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WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER.
ATLANTA, GEO RGIA,
Wednesday, September 20, 1865.
The N. Y. Tribune’s Washington City
corrrspcndfnt. says, in a letter dated the 20th
irstant. that it is probable Mr. Davi9 will be
tried before a civil tribunal in the United
States Court for the Eastern District of Vir
ginia ; and that it is a mistake to suppose
that Chief Justice Chase has anything to do
with the preliminary arrangements of the
trial; nor has he expressed, as has been sta
ted, a desire to try tire ease, buthe will that,
or any other which may come before him
in the usual way of business.
loin:—That J. C. Bates lias been appoint*
ed Direct Tax Commissioner for the District
ol the State of Georgia.
linn:—That the Post Office Department
has ordered a contract with Arthur Leary,
of New York, to convey the mails by steam
ships from that city to Charleston, S. C., and
back twice a week; also, with Edmund A.
Souder & Co., of Philadelphia, to convey
the mails by steamboats from Savannah, Ga.,
via Darien, Brunswick, St. Mary’s, Fernan-
■dina, Fla., Newport Mills, Yellow Bluff,
Jacksonville, Mandarin, Hibernia, Magnolia,
Picolata, Tocoi and Orange Mills to Pilatka,
332 miles and back, twice a week, from the
20th of September, 1805, until the 30th of
June, 1800, at dm rate of $5,000 per an
num.
An Entkuprising City.—It is a matter
of congratulation that nearly every city in
the Smith is fast lecovering from the inertia
remlting from the war. For instance, our
own city, Chattanooga, is advancing with
rapid s'i kies in population, business and
weal'll. Atlanta, as the entire country has
been inlbimed, “is rising Phoenix like from
her ashia.” We h ive not the slightest doubt
bul that t lie gratification undoubtedly to be
derived I o n visiting this scene illustrative
<>f modern mythology, would lully repay the
euiious t< urisr, tor Its trouble, and the risk
lie would i:rc. 3‘arily encounter by traveling
in these i!n>s of railroad accciden'.s. * *
Chattanooga Gazette.
You me entirely right, neighbor. The
world never saw tuch energy as is daily dis
played here by everybody. Any “ curious
tourist” will be amply lepaid by visiting
this spot; he will sec wlmt the indomitable
will of man may accomplish. Where was
desolation and ruin in their direst shape,
have been reared, and are now in process
of eriction, commodious business houses.
Order has been brought; out of chaos, and
prosperity smiles upon us most benignantly.
From the Louisville Courier.
'1 liR I' ( Ti lt K OF THE EMANCI-
FATLD SLAVES.
Revolutions never go backward, but ever
nmvo onward. The snuggle through which
these States have just passed may be ended
as far ns the clash ot arms is concerned, but
says a Southern cotemporary, some of the
ma>ked results to flow lrom it are not yet
percepliblc. The history of the past will
leach us that important changes are to take
place in the condition of this people within
the next quarter of a century—changes, too,
that are scarcely imagined by any of us.
The rapidity with which the American
colonies were peopled, the manner and ex-
Unt of the development of the resources of
the country since the revolution that result
ed in our independence, are among the most
astonishing things in history. One of the
greatest nations of the earth, one of the first
war powers ol the world, built up iu three-
qnartei a ol a century. Just think of it 1 and
compare our rise aud progress with the rise
and progress of the older powers of Europe.
But the advantages of our ciimate, soil, and
general resources, enable us to rob them of
ihei r greatest source of wealth, their brain
and muscle. Ever since the E len, America,
was thrown open to the c.owu-trodden aud
oppressed ot i lie old country, a constant
stream of immigration has been flowing
horn the old to the new world, which is
now increasing rather than diminishing in
volume. A ad can we stop it? As well at
tempt to hi ill the rolling billows of the
ocean. This stream of huinauity will flow
on, on, and on, and when Europe and the
North shall have made a New England of
all the territory lying beyond the Mississip
pi, and settled the now vacant lands to the
K cky Mountains and beyond, the stream
will still flow on, ami new territoiies will be
discovered, aunt xed, settled, and the Yan
kee eutrgy and American civilization will
a*ill puss forward toward the setting sun.
Wars, rebellions will not stop it, but with
each succeeding shock or convulsion the
iniphty t. Trent will oujy increase in strength
ain’t power.
The introdnciion of A'riean slavery into
t'nis country by our ancestors, is their sin,
not ours. It lms et used much suffering to
the white race, h\s kept many of them iu
ignorance and poverty, and retarded the de
velopment of ttie resources of those States
that have nurlurned it and kept it alive —
Whether it has benefited the black mai or
not, is an abstract question that we do not
care to discuss; but rchultsjiave shown that,
as a slave or live m m, the African has been
in the white man’s way.
The red man, the original proprietor of
tins vast country, gave way before the tread
ot his mine provident ami enlightened pale-
faced brother, and following the setting sun,
as our civilization advanced, there are now
but few traces to note the fact that he has
ever been here. This country wa9 his by
the right ol long and undisj uted possession,
b it when the tide of immigration turned
Westward from the Old World he began to
recede, and iu a remarkably short time, it
compare'el with the history ot naiious, he
disappeared, and in the forest wilds, where
but as yesterday he held undisputed sway,
now the pale-lace is monarch nt all he sur
vc vs.
Slavery was introduced into the New En
gland ami other Northern States for gain.—
Our ancestors cared no more for the black
man than we of the South did when we held
them as slaves, and we cared but precious
little beyoud the property that was in them.
But why did our Puritan ancestry rid them*
selves of this moral, social and political evil,?
Was it humanity—philanthropy ? Not a bit
of it. The slave and the negro was looted
out of New England and the North just as
they will be», within the next halt century,
out ot all the country east ot the Mississippi,
to make room tor the immense flow of white
men from the old world, ot which we have
spoken. Slavery was abolished, and the ne
gro has become almost extinct in the Nor
thern States because the superior race, the
whites, rushed there in such numbers as to
supply all the wants ot the country as to la
bor in all the departments of business and
commerce. As this stream ot humanity
from Europe poured into the Northern
States, slavery aud the black man had to
give way before it, and move down South;
and now that the prowess and valor of the
Northman has crushed slavery and opened
up these Southern States to the flood of im
migration which is ever moving onward, the
thickly populated towns, cities and districts
of the whole North will throw their surplus
population upon us. The poor will come in
search of labor, those of small capital will
come to better their condition, and the
capitalist will come to invest; and with*
in ten or twenty years two-thirds ot
the Southern States will change hands,
our population will be doubled or tre
bled, white laborers will abound, and
the negroes will move tionthw&rd, until
within thirty years they will be as scarce
here as they are iu the Northern States
now. And why ? Because the Southern
people will be unkind or prejudiced against
them? No. But because now that they
are free, wo shall become as care’ess about
them as the Northmen are, and when
we find it to our interest to employ
whites to perform hue menial eervices
they have been performing, with an eye
to self-interest, we shall not be slow to
do it. It pressed back, it will not be the
Southern but the Northern people and Eu
ropeans that will do it. They will leave
because the superior and more energetic
whites will take their places; and as they
own no part of the soil, as icon as they
cannot find employment they will begin to
disappear. The negro prospered physically
and increased in number as a slave; but
with ibis tide of white imnrgration pressing
forward, as the result of his being freed, we
do not believe he can now.
Already we hear that the intelligence
rflices will be able to furnish white servants
for families who wish them, in North Caro
lina, and no doubt by the first of January
nexi it will fie as easy to get any kind of
whi>e *• help” that may be desired, in that
State, as in Baltimore or New York. And
when this comes to be the case, and those
people who have to hire, find that one Irish
or German woman can do the labor of two
negro women, like the people of the North,
they will give them the preference. If tht
negro is driven out, as we believe he will be
ultimately, it will not be on account of any
persecutions by the lormer owuers, but by
the fl >od of immigration which had pressed
B'avcry before it, before the war began, from
Massachusetts to Maryland.
If the negro would remain here as an in-,
ferior, not demand too much, and perform ;
for reasonable compensation the labor the
country must have, he might stay this vol
ume of immigration to some extent; but if
he listens to the few fanatics who preach
political and social equality to him, and as
pires to govern, rather than be governed
the tide will press forward and engulph
him. Leave, finally, to make room for the
firm tread of the white man, we believe he
mu9t, but he may prolong his stay by good
behavior and industry. The same Anglo*
Saxon that has pressed him out of the Nor
thern States is now applying for that place
he has hitherto occupied here, and unless he
can render his labor as valuable and his
presence as acceptable to the owners ot the
soil as the more energetic pale-face, he may
take up his bed and walk.
Intelligent negroes will do well to con
sider these things.
CRIME IN ENGLAilD.
Constance Kent's Confession—A letter fiom
Her Counsel to the London Press
Coi stance Kent says the manner in which
the committed her crime was a9 follows :—
A fews days before the murder she obtained
poss< 83ion of a razor from a green case iu
her father’s wardrobe, aud secreted it. This
was the sole instrument which she used.—
She also secreted a candle wi h matches, by
placing them in the corner of the closet in
ihe garden, where the murder was commit
ted. On the night ot the murder she un
dressed herself aud would visit her room.—
She lay awake watching until she thought
the household were all asleep, and soon af
ter miduight she left her bedroom and went
down stairs aud opened the drawing room
door and window shutters. She then went
up iuto the nursery, withdrew the b anket
lrom buween the sheet and the counterpane
and placed it on the side ot the cot. She
then took the child from his bed and carried
him down stairs ihrough the drawingroom.
Shu had on her night-dress, aud in the draw
ing room she pul on her galoshes. Having
the child in one arm, she raised the drawing
room window with the other hand, went
around the house and iuto the closet, light-
e d the candle aud placed it on the seat ot the
closet, the child being wrapped in the blan
ket and slill s'ejping; aud while the child
was in this position she inflicted the wound
in the throat. She says she thought the
blood would ucver come, and that the child
was not killed, so she thrust the razor into
its left side, aud put the body with the blan
ket round it into the vanlk The light burnt
out. The piece of flannel which she had
with her was torn from an old garment
placed iu the waste bag, and which she had
t iken some time before and sewn it to use
in washing herself. She went back
iuto her bed room, examined her dress,
and found only two spots of blood on it.
These she washed out in the basin, and
threw the water, which was but little dis
colored, into the foot-pan in which she had
washed her feet over night She took an
other of her night dresses and got into bed.
In the morning her night dress had become
dry where it had been washed. She folded
it up and put it into the drawer. Her three
night dresses were examined by Mr. Foley,
and she believes also by Mr. Parsons, the
medical attendant of the family. She
thought the blood stains had been effectu*
ally washed out, but on holding the dress
up to the light a day or two afterward she
found the stains were still visible. She se
creted the dress, moving it from place to
place, and she eventually burnt it in her
own bed-room, and put the ashes or tinder
into the kitchen grate. It was about five or
six days after the child’s death that she
burnt the night dress. On the Saturday
morning, having cleaned the razor, she took
an opportunity of replacing it, unobserve I,
in the case in the wardrobe. She abstrac
ted her night dress from the clothes basket
when the housemaid went to fetch a glass of
water. The stained garment found in the
boiler-hole had no connection whatever
with the deed. As regards the motive of
her crime, it seems that although she enter
tainted at one time a great regard for the
present Mrs. Kent, yet if any remark was at
any time made which in her opinion was
disparaging to any member of the first fam
ily, she treasured it up and determined to
revenge it. She had no ill will against the
little boy, except as one of the children of
her step-mother. She declared that both
her father and her step mother had always
been kind to her personally, and the follow*
ing is the copy of a letter which she ad
dressed to Mr. Rod way on this point, while
in prison before her trial:
Devizes, May 15.
“Sir : It has b»en s*ated that my feelings
ol revenge were excited in cot sequence of
cruel treatm- nt. This is entirely ialse. I
have received the greatest kindness from
both the persons accused of stri j i‘ctiug me
to it I have never had any ill-will toward
either of them on account of their behavior
to me, which has been very kind.
-—n Ii-ntfi wenuram ■ >■■
“ I shall feel obliged if you will make use
of this statement, io order that the public
may be undeceived on this point.
‘‘I remain, sir, yours truly,
“Constance E. Kent.
“To Mr. R. Rod way.”
When the nursemaid was accused she had
fully made up her mind to confess if the
nurse had been convicted, and she had also
made up her mind to commit suicide if she
was herself convicted. She said that she
had felt herself under the influence of the
devil before she committed the murder, but
that she did not believe, and had not be
lieved, that the devil had more to do with
her crime than he had with any other
wicked action. She had not said her prayers
lor a year before the murder, and not after
ward until 6be came to reside at Brighton.
She said that the circumstance which revived
religious feelings in her mind was thinking
about receiving sacrament when confirmed.
An opinion haa been expressed that, the pe
culiarities evinced by Constance Kent be
tween the ages of 12 and 1? may be attributed
to ihe then transition period of her life.—
Moreover, the fact of her cutting off her
hair, dressing herself in her brother’s clothes!
and leaving her home with the intention of
going abroad, which Toccurred when she
was only thirteen years ot age, indicated a
peculiarity of disposition, and great deter
mination of character, which foreboded that,
f >r good or evil, her future life would bere-
ii, rkable. This peculiar disposition, which
led her to such singular and violent resolves
of action, seemed also to color and intensify
her thoughts and feelings, and magnify into
wrongs that were to be revenged, any little
family incidents or occurrences which pro*
voked her displeasure. Although it became
my duty to advise her counsel that she
evinced no symptoms of insanity at the time
of my examination, and so far as it was pos
sible to ascertain the state of her mind at so
remote a period, there was no evidence ot
it at the time of the murder I am yet of
the opinion that owing to the peculiarities of
her constitution it is probable that under
prolonged solitary confinement she would
become insane. The validity of this opinion
is of importance now that the sentence of
death has been commuted to penal servi;ude
for life; for no one could desire that the pun
ishment of the criminal should be so carried
out as to cause danger of a further and
greater punishment not contemplated by the
law.
I have the honor to remain, your very
obedient servant,
John Charles Buckhill, M. D.
BY TELEGRAPH.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES
From the Nashville Presses.
BLOODSHED IMMINENT IN ALABAMA.
Mobile, Sept. 14.—The Mobile News’
Montgomery special says that many influ
ential citizens of Marengo and adjacent
counties have petitioned Governor Parsons,
asking for the removal of Colonel Lynch,
of the 5th Wisconsin Cavalry, upon the
ground that his openly expressed senti
ments would lead to negro rebellion against
the whites, and that bloodshed was immi
nent.
FINANCIAL MEASURES UNDER ADVISEMENT.
New York, September 15.—The Herald’s
Washington special says the statement re
cently published in a New York paper, that
the Secretary of the Treasury had decided
to issue five hundred and twenty dollar
bonds iu exchange for compound interest
notes, is without foundation. The Secre
tary has various financial measures under
consideration, but has taken no definite ac
tion on any of them.
FLATTERING CONDITION OF FREEDMEN.
Major General Howard, of the Freed-
men’s Bureau, to-day made a thorough per
sonal inspection of most of the houses of the
colored people of Washington, and reports
them as being comfortable, and the inmates
probably better cared for than those who
reside iu any other section of the country.
REWARD FOR THE ARREST OF PRESIDENT LIN
COLN’S ASSASSINS.
The parties entitled to the reward for the
capture of those engaged in the conspiracy
plot and assassination of the late President
Lincoln are now known by the War De
partment, and it is understood that their
names will be made public shortly.
FEARS OF AN INSURRECTION IN VIRGINIA
GROUNDLESS.
Col. O. Brown, Assistant Commissioner
of lreedmen for the State of Virginia, re*
ports to Gen. Howard, from Richmond, that
he has reason to believe the fears recently
expressed by a number of citizens of Vir
ginia, of an insurrection by lreedmen of
that State, are utterly groundless. General
Terry has so disposed of his troops through
the State as to enable him to effectually
crush any attempt ot the kind by negroes.
AN EXECUTIVE PARDON.
The Times’ Washington special says Ihe
President, to-day, pardoned Metzel Reid,
of Bedford county, Pa. Tins is one ot the
brothers who recently figured in the habeas
corpus case, in Philadelphia, in which there
was a conflict ot authority between the Na
tional Government and the S ate Courts.—
Reid is now in custody upon a warrant,
charging him with treason.
SALE OP GOVERNMENT RAILROAD STOCK.
Tne expected sale oi Government locomo
tives and cars will commence <-n the 18 h,
at Portland, Maine, to be followed by sales
at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and
other points. Lively competition is ex
pected.
The military stock in Virginia has been
ieased to the railroads in that State, until
thu Government is ready to sell the fame.
HEALTH OP MR. STEPHENS.
A special to the Herald, dated Washing
ton 14 h. says H rschelV. Johnson, of Geor
gia, returned to Washington to day, from a
vkit to Alexander H. Stephen*, id Fort
Warren. He spent last Friday with Mr.
Stephcrs, and reports him in ordinary
health. He is allowed to receive the visits
ot his friends. Qiite as many are admitted
as he desires to receive. His brother. Judge
Stephens, who accompanied Mr. Johnson
to Fort Warren, rem ans there still, aud is
permitted to sleep iu his brother’s apart
ment and join him in his walks fur exrrcise.
Mr. Stephens will, probably, not be par
doned until the questiuu of reconstruction is
practically settled, by the admission of rep
resentatives from the Southern Slates.
THE ANDERSONVILLE DEAD.
A special to the World, dated September
14th, says, a letter has been received here to
day from Andersonville, containing inter
esting particulars to the friends of deceased
soldiers buried there. The National grave
yard is being improved and beautified, there
being 13,181 bodies lying in it. This enter
prise is under the immediate charge of Capt.
W. A. Griffith, who has been at work there
since May last. All ot the old buildings are
standing with the stockades, hospitals, etc,
as when they contained 35,000 prisoners,
being the largest number ever there. No
bodies can be removed until November, as
the miEtarv authorities prevent it. After
the 1st of Sfovember, the relatives of those
who are interred there can procure metalic
coffins at the place for transportation to auy
part of the Union. Persons who do not
care, or have not the means to visit that
place, can have the bodies sent by express
upon application to Thos. R. Brock. The
graves are all numbered and easily ascer
tained.
TRIAL FOR THE LARCEXT OF ENDERSOXVILLE
PRISON RECORDS.
Terrence Atwater, charged with the lar
ceny of the Andersonville prison recojels,
which were purchased from him by the War
Department, for the snm of $300, has been
tried by Court Martial. The sentence has
been submitted to the War Department, and
is now awaiting the approval of the Presi
dent, when it will doubtless be made public.
AFFAIRS IN FLORIDA.
United States District Attorney Plantz,
of the Southern District ot Florida, arrived
here this morning. Mr. Plantz maker a fa
vorable report ot affairs in Florida.
MARYLAND REGISTRATION LAW TESTED.
An effort is being made to test the Mary
land registration law. At a hearing of a
mandamus case against the register, in the
adjoining county cf Montgomery, instituted
in the Circuit Court, before the Hon. Judge
Berry, the petition was dismissed by the
Court, and on appeal, was taken to the Ap
pellate Court of the State, sitting at Anap-
olis.
ALABAMA STATE CONVENTION.
Cincinnati, Sept. 15.—The Gazette's Mont
gomery special says the State Convention
was organized on the 12’h. Ex Governor
Fitzpatrick was elected President by accla
mation. Gov. Parsons administered the oath
to.all the members, as requested by Presi
dent Johnson. The action of the Conven
tion will be conservative, differing but little
rom that of Mississippi. Gov. Parsons fa-
fore the action by the Convention for the
admission of negro testimony by the Courts.
Also for submitting the Constitutional
amendments to the people.
The Chicago Dispatch describes the potato
.rot as alarmingly prevalent in various sec
tions ot Illinois and Michigan.
Pesreons from Texas report everything
quiet on Red River. The negroes quietly
remain with their lormer masters, working
as usual.
The Baton Rouge Advocate of the 1st
says, not more than one hundred citizens
have taken the oath under President John
son’s proclamation.
The Ohio State fair is progressing favora
bly. Over thirty thousand persons are in
attendance.
Mr. Gray, late Quartermaster of (he 15th
N. Y. Cavalry, who was arrested at Bridge
port. Conn., a few days ago, for stealing
Government property, while his regiment
was stationed near Alexandria, Virginia,
has been committed to the Old Capitol
Prison.
The O. & A. R. R. Co., have completed all
the bridges on the route, and are now run
ning cars direct from Washington to Rich*
mqnd,
Washington, Sept. 15.—It was reported
this morning that Capt. Wirz died during
last night, but on inquiry at the Old Capitol
it has been ascertained that he is somewhat
improved in health. The prospect is that
the trial will be resumed on Monday.
A special to the Tribune says, J. L. Ring*
wall, of the Philadelphia Press, has been ap
pointed by the Secretary of the Treasury an
agent to visit Denver City, Colorado, to as
certain the best mode of transporting silver
bullion by the Government from the Rocky
Mountains to the Atlantic cities, and also to
take measures to accommodate the miners
with Eastern Exchange.
At the land offices in Iowa and Michi*
gan, 7,266 acres land were taken up last
month for actual settlement under the home
stead law.
Philadelphia, Sept. 15.—The Press, this
morning, contains a reply irom Judge Holt
to Montgomery Blair.
Halifax, Sept. 15.—The fire at Liverpool
destroyed fourteen houses and the Baptist
and Methodist Churches. The loss is
about $40,000. There are heavy fires in
the woods near the town, and the country
is very dry.
The general deportment of Southerners
in Washington is thus set forth in a letter to
the New York World. It will be seen their
bearing is such as characterize a high-toned,
chivalrous people:
Serious, with an air of resignation in their
faces which does not exclude vivacity, dig
nified without haughtiness, reserved but not
taciturn, the prodigal children of the Union
come back home, if not entirely converted,
with the best intention at least to be faithful
to their pledge, and to live in peace with
the government. The hotel at which I put
up was filled with families from the South,
coming here with the avowed intention of
obtaining their pardon from the President.
The men looked grave, the women sad; the
children surprised and almost bewildered to
see themselves in such a place. Most of
those I saw were in mourning. At break-
last or.dinner they ate salemnly and almost
without exchanging a word. It was e\i*
dent from their manners that they belonged
to what, was formerly called the aristocracy
of the South. Their manners were easy
and simple, without any mixture of that
stiffness and constraint which you meet
with so frequently among upstarts. Their
proud and domineering attitude; their impe*
nous look; the sententious style in which
they address other people—all this is gone.
Cool, reserved and modest, they speak very
little, go straightforward to their business
without looking either to the right or to the
left, like people who are in haste to leave
the cit/ and go home. In the President’s
ante-room, where I met several, and among
them a few members oi the Confederate
Congress, they stood in corners, or out of
doors, with a newspaper in their hands,
communicating with no one, and acting
pretty nearly a3 if they were prisoners of
war and had lost the right of speaking their
minds. The ladies copy and even exagger
ate the reserve of the men. They remain
most part of the time confined to their
rooms, never go down to the parlor, and
when they leave the hotel, which is very
rare, it is for a visit to some friends, or to
exchange civilities with Southern families
in some other hotel. The only time 1 saw
Southern ladies depart from their silent and
reserved attitude was when thoy addressed
the President in behalf of their sons and
husbands. On that occasion their timidity
vanished; they became bold, even audacious,
and, with true eloquence, tried to awaken
the sympathies ot the Chief Magistrate.
Tbfe impassibility of the President and his
anparent coolness did not seem to make
them flinch; they renewed their entreaties
with greater spirit and force, and did not
leave the ground until they had either car
ried their point or hoped to carry it.
Dinner is said to be the most important
event of the day. A king’s cook’s dianer
memorandum has just settled an important
date. There is a conflict of authority
among the chroniclers with regard to the
exact date of the battle of Cressy. No
means were khown by which the doubt
could be solved; but it chanced that the
accounts of the king’s kitchen for that pe
riod bad survived the lapse of time, in
which the cook claims to be reimbursed by
bis charges for preparing the royal dinner
each day. The cook haa mentioned the
plsc i where from day to day he performed
his office, and thus the exact day is learned
on which Edward died at Cressy. There is
but one such day, which was undoubtedly
that of the battle.
Edwin Booth’s Return to the Stage.—
The talented Edwin Booth is soon to reap
pear on the stage. At the time ot the sad
occurrence that drove him to private life, he
announced his determination never to come
before the public again. Of the most earn*
est and uncompromising loyalty, and pos
sessing social qualities that had won ■ him
many friends, he received the heart of sym*
pathy of the northern people. Before the
close of April his admirers made preliminary
arrangements," unknown to Mr. Booth, to
bring him upon the stage during the present
autumn. He has now joined his brother-in*
law, Mr. Clarke, of Philadelphia, in the
management of the Arch street Theatre of
that city. He will not appear before the
audience of Philadelphia for the present, and
it is probable that the design of a testimo
nial benefit in New York will be carried out.
Beyond question, the best American actor
in the standard drama. Edwin Booth, will
receive the rapturous applause of the thea*
tre*going public of this metropolis whenever
he consents to reappear at the footlights.—
Chicago Tribune.
MiniL INTELLIGENCE.
Curiously enough, two exactly similar in
stances of animal intelligence as those men
tioned by Dr. Bree have lately occurred to
myself, and 1 send them to show those were
not unique. There is still living at Hamp
stead an old carriage horse, who some years
since found out that a common lift-pump at
one corner ot his loose-box produced water,
Apparently reasoning upon this, he set to
work to get at it. The coachman could not
imagine how it was that that end of the
stable was an inch or two in water when he
came in a morning. He thought the pump
was wrong; but after a rime, suspec ingthe
horse, he fastened him up over night with
out water, and on watching him when let
loose in the morning, the horse immediately
proceeded to lift up the handle, turning his
mouth to the spout when the water flowed
I have seen him do it often, but he never
appears to like being watched, and, if you
come too near, comes at you opeu-mouthed,
The cat opening the door was described to
me by a friend who saw it, I think in Bath
The lriend with whom he was, took him in
to a kit.chen, and told him he should see his
cat open the door. Pussy was put out, and
seemed very indignant, scratching at the
door. When this had no effect, she made a
spring at the handle, which was a latch,and
had to hold on while the door opened.—
Tnis was repeated several times, to his no
small amusement. I have seen two long
horned cows, who would always get into a
hay-chamber (when left loose about the cow
shed), by pushing a tip of one horn iuto a
finger hole left to lift up the latch inside,
and so pulling the door towards them. It
was veiy amusing to see the sideling glance
given to tbe horn yhile putting it into the
bole, aud the satisfactory way in which the
cow walked into the hay chamber after
wards. Any one living in the country can
multiply these clear evidences of reason of
animals, from the elephant to the smallest
insects, to almost any extent.—W. D. Fox,
(Norwich.)
SHOWING UK HI A miracle.
Ernest Renan having said in his “Life of
Jesus” that the proper way of proving the
reality of a miracle is to show one, a pam
phleteer “shows” him one in a letter “Up
on the Establishment of the Christian Reli
gion,” which we here translate:
Sir: Permit me to-day to draw your at
tention again to the establishment of the
Christian religion, a fact upon which we
naturally d ffor iu opinion. Like you, when
I have striven to identify Its cause with the
mere forces of man, I have failed in my en
deavor. The supernatural, then, has been
the only conducting thread which has helped
me to escape the Jabyritnh, where I see you
continually seeking to rectify yourself, with
out ever doing it, and condemned to escape
therefrom only when you shall have proved
that there is riothiDg miraculous in the es
tablishment of Christianity. Pardon this
little digression ; I go straight to the work
There is a religion called the Christian,
whore founder was Jesus, named the Christ.
This religion, which has lasted eighteen
centuries, and which calls itself the natural
development of that Judaism which ascends
near to the cradle of the world, had the
apostles for its first profagators. When
these men wished to establish it they had
for ad vers tries:
The national pride of the Jews;
The implacable hatred cf the Sanhedrim;
The brutal despotism of the Roman Em
peror ;
The raileries and attack? of the philoso
phers ;
The libertinism and caste-9pirit oi the
pagan priests;
The savage and cruel ignorance of the
masses;
The faggot and bloody games of the
circus;
They had an enemy in
Every miser;
Every debauched man ;
Every drunkard ;
Every thiei;
E/cry murderer;
Every piond mau;
Every slanderer;
Eveiy liar;
Not one ol the vices, in foct, which abuse
our poor humanity which did not constitute
itself their adversary.
To combat so many enemie?, and sur
mount so many obstacles, they had only
Their ignorance;
Their poverty;
Their obscurity;
Their weakness;
Their fewness ;
Their Cross.
It you had been their cotemporary at tbe
moment when they began their work, and
Peter had said to you, “Join with us, for
we are going to the conquest of the world;
before our word pagan temples shall crum
ble, and their idols shall fall upon their
faces; the philosophei s shall be convicted of
folly ~ from the throne of Caesar we shall
hurl the Roman eagle, and in its place we
shall plant the cross; we shall be the teach
ers of the world; the ignorant and the
learned will declare themselves our disci
ples -hearing him speak thus, you would
have said, “Be silent, imbecile!” And as
you are tolerant from nature and principle,
you would have defended him before the
Sanhedrim, and have counselled it to shut-
np the fisherman of Bethsaida and his cou\/
panions in a madhouse. And yet, sir, what'
you would have thought a notable madness
is to day a startling reality with which I
leave you face to face.
COTTON MARKET.
INTELLIGENCES OFFICE, )
Tuesday; Sept. 19th, 1865. f
We have to report a much better feeling in the cotton
market during the week ending yesterday. Small lota
from the country have been coming in more rapidly, and
have in every instance found ready purchasers. prices
have not materially changed, but may be considered as
substantially the same as have been obtained during the
past month. We hear of no large transactions taking
place. The difficulties in transportation heretofore noted
still exist. We now quote prices ranging from 85 to fl
cents.
Planters are again reminded that it is greatly to tbelr
Interest to have their cotton more securely packed. Its
value is enhanced thereby, and sales _ more readily ef
fected.
FINANCIAL.
INTELLIGENCER OFFICE, I
Tuesday; September 19th, 1865. f
The following quotations are ma4« np from dally
transactions in this city. The market is dull; few tran
sactions take place and generally in small amounts.
Bhnk State of Georgia ........... 90 per cent, discount.
Ga. R.R.* Backing Co .........25 “ “ “
Marine Bank, of Savannah 75 “ “ “
Bank of Savannah .80 “ “ “
Bank of Middle Georgia 55 “ “ “
Bank of pulton SO “ “ “
Central R. R. Bank 60 “ “ “
Bank of Athens SO “ “ “
All other Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama Banks
from 90®95 per cent, discount.
Tennessee Banks from 60®S5 per cent, discount.—
Limited transactions.
All Eastern monies—solvent Banks—sell at 25®50 per
cent, discount.
GOLD.—Buying at 40 cents; selling at 48 cents.
Daily transactions take place in GOLD DUST at 91 00
®$1 10 per pennyweight;
BULLION.—Transactions in Bullion are active,
and sales daily take place at 80 cents per pennyweight
in specie, and |1 15 in currency.
COMMERCIAL. =
CORRECTED'DAILY BT
LANGSTON, CRANE Sc HAMMOCK,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
ATLANTA WHOLESALE PRICES.
Atlanta, Tuesday, Sept. 19th, 1S65.
Stocks of all descriptions of goods—Groceries, Dry
Goods, Drugs, Hardware, Notions, Boots, Shoes, Hats,
Ac., continue to increase. These, with the short profits
which have characterized our city In former years,
make Atlanta now, perhaps, the best point In the
State for country merchants to make tbelr purchases.
The demand continues active, and while there is some
fluctuation in prices, the following quotations may lie
relied upon as mainly correct:
COTTON—Light offering stock, demand not active,
at from 25®30 <jjl fl), according to quality and condi
tion.
FACTOR'S* GOODS—In brisk demand, at un
changed prices, with but light stocks on market; tax not
paid—will have to be paid before shipment; 4-4 sheet
ing 28®30c $ yard; % shirting 25c <jjl yd.; X shirting
18®20c.; osnaburgs 20®22c.; thread |2 75® $3 V
bunclw
BRIT GOODS-Improved stocks with brisk de
mand, Calicos 38®85c $ yd.; bleached shirtings 40®
60c; cotton hose $4®$S $ doz ; gents half hose $4®$6
$ doz.; linen handkerchiefs $4®$10 $ doz.
HATS—Good supply, from $16 to $60 doz., ac
cording to quality.
COUNTRY J RODUCE—Dull. Corn $1 10®
$1 20 $ bu.; Meal $1 20® $140 $ bu.: Fodder $1 50®
$2 $ cwt.; Oats 60®70c, $ bu.; Peas 80c. ®$1 $ bu.
Wheat for seed wanted at $2 50® $2 75 $ bu.; Butter
40c®45c $1 3); Beeswax 25® 30c. $ fl); Eggs 20®25c. fl
doz.; Honey 12#®15c. $B>; Beef, retail, 8@10c. V
fl); Tallow 10@12#c. $ fl).
SUGAR—New Orleans 18@24c. $ fl); White “A*
2S®30c.; Loaf and Crushed 80c.®31.o fl fl); Powdered
Sic. $ fl>.
SYRUP—Cane 70®S0c. fl gal.; Sorghum 8S@48c.
ip gal.
COFFEE—93c. ©40c. fi>.
TEA—$1 50®$3 $ fl), according to quality. -
SALT—4@6c. $ fl).
SOAP—12®16c. fl 3) for bar.
RACON—Bacon has fluctuated considerably during
the past week, and prices unchanged ; demand better.—
We quote Hog round 23@25c. fJ.fl); Shoulders 22@28c.
$ fl); Country Hams 27®30c.; Canvass Hams 35®37c;
Sides 25®27c.!fl B>.
FLOUR—Extra Family ^$15®$16 fl bbl,; Super
fine $14® $15.
TOBACCO—Common 20®40c. fl fl) ; Medium 50
®75c. $ fl): Prime $1®$1 25; Smoking 25®60c. fl
fl), according to quality.
LIQUORS—French Brandy $S®$12 $ gal.; Hol
land Gin $6® $3; Jamaica Rum $6®$8; Corn Whis
key $2@2 50; Bourbon $3 50@$4 50 per gal.; Robinson
County $3 50®$4 50 fl gal.
NAILS—$10@$12# keg.
INDIGO— $1 75®$2 50 $ fl).
CANDLES""Adamantine 30®32c. fl fl); Sperm
55®60c. $ fl).
RAISINS—$8®$9 $ box.
BLACK PEPPER—45c. $ fl).
CHEESE—23@S0c. fl 9).
CANDY**Fancy assorted 50@60c fl fl). ; Stick
Candy 88@43c.
HERRINGS—Smoked $1®$1 60 $ box.
MACKEREL—$25®$30 $ bbl $4®$5 9
kitt.
BAGGING—Kentucky 33®33c.
ROPE—Kentucky 23@25c. $ fl>-
COTTON CARDS—$12®$18 fl doz.
SODA—16®18c. $ fl).
STARCH—15@16a $ 9).
COD FISH—$5®$5 50 $ box of 25 lbs.
SNUFF—Macaboy $1 40®$1 50 $ lb.
BLACKING—Mason’s, small size, 60®70c fl
doz.; large size $1 10®$1 25.
MADDER—28®30c. fl lb.
COPPERAS—10®llc. $ 9).
MATCHES—$2 00®$3 50 $ gross.
PAPER—Note $1 50®$3 00 $ ream; letter $3 30
®$5 00; cap $3 00®$5 00; wrapping $1 00®$3 00.
PAINTS AND OILS—Linseed Oil $1 75®
$2 00; Tanners Oil $2 00® $2 50; Machine i $2 00®
$3 00; Kerosene $1 30®$1 50 ; Petrolium, crude $1 25;
Refined $1 75; Peanut Oil $2 50; White Lead 25c 9 1);
WIN no W GL ASS—8x10 $7 00®$8 00 fl box.
10x12 $7 50®S 00 ^ box; 10x14 *3 00®$3 50 $ box ;
12x18 $9 00®$9 50 f) bo ; 12x20'$9 50®$10 00 9 box.
DUMBER—' lhe fluctuations In this article are
such as to render quotations unsatisfactory. It may be
purchased at from $30 t) $50 per thousand feet, accor
ding to quantity. Small lots purchased in the city com
mand higher prices than a larger lot from saw-milla.
BBICKS**The same remark may be applicable to
this article. They may be had- at from $10®$20 per
thousand, according to quantity wanted, small Jots ran
ging higher than large ones.
GEORGIA, MxBnrETHXB Coo'ty:
IXTY days after date application trill be made to the
_ Court of Ordinary of Meriwether couty for leave to
sell the real estate belonging to the estate of Isaac D.
BrazwelL, late of said county, deceased, for the benefit of
the heirs of said estate. Sept. 14tb, 1865.
MOSES aLMON, Adm’r de bonis non.
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GEORGIA, Mkriwxthbb Coustt ;
W HEREAS W. T. Moreland, administrator of A. C.
Moreland, represents to the Court that he has fully
administered a. C. Moreland’s estate : This is, therefore,
to cite and admonish all persons concerned, kindred and
creditors, to show cause, if any they can, why said ad
ministrator should not be discharged from his adminis
tration, and receive letters of dismission on the 1st Mon
day in April, 1866. Given under my hand at office,
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S IXTY days after date application will be made to th
Court of Ordinary of Pike county for leave to sel
the real estate belonging to the estate of J. W. Townsend
late of said county, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs
of^aid estate? H. BREWSTER Adm’r.
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W LL be sold before the Court House ooor In Cov
ington, Newton county, agreeable to an order of
the Court of Ordinary of said county, on the first Tues
day in November text, one hundred and twenty-five
acres of laid. In the . 0 h district of originally Henry,
now Neuton county. Sold as the property of James
McCollum, late of said coucty, deceased it being the
widow’s d jwer in the real estaie of said James McCol
lum, decease i. Sold for the benefit of toe heir s of said
deceased. Terms on dsy of a* 1 *- ?^:rj a '? er 18, U«®.
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