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administration would jump at the chance to pat
an end’to the disgrace, but it tarns oat that they
were vastly mistaken, for the same scandalous
system of robbery exists down to this day in
spite of the exposures made by the committee.
. The Senator asked, also, why we have'proposed
4 00 i n legislation to remove these abuses because
2 00 no legislation was necessary. * 'The abases were
created by the executive action in_the adminis
tration of the Custom-house, and they oonld be
done away with by executive action. The
Senator objected to what I said of the power
which sustains this system. I did say, having
laid the evidence before the Senate, that when
the most respectable merchants of New York
bad protested against this system of robbery,
when the Secretary of the Treasury had time
and again pronounced against it, when the com
mittee on retrenchment had pronooneed against
it,-and when still it. was sustained arid kept
alive down to this very day, I did say, in view
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" Beautiful Dreams.
thl U» neean*cious, in dreamy Bleep,
vhL her life-tide was obbing slowly;
*~Vehe would pass with the emkiDg sun
ff lT« «.*hed by her pillow lowly.
Id wU w *‘ i,ed h ®, r farew ® n ™ rd <
XH.fci.ner only tho silence stirred—
Opytifni dreams! beautiful dreams 1’
it listened, she elumbered on;
. ,.,f in the light wind shaken
- flittered, her pulse beat low,
would never waken.
U tMhw logo and lustrous eyes
. in glad eurpiiae,
**ffkUSitifnl. beautiful dreams!"
the wings of those beautiful dreams
^sSnirane. and the day was ended;
tin folded her hands to their last repose
nstnning shades descended;
id the ilars Mine out and wrote on high
JJaidea letters the mvstery—
-Betutiful dreams! beautiful dreams!"
n' go mere vision of other days,
OfroMb'a remembered story,
flidiitber fair and fading face
tfitheo rapturous a glory,
ajjjcf moss death's pallid night,
iwwthe land that was breaking on her sight,
ftp, those beautiful, beautiful dreams.
Bite bands h ekoned across the flood,
Street lips uttrrel "come over!”
h p b a a welcome that never ehono
In the . re of m utal love
-tfcnit.g, passing away,
enetuuU uii'y Bim-o upon us and B±y—
I* "flejuutui dreams 1 beautiful dreams!"
| Not Barfed.
BV ROT W. aNDIUEWS.
yjey are cot parted, though their f.ot
Hive wan 'ered far in different ways,
Ad ■ though they never more may meet
Oa winter eves or summer days.
It natters not though realms divide.
Though boundless seas between them roll;
For still, defying wind and tide,
He.rt yearns to heart, and soul to soul.
They are not parted—only those
Ate parted whom no love unites;
Their absence breaks nor onr repose
ho h-ve no share in onr delights;
They m*v be by our side and still
As tar fiem us *s pole from pole,.
Who hek the s;. mpathetic thrilt
Of h.a:t to heart and soul to soul.
RACY READING.
Sea.nr the Fslthfal "Go” for tlio Great
Presint-Lher-ncpiibUcaii Mnrmouy Sn
the Msunte.
We present below a resume of the debate in
the Senate hstThutsday, on the proposition to
appoint a committee on retrenchment with an
laiaiaient offered by Hr. Trumbull, of IUi—
coiS empowering it to send for persons and
Ipipiis:
eetbexohmekt.
I Ih- Senate then resumed the consideration
of Mr Abthony's resolution to create a com-
I eitteoouretrenchment, withTrumbull’samend-
H aathotizing it to sit daring recess and
TKsl for persons and papers.
Mr. Wilson warned his Republican friends
that they were placing their party in afalse posi
tion before the conntry. Already there were mil-
ana thronghont the conntry who believed that
0 attempt bad been made in the Senate of the
frited S ates to whitewash the adminietr&tion.
Hehoptdthe e would be a unanimous vote for
Iraabnll’s resolution, ao as to let the people
•ee that the Republicans were determined to
tap the Administration pure in all its depart
ments. Ho had no sympathy with the plan of
Wericg our own short comings by talking of
ta gigantic swindles in New York. There wore
Hopnblicau t hieves as well as Democratic thieves
■•£ a Republican thief was to him the far more
taefal of the two, because bo brought disgrace
ffouhe Republican party. Notwithstanding
if* defeers, the present administration was far
PWer and more tfiloient than most of its pre-
taessors No previous administration bad
trir been so prompt in punishing delinquency
•song its cflicers.
Mr. Biair -The Senator is very boastful about
lit purity and vigor of the administration. I
•kbiocall hts attention to a case in Arkansas,
a district attorney and marshal were both
removed from office for procuring an indict-
s*tt against a man for violating a law of the
failed Suites.
Ur. Wilson—I don’t know whether that was
to or not.
Ur. Blair reiterated the statement.
I Ur. W lson said he was not boastful of the
‘islnistration. He 6imply desired to be jast,
hd therefore ho said that tha administration
hi seeking progress in the right direction, al-
Sttegh a good deal more of it wa3 necessary,
y wa8 not one of those Republicans that
Sought the Demooralio party dead; he expected
o encounter them in full force next year, and
k warned his friends against relaxing their ef-
! *ta in any degree, in a vain hope that they
*cald meet no vigorous opposition in 1872.
Mi Nyo opposed Mr. Trumbull's resolution,
'ktutn gentlemen in the Republican party, who
HiMghttbe President was becoming too popu-
ta, bad devised a scheme of civil service re-
a B d under that cry they were now at-
kaptiog to revive the old committee, with all
1218 extraordinary powers of sending for persons
papers.
, Ur. Thurman—The Senator objects to send-
for persons and papers. Where was his
the memorable occasion when a com-
the House of Representatives was ex-
Jtaaiag into the conduct and affairs of Senators,
“discover whether they had not been bribed to
Jpbt Andrew Johnson, and were ransacking
telegraph offices to get at something that
'vd compromise those Senators ?
->je—Just where it is now. Give me another
a set of circumstances andl will vote for
; *pin, but there is no snch occasion now. There
in the ranks now, save with one here
lb»re, who would be greater than his mas-
V, [Laughter.] ,
-Ir. Schurz replied to Mr. Nye, and in the
“^Eof his remarks said, the legitimata sphere
r'‘-Comedian is within the walls of a theatre,
a ihe Senator is satisfied with the role he
2*1* here, nobody else has reason to be dis-
*;-t-cd. Those who defend a badoanse always
t0 a certain line of defenoe. They at-
■•.^pUo throw suspicion on the motive® of those
6, 'Mk ; so the Senator from Nevada, (Mr.
ttrsli other Senators here, makes no at-
Y^pt to disapprove any of the facts that I re—
0- 5 Josterday in regard to the New York
Jtu tior.se, but simply throws aspersion on
J motives and accuses me of Insinuating that
j3 n J service in the army ahoold prevent.^m
obtaiuiog employment in the civil sexvioe
•oa.?IWwmment, end that the Pre«ident#idl
t3 110 with the cartage business in
■ I wish to ssv a few words in reply
gentleman from New York (Mr. Oonk-
r\. lift said yesterday that the investigation
j, c * iork was closed up by the Committee
Y’., , t n i * (; hmtt,t last year; The oommittce did
; ed 'y believe that the case was dosed,
tstej., 3 *eason to believe that when snob
Us&s it exposed were laid before it, the
terious power sostaining that system stronger
than a decent regard for publio opinion, and
stronger than the Secretary of the Treasury
himself.
Mr. Patterson here interposed to make an
explanation, and in reply to a remark by Mr.
Trnmbull, said, I do say that there are Inspec
tors in the Cnstom-honse in New York who
stated before the committee under oath, that
in violation of their official oaths and in viola
tion of the laws of the land, they had taken
bribes, and that they' took bribes every time
they discharged a vessel; and I say further,
that the agents of the steamship companies told
me that they could not get their vessels dis-
dmrged without bribing the officials.
Air. Sumner: I should like to know whether
these ran. are continued in office ?
Mr. Patterson: I have no knowledge of their
having been removed. I know nothing abont
it.
Mr Schurz: The Senator from Indiana (Mr.
Moiton)sajs my remarks yesterday cast a re
flection on the Republican party. How so ? Do
not we all profess to be in favor of reform, and
yet when a member of this Hoose attempts to
lay bare a gross abuse, the cry is raised that he
is trying to injure the Republican party. My
motives have been reflected npon, and I and
those with whom I act have been asked what
object we pnisned. I am ready to state: My
object is to uncover and denounce and try to
have corrected any and every abuse wherever I
can lay my hand on it, without regard to how it
will affect the interest or advantages of party
and without regard to whether this or that per
son may like it or not. I am in f-tvor of reform,
and I am in dead earnest. I do not mean to
denounce abuses on the other side and shield
abuses among my own friends. I want to put
the hot iron to the very bottom of the sore, and
unless we do that we do nothing.
Mr. Tipton followed in support of Trumbull's
proposition. He cited Mr. Morton’s statement,
that the object of those who befriended the
proposition was to show that great corruption
exists under the present administration, and
said that that was exactly what he wished the
people to understand. As to the other branch
of Mr. Morton’s charge, that this movement was
an attack on the Republican party, it was not
true. He (Mr. Tipton) made no attack on the
Republican party. Oa the contrary, he desired
to redeem that party from a curse that had
come upon it through the mistakes of the ad
ministration and the corruption of its officials.
He believed that there was corruption, deep,
damning and festering all through this admin
istration. The motives of those who sought to
revive the Committee on Retrenchment were
culled in question. Could not a man believe
tbat even in the Senate there might be fouDd a
better leader for the Republican party than the
INTELLECTUAL COLOSSUS
now Bitting in the White House, without being
therefor accused of unfaithfulness to parly.—
The Senator from Indiana (Morton) had boast
ed that it was a distinguishing mark of the Re
publican party that it was prompt to pnnish
wrong-d >e>8 among its members. He (Tiptoii)
had once believed so, and had acted upon that
belief, but he*had been proscribed and punished
for it ever since.
Mr. Trumbull's amendment was rejected by
a vote of 24 yeas to 35 nays. The following
Republicans voted for it; Alcorn, Fenton, Lo
gan, Patterson, Robertson, Schurz, Sumner,
Tipton, Trumbull, West and Wilson.
The original resolution was then adopted. I
Mr. Trumbnll then moved to instruct the
committee provided for in the resolution just
adopted, to inquire into all the subjects enu
merated in his rejected amendment, and made
a few remarks. He denied he had done or pro
posed or said anything hostile to the adminis
tration or the Republican party. He was as
tounded at the ground taken by certain Senators
in this debate. He was hostile to none who
were not dishonest and corrupt, and would any
Senator undertake to say that the administra
tion or the party did not desire honesty in the
government ? The President bad deolared in
favor of reform.
Mr Morton said that the drift of the debate
was a reflection upon the Republican party and
an insinuation that it was corrupt.
Mr. Trumbull—Have lever said or intimated
that?
Mr. Morton replied that from the spirit of the
Senator’s remarks he inferred that he (Mr.
Trumbull) did believe that gross corruption ex
isted under the present administration, bnt he
was glad to find that he did not think so.
Mr. Trnmbull siid he believed that great
abuses did exist under this administration.
Abases had existed under all administrations,
but he believed thpt the great increase in the
amount of patronage had naturally caused an
increase in abuses. 'He had' not Said,' however,
that more corruption existed under this than
nuler previons adminis'.ralioas, but then he
wished this administration to be better and the
Republican party to be purer than any other,
Mr. Morton—I am glad to hear the Senator
declare his devotion to the Republican party,
bnt I did understand the spirit of his speeches
to be different However, I accept his state
ment of his position now as to this-question of
itform. Tnere reems to to a disposition on the
part of some people in this country to become
professional reformers par excellence. They
seem to desire to monopolize that business, and
set themselves up as the only men who hate
coiruption. Now I desire to say to those gen
tlemen, whoever they may be, that for one I
shall not allow them to monopolize that busi
ness. I claim to be as good a reformer as any
of them, although I don't make such high pre
tensions.
Mr. Trumbull said Mr. Morton was extremely
kind to acoept his statement, but he declined to
answer him (Morton) for his republicanism,
and denied hia right to call him to an account,
That Senator (Morton) claimed to be a reformer,
but he had a queer way of showing it. Not
long ago, in a speech at St. Loais, he eulogized
the civil service aa it stands at present.
Mr. Morton remarked that in that speech he
bad said of the oivil servioe, that while there
were many reforms and improvements which
could be made in it, and which the Republican
party would make, he did believe on the whole
we had the best civil service in the world,' and
he did say the same now.
Mr. Trnmbull: Well, if them is anywhere
in the world a worse civil service than that of
the United States, 1 pray God to deliver that
people from it. (Laughter.) I feel less dis -
than ever to submit my republicanism to
tbetostof the Senator from Indiana, after his
dorlartt* /> " that we have the best oivil service
in the world. My republicanism is not parti
san. I care nothing for it, except as a party of
great principles, and if it ever comes to be used
Sa cover for frauds and iniquities, the honest
people of the oountry will overwhelm us as they
0t, AtV o’clock p. m., without reaching a vote
on Mr. TrumbnJl’a motion, the Sen® 10 _f ent
into Executive session and soon adjourned un
til Monday.
stationed at
Tbe Proposed Retrenchment and Reform
IovestlgatfiraffS&itcitlnr Discussion—Vic
tory or the Anti-Grant Conservative*.
Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Son.]
axxaiwnHiaaiT axd reform.
Wiasnoroir, December 15.—The Republican
-Senators met in oaoons to-day to again disco**, co “. n
preliminary to action in the ben&te on Monday, anUl0
what oourse should be taken on the proposition
anbmitted yesterday;by Mr. Trumbull instruct
ing the new committee on investigation and ex
penditure to inquire iato ell the present defects
and requirements of the civil servioe. As this
was the very purpose for which the IUinoisSen-
atorhad proposed to create a special"commit-
tee, the administration Senators were in quite a
quandary as to whether Jfefgy could go to' the
oountry after voting these instructions down,
"P l or virtually yield their viotoiy of jeggBTdsv by
accepting them. There was s most excited dis
cussion in the caucus over the situation, during
whioh i! was generally admitted that Mr. Trum
bull, after all the contest of the week, had suc
ceeded in placing them in a position from which
they conld not very well retreat. Mr. Wilson
took the ground that it would never do, id
the present temper of the people and
in thesa days of constant defalcations^
for the Senate to vote down any such in
quiry. The people would not stand on the
technical powers of a standing or a special com
mittee, but would look to the purposes and
course of an investigation. Mr. Oonkling, in
the line of his opposition, intimated that if the
friends of the administration voted for these in
structions to the new standing committee, they
virtually oame book to the termB of the resolu
tion presented in the Senate on Monday last by
Mr. Trumbnll. Other Senators admitted that,
with the slight exception of an inquiry into the
civil service, this was true enough, but they could
not well avoid if. So the result was, after a very
unharmonious session of an hour and a half, thit
Mr. Trnmbull carried his point, and his instruc
tions were adopted, with an amendment omitting
that part instructing the committee on investi
gation and retrenchment to consider the expedi
ency of so amending the laws under which ap
pointments to the public service are now made
to provide for withdrawing the public
service from being nsed as an instrument of
political or party patronge. The resolution
as thus amended instructs the committee to in
quire into the expenditures of all branches of
the service of the United States, and to report
any and what offices enght to be abolished,
whether and what salaries or allowances
ought to be reduced ; what are the methods in
procuring accountability in publio agents or
officers in the care and disbursements of public
moneys; whether the moneys have been paid
out illegally; whether any officers or agents or
other poisons have been or are employed in the
pnblic service without authority of law or un
necessarily, and generally how and to what ex
tent the expenses of tho service of the conntry
may and ought to be onrtailed. Messrs Morton
and Conkling were very much disaffected, the
latter becoming quite violent in his language as
he came from the caucus, and intimating that
he did not intend to be bound by caucus decis
ions in future. The Conservative or anti-Grant
Republicans were greatly rejoiced at their vic
tory, thongb not very well pleased over the new
committee which was agreed on, and which is
composed of Senators Buckingham, Howe,
Pratt, Harlan, Stewart, Poole and Bayard, the
last named being the only Democrat. The com
mittee lacks the vigor of the old retrenchment
committee. Mr. Schurz is studiously omitted.
The caucus carefully excluded from the com
mittee those who had taken part in the debate
on retrenchment, and henco Messrs. Trumbnll
and Schurz have no place ou. it.
ANOTHER REPUBLICAN CAUCUS. Sec. 8. Be it farther enacted by flse aattmrl-
e Proposed Retrenchment and Reform ty‘Wor^dV That ill’citixeriff of'ihe city of
Macon, as well as citizens of other ^portions of
theoonnty of Bibb liable to road'and street
duty, shall be liable to the provisions of this
act, and nothing herein contained'sball be con-
strned to relieve any citizen of the city of Ma-
— m liabilities to pay the street tax now
ilitiea
1 by the charter’of said Olty.-
See 9. Be it farther enacted by the authority
aforesaid,That it shall be the duty of the Commis
sioners of the several districts of said counties to
asoertain and report to the Tex Collectors of
said counties the names of each and every per
son in their respective districts wbdmay be sub
ject to road duty, and give me
Collectors. And it shall be thi
Tax Collectors collect '.the’ti
levied in pursuance of tfais act .
the Ordinaries may direct, and shwt -eport to
the said Ordinaries the names or ail j ^ ons who
fail or refuse to pay said tax.
Bee. lb. Be it farther enacted by the au
thority of the same, Tbat any person or; persons
subject to road duty who shall prefer to work
the road in person or by proxy shall have the
right to do so, and shall work six days in the
year on the roads in the districts under the di*
rection of the contractor for the same, whose
receipt for such good labor shall be good
against the 'capitation tax, and be charged
as oash against said contractor, and any
person failing or refusing to pay the com
mutation tax for road duty shall be subject to
all the penalties already provided by law, and
his wages be subject to garnishment by tbe Tax
Collector, whose duty it shall be to proceed by
execution or garnishment against all defaulters
by summary process a3 at present provided by
law.
Seo. 11. Be it further enacted by the authori
ty aforesaid, That the Tax Collectors of said
counties shall he entitled to the same per cent,
upon the collection of said road taxes as is al
lowed by law for the co.leotion of State taxes.
Sec. 12. Be it farther enacted, That said
Commissioners shall hold their office for the
term of four years, excepting those first elected,
one-half of whom—to be determined by lot on
their first meeting—shall hold said office for
the term of two years. Upon the expiration of
the terms of said Commissioners, their success
ors shall be elected by tho Grand Jury, which
shall firet, thereafter, be in session in said coun
ties; and all vacancies by death, resignation, or
otherwise, shall be filled for the unexpired
terms, in the same manner, and .the result of
all regular and special elections of said Com -
missioners shall constitute a portion of tha
special presentments of said Grand Juries, and
when any Grand Jury shall fail to discharge
any duty herein specified, the next succeeding
Grand Jury shall discharge said duty.
Seo. 13. Be it farther enacted. That said
Commissioners shall moot at the capitals of their
respective counties on the first Saturday in
January, April, July and October, of each year,
for the transaction of business, and shall have
power to adjourn from day to day. Special
meetings may be called by any three of the Com
missioners upon personal notice in writing to
ail the Commissioners in the county at said
time, or upon publication in a publio gazette of
• be capitol of each connty ten days before the
date of meeting.
Seo 14 Beit further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws mili
tating against this act be aud tho same are
herebv repealed.
James M. Smith,
Speaker House of Representatives.
J. D Waddell,
Clerk House of Representatives.
• L. N. Trammell,
s- President of Senate.
T. H J. Hill, Clerk of Senate. „ -
The English gunboat Growler,
Rhodes, iain,constant pursuit of a Greek pirate
completely equipped for war, who has already
captured man; merohant vessels, and who takes
retreat in the bogs or Greeks, where the gunboat
cannot follow him. ’ f l *!r *
The Road Act Tor Bibb aud Houston.
AN ACT
To alter and amend the Road Laws of this State
so far as relates to the counties of Bibb and
Houston, and to authoriza and require the Ordi
naries of said counties to levy and collect a tax
for road purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of Geor
gia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same, that it
shall be the duty of the first Grand Juries of the
counties of Bibb and Houston whioh shall be
in session after the passage of this act, to elect
by ballot three Commissioners of publio roads
in each Militia District in said counties, whoso
rights, powers, duties, liabilities and immunities
shall be the same in all respects as are now pre
scribed by law, except so far as the same may
be modified or allowed by the provisions of this
act.
Seo. 2. Be it further enacted by the au
thority of the same, That said Commission
ers shall be, and they are hereby authorized
and required, as aoon after their appoint
ment as practicable, to lay off the roads
in said counties, in sections of three, five or
more miles each, as they or a majority of them
shall deem most appropriate, the working and
keeping in repair of which, in accordance with
the road laws of this S:ate, for the term of one
or more years, shall be let to the lowest bidder,
after due and proper notice of the same; and
it shall be tho duty of said Commissioners to
make out specifications in writing of the work
to be dune, which specifications shall be the
basis of the contract.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the anthori-
ty aforesaid, That the person or persons with
whom said road contracts may be made, shall
be required to give a bond with approved se
curity, in a sum double the amount agreed to
be paid to him or them under said contracts,
which bonds shall be made payable to the Or
dinaries of said connty, and conditioned for the
faithful performance of their respective con
tracts aooording to the terms thereof, and the
sums for whioh said work is contracted to be
done, shall be paid by the Ordinary, only when
the work agreed upon has been faithfully done,
according to the term3 of their respective con
tracts, and the same has been certified by a
majority of said Commissioners.
Seo. 4. Be it farther enacted by the authority
aforesaid, Tbat whenever it shall be made to
appear to the Ordinary, upon the report of the
Commissioners of any District that the condi
tions of the bonds required to be given in pur
suance of the third section of this act have been
violated or not complied with, it shall be his
duty to have suit instituted forthwith against
the principal and Beonrities thereon, and the
amonnt recovered shall be set apart and appro
priated as a road fund. •• .:«o J * m •
Sec. 5. Be it farther enacted by tbe authority
aforesaid, That the person or persons with
whom said contract may be made shall enjoy
all the rights, powers and privileges, and shall
be subject to all the pains aud penalties now
prescribed by law in reference to .overseers of
pnblio roads, except so far as the saxne may be
affected by this act.
Sec. 6. Be it farther enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That in making the aforementioned
oontraots, the Commissioners shall have power
to pledge to said contractor or contractors, the
labor of suoh oonviots as may be aentenoed by
the Judge of the Superior Court of said coun
ties to such labor for minor offenses; provided
that said contractor, or contractors Bball make
suoh provisions for safe-keeping and mainten
ance of the Bame, as shall be approved by said
Commissioners under dtroodon of the Ordi
naries and Sheriffs of said counties... , 1.
Seo. 7. Be it farther enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That the Ordinaries of said counties
he, and they are hereby authorised and required
to levy, a capitation tax, which shall be id com
mutation of work upon public roads in said coun
ties, of three dollars upon each and every person
subject to road duty by existing laws in said coi
tie#, the payment of whioh shall operate as an ex
emption from road duty for and daring the year,
for which said tax may be levied, and shall also
levy and collect a tax upon tbe taxable property
of said counties when recommended by the
Grand Juries of said counties, not exceeding
twenty-five per cent, on the amount of the State
tax in said counties, and any person who may
be subject to the payment of said lax shall be
amenable ini all respects to the road laws of this
State, if he or she fail or refuse to pay the
OriRRMMROJ ■ V.l' ^ j
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m e vml
Approved December 12, 1871.
' Benjamin Conlet, Governor,
Office Secret art of State,)
Atlanta, Ga., December 18, 1871. j
The above and foregoing nine pages of writ
ten matter contain a true and correct copy of
the original act of file in this oilico.
Given under my hend and soal of office.
David G. Coinso, Secretary of State.
Is Fanuiug in the South a Failnre?
Met hrs. Editors Telegraph and Messenger—As
this is one of the most important questions that
could agitate our people at this time, I thought
to let them know what I know about farming,
os Greeley would say. Farming in this country
is so closely identified with every interest, that
it might be considered the propelling power of
the whole business machinery. Railroading,
steamboating and machines of all kinds prosper
or decline as the farmer is successful or unsuc
cessful. The landlord who had his house rent
ed to an employe of one of onr railroads, did
not think that the short orops this year would
affect his interest until that tenant was sus
pended and enable to pay his house rent.
But to the question, is farming a failure?
I answer no, emphatically. But were I to an
swer are farmers failures f I would answer in
the affirmative with very few exceptions; and
with your permission, I propose to give to your
maoy readers one or two examples, hoping that
others may go and do likewise. The first I will
call Mr. Wells, who has produced forty bales
of cotton this year, and corn enough to feed
two mules twelve months, or a two-mule farm.
How is that for high? Perhaps you may think
that it is too highf if so, you can be the best
satisfied man in the world by inquiring in the
neighborhood of No. 10, Southwestern Railroad.
This man informed me that one-half of the cot
ton crop will pay the expense of making the
crop, including four hundred and ; fifty dollars
paid for fertilizers. That leaves the price of
twenty bales for his profits. While-the old
style farmer who tries to cultivate tho whole
surface of the Globe, has come out that far
lacking, and is ready to say tbat farming in the
South is a failure. Its the man. -teO wfcj
Now for my knowledge abont farming. If
you have twelve mules kill (or sell to a negro
who has no corn to feed them whioh amounts to
about the same) take the strongest of the ba
lance and hitch them to a large turn plow, run
a deep furrow between your corn or cotton rows,
ttirn around and ran another one in the bottom
of the first furrow. Then put your weaker hands
to filling this furrow with corn or ooMon stalks,
also with leaves from the forest and bam yard.
Fill it half full at least. Then take a long nar
row plow, a bull tonghe Booster will answer, and
run a deep furrow on each side of the large one
covering up the vegetable matter to deoay and
be ready for planting food next summer, also to
retain a moisture in case of a drouth. When
you plant use a small portion of good fertilizers
to start the plant. I shall not tell yon what kind
of fertilizers to use, for the several agents will
do that. But by all means look to the perma
nent Improvement of your lands. Select the
best land and laborers and let the balance go.
Cultivate yonr farmawell and my word for it
farming is not a failnre. G. S. er.
—
The Georgia “Lotaubtb” Who Have Made
a Raise.—From the list of claims allowed by
the Southern Claim* Commission lately in sea
sion at Washington, we find the following to
persons calling themselves Georgians
Francis W. Anderson, $100; Elizabeth Blount,
$1,775; Lewis-Bender, $720; J. N B. Cobb,
$2,040; James A. Carden, $200J. T. Duck
ett, $366; David Deliona, $246; James D
Thompson, $830; N P Hartoen, $377; Merritt
P. Goodwin, $689 ; Williapa L- Go°dwi“. $2,-
087; Hugh McGill, $186; Benjamin F. Patrilo,
$377 ; Thomas Mo Mahan, $100; James C.
Wright, $43; ’Biobard iWfafcjgf?
Waters, $1,207; Cato Jackson, $2i6; Thomas
Rhan. $153; John Young, $266; Z«phnathpa-
aneah Wallis, $938 ; M CTM^ay, $261; Ohgl-
sea McCauley, $685; T. R Henderson, $949;
Garrett Terrell, $1,326; William H. Head,
$61; Moses Glass, $2,407; James A. PaXsoD,
$41; G. M. Easley, $100; Jaoob Welper, $196.
The last wild turkey in Butts county—and
isn’t it a melancholy thought to the folks np
there—was killed last week by OoL B. F. Ward,
near his residence. - 1 1
Appointments of the Sooth Georgia
Conference for 1872.
Savannah District—J. O. A. Clark, P, E.
Savannah, Trinity—J. K. Evens. ‘if
Savannah, Wesley C ‘ ‘ “
G. Gk JtfMoDomslL,
Springfield—;T. B. Lanier.
Mizpah—J. J. Morgan.
Bylvania'—W:-T.-'MoMtehae1.
Bethel—R. W. Flournoy.
Alexander—J. A Rosser. -.
Waynesboro—N. B Oaaley.
Louisville—0. C. Hines.
Sandersville and Davisboro—W. 8. Baker.
Washington—J. B. Culpepper.
Gibson—S. N. Tnoker, J. Domingoeui arw j
Macon District—J. W. Hinton, P. B.
Macon—Mulberry Street and Yinevilla—J.
(MariftR OS Agee IUi* Eesrfsif*1—ifi«II a*U i
East Macon and Swift Creek—J. W. Barite.
Fisst Streot—W. W. Hicks.
City Mission—Sapphed by R. Cain.
Macon Circuit—J. & Jesdaa.
Gordon—W. J. Grass, nqct edT ntinl
Irwin ton—Supplied by F. Flanders.
Jeffersonville—B. F. Evans.
Twigns—Supplied by W. Griffin.
Fort Valley and Manhallville—F. A. Bran oh.
Beaver Dam—W. W. Tidwell.
Montezuma and Fravidenoe—To be supplied.
Perry—A J. DeaBtivteq-iiu Ksa intsdlwoN [ I
Haynesville— E. H. A. McGhee.
Wesleyan Female College—E. H. Myers,
President W. F. O. C. W. 8mith and W. C.
Bass, Professors Wesleyan Female College.
Columbus District. —T. T. Christian, P. E.
Colnmbus—St Lnke—J. S. Key.
St. Paul—Arminms Wright.
Wesley Chapel—M. D Bond.
Girard and Asbnry Chapel—Supplied by 3. E.
Tooke.
Muscogee—To be supplied.
Hamilton—W. F. Robinson.
Talbotton—R. W. Dixon.
Talbot--D R Me Williams, R. L. Honiker.
Geneva—S. R. Weaver.
Juniper Mission—W. A. Green.
Butler—J. R. Littlejohn.
Buena Vista—W. W Stewart.
Cusseta—S. D. Clements, i — - . ..
Oglethorpe—G. S. Johnson.
LeYert Female College—H. D. Moore.
Lovick Pierce—Conference Missionary Agent
Amebicus Di>triot —J. B. Smith, P. E.
Americas—A. M. Wynn. ■
Bethel—J Harris.
Magaolia Springs—A. M. Marshall.
Ellaville—C. A. C.-owell, R. F. Williamson,sup
Smithville and Mission—D. O. Driscoll.
Cothbert—B F. Breedlove.
St Pauls and Millers’ Chapel—E. J. Bald
win. ;. ,; rt . i’
Spring Vale—N. D. Moorehonse.
Georgetown—To be supplied.
Diwson—G. C. Clarke.
Terrell—G. T. Embry.
Weston—E J. Rentz. *
Lumpkin—J. M. Austin.
8tewart—J. B. Wardlaw.
Florence—-To be supplied.
President Andrew Female College—J. B. Mo-.
Gehee.
Agent Orphans’ Home—S. Anthony.
Bainbridgb Distbict.—R. B. Lester, P. E.
Bainbridge—W. Knox.
Decatur—J. F. Mixon.
Trinity—G. O. Thompson.
Colquitt—W. F. Roberts, J. M. Potter.
Fort Gaines and Blakely—W. M. Hayes.
Morgan—J. D. Mauldin.
Camilla—J. T. Ainsworth.
Cairo—P. O. Harris.
Grooversville—R. H. Howren.
Dunoanville—L. O. Peak.
Thomasville—0. R. Jewett
Albany and Mission—R. J. Corley.
Bbunswiok Distbict.—L. B. Payne, P. E.
Brunswick and City Mission—J. O. A. Cook.
St Marys—H. P. Myers.
Centre Village—W. H. Thomas.
Waynesville—J. L. Williams.
Waresboro—T. S. Armstead.
Jessnp—W. M. Watts.
Holmesville—Supplied by J. Ware.
Stockton—S. J. Childs.
Valdosta—W. M. Kennedy.
Quitman—S. S. Sweet.
Morven—A. P. Wright.
Hinebvllle Distbict.—J. W. Simmons, P. E.
Hinesville—W. G. Booth.
Darien and Molntosh—E. J. Burch.
Searboro—J. W. Glenn.
Dublin—H. J. Ellis.
Wrightsviile—Supplied ljy W. T. Ray.
County Line—To be supplied.
Swainesboro—O. J. Toole.
Jacksonville—H. O. Fentress.
Oconee—R. D Gentry.
Altimaha Mission—W. F. Conley.
Reidsville—D, G. Pope.
O. A. Fullwood and A. A. Robinson trans-
ferred to Florida Conference.
Hawkinsville Distbict.—J. E. Sentell, P. E.
Hawkinsville—R. M. Lockwood.
Cochran Mission—L. A. Dane;.
Pulasla and Wilcox—Snpplied by W. D. Ba3-
sey. 1 ' ‘ .*2
Vienna—L, J. Spence.
Dooly Mission—Snpplied by W. M. Clemons.
Flint River Mission—Supplied by W. M. Rus-
seii. , I -n
Moultrie Mission—W. M. Bnntin.
Nashville—J. J. .. f li y. I nlgi
Allapaha— B. S. Key. " ::: ' v
Ocutnlgee—W. Lane. Jot
O. E. Brown tranferred to Arkansas Oon-
V*. „ lb —
Next Conferenoe to. be held at Thomasville-
Conference adjourned sine die, with doxology
and benediction. ~ . *7 .-uTw **
Georgia Bonds.
The Legislature of Georgia has taken a recess
without making any provision for paying: the
interest falling due on the publio debt; and no
appropriations will probably bo made'forithat
purpose until tbe special committee whioh has
been appointed to investigate the financial con
dition of the state shall have completed its in
vestigations. taSit a .imlteNnilfr wroffO t J
It should not be understood by this that the
Legislature of Georgia proposes repudiation;
bnt the gigantic system of robberies which has
been in operation in that State has effected such
an entanglement of accounts that that it is im
possible to distinguish between legitimate and
fraudulent claims against the Treasury until a
thorough investigation has been carried through.
The fugaoious Governor Bollock has distributed
the bonds of the State in reckless profusion,
and in ntter defiance of law; and the represen
tatives of the people who will have to bear the
burdens which have been placed npon them by
an irresponsible horde of oarpet-bag adventnr-
:u-;- : . ...
PEEP ABED FOE THE TELEOJHPH AND MESSENGER.
An important bill passed by the German
Reichstag provides" that priests who, in'the pul
-iit‘ mike the affairs of the State a subject of
iMoantm 1 , so as to endanger the public peaoe,
shall be punitihed with imprisonment not ex
ceeding two j yearn. Von Lutz, Bavarian Min
ister of this State, deolared that it mnst now be
decided whether the State or the Roman Cath-
olib Ohureh is to possess the supreme power;
and that; a -.bulwark, of which this law is the
foundation atone, must be raised against the
encroachments of the latter. After a feeble
opposition from the clerical party, the bill was
passed. «. iiuw bii> aaiiam atxi<mi.i»sv ‘
The Reichstag had: referred to a commission
the question raised by Deputy Babel, whether
the President exceeds bis powers in imposing si-
lenoe bit’a member ‘after simply admonishing
him, bnt without formally twice calling him to
ordbE. President Simson, when the question
was mooted, had declared that if each a narrow
interpretation were pat on the |pcepted regula
tion, he would resign life efBfec At tbe close
of that sitting it was announced that the Presi
dent bad resigned, bnt on the same' day an eve
ning tatting was, held in whioh President Sim
eon was re-eleoted, in his absence, by two hund
red and nineteen votes oat of two handred and
seventy-taxi 'I 1
It iq said that the Freneh Minister of Jastice
will shortly lay a bill before the National As
sembly, prohibiting the Bonaparte3 from enter
ing French territory without previons permis
sion. ! ;. w ‘
After two Imperialistic papers a radioal organ,
“Le Rappel” has been suppressed. The Paris
press severely censures the despotic conduct of
the government. Le Rappel was suspended
because the editor had taken the liberty of criti
cising the army, and Thiers did not dare to re
sist the pressure of the Generals who demanded
that tbe journal should be suppressed.
The “Donanboite,” an ultra montane paper,
thu3 alludes to the Internationals:. “Too little
notioe and apprehension are excited by the dan
gers threatening us from the so-called Interna
tionals; that is, from the great conspiracy of
workmen which already.extends over the whole
world, and whose declared purpose is to sub
vert by force the whole existing order of society.
To them God is a 1 lie, property theft, and honor
a burden and a chain.
General Faidhorbe has arrived in Paris to
start on a voyage through Italy, Sicily, and
Egypt on a mission of the government.
'The Prince of Wales seems to be out of dan
ger and rapidly recovering. The excitement in.
political circles is subsiding and business reviv
ing again.
Gladstone is endeavoring to induce Bright,
who has regained his former health to re-enter
the Cabinet, and has offered him a seat without
portfolio. Bright’s answer is not known yet,
bnt it is not probable that the distinguished
statesman will accept the offer.
The Great Northern-Telegraph Company has
issued a notice that it Will now forward tele
grams to Nagasaki, in Japan, at the rate of-four
pounds and six pence for twenty words.
A critical edition of Shelley’s poems, includ
ing some hitherto unedited pieces; and with
fac similes of all the original titles, will be short-'
ly published in London, •
For several years past the Emperor of Rus
sia,, with a certain ostentation, has seized every
suitable opportunity of paying flattering cour
tesies to his uncle, the Emperor William.—
When last year Prince Gortschakoff had jast
published his startling dispatch on the Euxine
question, Alexander sent a message to VStas
sailles congratulating the Emperor on the vic
tory of the German arms, and expressing the
wiBh that the friendship uniting the Houses of
Romanoff and Hohenzollern might secure the
glory and happiness of Russia and Germany.
William, deeply moved, replied in the same ar
dent and respectful, almost humble tone, of
gratitude which he will invariably assume to
ward his Imperial nephew. Yet, the relations be
tween the two great northern powers are far
from being so intimate as these protestations
of friendship would fain make ns believe. No
donbt the Czar is: sincere, but bis sentiments
do not re-echo the views of his people. The
well organized national party in Russia, headed
by the Czarowitz, has long understood that the
establishment of a united German Empire is
opposed to Russia’s interest, and that Alexan
der’s poliov during the late war whioh so great
ly contributed to tha German triumph, has been
a political mistake.
The friendly understanding between Berlin
and St. Petersburg rests on two eyes only; and
the far-seeing Chancellor, well knowing that
after the death of Alexander the Second, Russia
will pursue a hostile policy toward Germany,
approached Austria and brought about the in
terviews at Salzburg and Ischl, resulting in a
seoretagreemeot between the Vienna and Berlin
Cabinets For they are aware in the Vienna
Hofsbnrg that the dismemberment of the Aus
trian monarchy must precede the conquest of
Constantinople by the Muscovite, and history
has taught Hungary to dread Russia as her
greatest foe. The rajrprochetMnt between Berlin
and Vienna has much displeased in St. Peters
burg, and the prospect that Oonnt Androssy may.
be induced to make concessions to Galioia, thus
filling the national Polish party with new hopes,
Is not Bpt to improve tho temper of the Russian
official circles. The future policy of Alexander’s
snocessor is foreshadowed by an ominous dis
patch from St. Petersburg, reporting a personal
encounter between the Czarowitz and Prince
Rales, the German ambassador. It does not
appear what causes led; to the aj«»rrel whioh
rose so high that the Czarowitz made a personal
assault on the Prince. Friends interfered and
separated the two gentlemen. This extraordi
nary occurrence has created a great sensation,
The heir-presumptive is described as a narrow-
minded rather Ball young man. Having been
brought up'by Pauslaviatic teachers, he cher
ishes the ambitious dream of plaoing Russia at
tho beal of .the Slavic world; He has a <|eep-
seated- dislike for the Germans, who have al
ways furnished a;considerable contingent for
the higher military grades and offioers of state,
and tbe measures of oppression against the
German Baltic proviaces as well as Poland are
mainly attributed to the influenoe of the Czaro
witz and his party.
Russia is losing no time in profiting from the
abrogation of tbe obnoxious restrictions of Ihe
treaty Paris. On the authority of the Vienna
Tageapresae it is stated that three new iron
dads wiQ join the Blaek Sea fleet, and that
orders have been given to hasten the construc
tion of the new fort at Kieff. .* oa «u«
The Poliah emigration has passed a reeolation
to observe a general national mourning for the
next year, the first partition of Poland haying
, - . ..... taken Dlace in 1772, one hundred years ago.
era propose to asrortain before paying the |nter- Another ministerial crisis is ; approaching in
est on these bonds whether they have lawfully a - - dis3o i nt i 0n 0 f the Cortes is immi
nmnn into tbe noseaaion of their nraeent ownem. ^ ’ — T, « I
UNDER THE WAVES. .
Trastc Sequel to tfee Arrest of the ttaMh
City Express EfShVers tr Eyirt*fctata»<»|$fr
tempts to Harder His Coptor.bat Se«x«
Foiled damps Into the River wd is
Drowned. . *
In yesterday’s Avalanche appeared a Ml ac
count of the capture of two desperadoes named
Hillard Farrington, and cot Levi, as atAtod,who
is his brother, and William Barton, by Detec
tive Pinkerton, of Chicago, end several of his
men near Verona, Missouri, last Tuesday. ’Prom
Verona the party proceeded to Springfield and
from there by ratirosAto St. Loais. Stopping
in St. Loais a day for much needed rest, Mr.
Pinkerton, accompanied by Mr. Pat Connell, of
this city, left there at 8:40 Thursday evening
for Union City. Coming by the way of OaujD
they arrived in that town about two o'ol iok yes
terday morniDg, and in a few moments after
were with their prisoners on the transfer boat
that was to carry them to Columbus. The prigl
oners were secuTcty’handwtffed and kept ta tha
oahin of the 1mA whsro their every movement
ffifHtalMtaHEsml sj> stag
About. 4se o’clock, or Just, befop
of day, Farrington'otaleawPinkef
that he wanted to go odt on the gourds oftehfe
boat He said thaV if Pinkerron would go .with
him he would tell the
WHEREABOUTS OF THE STOLES MONET.
At the time the boat was steam-tig down the
river, being about midway between Cairo (ted
Columbus, speaking to Mr. Connell for a mp-
rnent, Mr. Pinkerton turned and walked out
with Farrington, the two walking diruotly to
thegnards just jorward of one of th&. whwl
houses. Farrington stilt had his haudouffs on,
and stood with his baok to the low railing tbat
enoiroles the guards. Mr. Pinkerton stood di
rectly in front; the handle of a large sized
“Trenton ” revolver—self cocking— projected
from his right hand pocket, and within a.fsw
inches of his prisoner. Without sayjiig Scyroti
Farrington, with a sudden spring, snatched the
o> v
•o votis of
has :
come into the posestaon of their present owners,
or come node.- the category of stolen property.
The present Legislature of Georgia appears
to be composed of honest men, who are endeav
oring by moderate and jndioione measures to
extricate the State from the sloogh into whioh
it has been plunged daring the time in whioh
such exponents of Grantism as Bullock and his
accomplices have held unquestioned sway. The
State Treasurer, Dr. Angler, is arman Of un
doubted integrity, who stoutly resisted, to the
best of hiB power, the efforts of the Bollock
gang to rob the Treasury; and though he is a
Northern man and a refugee during the rebel
lion, he possesses the confidence and respect of
the old oitizens of Georgia who were on the
wrong side during the war.
The people of Georgia have great confidence
in the resources of the State; and, while they
mean to scrutinize closely the claims brought
against it, it is certain that no attempt will, be
to evade the payment of obligations whioh
are shown to be ldgal and jnsL—Jr, Y. Sun.
Vick’s Illustbated Catalogue sad Floral
Guide for 1872 is a gem which can be procured
by forwarding ten cents, addressed to James
Vick, Rochester, New York. It is an illustrated
pm|ijd| of 120 pages, and a miracle of taste
in execution. Each flower and vegetable is ac
companied with full direction* for cultivation.
sent.'. The Radical party, headed by Zorilla,
the late Minister President, held a large meeting
in Madrid which wasi attended by 12,000 people.
Zorilla, Rizero, Figuerola, Martos, Salazar, the
leading men of the party, made speeches de
fending their principles and political conduct
by denying any Republican machinations on
their part, and asserting their loyalty to the new
dynasty. The meeting resolved to elect-a 1 lead
ing committee for the politieal elections, con
sisting of twenty-five members, and to send the
venerable Espartero a telegram informing him
of his eleotion as honorary president.
The Republican party bf the Ourtes, in *a re-
oent meeting decided to charge Oaatilar with the
issuing of a manifesto. - 4 j
Researches hi the prison of Saladero, have
led to the discovery of many dooomente, refer-
ing to robberies executed and contemplated.
Tnere were also found a great number of forged
f ala of various authorities, and even forstgat
.mh.rn.iMi Ten prisoners are eompHeated in
the batanrss in sHtaoh aiib many other criminals
m home and abroad at» otteMrasd. i ,
The Federal Assembly at Borne, Switzerland,
has decided toraarganize the Swiss army much
after ihe JPzusaisR-iEodeL
Another bill legalises oivil marriages.
»* bn 4uli mfl) ntB<) wtftnf i nwi tiijOTlta
Griffin was treated to a four inoh snow, last
Thursday night
I Almost with the Bame movement MnPioker-
ton grasped Barrington and hallooed for Con
nell to cume t a his aid.
A DESPERATE STRUGGLE
ensued in the meantime for the possession of
the pistol. It was terminated by. the opportune
arrival of Mr. Connell, who struck tha pistol
still retained by Farrington, just.as it Vas fired.
The bullet shaved o{J,a lock of Mr.- Pinkerton’s
hair just above his ear. Before he opuld pull
the trigger the second time pistol- was
wrested from Farrington.
Seeing that he was foiled. Farringtoa, witii a
deep curse, sprang over the railings and
rLUNGZD INTO THE DARK RIVER.
S/riking just forward’of’the wheel-house,- ho
was drawn'’under it. The supposition is .that
he was -struck by .one. of the buckets of .the
... J ... Gte
JMt ShisiaLi
Mt. Pinkerton, went bot in i» skiff to look for
him. < After pulling , around the spot, fpr a few
minutes without discovering anything, the party
retnrned to the steamer, which proceeded on its
way down the river. From the fact that he was.
not only- handcuffed, bnt Blsd badi hia feet
manacled, it is almost certain that he sank even
if not struck by the wkeeL
m While on their way from Cairo, Barton had
A FOLL dONFESSIOk, St-.5 SO
implicating both Farringtansr—Hilliard apd-Levi
—in both' robberies, as mentioned yesterday.
A knowledge of this fact is the probable cause
of Farrington’s desperate action; as he knew-'that
a long term of years in the penitentiaiy.awsited
him. Barton made no atiempSito.feBCJ^jand
expresses a willingness to. enter a plea of guilty
and receive the sentence without going through
the formality of a trial.
ANOTHER OF THE GANG.
A telegram was received late last evening from
Robert Pinkerton, another son of Allan Pinker
ton, stating that he had just effected the cap
ture of Levi Farrington, alias Eiward H. Rus
sell, at Farmington, Ill. He was captured after
a resistance similarTo that offered by his brother
Hilliard throe days before* the only difference
beingthat after empty toft his revolver he, had
no more ammunition to fall back upon. Mr.
Pinkerton left Farmington yesterday evening
with his prisoner for Union Oity, and this
morning' be is doubtless in the’ jail at that place.
With the capture of Levi, who separated from
the others immediately after the robbery, the-
trio of robbers is complete. Two of them are
securely fastened in the jail at Union City,
awaiting a trial, while the other sleeps beneath
the surface of the mighty Father of Waters. In
capturing these men Messrs. Pinkerton and
Connell nave but added another inscription npon
their roll of fame and illustrated once more that
“ the WAX OF THE TRANSGRESSOR M HARD.”
To Messrs. M. J. O’Brien and J. H. Worley,
of the Express Company, tho thanks of the
conntry are due for the manner in which they
have had the case’ “ worked’np. u Not losing
originally bnt abont $1500 by the robbery, they
have in the lata two .months expended over
$12,000 in tho capture of the roobers. The
Southern Express Company is one of tho very
few corporations that invariably pursues all de
predations regardless of expense, never ceasing
until the criminals an safety lodged in,the pen
itentiary or securely awinging from the gallows
tre^, as tho case may be. In capturing the
above mentioned prisoners over fifty men have
been employed in different positions, and four
of them are still in thuintettor pf Missouri with
Mrs. Farriggtgg, whp js.yetis jj_ c
IN BLISSFUL IONObSSCR _
of the fate of her sons. She, too, will be ar
rested and brought back as a witness in the
case. The two Farringtons are credited with
a half dozen murderkbetween'them.-Rndif Levi
should perehanoe meet a simil r fate to that of
his brother, the communities at large would
feel more aeonre in the possession of life and
property.;—Memphis Avwdnehe.- - A 1 *
Tbe Atlantic Monthly on Grant.
The Atlantic Monthly would be nothing if not
Radical, but it appears that even It has become
surfeited of Grant. In the politic*! deportment
of the Janaary number,- the magazine thus dis
courses abont Grant and hia administration :
“Neither the Cincinnati Commercial, nor the
Chicago Tribune, nor tba Springfield Republi
can, nor the New York Tribune, would be dis
pleased if Gen. Grant failed in securing a re-
nomination. There are orb; reasons, too, why
Gen. Grant's coetinuanae in the office would
be regretted by other people. As. a rale, mili-
t$*y men ore not the stuff to make good states
men for an nnmilitary and commercial society.
For the most part they entertain a professional
oontempt for law, even whea they avow their
loyalty to it. Of this peculiarity Gen. Grant’s
administration has given at least one signal
illustration. Declaring himself firmly opposed
to intervention in the a if aim of foreign nations,
he has for some time past maintained a protec
torate of San Domingo, which is in .reality
an illegal war againat Hayti; carried" on in
the teeth of a distinct provision of the Con
stitution. Again, dearly General Grant seems
ignorant of the elementary principles of eco
nomical science to'the extreme of believing that
the chief source.of the wealth of this oountry is
to be found in the mineif of California. Hia
system of appointments' has been unintelligible.
Appointments etteh ad Mr. Murphy's and Consol
General Butler’s are poemble, we see, because
eommissiaBd have been issued to them; but how
the ssms-maa who appointed Mr. Morphy and
Consul General Butler should also have ap
pointed Mr. Fish and Judge Hoar; is inexplica
ble. Besides all tine,' he has shown * singular
want of detioaey, totej thuleast, in receiving
;Wmtg$ftahj»^r^p|%,Jta|LtoUTsctly profiting
himself out or ggverament contracts. To own
taook in a commercial enterprise is one thing,
but’ to own taferteln ikxnporatioo which is daily
asahteg yakivHI* UoetritaeHittathT departments
at Washington, la,.**,the of ‘ ha
Utiitad States
pgem ksa bo^fsty. He n iixt Joaui innocent ox
dl Share fn,«re management of the ‘administra-
tion quafry,’ bnt such a scandal Might sot to b*
'j.