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THE VOLUME IV. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, I&70. NUMBER 25 The An obligation by n State or municipal cor poration, should be held os sacred as those of the citizen. Every individual citizen is a party to the contract, and its faithful discharge, aa per the terms stipulated, is an obligation binding alike in conscience and in law. To repudiate a State debt, or to tail or refuse to make provision for its payment, is ss dishonor able as the repudiation of n private debt There is no diflerenoo. The principle is' the same. There is ns much moral turpitude in the one ease os in the other; and public policy demands even a more scrupulous discharge of a public, than of a private obligation. The bonds of this State issued before the war, bearing six per cent interest, are now due and tailing due. No adequate provision has yet been made for the payment of these bonds. Even those issued and disposed of in England, years ago, known as ihe "sterling bonds” and which fell due in 18G8, are yet unprovided for. In addition to these, there art sOmo two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars due one of the New York Banks, for amounts ct advanced by it to meet the interest on the 8tato’s bonded debt, in January and July of tho present year., No provision has yet boon made for the dis charge of these several obligations; while tho — necessity for such provision has been pointed out to the Legislature by the Governor, and im mediate action has been urged., Prompt action is demanded by good faith. Oar credit will otherwise suffer. Some provision should 1 be had for the discharge of the State’s sacred ob ligations. Tho Legislature has authorized the Executive to effect a loan to the State by bond or otherwise for the purpose of raising funds to pay the members of the General Assembly, and we learn that immediate steps hove been token to carry out the wishes of the General Assembly in this regard. This is all well enough. Bat it is just as important that some provision bo made for the payment of the bonds of the State now dao and lolling duo ; and tho responsibility now rests with those Democratic members who voted down tho measure, a few days since, providing for the issuing of new bonds as the means of effecting a loan for the payment of bonds already doe. Are they going to advocate Repudiation ? TWc shall see. _ The State Read. One of the Ku-Klnx organs in this State, speaking of the recommendation by the Joint * Committee of Investigation, that an appropri ation be made for the purpose of repairing tho rood bed, purchasing rolling stock and motive power, and building bridges on tba State Road, says, - ... * This request appears somewhat extraordi nary, when it is remembered that the Atlanta Eisa, not more than four months ago, an nounced, with a grand flourish ot rhetorical trumpets, that the entire lino was fully equip ped and in a better condition than when flrat built This statement is essentially false. It is worso than false, lor it is a misrepresentation. What wo stated some two months ago, was, that the Road was then in better condition (or wonld bo when projected repairs were comple ted) than at any time sinco the close of the war. And this statement was true. Tbo war loft the Road a complete wreck. Little re mained but the road-bed. The rolling stock and motive power was indifferent as to quality and wholly inadequate as to quantity. The bridges were mere temporary affairs, impro vised for tbo demands of tbe hoar. Others of more permanent character, were hastily con structed and of very indifferent material. They held up very well the first two or throe years; but when the present Management sumod control, they were rapidly giving way. r The same is true of much of the rolling stock and motive power and other equipments of the Rood, os also of many important sections of the road-bed itself. This necessitated outlay, and hence the payments into the Treasury have been smaller than when repairs were not absolutely necessary. Tho not earnings of the Rood wonld of coarse put the lino in excellent condition in the course of time; bat 'freight blockades, such as we have had every season since the war, aon be avoided only by patting tho Road in first-class order, and by increasing its roll, ing stock, motive power and other necessary equipments. Hence tho recommendation of tho Joint Committee of Investigation. The recommendation is reasonable, and will be concurred in, we doubt not, by every candid and fair minded man in Georgia who will no- qaaint himself with tacts, and who will not permit himself blinded by mere partisan bate and prejudioe. Stic Stem- From tho DmOy New Erafof the 2d lnstsntl E KI11ST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Laying tiro Foundation Stone with Ala- * Eloquent Adilrcoors front Tho he liardy-Carller Homicide. The Romo papers of the 29th contain the particulars of an unfortunate difficulty which occurred between two highly respectable citi zens of that plaoe, on Sunday morning lost. It seems that Mr. Camille Le Hardy and Henry Carller were both of Belgian extraction, and are said to belong to the nobility of their native country. They were also brothers-in- luw. For some time past, they have been liv ing on the some farm, near Rome. Mr. ear lier went there to reside os the age tit of Le Hardy whilst the latter was absent in Europe, and, it is said, refused to leave the farm when ho returned. Trouble grew ont of this, and Curlier was fined for assault and battery. Tbe ill-feeling increased, and, on Sunday morning last, Carlier refasod to allow Le Hardy to put his horse in tho stable, which they used common. Le Hardy then went to the house and sent his son to pat the bone in the stable. Carlier laid his hands on the boy and Le Hardy fired through a crack in tho stable, in stantly killing Carlier. He then went to Rome and delivered himself up to the authorities who released him on $5,000 bail. The Coro ner’s jury returned a verdict in accordance with tbe above facts, stating that they believed Le Hardy to be guilty of manslaughter. The affair causes universal sorrow in the commu nity. School Books. The school room is one place where partisan politics and sectional animosities should never be permitted to intrude, either in the form oral instructions or lectures, or in the form textbooks. Tbo school room should be kept as clear^of those things os the churches. Any effort to introduce them, from whatever source, should meet with unqualified condemnation. And tho practice of forcing upon the Southern public n stupid and inaccurate class of text hooks merely because they are claimed to cmin- ato from some publishing house of "Southern 1 proclivities, or because they are represented by some "Southern’’ Agent, or yet because they are of tbe opposite etripo, is au insult the intelligence of Southern teachers. Text books should stand upon their intrinsic merits. Neither polities, sections, or religion should have anything to do in determining their adoption or rejection by Southern teach- Yesterday, according to axmonneement, the foundation stone of the new church on Peach tree street was laid by Grand Master Lawrence with Masonic honors. Tho Lodges met at their hall, on Whitehall street at 9 a. is., and an occasional Grand Lodge was formed of the following officers, all with tho exception of the M. W. G. M. being ■acting”: • THE a BAND LODGE. Samuel Lawrence, M. W. G. II.; David JIavcr, M. W. D. G. M.; L. Cohen, G. & W-J E. Williams, G. J. W.; J. T. Slaughter, G. W. W. Boyd, G. &;W. F. Parkhuist. G. D.; A. L. Grant, G. J. D.; Rev. W. M. Crumley, 1 G. Chaplain; T. Schiff, G. Steward; S. Rosenfcld, G. Steward; F. F. Taber, Archi- L Love, G. S. B.; L. R. Lanier, Tyler; A. C. Ladd, G. M. The preliminary proceedings having been transacted iu the Lodge room the procession formed os follows: THE FEOCESSI0X. Two Tylers with drawn Swords. Tyler of the older Lodge with Sword. Two Stewards of the older Lodge. Entered Apprentices. Fellow Crafts. Master Masons. Fast Secretaries. . Past Treasurers. Post Junior Wardens. Past Senior Wardens. Mark Masters. Past Masters. Royal Arch Select Masters. Tho United States Post Band. The Knights Templar. Grand Tyler with a drawn Sword. Grand Stewards. Post Muter with a vessel containing Corn. Principal Archetect with Square, Level and Plntab. Two Post Masters with stiver vessels, one containing wine and the other oti. Grand Secretary and Treasurer. One Light borne by a Fast Master. The Great Lights supported by Stewards. Two lights borne by Past Masters. Grand Chaplain and Orator. Grand Wardens. Deputy Grand Master. Deacon, GRAND MASTER, G. Deacon. Two Stewards. Grand Sword Bearer, with drawn sword. Brother J. H. Boring carried the Great Lights. Brothers Stewart, Armstrong and Nathan, the Vessels containing corn, wine and oti, and Mossrs. Franklin, Porks and Solo mon, the lesser tights. The Knights Templar turned ont a large body, larger than wo have seen for some time, and presented a fine appearance- The officers command were W. H. Taller, E. C.; M. Corput, C. G.; R. M. Rose, Generalissimo. Thu Procession passed down Whitehall to Alabama, theuce to Broad to Marietta, down Marietta to Peachtree, . thence to the Church, where a vast concourse of people, principally ladies, were assembled. The Grand Lodge and the escort of Knights were accommodated with a position on the platform. THE CEBEUONV. Silence having been oommanded by tbe Grand Master, the Grand Chaplain offered up prayer, after which an ode was sung by tho Atlanta Quartette Club. A list of the articles depaitod 1 in the cavity was then road by the -Rev. W. P. Harrison. They incladed the newspapers of the day, the by-laws of Masonic, Odd Fellows and Good Templars Lodges, coins and currency of the United States. Some of tbe Masonic Fraternity added specimens of paper money as Jar back os continental times. LATINO THE STOXE. Tbe Grand Master then, with tbe assistance of the Grand Architect, then laid the stono with duo solemnity, tbe band meanwhile playing, and the following colloquy took place: Grand Master—Have we here the first great light in Masonry? Grand Chaplain—It is in my hands most worshipfaL Grand Master—What promise and instruc tion doth it afford? Iu answer, the Grand Chaplain repeated several texts from Josia, Zachariah and the Psalms. The contents of the silver vessels, corn, wine and oil, were then poured on the stone with the following invocation : 'May the all bounteous author of nature bless the inhabitants of this plaoe with all tho Lea, conveniences and comforts of life, assist in the erection of this building, protect the wokrmen from every accident, and long preserve this structure from decay; and grant to us all a supply of the oobn of nourishment, the wine of refreshment, and the oil of j. Response—So mote it be, »mm. The public grand honors wen- then given, and the quartette chib snug another ode. The Grand Master then addressed the assem bly to the following effect: The ceremony jnst performed, friends and brothers, is eminently characteristic of Free- r. There is nothing superfluous, noth ing showy about it It is simple, pointed, direct Its symbolism is sufficiently opened in the brief invocation for nourishment, for re freshment, and for contort and jay. The same form, in substance, has been from time immemorial used by our fraternity on all such occasions as this, attesting both the an tiquity and the worth of our institution. Most appropriately does Freemasonry ap pear here to-day. Side by side with all true religion, it is ever ready to bless and to cheer, and to bid God-speed to every effort made by man to bring himself nearer to the perfection of that High and Holy One in whom we all “live and move, and have our being.” For this is the very end and object of Freemasonry. To raise man oat of darkness into light—ont of the pit into which he has fallen, and to cieonso him from the stains of depravity with which that fall bos carried him, is the business of Freemasonry. And in this it knows not, and cannot know, any sectarianism. It puts no constraint on any man in point of creed. In this, its catholicity is wide as the limits God’s earth itself. Binding its disciples only to a recognition of the one tree God. It leaves to each the choice of his own form of belief, commending unto all that charity which "seeketh not her own.” In that charity, and in that catholicity, our strength lies. With propriety, and delight then, do we unite here toeluy with these our Brethren the laying of a foundation stone off an edifice to be dedicated to tho worship and praise of Him, who is God over all, blessed forevermore. On the altar here to be erected will be spread the same Holy Book which lies ever open oar table as oar First Great light. From the same source we learn His marvellous and mer ciful dealings with His people of old—His holy will, and gracious promises unto all who will I The Judiciary and the "Democracy.” be obedient thereto. From its stndy all may It was the French Jacobins who substituted learn what service will be acceptable to Him. j the tribune of the Mob for that of the law May they who shall worship Him here, wor- I Courts; and it was American Jacobinism, ship Him “in spirit and in truth," offering otherwise “Democracy,” that abolished the onto Him the sacrifice of clean hearts nnd time-honored system of Special Pleading, broke down all the legal barriers to Attorney’s privi leges, and supplanted tho Jndgo with the ignorant, cunning and unscrupulous 1 dema gogue: Time was, in the history of American Jurisprudence, when an Attorney's license was at least; presumptive evidence of tho learning, of tho intelligence, and of the high personal character of the licentiate. Time was, even in those States where the Judiciary is now elective by tho mob, when a Judge was some thing more than au unsuccessful lawyer, or an ignorant and conscionsless political dema. gogue, without either education or personal character. The system of Special Pleading and the rules of run prius, as practiced in tho Eng lish Courts, and at transmitted by heritage to this country, embodied the accumulated wis dom of ages. It kept out of the profession a class of ignorant men who, in some of the States of the Union, are a disgrace to the pro fession; and it had a tendency to keep tho ja- dioisry unspotted or ihuse demagogical tricks, | and to guard the profession against that dis-. contrite spirits, which HehathdodaredHe will never despise. May He bless and prosper this work until the building rise a finished temple unto IBs service, and long endure as His dwelling place on earth. May He bless and prosper this community, inclining their hearts to His service, mid giv ing them unity and peace. ■ i May He enlighten us more and more with the light of His eternal word; graft in our hearts a love of tho truth; give us to have charityunto all men; lead us in tho way of all righteousness, and finally save ns all with an everlasting salvation for his great name’s sake. To which the brethren with one voice re sponded, “Amen! So mote it bo V The address was listened to with profound silence, and appeared to interest, to the great est extent, all within tho sound of the Speak er’s voice. Tbe Grand Master then addressed the as sembly on the duties and objects of masons The benediction was then pronounced by the Grand Chaplain, and the procession was reformed and proceeded to the First Baptist Church, on Walton street, to hear the BXV. W. r. HABIUSON’S ADDEE30. * By 11} o'clock the First Baptist Church wss crowded. A great many ladies were present After prayer, by Eev. W. M. Crumley, and singing, by the choir, the Rev. W. P. Harrison arose, and announced as HIS TEXT, 12th verse of the 28th chapter of Genesis: id he dreamed, and he behold a ladder set up on the earth, and tbe top of it reached to iven, and behold the ’ angels of God on it” Explaining, in a few words tiro connection the text with the oocagjon which bad called them together, the speaker dome to THE STOUT or JACOB AND ESAU. The respective characters of these two men drawn in a vivid manner. Dr. Harrison dwelt particularly upon the charac ter of Esau, as the finest example of a noble, bat unregenerate nature to be found in the Scriptures. Esau was emphatically a brave huM- and he would mekTthe Mobsoperiar man, endowed wrth those manly attributes to fa Jndge . by maldng tho Jodge fcel ^ which naturally command our admiration. I coogt^jd dependency upon the issue of an He was a hunter, delighting iu the sports of SSUiSS election, at which he most tbe field, and nothing was more repugnant to enter M a e9mmon electioneerer. his nature than chicanery, treachery and Th* has actually been done by the “Do- other kindred arts. j mocracy” in many of tho Middle and _ . ,AOOB> . Western States. It originated, we believe. On the other hand, was. “dweller m tents. fa Xennessee witb ^ of American What phrenologists coll too organof locality, I Demagogues, Andrew Johnson. Tho spirit was largely developed with him. His domestic Qf ^ Jacobin loadcr of 1850 . was ^ght ap tastes endeared lum to his mother and made byhis admirora in and iD otber C^r favorite. States where the Judiciary has been stripped the deception, j £ dignity and its prestige. And now the Which he practiced on Esau, was described by ^ j** influence is being felt in many Dr. Harrison in eloquent and forcible language. 1 Qf ^ Wcstern statea _ Even Georgia Tho artifice which covered Ins departure, and CQmea iQ for ber qaantam of ^ Jae obimcal the details of his flight were related nt length. ,. rcform/ . Tbo rcpodiation of the time Which Jacob saw T on thTs^ian plain was do- hono f* d of ***** . was 1 supplanted, under Democratic administra tions by tho Broad Gauge system of slatternly has been tried in some localities, and its fail- las been conspicuous in each instance. No matter what demagogues may say or pro mise to the contrary, the price of wages will invfvrLibly be diminished in pro portion with the diminution of the number of working hours. But the benefits of c*-operative associations arc tangible and avaihble. They benefit the porducer by giving him the entiro earnings of his labor, and they benefit the consumer by reducing the costof the manufacture. Hence to encourage co-operation, and discourage political vampires and predatory politicians, is the true policy of worlang men for the future. . scribibed in a peculiarly happy manner. Ail lading to the first corner-stone, laid by Jacob-, , . , ... . _ „ . , . .«■ . * .. . petitions, so mnch in favor with men who Dr. Hamson spoke of the ceremonies of that 1 f . . , - __ - 1 „ , , . .. . . .. I have neither the capacity nor tho industry day. He paud a wdl-doaerved tribute to the j ^ nQ ~ Masonic Order, and concluded with the hope that they might have, on the spot which they had that day consecrated, finch a ladder as Jacob saw in his dream, blessings ascending and descending. THE BENEDICTION to master the law as a Science. And -oven when the Executive of the State issues a State paper recommending measures for the punish ith benefits anS I ment contem l ,t8 > and the preservation of the ' dignity of the Courts, he is ridiculed by a Jacobin press and held up to scorn by canting Demagogues. Was pronounced.’ The choir joined in a hymn j Jaoobins carry partisan politics into the and the audience disperaed. The proceamon w Courte . ftud bccarae a Jadg0 ha ppe n8 to reformed and marched off to the stirring mu| |)oan appoiutco of a ExwJtivo, sic of the hand. Tho arrangements of brother A* C. Ladd, Chief Marshal, were excellent, and wero ably seconded by brother George Hammond. The Church, itself, has previously been no ticed in onr columns, and a full description given of it. When completed, it will be the most elegant of our church edifices. The basement is nearly completed, and under the very efficient supervision of Mr. C, Jones, the foreman, we may expect to see the beautiful design of W. H. Parkins, Esq., tho architect, roar up and become a prominent and perma nent ornament in onr midst. gU8ting species of buffoonery, which is rapidly becoming the reproach of American jurispru dence. But this did not suit American Jacobinism, otherwise “Democracy,** any more than did the Girondists’ reverence for law and decency, suit the French Jacobins of 1798; and Ameri can Demagogues, in imitation of their French exemplars, sought to break down the barriers to a profession honorable alike for its high standard of learning and for the brilliancy and culture of its members. Your American “Dem ocrat,** like your French Jacobin, is a Leveler. What the indolent representatives of the mob can never hope to reach through patent indus try, by reason of his want of both intellect and character, he would pull down to his own de scending slopes. He would abolish the pro fession of the law, by abolishing jurispru dence as a Science; and he would substitute something akin to the Debating Club for the law courts of Blockstone and Chitty. Law as a science is his pet aversion. A Judiciary clothed with the power to punish contempts is his horror. Ha wonld. have a legal profee' sion accessable alike to the ignorant and to the Gratis. A fellow at Forsyth, in this State, who hap pens to control a font of badly worn type, and who, publishes something in imitation of a newspaper, about the size and color of a dirty diaper, is very solicitous for a “notice”* at the hanib of the Eba. We feel kindly towards all men, however destitute they may .he of eitherJbrftino n» o nn ^ KraAding, who have the hardihood to publish a newspaper under the vicisitudes a ttending the advent of this Dirty Diaper. They should have the sympathy and commiseration of all humane men, and espe cially °f the profession to whoso rank they aspire- From our heart of hearts, we wish this unfortunate creature no serious harm; and wo can do him no more charitable service than refuse compliance with a request to bring his Dirty Diaper before tho attention of the public! those I have thought necessary to make, it will be impossible to put the Road in first class condition and supply it with sufficient rolling stock and motive power to do the heavy busi ness anticipated by you this Fall, without au appropriation by the State for that pupose. The Joint Committee of our Legislature ap pointed to investigate the affirirs of tho road, recommend in their report to the Legislature, an appropriation ai once, for putting tho road iu first-class condition; and a bill, as I learn, has been introduced for that purpose. Should tho recommendation of tho Committee be promptly acted upon, I hope to be able to place the road in a condition second to that of no railway in the United States, and conse quently, in a condition to keep clear of all “freight blockades”during the ensuing season. Thanking you for your timely suggestions and with sentiments of great esteem, I remain yours very respectfully, . Fosteb Blodgett, Superintendent. Vsrennci. This is classic ground in French history. Three quarters of a century ago, the fugitive King, Louis XVI, and his wife, Marie Antoi nette, “the Austrian,” were captured at Va- xennes, at the instance of a village Po6t Master, who identified the disguised fugitive by his striking resemblance to the current profiles of the King. They were escorted back to Paris amid the jeers and insults of an infuriated mob. This noted village is again looming up in French history. The telegraph announces a probable battle between Varennes and Stenay and from the relative position of the two ar mies, Varennes is likely to become os famous in 1870 as it was in 1,798. Wliat Answer 1 The credit of the State should be carefully guarded by the Legislature; and the people baVe their eyes upon those Democrat^ who voted down the proposition to authorize the istfue of bonds in payment of bonds now due, and soon to be due. They are waiting to see what proposition, if any, “Democracy” will now bring forth to meet the lawful demands of creditors, and thereby save the credit of Geor gia. “Democracy” cannot long delay in this matter without incurring the charge of Repu diation, either direct or indirect* What do they propose to do ? We await their answer. 3Ir. Greeley Between two Offices. The venerable editor of the New York Trib une is standing very much in the attitude of the mule between two fodder stacks. On the one side of him is the position of Minister to the Court of St James; on the other is the nomination to the Gubernatorial office of New York. Between the two, he may loose both. Whilst Mr. Greeley could not fill both places at tbe same time, no one donbts his ability or fitness for either. The Wcutern and Atlantic Railroad. General Grant. My first impression of General Grant,” writes on old Democratic leader, “is that he has, to an eminent degree, carried out the wishes of the "people, and at the same time justified the hopes of the most earnest Repub- And this, we may add, is the senti ment of every liberal, fair-minded man in Georgia. It is no uncommon thing to hear the better class of Democrats, and even those who went mad over Frank Blair’s letter, or who were lashed into the support of the Dem ocratic ticket in 1868, rejoice at the result which mode Frank Blair a Life Insurance Agent, and which affords Mr. Seymour elegant leisure for the study of pomeology. They recognize the fact that General Grant has given us an eminently sound and safe adminis tration, and that public confidence is firmer now than at any time since 1859. The finan cial administration has been honest and straightforward. The public debt has been steadily diminished, whilst taxation has not been increased. Revenues have been collected and honestly accounted for. Inter est has been reduced. Our national credit has steadily gained in strength. Our bonds are better than those of any of tbe European gov ernments. In our national securities, foreign capital now finds interest and surety. The policy alone of the Administration, is sufficient to endear it to the hearts of the pe°p<*- .Jtpr No one donbts—not even the most rabid and virulent Democrat donbts—but'that -we have a pure administration. The air has cone of those suspicions of debauchery and cor ruption which signalized the administration of Buchanan or the still more unfortunate ad ministration of Johnson. We have no foreign complications. All feel that the President has done well. The People are satisfied, although a few restless partisan politicians may not be. Republicans cannot afford to abandon tbe campaign by abandoning the Administration for a new nomination; and the progressive Democrats have lost confidence in the pro posed “third party” movement, looking to the nomination of Jhdge Chase, in 1872. The New York Press. The “Young Democracy ” of Gotham is to have an organ. It is to be called the “ Free Frees” (a misnomer) and a young gentleman formerly connected with the Beportorial corps of the Herald is to be the editor. The “Old Democracy” have an organ in the treacherous World; the “Know Nothing Democracy " are to have the old Washington Intelligencer, and the “Bed Hot” department still have Brick Pomeroy's. rather than of a drunken mob or a mere tool of roughs and bullies, he is denounced by men who, perhaps, owe their position to the abolition of the old system of msiprius, and the Judge* treated with studied contcmp. And -bcciinso the Governor wonld preserve the, ljignity of the law courts, by re commending punishment for these con tempts, Huch as is in vogue in Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania, and which has been tbe custom and practice in England for centuries, these Judges are set upon by a reckless partisan press, and ridi- cnlcd for making an honest effort to preserve the dignity of the profession nnd the parity of the State Judiciary. Democratic Aspirant, to Congrei Democracy is on the lookout for a candi date for Congress from this District Floyd county has two aspirants, it seems; one in the person of Col. W. B. Terhtme and another in ‘Capting Scott” of the House—a gentleman who, according to the Rome Commer cial, is' ready and willing “to bleed like bog for bis party." Bartow has one in the person of General W. T. Wofford. The General is not sufficiently extreme to fill the bill, it seems. Gen. Young is also under stood to be in the field. Ditto of Mr. Ander son of Cobb. And it is said that Mr. W. H. Halsey of this county Is also willing to accept the nomination. It is also understood that CoL Luther J. Glenn of this city wonld prob ably accept the nomination. There nro doubt less others. Working men ami Demagogues. The Cincinnati Labor Congress suffered the usual infliction of excessive chin music. Po litical hacks were on hand as usual, all with axes to grind. Aspirants to office who had worn out their welcome in either or both po litical parties, and who had been securely laid np on the shelf by their respective organiza tions, naturally enough blundered into the Labor Congress, and monopolized the time with political discussions. Thus it was that the old brand of discord found its way into tk(^.’Cincinnati Congress. Laboring men arid mechanics, who had assembled to discuss co-operative projects and otber means of emancipation from the tyranny of capital, were forced into silence by dema gogues who were seeking nominations to Congress. No system or plan was tlucidalcd in tbe interest of the working men. Every thing was politics; and false faced friends, and hypocritical interlopers, who seek to champion the cause of Labor as a stepping stone to their ambition, perverted the whole object of the assemblage, and passed it into history as a failure. It will ever be thus just so long as working men consent to lend .a willing ear to dema. gogucs. Politicians will seek their votes doss, but they otherwise hold no interest in common with the Labor Movement. But for this error in the very inception of the meeting, some practical plan for cooperative Societies might have been discussed and deter mined upon. Cooperation is really tbe only thing possi ble of immediate attainment that will protect tho laborer from the exactions of the capital- st An Eight Hour law will not do it. This A AMD t XWAYS, I 125, 1870. J Vsx&ntwsT&’s Office Nashville amd Ciiattamooga NaMUVILLE AMD NORTHWEMTEOM U.UL' Nashville, Tens., August 25, //oil Ibster Blodgett, Superintendent, ttv.. West ern and Atlantic Railroad, Atlanta, Georgia: My Dear Sir—I have just returned from Georgia, and having passed over the Western and Atlantic Railroad, both in going and re taining, I request to say, and trust yon will not take offense at my saying, that yon have a vast amount of work to do on your road bed, bridges, Ac., in order to insane safety and con venience in tbo transportation of tbe heavy business, we anticipate the coming season. lost season’s blockade qf freight at Chatta nooga will readily remind yon of the mud of additional engines and cars on your rood, and we expect to not only maintain, but gcatly in crease the freights tho coming season. You will not feel surprised ot my anxiety for the good condition and fall equipment of your road, when you reccollect the fact that I am officially connected with three hundred and thirty miles of railway north of your road, and with about two hundred and thirty miles south of your line, and connecting directly each end of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and onr success in a great de gree depending upon tho promptness with which the freights may be dispatched over your road. This is not a question that interests alone your road and oars, bnt one which effects di rectly or indirectly every citizen of Georgia, and those in the West trading with your sec tion. Trusting that these considerations may stimulate you to put forth your usual seal to meet the crisis now upon you. I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, E. W. Cole, . President, etc. DAD, 1 T ’ J "Westehn akD Atlantic Railroad, Office Superintendent, Atlanta, Georgia, Ang. 29, 1870. CoL K TU Colt, President XashvUleand Chatta nooga and Korih Western PrUroad, and Oen eral Superintendent Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, XashviUe, Tenru: My Dear Snu—-In response to your esteemed favor of the 2oth inst., would say that I fully appreciate the force of the suggestion yon are pleased to make in reference to the condition of this road, and that I am still doing every thing in my power to put the road in first elass condtion. To this end almost the entire nett earnings of the road have been expended in payment of contracts for material and stock made by my predecessor, and in the purchase of new iron, rolling stock, motive power and equip ment for the road ordered by myself. But for these necessary expenditures, I would have been able to make larger payments into the State Treasury than perhaps have been made for years past, as the business of the road been larger than heretofore. These expenditures have enabled me to pn fc the road in better condition than it was last year; but there is, as you suggest, much yet to be done in order to meet the demands of trade. There is some forty odd miles of the Road that requires new iron; the safety of the Road demands this, and I hope to bo able to supply it soon. We also need at least 250 ad ditional freight cars, and at least 5 more first class freight engines. These, in addition to the repairs of bridges and rood bed, which you suggest, will require additional heavy out lays of money; and in view of the heavy pay ments made, and to be made, for repairs and stock contracted for by my predecessor, and War Notes. Thu partly Father Hyadnthe entered as a private, in one of tho volunteer regiments des tined to defend Paris. He has since been promoted to a sergeantship. Tbe wife of Prince Salm-Salm, who is re ported to have fallen in one of tho recent bat tles, lias just given birth to a son. She has just passed an examination for surgery, and is doing good service in. hospitals. The principal singer of the Marseillaise in Paris now, is Mademoiselle Teresa. A corre spondent describes her appearance as follows ‘This girl is the beau ideal of a street heroine of the first revolution. She wore a red frock, a blue corset, and a white scarf; her sleeves were rolled up, just like a washerwoman com ing from her tub; her corset was open in front with a sort of affected carlessness. In this manner she stepped to the foot-lights, and sang the Marseillaise with overpowering ardor. There is something singular about the play of her features, her dark eye is first dosed, to shoot a moment afterward a look of fire; her voluptuous mouth pouts, her beautiful, vigor ous form trembles with exdtement, and then her voice breaks forth like a torrent, without cultivation and art, but powerful, sonorous soul-staring.” It is abundantly evident that every shade of public feeling in France, with the exception, perhaps, of the Socialist faction in Paris, united in defense of the country against the Prussians. Even Victor Hugo has returned, after a long exile, in the costume of one of the National Guards. If there is any discord, is to be adjourned until after the conclusion ot the war. Until that period arrives, the present Government of Napoleon, will have the entire command of the resources of the nation. The war, in every sense, is one of populations, about equal in number, against each other. That it will have a speedy end, unless there is an intercession of the other great powers of Europe, is highly implobable. The remark of the Emperor, that it would be a long and bloody war, is ap parently verified by tbe present outlook. If the Prussians have any hope that tho march of their armies will cause a revolution in Paris, that will forward their views and lead to peace, they will be mistaken. It is not likely that in any event a revolution will occur; and if there u>, U will only ho for tho pm-poao of weilding the forces of the Empire with the greater abil ity against tfie foreign invader. Torrents of blood are bound to flow, and with alternate fortune, before the waves of war will be stilled. The New York Tribono is gaining great credit by its expensive enterprise iu procuring war news by the Atlantic cable. Its full ac count of tbe battle of Gravellotto—telegraphed at an expense of over $2,200 in gold—was published in New Yo*fe before tho details were known in any European -capital. Tho Emperor Napoleon fcas studied Crosar’s Commentaries on the Gallic ssur very thor oughly, it is said. The first sentcoco, “Gallia omnis in partes tres divisa cstor aC Gaul is divided into three parts, must, in view aS the three armies of the King of Prussia, .face a new significance to tho Imperial author qf-tbcj Life of Cresar.” No wonder ho goes about 1 muttering* “On m’o ccupe.” Tbe idlo tale about Eugenie’s latter to Victo ria, and the answer to it, is officially denied, but not before any reader of sense had contradict ed it for himself. All the nonsense reported from London of the hiding of tho Empress’s brooches and tho sleeve-buttons of one prince and tbe pocket money of another, in all odd corners of Europe, may be dismissed to ob livion with it. It is not in the Napoleons to ac knowledge themselves beaten till long after they are bo; and when their valuable* are car ried over the frontier, no special correspondent will be invited to inspect them on the and to report the fact The Times says a good many people ought to know better seem to imagine that, in the event of the overthrow of the Second! Empire, the dynasty of Orleans has special claims on the suffrages of the French nation. It may readily be admitted that the present representative of the family, the Count of Paris, grandson of Louis Phillippe, is a man of respectable talents and of liberal senti ments. However desirable these may be in a ruler of France, it is, however, obvious that an aspirant to royal power must be able to show something more definite to entitle him to the unanimous support of the people. He must either be able to appeal to the principle of legitimacy, which underlies monarchial in stitutes, or he must be able to show that the family to which he belongs has established a prior right to the throne by its past services in the cause of liberty or national progress* Any other arguments might be heard in sup port of his cigima to become the President of a republic, but are in no sense relevant to the foundation of a hereditary monarchy. AN ENGLISH LORD IN TROUBLE. I deceased (who, we believe, was, at tho time of stcamwt-n. 1 deoth ’ "» der mto cliurdi-cer- tomly a member and communicant thereof), The Cincinnati Commercial haa the follow- ***"“* whhffiha P Sdd- diS00UrSe ’ dnriD8 th ° : I would not wish to embitter your tears— On Tuesday an affair occurred onboard the I but it is my duty to tell you that ho whoso re- steamer Bristol, of tho Fall River Line, which J mains are now lying here met his death owing camo near resulting fatally to one of the offi-l to a false standard of , public opinion. I ask cers of that boat. Mr. A. G. Sisson, the de- j you: Why is it made obligatory on the part tcctive attached to the steamer, while perform- j of young men to submit themselves to thi« ing his regular midnight rounds, on the look-I public opinion? I say to you that if your out for state-room' robbers and Indy insulters, 1 tears are sincere and your sympathies are true, saw a man on tho outer guard in the rear oft then you. will consecrate this occasion by. doing tho social hall endeavoring to obtain an en-1 all in your power to improve this community trance to a lady’s state-room through the win- and to rid it of this false standard of public dow. As no men aro allowed in this part of j opinion whiclrnow prevails in onr midst. If the boat after dark, and tho actions of tho your tears and your sympathies are genuine man being very suspicious, Mr. Sisson ap-j and could bring back to life this genial, gen- proached close to him, and pulling out his j erous-hearted young man', 'What would not this dark lantern, threw the light _ full in j city give to have this young man alive here his face. With the fierceness of a tiger, tile J to-day? I.charge it upon yon in God's name an sprang at Sisson, and dealt him J to do all in your power to remedy the . terrific blow on the skull, which felled him | false public sentiment that now prevails and senseless and bleeding to the deck; and while 1 which has resulted in the death of this kind- in that helpless position, the then unknown I hearted and beloved young man. I charge man administered kicks and blows to the pros-1 upon you, young men and old men, while trate man, until finally, not content with his j your hearts are open in view of thin great af- fiendish work, he lifted Sisson up from tha J diction, to receive instruction, in order that deck and hurried him to tho rail to toss him. 1 you may make this community different from into the Sound. .As ho was being bom along I what it is. If our homes ore not to bo draped the deck, Sisson gradually recovered his I in mourning, if our hearts aro not to bo rent senses, and just as he was being pitched over- J asunder by grief on such occasions os this, board, grasped tho man by his person, 1 then we must remove this false standard of which caused him to cry out with pain. J public opinion in regard to dueling, and re- The cry roused the officers and pas- I solve before God to-day, that it shall be done, sengers, who came to the scene of The bar and pulpit have spoken, tho local- excitement. The man being secured, was put press next utters its protest against the bar in imnR and nnon heincr search.-*!, was fnrmd 1 hariam of “ the Code.” TIia Avalanr'>innF Slut* in irons, and upon being searched, was found barism of “ the Code.’’ The Avalanche of Sat' to be Lord T. Donald Campbell, son of the 1 urday, commenting upon the tragedy, says : Lord Chancellor or England, -n-lio arrived in J The laws of Tennessee describe the dueling the steamer Scotia last week. Some of the i code as one of crimes against society, good passengers, finding that it was a real live lord, I order and peace. But public opinion must were loud in their protestations against a Lord 1 sustain the laws, and unite with them in con- being put in irons. Immediately after the ar-1 demning the code.. It is falsely calledthA code rest, a lady’s blade silk belt was found near I of honor, but itis every thing else. The bar the scene of the encounter, and as no owner I and bench have not done their duty, and the has turned up, there is a mystery in relation 1 ministers of. our holy religion have failed in to it which is yet unsolved. Lord Campbell J their duty even as promoters of peace. The was taken to Boston as a prisoner, and turned 1 law is clear where It describes tho dueling over to the United States authorities, charged I code as a crime against the State and its peace with assault with intent to kill upon the high 1 and dignity. He who lives by the “code” is is. I very apt to perish by it But the peace and Throughout the whole affair Campbell 1 happiness of families demand that the “code" showed signs of insanity, and the United | be assigned its proper place as given it by States Commisioner before whom he was I the law of the land. Bnt the people must, by brought adjourned the case until a competent | their opinions, compel every one to feel that medical examination could be made. The | there is another and a better code—the code doctors declared him to be of unsound mind, I of peace, of order, law, whose observance is and Lord Campbell was remanded to the care I honor indeed. The cowardly opinion, full of of the British Consul, wao at once placed him | error, which stood behind theyoung man, lash in the lunatic asylum at Somerville, Massachu-1 in hand, is above all, guilty of his blood, setts, until his friends in England could be no-1 It is the sentiment, which falsely makes it tilled. Influential citizens iu Newport, among I not only honorable, but fashionable to observe them L. P Morton, Esq., took the matter iu J the “code,” that is more criminal tba" the hand, and telegraphed that Campbell showed j code itself! Society has submitted, under unmistakable symptoms of insanity while on j protests, and with suppressed indignation, but board of that steamer. 1 has'failed in the full and honest discharge of It seems strange that, knowing this fact, j its duties. To do this will not restore life to some steps were not taken to prevent such a 1 the lamented dead, but will, we trust, prevent dangerous character being let loose upon the the sacrifice of other victims, and protect tho community, especially as he was provided with | peace and happiness of families. letters of introduction to some of the ^beet families in the country. Mr. Sisson has recovered from injuries so as After the Buttle of Wocrth. ,. , . v , , - , , Edmond About describes the scenes after to attend to his duties, but bears a mark on | — , ... . Via* xx.; 11 hi* rrr*v« the buttle of Woertii as follows: his skull which he will carry to his grave. The Lord C. now says he supposed that the “One sees solid regiments, who proudly re- THE “CODE.” officer was a robber, and he intended to throw I treat, while a tew bad soldiers, disbanded, lost, him overboard. He now wants to settle the I demoralized, and disarmed, throw themselves matter, and offers a good round sum to help 1 desperately into each by-path. I arrived just the officer’s wounded head and feelings. 1 in time to stop three wretched Turcos, mount ed on-artillery horses, as they were entering an old quarry with the hope of making a short cut from the field. Our artillery, must have The Memphis Trngcdy-Thc Bench, Pul- J been roughly used, so many caissons peas along pit m»d Press. | the road without guns. But here come one or From the Nashville Banner, 30th.] I two regiments of the line quite firm, tolerably Memphis has the call on duels. Two have I complete in numbers, rifle on shoulder, and occurred within a very short .space of time, I knapsack on back. Behind them Marshal while challenges are about as common os nom-1 McMahon, calm, dignified, almost smiling, and inating conventions. The Memphis papers ol I fresh os a rose. I salute him as he passes. He the 27th and 28th are full of the details of the j responds without noticing me. One of his last fashionable rencontre, resulting in the I aids, M. d’Alsac. names me. Then the old death ol a worthy young man, who has been I hero stops, and tells me quite simply the compelled, under the inexorable regul -tions I story of bis defeat, thus: T had only 35,000 of the code, which seems to command more I men, and I found 150,000 in front of me. We respect than the laws in that vicinity, to sur-1 have given away before numbers. They have render up his life. One of the reports ’ of this I killed or wounded about 5,000 men. But we trageay tells us how the people of Memphis I shall have our revenge. Explain this to the were “never more horror-stricken, and never I public. But where are you going iu that more impressed with the barbarism of tho code;” I direction?’ *To Saveme,’ I replied, ‘You and that “whatever the horror of the public, it I will be captured. The Prussians will bo bore no comparison to the frantic grief” of 1 there in two hours,’ says the General. ‘I the youth’s mother and other kindred. And [ have my wife and children there,’ I answer, yet we are told that influential citizens knew I God preserve you. Do not fail to say that of it beforehand; labored for days to bring I the morale of tho troops is excellent.’ Wo the affidr to an adjustment; one of the papers I shake hands. even announced the performance about to be I “I exchange a few pleasant words with M. had several hours before it actually took place, I d’Alzac, and I search vainly in the ranks of and sent its reporter to the field; there was a I the staff os it moves on for the laughing and ] procession of carriages to tho scene of liostili-1 kindly face of M. de Vogue, officer of ordnance. 1 ies, and yet there wero no police, no Sheriffs, j This fine young man,, fall of promise, was or any officials of that sort on hand to preserve I killed by a ballet throagh the forehead, nnd tho peace. Inter ortna silent leges. I General Colson with a bullet through the The killing was permitted in the open day I heart Both of them were struck down by the presence of a numerous audience of I the side of the Marshal, who was reckless of gentlemen—“a day too bright and a scene too | his life. Last comes a regiment of Turcos, glorious, as the newspaper says, for so melon-1 the most complete and finest of tho three, choly an occurrence as was about to ensue. I These fellows have not thrown away their The notes of the birds floated by on the mom-1 knapsacks nor their arms. One of the ing air, the perfume of flowers regaled the J first comes out of the ranks and clasps EAST TENNESSEE NEWS. KNOXVILLE. Quite a number of new streets arc being opened. Rev. Wm. Graham, pastor of the Episcopal Church, left for Baltimore, Tuesday, to take charge of a church. The depot and work shops of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad were draped in mourning, Tuesday, in consequence of the death of the President of the Road. CoL Thos. Calloway. CHATTANOOGA. Mr. Robert Knauf has disappeared iu a very mysterious manner. Vagrants lodge in the car shed every night Heavy chancery sale coming off in a few days. Men like Ex-Governor Johnson, Judge Pope, Judge Andrews, Judge Parrott Judge Greene, Chief Justice Brown, Associate Justices Mo- Coy and Warner, are denounced as ignorant by ignoramuses who can see nothing good in a Republican appointee to office. Either of these gentlemen havo doubtless forgotten more than these Democratic blvthersifites ever knew. * senses, and every thing seemed to give praise I me around tho neck. It is i to the Author of the Universe. Yet in the I Dory, a fellow-journalist and the w qf all this, men were intent upon each I cellent fellow begins by telling me: *1 have other’s iflood.” The preliminaries were as | been to your house; it is empty. All your cooly arranged as for a prize fight, a barbecue, I people are safe but you. I, as yon see, am a camp-meeting, or a hanging. “Two saplings 1 firm as a post Oh, my poor friends ! What were cut down and transplanted after the J a disaster. We will repair it though.' Ho gronnd had staked off, so os to af-1 runs off and disappears in the motley crowd ford shelter to .each-” Everything was com-1 of his comrades. A little farther on I saw a fortablo and regular, fqr tho death of one or I civilian dressed in a short coat of grey velvet both, and to the complete satisfaction of the I who marches like an officer between two corn- interested audience. Tw«j6)iQts are fired and I panics of the line. It is M. Guildran, the one poor victim falls murdered upon the I artist of the Illustration, an old Mend of the ground, and another stands erect a murderer— I day before yesterday. He carries his portfolio all is justified by “the code.” Inter anna silent I across his back, and to-morrow morning at leges. The wounded says, “I am hit,” j Pfalzburg he will, no doubt make a sketch of and looking toward his adversary, exclaims: 1 this shameful retreat ■ “I never said anght against yon or injured you ] “At the gates of Saveme, the panic-stricken in all my life.” And then tho sad recital goes I are flying iwapg the railway or hiding in the on in the words of the reporter: I gardens; but some good regiments of tbe lino Said Mr. Hamlin, “Is it a killing wound, are tramping in steps through the streets, doctor?” I Their passage, calm and courageous, is not “It is a serious wound, Ed,” replied Dr. I over before II o'clock at night These last Saunders, “and I can give you no en-1 belong to the Fifth Corps. They leeched couragement” Reichshoffen too late to give battle,— .fired too high, didn’t I, doctor ?” asked 11 find the little town a prey to a panic really the dying man. fabulous. Marshal MacMahon arrived there ‘Are you in pain, Ed?” asked one of the I on Saturday night at 11 o’clock, followed by the remains of his army, and preceded by a w xx% I am not in pain," he said, “but 1 swarm of breathless fugitives. In the twmk- I feefsuah a strange sensation here,” placing I ling of an eye Saveme saw itself filled his hand tmiiis side, the wound meanwhile I with the First Corps, which the foe luckily be having been bandaged. lieved to have retired upon Bitche. They mess A pause. The wounded man’s eyes began 1 ed together where they could—those most for- to turn glassy. He was losing consciousness. I tunate, in the houses of their townsmen; those It was plain the sands of life were running out 1 who had brought away their knapsacks and kgt. I camp equipage, under their tents; many upon Said Mr. Scales, his second, bending over j the pavements and in the fields under heaven’s him, “Don’t you know me, Ed?” canopy. The night was passed in terror. If Thera was no response. the enemyhaff known tow to profit by the “He will never know you again, Scales,” opportunity, he might have made 10,000 or said Dr. Saunders, very gravely. 15,000 prisoners at one blow. The population After a little while there was a contortion of J was only half re-assured by the presenco of the body, and then an exclamation something troops broken down, starved and discomfited, like “Oh. my poor mother!” then all was I Some families got off by the mail tram at mid- silent as the grave again. (day, the last that went from Strasbourg. In three quarters of an hour from the time I * 1 • ~ when the pistol was discharged, Hamlin lay a Five Young Men StrneU Deaf In one corpse on the spot where he received the fetal I ,. s . . butot. It entered the right side, passed We gave publicity to a rnmor yesterday through the liver and through the leftside. morning which we regarded at tho time as Then the newspapers, of course, giro the nothing more; nevertheless, we gave it lor personnel of the chief actors; of all the sur- what it was worth, and waited for farther par- geons engaged, and the seconds; all theoor-1 ticulars. Yesterday we learned that the re spondents, and the “cartel” and minnle de- port was true, and we gathered the following tails of the preliminary arrangements follow—; additional facto: Five young men were gath- very interesting reading, no doubt, to curious I ered together in a room at Helena, Arkansas, readers of morning papers, and especially to ] one evening last week, and when they separa- disciples of “the code,” but very sad to the] ted for the night all were as well as usual, relatives of the deceased. The seconds, toe] Next morning the alarming foot was discovered next day, even published additional details of] that they were all completely deaf, and other letters omitted in the first publication, most, of them suffering * ““■’’Y Then the expounders of the law meet together i pom m the head. No relief could bo found in to pass tribute of respect They lament the] Helena, so four of them went to hew Or lain loss of their deceased professional brother, i for treatment, and one camo to Memphiss bnt no word of condemnation of the unlawful This Utter was J “.B°^yonngnntn who and “deep damnation of his taking off’is con- has lived tore till recently.. Ho formerly tained in their consolatory resolutions. clerked at Mansfield 4: HtRbees drug store. Then comes the impressive and imposing and previous to that time clerked for Gilbert lunoral, the Bacred edifice being filled to its nt- ( 4 Higbee. Ho is well known here, and most capacity. The altar all draped in sombre meeting an acquaintance yesterday he was black cloth, relieved with beautiful crosses accosted,, when he drew forth a pencil and composed of the fairest and most ehoice flow- paper and wrote, “I cannot hear a word you era, while a dim religious light shines through say; I have been struck deaf. Various coo- tto window over the altar, on which is in- jecturea have been made aa to toe cause of scribed the momentous word “Christ is Risen.” this singular occurrence; some ascribe .it to s Tho names of the pall bearers, the badges of direct visitation of Providence, others, of mourning upon their arms, the immortelles upon superstitious minds, to some subtle influence, the coffin, tto dirge of the organist-Profi Win not of God nor yet of man; while some seek kle-even the names of tho choir, the tenors and to find a scientific cause rathe condition of the bassos, and the songs they sang-all these [the weather, or what they ate and drank on details are given, bnt they do not bring back | the occasion. — Memphis bun. toe dead to life nor relieve the shocked moral " > sense of the community from a recurrence of The Knights of Pythias have met with con such enactments by virtue of “the Code.” siderable success in Charleston, and a new The acting clergyman, a personal friend of the | lodge is to be established there.