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1—- '•*>' - - - - • -- — ■A.3NTD GEORGIA JOURNAL & MIESSEINTG-ER. £jjY, REID & REESE, Proprietors. (MtUSHED 1886. The Family Journal.—News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic Affairs. ~ == == ^ - ■ GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDIKQ MACON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1871. The Tlirce little Chairs. . .tone l>v the bright wood fire, K ( ‘: jA re j ,'ianie and the aged Biro, cheek, not speak, ,. lW j Miongh as there they stood, 0 f rtiq and their frames of wood, ^Tui’-tr backs eo straight and talL tire shook hi? silvery head, tr .mUii>£ voice he gently said— thoto empty chairs! . • - as mi *' s»d. ea<l thonghts to-nigbt, ®SSrfiliem foicvc: oat of sight, f $V&arcomupstaU8> , r ,H .re-1, ‘‘Father, no, not yet; At >!» n and I forget , hen are away; '/'j Li., back, and our Mary, too, A i s .)ioa on of checkered blue, Nf.;. licrc every day.” Lterf still whittbs a ship's tall masts, 2fp.ij> • w leaden ballets casts, zJ■“ iiarv her patchwork sews; „,r V tiim three childish prayers td’o tiod from those littlo chairs, gjscftly that no ono knows. •Ptor cedes back from the billow deep, jpj, rii-cs trom his battle-field sleep, tj.jt good-night to me; fcA a wile * nit 3 mother no more, ^ilire.l child whose playtime is o’er, comes to rest at my knee. 5)let them stand there, tbongh empty now, li'tv ry lima when alone wo bow £ tie Father’s throne to pray, FtHtik to meet the children above, i car Saviour’s home of rest and lovo, flare ro child goelh away." Letter From St. Jiarj’s. Sr. Mart's, Ga., February 3, 1871. j" :rs Telegraph and Messenger: Wo came lie St. Bla river a few days ago to the littlo oisM (cnee a village, bnt now in mint) of iJekiuton, until recently tbo seat of justice _ this county. On every Thursday evening te elogairt little steamer, Eliza Hancox, passes grosuick and up the St. Ilia to St. Ilia Mills, Jjfesontoa, and points above, and returns to Unnsukk and other points northward every fshy. We commend passengers to this fast pfflc'iinle steamer, whose master (Darns) is as tool a sailor ns his great Scotch namesake was ipoet: and jolly, top, like tho poet. WTc-rsontou, as remarked, is in ruins. But bouses remained at tho close of the war; ifira in 1868 swept away most of those. By slate vole in tho county, under a special act of General Assembly, the csnnty site was re tired to this place. An adjourned term of the Siperiir Court will bo held here next week. Ibis pleasant nnd beautiful town begins to put cs an appearance of active thrift. It mnst is time become an important centre of com- trtce. Its harbor is one of the finest on the feathers Atlantic. Vessels drawing 184- test pi» readily over tho bar. It is noted as one of tit healthiest of all the localities on the South-' en seaboard. Immense quantities of lumber ■itmanufactured here by the several extensive siv.mihs in activo operation, which is sent my in vessels to all parts of the world. Very slim, as we learn, at many as ten or twelve fends are here discharging or taking in cargoes 6tbe tamo time. This is well for a village jost emerging from tho ruins of war. Two of the largest of these saw mills are ihe poperty of Messrs. S. L. Burns & Co., who are king an immense and thrifty business. Wo kiracd many particulars of the present ana fu- nre projects of St. Mary’s from Mr. It. D. Li, of this firm, a very intelligent and agreea ble gentleman, to whom we refer all persons fhonny chance to visit St. Mary’s for informa fern respecting that region. He recent Legislature granted a charter to Messrs. Fox and others for a railway from St Huy's, under the name of tbo St Mary’s And Western Railroad. The usual State aid is se ared to tho road, and active steps are soon to be adopted to put through the road. The route ha through a region remarkably productive in igrica'.tural wealth, and in lumber, turpentine ud other products. The Western extremity of tie road is to connect with the Savannah and Golf railroad. It will pass along the northern bolder of tho Okeefenokeo Swamp, a region istined ore long, by proper drainage and culti- ntion, to become one of the most productive a the State. Iho harbor of St. Mary’s is enlivened by not <oly a number of sail vessels from all parts of tie world, but by two littlo steamers, the Shep- pudan.l tho Flora Temple, belonging to Messrs. Grms & Co., which 6eem to be as incessantly ijicg as the numberless saws of the saw-mills rlish keep up a continual roar. To this din, bwtver, wo have just experienced a resreshing We dropped in with a friend to-day at residence of Mr. Samuel A. Floyd, (a son of tte iato General John Floyd, of Georgia, who wuaicded the Georgia troops in the Creek **of 1813-14), and enjoyed some of the very “•st of fine music, which he makes on the vio- ka and guitar. No more accomplished amateur performer on these instruments have I over lis- t ««d to; and his polished and affable manners •'•almost as pleasingobhis music. "® shall leave hero to-day on the Florida Settler Nick King, whoso smoke is now visible * rernandina, on the Florida shore of this ^guifieent St. Mary’s River, ten miles distant. "® must not omit to mention the beautiful factory at the wostera border of this lovely “If* 1 * Wo have nowhere in all our recent, and ‘•‘ter extensive travels, seen so beautiful a resting place for the dead, or so much care be- Wired on the grounds, as here. The tombs •re shaded by the dense dark-green foliage of ma five oak, and the funeral drapery of tho (TiUandsia) waves over them at every P-ising breeze. Among the names on the mar- r~ monuments, wo observed several not un- oown to the history of the Republic in its r , “ cr days. When we came hither, wo were TUte uncertain in regard to the hotel accommo- j“uons of tho place. But we have found 6xcel- *st quarters and faro at the house of Mr. Spen- Kr > the pleasant and gentlemanly collector of °tstom<5 at this port. We learn there are two ?“« places where travelers are well entertained ®the town. Wo have enjoyed as fino oysters «t* as wo have met with anywhere this side of I’orfolk, and learn that tit. Alary’s is quite noted 111 this region for its superior “bi-valvo.” W. G.M. Labor, Employment, etc. ^he Columbus Sun, of Thursday, says: We have conversed with many farmers during F* *eek. Nearly all represent that there is a JJ 6 * 1 catting down in' the force employed— Wwably one-third. This seems to be tho aver- W in counties south of Columbus. Along the 2®* of the Mobile and Girard Railroad, in Ala- r tola i the report is of a scarcity of hands, and .Jtncral demoralization of labor, which will some two or three weeks to rectify. Tho "groes appear to have not yet recovered from r® tffects of Christmas, and many are discon- with the results of last year. Cotton has «Uiy paid the cost of production, and as the •“ploj-fer received little money, tho employee’s amounted to a precious small sum. Then, J?’hear of many negro squatters, and of wy who have rented small patches that they Jr cultivate themselves. Experience has de- •ustrated that little can be expected from Bach aogeruents. The general determination ap- to be to plant more grain and less cotton, “we average as last year cannot bo culti- f.,for the simple reason that money cannot la»I®* 10 il - Th 0 entire planting interest '"“a discouraged, and as a consequence coiumg season will see much less cotton ‘Wths present ono, and far more cereals. aet SSA Dicnusos says she proposes giving tV^Pw men, that talk about her, “tit for t ?-' , Miller, Arkansas editor, replied to ^ saying. 4 -All right, Anna, we’ll trade; 4163 your tat." Theltomauee or Real Life. That reality is often stranger than romance is a very old-fashioned truism. Yet critics ore always deciding tho plots of novels to be incred ible, and readers of “sensation" stories are quick to declare them “online to nature.” The files of current newspapers furnish, notwith standing, from week to week, dramas of real life that quite equal the most wonderful page3 of Miss Braddon or Alexander Dumas. Even in sober Boston, there happened a fortnight ago events curiously like tho sooial complica tions painted by the former writer, and no whit inferior to them in romance or eccentricity. A married woman living at Westboro’, in Massachusetts, wont to Boston about the 15th of January, to make purchases for ftr family. She had always been considered respeotable, had been a wife four years, and has ono child. After buying what she wanted tho sent her goods home to Westbory by express. She sub sequently went to t&c waiting-room of a rail road station with tbo intention of going to Chelsea. 'While waiting for the car she was accosted by a young man, a complete stranger, who proposed to her to accompany him for a walk. At first she declined, but afterward con sented, and the two passed into tho streets. Presently the young man asked his com panion if she were married or otherwise en gaged. She answered both questions in tho negative. Ho then told her his name and calling; said be was a moulder who had been employed at Wakefield, bnt had been discharged because he was a single man; had he been a married man, he added, he might have kept his place. This announcement probably drew from the lady some expression of condolence or oth er encouragement, since the ardent moulder then and there made her a proposition of mar riage. Strange to say, the offer was as prompt ly accepted. This wife and mother coolly agreed to marry a person whom ten minutes before she had never seen, and of whose character and circumstances, save through his own account, she was totally ignorant. The pair then agreed o go to LynD, where the happy lover’s parents reside, and to whom he desired to present his affianced. This plan was duly carried out. The two went together to Lynn, the parents, who are highly respected by their towns-folk; wore seen, and the intended bride formally introduced. At this point the groom wa3 guilty of the trifling exaggeration of telling his father and mother that he had known the lady he meant to make their daughter-in-law for six months. The old people were pleased with their son’s choice, made much of her, and introduced her to their friends.. The mother, however, with a laudable caution that might wisely have gone further, took the young woman into -a private room at an early stage of tho acquaintance, and with the preface that she liked her looks and man ners, hoped that, being a stranger, her an tecedents had been such as would in no sense bring discredit on the family. The lady made prompt response that everything was as it should be, that her name was spot less, that her father was a sea captain, living in St. John, N. B., and that she would not be guilty of deception for the world. Well satisfied, the mother agreed to themarriage, which thereupon took place, and tho parties lived together as man and wife for one short week. In the meantime the original husband, missing his spouso, went to Boston to look for her. His search was at first, for obvious reasons, vain. But, for pur poses of her own, this femalo Barhe-Bletie now resolved to.pay a visit to Boston and to go alone. Her new hnsband objected, bnt she overcame his scruples and carried ont her design. Hav ing arrived in town, sho sent to her Westboro’ lord, addressing him with compunctious reservo as “Dear friend,” and asked him to be kind enough to send her clothes and other effects on to Boston. The hnsband came instantly to the ad dress thus given,and confronting the erring wife, reproached her with her absence. Stricken with remorse or terror, she fell on her knees, and, with bitter tears, begged bis forgiveness. She confessed she had married somebody, bnt was quite unable to recall the incidents of her court ship or wedding. Fending this revelation, the friends of the other hnsband arrived, having got wind that something was wrong, and a dreadful sceno ensued, which ended by tho lady returning to Westboro’ with her legal husband. It is proper to say, in extenuation of her con duct, first, that she is reported to havo imagined that her husband was unfaithful to her; and, second—the too common plea set np for back sliders—that she is “by some supposed to he in sane.’’ This strange story is certainly not surpassed by any of the similar entanglements conceived by ingenious novelists of the day. Extraordi nary and improbable as it seems, its troth is vouched for by the Boston newspapers, some of which give the names, which we have sup pressed.—AT. Y. Times. Singular Story of a Marriage That Didn’t Come OIL From the Baltimore Correspondence of the Peters burg Courier.'] The handsomest yonng lady of all the hand some young ladies which this city justly boasts, became the affianced of a prominent South street merchant. Last Thursday week had been fixednponfor the nuptials. Tho bride’s trousseau bad been prepared, the wedding feast arranged for, and cards of invitation widely distributed. On the morning of the day fixed upon for the wedding the bnde had n singular presentiment that there was some ill a brewing. Strange enough, as night approached her worst appre hensions were realized. Just as she was moving towards her chamber to don the bridal robes, a note was handed her from the gentleman stating that in consequence of sudden and se vere ^nervous prostration” ho would be unable to fulfill his promise, and that the nuptials must be deferred. Tho shock was sudden and pow erful, and the disappointment and chagrin overwhelming, but there was no help for it on the part of the lady, and she was compelled to accept what seemed to be the inexorable de cree of fate. In a day or two a message was forwarded that tho gentleman was rapidly con valescing, and wonld bo pleased to hove the ceremony performed on Thursday. In the meantime, tho young lady had heard from a sonree which she conld not discredit that the “nervous prostration” had been brought about by tho free Use of alcoholic drinks. Her mind was at once subjected to a wonderful change, and she determined that sho would never be come the wife of a man addicted to strong drink. But she kept her own connsels, and not until the night had arrived, the company has assem bled, and tbo intended bride and groom con fronted one another in the presence of many witnesses, did sho make known her intentions. Upon being asked by the officiating minister “if she would taka thi3 man for her husband, to lova, honor and obey” him, she responded with an emphatic “No,F and quietly withdraw ing from her pocket all the correspondence which had passed between them, and several pieces of valuable jewelry, sho handed them to tho astounded “groom expectant,” and hastily withdrew to another room. No amount of per suasion could induce her to reverse her decision, and although much of Baltimore’s “beauty and chivalry had gathered there, tho sound of revel ry was not heard, nor did any of the gay com pany chaso tho hours with flying feet, but all quietly dispersed and repaired to their respect ive homes. This event has been literally the talk of the city ever since. : Wxndelii Phillips, in his discussion of the Motley removal, says: “But, of course, tho President must be held responsible for the act of removal—a grave mistake in itself, and un pardonable for the mannor of its performance. Indeed, the puerile, crude, wordy, vulgar des patch of Secretary Fish would disgrace asopho- more at college—and &lmo3t makes one regret tho removal of Seward. Wo know this is a very hard thing to say of the act of any loyal man. But the occasion more than j uatitles it. Rather than have the Department contemptible, we would almost welcome back tho able but tricky vagabond from Japan.” , A Talk with Longs!reef. “Gath,” of the Chicago Tribune, has recently had a talk with the reconstructed Confederate General Longstreet. He says: I mot General Longstreet a few ovening3 ago, and had a good opportunity to determine what manner of man he is, so far at least as his con versation and appearance went. Longstreet is one ef tho mo3t perfect types of a professional soldier. Ho was bom in South Carolina, but is of Georgia extraction, and he says that his fam ily name is German. He is a nephew of the celebrated Judge Longstreet, author of the “ Georgia Scenes,” which, in their day, were considered to be a unique contribution to onr periodical literatnre. Ho wears plain dress, and his whole presence has_ a nameless self-possesion and •6elf-respoct which is not onfrequently amongst Southern men. He told me that ho never oast a vote in his life until lost year. Longatreot discusses with calmness and good judgment the military ability of his old associates, and it is not pal pable that he has lost any of the ze3t and heart iness which used to distinguish him as a mem ber of the “Lost Cause.” He Bays nothing which indicates his regret at the part he took, but, on the contrary, seemed to have a docile sort of fondness for his military life and prom inence during the rebellion. He evidently con siders Joe Johnston's to be the first military reputation of the South, and he speaks of all the Federal Generals with respect, accounting oven for McClellan’s failure in tho Peninsula. I asked him if it were true, as had been related, that at Gettysburg he advised the taming of tho Federal position on Cemetery Ridge. Ho said “yes”; that on the third day he had proposed to Gen. Lee to extend his line so as to cover the roads leading back towards Maryland, and this would compel an evacuation of the Federal posi tion. ** No,” replied Lee, “ the enemy is right Monuments or Ancient Rome. . To describe the rains of Ancient Romo would require volumes, but there are two of its arch itectural mpnuments, among the best preserv ed, which havo great interest not only for tho traveller, but for the reader, and which claim special notice. The Pantheon is tho most per- and the crown of martyrdom on high. One of the martyrs of tho Coliseum was Ignatus, bishop of Antioch. "While the Emperor Trojan • was visiting that city, ho heard of tho faith and zeal of this minister of Christ, and offered him a lowed by two or three hundred poor men and boys, holding each a long burning candlo in their hands, 03 is the custom on such occasions in Spain; next marched an endless number of priests and men dressed in white, carrying reward if ho wonld sacrifice to tho Roman gods, orosses and other insignia of tho Catholic faith; He replied, should you offer me all the treasures there, aud we must fight him.” Longstreet says that he sat upon a fence and watched with a fieid glass Pickett’s Division making that cele brated bnt fatal charge, and that he felt satisfied that the Cemetery Ridge could not be carried. I asked him what ho would havo dene had Leo permitted him to turn Round Top to tho right, and ho replied that he Bhould havo moved by forced marches directly upon Washington City. Longstreet says that both sides, in the civil war, committed mistakes when thoy put engineer officers at the head of largo armies, and that the properties which mako a Field Marshal are not those required in nn active General. Ho docs not believe that if Meado had pursued Lee’s army after Gettysburg Gen. Leo would havo been beaten, but says he wanted to stand at Ha gerstown and make a fight. He always speaks of the Federal* in discussing these war matters a3 the enemy. He does not bolievo that Model lan could have got into Richmond if he had been bolder in his Peninsula campaign, bnt says that at a later period o£ the war there was several occasions when tho city might have been easily captured. He thinks Gettysburg was, on the whole, the best fight of the war, thinks it fortunate that Meade had replaced Hooker in command of the Federal army there. He spoke of a number of instances where the Federal troops had behaved a3 well as anybody conld ex pect soldiers to behave, and that his own troops, which were collected from nearly all the States, were as good as he wanted. He has not a parti cle of bitterness for anybody in the South or North; seems to admire Gen. Grant, and talks over the whole subject philosophically, “Every Day Heroes.” Under this head the New York Tribune of Saturday says: Two simple little incidents come to ns in onr exchanges, which seem to ns at least as well worth tho telling as the latest history of adultery and murder. Ono i3 tho story of a poor aorobat ont West, who was dashed from his giddy bight to the ground; and who, when the crowd gath ered aronnd him, raised himself, mangled and blecdiDg, to gasp ont entreaties for them to save tho two girls left unsupported on tho trapeze. Ho refused to be lifted until thoy were rescued, aud in the agony of bis fall and shattered limbs was the only man in the large audience who for got his own necessities and had the cool pres ence of mind to direct how thoy should be brought down. 'When they were safe, pain got the better of him, aud he was carried as dead off the stage. The women were strangers to him. Tho other story is of a little girl who wander ed on to the track of tho Delaware Railroad as a freight train of nineteen cars was approach ing. As it turned tho sharp top of tho grade, opposito SL Georges, the engineer saw the child for the first time, blow “down brakes,” and reversed the engine. Bnt it was too late to slacken its speed in time, and tho poor baby got np and laughing, ran to meet it. “I told the conductor,” says the engineer, “if ho could jump off the engine, and running ahead, pick the child np before the engine reached her ho might save her life, though it wonld risk his own, which ho did. The engine was within one foot of the child when ho secured it, and they were both saved. I wonld not ran the same risk of saving a child again by way of experi ment for all Newcastle county, for nine out of ten might not escape.” Although this kind of heroism is not met with every day, yet it is gratifying to meet and re cord so many instances of it. Of how much better sort is it than that which stalks over the earth in garments rolled in blood. Tlie Alabama Deferred Interest. The Montgomery Advertiser urges the Legis lature to provide at once the January payment of interest on the State bonds given in aid of Stanton’s Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad, and says: The snm involved is two hundred and sixty thousand dollars, the interest on this snm being about twenty thousand dollars. If the debt as principal or security for tlie Alabama and Chat tanooga Railroad were a doubtful one, can we afford the possible los3 of millions to save a'few thousands, when it will bo impossible to con vince the commercial world of the justice of our refusing to pay? Let us at any rate, in a strictly bnsiness point of view, take the only chance we have; let us complete our railroad system (the more important roads, at least,) and see if they can’t pay us out of debt and taxa tion both. Bat with the destruction of the State credit it is with ns, either double taxation or shameless repudiation. A "Wondebful Gave.—The wise men of Phil adelphia are greatly exercised over the discov ery of a care in Chester county, “filled with the remains of animals of the post-pliocene period.” The bones are those of slothB, tapirs, and some ruminants as large as cows, and, most wonderful of all, a mastodon, an animal too large to have entered tho month of the cavern. One of tho scientific men gravely suggests that he mnst “have fallen through the roof.” The cave also contains some well-preserved speci mens of snakes and bugs. A no fight took place the other day among the Shakers at Pleasant Hill, or Shabertovn, near H&rrodsburg, Ky., in which fists and stones were freely used, and ono of the pugnacions broad-brims was stabbed with a pocket knife by another of the fraternity. Such an occnrr« enco would havo seemed almost inoredible had it been located in any other State than Kentucky. No arrests were made, as it was the first fight the Shakers had indulged in for several years. Detailed accounts of the late flood in Rome give a more disheartening story of the damage inflicted than was at first furnished. All through the inundated sections of the city the contents of tho stores and tho lower floors of houses, ho tels, eto, were mined. About thirty people were drowned, and in the Ghetto (the Jewish quarter) two thousand families lost their alL A Sthange story comes from Bavaria to the effect that an esoaping French prisoner of war named Berlan was captured, and that upon his person were found letters implicating himself and two others in the Traupmann murder. He will be delivered to tho French military author ities. We may remark that this story la alto, gether probable. sive walls and the whole form of the building remaining just as when erected 27 years before the Christian era. It is still a wonder of architecture, faultless in its beautiful and grand proportions, and, notwithstanding it ssimplioity, it has ever been to me the most impressive of the anoient or modem buildings of Rome. It stands in what was formerly the Campus Mar tins, where it was surrounded by the buildings belonging to the Thermal of Agrippi, and wa3 reached by a flight of steps, all of which must have added greatly to its effect.-. N,WAMsin one of the meanest comers of ficcAasi, is scarcely on a level with tho adjacent "streets; tho surface of this part of the city has been elevated by some strange accretion of soil. The portico, which i3 regarded as a model in arch itecture, is 110 feet loDg, 44 in depth, and is composed of 1G Corinthian columns of oriental granite, each ono of which is a single block or shaft. They are 4Gi feet in height, and 15 feot in circumference. The entablature and pedi ment are still perfect, and the frieze bears the following inscription, extending along tho entire front: M. AGBIPPA. L. F. COS. TEBTT7JI FECIT. Tho massive bronze doors are acknowledged by tho best authorities to be the,some set np by Agrippa. Although nearly forty feet in height, and having swung upon their hinges for nine teen centuries, they may still bo moved by the hand of a child. Tho buildingitself is circular, 143 feet in diameter, or more than 400 feet in circumference. The walls, which are 20 feet in thickness, solid masonry, rise to the height of 70 feet, when they pass into one vast dome, the centre of which is 143 feet above tho pavement. The dome is much more impressive than that of St. Petei’s, and there is one peculiarity which adds a charm to that impression such as I have never found in contemplating any other building. The domo is open at its centre, the aperture being 27 feot in diameter. It was never closed even by glass, and tho storms of nearly two thousand years have beaten through it and fallen upon tho pavement below. This might seem a defect, bnt it constitutes in re ality its most beautiful, if not its grandest, fea ture. Tho circular walls are unbroken by win dows, and when the massive bronze doors are closed, this aperluro in tho dome is the only source of light, and communicates directly with tho heavens above. One can look np and see the clond3 floating by, or gaze into the blue ether, while tho lower world is shut out by walls that no earthly sounds can penetrate. The poetry and sublimity of this conception for a temple may be imagined. It exclude.* all things terrestial, and opens heaven alone to the wor shipper, and that, too, without any intervening medium. An anecdote, characteristic of Roman morals, is related in a manuscript narrative of the sack of Rome, preserved at the Vatican. When Charles V. visited Romo in 1536, ho ascended the roof of the Pantheon and looked down through the aperture from above. A young Roman who had been ordered to accompany him, afterwards confessed to his father that ho was strongly tempted to push the monarch over on tho pavement below, a distance of nearly 150 feet in revenge fer tho sack of the city a few years before. Tho wily old Italian said, “My son, such things should bo done and not talked about.” • The Pantheon lias been stripped of all its costly ornaments, leaving only its simple gran deur to delight tho eye. Formerly the outer walls were faced with marble, which is now all gone. This vast domo was covered withgilded bronze, and its interior either lined or profase-; ly ornamented with silver. The plates of bronze that covered the roof, and tho silver, were re moved by Constauee II., A. D.' G55, and after wards taken to Alexandria. Pope Urban V1H. completed tho plunder of the building, by tak ing the bronze beams of the portico to form the baldschino of the high altar of St. Peter’s, and to cast cannon for the castle of St. Angelo. This Pope belonged to tke Barborini family, and he nsed a part of the plunder to ornament tho Bar- berini Palace. Fasqnin, the mediaeval oracle of Rome, made tho following record of its final desecration : Quod non feecrunt Barbari Boma>,feeirunt Barberini. (What the Barba rians left of Rome, the Barbarini destroyed.) The Pantheon is the tomb of tho Prince of Painters. Raphael, while living, often revelled in the beantics of its architecture, aud request ed that his bones might slcop within its walls. Upon bis death his body, together with his last and noblest work, tho Transfiuration, were ex- posod'for three days in the Pantheon, and were visited by. crowds, who gazed up oh both with equal interest bnt with different emotions. Hi3 remains were afterwards deposited in a niche formed in the walls, and tho spot is now mark ed by a simple slab with an inscription in Latin. For many years tho Academy of St. Luke, an association of artists, had a skull in their pos session, said to be Raphael’s, and generally so regarded. As doubts had arisen in regard to the actual resting place of the immortal master of the pencil, it was determined in 18S3 to settle tho question by an examination of his tomb. It was accordingly opened in tho preaeaee of seve ral ecclesiastical dignitaries and artists, and the skeleton was fonndentire just as it hod been en tombed. The relics wero replaced, being en closed in an antique marble sarcophagus from the Vatican Museum. Of course the skull in the possession of the Academy of St. Luke lost its value, notwithstanding^ had often awakened the admiration of phrenologists, who had found the painter’s bump strikingly developed. Bnt perhaps it did belong to a great artist. "Who knows? If the Pantheon is the moro perfect, the Co liseum, is the grander of the two monuments. It is a magnificent Structnro, even in its present dilapidated state, and ia thronged with associa tions around which the scholar and Christian linger with cqnal interest. It was called by the ancient Romans the Flavian Amphitheatre, from Flavius^ Vespasianus, who laid tho found ation upon a portion of the space occupied by only true and living God. ” Ignatius was threat-, ened, and when this had not effect, he was sum moned to Rome; On Imb way to tho imperial city, he was met everywhere by Christian friends whom he encouraged to persevere, and who in tnm strengthened hi3 heart in his purpose not to shrink from any suffering for the sake of Christ. He besought the disciples at Rome not to intercede for his life, expressing his perfoct willingness to meet -the wild beasts and thus to prove his lovo to his divine Master. When brought into the amphi-theatre, he thus addressed the assembled multitude who wero eager to witness his death: “Men and Romans, know that 1 am not brought here for any crime, but for the glory of the God I worship;” and the words had scarcely fallen from his lips, when the lions were let loose upon him and tore him in pieces. An anient tradition relates that Igna tius, when a child, was one of those whom tho Saviour took in his arms aud blessed, saying, “Suffer little children to come unto me,” eto. The last of the martyrs of the Coliseum was the monk Tclemaohns. For three centuries gla diatorial combats continued to be the favorite amusement of the Roman people. Constantino prohibitedwithoutsuppressingthem. Honorious did the same. One day, as the popolace wero assembled to witness the deadly strife, Telema- chus rushed into the arena aud separated the combatants. The spectators, unwilling to be disappointed in their thirst for blood, took the life of this good man. Bnt this was the end of gladiatorial shows within its wall.—Eusebius, in the If. Y. Observer. Foreign Notes. [fbefased fob the TEUEGBAPH AND HESSEN GEB. 3 It has again become very doubtful whether a speedy peace will close the Franco-PrUssian war, the antagonism between the Paris and Bor deaux governments having, at last, resulted in an open rupture, which may add the horrors of civil war to the ravages by fire and sword. Ex ecuting the provisions of tho armistice, Jules Favip, the civil head of the Paris Government, has issued a decree for the election of a National Assembly, fairly representing the majority of the French people, which shall decide tho fate of France. Gambetta, apprehending probably that the extreme Republicans, of whom he is a fair representative, would rom&in in the minori ty, has decreed that all families which have ruled over France since 1789, all persons who hold office under the Empire, etc., eto., shall not be entitled to a vote, thus disqualifying tens of thousands because they hold different views from his own. Believing that in this solemn hour the whole French nation is called upon to oxpresa its will, whatever the decision may bo, we think Gambetta’s arbitrary decree is mon strous, Thoy are but poor Republicans who show such intolerance and such a persecuting spirit as this type of advanced French republi canism has evinced. Though the delegated powers the Paris Government had conferred upon Gambetta have been withdrawn, ho up holds his proscriptive deoreo in opposition to his Paris colleagues. Under these circumstan ces it is doubtful whether there will bo any National Assembly at all. The North of France, which has suffered all the horrors of war, is evidently anxious for peace and manifests a growing feeling of bitter hostility towards the Bordeaux Government. The South, however, which has not been filled yet with rain and des olation, is clamorous for resistance to the knife. This internal dissension renders a restoration of the Empire more and moro probable. In the meantime the Orleans PrinceB are also on the “Qui viva?” whilothe aged Count of Ohambord, who loves to style himself Henry Y., is prepar ing to leave for France. In view of the possible prolongation of the war, it may be interesting to learn the opinion of the German press on that subject. The “National Zeitung,” Berlin, says: In case tho war should be continned the-Ger mans will not attempt to conquer so large a country as Franoe. We have, it is true, reason to beliovo that we should still beat aud disperse the Freneh levies, but that is not the main dif ficulty. We should also soo ourselves obliged to organize and enforce a new civil adminis tration in the conquered ’districts. But even in the broad territory between the English channel and the Loire onr troops wonld not be numerous enough to secure respect everywhere for a foreign administration, to guard against murderous attacks, and to collect imposts and war contributions; nor, indeed, conld we spare from Germany the requisite amount of admin istrative talent and experience. Supposing, then, thatpeace is still distant, tho German commanders will simply take posses sion of suoh a portion of French, soil as they beliovo they can hold under any circumstances, and for any length of time. This territory will inclnde the Capital, and the provinces contain ing the ablest and most warlike part of the Frenoh population. This portion of the conn- try will have to bear, of course, all the burdens and oost of the war till a peace party has been formed in France strong enough to impose its will on the government of the moment. The occnpied distriots will have easily defensible boundaries, and though offensive operations will be occasionally undertaken beyond them, they will never be much extended. * The territory required by Germany for the security of her frontiers, will be, in the mean time, permanently annexed, without waiting for a treaty of peace with France." “The German Correspondent,” Bismarok’s semi-official organ, after having advocated the same policy, concludes as follows: “We have no doubt that these tactics will lead to a peace as soon as they have beenfelt and comprehended by the French. At any rate, they seem the most feasible yet proposed. The German arm ies might succeed in conquering the whole of Franoe, but it would be impossible for them to retain or rule the country. It was reported a while ago “that Prince _ m | fThrles of Roumama, had proclaimed the inde- Nero iif ornamenting his famous garden house ' pendence of the country from the Sublime Porte. or palace. Vespasian did not live to complete ; It appears, however, that this statement lacks it. He died after laying the foundation; but, foundation. The Prince has addressed a note his son Titus, whoso name is forever associated j to the Great Powers in reference to the internal with the fall of Jerusalem, took up the work affairs of Roumauia, and a contemplated change and completed it. It is said that Titus em-' of tho Constitution, whioh cannot take plaoe ployed in this work the Jews whom he brought | without the consent of the Powers guaranteeing as oiptives to Rome after the taking of the Holy t the establishment of the principality of Rouma- City. Tradition also says that it was designed , nia. These reforms do not bear at all upon the by a Christian architect, who wo3 subject to relations with the Sultan, who continues the the despotic authority of the emperor, and who , suzerain of Prince Charles. All Turkish am- afterwards suffered martyrdom. ■ ! bass&dors have been instructed' ts declare that The form of tho Colliseum is oval, its great- j there did not exist any differences between er axis being 620 feet and the lesser 520, mak- j Turkey and-her vassal state, ing the cirouit about one-third of a mile. The: A satirical paper, “ Diogenes," published in superficial space thatitcoversisnearlysixaores, Constantinople, has been suspended for-two the greater portion occupied by the massive months on account of an article insulting the walls and arches that supported the seats which Czar. . . ran back from the arena to the height of more ; The London Conference is dragging on. Tho than 150 feet; the outer wall os it stands being ' result of the deliberations is not yet known, but 157 feet high. It is estimated 80,00010 100,- it seems certain that Russia will carry her point. 000 spectators could be seated at one. The There is no French representative present, arena, which was devoted to the games and Great activity is prevailing in all arsenals of gladiatorial shows in early times, is about SOO war in Britain, and England is arming as if she feet in length and less than 200 wido, corres- found herself on the eve of a great war. Sev- ponding in shapo to the oval form of tho bnild- 1 eral important points on the coast are being ing. Tho structure itself has suffered greatly strongly fortified, and guns of the heaviest cal- from the ravages of hands equally profane with iber are hurried forward to mount them, thoso which caused its erection. For a long ' The condition of Spain is deoidedly improv- time it servod as a common quarry for Rome, ing. Tho Republicans, though still_ upholding several of the palaces and many mfiro of the their cause are restricting their agitation to a private dwellings having been built from tho legitimate opposition. Topote, heading tho material of its walls. This work of demolition adherents of the Duke of Montpensier, in a was arrested by its consecration to the memory of speech before the Cortes, oponly expressed hi3 the Christian martyrs who had perished ia the rogret that the-King of his choice had not been nrrmn. elcted to the throne of San Fernando, but he oon- The associations with this grand amphi- tinned that ho would bo true to King Amadeo. theatre aro not all pagan. In this arena thou- The Garlistio party seoma to have given up the sands of the early disciples of Christ wero ex- straggle in dispair. Further investigations in posed to wild tjasts without weapons of do- the assassination of Prim point to the snrround- fence, and their martyrdom was made to con- ings of the exiled dynasty as the probable in tribute to the sport of their pagan persecutors, stigators of the dastardly crime. The mortal Here were witnessed by vast crowds, in whioh remains of the murdered Marshal were con- sat emperors, scenes over whioh angolshovered, veyed with great pomptothoir last resting plaoe. as they waited to oondact the spirits of the Tho funeral procession was opened by strong suffering saint3 to receive the palm of victory dotaohments of (he civil guard*, who were fol- . jO tit t ssflaur t . ‘ ; owixdt.'veid toil ■ then sollowed the hearse, resting on tho same magnificent fanorat carriage which had borne tho corpses cf Ferdinand II, Narvaez, O’Don nell, and many other celebrated Spaniards to the tomb. At the head of the coffin there wa3 a glass through which the face and part of the body of Prim, dressed in tho uniform of a Cap tain-General of the Spanish army wero visible. On the top-end of the bier wero lying the hat, sword and “baton” of the Marshal,-while tho cordons and scarfs of his numerous orders crossed the lower end. Immediately after the funeral .carriage, walked two battle horses of the deceased, led by soldiers in deep mourning. Then came the door keepors of the Cortes and .Ministries, along lino of inhabitants of Madrid, amounting to three or four thousand people, the civil and military authorities of the capital and province, the Regent with the Ministers, the relations of the deceased, and the whole diplomatic corps. The carriage in which Prim had received the fatal wounds, figured also in the prossession, and attracted general attention. Tho new King is growing very popular. Many interesting particulars about his private life had been reported by the correspondent of the Lon don Times. Amadeo, having taken possession of his palace on the second of January, had the cannon placed before it already, removed on the following day, and dismissed all the guards inside but fifty men. He ordered at once tho dishes for his table amounting to twenty-four, to be reduced to four only, and half the rooms of the palace to be closed. Tho King, who is an oarly riser, asked for his breakfast at 7 o’clock on the first morning. The “Chef de Cuisine,” having replied that his majesty, fol lowing the customs of tho country, had been expected to breakfast only between eleven and twelve o’clock, Amadeo, with an aid-de-camp, went to the Hotel de Pari3 to take his breakfast. When the King first received the officials of tho Capital he abolished immediately the abomina ble etiquette of kissing tho Sovereign’s hand and introduced tho democratic shaking of the hands. On foot, and only accompanied by'an aid-de-camp, Amadeo will often pay visits and make little purchases. When he heard that tho salaries of the school masters wero in arrear, he declared to the Minister of Finance that he wonld not touch his civil list before these people wero paid. These little characteristic traits speak well for the new King, who may initiate a better future for unhappy Spain. Jaeno. THE GEORGIA PRESS. Tho Atlanta Constitution, of yesterday, un derstands that Bollock has issned a certificate of election to the 42d Congress to Whitely, de feated Radical candidate. A fire in John Whitten’s storehouse on Peach tree street, Atlanta, on Tuesday, caused a loss of $2,000. Insured for $1,500. Savannah i3 to bo amused on the 21st inst., with a tournament and base ball. The Mutuab of New York will take a hand in the latter. Father Whelan, a greatly beloved Catholic priest, died at Savannah Tuesday afternoon. Messrs. W. T. Young, J. A. Etheridge, and John T. Dennis will represent Pntnam county in the Agricultural Congress that meets in this city on the 22d inst. Messrs. Thomas Sweeney and Archibald Boggs, two of the most respected citizens of Augusta, have died this week. Tho City Council of Augusta have resolved that the City Court down there is a useless, ex pensive machine, and will petition the next Legislature to abolish it. We clip the following items from tho Colum bus Sun, of yesterday: Cite Valuation.—Tho city assessors have finished tho valuation of property, and have completed their additions. It is thought the increase of taxable property will be in the neighborhood of $00,000. Retorted Suspension.—It was generally ru mored yesterday that a prominent cotton house in Savannah had suspended payment. It is also reported liabilities are heavy and assets few. Distinguished Contests.—Rev. E. P. Wal ton tells us that Hons. Hershel Y. Johnson and A. H. Stephens, of this State, have embraced the New Church, or as it is commonly called, the Swedenborgian doctrine. The former gen tleman speaks of lecturing on this subject in this State. Quite Unwell.—A stranger was seized with a fit Saturday night about 8 o’olock, and fell heavily upon the brick pavement, a few doors above the Rankin House. It was thought for some time he would die, but he revived suffi ciently to be carried to the City Hospital, where he is reported doing well. He gave his name as Sims, and added that he was from Virginia, and was on his way to Montgomery, Ala. The marks of several severe wounds were on his body. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Atlantio and Golf Railroad was held yesterday, at Savannah. The Constitution says that on the Glh instant, at Athens, Zach Jones, colored, cut severely George Newton, colored; and Henry Wade shot Thomas Fitzpatrick in the head, inflicting, it is thought, a fatal wound. All these benicose parties belong to Athens. Mr. Howard White, of Milledgeville, while practicing for tke coming tournament there on the 14tb, was severely wounded in the forehead by his horse naming against a post. Mr. D. C. Hay, for many years foreman in the carriage shop of Mr. Plant, of this city, and an ex-Confederate soldier, died at Milledgeville last Saturday night. The Sandersville Georgian of Tuesday, says; A sprightly yonng fifteenth amendment has been detected as the author of sundry Ku Klux notices served upon other amendments in this community. Allen was having his own fun soaring the wards of the nation. Another negro, who seems disposed to be a little Brigham Youngish in his proclivities, says that he knows that some of the party, who attempted to dis perse his harem the other night, were negroes. We get these items from the Monroe Adver tiser of Tuesday: Sekious Accident.—Mr. James McCommon had his right hand badly mangled on Wednes day, by being caught in the saw of his gin, necessitating the amputation of two fingers. The operatiop was skillfully performed by Dr. Rudisill, within a few horns after the occur rence. Another: A friend at Colaparchee informs ns that Mr. C. D. Morgan had his band and arm so badly injured some days ago, from the same cause, as will probably render amputation nec essary. ■ ~ ' The Savannah Republican, of Tuesday, gopies onr announcement of the death of Mrs. L. N. Whittle, of this city, and says: The above announcement appears in the Macon Telegbaph and Messengeb of Sunday, and we desire not only to mingle our sincere sorrow with that of our cotemporary aud the good people of Macon, bnt to put on record tho corroborative testimony of the writer to the brilliant intellect, pure heart and a most match less personal worth of ono who, to human ken, has ceased too soon to mako the world around her happy, and passed to the blessed rewards of the spirit land. Such women are among the highest gloriea of our State, and when they de- pwt from earth, the bereavement reaches out beyond the sacred precincts of home, and sad dens every heart. J The Albany News says little if any guano has been bought in that section this season, by planters. wt ** '. The Nows h03 tho following items: The B. & A. R. R.—The track laying, under the superintendence of Colonel Hu)beft, we are pleased to leam, has reached the 112 mile post —three mile3this sidoof the Alapuha. Ttso bridge over that stream is completed, and the trains run daily tb the head of the work. There are about seven hundred hands at work at that end, and a largo grading foroe is about twenty, miles ahead of tho track-layers. A force oom-~ menced work yesterday, on the oontraot of Mcsrrs. Overton it Lewi*, which extends thirty- one miles east from this place. From the pres ent vigorous movements we see no reason why the road may not be completed to this city by the 1st day of Jnnc, and we believe it is the in tention of tho Company to come within that time. Mobe Trouble on the S. G. & Fla. R. R. —Tho passenger train due here Sunday morn ing failed to arrive. It was detained by tho giving way of embankments across two lime sinks—ono just below and the other a little ihia side of Hard away Station. No damage was done to the train, as it was stopped beyond the stnV. The passengers and mail were brought up by s train sent down from here. The damage to the road was repaired during Sunday, and the Mon de/ morning’s train canto in on time. Proceedings of* Connell. Begulab Meeting, \ Connoil Chamber, Fob. 7, 1871.) Present—Hon. AV. A. Huff, Mayor; Aider- men titrong, Tinsley, Smith, Waggenstein, Russell, Daly, WoocUiff, AVilboara, Roberts, Fitzgerald, Clay, Ellis. The minutes of tho lost meeting were read and confirmed. The report of the City Physician and Surgeon of Hospital, was read and confirmed. BILLS REFEREED. Jones & Baxter, Oliver, Douglass & Co., Wm. Holmes, Thomas Wood, O. P. Finney. The Committee on Street Encroachments, to whom the petition of John Knight was referred, recommend that he be allowed to extend his front fence on a line with J. B. Art ope. Passed. The following resolution was offered by Al derman Clay; Whereas, The Hon. W. A. Huff, Mayor of the city of Macon, has declined the position of Director in tho Macon and Brunswick Railroad Company; be it Resolved, That Alderman W. L. Ellis be ap pointed by this Council to represent the city in that company. Passed. Tho following resolution was offered by Al derman Ellis: Whereas, A large amount of money has been borrowed at sundry times by the former Mayor and Council, at on excessive rate of id* terest, and' -. \sci Whereas, The railroad stock’and other avail able assets of the oity have been pledged for the payment of these bonds; therefore, be it ” . Resolved, That tho Mayor, by and with thee concurrence of the Finance Committee, be- antborized to sell and dispose of any or all of such assets belonging to the city of Macon as may .in their judgment and discretion be best for tho interest of the same, and that this pressing obligation upon tho city be relieved as speedily as possible. Passed. On motion of Alderman Clay, resolved, that sections Nos. 90, 91 and 92, of the ordinance of the city of Macon bo so amended ns to apply to cows running at largo in tho city as well as hogs.—Passed. . : . ’I On motion of Alderman Fitzgerald, it was re solved that the pelitioa of tho butchers, made through the Hon. Washinton Poe, be deferred untilnext meeting. On motion of Alderman Clay, resolved, that the Guard-house Keoper be paid a salary of sev- • enty-five dollars per month instead of fees, and that ho be allowed an assistant at a salary of fifty dollars per month, the assistant to be ap pointed by the Mayor. Passed. On motion of Alderman Ellis, resolved, that the meetings of Council be changed to Monday evenings, instead of Tuesday evenings. Passed. Oh motion, Council adjourned to meet next Monday at 7 o’clock r. m. J. A. McManus, Clerk. Reminiscences ot Frank Blair’s Boy* liood. A colored gommau named William Jones, who now resides in New York oity, has been telling a Sun reporter what he knew about Frank Blair as a boy in Washington city. From his acoount he and Frank mnst have been pretty considerably ‘Thick.” Says the man “which his name is Jones” ; ■ O “Frank Blair ! 'Why, him and me used to be boys together in Washington, and an awful fightin’ boy ho used to be too. He was the wurst boy to fight that I ever see. He was al ways takin’ the boys marbles -nil spiritin' ’em in the nose if they gnv him any sass. A reg’- Jar little bully he’was, aud the boys were all afear’d of him, ’cause he was a hard hitter and he was eternally punching the boys in tho head. Many's the time he's licked me and took my marbles. The boys got so after a while that when we’d be playin’, and any one of us would see him a. cornin’, we’d holler out.. “There comes Frank Blair,” and we'd pick up our marbles and everlastingly dust. ’ But one day when the alarm was given, I thought I wouldn't have it, and so X waited—me and one or two other boys; but they kept off at a little distanoe to see me git licked. So when Frank came up as proud and sassy as a turkeycock, I waited for him, and as usual he snatched at my mar bles and took’a beautiful little white chiny alley from me. That mads me as mad as the devil, and I wouldn’t have it any longer, and I just picked up a brick and luff him have it back the head. . My white chiny alley flew, and down he tumbled. I picked up my white chiny alley, and run an’ left him to pick himself up. FQ bet you he’d got a soar there yit made by that brick.” The Cow Catches.—-The fellow Johnson who pretended to have found a pen of seventy-five stolen milch cows up about CuUodenville, fa now thought to have been a regular cheat. He levied several contributions upon the people who had lost cows, who are now anxiously look ing for the aforesaid Johnson. A great many entertain the idea that he knew too much about those cows, and that if they fell into his hands he has taken excellent care of them. We hope he will yet turn up, but his matters are now decidedly muddy. Therefore, should any one see a party by the name of Johnson looking for Macon oows, or having milch cows for sale, they will confer a favor by dropping a linetothic office. He is a sickly, dirt-eating looking little cuss, fond of goobers, hard boiled eggs and milch cows. No farther marks remembered. “The elephant Columbus will now show us how he eats hay in his native country." Well Posted.—“ Torp,” the Washington correspondent of Jho Chronicle and’Sentinel, is unusually well informed. He says General G. W. Morgan, of Ohio, will very likely be the Democratic candidate for Speaker of the Porty- Seoond Congress; and then goes on to say that General M. will probably go into Grant’s Cabi net after the 4 th of March I He evidently con founds General Morgan with ex-Govemor and ox-Senator Morgan, of New York. Mb. Tot’s Chances.—A Washington letter- writer in a late communication, says; General Young has just had the certificate given Mr. Tift by David G. Getting, in whioh it is declared that he was duty elected to Con gress, referred to the Election Committee, aud lias made the point that Governor Bollock can not now issue credentials to either contestant from tho Second District, inasmuch as the Con stitution requires thorn to be giveawithin thirty days after the eleotiou.