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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. 6epl9-w2m—Printer's fee $6. 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, Sept. 14,1S65? J. W. B NN1NG, sep!9-w6m—Printer’s fee $6. c - GEORGIA, Pike Coustt : 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. sepl7-2m Printer’s fee $6. 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«®. JOSEPH McCOLLUM, lij-i- JNO. w. MoOOia.UA, f ”• Printer’s fee CO cents per square for each insertion, sep20-w40d L W D L i