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Newspaper Page Text■ ■■ '■■■ - _ — y Tli© Georgia "Weekly Telesranli and Journal &z jVIesseiiger. Telegraph and Messenger. MACON, APRIL 18, 1871. Red Cloyed.—Mr. George C. Beal, of Bald win, sends us a a tali of volunteer “purple” clover plucked from an old field in Baldwin, This clover is in blossom, two feet high, and very heavy. It is ihe common Red Clover— and fancy the “old red hills of Baldwin” adorned with such a growth; which they easily might be with deep culture and a somewhat liberal fer tilizing. Clover is now the subject of much discussion and experiment in Middle Georgia, and wo have not a doubt that itcan bo as easily produced on our day lands as in Pennsylvania, and to considerably greater profit. To re claim these abandoned and galled old fields and make them produce three tons per acre of good clover hay, worth now in the Macon market forty dollars per ton, is an achievement as practicable as it would be beneficial to the farmer and the State. Largo numbers of our readers are now engaged in the cultivation of the Red Clover, and they would confer a favor upon us and the public by reporting progress and results. ___ Additional Representation in Congress.— Coburn, of Indiana, made an attempt to intro duce a bill for additional representation into the House last Monday, but the New England and Middle States Radicals refused to suspend the rules, fearing, as tho New York Herald says) that tho new elections might add to the Democratic strength in the Honse. Cobum’s bill proposed for the States of Alabama, Arkan sas, California, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennes see and Virginia, each, one additional member. The States of Georgia, Kansas, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin, each, two additional members. The States of Iowa, Michigan and Missouri, each, three additional members, and the State of Illinois four addi tional members. Alas! fob Blodgett.—The cup of our woe is now full. Father Greeley's paper has gone back on that sweet lamb of loilty, Foster Blodgett, in this fashion: The fact is, Mr. Blodgett has not endeared idrnself to the Republicans in the Senate. Not only are there grave doubts expressed as to the validity of his election, but it is said that there is abundant evidence to show that he has sub ordinated the advancement of the Republican cause in Georgia to his ambition to obtain a seat in the Senate. What will that sympathizing sonl, Lochrane, say to this? Oughtn't he to write Greeley a letter, also, in defence of one whoso “personal character is as high as that of any man in the State ?” Shot a Negbo.—Tho New York Times, who is laboring with great success to do the nasty, illiberal and slanderous part of Radical organ blowing, says in his number of the 11th: The MaconTelegbaph and Messengeb, whose editor, perhaps, had never shot a negro preacher in his life, referring to the trifling episode with i'!~eoncealed envy, calls it a “lamentable affair.” That is dirty and detestable. If the Times wants to know about “shooting a negro,” let him go to tho Trilmne office, and inquire for the Agricultural Editor, one Solon Robinson by name. He will tell all about it, and how he didih Silver in Utah.—Dates from Salt Lake city to the 2d of April, say that the mining fever so long and skillfully kept down by Brigham Young, has broken out in full force in Utah. Mining property has been transferred at high figures—gentile immigration is rushing in and polygamy Is destined to a speedy doom. Brig ham Yonng, finding himself nnable longer to repress the movement, now leads it. Tho Saints nnder his direction have entered all the arable land in proximity to the mines, and while they are losing for their religion, the security of iso lation, they will reap a harvest of money. Southern Boys and Girls—who do not take Burke’s Magazine for Boys and Girls, miss a great treat. It is equal in every respect to the Northern magazines, and far superior to any of them in the quality of its reading matter. The April number is full of good things, and shows n steady improvement. We cannot too highly commend this magazine to our readers. Every boy and girl in the Sonth ought to take it and read it Tho terms are §2 a year, or three copies for §5. The publishers will send speci men number free on application. Address, J. W. Burko & Co., Macon, Ga. The Stobx of Mx Life.—Brown & Co. have received this work by that popular author of so many charming stories, Hans Christian Ander sen. It is extremely interesting, and contains chapters additional to those published in the Danish edition, bringing the narrative down to 1S67. Those who have read and liked Ander sen’s stories—and he has thousands of friends and admirers in this country—will find this book even more entertaining than any that have preceded it. Last Aram.—A friend informs u3 from his note book, that some flakes of snow fell on the 17th day of last April, and the gronnd was frozen on tho morning of the 18th. He says that a heavy rain storm terminated on Saturday night, the lGtb, and then ensued a long and vexations drouth. This April, so far, is a vast improve- on the other one. Keep Youb Cotton Tan Receipts.—Gover nor Alcora recommends the Legislature of Mis sissippi to memorialize Congress to refund the cotton tax paid in 18C5 and I860. It is not im probable that this tax will have to be refunded by and by, and therefore people should file away their receipts carefully. The Revenue Refobmebs have their ticket < arly in tho field—Jacob D. Cox, ex-Secrctary of the Interior and B. Gratz Brown, of Mis souri. Brown must spell his name out honestly if he wants to run—Benjamin G. Brown. Cox & Brown goes well for short—it is next to Box A Cox. Fbom Haxti.—Dates from Hayti to the 8th report great excitement on Domingo annexa tion. Tho Haytians are forwarding protests against it, as a blow at their own independence, which they are determined to maintain against all intrusion from any quarter. Shades of Old Times.—Tho Paris Commune has decreed the demolition of tho column in the Place Vendome, erected from captured cannon to commemorate tho victories of Napoleon I, as r. barbarous monument, etc., etc. Coal Strikes in Missouri.—The Missouri coal miners, following the example in Pennsyl vania, have struck and put St. Lonis in straifs for fneL It will he important, after a while, to secure some kind of labor which can be con trolled. The Georgia Senatobshep.—The Washing ton correspondent of the New York World, writing last Monday says; The debate in the Senate to-day on the ques- non of tho admission of Foster Blodgett as JT, 0 . 1 ? Georgia indicated verv cleaily that ho wiU bo rejected. It is quite probable, however, that rather than meet tho issue tho Republican* will postpone a final vote till next ?£ de . nd ® avor t0 iacln <?° tho Democratic cnator elect m the same result. The Fbenoh Civil WAn.—Thonewsof yester day morning indicates stont resistance and par- ha’ successes by tho Communists. Tlie Insurrectionary Government of France. - A World correspondent reports an interview with the Red Central Committee of Paris, on the 25th of last month. It occurred at the Hotel de Yille. A letter of self-introduction addressed to the Committee unexpectedly answered as a passport, and tho correspondent was ushered through lines of sentries up a noble stone stair case, throngh various corridors and halls into the presence of the Committee. Tho whole twelve were sitting before a semi circular table covered with green cloth, and Citizen Assi was presiding. He greetod the first American who had recognized their authority with great cor diality, and delegated Citizen Moreau to answer questions, which was done in a private cabinet Moreau charged that the committee was or ganized in consequence of certain information that the Versailles Government, in conjunction with Count Bismarck, were plotting tho over throw of the Republic. After the committee and the National Guards had installed them selves at Mont Matro, Thiers tried all expedi ents to provoke acts of violence, but th6 com mittee had maintained a purely defensive atti tude. They intended to maintain the Republic and secure the municipal franchise not for Paris alone, bnt for all Franco. What is to fol low? asked the correspondent. “What is to follow?” repeated citizen Moreau. “Listen, then. This is what is to follow. The formation of one' vast beptjblio nnder the regime of the commune; a republic greater and more comprehensive than Lonis Blanc ever dreamed of or Victor Hugo ever prophesied. This new and vast repnblio is to have two foundations—compulsory education and nniversal suffrage. It is to bo a repnblio in fact as well as in name—a repnblio without an aristocracy, even in wealth; without a favored class, without poverty, without ignorance, with out vice, without a priesthood and without a church! We observe nothing more dft interest in the interview, except that Morean disclaimed all responsibility of tho committee for the killing of Generals Thomas and Lecomte, which Morean styled “diabolical murder.” At that time the insurgents were in high feather and did not doubt that they would carry Paris, the army, and all France with them. The Georgia Public School System. Pike Counts, Ga , April 12, 1871. Editors Telegraph and Messenger :—As pub lic schools are now attracting a good deal of at tention, will yonr senior please be kind enough to favor his readers with his ideas on the sub ject, either in a series of articles, or in one fud and elaborate. I think the first plan would be most acceptable. If convenient and agreeable, I (and I am sure hundreds of others) would like to have yonr opinion of the present law on the subject, together with such suggestions of improvement as yon might seo proper to offer. As the law now stands, school officers are re quired to put schools in operation for at least three months of the year. Jf the State appro priation is insufficient to defray the expenses for that length of time, the deficiency is to be made up by a tax upon tho taxable property of each school district or county. Again, the bur then of expenses for building and repairing school houses, buying sites for same, furnish ing fuel, eto. etc., has to be raised by a tax on taxable properly. Thus exempting a largo class of white people, and nearly all tho colored ones, from any expense whatever in maintain ing the pnblic schools, notwithstanding they aro the principal beneficiaries of the public school fands. I am decidedly in favor of pnblic schools, bnt not nnder the present law. Would favor some such amendment as this: Let the Legislature appropriate all tho earnings of tho State Road, raise the poll tax to from $2.50 to $5.00 per head, the above, together with tho present ap propriations, to besetaside for the maintenance of pnblic schools. Require the schools to be conducted say from eight to nine months each year, and then, if there is any deficiency, make up said deficiency by a property tax. A largo majority of citizens who have to pay tax on property would cheerfully assist, in this way, their poor neighbors and tho negroes, but very naturally object to footing tho whole bilL The labor feature, in the present law, amounts to almost nothing. I am informed that the State Constitution fixes the poll tax at @1.00, bnt could not tho Constitntion be amended in this particular ? In ono militia district in this coun ty only one-third of tho voters pay any proper ty taxj and I am lot suro bnt tho fact would apply to the wholo county, and, perhaps, to tho Stato. You perceive my ideas aro quite muddy on the subject. I am confident yon can make tho whole thing clear; please do so if consistent with yonr duty. Subscribed to Weekly. P. S.—I think the idea of a State Board of Education, County Boards, Boards of Trustees, State and Connty Commissioners a good one, bnt think the trustees ought to be allowed some compensation and its equivalent, say exemp tion from jury duty, or poll-tax, or something of the kind. Tho Co.unty Commissioner, in stead of a per diem pay, ought to get a salary per month, or by the year. Please understand that I have given my crude ideas, simply to get yours on tho same points. Two months ago, in making out a digest of the “Act to establish a system of Public Instruc tion,” wo took occasion to express some of our objections to tho act; bnt it is difficult, if not impossible to tell precisely what is needed; and perhaps the very best way to arrive at the point is to go ahead and do what can be done nnder the present act Experience will show its de fects and want of adaptation to our circum stances ; and the growing pnblio interest in the subject will develop new light and infor mation. The present law wasnot the outgrowth of popu lar Interest, inquiry or sensibility. It was a mere attempt to adapt some Northern or Western system to onr condition, at a time when the popular mind in Georgia was much vexed and inflamed, and altogether pre-occnpied by politi cal grievances. We must have relief, rest and quiet, to be in a proper state of mind to di gest and enforce any permanent or satisfactory system. Tho hearty co-operation of the tax-paying people is, indeed, the first prerequisite to the success of any system. Any one will be no better (though it may a good deal worse,) than a dead letter, if the people do not voluntarily take hold of it and give it energy and vitality. Hence, tho fundamental idea of any plan should be that of encouraging and eliciting the volun tary co-operation of the people. Time is necessary to apply any possible rem edy to the inequality of the tax bnrden com plained of. The Constitntion makes the one dollar poll tax the only personal burden, and even that has never been collected of tho blacks, although the same instrument makes payment of taxes an indispensable qualification for the ballot. The Constitntion should be amended and a heavier edncational tax imposed; bnt this will require a two-thirds vote of two suc cessive legislatures. And then, when imposed, tho only practicable enforcement of collection is in restricting the ballot to snch as pay the tax. How many blacks do road duty on their" own account? Very few indeed. Nono of them who are propertyles3 will voluntarily pay a tax, and no tax can be collected beyond what they will prefer to pay rather than forfeit the ballot. Property, therefore, will have to bear the great bnrden of pnblio instruction here, as it does everywhere else, and accept compensation in improved pnblio morals. They tell ns that education prevents crime—that what a people do not fpend in schools they pay in crimina prosecutions and social disorders. Tho lino of a sound economy undoubtedly lies in taking hold of this matter at onoo nnder existing laws, and improving upon them B3 experience shall point the way. Liberia.—The African Repository announces the arrival of. IheGolconda with 19G emigrants, and reports everything-peaceful and-prosper ous in the African Republic. - A Clerical Mischief-Maker. Out in Chicago they have a man named Che ney who claims to be a minister of the Pro testant Episcopal Chnrcb, bnt whose conduct seems to ns to more entitle him to conviction and punishment as a reckless schismatic and notoriety-monger, bent on discord and mischief solely that he may keep himself before the public. He persists in practices that are clearly forbidden by the canons of tho church to which he professes allegiance, and very recently had sentence of condemnation emphatically pronounced upon his conduct by an ecclesiasti cal court of that uhurch. His congregation however seem—as if often tho case—to have identified themselves with him in his rebellious and mischievous couiso, and so he still has a church and an opportunity to breed trouble and have bis name in the papers. His last exploit was performed one week ago to-day, and was nothing less than administering the rite of con firmation to nineteen persons in hi3 church. As we understand the matter, this rite is orly allowed to bo performed by a Bishop of the church, neither Cheney nor any other minister of the church having any more right or warrant to do it than a layman or other person not even a member of the chnrcb. What will be done with a man who thus sets at defiance all the rnles and principles of tho religious organization of which he claims to bo a member, and the benefits and privileges of which he is swift to avail himself, we do not know. But, wo have a very decided opinion as to what ought to be done with him, or rather what he ought to do with himself. He should dissolve bis connection with tho Episcopal Church—cither set up independent—on his own hook—or join some other with whose doctrines ho is more en rapport, and to whose rules he can more conscientiously submit. Tho prin ciple underlying all snch cases as this seems to the average secular mind too clear and plain for possibility of doubt or dispute. When men are abont to join a church, we take it for granted they fully understand not only the ob ligations they assume, bnt also its rules and principles of action. If they find that they cannot conscientiously comply with the one and sanction the other, the time to make these facts known is then—at the threshold, and not after they have lived nnder these rules, and endorsed those principles for possibly many years. If an honest change comes over their hearts and minds at any time with respect to these things, the way to dispose of tho difficulty seems un mistakable. Let them seek elsewhere for tenets and practices more consonant with their new convictions. It does not seem to ns that either a layman or minister has any more right to stay inside a religions organization, and fight its doctrines and set at naught its rnles, than a man has to claim the protection and benefits of a po litical organization, and war against its prin ciples and policy. We believe as strongly in the freedom of re ligions thought as in that of political thought bnt we do not believe in guerillas and bush whackers either in religion or politics. If a man wears the uniform and enjoys tho protec tion of a particular religions or political organ ization 1st him prove his devotion by honest, hearty service, just so long as his judgment and conscience can approve such service. If his views and sentiments undergo such change as make this impossible let him hunt another church or another party. Anything it appears to ns is better than snch conduct as this Mr. Cheney is so conspicuously guilty of. It is ut terly indefensible. It furnishes occasion and foundation for the sneers and scoffs of those who hold all churches and religion in slight es teem, and breeds trouble and mischief of the most serious character. It inflicts wounds that rankle long after those who deal them are gone, and sows the tares of hate and malice and all manner of uncharitableness in soil, that onghtof all other, to be the home of peace and good wilL Tlie Good Name of George Wash ington. It looks as if tho Radicals had entered into a conspiracy against the reputation of a Virginian of some distinction once known as George Washington, (so-called.) The first effort was to do it by objectionable associations. They put Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses Grant along side of the great Virginian as his peers in every respect—intellectual, moral and patriotic—sec ond and third Washingtons. Now it is known that Washington was very particular in his as sociations, and carried with him an awe-inspi ring presence which kept the vulgar at a dis tance. Few could lay claim to intimate asso ciation with him, and he had a still less number of familiar friends. As to peers and eqnals, they were not known in his day. Bnt not content with the success of this ef fort to degrade the memory of Washington by snch associations, they aro now making direct attacks on his good name and puro conversa tion. Tho other day, in a Northern court, an old woman swore to hex belief that ho was the father of a - bastard child some where in New England, and now tho Cincinnati Commercial charges him with the paternity of another illegitimate son, one Colonel Posey, the first territorial governor of Indiana. The Cincinnati Commercial says: The history of the matter, succinctly stated, runs abont in this wise: The Fosey family, con- sis ting of husband and wife, were tenants on the Mount Vernon estate. The then Colonel George Washington was married to Mrs. Cnstisin 1758. Abont 1754, Mrs. Posey was left a widow by the death of her husband. Washington, then a yonng man, frequently hnnted and fished on the estate, and sometimes, when belated, accepted or sought the hospitalities of Mrs. Fosey’s honse, who is represented as a lady of very considera ble personal attractions. At what time or how it came abont that the relations,between these two assumed a more intimate character than those of hostess and guest, is of course unknown, bnt it is certain that some two years after the death of her husband—she in the interim having remained femme sole—a son was bom to her, who grew up to be that same youth whose por trait adorns the walls of the Governor’s room at Indianapolis. IT IS ALSO CERTAIN that Washington (greatly to his credit as a just and equitable man, if onr theory be correct) al ways to the day of his death manifested a warm and friendly interest in the fortunes of this young man. He charged himself with his maintenance and education, and when he arriv ed at a proper age, he was for a time a member of the military family of the General in the field, and subsequently by his influence was made the Governor of the territory of Indiana. Danforth’s Dentbifice.—We are requested to say that a fresh supply of Danforth’s Sana tive Dentrifice has been received at Dr. F. H. Wrignt’s drug store, Brown’s block, and orders can now be filled without delay. Tho reference to the case of the senior editor, eormeous in the particular of time, requires ns to state that in the past two years we have found this denti frice both a core and preventive of those annoy ing and inflammatory affections of teh gums re sulting from an occasional cold in connection with defective teeth. We know that this Den tifrice will maintain the gums in a healthful condition, and that, as a pleasant and effective detergent for the teeth and month, it is so far superior to anything we have used, that it is not worth while to talk of comparisons. Everybody who uses it will be delighted with it, and if children aro early taught to use their brushes with this preparation, the application is so pleasant that it will bo an easy matter to estab lish a regular habit, which will preserve their natural teeth probably an long as life lasts. A little girl’s evening prayer—“Please, God, remember what little Polly said last night, tjio ’a so tired to-night. Amen.” THE HOX. JOSHUA HILL'S LAST SPEECH. Wbat He Thinks or Blodgett, Judge Loch* ranc, the Southern Confederacy—His 1803 Lctteri etc. On Monday last the Hon. Joshua Hi11 made a speech in the Senate against tho report of the Committee on Privileges and Elections declar ing Foster Blodgett entitled to a seat in tha body as Senator from Georgia. Some of it is good reading and some not very pleasant to bo read by the vast majority of tho respeotablo people of Georgia, and certainly, in their esti mation, not very creditable to Mr. Hill. Call ing tho Confederacy “a vile concern,” and by implication stigmatizing every man, woman and child who favored it as tho endorsers and upholders of villiany does not of course make it or them such, and Mr. Hill, we predict, will live to regret his harsh language. It was un called for, unjust, and offensive in tho extreme. Bnt we proceed to give some extracts from hia speech that may come under the head of good reading. Quoting. a letter written by Judge O. A. Lochrane to Judge Trumbull, the conclusion of which is given below, Mr. Hill makes some comments that will afford amuse ment down here. Lochrane writes—and he must have just risen from a very generous and jnioy dinner when he did so—this nauseating puff of Blodgett: I have not agreed with Mr. Blodgett entirely, or with tho party he has been so conspicuous a member of; bnt I have had tho strongest testi mony of howunscrupulous and unjust thenowS' papers have been to those who dared a differ ence of political opinion. Ontside this bar barous prosecution, commenced in prejudice and ending in acquittal, Mr. Blodgett’s charac ter stands as high as any man’s, his friends are numerous and potential in this State, and my conviction of his entire innocence is founded on the positive evidence examined by myself as his council in this case. I have nothing to do with his aspirations to the Senate, bnt common truth and justice de mand at my hands this tribute to his innocence and personal character. Said Mr. HOI: Mr. President, I have the pleasure of know ing Judge Lochrane very familiarly. He is my personal friend, and the personal friend of everybody else that I ever saw. I will say that for him. I have never seen a man that Judge Lochrane was not tho friend of, and I never expect to see one, nor to see one who is not the friend of Judge Lochrane, as I am myself. He is a man who provokes no animosities in the world. Yon cannot make ono with him. He will not have it. Ho will notallow yon to do it. He is now enjoying the otiurn cum digniiate of tho supreme bench. He is chief justice of Georgia, by appointment of tho Governor. He is a fortunate man. He was the Democratic nominee for Congress in 18G8, was defeated—I never heard of his changing his opinions—and is now, by the appointment of his Excellency, Rnfos B. Bullock, Chief Justice ef the Supreme Court of Georgia. So much for that. He was the intimate friend, to my knowledge, after two days’ acquaintance, of Sir Frederick Bruce, with whom he dined in this city by invi tation, and one of the guests informed mo on that occasion they had twenty-one different sorts of wine on the table. He walked into the din ner table with Lady Elgin on his arm, and now he has a little boy, four years of age, named in honor of tho event, Elgin Lochrane. [Laugh ter.] Speaking of tho assembling of tho so-called Constitutional Convention at Atlanta in 1868, and the doings of tho Radicals in their nomina ting caucuses, Mr. Hill relates tho following: I wish the Senate conld have witnessed a scene I witnessed on that occasion. We did not know how near Georgia was to furnishing a Vice President of the United States. That convention on that occasion, in making its vari ous nominations, among other things recoin- mended to tho Chicago convention, with great gravity, tho selection for the Chief Magistrate of the nation of Ulysses S. Grant, and for the second office in the Government Foster Blod gett. I was there. „ I saw it; and, at the risk of being considered impertinent, I rose up and said, “Gentlemen, you have made a mistake; yon have transposed tho names, [laughter;] yon have got tho wrong man first. [Laughter.] There is a gentleman of distinction in this city who was in Atlanta on that occasion, and closely identified with the Government, who has done both good military and civil service, who, if ho were here now, I know would be tempted to laugh. He hnnted me np. Ho wonld not bo lieve the rumor in tho street that snch an act of folly had been perpetrated, bnt he came to me to ask me if I was. there and witnessed it He never lived in Georgia, but. now resides here and holds a high position nnder this Gov ernment. I informed him it was strictly true. “Well,” said he, “this is too ridiculous; I will go straightway to Blodgett and tell him this thing shall not go into the newspapers. It mnst be suppressed. I will ruin the Republican party for snch a farce as this to be enacted.” And he told me afterward that he did go, and the suppression was made. Bnt for that per formance thero is no telling what might have happened. [Laughter.] Of Blodgett’s escape from trial and conviction for perjury on a legal quibble, Mr. Hill, after intimating very plainly that he thinks Blodgett “developed” the State Raod profits while acting as its Superintendent, proceeded to say: In talking about the personal fitness of Mr. Blodgett for a seat upon this floor, I confine myself to tho two allegations in this bill of in dictment of Bryant’s against him; that he did trifle with his conscience when he said he was forced into the Confederate service, and that he did not meet the issue squarely upon the indict ment for perjury by showing that it was coer cion that carried him there. I venture to say to him, or to any other man who was unfortu nately similarly situated, that he ought not to have waited to be accused by any man on earth, bnt he ought to have come here himself and de manded an investigation by the Senate before he sought admission, that he might be excul pated from this suspicion of crime. That was the proper course. He knows that in the minds of thousands and tens of thousands of unpreju diced men in this country he is believed not to have met this issue squarely, bnt to have es caped a trial, after a continuance of three yeaTS, after six terms of the coart, without an investi gation npon the merits of the case. There was not a word npon those merits, bnt be escaped upon'a ruling of the court that in a trial for perjnry a certified copy of the oath token by him conld not be given in evidence, bnt that the original must be produced. If the charge had been forgery, instead of perjury, I conld perceive the force of that reasoning and deci sion. Then again, in regard to the charge of bribe ry, I can only say that I have presented a let ter and I have stated by description from whom it is. I am not permittted to give the name of the writer, bnt he is a State official who has oo- enpied high positions of trust, and stands ready to come here and prove the facts he alleges. I would rather that some one else should have performed this task than myself; I fain wonld shove it away. It is not gratifying to me to enter into theso personal assaults. It is my dnty, however, to state what I believe to be the troth in the case. If I am asked in candor, with theso things hanging over the head of any man, whether I personally think he is my peer if he be admitted npon this floor, I answer in dignantly, no; I do not regard any man my equal who stands charged with crimes of this sort, who has not removed the suspicion by proof that are conclusive to tho mind of every body. Of that letter written in 18G3, and which, per haps, may be considered as embodying the plat form of principled upon which he appealed to the people of Georgia to make him Governor, Mr. Hill said: It seems that a letter which I wrote in 1803 haunts the dreams of the Senator. (Stewart, of Nevada.) It i3 something so incomprehensible to him, so utterly at war with the character of a politician who might, perchance, with more ingenious mind, porhap3, than that of the Sen ator have had n slight design of distracting his adversaries. If the Senator cannot see it, per haps other minds may bo able to see, that at the time that letter was written there was a party headed by Joseph E. Brown, then Governor of Georgia, adverse to Jefferson Davis; that it di vided tho State into, factions; that those who wero wishing and sighing for peace at the time were very glad to see this disruption of tho se cession party in Georgia; and if I contributed in some degree to widen that breach, as was suspected by some of the most sagacious Dem ocratic loaders at the time, it is not very won derful. - '■*- The Senator; perhaps, conld not seo that.in tho language that is used in the letter, when it was said cautiously of Mr. Davis that while the writer had not been able to approve of Ms every action, eto., he was not prepared to Bay that he knew of another who might have administered the government more successfully. 'What does that mean ? Is that a committal ? If the Senator will take tho pains to look fur ther at the letter, he will Bee that there is some- tiling said about tho valuo of tho institution of slavery. There was then going on a corres pondence through the South, and Mr. Davis was understood to be in favor of the movement, to employ colored men in the armies of the Con federacy and to give them their freedom if they wonld enlist. I knew the prejudices of the slaveholders against that movement, and if I directed a blow at it covertly, was I to be blamed as a friend of the Union? "What wonld a letter to the people of Georgia at that time, infuriated as they were, have been worth if it were straight ont declaring myself the friend of Mr. Linooln and the United States Government ? Then, again, if I said something of Mr. Lin coln and of his intolerance and of his offering no plan of compromise, etc., was there anything wonderful in that ? I admit that there is some political adroitness in the letter. Here is what Mr. Hill said of the Confederacy: I say there is not a human being in the State of Georgia who knows me bnt knows that I wonld have suffered crucifixion before I would have held office nnder the Confederacy of any description, or voted for one of its officers, or have had any connection with the vile concern. There is not a man on earth who knows me who believes that I wonld. "With these extracts from this speech, all of ■which wonld probably be of interest to the ma jority of Georgia readers, we mnst content our selves for the present, at least. THE GEORGIA PRESS. Some of the Methodists of the interior of this State are talking of erecting a monument to Bishop Andrew in Elbert connty, where he was born. The Augusta Constitutionalist says: On. Discovered in Wilkes County.—We learn from good authority that petroleum or coal oil has been discovered in Wiikes connty, near Broad River, abont five. miles above PO' tersbnrg. The discovery was made while dig ging a race-way for a mill, the oil exduing from the earth, which at once attracted the attention of the parties engaged in the work. A Penn sylvanian, who understands all abont the oil wells of that State, has examined the locality, and in decided in the belief that on abundance of oil can be obtained by boring. We learn that arrangements will be made to fully test the matter. The Columbus Sun says that CoL Wynne has been employed to snrvey the line of the pro posed North and Sonth Railroad between that city and Rome. LaGrango has appropriated @1000 towards paying the expenses of the snr vey, and will make a large subscription to the road. The Gbeat Gassed Cotton Case.—Thi3 great cotton case, wMch has been in litigation for the past six years, came np before the United States Circnit Court, in Savannah, on Taesday. The case is that of John Garsed vs. Wm. A. Bell, Jeremiah Beall and Thomas Met calf, in equity, involving 9,074 bales of cotton. As we learn from the Savannah Republican, Judge Erskine, in his decision, made the follow ing points: Ho held, first, that Schley, who assumed to ho the agents of the respondents, had, at the time of the transaction, no author ity to act as snch, and to make the contract with complainants; second, that tho question ns to whether Messrs. Bealls & Metcalf, subse quent to tho purchase, ratified the act of Schley and made him their sgent in the transaction, was an issue to be tried by a jury at the next term of tho court. The Court alsoheld that the military authorities, who assumed to try the case in 1865, had no jurisdiction. The “Orphans” who were here last week re ceived some @500 in Columbus. Bacon and jewelry seem to be the special penchants of the Savannah thieves jnst now. Thomas connty mnst be a very nice place to move to. The two members of the Legislature aro negroes and so are the Clerk of the Superior Court and Coroner. A correspondent of the Savannah News writes that all the connty officers have given bond, and that “R. H, Hardaway and P. S. Bowen, late President and Treasurer of the Sonth Georgia and Florida Railroad, and Mr. T. O. Mitchell, of Thomasville, are the bondsmen for Few, the negro Clerk. Mr. Wm. Hubert, of Thomas- ville, has been sworn in as Few’s deputy.” The Columbus Snn says: The Result.—A letter was reoeived at the postoffice the other day directed “To The Pret tiest Girl in Columbus, Georgia.” It was post marked “California.” Many a fellow has begged Fred Wilhelm, the delivery clerk, for that letter, some with cus3 words, others on bended knee. There are more pretty girls in Columbus than any place in Georgia, Augusta, perhaps, excepted, and the postoffice men conld not agree. Atlanta and Macon can boast some very pretty ones. At last the postoffice em ployees drew, having numbered a large list of names to see who should get it. A young lady from Russell county drew the prize. Friend Fred delivered it to her on condition that he be allowed to see it3 contents. She agreed. All written was: “Young Miss, yon are mis taken. Epsilon.” The stockholders of the Cartersville & Van Wert Railroad, havo elected H. I. Kimball, President, and Abda Johnson, O. A. Lochrane, John Harris, and George Book, directors. What Rip Van Winkles they have as local reporters np in Atlanta! One of them has jnst discovered that “there are quite a number of pick-poekets in that city.” A negro woman living in Marietta, had three children at one birth, a few days ago. Platt Madison, greatly beloved in Lincoln connty, whose people he assumed to represent in the last Legislature, though never in the connty bnt a week in all his life, has gone to Texas to try his Inck in the same line of busi ness. The Marietta Journal reports several sales of improved property in that city, recently, to par ties from abroad. Tho Regatta Association of Georgia was or ganized at Savannah for the season of 1871, on Thursday, with Josiah Tatnall as President, John Screven as Vice President, and fifteen Trustees, among whom we notice the names of J. B. Ross, W. B. Johnson and G. A. Nutting, of Macon. The regular regatta will take place between the 24th of May and June 1st—the definite day to be announced before May 1st. Ex-Postmaster Clift, of Savannah, has been nominated to succeed the vamosing Gould, as Internal Revenue Collector for the Savannah district. So says the Advertiser. Rev. R. W. B. Elliott, who was recently or dained as a minister of tho Protestant Episcopal Churoh by Bishop Beokwith, it is said will soon leave for New York to take charge of a congre gation in that city. Dr. Ware, of Colnmbus, ha3 two Brahma hens who have laid 83 eggs since February, and 125 since Christinas. The Golumbis Enquirer, of Friday, says: Shipment of Shucks.—Among the freight re ceived at the Western Depot an Wednesday were a couple of bundles of shucks in transitu, from New York to Tnskegee, Ala. The freight charge on These shucks is only fifteen dollars. This is certainly a singular article to be ordered from New York, and the fact tells a sad tale of no com in tho land which ought to abound in it We should think that little item of freight wonld knock all the romance ont of the shook ship ping business. Stbuck by Lightning.—Daring the heavy rain storm, abont daylight Thursday morning, a central chimney in the residence of Mrs. Bar ney Dolan, cornor of Front and Bridge streets, was struck by lightning. From the chimney the electricity glanced off into the plastering of two upper and two basement rooms, fracturing and stopping a clock on the mantel-piece and demolishing n lot of crockery in the cook room, and finally passed into the gronnd at tho rear of the building. Mrs. Dolan, two grown daugh ters, a three-year old son, and an infant of|a few months, occupied the upper rooms, and though sensibly shocked by the freaks of the electrical fluid, miraculously escaped death. The infant, in a crib, was covered with small fragments of plastering.- The chimney was so badly demolished that it will probably have to be taken down and rebuilt St. Luke’s M. E. Church, at Colnmbus, was robbed Wednesday night of a glass baptismal bowl that had been the property of the Church for twenty-three years, and also an earthen-ware bowl and pitcher. How is that for mean ? In the cases of the United States vs. Messrs. Linton Stephens, George- O. Napier and John B. Camming, for violation of the infamous Radical “Enforcement Acts,”the Grand. Jury in the United States District Court at Savannah, Thursday, found “no bill.” Daring a race Thursday, at Augusta, one of the horses bolted, struck and knocked down a man named Doo. Glover, seriously if not dan gerously injuring him. Winslow Hamilton, who killed Capfc. George Bntler, of Edgefield District, S. C., some months ago, was arrested last Saturday, at his father’s honse, in Linooln connty. A correspondent of the Atlanta Era who pass ed throngh here one day last week, on his way to attend the Convention of the GeoigiaM. D.’s at Americas, aims his wit at Macon’s expense as follows: MACON is a very quiet and a very nice little place. It seems so contented to be what it is. Bnt it has had higher, nobler aspirations in its day. Once it turned its eager eyes to the State CapitoL I know not what else it has coveted in times past. It might yet have the penitentiary some day. I think it is even now the connty site of Bibb. Some of the stores are two stories high. The streets are so quiet, so silent, so innocent of anything approaching a business air, that I felt all the time as if I should hear the bells snmmon ns to chnrcb. Their width is wonderftd to b eb old. The Connell might convert the middle of them into a cotton field. Major Jones—he of courtship renown—once said that the streets of Augusta were so wide as to entitle the mer chants of the opposite sides to a “Foreign Ex change.” So of Macon, only more so. But THE BESIDEXOES OF MACON, (and of its suburb Vineville) are, many of them, exceedingly beautiful. So much taste in the architecture of the buildings, the topography of the gronnd so well made use of, the native forest trees so grand, the shrubbery and flowers in snch tasty profusion, all combined, com pletely captivate the eye; and then, too, the ladies that yon may occasionally see emerge from them. But no more of this. At Lee Superior Court, last week, a negro named Prince Albert, who murdered Mr. Wil liam Miller, last December, was sentenoed to be hung on Friday, May 26th. A negro boy twelve years old, in the employ of Mr. J. J. Hudson, of Sumter connty, was thrown from and trampled to death, last Wed nesday, by a mule.- The LaGrange Reporter says the prospect for fioit and grain crops in that section is very fine. A man named Wilson shot and killed an other named Allen Hester, near Franklin, Hoard connty, last week. The Newnan Herald says, at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Savannah, Griffin and North Alabama Railroad, held at Griffin last Monday, a resolution was passed declaring it expedient at presegt to resume work on the lo cated route west of Newnan. General George Jessnp, of Madison, died last Taesday. A negro made an attempt, last Monday night, to assassinate Mr. Calvin Brown, of Hawkins Yille. Tho confectionery of V. Zimmer, in La- Grange, was robbed one night last week of @200 in money, and a lot of good things to eat and drink. The Cnthbert Appeal say the President of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad has posh tively decided to rnn it by that place, and has ordered the line changed so as to accomplish that result. The Appeal reports terrible storms at Enfanla and Americas Thursday night, its information being derived from passengers on the South western Railroad. At Enfanla Hart’s large warehouse was unroofed, and at Americas sev eral buildings were demolished, and five per sons reported killed. Telegraph polls were blown aoross the track, and the trains on the road delayed. The Albany News, of Friday, reports the non-arrival of the down train that day, from which we infer these reports are true in part, at least. Mr. Mercer, overseer for John G. Brown, near Haynesville, Houston connty, shot and wounded a negro who was breaking into his corn crib the other night. We clip the following from the Albany News: We had a visit from CoL Charles L. Schlatter, Chief Engineer of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad, on Tuesday. We “interviewed" him on the progress and prospects of the work, and reoeived most cheering information. The track; laying is within a short distance of Little River, and the grading this side is so far advanced that there need be no farther delay , in putting down tho iron. Abont 800 hands are engaged on the work east of the Flint, and contractors are driving ahead with energy and industry. West of ns Messrs. Smith, Brown & Co., and Mr. Sehaub are progressing satisfactorily with their contracts, which extends fifty-seven miles. The com crop in this section is Baid to be bet ter than ever before at this season of the year. The stand is nearly perfect, and it is growing splendidly. Planters are well throngh planting cotton, and preparations for a good crop is com plete. Debate at the University. We acknowledge the receipt of an invitation to be present at a pnblic debate to take place next Friday evening, 21st inst., in the chapel of the University at Athens, nnder the auspices of the Demosthenean Society. Question—Are the Mental Capacities of Man superior to those of Women? President.—Con. Wm. Leboy Bboun, A. M. Debaters—Affirmative: W. B. Walker, At lanta; Joel Hart, Hnrtville, Ala.; A. A. Mur- phey, Monroe connty. Negative: O. E. Harman, Atlanta; R. H. Gcetehius, Columbus; J. L. Hardeman, Macon. The yonng gentlemen should extend an invita tion to OoL Elizabeth Cady Damit Stanton, and one or two more of the same shrieking sort to take a hand with them. 2hen the question Forever. —■ Along the silvery summer sea We saw the white sails drifting Ana sunset glories, silently, Their golden bights were lifting- My love sang low, as sank the glow Across the homeward river, ■^he day may die, but you and I Will live and love forever.” Forever and forever, ■_ Where the shadow falleth never- Thggopg may die, but yon and I ’ Shall live and love forever! Sweet day that sank in sunset light' Sweet song that failed for sweetness Sweet soul that rose beyond my sight 8 ’ - To bathe in heaven’s completeness' The song rings still-I hear it thrill Across Death a solemn river* “The day may dio, but you and I Shall live ana love forever,” Forever and forever, Where the shadow fslletb never- The song may die, bnt you and I ’ Shall live and love forever. - Tbe Pennsylvania Kn-klnv A correspondent of .the New York lf otH sent to inquire into the recent Radical K kluxing near Scranton, reports as follows: 5 ' The whole affair occurred substantial!,. follows: As is well known, the bulk nfii 3 miners in the whole anthracite coalresinhv been op. a strike since December last neait, proposed reduction of wages. During riod—now above four months—they hav’ mainedidle, supporting themselves as bJtv®' conld, and waiting patiently for an advant^S? settlement with tho coal operators. i conferences have been held ' Working-i ation, bnt they have all been rejected'" "iw' time tho manufacturers, railroad — government has had some Lw "‘ -..i is bnt the rent asked M , m0 5 e T i^ sl Thomas, worth. We havo a coal wharf a* St and we pay something $l,_000 y I don’t suppose that wharves in Samana W are worth more than at SL pe- Q. Do yon think Baez can hold out tin w might indeed be definitely settled. But it will comber against Cabm^. Gen Qran t pejs not be so long as they thus practically illustrate «wma. He has exhausted ft* the Bhoeking principle that women have no righto (of speech) that men are bound to re spect. Papes Shell Almonds.—There is, on Charles H. Freeman’s place in Macon, a paper shell al mond tree which was set out nnder the idea that it was a peach tree—the resemblance being marked, although, when closely examined, the diversity is material. The fruit of this tree has now attained nearly its foil size. It resem bles a shrivelled yonng peach, and as the fruit matures the husk dries and peels off, disclosing as perfoot paper shell almonds as wero ever im ported. Unquestionably this fruit conld be cultivated with snocess inMiddle Georgia; as it is the product of isothermal regions of South ern Europe. The almond tree belongs to tho amygdalem — the genus comprehending also tho peach, nec tarine and apricot, and no doubt conld bo propa gated by budding or grafting on a peach-stock from this tree. Thero is probably no good rea son why Georgia could not, in a few years, sup ply the country with papor shell almonds if sho tried to do it. __ Pbodigious Hail Storm.—Tho telegrams re port a hail storm Friday night abont Jackson, Mississippi, in which hailstones fell six inches in ciroumferenoe—sheet-iron roofing was per forated—hundreds of birds killed ana crops and fruit trees wrecked. and the public generally, have had to safe L account of this enforced idleness, andthanri^ of coal has risen very much. P nca Hence there has been great inducements such operators as had it in their power toVm ploy non-union miners to work for them, mi several have accordingly been doing so. Am™, other places the works at Tripp’s bloue rita? ted about half a mile from the centre of Scran" ton, had been running for some two month back, only a small number of men being em ployed, who took out about eighty or a hundred tons of coal per day. In January last written notices were posted in the works forbiddicp anybody to work there while the strike lasted! They were strongly worded, calling the men “black legs,” and threatening them with ‘w lock coats and brass buttons,” but no notice wm taken of them by the miners. The latter, who were only some ten in mms- ber, were long residents of the neighborhood, and were steady, respectable men, but had never been unionists, or associated much with the members of the Working-men’s Benevolent Association. They kept on at their work, with- ont being molested, until Thursday afternoon last, when several of them, while on their way home, were stoned and hooted at by a crowd, so that they were forced to run for safety. Daring the same afternoon the rioters entered the works and stoned Mr. Brown, one cf the bosses, while he was descending the slope into the mine, whereupon he drew a revolver and fired into the crowd, but did not injure any one. On Friday the men were in doubt as tj whether they had best go to work again, bit being assured that the authorities would protect them, they went down to the works, in company with five or six of the municipal police as pro tectors. There were three brothers among them—Thomas, William and Deloss Moore- besides Marshal Susa, George Miller, Rudolph Griffin, and David Moser. Most of them car ried revolvers, and the Moores and Griffin were all good marksmen. On reaching the slope the; found a large orowd assembled, who were noisy and threatening, and the miners concluded it was no use trying to go to work. Two of tha bosses went into the mine and helped draw up several car-loads of coal, but each time they were received with volleys of stones as they ap peared above ground. Finally, as the mob grew still more violent, the police proposed to the miners that they should escort them to their home3, and stated that the leaders of the rioters had assured them of a safe passage. The men, who were getting alarmed, consented, and the party started to get away. The mining works, it should be ex plained, stand partly on top and also on the side of a hill or slope, some eighty feet in height. Down this the miners now made a dash, select ing the thinnest part of the crowd to break throngh. The police had advised them to walk quietly ahead without noticing the mob, and they did so. On reaching the level gronnd be low, however, the rioters surrounded them at once. Those close at hand assailed them with clubs, while the men further away, and espe cially those standing on the side of the 1ml, threw volleys of stones. Thinking discretion the better pari of valor, the miners still kept on while trying to dodge the missiles, bnt in a few minntes all of them were struck. Thomas Moore received a stone in his back and a bludgeon stroke across his shoulders, and seeing it was no use to try and get away, he tamed and fired hi3 revolver into the crowd, bnt while preparing for a second shot he was knocked down from behisd, and u he lay on the gronnd nnconscions he received a cruel blow from a huge stone on the skull, and was brutally kicked as well. His brother De loss was also hurt by stones, and chased acres a shallow stream near by where he kept til pursuers at bay with his revolver. Susa was shockingly beaten about the head, body, and limbs. Simultaneously with these acts three different mines were visited, near Hyde Park, on tie opposite side of Scranton, where all the men were compelled to cease wodc, and some of then drafted into the ranks of the rioters. At uigt- they visited the houses of several persons inimi cal to their interest, and burned down one oj them belonging to a Mr. Houser, who had aded the miner David Moser to escape from tte Tripp Slope mob. The Samana Lease. The Journal of Commerce Washington cor respondent reports a conversation between Sen ator Sumner and Gerritt Smith, in presence c. John W. Forney and several newspaper corres pondents. Speaking of the Samana lease, Sum ner says: General Babcock and his party of coma* sioners made a treaty with Baez, stipulates that $150,000 per annum should be paid by tn United States for the lease of Samana D*j- General Grant paid $100,000 toward year’s lease from the fund Fhave mention Four, months after tho payment of tinsramb April 29, 1870, the treaty expired, andof couiw the lease failed. But Baez got the best of * a whole year’s rent for four monthsoccnpauou of the bay. Now, strangely enough, Baez forward and demands another year s rent, he claims is due April 20,lSn, has existed since April 29,Mjg JUgg secret service fund, and I don t E ® a ^ * iate . get more, for Congress declines to The first annual payment of the lease j- ^ $100,000 in money and $50,000 in mnsWBj cannon. These enabled Baez to fig T all this time, and kept him in spending ,, ^ Had it not been for those arms have been able successfully to resist advance, bnt wonld have been driven oa ^ land. The next instalment wonld divided among his relatives, who are nn»“ ^ ly quartered in the most important o» theDomingioan government. The Alaska Pub chase.—Majors _ Ludington, of the United States Army ^ ka, have submitted reports npon tlis *** and resources of that Territory, ^ j that ihe Radicals ► threw away in buying it, and the country must throw* r many more millions away in keeping ^ report estimates the yield of furs at ^---^ per annum. Of timber only two W®®" g, any thing, and only ono worth exporting- coal, rains and mists incessant, . shine unknown; so that while vegeta!- 03 uriant, nothing in the way of crops potatoes being soggy and flavorless. ^ tho land is everywhere bo covered J trees, underbrush, moss and quagruH ' cost from @1,000 to @5,000 to dear E ,,. the limited space required for the n.‘- -j^t. tions of Tongas and Wrangel. hjcrj ^ consequently, to mince immigrauou » .^iv settlements has so far failed, and *“ always fail.