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Newspaper Page Texta ^SBT JOKES & BEESE, Proprietors. e^^OTPlSga . . ; , . MACON, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1875. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BmfcpiNG ■"'mi! i » 'lit; ;">n f 1 * ££ Volume LXVIIT—N0436 jrorest ricrares. J10B5IS9. - F *2!lS tahts and chidovrs. nfe with calm, ^^ftatwiso tvixt the foliage, hough on „ like e verdant cloud ssS^cssssEuib. SfS£Sf£i» *»•»» heart. , - ! I..- . i - lymt the greenery;, out and in, ^^ b %tq«“t^ ri tar/4Sin- 0nl! while swift as light- rang born ^ tangled vine and tree, j or naWJKriffls*. pnfsin. or ‘“^S^VinioM, puVsinjt tividly ^‘^ dSaegUdes. till glfmmorins far and TbadSk/ vision *oftly melts away!, . . ^Thobst'dimStoTC^f those^csseninff winw. «■£; Jmm lone copse and shadowy covert hark! "flSunellow tongue through all the woodland ThfdS-h-und’aTOlcCjSwcet as V golden hell-*; Forty-one Tbonsand Captured In Three Weeks by One Steamer.' Correspondence of the 'Worl^J f| Sr. Johns, N. F., April C.—On the morning of the 10th of ’March. ounhar- bor presented a curious sight. ■ It was the day on. which, by law, the steamers were first permitted to take their depart ure for the ice-fields in pursuit of seals. Tho harbor and ocean were one vast snow-covered iee-field. Soon the sounds of busy life in tho harbor broke upon tho stiltnesa of the scene. Thirteen large steamcra Wore pouring out from their funnels volumes of black smoke, getting up Steam to start on the seal hunt. Tno wharves were alive with groups of stalwart setdjt^mtem rfnpapm-.tbe Jwb stores on board, and shouting their rough good-bye3 tq,-Jheir. friends on shore. t Physically considered it would be diffi cult to find a finer body of men.. They are the picked 'men .<$ ioar £sMnj* jjjpu- thc t Sut U S'somQ li k^r^^&nr4rf11 *"fcwn. - * *. - ’* *:,, rusty prowess swoepe the pine-clad »nlS5 phi's—dreamy Titans roused from sleep. An,wer with mighty voice^ deep on deep Of nknrd foliage gur*ms like a boA : • And o'er them smile. hesven^wc.r^nflmty L . Tho Iniinence of Ortiiogpcapliy Upon CritnOi I ( «-e; •: - from the New York Herald.] ' ^ , The importance of education as. <i means of preventing crime is universally admitted, and for that reason the present popularity of spelling bees is likely to have a marked effect On criminal statis tics. The grounds of this opinion ar<) not difficult to find. Tho reason so many persons write badly is that they cannot spell. He who cannot spell cor rectly dare not write plainly, bat must tue an affected carelessness to hide a real ignorance. This is why the majority of people write Mississippi with a capital M and a tail of little essesses .and isscscs like a comet; why nobody writes Cincin nati, Massachusetts, or Tennessee a3 plainly as we print them, and why no one can tell in manuscript whether Med iterranean is written with one or two t’s. The ignorant speller is wrecked upon the multitudinous seas, and had writing ii used fo make the green one seem well read. Tnus bad spelling leads directly to chirographical delitescence, one of the worst offenses known to tho moral, code. Hypocrisy is thus made on element of pen manship ; hut the evil does not stop here, ltpasscs f rom the writer to the reader of the scrawl. Bid writing is productive of curs ing, and who can tell how much Horace Greeley, Rufus Choate and Colonel For ney, public men with extensive corres-} posience, have done to make swearing a national vice ? Every letter these great statesmen wrote went forth os a mission ary to promote profanity. CoL Forney, on the occasion of one of Mr. Choate's great speeches, wrote him a compliment ary letter, in which ho said in his poeti cal way, “You seem an heathen heaven in yourself, and top high crowned Olym pus.” Mr. Choate read tho sentence thus: “You seem an heathen in heaven, you wretch, at top a fly blown bumpns,” and in a fit of anger wrote a most abusive reply, which CoL Forney still keep3 in his album as a cordial invitation to din ner. Now, it is not an inevitable condu* ■» : ou that all of these great statesmen purposely wrote a bad hand because they were a little shaky in spelling ? "Wo at tribute to tho enormous amount of their literary labors and correspondence tho notorious prevalence of blasphemy among compositors, tho moral ruin of many a proof-reader and the habitual cursing of which Americans are accused. If the bad effects of bad spelling end ed ia the hypocrisy of bad writing and swearing we should be rejoiced; but, alas! it does not. Cursing always leads to anger, and many a fierce quarrel has been provoked by abusive language. An oath is generally answered by a blow, ami thus as-ault and battery become the next Btep in crime. Yon receive a letter which you cannot read, written by a man who cannot spell. Your passions are aroused, and to give vent to your anger you swear at your unoffending wife. That high spirited woman responds with tho shovel, and you rejoin with the tongs. Tho next thing is that yon are hanged. After that, it is unnecessary to continue the story. Thus does one vice create another. It is asubjectfor mathematic al demonstration—e. g., os tobacco smok ing is to rnm drinking, so is bad Spelling to bad writing; as intoxication is to burglary, so is bad penmanship to pro fanity ; as burglary is to arson, so Is.pro- •hd-ebarged the solid M - It was a jfine ejglit as tho powerful; the very, typoa.. of'.atreifgtjt . and endu rance. ; - ,-5>» 1 , AjJ Tho prospect of the hunt had wakened all their energies, and as groups'of them leaped on tho ice, smashing it with long poles around the steamers, they made the shore* pe-echo. with, thain There, is a keen rivalry ns lowhich shall lead tho way when starting.^ Soon a ringing cheer was hiqf^ljom 2TO henters on board the fine a team erPy^enm-while wild with excitement they, waved tfiqir Stand batk and don’t block tho pass age, gents/’, said the impervious door- No Third Term-Possible'Future of master ‘ : ; A, ■ ' THE WILKES0NIAN DIALECT. - .. ; , tiles die Party. . The comers of the Presidential mouth From the Philadelphia Times.] ■ - ‘ drew down at this Unexpected obstacle. A chat with Vice President Wilson was TTia eyes flashed as be tamed to hia fidua had yesterday, upon occasion of his visit Achates* , His lips moved and uttered to Philadelphia, by a Times reporter.. thft words. “Damn.” __ words, “Damn. 1 . , . . ., trtL- ‘ It/ would require pages to describe the The judgment ; of the . Vice President intensity of hittem^K With which that upon the third terra, the Iiouisiana que3- ^ single Wilkeeonian syllable, was uttered* tion, the recent elections, and the future It spoke of, wounded dignity, of disap- of the Republican party, was cautiously pointed avarice, and last, but not least, j -. , • , ,. of consciousness of being in a most lu- expressod; notwithstanding which the dicrmi3 fil . His feature! were impertur- qtterances of Mr. Wilson are of interest.. .bable, but the situation was taken in by As to the "third term” heresy Mr. Wilson ! every one, and- their audible titter and E hy-“My opinions,” he said, amused glances showed how keenl eenlymoat knot trap- ping the colossal deadhead. ” 1 -Vice-President Wilson, who had been Caxp or thxFuk, Fist and Fsatheb Club, C uMBEBhAND Island, April 16,1875. The writer at the appointed hour put in an appearance on the quay at Bruns wick, and‘was warmly greeted by (the gonial band of amateur sports, who had kindly invited him to participate in the stirring adventures and pleasures of a Bhort hunting and fishing campaign, mid the tangled fastnesses, ocean heaved sand eminences, still lakes, and druidical re treats of Cumberland, the most extensive island off the Atlantic coast of Georgia. was .vpry, "have been U in a very cronounsed way. and spokVon thfsubjS M^ 1 opposition elbowing his way with Secor Robeson’s WSSgmZSUE* SBS? wig judgment is 1 .-.^- ..iai-w. I the ;setting of any ,suci. a- hition, inured to dangers and hardships prece&nt, simply as an abstract question among the ioe-flolda from t^mn^youth, ; of.policyifjjl have always,-regarded the mgre dUeussion of it as very, disast to U»e Bepubtican party, for the Demo cratic newspapers make capital out of every, sentence, eyeiy movement which haa'any approach to snoh a cpnanmmation. dropped back far enough to be put of the focjjs of eyes. Even Secor Robeson’s rubicund... visage; grew redder, and he looked as though he would have stood something handsome to be a mile away from.theaS^t4,id.-r« « Awu<-~.. ) i ii-nao : • M c This i was the picturethat a hasty glace around the depot building revealed. riously ia the mind of anybpdy, my judg ment is that the thing is not in tho chap ter cf accidents or possibilities, and it ought bo bo dropped out of the current subjects of discussion. Every jyord safd .cape as'the vessel moved, from the wharf or not done in favor of it is against the went crashing through Hm thick ico rend ing .it with , a low, grinding sound, and 1 :aving behind her a iaaeof dark water. At times tffie was arrested in her course by a heavier flee. Then she backed, gathered way,gashed at tho icy harrier, rearing - her great,, .black,, prow armed with iron, and coming down on the mass with a crashing blow, which, shivered it into fragments with a noise like distant thunder..- Speedily ther .whole fleet fol lowed, ripping the ice in all directions, the air resounding with the shouts of the crews. Half the population of .the city crowded theice. in the harbor, enjoying the novel and exciting scene,: .which’ is rarely witnessed even hero- The Protans still kqpt the lead, and boldly continued to cleave nor way out.’ into fne ice-laden AiOGBlO* a f V One by one the whole fleet followed, and gradually disappeared- behind, tho northern headland which ‘guards .the. en trance of the harbor, The seal, hunt of .1875 had begun, on which so many hopes and: fears centred. So heavy and ;so.close ly packed was the ice onthe cfc&ih'ibstit was not till the 14th that they got but of; sight of land,". Oh that day the wind shifted* the'pressure dftSffnce ‘relaxed, and the fleet got fairly off for th'oj "seal meadows.” ’ The thirteen steamers car ried with them 2,500 men. -Only two sailing^vessels left £>t. Johns fbr the : ioe this year. * In competition with'steamers they have but a poor cbunco. From tho northern ports, however, quite a number of sailing-vessels stfll.put oat, but every year .witnesses a falling off. Altogethpr nineteen steamers have left from the dif ferent ports this yea?. The'. Bloodhound has been sold to the British Government for the new Arctic expedition, so that our steam fleet' is one Ic-S3 than last year. The weather has been pretty favorable since tho vessels left, but .tho quantity of heavy ice around tho shores is unprece dented. r , . On leaving port the vessels, as a rule, steer a northeast coast, and beat about as they canamong the ice fields in search of them prey. The young seals are bom on tbe ice about tho middle of February; and as they grow rapidly, and yield tho finest oil, the object of tho hunters is to reach them in their babyhood, while yet fed by their mothers’ milk, and while they can make no effort to escape. So quickly do they increase in bulk that by the 221 of March they are fat and in the most desirable condition to be taken. For six weeks they aro fed by their mothers on tho ice, and soon after the 1st of April take to the water, and then pur suit is almost useless. The hunters, af ter that date, turn their attention to tho bid ones. , . ; Later.—Tho steamer Greenland ro- iturned last night having 25,000 seals on Aboard, as many 03 she could possibly load. She was followed next moraing-by jthe Protons, with 41,000 seals, the iarg- jest number by far ever, brought in by one vessel. The seals are. fine harps, in 'excellent condition. Tho value' of the 100,000 seals brought in hy these two jateamers is $198,000. Only three weeks g jhavo elapsed sinco they cleared tho har- !k ~r fairly. What gold mine can compare th this? These steamers bring good counts of other vessels. The follow ing aro reported by them as fully loaded: "" ;er, Walrus, Hawk, Iceland, Nimrod, fanity ’to stnffl; as arson is to cruelly |Commodoro and the Mic-Mac werceecn to animals, so is strife to bloodshed ' ‘ * “ anally, a3 cruelty to animals is so is bloodshed to murder. .—=—- „ —- , , . . Tho phiiosoohical mind thus tracing V opening up they stood a fair chance of the causes of crime from their effects, success, though it;was lateiin the season, [eels a profound relief in the efforts now ! Tho sealing captains consider it will bo a *—--- - - - - - - good fishery, as all the steamers except being made to purify the fountain-head ° c society. The spelling match at Coop er Institute last night is a part of tho great reform which will be one of the glories of our time. The school-hoys and proof-readers, who spelled the longest words so well, wiil be good members of society. "Let mo spell the words of a peop.e,” said Montesquieu—or was it De Aocqueville ?—" and I earo not who pays weir taxes.” These golden words from no who is acknowledged to bothepro- toundest °f modem thinkers should be l l, en ?bed by all, and particularly by those fbemeelvcs in crime by the murder of the English language. sndeSS’ we bavo had enough of war rc3olvotohavoa Kissing Again. _.-f CTer Mrs. Swissbelm, thank fa-i-fu 3 ’ b ut whit a perfectly ridieu- * creature she must be. Accord- i .V° “er own account no live man could and, v w b° would venture to kiss her, “ . -° “ e was obliged to go and unscrew coffin and kiss him. I ?*** °* anything so dreadful in w ho i e ? ourse of my life. “to- Swisshelm’s letter i . ^ is enough fbr f.i*, f 0:111 nnderstand Just what a aread- tr,° Wpe : 3oas bo must be. She wears • ,a^ers, l am told, besides that perfcct- loon r 0513 S a rment, the "chemi- I was a man I would no more Dai.IS. a woman than I would kiss a fffgs that had been left out over « a snow bank. when done innocently, ia as ^entM strawberries and cream, anid ° TP O ! L.1 i v « three aro known to bo loaded, and tho quality of the seals is much above the average, as they were not taken till fully grown. Thero i3 a wonderful excitement in St. Johns over tho news, especially at the enormous toko of tho Proteus. These vessels will unload as quickly as possible and start on their second trips, and may bring many more seal3- woulfl 13 an< *,^ rcsa A ke a Christian, she X 0 ~ soon change her mind about kiss- criw'a lette r is the expression of a oo«kf°if * oa *lt* envious mind, and she in Cra P «J° oE berself.—“Kate," Two Iiovers Cast Asliore on a Desert Isle. An English newspaper pnbbshea a singular deposition made by one Austin Gray, an Englishman, and the son of a clergyman. Thovdeposition sets forth that Gray and a young lady named Flora, Locke, daughter of an officer in an India regiment, took passage for India in a sailing vessel, name not given, command ed by Capt. Gark. During tbo voyage the Captain’s admiration for his fair pas senger increased daily, and he was con tinually proposing to'marry, while she, with equal perseverance, was declining his offers. The voyago might have ter minated happily, with nothing to mar tho pleasing monotony of offer and rejection, but for the discovery of Capt. Gark that Miss Locke loved Austin Gray. The skipper offered to marry her once more, but receiving tbo usual reply, ordered tho lovers to bo ironed. Next day, by some unkind geographical mischance, they sighted land, which wa3 a barren island. The passengers were pnt ashore and ironed to the rocks, like a double edition of Andromeda and Perseus. Gark left them his blessing and two days’ pro visions, upon which, after freeing tbem- ico. If Mrs. Swisshelm could only? selves from their fetters, they subsisted trous ft ™ ns J a J ld P re . u J* and off her for five days, when "the good ship Alba tross” conveniently took them off to In dia, where "we arrived safely and were married immediately.” It wa3 a roman tic and uncomfortable adventure, and if true, Capt. Gark ought to bo spoken to seriously about it. ^totho boSbilitr of tho succwB of 1 But thePresident stooditall with a calm oven if s£ i visage...,As., beforejTe^r.ted^ie ejacula ted. "Damn!” . Then after a few seconds’ pause hp i lfissed. into; .-Hackett’s ear, ‘•‘What’s to be done ?” . TAft resourceful individual .pulled' a rueful, countenance, and said; "I guess there’s nothing for it but to pay.” •not a hundred men in the State-of Mas sachusetts in favor of.it. Pdon’tJtnQW a single man in tbe State who.favors it.” •/As to Louisiana, Mr. Wilson, said l^iat both sides were .wrong.-hut that he was in hopes.that the. thing had been settled, but he now saw that the Legislature was going to meet again tp^day. The recent! elections in New Hampshire and Connec ticut had not so muoh significance as had bee A- attributed to -them by bqth , sidesr New Hampshire was a. bravo old. State; ■ filled ? with thinking people, tand .wits always close..; CtanecWqnN-J«Welt c a3'to Connecticut;-1 Jiave -nothing tO;Say and then, in an undertone, as though-it was a subject, of but few-ears—‘‘there have been mistakes made there.” .“What mistakea?”- "Never mind; .1 caniiot' even indicate them to you.” . The future of the Republican party was a more agreeable: subject, .and tho distinguished speaker expanded with moro effusion than upon either of tho other topics. cmu The Republican party eg* parry thi3 country, but it will, I think, need .one el- : ement to mako its contest, an assured success, and that is, what I have insisted upon persistently and with all my power, a reunion of the old Lincoln Republican forces—a bringing back of the. men who separated from us in 1872 without causo *#-that is, not in my judgment, sufficient' causo to.imperil a great party- And I was, of course, .opposed to any such’ breach being made, I said the lash night of tire session: of 1872, whan; thin,Gree ley movement was on the tapi3, that I wanted all those men who followed Mr. Greeley, and such newspapers, as the Springfield Republican, the Cineinnati Commercial and tho two Tribunes, Gov ernor Curtin and McClure, of your State, and - such men to come i back. I wanted tbem then and I want them now, and I think that tho leading men of tho Re publican party should take immediate stop3 to bring thorn back—to make an honest effort to reunite tho party. We would then have not tho shadow of doubt in the contest of 1876. Tho Re publican party possesses ono factor which will tell with fearful effect upon the ad verse foroes, and that is that, the loyal people of this country are rootealy averse to allowing, the reins of government to go into tho hands of tho men who did all in their power, both at the North and in the South, to overset the government. It wo3 this which carried the country in 1872. I am for tho largest liberality to the Sonth,but am not. willing that it should again get possession of tho gov ernment of tho whole loyal country. The reunion of our forces and tho correction of abuses which undoubtedly exist would undoubtedly carry the country, hut I don’t say thi3 plan will bo adopted.” Tickets, Gentlemen. The New York Suns, of the 17th, makes merry over a miscarriage of the dead head system to the Presidential party en rouls for Lexington. The incident nar rated occurred at the 42d street depot in New York, and tho inexorable function aries who sent tho parties bock to buy tickets represented tho New York and New Haven Railroad': Tho President and his family break fasted privately yesterday. Vice Presi dent Wilson joined the party after break fast, and soon after presented Messrs.Wil- liam3,Burr,Hackctt, and Thayer, tho com mittee of tho Massachusetts Legislature appointed a3 special Presidential escort. Tbo ceremony of introduction over and their luggage packed, the party took car riages for tho Grand Central depot. Vice President Wilson entered tho President’s carriage, and in it'also rode CoL Hackett of Gov. Gaston’s staff, and tho jolly, florid-faced modem mariner, Secor Robe son, Secretary Delano, Postmaster Gen eral Jewell, Geo. Washington Childs, A. M., and young Hamilton Fish, were also of the party. Col. H’.ckctt was in full uniform, with sheathed sword hanging at his side, and still further enveloped in a doeskin hag. He evidently thought tho red coats still in Concord. ' President Grant’s eyes wore dull and expressionless, and hi3 puffy, pendulous chcek3 bristled with an auburn stubble. which Co!r Eackett carried.his money was his military ooat, and over that was a belt, ifkomi which:.dangled hia. sword: and his side arms. He could not roach his purse, and this unwelcome fact im pressed itself.upon the Presidential mind so disagreeably that he lit up his counte nance with another .withering glance and shot it at the door-master. It was use less, and he saw it. With a hasty move ment : his :band: went down- into his breeches pocket, and came out clasping a littlfl ..■wallet,- -.Aihundred-doUar ..bank mote was £shedicubuand thrust.- into Hackett's hand. The two tbeD vacated the passage, and the gorge of. blocked traveler* with tickets were giv^n oppor tunity to enter the car*. . .t Xci J I .ilOEEATNKSS OFFENDED. ; j| . ■ -The President Mood off to one side, and Secor Robeson napproached him with comforting wards. Whether the service was acceptably performed was not indi cated: by. the august, face, the features whereof were net in their old immovable, self-conicentrated, stony stare. : Gen.> Belknap thought he’d try to fix things, and, acting Upon the old saw, "Molasses catches more flies than vine gar,” approached Cerberu3 with silken tone: "Tho tickets are being-bought. Surely you can have-no objection to per mitting the President to seat himself in tho cars ?” . - • • 1 The doarmaster glanced at tho tower ing form .of Col.-liackett, who was buy ing the tickets; thought a moment, and then said, .politely: “I presume no fault servants were on hand also. could bo^foundi.with, me for. permitting that.” • . 3 "He says wo can go into tho cars with out waiting for tho tickets,” the. Secre tary of War said in pleasant tones to the President. - “Well, wo won’t do it.” the Executive Teplied, with surly positivenes3. By this time Col. Hacketthad returned with tho tickets. “I’ll stand hero and cheek yon off as you go through,” said he to tho President, at tho sametimo taking a position alongsido tho doorm aster. "Do nothing of the sort. Give a ticket to each one,” President Grant command ed, in a voice sharp with unappeased an ger. So the President, Secretary Robe son and Gen. Belknap were furnished with tickets, and the former presented his to tho doormaster with a suavity of manner tliat was evidently intended to be full of penchant satire. A glance at the tickets showed that tho fertile brain of Col. Hacketthad not fail ed him in the great emergency of getting to Concord without paying out money. The train and the party were to go to Boston without change of cars. Never theless tho wily Colonel had bought tick ets as far as Springfield only. They had chartered for the excursion pi£ot boat noubxb THsin; ' ; commanded by Capt. RusseU, the veter- ant “salt*” who, for his many courtesies, had justfbeen presented by the dab with an; elegant mariner’s compass, of which he was not a little proud. -< The "For, Fin and Feather”) men had left notiiing undone for tho thorough equipment of the expedition. ' An'organized association with ample funds a# interest, they had ordered • . ." AN 1K3CBNSX TENT of mititoo -proof canvas, having attached ah extensive “fly” to protect their table, with -comfortable servant’s quarters, and by the-skill of Winton, the jolly stew ard, laid in a stock of supplies almost equalling the luxuries of ;a stampeded Federal - general’* quarters; in the early part ol the war. , There were no less than seventy-iwo do sen of bottled soda water for teetotallers, (a good sign), one keg of “lager,” sun dry mysterious packages well protected against breakage, -hams, canned fruits, bread, crackers, pickles, batter, lard, sauces, tongues, rice, two barrels of ice, 'abox of lemons, etc. i i •. m.-i'. •] ' In abort the - published’ order of tho President was; ’i’t a Jl RATIONS FOE TWENTT-MXNi”.-: ' ' And it was duly filled with articles fit for the diet of a prince,’and enough to last for an indefinite period. Added to these wa3 tho “camp chest,” containing a complete outfit of tin plates, knives and forks, spoons, table linen, goblets and cooking utensils. About 11 a. si. of the 13 th inst., the beautiful craft unloosed from her m oorings: with the folkffng company on board: FIEST, THE CLUB PEOrSC, composed of the following gentlemen CoL* John T, Collins, President; Capt. George A. Dure,'Vice-President; L- P. Anderson, Secretary and Treasurer; A.' J, Smith, Reporter; B. "Winton, Steward; D. T. Dunn, S. E. Davenport, I.N. Shan non and G. C. Fahm. "J To these must bo added tho invited gueats, who were: W. H.'Anderson, W, R, Bunkley, B. A. Fahm, C. Doerflinger, F. Lebere, W. II. Bunkley and the Ma con scribe. Many others were invited but failed to appear, among the number Col. Thomas Hardeman, Jr., whose letter in response was replete with wit mankind <»li»Jg- ‘Of course the hounds, cook and stfiff of Colonel Hackclt alighted first, and hav ing assisted the President to alight, drew his arm through his own and We got the tornel thing into the field, marched straight for tno entrance to the and neighbor Johnson ho hitched his Objections to Education The San Antonio (Texas) Herald tells this story: Some years ago some emi grants from Ohio and Illinois settled in a little town in this State and soon began to agitato for the erection of a school- house and theafcployment of a teacher. A town-meeting was called to consider tho proposition; and one of tho North erners made a neat little speech, telling •of tho blessings which 'education had brought with it to Ohio and Illinois, When he had sat down an old man in the corner arose, gave the customary hitch to Ms corduroys, pushed back Ms hat a trifle, and answered thus: "Stranger, up in yer Ohio State you’ve got a big peni tentiary full of people, lx’ainr yer ? Well, yerive got larnin’ np tliar! Up in yer Illi nois State yer*yo got a big penitentiary fall of people;yer’vo gob lamin’ thar! But I’ve lived here for thirty-seven years in peace and happiness. I’ve raised nine boys and tew gals, and I sleep perfectly sound o’ night, ’cos I ain’t fraid any of my boys’ll go to tho penitentiary for forg in’ notes, ’cos they can’t none of ’em write!” [Sensation in tho andienco and sympathy manifested.] Another of tho new-comers then spoke, arguing in favor of education; and then a tall, lank nativo stood up and made Ms speech. “See here, mister, ain’t you tie machine man ?” “Yes,” said he, “ I did sell some machines here last year.” “Wa’al, when tho wheat got ripe, all tho people went to neighbor Johnson’s to seo how yer mowin’ machine would operate. The hundreds of persons in tho depot turned their eyes at once toward Col. Hackett and hia convoy. “There’s the President,” wa3 passed from mouth to mouth with electric rapidity. The two elbowed their way through tho throng and reached the railing around the door of entranco to tho cars. A doormaster stood thero punching the tickets. To him Col. Hackett waved hi3 hand loftily saying, “The President,” and he would have passed through without fur ther ceremony. “Tickets, gents,” said the doormaster, stepping in front of the would-be dead heads. ' ' ' •The President of the United States— President Grant,” Col. Hackett repeated, pointing to that individual, whose eyes an! face up to this time had been as ex pressionless as ever. 11 : ' 1 ! ! “I can’t help who you are; You can’t pas3 through this gate without showing your tickets,” said tho doormaster duti fully, but with rocky firmness of tone and manner. ' Tho President cast upon the official a look of such concentrated contempt and scorn a3 might have withered ono who stood in awe of him; 1 young filly into tho shafts. She oilers was a fractions critter, and the first thing we knowed she give a flounce and caught neighbor Johnson’s boy Bill’s leg an’ cut it clean orf. [Manifest sensa tion.] Then, mister, in just about two week3 yer pardner ccmo round peddlin’ wooden legs, and neighbor Johnson had to buy ono of them ’ere things. Nice eddicated people you are I. You under stand it, you do! Fast you sell tho ;ma- chines, and then yer pardner he furnishes wooden legs!” This ended the matter, and no school-master will be welcomed in that village for somo time to come. Hebe is an interesting tMrd-term item. The Washington correspondent of the Springfield Republican writes: “A friend of mine, a sagacious politician, had a long talk with Judge Davis, of the Su- promo Court, .a day or two since, and in tho course of the conversation that clear headed man expressed the opinion that General Grant not only wished ‘a third, term,’ but that ho wouid get the nomina tion next year from his party, j This shows that- it cannot be the ‘mere moon shine’ of somo of the Republican papers, forjudge Davis is a teen observer, ami this is his deliberate, judgment-” . . . THE VOYAGE TO CUinJEKIiAND, distant about twenty-five miles, afforded tbo most perfect enjoyment to all on board. Azure skies and a spanking breeze blowing dead aft, a craft that sat liko a duck in tho water and seemed to respond intuitively to the mandate. of helm and sail, and an atmo3phero cool and delic ious, left nothing wanting to tho enjoy ment of the party. These pilot boats are wonderful speci mens of man’s skill and ingenuity. Merb coeklo-Ehells in size, they arc yet so deft ly constructed as to defy the stormiest sea, and live, where huge argosies and monarch, of the ocean go helplessly down. Our skipper CAPTAIN BUSSELL, OWNER AND COMMANDER OF NO. 3, .(. was a native of Deerfield, Massachusetts, and a thorough seaman. His vessel was built at Waterbury, Connecticut, of wMte oak, coppcr-sheathcd and fastened and measured eleven tons only, while so deep was her keel that in ballast she drew seven feet water? This little sloop though graceful as a swan, embodied the ele ments of strength and speed in a won derful degree, and on wo sped at about ten knots an hour, tho sea foam curling over her prow, and sails and mast, bend ing and bellying to the breeze. As usual wo “quizzed” the Captain as to Ms craft and calling, and learned that her first cost was $2,000 and sho carried the enormons amount of F0UB HUNDRED YARD3 OF CANYA83 which, when all set, almost lifted her out of the water. . i .. Six pilot boats belong to Brunswick, and cruise for hundreds of miles in quest of incoming ships. The first that’speaks a vessel is entitled to navigate her in and out of port, and rateB both ways, vary from $100 to $200, according to the tonnage of theship. " About $2,000 is the amount earned by each of these boats annually, and their crews are exposed to fearful bardsMps and dangers. But no w we have sped along tho entire coast of Jekyl Island, eight mile3 in length, and aro dancing upon the wMte caps of ST. ANDREW’S SOUND at the mouth of tho great Satilla. Hero, two or three of tho passengers looked pale and miserable, and wa sus pect tho stomach pump of old Neptune wa3 diligently plied by them. . The greenies didn’t know Cal. H. J. Lamar’s remedy of "drawing a bead” upon a bolt in the side of the vessel, wMle sit ting statue like for hours amidsMps, But tho agony was soon over, and tho bounding craft cast anchor at tho high point of Cumberland Island. Then fol lowed quickly the landing in the yawl of tho hunters and their paraphernalia, and ere' long, the baggage stowed in Mr. Bunkley’s wagons, the line of march was taken up for tho fishing and hunting ground upon the “inlet,” two and a half miles distant, on the opposite or easternsido of the island.. . / Arrived, all hands went to work, and in a trice the HAirciOTH TENT was spread, tho cock spare and crow feet raked off, the ground covered over with a natural matting composed of palmetto leaves, a roaring fire kindled, the coffee pot, approximating in size to a tank of the gas-works, pnt to boiling, and in little or no time a bountiful meal placed before tho half-famished voyageurs, who had eaten nothing since breakfast. The site chosen was in an open space, within biscuit-throw of the inlet, and well protected from tho wind by a dense thicket of live oak and small growth. Some parties went birding and fishing at once, and era dark returned with a goodly supply of the finny tribe, and some snipo and waterfowl. THE CA1TPAIGN WAS FAIRLY OPENED, and now ensued a scene of joyous merri ment, enough to banish every anchorite from tho face of Christendom. It is delightful to realize that we are now beyond tho reach of telegraphic in fluence, whether by cable, grape vine or otherwise, and perfectly independent of all the world “and tho rest of mankind.” If Grant saw fit with the aid of the “boys in blno,” to make a coup de tat and de clare MtnfteH perpetual dictator, oe forty cyclones swept the country and wrecked the continent generally, on this little ooewn-wOBhed isle, -inhabited' hy turtle, red deer, the feathered tribe; and an oc- casional specimen of the genus maw, all would still remain tranquil and- happy. It would resemble the still nook caused by the eddying waters on the edge of a rushing cataract, where contrary and op- pos'te forces have area ted * dead calm, and all is peace and quiet in the midst of the surrounding roar and turmoiL Its very re moteness and insignificance would be the secret of obr safety and tranquillity.- Let us paint-the scene,’ ru >, ’ 1 A lofty-bluff with old otean in the dis tance, and hnmmooks of wMte- sand oast up bythe deep, frifaging the perspective —a blazing fire of live-oak logs illumin ating the capacious tent, where many genial spirits, sober as judges, are play ing chess, drafts and euchre, but neither drinking or betting—the quiet stars and “horned moon” looking placidly on—all around, the Bweet refrain of that cheer ful night' songster, .this whippoorwill, breaking upon the ear—the attending darkies slumbering and snoring in their tent, oblivious of care or responsibilitv— pointers and hounds-prowling arotmd, seeking in vain to invade'the larder of onr vigilant steward—the muffled thun der of the surf breaking upon the strand and sounding like the faint reverberations aP Ha -nnT>) IIiaoa' tin.-l' a4Vnah in of 'the battle field—these,' and "other in fluences, ! lend a weird and' fascinating as pect to this Mvonac of friends and sports men, camped and associated together, not for mortal combat, thank God, but to cultivate and promote the best instincts and social promptings of onr nature. In tMs .coterie are embraced large- souled noble Northern men, who have long sinco bridged “the bloody chasm” and cast in their lot with the unfortunate South. They havo brought with them tho sinewy power of capital; kind hearts, wise heads, and a thorough devotion to- their now honje.' 1 All honor lo such men. They are the avant ,couriers of that bright epoch when.past ;ascerbities and deadly feuds shall oeforg6tten,'and the Ameri can Union become once more a homoge neous, united, and irresistiblo power among the nations of earth. May God speed the dawn of that glorious day. - CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CLUB. A few hours only, of companionship, sufficed to show that bur amateurs were, made ; up of a happy affiliation of : the choicest spirits. - The President was courteous and dig nified,-yet'ever vigilant in maintaining the rules and regulations 6f.the camp, wMch were formally set forth in the by laws. It is due to Ms associates ■ to say also that, never disputing his authority, they yielded implicit obedience to all of Ms suggestions. The other officers and membera likewise deported themselves as gentlemen, and daring our entire so-, joum on the island, not one word of un-' pleasantness or recrimination marred tho perfect harmony of the scene. But thero were' •• • 1 r ■ ; i- a “- unconscionable wKbs- - in the crowd, whose jokes and humor constantly effervesced like 'the bubbling soda water wMch'.was so plentifully im bibed, and occasioned prolonged roars of laughter. Reporter Smith; who wields a spicy andgracefulpen, and private Shan non, a foeman worthy of his' stefel, and withal a splendid specimen of the frank- hearted Tennessee hunter, were con stantly at it, “hammer and tongs. 1 Some of thcir bon mots and passages at arms were brilliant, and perfectly con vulsing.': i : • i Bnt we don’t intend to steal Brother Smith’s thunder, and will leave the de tails of- these bloodless - tilts to Ms own graphic powers of description and imag ination. In dne time they will be spread upon the minutes of the dab, and appear in the columns of the Sea Port Appeal, and will doubtless reach our readers. VICE FBESIDXNT DURE, an old denizen of yonr city, is one-of the leading spirits of the expedition. Ready of speech J witty,and always good humor ed and hilarious, he carried fan and mis- cMef whereever he moved. Fahm and Davenport aro fisherman par excellence, and rarely take gnn in hand. They were pitted against each other on this occasion as contestants for tho prize in fishing. The writer, whose tastes incline in the same direction, was their constant com panion on the water, and never saw a pair more equally matched. “Woe be to tho sheep-head or whiting that touched either line. In a twinkling they were mado to see daylight. The race was a drawn one nntil tho last day/when a change of “drop” proved disastrous to Davenport, and his antagonist came out somo fifteen ahead. ‘ The quantity of fish taken almost ex ceeds belief. Before the line could reach bottom they struck greedily at the bait, and frequently one was drawn up on each hook.' Even the unpracticed depo nent scored two hundred and eleven, ex clusive of cats, toad3, etc. Not less than FOUR BUSHELS WEBB THROWN AWAY after supplying all the wants of tho camp. In the "number were included young drum, bass, whiting, sheep-head, trout, black fisb, croaker, yellow tails and ale- wives. • - The sport was simply splendid, and prawn for bait, in abundance. To resume our description of the dramatis personae of the hunt. - L. P. ANDERSON was a man of “infinite jist,” and a good hunter and clever fellow. He carried a fowling piece almost equal to a swivel in bore, and which it was said was charged with fifty buckshot to the barrel. He was one of the fortunate ones who brought down an “antlered monarch of the for est,” and Smith swore that his field piece mowed a path like a cyclone through the woods, and 16ft its victim bleeding in the midst. : : ’ To one thing we can avonch. Never did such portentous shot holes perforate the carcass of any quarry. They resem bled huge augur borings, and that luck less animal didn’t know what hurt him. STEWART WINTON is the very embodiment of a good look ing well-fed caterer, and presided like a Crimean French artist (cook) over the duties of his department. Ke was also a keen sportsman, and eagerly followed the hounds, though he bagged no game. The whole party aro much indebted to Mr. Winton for their comfort and enjoy ment, while socially ho was tho equal of any. OF THE QUESTS wo have nothing to say, savo to commend the delicious music of Mr. Doerflinger on the accord eon. His touch was almost magical, and night after night ho drew from that instrument such dulcet notes, as loft the hearer in doubt whether the muaio emanated from a violin, piano, hup, French horn, guitar, “ sack-but or dulcimer.” In fact it was a happy combination of them all. Of the Bunkleys, however, who are native Islanders, and their fath ers before them, it is but an act of justice to state, that in person, and with their hounds, and fresh milk, and vegetables, they contributed no little, to the enjoy ment of the party. One gentleman, however, we had very nearly overlooked, and yet he is ono of D. T. DUNN, ESQ, that allusion is made. Those who heard his felicitous remarks at the “ regular meeting” of the olnb; wild not' soon for get them. Mr. Dunn is a whole-souled, liberal, genial New Yorker, who has planted his stakes in Brunswick, and is an enthusiastic member of the organisa tion. There is no evidence that-he can Mt . {a bam door with small . shot, or is much better at fishing, though it was rumored in camp that he did catch two cats and nine toad-fish, wMch hooked themselves. But for all that he is an indispensable member for hia other good traits, and Shannon and Smith, ^ave promised to put him through a oourse of training in gunnery on the beach. Where there is no'danger of hitting anybody, While Fahm and Davenport don’t despair of learning Mm to catch a trout or sheep- head after some years’ practice. rtilB TROPHIES OP THE HUIcA Those Who followed tbe hounds jamped twenty-one deer, and killed—it is not for ns to say ,(aa we were not present) .how many. This will duly appear in the chronicles of the club. But the depo nent 'will; if neoeseary, make his “affi-' davy” that they kept the, camp in veni son all the time, and sent one fat deer, equal to any Esau or Nimrod ever slew, to Brunswick. In the way of birds, too, there were doves, snipe, plover, teal duck, etc., that were brought/-in, of wMch, however, wo kept no account. In the “fur ” line, only, tho expedition was a failure—not a solitary mink or coon hav ing been captured. But Captain Bure bragged of a porpoise he had slain and landed on the beach. When, however, a party volunteered to briDg Mm in, the doughty Captain averred it was about ten miles off, and will much to- his relief, “backed out.” , lu . f CLOSING SCENES. ’ On Friday, the President, Mr. Dunn, one of the Andersons, Mr. Fahm, and the deponent returned to Brunswiok, the others vowing they would stick it out several days longer. Of the incidents at the regular meeting of the clnb, which Was held oh the night previous, wo may not speak, in anticipa tion of reporter - Smith’s official and amusing narrative. We can ouly say that nearly every member perpetrated some happy hit or speech, which brought down the “tent,” and certain ceremonies and presentations took place, so ludicrous and inimitable, that we are almost tempted to be guilty of violating the proprieties and repro ducing them. But this would be a breach of privilege and confidence, and wo for bear. - c i Agreeably to custom, tho camp receiv ed a name, and tho writer would be want ing in "courtesy if he did not gratefully acknowledge the compliment to his paper and city, by the bestowal upon it of hi3 own universal patronymic. Thu3 ended,our share in the hunting and fisMng expedition of the Fin, Fur and Feather Clnb of Brunswick. 1 Genial gentlemen all, and boon companions, we shall not soon forget their attentions, and, tho intense enjoyment derived from their pleasant society. ' ' J -• There was Ao ! excess of any kind, no hasty words spoken, -and not a single ooniretompt to mar the pleasure of the ex cursion. On the contrary, we bear away a host of delightful reminiscences, mirth stirring anecdotes, and ludicrous inci dents, wMoh must be reserved for 1 the fireside and friends at home. Time and The xtttitaaty of lfrtMeeeotMA’s * irirfir Jsi ■ 4 ^ jJq*wugP« * From tbs gurtiaflO hBUumcsiu] 1 It Orisne-at tte uWMy: OEtttttk and grows with eve^y chapter ,ol his After Tilton confronted Beecher on tho night of Dec. 80.18TO, WithHsHiSge, whatever it wti, and'ri&d ME wf?«'*«en- fesskm, -whatever It-irsn TTrtibsi funl to Mrs. .TiltaWs.lmdam* was convinced that K& 6&EMMtMi*d been extorted froth a sick woman by a husband who khtfwStefafcftyv Here is space will admit of nothing mpre. j H. 11. J. Coroner Sfelman, of- Memphis, Ten nessee, believes that lack is against him.: There have within a month been, four street shootings there, without fatal ire- suits, and in three instances the bodies of drowned men have floated out of his jurisdiction. t. ciiuisv Flobentino, a'Porisiait mtisicaF critic!, was blackballed by the Society of “Men of Letters,” and determined td call oui every member of the Society in alpha betical order. He commenced with Amedee Achard, and perforated him, and was going for thenoxt when the 1 police appeared oh tho scene and ho was im prisoned. The postoffice department at Washing ton has recently issued three cent post age stamps made on a new principle to prevent the dishonest custom of washing them .in order to sell them again.after having been used. The paper of wMch they are mode is porous, and they absorb the ink from the marking-stamp, thus making it indellible-. , -• -. ‘ “ Harry HAZEN,the Collector of Cus toms at Fernandina,. ahaconded for parts unknown last week. Defalcation sup. posed to be about eight thousand dollars. Ho wrote a pathetic letter to his wife from Savannah, bidding her good-bye, and telling her not to grieve about Mm, as it was better for him to leave than to be in the penitentiary. It is said that the son-in-law of Jno. W. Forney, of the Philadelphia Press, has gone to Europe, where Forney now is, bearing with him the terms of a treaty of peace between Simon Cameron and Forney.. If Forney ratifies the treaty then both Cameron and he are to set about bringing Pennsylvania to the support of Grant for a third term. As many as two thousand letters a day are received at the Agricultural Bureau in Washington from Kansas, Nebraska and Southern Dakota, asking for supplies of seed. The department is making heavy sMpments daily, the last session of Congress having appropriated for this purpose $30,000, wMch will, however, soon be exhausted by these numerous demands. Dio Lewis’idea ia not new anyhow. Jekyll told Moors of a man who had said his eating cost almost nothin’, for “on Sunday,’’ said he, “I always dine with an old friend, and then eat so much that it lasts nntil Wednesday, when I buy some tripe wMch 1 hate like the old boy, and which accordingly makes me so sick that I not eat any more until Sunday again, 1 : ! 1 1 ■- 1 Speaking of “nest-Mding,” a corres pondent quotes from Mr. Beecher’s novel, “ Norwood,” page 82, the following: “ It would seem as if, while her whole life centered upon hia love, she would Mde the precious secret by flinging over it vines and flowers, by mirth and raillery, as a bird Mdes its nest under the tofts of grass, and behindT leaves and vines, as a a fence against prying eye3.” Mr. Beeeker’fe testimony abSut thsireoa- WWtWII ■- h. f Isaid to her: "Elizabeth, I have just seen your, h usbsnd, ana naa a mter- visW with Mm.' He - tone’ bee*^Staking many Itatements to me, and; okazge*, and ito has sent mo to i*> r*ep«efe to.soma of them, th%$ yon. should verify them.” I then said: “He'has cha^jba Wiewith alienating yonr affections from him: He ha* chafed “me tffiat I hEVE ^corrupted yonr simplicity and yonr teutefateess. Ha has also .charged me with attempting improprieties—” it is a hard. thipg for a man to speak to a woman he revere* such things, and I could not express myself very - clearly. "Are these thing* so, Elisabeth?” There was the faintest quiver, and tearji trickled.down Her cheek, but no' answer. I said t& her: " fie-says that you have charged - me, Elisabeth, with making irWpSBper advances. Have yon stated all these thing*, and made the charges ?” And sho opeuwi horuy-aa and Baid: .“My friend.I coul*Kjt help it.” “Could not help it, Elizabeth? Why could’ not’ you help itl? : YdU‘- know that- these things are net true.” “Oh, Mr. Beecher,” said she, "I was wearied out I have been—have been wearied with his importunities,” dr some thing to that effect. “He made me think that, if I would confess love, to yon it would help him to confess to me Ms alien affections,” or word* to that effoct. “Bat,” I said to her, “Elizabeth, tMs is a charge of attempting improper things. You know that that -is not true.’’ • •Yea/ it-ii not true,” she says, “bat what can I.do ?” “Dq ! You can take it. back %gain.” She hesitated, and I dicf not understand her hesitation. “Why can yon noq take it back? 1 It is not true.’’ She said some thing about she would be wilHng-to do it if it could.be done without injury to her husband, wMch I did not at all under stand. “Rut,” said I, .“you ought to give me a written retraction of that written charge.” Sbe said she was willing to do anything if l would not use it against her husband. ; I aaid, "Giro mq, the pa per.” She pointed to the secretacy ia the other room, which stood between the wmdowd. I went there, and took from the secretary some note paper; pen and ink. I brought them to the bedside. She raised herself up a littlo and wrote the retraction. The retraction itself (written;' accord ing to Beecher; by Mrs. Tilton voluntar ily, aocording to Tilton, at: i Beecher’s dictation), , repeats the same story as to the origin of the confession which Mr. Beecher represents Mrs. Tilton as giving in the above conversation. “Wearied with importunities and weakened by sickness, I gave a letter; inculpating my friend, Henry Ward Bc-echer. * * I was persuaded to it, almost forced, when T was in a weakened state of mind.” Acoordiflg to Mr. Beeaher’a sdldence, therefore, he knew when he went home that Friday night that Theodore Tilton had been guilty of as devilish'a piece of malignity as can well be conceived—tho forcing his Ultaost dying wife' to sign a false charge of crime against her pastor —a piece of- malignity-which there is thus .far-no- pretence on Mr. Beecher’s part that Tiltou ever disavowed or apolo gized for.'.'. . , . 1_ Now what is the first communication that Mr. Beecher makes td Tilton after learning-of- the -latter’s revolting con duct ? The “letter of contrition," or, as Mr. Beecher prefers to call it, tho “mem orandum,” prepared oh the Sunday after thi3 Friday night. Though he says that "in' no^proper sense Of the Word dictation did I dictate it,” ho yet admits that this document is largely made up of what he .really did say,' and explicitly having been the author of-this sentence: '-“Ho would have' been a better man' in my circum stances than I have boon.” Ho, the man who, but two nights before, had charged Mm with a base crime, on tho strength of a false' confession that he had forced out of his sick wife, against) all her pro testations that it was a lie! Five weeks later (February 7,1871,) writing to “ My Dear Mr. Moulton” an earnest wish “that, by your kind media tion, Theodore, Elizabeth, ard I could bo made-friends again,” Mr.’Beechcr says: “ Theodore will have the hardest task in such a case, hnt. has,|io not proved Mm- self ciipahlo of the noblest' things ?” “ Capable cf the noblest things tho man who, only five-' weeks ‘before, had brought this foul and false charge against Mm, and never since, so far as app^^rs, said a word hy way of apology! What next ? A visit of Mr. Beecher to Tilton’s house in this* same month of February, in wMch, according to hi3 own testimony, he kissed him; and, three months later, another visit, in wMch, ac cording to his own testimony also, he sat down on Tilton’s knee. And then for years unceasing efforts to restore to his old place and fame this man who, what ever the facte as to the scandals about him to which Mr. Beecher had given cre dence and circulation, be knew had been guilty of a most dastardly crime toward ■j—My—— The difficulty of Mr. Beecher’s defense is that it requires people to believe that, after having discovered, on the night of Decomber 30,1870, that Tilton had been guilty of tho most infamous offense against Mm—an offense for which it has not been claimed that he ever expressed the slightest regret—he wrote of Mm, two days later, that “ho would have been abetter man in my circumstances than I have beenthat, the next month, he characterized Mm as "capable of the noblest tMngs;” that, while Ms baso conduct was fresh in mind, he kissed Mm and sat on his knee; and, finally, that for years he devoted his utmost efforts— “more thought and judgment and earnest desire than ever I aid for myself a hun dred fold”—to reinstate an infamous wretch in a position that it would have been a crying shame for him to occupy. The Frost in Tennessee.—The Nash ville Banner says, after all, the reported damage by tbe late frosts in Middle Ten nessee turn out to have been somewhat exaggerated. The frnita, especially the peaches, ore doubtless considerably cur tailed by the untimely frost; but the wheat crop is by no means so materially affected as was at first apprehended. A good deal of it was planted late, and had not advanced sufficiently to be jointed and a very large proportion of the crop was kept baer by grazing. With no further vandalism on tho part of Jack Frost, the wheat will yet open out finely in the end. The indications at present aro that we will now have settled warm spaing weather. At all events, the vege tation is not likely to be subjected to so severe an ordeal as that it experienced last week.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Georgia weekly telegraph and Georgia journal & messenger. (Macon, Ga.) 1869-1880, April 27, 1875, Image 1