qnantity is $2, if every man, jjj'rJh tod child in the United States should that capacity wo could soon pay the debt. But ho is no “drinker!” For I the grocery man at Galena, where “* Pass most of his time in silent con- that he never could carry off more ‘Part a day, which, as yon know,Major, l h». ' TOffi ce ns for a breakfast appetizer. T6 written about the post-oifice. In tr • s °herly yours, B. Yates. “»jor Muldoon, Heavy Battery. the British Navy.—The Herald ^ -3 a list of twenty-sevon ships of war, which °o the stocks and ordered to bo pressc*!! to Plelion without delay, at an enormous ex- tj. ( ou t8ide of any Parliamentary appropria- °eet it The Herald reasons that the ffci ^ mtl stbe in possession of important .^justify them in assuming so heavy a re- r^hihty. Same of these ships are being ^ftmeted by private firms outside of national What is to he done with this tran- power? ij a-question seriously fine native frnits, Many others we might mention but space for bids. But there is, or was, ono whom we would place a head and shoulders above all the rest in ais untiring zeal and energy—in his noble love of Horticulture; we allude to the oldest Boman of them all, Simri Rose, of Macon. Abont this time the opinion was prevalent that good winter apples and fino pears ware out of their latitude in tho South. This erroneous opinion has given away. Twenty years have made their maik. Now, even now, fine pears and choice winter apples, as well R3 the best smaller fruits, abound in many places which buried alive Eooner’n put np wid it a day lon ger. Sure an’ I was the granehom not to be lavin’ at onct when the missus kim into the kitchen wid her perlaver about the new waiter man which was bronght out from Galiforny. “He’ll be here the night,” says she, “and Kit ty, it’s meself looks to you to be kind and pa tient wid him, for he’s a forriner,” says she, a kind o’ lookin’ off. “Sure an’ it’s, little AH hinder nor interfere -wid him nor any other, mum,” says I, a kind o’ stiff, for I minded me how these French waiters, wid their paper col lars and brass rings on their fingers, isn’t com thoiZ P an y t0T no guru brought up dacent and honest, compare creditably with thoso of the loe-bonnd 0ch J , ^ f bit j ^ ew tm the regions of the North. Our open sunny clime develops a loscions richness unsurpassed by thoso of more northern latitudes. Onr people begin to appreciate and know that they possess missus walked into me kitchen smilin’, and says kind o’ sheared: “here’s ttxo whig, Kitty, and you’ll have too much rinse to mind Wid that she shuts (all things considered,) ono of the finest fruit ‘ hifJ a f itUo 8traD „ e> J growing regions on this green earth. j tbe ^ oorej an d I, mistrusting if 1 was tidied np In11 SuO, the Shockley apple was known only 8n j2 0 i en t f or me f 0 ; n 6 boy wid his paper collar, to a few, and no trees to bo had from nurseries, t lookg and-howly fathers !-may “ " Being myself familiar with it, I propagated a ; brathe anolherbreathbuttherestoodai 'I niver Atlanta, then litde more than a rillago. About was J t]lat yelIer lt ’ n d sicken yon to see him; an’ that tune a great demand for Sonthem mat -— - ■ - - - trees sprang np and has since steadily increased. I embarked in the business, and through the kindness of Dr. Jame3 Camak, of Athens, Simri Bose, of Macon, and other friends, I was able to get together abont a dozen varieties of Southern seedling apples. I am proud to say, and I say it without ego ism or “ fear of successful contradiction,” that sorra a stitch was on him but a black night gown over bis trowsers, and the front of his head shaved claner than a copper boiler, and a black tail a hangin’down from it behind, with his two feet stuck into the haythenest shoes you ever set eyes on. Och! bnt I was np stairs afore yon could torn about, givin’ the missus warnin’, an’ only stopt wid her by her raisin' me wages two dollars, and pladin’ wid me how- . ' . ,,— - y . .. . . - | J-UU vtttgco bnu uujiui.i, ttuiu uiauux wuid iau*v- the first collection of fruit trees disseminated waa a Christian’s duty to bear wid haythens from my old Downing Hill nursery, of Atlanta, still stand at the head of the list, not being sur passed but in a few instances by any of the vast multitude that fill up with high sounding names the ponderous catalogues that now fiood the country. Year after year the list increases, un til now the amateur or orchardist is bewildered in making his selections. Many good new va- and taich ’em all in our power—the saints save ns! Well, the ways and trials I had wid that Chineser, Ann Byan, I couldn’t be tollin'. Not a blissid thing conld I do bnt he’d be lookin’ on wid his eyes cocked up’ard like two poomp- handles, an' ho widont a speck or smitch o’ whiskers on him, an’ his finger nails fall a yard long. But it’s dyin’ yon’d be to see the missns rielies aTe constantly springing into notice, but : a ’j a rnin' him, an* he grinnin’ an’ waggin’ his among the gold there is a great deal of dross, j pjg.j a ji (which was pieced out long wid some One thing is seriously injuring the success of j b j ac k stuff, the hay then chate!) and gettin’ into fruit growing in the South. I mean dishonest, ber ways wonderful quick, I don’t deny, imita- tree peddlers, who aro vending their worthless j |, n » that sharp, you’d be surprised, and ketchin’ trash among onr people at exhorbitant prices, j an * copy in’ things the best of ns will do a-hur- I know of some who have recently passed through onr State who have sold trees and. vines, even if genuine, at prices six times as high as is asked for them in our own Sonthem nurseries It is said that a burnt child dreads the fire. This saying will not apply to our peo ple so far as the buying of fruit trees. They have forgotten tho Ohio grafters who went through the country with their magnificent specimens, galling everybody. They have for gotten the man who went through tho country with his magnified cherries, strawberries, goose berries, etc. Two hundred and fifty thousand ried wid work, yet don’t want cornin’ to the knowledge of the family, bad lnck to him! is it ate wed him? Arrah, an’ would I be sittin’ wid a havthen an’ he a-aiten’ wid drumsticks—yes, an* aitin’ dogs an' cats nnknownst to me, I warrant you, which it is the custom of them Cbinesers, till the thought made me that sick I could die. An’ didn’t the crayture proffer to help me a wake ago come Toosday, an’ me a foldin’ down me clone clothes for the ironin,’ and fill his hay- thin month wid water, an’ afore could I hinder qoitr it through his teethstret overthe best linen dollars were taken out of the South by these * tablecloth, and fold it up tight as inneroent swindlers, and where is the good we have re- j now as a baby, the dirritv baste! But the wor- ceived ? I have not yet seen aDy of it. A few ! res ^ 0 f all was the copyin’ he’d be doin’ till ye’d months ago a smart chap—a real wooden nut- j bo jishtracted. It's yersel’ knows the tinder meg man—offered to guarantee a very large j feet that’s on me since ever I’ve bin in this sum of money to one of onr Southern nurseries ! country. Well, owin’ to that I fell into a way to be permitted to peddle trees in its name, and I 0 > sJippiu me shoes - off when I’d be set- further to allow him to bring his “stuff” from down to pale the praties or the likes the North. Wo have made a digression. We will return to Sonthem apples. The Shockley, as a keep er, has few equals, and no superior. It is now beginning to rank high in Kentucky and other Western States. Some there are that keep as well and belter in quality. Taking all things in consideration, it is perhaps the best late winter apple for tho South. We cannot now discuss tho merits of particular varieties of frnits, bnt cannot pas', unnoticed this great favorite. Mr. Buckner’s orchard, of Milledgo- ville, (the best apple orchard in the State, and perhaps of the South,) has given the Shockley o’ that, and, do ye mind, that hay thin would do the same thing after me whinivir the missus set him to parin’ apples or tormaterses. The saints in heaven couldn’t have made him bel&ve he end kape the shoes on him when he’d bepaylin’ anything. too imitative. Did I lave for that? Fax and 1 didn’t. Didn’t he get me into throuble wid my missus, the haythin ? Yon’re aware yoursel’ how the boon- dles cornin’ in from the grocery often contain more’ll go into anything dacently. So, for that matter, I’d now and then take out a sup o’ su gar, or floor, or tay, an’ wrap it in paper, and apple (improperly called Bomanite,)a wide cu t it in mo bit of a box tucked under the reputation. Ono peculiarity of this apple is ; blankit the how it couldn’t bo bodderin’ that it is better when grown upon the sandy \ aay one . Well, what shud it be, but this soils of the cotton lands of Southwestern Georgia than it is in the clay lands of higher latitudes. The counties of Clarke, Jackson, Gwinnett, Hall, Habersham, and others in that belt, teem with this apple. When the late spring frosts do not destroy tho crop, immensequantities are blessed Sathurday mom the missns was a spakin’ pleasant and respectful wid me in me Idtchen when the grocery boy comes in an’ stands fomenst her wid his boondles, and she motions like to Fing Wing (which I never oould call Mm by that name or any other bnt jnst haythin), she motions to him, she does, for to wagoned to Athons and other points, and sold take the boondles, an’ empty out the sugar an’ at from one to two dollars per bushel, and a wba t not Sphere they belongs. If you’ll blave large quantity are made into brandy. If I never do mankind any other good, I shall ever consider that I am entitled to the credit of of having introduced to general notice the Shockley apple. Bobert NelsoD, of Macon, did much for hor ticulture in Georgia. He is now resting from his labors; but, for years to come, many a noble tree and flourishing vino will be living monuments of his worth. John Van Bnren, of Clarksville, with McDo well, of North Carolina, to aid him, has distri buted more Southern seedling apples than any other man. The scuppernong grape ia now his pet and hobby, and we believe that, owing to his exertions and zeal in a noble cause, the time is not far distant when the scuppernong wine of the hill and valleys of the South will rival the famed Johannisberger. Wilt it be glory enough for you, John, when the Van Bnren scupper- nODg shall displace the “Iiongwortli Catawba? The apple, the pear, the peach, and the grape, may now be fairly set down as having attained to permanent success in the South. The plum, apricot, and nectarine, have to contend with an indomitable^ foe—that little hunch-back cnrculio. I will give a plan to oust him: Select a pieco of ground for the plnm, if all clay the better. When the trees begin to bear, box the bodies three feet high, and keep pigs in the iot all the year ronnd. Be sure to fatten a few large hogs in the lot m fall ana winter. This plan will do. So ‘land-pikes may be mode serviceable after all. . For apricois and nectarines, plant where me, Ann Byan, what did that blatherin’ Chineser do bnt take out a sup o’ sugar, an’ a handful o* tay, an’ a bit o’ chazs right afore the missus, wrap* them in bits o’ paper, an’ Ispache- less wid shnrprise, an’ he the next minnte np wid the ironin’ blankit, and pnllin’ ont me box wid a show o’ bein’ riy to pat them in. Och, the Lord forgive me, bnt I clutched it, and the missus sayiir, “O, Kitty!” in a way that ’nd curdle your blood. “He’s a haython nager," Eays L “I’ve found you ont,’’ says she. “I’ll arrist him,” says L “It’s you ought to be ar- risted,” says she. “You won’t,” says L “I will,” says she—and so it went till she gave me such sass as I cuddent take from no lady—an’ I give her warnin’ an’ left that instant, an’ she a.pointin’ to the doore.—Scribner’s Monthly for January. ~ Provisions and Food Bates in Paris. The Frenoh Patrie gives a list of Paris prices on the 17th of December:— Donkeyfieehwas 2f. per lb; males, do.; a cat, 8f; a dog, lOf.; duok, 20f.; cMcken, 15.; mutton kidneys, 2.; mutton cutlets, If. 50c.; eggs, If. each; butter, ISf. to 2Qf. per lb.; sausages, 50c. each; turkey, 80f.; goose, 40f.; pike, 25f.; leg of mutton, 12f.; coffee, 3f. per lb.; sugar, 80c.; salt, If. COo.; pepper, If. 50; lard, 5f.; salad oil, 5f.; lamp oil, 2f. 50c.; candles, 21. The restaurants, it adds, were open as usual, the only difference being that wnite fowls, mntton and beef were still eaten in the first class ones, the flesh of horses, don- jl u. ^ _ keys and dogs was consumed in second rate, fowls constantly run, and bo sure to haveplen- cot and rat in small establishments: Some restaurants give their customers the choice of cMcken’a wings, fillets of donkey and legs of rats. At one time the venders of singing birds tried to introduce a taste for. them among the ty of fowls. An old hen, with her brood of chicks, is death to cnrcnlios. Light, thin, Gravelly soils for apricots and nectarines. Upon rich, flat, loamy sfeurtions, they are worthless. HI Many fine varieties of cherries will suoceed well, Parisians, bnt there was snoh a burst of indig- if nroperly treated. Dwarf them to low, thiok nation and such horror expressed by the ladies hoads--the cherry cannot stand stagnant mois- - ■ - ture. The ground should be good, not too rich, and thoroughly trenched, 18 to 34 inches. In fact, it pays well to trench for all fruit trees. When will people have common sense enough to abandon this hole digging sytem of planting trees, the advice of some; nearly all of oar ablest horticulturists to the contrary, notwith standing. , . If the land cannot be trenched with spade and shovel, then plow it both ways with a yoke of oxen, or two good mules or horses, as deep as they oan pull a subsoil plow. When thus pre pared, mark out the places where to plant, by lunning with the plow, crossing at proper dis tances. Plant whete the furrows cross, and if that the idea was abandoned. Almost every where, accordingly, birds, whether at liberty or caged, continued to sing without molestation. A provision merchant had bought all the edible s^imala in the Jazdin d’Acclimatisation and the Jardin des Plantes, and the former had already been oonauined. . . ■ Tine Domikoois ik Dasqer.—The Herald says that Oabnl, the insurgent chief of St. Domingo, according to rumor, intends to lay wait for our commissioners and make them prisoners of war. Here arises the first speck of trouble and complication in his business. ' A guard of marines and of Baez’s troops will be furnished the commissioners. Foreign Notes. [prepared for the telegraph akd messenger. J Foreign news continue meagre and contradic tory. The Germans are prosecuting the war in France with great energy. The Chambers of the Southern States have almost unanimously voted further credits for this purpose. Fresh levies are going forward to reinforce the corps operating in tho east and north of France. Wo know bnt little about the positions of the con tending armies. It is certain that several bat- UeB have been fought again, in wMch both par ties claim the victory. Late advices from Ver sailles represent the forces under Faidherbe and Chausey_as defeated and in foil retreat. Upon the whole it is difficult to ascertain the truth of the much conflicting reports. The bombard ment of Paris continues vigorously. The fire of the German batteries is incessant, and shells have been thrown into the outskirts of the cap ital, killing and wounding many people. Fires have broken ont within the walls of Paris and the German guns seem to work a fearful des truction. Belfort, wMch occupies an almost Impregnable position, makes still a valiant de fense. Its final capture will complete the con quest of Alsace. While the invader is still car rying terror and isolation over the.land, the different political parties are beginning to strug gle for supreme power. Gambetta wields at present an indisputable sway, bnt the Orleanists and Bed Bepublicans are preparing to enter the arena. Bonapartistio emmissaries have been arrested in France and will probably be arraigned before a court martial. There are, however, no pros pects for Napoleon HL, or his dynasty, at pres ent If Bismarck has ever had any idea of re storing the Emperor he can hardly still enter tain this thought, in view of the unpopularity of the Imperial family in France. We trust that the Chancellor of the German Empire will not be tempted to interfere in the internal affairs of the Frenoh nation. The following little episode is well adapted to illustrate the degree of popular indignation against the Bonapsrtes. There is an intense feeling of hatred against the Emperor existing in France. Though the French would have welcomed Napoleon, returning victorious at the head of his legions, with unbounded enthusiasm, he is now held responsible for the war. The overwhelming majority of the Frenoh people and the great bodies of State, being composod again of the representatives of the nation, were eager to approve of the declaration of war, but all disaster, the surrender of Sedan especially, is attributed to Napoleon. Among the French prisoners in Germany this feeling seems to be still more so than even in France. There is an address circulating among them protesting against the belief that they could ever be in duced to re-enter France with tho liberated Em peror at their head. There is an equestrian statue of Napoleon I in Grenoble, upon wMoh the population looked with displeasure since the fourth of September, 1870. Bat as the horse is considered innocent of any offense, and may be turned to account for some other , hero hewn out of stone, the municipal conncil has resolved that the Imperial rider should be destroyed, while the animal is carefully to be preserved. Bad faith has become epidemic among the French officers who were paroled on German soil. It seems that many hundreds from all parts of Germany have escaped to Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland and Denmark, with a view of joining again their comrades in the field. The Prussian government has consequently ordered that such French prisoners who will be re-captured shall be treated as convicts. Though tho Franco-German war has produced untold ruin and desolation, there can hardly be a more affecting episode than the death of two Counts of Taube, sons of the Minister for for eign affairs of Wurtemberg. In the sortie of November 20th, wMch proved so destructive to the Wurtemberg troops, both brothers standing side by side, together with their detachment were ordered to storm a wall. Being still a few steps ssparted from it the elder one was struck mortally and felL Feeling Ms life-blood ebbiiig away, ho whispered to hi3 younger brother bendingovor Mm: “Sendmy love to father and mother,” when this one, too, fell and died in* stantly. Tho elder one still survived for many hours. ^ There aro particulars at hand about many of the recent encounters in France. It is con firmed that in the battle of Amiens a regiment of Prussian hussars auniMlated two battalions of French charseurs. The Frenchmen awaited the hostile cavalry rushing on at a tremendous rato with tho utmost bravery, and fired only at three paces distance. Though many a saddle was emptied of its rider, the hussars did not slacken their speed, and by opening rapidly to tho right and left, enveloped the enemy on all sides. A most terrible hand to hand struggle followed, the French defending themselves heroically to the last, while the Germans, ex asperated by their desperate resistance, worked a terrible slaughter. Only a fow men of the two battalions survived the disaster. On the day following the battle the German foroes en tered Amiens and summoned the citadel to sur render. Tho commander, a native of Alsace, Vogel, whose name deserves to be remembered, replied that ho would die at his post. The brave man has kept Ms word, as he fell in the defense of the fortress. Two days later tho citadel capitulated. According to a Belgian paper, a Paris balloon passenger was so frightened by the rapid rising of the aerial bark, that ho lo3t the power of speech and died two days after Ms arrival in Belgium. *'• Xte Galician papers have published detailed accounts regarding the Polish legion, which is being organized in Lyons. The Frenoh Gov ernment, yielding to the Poles and setting aside any regards for Prussian susceptibility, has granted that the corps shonld bear the name of “Polish Legion." It boasts of a Polish banner, Polish uniforms, and even the commands are given in the Polish tongue. The officers wear short dark-bine coats, with gilt buttons and light blue trowsers with black stripes. After the first review over the newly organized troops they were invited to a splendid banquet, at wMch Adrieuz, the President of the Committee of organization, made the following speech: “When the barbarians will have been driven from the sacred soil of France we will extend tho hand of friendsMp to all oppressed nations, gathering around the banner of France to-day to aid them in recovering their liberty. Above all it is yon, Poles, we bid welcome; yonr na tional flag floats gloriously by ours, and France oannot and will never forget the debt of blood she oweB to Poland. The conference of the Great Powers to re consider the treaty of Paris has been postponed indefinitely because Jules Favre, representing the French Government, declines to join it. It is, however, semi-officially announced th^t the Congress would certainly assemble before the end of January, no matter whether France would be represented or not. There oan hard ly be any doubt but that this question will be peaceably settled. Rustem Bey, the new Turk ish ambassador at the Court of St. Petersburg, was received with distinguished honors by the Imperial family. La Tarquil, a semi-official organ published in Constantinople, advocates the establishment of a “Mussulman Commonwealth,” on the ba sis of modern ideas. Tunis, on tho north ooa3t of Africa, is to enter again into dose con nections with Turkey. The Sublime Porte con templates the introduction of the Prnsssan mil itary system. M . . • There was a magnificent military review in honor of General Sheridan. /, Bnssia has also adopted the Prussian military system. By this measure 3,438,100 males, be longing to the aristocracy, priesthood, etc., who wore hitherto exempted from military ser vice, will be recruited now without distinction. - Jabno. A man named Baxter, of Knoxville, Tennes see, has sued eight or ten newspapers, of that State, for libel, laying his damages in each case at $50,000. When he gets tho money we are going to daim kin with him. Perhaps he’ll leave ns some of it in his will. J atwti twifeiV- Mr .' tf inliViiiti j Cotton and the Trade Balance. In an artide upon the Financial aspects, the New York World says: The great ootton interest, wMoh has done so much to sustain our New York money market for the last two years, promisee, however, a re verse action tMs year. A few figures, not atriot- ly accurate, but approximate, will explain tMs. The currency value of the cotton crop of this year, assuming the same amount of bales as last year, will realize about $140,000,000 less thau that of last year. The price of cotton in New York for October 1870, averaged 101 cent against 26f for the same month in 1868. Assuming that tMs price will be realized for the 'balance of the year, and that the orop will be as large as last year—say 3,151,046 bales—then the amount of currency realized for the same will be the enormous sum of $145,522,000 less than that realized for the cotton crop of last year- The cotton exported from this country during the last two years was as follows: Greenback Dollars. Cotton exports for the year ending September 1, I860, 1,448,020 bales, 450 lbs. each, 651,609,000 lbs., averaging 29 3-10 cents $190,922,439 Year ending September 1, 1870, 2,178,917 bales, 450 lbs. each, 9S0,512,650 lbs., averaging 24J cents ; 236,693,755 Excess in ourrency for the year ending September 1,1870 $45,771,316 The following is an estimate of the value of the cotton exported from the United States at the assumed value at Liverpool quotations: Gold Dollars. Average Liverpool price for year ending September 1, 1869, llgd. sterling $140,276,938 ForyearendingSeptemberl, 1870, lid. sterling 199,734,058 Excess in gold dollars, Liverpool valuation, for year ending Sep tember 1,1870 $59,457,120 The enormous amount realized for onr cotton crop the last two years has been the main prop of the New York money market. It has en abled the Wall-street speculators to command enormous loans to support their stock bubbles. The war in Europe, and the less amount to be realized for onr cotton crop the current year, with the small amount of Sonthem indebted ness to the North, will place the New York money market in a very different position this year. The price of cotton in Liverpool October, 1870, averaged 9d. sterling, against 12d. ster ling, in the same month of 1869. Assuming that the export of cotton will be as heavy as last year, 2,178,917 bales—then the difference in price will causo the enormous loss in the sum realized for onr foreign exports of" $54,500,000 in gold, compared with last year. Europe gains and the United States lose $54,500,000 in gold, on tho cotton exported this year. Onr bankers and business men will do well to consider attentively tMs cotton crop question. If it shall realize about $54,500,000 less in gold than lost year in the amount exported, and about $145,000,000 inourrenoy less for the whole crop, then financial operations ought to bo reduced in proportion thereto, or financial embarassments and bankruptcies are inevitable. Since tho preceding was written cotton has declined l£d. sterling per ponnd, makings fur ther redaction in the market value of onr cotton crop. The decreased value of the ootton exports this year compared with last is likely to be from $00,000,000 to $70,000,000 les3 than that of last year. In addition to tMs decrease of aboiit $70,000,- 000 in the value of our cotton exports, there is also the falling off in the exports of government bonds and other securities. For the year end ing July 1, 1870, our sMpments of securities to Europe, are estimated in round numbers at $100,000,000. The imports continue as large as those of last year. What, then, are we to export to Europe to supply the deficiency in the exports of cotton and bonds ? Europe holds abont fifteen hundred millions of our securities, with an annual interest paya ble thereon of about $90,000,000 in gold. M This annual drain of $90,000,000 in gold to Europe, and the deficiency of about $70,000,000 in the value of cotton export, and $100,000,000 in bond exports, in the fape of continued heavy exports, are not items favorable to a reduction in the premium ou gold, and that rapid pro gress towards the resumption of specie pay ments which the WasMngtbn officials are prom ising to the people. The Georgia Senators Before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Washington Patriot, of Sunday, says: The Judiciary Committee of the Senate held a meeting yesterday, to hear the rival claimants for the Senatorial seats from Georgia. All the members bnt Mr. Thurman, who was detained at home by indisposition, were present. Messrs. Hill, Miller and Farrow were in attendance, hut Mr. WMtely, who contests with Dr. Millar, did not pnt in an appearance. Mr. Farrow made a long argument, or rather speech, in support of Ms claims, wMch failed to make much impres sion. He rested Ms case, so far as the law was ooncemed, upon the ineligibility of certain members, who had voted for Mr. Hill, though ho did not deny that a quorum of the Legisla ture existed without them. When pressed by a member of the committee to answer whether he considered the election would be vitiated by the presenoe of a single ineligible member, he replied affirmatively. After tbat declaration it was quite clear that he relied rather upon par tisan claims than law for his pretensions. Hr. Farrow Mmself, and the other contestant, both hold offices and exercise functions derived from tho authority of the very Legislature whose acts they are now seeking to npset as illegal! The argnment of Dr. Miller was listened to with much attention and respect. It is well understood that he came here only to vindicate aprinciple, and isindifferent to the brief honor of a six weeks’ session in the Senate. Besides, his majority was so large as to leave no loophole of esoape, if the Senate be disposed to observe the practice heretofore established. As law yers, the committe must report for Mm. Since copying the above, we find the follow ing in the Nashville Banner, of Tuesday: Washington, D. C., January 16.—The Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday decided to re port in favor of the credentials of Messrs. Hill and Miller, Senators eleot from Georgia. The contestants, Farrow and Blodgett, are hers op posing snch a report. Great Business in Onions —A Mode Taland paper says that State rivals Connecticut in the production cf the onion crop, and cites statis tics. Samuel W. Church, of Bhode Island, hoe raised from four acres 1,475 bushels of Bed Globe Wethersfield onions-and 1,300 bushels of carrots. Edward Anthony raised 600 bushels of Wethersfield onions and 400 bushels of car rots from an acre. Benjamin Doty raised 610 bushels of Wethersfield onions-and 400 bushels of carrots from an acre. Allen Mathewson raised 1,900 bnshels of Wethersfield onions and 1,300 bushels of oarzota from four acres. Seth Thayer raised 2,600 bushels of Wethersfield onions and 1,200 bushels of carrots on four acres. Edward Atherton raised 600 bushels of Wethersfield onions and 400 bushels of carrots from ono acre; the onions sold for $1 per bushel, and the carrots for 30 cents per bushel, making the income, from one acre $720. In Bristol, R. I., in 1849, 69,892 bushels of onions were raised; in 1859, 84,040; in 18G4, 71,734; 1863,100,500, wMch is probably the largest crop ever raised in that town in one year; in 1869, .50,000 bushels were raised. The ususl yearly average ia somewhat less than 400 bushels per acre. , Steamer Blackford was burned on Coos* river below Wetumpka last Friday night. Passen* gel's all escaped with the loss of their baggage. She had 350 bales of ootton on board. Dnnlap Scott’s Letter on the Lease of the State Road, i From the Borne Courier.) Bomb, Ga., January 9,1871. Mr. Editor—la. compliance with yonrreqneet^ I submit the following statement of facts con nected with the history of the bill to lease the Western and Atlantic Bailroad, in the last Gen eral Assembly. I have to rely altogether on memory, as the Journals of the House have not yet been published, and hence may commit some inaccuracies. Before proceeding directly to this statement allow me, by way of introduction, to say that the idea of leasing the road is not a new one, but has been discussed for years past, and argued by our ablest and best statesmen. In 1853, Governor Cobb, one of Georgia’s wisest sons and purest patriots, urged the lease with all the power and influence of his great In tellect. And by reference to his annual mes sage of 1853 it will be observed that the plan he recommended corresponds very closely with the bill which passed the last Legislature. Governor Cobb Baid this plan would “seonre tho great objects to be attained: First, the retention of the State’s interest in the road. Second, the uniform and permanent system for its management: and Third, a certain and reliable revenue from it.” * * * * - “It (the road) will be relieved from the diffi culties wMch I have shown must always, more or less, attend its management understate con trol, and finally insure the regular receipt into the Treasury of at least two hundred and fifty thousand dollars per annum.” In 1855, GovernorH. V. Johnson, inhismes- sage, after referring to the various plans sug gested for the management of the road, says : “I refer to those propositions to demonstrate what I believe to be indispensable to meet the expectations of the people of the whole State, and that is the necessity of removing its admin istration beyond the arena of politios—of taking it from Executive control—of making it inde pendent of party influences. However widely different theso various propositions are, they afford conclusive evidence of the restlessness of the popular mind on the subject. The senti ment is all pervading, and is manifested in a thousand forms that is expected and demanded at your hands. I have no hesitation in express ing the firm belief that it were better to adopt any one of these propositions, than permit the road to be managed under the present mode of its organization. “The idea of this vast capital being subjected to the fluctuations of party politios—confided to agents who, as a general rule, will be changed every two years in obedience to the utterances of the ballot box, is preposterous and ridicu lous in the extreme. It is only railroad men who understand the conduct of these great works. Politicians who aspire to gubernatorial honors, know bnt little, if anything, about it.” These are the utterances of wise and prudent men, whose names are enrolled with the great statesmen of the age. The opinions of other Governors might be quoted, but the foregoing is sufficient to demon strate that wisdom, as well as public sentiment, has long demanded the removal of tMs great publio interest beyond the oorrnpt and corrupt ing influences of parly politios. And the miserable management of the Boad for the last two years, not only proves the wis dom of the recommendations above quoted, bnt affords a living illustration of the cruel and wicked purposes for which bad men may use it, to accomplish selfish ends. The road not only has failed to pay anytMng into the Treasury, but its income (it is believ ed) has been used to oppress and to keep in po Utical vassalage the State of Georgia. I have long believed that it was not yielding any rev enue to the State. I have long believed that it was being managed for the advancement of partisan ends, rather than for the promotion of the pnblic weaL 'With these convictions, and to thwart other schemes wMch I believed would otherwise have passed and resulted in great detriment to the best interests of the State, I introduced the bill to lease, believing that with a united D&mocratio vote we oould carry enough Republicans to secure its passage, and thereby defeat the more obnoxious measures. Two other bills affecting the road were intro duced in the House, one predicated upon the recommendations of Superintendent Blodgett and Governor Bullock, appropriating half amli- lion of dollars to the repairs of the road, and Irnnvxm oo Rill** on^ 4Va Vi known as “ Blodgett’s Bill” andwMchthe Fi nance Committee reported back; with the re commendation “that it do pass.” The other was introduced by Mr. Bryant, of Richmond, incorporating a company, to be known as “ the WeBtera and Atlantio Bailway Company,” naming the corporators, to-wit: General Austell, Judge Lochrane, and others, (I do not remember all the names) to lease the road for the term of tMrty years (I believe, but am not positively certain as to the time,) and fixing no minimum price per month, leaving amount of rent to the discretion of the. leasing power, and providing, further, said corporators might, at any time daring their term of lease, purchase the road at five or five and a quarter millions of -dollars, and that the State should not refuse to take her own: bonds in payment. I opposed the last named bill because it pro* posed to lease to a particular company, outting off all competition without fixing a price for the lease; because it vested said company with anthority to purchase the road, if it proved profitable, for less than its present valu«; be cause it required the State to take bonds, if ten dered, at par. TMs would have enabled specu lators to have purchased bonds at a great sacri fice, and bought a great pnblic work, estimated at from eight to ten scullions of dollars, at a mere nominal price. I opposed the Blodgett and Bullock appro priation bill, because I believed that under fair management, tho road would not only keep np its repairs, but pay a handsome revenue into the treasury. On motion, all three of the bills were taken np, and set down to a day certain. On the morning they were taken np for consid eration, I got hold of a printed oertificato, wMch exoited suspicious apprehensions in my own mind, and I read it publicly on the floor of the House. I was informed that a large number of them were in existence. By whom they were gotten up, or for what purpose, I do not know. That must be left to conjecture. The following is an exaot copy of the certificate: “OEETmCATE NO.—. CAPITAI, $5,000,000 WXSTEBH AND ATLANTIC! RAILWAY CO. This certificate will entitle the holder, whose name is endorsed on the back, to —— shares of one hundred dollars each, in the capital stock of this company. Said endorsement on the back of this certificate, to be witnessed by the party issuing the Bame.” "Whether it was intended as a corruption fund or not, I do not know. I only know the certifi cates were in existence. It was ascertained sometime beforehand, that the last two measures mentioned would be brought forward, and Democrats were appre hensive that one or the other wonld pass, and dreaded the consequences to the State. To head them off, and protect the best we oonld- this great State enterprise, my bill was introduced at the time it was. I at once consulted ihe wisest and best men in the State abont the pro priety of the measure. Among the men distinguished for statesman ship and political sagacity, and whom the peo ple of Georgia have ever delighted to honor, I may mention Mr. Stephens ana Gen. Toombs, knowing that the integrity of those men, and their devotion to the State had never been ques tioned. Mr. Stephens, in his recent letter on the lease of the road, gave substantially his reply to my letter. He added further, “ I have for years been of opinion if it were out of the hands of State officers, it would be much better for the interests of the people. It is now the source of great corruption and no profit. ’ , v . .. .. Gen. Toombs’ reply was thirty days en route, and did not reach me until after the bill passed. He said tbat of the various measures before the Legislature, “a lease is best, and the shortest lease the best lease. I have always wished to sell the road, bnt the terms are of the highest Y0I.IXIM0 3O importance to the State Treasury, and tefiw - publio interest.” _ , With suoh a Legislature as was then in power, he nor any one else who had the interest of the State at heart, thought it advisable to sell -** I also telegraphed to Mr. John F. King, President of the Georgia Bailroad and Banking Company, Mr. Wm. Wadley, of the Central Boad, Mr. WMte, of the Maoon and Western Boad, and other distinguished railroad men, to meet me in Atlanta on a certain day, to con- aider the bill and to devise the beet measure possible for the protection and promotion of this great work, and of the genual interest of the State, growing ont of it. Messrs. King, White, Haalekcmt, Pettis, and perhaps one or two others, met me end reviewed the bilL After suggesting several amendments, which I afterwards engrafted on the bill, I understood all of them to approve it as the beat that could be done under the cireumatanoes. Mr. Cmminghan, of Savannah, telegraphed me that Mr. Wadley was in New York, but had telegraphed General Lawton to act for him, but General Lawton was in bed sick, and Mr. Wild er was sent in his place. He reached Atlanta too late for the interview, but I submitted the » bill to him, and understood Mm to endorse it, in about the same terms the other gentlemen had done. - Numerous other persons were consulted— among them the proprietors of two or three of the most influential papers of the State. 1 ro- emfeer the proprietor ot one of the ablest and most popular papers in Georgia, occupied a seat by me at the time of its introduction, read it hm- forehand, approved it and telegraphed a synopsis * of it to his paper. tvuwt, Mr. King afterwards wrote me that he had some misgivings about the profits of the lease to the lessees, and would much rather have noth- 1 ing to do with it, individually. But for the in terest of tho State and the tax-payers, the ques tion has but one side, and that iix favor, of the lease. You are right in believing that the road will never make anything in the hands of poli ticians, without regard to the ‘party in power, .'/ 1 It is doubtful if Jit ever has paid any net profits, even when the country was less demoralized than now. The'amount of the lease, therefore,; will ‘ be so much clear gain to the State, and if yon succeed, a debt of gratitude will be doe from, j tax payer and every well-wisher of the State, -j Thus, it will be seen that, impressed with the great responsibility and importance of the measure, and appreciating the embarrassments and difficulties surrounding os, we sought the counsel of the wisest Btatemen and the ablest railroad men in the State. u The bill has many defects doubtless—some of them were not seen at the time—others were unavoidable under the oircumstances. I favor* i ed a shorter time. Others wiser than I .advised a longer term. I advocated the fixing of the minimum price at thirty-five thousand dollars, per month, bnt a majority of those whom I consulted counselled against it, believing-that responsible parties wonld not take it a% that* price. . Yielding to their superior judgment, the min* imnm was fixed at $25,000, at wMch price I nn- . derstand it has been leased. Even at this priod, it will pay three-fifths of the taxes of the State, as now assessed; per annum, thus relieving the people of a great burden. As to whether there has been fraud and oor ruption in the letting of the road, I do not know, O _ bat .if there has been, I trust it will be ferreted out. I know it wa3, the intention of the bill that the party who would give the larged amount per month to tho State, and who would other wise comply with the requirements of the meas ure, should be entitlod to the lease. No candid, honest man can give it.any other construction. Governor Bullock evidently so construed it; otherwise, Ms proclamation call ing for bids was a mere farce to divert public attention from a contemplated fraud. I will add, in conclusion, that the bill received the united vote or every Democrat , present in the bothbranohes of the General Assembly, ex* cept Dr. Parks, of Gwinnett, who favored the five hundred thousand dollars appropriation. I am, very rsspeotfully, yonr obedient ser vant. Dunlap Booty. Communication from Major J. C. GaHaher Maoon, Ga., January 18, 1871. Editors Telegraph and Me*tcng'er—Tn yonr * notice of the outrage perpetrated upon me in Sandersville on the night of the 4lh Inst, I en dorse every word and sentence with one excep tion. You state I am now on my way to ask Gov. Bullock for protection to bring these murderous assailants to justice. This I was advised to do by good citizens of Maoon, bnt I protested against it. I never contemplated such thing, nor conld I be induced to bring the good peo ple of Washington county under a military sor- veilance for what a few wicked desparadoes might do, but would rather plead for Governor Bullock’s non-interference. The only political reason assigned for the outrage is, that I have acted as a Radical spy; that 1 have been com municating with- Governor Bullook and report ing things that had and tilings likely to occur in 1 Washington oonnty. This report ie predicated upon the statement of Twiggs, that letters writ ten to Governor Bullock in my handwriting was shown to him in the Executive Office. I have only to say that 1 have never written a line to Governor Bullock since 1 have resided in Wash ington county, exoept an'application.for tho District Judgeship; and before he saw it, if he ever did see it, I notified him in person that I wished to withdraw the application. The only letters I ever wrote to the Governor was while I was in Macon, whioh was of a professional, and not political, character. I am farther informed that I am charged of having mot the negroes in their political meetings in- t^e old Ghurah In Sandersville', and that 1 made political speeches to them. This charge is nnqalifiedly false. I was never requested by the colored people to address them on any subject. I never made a speech in WasMngtoh oonnty,' exoept those made in the Court-house, one ot wMoh I an swered for with my blood on the night of the 4th instant.. I have this day written a letter to Governor Bullook, a copy of wMoh I hereto ap pend: Maoon, GA.,Januaryl8th, 187L .X Gov. R. B. Bullock— Dear Sir : The only or principal reason as signed for my attempted assassination on the night of the 4thinst., is that l have been acting as a Radical; that I have from time to tine repost ed to you, things occurring and likely to occur in WasMngton county of a political character. H. D. D. Twiggs, recently appointed to the JudgesMp by your Excellency, reports and as serts it as a fact, that he saw such reports in my handwriting in the Executive offloe. Now, as a citizen, I appeal to yon as the Executive to an swer tMs, and state whether I have or have not; and if letter or letters are to be found in your office, purporting to have been written by me, I arii as a citizen that they be published. I know I have written none, and if there are any over my signaturo they are forged. A copy of this I publish to-morrow in the Macon Telegraph and Messenger, and hope Oat you will answer by return mail, direoted to the same paper for publication. - I am sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. O. Gat.laher, Now to the citizens of Washington county, in conclusion, I have but to say that these charges are the fabrications of a mean heart and a mind of contemptible ability. I refer to a nate of A. O. Bacon, hereto appended as to what I said on the 17th in reference to execu tive protection. J. O. Gallahzr. Editors Telegraph and Messenger t In oom- - plianoe [with a request from Maj. Gallaher. I state that on yesterday, in this city, I heard him say, in reply to the suggestion of a sitiaen, theft he did not intend to apply to Gov. Bullook for military protection, wad that he did not wish to subject the people of Washington county to military rule on account of the lawless sola of a few men. This was said in the pieaeaoe of several other gentlemen iff Hub city, r Bespeotfully, 4. O. Bacon.