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Th.e Greorgia 'Weekly Telegraph..
PTELEGRAPH
FRIDAY, APRIL 24,1868.
s^ygp/v-Our young friend, the “Lo
f ftbc McsseJ>g cr » has found «MM author
ity o« of this word, and refuses our
7 f ' r tion to discontinue it Well, we nave
-lion, if bo is content Some author
• 1 ' ),(• found for almost any error. Web
tf *° .j ze j »‘tote,” and almost anyj corrup-
t e ^ j', n( i tome support. We have never
|j? j (( j , b »t a book could not bo found
i?
jjllt
,iitl not countenance the word “bursted
simplY that, no writer on philology, who
’.%;<lercd authority, could bo found to
' !;fr its nse. And this wo still maintain.—
'local friend is mistaken in character-
V c i t bor Brown or Clarke as a “standard
'".voritv.” They arc New York school
lltrj. and opposed to .them on this ques
CWcite Richardson, Worcester, Web-
- Walker, and every other lexicographer
Acknowledged reputation, together with
' - r. C. Smith, Bullcr, Barton, Fowler
''Bullion, who arc conceded to be “stand-
A' lUtbors on grammar. But, wo Lave no
i.visition to alienate theLocal writer of tbo
jj^ger from tho word, if he has any par
jjfglir fancy to it
IeeMiutary at Work.—It will be seen
i ,. rJ our Atlanta telegram, tliat a negro
vjV. very appropriately styling himself “Joe
B-own,” was arrested yesterday by the mili-
•ijy authorities, at Atlanta, for threatening
■Li ucgrocs who choso to vote for Gordon.—
/he Macon military, we learn, are on tho
lookout lor such cases and will givo them
jae attention whenevor they shall bo brought
; oJtlieir notice.
What's the Difference ?—Tho Radical
r „ ws in Georgia are calling attention to the
fot that Gordon U opposed to negro suffrage.
Suppose lie », wherein docs he differ from
1 Bullock, who voted to strike out the only clause
in the Condition that gate the negroes the
right to rote f Will somebody explain »
A ScooKsnox—Wo know it is distasteful,
but still it is a bounden duty for a considera
ble body ot our white people to remain in
tie vicinity of the polls so long as they arc
kept open, for the purpose of preventing
fraud. Tho two Clubs should appoint com
mittees for this purpose, and the appointees
should make almost any sacrifice of personal
comfort to see that matters arc conducted in
i legal manner. We have liberty at stake in
the Constitution, and have put men into the
£eld for office—the defeat of the former and
■access of the latter depend upon sleepless
vigilance and untiring effort. Keep awake
sad work until the close of the polls on the
last d«y of the election.
TaE Express in the Field.—We have
good authority for saying that a large quan
tity of Radical electioneering documents was
■eat here by Chief-Registrar Hulbcrt to go to
Miiledgcville. Owing to tho break in tbo
ml they laid la the office here,until Mon
day, when by Ilulbert’a direction a man was
hired to take them across the country on
horseback. One messenger returned, being
table to cross the creeks, when another was
^patched with the documents, and they
wi! probably reach their destination, even if
it bo a little late. Tho incident shows how
thoroughly identified tho so-called Southern
Express is with Radical designs against the
South. .
Radical Consistency.—The Radicals tell
the colored peoplo that the Republican party
is the party of liberty—the party of the col
ored people. They know when they say it
that it is false; wherever that party is in the
tsondancy at the North, they have voted
down the proposition to let the colored peo
ple vote. It is only in tbo South when they
v«at their votes that they arc in favor of it
To Colored Voters.—If any man, white
or black, threatens you for voting the Dcm
! ocr&tic ticket, report the name of the in
dividual at this office, and wo will see to it
that he is properly punished and you are safe
in acting according to your own best judg
ment
Inexcusable Irregularity.—The law
provides for all votes that have been received
from persona who have been registered in
counties otherwise than in the one which
they are voting, and who are allowed to vote
by affidavit, must be endorsed on the bacl of each
tote by the person depositing said ballot. This,
wc arc informed,has not been done here, on
the first day of the election. The votes
were placed in the ballot box without any
endorsement, the parties receiving them hav
ing a copy of said law, and not complying
with it in any respect.
Their Eves Opened.—It ,5s gratifying to
see that in many parte of the State the ne
groes, whom so much pains has been taken to
deceive, have opened their eyes to their true
istcrest and arc voting the Dcmocrtic ticket.
This is right, and they will find out that
Somhern white men will stand by those who
stand by them in a struggle with their ene
mies.
WATCH THE BALLOT-BOXES BY DAY |
AND GUARD THEM BY NIGHT.
We unite with our cotcmpornries of the
Atlanta Intelligencer in urging upon the De
mocracy in every section of tho State to
“watch well, and guard well the ballot-boxes.
By day and by night see to it that no fraud,
of any character, is perpetrated upon you.—
In this we feel confident—confident enough
to give the assurance—that you will be sus
tained and not hindered by the military.—
General Meade lias already given assurance
that at each poll there may bo two challengers
and at the counting out of the votes there
may bo two counters from the “opposition”
Gov. Brown Declares Relief “Im-1
possible” and a Hnmbug.
[For the Telegraph.
The Times,
LET RELIEF MEN READ FOR THEM
SELVES.
If the darkest hour precedes the dawn, an
aurelean splendor will certainly, ere long,
dispel the gloom that overshadows the
national horizon. The most thrilling and
The Savannah News & Herald publishes I soul-stirring events ot other days, and other
the iollowing extract from a letter written ]andSj sink int0 insignificance before the
by Governor Brown “in answer to a letter I somlirc pages of the history" that has been,
which he had received from a friend enquir- and i s s tilL Being written of these, our times,
ing his views on the subject of relief.” Let and 0 j this, not our Republic, but Coliseum
those white men who have been duped by 0 f fallen Freedom. What is the South to-
the vile humbug open their eyes. Governor day j A!m[ she is but a by-gone memory
Brown writes, and be will net deny that the among the nations of the earth, her greatness
extract is genuine: departed, or slumbering, her noble banner is
down, conquered, furled, not high hung in a
nich of renown as a monument over which
MOXSTEH DEMOCRATIC DEMOJiSTRATIOJT ]
Iff CHEROKEE.
WILD ENTHUSIASM.
GORDON GAINING GROUND.
BULLOCK BATTERED TO ATOMS.
CHEROKEE
GEORGIA
GRANDLY.
RALLYING
ranks, who shall cenYy the count. Let these i - .. - - , . ..
* , vw " which the Legislature can afford to our dis
challengers and COUNTERS at every pre- I tressed and impoverished people, I am .
cinct or poll in the State sec to it then, that obliged to say that I do not think the Consti- unborn millions may dream In rapture, but
tho ballot-boxes are securely placed away at tution of the United States leaves this an open trailed in the dust and spit upon by tho
night,- that they may neither be opened to ^ nes V 0D ‘ . ft declares that no State shall pass | demons of an unprincipled faction of the
exchange votes nor otherwise tampered with. tractsf^You^may ^eply, hovfthen cai^the Nortb ' wbo . Imvo takcn tbc rein3 of govem-
In every other respect let the challengers State repudiate liar own debt? The answer ment * n tbe * r own hands, tranpled down the
and counters at every poll be vigilantly is simple—because she cannot be sued in any South like “shorn, grass and nixed her with
watchful The people—the white people—of ® ourt in the world without her consent.— the mire of tho ways.” A wronged but
Georgia know with whom they have to deal SJTgrt thequSuTbrfow I’court or b ™ve, magnanimous people, conquered and
in the Chief Registrar and many ot his As- I to coerce payment. Not so with an iodi- in c l ia i DS i supplicate in vain, not for her once
sistants, and cannot trust them. They must vidual. If tlie State passes a law repudiating happy homes, they are but charred and
be watched, therefore, and every legitimate *o tlcbta of the individual he may stilLbe blackened ruins; not for her sblen treasures;
and proper measure be adopted! guard the ^^Sw^^iJTS^tSt! »? ^
ballot boxes by night as well as by day.” tion, as it would do in the case you propose, " b0sC blood crimsoned the sea, and washed
So far as the boxesin Macon arcconccrncd, I the Judges arc sworn to declare the law a I the “Land We Love 1, until Dixi; became one
personally we arc perfectly willing to confide uulbt Y They have no discretion in the field of gore; not for the loss jf these, and
them to tho keeping of the Chairman of the “on^’fjd^bl^ 0 TIoIatl0n ° f th ° Constltu ' more, does she now ask redrcS3. Nay, she
Registry Board, feeling assured that they Tour remedy of a call of another Conven- P lcads for ber honor, her sacred birthright,
will be safely and honestly kept. But that all I tion of the people of the State cannot meet I dearer far to the patriot's heart than tho
may be satisfied, wc proposed that they be the question, as the Convention has no more spoils of a conquered world. She demands
wj.iib.doii
the nresence of the challengers, and reouened I onl ycba ngethe State Constitution; and it of place m tbe Councl1 Chanters Of the
must be borne in mind that the language of Government. But the vengefti hating foe
the Constitution of the United States is not plucks his reeking dagger fromthe corpse of
sentiments op the soutiiekn peo- | that no State Legislature shall pass any law Liberty and suspends it like the sword of
P. E O, > E0K 0 SUFFRAGE. . proto,. U.tbP. ■■
The New York Times (Rep.,) republishes W ay by which the State can do it, cither by I Radicalism, tbo grim Sbybck, still de-
Dalton, Ga., April 17,1SG8.
Messrs. Editors:—Tuesday will be long
remembered in the political annals of this
section. We had on old-time, home-made
mass meeting for Gordon. Catoosa, Walker,
Murray, Gordon and Whitfield counties
turned out their folks for the big event.
The Abyssinian Expedition.
STRENGTH OF THE TWO ARMIES—PROSPECTS
OF SUCCESS AND DEFEAT.
The New York Herald has a long article
on the Abyssinian expedition, which, whether
written in Abyssinia or New York—a matter
of much doubt—contains many interesting
facts and views, probably drawn from au
thentic sources, and which will beinterestin
to the reader. We annex a portion of the
article:
THEODORUS 1 CAMP.
From what your correspondent has heard
of affairs at Theodorus’ camp it is somewhat
difficult to say what the field force will ac
complish. It is prudent counsel “never to
despise an enemy,” and yet both Napier and
Merewcther have fallen into the habit of
tbc presence of tbc challengers, and reopened
the next day in the same presence.
proper qualifications as to property and in- j
telligcnce, the right of suffrage.
The Times, in remarking npon tho above, |
says:
ST' A Washington dispatch says that #
Grant is so manmuvring the troops as to vir-
tnally neutralize Gen. Hancock as commander
of tbe Department of the Atlantic, and place
oim without any men under his control. Who
b tho highest in rank, the President or Grant ?
ST A dispatch from New Orleans says an
attempt was made by negroes on Wednesday
night to murder Judge Ogdon, formerly of
tlie Supreme Bench of Louisiana.
All but one of tbo members^ of tbe
nudical faculty of the University of Michigan
JW resigned on account ot the action of the
“=?euts in establishing a chair of homeo-
Patby.
Singular Explosion.—A friend of our
irbilc suffering from tho effects of a severe
-icadache was recommended to bathe his
forehead with hartshorn and chloroform—
c 7 u al parts. He procured a small bottle as di
eted, and experienced a decided and al
most immediate relief from pain on applying
■fie mixture, or rather the presciption—for
fiortshorn and chloroform will not of them-
-'■•res mix—to his forehead. Pleased at the
fault, he stood shaking tho bottle and watch-
j?S the almost instant separation of the
bquids that occurred as soon os tho motion
cccse].
The idea struck him that a littlo eologner
fHght improve tho prescription, and rcinov-
'fi? the cork ho poured in a small quanty of
^‘figae, which affiliating with neither of the
Wher fluids remained afloat on the surface of
[fit chloroform, the hartshorn being beneath,
“‘placing tho cork, ho was about to shake
[he bottle, when au explosion occurred. A
portion of the side of tbe bottle was
”°*n out,|and almost allthc contents thrown
3 ®e feet, ruining the varnish on the stand of
*P*t sewing machine. The surprise of the
^fif’-eman may be imagined. His headache
• ** cured. Will sonic of our friends skilled
( ‘ A m!stry explain the cause of the expio-
“' -V 0. Picayune. ' ..
tho following resolution of tho Democratic I the Legislature, a Convention of the people, a mands the pound of flesh nextthe heart, and
Convention of South Carolina: I raass mec ^ n 3 °f ?be whole people, or by a hyena-like, would plunge its fangs into the
Resolved, That under tbe action of the great Southern Body Politic aad tear out tho
m ° I(i0 i3 done by the State, and the Con- last vesti S e of a Ree-born race. What a
stitution is positive that no 6tato shall do it. spectacle for the savage nations to behold I—
and as sucli, in person and property, entitled WhcreD0W tte b0aStcd “ am * r patri< *" ° f
to a full nnd equal protection under the State «h the tbe leaders, where tho Union that so long
S n ScwffiL!Tde£o^' 8 l5S^ Sr CongrJs" (ids words? but withstood the storm of contending factions ?
whrn u-n Wn tLn nnwnr tn ^rnnt ti nnnfw I "could not legalize the act if done by a The Idol is no more. “It is gone glimmering
- p ’ ° - I State, as such an act of Congress, in viola- through the dream of things tha: were; the
tion of the Constitution of the United States, sc hool-boy’s tale, the wonder of an hour
would itself bo declared void by the Courts.” and ^ old fl tbat ODCO floated so proudly
Is there an intelligent white man in Gcor- Qver tbia yast domaiD) encircling the land in
f 4 . . .. _ .. | S ia » 115113 tbc News & Herald > who wiU at ’ its protecting folds, is now flatted in defi-
Tbis declaration of tbe Soiuh Carolina tempt to controvert the above not mereopin- „ i rnr M„ n nwm i, w i, n „ r „
Democrats strikes us as having a decided , nn no T „„ nr ^rt tr , 0 „ n i ancc over a down-trodden people who are
interest and importance beyond its party rc- lon ’ but as 50 ° ntl ,.° a J , d °' crushed beneath the iron heel of party des-
lations. Are the peoplo of tbe Southern mcnt a S ainst tbc validity of the relief clause p 0 tj sm> The unveiled Molanna was not
States in general prepared to take tho some in the Atlanta Constitution ? We think not. monJ distorted Qnd hideous than the prinei-
ground? Will the whites of the South agree The decision of Gov. Brown leaves no room , f th t - 0 „ s t[]G
to embody in tbeir State constitutions a for donIl A nnd th „ man who after rcttdin „ ? les ot tUa part y p0 , vc ’ ° f
provision giving suffrage to blacks, wben ,, ’ , . ’ . ° banquet of the fabled ghoul more loathsome
: bond duly qualified, and to exact from I tbc abovc statement °f an lnnontrevcrUljlc I t ba n the feast of murdered justice, outraged
them precisely tbe same qualifications “as to constitutional principle, votes to disfranchise llonor and moral de b a ucbeiy that sustains
sk: »» - ^ He J
Would it not—if thus accepted by Congress cannot even plead bribery in justifica.ion of de g rada tion. How long will she, hcW long
'nnd assented to by the South—form a much his folly—for no truth is more clearly estab- will Georgiaj submit to the gross indignities
by | lisbed than that the Constitution cannot give | and remor seIess usurpations that ars heaped
better basis than tho one now laid down
•ectune! etter lawk and a* brtter ^mbt/tra-1 r * dief P ronli8ea ’ 4* in upon her by the relentless, unscrupulous and
tion of them; and better, especially, ns a mat- on tbo raount > tbc tempters have not the
ter of mutual agreement—as one to which I power to make good their promises. Let
both parties givo their voluntaiy assent, and every honest Georgiansay to them—Get tilde
with which both are substantially satisfied? behind me, carpet-baggers and scalawags.
Wo arenotprepared to say what the South- 1
cm people would do were they called upon l "Why hot the Monkeys ?—It appears that
to disfranchise any of their white population I the wild Africans who came over in tho Wan
who have heretofore enjoyed tho right of suf-1 derer are among the Radical voters at Savan-
frage, and very many of whom have periled I nab. Their conception of tho franchise will
their lives upon tho battle-field for their coun- be readily obtained from the following arti-
try. But this much wc feel assured we can clc addressed to the News & Herald,
say with perfect safety: there has not been a Editors News & Herald.—I yesterday met
day since tbe close of tbe war wben every j one of the “Wanderer” negroes, whom I have
Southern State would not cheerfully, as a
despotic demagogues ? Will she echo the
dirge that these potentates are now chanting
over the bier of Liberty, or, with her own
inborn greatness and determination to be
true to herself, will sie shake off tbe
tyrant’s manacles aid resist the fet
ters that are being ferged to link her with
a race just a little above the Chimpanzee ?—
Will she, by her voice, ratify a Constitution
framed and supported by renegades, Radi
cals and negroes, whose religion is greed, and
whose law is their own ruthless will ? It re
known almost from the day he came to Geor-1 mains to be seen, and a few days will decide
..ixia. Notwithstanding a roidence of seven j how much Georgia's sons will do for the re-
compromise, have given a qualifie- suffrage or cjgbt y ears in a civilized community, he d e m ption of the Empire State from a thral-
to the negro, and to an extent as liberal as still bean very evident traces of a barbaric dom worse than tho gravc . Not by blood
in their best judgment was consistent with origin. I casually asked him if be was going be avsn „ cd f or t h 0 sword is
r * , . - „ _ l to vote. He replied tbat he had already can “ er wrongs oe avenged, ior tno sworci is
the safety of society and the wolfareof tne i then asked him, where and how? sheathed and powerless. Not by tho Olivo
blacks themselves. The Radical party of the j re p|y was that with some half dozen oth-1 Branch of Peace, for alas, the altar whereon
North were in power and would never af- erg> he W ent to a room where they were told tbe imraortal Clay laid b3s offc ring in 1832 is
ford us an opportunity to do for the negro to point their £ a ? e ^P' p h n ° * h '“Jdespoiled and the smoke of Us ruins enshrouds
what wc desired, taking the whole matter into °|» P^™ 111 wblch somo ono made a ECratcb thc P lan(l . Tbo uilot box must rule the hour;
their own hands, assuming to dictate to thel G n my asking him if ho had taken the oath, the enfranchised by their votes to strike for
States laws ofsufrrage,a'nd for their own selfish j u^ot dat ! w was his reply. I Democracy and freedom; the disfranchised
purposes, insisting that the whole race, the ig-1 He said he had been told to vote for Hop- to ra „ tbeir strcnfftb and un i ted influence
kins, and ho would own tbe piece of ground » .. . . , ... .
he was working, and that he had gone and «ga“st the men who, if elected, will rule the
done so, by pointing bis fingers towards tbe State with all the power of master-fiends,
Tremenc.ous enthusiasm prevailed. The very S p Cak j n g very slightingly of Theodorus’ army
women rallied for t leir gallant champion.— and estimating his forces far below then own.
A fine band of music freighted the sweet General Sir Robert Napier informed me yes-
morning air with inspiring burdens of melo- ter day that the Abyssinian army numbered
"" ~ n ° - . ... 7,000 men all told; Brigadier General Merc-
dy. The streets were thronged early with wctbcr estimates it, from advices received
eager masses of people, burning to see and from the captive envoy Rassam, at 15,000
hear the talismanic eloquence of the heroic men, while the natives boldly tell us to our
Gordon. I tell you it did one’s heart good faces tbat a!I our throats will be cut, as the
to see tbat so many good men, and true, still of tbeir dr ?\ ded Emperor is a hundred
a., fa, a- to one, and an intelligent Greek merchant,
lived in tho awful degeneracy of the times. wbo bag at var i ou3 times sold English mus-
At 11 o’clock Gen. Gordon was introduced kets to Theodorus, estimates his forces as ap-
to tho immense audience by CoL L "W. Avery proximating 100,000 infantry, 50,000 cavalry
in a short introductory speech. Warmly and ~ 0 > 0 ™ tiralleurs. There is a wide differ-
. - ii a- i ence m the above statements, and neither can
touching upon recollections connected with bc deemed reliabl0) &Qm the ’ fact that Theo _
his early personal intimacy with the General, dorus declares he will meet the English on
and bis vivid memories of his lofty promise, the plain, and in the same spirit as that
ho passed to a brief but fervent and eulogistic which animated Napoleon at Waterloo; says
mention of Gen. Gordon’s glorious military h*™ 1 , 1 measure bis strca 2 th with them.
a v- J He has six cannon of immense calibre, be_
career and shining manhood; and, then sides a dozen twelve-pounders, and I am in-
touching upon the enthusiastic unanimity and dined to believe that he has an army num-
eagerness with which the impulses of a suf- bering in the aggregate 40,000 meD, for
1 YYagsbun Gobaye declines to attack him
feting people had leaped to him for leader
ship out of dreadful straits, the speaker intro
duced him to the assembly. I can give you
littlo idea of the enthusiasm the very men
tion of Gordon’s name created.
Gen. Gordon then addressed the mass in
with 40,000 troops, and Menelek, the Kin_
Shoa, and Walbelt, the Galla Amazon com
bined, retreat before him with an army
amounting to over sixty thousand. But
Napier argues that they retreated solely be
cause Theodorus’ name was enough to strike
te-ror, and that as they bad not recovered
a telling speech of an hour and a quarter.— from the dread which bis very name inspired
His fine form and handsome face, his charm I they dared not attack him, and he adds, with
ing manner and irresistible eloquence, his a^uring smile, that the English did not as
close thought and stirring appeals were like G cn. Napier is himself convinced that had
magic upon his hearers. Ably setting forth J not the home government seized the very
the condition of the country, the character favorable opportunity of making war upon
of tbe issues at stake, and the duties of the I Theodorus when the empire is convulsed
hour, ho closed amid wild plaudits, with
many a good vote gained.
Col. Johnson then introduced Gen. Pierce
Young, candidate for Congress who made
some very handsome remarks, settling his j
position.
with civil wars, which rage in every prov
ince, that it would have been useless to in
vade Abyssinia with an army of less than
one hundred thousand men.
As it is, the Commandcr-in-Chief is confi
dent of success and that the English army
will be in Zuella with the captives by tbe first
of June next. He is precipitated onward
ble.
Oglethorpe.
Sum Natral History—-By Josh Billings.
□orantand the debased alike with the enlight
ened and the virtuous, be clothed with all the
powers and responsibilities of the white race.
This claiming for the negro, as a race and
without discrimination, more than he do
served or could have consistently with
the public good, has had the
top of the room.
I make no comments.
N.N. R.
making everything subservient to tbeir insa
tiate avarice and ambition. It is a time when
party strife should ceaso and honest differ
ences of opinion be ignored. Away with old
issues and principles for the present, but
“shoulder to shoulder and side by side” with
u Nitor in adversum” tho motto, who dare
Sensible Views from a Negro.—A col-
reac- I ored man, writing to the Albany News, over
tionary effect "in the Northern States of the signature of “G. S.,” thus expresses his
denying to him, however well qualified, all views about the election:
political rigbLs and it remains to be seen what : We have been told here that. this Constitu-. , n tbe u | timate overthrow of Radical
will bc the temper of the Southern people, Afa 1 rule iu this “home of the brave,” if not th.
exasperated as they have been by tuc Kaclic..! ddnb dbe co ] or cd men oughtto vote for it.— I free 1 Should the noble effort seem vain, de-
party wbo would bring them under absolute But you and otber Democrats tell us it is a S p a i r DO t, but with tbo determination of the
negro domination, nnd alienated from the I cheat, and the simple fact that the Radicals I u a co a qD’lsracli, when repeatedly
negroes by the improper conduct of the lat- bisscd d °™ b y tbc Houso of Commons, resolve
ter. Wo do know, though, that ttlQ ca i s ]i cre tell us that it does, makes me bc- to be heard. Resolve that none but true white
Southern people are still willing I ffeve tbat somebody is trying to cheat. men shall govern Georgia, and that her noble
do full justice to the negro, to make j I for one, am determined to vote for true defenders in this tryinsr ordeal hand. down
hi* o-,\n wclf.ire. frorbltd he is willing lo act j era mcn tbat arc on tbu . Helical side,
with them and turn bis back upon those wbo
are sworn enemies to tbeir every interest.
John Harris, of Newton, and the Reo-
Joe Brown Among the Prophets!
Montvale Springs.—The reopening of istkation Infamy.—We have it upon au-
these celebrated Springs is thu3 referred to thority which we deem reliable, and indeed
by the Knoxville Press and Herald: » truthful wc doubt not as even to bo be-
... , , .a . , , a licved at Headquarters, tbat this man—now
The public have no doubt been pleased to ^ disgracc witb all honorable minds, but
learn from tbc announcement, that this de- wboba3 been for a term of years honored by
ligbtful Summer resort, not only for invalids, | a j ras ting brotherhood in Georgia—actually
Until the reproduction of somo of Gov.
Brown’s old messages, wc had no idea of his
foreeast ^ b d / I but lor seekers of recreation and pleasure, ! “‘ Et t0 3) 0 disgraceful extent on Friday or
will bo fully illustrated alter the reader wm bc opcncd for t bo reception of guests on Saturday last £ the bark room of a grocery
ohall have perused the following extract from tbe first 0 < j une . The Springs will be under in Cov ju„ toni 0 f getting liis pimps and boot-
a special message to the Georgia Legislature, the immediate superintendence of the propn- Jicb to .° dt . onQ or tw0 0 f the Registrars for
dated November 7th, 1SG0: . ctor-Mr. Joseph L. Newton, Walton and Clark, to stnkc off the
.. s „ fOOI! as the Government shall have passed management of the establishment in 18G3 naraes of some dgbt or nine hundred voters
into black Republican hands, a portion of onreit- will be pleasantly remembered bv all w I amongst the most clearly entitled and rcs-
izens must, If possible, he brihea into treachery to were so fortunate as to partake ot bis hospi-1 p CCted citizens of those counties,
their own section, by the aliuremcuts of oihce^or | clitics. The facilities _ for reaching the | Said Harris, we understand, is a candidate
they Hood the country with inflammatory Aboil- This season visitors can reach Maryville by
tlou documents, a * 1 - * '■■Ml ’ — -*-*
ate in the South a _ __
oct.c« n j - ^- bYn - tbrcc ■ hour3 aftcr Icavin
Who will now say that Gov. Brown is not Montva i e has never yet been appreaciated
n prophet ? Every prediction contained in | AlthoUL’h it has long been a favorite resort
No doubt that the vigorous and timely
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, and do all In their power to c^- ra ij and by a pleasant drive of nine miles c{ j- ort3 Q f a f ew honest mcn in tbat locality
'.iKvivs±ssA\^
have no doubt, that this case, with several
. I I ■ ..others—some of which have como within our
n prophet? Every prediction contained in Although it has long been a favorite resort own j-nowledge—^brought forth tho late
tho abovo extract has been fulfilled to the I with those acquainted with its merits and at- sp - ir i ted ordcr 0 f Gen. Meade, on the subject
letter except tbe last, which is in rapid pro- tractions, yet having bereto.oro been some- f tampering with tho Registration lists.
, ... , whatremoto from tho great lines of travel, 1 ° l Gridin Star
cess of realization. And the most remarka- £ ^ passcd by far more remote, though L JJl btar ' .
ble fact connected with the whole matter is. ^.3Attractive resorts in Virginia and else- Attack on a Stage.—The Haynesvillo
Joe Brown himself, the prophet, has joined where. Now that it is brought within easy Q bro niclo of last week says:
the Republicans and the “hungry swarm ot approach and is being fitted up in the best) „ . . « —-■>—k-i* *1—»
Abolition emissaries” to brmg all these terri
ble evils upon tbe South 1 Verily, a Judos is
amongst us 1
TnE Merchant Prince Still for Grant^
Mr. A. Ti Stewart has addressed a letter to
somebody iu Ohio in which he says.
So far from having withdrawn from Gen.
Grant’s support, I am daily, as far as one in
dividual can. exerting all honorable means to
bring about liis nomination and election.
£5T*A Key West letter says tbe remnant
ot th. Seniinoles left in that state are emula
ting tlic “cussedness” of the noble red men ot
thcPlains, and have lately ^burned alive a
captured white man.
— _r . i-ncf'-nro iirm^ it 1 Saturday before daylight, tbe stage on its
of style, we doubt not- a n - way between Selma nnd Mongomcry, was
will not be long till fired into. Thirty-six buckshot' and buffets
the very first rank of A c 0 ^ lodged in the vehicle. Two passengers
places. ‘ inside escaped only by being at the time in a
“ - ■- ti. n~.nri reclining posture, and wo heaid of no damage
Tiie National Debt.—-Tucnty t!io sai l I ^ any thing, but tho intent was very manifest
dollars were on Wednesday P? 1 ^ c That has been one of the most quiet com-
sub-Treasury in New York, having been be-1 lu ““" - >- - - -
queathed to the nation by tlic late Ralph b.
Fretz, of San Francisco, California, to help
pay off the national debt.
G5F" Ulysses rode round the ring on the
pony, with the monkey on his head.
[Grant's Biography by his Daddy.
There is an opinion prevalent that Grant
has seen the “monkeys” in more places than
tho circus ring.—Louisville Democrat
munitics iu that county, and would doubtless
Lave remained so if the civil influences of low
white Radicals had not corrupted the senti
ments of the negroes. Of these suspicion
rests upon several, and we are in possession
of the name of one who did tho firing, but
will wait further investigation before giving
it. , , ,
55?” A. T. Stewart has discharged a num
ber clerks. Duff times.
Dr. H. V. M. Miller consumed the remain- I by the Bombay government, who flood him
der of the time until the hour for the train, with letters containing ominous tidings of
I well understood how he has been called the Hnsslan embassies being sent to the warrler
uuuusi uuuu i i uuo uuu wunu i I prince of Khiva, of Russian armies being
“Demosthenes of the Mountains.” Ago has sent to tbc Deccau, of the King of Ava’s
dimmed none of his vigor. Gathering the growing hostility to thcEnglish—all of which
large crowd immediately under his com- is fraught .with portentous meaning to the
y? n fn ly - H
sectmg Bullock i\ ltli indescribable pots er Genera i b y refusing much that he deems es-
and relish, showing up that third-rate pack- sential for the success of the mission, in order,
age clerk in all his venom and smallness, he as they say to keep down the expenditure,
then turned and drew a picture of Gordon “ some instances they contribute
.... .. . , . , very liberally. But withal, however anxious
tbat rings yet in my mind. ^ Miller is a born ^ be British public may become, as they are
orator, and he displayed his full power yes- already committed to the expedition, Napier,
terday. He closed under deafening applause says it will be for him “to consider the time
for him and Gordon and tbe conditions under which ho will re-
Col. Gaskil), ol A.i,nto, spoko for » >»«
very trenchantly, showing up the Radicals, f orce and the attainment of those other
whose machine he helped run for a short peaceful, scientfiic and philantropic ends,
while, but whose mad excesses drove him to which though subordinate the main object
.. ” are certainly not inconsistent with it.” What
the Democracy. . those ends are I know not, but there is the
Col. Geo. N. Lester closed the day s talk, statement, to be construed bow we may.
and well he did it. Ho mingled humor and the prospect and probable result.
pathos in effective conjunction. Col. Lester The Negus Negusbe of modern Ethiopia,
is a bright spirit. He has a rare vein of pop- from tbe lates ‘ “ . we - can S leaa
° 1 1 1 I camp, seems determined to prove bimsell
ular oratory. _ worthy of tho royal blood from which he
Be of good cheer. The movement against c ]ni ms descent, and to convince the English,
Radicalism is gaining heavily each day. If I “by the power of God,” that his people, who
wo had but thirty more days we could accom- formerly glimmered in the oral history of the
- , m. . ,, - . nations of tbc Orient, who were renowned by
plish marvels. The horrible trickery of the j ew j sb poe t s and sung by Grecian bards,
Constitution is losing its varnish under tho though the country, by tbe eternal and
scathing manipulations of our speakers, and boundless deserts which surround it, has been
its hideous deformity becoming more palpa- barred from the rest of the civilized world,
have not degenerated into a race of cowards.
If the appearance of thepeople of Antalo does
not belie them, methinks tbe English govern
ment will exert its gigantic powers in vain to
compel Theodorus to disgorge his mountain
the crow. I prisoners of Magdala, Begomder and. Wog-
Next to tho monkey, the crow has the g ara . Such intelligent and sturdy forms as
most develtry to spare!” They are born very we see daily can barely contain craven souls,
wild, kan be tamed az es;y as the goat kan, Their haughty, independent bearing illus-
but a tame crow iz akl illy worse than a trates their descent from the powerful na-
sore thumb. . tions of Ethiopia, who for centuries estab-
If there is enny thing >out the house tbat ffshed and overthrew mighty kingdoms and
they kant get into, it Li bccauze the thing originated the arts, learning and refinement
aint big enuL. I liad rather watch a distrikt 0 f the ancient world. The women, whose
skool than one tame crow. Crows live on lusty forms excite vulgar admiration, handle
what they kan steal, and they will steal enny the warrior’s arms with, the ease and dexterity
thing tbat ain’t tied down. 0 t their lords, while the children, almost in
They are fond ov meat Tittles, and arc the their cradles, become prurient for the lance
first to hold an inquest over a departed an d yataghan.
horse, or a still sheep. They arc a fine bird Theodorus, finding that it was impossible
tew hunt, but a hard one to kill; they kan to mount his big cannon on tbe waffs of Mag-
seo you 2 miles first, and will smell a gun da i a , ba3 taken a strong position between
right through tbe side ov a mountain. two rivers, near Lake Haik. On all bis sides
'They ar not songstirs, altho they have a b is camp is well protected by deep ravines,
good voice to cultivate, but what they do sing which cross and rccross each other, so that it
they seem tew understand thoroughly ; long will be a matter of seme difficulty bn a plain
practiss has made them perfekt. devoid of timber to bring tbe Armstrong
The crow is a tough bird, and kan stand g U us into a position to bear on his camp.—
tbc heat like a blacksmith, and the cold like This plateau on which ho is encamped is
a stun waff. about two days’ march from Magdala and
They bild tbeir nest among a tree, and lay twelve from Antalo.
twice, and both aigs would hatch out if they Wagshum Gabazyo having heard that the
was laid in a snow bank—there aint no such great Theodorus was advancing, who has an
thing as stopping a young crow. incurable propensity for executing traitors in
Crows are very lengthy, i beleave they live a most horrible manner, lias decamped from
always,! never knu one to die a natral deth, Lake Ashangi with his army and invested
and don’t beleave they kno how. Debra Tabor, which he would not have
They are alwns thin in flesh, and are like done had Theodorus not left it with his
an injun rubber shew, poor inside and out. whole army. In tbe same manner tho bom-
Tbey are not considered fine eating, altho I bastic King of Shoa, who hacl prompted lib-
i have read somewhere ov biled crow, but I erty to the captives at Magdala, has left the
still i never heard ov the same man hanker- I vicinity of his formidable master, retreating
ing for sum biled crow 2 times. * I hastily to his country of Shoa, a hundred
This cssa on the crow iz coppied from na-1 miles further south, and Kussai, of Tigre,
tur, and if it iz true, i aint to blame for it, though promising much, confines his hostile
natur mado tho crow, i didn’t, if i had i operations to supplying the English army
would liav made her more honest and not with grain and barley flour and allowing
quite so tuff. free passage to the couriers. So Theodorus is
Iiens left without an enemy in the field except the
leads me to remark, in tho fust place, that English, whom he assures the Egyptian
thus far, thev are a suckcess. Pasha he will make eat dirt, after wmch lie
They arc "domestick, and occasionally are will invade Egypt and convert that country
t u ff. into a Christian one, free for ever from the
This iz owing to their not being bild often control of Mussulman dogs. If successful in.
enuff in their younger daze; but the hen aint I the coming battle with the English he will
tew blame for this. confine himself to simply making the English
Biled hen iz universally respekted. eat a littlo dirt. His victories may _ba\ c the
Tharoiza grate deal ov originality tew in happy effect of establishing Christianity in
the hen—exactly how much i kant tell, both Egypt and Abyssinia,
historians fi**ht so mutch about it. Sum say The English depend mainly upon their
Knower had hens with him in the ark, ancl Snyder-Enfield rifle in the expected contest
sum say he didn’t. So it goes, which and with the Abysinian army. However much
tuther. tbe English may vaunt their excellence above
I kant tell yu which waz fust, the hen or all other arms, let no American bc deluded
tho egg; sumtimes i think the egg waz—and thereby and accept the story as gospel. They
sumtimes i think i don’t kno, and i kant tell will bo undoubtedly superior to the double
now which iz right for the life ov me. barrelled shot-guns and the muzzle-loading
Laying eggs is tho hens best grip. muskets in the hands of Theodorus soldiers,
A hen that kant lay eggs—is laid out. but as tried iu this camp with a Spencer ana
One egg is considered a fair days work for Henry rifle they have been found inferior to
a hen, I hav heard of their doing better, but either Even the clunky, dangerous Spencer
i don’t want a hen ov mine tew do it—it is j fired fourteen shots to nine ot the, anyaer-
A picture of the country through which
we are about to travel—the Galla country—
is thus described by an eye witness:—The
country from Antalo to Ashangi may be com
pared to the Thermopylm of Greece. Still
the country from Ashangi to Magdala contain
passes through which travelling is almost im
possible without great labor. The army
must march across plateaus, on narrow and
tortuous paths along the beds of torrents and
sometimes on the sides of the lower parts of
mountains. The roads arc narrow and wind
ing, the gorges are walled by high moun
tains covered with forests, while the paths in.
elevated regions are on the edge of deep and
impassable ravines, and on the other side the
mountains rise perpendicularly and are cov
ered with thick woods where the lions and
foxes of Abyssinia alone can pass.
Another traveller who is with the army in
forms your correspondent that the English
must .not expect to meet with a living soul,
unless the enemy come out to meet them.—
As to supplies, nothing will be found ex
cept wood and water in abundance. The
enemy will be hidden on the mountain tops,
in the forests, in the ravines, by the angles
and irregularities of the ground, while the
carbines of Ibrahim Pasha and the old
arquebusses in tbe hands ot the Abyssinian3
will decimate the English troops. Tho
Snyder-Enfield and rifled breech-loading
Armstrong guns will only awaken the echoes
of the mountains and frighten the wild
beasts, and sometimes before they will have
time to turn tbeir cannon tbo English will
find themselves face to face with Theodoras’
soldiers, who will fall upon them sword in
hand.
Civilized people immersed in the profun
dity of tbeir own politics may be incredulous
at the tale of firearms and swords being found
in Abyssinia, a semi-barbarous empire; but
when they consider the total absence of those
muskets in Egypt of what are called tho Ibra
him Pasha muskets, which that prince bought
in France—when those were superseded by a
later invention; and, again, what have be
come of the latter, replaced by a more recent
invention still, they will have reason to sup
pose that they have been sold to somo less
civilized power. These arms may bo found
in tbe bands of Theodorus’ soldiers. Specu
lators have also been continually introducing
arms into ’Abyssinia at several points, and
especially at Massonwab. The companies
also who are working for the restoration of .
the fallen princes on tho coasts of Abyssinia
have imported great quantities of arms at
different periods.
A Grecian merchant was lately commis
sioned to buy twenty thousand English mus
kets for Theodorus. Besides, the Abyssinians,
under their intelligent and enterprising Em
peror, have acquired considerable skill in the
U3c ot firearms. A Greek of Epirus intro
duced the manufacture of gunpowder among
them in 1857.
TIIE LIGHT CAVALRY OF THEODORUS
is equal to any in the World, both as respects
the horses and the agility of the riders. In
fighting they throw away the rein, use both
hands and perform wonderful movements
by the help of their legs and knees only.—
They carry a sword and two lances. They
can pick up any object at full gallop, and
can suddenly disappear under their horse’s
belly to avoid a blow. In attacking a square
they always try to jump into it. The artil
lery is no longer what it used to be. Now it
consists of formidable pieces and skilful gun
ners, mountaineers, armed with guns, cele
brated for the precision of their aim and cool
courage. *
Each corps in Theodorus’ army has its gen
eral and is governed by a severe discipline
and rigorous regulation. Desertefs aro cru
cified, and tbeir execution Theodorus super
intends himself, as his people are donkeys
and cannot do anything right.
The Emperor has a perfect idea of centrali
zation. He is the first sovereign who offers
the spectacle of an empire without a capital.
Having investigated the causes and effects of
the late revolution he saw that when the cap
ital was taken all the rest ran the same dan
ger. He said to himself, therefore, “I will
have no capital; my head shall be tbe empire
and niy tent the capital.” Hence he is always
followed by bis ministers and bigb function
aries. rf,:
Gondar, though formerly the capital, is now
but a large city stripped of the interest which
attached to it, and Debra Tabor has dwin
dled into a petty village, so neither of these
places offer any inducements to rebels or in
vaders, and it is only for the sake of the pris
oners at Magdala that the English army wend
their way to the fortress. To prevent their
entering it Theodorus has planted himself
before it and taken position.
Where They are Known.—Hartford, the
residence of Jewell, the Radical nominee for
Governor of Connecticut, went against him
by 700. New Haven, the residence of Eng
lish, gave him 2000 majority.
£5gf“The bodies of two white men were
found hanging to a tree near Hernando, Mis
sissippi, a few day3 ago. It is supposed they
were horse thieves, who had been hung by
citizens.
apt to hurt their constitution and by-laws,
and thus imparo- their futer worth. .
The poet sez, butifully :
“Sumbody hai stole our old blew hen,
I wiib they’d let her bee,
She used tew lay 2 eggs a day,
And Sundays sho laid 3.
This sounds true enuff for poetry, but iwill
Enfield, while an elegant Henry rifle, which
a staff officer bought from an American cap-
tain at Annesley fired sixteen, shots to
eight of the Snyder, both being fired asrapidly
as possible. . . , , . .
There were twelve rocket guns brought to
Antalo, under the impression that they would
be found useful in setting fire to the house of
bet 75 thousand dollars that it never took Magdala; as it is now,^tbey will bc useless on a
bare plateau, such as Theodorus’ camp. 1 he
Armstrong twelve-pounders cost infinite
place.
The bet stands over till tbe 17 day ov next
November, at half past twelve o’clock.
The city and town elections in Ohio
exhibit large Democratic gains. In Cincin
nati nearly four thousand in one year.
trouble to bring them here, but beyond An
talo the mountains are higher, the valleys
deeper and the country much poorer, oyer
which the marauding Gallas have swept like
locusts, devouring everything.
Saws from Josh Billings.
Reputashun iz like money—the principal
iz often lost by putting it out at interest.
Dry goods are worshipped in this world
now more than the Lorld iz.
The devil owes most ov his success tew the
fackt that he iz alwuz on hand.
How menny people thare iz whose souls lay
in them, like the pith in a goose quill?
Awl ov us komplain ov tho shortness
ov life, yet we awl waste more time than we
uzc.
■Whenever the soul is in grief, it is
taking root, and when it is in smiles, it is
taking wing.
Don’t mistake arroganse for wisdom,
many pepel hav thought tha wuz wise when
tha wuz onla windy.
Tho man who kant git abed without
puffin others back, is a limited cuss.
Bonnets for May.—Bonnets have reached their
smallest dimensions, and now there is an idea qf
doing away with them altogether. On the princi
ple that extremes meet, the next thing we may
expect is a return to tha preposterous head-gear
of lorty years ago—the tunnel bonnets, which, it
is said, required a speaking trumpet at one end to
reach a woman’s ear at the other.
The proposed substitute for a bonnet at present,
however, is a lace coiffure. The coffure mantille,
which has already made its appearance, is some
times worn at the opera, and will probably be worn
largely at the inland watering-places, where bon
nets, lor the purposes of the promenade, have
always been at a discount.
pgp* Maggie Mitchell owns a four story
If successful in_]_ brown front in New York, which she is soon
to occupy.
£5F* Napoleon paid the fees of his cousin’s
installation as Cardinal. They amounted to
$ 18 ,0° 0 .
pgT°Cardinal Bonaparte’s title of St. Pu-
dentius is a delicate compliment, Pudentia
bein" the first woman who sheltered the apos
tics in the days of Claudius.
Speculations About Mr. Davis.—Tho
Washington correspondent of the Charleston
Courier writes:
A rumor has been started that Mr. .Jeffer
son Davis will, in the event of Mr. Johnson’s
removal, refuse to recognize the authority of
the United States Government, and deny its
right as a legitimate power to hold him to
account for any former acts. But thi3 Con
gress-Wade Government will be the de facto
Government, and Mr. Davis’ objections will
not hold good. President Johnson will,
however, as is supposed, question the Consti
tutionality of his removal, and claim still to
be the President of the United States, and in
full possession of tbe power of pardon. To
test the question whether he is still the legal
constitutional President, he may, immediately
upon his removal, grant a full pardon to Mr.
Jefferson Davis.
•OT-It is doubtful whether Senator Guthrie 18*
covers irom his last stroke of paralysis.