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: ■- AJNTD GEORGIA JOTJRjNT^L & MESSENGER LjjsBY, REID & REESE, Proprietors. ID 1826. The Family Journal.—-News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic Affairs. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING MACUN, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1871. A Sail. BY EDWARD RENAUD. • « nii-lit in tha golden Summer, 1 \nd wo ssilod tho Indian eeas, •\'e*tli a c!ond of swelling canvas, ' Before a favoring breeze. That T-*ftel the good ship homeward, As it bent our taper spars ; Whilo tha broad bright moon sailed o’er us, Through a sea of shining stars. rr 0 gtood on the deck, and watched her, A, she felt the favoring gale— tho watch on the lookout forward shouted, **Ai«il! aettii!" \nd ftraisht on her larboard quarter, ‘ “yyjth a crowd of canvas set, Wa sighted a stately vessel, Where tbe sky and the water met. qii-n down on the balmy breezes, Ana ever the long sea-swell, dm ■■ ating, in solemn echoes, fii fotnd of her clear ship’s bell; cj titen d she, and so sailed she, * straight in cur eilver wako, Wi.ii the white foam ’neath Ijer forefoot, .Uid each sail a snowy flake, On her deck there stood no mortal, At her peak there ehone no sign, As tha he wed before the trade-wind, ’ And cleft tho seething brine; Vow rising and now falling, her taper mast-heads dip, While calm, in the flood of moonlight, Floated tho phantom ship. But lo! as the night waned slowly, While tho great, bread moon sank down And the solemn stars dropped seaward, Like gems from her golden crown, The sound of a silver whistle Swept down on the midnight air, For the boatswain of yon strange vessel Was piping her crew to prayer. As the moon’s bright disk dipped lower, We heard her creaking brails, And tbe fair ship floated from os, As she furled her ghostly sails; And oft, ’twixt the night and morning. As wo neared our rock-bound shore, We looked for tho stately stranger, But no eye saw her more. Happy tbe ship that meets her, Sailing from unknown lands, Freighted with unknow treasures, And steered by no human hands; Happy tbe bark that sights her, For she—the sailors tell— Will woather the storm and tempest, And reach her harbor welL Swiftly onr bark swept homeward, As a queen in her regal state. Till we ploughed the surging billows That roll through the Golden Gate; And, wherever that lonely stranger May sail the moonlit sea, Still I pray that soft airs may waft her, That a blessing may with her be. Tlie Beantifal Land. There are brighter skies than these, I know; Lands where no ehadowa Ho— Fields where immortal flowers bloom And founts are never dry; There are domes where tho stars aro never dim, Where the moon forever gleams, And the music breath of tbe radiant hills Sweeps over the crystal streams: For often I've caught in the time of sleep A gorgeous glimpse of the hidden deep, Away in the land of dreams. When night lets down her pall of mist On slender cords'of air, And the purple shadows of dying day Are teeming everywhere; Whilo unseen fairies chant a lay In the lily’s silver cells. And the solemn voice of tho harmless winds Breaks np the dreary fells; I know by the cry of my soul within There's a place whero they shut the gates on sin, And whero tho God of glory dwells. The wail of tho wind, the river’s voice, The arch of the Western hills, The beamy spread on the living earth. In slumbrous twilight, stills The yearnings of each human heart, For a holier, better clime— A higher life than thls'mortal course, Bearing the seal divine! Ah! sure there must be a beautiful land, Whero the white-robod milHons ransomed stand, Chanting their songs sublime. VOL. IXIV-KO 40 A Black Picture of South Carolina— The People Can’t, Pay the Taxes. The Charleston News, of a lata date, draws a most gloomy picture of the financial future of unhappy South Carolina. Completely tinder the heel of the brntal gang of barbarian blacks and their tools and allies—a few infamous whites—the tax payers of the State, without representation in the Legislature, and their properly completely at the mercy of these thieves, are on tha brink of utter and irremeadi- hie ruin. Tho Nows states the case as follows: In 1858, when tbe expenses of the State Gov ernment was less than $500,000, the property of the whites W03 valued (and the estimate was ridiculously lowj at no less than $489,000,000 in gold. Now tho real and personal estate is val ued, for taxation, at a far higher price than it world bring at publio sale, and yet it is only set down at $183,000,000 in currency. Tho value of property is thus reduced from $500,- 000,000 to $183,000,000, but the taxes are in creased from $500,000, in 1858, to $4,000,000 for 1871. Tho State and county taxes for both 1870 and 1871 are made payable during the present year. It is plain, therefore, that the taxation is increased nearly ten-fold, while the basis of taxation is reduced two-thirds. This is the question in a nut-shell. Can the people—tho unrepresented whites— pay the taxes levied upon them? It is not a matter of expediency or policy. It is not an open question whether tho whites will pay tribute to the common enemy. Six months ago immense areas of land were advertised for sale for the unpaid taxes of 18C8 and 18C9. In Wil liamsburg, one-sixth of tho whole country was to bo brought under the hammer; in Fairfield, one-tenth; other counlies told the same sad tale of destitution and suffering. Upon the top of t!> unpaid and paid taxes of 1868 and 1869 come the State and county taxes for 1870 and 1871, which ore made due and payable before November next These taxes, payable in less than nine months of time, are: State tax, 1870. .....$1,648,000 State tax, 1871 1,281,000 County tax, 1870. 618,047 County tax, 1871 549,000 Confiscation total.... $4,096,047 ltd proportion of this huge amount of money cannot, we believe, be paid by any one county in the State. In 1868 the entire tax was $1,- 860.000. The people were comparatively rich, but even this tax conld not be paid. The State tax for 18CD was $1,014,901, but for that year the total collections were only four hundred oni eighty-seven thousand dollars—abouteobtx rns cext. on the whole. This year the taxes are FOUR MILLIONS, in addition to Ihotm- Paid taxes of 1868 and 1869. Theso taxes can not be paid. The people have not the money wherewith to pay them. It appears to us, therefore, high time that there be some concert of action, nr inaction, among the unrepresented property-holders and tax-payers of the State. Unless this be had, lasting ruin stares the peo ple in the face. Another Yah* on Gbeelev.—A sod sight was witnessed on Broadway on Saturday night A “‘tie street beggar accosted a gray-headed man who was shnf&ing along with a bundle of Tri- --03 .sticking out of his pocket, and asked him for a penny. Horace gazed at him a moment *®d said: “You little devil, why don’t yon go "*st and bny a iarm ?” Another boy here in- ^rposed, saying: “O, Johnny, what’s the good j* axin' him?” He’s Just got basted playing keno."—Democrat. Weather Prognostications.—The reader, no doubt, has noticed how frequently the weather prognostications of the Signal Bureau are veri- ued by facts. On Thursday it telegraphed to r 0Ilt for rainy weather next day in the "“f States, and it came sure enough. Asrlcnltnrnl Gossip. Running through the pages of the Rural Car olinian for April, we pencil-marked seme ex tracts which are repeated below. The first is from an article on the price prospects of cotton, and presents a very forcible reason why COTTON WILL CONTINUE TO DECLINE. To prove that cotton has a tendency to fur ther decline in price, I am compelled to make a slight digression; the quantity of clean cot ton imported into GreatBritain in tho year 1860, was 1,390,938,752 pounds, of this amount 1,- 115,890,608 pounds went thither from the United States, 204,14I,16S pounds fro*m India, 44,036,608 pounds from Egypt, and other points on the Mediterranean Sea, 17,286,864 pounds from Brazil, and 9,583,504 pounds from other parts; if the reader will take the trouble to com pare tho amount from the United States with the total amount from other places, ho will find that the importations to Great Britain were in that year nearly five to one from tho United States, over and above those from all other parts of tho world. In 1869 the importations were as follows: India 481,386,344 United States 457,858,944 Egypt and the Mediterranean 159,887,616 Brazil 79,641,968 Other Parts 42,952,184 Total 1,221,227,056 It will be seen by this statement, that while the total importations to Great Britain in 1869 were 169,711,636 pounds less than in I860, tho importations from India had considerably more than doubled during that period; from Egypt, more than trebled; from Brazil, more than quadruple; and, that from other parts, the in crease was nearly quintuple. The enormous decrease of tho importations from the United States, is owing to tho vast increase of thehome consumption; but this fact does not affect the most important point, which is that cotton is being very extensiody and successfully cultivated elsewhere than in the United States. To realize tho force of the above, it mnst be remembered that Great Britain consumes a great deal more cotton than all other parts of Europe combined; tbe total consumption in Europe for the year ending September 30th, 1869, was 4,503,000 bales, of which 2,687,000 were consumed by Great Britain; tho number of bales on hand, on tho same date, was as fol lows : ' Great Britain 489,000 bales All other parts of Europe 94,000 bales It may not bo generally known that cotton is now extensively cultivated in Greece, Turkey in Europe, the Island of Cyprus, Asia Minor, and in nearly every portion of Africa and Southern Asia, to which modern civilization has extended. In view of these facts, then, it may bo safely asserted that tho price of cotton will continue to decline, and, indeed, it is very prob able that it will go to a much.lower figure than it over reached previous to tho late war. I must not be understood to condemn the cul tivation of tho cotton plant, far from this is my intention, bat I do most emphatically condemn the cultivation of it to the exclusion of other products. That country is least affected by fluc tuations of the markets whose inhabitants raise tho greatest variety of crops. An article upon fences and stock pecs presents the following estimate of the COST OP FENCING IS SOUTH CAROLINA. An estimate of the fencing, in South Carolina, nearly thirty years ago, placed tha number of miles at 100,000. Take this as a basis of calcu lation, although, probably, by one-half, under the mark. The number of rails required for a (10) ten-rail fence, with riders, is about (9,000) nine thousand for one mile, and for all these miles, nine hundred millions (900,000,000.) Their value, taking into account the worth of the timber, tbe splitting, hauling and putting np, would bo very moderately placed at'($100) a hundred dollars per mile, amounting, m the aggregate to the astounding sum of ten millions (10,000,000) of dollars. The State interest be ing seven per cent., and the annual decay of these fences about (13) per cent., or their dura tion about (7) seven years, the annual interest on this investment is (20) twenty per cent., or two millions ($2,000,000) of dollars. All this immense outlay of capital, more than sufficient to purchase all the live stock in tbe State—for by the census of 1850its entire value, at high rates, was ($15,000,000) fifteen millions of dollars, and its cumbers are reduced now to about one-fourth, with prices little, if any high er, is incurred solely to allow our cattle and swine the benefit of a generally poor range. If tho labor required to build and repair these fences were withdrawn and applied to the crops, it would increase them sufficiently to enable us to buy the largest part of the meat for plantation consumption, while, if the necessityfor keeping them up no longer existed, we might dispose of tho large reservations of land lying idle, other wise than to supply timber for rails. A letter from a Louisiana sugar planter to OoL Aiken gives a discouraging view of NEGRO LABOR IN LOUISIANA. The labor question is of the mostseriou3 con sideration with the sugar and cotton planters of for the mere gathering in the Florida and Lou isiana forests, thus command almost the price of low ordinary cotton. If there is any per manent demand for them In Europe, it will be the basis of a very profitable new industry. This first consignment is worth about $1,200, of which, at least, $1,000 is clear profit. The labor of gathering these leaves oould not have occupied a man more than 30 or 40 days. A rLENTX OP CUCUMBERS FROM THREE HILLS. A correspondent of tho Horticulturist de scribes his way of making a cucumber crop as follows: “I had a narrow border, not more than two and a half feet wide, on the edge of a high fence. I planted three cucumber Lilia in the border, and laid some brush, (such as is used for pea vines,) between them and the fence. As soon as they crept np to the brush, I pinched off the ends of tho vine, which thickened rapidly around tho roots, and in every direction, throwing out tho most vigorous foliage and profusion of flowers. i I did not allow the encumbers to grow, but i watched them, and such as I wished to reservo ' for the table I picked as soon as they became of proper size; au the rest were gathered every day for pickles; every day pinching off the buds at the end of each shoot. In this way the hill continued fresh and productive until they were touched by frost. Some judgment can be formed of the value of this practice when I add that more than a barrel of pickles were made from three hills, besides allowing a supply for the table. Stranger than Fiction. Readers of Miss Braddon’s lurid fiction, Henry Dunbar, will remember that it turns on what seems to be the extravagant hypothesis, that one man may murder another, assume his name and identity, enter into possession of his estate, and be unsuspectingly received by his family and the world at large for the individual he personates. This is so glaring an improbability as to tax tho faith of the most credulous of novel lovers. Nevertheless, in all its essential features, Miss Braddon’s startling invention has been realized by a recent remarkable case in Chicago. The details of this curious and suc cessful deception show so much perverted in genuity and readiness of resource, as to entitle it to take rank among celebrated crimes. As the story is now revealed, it begins with the arrival in New York of one Gumbleton, an Irishman of good family, in the spring of 1870. With him he brought a letter of credit for £1,- 600, which he sold soon after his arrival to a New York banking house for a little less than $9,000. He then went to Baltimore whero he made the acquaintance of a young German, named Alfred Ziegenmeyer, with whom he soon became intimate. Togother the two friends, in November of last year, traveled to Chicago, where Gumbleton placed on deposit in the National Bank of Commerce the sum of $300. Boon after, accompanied by Ziegenmeyer, ho shipped two boxes containing clothing to Man hattan, Kansas. From that time nothing defi nite appears to be known of him, until on the 2d of January of the present year his dead body was found in the lake, with a rope around his neck, and showing other indications of violence. Ever since that date the detectives have been untiring in their efforts to unravel the mystery, which have at last cnlminated in fixing the crime on Ziegenmeyer and cansing his arrest at Bremen, where he is now held awaiting a re quisition from Washington. If the police the ory of bis movements subsequent to the murder is entirely correct, it is necessary to credit him with surprising coolness and enn ning in villainy. Assuming the detective version to be true, it appears that Ziegenmeyer, immediately after the murder, presented himself at the bank with Gumbleton’s certificate of deposit, and stated that he was his victim’s partner, and that Gnm- bleton had gone to New York, leaving him fnll authority to draw the $300 The bank refused to deliver the money without the owner’s in dorsement. This Ziegenmeyer promised to get from New York, and after an interval of six days for that pretended object, returned with a forged indorsement, which secured the money. This was, apparently, his last appearance in the character of Ziegenmeyer. From that time forth he adopted the name and identity of the murdered man. Indeed, at his lodgings he was already known as Gumbleton, although the two had lived there together under their proper names from the lGth to the 19th of November, when Gumbleton disappeared; moreover, in personal appearance tho two men were as unlike as can well be conceived, Gumbleton being a man of forty-five, of about the middle height, with dark complexion, black hair and beard, and an Irishman, while Ziegenmeyer was bnt twenty-one, tall, light, fair-haired and beard less, and a German, speaking English only im perfectly. That under these circumstances the deception conld have been successfully carried out seems only less wonderful than the audacity which inspired it. As Gumbleton, Ziegenmeyer then procured the rotnm of the boxes sent to Kansas, which he at once sold, and turned his attention to the great prize, the eight thousand and odd dollars in New York. To obtain this, he forged to fhe banking-house, with whom the money was de posited a letter so skillfully executed as to sat- this State. Free negro labor has rained many them;that itwaa thejennine QnvMetoda ntnntpra the rwist season. Labor is now more handwriting. The balance was promptly for warded to Ziegenmeyer in a draft on Chicago. There still remained the diffionlty of identifica- planters tho past season. Labor is now more scarce than the last year, and higher prices de manded. I cannot understand how the large plantations can be made remunerative without a change of system. I have looked closely into this matter the past season, and will here state a few reasons why a change mnst take place in regard to the arrangements of large planta tions. Most of the large plantations extend a mile or more from the quarters, many over a mile and a half, and the custom here is to turn ont to work about sunrise. In about one hour and a half the bell is sounded for breakfast. One hour is allowed for that meal, from time of ar rival at tbe quarters. -The bell is then sonnded again for work. Slowly, lazily, the gang of sixty or eighty free negroes commence a second walk of a mile, or a mile and a half, to work, or rather to kill time. Only those who have esti mated particularly, can know the full amount of time consumed in these morning walks of tion, and the trick by which this was surmounted is not the least ingenious in this singnlar record of rascally astuteness; The pretended Gum- bleton entered into negotiations to bny a farm, bnt when the time came to dose the sale he had no money but his draft, whioh he oonld not cash. The anxious seller took the bait, and obligingly identified him at his own band, and even went so far as to add his own indorsement to the draft. Tho bank officials, to be quite secure, wrote to the New York house, and were assured there that everything was right. Bo the draft was paid, but the farm was cot bought, and within a day or two afterward, on the 21st of December, Mr. Ziegenmeyer-Gnmbleton van ished from Chicago, to be no more heard of un til his arrest in Bremen on the charge of murder. Regarding all the circumstances of.this elab orate villainy so oarefolly planned and bo skill- «W wo, k toa«,*>. Lie, and they are presented on the respectable authority of a well known Chicago journal. fiV r . T. Times. most nniversaUy. Now. this gang of sixty or eighty are divided off, one or two to each cane row. As it is gang work, It would be very un reasonable to expect those arriving first at the field to set in before the very last man or woman is ready. Then the work begins. This goes on slowly for about three acres in the length—the end of the cut. Now those who are at the end of the cat first wait for the last man again. Then the whole gang moving np to take other rows. If aixty rows are taken np at a time, it involves the necessity of a walk of fonr or five hundred feet before the allotted row is reached. Yon are a planter, you know the movements of the free negro; you can judge of the quantity of work done by the rime the bell sounds for How a Shrewd Man Got an Office.—The following conversation between a well-known official and and his friend took place recently in front of the Custom House “Where have you been ?’ ‘•To Washington, to see the President, for tbe purpose of securing an appointment to of fice.” “Did you got the appointment? ’ “IdicL” . . “Well, sinco yon are an official, I advise yon dinner. The walk to the quarters, the necessary ' to go and get a new stovepipe hat; if yon and and unnecessary delays, with a little more time yours friends can t afford tho expense, I will Villi™, winds up the day, and the dollar per j lendyoufiftycentstogetthecornscationsironed dav, par hand, is ont of the planter’s pocket, out of the shabby one you now sport Itlooes Whero tho old time slave overseer is employed, j a* though a Britton, u hill, or Horace Greeley tho attempt to push matters through, by brute had fallen on it. force, is persisted in. You know this must re- | * No, I will not smooth away * wrinkle; I will suit in failure and ruin. Scientiflo agriculture, wear it as it is, and bequeath it to my heirs as is regarded as a humbug, (book farming,) by a rich legacy. It was the cause of my appomt- tho old slavo overseers, and they can generally ment.” find parties that can be humbugged into their “The cause of your appointments! How so ? way of thinking. But this will not last many , “WeU, you soe, when the President saw me ye ^ r8> • with this hat on, he mistook me for a relation, * I think the Chinese labor has not been as sat- andfmmediately gave me the position I asked isfactory as wa had hoped. They were unaccus-, for.” . tomed to our work, and did not take to it as “He thought you his relative on aocount of readily os we had anticipated. They are im- your hat 1 How?” _ . proving, however, and I trust will makegood “Yes; he saw the ‘dents’ in it.—Eh Louts and reliable Iiborers. A thoussnd more will -Oupatch. arrive hero in a fow weeks. , Kr-Ktrx legislation drones along in the House "Wo copy from the same periodical the follow- to empty galleries, and probably empty benches, iDg items : too. We are confident this political speculation Palm Leaves.—The steamship Orescent Oity 0 f the Radicals will turn ont a greater failure lately took out 50 bales of palmetto leaves from p om ingo. They may pass the bill, but % tZ£ m■»>“ ““”8 *■*<«■ <• per pound. These leaves, which can be had out of it. . . • • *' ‘ My Violets. MART L. BITTER. Would thou wert growing ’mid the whispering grasses ... By some sweet shadowed stream, . Whose tranquil tide the slow cloud dimly glasses, Faint, dying, like my dream. Would that the day dew upon thy leaves were lying. And not this rain of tears; Tho breeze above thee—not my bitter sighing For tho lost bopo of years. Would that the Hps whose passionate caressing Gave to tho leaves a sweetness not thine own ; Had faintly murmured “Farewell” and a blessing, Ere they bad silent grown. O perished blossoms! lost, lest friend and lover I O light of day, shaded in swift eclipse! Soon may thy sister blooms with beauty* cover he My sUent heart and lips. —Galaxy for April, WHERE TUB SHOE PINCHED, A Bridesmaid at tbo East Brllliar t Wed- ding: Becomes a Bride before tbe Basra of tbo Next Day—“Two Hearts,” etc.. Joined. The splendors and magnificence of the recent brilliant wedding in high life are stiU fresh in the memories of our readers. The gallant, manly bearing of the groom, the radiant beauty of the bride, the elegance .of the toilets of the4 Republican party can only bo healed by the bride and her attendants, and tbe brilliant re ception given the happy couple, are fruitful themes for the gossip of a thousand tongges. Yet few of the many spectators are aware of the romontio affair which followed close upon the heels of that happy union of hearts and hands. A retrospective glance is necessary to the full and complete understanding of our lit tle story. A few months ago the highest circles of soci ety were startled out of their usual dignified equanimity by a little scene, which was the talk of the town for weeks. A young man, Mr. J. W. Van Cleave, of poor bnt,honest parents, and a clerk in the house of J. S. Lithgow & Co., had dared to raise his plebeian eyes to Miss Kate, the daughter of the aristooratic house of T. L. Jefferson, Esq. For reasons satisfactory in themselves, his suit was frowned upon by the parents of tho young lady, who interdicted all intercourse between the young couple. The in cident above referred to took place in the Broad way Methodist Episcopal Church, wherein the mqst aristocratio portion of that denomination worship. Tho young lady, in company with her mother, and perhaps other members of the family, attended the church one evening, and at the close of the services young Van Cleave walked up and asked the privilege of escorting the young lady home. The request was over heard by the mother of tho younglady, and nat urally indignant at such presumption, she gave vent to her feelings in a very expressive man ner. The young gentleman was treated to a series of not very gentle taps on the cheek with a fan in the hands of his prospect ive mother-in-law. The young lady, terribly excited by the indignity offered her lover, faint ed, and was borne to her home in an uncon scious state, which gave way to convulsions of an alarming nature, and for a time her recovery was extremely doubtfuL However, Time, the great soother, superior only to Mrs. Winslow]s, applied its healing balm, and the young girl was restored to health, if not happiness. The young mau was sent out upon a drumming ex pedition to Texas, and for months past has been extolling the merits and virtues of Louis ville hollow-ware, and it was fondly hoped that the rebuke he had received had effectually ob literated his ambitions aspirations. Such, how ever, was not the case. The young lady had been solicited to assist at the nuptials on Wednesday night, and had consented to accom pany the newly-wedded pair on their bridal tour, and the necessary outfit for the trip had been prooured and snugly packed in numerous trunks, and tho young lady assisted at the wed ding in a role second only to that of the bride. To those who witnessed the ceremony it was an embarrassing situation, but to her it was bnt the dress rehearsal of the grand drama of her life, which was to be enaoted a few hours later. The young gentleman, strange to relate, bad, by a fortunate chain of cironmstanoes, returned from Texac just in time to be an invited guest at the wedding. The ceremony^nded, the bri dal party filed out of the church to the sugges tive notes of tho Wedding March, and repaired to the residence of Hon. J. S. Litbgow, and in the midst of the festivities and congratulations, tho principal bridesmaid, Miss Kate Jefferson, complained that her shoo pinched, and retired for the purpose of changing. Time rolled on and she did not return, and there were eager questionings and hurried searohings. In tho meantime the solemn marriage service of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which a short time before had been listened to by such a vast au dience, was being repeated in a dimly-lighted church in the hearing of a Email bnt deeply in terested audience. Miss Kate, upon leaving tbe room to change her shoes, slippod ont of a Bide gate, entered a carriage with her Iovet and a few friends, and hurried to the Twelfth street M. E. Churoh. All the necessary preparations had been made. The license had been procured late in tho afternoon, and the minister of God, Rev. J. McKendree Riley, was in waiting, and in the presence of Messrs. J. S. Griffey, Wm. Middleton, and one or two other friends, the silken bonds of matri mony were united upon the two loving, con stant hearts. A few hours later the happy pair thus romantically united joined the first biidal party at the depot, and together they proceeded upon a tour through the Eastern cities.—Louis ville Ledger. The Republicans of Ohio are Against Grant. From the Cincinnati Commercial. I A point or two of significance in this history of tho recent Republican caucus at Columbns has leaked ont. It was proposed to endorse the administration of President Grant by tho adop tion of an unqualified resolution, but the move ment, originating in a few feeble Federal office holders, was frowned down. Tho sentiment of tbe canons was entirely opposed to burdening the Republican party of the State with the President andhis relatives, during the approach ing campaign. The President had certainly not consulted the interests of the party in the distribution of his patronage, bnt had bestowed it among his favorites and relatives according to his caprice. The party will therefore take care of itself and allow tbe President to regulate his own private affairs—with which he con founds the discharge of his official duties—in his own way. The hit of the evening was when a prominent Republican said that if he had occasion to speak to tho people this fall in behalf the Republican party he did not propose to trouble himself in vindicating tha Grant and Dent families, of whom bnt twenty-three held office, nor would he devote himself to illustrating the glories of Ban Domingo. He was not aware that it was a part of the creed of the Republican party that the whole of the family of the President and his wife should be provided with fat places, or that it was necessary to annex a tropical island in order to obtain a fresh supply of earthquakes and yellow fever. And the speaker did not ex pect either to give any portion of his time to showing why Charles Sumner conld not be per mitted to remain at the bead of the Committee on Foreign Relation in the 8enate. These were the utterances of tho evening that excited an uproar of applause. . : • Some of the papers are seeing what they can do in tho way of turkey stories. One tells of a fanner in Scipio, New York, who has a turkey that has laid one hundred eggs in one hundred consecutive days, never missing a day on ac count Of sickness or a oirous in town; another PROSPECTS OF OEJT. GBASTS BEXOM- NATION. Opinions and Speculations of Politician* In Washington Washington, March 22.—A great dealof quiet discussion is going on among prominent Repub lican politicians here upon the question of who is to bo the nominee of the party next year for the Presidency. Last December, when Con gress met, there was but one opinion on the subject, and that was that Gen. Grant was soro of renomination, and more sure of election than any other man who could be named. Since then, and especially within the last few weeks, a marked change has taken place, and it Is now apparent that a strong opposition to Gen. Grant exists, which includes a number of Senators and Representatives of large influence and national reputation. This opposition is no doubt caused in some part by recent political events, bnt it results, also, to a largo extent, from tbe mani festation of the latent hostility that has been accumulating daring the two years of the pres ent administration, and which naturally shows itself about a year before the time for holding the nominating convention. The chief argument of those who oppose the renomination of Gen. Grant is that defeat would be certain if he should be the nominee. They maintain that the dissensions that exist in the nomination of a new man, against whom no por tion of the party entertain feelings of ooldness or animosity, and that, in view of the increased strength, vigor and confidence of the Democrats any other course would be suicidal. To this the friends of Gen. Grant reply that a President always becomes most unpopular about the beginning of the third year of his term, owing to the disappointments of office-seekers and the quarrels of politicians who strive to control the distribution of patronage; that this unpopularity is chiefly manifested in Washing ton, and is no true index of the sentiment of tbe people; and that from now on, Gen. Grant’s popularity will steadily increase, so that he will be renominated next year without serious oppo sition, as unquestionably the strongest oandidate that conld be selected. They refer to Mr. Lin coln’s experience as a proof of their position. In 1863 there were scarcely a dozen Republicans in Congress who favored Lincoln’s renomination, and yet, in 1864 the tide had so turned in his favor that there was no question of any other candidate. The anti-Grant men reply that Lincoln’s case was the exception to the rule in politics, caused by the fact that the people were averse to mak ing a change in the midst of war. Every other President, they argue, since the time of Jaok- son, steadily lost his popularity from the be ginning to the end of his Administration, and after the renomination and terrible defeat of Van Bnren, neither party ever ventured to at tempt to re-elect a President until 1864, when the war set aside for the time all. established political axioms. They insist that when parties aro nearly evenly balanced; as at present, it would be impossible to re-elect any President in the face of the jealousies, disappointments, and animosities he necessarily causes in the course of his Administration, be he ever so wise, even if he has been so successful as to get through his term without creating any divisions in his party upon questions of public poHoy. The opposition to Gen. Grant is not united upon any candidate, and no names are men tioned except in a suggestive way. Some think it wonld be well to take a public man of un doubted strength and force of character, like Blaine, Sohenck, Colfax, Bontwell, Morton, Wilson, or a dozen* others who might be men tioned ; others, that snccess wonld be more cer tain with a military candidate of great popular ity like Gen. Sherman; others, that a splendid war record, followed by a successful career in politics, would make such a man as Gen. Logan the strongest possible candidate; and still oth ers, that a candidate who has kept ont’of the re cent broils of politics, bnt who has marked tal ents and high reputation, wonld best insure success. These are, in brief, the opinions expressed in political circles in Washington. The opposi tion to the renomination has, as yet, little force or direction, and none of the strength of combi nation ; bnt there is enough in it to insure an active canvass of the question among the peo ple during the coming summer and fall, and when Congressmen return next December, fresh from their constituents, the active work of or ganizing and maneuvering to control the Nom inating Convention may be expected to begin in earnest.—Tribune Letter. OKANT’S H. H. MESSAGE. Common Sense Notions from Another Rad ical Organ. Referring to Grant’s recent massage to Con gress, magnifying a few local disorders in the Senate into an organized rebellion against the United States Government, and asking for au thority to put this whole section under martial law, the New York Commercial Advertiser (Ra d.) speaks these words of soberness and truth. We still confess to a feeling of surprise how such ideas can penetrate a Radical skull and not burst it asunder, and still more that one who holds such views can remain a member of the Radical party. The editor is certainly not of the trooly loil species, as we know it down here. Says the Advertiser: It is as though the oases of assault and bat tery which occur daily in New York, should be regarded as indications of the unruly character of all onr citizens—or the resistance of the illicit distillers in Brooklyn to the demands of the Revenue Assessors as a proof that riot reigns supremo in the county of Kings. While the roving bands of ruffians who undoubtedly infest a few districts in the South, hare committed serious offences against the laws, it is not yet proved that they are sustained by the mass of the people; and until the actual existence of an organized movement to defy Government and order shall have been established beyond ques tion, it is manifestly unjust to subjeot a whole community to the rigors of martial law. We believe that if the Southern States were restored to the privileges of other States in the UnioB, with the power to make their own laws and to provide for their execution, and with their citi zens freed from onerous political disabilities, order and prosperity wonld be established. Wise legislation means freedom; bnt the fac tious extremists love power rather than justice. Let Congress remove the disabilities which now tie the hands of Southern men, and give them the opportunity to govern their own affairs under the civil law, and the President wiU have no occasion for farther Messages concerning disturbances in the South—and, better still, no future temptation to exalt local oximes to the rank of a general and open insurrection. Thebe is ft remarkable minister at Waynes boro, Wayne county, Team, tbe Bev. W. w. Kimbro, of whom the Columbia Herald says: “During the year 1870 he constituted three ohurohes, with a membership about 200; preached over 250 sermon®; was the regular pastor of four churches- Ife has not been known to spend an idle a*y, when well, in six years. If he is not preaching, he is among the high hifis with bts trusty rifle. The number of deer by him killed each year for the last seven yearn has never been less than sixty-five. In the year 1870 he killed eighty-six deer, and sold venison hams and deer ckins to tbe value of $230. Since 1865 he has paid for a small farm valued at $1,000 by selling game.” A New Orleans judge riding in the cars re cently, from a single glimpse of the ooontenance gives an account of a flohk ofjiixty turkeys in 1 of aUdy by his aide imsgtoed he knew hej gives - - v. -untnred a remark that the dav was pleas- Vermont, that flew so high that they became dizzy, and come down so heavily that twenty of them we.ro killed; but .both of these • are eclipsed by a correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, who writes from Texas that a small detachment of United States cavalrv, a few mile3 northwest of Victoria Peak, kuled in one night fifty-seven turkeys and Sam Keechie Kosb, Big Chief of the Keschie In dians. »-■. yz-vf At' and ventured a remark that the day was pleas ant, she only sayin? “Yea.” “Why do you wear a veil?” inquired the dispenser of justice. “Lest I attract attention.” “It is the province of gentlemen to admire,” replied tha gallant pii» of law. “Not when they are married.” “But I’m not” “Indeed!” “Oh, no: Fm a bachelor!” The lady quietly removed he* veil, disclosing to the astonished magistrate the face of his mother-in-law. The Weeping Willow. (dueost ) Beneath a weeping willow. Rich with its finds in flower, A violet bed her pillow, The drooping leaves her bower. Darling! she was lulled to sleep,- By tho murmur of .the deep. Her gentle body presses With a thousand tendernesses Upon the violet bed; The jealous branches tremble. With a love they can’t dissemble, In deep fringe overhead. And now, as she reposea, The tinge of snmmer roses Glows deeper on her cheek— ’Mid her rich tresses straying The careless winds are playing At merry hide and seek. The loving wavos have caught her Soft image in tho water, With many a tender thrill ; So I, when we are parted, Tho’ weary, broken-hearted, Shall see her image still. Her balmy breast is heaving, And some sweet dream a-weaving Round her its potent charms; WiU she be much affrighted, At waking, half benighted, In her own lover’s arms ? Half waking and half sleeping, From silken laslios peeping, Her soft eyes on me beam; And then I draw her to me, Each sweet touch thrilling thro’ me,— “Dear one, what was your dream?” Soft cheeks and white neck flushing, Half smiling, and half blushing— “I dreamt, my own, of you, “That Islept beneath a willow “With your fond breast for my pillow, “And, Sweet, my dream is true!” fi-Vom “French Love Songs.” Foreign Notes. (prepared for the telegraph and messenger.) The reign of the Commune is established in Paris, and the Thiers administration may be considered as virtually overturned, the elections in the capital having resulted in a decided vic tory of the revolutionary Central Committee. The government has given, orders that Garibaldi who has been appointed military Governor of Paris, should be promptly arrested whenever he would set foot on French soiL Nothing is known as to his whereabouts, bnt as the bold partisan is always to be found wherever the red flag of revolution is raised, we may presume that he will soon hasten to the center of the insurrec tion. What a pity that Garibaldi, who certainly possesses a noble and lofty nature, is so utterly, wanting in sound common sense! The mob republic being onoe firmly established some of the socialistic systems will be, probably, put into execution. Proud’hon’s celebrated “La propriete e'est le vol” promises to play an im portant part in the coming events, and the hands of the resuscitated sans-onlottes may bo lifted against all possessing classes. The Emperor opened the first German Parlia ment by a speech from the throne. After hav ing alluded to the war just brought to a suc cessful issue, he proceeded to speak of the pres ent and future position of Germany. “The spirit animating Germany,” he said, ‘^pervades her culture and morals, and the constitution of her armies guards against the abuse of acquired power. Independent Germany respects the in dependence of others. This fiery ordeal of war through which we have passed is a sure guaranty of European peace. Powerful and self-reliant Germany now bequeathes to you the regulation of. her own affairs as a satisfactory heritage.” The rest of the speech chiefly dwells on legislative measures, whioh, concern ing pensions for the soldiers and support for the widows and orphans of the war, “should be made to apply to the whole Empire; for all fought with equ^l devotion, and deserve equal honor and reward.” Alsace and Lorraine will remain intact in stead of being parcelled ont among the three Southern StateB. They will be administrated by the central government in Berlin. The laws of the Empire are those of Alsaoe and Lorraine since January 1. We consider it a great gain that these provinces will not be cat np and di vided; for one of the main reasons why those populations have beooma so enthusiastio Frenchmen was their proud feeling of belong ing to a great united Empire, while they might well point contemptuously at the German body politic—a slowly decomposing corpse, without power at home and despised abroad. Fifty-six Gatholio deputies of the Prussian Landtag have petitioned the King to use his in fluence in restoring the temporal power of tbe Pope. There are altogether one hundred Catholic members in the Prussian Landtag. The traditional policy of Nicolaus the First to Russify all foreign nationalities in bis vast em pire, is proseouted with unflinching energy by Alexander the Second. The measures to accom plish this objeot have been most arbitrary and oppressive in Poland. The parish magistrates in that kingdom have been recently directed to use only the Russian tongae in offioial docu ments and correspondence; but as very few of them are conversant with Russian, they are al lowed to employ a Russian scribe to be paid ont of tbe publio treasury. Since the enforcement of this law, there are many complaints of forged documents and missing publio funds, the scribes, who thus almost entirely control the affairs of the parish, not being possessed of very exalted views of honesty and Integrity. The German tribes inhabiting the Russian provinces of the Baltic have not escaped the same process of being gradually denationaliaed, though they have been treated more leniently than the Poles. When about one year ago the Imperial authorities undertook to introduce in the universities the Russian tongue in place of the German, the situation of those scattered tribes attracted publio attention in Germany, and a motion was made in the Prussian Parlia ment to inquire of the Government, whether any representations on the subject had been made to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. After Bismarck had pointed out, however, the inop portunity of suoh a step, the motion was with drawn. Since Wawra, a Czech writer, has been appointed tho editor of the “Riga Wiestrick,” an offioial organ, by the Russian authorities, he has published the following programme, whioh clearly defines the position ana intentions of the Government. “The Baltic provisoes,” Wawra says, “form an integral part of the Russian Empire, and their right* are entirely dependent on the will of the £***. The “pro vincial righto” are only in *>ree by the giaee of the Czar, and may be repealed at any moment The population of the provinoes in question belonging to toe Russian family, the Russian language a to be the offioial organ in all spheres of jwbfio life, and the perfect assimilation of rnose districts with the Empire mnst be the constant aim of the authorities. ” It must be borne in that the Russian prorincee of the Baltio were settled by German tribes who have ever continued a distinct nationality there; in the course of centuries the inhabitants changed their sovereignty several times, and lived for a while under Swedish rule; they finally acknowledged the Russian Crown, the Czar, in return, pledging himself to respect cer tain constitutional liberties and privileges they were enjoying. ' and Lorfcine being secured,the Russian provinces of the Baltio axe believed by many to be next oovoted by ihe Chancellor of tho Ger man empire. Bismarck has onoe seized an op portunity of expressing himself concerning the folly of incurring the implacable hatred of tho Muscovite, for the sake of a few square miles of detached territory. Altogether, we do not share the views of those who predict that the Gorman empire will pursue a policy of violence and oonquest at the cost of its neighbors, though liberty at home and power abroad may render it an irresistible magnet for all scattered Ger man tribes which are dissatisfied under another sceptre. The Cabinet of St. Petersburg denies the ex istence of a secret treaty with Prussia, yet it cannot be doubted that King ’William and the Czar had come to a positive understanding in Ems last summer. It appears that a Russian army was to invade Austria, if Francis Joseph, to avenge Sadowa, wonld form an alliance with Napoleon. The English Government was prob ably aware of the agreement and refrained, therefore, from interfering; whether the wav ering attitude of Italy was due to the same mo tive is not apparent, bnt before the terrible drama had opened in earnest, Bismarck had al ready won a great diplomatic victory by defeat ing the favorite Napoleonic plan of a Franoo- Austro-Italian alliance, by a Prnsso-Bnssi&n treaty. Daring the lifetime of Alexander H, tho relations between both courts will remain very friendly and cordial; his death, however, may change all this, for the heir presumptive hates the Germans bitterly, and this feeling is shared by his wife, a Danish princess, on ac count of Schleswig-Holstein. Russia allied with France, is in fact the greatest danger that can ever threaten the German empire. The Government of Portugal is making prep arations for depositing the remains of Vasco ae Gama with great solemnity in the Chnroh of San Maria do Belem, in Lisbon. The sword and several other relics of the great navigator will also be preserved there. The Spanish clergy have not expressed them selves yet, concerning their position toward the new dynasty. Only the Bishops of Almeira, Orihuela and Malaga have issued pastoral letters acknowledging, without reserve, the new mon archy of King Amadeo the First, and exhorting the faithful to obey its commands. Tho Cleri- cal-Carlistio papers have passed upon this aot a most severe oritioism, which does not even re spect the high rank of tbe Prelates. Tbe Sec retary of the Bishop of Almeira has replied to these attacks by a very dignified letter, full of lofty sentiments; he affirms that his Superior, obeying the Church in the old Christian spirit^ was also obeying the magistrate, according to the commands of the Holy Writ; his Superior felt sorry for the journals, which, perhaps with a good intention, by blaming the faithful and the Bishops remaining true to the Constitution, tempted ignorant people, holding the cross in one hand, the torch of discord in the other, to array the Ohnrch and oivil society in the name of Jesus Christos in deadly strife against each other. In Rome the Liberal and Papal parties con tinue as hostile as ever. The Roman* aristocracy is beginning to take a more decided stand in favor of the Vatican. Pins the Ninth held a secret consistory where an allocation drawn np by three members of the Society of Jesus was read. The document violently attacks the forc ible occnpation of Rome by Italian troops, la- ’ menta tho war between France and Germany, and the sad position Rome has been plaoed in, and finally comments on the recent inundation of the Eternal City. The allocation closes by Shanking for the many proofs of sympathy on the part of the faithful and declaring t? trust in Divine Providence. The commercial treaty between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Italy has been signed and ratified. On the authority of the Economists, it is stated that the treaty guarantees the inviolability of private property on the high seas in times of war. There is much activity in the Italian ministry of war. New breech-loading rifles are being tested, and the experience of the Franco-Ger man war shall be utilized by a formidable in crease of artillery. Also, the papers allude fre quently to the necessity that “Italy must keep her powder dry.” We cannot see why Italy should be compelled to arm; against a Papal crusade, perhaps? The “Biforma” and “Na- zione” are advocating an alliance with Germany; bnt the “Opinione,” the organ of the Cabinet Lanka-Sella, says “that it is not worth while to trouble one’s self already respecting the future ally of Italy.” JA3NO. Tire FlaUormisls Once More. We have but little to say on the platform question, except to deprecate the wrangle into which some of our Democratio confreres have permitted themselves drawn, and onoe more to enter onr solemn protest against the continued discussion. If there ever was a time when si lence oould be accounted wisdom, that time is now. The great leading principles oontended for by the National Democracy, are silently, yet surely regaining supremacy, and the argument for1872is being developed by the logio of events. The party is anchored upon the constitution, and so hedged in with truth and the love of liberty, that opposing factions mnst inevitably break and fall to pieces as they are dashed, by passion and mad ambition, against onr battlements. The work of disintegration and death is already telling fatally upon our monstrous adversary, and if we can but possess our souls in patience and avoid the scyila and oharibdis of unneces sary controversy, we shall have no difficulty in constructing a platform for the contest of 1872. While we regard the coarse of Judge Stephens as ill-timed, unnecessary and productive of evil, and the opposite view presented by Mr. Hill as equally hurtful and more mischievous in ten dency, we hold it to be impolitic to controvert the abstractions or hallucinations of either. The Democracy of Georgia can accept neither of the gentlemen as its leader, and inasmuch as both have, unbidden and uninvited, thrust themselves before the country as extremists, both should be regarded as firebrands and al lowed to simmer down, by being severely let alone in tbeir unenviable glory. Neither the impudenoe of the True Georgian nor the insolenoe of the New Era should betray the Democratic press into controversy. Tha people understand the issue#—dead and alive— that divide them from oaorpexs, and no bugle blast will be necessary to rally them when the time for action arrives. Liberty may be lost in a day, bnt when a rev olution of popular sentiment is the means of regaining it, time is the beet argument; and the party that ignores its teaching and its phi losophy, and attempts to jump to conclusions and enforoe the solution of practical or theoret ical problems in government, by a moral coup d'etat, spends its strength for naught, and is doomed to disaster. It is much more difficult to discipline the minds of men and guide them safely book from despotism to liberty, than from liberty to despotism; and therefore we may not hope to oonrinoe the world in a minute that wo are right and the world wrong. It may be that we shall find it absolutely necessary, for harmo ny and success, to hold in abeyanoe some of tbs principles we regard aa essential to a fall and perfect restoration of eivil liberty and constitu tional government; and yet who so foolish ax to beoome recalcitrant and refuse oo-operation simply because ail the good is not piled on the Mmubffd eii.ilU te ejsiaAcnj mS v-vea We would make no compromise with Radical ism—the veiy nature of things forbids it. As well might we imagine a compromise between the powers of light and darkness; bnt In onr own household such a thing may not only be feasible and just, bnt of tbehighest importance to the suooeesful conduct of the oampaigm The whole discussion, therefore, is premature, and the ultimatum theorizing of indiscreet writers is a fallacy so apparent that its adjournment, till after the developments of the next session of Congress, is a proposition worthy of the gravest consideration.—Albany Jretcs. Sol Hewzs Sanborn, an eoeentric old hatter of Medford, Mass., has made one of the oddest of wills, and, anxious to enjoy the notoriety of it in his lifetime, has published it. He gives his body to Prof. Agassis and Dr. O. W. Holmes to be placed in the museum of anatomy at Cam bridge. But he wants two drum heads made of his skin, on one of which shall be indelibly writ ten “Pope’s Universal Prayer,” and an the other the Declaration of Independence; and on these drum heads shall be beaten the national air of Yankee Doodle at tha base of Banker HID mon ument annually at sunrise on the 17th of Juno. The parts of his body nseleee for anotamloal purposes are to be composted for a fertiliser “to nourish the growth of on American elm, to be planted or set oat an some rural publio thoroughfare, that the weary wayfaring man may rest, and innocent children playfully sport beneath the shadow of its umbrageous braabhss, rendered luxuriant by my eeroasa.