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MACON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7,1871.
I for the Telegraph & Messenger.
To L
A , )lf .eest thronsJi the waters, I will be
'“’ i (lirousb the rivers, they shall not
I • , I thy pith, thongh storms' may o’er
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-t hoots tom to dreariest night,
waves break o’er thy stricken soul,
~'" i ! Ul y Oitkness turns to light.
reached down to lift thee tip;
I . the Father’s heart for thee,
if* 7 * 4 j|, ] l0 |,in for thee the bitter cup,
& ," - Ti , thy portion rich shall be.
jitttaci i-"- •
promisee .re sure
t h* i A!l> ,,jywc:ary ,efct 8haU rest;
J**® "thine, if tliou'lt the Cross endure
I ,i c > to a tender Saviour’s breast.
CO ity linrden on His love;
?! t-he t r- i be from sorrow's deep alarms,
fills Ilis mercies from above,
hracath are the evetlaeting Arms.”
' ^ “Myba.”
y,. , fwi'onber 2*(ft*
The Palace of Clouds.
I Mt h» «n in hi » Tvrian ? ra P er y dre8t > „
;:;'.hadow of God, floated down to the West,
r7«i strange, beautiful palace arise
uiis!sr.il of light in the sapphire skies.
0 i dor.iis: in a moment it grew,
■ iTi-'JS'I < { P*** 1 ' 18 ln an ocean of blue,
Xanr!t<rf tailigbt enticed one to stray
SS:hs cloud realms, roared from the rains of
‘"day.
I' i- nnm«i numbers the soft sunset air,
1 yTa yoMin-tongued angel, seemed calling mo
ujny fancy sped on, till it found a rare home,
tralace of j isper with emerald dome.
iv av oiet ?traii'l by a wide azure flood,
jjj ,hi*o the tnglit palace of snnset now stood,
Citlo't’eomo stray serapb bad broken a bar
Fr® tie sold gates of Eden, and left them aj ar.
yn were amethyst windows, whose framework
jconietl spno
r,. a Jrawn out from the heart of the enn;
(V-ir* of amber and fountains of light,
lied, threw up vest shadows, so cbangingly bright
pjs Hope might have stolen their exquisite sheen
loteav.; in her girdle of rainbow, I ween;
ill arches of glory o’or mo there,
n there fouuwinaof sunsot shot up through tho
air.
Rile I looked from my cloud-pillar’d palace afar,
1 saw night let fall one vast tremulous star
Oatiie calm brow of even, who, then, in return
for the gem on her brow and the dew in her am,
seemed draping the darkness and hiding her gloom
Tub the rose colored mantle that fell from her
loom.
ill bordered with purple and violet dyes,
Boning cat like a fringe from tho veil of tho skies.
lad Jo I far away on the borders of Night
Use a chain of cloud-mountains, so wondrously
blight,
Isry teemed built of those atoms of splendor that
start
Brough tiro depth of tho diamond's ciystalline
bc-rt.
IfUn light, with her magical touch, hath revealed
lie treasure of beams in its bosom concealed,
And to:rents of azure, all graceful and proud,
Butt J noiselessly down from those mountains of
But the tide of tho darkness came on with its flood,
imJ broke o'er tho strand whore my frail palace
e'.ooJ.
tilile far in tho distance the moon seemed to lave,
Lite a sliver-winged swan in the Night’s ebon wave;
AaJ then—like Atlantis, that tele of the blest,
Which, in olden time, sank 'neath the ocean to rest,
(.Which still the blue waters in mystery shrouds),
Dropped down in the darkness this palace of clouds
The Supreme Coart anti its Bar.
The first opinions delivered during tho pres
et! session of the Supremo Court were pro
vince.! yesterday morning to and before a
crowded bar. Tho opinions will be found to
catain no especially new annonneements of
hgal rale, exoept upon the right of a minority
e! a corporation in this State to suo tho corpo
ration, and the grounds upon which the Court
vO hear and pass npon such complaint. And
the power and duty of tho Jadges of the Supo-
rior Courts to prevent tho settlement of cases
it the will of the parties, with tho assent of
the Solicitor General in certain cases, and tho
fight to appoint a Solicitor General pro tern.
then the Solicitor General is in Court refusing
to prosecute.
These adjudications will- be of some interest
to the profession. Much interest seemed to
tire been felt in witnessing tho first presenta
tions of His Honor, Chief Jnstice Lochrane, in
the roh of senior presiding justice.
The Judge seamed to have been aware of the
necessities of tho occasion, and so come pre
pend to do the work assigned with a proper
degree of caution, exactness and harmony. In
the mellow flow of his gifted manner of speech,
the new Chief Justice did the work well,
though, we confess, that the utterances, while
rigorous and pointed, were rather overdone in
the dress and trim of the style—somehow
nther syllabic and drawn out; not moro so,
however, than was tho manner of ono or two of
hit most distinguished predecessors on the same
bench. The now Chief Jnstice made character
*ith the bar by his clever and lucid statement
of facts. Albeit some of the principles an
nounced this morning were regarded as rather
new, if not more.
We noticed in the Supreme Conrt room on
Tuesday morning, several gentlemen of tho le-
8*1 profession from abroad, who have held dis
tinguished positions before that Conrt and .else
where, for quite a “considerable period of
hme." Amongst tho most prominent is Hon.
~chard F. Lyon, of Macon, whom it was our
fortune to witness the admission of to the bar,
*n Ilichraond Superior Court, about the 11th
jhy of June, quite n number of years gone
“J. Judge Lyon was then slight in person;
quick and buoyant of step; of animated face
and hardy, resolute look, whose ready and
P^pt answers gave evident signs of promise,
and called forth from that grand old bar ex
pressions of admiration. There was another
aaanuned and admitted with him, and who has
watched Judge L 'a fortunes with constant in-
j«e8t The subject of this notice was bom in
tencola county, Georgia, read law in the office
of the late Honorable Joseph Henry Lumpkin,
and went to practice in what was then consid
ered the swamps and wilds of Southwestern
Georgia; settled at Albany and rose rapidly to
“abaction. Of a mind and temperament
well suited to tho hazards and novelties
o" • new country, quick to perceive and
*Pt to take advantage of each favorable oppor-
‘Onity, and with a perseverance which met
obstacles to overcome them, with a willingness
10 Work and a soundness of judgment which
ir ar ® than compensated for want of great bril-
~*0cy of parts, which is not claimed for him, he
oas reared the fabric of a solid character, which
*jas made his life a success and himself a favo-
«te amongst tho people who know him well—
,*h}«, reliable lawyer.
Judge Lyon was Associate Jnstice of the
“Opreme Court of this State for a term, in
'Web position he folly sustained his reputation
as a sound lawyer. This is, we believe, the
?. y official position ho ever hold.—Atlanta
cun, —
Y0LLXIY—NO 32
, 25th uU.
Eoiuoiso ok the Enemy.—The Washington
^respondent of tho Chronicle and Sentinel in
last letter, has this personal paragraph:
M. B. is devoted in his attentions to a
jjeantiful daughter (Miss Minnie) of Senator
handler, and thus he is scarcely off with the
b-d love before he is on with the new. Having
®*en defeated by a tarheel in the Atlanta court,
j* 8 now transfers his affections, which, like the
Pjj* of empire, westward wings its flight. -The
j* a y has much cattle and gold, and these things
save their weight, even with a Congressman.
We suppose the gallant General has in mind
tactics onco suggested by a Whig Governor
°* this State, to ono of his secretaries, lately do-
VSEal, viz; To forage on the enemy.
EX-GOV. JOSEPH E. BROWN.
Bo Replies to Kr..Stephens’ Inst letter,
and Defends his I<?ase.
Atlanta, January 24, 1871.
lion. Alexander II. Stephens—My Deae Sib:
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of 21st insb, which I have also seen
in the newspapers. And in reply I beg you to
accept my thanks for your kind expressions of
personal regard and confidence, and assnro you
that they are fully reciprocated.
While Ihave taken a view different from yonrs,
as to the natural effect of your letter, which
seemed to me to contain, whether so intended
or not, a reflection npon the conduct of others,
who continued their connection with the lease
of the State road, I am fully satisfied by your
statement in your last, that yon had no such ob
ject in view, and that yon did not intend, even
by implication, to charge or insinuate that there
was anythingmorally or legally wrong in the con
duct of our company in the transaction. Feeling
that our action was perfectly upright and just,
and that we are really doing the people of Geor
gia a great public service, by taking charge of
the road for twenty years, and guaranteeing to
them a sum as large as three-fifths of all the
State tax now assessed upon tho whole people—
when it was not only paying nothing, but was
constantly increasing the pnblio debt and our
public burdens—I amgladasyou withdrew from
the company (in which results may show, so far
as personal safety from loss is concerned, yon
have acted more wisely than any of ns) that you
do so without questioning the legality and jus
tice of our conduct.
But I will not enlarge upon this part of your
reply, as the object of tbis letter is simply to
notice a single point made by you Referring
to myself, you say:
“You will pardon me for saying further, that
such is my estimate of your character, that if
you had been in the Executive Chair, instead of
the bidder, J think you would not have awarded
this lease as tho acting Governor did. I think
you would have accepted the bid offering to pay
the State over eight and a half millions of dol
lars, for the twenty years lease, instead of the
one offering only six millions.
“If the parties offering to pay the eight mil
lions and over had failed to comply with the
terms of their bid, in giving the security ten
dered, yon would, I think, then have re-let the
Road at their risk—as is usnal in cases of pub
lic sale or leases of trust property.
“The company which made the highest bid,
as now appears, was abundantly able to have re
sponded to the State for all damages at least,
which would have attended the delay and ex
pense of a re-letting of the Road.
“In this I only state what I think you would
have done if yon had been Governor at the
lirso, and watchful as you ever were of the pub
lic interests during the long period yon held
that high and responsible position.
“It is certainly the course I should have taken.
But, again, I say, that I do not set up my con
duct, or the course which I should have taken,
or the one which I think you, as Governor,
would have taken, as a rule for others. In all
tbis I am but explaining to you the reasons of
my own conduct in tbe matter referred to, and
the principles upon which the rule regulating it
is established, and to let you clearly understand
that in nothing I have done or said did I or do
I mean to cast an injurious reflection npon yon
or others.”
While I thank you for tho compliment con
tained in this quotation, and highly appreciate
your good opinion of my official conduct, while
I acted as the Exeoutive of the State, I must
say, divesting myself of all personal interest as
bidder, or otherwise, that if I had been Gover
nor at the time, I should have done precisely
what Governor Bollock did, and should have
been well satisfied that I was promoting the
best interest of the people of my State.
I made it a rale of my official conduct, to act
for the State precisely as I would have acted for
myself under similar circumstances; to claim
for her and insist npon all I would have claimed
for myself, if the interest I represented for her
bad been my own individual interest, and to
yield to the just claims, demands or rights of
others against her, just what I wonld have yielded
if these claims, demands, or rights, had been in
sisted upon by others against me os an individu
al. This, in my opinion, is a safe and just rule
to be adopted by a public officer for the regula
tion of his official conduct. He should deal with
the State’s interest, while he represents her, as
he wonld with his own, and while he should sac
rifice none of her rights, be should insist upon
her right only, where tho rights of others are in-
involved. While she should stand in no worso,
she is entitled neither in law nor morals to any
better position, than an individual citizen.
Now, for the application of this rale to this
case. If the Western and Atlantic Railroad
had been my individual property, and I bad
given public notice for two months, in many of
the newspapers, that I wonld lease it for twenty
years to a company worth $500,000; provided
they would give bond and good security in the
sum of $8,000,000 for faithful compliance with
the terms of the lease; and I had required each
bidder to state his place of residence, and the
value of his property; and to state what securi
ty ho tendered, and to describe it particularly:
and I had specified a particular hour when bid
ding should cease, giving all bidders fair warn
ing, and a fair opportunity to comply with the
terms prescribed in my advertisement, I should
have felt that I was as muoh bound on my part
to let the road to the highest bidder who com
plied with my own terms published for tho
guidance of all, os the bidder was to accopt
the lease and comply on his part And in
case one company had fully and faithfully
complied with my own terms, and bad, as
requested by mo, tendered good and amplo
security, giving such particular description of
the seenrity tendered as I had required; and
another had .made a bid, which I was folly sat
isfied it was impossible for them to comply
with, and carry out, and had tendered no se
curity, or hod used the names of good securities,
without any authority, and that fact had fully
appeared on opening the bids, I should have
felt honorably, morally and legally, bound to
let tho road to the solvent company, that had
put in a reasonable bid, with which they could
comply; and had tendered tho security which I
had demanded. Aud if I had for the purpose
of securing a higher rental for the road, refused
to carry out the contract, and held it open be
yond the time fixed, to see if the company could
comply at a subsequent time, I should have felt
that I had acted in grossly bad faith towards
the company to whom my faith was pledged by
their compliance, and in utter disregard of their
rights legally, and morally. I would have had
no right for tho purpose of increasing my year
ly incomes to have violated my plighted faith
to tho bidders, and refasod to let the road to
the highest bidder who complied with my terms
within the time set by myself.
Tbis would have been my course as a private
individual, where my own interests were in
volved, and this would also have been my course
as a public officer, bad I been acting for the
State under precisely tho some circumstances.
As a public officer I could have no moro right to
violate good faith, to make an advantageous
trade for the Stato, than as a private individual
to make it for myself.
But independently of this principle, which I
think good faith and good policy required,
should control; there are other reasons why, if
I had been Governor instead Of bidder, with the
knowledge I have, and had, as to tho incomes
and value of the road, I should done just as the
Governor did in this case. I know the road is
in very bad condition, and that it will cost the
company about half a million of dollars to put
it in good safe order; and with the prospect of
competing lines, and taking tho chances of fire,
flood, war and other calamities, I know
that no company "can undertake to pay the
sum bid by Messrs. Seago, Blodgett <fc Co., for
tho use of it for twenty years, with any reason
able hope for doing so, and making any profit,
or even saving themselves harmless. If they
had secured the road under their bid, they could
not have met the payments to the State, and
kept it in safe running order, so as to have met
the demands of the business and traveling pub
lic. Upon this point I believe all experienced
railroad men are fully agreed. And they would
in tho end have been compelled to have ap
pealed to the Legislature for relief against their
unreasonable contract, or they must have per
mitted the road to revert to tho State, and left
her to such remedies a3 she might havo had on
their bond.
This would havo frustrated the whole object
the Legislature had in view in providing for
the lease, and-wonld havo disappointed tho rea
sonable expectations of tho people, who, under
the lease, looked to tho road as a source of
rightful income to tho Treasury of tho State.
But you say the Governor should havo given
them time to find sureties, and if they failed,
should have re-let tho road at their riak, and that
they are shown to be good for all damage tho
Stato might havo bus tone d by their failure to
comply.
Here again, I think you inadvertantly fall in
to an error. The Code of Georgia provides that:
And person who may become the purchaser of
any real or personal estate at public outcry, by
any Sheriff or officer, under, and by virtue of
any execution, or other legal process, and shall
fail or refnso to comply with the terms of such
sale when required so to do, shall be liable for
the amount of such purchase money, and it shall
be at the option of tho sheriff or other officor,
either to proceed against such purchaser for tho
full amount of the purchase money, or to re-soll
such real or personal estate, and then proceed
against such purchaser for the deficiency arising
from such sale.
Now, I respectfully submit, that under this
law, the Governor had no right to hold these
parties liable for the difference, if he had given
them time, and tjiey had’failed to comply, and
he had re-let the road for a less sum. The act
of the legislature does not make it his duty to
advertise for bids, nor does it fix any penalty
for a failure on tho part of a bidder to comply.
This was not a sale under and by virtue of any
execution or other legal process. And if it had
been the right of tho Governor to hold tho bid
der liable for failure to comply with his bid, it
must havo been a legal bid—ono that came up
to tho requirements of the law, which certainly
cannot- bo said of tho bid of Messrs. Seago,
Blodgett & Company.
No bid was invited by tho Governor’s puhli-
cation, unless it was accompanied by amplo se
curity tendered. There wa3 good reason for
tbis. Tho lease was open to the public gener
ally. The law required him to see to it that no
security was accepted that wa3 even donbtfnl.
He had fixed a particular hour when bidding
must cease, and he could not keep faith with
bidders, and do justice to them and tho State
without knowing, when he opened the bids, ex
actly what security each bidder tendered. As
he promised all to award tho lease to the best
bidder at that hour, with ample security, he
must necessarily know what security was pro
posed that he might judge of its sufficiency.
Suppose a party notoriously insolvent had bid
$50,000 per month, and had tendered no secu
rity—or good seenrity, which such party had no
authority to tender—would it havo been the
duty of tho Governor to refuse to let the road
to the highest solvent bidder, tendering suffi
cient seenrity, and have advertised it again, and
brought suit against the bidder for non-compli
ance ? If so any insolvent company or individ
ual, by putting in a higher bid each time, than
any other person, and failing to comply, could
have perpetually prevented the lease.
The principle of re-letting because there was
a higher bidder who did not comply, and of
bringing suit in behalf of the State, thereby
involving her in long, expensive and trouble
some litigation, did not apply, and was not in
tended by the Legislature to apply.
Bat suppose you are right, would it have been
wise policy on the part of the Governor to vio
late faith, to give a bidder who had failed to
comply time to give security, in order to predi
cate a suit for damages on his failure ? This
would not only havo involved the State in a
troublesome litigation, but it wonld have result
ed in leaving the road in the hands of politicians,
where it has, as a whole, proved a very unprofit
able investment for tho State. Was it not infi
nitely better to do as the Governor did, keep
faith with the bidders, let the road to a safe
company which reconciles conflicting interests
and makes the railroad system of tho Stato har
monious, securing to the people, without doubt,
a reasonable aud fair rental for tho use of their
property, and avoiding all litigation and strife
to which the State is a party ?
As evidence that the Seago-Blodgett compa
ny did not at tho time, and have not, to this
hour, tendered securities as required by tho Act
of the Legislature, and tho Governor’s public
notice; we see by the late correspondence be
tween Mr. Seago and Colonel Mott, published a
few days since, that they are still hunting for
securities and are still unable to find them,
though they offer an interest to those who will
stand for them. Tho truth is that no sensible
capitalists worth $8,000,000, can anywhere be
found, who will pledge it on any such reckless
and wild adventure as that proposed by Messrs.
Seago, Blodgett & Co. They havo failed to find
such securities as the law requrires, and they
must continue to fail.
I am informed it has been charged by some,
that the provision in the bill authorizing the
lease which requires the $8,000,000security was
put in at my suggestion, to prevent competition
for tho lease. This is a groat mistake. So far
as I know or believe, it was the suggestion of
tho Hon. Dunlap Scott, the author of the bill
alone, and was constantly insisted upon by him
as part of his scheme, which he would »oi yield.
He was determined that ta° Grate should bo
secure beyond doubt, and he demanded a bond
ample for that purpose, and fixed the amount
at $8,000,000. The Legislature adopted his
suggestion, and mado it the duty of tho Gov
ernor to see to it that it was faithfully carried
out.
But I will not weary your patience by farther
remarks. Wishing you a speedy restoration to
good health, and that you may be spared many
years to your friends and your country, I am
as over, yours truly, Joseph E. Bbown.
Sale of Patent Medicines.
Some statistics of particular medicines and
preparations, known as proprietary articles, may
be interesting as indicating their comparative
importance and popularity. Tarrant’s Seltzer
Aperient is sold annually to the extent of $100,-
000, and Jayne’s Alterative upwards of $50,000.
Hall’s Balsam $10,000, and Drake’s Plantation
Bitters $000,000. Hostetter’s Bitters are pop
ular to the extent of SSOO.OOO, and Hooflsnd s
to $100,000. Of Helmbold’s Buchu, annually,
$500,000 worth. Of McLean’s Cordial and
Ayer’s Ague Cure are sold $100,000 eaoh. Os
good’s Chologogue brings $100,000; -Burnett’s
Coooaino another $100,000, and Kennedy’s Dis
covery a similar sum. Boudault’s Pepsine
Elixir finds a patronage of $500,000, and
Jayne’s Expectorant of $100,000.
It will doubtless be surprising to many to hear
that on article so apparently unimportant as a
fly-paper sells to the extent of $50,000. This is
the annual receipt from Dutcher’s Lightning
fly-paper, manufactured in St. Albans, Vt.
BrowD’s Preparation of Ginger, $2G0,000, and
Hall's Sicillian Hair Kenewer, $400,000 annual
ly. Another preparation, Sanford’s Invigorator,
$100,000, of Trask’s Ointment, $50,000. lnthe
pill department, $200,000 of Ayer’s are sold,
$150,000 of Bennett’s P. and B., $100,000 of
Herrick’s, $100,000 of Schenck’s Mandrake
Pills, $200,000 of Radway’s and $15,000 of
Wright’s. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral has a trade
of $150,000, and Davis’ Painkiller of $150,000.
Of the syrups, “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing
Syrup” stands first; it’s annual sale reaches
$500,000. Smith’s Tonic is next, $200,000.
Of Schenck’s Pulmonio, $100,000 worth is sold,
and $50,000 worth is sold of the Peruvian Syrup
and Scovill’s Stillingia Blood Syrup. Ayer's
Sarsaparilla stands first $150,000. Townsend’s
and Ball’s follow with$100,000 each; Sozodont
is purchased to the extent of 100,000. Brown’s
Bronchial Trochee, $250,000. McLane’s Ver
mifuge return $50j000, Constitutional Water
and Isaac Thompson’s Troy Water, $50,000
each.—World.
A lady in Fond du Lao, Wia., slipped on the
ice and broke her leg, and the first remark she
made after tho accident was, “I wonder if Harry
will many me now 1“
Foreign Notes.
[PBEPABED POE THE TELEOBAPH AND MESSENGER.]
It is only reasonablo.to presume that the cap
itulation of Paris will form tho last act of tho
great military drama the two most warlike na
tions of Europe havo boon enacting before us
for nearly seven months. The armistice agreed
upon embodies already tho principles for a fu
ture treaty of peace, viz: cession of Alsace and
German Lorraine, transfer of a part of tho
French iron-clad fleet and indemnity of war.
Thongh Metz does not properly belong to Ger
man Lorraine, wo presume that this important
stronghold will also bo retained by the Ger
mans. The armistice, lasting three weeks, ex
tends to all military operations by sea and land;
the hostile armies will remain in -tor respect
ive positions, leaving tho space between them
neutral ground. It is to bo expected that the
revictualing of Paris is also provided for in tho
capitulation, though the communications with
the capital are still provisionally restricted. The
German troops have quietly taken possession
of the forts surrounding Paris, thus placing her
at the mercy of the enemy’s guns, should the
armistico fail to bring about the peace long
wished for. in the meantime a national assem
bly will be probably called to express the will
of the nation in reference to the proposed
treaty of peace, viz: to ratify or to reject it.
Indeed, we are already told that the representa
tives of the people will meet in Bordeaux.
We think that the French deputies, though
with a sad heart and a trembling hand, will has
ten tc sign the document which is .to end a
hopeless struggle. Had the French people not
been systematically misled by false reports of
pretended victories, published as well by the
Imperial as the Republican Government, the
thunder of cannon, perhaps, would havo ceased
long ago. When, after tho surrender of Sedan,
Gambetta and his colleagues, refusing to cede
an inch of Fronch.territory, took it upon them
selves to continue the war, they fulfilled a pa
triotic duty. There was still a faint ray of hope 1
Though ono army was destroyed and the other
imprisoned in Metz, France had still a vast male
population in the prime of life, and boundless
resources at her command. Owing to Gambet-
ta’s wild energy, new armies sprang up as if
created by the enchanter’s wand, and while the
German press still alluded, in terms of utter
contempt, to the so-called army of tho Loire,
d’Aurelle3 de Falladine alarmed the headquar
ters at Versailles by his victory over Von der
Turin and his subsequent offensive movement,
threatening the German rear; it has not been
ascertained y6t why this able General did not
rapidly follow up his first advantages. It has
been said that his army, though it succeeded in
defeating the far inferior corp3 commanded by
von der Tann, was not sufficiently disciplined
to cope with a somewhat equal force—that de
Paladine, being from tho first wholly opposed
to assuming already tho offensive, was only pre
vailed upon to do so by Gambetta, who stated
that Duerot, after having pierced the German
lines investing Paris, was able to form a junc
tion. But, as is generally known, Duerot did
not break through the hostile armies; he was
finally compelled to retire again to Paris, thongh
he had gained some temporary advantages, the
Germans being unable to hurry sufficient rein
forcements to one threatened point within the
coarse of a few hours.
This was tho last chance for France of stem
ming the tide of misfortune. After the great
sorties of the 2d December, and the attempt of
Paladino to raise the siege bad failed, there was
nothing to be gained from a farther straggle
but the famo of a heroic resistance. The French
nation might have made peace then, had it
known tho true state of affairs; Gambetta,
however, actuated either by ill-conceived patri
otism or the love of power, deceived his coun
trymen by pompons proclamations, and revived
their dying hopes by converting French defeats
into victories. The character of this remarka
ble man who had the courage of directing tho
destinies of the nation after the catastrophe of
Sedan, will form an interesting study for the
future historian. If genuine patriotism had
guided his actions he cannot escape the blame
of having refused to call a national assembly,
which was to decide on the form of government,
as well as the conditions of peace offered by
Germany shortly after the investment of Paris.
Under the Empire Gainbetta would denonnee
most bitterly in the Chambers tho personal gov
ernment of the Emperor; the sovereignty of
the people being tho fundamental principles of
republican institutions, we think it was his im
perious duty to appeal to tho nation to deoide
on the course to be pursued; the sanction of
the deputies would have legalized his acts, while
now the grave responsibility of having carried
on tho war must rest with him alone.
There being rumors again of a probable resto
ration of the Bonaparte dynasty, the following
article of the “Independant des Basses Pyre
nees,” purporting to give a true account of the
secret negotiations which preceded tho surrend
er of Melz, is deserving of interest. ‘ ‘Immedia
tely after the capitulation of Sedan, and the
proclamation of the republic, Bismarck pro
posed peace on those terms”: “Cession of
Strasburg and a part of German Lorraine; de
molition of the fortifications of Metz; abdica
tion of Napoleon HI, and regency of the Em
press ; this treaty to be ratified by the Senate
and tho Corps Legislatif which were to assemble
in Amiens. The Army of the Rhino was to
leavo Metz fully e*i a tpped, on condition not to
take «p arms against Germany for the next
three months, ns the Chambers possibly,
though not probably, might refuse to ratify the
treaty. Bazaine’s army was to protect the legis
lative bodies and to restore order in Tou
louse, Lyons, Marseilles, etc. And, finally, tho
Germans were to enclose Paris for the purpose
of forcing her to surrender ta famine. This
draft approved of by the Emperor, was laid be
fore Bazaine who also accepted it, exacting,
however, such extraordinary powers for himself,
that he rather, than the Empress, would havo
been invested with the dictatorship. General
Boyer, having had tho document signed by the
German authorities in Versailles, went to Eng
land to obtain the signature of the Empress.
Eugenie who at first refused, finally yielded
after thirty-six hoars reflection, and signed the
treaty. She soon, however, repented of it and
having sent for Boyer, expressed the desire of
looking at the draft once more on pretense to
make a correction in her own copy. The Gen
eral having complied with her request, she tore
the doenment Roper then returned to Metz
which capitulated two days afterwards. Tho
Empress is said to have remarked : “I have
taken all dishonor npon myself without any ad
vantage, for Bazaine usurping the supreme
power, will soon expel me again.”
In Great Britain there occurred partly a
change of Cabinet. The act passed in the last ses
sion of Parliament decreeing the perfect sepa
ration from Church and State in Ireland, is in
force since the 1st of January. On New Year’s
Day there was a great reception in Chiselhurst,
the Empress Eugenie receiving the visits of the
Duke of Persigny, Marqnis de Lavalette, Baron
Jerome David, Monsieur Rouher, and fifty to
sixty more French emigrants.
The Italian Government is preparing to
transfer the capital from Florence to Rome.
Baron Hanssman; tho former Prefect of ihe
Seine, who has rebuilt Paris under Napoleon
III, has been charged with the improvements
to bo mado in Rome.
Spain is quiet and wishes to live on goo$
terms with all nations. The adherents of the
Duke of Montpensier are discussing what atti
tude they shall assume towards King Amadeus.
The Republican party has determined to vote
in tho approaching elections.
There will be great rejoicing in Germany
over tho probable close of the war. The Fed
eral Council or upper ohamber of the German
Parliament has been convoked. Bismarck, who
has been appointed Chancellor of the German
Empire, wishes for a cordial understanding
with Austria. His note to the Austro-Hunga
rian Government, informing Von Beast of the
existence of the German Empire, was conceiv
ed in a very friendly spirit, and ha3 been re
plied to in the same way. There is reason to
beliove that a lasting friendship will connect
Germany and the Austro-Hungarian monarchy,
both empires having the same mission to check
the Sclavio influence of the Russian double
headed eagle. Jabno.
The Empty Shoes.
O, blessed trust, whatever else betide,
God’s gates of gold aro ever opened wide,
When infant feet prees up the other side,
Only two tiny, smooth-worn shoes!
Two stirless, voiceless shoes!
And yet, I can’t refuse
Tho lessons they teach to my spirit-ear;
I can but hear
Tho messages of love they bring,
Tho words'of hopo they utter near,
The echoed song they sing.
Oh, tho waiting little feet!
Safe, within tho sure retreat,
Safe, so near the mercy seat;
They shall wander ne’er again,
On the slippery shores of pain,
Never grope, nor tire, nor stumble in earth’a dark
ness or its rain.
Safe, for aye, from sin and sorrow,
Till the dawn of some to-morrow,
When, adown the heavenly streot
We shall greet
Tho on-coming of tho welcome and tho patter of tho
feet | Boston Transcript.
X Germau Soldier’s Letter.
The following letter was left by the writer
unposted in a village near Dieppe:
Field-post Letter, Argnes, Deo. 9,1870.
My dear little Mother: This afternoon we
have been before Dieppe, a quarter of an hour
from the shore, but we did not get into the
town, aud camped on rising ground an hour
from Dieppe. This is again an old town of
Henry IV, with other of whose castles we have
met before. As far as quarters go we are hotter
off in Normandy than in Picardy, particularly
tho delicious fish which one gets here to eat.
Herrings caught in the sea the day before and
cooked on the gridiron make a dinner than
which nothing can be better. 13 not Paris yet
anxious to capitulate ? It is nearly time. The
present life is too interesting and changeable,
but still too heavy aud unpleasant. Oar man
ners up to this time—at least mine, I think—
have suffered no damage. One becomes rough
and hard, bnt not wild and bad. The only
thing that will do us any harm—God willing we
come safely homo—is that wo shall not be able
to distinguish between mine and thine. We
shall all be thorough thieves; that is tasay, we
are ordered to take everything that we can find
that we can use. This does not confine itself
alono to food for the horses and people.
Through the desertion of the most of the cas
tles here in tho neighborhood the entry to all
of them is open to us, and now everything is
taken out of them that is worth taking. Par
ticularly the wine-cellars are searched, and in
this Normandy wo have drank more champagne
than we saw in Champagne altogether. In the
second place, we carry off oil the horses that
we can take with us; all toilet things, glasses,
brashes, shoes, stockings, linen, (particularly
nightcaps), note-books—in a word, everything
is stuck to. Officers take in this their proper
precedence, and steal splendid horse-trappings,
and particularly pictures of great value in the
castles. Our adjutant, Prince Waldek, said to
mo only yesterday, “Mayer, do me the favor to
steal for mo everything you can bring me. We
will, at least, show Moltke that he has not sent
ns into this war for nothing.” Of course, this
being an order, I could say nothing bnt “At
your command.” What will come of it God
only knows. When there is nothing left to lay
hand3 on, ono lays hands on one another’s
things.
Now, dearest little mother, I must dose; I
cannot keep my eyes open. Last night I did
not return until half-past one o’clock. God
bless you 1 Live for ever thy loving son.
Eugene.
Send by Mayer, Staff Orderly, by the Rhine
8th Regiment Cuirassiers, 8th Army Corps, 1st
Division, 1st Army.
The Show Business in Chnrcta.
From the Lewiston, Pa., Democrat.)
A little episode occurred in the Lutheran
Church of tins place on Sunday night, 15 th inst.,
which is worth mentioning. As the evening
service was about to close the pastor took occa
sion to admonish his congregation against at
tending tho exhibitions being given in the Town
Hall by a minstrel troupe, and in his remarks
denounced the show as a low, vulgar, or inde
cent concern. It so happened that half a dozen
members of tho troupe were present, and no
sooner had Mr. Brown concluded than up jump3
one of the showmen, who, after apologizing
for the interruption, stated that it was his
bounden duty then and there to deny, in toto,
the imputations made against the tronpe by the
pastor. Tho company, he said, was a proper ono,
and the perf ormance not only decent, but entirely
moral in all its appointments. “Moreover,” said
the showman, “I am a member of a church my
self, andlknowof no wrongldoinbelongingto
this show.” Of course such a digression from
the usual order of things created an immense
sonsation, and various outbursts of sentiment
were made all over the church. One member
told the minister not to get excited, while oth
ers commanded the showman to sit down. The
whole affair was over in a fow minutes, for tho
showman, after “saying his say,” quietly resum
ed his seat. But the town had something to
talk about next day, and the effect of such con
spicuous advertising was the Town Hall at Mon
day night’s exhibition was full to overflowing.
Boles for Flaying Onto a Organ Into
a Meeting:
BY J?. BENSON, SB.
When the preacher cams in and ncels down
in the poolpit, pool out all tho stoppers. That’s
wot the stoppers is for.
When a him is gave out to be sung, play over
the whoal toon before singin, but be sure to
play it so they can’t tell whether its that toon
or some other toon. It will amoose the people
to gdSS.
When yon play the interloods,.sumt3mes pull
all tho stoppers out, and snmtimes pull them
all in. The stoppem is made to pull out and in.
play tho interloods about twice as long as the
toon. The interloods is the best part of the
mewsio, and should be the longest.
Flay from the interloods into the toon with
out letting them know when the tune begins.
This will teach them to mind thare bizness.
Always play the interloods faster or slower
Hum the toon. This will keep it from bein the
same time os the toon.
If the preacher gives out 5 -races play 4. Too
many vircea is teejus.
Doorin the sermon go out of the church, and
cum back in time for the next toon. This will
show you do out me an to be hard on the preach
er by havin tew menny listenin to him at wunst.
The Tbtrh Populace.—The Irish are a very
religions people, and have all kinds of pretty
pious salutations Always at hand. If they pass
people at work in a field, the regular form is,
“God bless your work,” and the answer, “Save
you tool” If one praises a person, or even a
thing, or more especially a child, one must
never forget to add; “God bless it!” for praise
always seems suspicious to an Irishman, and
unless accompanied by the invocation of God’s
blessing, it appears to him to indicate a desire
either to possess it oneself or to destroy it by
calling towards it the attention of fairies and
bad spirits, who are always upon the lookout
for what is beautiful. An Irish mother would
rather hear a stranger say, “What a nasty,
screaming, disgraceful brat your child is 1” than
what a charming little angel you’ve got there 1
unless he instantly warned off the bad spirits
by adding “God blesahim!” And as they never
forget to ask a blessing, they are also most dil
igent in returning thanks. “Thanks to the
great God 1” is a phrase often in their months,
and certainly, I believe, in their hearts also.
They often utter this thanksgiving, even when
speaking of a misfortune, as ‘Tve lost my poor
dear little child, thanks to the great God!”
A little boy who went to church was cautioned
to remember the text, whioh was: “Why stand
ye all the day idle. Go into my vineyard and
work, and whatsoever is right I will pay thee.”
Johnny came home and was asked to repeat the
text He thought over it a while, and then cried
out: “What d’ye stand round here doing nufin
for; go into my barnyard and work,TU make
it all right with yon.”
' TIIE GEORGIA PRESS.
The young men of Milledgeville will have
their annual tournament on the 14th. Seven
teen knights will appear.
A trout weighing fourteen pounds was caught
by a fishing party 'from Milledgeville, at Jes
sup’s Mill, one day last week.
Gen. S. B. Buckner and Mr. W. H. Appleton,
of tho publishing house of D. Appleton & Co.,
New York, were in Savannah Monday.
Augustus B. Wynn, formerly a resident of
Tallahassee, Florida, committed suicide in a
Savannah brothel, on Sunday last, by shooting
himself through the heart. Drank and jealous.
CoL A R. Lamar declines to become a can
didate for Secretary of the State Agricultural
Socioty.
Mr. Alex Fountain, of Washington county,
shot, and it is feared, fatally injured his right
hand, while carelessly handling a loaded pistol,
one day last week.
The Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad
Company ha3 just purchased a lot in Augusta
for $25,000, upon whioh to build a freight de
pot and machine shops.
Tho entire Madison Springs’property situated
in Madison county, about twenty-iivo miles
from Athens, consisting of twenty-seven build
ings and a large hotel, was burned on the 23d
nit. No insurance.
Lee Dago, a Democratic negro of Hancock
county, was assaulted one day last week by a
Radical darkey named Jack Butts. When Dago
got through with him he looked like ho had
been fooling with a threshing machine.
Two chaps named Costello and Johnson at
tacked a negro named Elliott, in his honso at
Augusta, Sunday, but were repulsed by his wife,
who used a hatchet with great effect and chased
them off. Served them exaotly right. Wa hope
all such outrages will meet with just such, or
even severer treatment.
We quote as follows from tho Columbus En
quire :
ENCOUBAGixa. — One of our principal dry
goods dealers yesterday informed ns that his
sales for the present January, exceeded those
of the same month last year by twenty-five per
cent. Who’d havo “thunk” it ? •
Death in Jail.—A white man named Wiggins,
a root doctor, died in jail yesterday morning.
' A Big Dbune.—We hear of many cases of
drunkenness in various parts of the city on Sat
urday night. Society seems to be taking a
twist backward in this part of the moral vine
yard.
A Singulab Cabgo.—In a country wagon Sat
urday was noticed a coffin, a fow sides of bacon,
a jar of snuff and a bottle of whisky. That was
a strange admixture of the mementoes of life
and death. Most of the articles more properly
precede than accompany a coffin.
A fellow named Rockafollow, who has been
bamming around Atlant£ for several months,
is circulating a petition to havo old man Donn
ing, the present Postmaster, removed, and he
(Rockafellow) put in his place. Wouldn’t that
be nice for—Rocky ?
E. A. McLaughlin, money order clerk in the
Atlanta Postoffice has been missing two weeks,
and an examination of his books shows that
from $10,000 to $15,000 of Uncle Sam’s money
is missing, too. McL., came to Atlanta after
the war, and for a long time was a clerk at mili
tary headquarters.
A fire, Tuesday, in Mrs. Powers’ boarding
house, on Prior street, Atlanta, caused a loss of
$500 or $600. No insurance.
Enough fraud have been .unearthed in the
Spalding county contested election for the Leg
islature, to oust Dave Johnson, Rad., and seat
Dan Johnson, Democrat.
Wo find the following items in the Atlanta
Constitution, of yesterday:
John H. Flynn, to-day, assumes his old po
sition on the State Road—Master Machinist—
and Martin H. Dooly that of Supervisor. Both
are honest, energetio and efficient officers, and
we congratulate the now company upon their
selection.
The way of woman’s will is hard to know.”
A white woman with her colored husband pass
ed through the city yesterday on her way to
New Orleans. She was formerly from Now
Bedford, and has been teaching school in South
Carolina.
s Interviewing the Pope.
Net to be behind anybody in that branch of
editorial enterprise, the New York World has
interviewed tho Holy Father at the Vatican.
The report covers the first page of last Sunday’s
edition, but we fail to discover moro th^n one
or two points of interest in it. In driving
through the Eternal City, Sunday morning, the
correspondent saw&any developments of the
revolution which were not only distasteful, bnt
insulting to the Pope and his floek. Tho writer
says: .
In front of the stationers’ shops, 8*®ups of
people were attracted by the iu«trated comic
papers and caricatures. *tie staple of which is
abuse of the Pope, the cardinals, the priests,
monks, and nuns. Some of these caricatures,
I may observe, wonld shock the feeling oven of
those Protestants who are most opposed to the
peonliar and distinctive doctrines of the Roman
Catholic Church, as they were designed to ridi
cule our Savior, the Blessed Virgin, and the most
saored mysteries of the Cbristian religion. One
of these, for example, was a blasphemous cari
cature of the infant Jesus in the stable at Beth
lehem. It is mournful to see art and literature
thus degraded in order to render religion odious
in the eyes of the people.
Upon another point—ihe personal and official
freedom of the Pope—we have these questions
and answers direct from the Holy Father:
O.—Is it true that the action of the govern
ment of Florence interferes with the personal
liberty of your Holiness ?
The Pope—The action of that government
virtually serves to make me prisoner. Although
—(and the Pope’s benignant smile deprived his
remarks upon this subject of any bitterness)—
although I am not actually placed under lock ’
and key, it would he impossible for mo to ap
pear. for instance, in the Piazza San Pietro with
out sub j eeting myself to contemptuous treatment
on the part of the King’s troops or the misgui
ded revolutionary populace. In outward ap
pearance, perhaps, the troops might in obedi
ence to orders evince a certain respect to me;
but the multitude, who have been wiokedly de
ceived, would assuredly seize every opportunity
of insult. My own faithful followers experience
the full extent of this deplorable animosity.
Several of My Swiss guards, who ventured to go
out into the Piazza San Pietro, were immedi
ately arrested and conveyed to prison.
O.—Does this animosity, then, extend to the
spiritual office and administration of your Holi
ness?
The Pope—Unfortunately, there is little rea
son to doubt it. The Government of Florence,
and the revolutionary faction whioh urges it
forward, hope, through the overthrow of the
“temporal power,” to aim a deadly blow at the *
spiritual independence of the Head of our Holy
Chur oh. This is clearly enough shown by the
arbitrary suppression of the Encyclical, and by
the attempt to search persons suspected of car
rying letters into the Vatican. At present I am
not allowed to communicate in the ordinary
manner with the bishops and other adherents
Tbe Codfish Complications
The Journal of Commerce say3 the story that
Sir John Rose, ex-Finanolal Minister of Canada,
is visiting Washington with authority to sound
onr government on the fishery question proves
to be the weak invention of some reporter. The
Toronto offleial organs deny, point blank, that
he has any snch mission or power. So far from
trying to feel her way to a settlement of the
fishery troubles, the Dominion seems to wrap
herself warmer than ever in the self-complacent
determination not to yield her point. General
Butler’s Essex speech has, for the present,
knocked all thought of concession or compro
mise ont of the Canadian mind. In England
also it has provoked a similar feeling; and the
Lociloa papers are receiving communications
from persons informed on the subject saying
how very valuable the fisheries are to Canada,
and how foolish it would be to surrender their
exclusive control to Butler’s or anybody else’®
threats. Such aro the consequences of the in
temperate meddling of onr politicians in delicate
international affairs to help their elections. A
late number of the London Times contains a
letter from Rear-Admiral Campbell, predicting
that there will be “trouble next summer,
growing ont of the attitude understood to be
taken by the Federal Administration, which ao-
cords with Butler’s demands. He says “it is
quite easy to prevent United States fishermen
from encroaching, and I venture to add that it
should be done most effectually.” He wonld
not concede so much as to take the President’s
hipt (see the late message) that Canada ought
to give American fishermen a “reasonable warn
ing of their violation of the technical rights of
Great Britain.” The Montreal Gazette copies
this letter without comment. It reflects, wo
have reason to believe, the opinions of the lead
ing Dominion papers. To avoid a collision tho
Canadian government may comply with tho
President’s suggestion. Should they not, there
is a chance, daring the next fishing season, for
an increase of ill-feeling between the two coun
tries, though we forseo no “trouble” such as
Admiral Campbell expeots, which cannot bo
healed by friendly negotiations. There is not
enough in tho fishery question, unless aggra
vated by wanton insults from Canada, to go to
war about.
Will the Capitulation or Paris End
the War?
As an answer to this question, we print be
low the report of a conversation held at Bor
deaux, on the 27th, by a Herald correspondent
with Gambetta. The correspondent says:
I asked whether the war wonld be continued
after Paris fell?
He replied with great earnestness, that the
fall of Paris would have ho effect whatever in
stopping the war, if tho Prussian conditions of
peace were still maintained; “bnt I cannot
bring myself to believe that Paris will capitu
late. I believe the people themselves would
burn her like a second Moscow before they
would allow the enemy to take possession.”
“But supposing she does capitulate,” I asked,
“what then?”
“In that case,” said Gambetta, “we must
fight in the Provinces. We have now, without
the army of Paris, half a million of men in the
field, and a quarter of a million more ready to
join them, withont touching the levy of 1871 or
the enrolled married men. The former will
give three hundred thousand recruits, and the
latter two million able-bodied men. We have
in’arms pouring from all quarters.”
In regard to England Gambetta spoke with
some bitterness. He said that country made a
fatal mistake when she allowed fear and selfish
ness to prevent her interference in allowing
France to be dismembered and destroyed.
England has lost her only ally. The continent
has virtually handed over the balance of power
to Prussia, whoso close and secret alliance with
Russia is unquestionable. No one of sense can
doubt in ten years to see Russia at Constanti
nople, Prussia in Holland, Belginm and Trieste
and the whole control of the jyorld delivered
over to those powers. The CRr looks further
eastward toward the English-pogsessions. I be
lieve myself, said Gambetta, the English peo
ple now see their error, and will hold the minis
try responsible when Parliament meets.
A Loll Witness Sweareth. Strongly.
The New Haven News, trooly toil in its
politics has this to say of Mr. Grant and his
San Domingo job. After snch an unloading we
wonld not be at all surprised to hear that the
editor had been gathered to his fathers. The
average Radical constitution can’t stand such
shocks withont damage:
We are glad to note that the Republican Re
presentatives, Starkweather and Strong, voted
against Grant’s shameless San Domingo job.
It does seem as though Grant, in imitation of
Nero, would fiddle while Rome is burning.
Hia oppressive system of taxation has already
well-nigh bankrupted the nation, it is fast mak
ing paupers of the poor working classes; and,
to crown all—to pile Ossa on Pelion—he ia as
stubborn and self-willed as a mule in this out
rageous San Domingo swindle, whereby the
country is to be farther taxed to pay millions to
the Presidential jobbers who havo the specula
tion in charge. We are pained to say it—wo
who have supported Grant in tho field and in
tho Presidential contest—bnt it is a humiliating
fact that his entire administration has been a
shameful failure, aud he has proved a curse
rather than a blessing to the country—not that
b* is essentially a bad man, like his immediate
predecessor, but that he is eminently more
ignorant, stupid, dogged, self-willed and obsti
nate, and superlatively selfish, caring nothing
for the interests of the country, and with not a
thought for tbe misery and distress going on
around him, so long as he riots ln luxury and
his relatives are well cared for.
Manteuffxl, the German general, ia an ex
ceedingly generous man. He gave a barber a
Napoleon for a shave, the other day, and this
is tho way it was done. After the tonsorial
artist got through with his job, the warrior sent
him to the innkeeper with an order for that un
lucky person to pay him the sum named. Not
being able to help himself, Boniface thought it
best not to object.
In Chihuahna a gold field has been discovered
at a place called Hormigas, twenty leagues from
the oapitaL The discoverer gathered twenty
onnees of gold in one day. People are flock
ing there in masses, and all, it is said, are doing
well. Farm laborers are abandoning their
work.
The Utah Observer says that the Clearfield
fair consisted of a calf, a goose and a pumpkin.
We are told that it rained so hard the first night
that the goose swam off, the calf broke loose
and ate up the pumpkin, and a thief prowling
around stole the calf, and that ended the fair.
Keokuk, chief of the Sacs and Foxes, num«
bering 700, who occupy the Deep Fork country,
west of the Arkansas, says that they are going
to build a large Bchool-house, and intend to
‘live like white people.”
Tbyinq to Dbink it All.—A few individuals
about town are trying the experiment of exhaust
ing the supply of whisky. The recent revenue
raids on distilleries enoowages hopes of suc
cess, and the experiment is urged with wonder
ful pertinacity.
Up to date, over a quarter million tons of ioe
have been haves ted in the State of New York
alone; so that there will be no rerson next sum
mer for exhorbitant charges.
A whiter in the National Standard gives a
pitiable account of the squalid poverty prevail
ing among many of the blacks of Washington.
Thousands of them, it seems, are there withont
employment; and, we suppose, won’t go where
they can find it. ;
The latest improvement in burglar’s imple
ments is a crowbar, jointed so as to admit of
manner with tne oisnops ana otner aonerems , folded up ordinary sized satchel,
of the faith in foreign lands. I am obliged, m „
order to maintain a correspondence, to emplov ^ 16n extended to its full length it is nearly s.x
order to maintain a correspondence, to employ
unusual channels of communication.
feet long.
