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V. A ANDG-EORGIA JOURNAL & MESSENGER. r j,gY’ REID & REESE, Proprietors. The Family Journal.—News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic Affairs. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING •D 1S26. 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 £*»»" -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.