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Telegraph and Messenger
MACON, DE0EMBEB2S, 18.71
Hen Items.
Small rox.—We regret to see that small-pox
is gfettisg pretty unmanageable about New
York. It is spreading in Brooklyn, Jersey
City, Trenton, Newark and all about there.
The Accident on the Cintbal Railboad, at
the Walnut Creek Bridge night before last,
turps out to base been not half as bad as re
ported. No ears were smashed, but several of
thftn'weie knocked hard enongh to break off
the bumpers.
The Pbixox of Wales is getting along so
well that it is said he will be out in three or
four days. We hope he will come out resolved
to be a good man, and hereafter, in the well
considered words of the catechism, "to serve
God and keep his commandments.”
The Internationals.—Several of the me
chanic’s unions gave in their adhesion to the
Internationals in New York yesterday. The
quotations of kerosene were not given,- but
spirits of turpentine went np in a lively man
ner- fcerionsly, however, the commune hence
forth snpplants the negro as the great element
of agitation and discord. The commune , will
puzzle the politicians.
Information.—Indiana is publishing the re
sults of the examination of publio school teach
ers in that State. There are a great many of
them, such as "Virginia, was so named from
the Virgin Mary.” “The Pnritans were so
called bekase they were poor charraotera.”
"The is a verb in the nominative case.” “Su
gar is a mineral.” "Brazil is in Asia and the
Bed Sea in Earope. ” All this and much more
show that the- hoosiers are growing in knowl
edge.
Cotton.—The Agricultural Bnrean counts on
3,400,000 bales of cotton as the crop of 1871—
or say just about 1,000,000 bales deficit on the
crop of 1870. It will be greater than that and
yet that is enongh to snstain present rates.
Money, however, is very tight in New York—
trade dull—nothing doing—publio confidence
seriously undermined by political frauds, and
financial operations deranged by the Chicago
disaster. It is no wonder that New York is
constantly giving way while Liverpool remains
firm.
A Suffusing Lamb.—Concerning one of the
Ku-klnx victims in York, negro witnesses for the
defense,testified that Jim Williams said “Iintend
to rule this country. I'll Ku-klnx white women
and children, and if I can’t manage things then,
I’ll kill from the cradle to the grave." Another
negro witness said that Williams told bim the
blacks and whites should fight it out, “and if
my side wins, I’ll take from the cradle np. ”
Jim Williams, however, instead of Ku-klnxing
white women was Kn-klnxed himself, which
made a difference with Akerman and the ad
ministration.
Fwanciebs consider the currency disquisition
in the last President’s message as probably the
most valuable part of that document. He com
plains greatly abont the “fluctuations in gold,”
and insists upon getting at a “fixed value” of
the currency, which shall be “constantly and
uniformly approaching par with specie.” A fixed
value, constantly moving np to a point which is
"continually fluctuating," is a very lucid expla
nation of precisely what is wanted in this rag-
oterons and coppernickulated condition of the
American finances. Let Grant make Bollock
Secretary of the Treasury and we shall see light-
Cotton took a small backset in Liverpool yes
terday.
Cold.—A ileroe Northwester, sweeping from
the plains where the mercury is forty degrees
below zero, set in after midnight Tuesday, and
by Wednesday morning, at snnrise, the ther
mometer indicated 32. The wind continued to
blow sharply all day, and by Thursday morning
wo will not pretend to state where the mercury
will be. We gness some where abont ten to
fifteen.
The Vote of Bibb on Tuesday was as fol
lows: Macon, 1,121; Warrior, 84; Rutland,
55; total, 1,2C0, all for Smith, and two scatter
ing votes dropped at the Macon polls. 17 col
ored votes were cast for Smith in Macon, 15 at
the Warrior and one at Rutland. It is impos
sible to get voters to the polls where there is
no opposition, but we believe Bibb did as well
as any county.
Govebnob Scott.—A Columbia telegram rep
resents Scott as brought to bay by that other
Radical worthy, O. O. Bowen, and about to re
sign to escape impeachment. Radical recon
struction of the Southern States will live for
ever in song and story. The best thing the
Congressional re constructionists can do, is to
bring in an expunging act at once and have all
their names erased from the journals in con
nection with the Sonthem reconstruction meas
ures. Better hereafter to figure in an indict
ment for sheep stealing than be complicated in
that legislation. Bnt reconstruction has its
funny aide. It is inimitably ludicrous to see
such men as Bowen come forward to expose its
iniquities, and to see that, in spite of their
moral obliquities, they are stem prophets of
wrath to the still more graoeleea scoundrels into
whose hands the Federal Government Dm de
livered the Sonthem people.
Senatob Nobwood Seated.—Among the pleas,
ant intelligence in onr last, was the seating of
Mr. Norwood in the United States Senate, and
tho consequent final political extinguishment of
Foster Blodgett, who, we trust, has at last gene
under. The political waters which could so long
float such a man as Foster Blodgett, were cer
tainly fit for nothing bntmoccassinsand catfish.
It is a sign of olearing when Foster sinks at laBt
down deep into the mad. Beyond this: it is,
no doabt, a good angary that Congress and the
Federal Government will respect the action of
this Legislature and the Constitution and laws
of the State, and refuse to aid or abet the fac
tious course of acting Gov. Conley. We repeat
tho expression of onr opinion that Senator Nor*
wood will at once take a highly respectable posi
tion in the Senate, and by the fairness and pro
bity of his character, and the soundness of his
intellect, daily gain influence and consideration
in that body.
W. G. Whtobv, Esq.—We were ploased to
see this gentleman and qnandam co-laborer on
the Teleqbaph in our office yesterday, on a
pleasure trip with a bridal party to Macon. Mr.
Whidby looks well, although he is a Knight of
of Jericho or something of that sort, and is the
able city editor of the Atlanta Constitution.—
We are gratified to see that age has not dimmed
the fire of bis eye or abated his natural force,
and his shadow has not grown less but larger.'
Moreover, it is a good sign that he still sticks
to the ladies, and a better, that they^still stand
by him.
Heavx Robbery.—The residencejof John
Eds all, at Ridgfield, New Jersey, waafobbed on
Thursday night of bonds, moneys Kites, etc.,
valued at one hundred thousand doU*?s. Chlo
roform was administered by the bjuflars to Mr.
Edsall, who todpsolute, notwithstanding his age
—eighty-)lifts—aud always slept, with a pistol
under his head.
The Nxbeid.—Burke & Oo.-have just issued
an edition of this intereatjp £ hovel, by Mary
Faith Floyd, which has appeared in serial num
bers of the Farm and Home. It is a story of
Sonthem life on ihe Atlantic Seaboard and is
told with muoh vivacity and power. Price 50
ants. Go and secure a copy.
Bibb ind IIo ns ton Road Law.
We print in this edition* the new road law
special to Bibb and Houston counties, origi
nally recommended by the Bibb county Grand
Jury two years ago last fall. Generally Mr.
Bacon has approached the original provisions
of that bill as near os was possible. In regard
toone-of the main features—the levy.of the
road tax principally on beasts of burden and
vehicles—that was held by some to contravene
the provision of the Constitution requiring ad
valorem taxation. We believe the bill with all
the defects that are now apparent, or may here*
after be developed by practical operation, is an
approach to something like ajBtemand economy
in working the public roads.
Bad highways are the most expensive bur
dens on the people. In the wear and tear of
wagons, carriages and teams—in the loss of
time by slow travel and light loads, in general
inoonvenience and loss of trade—they cost the
people annually far more than it would cost to
keep the roads In good traveling condi
tion. We saw some ingenious calculations
few years ago on the loss in England by not
keeping the highways of that country up to the
very highest standard and the exhibit was strik
ing. What would it show here, where our very
beat roads would not be considered passable ?
The waste is terrible.
And the system of working roads in Georgia
is the worst possible. Once a year or six months
the people tom ont—fill up the gullies with
loose dirt and corduroy the bogs; bnt it may
be in a week afterwards aheavy rain will sweep
most of the work away and then the washes are
left to deepen and the roadway to deteriorate
in constantly accelerating ratio till working
time comes round again. We all knowhow fast
a neglected wash grows in the loose soil of the
Georgia uplands. To nothing on earth does
the old saying “a stitch in time saves nine,
apply with greater force than to timely atten-
tion to washes and gullies in the roads and fields.
Now, to remedy this, the bill proposes to pnt
the repairs and condition of all the roads under
responsible contractors, and the general direc
tion of three Commissioners in each militia dis
trict, to be elected by the Grand Jury of the
oonnty. These contractors bind themselves
under doable the amount of their contracts,
not to repair the roads now and then, but to
maintain them in good order. The funds for
this purpose are to be raised by a capitation tax
of three dollars per head; [which brings ns to
a great difficulty in reconciling this tax with
Section 29, Article 1st of the Constitution,'
which tax can be commuted by six days’ labor,
at fifty cents per day; and it also gives power
to levy an additional property tax not exceed
ing 25 per centnmof tbe State tax on the
county.
Laying ont of account therevenned details of
the system, which wo think may have to be
changed, we believe the plan is a good practical
one, and if followedent will care the great evil of
bad roads in Bibb county, whioh have been
a standing misfortune and reproach ever since
we knew the oonnty.
We think the Legislature, in snbstitnting a
capitation levy of three dollars for the special
levy originally contemplated, may possibly
have avoided Scylla, bnt have rushed on Charyb-
dis. The Constitution, in the first article and
clause referred to, says "no poll tax shall be
levied except for educational purposes, and
such tax shall not exceed one dollar annually on
each poll’”
Bnt if the levy be ruled unconstitutional,
another must be substituted and probably in its
practical working it will also be fonnd hereafter
that the repairs and improvements onght to be
prosecuted under the immediate direction of a
Connty Engineer, responsible to ihe Commis
sioners, in order to be carried on with proper
energy, judgment and economy.
There is nothing in which judgment, intelli
gence and practical information are more es
sential than in establishing and working the
roads and in maintaining proper drainage and
water ways. A thing well done is said to be
twice done. We may add that a road badly
worked is not only not done at all; bnt in some
cases tbe foundation for great injury is igno*
rantly laid. We repeat—no material publio in
terest excels this in importance, and we are
gtad that Bibb and Houston will start ont as
pioneers under this new system.
No. 2.
In conference with Mr. Bacon yesterday, we
found that we were in error in saying that tbe
Legislature had snbstitnted the three dollars'
capitation tax for the tax on beasts of burden
and vehicles in the original bill. Both taxes
were in the original bill, as reported by the
Grand Jury, bnt as that report was made two.
years ago, we had forgotten the fact The Leg
islature made bnt two alterations in the bill:
1st. Striking ont the provision for tbe tax on
draft animals and vehicles, whioh they consid
ered unconstitutional, and snbstitnting therefor
anthority to levy twenty-five per cent, on the
State tax of the oonnty, sbonld it become nec
essary ; and, 2d. In devolving the appointment
of the Road Commissioners on the Grand Jnry.
We learn from Mr. Bacon that the matter of
the constitutionality of the road capitation tax
was very carefully considered by the Jndioiary
Committees of both the House and Senate, and
their conclusions were very clear. For al
though the Constitution prohibits any other ab
solute capitation tax than the one dollar, to be
devoted to educational purposes, yet the right
to impose road labor on the oitiaan cannot be
challenged, and the Legislature has certainly
the farther right to permit the citizen to com
mote that labor for money if he chooses to do
so; and this is all that the bill undertakes to do.
In di8cnssiDg the proposed tax on beasts of
harden and vehioles the equity of the tax was
conceded, bnt the Constitution expressly de
clares that “taxation on property shall bead
valorem only, and uniform on all species of
property taxed." This seemed to be a conclu
sive bar to a tax whioh was recommended by the
equitable principle of graduating the tax, as
near as possible, according to the individual
benefit received from the roads. It was thonght
that perhaps this idea might be approximately
carried ont by a license tax imposed on all horses
and vehicles using the connty highways, bnt
Mr. Bacon did not feel authorized to pnt the
provision in that shape withont some indication
of concurring publio judgment.
We allude to these matters particularly, be
cause no doqbt other connties in the State will
be interested in the subject, and the general
ideas of this bill will ultimately take the form
of law in very many of them. Now, a road
revenne might be raised—first, Bjfca lioense
tax on horses, males, oxen, wagons and fell
other vehicles using tbe pnblio highways—from
which, of course, mere plantation animals and
conveyances would be exempt. Second, by a
comma table capitation tax, as provided in this
bill; and third, in case the revenne from these
souroes fell short, by assessing a proratum
npon the State revenue tax of the ooanty. As
this tax, like all others, should be levied with a
conscientious regard to all the equities of the
oaae, we think the capitation tax should be low,
and it -might well be left 'to the discretion of
the county authorities, the. Legislature fixing
only h^naxiumm.
WithV good revenue for the purpose—intel
ligent road commissioners and contractors, and
steady work npon the highways by gangs just
as railways are worked, people wonld soon see.
the economy of tho plan and traveling and lutnl-,
ing over the pnblio roads wonld oease to be a
scandal and a vexation. If all the roadways to
the market to#6srwere In fine order they wonld
see a great dflferjptoe in trade and the econo
mies of life. dt $
Death of
er Prominent Citi-
Georgla.
We deeply regret to learn the death at the
residence of hi#Aon, Frank M. Reese, Esq., of
Auburn, Ala.
Dr. DAvid A.
years a citizen
Dr. Reese
North Garolit
liberty—on thi
therefore,in
turday, the 16th iust., of
le, formerly and for many
asper oonnty in this State,
m in Mecklenburg oonnty,
e first cradle of American
of March, 1794, and was,
th year of his age at the
time of his death. His father was a gallant sol
dier in the first revolutionary war, and his unde,'
for whom he wsuamed, was one of the signers of
the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
whioh antedatift that at Philadelphia by five
years. At an early age he was brought to South
Carolina where he Tesided until grown, when be
removed to Montieello and entered npon the
active praotioe of his profession. He married
there, and fcijgapy years" was one of the moat
prominent and popular citizens of Middle Geor
gia. He represented Jasper oonnty in the State
Senate for several successive'terms, was a Trus
tee of the State University at Athens for near!
a quarter of a' oentnry, and in 1858 succeeded
Hon. A. H. Stephens as thdBopresentative of the
7th Congressional District in the United States
House of Representatives at'Washington—Mr.
Stephens, by a change in the connty composi
tion of the diatriot, taking the 8th, so long rep-
THE GEORGIA FBEP.
resented by Gen. Toombs.
Dr. Reese was an ardent Whig, bnt never al
lowed partisan asperity to interfere with his
personal relations towards his friends, of whom
he bad more than most men conld boast, and
by whom he was' sincerely ^beloved. He was a
man of rare oommon sepae, well poised judg
ment, 8trong,elea^mind, and stainless inte;
In every relation of life he was almost beyond
reproacb, and the writer, who knew and loved
him well, canjfay, in very truth, that the
grave never closed over a more kindly, loving
father, a mere warm hearted, generous kins
man, nor a more genial, courteous, polished
gentleman. May the earth rest lightly on a spot
where is entombed the' casket of so noble
spirit!
Dr. Reese removed to Russell connty, Ala .
daring the war, and had resided there and in
Macon connty, ever sines. For the last two or
three years his health hNs been visibly declining,
bnt death came rather unexpectedly. His mind
was clear to the last, and he passed away from
earth In the full possession of all his faculties.
His remains were bnried in tbe family cemetery
in Chambers oonnty, near. West Point, in this
State. >v
Threatened Crashes and Panics
The Charleston Courier's New York corres
pondent says that it is the general belief of
leading financial men in New York that a crash is
coming after the holidays, when balances will
fall due and the fall effeot.of the Chioago dis
aster and Tammany frauds comes to be felt.
Financial men have predicted a crash every year
since the war, bnt, nevertheless, nothing like
general crash and panio have come—simply be
cause we have been floating along on an insol
vent and non-specie paying currency; and there
is, therefore, really no occasion, under any cir-
circnmstances, to prodnoe a disastrous cramp
by sadden and severe contractions in the cur
rency circulation.
We hope, on tbe contrary, that after January
business will revive generally all over the coun
try. Trade has been dull and light now for
loDg time, ard the amount of goods in consum
ers’ hands must be very small. Federal taxation
is likely to be rednoed and tariff restrictions
and burdens also modified, to some extent.
We have had a long lane of dulL times and
should come to a turning. Let ns hope for bet
ter things and hope will contribute to bring
them about. When everybody is hedging and
fortifying for tight times and clinging to every
dollar, instead of paying ont freely as far as
they can, that alone creates doll times and pe
cuniary stringency.
In the past six years we have answered every
constantly recurring prophecy of a coming
financial convulsion in mnch the same way, and
whether there is any reason or philosophy in
this view of tbe matter we will not assert; bnt
one thing is certain—we have yet had no gen
eral panio and crash like those of 1836 and
1857 since the war, and we never expect to see
one until the business of the country is done on
a special paying circulation, and therefore the
circulating medium may at any time, by a sad
den and general panic, be suddenly rednoed to
within a comparatively small margin of the
specie basis, from a volume of three or four
times that amount. When that is the case, we
can understand how almost universal bank
ruptcy may follow a general panic-^-even one
which bad no better foundation than that of
1857. Bnt where the currency is confessedly
irredeemable, there is jap cause for any snch
wholesale contraction.,
Concert ol the Pupils or the Acade
my of the Blind,
We are sure every one of the visitors who
were present at this moat interesting and won
derful exhibition, feel more than compensated
for the temporary inconvenience experienced
whilst facing the icy atmosphere. This benev
olent fonndatioa reflects credit npon onr great
State, and Mr; Williams is eminently qualified
for tho difficult position of Superintendent-
The building is commodious, and very elegant
and complete in its arrangement and appoint
ments. Every Georgian has an interest in the
property, and should rejoice that the poor un
fortunates domiciled here, are so comfortably
provided for.
In singing, the pnpils kept admirable time,
and several performed on the piano and violin
with consummate skill and taste. One piece,
embracing three violins, a Ante and piano, was
exquisitely rendered, and would reflect credit
npon the most accomplished masters. Indeed,
the entertainment was charming throughout,
and gave the highest evidence of the superior
skill and tinning of the instrnotors.
The children were also examined in arithme
tic, solving severd sums with ease and rapidity,
by the aid of the enriohs slate devised for the
blind. The reading, too, was excellent, and it
is wonderful with what ^fjcility even the little
girls conld find any chapter in the Bible whioh
might be indicated.
The rontine of stndy includes the higher
branches of 'study also, snch as geometry, phil
osophy, logie, rhetoric, eta Prof. Williams an
nounced that several of the more advanced
pnpils are now perfectly competent to teach mu
sic, and are .desirons of forming classes. He
will give tkssa his unqualified endorsement.
The Academy at this time numbers thirty
inmates, waiwill be all fitted for useful posi
tions in society, and forever bless the mnnill-
oenco which hsscued them from a long lifeof
darkness and despair.
What FbySat*.—The New York Sun says:
A Philadelphia detective, after a long chase,
has captured and sent to Georgia for trial, a
State agent wried Joseph Fry, who is accused
of defrandiaaMpM State. He was stationed in
Philadelphifrso purchase railroad supplies, and
by forwarding‘bills for goods that were never
bought, snjsagded in pocketing about $50,000
for himseB To the offioer who arrested him he
acknowlediAdAi* guilt, bnt pleaded that he was
only folio wjgwthe example of Bullock, Blodg
ett, and other*, who had formed a riog for the
transaction^ just such business, and expressed
the belief m3?he wonld never have been ar
rested if he had divided the plunder with his
superiors.
A somewhat notorious person named Bard,
who once published a Badioal paper at Atlanta,
has filed his petition in bankruptcy, placing his
liabilities at $38,000.
Gen. W. T. Wofford has taken charge of that
portion of the Alabama and Chattanooga Rail
road ranning through Georgia, as Receiver.
Mm Busbee, of Atlanta, made a desperate
effort to commit suicide last Sunday evening,
by hanging herself. Her husband had aban
doned her an/ t was living with another woman.
Wa find the following in the Atlanta Sun of
yesterday:
The Pakpebed Tools or Despots andTy-
BANTS—PERSONAL LtBEBTT OUTRAGED AND FbES
doh of Speech Sutfbessed.—A few days sgo,
while Mr. 'Andrew Merritt, Tax Collector of
White ooanty, was on his way to this city to
make return and- settlement with .the Comp
troller General, he was arrested near Gaines
Tills, Ga., by Lieutenant Taylor, in charge of t
squad of United States soldiers. He demanded
the authority of this unwarranted proceeding,
bnt they were unable to prodnoe any warrant,
and failed to give any satisfactory reason for
Mr, M. B. Palmer, a leading lawyer of Cleve
land, who has, in many instances, generously
volunteered his counsel and assistance to his
fellow-citizens in similar circumstances, imme
diately hastened to Mr. Merritt’s relief. He
was permitted to have no communication with
Mr. Merritt, exoept in the hearing of a guard.
Unable to render any assistance, he was about
to retorn, when he was requested to remain
until Tne principal offioer in command, who was
then absent, should return to camp. He did
so, and when the officer retarned Mr. Palmer
was arrested, without warrant or affidavit. He
protested against snch lawlessness and outrage
on his personal liberty, but in vain. He was
denied tbe privilege of bail, habeas corpus, or
the benefit of counsel. Mr. Berry Hicks, of
White connty, was also arrested, and the party
of three driven, like felons, to the train at
Gainesville, and, under a strong guard, trans
ported to thiscity. Beaching the passenger
depot they were placed in an ambulance and
carried to the office of the United 1 States Mar
shal, amid tbe hoots and yells of savage negroes,
who called them Ku-klux. Here, Mr. Palmer
requested to see Capt. Harry Jackson as coun
sel, bnt was refused, and not allowed to see or
bold conversation with any one whatever.
After remaining here awhile, locked np close
ly in a room, they were informed that they had-
been discharged, and without any apology,
withont a word of explanation, and without any
provision for retnrning home, were dismissed
friendless and alone.
Mr. Palmer frequently demanded the anthor
ity, for the warrant and affidavit for his arrest,
but was never satisfied. After he was dis
charged, he called on Judge Pope, United States
Distriot Attorney, who has been absent from
the city daring these arrests, and was astounded
at snoh unheard of proceedings, and expressed
his intention of making a close investigation of
the matter.
It is believed that Palmer was arrested to de
prive Mr. Merritt of his legal assistance. It
farther believed that the arrests were made on
the affidavit of a disreputable old negro wench
who has been a pest to that vicinity for years.
The prisoners were very kindly treated by the
gnard until they reaohed the train at Gainesville,
where their kindness was somewhat relaxed.
These high-handed proceedings appear to
have the sanction of the Government officials,
except Judge Pope, who has been absent for t
time past, bnt we are glad to know that be con
demns snch lawlessness, and will investigate,
expose, and condemn it as it deserves.
The grocery store and wood house of W. J.
Barks, of Henry connty, was burned last Snn
day night. Loss about $2000.
In the Savannah Advertiser’s report of the
proceedings in tho U. S. District Court, on Sat
urday, we find the following:
United States vs. William Krjzanowski. Re
cognizance on two indictments forfeited,
amounting to $10,000. Geo. Marshall, Wm
Hone, Jnlins Peter, and Robert Waggenstein
of Macon, sureties.
A negro named Wesley Walker, shot and
killed another named Jacob Cowart, on Major
Randolph Whitehead’s plantation, in Bnrke
connty, one day last week.
Thos. W. Hammond and Jnlins Gatewood, of
Milford, Baker connty, had a pointed argnment
last week, and the latter was oonvinced to the
extent of a severo gash in his breast, that his
antagonist had the best of it.
A little daughter of Dr. Handoock, of New
ton, Baker ooanty, was severely, if not fatally
burned a few days since.
Mr. G. M Renfroe, a well known merchant
of Columbus, was stricken with paralysis San
day night.
The Columbus Enquirer makes this extract
from the statistical report of the South Georgia
Conference:
Aggregate membership in South Georgia Con
ference 24,326; inorease daring past year 1,179;
number of local preachers 213—decrease 3;
adults baptized 1,724—increase 241; infanta
baptized 719—decease 76; number of Sunday
School pnpils 11,538—decrease 1,285; numbor
of churches 388—decrease 7; value of churches
$403,550; collected for snper-annnated preach
ers, widows and orphans $5,431 81; missionary
collections $6,198 15—75 per cent, on amonnt
due; Bishop’s collection $1,502 38—increase’ of
$578.
These reports show a gratifying increase in
financial operations, a fair increase of member
ship, but sad decline in the attendance npon
Snnday Schools.
Washington county will be ont of debt by the
1st of January next, and have $2,000 in her
treasury, besides.
The Sandersville Georgian says a gentleman
who has traveled extensively throngh that coun
ty gives the following as his observation.—
Planters are finding no difficulty in procuring
an abundance of labor. The tendency is to
reduce rather than inorease the area cultivated
last year. An unusually large quantity of small
grain has been sowed. Not more than a fourth
of the amonnt of commeroial manures used the
past year will be used next. The people have
imt tittle money, bnt the supply of provisions
is good.. Planters generally intend to raise pro
vision crops next year. The oonnty is in a
healthy and prosperous condition. Tbe cotton
crop has fallen far short of what planters be
lieved it would be even a few weeks since. The
freedmen have generally worked well the past
year and are contracting freely for the next A
good state of feeling exists between the two
roots.
The gTeat cotton lawsuit between Garsed and
the Bealls, in the Gircnit Court of the United
States—the approaohing trial of which we
noticed some time ago, and which came to a
hearing last week in Savannah, was decided in
favor of the Bealls. An appeal has been en
tered, taking it up to the Supreme Conrt of ihe
United States. The ownership of nearly 10,000
bales of cotton is involved in the ease.
The Rome Commercial says a day or two
sinoe seven families stopped in that place en
route from the West, to their old home in De-
Kalb county in this State.. They were in a very
dilapidated condition. Parties "down” with
the “Western” fever, will please take notice.
Atlanta is to have a City Judge after January.
Term of office four years, salary $2,500 per an
num, and eteoted by tbe Mayor and - Council.
In consequence an Alderman oan’t walk half a
square withont being invited to take something
by three-fourths the lawyers of the town. Some
of them waylay the Aldermen as they come ont
of their doors in the morning, so as to get ahead
of their competitors.
Mr. George H. Eddleman, of Atlanta, was
thrown from his buggy Tuesday morning, and
severely injured.
B. F. Bell, at present Ordinary of Sumter
oonnty, has been appointed United States Rev
enue Collector for this (the 2d) district, with
headquarters a* Macon. . iUelsaivJf
The Rome Commercial, of Tuesday, says:
Pebbible Affaib near Rome!—A Neobo
Fiend and hm Atmos.—Dock Williams a negro
living at OoL H. W. Dean’#, has developed ter
rible traits in the last day or two. He ravished
his step-daughter, beat his wife very cruelly,
threatened to kill, her, did strike her over the
head and leave her for dead, and then ran to;
Alabama. On Snnday he came back to Deaxl’s, 1
and Dean arrested him, and looking him np iq
the smokehouse, pnt a fellow negro to gnard
him, intending to send him to Judge Perry as
soon as possible. The negro called for water,
and while Dean was getting it for him the negro
threw a brick at him striking him In the eye,
probably knocking the eye-ball dear ont, and
certainly inflicting a terrible wound; the negro
thou jumped on Dean and attempted to get. his
j r , _ •* », | lD8 ’tAZftUOD Ot Ujo uipmj w **
S collection may be stayed until the ^gistamre
him. In the ecnffls Dean got possession of the
gun, and shot the negro throngh the back. The
fellow was then overpowered, and brought to
jail, where Dr. Holmes dressed his wound. Mr.
Dean is in a terrible condition, and will suffer
a long time. <4 a*
Peter Perdne and Hilliard Wolf, both of Au
gusta, had a tittle disagreement last Monday
morning, which resulted in the former’s re
ceiving a probably fatal stab in the right side.
We find the following in the Atlanta Consti
tution, of yesterday: cl -;; /a:.
Conley’s Repudiation Thwarted—The In-
T»ni-T on Oua Old Georgia Bonds—The Texas -
ubeb Undeb the Code'will Pat this Interest
in Spite of Conley.—The Code contains the
following section, No. 959: “An amonnt of
money stands annually appropriated sufficient
to pay the principal and interest of any bonded
debt of the State becoming due daring the
year.
Under the above seotion of the Code, which
provides for the payment of interest dbe on the
bonded debt of the State,-the Treasurer, Dr.
Angier, informs ns and requests ns to state that
he has made and is making preparations to pay
the interest due on onr old bonds, and appropri
ated by the Legislature, but vetoed by the act
ing Exeontive. It will be seen that an act of
the Legislature is not really necessary for the
payment of interest, thongh in an excess of
oantion it has been done. Bat as the actiDg
Executive is disposed to nsehis influence to pnt
the btate in an attitude of a repndiator, against
the will of the citizens, the enacted purpose of
the Legislature and against the law, the Treas
urer has with his usual promptitude and nerve
stopped forward to relieve the State from the
most odious and damaging position in which Mr,
Conley has tried to place it.
Thus are the real repndiators thwarted. Thus
does the State show its determined purpose to
pay every dollar it legally owes. Thus is the
infamons charge of repudiation falsified, and
driven backupon its maltcions and disappointed
originators.
Collection of tbe Press Tax Suspend-
ed—Correspondence.
From the Atlanta Constitution ]
Atlanta, Ga., December 16, 1871.
Eon. Madison Bed, Comptroller Oeneral :
Dkas 8m—We bey; leave to present to your
consideration a few thoughts in connection with
the taxation of the press, so that, if possible,
v
olution restricting the Presidency to
Mr. Sumner’s resolution, it is needless J**
will not go through—otherwise it
out Gen. Grant from the eccompliakmasit TI
ail-cons suing project for re-election to thiV? I
idency; aad to this he holds a large majJ*
Congress already secured. Bnt Mr. £”*** I
when he brings forward that resolntioa^^
doubt, support it ia an elaborate so.***
elaborate spe**— .
the mieehioviona results upon the ; ''
meets in January, 1872, when a full investiga
tion dan be bad. The immediate collection of
taxes for several past years will work great
kSSUpi vsilob siSao sioeo >hUi wag oltoec
It has not been the onstom to tax the press.
Newspapers are classed among the vocations
whose encouragement is a matter of public
benefit, #a in oeae erf schools; churches, eta.
On this aooount tbe tax earns unexpectedly.
To collect the eooumulated taxes of yearn is to
suddenly cripple if not entirely break down the
business of many good citizens. Time at least
should be given for payment. An exoellent ar
ticle from tbe Maoon Teleqbaph places ihe
matter in itr. proper light, and we hereto attach
it We invoke your interposition to suspend. -
the oolleetion of this sadden and unexpected I den * re-election, which will he, y .
taxation, until the next session of the Legisla-1 very annoying to Grant and his men if
tore. Reepeotfoliy submitted, not add tone to the growing pnblio
I* ^
Jno H. Oheisty, Watchman, and President interests of their own succession. Thin#
of Press Association. I bring np the whole subject in the Sen»t* "
J. J. Toon, Index. make a lively time after the holidays
From time iSTm^al to^Jes and presses ™ f f ^ £
of the printer have been held in Georgia as me-1 kiax ™ tbe Southern Rebels are togi M „v
chanioal tools, and exempted like tbe tools of | in Congressional debates, at length to L
othor mechanics from taxation. In 1868, how- 0 fher matters.
ever, the question was raised again under the
She has *ow returned to her ^ !
tty, resolved at last to enter the p^>-
field. Her recent ocmerta at Stria
were a aeries of brilliant auoce*^ - %
Mr. Sumner, on Tuesday, atnmm, J-
Senate his purpose to hring forward a l
persistent and systematic intrigues ofthlp!^ *
Jonathan Wild Akerman Departs
Under this head, the New York World of
Friday, gives Grant’s late law officer the follow
ing highly appreoiative notice. We have*read
nothing in many months so true to nature and
faot, and which will be more heartily endorsed
by the decent people of Georgia and other
States, North as well as South. Bays the World:
Jonathan Wild Akerman, late Attorney-Gen-
eral of the United States, departed offioe yes
terday, the occasion of this demise being the
utter and shameful failnre of his pimping cam
paign in the matter of the Kn-klnx law.
When Mr. Akerman was first mentioned as
having been appointed Attorney-General of the
United States he was spoken of as to all appear
ance he then deserved. It. was said he was t
man of good private character, of fair legal
ability, and of some prominence in the meagre
ranks of Georgia Republicanism. What little
was known of him was taken to warrant the
persuasion that he wonld introduce into the ad-
ministration a respectable degree of information
respecting the real needs of the South and tem
per by his influence and representations the
rigor too often manifested towards the unfortu
nate section from whioh he came. So far from
justifying these rather fond persuasions the
new Attorney General was soon known as
—leaving out Stanton—the most supple tool
of despotism that ever disgraced a Cabinet
chair. No work was too dirty, no triok too
fonl, no malignity too great. His record reads
like that of some old crown lawyer of the Stu
arts, save that with equal servility as a man he
compared as a lawyer only as a tallow candle
compares with the snn. For this latter failing
he has been removed. The revolting swiftness
with which he daBhed his fangs into the unpro
tected bodies of his own people wonld never
have moved a man so incapable of greatness of
soni as Mr. Grant; the utter lack of d'gnity
with which the Attorney-General of the United
States played the spy and bnmbailiff,would not
have seemed improper to the Administration;
bnt with all his venom Mr. Akerman lacked
ability to be venomous enough. His fangs
were planted in snoh places that they wonld
not hold, and henoo the "resignation.”
1870.
385 000
60,569
1,000
65,500
7,800
4 550
20,000
310,000
929
16,996
135,000
468,254
104,346
Cotton Figures-
The visible supply figures of last Saturday are
reported by the Chronicle as follows:
1871. .
Stook in Liverpool bales 458,000j
Stock in London 154,449
Stock in Glasgow 250
Stook in Havre 137,570
Stock in Marseilles 19,238
Stock in Bremen. 14,609
Stock rest of Continent 85,000
Afloat for Great Britain
(American) 147,000
Afloat for France (American
and Brazil) 42,703
Afloat for Bremen(Amerioan) .4,605
Total Indian Cotton afloat
for Earope 283,041
Stock in United StateB ports 406,472
Stock in inland towns 71,435
Total 1,824,374 li579,944
These figures indicate an increase in the cot
ton in sight to-night of 244,430 bales compared
with the same date of 1870.
The following is from the market] report for
the week:
The market the past week has been excited
and higher. This renewed buoyanoy is the re
sult of various causes. Holders have for some
weeks shown a growing confidence, based on
the falling off in tho orop and the enlarged con
sumption. The late snow and cold weather
served to strengthen the position of cotton, as
it encouraged the belief in a smaller crop, while
at the same time receipts began to fall off, last
week’s total being only abont two-thirds of the
total for the corresponding week of last year.
The present week also began with small re
ceipts at onr ports, and an advancing market at
Liverpool. All these circumstances,have beon
operating in favor of higher prices, while a
large short interest in contraoto helped on the
movement until Tuesday, when the exoitement
became very great, December contraots for low
middling reaohing 20 3-16o. At this figure how
ever, there were very few buyers, and a break
soon came, the market falling at once to 19§&,
and oloBing feverish and nominal at that figure
for low middling, for December and also on the
j c t. Sinoe then the market has been more
qniet, the daily receipts at onr ports showing a
considerable inorease, and the more - conserva
tive portion of the trade believing the advance
to have been too rapid, onr prioes being consid
erably above the Liverpool quotation.
The Ohroniole represents that its latest India
advices are less favorable and indicate rednoed.
receipts, and a diminution of floating power.
How the Missouri Radicals have Dc»
vcloped the School Fund of that
Stale.
A St. Louis dispatoh to the Western press
says:
The State Board of Education have made a
report, whioh is published here this morning,
in which they give a detailed statement of the
enormous frauds practised in the disposition of
the swamp lands donated for school purposes.
It is stated that, if the sales of these lands had
been honestly conducted, the State wonld now
have a connty sohool endowment of $12,000,000,
which, added to the present fund, would make
not less than fourteen million. Over one mil
lion and a half of acres have been squandered.
The responsibility of this is charged npon the
oonnty courts. The report says that many coun
ties have drawn npon the school fnnd to erect
conrt-honaes, jails, bridges, railroads and exca
vating rivers, eto. In one ooanty one hundred
and fifty thousand aores were subscribed for a
railroad. One hundred and seven thousand
were sold on execution to satisfy a judgment
against the oonnty* and afterwards fifty thousand
acres of the land so sold were given to an attor
ney to get the land back. This is bnt one of
the many similar cases. The board recommends
that the oonnty court be required to levy a spe
cial tax to replaoe the sohool funds illegally used.
They ask that the Sohool Board attorneys be
authorized to institute proceedings to recover
the funds and lands squandered by oonnties, end,
when necessary, to mandamus the oonnty courts
to levy taxes. . xJ jl
When yon decide to buy a wagon go and see
the Jackson at B. H. Wrigley’s, No CC and 68,
Second street, before you buy.
tax lew of that year, and the Governor not be* I „ ... ' ,
ing clear on the subject, directed assessment to „ . A mneajy for the Soto
be made, bnt a levy of tax suspended, until the Frcm tbe Christian Union.]
pleasure of the Legislature should be known. There is one question awaiting Conpea
Nothing, however, was done abont it until the its coming session which ought to be cotuiJ.
present session, when the Legislature directs ously met and made an end of. There mat
the levy and oolleotion of the tax, involving, of no popular clamor to press it, it may be po^ki*
coarse, an accumulation of taxes for successive again to postpone action on it without imaS
years. The press will feel under obligations to I and visible rninons consequences, jet even^T
Senator Sunmons and others who were disposed I sideration of patriotism and statesmanship {T
to pursue a liberal policy on the subject; but mands that action be taken We say, then, | e * r
whatever may be the thonght about .the pro- have done with punishing the South; let nt r»
priaty of the levy, there onght to be no doubt j longer humiliate those who have had fo bit!
of the fact that the Legislature should have ex-1 humiliations. Is not the nation strong e
tended the time for the collection of arrearages. I to risk the admission of these men to ful]
It will be easily seen that: a levy of three or I ical privileges ? Are we not forgiving'
four years’ accumulated taxes on the people at I to have done with the infliction of pains
large upon a few days’ notice, in this financial penalties ? Are we not wise enough to m*
pinch, would send the tax-payers into almost I trying to promote peace by a policy of eiipw.
universal bankruptcy; and we are certainly not j stion ? There is especial reason for decreed
aware that the printers, as a dans, are above universal amnesty at this time. The contri
the - average':pecaniary -oondttion. Moreover, I of the national government was never so seem
the majority of the printing-offices have changed I to the Republican party. There is no loa»
hands since the- tax aeonmnlation began, and j any danger of a reversal of the mesiuraetS
time should have been alloved to adjust the I secure the black man’s rights. Toward; &
personal rights and liabilities involved in the I other great source of disturbance, Congress m
premises, before peremptory levy on the prop-1 tbe President have taken every measure of re
erty should follow failure of payments not | pression. Let them now torn to the otha
equitably due from present holders. If it is | half of the work. They have struck at the
not too late the manifest eqnities in this case oat-cropping evil weed; now lei the
should be consulted by extending the time for deal with the soil whence the weed sprita
collecting these arrearages of tax. I We can never get to the root of tbe Kci!®
j trouble, we can never restoro the South to pot
Comptbollek Gxnebal’8 Office, . > j parity and. weld it in union of heart with th
Atlanta, Ga , December 16, 1871. j I rest of the nation simply by measures of rtprs
Messrs. W. A. Hemphill & Co., 8. IF. Grubb, j sion. There is a work of magnanimity yj
John H. Christy and. others : j trust to be done as well, and it is full timatk
Gentlemen—I have received yonr commnni- I the work was wrought. The great me*s»
cation presenting, for my consideration, certain I should not be marred by any reservations u]
reasons why, in ypnr judgment, the oolleetion I exactions. If five hundred or fifty or fire os
of tax on printers’presses, material, etc., should I are singled ont to remain under the ban, ib
be stayed until the reassembling of the Legisla- I practical benefit of the measure will be greitlj
tore in January next,.and have to say in reply, | impaired. We want it to speak to tbe Sootier,
that I Lave no authority, under the law, to grant I people a message of free and fearless good-ail
the request. Section 70 of the Code, vests the I It can only bear that message effectively, uit
power in the Governor of the State alone, to I ia unqualified and absolute in its terms.
suspend the collection of any portion of the — : mm
taxes, and I have therefore referred your com- | REPUBLICAN PREACHER®.
muni cation to him. As the Legislature will gome Letter. Abo«t Washington Miniate,
again convene at a very early day, I see no mate- _ xbf> Methodist Qu^tion in Politics,
nal iDjury that can result; to the State by gr^nt- I #^ ,
ing your request, and I have therefore asked I [^®° r S e Albert Townaeud (Gath) in Chicago Tri-
the favorable consideration of the same by the I . . . ..V? n0 1 , . T
Governor. I deem it bnt proper to state, how- * the ™
ever, that I see no reason presented why the al , y 0al , le i^ r - Newman by virtue of somecou
decision heretofore made by this office,^ that P l >“entary degree finahfying him to prescrib
said material is taxable undei the laws of this I ? or 1110 8 ? ula of . fo1 ^ been getting an-*-
State, should be disturbed.
Very respectfully, Madison Bell,
Comptroller General.
Executive Depabtment, )
State of Geoegia. I
The Comptroller General will suspend the
collection of taxes on printers’presses, mate
rial, etc., until the next meeting of the Legis
lature. Benjamin Conley.
Governor.
Atlanta, Deoember 19,1871.
COMPTBOLLEB GeNEBAL's OFFICE, >
Atlanta, Ga, Dee., 16, 187t. )
In accordance with the above order, Tax Col
lectors will suspend the collection of tax on
printing presses, material, eto., until the next
meeting of the General Assembly of this State.
Madison Bell,
Comptroller General.
tor to deny that he (Newman) ever trotted
around the departments at Washington to get
offices. His denial was swiftly followed up by
as many as a dozen people reporting at my hoots
with direct instances of this man’s audacityb
office-begging. Last year tbe Chaplaincy it
West Point was recommended to be vacated,
by a conple of these preachers, in order that j
oneor the other of them might get into the place.
It is currently reported here that tbe ne.
ommendations of these clerioal visitors ic
eomplished the retirement of old Fatherh-
han, the engineer there, and that his soidk
resulted from the mortification of the blov.
Mr. Gorham, the Secretory of the United j
States Senate, gave me an instance of clerical
audacity only yesterday. A certain chapUto
came to him and said: “Mr Secretary, as lie j
the Chaplain of this body, and have been elected
to fill the place for tbe period of this Congress.
I wish to ask if yon have any objection to id-
vancing my salary for the whole of tbat time,
and I will use it to purchase Government bondt
whioh I will pnt in yonr hands as security, *5
that in no case canyon lose anything.” Gorham,
with mnch apparentsimplieity, looked up at tbe
Sirs. Charles Moulton.
From Frank Leslie’s Magazine for January ]
The portrait herewith presented in one of the . _
most distinguished American singers who has I reverend inventor, and said:" “Well, Mr. —,
yet won the admiration and ontical praise of I of course, being a clergyman, yon are apt noth
Earope. Mrs. Charles Monlton, although nn-1 see the whole situation in a business matter like
known to the profession as a pnblio Binger, has this. .These bonds.will.bear interest while they
attained to a position in lyrio art seldom oo- are in my hands, and,- as the government dote
copied even by the great artists who have given I not owe yon anything, yon can readily see that
their talents to the world. 8be was born in it wonld not be exaotly right for yon to take in-
Cambridge, Mass., inheriting from American terest from it. I am sure I have only to Kg-
parents the most characteristic virtues of Pari-1 gest this (o yonr mind in order that you oansee
tan stock, and the mnaioal talents of a whole the fall force of my objections.” The clergy-
generation of cultivated Bingers. At a very I man went away sorrowfully, for he hid «•
early age she evinced remarkable vocal gifts, I peoted great possessions,
and the temperament of an artist, which at- I the ghubch-hooexb.
traded the attention of observing friends be-1 This next story is told here by the brothel'
yond the immediate family circle of admirero. I in-law of General Sherman, npon another eto-
So prononnoed were her vocal powers, so nn- I gyman. This clergyman was one of those vhe
usually delicate her perceptions, and so marvel- went to New Orleans early in the war, deputed
ons her execution of mnsio, that she became the I by the Board of Methodist Bishops to hook t
prima donna of a seleot world by divine right, church from the 8outhem organization of the
Agirl who at fonrteien canring “Casta diva," I Methodist body, and transfer it, under Fedenl
and "Srnani duvolami," at a pnblio ooneert. j protection, to the Church of the North. Thu
and arrest the attention of a critical assemblage species of eccleaiastioal grand larceny i« P 8 ;
by the skill of execution and the mature delioa- feotly consistent with a certain grade of posh'
ey of her method, is a phenomenon in art. co-religions morals. The attempt was * failnw.
Mrs. Moulton’s talents were, however, kept for the United States Courts came down ops
strictly within the arena of private life. Evety I it- Bnt the story, whioh I began to tell, iq*
facility that generous and influential relatives I follows: A certain lady of New Otleses, »
conld offer was granted to develop and mature whom onr clerical ambassador had letters ct
her gifts. When but eighteen she was sent to introduction, and who sympathized with hs
Germany, to stndy under the best masters. Here I holy offioe and with hia temporary penoo»
she attracted the attention of the King of Saxony I misfortnna of being without a home ia »
almost immediately, and in spite of every pro- | strange city in time of war, offered the rerer-
oantion to prevent pnblioity, she was forced into end gentleman accommodations in her boo*
the distinguished conrt oiroles of Dresden, and To the mortification of the family, However,
almost at onoe made the object of the most ex- it was fonnd that onr clergyman held a rego*
traordinay attentions from the mnsioians reaid- I daily levee, from fifty to a hundred per* 8 *
ing there. The flattery of so eminent an as- daily oaliing npon him, as if it had ***“j*
semblage did not deter .her from the proseen- military headquarters. The lady sought w*
tion of her studies. She went to Paris with her advice of her friends as to what aheshoow^
mother, residing there some time in studious end she was told that the shortest way.**®
retirement, and then proceeded to London, I best and frankest. So abe was obliged to j
where she became the pupil of the famous Gar- to the olergyman that, when he first »PPfr”
cia. Her progress under the instruction of this in the city, she had expected that it wotw
eminent master was snch us to win from him J pleasure to entertain him, bat that, ana« jr
exceptional praise. He coupled her name with oironmstanoes, it was <no longer so, ,
that of Malibran, and wrote of her that she hoped he would take the suggestion kind.'
possessed the most exquisite voice that he ever seek other accommodations. Instead of
heard. I ing gratitude for past kindnesses, it w ***®t
After a preliminary coursf she went to Italy, I that this clergyman, smarting with re 6e° u “ ’
and beoame the protege of the veteran maestro went to the military headquarters °f *
lvomain, who added hia tributes to those of and reported hia host for rebellious smliati
Garcia. On again visiting Paris, she beoame and had her house' seized and oou&» 0 *‘rj~
the favorite in a select coterie of musicians. Snch a tale as this would appear to be tac™"*
Rossini said of her, when he heard her stog for ble, bnt it is familiarly told here.
the first time : “ Viola la Voix /” ‘ ‘I have heard j —
it before in my imagination.” I “Lightning Changes.”—The above c*P
It was during this residence in Paris that she i a certainly applicable to the condition of «
£onl- | wefttber <lat th5fl Ume preseat „ 0a TuestoJ
ton, whom she subsequently married. Here, I ~ "—”1— *• w
also, an intimacy BptatQ np with Mme. Jenny night at 12 o clock it was so warm as ^
Lind Goldsohmidt anS Hme. Schiaader Devrient. long walk, snoh as we take nightly, w rea "
It was throngh the influence of the latter that our domicile very unpleasant In walking
Mra. Moulton began a regular conrae of operatic uu ^ half amUe w6 were thrown^
studies, and prepared herself for a profesional I , , e iW
life. a heavy perspiration ; at raven o dock 7“*^
On retnrning to America, however, her friends morning shawls and overcoats combined ^
opposed the step, and she abandoned it, never barelv sufficient to make one oomfortable. Th®
for a moment relinquishing her studies. Not , .... catbu hoaft *
long after, she visited Paris again, and was mar- “ n8t have been, withra six or seven u
ried. The festivities incident to'this event threw j ohange of at least fifteen to twenty
her into the most exclusive court circles of that | the temperature of the weather. Such
temperature < ■
gay metropolis. She became an intimate friend j changes must necessarily be injurious to
Ud it behooves os all to mse every P*°» a **
at the Tnileries was reckoned complete withont
the American belle. She was flattered, feted, | *® prevent pneumonia,
and sought after. Anber composed a benedietus
for her. She sun gat the chapel of the Tnileries,
will* 0 *
Fine Aew.—We bore onr citizens
and the piaoe was besieged'by all tbe resident I forget that the sale o# the* raagniA
and visiting nobility. Probably no other Amer- j ng8 i n t jj e ojj noetoBtm bttUdiug wilt
loan woman ever received so many social hon- - . ’ , 7 -y-rfoeV We ins’* 1 ,
ora, or is more generally beloved. «« B0 * they «•»>■
When in America, she waa besought on all there be a large attendanoe end tn«
hands to appear in pnblio; and theoneboearion feet a liberal dfspMftMs fa their
npon whioh aha consented moat be fresh ia the Hnoh •— opportunity to procure reel
minds of the musical people of New York. It . . jtl eltlaen* of
wee at tbe Dramatic Fnnd Concert, given two art ia rare y afforded ^ th»k®*
years ago at the Academy of Music. Nor ©an we can assure them that ***» .. ^
tbe Bucoeee she then achieved have been for- daring the day Will folly kartefy tne
gotten. Her sweet, emotional mento-soprano no { genrt 0 f the truthfulness of our * 8 * w tal
voice seemed a revelation in art, and her ex- -- v f.it mil and the oolleotioa “
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