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Newspaper Page TextflX A. REID & Co.,] A Family Journal for the Dissemination of General Intelligence, Miscellany, Agricultural, Commercial, Political and Religious Information. NEW SERIES, MACON, GA., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1866- [PK0PRTET011S VOL. 1, NO. 12 TI'.l.KUHAl’l I PUBLISHING HOUSE. WILLIAM A. REID ACo., Proprietors.^^ y R. SSWP-1 [S- Eotkix. EDITORS. Terms of Subscription : GEORGIA Wf.ekly Telt.c.rafh : 1 00 per annum. Macon Daily Telegraph : $12 00 peranmun. JOB PUINTIXfi: rtrParUeular attention will be Riven to the execution of JOB PRINTING pf every dasenp- ton. CHESS. J fart. Editor*:—As there are many lovers of the game of Chess in Macon. I have no ,lonbt that a column of your pnper devoted to this truly scientific game would prove very interesting. Besides, It would increase the taste for this.purdy intellectual amusement. This taste ought to be cultivated, for a scien tific game of Chess is as good exercise for the mind as a problem in mathematics. A cultivated taste for Chess would keep many a vonng man from the drinking house and the "tuning table. Che** i* not a game of chance, it it a game of science. Though remarkably old, it is yet respectable and fashionable. There may be one difficulty in the way of opening a Chess colttmn in your paper—the want of Chess type. But few papers in the South. I am sorry to say, have the enterprise to procure Chess type. If you can obtain tlie cut«,I see no reason why you cannot giveyour renders an entertaining Chess column. What ,„y you Mr. Editors ? By the way, ought not Macon to have a Chess Club ? A suitable room might be engaged and furnished with Chess men. tables, chairs, and other conveniences, and also with'late newspapers, periodicals, i-c. Let a Cl\ih ho organized—President, and Vice Presidents, Secretaries and a Treas urer he elected, and by-laws adopted. I would advise that the by-laws prohibit the introdnetion of any other game in the Club room, and also prohibit the introduc tion of any intoxicating liquors. Put the ball in motion, Messrs. Editors. Pawn. Remarks.—Having secured a set of chess type, wc have had in contemplation, for some time, to open a weekly chess column in the Telegraph, and will do so nt an Gariy day, As to a chess club, we know of nt least 20 good players in tlie city, and do not see why u club may not be organized at once, propose that the followers of Caissa agree up on some evening for a meeting and discuss the matter preparatory to the formation of a THREE WORDS OF STRENGTH. Translated from tlie German of Schiller.] There are three lessons I would write— Three words as with a burning pen— In tracings of eternal light Upon the hearts of men. Have Hope. Though clouds environ now, And Gladness hide her face in scorn; Put then the shadow from tliy brow; No night but hath its morn. Have Faith. Where’er thy bark is driven— The calm’s disport, the tempest’s mirth— Know tills: God rules the Lost of Heaven, Tne inhabitants of earth. Have Love; and not alone for one. Rat man, a- man, tbv brother call, And scatter, like the circling sun, Thy charities on all. Tims grave three lessons on thy soul,— Hope. Faith am! Love; and thou slialt find Strength when Life’s surges cease to roll, Light where else thou wert blind. SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR MAXI MILIAN. A deputation waited on the Emperor on tlie 16th of January, to offer sentiments of condolence on the death of his father-in-law, the late King of Belgium. The Emperor rc- ! plied ns follows: Gentlemen—I thank you for the sympa thy you have manilested in the grief of the Impress and myself for the trouble that has befallen us. In such a misfortune there ‘is much to console us in the remembrance of the great and noble examples that have been left us as an heritage by the late King ofBelgiunt. lie, like ourselves, in accepting tbe throne ; that a people offered him, found a nation to : constitute and c Hasty Marriages.—There is not a city, there is scarcely a town which does not num ber among its inhabitants who have married wry (lio ■; acquaintance, only to be abused, deserted, and left a life long sorrow to the FROM WASHINGTON OUR RELATIONS WITH FRANCE AND .MEXICO. The World’s Washington special says: It is stated that our Government lias arrived at an understanding with the French Govern ment. and that, to all intents and purposes, tlie difficulty between them is settled. The French are about to leave Mexico, and the United States Government has waived any intention to enforce the Monroe doctrine.— There will probably be no recognition of Mex ico, but there is a pledge expressed or impli ed that the United States will take no overt measures to depose Maximilian and put Jua rez, or any one else, in his place. While it is „ not likely that formal diplomatic relations eminent to found.— ! will he opened with the Empire, a quasi rcc- Thanks to the disinterested intervention of' ognition will result from tlie present under- Franec, lie was enabled to make peace sue-1 standing that consuls win be syipointcd and ceed to war, and devoted himself without in- ] employed in properpositions for protecting termission to institute valuable interior re-1 American trade m Mexico. It w net likely form- lie promised liberty to liis people, i that the French will leave Mexico before the and during a long period of thirty-five years close of the year, and while they are going lie fulfilled his word. He promised thq coun- their places will be supplied by Austrians, and such Mexicans as accept the try security and tranquility, and he gave them both to it. con-tfidatjn:' also its independ ence. He did more—he elevated it to a dis- familics in which they were born and reared,! nronerlv C deserted* to^ slX^hTfortmreof cial importance and freedom of thought, lcav- would comprehend how grossly indelicate,! W c shall endeavor to profit by this great as well as culpably reckless, such marriages . b whlch God shown us that His appear in the eyes of the observing, they Provi P denc ; never forsakes just and honorable would surely forbear. A year’s thorough ac- in tlieir noblc J enterprises. His quaintance, with the most circumstantial ac-1 daU}?hter> the Empress, has just returned from tSS, of 0 'll rSnuTom re SihS are thivery ,«*n.ccwhichaavr.eman': who understands what marriage « will re-;, wi th a frank and cordial reception quire of a stranger Even then if her pa-; shown ovcr in the svmpath / that rents arc not fully satisfied, as well as herself, , ; gt betwcc n the nation nnd oureelres-when she should still hesitate Marriage is an un- ; , discontented were pleased to say that my be 80 h “-' bess "sikrLfei « see mnniention on the subject, and we hope to hear from some of the players in the city. Tiie Propiiets Moses, the first and greatest prophet, having ! }**£$*?* ^tfw LL ?.ir. established God’s first covenant, those who vc ,, ] , followed were employed in explaining its na- ^» t win cver remam en ° raved on m - v turc, and in instructing the Jews and prepar-; tJe haTe ^ ing them tor the reception of the second cove- .A * F. _ T nant, which these prophets foretold was to follow, while their title to the sacred cliarac- . lLi. consecrated my time to toe direction ot the 1 tr., lw tiwmniniJ'inn f m ,nv nf P u hlic administration, to the development of the elements of the wealth and prosperity of *eatan<^nwcsOnottans iff^ictv’nnll*'virtue' ! 1 In this « r <lt° n9 tusk 11'tve been obliged to est and purest notions of piety and virtue, . . .. s 4l —lot dcnnnclations ngainut In tbei also are bfretold’tlle Let rjamrla!; amMU ml ble circumstances, of the birth, life, ministry. : da £ ^ * tr ° n ? i n i*5J miraclcr doctrines, sufferings ’ and death of a c " d J* . Z* Jesus of Nazareth, and that too, in so minute and exact a mannef that it might almost be ' ^ T „„„ .. .t i . . .v.1.1 customs ot the nation, because I am con- vinced that they elevate the mind of the cit- AVC .^ n n° nt l?nn i*cn in inspiring him with the consciousness te of his dignity and value. I have respected dred years before his birth and were all that ^ libert fa y J the press when it has ^ otdc . time in the possession of the Jews, who were ■ ,i 1Qf tlie mortal enemies of Christianity, and who ® r therefore would not have forged, or suffered , yir munthr niimi inrlnnrl tii .t rinM imt ,U,b. ()nr columns nre npen im, cnn,. J.be cnnnjp^m tb^ S t bS’. m ^Srfl^f.bn^ZbS “b*:."“ "riwSU’ “ f,-AV for o»?c«u..rv You bnrn^n calmness in tbe midst of calumnies that have jgfNo. 2 of the “Countrymen,” full of : picy, fun and grave meditations, have made its appearance on our table. Brother Turner comes out of the war in full feather and with out abatement of bis peculiar national vigor. Long may he wave ’. INTERESTING FOREIGN ITEMS. J5?" Miss Martineau, in a letter to her Amer ican publishers, says she is too ill to continue literary work. J3T" It is generally thought that Sir Edwin Landseer will he elected President of the Roy al Academy, n9 successor to th# late Sir Cha9. Eastlake. 53T" Sil vori, the eminent violinist, has been enchanting the Romans by liis performances, in Paganini fashion, on one string. A new soprano of considerable merit, Mdle. Caroline Manotti Falcioni. has also appeared at the same concerts. It is said that a French writer has pro posed to Madaine Meyerbeer to make an Op era out of the cuttings of tlie “Africane,” which, as is known, was very much mutilated before it. was put upon the stage in its present form. These cuttings consist of twenty-two morcenux. M. Monturiol, a Spaniard, has solved the problem of sub-marine steam navigation by the invention of a vessel which can remain for hours at n considerable depth, can dis charge cannon from below, nnd even used ns a ram for piercing the hulls of iron clad ships. A boy named Mason," aged ten, has recently died at Cnlris, from having swallow 'd an agate marble. After being a short thue which they were so hostile, Paper PrrES.-GaTand water pipes made *»^n pointed against us by foreigners. For- of paper arc used to a considerable extent in w,lrd - gentlemen, the calumnies will pass, but Paris Some of them arc two feet in diame- om xrojkm will remain. Strong in the sup- tcr. The inner surface of the pipe is protec- P° rt n . f W conscience and the punty of my ted by a water-proof composition, and the »»tenUoM, I contemplate the future with exterior is coated with a composition of bitu- fninquility. .Mexico lias put her honor in my hands. Let her know that her honor is se cure. EFFECT OF THE SPEECH. The official journal 1ms the following re marks on the speech : “It is impossible to describe the magical jotaed together, and'have been'fonnd to with- I effect produced upon all present by the gnivc itand a pressure of five hundred pounds on , and significant words ot the Emperor. When the sqare inch without showing the least sign 1 wc ™uembcr the great example that vi.e au : of weakness either in tliepipe itself or at tfie g«*t. father of our sovereign gave during Ins joints. The bursting preUrcof these pipes ¥ e ’ to A he noble and generous projects that has not as yet been ascertained, as on the oc- men and sand. In a paper read before the Institution of Engineers in Scotland, by Mr. O. Marquct, it is stated that “bitumcnized pa- : per pipe»of three inches, four inches, nnd five inches diameter, and half an inch in thickness, have been tested both single and ension when they were experimented upon, the machines used were not sufficiently pow erful for the purpose. Compared with iron pipes the specific gravity of those of bitumc nized paper is one to five, wiiilst the cost of the latter is said to be about onc-lialf that of tlie former. Tiie dear Babies.—Conventionally, their Majesties cherish for the happiness of Mexico, the Imperial discourse could not fail to inspire in all those who had the happiness to hear it the purest and noblest love for the sovereign and the country.” The ceremony put the seal to tlie august and melancholy gravity suitable to the mourn ful even^hat it recalls. The Emperor wore his General’s uniform, in- 80 remarkable for its simplicity. The epau lettes were covered with crape, at the collar the Mexican eagle. fancy is only another name for innocence.— Practically they nre often as wide as the poles asunder. Mothers, as a matter of course, will dispute the proposition; yet they know in the depth of their affectionate hearts, that it is too true. Produce your philanthropic ba- . by. Show us a sample of the race that will , not fight. Do they not all seize us by the I N>w York Feb. 7.—Stephen Rogers, Chil- liair, and tug thereat, with exulting war ,i Han Ccnsul, has been arrested on an indict- wlioops, as if tliey longed to scalp us l lsit, ment for violating the neutrality laws, not necessary to keep their nails short in or- ^ shipment of pistols Jcc.. to Vera Cruz for derto avoid scarification, Has any babyj pr j va t e use, 1ms been prevented bv tlie uu ! ever been known to exhibit tlie slightest emo- t i lar!tipa AVns-hun.rfnn. Tin? trade on arms TIIE LATEST NEWS BY THE MAILS. FROM NEW YORK—ARRESTS—SHIP MENT OF ARMS PREVENTED. therities at Washsngton. The trade on arms may he considered free, unless it appears the arms are intended for belligerent use. IDAHO LEGISLATURE. Salt Lkae, Feb. 4.—The Legislature of Idaho has unanimously indorsed the re in liis stomach, it produced loss of appetite, | tion or gratitude i Do they not murder our inflammation, swelling in the abdomen, fol.*! sleep, compelling parents to rise at the dead lowed bv death 1 hour of the night, and walk marches against ‘ , J time until daylight? Is it not a common ,ri -Each Sunday of late the Cathedral ot j tb j„j, to see them become partially apoplec- l am witnesses an immense crowd collected I tic witb „nbiidled passion ? And then look I , io near tiie sermon of a new preneber, called j at t)l( .j r hypocrisy ! Do they not indulge in i construction policy ot President Johnson nnd tatlier Hyacinthe. The ablest speakers in j 1)Iood . ctird i; nK shrieks of seeming agony, I the Administration of Gov. Lyon, pledging two ( numbers, the most respectable jucl- . when undressed in conseqncnce of sus- 1 both a hearty support. ® m ^, 1Canle<1 *° to h . ear j picion of pins, do not kick up their heels and i MORE OF THE BAGDAD OUTRAGE. o h fthr e e SK2^ nd8Cmed reason,n " I crow nt the thought of having hoaxed their Nbw York.—The Hendd’s Havana letter new pulpit orator. • mothers ? It is all very well to say that heav* • iye3 t]lc experience of one ol Maximlian's kef’nitre arc in San Francisco nine Ro-! en is near ns in our infancy. ’ hut it is the ijarrison at Bagdad, who saved themselves Belgian empire. interesting to blockade runners. The Tribune’s specal Washington dis patch says: Tlie Government is taking tlie grouud that blockade running was part of the rebellion, and that all property used, and all profit made in it, are subject to the rules of war, and has sent agents South, who have called upon all engaged in this business to state, under oath, their associates, and the amount of their business, their profits, etc. Most of the witnesses have told the full tale of their business, but one or two, probably unwilling to disgorge, were sent to prison on account of their refusal to testify. One of the largest stockholders in this en terprise was Hon. G. A. Trcnliolm, late Sec retary of the Treasury of tlie so-called Con federate States, thus carrying on the double business of guarding the treasury and filling his own pockets at the same time. In the course of bis examination, which took place on the lGtli inst., Mr. Trelnholm stated that just previous to the evacuation of Richmond tlie total amount of specie in the Confederate vaults was from $350,000 to $400,000, of which sum about $300,000 was in the Treas ury at Richmond. This $300,000 was car ried off and distributed, paitly among the soldiers of Johnston’s army, and partly among the military escort of Jeff Davis, at tho time ot their disbandment. Mr. Tren- liolm stated in bis opinion Mr. Davis, and other Confederate officers, refused to receive any part. The examination of Mr. Trenholm as* ex-Secretary and blockade-runner, was quite long, and showed much frankness ou his part in stating all he knew. admiral semmes vindication Semmes, of Alabama notoriety, has ad dressed a long letter to the President, in which he sets forth his reasons why he should not be held to answer for his offenses. He commences by quoting the parole which was granted to him as a Brigadier General of Artillery, and a Rear Admiral, in tlie^ second convention between Sherman nnd Johnston; the parole promising that he should “not be disturbed by the United States authorities” as long ns lie observed his cbligation and the laws in force where he resides. This conven tion was approved by the President, and Semmes claims that he has faithfully observed the conditions of the surrender. He contends that tlie war has not yet ended, and therefore civil authority cannot be used against him, and also that the theory is devoid of justice or common sense that would declare the pa roles at an end the moment the war is an nounced closed. He admits that he might be tried for forgery or other crimes of the kind; but, on the other hand, if he had vio lated the laws of war, the military convention under which he surrendered was a condona tion and an oblivion of all precedent acts of war, of what nature soever those acts might be. What Does It Mean?—The New York Citizen (edited by Private Miles O’Riley) has an article laudatory of the Fenians, and urg ing Irishmen and Americans to contribute to Fenian funds. We quote a single ominous passage: “We tell the American public—and they have heretofore found us pretty accurate prophets in everything relative to the Fenian cause—that before ten weeks there will be— somewhere—an Irish Republic existing on the face of the earth, with a -flag, an army, a port of entry and exit, a navy of privateers, and the tacit encouragement both of France and the United States in the prosecution of belligerent acts against Great Britain. Let no one ask us for the present where this re public will be located, for we cannot answer, It must be called a republic, to warrant the flag aud fleet, but will really only be used ns an immediate basis of operations for the transfer ot active hostilities to the Canadian and Irish soils. A word to the wise enough. And now,while the quid nuncs grow excited, the wise will await developments, giving liberally of their means to aid the cause; nor will they linve to tarry long for the fulfillment of all that we herein fore shadow.” SCRAPS FROM THE COUNTRYMAN. Question for the Freedmen's Bu- REAC.-If a nigger says he goes in for dig union, he a loyal nigger, or a disloyal ? £5?” “My hope, my awl!" is tho shoemak- 's apostrophe. “A lavt, long farewell,” as the shoe maker said when he abandoned Iris trade. The Augusta Transcript says, “Our adors who patronize the drama, will be pleased to see the announcement of Messrs. Raymond and Hamilton.” Won’t those who patronize the dram (ah I) be glad to see the announcement of Udolpho Wolfe, also ? £3T“ What is the difference between Bill Seward, and tho most noted recipient of gut- ta perclia ? Bill is l ioine,' but Charley is Sumner. T-s/t" “A son of an English noblemar. lias been convicted of forgery in New York.” Had the rascal been a blacksmith, instead of an English nobleman, he might have com- mitted/orys-ry without getting hi* name in the papers. W~ “The two smallest animals mentioned in the bible, are the ‘window’s mite,’ and the wicked floe’ (flea.)” We presume, then, Charles Sumner aud Thad Stevens are not in there. The Augnsta Transcript says, ‘Mino liostGramis knows how to get up a nice thing for hungry folks.’ We presume, the hungry folks know how to got it down. What is the difference between the coming on of darkness, after tlie sun has gone down, and the manufacture of the principal element in gunpowder ? In one case, it is getting night; in the other, it is getting nitre. contains 1200 pupils, and another 1100, while : equal to their ferocity, they would soon ex- oredi f rou , Texas, Commanded by United tlie others number about 300 each. 1 terminate the adults of the human familv. 1 a.-.JL ,. n .i r.»i.ii n,. States officers, and ferried across the . _ , , . , river liv a United States revenue vessel. He J3gT“SomeEnglisii travelling in Sweden late- j gj vcs the particulars of alleged horrible 1803—Brief Summary.—The editor of the ■ London Telegraph, in his leading article, rap |, -—• - , - ... , . , 8 .i« ..... idly reviews the most important happenings ; ]y visited the summer palace ot the kih« at „f pillage, robbery, murder, outrages of the world, during tlie pnst year, thus:— ■ Stockholm. Gn entering tne grounds they on W omen, and all manner of crimes, to which "At home, the oldest and most trusted of. 8HW man seated on a bench, and asked dle cap tora for some hours devoted their cn- Lnglisli politicians has expired; nnd a new whether they’ nnght go °y c ^ Gic apartment'. t ; rc attention, and in which it is said they 1‘arliament has been chosen bVstbe people to D' c man spoke very good English, and ^aid i werc directed and assisted by Gen. Weitzel's tarry on the business of State. Our survey j that he was attached to the palace, and w nuld • 0 jjj cer8t about twenty in'number, some of ^hows us France still swayed by the indomit- j take them over. 1 licy then inquired Knew- j whose names are given, i-ble will and fertile - brain of one man; Italy r <ir they might see tlie private rooms, to which j Indeed, this Imperial historian i'flvancing, by slow, but certain, steps, toward tlieir guide replied that this was not Usual, wer right position among the nations of the twth; Austria seeking a reconciliation with me most important constituents of her drangely-niingled empire; Germany still troubled and perturbed by the restless mu tation of a military power; Denmark hearing a sore misfortune with a noble dignity; Bel gium deprived of its venerable king, but but that as the king was of a very restless disposition they might meet him. The En glishmen then began telling anecdotes of the king, and demanded if they were true. The guide, a model of discretion, said so many stories were told on his Majesty, some tme, some faisc, that it was difficult to say what was correct, and that as he was connected faithful to its liberal institutions; and Rm-! with the royal household, it was not for him '■•a herself at length marching onward in the . f° ®®y- The Englishmen begged pardon lor Path of progress. On every side the retro- j their curiosity, and it was heartily granted qiect is full of interest and instruction-” | At last, after they had seen everything, they took leave of their guide, and thanking him oMly de clares that even soldiers sent over by General Weitzel to preserve order took equal part with the raiders in pilfering. The spoils, which arc described as immense in quantity and value, and greatly enriching many American officers, are said to have been all dispatched aejosj the Rio Grande to Clarksville and Brownsville, Texas, then transported to Bra zos, and thence sent to sea. Dm not want to oo to the Wars.—A benmn, in Texas, who did not want to be Jurcetl into the Confederate army, donned Homespun gown and sun-bonnet, and toiled for two years on his little 0. w i u \ sMw, come to stay with her ill-1' - I if . ■ 'oiltei 1 crate army. * 1 . It is - iid that "i • of the Indian chiefs now IB Washington l'i!\ I,as hwwn married Gghtj-five times. for his courtesy, expressed tlieir regret that The Freedmen of Washington.—The value of the taxable property belonging to the colored residents of Washington is one million two hundred and thirty-nine thou sand dollars. Of the twenty-four thousand THE EQUAL RIGHTS BILL. The following is tbe “bill to protect all per sons in the enjoyment of equal rights,” as it passed the Senate on the 2d instant by a vote of 33 to 12: Section 1. That all persons born in tlie United States not subject to any foreign pow ers, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States, without any distinction of color, and there shall be no discrimination in civil rights or immunities among the inhabitants of any State or Territory of the United States on ac count of race, color, or previous condition of slavery, but the inhabitants of every race and color, without regard to any previous condi tion of slavery or involuntary servitude, ex cept as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall have tlie same right to make and enforce con tracts, to sue parties and give evidence, to in herit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property, and to full and Sec. 7. That any person who shall know ingly and wilfully obstruct, hinder, or prevent any officer, or other person charged with the execution of any warrant or process issued under the promsions of this act, or any per son or persons lawfully assisting him or them, from arresting any person for whose appre hension such warrant or process may have been issued, or shall rescue or attempt to res cue such person from the custody of the offi cer, other person or persons, or those lawfully assisting, as aforesaid, when so arrested pur suant to the authority herein given and de clared. or shall aid, abet, or assist any person so arrested as aforesaid, directly or indirect ly. to escape from the custody of the officer or other person legally authorized as afore said, or shall harbor or conceal any person for whose arrest a warrant or process shall have been issued as aforesaid, so as to pre vent his discovery and arrest, after notice or knowledge of the fact that a warrant has been issued for the apprehension of such pc*r- ~on, shall, lor either of said offences, he sub equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for ; j e ct to a fine not exceeding one thousand dol- Beauty of the Virgin Mart.—There is in no mythology, ancient or modem, a more poetical idea than that of the Virgin Mary. The women who poets dream of are terres trial. This, one has nothing of the frailties or faults of her sex. The Catholics believe >her to have been bom without the original sin; to have been a mother without ceasing to be a virgin; and, loth to believe that a body that had been the tabernacle of God could suffer the decomposition and decay which is common to mortal remains, hold, an article of faith, that, instead of dying like others, she ascended bodily into heaven, borne by the tremulous hands of angels. She has no fault; she shines pure and spotless, and is believed to exercise a great influence upon her votaries. The painters and poets represent her as beautiful. She is usually rep resented as standing on a globe with a foot on the serpent, because as a mother of the Redeemer, sho is supposed to be the one that was to crush the serpent under her heel. She holds the infant Jesus in her arms, a di vine example of the sanctity of maternity, and wears a white dress, long and flowing with a blue cloak, indicative of her great faith and supreme innocence. A Fbee Country!—We learn from the New Orleans Times that for four months Dr. M^n. AI. Gwin has been an inmate of Fort Jackson, and a number of liis friends, among them Mr. Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, have made efforts to procure his release, or afford him tbe advantages of a speedy trial. That Dr. Gwin went to Sonora under some eucouragement held out by Louis Napoleon is true, but failing to receive from Maximil ian concessions similar to those given by the American Government to miners in Califor nia, he abandoned the proposed colonization scheme, and determined, at the close of the war, to return to the United States, and do what he could to heal the difficulties which had arisen during liis absence.* He denies that lie was ever in any manner connected with the Confederate Government, or that lie entertains the least feeling of hostility against the Union as it now exists. Indeed, he ad vised all the Confederate exiles ho met in Mexico to return to their old homes. With the weight of three-score years resting on him, his desire is to retire from the political arena, set his house in order, and prepare for the change which awaits all flesh. At the request of some of his intimate friends, we make this statement on his be half. Debts of the States and the Cities Thereof.—The loyal States, the Nnshville Gazette says, with the exception of Kansas, Iowa, and Michigan, and the Pacific States, have furnished to Mr. Blaine, of Maine chairman of the Select Committee on the War Debt of the Loyal States, the amounts expended by them severally in supporting the late war. The footing in most cases in elude the amounts expended by counties, ci ties and towns, nnd the aggregate in round numbers is as follows : Maine, $12,000,000; New Hampshire, $13 - 000,000; Vermont, $8,700,000 ; Massachusetts, $24,100,000 (State alone, without including town debt;) Rhode Island, $3,500,000; Con necticut, $17,000,000; New York, $111,000,- 000; New Jersey, $20,700,000; Pennsylvania, $347,000,000; Delaware, $1,100,000: Mary land, $8,000,000; West Virginia, $2,000,000; Ohio, $05,000,000; Indiana. $22,500,000; Illi nois. i !•'< iinnti-il i ; Wi-cunsin. $12,200,000; Minnesota, $2,500,000; Missou ri, $0,500,000; Kentucky,$1,GOO,000; (by the State alone, not including counties or towns.) they had not seen Charles XY. 1 he guide I colored residents of this city, the Freedmen's raised his hat, and saluting them gracefully, jg nrcau e stsmates that seven thousand four n,..„ i..(r , ] lundrcd and nine can read, and that about ‘I am the king*” and then left glishmen not a little astonished. Win. L. Cazneau, recently nominated to tlie Senate as U. S. Minister to the Domin- i( an Republic, is a resident merchant of St. Domingo, and has for years past taken great interest in the black republic. five thousand subscribe for newspapers Xncourigible urchin to a well-dressed John Bull—“1 say, old feller, liow does ye j spell saloon over in your country ?” English ! Swell—‘ With In.-, a hay, a h«U, two hoe* and | a hen—S-a-l-oo-n. 1 Local Warfare.—It is sometimes amus ing to witness the short-sword exercise be tween two neighboring local editors of newspapers, e. g. : Geese, in crowds, are going northward—a sure sign, say the wiseacres, that winter is departing — CV/. Sun. Has the “Local” of the Enquirer taken his flight i Wc have heard nothing from him for some time.—Eufaulu Jfeics. Defective ''hearing." in your case, is not attributable to any deficiency in length of ea re.—Enq u irer. It would be a public benefit to tie Garret Davis and ^Thadeus up in a bag to gether and let them scratch each other to death. If the contest were not terminated in in sixty minutes, throw them in Ben Wade. New Theory of Boiler Explosions. Air. Cook, of Memphis, publishes in the Bulletin of that city, an explanation or theo ry of boiler explosions. This is the key note: In a steamboat, wc find the very elements necessary for' germinating a very powerful electrical current, the retention of the same, and its discharge. The battery of boilers are the generators; the boat, the conservator for the element generated, and the water be neath the boat, the insulator, to prevent the same from escaping. When is this element electricity generated? Whenever tho steam in the boilers is raised but ordinarily so slightly, that it becomes dissipated before it can be concentrated. Electricity from steam termed Hudro-Electricity. When water is raised to tho height of temperature, and steam is generated nt a high pressure, under certain arrangements, electricity becomes latent in its most powerful form—^capable of instantaneously decomposing water. This reduced to its elements, Bygcn of Hydrogen, in certain proportions, is the most explosive compound known, and is more resistless than anything yet discovered. The theory of theso recurring disasters is, that they are generally fixed laws. Wher ever we find the same conditions of the ele ments, we shall have the same results. The boilers are powerful hydro-electric machines, generating at a certain pressure of steam, positive electricity. The boat is the recepta cle for the same, and is, when it becomes an insulated receiver, like a Leydon jar. When dd explosions occur under this theo ry, is an important inquiry, since all boilers may be in this condition, and electricity gen erated in all. When the atmosphere is an tagonistic or in a negatives condition, and whenever the steam generate electricity, and the atmosphere is in a negative condition, the explosion occurs. As at every moment fresh steam is generat ed, fresh electricity is generated, the boi.t be comes uncharged, the negative atmosphere meets it, a discharge takes place, the boiler-5 being the most conductible material on board, receives that discharge, the steam, and water arc decomposed, and at the same time reunited, shattering everything that cor lines them, with all the harrowing results with which we have become lately too familiar. Low pressure steam does not generate elec tricity, and hence, low pressure boats are ex empt from such accidents. the security of person and property, and shall he subject to like punishment, pains: nd pen alties, and to none other, any law. statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom to the con trary notwithstanding. Sec. 2. That any person who* under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, shall subject or cause to he subjected any inhabitant of any State or Territory to the deprivation of any right secured or pro tected by this act, or to different punishment, pains, or penalties on account of such person having at any time been held in a condition of slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party hall have been duly convicted, or by reason of liis color or race, than is prescribed for the punishment of white persons, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not ex ceeding one year, cr both, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 8. That the direct courts of the Uni ted States, within their respective districts, shall have, exclusively of. the courts of the several States, cognizance of all crimes and offenses committed against the provisions of this act, and also concurrently with the cir cuit courts of the United States of all causes, civil and criminal, affecting persons who are denied or cannot enforce in the courts or ju dicial tribunals of tho State or locality where they may be, any pf the rights secured to them by the first section of this act, and if any suit or prosecution, civil or criminal, has been or shall lie commenced in any State court against any such person, or against any officer, civil or military, or other person, for any arrest or imprisonment, trespasses, or wrongs done or committed, by virture or un der color of the authority derived from this act, or the act to enlarge the powers of the Freedmen’s Bureau, such defendant shall have the right to remove such cause for trial to the proper district or circuit court in the manner prescribed by the “Act relating to habeas corpus and regulating judicial proceedings in certain cases,” approved March three, eigh teen hundred and sixty-three. The jurisdic tion in civil and criminal matters hereby con ferred on the district and circuit courts of the United States shall be exercised and enforced in conformity with the laws of tho United States, so far as such laws are suitable to car ry the same into effect; but in all cases ■where such laws are not adapted to the object, or are deficient in the provisions necessary to furnish suitable remedies, and punish offenses against law, the common law, as modified and changed by the constitution and statutes of the State wherein the court having juris diction of the cause, civil or criminal, is held, so far as the same is not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States, shall be extended to and govern said courts in the trial and disposition of such cause, and if of a criminal nature, in the infliction of punishment on tlie party found guilty. Sec. 4. That the district attorneys, mar shals, and deputy marshals of the United States, with powers of arresting, imprisoning or bailing offenders against tho laws of the United States, the officers and agents of the Freedmen’s Bureau, and every other officer who may he specially empowered by the President of the United States, shall be, and they are hereby, specially authorized and re quired, at the expense of the United States, to institute proceedings against all and every person who shall violate the provisions of this act, and cause him or them to be arrest ed and imprisoned or bailed, as the case may be, for trial before such court of the United States dr territorial court as by this act has cognizance of the offence. And with a view to affording reasonable protection to all per sons in their constitutional rights of equality before the law, without distinction of race or color, or previous condition of slavery or in voluntary servitude, except for tho punish ment of crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, and to the prompt dis charge of the duties of this act, it shall be the duty of the circuit courts of United States and the superior courts ot tho Tcrrito- riesof the United States, from time to time, to increase the number of commissioners, so as to afford a speedy and convenient means for the arrest and examination of persons charged with a violation of this act. Sec. 5. That said commissioners shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the judges of the circuit and district courts of tlie United States, and the judges of the superior courts of the Territories, severally and collectively, in term time and vacation, upon satisfactory proof being made, to issue warrants and pre cepts for arresting and bringing before them all offenders against the provisions of this act, and on examination to discharge, admit to bail, or commit them for trial, as the facts may warrant. Sec. 0. That it shall be the duty of all marshals and deputy marshals to obey and exeente all warrants and precepts issued un der the provisions of this act, when to them directed; and should any marshal or deputy marshal refuse to receive such warrant or other process when tendered, or to use all proper means diligently to execute the same, he shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in the sum of one thousand dollars, to the use of the person upon whom the accused is alleged to have committed offence. And tho better to enable the said commissioners to execute their du ties faithfully aiul efficiently in conformity with (he Constitution of the United States and the requirements of this act, there are hereby authorized nnd empowered within their counties, respectively, to appoint in wri ting, under their hands, any one or more suit able persons, from time to time, to execute all such warrants and other process as may be issued by them in the lawful performance of their respective duties: and the persons so appointed t > execute any warrant or proees* as aforesaid shall have authority to summon and call to their aid tlie bystanders or cvntitatut ot the proper county, or such por tion of tlie land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia, as may he necessary to the performance of the duty with which they are charged, and to insure a faithful ob servance of the clause of the Constitution lars. and imprisonment not exceeding six months, by indictment and ronviction before the district court of the United States forthc district in which said offence may have been committed, or before the proper court of criminal jurisdiction, if committed within, any one of the organized Territories of the United States. Sec. 8. That the district attorneys, the marshals, their deputies, and the clerks of the said district and territorial courts, shall be paid for their services the like fees as may be allowed to them for similar services in other cases; and in all cases where the proceedings are before a commissioner, lie shall be end tied to a fee of ten dollars in full for liis ser vices in each case, inclusive of all services in cident to such arrest and examination. The person or persons authorized to execute the process to be issued by sucli commissioners for the arrest of offenders against tho provi sions of this act shall be entitled to a fee of five dollars for each person he or they may arrest and take before any such commissioner as aforesaid, with such other fees as may be deemed reasonable by such commissioner for such, other additional services as may be ne cessarily performed by him or them,* such as attending at the examination, keeping the prisoner in custody, and providing him with food and lodging during his detention, and until the final determinatidn of such com missioner, and in general for performing such other duties as may he required in the premi ses ; such fees to be made up in conformity with the fees usually charged by the officers of the courts of justice within tlie_ proper district or county, as near es may be practica ble, and paid out of the Treasury of tho Uni ted States, on the certificate of the judge of , the district within which the arrest is made, and to be recoverable from the defendant its part of the judgment in case of conviction. Sec. 9. That whenever the president of the United States shall have reason to believe that offenses have been or are likely to Ue5 committed against tliq provisions of this act within any judicial district, it shall be lawful for him, in liis discretion, to direct the judge, marshal, and district attorney of such distnet to attend at such place, within the district, and for such time as he may designate, for the purpose of the more speedy arrest and trial of persons charged with a violation oF this ’ act; aud it 3liall be the duty of every judge or other officer, when any such requisition shall be received by hinq to attend at the place and for the time therein designated. Sec. 10 That it shall bo lawful for the President of tbe United .States, or such per son as he may empower fos that purpose, to ’ employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia, as shall be necessary to prevent the violation and enforce the due execution of this act. Decorum.—Women do not transgress tlie bounds of decorum so often as men; but when they do, they go greater lengths. For with reason somewhat weaker, they had to contend witli passions somewhat stronger; besides, a female by one trangression, forfeits lier place in society forever; if once she falls, it isthefall ofLucifer. Itis hard,indeed, that the law of opinion should bo most on that sex which is least able to bear.; but so it is, and if tho sentence be harsh, the sufferer should be reminded that it was passed by her peers. Therefore, if once a woman breaks thiongh the barriers of decency, her case is desperate; and if she goes greater lengths than the men, and leaves the pale of propriety further be hind her, it is because she is aware the.t all return is prohibited, and by none so strongly ashy her own sex. We may add, that a*s modesty is the richest ornament of a woms.n, the want of it is her greatest deformity, for the better thing, the worse will ever lie its perversion; and if an angel falls, the transi tion must be to a demon. Soda Water.—We will venture to say th: i very few of our readers who frequent the soda fountains know the manner in which the bev erage is made. Soda water is simply pure water impregnated with carbonic acid gas. It is known by its agreeable, pungent taste, by its slightly exhilcrating qualities, and its bubbling and scintillation. The water to be impregnated with the gas is placed in a strong vessel, usually made ot copper or iron, called a fountain. The gas, after being passed through water to purify it, is conducted to the fountain, and after sufficient agitation in contact with the gas, as a high pressure, the water becomes impregnable, and is then what is known as soda water. The first experi ments were made by Venal, In France, 1750, and published in 177C; by Priestly,- in 1798; and later by Bergman, Van Helmot, an .l oth ers. The first manufactory in tiie world was established at Geneva by Go-', an apothecary of that city, whose annual sales amounted to 40,000 bottles of “Eau de Belts.” In 1790, his partner, Mr. Paul, founded an establish ment in Paris, where were compounded not only tho principal mineral waters of France, but- even those of foreign countries. From this time onward, laboratories multiplied, all over Europe, and tlie manufacture of simple agrated water is nbw conducted'*on so large a scale in all civilized countries, that a very large amount of inventive talent has been successfully employed in improving the neces sary apparatus. v y3?~It appears irom a statement published in the Chicago Republican, that six million nine hundred and twenty-four thonsand one- hundred and sixty-eight gallons of malt liquors were manufactured, sold, and con- - uiu-il in i 'hi ■ :■.:■> uariiu’ tin- ;> i.-*: y.-nr. Ad mitting the population of Chicago t.> he one hundred and .-ighty thousand, the con.-uutp- I tion is equal to thirty nino gallons fat each \ man, woman ami child. Mr sn. 1 O. Ewell, wife oft a - Confed- prc|Airing to join Visit of Northern Land lit nters to Johnson’s Island.—Nine York , Feb. 5—The Charleston Courier repoits the maltreatment j of a party of Pennsylvanians who visited I Johnson’s Island on Jan. 29, for the purpose of which prohibits slavery, in conformity with buying lands lay, a party of negroes, and I the provisions of this act, aud said warrants thev were taken into custody and threatened j .-hall run and be executed by said officers I with death, until finally released bV a ser- ’ anywhere in the State or Territory within j gcant, and some men. which they are issued. j ler husband at Cordova. Mvxict ) is.-d to tne Ten.. • : j, gislatur ine house and grounds opposite t o the State for a governor's ivsi< irice asked is $1(10,030. It is at upied by Gov. lkrownlow. Tho bitiiai since. " A run of 8000 d player in Nile HU made i few

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Weekly Georgia telegraph. (Macon [Ga.]) 1858-1869, February 12, 1866, Image 1