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Newspaper Page TextA3NTD GEORGIA JOURNAL & IVEESSEIsTGKER. ESTABLISHED 1826 MACON TUESDAY, JULY4, 1871. Volume LXV—No. l Georgia xciegrapu * lelegrapb and Messenger, one year. gjj jiiootlis** Sj^.^eyy Tfeies^pt and Messenger, 'i $10 00 . 500 100 400 2 00 Six months. - tfunmotli Weekly Telegraph and Messen- “!£r56 columns, 1 year Six months •• iparabla always in advance, and paper stopped 1 -h.n the money runs out, unless renewed. 3 00 1 50 ' ff hen the money /tCBEIXG ABBANGEMENTS WITH J. XI. BtTBITE & “ co.’s publications. nalr Telegraph & Messenger and Farm ,/d Home •• ••••••• •§!! 00 Weekly Telegraph and Messenger and Ftrni and llowe 4 00 Semi-Weekly Telegraph and Messenger * nnd Farm and Home 5 00 Anthem Christian Advocate with Weekly 5 n« >veeaty *gg Very Simple. xhtt di.l I know that elm lovod ms ? t ooened the dc-or, „ , ind sunlight flashed from her o’er and o er; • Sodden it broke, Before I spoke, From forehead and eyes, and trembling lips; From the delicate finger tips Xt»t she laid in my hands so free. How did I know I loved her ? I opened the door, and music throbbed through mo o’er ana o’er; Sudden it woke. Before ebe spoke, In head and heart, and bewildered brain So sweet, so sweet it was almost pain, Aa I gave my hand to her. IIEX's RIGHTS. Ses Eqnnlity Among onr Feathered Fel- low-CUizenesses. From the Richmond Enquirer ] In a farm-yard in Virginia there lived a fam- ilv of domestic fowls, consisting of two cocks and about a dozen hens. The cocks were game and of tho best breod, and were,remarkable for their pluck and gallantry, as well as their devo tion and attention to their wives. When food wh thrown to them they never partook of it before calling np the hens and seeing that they were served first, and whenever they chanced to Sod a savory bug, or to scratch up a delicate worm, they always denied themselves the luxury end invited tho hens to enjoy it in preference, (has showing their chief gratification consisted is the comfort and happiness of their helpmeets. And tho hens v. ere not slow to avail themselves of the self-denial and politeness of their hns- ■ bands, but gobbled np graiD, worms, and bugs I withoat even saying, “Thank you,” or “Won’t vou join ns ?” They seemed to look upon these delicate attentions of their lords, and the ap propriation of all tho best things to themselves, as their natural and inherent right. On the other Land the hens were loving, gen tle and obedient, and attended to their domes tic duties notably—laying their eggs with regu larity and dispatch, sitting on them carefully and patiently, and raising their chickens in the most affectionate and devoted manner. Both men and women might, if their pride permitted, draw instructive lessons from the social life of tins family of domestic fowls. The men might copy after the cooks in courage, seir-deniai, an a those pleasing little attentions which are so much appre dated by their wives; and tho women might imitate the hens in their regularity, pa tience, diligence, and industry, in their devotion to their children, and in their respect for, and submission to, their husbands. One day this family of fowls was visited by two strange hens that had jost arrived from Massachusetts. Tne strangers were tall, raw- boned, long-legged, long-necked and big footed, with coarse, harsh voices. Without invitation or introduction, they 6trided into the barn-yard, and circulated among the hens and conversed with them in as free and easy a style as if they had known them all their lives. Indeed, one would have supposed that the barn-yard belong ed to them. -After a few remarks upon the late war and the scarcity of cooks, they requested the hens to separate themselves from the roost ers, and to collect together in a comer of the yard, as they had matters of vast importance to communicate to them. The curiosity of tho hens being thus exoited, they filed off furtively to the appointed comer, and formed a circle around their now acquaintances, and in solemn and respectful silence listened to one of them, who thus addressed them: “Ladies, I have called you together to address you on a subject of par: mount importance, not only to your own comfort and happiness, but to the future success and progress of your pos terity and of all civilized poultry. You are aware of the accepted idea that in the beginning of this world tho male portion of creation were made first, and that the female was created as a sort of after-tbonght, or side issue, to relieve the male from the tedium of being alone, and to contribute to his comfort and pleasure. There is no doubt, acting upon this idea, the male has constituted himself lord of creation, and has set himself np as tho superior of the female, and, taking a mean advantage of his greater size and strength, has imposed upon the female all the cares and draggery of this life. Especially is this the case with tho feathered tribe, and pre eminently so with that portion of it that we rep resent. Upon the female portion of onr Iribo have bean imposed all tho inconvenience and labor of laying eggs and the responsibility and tronble of raising cliickens, while the malo has nothing else to do but to stmt about and admire himself, and give an occasional scream when ho sees a hawk hovering in the air, but taking good care to get out of the way when the hawk pounces down on our unprotected brood. He wihfily upon tho top of the fence and flap his wings and crow as if tho world belonged to him, kud look down with the utmost complacenoy upon us hens while we are toiling to support our families. “Now this sort of thing has been going on for so long a time without the protest, and seem- *?gly with the consent and approval of the hens, that it has come to bo regarded as the natural state of affairs, and I snpposo it would have C on forever if I’lymouthHock had never visited by our ancestors. You have all heard of tho madstone, that wonderful mineral which, when applied to the parts bitten by a taad dog or a snake, will instantly extract the £enom, and save tho life of the sufferer. Well, "lymouth Kock is the great moral mafl-stono, which, when applied to the moral sores and bites that sfflict tho world will produce an in stant cure. My maternal ancestor, Biddy Hard shell, came over in the Mayflower, and was the first of the poultry tribo that ever set foot upon Plymouth Kock, and the first hen that ever laid sn egg in America. When Biddy Hardshell Save her first cackle upon that classic spot, there was uttered the warning note of the disthral- Qsnt of tho gentler sex. “Since then the female at the North has been at work, and its activity is immense, far beyond anything that yon luxurious daughters of the sunny South could ever imagine. Ideas dis tilled through the alembic of our minds are arystalized into gems of thought that are des- Unod to dazzle the worid. You will not, there- stated that when the first rooster crowed the hen immediately clapped her wings and crow ed also; whereupon the rooster, indignant at being imitated, and no doubt fearful of be ing excelled, immediately pounced upon her, and gave her such a ring of the neek as to cause a stricture of the larynx, from winch she never recovered, so that ever afterward, when she at- tempted to crow, tho sound degenerated into a contemptible cackle, and all her descendants were afflicted in the same way, and consequently could never crow. The learned professor ham moreover, shown that the stricture was acci dental and not natural; by proper culture it could be entirely removed, and hens could re gain their lost powers of voice, and soon learn to crow as well as the roosters, of which I will give you abundant evidence by and by. “There are now nt the i 1 -.- dbuuois of r ui^iiur. c/no is muled the Positive School, which looks to tho culture and training of the males, so as to enable and to induce them to perform all the functions and duties of the fe males. As far as the sitting, hatching, feeding and nursing of the chickens are concerned, this school is a decided success, and tho day is not far distant when these labors will be performed almost entirely by- the roosters, and then we poor, down-troddenfemales will have some time to look around and enjoy ourselves. Bnt the grand object of this school is to make the roos ters lay eggs, and here, I regret to say, that our success has not been qnite so decided. Onr plan is to surronnd the pupil, and henpeck him to such a degree as to deprive him of all his tail feathers and a larger portion of his comb, then to feed him liberally upon parched corn and pulverized oyster shells, and drive him briskly up hill. The result, as I have informed you, has not been entirely satisfactory; but Mrs. Dr. Cackle, of Boston, the eminent hon chemist, after's profound study of the subject, has sug gested the addition to the diet of a proportion o?6ulphur and glycerine, and predicts that our success will then bo assured. This school looks also to the cultivation of the female voice np to tho strength and coarseness of the males. Crowing schools have been established all over New England, and now it is a eommon thing there for hens to crow as fiercely and as lustily as roosters. “The other school is called the Negative School, or tho Socie.ty for the Suppression of Eggs, and here also we have met with the most marked success; so much so that the produc tion of eggs by tbe native New England hens has been reduced from what it was formerly in the ratio of eight to three; that is to say that where an uncultivated hen in old times used to lay eight eggs, a well educated hen of the pres ent day only lays three, and she doessn’tlay them unless she chooses. Ladies, that is what I call the march of intellect. It is Plymouth Kock sucking tho poison from the great social snake-bite. If we go on improving at that rate we shall soon stop laying altogether, and then the roosters will have to take np or depend upon the Brahma Pootras, Cochin Chinas, Shanghais, and other foreign breeds to keep up the stock. “And now, ladies, allow mo to give you your first lesson in crowing. Stand np straight and torn your toes out, heads np and necks out to their full oxtent—now all clap jour wings as I do." And there arose such an unearthly and nnhenly screech and yell that the rooster, who wta behind the bam and. wondering what had become of tho hens, rushed frantically to the spot, and there he beheld tho long i?ggc<s in truders clapping their wings and crowiDg at the top of their bents. He made spring at the ora tor of the day, caught her by the comb and dug his spurs into her sides, pitched her over anc; touseled her to such a degree that she hardly had enough feathers* leftto cover her nakedness. As soon as she could recover her breath and her tongue she cried out, “Hold! hold! Mr. Boost er, ain’t you ashamed of yourself to beat a lady in this way ? I thought you Southern cooks were famous for your gallantry and attentions to the fair sex, and hero you are beating a lady almost to death.” “Lady, indeed!” cried the rooster, “didn’t I hear you crowing? How was I to know that you was a lady! I am sure you don’t look like one. You look to mo more like a capon; now get you gone, and if I ever catch any more of you long, yellow-legged Boston shemales coming down here preaching hens’ rights and setting np crowing schools, I’ll beat you within an inch of your lives; clear out. The long-legged descendant of the illustri ous Biddy Hardshell, of Plymouth Bock and her companion then scampered Off, screaming at the top of their voices, “Ku-klux! Kn-klnx’ Ku-klnx! Klnx, KIux, Klux!!!” Decatur county proposes to go it blind on a basket pic-nic, the 15th of July. The Sheriff of Meriwether county is a cold corpus from wounds inflicted by a man named Emanuel Findlay, last*week. The Bev. 0. B. Nessmitb, ol Screven, county, dates his birthday way back of the first rebel lion, and remembers a lot of things about that grand blunder. He has a grandson sixty years of ago. Since his earliest recoUeotion ha has been a smoker. It can’t be very warm down at Savannah, not withstanding that “burning- bnah” on Bav street, Tho u -»•* “ ««feeper went swm.- mmg in the canal, last Sunday, and some ab sent minded philosopher came along and carried off his clothes. The myxologiat started home in the classic costume of a very short shirt, but the police nabbed him, and Hie whole story came out. The News comments at length upon the re cent decision of Judge Alexander. It says: The decision of Judge Alexander, by which the Central and Macon and Western Companies are estopped from perfecting an arrangement for their mutual benefit, and which, we believe, would have been promotive of the commercial interests of our State, based, as it is, upon a mere legal technicality, or what his Honor calls a srticl construe lion of the law, will, we doubtnot, give rise to much discussion, while some of the principles affirmed by the decision, will raise questions regarding existing railroad leases, en dorsements, etc., whioh may render necessary additional legislation on the snbjeot. Without pretending to discuss the law as’ expounded by Judge Alexander, we must be allowed to qnes- fore, be surprised when I tell you that we have discovered that tho laws and customs by which our social, domestic and political life have here- VLj ? k* en governed, are unnatural, unjust i (^Grading t0 t j, 6 f emft ] e aeXi i0 & hen of an inquiring mind the question wuraDy arises, Why are things as they are? why is it that hens lay eggs and £**“■ do not? Why is it that a hen is sub- the inconvenience of incubation, sit- 2. .<* a fool > staring at vacancy for three linn • W6e ^ s i t 11 a confined and cramped posi- jSv® order that a dozen or more hungry w C :^“ a y ba hionght Into the world, while all tv - y ed lor d> who has been the cause of seif ^dsohief, stmts about and amoves him- gallant attentions to other debuted ana v 3 *" A RaIn, why is it that roosters crow rath., v 18 . onJ y cac fcle ? The first question is vonr l taTdto answer . ana I am afraid that in cult ® « n . 1 uneducated state it would be dlffi- 7 s Tactory explanation, but the second n has been very clearly answered by From Telfair County. Lumbeb. City Telfaie County,] Jnne 24, 1871. j Editors Telegraph and Messenger: As yon seem to bo ready and willing to receive and publish short letters from various parts of the State, which give accounts of tho growing crops, tho seasons and other matters of impor tance to our citizens, I will try and tell yon a little about our prospects in Telfair and Mont gomery, as I am near the line of the latter county. I was raised a farmer, and although still in my boyhood I take great interest in the bnsiness of husbandry. Bains have been so constant with ns that all onr crops have been greatly injured. In many places the ground has been too wet for the plow, so that the grass has greatly injured the corn bnt still onr com is better than an average, am there will be about 25 per cent, more of it made than last year. Onr farmers intend to use, hereafter, all the manure they oan raise at home. We hope to have provisions enough next year of onr own raising. Education is looking np in onr section very much. I have been a student all this year in a common school, and I think onr pupils, about thirty in number, have made very fair progress under the auspices of that old voteran, Mr. D. B. Graham, who has been teaching for the last thirty-five years. A much larger Behool is in progress in this county, taught by an experi enced teacher (Mr. J. K. Williamson)—consist ing of about forty-five scholars, and I learn they are generally making fine progress and that pa trons and pnpils are all highly pleased. Bnt another important school is now in piogress at the Camp Ground, in Montgomery county, Rorno two mites from Towns’ Station (No 10), Macon and Brunswick Bailroad, and the people who patronize it seem to be delighted, and speak well of it and its teachers. It is called tho “Clemens Institute,” and although it was only started the past spring there are now near one hundred students in it. It is in a healthy section, and it ought to be patronized by tho people of the seaboard. The two teaohers stand very high as educators. The principal is Mr. Batchford. I am not acquainted with him, but be stands high. The assistant, Mr. A. O. Mc- Lenan, I think is one of the best In the State. I was tor a time one of his pupils. He was ed ucated at Tnnity College, North Carolina. Be- spectfully. S. From Crawford County. Gbawtobd County, Juno 24, 1871. Editors Telegraph and Messenger: As you solicit correspondence from different portions of the State relative to crop prospects, etc., and I see none from this section, I will give yon a few dots. . ., , I am sorry to say that we are badly behind, owinr to the great abundance of rain we have had, and it doesn’t cease to fall. Dark clouds now overshadow the earth, as if loth to disperse without again cobbing our drowned crops. Cotton is small and grassy, and the stand gen erally poor. If we judge from the present prospects? we would say the y ield will be poor. Com is looking well on the red lands, but there has been too much rain for the swamp. There is one crop that we can universally boast on, and that is onr garden vegetables. Onr tabl ets work about as they did last year. There seems to be peaoe and harmony generally among the white and colored people. I heard.of some ootton blooms by the zOth. Respectfully, Fabmxb. tion the correctness of his definition of the terms “connecting roads*’ and “branch roads.” While a branch road may be termed a connect ing road, a connecting road cannot be called a branch road. When, therefore, the Legislature gave the Central Bailroad Company power to lease andcontrrl “connectingroads,” it certain ly did not confine the privilege to “branch roads’ only. If it had so designed it would have ex pressed itself more in accordance with the Judge’s rule of striot construction if it had said branch roads connecting with it. In tho strict est and broadest sense of the words, the Macon and Western Boad and the Central Boad are “connecting roads,” and unless it was the inten tion of the Legislature to prevent the latter, in pursuing the means “best calculated to effect tho object for whioh it was created,” from ex tending Us “connections” longitudinally as well as laterally, it could not have used tho term “connecting road,” in the restricted sense in which it is construed by the Judge. Evidently, the Washington (Wilkes county) Gazette yearns for a “new departure” in the municipal affairs of that burg. It paints this pleasant picture : Onr cemetery is overran by hogs and cattle, and the flowers from the graves of onr dead stolen by graveyard thieves; our streets are rough, our sidewalks gone to rain, horses and hogs and cow3 wander about otir thoroughfares, to the great annoyance and danger of onr citi zens: ouilies. frightful to behold, encroach upon our highways;* Oar^toYm eiook >< falling to pieces and will no longer ran; drunk en rowdies are allowed to disturb and frighten onr peaceable citizens and ladies by day, and to disturb our slumbers and make night hideous with their noise, bnt onr worthy Marshal sits serene and placid under the shade of the China trees, enjoys his fat salary and is happy. Tho Gazette, says of that reported interview between General Toombs and the Tribune wig,” Smalley: What he says of General Toombs is, perhaps, in the main, true, bnt he by no means tells the whole troth. We only wish he had; we would be delighted to see the whole conversation pub lished just as. it occurred, word for word. He would have given to the world an instance of submission to such a terrible bnt brilliant rasp ing as this generation bas never known. He would, besides, have given General Toombs’ sound and logical reasons for the opinions he holds, and would have published to his Eadical readers and thepublio, an article in favor of the South, which he does not wish them to hear. Mr. Tony Jack was thrown from his buggy in Borne, last Friday, and badly hurt. The colored Romans monopolize the livery stable, is the plaintive wail of the Commercial. W. B. Chapman, an old citizen of Atlanta— since 1840—died there Monday nigh—aged 75 years. The papers also announce the death of Joseph Healey, for some time past call and transfer clerk in the Sdntoem Express office, at Atlanta. Mrs. Samnel Lawrence, wife of the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Georgia Masons, died at Marietta last Sunday night. H. W. Cain, who was elected sheriff of Mon roe county by the negroes, has retired from of fice, and is succeeded by Bichard Manry. George Clower, the Badical legislator from Monroe county, has gone to peddling chickens, which means—well, onr advice to white folks’ chickens np there is to “roost high. At the Monroe county fair in Jaly, a silver cup, valned at $20, will be given as a special premium to the finest child under three years old. Money couldn’t pay vs to serve on the committee that will make the award. The Atlanta Son has the following article on tho approaching State fair: The Cosnsa State Fais.—The citizens of Macon are alive with interest respecting the approaching State Fair, which will commence in that oity on the 23d day of October. The papers are discoursing the matter vigorously, and, as far as we can ascertain, the people are all talking abont it, and every one seems deter mined to make U a grand success. We like the appearance of things. Tbe Agricultural Society ' a State institution. It belongs neither to icon nor Atlanta, nor to any other city—but it is the common property of all the people of Georgia and all should feel a common interest in the success of its exhibitions. It is a matter of interest where the fairs are held. To a large majority of the people it is a matter of >erfect indifference whether they are held in ; Jacon or Atlanta. The principal objeot should be to make them Buooessful and a credit to the people of the State. Binoe the Macon people are so thoroughly active in the matter and are bending all their energies to the work, we are anxious to see the popple of Atlanta contribute all the assistance in their power—bearing in mind the font that-we will want Macon to help ns nexryear. Mayor Hoff, in company with several enter prising citizens of Macon were in the city yes terday, examining onr Fair Grounds with a view*to commencing work immediately on theirs. Judging from the well known energy and promptness of the live young Mayor, and the exoeUent taste he displays in whatever he undertakes, we predict that the new Fair Grounds in Maoon will be oeoond to none in the State in beauty and adaptation. Mayor Hoff and the gentlemen aooompaayinghim wil- - k> henoe to Angnsta and examine the fair bnildl : ngs there. He aims to take advantage of the best among them alL The work of improving the Maoon grounds will be commenced next week. We dip as follows from the Gainesville Eagle: Messrs. Scotty Bondurant <fc Co., contractors on the Air-Line Bailroad, abont sixteen miles from this city, had four moles kilted by light ning daring the prevalence of the thunder storm on Saturday evening last Several of their hands were severely shocked and the camp thrown into confusion generally. The pay train on the Macon and Augusta Bailroad ran from this city to MUledgeville—32 miles—in 70 minutes, one day last week. A second-rate swindler, named B. H. Gross, lifted a citizen of Hiltedgeville out of $100 one day last week—the citizen, in return, lift ing him out of two brass watches and one Ger man silver, ditto. If Gross wishes to die in his bed he had better Sank Baldwin county, here after. A very dainty darkey who couldn’t live on blackberries got himself into trouble with apart of a hog at Augusta, on Monday, in broad day light. He now rocks himself to eleen In 5*51 to te&nseV™"' ■ • pmflU Afire at Augusta, Monday morning, destroyeda house on the corner of Beynolds and Centre streets, causing a loss on goods, house and fur niture of $900, and $1,000 in money, which was burned in the building. “Unole Bob” Gray, of the well known dinner house at Millen, died last Thursday. We clip the following itoms from the San- dersville Georgian, of yesterday: Chop Repobt.—The prospect for an abund ant corn crop, is not near so good as it was a week ago. The effect of the flood, so to speak, is more apparent now than at any time daring the season. The sudden change, too, from constant rains to hot dry days, is telling disas trously. The area is quite large, however, and we hope for an average yield. Cotton is being rapidly freed from grass, and is improving as fast as conld reasonably be expected under tbe circumstances, though far behind what it should be the first of July. Wheat thrashing is under way, and does uot promise more than one-third of a crop at most. Some localities are suffering severely for rain. Taken all together the pros pect generally is not very flattering. One of the oldest and best farmers in this county, remarked the other day that ho had never bought a barrel of flour in his life, bnt would have to do so in a few days. He has per haps been a successful wheat grower for more than forty years. This year his crop failed entirely. He deserves a premium at any rate. The Eatonton Press and Messenger stands credited with the following: ' Atlanta and Tennille Eailboad.—One of the directors of this corporation—Mr. K. O. Humber, of this county—in a conversation a few days ago, requested us to say to our read ers that the enterprise is not dead yet, and that probably an application will be made to the next legislature for a charter all the way from the Capital to the sea board, in lieu of the one from Atlanta to Tennille. Tima will reveal all things. It seems like folly for men who are trying to have railroads, to waste so much breath and shed so mnoh ink trying to get people through the country, along the lines, to subscribe. We who live in country places, can assure these town folks, that if railroads are to be built, it will not be by tho money of the farmers and residents of villages in Middle Georgia—simply beoauso they have it not A road will be proj ected that is obliged to cost three or four mill ion dollars, running through a section where there is not a single large town, and a good share is expected to be raised along the line, ■when aoa wot it would take all the property in half a dozen connties—lands, houses, live stock, merchanize and everthing else, to raise the amount We are not talking wildly. Let any one examine the tax returns and see for himself. Mr. Wm. B. Hodgson, one of the oldest and foremost citizens of Savannah, died in New York, Monday afternoon,'of pneumonia. A writer in the Savannah New of Tuesday thinVn “the Tennille Bailroad Should be straight line to Griffin, that is, ink direct line with the Griffin and Newnan Bailmd, instead of running, forty-four miles paralltl with the Macon and Western Bailroad to Atlmta—Grif fin being abont the same distance from Newnan as Atlanta—thus saving over forty mles of rail road construction, which would oost vith equip ments one million of dollars. The Bacon and Western Bailroad would no donbt place the Western freights at satisfactory rates. The dif ference in distance coming via Grifln on the projected road direct from Atlanta would not be over three miles, while the expense o' building forty-fonr miles would be avoided.” - Of crops in Southern Georgia ani Florida, the editor of the Federal Union reports as fol lows, from personal observation: Within the last three weeks we hare had oc casion to travel from Milledgeville to'Tallahas see, Florida, and from Tallahassee toSavannah. We stopped a short time in Albany aid Thomas- ville in Georgia, and in Madison au( Tallahas see in Florida, and we gathered all tie informa tion we conld concerning the growtog cotton crop, and from what we saw and heard from others, we feel convinced that in all tils portion of Georgia and Florida there will n<t be one- half the cotton made this year that there was last. It rained nearly every day whifct we were gone, and in many places the cotton appeared to be drowned ont, and the grass badtaken pos session of the field. The best cottcn we saw between Milledgeville and Thomasrille was in Baldwin and Jones connties. We saw several fields of pretty good cotton in Leon; Jefferson, and Madison counties in Florida, bnt it was said to be very backward for the season. The corn everywhere looked well, and them is a veiy large crop on the ground, and in many places it is already made, and out of danger. If the ootton in Southwestern Georgia ana Florida is a fair sample of the whole country the coming crop will be very smalL We find the following correspondence in the Atlanta Constitution,, of Tuesday: Augusta, Ga., June 24, 1871. 2V. L. Angier, Treasurer—DeabSxb: I have State bonds due 1st July, proximo. Will they be paid at the Treasury or in New York ? Exouse this trouble. Yours, etc., Jno. F. King. State Tbeasubeb’s Office, > Atanta, Ga., June 25,1871.) Hon. John P. King—Demi. Sib : In answer to yoor note of yesterday, I enu only State that this office has no funds for the purpose men- tiohedln yonr letter, and I have no assuranoe that there will be any on the first of July next. Executive warrants for claims against the -Wes tern and Atlantic Bailroad, absorb everything. I have paid over $400,000, on account of said claims, since Janaary last, and still they come. I am of the opinion that yonr bonds, that mature on the first of next month, will be paid at Henry Clews & Co., 22 Wall street, New York. Every attempt has been made to keep this office in the dork, as regards Btatd * financial transactions, and I regret my inability to answer, positively, yonr inquiries. Very respectfully, Yonr obedient servant, N. L. Angies, Treasurer. There was not a sack of flour for sale in Borne, Tuesday. Corn bread was (ramps for one day. There was very nearly a riot at Schofield’s rolling mill, at Atlanta, Tuesday. A negro re sisted arrest—some white men assisted the po lice—negroes backed np for their brother, and the curtain fell on the grand tableau of nine of the O. T.’a on their way to the calaboose. Messrs. Lane and Smith, photographers, en deavored to take each other’s pictures by a new process in the billiard room of the Kimball House,-at Atlanta, on Tuesday. A few blood, some hair, and numerous damns were the only results, however. The Sun explains the muss as follows, which is Atlanta, all over: This unpleasantness arose abont as follows: Daring the recent term of the Superior Court, Mr. Lane was indicted before the Grand Jury for taking pictures on Sunday. The base was tried before Judge Hopkins, »ud. „ _ Mr. L. was fined fifty dollars and costs. On the 17th instant the following appeared in the Son as an advertisement: “AT KUHN & SMITH'S popular Gallery are finished every day some of the finest pictures ever made in the State. Compare our work with that of other establishments, and you will at once see the difference. No picture made at our Booms on the Sabbath. We leave that to common operators—$50 and costs. That gets the beer on Hopkins.” Episode In tlie Story or a ffaff, No ! - - Bhala lealous. _ Am I sorry? Carina meat Poor Foss! That now and then she draws Conclusions, not withont a cause, Is my idea. We love: and I’m prepared^ prove That jealousy is kin to love In constant women. My Jealous Pussy cutup rough The day before I bought her muff With sable trimming. These tearful darlings think to quell us By being so divinely j ealons; But I know better. Hallo! who’s that? A damsel! Come, Til follow. No, I can’t for soma One else has met her. What fan 1 He looks a lad of grace; She holds hor muff to hide her face: They kiss—tho sly Puss 1 They kiss—tho sly Puss! Hullo 1 Her muff—its trimmed with sable 1 It’s like the muff I gave to Mabel- Good 1-o-r-d! She’s my Puss! [From the Temple Bar. Letter from Athens. Athens, June 26, 1871. Editors Telegraph and Messenger The fol lowing appointments have j ust been made by the Faculty for the approaching Commencement: The first honor is divided between Messrs. E. H. Briggs, of Columbus; G. A. Howell, of Val dosta, and A. A. Murphy, of Monroe county. The second i3 shared by Messrs. G. B. Glenn, of Dawson, and F. K. Yonge, of Pensacola, The third honor is awarded to Mr. E. Newton, of Union Point. Speaker’s places are given to Messrs. J. S. Hand, of Americas, and B. W. Neal, of Thomson. The following received hon orable mention, H. 0. Ansley, of Augusta; B. A. Denmark, of Quitman; B. A. Goetchius, of Columbus; J. L. Hardeman, of Maoon, The class to which these young menbelcng is one of great talent. Fortunately none of them have genius; genius.is craziness; genius never makes a good citizen. Talent implies the well balanced mind. Talent goes hand in hand with usefulness. Genius gives the world a Sheridan in wit and eloquence a master, In statesmanship a bungler. Talent gives the world a Brougham, who expends his energies upon the visible, the tangible, the real; who leaves for his epitaph a thousand improvements in the laws of Eng land, and reform bills in the Parliament. Be lieving then that the senior class of 1871 con sists of men of talent, it is superflous to add that they will become strong arms of the public service. However, -! will not cast their horo scope ; it is impolitic to prophesy when the trnth of the prediction will be tested in the prophet’s own day, for the foretelling might prove false and the worldsuppose that tho proph et's inspiration came not from Heaven, bnt from the moon! The poet laureate of the class might have to re-echo Saxe: Ah me, what changes time has wrought, And how predictions have miscarried; Some have reached the goal they sought, And some are dead, and some are married, And some in city journals war, And some as politicians bicker, And some are pleading at the bar For Jury verdicts and for liquor. Some are living at their case, • And some were wrecked in tbe ‘revnlsion,’ Some serve the State for handsome fees, And one, I hear, upon compulsion." Chancellor Lipscomb is now laboring for tho formation of looal Alumni Societies. The de sign is certainly happy in conception, and most surely prove successful in the execution. In all the cities of the State, there are perhaps a hun dred living graduates of the University. Why should they not, by organization into a society, renew and retain the pleasant connections of College life ? The Alumni of Maoon have taken the lead in this good work. Goethe, in his Au tobiography, tells ns that in his mature years he had no greater delight than he found in re reading the letters whioh he had written, when a university student, to his sister at home. His pleasure could not surpass that whioh our Alum ni must experience in renewing the associations of student days at Athens. Dr. Holland, In urntwinft, describes himself as visiting New York and meeting his old college acquaintances. He met one, a surgeon, who was on hiB way to leoture a class. “By his watch, a gold re-, peater with a mighty chain, he gave me just five minutes, then rolled off, pretension upon wheels.” He met another, a city lawyer, who “hoped that I would call upon him at his den, if I had any business in his line. He stole my wood in college, and received with grace the kick I gave him.” Surely every Alumnus of the University of Georgia will Bay, “These are not my college reminiscences.” Far from it. I cannot imagine a gathering where greater pleasure or more genuine friendship conld be found than in a looal society of our graduates. Besides, the Alumni thus organized could ren der more effioient service to their Alma Mater. Lefcthem organize. X. Foreign Notes. (PEEPABED FOB THE TELEGBAPH AND HESSKKGEB.) There is nothing to warrant us that French society will be soon restored to a normal condi tion. Paris continues in a state of Beige, but the government promises to allow the citizens every liberty in the coming elections not incon sistent with publio safety. Marshal MaoHahon has issued orders restricting the sale of inflam mables and threatening all people violating this decree with trial by oonrt-martial. Arrests con tinue to be made. There was a considerable number of well-dressed and respeetably-looking men and women among the prisoners sent to Judge McAdoo’s Address to tbe Alumni. There were a goodly number present last night at Hoxsie’s Hall, to hear the address of Hon. Wm. G. MoAdoo, to the Alumni of the East Tennessee University. The address was, in the words of Dr. Homes, “learned, instructive and suggestive,” and was richly enjoyed by all present. The aim of the effort was to suggest the ne cessity of some amendment or change in the geographical nomenclature of our country. The speaker illustrated in many apt and often witty w&ys the confusion and inconvenience growing ont of The present system. Thus, said the speaker, there are some254 places, States, etc., named Washington. nn*r 200 onlioH Ja&oimoa, many Jacksons, Monroes, etc. The inconveni ence to the postal service were shown, and the unfortunate changes from really appropriate and euphonious names to commonplace and confused ones, interestingly illustrated. Judge MoAdoo suggested that these inconveniences were likely to increase as the population and number of oitieB and towns multiplied, as they surely and rapidly were doing, unless some re form was effected whereby either like troubles would be guarded against as to the future, or changes effected as to the present. His remedy was that the power be conferred upon some branch of the general government to adopt and enforce a system or changes, which he preferred should be, wherever practicable, by changing the present names for aboriginal and appropriate ones. How happy such changes would be in most cases were illustrated as to many States, places, rivers and mountains in a vay that showed great philological research and amiliarity with the history of the aborigines and early colonists. As conventions for ing organic changes seemed fashionable, the speaker suggested that a convention assemble^ Washington next winter to consider the /><rvisa- bility for such changes and the plan. *** effeot- The effort was' one entirely *nd eminently creditable to Judge MoAdoo, of pleasure and profit to all present,a nd euggestive of reforms desirable, and in a lajjse measure, at least, prac ticable.—KnozziU* Chronicle.. commence their sittings to pass sentence upon those unhappy victims of civil war. The Com munists and Versailles troops have been vieing with each other in displaying a savage ferocity, though many reports must be received with great allowances. The correspondent of the Cologne Gazette, f.i., emphatically denies that monks and nuns had been tied to each other and shot; they were, together with the Arch bishop of Paris, executed in eold blood, but withont being exposed to needless insults. Many atrocities committed by the Versailles troops in the heat of passion, when the fight in the streets was at its hight, beggar description. It is a remarkable faot that daring the ten weeks’ reign of the Commune the Protestant chnroheshave remained intact, with the excep tion of St. Marie, which building was injured by shells. On the political question, the country is as divided as ever. Thp chances for toe Count of Ghambord are increasing, but toe Bo- napartes are also very active to press their claims. The Thiers government is slow in com plying with toe articles of the treaty of peace in reference to the payment of toe war indemnity to Germany. An imperative demand has there fore been made from Berlin, and toe return of too 180,000 prisoners still held in Germany has been stopped for toe p'resent. - Pascal Gronsset, Minister of Foreign Affairs under the Commune, who was said to have es caped to Switzerland, is a prisoner in Versailles. After toe downfall of the insurrection he had suddenly disappeared; at toe same time his family had increased one female member, Gronsset having adopted- woman’s clothing. Despite the great precaution he thus exhibited, he ventured out-of-doors to see a lady friend of his, when the mob reooga(zed him. They were quite ready to tear him ta.pieces, but a general kept them back by saying that the culprit would soon meet with his death, and ordered all offi cers and soldieis in sight to secure him. In Pascal Gronsset’s pocket there were letters found written by Washbume and headed by “My dear friend.” The Versailles papers are therefore very bitter against toe American Am bassador. Democratic views aro rapidly spreading even in conservative England. In the House of Commons an attack was made on royal privil eges. Two propositions were offered, one to build a publio road, alleged to be much needed through the grounds and by the side of Buck ingham palace, toe other to sell unoccupied pal aces suoh as St. James and Hampton Court, and to apply the proceeds to the redaction of the publio debt. Though both were rejected, the mere proposal shows that the deep-seated loy alty of toe people toward their sovereien is fading away in Bngl&lili As a means of reconciling the Irish, Prince Arthur is to be made Duke of Ulster, while the Government, before toe prorogation of Parlia ment, intends to introduce a bill for toe pur chase of a royal seat in Ireland. Ignatius Von Doellinger, in replying to an address from Hungarian Catholics, expresses himself that “The Catholics of Hungary have been toe first to perceive clearly that toe rigid participation of jSymbn in toe ordering and ad ministration of toe affairs of the Ohuroh is the one thing most needed now. In this participa tion they \fill also find the proper means to cast off toe despotism which has found its fall ex pression in toe Vatican decrees, and which would bend toe entire Catholic world under toe arbitrary rale of a priestly authority composed almost entirely of Italians, and of toe order of Jesuits allied to toe Curia.” There is a cabinet crisis in Madrid. The min isters will resign after toe debate on the address in the- Cortes. In reply to the question, “What action the Government would take with regard to Communist refugees on Spanish soil?” Sa- gasta, the Minister of Interior, said “that toe events of Paris were outside of politics and their authors could not be treated a3 political refugees. The Spanish Government was dis posed to treat them as criminals, and to deliver th9m to the French authorities, when toe latter demand their extradition by toe means and pro cess expressed in the treaties on this point.” The majority of toe House approved of-this course, but the Republican members shonted and protested until they were silenoed by the President’s bell. On the authority of the Frankfurter Journal it has been reported that a serious misunder standing has arisen between France and Italy; and Visconti Venosta, the Italian minister of foreign affairs, Is said to have requested Thiers to recall toe French envoy at Borne, who is letter Bronx East Teonesae. Knoxville, Tenn., June 26, 1871. Editors Telegraph and Messenger—Coming over tho Georgia Bailroad a few days sinoe, we had toe pleasure of meeting several Georgians of mark in the intellectual world: Colonel Bam Barnett, of Wilkes; Chancellor Lipscomb, of toe State University; Hon. Henry W. Hilliard, of Augusta, the orator, author and divine; and Eev. Dr. Wills, formerly of your oity, now President of Oglethorpe University at Atlanta. We, of oourse, “interviewed” them—it Is better to be out of the world than out of toe fashion, and “interviewing’’ is “the style” now. In At- i»uu» we nuuio -Close connexion,” as it is term, ed, in the evening, with toe State Boad. “Close connexion” means supperless connexion. We warn travellers over that route to that change of oars on a foil stomach, or with a bis- cuit in their pocket; otherwise they will be apt to feel as we did, and as the ntghHnpaia aid when she saw toe glow-worm, “toe keen de mands of appetite.” Tho next morning found ns steaming Eastern Tennessee, stretched along toe railway in dewy and fertile beauty. General Foriest was on the train, travelling New Yorkwards, on railroad business. Ye men of Maoon little know ye how near the strategy of the great caval ry commander is bringing him to Central Geor- 80on 1118 enterprises will bring ’ him to Selma, Alabama. But we have no time to particularize. We reached this city at 11 o’clock, a. m., and are housed at toe comfortable Atkin House, at the depot. It Is very far the best hotel in toe city—in that respect Knoxville resembling Maoon. The Commencement exercises of East Tennessee University on toe 21st, which we attended, were replete with interest. This in stitution is not only one of the three endowed Universities established by toe State more *b<ni half a century ago, but it is also the Agricultu ral College, established by proceeds of publio lands donated by Congross six or eight years ago. It is in a most flourishing condition; and being open to the world at the reduced rates of > tuition, and in a country as healthful as any on - the globe, and where toe expenses .of living are remarkably small, it is toe best educational point we know of in toe South. The graduating class acquitted themselves admirably. Bev. Thomas W. Humes, a most learned and worthy gentleman, a native of this oity, is President of too institution. Knoxville is unmistakably advancing rapidly in a course of solid prosperity. The country is one of great fertility in agrionltnral production, and its mineral resources are incalculable. Al ready it is toe centre of an immense business in coal, iron, marble and zine. It is the finest region in the world for manufacturing. The people here are folly alive to yonr project of direct railway from Maoon hither. President deGraffenried, of toe Maoon and North Georgia Bailroad Company, was hero reoently in behalf of his road, and won.golden opinions from all. It would be well if his company would purchase toe Knoxville and Kentucky Bailroad, Boon to. be sold at a wonderfully small figure. That is toe road whioh penetrates the coal region. Brunswick and Maoon ought to seize this road. The road has cost (over fprty miles) nearly $2,000,000, being through a very mountainous region, it can be. bought now tor $300,0001 The Blue K .dge Koad could also do bought at small figures, doubtless. It is running twenty miles and is graded abont thirty miles in the direction of Clayton, Ga. This last named road passes very near the celebrated Montv&le Springs. A gay season has opened at that magnificent watering place. Crowds of pleasure-seekers and invalids aro flocking thither. We understand a gay and them toe expected waters are certainly curative in an eminent degree to all invalids sufferings from dyspepsia and liver complaints. It is very strongly impregnated with iron and other minerals, and is not pleas ant at first to toe invalid’s taste. But he soon gladly endures it for its wonderful effeots as a restorative. Mr. Joseph L. King, an accom plished gentleman, a native of this city, is toe proprietor of toe Springs, and gives his person al attention to toe comfort and welfare of-Ms guests. We prooeed Virginia-warda to-day. Proba bly you shall hear from us again whilst toe glo ries of toe Old Dominion environ us. The weather here is cool and delightful. We had a * fine rain shower last night, and another this morning. Wheat crops have been very poor this year in East Tennessee—toe same with oats and other small grain. Cora looks ex tremely promising. It is about a month “be hind the music” of the growing corn crop of Middle and Southern Georgia. W. G. M. “What are you disturbing toe whole house with your yells in this way for ?” demanded a New Jersey landlord of a guest whomhe found late at night, seemingly in pursuit of invisible foes, and yelling at the top of Us voioe. “Pm shouting the battle cry of fleadom,” as he went ahead with his search and his yells. envoy heading an open agitation against the designs of toe Italian Government. Though the truth of this report has been denied, there can exist no very friendly relations between both coun tries, so long as the restoration of the tempo ral power of toe Pope by French bayonets forms a standing menace to Italian unity. It is true that the Paris press ridicule the efforts made in France to organize a crusade for toe deliverance of toe Pope—they declare that the question is settled onoe for Ml, But intervention in favor of toe Holy See is powerfully supported by toe rural districts and toe clergy, and whoever wishes to secure their influence has to declare in favor of Intervention. How strongly toe contending pretenders for supreme power will be tempted to adopt that programme to ride in to power again is evident. A letter from the Arohbishop of Gambrai and the Bishop of Amiens demanding the resumption of the French protectorate over Borne, has been presented to toe French National Assembly. The Italian Chamber of Deputiea haa approved of too bill for toe reorganization of the army. Gen. Fadejeff, a well known Suasion writer on military and political questions, expresses in lilalatest worxoa ineEMiem prouiem ms opin ion that the time has come for Bussia to act. After having pointed out that Bussia has lost her influence owing to her passive attitude since toe Crimean war, he argues that all the world is against toe Suasions. “In case of war,” he says, “England would immediately take toe side of the power which protects Turkey against our attack. Prussia would cover Austria with her guarantee asshe didin 1854; France, too, Would v P r& ”' not disunite herself from too other powers with suoh an object in view as to cut Bussia off toe road to Constantinople. As matte** now stand, Austria is better able to etta** Bussia than Bussia is to attack Austria' Behind the Austrians Btand numerous re****® 8 whioh Rus sia dees not possess; to» i0°»000 Poles, who could be obtained in Oaficia, would be able to set the whole Poli«>‘'P OB8 *ssions of Bussia in a blaze, and then « toe Bussian army in two as soon as it should oross toe frontier. Gen. Fa de jeff arrises the Bussian Cabinet to abandon its friendly attitude towards Germany which, be chinks, will inevitably betray Bussia. . Jabno. An awkward looking, stage-struck hoosier, went to see one of the theatrical managers at Philadelphia lately,and solicited an engagement. “What role would you prefer, myfriend?” asked toe manager. “Well, Squire,” said the would- be-American Boscdns, “I mint partial to rolls, nohow; 00m dodgers Is my favorite.” Ath.Tjm Eailboad,—In pursuance of a reso lution passed by toe Board of Directors of the Air-Line Bailroad, vt toe meeting held in Char lotte, N. O., an the 24th nit, the Engineers are now engaged in running a line from this ptaee by way of Anderson to Greenville, 8. C., they had reached Gainesville, on Saturday test, and were being petted and feasted by toe citizens. cause Not Lost Pulce et decorum est pro patria mori. When toe memory of toe dead is enshrined in hearts and words, such as glow in the following lines, we are made to feel how great and glori ous it is to die for one’s country. We publish the letter. It will touoh toe heart of every true Southron, and make ns -all feel that that cause pannot be deemed lost when toe flame still baens so pure and strong in toe hearts of the'ndble sons and daughters of our land. * ” - • - . ' - Natchez, Mis3„ May 20, 1871. Oen. A. R. Wright, Augusta, Qa.: Deab 8m—I see from toe Banner of the South and Planters’ Journal, of the 6to instant, that it 13 proposed to erect “a monument to the Confederate dead who lie in Georgia." My beloved and gallant brother, CoL Thomas Shields, fell before Atlanta while leading Us regiment, toe SOto Louisiana, against toe ene my’s breastworks. I have made repeated ef forts tn obtain information-as to toe exact spot where he lies, so that I might remove or place over him some token of my love and sorrow; but all my endeavors have proved in vain. His body was.bnried by toe enemy. I am ready and anxious to subscribe to tos monument you propose erecting, as it in a great measure meets one of my fondest wishes. WUI you, therefore, be kind enough to draw oa me at sight for $100 when yonr plans are sufficient ly matured to justify toe hope of euocesa This nui/Bcnpuuu x nope anerwaxds to ce able to add to as the work progresses. I waat, if possible, to give my mite to every Confederate monument that is reared. Our Southland should bo dotted all over with them, not alone to betaken toe hallowed memories of the past, but «s beacon lights to Southrons yet unborn, uAo may yet twine over these oold mar bles Heir fresh laurels with onr withered cy- Yery respectfully and truly, . [ Chronicle and Sentinel. How Much Laoeb is Dbanx.—An Internal Revenue official having nothing else to do, par ticularly, has been figuring oiv the lager con sumption in these United States. “From this it appears that in New York and New Jersey toe average amount is 248 glasses for every man, woman and child; in California it is 165 glasses; in Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Nevada, 99 glasses; in Maryland and Mssra- ohusetts, 88 glasses; in Missouri, 71 gissses; in Michigan and Nebraska, 55 glasses; tolowa and Distriot of Colombia, 50 glasses; Wjm* ington Territory and Idaho, 45 glance ; Oott- ntwticut, Colorado and Wyomtog Territo^l classes: and Utah, glaasaa, w® gni.’SSls* stbm." nSe, 15: Arizona, 14; Dakota, 7; Texas, tTlSTisee; Virginia and Maims 8; Georgta and Vermont, 2 •„ South Carolina, Alabama, Ar kansas, Mississippi and North Carolina, 1 each.” Tax CEOTStf—A friend who has reoently trav eled through toe counties of Clark, Jaokpe, Banks, Franklin and Habendum, inform* us that <he wheat crop is the poAMt made for several years & that oats are mooBtto; and that com and cotton are wretchedly in too weeds and gras*. mm mStM

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Georgia weekly telegraph and Georgia journal & messenger. (Macon, Ga.) 1869-1880, July 04, 1871, Image 1