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^KteeMg Pent (Bra. Oniciul Journal of the United States. Official Journal of tbe State or Georgia. GENERAL GRANT, The Pilot who oah and will ocidl the Ship or State iaiet thbouoh eveey storm. TUE NEW ERA Will Vindicate the Principles add the Policy or the Repdblicah Party, and Sup port its Nominees, State and National. TERMS OF THE WEEKLY: Eight ••Htiisoiu.'’ A writer in the Christian Index offer* eight reason a why, iu his opinion, Mercer Univer sity should be located ut Macon. They arc: tirst, that Macon ‘ ‘is the central city;” second, that it is “a railroad city;” third, that “it ■will afford a good population for such an Institu tion;’ fourth, that “it is sufficiently large for the beginning of such an Institution -/’fifth, that “it is near, though not exactly within the great slave belt of the State;” sixth, that “Macon offers facilities for making Mercer University what it professes to be—a Vnicer- s ‘ty seventh, that “the people of Macon de sire it,” niul eight, that -“tLe location is healthy.” The ** reasons’’ here assigned, from tbe first are shocked at every new appointment which ignores their “claims.” Some of them want a new party; others would lain go back to the Democracy, but husks arc as dry feeding in one place as in another ! Neither party suits them—the sin of the one is ingratitude; the misfortune of the other is impotent every prospect of remainin' •hrj lutio luau'd Right? Association. 1 see the worst features of a revo- L And the woman’s rights move- ‘ uenfc is about as noisy, turbulent and dis- j fisting us other revolutions. But, notwith- j [Uad.im Patterson Bonaparte goes well ■landing these obnoxious features, we see a cm, if she tells the truth about her parson- with | gleam of hope in this new sensation of the i n T period. It is an effort to demonstrate tbe j Points. licago Post has a “word” for its The “word” is a column long. The litor- tiiat paper must be a woman. Tbe same influences have been at work on equality of women with men, and tbe result I *Vads fair, but we can’t say what will como the State Administration of Georgia. Mr. Joshua Hill was the first to sluff off. It was not in his nature to support the administra tion of a successful rival; and the United not thinking about tbe ballot-box, tbe stumpl States Scnatorship presented so many attrac tions that it effectually veiled the hideous vis- aged Democracy—the same Democracy that rejected him in 18C3, and again in 1865. Mr. to the fifth inclusive, will apply with much j Bryant and tbe Rev. Mr. Caldwell and Alpe- — oria, all came within the charmed mesmeric of it will be that women will set theiuv resolutely to work with the earnest desire prove the truth of what they assert 1 Copy » 3ntba $100. THE DAILY: 1 Copy one yew 1 Copyelx months Copy, less time... .$100 per i ATLANTA, UEORGIA,; JULY ID, XS70. The Georgia. BUI. Our dispatches from Washington indicate an unwillingness on tho part of the Senate to give time for the further discussion of tho Georgia hill, anil that it has been referred to a Committee of Conference. Whether the re port of such committee can be adopted with out debate, or will go over until next session, because of tho pressing necessity for the adoption of private bills remains to be seen. We earnestly hope, however, that the “Geor gia question" will be settled, and settled forever, at this session of Congress. American Labor. In some portions of Europe laboring men get only shout ten cents a day, and this, ac cording to' ox-Fresident Buchanan, was “enough for laboring men in any country." Mr. Buchanan was then a Democratic mem ber of Congress, and opposed to Henry Clay’s protective system for American labor. We have never heard of the Democracy repudi ating their old hobby of (Tee trade; on the contrary, tho Cincinnati Enquirer and other Democratic journals want free trade, in order to bring European labor (at ten cents a day) into competition with American labor, thns practically advocating the enslavement of the labor to capital. Arc honest mechanics and laborers prepared to act with and indorse tho platform of such a party os that? The Xnv Platform. In former times, when Democracy wonted to mote a ten strike, it exhibited great litera ry skill in tho construction of sentences. Its political platforms wonld suit all its discor dant dements. Like the castle of the Knights of Castile, it would look red and bine at the H» time, according to the fancy or intellect ual mood of the beholder. This is the way it carried in 1856. Bat the time came when the question oi ambiguity had to be settled; and ao Stephen A. Douglass probed the gandy bauble, showing it to he nothing bnt gas and discolored vapors. Tho recent address of the thirteen Senators and sixty-one Representatives to the “Demo cracy” of the United States, is a bad imitation of 1856. It has oil tbe evidences of duplicity, but none of tbe skill exhibited by the masters of ambiguity who flourished fourteen years ago. They entreat the laitbfal-to avoid all dilutions over “minor matters," allowing every man to pnt his own construction upon the pregnant phrase “minor matters." If in Californio, it does not embrace the enforce ment of the XVth Article to the amended Constitution, then well; but if in South Caro lina it means ho snch thing, then all right. Aud ao of the "dead issues,” over which the faithful ore exbnrtcl.noi *» -wrangle. “Dead usnes^may mean State Soverignty, “the Con stitution aa it teas,” white man suffrage, or anything or nothing, according as the reader may prefer; but in either ease they should agree to say nothing about it, but to vote atrajgbt for the main issue, that is, to put Democratic leaden in office regardless of their past record or their present status “minor matters" and “dead issues." In other words, thoFlatfonn is a mere bagatelle—on improvised tub to tbe whale—an empty sound, a sort pf tinkling symbol and sounding brass to catch gudgeons; the point is office, only that—nothing more, nothing less. This monosylable of six letters embraces the whole creed. It is easily remembered. It leaves no room for “dissensions," “minor matters" or "dead issues.” It means “harmony," and harmony is the word! And Don Quixote said to Sancho, Thou ahalt indeed be the Governor of an island—when I conquer it! the writer himself will not deny this, though it probably did not occur to him at the time, .fio ca j Atlanta is not only a railroad city, lratisfAciail- road city—literally tbe Gate City—of the whole South, no less than of Georgia. And for this reason, it is the central city, both of the State and of the Southern States. Moreover “it affords a good population for snch an Institu tion.” Atlanta has thirty thousand inhab itants; Macon fifteen. Atlanta has four church es of the denomination to which Mercer be longs; Macon has two, we believe. If “the Baptist fraternity rank well in Macon," as in deed we admit, it ranks equally well in mate rial and far better in numbers than in Macon. If “society” in Macon is good, it is no less so in Atlants; for in point of wealth, culture and refinement, Atlanta will compare favorably with any city of its size in the Sonth; and this arises from the fact that it “affords such facil ities for profitable investment of property, and such ready access to the surrounding sec tions.” Substantial planters and Northern capitalists, are making Atlanta their home. The fifth reason, assigned by the writer re ferred to, was, for him, an exceedingly unfor tunate one. “The great Slave belt" was the last section to recover from the devastations of the war. The reason is obvious. The transition from slave to free labor, was easier in localities where planters were less depend ent upon the old system. Hence the thrifty or tho leacturc-room, when we say this. These obnoxious so-called “rights" will be vol_ j untarily dropped. But women will claim the ! t] right to bo educated in future, and this wil it their pretentions. Woman claims the right to preach, lecture and make political circle. Nothing that Gov. Bollock could do speeches. Very well. Set her to work on pleased them. Mr. Hill wanted a scat in the United States Senate. His heart was set upon it Hence he opposed an Admin istration that sought to enforce the Re construction laws. He would ratify the revolutionary action of September, 1868. Ha wonld waive tbe issne of illegality in tho primal organization, attempted a few months previous, and to which ha owed his election. He could, therefore, bnt oppose tho act of Congress of December lest; and when the act became law, he could but oppose its execu tion. Thus it was that he practically became the forlorn hope of the anti-reconstruction De mocracy of 1867. Mr. Bryant felt badly. His rewords had not been in proportion to his merits. And so of Mr. Caldwell; his position os member of tbe lower House of a State Legis lature, was by no means equal to bis abili ties; like' Oliver Twist, he “asked for more. But the Republicans of Georgia beyond the limits of a disappointed junta, supported Governor Bullock’s administration ns other Republicans of the United States (sore heads excepted) support that of President Grant Both represent the Principles upon which they were elected; and both combine the Republican strength, the one of tbe United States, the other of Georgia. Whatley’s logic, and, if she masters that, it will be one point gained. She claims that she ii competent to do any kind of mercantile bus iness. And here we may apply another test: Put her through a thorough course of mathe matics, book-keeping and commercial law, aud it she comes out triumphantly, then we had' better pack her off to a counting-house at once. Bnt sho will not stand these tests. And this assertion implies nothing derogatory to her understanding. Woman is physically in capable of performing certain kinds of labor, and the confirmation of her mind -is such as to unfit her for continuous hard mental drudgery. There is nothing strange in this, Vj I?st of Ule ^ vom by our Uuli( , s ^ from and the majority of womanly women cheer-' TSTleads of convicts. That must be the rea- fully admit it. Men like women because of -«ru why some ladies are more “open to concie- farmera of Northern and Middle Georgia bad advanced far in the process of recuperation be fore the men of tho “slave belt" had even learned to accept the situation! And hence Tire American Eagle Abroad The “glorious Fourth” was celebrated in this country because it is custom. The usual number of speeches were made, and the usual quantity of powder wasted. But the Amen- the impetus given to Atlanta in I865-G, an cans it Paris celebrated their nation’s birth- impetus that has kept her far ahead ever since, day with very different feelings. Men from and which is destined to keep her ahead for I Maine and Texas, Yankees and Southerners, years to come. It is an industrious, frugal I participated in the festivities with hearty good- community of small fanners, according to the will. The American, separated from his coun best authorities on Political Economy, that give real wealth and prosperity to a State. The wealth of Massachusetts, for instance, is her small, well-cultivated farms, and her in dustrious, frugal population; the poverty of South Carolina is her landed monopoly, her homeless and hopeless peasantry, and her half-cultivated estates. Tbe “sixth" reason urged by the Index cor respondent in behalf of Macon, (like tho first four), applies with unanswerable force to Atlanta. For instance, Atlanta offers facilities for making Mercer a University in its fullest sense—facilities offered by no other city in Georgia. Here are ready facilities for adding Law and Mrdicino departments, and even Agricultural Atlanta is the site of the State Government. It is horo that the Supreme Court holds its regular sessions. It is here that the archives of the Stato and the State Library are kept It is here that the United States District Court is held regularly. In abort, there are non law courts in Atlanta than at any other point in the State, and con sequently more resident lawyers, and tho bar of Atlanta is inferior to nofio in the Sonth or West; whilst our tacili ties for Medical ins true-' tion are confessedly superior to those of' Macuu.' As for Agriculture,Is not Atlanta the® headquarters nr- me state Agricultural So-<] ciety? try by three thousand miles of salt-water, for gets his sectional prejudices, (if he had any,) and remembers only his nationality. To him, the “Fourth" is a memory and a history, appeals to the noblest emotions of his nature, and the rushing waves of sentiment overwhelm and sweep away oil petty sectional jealousies. We heard a gallant Confederate say that af ter the war, he left the country—with the in tention never to return. With a number of his comrades, who entertained similar feel ings of hatred towards tho United States, he went to Honduras. One day, about six months after arriving in that country, a ves sel flying the “stars and stripes" entered the harbor. Involuntarily these ox-Confederstes raised an enthusiastic cheer that made the welkin ring. Early associations were revived by the sight, and they realized in a moment that, although their steps might wander over the wide world, their home, must ever be un der the brood folds of that banner. Distance obliterated States, and blended sections into one harmonious whole. The flag reminded tance of mere more potent will he tire distance of time? few more years will effect the change. Then, instead of States, and sections, and wavering The seventh reason isa good one. “Macon I sedition, behold the Nation, invested with the wants tho University!" Bat i* not the same glory of a Loyally that “springs eternal" true of Atlanta? And would jm: tl.j local | the breasts of her children ! patronage of Atlanta be greater than that. of France, Spain nml Prnsstn. The Spaniards in their hunt for a king, stand a chance of getting into a hnga difficul ty. They have certainly canvassed Europe pretty thoroughly in the search after a royal puppet, but their eft'orts have met with very poor success. European Princes looked with doubtful eyes upon tho magnificent Chateau en Espagne, tendered them by the Cortes, and prudently determined to let it alone. Montpen- sier wanted it, bnt the nnfortnnato Duko was a Bourbon; and Louis Napoleon had quietly, bnt firmly intimated to the Cortes that such a choice wonld not bo acceptable to him. Queen Isabella went through the useless form of an abdication in favor of tho Princo of Asturias, a sulky.ovcrgrown boy, who deserves a good mas ter, (if not thrashing) rather than a throne, and, the interests of this hobbledehoy, Napo leon is supposed to have under his especial care. Bnt Spain now tenders the crown to a Prince of the Prussian House of Hohenzol- lern. This action has created quite a furore in France. It appears that the Ilohenzollern is as bad os tbe Bourbon, and semi-official French journals intimate that ho will not be permitted to ascend the throne to which he is called. The French Emperor has “Inter viewed" tho Spanish Minister on tho snbject, and will, it is asserted, recall the Minister at Berlin, It is also rumored that Franco and Austria have formed a coalition against Prussia and Spain. So the matter stands atpreseut. It is probable that nothing serious will grow out of it. Spain will hardly spend her blood and treason to support the claims of a Prince who is en alien to her people; and Napoleon will he content if Spain will ignore tho Ilohenzollern and the Bourbon. The end will be a coinpro- Further particulars of tho terrible fire ii Constantinople are to hand. The Levant Times, which has a very full account of the catastrophe, says that the day will go down to all time as the most disastrous ever oxperii ed by the Frank inabi touts of the Turkisli capi tal. The origin of tho fire is now ascertained. A woman had scut her child upstairs to bring down a “mangal”—an open vessel containing lighted charcoal—for the purpose of cooking. Tbe mangal fell on the stairs, a window cur tain caught fire, and ns tho window was op.-,, and there was a strong wind Morning. the flames soon spread. One oi onr contemporaries thinks he has a wonderful talent for sarcasm. If he desires to convince his readers of this tact, we advise him to write under his pnngeut articles tins quotation from A. Ward. "N. It. Theal.ove is rote sorcasticull" Yinnie Ream is on another “husk" And Set she calls herself a “model" woman ! Threatened with Execration t It was a favorite proposition of Mr. Beujamin H. Hill in 1867, but one we believe not gener ally concurred in by his followers, that the next generation wonld disown the paternity of men who voted for Reconstruction under the provisions of the law of Congress. Some of the echoes of Mr. Hill's anathemas have lived to see the triumph of Republican principles; others to apply for positions at the hands of the very men whom they said had publicly disgraced humanity by voting the Republican ticket Snch is life. We are for opening the doors to all such. To recant a heresy and confess to a bit of human frailty, in blindly following the lead of men of desperate political fortunes, is manly. Such eontretempls in political life are not without their uses. They serve to warn the honest masses against blind adhe sion to political leaders, whose chief stock in trade is a contradictory record, a desperate fu ture, and a fond of epithets and vulgar exple tives. The wonder is, that the threat should Macon, for the simple reason that her popula tion is nearly or quite double that of Macon? Morcrover, people north of Atlanta would scud here, if the University were located here; and the same is true of those living south of At lanta. But would tho first patronize the School if located in Macon? That is the im portant question. y* Tho eigth reason, unfortunate for Macon, is unanswerable when urged in behalf of Atlanta. A healthful location is an iudispensible con sideration, and no man in bis senses will ques tion the claim of Atlanta to healtbfulness. Her climate and water are uuexceptionaL Our well water is so cold and pure as to render ice unnecessary. Is this the case either in Macon, Columbus or Angusta? We appeal to the candor of the reader. In Atlanta, our summer evenings are cool and refreshing; and there arc few nights even in midsummer, when blankets are not a necessity. Is this so in Macon? Wc submit the question to those who arc acquainted with the sultry nights and humid atmosphere of that sultry region. In many respects, Macon is a pleasant place. It I now be burled at men who. Is pleasant climate between tho months of tontly with their avowed political faith, November and ApriL So is Columbus. So is I would restore the State to the Union the low country, generally. But between the >“ accordance with the act of December 22d, months of May and October, it is not snch a 1869- Legislator* are told that they will be climate as to stimulate mental activity, or en- disowned by posterty if they support, by leg leans for the application of condensed air os a motive power for street railways. The cylin ders arc to bo of paper and placed on top of tho cars. A trial has been made with this method, aud a car with twenty-eight passen gers was driven three miles and a half in seven and a quarter minutes, tty women to one man in Paraguay. That .; Omaha has a Judge who recentty had before him a couple charged with adultery. The crime proven, the Judge sent®» cti d the guilty couple to “marry or go to jail.” The parties were married, and the Judge was terribly tickled with his sentence. Soon after, another gnilty pair was brought before him, this time a married man z?»d a sinful Miss. The crime again proven, the 0 idge did not even allow them a choice, but m irried them out of hand. An Irish girl at Erie, a day or two since, caught another girl on the sidewalk who had on a hoop-skirt and a white] skirt, stolen from j ; A^Uethodlst paper says “the devil takes no Why should he? Hot weather injure his system much, heroes of Trollope’s novels, like Mark jT?Tn must havo very “great minds, so long to “make them up.” j We are sometimes inclined to believe, with -^ron Burr, that “law is that which is posi tively asserted and plausibly maintained. \Vouldn’t it be nice if, daring this warm flier, we could realize Sidney Smith’s fan- wish, “strips off our flesh and sit in our ’ mV [Patient resignation” is the latest name for i, when he named his last novel, re jected that, in Lis youthful days, he was a 'my Lotbair-is.” Commercial editors must be great readers, hey certainly use a good many “quotations.” [Orpheus is supposed to have had a joumal- ifTto run his “organ,” as it is on record that n^hsd a lyre. THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL (pEiL ) Does not approve of any such coalition in Georgia as there is in South Carolina, for the reason that, The Democratic party* in the event of affair election, can carry our State by 40,000 majori ty; but iu South Carolina the Democrats are in a hopeless minority. Wo propose to let them work out their own political problem as may seem best in their judgment. If we cannot approve what the ablest and purest men in j'onth Carolina are doing for their political generation—and we are free to confess that wo do not approve the planks of their platform— let ns not asperse their motives or impugn the honesty of their conduct, but rather let them go with, our good wishes todo what seems to this very difference of mental capacity, tjould a man talk sentiment to a woman who dressed like Dr. Mary Walker, took seven-league strides, and talked about all the alogies an agonies that ever distracted human brains? The thought is absurd. But, the Woman movement will result in the education of wo- And it is needed. Women think, and are encouraged to think, that knowledge is something too difficult for them to acquire; that if they express on original idea, they are liable to be called “bine-stockings”—horrid ime! The feminine intellect is subtile, rapid and far-reaching. Essentially superficial in its character it should confine itself to superficial attainments. We use the word in its best The most brilliant men of the age, than others. j3ome insane people'cbntinue to go on picnic Scursions this hot weather. It’s all very well who like to be in a “ melting mood, prefer an ice-house. tho fashion in England, now to separate :es in Church, the ladies sitting on one and the gentlemen on the other. It is icted that the new arrangement makes the ajjflr too one-sided in his views. vas a fool to spend so much time and TjlSormconstructinga talking machine. His dabolical invention, even if it be endowed rith perpetual motion, never can compete \*th a woman’s tongue! The New York Herald attempts to show our population increases.” Labor lost- men who dazzle tbe crowd by tbe flashing, -Jfenty everybody understands all abont it! scintillations of their wit and wisdom, are su perficial. In this sphere of knowledge wo man can achieve a splendid success. Varied culture will form her conversational powers, and every woman should aspire to be a con versationalist of the highest order. Woman grows restless in her present state of elegant and this is one cause of all this agitation abont their “rights." These evils will soon be corrected, and, before the end of the Nineteenth Century, woman will dp ornamental intellectual labor of the world. Dean Swift once proposed to levy a tax on feoale beauty, allowing every lady lo rate her oWi charms. The tax wonld be willingly pad, and be something tremendous! A contemporary-, nnder the caption of “A CrB;l Butchery,” proceeds to “butcher” the Elglish language by coining the unheard of wr)rd “igmabalistic !” The reckles slaughterer 1 by way of apology, “A little learning is pious thing.” We quite agree with him. ibnne says that the “social standing oi a girl depends on the bnild of her chignon.’ Horn that we are to infer that a girl with a big ciignon will pass for an heiress, i A Tennessee contemporary triumphantly de molishes the supposed ignorance of one of its icighkors, by ridiculing the statement that the lineal descendant of Josephine now occupies . . , tbe throne from which she was driven. Says •Some of our State exchanges are gravely .. , . . , ,. w . ,, .... discussing the legal effect of the bill now top- ItaMoptEnt sheet, “We always thought that A Specie of Rebellion. The Albany News, a paper which is gener ally admitted os the the organ of the Grand Cyclops of the K K K Order, holds forth in brave words as follows: THE GEORGIA BILL. fore the Senate for the admission of Georgia, and ail but the Eba, and Swayze’s batch of stealing machines, ore agreed that it means for ns to have on election at the time prescrib ed in the Constition. The very tact that the question is raised, answers aU arguments for a constitutional and legal construction of the bill; and tbe work' before the people of Georgia is to prevent eon- them, them, not of a victorious party, not ri struction and enforcement nnder Bnlloclc*, “Lost canoe,” bnt of their country, and programme of frond and force, nothing but their country.- And if the dis- JtUg SlMSf■ fosepliinc was discarded because she had no jhildrcn.” Has this editor never heard of Eugene aud Hortense? clear that W« disdain tnrmscusston. now ,WO to prevent the usurpation and resist force ? That's the question. If the poo; are equal to the emergency, tbe way is clear, and the work is easy; but if they falter, or stop to parly over their rights, defeat and dis aster will come upon them. We should de mand observance of tbe law and the Constitu tion, and enforce it, if need be, by force against force. At the proper time, we trust the people will be prepared to assert their rights, and main tain them at whatever cost The present Legislature should bo given plainly to under stand that we do not intend they shall hold and plunder beyond their present term, unless re-elected, and any attempt to do so will bejlScltrer— met by the sternest resistance. Whenever the State of Georgia shall have boon admitted tbe Legislature, now in session, will be the “lawful authority of the State,” and we wonld respectfully invite the attention of the Ku Klux leaders and privates to sec tions 4219, 4250, 4256, 4252. 1167 and 1170, of the Code, and at the some time reccommend them to give those sections of the law prayer ful consideration before they commence orgam ize to “prevent construction and enforce- Pinama is going to have a Fire Company, now that all its buildings have been bnrnt np. Tie Prince of Wales got on a bender in Liverpool, the other night, and was locked np in a police station by an ignorant officer. As “ Erie” freight car has jnst made the trip from the Hndson to the Pacific. ' .A^treH-ear conductor in Philadelphia has and fined for overloading his sure robust physical health in a company of Collegiate*. The Federal and State AdmluUtratlonc. President Grant is again nnder fire. His recent appointments do not give satisfaction to those whose fitness for official position has been over-looked. The same wa* true twelve months ago; and the dissatisfaction, in both eases, proceeds from the same cause. There are not offices enough, and there are always a das* of persons in every political party whose fealty to party principles is contingent upon the recognition of their personal claims. The President makes his appointments to suit the office, not the office to suit the applicant. This is very naughty. It may give satisfac tion to the masses, bnt not to the parasites of party. His nomination of Mr. Akennan was made tho occasion for a renewal of the attack. Mr. Dana, of the New York San, was, we believe, the first to raise tho howL He is un questionably a man of talents. As a newspa per man, he bas few equals; bnt in bis transla tion from the tripod to the War Department, some eight years ago, he got his head slightly turned. It bas never been level since. Indeed, he has never been so brilliant since Andy Johnson refused bim the New York Collector- ship. He supported Grant's election in 18GS— after a manner. A foreign appointment second choice to a Cabinet position, but he got neither. The result is known. With him. Grant hssbeen and is “a failure!" Nothing the President has done gives satisfaction. Bontwell was a mistake; Fish a blunder; Hoar a misfortune, and now Akcrman is on outrage. NorisMr. Dana alone. He is a representative man. Fifty thousand Republican; wanted office where one succeeded in getting it. Un- Uirabtedly the ianit was not with the Presi dent, but with tho Federal Constitution which limits the number of lncratire positions. Nev ertheless, there must be a scapo goat, and tho President furnished the most convenient sub stitute. Hence there \v. re fifty thousand nom inal Republicans ready to listen to Mr. Dana's racket; listening, they become in sympathy with it; sympathizing, they became lukeworm; and nltkough they have kept their hopes and tears in a state of equipois, they islation, the proposition that the State Gov ernment is in abeyance until the State is ad mitted, taken from nnder the District Com mander and placed upon the basis of tbe Con stitution. Bnt it is not the Democracy proper that make the threat this time. It is that de- minntive pocket edition of the Georgia “De mocracy,” represented by the Bryant junto. The idea of tbe Bryant faction threatening the men of Georgia with the dire displeasure of posterity! We admire impudence ordinarily, bnt this reminds one of the assemblage recorded in the Book, where the very able but some what unscrupulous gentleman from Tophct pnt in an appearance when his presence was least expected. The New Constitution oT Illinois. The new State Constitution of Illinois has been ratified by a handsome majority of the popular vote. It provides some wholesome ment.” At the same time, it might be well for all ex- soldiers to bear in mind that their parole, which was to hold good so long as they “obeyed the laws in force at the place where they reside,” is all that at present stands between them and liability for tbe crime of Treason. The people of property and intelligence in this State, want no more rebellions, and will promptly frown down any foolish attempts by revolutionists to stir np strife in defying the laws and the constituted authorities. Silk Culture in America. California is devoting considerable attention to the culture of silk. A few days ago the country was startled by the information that the first American flag ever made of silk grown in this country, was furnished by California. European silk-buyers are sending their agents to Son Francisco to purchase this new Ameri can product The climate of the Pacific coast is said to be peculiarly favorable to the culti vation of silk, bnt it appears to us that our Southern States wonld be equally well adapted to it In fact a good deal of attention was paid to silk-caltare a few years ago, and dar ing the war, the Hon. Alexander II. Stephens was presented with an entire suit of clothes made of Sonthern silk. Around the World. fn London only 500,000 people attend cfatrch. JXhe Second Decade of Livy has been found, in old German Library. :*s speaking machine in Berlin, talks HdTry Ward Beecher in his Fourth of July Oration, expressed sympathy for Cuba. A justice of Troy, N. Y., tried a girl eight years old for burglary. A St Louis paper thinks the late boat race entitled to praise inasmuch as “song and stoiy, marble and canvas, have given death less fame to the Olympic Games of Greece and the Gladiatorial shows of “Rome.” IVof. Fisk’s lectnro on Positive Philosophy, had an anidence of five hearers at his lost the party of tho first part, compelled her to take them off aud surrender them, then and there. The affair created a genuine sensation. In a Chicago divorce case now on trial, the husband alleges that Caroline had, on several occasions, beaten him, spat in his face, thrown hot water on him, and on one occasion kicked him down stairs. The court seems likely to grant the prayer of the poor, ill-treated hus band. A boy named Bolton, abont 15 years of age, residing in Augusta, Me., a few days since, while catchings logs in the river, threw his younger brother into a boat, after knocking bim senseless, and shoved the boat into the stream, leaving his senseless victim to the mercy of the waves. He was rescued, how ever, and, after some effort, restored to con sciousness. The excavations recently commenced in Cer- tosa near Bologna, have resulted in the dis covery of two sepulchres and five ossuaries. In the first sepulchre were found a cup, a small black pot, and a large elegant vase with cover wholly intact, measuring sixteen inches height. Upon one side of the vase, painted in black upon a red ground, is old Silenus, mounted upon a well-proportioned mare, at tended by satyrs; and upon the other a four- horsed chariot and two figures. The second sepulchre contained, besides bones, a goblet, a cup, two small plates with the figure of a broken egg on each, and a large vase similar to that found in the first sepulchre. Upon one side of this vase three figures are repre sented, and upon the other a four-horsed chariot Near the cup were found two bronze •simpula,” and a utensil used in sacrificing. There is said to be 3,000 visitors in the Adirondacks. One hundred and seventy-five Chinese have arrived at New Orleans via the Pacific Rail road, to work on plantations. Engineers are surveying the cut off opposite Vicksburg to turn the channel of tho Mississip pi, if possible. The remarkable statement is made that though Rhode Island has an erea of only 1,300 square miles, it contains 400 miles of workable coal fields—nearly as largo as the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania. The Hawaiian Legislature has fixed the sal aries of the judges of that kingdom upon liberal and wiso basis. The Chief Justice re ceives $10,000 per annum, the two Associate Justices receive each $8,000.^, . There being no charges before the Lord Mayor of London, on tho 4th ultimo, ac cording to custom n pair of white kid gloves were given to liis lordship aud the chief clerk. A Bridgeport (Conn.) dog has been dyed red, white and bine to make bim look pretty. A “female university” somewhere in New York State divides its 174 pupils into “No- vians,” “Cardians,” “Amplians,” “Palma- rfans^- -Msthtans,“ nmU “ Advanced Mathi- The North Carolina militia boasts of seven major-generals and twenty-eight brigadier- generals. The Woman’s Co-operative Anti-Chinese Laundry Association is giving a strawberry festival in aid of the cause. The Russian Minister of Finance has sanc tioned the employment of women as book keepers and clerks in Chstom-honse offices. There are now 445 blast furnaces in the United States. The Massachusetts Temperance Alliance are moving for the fall campaign. Jeff. Tompson, of the “lost cause,” has de clared his purpose to act in future with the Republican party, as it is, in his opinion, the party of progress. The effect of the Jeff. Davis repudiation in Mississippi is that that State has now neither, debitor credit, and cannot borrow a cent in any inarket of Christendom. Tho 15,000 Chinese to be employed on the ready to clutch the prey, will pounce down Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad, in p]^© on the prize, and soarmg away, fatten him- The old belief that a feather bed is proo against the attacks of lightning was refuted, the other night, in Greenfield, Mass., wheni such a bed was set on fire during a thunder storm, and its occupants severely injured, while nothing else in the house was harmed. When the seven Greek bandits, after being sentenced to death in Athens, had been taken back to their prison, they behaved like mad men, and threatened to kill any jailer that would dare to lay hands on them. A power ful keeper then took a club, and alone whipped the scoundrels into submission. They were then ironed, and put for two days on a diet of bread and water. They behaved very meekly afterward. A blind woman in London, 40 years old, fell in love with a young artisan whom she heard hammering near by, and, becoming acquainted, made him presents, and loaned him £10 to as sist him in business. Learning he intended to leave, she had him arrested for debt, and then induced him to marry her by offering release him. In the Supreme Court at Baltimore, a jury having rendered a verdict of $2,000 damages for kissing a woman’s hand against her con sent, the Judge has given the plaintiff the option to accept $500, or have the verdict set aside and a new trial granted.. SPIRIT OP TUE GEORGIA PRESS. THE SAVANNAH NEWS (DEM.) Has found a huge mare’s nest. Drawing its inspiration from the Millcdgeville papers, the News says: This Opera House business opens the door to huger frauds. We honestly believe that the State Road is in peril We think snch machinations are at work, snch deep laid plans of depreciating it by mismanagement and misappropriation of funds, that the time Vill come, when run down in road-bed and rolling stock, made to appear a losing con cern, its sale will be forced. Then some king of vultures, now ehgeriy scanning the tainted field, with snapping beak and sharp claws, oolumbus. Base Boll lively.... New resiliences .. .Clear weather. going up them most conducive to bring about a refor mation in the administration of affairs in their State. [“Democracy ” has abouUhirty-seven set of Principles in the United States.] THE SAVANNAH NEWS (DEM.) Has this cruel paragraph: fifth-rate politicians are always zealous ad vocates of a new party organization, ^kn who fail as leaders often imagine they can rally the people in their favor by denouncing existing party organizations in which their chances of promotion are slight* Of the Chinese sensation, the same paper says: Something may come of this Chinese labor question. Of course there will be much affla- uon and gustiness; but quien aabe, from this little cloud, no bigger than a man’s hand, may come monsoon, simoon, sirocco, and the shifting sands may rise, and changing, over whelm something or somebody else more un fortunate, and perhaps our caravan, with its hopes and fears, may straggle on towards its oasis. THE MACON JOURNAL (DEM.) Says: Our private advices from Atlanta are unani mous in saying that strong efforts will be made to prolong the terms of members of the legis lature. That a number of the members who well know they cannot be re-elected if the pie get a chance at them, will support this icy, we cannot doubt; but wo cannot be- ieve a majority will attempt to over-ride the provisions of the Constitution. [The “provisions of the Constitution.” That is the question. EIso why were the words “in the year 1870” strickeu from the bill?] AUGUSTA. Slight fuss among the hands on Mrs. Ram- bo’s plantation the other day.... .Race track at the Fair Grounds ready for trial. ATHENS. The pupils of Madame Gosuowki’s school gave a very successful concert tho other ni»Ut for the memorial fund... .People agitating the question of removing tho Court House. DAH3 tNEGA. Fine rains Interesting railroad meeting held last week; speeches from Messrs. Price Wimpy and Riley. ...J. F. Herd dead... Baptist revival going on. niaATRSYILLE. Last week young Hughs, son of T. M. Hughs, was struck by lightning. The stroke was ao severe that his shoes were burst open. STATE NEWS. SAVANNAH. Steamship General Barnes struck by light ning Thursday A few summer fights. . .Ball at the Court All quiet on the Fourth. House Friday night. west point. A quiet Fourth Hot weather Fine rains. Lice on cotton Female College Cupola finished Fire engine christened ‘Fenians’* Female College commencement progressing. Addresses will be delivered by Dr. J. S. Todd, W. J. Sanford, B. H. Hill,Jr., and Gen. Battle. COLUMBUS. Rain expected Columbus Factory and Chattahoochee National Bank have declared dividends Superior Court trying criminal EAST TENNESSEE NEWS. KNOXVILLE. The houses of several accommodating fe males were torn down tbe other night. Hot weather. Major Tom O’Connor presented with a oaue by his workmen. At the celebration of the Fourth speeches were made by Gen. Quarles and Cols. Clem- mentson, Turney and Blizzard. A man named Keith, from Morgan county attempted to disturb the Conservative Conven tion on the Fonrth, by drawing a pistol. He was promptly put down. CHATTANOOGA. | Base Ball Clubs w anted. Kelly, bound over for a riot on the Fourth, has run away. Chinamen expected next week. u ATHENS. Jas. Pike accidently killed by the falling of a tree. Two men killed by lightning in Monroe county last week. Rattlesnake killed a man in Meigs county the other day. Jim Morrow shot and killed in Monroe coun ty. He was a noted desperado. KNOXVILLE. Oat crop damaged by. late rains. H. C. Minor takes'Mr. Henderson’s place as Cashier of the Southern Express Company. Quite a number of people assembled Friday - evening to witness the unfolding of the Night Blooming Cereus at tho residences of Mrs. W. H. Sneed and Mis. Jos. A. Mabry. Georgia watermelons and peaches for sale iu the city. Miss Mary Barry has received a prize medal for inducing one hundred children to attend Sunday School Six hundred cases on the docket of the Su preme Court David Jones, burned by a coal oil explosion last week, is not expected to recover. JOHNSON CITY. John Cameron and Mr. Bonman had a shooting scrape Friday. A liorsj w as shot in the melee. of the colored laborers, arc furnished by the self and his rapacious flock. Will we sound the bogle not about this Sheep Rahing In Georgia. Atlanta, Ga., July 7, 1870. Editor of tiit Era: I desire to call the atten- checks against legislative bribery and corrnp-1 ^0° of agricolturel men generally, to the fact tion. It provides that the State never, that while they are now doing so much for the in any way, become responsible for the debts agricultural interest of the State, there is one of corporations and individuals. branch of rural economy that receives bnt Railroad companies are required to keep an little attention, and that is the improvement office for the transfer of stock and make snch of the live stock of the State. In iny travels report to the Legislature as it may require.— through Georgia I have found tracts of country They shall not consolidate with competing! beautifully adapted to sheep raising, and offer lines. A majority of the directors must reside I iug snch splendid inducements for stock rais in the State. The Legislature will fix the ing general!/, that I have been surprised that maximum rate of charges for all the railroads 1 1116 farmers did not turn their attention to this in the State, and no irrevocable grants or spe-1 matter. The principal drawback is a want of cial privileges shall ever be mado by the Leg- improved animals, such as wonld pay, for it is islature. useless to increase a stock of inferior animals ■ • that most be disposed of at a discount. Fully It wa» Stated by one of our exchanges a few appreciating this want I sent .to Vermont and days ago that the Council of the Protestant Episcopal Chnrcb of the Diocese of Wiscon sin had adopted a canon declaring “that every communicant marrying outside of tho communion, or being married by any other than a clergyman of the church, shall stand pro facto excommunicated.” This is a mis tabu. The canon was only proposed by an enthusiastic young clergyman, and referred to the committee on canons without a word in its favor except from the proposer. The com mittee, without leaving their seats, reported against tbe canon, and it was rejected, only the proposer voting for it. received, in June, two Spanish Merino lambs, as a begining; on the 28th of tbe same month they were well shorn, tho ewe tag, less than one year old, cut ten pounds oi wool—her live weight after the wool was off was 36] pounds. The raxna tag, one year old, cut four teen pounds of wool—live weight after the wool was off was 50 pounds. These are spe cimens of a breed of sheep worth raising. If any gentleman can produce finer Iambs than these I should like to hear from him. These lambs are now in tbe possession of Mr. W. Cook. Retpectfully yours, N. Burgess. Chinese labor contractors at sixteen dollars a wretched business, brother Bough ton? That month and board. J will we, and we hope snch a peal will swell .. . . / „ _ I through the length and breadth of Georgia, At the instance of Gov. Curtin, United j ]jjj e an to Joshua before Jericho, that tho very States Minister at St Petersburg, the Russian | walls will crumble. Government has stationed Russian officers who speak the English language at the fron tier (Ustom houses. This will l>o of great ser vice to American and English travelers who cannot speak the language. Woollier, the English sculptor, Is to exe cute a bust of Dickens, aud will have the ad vantage of a mask which was cast for the pur- po&ej He has already produced excellent por trait Lusts of Tennyson, Browning, Carlyle, Gladstone, John Henry Newman, and other eminent men. Six Professors at Cornell University have their positions, viz : E. W. Blake, H. e, J. H. Whitlesey, G. F. Behringer, W. J. [Hamilton, and W. M. Howland. Pro- fessorBlake goes to Brown University; Pro fessor Sprague has accepted the Presidency of the Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn. Certain medical men have recently asserted that daily work at the sewing machine Is inju rious to the women employed at it But Dr. Decaisne, a French savant, who has thoroughly investigated the subject, iu an establishment containing between six and seven hundred workwomen,- ha3 proved that the occupation is in no way injurious. Mrs. Gaines, tho successful contestant of the great will case, has presented a petition to the City, Council of New Orleans asking them to reimburse her tho cost of her late suit against the city, amounting to S2,181 31. A company has been organized iu New Or- [All fuss and fury signifying nothing] THENEWNAN HERALD (DIM.) Says of Chinese emigration: Much has been said abont tho necessity Georgia is laboring under for some “well- perfected” plan of immigration. We have never been able to discover or in. any manner realize that necessity. If the Chinese are in duced to immigrant©, they are barbarous heathens, and know nothing of our habits, ideas, form of government, religion, or char acter of husbandry. They would have to be taught how to work, civilized, and then would not make desirable citizens. And thence of emigration generally: Without attempting to portray the vices of the immigrants of other nations, we will simply say that we think the character of the population of Georgia cannot be improved by immigration from any quarter, but, on the other bond, will be damaged materially. Our people own no more lands than they want, snd if (hey sell what lands they have, they will become “hewers of wood: and drawers of water,” for imported foreigners, while their descendants will become ‘poorly-paid laborers for haughty landlords. [One might suppose from the above, that tho editor himself had taken one long, rapturous Rip Van Winkle nap! Does he not know that fully two-thirds of the tillable land of Georgia is without a tenant? And would he Lave this growing sedge and pinetops rather thau pofcn- number of melous toes and cotton?] AUGUSTA CONSTITUTIONALIST (DEM.) Is publishing extracts from “John MitchSTs I re-organized Colored men • Jail Journal.” Why not make an occasional J Fourth Figs have appeared extract from Robinson Crusoe ? Three colored men struck by lightning last week Cotton promising. MONROE. The Fourth was handsomely celebrated Agricultural club organizing. AUGUSTA. John P. Nagle, Constable, bound over for extortion Policeman Harbin knocked man on the head for following a lady while in toxicated Colored excursionists left for At- anta Friday morning. MACON. Two (Small alligators in the cistern on Mul- bery :The biennial exhibition of the Adelphian Society was an attractive affair.— The address by B. H. Hill, Jr., is well spoken of. The Phiolamathean Society bas order ed a handsome gold badge for Jeff. Davis. SAVANNAH. Superior Court in session. The Justices’ Courts are full of small assault and battery cases, petty larcenies, etc Miss King married to Mr. Nisbet, of the firm of Quentell, Nisbet and Co Chas. Sampson, second mate of the boat Blanche, was accidentally drowned Saturday Frank Emery shot an other colored man Saturday night, and was pursued by a mob threatening his life until he fortunately placed himself in the custody of the police;. ..The Temperance Society is meeting with much success A colored man cut another with a razor Friday night for courting his wife The Russell-Hose Com pany organized Andrew Low has donated $1,000 to the Union Society, for charitable purposes Butler McFoll fell into the river Saturday, and narrowly escaped drowning. The Nick King has arrived from Florida with 3,000 water melones.... .Bay street is to have a gray whack pavement. BRUNSWICS. Thos. E. Davenport admitted to the bar The Appeal says: “Hon. Henry S. Fitch, employed as one of the counsel for the prose cution in the case of the State vs. E. J. Mar tin, was prostrated by a severe nervous attack yesterday evening at 4 o’clock, in the Court Room, produced by excessive heat and a re dundancy of food. There was great excite ment for a few moments, but timely applica tions of cold water, etc.; brought him to rea sons, when he was removed to his hotel, and placed nnder the treatment [of Drs, Harris and Blain. We are gratified to learn he will be able this morning to resume his position in the important case now pending” Supeorir Court trying E. J. Martin for murder. Plea of insanity filed. COLUMBUS. Superior Court trying criminal cases Wm. Smith lost $200 on tho-Strect Dr. De Votie preached his farewell sermon Sunday night Ordinary Duer tried for issuing a marriage li cense to a wlijte man and a colored woman. Acquitted. ROME. James P. Patman dead The indications are that the barbecue, bn.the 23d, will be well attended. AUGUSTA. Wooden pavements proposed It is sup posed that the census will give Augusta a pop ulation of from 16,000 to 17,000. ...The last pier of the new bridge of the Charlotte, Co lumbus and Augnsta Railroad was finished Saturday.^. .John Murray bitten by a snake BO LTV All. Jack Dickinson, a colored man, was killed by John W. Fowler without provocation. Fowler has vamosed. GREENVILLE. One night last week a negro man named Bob attempted to outrage two young girls while their parents were at church. The girls fortunately made their escape. CHATTANOOGA. Lookout Water Company extending their mains to the city limits on McCallie street ^Colored picnic party left for Atlanta Satur day morning. in his garden. -Whisky saved him Daniel Hicks, who shot a colored woman some time ago, surrendered himself Saturday and was bound over..v. Jack Allen robbed of $80 Horse thieves active. CUTHBERT. The tableaux Friday night were very pretty . ...Some incendiary made an unsuccessful attempt to fire the Douglass building on the 4th A night watch has been organized for the protection of property. MACOB. Good Templars flourishing with th» ir libra- aiul reading room Shooting match at the Fair in October.... A woman made an un successful attempt at suicide the other night ..Cool weather River rising Any THOMASTON. Daughter of Judge Green dead... .Council lebrated the .. A horse- thief tried to commit suicide tho other night. Comptroller General’s Office, { Atlanta, Ga,, July 8th, 1870. f Mr. Editor: Quite a number of verbal a&l written inquiries have been made of me in re gard to the constitutionality of the Act taxiug the sales of spiritnons and malt liquors 20 cents per gallon. That all may understand my views on the subject, I have to request that you publish this letter : The latter clause of Sec. 27, Article 1st. of the Constitution of this State declares that “taxation on property shall be ad valorem only, and uniform on all species of property taxed,” and hence the conclusion arrived at by many that the specific or special tax on liquors Is unconstitutfifth And such would be a legitimate conclusion, but for the fact that another part of the same Constitution u expressly authorizes the Legislature to lay special tax on the sale of spirituous aud malt liquors, aud thus takes liquors out of the pro visions of the language above quoted. Arti cle VL Section 3, declares that, the “poll tax allowed by this Constitution, any. educational fund now belonging to this State, except th* endowment of and debt due to the State Uni versity, or that may hereafter be obtained in Bay way, a special tax on shows and exhibi - tions, and on the sale of spiritnons or malt liquors, which the General Assembly is here by authorized to assess, and the proceeds from the commutation for militia service, are here by set apart and devoted to the support of Common Schools.” It would seem that if the attention of those who are engaged in. resist ing, before the courts, the collection of this tax on account of its supposed unconstitutiou- ality, could be directed to the clause last quoted, that they would at ouce abandon tbe ground as . wholly untenable and thus save themselves, as well as the State,- tire unneces sary expense of litigation. Another.ground of resistance os it is under stood is, that the tax act of-lSCU was limited to that year—that the act taxed the sales of 1869, aud expired at die end pf that year. By reference to Paragraph 8, Section 2nd, it will be seen that this ground is also untenable, and that the paragraph by its own language, is perpetual, from year to year, until repealed orsuspeudedbyanewtax Act After specifying tho tax levied, the act goes on to say that ‘quarterly returns shall be made on the fire days of April, July, October, and January “in or,” 4ba.—clearly meaning the year 1869 and each succeeding year. This is (he plain letter of the law, as well as the intention, and any other construction would be forced and contrary to-all known rules for the con struction of Statutes. If, however, any one should still doubt os to the act being perpetual by force of its own language, it is presumed that no one will doubt that the Resolution of the Legislature, approved 4th May, 1870, con tinues it in force, This Is.the Resolution: “Resolved 2d, That f<j» the same reasons tho tax act of 1869 v _ Ue, and it is hereby continued in full force and effect, until other wise ordered by the General Assembly.” I would also call special attention to the penalty imposed by tho latter part of Para graph 8,--Section 2d, of the tax not of 18C9, which- says: “Ii any p t --rsuii sL.ll fail 01 refuse to inake his return and pay said tax, be shall be assessed by the Collector, a specific tax of one thousand dollars, and the Collector ■ ■ 1 ■" • ’ >11..-* (li.-Vm;.- by t-xecu tion,” Ac. I would remark that those who re- msI the tax by a resort to the courts, will nevertheless, In my judgment, be subject to/ tbe penalty, should they fail to succeed ‘before the courts. While ‘ the constitutionality of the law -can only be '“’determined by the courts*, I have deemed it not improper for me* (it being my duty to enforce the revenue laws of the State) to state this much of my views of the law in question, with the view, if possible, of saving litigation and, perhaps, much expense to com- plaiuunts as well as to the State. Respectfully, Madison* Bell, Comptroller General