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cn 'zeiS «eia o JLNT> GEORGIA duO ' ’ oa h&iulfii u< &d MESSEJNTGKER •R'tWfil *1 Icaoic o.fft *T3d zkaib-;i i oO cdJ i« Xtr HA jSgY, REID & REESE, Proprietors. The Family J oubnal—News—Politics—Lite r ature—Agbic ult urk—Domestic Affairs. o3- IABLISHED 1826. MACON. TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1871 GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING Cottag* and Hall. v to ber sowing-work dropped down, I «Lf*Ub bsir in a tanglod shower I %*!, roses kissed by the sun, so brown, Disney est in her bower- with work and book; iP? TT. hire that crossed her girlish gown if-fune as the flaxen flower, htfle heart, it beat and beat, JfiJZcrk shook on her knee, r!rthe golden combs are not so sweet ^obwSer'toonghteof Alexis. I honso there stood A ?W Leti her eyes for hours— .JoWgelow, bid under the enow nriJienv and bean-vine flowers. held ber all day long, ^Vtherettberdiatiff bont, ,&»««*thread of song wol. in her sweet content, jaVUio Blotter of young Alexis. ind J*«ey tnrned thing in and ont, ,, faoiieh maids will do, g£t could the song be aU about ? yet well enough she knew Thatarbile the fingers drew the wool »« fine as fine conJd be, Ot .loring mother-heart was full Of ber boy gone to soa- Her blue-eyed boy. her pnde and joy, On the cold and cruel sea— Her dal ling boy, Alexis. tad beyond the good, green piece of wood, ind the field of flowers so gay, ■gong its ancient oaks there stood, With gables high and gray, i lofty ball, where mistress of all gje might dance the night away, ind as the eat and sewed her seam In the garden bower that day ilibe from ecam and alike from dream Her truant thoughts would stray; ft would be so fine like a lady to shine, ind to dance the night away! iid ob, and alas for Alexis 1 ind suns have risen aud suns gone down On cberiy and bean-vino bowers, ltd the tangled curls o’er the eyes dove-brown Ibey fall no more in showers; Sor are there bars in the homespun gown Ajtlue as the flaxen flowers. Ay, winter wind and winter rain Hare beaten away the bowers, And little Janey is Lady Jane, Aud dances away the hours! Hiidens she hath to play and sing. And bor mother’s honse and land Could never buy the Jeweled ring She weara on ber July hand— The band that is false to Alexis! Ab. bright were the sweet young cheeks and eyes, And the silken gown was gay, men first to the hall as mistress of all She came on berweediog-day. “Sow where, my bride,” says the groom in pride, ‘•Sow where will your chamber be ?" Aud from wall to wall she praises all, Bat chooses the one by the sea! Aud the suns they rise and the suns they set, But ehe rarely sees their gleam, Tor often her eyes with tears are wet, And the sewing-work is unfinished yet, And so is the girlish dream. Tor when her ladies gird at her, And her loid is cold and stem, Old memories in her heart must stir. And she cannot choose but mourn Per the gentle boy, Alexia 1 And always, when the dance is done, And her weary feet are free, She sits in hor chamber all a'one At the window next the sea, And combs her ehieing tresses down By the light of the fading stars, And maybe thinks of ber homespun gown With the pretty flax-flower bars. For when the foam of wintry gales Buns white along the bine, Bearing the rattle of stiffened sails. She trembles through and through, And maybe thinks of Alexis. \tiy Alice Carg, in Harper's Magazine for March. Alice Cary’s Sweetest Poem. No apology is needed at this time for reproducing (be following exquisite lines by the lamented Alice Cuy— linos, which, in the judgment of so compe tent a critic as Edgar A. Poe, deserve to rank among tbs very finest contributions to tho poetic literature of this country: Of all the beautiful pictures That hang on Memory’s wall, Is one of a dim old forest. That seemetb best of all; Not for its gnarled oaks olden, Dark with the mistletoe; Nor for tho violets golden That eprinkle the vale below; Not for the milk white lillies • That lean from the fragrant hedge, Coquetting all day with the sunbeams, Ana stealing their golden edge; Not for tho vines on the upland Where the bright, red berries rest; Nor the pinks, nor the pale, eweet cowslip, It eoemeth to me the nest. I once had a little brother With eyes that were dark and deep— In the lap of that olden forest He iietb in peace asleep; light as tho down of the thistle, Free as the winds that blow. We roved there the beautiful Summers, The Summers of long ago; But his feet on the hills grew weary, And one of tho Autnmn eves I made for my little brother A bed of the yellow leaves. 8weetly his pale arms folded My neck in a meek embrace, As the light of immortal beauty Silently covered his face;' And when tho arrows of sunset Lodged in the tree-tops bright He fell, in his saint-like beauty, Asleep by the gates of light. Therefore, of all tho pictures That hang on Memory’s wall, The one of tho dim old forest Seemethbestof all. ’TIs BntA Little Faded Flower. BT BEQUEST. 'Tia but a little faded flower, But oh! how fondly dear, 'Twill bring you back one golden hour Through many a weary year; I would not to the world impart The secret of its power, But deep within my inmost heart, I keep my faded flower. Where is the heart that doth not keep, Within its inmost core, Some fond remembrance, hidden deep, Of days that are no moro ? Who hath not loved some trifling thing More prized than jewels rare? A faded flower, & broken ring, A tress of golden hair. Suez Canal,—Wo have been favored with a letter from a corespondent, giving ns his expe rience of the Snez Canal, which he recently Pissed through. He says its great want is in creased width. There is not much fear of the depth of water decreasing if tho channel is carefolly attended to by dredging vessels. Twenty-three feet was the least depth of water found during our correspondent's passage, and ifi some places there was twenty-seven feet. It is doubtful if the canal will be of advantage to steamers of small power, but vessels of larger Power that can contend against the monsoon will be able to obtain remunerative freights. The item of coal is very serious. [London and China Telegraph. The new German Empire, with Alsace and Lorraine, will contain 40,148,209 inhabitants, sad Franco, without those provinces, will have 80,528,643 inhabitants. United Germany will be tho second nation in Europe In point of pop ulation. Russia alono leading it. The larger part of Russia, however, is inhabited by a half- civilized people, and it may be fairly stated that Germany, numerically speaking, is at the head of civilized nations. The census of I860 will advance the United States to that position. AT SEA IN A CYCLONE. • A Christmas of PerlL In a recent number of Good Words for the Young, there is quite a vivid description, writ ten by a lady contributor, of a scene of peril In the Indian Ocean. We make the following ex- tracts: The ship was always very quiet between the services on Sundays. In the afternoon there was a class for the ohildren, and in the evening a third service was held inthe forecastle for fho sailors. Thu3 the time glided on into weeks, and weeks into months, before the early days of December found ns steaming out of the open roadstead of Madras. We had only arrived at few hours before, but the surf was running so high that no one attempted to land, except those whose journey ended there. Our captain was anxious to be off and away to sea again, for the barometer was falling every moment, and. these shores are most dangerous in bad weather. Never hare I seen such a wonderful sunset as made tho western heavens glorious that evening. No pictnre that was ever painted, no words that exist, can show it to you. It was impossible to look at it without a feeling of awe as well- as ad miration. Great banks of clouds lay piled in crimson and purple masses along the horizon, every here and there was a wide rift in their glowing depths, beyond which lay a calm, lovely glimpse of what one felt must be heaven, with its floor of a clear dazriing blue, melting away into a wonderful pale green tint, impossible to describe. The shape of these cloud-Alps changed as we gazed, from a lofty mountain range into a battlementod city, with spires and minarets and domes, rising behind the a;rial walls. Then spectre forms of knights and men-at-arms loomed like phantom giants out of the lurid fleecy mass, and we held our breath at what looked like the reflectionof a fierce battle in the sky, changing in its turn into strange shapes of monsters, compared with which the gigantic animals which inhabited the world before the flood must have been harmless pets! I remember feeling half provoked with the captain, and, indeed, with all the officers of the ship, for not sharing in my enthusiasm; they looked, it is true, at the splendid changing tints which were reflectedover half the sky, but their glances showed no admiration, nothiugbnt anx iety, and I heard one sailor say, “It’s the illest sight that ever I did see; there’s a blow brew ing there, or I’m a lubber.” But it seemed a9 if they were wrong in their foreboding, for we had a dull clondy day on the morrow. Yet there was a heavy, oppressive feeling in the atmos phere, and the waves heaved restlessly; tho ba rometer fell lower and lower, and more anxious grew the looks which were cast up aloft, and all around the wide horrizon. Sunset brought yet more glowing orange and scarlet to mingle with the purple and crimson tints, repeated over the steadily-increasing bank of clonds to the north west. Our eyes were so dazzled by the coloring, wo could hardly look at it for more than a mo ment at a time. About midnight both the wind and the sea rose, but when I came on deck after breakfast, I was quite surprised to see the preparations for bad weather wiuoh were going on in every direction. To use a nautical ex pression, things were being “made snug,” and the carpenter was busy fastening down hatch ways, by nailing sails and tarpaulins securely over them. Up aloft every sail was furled, and the upper yards were lowered; the ship was scudding along under steam, aud there was an indescribably angry look in both sea and sky. As for the waves, they looked as if they were mado of mud instead of water, and the sky matched them exactly. Another thing which struck me unpleasantly was that, instead of the beautiful boundless vault of bluo heavens, with a light cloud flecking it here andthero, to which we had so long been accustomed, there weighed down and enfolded ns a dense thick mist, which was neither rain nor cloud; it seemed os if the sky was sinking down and crushing U3. Through this vapor wejcould hardly discern any thing. As the day wore on, we heard minute guns firing on our starboard quarter, telling of some ship in dire distress, but we had enough to do to take care of ourselves, for, although wo seemed to have been working hard at our preparations for many honrs, the storm was upon ns, or rather we had steamed into it, be fore we were half ready. There is something very exhilarating in such a scene, and the excitement is intense ; but in this cyclone it was very different, just like the contrast between blows in play and in earnest Here the waves hit the ship hard, vicious thumps, as ifjthey hated her and longed to crush her to pieces; she, poor thing, groaned and la bored heavily, going down, down into a gloomy, dun-colored abyss of water, where she shivered and shuddered straining every timber, creaking at every plank, as if she really could not manage to get np again, and intended to give in andset- tle quietly at the bottom of theses; then when she had wearily dragged herself up to the top of a huge wave, it was only to plunge into another water-valley, and so on. Every now and then, a great body of water would fall heavily on the deck, but so thick aud murky was tho atmos phere that we could not see it coming. A wall of some dun-colored vapory substance loomed over us, but whether it was air or water no one could tell, until it flooded us. Up to this point, however, I don’t believe there was any reason for thinking hopelessly of our condition; but by the third day things began to look very bad, and the captain and sailore wore gloomy and anxious face. My last few. honrs on deck, before I went below were so disastrous that I had no wish to disobey orders, and venture out of the saloon agaain. 5 , To begin at the beginning, however: When breakfast time came on this dreary third day, there was no breakfast! All night the sea had been breaking heavily over that part of the shjp where the cook’s “galley” or kitchen stood, and it was fonnd impossible to keep the fire alight for five minutes; we had some dry biscuits given to us, and those who liked it might have claret, bnt I thought this last a very poor substi tute for my nice refreshing cup of tea or coffee; so just before I went on deck, I discovered a tiny little bit of a cake of preserved soup, and I gave it to one of the stewards, with a lamp heated by spirit of wine, and asked him to make me a basin of soup. As soon as I appeared on deck I was led to my own chair, which was se curely lashed in a safe place, aud there I was comfortably established, but I had to bo fasten ed into it like a baby with a rope around my waist. There seemed, even to my ignorant eyes, a great change for the worse since the evening before. The ship was laboring much more heav ily, and lurching fearfully; the sea was whipped to a froth all around us; the heavy curtain of dun mist clung closer to us, shutting out every thing at a few yards-distance; from time to time, as the squalls caught us and sent us over on our beam ends, I could hear the wind lite rally shrieking, with a sound as distinct as a railway whistle, only more like a scream. You can have no idea of how awful it was, and I confess to feeling thoroughly frightened, but still, when I chanced to turn my head and saw my faithful little steward, coming carefully and steadily along tho deck towards me, and I took comfort at the thought of my nice soup. It was some time before he reached me, I cannot imagine how he contrived to keep his footing, and also to carry the basin, for I con stantly saw the sailors creeping along on all- fours as the quickest and easiest way of getting about When the steward reached me, he held on very tightly to a friendly belaying-pin, put tho soup basin, with its lid on, carefully down upon my lap, and shouted out some directions to me, not one word of which could be heard, although the man was quite close to me. Ho put his hands up to his mouth like a trumpet and bellowed a sentence in my ear, of which I heard the one word, “spoon,” so as there was no spoon, I thought he was apologizing for not haying brought one, and nodded and smiled, as much as to ssy, “never mindthen, as I was desperately hungry. I lifted my precious basin up to my lips, and when it was quite close to them, I took off the cover; there was a delicious smell of soup, and I felt a sharp bum on my nose—that was all! The soup had been blown clean out of the basin, which was as dry and empty as if it bad jast been washed, and there was no more soup to be had. The poor little steward had been trying to caution me against tiffs very misfortune, but I could not hear him. JH. | an order he bellowed it through his speaking trumpet, and even then it could be hardly heard if the sailors were a few yards off. He came up to me ana shouted in my ear, “Youhad better go below, ana don t come up here again.” I was Tery humble and wretohed, so I nodded, bnt I thought to my self “How am I to get down?” I can't untie my self, aud if I eould, how is It possible to craw to the top of the companion-ladder ? However, the waves soon Battled that question for me, by breaking once more over the ship, tearing my chair away from its lashings, and floating it and me, a long day on the deck. At one time I thought I should have been washed overboard, and so did those who saw me, but fortunately, at tho most critioal moment, tho water ran out of the scuppers, and the ebair and I dropped heavily down on the deck. I saw two or three sailors coming toward me as well as they could, but they had quite enough to do, poor fellows, without looking after lady-passengers, sol man aged to creep out of my many shawl-wraps, and crawled to the head of the companion ladder, and so down to my cabin, where I lay on a mattress on the floor, feeling extremelyjmiserable. I was wet through, and it was quite impossible to get any dry things out of my boxes, for they were jammed up in a corner nnder the berth, and fastened in by a board to keep them from slid ing out of their places, i felt a violent pain in my chest, and no wonder, for the pin of my brooch had been driven about half an inch into it, and then broken off; a painful business it was to get that piece of pin out! At last, Christmas day dawned upon us, but what a contrast to our previous happy ones, for which we all felt we had not been half thankful enough! I thought if my own dear boys could have seen their mother’s situation, how shocked they would have been. I piotured them to my self in their lovely English oonntryhome, think ing and talking of me on that day, and saying, “Mamma is safe on shore now.” Andthere was I, and some three hundred souls besides, tossing about in a water logged vessel, without masts, without a rudder, steering by some sort of rude contrivance, with broken pngines, and with the pumps going day and night to keep ns afloat. The sky had not cleared for one brief instant during all these weary days, to allow ns t6 take an observation and find out where we were, and we could not see a yard before us. The gale showed signs of abating, or we were blundering out of its circlo; but the sea was running moun tains high. AU through the day and night we could hoar the hoarse cry of “Breakers ahead!” or else “Breakers on the starboard bow,” ac cording to the way we helplessly turned, hoping to find the way out of our difficulties. We could now hear the shouts of the sailors, for the wind was moderating a good deal, though the weather was just as thick. Our provisions were running very short; for many days the supply of biscuit had been exhausted, and we were thankful lor whatever odds and ends the purser and his assist ants could fish np out of the storeroom, but as that was half fuU of water, almost everything in it was spoiled. Christmas day was sad enough and dismal enough, but Christmas night was worse. Ever since the beginning of tho storm no one has been able to sleep, on account of the incessant uproar of the winds and waves, to which was added an equally terrible creaking and straining of the vessel’s timbers. Mingled with these sounds were shouts, screams, and at first con stant crashing of glass and china; hut very soon that came to an end, for the last of our plates and dishes were reduced to fragments, only fit to be thrown overboard. Everthing was in the same state as usual—that is, we were in hourly expectation of the ship either foundering or go ing to pieces on a rock; and yet many of us were dozing, quite worn out with nearly a fort night of sleeplessness, excitement, hunger and misery: I was lying on a mattress on my- cabin floor, and in that next to mine were a lady and her two grown-up daughters. They had been very quiet and composed all through these tying days, and I often congratulated myself on hav ing such good neighbors. It was therefore, the more alarming to hear on Christmas night the most piercing shrieks from their cabin, preceded however, by a crashing sound. I felt sure there was something really the matter, and sprang np tolrytoget their assistance. Before I could make my way from my cabin to theirs, the screams had been supplemented by wild yells from the rest of the prssengers, who shouted out every concievable variety of bad, not to say impossible, news. “We’ve struck on a rock.” “There’s a hole in Mrs. C.’s cabin, and all the water is coming.” “The ship is breaking up,” etc. I saw tho most excited gentlemen climb ing up on the cuddy table, and trying to pry open tho skylight, so as to escape to the deck; fortunately they did not succeed in their absurd attemps, or we should have had the next sea down upon us, to add to our misery. Others W6re struggling and fighting towards the com panion-ladder, to gat up that way. Amid all this din I reached poor Mrs. C.’s cabin, where the doctor had already arrived. The truth was bad enough, without these falsa reports of evil Mrs. 0. managed to wedge herself into her berth by pillows, preferring that to a mattress on the floor; above her sleepiDg-place was a heavy Bort of locker, about the size and shape of half a chest of drawers; this was se cured by large iron clamp’s to the side of tho ship, but the incessant rolling and straining had so loosened its fastenings that onelnrch heavier than the others opened tho planks wide enough to allow the great screws and nails to give way, and the heavy mass fell down, bnt the ship was keeling over so much that, instead of falling on Mrs. C., who was just beneath it, the locker only struck her one blow as it rolled over on the floor. That blow, however, shattered her arm, besides breaking her collar-bone in two places. It was her daughters’ shrieks we had heard, for the poor lady herself was quite insensible. The doctor was nearly in despair; here was a most critical and delicate surgical operation to b e per formed in almost total darkness,and with no pos sibility of keeping steady for two minutes. He was a skillful little man, however, and up to any emer gency, so he issued his orders in a very decisive manner. First, he turned all the idlers out of the cabin,laylnghispatient on amattressonthefloor; tnenhesaid to one of the daughters, “breakup that box for splints,” pointing to a woodon cap box. Turning to me he cried, “Tear up something for bandages." Hooked around; there was ab solutely nothing which would do for the purpose, until my eyes fell upon a bluo ribbon-trimming on a dress; it was just the thing we wanted— the right width, and strong as well as soft. So I set to work, rather roughly, I am afraid, and ripped and tore away until I. had collected an immense quantity. His next order to me sounded perfectly simple, bnt oh, it was so dif ficult! “Hold a lantern steadly, for me to see what I am doing.” I felt the deepest despair, bnt seated myself close to him, clutching tight hold of the berth with one hand, and holding up the lantern as steadily as I could with the other; but,in spite of all my efforts, eveiy lurch of the ship dashed the lantern against his head, and he said rather crossly, “That'll never do. Try standing.” I managed to soramble on my feet, and threw my arm round a pillar— which was what the Irish call “convenient"— and held the lantern out in that position. Worse and worse; my feet were swung from under me, and no efforts conld keep my arm round the pillar; so I let go for a second, to try and better my place. Imagina my horror when I fonnd myself flung violently on both doctor and patient! My lantern was a perfect will o'-tho-wisp—now here, now there, as I was dashed about from one side of the cabin to the other; and the absurd part was, that I kept feebly apologizing all the time, though I bad hardly any breath left. We have often laughed at that scene since, though it was tragical enough at that time. I am sure you will he glad to hear the poor lady got on very well; hut I must hurry to the conclusion of my story. The next evening, just as we were making up our minds for . another night of darkness and discomfort, we heard above the roar of the sea the report of a gun close by. We answered it by sending up a blue light, to show where we were, and in a few moments the stately hull of a splendid large ship loomed out of thefog close to us. All night she kept near, blowing her steam whistle and letting off blue lights. We [From Hit London Society, January number. ; From the Battlefield. '• ^ '!•) ■ r ’ : '• TitoSO—.xwgamoA c*a OOOD snOBT. *}•• i r:> . Are you watching forme, darling—are you looking out forme? - burned one regularly every-hour, andfihi.soon as the day dawned she fired rockets witHMope attached to the stick, until we managetrEo get hold of one, when she took ns in tow, and on the fourth day after Christmas we entered the Hooghly in the wake of our big friend.*— We had no masts, and looked the waterlogged ... . T v_ , wreck we were. This ship had been sent W coming by the path along out to look for us, and there was another ~ vessel cruising in the South Channel.(we were found by the Hesperus in the North Channel) on the same charitable errand. The whole population of Calontta seemed to have turned out on the river’s bonk to. look at us as we made our lop-sided way up Garden Beach; the last lurch had shifted the coal and cargo, and we were weighed down almost to the water’s edge on one side. Every passenger had to jje- wail the loss of his luggage, for if it was hot pounded into little bits, the boxes were full of bilge water. My own clothes looked as if they had been packed in ink, and were utterly ruined; but we were all so glad to escape with our lives, that we did not fret abont our possessions. On the Sunday after our arrival there waj a special servioe in the .Cathedral, windfall the rescued crew and paS^tfgers attended, ahd'Vory thank ful we feltj especially as it was ascertained that many ships had been loBt in that very Cyclone in the Bay, and that of all these then due at Calcut ta, ours was the only one which had reached its destination. * Masquerade in Eatonton. Eatonton, March 3,1871. Editors Telegraph and Messenger: Thinking you would like to hear what is going on at your old home, I will give you an account of the “Masquerade” given here on the 1st instant, can truly say it was the grandest array of man ners, costume, deportment, eto., ever witnessed in an up-country village. I would here remark that the whole party were indebted to the abil ity, zeal and perseverance of Dr. N. mid Lady, and Miss A. R., for the success of this affair. Everything was admirably arranged, the young folks, in fine spirits, and “all went merry as a marriage bell.'’ The doors were open, an din glided “Aurora," in the person of Miss 0. D., with golden ring lets, and looking as if she had been touched by the Rosy fingers of “the Dawn.” Miss A. A., as beautiful as Haidee, personated “A Greek Girl,” and her rich, becoming costume only heightened her charms......Miss M. H., as “Gip- sey Queen,” looked bewitching, and, having much vivacity and humor, sustained herself ad mirably. The modest little Violet, MissT. T., as “Titania,” acted her part to the life. Her sylph-like form, hor graceful movements, and her light, airy dress, made her a real “Fairy Queen,” and sent many a quiver to the hearts of wandering lovers The dark-eyed Houri, Miss K. H., as “La Belle France,” looked daz zling, and I think put a spell on the dashing Zou ave Miss P. R., as “MissFloraMcFlimsey,” was anadmirableseleotion and well sustained Miss M. M. personated Diana, and fasoinated all by her charming manners Miss T. It., with her glorious and bright little eyes, was a pretty “Scotch Lassie,” who danced the “High land Fling” so gracefully Miss ,H. M., as a “Nymph of the Sea," was exquisitely and taste fully dressed Miss A. R.j a young lady of much native intellect and high cultivation, ap peared as “Queen Bess,” and sustained the character to the life Miss B. P., S3 “Queen of,Hearts,” was very attractive. There were but few more lovely than this interesting young lady ......Miss F. A. represented “Raindrop.” Her costume wa3 beautiful beyond description, re minding one of a sea of crystals, with a mi na ture rainbow peeping ont,—the whole forming a brilliant illusion ...,.Mis3 S. P. personated “Queen Anne,” and and looked magnificent, being a very stylish and queenly person Miss G. J. represented ‘‘Hope,” and the copy, if possible, far excelled the original. Her cos tume was unique and elegant, displaying her fine figure to gTeat advantage. She was, indeed, a star of attraction Miss 0. L. appeared as “Cinderella” at the ball Miss E. B. was in “Turkish” costume Miss L. B. represented an “Indian Princess.” Miss V., in the char acter of “Night,” attracted much attention by her brilliant costume Miss L. W. and Mr. H. E. were the observed of all observers,— both having much wit and humor, highly did they sustain their part3 as “Country Cousins.” The disguise was perfect, aud their inimitable aoting drew down bursts of applause from the whole house. Mr. H. E. has much dramatic talent, and would make a star aotor on the stage. We must now proceed to the gentlemen, where we fonnd the costumes of almost all na tions, both ancient and modern. I cannot par ticularize or go into minutim, for fear of making this artiole too lengthy, bat will give a few that were striking in appearance, not meaning, of coarse, that aU did not look well Dr. B. highly sustained himself in the character of “Earl of Leicester.” Mr. T. H. appeared in the costume of a Turkish Sultan.......Mr. G. looked dashing as an English Jockey Master D. was beautifully dressed as a Page of Mary Queen of Scots The fascinating Mr. L. M. appeared as “Richard Coeur de Leon.” His costume was elegant, and well did he play his part Mr. M. J., as “Romeo,” sustained him self admirably, but I think he showed such a preference for the young Grecian, the fair “Juliet” must have been jealous, had she been present Mr. W. L. was a life-like represent ation of “John Chinaman.”......Mr. L. W. per sonated. “Barbot”—decidedly the handsomest costume in the room, and well adapted to his style of person Mr. H. A. looked very hand some as “ Fra Diavolo,” and would doubtless have captivated many pretty lassies, had they any hope of changing him from a baohelor to a loving Benedict Mr. J. A. attracted much attention in the costume of a Zouave. The foregoing will give you some faint idea of our Masquerade; there were many other characters we do not now recollect. Suffice it to say, there was sen admirable adaptation of costume to character, and the taste and skill of Miss N. were visible in all the minutiae. It was decidedly one of the most agreeable parties we have ever attended. Everything was life, harmony, beauty, brilliancy. Music wood the devotees of Terpsichore most invitingly, and they “tripped it on the light fantastie toe,” un til the “wee small hours of night.” After the unmasking, we had an opportunity of admiring this galaxy of beanty, and wb ven ture to assert, it has never been equalled; for old Eatonton is justly celebrated for its pretiy girls. In conclusion we mnst not forget to mention the considerate kindness of Mr. E. R. and lady, and many thanks are due them for the use of their large rooms, for’thia entertainment. Yours, etc., V. The members of the High Commission fire getting at the Alabama claims by regular ap proaches in the genuine old-fashioned diplo matic style. Tuesday evening Sir Edward Thornton opened fire from the British lines by having the Commissioners to dinner at his mansion. On Wednesday evening Don Hamil ton Fish returned tho shot on the part of the United States by entertaining them at his festive board. On Saturday evening Earl De Grey will reply in behalf of John Bull by giving a dinner that will knock Fish all to pieces. As there are seven more commissioners, the presumption is that the engagement will run through the next two weeks. Then probably a brief truoe will bo proclaimed, and the Commissioners will call for tho bills and fall to business.—New York Sun. Degeadation.—At a recent convention of the negroes of Tennessee, their Committee on Edu cation declared: - Your committee can see no hope for the gen eral education of the ohildren of our race in Tennessee, unless it be established and adopted by the General Government. Each colored cit izen cannot bnt feel degraded so long as he is forced by local authorities to separate sohools, often the most unfit in character and purpose. It is remarkable that any race of men should feel “degraded” by association with Itself. Sly.love 1 with golden tresses and ever-varying cheek, : - And the welcome in your glances which your shy lips seldom speak. I can close mine eyes and see you in the mellow evening gleam, Your earnest face uplighted by some pure and hap py dream; By the chiming ocean billows in the radiance Of the west, trait-[j Those busy fingers] folded for a little while At zest: Ah 1 I see you looking downward at the slender golden ring, ... With a quick, faint blush—you prize it, the foolish worthless thing! • You are thinking of the Mss that dared prees your fingers, dear, I have never touched your lips yet, and I am lying hero On tho field of a lost battle, all, save dead and dying, gone: A cold slow rain is falling, and the night is drawing on, . . Our flag, deep stained with crimson, is wrapped about my arm, ' ' I have saved it with my life-blood through this hat- tie-day’s alarm. My passion has been silent; we have only been true friends, Thank Heaven we were not lovers! since this is how it ends— I know your heart is tender, and has given both prayers and tears To your well beloved companion, your friend of early’years. May they turn to you in blessings—may my darling never know. A single tear more bitter than those for me which flow! * . • • Who will tell her of my fate? Iam dying here alone. So yearning for one tender look, ono gentle, pitying tone! I thought to bring back honor,’and lay it at your feet;- • cl I thought to win a glorious name, and whisper, “Share it sweet!”— Batdying eyes see clearly; lneverwon your heart— Well, better eo, far better—it is easy now to part! There are many moaning round me, but my wounds have ceased to pain; I hardly hear the night wind, or feel the chilling rain. They will find me here to-morrow, and bdry me where I lie In a nameless grave, without a prayer—and I am young to cue. But it must be so, my darling; if you were by my side You must kiss me a “good night”—the last beforel died. Farewell! God shield you. dearest! and some times tbink of me As you sit in your sunny window beside the spark ling sea. Sly Dream. ’ Editors Telegraph and Messenger: I am a pedagogue by profession; but lately I have had such a dream, that I am almost in the mind to relinquish my unquestionable right to wield the sceptre of authority, in my sphere, dear as it maybe to my pride. Every one, doubtless, has a taint of superstition in his character. I ac knowledge mine,—hence, my resolution since my dream. Formerly, everything in ascholas- tic direction, aocording to Democratic notions, “ran quiet as the bfooks” on a sweet spring morning; no visions of committees, of trustees, etc., flashed through one’s mind, nor across his optics. But not long since, on a certain night, I overhauled a paper in which was published, in toto, the late school law, and, thinking my self intimately concerned in its ultimate en forcement, concluded I would read it. Since then, aU has not been well. I read, and read, and kept reading until I finished it, determined to peruse it again, which I did, more than once, with the same result, until districts,sub districts, commissioners, and so on, ran through my mind in one confused mass. In this state of perplexity; I dropped off to sleep. Is it strange that my dreams were no less confused than were my waking ideas? In dreamland, I had resumed my business as teaoher, and was progressing as well as whole some discipline and obedient pupils always in sure, when there came from my patrons the advice that perhaps it would be well, in view of the publio school law, recently enacted, to.pro ceed to the appointed place, and be examined. Attentive always (when.it suits me) to the will of my employers, I went, when, lo! who was there to examine my papers, but a parcel of imps, black as Egyptian darkness, with a white commissioner of their election, almost as ignor ant as they, to head them. To a number of questions, the like of which, for absurdity, was never before dreamed of, I gave guesses as answers,—hit them Beemingly, as I got my licence,- and inarched off home. Often in dreams, in a single night, one passes over the events of an infinitely longer period of time. Bo it was with mo. Me thought the year passed away as others be fore it, with the important exception that the nogro trustees, presiding over the dis trict in which I was professionally looated, too diligently exercised the duty of overlooking the progress of my sohooL Once a week, and some times oftener, did they obtrude themselves upon our notice, notwithstanding the hints - which were persistently administered, that their watch ful care might be well dispensed with. At first we came out boldly and told them that their visits would not be tolerated, but it seemed that they had been instructed particularly upon this point of their duty, and were determined not to neg- lectit; so we were compelled to submit to their unwelcome presence. At length came round pay day. I’d forgotten to say that mine was a school so situated that students from four militia districts. put in an appearance, which caused me considerable in convenience, as will be seen directly. For nine was not a school taught for a salary, but. one taken “upon its merits,” consequently I had to present iny accounts for collection to the County Commissioner, through the agency of the trus tees of the several districts. My accounts were made ont, and I toddled off to hunt up these latter whom, by dint of oontinued perseverance, I at last found and presented to them the ac counts. But these were not aU my troubles yet. The money raised from the rent of the State road, liquor tax, eto., was only about half enough to pay for the schools, and a direct ad valorem tax was resorted to. Old bachelors who npver thought of educating a child of their own, with many a groan, paid in their dimes to educate those of other people, and were served rigW' - they should have wedded. But old w^who long ago had eduoated their youngestchild, wore not free. This was opi' r ' 0! ®i ve * "hat.a complaint ensued 1 and the consequence was a general declaration, th»cthe law was not adapted to the country; that the old system waa better, that hundreds of ft. fas. were issued; that I became alarmed for my pecuniary welfare ana awoke before I got my pay, and thenoonduaed that the next Legislature, being Democrauo, would modify the present plan of publio edu cation, or oonstruct a hew one altogether. But in the meantime, thinking of the probability of my dream coming to pass, I straightway went and persuaded three of my white neighbors, trustees, not to resign their positions, as they asserted they would, -but to hold on, notwith standing vexatious work, no pay and a possible *mm — CiQUETEUB. “Motheb,” said a four-year-old, “what sea son of the year was it when A da in and Eve were in the Garden of Eden?” “I don’t know, my dear, unless it was summer—a perpetual sum mer.” “Ob, no, mamma, it must have been in the fall, for you know apples were ripe.” .Railroad Sleeting In Dooly. tti'i jtoiYisnha, Ga., March 6th, 187L* • Editors Telegraph and Messenger ; In pur suance to a previously published notice a large and entertaining meeting of the citizens of Dooly county, representing the wealth end in fluence of her population, wee held in Yienna on Saturday, 4 th ultimo, to promote the inter ests of a railroad speculation in contemplation from Americas to Hawkinsvtll*, to ran through Dooly county,'and through oi! near, the county town. . - o f-; - . • ~ 7r Upon motion Dr. 8. B. Stovall waa called to preside over the proceedings of the meeting, and A. J. Gone selected to act as Secretary. ‘ Upon motion of Judge John H. Woodward OoL Joseph Armstrong who, in company with. Major Maxwell and Captain Law, civil engi neers, had come from Albany to be present at the meeting, was solicited to explain the ob ject of the meeting. He oompUed in- an argu- J □tentative and eloquent discussion of the indis pensable importance of arailroadthrougbDooly county; and having, while representing this county in the Legislature, secured by his activ ity and talents the passage «>f an act incorpora ting the Americas and Hawkinsville Railroad, in which State aid was granted said road to the amount of $12,000 per mile, his speech was listened to with marked attention and interest. OoL Armstrong, though now a non-resident of our oounty, has manifested a very great inter est in this railroad undertaking, and has done his former fellow-citizens an invaluable 3ervioe, who trill certainly owe him a great debt of grat itude if the enterprise should be crowned with suooess. OoL Armstrong next Introduced Major Max well, and that gentleman entertained us at length, he being perfectly conversant with such things. His remarks were replete with interest and highly instructive and important. When he had done Jadge John H. Woodward moved that a committee of nine persons be appointed by the Chair—three at Hawkinsville, three at Americas and three at Yienna—to open books for subscription audsolicit the same as provided in the charter, which was unanimously adopted. In pursuance of said, motion the chair ap pointed the following gentlemen: 0. 0. Kib- bee, A. 0. Fate and N. W. Collier of Hawkins ville, W. R. Stansell and A. S. Cutts of Am ericas, and Elijah Butts, Jno. H. Woodward and Jos. Forbes of Yienna. The whole meet^ ing passed off harmoniously and happily with the prospect of a railroad brighter than ever before. The following resolutions were unani mously adopted: Resolved 1st, That, the 1st Tuesday in April next be appointed for our next meeting, when we hope to have a still larger attendance. Resolved 2d, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Macon Telegraph and Messenger. On motion the meeting ad journed. A. J. Cose, S. B. Stovall, Secretary. Chairman. Words for Women to Fonder. There is such a wide field open to the world of women, wherein they may excel, if they have the talent, and choose to devote time, thought, and labor to the task, says a sagacious writer in London Society, that we are surpris ed women should wish to extend it. No road that a woman of tender and noble nature should desire to tread is closed against her. As a poet, a painter, a sculptor, an author, or even as an astronomer, she may march into the field side by side with men, and lead, too, if she can; she may distance them in the race, and win the suc cess they have missed, and men will give her the meed of praise ungrudgingly; bnt when an army of British matrons or maids (who have been long in waiting”) throw aside their own privileges and storm the rights of men, they must not be surprised it they occasionally meet with a repulse. If they will throw down and trample upon the feminine flag, (which has waved over their mothers and grandmothers for generations), and hoist the masculine colors, they cannot expeot to march unassailed beneath the illegitimate . banner. When men are attacked they will naturally stand on the defensive, not only from the impulse of the pug nacious, manly nature, but from the respeot they feel for their invaders. Most men have mothers, wives, daughters, perhaps sisters, whom they hold in high esteem, or affectionate regard, and they would fain place all women on the same high level; but when the gentle' sex ceases to be gentle, and rushes forth into the highways and byways, like a modem Bellona, fighting her road and elbowing her way into the haunts of men, menacing them with her tongue, or lashing them with a goosequill, she loses the respect of the one sex, and earns the oecsure of the other. We are, however, thankful to find that the army of he-women is languishing for want of recruits; many have deserted from its ranks; others, whose lives are empty for lack of employment, which they have not the energy to seek in their own sphere, are half inclined to enrol themselves, bnt they are’afraid, and draw back to watch and wait to see how the movement works. There seems to be small cause for the great dissatisfaction some women feel at the position which has been assigned to them in the scheme of creation. In no age have they been more powerful than they are at the present time. There are few passages in the lives of men in which a woman has not a quiet voices a voice which Bpeaks to a man’s ear at his own fireside, which reaohes the man’s heart, and gives an trn- aeen color to his thoughts, a guiding rein to his actions. Ten oiianooa lo one if she were to trumpet her sentiments abroad, or circulate them through the publio press, or utter them from a publio platform to the ears of a thou sand men, they would fall like seed on barren ground, the harvest would be nil, and the world be none the better for her influence. Home is essentially the woman’s true doinins ion, and it is no petty, narrow stole. It stretohet far away from her ow»* threshold, into tho grea- world of men bojond. She is the presiding ge nius of the fireside, where men expeot to find ■rrormth, comfort and companionship when the day’s work is over. She is, or should be, as God made her—the bosom friend and companion-of her husband. She must necessarily have a great influence over his life, and through him over all that come within his sphere of action. Asa mottier, too, her influence is unbounded; it is from her teaching, her training and example, that the mind receives its first impetus. She trains her sons for the world’s work; the fruit of their manhood is generally the result of the seed she has sown during the days of their childhood; and the silver thread she puts into the child's hand is often his best guide through all the dajs to come. Men grow old and grey, and forget many things long before Use battle of life is over; but fragmentary snatches of the old home days are dearly remembered, and the mother’s words are treasured up until the end, and influence the»* more orless long, long after all other influences have died away. Even Fal- stafr, the facetious old reprobate, iu his last hour are'told, “babbled o’ green fields.’ How Milledgevliie was Csptored. The virtuous Kilpatrick, in a recent lecture at Ohioago on Sherman’s march to the sea, the following statement, which we give for what it is worth. That “good Union man” fared about right, though, we think: Milledgeville was not captured by the army, but by the bummers, who .took possession of it five hours in advance of the leading regiment. The rebel mayor, accompanied by lawyers, doc tors, deacons, and the good men and tho bad men of tho city, came out with a flag of truoe to receive the bummers. Gne man read a dis course he had prepared for the occasion, setting forth what history ought say of the surrimaerof Milledgeville and the conduot of the Yankee troops. The chief bummer promised all sorts of protection to private property. One North- em man, who had lived there a long time, said he had always been a good Union man and loved the old flag, etc. The bummerlooked at him for a moment and then,said: Dry up, dry □o - It don’t make no difference to me what you are’; have you got a watch ?’ r The gentleman was obliged to give up his watch, kill his chlo- kens, and prepare a “rum old .dinner” for the Tb« Democratic r*rty and Three $ 0 |l2pi_- { £ %■. Amendment*. The Louisville Courier-Journal, repaying to the New York Times, deelareo, with proper emphasis, that that paper misreports the tapta and misrepresents the sentiment* of the Demo cratic party with reference to the issue* of 187S. The ideas of the Courier-Journal are so nearly in aocord with our own, and, as we are assured, with those of the large majority of the Demo cratic party North and South that we rapnduee them. Says that paper: The Democratic.perty declares that the Thir teenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amcndmenta to the Goriatitution of the Ue^ed Stritas wwre wioked and arc of dangerous tendency, that they were carried by ooercion and fraud, and that most of the evils that now befcet the Coun try proceed directly from them or tab machin ery crested by them. The Democratic party makes this assertion in or£er iq acquit itself of all accountability^. and to plaoe, the responsibil ity where it belongs. The facts embraced in the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Amendments have already gone into operation in snob* a 'fooMZ a* to render them practically irreversible this rids of another revolution. The Thirteenth Amend ment made the negro a freeman, and no one wants to remand him to servitude. The Dem ocratic party would not attempt this if it could. The Fifteenth Amendment makes the negro a voter. But this provision has become a part of most of the State constitutions, and, therefore, if the Amendment were rescinded, negro suf frage would not be abolished. Bo no Demo cratic authority proposes that as an issue. The objectionable features of the Fourteenth Amendment can be wiped out by set of Con gress, and the Democratic party proposes this universal amnesty as its first measure of justice to the South. As evil influences, the three amendments have done their worst. That wont and its consequences must be made plain bathe people. They are none of our doing. We hot only fought them, but predicted how they would work. We assail them how to establish the cor rectness of our position. We simply seek to put the cap where it fits—a very necessary thing in political and in legal affairs. , ' All this Frank Blair has made plain. enough. Bnt .the New York Times refuses to understand it and elaborately misstates it. To our mind it is essential that the oase should be fairly made np and we are prepared for it. The three amendments certainly form a part of the oon- duot of the Radicals. That conduot is certainly the thing we are to examine and discuss. How does this involve revolution ? We accuse the Radioals of squandering the public moneys. Is this revolution'? We accuse them of corrupting the publio service. Is this revolution ? We ao- cuse them of separating the peace-seeking peo ple of the two sections. Is this revolution? We accuse them of violence and fraud in respeot to the ratification of three constitutional amend ments, and we hold thisnp as proof of their ca pacity and intention to do evil and as a reason why they should be (Deprived of the. power. How can you make revolution put of this ? But the New York Times declares that behind it all there is a lurking purpose of -revolution, and that we do not represent oar party. On point we can only point to the facts as as they are visible to the naked eye. When we laid down the points contained in the present artiole six months ago .there were but two Democratio papers of character that pretended to dispute them, and they did so, as we think, under a misapprehension of the case. But, whether they did or not, no respectable element disputes them now. General Blair has pnt them forcibly, .and the Democratic press is daily doing the same thing. The Demo cratio Congressmen a year ago refused to stultify themselves by indorsing the amendments. They had fought them and they were now go ing back on their record. But because we re fuse to indorse a thing does not imply that we mean to destroy it. We may dispute the jus tice of a legal decision without Tn«n-nfng to break the law. The New York Tribune says that in making a noise about reconstruction we are barking at empty rat-hole. Precisely; and we have two very distinct objects in view; wo want to take care that that same old rat doesn’t come ont any moro, and we.want to provide against' any other rat-holes of that description.; • ■- - oslw t *i " : - From Washington County. Editors Telegraph and Messenger : Spring, in beautiful roseate hues, sits enthroned upon the brow of nearly every incoming day—inviting the agriculturist and horticulturist to the fields and orchard yards, making ready, under the’ genial Bun, for the seeds and the plants. But all departments of farm interest are muoh be hind. The occasional trample of . midnight horsemen, uniformed in dark robes—bent on unknown deeds of frightful and horrible out rage—has ruffled the peace in the best circles of the community and disturbed the equilibrium of the laboring class no little. These things will not suroease. until governmental offioers having wise heads hold tho reins in equity, as they used to in the days of our fathers. We had a veritable band of Eu-Elux brought into Ban- dersville on Saturday—five freedmen, who at tempted to Eu-Elox another freedman for big amy : a more summary prooess than the case of the United States Senator, and yet less deserv ing punishment. A little jailing such midnight prowlers will do good. Once they get their “hand in” and taste blood, they might beat the whites at the Ku-Kluxing (as charged by the liaaicais). on: wneu »naii inis reign of terror cease. Are we never to have moral force and power in our courts, and crime nnbiasly ferreted ont and speedily punished. Loving lasses are beginning to lean upon their lovers’ arms as if they wanted towed, hereabouts,'and some squire or parson may soon expect perquisites for that privilege. Poor creatures! they can’t be content without trouble. Your worthy paper has a fine circulation through our oounty; but it might beof profit to pnsh its superior claims occasionally with a traveling agent __ 131 Aqbioola. .. The Peace of Europe.' That very intelligent paper, the Journal of Qommerce, is very dispondent about peace pros pects in Europe. Says the Journal: The war with Denmark led to the Austro- Prusslan war; that war, by arousing French jealousy of Frossia, led to the Franco-German war; and to what war will that lead in turn? Such is the question that men are beginning to ask. For it is apparent to all that the chain of destruction is not yet complete, but that links in its dreadful sequence remain to. be forged. The conclusion of peace between. Germany and Franoe leaves nothing settled, except that Prus sia wears, for the present, the belt, so danger ous to its possessor, of the champion power of Europe. She. won it by hard fighting; and hard fighting alone can keep it for her. Franoe hates her with an immeasurable intensity of passion, and she will- watch her first op portunity to break the hollow truoe which men call peace. Austria nurses her wrath and bides her time. England chafes under the impotence resulting from her exoessive devotion - to com mercial pursuits, and has gone into training to appear again in the arena as the stubborn Brit ish gladiator of old. Between England, Franoe and Austria exists a community of sentiment, toward Prussia, and that is a compound of hate, reveDge and suspicion as to her future designs. Either one of them is overmatched by her mighly antagonist-the new German empire— but how if they were allied ? Such ac alliance is not wholly improbable at some future day. How soon it may come depends on the course hereafter pursued by Germany, and also on the recuperative energy displayed by France. bummer, wh i latter ransacked the house, for twenty-five cents. Mr. Henry Dickens, a son of the novelist, is giving readings in London. Rome, before its occupation by the Italians, had two newspaper^; now it has twenty. In London workmen are carried on the rail roads ten miles once a day each way for a week