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-T The Georgia Weekly Telegra/ph and Journal <fc Messenger. Telegraph and^Messenger. MACON, APRIL 25 1871. Hon. IF. P. Price. i Wo boo in the Atlanta Constitution, of Thurs day, a letter from this gentleman justifying, or rather attempting to. justify, his absence from Washington at this timo. Ho says ho was paired, on the Ku-klux bill, with Dunnell, a Radical from Minnesota, and that therefore hia absence from Washington could.nofcjresult any harm to the Democratic party or his con- Stituents. We give him tho benefit of his ex planation, bnt our opinion a3to-tho impolicy and error ofhis course remains unchanged. Mr. Price was not sent to Washington to run any such risks, and Ins rime belonged to those whoso intoiests ho was chosen to protect. If his private affairs are such as to demand his leaving his post to attend to them, he ought to say so, and allow the people to choose some body else who is not thus hampered. His con stituents lost tho weight, not only of his vote, bnt of his presence and influence, which - are supposed to bo worth something. Tho Radicals could very well spare Donnell’s vote, but tho Democrats wore not in a similar fortunate con dition. Besides, there is a risk in pairing with any Radical where legislation against the hated Sonth and in tho interests of that party are concerned. The leaders and members of that party bavo not set such conspicuous examples of keeping faith with Democrats a3 to make trusting them an entirely safe operation. Wo regret that Mr. Price has so disappointed our and tho people’s expectations of him in his high position. Western Meat In Georgia. Tho local, of the Atlanta Constitution says that thirty-two millions of pound3 of bacon bavo passed over tbe Western and Atlantic Road into Georgia since December last. This is somewhero in tho neighborhood of three mil lions of dollars’ worth in loss than fonr months. Add corn, hay, floor, horses, mules and all tho other items of heavy importation from tho West, and is it wonderful that our cash balance, as a people, is low ? An agricultural country that can stand such a drainage for any length of timo without total bankruptcy, possesses un usual elements of wealth. There must be a great influx to support such- an outflow, and whenever wo aro tired of being poor, ail wo have to do is to stop tho leaks and tho tub will fill directly. Ilongli on tlie*“ScalIIe9.”' A. G. Murray, of Griffin, familiarly known in that section as “Old Sandy" Murray, hits the editor of the Atlanta Era and his sort a hard lick in a recent letter to that paper. He says: We cannot agree with yon that the best Re publicans now are those 'who were once Con federates. They fongt against the Government once and are now only its friends from policy. We would rather have a friend from principle. The old man shouldn’t be so personal in bis remarks. But perhaps he ha3 been refreshing his memory, lately, with some of Scruggs’s red hot fahninations against the Yankees when he “writ” for tho Columbus Sun during tho war. Over the Ocean ; on Sights and Scenes in Foreign Lands. — From Messrs. Lee & Shepard, Boston, through Messrs. Brown & Co., of this city, we have retrieved• a copy of this book. It i3 compiled from a series of European letters to the Boston Com mercial Bulletin, by Cnrtis Guild, the edi tor of that paper, and is one of the most read able works of the kind we have seen. An ac complished journalist, Mr. Gniid carried with him on his tour those habits of keen observa tion and attention to details characteristic of the profession, and has succeeded, fherebr. in giving a zest and freshness to his descriptions of what he saw that are too often found lack ing in such letters. We think his book will well repay the reader for the time and money invested in making its acquaintance. An in the, Family.—The Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives has a rather good thing of it for himself, and knews all about the Christian virtue of taking care of his kindred. He gets $G a day, and an extra $1,000 for tbe session. He is also Adjutant General, and receives $2,500 salary, with $1,- 000 more as a contingent fond, and $21,000 for expenses of tho militia. He was also allowed $91,000 to buy furniture for the hall, and $60,- 000 to buy arms, etc. His father is the Chief Justice, with a salary of $1,000, and a conlin- genf fund of $5,8Q0. His father-in-law has $I,~ 500 for one office and $1,000 for another; and his uncle is Circuit Judge, with a salary of $3,- 500. The census of his brother-in-law hasn’t been taken yet. The Great Crevasse at Bonne Carre, fifty miles below New Orleans, on tho right bank of tho river, was reported yesterday two hundred feet wide and twelve feet deep. Through this great breach in the levee the water was pouring in a mighty flood, deluging tho country for a a distance of twelve miles. The New Orleans and Jackson railroad was submerged and use less, as to that end of it. The abolition of sla very having destroyed labor and capital in that great alluvial district, tho general government must now repair or strengthen the Mississippi levees or allow the count*? to revert to swamp, morass end desolation. The people aro unable to do it. „ ’ Clayton on the Kuklux.—That illustrious exemplar of all human depravity, Clayton, of Arkansas, claiming to be a Senator from that State, mado a speech in Washington last Tues day, in whioh ho said that the Ku-klux in the South wero numbered not by thousands, but by hundreds of thousands, and there were thirty thousands in the Slate of Arkansas alone. Fetbops there is not a worgo man in the world then Clayton, and that he is living to bomt of his tyrannous outrages on the people of Arkansas was a standing refutation of Ida Wash ington tirade. The High Commission. — The Herald, of Wednesday, asserts that the Joint High Com mission has settled the fishing question on the basis of allowing all parties to fish where they please, from the capes of Delaware beyond sunrise, except for shad, salmon and shellfish— and no exception in favor of tomcod, minnows, eels and sculpins. This is encouraging; but why do the telegrams persist in saying that tho Commission has made no progress at all ? Bloody Days Round Paris.—The civil war seems to rage with great violence and slaughter, and the parties are fighting each other with the desperation of natural enemies. Neither claims any decisive advantage; but it is asserted that the Versailles troops aro slowly gaining ground. Tho devastation and slaughter aro terrible. Forty persons have been killed in tho city of Paris by falling shells. Washington District Election.—The Radi cals have carried the first Territorial election in the District of Columbia by five thousand majority. It is true tho whites largely out-voted the negroes, but the legion of office holders in the Federal capital all voted tho Radical ticket, of course. “Lot mo see you doing anything else," as Mrs. Grundy would say. The announcement is made from Delhi Del aware county, N. Y„ that a young gentleman tfeoro has recently had a party at which eight of hia grandparents attended, fonr being great- grandparents. Tbe combined ages of toe eight amounted to 548years,’ “ Progress of Protection* ■ The New York Tribune having taunted toe World with the cowardly attempts of the free traders to secure their objects by piecemeal re ductions of the tariff, toe World rejoins with a table showing toe'■piecemeal advances of -the protectionists. Since the Radical'party have ; been in power they have passed thirteen tariff acts—as follows:.;. Three in 1861, ono in 1862, one in 1863, one in 1864, one in 1865, three in 1866/one in 1867, ono in 186£ and one in lS70_-.Thia is. a. pretty: shoeing for party—which insists tbai duties put. on piecemeal shall be taken off in a lump or not at all. As some of these piecemeal advances are very interesting to the Southern people, we will copy a few of them: Railroad Iron—Was $7 70 per ton in 1857; $12 per ton in 1861; $13 50 per fon in 1862; $13 44 in 1864; $15 68 in 1866 and ever since. Irate Chains—24 per cent in 1857; 2 cents per pound in 1861; 2J in 1862 ; 3 cents in 1865 and since. ...... I :.'U • Horse Shoe Nails—it per cent in 1857 ; 3J cents per pound in 1861; 4£ cents in 1862; 5 cents in 1865 and since. Anvils—24 per ceint in 1861; lj cents per pound in 1861; 2^ in ,1862; 2J in 1SC5 and since. ’• Woolen Clothing—was 24/per cent in 1857; •12 cents per pound, and 2o percent ad valorem in 1871; 18 cents per pound, and 30 per cent, ad valorem in 1862; 24 cents per pound, and 40 per centad valorem in 1865; and 50 cents per pound, and 40 per cent ad valorem in 1867. Salt in Bulk—-was 15 per cent ad valorem in 7R57- 4 canto por btiohol in ieoi, and afterwards changed to 12 cents per 100 pounds, and in 1865 raised to 18 cents per 100 ponnds. Blankets, 24 per cent in 1857; 25 per cert, in 1861; 18 cents per pound and 30 per cent ad valorem in 1802 ; 24 cents per pound and 40 per cent ad valorem in 1865 ; 50 cents per pound and 40 per cent, ad valorem in 1867. Brussels carpets 24 per cent in 1857; 20 cents per square yard in 1861; 33 cents per square yard in 1862 ; 50 cents per square yard in 1865; and 44 cents per square yard and 35 per cent, ad valorem in 1867. These are figures which interest every man, displaying, as they do, tho rapid progress of toe iniquitous scheme to compel farmers to pay heavy, grievous and oppressive tribute to man ufacturers. They show to what, length these frauds wero carried so soon as the Southern States were withdrawn from the national coun cils, and what may be expected in the future if toe great farming and labor interests of the country fail to wage an uncompromising war fare against this abomination called “protec tion.” ‘ Tlie Congressional Recoifstrnelions! We said yesterday that the seven Ku-klux sub-committees would find nothing meaner or more lawless in the South than toe Congres sional Reconstructions, or at least a majority of them. In evidence of the soundness of this opinion, we might refer to the letter in this edition, addreaosd to tho Springfield (Mass.; Republican, from somo honest and outspoken Yankee, who has been “down to Orleans,” making observations there. He says toe State Government of Louisiana “has not a decent aspect or a redeeming feature.” He says: “ I hate faith in my. people sufficiently strong to believe that if the body of men called a legisla ture, just adjourned in this State, had done to the people of Massachusetts what they did to Louisiana, they would never have left Boston alive !” How is that for Ku-klux ? In response to tho exaggerated-complaints of disorder in the Southern States, we havo repeat edly alleged that the population cf no Northern State would have borne with equal calmness and equanimity the insults, oppressions and grievances which have Dcen neaped uu inu Southern people since the war. They havo been borne hero—simply because the Southern people were in toe hands of their enemies who were believed to be seeking to provoke their resistance as-'an excuse for inflioting further wrong and injury. They were borne because we could not help ourselves. This Massachu setts correspondent sfeys a grea* deal more. Ho says death by popular violence would havo been inflicted by Boston on such a Legislature as that of Louisiana, and yet he adds that “Louisiana is quiet,” and too Ku-klux Committee cannot “smell out” aa outrage. * ■ Fighting Grass and Baying. Hay. The other day a Northern man, in tho hear ing of toe writer, let himself loose upon us af ter this fashion: ■ “It seems to me that you people in too cotton growing States manage somewhat strangely. You spend half of the spring and all summer in fighting and destroying grass, and when you havo succeeded in destroying it all, you send clear way down to toe State of Maine and buy dried grass at a cost of two cents per pound to subsist your stock. Now, so nearly as I can judge, your planters do not make two cents a pound net on cotton at thirteen cents in your market; and thus a bale of Eastern hay on yonr plantations will about offsett a hale of cot ton in toe pocket of toe farmer. .; - “From what I know of Middle Georgia, I should say that you can beat Maine out of sight in making hay. Grass don’t take a start in Maine till from toe first to too middle of June, and thus, before grass begins to grow in Maine, yon Georgians could stuff your bam3So full of hay and clover at a cost not exceeding an §ighth *■* .a cent per pound, that you might afford to ship Hu? i/> Maine, if too Maine men would only consent to pay u.^ price for it which you pay.' “But if you will not **sqq jjay, which to tho extent at least of your own nece&iu^ yot . can raise more profitably than cotton, tell m., ; n the name of all good sense, why you refuse to gather that grass which comes in your corn fields indigenously after tho crop is laid by and which is much better for stock than tho musty and falsely packed stuff which ordinarily comes to your markets?” ■. We have not yet framed our reply to that Yan kee.. Will some of our readers help us ? It is a case of difficulty. Malic it Mvely fpr Them. We hope the Democratic papers published in too respective districts ts thoso seventeen Dem ocrats who were absent from their seats in Congress when the vote on the fina passage of the infamous Ku-klux bill was taken win make matters exceedingly lively for these absentees. They should bo scored soundly. There is but ono opinion among toe people as to their con duct, and that opinion will take a very unpleas ant shape for them, -next year, about too timo the nominating conventions are held. The peo ple can’t afford to send men to Congress to represent thorn who have so much “private business” to look after. They pay a big price for Congressmen anyhow—considering the ma terial they are compelled to select from—-and are entitled to every cent of their money’s worth. Fancy Toombs, or Stephens, or Cobb, or Jackson, or Johnson, or Colquitt, or Harde man coming home to attend to “private busi ness” when a measure of such moment as this Ku-klux bill was before Congress! Sale of a Railroad.—The Selma and Merid ian Railroad was sold on Tuesday last, at Sel ma, Ala., to too highest bidder for cash. It was knocked off to Messrs. C. N. Jordan and H. H. Wfihurt, representing tho'bondholders of toe road, for one million dollars, toe minimum price fixed upon it by a decree of thjj United States District Court. — * • A. Stringent Liquor Lair. The New Yorlr Son saysi The Legislators of Miohigan has amended the liquor law of that State by providing that all money paid for any sort of liquor, except cider, beer and wine, may be recovered back by the persons paying fpr them, or by the wife, husband, children, guardians, parents or em ployers of such persons. All contracts and commercial transactions conneoted with toe sale of such liquors aro declared to bo null and void. Every one who has been injured in per son, property or otherwise, by any intoxicated person, or fey reason of toe intoxication of any person, shall have tho right to bring a suit against toe person, or persons^who_ have sold, or given the intoxicating liquor which ..has caused or contribute’cT to the intoxication of such person or persons, and shall have toe right to recover actual and exemplary damages. The owner or lessee of any building or' premises used for the purpose of retailing liquor is mado severally and jointly liable with the seller or givor of the liquor. Any sale of intoxicating liquors by th9 lessee of any. premises shall, at tho option of toe lessor, work a forfeiture of the lease, and any lessee may be enjoined against the selling or giving away of liquor on the pre mises he has leased. The penalties of violating tho law are also largely inoreased by the bill. It has passed both branches of the Legislature, and is now in toe hands of the Governor; and the more sensible people in the State are urging him to veto it. , Wo should think the Governor, if not-too veriest narrow-brained fanatio living, would veto any such odious enactment as this—espe cially when facts show that, under its provis ions, drunkenness has been steadily on the in crease all the time in that State. — Temperance is a good thing, and something to be worked for and pushed forward by every legitimate means, but desirable as it is, such steps to secure it, in the opinion of some of its best friends, aro not, and never will be justifi able. They trench too much on personal rights to suit this day and country. A stringent license law would very possibly avoid this diffi culty, and at the same time come much nearer accomplishing toe result desired. . ‘. . But if the temperance folks wish to stop drunkenness and shut up tho liquor shops, they must touoh the hearts And consciences and ap peal to the manhood of . men. We Verily be lieve that if there had never been any attempts^ to prohibit men, by law, from drinking, there would not be one-fourth as much' drunkenness as now. The idea was bom in the Puritan brain, and was the legitimate offspring of .’that mean,dogmatic, dictatorial spirit that constitutes the vital element in the Puritan character. A lot of theso fanatics up in New England having ruined their digestions by overgorging on pork and beans, found out that liquor didn’t agree, with- them, and straightway determined that their neighbors shouldn’t drink it, either. That’s about Ihe origin of this prohibitory liquor legislation. And these are-the same folks who, ha-ring discovered that slavery did not pay in. their sterile country, sold their “ nig gers ” and then set about making their brethren of the South get rid of theirs, also. Theydidn’t have it, and,- therefore, nobody else must. They did get rid of it at last by flooding the country in blood and destroying the constitu tion. One reason, perhaps, why Michigan is so savage on this question, is because hor people have been thoroughly, disgusted by the antics of that vulgar, venomous Sot, Chandler, who in an evil hour they sent to the United States Sen ate. If there is any justification for such a law as tho one in question, his habits would furnish it. If toe law conld bo enforced as to him it would be most commendable. Delerium tre mens would soon make a finish of him, and a vacancy thus be created for somebody with brains and a heart—some man. whose merits did not consist entirely in afonl tongue and a black heart—an inordinate propensity to guz zle mean whisky and rillify and degrade the people of toe South. Tho Snnfhcrn Farm and Home, Wo always welcome gladly the monthly visits of this excellent periodical. It is so fresh and elegant in appearance, sobeautifully illustrated, so full of valuable information ably presented, admirably adapted to toe requirements of onr people. The May nnmber, which wo havo just received, is in advance of all tho agricultural monthlies, and is, if possible, superior to all former numbers. “John Plowhandles’ ” letter on “Lien Receipts—Debt and Ruin,” is a “lay sermon’.’ whioh every farmer in too South would do well to henr and heed. Mr. Sam Barnett’s paper on “Plantation Accounts” contains most valuable advice on matters which are too fre quently overlooked and disregarded. The arti cle on toe Labor Question is able, sensible, practical and timely. Professor Willet’s analy sis of the lime deposit in Houston county, dis covers a Source of agricultural wealth, which only needs development to mako it of inestima ble importance to that county and the adjacent sections; and Professor Leroy Broun’s notes on toe measurement .of waterpower, furnish plain simple rules, easy of execution for the so lution of a question of vast importance to those who have abundant water power at their doors, but do not know how to utilize it. Tho commencement of “Tbe Nereid,” by Mary Faith Floyd gives promise of a story of deep interest and great gowor. - In every respect, this number of tho Farm and Homo is worthy of praise. The agricultu ral community owe it to themselves to subscribe for this periodical. It costs but $2 a year, and we assure them that a single number will repay them ton fold for tho outlay. The Farm and Homo and Weekly Telegraph and Messenger are famished to subscribers for $4. The Paris .Situation. The latest dates by toe morning dispatches, it will be seen, aro to yesterday morning from Versailles. At that time the Government troops were reported within one hundred and fifty jords of the Paris ramparts, and reported to be getting icofly to make a grand assault Tho Communists on u*o other hand wero preparing for a desperate defensive struggle, evidently in desperate mood. Dombrowski was reported missing, and supposed to be either killed or wounded. Claseret, the leading Communist general, had sent in his resignation, but toe Commune refused to accept it As Sunday seems to bo too great day for frolic or fighting with toe French, it is not improbable too grand onslaught will com© off to-day. The best wo can hope for them is that it may bo conclusive. Keuilly is added to the towns destroyed in this internecine strife. It was fired by shells, and was burning yesterday. Inside of Paris tho National Guards wero reported in a demoralized condition. A south Carolina Election. The New York Sun says the contest between O. O. Bowen and ». 0. De Largo of South Car olina, for tho honor 6* a seat in tho Forty- second Congress, has been virtually decided in favor of too former. Tho Commissioners of Election of Beaufort county in De Large’s dis trict) were arraigned and tried last week in the U. S. Circuit Court at Charleston, upon an in dictment setting forth that Williams, Langley, and Gleaves, the aforesaid Commissioners, had, while acting in that capacity at toe last election, stnffedtoe ballot-boxes, falsified toe election record, made false returns of the number of votes cast, and committed divers other acts in violation of toe United States enforce ment law. The jury found the prisoners guilty, and Judge Bond sentenced them each to two years’ imprisonment in toe penitentiary. The Court haring thus sustained Mr. Bowen’s charges of fraud in that district, it is more than likely that Mr. De Large will be compelled to retire and give plaoe to his contestant. There is small choiee between that negro trickster, De Large, and the bigamist Bowen. Both oceupy about toe same moral plane, and the election seems to have been worthy toe can didates. THE GEORGIA PRESS. j The body of Henry Knight, negro, who was drowned in tho Chattahoochee at Columbus, Friday night of last week, was found buried in too sand on Wednesday, just where he sunk. The Sou says competent men think Columbus can have a system of waterworks stress than $100,000 cost. ' '• ■<' We find toe following particulars of tho dam ages done by a.storm iu Pike county, Ala., on Thursday night oFlasfc week, in the Columbus Sim' of Thursday: — - Dear Colonel: I have just returned from the vicinity of the recent tornado or whirlwind which passed through this county, about five miles below bere, on Thursday night last. The Brandidge road, for miles, is blocked with trees, and on many plantations not a house or rail of fence is left* standing; also; on toe Elba road and in the neighborhood of Dr. Barron’s. We have done all we can here, and yet there is great destitution. Families lost everything, clothing, crockery, furniture and provisions. No pen can describe too desolation whore J. M. Hamil, Clem Wynn and Eli Deese live. The latter two have lost everything they had, and their plantations aro ruined for the present yean * *$3 t‘ 0 The Savannah Republican says Tunis G. Campbell, tho negro "Senator, so-.called, from the 2d District, has become- “bafllv complicated with the courts of his county on acoount of sundry unsonatorial malpractices. Tho grand jury of McIntosh, composed of whites- and blacks, havo indicted him ;in three separate bills—one for marrying a negro with a white woman, contrary to the statute; second, false imprisonment'of white citizens in his capacity of J. P.; third larcency after trust reposed.^ The warrant for the first eilenco was sent from Atlanta.” ,- The Savannah Advertiser says a young lady of that city, whose name is not given, tried to shuffle off her mortal coil last Tuesday by swal lowing the contents of a bottle of laudanum, but one officious M. D. and a stomach pump spoiled her fun. And yet she is not happy. Savannah thieves raided on Mr. Andrew Goe bel, Wednesday night, and spoiled him of enough tobacco to chew, cigars to smoke and candy to eat for many “long, long, weary days.” The residence of-the late Edward Paddelford, at Savannah, was sold Wednesday to Mr. De Renne, of that city, for $34,000. "' . The Rev. A.. Blnn, Pastor of the Jewish Church at Augusta, has resigned his charge and will soon leave for Galveston. We make the following extract from toe pre sentments of toe Grand Jury of Washington at its last session. Wo hope to hear them re-ech oed and acted upon, by every similar body in too State: ev It is a source of deep and sincere regret that so many deeds of lawlessness and violence hafo recently been committed by bands of armed and disarmed men in our county, hitherto so noted for its quiet, orderly and law-abiding people. Wo cannot rofrain from denouncing such ac}s and their perpetrators; and deeply deploring this sad state of affairs, wonld connsel and en join upon the perpetrators of theso acts, for their-own good and the good of our country, to desist from such and let tho law take its course. In tho present condition of our country, such conduct is a national calamity, and these acts will be used as a plea by our political enemies to justify tho passage of oppressive laws, affect- ng our sectional rights. Everything was not altogether lovely last Saturday at the Marietta paper mill. On that Jay Mr. -Elisha Cochran attempted to make hash of Mr. Jeff. Land with a knife, and some body percussed Mr. Faw’s cranium with a gun. The Marietta and Dalton papers announce the appearance of rust in tho wheat crop of those sections. The Atlanta Constitution says thirty-tivo mil lion pounds of bacon havo passed over the Western and Atlantic Railroad since December. And yet folks wonder why they are so poor. Atlanta M. D.’s improve toe shining hours they can snatch from toe bedside of their nu merous patients, by disputing on street comero as to thoir merits as whistlers. The editor of the La Grange Reporter has. had a visit from Mr. Joseph N. Boyd, who has been a citizen of Troup county for forty-one years, and ifi now ninety years of age. He is a native of Abbeville, S. C., and was a school mate of John C. Calhoun. The ReV. George Goelchins, formerly of Co lumbus, has been called to the charge of the Presbyterian Church at Atbany. We quote too following from tha r: Albany New3, of yesterday: - rr .. Extension of the S. W. R. R—-We hear it announced that tho Company propose to extend tho Southwestern Railroad from this oity to some point southwest beyond Blakely, i Heavy Rains.—Last Saturday and Saturday night the heavens were opened, and toe rains poured in torrents. There are, and have been for two months past, ponds of water where such have not been seen before for years. Much of toe best land is under water, and the prospect is that tho water will not depart there from until too late to plant. During toe storm on Saturday, we regret to learn, many localities were visited by hail and wind, so severe as to greatly damage toe young corn and cotton, and in some instances entirely destroying hundreds of acres of cotton just up. The Houston Home Journal, of yesterday, says: - Heavy Rains.—This section of country was visited by very heavy rains the latter part of last week, and considerable damage was done to mills and bridges. Staley’s mill dam was broken and a good largo portion of it washed away, also his gin house and screw. The bridge over Big Indian, known as Staley’s bridge, was washed away. E. L. Felder lost a large portion of his mill-dam, and two or three bridges on Mossy creek started on a sea voyage. The Big Indian, at Perry, was higher than it has been for years, and all day Friday the bridge was expected to be carried away. 0. H. Shockly, Esq., a prominent lawyer of Columbia county, died last Thursday. Jas. Greene, negro, who was working on toe new Orphan Asylum, at Augusta, fell from toe top of an unfinished wall Thursday, and broke both his thighs. On the same day, a little daughter of Mrs. L. H. Brockman fell from too piazza of the Presbyterian Church, a distance of ten or twelve feet, and was severely injured, Messrs. Henry Heilman, Herman Hessee and Martin Henges, and Alderman M. H. Meyer and family, have just sailed from Savannah for “Fadorland,” via Now York. The white man who is charged with “kid- nabbing” the dusky Venus at Savannah by her wrathful “par,” Is named Powell, and he has been given till May 10th to produce the stolen beauty. Liquor licenses paid $32,463 16 into the Sa vannah treasury from October 1st, 1869, to September 80th, 1870. From October tst, 1870, to April 20th, 1871, toe receipts foot up $33,- 439 28. The actual receipts for the current year are estimated to reach $35,000. Tho sale of licenses for vehicles of all kindp, for the year ending September 80, 1870, put $13,924 in the treasury, whilo tho receipts from the same source for the first seven months of the present fiscal year, amount to $13,956 50. The News, of Friday, says: Uttering Counterfeit Money.—James B. Harrell and Solomon Harrell were brought be fore tho United States Circuit Court yesterday, charged with passing counterfeit money at Cuthbert, Randolph county, Jamc3 having in his possession at tho lime of his arrest $1,450 in spurious bills. They were arrested in Stew art county by U. S. Deputy Marshal David O. Bancroft, and by him brought to this city. James shot at the officers while effecting their arrest, and tried hard to prevent being captured. Both parties were before toe Circuit Court in November last, on a similar charge. Solomon Harrell gave bond in the sum of $2,500, and James was allowed time, in company of an offi cer, to secure a similar bond, -in default of which he will be committed for trial. The parties are respectably connected, and from their sang froid manner, seem to attach little importance to the dilemma’^ whioh they are plaoed. We clip the following from toe Chronicle and Sentinel, of Friday: • ■ Reclamation on Cotton.—A case, in the re sult of which cotton buyers and cotton factors are largely interested, is now before toe courts of this countv. It appears that some time since a cotton buyer of this, city purchased of a cot ton factor a bale of cotton, which\was sold as New York middlings. The’ buyer shipped it to Savannah, where it was discovered that the cot ton was of a lower grade than New York mid dlings, and sent back to Augusta. The buyer re-sold it here at a loss of twelve dollars, ex clusive of freight to and from Savannah, and demanded that amount as reclamation from the faotor-from whom it was originally purchased. The latter refused to pay, and the buyer brought suit in the court of Justice Ells. The plaintiff introduced testimony to show that it was the custom amongcotton buyers to demand and receive reclamation in cages like tins, while the defendants denied that they were liable, be cause they had a.priuhsd notice posted in their office that no reclamation would be allowed after’ cotton purchased from them had been shipped. Tho Court decided in favor’of the plaintiff, be cause there was no evidence' that toe notice posted in the defendant’s office had ever been assented to by toe plaintiff, and: consequently it was not binding upon the latter. Counsel for toe defendant gave notice that he would take the case to the Superior Court by certior ari. Mr. Blaok, for the plaintiff, Mr. Strother, for tho defendants. Eva Lyons, “an amiable and good-looking” member of the Savannah demi-monde, attempted to solve the great problem, on Thursday, wito twenty-five cents worth of laudanum. Bellviow, six miles north of Talbotton, was visited by a severe storm last Thursday, which blew down every house’ in tho place except two, though.it is not stated how many there wero at first. ’ 1 -» Mr. Chas. G. Bo area, has retired from the •Thomaston Herald, and is succeeded by Mr. M. O. Cahaniss. Mrs. Augustus J. King, of Thomaston, is doad. The Thomaston Herald says fertilizers have been gonorally used in that section this season- Of .crop prospects In that region'; the Herald says The Crops.—From onr observations whilo riding through considerable portions of Upson, Talbot, and Pike counties, and our information from toe planters, we are induced to believe that a much greater breadth of land has been devoted to the growth of corn, wheat and Irish potatoes this, season that formerly,.and we are glad to say that at too present time all these crops aro looking well. There Is no danger but what sufficient attention will be paid to cotton, and we trust with a good result. We clip as follows from the Newnan Herald, of Friday: A White Man Robbed by Negroes.—A gen tleman writing to us from Bowden sa?s: A gentleman by the name of J. L. Marbnt, citizen of Paulding county, reports that he was attacked and robbed on last Saturday, the 15th inst., on toe public road leading from Possum Snout, in Haralson connty, to Columbus, Ga., about seven miles from Possum Snout by two negroes. He was alone and traveling on foot. Tho negroes were sitting by the road as Mr. Marbut camo up to them , when they halted him and asked how far it was from there to Atlanta. They then drew their revolvers, presented them at him, cursed him and demanded his money. Mr.- Marbut having no means of defence gave them his pooket book, which contained abont eighteen dollars in money. The negroes then told him to get down and pray hi3 last prayer. He. kneeled down and prayed. They then ordered him to take off his shoes and hat. See ing they were determined on killing him, he broke and ran for his life and succeeded in making his cscapo. Tho negroes shot at him. one ball passing through toe skirt of his coatj bnt missed him. The robbers have not yet been arrested. Found Dead in the Field.—A friend writing ns from Carrollton, under date of April 17to, communicates the following mournful item: Just as I was closing this note, Mr. William son came in and told mo that Mr. Henry Martin, son of the late lamented Hon. Emanuel Martin, started from home thi3 morning to hunt his oxen, and was found this evening late, dead in tho plantation near a fence. Ho seemed to be iu perieot Ueallli tlus morning. It is supposed that he died of apoplexy. Respectfully, J. J.. J. The Income Tax. Tho income tax is not popzfijqr in the North nor, per se, any where ; bnt the West pressed it on tho-East in 'the 41st Congress, because she said it was about toe only way to get taxes out of them. Tho great mass of p'roperty holders there had hoarded their funds in United States securities, which ware otherwise exempt from taxation; and thus, fenced in securely from the tax-gatherer, while themselves levying enor mous tributes on the rest of toe people in toe shape of protective tariff bounties, tho prospect was that the Eastern and Middle States would hold a mortgage on all the remainder of the Union, before the national debt should be paid. Consequently, tho West made a desperate and successful struggle against the repeal of the income tax. But, naturally, although every body hates this tax, these older Stales hat9 it with a wonderful intensity, particularly since they havo failed to throw off tho burden. Here is the way in which the staid old Journal of Commerce attacks it: When too question of continuing this tax camo up in Congress, we were almost alone in onr prediction that the dominant party would not relinquish the power it gave them, to be used for political ends iu a quiet bnt efficient way in ovary community. That prediction was ridiculed, but vindicated in the result, and the tax was reimposed in a still more unjust and tyrannical form. Here are a thousand people in one community, bnt toe lax, in theory, is to rest only upon thoso whose income exceeds two thousand dollars. If every one made a sworn return, much injustice would still prevail, but there would bo equality in terms. As now in terpreted, however the law iB held not to require this. Thoso whose inoomo is not $2,000 need NEW ORLEANS. Decay oftlie Crescent City—The “Days that are no niore”.--%l»a .New Regime—The Curse of Carpet-bag Government—A DaHc Picture. S >- Correspondence Springfield Republican.] "* - New Orleans, March, 1871. ‘ Notwithstanding the fact'that the cotton crop of the current year is onb of toe largest ever grown, already indicating an amount of over four millions of bales, a large .proportion of which will seek tide water by way of New Or leans, unload, at our levees from our steamboats, be repressed, handled, sampled, sold and sbippedLfrt&i hero—yet there is a cry from all sides that tho business of the city is unsatisfac- tdryr- Peoplecomplaih of-poverty, real -esl af& _ rapidly declines, new enterprises are not ,TlIat-hecouldpeveVlpvet^ 1 l0p ^ u planned, no houses are built, and toe city, un-j-'q 13 *,-v-'i'-’; : , ’ ~ make no return; and every man who is lot alone, even though his ineome'is $10,000 a year, need make no return. If he is all right with tho Assessor, ho may thus bo let off, and he makes no sign himself. If tho Assessor will, however, ho can not only hunt out very sharply thoso opposed to him who ought to make a return, but he can require every man he chooses to sus pect, to submit to a rigid examination and es tablish his right to the exemption. Those who cannot see in the possession of such power tho means of political intimidation, coercion, or re taliation, must understand very little of human nature and the wiles of a party campaign. It is this hold upon their fellow-citizens which the income tax gives to thoso in power that led to its renewal for another term. :l: . We do not see any legal protection that can be given too private citizen against this tyran ny and injustice; nor aro wo sanguine in regard to tho final remedy for the enforcement of tho tax. Such a levy is unconstitutional beyond all reasonable doubt; but the courts are in the hands of tho oppressors, and civil process has boen purposely so hampered and restrained by them, that it can ueither.be used to prevent tho wrong, nor to furnish prompt redress for those who suffer. “Tbe Old Folks at Home”—Sixteen Proofs of Healtbfqlness. There are, it seems, many other persons be sides ourselves, who are of opinion that there is no healthier country on the face of this con tinent, at least, than Middle Georgia. The fol lowing letter famishes strong ground for such belief: 'Jones County, April21, 1871. Editors Telegraph and Messenger : I see in a late number of your paper, some account of the age of tho Rev. Cary Cox, etc., etc. I will give you a showing of toe old people of this county, Baldwin.and Putman. Strike a circle of seven miles in diameter, and within said cir cle there are sixteen white persons: the young est of them is more than seventy years old, five from 82 to 86, one 93. There ike seven females and nine males. Three or four of the number are more than 75. There may be several blacks within these figures. I kno^r st spine' three or four myself. I doubt whether tbfc can be beat anywhere in toe State of Geotgja, outside of toe oities. Yours respeot/fllly. John Farrar. Queen Victoria has more Mohammedan sub jects than toe Sultan of Turkey. like most American towns,' seems to have been completed and set apart to decay. Of course the causes of this dullness are complicated and va rious, but some of them are so plain that tho simplest mind’can readily see them. This is a vast rambling town of small houses, situated in a low cypress swamp, and contain ing in winter probably- 250,000 inhabitants. Before the war its business was to receive and sell for toe planters of Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas, over a million bales of cotton, and to distribute all the sugar and mo lasses of Louisiana’. Nearly the whole value of their rich crop, was advanced each season to toe planters by factors and bankers at a high rate of commission and interest, largely in toe form of -supplies of; provisions and merchandise, bought at dear prices. If tho crop fell short, the factor took a mortgage on plantation and negroes, and advanced money, untila good crop or great prices could float the planter up again. It was an immensely profitable businers. The planter, lazy, careless, extravagant and san- guino, always In debt, always wanting a new advance, nover dared to scrutinize or dispute an account with his commission merchant, bnt submitted to be royally plundered on all sides. Coming down to New Orleans with his crop in toe winter, even if he paid his past advances with the proceeds, ho must have -bacon, com, negro clothing, shoes and. blankets for next year. IIo always wanted a few ’-bauds:” he must buy a carpenter or a cooper, a cook or a seamstress; a few baskets of champagne, a couple of casks of claret, & blood horse, an Eng lish saddle, a Hanton gnfc and some diamonds for the girls.; 7 - "y 5a .. - ; ~ Then New Orleans was, a hard place to get out of. There were the dinners at Moreau’s and Victor’s and Pina!s, with toe little game after the table was cleared; there wero sirens from Maine and Massachusetts, and New Jersey, who charmed yotrag Longstaple’s tender heart and willing purse; there was the box at (he op era, the races at the Metairie — Lexington against Lecompte, Gray Medoc and Sally Bla den, Lightning...and Fanio. They were gay days, these last rapid days of the old regime, and New Orleans waxed fat and recked not of cock-eyed lawyers pettifogging in Lowell police courts. Factors and bankers aro men of this world, and wiser in their day and generation than the children of light. They encouraged the extravagance of the planter and made long bills. There was too commission for purchas ing supplies, paid both by planter and merchant; interest on the money, at least 12 percent;. cot- ton'press charges, handling, sampling, selling, short weight, insurance, so that each bale of cotton had to sweat at least four dollars before it could get from the steamboat to the ship. All this is changed. Old Longstaple, with his great plantation, rambling house and negro quarters swarming with slaves, has not a local habitation or a name. His smartest boys work part of too land closely, with hired labor; and shrewd freedmen, possibly, with old mules, rope harness, mended plows and spliced chains, get more crop from the remainder than they ever made for old Longstaple. Instead of sending to Orleans they get supplies on credit from a swarm of little Jew and Yankee traders, who have sprung up among them, who in return take the cotton at cash price, and shipping it to New Orleans, insist upon the most rapid and eco nomical realization of the proceeds. They know the lowest cost of handling and pressing, they ask for tho return premium on insurance, they will have no short weight without a reason for it, and in every way possible they make themselves disagreeable. They havo oredit and bny their own goods, not merely in the restricted and high priced markot of New Orleans, but in Cincinnati, St. Louis, and even New York. They live to make money, not to spend it, so while they flourish Now Orleans languishes. Handling more cotton than ever, the city grows poorer every day. Ono of the great hotels has been closed ever since toe war; large shops aro unoeoupied. In the French quarter the whole town seems to be “tb'let.” The doleful words “Magazin a loner” stare from half the houses. The retailers of all kinds are poor, and “getting no better fast.” The fact is, the town is too large to subsist on a mere exchange business. It has got to shrink down to the new condition of things. If you discuss toe matter with a creole, he vaguely says, “It is the Radicals;” that is the end of his philosophy, and he adjourns to the nearest bar-room. Well, how abont the Radi cals ? \\ hen the poet sung, . Disillusion. AtC m emzabeth aeebs ailut V\ I dreamed thatl hading be 6!J ac . ' Spring ram, and Hummer ik-ht , Av Had swept acrosB my lonesome S‘ , ’ 0: a With clover-scent andwiid bewL Lightening tho place of half Serena and calm, my quiet’ghost Came softly back to see tha Whose memory death could not et*^ But ho, mv love, whom even in I yearned to comfort and Emst»;n ea ..Knowing how sore his heart ws. - —My-toverwitk life so changed Thatlifl m-.nW 1 10 Dim Forgetful of the golden band - On my dead finger slumberin'* how bent above another band t ” And clasped and kissed the dsinf. And whispered of another ring ^ *%!. Alas, poor g^bost! I felt a thiffl r - A sudden stab cf- mortal p&iaZ And sighed. He shivered ■“kb The air has grown, and foll of h- My darling, kiss me wanuagaiii?' Why should I linger ? As I Her lips touched ehyly, mnrrnrm-r,,, Just wheremy own had Only so little whileagoT beu M “Ah, well,” I said, ‘ ‘tis better so.» ■How small, of all that human hearts endaro'. That part which laws or kicg3 can cause or euro”— perhaps ho was singlpg wisely. It is well enough to think so. I aui not a politician, but I see how things go,, and at toe risk of contro versy and hard feeling I .will venture to say, and my language is plain, and it is “the heft of my judgment,” that there has never keen, in too tide of time, such an ntter failure of human schemes as wo sea in the result of reconstruc tion in this State. I say “this State” because I am here, and know Low it is myself. Possibly it is worso elsewhere. A more contemptible, disreputable, low-dowd, oppressive government than that of Louisiana never before polluted human records. It has not a decent aspect or redeeming feature, and as revolntions do not move baokward, I see no prospect of favorable change at present. I havo faith in my people sufficiently strong to believe that if the body of men called a Legislature, just adjourned in this State, had done to the people of Massachusetts whdt they did to Louisiana, they would never havo left Boston alive. •- .] The complaint is nst merely .that these legis lators aro “radical” in politics; or that many of them are ignorant blaok men, who but jester, day were slaves, or that tho majority of the white members aro base carpet-bagging scala wags from tho North, with no knowledge of the State, no prido in its past history or interest in its future, elected after ten days’ residence in a parish by the convenient machinery of registra tion and “commissioners” and “inspectors” of elections, appointed by a governor, himself the creation of similar frauds. Nor i3 it because a small minority of them are tha meanest South ern whito trash, men without a “last place of residence,” soaked in whisky, living with negro women, and smelling like wet dogs, as they el bow about tho lobby openly selling their votes; for even such a collection of foul birds might be got rid of and the State havo a future. But these cormorants have not only plundered, looted and sold out every visible thing, but they havo so mortgaged the State that the noble do main of Louisiana, purchased by Jefferson from the First Consul of France, onco rich in sugar and cotton land, is, to-day, without credit or available resources. But a few faots must be stated. New England understands figures. Look at these: la 1865 toe debt of Louisiana was about $5,000,009. It is now (I quote toe State Auditor’s report) $25,021,763, comprised of State bonds, $22,- 560,233; warrants and certificates, $1,593,907; miscellaneous, $867,533. Add to this “ accru ing debt,” being endorsements on railroad, ’’ship canal” and other swindles, amounting to $15,390,000, and there is a total of $40,416,763. That is all; there you have the blessings of uni versal suffrage and free govemmentin a “dem- nition total.” Only[forty millions of mortgage on farms and labor ana skill. Little drafts on the future, and for what—what have we got ? No thing ; the money has been stolen. In addi tion to this, franchises have been granted, cor porations oreated, oppressive, injurious and abominable, so that toe whole community groans under the oppression. History can furnish no parallel to this spoliation in time of peace. It ;s idle to expect men to be satisfied with it, and to rejoice at tho sight of the “old flag,” and talk of the “best government the world ever saw,” when they aro living under a robbing, swindling, indecent pretense of government. Yet Louisiana is quiet. I do not think even a Congressional smelling committee conld report a single ease of “outrage” in the State. Shame on them, say I, that they are quiet. Bat all this planting, and watering must bear fruit, and what will it bo ? The time will come when Fed eral bayonets cannot be so easily invoked as now, and then I trust the occupation of carpet- bagging will come to the end it so justly de serves. Tho Dubuque Times says that the highest land in Iowa, at Spirit Lake, is 17,000 feet high —2,000 feet higher than the highest mountain in the United States, outside of Alaska. i __ ........ > darkening .for Beside my grave all bramblt c iL, -With-sorrow in hie eyes—alone ' A tear,’down-glittering as he stood Hung, etar-idie, in the graaabrin.. I blessed him in my gratitude "' He smiled: “Dear heart, if she cosh k I How sweet these brier-bloasoauI . Harper's Jtfffftein/fcr jf,„ f The Nestor or the Georgia Bar Editors Telegraph and Messenger-rJ sertmycnr paper the. foliavitn fr 6 «ri;, note3 connected with the early histm reer of Hon.. William Law, who of character, profound legal erudition iJiE manning eloquence, has no BUtviuneVZd Georgia, and justly takes rank with tie!^ riens, Crittendens and Websters of the a past. The'snows of 78 yeara havevfe tho locks and bent the form of this m3 citizen, but his undimmed intellect sal aa its ponderous weight and buoyant eh;' and to-day he is able to' accomplish ta u. - of office work and severe labor, vhkhfaj] his juniois could undergo. Judgo Laving tive of old Liberty county, that ertlwhilefi abode of patriotism, intelligence and i In the war of .1812 he bore 1 defence of his country against foreign t sion. and at the close of ■ study of law, and was admitted to the led March, 1815, in tho ancient town ot ikjJ once New Inverness. The follovring j<arM he was appointed Solicitor General bj Gored Rabun, to fill the unexpired term of CoLEa Tatnall, resigned. Onr young barrister distinguished himatfij mediately, by convicting in the first oomt '4 of Glynn) which succeeded hia appoint" three parties out of four chargedwith tbe of murder. The fourth escaped on tripial insanity. It is related of this indmduihrJ it will be seen, wn3 very far from being drill the true sense of the word, that hit mm Jeremiah Atkinson, advised him, in afett maintain his role as a crazy man, to anwsij questions propounded by counsel or couit the simple ejaculation, u Piggie,pi$gkr ( serving his instructions to the letter, it was J once decided that toe accused was either i ranged or an idiot, and a verdict of i was rendered accordingly. When the toil* over the connsel of toe prisoner took him i and demanded the. stipulated fee for his sen To his utter consternation, however, las d only responded “Piggie, piggie!”toe word that was uttered. So for once thebi was bitten, and the legal acumen was fdkilj a natural, so-called^ Judge Law was afterwards elected 1 General by too Legislature, his opponeatb Hon. Levi S. De Lyon, deceased. Since t period his career as a joiist, has been ois« tinned and splendid success. Ononeoccasi in the celebrated Florida case of Croon i Smith, he received a fee of $S,000, andsj two and a half days, gaining a verdict of t COO for his clients. Against him were «n Pettigru, Davis, Galbraith, Long and ofer a icent legal minds. The-subject of these notes wa9 tendered,! both parties, a seat on. the Supreme Bail tho State, upon the organization of thitCsf bnt refused the position as inadequate tri support of his numerous family. He has, i than once, also, declined Congressional ha At this, time be is confessedly tho oldeiia ber of the bar in Georgia, and probably c£j entire South—land yet all will agree tbit legal opinions are cs clear and comprehend and his voice as potential before Judge crjt as at any-former stage of his life. Lotg r 'this eminent sage and Christian linger k‘ us. -,,w E. El-1 Some!Liny About Dodge Cenntj. | Editors Telegraphy and Messenger :-T ’ your indulgence while 1 attempt to into outsido world of Some of the latent adra hitherto unknown’' (or if known < in this part of toe county, known contei ly as the wiregrass. Tho subject wtici pose to treat principally is Dodge comtj,* :its county town Eastman, situated J7 ® from Macon, on tho. Macon & Bionstid® road, and a more healthful spot of earth J” to be found in Georgia, besides beautifully situated. The friends'of education a place not'ed for good schools, aad it ss opinion of the . writer that they are is 0*’* jorfty, and will succeed—offering there ducements to persons wishing to edac^**" ily scarcely equaled in the State. generally throughout tho cotton Stat this season cf the year, nevertheless ' smashing business in dry hides, andfti s rels, when nothing else is available, tha.< remunerative. But,- we-need above r" else at present, a good 'wheelwright« maker, either Or both of whoia won.ap tho greenbacks just now, at this place. Mr. W. Pitt Eastman is now withers intending the laving off of the towM so far exhibited much proficiency, » good taste in behalf of beauty ana eon ■ as well as a lively interest that he[ ■ manifest for the good of the community‘-o C *Dr. Dodge is expected to visit his mSetsJj these parts at an early day, community peculiarly fortunate in ... men as the above named have or T matters not from whence ' gt!! gladly receive all public Md that would build np the waste country. Tbo Opponents The New York Commercial AdvertJJ prominent Republican paper, ■£«*>* failure of tbe Amnesty bill in the When the twenty-one Senntors wbi the death of tho measure, and the m didnotvotoat all, *° ^ **. cies, they will be likely to . questions—such, for example, ^ s did you block the wheels oi tho course of Trade? Why didy K , f introduction of capital into th did you rejeot the offers of men to bo ready and willing to enforce a laws ? Why did you not give an op ^ test the sincerity of these men t " IjuW pass Force bills, and establish rui® ^ net in time of peace ? Why v*® 1 *. subvert the Republican form of What is to be gained by the aaopuo^^ nres alike oppressive and unco And why should the President be arbitrary powers ? — , Its Vance’s Chances,—Tho Sun o . says, that one of tho reasons .j* the Amnesty bill in the Senate" have relieved Governor Z. B. ^ a " ca y{ Carolina of his disabilities, so tha, take his seat as Senator. This ^ H toe Republican members would 8 o‘ ’ { c are strongly antagonistic to _ Ya fv.;* s V : of the. extraordinary zeal end ao “ manifested as Governor °f supporting and protracting the r , L now certain that he will not be Senate for some time to oome. If you would consult your interest £ Hart’s family grooery house, Amen • bacon, lard, flour, salt, coffee, s °? ar ’ tobacco. He says on account of me b s titycf hogs killed this season salt, at present, for less than $1 ^,1^: want the bacon go and see him-
