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CLISBY & REID, Proprietors. The Family Journal.—News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic Affairs. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING ESTABLISHED 1826.} MACON, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1869. Y0L.‘XLIII.---E6. 17; .r' Georgia Telegraph'Building, Macon. Affairs in Atlanta. bitcs or subscription : • TIiilT TSLTOWPH-fnrano yoar $10 00 I)u].v TRi.sc.RApn—for six months 5 00 for shorter periods Ono Dollar per month. tifORin Fkvi-Wrkki.tt TKt.FORAPn—one yenr.. 1 CO Sr.Mi-tt Er.KUY Trlkorapii—six m’ths 2 00 Mimroxb Wrskly Telegraph—one yew :! 00 MammoI- — - - —-,-t——— jIaRRoth Weekly Talegraph—six months-. itfl'avMe alirnyt in adiancc.~H3X 1 50 FSoolc anti Job Printing Neatly executed at reasonable prices. I>raittance3 by mail with Posticiy tcr’s certificate at POEMS. nv THE LATE COL. X. O. 3IUSROE. The following havo been found among tho pa- jiers of tho lato Col. N. C. Monroe, and aro believed never to have boon published—Editor.] a mother’s love. t)h, is there aught on earth mere dear. Its snnwre to beguile,' Our onward path with love to cheer, Thai) infant's hallowed smile, When on its mother's gentlo form u ' So trustingly it lies, Encircled by her loving arm, Soothed with sweet lullabies 1 Oh. is there aught on earth more true Than gentlewoman’s breast. When infant smiles recall to view Tho image there imprest! She lingers o’er the tender flower To catch each pleasing wile, And gratoful owns 'tis Heaven’s power Impressed tho lovely smile. Oh, can there anglit so faithful guard The lisping infant's voice— So fondly grant tho dear roward. That bids its heart rejoice ! So nr ccs of love, 'tis tlieso combined That form a father's joy; In these alono liis son! can find Pleasures without alloy. WIFE AND CHILD. The balmy cvo. tho silent hour. liccail my absent love ; In vain I list around my bower. To hear her footsteps move: For far away her gentle form Reclines in hainiy rest. Vet in my dreams her precious head Reposes on my breast. Yes. loved one, still that gentle smile That yields such fond delight. Bethinks I see its hallowed wile Arrayed in dimples bright; The unerring index of a heart That lives for me alone. Whose only joy is to impart That smile it yields to one. For there’s another claims a share. Fend pledge of earthly bliss, A mother's fondest earthly care. jlay other thoughts dismiss; Vos. when my Jove shall bid the smile hi infant beauty play, To know 'twill oft my heart beguile. Sbo thinks of one away. TO MY ABSENT WIFE. As day's bright beams in West decline. Homeward hies the dove To seek within the clustering vine Its own fond absent love. In vain the search, alas! no note Of greeting cheers its bower, The chilling moan of sorrow floats O'er evening's balmy hour. Tho cold, unfeeling, treacherous aim Hath sped tho leaden ball. And ’mid the hunter's dire acclaim Fate bids love’s emblem fall! Not thus, my love, tliy own fond bower Tho’ lonely now and drear, There’s not a hud, or leaf, or flower But bids my bosom cheer. The mirror that so oft has traced The form by love imprest, In tablets ne’er to bo effaced From ono so oft caressed— Still is it there, and as I gaze, Methinka it still thy form betrays. Yet thou, fond object of my love Tho’ fate has placed thee far. There's yet an eye beams from above No love so true will mar. Each loving thought, each happy dream, Recalls the fleeting day, As guides the gentlo placid stream. There still, shall pleasures play. Thns shall it be with kindred hearts. The holy tie of love, Its halm no other joy imparts, Its rays beam from above. And thus, my love, its Heavenly ray Shall beam on you and me, 'Till angels point our onward way, The joye of Heaven to see. THE LATE CONVENTION—REJOICINGS OP THE RADI CALS—WHAT CONGRESS WILL DO TOR THEM, ETC. From our Special Correspondent j Atlanta, Monday, March 8th. The month of March has come in this season with its wonted bluster. For two weeks we have had nothing lmt wind and frost, nor have they abated yet; and already people begin to dread their effect on the fruit crop. THE CONVENTION. Tho great millennium has come at last, and on Friday the Radicals inaugurated their reign of terror over the white people of tho State of Georgia. This has been long promised and threatened, and now, with Grant for President and the whole North at their back, they are go- : iugto heap upon onr hapless heads a multiplicity of woes. That is to say, they are going to re construct us by the lash and the bayonet. That Convention was one of those bodies for which ; it is almost impossible to find a parallel, and which no other number of men could imitate. There were, according to the roll, one hundred and four counties represented by two hundred : and thirty-eight delegates, black and white, but | for this I am not going to vouch, as it would of course be impossible for me to say how many “bogus” names were attached to the list, : It was in good truth a goodly mingling of ; shades, but the most important feature in con- : nection with it was the speeches made by O’Neal, the Representative from Lowndes, and Farrow, the Attorney General. Both these individuals denounced the present Legislature as an “ille gal body,” and the “gentleman from Lowndes” used the very modest expression that it was “ covered all over with tho slime of deceit.” Just think of this. A man sitting as a mem ber in that Hall every day and acting in harmo ny—voting and speaking and having his per : diem and mileage with the other members of the Legislature, and then going abroad and abasing and foully slandering them after this ; maimer. Don’t you think the Representatives of the State of Georgia should visit upon his head a just chastisement and indignantly kick him from their midst as an unworthy fellow for daring to speak of them in such disrespectful terms ? Scott, of Floyd, took him to task on the fol lowing day in the House, and the creature re coiled and shrunk under the bold language of that gentleman. Look at Farrow, whose appointment to his present important office was confirmed by this same body, branding it as “illegal,” yet not hesitating to receive appropriations made for him by that body. If they be the illegal body he represents them to be, the appropriation is sto len money, and he as a good, loyal, honest gen tleman should not receive stolen money. The Legislature owes it to its own self-respect, to ; the respect due to their constituents who sent them here, believing them to be gentlemen, and to tho dignity of tho State of Georgia to vindi cate themselves and to take suitable action for that purpose. CONGRESS. prudent, because they ought to know from his past career that Bryant cannot bo relied on, and that his only object is to get them to help him revenge himself upon those with whom he is warring. Fits, is badly wrong himself, but then I can’t see for the life of me any difference, farther than that which is natural in a man who is “nursing his wrath to keep it warm.” THE BLIND ACADEMY. The Honorable Mr. Sparks, of your city, has worked hard to secure an appropriation for the Blind Academy of Macon. He was untiring in his labors and did not rest until he succeeded in seeming an appropriation of §11,000, together with §2500 for repairs. I understand that the Institution stands badly in need of repairs, and I have no doubt your citizens will be glad to hear this news. Mr. Sparks was also very zeal ous in securing an appropriation to the Lunatic Asylum. A RECENT CONVERT. I noticed, with regret, that Hon. George P. Burnett, of Rome, who was one of the most faith ful Democrats in the late “ Kcconstitntional Convention,’"has gone over head,neck and heels, and took his position at the Convention called by Foster Blodgett, on FridajPlast. How will he support the Constitution now that he voted against when it was put on its final passage in the Convention. FATHER RYAN. This talented divine, who arrived in town on Saturday, preached yesterday morning and lec tured last night in the Roman Catholic Church of this city. There was a very large attend ance, and I am inclined to think that members of other denominations were in the majority. The poet-priest is still very popular among all classes of this community, and as he lectures to-night again, I have no doubt the church will again be thronged. SAINT PATRICK S DAY. IVaslibiiruc, Stewart, Cox and Cress- well. From the Louinille Courier-Journal,j "Washington, March 5.—I give you a few has ty notes concerning the personality of the new Cabinet. There is hardly one of the advisers appointed by Grant who can be called a favorite with the Republican party, and all of them are more or less obnoxious to tho Radical leaders. Gen. Grant himself declares that he has select ed them without regard to partisan considera tions, and that he has consulted the wishes of Congress less than his own inclinations. I be gin with ET.TTTTT R. WASHBURNE, SECRETARY OF STATE. The subject of this sketch was bom in Liver more, Oxford county, Maine, September 23, 181G; served an apprenticeship in the printing office of the Kennebec Journal; studied law at Harvard University, and,, removing to the West (practised law at Galena, Illinois. He was elect ed a Represent^vnAo Idw^jiity-thiri and re-, elected to the thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth, and thirty-sixth Congresses, serving on two occa sions as Chairman of the Committee on Com merce. He was also elected to the thirty-sev enth Congress, again serving as Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, and re-elected to the thirty-eighth Congress, serving again as Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, and as a member of the joint Committee on the Li brary. He w r as a member of the fortieth Con gress, and, from having served so many terms, was known as the “Father of the House.” Mr. Washbume is a plain, shrewd, practical man, with strong prejudices aud a clear head. He is to the Republican party what George W. Jones, of Tennessee, was to the Democratic party, the “Watch Dog of the Treasury.” He is eminently a self-made man, and the best of his name. Grant said of him: “Washbume was my friend when I was poor and needed friends,” aud his reward is the appointment to The Hibernian Society, numbering about one I the best position in his friend’s cabinet Mr. Washbume is by no means a violent or extreme politician, and his sound common sense and sturdy love of fair play will carry him through almost any diplomatic affair, and will meet all the questions which may come before him in our foreign affairs without tergiversation or brav ado. He is a decided improvement upon Mr. ; hundred and fifty members, and all the citizens 1 of Irish birth living in Atlanta, are making act ive preparations for a grand procession on the seventeenth of the month. They have pur chased from New York some very neat green scarfs, appropriately decorated for the occasion. This is a great day—this seventeenth of March. For over seven centuries the .Saxon tyrant has | Seward. ! heard going up in every quarter of the globe l | the cry of “ long live Ireland,’' and has witness- | Alexander “ stewart, secretary of the treas- | ed the inauguration of a reanimated hatred for I tKY * _ ! everything pertaining to him and his oppression, j More than any one else in America, probably, | Hon. Judge Loehrano will address them, and I j Alexander T. Stewart is the embodiment of ' have no doubt, will treat them to a “ feast of j business. He is emphatically a man of money ; —thinks money, makes money, lives money. Stewart has never been communicative about reason and flow of souL" GENERAL MEADE. _ . . lxis early life, and those curious in respect to it Gen. Meade, it is iinderstood, \vill leave in a i !lre generally rebuffed in their inquiries. It is ’ few days for Philadelphia, and Gen. Ruger, the ; late Provisional Governor of this State, will act . until his successor nrrives. Gen. linger did not > make any enemies while Provisional Governor, : nnd I am satisfied he will do his duty faithfully j and impartially in his new office. ■ I understand that Gen. Terry is coming here soon, but I don't think that there has been any I official notification received yet to that effect. ! Persons who know Gen. Terry, and officers ! who have been in service with him, represent i him as a brave and honorable man and one who j would not wilfully do a wrong to any person, j It is said that Governor Bullock is very mneh t pleased with the removal of General Meade, for known that he is a native of Ireland, having been bom near Belfast, though he claims to be descended from a Scotch family. He is of the Scotch-Irish extraction, with the determination, perseverance and energy that marks such stock, and must of necessity have sprang from the he roic defenders of Londonderry, as all the Scotch- Irish, risen to any eminence, have done before and since his time. In his eighth year Stewart lost his parents, and was reared by his maternal grandfather, who intended to educate him for the Methodist Church, of which ho himself was a devout mem ber. The boy is reported to have shown very early a resolution to be first in whatever ho un- The Radicals are quite bouyant in spirit and look with high hope for a new regime—all of which is to be inflicted by Congress at their dictation. General Grant and Congress aro entirely at the disposal of the “black wing” under the lead of Bullock and Blodgett, and the roapppoint- ment of the latter as Postmaster at Augusta is hailed as a happy augury for the accomplish ment of their full designs. They say that re construction will now be perfected to their sat isfaction -after their notions of reconstruction. What does that word mean now ? Webster didn’t know, nor Walker, nor Johnson. Inter preted according to the Southern, and I regret to say the Northern radicals views, it simply . means—you rebels have not yet realized tho fact that you are slaves and that slaves you must continue to be, for you are now in our power and we have determined to grind yon even to the very marrow of your bones. Slaves he down and kiss your chairs. To the Union yield in quiet. Were it hemlock in your veins. Stand it, must you—profit by it. * There is more truth than poetry in the above lines, if I might use a common expression. OFFICE HUNTERS. • he sees in it a better prospect of a permanency dertook, and to bave been foremost in his class . of his sway, and the accomplishment of the de- I at Trinity College, Dublin, where, like every ' signs for which he labored so energetically , SO n of Brin, he graduated with honor. He ! while in Washington. lie has now no fears on j then in big eightheenth year, and his grand- ] the matter of impeachment, and as a breath can | {ather being d ea ^ he was p i ace d under the ; scatter tho Legislature to the four winds of j guardianship of a quaker. Not liking Ireland, | heaven, or a dignified nod of his majestic head , be concluded to seek his fortune in tho New send them to prison for life, he feels very com- I v/orkl, an d came here in fS23 with letters of ' fortable. It is only fair to suppose that the re- j recommendation to some of the best families of ! port is true. It would bo a good thing if the i Friends in New York. He was a teacher at first, people would only fix it so that his Excellency j an q persons now living remember when they sat i would be made Governor for life, with the right nn der his instruction. ; of sending it down to his heirs and assigns for- j } r,j either did not succeed in his calling or did i ever and ever. This act would set his mind at ; relish it, for after ten or twelve months of i r»«t ns bn wn’il.l then see that there wnnltl bn teaching he entered a mercantile establishment, rest, as he would then see that there would be no farther necessity for him to beg Congress to territorialize us, and then we would have pence. £ ' Mac. , Disgraceful Scene at tl;e Inaugura tion Ball. 1 All agree that tho Inauguration ball given in j the Treasury building at Washington was a vul gar jam. We copy the following from the In- ! telligencer: { At eleven o'clock the supper rooms were I thrown open,but so great was the rush for some- I thing to eat that it is not possible that more than two-thirds of those who attended the ball caught even a glimpse of the edibles. By 12 | o’clock the crowd down stairs began to thin out, | and when the guests repaired to the dressing- • rooms, thinking to obtain their wrappings aud ! go home, there occurred a scene of confusion ' such a was L-ve; b witnessed at any ball • or reception given in Washington; and wc doubt i if it could be possible to have worse manage- i ment in the arrangement of cloak-rooms than j was last night displayed at the inauguration ball j The coat-rooms for gentlemen (two in number) J were in the attic story; colored ul‘."'.di;ni j ceived the wrappings through a small opening though without any natural bias for trade, his friends say—a statement to be received with liberal allowance. He had an interest of some kind in the house, and accident, it is said, made him a merchant; for his partner died suddenly and left the entire responsibility of the business upon the young man of two-and-twenty. He then determined to devote himself to trade, and, returning to Ireland, sold the little property he had there, bought a lot of laces with the money, and came to New York. During the famine in Ireland he purchased a ship, loaded it with provisions, and sent them there. On the return voyage ho filled it with young men and women, and obtained situations for them before they reached this shore. During the war he gave at ono time to the Sanitary Commission a check for §100,000, which was obtained in this way: Some one hav ing asked him to contribute, he said he would give as much as Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt, onbe- ing approached, agreed to give as much as Stew art. Stewart then sent the applicant back to Vanderbilt, who, in a fit of annoyance, drew on his banker for § 100,000. Stewart kept his word, nnd tho Commission was §200,000 richer by the iho operation. Respecting his wealth, it is difficult to esti- Calf arc of Sagar-t'ane in Dooly, Vienna, Ga., March 8th, 1SC9. Editor» 3faeon Telegraph :—I herewith send Ton the details of an experiment of mine last season in the cultivation of the West India Su- prCane. I selected one-half acre of land (aejAured,) which had been partially cow-penn- ei Iroke it up as deeply as I could with long- Etiaight shovel plows,—rows laid off five feet rile with a long-shovel plow, commencing at an °Pposito end with a similar plow and opening out •he same furrows as deeply as possible, then drop ped seed cane in the bottom of said furrows. After applying seventy bushels of partially killed cot ton seed to the half acre in the drills, I covered the cane nnd manure by running deeply two furrows to each row. Just before the cane com menced to come up, I took a common weeding toe and cut tho dirt off the cane to within about ln inch of it os it lay in the farrows. The ob- ject of this was to get rid of a thick coat of grass, •md to secure an early good stand of the cane, first plowing was done deep and close with same plows with which the crop was planted After culture, entirely with sweeps as shallow Possible, merely scraping off the grass and from this half acre of land, I boiled two hundred and seventy-two gallons of good thick s ymp. I also made an excellent brown sugar. The sugar and syrup will both compare favora bly with the best New Orleans. 1 send you the result of this experiment in or- uer fhat yon may know what we can do in rais es premium crops of sugar and syrup in Mid- ole and Southern Georgia on our common pine “••d, by proper fertilizers and cultivation. I will send yon a sample of the sugar and syrup •he first opportunity. Yours, Ac., John H. Woodward. Quinn, a resident of Brooklyn, has in- ‘■'Rted an ingenious improvement in the veloci- 'v'i - ’i T uaeans of which tho nder can tom his r^ C , *° P r ® c ^cal use. Tho wheels are so ar- „ ^ at mdingis unattended with the jolting oyance now inevitable except on a smooth i.r ace. The elasticity given to the wheels is sot to impede, but rather help, the mo- Teloci P ede . in its progress on the ’ "dmo the rider is enabled to make cross ing. S "“i ovor cobble stone pavements with P'lRity aud without jarring. There is quite a rash of stragglers to Washing ton from this State. Those who have been left out l>y the State Government either because they were not radical enough, or because they were unworthy of notice, are now harrying “ in hot haste,” londed with petitions and memorials to lay at the feet of the idol of whom they have been dreaming for lo! these many months. Won't onr good friend, President Grant, havo a fine time when he is surrounded by this swarm of locusts. Verily, he will find out when, per haps, it is too late, that it would be much easier work summoning liis Generals around him and ordering the drum and the bugle to peal out his commands. Among those gone from Georgia, I understand, is J. E. Bryant, whoso object is to try and oust Blodgett from his new appointment. I have been told that he says that that little perjnry matter lias not yet been cleared up, and that there are some other small things which will not, when reconsidered at Washington, sound so well in Blodgett’s behalf. It is a mighty hard thing to see two such faithful pests at dagger’s ends, but let them “ fight it out on that line,” say L Bryant did not ask leave of absence, yet I pre sume his per diem will go on. That worthy S Mrson, J. H. Caldwell, is also at Washington. e went some days ago with the resolutions drawn np by himself, Sam Bard and Bryant,and read at their meeting a few weeks since. It may be, however, that Caldwell will endeavor to “kill two birds with one stone” and look out for himself while his crowd is paying the ex penses. FITZPATRICK AND BRYANT. These Honorable gentlemen had quite a “set to” in the House a few days ago. They are, under all and every circumstance, enemies for life, and though Bryant is a little more glib of tongue he, nevertheless, finds a persistent an tagonist in Fitz. In their row the other day, Bryant denounced Fitz. in very scathing lan- K , but Fitz. brought some back scenes to Hregroundandbytho “dots” rather worsted his adversary. Bryant tried a flank movement which bothered Fitz. some, but he being good game, soon recovered his equilibrium and dealt his man some heavy knocks. The flank move ment referred to is this; Bryant knowing how obnoxious his opponent was to the Democrats, and knowing, also, that ho (Bryant) had lately been pursuing a sort of liberal course, threw himself upon the sympathy of the Democratic members of the House, and which move was a success. The Democrats clapped their newly ac quired acquaintance, hut for their propriety in so doing I am not going to applaud them. Here isin man who has got up a quarrel with his fnends over the spoils of office, and because he, who is still as inveterate as any of them, denounces them to forward his own motives, ho is cheered by the Democracy whom he hates now as hearti ly as he did when he was in his palmiest pride, and was in full grace with his party. I would have wished to see the Democrats a little more m the door, gave checks, and laid coats and j maio £ It s is sot dowa at &j0,000,000, and hats away, without regard to numerical an-ange- ’ even as u„ hos $go,000,000. His income varies ment, under tables, on window-sills behind , tl It has been less than §1,000,000 and viIau + .><• 4 hvnn font hlrrh J - _ . - 7 7 . doors, and in piles two or three feet high, scat tered all over the floor. Instead of placing the coats and hats according to the numbers on them, and arranging them by hundreds, as checks were given out, they were thrown togeth er promiscuously, and piled here and there, without the least regard to the possibilities of finding them when called fof. About eleven o’clock gentlemen began to form into line, in order to give in their checks and receive their wrappings, and then the stupidity of the man agement became at once apparent. The num bers on the checks ranged from a unit to two tbonsond, and the first man who presented him self until all the coats conld be looked over, as as much as §1,000,000 a year, the amount de pending upon the activity of the trade and the fluctuations of the market. Every once in a while it is reported in the country that Stewart has failed, bnt in New York his fa'ilure is known to be impossible, as he has always made it a rule to buy for cash. the attendants did not knaw where any particu- JACOB D. COX, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. Mr. Cox is a native of Ohio. He was bom in the northern part of the State on the 15th of March, 182(5. He is consequently in his forty- third year. He entered Oberlin College when a lad of sixteen, was distiguished there as a good scholar, and graduated with highest honors in !ar number could be found. By twelve o’clock there was a long line of gentlemen waiting in the vain hope of getting their coats, and os the number increased the confusion inside grew worse. Piles of clothing were knocked about, right and left; checks were lost, and affairs as sumed a hopeless aspect. The impatient crowd at last broke through the lines and filled the narrow hall to suffocation. Matters had by this time become serious, and police were stationed to prevent any more coming in. Two men fainted, and were dragged out, and the din and uproar of angry, excited voices was deafening. CnTses loud and deep were heard on every side, and at one time a row was threatened. Mem bers of the committee were sent for, and the mode of giving out the garments was changed. his class. Thereafter he studied law, and at the outbreak of the civil war was engaged in the successful practice of that profession. In poli tics ho was known as an original old-line aboli tionist. He arrayed himself actively with the State govenment in support of the Union cause; was Adjutant General under Governor Densi- son; was successively a Colonel, a Brigadier General, and a Major General in the Union army, serving through most of the greater cam paigns. "When the war was over ho was nom inated by the Republicans as their candidate for Governor of Ohio. In this oapacity, he wrote a letter, which was published, giving it as the re sult of his experience that the whites aud the blacks of the South could not live harmoniously together, and advocating an apportionment of were not in the least improved. Hundreds became discouraged,andleft with handkerchiefs tied over their heads, and many of the ladies were ol>- liged to go out into tho sharp, frosty air, with no protection from tho cold but their thin dress skirts thrown over their shoulders. In the la dies’ cloak-rooms persons were allowed to select their own garments. In consequence of this arrangement, very common wrappings were ex changed for elegant opera cloaks, und several years, making an efficient and acceptable executive to all par ties. Hois a man of_ability, of integrity, of experience, of moderation, and his appointment as Secretary of the Interior may be regarded as in every way auspicious. JOHN A. J. CRESS WELL, POSTMASTER GENERAL. ladies lost everything they had placed in charge 1 This gentleman was bom in Port Deposit, Cecil county, Maryland, November 18, 1828; graduated at Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, of the attendants. Hundreds of ladies waited hours for their escorts, and as they were not in formed of the reason of the delay, their anxiety was truly pitiable. Several, overcome by fa tigue and fright, fainted away. Many persons waited from eleven o’clock until five in the morn ing, hoping to find their clothing, aud daylight found anxious crowds stationed at the doors of the dressing-rooms, -vi ■ ■■ - Ages of the Presidents.—The youngest man elected President of the Unitod States is Gen eral Grant, who will be 47 years old on the 22d of April next Washington was 57, John Ad ams Cl, ‘Thomas Jefferson 57, Madison 58, Monroe 58, John Quinoy Adams 58, Andrew Jackson over CO, Martin Van Buren 57, William Henry Harrison G7, James K. Polk 49, Zachary Taylor G3, Franklin Pierce 48, James Buchan an G5, and Abraham Lincoln nearly 51, when, they were elected. in 1848; studied law and came to the bar of Maryland in 1850. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 18G1 and 18G2. From 18C2 to April, 18G3, he was an Assistant Adjutant General of Maryland; and was elected a Representative from Maryland to the Thirty- eighth Congress, serving on the Committees on Commerce and Invalid Pensions. Ho was also a delegate to the Baltimore Convention in 1SG4. Mr. Creswell is justly regarded as a man of signal ability, administrative talent, nnd great personal integrity of character. He rose to eminence at the Maryland bar, and was gen erally admitted to be one of the leading men in his State. His appointment will be received with favpr by all parties. There is authority for saying that the pre carious condition of the health of Mr. George H. Stuart alone prevented his nomination to the Senate by General Grant for a place in his Cab inet.—National Intelligencer. General Assembly ot Georgia. REPORTED SPECIALLY FOR THE MACON DAILY TELEGRAPH. Atlanta, March 8, 18G9. Senate.—Mr. Merrell moved to reconsider the action of the Senate in relation to a bill in corporating the Savannah, Griffin and North Alabama Railroad Company. He gave a short history of the road and the interests involved therein.. A motion by Mr. Nunnally to lay on the table- was lost, and the motion to reconsider concurred in. Mr. Merrell offered the following amendment: “Provided such railroad shall be constructed via Newnan in Coweta county, and Carrollton in Carroll county.” He also offered an amend ment adding, “Unless it shall be declared by a competent surveyor to be impracticable,” both of which were lost. Mr. Candler offered an amendment to the ef fect that the road be ran by the most practica ble route from Griffin to the Alabama line. The amendment was lost and the bill passed without amendment, and transmitted, on mo tion, to the House. The special order of the day being a bill for leasing out the penitentiary and convicts there of, and securing for them humane treatment, it was taken up and discussed at considerable length by Messrs. Wellborn, Hinton, Lester and Winn, who opposed it, and by Messrs. Candler, Bums, Brock and Holcombe, who favored it. The bill was taken up and passed, and some other bills relating to the same matter were laid on the table. A veto message was received from the Gov ernor, in which he refused to approve of the bill to incorporate the town of Parkersville (now known as the Isle of Hope) in Chatham county, for the reason that no persons were allowed to vote but those owning lots and those were con verted into managers of elections and ex officio Justices of the Peace. Mr. Higbee expressed his astonishment at the the Judiciary Committee recommending a bill which was, to all intents and purposes, uncon stitutional. Sir. Candler thought the bill should be passed over tho veto of the Governor andjexpressde sur prise that no persons but the Governor and those who were his friends viewed the bill as unconstitutional. The Governor could not see constitutionality in any bnt a franchise bill. Mr. Hungerford said that when the senator made such an assertion he asserted what he knew to be untrue. Here a scene of great confusion ensued. Mr. Candler running to the place where Mr, Hungerford stood, who all tho time held his position and appeared perfectly undismayed. The President’s hammer was falling with full force upon his desk, and all eyes were turned upon the spot where it was expected the war of eloquence would give way to that of fists, knives or pistols. The affair, however, terminated through the intervention of friends, and the President stated that Mr. Hnngerford’s language was entirely unparliamentary. The motion was then taken upon the motion to pass the bill over the Governor’s veto, when the vote stood as follows: Yeas—Messrs. Adams, Anderson, Bums, Can dler, Collier, Fain, Gignilliatt, Graham, Hinton, Jordon, Lester, McArthur, Merrell, McCutchen, Nunnally, Smith (7th,) Wellborn and Winn—18. Nays—Messrs. Adkins, Bowers, Brook, Col- man, Corbitt, Dickey, Griffin (Gth,) Harris, Hig bee, Hungerford, Jones, McWhorter, Sherman, Smith (3Gth,) Stringer, and Welch—15. Mr. McWhorter moved that seats on the floor be tendered to Rev. Father Ryan, of Augusta, Hon. B. A. Thornton, of Muscogee and Hon. W. F. Wright, of Coweta. The resolution was adopted. Mr. Hungerford offered a resolution calling on the Committee on the Brunswick and Albany Railroad to report, and that the report be made the special order for 3 o’clock this afternoon. The resolution was adopted, and the Senate adjourned to 3 p. m. There was much discussion on various topics, but on nothing of a general public interest. House.—The Qonse met as usual. A bill by Mr. Hudson was read the first time incorporating the Savannah and Tybee Tele graph Company. The same gentleman offered a resolution to the effect that the use of the Hall be given on Tuesday night next, to Mr. Travelick, for tho purpose of delivering a lecture. The resolution was adopted. A resolution by Mr, Grimes tendering a seat on the floor to B. A. Thornton, of Columbus, was abopted. The special order of the day being tho bill on education it was taken up. A motion by Mr. Rawles, referring the whole matter to the School Teachers’ Convention, was laid on the table. Mr. Scott, of Floyd, moved an indefinite post ponement. The motion was lost by a vote of, yeas 37, nays 87. Mr. Tweedy moved that tho Senate bill be adopted, upon which motion the yeas and nays were taken, when they stood yeas 33, nays 89. A substitute, by Mr. Parks, was adopted in lieu ol tho original bilL The bill was read a third time and passed. A message was received from the Governor, in which he stated that he had signed the act in corporating the Desoto Manufacturing Company of Floyd county. The resolution authorizing an advance of pay ment to the State Printer, and an act author izing the Ordinary of Fulton county to issne bonds for the purpose of raising money to meet oatstanding bonds issued by the Superior Court of said county in 1SG5-G. A message was also read vetoing the bill ex tending Stato aid to the Memphis Branch Rail road, was on motion of Mr. Scott, made the spe cial order tor to-morrow afternoon. Mr. Darnell moved to take up the message of the Governor, sent to the House on Saturday last, vetoing the bill incorporating the town of Jonesboro. The message was taken up and the bill laid on the table. I The House wentinto Committee of the Whole on a bill for tho relief of the Union Branch Railroad Company. After some discussion, the Committee re ported the bill back to the House without amend ments. A majority report was read from the Judiciary Committee in opposition to tho appropriation; also a minority report in favor of it. Mr. Flournoy spoke against a motion to adopt the minority report. The previous question was called on the pas sage of the bill, when it was lost. Mr. Sparks offered a resolution tendering a seat on the floor to the Rev. Father Ryan, of Augusta, which was adopted. Also, one by Mr. McWhorter, tendering a seat to Rev. Father Cullinan. Mr. Hudson offered a resolution to the effect that the House hold three sessions a day, com mencing to-morrow. Tho resolution was adopted and the House adjourned. The following is the veto message of the Gov ernor on the act extending State aid to the Memphis Branch Railroad : Executive Department,! Atlanta, Ga., March 8, 18G9. > To the House of Bcprescntatives : “An Act to bo entitled an Act to extend aid and lend the credit of tho State of Georgia to the Memphis Branch Railroad Company, and to amend the charter of the same,” is herewith respectfully returned without the approval of the Executive. The Act in qufttion contemplates the con struction of a railroad from Rome, in this State, to some point on the line of road now running from Chattanooga to Memphis, thereby making a more direct connection between Memphis, At lanta and the seacoast, and proposes, in behalf of the State to endorse the bonds of that road to the extend of twelve thousand dollars per mile, for that portion thereof which may be within the limits of this State. The construction of such a road as that pro posed would very disastrously affect the inter ests of the State in its valuable property, known as the Western & Atlantic Railroad, now ex tending direct from Atlanta to Chattanooga; and there making a connection with the Mem phis road, and receiving from that direction all the western freights and travel over the whole length of the State Road; whereas, tho construc tion of this proposed “cut off” would reduce the length of transportation to bo had over tho State’s road by more than one-half the distance, and would, therefore, be very injurious to the State’s interests. I am unable, therefore, to give my consent to tho Stato extending its aid to a measure which will tend so directly to its injnry. In thin connection, however, it may not be improper for me to call tho attention of the General Assembly to tho necessity which may at any time bo more fully developed, and is, even at this time, becoming quite apparent, for the State to protect its railroad property by the extension of proper branches from tho main stem, either by construction or purchase ; and, with this view, I would respectfully recommend, if proper arrangements and negotiations can be effected for that purpose, that the State should become the owner of what is known as the “Rome Railroad”—a line running from King ston, on the State Road, to Rome. By our becoming owner of that property, we could very properly extend it to the State fine, or such further point as may be deemed desir able, and, at the same time, prevent its ultimate extension to a connection with the Memphis road, in a manner to be injurious to the main line of State Road. Or, in the event of a road being constructed, or its cons traction seriously contemplated, from Atlanta direct to Memphis, it would be within the power of the State to ex tend its own line, and thus make a junction with the Memphis road, and thereby still retain a largo portion of its trade and travel. I also feel constrained to invite the attention of the General Assembly to a careful considera tion of the many measures which are now pressed upon its attention,, asking the endorse ment of the State, to a largo amount, for the benefit of roads which, in some cases, propose to connect points already in almost direct com munication by rail, and are, therefore, not at all essential to toe development of our resources, nor profitable as an investment to toe stock holders; and are likely to result in leaving an onerous burden of liability for such endorse ments, upon the tax-payers of the State. R. B. Bullock, Governor. Executive Department, )_ Atlanta, March G, 1869. j' To the House of Beprcsentatices : An Act to amend an Act to incorporate toe town of Jonesboro, county of Clayton; and an Act amendatory thereof, isherewith respectfully returned without toe approval of toe Executive. By the 7to section of this Act, it is provided as follows; “All persons who, under the laws of this State, are entitled to vote for members of toe General Assembly, and who have resided for three consecutive months immediately pre ceding said election in the corporate limits of said town shall vote, and none others.” The Constitution of the State guarantees the elective franchise to all citizens who have rest ded within toe State six months, and within toe county in which they propose to vote thirty days preceding toe election. This section of toe Act is therefore in conflict with toe Constitution. The aforesaid seventh secion further pro vides : “And no person shall tbe deemed eligi ble to hold office in said town, who is not eligi ble to a seat in toe State Legislature.” As there is no distinction made by toe Constitution on account of race or color as to the eligibility of citizens to hold office, and as toe Legislature has assumed to decide the question of eligibility as to its own members in an opposite direction, toe enactment of a law prescribing eligibilty to office in a municipal government, based upon toe decision of toe Legislature as to the mem bership, would seem to be inconsistent with toe guarantees of toe Constitution. Rufus B. Bullock, Governor. Atlanta, March 9, 1SG9. Senate.—The Senate met. Mr. Smith, of toe 7th, moved a. reconsidera tion of toe action of the Senate in relation to the bill extending aid to toe Albany and Brunswick railroad. He supported his motion in some lengthened remarks, going into toe merits of the bill and pointing out the danger which was likely to grow out of thus extending State aid to every person who might ask it. Mr. Bums spoke at some length in favor of toe motion. Mr. Adkins opposed tho motion. Mr. Column moved that toe motion be laid on toe table, which motion prevailed by yeas 22, nays 15. Mr. Smith, of toe 36th District, moved to re consider toe bill relating to toe farming out of convicts and penitentiary, on the ground that toe bill had a tendency to lessen the penalty for crime. On motion of Mr. Harris toe motion was laid on toe table. Mr. Merrell moved a reconsideration of toe bill allowing E. S. Mann, of Gordon county, to peddle without license, Mr. Fain spoke against toe motion, and it was lost. The regular order was suspended to take up a bill incorporating toe Boinbridge, Cuthbert, and Columbus Railroad Company, (capital §25,- 000,000.) Tho bill was taken up and passed by a vote of years 19—nays 11, and on motion trans mitted to the House. Mr. Nunnally moved a suspension to take up a House bill relating to the bringing on of toe elec tions for members of Congress, which motion did not prevail. A bill preventing monopolies and taxing cer tain railroad stock being too special order was taken up for too purpose of reconsideration and laid on toe table. The next special order of too day being toe bill amending toe loan of set off and regulating contracts, it was taken up . ' . Mr. Nunnally moved.to strike out the third section and supported his motion briefly. Mr. Lester offered too passage of toe bill, it being in his opinion nothing but a repudiating measure..: .•••. Mr. Hinton opposed too passage of too bill A motion was made, after alengthened dis cussion, to lay toe bill on the table and too mo tion prevailed. The principal feature of toe bill was, that it allowed persons who had lost daring the war to plead such loss as a set off. The next special order being toe bill in rela- lation to toe statute of limitations, it was taken up. Mr. Wooten moved to strike out toe follow ing from tho preamble: “And it is toe true interest of tho State that there be a general amnesty for the past, and harmony and repose for too future, that tho peo ple of toe State may be able to go peaceably to work to repair their shattered fortunes and re store general prosperity and happiness.” The amendment was accepted. The following substitute for the first section was also accepted by Mr. Nunnnlly: “That all acts of toe Legislature of this State, and all ordinances of the Conventions of 18G5 and 18G8, which have too force and effect of law, nnd are retroactive in their character, rela tive to toe Statute of Limitations, shall be held by toe courts of this State to be repealed and null and void, in all cases in which toe statute had fully run before the passage of such retro- activo legislation.” A substitute by Mr. Candler to strike out toe word “six months,’ 1 wherever it occurred in too bill limiting the period for the commencement of actions, and inserting in lien thereof, “Janu ary 1st, 1870,* was accepted by Mr. Nunnally. The Senate adjourned,' the hour of 1 p. si. haring arrived, to meat again at 3 p. m. House.—Tho House met. Mr. Rico moved a reconsideration of so muoh of toe journal as related to the adoption of Mr. Parks’ substitute in lieu of toe original educa tion bill. Tho motion did nqt prevaiL Mr. Hudson moved to reconsider toe action of of toe House in relation to toe bill for too relief of J. Rosenfleld & Bros., which prevailed. Mr. Harper moved a reconsideration of toe ac tion of the House in relation to the bill for the relief of toe Union Branch Railroad, The mo tion prevailed. v ■ f I'M- • ' t Mr. Hall, of Glynn, moved to reconsider toe action, of the House on the-bill to authorize the Ordinary of Greeno to commute with the road hands. The motion prevailed, and the bill was withdrawn. 111 IP Mr. Price asked leave to withdraw a bill of fered by Mr. Sparks-compensating Dr. A. L. C. McGruder, of Macon, for medical services ren dered. Leave was granted. The bill relieving the Union Branch Railroad Company was amended and passed by a vote of yaes 71; najs &3! -•» m ■ ■ ■ * By the amendment the State is relieved from toe payment of toe interest'on; the amount due toe company;since 184S> • Mr. Sisson offered a resolution authorizing tho Governor to draw his warrant on toe Treasu ry for the sum of §5000 : in favor .of Dr. Bard, Stato Printer. The resolution was adopted, and on motion transmitted to the Senate. The following bill was passed: ' / •, A hill authorizing Bartly J. MeCauts to ad minister on the estate of' Andrew McCfiuts. Mr. McWhorten moved that the time of ad journment be postponed, one week longer as it was impossible to finish, toe business remaining unfinished. t Mr. Saussey agreed fully with the motion of toe gentleman. He did not think that because newspaper men, who knew everybody's busi ness bnt their own. were bleating about adjourn ment, they - should leave toe business, of toe State .unfinished. He could.not. be frightened by any such talk, and he was in favor of . staying here until they had done'the business of" the State regularly. ; ' : . ■ ‘ Mr. Anderson opposed toe. motion.' . ,*u Mr. McDougald offered an amendment,, to the effect that no money be drawn by members for the extra time. Ho said that ho had always vo ted for nine dollars a day, and he thought that if any mejnber on the floor was not.worth that mnch, he would not be there at all. He did not make toe motion for buncombe, but ho-was sat isfied that toe business of toe State should be done, and that they ought to be willing to sac rifice something-for the good of: tho State. Mr. Rawls rose to a point of order.. The mat ter had already been acted on by toe House and it was open to members who had. any conscien tious scruples to leave toe money in the Treas-. my. .* 11 The Chair decided the point well taken, and toe amendment out of order, t-.-p! .-Ji nt>;t Mr. Phillips, of Echols, favored toe motion to suspend the rules. Ho was villihg to remain here and make a sacrifice as far as pay was con cerned. He called the previous question.’ Mr. Harper, of Terrell—Had been in favor of adjournment all the time, but ho thought they ought to remain a few days longer in order to finish too business before them. He did not think two or -three days longer would make a material difference to the State... He hoped toe rules would be suspended. Mr. McDougal appealed from ‘the decision of toe Chair. The understanding had gone out to the world that they were toad j ourn on Friday, and if they could not do so then he held that they owed it to toe State to remain & f&w days longer. - ' J b ,: “" ' The appeal from toe decision, of the 1 Chair was put but not sustained by toe House. Mr. Shumate offered an amendment,.adjourn ing on Wednesday, 17th, at 12 M. The amend ment was accepted and toe previous question called, when toe vote stood,. yeas. 75, nays 62. Lpst. - ' . - . • o' Mr. McWhorter moved, as it was impossible to get through with toe business, to at too House bills be laid on too table. Mr. Kellogg offered a resolution appointing a committee of five to investigate and determine which bills were most important. . Tho rules were not suspended. . , ... Mr. McWhorter withdrew his resolution. Mr. Fitzpatrick offered a resolution adjourn ing at 12 xr., to-day. The rules were not suspended. Mr. Sparks, of Bibb,-asked leave; to withdraw a bill enlarging toe powers of toe Mayor and City Council of the city of Macon. Leave was granted. Mr. Fitzpatrick; asked a suspension of toe rales for toe purpose of taking up toe following resolutions.: , . Whereas, There is a largo portion of the time of this House wasted in toe different proposi tions to adjourn, economy and retrenchment haring taken a-fast hold oii some of the mem bers of this General Assembly,, J And whereas, some of toe most .earnest advo cates of retrenchment were employed during toe recess of the Legislature, and received nine dollars per day as members of different com mittees ; therefore be it •. " Q'ytfwjfr Resolved, That all; committees appointed by this House during the recess of this General Assembly, shall receive no compensation for their services... The rules were not suspended. Whereas, the Rev. J. Hi Caldwell, who is toe professed embodiment of all toe intelligence of the Republican party; and whereas, he it deeply concerned and impressed with the idea that representations have been made to the Congress of toe United States by the 'ignorant masses of toe Republican party; and whereas, he believes that Congress is not able to arrive at a correct conclusion without his aid and counsel ;, aud whereas, this business and other duties has kept him from his seat .in this House at least three-quarters of toe time during this session; be it,• therefore.■ > >‘<i * Resolved, That he be granted a leave of ab sence for the balance of this sessipn, and that his per diem be discontinued from too date of; his departure for Washington,- and that he be required to make a statement, upon .life honor,, as to toe amount of lost time from toe business- of this session, and toe Treasurer be . instruct-, ed to deduct from his per diem accordingly. The rales were not suspended.-' A bill authorizing toe county of Bibb to issne county bonds to toe amount of §50;000 was laid on the table. A bill for the relief of certain blind and dis abled citizens was passed. A bill amending too charter of the town, of Thomasville was passed. ■ 'ui v > The following bills were also passed: A bill authorizing the City Council of Rome to subscribe stock to toe Memphis Branch Rail road Company. A bill incorporating tho Georgia Water Mills Company of the city of Columbus. Mr. Harper, of Terrell, moved to. take up toe general tax bill together with accompanying amendments by toe Senate. . Tho bill was"taken np and all thejynendments concurred in, except one taxing dogs oae dollar each. : A bill incorporating toe Georgia State Mining Company. A bill amending tho State. Conrtitation by providing for femalesuffrage,. were indefinitely postponed. A bill amending tho charter of Bainhridge. A bill repealing toe act amending the charter of the town of Marietta. '...vrtSjTil A bill incorporating too charter, of tbe town of Social Circle. — • The House, on-motion,, adjourned to meet at 3p. xr. tritrirYI The Glasgow (Ky.) Times has the following specimen obituary: HagginMoss, an old citi zen of African descent, ami minister of toe gos pel, of toe colored persuasion, well known and highly honored for his many good qualities, went to his final account last Sunday, followed to his last resting, place by a long, dark cloud of mourners. He had, earned a reputation for fidelity, and had’experienced at' least his own avoirdupois weight of spiritual comfort, when he closed his. eyes on this telluric-scene, where it takes WLvek to get duds and. grub, without flickering. . - Romv>'wg ADVEjnrcaE.—In* September last a Jersey grocer, named Stijwefi, mysteriously disappeared, and nothing was heard of him un til last night, when he arrived home. He states that at the rime of hu, disappearance he was knocked and robbed in West street, and when eapm to-ids’ senses he found him self on boatd a shin going out toe harbor. The ship exgfetSeitaed *• medvy weather and was aban- donad, and* aftafrix month* StiUjweU reached, his home, ' i • r ... ....... .■ . •. '*• A