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JONES & BEESE, Pbopbib obs.
JsTABUSH ED 1826.
Tei Family Journal.—News—Politics—Litieitcsi—AaaictMiTURE—Domestic Affairs.
GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING.
MACON. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 2. 1873.
Volume LXVJI-No. 17
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£&***&+•* Messcnger,on ! 400
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Tcleerapb Building, Macon, that they apply to the proper source.
(«•**•* 1 " ... „ I The following is about a fair specimen of
Messenger one year. „...fl0 00 , ° *
s oo the letters I receive:
“ , Georgia, October 20.1873.
'Dear Sir: I met a friend of yours a
nt-ar— *00-few days since, who told me that you
!£^2hVeSi.v Telcgmphsad Messenger ^ ^ j were j n Denver, Colorado, and wishing to
tffelu*N < ' nne ^ M j move West I write for information. Please
V in advance, "and" paper stopped give me information as to the distance
fgjjfminer runs ant, unless renewed. ! f rom Atlanta to Denver, route, cost, etc.
- j How is the climate ? Warm or cold ? Is
fanfftill® Correspondence. there much snow in winter ? Is Colorado
. ‘ T e ic-rank and Messenger: One) a mining, agricultural or grazing coun-
jrfiW* 7’. a . naw ' try, and what is the chief industry and
staple products ? Is the country healthy,
and what is the principal Bickness ? How
many railroads run into Denver, and
whatis the size of the town ? What are the
rincipal' towns besides Denver? Is the
’latte navigable at all seasoiis ? Are the
Indians troublesome, and what tribes in
fest Colorado? How is game, and what
kind is most abundant ? Please write
me fully all about the business prospects
of the country, and what are the chances
for a young man, able and willing to work,
but no money ? I can bring a dozen fel
lows with me if you will only promise
Z, Mie .hocking and terrible accidents
InkutAble to the carelessness andim-
^idence of the negro, occurred on
Sdnesdav morning last, about 9 o’clock,
. ^ northwestof this city, on Col.
*^J Irby* plantation. It seems that a
Tto man named Pleas. Thomas, and his
S^ME-tew. left their cabins early in
1 morning to go hunting. Pleas, left
p,Uy. and three children in his
' Attor ©illy had fed the children,
• Utetof which was a boy of about
’P. S.—What is the rate of board per
month r
Only imagine from one to a dozen such
letters per day, and yon will not wonder
that I am forced to reply through the
Telegraph amd Messenger. Most of
the letter© I.receive seem - to be from a
class of young men out of employment at
home, and who fancy that there is any
kind of employment here they might ask,
and that there will be a rush for their
services. Such persons had better stay
away,'for tbey will surely be disappointed.
Ijjenver.and the other towns are crowd
ed with clerks, bookkeepers, .salesmen,
lawyers, doctors, clergymen and gentle
men, and the competition is fearful.
Clerks and bookkeepers, as a rule, are
paid as little as in the East, and the cost
of living much greater, and this class of
men will do better anywhere’ East.
T" _ and the youngest an infant of them business. Please reply at an early
w Uce to keep the children warm.
I* then locked the door, and left the
jjjj f w » stroll in the neighborhood,
ij ,n hour after the cabin was discov-
to be in flames by some negroes livr
.. fithin one or two hundred yards of it,
before they could rush to the burning
audbreak the door down the three chil-
Ljj .ere burned to black, undistinguisha-
jettd charred-uassesof flesh. When their
-suns were at last recovered from .the
jyt;,,, debris of the cabin.it was found
j»t their hearts and brains were the
v.. things about them that had even
il/semblance 0 f moisture or softness.
• na a most sickening and horrible
gad ;t seems to me that the mother
l the children should be punished for
& thoughtless, improvident and reckless
(Bduct. This is the second or third case
rf» similar character, that has i occurred
• this section during the last twelve or
v.teen months, and it is about time that
, .jould be stopped. A mother, or any-
»lr else, who will lock up little chil-
bts in a house where there is fire within
icir reach, and then go off and leave
•iem to be thus roasted alive; is little
j* than an inhuman brute, not to 3ay a
arierer of the meanest kind.
Oa Saturday night last, about 8 o’clock,
Vnour beautiful little Opera House
ni well filled by our citizens, to witness
tie performances of Duprez & Benedict’s
-itstrels, and just after the opening
tf.ture, the cry of fire ! fire ! was made
ill parti of the house. In an instant
_e entire audience sprang to their feet
cl a rush was made for this door. It was
■k!y discovered, however, that the cry
fire originated in the street, and that
was not the Opera House that was
n». The leader of the minstrels
stepped forward and assured the au-
■nue t'ut there was no fire in that build-
ud requested them to reseat them-
Ires, which was done; but in another
>3‘Bt the alarm was again given by
ae half dozen persons in the gallery,
w leiired to create alarm aud confu-
i, ni again all was the wildest excite-
•tt in the audience. Many of the gen-
:-:;a then went out to ascertain where
fire was, and in a short while returned
1 reported that the Odd Fellows’ Hall
IWn • n fire, but that the flames were
extinguished, and there was no , - ontla - 0 f money
riser cause for'alarm. This quieted ^ J -* — *
audience and the performances then
i! on without further interruption. *
This fire originated in n most fiendish
:■.apt on the part of some incendiary
Bourn out Mrs. C. J. Pope’s extensive
hlfiwy establishment, under the Odd
SW H ill; or, to fire this large frame
with a view to burning the
interne row of stores nearly adjoining
a the south side, and owned by Mr.
X. Beeves, in tho hope of reaping a
ciatof plunder, as it was a very dark
it • ad favorable for the work of vil
li. Mrs. Pope’s large and beautiful
t>:k of fancy goods and millinery was
>-t totally destroyed by the fire, or
'treims of water thrown into the
Ming by the fire engines. The whole
of the house was in flames when
firemen epeaed upon it. but it took
- “glorious boys” only a few seconds to
aguish them. They deserve great
i* for their skill and efficiency on this
■vwn, as they saved many thousands
hllars worth of property.
Mr*. Pope was insured on her stock of
for $3,000, but I doubt whether
fit amount will cover her loss. The
•Ming was also insured, and the Odd
[fc*» will lose nothing by the fire.
l 'T k.lge room was subjected to an in-
*** heat for a little while, and a deluge
vater afterwards, injuring their fur-
■*<. etc.
1 slight improvement in trade and
*7 mutters characterized the last
d in this market, but the pressure is
1 *uvly felt. I never saw such a time
tuaking collections of money. It
>* tint everybody is short of funds,
1 nearly all c*ll for time when bills are
*ntel
b was uiy pleasure on Wednesday
.■f‘t h'-t to w'tness the marriage-of Mr.
J- Black, of the Eufaula News,
'■Miss Nettie C. Williamson, one of
^aula’s best and loveliest young ladies,
-■ a< I aui not now in editorial harness,
* ®*wt grant me the space to express
happy conple my best wishes for
** future welfare and happiness.
. , B. D. S.
t-ufanla. November 24,1873.
Many young men come hero without
money or friends, and necessity soon
drives them to carrying the 1 od, driving
a dray or work of a similar character.
Numbers of people flock here from the
East in search of health, and are willing
to work for almost anything to assist in
defraying expenses, and leave but little
room for employment for remuneration.
To the capitalist no country presents a
broader field for investment and specula
tion of every kind. ••
But capitalists need no advice - they
can see for themselves, and if a
“good thing” cannot he se&n they are
able to return to the place from whence
they came.
Even the farmer cannot start here
without money. He may pre-empt his
land, but this is only the beginning of
expense. ■ There is no timber, save here
and there a cottonwood tree or sapling.
Hi3 land must be fenced; the posts
brotight from the mountains, at a cost of
from”fifteen to twenty cents apiece, and
then the wire or lumber to fence the land
must all be bought and paid for—not with
planters’ drafts, bttt cash—an delivery.
Then comes the outlay of providing irri
gating ditches, for it is a waste of time
to plant without water. Then the cost
of fuel and provisions for one year. From
this plain statement the most obtuse
mind can readily perceive, withoiit enter
ing *into further details, that a farm of
any size cannot be started here without a
large outlay of money. Improved farms
cost much, more than in Georgia; choice
farms being held at from 525 to $/5 per
acre. Farm labor here is high; average
workmen being paid from $25 to $35 per
month. Mining is one of the great in
dustries of the land, and the usual pay of
a miner is from S3 to $5 per day. But
the life is a hard one, and soon wears out
the best constitutions ; and the laborer
who has lived in the South and breathed
the soft, balmy atmosphere for which it
is so noted, could never be satisfied with
a home far down in the bowels of old
mother Earth.
Stock raising here yields rich returns,'
but no one can engage in this without
money. Sheep are worth from $2 to $3,
and it requires the money to buy enough
for a start. And it would be as natural a
presumption for the farmer of the South
to sell his cotton on time, as for the sheep
grower to sell his sheep on time. The
wool clip here will pay aUthe expenses of
a flock, and yield a small income besides,
and the increase of a flock is all clear
profits. Baising cattle and Worses is a
profitable employment, and there is but
little risk of any kind attending it. Nei
ther horses or cattle require food of any
kind, nor shelter in winter or summer,
and will keep fat on the dry grass of win
ter as well as the rich succulent grass of
summer. The life of a herder is a hard
one, but probably tbe healthiest which
one can engage in. I think the finest
specimens of men, physically speaking, I
have ever met are found on these Western
P1 The growth and development of Color
ado in the past two years has been won
derful. and a bright future as a State
certainly awaits her. The Territory now
has population of over 100,000 inhabi
tants, and is rapidly increasing. There
are now completed over seven hundred
miles of railroads, the territorial govern
ment does not owe one dollar, and its
natural resources are probaoly greater
than any part of tho “Great “West
It is impossible to furnish, in brief
letter, all the information an immigrant
would desire; and those who wish to
know more of Colorado, its soil, dimate,
resources, etc., etc,, can apply to Geo. T.
-- Clarke, Secretary of the Board of Immi-
wtter from Colorado. gration, Denver, Colorado, and he will
Denver, November, 1873. furnish circulars, maps. etc. George is
Fjr ’ometime past letters have reached: naturally accommodating, and,, besi es,
r ™ '“laginable inquiry of, and con-.) nt(J need have no hesitancy in calling
r*®? Colorado; a majority of these upon him. My personal friends neel
—Me from Middle Georgia, and the ! have no hesitancy in calling upon me for
^:!Z e rT e “® ° r 3 Mre d SEu e and’fs to n £vc, for Y “m always
J* of the Telegraph and Messen- , happy ^ gerve them .
1 “Ave endeavored to answer all The Teleoraph and Messenger weeK-
’ a ®'*nieations received, and furnish the ly finds its way into my sanctum, and U
itlicoot ’ —
Editorial Correspondence.
Pulaski House, November 21, 1873.
Qqite a crowd of passengers left Macon
on Wednesday evening to attend the an
nual Fair of the Savannah Industrial As
sociation. The night was bitter cold and
the great question of the hour was “how
to keep warm.” As the doors of tho
sleeping car were locked, and the round
oak wood in the stove obstinately refused
to burn, the difficulty was finally obvia
ted through the ingenuity and agility of
one of the sufferers. This adventurous
spirit raised a window at one of the sta
tions and made a raid upon the woodpile
of the company. The result was a plenti
ful supply of resinous fuel which sent life
and warmth throughout the car, and as
often as it was necessary the operation
was repeated. Passengers who had taken
berths, complained that there was no ac
commodating boot black and waiter on
hand to minister to their wants, bat we
suppose this must be set down to the
WHOLESOME ECONOMY
which obtains just now in all the depart
ments of the Central. railroad. Seduc
tion is the order of the day, and this sound
principle in squally times is enforced from
Dan to Beersheba. “Dan” means the ab
sence of soap in the sleeping car, and
“Beersheba” the catting down of the
wages of operatives and machinists on the
rued and in the work" shops. Bat' it is an
ill wind that blows nobody any good, and
this retrenchment doubtless will have
much to do with the payment of the pro
posed dividend next month. Scores of
orphans and widows who have their all
invested in Central railroad stock, will
bless "the measures, however stringent,
which continues to assure to them ex
emption from destitution and starvation.
And this reform, too, has caused the stock
to appreciate very considerably within a
few clays. The advance has been-so much
as five dollars per share.
ON THE FAIR GROUNDS.
Arrived, at the rulaski House, which is
even more popular and better kept than
at any period of its history, after neces
sary refreshment and attending to sun
dry business matters, the writer hastened
to the old race track two miles from the
city, where the Exhibition buildings
have been erected.
The crowd in attendance was rather
meagre, and the most prominent objects
were the numerous side shows, gambling
stands, and the tents of fortune tellers
and mountebanks. About each of these
a kjiot of eager and interesting specta
tors were gathered of all races and pre
vious conditions, who too often ventured,
and lost their bottom dollar.
The display of agricultural products,
merchandise, fancy work, machinery,
etc., wa3 not large, and the fact was
patent to every one that Savannah is par
excellence a com mercial city, not an agri
cultural centre. Her merchants are at
home in their counting-rooms, know how
to make out a bill of lading and the ac
count sales for .a lot of cotton; are au
fait as to the price of stocks and the fluc
tuations in gold, but hardly know a po-
tatoe from an onion. Hence it is not
surprising that with a back country
mainly devoted to the production of
eggs and chickens, which are daily
brought to market in the stereotyped
cracker cart of old times, with its clap
board sides ’ and homespun covering, no
great variety of farm products should be
forthcoming. Still we saw sugar cane
which had matured twenty-five joints,
and turnips and sweet potatoes almost big
enough to be classed with pumpkins;
carrots, lettuce, and other vegetables
also, of the finest qual ty, and prolific
suecimens of cotton which could not be
excelled in the Mississippi bottoms.
The Howe scales, too, were here with
out a competitor; the magnificent car
pets of Lathrop, Nevitt & Co., a fine ex
hibition of plows, stoves and household
articles by Palmer <fc Deppish; guns and
sporting appointments by Swartz & Mar
tin, many elegant toys, stationery and
blank books, in great variety, by Fret-
well & Nichols; several handsome car
riages and buggies, and various other
articles such as quilts, needlework, etc.,
but still tbe aggregate of the exposition
was decidedly meagre, and this may be
attributed, in part, to tbe lateness of the
season and the extraordinary crisis in
money matters. We doubt not, had the
Macon fair been postponed for a month,
the result would have been almost equally
disastrous.
Of stock, very little was to be seen,
though several famous racers were ready
to contend for the purses which had been
put up. Among these Frank Hampton,
alias Granger, stood pre-eminent, win
ning every heat, so far, with ea30.
To-day (Friday) the crowd has increas
ed considerably to witness the prize drill
between tho Zouaves and Johnson Light
Infantry.
But our time is up, as Uncle Sam’s
mail is about to close, and we have not
influence enough with the Badical Ins to
get even a half hour's grace. Therefore
au rexoir. H. H. J.
such information respecting W * _
0 n wonld be of interes 1 to Vcly ^ m. B.GrRir.
contemplating a settlement here. |
r *» few weeks past the number of, 'Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta,
'»rrespondents seemed to have AilD Wilmington and Weldon Bail-
^“rjely recruited, and I find that I —A meeting of stockholders was
•lott:ie time to devot** toacorre3- jj C y j n Wilmington last Wednesday,
^'■■ce. expensive and unprofitable, and -which reported gross earnings of these
Mi* privilege of publishing this in r0 ads for the year, -8$1,461,701.85; oper-
t . LtGBirH andME8SENGER,aadhope a {.; n g expenses $96,245.28; showing net
j/® suffice for alL earnings $565,456.57, out of which were
•--above remarks have no allusions to paid $513,073.26 coupons and interest on
** Mends, for letters from them floating debt and rental of the Wilming-
i^j; r ®“loome in my sanctum, and Weldon Railroad.
L. *** serve them in any capacity
V C3LQ
Cuban Statistics
Statistics in regard to the population
and resources of Cuba are now in order.
The total population of the island is
somewhat less than a million and a half.
Of these upward of seven hundred thou
sand, or pretty nearly half, are of pure
European stock, of whom one-sixth only
is composed of Spaniards from Europe.
The slaves amount in all to three hun
dred and seventy thousand, or less than
a fourth of the whole population. Tho
remainder consists of free persons of color
and a comparatively small number of
coolies and Chinese. More than half the
labor of the island is that of free white
men. ....
Misgoverned’and oppressed as it has
been, the wonderful wealth of Cuba is il
lustrated by tbe fact that the average
yearly total of the import and export
trade is estimated at one hundred and
thirty million dollars.. In 1869 her im
ports were forty-three and a half million
dollars, and her exports fifty-seven mil
lions. In 1870, despite the war. her sugar
and tobacco crop were valued at $75,000,-
Ooo gold, and the amount of capital rep
resented in the production of these two
articles of export® was computed at .£200,-
000,000, or $1,000,000.000-
“In proportion,” says the author,
any one in the world has indulged in the
pleasures of life and dissipation, so much
the greater will be - his apgmsh and tor
ment at the moment of death. HU who
possesses gardens and fields, houses, lands,
and money, servants und horses, wul be
subject to regret and affliction at death
in proportion to their amount.* .This
misery does not close with death, but, on
the-contrary, afterwards increases. The
» I have never seen, « needless to say they are both splendid
iy tim ; e “ 9cki “ 8 whatever upon numbers, and will be ^
0t: - Yet I do not blame them for ladies with even more
the inquiry, but would suggest oordiahty-
whom
M »h»hai
UriUffiO ow "“VV. — —T _
more his internal heat increases, and un
. . less he stops he destroys himself by
than their usual" drinking.”—Mohammed Al Ohaaali, a Mo-
i hammedan writer of the 11th century.
General Gordon on tbe Finan
cial Situation.
General Gordon addressed the citizens
of Columbus Friday night on the finan
cial situation. From a synopsis of his
remarks in the Sun we extract as follows:
What then has done it? I answer
primarily, “Wall street." The specula
tion in gold and in currency—in securi
ties good and bad.
Why does all the money of the country
drift at certain seasons to Wall street ?
What is the reason of this reason?
Because the whole financial system of
the country is wrong and false. Why ?
Under the banking law, the banks are
forced to keep a la-ge reserve of cur
rency, for which they paid the Govern
ment more than dollar - for dollar in the
purchase of its bonds at a premium and
the receipts of less than par in currency.
The banks, therefore, are..more than
anxious to realize interest upon all the
capital which they may lawfully use.
According to the present system of the
National Banks a hanker pays more for
bonds as a reserve in greenbacks, than a
dollar of currency is worth.
This makes money high. A banker
must realize upon it. When crops are
not to be moved and be cannot use money,
he sends it to New York where it can be
loaned at advantageous interest. Thu
accumulation there makes money cheap,
and this stimulates speculation, and in
vestments in stocks above their valua
tion. The season approaches'for moving
crops, money is required elsewhere at a
high rate, and the stocks fall and the en
tire country is injured, and 'hence come
panics. / . -
He then explained how corners in cur
rency are obtained by a dozen men or less,
who have plenty of bonds, and have as
certained the amount of currency in cir
culation. They borrow and lock up mil
lions of greenbacks for sixty and ninety
days. The Government come3 in and
throws an amount of gold on the market.
The Government thus becomes a specula
tor in its own promises to pay, lets out
gold and leaves that much less green
backs for Wall street to manipulate.
They again borrow and lock up a large
proportion of the capital npon which the
sale and shipment of the crops depencl;
aud the Government, which is the sole
hanker, is utterly powerless to prevent it.
• Jf-Govemment can sell gold, issue it
from its vaults to keep the price down,
why may it not issue currency to prevent
a corner in that and save the country
from a financial crash, which, if it lasts
ninety days longer, will produce more
damage than all the gold the Government
owns is worth?
The whole volume of the country, if
legitimately used, is insufficient. The
ratio of the annual productions in this
and other countries proves this.
The present system prevents competi
tion between banks. This produces high
interest which is evidence of low pros
perity. Cheap money, and plenty of it,
is what we require. Poverty and high
money go hand in hand. Cheap money
is the secret of England’s greatness.
As apolitical objection—with the sword
in the hands of the Executive under the
Enforcement Act, and the money of the
country within control of the Govern
ment, centralization must become, year
by year, more complete, and private prop
erty and personal liberty more and more
insecure. The tendency of recent legis
lation in this country is to teach the
masses to look to the Government for
every good - to regard the Government as
guardian and themselves as wards—to
e-individualize efforts and encourage
the spirit of communism. Such is the
tendency of all strong government.
What s the remedy ? Wo want cheap
money and plenty of it. Some recommend
inflation: others specie payment. The
last is bad policy—folly. The acme of
statesmanship is to produce wealth.
Money is power, and power is tho ability
to confer blessings. All the gold in the
world could bo put upon this stage, anl
i “ ebony giant ” could push it over.
Have specie payments ever prevented
pan es? Why, in 1837 it came before a
bank suspended. The North made money
during the war with gold at 200. She still
retains it in manufactures, brown stone
fronts and other property. Why, in the
Confederacy ebony giants wore finer
boots and clothes than gentlemen wear
now. Gold is no means of the valuation
of property.
Portugal and Spain use only gold and
silver—won’t allow paper. They are
among the poorest of nations. England
and Scotland do. They are the richest.
Specie payments may do for the cred
itor, but not for the debtor, who made his
debt when specie payments were un
thought of.
TJie true basis of wealth is the differ
ence between production and consump
tion.
How mu you get money ? Make it from
the soil. Already, the difference in the
price of cotton and that which it should
be is greater than the amount of gold the
Government owns. Cotton, tobacco and
other ■ pro ucts would enable us to ship
from foreign countries all the gold we
want even if we had not a dollar.
He announced he would not vote for a
return to specie payments. The idea was
suicidal—folly.
He stated he would vote to issue $500,-
000,000 to buy bonds. Promises of Gov*
eminent should be good.
He was also willing to vote for an
amount to allow the public to convert
Treasury notes into government obliga'
tions, bearing a low rate of interest, re'
convertible at the option of the holder,
principal and interest, into legal tender
currency, receivable for all du«3 to Gov
ernment.
These are temporary expedients.
Unless ho changed his mind he would
introduce a mea> ure to abolish the tat
on private, banks. He was opposed to
high tariff on money.
The old or free hanking system pro
vided for moving crops and prevented
corners. • You could not move bills of one
State to another without losing values.
Greenbacks are as good in one State as
another. Under the old system if a bank
broke it created individual loss; nowall
classes ore effected by a general crash
The old system prevents locking np of
money. • ;
The free banking system is exemplified
in England. The main bank has loaned
the Government more than its capital.
This is the secret of its stability. In Scot
land freo banking was established on the
basis of four dollars in paper to one in
silver. In ten years she doubled her
wealth. In the Napoleonic wars, when
-England suspended specie payment, she
was more prosperous. Forced resumption
was attended with ruin for a time.
He was in favor of any plan whifh will
give temporary reliff.
The mqst serious objection to the postal
savings-bank scheme is, that we have not
a set of postmasters and postoffice clerks
who can he trusted. Every day we read
of defalcations and tamperings with the
mails. Most of our postmasters are mere
politicians, and as unfit for the proposed
duty as common barbers for bank presi
dents.—N. Y. Graphic. .
Old Story.
From the New York Tribune.]
A thousand times the old story which
had such a tragical illustration on Satur
day has been told through the’press and
whispered in society, and still tile lesson
is not learned. A young lady.: just out
of the school room,'is fascinated by* the
attentions of a man of the world, 'and
nothing can persuade her that he is not
the noblest, the bravest, the best of lov
ers. What does she know, poor thing, of
the secret lives of these gallant gentle
men? She reads the legend of excess
and evil courses, written on the bleared
eye and the trefiiulous lip, and she can
not understand it. She hears a whisper
perhaps of scandalous prodigality and
indulgence, and she Stops her little ears
and loves her hero all the better as the
victim of detraction. She knows nothing
of his previous history, nothing of his
daily occupation, nothing of his associ
ates. She little imagines that his soft
compliments conceal a cruel temper, and
the hand which presses beta so tenderly
is a brutal hand, fit only for deeds of vio
lence. . That he is a gambler and a drunk
ard, false, quarrelsome, idle, selfish, and
sensual; that he is at war with his
parents and a tyrant in the company of
women, she might learn if she would ex
ercise as much caution in choosing a
husband as in choosing a bonnet. Bat
yonng women have a dim notion that it
is grand and noble to take a lover on
trnst, and despite good counsel and filial
obedience, and they hug themselves with
the sweet delusion that they are heroines
when they are only fools.
Tho girl triumphs, of course, over
father and mother. Those who really
love her follow the wedding festivities
with aching hearts and watch tho future
with sorrowful apprehension. The inev
itable sequel is not long delayed. For
a tow short weeks life is a dream of soft
sentiment and new gowns. Then the
truth begins to dawn upon the poor little
Sold Agaio.
~We had lingered out the season,
' Far into the cooler days.
Ami the votaries of Fashion
All had flown their different ways.
Ours had been'stv light flirtation,
Such as watering-places know,
But an eamefrtltfVe-creation,
Laying eyay barrier low. .
T had felt my’’pulses beating
At the warm, touch of her hand t . .
I had followed in her footsteps—
Dreamed I was in fairy-land. '■
She had hung upon my acoents,
With her lovely violet eyes
Glist’ning at the words I whispered.
Bearing with a glad surprise.,
We had wandered down the sea-beach
With tho moonlight o’er us straying;
Listened to the night wind's whisper.
Wondered what the wave^were sayingl
And again we stood together
NcaFthe ocean's ebb and flowing,
While jhe blushes of the sunset
On the waves were redly glowing., _
“Dearest,” said she, hesitating,
"Ah! too long we both have tarried;
To-morrow we must part forever;
For, my darting, I am—married 1”
"Married !** I exclaimed, upstarting;
“Married!” murmured with a sigh;
“Then is t(iis indeed a parting,
For-my darling—so am 11”
■Whi
1*An
angry words, and contemptuous looks
and brutal jests. The gallant gentleman
goes out cursing in the morning and
comes home reeling at night. Her
jewels are sold to buy bread, and he
steals the money to spend it for drink.
There is a hideous bruise on the white
neck of which he used to say such pretty
things. She shudders at the footsteps
for which she once listened with rapture.
She hides herself in terror from the face
upon which she thought she could gaze
Bishop Cummins. .
From the Chicago Tribune.] . a j - - :
In his letter to the Bishop of Kentucky,
Dr. Cummins announces that he has
"severed the relations” which he has
sustained with the Bishop and diocese of
the Church in Kentucky, and that, there- ‘
fore, “ I leave the communion in which I
have labored in the sacred ministry for
over twenty-eight years, and transfer my
work ,and ofiice to another sphere of la
bor.” From this it appears- that Dr.
Cummins proposes to . continue tbe office
and exercise the functions of a Bishop of
the Protestant Episcopal Church, but he
intends to do so outside of that Churoh.
He knows perfectly well that the canons
of the! .Church provide for his de
position from the office of Bishop;
but he evidently is prepared to maintain
his office, without any regard to the
future action the Chorch may take in his
case. ’ In other words. Dr. Cummins pro
poses to be Bishop of a new Church,—
and, for the present, sole Bishop. He
has marked out tor himself a policy to
ward the Protestant Episcopal Church
the same as that adopted in Germany by
Dr. Betokens, who is sole Bishop of the
Old Catholics. The two prelates propose
to divide the Churches from which they
separate. Both are Bishops,—able to ex
hibit an Apostolical succession to tbeir
consecration, and botb claim to represent
the genuine Church of which they claim
tp be the chief Bishop. There is a differ
ence, however, to other respects. Bishop
Betokens is represented and conceded to
he a • man of great natural 'ability, and
stands intellectually high among the
theologians of Germany.
He has a large following, both of rec
ognized priests and of the laity. He has
also within the reach of his influence not
only the States of- the German Empire,
but of Switzerland, largely of the Aus
trian States, and to some extentin France
and Belgium,—a body of Catholics num
bering many millions of people. With
these he claims to be, and practically is,
in full agreement upon all articles of
Catholic faith and doctrine, save the one
idea of Papal Infallibility. He preaches,
therefore, nothing that is new; he re
tains the old faith with all its forms and
in all its logical conclusions, and merely
invites the Roman Catholics to unite with
him in rejecting what he insists is an in
novation.
Bishop Cummins, though a man of fair
ability and learning, can hardly claim
intellectual superiority among the pre-
Becky Miller.
Go vay, Becky Miller, go vay! .
I don’t lof you now, not von small leetle hit.
My dream vas played out, so please got up and
git, ■
Your false-headed vays I can’t go long mit,
Go vay, Becky Miller, go vay I.
Vas all der yonng womans so false-headed like
you, ‘
Mit a face nice and bright, und a heart black und
blue,
Und all der vile schwearin you lofed me so true.
Go vay, Becky Miller, go vay 1
Vy vounce I dought you vas a sthar vay np high,
I like you so better as gogonut pie,
But, on, Becky Miller! you seem now a big lie—
Go vay, Becky Miller, go vay 1
Tou dook all der blesents vat I did present, T , "Wl
Yes, gobbled up every blamed vone vat I sent— i „ „ , ^
All der vile mit annuacr young rooster you vent; B. B. Barfield,
Go vay, Becky Miller, go vay 1
Ten I first found oud dot you’se such a big lie,
I didn’t know vedder to schmudder or die,
But now, py der jingo f I don’t otten gry.
Go vay, Becky Miller, go vay!
Don’t try to make bleef you vas sorry aboud,
I don’t bleef a dings vat comes out of your moud,
Und besides I don’t care, for now you’re played
oud.
Go vay, Becky Miller, go vay!
Grand Jury Presentments.
We the Grand Jury, sworn, chosen and
selected for the county of Bibb, October
term,begdeave to-make the following
presentments, to-wit:
We condemn to most unqualified terms
the present conditions of the jail and its
management, and would recommend the
building of another jail house as soon as
the financial condition of the county will
admit of it We find the Court-house to
good condition, except some little defi
ciencies as to the water pipes, which the
commissioners will attend to at once.
We beg leave to recommend to full,
and are very much pleased with the sys
tem and management of the public
schools, and recommend the same assess
ment be granted them as was given last
year.
We find the roads and bridges of the
county to good condition, and working
well under the present management of
the contractor, but for retrenchment and
economy, we would recommend our Rep
resentatives to pas3 an act amendatory
of an act establishing road laws for said
county, as to authorize the Road Com
missioners to employ a superintendent
with guards and assistants, to work the
prisoners turned over by the several
courts of the county, and salaries and ex-
, . . .- ...-— c-tt-l ponses to be audited and paid by the
lates and pastors of the Church. He has § 6 axd of County Commissioners.
TiouDi* AADiiTMon ottif Dnmrr»QTiniDrr nAsirimi ** - —
never occupied any commanding position,
and during his long service has failed to
make any such marked impression upon
the public as would suggest him as a
leader. Being a Bishop of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church, he has but a lim
ited body of laity to address. His chan
ces of gaining proselytes among persons
of other and more numerous denomina
tions are, perhaps,' greater than among
those of his own Church. He can’t expect
We recommend our Representatives to
have resi inded legislative enactment to
reference to hiring extra clerks in the
Superior Court, and to return to the old
system of copying evidence, viz: an al
lowance of fifteen cents per hundred
wor Is to the Clerk of the Superior Court.
This repeals act of 12th December, 1871/
We. would recommend and call the es
pecial attention to the next panel of
, , ...... the Grand Jury-to the matter of retail . , ... , , , ,
by his influence to create any division in Ucen and J fch see to find tern.is a mere shell. We hear about «re-
the English mid American Churches. He ; wlls against all hav £ f £ led to take duemg the national debt, and ‘retrendi
will have no followers among the Amen-! out in full—both for the present ment m - the varl0 - us Departments, and
«ui Bishops, though there may be half a and for th£> t ear * -
fl A7un DlQrrrumaTi o lmonw in niffiMilfwif n «... * .
pecial attention and consideration there'
to—giving them the eviderce in the case
as exhibited to us.
We hereby recommend and appoint
Geo. W. Gustin, A. F. Gibson and A. B.
Ross a committee of three to examine
the books and accounts of the Ordinary
and Treasurer of this county—under the
supervision and management of the Board
of County Commissioners, and return the
same over to the proper offices.
The books and accounts of the several
offices of this county, so far as has been
examined, are found neatly and correctly
kept, and proper vouchers therto found.
We heg leave to report favorably as to
the Poor House and Hospital under its
present efficient management. We find
everything neat and in good order, and
records of the physician, Dr. A. P. Col-
. . - , , . ,.m ., ... , tuiu iui uud yasu -jucu. Jlldg© J. W•
dozen cler^rmen, already in difficulty with 0 f this panel, is hereby authorized
u ... the Church, who will recognize place this matter before the next
heart. She has sold herself for a pass- their Bishop. He wdl, therefore, he sole | ^ of arand jurors-caUtog their es-
mg fancy. Neglect is soon followed by Bishop of the new Church-a-sort of Secial'attention and consideration there-
Pope, untroubled with conventions or
Convocations—a law linto himself. Were
he a man of extraordinary powers, he
might for the time attract considerable
attention; but it is not probable that his
secession will seriously disturb the gen
eral harmony of the Church.
Bishop Cummins gives as one of his
reasons for'his proceeding that he seeks
a larger and more, tolerant situation,
where he can exercise the right aud priv
ilege to meet his fellow-Christians of
forever. Sometimes, with the courage j other churches around the communion
which seems to be given only to certain table; and, as another reason, his ina*
women, she holds a proud and smiling i bility to participate to the services of his
face to the world, hides the brutalities of own church with those who incline to
her master, covers np her hardship, dis- Ritualism. Thus, while leaving the
sembles hunger, and no one knows, ex- church that he may extend unlimited
cept the husband, when she rests at last j toleration toward all other Christians, he
from her sorrows, that the brave heart declares that he is also driven to this lin3> properl y kept ffe recommend that
was broken m the first month after the course by his inability to. tolerate the a ^ Wcminty authorities do unite
marriage. Sometimes the sad story ends proceedings of a portion of tho members their e £ ortg ^ m J ftke permanent suc-
in that common curse and punishment of tftiie church he leaves. | cess f ho3pitala for ci tyVnd county, un-
Amencan marriages, a legal separation, | That the time will come when the con- : der the ma i nagement of ' the County Board
and sometimes in the one catastrophe, ; fbet m the Episcopal Church between f commissioners, thereby giving the es-
which is worse than divorce-murder. , the two parties known as High and Low tablishmenfc one tead permanent
We do not, of course, mean to accuse will lead to a separation is probable; but mana4?emen t
tbe author of the assult committed on before'that time the Church will have i ^ .
Saturday in the Eighth avenue of the J become far more numerous than it is at ™ e recommend to he Board of County
cruelties and crimes we have enumera- present, and what ir known as ** Ritu- ] Commissioners, so soon as them duties are
ted in the imaginary sketch. Some- 1 alism ” must be more pronounced than made known to them, to adjust all claims
thin<* is known of the married life of now. Dr. Cummins will hardly succeed as m their judgment seems good, for the
this °unfortunate couple, but we do not in establishing a church in this or any interest of the county. And we
know all, and we make every allowance other country. He is hardly the man to recommend our immediate Senators and
for exaggerated rumor. But the main accomplish such a work, even if there j Representatives to pass all needful laws
facts seem to be well ascertained that was an occasion for it: necessary to concentrate all monies and
the la<ly married against the wise advice I —. I financial matters coming into tne_ county
D;
aery and the hoarding school; and the ' This celebrated physician, who spent' which the present County* Treasurer to
natural results of such headstrong folly the past winter in Macon and attracted j elected, the Chairman of said Board, with
have folio ived. It is one of the vices of much attention by his wonderful 1 auoh Mutant-thqy lyyjegHnatefrom
„„ c™. .If, „ of : ST
ttaTtb? £fepen£nce of their cHer.i. i» Europe, during which ho-mited the Board of Coanutaioner., und «“
The revolt against government by divine hospitals of Paris, and continued the for said two offices he annuaRy fifteen
right has extended from politics into the study of his several specialties, has re- ' thrive Yond for
10 Georgia and taken .p.rlurouU #£ *
^fle^Ser lS^Sil^ Ut tho PuhwK Houee, in So™mnh. Dr. »id „«„ .uid houd to he
hotel parlors, instead of romping to hay Jones is no charlatan, but on tho con- ^ ® ran ?
mows and making mud pies by the trary has received dixilomas from no less ?. /w- nr+ ’ 0 ^ ’
brook, has already learned to despise the eminent colleges of surgery t^fgeof said Court,
advice of her parents, and resent their thiui torn eminent colleges surges We further recommend the defining of
commands as an interference with per- and medicine. He doe3 not profess to be section 3,703 of the new Code, which reads
sonal liberty. Disobedience and disre- a " cure all," and is exceedingly candid as follows:
spect are taught to American children; fo his advice to patients and the treat- ’ “Fees of County Treasurers. County
and we need not wonder if at the most ment of their various diseases. Notun- Treasurers’fees are as follows, to-wit:
important juncture o', their lives, when . _ . . Upon all amounts received and paid out
their whole future happiness depends frequently he refuses the money of those tw0 and one-half (2« per cent.”
upon the prudence of a loving and disto- who have sought him from a distance, We eommeifd the course of his Honor
terested counsellor, they should pnt the when their cases have progressed too far Judge Hill for the special charge given
lesson into use. _ . f or successful medical aid or old age pro- “a to reference to the mismanagement of
■ ■ 1 . . . -i*. . the State Fair recently held to Macon, as
Majesty at the Communion Table.— sents as insuperable barrier to success. r ^ a* gaming that was allowed to
A correspondent of the Dundee Adver- When the cure can be but partial or tern- be conducted on the grounds, and that
tiser relates how the Queen of England porary.he frankly states the fact to those we deprecate the conduct of the Mayor
recently joined to the sacramentof the wh(> need aerv j oea . His visit to and Council of the city of Macon to al-
Lord’s Supper in the Scotch Presbyterian . , , , ... . .. lowing the gaming to be conducted on
Church at Crathie. He says: *+ Georgia last winter will never be for- rowing^ t
precedence over civil cases to his court
until the criminal docket and jail are
cleared.
The thanks of this jury are eminently
due, and are hereby tendered, to his
Honor, Judge Hill, and to the Solicitor-
General, Colonel C. J. Harris, for atten
tion shown this body. The happy man
ner to which they have attended to their
duties to connection with this jury have
endeared them to each and every member.
We hereby request that these present
ments he published to the Macon Tele
graph and Messenger.
M. S. Thomson. Foreman.
James W. Knott, W. R. Phillips,
Armistead Bryant,
Patrick H. Ward,
J. F. Long,
G. R. Morton,
Alonzo Bond,
Thomson Guernsey, Green Saltmarsh,
D. M. Fl&nders, Zeph. T. Conner,
J. A. Whiteside, O. D. Edwards,
Charles Taylor, William W. Collins.
In accordance with the request of the
Grand Jury, ordered by the court, that
the within presentments be published in
the Telegraph and Messenger.
Charles J. Harris,
Solicitor General.
November 22,1873.
A true extract from the .minutes of
Bibb Superior Court.
A. B. Ross,
November 24,1873. Clerk.
Jas. A. Knight,
W. D. H. Johnson,
John Knight,
The Excitement and Talk In NeiT
York—Details of the Butcheries*
New York Herald. November 18.]
The war sentiment in New York is be
coming a roaring flood day after day, as
the details of the Santiago massacre come
to us, adding volume and fury to its flow.
Yesterday, notwithstandidg the calm
which might be expected to supersede
the reflections of the Sabbath, the excite
ment was very marked everywhere, and
every new detail of information concern
ing the capture and slaughter of the Vir
ginia party was eagerly passed from
mouth to mouth. It is singular, how
ever, to note with what unanimity the
people at large avowed their belief that
the bloody and defiant disgrace to
which the nation had been subjected
could only he atoned for by war, and the
almost equal unanimity with which they
conceded that they did nob think the
Government would push its demands
against Spain with any successful result.
It is useless to detail all the conversations
that arise uponthesubject; but hundreds
of times yesterday the reporter heard
such expressions as these:
Oh, well, it’s no use to expect any
thing from the Government. We always
knuckle down 1” “ This Government
won’t go to war; it won’t dare to do it!”
“ Fish will write letters about it for a
year, and then take an apology!” “Why,
the administration can’t go to war, my
friend. Why, our national finance sya*
ueorgia a** the and hope that such mis- lives. 1
gotten by those to whom be afforded mani |gement will not b'e allowed to the This is a very fair sample of the ocm-
COUNTT COURTS-.
At the Georgia last winter will never
commencement of the communion ser- ** *********
vice her Majesty left the royal pew, hope, comfort and relief from distress- future,
walked down stairs, and entered Dr. Tay- ^ longstanding maladies. ' |
munioY tabte° anTpSk of the' ete ' Besides all the diseases of the eye From representations made, and from
n-entsof the W’s^upper Dr Rob- and ear. requiring difficult and delicate g2ffiSSSEf
ertson, being relrng elder of the church, 8urgical operations, and skillful treat- ties to the County Court as regains the
attended on her Majesty an ment otherwise, he is very successful also keeping of the docket and record of cases
kept her seat until the two verses of the lighted to know that the Doctor is onoe i mTnA a;„,.
103d Psalm were sung, after Dr. Taylor mor ^ within reach, and doubtless will Be ^ r ^^ves and Senrtor to repeal, so
hasten to consult him again. r * : 1 far as Bibb county is, concerned, an act
national economy,’ and all. that; but wa
owe. $20,000,000 gold interest on our
bonds, which will become due on the 1st
of January, and as yet there is no visible
way of raising even that amount. I tell
you
THE GOVERNMENT IS IN A HOLE,’
and will have a tough time getting-out
of it, and it’s no use trying to make them
take up this foreign war job. They don’t
dare, sir.” ■ ’ •
To hear, too, the comparisons drawn be
tween the United States and Great Brit
ain to regard to the manner and alacrity
of protecting their citizens and standards
from dishonor or oppression one would al
most fancy himself to England. Every
body conceded to England the credit of
promptitude, right or wron**, when the
interests of her subjects were imperiled j
admitting that she always preferred di
plomacy when she had the citizen to her
own hands and his
LIFE AND LIBERTY WERE NOT JEOPARDIZED
by the possible arbitrary condemnation of
a foreign tribunal.
“I concede,” said a gentleman, to con
versation with a friend, at the steps of
the Stock Exchange, “I concede that the
Government can scarcely be censured be
cause they didn’t happen to have a frig
ate to Santiago harbor just at that pre
cise time; but there is no frigate there
yet. and no likelihood of one being there
for some days to come. Who ever saw
such a spectacle—a powerful nation with
rebellion at its door to a neighboring
country for years and not a vessel that
can be sent to meet
A TERRIBLE EMERGENCY LIKE THIS?
I mean to say, sir, that we lack states
manship. Statesmen, to be worthy of the
name, should be farseetog and prepared
to meet almost any human contingency.
We have had presages of this event for
years to the repeated insults offered by
Spain to our citizens—ye3, even to our
consular representatives to Cuba. Phil
lips, who cut his throat to a Broadway
hotel a few days ago, was our consul at
this same Santiago in 1869, and because
he dared to interpose officially there tho
Spaniards drove him from the city, and
to save his life he had to fly to the deck
of a British war ship to the harbor, and.
our Government did not dare to send him
back, but he was superseded for fear of
exasperating the Spaniards. When Hou-
aid was imprisoned at Cienfuegost
the Spanish Government, to reply
our demand for his surrender, said to
officially to our State Department: ‘Wa
can not recognize any demand, but lf tho
Government will request as a favor, or by
courtesy, that he be released, -such an -
application will be entertained cordially.*
Of course our Government backed down
most shamefully, asked the ‘favor/ and
after a while Houard was set free. Now*
if we had not right to our request, we *
had no business to receive that man back
as a courtesy; no, sir.
A SINGLE WAR VESSEL
to that harbor a week after the Yirginius
was taken would have saved scores of
had addressed the communicants, when
her Majesty left for the palace.' r ' J '. '
The camphor tree perfumes the air, ited or, addressed by letter, at the Pulas- Pf 1 ?® 1 ^
It ki House. Sarumah. | o.ta SS
often reaches a hunW feet m hmght, — | scribed by the statutes m each case, both
with a girth of fifty fort. The p^^ p 0 pe said recently te a diplomat- 1 dtii and criminal, and that they look
gum is ^dsomemMinl^raasWe ^ ^ery well, indeed. I eat, drink, alone to plaintiffs and defendants for
“ ^2Sl * nd <%<>* ®7 ^ « whta I was theit cogfe and fees in each particular
fortyyears of age; I walk as well, and. case; and to repeal all laws conflicting
Lw ftndfnrnftore fcboTe “fc do 00(1 J oa think m 7 milld 18 m with the intent of these recommendations,
lent for house,ship timber, and furniture, ^ aktne condition M when I was forty We recommend his Hqncr. Judge Hill,
■ For the present, Dr. Jones may be vis- to compensate Sheriffs, Clerks of the *Su-
. _ _ f... — . and Avdmasioo anil TnsfSnaa
mid exceptingthe teak and <^«nbuoo, is of Hia Ho Hno3s is reported
tho only wood never attacked by tiie 3® a prophecy that he will live
myriads of voracious intecta in the Bast j ninety and more years and witness the
Indies. The corfmon kinds of camphor JjwS of the invaders from his estate,
are procured by distillation.
versations that prevailed everywhere and
among all classes of people to this city
yesterday _ '* / ' .
Stephen Smith, for many years the
aged leader of the colored race to Phila
delphia, died on Friday last. His life
was divided into a youth of slavery, a
manhood of freedom bought by his own
lobor, and an old age of wealth and honor.
He voted for Gen. Jackson, as a Demo
crat, in 1834; lost his vote by the act
inserting the word “white” into the State
constitution of Pennsylvania in 1838, and
got it back under the const, dinal
amendments to 1869. He has made, it ia
stated, splendid benefactions to the aged
poor.
Stephen H. Allen, a street* operator
in New York, has brought suit against
Daniel Drew, the millionaire, whom ho
charges with inducing him to buy eleven,
thousand shares of quicksilver mining-
stock, costing $612,260, by means of falsa
representations that the stock would rap-
i idly appreciate to value, and thus insure
I a haudsome profit. The action is to forea
to hold special sessions of the Superior Drew to refund to Allen $202,000. Allen
Court from time to time, as he may sec claims in his affidavit that while he wan
fit, to try all criminal cases and to rid buying the stock under Drew’s represea.—
the jail; and to give all criminal cases tatioa Daniel was “unloading” upon hire.