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The Georgia Weekly Telegraph and Journal &c Messenger. Telegraph and Messenger. MACON NOVEMBER 28 1871. Democratic State Convention. Special to Macon Telegraph and Messenger.] Forsyth, Ga., November 22.—A Convention of the Democratic party wiU assemble in At lanta on Wednesday, the Cth day of December next, at 10o’clock, a. si., to nominate a candi date for Governor. By direction of the State Democratic Execu tive Committee. % CuFFonn Andebson, Chairman. Trasliy Boohs ami Slnsic In Sunday Schools. The Now York Son, of Saturday, has a very sensible and apropos article on this subject, which we heartily endorse. The editor gives several specimen stanzas from hymns he re cently heard sung by a choir of a thousand children at the Brooklyn Rink, on some anni versary occasion, which are simply idiotic bosh. For example, these two: “The poor cripple has a ebanqo for glory, As good a chance as you or I; Christ will listen to his story,. He will hear the cripple’s cry. “Ho always pities poverty And scorns not those who have to bog; His grace for every woe’s sufficient— One can go to heaven with a wooden leg. The person who wrote this stuff would cer tainly go to Heaven if being the possessor of a wooden head were a pre-requisite. And too many of our Sunday school books, also, we may say, aro as liable to criticism and censure as the hymns from which such quota tions as the above aro made. Those who write them seem to know nothing whatever about real boy and girls, nor even of human nature. Their premise, most generally, is that there are only two classes of children in the world the disgustingly sanctimonons, and the absolutely and unqualifiedly wicked. Their good girls are usually only a very little lower than angels, and their good boys, such mean, sneaking, hypocrites as are never seen anywhere outside the pages of these trashy Sunday school books. And their wicked boy is as great a carricature as the good boy. He is as great a monstrosity as was ever painted in a ten cent blood and thunder novel—though, on the last page, he is frequently suddenly transformed into a saint, and sent straight to Heaven. Wo really think it is about time to purge our Sunday School shelves of such stuff. It is un wholesome and pernicious in the extreme, be cause it gives those whose minds are peculiarly plastic, false impressions in a guise, and at a time, when it is peculiarly important that the very reverse should be the case. One of the strongest objections urged against novel read ing is that it is calculated to give young persons false views of life, and to unfit them for the reception and relish of other and more whole some mental food. The same objection, it seems to us, applies and with equal, if not greater force to the class of Sunday School liter ature we have alluded to. What child, after becoming accustomed to the unnatural diet set forth in this sort of Sunday Schoolbooks, can rest satisfied with food of a plainer and more whole some description ? As well expect an average boy, under the spell of his first introduction to dear old Robinson Crusoe, to cheerfully turn his back upon that delightful person, and greed ily embrace the disgusting imps that lurk and grin through the multiplication table and deci mal fractions? As one of the sagest of the Roman philosophers remarked: It’s “agin natur.” Let those whom it most concerns, and who can work a reformation in this matter, set about it at once. There is urgent need and ample room for a thorough one. “Honey Abundant!” The Nashville Banner, of Sunday, says: In the States South of us money seems to be more abundant than at any time since the war, though last season was anything but a prosper ous one in a pecuniary point of view. It W83 expected that there would be a heavy drain upon New York to move the cotton crop, but thus far there has been scarcely any Southern demand for currency, though about C00.000 bales of the crop have been marketed. ' Mr. Banner come down this way and point Out just a little of this abundance, for we can- sot see it. Our fixed impression is that money in Central Georgia, is a3 yet not very much more plentiful than it was in mid summer. The fact is until factors’ acceptances are disposed of and debts cancelled all round, it takes very littlo money to move the crop. It is a general transfer of claims, that sets very little money afloat in the eountry. We hope the remainder of the crop will set currency afloat and ease the pinch a little. Tbe Great Problem of the Future. George Wilkes has written a letter from Paris, in which ho relates and reviews at considerable length the groat politico-labor movements in Europo and this country. He says that the working classes of the world will be the supreme power of the future. The relations of capital and labor are to be the great questions divid ing parties here and elsewhere, on which the New York Commercial remarks: Wo have buried slavery, we have settled the problem of secession, and now we are to face the issues raised by the mighty labor move ment whose violent and revolutionary princi ples are represented by the Internationale Society. But behind this dangerous organiza tion aro the aspirations of workingmen who would not achievo their ends by disorder, ana to whoso solicitations the politicians of the future cannot be indifferent. The “Inter nationals” may perish of their own folly, bnt the problems arising from the relations of capi tal and labor will clamor for solution, and will be, in point of importance to some future generation of our people, what the slavery question has been to ns. Stbawbebbifs is November.—At Dr. O. Col lins’ residence in Macon, on Monday, eighteen guests wore furnished with as many ample plates of strawberries whioh had ripened in the open air. What is remarkable, the strawberries were of large size—some of them an inch and a quarter in diamater, and they were also full flavored and sweet—not the nsual acrid or tasteless things that these berries aro apt to be When maturing out of season. Veto of the Election Bill.—Acting Gov ernor Conley put himself in the ungraceful and unjustifiable attitude of votoing the bill forja special election for Governor according to the Constitution, but his veto was overruled in both houses yesterday. We have not yet seen that instrument, bnt learn that the Governor hangs it on the constitutional provision for canvassing the returns of tho regular gubernatorial election. If so, a poorer pretence for a veto could not be imagined. A Gbeat Fiee in Charlotte, North Carolina, broke out at 2 o’clock last Saturday morning, and destroyed about thirty-five thousand dol lars’ value of property on which there was some $24,000 insurance. The Observer says it was undoubted the work of incendiaries. Quezn Victoria Sane.—Dr. McLeod states officially that he has attended the Queen for over thirteen years, and declares that all reports that Her Majesty has shown symptoms of mental weakness aro unqualifiedly false. v Tim Boston Post says: “The hide of a Bul lock is very thick; but the Governor’s attempt to hide his rascality is very thin.” The importers of New York, have published a letter, whioh complains of the obstruction to . goods coming through the Custom House. Tbo Fence Question. The farmers tell us we must stir up the Leg islature on tho fence question—that fence tim ber is getting very scarce in the old counties, and old field pine saplings aro perishable and costly fencing material; and lastly that in these piping days of freedom mauling rails and lay ing fences is far below tho dignity of freedmen; and what is more they won’t do it This is bringing things to a crisis very fast. And this crisis is all tho more alarming because every negro keeps a long nosed runt of a hog who will go through a poor fence into your corn field before you can say Jack Robinson; and then, vice versa, as negro won’t build much of a fence around his own corn or potatoe patch, or tolerate trespassers in the shape of white man’s stock, what he does do is to sit in the door of his cabin on hot summer days, gun in hand, and shoot every cow, calf and pig which goes through or jumps over his shabby inclo sure. This makes it tight times for white men, and white men are therefore clamoring long and loudly for a law to prevent all stock from going at large. But a great many difficulties surround this subject and it seems to us the Georgia Agricul tural Societies ought to take it up—study into and digest it, and present to the Legislature the scheme of a stock law which will meet the sit uation. If possible, the interests of counties devoted to stock raising and of counties whose main business is agricultural must be harmon ized. Some will say this will be easily done by exempting the former from the operation of a stock law. But then, what shall be done where such counties abut—where county lines meet— on one side of which are large cattle ranges, and on the other cultivated farms ? This is the main trouble to be solved. It is a clear case that the range in agricultural counties is not worth a tithe of the fence expenses, while in tho cattle counties the fences amount to little or nothing. Meanwhile, the cost of fencing and tho diffi culty of keeping it up in the agricultural coun tries is yearly increasing, and the practical value of tho range becoming less, and the necessity of some remedy daily growing more urgent. Let the farmers themselves take hold of this matter and embody their views and wants through a bill to be presented to the Legislature. Each county club or association might discuss this matter and send one of their best men to a common convention of delegates, and altogether agree upon a remedy which might be authori tatively pressed on the General Assembly. On the importance of the topic, consider the fol lowing statement, which wo And in one of our exchanges: Some one has been approximating the first cost of all the fences in the United States, put ting it at $1,290,000,000. These must be en tirely renewed every ten years, making the annual cost of fences $129,600,000. The Georgia State Agricultural Society has al ready recommended the passage of a fence law to tho Legislature, bnt they failed to furnish a sheme. Tbe Champion Monster Discovered- lie Poors Kerosene over His Wife, Sets Her on Fire and Barns Her to a Crisp. , A Boston dispatch to the Herald, of Sunday, from Lynn, Mass., says that a barber of that city named John G. Clinton, was arrested Sat urday night, charged with first beating his wife in a most shocking manner, and then pouring kerosene over her and setting her on fire. She was literally roasted to death. Her body was still burning when found, and presented a sick ening appearance. There were marks of vio lence on her head consisting of two or three cuts, looking as though they had been made with some dull instrument. On her breast were also wounds, which appeared to have been caused by something beside the flames. The features were rendered unrecognizable, and the hair was burned close to the head, leaving the skull bare and horribly crisped, and black flesh was dropping from her hands, arms and body. Democratic State Convention.—A telegram from Clifford Anderson, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, dated at For syth, was received at this office yesterday even ing about 4 o’clock. We presume similar tele grams were sent to all parts of the State. It calls a convention of the Democracy of the State in Atlanta, on Wednesday, the Cth day of December next, for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Governor. Let the counties all act as soon as possible for the appointment of delegates. A meeting in this county might be held on Saturday the 2d of December. We sug gest it to the people and the committee. Editorial Correspondence. Savannah, November 20, 1871. Taking a leaf from our Macon programme, the enterprising inhabitants of this magnificent Southern city, are sparing no pains to make their industrial exhibition tho reflex and expo nent of its rapid growth and prosperity. Nu. merous committees will be in attendance at each steamboat and railroad arrival, to provide ac commodations, and extend a suitable welcome to the expected visitors. The exquisite taste of the ladies also has been called into requisi tion to adorn and beautify the ample halls of the exhibition, and the mossy drapery of the forest, interspersed with evergreens, flowers and rare exotics, will conceal and enrobe the the rough handiwork of the mechanic. Entries keep pouring in, and there is danger that many will arrive too late to be ticketed and displayed. As this is the first exposition of first class di mensions opened to Southern Georgia and Florida, the crowd from those sections will be immense. Thousands will flock in from Charles ton and Carolina, also. The projected amusements of the week alone, are sufficiently tempting to draw a multitude in quest of pleasure and recreation. The raoss, regatta, balloon ascension, theatricals, etc., eto., aside from the shipping, park, and other lions of the city, will greatly interest the quiet denizens of the country. The late heavy frosts also have removed all fear of sickness, and the ancient city of Oglethorpe will enjoy a very carnival of fun and excitement daring the pres ent week. All tho passenger cars of the old Central last sight, were crowded to repletion, and to the praise of the efficient President of the Com pany, Mr. Wadley, be it spoken, that he sur rendered his own sleeping birth for the accom modation of a passenger.. Several of our Maoon citizens are already here and we trust the Central City will bo num erously represented. COTTON FBOSFEOT. Prices of the great staple rule very firm to day and it is generally conceded that a marked improvement is bound to occur in a few weeks. Bayers are evidently waiting until the “lien men” have delivered their last bale under the spur of binding obligations, before they will raise their bids. How unfortunate that the re action will inure mainly to the benefit of the speculator. This must continue to be so, how ever, until our people can castoff the shackles of debt and assume an independent attitude. But this consummation can never be looked for unless the planter will raise his own bread and meat in abundance. The weather is warm end humid, and the prospect unfavorable for the exhibition. No vember is generally a dry month, however, and we hope for the best Senator Norwood’s election is hailed frith the liveliest satisfaction in this city. He will be true as steel to the interests of Georgia. H.H. J. THE GEOKGIA PBESS. We have received tho second issue of the Hancock Sentinel, a new paper just established at Sparta, which promises to be, when consid • erably better printed than this number, a cred itable addition to Georgia journalism. From it we copy these items: “Axident.”—In Dixsey, on last Tuesday, a Radical negro was thrown over the head of a mule. When reaching the ground his first reply wss, “you darn’d old Democrat.” On Thursday night a colored individual of this neighborhood, while engaged in tho attempt surreptitiously to increase her supply of winter fuel, loaded herself so heavily that, on her re turn, while crossing a gutter, her strength gave way, and she fell into it, severely injuring, if not breaking her back. On Friday, the 10th inst., Mr. Thomas Hob by killed a young man named Ben. Roberts, both citizens of this county. We understand that the difficulty arose from an old grudge on the part of Roberts. The affair happened in the public road. The body of Roberts was taken about five miles from the place of the killing, where aninquest was held. Tho verdict of the Coroner’s jury, wo hear, is justifiable homicide. The foreign shipments of cotton from Savan, nah, on Saturday, were 5,711 bales of uplands- valued at $420,895.and 22 bales of sea island, valued at $4,478. The Savannah Fair follows pretty nearly in our track in the matter of outside shows. There will bo a balloon ascension, a band belonging to a Federal infantry regiment, Weston, the hop- skip and jumper, who calls it walking, with the addition of a race between five Apacho (?) In dians. There were three robberies and attempts thereat at Savannah last week, in one of which Mr. Augustus Barie, druggist, lost some valua ble papers, $20 in silver and $75 in greenbacks, Speaking of the illiberal proscriptions of Con gress embraced in the Fourteenth Amendment and the enforcement act, which make all who held office before tho war, and “aided tho re bellion,” ineligible and liable to proseoution and fine if they run for office, the Athens Ban ner says: We are utterly opposed to the sentment too commonly expressed, that holds in light estimate the wisdom, experience and virtue of the class of men thus proscribed. “Down with the old leaders, and give the young men a chance,” is the agrarian cry of groundings, who in compe- tion with men of brains could never rise above mediocrity. We must consent to see those we have heretofore honored and trusted give place to men of inexperience, because it is the stem demand of power; but let us never admit the wisdom or justice of the demand by endorsing it, and thereby cast reproach upon those who have devoted their lives to the publio service. “We have only to compare the laws and the ad ministration of the laws, in the days when these ‘old leaders’ were in office, with the wreck, and waste, and plunder which have followed their displacement to have convincing cvidonco that the change has been disastrous. The 'old lead ers’ are the jewels of our political heritage. Let us cherish them, and not cast them aside with contempt, while we are compelled to accept the pinchbeck regime which God in his wisdom has permitted to afflict us.” Wo see from the last issue of the Southern Christian Advocate that Rev. F. Milton Kenne dy, who was recently chosen to succeed Dr. Myers as editor of that paper, has accepted the position. Frank James, a Grant voter, of Atlanta, stole a coat on Saturday, was married Sunday, and took dinner in jail on Monday. Such ex press speed is enough to make James’ head swim. Mrs. Jonathan Milner, of Griffin, died Mon day morning. We find the following items in the Monroe Advertiser, of yesterday: Diabolic An Plot.—We have recently come in possession of the facts relative to the whole sale attempt at arson on tho premises of Mr. K. C. Taylor, near Colaparchee, on the night of the 12th. Abont 10 o’clock fire was discov ered under the main dwelling, but fortunately in time to prevent any serious damage to the building. A few moments after it was extin guished, the alarm was again sounded, when it was found that the incendiaries had set fire to the crib, which was filled with corn, fodder and oats. Within five minutes the building with its contents wonld have been in ashes. It is believed that this diabolical plot was insti gated by Henry Bell and his sons, Ben and George, freedmen, who were discharged by Mr. Taylor, during the summer, for neglect of duty. Crop Statement.—The crops are generally gathered in this county. Tho area in corn was about the same as last year, with abont onc^balf the yield. During July and August it was be lieved that the cotton crop would prove a fail ure, but the receipts at the warehouses indicate a half crop. This, of coarse, leaves the financial condition of the county anything but satisfac tory. It is true, many farmers show a clean balance sheet, but a majority executed obliga tions they are unable to meet, and in many in stances our merchants will be forced to grant farther indulgence, perhaps until next season. Good Farming.—Colonel A. Leary made twenty-one bushels of corn per acre, and seven bales of cotton to the hand, without tho use of fertilizers. Mr. W. G. McCook made seven bales of cotton, weighing 4S0 pounds each, forty bushels of corn, one hundred and fifty bushels of potatoes, besides peas, eto., without assistance. At a sale in Spalding county last week corn sold at 70 cents per bushel, cash, and $1 per bushel on twelve months time. We are indebted to tbe Atlanta Constitution, of yesterday, for these paragraphs: Mysterious Murder.—On Saturday morning last, about four o’clock, the body of a young man named George Jordan, about nineteen years of age, was found on the railroad track just below the depot and opposite tbe colored church in Newnan. The cow catcher struck him on the head, and one arm was broken. We learn that physicians who were summoned, and made an examination, give it as their opinion that he was killed and placed on the track as ho had other wounds on his person not inilioted by the engine or cars. We have not learned the result of the Coroner’s inquest. Arrested.—Three men from Campbell coun ty by the name of Grizzard wero brought up before United States Commissioner W. B. Smith yesterday, charged with violating the Ku-klux bill by beating an old negro man. The old gen tleman—A. J. Grizzard—was released on bond of $1,000, and the other two committed toawait a hearing on Friday next. The colored man is still confined to his bed. Death of an Estimable Lady.—Mrs. J. R. Wylie, wife of Colonel J. R. Wylie, one of our most prominent merchants, died last Sunday morning. We learn that her remains were taken to Gordon county for interment The Atlanta Era, of yesterday, says: Brunswick and Albany Railroad.—Wo are glad to learn that tbe reorganization of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad is complete, and that this work of internal improvement will soon be perfected Some changes have been made in tho Board of Directors. Mr. Sto- phenson, President of the Ocean National Bank of New York, was elected one of the directors, to fill tho vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Lewis Scofield, Esq., of this city. Charles L. Frost, Esq., was eleoted President of the road. The new organization assumes in full all the liabilities of the road, and will pay all debts that may have accrued. Furthermore, arrange ments have been made by which sufficient funds will be available for the immediate completion of the road, not only to Cuthbert, but also to- Enfaula, Alabama. The Atlanta Sun, of yesterday, has the fol lowing: Another Unsettled Item.—When H. L Kimball sold the Opera House to the State of Georgia there was a mortgage of $00,000 upon it—which mortgage is still unpaid. This mort gage was for that amount of money loaned to Kimball by the North Western Mutual Life In surance Company, to enable him to pay the purchase money, and assist in the building. That mortgage is still unsatisfied. Not a cent of the principal has ever been paid, and the in terest on it sinoe May last is due. Bullock knew that mortgage was against the property when it was purchased by the Legislature. Kimball knew it was unsatisfied when he deeded it to the State, warranting it to be free from all liens. Bollock paid Robert H. Brown $500 to investigate the title, and acoepted his opinion that the title was good. Mr. Brown must have known of the mortgage, for his law partner at the time, Judge Hopkins, knew it. Tho Life Insurance Company named, of which Dr Wm. H. White is the effi cient agent in this city, loaned this money here, and in addition to tho security of the mortgage on the property, required the building • n it to be kept insured, in the snm of $60,000, and the policies properly assigned to the Northwestern Mutual. Bullock has been keeping up this fire insurance, payiDg the premiums with the peo ple’s money, and specifying on the faca-of tho policies, that tho loss, if any should oeenr, must be paid to the company holding this mortgage. Another fact is significant. The deed made by Kimball to the State of Georgia has never been recorded, unless it has been done within a few days past. Hon. Wnght Brady, one of tho members of the Legislature from Sumter county, is now at his home qnick sick. The Sumter Republican folks announce that they are now living on two meal3 a day, in con sequence of subscribers failing to come to time, and are contemplating the prospects of living on one, if the stampsMon’t come in. As the almanacs say, now is a good time to start two or three other papers in Americas. The Savannnah Republican responds to the Atlanta Sun’s “wonder” whether all the papers in the State that are opposed to farming out the public printing are interested in it, by remind ing the “wonderer” that it was interested in having the Constitution beaten and the printing given to itself, and thinks the less tho luminary months abont selfishness and selfish motives the better. All of which is heartily approved and forwarded. Letters for J. N. Seymour and B. L. Wil- liDgham, of Macon, aro held for postage in tho Savannah office. Mr. Abram Foard, one of the oldest and best citizens of Bildwin county, died lost week, aged 81 years. We clip the following items from the last Sandersville Gaorgian: The late Washington Baptist Association adopted strong measures iq opposition to the manufaoture, sale or use, as a beverage, by church members, of intoxicating liquors. Mr. C. C. Brown, one of the sufferers by the ate fire at Linton, informs us that there is no donbt of the fire being the work of an incendi ary. Tho snfferers aro Dr. John Stone, Messrs. W. F. Womble, John Trawick, C. C. Brown, B. H. Miller and J. R. Goss. One stock of goods partially insured. No clue to tho perpetrators of the deed. Tho Talbotton American says a “small skir mish” occarred between tho printers in the Standard office last Monday evening, whioh was investigated by the devil who took a very prom inent part in the row. It lasted only three hours, which was pretty well for a “small skirmish.” Mr. Finlay, of Talbotton, shot and danger ously wounded a negro last Friday morning. Tbo negro had threatened to kill Mr. F. On the question whether Conley is Governor or Senator, the Chronicle and Sentinel presents this argument: According to the “moderate” theory of Dem ocracy, Benjamin Conley, President of tbe Sen ate at the time the Executive vacancy occurred, became “Governor,” to hold his office until his successor shall bo elected and qualified. If this be true, clearly Mr. Conley vacated not only his office as President of the Senate, bnt his Sena torial seat also; for no man can be Senator and Governor at the same time. Tho Senatorial seat of the 18th Senatorial District is, therefore, now vacant, and an eleetion shonld be held to fill the vacancy. If Mr. Conley is not “Gov ernor” clearly hois not President of tho Senate, and he shonld take his seat on tho floor of tho Senate, representing the people of the district who elected him. Now, which is it? Is Mr. Conley Governor or Senator ? If Governor, he is no longer Senator, and tho people of the 18th District are not represented; and if Senator, he is not Governor. Mr. W. J. Mims, who "was born and reared at Columbus, and daring the late civil war served as a member of the City Light Guards, died at Montgomery Sunday. His remains were brought to Columbus and buried on Monday. The editor of tho Columbus Sun, who was on a visit last Friday to Hon. A. H. Stephens, at Crawfordsvillo, thus refers to it: If some Northern Jenkins had, by chance, dropped down on “Liberty Hall,” Friday night, he would have supposed it was a Grand Con vocation of tho Grand Cyclops himself, prelim inary to a new rebellion. There was General Toombs, Judge Stephens, Billups, Reed, a son of Judge Reese, and three or four other law yers, besides two bloody editors. What a sot of conspirators, and what a place, to conccct “treasons and stratagems;” bnt “spoils” are gone since the Bnllock strayed or was stolen or stole. Stealing now is a “d id issue,” accord ing to tho old rule, “0 from 0 and 0 remains.” Politics, however, was scarcely mentioned, and discussions on law and anecdotes made Time fly on feathery pinions. Under the withering wit and keen sarcasm of Gen. Toombs, we had at our feast of reason and flow of soul— “Mirth that wrinkled care derides, And laughter holding both his sides.” A portion of the pews of the Baptist Chnrch at Columbus, were rented on Monday for $1,711 30. There are 100 more yet to be rented. Tho highest bid was $150. Five others brought $100 each. The North and South Railroad has secured the right-of-way for fifteen miles from Rome, at a cost of $2,300. The two negro Senators, Wallace, of Milledge- ville, and Deveaux, of Jones county, were up before the Mayor of Atlanta, Tuesday, on the charge of drunk and disorderly, firiDg off pis tols, etc. That tender-hearted functionary let them off with $5 and costs. The local of the Constitution learns that a paper is soon to be started in Atlanta under the name of the “Constitutional Monarchist,” and to be devoted to the advocacy of the doctrines of “Imperialism.” Which is, it strikes us, a very roundabout way of saying that another Radical paper is soon to be published. If they don’t all advocate Imperialism, what do they advocate? There are one hundred and ten lawyers, and seventy-seven licensed bar-rooms in Atlanta. The San thinks the latter fact explains the former. Wo learn from the Atlanta Sud, of yesterday, that the dwelling house “of Mr. George HarveJ, five miles west of Griffin, was entiroly destroyed on Monday night—the family barely escaping with their lives. The fire originated in the store-room, and had got so far under way that it was impossible to save even the clothing of the family. The loss amounts to about $2,500.” Brutal Sport.—The Gilroy (Cal. j Telegram thus describes a recent Sunday entertaiment, in San Juan (South): The boar was confined in a large cage, and after considerable work tho Mexicans managed to fasten one of his forepaws, and one hind one, with chains, and then Brain was taken out of the cage and the bnll brought into tbe corral, where the sports were held. The first round consisted of the bnll making a rash at the bear and knocking him over; bear gets np and seizes bnll by the fore leg and chews the flesh off it, making Taurus howl with pain; the bear was palled off by the Mexicans by means of a lariat The second and third rounds were both in favor of tho bear, who took the bnll literally by tho horns and endeavored to eat him np, commen cing at tbe head. The fourth and last round, the bear seized tho bnll by tho tail and pulled him down, bear under, who tried to complete his victory by eating from tbo other end, when they were again separated. Both the combat ants seemed to have had enough, as no amount of red flannel could aggravate the bnll, and poking with sharp sticks failed to excite the bear, so the fight ended, the bull being led out of the arena literally streaming with blood. Death of a Distinguished Functionary.— Lieutenant-Governor Oscar J. Dunn, the head of the Grant Black Legion of Thieves in Louisi ana, is dead. Dunn, we fear, was always a bad negro, even under the restraining influence of a master. State Fair of Louisiana.—Tho New Orleans Picayune of Sunday says of the State Fair now in progress there, that it is a brilliant exhibi tion, bnt has a meagre attendance. Tbe Governor—Hon, Hiram Warner. Editors Telegraph and Messenger: The General Assembly having passed the election law for Governor to fill the unexpired term of Governor Bullock, and the Demooratio party being abont to be called together in con vention to nominate a suitable candidate, al low me to suggest the Hon. Hiram "Warner as the man for tho times. In these times of dishonesty, corruption and rings, the Governor should be too honest to be suspected; too incorruptible ' to be ap proached by the agent of a ring. Such a man is Judge Warner. In these times of danger, of tyrannical in terference by the Federal Congress and Gov ernment, it is well to have for our Chief Exec utive a man influential at Washington. By his intimate association years ego with Senator Trumbull, and that gentleman’s personal knowledge of his character, Judge Warner is again pre-eminently the man for the times. In these times when it is so important to over haul the Executive Department and ferret out its corrupt expenditure of the people’s money, one familiar with tracing the subterfuges and windings of crime and criminals by a long life os counsel and judge, and one not afraid to-ex* pose crime because it might involve some of tho ring of his friends, is “par excellence” the man for the offico of Governor now—and Judge Warner is that man. In these times when most of the great men of our State—men whom the State honored whenshe was free—aro disabled from holding office, it is really most refreshing to think that wo have one man of the men so honored then who is eligible, and to whom we can entrnst the Chief Executive office now. That men is Judge Warner. In these times when the party and people are divided abont men to fill this high office, it is most fortunate that we can find one so far above all others in age, experience, and fitness for the high position as to command the confi dence and insure the support of all the honest voters of the State. Such a man is Judge War ner. No Politician. The Cartersville nnjtl Vau Wert Ball road. We have learned some facts in regard to the Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad that excite no pleasant sensations in the reader’s mind. On the 12th day of April, 1870, Mr. Cooper, the President of the road, delivered to Colone l D. G. Cotting, the Secretary of State, $100,000 of the road bonds for State indorsement, taking Cotting’s receipt for them to be substituted by Governor Bnllock. Tho road still holds Col. CottingVreceipt. On the same day tho rest of the bonds to the amount of $200,000 were de posited by Golonol Cooper with Perino Brown, agent of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company in Atlanta. On the 22d day of June, 1870, Mr. Brown de livered to Mr. Kimball $100,000 of the bonds in his possession on Colonel Cooper’s order. And on the 9th day of August, 1870, Mr. Brown delivered $15,000 more of the bonds to Mr. Kimball on Colonel Cooper’s order. Thus we Bee that $275,000 of these bonds were issued before five miles of the road was fully finished, Only 3 84-100 miles from Car- tersvillo to the Etowah was completed. The law allows the State indorsement to the bonds of $12,500 per mile when each five miles are done, or in batches of $02,500 for every five miles. In addition to the $275,000 of these bonds, Governor Bnllock has had issued $300,000 more, ostensibly to be exchanged for the first $275,' 000, but both sets are oat. - On the 11th of April, 1870, LamaD, Conant & Co , the contractors, wrote to Colonel Cooper requesting him to ask Governor Bullock to turn over to Clews & Co., of New York, the bond3 for advances when the bonds shall have been indorsed by him. On the 12th Colonel Cooper made the request of Governor Bullock. "Gov. Bullock indorsed these bonds knowing the road was nnbnilt. If we had nothing else against him, this violation of his duty alone would justify his impeachment. It is with pain we give these facts, beeanse they implicate parties respected hitherto. But we have no choice. Tho truth must be told, lot it hurt whom it may. This road is.22 miles long; $275,000 is the whole indorsement it is entitled to when done. Yet all was given before five miles was dene. And fourteen miles only is complete now. Thus has Bullock committed the State to the payment of a large amount of principal and interest ille gally. Clews & Co. hold the $275,000. Who have the last $300,000 is not known. Here is matter for the Legislature.—Consti tution. Helping Hie “Bears” Again The Golumbos Enquirer says: The Agricul tural Department has raised the estimate of tho cottou crop, which plays into the hands of the “bears.” It bases its last calculation upon the lateness of frost and the “top crop.” There may bo some grounds to expect a large yield from these conditions in other sections; but certainly the planters of Southwestern Georgia and Eastern Alabama are not able to see where their increased yield is to come from. All the reports and fignrings of the Department cannot make a large cotton crop ont of that now com ing in; and perhaps one good result of its mis take will be the recollection of it in coming years, when it may again undertake to advise tho world that the planters do not understand the condition of their own crops. Now let those planters who have paid their debts and have something over, just wait quietly until the “bears” have done their worst, and they will see some sport as well as pat money in their parses. If some of the big crop gentry don’t get a toping skyward and a hard fall on their return therefrom that they will remember all their lives, we shall be gTeatly mistaken. Will Tammany re Reorganized?—Under this head the Boston Post’s New York corres pondent, under date of Thursday last, writes as follows: Tbe general opinion appears to be that Tam many will have to keep in the background for some time to come. Its power is, for the pres ent, completely broken, and the men who have been foremost in managing it are shrewd enough to know that their best policy is inac tivity. But whatever may be the future of Tam many, it is certain that the Democratic party will be reorganized without mnch delay. Not withstanding the defeat it has just suffered, the party can and will get control of the State again. The majority against it on the Staie ticket can be easily overcomo, and will be, perhaps, at the next election. The Empire State is not by any means lost to Democracy. When a reorganiza tion of the party takes place, and the people have got over their indignation against a few individuals, wo shall have this city wheeling into line with its old majorities against Radical ism, and the rural Democracy making a better fight than that of last week. At all events there is a much better feeling among Democrats now than there was then, and full confidence that the party will soon be in power once more. Ku-Klux in Georgia and Florida.—A Wash ington special to tho Cincinnati Gazette of Saturday says: The Congressional Sab-Committee, composed of Bayard, Scofield and Maynard, returned to Washington to-day. The committee report that they have investigated Georgia and Florida, and have found that the Kn-klux organization has an active existence in those States, bnt not to that extent whioh wonld justify Interference cn the part of the Federal troops, or require that the writ of habeas corpus be suspended. Is He in Georgia?—We clip the following from the last Memphis Christian Advocate: Thomas G. Lane, local elder in the M. E. Chnrch, South, Jackson Station, Paine’s Chapel, was unanimously expelled from the Chnroh by the quarterly conference on the 28th of October, 1871, under charges of falsehood and forgery.” He having left the country and changed his name, (G. L. Thomas) we failed to get his cre dentials. W. T. Harris, Presiding Elder, Jackkon District. Jimfisk presented Grand Duke Alexis with the freedom of “all he owned on the American Continent” yesterday, including, as we suppose, personal and real property. If the Duke can be persuaded to take also all that Jim is fairly en titled to, many years wonld elapse before Alexis would see Russia again. Cotton stiffened a little in Liverpool and New York yesterday. proportions whioh make further essary, we give to the publio be of unusual interest. “hi Some four years ago, the great bod Southern railroads, being still i n ^ ri, i less dilapidated condition, from the - q tear of an exhausting war, their stJUl mortgage bond3 being in a verv dept*r‘ dition, their means and credit beij-M and their co-operative organization S L incomplete, bnt checked by the tintae,-.?! special interests and narrow views an T was inaugurated by Mr. W. T. Walt e ~ M< *J city, which, he believed, would not c-’l 1 a large profit to himself and lij money invested, but benefit the citv^a® more by adding greatly to its trade r t indeed, evident that a compact orgasms! the great lines of Southern intorccrTw tion, under a system controlled by kept in full working order, thorough. wS* with regular and speedy passenger i JV trains running at the lowest payisnf must necessarily improve the conditio* s? whole Southern country, and lead, canie!j ly, to the development of this, its most important market. “*■ Mr. Walters has been joined in this prise by onr fellow-townsmen, Mesan i Brown & Sons, Gen. O’Donnell, and 1 Thomas O. Jenkins, Horaie Abbott i Kensett, George Bartlett and B F. Messrs. M. K Jessnp & Co., D. \Villu j3 Tbe Elements of Opposition to Gen. Grant. Under this head the folllowing appears as a double-leaded editorial in the New York World, of Saturday: At least three-fifths of tho voting citizens of tho United States deprecate and wonld gladly prevent the re-election of President Grant. These opponents of bis administration consist of the whole Democratic party and fully one-fifth of the Republican party. Tho only diffioulty is to combine these into one solid phalanx. The defeat of Grant and the deliverance of tho country from another four years of his imbecile and disgraceful administration, depend upon the possibility of perfecting a cordial union among his opponents. To accomplish this some things must be done, and other things most be forborne. Among the things to be forborne and deprecated are those two: First, appeals to mere party spirit and party prejudice. If Democrats should raise their party flag too high, and flaunt it too de fiantly in the faces of Grant’s Republican ene mies, they wonld set a bad and suicidal example. Honest Republicans can enter into such a union as we propose only by breaking their present party ties; and Democrats are bound, in honor and magnanimity, to concede as much as they ask. We cannot in conscience and consistency, ask others to make greater sacrifices for the common good than we are willing to make our selves. Of course, it wonld be an insult to either side to expect it to make any sacrifice of princi ple; but if, on a comparison of views, the anti- Grant men are fonnd to agree on essentials, it is tho plainest dictate of patriotism and public duty to waive minor points of difference and not allow party punctilio to stand in the way of success. Secondly, another thing to be forborne is any obstinacy of preference for favorite can didates for President. For onr part, we do not much care from which branch of the combined opposition to Grant the candidate is taken, pro vided he be one who can give the needed tone to our public service. Let it be understood that in this respect, both wings of tho reform party stand on the same footing in every re* spect, and there will be on each side equal wil lingness and zeal to support a Presidential can didate selected from the other. It is for the in- - ». o - K - v — < terest of all to nominate the strongest man, ir- g* p° f * fJi SOUTHERN RAILROAD COXSOLR^, TliePennsylvania Railway The Great Effort for Ovorlnii.i • tatioli A'orlLwarU. 1 Tri Wo copy the following important the Baltimore Gazette of the lTifi. , ^ Wo have from time to time alluded t„„ chase or lease of Southern roads bv °'“*11 close connection with the PennsjivA,j P ^>| For a time, it was believed that these wore being made for the benefit of th r Some months ago we discovered that th ' zation, under which this Southern cons-i 01 * was being effected, was an indeuenrf and we have heretofore been restrain.] 11 ' dential motives from speaking more « the subject. Now that the system ht» respective of geographical position or former party connections. We hope the friends of no real reformer will be discouraged from pres- sing his candidacy when the proper time comes. To lead such a movement is an object of hon orable ambition to any statesman. The more aspirants the better, provided the supporters of each will cheerfully submit to the decision of a national convention after a fair comparison of claims. A multitude of competitors will be at tended with two advantages: it will stimulate and diffase effort previous to the nomination; and it will develops the popular strength of the leading candidates, thereby aiding the new President to compose a strong and popular ad ministration. Let all candidates, whether in side or ontside the Democratic party, have a fair show in the preliminary canvass. Our chief business, meanwhile, is to settle the prin ciples and issues ou which the combination against Grant shall be made. Without undertaking, to give a complete cata logue, we will indicate a few of the elements of of opposition to General Grant: 1. The crusade against corruption in office. This is one of the most hopeful issues for a combined movement of honest Democrats and honest Republicans. It has been well started in tbe successful campaign against the Tamma ny Ring; a campaign in which Democrats and Republicans have served together with co-oper- atiug zeal. The overthrow of Tammany ‘is a preliminary engagement, which introduces the general battle against official corrnption. It has demonstrated tho possibility of sinking par ty differences in a joint effort to expose and de throne fraud and pnnish its perpetrators. A movement of this kind, which is prompted by an awakened public conscience, cannot stop with a mere local triumph. It will spread throughout the country like a devonring confla gration, consnming the nepotism of Grant and the corrnption of his subordinates as effectually as it has the abases of the Tammany Ring. This is one plank of the platform on which all the opponents of General Grant can stand together. IL Amnesty to the South. Liberal, honest Re publicans can unite with Democrats on this ground as cordially as in opposition to official corrnption. The rascality which has been brought to light in tho Southern State govern ments is absolutely astounding; and it ha3 chiefly resulted from the vindictive, ostracizing policy which has excluded the property-holders and intelligent classes of (he South from their due influence in local politics. A victorious crusade against corrnption necessarily includes the only radical cure for the hideonsmaladmin- tration which prevails in the Southern States. III. The revenue reform or free-trade move ment. This is one of the most important bases of the new political combination. For the last three years, revenae reform ha3 been making great progress among thinking Republicans, especially in the West. Tne most widely circu lated Republican journals in Chicago and Cin cinnati are ardent advocates of free trade ; and free trade, with amnesty for its ally, carried Missouri against Grant and eleoted Gratz Brown last year. The revenue reform Republicans and the Democrats can cordially act together on this great issue. IV. These and some other bases for the con current and harmonions political action of all good men are set forth in Tbe World prospec tus for 1872, in another column. Though ad dressed to onr Democratic readers, and thongh setting forth distinctively Democratic princi ples which neither we nor they can surrender, abandon or compromise in the estimation of a hair, we are assured that it none the less com mands tho support of those who most be onr allies if onr defeats on issues of the dead pas are to be replaced by victories on issues of the living present and the near future. Such a now movement as we propose affords the best promise of enlisting the German vote in opposition to General Grant. The majority of our German citizens, both in the East and the West favor parity of administration and nniversal amnesty. Among the most zealons and determined foes of Tammany were the German voters of this city; and the great am nesty triumph in Missouri last year was chiefly owing to their co-operation under the lead of Senator Sohnrz. This eloquent and gifted statesman justly despises General Grant; and in snch a combined opposition as is proposed he wonld be a host. His vigorous sense and persuasive tongue wonld aid the reform move* ment to captivate and carry the whole body of German voters in the United States, in opposi tion to snch a nepotist, venal gift-taker, and corrapter of publio morals as President Grant. We will not, at present ennmerate farther. It must be obvious, from the points we have pre sented, that nothing is needed bnt a liberal, conciliatory spirit to bring all the opponents of General Grant together on a satisfactory plat form, and make tho next Presidential election the opening of a new and brighter ora in onr politics. A Pleasant Little Story. Two months ago an aged widow in Massachu setts received a telegram that her only son was dying at Lawrence, Kansas. Notwithstanding per extreme age and feeble health, she most ble and good. Wine, cake, fra 1 * *®L delicate refreshments, intermixed . smiles and pleasant voices of a few . _ . . . - ing ladies, with the portraits of the gw* see her son. She undertook the journey. Tho ing down from the walls, all combined 1 ', train was delayed. When it arrrived at Utica the oocasion exceedingly delight®.^, she was taken violently ill. A young physician imbed the recollection thereof im-fface^l the memory of all who had the good - . J be present. Both Mrs. Folk aE “., A possess the rare and charming *“ cn * « ing strangers feel perfectly at uom - J onr American ladies are perfect typ--^- J manhood, possessed of aM the and ease of the purest nobility vr hauteur and appearance of condesc | often observed in ladies of rank. Visible Supply of Cotlo'L The following table shows York Chronicle of Saturday,) the , ( J cotton in sight at this date of each past seasons: 1871- Stock in Liverpool bales 539,000 Stock in London 1 iiJi Stock in Glasgow La Stock in HavFe I* 1 ,*? Stock in Marseilles Stock in Bremen. £4,6 Stock rest of Continent W"* Afloat for Great Britain . H (American) Afloat for France (American and Brazil) • • Afloat for Bremen(Amerioan) Total Indian Cotton afloat for Europe. A young physician assisted her to a hotel, and provided everything he could for her comfort Her detention by sickness and moderate means would not have allowed her to pursue her journey but for the kindness of tho attending stranger. He paid her bills, assisted her to the cars, and accompa nied her to Buffalo. At parting she requested his address. The othor day this stranger was seated in his office at Albany. A stranger entered, and after some conversation presented the doctor with a gov ernment bond for $500, as a reward for his kindness to the old lady, saying: “She was my mother. She died a few days after reaching me, and I recovered. Had it not been for yonr kindness she wonld have died on the road. I am her son, who was sick. I am a banker; bnt money can never repay the debt I owe to you for your generous kindness to my dear, good mother. God bless you 1” The New Orleans Levees.—Tho Times says: The broken l6YeeB above Garrolton present just now a very threatening aspect. In two placeB the embankments have tumbled into the river and a mile or two of new levee most be oonstraoted within forty or fifty days or the oily of New Orleans will be subject to overflow at the first rise of the winter floods. The danger is no imaginary one. Two hundred thousand people and two hundred millions of property are in jeopardy if this levee be not speedily and securely reconstructed. It has been com menced by the Levee Company, but the pro gress is not satisfactory, and the line staked ont is not considered by any means sufficiently ex tended. Co., P. A. & S. Small and Whitney Pennsylvania, and Daniel James, of Liv -J are also associated with it. Over seven dollars have already been expended iat_ cash outlay, and np to the present tbl purchase of stock, a controlling m*jjnhJ number of most important lines of rJ* comprising in all 1,425 miles, has been see. Besides this, control has been obtained,; lease, of 303 miles additional These co* 1 tions already comprise complete lines fre-1 Richmond, via Danville and Charlotte taJ lanta; | Richmond, via "Weldon and "Wilmingtc;| Charleston and Augusta; and from 1 Atlanta, via Knoxville to Bristol, from* a connection will, in all piobeb&l made with Danville by Generali road, which will be constructed. Additional roads have been built, ardC, orate being put, in first class working j and thoroughly equipped. Itwillthusbe seen that this ne*c _ now controls both the main lines socij] Richmond, the North Carolina roads, th j roads of Sonth Carolina, two main i Georgia, and the important lines of Eisll nessee. These combined Southern liia J have direct communication north of Biel with Washington, Baltimore, PhiladelphJ New York, both through the present liit-l by others to bo bnilt in friendly alliaasf the new organization. The programme will be complete witbjl years, when facilities for freight irs£ j passenger communication will be affordril entire South that will not only be vailed, bnt cannot be provided for by any J peting interest, at less than donble thea of this company, as the oontrol of these r been obtained at an average cost of aboal cents in the dollar on the original cost intT of gold currency and cheap labor, will have complete communication rid] whole Sonth bylines of railroads 200: nearer than New York. Atlanta will be p in direct commnnication with this city H route 100 miles shorter than any exbtitgi| and passenger trains will traverse the t distance, 050 miles, in less than tvt;:; hours, upon tbe final completion of th* 0 lotte and Atlanta link, to be finished i eight months. It follows, as a matter of a that the enterprise of this now oq cannot stop here. From Chattanooga i lanta it is bnt a railroad step to KevQ and Mobile. The great benefit to be derived by taixj from a thorough organization of a i system of roads, under one managemer.i equipped, and free from the petty acirr of local interference, must be apparent ten one. Such a system must tend to deve'.cj^ mensely those great home interests, i and manufactures, upon which the very ri indeed we may almost say existence, rfl Sonth now depends. To Baltimore tbe 4 tages of economical transportation and H travel must be very great. We shall fc| thrown into more intimate business and J sonal commnnication with those with vtxl are allied by common sympathy, whom, we have always contended, oar c:=:J portent commercial interests are its;; united. There is no risk in predicting I the staple article of cotton alone, the i in this city for the first year after the taM pletion of communication with the leal:; f iness centres of the Sonth, will. be inffl fully 300,000 bales. There will not e: : | vast increase of receipts from tbe SottiJ there must necessarily be an enormon?a. ! to the supplies shipped to the South, more will not only become a large ex; mart,.bnt its foreign importations mustci] cessity grow very largely. I For prudential reasons we forbear-I present giving further facts in regard Uf tiations now in progress, whioh will add to the magnitude of this enterprise. "=1 only add that the organization which t these operations is in no way connecfeoj the Pennsylvania Central. It is ner“ moat dangerons competitor for lhe_ - _ and Ohio road, its prime movers having -J sagacity and tact to obtain quietly EO-'.yl tant leading communications, from v-j-J State road is new absolutely cat off. is at least to be congratulated upon the: 1 no matter what else may be said of it’l grown great enough to sustain more t->l considerable railroad enterprises. Mrs. Polk’s Legislative Nashville Correspondence of Knoxville Oc0 Mrs. Polk was looking better than at" j visit, and she and Mrs. Fall, who honors,” recognized gentlemen pres® than a year ago, and not seen ij*£ j powers of memory are truly woBSJjWJv, Mrs. Polk is altogether a most woman, extraordinary alike for her** j moral qualities, her beauties of p- lingering like sweet memories oft- 1 . ing youth, and her excellent " those graces that adorn thejife 21,444 1,851 I 333,182 Btockin United States ports 329,1^ Stock in inland towns Tout with the same date of 1870.
