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SU 00 If-ckly Telegraph and Messenger and i firm and Uom* J- i WVi ily Telegraph ana Messenger PSa Farm and Home 5 00 rnthera, '^rislian Advocate with Weekly 5 00 WVekly 4 00 3 00 1 50 400 /or the Telegraph and Messenger.] I.:i Ital .lSasqoe. „ s t0 a heard, my friend, of the grand Maaqnrade : .Vent o’er cur town so piona and etaid ? •mcwmvaI’s rout could hardly outvie wave of pleasure that ran so high, vviit preparations went on for a week, L| Utiles and Eeanx in costume complete. tS iiorriel about, troubled and craz’d, [Seen ttood around, perplexed and amazed, Siss bitter and thither a dress for the ball, tUrtrobee. "eomme il.faut" were demanded of all. kgs were Kings and Queens in purple and gold, ^ditime bad not made the least lusty or old. LgEjefcard the first, from tho.Oonrt of St. James, rjmg ‘ Lion do Coenrs” with comely dames. I»yp»i»'iin. the Turk, his old Moslem foe, sjcri:<l truce, and promised to fight no more, >-i along w-th the English Lion had come fjstovr iff his dress, and have a little fun. krswis 'irgin Queen Bees, in train and ruff, kgleJ and elbowed till quite in a huff; kiss Leicester came witn courtly grace, te> recalled again the smiles to her face. Ith Anne and Mary embellished the ecene tsi beauty and goodness and high-bred mien; him vis Eurleigh, a Lord of Elizabeth’s time, tel her bright little Pago, who brought np the lino; I kisFranca the first, just bteppedfrom St. Cloud, [flitcour.ler a Ghost in sheet and shroud, fcjqiick in royal train cams Lads and Lassos j&mell, of all kinds and grades and classes; ■ hers w«a Maids from Turkey, and Maids from I Spun, tl Miidena from Scotia’s bonny blue main, it .'hid of Lucemo with basket cf dowers, tel Cjiderella, counting the bonrs. :-re was an A pine Maid, and La Belle France,' .'iicrapo-trailing banner and broken lance. * Mud of Athens, so lovely and fair, ib her ewceping veil of dnsky hair; » Fiora McFlimaoy, too, was there, r the Maid, I'm euro, with “nothing to wear,” i quite devoid of all such distresses, s conned all her gayest colored dresses; s Belle of the Masque, with her sweet, pale face, I ablest retirement bad taken her place | . side the While Lady of Avenel fair, htovw warning all the gay actors beware, is pretence foreboding a coffin and pall lione of tho guests of this Fancy Ball. Zwika. in trowsen. j click and cymar, lltocicng to her Selim in epito of Papa, Itufodjwod by tfco lovoly Queen of llearts, tottering here and thero her fatal darts ; Kim, the huntress, fleet as the hind, I hialy sought her Endymeon to Sad, I tide Titania, the bright little fairy Queen, I Blared a reule raise on tho moon-lit green, ■ IThero Rain-drop glittered in Iris crown, ■ lad mow-flake floated as softly as down, Id Kymph from the sea, and a Nymph from the I stream I hopping pearls and shells from their robes of green. ■Rile a gay little Gipsy, in cloak and hood, ICnne blithely and fresh from her nativo wood, I ■ I licensing her fortunes with liberal hand, ' lb wealth or love, as the case might demand; I lad Inez, the dark-eved And alas Maid, I iiaecd a “Highland fling,” in Scottish plaid, I But why, I would ask, did she quite ignore llerown pretty step—the light “Bolero ?” I lien Emerald Spring came tripping by I With her golden hair and violet eye. I Hups, with her Anchor, had taken her stand, I To watch for Aurora, eo rosy and bland,— I Wile Night, in glittering and ehining array, I Cingbt np hor dark robes and glided away, I hearted by Peasants from Italia’s clime, I Tbo in music and mirth laugh away time. I Organ and “Jacko” loomed Into sight, I Who with mnsic and tricks for “only one night.” I la tartan plaids, with horn and Heron’s plume, I i Highland Hon ter strode through the room; I John, in robe and cue, of celestial race, lb “broken China” was seeking a place; I hd Romeo, too, who was to have been there, I It borne was sighing in deopest despair I Btcause his Juliet had got in a pout I Fob Nurse or Mamma, and wouldn't come out. I Ilea the Zouave came smiling aronnd, I But the English Jockey could nowhere be found. I Ibeard, tub rota, ho was playing his part, I Out in the moonlight, “trading” his heart. I There were Bobbers, Bandits and Pirates all, I Kelt Turpin, Burbot, Conrad and Duval, tod your heart beat a throb or two, more quick, I ittbe gleam of a knife, or carbine’s click. I Behind these gente, came trudging along, The sturdy John Bull, with cudgel and song, I Eyeing young Jonathan, strutting about, tod playing “Munchausen”—Lord of the rout, wbu brought in his triin a Sailor or two, toittican Tars, in yellow and blue, men a dark Indian Chiof came, sombre and sad, b war paint and feathers gloomily clad; While in crimson robe a Princess stood by With Leaded belt and soft velvet eye, "bote dainty feet, in Moccasins laced, toning 1 ght as the fawns by hunter chased, tot the oddest of all these comical folks Jai Matilda and Pete, with qnibs and jokes, brook, the laesy of olden time* tod conein Turoipseod, tricked ont so fine b Mtallow-taU’d coat and gay flower’d vest, tod raffles that stood ont a foot from his chost. With church-steeple hat and greasy wig, tod cravat as wide as tho sails of a brig; Granting his “Coz,” in yellow brocade tod mantle of lace with flowers inlaid; porting tho dress of her Grandam of yore, when a maid she danced long years afore, •toting and laughing with all whom they met— towing somo in smileB and Borne in a pet. tojrt hero I tbonRht I would leavo the gay scene, Gble out through tho throDg unknown and unseen Wien hearing a sudden buret of surprise, Jhe Devil I saw, stalked in, in diegniso; Sot the Demons of Milton, Faust or Foetus, tot “Lo Diable Boiteux” Aemodius. Earing met hie Satanic Lordship before .. M ! I made a low bow and went out at the door, Sot wishing yot bis acquaintance to make, Sor ever—unless the wrong road I should take; tot afterwards learn’d from tbose left behind He was tlio most gallant Beau of the night, b his rich satin suit, of green and of white. Boin music and in danciDg the hours flew by, •ti wbiap’rings of love, ’neath the moon-lit sky HR tho midnight chime rang out on the ear, In warning unwelcome, sharp and clear. Long will we dwell on this bright winter’s eve; And when fate through our lives dark threads shall _. weave >*« will turn with joy to memory’s scroll, And from mouldering leavos this scene unroll— Jjve over again this wild j oyone night, "ten many fond hearts wero happy and light.^ • fctonton, March 28,1871. l‘ MACON, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1871. VOL. LOT—KQ 41 Binges. nr the now. ants, nobton. [By Request. \ Asoldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiors, There was lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth or woman s tears; But a comrade stood beside him, while his life-blood ebb’d away, And bent, with pitying glances, to hear what he might say; Tho dying soldier falter’d, and he took that com rade’s hand. And he said, “I never more shall see my own, my native land: ’ 1 Take a message, and a token, to somo distant friends of mino, For I was bom at Biogen—at Bingen on the Rhine. “Tell my brothers and companions, when they meet and crowd aronnd, To hear my mournful story, in tho pleasant vine yard ground. That we foughtthe battle bravely, and when the'day was done, Full many a corpso lay ghastly pale, beneath the setting eun; And, 'mid the dead and dying, were some grown old Tho doath wound on their gallant breasts, the last of many scars; And eomo wero young, and suddenly beheld life’ mom decline, And one had come from Bingen—fair Bingen on the Rhine. •- i. “Tell my mother that her other son shall comfort her old age; And I was still a truant bird, that thought his home a cage. For my father was a soldier, and even as a child My heart leap’d forth to hoar liim tell of struggles fierce and wild; And when he died, and left us to divide his scanty hoard, I let them take whate’er they would—but kept my father’s sword: And with boyish love I hung it where the bright light used to shine, On the cottage wall at Bingen—calm Bingen on the Rhino. ‘•Tell my sister not to weep for mo, and sob with drooping head, When the troops are marching home again, with glad and gallant tread; Bat to look upon them proudly, with a calm and steadfast eye, For her brother was a soldier, too, and not afraid to die; * And if a comrade seek her Ioto, I ask her in my n&me, To listen to him kindly, without regret or shame; And to hang tho old sword in its place, (my fathers sword and mine) For the honor of old Bingen—dear Bingen on the Rhine. “Thero’s another—not a sister—in the happy days gone by, Ton have known her by the merriment that sparkled in her eye; Too innocent for coquetry—too fond for idle scorn ing— O, friend I fear the lightest heart makes sometimes heaviest mourning. ; Tell her the last night of my life (for ere this moon be risen. My body will be ont of pain, my soul bo ont of prison,) I dreamed I stood with her, and saw the yellow sunlight shine. On the vine-clad hills of Bingen—fair Bingen on the Rhine. 1 saw the -bine Rhine sweep along—I heard, or seemed to hear, Tho German songs wo used to sing, in chorus sweet and clear; - - * And down the pleasant river, and np the slanting hill. That echoing chorus sounded through the evening calm and still; And her glad, bine eyes were on me, as wo pass’d with fritn lly talk, Down many a path beloved of yore, and well-re membered walk; And her little hand lay lightly, confidingly in mine; But we’ll meet no more in Bingen—loved Bingen on the Rhine. His voico grew faint and hoarser—bis grasp was childish weak— His eyes put on a dying look—he sigh’d and ceased to speak; His comrade bent to lift him, bnt the spark of life had fled— Tho soldier of tho Legion in a foreign land was dead! And the soft moon rose np 8lowly, and calmly she looked down On tho red sand of the battle field, with bloody corses strewn; Yes, calmly on that dreadful scone the pale light seemed to shine, As it shone on distant Bingen—fair Bingen on the Rhine. • »: .Jk-sifar and, we believe that the suggestion of his name for the Comptroller Generalship will meet with almost unanimous endorsement.' To those who may not know him we can. say that he. isa-na tive Georgian, a sincere and faithfnl democrat, Can’t Aghee.—The Courier-Journal’s Waah- bgton correspondent telegraphs as follows, un der date of Thursday: While the detailed proceedings of the Joint High Commission are kept secret, there is .no ~tobt that the Commission has thus far utterly '•Rod to come to any terms of settlementof the toternational fishery question. The demands Jf Canada, as submitted through Sir John Mc Donald, are regarded as utterly untenable by too American commissioners, and, unless the United States are willing to concede liberal «F®? of reciprocity, it is thought that toe com- will find itself in a complete dead lock, ibis is quite unfortunate, iu view of the fact bto*thefl-!iing season will open in two or three j^oatbs, when the belligerent acts of the last i are likely to be resumed. • Tns most modern and fashionable way to ac- toaipliahed suicido is to fill your mouth with b-a powder nnd then take a percussion cap and •tow it hard. If the oap has your monogram “ ll i so much the better. merchant tailors .of Philadelphia have uned n society for mutual protection, to be own ns tho “Merchant Tailors’ Exchange." j./^ister ia to be kept of ail customers, classi- linl“ nd . 0 F, 111166 heads . “objeotionable,” “de- ^aent, and “troublesome. of most industrious habits, an accomplished, .. accountant, intimately acquainted with Hie del th - at ■ cor E_ and . lesa 00tt< ? 11 ** Pl ant : tails of the Comptroller’s office, possessed of substantial and caltivated mind and an honest heart. His talents were appreciated by.the Confederate Government whose interops, he faithfully subserved, and with whose fortunes he embarked and lost Ms estate. It may be said that many others did likewise. This is trne, bnt there are few, if any, to: be foqnd who are so well qualified, for the position to wMoh we refer. CoL Allan is fitted for this of fice by nature, education and experience. It may be considered premature to present his name at this time. : We do thubeeause it is often too late to do good but ia our opinion never too early. The consideration of the sub ject can at least do no harm.—ipnonon De fender. ■ . v :. .-!i l.,tt ■«■•-„>.. \ihatiTrapads (jpon. j The editor of the Savannah Republican bos recently had a conversation with the Hon. Eras- tns Brooks, one of the editors of the New York Express, who is at present on a visit to Savan nah, on .the prospects of a Democratic triumph at the North next year, to wMchhe refers edito rially In his issue of Sunday as follows: Letter from Lumber City. I/tmbeb Crrr, Ga., April 2,1871. • Editors Telegraph and Messenger: A recent your fair city Tia tho Macon and Brnnsr- wick liailroad, observations made along the route and from information obtained from other sources, I am led to the conclusion that the acre age Jn cotton this year will approximate closely, if it doe3 not equal, that of last year. Cotton is indeed king, and his submissive vassals, de spite the lessons taught in tho past, aro bowing at Ms shrine and paying the homage dictated by his iron wilL At almost every station along the railroad more or less commercial fertilizers were to bo seen, which, if their value could be estimated in proportion to the odor they emitted, would certainly add largely to this year’s crop. Tho fact that fertilizers, with a few exceptions, havo maintained steadily the prices at wMch they were held last spring when cotton was 21 cents per pound, is proof that the demand for them is nearly, if not quite as great, as last spring; therefore, it is fair to assume, that with a tol erable cotton year, we may expect a crop fully as large as that of the past'year, to be sold at prices ranging at, perhaps, from 9 to 12 cents. Now Messrs. Editors, why it is that intelli gent farmers invest so largely in fertilizers, at such enormorons prices, with snch a gloomy prospect for cotton next FaU, is a mystery too deep for eolation. Experience and observation have taught mo that almost any of the fertilizers offered in oar markets will pay a small per centage with cotton at 15 or 16 cents per pound, providing a pore article is obtained, bnt when cotton is below that fignre it is rarely Hie case that any benefit i3 derived from them, and fre quently loss is the result. This I think would be the verdict of a majority of tha farmers throughout the country. In this view of the case I would ask where is the farmers renumer ation to come from for the wear and tear of Ms machinery, forage for Ms Block, land rent, eto., after paying Ms laborers, and settling up Ms 21 per cent. montMy.bitla with bis warehousemen upon whose credit h'a‘ was enabled to buy his guano. ' > ; o. t It is admitted by mahy farmqrs- that it costs from 7 to 10 cents to produce cotton and get it ready for market. Tho laborer, therefore takes within two or three cents of the present market value of it. Still, with a more gloomy prospeot ahead than ever, we- find many rushing wildly and madly into the business of cotton growing to tho exclusion, in a measure, of. forago and provision crops. If the farmer’s cash capital alone was invested in cotton growing the crop would be curtailed to an extent that what would be made would bear a remunerative price; but, as it is, he goes it largely, makes hundreds of bales, gluts the market, and with credit strained to tho last notch comes eutin debt; to use a familiar expression “he makes lots of money, bnt it is all for somebody else.” For the pres ent I think we will have to accept farmer Fogy’s solution of the problem of the recklessness of farmers, which is “that every man thinks his neighbor is not going to plant any cotton this year and now’s his time to strike.” Line upon line has been showered upon the numerons readers of your valuable paper throughout the country in regard to tMs matter, but no heed is taken. Time, however, will bring a change; the truth of the situation will force itself on the minds of planters. Only the available cash capital will bo employed in farming; small crops will bo made, and satisfactory prices will be obtained for them. Then we shall be happy to hear them, like the renowned Horaoe, tell “what they know about fanning.’’ By the way, if you should wish to take a pleasant ride southward, I would suggest' that yon embark on the Macon and Bronswiok Rail road, and take a ride to Brunswick. This road can boast of as pleasant and comfortable coaches as any road in tho country, and they are presid ed over by the cleverest corps of conductors that it-has ever been my good fortune to meet with. The facilities offered by this road to travelers from the North coming South are unequaled by any other line southward. Gloso connections are made at Macon with the Macon and Western Road, and at Jessup with the Gulf Road. Pas sengers go through from Atlanta to Savannah and Jacksonville, Fia., in sixteen and eighteen hours, and it is now extensively patronized by the traveling pnblic from the North and West, coming Sonth. , ' - Yours, etc., - ■ a -l> Sub scum eb. The Way They are “Planting More Corn and Less Cotton.” Under this head the editor of the Columbus Enquirer gives his 'experience of what it meanB as follows We are informed of an instance in wMch a man, a few weeks since, rented a field with the usual understanding that he was to pay the rent with a portion of the crop. Being then asked what he intended to cultivate, he replied “all ooro,” as he did not believe cotton would bring a paying price. TMs was no doubt-his inten tion at the' time. Bnt as planting time comes oh the temptation to put in a good cotton crop always becomes hard to resist It was so in tMs instance. Passing by the place the other day, a neighbor noticed that corn had been planted in tho poorest parts of the field, but the best and freshest portion^' had not been plowed. Asking the reason, he was told that the unplow- ed portions had been reserved for cotton! . , Wo passed by a small farm a day or two since, that had been rented to a couple of industrious freedmen. They'were hard at work planting Fitness for OHIce vs. Availability. The interests of the public demand the selec tion of officers with special reference to their qualifications for the positions to which they are respectively called. It is a source of regret that this care hasnotbeen generally observed and that tho question of availability, which is in this con- nection the synonym of wire working and dem- agogneism, has governed all parties in the pre sentation of candidates for popular favor. The only tenet in tho doctrines of Knownothingism which ever met our sanction was embraced in the avowal that “the office should seek the man and not the man the office.” Tha foregoing paragraph has been suggested while considering a special case of fitness for a certain offico which will be filled by election at the meeting of the Legislature in 1872, We refer to the office of Comptroller General and to CoL Thompson Allan as the person who of all others in Georgia we deem best qnalifiedfor and most deserving this position. To those per sonally acquainted with the character,. and splendid qualifications of Col. Allan, our. com- SsSSaKai'saS SH35S25E5HBH of any kind. Asking why they not use the manure whioh we knew to be on tho place, we were told that they were reserv ing that for the cotton drop! And thus It is, we have good reason to fear, The best portions of tho land be, or have been, reserved for cotton. The fact that the amount of commercial fertilizers used is vastly short of last year’s consumption does not, by any means, prove that the cotton crop will be greatly shortened on tMs aooonnt; because the home-made fertilizers will, this year, be mostly applied to ootton, and tho corn will have to go without manure. The failure to buy tbe commercial fertilizers oan, in this way, operate more to the curtailment of the corn than the cotton crop. We venture the assertion that, in a majority of oases, the plant ing has been so managed os to make the lack of fertilizers affect the com rather than the cotton—either by the. selection of toe host lands this year for cotton and the poorer for com, or by the application to cotton of the kinds of manures that were, last year applied to OOTO. -br.r,v:‘.-j ■■,rj . As Old Bachklob's Will—Lea visa thx Bcxk of as Estate of $400,000 to his Six Hobses.—An old bachelor of Fassaio-Yillage, N. J., named Marsh, died recently, leaving an estate-Valued at about §400,000, including 80 acres of ehoioe land near Passaic, and six horses. His last will and testament is a curious docu- In a conversation with Mr. Brooks, held in hnent 'Neatly all of M^pri our office a day or two ago,' the prospect of a Democratic triumph at the North being the sub ject of particular enquiry on onr part, he as sured us that it depended solely on one cbndi- tion, viz: good order and respect for law in the South between now and the Presidential election. The Radicals are divided among themselves on nearly every pnblic question. The party has been broken down with the weight of its own political enormities, and nothing can save it from utter destruction at the North bnt excesses and lawlessness at the South, which never fail to damage the Conservative cause by making it appear that the spirit of rebellion still exists amongst ns, and, as a consequence, a necessity for a oontinnance of tho stringent measures of the Radical party. The great body of the Northern people desire peace and quiet, and Radical demagogues have persuaded them that harsh means are the only cure for snch diseases of the body politic. The ‘fperseention of loyal ciiizens” is a favorite theme with these partisan rogues, and they never fail to magnify every outrage at the South an hundred fold in order to inflame the public mind against ns and our friends at the North. ' leathed to his horses. The farm of eighty acres is set apart for their exclusive comfort and support, and $300 a year.cash la also provided for their additional welfare. . $1200 ayear is appropria ted to recompense a man whose whole time and skill shall be devoted to.their care. To clinch the provisions, the executors, who are Dr. R. A. Torhuno and a New York, gentleman, are be queathed the sum of $10,000 each, to see that the requirements of the will are carried into effect. TMs state of things is to continue ten years, when the farm is ordered to be sold. A poor Hollander working on the place, and one or two others, are beneficiaries to a small amount, bnt a large portion of tbe legacy is left to the hones. A poor boy, to whqm he was attached, is handsomely provided for. He had no near relations, and the distant ones do not come in for their share until, the.specified ten years have-passed.—Sun. Miss Lizzie Boysroy, the leader of the In diana womanlsTights.people, is now married, and has tame)y subsided to the slavery of keep ing house for a great horrid man at Des Moines, Iowa. w mz Scarlet Fever. From a circnlar distributed in London, Eng- Itmd, the Medical Gazette extracts the following directions for the management of the sick room in cases of scarlet fever and other contagious disorders: “1. On the first appearance of the disease the patient should be placed in a separate apart- ment; as near the top of the house as possible, from which all curtains, carpets, ced hangings and other noedless articles of furniture shoiud be removed, and no person except the medical attendant and the nurse or mothor permitted to enter the room. 2. A basin containing a solu tion of-chloride of lime or carbolic acid should be placed near the bed for the patient to spit in. 3. A large vesselcontaining water, in which has been poured Condy’s fluid or tan solution of chloride of soda or lime, should be kept in the room, and into this all the bed and linen, as soon as it is removed from the pa tient, and all soiled towels, eta, should bo placed; having been kept here some time the things may bo removed and sent to the laundress. 4. Pocket handkorcMefs should not be used bnt pieces of rags employed instead, for wiping the month and nose of the patient; each piece, after being once used, should be izn mediately burned. 5. A plentiful supply of water and towels should bo kept for the nurse, whose hands of necessity will become soiled by the secretions of the patient; in one hand-basin the water Bhould be impregnated with Condy’s fluid of cMoride, by wMch the taint on the hands may at once be removed. C. All glasses, cups, plates, or other vessels used, in the sick room should be scrupulously cleaned in boiling water before being Used by other persons. 7. Outside the door of the sick room a sheet should be suspended so as to cover the doorway; tMs should be kept constantly wet with a solution of carbolio acid or cMoride of lime. The effect of this will be to keep every other part of the house free from infection. 8. The discharge from the bowels and kidneys of the patient should bo received into vessels charged with disinfectants, such as the solution of oarbolic acid or chloride of lime, and immediately re moved. By these means the poison thrown off from internal surfaces may be rendered inert and deprived of the power of propagating the diseaso. 9. The thin skin or cnticle wMch peels off from the hands, face and other parts of the body in convalescent patients is Mgbly conta gious. The plan recommended for preventing the poison from the skin being disseminated; through the air is to rub oil or lard over toe skin. This practice is to be oommenoed on the fourth day after the appearance of the ernption and to be continued every day until the patient is well enough to take a warm bath. These baths Bhould be administered every other day for four times, when the disinfection of the skin may be regarded complete. TMs, however, should not be dene without first consulting the medical attendant. The foregoing directions wiU apply to All kinds of fever, smalLpox, and all other contagions diseases. The patient having been removed, all linen articles, snch as sheets, towels, pillow cases, and body linen, are to be disinfected as by di rection No. 3. 'Ibis done, the blankets, coun terpains and woolen articles of clothing are to be suspended on lines, and the mattresses and beds placed over the backs of chairs; the fur niture also is to be removed from the walls, the windows closed, and paper pasted over the crevices; the chimney opening of thefireplaco is also to be effectually stopped up. An old saucepan lid or'other open iron vessel is next to be placed in the middle of‘the room, into wMch a quarter of; a pound of stone brimstone, broken into pieoes, is to be put; and the person who does it must immediately leavo the apart ment, close the door, and paste paper over the crevices. At the .expiration of twenty-four hours the room may be entered, and the doors and windows thrown open to allow tbe fumes of sulphur to escape. By this process the room and everything in it may be considered to have been thoroughly disinfeoted. MISGOVERNMEBiT IN THE SOUTH. The Results of Excessive Taxation—Plant ers obliged to Sell their Lanlla to Pay tbe Taxes—Buhl Staring them In . tho Face. Prom a Private letter from a South Carolina'lady. Sumteb Distbict, March 27.—I cannot forbear alluding to the evils which the present tax sys tem of our State entails upon landholders. Thousands are either on the brink of rnin or aro barelyable to provide their families with the ne cessities of life. My son’s place of 28,000 acres, most of whioh is a swamp utterly incapable of cultivation, is assessed at $5 per acre, and the tax this year amounted to $287. In old times it was only $8. M——y, which brings Mr. B. in $28.50 ayear, istaxednearly$300. Another plantation, formerly taxed $3.50, now has to pay $190, and valuation pnt upon them, bnt are coolly told that the State will not give over fifty-cents per acre for them, as “that is all they are worth”’ From the small sum remaining from toe sale of our houses in , about $1,200, I have been obliged to draw $500 to pay taxeB. My husband has been trying hard to collect small sums owing him, to lessen if possible the bur den of taxation, bnt with small success. All our neighbors and friends appear to be in the same predioament. All are leaving their other debts unpaid to pay the outrageous taxes im posed upon them by the State. . Sonth Carolina is in a deplorable condition. Plantations unoccupied by their own owners are taken possession of by negroes, and the houses oocupied by them. The latter pay noi rent, and will not leavo when they are bidden, and as they have no money, it is useless to at tempt legal proceedings against them. Further more, they will not work if they can help it. Hundred of planters say they willnot again pay the unjust taxes'that are now extorted from them. They even threaten armed resistance unless some change for the better takes plaoe. The negroes would hare given us no trouble if they had not been subjected to the evil in fluence of the incendiary carpet-baggers, who are fattening at toe people’s expense. This is no overdrawn picture of our oondition, and I think the people of the North ought to know how much we suffer. It costs more than the net proceeds of a crop at present prioestozun a plantation, and land has constantly to be sold at a saorifioe to meet the taxes. When the land is all gone, we shall be cast penniless upon the world.—If. Y. Sun. Blub AM) Mobton.—Gem. Frank Blair Mt toe virtuous Morton, a sockdolager between the eyeB, last Thursday, aswitness the follow ing: . J.’ya ..taiH |:i . ufw ... . j : i Mr. Blair desired Senator Morton to answer candidly one question: whether the negroes had not been entrusted with toe ballot in order to bbtaimRepublioan rotes ? . to-. [ Mr, Morton replied that it was well to know that reconstruction could not be accomplished on a white basis. The white people of the South would not accept the situation. Mri Blair (empbatieally>T-They did accept the situation. They did abolish slavery, and never have lifted a hand against the Govern ment since, and any one who asserts the' con trary asserts that which ia not true. [General applause in toe galleries.] -S. ■> Ti A Case in Point.—A case has lately been tzieA in London wMch concerns the advocates of wo man’s rights. A man named Torpey induced a l For the- Telegraph and Messenger. Lines on the Death of So n. Eugenios A. Nlsbet. bt vmaiNfus. No more, no more, shall he be known Tho patriot, jurist, father, friend! His body to the dust has gone, His soul to where the good ascend. No mcro with sage forensic lore He’ll plead the cherished rights of men, No more on Southern page will pour Tlieewoetness of his graceful pen. He ehono o'er earth like some pure light Sent to illume this lower ground ; And now as ho retires from sight, ' • A mortal darkness hovers round,’;/ ■ ■ His course through life was calm, serene, Unmarked by turbulence or strife, His eyes were placed on things unseen— w t His was a pore, believing life. He’s gone to join the loved and wept, Who went before him to the sky, Whose memory he so sweetly kept, Whoso star alone had fixed his eye. And now on Heaven’s ambrosial MU HoHl share that one’s eternal rest, And there when joyB celestial thrill, They and their children wiU be blest. He sank to rest as sinks the sun That leaves a golden smile behind, His works cf love and mercy done, His memory tints the drooping mind; Or, like tho frnits that ripeet grow, Bat faU when by tho tempest driven, Though earth receives the crushing blow, The sweetest odors rise to heaven , - Eufaula, Ala., March 81,1871: JOHN PAUL’S WHEAT PURCHASE. I Chapter of Trade—Buying- Long and Selling Short. Generally speaking, wheat is a very good gram.. It shows well in the field and in the statistical report; it looks well in stacks, and es pecially well in granaries; and when well ground, methodically kneaded, judiciously baked and properly browned and buttered into toast, there is no one who wiU speak more respectfully, not to say enthusiasticaUy, of the vegetable toan I wiU, for I am, in the main, too well bred to do otherwise. Bnt as an artiole of commerce, a medium of speculation,.! am emphatically down trn til A xrhnln fneftfnfinn hsth on the whole institution, both “winter” and “spring”—the one has proven “the winter of my discontent,” while the other has “sprung”.a trap onme not unlike that projected over unwary birds which nibble at the same bait. These re marks may seem severe, but they drop as nat urally from mb as the kernels would from a head of wheat that has been well thrashed. As everybody knows, I am the son of rich but respectable parents. I started in life with this talismanio maxim for money-making: Buy when every one is selling; sell when every one is buying. Well, some weeks since, wheat, wMch had been very buoyant, suddenly fell. Every one . was seUing. I had a little money, and confiding in my golden rule, “pitched in” and bought’ at “eighty-five.” Very soon the staple commodity dropped to sixty-eight. Now, thought I, is the time to get an “averageso, mortgaging the first lot, I bought more. And I’ll venture to say that no old lady ever prayed so devoutly for her bread to rise as I did for my wheat. The fault, they said, was in the East (excuse the pun, if the pun is obvious,) until, as it 8till kept dropping, I thought it my duty to go into OMcago and put a stop to it The first greeting that met me as I stepped into the Tremont House was a telegram on the bulletin- board: “Wheat is flat” Wheat probably was flat enough, bnt. this announcement struck me as being rather a sharp truth. At half-past 11 I.went down:on ’Change. It is, perhaps, need less tossy that I found things materially changed since. I had bought Wheat had “heated” Jn toe warehouses, they said. Enigmatic reference was made to.“stump-tail.” “Buyers -were of fering Vfifty-fiyeeverybody appeared to be buying; therefore, following ont my aphorism, I sold.:-? n • The result maybe summed up thus: Two months ago I had money and ho wheat. Sub sequently I. had wheat and no money. Now, by toe Lord, I have neither ! The second lot was a poor lot—as poor, in fact, as the seoond edi tion of Pharaoh’s kine, since it swallowed the first Bnt I bought it to make an “average,” and I made it For the past few days my friends have noticed a remarkable echo* Jn my vicinity. .Whenever we chance to meet, some chap will say, “Ahem, another pays over $800 in lieu of $16.60. We wheat !” and tha reverberation rolls back, deep would gladly sell these lands to tho State ate the and distinot, “Dam wheat!” The eoho may be Foreign Note*. (FBEPABED FOB THE TELEOBATH AND MESSENOEB.) The English Parliament will shortly adjourn for the Easter holidays. The. House of Lords received the Chancellor’s bill to unseat bank rupt peers. The Cabinet seems to follow the plan of- confederation to consolidate the British Empire. Tho government gave notice of a bill providing for the confederation of thei British islands in the West Indies. The attitude of the administration during the Franco-German war was made the subject- of lively debates in the Honse of Commons. Mr. Cochrane, after call ing upon the Ministers to .urge upon Prussia to moderate tho terms of peace, concluded by expressing Ms belief that by England’s lack of sympathy with France she had lost a firm ally without gaining another. Gladstone replied that England’s conduot was applauded by all Europe. Franoe was in the wrong as regards the immediate cause of the war, and Germany ;was- right, though the latter was not free of blame in the affair of the DnoMes. England had applauded the efforts made for German unity. He regretted the revelations concerning: the so-called Bonedetti treaty, and defender Lord Granville’s policy of Neutrality, and Ms oonrsein securing the neutrality of other pow ers. He believed that through the efforts of the noble Lord, Prussia had already moderated her terms. Lewis Doxat, probably the oldest member of the London press, died—age 98 years. In the commencement of this oentnry he was.editor of the “Morning Chronicle,” and continued editor of the “Observer” for fifty years. The personal property owned by the late Nathaniel Rothkohild, in England, amounted to £ 1.800,000. The reports fromParis ore sad indeed.' Civil war has fairly begun, and threatens to make unhappy Franco a prey of lamentable anarchy, should the TMera Governmentnot soon succeed in overpowering the insurgents. What we may anticipate from a consolidation of the Commune is foreshadowed by the recent decrees of the Revolutionary Committee initiating the’erusade of labor against capital. We expect to hear next from a division of all property, pnblio and private, on the principle that property is rob bery, and consequently no man has any right of holding anything of Ms own. The simplicity of the revolutionary leaders is truly astounding, when we read that the Commercial Council is deliberating upon a proposal to pay the Prus sian indemnity by selling Versailles for one million francs to an Anglo-American Company; St. Cloud for 800,000,000 franos to a German gambling - proprietor, and Fontainebleau for 500,000,000 francs. The-aspect of Paris is sinister and evil-boding. Thousands are flying from the capital to save themselves from the approaching reign of terror. 1 “ In the German ReiohBtag an address to the Emperor was passed by a large majority. Six of the Polish members who will play the part of the French “Irreconciliables,” abstained from voting. The address was chiefly opposed by the Catholic members,' who themselves moved an amendment, expressing the principle that Germany should intervene with the Italian Government in tho affairs of Rome. -TMs proposition was rejected. A motion proposing that Prussian Poland should not be inolnded in toe German Empire was algo lost, .The proper form of Government for Alsace and Lorame, has not yet been deoided upon. The Germans have bought their 'victories dearly, for their losses in the war just dosed are appaling, a convincing proof that toe French fought valiantly. Most of the regiments of the Guard lost one tirird of their men, and by far the greater number of these fell in the single bloody day of St. PrivaL The 48th regiment suffered most severely. Its nominal strength consists of 64 officers and 3000 men. Of these 57 officers, 3 ensigns, and 1497 men have been either killed or wounded, while one ensign and 46 men are reported as missing. In Warsaw a pamphlet is in circulation advo cating a Sclav® Confederation under Russian leadership, and calling upon Alexander IL to _ ■ ... - , mountains are cultivated to the very summit, of his policy. The anonymous writer thinks —«... . . ” the Bcl&ve question is tobe solved by the down fall of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, whioh Russia should promote by all possible means. He is asking for perfect autonomy for the king dom of Poland, with toe exception of toe mil itary and foreign affairs. The same rights are advocated for the Russian provinces of theBaltio, on the ground that the ties binding them to Rus sia would be the better cemented. In conclusion, toe writer reminds toe Czar of toe fact that toe decay of Poland dates from Siegmnnd the Third, when the Poles first began tq oppress the Germans in the west and Russians in the east And, warningly, he calls to the Emperor that the persecution of the Poles and Germans initiated by toe ultra-Russian party might lead Russia to toe fatal doom of Poland. The warlike preparations of. the. Russian Gov ernment continue with great vigor. A decree of the Minister of War orders the formation of. the fourth battalions. The departments for the railway and telegrapMo service in the field and toe sick-bearer companies are being .organized after the Prussian system. The troops com manded for this service are receiving systemati cal instructions-and toe sick-bearers are even taught the rudiments of chimrgery. According to the Madrid correspondent of the London Times the Spanish authorities have not succeeded yet in traoing toe would-be assassins of Zarilla. But the Government is said to have made important discoveries about the murder of Prim. The situation of toe oountryis far from being hopeful. Though Amedeo has dis played great tact and personal amiability to win toe hearts of his newuubj«cts, hia dynasty does not take root. The fact that he is a foreigner will form toe greatest obstacle to the consolida tion of his throne. There are signs of growing dissatisfaction in the army, wM»e the Oarlists and partisans of Alton** are in high glee over the anticipated downfall of toe new monarchy. In Rom* the Italian Government continues making preparations for the final transfer of the capital. Officials of the various ministries have selected the most suitable plsoes far the admin istration of pnblio business. There is a more itnay l profane, but it ia the expression of a very gen eral sentiment. For I think that ihost opera tors will concur with me in the following con clusions.:.. - r .-n. -, . ‘ ' : * That to buy at “eighty-five” and sell at “fifty- five” will not pay unless a man does a very large business. That wheat, when it once begins to fall, is a good, while reaching bottom. That when it once begins to heat, it very soon be comes too hdt <to J hold. That,’after aQ, toe snrest way to make money in wheat is to plant It in good soiL And, lastly, that a man going into the. wheat market, with even a small capi tal, if-he is industrious and perseveres, may very'soiJn succeed ih 'owing -more than it is probable he will ever be worth. - Color Prejudices in Puerto* Prince. ‘ Correspondence of the Baltimore American.] S j : Puebto . Panics, March '7. 1871.—Notwith standing the indication givenin my last letter of Jho deoided feeling of, animosity to ' Ameri cans among toe peopIaT of Puerto Prince, we have continued to perainblate the city, and’ to return their soowls with smiles, and to. be rather amused with their evideneea of dislike. They are undoubtedly an ignorant' people, ’but they entertain the same prejudices against a wMte skin that some people at home do against a hopeful feeling in the Vatican in oonaeqnenoe black one. So long as those who claim to be of recent reports whioh arc said to have arrived - ®rl his honse with * quantity of rich diamond orna ments, that his wife might make a selection from them. Mrs. Torpey met the clerk, and suc ceeded in administering cMoroform to him tod robbing him 'of toe jewels. Torpey escaped to the Continent, bat hfij rrife. was captured and tried for the crime, and escaped on the ground that she acted under toe compulsion of her has. band. 5 If toe had enjoyed all tho rights of wo man, which some of her sisters so earnestly claim; itoe iWQnid/hftve-had toe pleasure of pending a few months in lodgings provided at .er Majesty’s expentoT " An Evansville schoolmaram’s ideas of pu: ment are confined to lifting toe scholars by ears, and butting their heads against the wall. ,<ku Bom aelsW’ 1* enetraT * enlightened uphold and defend this prejudice, and ministers have preached it from their pul pits, we must not condemn the negro of the tropics for considering a white skin as the mark of an Inferior race. That they do so is an un doubted fact, and any shade lighter than utter darkness is graded, as it with us, as one step towards the degraded color. No man with a white akin oan hold property here, as was the case in the Sonth before the war with regard to the blaok race, and all intermixture of race is equally degrading. It is a singular fact that they adhere to their prejudices more closely and praotice them more faithfully than their American pro-slavery brethren, as the almost nniveral shade here is so blaok that charcoal would make a wMte mark on the faces of most oftki natives. z vacua aeodi Mbs. Annie D. Caroa* has reoentlz visited the Mormons, and writes to the Pioeent Age a account of tho delis’* 1 * 8 Lake from Franoe. The Peter’s Pence are again increasing, thus keeping the Papal treasury well filled. On the other hand, toe partisans of toe new order of things pay little attention to toe aims and hopes of the Papal party. To unite’ toe friends of toe Italian Government still dloeer, they proposed to celebrate the King’s birthday by a patriotic banquet to wWto all should be invited who either with toe sword, pen or word have battled for toe deliverance of Rome since 1870. Stormy soeneware skid to haTe oc curred in toe Ghprto of Jesus between the Lib eral and Papal elements of toe Assembly. ,- J i Garibaldi, at«*unp&nied by Basso, his private ‘adferetaxy; has disembarked again in Ms island home ot Caprera and resumed at cnee hiaagri- ositural pursuits. Cardinal Antonelli is reported to have re signed the office of Secretary of State in the Papal Cabinet. Janno. Houses in Philadelphia.—The Philadelphia strong and beafiny. It is not necessary, .how ever, to attribute the sturdiness of Mormon child^n to toe practice - -of - polygamy. -The Mormons are exceedingly anxious to increase their number, and, indeed, adopted polygamy __— i-.ni-.cr - r , avowedly as a means to that end. They there- firm of jewelers to send one of their clerks to f or8 naturally make the rearing of children a matter of peculiar care and interest, and chil- -. She claims to haw discovered that the Ledger exults in the following fasMon, and children of polygamous parents are unusually -With some reason : o tugoiertflodlo f At the beginning of the present year, toe grand total of houses of all kinds in Philadel phia was 122,746. After deducting from this great aggregate the four hundred and fifty-one church buildings, the factorisa, foundries, thea tree, pnblio halls, school buildings, shops, mills and all other houses, not oocupied by families, there remains more than one hundred and fonr- dren, instead of being dreaded’ and provided ■ teen thousands dwellings. This return of dwel- against, as in some other communities, are de- i lings is about’ fifteen hundred greater toan toe sired and welcomed. In these circumstances it j return made by the United States census mar ls to be expeoted’ that the cMldren will be ia J shale, bnt the difference is not greater than toe better physical condition than the unwelcome ; rapid progresa-of building from June, 1870, to “mring of monogamou^IMassachusetts pa- J the closed! that year will aooonnt for. This is rente. The Mormons have realty been experi-1 certainly a magnificent display of homes for a menting in Btirpicnlture, although it is hardly • dtv which the - same census marshals returned probable that many of their number are ao- 1 as containing but six hundred and seventj'flve quainted with toe word.— World. Bibsiabcx, while homeward bound, was thousand inhabitants. Fobeion Ikpokis.—The foreign imports into New York for toe month of February last were sen ted in Frankfort by an - enthusiastic wine New xorx ror me f - r‘T* merchant with a Gootinger sausamVyard f<W}g t { $86,491,324, against .$25,867,-198 in February, which, like Grant he sC'oepted with thanks. 1870. Jdgtn von^-Gt’ *txt) rirfcj Haafalhoz ftgpoa j Interesting Letter from Haytf. Mr. 0. 0. Fulton, the editor of the Baltimore American, writes as follows from Puerto Prince: THE MABErr 6CESK. - Of all tho scenes in and about the oity, noth ing is so amusing and attractive to strangers as toe market square. There are three market 1 squares in tho cityybut toe centre market is the principal one, the ether two being attended only on Saturday evening. From daybreak till noon toe centre market presents a scene of ani mated' nature, being an intermixture of men, women, children and donkeys, every woman preeent having at least one of these industrious little animals. All the marketing is brought on toe backs of donkeys, and the venders are taken hdtne on toe backs of the same animaia. If one of them brays all toe balanco respond, and the women halloo and scold at them, occasion ing a confusion worse confounded toan any I have ever before witnessed. Then at almost every step yon encounter a couple of women quarreling ml Creole French, with gesticulations and contortions of body that ore truly ladicrons. They differ bnt little in the usual billingsgate style and manner of their moro civilized cotem poraries, exeept, perhaps, that they never oome to blows, toe nearest approach to it being the shaking of their fists in each other's faces. HATTIEN BHZNPLASTEBS. The display of provisions for sale is very light, and probably oach separate display might bo purchased at sot overt wo or more than five dollars in silver, provided they would take sil ver. Bat the fact is you might as well go to market with pebble stones as with silver coin. The-market people know nothing of toe value of coin, and will sell for nothing but Haytien shinplasters, which are called gourds, each gourd originally representing one dollar in epe- oie. It has now degenerated so as to represent the three hundred and eighty-sixth part of a dollar;, that is to say, thebrokers will give you for one silver dollar three hundred and eighty- six gourds. The country people when they sell an orange get four gourds for it instead of one, cent, and imagine they are getting wealthy, and are doubtless hoarding it nnder toe supposition that it will some day be worth what its face calls for. It has been much more depreciated than it now is, however, having within a few months been as high or as low as six hundred for one. Only tMnk of paying $500 for a breakfast, $3,000 for a straw hat. If yon Bhould get a dollar changed for paper, you have to buyj a basket to carry it in, as the pockets of an ordi nary suit of clothing would not contain one-half of it. In appearance it is ragged, greasy, and offensive, and resembles as near as possible our old continental notes. In the stores they throw it into flour barrels, first tying it into small par cels ; and if you ask for change, a coffee-bag is often palled forth as the receptacle of the cash of the establishment. The silver and gold coin ia circulation ia prin cipally American, with some Spanish and French. A great deal was left here by our party, who take with theca a'museum of Haytien curiosi ties. SUBSET STALLS. The market stalls consist of little piles abont five feet square of cobble stones, on which is spread a mat, and on the mat are laid articles of produce offered for sale. On a large stone, in close contiguity, site the vender, with a large bandana hackerchief on her head, the ends starched and floating byhind. Others have im mense rimmed straw hats on top of the inevit able bandana. Their clothing is generally of the finest quality of English linen and lawns, and in some eases they, keep it very cleanly. The trail is universal, and, whether it passes through mud or water, is never raised, it evi dently being contrary to etiquette to do so. THE cm AND ITS BUBBOUNDINQS. The oity of Puerto Fringe is located at the head of the broad bay, two peninsnlas extend ing ont into the sea, each. 100. miles in length. Near the end of the western cape is the port of Cape Haytien, and near the other Jacmel—both having considerable commercial standing. These two peninsnlas are thickly settled, and the make toe execution of this plan the sole purpose mostly with coffeo, tho cultivation of sugar be : ing nearly abandoned. The deep green of the mountains and the tall trees on their very sum mits indicate toe extreme richness of toe soil. At night the glimmering ot lights over the mountain sides and the burning of brush pre sent a fine panoramio view from our deck. In the centre of the bay, between these two wings, is toe island of Gonaives, apparently, about twenty, miles wide and thirty long. The soil of it is good, - bnt it is neither inhabited nor culti vated, and as far as I could observe not a tree was visible. • THE PEOPLE or HATTL We see people from all parts of the Republic daily in the streets, and although intensely blaok, they have not much of the African fea tures and very little of the air and carriage of the American negro. They regard themaelVes as toe superior-race,- and they certainly look like free men. ’ They are tall and atMetic, and the women are Smooth-faoed, good-featsred, and rotund in form, perfect specimens of health. The harbor is lined with sail-boats morning and evening, hundreds of them coming in and going ont with the sea and land breeze, crowded with men and women. A great many.of these boats are abont the size of onr Eastern-shore pnngeys, and are handled with considerable skill by their skipper^ considering that their decks are usu ally orowded with people, mostly women. Then thonsands come to toe city daily on donkeys with loads of produce, each bringing small bags of coffee, and everything that can be turned into money, returning in the evenings. HAXT1XN CANNIBALS. There is no doubt that cannibalism at one time had considerable sway among toe moun taineers, and that some vestiges of it still re- main. During the reign of Geffard four men and four women were brought to the stake and shot for the offence, who died with all the en thusiasm that Christian martyrs have displayed in their last moments. The sacrifice of children to their God is the essence of their religion, and they partake of the flesh and blood with all the fervor that She Christian sacrament of the Lord’s Supper ia partaken. -There is a priestess.of toe order in Puerto Prinee, and it is believed that the kfcrifiee is now performed in secret. Since the exeoatien of the eight martyrs toe sect is said to have in creased to snch an extent, especially in the mountains, that it is not now regarded as safe or politic for the government to persecute them any more. ■ ■ ■ Aft ExTBAOBPmABT DENOMINATIONAL Law suit.—A lawsuit of great interest, and of an ex traordinary kind for this country, involving the title to toe valuable property of the First Re formed Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, has .for several weeks occupied the Supreme -Court of Pennsylvania, now in session fa that city. The case grew out of a declaration ef Geo. H. Stuart, of Philadelphia, a member of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church, who openly-said he “was in the habit Of singing hymns.’- -For this “use of human psalmody” he was deposed from Ms place in tbs Synod and his eldersMp in the church, and was denied toe right to partake of the oemmonton. Tbe Pres bytery with whioh Mr. Stunt’s church was oon- nected refused to acknowledge theaotion of the Synod as binding, and his pastor, toe Rev. Dr. Wylie with a majority of the congregation, sJso sustained him, and continued to treat Mm as a member of the church in good and regular standing.- A minority of the members of the First Church, who approved the action of the Synod, thereupon seceded, calling a new pastor, and holding Bervioes in the Hall of the Academy of Music. They claim to be the true First Church, and that the majority, by thair dis obedience to the Synod, have forfeited their title. On this ground they have brought suit for the possession of toe ohuroh property. Tbe case has encitod great interest in PMUdelphia, and among the Presbyterians everywhere. . Two ladies orra Missouri railway train got their babies mixed, and oouldnt tell them apart They tossed up a cent to deride tha matter. Causal, aooordmg to Ben Wade, faa.ahiohen thief. What Ben Wade is, aocording to Caftttl, we don’t know. ’ “ V