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“Words and Their Uses.*
jjY A MYSTIFIED QUAKER.
New York, 4th Month, 20th, '71.
v.r, t ;< / \V>fe: From these few lines, my wherc-
licds tbee'il learn—
»«.wer I impart to thee my serious concern;
rSn-ma^o of this people is a riddle unto me,
ai“or.ls. with them, are fisments of a reckless
*” Bcckcrv!
Blonde Bebeccn.
Rebecca stood beside the well.
Many an age since she of old,
Of whom the sacred scriptures tell.
Had ceased to keep her father’s fold.
Another ago, another land,
Dark splendor changed to golden glow—
Her face was what a master hand
Might cat upon a cameo.
I brought a cup onto the well
And held it forth; I wanted drink,
Bnt life’s great passion cast a spell—
“Give me to—love!”—Her eyes did sink.
Her eyes did sink, yet spake she clear.
Marking my goblet’s narrow rim,
“Whatever vessel cometh here,
Love can but fill it to the brim.
It is a law thou most not donbt,
Man’s love’s tho vessel held below.
Wo pour our hearts like water out,
And fill it to the overflow.
And be thy vessel great or small,
So great or small the draught must be;
Bo, too, thy life, for love is all,
Tho first, the last, of destiny.
He liveth long who loveth much,
For love is lifda true measurement;
Who liveth not by love—to such
• Life is bnt thirst and discontent.
Slacou Conniy Agricultural Fair.
Harsh alvelle, Ga., May 8,1871.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: I came
hero on Saturday to visit the Fair of the Macon
County “Agricultural Association”—Major Jas.
D. Frederick President; Judge S. C. Bryan
Vice President; Colonel TV. H. Reese, Secre
tary. The Fair was a charming little matter—
a triumphant success. *
These farmers are a working, energetio sot
of men; they are determined not to succumb
to the super-incumbent financial pressure upon
all the people, weighing down and paralyzing
tho whole country.
The committee expected General Browne and
Colonel D. W. Lewis, of your city. These gen
tlemen had promised to bo present and make
them a speech. We heard one or both were
sick; and so they were disappointed. In the
exhibition, the field, the garden, the dairy were
. represented, and, over and above them, were
to tu inn I some magnificent flower contributions in tho
libido is doubtless meant to carry folks about f orm G f wre aths and bouquets by the ladies.
Only think of a bouquet containing 250 varieties
of flowers and evergreens, in the composition
and arrangement of whioh the canons of asthot-
ics were consulted by the geniu3 and cultivated
taste of woman, and yon will agree with me
that it was magnificent. „ ..
In this department Mrs. L. M. Finon, Mrs.
W. H. Felton and Mre. Marshall Hatcher were
j* Instance: As I left the caraanimp with smutty
-. /•shine?” “Nav, I’ll not shine,” I said, “ex
cept with inward grace l”
r.•inward grace’ a liquid or a paster” asked tins
r/uilJy^'wiiat h ‘inward grace?’ How does
Cue o!il thing work ?’’
TitoV said I to a Jehu, whoso breath suggested
jp'ihos convey me straightway to a reputable
£• mawer'a gross irrelevance I shall not soon for-
astfad of simply yea or nay, he gently said, “Yon
let:”
J ir . niy: I shall not bet,” said I, “for that would
rt/i'ot/i thee answer plainly: Can theo take mo
“Now
THE DARWINIAN THEORY.
Tito Monkeys Hear of It anti arc Agitated
In Consequence—They Hold an Indigna
tion Meeting.
Written for the Cincinnati Times.]
Darwin’s theory concerning tho descent of
man is creating a tremendous sensation among
the monkeys. They have just heard of it, and
are terribly exercised. They repudiate the whole
theory. That man descended from them they
consider a slur on the entire monkey race.
A cage of John Robinson’s monkeys held an
indignation meeting over the matter the other
day, after the performance. A venerable chim
panzee, whose gray hair entiled him to the dis
tinction, was made chairman, and, sitting in a
swing, presided with the utmost dignity. Ho
got a little excited in his speech as he took tho
chair, but this was pardonable under the circum
stances. “What,” exclaimed this venerable
baboon; “Man descended from us! I repudi
ate the Jdea with scorn. True wo have our
faults.
“We are accused of cutting up monkey
shines sometimes, and not without cause, but
this attempt to make "us father tho human race i buixock.
is altogether too much. Is it not enough that condition of Georgia
poverty requires us to travel around the conn- ° * »*■ BIU _
try in this manner to make a livelihood; to ex-1 ;®* 0 P a r °“°niinmbus-Thc Ponce Ele-
lacat.
why prevaricate ?” Bald ho, perversely,
ver shout in!” . , , ,, ,
;\:y. verily, I shouted not!” quoth I, “my speech
i- miM:
!r. tliiae—I griovo to say it—with falsehood is de-
"_:e ought to bo admonished to rid tby heart of
guile.”
Kiss Me Before Yon Go.
Your way lies over the hillside,
Out in the rain and sleet,
Oat in the world’s wild turmoil,
Where bustle and business meet;
But mine by the noiseless fireside,
Where the fancifnl embers glow
With a changeful life-like motion:
Kiss me before you go.
My quiet way will be haunted
With visions none others can see,
Glances more precious than diamonds,
Smiles full of meaning to me;
The Eounda of a welcome footstep,
A whisper thrillingly low,
Ah. thought mil clasp memory closely,
Kiss me before yon go.
For this world is full of mischances,
Andouo of thosochanees may fall,
That we two ne’er again in the firelight
Make one shadow upon the walk
O, thee, once more in tho parting—
Alas! that it must be so—
Leave me a fond benediction:
Kiss me before you go.
•too thin;” more-
.. I iv m £ cllUll UU iuia. *u.»ac**w»*
>; litre! my lively moke, ’ said ho, you s.ingon J C0 ‘ et j torg _ 'f 0 Mrs. W. H. Felton, for the
toe much stylej grea j est variety, a premium was awarded. To
Ive ’ ad those plain drab garments twenty years j Mrs. M. Hatcher a premium for the most beau-
, 3 ,l more,” eaid I, 1 tiful bouquet; and to Mrs. L. M. Felton a pre-
v.h n theo ears I ‘sling on style,’ thee tells a ■ m j nm f or tho largest single rose,
willful lie.” . . | From the dairies some of tho finest butter I
,! that ho pranced around as if a beo were in Ins , bayQ ey6r seen in Georgia, or Goshen, was on
bonnet, . . . I exhibition. The contributors in this depart-
al, with hoctilo demonstrations, inquired if I waa | mentwere Mrs. L. M. Felton, W. H. Felton,
cnu! ” • Mrs. John Pharr, Mrs. James D. Frederick,
and Mrs. G. H. Slappey. Mrs. James D. Fred
erick took tho premium. . ,
From the gardens English peas, Goodrich
and Rose potatoes, beans, tumip3, onions, pars
nips, carrots, lettuce, celery, cabbage, etc.,
were in abundance. There were cabbage heads
weighing twelve pounds, sent from Thomas-
villo by Mrs. Hardaway, and some fine heads
from Mrs. Davenport, of Americas, and one
cabbage measured four feet across, grown in
the vicinity of Maishallville. Who can beat
^Premium to Dr. John D. Wado for tho largest
Ihee knows I cultivate the peaceful habit of our Irish potatoes; J. M. se ^ on £^ e ®^ eo iid
soct, , Largest onions, Dr. John D. Ware, second
Cut this man’s conduct wrought on mo to a singular largest, L. M. Felton; largest bests, L. M. bel-
cffect: . „ . . i ton: spring turnips, Charles A. Walker; largest
for when he slapped my broad-brim eff and asked, | .. N T Johnson; headof lettuce, (twen-
‘ How’s that for high?” a ! tv-four inches') L. M. Felton ; best English
luonsed the Adam in me, and I emote him lnp and , Y James D. Frederick; beans, Dr. John
W* 1 1 D Waro ; largest strawberries, Mrs. Charles A
Walker • for the most deliciously prepared
strawberries, Mrs. W. H. Felton ; largest single
strawberry, Mrs. Charles A. Walker; largest
wise rasnberries. Mrs. James D. Frederick; fortno
Although I solemnly affirm! did not hwhair, dli ®’ ionsIy prepared raspberries, Mrs.
S.riUdlwok his poultry-for he fiad no poultry ^ ea ^Frederick ; largest cherries, J. A.
1 Sperry.
fine art department.
Mrs. L. C. Cornwell had on exhibition some
fine specimens of common hair-work, and some
beautiful specimens of mounted hair-work; also
some fine specimens of embroidery.
From the field there were some fine speci
mens of different varieties of oats, wheat, com,
Ifcte can conceivo that, by this time, I was some- I clover and grasses.
,what perplexed; „ , j Mr. G. H. Slappy, known as a man of great
lea. the placid spirit in mo has seldom been so j cc- .— y an( j enterprise, deserves special men-
vexed; _ , . , j tion for the kind and number of articles con-
I tarried thero no longer, for plam spoken men | t r i bu ted seventeen varieties from tho field and
Ou what? Till thee explains thyself, I cannot
to!!,” I said.
11} swore that something was
over it was “played;” „
Eat ail liia jargon was surpassed »a wild absurdity.
I?tl.roats, profanely emphasized, to put ahead
onmei
•Xo ton of “Belial,” eaid I, “that miracle can do!”
Whereat ho fell upon mo with blows and curses, too,
Uat failed to work that miracle—if fcuch was his cc-
Instead of putting on a bead, ho strove to smite off
The throng thon gavo a specimen of calumny broke
AsdeaUI’d “snatched him bald-hoadcd,” and like
wise “cooked liis goose
hibit ourselves to gaping men, women and chil
dren, at so much a head, (when two-thirds of. . , .• T i
them haven’t any head at all to speak of,) with- Cincinnati Commercud Atltmta Lotter. 1
out having it flung in our faces that we origina- I me. the Governor on th
ted the pack of fools styled men ?” coming into tho oily from .is farm in the np-
His remarks were received with every ex- country. The Governor h . .
pression of delight possible to the mo4ey. place” ho raDsit. and
Some stood on their pyramidal heads, others gave I should jndgo that - Gove — or
hung by their tails, while others threw flipflaps there some tune and n°t_ “a*“J 1
from one end of the cage to the other. I Ho surely wouldpot fixit
A monkey who had traveled much and seen a ways expected
great deal, and who had probably used the cat’s the Democrats will do tow ? from
rlw lo puil more ctetonl. out A th, firo Ihm to bn >™1 to™’,3SSS«Shl!S6*S
Kuow “■ aatoS “ J S’fto »”. P 4.&tl.. y tatia to do „ liltlo
from, us what a fall was there, my countrymen!. 1n ,... . . 5
[Prolonged howls of derision.] If I had this the peaceful condition of tas •
base slanderer of onr race-this Darwin, who “Yes,” repliedho, we re getting along qiien-
fame by traducing us-I would Vr-r-didly. At no UmeiMwtan'*££&
rend him in pieces with these pentadactylous been so intent °“ lm P r ° v ‘°B “^®, nal m
hands, and whip him to death with this prehen- terests as now. Everybody m at work,
sile tail!” [license cheering.] “More work than pohtics, then?
Tho chairman interrupted the speaker to re- “YMjbut P^cs hmro only beon la d^ ^
mind him that no puns would be allowed. No- for the time being.
who had tho least respect for JnvwU. The ^eady got it,” rophed ho laugh-
speaker promised to be more guarded in tho fu- ig quesli onable whether the Repub-
lure, and proceeded with his remarks. I -t u i.i, e Dacamber election
“Look at the follies men perpetrate every ^a^ can regam it [UhR December eieeuon
day. Did you ever know a monkey to make tie Democrats gaimed thie two-thirds,
such a fool of himself as they do ? Did yon ever oao way that Grant can carry
know a monkey to bay a ticket to a menagene J-xt year, and that depends not so
head by a detestable rmg master), or sue fw a " for material, and it is Grant or no
divorce, or la oo, or color hm whiskers or go into strongest man, notwithstand-
bankruptcy, or cheat the printer, or get elected j J- riettv onposition to him in certain
councilman, or _run a bar account, or eat hash, It’sdying out
*■ ' now, anfl coming to the point that every man
. S ' . '. t /I L —~ n Tlnin "
and screeches of assent.]
“Man descended from the monkey, indeed!
If wo were descended from man it would be
sufficiently disgraceful. I get ashamed when I
think thero is a possibility of a connecting link. I
Look at them in their political conventions.
took™* to'ltablmdeS'rf lta“Sy.‘°S'Se
erieona drunk couldn’t behave worse. And reconstruction acts th? i Grant will
whore did they get it ? They didn’t get it from J^^®^ 0 J to Twill tell you why. The peo-
us, that is . sure thing. Tho hoy to their cussed Xof Goorcfa aro lIterally worn out by tur-
nonsense is not the mon-key. [An admonish- plo of G or& a y nQ more of
ILev'crilod mo “Bully boy!” although I’ve seen
nicli three-score years;
And Baid that I was lightning when I got np on my
car! _ .
Aai when I asked if lightning climbed its ear, or
dressed in drab,
Von know how ’tis yourself 1” said one inconse
quential blab!
like me— ,
With such perverters of our tongue can have no
unity. .
Yinevllle Ntimluy-scliool Celebration.
his pet patches of oats, clover, grasses, etc.
Mr. M. E. Spivey exhibited some fine cotton
sweeps and other plows.
Mr. N. T. Johnson tnso exhibited some fine
veel itVas mv eood fortune to meet with the | This Farmers Club hasi the best organization
Vict'ville SabbMh School in their annual Ma y *? its working Pewer and am rijp*
celebration at Mount Zion Church, and never ; plated of any club I know of. They have tneir
hvo I met a brighter happier group than I ' monthly meetings for discussion of the various
found thero assembled. It is true, the weather | gebjects of interest to
ws unpropitions and the rain fell in torrents, instance, as tho labor question and diversified
tut tho good old church was amply largo to crobs—so as to make ns, by raising—notcot^n
akield all® ftom tho rain, and the bright and -but onr own “hog and hominy. _ independent
of tho giant West and the balance of manldnd.
Their monthly fairs will bo held at Marshall-
villo, on the second Friday in each month, and
I am requested to invite one and all of you
down, as well as Gen. Browne and CoL D. W.
Lewis. Yours truly, B- H. J. b.
The Collapse
or the
Paris.
Grandeur of
Edward Dicey writes in Appleton’s Journal
Of all the changes in the aspect of Paris which
most strike a visitor who hv not seen the city
happy faces within plainly told that tho dark
clomls without did not shut ont the sunshine of
their young hearts. I was forcibly struck with
the eager, delighted faces of tho orphans there
Assembled from the Bibb ConDty Orphan Home.
A pleasant home, kina treatment, and that
sympathy whioh all hearts naturally crave and
which is so often denied the orphan, had oblite
rated from their faces all signs of early care and
sorrow, and hope pictured as bright future to
their youthful minds as it did to the pampered
child of fortune. God bless the noble founders
of the Bibb County Orphan Home, and may | f hn clwyi, of the Empire, the greatest is one
they never tire m tho noble work they havo , wbicb it ia easier to appreciate on the spot than
undertaken. ,, , u Q describe at a distance. I know not how
The speeches of the yonlhfifl orators, Masters , to ospres3 it than by saying that the life
Robert Nottingham and Jackie La “ ar ’ J!“° i has somehow gone out of Paris. It is not only
delivered with an ease and grace which would Btree g, are half empty, that carnages
have done credit to much older heads and gave .j nJ - b disappeared, that the shop win-
promise of a bright and useful future. As each | - — are ba ° Q of W are3, that trade is obviously
concluded, their respective friends and admirers , “ -[and still, that house after house is shut
strewed the stage with flowers, and earnest were ^ ther0 iB no bmlding going on, that beg-
the congratulations of aU. ^ are to be met with everywhere; there is
In response, Master Damar delivered one of * * —
the most appropriate impromptu addresses, it
has been my fortune to listen to; there was an
ease, a grace, a dignity in all he said which is
seldom found in one of his years. With such
a representative as Master Lamar, promises to RCOTeanllu „ r a _ ^
be, the prestige of the Lamar name cannot die , f ^ r600very of p fl jj s will be a very rapid, or
out in Georgia, and we have ©very reason to be-. eyen a y thorough one.
lieve that tho Lamars of the future will equal B enea th the Empire Paris was developed by
in ability their honored predecessors of tne , , meana . xh 0 wondrous aggrandise-
pask The rich repast prepared by the friends | ^ 6m b e llishment of the city were out of
and patrons of the school was enjpyed by an, j „ orom> rtion to the natural growth of the
tod judging from the quantity of rich viands j eonatrv mar velIous as that growth was. Ana
ot every description left on the floor, and artificial stimulus afforded by the imperial
benches of “Mount Zion Church ono would j . being removed, tho grandeur of Paris
naturally infer that provisions were not scarce i r think collapsed for many a year to come,
jn Georgia, and after all the editorial fraternity j Ex ’ t in t improbable event of a Napoleonic
have been mistaken, and bread and meat will i resto ‘ ation a ny Government likely to be estab-
no longer be “the burthen of their song. we , - - F ranc o must rely more upon the pro-
Pity tho “Committee on Arrangements, —their | tbarL upon the capitah The desire ex-
wsk has but begun. Cariosity prompted us to • . b _ tIie g iea t majority of the Bordeaux
•tok out tho oommittee in question, they look- | . .uf elected ns it is by universal suffrage,
resolute, but sullen In the extreme, and each j. _ 6m0 Ye the seat of Government from the
CXDrOSV-fl (Vu.io JnlnMnineil/sn Tlrtf f/1 RfilTA flCfUlQ . m il ».nn OVuTlf ATI aLtIIII*
besides all this an unavoidable impression forc
ed upon yon as yon wander about the city, that
Paris has outlived its prime. Much of thiB im
pression may be owing to the circumstances of
the moment, bnt still oven when order is re
stored under a settled government, I question
expressed their determination not to serve again
>n that capacity, unless they are favored with
bright skies, and genial sunshinarcin which
event we hope this deponent will bo remember
ed. Traveler.
■ 8:1,000 Bail.—We are informed by the conn-
Vfho appeared for the State versus J. T.
Snead, at Milledgeville, on Taesday last, that
cuead waived an examination, as stated in a tcle-
|r&ui to us, and which we noticed in yesterday’s
' «toe, but that an investigation was had by tho
“kgistrate, i a order to & the amount of bail.
banks of the Seine, was not merely an ebnlli'
tion of provincial jealousy or reactionary parti
sanship, bnt was the expression of a wide
spread, popular conviction that the virtual
supremacy of Paris is fatal to the wSltae of
France While France remains a nation, Pans
must in my judgment, remain its permanent
capital. Bid the Government of the future will
have no motive to maintain, still kjistoaug
ment, the importance of Pans; ond therefore l
see no prospect that in our days e *f!
recover her pristine grandeur. ®iat her loss
mav prove tho gain of France, must bo the wish
must support Grant or a Democrat. _
there is one way^Cxeorgia canoe
saved to Grant. How is that?
“Why, the Democrats can give it to mm, ana
I look for them to have no more sense than to
ing shake of the head from the president.] Mr. i «, have settled down, and tlmy want
Darwin must seek for his ancostty elsewhere, • settled. There aro thousands and
and let tho monkey alone. He might perhaps! the ? „ ; T ,State, who, while they
trace it to the beasts of the field or tho birds of w£mt to be ca [[ 6( i Radicals’and consequent-
tho air, "or (what is more likely) the jackass. nffiiipto with onr party, yet will sup-
Tremendous applause followed his speech. pZform that dedaro the
After some further remarks on the part of dis- port noitiier men n »P ^ an issn0 Qn
tingnished monkeys of like tenor, tho meeting amendments. I know the sentiment of the
passed a series of resolutions utterly repudiating “ 0 f Georgia, and know that the class of
the Darwinian theory, and adjourned. | po y £ ]arf , 0 enough to turn the scale.
A Comnnce—An Episode «»
Beal Lire. 0 f the Democracy. If they indorse Blair and
Thero died yesterday on Music street, in this the Brodhead letter, and go in on that, or some-
city. a remarkable woman. Her name was Jonet thing like it, we are safe. . .
Maria Lafoux, a creole of singular beauty and “But suppose they should nominate Adams or
fascination. She was educated in France, and Chase ?” , ^ . , . .. .
possessed aU of tho elegance and courtliness of Well, if they do that, and put their candidate
manners, the piquancy and ensouciance which on an aeeept-the-issne-platfonn, they wfll carry
distinguish the ladies of that country. It must the State. There is a large conservative element
have been however, that some evil dreg was in in Georgia that will never submit to have all
her nature, for sho soon after returning to her these questions torn open ogam it tnoy
eomo abandoned tho innocence and elegance of avoid it.” ,, _ .. ....
her home for tho vicious lifo of a cyprian. At “What do you think of tho Ku-klux bill?
the timo of the Federal occupation she wa3 in “Oh, its a farce and a humbug. Congress
zenith of her beauty aud soon brought around seems to havo exerted itself to get it up m such
her a coterio of admirers. So infatuated dia a shape as to bo a powerful campaign document
young lieutenant becomo of her that he made in the hand3 of the Democracy, ^thout doing
. . - r»•_ 1 j Wai41i intwnJnaoJ I aLa T^w lrln^ mnfih hRTHl. Tll0 Will U6Y6X CUtCll
^oold^lTS&Sl^:^«ndal R^f^Bh the Demean
sho caused in a Northern city if is needless to paign dooumenl:, evenibetter the godhead
renpnt here s I letter famished us in 18G8, ana ao no gooa
Suffice it "to say her husband in dispair com- whatever. There are just two ways to deal with
mitted suicide, and infinite distress was brought the Ku-klnx—let them alone,.and leave.thei evils
upon his family. She went to Washington, to be corrected by an onUghtoned pubUoMi^
and was notable there for her fascination and ment, or pas3 a Ku-klux bill that amounts to
coauelrv, and at one time exercised a control- something.” ,,
ling influence in one of the Departments of “You don t need any Ku-klux bill m Georgia,
State To obtain her favor was almost equiva- then?’’ ... .
lent to having any measure passed through the “No more than what wo have got. Thatthing
National Legislature. But after awhile she dis- passed by Congress wiHamonnt to nothing here
~~ <* ‘ass:t s
She" was a taU, slender lady, of splendid phys- the mark where the Ku-klux actu^Y
ical development and imposing presenoe. She not a general piece of patchwork that win ao no
had full black eyes and hair that fell around her good anywhere. In this State I am satisfied we
shoulders like a shower of golden fleece. Her need no Ku-klux bill at present. I am glad to
face was fair and fresh, and vied in its beauty notice a healthy public sentiment growing np
with tho lily and the rose. Her hands and arms here whioh will frown them down, vvny, up m
were models of elegance and symmetry. She Chattooga county, not long s So, two of tHem
waa fascinating, alluring and accomplished, of were actually caught by the
violent passions, impulsive and headstrong, and tried and sentenced to twenty years m the pen-
vet. when shechose to be, as wily as the ser- itentiary. Since then there has been no more
pent. Such was the beautiful fiend that is Ku-klnx in that county. That is the way to
dead.—Ncio Orleans Picayune. deal with them. Some of the beat citizens in.
T - the county were on the jury, and since the sen-
Xhe Fastest Trotter in the World.—The tence there have been do .petitions for pardon,
chances are that the eelebrated home Dexter 11 call that a healthy sign.
Tc ” p "-
Th, New To* CommMcial h-JJ-jgW
eharee The first half mile was trotted over some figuring on whisky making and drrnkmg
at a ^derate speed.but on the last half mile in the United States,
Smith let bim out, and he crossed the score in temperance folks feel decidedly better. Acoo
■R’pnninfr rioUan &fc slowor trot, tlio I ing to its calculations there arc 303 groin dis-
last half mUewas reached, tho wonderful horse tilleries in tho oountry, and they can make 210,-
was aj^in'^e^o Ms s^ed) and made the last 283 gallons a day.
half mile in 1-07^. His time was noted by sev- j and thero is % production of 216,354 gallons.
. .I reliable and experienced parties, among! The consumption iB 230,000 gdlons per day, or
thim mav be rnemmned Charley Shear and 16,000 gallop more than is produced. Imports-
Georco Gilbert Loland Stanford, tho owner tion and tho snrplosfrom former production
of the hmse was Mm on the ground. There is account for this. The consumption appears
no donbt about this time having been made, large, bnt it is iess imposing than it would at
and it ia the fastest on reoord._ A weU-known fiat seiem. A. iSXffi"
Forcfgu Notes.
(PREPARED FOE 'run TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER.)
Monsieur Thiers assured ns four weeks ago
that the end of the insurrection was near at
hand; and yet tho empire of the Commune still
continues and the direful work of carnage is
still going oil When wo examine into the laws
recently passed by tho Paris Democracy, wo
need not be surprised at the powerful support
the Commune finds in the masses of the popula
tion of Paris. A decree lately issued orders
that all debts should be paid in twelve instal
ments within three years and in case of non
payment each single instalment is to be sued by
the creditor. Verily, for the thousands in Paris
who have nothing to lose, tho golden age has
come back again. The Berlin Cabinet gxowing
tired of the protracted struggle whioh imposes
great sacrifices upon the nation, is said to have
ordered tho occupation of Paris on Sunday
next, should the Versailles government not suc
ceed in the meantime to put down the insurrec
tion. Thero are still five hundred thousand
German soldiers on French soil, the greater
part of whom might return to their peaceful
pursuits, a strong government being re-estab
lished. As Thiers is not adequate to the diffi
cult task of restoring order, the prospects of
Napoleon are brightening again, and Ins early
restoration is not improbable. . Princo Bis
marck will meet Thiers at Fontaineblau to dis
cuss the situation and tho final treaty of peace.
In the Gorman Reiohstag, the bill extending
the German Federal Legislation to Bavaria wa3
read for tho third time. A draft, concering the
liability of railway and mining companies for
compensation to persons accidentally hurt, or
to their families in cases of fatal injuries, pass
ed the second reading. And finally the new
constitution-for the German Empire was passed
by the House. The government is pushing the
work of re-organization in Alsace and Lorraine.
Two seminaries for educating teachers have
been established after the Prussian model, a
Catholic one at Strassburg, and a Protestant
on6 at Colmar. Nothing has been decided yet
as to the recruiting in these provinces, bnt it is
probable that from the end of the present year
the army organization of the Empire will also
extend to Alsace and Lorraine. Count Bis-
marck-Bohlon, the Governor-General of Alsace,
has issned an order to all the inhabitants of tho
Province, who have hitherto been prisoners of
war in Germany to lay aside their French uni
forms as soon as possible after their return
homo.
The position assumed by Prof. Von Doellin-
ger in regard to the dogma of infallibility still
forms tho leading topic ia Germany. The King
of Bavaria has assured tho eminent scholar of
his sympathies and protection. The Bavarian
government has refused the Archbishop of Bim-
berg the “plaoet,” whioh is needed to proclaim
the decrees of the late Ecumenioal Oonnoil in
Bavaria. The reasons given for this decision
are that the Ministry cannot consider those de
crees of a purely theological character, but
think them calculated to bring about an essen
tial alteration in the relation of Church and
State, and to be fraught with danger for the
political and social basis of the government.
Three professors of the University of Munich,
who were abesent when the address to Dr. Von
Doeilinger was signed, havo publicly announced
their approval of it. The Augsburg “Allge-
mine Zeitnng” contradicts the reports of the
ultramontane press that Bishop Hefelo, of Rot-
tenbnrg, has reconsidered his position. The
paper has good authority for asserting that ho
still finds it impossible to reconcile his con
science to the new dogma, and the greater part
of his clergy agree with him on this point.
Prof. Friedrich has replied to the theological
faculty of Munich in tho Vienna Press. . He de
clares that ho cannot accept tho dogma of tho
infallibility of tho Pope, as by doing so he would
violate both his ecclesiastical vow and the oath
he had sworn to respect the constitution. Every
Catholic, ho acknowledges, is bound to accept
the deoisiou of a general Council, but he de
nies that tho sitting of the 18th of last July bore
the character of ocoumenicity, and considers
the mode of voting “per majora” then put into
practice illegal. The subsequent submission of
tho Bishops did not suffice to render the decision
binding, as the invalid acts of one council can
only be remedied by summoning another. Prof.
Friedrich concludes with 'the following words:
I now placo the matter in your hands. Should
your Excellency feel compelled to decide against
me, I shall still hope that God will be merciful
to me.”
A large meeting in-Munich, headed by the
leading men of the city, adopted an address to
the King, rquestinghis Majesty “on the ground
of the prerogative he possesses as protector and
overseer of the Church, to prevent the spread
of so dangerous a doctrine, thus securing the
rights of the State and its citizens.” The King
is also petitioned to instruct the Minister of
Home Affairs to use all the means in his power
to forbid tho theory of Papal infallibility from
being taught in public seminaries.
In tho British Parliament, the debates in the
budget continued very excited. Tho Govern
ment finally obtained a majority; bnt the situ
ation onco seemed so grave that there was a
passing rumor of a change of ministry.
Complying with tho demands of tho Italian
Government, the parish priests in Rome have
furnished the lists of the Roman youths liable
to military duty. They protest, however, in
the name of his Holiness, that the recruits were
Papal subjects. Among the archives of the
Church San Fernando, in Naples, a hitherto un
known “missa solennis,” written by the cele
brated Neapolitan composer, Giovani Battista
Pergolese, has been discovered. Pergolese, who
died at the age of twenty-two, when he had just
finished his celebrated “Stahat Mater,” was one
of the most interesting among the Italian com
posers at the beginning of the eighteenth cen-
The Spanish Cortes is oxaming the validity of
elections, while the Republicans are looking to
ward Paris. The Government has been strength
ened by a so-’called “Liberal-Conservative man
ifesto,” issned by former adherents of Alfonzo,
who declare their allegianoe to the new order of
things. Many partisans of the Duke of Mont-
pensier who aro beginning to despair of his
prospects, will probable follow this example and
support the Government.
The new election for the Roumanian Cham
ber wiU take place from May 14th to the 20th.
Prince Carl, declining Turkish aid, has notified
the Sublime Porte that he hoped to remain mas
ter of the situation. That he had the intention
of leaving the country has been officially denied.
An address from Moldavia was covered-with the
most aristooratio names of the land.
The Padishah and his unruly vassal, the Khe
dive, are not on the best of terms. Ismail
Pasha is slowly preparing to proclaim himself
independent of Constantinople. Jabno.
and now, Messrs. Editors, where is the remedy?
Of the various suggestions and plans that
have met my observation, none seem to me
feasiblo, and I must confess that after mnch re
flection, I admit my inability to solve the prob
lem. That some stringent law should be en
acted making it penal to interfere with labor
contracts, and to violate them by parties enter
ing into them, with much more efficient vagrant
statutes, appear to be at least worth the experi
ment, and if we could be blessed with an Exec
utive whose clemency would not pardon every
violation of law for petty larceny, committed by
that class of people that the God of natnro in
tended should earn their bread by the sweat of
their brow, we might experience a change for
the better.
I was amused at a freedman the other day,
who offered to send his wife to hoe cotton for
■ He asked what I was willing to give, my
reply was whatever was right, and stated that I
had heard of men hiring in the neighborhood
at a dollar per acre for ohopping cotton, the
hand feeding himself. He became indignant,
and hooted at the idea of working on such terms.
I asked him what was a usual days work for a
good hand in chopping cotton. He replied that
an acre a day was usual, he believed. I then
enquired his price per day for his wife. He
said fifty cents, and I feed her. And this is bnt
a fair example of their arithmatio and notions
of financiering. His wife might make a dollar
a day, and feed herself for. fifteen cents, leav
ing eighty-five cents net, instead of about sixty-
five cents that she would earn by the per diam
contract.
Bat my object in the outset of the communi
cation was, and is, to call yonr attention to the
important and absolute necessity of this subject,
and suggest the hope that yonr common prac
tical sense may be directed to devising some
remedy for the evils that surround us, and some
means for averting the calamitous results that
have attended all countries where slavery has
been emancipated.
I fear that history will but repeat itself in the
ruin and desolation that await this once happy
and prosperous land. Randokfh.
May 9,1861.
The Labor Question. .
Editors Telegraph and Messenger .’—The
railroads in process of construction in this sec
tion having deprived me of some of my best
hands, I made it known that I would pay cai= v
for hands to chop cotton by the day, an* “t 8
morning just as the breakfast bell raiw ® B ~u >
fierce-lookingnegro feUow walked “
and proposed to work at fiR^f^/t tA
find him. I agreed tq^« ** 8T,a Be “ l ™ 40
the kitchen with *“^‘ on8 4416 °®? k * to fnr :
nish him his breakfast; after^partaking of
which ha i-atched off np the public road with-
n .f C 6 „fl so much as “thank you,” and will per-
wager SLOOO that he could take the horse for a I arts, probably
week and drive him a mile in 2:15. The horse remain only 115,000 gallons_ a day for thirsg
haB asomewhat romantic history, and, like souls.ThereawW: druitarta
many bipeds in tins country, his elevation from would give a total of 7,860,0001 aim ? ft
hardworic and obscurity to fame and ease has or about one five and a half of ^ n ^ P tliere aT3
been rapid and remarkable. Not many months a clear case of famine. There is the
ago he ^dsemceinabntcher^cmtUiiscity, some^P^Pje wbo ^ n^^^Them^the
and was sold for the paltry sum of $150. Btan- very respeotaDie a® ... a Vu- «‘ SWO re
ford paid $3,000 for hbn, and could probably get There anthe iSo of whom!
$30,000 now for his bargain. The peffigree of off,”
S horse isindispntebut those whohavethe « ^^’S-Snffinsof this Great Re
best reason to know state that he is a St. Clair. | gSr tods” with more or less regu-
—Sacramento (Cal.) Reporter.
larity. Onr figures then give them two drinks
pocket in the sleeves of gentlemen s OTueoatsf u . f T be sure they would be better
So that a lady can slip her tolhM£Kit, tat'noNation on two drinks
takes a gentleman's arm, in case her hand snould | pu be a nattanof drunkards.”
happen to be cold. ..
same terras.
Is +big not a commentary on the labor system
of the country, and its present deranged and
uncertain state well calculated 40
prehensions and considerations of every think
ing mind? We are in the anomalous condition
of finding capital dependent on labor, and ttus
has caused the laboring class to feel tRM they
are conferring a favor to perform very indiffer
ent and unsatisfactory service, at their conve
nience, and on their own terms. It is evident
that the future and permanent prosperity of an
professions and yooations are dependent, to a
great extent, on the snocess of the planting in
terest. H this fails at the South, the lawyer,
physician, editor, merchant and evety other
caUingmust suffer; and undorthe present sys
tem of labor the planting interest must fail,
The Vulgar Little Boy.
BY BRET HABTE.
The subject of this article is atpresentleaning
against a tree directly opposite to my window. He
wears his cap with the wrong sidebeforo, appa
rently for no other object than that which seems
the most obvious—of showing more than the av
erage quantity of a very dirty face. His clothes
whioh aro worn with a certain bnttonless ease
and freedom, display in the different quality of
their fruit stains, a pleasing indication of tho
progress of tho'seasons. Tho nose of this vul
gar little boy turns up. at the end. I have no
ticed this in several other vulgar little boys, al
though it is by no means improuable that youth
ful vulgarity may be present without this facial
peculiarity. Indeed, I am inclined to the belief
that it is rather tho result of early inquisitivenea
—of furtive pressures against- window panes,
and of looking over fences, or of the habit of
biting large apples hastily—than an indication
of scorn or juvenile sapercillionsness. The
vulgar little boy is more remarkable for his ob
trusive familiarity. It is my experience of his
predisposition to this quality which has induced
me to write this article.
My acquaintance with him began in a mo
ment of weakness. I have an unfortunate pre
dilection to cultivate originality in people, even
when accompanied by objeotionable character.
But as I have not the firmness and Bkillfulness,
which usually accompanies this task in others,
and onables'them to drop acquaintance when
troublesome. I. have surrounded myself with
divers unprofitable friends, among whom I
count the vulgar little boy. The manner in
whioh he first attracted my attention was purely
accidental. Ho was playing in the street, and
tho driver of a passing vehicle cut at him sport
ively with his whijfc The vulgar little boy rose
to his feet and hurled after his tormentor a sin
gle sentence of invective. I refrain from re
peating it, for I could not do justice to it here.
If I remember rightly, it convoyed in a very
few words, a reflection on the legitimacy of the
driver’s birth; it hinted a suspicion of his
father’s integrity, and impugned the fair fame
of hi3 mother ; it suggested incompetency in
his present position, personal uncleanliness, and
evinced sceptical donbt of future salvation.
As his youthful lips closed over the last sylla
ble the eyes of tho vulgar little boy met mine,
Something in my look emboldened jiim to wink.
I did not repel the action nor the complicity it
implied. From that moment I fell into the power
of the vulgar little boy, and he has never left
me since. He haunts me in the streets and by
ways. Ho accosts mo when in company of
friends with repulsive freedom. He lingers
about the gate of my dwelling to waylay me as
I issue forth to business. Distance he over
comes by main strength of lungs, and ho hails
me from the next street. He met me at the
theater the evening, and demanded my check
with the air of a young footpad. I foolishly
gave it to him, but ro-entering sometime after
and comfortably seating myself intheparquette,
I was electrified by hearing my name called
from the gallery with the addition of a playful
adjective. It was the vulgar little boy. During
the performance he projected spirally-twisted
play bills in my direction, and indulged in a run
ning commentary on the supernumeraries as
they entered.
To-day has evidently been a dull one with him.
I observe he whistles the popular airs of the pe
riod with less shrillness and intensity. Provi
dence, however, looks not unkindly on him, and
delivers into his hands, as it were, two nice little
boys who have at this momentinnocentlystrayed
into onr street. They are pink and white chil
dren, are dressed alike, and exhibit a certain air
of neatness and refinement which is alone suffi
cient to awaken the antagonism of the vulgar little
boy. A sigh of satisfaction breaks from his breast.
What does he do? Another boy would cont»ut
himself with simply knocking the h»*« off then:
respective heads, and so vent his superfluous vi
tality in a single act, besides propitiating the
flight of the enemy. Brit there are {esthetic con
siderations not to be overlooked; insult is to be
added to the injury inflicted, and in the strug
gles of the victim some justification is to be
sought for extreme measures.
The two nice little boys peroeive their danger
and draw closer to eaoh other.QThe vulgar lit
tle boy begins by irony. He affects to be over
powered by the magnificence of their costumes.
He addresses me (across the street and through
the closed window) and requests information i/
there haply be a circus in the vicinity, 11 ®
makes affectionate inquiries after th£ iaa “U_ 01
their parents. He expresses a matenai
anxiety in regard te their welf-*®- H ® 0 “ era4 °
conduct them home. On' «“ c ® h4 °® feekl 7
retorts, bnt alas! hi' , ^ orreo4 pronunciation, his
grammatical ex p ' atnd ® 8114 hw moderate epi
thet onlv ry-“*° ke3 a Boream of dension from
the vulA “ ttIa bo* wko uow rapidly ohanges
hja *»otios. Staggering under the weight of his
.ituperation, they fall easy victims to his dexter
mawley. A wail of lamentation goes up from
onr streets. But as the subject of this artiole
seems to require a more rigorous handling than
I proposed to give it, I find It necessary to aban
don my present dignified position, seize my hat,
open the iront door, and try a stronger method.
Enormous Shipment of Silver.—The London
Standard, of a late date, says:
On Sunday, March 15th, there arrived in the
Mersey one of the largest importations of sil
ver that has ever taken plaoeat Liverpool. The
Guion company’s steamer Wisconsin, Captarn
Williams, which arrived that day from New
York, had on board the enormous quantity or t>o
tonsand 5 cwt of silver coins, principally Span
ish and Mexican dollars, a large wn°u°t ot
which is intended for this coimtiY, and_the_re
mainder for different parts of the continent.
As soon as the Wisconsin was secured to her
moEsTn dock, the work of getting the spe-
ria boxes ashore was commenced, and in a
short time safely completed. Wagons were in
readiness, and the specie was conveyed to the
London and Northwestern railway station,
where it was placed in 14 closed railway vans,
and despatched to Londoq by an early train on
Monday morning.
County Agricultural Societies.
Office, of the State Agricultural Societt^)'
Macon, Ga., May, 1871 J ;
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: The con
tinuously active and working condition of the
County Agricultural Societies, were deemed a
matter of so much importance that the last Feb
ruary convention engaged the services of Mr. •'
Barnett, of Wilkes, to visit the County Societies
and to advise with them upon the ways and
means best calculated to secure tt at important
result.
Of those interested in the efficiency of County
Societies—and it is from their efficiency alone
that the members can derive pleasure and profit
—let me call the attention to an artiole by Mr.
Newman, of Hancock county, published in the
Plantation, and one in the forthcoming number
of the Farm and Home by Mr. Barnett on this
subject. These two articles leave but little to
be said on the importance—the advantages of
active working clubs and the means and mode
of keeping them active and at work.
As a profitable auxiliary, in addition to the
suggestions of these gentlemen, allow me to ask
the publicaiion in yonr widely circulated jour
nal of the subjoined letter from ono of our
most successful planters, giving an account—
bnt too short—of a monthly fair held by the
Agricultural Society of Macon county, at Mar-
shallville. The letter speaks for itself. Bat
the main feature and fact to which I write to
call the attention of county societies, is that
monthly fairs of county socioties daring the
flower, fruit and vegetable and harvest months
—say April, May, June, July, and August—will
accomplish as much good to the organizations
and to the communities in which they exist as
any other one instrumentality. Why should
notEatonton and Milledgeville and Forsyth and
Fort Valley—to say nothing of more important
centres, like Macon, Americas, Atlanta, Albany,
Athens, Griffin, havo their monthly exhibitions
of garden, orohard and farm products? And
yet we only hear of such things at Marietta,
Marshallville, Augusta and Columbus.
It is needless to say more. Mr. Felton’s let
ter makes the argument by his facts. And, at
the same time, decides and settles tho question
of tho policy of monthly county fairs; bnt I
will not forbear quoting a sentence from a for
mer letter of his, in which he states “that the
announcement that the Society would hold a
monthly fair, and give premiums upon flowers,
fruits and vegetables had createdinoro enthu
siasm among the members than any other means
heretofore adopted.”
Perhaps I should have addressed this note,
through yonr paper, to tho Presidents and Sec
retaries of County Societies. I hope they will
so consider it.
I ask the weekly press of tho State to copy
and to give the policy tho weight of their ap
proval. Very respectfully,
Dav. W. Lewis.
P. S. — Since writing the above, General
Browne informs me that the Bibb County and
Ocmnlgee Agricultural Societies have united in
arrangements to hold a monthly fair at tho State
Fair Grounds on the 20th; at which liberal
premiums are offered for vegetables, fruits,
flowerp, and samples of field crops—and espe
cially for the trial of all plows, turning, sub
sol, cultivators that may bo presented. A trial
too of bread and butter, for which premiums
arc offered. AU members aro expected to cany
their baskets, and spend tho day in discussion
or talk about farming in any easy, sound way.
This Bibb County premium list will he publish-
in time for general information.
Marshallville, Ga., May 7,1871.
Col. B. IF. Lewis, Macon, Ga. :
Dear Sib—I regret your aud G eneral Browno’s
inability to be present at our little monthly ex
hibition on yesterday. It was a complete suc
cess in every particular. It was a most excel
lent display of vegetables, and the spirit and
display was not confined to such articles as were
only included in tho premium list, but to all
other kinds; and the exhibition of clover and
grasses was really good. Fifty cents per capita
upon each member of the club raised the
amount of premiums offered on yesterday, and
the admission of twenty-five cents for each male
over twelve years (ladies and children free)
raised more money for premiums for next
month’s exhibition than was given for premi
ums on yesterday. Thero were at least two
hundred in all out on yesterday. Wo had two
very appropriate impromptu addresses from a
couple of gentlemen from Houston—one of
whom was so mnch pleased with the working of
the affair that he promised to report as fnUy as
possible the exhibition to the Telegraph and
Messenger.
We agreed to repeat the exhibition on the
second Friday in next month, but to keep np
onr usual monthly meetings on the first Satur
day in each month for the discussion of agri
cultural subjects and the transaction of snch
business as is necessary. A committee of five
members were appointed yesterday to arrange
all matters necessary for the next monthly ex
hibition. Hoping you will have a full report
of the affair in the Telegraph of next Tuesday
or Wednesday than I can here furnish you,
I remain yonrs, etc.,
Il M. Felton.
tVliat the Blost Respectable Radical
Newspaper in the Union has to say
of the Beast.
We clip the following .from tho New York
Nation, the most respectable. Radical journal
in the United States:
When we consider that there is probably not
a man in the United States that would say he
respected Butler, or had the slightest confidence
in Aim, that his attempts at legislation have all
displayed wickedness and folly in about equal
proportions, and that he has probably done as
much to debase the tone of publio life at Wash
ington as any ten of the worst men who have
ever made their appearance in Congress, the
tender indulgence with which the press treats
him is highly discreditable, and very miaohiev-
ons as well. It is bad enough, in all conscience,
to have snch a man returned by a Massachusetts
constituency, bnt when the leading papers of
the party of moral ideas always treat him as a
simple 4d»ty» aud his tricks and dodges as the
playi” 1 gambols of a rich and exuberant nature,
t&ey help greatly to lower the publio standard of
statesmanship, and open political life to charla
tans and rogues of all degrees. If the respecta
ble Republican press would only gtVe him his
due, the task of finishing him might apparently
be left to Mr. Farnsworth, who is evidently too
much for him, and rejoices in hunting him with
a savage joy. _
A Monument fer Slmrl Row, E*q.
[The editors most heartily endorse tho sub
joined communication, and oommend it to their
city readers. A very little effort will cany this
exodlent suggestion into effect:]
No man who ha? ever lived in Maoon, has
devoted more of his time and means, or effect
ed more to adorn and beautify the city, than
the late Mr. Roso; he was the real founder of
onr beautiful cemetery, which properly bears Ms
honored name, and where sleep so many of thMO
dear to us alL His own grave, in this cemeta-
rv is simple and unadorned, as much so as ha
wi modest and unpretending,—no marble
shaft lifts itself above his remains. The citi
zens of Maoon should not allow this longer so
Mr. Rose was a devoted and prominent 2b- m
son; indeed, outside of his love for his family,
his affections seem to have been oenteredon
the Order of Free and Accepted 3Iasons and the
city of Maoon—especially upon the cemetery.
Will not the Masons, who, itwould seem, should
take the initiative in this matter, at once ap
point proper committees to canvass the city for
subscriptions to erect a monument suited to the
man, so that the people generally, as welLas
tho Mason3 and other societies to whioh he be
longed, may all have the privilege of contribu
ting to this object, and let us all ereot a taint
monument to his memory. . -.
