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THE FRENCH CAPITAL.
A Qnict Election on Wednesday—All tile
Kcl KepnbUean, Klectcd-TIie Work of
Rcvictiinlllug Prqsrresslnjr—The French
Delivering; the Armament of Paris to the
Germans*-
Telegrams to the New York Herald.]
London, February 10.—The Paris special cor
respondent of the New York Herald has just
this instant arrived in London, and I hasten to
forward his report of tho situation of affairs in
the French capital:
A QUIET ELECTION.
Your correspondent left Paris on tho morning
of the 9th inst. (Thursday.) The election closed
THE BRITISH COHaiSSIQKEBS.
Additional Sketches or tho English and
Canadian Relegates—Tncir Qualifies-
lions for the Work before Them.
Washington, February 10, 1871.
The following are some points abont the Eng
lish Commissioners. ’ Tho English Commission-,
era appear to have been selected with special
reference to the subjects which will come under
discussion, and in this respect they seem to
havo the advantage of the Amorican Commis
sioners.
EARL DE GBEX AND EITON
is a comparative young man, abont forty-two
years old. He was formerly well known in the
House of Commons by his courtesy title of
[ For the Telegraph and Messenger.
!> From 8.
■ pua djirin’ ay two male waggfo,
With a lot o’ truck for eale,
joUscoa, to git some baggiri,
WUicb tay cotton was ready to bale,)
' An! I cum to a place on tho side o’ the pike
(flora piert little winter-branch jest had throw’d
lbs tied in a kind of a sand-bar, like,
Aai I seed, a Isetle ways up the road,
A man squat tin’. down, like a big bull-toad,
Oa tie ground, a figgerin’ in the sand
KjjJs bis finger and motionin’ with his hand;
Aad lie looked like Ellick Garry,
And as I driv up, I hcerd him bleat
To lii&elf, liko a lamb: “Haub? Nine from eight
Leaves nntbin’—and none to carry!”
Ail Ellick’n bnl!-cart was standin’
Acessuiao of tbo way,
.Aad the Iittlo bull was a-expandin’
Eiiseif on a wisp of bay.
Set Ellick lio sot with bis bead bant down,
A etndyin’ and musin’ powerfullee,
And his fonuil was creased with a tumble frown,
And he was a workm’, apparentlee,
A ’rethmetic sum that wouldn’t gee;
Far ho kop’ on figgerin’ away in the sand
With his finger, and motionin’ with bis hand.
And I seed it teas Ellick Garry,
.And agin I hcerd him bleat
Ta hitself, like a lamb: “Hauli ? Nine from eight
Leaves nntliiri—and none to carry!”
I not’d my mules mighty easy
(EUick's back was to’rds tbe road
Aad the wind, bit was sorter breezy.)
. Aad I got down off’n my load,
.And f crcp’ op close to Eilick’s back,
And I liccrd him a talkin' softly thus:
"Them figgers is got mo under the hack;
i caint see how to git oaten tiro rnues,
• Except to jest nit’ally fail and bus’ 1
My cr»p-leen calls for nine hundred and more;
My ’count of ealcs is eight hundred and four,
Of cotton for EUick Garry,
Thar's eight, ought, four—Jest like on a elate:
Here’s nino and two oughts—Ilauh ? Kino from
eight
Leaves nntbin’—and none to carry!
'Them crap-lecne, O them crap-leens!
Ipiv' one to P&idman & Sparks;
Hit gobbled me up like snap-beans
la a patoh foil o’ old fee’-larks!
For I thought I could fool the crap-leen nice,
And I hauled my cotton to Jammel & Cones;
But slmh! 'fore I even had settled my price
They tuk affidavy without no bones,
And levelled upon me for all ther loans
To tho 'mount of some nino hundred dollars or
moro,
And sold mo out clean, fur eight hundred and
four,
As sure as I’m EUick Garry!
•And thar it is down all sqnar and straight.
But I can’t make it gee, fur nine’s from eight
Leaves nuthin’—and none to carry ”
Then I gays, “Hello hero, Garry!
However you figger and frown,
Taer’t somethin’ for you to carry,
fur you've worked it upside down l”
Then lie riz and he walked to his little bull-cart,
And be mado like ho neither seen, nor heard,
Xor knowed that f-knowed of his raekilly part;
And bo tried fur to look as if he wan’t foored,
And gathered his lines like he never keered;
And be driv down the road ’bout a quarter or so,
And then looked around, and I hollered, “hello,
hook here, Sfister EUick Garry!
Ion may git np soon and lie down late,
hut you'll always find that nino from eight
heave’s nuthin’—and none to carry 1” S. L.
The Lost Friend.
pie night is gone, day followeth after night.
thou my day—I folded in thy light;
we to love answers, where thy smile maybe:
Wilt thou not smile on me ?
{*•*“ in heaven the orb of day is hung,
“M with swoet sounds tho leaves by zephyrs
wrong.
W4 * nnt? leaf replies; bee hums to bee:
Wilt thou not talk with me ?
The pine-trees, crooning low, fling odors sweet;
ine brook leaps by, some brighter brook to meet;
"toom to bloom answers, fairer grows tho lea:
Wilt thou not come with me ?
£h*t of the night ? Night calleth for the stars;
“■* liUies sleep beneath tho moonbeams’ bars;
to star answors: I call thee to be
Moonbeam and stars to me.
^whatof song? Tho wind-harp swept at night,
eonl enchanted by some etrange delight—
40 <weet, so glad, so pure, as song may be: .
Be thou a song to me.
F'ineo of the storm. fliDg out your banners gray,
“K* out tbe stars that mock my lonely way;
*» not one fear, if I may wait by theo:
Couldst thou not wait with me ?
Ah me! my day, my.star, my song is fled:
i“‘etf, the bud, tho tender bloom is dead,
only memory drifting back to me:
Tbou couldst not livo for mo.
\ Overland Monthly for February.
Heart Echoes.
A bird sang low from its swaying neat—
Tbo world is fair to ecol
Bine heaven above
Arching my home,
And tho sea I love,
r,_ Snowy with foam!
worn earth and tossing fields of grain,
'hUpenng br-nches and falling rain;
Naming Woesome quenched in dew; *
n • tAdor of Paradise—musio too 1
40 ■ JMi yes, this world is fair to see!
hat these mal:o not tho joy in my breast,
Tho’fair they bo.
for Uj 6 sweetest thing in this world abovo
l,,.? 0 as! tome!
, ~'bat I have somo ono to love,
And some one loves me,
Loves mo.
° : *u right in his swaying nest 1
“iv i 6 Mody from day to day
lore ’—“to be loved.” we forget tho rest,
WitsSr can T But this away.
love” on our lipB, and “lave” in our hearts
An. 7,® Journey this life all through,
j Placing our sorrows and trouble apart,
•hove enters with us on the new. ■ I
®:A. ? p. 88 * 03 kord Goderich. While in the House of Com
mon3 bo acted with the Radical party. Upon
succeeding to his title as Lord Ripon ho took
his seat iu the House of Lords. Subsequently
falling heir to the older title of Earl do Grey,
ho has assumed the doable title by which he is
now known. Sines he has occupied a seat in
the House of Lords lira name.has not been very
prominent. He i3 regarded as a man of fair
abilities.
SIB EDWARD THORNTON, K. O. M. G.,
the present British Minister, is a courteous gen
tleman, and was promoted to tbe mission here
by regular gradations, commencing in the
Foreign Office and gradually rising in the dip
lomatic sorvioe. Ho is regarded as a safe it
not a brilliant man.
. SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD, E. O.. B.,
is the present Premier of Canada, and is con
ceded to be tho foremost statesman of the Do
minion. A man of studious habits, ho unites
with suavity of manner and plausibility talents
of a very high order and great determination
of character. Possessing a keen insight into
human nature, and a certain personal magnet
ism, he has generally succeeded in carrying ont
his plans as much, or even more, by tho warm
friendships he invokes as the strength of his
arguments. As ono of the provincial delegates
in 1865 in England to adjust tho terms of the
confederation of the provinces, ho was at once
recognized as the leading man of the delega
tion, and carried off whatever honors belong to
tho establishment of the Dominion. By birth
a Highland Scotchman, ho has resided in Can
ada since his boyhood, and before engaging in
politics possessed one of the largest practices
at the bar. He has only recently recovered
from a long and dangerous illness, and, it is
understood, contemplates soon retiring from
public life, tho Chief Justiceship of the Su
preme Court of the Dominion—a tribunal which
is abont to be established—being supposed to
be his objective point. His Canadian admirers
aro now engaged in getting up a testimonial in
his behalf, which, it is desired, shall reach the
sum of $200,000.
6IE JOHN A. MACDONALD
is thoroughly conversant with tho questions of
tho fisheries and all other Canadian questions.
He will, therefore, probably be regarded a3 an
authority on these subjects by his fellow mem
bers of the British Commission.' Ho is about
fifty-six years old. His title is that of a Civil
Knight Companion of the Bath, received in 1867
as an acknowledgement by tho British govern
ment of his services as chief of the colonial del
egation to adjust tho establishment of the Do
minion of Canada.
SIR JOHN ROSE, K. O. M. G.,
Is also a Scotchman by birth, but has resided in
Canada since his early childhood. Ho is a law
yer by profession, having amassed a competence
in Montreal by his practice, principally in com
mercial cases. Ho was recently Minister of Fi
nance of Canada, and resigned that position in
the summer of 1866 to enter tho banking house
of Morton, Rose <fc Co., of London. .Since hi3
residence in England ho has had the honor of
Knighthood conferred him as a reward for his
Canadian services. He is Knight Commander
of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, an
old an inconspicuous order, recently restored,
with the avowed object of rewarding colonial
and other officers. Tho number of members in
the Order of tho Bath being strictly limited, the
Order of St. Michael and St. George, the num
bers of which aro unlimited, has been found
very convenient. Sir Edward Thornton is a mem
ber of this Order.. Sir John Rose is a V6ry court o-‘
ous, mild-mannered man, said to be timid in his
public acts, and it is supposed that both he and
Sir Edward Thornton will probably vote on all
questions with the majority of their colleagues.
His wife is an American lady, very much re
sembling Mrs, Fish in character and accomplish
ments.
MB. MONTAGUE BEBNARD
is a man of decided ability. He is Professor of
International Law at Oxford, and is known in
connection with American questions as tho
author of a ponderous work on the neutrality of
England daring our civil war, a publication sup
posed to have been written at the instance of
the late Lord Olarendon. The work takes tho
extreme English view of the case, and is a la
bored effort to prove that tho United States
have no just cause of complaint. He is abont
forty-three years old.
- LORD TENTERDEN.
. With the exception of Sir John A. Macdonald,
perhaps the ablest man in the English Commis
sion is Lord Tenterden, the Secretary. Ho has
very recently come to his title, being better
huowa os Mr. Abbott of the Foreign Office. He
is the author of the famous “Notes and Obser
vations,” presented by Lord Clarendon in an
swer to Mr. fish's dispatch of the 26th of Sep
tember, I860; upon the Alabama question. He
is also about 43 years old.
It will thus be seen that on the British Com
mission are two men who have made the Ala-
bama and kindred questions their peculiar study,
while upon the fishery and other Canadian ques
tions the leading Canadian statesman is placed
in charge.—Herald.
Tbe American Commissioners.
HAMILTON HHH.
Mr. Fish was bom in New York city in 1809,
and was educated at Columbia College. He
studied law, and was admitted to the'bar in 1830.
Seven years lated he was elected to the State
Legislature, and in 1843 was chosen a Repre
sentative in Congress. From 1848 to 1850 he
held the position of Governor of this State, and
was Senator in Congress from 1851 to 1857.
Mr. Fish subsequently spent many years trav
eling in Europe. After the retirement of Mr.
Washbume from President Grant’s Cabinet he
was appointed Secretary of State, which posi
tion he still holds.
ROBERT O. 8CHEKCK.
General Schenck was bora 'in Ohio in 1809
and is a lawyer by profession. After'serving
several terms in the State Legislature he was
elected to Congress in 1843 and remained in the
House for eight years, when he was appointed
Minister to. Brazil. In 1802 he wa3 re-elected
off quietly. Except from the excited discus
sions which took place among groups of per
sons on the avenues, thero was little to indicate
that an event of the greatest importance to
France was transpiring. Nevertheless.ample pre
cautions were taken to provent riots. By per
mission of the German authorities, which was
promptly granted, the number of twelve thou
sand regulars allowed, under tho terms of tho
armistice convention to retain their arms, were
temporarily increased to 25,000 men, who were
posted in various parts of tho city, ready for
any emergency. Their services, howevor, were
never needed at any time during the day.
CANDIDATES PROBABLY ELECTED.
The tickets of candidates for the National
Assembly were mixed np so confusedly that it
will take several days to ascertain officially who
are elected. It is known, however, that the
vote of the conservative element was surpris
ingly strong.
The following named candidates aro donbt-
less elected: MM. Lonis Blano, Henri Roche
fort, Busson, Delescluze, Flourens, Rollin, Do
rian, Gninet and Volant. AU theso men belong
to the extreme wing of tho Republican parly.
The Orleans interest is believed to be stropg
throughout tho country.
REVICTUALLING.
Tho work of revictualling Paris is proceed
ing well, and fears of famine are removed; but
the organization is wretched. The crowds which
assemble before the butcher and baker shops
are as large as usual, and the bread that is sold
to them is worse than ever. Great difficulty is
experienced in distributing rations to tho poorer
classes, many of whom are suffering badly.
ANXIOUS TO LEAVE.
Tho mortality among tho children of the city
is terrible. Many respectable persons are mak
ing strenuous exertions to leave Paris, theyhav-
ing no confidence in the armistice leading to tho
conclusion of a treaty of peace, and dreading
lest the renewal of the war bring on worse hor
rors than they have yet experienced.
CONDITION OP PARIS.
Considering the siege through which Parra
has passed the actual condition of the city is
Iittlo changed. Tho Champs Elyeees is very
little damaged. At the entry to the Lake
the. Bois de Boulogne is destroyed and oth
er parts partially so.
FEELING ON THE PBOPOSED GERMAN ENTRY.
Popular sentiment has been intensely excited
at the idea of the German army entering the
city, but the feeling is gradually abating, and as
it does so becomes more lenient towards tbo en
emy.
BELFORT TO RE CARRIED BY ASSAULT.
A report was current in Paris when your cor
respondent left that the Prussians sent on one
army corps to the south on Tuesday lost, it
having been resolved to carry Belfort by assault.
MINISTER WASHBURNS..
Mr. Washbnrae, the American Minister to
France, went on Wednesday from tho city
for a few days’ relaxation from the arduous du
ties of his office. He is now in Brussels.
GENERAL ITEMS.
There is no gas in the city yet. The nights
are still terribly dull and very dark, and it is
singular that there are no street robberies re
ported. Public order remains good.
Shops aro slowly commencing to re-open.
The theatres are re opening.
THE - FRENCH DELIVERING THE ARMAMENT OF PARIS
TO THE GERMANS—PROBABLE EARLY ENTRY OF
THE VICTORS—GREAT REACTION AMONG THE PA
RISIANS—THE FOOD SUPPLY HOLDING OUT.
London, February 10,1371.
I have received the following dispatch from
the New York Herald correspondent at Ver
sailles, dated on the 8th instant. Your corres
pondent writes:
SURRENDERING ARMS.
Yesterday eighty field guns and one hundred
and forty thousand rifles were delivered np by
the French to the Germans at Vanvres and
Ivry. To-day the consignment of tho armament
of Paris is proceeding quietly.
PROBABLE OCCUPATION OF PARIS.
Paris- may bo entered by the German forces
before the 19 th instant. Formidable prepara
tions for a heavy bombardment have been made
by the Germans should any possible complica
tions arise. The attitude of the city, however,
is quite apathetic at the present moment, and
the reaction is much greater than was expected.
FOOD.
The food supply is workiDg tolerably well,
and the prospects now aro that thero will bo no
actnal starvation endnred by the people. Pro
visions are arriving in considerable quantities,
and by using them economically all distress may
be arrested nntil Paris is fully revictualled.
NO BLOODSHED YET.
The mines at tho gates of Paris havo been
destroyed. There was a riot at Holies on Mon
day, but there was no bloodshed. In fact, how
ever intense may be the animosity against the
Germans, it has not yet displayed itself offen
sively.
The Safety of Dr. Livingstone.—The fact
was-recently announced that Sir Roderick Mur
chison had received a letter setting at rest the
question of the safety of the long-absent African
explorer, Livingstone. The following is from
Sir Roderick's communication to the London
TimeB on the subject:
“I heartily rejoice to announce to the public
tuat I have this morning (January 24) received
a letter from Dr. Kirk, at Zanibar, dated the
8th of December, 1870, whioh has relieved mo
from all anxiety respecting the fate of my ill
ustrious friend Livingstone. Dr. Kirk had just
received a letter from the great Arab Sheik
Said, of Uny-amyembe, dated 16 Rabea el
Akbar, which, being translated, is to this effect:
“After compliments, your honored letter has
reached, and your friend has understood it.
The people (that is, of a caravan sent from
Zanibar) arrived in good health, and are going
on to Ujiji to our friend the doctor. The news
of him is that ho has not yet returned from
Manimes (?) (tbe Arabia word is spelt in three
GEORGE H. WILLIAMS.
Mr. Williams is a native of New York, and a
lawyer by profession. In 1844 he emigrated to
Iowa, where he became a judge in 1847 and a
Presidential elector in 4852. During the fol
lowing year ho was appointed Chief Justice of
Oregon Territory, and held that position under
Pierce’s administration and during a part of
Bncbanan’s, when ho resigned. In 1864 he wa3
elected a Senator in Congress for the term end
ing next March, when he will retire from the
Senate a Democratic successor having been
chosen by the Legislature.—Herald, 12th.
“ the S hS” P Kt i £ e ? ero l Sohenck served with distinction in tho
adds: “Mall events, on his arrival at Ujiji Army during the rebellion. He was re-
Army during
anus: ; zxu im e.euis, ™ ^ «<• ujiji , u appointedand. confirmed Minister to
from his Western journey, he will havo goods j Batkin,
JUSTICE SAMUEL NELSON.
for hra present wants. Tho new gang of men
with fresh goods has set out, and the road being
free, we may hope they will reach quickly and
■ We now learn for the first time tha
safely. usppwiwu.ro urn us* — 1817 and become distinguished in hispro-
Lmngstono nad made an extensive journey to ; . - n _ r_ 1S20 he was a prudential elector.
Justice Nelson is a native of New York and
was born in 1792. Ho was admitted to the bar
I ftssion. In 1820 he was a Presidential eleotor,
tion respecting him. Any lettera -that Living-: 1831 h0 wag ft Jnd of tho Oirouit 0onrt)
stone may have written and confided to jealous & I8311 is37a Judge of the Supreme Court
i of the State, and during the last Limed year
SS ; became Chief Justice. This position he held
Mmd on tte joppey to tho coast during the ( whoR Pmident appointed him
cholera epidemi . a Justice of the United States Supreme Court,
day says that Mr. Sumner has lately expressed Hoar was bom in Massachusetts in 1816.
his conviction that “Grant can’t be renomi- He was educated at Harvard, and graduated
nated.” This is the view of many other intel- with distinction. About the year 1840 he was
„ . . IU . , . _ .,. r admitted to the bar, and soon obtained a large
ligent politicians; but one of the ablest men in and luorativ6 pnolio3 . ln Aprilj i 859) he i® .
the Republican party says in a recent letter: ( came a Justice of the Supremo Court of Massa-
“My opinion is strong that Grant will be re* chusetts, a position he resigned in 1869 to ac-
nominated, and, so far as I can now judge, will cepfc the office of Attorney Generalof the United
be defeated.” It is also on interesting fact that States, from which latter, however, he soon re-
the Democratic managers all feel sure that the tired. Mr. Hoar is said to be a gentleman of
Republican candidate will be Grant, and upon profound legal knowledge. He was a strong
this they found their inoreased confidence of anti-slavery man during the political jvar over
electing their own man. the slavery uestion
The Southern Fife Insurance Com
pany—Some Plain Facts for the
People.
The claims of Life Insurant*, arc; aa a gen
eral thing, allowod to be of vital ocraequence
by all thinking men.
The undersigned deem this a favorable op
portunity to make public the claims of a pure
ly Southern Institution, and ask for the state
ment the attentive consideration of tho citizens
of Georgia.
The Southern Life Insurance Company needs
bnt an exhibit of its progress and policy to
recommend it to the people of this section, for
whose benefit it was formed. We have grouped
the leading features under appropriate heads,
and challenge denial from any and every quar
ter :
L This company has now nearly $1,200,000
in assets, and its proportion of assets to liabili
ties (the true test of strength) is nearly three to
one.
IL It has j oat paid a dividend of nineteen and
txeo-thirds per cent, on cash policies whioh have
been running for ono year.
III. Tho amount of dividends paid to Us
stockholders annually, will not equal the salary
paid to the President of ono of the largest
Northern mutual companies.
. IV. The capital stock of $240,000 is fully
paid op. This capital stock was necessary at
the start, since nearly over? State requires a
deposit. This stock can be retired at will.
V. The capital stock of this company is A
No. 1. Offers to loan money on this stock as
collateral have been recently made to parties
holding it, by prominent banking houses in
Now York, at the same per cent, and on the same
margin as United States Bonds.
VL Tho earnings of this company are invest
ed in the Southern States. As all, or nearly all,
Northern companies operating in this section
make no investment here, and as many North
ern companies will mot even operate when a de
posit is required by Southern States laws, this
is an important item for consideration by onr
own people, who have done so much to buildup
strangers, .finally to become the victims of in
gratitude, arrogance and rapacity.
VII. This company pays its agents from 2i to
10 per cent, less than any company doing busi
ness in thq South, (thereby saving for its policy
holders from $21 to $10 on every hundred paid
in by them,) whife its agents are just as efficient.
Its economy is unsurpassed.
VIII. The salaries of all its officers and of
fice men combined do not amount to $12,000 per
annum.
IX. The interest upon premium money alone
has nearly paid its entire losses during the last
twelve months, clearly demonstrating the ex
treme of caution in selecting “risks.”
X. Its moneys aro invested by men who rank
among the ablest, financially, in the South, and
no money is loaned except on approved collate
rals.
XL The expense of running the company will
compare favorably with that of. any other com
pany, which shows so large an increase of new
business in proportion to the old.
XII. Mr. Fackler, acknowledged as the most
eminent actuary in the United States, ba3 de
clared that “the reserve of the Southern Life
Insurance Company is ample and sufficient, and,
in proportion to its liabilities, equal to any
company doing business.
XHI. This company ia conducted on what is
known in insurance circles as “the mixed plan.”
Wo quote as follows from a volume in our pos
session comparing and describing the system of
“mixed and mutual insurance:”
“Mixed companies are those which divide the
largest portion of the surplus premiums among
the policy-holders, and only allow' stockholders
a small per cent, in consideration of their furn
ishing the capital for the greater securities of
the policy-holder.
‘The mixed plan of life assurance not only
offers every security to the assuring public, but
any villainy in the formation of a company un
der its auspices is more easily detected than un
der the mutual scheme. It is most consistent
with common justice, because, whilst share
holders are rightly remunerated for their ad
vance of capital as security, policy-holders share
in the profits of tho concern as the fitting reward
of their support of that security, and thus each
rewards the other on mutnal terms.
“Mixed companies have done more to popu
larize life assurance than all other causes unit
ed. They combine security of performance
with liberality of rates, and have given to their
policy-holders equal advantages with any mutual
company in existence, with the additional secu
rity of a guaranteed capital.
“Tho chief reason which has enabled the
mixed offices to compete with, the mutual ones
in business, and general liberality of features,
may be traced to the circumstance that the for
mer are enabled at each division of profits to
distribute a larger proportion of the ascertained
snrplus amongst the assured than a mutual
office even can with safety—having their pro
prietary capital to fall baok upon.”
XIV. Tha cash value and the accumulation on
the policies are non-forfeitable by an exposure of
the insured life, in violation of tbe conditions
of tho policy. All oUr policies have affixed cur-
render value in cash, and are negotiable ac
oordieg to the laws of the different States for
such contracts.
Upon these deliberate statements we might
safely rest onr cause, patiently awaiting refuta
tion (if such be possible) in the same open man
ner that we here challenge it.
But it has come within our knowledge that in
sinuations most disparaging- to Southern com
panies have been made, and if the contest is to
assume a sectional character, we are ready for
it. It is the misfortune of many Southern peo
ple that they lend too willing an ear to certain
rarsons who seem to make it the duty of their
ives to assert that nothing “ Southern” can
possibly be solvent. Tbis, indeed, is a discour
aging trait, bnt not, we hope, a desperate one.
How can Bouthem men, who are so sensitive on
all other points, forget that thousands of .(heir
people have suffered wholesale robbery from life
insurance companies at the North f .
Hear, if you will not otherwise believe, the
following, quoted from Massachusetts reports
for the years of 1864 and 1865, page 234:. '
“Among the blessings whioh our rebellious
masters threw away, because more than their
equal share of liberty was not good enough for
them, was a pretty large interest in our North
ern mutual life companies; they havo none of
their own. Our companies were no loser By
this; on tbe other hand, not a few of them
profited by tho forfeiture of Southern policies to
an amount far greater than sufficient to cover
the subseguent war rislx of their members.”
General Toombs and Wade Hampton struck
tbe right key in the faoe of such reports as this,
when the one counselled the people of the South
to “insure in a company whoso directors are
known to them and of the highest integrity,"
and the other declared that “no Southern man
should send his money out of the South for life
insurance when Southern companies, in every
respect reliable, are seeking patronage among
us."
We cannot better conclude this lengthened
communication than by quoting from the elo
quent address of Dr. Wm. H. Tatt, a distin
guished citizen of Augusta, Ga. During tho
recent fair, before the agricultural congress, in
a speech replete with sound maxims, profound
knowledge and fervent patriotism, Dr. Tatt
said:
“Tha great objeot of this congress is to
achieve independence for tho Southern people;
not independence by sundering the relations
which bind us to other parts of the country,
nor by setting up a now government to our
selves ; not by refusing to havo intercourse, with
the people of the whole Union, but the adoption
of such wise measures as will enable ns to live
within ourselves. We ought to produce more
and to buy less.
“Without doing any hostility to tho people of
the North, wo ought to be able to live in inde
pendence and ease within ourselves. Wo ought
not to rely npon their capital. Surely there is
enough energy and ability in the South, and
our resources are ample enough to make us self-
reliant. Why should wo 'be dependent npon
the capitalists of the North for our money ?
“Wo ought to establish banks of our own, and
employ onr snrplus -capital in producing facili
ties for the transaction of our own business at
homo. Is tho. South to bo drained of its wealth?
Are we to labor to onrich others ? Must wo for
ever be hewers of wood and drawers of water
for Northern capitalists ? Bet- us achieve our
independence. "3a'z-'
» * * . * *
“Sorely wo ought to arouse ourselves to apply
our energies, to co-operate with each other in
making the Southern -land, which we love so
well, rich, prosperous and happy.
* * * * * 4* *
“Let ns labor to restore our beloved section
of the United States to its former prosperity
and htppmoss. By promoting a wise system
of agriculture; by building up great manufac
turing establishments:’by increasing onr bank
ing futilities, by opening direct trade with
foreign countries, by a liberal patronage of
vessels carrying on this trade, by making. in
vestments at home of our surplus capital, wo
shall raise the fortunes of the South to a higher
point a&d to a wider development than they
ever attained before."
We heartily and fully endorse these glorious
sentiments, and, in an humble bnt earnest way,
aro endehvOring to carry them into practical ef
fect. The opportunity, however, has been given
to prove that a solvent Southern life insurance
company is in our midst, striking heroically and
successf ully for tho true independence of tho
South. Our success would be as signal as it is
already most gratifying, if Sonthorn mon would
co-operate with ns, as they should, in the grand
design of keeping capital at home.
Rodgers, Edecgs Co., Agents.
Macon, Ga., Feb. 14,1871.
THE EMPEROR’S OVERTHROW.
Tho lVnr Forced Upon Him—-lie was Pr’c-
pnred for tlic Disaster—MncMahou’s Fore*
bodlugs of the Result.
Correspondence of the Pall Mall Gazette. ]
Napoleon knew—at any rate, he had a very
confident expectation—that ho would never see
Paris again. He had been urgod into war by
the Court, who constantly frightened him with
the bugbear of the growth of the Republican
party, which bad shown itself so formidable at
tho time of the plebiscite. He had been nxged,
on the other hand, by the people of Paris, from
whom, after King William had repeated to Ben-
edetti at Ems the celebrated word of Cambroune,
tho preservation of tho Empire could be bought
only at the price of yiolding to their cries of “a
Berlin!” That Napoleon wa3 quite prepared
for a disaster is obvions not only from what ho
was told, bnt from the preparations and tho ar
rangements ho made. From tho months of those
who saw him every day I heard that in the
month of July he caressed his son moro thanhe
had done in the whole of the child’s life. Ho is
believed to have taken him to the army of the
Rhine from a dread of being separated from him
in any great disaster. It was only when the
command was no longsr in tho Emnoror's hands
that he gavewp (so his friends declared,) tbe
idea of carrying the child with himself under
actual fire.
This is not tho only proof, however, of the
Emperor’s opinions as to tho results of the cam
paign he was then entering npon. When the
Tuileries had been invaded nftor the proclama
tion of tho Republic, tho absence of many
things known to havo been there formerly
showed what measures had been taken. The so-
called’jewels of the Crown had till been deposi
ted in tho Bank of France, but. not a single
piece of jewelry belonging personally to the
Empress was to ho seen. The Empress was
supposed to havo taken all away, hut then the
silver plate had also disappeared. The mag
nificent gold and silver table services presented
to the Emperor by the Sultan, the Czar Alexan
der, and the Viceroy .of Egypt wore all gene.
The splendid cradle of the Prince Imperial-
presented by the town of-Lyons, was also not
to be fonnd. The magnificent collections of
treasures of art which Napoleon had accumu
lated at tho Palaces of St. Cloud and Com-
piegne were also no longer to bo seen. All
these had been removed long ago. From the
very day when war had been deolared, the rail
way stations of the Nord, of Strasbourg, and
of Oxloans (for Spain) were crammed with gi-
gantio boxes bearing away to various destina
tions the “personal” property of-the Imperial
family, and ono cannot help asking oneself how
it is that nothing of this has found its way to
pnblio notice.
When Marshal MaoMahon arrived at Mar
seilles from Africa, ho declared to his wife that
he considered Franco as utterly lost, and that
he took the command of his corps with the
heavy heart of a soldier who knew that his fu
ture was ruined. Those • who knew 4>f _ this
conversation accused MacMahon of “antiquity.
When he arrived at .Paris he was closeted for
hours with the Emperor, and 'frankly told him
his opinion. The accusation become 'still
stronger, and the postponement of Napoleon’s
departure for twelve days—the consequence of
this conversation—was attributed solely to the
Emperor’s illness. The Empress herself did
not apparently share the: Emperor’s ideas. At
the farewell family dinner at St Cloud, she ar
ranged with the chef de inusique of the Grena
diers de la Grace to play the * ‘Marseillaise,” as
an agreeable surprise to - the Emperor; and it
was only when she saw the Emperor turning
quite pale that she stopped the music and burst
into tears. At that moment she seems to have
recognized the truth. She gave up the idea of
insisting upon the Emperor’s starting in parade
through Paris, and took -him herself to the rail
way station of the Palace'of St. Cloud.
The Dinner Table at tbe White
House.
Nothing is ever offeredin the way of refresh
monts at the White Hooso. One of our veteran
correspondents says that the last nutritous offer
ing there was oheese. Gen. Jackson received
on Now Year’s day, and having previously re
ceived from warm-hearted Democratic constitu
ents in New York a mountain of cheese, he
shared it with his callers, and eaoh went away
with a tremendous chunk. At the state dinners,
of course, the repasts are bountiful, and guests
are not nnfrequently present at the.family din*
nors. Tho Grants are given to hospitality.
Wishing a glass Of water, I was invited by a
very polite attendant, a few days since, into tho
family dining room, and there given ice-water
(the water itself, Mbdonbt, from the celebrated
War Department airing, whose parity is re
nowned,) clear as oiystal and far more refresh
ing. The family, dinner-table was set for eight,
whereas-the. family numbers but five; but the
waiter says that it is customary, as there is oom-
pany to dinner nearly every day. In tho centre
stood a silver ornament filled with flowers. ^ At
each coiner of the table was a moderate-sized
bouquet beautifully arranged., Tho large white
damask napkin, beneath the central ornament
was fluted to form a circle, and in each flute
was placed a particle of scarlet honeysuckle.
Scarlet fruit napkins, gracefully arranged, wore
placed at intervals. At every plate, besides a
goblet of water, were three glasses of wine.- All
the glass was of the finest, as also was the linen.
Finger bowls and dessert service were on the
sidertahle.—N. FI World.
Abe Turner, negro, elected to the Legisla
ture from Putnam county, was killed near Ea-
tonton on yesterday at- 11 o’clock. It is not
known by whom.' He was shot in the country.
Foreign Holes.
PREPARED FOB THE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER.
The elections in France have resulted in a
triumph of the conservative party. To judge
from the latest telegrams, the Monarchists will
command a large majority in the National As
sembly, and tho very existenco of tho third re
public has become problematical. Three hun
dred deputies have already arrived in Bordeaux,
whero the representatives of the people will as
semble. We, therefore, hope that the Assem
bly will accept the German conditions of peace,
unless Gambotta’s volcanio efforts will succeed
once more in arousing the dying resistance of
the French. Considering the fact that the
deputies will deliberate in the South of France,
tho population of which is still enthusiastically
clamoring for war, the decision of the Assem
bly may be gTeatly influenced by its surround
ings. It is also doubtful whether the Bordeaux
Government will eventually submit to tho reso
lutions of the national representation. Men of
Gambclta’s temper may not shrink from civil
war in defenso of their views which have be
come an article of faith with them. Tho recont
decree of the Bordeaux administration, calling
ont the fresh levies for 1871, are an evident
proof that a prosecution of the war is most
earnestly thought of in that quarter. As the
Assembly cannot possibly settle tho grave ques
tions involving the future of France within a
week, the armistice expiring on the 19th inst,
will probably bo extended to the 28th. Tho
German demands, which have been reported
very incorrectly, seem.fo be these: Tho cession
of Alsace and sixty German square miles of
Lorraine, which consists of 437 square miles,
the part of Lorraine coded to include Metz.
“The contribution of ono and a half milliards
of francs for war exponses, thirty millions francs
for captured ships, and forty millions francs for
German workmen, clerks, and others expelled
from France; also, a large sum for the crippled
and maimed Germans and orphans caused by
the war.” The star of tho House of Orleans is
in the ascendant, and its early restoration seems
to be very probable. The Duke d’Aumale has
been returned as - a member for the National
Assembly. -Henri Eugeno Phillippe Louisd’Or-
leans, Duke d’Aumale, is the fonrth son of Lonis
Phillippe, and was bom in Paris January 16th,
1822. Like his other brothers, ho has borne his
exile with great dignity, and kopt aloof from
all political intrigues. When, being absent
from Paris, he learned the abdication of bis
father asd subsequent banishment of the Or
leans in 1848, he resigned at once his command
in tho army and submitted to tho will of tho na
tion in this noble declaration: “Abiding by
the national will, I retire; bnt in my exile all
my wishes will tend to the presperity and glory
of France, which I would gladly have been able
to serve longer.” The Duke married, in 1S44,
Maria Caroline Augusta de Bourbon, Princess of
Naples, a daughter of the Duke of Palermo.
The wonderful achievements of the German
arms under the leadership of Prussia, have,
naturally, led the thinkers of most countries to
examine into the source of this gigantic power.
All researches having pointed out compulsory
education and compulsory military service, as
initiated by Prussia, to bo tho main springs of
the superiority of the Gormans, many European
Governments are also thinking of introducing
compulsory military service without distinction.
•Russia has already taken the load; Turkey in
tends to reform her armies on tho same plan;
and pnblio opinion in Sweden advocates a simi
lar system in place of the present organization,
which was established by Charies the Eleventh
two hundred years ago. Even in England,
boasting of her ever-fixed boundaries not traced
by tbe hand of man, the question of compnlsory
military service is discussed in the press. For
there are prophets of evil predicting that the
G erman Ragle will overshadow sea-girt England
With his dusky WingS ; nay, a aan-aapODctoat of
the London Standard declares that he has
known for more than seven years “ that the
governing classes in Prussia intended to invade
and devastate England.” Verily, a diseased
brain cannot -ho held responsible for its mis
givings. The times of Hengist and Horsa have
passed away, and "William the Conqueror will
probably remain the last invader of British soiL
The Franco-German war has established tha
fact that England will be unable to play a prom
inent part in Continental politics in the future.
Compared to forces numbering six and seven
hundred thonsand men the English standing
army would dwindle into insignificance. And
according to a close calculation England with
all hor available vessels could transport and
land only 80,000 troops fully equipped in a sin
gle trip. But this veryelement of weaknessfor
any purposes of aggressive warfare, constitutes
England’s strength in a war pro aris et focis.
Securely anchored in the ocean, heroitizens
may quietly follow their peacofal pursuits,
while war ra filling Europe with ruin and deso
lation—she may calmly look on while mighty
empires are sinking in the dust on the Conti
nent. The British Government, acknowledg
ing this sober trntb, has therefore adopted the
wise policy not to take part in Continental
struggles, but to devote its energies to domestic
questions.
There is great danger that owing to the intro
duction of the Prussian military service, the
States of Europe will vie with eaoh other in
wasting the national wealth by supporting enor
mous standing armies. Before the war Prussia
was obliged to be prepared for any emergency,
lest France might take advantage of a favorable,
opportunity to stifle growing German unity,
perhaps forever. Germany being united now
and not. dreading any longer the superiority of
Franoe,' we wish the Emperor, peace'being con
cluded, would inaugurate an era of peaoo by
first reducing the German armia*. Yet we
hardly dare hope to see onr wishes infilled so
soon; for the heart of man loves power, and the
unquestionable success of the present organiza
tion may only serve as a stimulus to bring it to
still greater perfection by a farther increase of
the army.
The Queen of England has opened the new
session of Parliament, the Lord Chancellor read
ing her Majesty’s speech. In the House of
Commons, Gladstone gave notioe of a bill alter
ing the religious tests. Mr. Cardwell gave no-
tioe of a bill providing for the reorganization
of the army. Disraeli made some remarks on
the address of the Queen and criticized the pol
icy of the Government. After having lamented
the inertia of the Cabinet in July last, when it
might have prevented the Franco-German war
by hinting at an armed neutrality to France,
Disraeli, referring to Amerioantopics,denounced
the hostile attitude of Senator Sumner and oth
ers toward England, so unlike the attitude as
sumed toward other powers, and recommended
that it should be encountered with forbearance
and contempt; yet passions might be aroused
whioh could not easily be allayed. Therefore, he
hoped for the resumption of negotiations for the
settlement of all questions between England and
America. In the meantime, in view of the re
lations of England with foreign countries, he
approved the proposed increase of the military
forces of the Kingdom. Gladstone, replying to
the criticisms of Disraeli, denied that there was
any need of armed neutrality last year. He be
lieved that England's true policy was non-inter
vention abroad, the study of domestic questions
jind the observance of. neutral rights and obliga
tions. He begged the House would riot fetter
the Government’s liberty of action or donbt for
a moment its aim to secure peace with honor
and safety to the country*. In the meanti me a high
Commission has been agreed upon to .examine
and arrange all differences pending between the
two countries.
The Kingdom of Italy, pressing an old quar
rel with, the Bey of Tunis, has suspended dip
lomatic intercourse with the Tunisian Govern*
ment, and placed its subjects under the protec
tion of Austria. The Italian Parliament has
asked the Ministers that a fleet should be sent
to Africa to enforce the Italian demands. In
the meantime Hussieu Bey, an ambassador from
Tunis, is on his way to'Florence to settle the
matters in dispute. The treasury of the King
dom of Italy continues in a chronio state of
exhaustion. The year of 1870 having closed
again with considerable deficit, Signor Sella
proposes to borrow two hundred million Lire
from Italian and foreign capitalists. Sella, on
the occupation of Rome, had also seized the
Y0L 1117-
funds of Peter’s Pence, amonnting to five mil
lion Lire and a half; but, owing to representa
tions mado by tho .Cardinal Antonelli, the Ro
man Secretary of State, tho sum was returned.
The Pope lives in perfect seclusion, and re
frains from any official intercourse with the
Italian authorities. On tho day before Epipha
ny ho received many distinguished foreigners
who had come to pay him homage. The Su-
remo Pontiff addressed them in a benevolent
manner, hat without exhibiting the same kind
liness of spirit, which would exeroiso suoh a
charm over all who over como in contaot witfi
tho Holy Father. Tho. Italian Commission,'
charged with selecting a building for the Na
tional Parliament in Rome, has recommended
tho purchaso of tho “Palazzo di Venezia,"
which is not excelled by any private building
in Rome, either in spaco or majesty. The Pal-
aco being Austrian property and the residence
of the representative of Franois Joseph, tho
Cabinet of Floronco intends offering the Court
of Vienna another palace in exchange and a
million of Lira to boot Jarno.
Transplanting Trees.
Wo copy tho following excellent suggestions
from tho Augusta Fanner and Gardener. They
aro from tho pon of P. J. Berckmans, the horti
cultural editor of that paper.
Many porsons aro of tho opinion that Febru
ary is tho best month to transplant 'frnit trees.
To such onr remarks must apply, and not to
those who have grown wise by experience.
February is doubtless a good month to trans
plant in, for those who havo either been mis
guided by a prevailing' popular notion as to tho
particular fitness of February for that operation,
or who have been unnblo to attend to this be
fore; but we prefer transplanting sooner for
many reasons.
Deciduous trees (these that shed their leaves
in autumn) are apparently in a dormant state
from the time frost stop3 their growth nntil the
sap becomes active again towards spring; this
is trno in a measure, if tho tree is left undis
turbed, but so soon a3 it is removed there is an
immediate perceptible activity of tho sap to
throw out new roots at the places severed by the
spade. Therefore, we may say in this latitude,
vegetation although inactive as far as the forma
tion of new leaves and wood, during a period of
about four months, is nover inert in forming
new roots. Let a treo bo taken np in November,
examine the roots in January, and in almost ev
ery instance young roots varying from one to
three and four inches in length are visible. This
admonishes ns to plant as early after the fall of.
the leaf as practicable in order to allow the tree
the benefit of tho winter’s root growth, whioh
gives tho early transplanting tree marked, ad
vantages over the lalo ono. In average years
wo find that May and June aro what can be
termed dry months, and this almost regular
spring drought is very detrimental to a tree
transplanted late in the season. Still, with the
proper care and somo attention to the following
hints, trees can bo successfully transplanted
even as late as middle, and in some rare seasons,
end of March.
Never select a pieco of ground for your in
tended orchard site that is not well drained,
either naturally or artificially. A soil inter
mixed with some gravel is more desirable than
a compact clay, as the more porous tho soil the
easier will tho root penetrate it. Plow the whole
of your ground to the greatest depth tho team
at yonr command is capable of performing that
indispensible operation. If your soil has been
stirred to a depth of fifteen to twenty inches
your trees will afterwards amply repay tho work.
Holes should never be less than two feet wide
and from eighteen -to twenty four inches deep.
If wider so much the better. Remember that
from your work in laying the foundation of
yonr orchard, will depend all yonr after success.
Avoid hooting manures in planting—a few
shovelsful of well decomposed compost well
mixed with the soil, are advisablo. Many trees
dio at the approach of the hot weather, from
having been planted with an' over-dose of nn-
fermented and stimulating manure.
"Wood ashes are very beneficial if used in mod
erate quantities. After yonr tree has grown a
year or two, you can fertilize yonr soil as much
as you please without hindrance to the healthof
the tree, bnt do not stimulate it at re-planting.
The eoonomy of the tree has been destroyed by
removal; compare it to a sick man just .conva
lescent, whose health will gradually improve by
a moderate but nourishing diet and who would
relapse into hra former illness by an excess in
his food.
"When your soil is prepared, seleot your tree
with care. Yonng planters select a tree for its
large size and large head of branches, but more
experienced ones discard these points and have.
an eye to tho roots. ."Without these and an
abundance of these, yonr tree is useless to plant.
Plenty of healthy roots, few if any branches,
the main stem cut back to two feet in a yearling
tree, to four in an older one, will insure success.
Bnt leave your tree with a full head of branches,
which you are afraid to shorten in, as yon hate
to destroy its fine appearance, and toward sum
mer the roots being in inverse proportions, will
be unable to supply nourishment for the whole
headgear, your tree will languish arid struggle
through its first season’s grewth, whereas had
there been no useless limbs to sustain, bnt a
new head allowed to be formed in its permanent
place, tho result at tho end of the growing sea
son would have shown you where the advantage
lies. You can hardly prune too sevorely when
transplanting, but nse your pruning knife mod
erately when your tree is growing, and especially
when attaining a bearing age.
Examine the rootsof your tree, remove, with
a clean cut, all bruised ones; spread them out
evenly as they radiate from the main stem;
throw yonr soil gently first, sift it in so that no
hollows are left. Do not plant the tree, any
deeper than it stood In. the ground before it was
taken np. Neither plant it too shallow, botii
are to be avoided, but of the lesser evil, too
shallow planting is preferable to deep planting.
The roots can grow downward, but they will
not grow upward.
Don’t stake yonr tree unless you have not
heeded'our advice regarding outting back.
When this is the case we would say that, per
haps dearly bought experience may teach you •
lesson if yon despise friendly advioe. If a
tree cannot sustain itself by its own roots throw
it out; it will never do any good, there is no
fonndation below.
If you have been compelled to delay planting
nntil late, use a good mulch of straw, leaves or
any material that will retain the moisture in tbe
ground; but where planting has been attended
to early, frequent stirring of the ground with a
digging fork is the best mulching you can give.
In our future numbers' we vml take up and
discuss other points appertaining to the culture
of frait trees, giving each season its particular
subject
Smith as a Fireman.
That interesting quadroon cadet at West
Point surnamed Smith, whose eooentricities In
regard to the truth and other trifling peoca-
dilloes have already oost the Government some
where in the neighborhood of $10,000, is not,
it appears, muoh rif a success as a fireman.
Contrary to the nature of his race, he doesn’t
seem to like warm places. , A correspondent of
the New York World, writing abont tbe recent
fire at West Point, whioh destroyed a portion
of the barracks, saddens ns with the following
story:
“In all this turmoil and confusion the reflect
ive mind at once inquires, Where was Smith?
Alas, poor Sn$th. My reluctant pen would
shirk the mournful tale, did not hero worship
compel its telling. The flames broke out at two
o’clock, and from then until half-past four the
busy whisper circling around imperatively de
manded the presenoe of Smith. But no Btnith
appeared. He was needed for duty with the
squad to which he belonged, bnt was nowhere
to be found. At length one of the cadets hap
pening to go into the gymnasium there discov
ered (Smith skulking to avoid his work. Whet
a picture was there 1 “The colored troops
fought nobly”—but Smith did not
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