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#jej®tgia OTsstUif The Telegraph and Messenger MACON, GA, APE lL 22 1879- THB WEBKLT TELEGRAPH AND MB88- BNQBR U ptibliiheU every Friday morning in the fSClBH Building, corner Cherry and Second Street,. Subscription price: One year, Ut Sir month*, tit Three month*, 80 cent*. *Adwtl»ing ratej $1 per square lor each nsertion. —HowTala is the peaoock. Bat notes yens as the weathercock. —In slippery weathers man fee.’* likes gosling when he’s down on his hash. —The who went to the top of Trinity steeple said he had high-church views,—Now York Herald. —The mother’s heart swells with pride when her baby begins to pedeatran'ze at the age of nine month. —The wheat man we ever knew was a Jew who remarked, T tell yon vat it isb, young sian, I boys my egeberienoe vresh el’ry day.’ —A settlement cf families who praotloe polygamy is forming on the Little Colorado river, in the moat fertile section of Arizona, and la gradually spreading to other parts of the territory. —In Xexloo there are seventeen General* of diviilbn, with a salary of 85,003 each, and forty-five General* of brigade, with a salary Of 84.030 each. No wonder the treasury suffers from general debility. —Tbs French academy baa awarded its first price in poetry to a writer who tarns oat to be a Communist refugee In Switzerland named Jules Bound, and no little incoyenoe hasin oonasquenos been felt by this moat conservative institution. t . —The United States Supreme Court will be seven hrmdred and fifty oases, or two years behind when It adjourns May 12. The Court Is not gaining on its calendar either, aa the number of cases involving constitutional question is growing larger. Scans Hawnow.—A Columbia dispatch of the 16th says Senator Hampton leit to-day for Washington atl o’clock, on* Pullman palaoe car. He is in good health Gen. Preston, citizens and Confederate veterans were present. The Governor’s Guards were represented. —Tmotaro Megats, a Japanese student in Boston University, delivered the closing leolure before the Middlesex County Teach era Association at Watertown, Miss., laat Saturday, on Japanese education. Meg at* Is a brlllant aoholarandagrest favorite with his acquaintances in Boston. QarcDMUTX ErQUlasa.—‘The Republican* are worried nigh to death on account of the Democratic blundering. They could run the Demoontio party much better, if permitted, thin the Democrat* themselves. In that they manifest their true character, in bclrg able to manage other people's business bet ter than they manage their own.' —One day last week* man named 8igler was oowhlded by his wife on one of the piin- cipal sheets of Verona, N. J. On leaving bis home in the morning Bigler quarrelled With Ms wife, and she told him when he re turned she would thrash him. He didn’t re turn so Mrs. S. want afeer him. She held him by the nape of the neck while she ap plied the huh. Sigler has returned. —A German savant, in order to obtain facilities for certain studies, which are gran ted only to the higher order j of ths Buddhist priesthood, lately embraced Buddhism, and xeoelved from the Emperor of 81am permis sion to serve his novitiate in the splendid temple adjoining his palace. The ceremo nies of irritation were very Imposing. The novloi is to pass four years completely isola ted from the world. —A man baa been discovered in New Xork by a newspaper reporter who donbtlees poa- seises the most remarkable beard in the country. The man tea truck driver, and during working days wears his beard colled up and braided together under hie olothing, but on Sundays he looaena it and combs it out and goes upon the promenade with a hirsute growth which reaches to his toes, and he Is a man nearly six feet high at that. Josoa Black's Wig.—Judge Jero Black, famous in contemporary histo-y and law, has long wors a black wig. Having lately donned a now oae, which looked new. and meeting Senator Bayard, of Delaware, the Utter accosted him. ‘Why, Blick, h w young you look; you are not ft gray as I am. and you must be twenty years older.’ ‘Humpu,’ said the Judge, 'good reason; your halrcomes by descent, and I get mine by pnrchsse.’ Wauxs—The Newborn Nutshell eayatwo Whales, a sow and her calf, have been cap tured on the ooait near that city The cow was an immense one, measuring 8) feet in length, 12 feet through the body, and 20 feet across the tail; the blabber or fat was was 19 Inches thick, and the bone in her month was 7 feet 8 Inches in length It is estimated that she will produce sixty casks, or 3,620 gallons of oO. Pants and Yxoztaslxs fob the North. —The Wilmington, North Carolina, Review ■ays, notwithstanding the extremely cold weather which iuii threatened the crops of early vegetation, we are informed that large freights of early fruits and vegetables are dally passing through our city bound for Baltimore, New Xork and Boston, The new fashioned refrigerator, ventilating, iron, fruit end vegetable, ears, of which we made mention s few days since, are being exten sively used and prove of great advantage to both shipper and purchaser, —J. Milton Turner, the colored ex-Minia- ter to Liberia, tells a St. Louis reporter that hie lawyer is now drawing up papers fora colonization scheme. The idea is to obtain alarge traotof land inNew Hexioo and to Mta every negro a four acre lot within the tract Turner thinks that when the negro esn nuke a living in the South he had better aUy there, as he is a bstter octton-picher Gun the whits laborer. On Friday tbs 8c Louis finanoa committee had received ft,- 7CG for the benefit of the emigrating crowds and Sad expended $1,167. Three thousand three hundred oolored people have made their way to Kansas since the rush began. —One of the cruelest cuts agaloat the en tire system of prohibition of foreign manu factures, misnamed protection, says the Ohi- cagoHerald, lathe purchase of 12,000 tons of British steel rails by Mr. 7f. H. Vander bilt. Hs oould have obtained these rails in tbs United States at 845 per ton. But he preferred paying, including duly and trans port, 866for the foreign article. The Penn sylvania men were indignant; they atked the ‘railroad king’why this is thui? He replied: ‘American manufactures will .only give a five-year guarantee. It is nq experience that the utmost wear it Amariean rails does not exceed five years. I estimate, therefore, that the English rails, while ceefing me 25 percent, more than the American article, will give 100 per cent mere wear; conse quently, tbe«he*p>at thing far ms to do is to go abroad for my ateefraUa. X still, how ever, put down American rails, where the strain and wear are lightest.' Thus, in face of a protection which give* tbs American manufacturer 810 per ton advantage, the British artels is preferred, bocaure It U 100 per oent better. Thus BspsbSean legisla tion is compelling ths United 8tales-te pay 25 per oent. more for an article of rati which Is 100 pm cent, below, in quality, that which the British manufacturer would supply at 26 per oent. lest cos’, this is ths veiy Irony of protection. Colonel James H. Blount It most be gratifying to the immediate constituency of this gentleman, and, in deed, to the whole State of Georgia, to see now highly his eminent services aie appreciated In Congress. Not only does he retain the second po sltion on the Committee of Appropria tions, but has been named chairman of that of "Expenditures in the Depart ment of Justice,” also a very important appointment. Mr. Blonut has won his way to the front rank of statesmen in the House by his superior sagacity, great industry and staunch fidelity to the true interests of the country. Most faithfully has he breasted the tide of public ex travagance, applying the axe here and there with remorseless severity to the root of pet schemes and large ex penditures of the people’s money for pri vate aggrandizement and political supre macy. We have it direct from those who were present and witnessed his exertions, that no man really wields a greater infiu enoe on the floor of Congress than he, became of bis acknowledge! integrity, patriotism and untiring industry and watchfulness. Few men in the present Congress also enjoy the experience that he possesses. The people'of this district are proud of their immediate representative, and the whole country reaps the fruit of his repeated re-election, in every instance by majorities well-nigh approaching una nimity. Australasia—Its Eiexsa Importance. —An annual publication, entitled the "Victoria Year Book,” which has recent ly appeared, gives some surprising statis tics of the rapid growth of those insular colonies of Great Britain, which have themselves expanded into a vast empire. Even in the matter of oommerce, Austra lia is excelled only by a few of the lead ing nations of the world. The total exporta of the colonies foot up £45,389,111 and the imports £48,- 307.887. The area of the Islands em braces 3,114.501 square miles. The nam her of sheep in the colonies is put down at 57,767,770. There are 3,472$ miles of ailroad in operation and the telegraph rines measure 23.607 miles in length. The number of inhabitants is 2,515,611, and so thinly are they distributed that Victoria, the most thiokly populated col ony, contains but nine persons to the square mde, while Western Australia ha? one only to every forty square miles. What a field is there here for immigra tion! And wb"> can estimate the power and resources o . nia xemote empire after the lapse of aujt&er century? And yet, strange to relate, catchiag the infection from California, the bush men and set- tlersof these colonies are threatening to expel the Chinese and prevent the in troduction of any more ocolies. We should not be surprised if in course of time Australia sets np for herself, and kicks out of the British traces. ShehaB within her own limits the elements of a powerful empire. . The colonies, however, have managed to run np a deot of £63,- 607,638, or about 8320,000,000. This may keep them loyal aud submissive for some time to come. A neighbor informs us tkat his wife never knew a quiet night util the doc. tor prescribed Dr. Boll’s Baby Syrup ttr her little one. A Moving Spxctaclx.—Thoso who saw it shed tears. It was the sight of an old man helping his d&ughtets to churoh. He had hitched the two ends of c. plow, line to the skirts of the young ladies, and was helping them along on their weary pilgrimage (o Zion by dragging their heavy trains for them. Good, faithfol old man! He' had diligently consulted old Banyan, and shown the young ladies how muoh more wearisome their pilgrim age up the straight and narrow way must be, if they bad to drag a fifteen-foot train of black silk, with heavy metallic loading, after them, up the heavy grade of that ragged way. Finding his gentle intimations disregarded, he took the plow- lioe and divided the load with them; and ihere ho was, in spite of the weight of years, dragging his daughters onward and upward to glory. No wonder the people wept when they saw it. Poos Shooting.—There it is againl Toe kiog-kitlers have neglected the most essential part of their professional educa tional. Their business is to shoot kings, aod yet they can’t shoot so as to hit anybody. Yesterday another one of those king-killers took four deliberate shots at Emperor Alexander, of Bussia, and never bit man or etotbas, though the Emperor is aa big as a stable door. Subsequently the ehootist was caught and will be killed. Tbe king-killers are said to be a numerous crowd and to bate many aeoret meetings and fiery discus sfons among themselves, bnt they have no instrnoiion on the subject of shooting, which is the main point. They have been shooting at kings and queens now for two or threo years pretty steadily, bnt have hit nibody exoept Emperor Wil helm, who was literally too big for a bal let to get by. 14 *• Now, as this business of Hing-killing is claimed to be a matter of exalted patri otism and philanthropy, why don’t tbe King-killers give the world a practical illustration of their unselfishness by put ting each other In prsetioe. Let them take turns in standing np for targets in their secret meetings, so ss to put their men in practice and enable them to hit something when they fire ■ -m. ■ Tbe Physical Paradox, It has been said that "the blood is the source of life.” It is as traly tbe source of disease and death. No life, that is to say, no healthy tiauo can be generated from impure blood, no organ of the body can normally perform its functions wben supplied with impure blood. The fluid that should carry life and health to every part, carries only weakness and disease. Blood Is the source of life, only when it is pure. If it has become diseased, it must be cleansed by proper medication, else every pulsation of the hnman heart sends aware of disease through the sys tem. To cleanse the blood of all Impuri ties use Dr. Pieroe’s Golden Medical Dis covery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets, the most effective alterative, tonic, and cathartic remedies yet discovered. They are especially efficient in scrofulous dis ease. Speculating in School Funds. A correspondent in a neighboring county writes as follows: Editors Telegraph and Messenger: I have betin a subscriber to your paper for some time, and think you are gener ally disposed to advocate the interests of the people, and especially of education. I wish to oall your attention to oue thing, and to get yon to express yonr opinion, ■o that those who run may read. The anbjeet is tbe speculation of some oounty School Commissioner* on tbe funds ap* p.-upriated by the Stats for eduoatfon. It haa oome to my cars that a Commissioner sought to buy the claim of a teacher, who is an ignorant man, for half prioe. It is not hard for any one to see that if the Commissioner has the right to do this. It opens the way to fill bis pookels with Ill- gotten gains. It will indose him to em- ploy such teachers as ere the most igno rant cf their right*, and tbosa who will the most readily part with their eemiogs. And thfcD, Instead Of efficleDt teachers, we shall have a Hood of tbe poorest teaohers that oan be found, aod the rich est Commissioners. Cm; nr. Saoh speculations are exceedingly de moralizing and lamentable, partioulaily in conneoliSn with publio sohool funds and interests, which partake of an elee mosynary nature, and are therefore as stored as a charily fund. It is bad enough to speculate on the discharge of any pob- llo tiust, bnt partioulaily detestable In one of this nature. A CARD. ’ To all who are sufTenn* bom the error* and indiscretion* of youth, nerrou* weakness, early dscay.loa* ot manhood, etc. I will send a recipe that will core you, PttBB OP CHARGE. Thi* rreat remedy was discovered by a missionary In South America. Hendja self-addressed vnreiope to the Bev Joseph 1 lamas. Station D, New Xork. decllodly Looking Southward. We have been permitted tr* paresj letter addressed to one of our most prom' inentoltizms by sevaral intelligent gen tlemen of a Northern city, who, with their families, are desirous of seeking home in the Sonny South. Having heard much of tbe equable climate and peenliar advantages of Maeoa, they are anxious to be informed upon many points oategori oslly stated, relating to our city and its surroundings. Speaking generally, ws oan only say that there is not a place or seotion in Georgia that opens up a more inviting field to the new comer, than this city and region. In the matter of health, onr bills of mortality will compare favorably with any similar number of inhabitants any where on earth. And when you come to oonaider the more violent epidemloe, such aa typhus fever, typhoid pneumonia, bloody flux, dyptheris, measles and soarlet fever, it Is a noteworthy fact which will be sustained by onr entire resident medical faculty, that all of the above dis eases, usually so fatal in higher latitudes, when experienced here at all, assume milder types, and are comparatively easy of management. There are really no extremes of heat and cold, and saving, perhaps, a small; district adjacent to the riTer swamp, chills and climatic diseases are as infrequent here as in Atlanta or Borne. The city ie built upon a series of lofty hills, and with its perfect system of sew. age and the heavy fall to the Ocmulgee river which is the great drain furnished by nature, cannot with the least hygienic at tention ever become filthy. Every rain sweeps away the garbage and leaves the streets and alleys as clean as a country highway. The above should allay all the fears of strangers as to the salubrity of Macon. As a business centre,it is no stretch of the imagination to say that no city of the South surpasses it in location or solid advantages. . —— The head of navigation on the Ocmnl gee, the radiating point of a net-work of flourishing railroads whioh treed in the direction of all the points ot the com pass, possessing four outlets to the ocean through Brunswick, Savannah, Fort Boyal and Charleston; situated in ths midst of a dense farming population and directly on the line of the primitive and secondary geologioal formations of the State, completely commanding the trade of the "black bell” of Georgia; poeseesed of three of the finest educational institu tions in the South, and numerons public and private schools of the highest char acter; the seat of two cotton factories, numerous foundries, aa ice factory, and firat-clasi merchant mill; already sec ond to no idty south of Bichmond in her wholesale trade; inhabited by a refined people and enterprising merchants; with a noble public library aud beautiful park, the admiration of all who visit it; and numerous religious and Masonio associa tions which shed light and joy upou the community, what more desirable place of residence can be found in the Union? Then, again, if onr immigrant friends are capitalists, what a future awaits the efforts of those, who, at a comparatively trivial outlay,shall utilize by a short canal the magnifioent waterpower of the Oc mulgee. Two or three Lowells might be accommodated here in the event of the succeseful accomplishment of this pro ject. Lastly, if the mied of the immigrant is agriculturally inclined, all around the city, aud reaching into several aojaoeat counties, numerous small farms can be purchased at reasonable prices, where peaches, Irish potatoes, watermelons, sand pears, pomegranates, English peas, grapes, and other fruits and vegetables, can be successfully reared and made to anticipate the Northern market by many weeks. Corn, sugar cane, sweet potatoes, rtoe, millet, arrowroot, the tea plant, aud an almost infinite va riety of other valuable vegetables and farm produots, to say nothing of thegreat staples of eotton. wheat, oats, rye aud barley,may also be raised in their greatest perfection. All that is needed is intelli gent industry and perseverance to asenre suocess to the farmer in this most desira ble soil and climate. If the gentlemen who have made the inquiries referred to in tbe ontset of tblB article will oome and see for themselves, have no doubt they will not only be satisfied, bnt delighted with the ontlook in this favored seotion of onr noble Com monwealth. The Man with Friends. The last newspaper among the Badical following who stands out against Grant is Harpers' Weekly, and he will be giving in before long. The whole anti-third term party has lowered its banners and surrendered at discretion—all the dan gers of a third term being obviated by the four years’ episode ot Hayes, which will end without seriously disordering the Grant maohinr. The whole money power of the country, whioh holds Grant in training now at a distance beyond the reaoh of gosBip, exoept of the most com. plimentary character, and ia supporting him by volantary contributions in regal elate, h literally under bonds to strain its fix. • cial energies in defense of its own financial interests. And it is easy enough to seo that whatever they spend can, in case of success, be made good out of the public treasury. Given forty millions yearly in excesss of expenditure under Grant, which is the smallest allowance any reasonable man eould make, and one hundred and sixty millions divided in fonr years among the faithful will make everything more than satisfactory to all troubled with high moral ideas. Aqua- terniad of riot in spoils will retnrn more dollars than they spend nickels, and therefore they can well afford to support the gorgeous pilgrimage of Grant among the Eastern PrinceB. He is to be kept there yet eleven months, and then to burst upon the country through the golden gate of the Pacific shore like a gorgeous sun-flewer. Sach is the look of a man whose friends can use him for their own advantage. Temperance ana Teeiotalism. A lively contest has been inaugurated ioNew York city on tbe platform of tem pera nos in the nse of stimulants as op posed to teeiotalism, so-oalled, which it la oontended, as a reformatory movement, has proved itself a failure. The new plan proposes fonr pledges, which were Urns explained by the seoretsry: The white pledge bound the signer-cot to drink during business hoars. By that modified engagement the man was not deprived of tbe glass of wine of an even ing at our eoolal institutions. Tbe bins pledge promised "not to offer the glass to another, nor to drink at anotbet’s ex pense.” Tbe next pledge was the red, white and bine. It limits the signer to drink nothing stronger than wine or beer, and these only at meals and in modera tion. The English’ physicians, wpo bad lately written about alcohol,'differed in many points; but all were unanimous in this, that alcohol when it was taken should be taken with meals. He suggested that total abetinenoe should be tried for a specified term, and if not ooavlnoed at the expiration of that time that it was batter to do without anything in tbs shape of in- texioating liquor, thee be urged tbe adoption, with great oars and determina tion, of one of tbe moderation pledges whioh would be found best suited to their eiroumstanees. Among the speaker* at ‘The Business Men’s Society for the Encouragement of Moderation in the Use ot Iotoxloating Drinks,” were Peter Cooper, Thurlow Weed, Dr. Oroeby, Dr. Frothiagham, H. F. Tborber and others. Whence this Emigration? The St. Louis Presbyterian has made discovery in a eopy of a printed circular whioh has been in extensive, though secret, circulation among tbe oolored brethren in Mississippi and Louisiana. This oiroular, which Is indorsed "striolly private,” is dated from the “Offioe of the Colored Colonisation Sooiety, Topeka, Hanses, Feb. 2, 1879,” and is beaded, "Attention, Colored Men!” It goes on to say that "Your brethren as! friends throughout the North have observed with painful solicitude the out rages heaped upon yon by your rebel masters, and are doing all they can to alleviate your miseries aud provide for your future happiness and prosperity, President HayeB, by his iniquitous South ern polioy, has deserted you, while tbe Democrats, who now have control of Con gress, will seek to enslave.you if you re main iu the South, and to protect you from their designs the colonization socte etches, been organized by the govern ment to provide land for each head of a family, whioh will be given in bodies of 160 acres gratuitously. This land is lo cated in the best portion of Hanses, in close proximity to Topeka, and ia very productive. Here there are no distinc tions in society; all are on an equality, Leave the land of oppression and come to free Kansas. Lyourgus P. Jones, President. Show this circular to none but colored men and keep its contents a secret. Easy enough it is to oonjeoture who are at the bottom of this circular and the prime engineers iu the emigration move ment It is the conception of the stab wart Badical leaders and,independsntly of come private land speculations, its ob ject is a revival of the bloody shirt furor in the interests of the Badical campaign of 1880. To exhibit the negro in the at titude of fleeing by theusands from the oppressions of the Southern whites will be confirmation of all the tales of vio lence and pleas for arbitrary repressive force they have been circulating, and upon whioh they hope to found another successful campaign of Bectional. hatred The original bid for the negro vote after the war was forty sores and a mule. The bid here is 160 sores, withont the mnle. Both are cruel Impositions upon the credulous negro, but the latter is the worse one, because' it betrays tbe negro into expenses whioh he cannot afford, and leaves him sfloat in a strange oountry and ■mid the frosts of a severe climate, with no resonroe bnt snob doles of charity as he may be able to pick np; whiob, so far as we are able to see, have not yet amounted to a dollar per head to tbe emi grants. Will tbe negroes never learn a lerson from their experience of these unscru pulous politicians, who, from first to last, never had any other design but to use them as cats-paws and victims? Under pretence of extraordinary devotion to the welfare of the negroes, the hollow and treacherous promises at the close of the war were all violated. The Freedman’s Bank, projected ostensibly to save ths negroes’ earnings, which were fn danger from the rapacity of their old masters and employers, were, as to four.fiftha of them, deliberately stolen; and now here is a cold-blooded fraud got up to betray the negroes into a costly and suicidal emigration scheme in order to make them false witnesses against the South in tbe interests of the next Badical campaign. Tbe Georgia Circulating Bonds, From a long Washington epecial to the Cincinnati Commercial about tho Geor gia circulating bonds, we extraot the fol lowing- In brief, tbe history of the novel finan cial experiment ot Georgia is this : The State owes eight millions of dollars in bones, bearing six and seven per cent, interest. Her credit being good, the sixes are slightly above par, and (he ser one considerably above. These bonds are subject to call, and the qnery among Georgia financiers was how to fund them at a low rate of interest and get the amount into circulation among the peo pie. It was argned that seven or eight millions thrown out ameng the people of one State wonld make money plsnty. Some happy genins hit npon the plan of funding tbe debt into five-doliar bonds, bearing 4 per cent, interest, and putting it Into eiroolation, these bonds to be pay able in six years, and eaoh have six oou- pons calling for twenty cents annually. Half a million dollars were issned as an experiment, and the result has been all that the friends of the projeot anticipa ted. The amount was rapidly taken, and tbe bonds have gone into general oironla tion in that State, 7 per cent, bonds; be- ing called in to make room for them. In short, it is a funding scheme, the striking feature of it being that the debt is to olr- oulate as money. This is simply both, and the kind of bo3h which eTery friend of financial order should carefully avoid. It became necessary, in order to provide fer tbe redemption of bonds falling due, for Georgia to borrow half a million dollars. This she has done by the issue of bonds in small amounts, all of which have been taken and none are "in general cupula, tion.” It is rare to find oue afloat. To say that this is the beginning of an Issue of eight milllona is mere misrepre sentation. No authority in law exists for the issne of a single dollar more, and none le likely to exist fo; any further Issne of bonds whioh oan by any possibility im pair the credit of those now oat. The State, by the operation in question, saves about a hundred thousand dollars, and pIaoes these Beoarities m the hands of her own citizens. It is true they oan, If needful to the holder, bo nsed as cu-eufa- tion; and so osn any other bond in trans actions oommenanrste with their magni tude. But it was no psrt of the design of Georgia to add seriously to the volume of currenoy,or to flood the Stale with Irre deemable paper. Sbs cannot be held re sponsible if, aa is supposed, other States may practioe hazardous experiments on their credit in the way of ^floating bonds. It Is the business of Georgia to see that she herself does not do it, and she ia con stitutionally protected against any In crease of her bonded debt, and her people are all resolved to maintain the public credit. Thx Bains.—For two days in succes sion we have bad showery weather, and oould stand a good deal more. The foot is, we are entering tbe crop season with no reserve of moisture, and the ordinary dronth of May, in present conditions, will make jus dry Indeed. A St. Louis weath er prophet foretells a wet spring; but In Georgia, of late, that habit of spring has been forsaken. Ordinarily by the middle of May we are In for six weeks of drought, through whiob corn struggles dismally with very indifferent suooets at boil It is a good thing, therefore, to ■tart in April with foil buoksta; for when the; may be filled again is proble matical. At present, however, tbe raim have brightened up v cetatton handsome ly and everything looks promising. It is one ox tnose rare, good remedies whioh used onoe will be always kept in the house. Dr. Boll’s Baltimore Pills ws refer to. Price 25 cents. Atrocious Radical Lies—TJhn Threatened Negro Exodus. Ths following extraot from that arch enemy of the South, the New York Tri bune, we ore sure will be branded with falsehood andsccutedevenby every intel ligent colored citizen of onr community. Those misguided oolored men of New York, who play so completely into the hands of the Badical whites, wonld do well to psy us a visit and see their ooun- trynaen -pouring into our marts seated upon their bales of eotton, end returning laden with homehold comforts to their home* before they indulge in such talk^ A meeting of colored men for the pur pose Of snoouraging the exodus of South ern negroes to the West was held last evening at the Zion Methodist Church, at Bleecksr and Tenth streets. Tbe Bev. Henry Highland Garnett was advertised to be present. He sent a letter,of regret, exprersing sympathy with tbe movement. He wrote that he would dig, sift gravel, or do any other work to help his brethren of the South out of their suffering condition. George T. Downing made a long address. He said that no more filtiog offering of charity could be made on Holy Thursday than aid extended to the bUcka of tbe South. Whatever bright prospects or improve ments had. sprung up any where in the South sines the war were due to North ern capital and the labor of oolored men. The same capital and labor could do still more for tbe West. The South had had iu opportunity and had thrown it away. Many railroads had expressed through their officers their readiness to employ thousands of black men; the principal railroads -had promised to carry them to the West at one cent a mile. There were the best opportunities for them in New Mexico and Arizona, at hard work in the mines, which promised from S1.25 to |1.60 a day. Wnat was needed was pres ent assistance to enable these poor blacks to avail themselves of these opportuni ties. The Her. W. F. Dickerson said that he was recently in Georgia, and could say from actual observation that tho old op pressor was seeking again to bind tho chains upon the wriBte of the black man. New York’s voice musb be heard, and it would have a great effect upon them, What was necessary was to move the sympathies of the people that their real sentiments Bhould be express ed. He wonld not call np the ugly memories of the past, bnt the South had thrown down the gauntlet and they were obliged to'take it np. Beaolntiona were adopted which set forth the principal wrongs and Bufferings of the Sonth blacks, approved the West ern exodus and called upon sympathizers for pecuniary aid. There are several capital errors and palpable falsehoods in the above state ment. We will notice only two: 1st. The allegation that "whatever bright prospects or improvements had sprang op anyUhere in the South since the war were due to Northern capital and the labor of the colored men.” The very opposite of this ia true. When the war closed the poor negroes were victimized and mercilessly plunder ed by Yankees and, Badical provost mar- marshals, Freedmen’s Bureau agents, derioal carpet-baggers, missionary wolves in sheens clothing and a crowd of other harpies who effectually robbed and de spoiled tbe simple-hearted blacks. Collections for the support of these heaven-sent missionaries were taken up every Sunday, and the Bureau agents especially fairly rioted upon the scanty means of this needy portion of our popu lation. The writer will give a single illustra tion: He was then engaged in tbe culti vation of a farm near Cnthbert, Ga. On a.certain night one of his freedmen was seen by another to abstraot a quantity of oorn from bis crib thraugh an aperture which bad been bored in the floor. He reported tbe theft, bnt tbe acoused party stoutly denied the statement. There was no other alternative bnt to carry all bands before tbe Burean Agent and let him decide the case. This was done—-the proprietor attending in person, with his ten colored employes. After hearing the evidence, this Federal dignitary inquired ‘how much corn had been stolen?’' Toe answer was, "About tbree bushels.” "Then,” said he, "I fine each laborer ten dollars, whioh you can collect and pay to me, after deducting the valne of yonr corn.” The result was, that^we told the farm hands to “go and sin no more.” The idea of eesiog the innocent, as well as the guilty, mnloted to tbe tone of 8100 for the benefit cf thiB so-ealled officer of justice waa more than we could bear. This is hut one cose ia ten thousand. Then, after the freedmen, through their Industry and the liberal contracts made with their employers, had aocumulatid millions in the National Freedmen’s Saving Bank, (he whole was scooped up by their Northern Badioal saviors. All the property acquired by onr col ored citiz3ns is the result of their deal ings with their old friends and former owners, the landholders of the country, They hare sold or leased them homes on the most favorable terme; they give them, when working on shares, one-half or a third of the net profits, often for* nishing besides the stock and equipment of the farm; they pay them for standing wages more money than the peasantry of any nation on the globe receive; and moreover the freedmen enjoy equal rights in the courts and are the recipients also of numerons favors and kindnesses from the superior race. Hence the falsity of Mr. George T. Downing's assertions. The other lying statement we shall notice Is that of the Bev (I) W. F. Dicker- son, who raid, "that hs was recently in Georgia, and he eonld say from aotnal observation that the old oppressor was seeking again to bind the chains npon the wrists of the black man.” Scorning to plead to such a charge, we are not afraid to pat npon tbe Usnd the best oolored men of the State, and abide the answers they shall make. Snob men as But. Green MoArtby, Bev. Mr. Gaines, Bev. Hr. MoCurdy,; Mr. Jeff Long, ex« Postmaster Belcher and a hundred others that oould be named. Again, any who witnessed the Mayor* ally eleotion In Maoon or the Congres sional contests in the Seventh and Ninth districts, are competent witnesses aa to whether or not the colored man is "op pressed” in Georgia. Such stuff as Dickerson utters, albeit intended for partisan political purposes, will deceive no one. Our oolored friends hare tried the experiment already, of changing their oomfortable homes for Arkansas and the Mississippi bottoms, and almost ia every instsnee have either periahed or begged their way baok again, m some cases on foot. The fine publio sohool system ot Geor gia, her genial climate, and the friendly spirit of her people, will always furnish the best possible reasons for onr oolored citizens to remain where they are, while the returns of their taxable property ■hew whether or not they are prospering. KNIGHTS OF HONOR. Meeting of tbe Gran* Ledge of the ■tale—Speeches of Welcome—Pro ceedings—Banquet Last Might. Yesterday morning, in (he very hand some lodge rooms of the Emmett Lodge or the Order of the Haights of Honor, tke Grand Lodge of the State convened. The usual ceremonies, the enrollment of the names of delegatee took place, when the formal speech of welcome to the visiting brethren was pronounced by Dr. J. Emmett Blackshear in the follow ing fitting terms: * Grand Dictator and Brethren all of the Grand Zodge,K ofH hf Ga.:—On bebalf of Emmett Lodge, No. 250, the grateful duty has been assigned me to express the gratification we feel at having you with us, and to convey to you the heart felt desire that you may derive pleaaure and allot ns profit from this tbe fouith annual session of your Grand Body. Although indebted to the Supreme Lodge for our birth as a Lodge, we are youra by adoption; and we are indeed prond to acknowledge our allegianoe, and to declare our filial devotion to a body so eminently honored in every respect as the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Honor ot the State ot Georgia. We feel, there fore,that we are enjoying a distinguished feast—a privilege indeed, that we have long coveted—in this visitation of onr ffcenign mother,” who has so long watched over as with parental care and tenderness; and, happy to have it in oar power to evince onr high appreciation of the benefits and privileges we have en joyed under an administration so just, equitable and benign, we throw open to you the doors of our Lodge, snd wider still, the doors of our ^hearts and greet you with a cordial welcome. No selfish or mercenary object has brought you together on this occasion. You are here not for motives of personal aggrandizement, not to gratify sor did ambition, nor, in a vainglorious effort to win the applause of your fellow-men, bnt yon have oome simply in willing response to duty’s call, led by the gentle band of Sweet Charity, celestial maid. 'Whole Godlike minion ii to aid The needy ; succor to bestow OnlUfferiDBmortal* here below; To pluck tromaorrow’a wound tbe sting Ana from, the bitter depths ot woe To lift the crashed and bleeding heart; The balm ot tweet oontent to bring, Sia hope return, and gloom depart. Aye, in thl* work, at her command. Foremost the Knights of Honor stand. The tender ivy borne up by the giant oak entwined its tendrilB around tbe spreading brsnahes of the .noble tree, to beoome its obief attraction, its most strik ing ornamentation ; bntwhen that mon arch of the forest is nprooted by tbe storm,, or shivered by the lightning’s stroke, tbe clinging vine, for want of support, falls to the earth, to be trodden under foot of man. Io like manner, wo man, supported by the strong arm of man, softens and refines his nature, and fitB him, sb he oonld in no other way be fitted, for the duties and amenities otlife; but when that strong arm is palsied in death, the loving and tender wife, buffe ted by the rongh waves of a cold and sslflsh world, for want of a supporting baud too often falls under the weight of penary and want, despondecoy and gloom never to rise to her proper sphere more To provide for the etrioken widow— the tender vine bereft of it* natural support, to comfort her and her sorrowing offspring in the heur of dis tress, and to furnish them with substan tial protection against suffering and want, ia the noble work in which you and we, as Knights of Honor, are engaged. The sums that have been annually expended in this noble chanty einoe the organization of the Hnighta of Honor in 1873, amounting in the aggregate to 81,410.000, is an imperishable monument to the beneficence of the order to whioh we can point with profound satisfaction and pleasure, and the heart of each mem ber should feel a thrill of sincere gratifi cation in knowing that he has been in part instrumental in the good that has been thus accomplished; and could we know the amount of suffering that has been thereby averted, the gratntide that has welled up from bereaved hearts and tbe blessings in response to benefits re ceived that have fallen from lipa tremu lous with tender and heartfelt emotion, we could well imagine that the angel of mercy, iu the plentitude of her joy at this munificent contribution to the relief of suffering humanity, had borne the glad tidings to the spiritual hosts, and thatin heaven there has been rejoicingover tbe goed that had cn earth, bo quietly and unostentatiously, been accomplished through our beloved order. And when we think of the ordeal through whioh the order has in tho laBt year passed and passed unscathed, an ordeal, indeed, snob as no organization of a similar char acter has ever before been subjected to and survived, wetl may we say the suc cess of tbe Knights ot Honoris secured beyond question, aud that the Order is now npon a bsais that will render it a per manent beneiioiary institution of onr land and country. Bnt I must not longer trespass on yonr time. Again, brethren, I wsloome yon here, and trnst yonr brief sojonxn with us may prove mutually agreeable add profit able, and that your deliberations may re dound to tbe interest of humanity, and the advancement of our beloved Order. Ssspocse was made by the Grand Dic tator of ths Order, Mr. S. H. Shepard, of Augusta, who spoke as follows: Brother J. Emmett Blackshear and Brother Knights cf Emmett Lodge No, 260: This cordial, open-hearted, free-banded welcome you have tendered the Grand Lodge of Georgia meet3 with a response in onr hearts that seems elaost a sacri lege for us to attempt to utter in words. The glad hearty shake of the hand, add the cheerful words of pleasure at meeting us, and words of encouragement ia cur duties that have been extended to us since we arrived in your city, wsb all that any of ua would have thought nec essary to assare as of the pleasure you felt in having ms with you, but when yon add to these thi* hearty welcome in words so aptly and beautifully spoken, and tender for our mse a room so magnifioent, whose every appur tenance, every adornment speaks of au elegant, refined and thoroughly ap propriate taste, then has your welcome of us surpassed our anility to express our appreciation of it Coming, ae we do, from all parts of the State, strangers in name to you, we find, almost before cur feet have trod your soil, that wo are with friends, net strangers, i that the mystic tie that binds us knows not the boundaries of cities, towns, or even States, bnt rather that the knowledge of our being Hnigbts, Hnighta of Honor, openB your heatts and your arms, and without knowledge of name, parentage or nation, yon take us to your hearts with all the deep and impres sible meaning of the term as brothers. For this greeting—for this welcome, I, in the name of the Grand Lodge of Geor gia, Haights of Honor, thank you, and at ths tame time assure you that this time, this scene, these faces, Bhall not soon be forgotten by na who have been thus privileged. Our body having assembled here for the purpose of performing the duties re quired of it oan the better perform the same when we are thus surrounded with so many comforts ae you have provided for us, and the only impediment that oan possibly present itself is that we may perhaps feel that these surroundings are too fine, too costly for our use, but as you have freely tenderrd, we freely ac cept, and may the acts ofourb'dyiu this hall speak as highly ot the ability and conservatism ef its members as doss this handsome ball speak of the prosper ity, love for the Order and exoelleat taste of tbe membership of Emmett Lodge No. 250. £}What the work of a Haight is, has 'ust been beautifully illustrated by Bro. l.ckabear by the oak and the ivy, sad to It lean only add, with his permission, that when the ivy is deprived of it* sup port, the Btately oak fallen to the ground and itself crashed and mangled beacath the feet of the careless and nnthinMag, it may, with the help of the merciful and hind, be aided, until new life, new aspi rations, show themselves, and tbe ivy, deprived by nature’e commands of the oak that has for years supported it and that it has for years adorned, :ma; seek a new protector, a new support, and with all its former beanty adorn the new ae completely as it was its glory to adorn the old. This metaphor, brother Hnigbts, may not be a* pleasant to you whec you put the wife for the ivy aud the Hnight for the oak, as that presented by Bro. Blackshear, but that it ie possible you must admit, and we, aa Haights, may often, with our 82.GCO death benefit, act the kind and merciful, and help the buried vine to find a strong and nnvined oak. At the conclusion of the speeches, the members of Emmett Ledge retired, and the Grand Lodge entered upon its duties* The day was consumed with prelimina ries, the reports of officers and the ap pointment of committees. The annual eleotion of offioers will take place to-day. The attendance » wmsrmlly large, and the greatest interest is manifested in the body. It is one of the finest looking and moat efficient bod ies of men whioh has ever assembled in Macon. The utmost good feeling pre vailed throughout the meeting. The Lodge wll be inseeaion to-day. THI BINQUIT. Last evening at the Lanier Honse a very handsome banquetwas tendered the visit ors by tbe knights of this city. The table was spread in the din ing ball of the Lanier House, and waa ladaaed with everything the most caprioions taste could exact, be sides the latest fruits of the season. The arrangement was perfect, and the supply bountiful to the laat extent. After sup per the speaking began. The following was the list of toasts and the responses; The Grand Lodge ot the Hnighta of Honor of the State of Georgia. Besponse by Hr. S. H. Shepard, Grand Diotator of the State. This duty waa deputed to and well performed by Major W. F. Slaton, of Atlanta. The Supreme Lodge. Besponse by Mr. O. T. Bogere, of Covington. Hnighta of Honor of Massachusetts. Bsspouse by Mr. Gammett, of Boston, who made a unique, humorous and excel lent sueeoh, whioh was frequently ap plauded. The next toast was "The City of Ma con extend* a cordial weloome to the Grand Lodge of tbe Haights of Honor,” and waa responded to by Captain J. C. Butherford, of this citv, m a brilliant speech. The sentiment, "To all absent Hnighta aud their families,” waa replied to by Mr. M. M. Hill, of Augusta, in a happy effort. "Woman” found a champion Hnight ih Dr. B. B. Nisbet, of Eatonton, and •*Man” a gallant advocate in Mr. H. M. Beed, of Palmetto. The toast to "Geor gia” was eloquently responded to by Col onel Thomas Hardeman, Jr. Mr. D. B. Woodruff, Supreme Chan cellor of the world, responded to the toast, to the Hnights of Fythia^in a clear and good speech. "Freemasonry, the mother of all secret ascieties,” found an eloquent advocate in Dr. J. E. Blackshear. The sentiment offered to the press waa answered by Mr. John T. Boifnellett, Jr., who spoke in a happy and spirited style, and Mr. J. H. Jones. Several other knights were called on and responded, and until one o’clock the mu- sic of popping champagne corks waa like picket firing all over the hall, and the lights went dowu on a complete success. EFFECTS OF THE BAIN. Breaks on the Ballroads—Oamace to the Streets, Bride**, Etc.—Damage to Crops. The recent rains have been general throughout Middle and Southern Georgia, and the fall of water has been almost un precedented. The damage to the planted crons has been immense, and the farmers who have been heard from report that replanting will be necessary in many fields, especially those on hill sides, or places exposed to the ac tion of tanning water. The railroads throughout this portion of the State have {also suffered by the heavy rise in the water courses crossed by their rails. Trains running into the city were somewhat irregular and uncer tain yesterday. A break occurred on the Macon and Augusta road about twelve miles from the city.. The damage, however, was alight and was repaired promptly, ne cessitating a delay of about twenty-five minntee. The night passenger went ont on time. On the Atlanta division ot the Centra! road a break from the pressure of water on a sewer near Barnesville, oooorred just after the day passenger train from this city bad pss3ed np. Beth up and down way freights were delayed. The gap was, however, repaired by abont half-past three o’dook, letting the delayed trains pass, and allowing the regular passenger to retch the eity on tohednle time last evening. A break from water baa seldom ever occurred on this line of road, aa no stream two inches in depth is crossed from Maoon to Atlanta. On the Savan nah division, a small bridge was washed away near No. 16. The day passenger train that left Macon for Savannah at seven e’olock yesterday morning was at Ust aceounts delayed at the break at half-put eight o’clock yesterday evening. No train from Savannah reash ed the city yesterday. The authorities are very aotive in their efforts to repair the damages, and by to-day it is thought all traces cf the break will have been ef faced. The night passenger left Ust evening on sohednle time. A break ia also reported on the South- western road. Below Fort Valley, en the Columbus line, a water gap was washed out; and the train for Columbus, which went out at 9 o’clock, was still at Fort Valley, at last accounts yesterday after-. neon, unable to pass. Boad hands hsTe been sent to the scene, and repairs will probably be completed this morning. The line from Maoon to Eufaule is in- t&ot and no damage is anticipated. Ia the eity the damage to the streets is very great. Gullies have been washed on the streets and sidewalk* furrowed generally. Oa Magnolia street the terracing around the new residence or Mr. Bd. Hugo en in has been considerably washed and tbe foundation of the fencing undermined, dbtfaor damages about tbe oily to tbe streets alone are estimated at from 81,000 to81,50G. ’ Theacsuu Purer. The preparations for tbe reunion party have been nearly completed, and' it will be one of tbe moet largely attended en tertainments that has occurred in the oity in a long time. Many tickets have been sold. ' No. 4. iSsj ii' Mechanic Fire Uompany No. 4 uill celebrate their anniversary by a basket picnic at Adams’ Park on the 7th of May. No. 4 always has a very enjoyable picnic and this year’s will not fill behind the Others. Union Teachers’ Besting. The officers and teachers of the First Baptist and Mulberry Street Methodist Sunday Schools will hold a uuion teach- ^ era’ meeting to-night at 8 o’clock at the residence of Mr. Charles B. Ellis, on Cherry street. Tke Light. ' The Light, the monthly publication devoted to the interests of the Hebrew Young Men’s Association, is sgain before us. It is very readable, and is popular with all the friends of the association. May its "light" long shine. First Street Church Meetings, The special services at the First Street Methodist Chnrcb, though greatly inter fered with by bad weather, continue to increase in interest. There have been several accessions already, and much seriousness prevails. The meetings will continue nightly during this week, and afterwards be held morning and evening. The indications point to a general awsk- ming in the congregation. Brevities. The Southern Express Company has two new substantial and handsome wag. one, which tbe manager is the Maoon office has just added to the rolling stook of the company in this place. Adams’ Park will bo the popular place for pioaios this season. The place haa beennioey fitted np with eottsges, a danolng platform, fenced in and made generally attractive. The Harmonic concert comes off tc- ntgtt Washed Away. The temporary bridge over Walnut creek, whioh has been doing duty for the past few weeks, while the handsome new iron Btraoinre is being completed, was washed away early yesterday morning, and travel is temporarily suspended ih that direction. It can be replaoed in a few hours. The new bridge will soon be opened to the pnbllo. The work is being rapidly pushed, and tbe oontraotora will be as prompt aa possible. TBE K1VEB, The Banks Oretflowed and the Water htm Rising. Yesterday evening the behavior of the river attracted considerable attention* The waters began to rise and coutinned to do eo, until laat evening they had left the banks and weie enoroachiug on the low lands along the shore. Quantities of drift wood oame floating down, and nu merous oralis flitted along the enrfaoe, gathering it in for sale and nse.. The rise last evening waa quite rapid, the stream rising at the rate ofeix inches to the hour. The thread of the current was very plainly marked and the speed of the stream was greatly accelerated. The bsst judges of the river opine that the highest point will be reached about ten o’clock this morning. BAIN FALL. Tke Heaviest lit Three Tears. The heaviest rain which has fallen in Macon in the last three years fell yester day morning between the hoars of three and six otelock. From Mr. J. M. Board- man, the veteran meteorologist of middle Georgia, we learn that the ac tual fall of rain waa three and five hundreths inches. The rainfall yes terday 1 morning, late in the day, would increase these figures to neatly fonr inchsB in twenty-four hours. This makes on each square foot of earth a fall of come 676 incheB of water. In a gallon there are 231 cubio inohes, making two and a half gallons fall to each square foot of earth. The amount to the acre may readily be computed. """ * a • a « ■ Bt. Paul’s Easter Picnic. The Episcopalians seem to be fated in regard to the Easter picnic. The heavy rains yesterday prevented a full turn-out of the children to go the Fork. Those in charge of the Christ Church school concluded to postpone again until Monday next, when the picnic will occur, if the day ia at all propitious. The little folks of St. Paul’s, however, no longer able to yield to the opposing •Iements, held their picnio at the Park. The attendance was unusually good con sidering the day. The halls were the moet popular places. About halt-past two a bountiful dinner was served, and aftdrwards games were played and an an imated indoor hunt after Easter eggs in dulged in. Ia charge of the table were some of the best housekeepers of the churoh and all did well from tbe stately matron to the ‘little maid,' whose gnoefnl offices were highly appreciated by all who were serv ed. Although the day was excessively un pleasant all seemed to enjoy the occasion. An Agi or Compstition.—In this day ot the world, competition is aotive in the extreme. But, ia the long inn, it is the best which wiza the prise of publio pref erence, in spite of the deceits which are used to bolster np weak artiolea. For this reason, Dooley’s Yeast Powder is recognised as the highest possible achievement in baking powder. Snakes M Idle DeMroyers The lose of life in India due to the ravages of venomous snakes ie almost incredible. Yet the disease whioh is as wily and deadiy as the deadliest India reptile, ia winding its coil around thous ands of people while the victims are un- oonacioos of its presenoe. It has long been a hobby with incompetent physi cians to assume that consumption is in curable after the formation of tubercles has begun; aud in every case they fail to effeot a cure—of oourae tubercles had be gun to foim and they were incurable. The record* of medical science disprove any saoh theory. Oe the contrary,! in case* of lung disease whioh had been oared end the patients lived forty sad fifty years in robust health, post mortem examinations showed Urge cicatrices (sears) where tbe tuherei— had been formed and removed- Tbi to- .-rcles are removed by absorption Iruo tbe blood. An efficient alterative, Dr. Fierce's GoUso Medioal Discovery most ba nsed to douse tbe blood of tbe sorofulons imparities. For tubercular oonaampUoa is oafr,* form of serofalov disease. Golden Mad- ieal Discovery la e sovereign remedy tor all forms of scrofulous disease, or kings evil, snob aa tumors, white ewsUtagg fever eosoe, sorofulons sore eyes, as •) for other M—flakd «Ua dtesaasa