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Tlie Greoraia "Weekly Telearax>li and. Jpartial <Sc IVCessender. Telegraph and Messenger. MACON, MARCH 28, 1871. Grand Ku-Klni Bally. On Thursday a grand canons was held in the President’s office in the Capitol, at which the President, some of his Cabinet and certain Sen ators and Representatives were present, and a grand rally of the party was determined upon to push through some kind of Kn-Klnx legisla tion before adjournment. In pursuance of this policy the President addressed a special appeal to Congress, which was printed yesterday, and the noon dispatches in this edition are confident that the result will be the prolongation of the session a month and the passage of some kind of a Ku-KIux bilL As every member of the caucus is an ultra Radical, we hope, in spite of this extraordinary effort of the Excutive to con trol legislation, if any bill is carried through the House, it will not, at least, be one of the extreme revolutionary character contemplated by the men of that stripe. But even if it is, it will only precipitate tho political revolution now going on in the country. That revolution is founded on tho undisguised assaults of the Rad ical party on the rights of the States and the public liberties, and a persistent aggravation of these assaults will only still further inflame the public indignation. Let the South be quiet— discourage all excesses—frown down all lawless ness—stand fast by the Democracy and hope for brighter days. As for adjournment, the longer Congress sits the more inveterate will be the discord among the Radicals. The Southern Farm and Home. The April number of this excellent periodical fally sustains its high reputation in the front rank of the agricultural press. In the ability, practical instructiveness, variety, and adapta tion to our wants of its articles on agriculture and domestic economy—in the number of its il lustrations and in typographical execution the Farm and Home has no superior on this conti nent. We heartily commend it to the public and bespeak for it the large patronage and sup port which it richly deserves. The enterprising publishers, J. W. Burke & Co., have made ar rangements to commence tho publication in the May number, to be continued in subsequent is sues, of an admirable romance by Mary Faith Floyd, entitled “The Nereid,” the scene of which is principally laid in Georgia, and which we are informed, possesses a very high order of merit. The following are the contents of the April number: Frontispiece, an elegant, large-size engraving of fancy poultry; Farm Work for the Month, by the Editor; Letter from John Plowhandles, the Agricultural Convention; The Cotton Seed Question, by E. M. Pendleton; Tho Value of Gypsum; Catching Moles; Encouragement to Young Men, by the Editor; Letter from a Plain Farmer; The McCartney Rose; Timely Advice; Clover in Middle Georgia; The Poul- •4ry Yard, by the Editor; The Vegetable Gar den, by the Editor; The Flower Garden, by the Editor; Tho Orchard, by the Editor; bulbs, by tho late William N. White; Essay on Wool Growing at the South, by C. W. Howard; Es-' < say on Irrigation, by C. W. Howard; Essay on the Management of Servants, by Elzey Hay; Food for Milch Cows; Agricultural Notes; Mud, Shell, Lime and Concrete Buildings, by Professor L. H. Charbonnier; Domestic Re ceipts, by Mrs. William N. White; Editorial; Editor’s Book Table; A Romance of West Flanders. The Farm and Home ($2 per annum) and the daily Telegraph are furnished to club sub- 'scribers at $11; Farm and Home and Semi- Weekly Telegraph at $5, and Farm and Home and Weekly Telegraph at $4. The Joint High Commission.—The Washing ton Patriot says the High Commission is pro gressing with tho fisheries, and working hard, by day and by night, in shaping tho other ques tions of difference. This is particularly true of the British side. Tho British commissioners keep their whole force actively employed, and the daily bill for telegraphing by the cable would of itself make up a considerable item, if allowed to come in under the liberal provisions of the Thornton-Fish correspondence. They • know in London beforo going to bed all the de tails of the day, so that Lord Granville can oil a tight joint or loosen a spring whenever there is tho least bitch in any part of the preconcerted •^programme, which our amiable commissioners suppose they are arranging in their own way. Costly Fun.—Fifteen negroes who were re. cently tried in Franklin county, North Carolina, for burning the barns of some farmers who were wicked enough to be white men and Democrats, caught it hot. The jury was composed of five Democrats, four negroes and three scallawags, and the ringleader wa3 sent to the penitentiary for twenty years—the others for various terms of imprisonment. These negroes had been ad vised by white Radicals to pursue this policy in order to revenge fancied injuries, and now will have a fine opportunity of testifying to tho truth of the old saying that “white folks—of that sort—are berry onsartin.” Danporth's Sanative Dentitbice.—A new supply of this article having been received at Dr. P. H. Wright’s drug store, orders can now bo promptly filled. We repeat that this is the best and most agreeable detergent for the teeth and gums we have ever seen. It has been of great benefit to us, and a lady blessed with fine teeth, the loss of which she is threatened by a disease of th6 gums, says she experienced great bonefit from it. Children will be readily per suaded to clean their teeth with this Dentifrice, as it is pleasant to the taste. A Connecticut farmer, wishing to try the ex periment of raising cotton, instead of the time- honored wooden nutmeg, wrote to Mr. Greeley for some advice, and received it. Horace told him he hadn’t better go into it too extensively until he found whether he could raise it, and advised him to first get a yard of unbleached cotton and cut tho eyes out and plant the eyes, the same as potatoes. The farmer did as di rected, and is Bitting up nights to see his cot ton come up.—N. Y. Democrat.* The Ndtwich (Conn.) Bulletin tells a pathetic story about a pigeon which became fastened, by a long string hanging from its leg, to' a tele graph wire on Maine street, in that city. Two or three cruel boys wanted to throw stones at it, but a kind gentleman, telling them not to hurt •tho poor bird, got a ladder, carefully unwound the string, and put the frightened, fluttering little creature tenderly into his bosom while he -descended. The next evening ho remarked that it made a much nicer pie than ho expected. * . — . An eccentric man in Massachusetts has made and published his will. He gives his body after .his death to Professor Agassiz and Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, to bo placed in the museum 'at Ganbridge, but directs that two drum-heads shall be made of his skin, on which “Yankee Doodle" shall be beaten at the base of Bunker Trm Monument, annually, at sunrise on the 17Ui of June. Andrew Jackson, of St. Louis, applied to a justice the other day for the arrest of Browlow Johnson. He said he “done went on the ruff of Johnson’s house jis to frow some bricks down de chimney to'scare a young cullud gal dat slept in de house, and Johnson done lock de scuttle, and made him stay up dar till 8 o’clock de next morning.” He didn’t get the warrant. They have engaged two hacks for the pur pose of taking the Rhode Island voters to the polls at the next State election. ten dollars a drive. HowTIioyCTanU IliKli-Headctl Ntgiocs at Washington. If there is any one place on this continent where Sambo is supposed to have all hid rights secured, and to be, not a Utile, but a great deal better than the white trash, that place is Wash ington city. In that Arcadia he is supposed to be, and in many respects is, the ourled darling of tho government and entitled to the best that Uncle Sam has, without money and without price, except voting tho Radical ticket as often as possible on election days. He lolls on tho cushioned benches of the Houso and Senate gal lories in all the pride and strength of his favor ed race—he fills the corridors and halls of tho Capitol, storing at and elbowing those poor un fortunates who happen to be white, and is toadied by tho cunning tribe of scallawags and developers, and has all his ways made straight, and aU his paths those of peace—he rides in the street cars and has the exquisite pleasure of making white women stand while he sits. In short, outside the wilds of ffis native country where ho pays no tailor’s bills, and revels in the triple beatitudes of nakedness, idleness and can- ibalism, there is no spot on tho globa where Sambo is set down as being more the cock of walk than the National Capitol. But it seems that there are some things that even 7ie cannot do there—somo barriers even ho cannot break down. There is yet, notwith standing all tho efforts to crush it, son}o objec tion to Sambo as a social equal among some stiff-necked folks there, and worst of all, Radi cal Judges and juries wink at it, too. Tho latest instance of this lack of taste and true loilty is told in a police report of a case recently tried, in whioh Julias Williams, an elegant gentleman of bibulous propensities and African descent, and Messrs. Harvey & Holden, proprietors of a fashionable restaurant and bar on the comer of Eleventh street and Pennsylvania avenue, were the parties. The elegant Julius, feeling cob webby as to his loil throat one fine morning, probably after a night of it over champagne and canvass-back, walked into the restaurant afore said and condescended to order a whisky cock tail—“and be quick about it, too.” But H. & H. bad only some whisky, the selling price for which was just $10 a drink, aa they blandly in formed Julius, and he not having that amount of stamps about bis clothes to pay for just one nip, declined to indulge, and straightway hied him to a loil magistrate, where ho swore out a warrant against H. & H., charging them with practically refusing to sell him a drink, and all on account of his race and color! H. & H. came to trial, and set up the defence that they did keep and sell' whisky at that price, and at the time Jnlins ordered the cocktail they had no other on hand; whereupon the Judge dismissed tho case, and Julias had the felicity of paying tho costs of suit. The latest information from Washington is, that Julius is tearing his hair and gnashing his teeth, and that Dr. Butler in tends to supplement hi? K. E. bill with another making it penal to sell whisky at $10 a drink— especially if the thirsty one is of the off color. Hold Your Horses. Brother Miller, of the Columbus Sun, is after us with a sharp stick again about platforms; but we shall make no fight against anything ho says, except wherein he intimates that we call him hard names such as a swaggerer and a scare crow! Wo solemnly avow that wo never in tended to call brother Miller by any such names, and know no gentleman of our acquaintance less deserving of them. We expressed the opin ion, indeed, that this business of getting up ul timatums and flourishing them In the teeth of National Conventions looks to ns like “ground less pretension and needless swagger; but that is by no means calling brother Miller a swag gerer, though he may favor that policy. We profess to our friends of the Columbus Sun that we have not the slightest disposition to be rude, dictatorial or censorious. Wo want the great Democratic and Conservative family of America to gather new inspiration and new harmony from tho glorious signs of the times— to discuss all matters of common interest in the most friendly temper—to come together in 1872 animated alike by tho brightest hopes—the most generous confidence in each other, and the most hearty determination to stand shoulder to shoul der in a gallant, well directed effort to achieve the common deliverance of the Democracy and the country. We do not want Georgia to go into that great National Assembly with any bill of tests, demands and ultimatums; but to take common fare, and to abide cheerfully the gen eral judgment. What will satisfy the Democ racy of the United States, will satisfy Georgia, a3 to a platform; and as to tho man, we will underwrite that any man placed in nomination and elected by the Democracy of tho country will never give Georgia or the South cause of complaint. The Paris Insurrection. Later dispatches on Thursday darkened the prospects of peace in Paris. Tho signs of a grand and decisive conflict aro increasing. The Thiers government claim that manifestations of popular sympathy with them outside of Paris are overpowering, gpd this is no donbt true. Inside of tho city, however, tho insurgent force is increasing, and they aro armed as no Paris mob was ever armed before. The conflicts which have occurred seem to havo grown mainly out of efforts to prevent the Parisians from flocking to tho insurgent standard. How it will be when the fratricidal strife begins in earnest, and the troops of the government sto marched np to ilia slaughter of their misguided fellow- citizens? On ono side the insurgents will fight desperately to escape tho penalty of their crimes —on the other, we are not so sura that the morale of the troops will stand the terrible test whioh iB essential to victory. There is, too, an apparently fatal lack of promptitude in the government. The mob has held the govern ment in defiance now for more than two weeks, and their attitude, even as it comes to ns through tho government organs of communication is ex ceedingly bold and confident. We shall await the result with great solicitude. Georgia Contested Election Cases. The Washington correspondent of the Atlan ta Constitution writes as follows on the above subject, under date of March 20th: Fannin is not here himself to contest the seat or General DuBose, but has left the job to Bryant. Bryant has appeared before the Elec tion Committee with a request that the time for taking testimony in the case be extended to the 1st of October. Gen. DuBose objected and the Committee sustained his objection. Bryant then aaked that the testimony be taken before the United StateB Commissioner, to which Gen. DuBose also objected, saying he thought Geor gia had plenty of officials of her own to perform the duty. The Commissioner refased to accede to the request. The time for taking testimony was extended to the 1st of Joly. Nothing has been done in the case as yet. The lime for taking testimony in the case of Hillyer vs. McIntyre has been extended from the 13th day of July to the 1st of October next. The time for taking testimony in the case of Tift vs. Whitely expires July.1st. The boys on Long Wharf, New Haven, havo a novel way of getting molasses into their stom achs. They take a long string, dip it into the molasses, and, putting one end between their teeth, swallow the rest After calmly enjoying the delicious sweetness awhile, they take hold of the end of tho string and pull it gently out and repeat the operation. A box in Detroit has killed sixty-seven of- his neighbors’ cats to get money to buy his mother a set of false teeth. He has made a quiet neigh borhood where once was a howling wilderness. South Carolina Proclaimed X The misfortunes of our sister State are unex ampled. To have been trampled below the dust and into the clay by the Federal Boldiery— to havo been consigned by Federal legislation to the ruthless domination of an overwhelming majority of negroes, stupid, brutal and igno rant beyond those of any other State—to have these managed by the most desperate set of Northern political adventurers in the interests of mere speculation and plunder—to have seen every high place in that once honored State be fouled and disgraced by the crimes and antics of these wretched creatures—the courts and the Legislature Saturnalias of barbarity and corrup- tion—the horrid waste and devastation of a war of vengeance, supplemented by the exactions and thefts of white and black knaves who pay no taxes—and finally the people held down to be fleeced, insulted and dominated over by a negro soldiery, backing a negro magistracy; this has been the fate of the intelligent State of South Carolina, whose devotion to American freedom has been written in the blood of her martyrs, and whose annals teem with the most glowing illustrations of patriotio valor and heroic con stancy in the common cause of the American colonies. Sorely, if the spirit whioh animated the coun cils of the American Government were less than one of inexorable hatred and insatiate ven geance, the spectacle of South Carolina, as she now stands, would move them to some relent ing. They complain of disorders aud Ku-klux 1 We havo heard of boys complain of the cat who would scratch, aud refuse to stand still and be flayed alive—of the turtle who would writho the live coal off his back, and of the wretched dog who would snap and try to bite while under tho agonies of slow strangulation. When the Sonth Carolinians can imitate the American Indian, and smile and sing under the tortures of fire and vivisection, we shall expect them to endure, with calmness, the horrid insolence and brutality of Scott’s armed black banditti, but not beforo. If such outrages as are perpetrated by these knaves and barbarians, backed by the Federal Government, bad been inflicted upon Vermont the Green Mountain boys would havo made a case of the whole posse in a day. It may be unwise to offer unavailing resist ance to desperate wrong,—bnt it is in the heart of man—it is the inspiration of nature, and tho children of South Carolina havo been schoolod so long in tho furnace of affliction, that no peo ple in America would have borne the servile yoke and galling chain of rampant knavery, op pression and barbaric insolence as they havo done. And now tho President proclaims that thoy won’t stand still and ba skinned. Ho has infor mation from Scott to that effect. Well, wo ap prehend in the case of South Carolina, there can be but one or two effectual remedies—Either the white people must be run out of the State, or, in somo way or other, a govemmont must be established which will proteot them from in tolerable outrage and oppression. If the Presi dent will substitute white troops for Scott’s black legions, who enter booses to mnrder—shoot people in churches—plunder teams on the high way and kill the drivers who refuse to supply them with whisky, we suppose quiet will be re stored. Otherwise there will be Ku-klux. Col. Tift and the Second District. Wo printed yesterday a circular from Col. Nelson Tift to the citizens of the Second Con gressional District, withdrawing from the con test for the seat to which he was elected in the House of Representatives by a well ascertained and undoubted majority of 504 votes. Nobody acquainted with Colonel Tift need be told that ho wonld not withdraw from the contest so long as the remotest chanco of a successful issue re mained. He is a man of remarkable pluck, perseverance and energy. He has the persis tence of a bull dog, and when he lets go, you may bo sure there’s no use in holding on. But he has been long enough a member of Congress and conversant with Radical misdoings to know what ho had to expect, and is unwilling to waste his time in fruitless efforts to obtain justice for himself and his constituents. By throwing out tho vote of Sumter county on some pitiful plea of informality in signing the returns, the certificate was awarded to Whitely, and Whitely, it seems, was tho man to take it. At first, it was given out that he would not avail himself of the usurpation; but at that time he held a claim to a seat in the Senate, and when that claim was pronounced bogus, ho reconsidered bis determination, and concluded he must havo a seat in Congress, any how, even at the cost of a clear usurpation against the people. But this outrage is only ono of many of tho same sort. Tho House has seated Radical claimants from the South with ten thousand popular majority against them; and as the ver dict of the people against that impudent and tyrannical party becomes clearer, sterner and more overwhelming, so undoubtedly will their defiance of the popular voice wax more despe rate. They came in as tho vannted especial and particular champions of the Will of tho People. So devoted were they to the Will of the People, that they did not hesitate to over ride any and every organic expression of that Will, in order to carry out a day’s sensation. But mark the insincerity of these dema gogues. They never yet gave expression to the voico of the people where it did not enlarge their own powers—increase their own emolu ments and patronage, and tend, in their opin ion, to strengthen their hold upon power. The voice of the people enters only one ear of the Radical party. They will hear nothing against themselves and their usurpations and tyrannies till the sound comes like the blast of a tornado, and admits of no resistance, and that time is coming. The Radicals may fence and hedge and fortify as they can, bnt the tide of publio indignation is slowly and surely gathering head and volume, and will, in due time, Bweep away all their feeble defences. Intbename of the Georgia Democracy we thank Col. Tift for much good service in Con gress and in Washington inbehalf of a suffering and defenceless people. No man could have done more than ho has done to defend ns in the courts of our enemies. He has been a fortunate loader and coadjutor in working out important results under the most unfavorable circum stances. He has displayed, at times, remarka ble tact, self-control, judgment, courage, pa tience and energy, in combatting threatened mischief, and he possesses, in a high degree, the qualities and characteristics of a valuable representative of the people. Affairs In Paris. The morning dispatches do not indicate any improvement in the Baris situation. The In surgents appear to be still bold and defiant, and assume to prosecute and punish'.the enemies of their authority. Meanwhile the Thiers Govern ment seem to be trying to weaken the Insurgents by measures of conciliation. A special to the World says the disposition to recall Napoleon to the throne is hourly increasing. Thbowjno Grant Ovebboabd.—Tho World’s Washington telegrams, of the 20th, says : In official circles here, from high to low, there is a tendency to discus* proprietitr leta relat ing to the next Presidential nomination by the Radical party, whioh cannot be dismissed. The great army of politioiana in office here, nearly all of whom have somto local celebrity, however slight, seem to unite in the opinion that they must throw Grant overboard. The higher grade of officials, with one or two exceptions, refuse to bo drawn into tho discussions which have sprang out of the reoent exhibitions of ram pant discord in the Radical organization. THE GEORGIA PRESS. The Talbotton Standard has the floor, and makes this neat little speech: Mr. Mason, agent for the Telegraph and Mea- senger, is getting np scores of subscribers for the best paper in Georgia. We like the Tele graph better than ever, and oould not think of doing without it. The weekly is the largest aud most extensively circulated newspaper in the country. There is no jonrnal that can fur nish the reader with so much interesting mat ter, everything choice, select and good, for less than double the subscription price. . We clip as follows from the Warrenton Clip per: Reports from different sections of this coun ty indicate a larger planting of com this year than last, and a less cotton crop. Some few farmers are not disposed to curtail their cotton crop however, thinking they will fool others and reap the reward„of smartness (?). Fertil izers have been more generally used than was anticipated at the first of the season. The appearance of an advance cat-fish in Rock Comfort creek, emptied an adjoining field of eighteen able-bodied amendments, and filled the creek with a corresponding number of fish- baskets. Falling off of Freights on the State Road. The Atlanta Intelligencer says freights on tho State Road havo fallen off in amount nearly one-half during the last ten days. This is, in somo measure, attributable to the cheap steamer rates to Montgomery, lately 'established by the way of Now Orleans, absorbing almost tbo on. tire Alabama demand that has heretofore passed over this road. Dr. M. F. Stephenson, of Gainesville, says several gentlemen of means will commence tp mine for diamonds in that' vicinity, during the present spring. The Constitutionalist, of Friday, says: More Diggers for Treasure.—That ghost to which we alluded a few days since seems to have directed its mediums to a new field in the search for entombed treasure. On Wednesday night, we learn, a considerable excavation was made, by parties unknown, on tho premises of Mr. John H. Mann, between Broad and Rey nolds streets. Tho diggers succeeded in strik ing only an abandoned brick foundation, so far as known, as a number of brick were upturned in their progress, and a brick^wall was visible where they had been digging. Mr. Gallaher, an Augusta grocer, was robbed, last Sunday, of $319 and a lot of goods, by.a negro woman in bis employ. She was arrested Thursday, and jugged. We get the following items from the Colum bus Sun, of Friday: Guano Sold.—The dealers report that thus far they have sold 1,060 tons of guano. This embraces sales at Geneva, points on the river near here, and some at Eufaula. A correct estimate cannot be obtained until after the mid dle of April. A good deal will be disposed of between now and then. Planters are abont finishing the planting of corn, and turning their attention to cotton, on which they uso most of their fertilizers. The bartering of gu ano for cotton, deliverable next fall, at figures above present rates, has caused much more to bo disposed of than otherwise would have been the case. One house alone last year sold 1,904 tons, and all of our dealers nearly 4,000. What Becomes of the Money ?—Since Sept. 1st to the present date, GO,000 bales of cotton have been sold in Columbus. Tho average shows abovo it, but say it brought 13o. per pound. The calculation develops tho fact that $3,915,795 havo been paid for cotton in this section. The vast proportion is distributed within a radius, not exceeding twenty-five miles; for 34,155 bales of the 68,543 received, came by wagons, and near stations have forwarded a good deal by rail. Has four millions of dollars gone to pay for bacon, com and advances ? If so, the com crib and smoke house bad better be moved from beyond tho Ohio river to one’s own plantation, and borrowing cease. If not, there must bo money somewhere in the country, and there’s no use of putting np a poor mouth at this stage of tho game. If there’s no money in the country, and all of it has not been ex pended for com, bacon and advances, and pay ing merchants, where has it gone to? Some body ought to have it. Tho figures show the cotton sold has realized at least four million dollars. Patrick Neil, a Savannah fisherman, dropped dead Thursday. There wore two alarms of fire Thursday night, at Atlanta, and while responding to the second, Mr. Dan Lynoh, Foreman of Company No. 3, fell under tho engine, which ran over his abdomen, causing his death in a few min utes. Messrs. Benade & Thompson, who were a few days since acquitted of tho charge of arson in attempting to bum tho store of the formor on Congress street, Savannah, on the night of the 17th inst, havo been rearrested and will have another hearing. Mrs. McLarin, who lives near Albany, lost 8,000 pounds of bacon and seven or eight hun dred bushels of peas, by fire, Thursday after noon. Insured for $2,500. Aaron Lamp who has been brightly shining in the Quitman j ail for somo weeks past, has been extinguished by an order of release from Bul lock. The editor of the Banner is glad of it, because Lamp broke in on his musings by ‘yelling like an Indian and crowing like a roos ter.” On Thursday night the house of ox-Govemor Brown at Atlanta, was entered and robbed of a doable case gold watch and ebain, a breast pin and $25 in money. On the same night the house of Mr. Wyly was also entered and a gold watch, a pistol and $5 stolen. The Sumter Republican, of yesterday, fur nishes the following: 'Warren Jackson, negro, entered the house of a white lady in the eastern suburbs of tho city daring the absence of the rest of the family, and attempted to violate tho person of a young lady, bnt eho struggled with him until they got into the yard where her cries soon brought assist ance, when the fiend fled and made his escape on the Macon train, yesterday noon. We learn that a telegram has been forwarded over the line for his arrest We learn that two negroes got into a difficulty on the plantation of Mr. Fern West, of this county, last Wednesday, in whioh one of them waskilled. The man said to have committed the mnrder goes by the name of Peter Scrutchins, and has not yet been arrested. Cutbbert is wratby at hearing that the route of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad in its ex tension towards Eufaula, will leave her ‘‘four miles out in the cold.” The Brunswiok Appeal of Friday says: Fishing Excursion.—A party of ladies and gentlemen, from onr enterprising sister city, Macon, arrived here on Tuesday night, intent upon enjoying a maroon on the Islands at the entrance of onr harbor, and the excellent fish ing afforded by its waters. The excursionists left Wednesday afternoon on the steamer Meta, for Cumberland Island. We feel confident they will enjoy a most pleasant sojourn by the broad Atlantic, and deem those of onr citizens who accompanied the party peculiarly fortunate. A similar party—embracing, we belieYe,—somo of the same persons,—visited our city last spring and returned delighted with Brunswick and her snrrohndings. Many of our readers will remember the interesting and amusing ao- oount of the sayings and doings of the Maroon- era last year. We hope some kind friend will “do np" the present excursion for ns. Below we annex a list of the visitors: Peter Solomon and wife, B. F. Boss and wife, L Isaacs and wife, A. G. Butts and wife, H. J. Lamar, E. Winship, O. H. Solomon, J. F. Greer and daughter, Miss Kate Ayers, Miss Leona Ross, Miss Isaacs, Floyd Ross and four ser vants. Augusta had three sensations Wednesday: A big lump of damaged Confederate powder ex ploded in the Georgia Railroad depot; a horse and buggy were stolen from a rack on Greene street, and a twenty year old dog “handed in his cheoks.” We learp from the Valdosta Times that “Mr. Perry Zeigler, of Valdosta, was killed at Naylor, on the Atlantlo and Gulf Railroad; on last Sat urday night, by a man named Rufus Carter. The assassin approached Mr. Zeigler while he was standing in front of a fire in the open air, seized Mm by the hair, and with one stroke of a knife cut his throat, causing almost instant death. Carter then made his escape, and at last accounts bad not been arrested. The murdered man was the youngest son of William Zeigler, of Valdosta, and was a very promising and pop ular young man.” , The Atlanta Ioe Company will get a charter next month, and as two-thirds of the stock has already been subscribed, there is every prospect that the sity will be supplied with ice from that source next summer. Gilbert M. Anderson, sentenced‘to the peni tentiary for life, from Columbus, for murder, left for Milledgeville last Saturday. He is over sixty years of age. The dwelling house of Mr. M. Boaenfield, one of the Thomasvtlla Aldermen, was entered and robbed of $500, in money and jewelry, last Monday night. The Columbus Enquirer, of Thursday, tells this story: A Considerate Corporation.—A few even ings ago, one of the Green Line freight boxes, laden with burial cases, wbisky and bacon, was thrown from the track of the Western Road, a few miles from the oily. While the freight was delayed in consequenoe of the accident, the passenger train came along, having on board a couple of noted “hunhsts’ Y of this place. One of them, a German, after taking a bird’s eye yiew of the disaster, and catcMng a glimpse of the wrecked car, quietly seated himself upon a barrel and unbosomed himself thusly to his companion: “George, I b’iieves I walks home; dis train goes too well ‘heeled’ for me; dey’s got coffins for dem vats kilt in accidents, whis ky for de wounded, and bacon for do living; so I b’iieves I walks home.” It is said that while delivering himself he looked as solemn as judge, and that the dilating eyes of his fellow passengers clearly indicated no little amount of oonstemation. He was finally persuaded to risk the chances on the train, and reached home in safety. The Dawson Journal says: Horrid Affair.—On last Sunday a little girl came to the well of Mr. John Moreland, of this, Terrell county, and carried off to a skirt of woods hard by some water in a shoe. She was followed by some member of Mr. Moreland’s family, who found the mother of the little girl, Mrs. Barbary Ann Massay, prostrate on the ground, and suffering with pneumonia. She was carried to the house of this good Samari tan, Mr. John Moreland, and the services of Dr. Cheatham were secured, and all done that conld be to alleviate the suffering and preserve the life of this unfortunate woman, but of no avail; she died Monday night. She reported having three brothers in Sampler county, John, Ely and Thos. Grimes. The little girl says they live near Mr. Shep Green. We oould learn but little of the life and character of this wo man, but enough to imagine she was destitute of those principles that make woman what she should be. Mrs. Wm. K. Root, of Marietta, died very suddenly last Thursday morning. The Concord Woolen Factory, in Cobb conn ty, is doing a heavy business in the manufac ture of jeans andcassimeres of tho finest quality. A religious revival is in progress in the Methodist Church at Marietta. The Journal is of the opinion that no place needs it more than Marietta. The Rome Courier of Wednesday says: The Fire Yesterday Morning.—A destruc tive fire occurred in our city yesterday morning. At about 4:30 a. m., tho store-house of Stephen Noble, on Court street, was discovered to be on fire. The alarm was immediately given, but the flames bad already mado such headway that no hope of saving the building or even goods, was entertained. So rapid, indeed, was the progress of the flames, that the dwelling house of Mr. George Noble on the one side, and the steam flouring mill of Wadsworth, Whitely & Williams on the other, was soon on fire, and despite the efforts of tho fire compa nies, they, too, were soon beyond the hope of saving. Tho most of tho furnituro was moved from Mr. Noble’s house, and a considerable quantity of flour and grain from the mills, but, notwithstanding this, the loss upon all parties will fall heavily. The fire compaties succeeded in arresting the fire at these buildings, although the adjacent mill, of Stewait & Austin, the foundry and rolling mill, and the warehouse of Captain Vandivere were in immense danger, and but for the exertions of the firemen, would havo been destroyed. We cannot definitely estimate the loss, but it is heavy. There was no insurance npon the mill. Loss about $10,000. No insurance npon tho store. Tho stock was insured for $3,000. There was also an insurance of $700 upon the residence of Mr. George Noble, and the furni ture was insured for $300. Our friends have our sincere sympathy. Wbat JEXKIMSM PROFANED. Typographical Blunder tUd for Mrs. Simpson. The New York correspondent of the Cincin nati Times, writes: A few evenings since a reception was given at the house of a well-known merchant in Lex ington Avenue, and as a natural result one of tho so-called society weeklies undertook to chronicle, in the millinery and mantua-maker style, the “distinguished” persons who were present. Among others was Mrs. Wm. Simp son, who was described as unusually charming with orange-blossoms in her hair, decollete dress and long trail. When the account appeared it read in this wise: “Mr. Wm. Simpton appeared unusually charming with an orange-box on his head, a discolored eye, and in bis sMrt-tail.” Now, there is sometMng about such a cos tume that does not savor of good society; and it was difficult to make anybody believe that whatever Mr. Simpson’s vagaries, he would have seen fit to attend an evening party with an orange-box on hisjhead and' nothing bnt a shirt on Ms back. As may be supposed Simpson was angry and hostile, and called at the office of tho paper to kno.w what suoh a shameful description meant. The editor explained that it was a typographical error, whereupon Simpson suggested the pro priety of hanging the printer who made it in front of the office as a warning to all careless compositors. The printer was discharged, of course, but with the love of humor characteristic of the craft, I am sure he would not have foregone the pleasure of perpetrating such a joke for a doz en situations. Death or Jnilge Nisbet—Supreme Court. Clerk’s Office, ) Supreme Court of Georgia, > Atlanta, Georgia, March 23, 1871.) The attention of tho Court having been called by Colonel N. J. Hammond, to the fact of the death of the Hon. E. A. Nisbet, a former mem ber of this Conrt, it is ordered by the Court as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceas ed, that this Court stand adjourned until to morrow morning at 10 o’clock. The Conrt also appoint as a committee to re: port at a future day, resolutions appropriate to the occasion, the following gentlemen, to-wit: Hon. WasMngton Foe and James Jaokson, of Maoon; Hon. Julian Hartridge, of Savannah; Hon. D. A. Walker, of Dalton; Hon. Iverson L. Harris, of Milledgeville; Hon. Henry L. Benning, of Golumbns, and Hon. L. E. Bleck ley, of Atlacta. It is further ordered, That the Clerk put these proceedings on the minutes, and notify tho gen tlemen comprising the committee of their ap pointment. A true extract from the minutes. Z. D. Harrison, Clerk. Grant and South Carolina.—The Tribune reports .the interview between certain South Carolina worthies and Grant last Tuesday, about sending troops to that State: The President said that he thought that there is more disorder now in South Carolina than in any other Southern State, but that he will use all the power delegated to him ; and he hinted that be thought that ho had enough to support Gov. Scott, and assist Mm in protecting the peaceable citizens of that State. “If twd regi ments will not do it,” he remarked, “ten shall be sent there, and kept there, too, if necessary, as long as this Administration is in power.” He added that if a Democratic President is elected in 1872, one of Ms first acts will be to withdraw the troops, and Gen. Grant said that he would advise Republicans to follow the troops out of the State. Grant is evidently troubled with the vision of a “Democratic President elected in 18Z2,” and we will venture to say if he sees it in good ear nest, he will also see that the troops will go out—the negroes will behave themselves—Soott. will stop his rascality, and there will be no more disorder. " LEE AFTER GETTYSBURG. “A Scene that a Historical Painter Might Well Immortalize. Ckn. J. D. Imboden in the Galaxy.] • When night closed upon the grand scene, our army was repulsed. Silence and gloom pervaded our camps. We knew that the day had gone against us, but the extent of the disaster was not known except in high quarters. The car nage of the day was reported to have been fright ful, but our army was not in retreat, and we all surmised that with to-morrow’s dawn wonld come a renewal of the struggle; and we knew that if such was the case those who had not been in the fight would have their full share in the honors and the dangers of the next day. All felt and appreciated the momen tous consequences of final defeat or victory on that great field. These considerations made that, to us, one of those solemn and awful nights that every one who fought through our long war, sometimes expe rienced before a great battle. Few camp-fires enlivened the scene. It was a warm summer’s night, and the weary soldiers were lytag in groups on the luxuriant grass of the meadows we occupied, discussing the events of the day, or watching that their horses did not Btraggle off in browsing around. About eleven o’clock a horseman approached and delivered a message from Gen. Lee, that ha wished to see me immediately, I mounted at once, and, accom panied by Lieut. McPhail, of my staff, and guided by the courier, rode about two miles toward Gettysburg, where half a dozen small tents on the roadside were pointed out as Gen. Lee’s headquarters for the night. He was not there, but I was informed that I would find him with Gen. A. P. Hill, half a mile farther on. On reaohing the place indicated, a flickering, solitary candle, visible through the open front of a common tent, showed where Generals Lee and Hill were seated on carqp-stools, with a county map spread npon their knees, and en gaged in a low and earnest conversation. They cased speaking as I approached, and, after the ordinary salutations, Gen. Lee directed me to go to his headquarters and wait for Mm. He did not return until about one o’cloolL when he came riding alone at a slow walk, anAvidently wrapped in profound thought. There was net even a sentinel on duty, and no one of Ms staff was about. The moon was high in the heavens, shedding a flood of soft silvery light, almost as. bright as day npon the scene. When he approached and saw us, he spoke, reined up his horse and essayed to dis mount. The effort to do so displayed so much physical exhaustion that I stepped forward to assist Mm, bnt before I reached Mm he had alighted. He threw Ms am across his saddle to rest himself, and, fixing his eyes upon the ground, leaned in silence upon his equally weary horse, the two forming a striking group, as motionless as a statue. The moon shone full upon Ms massive features, and revealed an ex pression of sadness I had never seen npon that fine countenance before, in any of the vicissi tudes of- the war through wMch he had passed. I waited for him to speak until the silence be came painful and embarrassing, when, to break it and change the current of his thoughts, I remarked in a sympathetic tone, and in allusion to Ms great fatigue : ‘/General, this has been a hard day on you.” TMs attracted his attention. He looked up and replied mournfully. “Yes, it has been a sad, sad day to ns,” and immediately relapsed into his thoughtful mood aud attitude. ' Being unwilling again to intrude npon Ms reflections, I said no more. * After a minute or two ho suddenly straightened np to Ms full height, and, tumingnpon me with more animation, energy and excitement of manner than I had ever seen inMmbefore, be addressed me in a voice tremulous with emotion, and said: “General, I never saw troops behave more magnificently than Pickett’s Division of Vir ginians did to-day in their grand charge upon the enemy. And if they had been supported, as they were to havo been—but, for some rea- son not yet fully explained to mo, thoy were not—we would have held the position they so gloriously won at such a fearful loss of noble lives, and tho day would havo been onr3.” After a moment he added in a tone almost of agony: “Too bad! Too bad! Oh, too bad!” I never shall forget as long as I live hi3 lan guage, and his manner, and his appearance and expression of mental suffering. Altogether ft was a scene that a historical painter might well immortalize had one been fortunately present to witness it. In a little wMle he called np a servant from his sleep to take hi3 horse; spoke mournfully by name of several of his friends who had fallen daring the day, and when a candle had been lighted invited me alone into Ms tent, where, as soon as we were seated, he remaked: “We must rotum to Virginia. As many of our pocr wounded as possible must be taken home. I have sent for you, because your men are fresh, to guard the trainsbaok to Virginia.” A Picture of H. Tillers. A correspondent of the Boston Jonrnal, writ ing from Bordeaux under date of February 19, describes the appearance of H. Thiers: The old gentleman, seventy-two, but gray and wrinkled to a wondrous degree, occupies a small, obscure apartment, famished with a camp bed, as Ms sleeping-room. He has slept on one of these hard and narrow couches for the last forty years. In habit he is probably one of the most methodical men alive. Although he rare ly retires before midnight, he invariably rises at five a. m., and his valet brings him a enp of coffee. He then throws Mmself pell mell into Ms work, and rarely stops before nine. All Ms important private business is considered and prepared before most other people are up. From nine to noon he usually sees company, and at noon he takes a very light breakfast. He always dines at eight o’clock, wherever he may be, and uses wine only once a day. It is no exaggeration to say that for forty years h6 has not varied from Ms routine. He is so aotive and energetic, even to-day, that Ms secretaries find but little to do. He prefers writing Ms own letters to dictating them, and on tho morning of yesterday he wrote tMrty.five before break fast. He gives most of Ms important messages verbally, and keeps five or six confidential per sonages constantly engaged in delivering them. There does not exist a more admirably preserved old gentleman. He is quaint and odd to a degree, however, .and seems to be most intensely an noyed by any attention from tho herd. ’ The look of impatience and distress that comes over his face when he is compelled to march between two lines of gapers is indescribable. An Instructive Scene.—As Senator Sumner was emerging from the capitor the other morn ing he was confronted by an aged Fifteenth Amendment, who, hat is hand and bowing and soraping, remarked: “I believe dis Massa Sumner? “No 1 sir—there are no masters in this land, I am Senator.” This nearly squelched the old darky, but ho rallied with the remark—“Your’s done heap for de cullud race.” “I am proud to hear yon say so,” responded themagnificent Charles. “De niggers all speak of you in the highest elevation.” * Sumner bowed and smiled Ms acknowledge ments. “Wbat I was coming at Boss, dat de winter’s bard and de times pretty rough to de old wo man and L if you oould spare de old darky half a dollar.” Sumner stopped no further bnt with a majes tic wave of disapproval from the Senatorial hand, he moved on while the venerable colored broth er muttered sometMng about “don’t appear to keer much for de niggers oept to vote and git der names up.” Just then the Hon. Sam. Cox came along and gave the poor old darky a dol lar. Cox is a copperhead. A Story'of the Shall Fox Epidemic in Nrw York.—A few days since a gentleman of very considerable wealth, returned from a northern trip, bringing with Mm a youthful and beautiful bride he had just espoused. Leaving her in the city, he hastened to Ms country seat to superin tend the putting of it in order for her reception. Ho was absent but a day or two, yet, during that time, the young wife was stricken with the prevailing disease, and, despite the fact that ample medical attendance, nurses, etc., could have been procured, she was harried off to the peat house. The husband returned, and learn ing the fatal news, he at once went to his place by the bedside of her whom he bad so recently sworn to love and protect He was denied ad mittance even for an instant, and in forty-eight hours she was dead and buried in the potter’s field. The sheet upon wMch the victim died, half a gallon of carbolio acid, a pine board coffin, and a head pieoe of the same material, with Mrs. painted npon it, were the funeral paraphernalia—these, and nothing more. Dadaline. It fell when the crimson be«n tr In the round of the robin'. Thatthefoetofthe^a, 8 te’ »dance with the An . d »Plendor shone km, * And the head of the rose v h ? She sang of love, though the gh: ’ • Was only a lonesome err. S0Dg ’ ***»! But, ah! when the drifts of mw • • Betrayed where the m ,h <> air She took the combe from h6r«nv® We * t , a SS I* 11 her feet Jkea ^ And In the days when the itmj And a red hize fiSced .v **** brown She wound it backXmnfc * From her poor bewildered eye 3 . do,ni And by and by, when the enows ‘ a in the land 6 ***, She lay on her bed from mom ti’n „• , And tamed tho ring on The midnight moon was blind But her heart with dreams For she cried he has come! letmef', i And passed away from our sight? | ii.dTOtodilto.SlcSiS.S'f™; 1 ,ook the ring for a tffu ^ Ana the name we -» Was Faith—not lad aline. . [Scr!b ^ilcm< l The Senate bad Blodgett’s oase np yesterday morning—a sweet and savory subject. How is it that the Senate oaa take np Blodgett's oase, after having passed the Anthony resolution ? Letter from Camilla, Mitchell Co Camilla, Ga., March 20iL K7, Editors Telegraph, and Messenger’ i, . I place is assuming some importance in. ^ I cial circles, a few lines as to its I Camilla is situated directly on a. » I Georgia and Florida Railroad, abont 1 between Albany and ThomasvilV J5, .^1 miles from Newton, Ga. It is also 1 of thoBainbridge, Camilla and Cuth& road, which has been graded to this win? , I wMch, I learn, will be put in from Camilla to Bainbridge at I the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad. Th/^l tion of the Railroad to this point C iS I to it the trade of a broad and fertile co'W^ com growing country, ana the matHS ©rally havo about as much business »•,r capital will guarantee them in — ^ Although the farmers in this make their own provisions, they "will 1 tMs market the present season abort si? I bales of cotton. “'-I Substantial improvements of various bad,., I going on about town, ana the menym-ljl the hammer and saw, that maketh glad the I of the real estate owner, can be heard in 1 direction. -1 As a matter of information to the pfi&il will give a short directory of the most I tial business men of Camilla, and in doiijTi I wonld especially commend each of thesis* | liable, accommodating gentlemen, withwhoetj: I is always a pleasure both to buyers and ssla I to deal. Butler & Heath, dealers in dry’ll and groceries. These gentlemen were baai I out during the fire Saturday night, but w}L I open with another fine stock inafewdmhl new quarters. ~| Baggs&Davis, dealers in general mental dise. “Captain O. C. Davis, the junior pens. | presides over this establishment, and is e!r>ji| pleased to see Ms old friends in his coaraj. | room. | Collins & Twitty, druggists and grocers, «| side of the public square, near the hotel I W. O. McCall, druggists, next door to Bi$| & Davis’ comer, deals exclusively in dmgs, nai I icines, paints, oils, garden seed, etc. | S. Mayer & Co., dry goods, groceries udl general merchandise. Mr. Max Ullmsn, h I junior partner, presides over this establMioet I Call on Mm. I - N. T. Elliott, dealer in fancy and family p, I ceries. Mr. E. was burned out by the fire Shu-1 day nigbt, and Ms- many friends will regrettt I learn that he had no insurance. He has opened I out again with the remnant of his stock I J. T. Owen, dealer in wines, liquors aid fin-1 ily groceries. TMs gentleman aim had a stare I room burned during the fire—no insrtiw.1 Better luck to him next time. He also lost b I excellent bung-borer, npon which there wm ao I insurance. I H. H. Branch, formerly of Bainbridge, k I opened out a complete stock of genera! m I chnndise. Give Mm a calL I Farmer & Bailey, confectionery andbEkta I at old stand of Maples & Hudspeth. ! M. Eiohstein & Co., drygoods, groceriaaefc. I lost heavily by the fire, but' will open out »gu I in a few days. I Capt. Burtz, real estate and insurance arc: I can be found in Ms new buildings on the I house square. I The Magnolia House is the place where ii I traveler will stop to get the creature coafora I Judge J. J. Hussey and Mrs. M. J. Slanghe j are the proprietor, and are always prepared 11 entertain their guests with excellent rooms a! I awell-provisedbillof fare. 31 [ Sumner vs. Fish. Special Dispatch to the Moston Post. | "Washington, March 13. I The history of the differences between Sea-1 tor Sumner and Secretary Fish, which fciltts I the subject of much speculation, is gives tj I Mr. Sumner to Ms friends in substance as & I lows: When Mr. Fish was appointed Secrakl I of State, relying npon an old acquaintance we-1 mencing in 1851, when Fish entered the Senate, I ha called upon the Senator from MassachasS I almost daily in person, or by letter, for mb I or assistance. Out of thi3 kind of intern®* I it often happened that Mr. Sumner snggesx I the action that was taken by the Administrate I in given matters, and he actually wrote erf la I instructions of Mr. Motley as Minister to E-r I land, suggested the name of the person WI should write the letter to tho British Got® I ment reopening the Alabama claimsManJ I nished all the leading papers on the sudj» I Mr. Sumner and Mr. Fish did not disagree ape-1 the San Domingo matter until the militnj®? I around Grant became interested in the ]- I Then, through the influence of this Mg," I President suggested to FiBh that the rWv I Relations Committee, through its cnantuu i must be committed in favor cf the San Daw scheme. Mr. Fish tried to make use ol s- Sumner, as directed, and, finding that he c®. not succeed, and that Mr. Sumner, upon o. Xiogusu mission ana go out oi , , Sumner did not take offence at this oner * bribe, but treated it as a blunder of indisoreet friend, over-anxious to serve ms ter, and he passed it off by arguing u 11 . _ the retention of Motley. Fish left Sumno^ amiable mood, and whilst Sumner, ig“® Lj i the malevolent feeling, was continnmg tne , courtesies to Fish and family, tij© State set Bancroft Davis upon Mr. Mou }, i through him insulted Mr. Snmnar ~ through his connection with the Lonaoa as its correspondent, takes his cue English stand-point of argument,^, _ ant Secretary of State, and with his . npon Mr. FiBh, succeeded ingett’.ngth _ istration to reoede from its former pww _ the Alabama claims. When the hlo ^ was given to the publio Mr. Fish” oould not, with consistency, face^Hx- ^ but induced Senator Patterson to so and see what kind of a reception h t ^ would havo if he called in pereon op^,, Sumner. The latter informed Mr. r ?", ^ that Fish had done Mm a cruel c.-mser’ any time he (Fish) desired to see hh© K. ^ on official or public business, he would in the Senate, in the State Departmtak ^ where, that might be designated, bo . ^ afterward MrT Fiah did call at Sumn« “ tin in oompany with Sir John Rose, t° gjt- basis of a decision of the Alabama oral hours were spent in this conferenw antly enough; but when Mr. Fish a , ,v Mr. Sumner, upon reflection of ah . transpired, became convined that he os V, # a distinction between Mr. Fish th© P 61 *} g^s. I quaintance and Mr. Fish the Secretary ^ They met no more until recently a' “r. fr j<- Mr. Schenck’s, when Mr. Fish address* olus remark about duck, and some oJ> feathered tribe, to Mr. 8umner, gj ti | looked quietly in Mr. Fish’s face, but ms . reply. Mr. Fish oould not stand ** “‘JL.fitf and thereupon entered into a oombm*“ ^ Chandler, Nye and their clique to atop** Sumner from the head of Ms committee- An excentrio minuter in a large. P* ^ several couples to marry at ©nee m ® oi common service at church. In the ^ the wedding he asked tone of theme© Mmself to the wrong woman. a-« ally protested, and was told, Hold yo ^gor* | I will marry you all now and here; y©“ yourselves going home.” The tax rate in Boston the present y®^ jj, I be reduoed from f15 30 to $U port^ ^ estimated expenditures are $700,000 the appropriations last jour.
