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The Fe'egrapli and Messengei ilACON. GA . MAY 0. 1879. " THIS UhOEUlA fBKSS. Atlanta, celebrated memorial day in a manner befitting the beautiful capital of the noble State of Georgia. Thousand!, tcmed out to welcome the gallant and il- lastriona VirginiaD, who was the orator of the day, and the military diiplay was one of the grandest over witnessed in the State. General Lee’s oration was a aonl rnspiring effort. We quale a single pas sage describing one of the greatest of the hecatomb of Confederate leaders, who laid down their lives for the “lost cause." Once more the scene is changed and this time the measured tramp of phan tom cavalry is heard. Bo solid, so stiff, so spectral, as in column of fours, foot to foot, with cold hands clasping rigid sa bres, they tide noiselessly by. At their head proudly steps the splendid black horse or their leader, with arched neck and proud bearing, for he carries on hid baok the prince of cavaliers—the boldest and tbe bravest ol all the brave troopere. Notice the heavy Mexican spura that jingle upon the long ridmg-boots, tn«- French sabre swinging so quietly by his side, tbe “fighting jacket" buttoned ba.-k, the drooping bat and b.ack feather, the strong figure and big brown beard, tbe pieicing, laughing, blue eje—for before yon riles dashing E. B. Stuart, the com mander of the Confederate cavalry of tbe army of Northern Virginia. The soldier who rode aronnd McClellan's army on the Biehmond lines to blaze tbo way for Jackson. The man who went bsbsnd Pope at Catletts and who rode from Chamb:rabnrg, Pennsylvania, to Lees burg, Virginia, a distance or ninety miles in tbiity-six hours. Can I teb yon of bis behavior on tbe night at Fredericksburg, or at ChanoellorBville, where an eye witness asserts he could not getridof tbe idea that “Harry of Na varre” was present, except that Smart’s plume was black, for everywhere, like Navarre, ho was in front and the men followed ‘‘the feather,” and when riding at the head of, and in command of Jack son’s veterans, his ringing voice conld be heard high, bigb, above the thunder ot artillery and the ceaseless roar of mus ketry singing, “Old Joe Hooker mast some ont of the Wilderness." Shall I tell yon that he it was who, when on the Rappahannock, and they telegraphed his child—his darling little Flora—was dying, replied: “I shall have to leave my child in tne hands of God; my duty to my conotry requires me here.” I saw him for the last time at Yellow Tavern, eix miles from Biehmond, where wo were resisting Sheridan’s advanoe upon that city. It was after the fatal ballet bad sued upon its crael errand. He received it while displaying his accns tomed daring, for he was on the skirmish line firing his pistol at the rapidly ap proaching foe. As I hurriedly ro J e bv Lim, I heard him exclaim, as he sat reel ing in his saddle, supported on either eide by tbe troopers: “Go ahead, old fellow, I know you will do what is right" I had no tim’o to reply, be can. e my presence was required elsewhere, but those ringing tones are still sounding in my ears and constitute a precions legacy. They were the last orders J. E. B. Stuart ever gave—the last words he ever altered on a batih-field. He was placed in an ambulance, and npon the next day, in the city of Biehmond, having requested the attending minister to sing him 1 Bock of Ages deft for me. Let me hide myself >n thee,” and joining him in it with fast-failing powers, the great cavalry leader of the urmy of Virginia fnrled his battle-fiig forever; the angel of death quietly guided to realms of everlasting light him who was mere fiery upon the battle field than “Bnpert of the bloedy sword." He sleeps in beautiful Hollywood, at the capital of his own loved State by the eide of his darling Flora, and I earnestly pray his soldierly tamo will last as long as the omnipotent power of the Bock of Agee upon which hia faith was fixed. Beautiful and Appropriate. — The Saturday comber of the Augusta Evening News is illustrated by a fine cat of the Confederate monument in that city, and an excellent piotare of Msjor.General William Henry Talbot Walker, whoso status emmoants the apex of tbs mona ment. It tho publishes the beautiful ad dress of Major Gary, the orator of tbe day. Tns Chronicle and Sentinel annonnoes that tbe re-count of the votes cast for Or dinary in the late contested eleotion shows Ur. Walton to have obtained a plurality of 54* JUpon this being made known, Mr. Giaik, the contestant, telegraphed to Governor Colqnut at once that hit wonld contest no farther. So the straggle is at an end. Aid fob tub Waltsbb mo Suffebsss. Usv> J. B. Danwody has been in Ango la seeking contribution* to relieve the distress ot the homeless vlotims of the late cyclone (n Welierboxo. We trust his appeal was not made in ’vein. The Jxjuf Vahdxsbilt Scandal. — It will be remembered by onr readers that it was charged by the Qaitman Free Press that the millionaire Vanderbilt re cently insulted the peopls of Je«up by demanding that bis negro servant should Le admitted to ihe fins*. table with tbe other geests of tbe hotel. Mr. Vander bilt denies tbe charge In a letter to tbe Free Press, and that paper tays m reply : Your telegram denying the charge is a great relief to ns. A man representing so much capital is necessarily powerful, and we are glad to know that the subju gated and down-trodden South has re ceived no farther insult at your bands. I, in common with the masses of the South, sympathise with yon deeply on ncoount of your family connection with' this fellow “Allen," and, if not presum ing too rr.uch on ,bort acquaintance, ad vise you to give him tbe oold shoulder In tbe future. Bhsuli you ever psu over the A. & G. railroad, I cm authoiized by the lady I board with to invite you to stop and en joy—as yen doubtless would—her hospi tality for a few days. I will myself step down from the high position 1 occupy as the editor ol the best weekly in the Biate and go “possum bunting” with you. You eball be welcome in Qaitman, and £ have no doubt you will be convinced that this is the garden spot of the world, and that oar people are the cleveresv. Your*,very respectfully, a. P, Perham, , Editor Qaitman Free Press F. S —Wouldn’t yon like to snbsciioe for the Free Press ? The newsiest, spi ciest and most independent paper on the catalogue. Only one dollar per annum— in advance. We “bet” there will be no more corres pondence between them. N. B.—The “Allen” re'erred to was Allen Vanderbilt, a relative of William, who, it ssame, was the offender.—Ed. Txlxobafh. Mewobial Day was celebrated with moon spirit in Savannib. There are 7E0 Confederate scldiers interred in Laurel Grove Cemetery. The Savannah Recor- der gives a long list of the sainted dead whose graves were gailandad with flowers. We extract as follows: The grave cf Lieutenant Fred. Haber sham was tastefully arranged. An old army flag was grtocfully folded over the tombstone, tbe body of the grave being handsomely deoorated with flowers in the shape of fUgi,—crosses, aoehors and oth er emblems in profusion. General Francis 8. Bartow, of the old Eighth Grorgia Regiment, one of the he roes of the first Manassas, who, whan dy ing, said, “Don’t give np the fight, toys," bears the evidence of gentle aoo uffeoUvnate remeaibranoe—tbe grave be ing literally oovered with nature’s choices: flower*. Tax Fa;tut Conra&IIo& coy lilting at Colourin', h»s designated SavaxUa^Jss tb- nex^face of meeting. Ths colored Baptists of Gerrgla have ia the EOck bow purchased a let in Atlanta andABlUboxt- J * . jMk j .. at begin tbe erection of a fine college | firing siK-hots^at him. buildiog. * *“ Neab four columns ot the Savannah Fetes are devot'd tb bo aoooont of tbe dt- aminatioiis in fifty-seven class-rooms of tbe foriy-two pntlic s:hoole of the city. Vtrily. onr Savannah friends deserve great credit for the intereet they take id training ihe popular mind In Mr. W H. Baker they have a superintendent who i-t tbe <qu«1 of any other similar official in the Union. Not Easily Sxt Back,—Qaitman Re porter: Doting tbe Conference a waggish fel low was among the guests at »certain house in town, when at dinner the word was given by tbe gtn’lemen of the house, “Now, gentlemen, you must all help yourselves " Wag at once laid seige to a large pudding tbat was near by, and wr.s going into is right lively when a neighbor at hia elbo-, who also had a great deal of respect for paddings, whis pered into his ear tbat he was devouring the dessert. Wag wittingly replied in a low whisper, “I don’t care, I wonld eat it if it was a wudernesa." Malt farmer* in Randolph are re planting ibeir cotton siaoe the late heavy rain siorm. Bic-nop Gaos* —This popular Catbolio pn-li r, we learn from tbe Ombbert Ap peal, wili led are in Powell Hall on May 6 b. ; In Cmhbert 6.20 inches ot rain fell in out> weik recently. Our contemporary to* Appeal, is mistaken in placing the nsii&l r»m fell for a year at only twelve incbPH. From fifty-two inches to fifty* eigi.t is considered a f*'r average per an* nmn. Sad KxroaTs—The Appeal says; Be- ports of rttuniges fiorn tbe heavy rain of Wednesday come in from every section. The u j cry to the agricultural interests of tbe county ia beyond the estimate of any our. Borne plications were almost rain ed. Again, we learn from the Fott Gaines department of the same paper, that from every section of the country wo hear re ports of tho heavy winds and rains. Mill dams and bridges have been destroyed, and farmB terribly washed. Wo heard a farmer say that he had corn knee high (hat. was buried under ground a foot deep. '' ^ A Eadioal in Luce.—Bainbrldge Democrat: Hon. R. H. Whitely, late.M' C., ttom tbe Second district of Georgia, is making a fortuno in Colorado. His cash law practice foots np over $500 per month. Wit h they wonld all emigrate and see if they can’t do as well. U. S, MailUndsb Water —Democrat: Tbe mail rider from Colquitt to this place got into a slough of water coming down laGt week, and came near being drowned. Ha lo6t one mail sack which bas 8ioco been recovered. Thz Democrat,like tbe trne organ cf its city and seeiion tbat it is, is earnestly cilling upon all the people of Decatur and tbe surrounding counties to attend their county fair. We trust they will respond by thousands and reward brother Bussell for bie liber and pains. That Pabis Lzcthbb —Bainbridjjo Democrat: Captain John C. Rutherford baa consented to deliver bis great lec ture on Paris to the people of Bainbridge on Tuesday, the first week of May court. From all tbat we can gather this lectnre is one of the beat things given to the public for many a day; and we are de- lighred to have an opportunity of hearing it in our own town. . The A. & G. Bailboad. — Albany Advertiser: The damage dene by last week’- beavy rain to tba Atiaatio and Golf Biiirotd proved to bs more serious than was at first expected, and no trains have yet been able to pass over tbe en tire line. The regular schedules of pas senger trains were resumed on this end of tbe lias on Thursday, by transferring pu-sengers and bsggage in eeveral places where tbe track has not been repaired. The diimago is being repaired &3 rapidly as po.-eibly, and the way will be clear in a few dajs. The Grand -Iary of Dougherty county recommends that the Ordinary issue no more county licenses for the sale, of spirituous liquors. Toomes on PI3TOL3.—The Monroe Ad vertiser eaya General Toombs is the only mm m the State that we have heard of woo will oppose legislation to prevent the cirrying of concealed weapon?. He wants every man to carry one if he eo desires, to keep cowards from shooting bim in the back. The General’s theory is that the cowards will oirry weapons any- tow, and tbat good citizens should be al lowed the same pnvelege to protect them- eelves. He thinks that “when a man who threatens to whip yon finds ont that you have a derringer in your pocket, he wi.l come np smiling with a proposition to bnry tbe hatchet. Bach bullies make it convenient to go aronnd armed men and to exhibit their bravery to inoffensive non combatants.” Cowards, if they are armed, seldom trouble peacabte, quiet citizens. They don’t wait to ark if tbe quiet men are armsd; they usually know it best to let them alone anyway. Yea, buttraCTff&t'baver a convenient aw which will bring these same cowards o grief every time, they draw these con cealed weapons 1 Glad News Fa ok Monboe.—Advertiser Grccc'o.on Sat in-law, Mr. Wil last, shot hi* father- Castlia, nearCi Ike Mutual Mlelunran ce Com puny Tne small grain crop Of this aectiog; la' "'understood that at the late meet- exceedingly promising. A prominent planter says he never knew conditions moro favorable for. the wheat and the growing crop looks fine. The prospect for a good yield of oats is very good. The cold weather of the winter thinDed the growing oats a great deal but in spite of tbat the crop will be more than an aver age one if Jno accident (happens. The acreage of wheat and oats is largo and this county will be abundantly supplied. The wheat crop of the county will be suf ficient, doubtless, to furnish a supply of bread for the entire people of the county, while the oat eiop will save the farmers many a bushel of corn. Ik the same connection onr Forsyte contemporary Bays: There are perhaps twenty mills in the cannty, and they shonld be able to control the wheat crop. When the farmers prefer to sell their wjeat to merchants to be shipped to mills ia other States, or ocher sections of this State, and then buy the flour for home consumption from the etores, the inference would seem to be that our county mills do not turn cat good floor But such ia not the ca3e. A citizen of our town remarked last week that he saved his last year’s wheat, and was sending it to HcCowan’a mill and get ting excellent flonr. Other mills io the oounty can do as well, and if w- were asked the reason why the wheat is not saved for home consumption, n wan’d answer; first, that our people be came so accustomed to buying their sup plies from the stores when the ail cotton mania was prevailing, that they hive not yet accommodated themselves to the new order of things, that is looking to their farme for supplies of food. Another reason is, and this is the main one, that the mill owners do not exhibit much enterprise in conducting their business. They employ millers, and grind “for the i oil’’ the grain that is brought them, and hen they step. If the Marietta mill? can buy wheat in Forsyth, pay freight) on it to that point, convert it into flour, pay freight on the floor back to Forsyth, and then sell it at a profir, why cancot our mill-owners make it into flour at a profit, being able to nxve freight both ways to begin with. • The above remarks are certainly time ly and shonld set our country millers to thinking. We have seen aa good flonr tamed out from a water milt in Stewart county as the moat fastidious housekeeper could desire. ® > • ' Pbobabli MtntDxa.—Mr. James E. f ^ difficulty grew out'djfV dispute concerning a land trade. Qrooch, after perpetrating the foul deed, coolly mounted his horse and tcld eomejoie In Calloden to send a doc tor to Mr. Castlia as he needed him. Castiir is in a cnticil condition, and his assailant has fl*d. Grooch had married the daughterof'p^ptlta, fhth^it fcerjia-' rents conaenr. We condensethe above from the Monroe Advertiser. Sap —The Newnan Herald reports tbe death on Wednesday list of Miss Mlnnia Alexander, a young and promising lady who died at her mothei’s residence. The funeral services were held at the Presby terian church by tbe pastor, Bar. James Stacy, DD. The Gbasd Jubt.—Lsnrena county says it is a source of deep regret that we find tbe law in reference to osriying con cealed weapons has been grossly violated, and we fear this evil praetioe is on the increase in one county, and we hope tbat all good oitissne will use tneir best efforts in sappreB8ing this crime. Dbowned.—Dublin Gazette: At Black- shear’s Ferry, on tho afternoon of iaet Saturday, while two men were raising the ferry chain, which hnd been let down for tho Colville to p&bb down, a person from tbe oppoaite side called for a bateau. George* Parkp, colored, assistant ferry man, started across for the pedestrian, and just as he reached the middle of the river and was directly nnder tbe chain it broke, .upsettiDg tbe bateau, and it is thought struck and disabled Parke, as be made no effort to . swim. George Fordbam, colored, seeing Ins danger, boldly plunged Into the swollen river to save the drowning men, but failed, and wonld hare been drowned himself had be not been picked np by two negroeB who were paddling a bateau in the swamp below. Parks at the present writing (Thursday) is still in tbe river, CcOEBAN ElilNG FboK ITS AfHIS.— The Gazette saye: We learn that the Arm of Maas A Bto. are now having ereoted a new brick store, 40x100 feet, and in con nection with wbioh will be a brick ware house—the homes destroyed were of wood. Thera will bo other improvements which will add mnoh to the appearance of our sister town. Cox in Ocukt.—Atlanta Post: The case of Cspt. Ed. Cox, who Is nnder arrest on charge of tbe murder of Cot. Bobert A. Alston, waa called before the Bnperior Court this morning. The appearance of Cox in public was a snbjeot of intense pnblio interest, and the oonrt-room wbb crowded with a mars of people, jostling and straining to catch a eight of the prisoner. Capt. Cox’s appearance was changed in some respeots from what it was of old. He is, perhaps, just a trifle paler and thinner than when we saw him lest. He weara a muetaane and chin whiskers, ont low enough npon the,cheek to show a long, ugly looking soar running parallel with his teeth, and mart iag the path of tho balL His bearing before the gazing crowd was oalm and self-possessed. He was attended ift coart by bis wife and daughters. After a few explanations by lawyers, the Judge postponed tbe cate nnttl to-morrow morning, when bis trial will be begun. Encourage Hohb Ikdkstst.—Upson Enterprise: We were shown some sam ples of silk made by Mr. Bloomer Beeves* wife and daughters that are as nice as any we ever saw. We are informed that those good ladies have thousands of silk worms a: work and manufacture silk annually. The color is a beautiful tint of bnff and will not fade. Mr. Beeves end his eon and sona-in-taw are noted for making nearly everything tboy.consnme at home. We commend their example to those who havo their smoke houses and corn cribs in Eist Tennessee. Tua Mining Pbo-pzot Good.—Dah- lonega Gazette: Gold mining is active. All the mines now running are doing well. The Findley, the two Pigeon Boost mills, and Cincinnati are doing unusually well. Our mines have not been eo active for a long while nor eo profitable. Glad to Hkab It.—The Signal says: The N. G. A. College though without a building. Is in better working order than ever beroie. The classes are heard in the two churches, the oounty academy, and a new home recently erected for tbe male primary and intermediate department. Plena and speoifioations are made out and a number of bids have been reoeived from contractors for the erection of the new college on the ruins of the old one. The lowest bidder will get it. Onr number of stndents for this sobolaatlo year, up to this time, is 317. This is eleven more than we have ever bad before. The peo ple of Georgia seem determined to stand by nv. The revival in Griffin, eays the Sun, at the Methodist ctorch is now in its ser enth week and there axe noAigns of weari ness on failing of interest in, or attend ance npon the meeting. From the pre sent outlook it would reem tnere is* no prospect of its closing for some time and great good is being daily accomplished. Near one hundred and forty persons have joined and the morning piayer-meetinge are as interesting as possible, while at the night services the altar is crowded daring the entiro week and daily addi tions aro made to the membership of the church. iDgofthe Trustees of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, of New York, the committee which has had the subject of retrenchment in expenses nndsr consid eration for the past two months, made a report in which important economies were recommended. The report is stated to have received the unanimous concur rence of the Board. The principal features of tbe recom mendations made by the committee re lated to a redaction In salaries, adver tising, printing, law, medical and other expenses. Ths pnrpose of tbe committee is rep resented to have beau, after fall consul tation with tho officers of the company, to bo adjust tbe economies proposed as not to impair in any way the oapaoity of tbe institution to oondnet its business in the most effeollve and raeoeeefnl manner. It i.s eaid th«t the cbief officers of tbe the Presden', ex- . i ,i rm—l : r—r EDITORIAL COB RBMPUl DENCE. Washisgton, April 21.1879. A BIG EPKICH ET A BIO MAN. Senator David Davis is nia “entitle,” and the words above written convey the simple truth. He is a big man, in cveiy sense of that word, and the Radicals showed by their looks and demeanor that they keenly felt that fact. It was not over thirty minntes long, but condensed in that space as mnch wisdom, thought and broad, liberal sentiment as has been beard in that or any other body in a long time. As an early and warm personal friend of Mr. Lincoln he referred to him, and declared that had Liacoln lived he wonld have been one of the first to de mand the removal of all the obnoxious and repressive legislation wbioh the Bad- ical patty had put npon the etatnte book nnder the plea of preserving tbe fruits of the war. These alluaioos to Lincoln seem ed to greatly disgust Biaino and that gang, whose eonr looks and pretended in difference showed only too plainly bow they were worried, bat they stirred the galleries into a burst of hearty applause. The attention paid the speaker was more-profound than I bare seen given any Senator who has spoken this seesioD, and his speech was tboronghly on tbe Democratic line in refrence to the army bilL It was a strong re-inforcemant to onr eide, and evidently gave great satis faction, and jodging from Edmonds ecowl, Blainfa’a frown, and Conklicg’i Sneer, it was correspondingly distasteful to the Badicals. During its delivery Blaine,o&tentutiously planted himself directly in front of the speaker and stared steadily m his face, while Conkling posed theatrically against the wait immediately in his rear. Other Bidical Senators were grouped in the neighborhood and gave the closest atten lion, but everyone of them conspicuously retrained from offering congratulations when the speaker closed. The Dime- crate, however, crowded aronnd him and their hearty band shakes and cordial words showed their keen appreciation cf the effort. Logan, as was to have been expected, tbrast his insolent tongue to tbe front while Jadge Davis wbb speak ing, bat was brushed aside with much tbe same good humored contempt a b'g Newfoundland would ehow in dealing with a yelping puppy. John will never learn any discretion it seem?. Judge Davis’ speeoh will do much good, and Immensely strengthen tbe Democratic position in respeot to tbe legislation un der discussion. It also, I think, settles tha question as to where the Judge will be found hereafter in the battle between the friends and enemies of constitutional government. THE DEBATE on the legislative bill in the Honss is decreed to end to-moriow. It has, however, so neaily “played” out al ready, that at tbe night session last night there were, at one time, only three members present besides tbe nod ding chairman. Bat the Btream of gab rolled on just as smoothly &3 though there had been a fall honse, end the per spiring orators’ constituents will imagine, as they feel tbe goose bumps rise in eoho ing response to his thrilling eloquence, that Hon3e and galleries were jam fall of applauding admirers. This is one of the staple humbng8 of Congress, but strange to eay, thousands never have fonnd it out, and never will. The irn.h is, that after two or three brainy men on eaoh side have disaeotod any question thorough ly in House or Senate, there is nothing left for tbe mob who follow to do exoept paw over and nose the carcass. That is pretty mnch it all amounts to. But what wonld the people or the Hon Jonadab Blowbard’s “deeatricl” think of him if he didn’t air his eioquenoe ? Why do they send him here, and what is he paid for, if not to tackle any and every question tbat oomesup, wbothorhe knows anything ot it or not? His rival, who snlks at home, watches him as a hungry spider does a fat and festive fly, and through tbe medium of tbe Rceord keeps oiosely on his track. Ho ho mn9t “go in/’ whether or no, or tbe “deestriot” will be set np “agin" him as an unfaithfal or in efficient servant. When you come to think this ovor the explanation of so mnch jaw on every conceivable snbjeot that can come np in Congress is at hand. A HAFFT KAN. I met him on the Avenue last Tuesday on his way to take the 5 p. m. train for the South He had a satchel in hia hand and a Treasury warrant for (72.000 in hispooket, whereof his ebare waa to be ten or fifteen per cent. Figure yourself in the eatne beautiful condition and be happy. The gentleman was Col. W. O. Tuggle, of LaGrange, who, as agent for the Sfate, has just captured that amount from John Sherman after a hard strug gle. You will recollect tbat I wrote you Col. T. would win the fight or make him self so deliciously diet*reeab!e to John Sherman, that the latter wonld almost wish himself dead. Well,, it seems be did the toimer, end accordingly the Treasury of Georgia is this much richer, i If there are many more old claims against onr Uncle, it occurs to me very emphati cally that Colonel Tuggle ia tbo min to attend to them. He haB in this matter certainly approved himself a most ener getic and indefatigable agent, and I have ieard tbat his argnment before the Treasury official to whom the matter -was referred was the snbjeot of high en comiums from tbat gentleman, A GOOD DILL. The House, by its praoticolly unani mous passage of the subsidiary bill re- ported by the coinage committee baa done the country a greatly needed ser vice. Probably you had its provisions by telegram, but I shall risk repetition, and give them here. Stated in few words, they provide for tbe redeinption at the Treasury and Assistant Treasuries of sub sidisry coin in sums of $20 and multi ples thereof; authorizes the reciprocal exchange at the Treasury of subsidiary coin in snmsof (20 and it3 multiples for legal tenders when presented; makes sub sidiary coin legal tender to the amount of $20, and provides that nickel and cop per coma shall be receivable for stamps at the pc8t-otUoes to the amonnt of S3. If the bill becomes a law, and that is pretty sure to be the caie, it will give great and much needed reiiaf to the trad ing oommnnity everywhere in whose hands, the small coinage is constantly ac cumulating. SENATORIAL STATISTICS. The Post this morning has some points under this head, which I proceed coclly to appropriate and present 03 the result they ehoutd participate in, any ssorifise- tbat might be^deemed advisable, in order to adjuBt tha sode of expenditure to meet any prospective diminution of income from the reduoed rate of premiums re cently adopted, or from the depressed condition of tbe money market in caus ing tbo rate of interest on investments to reoede below existing rates. As this company has, for many year?, computed its surplus npon a basis of au income of fonr per cent, from invest ments, it seems pretty well entrenched sb igiinst any further probable deoilne in the value of money, eo tbat the econo mies to be pnt in praetioe will rssnlt in sn augmentation of dividends to tbe poli cy-holder, in excess of what they wenid otherwise hsvebsen. A Beautiful Bong.—Tba latest pop- alar song, and one far better than the < v- erage sonea of the day, is "Somebody’s Coming When the Dewdrops Fall,” song and ohorus, by James C. Maoy. It is a perfect gem of melody, the ohorns being remarkably effective and pleasing. Al though timed only a few months it has reached a sale of over twenty thonsand copies, and it promisee to become one oi tho moat popular songs ever pnblisbe I. The title page is elegantly illustrated. Nj one In searoh of a really beautiful «oag should fall to send for “Somebody’a Com tog When the Dewdrops Fall,’' which can be obtained of any musio dealer, cr bj sending forty cents to the pablt-hets, Bkaina&d Bbothebb, 74 West F urh Steeet, Cincinnati, O., who will also null their extensive catalogue of music free cn application. SSfi V™,to’iSS - .-V v as to age: It appears that the venerable Hamlin bas that over all competitors, be ing the rise of three score and ten,andjbaa yet to bny his first overcoat. Bines i3 tbe junior Senator, being only thirty tight, Mon ill, cf Vermont,comes next to Han nibal being sixty-nine, and Governor Hoaaton, of Alabama, follows with aixty- eigbt as his score. Thnrman, Chandler and Kirkwood are alt the produot of A. D:, 1813. Wallace, Pendleton and Lo gan are not widowers, though they do not allow the directory to tell their ages. Seven Senators are natives of Ohio, and two of ihum-Voorheea McDonald—of the same county, Bailer. The otheis are Pendleton, Allison, Plnmb, Windom and Sharon, New York, Virginia and Kentucky are ail even with Ohio in the number of Senators wbo first aaw the light in those States. New York can boast of the prodnetion of Trll- r, Hill (Col ), Paddock, McPherson, Conkling. Kernan and Cameron (Wia ); Kentucky, of Walker, Call, Williams, Jocts, V-st, 8»undere and utaxey; and Virginia, of Fariey, Biuce, Thnrman, Coke, Johnston, Withers and Hereford, Tenues-ea and Maryland come next, with five each; Morgan, Houston, Ga; land, Bailey and Harris having been born in tb>* former State, and Davis (UL), Da vis (W. Va), Kirkwoid, Whyte and Gn> ui.*, in tbe Utter. Al’Ogetber, there me thn y four Senators who represent tii'ir mother State?. Senator Bock was hirn it* Scotland; Jonep, of Florida, in Ir i«nd; and Jmes, of Nsvads, in Eo- gland. Of lbs thirty Senators from the Soiilh (inolndiug Kellogg) fifteen were in tbe Confederate army, viz.: Morgan, Welker, Gordon, Williams, Jooas, Limir, Cook- roll, Ransom, Vance, Butler, Hampton, Harris, Maxey, Coke and Withers. Logan, Flomb and Burnside are the only ex-Union soldiers whom the North has sent to the Senate. Allison figured on the Governor’s staff and helped to rahe troops, and Hill, of Colorado, skip ped off to Europe. Kellogg claims to hive resigned a judgeship to fight for ths Union. Twenty-one of the present Republican Senators-held bomb-proof positions dar ing the war, ranging from seats in Con gress and on the bench down to seats in State' Legislatures. They are Booth, Platt, Allison, Kirkwood, Hamlin, Blaine, Dawes, Hoar, Furry, Chandler, Windom, McMillan, Paddock, Blunders, RolUnB, Bell, Conkling, Anthony, Edmunds, Mor rill and Cameioo, of Wisconsin. Sena tors Bntler and Hampton have only two legs between them, Burnside the finest woiskers and Logan has the loudest voice; but it is hard to tell whether be or Dawes or Te.lsr can dear tho galleries quickest when they get no to “address tho Sen ate.” * A. W. B. Washington, April 26,1879. CONKLINO’a DIG BLAST. I hare never eeen a bigger or more un mannerly crowd in the Senate gallants and on the floor than showed np last Thursday on the ocoasten of the above performance. It was a compliment tbat has beon paid to few men in that body, at least eince I have been here, and- testi fied not only to the strong hold the New York Senator has on his party’s heart but also on pnblio curiosity. It was each an audience as muBt have gratified even his enormons vanity, and tiek'ed even nis superb self-oonoeit. - It eeemed to make him visibly swell like a turkey cock, and almost imagined at times that I could see him getting ready to flap his arms, and strut, and gobble. He spoke for three hours but held his audience in close attention to the end.) I hardly think it can be questioned tbat he is one of the strongest and the most finished speakers in ths Sen ate. But what a partisan! There has not been in years a bitterer, bolder, more aggressive or insulting speeoh delivered in Congress. It breathed hate and van. geance, hot and remorseless, against the South and her people, stirred old memo ries and opened old sores, with a devilish defines?, and showed only too plainly tho hollow mookery of the professions of friendship for ourseotioD, eo glibly otter ed by bis party associates. It was just suoh a speeoh as Luotfer might bare made had be been here and a leader, as he undoubtedly would be—of tbe Bsdiosl party. It was, in a word, almost grand in i’B fierce scorn, rnthlesB ferocity and reokless mondaoity. Mr. Evans, the Shermans, and Gen. Devens were present, and seemed to drink it all in with marked delight, ex cept when he plastered Grant with praise and tho wed his approval of tbe third term soheme. Theee allusions to Grant and all others breathing special nnfriendli. ness to the South, were londly applauded. Blaine sat very near and gave bis enemy the closest attention, whiob, however, Conkling did not reoiprooate when Blslne a short time after jamped to his feet and began one of bis nsnal tirades. Several times in bis simulated heat be struok the back of OoDkling’s chair violently with his clinched hand, bat the latter remained seemingly nnconsolons of Jim’9 noise and bonnoo and quietly read bis letters. Conkling in bis speeoh, persistently assumed that Mr. Hayes wonld veto tbe bill end this assumption evidently gave great comfort to tno “stalwarts” who wore present from tho Honse .’and filled the lobbies of the Senate. Bat I no’.ioed thet Mr. Erarts and hia associates look ed rather grave, and did not appear to exactly relish the cool matter of faot style in wbioh ths Bubjeot was treated* What Mr. Hayo3 will do with tho bill re main to be seen, but there are very few people I can find or hear of this morning, who doubt he will veto it, and that right promptly. I have never believed taat hia backbone waa stiff enough to buck against a party demand eo nearly unani mous that he should take that course. It would be expecting too mnch. even of that stolid creature, Grant. What then, is the next question? Between yon and me, and in the strictest confidence, a back down by our side. I can tee no oth er conclusion except for them to extend the present bills until the next session. They can’t fight any more with the slightest hope of winning. Therefore they muBt do the next best thing, if there is any next best. THE HOUSE will, within the ntx: two hours, voto upon the legislative bill, on which debato bas boen ordered to close. It will cer tainly pass by a good majority, as the Greenbackers have announced their pnr- pos?, after making a point of opposition, of voting for it. The Radicals seem to have lost mush of their interest ia tbe fight against it, though they fired stump epeeobes against it to tbe last. A orea- ture named Keiffer, of Ohio, was one among the last ot these howlers, and de veloped about as mnch mean hate and cowardly ferocity aa I have ever seen on that side. He spoke yesterday for an hour, and made about the moat disgus tingly partisan and bratal assault npon tha South that can be imagined. The day was warm, and Keiffer worked him self into such a lather of perspiration and rage that I almost felt eorry for him. But then, he comes from a district tbat gives nearly 6.000 Radical majority, and consequently mast show himself phenomenally mean and malignant to keep himself solid with his constituent?. How the Honse will employ itself when this bill is out of the way, I can’t say. By introducing bills, I suppose, for that) seems au appetite which grows by what it feeds upon. A Congressman without a bill is an anomaily. Without this luxury he is a fish on dry land, a carpet-bagger with hiB hands tied, Con ger with a gag on, or any other illustra tion of utter wretchedness. Somehow, too, it eeeras to be Infectious, like the measles or whooping cough. Some mem- majority of cases they take it at last. And the other fellow at home, who ia waiting for hia time to come, ia respon sible tor most of it. Like the man in “Georgia Scenes” who was caught show< ing how he “could have fit,” the other fel- lo w’is going aronnd telling the sovereigns what he could and wonld do if they wonld send bim to Washington. I verily believe this is the causo of more foolish- ness in the matter of introducing bills than anything else. I haven’t examined the record lately, bnt my recollection is that the Georgia delegation has, or hid, np to the present session, as littlo or Iseb of this nonsense to answer for than any other in the House. By all means let it go to their credit. TALK OF A DUEL is floating nxonnd within the past twenty- four hours, the parties to wbioh are said to be D. W. J. Logan—Duly Work John, you snow—and Mr. William Lowe, Gre'nbscker from the HnnUvdle, (Ala ) diet list. I haven’t found anybody yet who, even in ccnsideration of tbu setting up of the drink?, will pre tend to much knowledge on the enfcjec, bPt that may be (imply m, by bad look. I know there maBtbe a galore ot knowing coves wbo could, “an’ they wonld,” del uge yon with information. The story goes that Lows has chsliengtd Logan for oallingblm (Lowe) a liar in aome Illinois paper, in respeot to a statement by Lowe tbat be had met Illinois men in the Con federate army, who hsd been persuaded to join that army by Logan. Lows ts credited as being a strlot believer in the eode, and with having sent Logan an in vitation to meet him ontsids the Distriot, and John is oredited with hav ing told Lowe’s messenger to “go to h—1,” with tho further informa tion that he had no apologies or retrac tions to make—that ho wouldn’t accept a challenge or fight a duel, but would de fend himself if attacked, and any man, who doubted it, could “pitch is.” Thus D. W. J. according to tha gossips. Lowe is said to bo in dead parnest, and may make it warm for D. W. J. Ha was in the Confederate army,and hia friends say, “was shot all over.” What richness if he wasto iisk Dirty\york. John! Bnt I opine tbat couldnot.b: done without a most edifying turs?l, for John has plenty of sand in his gizzird, although he - does babiuu.'iy aesarsisats She Baglish gram mar. ■ ^ . , * Al W. . Last Weik’s Uettoii Figures. The New York Chronicle reports the cotton receipts of the seven days end ing Friday evening, 25th instant, at 36,- 183 bales against 38.856 the correspond ing week of last year. -Total receipts from let September to last Friday, 4,294,- 724 bales, against 4.082.607 for the same period of the previous cotton year—snow ing a n«t increase of 218.117 bales. J i'he New York oouon exchange state ment of same date wa6 as follow?: Re ceipts of the week 36,418 bales arain-t 32,: 516same week lat-t year. Totals 4.282.011 against 4, 045,140" last year—showing a net increase of 236,871 bales. There is a ead want of correspondence between [these figure?. The Chronicle's interior port returns show 17,495 bik-s reoeived daring the week, against 12,780' for thn correspond ing week of Iasi ysai; 24,167 bales ship, ped against. 19,167 lssc year, and 87 294 bal?a in etook Friday flight, against 89. 142 last year. The Chronicle's visible supply table showed 2,202,113 baieBof cotton in sight last Friday night, against .2 530,173 last Friday a year ago—2,880,113 the year before - at. same date, and 2,920,530 at same date in 1876. These figures show a deoresae on the visible supply of last year of 828,060 bales, a decrease on the visible supply of 1877 at same date of 678,000 bales, and a deorease on the visi ble supply of 1876 of 718.417 bales. Cotton was quoted last Friday night in Liveipcol at 6§ -Last year at that date tlfaquotation was 515-16—in 1877, at same date, the quotation wee 5J, and in 1876 at samo da e Gj. All the Ttxae weatnertelegrams to the Chronicle were ont off by the heavy storms in that State. Three inohes and foartera hundredths of rain are reported in Shreveport, Louisiana, bnt no'rainfall is reported at any other point. Vrcksbnrg, Little Rook and Memphis till report good orop progress.. Vicksburg sayB her crops are two weeks in advance of last year. Memphis reports her ootton aoreage ma terially increased at the exponse of the gnano acreage. Angnsta says increased land has been devoted to ootton, and oorn, on aooonnt of late frosts will be short. No point makca any complaint about labor. Aa to tbe effect of tbe Exodus tho Chronicle speaks of it very lightly as fol lows: The Nbobo Exodus.—We oontinue to have inquiries with regard to the extent and effect of the movement of the freed men from the Mississippi Valley So Kan sas. The present position may be etaiel abont as follows: 1. Not to exceed a total of 7,000 per sons, men, women and children, measures up to this time the extent of this great exodns, as it is called. Furthermore, the force of it seems now to have spent itself. Many have returned with a stock of bitter experience as the result. There will be detachments goiog still, but, unless stim ulated by public meetings at the Norths in no considerable numbers. If we esti mate each person who has moved, chil dren and all, S3 capable of raising six bales of cotton, the total effect on the next crop, even on that supposition, would be only 42,000 bales. Evidently, there fore, its influence on this etaple is of no moment. : 2. Of course the poor blacks that are now starving in Kansas should be pro vided for. But no one can desire any farther movement in tbat direction who really eeekB their true interests. Kansas is certainly no place for them, ana great caro should be taken in helping those al ready there, lest it encourages other? to follow. They are a simple-minded folk, possessed of the idea that in some way the North will give them a fine homp, all toe mules they want, and then a crib to draw from. That they are fleeing from persecution no one who wilt study the facts will contend. Let ns bo careful, therefore, that while we relieve diatres we do not cause more of it 8ix bales per head to the riff-raffs now going to Ksnses is a heavy allowance. I. we should say that the seven thousand emigrants represented, at an outside mirk, four thousand hands, and then put these hands at sir bales apiece—in all twenty-four thousand bates—tbe esti mate wonld exceed the facts. A New York correspondent of the Chronicle thinks that Liverpool most yet advacos her figures in order to bring con sumption within the snooty. Veto Week. Mr. Hayes will have tea days to con, aider tbe knotty point whether he will out off the supplies of bis administration, in order to maintain military oontrol of his elections, and therefore need not send in his veto message this week. But we jndge be has made np his mind to the job, and will want to wash bis hands of it. A Now York Sun Washington dis pa'oh says on Friday : It is said to-night, upon the authority of one of Hayes’ confidential adviser?, that he will veto the army appropriation bill, and that the veto' message is already partly prepared. The principal objection whioh Hayes finds against the bill is that it limits his powers. The intention to co erce him, he thinks, was openly implied and specified, in the reoent debates in the House and the Senate pending the pas sage of the bill. No attempt will be made to defend the nse of troops at the polls. Hayes ia on record against military in terference with election?. He is simply too great a coward to reeist the demands of Republican Congressmen for a veto. Hayes has been plainly informed that if he approves either of the appropriation bills he will be left whero Andrew John son was in 1867, wlthontr a party behind him. The veto message will be sent to Congress early next week, probably on Tuesday or Wednesday. The probability of a veto wa3 indicated in the Honse this afternoon by Garfield. While the debato on the Legislative Ap- _ _ - propriation bill was in progress, it was bers eecapa for a loag time, bat id the announced that the Army bill had passed mavnwifw rtf oaooQ tVmw tatrn if. o.f. loaf • . • n. n mi _ c tbe Senate. There was a clapping of bands among the Democrats, bnt Garfield spoke np, saying significantly: “He laughs best who langhs last.” The Comptroller General of Georgia recently published a list of the insurance companies who have deposited the amonnt required by law in the Treasury of the State, for the partial security at leaat of the insured. This step was rendered imperatively necessary by the numerous failures of late years in life and fire insur ance companies,' which stripped onr victimized citizens, many of them of their all. If there could be any gnaranty that these insurance companies would in all instances do a eafo and legitimate busi ness, if especially in the case of the life insurance companies, the people were certain tbat by the reduction of stupendous scents commissions,’ the refusal to issne unsafe policies, etc., the insured could have adequate protection, then we should be opposed to the deposit required as calculated to benefit the stronger companies only, at tbe expense of tho>e who wield less capita), and the effect, therefore, is to increase the cost of every description of insurance. Bat the writer bimseir, and soores of others he could name, have beta awindied.by anch companies as the “St. Loots Mutual,” “the New York Universal,”ete .etc.,after paying ont hundreds of dollars in premi ums, and it is eminently expedient and neciaaary tbat those institutions wbo havo their hands in our pockets ehou’j be made togive some seonrity that they wil[ redeem their pledges. In, the absence of such guaranty the life insurance business would rapidly decline at the ckiutb. Again, this precaution is neceseary, be cause the laws of New York prevent insur ance companies from - investing their funds ontsido of tbe limits of the 8tate, txjept within a radius of fifty miles around New York City. So the Sootb which contributes c o much to tbe revenues cf these corpo rations are practically ruled ont from ell bent fit artiving from the loan of money on bond and mortgage in its own terri- to y. . - - — - Bo| some of the NcrtheiX papers art raising a regular howl over this law of Georgia whioh Illinois and other 8taUa Are about to adopt. Onr cnly answer is, it is far better io bs without any inenr- ance than to be fraudulently insured. A burnt child dreads the fire. Still tbe whole country does not contain n solita ry individual who is a stronger advocate cf lib and fire insurance than the writer. Our motto is, what is worth owning is worth insuring. But, then, let us have some practical assnraace that we are in sured bona fide. And farther, 1st the officers of these fraudulent life companies be brought to justice if there is Iav tn the land. •i XoO«r Advertlsieg Patwu. We earnestly request that you will not seek to insert notices of your various avocations, arrivals of new goods, etc., etc., in our. local Columns. These columns are essentially editorial, and m no case hereafter cm the proprietors of the 1 Telegraph consent to have them tnanipu. Hted or controlled by any save the edit torial staff. Of course every ad vertisement upon its first insertion is accorded a notise in the local and sometimes in the regular editorial columns on the second page, bnt they must either be written in full or go in under the imprimatur and endorsed by one of the editors of the paper. Subsequent meution of the same busi ness may be composed by the advertisers themselves, but must invariably appear as “business notices,” which, in truth, they are. ThU rule all will perceive at a glance isneceeeary to preserve the in tegrity and individuality of our columns. Were it relaxed, the local editorials of our journal would be nothing more than a mere me lange and ventilation of everything that any advertisers saw fit to write concern ing himself or his private business. This cannot be permitted. These remarks axe rendered necessary by the insertion, unwittingly, of sundry notioes editorially which were not editorial. If out patrons but knew it,too,the col umn devoted to business notices is as much eoanned aa any other. Nor does the insertion there of any item prevent additional notice editorially, if the object be deserving, and the adver tiser is willing to pay for it. Bat itmnst bs a matter of editorial discretion and emanats from an editorial source. The good oid mother country, with all her great wealth, stable government, merchant marino, and an empire npon which tho sun does not set, we regret to see, is in a decidodly bad way. The rea son, v;o suppose, is because so very large a proportion of her capital is invested in manufactures and shipping, and the late wars, and consequent depression of trade throughout obrhtendom, fall more heav ily npon her than cn these countries whose interests are more diversified. Bot, as stated in a recent editorial, we trust and bclieva she will eventually pull through. America is, and onght to be, more closely allied in interest and affec tion to our British cousins than to any nation on tha globe. The London Times, in a late iaene, makes tho following gloomy declarator: “With few exceptions, prices are still falling foster-than quantities, or falling n epite of an inoresee m qnantitie?, and there conld bo no snrer sign tbsn tbat of a depression not yet over. Iron and steel, f or example, show an increase of twenty.fi> e per oent. in the quantity ex ported Iss: month, bnt tbe increBBe in value has been lees than four per oent. and the filling off in the value of the cotton pteoa goods expcited has been doable that of tha quantity. Notwith- stand tbe very low prices of raw materi als. there is little or no sign tbat a more aotive demand for them is springing np. On the contrary, the demand would ap pear in most oases to be falling off more rapidiy than ever, and almost tbe only articles whioh maintain or exceed tbe lev el of a year -go are articles of consnmp- tiso, suoh as baoon, batter, cheese, rai sins, rice, and sugar.” The Americans lead ihe world in every thing and especially in foBt eating; this has made Dyspepsia onr national disease, though now under perfect control by the use of Dr. Bali’s Baltimore Fills. Sold everywhere, Pri?? 25 cent?. Touching AfeinitrJiS. At the annual meeting of the Augusta Confederate Survivors* Association, the President, Colonel C. C. Jones, Jr., in the course of an admirable address, said: ' While there are still in the community those who, of a right, should associate themselves with us, and whom, as Con federate survivors, wa will gladly wel come to the companionship of our society, there is no rising generation whence we can gather recruits. Our right to mem. berehip in this organization was begotten ia the past, is born of a bond which can never bo renewed, and sinks into the grave with each one of us. We transmit our principles, we inoulcate onr faith, we bequeath our hopes, bnt that proud distinction, that grand faot, I was a soldier in the armies of the Southern Confederacy, cannot be Usueh milted. A precions thought and a proud consolation while we live, it can only be mentioned in onr praiee when we are gone. There are none to take onr plaoes when tho generation tbat fallowed Las and Jackson and their oompeers shall have crowed the dark river, and, with them, fonnd rest beneath the evergreen trees which beautify the farther shore. When Wilkie was in tbe Escurisl studying those famous pictures which have so long challenged the admiration of all lovers of art, an old Jexonymite said to him: “I have sit daily in sight of those paintings for nearly four- score years; during that time all who were older than myself have passed away. My contemporaries are gone, and many younger than myself are in their graves; and yet the figures npon those canvasses remain unchanged. I look at them nntil I sometimes think they are the realities and we bnt the shadows.”* The experience of thia old Jeronytnife is in store for the longest liver of us. The battle scenes which the heroes, of ctir war have painted - , the memories which Conf«derhto i VAlotf loyalty and en durance have bequeathed, the h;ly recol lections which the pious labors, saintly ministration?, and more than Spartan in. spiiations of the Women of our revolution have embalmed, will dignify for all time the annals of the civilized world. Bat wo —the shadows—will pass away. For the stoutest of us there is but the epaa cf little life; and then, in the generous bo som of this, onr mother land, for whose salvation we fought, we will sleep that long and peaceful sleep whioh knows no waking nntil the elements shall melt with fervent heat Brethren, in the nature of things the duration of this, our cherished Associa tion, is short, Knit by tne particulir tie which binds us eo closely together, let us bo faithful to each other, loyal to our or ganization, devoted to th9 traditions and the impulses of a Oonferate past, and ob servant of all that i3 just,*pure, and of good report. CONSUMPTION CURED. An old physician, retire 1 from practice, bar. ing had placed tn hia hands byanKast India rmulcmary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure tor Consumption. Bronehitas, Catarrh. Astbsas and all Throat and bang Affections, also a positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility ana all Nervous Complaints, after having tested tar wonderful curative powers is thousands of cases, has felt It his duty to make it known to his suffering fellows. Actuated bv this motive and a deeiro to relic to human suffering, I will send free ot charge to all who desire it, this recipe, with full directions for preparing and using, in German, French or Bnglish. Sent by mail by addrei ting with stamp, naming this paper. W w Shabab, 140 Powers’ Block, Rochester, N I, tb!46m o ~ tor tbo Telegraph and N«*»esg« r , 1H JtEHO&IAir. BIBU Come sortter the earliert flowers mjur3S3£& Who sleep In the wxodJund and p —Ths most aristocratic colored wedding ever known la this country took place in Cin cinnati Thursday night. The groom wa* Geo. Jackson, a oolored school teacher, and the bride Miss Virginia Gordon, daughter cf Bobeit Gordon, a wealthy oolored east dealer. Mr. Gordon is worth several hun dred thousand dollar*. Tbe bride’a present* from her father consisted of 4SJ.C0) In bonds and a htndtome residence. and plain. Th*y heard ths alarum of duty. Ss^iWafagahtM!' And fell ai th« valoiou* f»U. Nor fame tnat is Masoned in stan- .. , They mught the high gmerden of dc*th. For them, there It reverence holy. And love, and perennial tears And llbwers to lie on them lowjy When scout-laden April appears, For them, in tbe threnody vauntinr jaamasaSgkw. To fix and etemUe their L»mf. For them; not atone the cold marble Shall its cohun a* memorial, r.ise, But every fair bird that can warble Shall sing their long pains ot praise. Tor them each hill and high mountain Monumental their summits »h»U r«r. Iirthe crystal oTSinny bright fountain ’ The ho* of their glory appear. Q Then come with yeur radiant pssies, Bre tbrir transient per.’um., ,re And sprinkle the red and white SmT’ Above the loved dust ot the deed. April 26th, 1879. Macon’* Csslederate Monument, Editors Telegraph and Messenger ; agent of the firm whioh hie cnaiveof our proposed Confederate monument was in Macon last week, and spoke of ths base of our monument as being too law and insufficient for & symmetrical proportion The statue is to be eleven feet high, and it will admit readily of an altitude of fifty or sixty feet and then be grscefal and symmetrical in its proportions. The present base is admitted to be entirely inadequate. It is not sufficiently massive or elevated. It should bs at least twelve or fifteen feefc higher. Ten feet of dressed Stone mountain granite, I am told by Mr. Karins, the agent referred to, can be bought for about 1350. Let ua raise this amount by individual subscription?. The Ladies Association have done all so far, and never directly appealed to onr citizens. _ Let us now help them. This is the list time we will be called upon to do honor to our fallen heroes, relatives and friends. We will soon pass away, and let ua not grudgingly erect an inappropriate monument, ol which posterity and wo ourselves will be ashamed. They died for us and our cause, and we ehonld willingly respond to an appeal for help in this emergency. The monu ment will bo here early in Jane and we should have everything in rcadi. ness for it. Savannah, Augusta, Atlanta, Columbu?, Rome, Athens and Griffin, have erected lofty, costly, tow ering monuments to tho Confederate dead, and Macon must not no w be excelled by them. Lst us not put up a monc* ment of which we would bo ashamed, or with which we would not be eathfisd. Let a committee nominated by the Me morial Association call upon our citizens and solicit donations of money to bo used in buying granito to elevate the mono- ment, and to defray nil addiiional ex pense necessary. Such gentlemen as Col. H. J. Lamar, Judge J. J. Gresham, Gen. W. 8. Hclt, Mr. L C. Plant, Mr. J. M. Boardman, Mr. Asher Ayre?, Col. J. E. Jones, Col. Gee. S. Jones, Col. W. H. Ross, Mr. J. C. Curd,*CoI. L. N. Whittle, Dr. J. S. Baxter, Col. W. B. Johnston, Judge T. G. Holt, Mr. S. T. Coleman, Mr. 8. Waxelbaum, Judge T. J. Simmon?, Mr. I. B. English, Mr. II. Jewett, Mr. Thos. Wood, Mr. J. S. Schofield, Mr. William A. Roger?, Dr. A. P. Celling, Mr. Geo.. B. Robert?, Mr. L. W. Hunt, Mr. G. Z>. rurpin, Mr. T. B. Gresham, Mr. S. Col lin?, Mr. G. S. Obear, Mr. C. U Regers, Mr. Lee Jordtn, Mayor Hoff and other?, unnecessary to mention, will, we feel sore, respond liberally to an invitation to contribute to this nobla cause. Many can and will give (50, (25 end §10 each aa a small evidence of their high appre ciation of the sacrifices and deaths of the fallen biaves who gave their lives in their defense. Let the committee suggested call upon all our citizens and lot us have a noble subscription raised. No man will refuse to give now, his last opporin- nity, to compUts tho monument. Goto work gentlemen, and ccllect for the pur pose mentioned. Let ns help Mis. Win- ship and her noble band uf lady associ ates. They have more than done their part?; let ua perform onr sacred duty. It is an obligation wa owe to tho beloved dead, to onrselveB and to posterity. A Confederate Soldieb. Rekabks.—The above suggestion en- anates fiom a most respectable and wor thy source, and we trait will bs acted upon promptly by oar energofic and pi triotic citizens. That excellent lady and untiring worker for the sick a&d wounded of tho Southern urmy in lif?, and then tbe faithful preserver from ob livion of the mortal rernams cf the fallen, Mrs. L Win8hip, heartily commerds tho proposed monument. We have always thought the slutade of the Confederate monument was eo! sufficient. The coat is considerable and' the design is beautiful. It will occapy also a very prominent position in one ot the meat frequented thoroughfares of tbo oity, and shonld therefore present a com manding app arsneo to ba in keeping with onr wice streets and tbe ad j scent lofty spiree. The proposed plan to make the base broader and - more elevated by means o! dressed blocks of 5 oaa Moun tain granite wonld accomplish the de sired object, and add vastly to tne mas sive character and imposing appearance of (he etrastnre. _ We trus^no time will bs lost in inaugurating this important tno Conk’* Boost lor Grant. Cincinnati Bnauirer] The Achillea of New York had the Am* of the Senate to-day, and poised #ua grimaced to his heart’s content. R® spffke fas three solid hours, and Ben B# aptly sums up the effort by calling “magnificent humbug.” It was just It was magnificent in its polished ih«-- orio, its oratorical force, its dramatic «- feet. It was a humbug in everything else, save and except tha simp 1 ® faot tbat it - was by far the crafti#. (tall for Grant yet sounded. Stnppw of all its Woriiy disgniees, the speech simply a brilliant effort to lift ths who. Republican party, -willy-nilly, bo*L and breeches, ont of the dutch of John Sherman on to a etaiwi platform, with Grant bb the figure ne» and Conkling as the power behind t - throne. It would have saved time » words had he said at once and biu&> y • “I know I oannot be tho next nominee the Republican party; I am Wjj**: that neither Jim Rlainenor John ^-etm shall bs; therefore I am for Grants tbe only way to get Grant is to force atalwut Ids# to tha top.” Incbbasikg the Balabibs of cua Cii* Officials.—We era pleased to learn tn the modest suggestion made in a re« issue tbat it weald welt to wait n we had tided over-our present difficulties before embarking in any*" ditional expense, has met with 6 eB ®'V. favor, even from many who had p viously thought otherwise. To*".,, very little doubt that Council 0 [ tbe resolution to increase the E&lsri*® onr city officials at their next metiu »• We should like to see it done if it prudent or possible. The Grand Chapter of the Roysl Arch Masons of the State meets in hUoon -At the approaeWn* 1 sootb annlTWWj of tbs . S-ui botuTof win? taken ruins, where it had lain stnos A D. 7“ be opened,