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Newspaper Page Textr T • ' *' - V o.J SHUSHED 1826. MACON, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1S71 'jT^elcgrapli Building, Jlacon ^ and Messenger, on© year, VOLLXTMO 36: §10 oo 500 100 400 2 00 fS Says ^ advance, ana paper stopped -die money rnns out, unless renewed. J® iBU j H ]ZUXNTB WITH i. W. BUSKS & ca'S PUBLICATIONS. .Tdegraph * Messenger andIFaim^. ^ Pjelepapii and'Mes^nger' and SJlHome 4 00 w»Hv Telegraph and Messenger LrnChristian Advocate with Weekly 5 00 & Weekly- 4 00 " At Arlington. UT JAMES B. BASDALL. », broken column, reared in air, To Hid "lio made onr country great, ni Jmoat east its shadow where £Ti-tims of a grand despair, 1 b long, long raak* of death, await *Tbe hat lend trump, the Judgment-sun, chich come for all, and, soon or late, Will come for those at Arlington. f-thatvast eepnlchre repose Ike thousands reaped from every fray; ■.Benin blue who once uprose 5; tattle-front to smite their foes— The Spartan bands who woro the gray. He combat o’er, the death-bug done, la summer blaze or winter snows, Ihey keep their trace at Arlington. tad, almost lost in myraid graves, Of those who gained the unequal fight, jjc mounds that bide Confederate braves, (he reck not bow the North wind raves, In dialing day or dimmest night, O'er those who lost and those who won, Ptstk holds no parley which was right— Jehovah judges Arlington. jhe dead had rest: the Dove of Peace Rwded o'er both with equal wings. Klotb had come that great surcease, Re last omnipotent release from all the world’e delirious stings— To bugle deaf and signal-gun, "hey slept like heroes of old Greece, Beneath the glebe at Arlington. Judin the spring’s benign tint reign, The sweet May woke her harp of pines; reaching her choir a thrilliDg strain Of jubilee to land and main, . ihi danced in emeralds down the lines— toying largesse bright to none, She saw no difference' in the signs That told who slept at Arlington. iho gave her grasses and her showers To all alike who dreamed in dust; Jer song-birds wove their dunty bowers tat the jasmine buds and flowers, And piped with an impartial trast; Waifs of the air ana liberal sun, Their guileless glees were kind and just To friend and foe at Arlington. ted 'mid tho generous spring there came Scmo women of the land, who strove ib make this funeral-field of fame dad as the May-god’s altar-flame, With rosy wreaths of mutual love; Unmindful who had lost or won, Ihey scorned the jargon of a name; No North, no South, at Arlington! Mween their pious thought and God Stood files of men with brutal steel, he garlands placed on “Rebel sod” fere trampled in the common clod, Todio beneath the hireling heel. Facing this triumph of the Hun, Our Smoky Ctesar gave no nod, To keep the peace at Arlington. Ishovah judged—abashing man— For, in the vigils of tho night, Elis mighty storm-avengers ran Together in ono choral clan, Rebuking wrong, rewarding right; Plucking She wreaths from thosewho won, Tlie tempest heaped them dewy bright On Rebel graves at Arlington. Jsd when tho morn came, yonng and fair, Brimful of blushes ripo and red, Knee-deep in sky-sent roees there, Xiturc began her earliest prayer Above triumphant Southern dead, So, in the dark andln the snn, Our eanse survives the tyrant's tread, And sleeps to wake at Arlington! be Loves of tbe Lower Animals. Itke Duck to the Kangaroo, Good gracious! how you hop! r the fields and the water too, • if yon never would stop! * is a bore in this nasty pond, , nd 1 long to go ont in the world beyond; «i I canid leap liko you 1” “Itbe Duck to tbo Kangaroo. bwe give me a ride on your back!" the Duck to the Kangaroo. ■tad eit quite still and say nothing bat 'Quack!’ « whole of the long day through! Jte'd go to tho Dee and tho Jelly Bo Lee *» the land and over the sea. •»» take me a ride, oh do!” • M the Duck to tho Kangaroo. ' Kangaroo to tho Duck: requires some little reflection; 5»pa on the whole it nught bring me luck, there eoems but one obj oction, *i> is, if you’ll let me speak so bold, fur feet aro unpleasantly wet and cold, would probably give mo tho Roo- «iz!” said the Kangaroo. jth* Duck, “As I sat on tbo rocks «ve thought over that completely, it bought four pair of worsted socks, !“cu fit my web-feet neatly; i«> keep ont the cold Tvs bought a cloak, M every day a cigar Til smoke, K> follow my own dear, true We of a Kangaroo!” [the Kangaroo. “I’m ready G in the moonlight pale, to balance me well, dear Duck, sit steady, ®d quite at the end of my tail!” Wiy they went with a hop and a bound, they boppod the whole world throe times round; I who eo happy, O who 1 a tbo Duck and tbe Kangaroo ? Women Gamblers. Die Kansas City News says: “A woman tt through on the Kansas Paoifio train last Sing, that was pointed ont to ns as one of 'telebrated female faro-bankers of Denver, •was dressed tastily and quietly in a gray **» traveling suit, with gloves and trimming btto match: was of medium stature, well ra *d, and not more than thirty-four or thirty- 1 Her face was not at all an unpleasant one, ^bave been very pretty, some time, ore so tell-tale lines were drawn upon it; and 41 « most unusual in women of her class, the Splexion was good. She was on her way utfrom St. Louis, where she went, so our in- 9*#t stated, to place a young boy at school. taro-bank at Denver has been in full blast ‘ aoruo time, and the two proprietors are reap- ? * rich harvest. No fights or disturbances kind have ever occurred at their rooms, rjbe women conduct the game with all the hty of experienced professionals. Several r® °t tho gambling fraternity were at the gjsand seemed much interested in inquiring ftjfctviTE, letter from, Paris brings to notice 2 a ° Q 3 ease of what is called the irony of his- Great Exhibition of 1851 was sup- V' ‘ " e the inauguration of a period of por- W l* 1106 - A. large collection of French -■Ata was sent to it by order of the National toni y * -kfter the exhibition these samples stored for the benefit of the curious, in the Jz™*of tho conservatoire des Arts et Me- tot. The directors of the museum and their > and the sick and wounded (for whom : • been prepared in the building), have • .ring the latter portion of the siege upon white bread, made out of the samples * v '- mentioned. Colton—The 1’ast, Present and Fa- tore. I The annexed communication contains some interesting statements and reflections, and we therefore publish it. We desire, however, to caution onr readers against resting npon any such proposed theory in regard to futnre prices. The writer may bo perfectly candid and have no desire to influence the market, and yet his opin. ion may be totally unreliable and his sugges tions delusive. With this introduction we think no harm oan come of giving his communication to our readers: Editor Journal of Commerce : Mayl ask the privilege of a small place in your columns to express some views upon a subject of import ance, directly to a large number of people .in this country, and indirectly to the civilized world. This request has not been sooner pre ferred, because the writer had no wish to be classed among those who avail themselves, of press privileges for purposes of private gain. But as the price of cotton has now nearly reached a minimum neither of ua can be reason ably accused of violating duty—L in expressing nor you, in allowing your journal to become the vehicle of my opinions. The very gradual declinCin cotton since tho opening of the present season is due principally to the readiness shown by the English shippers to take it freely at the prices current from day to day. It i3 also partially due to a peculiar condition of affairs among ourselves, and the conflict of opinion arising therefrom. Early in in the season, operators here arrayed themselves into two parties. On one side were those who, through interest or conviction, or both, oper ated for a rise in prices, or for a steady market at figures remunerative to the planters. On the other, were the purely speculative—those who, having no relations with planters—bought and sold on their own account. And as a rule the latter have believed in a declining market, and operated accordingly. We all know now to whom the victory belongs; but the ground has been fought inch by inch; and planters certainly havo no jast grounds of complaint against those to whom their interests were in trusted. Tho decline has been by sixteenths and eighths; nowand again a steady market, and sometimes even a rally. And during this time the planters have availed themselves of the opportunity of pushing off their crops at re munerative prices—as tho receipts to date will abundantly show. Now that the result is no longer doubtful, it well behooves us to take a glance at the situa tion, and endeavor to mark out a. wise course for the futnre. That cheap cotton is a great desideratum to the civilized world at large, perhaps no one will deny; and that the working of Providence or Nature is in tho direction of increasing the comforts of mankind, has como to be a maxim among economists. That those who in this country are engaged in the production of cotton should endeavor to impair the bounty of Nature, by cramping production, is, to say the least of it—anomalous. Yet wo find many who advise such a course. The late civil war so crippled production, that prices had advanced ont of all reason; and capital and labor, tempted by the prospective reward, were largely diverted to increasing pro duction. Now that production has reached, if not exceeded all previous limits, and prices have gone back toante helium figures—it becomes us to inquire about the future. - Many say that production this year will be contracted by several causes; by the action of tho planters, who will devoto more attention to food raising; by the want of moans to buy guano, mules, implements, pork, etc., through the unwillingness of capitalists to moko ad vances; by tho weather, which they say cannot be expected to continue favorable for foar suc cessive years, etc., etc. They therefore flatter themselves that our crop this year will fall be low 3,000,000 bales, and that consequently we may look for a return to much higher prices than those now prevailing. There is much force in all this; but I have serious doubts about tho correctness of some of the premises; and I know that the conclusion, even if a correct one, is not desirable. The history of cotton produc tion for the few years previous to the war is full of valuable information on this point. Cotton planters did then what they, are likely to do again, they proved that they possessed a trait common to all human nature—when the price per pound was reduced, they increased the num ber of the pounds. And in this connection, pomit me to remark that the real test of the character of tho negroes —slaves no longer—is now about to be applied. Before the war, the white owner of both negroes and plantation was the judge of the measure of economy allowed by the income fromjiis crop. He regulated not only his own expenses, but those of his negroes, and their hours of labor. Since the war, the negroes have been able by half work to earn full subsistance. The high price of cotton enabled them to obtainbetter re turns for the same amount of labor, than per haps any other peasantry in the world. As a consequence we have found them very active in polities; ‘fs’cieties” of all kinds were numerous in each district; the half grown boys and girls divided their time between the horn, spelling books and the idleness so industriously circu lated and inculcated by the “Bureau;!’ a lively trade has flourished in ginger cakes, cheap trumpery, “s’ciety” badges, cheap candy, marbles, and whisky; then, too, the political, religions and moral outcasts of our northern society have reaped rich harvests from the temporary prosperity of the new-mado freedmen; our professional philanthropists have cackled and crowed us almost deaf with their self-laudations and “we-told-you-so’s”; while those who looked below the surface have waited and dreaded the condition of affairs which is now at our doors. Whether or not the freed men will accept tho situation in the right spirit remains to bo seen. But it is certain that it will require more labor and economy to live un der present prices, than under those which have prevailed since the war. And further, the eco nomical producer of cotton is too certain of abundant reward to allow ns to suppose for a moment that other labor will not be forthcom ing, should the negro not prove equal to the oc casion. Let us hope that the example of their former owners, in adapting their conduct to a severe and sudden change.of circumstances, will not be without its effect ; and that the teach ings of the few earnest missionaries among them may induce their minds to a proper apprecia tion of their duty. To return to the subject in hand. It is not apparent to the writer, how, even with a 3,000,- 000 bale crop this year, we oan look for any marked increase in price. Stocks have been, and aro accumulating in India. Crops in Egypt and South America are reported os promising well. The consumption of our best customers on continental Europe is seriously crippled. European politicians openly admit their inabili ty much longer to avoid war over the Eastern question. And that some of these reasons, or all of them, or others, are operating in the same direction on the minds of others, is made apparent by the course pursued by the spinners of England. They probably look as closely af ter their own interests as any other class of peo ple in the world. And as a role they aot in concert. No channel of information is closed to them, no means left unemployed to procure it. Among them we find cabinet ministers, for eign ambassadors, members of parliament, etc., and perhaps no other industry in the world has a greater proportion of its thinking members traveling abroad, in one. capacity and another, each contributing his quota to the general stock of information. Now if they believed in high er-prices, we would see them putting away heavy stocks of raw and mannfaotnred goods for fu ture use. On the contrary we find them work ing barely enough spindles to supply their cur rent trade, keeping their stocks of raw and manufactured goods down to a minimum, and ; allowing the capital of the consignees of our cotton in Liverpool and London, to bear the burden of carrying it- It is fair therefore to conclude that as a class,they believe in low prioea in the immediate future. Those who have been planting as a specula tion without the requisite experience, and with out devoting to the business that care and econ- omy so necessary to success, except daring periods of inflated values, will either have to mendtheir ways or betake themselves to other pursuits. : Those who make planting cotton the business of their lives will endeavor by economy of resources, increased exertion, lower, rates of wages, a judicious use of manures and striot at tention to their business , to make up for low prices, by increasing the amount they will have for sale. And- it does seem to me that such a course will be in the end more beneficial than a pursuance of a loose way of doing things, through expectations—delusive I fear—of are- turn to high prioes. If, in writing about cotton, I have, in this in stance, avoided the usual concomitants of long rows of figures, it is because I believe that mis takes are sometimes made by those who view a subject in the concrete, as well as by those who consider in the abstract. Your consent to publish this will be a guar anty to me that it will be of use to somebody. Very respectfully, your obedient servant^ New York, March 7, 1871. Viatob. TERRIFIC HURRICANE AT ST. LOUIS. Seven Persona Killed-—Railroad Repots and Other Buildings Levelled—Or eat De struction of Property. St. Louis, March 8.—A' terrific hurricane passed over a portion of East St. Louis between 2 and 3 o’clock this afternoon. The wind first came from the squtheast, accompanied by a brisk shower, but suddenly veered to the south west, and came with a fury and foroe never be fore witnessed in this latitude. It first struck the elevator on the right bank of the river, and took part of its root off, and passing in a due northeast direction it totally demolished the freight depot of the Sfc. Louis and Yandalia Railroad, 800 feet long by 100 feet high, the freight and passenger depot of toe Northeast ern Railroad, two freight depots, a portion of the passenger depot and ticket office, and the large round house of the Chicago and Alton Railroad,' the oar house, scale office, freight office, and part of ono of toe freight depots of the Ohio and Mississippi Road, the freight and passenger depots of the Toledo and Wabash Road, and a num ber of dwelling-houses in toe vicinity. A portion of the roof of the Terre Haute and In dianapolis depot was blown off, and nearly all theS&erricks and other appliances used in-the construction of the bridge were tom from their places and blown into the river. Everything in fact within a space of from 200 to 300 yards wide was actually tom to pieces. A train of cars, including a thirty-ton locomotive, was blown from the track and hurled about forty feet into a slough.' Another train of thir teen cars laden with grain, was over turned and smashed, and one car was blown into the river. A train coining in on the Terre Haute road,when at Brooklyn, three miles north of East St. Lonis was blown from the track, and about forty cars standing on a side-track of the Toledo and Wa bash and Chicago and Alton road, about nine mile3 out, were overthrown. The round house of tho Chicago and Alton road, after being blown down, caught fire from an engine inside and was burned. The engineer of the locomo tive was burned to death. The number of killed and wounded cannot be stated to-night, but seven are known to be killed and between thirty and forty seriously wounded, some dangerously and a good many more slight ly injured. It is believed a number of persons are still buried beneath the ruins. The scene is frightful. Houses are tom to fragments; others are unroofed or upset, and still others aro car ried bodily from their foundations. Scarcely a building or tree or anything else within the track of the storm is standing. The wreck and rain is complete. The pecuniary losses are esti mated as follows: The Chicago and Alton Railroad, $500,000; Ohio and Mississippi, $200,- 000; Toledo and Wabash, $125,000; St. Louis and Vandalia, $30,000; Southeastern, $30,000; Wiggins Perry Company, $25,000. The steam boats lying on tho eastern side of tho river aro isly dai Under tbe Staples. BV lipOS A. BBOCK.. seriously damaged. Sketches in Paris. The Paris correspondent of the London Times says: Tho feeding of the population with British bread and cheese is going on apace. I visited the Bon Marche yesterday, and found M. Bou- cicault and his whole establishment serving out provisions to the delighted crowds. He was assisted by about fifty of the young men and women who in ordinary times attend to his large establishments, and who, with white aprons on, wore pouring flour, .biscuit, etc.,into the outspread aprons or baskets of the appli cants. In order to prevent too rapid crowding, Mr. Boncicanlt has hit npon tho ingenions de vice of having a barrel of wine and some bread and cheese at the entrance. By atopping their mouths he stops the impetuosity of the current, and the queue comes along too busy munching to press inconveniently. The number of per sons fed daily at this one establishment amounts to from 12,000 to 15,000. It is difficult for an Englishman to go there without receiving more private thanks than his modesty or his feelings can bear. Ono old lady bnrst into tears of gratitude as she seized my hands, find the story of her two sons, wounded and prisoners, and of her own privations, inters spersed with expressions of thankfulness for relief, was so touching as fairly' to drive me back to the wine-bibbing, laughing crowd at the entrance in order to recover my equanimity. It was pleasant to see the radiant expressions of the faces of tho young and old as, with load ed aprons, they hied them home to the families that wero expecting them. At the great glass establishment of St. Louis, in the Rue Paradis Poissonniere, the proprietor purposes another, and most admirable system. His object is to reach the “pautres lionteux many of whom are persons inthe upper classes of society. I know of an instance where a lady is, at this moment, living on the charity of a woman who was once her concierge,—these per sons cannot be excited to coine and make queue for hours in the streets, and to them are sent wagon loads ofjparcels made np according to the sizs of the family. Ten wagon loads, contain ing 15,000 substantial meals, went off from this establishment this morning. It is to be remarked that all this distribution is to be un dertaken gratuitously by wealthy and benevo lent shopkeepers. ; " All “Dressed in tbeir Sunday’s Best.” Lady readers may be interested in the follow ing account of the dresses worn by the royal family at Queen Victoria’s last reception—the description being famished by the Court News man: The Queen wore a black silk dress with, a train trimmed with crape and jet, and a head dress of pearls and diamonds over a long white tulle veil Her Majesty also wore a pearl neck lace and a diamond and pearl broach, with the Riband and Star of the Order of the Garter, the Orders of Victoria and Albert and Louise of Prussia, and the Saxe-Coburg and Goto; Family Order. .. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales wore a train of mauve satin trimmed with ruches of the same and bows of violet velvet; a petticoat of violet velvet, with ruches and bows of mauve satin, and. a tunia of white Brussels lace. Headdress—a tiara of diamonds, feathers and veil. Ornaments—a corsage, necklace, and earrings of pearls and diamonds. Orders—Vic toria and Albert and the Danish Order. Her Royal Highness the Princess Christian wore a train and petticoat of pale gray satin, with flounces and trimmings of Irish lace and bor dered with swansdown. Headdress and orna ments—feathers, pearls and diamonds. Orders —Victoria and Albert, St Isabel, of. Portugal; and the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Family Order. Her Royal Highness the Princess Louise wore a dress of rich white silk and a train of the same trimmed with ruches of silk and fringe. Headdress—a wreath of Narcissus with dia monds. Orders—'Viotoria and Albert, St Isabel and the Ooburg and Gotha Family Order. A woman in Mississippi last season cultivated, with the help of a mule, ten acres of oorn, ten acres of wheat and ten acres of oats, making a blocks thre* e’ear profit of $400. four inohes Under the maples eat Jenny and I, * Ever so many years ago; - - Watching tho streamlet murmuring by, . And gurgling a love-song in its now; And fleecy clouds, in a phantom troop, Scudded across the bright-blue sky, While our hearts were weaving; in many a loop, A mesh for the lives of Jenny and L • XL It seemed not strange that her tiny hand Should nestle so trustingly fond in mine. And her auburn ringlets’ gold-brown strand My clumsy fingers like silk should twine: And right it seemed that her bright young head Should find a pillow upon my breast, As the olouds, in gold and purple and red, Sank royally down in the far-eff west, nr. For I that old, old story had told— The Btory of anxious hopes and fears— While over her ringlets’ dark-brown gold Was falling a shower of pearly tears— Tears that bung on her eyelids’ fringe ■ Like due on the fresh-bom buds of May— -And her blushes deepened their roseate tinge, As I tenderly kissed those tears away. - iv. Her heart was mine, though her .lips iefus-ri To utter that longed-for syllable, "Yes;’"' But musing she sighed, and sighing Bhe mused, What meant her sighs and muaings—guess ? But then we pledged by the streamlet’s flow, As the stars peeped out from tho twilight sky, Ever so many years Ivor so many years ago, Under the maples, Jenny and L V. , Thore are frosty streaks in tho auburn hair That I twined round my fingers years ago; And the brow of my wife may be lesB fair Than it seemed in that sunset’s ruddy glow; But I know when I clasp her to my breast, There’s awilder tin ill than in days gone by, When the clouds sank royally down in the west, As under the maples sat Jenny and I. Applecon's Journal. How Is That Tor High. A few days since a waggish gentleman was walking down Broadway, N. Y. When opposite Trinity Church, whose spire top is five hundred and sixty feet from the ground, he met a Ger man, and the following dialogue ensued: “Good morning, Schneider.” “We gechts den.” “Do you know what church that is?” “Yaw, - does is der Drinity Church.” “Yon see the steeple and that little cross, w-a-a-a-y up there ?” “Yaw. I saw him.” “Well, how is that for high?” The German looked pleased, scratched his head and said: Dot is good! Der best I hear deso six weeks, yaw, dos ia very goot!” The wag went his way, leaving the German smiling, scratching his head, and gazing ab stractedly at the little cross so high in toe air. While tons standing, a smile on his face, a friend came along, and he thought to give him the same good thing, and have another laugh, and said: “Hollo, Fritz—how you vas, eh?” “ Goot. How vas is going to be mit your self?” - “Goot all der vile. You know vat dash isht?” “Yaw—dat am der Trinity; I- know dat church more as a dozen years already once.” “You see dem steeples, und der leetle cros3 on der top of dem steeples wa-a-a-a-y most into der clouds?” “Yaw I see der leetle cross.” “You see him? Veil—I shust ask you, 7low high is dot?” Then he laughed, and laughed, while toe other man replied: “I don’t know; but what for you make so much laugh?” . “It’s der schoke—don’t you see him—der schoke—ven 1 ask you how higJt is dot ?” “No, I no see der schoke?” “Veil, dot is funny. A man jnst told dot to me,und I make laugh all der vile. Und you don’t see der schoke?” I dinks you been bumming oronnd all night, and yon oan see nothing!” CLERKS OF COURTS ELIGIBLE. An Important Decision by Congress. iTat.t. op the House op Repbeseotattves,) Washington, D. G., March 9,1871. > Editor Constitution: I am addressed almost daily by persons who held the office of Clerk of the Court previous to the war, requesting to have their disabilities removed. The question of the disability of such persons has been adju dicated favorably by the House, and I am now persuaded that it is unnecessary to offer bills looking to the removal of the disabilities of those who were Clerks 6f Courts previous to or. In the case of Hon. A. M. Waddell, repre senting the Third District of North Carolina, the House of Representatives, at the beginning of this session, settled the question whether clerks of courts of law and equity in the South came under the third section of the fourteenth amendment Colonel Waddell was a Clerk and Master of a court of equity in North Carolina before the war, and afterwards a Lieutenant-Col onel in the Confederate army.' When he came to be sworn in, Mr. Maynard,- of Tennessee, objected, and made an argument to show that he was disqualified; but after a reply from Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania, (a leading Radioal,) denying toe disqualification of Colonel Wad dell, tl;e previous question was called, and he was admitted by a large majority. Although no decision has yet been arrived at in regard to Postmasters, it is the opinion of many leading Republicans that they are not dis qualified under tho fourteenth amendment. > Yours, eto, W. P. Pbioe. A eomantio incident, showing the power of an earnest love to overcome toe most formida ble difficulties, is reported in the. Colorado papers. A Chicago youth fell in love with a Colorado maid, whose father was ao opposed to the proceedings that he drove-toe young man from his house with wrath and a revolver. Upon this the earnest youth had the stem pa rent arrested for threatening his life; and when the old gentleman was safely locked up, by the judicious use of a ten-dollar bill, -he induced the same Justice, of the Peace who had impris oned the father to marry him to the; daughter. This done, toe old man was brought up for .trial,- when he concluded to swap forgiveness with his enterprising son-in-law,- who thereupon mag nanimously withdrew his complaint A raw days ago a farmer near South Hamp ton, Conn., sold a horse for $250, and on going home put the money in its plaoe, a dilapidated drawer in an old bureau. His place for matches was the samo drawer. A few days afterward, after using the whetstone, he threw it into its place, the aforesaid drawer. A few minutes later he saw smoke comiDg from the drawer. On a hasty examination he found that the whet stone, as he threw it down, had ignited the matches, and the matches had set fire to the greenbacks, and the greenbacks bad bnraed to ashes. Moral—Have a separate place for matches, whetstones and greenbacks. A Thibstt Vermonter hitched his horse to a freight car standing on a side strack while he proceeded leisurely toward a neighboring saloon in quest of “tanglefoot.” Meantime the freight train moved on, and when the Vermonter re turned his team was missing. Proceeding np the track he came to a wrecked wagon, a wheel here, a spoke there, and soon after stumbled upon the poor horse quite dead, the animal having been choked to death ere toe halter parted. A Wtt.t.tam Couuege student who went to Pittsburg on a “spark,” the other dsy, had oc casion to get a check cashed at the bank, but the cashier didn't know him, and demanded identification. He bethought himself of tho mark on his underclothing, and triumphantly unbuttoned his. doat, only. to disdose in plsin letters, on the band of his shirt, the name of :• ’ Foreign Motes. • 1 : ' BBEPABXP FOB TBE TELEOEAPH AOT MESSZNOEB. Since the war has ended, the reports by cable, : having lost that stirring interest formerly At tached to them, have grown insignificant Order is slowly returning in Paris, and, upon the whole, the' situation of France is more promis ing than it was a week ago. The dangefn of civil war are passing away, and Thiers seems a fair trial. It augurs well for the new admin istration that there are no bombastic and loqua cious demagogues like Victor Hugo, Blanc, Pyat, or even Gambetta, to be found in the councils of the nation. The fall of the latter one has indeed been accomplished with astonishing ease, and it is surprising how suddenly this re markable man,'whose character and motives aro not apparent yet, has arisen and disappeared again like the ephemereal lustre of an ignis fatuus. The French press console the people with the prospect of a ooming revenge, and it is daily asserted that no Government oan maintain it self a single day that does not forthwith proceed to prepare for an early resumption of the war. At the lowest estimate, however, Franoe will require twenty years to recover suffloiantiy for a war of revenge ; but in the meantime essen tial changes may occur in the national charac ter of toe people. The army, as it was hitherto recruited, constituted an almost separate body in tbe State, which was hired and expected to fight for French glory; and the ruling classes of the nation looked upon it nearly in the same light as the Romans would the gladiators when they tore each other in the bloodstained arena to satisfy their masters' thirst for exciting com bats. Fifty years had. elapsed, since a conquer or’s foot had trodden French soil; the misery inflicted by the allied armies was forgotten ; and after the French troops, elated with victory, had re-entered Paris from the Algerian, Rus sian and Italian wars aznid the applause of the nation, France had grown accustomed to see only the glittering side of remorseless war. It is no wonder, then, that public opinion deemed a German war to be merely a brilliant military speotaolo which would be closed by a great tri umphal entry of the French into the Prussian capital. But all things are changed sinse, and the overshadowing influence of France is irre coverably lost. 'When-Napoleon resolved on the fatal declaration of war, he counted, at least, upon a friendly neutrality op the part of the South German States, while the reports of his political agents hinted at a revolution in Han over to throw off the Prussian yoke. Now Ger many, politically, has become one whole, rep resenting a mighty confederation of States of over forty million inhabitants, which, the pas sions of the moment having died away, .the French will not be so anxious to challenge for another combat. Moreover, the strongholds of Metz and Strasbourg, which so greatly facilita ted a French, inroad,'are in German keeping. Bat the greatest change in the sentiments of the people may be worked by the reorganization of the army. The Prussian system having proved so effi cient the French will probably introduce com pulsory military service without the choice of any substitutes. Thus the wealthy merchant, knowing that his son has to faoe first the ene my’s bullets will be less apt to grow enthusias tic over military glory, nor will the journalist treat a war with a neighboring nation as a' mere military “promenade” if he has to shoulder tho musket himself. The nation which loves war for glory’s sake betrays still very savage in stincts despite all vaunted culture, and it will be well for the French if, gradually, they will thus forget their inordinate love for xnilitaxy glory. Friedrich Gerstaecker, the wellknown author of many novels and books of travel, writes to the Cologne Gazette as follows concerning the sentiments of the population of Alsaoe. and Lorraine: “I witnessed,” he says, “the last day of the. siege of Strasbnrg, Which city has suf fered terribly, but when coming from France I visited Strasbourg again, after having seen the unspeakable min and desolation which are fill ing that unhappy though overbearing country, a few streets and walls destroyed left me per fectly unmoved. The .desolation is too great to appreciate it in its details. Repeated conver sations with Strashurgers have convinced me that all gifts we are now lavishing upon Alsaoe and Lorraine are perfectly thrown away; in fact, nothing is here so ill bestowed as our Ger man good-naturedness. We have reoonqnered the land by the force of arms, but, on the other hand, we must not look for its love or sympa thies. For the'presefit Alsatians amfLothring- ians still hate its with all their soul and heart, because they have the firm conviction that we commenced tho war'just as wantonly as did Na poleon himself. The Emperor wanted the Rhine they say, while yon longed for Alsaoe, and it would be a vain and impossible task to dissuade them from this opinion.”. The early entrance of Luxemburg into the German empire is much discussed in toe Ger man papers.' If we admit the justice of strate gical reasons, Germany, requires that duchy to hold German Lorraine. According to the Cologne Gazette “the Zollverein is indispen sable to Luxemburg, and yet she cannot remain a member without joining the German empire. Sooner or later she most choose between leaving thq Zollverein and .incorporation with Prussia, and it may be as well to prefer the latter altern ative at once.” • • ’ A recent order of toe King of Prussia has made a very painful impression in Germany. Whenever a Prussian officer of the rank of cap tain upwards wishes to marry, he is obliged to apply for a special royal license, whioh is never withheld if the applicant can famish proof that his fortune is large enough to support his fam ily in a manner corresponding'to his station. At the outbreak of the Franco-German war a great number of officers, before leaving for the battlefield from which so many should never re turn, were anxious to bestow their names upon their betrothed, and there being no time left to wait for the Royal license, the marriage cere mony was performed without this formality. Now, tho war being closed, the King suddenly issued a decree declaring all suoh marriages null and void, thus branding with infamy the wives and children of those who aided to place the Imperial Crown on his brow. Whether the King has acted on his own impulse or under the influence of his military surroundings, he has certainly committed a lamentable mistake. If the young officers carried away by the great national current and under the pieesnre of ex traordinary circumstances, committed the par donable offenseof violating an antiquated royal prerogative, they might have been tried and punished according to military law, but to de clare innocent wives concubines and their chil dren bastaida, is a revolting blunder. The Fortsohrittspartei and the Gatholio faction of the Prussian Landtag, appreciating the unspeak able wrong, have brought in a bill providing that such marriages may be legalised by a sub sequent royal lioense, which proposition has passed without’opposition. In tjhe meantime William the First, by the graoe of God, see>»a to have learned to see the decree in its proper hideousneas, for the Spenersche Zeitu^g reports from an official source that the ia willing to give his sanction to the Dill above referred to; and this with tho mote readiness as in none of the cases with wLtch his Majesty has as yet been mode aoqnainted, there are any special reasons why a subsequent authorization Bhould be refused. The energetic language and warlike prepara tions of the Cabinet of Florence have brought the Bey of Tunis to submission. He has fully conceded the demands of tho Italian Govern ment which < was already preparing 1o send a powerful iron-clad squadron to Africa. Hie Ro man question will long continue an inexhausti ble source of trouble to the Italian Government. A secret reDgious society called “the Catholic Crusade,” has been discovered in Rome. The occasion. The New Orleans ice factory runs six ma chines, each oosting $25,000 in gold, and freezes sixteen tons of iee daily. The water is pumped from the Mississippi, purified, and frozen into blocks three inohes thick and twelve by twenty- tnarea. Ei * his chum, who had lent him the garment for the V ’ of the aa)oci&tion were found in the monastery of Saint Sabins, with ■ Pater Vtemn- telii, who admitted that the foundation of suoh a societp with a public, emblem had been eon, template!; but he asserted that despite its warlike name, the purposes of the associations were of a peaceful nature, prayer. praise and „ - _ alms being only the arms of the “Catholic mill- gle-—Oh, that waa baby s.i tia.” Nineteen deputies have laid a bill before the Italian Parliament proposing to abolish the order of the society of Jesus. According to.' the.'.‘Imperial” tho provisional elections in Spain have resulted in a complete victory of the Government, hardly six deputies of the opposition having been elected. The Duke of Mohtpenrier has been banished from the country for refusing to take the military path of allegiance to Amadeo. The members of the Government who took a prominent part in the election of the King, seem to be proscribed by political opponents, who are planning their mi farious plans in night abcLdarkness. Prim has already fallen by the assassin’s Hand. And the very day his mortal remains wore conveyed to the Atochachuroh,his widowreccived an anony mous letter, reading tons: i “We.are completely: satisfied with ont work;: and intend to continue in the same road.’ ! That this letter contained no empty threat has been proved by a murder ous attack on Zorilla, who bore a conspicuous share in the election of the Italian; though seven shots were fired at him, he escaped un hurt. The murderers, owing to the darkness, succeeded in defeating all pursuits. What an unhappy country where political antagonists are removed by dagger and bullet! Jaeno. -gliox ro C.— <»»» nj algbfWna s r A Woml?rfijl I'lieuomeuon. Eromthe A/iddletown CPa.yiPr<nts7Y' . ', ' ' “ ‘ ‘ ’ The neighborhood of the Midland tunnel, about 8 miles from Middletown, has been in a state of exoitement for several days pash Mys- terious explosions .qcourred in toe tunnel on Wednesday, and the laborers have refused to work since. About three months ago, when driving the heading in the tunnel, there occur red for a time a number ol similar,explosions, at intervals of one or two days, bat which were so slight that the attention of tho publio was not attracted by them. The. phenomenon ceas ed entirely until February 2d, when, without the usual warning noise which has accompanied, all previous eruptions, a sudden explosion took place, the report of which was as loud as that of a large load of nitro-glycerine, A mass of rock stretching down toe whole width of the tunnel, about fifteen feet high, was thrown out. Six of toe workmon and toe foreman wero thrown a distance of twenty feet down the breach. They were considerably bruised and scratched, but no lives were lost or bones broken. '> Explosions of less intensity have been constantly taking place since that time, and it has been found necessary to board up the entrance to the tunnel to keep back the eager throng of carious people. The rooks are thrown down from the rojf and raised on the breast. A noise like that occasioned by tearing a heavy piece of cloth is first heard. This tearing lasts from a quarter to a half minute, and then come the final explosions of varying intensity. Cable yards of rock are broken to fragments. These phenomena have been observed in toe west end of the tunnel in a stretch of about 50 feet. From the impossibility of obtaining di rect observations, all attempts at explaining tho cause of these eruptions must only be theoret ical. The explosions appear to come from a talcose schist, which Seems as if injected into the sandstone in dykes about two feet thick. The breaking seems to bhgin at the point where the workman drilh It is the opinion of too en gineer that the explosions may be consequent on water penetrating the rock, causing expan sion of tho particles. There is, however, no excess of water in these parts, £n many cases the explosions seem to come from toe interior of the rock, which is not only broken but shat tered. The workmen were driven ont of the tunnel on "Wednesday, and were afraid to enter again. They will resume their work as soon as the eruptions cease, and it becomes safe in the tunnel. The matter is of more interest to the scientific world .than to.'railroad, companies. The work on the tunnel will only be hindered a few days. - ' No Ilope lor the Sanlo Domingo An nexation .Measure. Ly. telegraph to the Tribune. ' Washington, March 9.—It is now agreed, on all hands, that there is no longer any hope for the success of Santo Domingo annexation pro ject. Its friends abandoned some time since tho idea-of bringing annexation about by the passage of a joint resolution, following the pre cedent made in the case of the a^jnissioivof Texas. They found that theTJemocrats would* vote in a body against the proposition in any shape, and that so great a number of Republi cans would take the same course, including sev eral of the oldest and most prominent members, that it was hopeless to expect to get a majority vote. The only other course remaining is to accomplish the annexation by the ratification of a treaty by the Senate; which requires a two- thirds vote of that body. ^Tha Senate is com posed of. seventy-four members, so that it,will take fifty votes to constitute two-thirds. The Re publican strength is 57, and the Democratic is 17. All toe Democratic Senators except Mr. Blair are opposed to annexation.' It will therefore only be necessary that nine Republicans shall vote with the sixteen Democrats to defeat the confirmation of the annexation treaty, and more than that number declare in positive terms that they are opposed to annexation in any form, and that they will vote against it from first to last, their opposition being intensified by the action of the caucus to-day. It is not certain that all of the twentv-ono Senators who opposed the removal of Mr. Sumner from his chairman ship will oppose annexation, bnt all bat five or six make no secret of their opposition. The plan of the annexationists has heretofore been to bring the treaty before the Senate, convened in special executive session, after tho adjourn ment of Congress, when .no adverse influence could be brought to bear from the House, and when its confirmaition, they thought, could be insured. Then, that annexation might bo con sidered to b4 fully accomplished *n the long in; terim before toe December session, troops were to be sent to occupy the island. It was thus in tended to oarry the matter so far that it would be impossible to recede, and the House would be forced to vote the appropriation. To-day there are few people so sanguine as to. think there is now any possibility of success in the first step of this plan. Senator r Harlan’s Mew Apportion* i.\ _ raent Bill* . The Apportionment bill introduced in the Senate by Mr. Harlan provides that after March 3, IS73, the House of Representatives shall consist of 280 members, apportioned as follows: Maine Massachusetts., Rhode Island. Connecticut New York».»...iM New Jersey Pennsylvania...— Delaware.— Maryland «... Virginia North Carolina,... South Carolina, Georgia Alabama Mississippi. Louisiana .. 5 Ohio ....16 .. 2 .. 2 Tennessee ... 9 ..n ...12 ... 2 Rlinois—........... ...18 ... 4 MU*onri., ...12 ..32 Arkansas ... 4 ... 7 Michigan.....; ... 9 ..26 Florida ... 1 .. 1 Texas. 6 ... 6 Jowa... ... 9 .. 9 Wisconsin ... 3 .. 8 California. ... 4 .. 5 Minnesota 3 .. 0 .. 7 Oregon Kansas..' .... 1' :.. 3 .. C West Virginia,,.... ... 3 .. 5 Nebraska..; ... 1 Any new State admitted shall be entitied to a Representative or Representatives, in addition to the 280 named in the bilL The following States shall be entitled to additional members of Hia Forty-second Congress, to be eleoted on a general ticket at a general election daring 1871, if there be one, and if not a special election shall be'Colled: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas, 'Wisconsin, and Kansas, two each; Missouri, Miohican *‘“'1 each; Massachusetts, New. York, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Soutii Carolina, Ala bama, Mississippi, California and Minnesota, one each, and Illinois four. Mamma—What is baby crying for, Maggie? Maggie—I don’t know. Mamma—And what areuoti looking so indignant about? Maggie— That nasty,'greedy dog’s been and took and eaten my ’punge cake! . Mamma—Why, I*»W yon eating a sponge oake a minute ago! Mag- COMMENTS OF THE RADICAL PRE80 ON SUMNER’S DISGRACE. Blind as Owls at Midday-A Step Fr*o|M ■iiS-Crt J wlUiHisetUer. ; fifth/- From the Philadelphia Inquirer.\ ; „ a . . ■. It is not easy to comprehend the policy of . the leaders of the Republican’party at Wash ington. They seem to have determined to set altogether independently of the country, end to commit toe moat outrageous sots in utter defi ance of publio opinion. Blind aa owls et mid day to the requirements of the conn try, they have seen the Forty-second Congress filled with new members triumphantly elected to oppose the infamous and demoralizing system of espi onage called the income tax, and not only have these leaders refused to repeal this obnoxious excise, but all others under which industry and commerce stagger as well. They have clung to - their idols against every form of remonstranoe and entreaty, and are still blind to their own interests and the country’s welfare, although they see how their course of proceeding is un dermining both and throwing power into the hands of the opposition. They have thus disgusted their adherents and made them in different and Gallons Republicans. Now they propose at. one blow to array the whole of New England, and intelligent, honorable Republi cans everywhere against their party by deposing Mr. ^Sumner tram the chairmanship of the Committee of Foreign Relations. The object is to disgrace him in the eyes of his conn- try and of the world, for his reputation is, as a statesman and leader, cosmopolitan. To contemplate this wrong is to condemn it, and its excuse is so narrow, bigoted, and sub servient as to the clothe it with everlasting re proach. Mr. Sumner’s sole offenoe is, that be is not in harmony with the President regarding the annexation of Santo Domingo. Upon this pretence one of tho truest statesmen the coun try has ever had is to be disgraced and New England insulted. The country does not want Santo Domingo. It wants no outlying territory that will require hundreds of millions to put and maintain in a state of defence. It does not want to buy a«debased, half-civilized race of people, sunk to the lips in toe vioes, sloth apd * degradation of a far tropioal climate. It does not want to buy a revolution under color of buy ing an island. If, in addition to keeping up the present burden of taxation, the Republican lead ers intend to go still further into expenses rd^.' quiring more taxes, as the purchase of Santo Domingo will do, they are making too huge a ’ mistake—one from which they cannot reoover. The only chance that tho Republican party has to win in the coming Presidential contest is to harmonize all its present disorganized: factions, to reduce taxation, and to make some sign that it regards, in some remote degree, the real in terests of the country. If, however, it adopts the contrary course, and creates new factions, increases taxation by needless purchases of bar barous islands, and continues to disregard the popular will, it will, two years hence, be swept ont of existence by its wiser rival.' A DELIBERATE INSULT. From the Philadelphia Press] \t However considered, the removal of Senator Sumner from the chairmanship of Foreign Re lations is something 'more than a blunder. - ‘It will certainly not help the Santo Domingo scheme; Many Repnblioans, the Press among them, have favored that project, but have not thonght less of Mr. Sumner for opposing' it. That was his right as an independent statesman, and to punish him for it is a deliberate insult to the hundreds of thousands who honor his char acter and his caroor. Can the Republican party afford to do this thing ? Can a Republican cau cus which allowed men to oit in its cohncils who voted to acquit Andrew Johnson, jostify his wrath npon Charles Sumner for exercising Ms privilege in differing with tho administration on one measure ? Santo Domingo can never be made a' test in the Republican party, and ought not to be. But if it is determined to makeit so, - the poorest way to begin the wretched business is to strike down the great man who led the Re publican hosts when thousands who proudly en roll themselves among them were either Demo crats or doubters. The managers in this verv . bad proceeding will realize, that their party will be even more outraged by this sacrifice than the Democracy in the case of Douglas. We hope the rash act will be reconsidered at onoe. A STEP PR AUGHT WITH MISCHIEF. From the Boston Transcript.] : It is a step fraught with misohief to the dom inant party. Senator Sumner, with all his pe culiarities, represents a vast body of Republican voters in ail parts of the Union. They know hia ability and culture, and believe that ho has sin gularly maintained his integrity under all cir cumstances. They further regard him as one. who fearlessly subjects every publio measure to the touchstone of principle. From his place in the United States Senate his views aro heard with greater respect and consideration by the country than those of almost any of his col leagues. They aro deemed the utteraaoes of a statesman of ripe experience, enlarged under standing and noble impulses. Is it wise or quite safe for the administration to declara tor to the knife against such a champion,* sustained by the influence of a powerful constituency reaching ffir beyond toe State he directly rep resents ? The removal of Mr. Stunner would be taken as an attempt to punish him for Ms op position to Santo Domingo annexation, or raw er os an effort to discipline him for his inde pendent discussion of that question. Could the administration be placed in a.'more.nnfortnnate attitude than of being engaged in an endeavor to stifle all proper and legitimate criticism of its measures ? His deposal will be the severest blow the Republican party has experienced since it gained the national ascendanov. Immigration in 1870.—The total number of immigrants arriving in this country,with intent to remain daring toe year, ending December 31,1870,4s reported from toe Department of State aa 280,278, whereof Great Britain famish- * ed 145,384, or brer half, toe Irish Immigration not being reported separately; Germany, 88,- 546, leas than one-third; Sweden and Norway, 14,133; and China comes fourth, sending ua 11,553. Canada sends but 240, which contra dicts the current belief of a large influx into the States from that effete Dominion. New York first reoeived 224,688; Massachusetts, 24,217; California, 12,748 (these being toe Chi nese' no doubt); and Maryland three-fourths of all the rest—a tendency of immigration that has not heretofore been generally known.— World. A young man, whose moustache is visible by the aid of a microscope, was the viotim of mis placed confidence a short time ago. He had been particularly sweet on a very yonng lady, and had previously paid her several visits. The girl’s parents, thinking both too young tobe- gin keeping company with each other, gave them a gentle hint to that effect—first, by call ing toe girl ont of the room and sanding her to bed; and second, by the -lady of the hones bringing into the room a huge suoe of bread and : butter; with molasses attachment, and saying to tho youth in her kindest manner, “There, Bob by, take this and go home; it ia a long way, and your mother will be anxious.” A oobbespootent who visited Little Rook with a view of studying Arkansas politics, got him self into an awkward sorape on his anfivaL He approaolied ft xa*n ftixd ft&ked him i* hd fM a member of tbe Legislature. “A what ?” said he, in astonishment, “a member of the Legis lature, Sir? 'No, by G—d; I’m an honest man.’* “I don’t donbt that, air, bnt I mistook you for a member. No insult was • intended, ^ I only wanted a little information as to what non? tw Legislature met.” . “ X don’t know anything about the G—d d—d Legislature; I’m a gentle- - man.” 1 Vfc . Dismissing the Dbummebs.—The Sun ssyfl: Many New York merchants are thinking of dispensing with drummers or traveling agents,of whom not fewer than 25,000, it is sald, are sent from this city alone, whose salaries, commia- sions, and traveling expenses amount, in to* aggregate, to between, fifty and sixty millions dollars a year. ; .vj« Yea, dbun through the papers at onrH&tath the expense.

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Georgia weekly telegraph and Georgia journal & messenger. (Macon, Ga.) 1869-1880, March 21, 1871, Image 1