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► >•» Tine Georgia YV'eekly Telegraph. THE TELEGRAPH. MACON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1EG9. The Southern Recorder and Georgia. Our venerable friend, the MilleiigeviUe Re corder, entered on his fiftieth year with his num ber of Tuesday last, which shows that he is in the maturity of his intellect and the meridian of his usefulness. We trust a long and prosperous ca reer awaits him. We hope he will renew his youth in the speedy political, industrial and financial regeneration of Georgia. We hope he will live see this great State teeming with an industrious population of three millions, and producing annually, within her own boundaries, one million bales of cotton; while the rich pro ducts of her fields, forests and mines shall set the wheels of a thousand busy manufactories in motion, and give ns a thriving town population. But the thoughts of the Recorder still cluster around the past; he has been strolling about the deserted old capitol, which has, in the olden time, resounded with the eloquenceof Crawford, Forsyth, Berrien, Troup, Gilmer, Stephens, Lumpkin, Toombs, Cobb, Johnson and the thou sand other bright and massive intellects who have given Georgia a historical fame. His foot, fall was the only sound heard in the deserted chambers. His eye met not a living sonl—his ear caught not another sonnd of life in those hallowed halls and apartments; and he went back sad and weary. But, nevertheless, “besurgam” shall be the motto of Georgia. A new intellectual and ma terial life and activity shall spring np again. Prosperity is not more the best school for the intellectual and material, than for the moral, life of a people. We gather wisdom, energy, strength, courage and hardihood in the buffet with the angry waves of misfortune and trouble; and we tell our contemporary, therefore, to look up, for day is breaking in Georgia. Your old capitol shall again resound with the voice of genius, learning and eloquence. The sons shall succeed the fathers, under the inspiration of brighter prospects, higher hopes and more glo rious actualities than ever greeted Georgians of the past Let us anticipate that day for our selves as well as our children. Let ns gird up our loins and push on the work of recuperation and progress. A Material Tor Sidewalks. Seeing how soon the brick sidewalks in Macon grow rough and wear out, we are reminded of the importance of some harder, better and cheaper material. Slate and granite are too costly, although cheaper in the long run than brick will be, which must be relaid every three or four years. The famous sidewalks of the new Boulevards of Paris are laid with asphal- tnm—a preparation of which all the compo nents are unknown to us, but the principal ones are gas tar and sand, as we have been informed. A friend tells ns that he saw splendid sidewalks laid in the cities and villages of Connecticut with a similar preparation, which had been proved by experience cheap and durable. Two or three years ago, a part of a barrel of gas tar, from the Macon works, was upset on the premises of the writer, and soaking into tho sandy soil, the spot became as hard as stone. This fact suggests tho inquiry, whether a mix ture of sharp sand and gas tar would not pro duce a hard, stoneliko footwnlk, far. more dura ble, sightly and cheap than onr Macon bricks. We are disposed to think it would, and to re commend experiments with it They might be made on so small a scale at first, as to involve inconsiderable expense of money and labor. Let the ground be first handsomely levelled and compacted. Then cover it, say to the depth of two inches, with a mixture of coarse sharp sand and gas-tar, softened to the consistency of stiff mortar, and handsomely smoothed off with a trowel. In warm weather, the compound would soon harden, so as to admit of travel, and it would grow harder with every day’s exposure. We feel reasonably certain that sidewalks mado^in this manner would not only bo hand somer and far more durable than bricks, but that the same preparation would be better than bricks or tiles for tho basement floors of dwell ings. Will somebody, who has got the time, try it and let ns know ? Don't'“Beware of Cotton.” The caption of a newspaper article is a very important matter, inasmuch as that is all many persons read of it. It should, therefore, at least convey an impression in harmony with tho text. Now we notice in half onr exchanges an article headed “beware of cotton” credited above to the Macon Telegraph) " The text, (bnt not the head ing,) is the Telegraph's, and it is merely a cau tion to planters not to base pecuniary engage ments for the future, upon the present price of cotton. It reminds them that cotton a year ago was worth only nine or ten cents less the tax, and incredible as it may now appear, something like that price may control the next crop. We do not think it iciU, bnt only that it may do so; and it is sonnd policy to run no avoidable hazards. Bnt we do not advise any planter to “Beware of Cotton.” On the contrary, we would have him raise as much of it as he can, consistently with a sound money-making plantation econo my. His supply crops shonld engage his first attention. Ho should be sure of his bread, meat and forage, and then go for as much cot ton as he can produce besides. The point to beware of, is such a disappointment in the pro duct or price as will leave him under pecuniary embarrassments from his contracts for labor or his necessities in tho way of plantation supplies. We are clear that it is for the true permanent interests of Southern agriculture that the cotton crop of the South should be largely swelled in volume, even at the expense of some diminu tion in present prices. We wish this great in terest to regain, as soon as possible, its former ascendancy, and to do this, its volume must be largely increased. Tho demand for Eastern cottons by the European manufacturers should bo diminished under an ample supply of tho American fibre. Let starving India go -back to her rice, and produce food instead of fnrzy snrats. The caption prefixed to that article, therefore, does violence to all onr views in ref erence to the true agricultural policy of the South. -!'■ Georgia in tlie Reconstruction Com mittee. A special to the Richmond Dispach, dated the 11th at Washington, says: Voluminous tesimony has been taken as to the status of Georgia and Mississippi, but the senti ment of the committee seems to be opposed to any interference in Georgia affairs because of the facts that by the action of the House itself the State Constitution and laws passed thereun der were declared to be republican inform, etc., and therefore acceptable, and in pursuance thereof members of Congress from that State were admitted to their seats in the House; and further, because the action of the Georgia Leg islature which gave rise to the present inquiry before Congress occurred after Georgia had been admitted to her full rights as a State, at least so far as the lower house of Congress is concerned. That is highly encouraging, and wo hope, it is true. If so, it displays a respect for its own good faith on the part of the House, which will increase the disposition in Georgia to carry out its declared wishes. Wo have copied from the Savannah Republican and the Atlanta Constitu tion views entirely concurrent with our own, on the subject of Georgia Legislative action, here tofore expressed without reserve. We shall be glad to sec the Legislature respond fully to any disposition manifested by Congress for a con ciliatory, amicable and friendly adjustment of all difficulties. Whisky Too Much. The Constitutionalist, in an article on the outside, shows that too much whisky is drank by the Senate of the United States. That’s a pity, and it don’t seem to agree with some of the members either. It makes them litigious, ill-natured and intolerant, whereas the least that a glass of good whisky should do, is to mellow the temper and increase charity. We are afraid Senators are not particular in their brands, and perhaps if Rasdal or O’Connor would send them some of their best, or Jones, Baxter & Day send them some Chesnut Grove, affairs might mend. If they will drink, we shonld like the Senators to have good wlusky while they are' considering the case of Georgia and the rest of the unlucky reconstructed and unreconstructed States. Let Politics Alone. The Montgomery Advertiser takes umbrage at the New York World’s advice, that “ It might assist a comprehension of the advantages now offered by the Southern States to capitalists, if their newspapers would devote something less of their space to such ephemera as negro suffrage, reconstruction, Radical domination, and so on, and dwell more folly on industrial topics and lo cal natural wealth.” The Advertiser stoutly and justly maintains the ability of the Southern people to talk poli tics and raise cotton too; and rebnkes that easy and cool assumption of moral and intellectual su periority which characterizes, more or less, the tone of every Northern man, when speaking either to or of the South, even where the motive may be friendly. It is the manner, accurately copied, of a rich old millionaire, conscious of a thousand argosies and a heavy bank deposite, to a graceless young spendthrift or a hard-fisted la borer. The rebnke is authoritative and the ad vice exceedingly patronizing. In short, the South has fallen to the estate and condition of a “ poor friend" of the national family, and even the head servants in the household feel author ized to put on airs when they approach her. Well, this may be truly said : It is of not much use for us now-a-days to talk politics and lay any claim to a voice in the disposition of family interests. Nobody will listen except to smile and to deride. We shall recover onr status when we improve our bank accounts. That is the first thing in order, and until that is accom plished, we shall be remitted to dispute prece dence with the negroes in the kitchen, and in various other ways be reminded that we are but a very poor and distant relation. Cotton.—When we read, says the Richmond Dispatch, of the 12th instant, that in tho town of Macon, Georgia, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars’ worth of cotton was sold in a single day last week, and that in Savannah near ly four hundred thousand dollars’ worth was sold lately in one day, we are not surprised that the people of .the cotton planting States should think that a day of prosperity has dawned upon them. We of Virginia will also share in this good fortuno. It is impossible that we Bhonld remain in onr present helpless condition if the States both North and South of ns enjoy wealth, We must be benefitted in some degree. Gen. Cheatham is noW fanning upon the well-known Fairview plantation, three miles west of Gallatin, and will have.his time fully taken up in the management of over three hun dred acres of Sumner county land. He will have the greater portion of it in blue grass for stock raising. .- Brunswick Items.—From the last issue of tjie Banner we make the following extracts: As an evidence of the increase of business in onr city, we mention the facts that there are now runping here sixteen drays. We have been informed, by a gentleman who has taken the pains to inquire, that our citizens pay to these draya forty dollars per day, making the neat little sum of $12,000 a year. Pretty good for a population of fifteen hundred. Charleston Trans-Atlantic Steamers.—The Camilla, the second steamship of this line made the run to Liverpool in eighteen days. The Golden Horn is on her return trip to Charleston and expected daily. A Change of Front. The Corinth News states that the following distinguished Misgisgippinnfi, soldiers and civi lians in the “lost cause,” are now willing to ac cept, in good faith, universal suffrage, and the terms of reconstruction as proposed by Con- ress: General S. J. Gholson, General W. S. 'eatherston, General E. C. Walthal, General Reuben Davis, General A.M. West, Colonel W. M. Inge, Judge Locke, E. Houston, Hon. James T. Harrison, Hon. J. W. C. Watson, Colonel R. W. Phipps, Judge Jahnigan, Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar, Judge Howery, Hon. Beverly Matthews. With the exception of J. W. C. Watson all these gentleman were red hot secessionist be fore the war. Most of them were bitterly intoler- ent. Their change from one extreme to another is in the natural order of things. What they are they are in dead earnest. Facilis de scensus averni. In other days Mississippi stood next to South Carolina in “firing the Southern heart and precipitating the States into revolution.” With the exception granted, the men named in the above paragraph were the leaders of that party. And so we go. better from “Mack.” Correspondence of the Cincinnati Enquirer J Washington, January 8, I860. The reassembling of Congress finds Senators and members still at sea on the grand question of national finances. They are no more nearly agreed now than they were when they adjourn ed, in blundering . confusion and ignorant doubts before the holidays. The. Radical Sena r tors attempted to harmonize their views in a caucus on Thursday, but they found they could do nothing but talk. The gab-god ruled su preme, and at tho end of their conference they were no nearer to a solution of the problem than at its commencement. They are all in fa vor of what they are pleased to term an early resumption of specie payments, but an all-wise Providence has endowed them very largely with that impudent egotism which is such a strong characteristic of two-penny statesman ship, and this has the healthful effort of making each think his “plan” the best and only one, and preventing that unanimity of sentiment which, if it existed, might be ciystalized into incalculable evil. Such is, briefly told, the condition of the financial question in Congress at the present time. There is a very strong disposition to force an early return to specie payments, bnt there are so many men ambitions of leadership in the matter, and determined to oppose all plans but their own, that they will not be able to enact any legislation on the subject, at least during the present session. Morton has one policy, Sherman has another, Fessenden has another, and even tho carpet-baggers are ex pected to follow suit and swell the volume. In fact, one of the latter gentlemen has already whispered to his loyal friends that he will soon astonish the country with.a “plan which will far transcend any yet presented m the brilliancy of its conception and its entire feasibility.” I trust I shall not bo deemed disrespectful if I say that the idea of a carpet-bagger presenting a measure of this kind colls to mind a very admi rable painting I once saw, of an impecunious gentleman in the act of being ejected from a garret lodging for non-paymenjt of his week’s rent, while from his coat-tail pockets protruded a gigantic plan for the liquidation of the nation al debt of Great Britain. They tell of a debating society attached to an English College, which numbered six members, and represented seven different religious creeds. Such, happily for the country, is about the con dition of tho Republican happy family at the present time on the subject of specie payments, and how to bring them about. So, let us thank our stars for this diversity of opinion, and ac knowledge that in tho multitude of counsel there is safety, if not wisdom. as to carpet-baggers. It would be safe to wager a thouiand dollars that if hell were dosed with tartar emetic, the last dregs of the last resulting vomit would bo ten or a dozen of the style of men who have come here under the Congressional policy of reconstruction to represent the Southern States. They have already manifested all the attributes of interlopers and “deadbeats,” and have car ried their effrontery to such an extent as to dis gust even the most loyal of their, Northern Republican colleagues. I had not been in Washington six hours when I heard curses, both loud and deep, heaped upon the head of one of the “gentlemen from Louisiana” for some impertinence, the exact nature of which I could not understand. I inferred, however, that he had been giving some sort of practical illustration to the poetic truism, that “fools rush in where angels fear to tread”—that he had been busying himself to do or say something, which modesty and good breeding would have left to an old and experienced mem ber of the House. The complaints on this score are multiplying, and the consequent dis gust isincreasing every day, and itwillbe strange if, before the close of tho session, wo do not witness a few undisguised ebullitions of wrath on the subject from some of the oldest Radical members—the very men who may take to them selves the doubtful honor of paternity for the whole carpet-bag race. Nor is it at all strange that the carpet-baggers should act precisely as they do. The wonder is that they have refrained so long from asserting their claims to political leadership and legislative precedence. And when Mr. Bingham and Mr. Butler, and Mr. Wasbbnrne, sneer contemptuosly at them, and affect a state of wonderment at their impudence on the floor of the House, they seem to forget that greater impudence which was neces sary to enable them to force themselves upon constituencies who neither knew nor wanted them. So far from discouraging the “ Southern delegations” in their determi nation to be seen and felt in the Nation al Councils, I feel like patting them on the back and telling them to proceed with increased vigor. And when the Radicals who legislated them in to existence object to their little freaks of great ness, I beg to remind them of an incident in a body which this Congress very strikingly re sembles in many respects—the revolutionary assembly of France. It is related that, when the Abbe Sieyes objected to the confiscation of church property which was proposed in one of the debates, Mirabeau turned to him and said: “My dear Abbe, yon have loosed the bull; do you think he will not use his horns ?” The logic was unanswerable. And so with Congress and the carpet-baggers. They have not only loosed, but created a set of the vilest wretches that God in His wisdom tolerates to live, or man in his folly hesitates to hong—and when they .look for anything but what they now complain of, they only repeat the mistake of which Mirabeau re minded his colleague. Georgia Affairs—-Character ol the Ev idence Received by Mr. Tift in Wash ington. A letter in the Athens Southern ‘Watchman, written in Washington, we presume by Mr. Christy, has the following statements: I am gratified at being able to state that the circular of the Hon. Nelson Tift is being re sponded to by men of all parties in onr State, and that, of the vast number of letters thus far received, not one falls in with the views of Gov. Bullock. I have just read the responses of Gov. Brown and Judge Warner, and wouldbe pleased to see them in all 6ur newspapers. So for as politics are concerned, you are aware that I differ widely from them; but while this is so, I trust thatl shall always be able to do them and all others full justice, as I believe your readers will. These letters cannot fail of hav ing a good effect, when laid before the commit tee, as they will be. I stated some time ago that the rumor that Gen. Grant was disposed to moderation was generally credited here. Since my return, I have received such assurances that this is so, as to leave no room for doubt Were I at liberty, to state my authority for this belief, no one would doubt the fact any longer. j Atlanta, Ga., Jane art 14th 1869. Messrs. Editors:—Tho General Assembly having convened, and being ready to proceed to business, I will take great pleasere in using what ability and energy I possess in securing the passage of such measures as are entrusted to my care by my constituents, and that will be beneficial to their interests. • n. ‘ Respectfully, , i . Thos. J. Speer. *HT Papers in the 22d Senatorial District, please copy. t UoenA .M j Transfer of WestFlorida.—The Montgomery Advertiser of Wednesday says: Judge Walker and Messrs. Pennington and Miller, left for Flor ida yesterday morning. They go direct to Tal lahassee and will endeavor to induce the Legis lature 1 to transfer Pensacola nnd a portion of West Florida to Alabama. The three gentlemen named constitute a State Commission to negotiate for the transfer bf West Florida to ’Alabama. We are afraid they are ori'a fruitless errand. i v> Letters frpin London say that ’ Jefferson Davis and' wife • havo been visiting Ireland, where they were warmly received, by the Eng lish officials. At Dublin, they dined with the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and, subsequently, attended an official reception. They expect to spend the winter iff the south of France. A KENT FOR DEMOCRATS. Mr. John Scott, of Huntington, has been unanimously elected Senator from Pennsylva nia, vice Charles B: Buckalew.” The reader, naturally enough, inquires who is Mr. John Scott ? Well, I'll tell you who he is—and there by hangs a tale with a moral to it. Mr. Scott is a Pennsylvania politician, of small caliber, who never before had inspirations beyond a seat in the Stato Legislature. He is, however, one of those “ life-long Democrats” who are gradually monopolizing the front ranks of the Republican party, and doing far more than the oldest of the original Republicans to give vital energy and force to Radicalism. The moral is this : That, if the Democratic party would suc ceed, it must in some degree at least, follow the example of its enemies in this regard. It must liberalize the terms of admission to its ranks and cease to be a dose cor poration. At present, all that is given to the new convert, be ho great or be he small in his capacity for promoting party interests, is permission to vote the ticket. For the rest, ho must sit upon the mourner’s bench and wait till the shock of heavenly electricity reaches his nervous center before he can be received, even on probation; and after that, he must tarry with the rear guard for an indefinite period. I do not pretend to discusss the relative right or wrong of these two lines of policy—that of the Republican party which is attraction, or that of the Democratic party, which is repulsion. Results are the best tests of such matters, and it is sufficient to say that the Republican party has been successful on the attraction prindple when it would have signally failed under the policy of repulsion. No sane man can doubt that if the Logans, the Butlers, the Boutwells and tho Drakes had not been liberally treated by the party to which they deserted, that party would to-day be in a minority all over the coun try. There is not a State in the Union in which some prominent Democrat has not since 1861 been pursuaded into the ranks of the Radical jparty and rewarded with the best office in its gift. It will not do to meet me at the threshold WOMAN. JEALOUS WOMEN' AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL SCHEMES AND SCANDALS. Correspondence of the St. Louie Democrat.] Washington, December 28.—A gentleman who was conversant with, the facts, or near by at the time, told me of this scene, which hap pened not long ago in- the studio of little Vin- nie Ream. 1B» Vinnie, discovered in her artistic dress, elaborating her statue of Lincoln. To her en ters Cadie Stanton, and the ceremony of intro duction is effected by a third party. Mrs. Stanton produces a long roll of petition, on the female question of course, and says, in her large, benignant way: . 1 : “Child, we wish your name here.T Miss Vinnie looks it over a minute, till she discovers that it is a plan to move oh the works of man, the monster. “Oh 1 no, Mrs. Stanton, I will not. sign this. I dont’t wish publicity; and I am not of your thinking on this question.” i “It enters into your interests. It concerns the recognition of woman’s labor under the gov ernment.” “I am not a woman’s rights advocate, ma’am.’- “Why, child!” cried Mrs. Stanton, “you are a working girl, getting your breadbyyour hands? If you do not help yourself and us, how can wo men help you?” “Mrs. Stanton,” said Vinnie Ream, bitterly, no help has any woman ever given me here. From Grace Greenwood to Mrs. Swisshelm, they have all sought to stride me down. Mrs. Calhoun writes to the Tribune that she has not seen any of my work, bnt that she knows it is bad. Mrs. Ann S. Stephens goes to Thaddeus Stevens, and among Congressmen, asking them not to give my studio back. Mrs. Clemme Ames—all of them, caiffind no larger occupation than attack ing a poor little girl; and their venom—I never offended one of them—has extended to person ally canvassing against me. No! Madam 1 driven ont of the wish of their patronage and co-opera tion, I will be befriended by gentlemen only; for whilst I never got any justice from woman, I was never treated meanly by man!” “I know Mrs. Swisshelm,” says Mrs. Stanton, “she is a friend of mine and prominent in this movement.” “I forbear to enumerate,” said Vinnie Ream, “though I will not say they did not wound me to tho heart, the many malignant, vulgar and unprovoked things she wrote against me and published. Then they were sent to me and my friends. They aimed higher than my profes sion—at my character and life.” “Graco Greenwood also wrote against you ?” “Yes, Madam, in tho Advance she upbraided my patrons and called me a child, asking Con gress to pay my school bills bnt take mo away from sculpture, adding that if any work was to be given out, it should bo given to ‘that Roman matron, Mrs. Ames,’ and Mrs. Ames is Grace Greenwood's sister.” . u ‘Mrs. Stephens was no more considerate ?” ‘She, Madam, not only talked against me— a stranger to her—wherever she could get a group to listen, bnt she made a personal visit to Thaddeus Stevens, to beg him to take away mv studio.” ‘What is she doing ?’ said Mr. Stevens. ‘Decorating her studio with flowers, wearing long hair, attracting the men and thereby lobby ing.’ “ ‘Well,’ said Mr. Stevens, ‘it seems to me that you are round here lobbying a good deal, Mrs. Stephens, if talking to Congressmen is lob bying. I have never seen Miss Ream at alh” “ ‘Oh!’ cried Mrs. Stephens, *no girl can keep BY TELEGBilPH. From Washington. Washinqtox.- January 14.—The Supreme Court is arguing on an Insurance case, which involves t£e right of tho government to demand coin tax from parties doing business in coin. Gillons testimony before the Reconstruction Com mittee folly substantiates his report regarding the Mississippi election.. —.——. The National Bricklayers’ Convention visited Mr. Johnson to-day. The President said he was glad to meet with this national body of bricklayers and thankful for the confidence reposed in him. His course, ho said, was a guarantee of sympathy and identification with the labor interest of the country, without any speech in that direction at .this time. If his acts did not speak for him. there was nothing that he could then say which would givo them an assurance of his feelings. Gillem’s evidence before the Eeoonstruction Com mittee was pointed and to the effect that fiacre was a fair election in Mississippi, and the Constitution was rejected. - A - 'I rtf. ! Carl Schurz was elected to the United States Sen ate from Missouri. Customs from January first to January ninth, ex clusive, $2,921,000. •’ The National Colored Convention is now in ses sion—Fred Douglass President. The movement to exclude female delegates created great excitement.’ The females were finally admitted by a largo major ity. During the excitement, a Southern delegate vehemently opposed female suffrage. Tho District Attorney of New York decides that the amnesty .proclamation docs not affect the case of John C. Braine, the Confederate naval officer in dicted for piracy. A Virginia Committee, by sub-committees, visited Generals Grant and Schofield. Their interviews are regarded as encouraging. - Tho Sue Murphy case was continued in the Sen ate. The opinion of the Senate, as .enunciatedin the debates in this case, (which is a type of many, others,) seems to he that loyalists should be paid' for property taken or destroyed by the Union army, though ‘ the Sue Murphy claim will probably be re committed for want of proof of loyalty. The claim, aggregates seven thousand dollars, accruing from the destruction of the buildings and the entrench ments thrown up on the farm. Sue was sixteen at the opening of the war, and is now possibly twenty- four. Her family were rebellious. Her only claim to loyalty was her kindness to Federal soldiers. Af ter the occupation, she fed them and was kind to the sick. Barring this, she has no record whatever. This case may servo as a specimen of the kind of loyalty required to secure compensation for property used by tho Federal Army throughout the South, and warn parties against spending money and time; or hope in pushing similar claims. Argument in the case of steamer Georgia vs. the United States concluded. • The Clerk of the House of Representatives desig nated the American Union at Macon, Georgia, tho official organ, vice National Republican, Augusta, defunct. . ,r- The President has nominated Perry Fuller for Collector of Customs at New Orleans. Washington, January 15.—It has been raining al; j the morning, and the telegraph works slow. . , . , - „ . _ , _ , After many conferences between tho Virginia corn- chaste and pure with three hundred wretched ^ andimtedividualmemberswiththqJudiciary men around her. * ‘Well,’said Mr. Stevens, ‘out of all the three hundred, there has never been an effort to do as much harm to Miss Ream as one woman can make.’ So ho took up his crutch, hobbled over to Committee of the Senate and members of tho Senate and House; it seems pretty well understood that the following definite arrangemen thas been substantially agreed to: ■ Following the precedents in the Missouri Coinpro- see me, befriended me immediately and boldly, j mise and tbe proceedings upon tho admission of Or- and died my friend. Mrs. Stanton, tho men j egon, Kansas and Nebraska, a bill will be prepared 3 heart for my sex than the women. | authorizing tho admission of Virginia upon the adop- have more heart for my Their jealousy is at least as large as emulation. Repelled by the wrongs in the way I have stated, I was compelled to learn the generosity of men, and I do not regret the lesson.” • Mrs. Stanton, said my informant, proved an admirable exception, for she always afterward spoke well of Vinnie Ream in her newspaper. It is true that a good deal of aspersion has been foully dealt at little Ream. The women have never been able to get over the appropriation Congress made her. These literary women, any way, arejlhe most reckless of Bohemians. No letters from this city were ever more ab solutely vild with causeless spleen than Mrs. bers of both Houses. r*olli<Min'o ofnyQnomfi/1 Klio 44 rrin o mnalr n i /vii Calhoun's, aforenamed. She “run a muck Washington, and yet understood nothing about it. Mrs. Swisshelm, searching for victims, got afoul of Mrs. Sprague dreadfully last year and raised sucl indignation that even her undaunted mettle was abashed. Mrs. Ann S. Stephens is suing sonwbody for libel and appreciating the pleasures of being abused in print “ The Ro man Matron” is here, but without a government commissiot yet Little Ream is the Venus Victrix. She has met the enemy and they are hers. Whoever deficient in talent, these wo men’s tongtes raised her compensating sympa thy. I am aot acquainted with her, for she is indeed as ctnspicuous as any woman in Wash ington; bnt her triumph seems to be complete, and somebody says she is to go to Rome next year. Doubtless her female friends will antici pate with scindal, but Rome is not the prude that Washington is. The boarding house there is not enthroned on the Hons Capitolinus. tion of the proposed Constitution, with certain ob noxious clauses with regard to disfranchisement, the test oath, and probably other obj ectionable features, stricken out. When this bill is passed it is believed it will be fol lowed by an amnesty bill, either universal or with very few exceptions, to take effect upon tho ratifica tion of the Constitution. It is understood that this adjustment meets the approbation of General Grant, General Schofield, and a large number of the most prominent mem- A number of private bills were reported. Tffio Niagara Ship Canal bill, appropriating twelve millions in aid of the enterprise, was' resumed. Among the notable features of the discussion were the remarks of. Gen. Sypher, of Louisiana, in op position to the bilL He said that grain is now be ing shipped from St. Louis to New York via New Orleans at seventeen cents per bushel less than via, Chicago and Buffalo, and to Liverpool at twenty cents less per bushel via New Orleans than via New York, and licona-third less timer The transports^ tion via New Orleans is made with perfect safety to the commodity and at a cost of about one cent per bushel for transferring at New Orleans by means of Highy’s elevators. Besides, the Niagara Ship Canal would be frozen four months of the year, whereas the Mississippi was constantly navigable. The bill was finally referred to the Committee of the Whole, which amounts to a defeat for this session. The House adjourned till Monday.' •* <>corgih Lc^siattM. 1 4’rom the Atlanta Intelligencer.} fxb>s.Y,'ianaary K S%ate.—Th«Nenate- mtefc;4h»^moniin<, oclook—opened by prayer from the Chf Bev. Mr. Prettyman. “ e Chapl^ tfpon the roll being' caned, and a on present, the body proceeded to business 4 message being received from the Govn- l motion, it was resolved that the mew Trial of the Ogeechee Insurrectionists Savannah, January 14.—The preliminary ex amination of the prisoners captured on the Ogee- chee. commenced to-day. They elected to be tried separately. One of them, namod Captain Green, was arraigned by-the Sheriff and identified by him as one of tho negroes who assaulted and robbed him and his deputies. W. S Fitch, District - Attorney, is defending the prisoners. ” ' • ’ "■ ' ‘ "* Savannah, January 16—The examination' of the Ogeechoe prisoners was continued this morning. The evidence, so far, shows Gen. Sibley’s report to be incorrect in the main particulars, the facts re garding the troubles being omitted or were not as certained. From Louisiana. New Orleans, January 15.—Brevet Major It. M. Marston, of tho First Infantry, ono of tho victims of the Glide disaster, died last evening and was buried to-day. He had been temporarily assigned to staff duty, anLordered by Gen. RoBseau, to make some investigJ^nB in Western Louisiana. ■ <v The Peruvian Minister has received a dispatch an nouncing the arrival at Pensacola of the monitors and their tenders, having a good run, the monitors making from six to seven knots per hour easily. .They remain in Pensacola for a few days. Gen. Rosseau having died poor, a number of citi zens are moving in the matter of a testimonial to his widow. Two meetings have been held, and last night a committee of influential citizens were ap- appointed to conduct the matter. Gen. Rosseau’s horses are being raffled off by members of his staff. A bill came up in the House yesterday on first reading, totally abolising the present Cify Govern ment and creating a new or provisional one, the of ficers of which aro to appointed by the Governor. Two bills aro also in progress for abolishing tho present public school government, and providing for the appointment by the Governor of school di rectors. New Orleans, January 16—There was a lively debate in the House, to-day, over the Governor's veto of the joint resolution, authorizing the payment of per diem and mileage to membets of committees authorized to sit daring recess; but the House sus tained the veto. Thirty-four out of tho thirty six Senators were on the committee. The Senate passed the resolution over the veto. Notice to contest, has been served on all oiir Louisiana Congressmen, to whom certificates have been issued, except that of L. A. Sheldon. Contest ants are bnsily engaged in hunting up evidence to support their claims. Gen. Sheldon has a letter from Hon. Henry L. Dawes, stating that the 30 days for notice of contest having expired,-without notice being served, he con siders the case as settled, as he has never known an instance where tho House allowed a contest to prevail after such failure. Georgia Legislature. Atlanta, January 16.—In the House, to-day, a motion to rescind the act unseating colored mem bers and that they he reseated, was lost by a large majority. Testimony before flic Reconstruction Committee. of these, suggestions with a shrug of virtuous in dignation and the remark that the Democratic party will not sell ont its principles. I ask, in reply, has the Republican party sold ont to tho Democracy in accepting Butler as its leader? Ou the contrary, Butler goes to work with the zeal of a new convert, and makes even Ben Wade appear conservative. There is material enough in this paragraph, and the thoughts and arguments its suggests, for much more than I can write to close a letter with. I shall recur to this again, for I am con vinced that it contains the full secret of recent Republican successes and recent Democratio defeats. Mack,. -The Prosperity of the Cotton States. Selma (Ala.) Times says : “ We do not believe there was ever, before the war even, as much surplus money in Ala bama as there will.be when the crop of last year shall havobeendisposed of.” Tho Washington correspondent of tho Now York Herald indicates the nausea of the famous Reconstruction Committee thus: “The Recoistniction Committee, it is under stood, is beginning to weary with tho testimony of the carpet-biggers who appear before it from Mississippi anc Georgia. The testimony of one is that of all die others; and the committee have heard nothing so far but an endless story of the Ku Klux outrages and urgent appeals to put the management of affairs in tho hands of a few Northern adventurers at tho head of the negroes. Several members of tho committee have got their tye3 opened to the fact that what is wanted by th;se men, especially in Georgia, is a new deal of the offices, Stato and National. The Committee had a meeting to-day and ex amined a Mr. F.eld, from Mississippi, and a Mr. Stone, from Georgia. Field testified ninety- nine ont of eveiy hundred of the white people of Mississippi are rebels. Upon some of the Committee expressing surprise at such a sweep ing statement, Field said that was tru8 of Ins locality, bnt a close examination shorted that he lived in an isolated country district and knew very little about the State in general. Stone told the same old story of the Ku Klux outrages in Georgia and depicted an unusually horrible condition of affairs. Judge Bingham asked him if matters were no better since Grant was elect ed, whereupon he softened a little and admitted that since the election the rebels, as he called them, were more subdued. The truth is, the members of the Committee have very little faith in the majority of the startling stories told ,by these two willing witnesses.”- General Gillem concluded his testimony. He at tributed the defeat of the Constitution to its pro scriptive features. The white people, nearly all op posed it, and many negroes whose generosity wore appealed to, voted against it. General Gillem thinks if the Constitution was resubmitted with the un derstanding that proscription would bo governed by the reconstruction laws, tho Constitution would bo adopted by a large majority. Assistant Surgeon M. L. Ruth, has been ordered to the Naval Hospital, Pensacola. ■Washington, January 16.—By the new allotment Judge Swayne is allotted to the fifth and sixth cir cuits. Judge Swayno formerly had the fifth circuit The President sent to the Senate yesterday a pro tocol fully recognizing the naturalization laws of the United States, and abolishing the legal principle heretofore maintained in Great Britain, of tho indc- feosibility of native allegiance; also, a treaty for the adjustment of all claims, including tho Alabama’ claims, by acommission to sit at Washington, with the stipulation to refor, when necessary, individual claims to the head of a friendly nation. Generals Thomas and Gillem visited the President to-day. It is stated that Rollins has prepared a new tax bill, exempting newspapers. The Virginia Committee has been receiving official visitors to-day. Great importance is attached to the interviews at their rooms, though no details aro published. The committee will visit Judge Chase in a body to-night. Tho committee are, with the concurrence of leading members of . both Houses of Congress, engaged in the preparation of the bill designed to carry out tho arrangement agreed upon. They will remain hero until the work in which they are engaged shall assume an entirely satisfactory shape. The Montgomery Advertiser reports that for some time past a large number of families have been passing over the West Point and Mobile roads, on (heir way to Texas, and that they are generally from the upper part of Georgia. Reconstruction of Georgia.—The Senate Ju diciary Committee is said to stand three to four in favor of reconstructing Georgia. Silk was cultivated in South Carolina as early els 1693. ' r , ■* California has 5,000,000 mulberry trees. Ohio has 7,580,000 sheep against 6,305,000 in 1865. Supreme Court of Georgia 1 Friday, January 15, 1869, All cases from the first nine circuits, have been disposed of except four, of which one from the Pataula Circuit and two from the. Middle Circuit wastransferred to tho heel of the docket, the other, from tho Middle Circuit, was trans ferred to the beginning bf the Northern Circuit. Tho Court met pursuant to adjournment. Case No, 2 from Coweta Circuit—Jesso L. Blalock and John T. Howell, plaintiffs in error, vs. John Phillips—was argued by Mr. Stewart for plaintiff and Mr. Tidwell for defendant. Much feeling and interest was manifested in this case by counsel. On conclusion of this argument the Court an nounced that counsel would hereafter be strick- ly confined to tho record in their arguments. ■Motion was made by Judge B. H. Bigham, to reinstate the case of the Alabama and Georgia Manufacturing Company vs. Joseph Graham, which was dismissed last Wednesday for want of prosecution. In support of this motion Judge Bigham, andagainst.it, CpL. N. J. Hammond and CoL Geo. Hiilyer were heard. The motiop 1 was patiently considered and refused. Case No. 1 from Coweta Circuit—George M. Thomas, plantiff in error, vs. Georgia Railroad and Banking Company—was called in its regular order, and argued by Hill andCandler for plain tiff, and by Col. L. J. Glenn for defendant. Case No. 8 from Coweta Circuit—William Watkins, plaintiff in error V3. John D. Pope— was called. Olin Welbom, Esq., appeared for plaintiff; pending his argument the court ad journed till 9 a. if. to-morrow.—Atlanta Era. South Carolina Railroad Stocks. — The Charleston Courier learns that there is a brisk business doing in South Carolina railroad stocks The Tribune Almanao for 1809" is "ont Mid in dispensable . in the matter of election returns and other political statistics. • '. •. ‘ Congressional. Washington, January 14.—Senate.—'Wilson in troduced a bill to-day amending the tenure-of-office bilk It restores the President’s control over Ms Cabinet and allows a salary to ad iuterim officers! It was referred to tho Retrenchment Committee. A bill was introduced allowing Mrs. Lincoln a pension. Sumner introduced 'a hill to enforce the Four teenth Amendment, saying that events in Kentucky rendered early action imperative. - Sumner suggested that Mrs. Lincoln’s pension bo five thousand dollars per annum. Morrill spoke in favor of the reciprocity treaty. The case of Sue Murphy was resumed. Wilson proposed a commission, consisting of Gens. Meigs, Howard, Thomas and Ekan, commencing next April and to continue two years, to whom all such claims be referred. The Senate then adjourned. • House.—The House is engaged on the Niagara ship canal. ■ (A-■ Senate—Afternoon Session.;—Special proceedings for female suffrage were presented. The Naval Committee reported adversely to z4- storing Commodore R. W. Meado to tho active list. House.—Ashley presented a bill, the object of wMch was to absorb tho Mormon Territory by in creasing the boundaries surrounding tho Territory. The bill was made the special order for to-day two weeks, when the delegates from Washington are expected here. The election committed reported in favor of seat ing Swetzeler, from the ninth Missouri District. Tho . Niagara ship , canal was discussed at great length. Adjourned. Senate.—Stewart, from tho Judiciary Committee, reported favorably on the resolution for the Con stitutional Amendment. It provides for tho right of all citizenB to vote and hold office. This shall not be abridged on account of race or color. j Congress is empowered to enforce the above. House.—The House is considering private bills. Senate—Afternoon Session—The Judiciary Com mittee reported .adversely to the joint resolution making the President and Vice President ineligible for a second term. . ff A,} After other unimportant business the Sue Mur phy bill was resumed, and after a long argument the whole matter, with various propositions and amendments, was recommitted without division. Tbe Senate adjourned till Monday. . ' House.—The Election Committee reported on the 6th Georgia District, substantially aa heretofore stated, namely: Murphy not elected; Christy elect ed, but not entitled to a seat, having voluntarily aided the enemy. The Indian Wars. Washington, January 16.—Gen. Sherman tele graphs from St Louis a letter from Sheridan, repre senting the destruction.of a Comanche village on Christmas day as the breaking of the backbone of the Indian war. Eight cMefs came to camp begging for peace and permission for their people to come in—asking no terms beyond a paper protecting them from troops while coming. They report their people starving, all their dogs eaten, and no buffalo. Sheridan denies that Black Kettle was friendly, or that a fight had occurred on his reservation. ^ From Virginia. Richmond, January 16.—The Republican State Cen tral Committee is called to meet January 27th to consider tho propriety of calling a new Stato Con vention. It is understood that the new Convention is to consider tli9 nomination of new candidates for Governor and other officers. V~ • From Mexico. San Francisco, January 16.—Mazatlan advices represent great discontent against tho Juarez Gov ernment. Open rebellion is soon expected. Don Placido is mentioned as the leader. : » Foreign News. Lisbon, January 16.—The Allies lost six thousand troops in capturing Yilleta. The American ’Minister, McMahon, was in the Paragnan camp during the battle. , Madrid, January 16.—Dosta and Montpensier will be prominent rivals for the throne, should tho Cor tez declare for a monarchy. Gen. Pizueta and Manuel Gazat have been ar rested for conspiracy. ■ London, January 16.—Johnsonand Clarenden have signed a treaty for the settlement of the Alabama claims. The Great Powers, except Russia, havo united in demanding Greece to withdraw her objections to the conference as at present constituted. Florence, January 16.—Biots occurred here to day, by the attempts to collect mill tax too frequent The military were freely used for their suppression. Twenty-six rioters were killed and wounded. ■« London; January 16.—The treaty for a settlement of the Alabama claims elicits favorable comments from the journals. A large and enthusiastic meeting was held to-day in favor of the ballot in parliamentary elections. Bremen, January 16.—The money order system between largo North German towns and the United States, commences February 1st. The amounts aro to be limited to about fifty dollars. The business will he done by agents, the North German Lloyd Post-office department having declined to enter into tho arrangement. • ;• tt.l .tM Slate University. ( From the Atlanta Tntcligencer.] We had intended at- an earlier date to have re ferred to tho advertisement of this time-honored Institution. The people of the State have just cause to feel proud of the beauty, intelligence and thrift of Athens, and more cause for pride in the University located there,- proud of thg.™ UC scholastic qualifications and increased educaAi cotton or ^ ra - ' - '-P ’ ' tional advantages, as well as the growth and prosperity of thb' University. It is unnecessary to speak of Athens. . The refinement, morality, and hospitality of its well educated citizens are proverbial; in fact, no better location for a University can bo had in the State. It is useless to refer to the hundreds who have been there, and been fitted for high usefulness in the civic, : as well as private affairs, not only of this Stite, hut of the South. It is needless to refer to Dr. Lipscomb, well- known for his literary attainments, his great ca pacity to impart knowledge, his paternal care and watchful eye over the morals, studies and health of tho students. We have not the space to refer to each member of the faculty, nor can we refer to any particular one where all are ably qualified for their positions. It waa only to caff the attention of the public to one member,, wa refer to Hon. A. H. Stephens. The impression may go out that the 1 position of this gentleman is perhaps only aa attempt to influence students to go to the University; a use of his name to in- crease the prosperity of the College. Mr. Ste phens in reality desired mid sought the appoint-, meat, and will, upon the opening of the College, enter upon the discharge of his duties. upon be read, The reading of the message by the Ser» consumed little over thirty minutes. Ori motion of Mr. Wooten it was resot. that so much of the message as referred t«Ii‘ relations of Georgia with the General Gow ment be referred to a oommittoe of thre^ that three hundred copies of the messosl^ printed for the use of the Senate. ^ ** Some little discussion grew out of the ftjgi tion before its passage. Rules for the government of the Senate ing been reported were adopted. Some few changes were made before add ing tho rules as reported. UOj; On motion of Mr. Speer, it was resolved tv. a seat on this floor be extended the Mm- Kimball. ..Passed. t Mr. Wooten—Resolved that the Governor respectfully called upon for information sk > ing the disorders referred to in his message. *' Mr. Wooten sustained his resolution wit§af remarks, disclaiming any intention or attack the message, oi; to agitate any party f- “fir. -Adkins sustained the message. Messrs. Speer and Candler made sonro - marks sustaining Mr. Wooten. _ Mr. Nunnally introduced the following res,,;-1 tionTo refer the matter to a Committee t ‘ " duty it would be to call upon the Governor f J the disorders referred to. Passed. ‘ * Messrs. Wooten, Harris, Nunnally, Hiotel and Merrill were appointed this Committee. | The Senate adjourned until Saturday mom'- ! at 10o’clock, j'E - '■ -" ^ House.—The House met pursuantto ad ire ment. J Opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. (vji ley. T ^Minutes of tho last meeting were read by g| Mr. Scott, member from Floyd, moved tL the new member from be sword in. _ The committee of five appointed at last mm ing to wait bn the Governor and Senate reportJ that they had done so, and that tho Govern would communicate immediately with the Hoi The Secretary announced tho i lessage of g. Governor, which was brought forward by i Davis, Executive Secretary, by order of Speaker, end delivered to the Clerk. The member from :—was here nJ in, tho services of a Bible having been secc The member from Echols moved that the Gs| emor’s message be read. Motion carried. The member from Whitfield moved that - portion of the Governor’s message whietr fered -to the reconstruction of Georgia be - ferred to a committee of ten, to be nppointeiii the Speaker. The member from Lumpkin moved that it -J referred to the Committee on tho State of Republic. Mr. Bryant thought it proper for him toe a few remarks, and did so. • He expressed, wish to act solely for the good of GeorA wanted both parties to rise above partizansh; to recollect that they were Georgians; he that he was a Georgian, at least by ndi and expected to live and die here. He of the expulsion of the colored members, that beyond doubt they ■ would bo reinstated^ Congress. He expressed the fear that I was intense hatred nourished between members of the Democratic and Radical p and that this hate, if cherished, might led tho insurrection of the people. He here hap’ ly. introducedthe fact that he had been a Ft oral soldier, and as such had hated the So The spirit had fled. He stated the belief the Camilla affair, tho expulsion of the members, and the speeches at tho car (Gens. Toombs, Cobb, and Mr. Hill,) had far to effect the election of Gen. Grant. Mr. Bryant offered the substitute that a j committee of six, three Democrats and three, publicans; four from the House and two li the Senate, be appointed to confer concern that portion of the Governor’s message vii refers to reconstruction in Georgia, and,if cessary, to repair to Washington. Mr. O’Neal opposed Mr. Bryant's motion Lnmplrin approved of Mr. Bryant’s subsa: and hoped the committee would be appoir.ei Mr. Scott, offered tho following substitute: -Revolted, That the Governor’s messaged: ferred to the Committee on the state of th: public. ^ Mr. Anderson spoke in favor of the oq resolution offered, by Mr.'’Shumate. Mr. Shumate, of Whitfield, stated that V Chairman of the Committee of the stated Republic. He thought a special commit!* necessary. He saw r.o incongruity betwv: resolution andthe substitute offered by M:.’- ant. He thought there was nothing impiv. adopting the substitute. Mr. Biyant withdrew his substitute, thought the resolution offered by tho from Whitfield would be proper at presert -A vote .being taken, Mr. Shumate’s resob was adopted. The Speaker appointed the following te tee: Shumate, Harper, Scott, McCnllondK lips, O’Neal, Bryant, Darnell, Tweedy, Bell. Five hundred copies of the Governor? a sage ordered to be printed, 4 Mr. Shumate states that nearly $10,0(0; been paid to clerks of committees and tie resolution that clerks only bo allowed to 'A nance and Judiciary Committees, ststBji very few committees needed clerks. j He moved to suspend the rules that the •'] lution might be taken up. Carried. Mr. Flournoy opposed the resolution. A resolution was offered and adopted to the hours of assembling for the House ttx and 1 r. m., the hour for adjournment. A resolution concerning the death d Butts, was read and adopted. The House adjourned, until 10 a. n., fc row. Great Discovery far the The Journal of Agriculture says, the pfi on the use and merits of the *Ratnie, 'I Roezel, contains all the information neces-j those interested in this valuable discover; describes this plant, with all its advantao- cqtton, and as a substitute for it. It is by the results of eminent French botanic this plant possesses the following (and machines are already patented for 3.“ aration): J 1. That tho fibre of the' Ramie is =' ; than that of the best European hemp. 2. That it is fifty per cent, stronger j ter than the Belgian, flaxen, or linen i- : ; :< '3. Thst the Bamie fibre may be as that of flax, and that it will be douM; - rable. 4. That the plant is a vigorous gr-'*- will produce far the greatest amount« fibre of any plant hitherto known. ^ 5. That it. will produce within the * which it flourishes, from three crops, each equal to the best gather- hemp. It requires less labor than cotton, i* Jj stroyed by the caterpillar, does not .- excess of rains, and withstands^ drouth without injury; can be taken field in the morning, and, a few hoars nice fine ifibre, may be had by using a machine patented by Roezel. 1 The fibre of this plant is, when without bleaching, purely white, far 2 s ” tude, is perennial, and the. crops' froo • taken like those of cane, by cutting 11 J ground; from the rattoons a ne’ v : I springs up at once, giving from three I and even five cuttings per annum in middle and lower Mississippi, Alabama, -■ Georgia, Florida and South Carohiw- T sandy ground suits best, but it is so that it will do well anywhere, nnd the • l pieces of roots and stalks, can bo r crease the plantation. e- i«ii In a word, the cultivation of this reconstruct the prosperity of the_°° ‘J market price being already quoted m , | eign prices current.—Farmers Jourf The cypress of Scmma, in LOmbar^l is perhaps the oldest tree ou recont J known to be in existence at tiie time. ' j Caesar, fortv-two years before bTn-' therefore, nineteen hundred years o‘ one hundred and six feet in height, *» j feet in circumference, at one foot I groatii A four ScotohmKn put « “the {date” in an Edinburgh Church, J Sunday morning by •and aakflcl to. ha ve it back, but was r j In th; tin an Wa ab in forever. ■ . . ’ Swa the ship Nebo Railed from Newport, Wales, on November 25tb, for this port, with six hun- ! credit for it in heaven.’ dred tons of iron for the Macon and Brunswick “Na, na,” said the church elder, 1 railroad. Her arrival is daily looked for. credit only for the penny you meant t »j To be tec da; prt 8o<