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Newspaper Page Text'TSbY, JONES & REESE. Proprietors. The Family Journal.—News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic Affaibs. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING. ESTAUSHED 1826. MACON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1875. Volume LXVHI-No.27 KENTS )N NHW YORK. ,-,rf of the firent Beni Estate Men n of the City. U’r.re of the Cincinnati Gazetic-3 1 : ' ‘ Vvw YORK, February 4,1875. AMOUNT OP KENTS. ... i 0 f Manhattan (otherwise v i V* w Yort) contains 6'.000 dwell aU "V- nh s stores and warehouses, the cumliering 10000. . One third of ““ i xc !lin"s referred to are tenement ? each of which is meant to hold *o thirty families. In sneh nar , mnrtors a population of 500,<>00 is detained. O' the better part of our in- t'bitmts.'a large portion live three fnm- !it„ in a hou-e, this being considered a "‘her ‘'roomy” accommodation The r “ -ivT of those who enjoy sole cceu- " ' v of a house cannot be more than T:\ ;> Ti,e Fifth avenue contains less ,V J ‘ foO families. The best of streets nJ sotu-res below Fifty-fourth street fthere population is in solid shape) show laconaliv limited number of “self-con- r .'nei'’ houses. The value of rented ‘". wr } V f a Manhattan Island is $1,000,- which brings, on an avenge, 10 r r <Mit. This gives the amount of an nul’ rent $100,000,000. Wall streets are ,v.v.t ii per tent, on the valuation. Trinitv building. which is 40x160 feet. r onts for $100,000. It cost $250,000 in jS30 t an 1 would now bring thrice that for nearly two miles above Wall trTt. Broadway property brings 20 per cent, on cost, and the rental of this street aic.no is not less than $500 per running foot, which, in two miles, mates about {’5,000,000. Just think of this in con nection with the fact that the best part d this street was once a negro quarter. Stewart's wholesale warehouse now occu pies the site of a former colored “burying /round,” and human remains were dis- !-iwored when the foundation was laid. I covered when the foundation found among the old conveyances in our records a deed of a lot on the “Broad way” to Simon, a negro, for 100 paces front. If a lot were to ha measured thus at nrcsent, what long steps would men tale 1 A three feet pace in the street is now worth $10,000. SOME RENTALS. The new Drexel building, esmutof Wall and Broad streets, probably yields a better rent than any similar property on the continent. The owners are not will ing to let their rent-roll be seen, but it is estimated at $110,000. They paid for the plat at the rate of $14,000,005 per acre, a price which has never been equaled in America. Next in this vicinity is the property of Edward Mathews. He is a man of sixty-five, and has been of Tate veers accumulating a grand estate, chfedy in the moneyed neighborhood, Hi? rents in Broad street near the Stock Exchange are estimated at $60,000 year. It is a peculiar feature in Mr. Mathews’ views that he advocated the levy of ail taxes on real estate, and the total exemption ot personal property. This ehosvs breadth of view. lie holds that taxing mortgages prevents loans, r.n 1 thas impedes the increase of the city, ani hence he concludes that it is best for the common weal to place the entire civic burden on the land. Near Trinity build ing, cn the opposite side of Broadway, stands the Equitable Insurance building, wh: chins recently been enlarged to dou- ' la the former siz*. It cont >ins more law • dices than any other bniiding in Ameri ca, an! its rental is not less than $100,- tCO. The structure cost $1,500,000, and ■j a good investment. More than 2000 I'arsons are carried daily up and down the elevator. Gilsey’s building, corner of Jhoidwr.y and Cortlaudt streets, is worth {50,006 a year. This is one-fifth part of the estate left by Peter Gilsey, a Danish emigrant, who landed here penniless about forty years ago. He laid the found ation of his fortune in a cigar shop, and invested the profits in real estate until he hoenmo wai-G, SI Srtrt fWl ho became worth $1,500,000. THE WORK OP FOREIGNERS. Directly above Gilsey’s Duilding is the Aster House, which is now under a thor ough alteration in order to increase its rental. This building was erected in 1S33, and was then rented for $25,000, of which one-third was divided from eight stores on the first floor. These stores alone have of late rented for $4,000 apiece, and the entire building is worth $75,000 a year. The improvements will add $20,- (00 to the rental. I may observe as a peculiar fact that New York owes much its lest architecture to foreign hands, Of Gilsey, the Dane, I havo spoken, bnt I may refer to the grand hotel which he built in upper Broadway, as a part of his ~orfc. The German Astor is remembered j the house of that name. Tho Scotch- -m, Benac-tt, built the best printing- 1-ouso of his day. The New York Zcitung has also built a printing-house worth .500,000. Tho Irishman, Stewart, has lailt two immense warehouses, one whole- ”-le and the other retail, to which ho has aided his Fifth avenue palace. This is the finest residence in America, and list $1,000,000. It is a nice borne for a caii<Re» couple. I may add that Johu Jackson, the plasterer, who bore a part in much of this improvement, is still alive, -is plastered the Astor House forty -^sago. under the personal inspection • i old John Jacob, and he finished his business career by plastering Stewart's palace—for which his bill was $20,000. AN ASTOR HOUSE GLIMPSE. , *•'-ci 11 the porch of this structure one -as a view of the grand advance in 6trcet rdntecture. Directly in front is tho nsw poatoliice, which costs $10,000,000, ho finished by midsummer. ^-*030 Ly i3 tho Herald building, which ia valued at $1,500,000. Within 200 feet is the new printing house for the Evening • ,1' w “ich will be ready for occupancy • /Hay. Just behind is the new tele- whoso cost is more than v-.000,000, and up Printing House Square ,i iotance of 600 feet is tho Tribune f-m ns’-* 11 . 038 cost 13 climated at $500,- to iiwit cotT sufficiently advanced ■nort™ V™ of tena nt3 against while tho* 7 ' • Ik 13 a curious fact that Sent%r wr T5canetfc marked his re S- 1 £ om active life by tho Herald S r celebrated succession to C * C «»Z another grand tho Bennett Building,” so tract are, V at - " c “«w jjuuaing," 3Qo ^ as * double memorial-M ( 3 *? lr «**©m property. V-vv Mfr^ a3 y<m Diaio any place a great u-to ifi r ® n *® adsunca. It is esti- « r ./• ? fc dcru, S twenty-four hours 17.- . 1,138 tho A *tor House. No 003 ~ rtae Etr cet i3 choked. About 100,- P aE8 tins building on the 1110 “me time- This TnnTo- til0 lm *ncnse increase in rent. a PP llea to other spots. £ Vesoy street, which Hnd^ 8 I?!® A8tor _ H onse corner with the Eiver. I can well remember S? “***•*»it* quiet as— ■uL Sm ^, then 14 Jas become o crowd- l thoroughfare, and hence rents havo advanced immensely. For tho mere nriv- in f* ° f keeping a stand on tho sidewalk a front of a store $80 a month is paid. .... OTHER HEAVY BENTS. iatvIi*,t^rst-closs hotels, 6uch as the Met ropolitan, the St. Nicholas, the Fifth ?nd somo others that can bo 'sentioned, rent for $75,000, to $100,000. liOH. m°»tioned was built by Amos who a lca d iD S dry goods jobber, hn.— 0 * at tho age of eeventj-five. is a •vy capitalist. Dry goods control the Metropolitan also, that being the prop erty of Stewart. How the hotels pay their rents at this time of appalling dull- ness is a mystery, and it is highly prob able that in many instances an extension has been granted. Indeed, this has been the hardest quarter-day known in this city in thirty years. There are more buildings “to let” in Broadway than ever before, hut they will all be taken before Spring. There are so many adventurers rushing in that every avail- nble spot will be occupied. Stewart, though an opulant land-holder, is com pilled, most unwillingly, to pay rent. His up-town dry goods palace is built on ground belonging to the Sailor’s Snug Harbor, which cannot be sold. Hence, he has built on leased property, the ground rent being $40,000. As tlie ware house co-t nearly a million, his rent and taxes are not less than $115,000. The cost of land and buildings, as exhibited, in railway depots, is an important item in real estate records. Commodore Vanderbilt paid a round million for St. John’s Park, on which to build his freight depot, covering four acres. The Union "Passenger Depot, at Forty-second street, cost two millions, and is used by three important roads. Abont sixty thousand travelers pass through it daily. QUARTER-DAY AT TRINITY. “St. Landlord” is the patron saint of this corporation. The office is directly in the rear of St. Paul’s Church, and ha3 been, during tho week, tho scene of great activity. Its rent roll includes 1,000 tenants. This is four times the congre gation of any one of its churches.^ The corporation admit that $125,000 is tho quarterly collection (above all taxes,) but it is supposed to be much larger. Trinity estate is in size nearly 100 acres, in tho best part of tho city. The Astor estate, though only forty acres in extent, has a rent of doable the amount abovo men tioned, and hence it is believed that a large part of Trinity’s real income is di vided among tho ring which controls it. This is one reason why Trinity seeks no addition to her communion. Church members would bring votes, and these might elect a new vestry, other estates. The Rhinelanders will collect $20,000 this quarter day, even if all be not paid. Peter 606161*8 agent will bring in almost an eqnal amount. .The Lorillard is esti mated at $30,000 per quarter, while the great Jew landholder, Hendricks, will get $15,000. Peter Cooper’s landed property in this city is not much less, while the Stnyvesants are in the same happy list. Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, as a member of the last mentioned family, has a large income from landed property. A. T. Stewart has a heavy rent roll, for in addition to hi3 two grand warehouses and the Metropolitan Hotel, he owns a theatre and a large number of valuable buildings, including a church. A NICE PROPEETY. The Astor estate contains about 700 houses, which cover forty acres in very desirable localities. The Astor House alone is worth S1,800,000. A very largo part of the property lies on the Fourth and Fifth avenues, also Madison avenue, where entire squares of elegant houses acknowledge his came. Tbi3 land was bought by the original Astor at prices ranging from $500 to $1000 per acre, and each acre is now worth nearly $1,000,- 000. All of these seven hundred tenants havo been visited during this week. Astor’s collectors are men of brief lan guage. All that needs to be done is to utter the cabalistic words "cBwk for the rent,” and delays are taken with ill grace. The reply is, “We can not be rnnning twice—too much to do.” In deed, if people want to hold Astor’s prop erty they must he ready with the money. The rent roll i3 eaid to fill thirty pages of writing paper. Even the indorsement of the checks is no small task. Old Wil liam B. was wont to do this until extreme age enfeebled bi3 hand. How many thousand checks has he indorsed with hi3 potential name! The Astor land office has received in this manner daring the past week nearly $400,000, and all is not yet collected. This money is deposited in the Bank of New York, tho Chemical Bank, and other oldfasbioned institutions and will soon bo reinvested in good se curities. HOW ASTOR MANAGES. Astor examines his rent roll every sea son. Each house is examined in detail, and he carefully fixes tho rent at as largo a figure as he. thinks can bo obtained. If this bo not clfered, tho house stands vacant, for no second price i3 allowed. If a tenant demands repairs, he is referred to the carpenter, who reports the amount necessary to be laid ont, and this is the ultimatum. As in so large an estate a number of honsc3 must be always vacant, one man is detailed to look after them ; he keeps them in order, ready for occu pation. I saw him to-day, scouring tho door plate of William's former residence in A«tor Place, which is now to let. Tho old man lived there thirty-seven yeara, but last spring ho moved up to the Fifth avenue, eo 03 to bo near his son, John Jacob. The old mansion is of unusual size, being fifty foot front. Tho rent de manded is $9,000, and at thi3 rate it will stand empty. Tho prospect of reduced rents is shown by the fact that Edward Mathews (of whom I have spoken) offers offices in thirty different buildings. This is a largo vacancy for ono estate, and thero are other signs of a similar choree- ter. Knickerbocker. Starlight. BY CELIA TUAXTER. and everything but giving sway to her long pent-up tulings, flew down tho stair _ • way, and in an instant more was clasped The ohlU. sad evening wind of winter blows ' in the loving arms of her husband, tho Across tho hrtUlkwd bleak and bare and hiRb, Grand Duke Alexis, of Bassia. Ho ro- ^ ^ , gained with her Friday, Saturday and And. shivering, whispers like a human si^h. Sunday, only going ou’. with her and the child for a drive in a close cab. Sunday ! ovening she took him alone in the cab to I the depot, and Tuesday morning our pa- ; pers announced that Sunday, half-past twelve p. m., the Grand Duke Alexis nr- EDITOIUAL CORRESPONDENCE. Atlanta, February 17,1875. THE DISCUSSION UPON TIM LIEN LAW. I a perfect right to demand that amount of interest for his advances, und the country will be a thousand times worse off Ho operation of the The sky is thick with stars tint sparkle keen. And crest Cam)la in th- cleir northeast Rolls slowly np the cloudless heaven serene. And tbe stem uproar of tho saa has ceased. A floetinr moment, and the eareh seems dead So still, so sad, so lonely, and so cold 1 Snow-diet beneath me, and above my head Star-dust in blackness, liko thick-sprinkled gold. rived in Berlin from Paris, and took lod gings with the Russian Embassador. We knowing ones smiled over tho petty deception, but out of regard for tbe de voted wife, said nothing, and now that all danger is over, I entrust the secret to the generosity of your readers, who I know will sympathize with tho situation of the prettv Countess, who dares notbo earne r, like an my muow-meu, io Know tlle . ackno wledged wife of a pos# His hidden purpose that no voice may speak— Claimant of tbe Russian throne. The stars of fire, the tiny stars of ice, Tho awful whirling worlds ia space that Wheel, The dainty crystal's delicate device— One hand has fashioned both; and kneel I, who Here on this winter night, 'twixt stars and snow. As transient a>a snewflaka and as weak, Yearning, liko all my fellow-men, to know Ip silent awe I watch His worlds; I see Uighty Capelin’s signal, and 1 know Tbe ate >dy beam of light that reaches me Left the great orb full nsvetity years ago. IvADICAli BbUNDCKS. A human lifetime 1 Reason strives in vain To grasp at time and space, and evermore Thought, weary grown and baffled, must again ~ '■ slo * a*— «- ■ • Retrace its slow steps to tho humble door Of wistful patience, thero to watch and wait Devoutly, till at last Death's certain hand. Imperious, opens wi.to tho mystic gate Between us and tho future He has planned. A Radical Protest Against Giving Extraordinary Powers to Grant. Chicago Tribune (Rad.)] The political bill adopted by tho joint Republican caucus, providing for the re- enactment of that portion of tho kuklnx act which gives the President the right of suspending the writ of habeas corpus, Tea. Death alone. Bnt shall Death conquer all ? i using the army and navy, tho appoint- T a-*-*- *'■—■-1" uintah nt rfuniii mint of marshals to supervise elections, Loro lights and pleads in anguish of despair. Sooner shall great Capclla wavering fall Than any voice respond to his wild prayer. And yet. what fire divine makes hope to glow Through the pale ashes of our earthly fate? Immortal hope, above all joy, below and the arrangement of the various do tails of voting, is a grave mistake, to characterize it as mildly as possible. In the first place, it is always a political All depths of pain wlierelii we strive and wait! ! mistake te legislate partisan measures which can not be enforced, or which, if enforced, would prove fatal to the party originating them. The present Congress seems to be rushing blindly into law making without reference to tho fact that Dull is our sense; hearing we do not hear. And seeing see not; vet we vaguely fed Somewhere is comfort in the darkaeas drear. And. hushing doubts and fears, wo learn to 6tarliaht and silenco 1 Dumb are aky-nnd sea. Silent as deatn the awful spaces lie; Speechless tbe bitter wind blows over me. Sad as the breathing of a human sigh. »!«" ALEXIS AND HIS BRIDE. in the next Congress the political power, the law making power, and the revenue power — in other words, tho power of tho law, the purse and the sword—passes into the hands of the Democratic party. The fact seems to have been overlooked that the Republi can party was beaten last fall by 500,000 The Gossip a Lady Sends to America from Berlin—The Handsome 1 yote^, and also tho other serious fact that Villa and Its Charming Transient j the House, after the 4th of March next, Political Purposes of tlie Extra Session. Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.] Senators generally admit that there is now little doubt that an executive ses sion will bo called to consider the Hawii- an treaty. It is not expected that the session will continue more than ono week. Twenty-three new Senators aro then to be sworn in. One of the political pnrposes of the session, which doc3 not appear npon the surface, is that Angus Cameron and Judge Christiancy, and whatever other Senators may bo called Independent, will be compelled to define their political position as regards tho Republican Senatorial caucus. Tho in vitation to Senators to attend caucus never contains the word “ caucus, 1 bnt request all Senators who indorse tho principles of the Republican Plat form adopted at Philadelphia in 1872 to attend. Tho acceptance ef this in vitation is regarded under the code of political honor here as a recog nition [of the Philadelphia Platform and of party Republicanism. This fea ture of the oie .utivo session will be of considerable importance to the new Sen ators, aathe committees will he reorgan ized at the beginning of the executive session, and will donbtle33 remain as then constituted until the end of the next suc ceeding long session. I have heard an'eminent' preacher say that he learns from tho first tones of his voice on Snnday morning whether ho is to have a successful day. A singer cares little for tho words of a song. A good singer will make any words glorious. The same holds with the orator. I call him in a church a good reader who-can weave poetry into any hymn in tho hymn book—a thing which any orator can do.— Emericn. • : -■» • '*, Occupants. A Berlin correspondent writes: In the pleasant suburbs of n city not a day’s ride from Berlin there stood this summer a new and handsome unoccupied villa, whoso outward proportions and pleasant yard were a constant source of admira tion to a cosy little party of summer guests that assembled for coffee on the piazza of the adjoining house. Our lit tle circle was thrown into a flutter of ex citement by the announcement that the villa had Icon rented for a few months to a wealthy Russian family. The arrange ments afforued us an endless theme of conversation and conjectures, and the coffee hour was often prolonged as lato as it was possible for U3 to use our crochet needles, in tbe hope of seeing the arrival of the family or the mistress, who we all agreed must bo young and beautiful to harmonize with the charming decoration of her home. One bright afternoon our anxious waiting was relieved by the sound of wheels and the quick steps of spirited horses, and soon a magnificent carriage rolled up to .the gateway. Tho footman sprang from his eeat, opened the door, and assisted on elderly gentle man of prepossessing appearance to de scend the steps; then came a pretty child of two or three years; then the mother, a beautiful young woman, HER GRACE AND CARRIAGE indicating noble birth. She was dressed in an elegant and becoming costume of the latest mode. Her bread brim felt hat, turned up at tho side, and edged with gray ostrich feathers, while a long plume of the same color drooped gracefully from the crown, set off her handsome face to the best advantage. She gather ed up her velvet mantle and walked proudly into the house, without deigning a glance at the curious eye3 who over looked her from the neighboring piazza above, but bowed graciously to the ser vants who assembled to receive her. Passing weeks did not servo to allay our curiosity, for no one could tell who the pretty Russian was, and after a few days the elderly gentleman disappeared. She seemed to havo no friends or acquaint ances. No one over came to the house, and when she drove out it was with her child and a lady, evidently her compan ion. Tho prolonged quiet became weari- somo to most of the guestt of the adjoin ing house, and tho eager curiosity had settled down to on occasional conjecture as wo awaited tho postman, and we were often disappointed in onr pleasant ex pectations, while ho invariably passod on to the handsome villa. Individually, my interest increased rather than abated, for a9 I often sat alone enjoying tho gather ing twilight in my room, which faced tho chamber of THE PRETTY SOLITARY WOMAN, the gas was lighted, and, without draw ing the curtains tho child wa3 arrayed by tho nurse in his nightly garments, under tho careful supervision of tho mother. This seemed to be tho one hour for which tho mother lived, and I saw her tender caresses and tho frolicsome gambols of tho beautiful boy, with a growing'inter est that I did not care to impart to oth ers; for I was jealous of tho friendly carelessness with which theyregardedme. Knowing that I still sat by my window and could sco directly into tho room, they did not caro to shut me out by loos ening tho falling drapery of tho window. So my kindly interest kept pace with my imagination that wovo for them many a romantic talc. A rumor reached us that the pretty woman was tho banished wife of a certain member of a royal family; but nothing occurred to confirm tho re port. The magnificent open carnage had been put away and replaced by an ele gant, closo two-acated cab, in which tho lady and child took tbeir usual airing. The short days and cool evenings admon ished the summer guests it was timo to will have a Democratic majority of at least sixty, with a probability that, in the electicfl3 yet to come in New Hamp shire, Connecticut, California and Miss issippi, this majority may bo increased, and that this new House will have con trol of tho purse and the sword. The only ton ira of power left to the Republi can party is in the Senate, and this grows feebler and feebler, and offers little con solation to those who thought after the election last fall that the Republican as cendancy in that body could not be dis turbed. The present Senate stands s Re publicans, 50; Democrats. 19; Independ ents, 4; vacancies. 1. Tho next Senate will stand: Republicans, 39; Democrats, 28; Independents, 6, with the seats to bo filled from Louisiana and the two new Senators from Colorado. A3 none of tho independent Republicans, like Cameron, Booth and Christian' y, are hot partisans, and cannot be relied upon to act with tho caucus on all purely partisan measures, and the seats from Louisiana and Color ado may bo filled with Democrats, it i3 barely possible that the Republicans may have a majority of eight vot03 in tho Senate. This feeble thread i» all that holds tho Bepublican party to its tenure of power in Congress, and tho fact should be an instructive lesson with reference to instituting doubtful legislation for future use. A still greater objection to this politic al bill lies in the fact that it is probably impracticable and certainly impolitic. Granting that it could be enforced, would it not result in throwing the whole South into a fever of excitement and bo a damaging blow to the Republican party ? Is it not the very mcasuro which, of all others, tho Democratic party would liko to see passed, and against which they would bo more than delighted to record their vote3 ? Tho passage of such a bill would certainly exasperate tho South and excite disorder in States now at peace' It would array tho white race in more determined hostility to the blacks than exists now. It would do nothing to ben efit the colored race. It would threaten the peace of tho South with new disor ders. It should bo tho policy of tho Re publican party to legislate in the inter ests of peace and harmony, to bring about good feelings in tbe Southern States between tho whites and blacks, and ia every way to conciliate, the stronger race in all its relations to tho weaket A drop of honey will catch more hornets than a cup of vinegar. What occasion i3 there for tho re-enactment of tho Kuklux act in any State in the South, possibly ex cepting Louisiana? Thero aro no un lawful white organizations in these States, no disorders of moment, no trou bles at the polls. Tho elections take place quietly and regularly, and few com plaints are made oither by whites or blacks. Tronblo exists only in a singlo State, and yet the Southern carpet-bag gers have devised a echomo of legislation which, if carried out, might plunge many of the Southern States into tho same or worso condition than now exists in Lou isiana, and undo all that ha3 been grad ually and slowly done toward tho cstab lishment of peaco, order and good gOY ernment. If the Republican members of Congress want to destroy tho Repub lican party, they will promote that pur pose by re-enacting repressive and provo caiive measures which had been repealed or expired*by limitation, and for which there is no urgent necessity existing. The thing is a blunder in any light m which it can bo viewed, and is only play ing into tho hands of political opponents. previous question, this gravest and most important of all the measures pending before tho General Assembly, was sum marily disposed of in tho House, after a short and unsatisfactory debate, by a vote of 80 ayc3 to 70 nays, on tbe motion to postpone indefinitely. Thero will be a move mode for reconsideration this morn ing. Had not tbo “gag” been imposed, on interesting discussion would havo en sued, and Warren, and many other able champions could hsvo thrown much light upon this momentous subject. Bnt conscience begins to prick the members on tbo score of wasted time, and now it will be seen -HEY SIN ON THE OTHER EXTREME. This hasty legislation at tho eleventh hour is the bano of the country. Our leg islators begin with only one sitting of a fow bourn each day, mtroduce by tho hundred bills and resolutions on every possible question that has, or ever could exorciso the ingenuity of man, and then becoming tired, or scared, as the day for adjournment approaches, vote down, or put through, almost without discussion and with the flippancy of a debating so ciety, measures of transcendent import ance upon which hang suspended tho w»al of tho Commonwealth. Hence, a big portion of tho, time of every General Assembly i3 devoted to retrieving tho gfrors and undoing the work of the body that preceded it. The News affirms that to tho TRYING ON THE JEWELS. Gen. Sherman’s Daughter Wearing tlie Kheaire’s Gift In the Custom House. Mrs. Minmo Sherman Fitch, says the disperse to winter quarters, and I confess j San, saw tbo jewels sent to her by the bright boy and his interesting mother, | 1Q th° enstom-honso on Thursday after- for my interest had grown to bo more noon for the first time. She was accom- thsn mero idle curiosity. A friend, who had remained, promised to announco to ns anything unusual that might happen to onr interesting neighbor. Soon wo heard, “Sinco a certain royal family aro reported to bo in Paris, our pretty neigh bor has received a dispatch regularly every morning.” The messenger, who chanced to bring a dispatch to our land lady, complained that ho bad mado that long walk every morning for somo days, in order to carry a dispatch to tho adjoin ing villa. Thi3 seemed to confirm tho floating rumor, and tho lady grew to bo more on object of interest than ever. Not long after an unusual excitement in tho panied by her husband, Lieutenant Fitch, and a largo party of lodio3 and gentle men. General Arthur cent to Assistant Treasurer Hillhouse, ia tho sub-Treasuiy, for tho diamonds, and sho wore them in the Collector’s parlor for a fow minutes. One of her friends assisted her to clasp tho necklace around her throat and to clasp tho drops in her cam. The parlor was darkened to display tho full brillian cy of the gems. The ladies were raptur ous over the jewels, and tho fair wearer kept them on until they had been inspect ed and examined twico over. She was dolighted with them. They were sent villa attracted attention, and the anxious back to tho sub-Treasuty after she took appearanos of tho pretty woman at tbo them off. .„ r*u. window announced | Mrs. Rousby, tbo actress, and Mrs. aw expectant arrival. 1 Dion Boncicault called cn the Collector Presently a tall, handsome man inplain and were shown tho Oriental present. black dress, walked quiotJy up from the j depot. Tho butler and footman wore Stephen Higginson, who was treasu- waiting at the door fairly laughing from rcrof Harvard Collego fifty years ago. the crown ofjtlicir powdered heads to tho took so lively and active interest in tho roles of ti."ir shpperc l feet. At the well-doing of tho Cambridge divinity first sound of the opening gate, tho pret- students that the boys oallcd him “The — "c of Zion.” ty woman, regardless of all ceremony Town Clerk GEORGIA GRANGERS is due the defeat of the new lien law.. This, however, must surely be a mistake, H3 Hon. Georgo W. Adams, who ha3 la bored hard, and accomplished as much probably for this new agricultural order as any man in the State, was ono of its ablest and most influential supporters. Indeed, tho Grangers of all men, ought to be a unit in its favor. I? tho extravagant and injudicious '•’* HOMESTEAD LAW could bo modified and reduced to proper limits—say fivo hundred dollars—then, with reason, might crop liens bo dis pensed with. But as matters stand, not lesi than three thousand dollars, or near- lyjSonbio as much as four-fifths of tho pcqple of the State possess, over and above their debts, is wholly and entirely exempt from obligations of every kind. Experience has demonstrated "that if tho borrower dies his wife, or some other heir, almost. invariably pays tho debt with a homestead or bankruptcy notice (tho two aro convertible terms), and should he survive, and by neglect, im providence pr dishonesty fail to como to timo, tho same expedient is resorted to for settlement iu a multitude of in stances. Now these laws were framed for the protection of tho * "UNFORTUNATE BUT HONEST DEBTOR, and iu some casc3 they have indeed proved salutary, wbero villains sought to throw all responsibility upon tbeir up right associates by availing themselves of these subterfuges and leaving them to bear the brunt of the burden. But wo submit that these exceptions aro, liko angels’ visits, “few and far be tween,” and tho homestead, a3 now con stituted, simply provides an asylum or bomb-proof for the dishonest debtor, and is the opportunity of the knave. As to tho re-enactment of a judicious lien law, what sensible objection can be urged against it ? No one is compelled to contract any such obligation. It is de signed merely to assist those who cannot get credit without it. True, it is alleged that credit is tho ruin of tho country, and should ho abolished. "We say amen, if a man can possibly eko out a subsistence on tho cash system. But suppose he can’t ? What if sickness, drought or the floods havo swept away every dollar tho small freeholder possessed, and he has no means of rendering available tbe few acres ho own3, without help? What would bo his fate ? Besides, it is absurd to talk about abolishing credit, which constitutes the keystone in the. arch of commerce. EVEN THE ROTHSCiriLDS must havo accommodations to enable them to carry on their gigantic opera tions, and no mercantile firm can exist without tho assistance of banks and bank ers. Tho theory of cash, and only cash payments, in every transaction of trade and private life, is utopian and impossi ble in practice. Not that it is not desira- He. And those who are out of trade and live upon stated salaries, can, and ought to pay cash for every article they buy, and see to it that they do not exceed their incomes. Now let us sum up tho whole matter in a nutshell. He who luys provisions, or borrows money to run his farm and feed his family, and then refuses for the security of his benefactor to hypothecate the crop he could not have reared without this assistance, gives prima facie evidence that, if necessary, he will hide behind a homestead, and never discharge the obligation. Not to draw it too fine, a man should consider nothing his own if he owes for it, and bo willing almost to sell the shirt off his hack to discharge a just obligation This rulo would supersede liens, restore credit, and re-establish confidence and prosperity. ^. SMALL FARMERS are those who need tho lien law most. Men who don’t own three thousand dol lars, and yet must havo help, but can’t get it, on account ef tbo exorbitant homestead, which renders of no avail as a security tbe little they call their own, and are willing to pledge in payment of a loan. We trust tho law will bo reconsidered and passed. But if it doe3 not, we can tell the merchant for his consolation, that through fear of tho repeal of tho home stead and bankrupt laws, nearly all the rogues in tho country havo already avail ed themselves of their provisions, and now they will he called to deal mostly with honest men. This will greatly di minish their risks, and we trust, induce them to be kind and liberal to tho needy. Again, however, LET IT EE DISTINCTLY UNDERSTOOD that so far from asserting that a resort to these measures 13 not sometimes jus tifiable, tbo writer knows personally many worthy men who have been driven into bankruptcy, or forced to take home steads in self-defence, and, indeed,in some instances, has even advised that course. It 13 tho rascals and knave? ho would de nounce, and they aro counted by hun dreds. THE USURY LAW AOAIN. It turns out at last that the oppo nents of usury havo been badly sola by the bill which bus passod the House. This legalizes twelve per cent, as the rate of interest, end gives that extortionate amount tho quasi imprimatur of tho State. What Shy lock could ask for more ? Now, if this becomes a law, never bo forced to pay twelvo per cont Nono savo the gambler and reckless ad venturer can seo any margin for profit, over and beyond thi3 tax in any ligiti- rnate pursuit of life. So the finale is really a triumph to the professional broker nnd money-lender. LIGHT BREAKS AGAIN. We learn from our gifted Bepresenta- tive, Capt. A. O. Bacon, that tho last ac tion of your City Council, which it will be remembered was embodied in the resolu tion of Alderman Hardeman, recommend ing an oxtra tax of ono-fourth of ono per cent., to bo submitted to tho people for ratification, wn3 laid before tho proper committees as soon as received, and when reached will be passed without opposition, This, it is to bo hoped, will break tho “dead lock” between necessity and econo my, light up tho streets again, provo tho balm of consolation to tho sick and suff *. ingpoor, restore tho number of police requisite to assure the public safety, keep all tho street carts running to stop mud hole3 and fathomless sloughs, give us once more a champion and defender in tho courts, will restore good humor and enliven business, and last, but not least, preservo tbo press as tho bulwork, con servator, avant courier, and right bower of tbo city, in all her plans for future pro gress and aggrandizement. Let a tedcum bo chanted by tbe good fathers of Pio Nono, and bonfires and salvos of artillery proclaim the fact when tbe act passes, and it is announced that once more thero i3 “light” and Ma<?01) ig herself again. SENATOR ARNOW 8 JOINT RESOLUTION. This is decidedly, under tho circum stances, tho most unfortunate contrctcmpt of tho session. A pointless, useless bnt- tern fulmen, it will only furnish another arrow for the Radical quiver, which will soon bo exhausted by tho shots thick and fast which Grant will hurl upon the South. In our present defenceless con dition, and pending tho decision oF the civil rights bill in the Senate of the Uni ted States, when the greatest circum spection and prudence are required in every Southern State, to make tho silly threat and menaco embodied in that res olution wa3 simply ridiculous. Just hear THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. TWENTT-NINTH DAY. Special to Telegraph and McMenger.) Atlanta, February T6, 1875 COTTON WBICIIIINO. Tho following was introduced in the Senate: By Mr. Hobson—To regulate the weigh ing of cotton and other agricultural pro ductions. BILLS TASSED. Tho following passed: Toauthonze the Governor to issue bonds to liquidate tho State indor.iomentof cer tain railroad bonds. To make citizens of municipal corpor ations competent jurors. To limit and define the jurisdiction of tho County Court of Elbert. To organize a Board of Commissioners for Twiggs county. To confer additional jurisdiction on County Courts in cases of garnishment. To organizo a Court of Common Pleas in Augusta. To provide a Board, of Commissioners for Elbert county. To allow Peterson Thweatt to sue the State. To incorporate Tennille, in Washing ton county. To protect tho riparian and piscatory rights of tho people. To provide for the continuance or dis continuance of the County Court of Mc- Duffio county. TABLED. Tim bill to amend the act creating tho Georgia State Lottery so as to insert the namo_of Miss Green, was tabled. THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE CIVIL BIGHTS BILL. Tho following resolution, by Mr. Ar- hOw, wa? referred to tho Finance Com- teo: Whereas; it is apprehended that Con gress will pass tho civil rights and other bills which deprive tho people of Geor gia of the rights and privileges- guaran teed by tho constitution of tho United States; and Whereas, the people of Georgia are devoted to said constitution; and Whereas, wo d03ire tho peace, tran quility and prosperity of tho whole poo- plo of all races in tbo American Union; and _ Whereas, the hope to perpetuate our liberties lies in devotion to the constitu- him. Speaking of tho civil rights bill, he tion of the United States and the purity declarea-t- “ Whereas, in the event of tbo passage of any such law by Congress, it is the duty of tho State of Georgia to defend and protect her citizens in tho full en joyment of tho rights, privileges and im munities guaranteed te them by the Con stitution of the ffnited States, be it re solved by tho Senate and House of Rep resentatives, that the Joint Finance Com mittee of tho same take the matter set forth in tho foregoing preamble under consideration, and report as early as p jssi ble by bill or othenoise to tbis General As sembly, for its action.” If tho ormie3 of King William and tho Khedive of Egypt had been at his back, the Senator could not have been more positive and defiant. But these utter ances, however just, operate only to do U3 injury, and provoke the ire of Grant and his myrmidons. The next battle for tho right, we trust, WILL BE FOUGHT ON NOETHKBM SOIL, and through tho peaceful arbitrament of tho (allot box. The quarrel with Grant and despotism, at length, thank heaven, has crossed the Potomac, and the Great West, New York, Pennsylvania, and even staid New England, are entering the lists against him. The South is practically in chains and powerless. Whychafeandrave, and thus add to our sufferings ? Let pa tience have her perfect work; and we should strive to prove by our conciliatory bear ing—cur conservatism and obedience to law—our kindness and forbearance to tho negro population, that it is our enemies who are tho aggressors and not tho un offending people of the South. THE PENITENTIARY CONVICTS. It is now generally conceded that thero will bo no change in the present disposi tion of these State criminals. The truth is, under the constant accessions to their ranks, due to tho blessings of emancipa tion, tho whole subject is beginning to assume elophantino proportions, and un less put to work and made self support ing, tho _ rogues after first robbing tho State, will bankrupt tho treasury by tho cost of their guarding and grub. If a littlo more hanging, and less imprison ment could be dono, tho. result would benefit the treasury, and diminish the amount of crime mo3t signally. As it is the jail is tho refuge and asylum of tho ne'er-do-well vagabond negro. LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS—11 P. M. A motion to reconsider tbe lien bill was made to-day in the House, and quite a spirited debate ensued. But just os members {were getting warmed up and it3 advocates began to gird their loins for tbo struggle, the onovitable “previous question” gavo a quietus to the whole discussion. The question was then put, and a call for the yeas and nays resulted in 81 ayes to 72 nays. This kills tho lien law for .the present session, and now our poor farmers must ,grit their teeth, live on roots if they havo no corn, cut down tho acreage of their crops, and tide over tho next long sum mer as best they can. They have been slaughtered in the house of their friends. THE HICKMAN LOCAL OPTION BILL. This measure, which enabled a limited number of voters in any county or muni cipality to order an election on the ques tion of prohibiting the liquor traffic, was lost by the overwhelming vote of 101 to 29. This shows that the House has a true appreciation of the merits of the subject. Preach temperance and practice it, but don’t attempt to resort to arbitrary measures in its behalf. As well attempt vt ct armis to convert the sinner. SENATE. Up to this time (12 m.) this body has been engaged upon motions to reconsider divers bills, that forbidding State aid among tbom. The latter was reconsid ered. SENATOR KIBBES, the active and able Chairman of the Finanee Committee, is a vigilant and most valuable member, and tireless and fearless in the discharge of his duties. The country looks with mujh interest and anxiety for the result of his investi gations into the reported treasury mud- dlo. Ho has no superior on tho floor of the Senate. Albany, also, has cauBO to bo proud of hor representative, HON. CHABSES WESSOLOWSKI. It is generally acknowledged that he made one of tho ablest arguments in fa vor of tho lien law, and is an intelligent, wide awoke member. In mediae res, wo are again forced to suspend by the snmmons of tho bell which announces tbe departure of the Macon train. H. H. J. and impartiality of the courts created under its provisions; and Whereas, tho constitution of the United States, and all laws not in conflict “TUB TRUE STORY.” What was Braaghs te Urbt ea Tth ton's Croag-ExauelaaUaa Thursday, Tho dismal and disgusting hum-drum of tho Beecher trial was relieved last Thursday by tho unexpected production of that lost paper, Tilton’s “True Story,** in which he defended his wife against the Woodhull story, and confined his charges agiin3t Beecher to mak ing an improper proposal. The “True Story,” of course, confonnds the Moul ton narrative. If one is tree the other must be false. As Tilton deliberate ly wrote a volume to prove his wife’s innocence, it places him in a very pecu liar position to be swearing to her gnilt. Tilton had testified a day or two ago te the fact that he had recently found ia his house a few of the last pages of +J»jg document, and these pages had just been delivered over te Mr. Evarts, who, bold ing thorn in his hand, said: Q. Now, those are all that yon have been able to find that you know of aa now in existence ? A. It is every scrap- Q. And there is no copy in any form of any of the rest of it? A- Not- that J know of, . Q Not that you know of? A. Not my knowledge, sir. Having thus cleared his way ths cross* examiner said: Q- Mr. Tilton, please listen to what I shQ.ll now read you, and say whether you recognize it os the commencement of thin (tree story.) [Reading:] “Ono day la-t month, when I was in Northern New Hampshire, a scandalous publication burst like a cloud over my homo in Brooklyn, and shod a sudden shadow on my wife’s good name.” ■ Mr. Evarts—Do you remember that as the first sentence in your “True Story F* A. I don’t remember that precise phrase ology, bat something of the kind. I - can't positively swear te these exact words. , •• .■ . . It was immediately seen’tliat Evarts actually had a writ en copy of the “true ctArD” in Ilia . wnTir_ story” ia his -possession. We were amaz.ed. This document, which was written by Tilton somo three years ago, and kept as a secret paper, though pri vately shown by its author to a number of persons, purported to be a veracious history of tho - Beecher-Tilton . scandal, its origin, development and falsehoods. Mr. Tilton had testified that lie had not seen tbo document for two years, and with tho same, should bo strict!v nnd of Umon d and iStered “ aUth<! I probabilify, of course, is thX Mrs*. . . n . J Tilton, in-tead of destroying it, had shluWbpenforceda^atesftheVoploof 5n defense. Three Saginaw girls of the Methodist persuasion having met together, conclud ed te pray for tho welfare of their lovers, but the first had not got very far along in hor petition when it was discovered that they were all engaged to the same mas. The religious exercises were at once terminated. any portion of tho Union; and Whereas, the enforcement of said or any of said laws would bear harshly upon the people of Georgia, who are unable to test its constitutionality; and Whereas, in the event of tho passage of such laws by Congress it is the duty of Georgia to protect her citizens in ’ho courts of the United States in the full enjoyment of the rights and privileges guaranteed by the constitution; Resolved, That the Joint Finanee Com mittee take the matter under considera tion and report action. Tho object of this resolution is to ap propriate money to defray tho expenses of testing the constitutionality of the civil righto and other hills before tho United States Supreme Court. APPROPRIATIONS AMENDED. Tho Senate made tho following amend ments to tho appropriation act: For the Blind Academy, $19,000, instead of $15.000; for tho payment of the public debt, $700,000, instead of $670,000; an additional section appropriating $35,000 te pay tho interest on the bonds of tho North and South railroad ; also $1,000 to purchase hooks for the library. BILLS PASSED. The following passed tho Honsa: To designate the legal holidays. To allow graduates of tho law school of Mercer University to practice law. To require locomotive engines to ring a bell instead of whistle before reaching crossings in cities, and whistle and ring both in the country. ■USURY, The special order, being the bill to regulate interest, was discussed: Tho bill provides for a legal rate of seven per cent, and twelve per cent, un der contract, violators of tho law to for feit the entire interest. Tho bill was supported by Calhoun of Fulton, Peeples, Warner and Atkinson, and opposed by Candler, We3solowsky, Warren, Walsh, Carlton of Clarko, and Black. The hill passed by 91 yeas to 41 nays. The House determined to pas3 a usurv bill of some character. This being mil & the enemies of tho measure will possibly make no motion to reconsider. TUNIS Q. CAMPBELL. Blue presented a petition from Tunia G. Campbell which was referred te the Committee on Privileges and Elections, MACON AND BRUNSWICK BONDS. Unless new evidence is discovered the committee on tho Macon and Brunswick bonds will probably report in favor of recognizing tho samo as rated. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The public school option law is tho special order for Wednesday. and that when sho left his house 4aat fall she took it with her, but that in do- ing so she overlooked some of tho pages, which Tilton found after her departure. Everybody, including Tilton himself and his counsel, were startled te find that tho thing was still in existence. Evarts went on reading tbe narrative sentence by sentence, and at tho end of each, sen tence he asked witness if he had written it or if be recognized it. Mr. Tilton often, answered in a donbt- ful way; was often unable to swear to the authenticity of sentences, bat nearly always admitted that'he believed them to be correct in substance. After a num ber of sentences had been read, Tilton’s counsel made a hard effort to keep ont the remainder, but Judge Neilaon decided otherwise, and it was all got in. At one point there was a break in tho document, a part of it being missing, bat those part- important to the defense were all in their possession. It turned oat to be an elaborate history of hi« troubles with Bo.ven and D<*cuer, and seemed to bo in methodical de tail fni* purpose of showing the entire innocence of both Mrs. Tilton and Beech er. It ended with the written and solemn denial by both these parties of all the charges made against them. It would be useless for mo to attempt the condensation of a document which is sure to be universally read. In perusing it after getting the verbatim report, your readers may find some difficulty in get ting a correct and orderly understanding of it, on account of the interpolated ques tions that followed every sentence, and the interrupted arguments of cousel, bnt they will find it worth while tefefcjlig out and study tho “true story.” Grant’s Omnioos Threat. Special to the Cincinrikti Enquirer.] There to no doubt that the President is extremely anxious that the enforcement bill should bo passed. He ha3 fully resolv ed to apply tho most extreme and repres sire measures to the Southern States. The Republican members of the special committee te investigate affairs in Ala bama had a long interview with him on Saturday. There to good authority for the statement that he declared that, in the absence of definite action by Congress on tho subject, ho may be compelled to adopt measures during tho neit six months which would mako a more pro found impression upon the public mind than anything that has yet been dono in Southern affairs. A DESPERATE GAMS FLAYED AND LOST. The best Republicans of the House, headed by Blaine, are opposed te the en forcement bill, and many, who would lack tho courage under ordinary cireum stances to tote against a measure indors ed by tho party in caucus, would not hes itate to vote agaihst it under the shelter of tho example of 6uch men as Blaine. Tho gamo of the ultraAdministration- party has been a desperate one. played with desperate nerve, but it has failed. A man who knows himself about the matter in hand can always get the ear of an audience to tbe exclusion of every body else. Tho power of his speech is that it is perfectly understood by all, and I beliove it to bo true that when any orator at the bar or in tho Senate rises in his thought ho descends in liis lan guage. That is, that when he rises to any height of thought or passion he comes down to a level with the ear of all his audience. I observe that all distin guished poetry is written in the oldest and simplest English words. There is a point above coarseness and below refine ment where propriety resides.—Emerson Condition of Business Before Congress. Special to the Chicago Tribune.] The following to a summary of the present condition and prospects of the public business: Congress closes its session three weeks from Thursday next. A comparison of the number of bills in troduced, some six thousand, with the number passed at tho first session, and which will probably pass at this session, will he found te be the most remarkable for any Congress in the history of the government. Since the reassembling on January 5 but three important public acts, tho civil righto hill, the finance bill and tbe Little tariff set, have passed either house. This delay has not been the fault of the regular or special com mittees. Of the appropriation bills, two have finally passed, one to in conference, and nine remain to be acted on. These must be acted on or an extra session will be necessary. A large number of bills must fail. As to tho civil rights meas ure, each house has passed a separate bill, and the variance between them may possibly lead to the defeat of both. The Louisiana question is in great doubt. The Special House Committee will re turn this week, but want of timo may negative conclusions. The proposed reconstruction of Arkan sas to already settled Dy an adverse re port made by the special committee to the House on Saturday, notwithstanding tho President’s message. The transpor tation question will certainly fail, except in the way of appropriations to continue surveys. The Hennepin canal scheme, which is regarde-1 most favorably, lacked strength in tho House on Saturday. The Texas Pacific and Northern Pacific bills, tho Choctaw claims, tho cotton tax re fund, the patent sewing machine exten sion (reported on adversely), the Bayfield and St. Croix project, and all of the ad ditional bounty bills will all fail, though Col. Tom Scott's friends claim that they will be ablo to put the Texas Pacific bill on an appropriation as an amendment. Two new States are applying for admis sion, New Mexico nnd Colorado, and probably tho latter will succeed. Both of these bills have passed the House, and now lio on the Senate CRlendar. A new revenue bill, now in course of preparation by the Ways and Means Committee, is ono of the fow bills that wili not fail Tho government calls toy nearly forty millions of doffar.A o? additional revenue, and Congress will provide for it This will defeat all tbo measures pending for tho repeal of the stamp tax on checks, matches, etc. Tho private calendor in tho Senate has received quite liberal treatment, but in the House very few private bills have passed, and hundred* must fail. — -■■■ ....iifll -liis ifoiliifiii H

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Georgia weekly telegraph and Georgia journal & messenger. (Macon, Ga.) 1869-1880, February 23, 1875, Image 1