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Newspaper Page TextvA'V —— i—■— — 5LISBY & REID, Proprietors. T h e Family Journal.—News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic Affai rs GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING. ESTABLISHED 1826.} MACON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1809. ! jjfc’if * ii VOL. ILIII.—NO. 8. ili Building, Macon. ycorgia Tclcgrapu u bates\p* smsscKimox: I i ill IBM J—for six months-..— 5 00 periods One Dollar per month. TxLKOBAPIf - I° r 01,e / A> ... mnnlli, _■ Telco Forsh Weew-T Tclcoba raHn* i 83-Payable aheaye in Advance, 1 Hook and Job Printing X<*tlj eientet« nydnuUe price*. , Uftnittancc* by mail with Postmaster’s certificate f our miirnomcut. Bali, etc.. SMSt 1 mas at .vxlXIcdgevillc. etc., Last CluriHl- Wf/vor, 'Editon: Christmas has come and ■ e , ^ naught remains hnt the sweet memo- of its pleasures. The Southern Recorder fcis already published an account of the above Ionmament, etc., but as, perhaps, we can add , { ew items which may prove not uninteresting w vonr nnmerons readers, we will venture, with roiir wonted liberality, to encroach upon your On Christmas eve, your correspond ent reached and Btopped at Midway, that classic, eociatilc and beautiful little village, two miles from MiUedgeville. The villagers, one and all, were astir with excitement and enthusiasm, for, the coming morrow, some of their most gal- t young men were to enter the lists where vonnd beauty and prowess were at stake. Whnt a glorious and charming day was Christ- nol and invigorating—the sun pouring mxh its genial rays from a cloudless sky—the r.sd, also, having blown its fillr : No more ap- r. prhto day coukJdMrvO been selected out of if whole yoflt'iCchoice. We shall not soon for- v i that two miles’ walk—how cheerily and mer- ,> wo escorted a bevy of blue and darkeyed Jjaons—Low eagerly we took their dainty fin is to lead them safely over uneven trays—how eir merry laughs, their winning smiles and tiling voices, • untwisted all the chains that • lie hidden soul of harmony”—dissolved as a flow of rapture—and moved the envy of the ..allow brooks which, cheerless and frozen, had i such charms to melt .their icy currents, i wonder that, ere we wereaware, we had ar- ived at the spot in the city selected for the ■mhat. It was directly in front of tho resi- nco of R. M. Orrne, Esq. The ring was sus- jjided opposite tho front gate; thirty yards ack was the head, and further back, seventy inis, was the starting point—whole distance to - ran, one hundred yards; time, eight seconds; ais, out xhe head and tierce the ring. As a r.gslar fact, it may be mentioned that the cem- ory stands in the rear and the penitentiary in . at 11 the spot. It must not, however, be imag ed tlit. because tho Knights jeir from Death, k«iwe they do not prefer to die heroically, yn to languish in inglorious chains and servi- 1-. Those wellknown citizens, Doctors White ad Party, and Lieut Mcpp, were appointed iTdgis. while the store of ladies, with thoir right eyes, rained infinence and roused the nights to noblest deeds. And now. expectn- ion is on tip-toe. Tho contest is nearly ready commence. We cast our eyes down the road nil talc an earnest look at the chivalrous knights, here they are, one hundred yards off; eleven i number drawn off under the leadership of heir gallant captain, Jas. H. Nichols. Their howy costumes, waving plumes and champing teeds. bewilder nswhefherthis is the nineteenth uturv or not, and canse us to believe the old »ys of Imight-orrantiy are revived with all its mntic spirit of adventure and deeds of dar- g; love of arms and of the rewards of valor; ivotion and love to the softer sex. The lost inlity of tho chivalric times, every Southron n proudly boast, is still retained here at least, all its ancient glory and excellence. But those gallant horsemen, let us record their tie evening mild,” tightened, however, by the ; Street Sketches in Seville, Spain—An- pale rays of a glorious moon, come stealing on. ' dalusian MinstrcLsy and Dancing. Soon white figures with manly escorts were seen { Seville Correspondence of the iMdon Teharaph.] wending their way to the place appointed, Ar- j One of the sights of Seville is the fruit market raved them, we found the haU failed with the of the Incamacion. It is an oblong square, cov- beauty and chivalry of old Baldwin impatiently . ering more ground than Covent Garden, and, awaiting the coronation to begin. Presently the ; with the exception of one broad stone thorough! curtain arose and revealed the knights standing , faae, dividing it into two halves, and an open in line on the stage fronting the queen and her * paved way running right round it, is completely *2*i attendants. Then Richard N. j covered with lofty whitewashed brick sheds, cool Stubbs, his Golden Cross glittering on his breast, ; and airy, through which youmaytake a delight- and he the picture of successful ambition, step- j fnl stroll, inhaling fragrant odors, andsurround- ped forward and m a neat and appropiate speech ed by a wealth of color that would exhaust an about as follows, crowned Miss Mary White, ' artist’s palette. From the beams and rafters Queen of Love and Beauty: ; above you hang long strings of onions, their Faib Lady : In tho times of chivalry and to- glittering coats of a Fright reddish brown—fes- mance it was conceded to the successful knight • toods of scarlet and emerald pepper-pods—huge to crown a Queen of Love and Beauty. AIbb ! cocoanuts in their rhinocerontio outer shells— we live in a time of fact, not fancy; but it has gourds of all shapes and hues—mighty cncum- ever been the pride and boast of our Sunny bers and choice melons in nets hung up to ripen. South ever to do homage to tho fair. Gladly, | To the right and left of your path are the then, we yield onr honors to your higher worth, j stalls, small iuclosures like cattle-pens; in the “Where were is so much to love, so much to win • center of each squats its proprietor, hedged in no wonder that I hesitate to choose. But if I j on all sides by piles of fruit. Great bags of must, I must. Allow me, then, fairest of the . chestnuts are poured out prodigally at bra feet; fair, the fortunes of the day devolving the pleas- [ round hi« head are clustered enormous bunches ing duty upon me, in behalf of the gallant order ( of grapes, hanging from the wood-work of big which I represent, to lay this trophy at thy feet, stall; pyramids of muskmclons encompass * _ . . ,„ him round about; deep baskets, overflowing Without the smiles of partial beauty won, ; with pomegranates, tinted like the falling leaf, On, what were man; a world without a sun. . yellow and rosy apples, pimento, and delicate, He then, suiting the action to the word, gal- i onions, form the front bulwark of lantly laid the floral crown at her feet, which ^ stronghold : and close behind him, shielded was instantly placed upon her queenly brow by i **y Bos body from the raids of adventurous, the Herald, which actof homage reconciled all prowling por-dtos-senora.and! boys, is a large to her sovereign sway. TheS Joe. Bowleg ; °7? r , P an ? er ’ ^ th aoft m . to Knight of the White Rose, taking the fairy which he throws, with a lofty and careless air, fingers of bliss Anna R.T., First Maid of Hon- he ~ ms * oa ®7.f. hun A m , exchan ? e * or or, gracefully led her to the side of the Queen, ‘ em P tln 8 commodities. A clumsy pair of scales speaking only these appropriate words: “The dang^hard by, in which he weighs the ponder- fairest rose in tho garden is but enhanced by the ons melons and gleaming omons-the smaller presence of the Lifv.” Then G. W. Hollinshed frult «® sold by num ber, these and the pep- ondB. Spaulding, respectively, the Black Knight , . .. and Knight*of the Silver Cross, gallantly and t 0f ‘S the fP^did objecte delayed in his chivalrously led Misses Fannie H. andEUaB, st ore,_the only ones that fulfill their outward who, indeed, were roval maids in tho rosy tW “» pomegranates onions and where glory they contributed so much to pro- <*?*»uts; ttewstare fair outside anddisap- mote. Oh, fairest scene! How we looked in potent within. Those golden grapes, glow- wonder and applause tiU the envious curtain, l?Swiththe hot toss of the autumn sun, are lit- slowly descending, shnt out the beautiful pano- “* "?*L 8 *™ and s v tonea > *e former bemg about rama from our sight. Then struck up the strains “ lhici “« a « a knd g lo Z°- J*™ F*®- of lively music, and “take your partners” re- dl S? ons m ? lons ’ dark green, turned up with sounded through the haU. That beauty aml deljcate yellow, are as insipid as weak «mgar and ™ xr.Ifo/i water. Those peaches, bigas cricket balls, ore !. Hunter McComb; Knight of Bandoleer. -. 0. W. Harrison, Knight of the Bayonet. G. Vi. Hollinshed, Black Knight. 0. E. Ringland, Black Donglas. It. N. Stublm, Knight of the Golden Cross. K ti. DnBignon, Knight of the Lost Causd. 7. Thus. McComb, Knight of tho Bed Cross, i B. Spaulding, Knight of the Silver Cross. t Tim Hawkins. Knight of the Rising Star. Ub*. J. Ii. Onue. Knight of the Red Rose, y '• Joe Bowles, Knight of the White R< Knight of the White Bose, At a given signal, a knight epe riding as it ere on the wings of tho wind, swift and rapid, >^«ng a bold but nnsnccessful effort. Then in wifi succession followed another and another, uw manly, fearless and daring they looked, ow fair eyes strained for them and fair hands »pped for joy, as some devoted favorite -i the honors of the day. were in a Midway party, and as their cham- “run to the charge, competitors flying from or from the glance of destiny,” how hiish- “ sounds: then ns the ring slides—grateful down their sabres, how joyful the excla- of triumph which fill the air. That little was very selfish—they won nearly all the I s - The combat ceases. The judges award prize to Richard N. Stubbs, Knight of ’slden Cross—he having made the time and - points. This gallant knight used the -rf the lamented Doles, which, doubtless, Ir'ri him to tho victorious cut and thrust. lfc second 'prize was conferred upon Joe /H Knight of the White Rose, and G. W. '■ied. and B. Spaulding. Black Knight and it of the Silver Cross, shared the third.— 1 insnccessfnl knights then contend for the ^Vlaliip of the occasion of ceremony of coro- This office, nfter some sharp fighting, by Seaton DnBigncm, Knight of the “'anse. This gave great satisfaction. His hursmanship, his manly form, tho ease intcc with which he sat in his saddle, his 3, his grey uniform—that glorious Con- grey—which as long as there is left ing worth remembering, Southern people -ver forget, and the crape of monming on ^ all excited admiration, sympathy and in his success. Then, as the knights up in line, Dr. White, in behalf of ied men, threw down the goantlet to ^uestion: “Which is the greater incen- knightly daring: VirmnorWeddedLove?” ■scansion of the subject was to take place ,» Year’s day. We have not heard that the -t was handled and with ivhat result. One we know; Dr. White and his married i must spell able before they wrest the from the grasp of snch bold and daring that chivalry we shall never forget. Noted as ' va I er - Anose peaches, big as cricket lmlls, Baldwin is for the number of her pretty women, i ? s . and . ,m ® 1 ’ alelul 1 1 ° palate ; as pro- she had laid contributions also from abroad, and J**** “ tjI “? of " ar 1Le Y nsef , u !“ as Spalding, Clarke and other counties were there C M I ? e ? ll des 1 ? re , !prdly- to lend their charms to the alreadv dazzliuo °PP los - Becked wuth pink and enmson array. night. Christmas, and in match-making, we trow; for we saw many a sighing youth whispering his soft phrases too close to gentle ears. Why not have fun while we are yoimg— “And frame our minds to mirtn and merriment Which bars a thousand barms audlengtliens life?” The next day we took a stroll over this Capi tal city. Yes, it is still the Capital City—Capi- and cultivation, should be, by reason of the soil and climate, some of the finest in the world, is merely a delusion and a snare ; it grows in ac cordance with the fanciful decrees of Dame Na ture run wild, and, like many other untended products of this hapless country, hath a seemly exterior, et eoila tout. Lingering along the approaches to the market, of the serenos’ lanterns are limited to furnish-' U. Georgia Affairs in Washington, ing you with a light for your cigar! We cross We suppose the special Washington telegrams the omnge-bedeaced Fkco of the Duke by the of the PhiladepWa PreS8 flgg Fomey’s paper) tottenng Convent of San Miguel, along the \v . , , , , v ,, , * 11 A narrow Sierpes, half flooded in pellucid light, I would probably have the benefit of a better m- half wrapt in the blackest of shadows; and so, ■ side view than that obtained by most papers, through the handsomest square in Europe. | With this idea, we copy the following from that (Plaza de la Lihertad.) to the cosy, snug Fonda ! a Georgia : do Londres, where no light infantry assail your, f. / _ ° „ . ,, , ,. slumbering body, and even the mosquitoes are ; „ Senator Trumbull is actively working the restrained by their feelings from disgracing so Georgia Senatorial case referred to the Judiciary respectable a house by tricks upon travelers. ! Committee, of whieh he is chmrman. It is nn- * _ T *T - ^ dorstood that the Illinois Senator favore the ad- j mission of Hon. Joshua HiU. There is likely to NEW YEAS S KECEPTION8 IN FBAXCE AND IT ALT ADDBESSES .THE BEPTJES OP NAPOLEON AND V1CTOB EMANUEL OBOANTZ.AHON OF THE GREEK FORCES—THE FENIANS IN IBELAND ABBEST OP OVEBEND. OUBNET A CO. FOB ALLEGED FRAUD. Tiie Concert of Mrs. Ogden and Sirs. Bacon. From the Chronicle and SeyUnel.1 By a short notice copied in your paper, I see that severalladies, among whom are the musical sisters, Mrs. Ogden and* MiN. Racon, of Macon, design giving a aeries of conjlrts for the Geor gia MonumentnlAssociation. As tho slip is taken from the Macon Teleoeaph, one of whose edi tors ought to know, I suppose the report is true. In order that the public may understand the musical treat which is preparing for them and everybody who loves music, may, without fail, be on hand to reap the benefit, and benefit the Monumental Association, I would like to say a few words about two of the principal singers. All lovers of music who have ever been in Macon and especially all who were there during tho war, remember the hospitable and delightful family in which the charming blisses Lamar drew around them a circle of an that was worthknowing among the residents or the visitors of their city. One of these ladies is now Sirs. J. M. Ogden, another Mrs. A. O. Bacon. Mrs. Ogden is, of course, the prima donna of any musical troupe with which she is connected. In speaking freely of her talents, I am not, as I think, trespassing bn the reserve which should surround private life. Genius belongs not to it self alone, but to the world, and ought to be known. -’ *!‘ Mrs. Ogden has a soprano voice of more than ordinary compass. When I heard her last, she reached, with perfect dearness and without any appearance of effort, the. C above the staff, while her notes were equally good down to the mezzo soprano range. In its quality, her voice was the sweetest and most liquid that I ever heard. It possesses, naturally, a remarkable tal in its intelligent, social and industrious popu- and wistfully snuffing the highly-scented heaps lation—Capital in its fine, healthy, central, lo- lining their road, come companies of patient, cality—Capital in the urbanity of her citizens, ear-twitching donkeys, laden with bagsof cbest* and Capital in the rdinement and numbers and nuts and pimento packed in matting, and careless- beauty of her daughters. And yet the State i lyhaUooed along by a being who looked a much would move away and leave so much Capital, more ferocious beast than any .of his convoy. Oh the blistering burning shame that so good a Be wears a short jacket of goatskin or sheepskin, State House, just refitted and refurnished with the hair or wool ontside, ragged breeches rench- everv improvement at great expense, large and in S 10 lk e middle of his thigh, and kept together ample grounds around, should be left silent and b y a «uih, once red. in which is stuck a murder- deserted, torn topsy-turvy in the unnecessary ■ snickesraee.. His beard mixes with the confusion of moving. A movement of the folly towny hair on his naked breast, blackened l>y and wicked extravagance of political schemers, . the fierce sun; his hand is swathed in a hand- who, through subtility and chicanery accom- ; kerchief brown with grease and dirt; and his plished woful waste. Perish Georgia, perish feet are protected by. toeless sandals, fastened the interests of all her best citizens, if their vile round the ankles with leathern .thongs. Beg- schemes do not put money in their purse. gars afflicted with tho most revolting infirmities, Baldwin county has done one deed which es- j d °g F onr steps as you saunter through the ar- pecially does her credit and which Bibb county ’ cades, anil do their best—as indeed they do in would do well to follow. In the cold anil every part of Spain—to spoil your eiij.oy- silent graves of the cemetery repose the Jnent °f the gay scene. At the rate of a ashes of hundreds of Confederate 1 enrato to every four beggars. Rotchsfcild or dead. A monument with the simple inscription, . Erlanger would, after a short residence , in 4trr« tiaaJ ’» tVGi* 1a,.* ! this Peninsnla. rprfnnarl to oomnAtitinn To the Unknown Dead,” marks their last H? 3 Peninsula. l>e reduced to competition bivouac. It was a further source of gratification "“ith their bsutfirtaire*. Walk once round to note that, unlike too many other monuments the Puerta del Sol at Madrid, and yon erected over our gallant soldier dead, this one j 3111111 Be importuned at least three hundred times has the merit of being made bv Southern friends i° r alms. Traverse the short distance between and not by Northern foes, who moulded the bnl-1 the Piaza de la Lihertad and the Cathedral at lets which let out their precions lives. Let tho ! Seville, and your heart shall be made sick with dead rest in peace; but, really, we cannot see ! m° r ® harrowing appeals and awful manifesta- how Southern people can reconcile themselves j tions of deformity and disease, than the experi- to pay, as it were, onr Northern frUmJe for the ence of a lifetime in England or France could boon of erecting a monument over onr gallant dead. In this, at least, if nothing else, it should be supposed our people would patronize homo enterprise. It makes us shrug onr shoulders whenever we look at the last resting place of afford you. Besides the genuine unfortunates that possess only too terrible claims to your compassion, thero are hundreds' of idle vaga bonds of either sex whose mendicancy is a blot upon public decency. a public decency. Many decently dressed some brave Confederate soldier and m the mar! aid comely girls will solicit alms from you, and gin of the tombstone we see that, in spite of i H they meet with a refusal, will change their Kuch marble-works as J. B. Artope & Sion and i piteous whine to a whisper of infamous import, others which we could mention, they had to go Men, comfortably clad and bearing themselves to the North to have it done. Shame! llk e gentlemen, extend their hands haughtily to But the holidays are over, and home we must Y°« « P 883 ‘Lem, and rebuke your niggaru- >. Bright eyes made our delay two days longer «ness with a scowl of offended dignity when than we intended—and then we got to the depot just in time. A-meb-i-cus. Ims then announced that the crowning f Uke place at Newell's Hall, precisely at pelook, P. M. The crowd then dispersed, I disappointed and some elated—all mani- |'i with scarely any exception, a cheerful in tho result. But the battle will bo fought over. Midway must prove • at all times, and under all circumstances, sustain her own. Never did ancient —H more congratulations showered „ than upon the heroes of this cic* Ineir hands were shook and shook, so > that next day they were out of joint v , 06111 after compliment was paid them— I -u?*3 °B> t> a . 8e envy!- Some kisses I i-leatial roses bright,” wore actually im- thelr h ®roio cheeks. We sighed >\ UMd we were a knight. b f.J?*®J aoon tB er e was a grand turn-out The Ogeeclice Troubles. THE NEGROES CONCENTRATING THE111 FORCES TO RE SIST THE LAWS—FAMILIES FLTIXO FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOB SAFETY, ETC. From the Savannah Republican, 3d.) The condition of affairs on the Ogeechee con tinues to be discussed by all classes of society in the city, and all sorts of sensation stories are circulated, a very large majority of which, npon investigation, turned out to be entirely destitute of any foundation in truth whatever.. Yester day it was currently reported that a reliable gen tleman had arrived in the city from Staton 1 j on the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, who stated that some twenty-five hundred armed negroes were encamped at that point; from which it was inferred by some that the negroes had crossed the river into Bryan county, for the purpose of escaping from the jurisdiction of tho Sheriff of Chatham county, who has writs in his possession for the arrest of some one hundred and twenty of their number. A gentleman who resides at Station If arrived in the city by tho evening train, who informs ns that no time during the day was there more than thirty negroes at that station, and that not one of them was aimed. He reports that the ne groes in Bryan county have thus far behaved ex ceedingly well, and that when he left all was quiet on that side of the river. The indications of trouble, however, were of such a character ns to induce him to remove the ladies of his family to this city. It was evident that the class of ne groes who, have been tampered with and brought under the influence of the organizers of what are called the loyal leagues were passing over tho river, with arms in their hands, to join the robbers residing on this side of the river, and that yesterday, t£e only white man . ] e ft on the plantations under the control and such panther-like flexibility of motion, managemement of Messrs. Middleton and Tuck- r -r ~~ er, was driven from the Prairie plantation, and arrived in Bryan county without his shoes. He reported that a large number of armed negroes made their appearance thero with wagons and carts, for the purpose of carrying away tho rice, and that he was compelled to leave to save his life. Thus it would appear that the last bushel of rice has been stolen from these enterprising and extensive planters. ■\Ye also learn from reliable authority that Mrs. Caulker and her family, who reside on the Ogeechee, arrived in the city yesterday, having been driven from their home, without a change of clothing, by an armed gang of negroes. They completely sacked the premises, and the family are now here in a destitute condition. We are pleased to learn that the report that the residence of Mr. Middleton had been des troyed by fire is not true. > We also learn that all the country road3 cross ing the railroad are strongly picketed by armed negroes. , , All the facts which have come to our knowl- day-Ug people s sides ■with laughter. : waned, and the shadows of “gen- edge go to prove that the negroes are using every means in their power to concentrate a strong force in the vicinity of the plantations occupied by Messrs. Middleton and Tucker, for the pur pose of resisting the execution of the laws and enabling themselves to live by plundering the plantations of those who are endeavoring to live by honest labor. yon utter the shibboleth, “ Ib rfl'inc Canted par Dios, hertuano." Of Spain's many curses, surely her beggars are among the very worst. To-night, in company with a goodly muster of English and American ladies and gentlemen, I visited the weekly entertainment of national dances given at tho Salon de Rocreo (formerly the Convent of SL Francis,) in the Callo.Tarifa, and was fortunate enough to see the jaleo per formed by a celebrated Gitana, and to witness her marvelous evolutions in no end of boleros, fandangos, oles and segniilillas. I cannot hope to give you an idea of the nervous excitement induced*by the contemplation of real Spanish dancing. Neither the Hungarian czardas nor the Bouman hero, the Neapolitan tarantella nor the Dalmatian tzietoodra, is endowed with the same magical faculty of exhilarating the specta tors that is possessed by these extraordinary per formances. The locale in which they take place is, in itself, so characteristic of Spain that it de serves a word or two of notice. Picture to yourselves, a long, low room, dim ly lighted, and roughly floored with fir planks, no two of which are level one with another. Round tho two whitewashed walls are ranged deal benches, and under the orchestra, consist ing of a solitary fiddle utterly devoid of bowels of compassion, stands a long, hard, red sofa, for the accommodation of distinguished foreigners. Half a dozen cane-bottomed stools, planted with in the circle of benches, are occupied by the dancers, five in number, and a ehitarrista, who not only thrums his instrument pitilessly, but at intervals, when segoidillas are being performed, mews forth a number of improptu stanzas with inconceivable shrillness. Imagine, if you can, an amorous tom cat enlarged to the size of a bullock, with voice proportionate, sqnealing forth his loving plaint of passionate solicitation on the tiles, and yon will form a vivid notion of an Andalusian minstrel chanting a seguidillia. But the dancing! Shade of David! Not the Almehs of Egypt dance with snch voluptuous vivacity, Mich panther-like flexibility of motion. The j&leo, for instance, is a performance in which ths body is kept perfectly erect from the waist upward,’only tiie hips and lower limbs being rythinically convulsed into Strange and signifi cant contortions. This dance is accompanied by the clapping of hands, contributed by all the bystanders in strictly-marked time, and is des perately exhausting to the dancer. Boleros, fandangos, and oles, you have seen plenty of in London, hnt, ^ suspect, never exeented as they are in this frowsy third floor of the Calle Ti.rifu. After the first’general performance each girl (and some of them are extremely good looking) ptacks her handkerchief from under her span gled boddice, and throws it to the gentleman whom she fancies to be most vividly impressed by her grace, beauty, or skill; and the strict et iquette of the room not only precludes you from rejecting this mark of favor, hut enjoins you to knot up in it, ere you return it to her, a golden two-dollar piece, or a peso fuerte at the very least.’ To give it back to her empty is not only a cruel slight to her talent, but a grievous of fence. as her companions are sure to notice the implied scorn of the action and to twit her with it till her large black eyes, flash with fury, or haply overflow with tears of mortification.— Bonbons are allowable, but shabby. After the heat, closeness and wild excitement experienced in the Recreo, how delicious to stroll through the ghostly streets of Seville, lighted up by a moon so brilliant that the uses flexibility, which Las been highly cultivated. At the §ame time, it has great power of expression, rendering equally well strong passion and deli cate pathos. In what may be called the intel lectual qualifications, which, go to make up the musical artist, Mrs. O. is wonderfully gifted. Her discrimination, between harmony and dis cord, is very acute in the most intricate melody, and lias been cultivated to a very high degree of perfection. But there is another requisite for the rend ering of fine music, which those do not always lossess who have the mechanical and the intel- ectual qualifications. I speak of soul and feel ing. Music is the language of feeling. I can express with wonderful accuracy every shade of what I will call spiritual to distinguish it from animal feeling. The pleasure of music is neces sarily a pure and refined one, because it has no language to suggest any animal or sen sual feeling whatever. This’shows the utter futility of those would-be religious and moral people who sermonize against the opera. In fact, such persons hold forth on a subject of which they have not one idea in their heads. There Is no use'of arguing with them, for ev ery word they ntter only snows their entire ig norance of what they are talking about, and is an impertinence. It impossible) to connect music with insensibility of any kind, except through the medium of’ words. It is true low and unworthy musicians sometimes try to do this,* but when they make the attempt they are forced.to conjoin their materialism with what is perfectly inconsistent with it, and what, in pre cise proportion as it occupies the thoughts, pushes out grander passions and interests. The imaginations of those who do not appreciate the music, may revel in sensuality, but those who enjoy it, (if indeed such composers produced anything to enjoy,) are entirely raised above the possibility of such temptations. It is true that some of* the self-constitnted censors and moralists of tho former class endeavor to con trol the latter. The effort is precisely on a par with priestly endeavors to put down the enlight enment of the age. Among cultivated people, and precisely in proportion to the degree of them cultivation, any expression of strong feeling is, in the ordi nary intercourse of life, avoided. The more in telligent classes acquire *a reserve in giving ut terance to strong passion. But that which we all feel it would be out of taste and unrefined to say in prose,- can be expressed with the ntmost intensity and abandonment in music. Thus an opera is a series of highly wrought situations of intense feeling, connected by a slight thread making it a story. For all these reasons, the opera both requires and justifies a very impass ioned style of acting. What would be absurd and overstrained in actual life, or in the theatre, is by those who understand the music, justified and felt to be perfectly proper. Of course, it often looks absurd to those who know nothing of music. I seem to be wandering from the subject of Mrs. Ogden, but I have been betrayed into this digression in order to speak of one of her high est characteristics. If what I have said be true, and I know genuine musical amateurs and con noisseurs have agreed with me ; to consitute a a great artist, there must be on impressible emo tional nature. And this is one of hire. Ogden’s chief qualifications for the operatic drama. I remember once to have heard her in private in a moment of happy inspiration, sing tho splendid indignant invective with which Norma greets Pollio when he enters jnst as she has heard of his infidelity. It was magnificent Farodi, one of whose favorite parts Norma was, never sang it better. Some perhaps, who liavo heard Mrs. O. render the exquisitely pathetic little song which Amina (in Somnambnla) sings in the last sleep-walking scene, have hnd an ex hibition of her power in a different line. I have written enthusiastic praise, and to some it may seem exaggerated: but, if circumstances are fa vorable to a display of Mrs. Ogden’s gifts when she sings in Augusta, I am very certain the mu sicians will not think I have said too . much. I write this notice for the discriminating lovers of music alone. It is true they are not very num erous, but then the rest of the world always echo their opinion. Mrs. .Ogden is one of the best private singers on this continent, and by very far, the best in the Southern States. Mrs. Bacon has n contralto voice of remarka ble richness and power. A good deal that I have said of Mrs. O. would be applicable to herself, and I will not repeat it. I Lave never heard Mrs. Hines and Miss How ard. I have heard Mrs. Ogden speak highly of the former, and their association with the other two ladies is a guarantee of their powers. Of coarse, a largo crowd would have greeted them had I not written this notice. But there is no genuine lover of music who will not feel that hearing them has repaid him a trip of fifty mile3. Mrs. Ogden and Mrs. Bacon belong to one of the best families of Georgia. They are noble and lovely women, and in private life possess the esteem and affection of a large circle of friends. But besides this, theyare true hearted Georgia women. Let us delight to honor them. If any go to their concert merely because it is the fashion to do so. I hope they will be quiet and let other people listen. ’ E. A. 15. Washington, (Ja. be two reports, as Senator Edmunds is strongly opposed to the recognition of the Senators elect. The plea for Mr. Hill’s admission is strongly uns tained in the minds of many by the fact that Gen. Grant’s views, as expressed in his dispatch to Gen. Meade, of April 2‘.t, 1867, have not been changed by the more recent action of the Geor gia Legislature. Gen. Grant, in the dispatch referred to, explicitly declares that, in his opin ion, the officers elected under the new State Con stitution were not embraced within the provis ions of tho Reconstruction acts, which required all officers to take the test oath, and unless that consequently disqualified by the third section of the fourteenth article they could qualify by tak ing tho oath prescribed by the State Constitu tion. Tho argument mode by Governor Bullock and others against the admission of Senators is tho opposite to this. It is held by them that the government of Georgia is provisional until a full Congressional delegation is recognized, and that such being the case, the Legislature failed to comply with the reconstruction laws by not taking the test oath, and all its acts are invalid and void. But it is also urged that the rebel ma jority in the Legislature are disqualified under the fourteenth article, and a failure to purge thnt body bos also rendered all its acts illegal The questions involved are of the greatest impor tance, It is felt by Radical Senators that the principles upon winch reconstruction is based must be vindicated. A report in favor of Mr. Hill’s admission will be stubbornly Resisted by tho Southern Senators and by many of the Northern ones also. It is not likely to succeed in the present temperof Radical members. So far as concerns the admission of Dr. Miller, the other anxious applicant, there is not the slight est probability of his disability being removed. He cannot take the “iron-clad,” having been a rebel surgeon. Paris, January 1.—The Emperor Napoleon, at the usual New Year reception of the diplo matic corps, in replying to the address of the representatives of foreign powers, said that he realized with much pleasure the conciliatory spirit animating European governments, which enables them to quiet animosities and to smooth international differences as fast as they arise, thus requiring the continuance of peace. He confidently hoped that the year 1869 would prove as satisfactory as the year which has just closed, and that the course of events may dissipate un favorable apprehensions, and consolidate the peace so necessary to the welfare and progress of civilized nations and peoples. ALY—NEW YEAX:’s ADDRESS OF KING VICTOR EMAN UEL. Florence, January 1.—King Victor Emanuel to-day, in reply to the New Year’s cor.gratula- tions of tho military staff, said that the present situation of Italian affairs was good, but that if the present amicable situation should become clouded and troubles should in the future appear to be imminent, he should confidently rely upon the loyalty and patriotism of the army to sustain him in maintaining peace and tho national honor. GREECE. , , Corfu, January 1.—Tho Govenunentof Greece is actively engaged in perfecting and completing the armament of the national forces. rnrsiOGENiruBE laws. London, January 1,—Tho Times to-day, in a leading editorial, denounces the projects*of the Liberals for the abolition of the primogeniture, and says that England is essentially aristocratic conservative. Razors to tho Rescue. TIE NEW STYLE OF WEAPONS IN USE AMONG THE WASHINGTON NEGBOES. Don Piatt writes as follows from Washington • Talking about Washington, a curious fact has lately come to light. The police and white in habitants have been sorely puzzled, for a long time back, by the mysterious appearance of ra zors. When the roughs came down from Balti more to vote in the Democracy at the municipal election, they were met at the polls and appalled by the unexpected use of razors. Several roughs were badly cut and one fellow had his head near ly severed from his riotous body. It seemed as if all the barbers had turned out, and brought all their tonsorial implements with them. In a desperate case of burglary, a razor was found on the premises. In tho police reports of rows among negroes, razors flourish extensively. The good people of this city began to believe that all the desperate barbers of tho world were assem bled in Washington. The tintli leaked out. Our colored fellow- citizens are armed with razors. It seems that, as the law against canying concealed weapons was being enforced against the colored popula tion, some Yankee (Sumner or Wilson, perhaps) suggested the razor. That is not, in the eye of thelaw, a deadly weapon, but an instrument of labor and skilL And so every “ blarsted” ne gro has one of these fearful bits of cutlery in his pocket, and knows how to uso it This morning I asked Chawls, the colored man who waits on our mess, if he. had such a thing as a razor about him ? Chawls slowly put down my boots, and, looking up, said: “No, sab, I don’t carry one of dom, sab. But mos ob dem niggers do sab.” “What do they carry a razor for, Chawls ?” “Well, you see, sah, dere’s a law agin de pri vate citizen, sah, carryin’ do pistol or de knife, sah, so ’twas ’quested, sah, ob de colored citizen to provide hisself wid a razor self-defense, so ns not to infractionate de law, sah.” I don’t know anything more horrible and dia bolical, than an idea of a population of infnriated negroes rising up, armed with these infernal bits of polished steel Small wonder the con stitutional Andrew declined being any longer the colored men’s Moses. Who’d be a Moses with his lively children running after him with razors, and ready “to go for him” should ho make any unnecessary delay on tho road to the promised land ? FENIAN DEMONSTRATION. Cork, January 1.—There was a large Fenian demonstration here to-day, at which Mr. O’Sul livan made a strong speech. ABBEST OF OVEBEND, GURNEY & CO. London, January 1.—Tho Directors of the bank of Overend, Gurney & Co., which failed some time since, and whose affairs have been in ; irocess of liquidation, have been arrested and leld to bafl on a charge of fraud in the manage ment of its affairs. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Park, January 1.—There has been a very considerable outflow of specie from the Bank of France during the week just passed. The offi cial statement of tho bank is pnblished to-day, which shows tho amount of bullion on hand to be 31,000,000 francs less than at the correspond ing period last week. ;; TIu* Dear and Dumb Asylum at Cave Spring. From the Route Courier.] We had the pleasure and unmitigated satisfac tion n few days since, of visiting the above - - - - ^ T., 11 *1- m .1 ■•.gLIa rtf’ (ll n named Institution. This noble charity of the State, so needfully bestowed, we are rejoiced to see is entrusted, in its present administration, to competent, faithful, efficient, and, in every way, good officers. It is not surprising that the Institution now occupies a wider field of useful ness and enjoys a greater degree of prosperity than ever before, when wo come to know of the energy, perseverance and well directed efforts of Rev. B. B. Qnillian, the worthy Steward, and the untiring asidoity and affectionate patience of the mentorious teachers. We are sure that tho State could, in no other way, bestow a charity of an equal amount—at present, i^lli.OOO a year—more judiciously, or which would bo expended with more scrupulous economy than is that for this Asylum. The present number of pupils is fifty-three; the highest number ever before, was 48, and Providing for a Rainy Day.—A citizen of Portland, Maine, imagining himself to be a sort of Noah, and believing that, rainbows to tho con trary, the world isshortly to bo again submerged, has invested the whole of liis property, some $6,000 in all. in building an ark. The boat will be fifty feet long, fifteen feet wide, fiat bottom ed, square sterued, round bows, with a house a little aft of amidship. Ho is; sole planner and builder, ondintends, when completed, to furnish it with necessary provisions, and calmly await the rising of the waters. The London police will not allow any more masquerades. the highest average for any year, 33. Jhe Asylum is a beautiful building, convenient ly and comfortably arranged, in a locality that cannot bo surpassed for healthfulness in the State, and the most tender of parents would not hesitate to trust their afflicted offspring to the affectionate care and control of W. O. Conner, Principal, and J. S. Davis, and Jas. Fisher, teachers, ’ and Mr. Quillian and his excellent lady, in charge of the Steward’s department, if they were acquainted with these parties. Mr. Fisher is a mute himself of fine natural abilities and excellent education, and deeply sympathi zing with the afflicted class to which he belongs, has peculiar advantages for assisting in the edu cation of mutes, and the other teachers are not excelled in their departments. The lads of suit able age arc all put, for a short time each day, to learning the shoemakers’ trade, and some are now excellent workmen. ■ It seems to us, unmistakably, the duty of all good, philanthropic citizens, to urge upon the parents of deaf children that they should sene them to this Institution in order that. they may reap its rich advantages and made useful mem bers of society. There are probably, at least one hundred mutes in this State, now growing up in ignorance, that ought to be in this school and we hope the newspapers will stir up thd people in regard to this important matter. A rorcxAR amusement now at small gather ings is spelling. A sentence or a word is given out, and notice is taken of how many spell it correctly. Recently, among a lot of learned savans, the following was the test: ^ v,. .’.'.tv.M A “It is an agreeable sight to perceive the un paralleled embarrassment of an harassed peddler, attempting to gauge tho symmetry of a peeled onion, which a sibyl has stabbed with a poinard; regardless of the innuendoes of the lihes of * eamelian hue.” It is said that the president of a college made writing it; a learned clergyman ile an eminent teacher and lec held his New Year’s reception at all, Philadelphia. By Atlantic Cable. NEW YEAR S RECEPTION. A Terrible Invention. A REGIMENT OF SOLD IKS, A MILE AND A HALF DIS TANT, TO HE WTT.r.En IN FOUR MINUTES. From the Saehvilte Prc»« and TimeeA Some months ago, a mechanical genius, whose name we are not at liberty to disclose, told us ho had an idea, which he was endeavoring to “ work out,” by which a very littlo army could be made irresistible against any number of ene mies. He promised to let us have the benefit of the idea, if he found that it could be made prac ticable. Since then h9 has diligently worked at it every evening, Sundays not excepted, bringing it 41 g,.*” oa Vin aoIIq il Hints Concerning Kerosene—-Remedy for Severe Bums. From the Springfield Republican.] i Scarcely a week passes during tho winter months but we read accounts of frightful acci dents from kerosene lamps exploding and killing or scarring for life men, women and children. A simple knowledgeof the inflammable nature|of the fluid would probably put a stop to nearly all the accidents. As the oil burns down in the lamp, a highly inflammable gas gathers over its sur face, and as the oil decreases the gas increases. When the oil is, nearly consumed, a slight jar will often inflame the gas, and an explosion is sure to follow, dealing death and destruction. A bombshell is not more to be dreaded. Now, if the lamp is not allowed to burn more than half way down, such accidents sire impossible. Al ways fill yonr lamps every morning: then yon never need fear an explosion. Half a teaspoonfnl of salt added to the oil of lamp which holds a pint will take away the disagreeable odor sometimes apparent, and it is said to prevent the formation of that ‘ tngerous gas. It is a simple remedy, easily >plied. It is* also asserted that the salt makes .0 oil last much longer, but we have only hear- ly evidence concerning it. Kerosene is the best antidote for a severe bum or scald. Immerse tho injured part in cold water for a moment; dry with a soft cloth,' taking care not to mb at all. Then bathe in kerosene, and the terrible pain soon ceases.— Vie know of a little child who put his foot and leg into a pail of nearly boiling water. Tho above remedy was applied, and in a few min utes tho child's screams ceased. Wo know not of tho philosophy of the matter, but we do know that it is the most efficacious remedy for severe bums or scalds in the materia medico. it “ out” as he calls it. During these months his abstracted air. his isolation, the constant succession of hopes and fears about the success of his project, which would be visible on his face for days together, led many of his neighbors to imagine that he was more or less crazy. He brought his long and absorbing labors to a successful termination about four days ago, and had the gratification of testing the utility of his perfected idea, with the most complete evidence of its practicability. The invention consists of a range of guns of 0.76 bore and about forty inches long, mounted on a carriage of very simple structure, to be hauled by one horse. The width of the carriage between the wheels is six feet. The gun barrels, twelve in number, are ranged apparently paral lel, bnt divergent, so that at throe hundred yards distant the twelve bullets sweep a line of about thirty feet. .They are ranged at equal distances from each other, except in tho middle where there is a space of ten inohes, into which is placed a telescope of considerable power, and a f nice arrangement for adjusting the guns in tabb ing aim. This contrivance enables the operator to send a bullet through the bull’s eye at sixteen hundred yards nine times out of ten. The tribes themselves are rifled, anil are doublo the strength of ordinary rides, and are made strong at the breech by a band six inches broad and ono-sixth thick. They are all loaded at the breech. The breech pieces axe all connected by a red, which is attached to a crank, one turn of which opens and shuts all the breech pieces and loads -the pieces, for the breech pieces, by this mo- “ tion, are brought in contact with, twelve tubes, placed immediately over the breeches, and con taining tho cartridges, the same turn extracting the cartridge from its tube and inserting it with precision in its place in the gun. Tho guns are made ready for firing by as simple and rapid a motion as the turning of a crank. They are fired by another slight motion, which drives , twelve needles, inserted in the breech for the purpose, into tiie fulminate with which the car tridges are covered. So simple, sure and rapid are these movements that twenty-seven rounds were fired in sixty-three seconds, yesterday, at the place of trial, out on the Hyde’s Ferry pike. • . ■- The catridges are four inches in length, and- do not entirely explode until the ball is about half way out of tho barrel, an effect which is produced by a nice arrangement of the material of which they are composed. Except the bullet the whole catridge is combustible, and leaves; nothing behind when fired off. The gun will send a ball three miles. The aim is always good at 2,000 yards. At a trial yesterday a line of plank six inches broadwas raised four feet from the ground and fired at fifteen hundred yards distant, anil out of sixty shots fired forty-seven went through, and six others left marks npon the edges of the plank. The inventor is confident that -a regiment of' soldiers a mile and a half distant could be all killed by one of those Pollyferri (the name he has given them) in four minutes. In tho hands of an intelligent, steady operator at least ninety per cent, of the balls fired will tako effect The whole affair when in fighting trim weighs but five hundred pounds, and is in tended to be hauled by one horse and worked by twomen, onetodrire and the other to operate. Tho loading of the apparatus is so arranged that. ir can be detached in a moment, when the other part of the deadly engine becomes perfectly use less. One of them can be finished off complete with horse, etc., for §1000. The inventor, a young mechanic, feels jubi lant at the great success which attended the first trial of his important production, which cost. , him so many months of toil and all the means, which he had at hi3 command. He goes to Washington in about a week to push his fortune and to revolutionize the art of war. St. Domingo. We have dates from St. Domingo to the 14th inst. The government troops defeated the rev olutionists under Ogando at La Matas, which virtually ended the war and left President Baez in full and peaceful possession of tho whole oountry. Tho railway company of Paris have offered Baez a loan of 6,000,000 francs secured by the pledged of Samana, bnt the offer is not likely to be accepted. Messrs. Rice and Pack ard arrived fromNew York on the 6tb, to initiate a mineralogical survey of the country, and forth with commenced operations in the district known as “ the Gold Fields of Columbus.” The elec tions passed off quietly. Business is improving and the country continues healthy. Miscellaneous.—The children of President Johnson’s household gave a soiree dnnsante to their juvenile friends at tho White House last evening in honor of the birthday of the Presi dent. It was attended by about 160 little ones and several older persons of note in tho CapitaL Mrs. Andrew Johnson, the wife of the President, was also present. Dispatches have been received from General Sheridan to the 7th inst. He says tho hostile Indians—about 100 warriors—have separated from the friendly tribes, the latter concentrat ing around Fort Cobb for safety. Gen. Sherman had given orders to kill or capture Santanta and Fall Bear, two of the most treacherous and dangerous chiefs upon the Plains, as no lasting peace can be made with them.—Herald of the ■60th v It. Divorce. EMINENT HEN OX THE NEW FASHION. A. Town in Two States.—The thriving city of Bristol, about which we hear so much in connec tion with Gen. Mahone’s railroad plans, occupies rather a singular position, and is something like Bill Muggins’ grocery in Licksville, La. Bill’s shanty is erected across the line dividing Texas and Louisiana. It is against the law to play cards in Louisiana, and equally unlawful to sell whisky in the Texas county. He gets over both these difficulties by allowing sll the gambling in the Texas division of the grocery and all the guzzling in the Louisiana department. The peo ple of Bristol, according to the following, which we take from the Whig's correspondent, occupy a doubtful status ou the States right question : Bristol is situated partly in Virginia and part ly in Tennessee, the main street being the line between these States. That portion of the town lying in Virginia is the larger, and is called Goodson, in honor of Colonel Samuel Goodson, to whom the land originally belonged, and it is in Washington county, Virginia. Bristol proper is in Sullivan county, Tennessee. Each town has its own mayor and town officers; it is some times called liristol-Goodson; by long ueege the two have become consolidated in name, but not in government. The two combined have a population of about fifteen hundred, eighteen stores, five churches, three hotels, male and female schools, both in a flourishing condition; one iron foundry, a tannery, a furniture manu factory, which turns out beautiful work, but in tends, however, to manufacture mostly in the rough, to be sent off to to other cities to be put up and finished. Some, no doubt, will find its way to Richmond. To the Editor of the Kete York VorM.] •;'i> - Sm: In the late Episcopal Convention it was proposed that there should be no divorce except for (physical) adulterv. Perhaps.Eome of your readers might like to know what some others of the wise and great have said on this subject. I need not quote what Jesus Christ said' about heart adultery.- The following opinions are culled from a new reform book, “Exit of Cali ban and Sinflock:” .1 . - v. • “Those who marry intend as little to conspire their own ruin as those who swear allegiance ;" and as a whole people is to an ill government so Is one manor woman to an ill marriage.”' John Mellon. “A condition requiring the continuance of marriage, notwithstanding a change in the feel ings of the parties, is absurd, shocking, and contrary to humanity.”—Jeremy ISentham. “Marriage having this peculiarity, that its ob jects are frustrated when the feelings of both parties are not in harmony with, it, should re quire nothing bnt the declared will of either party to dissolve it”—Alex. Humboldt. “The subject of marriage is usually discussed as if the interest of children were everything— those of grown persons nothing.—John Stuart Mill. ' “He considered that every marriage in whieh the purest love failed on either side was no bet tor than a work, of adultery.”—Life of J. P. lliehter. “Monsieur, when a wife's natufe loathes that of the man she is wedded to. marriage must be slavery; against slavery all right thinkers revolt; and though torture be tiie price of resistance, torture must be dared; through the only road to freedom be through the gates of death, thc*e gates must be passed, for freedom is indispen sable. ''— Cha rlotte Br,m U. "I read in'papers every sessions, every 'sizes how the impossibility of our ever getting un chained from one another at any price, on any terms, brings blood upon this land.”—Charles Dickens. Divorce laws have but little influence on licentiousness. Italy, where there is no di vorce, is more immoral than those parts of Ger many where it is easily obtained. Rclianoe must be placed on the vast aggregate of moral agencies, of which religion is chief. S. L. The above seems to be a citation of authori ties on free-loveism put into Telegraph type by mistake. We have no patience with the stuff— Editors. Inauguration of the New Matos of Phila delphia.—Philadelphia, January 1.—Mr. Fox, the newly elected Mayor, was inaugurated at noon, being sworn in by Judge Allison, in the presence of the city oouncils. The retiring Mayor, Mr. McMiohael, escorted his successors to toe mayor's office and put him in possession. The contest for the offioe on acconnt of frauds at the election is still pending before the court. A disagreeable rain and sleet all day prevents business and pleasure. Ex-Gov. Wish’s Property in Virginia.— 1 The restoration of the property of Ex-Govemor Wise, of Virginia, has been made under a duress that he will not charge or sue for four years’ oc cupancy of it by about a hundred bureau officials, and thousands of gregarious negroes, who have made free with the estate during all that period. Nothing of value remains but the land itself. The mansion has been made a barrftck, the fur niture ruined, the silver and linen have been sold os pawned to Butler, the outhouses have been used for stables, and the fences for fueL Tho little raised on the place has been appro priated by the bureau, white and black negroes. Even now the colony of blacks who have squat ted on the estate refuse to move, and a miiltary forco is ejecting them, with partial success, by force. The place was taken under no decree, and merely by Howard’s order, and everything has been wrecked or stolen, except the soil ana the orchards. “ Sister,’' said one of the brethren at a love- feast. “are you happy?" ’ ■ “ Yes, Deacon, I feel as though 2 was in Beel zebub's besom. '. “Not in Beelzebub's boaon*.’'-. “Well, in some of the patriarchs; I don’t earn which.” . . •'V, . - ■ -j • ■■. s , \Jk

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Weekly Georgia telegraph. (Macon [Ga.]) 1858-1869, January 08, 1869, Image 1