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o (Qu JONES & REESE, Proprietors. AISTP G-EORGIA JOTTEDAJli & JVEESSEUNTGKEIi. IO Tag Family Journal.—Nets—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic Affairs. toltllSHED 1826. ''lu TciegrapU Building, Macon. . , nJ Messenger, ono year §10 00 fc-iir:::::::::::::::::::::::::""::::::: * 1 * * * S 6 °° -"rapU and Messenger, 1 1 ° * 4 00 200 P Hft’ilily Telegraph and ilessen- Keehiaa.ljw S00 1.1" 1 ou ■^tavs in advance, and paper stopped runs out. unless renewed. ' jsjNVJEUfiSXS WITH J. W. BDBKE & - i ' J 1 ‘ f0 8 rritUCATIOSS. ,. rr • ,„pU & Messenger and Farm SU00 lea'll. n‘" 4 00 I’fir" tly Telegraph and Messenger PJr^a and Home 5 00 | a4\".iri-tian Advocate with Weekly 5 Oo 4 00 Uirre Kisses or Farewell. r(iwisite verses are from one of “Esther L. '.'l. .u'-Uttora" fa Scribner’s for December.] tZ> ( . n :v three, my darlfag, l \ - intf. no’.irau. alow, the swift and joyons ones ■’ j, w*4 to k'-ow ... I vjjrtibreanse we loved each other S to Ude love’s ewert, IjadU'wteiouiViiaes as ihe enmmer ■ h»*t— IjZ |j H »v lu>i whn^e hearta are wrung, Itnun impe anJ frar ar© epent, I ^.iUushWt to Rive, except * irtewaent! I rat of (be three, my darling, I pti-tJ ante pain; I to U« fan £ '»cli othor often; \fe .l»: again, I nt s if fine because we miss each other, | iiil jo not understand I gnite witten words are so much colder I t j . eic and baud. |lLi!i!.ee. d ar, for all such pain I »e may give or take; |{r:ci. fiM'vtn. before it comes ‘ fcuur love’s sake! IjiiKord kies, my darling, I b:r.'.lrf Joj's sweet I brill; yitinllc-icd each other always; jfr »’.wva will. IfitU lria'b until we feel each other, | of time and space; (toslaL listen till we hear each other I IjftrtTplace; IIV rartb is full of messengers, I ttoU ire rends to and fro; Iits-tl.ee. darling, for all joy KiPxe stall know! He last kiss, oh, my darling, M< loir—I cannot see T» 3a. my te ars, as I remember • Wu: it may be. fnay.be and never see each other hr wiih no time, to give Istrim tut our hearts are faithful To die. as live. feba of what they will not see Ki> oeeonr parting breath, Rbicolart ki-s. my darling, seals Th* scad of del'll! is (ins .Veils of <lbio—Tlicir Im mense Product land Grcut Value. iw;or.l:nce of tbe N. Y. Evening Mail.] Piis'EsviiXE. 0., October 2C.—While visiting apl.TLS.mt city on tbe shores of Lake Erie, e stteiition of yonr correspondent was at ari! to .'be important discoveries of natnral in various localities in the vicinity. Geolo- aI.T:- often prophesied that there wore im- M inpplira of n.tnralgas under tbe surface if the eatib. extending over a great space along Lie shorts. Their predictions have been !v verified by the discovery of this natnral hit in &t hast a dozen localities near Lake tsd spnadiDg from New York State os far Mas Detroit. Gas as a natnral product has sntiMvn in various conntries for centuries, |dit is probably the result of the decomposi- • of organic substances. It has been snp- ;fftl that its source is in beds of coal, bnt in instances no signs of coal measures have found where the discoveries have been |aie. and it goes far to diaprovo the supposi- at The supply seems to be inexhaustible, Iciit issues forth in great quantities—so large in souic instances whole towns are lighted : : t The town of Fredonia, in the western !*•“ cf New York, has thus been illuminated -many years—I think nearly as long as yonr |mIT. TWO WELLS AT FAINESYILLE* , to Painesville the gas was first discovered -—g tbe present year, and is the constant jhte of conversation. Two wells have been ted—ono on the farm of Mr. C. O. Jennings, ciiie other on the Seminary grounds—and tetire yielding a constant and abundant snp- cf the e’ue. Srsitar John C. Casement, tho son-in-law of “• Jetmiogs, was the first to commence opera- ***• He bui no indications that he would find i'S kn*. he was possessed with the idea and Trocseded to carry ont his intentions. The well commenced last season, bnt for several •usots little progress was made. It was bored «Mgh tho various strata of earth and stone, W it lined, liko oil wells, with wrought iron kfes. Drillihg was commenced in the spring, hist three hundred and fifty feet below the tehee gag was fonnd in sufficient quantity to •"3 tie engine. At fivo hnndred and fifty feet •urge vein was struck of such power as to stop te*. Tho boring was continned to the depth ; ; »ren hnndred feet, which is the present *r&. Tho volume of gas is so great that good i%t estimate that it is sufficient to supply a 3j i3 largo as Cleveland. It comes throngh it pipe with a load rush, and is of.great purity, hs well has l>een visited by thousands, many JMiitg from a great distance to witness its “®ting. It is conveyed to the dwelling houses, “veral hnndred feet distant, and is used not for illuminating purposes, bnt also for krisg. The entire cost was about §2,000, and ti supply ig sufficient to repay the entire cost short time. In company with a friend yonr ? Wi<pup^ en t visited the place, and was kindly litvividby General Casement and his wife, who hWcd us everything conneotid with tho well. HOW THE oas IS USED. . Tit manner in which the gas is nsed for heat- ■^8 *cd cooking in tho dwelling-house is very •“inesiing. In the library was an open firo- and what seemed to be a rousing hickory r®> tut in fact the logs of wood on tho and- -’j-i were admirable imitations made of terra •Wi. By turning a small faucet near the firo- tho blazo was increased and diminished ^ p’ea-.ure. To show ns how easy it was to “8“" it, the gas was turned off and a lighted ®* !: h thrown on tho logs. The gas was turned ^4 in an instant wo had a beautiful fire. '• ik Te3 no nor smoke, and in every room ~X® house fires can be lighted at any moment as ranch facility as the chandeliers. In rjJt^Res in the kitchen and in all the stoves is employed for heating bnt the gas. “Mrtds of cubic feet are daily consumed, and in coal and wood amounts to a con- sam - It is so convenient, too, and fitfectly nnder control that it proves to be fc>a '>mical fuel. Tbe grounds which Iho honso are illuminated day and 6 u i and remind one of yonr city parks. J^eacticu. Test of the Naeuow Gau. .. 8 fifs ‘ practical application of the narrow clin Principle in railroad construction, on a tta “efficiently extensive to test satisfactorily “ents of the system, is now making in tho to* . l “ a Denver and Bio Grande Bailroad, Une* »!?l ot<H i and opened for traffio for a dis- Ciw ; J c miles between Denver and OdTBrado earn.!? 9 olor ado. This section is not yet fnlly tt&erf 83, ? win 8 *o tho delay which has been' wp n „ “J®d, >n obtaining tho narrow gauge but it will bo within a few weeks m™**. and the experiment will then be Kii,„ ,to the test of practical trial. On tbe trial will probably depend the “scuion in-favor of or against the cen- s., ,°P ,lon of the narrow gauge system.—iron GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING MACOM. TUESDAY, NOYEMBEK 28, 1871. Yolume EXY—No. 22 From the Opelika Locomotive. Mordecal. It was Haman, rich and great, First fiddle in the Stite, Who coutdn’t ehnthis eye To sleep nor slnmber. why? For early and for late, And forever, at the gate. Of his Lord and master, sate The rebellious Mr. Mordecai! And his bloated carpet-big Grew billions at tho rag Of the veiy ragged Bebal sitting nigh; And he set lumself to fix The doodlest of tr eks For the hoisting of Mr. Mordecai. So he went and builded straight A gallows at tbe gate, A gallows that was forty cubits high, With a scaffold and a rope, And a trigger, in the hope Of strangling Mr. Mordecai. But tho King, a kindly soul, He took the tallest pole Of the gallows that was forty cubits high; And on the stiffest limb Made a pendulum of him That was Haman, and not Mordecai And we see him swinging slow, Throngh the ages, to and fro, A warning to tho world from tho sky, With his carpet-sack to choke him, While the little boys to joke him, Holler: “Howis that for (Mr. Hordec) hi?” Now! ye men of Belial! Heed, In yonr guile and in your greed Of yonr neighbors’ neck and pelf, How a man may build a gibbet And thereupon exhibit Nobody bnt himself. Tulips la Winter. “Fine” writing upon emotional topics is so pitilessly decried in the harsh, realistic litera ture and journalism of the period that snch remnant of harmless sentimentalism as survives youth in every healthy haman heart can seldom find in current print the gracious indulgence which it craves. Modem poets and romancers, even, disdain all tenderness of sentiment be yond the gross materialism of consummate pas sions; and, whether in books or the literary periodicals, there is nothing scarcer nowadays than the simple “love-story” of the good, if somewhat lackadaisical, old fashion wherein old hearts as well as yonthfnl ones are supplied with a romance, which, however unpractical, is wholly free from moral offence, and a re freshing casual response to one of tho minor intellectual needs of all imaginative hnman nature. Turning over a pile of old news papers in the house of an old bachelor friends who lately died, a correspondent of the Democrat, at Davenport, Iowa, fonnd, and sent to his journal for repnblication, a mark ed sketch of an old-time adventure in which tbe departed bachelor had been tbe hero, and which may be given in condensed form here for the benefit of those who can still appreciate one of those pretty pieces of pure sentiment which fashionable taste might ordinarily reject as mawkish. Years ago. at an early hour of a moonlight evening in mid-winter, a yonng man in heavy over-coat and mufflers, descending the stairway of tho hotel of a village in Northwest ern New York, saw two ladies standing in the door-way of the reception room and apparently admiring his horse and entter sleigh, which stood before the opened halt door of the build ing. Itecognizing them as a respectable matron of the village and a fair guest of hers on a visit from the metropolis, he was passing with a bow, when the younger lady expressed her admiration of tho fine animal before tbe sleihg, and said jocosely that she would give much to have a ride behind him on snch a brilliant night. Re sponding in the same vein that his jonrney was to extend over thirty miles, going and coming, and that if bis arch cballeiiger wonld really go with him they might enjoy the perfected poetry of a sleigh ride by moonlight, the youDg man was both surprised and delighted to discover that bis invitation made a serious impression. He had met the lady only two or three times before; bnt in those days and in that honest little village long acquaintances were not deemed necessary for tho guaranteeing of safety to either side in a friendly association, and a little earnest pressing of the offer he had made in sport was sufficient to confirm his fair friend’s sudden impulse for an excursion with him in the airy “entter.” So it was that, after a brief delay for the hasty enwrapping of tho adven turous yonng lady in cloaks and fare, the horse and sleigh darted off ever the glittering epow with a donfile load, and shook ont the music of bells to blend with the merry talk and laughter 1 of two highly contented people. Sleigb-ndiDg of this particular description is peculiarly cal culated to enconrage an order of conversation in which the moat trifling acquaintanceship quickly ripens into the grateful unreserve of a generons friendship, and the gentleman and lady of the “entter” had not proceeded five miles on their way -before they were chatting cosily to gether like confidential second- cousins. Tho night was supremely beautiful, the snow smooth as glass, and the horse at his swiftes'; and as the young man listened to the vivacious words of tbe intelligent and charming companion beside him, he conld fairly imagine himself trans ported to some Laplander’s arctio heaven. Bnt sleighing by moonlight in Northern New York is nois had been cursed by snch governments as a decidedly cold luxury for the general system, ]j ave existed in North Carolina, South Carolina, had not the courage to say more on the sub ject. After brief conversation on ordinary top ics, they repaired to their sleigh, reached their destination, and from thence returned to tho village. The kiss was not mentioned again by i either; on the following day the lady departed for her home in the metropolis, and’ “ ‘They parted, e’en as strangers part Upon a foreign shore, When each is to the other naught, As they had been before; The paths of their existence met, To meet again no more.’ ‘‘Months passed on and the young man, en- gaging as traveling agent for a house of busi ness, forgot in newer adventures the curious sentimental episode of the eleigh-ride. Exact ly one year from that night he was in a small town in Massachusetts. Ho received a letter by the evening mail that the yonng lady who had once met him nnder snch peculiar circum stances was again in the village. Feeling in tho mood he sat down and wrote her, recalling the night of the ride. What was his surprise to find two days later,' a letter written on the same evening, and on the same subject. The next year he was in Boston, and, remembering the anniversary night he wrote her again, di recting to her last address. Again he received a letter, written nnder the same oircnmstances by the yonng lady. The third year ho was in New York, and again received his annual letter. For eight years this correspondence was kept up. Neither party ever reqnestod the other to write again; no hint of a growing attachment, nothing of a personal nature even entered into these letters. They were simply reveries writ ten in the mood on each recurring anniversary of their strange, firsthand only familiar ac quaintance. My friend bore testimony to the highly intellectual qualities of the letters re ceived, betokening refinement and scholarly cultnre. The last letter fonnd him in a far Western city, where his restless feet had tar ried for a season. The envelope was covered with postmarks, and seemed to have been on a long and fruitless search for its owner. He opened it, and read an invitation to her wed ding in Philadelphia. This was all. He mused long on tbe carious denouement to his ro- usance. Then turning to his desk he took there from a packet of letters, and, holding it in tho gas-light, burned them to ashes. He took these ashes, folded them carefully in a paper, and mailed it to her address, timeing it so tbe “charred remains” should reach there on her wedding-day. This was the last he ever heard from the beauty who kissed him so tenderly that winter night.” Beady, it seems, as the gentleman had been at first to forget the orig inal adventure, the annual correspondence seems to have impressed him more serionsly ; for, as his friend in Iowa has written, he died a bachelor. Wholly romantic, yet as wholly free from anything like passion, the story is qnite striking as a piece of pnre sentimentalism, and a rather chilly proof that casual cnltnre of tnlips in winter time is no surety of orange-blooms for a more congenial season.— World. Carpet-Hag Governors anti “Loyal” Thieves in the Month. We invite attention to the following, from the leading Bepnblican journal of tbe West, the Chicago Tribune: ‘There is considerable excitement over ihe condition of the finances of South Carolina. One party assorts that there is an over-issne of at least §13,000,000 of State bonds, making /he State debt §22,000,000, when even its ex- teravagant administration only anthorized a debt of §!) 000,000. Oa the other side, these asser- tions are denied officially; but the denial is not accompanied by any intelligent statement of the actnal condition of affairs. It is impossible to obtain any information from the discussions now going on in the South Carolina papers. Everything is marked by in tense partisan feeling. Statements and accusa tions are made by the contending factions in the most reckless manner, and without the least evidence to snsfain them. In Georgia the long andfl-igitons rule of Governor Bollock has been brought to a close by his flight and his resigna tion. In what condition he left the State has not yet been disclosed; bnt his administration has been marked by such a continued traffic in State bonds that tbe Stale, which emerged from the war without any debt, has now an outstand ing debt which will not be paid daring this cen tury. “Speaking from the records made by the Governments of South Carolina and Georgia, we confess that Kepnblicanism has not been a success in these States. The necessity which compelled the recognition, after the war, of the hordes of adventurers who fonnd their way into tho Southern States, has been grievous indeed. Except, perhaps, in the case of Gov. Walker, of Virginia, there has been hardly a ‘carpet-bag’ Governor elected in any of these States who has not proven to be, in one form or another, a disgrace and a curse to the State and to the country. They have been of incalculable injury to the negroes. They have taught tho latter how to bo dishonest, corrupt and utterly unprin cipled in political matters, making them, to the extent of their ability, a practical injury to the States. “There has been no justification whatever, since 18GG, for any political disfranchisement in the Sonthern States. If the people of Illi- however warm may be tbe hearts in the sleigh; and, as several miles of this ride extended over the frozen surface of a lake, where the cutting winds had fall sweep, there came a time when onr hero and heroine, after brave efforts to con ceal tho fact, were at lost obliged to confess, simultaneously, that they conld endnro tho severity of tho air bnt little longer. Some dis tance must yet be traversed before tbe objective point of the ride conld be reached, and consis- Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas, and perhaps other States, there wonld have been a popular revolt before this time. Bullock's flight and Holden’s impeachmentonght to besupplemented by tho resignation of all tbe other scalawags holding State or national offices. “The duty of Congress to the suffering peo ple of all these States fa to repeal all laws in any way restraining the people in the choice of their own officers and governments. Until this fa done tently with safety there was no choice but to j there will be no peace. If Bepnblican ascend- panse temporarily st some nearer haven of warmth. Driving ashore from tbe inclement lake to a small tavern on the bank, tho youDg man hastened the lady into a reception room, where a stove dispensed reviving beat; and for a time the two thought only of sharing the lat ter and overcoming the drowsiness affecting their benumbed senses. The perilous sleepiness induced by intense cold was no sooner con- qnoreil, however, than—in the gentleman’s caso, at least—it was succeeded by tho still heavier languor incident to reactionary warmth. To ancy in those States can only be maintained by the forcible protection of fraud and robbery, then it wonld bo better for the Bepnblican party to lose its control in these localities. The reign of tho carpet-baggors ought to be brought to a close as speedily as possible,” A Scottish widow in tho time cf King George was one day in Spring seen by the clerk of her parish crossing tho church-yard with a watering-pot and a bundle. “Ah, Mistress Mactavfab,” said the clerk, “what’s this last depressing influence the youDg man fair- yor business, wi’ sio liko gear as that y’are Iy sneenmbed, and while the lady, on tbe other carryin’?” “Ah, weel, Mr. Maclachlan,” ro side of the stove, kept herself awake with a j pjj e( j t be widow, “I’m just goin’ to my book from a table at hand, fell asleep in bis | gndeman’s grave. I’ve got some hayseeds in chair. How long that sleep lasted he never ; my bundle, the which I’m goin’ to sow upon it; knew, bnt was aroused by the touch of a hand an( j t b 0 wa ter in the can is just to gi’o ’em a on his forehead. Through eyes scarcely nn- Spring liko!” “The seeds winna want the closed at all he beheld the lady standing over' xvatoring," rejoiced the clerk, “they’ll Spring him, her head bowed over his own,and her lovoly , g no j y 0 ’ themselves,” “That may well bo,” re- conntenance eloquently expressive of the ten-' joined tho widow; “bnt ye dinna ken that my der impulse which had induced her to f° nc k i gudeman, as he lay a-deeing, just got me to him while he slept. He saw this in a drchm; ma jj 0 promise that I’d never marry again till and, with a dreamer’s daring, suddenly drew down that face to his own, with clasping arms, and warmly kissed the lip3 too near to bo fore- ^ f gone! To his unspeakablo surprise the daring bs kept a lone uilow, as ye see me!” The salnte was returned. “There are those,” pro- j minister’s aide-de-camp looked on the widoV ceeds the story, quaintly, “who kiss a man in a j j nc j ee g w ah a mirthful expression. “Water very airy, little way—like a canary peeking at a I bj m W eel, widow,” said the clerk; “Maotavish lamp of sugar; there are those who accomplish | ' ay0 drouthy I™ it as they would bite a flowor; others are so shy — promise the grass had grown aboon his grave. And, as I've had a good offer made me but yestreen, ye 9ee, I dinna like to break my promise, or to that they miss tho mark and tho token falls on hair cr forehead; all these and many more are recognized types. Bnt thfa was, not of such. It was finer and more assthetio—it was in fact, the ideal kiss, which may be experienced, bnt not explained. It was in a certain sense calm and cool, and seemed to come from her involuntarily, and beforo she could realize what she fa doing. He opened his eyes fully and looked at her. Sho returned his gaze calmly and fearlessly, with no trace of emotion or embarrassment in her features. I befl your pardon!’said he, starting to his feet in credulously : ‘I couldn’t help it; I hardly knew what I did.’ To which she replied with perfect composure, ‘and I hardly know what I did. I must hove fallen asleep in my chair, and then walked to you* side in a dream. My first con sciousness was when yon kissed me, and I re turned it.’ Her explanation was oven more awkward than his had been; yet she offered it with such perfect quietude of demeanor that he Radical Hosestt.—Tho attention of the Radical papers which denounce William M. Tweed are invited to the following paragraph, from the Clarke Courier: How the Radical Papers are Supported.—We were called upon by an assignee in bankruptcy to print handbilfa for the sale of some personal property, when we asked the gentleman if he did not wish the advertisement published in onr paper. He replied that the decree of Judge Biv6s’ court was that it should appear in one paper, and that paper was named in the decree a Radical paper—and pnblishedatLynchburg, upwards of ono hnndred and fifty miles from where the sale takes place. What honesty there is in Radicalism!’.’ A beau weighing six hnndred pounds was killed recently, on Pottsbarg creek, in Florida, by a party of hunters. Ho killed a cow and a dog before succumbing. General Assembly of Georgia. PROCEEDINGS OF MONDAY. Reported for the Telegraph and Messenger.] In the Senate, a bill was introduced by Mr. Kibbee, to carry into effect, artiole 3, section 5, paragraph 3 of the Constitution, requiring the Governor to withold hfa indorsament on rail road bonds until it fa made cleariy to appear that there has been actually invested by private persons, in said railroad, an amount equal to the indorsement applied for, also to repeal an Act requiring Justices of tho Peace to act as Road Commissioners, in Pulaski county. By Mr. Peddy—To incorporate the West Point and Macon Narrow Gnage Bailroad Com pany. By Mr. Reese—To create a County Court in each county in this State; also, to amend sec tion 4420 of the Coda. By Mr. Richards—To repeal an act to amend seotion 415 of the Code, in relation to nolle prosequi in criminal cases. Mr. Matthews offered a resolution that, whereas, Rufus B. Bullock has absconded; that a joint committee of five be appointed to inspect and take an inventory of the honse and kitchen furniture, silver-ware and all other ar ticles connected with the Executive Mansion, and report the some to the General Assembly. Adopted. By Mr. Simmons—To prevent any claim against the State being paid by the Treasurer until the same has been passed npon by the Legislature. In the Honse Mr. McMillan moved to sns- pend tho rules to take up a resolution instructing the Joint Finance Committee to report a special, bill to-morrow morning, looking to the reduction of per diem. The motion prevailed and the res olution was adopted. The Honse was engaged nearly the whole of the session in debate upon the special order of the day—a bill to investigate tho affairs of the State,on which a debate followed, pending which the Honse adjourned. PROCEEDINGS OF TUESDAY. Atlanta, November 21, 1871. Senate.—The Senate met at 10 a- at., and was called to order by the President. Prayer by Rev. Mr. JVright. Journal of yesterday read and approved. The special order of the day was taken up. It fa: A bill to relieve parties plaintiff in cer tain cases from the operation of an act to ex tend the lien of set off and recoupment as to all debts contracted beforo Jnno 1,18G5, and to forbid tbo collection of the same until all legal taxes due thereon shall have been paid. The Judiciary Committee reported as a sub stitute, a bill to repeal tbe act in question. Mr. Nichols moved to lay the whole matter on the table. Carried. Those voting in the affirmative were: Messrs. Anderson, Black, Brock, Brnton, Burns, Camp bell, Clark, ColmaD, Curie, Crayton. Deveaux, Griffin, Heard, Hoyle, Kirkland, Kibbee, Les ter. Nichols, Nnnnally, Simmons and Smith —21. In the negative: Messrs. Brown, Cameron, Candler, Estes, Hicks, Hillyer, Jorvis, Jones, Matthews, Peddy, Reese, Richardson, Stead man, Wallace, Wellborn and Welch—10. BILLS ON THIRD READING. A bill to incorporate the Oglethorpe Manufac turing Company. Passed. A bill to amend section 364 of the Code in relation to sheriffs’ fees. Lost. A bill to amend an act requiring the Judges of tho Superior Courts to give specially in charge to Grand Juries sections 4489, 4490, 4491 of the Code, relating to disturbing con gregations engaged in religions worship. Passed. The bill to empower the Ordinary of Union county to construct a public road in said county. Passed. , A bill to provide for adjudicating the rights of parties nnder article 7 of the Constitution relating to setting apart homestead and ex empting personalty, and allowing the plaintiff to file an affidavit that the property levied on fa subject to execution, and the property to be sold. Passed. A bill to repeal section 12 L of Iho Code, which declares that a minority candidate fa elected, when the majority candidate cannot take tho office was passed. A bill to abolish all offices connected with the Western and Atlantic Railroad. Passed. A bill to make tlander a criminal offense. Mr. Candler opposed the bill because it would givo rise to a number of unfounded suits. Mr. Hillyer opposed the bill. Said it would rostrain prosecutions because the allegation necessary to procure the warrant for arrest wonld be indictable. Mr. Wellborn supported the bill, as it wonld be the best way to check the unbounded license which prevails all over the country. Mr. Nichols offered an amendment providing that the truth may be given in evidence in jus tification as in libel Adopted. Mr. Candler moved to amend by excepting language of housewivo to cooks, etc. Lost. Mr. Barns hoped the bill wonld bo lost. It was passed. A bill to change the time of holding the Supe rior Courts of the Flint Judioial Circuit was passed. A bill to incorporate the town of Doraville, in DeKalb county was passed. A bill to amend an aot to incorporate the town of Decatur, DeKalb county. Passed. Abill to incorporate the town of Lntheraville, Meriwether county. Passed. A bill to provide a rem dy by which money or property stolen or unlaw nlly converted or de tained from the State or the Western and At lantic Bailroad, may be recovered and used for other purposes. J . Mr. Kibbee moved eo make the bill the spe cial order for to-morriow. Carried. A bill to change the time of holding the Su perior Courts in the Eastern Circnit. Passed. A bill to amend an act to grant to the Savan nah, Skidawayand Seaboard Bailroad Company the right to construct a railroad on the afreets of Savannah. Passed. An aot to authorize tho Ordinary of Cherokee county to issue bonds for the purposes of build ing a Court-house. Passed. A bill to fix the compensation of grand and petit jurors of DeKalb county—fixing the same at §2 per day. Passed. A bill to provide for ascertaining the amount of bonds which have been issued, to require the same to be registered, and for other purposes. The Finance Committee reported as a sub stitute a bill to protect the people of this State from the illegal issue and negotiation of bonds—providing for a commission of three, one to be elected by the Senate and two by the Honse, to investigate all past transactions of ’ that character. Mr. Brown moved to strike out “commis sioners elected” and insert “committee ap pointed.” Tho motion prevailed by yeas 22 to nays 13. The report was adopted and the bill passed. ; A bill to allow contractors and sub-contrao. tors on railroads a lien on the same for labor done in the construction thereof. Mr. Brown offered an amendment “for all la bor done nnder contract made with any railroad company.” j The bill was dismissed by Messrs. Brnton, Nnnnally, Candler, Simmons and Hillyer, and pending which the hour of 1 o’clock arrived and the Senate was deolared adjourned. House.—Tho Honse met at 9 o’clock A. sr. Speaker Smith in the chair. Prayer by Bev. Mr. Heidt. Journal of yesterday read and approved. Mr. Benfroe introduced a bill to change the time of holding the Superior Courts in the Middle Circuit; and also, a bill to incorporate { the city of Sandersville, which were read the first time. On motion of Mr. Gray, the rules were sus pended to take np a resolution providing for , the appointment of a joint committee to in- j quire into the legality of the lease of peniten tiary convicts. .. „ _ , On motion of Mr. Goldsmith, Mr. Gray s resolution wa3 laid on the table. The unfinished busine?s, to-wit, the bill to appoint commissioners to investigate the af fairs of this State, was resumed. Mr. Phillips continned his argument. He said that Mr. Scott’s bill wonld organize a com' mission, with the powers of a court, and if the gentlemen proposed as members of that commission are obnoxious to the 14th Amend ment, they conld not act; that he is against the new departure and the 14th Amendment, bnt he is unwilling to see anything done by this Honse which might result in damage to our State. He urged the adoption of his snbstitnte providing for the appointment of a Joint Com mittee from the Senate and Honso to make the proposed investigation. Mr. Simmons, of Gwinnett, said it is the dnty j of this Legislature to make this investigation, and the people expect it of ns. The com mis sion proposed by the bill wonld constitute a sort of court, and if any of its members were dis qualified under the fourteenth amendment, or should refuse to act, Mr. Conley would make appointments to fill vacancies. H9, therefore, fovored tho snbstitnte. Mr. Davis, of Newton, thought that none but the gniltv parties can imagine the magnitude of tho frauds which have been perpetrated against the Stato. They ought to be ferreted out and exposed, andhe favored tho commissionbeoanse those composing it wonld have more time than members cf the General Assembly. Mr. McMillan said that the charges of villiany againt high officials were as thick in the land as tho locusts of Egypt, and snch charges call for immediate investigation. Tho dnty of making it falls npon the shoulders of the members of thi3 General Assembly. Mr. Fon said he was at first epposed to Mr. Scott’s bill, bnt is now in favor of it. AU ad mit that an investigation ought to be made. Who shoniddo it is the only question. Tho sessions of thfa General Assembly are too short to make a thorough investigation throngh committees, therefore Mr. Scott’s bill should be passed. If the commissioners to bo ap pointed by tho bill are ineligible under the fonrteontti amendment then it would equally ap ply to an Irishman, not a Swede or other person sent to Europe to bring immigrants to Georgia. Mr. Jackson called the previous question. The call was not snstained. Mr. Bacon was opposed to the passago of the bill; did not admit that members of this Legis lature are wantiDg in ability or experience. They were not sent here because tbeir superiors are ineligible. Again, it is true the investiga tion cannot be finished before the end of the session; bnt the committee can continue their labors after adjournment, and its members could certaioly spore as much time as lawyers who stand at the head of the profession. Mr. Johnson, of Jefferson, opposed the bill. The members of the Legislature are competent to make this investigation—were elected to do it, and tbeir constituents expect them to do' their foil duty. Mr. Biiey also opposed the bill. Tbe mem bers of the General Assembly can do the work, and he did not see tho use of getting ontside men to do it. Mr. Hillyer said that persons of all parties wanted this investigation made, bnt members of both political parties should be appointed on the committee. If the charges are true he, for one, would be glad to see punishment fall on the guilty. Mr. Peeples favored tho original bill. He wanted on the commission a good lawyer, a good banker, and a good merchant, and suggested the names of Phillip Clayton, Junius Hillyer and John A. Doane. Mr. Phillips accepted the substitute offered by Mr. Simmons, of Gwinnett, for hia substitute. Mr. Pierce argued in favor of the substitute. No assurance had been given that the com missioners mentioned in tho bill wonld serve, and though ho had no respect for the bastard amendments to the Constitution of tho Unite! States, wonld follow out tho policy of this Honse and respect said amendments as law, till repeal. Then the ineligibility of these gen tlemen wonld prevent tho fall discharge uf this duty. Mr. Dell favored the substitute, but said it wonld almost reconcile him to vote for the bill if be knew the gentlemen named therein conld and wonld serve. Mr. Anderson wa3 neither for the bill nor the substitntes; he was glad to hear compliments to the intelligence of members of the Legislature, and was not willing to admit that all the intel* ligence of the State is in men nnder disabilities. He favored the appointment of a small Joint Committee who wonld be authorized to employ an expert banker, a skillful lawyer, and an ex perienccd railroad man to ferrit ont these vil- lanies. This idea, bo said, had been sug gested to him by Mr. Wood, of Walker. Mr. Scott concluded the argument in favor of his bill. Mr. Riley called the previous ques tion. The call was sustained. On the motioD to adopt the snbstitnte, the yeas and nays were called for with the follow ing result—yeas 128; nays 12. So the substi tute was adopted. The Committee on Internal Improvements reported in favor of adopting a memorial ad dressed to Congress, in relation to the canal between the Mississippi River and the Atlantic ocean, and in relation to the appointment of a committee to visit Washington to farther the memorial. A message from the Governor was received but not read. Thfa message returned the bill to.order a speoial eleotion for Governor, withont approval. The Honso was declared adjourned nntil 9 a. m , to-morrow. S. L. Gen. Sheehan on Gen. Grant’s Military Peace Policy.—A reporter of the New York Herald reports some remarks made by General Sherman as part of an “interview” with that officer, jnst prior to his departure for Europe on tho frigate Wabash. Being asked about the administration polioy in the South, the Gen eral said; “I don’t care to speak plainly on these mat ters. It is not in my line of duty. I think, however, that when the war was ended warfare against our brethren of'the South should have ceased. The negroes are well disposed and a kindly people, but they are not, as a class, posted in the science of government, but they are apt to make mistakes and behave rashly. Bat I have no doubt whatever that everything will tarn ont all right in the end. The Union men in the South were never a very fine class of people, and some down there now wonld be bettor ont of it, but their presence in the late insurrectionary Staten affords no proper excuse for acts of lawlessness.” “Then, General, yon do not approve of the repressive acts of the Federal Government?” “I think a mistake has been made. They are not all rascals in the South. The majority of the people are the best citizens of the repnblio. The young men that followed the retreating Confederates into Texas, the men of the army of Virginia, and the lads of the West who leaned toward the South, are capital fellows, though mistaken. These, in my opinion, should have been appointed to positions under the government as marshals, postmasters, internal revenue collectors and to other Federal and State offices, instead of being driven into op position. I really believe that these yonng men represented the South, and that they were ready to cry “peccavi” and support the govern ment. I am sorry they were not treated prop erly. But it will be all right in the end.” Tttt! Old and the New.—The New Orleans papers have resurrected the following advertise ment from the columns of the Fioayune, of December 10,1841, as furnishing some clew to the previous history of Lieutenant-Governor Dana: $5 Regard—Ran Away—From the subscriber on the 23d November last, the negro boy, Osoar Dunn, an apprentice to the plastering trade. He is of griffe color, between twenty and twenty- one years of age, and about five feet ten or eleven inches high. All persons are cautioned not to harbor said boy, nnder penalty of the law. Wilson & Patterson, Corner St. John and Common streets. FIGnTIKG A BEAR IN A CATTLE CAR. An Indian Locked up with Beasts—A Ter rible Fight. The men on the mixed train going west yes' terday morning had a pretty good-sized sensa tion just as the train arrived in Bothwell. As the noise of the wheels subsided unusual and excited sounds were heard issuing from a bond ed car which all along the passage from tbe Suspension Bridge had remained nnder look and key, attracting no espeoial notice from any. one, as no one on the train seemed aware of its true contents. Grade ally the noise grew louder and more exoited, snuffling was heard, accom panied by yells and imprecations from a hnman voice, and a series of low, fierce snarls and growls as from an enraged and powerful ani mal; then a shuffling to and fro, and more ex cited bnt perfectly unintelligible exclamations. The men were at a loss what to make of all this, and marvelled exceedingly. A crowd collected, and noises of the same character continned within. There appeared to be a terrible rumpus in side the car, which each moment grew more desperate and alarming. All at once a violent thumping against the door and the voice of the man, which had by this time grown more co herent, that sounded faint and smothered, broke ont in exclamatory appeals, “Brek door! brekdoor! Injin get kill!” After which tho struggle seemed to be renewed more furiously than ever, the Indian giving vent to short yells of pain and distress. No time was lost by the men ontside, who proceeded at once to obey the call, and break the lock. No sooner had the door been partially opened than ont sprang a strapping young In dian in a terribly excited state of mind, minus his hat, with his clothing hanging in shreds abont his body, and displaying several bleediDg wounds. He was well nigh exhausted, bnt did not stop running till be had got behind the station honse in a place of safety, where he stood panting for breath for some minntes before any ono of those who snrronnded him conld elicit any information from him as to the nature of the ordeal throngh which he had passed. That, however, was perfectly intelligi ble to those who witnessed his escape, for be had no sooner got clear than a large black bear came snnffiog at the door, wanting to get ont too and pursue his enemy like a roaring lion to devour him. On seeing the men, however, and probably not caring to jamp into the immediate presence of so many persons, Bruin recoiled and sneaked into a corner, from which he glared savagely at them. There were several other animals in the car, some of them in cages, and some securely fas tened np with chains and ropes. Among them was a yonng cab belonging to the oid bear, who at once took refage behind his ma in the cor ner, apparently somewhat bashful at the ap pearance of so many grown men. There was also an antelope, a couple of monkeys, a wild- kangaroo, some curious specimens of the feath ered creation, and a box of snakes, which re mained comfortably coiled np in their blankets, either too tired or sleepy to tako any part in the fnss. The collection, it appears, belonged to a traveling showman, who proposed to exhibit in a western towm The Indian boy, for he was scarcely ont of his teens, although big and muscular, as soon a3 he conld collect his ideas, and began to realize that bo was safe and sonnd, related that he was employed by the proprietor at eight dollars a month to attend the animals in their travels as keeper, that he had been shnt np with them in the car for nearly three days, with nothing to eat bnt bread and tnrnips, and with only water to drink, that the old bear had become restive in the car while on the journey, probably from hanger and thirst, and ended by committing an assault upon him, which he repelled as long as he was able to hold out. He thought every moment he would have to give in, and consent to be eaten np for breakfast by the she bear and her interesting offspring. Twice she got her arms fondly aronnd him, and wonld cer tainly have hugged him to death but for the herculean strength which enabled him to throw her off, and spnrn her advances. Being some what cramped in her physical energies by the confinement and dnll routine of show life, be sides being not so young as she nsed to be, she was the more easily overcomo and failed to make as stont an attack as the circum stances seemed to demand from her. The yonng man from the country parts, however, was determined not to be “taken in” any more by the deceptions and allurements of side show life, and then and there resolved to abandon a profession in which he discovered he had neither the talent nor education to shino very resplend ency. • “He tink me big fool 1” said he; “Injin only get §8 a month, and a chance to get ate np into the bargain. No, no, my friends, that muchly too thin! Ugh! Not for Joseph—not if he knows it?”—Toronto paper, Sumner as an Interviewer—How But ler was Beaten at Ills Own Game. The Atlanjio Monthly for December gives an account of the interview between B. F. Butler and Senators Snmner and Wilson, of Massa chusetts, during the recent canvass by the first for the repnblican nomination to the governor ship of that State, and after tho appearance of a newspaper paragraph, which asserted by author ity that the Senators opposed Butler’s candi dacy. The Atlantic’s account says: ‘ ‘Immediately after the General’s arrival in Boston he proceeded to Mr. Snmner’s rooms, in the Goolidge Honso, and fonnd the Senator busy over his morning work, and comfortably chatting with his colleague. Taking the morn ing paper from his pocket, the General read tho paragraph above quoted. “This purports to be by authority,’ said he: “is this true?” “Yes, General.” Turning to Senator Wilson, “Did you concur, sir?” “I did.” “After an opening skirmish the General began to insist that hfa speeches were not correctly reported; bnt the Senator reminded him that the Springfield and Worcester speeches were evidently written out or revised by himself, and those speeches were enough. Btfiled at this point, General Butler brought up his reserves. ‘This all comes,’ ho retorted, of your hostility to Grant. I am for him and you are against him. I have foreseen thfa, bnt thought it would not come before May; bnt I am ready for it. You have always been against Grant, and every measure of hfa administration.’ ‘Ah 1’ said Mr. Snmner, ‘every measure? Be good enough, General, to name one.’ ‘The Santo Domingo treaty.’ ‘Waiving the question,’ said Mr. Sum ner, ‘whether this was an administration measure be good enough toname another.’ To this there was no answer.’ ‘You are silent, General; please mention one olherl’ The General re mained tranquil. ‘Yon aro still silent, General Butler! You mention only the Santo Domingo treaty, and yet yon allege that I have been against every measure of ihe administration. I ask again Tor an answer. Now, General,’(after a panse.) ‘have yon not been against the treaty, so that in opposition to tho administration we are even?’ General Bntler then proceeded to qnote certain language which he alleged Mr. Snmner had used in disparagement of the President, adding. ‘I have an affidavit of it.’ The Senator said that this matter of obtaining affidavits seemed a little too much according to the practice of the criminal oonrts. ‘Bnt,’ said he, ‘General, to be frank, do you think any bet ter of General Grant than I do? No answer. ‘You are silent General; you do not answer me. I ask you again, do you think any better of Grant than I do ? I know yon do not. This I know.’ Here Senator Wilson joined in conver sation, and it became less pointed, and in a few minntes General Bntler took his leave. The Sugar Crop.—The editor of the Planter’s Banner, after a visit to several sugar planta tions, thus sums up his observations: Planters ar# most of them very much dissat isfied with their yield, and all agree that the crop cannot exceed that of 1870 in amount.— Some of the large cane fa hollow in the lower joint, whioh is a bad indication. They say the extraordinary rains in the growing season did the cane crop mnch harm. Then the October storm hnrt the rankest and best cane. Finally, the warm, wet weather since sugar making com menced, started vegetation and reduced the yield very muob. How All Slcoot Caught a Chicken and What Else no Caught. Not for from San Jose lives an old lady whose frugality has verged so closely upon parsimony that she has actually the reputation of being miserly. She has a son, whose wild habits, dis solute ways and propensity for playing practi cal jokes will some day lead him to tbe gallows or to editing a daily paper in San Jose. Next, bnt by no means least in tho trio whose names will be passed down to history throngh this re cital, fa a worthy representative of the Flowery Kingdom named Ah Skoot—the latter very fond of experiment. Now to the facts: Not long since a party consisting of.a baker’s dozen of Sau Joso ladies visited the ranch where the old lady, by raising chickens, keeps the wolf from the door, and drops an occasional five-cent piece into tbe deacon’s hat as he takes np the weekly contribu tions on Sunday. The ladies belonged to the “sewing cirole,” and the old lady determined in tbe fullness of her heart to decapitate a chicken, npon which these thirteen hungry Christians were to dine. Ah Skoot received his orders to that effeot, and immediately repaired to the poultry yard to carry them into execution (tho orders, not the poultry.) How to catch a chicken in the daytime was now tho difficult problem which exercised the brain of the Chinee. Abont thfa time Jim, the old lady’s son, hove in sight, and to Ah Skoot’s interrogations answered in this wise; “Now, look here, Skoot, you jest git some com, and I’ll tell you what to do then.” The neoessary articles were duly proonred. The hopefnl James had loaded the gun plom np to the muzzle, and telling Skoot to throw down some corn, abont two hundred chickens put in an appearance. Now the Chinaman, as before stated, was qnite fond of experiments, and reaching for the gnn, he took aim at a noble rooBter, who, towering above the others, in the pride of his yonth and roosterhood, was entirely nnsnspicions of the coming storm. It fa per haps needless to state that James Immediately ensconced himself behind a large tree, ont of harm’s way. Abont this time a report, which wonld have done eredit to a twenty-four pound er, aronsed the folks in the honse, who, en masse, rushed ont to the scene of the slaughter. At first nothing was visible bnt smoke and dust, next abont two score of chickens were rising and falling, floppingand squeaking. The gronnd was strewn with the mangled remains of abont forty more, while the remainder of thfa once in teresting flock were making for neighboring ranches, to avoid another earthquake. Bnt what of Ah Skoot? Did that mass-of torn and disheveled rags resemble tho once fes tive yonth, whoso delight had once been to ex periment? It was he. - The kind ladies ap proached him, and tenderly, oh! so tenderly, raising his head, they essayed to administer spiritual consolation from an old black bottle, which the old lady produced. By and by the distorted features showed signs of animation, seeing which the old lady said: “Speak to me Skooty! Oh, speak to me!” John raised hfa head and gave vent to the following: “Speakee! Wassy matter speaky? More brandy, more brandy; G—d d—n, too muchy shooty*!” It fa perhaps unnecessary to add that John is now in quest of another situation. An Arizona Grand Jury Presentment —Is the Army following the Civil Service ? The Tucson Citizen, of October 28, contains tho following extract from the report of the United States grand jury of Pima county, Ari zona : “We find that the habit of beastly drunken ness has generally prevailed, with few marked exceptions, among the officers commanding at Camp Grant, Camp Goodwin and Camp Apache, whore the Apache Indians have been fed; that tbe rations issued at these camps to the Iudians have freqnently been insnfficiont for their sup- port-and unjustly distributed, sometimes bones being issued instead of meat; that one quarter master of the United States said he made a sur plus of 12,000 ponnds of corn in issuing rations to the Indians of Camp Goodwin. “We find that a commanding officer, while commanding at Camp Apache, gave liquor to tho Apache Indians and got beastly drunk with them from whisky belonging to tho hospital de partment of the United States government; also, that another officer of the United States army gave liquor to said Indians at said camp; that officers of the United States army at these camps where the Indians are fed are in the habit of using their official position to break tho chastity of the Indian women. “In conclusion of the labors of this United States grand jury, we wonld say that five hnn dred of our neighbors, friends and fellow-citi-- zens, have fallen by the mnrdoring hand of the Apache IndiaD, clothing in the garb of mourning the family circle in many of the hamlets, towns and cities of all the cities of onr country. This blood cries-from the gronnd to the American people for justice—justice to all men!” Perils of Addressing Actresses* From the New York Sun.] A charming actress who plays light parts in ono of onr theaters, who is also an excellent wife and mother, had been annoyed by the overwhelming attentions of a young down town jeweller. At last, his notes and bouquets becoming too frequent, she mentioned the faot to her husband, who immediately fired np and threatened to punish the infatuated youth. A powerful athlete, he armed himself with a cane of the genus bludgeoD, and left his hotel the next morning with the avowed intention of giv ing his rival a few blows and teaching him to mind hfa own business. Entering the shop where he was employed, he strode hastily throngh and inquired if there was a young man there named H . “There fa,” said the owner of the establishment; “he is at the win dow tinkering watches. Mr. H , you are wanted.” As the little male flirt aroGe and con fronted the large man, he trembled and turned pale. “Did yon send my wife these notes?” said he, producing some of the offending billet- doux. “I—I—yes—I did,” stammered tho culprit, trembling in every limb. He saw the weapon, and he thought his time had come. Well, well,” said the broad-shonldered, big- hearted actor, reaching over the counter and patting the poor, frightened fellow gently on the top oi the head, “look here, bnbby, you must not do so any more.” And he left poor H to the tender meroies of his fellow clerks. The story of the Countess Benedetli, wife of the Fronoh Minister to Prussia, is worth re cording. Sho was once a Greek slave, landed at Alexandria by Jooosi, the celebrated mer chant at Constantinople. She had been edu cated for sale, and was consequently full of ac complishments. One of the wealthiest of Arab bankers in Alexandria purchased the girl to wait npon his wife, to whom he was mnch at tached.* The Greek girl, lively and amusing, diverted the ennui of the harem, and soon be came the ruling spirit there. Ih course of Bigg the wife died, and the aged husband, regretting that he oonld not marry her, adopted her as hfa child and the heir to his enormous fortune. At hfa death the former slave inherited his wealth, and Benedetti, at that time a young attache be longing to the French Consulate at Alexandria, happened to present himself to the heiress, won her affections, and they were married. The old merchant’s money enabled Benedetti to cut his way to a conspicuous position In diplomacy, and hfa wife, lovely and accomplished, reigned for a long time over the world of fashion in . Paris. "Beddoing the Public Debt— The Govern ment Show.—A Washington speoial of the 13th, says: “Tho process of reduction of the fiebtreveals some interesting concomitant facts, showing in a peifeotly. unanswerable manner how the burdens of the people are being re moved. As has already been stated, the total redaction of the debt sinoe March 1, 1869, ia §279,749,811 68, and the monthly interest oharge on the total debt has decreased from $10,532,462 50 on the 1st of March, 1869, to §9,068,453 41, or, in other words, the redaction of the debt is now saving to lira country in in terest §1,864,009 08 per month, or at tho rata
