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T” 5 —F? m A.JSTID GrEORGIA JOUKIsTAJLi & MESSENGER. \^0\, nr.ll> & REESE, Proprietors. ED 1S26. ^ HE Journal.—News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Do jiestig Affairs. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING MACON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1871. YOLLHY-mZl .. IVIO rrBalldlng, Bacon or-: 11 ‘ •* — ,nd Jlessccgor, one year §10 00 » iif ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: i oo 0?*®* V; v ivkgrapL and Messenger, 1 tojaAivC*. " . IOrCi “ n Xotes * ! During the passage he landed at several Z?* teleobaph and messenger.] points and obtained further stuns, but in Soera- 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- newswas that the probably the the Nether- 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. j find boutowosicni CjfQor^iri iuki * ~ # ’ • v i end \fit1d1a Ulftrula A tarns CO.'S BURLICATIONB* .t Messenger and Farm ....$1100 -r , . .iph and Messenger and ■! II n> 400 , - ii - Mv T. lograph and Messenger % ;; 8 nd Home 5 00 ,'; lit ri-tiua Advocate with Weekly 5 00 r.iric's 'Veetly- ; 400 ‘’t'-n arrangement is whero remittances are jT« rfC t to the i.Cica of publication. ecawliiLted Telegraph and Messenger riitfm Alabawa and Middle Florida. Advcr- ri-!.., <■. reasonable rates. In the Weekly ? ,h,Har per square of three-quarters of . • c j e ae!i pnblication. Remittances should titiie i>j express, or by mail in money or- pjs, or registered letters. J For the Telegraph tfc Messenger. 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? i| 1 4 a 41 if 2 J 11 }1 * N