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Tlie Greorgia, "W'eekly Telegraph..
THE TELEGRAPH
MACON, FRIDAY, 'JANUARY 29, .1869..
Bibb Conntjr Taxable*.
~We from a- statement 1 by the Receiver
■ of Tax Returns that Ms "books close up -with
total return of taxable* values amounting in
gross to about. $6,038,281
The last returns footed up 7,448,220
Showing a loss in valuations .$1,409,939
. or nearly 20 per cent. ' This is a heavy decline
and will impose the necessity of a salty rate of
taxation.
The Board of School Commissioners
Met at the Ordinaiyla office at 3 o’clock, p. m.
yesterday. The following additional appoint
ments of school teachers for indigent children
were made:
Mia. O. L. Evans, Rutland District; Wm.
G. Kilpatrick. Ellis’s old mill; 8, H. Everett.
Pact Macon; William Ryder, Echacormee Acad,
emy; Lewis S. -Smith (colored,) southwestern
part of Macon, toteach colored poor children.
The Board adjourned to meet Saturday, Cth
February, 1869, at'3 o’clock, p. m.
Tribune on the South.
An article copied'from the Tribune of the 23d
will attract the attention of the intelligent reader,
in connection wifh'Mr. Forney’s Virginia letter.
Both are on the same line. Both patting the
South on the shoulder, instead of cutting her
across the eyes, in the fashion of three month?
ago. Of course, we shall not be understood au
endorsing the Tribune's review of the Southern
situation any more than Mr. Forney’s account oj
Virginia. We print both merely for the purpose
of showing the material fact that both these
radical powers have entirely changed their lino
in relation to the South. The Tribune can now
see that the great bulk of the Southern people
are devoted to peace and the maintenance of
law and order, : while the “outrages," which n
few weeks-ago were held to illustrate the temper
of the Southern masses, are merely exceptional
outbreaks to be dealt with as crime is disposed
of in every community.
Georgia University.
We regret to learn that Hon. A H. Stephens
finds that tho state of his health will not permit
him to accept the Chair of History, to which he
was recently elected'by the Board of Trustees
of the Georgia "University; and he is further
moved to decline by a desire to finish his work
upon “A Constitutional View of the Late War. ’
This is a serious disappointment to tho friends
of the University; but wo are gratified to hear
that the institution enters upon the year with
extraordinary prospects of increased influence
and usefulness. It numbers already about two
hundred undergraduates and we hope will reach
font or five hundred before the year has passed.
The Negro-EIIgiliiliiy Test Case.
We have copied from the Savannah Morning
News a full report of proceedings in the case of
Richard W. White, which will bring the eligibil
ity of negroes to office under the Constitution
.and laws of Georgia to the final test of a judicial
•decision. The case came np for argument in the
: Superior Court of Chatham county last Tuesday,
and will thence be carried to the Supreme Court
of Georgia, now in session. It is understood
that a judicial settlement of the point in contro
versy will be accepted as satisfactory by the
controlling influences in Congress at the present
time. .
Tragedy at a Negro Church Fair-—Tko
Negroes Killed.
Tho Albany News of the 26th has the follow*
ing: At a fair given by the colored people, on
Saturday night last, for the benefit of A M.
E. Chnreh of this city, a dispute arose over the
raffling for a cake. A blacksmith by the name
of McAlpin abused and kicked Jim White, who
drew and fired upon him three times—each shot
taking effect and killing Me very dead. Jim
started to ran, and being pursued by Cornelius
Shelton, another blacksmith, turned upon him,
fired and-fled—Shelton fell and expired in a few
moments.
AD three were Democrats, so the affair affords
no food for the Radical maw. Whisky, igno
rance and excessive freedom were tho gravamin
of the quarrel. ,
The Cotton Plant is one of very great interest
to the people of tho South, especially when the
staple brings 27 cents per pound. So, also, is
the Cooking Stove of that name, manufactured
by Abendroth Bros., of New York, and sold bj^
aD leading dealers in Stoves. The lady who
•owns a stove of this kind always has a finely
prepared meal for her family and guests, and is,
therefore, good humored and in high spirits.
Let your wife have one if you wish to make a
good investment.
Pomeroy’s Democrat.
M. 1L or “Brick" Pomeroy’s new paper al
ready exceeds, in circulation, every other politi-
cal paper in the world. It is “red hot,” and of
unusual interest. Send for sample copies.
Printing House Square, New York City.
Comptroller General’s Report.
We have the report in pamphlet form of
Comptroller General Madison Bell, from August
11,1868, to January 1, 1869. It is full of sta
tistical information which will be of service
to us.
A Good Htt.t-—Tho Albany News of yester
day says: In tho Georgia Senate, on the 18th,
Mr. Gignilliat introduced “a bill declaring the
violation of a contract by employer or employe
engaged in agricultural pursuits, a misde
meanor."
This is the sort of legislation most needed in
Georgia, and if Mr. G. succeeds in getting his
bill through he will deserve the thanks of every
planter, and every honest laborer in the State.
The absence of a penal statute to enforce con
tracts, is the source of one of our chiefest diffi
culties, and we hope the Legislature will effect*
nnliy remedy the evil before it adjourns.
Au Unlucky Adventure in Alerclian
dising.
A correspondent of the Hawkinsville Dispatch
gives tho subjoined report of an unfortunate
essay at merchandising, which shows there are
some sharp practitioners about Macon:
A young man of Pulaski county, by the name
of John, getting tired of the plough, decided to
try his luck at merchandising. Ho therefore
went to Macon, taking with him a man named
Sancho, to lay in a Christmas stock. John made
his purchases, and left for home. After getting
some few miles from the city, they stopped find
camped. Says John to Sancho, “ You stand the
first watch; when yon get sleepy, caD me.”
But Sancho, thinking all right, turned in to
sleep with J ohn.
Next morning, about 10 o’clock, they were
aroused by some passers-by, when John, finding
his goads gone, began calling Sancho, to ac
count for not watching. The result was a pitch
ed battle, in which John gained the day.
They then made search for the goods, but
found nothing except the wagon and yoke, minus
the oxen, about 100 yards from camp.
. Sancho left on foot, for Houston Factory, in
search of employment, and John left for home,
also on foot
The oxen were sold for beef the next morning
in the Macon market
Hon. J. H. Chbisty, writing to his paper, the
Athens AVatchman, from AVasMngton, says:
“The opinion seems to be gaining ground here,
that if the Legislature will pledge itself to abide
by the decision of the Supreme Court, on the
question of negro office-holding, that Congress
will not interfere any further with Georgia
affairs.”
Mr. Forney In Virginia.
Some months ago, during the pendency of tho
Presidential election, when Georgia and the
whole South were tottering under a weight of
malediction which fairly took away our breath,
we looked anxiously forward to the time when it
would cease to bo the interest of tho press and
politicians of the dominant Northern party to
vilify ns. We told our readers it was vain to
hope for relief until these people would consent
to let us get up. They had us down, and were
rubbing sand in our eyes and pummeling our
noses—doubling teams on us, as the school boys
do upon any unfortunate urchin who has a bad
name. ,We could boast not a friend in the ring,
and the plea of not guilty could not even be
heard amid tho terrible clamor of universal
malediction.' Our ‘case was a deal worse than
that of the innocent man in court, overwhelmed
into doubts of his own integrity by the scathing
denunciations of master District Attorney. They
had judge, jury, witnesses, attorneys and aU
against us, all packed, and a noisy pack it was.
Well, it seems the good time has come at last.
In today’s issue, we are able to present even
Mr. John W. Forney, of the Washington Chron
icle and Philadelphia Press, discovering that the
Virginians and North Carolinians are, after all,
a very clever, well-meant people—anxious to do
the fair thing, and willing even to take lessons
from the superior civilization, wisdom and worth
of the Northern people. Everything is rose-col
ored in bln eyes. AU is peace and promise, and
not even the security of arms, numbers and mil
itary organization are necessary to the safety of
the Northern immigrant The South is the
country for big person and his money, and let
him come on—take possession and reap a har
vest of gain and comfort
AVhat a change a few months lias wrought 3
Last November aD was disorder, violence, blood
shed, intolerance and proscription. No North
ern man was safe a minute unless he spoke with
bated breath, or joined the crowd of Demo-
craticpersecntorsand man-slayers. Mr. Forney
sees a great change in the Southern people, and
to tho Southern people it is a sufficient expla
nation that the motive for hounding on the
work of vituperation and slander has, ceased;
aUQ besides all that, Mr. Forney is understood
to have become pecuniarily interested in the sale
of Virginia lands.
But, be tho case as it may, • we congratulate
our readers that the energies of the Northern
Radical press no longer groan with the labor
of poisoning the outside world against the
Southern people. Against that influence it was
impossible to make head. It vnet us at every
turn. It not only prevented Northern and West
ern, but foreign immigration. It affected disas
trously the credit of the South. It prevented
investments of Northern capital and rendered it
next to impossible to obtain loans from that sec
tion. No man can teU how much it cost the
South, and when we see such papers as the
Tribune and Press, whose staple contents three
months ago were misrepresentations of the
South and Southern people, now changing tone
so much, we believe we shaH soon feel the re
sult beneficially upon the material fortunes of
this section. So mote it be.
«w ■
The Corn and Meat Question.
Movements and talk among the Western meat
dealers forewarn ns to look out for a rise in
meats. Indeed, prices are steadily going up in
all the markets, and operations are extraordin
arily heavy in anticipation of further advances.
The Macon and AVestem Railroad reported yes
terday 817,721 pounds of bacon brought to this
market during the fortnight ending 23d instant;
and a glance at the report from the Western
markets in the Teubqbaph of yesterday, shows
everywhere an active demand at advancing
prices. The Western provision dealers, as shown
in previous numbers, are complaining of short
hog supplies and increasing scarcity, and these
complaints wonld make a scarcity if nothing else
did. There is too much money seeking profit
able investment not to be able to create an art
ificial scarcity, wben the attention of speculators
is directed to any particular channel of employ
ment. Indeed, in a somewhat protracted ob
servation, we have hardly ever failed to notice
that bacon, like negroes and mules, always went
up with cotton.
We hold it to be of vast importance to the
prosperity of Georgia that some plan should bo
devised by which our planters can raise their
own meat The insecurity of stock of all kinds,
since the abolition of slavery, has been almost
fatal bar to the domestic production of meat,
nnder the old system; and it is hard work to in
duce the planter to try any other.
Northern and Western hog-raisers insist, in
their agricultural journals, that hogs penned
and fed from the start will produce cheaper pork
rfm-n hogs allowed to range about even in those
countries where range is better than ours. They
claim to have satisfied themselves by actnal tests
that the increased .production, by good feeding
and penning, over bogs which have been suf
fered to pick np a scanty living while getting
their growth and then fattened afterwards for
slaughter, more than compensates the additional
com consumed in the process.
Added to this, the manure from the pens,
which should be amply supplied with leaves
from tho oak forests, which, containing as they
do agooddeal of mast, furnish also food enough to
pay for transportation, is a splendid addition to
the the fertilizing resources of the fanner. We
would invito the attention of the planters to this
matter; and in connection with it, also, to the
importance, at the same time, of introducing
the improvedbreeds of swine, such as tho "White
Chester and Berkshire—swine of fine shape,
which take on fat far more readily than our na
tive stock, and maintain a thriving condition on
less food.
These, penned in safe contiguity to the stable
or bam yard, and regularly supplied with food,
water, leaves, straw and trash adapted to ma-
nurial purposes, will, wo believe, in the course
of their rearing, add quite enough of fertilizing
material to the farm to pay for the extra food
and trouble.
But unquestionably the attention of our law
makers should be earnestly directed to the bet
ter security of the farmer in his premises and
exposed property—not by multiplying penalties;
but by increasing the facilities for their prompt
enforcement. The insecurity of stock at large—
crops in the field, and the constant exposure to
trespass and depredation to which our Georgia
landholders are subjected, are a scandal, a
shame and a reproach to the State, as well as a
prolific source of vexation and impoverishment.
, Cotton King Again.
The Turf, Field and Farm talks sense, as fol
lows:
We are told that the crop just gathered will
command for the country as much foreign ex-
exchange as any planted since Whitney invented
tho cotton-gin. The fact is, cotton is still the
agricultural and financial king of this continent.
He was temporarily dethroned by his own sub
jects, but Ms golden sceptre will, in the end,
triumph over all obstacles, and assert his royal
prerogatives on all the marts of the world. Had
the Confederate authorities, at the commence
ment of the late deplorable civil war, taken all
the cotton then at the South, for wMch the
planters wonld have been willing to accept eight
cents per pound in Confederate bonds, and
shipped it to Europe, the issue of that war
might have been indefinitely postponed, if not
entirely changed. Be this as it may, the cotton
fields of tho South are your .true "Eldorado,”
and now the objection of slavery is removed, it
is southward the tide of emigrant on must now
take its way.
UNDER THE ICE.
The Alpine Hunter’s JUratnlons Es
cape.
Translated from the German.]
There was no-braver guide, or a more skillful
hunter that ever set foot upon the Matterhorn,
or crawled over the glaciers of Monte Rosa,
than Ulric Peterson. He was a man of immense
strength and great dating, and badoften tracked
the wilderness of snow, when those who followed
the same calling willingly remained in their cot
tages in the well-protected -villages. He laughed
at his companions when they talked of danger,
and made right of the fears of his good wife,
when she trembled at the howlings of the fierce
winds, or of the avalanche of snow that now and
then swept down with irresistible force upon
the little chalets, With well-spiked shoes, a
stout alpenstock, confidence in himself, and a
firm and fervent trust in God, he avowed that
a man was as. safe upon, the topmost cliffs of
the cloud-pierced Matterhorn, as in the brook-
threaded valley of Tourmanches. But the timid
heart of womanhood could not look upon the
mater in the same tight, although her trust in
the good Lord was equally strong; mid so, when
she saw him take down Ms trusty rifle, powder-
horn, and heavily-shod iron staff, one morning,
she clung to Mm, and begged that he would not
go upon the mountains. “There is every sign
of a storm,” she said. “You know how terrible
they are. We have food enough in the cottage.
Do stay at home with the little ones."
“That would I, wife,” was the reply, “if I
had not seen an ibex as I was coming home yes
terday evening. He was a stout old fellow, with
huge horns, andl fancied he was almost laugh
ing at me as I crept around the cliff upon wMch
he was standing.”
“But, Ulric, think of the storm that is cer
tainly coming.”
“ I have been in many an one and care noth
ing for them. I love the free whistling of the
wind upon the mountain tops, and the whirling
of the feathery snow. So, good wife, get me
something to eat. I must be off before the day
dawns.”
AVith a heavy sigh, the woman did as he had
requested; and with his fond kiss stiff lingering
upon her tips, she saw him climb the mountain
side until a turn in the path Md Mm from her
view. Then-she sank upon her knees, by the
bedside of her still sltunbering children, and
committed him into the keeping of that God
who had thns far preserved him in the midst of
every danger. Meantime Ulric hastened on
ward with a tight foot. It was still dark in the
valley; but far-.above him, he could see the
wMte peak glittering in the; dim light of the
morning, and the fast paling stars. Higher and
Mgher he climbed, and soon the sun arose, shed
ding its rays of rosy gold upon the icy piles and
making them flash as if builded of myriad dia
monds. To a stranger it would have been a
dazzling sight; to the brave hunter it had lost
something of its charm by familiarity, and he
pressed onward and upward. The road grew
more rough and difficult. He was obliged to
pick Ms way, to clamber np steep crags; but at
last he reached the edge of a large glazier. He
sat down and rested for a little time, satisfied
Ms hunger, examined his shoes and the point of
his alpenstock, and again set bravely forth,
leaping the yawning chasms, and guarding
against the treacherous cracks.
A wall of polished ice arose before him, and
he knew that be wonld have to scale it before he
could get within shot of the coveted game.
AVith great difficulty it was accomplished; and
finding the tracks of the ibex, he followed them
until suddenly turning a ragged point he found
himself within easy shot, and in an instant the
report of Ms rifle had awakened the echoes of
the mountains. AVith the “thud” of the bullet
the beast sprang forward, but its tail was drop
ped, its head hanging heavily down, its gait
slow and step uncertain. He knew that the
whizzing lead had reached its mark; that the
animal would soon die, and he paused to reload
Ms rifle before he followed him. “I will sur
prise my good wife,” he thought, “by returning
sooner than she expected, and I mil have a
hearty laugh at the cowards who dared not ven
ture from their snug cottages for fear of a
storm.”
With a smile upon his tips, he hastened to
where the ibex was lying, and raised it in Ms
arms. Then, with a cry of horror, he felt Ms
footing give way; and hunter and game were
swallowed np in a crevase of almost unfathom
able depth. The tMn covering of ice had been
sufficiently strong tobear the weightof the beast;
but that of Ulric added bad sMvered it as if it
had been an egg-shell.
Down, down. Hunter and ibex, through the
debris of snow and ice, lying there for a thou
sand years. Ho fancied that botton would never
be reached. The most profound darkness en
veloped him; Mis hands conld clutch notMng
but dampness—but chilling flakes. Fortunately
the carcass of the beast was beneath Mm. Yet,
for all that safeguard, he lay for a long time in
sensible. AVhen consciousness returned, anoth
er day had dawned, and its golden glories had
found their way even to the bottom of the
yawning grave in wMch he was lying. He
thought upon the utter helplessness of his situa
tion ; that he must perish from cold and hunger;
of the lingering tortures ho , would bo forced to
endure, before death came to put an end to Ms
misery; and every nerve in his body quivered
with horror. He looked around to see if there
were not some possible chance of escape. On
either side smooth ice walls arose emitting a
bluish steel glitter. He felt that ho was buried
alive! “O, God! Why was I not instantly
killed ?” he exclaimed, in the agony of. despair,
and then as better thoughts swayed Mm, ho
thanked the Almighty, with whom notMng is
impossible, for Ms safety thus far, and prayed
to Him for guidance and deliverance.
His next thought was of Ms gun. When it
was found that he did not retnm, Ms neighbors
would certainly search for Mm, and by firing
the gun he could attract their attention. Vain
hope 1 Search as he would, he could find noth
ing of it. Even if he had discovered it, it would
have been useless, for Ms powder-bom was gone
as well. Over and over he turned the snow—
down deep he dug intoit, until Ms hands burned
tike fire, and great drops of perspiration rolled
from Ms forehead, until his arms grew stiff and
sore, and he was forced to gi^o up the useless
labor from sheer exhaustion. With Ms back
against the frozen prison walls, he looked aloft,
and saw the great vulture, sailing upon its i m
mense and tireless wings, around the mouth of
the chasm; and the strong man shuddered, as
he shook his fist defiantly, and murmured, with
hia hoarse voice, “Your time hasnot come yet!”
He thought also of his happy home, and of Ms
dear wife and children, and then, naturally, for
he was faint and hungry, he thought of the food
his wife had prepared for Mm. Having eaten
of the bread and goats’ milk cheese, and drank
of the tittle bottle of wine (wMch, strange to
say, bad remained unbroken,) he reasoned that
it would be cowardly to thus lie down and
die, without an effort; and he remembered
the goodness of God, and once more fer
vently implored Hi3 help. Then a bold idea
came to him. Why might he not cut Ms way
through the solid ice! He had a hatchet such
as his class never travel without. Ah! but he
was forgetful that the walls might be hundreds
of feet tMek—that they were of excessive hard
ness and would soon render blunt both hatchet
and knife. The bright hope that had been bom
within him was darkened by no such shadow.
For the time being he knew that he was safe.
He was accustomed to the cold, was wawnly clad,
could use the skin of the ibex, in case of need,
and its flesh would drive away the wolves of
starvation for many a day. A brief rest and he
began the task, and toiled faithfully until dark
ness forced Mm to stop. A night of uneasy rest,
a bresakfast of the raw flesh of the ibex, and be
resumed Ms labors. Another day of toil, and he
again stretched himself upon the skin of the
beast, wrapping it around him as much as was
possible, and slept long and heavily, although
there had been a sudden fall in the temperature,
and it was now excessively cold.
For four days he toiled thus, Ms only food
the raw and frozen flesh of the ibex; for four
nights he slept within the hole he had ent away
in the tMck ice-walls, closing up the entrance,
and thus obtaining partial shelter from the chill
ing blasts. And once be heard the firing of guns
and Ms heart beat wildly within him. Hedropped
Ms dulled hatchet, crawled to the centre of the
chasm, and shouted with all Ms remaining
strength—shouted until Ms strained voice was
reduced to the very ghost of a hoarse whisper.
He knew that Ms friends were in search of him;
imagined he could hear his name called; could
do notMng to attract their attention; and, as
the firing grew fainter and further and further
away, flung himself down, weeping and wring
ing his hands. The last plank to wMchhehad
clung had been sMvered! His neighbors and
friendshadcome—and gone. They would never
search that part of the mountain again. None
would ever know of his fate. He was buried in
an icy tomb until the last trump should sound,
and hot flashes of flame dissolve the frost-work
around him.
AVith Ms mind trembling upon the verge of
madness, overpowered by sorrow, crushed by
bitter agony, he fell back insensible, and lay for
“Ccthno off a coupon from tho marriage along time upon the cold, damp snow, that
bond” is the ornamental synonym for having a soon must be'Ms winding sheet. The black vul-
baby. ’ tnre flapped its wings above him, and be knew
nothing of it. But, after some hours, the hun
ter's consciousness returned, though he was far
too much crushed, in body and soul to resume
bis labors. He crept into the tittle cavern he
had excavated (would it not be to Min a tomb 1),
and gave passionate vent to his griefs. For
many weary hours notMng passed Ms lips; and
with aching head and fevered brain, with trem
bling limbs and convulsive sobs, be prayed for
deliverance, if by no other hand, at least the
skeleton one of death.
It was raylesa, sunless, starless darkness in the
ice cavern, when the springs of Ms life again
became capable of action. He was ravenously
hungry and arose to satisfy Ms hunger with a
portion of the ibex be had leftremaining outside
m the chasm. He felt around, but could dis
cover no outlet Had be been frozen in—shut
out from. Goffs blessed sunshine forever ?
Nothing but smooth ice met his burning and
blistered fingers. Then, after an hour’s search,
he found a soft spot, and instantly solved the
mystery. He knew there must have been a
heavy fall of snow in the night and that it had
drifted into and blocked up the opening, and
with the strength of despair he soon dug through.
It was still snowing heavily; the flakes fell like
great feathers around, and he drew the rem
nant of the carcass of the ibex into the cave,
and made another rude meal. And thus re
freshed, a new' hope was bom within Mm, and
again the ice walls resounded with the blows of
of Ms tittle hatchet. But it was slow work, and
much of the time was taken np in clearing tho
cMps from the tittle grotto.
A week passed—a week of the most severe
toil and terrible anxiety—and yet he was not
•disheartened. His trust in God had returned;
and love for Ms wife and dependent cMldren
■kept alive his often sinking heart. He was yet
in hopes of reaching tho upper air—of seeing
his dear ones again. But even as he was think
ing thus, with something of his old time cheer
fulness, a new tnxiety took possession of and
nearly overpowered him. The carcass of the
ibex, that had been tho innocent cause of all his
trouble, was picked almost to the bones.
AYith dire starvation staring Mm in the face,
he bowed Ms head and wept like a child. Star-
•vation, that is dreadful, even in thought! Star
vation, that has in it more of horrorthan a thou
sand other deaths! He could almcst see it si
lently approaching and for a time despair alone
had possession of him. Then Ms trust in the
Supreme Being returned and he committed him
self unto His holy keeping. “Heavenly Father,”
he murmured, from between Ms parched and
blackened tips, “it is Thy hand that has sus
tained me so far—has sustained me from all
danger. Thou givest food to the young ravens
and markest even the fall of the tiny sparrow.
Nona but Thou can hear or help me. Hear my
prayer! Save me, O God! Save me!” - ..
Something of sweet consolation came with
the utterance of the words, and he laid down to
sleep more tranquilly thanhe had done for many
previous nights. Yet, it was only to be awaken
ed by a new fear. It needed no seer to tell him
that the fohn, or hot south wind, was sweeping
over the glaciers and snow-fields of the high
Alps; and that the rain was falling in torrents,
and the enormous blocks of ice melting, as by
the touch of fire. The cavern he had dug with
infinite labor was almost breast-deep with water,
and it was rushing in with all the swiftness of a
mountain torrent Instantly he was wet to the
skin, and stood almost paralyzed with terror.
Then he breasted Ms way out of the chasm, but
it was only to return again as quickly as pos
sible. Never cateract raged more fiercely than
the surging .water there. Cutting little niches
in the ice-wall, he climbed beyond the reach of
the water, and tremblingly awaited Ms fate.
The waves rose rapidly, Mgher and Mgher. He
had climbed until his head rested against the top
of the tittle cave—conld go no further. And
yet, the waves rolled upward around Mm They
reached his waist—surged Mgher to Ms breast-
crept to Ms throat, and despite all Ms efforts,
began to trickle into Ms mouth. In another
moment, in another moment he would be stran
gled by them; Ms hold would be tom away, and
his body dashed Mther and tMther against the
sharp points of the ice. “0, God! Save me!
save me!” burst from Mm in the terrible agony
of the instant—the moment of time that lay
between Mm and death.
A poise like thunder—a shivering crash—re-
soenfied through the chasm. It appeared as if
the xery foundations of the world were tottering
beneath him. Now, indeed, he felt that Ms end
had fome. No! Terror was instantly changed
to rapture. The water rushed out of the cavern
with the most amazing velocity; he conld de
scend and stand upon the bottom without fear.
How tins had been accomplished, he was forced
to wait until the morning tight to determine;
and with the first beams he saw a great fissure
had been opened, through wMch the imprisoned
waters bad found their way to the valley below.
This unlooked-for preservation again inspired
him with confidence—rendered more firm his
trust in God. Through that tunnel be saw a
way to freedom. It was small, to bo sure, but
he could enlarge it, and he worked diligently,
until Ms strength utterly failed. The ibex was
entirely devoured. He had split the bones and
sucked out the marrow; had gnawed them over
and over again to appease his hunger. For two
days he had not tasted a morsel of food. The
hatchet slipped from Ms hand when he endeav
ored to stnko a blow, and he was forced to stand
on the undertaking. There was notMng left
Mm now bnt to die.
Another day passed, and no help came. He
lay crouched in a comer wishing that the end
would come, and that swiftly. His eyes were
already filmed and Ms heart beat faintly. Then
a strange noise aroused Mm. He looked aloft
and saw a chamois vainly striving to defend it
self from the attack of two old vultures that were
striking at it with wing and beak. It was an un
equal contest, and, at length, the animal, driven
to desperation, attempted to leap the. broad
chasm. The effort was a noble one, bnt it failed
of success. The chamois missed its footing and
fell, bruised and helpless, at the very foot of
the starving man. In an instant his knife was
plunged into its throat, and the warm blood was
drained by Ms eager tips. TMs gave Mm new
life, and he renewed Ms labor. It was almost a
herculean task. More than once he fell fainting
beside it. But hope was very strong within Mm.
Still, he would have utterly failed not hadHeav-
en assisted Mm.
Again, the fonn was busy at its work of de
struction; again, the windows of heaven were
opened; and “tho rains descended, and the
floods came,” and accomplished more in a single
night than his hands could have done in months.
AVith the morning tight, he crawled through the
now large tunnel; but when ho reached the out
end, found to Ms horror, that he was on the top
of a mighty precipice. His blood boiled; Ms
branflfseeined on fire; his heart beat as if it
would break through ribs and flesh. He wa3, if
possible, more desperately imprisoned than be
fore. How was he to get down? Through Ms
bewildered mind suddenly flashed the thought
of the bTqtib of the ibex and the chamois, and ho
was not long in making a rope of them. Ho
then cut a deep hole in the ice, drove down his
alpenstock, fastened one end to it, and swinging
himself off, reached the bottom in safety.
AYith a cry of joy and a prayer of thankful
ness, he hastened along tho well-known path;
and when the bell of the little chapel, that reared
its gilded cross in the Matter valley, was tolling
for the evening prayers, he staggered tike a
drunken man into the very midst of the aston
ished worshippers, even as the voice of tho good
priest was repeating, God is everywhere with
me; and everywhere, even in the most threaten
ing dangers Ms voice speaks to mo in tones of
comfort, and says: “Call upon me in the day
of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou
sholt glorify me 1"—staggering toward the altar,
to kneel at it, but fell fainting into the arms of
his wife, who again nursed him to health,
strength and manhood.
The merchants of Dalton, pay the following
compliment to Col. Hulbert, Superintendent of
the State road—and we have no donbt is well
deserved: .
’ Dalton, January 16, 18G9.
Editor New Era : The undersigned mer
chants of the city of Dalton, regardless of po
litical differences, impressed with a sense of the
invaluable services of Col. E. Hulbert as the
head of the State Railroad, as also grateful for
favors wMch he has been pleased to confer upon
us as a class, resulting in much good to our en
tire people, beg leave through your columns to
assure bim of our profound respect for him as
an efficient officer and in accommodating gen
tleman, and that we confidently hope and belie ve
that Ms success in the end, must win for him
the plaudits of all honest and fair-minded men.
Lowry & Eason, Tibbs & Kenner,
John H. King, J. F. Trewitt «fc Portar,
T., p. Gndger & Co., J. B. Nichols,
Rob’tP. CNeill, L. AY. Barrett,
Batoy & Hill, Scott & Lyle,
S. C. Crozier, Jesse Feather,
McClatchy & Caldwell- Lenton <fc Lynn,
Ault & Brother, AY. E. McCarty,
J. P. Pittman Griffin & Queen,
Bukefize & Loveman.
They are building a cotton seed oil factory in
Newbem, N. C. . BB . .
One of the Fox sisters has gone to rapping was one pound of ambergns for one pound of
The Arkansas Horror.
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CONVICTION AND EXECUTION or THE MILITIA
FIENDS.
From the Memphis Pott, 21«f.j
The four colored militiamen, named Wm. Por
ter, Monroe Alloa, Hector Acton and William
Reese, connected with the force stationed at
Marieu, Crittendon county Arkansas, who per
petrated the fiendish and beastly crime of rape,
upon-several women living in the vicinity of the
camp, were arrainged before a court martial on
the 18th inst., and were convicted of the alleged
charges, and shot by order of the Court on the
following day, between 4 and 5 o’clock in the
afternoon.
The court martial which convicted the parties
consisted of the following named officers :
Lieut Col. Wain, President; Lient Haynes,
Judge Advocate; Capt Taylor, Capt. Osterwald,
Lieut Campbell,Lieut. Wendlard, Lieut Spears,
Lient Lee, Lieut Goff and Lieut. Nichols, col
ored.
All of the prisoners, on being calledupon to an
swer to the charges against them, pleaded guilty
with the exception of William Reese, who plead
not guilty, but who was, during the examination
of tho case, proven guilty by the evidence of
Ms own witness.
The vote of the court in deciding the case of
all the parties was unanimous for conviction.
Upon the close of the trial the criminals were
confined in the guard-house and were allowed
the company of the colored chaplains connected
with the force, who administered religions con
solation to their troubled minds till the time ar
rived for their execution, wMch was formally
announced to the prisoners a half-hour previous
to their death.
Tho intervening moments between the an
nouncement and the time they were shot were
of dreadful agony and wailings, mingled with
cries to the officers to abate their punishment,
and prayers to the Giver of their lives for par
don and mercy. Their piteous and loud cries
rent the air, and were heard throughout the
neighborhood, sending a chill of horror to alL
The men and officers of the garrison were, how
ever, unanimous in their condemnation of the
outrage, and not a word of remonstrance, or an
intimation of resistance to the execution of the
sentence of the court, was heard. On the con
trary, it was feared by the officers, from the ex
cited feelings of the privates, (particularly of
those in the same company of the criminals),
that previous to the promulgation of the order
of the court martial, they would break through
the guard, and deal out vengeance themselves to
the prisoners who had so cruelly disgraced them.
A few minutes previous to the execution, the
prisoners were led out from the barricade
short distance, where their coffins were laid side
by side, a few feet apart, and each tied to a
stake driven in the ground 1 at tne : end of the
coffins, with their backs to the same. Forty
men, all colored, and selected from every com
pany, nnder command of Lieutenant Gregory,
colored, were detailed to shoot the criminals.—
They were drawn up into two ranks. At the
command of the officer, the front rank leveled
their gnus at the men and fired, the fatal shots
killing them instantly. A squad of men were
then detailed to place the bodies in their coffins
and bury them.
Tho affair was witnessed by tho entire militia
force, with tho exception of several scouting
[Ullioil
Two of the unfortunate victims of the beastly
lust, which led them to perpetrate the crime of
rape and to suffer its just penalty, were young
men about sixteen or seventeen years of age,
and in their ignorance, were not aware of the
enormity of the crime. The other two were men
of sufficient age and reason to know what they
were doing.
Tho names of the women who were outraged
are as follows : Mrs. J. Reeves, Mrs. Jas. "Wat
son, Mrs. Calloway, Mrs. McGee and Miss
Swoptson. All were married and had families
save tho latter.
Southern Interest.
From the Romo Commercial. J
For the past three years the Press of the
South have unitedly advised farmers to touch
light on cotton, as the danger of the South rest
ed in not producing her own bread-stuff. So
far onr farmers have not made a speciality of
cotton, and up to this time the South is in a
healthy condition. The present price of cotton,
we fear, will cause many of our planters to for-
•get the rule that has worked so well for the past
three years, and enter largely in the planting of
cotton. Cherokee, Georgia, is in a healthy con
dition. AVe have bread and meat in abundance,
and thousands of bushels to supply other sec
tions. Our cotton crop was a good one, and the
present prices place our farmers in a good con
dition, so much so that the surplus cash on hand
will go far toward relieving the country from
debt.
The true policy of our farmers ties in deep
plowing, planting no more than they can culti
vate and manure well, and working the grain
crop especially. Plant no more cotton than you
can easily cultivate without neglecting your
grain crop. By pursuing this policy you may
may not get rich in one year, but success will
eventually crown your efforts, and your lands
will be more valuable than now.
Lands in the valley”jf Virginia are now selling
at $250 per acre. The lands of Cherokee, Geor
gia, can be brought to the same Mgh state of
cultivation, and be equally as valuable.
The following paragraph from the Charleston
News is sensible, and we commend it to onr
readers:
“But the lessons of tMs year and the years
wMch have preceded it, will be worse than
thrown away, if the Mgh prices induce our
planters to make cotton their king and not their
slave. The first labor, the first thought, the
first pains should bo given to wheat, com and
provisions; and then, and not before might the
reign of cotton begin. AVe should have the best
seed, so as to improve the staple; fertilizers
should be used freely, so as to increase the yield
per acre; no more land should be planted than
can be cultivated regularly and well. And a
cotton crop made in this manner will repeat the
lesson of 1868, and realize for us far more money
than a larger yield at lower prices, with millions
of dollars to pay away in buying our daily
bread.
“There is, we repeat, bnt one safe plan:
Plenty of provisions first and next a moderate
crop of cotton. If our planters will stick to
this policy, they will grow rich; if they do not,
they will assuredly rue the day when the desire
to become suddenly wealthy caused them to for
sake the plain paths of prudence and common
sense.” __
New Manner or Dissolving Bones for
Farming Purposes.
Professor Henkoff says: “It was a matter of
importance with me to discover a method by
means of wMch every farmer might be enabled
to prepare Ms bones for Ms meadows and fields.
As great masses of satis are accumulating in the
ashes of every household, and the most of them
with those burning wood, I used alkelies in con
nection with unslacked lime, which soon dissolved
the bones. To my friend and pupil, Mr. Alex
ander Engclhart, to whom I communicated my
discovery, belongs the honor of having intro
duced a new and convenient process for gaining
manure for agricultural use. I give it in an
extract:
“Suppose you have 4,000 pounds of hones,
you need 4000 pounds of ashes (averaging ten
per cent, of carbonate of potash), COO pounds
unslacked lime, and some 4,500 pounds (55J
gallons) of water. Dig a hole some two feet
deep, large enough to receive tho bones and one-
half their volume besides. Parallel to this you
dig another one, twenty-five per cent, larger,
both being filled with bones. First slack the
time and mix with your ashes, covering two thou
sand pounds of bones in the smaller one. AVhen
it gets dry, add continually water enough to keep
it wet. AVhen the bones crumble in your fin
gers, then take the whole mass out and spread
ft over the bones in the second hole, leaving tho
decomposition to go on. AVhen this is done,
let tho mass dry; and to make it fit for use, add
peat powder or mellow garden soil nntil.it is
well dried and powdery. Let it be shoveled
over several times and then apply to your fields.
“Thus you get a fertilizer averaging twelve
per cent of phosphate of time, two per cent of
alkalies, and six per cent, of nitrogen.
“The pits used in this process must of course
be dug in soil to a great degree impervious to
water. Clayey soil will answer if first sprinkled
and then ponnded, or clay maybe ‘puddled’ in
a basin in any soil, and a water-tight pit be
made. If the bones are tolerably fresh there
•will be very tittle loss of ammonia. We have
known the softening of the bones to be complete
on a small scale.”—Agriculturist.
A Fish Stoby.—Capt. Timothy C. Spaulding,
of the bark Elizabeth, of New Bedford, while
coming South Southwest of Madagascar, struck a
very large sperm whale. On opening the whale
he had the good luck to discover two hundred
and eighty-five pounds of ambergris—worth
over twenty thousand dollars. TMs article is
found only in small quantities. The old price
again.
gold.
The Comptroller General’s Report.
The report of Hon. Madison Bell, Comptroller
General of the State, covering the period from
August 11, 1868, to January 1, 1869, as submit
ted to the Governor on the 12th inst, making an
octavo volume of 74 pages—50 of wMoh is rule
and figure tables—was not handed to the public
printer until the 13th inst: and consequently,
was not in form for use by the general assembly
until the 23d.
TMs report is, without doubt, one of the ablest
documents of the kind ever issued from that
department of State, and does great credit to the
present able and efficient incumbent of that re
sponsible office. Mr. Bell entered upon the du
ties of his office less than six months ago, amidst
much confusion and the displacement of files
and documents in consequence of removal. He
did not, therefore, have at his command the data
wMch would be derivable from the tax digests of
1868, owing to the fact that only a small propor
tion of those digests have been received. His
report, therefore, embraces only the transactions
of Hg office since the time he entered upon his
duties up to the first day of the present month.
Appended to his report, however, are such items
of statistical information as are exMbited by the
digests of 1867, and as he has been able to ob
tain from other sources.
On taking charge of his office, Mr. Bell ascer
tained from the reports of the Provisional offi
cers—Messrs. Wheaton and Rockwell—that
there was a balance in the Treasury of $103,-
179 37 wMch has been charged to the Treasurer.
The receipts into the Treasury from various
sources, including the balance turned over by
Capt. Rockwell—the Provisional Treasurer-
amount to $547,653 42. The expenditures for
the same period amount to $430,957 77, leaving
a cash balance in tho Treasury on the first of the
present month of $126,695 65.
Among the assets of the State are 1,833 shares
in the bank stock of the Bank of the State of
Georgia: in the Bank of Augusta 890 shares—
both of wMch are considered worthless. There
are, however, 186 shares in the Georgia Railroad
and Banking Company, valued at $16,740; and
10,000 shares in the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad,
valued at $350,000; and the Western and At
lantic Railroad, which pays into the Treasury
$25,000 per month, net revenue; the public build
ings at Milledge ville; and the machinery, a large
number of cotton cards, and a quantity of ma
terial used in the manufacture of cotton cards,
still on hand.
The statistical tables appended to this report
show the number of voters registered and the
vote of each county on the Convention and rat
ification of the Constitution; the vote for Gov
ernor and the vote for President at the last elec
tion; ’the polls, professions, dentists, and num
ber of deaf, dumb and blind for the year 1867;.
the number of acres of land in each county, its
value, the value' of city and town property; the.
total value of household and kitchen furniture,
plantation and mechanical tools; aggregate value
of property; and the amount paid each Senator
and Representative, and the total amount paid
each Senatorial district
As the act of October 5th, 1868, does not come
into force until after the 1st day of October,
1869, the Comptroller decided that old law for
taxing liquors was in force, and upon this in-
terpretatffin proceeded to collect a tax of three-
tenths of one per cent, on all the sales of liquors
for 1868.
■ Great difficulty has attended all efforts to col
lect the Convention tax—a large amount of it
still remaining unpaid. Until this can be col
lected, the Comptroller thinks the Legislature
“should make an appropriation sufficient to pay
outstanding (Convention) script;” and that it
should, at the same time, provide, by law, that
all the Convention tax thereafter collected, be
applied to the reimbursement of the State on
account of such appropriations. He further
asks such legislation as will enable Mm to pro
ceed at once against the delinquent Collectors
and their sureities, both in the case of arrear
ages of general tax as well as Convention tax.
And herein we take occasion to say that the
Comptroller’s suggestions are not only right and
proper, but that in justice to all who have paid
this tax, those Collectors who have refused to
collect, should be made to make good the deficit.
In 1866, appropriations were made to the
amount of $50,000, to famish artificial limbs to
indigent maimed soldiers. By resolution of the
General Assembly, maimed soldiers, nnder cer
tain circumstances, were allowed to draw from
tho Treasury the value of an artificial limb,
when the limb itself could not be worn by them.
Although this appropriation has not yet been
exhausted the Comptroller has refused to ap
prove any claims presented for commutation in
money for the reasons that he has not been free
from doubts as to whether the balance of the ap
propriations, yet undrawn, has lapsed into the
general fund of the State; and as to whether he
had the right to countersign any warrant or
draft on such fund. He therefore, suggests that
even-handed justice requires that the few re
maining indigent maimed soldiers in the State,
who have not received an artificial limb or its
equivalent in money, be provided for by the ap
propriation of fifteen thousand dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary to meet the
demand.
The Comptroller suggests the propriety of
changing the political year from November 1st
so as to conform to the new order of things,
under the new Constitution of the State. He
also recommends a uniform law, taxing all banks
and bank agencies doing a banking business in
the State; also, a uniform law taxing all foreign
Insurance Companies doing business in the
State.—Atlanta New Era.
Deep Plowing Should he Done
Gradually.
A correspondent who has one of the finest and
most productive farms in AYestem New York,
wMch he keeps in a Mgh state of fertility by
thorough cultivation ana the growth of red clo
ver, makes the following sensible remarks in re
gard to deep plowing: “A sudden and bringing
up to the surface of many inches of heavy clay
that has never been punctured by the roots of
plants, and this, too, in the spring of the year,
would .probably injure the first crop.
Clay subsoils are best brought to the surface
two or three inches at a time, and that in the
fall, so that the frosts of winter may mellow
them down. The next spring, plough, say twice
as many inches deep as the clay subsoil is
tMck. TMs will mix things up so that even a
crop of com would be much improved by the
deep fall ploughing. If we bad the power and
tools necessary to go on with this process of
bringing up the subsoil to, and mixing it with
the surface soil, until we bad one foot or more
of mellow soil, that bad been enriched by turn
ing nnder repeated clover crops, and then un
der tMs foot or more of soil, we could run a
subsoil plough two feet deep, and so break the
clay to a depth of three feet, the clover roots
would have a chance to bring to the surface the
fertility that now lies dormant under the sur
face of our land.
TMs is the theory that I have constructed on
the experience of a lifetime as a farmer, and I
have no donbt of its appBcability on our lands
here. I do not think it would do on all lands,
but it is practicable here, or, at least, when we
get the steam plow that can do the. subsoiling
for us. In the meantime, we are doing the best
we can in the direction I have indicated.”.
—American Agriculturist.
Excellent Whitewash.-—As the house-clean
ing will sobn be here, it may not be amiss to
say a few words in regard to wMtewashing.
There are many receipts published, but we be
lieve the following to be the best that can be
used: WMte chalk is the best substitute for
lime as a wash. A very fine and brilliant wMte
wash’preparation of chalk is called “Paris
WMte. TMs we buy at the paint stores for
three cents a pound retail. For each sixteen
pounds of Paris WMte we procure half a pound
of the wMte transparent glue, costing twenty-
five cents, (fifty cents a pound.) The sixteen
pounds of Paris WMte is about as much as a per,
son will use in a day. It is prepared as follows:
The glue is covered with cold water at night,
and in the morning is carefully heated—without
scorching—until dissolved. The Paris AYMte
is stirred in with hot water to give it the proper
milky consistency for applying to walls, and the
dissolved glue is then added and thorougMy
mixed. It is then applied with a brush like the
common lima whitewash. Except on very dark
and smoky walls, a single coat is sufficient. It
is nearly equal in brilliancy to “zinc wMte, ” a
far more expensive article.—Chn. Germantown
Telegraph.
Death of Reuben 8. Williams.—We have the
painful duty of chronicling the death of this
Mghly esteemed and useful citizen. After a few
days of illness he expired at his residence, a few
miles below tMs city, on Friday last, and was
buried in our city cemetery on Saturday after
noon.
Mr. Williams was a man of extraordinary en
ergy and strength of mind and will. His friend
ships and attachments were fervent and endura
ble, and Ms natural aversion to meanness and
mean people was as proverbial, as were Ms so
cial and hospitable virtues.—Albany News.
A $5,000 monument is to be erected over 8am
Houston's now nameless grave, at Huntsville,
Texas.
Jeffi Davie in Paris—Ills Mode of Lift,
From tht Gauloit.]
Mr. Jeff. Davis, ex-President of the Coafed
©rate States of America, is among us, with Mg
wife, whose heroism is equal to the harghnea»of
her destiny. He comes to ses Paris and seek
hare a retreat to wtoch he can bring in a week
his children, left temporarily in America. Noth,
ing can be more (Staple than this man, who ig
experienced, like onr fathers of ’93, and who
like them, sent suddenly to all points of the
Southern States as many armies as the French
Republic opposed to the coalition in Europe
Jeff. Davis is very thin, but erect. Hig chestU
not hollow, and his body supports an admirable
head, joined to broad shoulders by a rather thin
neck. His forehead is ample, Ms hair gray, Mg
contour rather bulging, in which are set clear
blue eyes, which are very soft, yet observing.
His face is tMn, Ms cheek-bones prominent
end consequently his cheeks appear hollow.
The nose is aquiline and like on eagle’s beak!
Hi* mouth is rather large and indicative of good
ness arid resolution—his chin prominent. Xhe
ensemble of that ascetic face is now a mixture of
meditation and indulgence.
* • • * *; » *
Jeff. Davis speaks mildly, and his face ex
pands as he smiles. He is naturally slow in ex-
pressing his ideas in onr language, which he
constantly mixes up with idioms from his own
tongue. He is quiet in gesture and in dedama.
tion: bnt Ms phrases in tho mother tonue aree
well rounded, concise and neat Has experi
ence, in the failure of better or stronger com.
binations, rendered him less positive, or does he
always proceed, in the expression of Ms ideas
less in an absolute than a dubious way? ffy
true, he feels his way in onr language.
He has remained true to the principles of
slavery, but modified, as he admits. He con.
cedes rights to the negro race which can prove
that it is bom to enjoy them and made to on.
derstand them; but, at bottom, he is convinced
that the African and the Caucasian raoes cannot
assimilate. As to the rest, the extreme violence
wMch the exigencies of the anti-slavery party
caused, the subject of wMch was the sudden ruin,
of the Southern people, was, in Ms opinion, the
consequence of the resistance which the latter
made.
Here, Jeff. Davis is fully enjoying all the cu
riosities that Paris affords, which he finds very
beautiful, and wMch he untiringly visits all th‘ 8
day. As to Ms material life, he does not careas
to his food, breakfasting on a slice of bread and
butter and a cup of coffee, and dining on two
dishes.
Morally, Ms courage, Ms views, Ms strictness
Ms exquisite probity, the example of all Ms de^
votedness, his self-denials, his good faith to Ms
principles—to wMch he has sacrificed every,
thing, for wMch he has suffered everything---the
placidity pf an. apostle, and the commiseration
of a martyr for Ms enemies, Ms resignation and
serenity—all these have made Jeff. Davis a rare
and great man—so great that, in the midst of
our modem civilization, one cannot come near
him without the utmost respect. <» .
Mr. Jeff. Davis dined on New Year’s day
at the residence of his old representative at
Paris, Sir. Slidell. The dinner was quite pri
vate, and Mrs. Davis, in mourning for her
mother, was not there.
Fighting Extraordinary—North vs.
South.-
There was a fight between Northern and
Southern fowls at New York lately. Twelve
battles were fought, $200 each, and $2000 the
main. The Northern cocks were victorious,
winning eight fights out of the twelve. A New
York paper says the contest was almost une
qualled in the Northern States. The first six
fights constituted the main, and the last was
considered an outside one. A New York paper,
describing the scene and those present, says :
It was a peculiar crowd, and one worthy
of study. Imagine bankers, whose notes are
worth thousands; drovers, whose cash in bank
wonld excite the envy of millions; fanners,
whose broad acres are not easily counted by the
score; horsemen, whose racces, and trotters in
their trials of speed have , been heralded the
world over; hotel-keepers, whose reputation for
geniality and liberality cannot be excelled by any
host in the land, blacksmiths, tanners, wearers,
men of no work, and men of all work, and then
we obtain a fair glimpse of those that mingled
fraternally and joyously around the circle.
The birds were of many different colors and
strains. Those from the South, the word went
forth, were of the “Stone Fence” strain, bnt
when it is mentioned that these gentlemen
brought eighty birds with them, it must be re
cognized that they showed a decided mixture of
blood. Those of the North were mostly of the
grand old Long Island breed, who have fought
and won many a main, and whose gameness
has been the crowning cry of bird raisers in tMs
section for many years. The birds fought each
other by pairs until one was killed in each in
stance, the survivor being bailed with cheers as
the victor.
Forney Fomenting Rebellion.
The PhiladelpMa Press, which claims to be
the most authoritative exponent of “ advanced”
Radicalism in America, is stirring up rebellion
in Cuba, and a good many other Radical papers
are following suit. Here is what the Press of
the 21st, says:
Cuba.—All that the Queen of the Antilles is
likely to get out of the Spanish Revolution of
September is the privilege of sending a few
members to the Constituent Cortes, which will
assemble, about the middle of next month, to
decide under what form of government Spain
shall be governed in future. Cuba requires and
must have a great deal more than thus almost
nominal privilege. In 1867, according to the
Almanac de Gotha, Cuba had 1,369,942 inhabi
tants, of whom 764,481 were wMte, 225,938 free
colored, and 379,523 slaves. But as slavery has
been lately abolished in Cuba, the whole popu
lation should have equal rights. The Provision
al Government of Spain has shown itself veiy
hostile to the independence of Cuba, and has
sent over a large military and naval force to put
it down. Here is notable inconsistency—it is
laudable to have a revolution in Spain, and Span
iards are praised for throwing off a tyrant’s yoke
and driving the evil-doer into exile; but it is de
clared Mghly improper for Cuba, a great colony,
to make herself free. In the end, the probabil
ity is that Cuba will solicit aid from the United
States, and such aid would soon set her free from
Spanish sway, whether nnder a monarch or s
provisional government.
Now is that the way in wMch the Radicals
propose to “make treason odious?” The
press defends rebellion in Cuba, and indirectlY
promises the moral and material aid of the Gov
ernment to back it, and it is. a case, too, in
wMch the old excuse of an “effete and tyrani-
cal government’ ’ will not apply. Spain is mak
ing a bran new government, the character of
wMch no man is at liberty to prejudge. Sts
is still in the throes of revolution for the asser
tion of popular rights, just as the Radicals
claimed to be during the Southern rebellion,
and yet they are now imitating what they de
nounced as dastardly conduct in France and
England, in taking advantage of the confusion
and weakness of a death struggle for liberty and
human rights to stimulate rebellion. But we
shall be told “circumstances alter cases,” and
without going further, we see that they do.
Affairs In Bainbritlge.
The Bainbridge Argus says:
The Business of Bainbiudoe.—AYe presume
there is no locality, of equal size, in the South,
that has presented a livelier business aspect
than this city has presented during the last few
weeks. The rise in cotton, and the opening of
the new year; admonishing farmers of the ap
proach of the log burning, fence repairing, and
land plowing season, have caused cotton and
other surplus produce to find its way to market.
Our streets have been, for weeks, filled with
wagons of cotton, and other marketable pro
duce, while the stores have been thronged with
customers.
AYe have not been furnished with the number
of bales of cotton brought to this city the pre
sent season, but it must do very large. And in
addition—syrup, sugar, potatoes, Mdes, tallow,
rice, corn, fodder, poultry, etc., etc., increase
the sum total, swelling it to gratifying propor
tions. , _
Money is becoming more plentiful, and ne«
buildings are going up in every part of the city-
Rome Commebcial.—Mr. M. A. Nevin has dis
solved bis connection with that popular journal
and it is now owned and conducted solely by th e
late Senior partner, Judge D. M. Hood.
On Thursday night last, Mary Etta, eldest
daughter of William F. Moore, Esq-, °f '
came very near being burned up. Her clotnes
took fire while standing near tile fire place- •'
last. hfiT sitnfltioU WftS VflrV CZlOOWs
last accounts her situation was very
Lynchburg Virginian.
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