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MACON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1871.
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the friends of PrZ« C ° *£”*>*'% 'SJ* ° vertool£ tho bold “Venturer at last
me trie nan of trance. The bombardment of After his arrival in that city he sold tho acencv
1 ef a Z C r i0U0S WUb ? orriUe effoct - Th ° ran 3° : ° { tbe Bank of Rotterdam ^cight thousand and
4 00! 13 80 Rreat ttat even the four hundred florins, forged acceptances, and
«a ! TuiUenes and the Lonvre are net safe, though received two thousand and seven hundred dol-
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This led to
credit, the German authorities having too often fession. He had, however, not ret resigned his
already reported this same army to be annihi- love of liberty and adventure. In 1869 he suc-
lated, while the French forces are only slowly ceeded in escaping from the military hospital,
yielding,-contesting the ground heroically inch where he had been brought on account of fail-
for inch. Whether the Germans were hitherto ing health. On the river the fugitive .hired the
not strong enough to annihilate tho beaten en- j boat of a Japanese, crossed over to Madura, end
emy, or whether Gambetta’s indomitable energy ! went to Sampang and Pamakarsan, where he
lm8 still succeeded in reinforcing quickly again 1 represented himself a3 a United States Captain
the decimated ranks of the French, we are un- 1 of marine-soldiers returning to his vessel via
able to decide. Certain it is, that the army of Snmanap. The residents of Madura, however,
the Loire, tbongh defeated in five or six battles, ; growing suspicious, sent an official along with
has continued the most determined resistance, him to Saerabaya, where ha was, of course, at
,-x- - i ?S*r The dead the French left behind in the combats ! once recognized and secured again. The court
ifpRstms a L r S« circulation, pervading Mid- B round Orleans belonged mostly to the better i sentenced Schmalz to penal servitude. Jabno.
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To J. A. *1.
jea«fcns to write yon; oh! what shall I say;
gjJl j tl .|i you of scenes that are fair as the day ?
I pie! are our land in Autumnal attire,
ill lell vu’.i of clues that seem glowing with fire ?
af! 1 till yon of woodland, and valley, and hill,
0! ihacveet dying ferns by tbe side of tho rill;
Of lie oats draped in ivy, that towering, rise
lieftafis of remembrance, away toward tho allies ?
ttteutli folds herself in her beauteous robes,
•ashe sinks for her long winter’s night of repose;
Is labor ia ended her m ssion is o’er,
*2 tie swart voice of spring bird awakes her once
ncre.
Oil the golden lined Autumn, the emerald spring,
fiaglorious seasons that all poets sing;
ilaii tlie glad "harvest homo,” thankful in heart,
fail joy when tbe earliest violets start.
jal,lam digieasing. The'truth is—ah! well,
fatspa til the truth I had better not tell;
to list tight I sat dreamily thinking of—who ? -
SAP I tell you tbe truth ? I was thinking of you.
U; thoughts flew away to your own happy land,
toJ agiia 1 teemed clasping your warm loving
hand;
to] the “beintifnl river” still ran at our feet,
Art the calm hush of evening seemed soothingly
aWtit.
I dreamed ’till that pjrty hour came back to me,
fail woke ivi.lr a gloom, that enclt parting should
le,
Aril »ipt as tbe stars faded out of tbe night,
ft the thought-th&t my life hftd so little of light.
Sou here uuid cares, and life’s burdens once more,
I tea my face oft towards the coveted shore,
tol it tests mo to think, thongh my eyes may not
6-:e,
Put "my darting" is watching the South shore for
me. . “Myra.”
il’icon. Xovehiber 25th.
Gone Forward.
Yes Let tho tent be struck.’’* Victorious morning
Tiiitngh every crevice flashes in a day,
llagidli cut beyond all earth’ adorning :
The night is over: wherefore should be stay?
fad wherefore should our voice choke to say, .
“Iks General has gone forward?’’
lib's engkten flold not oncobeheld eurrender;
But with surpcib cnduranco, prernmt, past,
Otrpuro commander, lofty, simple, tender,
Through good, through ill, held his Ugh purpose
fast.
Wearing his armor spotleee—till at last,
• Death gave the final “Fortcaril."
ill hearts grew sudden paleicd. Yet what er
Thus summoned?—“Let the tent be struck," for
when
Did call of duty fail to find him ready
Nobly to do his work in sight of men,
For God’s love and his country’s sake; and then,
To watch, wait, or go forward?
CHOICE OF COLORS IS GUESS.
classes. They were all found fallen forward, a i
proof that death struck them when in the very j
act of boldly advancing. Bourbaki, who had i
moved eastward to make a diversion in the ! Rogscstions by sirs. H. W. Beccber.
yosges mountains, with a view of cutting tho J The Christian Union has a series of house-
communications of the Germans in their rear bold articles by Mrs. Beecher, and in the last
and raising the siege of Belfort, was also de- ’ the question of “Colors ia Dress” is discussed,
feated and is reported as being in full retreat, j Mrs. Beecher remarks that works on tho com-
The army of the North, under Faidherbe, has j binations of color in dress, divide complexions
also suffered a severe shock, and the official dis- into the “Fair and Ruddy Blondes,” and the
patches from the German headquarters repre- | “Bale and Florid Brunettes.” In the Fair
sent it as hastily retreating. AVe cannot help j Blonde, we find a delicate white skin, light hair
admiring the desperate resistance of the-French. { —in Ml the shades from a golden hne to yellow
We sincerely wish they would learn that the < 01 ] orange brown; light blue or grey eyes; a
struggle has become hopeless. And as the Ber- j slight tinge of rose on the cheek, and a richer
lin Cross Gazette, an official paper, has again ] Hnt on the lips. In all such complexions the
emphatically declared that there can be no ! rose color is not decided enough, and the hair
peace without the cession of Alsace and Lor- j would be improved by a deeper hue—and these
raine, the French nation might act wisely in j changes can be made, in a good degree, by a
accepting the conqueror’s terms before all, suitable mingling of color in the dress. One of
Franco tans become a desert. For it is a la- j most favorable colors for tbe Fair Blonde,
mentablefact that the war has degenerated into | is a delicate green—as it imparts to the flesh
a war of races, and both garlies, growing moro
and more embittered and exasperated, cannot
be acquitted of revolting outrages.
Julius Von Wickede, the military correspon
dent of tbe Cologne Gazette, is obliged to con
fess that the whole struggle threatens to assume
a savage character, reminding one of the time
of the thirty years’ war. “If anything,” he says.
white of the skin a tint of red, which mingling
with tho natural hue, forms an agreeable rose-
tint—a good contrast both to the face and hair,
especially if tho hair is golden, inclining to
orange.
The best colors to mingle with the green, as
trimmings, are red, orange and gold. Green
and gold form a rich harmony, peculiarly be-
can turn a thinking and feeling man, an apostle coming to the fair blonde. Scarlet, blended
of peace, it is certainly the war cf 1870. When j xvitb gyeen, harmonizes better than red; but if
once, after having brought it to a triumphant re ^> inclining to crimson, is used, then orange
issue, we will have closed again the temple of hnd gold must also be combined with it. There
Janus, it must be tho sacred duty of all repre- | ® re some shades of green that are not becoming
sentatives of the States of Earope, to call a
great Congress of peace for the purpose of dis
cussing the means to reduce the staudingarmies
to the lowest figure. Tho Congress must en
deavor to take from the various States the
power of shedding wantonly the blood of hun
dreds of thousands, thus destroying cruelly, the
culture, prosperity and freedom of nations
for generations to come.” These wishes will
be heartily endorsed by ns all, but alas! they
will only remain pious wishes. There will
probably be wars tiU the end of lime!
The triumphal march of the German arms in
to the heart of France, is filling with apprehen
sions all neutral States who fear or envy the
rising power of the German Empire. The Aus
trian. Belgian, Dutch and Swiss press, furnish
numerous commentaries on this subject. All
States comprising national German territory,
or possessing important strategical positions,
the acquisition of which might be desirable for
securing the frontiers of the new Empire, are
growing nneasy at the tremendous power dis
played by the German people in this war. These
unless blended with, and enlivened by oilier
harmonious colors. A green bonnet, with rose-
color and white, with a white feather, will al
ways be becoming for this complexion. Be
careful that too much white is not used, else it
will have a cold effect, and therefore will not
aid the fair complexion so much. Orange or
gold may be substituted for the pink or rose—
also Ted, in a small bonnet, but neither should
bo placed close to the face. Orange, in a green
bonnet, in small quantities, is becoming, if -the
wearer’s eyes are blue. A few autumnal shades
of red, orange or yellow-green, are also in har
mony with the fair complexion; bnt dark-green
is not at all desirable.
Blue is vefy suitable, giving an orange tint,
which harmonizes finely with the delicate white
and flesh hues of tho complexion. There is al
ways a natural trace of orange color on the skin,
and this color by intensifying this natural tint,
is very pleasing; but the bine must be light,
-and not too positive. Blue being the perfect
contrast of orange, it agrees finely with golden
or orange brown hair. This is tho reason that
We mil not wetp—we dare not. Such a story
At hie ;;rand life writes on the century’s years,
Should crowd our bosoms with a flush of glory,
That manhood's typo eupremest that appears
Oar South has shown the ages. Nay. no tears
For him who has gone forward!
Gono forward! Whil’ber? Where tbe marshalled
legions,
Christ b ivoli-worn soldiers, from their conflicts
cease:
Where Faith’s truo Rod-Cross Knights repose in re
turns
Thic’-i-ituddod with the calm white tents of Peace,
Thither, right joyful to accept release,
Tiie General has gone forward!
MAEOAnETj. Pbeston.
•One of the last utterances of General Lee.
Jlatlaline.
It fell when the crimson began to shine
In the round of the robin’s breast,
inat the feet of the maiden, Madeline,
Ume not to dance with the rest.
Aha when the splendor shone in tb’ grass,
Ana the head of the rose was high,
one sing of love, though tho song, alas!
Was only & lonesome cry.
Rat, ah! when th’ drifts of gold in th’ air ‘
Betrayed where the broom was sweet,
She took the combs from her silken hair
tod let u fall to her feet.
Ma m tlm days when th’ woods grew brown
And & rad hsze fringed the skies,
eaowoun J it back, and wound it down
worn her poor bewddered eyes.
And by and by. when the snows were white,
* 'billow sat in the land,
, °u her bed from morn till night,
tuia turned the ring on her hand.
(Mnudiiigijt moon was blind with storms,
r< ™ ber heart with dreams was light—
“'bo ctied, He has come! let me go to his arms
■and passed away from onr sight.
searched the valley farand wide,
i.i *b 8 Print of a step—bnt no!
» j® < 0ln bed her hair like the’ hair of a bride,
. Jr® “ftde her a grave in the enow.
wo took the smile with trust so sweet—
A ,vj4 we took the ring—for a sign,
“5 the name we graved at her bead and feet
"»8 Faith—not Madaline.
Sun, of Thursday:
I)£1>ABT1IENT OP FlXAXCE AXD ACCOUNTS,
apprehensions, however, though shared alike ’• light-blue head-dresses are so very becoming on
by the population, the.cabinets and the press of | light hair. To give a good effect to blue by
tho neighboring nations, were never expressed I'ght, a little or very pale blue, is necessary
in an official form until the Republican Govern- j he in contrast or very near the face: - If there
ment of Switzerland has alluded to the prevail- are green leaves with the blue flowers of ahead
ing nneasiness in an official document. In its I dress, they should be placed as near the face as
message to the Federal Assiuaat-lv tke Gosewy ! 9°
ment, speakrog of tho Swiss possessions oa the i . '-wisR <uc ’•'**} Etna ~ ”ow, orange,
right bank of the Rhine, attributes suck projects ! straw, or stone color, may either of them be
only to tho brains of oyer-anxious minds, and I us-d in tho trimmings of a light-blue bonnet,
terms them “hardly credible.” But the fact) with good effects; hut not if there are pink or
that the Federal Council is induced to protest Purple flowers on it, as these colors mingled
against the possibility of any such schemes, is J with blue are unsuitable. The colors to be
an evident proof that it does not feel at rest. We | carefully or avoided altogether, with fair
think these fears are without foundation. The complexions, are yellow, orange, red, and pur
ple. The light shades of lilac may bo some
times used; but it is very trying to, and must
always, if used, be separated from the flesh by
an edging of tulle or some similar trimming—
or be associated with its harmonizing colors—
cherry, scarlet, light crimson, or gold color,
and then they will in part overcome the bad ef
fects; but green and lilac should never be
coupled, as it will form a positive discord. A
very little purple is agreeable for a head-dress
on light ’ hair; but must bo placed near the
skin. •
Neutral colors, if not too dark, accord well
with fair blondes—gray, fawn, drab, and some
few shades of brown, aro the best. Black is
good for the fair blonde who has some healthy
German Empire, strong and secure from any
foreign attack, will be an empire of peace, bal
ancing alike the overshading power of Russia
iu the East and tbe warlike people of France in
the West.
The conference in London held its first sit
ting, the Earl of Granville presiding. Jnles
Favre, the representative of France, was ex
pected to arrive. Couut Bernstotff, tho Prus
sian ambassador, has been directed to withdraw
from the Congress, should any peace proposals
be offered, except they emanate directly from
France.
The trial of an adventurer, named Schmalz,
in Pirna, Saxony, has caused considerable sen
sation in Germany, because the financial ex- , - , . . . .. .
ploits of the accused were conceived and exe- c ° lor > because it increases the rose in the com-
ented with extraordinary skill and boldness, the j P| 8Xl ° n > but 13 bad for pale skins, as it
scene of his operations being alternately in all - blanches them by the painful contrast. No del-
five parts of tho world. Descending from a ; icate color can bo blended with black without
very respectable family in Pirna, which gave ] seeming a lighter tone. Unless used for mown-
him an excellent education, Schmalz, in 18G0, , ™S, black mast bo mingled with either blue,
went to Trieste, Austria, to follow mercantile . Mie^y, mulberry, drab, or lilac to remove the
putsuits. There be entered upon his remarks- sombre effects; but cherry and lilac must be
ble career of a “chevalier d' Industrie,’’ when, 1 used sparingly. Red must not bo used at all
in 18G3, pressed by debts, be fled to the United ! *? lr - as it gives a rusty tinge.
States of America, where he entered the sec- I White is suitable with black, if some other color
ond Massachusetts regiment of cavalry. He ! , ls added—otherwise it is too cold. A Mack
soon rose to the rank of Colonel. After the i bonnet looks well with a fair complexion, but a
close of the civil war ho offered his sword to I b ule . white and rose color should bo added,
the Emperor of Brazil, but, upon being refused, j Reaping the rose away from the skin. White is
gladly accepted a clerkship in Rio Janeiro, j pleasant for all complexions, bnt it is more so
Debts compelling Scbmalz again to leave this with the fair blonde who has some color than
city, we next find him in Montevideo, where, j an Y 9 t ^ ier * colors with white bonnets
under an assumed name, he forged the first bills ma Y he added, but must bo low and well
of exchange, amounting to six hundred florins, 'grouped. White increases the paleness of a
.Continuing his forgeries, ho journeyed in the ' P a Jf atm;.but this effect maybe neutralized by
South American Republics, from one city to j * blue or green wreath brought welon the face,
another, then went to New York and finally to '. The ruddy blonde has a full-toned complexion,
SierraLeone, on the West Coast of Africa, after inclining to a positive rose-red, or carnation;
having netted by forged bills of exchange more dart b«>Jn» eyes, and brown ban 1 - J^l the col-
than twenty-seven thousand florins. The names or ? citable for the fair blonde are generally
he assumed were Count Anorsperg, Connt of suitable for the ruddy blonde, butribe tones, and
Landberg, Count of Schoenborn, eto., etc; in some cases the hues must bo changed. As a
sometimis he would call himself Charles of rule this type may use more freedom m the so-
Berthold Stone, and Captain Stone. From the lection of-colors than the fair; her complexion
arrival of onr hero in Sierra Leono, datc3 the not being so delicate, is less sensitive. The
second period of his equivocal existence. Al- hah: bemg the medium, between gold and black,
ways relying on his fertile brain and ready and the complexion higher toned and more pos
hed, ho weft from Sierra Leono to Madeira, ^ve, and moderately dark colors may be
from Barcelona, Spain, to Bona, Algiers, from used. .. ...
Algiers to Constantinople, from Alexandria to Green is very becoming, but it must bo of tho
Cairo, andfrom MessinatoNaplesand Florence, darker shades, and not the delicate green, that
the total proceeds of his expeditions amounting is so becoming for the Fair Blonde. If the' com-
to eighteen thousand and four hundred florins, plexion is light and can use more red, without
FiSK’aT.c . CB. In November, I8G7, ho stayed under his real being over-charged, rich, foil-toned green, such
K 3 Last—He Goeth toe Massa Gbeeiey. for a whilo in Trieste, and settled several as grassor moss-green may be used, as, although
find the following epistle in tho New Bma n debts ho bad contracted seven years ago. sufficiently bright, to yield color to the skin, it
Proceeding to Vienna ho purchased there, pay- is not so powerful a contrast as to bleach it. In
unts-I able to the order of Captain Stone, a bill of ex- proportion as the complexion increases in color
Ebie Railway Company, J. change of the Anglo-Austrian Bank in London, a deeper green may be selected, passing from
New Yoi^ J^arv F7 1871. j of eighteen pounds sterling, solely for the pur- the positive to the neutral hues, as sage, tea, or
Toth, n „ onK,Jannaiy /, nose of possessing the signatures of tho director olive green. These deep, neutral greens do not
-VosV/t ; lTora J e Gredey, Editor of the P bank. Being tbu3 cast much red, while they both harmonize with
: 2 nbune: Sin—In your issue of this ; *1 . ' Schmalz made London his and reduce the neutral hne. A simple rule for
& 8 , You Btatementa which, U ^‘^Flnd succeeded so admirably the ruddy blonde is, the paler the complexion, the
‘ad tk R T h ® !and . cou 1 ld ba CDf< ?^ ed f B au ? st You*! eriendtog his operations, that by means of brighter must be the green she wears—the ro-
*os;!i f Insano -H 8 J lum , Wotdd 1 }? t cl “ m y° n > i £ r( f ed accepunoea of the Anglo-Austrian Bank, sier the cheek the deeper and more neutral must
Jou ,i urever end y«? nr baseless lies. I enclose , fealizei seventeen thousand florins in Paris bo the green. For the high-toned blonde the
aLdT BW ° m to t u e .? r ^ ldenta, - SeC K ta f' imd-i^istordam. Ho then returned to London green may bo neutralized by mingling rose,
U l Treasurers of all tho Companies about j ™ for Australia. His sojourn in Sidney»scarlet, orange, or white flowers. If on the in-
6r journals, and brand yon as a liar broad-
* s the land, you old sinner.
With great respect yours truly,
p James Fisk, Jn.
* • s —I understand you are not well. If yoa
tlna ut to die » be sure to take your summer
w.fccs along, as yon will certainly need them.
J. F., Jn.
Ik the present House of Representatives there
ial*t b ® ta 'b' n y cases of contested seats, and
.? ^dariei and expenses there has been paid to
**TU8ucc ssful contestants tho sum of $100,-
• la udiiiion lorbis, as much more has been
‘ J! for printing the testimony given in the
tested case*
Austrian Consuls in Australia and Asia ns well On the outside, dead green or autumnal leaves,
as various letters of recommendation pretended with a few flowers of orange or - scarlet are se-
to have been written by members of the highest looted. Rose-colored flowers harmonise better
Austrian aristocracy, he obtained again large with bright yellow-green than with dead-green
sums by means of forged bills of exchange, leaves.
drawn bv von Backe. the Austrian Minister of Blue is also suitable, but it follows the same
Finance on Glynn & Co., in London, and accept- rule as green-it must bo deeper and richer for
ed by the Director and Secretary of the Anglo- the ruddy blonde than for the fair. The best
Acsiiou Rink. When the time which'would colors to associate'With the nch blues are orange,
disclose his foraeries was drawing near, llio salmon and chocolate; white and blaok also har-
oYithenr disappeared monizo with blue.. Bonnets and head dresses,
with bis plunder, amounting to seventy-six
thousand florins, and went to Brisbane. Hav
ing bought there the yacht “Hamlet’s.Ghost,”
he set sail for Java
and wreaths of blue, need the same colors
blended a3 for tho fair blonde, only of a deeper
tint and ail colors pointed out as in jnrious by
tho one typo must be avoided by the other. The
mo3t difficult color to introduce in any dress is
violet; its effect on oil complexions being so
unsatisfactory. A'l skins appear yellow when
in contrast with it, and look sickly and disa
greeable. A large proportion of yellow is needed
to reduce and neutralize the effects of violet. It
becomes positively lost in artificial light, and
should never be used or introduced into an eve
ning dress. Neutral colors are mostly suitable
for tho ruddy blonde; when light they increase
the color, when dark they reduce it by contrast.
Russet, gray, slate or inaroon, and all shades of
brown are the most pleasing of the dark neu
trals, and gray, dr&b, fawn and stone color, the
most desirable of the fight neutrals.
Affairs in Texas.
Columbus, Texas, January 20, 1871.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger—As many
of tho subscribers of your paper have coma to
Texas and as many more cc-itumplate coming,
at the request of seme who have arrived, I en
close you a circular as a guide to emigrants to
onr section of tbe Stale, and give you a brief
statement of the facts in relation to tho pros-
peots here to be f. -.rid.
I Would first premise all emigrants to a new
country will, for a time, have to encounter some
difficulties and undergo some inconveniences in
their change of homes. Texas, though long
settled, ho3 yet a sparse population compare!,
to its vast area of domain. It can and will con
tain a population of three millions. Thongh
rapidly filling with the best people of the South,
North and West, and strange faces meet you
everywhere yon go, yet there are thousands of
acres lying idle from the want of labor, and nev
er, in my life, have I ever seen so great a do
mand for farm labor, and for mechanics of wood
and iron. The freedmen who formerly worked
these farms have measurably gone, and those
left, owing to too much grass, winter and sum
mer—too much cheap beef and too much job
work in town and country, are not considered
reliable for field work. This State of affairs
renders tho people land-poor and capital under
the control of labor, when dependent upon hired
help.
But I never would advise any coming to Texas
to pay the way of freedmen. Sometimes a few
are brought and invariably break their contract.
A word to the wise is enough.
As to where best to go, my opinion would pre
fer a country prairie and woodland. The soil
is much better as well os the health. The cheap
est land would be my only guide as to character
of country of tho type, sttte and convenience
to market. Lands in some localities have gone
up to fabulons prices—from $15 to §40 per acre,
and in other places lands just as good and like
quality range from §1 to §10 per acre.'
There are, too, a great deal of State land,
which can be entered at trifling cost—ICO acres
to the family and 80- acres to single men. In
regard to these, parties at Columbus will give
information. Land rents from §1 to §10 per
aore owing to demand from immigration. In
share of crop, tools, teams and provisions for
team is furnished for tf half the crop. There
aro no indications yet in the oldest farm of any
need of fertilizers soon.
Tho average yield of corn is about forty
bushels, and cotton of the Dixon variety, any
year, one and one-fourth bates per acre. We
have, in tho Siate, some 5,000,000 cattle, which
are never fed or salted, and thousands upoij
thousands of hoises and sheep. No stock is
ever fed but while in service. Cattle are worth
now $5 per head, and other stock *in the same
rates of price. These faots are an index, to
others. I have written to severalm your sec
tion of the State, and write this for general in
formation. To-day I would, upon the arrival
of 5,000 families, guarantee houses in les3 time
than a week. In haste, . R. R. Gay.
—P. S.—I would state forjho benefit of cap
italists abroad, and for tho worn out lands of
the Somh, at the two beef paokeries at Colum
bus enough bones are thrown away for a fortune
to those who would convert them into fertilizers
—then we do not need thorn. R. K. G.
A Specimen DlspalCIi.
Tho fc^^ing »rom C n Tribune of the 20th
seems to kb To betm penned in practical illustra
tion of the q.:astioa how many lie3 can he em
braced in one dispatch?
Washington, January 18.—Tho swearing in
of* Col. Cork r, Democrat, claiming to represent
the Fifth District of Georgia, is objected to on
the ground that the election was a mere nullity,
tbe polls having-been under the control of an
armed mob, end that his possession of tho seat
through the shortness of time remaining would
work injustice to Mr. Beard, who contests. Gen.
Butler has charge of the case.
The questions and facts involved are of con
siderable interest. This District includes the
City of Augusta. Two years ago it cast one of
ths heaviest Republican majorities of thp State,
being 7,847 on a vote of 27,047. It embraces
sixteen populous counties, and in it reside three
men who have held high positions, and aspired
to the highest—Robert Toombs, Alexander H.
Stevens, and Hershell V. Johnson. Messrs.
Corker and Beard were candidates of their re
spective parties for the present Congress, while
Col. Fannin, a well-known Unionist, and Gen.
DuBoiso, an ex-Rebel brigadier, and- Toombs's
son-in-law, were candidates for the XLIId Con
gress. Tlie Democratic vote averaged 15,759,
and the Republican, 9,982, leaving a majority
of G,277.
It is charged that the change thus produced
was the result not of tho usual Ku-klnx terrori
zing, but of the virtual though secret organiza
tion of the members of the Confederate army
residing in tho district, who simultaneously
took possession of the polling places. It sys
tematically drove away the Republican canvass
ers, in many cases the judges and other officers,
and either prevented tho colored men from
voting at all or compelled them to vote tho
Demooratio ticket
It was in this district that, under Toomb’s
instructions, judges of election were imprisoned
for receiving tho votes of men who had not paid
their taxes, thongh by law the payments had
been remitted, so far as it was an electoral
qualification. Thu three Southern men named
and Linton Stephens were personally interested
in the result, and took an active part. John
son’s son was elected to the State Senate,
Toombs’ son-in-law claims a seat in the next
Congress, and A. H. Stephens is a candidate for
and will probably be chosen to tho United
States Senate.
Tho Judiciary Committee, according to the
Tribune, stood thus on tho Georgia Senatorial
question :
The Senate Judiciary Committee have divided
on the Georgia Senatorship question, Messrs.
Trumbnll, Carpenter, Conkling and Thurman
deciding in favor of seating Mr. Joshua Hill,
elected by the Legislature of 18G8, and Messrs.
Edmunds, Stewart and Rice reporting iu favor
of seating Col. Farrow, elected by the Legisla
ture of 1869.
Supreme Court of Georgia—January
Term, 1871.
Saturday, January 21,1871.
Upon motion of the Clerk, B. F. Abbott, Esq.,
was qualified as Deputy Clerk of this Court.
John B. Estes, Esq., of Carnesvilie, was ad
mitted to the Bar.
Argument in case No. 6, Southwestern Cir
cuit—Fayette Hill vs. The State—was resumed
and concluded.
No. 7, Southwestern Circuit—Slatham vs.
The State—was argued for plaintiff in error by
Col. W. A. Hawkins, and for defendant in er
ror by Col C. T. Goode.
No. 8 having been transferred to tho heel of
the Circuit, No. 9 was called. It is Green vs.
The Southern Express Company. Pending
argument in this case, tho Court adjourned till
10 o’clock, A. M., of Tuesday next.—Era, 22nd;
Thebe was a largo amount of valuable practi
cal philosophy in the remark of the gambler
who recalled his companions’ attention to the
business in hand, whenever they fell to dismiss
ing what might have been if certain cards had
been differently used, with the remark, “Look
here, gentlemen, thar aint no use a playin’ post
mortem hands."'
LEASE OF THE STATE ROAD.
Reply of Sr. Slepliens to Governor Brown.
Liberty Hall, Obawtobdyille, Ga.,
January 21, 1871.
Deab SmYour letter to me of the 10th
inst. has been roceived, both in manuscript and
newspaper form. No apology was needed,
either for its length, or its having been given to
the public before it was received by me. I have
read it with interest from beginning to end, as
I doubt not the people of tho State generally
have. _
At. first, it wa3 my intention to let it go to the
country as you sent it, without any reply or
comment whatever on my part. It was evident
ly addressed mainly to the public—related main
ly to public interest; and contained nothing re
quiring notice from me. Bnt, upon reflection,
in view of onr long, uninterrupted friendly,
personal relations, entirely, disconnected from
public questions and policies; and in view of
your allusion to these relations, especially in
reference to my connection with the Company
to which tho lease of the Road wa3 awarded,
nnd your service to me in the matter, for which
I felt duly obliged; I have come to the conclu
sion that perhaps yon may be expecting to hear
from me, at least upon these points; and wonld
feel even moro aggrieved, if I were to remain
silent on them.
I, therefore, think it proper (without disens-
• sing the merits or demerits of the lease, or be
coming in any way a party to any disenssion of
this sort, further than is absolutely necessary
for my present purpose,) to say to you, as I now
do, that it was not without dne sensibility I
read those parts of your letter, in which you
complain of me for not having conferred with
you, or consulted with yon, and inquired into
the facts attending the letting of the lease, be
fore taking the coarse I did. Yon express the
opinion that I, by withdrawing immediately
upon seeing Mr. Seago’s ex parte statement of
facts, did an act of injnstico to yon and other
members of tho company, etc.
To this I have simply to say, that I regret
yon took such a view of it, and think your feel
ings of complaint arose from an entire misap
prehension of the objects, reasons and motives
of my withdrawal, and without giving duo con
sideration and weight to the words I used in my
letter on the subject at the time. Be assured
nothing was farther from intention than an act
of injustice to you, or any member of the com
pany. By what I did it was not my intention
to cast tho slightest reflection upon the motives,
character, integrity or honor of any person
whatever; much less upon you, or any member
of tho company. My opinion of the members
of the company, as far a3.I bad seen their
names announced, had been clearly given in
the publication setting forth my connection with
the lease. That opinion was not changed by
the statement of Mr. Heago; nor did I mean to
be understood as changing it in the least, by the
act of my withdrawal. -
In my letter to you, inclosing the relinquish
ment of my interest in the lease, T expressly
stated that it was “immaterial with me whether
all the faeta'as detailed by Mr. Seago be correct
or notand in this letter to you, as well as tho
one addressed to the editor of tbe Constitution
alist for publication, I also expressly stated that
in what I did under Mr. Seago’s statement of
facts, I acted only for myself without wishing
to be understood as passing any judgment^ipon
the conduct of others.
This was broad and unqualified; and was in
tended to exclude all reflection or imputation
upon others. I acted alone for myself. I ex
pected you and others to-do the same—to speak
and act—each for himself, if yon and they saw
occasion to do it. This you have done.
It was not, allow me to say to you, in my
judgment, a case for conference or consultation
with anybody. It wa3 one in which my own act
could not, and would not, have been governed,
or influenced by the opinions or judgments of
others, few or many. I felt and acted just-as I
should have done, if at pnblio auction, property
had been knocked off to me, as tho highest
bidder under the terms of sale, by which it was
thought I had made an advantageous bargain ;
and gpme one had stepped up and said that he
had siftdo a higher bid, which had not been en
tertained by the crier.
I such case I should have made no inquiry
into the facts of the matter. I should not have
insisted for a moment npon any legal rights I
might have had; nor should I have thought of
conferring, or consulting with any one npon
the coarse to be taken. I should have acted
promptly for myself, and told the anctioneer to
put up tho property again. In so acting for
myself, I should not have intended to reflect by
my action in the least upon tho conduct of any
other person who, under exactly siinilir circum
stances, might have insisted upon hi3 legal
rights.
. These'are the principles upon which my con
duct in relinquishing my interest in tho lease
was governed. It was, you will allow me in this
connection to say, from no ’ over-sensitiveness,
os some seem to supposo, to aorimonious cen
sures on account of the smallness of the sum for
which the road was let. I did defend the lease,
as you say, when it was assailed, barely on that
ground-, and should have continued to defend
it, and my connection with it, perhaps, in per
fect disregard of all censures, if-the assault had
been confined to that ground; just as I should
have defended my purchase of property, in
market overt, if it had been assailed solely npon
tho grounds of the smallness of the sum bid for
it, where competition was open and fair. The
question in thi3 case was totally changed with
me when the fairness of dealing, with bids prop-
perly made, was before me.
It is proper for me further to state, that you
are in error in supposing, that if all the facts of
the case as you gays' them, and as they have
say to you most explicitly that, if all these faots
since given to the public had been before me
at the time,'I should have acted just as I did;
and equally without intending by my action to
cast any reflection upon the conduct of others.
I will say further, if I had been in Atlanta, and
had known the state of the bids on the 27th of
December—just as the facts now appear before
tho pnblio—I should have go.ne to the Execu-
tive and advised him to accept the bid for
§3G.600 per month, instead of the one for $25,-
000, in which I was interested.
It is not a case in which I should have insisted
on legal rights, even if I had supposed I had
them. In speaking thus frankly and candidly
to you of myself I wish you, and all others to
distinctly understand, that I' do not mean tb
oast the slightest reflection, either morally or
otherwise upon you, or others who stand in this
caso or any other upon supposed legal rights,
where I would not. I only speak for myself,
end so in this instance solely for the purpose of
explaining to you as clearly as I can the princi
ples upon whicji I was governed in the course I
took at the time, and under the circum
stances it was taken. A rule of my. life-
one for the guide of my whole conduct—has been
never to stand upon bare technical legal rights,
even against individuals; much less against pub
lic interests. This rule I do not set up for oth
ers; bnt it is one I have ever acted npon my
self, and here state it for the sole purpose of
making you fully understand that my coarse in
tho matter in question was not rashly or hastily
taken, under a misapprehension of important
facts attending the case. -
Yon will pardon me for saying further, that
snehis now my estimate of your character, that
if yon had been in tho Executive Chair, instead
of a bidder, I think you would not have award
ed this lease as the aotiug’ Governor did. I
think you wonld have accepted the bid offering
to pay the State ovor eight and a halj millions
of dollars for the twenty years’ lease, instead of
the one offering only six millions.
If the parties offering to pay the eight millions
and over had failed to comply with the terms
have done if you had beon Governor at the tima,
algl watchful as yon ever were of the pnblio in
terests daring the long period yoa held that
high and'responsible position.
. It is certainly the course I should have taken.
Bat again I say, that I do not set up my con
duct, or the course I should have taken, as the
one which I think you, as Governor, wonld have
taken, as a rulk for others. In ali this, I am
bnt explaining to you the reason of my own
conduct in the matter referred to, and the prin
ciples upon which the rule regulating it is es
tablished, and to let you clearly understand that
in nothing I have done or said, did I, or do I,
mean to cast any injurious reflection upon you
or others.
In conclusion, I will add that, as many per
sons seem, from letters received, to be anxious
to know what reply I have made to your letter,
and as the public generally is certainly entitled
to the information desired, I shall send a copy
of what is herein written, to the press, by the
same mail which carries the original to your
self.
With the same feeling of friendship and per
sonal regard, with which I have ever addressed
you, I still remain, Yonrs trnly, '
Alexandeb H. Stephens.
WICKEDNESS OF EUROPEAN CAPITALS.
Loudon and Paris Compared—Tbe Changes
in Paris, and its Fntore.
An incisive article entitled “Year Ono of tho
Republio," appears in tho last number of Bel
gravia. It was seat from Baris by balloon post,
and was’written by Mr. F. M. Whitehurst, cor
respondent of tho London Daily Telegraph, who
makes some carious comparisons between Pari3
and London, and draws conclusions as to the
political and social effects of the present up
turning upon the futnre of the French capital.
“We are in a verycriticaIst3te,”hosays, “with
tho Scylla of bombardment on one side, and
the Charybdis of street fighting on the other;
bnt whether France is saved or sacrificed—
whether it becomes Prussian or socialist—there
is no doubt that Paris—the city of luxury, the
perpetual ‘revel’ of Europe, the queen city—is
swept away for at least a generation. Not that
there will be less vice, as each Parisian will be
vicious according to his means, and each woman
wanton as occasion serves; bnt there will be
none of that society which lived in truly impe
rial luxury, and if they ruined themselves, at
least fed thousands. The time is now come to
test the fact, whether lavish expenditure is ben
eficial to a country or not.”
Mr. Whitehurst, in beginning his critical com
parison of wicked cities, contends that London
is a3 bad as Paris, with tho difference that in
the former vice is cloaked. He says: “A per-
Bon well accustomed to the' ‘best,’ and perhaps
fastest, society in London in the ante-Crimean
days, returns to his native metropolis: what
does he find ? A state of laxity and immorality
which would have shocked his nerves fifteen
years ago—on the surface calm respectability,
and under it outrageous vice. Witness divorce
and other courts—certain ballroom flirtations,
where both parties are married, and tho man
ners and dres3 of English girls.” He continues,
with an engaging frankness:
I havo purposely alluded to this, because I
think that in London you have piqued yourself
on your apparent propriety, and have gone
about thanking God that you are not as those
“other men” and women of Paris are; while
yon are just as vicious, and worse, as your vice
is veneered with a thin coating of. religion and"
respectability. No ono can aocuse Paris of any
hjpocrisy or pretence to either. Yet outward
and visible decency was always kept up by “so
ciety” on both sides of th^Seine.
Tho five wickedest cities in Europe rank thus:
Presburg, Pesth, Vienna, Florence and Paris.
There'was wont to be a good deal of quiet wick
edness at Naples, hut that died out with the
Bourbons; now there is only vulgar vice; and
Paris has held its own—bnt certainly not ob
trusively. The cavalieri sereinti have always
been kept behind the curtain in Paris, and out
rageous flirtations confined to boudoirs. Paris
for the last ten years has been gayer, more gor
geous, perhaps more ruinous, but certainly not
more immoral, than London or any other grand
capital. Young France flirted and gambled, but,
as a rale, hurt nobody but itself. Haussmann
spent millions, but then he built the finest city
in Europe, employed millions, and the whole
system of Imperialism was considered glorions
and gorgeous by the flattered pride of France.
the changes in basis.
Mr. Whitehurst continues:
The streets are desorted, but that is theeffect
of the siege—dirty, which is from the want of
Huussmannisation; crowded with beggars of
all conntrics, vagrant musicians, cripples by
the score, and dogs by the hundred. Then
everybody sells everything in th9 streets, from
portraits of patriots at three sous each, to
onions, carrots, and celery at a franc the bun
dle. Imagine, ye old dwellers in Paris, a vege
table stall spread out on the pavement before
Tortoni’s! If poor Baron Haussmann could
see his own Boulevard as I can this Sunday
afternoon, what wonld he think 1 At one vege
table stall an old woman is cheapening a cab
bage, which I have known by sight and smell
for several days; two Mobiles are tossing-up
for a drink; and tho whole steeet is lined with
cheap and extremely nasty caricatures. The
new police go about by three3 at a snail’s .pace
and are warned, I imagine, not on any account
to interfere with the will, act or deed of any
citizen—at any rate they never do. And then,
O my visitor, can you figure to yourself Paris
without concerts or theatres—with no Bois, no
Tuileries Gardens (a very dirty artillery camp
occupies them), and not even a chair in the
Ohamps Elysees? Surely there was no vice.
since been published, had'been before*me, I save perhaps idleness, in those pe»-y ware seats;
would have acted differently. On this point I and the Pariaians are idle* *uU capable of sit-
— . .. « - ting down to an that neither Presidents
nor laws «*a cure. The Tuileries Gardens and
the Palais Royal were beautifully kept; there
was musio for the bonnes to hear, and soldiers
to look at—in fact, they were the nursery gar
dens of young France; they are now as nasty
as the “Square of Leicester,”.
* * * The crusade against the theatrical
performances of the Empire has already com
menced. At a concert for the wounded, the
Abbe Duguerzy, who owes all he has to the
Emperor, was severely eloquent against the the
atrical performances of that time of “fool
pleasures,” and denounced in bitter terms those
magnates of the earth who came over to Paris
daring the exhibition year, nnder pretence of
giving their countenance to art, but in truth to
hear Schneider in “ La Grande Dnohesse.” Bo
I suppose that moral plays and now and then a
severe tragedy, will be the portion of Paris
playgoers; It will be dull and monotonous, bnt
then it will be moraL “Julius Cse3ar’’ i3 very
i grand; but for a change “Fron Frou” was not
sad. *
Tho Emperor immediately went to
to work and supported the “turf.” Gave ground
privileges and money, built the prettiest grand
stands in the raoing world, and finally set on
foot the “Grand Prix," since become the most
important meetings in England, France, or
Baden. The French are always ready to gam
ble, and seeing their way to wagering, they took
to the “ turf” with the little energy which is in
them. By degrees we got the Lagrange, De
Morny, Delamarre, Lunel, Montgomery, La-
fltte, Rothschild, and-other stables—interna
tional races were got ujh—Chantilly became a
minor Newmarket, farming men (raising the
value of com and hay), as .well as to trainers,
jockeys, head grooms, and boys—that thi3 col
ony was by no means vioious, I can assert on
the authority of the clergyman of the church to
whioh an English sportsman, attracted by the
imperial racing idea, gave jCIIO—raised the
value of land and house property in the neigh
borhood, and last, not least, brought the best
horses out of Europe into the French market.
of their bid, in Riving the security tendered, yon; For twp-thirds of the year, there was once a
would, I think, then have re-let tho road at their | week a series of rickets allcrs c. retour granted
risk, as is usual in oases of publiosales or leases from Paris to Newmarket, which must have
of trust property. •' benefited the Great Northern of Franco as
The company which made the highsst bid, as 1 much as the passengers by the Saturday trams
now appears, was abundantly able to have res- 1 from London used to swell the receipts of ho-
ponded to the State for all dimages at least, tels and restaurants in Paris; for neither your
which wonld have attended the delay and ex- plunger nor the gentleman who aocommo-
penso of a re letting of the road. dates” him with £M,000 to £o,000 on a race
In this I only state what I think you would worth 2,500 francs is an ascetio.
EXTRAVAGANCE UNDER THE EMBIBjI
* * * Could I send yon the true total spent
in Paris by what is called in fashionable and
absurd slang “society,” from the jour de Panto
the “Grand Prix do Paris,” I think yon would
egree with me that it is an important item in
the annual balance sheet even of so large a
country a3 France. Calculating at a most mod
erate rate, the state balls, the Empress’s “Mon
days,” and the state ooncerts, caused at least
£625,000 to be expended; then there were all
the official entertainments, and on the average
six grand private balls a week (Lent excepted,
when there were only receptions, ooncerts and
petite soupers—not given for nothing), which
caused another £50,000 to get into circulation.
I quote these paltry items merely as specimens;
fifty times tho amount would perhaps nearly
approach to the expenditure of a “season.”
THE FUTURE.
There will bo no more “seasons” for years.
The Republicans have little money, and hate
sooial intercourse as an aristocratio institution.
The natives who are not rained are gone away;
no one remains to make a “season” or carry on
a earnival. The foreigners will naturally avoid
the “gloomiest capital in Earope.” Russians,
Turks, Spaniards and Italians will stay away.
The Americans, who did not come to Europe to
be dull, will remain on the other side of the
Atlantic; and so are shat up the pleasantest
Parisian and cosmopolitan salons. The English
families have truly not done mnch for sooiety
since Paris has been so dear; yet the detached
members of them have spent an enormous
amount of amoney here in the twelve months.
Tho “Bristol” was a sort of “chapel-of-ease” to
the Honso of Lords and Commons; the “Rne
de la Paix” was usually a “sure find” for a
friend; and tho “Grand Hotel” was sometimes
nearly as English as American. Unluckily all
these people came over to be amused without
trouble; to drivo about Paris; look at the bril
liant shops, the new streets ;* admire the ladies
of tho Lake (there is not one left, I assure you;
the Republio has decreed virtue, plain but warm
clothing, and walking exercise; they heard Hie
decree and walked off,) the natural beauties of
the Bois, and then dine with the “Three Broth
ers Provence,” or at the “Cafe Anglais.” Un
luckily they must now feed both their eyes and
their mouths on recollections.
* * The Republio, will as usual, last its
time—the brief space allotted to Latin repub
lics; but I shall bo astonished if it exists till its
fourth birthday, and if before year “oth of the
Republic one and indivisible” it has not been
denounced by all France, and especially by the
National Guard—the ruined shopkeepers of Pa
ris—and annihilated to the cry of “Vive l’Em-
pire!” (Princess Clothilde is enormously pop
ular and has two sturdy boys), er “Vivont les
Princes de la famille d’Orleans! ” Then one or
the other honse will for some eighteen years
have thq glory and misery of ruling over the
most changeable nation on the face of the earth,
which by that time, to quote the words of Prince
Napoleon, “will require its periodical change."
In giving to tho existing Republio four years’
duration, I should tell you test J give it credit
for much more vitality than is attributed to it
in Paris: here it is considered ephemeral to the
uttermost degreo. The moderate shake their
heads, and say that it is a mere ad interim Gov
ernment, another trial of a system which has al
ways failed. The alarmists declare that in a
few weeks we must have a Red Republic, which
will bring about a brief bloody civil war and
the partition of’ France; and finally, the pessi
mists, especially since Bismarck’s refusal of the
armistice, -assert that for certain King William
will carry out his threat, lately repeated to
Moltke at Versailles, take all France, and die
Emperor of a re-created great German Empire.
On one point all are agreed—France must be
ruled not'governed, and for this a man is want
ed; and there does not exist among tbe Repub
lican party—moderate, red, or communist—per
haps not in all France, a man of sufficient emi
nence, intellect, tact and courage to be that
ruler.
One Mobe Man and Brother Gets His
Eyes-Opened.—Among the candidates for Sen
ator from Louisiana at the .late election, was a
very much bleaobed negro, named Pinchhaok.
Pinchbeck was beat ont of sight, and, after the
election, he made a speech which shows that
one more man and brother has his eyes opened.
He said:
Although I do not feel particularly sore on
this matter, I still desre to say a word or two.
I never entered this contest with a view of suc
ceeding in it. I knew I could not, and I so told .
my friends. Bnt I wanted to establish one fact;
I wanted to show, by actnal proof, that the cry
raised by a good many men, of equality before
the law, and exact justice to all men, was but a
chimera, a myth. Now, we have put this thing
to a practical test, and we find men supposed to
represent a largo portion, I may say the largest
portion, of the Republican party, patting in
nomination, not the candidate of the majority,
bnt one who represents a very small minority of
the Republican party. We said, when we start
ed, that we were in favor of recognizing the po
litical rights of all men. I did not believe that
principle would be carried ont. I believed, •
and I so stated, that they would be .willing to
see the colored men hold unimportant placet,
but I did not believe, when it came to a square
vote, that they would support him for import
tant offices. If I had any doubt on the subject^
the contest to-day has removed those doubts.
It must be recorded for future use, that in the
vote given to-day on this important question,
while the Senators of my own race, almost to a
man, Cost their votes for me, with one excep
tion, no other Republican did I have to speak
personally, because lam, unfortunately, the in
strument by which this lesson has been taught
the people of Louisiana. I am the goat drawn
up to the altar to be sacrificed.
Well, this is real, real cheerful reading. W«
hope F. will go around singing this same ton*
among his. brethren, and possibly their optics
may have a peep of the same day that has
broken in on his. P.’s illustration as to the an
imal he typified in the election, is rather per*
sonal, in some respects, bnt if his darkey
friends can’t see its force they can smell .it—•
whioh will answer every purpose.
The Mails.—The Sparta Times and Planter
has this information concerning the mails in
that section which may be of interest here:
We promised onr readers last week to give
some information respecting the mails. It ia
well known that notwithstanding onr railroad
facilities, the mail department is very defective.
For instance, a letter for Milledgeville, only a
score of miles distant, andimmediately connect
ed by rail, has to go all the way to Augusta, and
then back to its destination, ocoupjing a day
and a half in transit, when it might be accom
plished in. two Hours. So also with all the Han
cock mail for Maoon, and the Southwest. In
view of this delay and inconvenience, the
writer of this article, while acting Assistant
Postmaster, some weeks since at the solicitation’
of some influential citizens, wrote the Depart-,
ment at Washington requesting a “Macon mail
pouch" in addition to the' two which are regu
larly sent from the office, one for Augusta and
the other for Atlanta. To this petition the De-
partmont replies in a letter to the Postmaster,
permitting him to send the Macon mail as re
quested. The Postmaster informs ns that he
will send the mail as indicated, and should all
work well, we doubt not mnch saving of tune
will be found to result therefrom, and many ad
ditional advantages afforded those of our people
who aro in correspondence with parties pi Ma
con. To the Postmaster we tender our kindest
regards for his willingness to assist in establish
ing tho much needed mail route.
After multifarious reconstructions the Radi
cals have succeeded in producing, aooording to
their own testimony, a state of affairs in the
South so bad that it is impossible for the North
ern people to conceive how bad it is. What will
it bo when they have reconstructed the South a
few moro times?
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