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Newspaper Page TextV" Jl^JL cL ISBY, JONES & REESE, Proprietors. ANI) GEORGIA *TOTIR]N, r A.L & MESSENGER. - - - " ■ 11 1 - ■ —-■ - • • ' ' v • x V - . .- , The Family Journal,—News—Politics—L ite bat ure—^gbiOult urn—Doves tig Affaibe. GEORGIA. TELEGRAPH BUILDING established 1826. MA0O2SJ; TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12 1871. Volume LXV—No. 24 ' Tennyson’s Mew Poem. r -flth* New loik Evening Tost.] r ,,t dumber of Harper’s Weekly will con- wmonneed in onr early editions, a new Alfred Tennyson, first given to the Amer- 7,,T in that paper, from tho author’s advance if#!,,- arrangement with J. R. Osgood & Co., will he pnblished in book form, on Sat- WJ^mcember I The poem is entitled “Tho *^vp.rm!iment." It forma one of that rematkar Ia** v” Arthurian poems, “The Idylls of the rounded out into the fullness of an S<*' \ j t j place is between “PellsiB and Ettarre” Tournament” is eubdned—almost "TiLin coloring and tone. The wail of Novem- j a ju every line. The hero is Sir Tris- t#*® « of the younger knights of the Round S?: in whom the growing moral degeneracy of ^' ino dims the g ory of marUal deods. He is itariof Queen Ieolt, of Britain, who is wedded rtJhrntiin and besotted Mark. At the condu- ,oU nMlie laet tournament in which the Knights of SSfoimd Table engage, Sir Tristram, victor in all i -mts rides forth ti visit Isolt. who has been • nred tv her jealous lord in the Ionoly castle of gJUJjr gi DC e he saw her last he has married a ^.fakeof die Queen—the fair, white-haired Isolt, s J?,ii!inr whom he does not lovo; and as lie rides, 5-^Tis vexed with devising how to smooth it T®f 0 ie ho loves as well as bis shallow nature into To pleaee her and show his devotion he ^niedibe rich prize of the tournament to hang ‘ftsjpUrig is beautifully described: nm preying day by day thro’ Lyonosso iL toarockvtollow, bellmg, heard hounds of Mark, and felt the goodly hounds Wd at bis heart, but turning, past -and gained flfaii b»lf by sea, and high on land, A-roan of towers. 1 Down in a casement eat, Alaw-iei-eunset glorying round her hair and elossv-tbroated grace, Ieolt the Queen. And when she hrard the feet of Tristram grind The ppiring stone that scaled about her tower. Flushed nulti, met him at the doors, and there Mid bis bisdy with her white embrace, frrieg alvud, r, Xot Mark—not Mark, my sonl! Tt'r footttep tluttor’d me at first; not ho; Cat-like tutu’ bis own castle steals my Mark, tewnior-wisa thou strides through his halls Uholutes thee, as I him—ev’n to the death. Hfgrcl, I felt my hatred for my Mark oiite wiibic me, and knew that thou wert nigb.” To «hoa eir Tristram smiling, “I am here, bit: tby Mark, seeing he is not tbine.” to! drawing somewhat backward ehe replied, •Can lie bs wrong’d who ie»not ev’n his own, Bet rare for dread of thee had beaten me; watch'd, bitten, blinded, marr’d m3 somehow— Mark? Rit lights a'-e his that dare not strike for them ? Sot lift a batiil—iot, tho’ he fonnd me thus! Babfarken, have ye met him? hence he wtnt In-Jay for three days’ hunting—as he said— tod n returns beliko within an hour Mut e way. my soul! —but eat not thou with him! Ecause he bates thee even more than fears; _ Sortak: and when thou passest ary wood Owe v.eor, test an arrow from the bush ilosll leave mo all alone with Mark and hell. MyGcl tho measure of my hate for Mark, hat the measure of my love for thee.” W pluck'd one way by hato and ono by love, lean'll ot her force, again ehe sat, and spake 111 Tristram, as he knelt before her, saying, "0 hunter, and O blower of the horn. Super, and thou lia-t been a rover too, Fs ire 1 mated with my shambling king, it twain had fallen out about the bride Ofcac-fuj name is out of me—the prize, llpr.'i die were—(what marvel!—she could see)— Tune, friend; end ever since £.y craven seeks Tawreck il.« e vil ainously; but, O Sir Knight, i'ca: liaae or damsel have ye kneeled to last ?” t.r Tristram equivocated. and Queen Isolt, sad- ring at I ts weakness, cries out: Ihal fot gotten all in my strong joy To i*a thee—yearnings ?—ay! for, hour l<y hour, Kero iu the nivi r-onded afternoon, OesreUr than all memories of thee, beeper than any \ earnings after thee Seem'd those far-rotling, westward emiling seas, Watched from i his tower. Isolt of Britain dash d before Isolt of lir.ttany on the strand, Would that have chill'd her bride-kiss? Wedded her? Fought in her father's battle ? wounded there ? The Kog was all fnlljJi'd with greatness, dud she my namesake of the bauds, that heal'd Thy hart and heart with unguent and caress— Weil-can I wish her any huger wrong c an having known tliec ? her too hast thou left To pine and waste m those sweet memories ? Owete I not my Mark’s, by whom all men lie nolle, I should hate thee more than love. iud Tristram, for,ding her light hands, replied, t™ 0 *- Queen, for being loved; ehe loved me well. MI love her? the name at least I loved, hour—I fought his battles, for Isolt! ae night was dai k; the true star sat! —Isolt! i-sninie was ruler of the datk—Isolt! toe not for her! patient, and prayerful, meek, as b.oodtd, the will yield herself to God.” Aad Isolt answer'd: “Yea, and why not ? rr e ‘I 'he larger need, who tm not meek, b.ooded, prayerful. Let me tell thee now. utre one black, rnnte midsummer night I sate ' “Wiy, but musing on thee, wondering where, Stnauncg a light song I had heard thee sing, hil once or tw.ee I spake thy name aloud, -ink'd a levin brand; pnd near me stood, hfumiLg sulphur blue »M green, ft fiend— snk s way to steal behind one in the dark— *ci!.ete was Mark: ‘He had wedded her,’ he said, •Mttail, but hiss’d it; then this crown of towers »ebook to such a roar of all the sky, ‘to here in utter dark I swoon’d away, vil woke again in utter duk, and cried, 1 rubles hence and give myself to God,’— •U thou wtit lying in tby new liman’s a-ms.” General Assembly of Georgia. PROCEEDINGS OF TUESDAY. Reported for the Telegraph and Messenger.] Privileged and Elections, said, that there was only one question in the case, to-wit; Whether or not the votes of persons who had not paid their poll tax were legal or illegal. He discussed the legal points involved, and argnedthatnnder the Constitution the votes most be held illegal, a,, o ... „ . - ... Mr. Simmons was oppoeed to reconsideration ^bihaix. The Senate was called to order by and said that although the Constitution requires EF®*!?®?? j^ amtnel » and P* fl y ed for b y Rev - that persons shall pay all legal faxes before they Mr. Ketcnnm. are entitled to vote, yet the Legislature de clared in 1870 that no poll tax should be col lected, add tax collectors were instructed not to receive it, and if the non-payment were suffi cient a great many Democrats would go out. He had as great a contempt for Republicans and' their principles as any man, bnt he .was , T ~ i prepared to do justice. Mr. jOne moved to reconsider a bill to create i On the motion to reconsider the yeas and nays the Oconee judicial Circuit out of the counties were called for with the following result—yeas composing the Southern, Macon and Middle 31 nays 111 , Roll call dispensed with. Journal read and approved. Mr. Nichols moved to reconsider a bill to equalize taxation, providing for the appoint ment by fhe Ordinary of a board of three tax assessors for each county, passed on yesterday. Carried. Circuit. The motion was lost by ayes 12, nays 19. A report of D. B. Woodruff, Arohitect, ap pointed by the Committee on Fublio Buildings, Mr. Jaekson moved to take up the bill to se cure to educational purposes the fund now due to the Educational Department. He said that he thought he could suggest an amount to in to inspect tho State House, with various recom- 8e rt in the’blcfak which would meet general kp- mendations attached thereto, was read. The j proval. The motion prevail^. He proposed report contained a thoroughanalysis of the con- to insert $327,084, the amount of ; poll fax fcol struotion of the building, and recommended * = ?E-L-—'o~ n EUTitet '8m, becoming a little wcaiy of her re- j™,*™** xnd tad mood, remembered the jewels ho “Jwoa.ht to adorn her with, and while the was *pe»kiDg, and lotting —ono finger lightly touch, nna white apple of her throat, replied, a little closer, ewoet, until— I am hunger’d and half angered—meat, wine—and I will love thee to the death, “a out beyond into tho dream to come.” So then, when brought to full accord, ^/oee, and aet before him all he wishld; j-’after these had comforted the blood meats and wi-'cs acd satisfied their hearts— «r talking of the..- woodland paradise, deer, the dews, tho fern, the founts, tho lawns; «* mocking at the much ungainliness, jai craven shins, and long crane legs of Matk— *«5 Tristram, laughing, caught the harp, and .. “ang; A?i »y, O ay—the winds that bend the brier! a uar in heaven, a star within the mere! N- ay, 0 ay—a star was my desire; “"loae was far apart, and one was near; •J. ay, 0 ay—the winds that bow tho grass! **[ one was water and one star was firo. T 8 ® on* will ever shine and one will pass— " *y, 0 ay—the winds that move the mere.” , IJ**a in the light’s last glimmer Tristram show’d’ S? "*nrg tho ruby carcaoet. She cried, .an* collar of some order, which our King 2*0 newly founded, all for thee, my soul, ‘'Not ' 10 t ^ le0 f> raca kc^ond tby peers.” “but the red fruit <£*•0, my Queen," he said, “bn^l on a magic oak tree in mid heaven •-owoo by Tnstram aa a tourney prize, gather brought by Tristram, for his last and poace-offeriDg unto thee.” turned, and Hinging round her neck, ; bnt while he bow’d himself to lay 0.7®,“‘sea in the hollow of her throat, jS^yke dark, just as the lips had touched, Ijnn® bim rose a shadow ana a shriek— ,***y.” said Mark, and clove him thro’ the brain. ^epeem closes with a picture of sombre desola- ^t night came Arthur home, and while he Win d ? bd , hi. . *atli dumb autumn-dripping gloom, to the hall, and look’d and saw Qaten’s bower was dark—about his feet "Sw'^iS aobbiDg till lie question’d it, t7***ttbou?" and the voice about his feet hi t f^7,answer, sobbing, “I am tby fool, •nail never make thee smile again.” ufe'W.U>° massive and dim-lit stairway, stands sobbing atiiis feet lies the poor ®»wb tho secret of the Qaeen’s guilt with Protchtog on the shadow of his ap- ,e Port^ itor in HJinois having engaged a new tttofl. '^bprived tho following aa his first boo aw i ” e “ e informed that th^gentieman is r,nV. on 1 “ B iead under a pile driver for ittiJ*® of having a tight pair of bntea ^inv afterwards found himself in Ids ptK&st"^ naked and without a cent in the removal of the State Library as producing an undue and dangerous pressare upon that portion. A message from the Governor, transmitting the report of the Board of^ Visitors to the At lanta University, and recomnfending a liberal appropriation therefor. Also a~message trans mitting tha report of Trustees, Superintendent and Physician-of the Lunatic Asylum, were read and referred. •' Mr. Erwin offered a resolution that the Gov ernor be requested to have removed a portion of the library books to other rooms in the Capi tol. Adopted. On motion of Mr. Nicholis, the rules were suspended to take up a’bill to incorporate the Land Grant Board and for other purposes. Mr. Nioholls offered a substitute appointing the Executive Board of the Agricultural Society to receive the agricultural college scrip donated to the State—to locate the lands under the same and report to the next General Assembly. - - Mr. Jones offered a substitute to create a Board of Trustees to receive said scrip and locate said lands—composed'of the Governor, President of the Senate. Speaker of the House, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Agricul ture and Manufactures, the President of the Agricultural Society, or their successors In of fice ; and to give tho benefit of one-fourth of said donation to the colored population. Lost by ayes 16, nays 20. Mr. Bruton offered an amendment to the sub stitute of Mr. Nioholls, that the benefit of one- third of said lands, when secured, shall be al lowed to the Atlanta University. Mr. Hinton hoped that the amendment would not be adopted, nor ary amendment which looks to tho distribution of this fund until it is secured. Upon the policy of securing the fund, all are agreed, and after that has received due attention tho distribution can bo satisfactorily effected.- Messrs. Brown and Nunnally were opposed to the amendment because they considered no pro vision of that sort necessary nntil the fund is' secured. Mr. Jones was willing to allow that portion to the colored popnlation but not to tho Atlanta University exclusively. By permission Mr. Bruton substituted colored people for Atlanta University. The amendment was lost by ayes—Messrs. Anderson. Brock, Bruton, Jones, Jordan, Reese, Smith and Steadman—8. Nays—Messrs. Black, Brown, Burns, Camp bell, Clark. Coleman, Cone, Deveanx, Estes, Erwin, Griffio, Hicks, Hillyer, Hinton, Hoyle, Jervis, Kirkland, Kibbee, Lester, Matthews, Nichols, Nunnally, Peddy, Richardson, Sim mons, Wallace, Wellborn and Welch—28. The substitnte proposed by Mr. Nichols was adopted by ayes 23, nays 14. BILLS ON THIED BEADING. A bill to incorporate tho Dahlonega and Gainesville Railroad Company. Passed. A bill to incorporate the Merchants’ Mutual Insurance Company. Passed. A bill to incorporate the town of Austin, Thomas county. Passed. A bill to secure counsel fees In certain cases. Passed. A bill to fix tho compensation of clerks and ordinaries on applications for setting apart of homestead and exemption of personalty. Passed. A bill to provide for farming out convicts and for other purposes. Mr. Nunnally moved to mako the bill the special order for Thursday, and that fifty copies be printed. Mr. Candler spoke in favor of the motion and of the bill. Ho considered it one of the most important measures that had come before the Senate, and all necessary tftne shonld be devo ted to its consideration. Some snitable pro vision must be made and it behooves the Legis lature to treat it with the importance it de- ni&Du£. Mr. Simmons moved that when the Senate adjourns it shall adjourn to meet at 3 p. ar. Carried. Messrs. Bams and "Wellborn opposed the mo tion on the ground that the session is too near its close for tho delay and nothing can be ao - complisbed by it. Tho motion was lost. Mr. Kibbee moved to take up the bill by sec tions. Carried. The first section authorizes the Governor to farm ont for a term of years not exceeding two years, the convicts for a price not to be less than S2.N per capita annually. Mr. Jervis moved to strike out $23 and insert $50 per capita. .. The hour of adjournment having arrived the Senate was declared adjourned nntil Q o’clock p. x. * * ' House.—House met at 9 a. Speaker Smith in the chair. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Heidt. Journal of yesterday was read and approved. Mr. W. D. Ande/son moved to reconsider the action of the House on yesterday, in passing a bill to incorporate-the Atlanta and Tennessee Railroad Company. He wanted the reconsider ation in justice to tho Marietta and North Geor- lected and the liquor tax collected since 18G3. - Mr. Putnqy said that a much larger sum than tho amount proposed was due to the I?duoational fund, and that the interest on $327,084 would not meet the demands and pay teachers fbr ser vices already rendered. The-passage^ of .thabill in-the- proposed shape, would amount 'ter repu diation and render the law useless'. -Mr. Jackson' also moved to amend -the bill by ordering the destruction of all bonds issued by tho Legislature in 1870. This motion prevailed. The motion to fill tho blank with $327,084- prevailed. / , • Mr. Dell moved to further amend by prohib iting any farther issue of bonds for education al purposes under pre-existing laws. This amendment prevailed, and the bill as amended was passed. Mr. Pierce offered the following resolution: Whereas, The present State Scfioqi Commis sioner is a stranger to onr peop!6 and so little acquainted with onr wants and desires- that under his management the system of public in struction is now and will always be a failure. Therefore, be it resolved, That he bft re quested to resign at once the office he iiow holds. On the motion to. adopt, the yeas - and nays wero called for with the following result: yeas 115, nays 26. . •."* Mr. Hoge offered a' resolution tendering the use of this hall to' tho Democratic .Convention which assembles in this city to-morrow, and providing for the adjournment of this House from to day over dntil 9 a. ar. Thursday. Mr. Bacon offered a substitute providing for taking a recess from half past eleven ’ o’clock A. ar. to morrow ufetil 7 p. ar. The substitute was adopted. The bill to make penal the sale of agricultur al prodacts between the hours of sunsst and sunrise was read the third time. Messrs. Griffin of Houston and Davis of Clarke opposed it. Various amendments were offered. Mr. Johnson, of Spalding, moved to lay the whole matter on.the table. On this motion the yeas and nays were called: Yeas, 78; nays, 55. The Committee on Privileges and Elections reported on ihe case of Mr. Tarver, of Baker, declaring that from the law and evidence it is the'opinion of said committee that Mr. Tarver is a citizen of Baker county. On motion of Mr. Phillips the report was taken up, and on motion of Mr. Simmons, of Gwinnett, it was laid on the table. A report of D. B. Woodruff, an architect, on ihe safety of the Capitol Bnilding, was read. This report says that the bnilding is safe under ordinary circumstances, and recommends some changes, such as the removal of tho library to a lower floor, and the removal of the water tank from its present position. Bill to incorporate the Merchants’ and Mechan ics’ Savings Bank of Columbus, passed. Bill to promote the propagation of shad fish in the Savannah river, was read. Mr. Bawls moved to strike out Monday from the clause of the bill which prevents fishing on Sunday and Monday. Mr. Rawls’ amendment was lost. The bill was then passed. Bill to incorporate the Macon and Chattahoo chee Railroad Company, passed. Governor approved act to change the lino be tween the counties of McIntosh and Liberty. The House adjourned to meet at 3 p. M. AETEBKOON SESSION. Senate.—After much discussion, the Senate passed the bill to provide for farming out of the penitentiary convicts at $25 per year, to be paid by the contractor for each convict. The Senate passed the following bills: To protect the people of this State against the sale of explosive kerosene oiL To amend an act providing for famishing panels of jurors in certain cases. To amend the attachment laws, and allow attachments to issue against the purchaser for the purchase money of property when un paid. To mako a penal of the sale of persona property under mortgage; also, several local bills. Special order to-morrow: A bill to pro- I vide for paying the debt of this State with the earnings of the State road. House. —The House passed the following bills: To moro effectually protect religious worship. To amend the usury laws, allowing ten per cent, by contract, and seven per cent, when no contract is made. Also a large number of local bills, amending railroad charters, and town cor porations, and referring to county matters. Gonley approves the bill to exempt firemen from jury duty; and also the resolution for the arrest of any parties the Investigating Commit tee may find to have violated the laws. The following bills were lost. To authorize persons to make returns of, taxes to clerks of the Superior Courts in certain cases. A bill to require pleas to bo complete as filed at tho first term and catting off amendments. Also several local bills., NIGHT SESSION. House—A number of Senate bills were read gia Railroad Company, which has already been | the first time. Several bills of a local charao- - - - - - ■ - - —■ ■ ■- * ter were passed and some lost. A bill- repealing the bastardy laws of this State was passed by a vote of 69 to 53. 8. L. MOBNINO SESSION. Senate.—The bill to pay the debt of this State with the earnings of the State Road was lost by a vote of 17 to 20. The Senate zefased to reconsider the bill to provide for the farming ont of convicts. Other proceedings unimportant. House.—A bill to abolish the Diatriot Courts chartered, and hindered by H. I. Kimball, who was a curse to it as well as to the country. The Atlanta and Tennessee Railroad will cover pretty mnch the same line, and there can certainly be no use for both. Mr. Simmons, of Gwinnett, -opposed the mo tion. He was in favor of allowing a chartar to any road proposed, to be built with private sub scription. Mr. Jackson also opposed tho motion to re consider, remarking that the charter asked for now will complete a chain of railroads, through ro n i whicfcvSe ZT i was passed over Conley’s veto by a vote of 125 willing to chart ®5.“yP® 1 * to 26; also a biU to repeal the act declaring the sons propose to buiia with their own money | ^ Qf 18G8 . 69 _ 7 o iUegal, and to provide f 721 <« “» ““““"a °< a» —>«. >7 m State aid has been granted to the road from Ma- 10 1 an ' rietta, and yet not a lick has been struck on it; I afternoon session. and refusing this charter might defeat a road | Senate.—House bills were read the first and through that section of the country. j second time. The motion to reconsider was lost. j The Senate passed the bill making the pnr- Mr. Simmons, of Hall, moved to reconsider chase of stolen produce a misdemeanor. If the the passage of a bill to amend the charter of purchase is made between sunset and sunrise Gainesville, etc, with a view to striking out it shall be primajaeia evidence of guilt. The the fourteenth section of the bill which legal-. defendant may testify. Persons carrying pro- izes the snbscription of Gainesville to the dace in wagons more than five miles to man Gainesville and Dablonega Railroad. He said ket are excepted ip the provisions of the bilL that the people of Gainesville are almost nnan- j — night session. imonsly opposed to that feature in the bill. This The House took up the appropriation bill and motion to reconsider prevailed. ' discussed it till half past eight o’clock. Ad- Mr. Hinton moved to reoonsider a bill to joumed. _ 8. L. createa new judicial circuit in order to subfltf-, . m lute a Senate bill therefor. The motion pre-' It is said in the Hartford Gourant that the vailed. three insurance companies in that city which Mr. McMillan moved to reconsider the loss.of have survived the Ohioago fire andare still do- a bill to establah a system of public instruction of ing business have received for premiums dor- Lumpkin county. ~~ . . 1 ing the month of October, almost double the Mr.’ McMillan moved £& reconsider the action amount obtained in October, 1870, by all the of ♦hfa House in laying the report of the com- insurance companies, nine in number, then do- mittee in the case of Houston va. Blub," on the ipg business in Hartford. There has been an table. * ri. ^ increase in the rates of premiums, averaging Mr. Phillips, chairman of the CoDmittee on about twenty-five per cent. POLITICAL GOSSIP IN WASHINGTON. The Malcontents Upon Grant’s Candidacy. The Democrats Upon the Situation. Syndicates and Singecats. The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribud.e:'gives a colmpn of gossip among the newly arrived Senators and Representatives, from which wb take the following: They freely express themselves as unqualified ly opposed to his renomination, and assert that he is the weakest, instead of the strongest, can didate the Republican parfy could select The events that have occurred during the recesft appear to have strengthened them in their op position. A-Western Republican Senator, noted alike for his vigorous independence i tfid’his popularity in his otfn State, said, to-day: “The only success that was claimed for the Administration^last winter was in its financial policy/ Boulwefi was its right bower. • Now, he-h&s kflled ; hiinself-by his Syndicate opera- tidb, iff which tha.-Government was swindled for'the benefit of- a-few favorite bankers. .'The National Banks tfiit wero in the Syndicate drew checks on themselves for the money to .pay for the boiids fhey ordered; and the checks were not drawn, but were deposited with the banks that drew -them. They got the bonds without putting-up a dollar Of- money.' The old bonds they already had depositfid in the Treasury were exchanged for new ohe^ and -the Syndicate got three months’ interest "oh bdth sets. It was a downright robbery of the Treasury, and it will have a thorough raking up when Congress meets. There is no respect for law in Grant or his Cabinet. Thingb have been done that Andy Johnson never dared attempt.” In answer to a question as to the probability of Grant’s renomination, the Senator said that if four or five of the leading newspapers that are opposed to him-would-unite upon any One of a dozen good men who might be named, and bring 1 him prominently before the people, Grant could easily be be££a&, , l _. ■, . -Another Senates of more conservative tenden cies, and of national reputation as a Republican leader, said to-day. that he’had little doubt of Grant’s renomination. “Tho South,” he said, “ will be solid for him. Iu the South the offico- b-Jders and'the negroes make up the Republi can party, and with the solid .Southern .voto in ehe Convention, it will not take many votes from the North to nominate him. The power of patronage isfso great that he will have no trouble to get^them.-’ The Senator Was asked what he thought would be the effect of a concert of action among lead ing journals and politicians who prefer a change in the Presidency. He answered : ..“Any successful movement for reform mn3t come from t(io people, and not from the news papers, or from self-constituted leaders. If the people are in earnest about certain great national reforms that we think ought to bs made, they will soon find leaders; and they will iBQve in euoh strength that opposition will be useless. Just as they did in New York. If the reform movement, started in New York, spreads over the country, having for its object the puri fication of national, State, and local govern ments from the abases that prevail, it will be irresistible ; it will embrace men of both par ties, and politicians, instead of heading the movement, will only be the instruments of the people. But, if the people aro not convinced of the necessity of reform, and are not ready for such a movement, nothing that the papers or a few Congressmen can do, will start it” The Senator said ho was disposed to think that there was something in the apparent signs of the dissolution of parties, and to look for tho nomination of a Republican in opposition to Grant. A member of the House, represent ing an overwhelming Republican majority in a District in a Middle State, said: “The session will be largely occupied with President-making. You will find a much stronger opposition to Grant than was manifested last winter. Then it was certain measure, like the Santo Domingo scheme, or appointments like that of Murphy, that were objected to,now, all the doings of the Administration will be sffiamed np and a balance struck, and fhe opposition will be to tho man himself nsacandidate for renomination. Grant’s administration has been a failure in every im portant particular. Look at his foreign policy; what a cowardly course has been pursued to ward Cuba. Then there is the offensive Santo Domingo job. Tho policy pursued toward the South has been senseless and wrong from the start. The boasted Indian policy is proving a failure. Boutwell’s gold boarding and his syn dicate bargain are bad features, and as to pay ing off the debt, Grant deserves no credit. Con gress cut down expenses and left a large sur plus of revenue. What else could he and Bout- well do. with the money, but pay the debt ? I need not say anything of the low tone of the ad ministration, its personal favoritism, and its wretched appointments. You may look for a pretty strong and independent opposition to Grant iq Congress. There will be something like a-third party in both Houses. If Grant is renominated (and I believe he will be,) then there will be a reform party organized strong enough to defeat him." Very few Democratic Senators or Represen tatives have arrived here yet. Senator Thur man, of Oh’o, Mr. Eldridgo, of Wisconsin, and S. S. Cox, New' York, being the only represen tative men of that faith who have yet reported themselves. Judge Thurman does not feel au thorized to speak for the Democrats of Ohio in regard to their future plans, and doubts if many of them have yet made up their minds aa to what it will be best to do. When Congress Bhall have met, and the members have compared notes, some polioy will probably be-'adopted which will meet with the general approval of their old supporters. Mr. Cox, on being asked what the Demoorats will try to do in the Honse, during the coming session, replied: “We shall advocate, in the first place, a re daction of the tariff and internal taxation; then we shall go for amnesty all of the time, and I shall try to have the Reconstruction Committee abolished. It does nothing, either in the com mittee room or in the House, but indulge in personal quarrel, until, as you remember, Mr. Beck said in the House that even a Kentucky nigger would not stand as much insult as he had seen Butler take from Farnsworth. Some of ns wanted to abolish the Committee session before last, bnt General Butler said that if we would let it continue a little longer, he would bring in an amnesty bill, and so he did, bnt the exceptions were so much more numerous than the acts of grace, that the bill was a worthless one.” Mr.. Cox, in reply to a question touching the fqtnre policy of the Democratic party, says that he is still for the “New Departure,” the result of the late elections not having shaken his faith in it, as he is sorry to see they have that of some of the leading men of his party. It was no easy matter for the Democrats to break away from the traditions of yean, but they will have to a >me to it in the end, and he is In favor of any thing that will take them ont of the ruts and put them en rapport with the spirit of the times. “I don’t believe,” he said, “in a passive polioy, giving np entirely the party organiza tion, though I find myself becoming less of a partisan than I used to be. The Democratic party is still too strong to give up its existence. We have 3,000,000 voices, and these most not be thrown away. Let the Republicans who are dissatisfied with Grant’s way of doing things get together and make a liberal platform, in which the question of tariff, eta, on which the members of neither party can agree, even among themsdves, shall be left open, and if they can show some strength of their own, that is, if they .have reasonable hopes of carrying loch: States as New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, Illinois, and tha Pacific ooaat, why, then, the Demoorats might go In a body to the support of snoh a man as Judge Trumbull, Judge Davis, or Gratz Brown. Ndw I know the Democratic parfy pretty well and I tell you that the old hickories of the forest may twist and bend some,-but they must not be expected to come out of the soil all at once and walk off on their roots, as the negro is said to have walked off on his ear, and we mast not expect it. Bat you can’t toll positively what w* shall do yet, though t think something will.be developed in a- week or two.” r . ; Tfae Fenofe Question. Editors Tehgrdplf nnd Messenger ; I see that the attempt will likely be made to pass a law during the jpresent session of our Legislature to enforce S new system in fencing. Whether we are to fence Btook out or fenoe them in. Now, I see no reason why a law shonld not be passed compelling owners of stock of all kinds to keep them on their own premises. Law is an off spring of justice, or claims to be, and I am Bure that jostioe would demand that every man kept his stock on his own premises as 'Well as any other property he may possess. Now I will not attempt to suggest a law or act to be accented and adopted by out Legislature, but would merely give some ideas by wayjpf qutfina. I will say it is possible to pass *. &W of this na ture, but it would not do away with fences at all, but rather tend to improve our fystem of fencing or enclosing land. By a natural law it is undoubtedly just and right that every one who has stock of any kind should provide for them proper pasture oh his own premises.' I would have'no right t6 plant'corn or cotton ini my neighbors fields, nor would I have his consent to doao. * Neither wduldT expect to reap were I to sow grain uponihe highways. This idea then hints at the true prinoiple of justice found ed on the fact a man has no right to what is another’s, or even to that which has no owner except the general public. (Bullock to the con trary notwithstanding ) If this is just and right there would be no injustice in a law compelling every man to keep his'stock on his oyra premis es. If a man has premises deprived of the ad - vantages of natural Sources of water he should set about securing wells Buffioient for all pur poses if he expects to raisp stock of any kind. This should be no offset against this law for every farm favored with water privileges has cost the owner more than a farm without water. So the expense of digging wells and drawing Water on the less favored farms would only bring out the value of this-farm. This law per haps would increase, the fences of the farm for a few years, but If ai pfoper system was estab lished in setting out hedges and digging ditches, the want forraitltiiaber would after a while be come less." I will consider for a few moments the practi- cabilityof this -law. Now, as-1 have said, if-a man owns stock he elioritd provide all the forage they consume, and should have-pastures of his own for summer, and dry feecpfor winler. H a’ man has no land—as-many of our stock-owners have not—(I refer-to the negro, who is ambi tious of owning cohntless herds of both swine and kine,) he should rent land for stock as mnch so as-he does for corn and cotton. So if this law stops the system of foraging at large it will surelyrCeutt in' good to the mafi who has most at stake/’ But some one, who' perhaps does not want any stock, asks how dobs this result in his benefit?' Every man’s farm either joins his neighbor’s or is bounded by public road or run ning stream. If neighbors would work in corf- cert they could soon have a thrifty and durable hedge marking the line separating them' Fences would be necessary at present, but in a few years hedges could be substituted. Where a public road divided farms, there should' b'e a fence or hedge on either side. If a public road traversed a farm the owiier could' have a hedge on either side, and this would divide his farm into two lots or parcels, which would serve for both stock pastures and cultivated fields. If a stream sufficiently large divided farms no fence or bodge would bo needed. When a neighborhood road traversed farms, a gate should bo supplied on every land line and kept in repair top the parties benefitted. Railroads comd be so tunnelled under os to prevent stock from crossing. The saving to railroad companies in stock now killed by run ning on the highways would enable them to trench along their boundaries and setouthedges on each Side. This law.would make.beautiful onr State and enhance the land of all alike. It would seem to co3ta great deal of money,' bnt in tho end it would save millions. Besides we would take an interest in stock raising equal if not paramount to dut interest in cotton raising. Every farmer having his*<Jyn stock to provide for, would be as careful to raise com and grass as he is to raise cotton. Or if tho cotton raiser did not want stock of any kind, he would, only need to have his entire farm inclosed and would need no cross fences or ditches and hedges. Those who are wise enough to raise hogs and cattle would need two or three cross lines. There are many advantages this system of enclosing farms would secure to the farmer which I have not time or spaoe to innnmerate. Of course this law would not compel a man to enclose all his woodland if ho did not see proper to do so, but it would be greatly to his interest. For then he would have his possessions in ship shape and conld exclude ail hunters and prowl ers of all races and colors from his premises. The negro out hunting on a dark night would not mistake a hog for an opossom, for in a few years with a close and perfeot hedge and_ all gates locked ho^would not be able to get into the sacred precincts of a farm. Many advantages would result from such a plan, and may the day speed that will see it in operation. If I had spaoe, I would say a few words in'reference to tha excuses some give for wishing fences abolished. I, for one, could not sleep at night, if I had corn or cotton planted with no protection at all'around, it. Even if I knew there were no stock in miles around, I could not rest contentedly. They say timber is getting scarce. I don’t find it so aronnd Macon. Wood is cheap enough. They .say the darkey won’t split rails. I have them to do it every year. Some say they have hands hired on shares, and they have to pay extra for rails and fencing. I would not do it. Fences do not protect land, but the produce. If they are at one-third expense to put up fences, they get a third of the crop.. The timber, and wagon, and mules is two-thirds. But others say, the old field is sappy and worthless for timber or rails. True. But why do we let onr lands grqw these sappy pines. I think land should have better employment. But I will finish this subject at another time. I will try then and suggest some, better employments for our old fields. Enough for the present, for fear some solid one cries: “Utopia.” Respectfully, eto., J. S. Wimbish. Macon, December 1st, 1871. P. S. An. enclosure can be so large that one rail will fence an acre. Bo the large plantation will require less rails in proportion than the small farms. NeabiiT Home.—We extraot (Be following from a late Knoxville letter in the Cincinnati Commercial: 4 - - Upon entering the Senator’s (Brownlow’s) honse we fonnd him lying upon a large sofa, a negro rubbing his feet. He is in wretched health, but no more than he has been for two years. His hands and feet are continually jerking and shaking with the palsy. He cannot read unless the book or paper is fastened to a frame In front of him. He oannot speak above a whisper, and some days his strength is so far gone that he oannot do that. Indeed, he is as helpless as an infant. Nothing but constant care and watching npon the part ot his family and' friends and his own iron determination keeps him alive. LOOK ON THIS PICTURE ; The homes of Carolina, How drearily they stand. With prison pens and martial law, And thieves on every hand! Those of her sons who dare remain Thrust into dungeons deep, While titoee who flee most leave their grain For sciliawaga to reap! AND THEN'ON THIS : The homes of Indiana, Dear Moxa Morton’s ground; Abo tit their loyal hearthstones, No Ku-Uux bills abound! Suspend the habeas corpus—Nay! They’ll stand no martial rigor; “We don’t do business in that way”— ' We just suspend the nigger.—Ex. . Victims of Tyranny. The Washington Patriot prints the following .communication, which, it says, is from a well- known and respected citizen of South Carolina, take a man all apart and mend him np as good as ever; and I know you can too, but I wnnt you to jump down,this hole (tbe opening of the rotunda, surrounded by. the long, spiral -«*<- way), away on the pavement. Conte on, do it whose word no ono would dare to doubt. That you must!" And the fellow exerted himsMf to journal withholds the came of the writer, for the reason that the foot of writing the letter would make him a victim of Grant’s tyranny and despotism. And yet this is a free country t Columbia, S. O., November 10, 1871. Sir: I was in Yorkville, a few days ago. While there, I met an aged son of Africa. His wool was white, his brow wrinkled. His eye had grown dim, and the o]d man’s back was bent. Hie ebon countenance was black ai night, bnt there wah the light of truth and sincerity in it. ’ : * . He was coming from the jail, where a large number of Ku-klnx prisoners were incarcerated. I stopped him, being struck with the intelli gent, though Bad expression of his face. “Old man,” said I, “have you been to the jail?” “Yes, boss,” he. replied. ‘T’se.beento see my young masaa. Dey got him in dar.” “For wfiat ?” ■ “For nriffin in God's world, boss, but dat Jie is a Dimocrat.'" “Do they charge him with any crime?” “None dat he, nor I knows on.” “What!” I exclaimed, “doesn’t he know what he is put in jail for?" “sNo sab,'dat he don’t. An’I knows dat de boy is n3 innocent o’ Ku-klucking as .yon.is, or L All de.niggers will swar dat.” • “If there i3 nothing against him, why don’t they let him go ?” “De Lord oniy knows boss, he replied in the most earnest and mournful manner. “ Dey say dey gwine to keep ’em all dere till way on to Christmas times.” “ How long has your young master been In jail?” “Two weeks an’ better. And don’t’know what ho wa3 put in jail 9’> • - Radical persecution peering wistfully through the iron bars, longing to be in the sweet sun shine without, and yearning for the homes where they had left their loved ones in tears, in loneliness, in despair. There stood the grim sentinel, with neat uniform and flashing bayo net, guarding the entrance to the jail. There was the camp,of Grant’s soldiers, the white tents and shady booths dotting the green slope of the hill that swelled np in graceful outline to the rear of the prison-house. And here, thonght I, is the seat of Grant’s Rebellion! one of the dungeons, I rather thought, selected for the arbitrary imprisonment of tho victims of political persecution. This was my ' first glimpse of “the Rebellion.” As I looked npon the scene—the military camp, the guarded jail, and -tho quiet, peaceful little village reposing npon the hills aronnd—I thought how in the midst of peace w£ are in war. ~ Management of Maniacs. One of tho oldest inhabitants of Boston has furnished the following anecdote of old Gov. Leverett, as an illustration of the force of courage and ingenuity upon a madman: One morning, many years ago, a stout, burly built maniao, in a paroxysm of insanity,^burat out of the asylum, and on his way a musket heavily loaded, fell into his > hands. With this formidable weapon, ^mounted with the terrible , bayonet, the madman rushed out into 1 tha city, and pretty effectually cleared the streets as he was marching along. Turning a earner, he Suddenly came npon Gov. Leverett, and was on the point oi making a point blank charge upon tho vitals of the old Governor, who, comprehending his danger, in a single glance at the old fellow, and drawing himself np square and firmly before his dreadful antagonist, he hailed him thus: “Ho! brother soldier, have yon learned yonr exercise ?” • . - “Yes, I have,” said the fellow, Vitha terrible oath. “Then, brother,” said the Governor, “stand to your arms, like a vigilant soldier, while I give the word of command.” Tho madman seemed pleased, and stood bolt upright, with his musket fitted closely to his shoulder in regular drill order. “Poise your firelock!” The fellow did so. “Rost your firelock!” The fellow obeyed. “Groundyour firelock!” This he did. “Face to the right about, march!” says the Gover nor, and the madman wheeled and stepped away. The Governor quickly ran np behind him, seized the powerfnl fellow and the musket, and held him until several lookers-on—standing at a safe distance and watching this curious scene—came to the Governor’s assistance, and the madman was carried back, in an awful rage, to his quar ters. The anecdote reminds,us of a similar one that happened to the famous Dr. Physic, an eminent medical man, now dead and gone, of Philadelphia. The doctor was a visiting physi cian at the lunatie asylum, near that city, and one morning, after going his rounds among the patients of the institution, the doctor strolled upstairs into the top gallery of the large rotunda of the bnilding. to view the .city and surround ing country. While absorbed in the view from his high, elevation, a robust madman, who had eluded his keepers, came suddenly., upon the doctor to his no little astonishmep$ and bodily fear. But keeping perfectly ooc4> htr bid the maniao “good day,” and was tntim$fcboat to go down stairs. • “No you don’t,” said the mAt^djpching the doctor firmly as a vioe; “I want' yon to show me something; they say you do e+fty thing; cut off heads, legs and arms; put them together; drag the doctor up to the railing, to which'the poor doctor clung with the tenacity of A-Hok. The moment was one of peril,to toe doctor, but his presence of mind completely floored bis an tagonist. “It would not be very hard for me to jump down there, »q\” said the doctor, “butl oaa do a greater feat than that for you, if you wish to see me try. * *■' “Ganyon;-‘eh, old fellow? Well, try it. What is it?” “Why air, I will go downthere to the bottom, and'tnto ono spring, sir, Pll jump clear .up “Ha! ha 1“ laughed toe maniao, “that would bo worth seeing, go down, doctor, and jump np —I’ll catch you when you oome np.” The doctor lost no time in going down and sending np the keepers, who nabbed the poor deluded man. - Ponspej’s Conscience. Several years ago, in a New England village, might be found a very flourishing Congrega tional 6hurch, which was served by an eldwly pastor of great wortb, and of unusual ability aa a preacher.- It was as oommon then as if la now uncommon, for the pastoral relation among them to grow stronger with age, and not nnfra- quently to last a lifetime. “But times change and wq change with them,” the Roman poet says, and so our old friend the pastor found.— He was not at all disposed to yield np his posi tion, although he knew from the cold looks of some, and averted faces of old friends, mem bers of his congregation, that he did not stand so well with tho “new set,” who had sprung up m the room of their fathers.' “Coming events cast their shadows before,” and the good man felt In his bones that he was to see trouble- ere long. Matters came to a crisis in the following fashion: Tho malcontents had for some time been .finding fault—now with his doctrines, which wpro.‘.‘old.fogy” and “ont ^of data ;” now with his sermons, which were “too long!” “too prosy - ‘‘without fire,” and “not of a sort totonch the heart;” again with his manner, which was cold, ‘too grave ahdmonotononS,” to suit ‘he young people; in fact they r had- pret ty Tnuch orerhauloa' everything 'that codia .be made a handle of-;to get the good parsoh out of <his congregation, And-he did not Or would not pay any attention to what at last came' lo his ears through somo of the gossips. Finally they resolved “to bolt.” They had borne it as long as they could. They wouldn’t endtire o ,'l n y, 1 ° n S er - . They resolved on the “next Sabbath, .to* rise in a body and leavo “the meeting. * . pretty.large proper- for? “No more nor yon, nor I,’’ the old man re plied, shaking his head, “Has he had no trial,.nor hearing of any kind?”." “No, sah. Liyin’ in jail, boss, and no chance, giv him o’ clarin’ hisself-!” “That is too bad.. Is he married?” “My young massa married? Ha, ha/ha. No boss. Ha’s picked him out a gal, an’ soon 03 the military lets him ont o’jail he’s'gwine fnr her; bnt he’s got a mother. Sinco old master's dead, my young boss is her sole independence. She’s left all alone at home now; an’ she’s nigh distracted consarning of his takin’ off and lodg ment in jail. I never speoted to see de day when my young boss would be put -in jail, an’ fnrnnffin under God’s snn,” said the old man, with eyes dimmed with tears of commingled sorrow ahd indignation. ; ‘ _ _ “Well, w.hat do you think of all this business, tion.'not all decidedly ODDosed"to“t£« anyhow old man?” said I. bnt several of them o/thSl^S -“Ah, boBs, I don t think mueh-of it. “What, aro you not glad that the 'Ku-kltix, the persecutors of your racs, are being oaught and put in-jail?” “No, boss, I ain’t glad. De Ku-klnxes neber trouble me. I never steal nuffln. I neber burn nobody’s bam, I neber march about-de coun try wid Scott’s melisb, wfd muskets, and drums, an’ flags, frying to ’timidate de white folks. Some o’ de colored people - say dey are glad dat de white men am! put in jail or driv out o’ de country. But I ain’t. It hurts me to see so many yonng men in jail down dar, huddled together like hogs in a pon—driv about liko cattle—an’ by dere own color, too! White men treatin’ white men in dat way, is more dan I can under stood. Drops big as buckshot come up into my eyes ebery time I looks at dat jail, wid my young boss caged in derq,liko be was a bear!” Here the good old. African made a pause, after which ho said, with an urgency of tone that be- spoko the sincerity of his words: “Ah, boss, if I wasde President of de United States I’d die before I’d let my own people be crammed in jail dis way by so, an’kept dere widont a bearin’! »I’d stop this. I’d set things to rights!” - I bade the earnest old negro good bye, and passed' on to tho gleomy jail, where Ku-klnx prisoners were “ huddled together like hogs in a pen, an’ driv’ about like cattle.” I fonnd the prisoners guarded by soldiers as though they were captives of war. • There was-the dark, dreary looking bnilding, with its grated win- , ... classrwho are ready to follow-others to good or evil—mere “wax noses. One of .these was named Pompey, Y° m ?’ Z hich in suited well with his character, for Pomp was a well dressed negro on Sunday, and felt himself “ as large as any white man.” -Pomp had heard the conver sations of his white brethren, and had deter mined lo bolt with them if they left the congre- gation, and he did. ° As Pomp joined tho rebels on tho outside. 8r6a , tly taken aba <*- They did not evidently consider him as of much honor to o 3 he jQdfied hi «self. So one of them opened fire npon him. “Pomp! what are yon doing ont here ?” » h " w G i. g0t tired of de parson.” whut ka 7® J° n to sa y against him?” liVfl 0 hi3 f? o M E?eClaI w 8in de man > bnt 1 doesn’t like his teachins. His sermons is too lone: I 1 liko snmQn raoro ’citing ®» a ? d de fact * s > ray conshuns won’t let me Bit any longer under his preachin.” Conscience, Pomp, that’s too good.” Yes, sah. Can’t de gemman ob color hab conscience, Pd like to know?” “Well, I ’spose he can, Pomp; but what do you know about conscience ? What is con- science t “ r H°? slmnB > sak ? Hinki knows what eon- shuns is. Conshnns, sah, conshuns ahem!” (Pomp here drew himself, put his hand upon his finger pressod in firmly, hjj 8 ®. y ? B rolled np ih a sanctimonious dows and forbidding alpect. There I beheld dat fcelirC in here^wha^says’l won’t' the sad faces of many an unfortunate victim of conshuns / sab f” conshuns! sah!” . is a 8 r eat deal in onr day that is said and done under top sacred name of conscience, ont when reduced to its true meaning, it is nothing moro nor less than the feeling of sheer self-will which says emphatically, with eyes raised to heaven, hand npon the breast, and finger pressed to the heart, “I wonit”—its Pomp's conscience.—The Church Journal. Democratic Meeting in Randolph County. Cuthbebt, Ga., Deoember2,1871. A large and enthusiastic meeting of the De mocracy of Randolph county was held at toe Court-house this day, for too purpose of organ izing the party of the oounty, and selecting del egates to the State Convention at Atlanta, on the' 6 th, to nominate a candidate for Governor. The meeting was organized by "calling J. McK. Gunn to toe chair, and Elam Christian to act aa Secretary. On motion of Mr. Gormley, the following gentlemen were appointed a committee to des ignate snitable delegates to represent our coun ty in the State nominating Convention: B. J. Smith, J. B. Buchanan, J. M. Chastain, J. T. Harden and O. P. Beall. The committee re tired, and after a short absence, reported through their chairman, the following n«ma« recommending their eleotion as delegates to the State Convention: W. D. Kiddoo, J. T. Clarke, Elam Christian, M. Gormley, W. L. Baldwin. J. B. McGehee, J. McK. Gim, S. T. .rB Report of committee unanimously adopted. On motion of Ool. A. Hood, our honorable Representatives, B. F. Crittenden, S. A. Me. Niel and W. M. Tomlin, were added to the del egation. - 1 ." Judge Kiddoo offered toe' following, resolu tion, which was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That Col. H. Fielder is the unani mous choioe of this meeting for Governor, »"d that toe delegates appointed are requested to urge his claims on toe Convention as long, aa in their judgment, it is to CoL Fielder’s and the country's interest so to do. On- motion, toe chairman was authorized to appoint an Executive Committee during toe next week. Resolved, That toe proceedings of this meet ing be furnished the Cnthbert Appeal and Ma- . con Teleobafs add Messinges, with a request that they be published. The meeting then adjourned. J. McK. Gunn, Chairman. Elam Chbisiian, Secretary. Democratic Meeting in Mitchell J ' Covnty. Camtt.ua, Ga., December 2,1871. In pursuance of a call of toe Democratic Ex ecutive Committee of -Georgia, toe oitizens of this county met at toe Court-house this day at 2 o'clock p. m. The meeting was called to order, and upon motion, Dr. J. B. Twitfy was called to the chair and J. C. Henderson to act as Sec retary. Dr. J. B. Twitfy explained the object of toe meeting, and m a brief manner,-the situ ation of the country. Upon motion, a oomrqittee of five was ap pointed to prepare business for'the The committee submitted the name of O. B. Collins, delegate, and. J. 0-Hendaraon, alter- nate, to reprwent^arcounty in the Gubernato rial Convention to meet in Atlanta cm the 6th instant " 'Upon motion, toe Maoon Tslkobaps and Messengeb was requested to publish toe pro ceedings of the meeting. Upon motion, the-qieeting adjourned. J. C. Hendebson, J. B. Twott, ‘ v Secretary. Chairman.