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Official Journal %»f Uic l uiUil HtMlcl* Official Journal or the State of Georgia ATLANTA, ::: JANUARY 10, 1S7S. Atlanta and Her Schools. Within tho next few days will be inaugu rated in Atlanta a system of Public Schools, similar to tbat«which has been so successful in other localities; and which, in our candid opinion, ia to do more lor tho moral and in tellectual deration of onr society, and per haps more to aid in tbe substantial growth and prosperity of onr city, than any enter prise yet projected. This great work has been the result of two long years of patient and earnest effort on tbe port of tbe friends of edneation. The foun dation has been well and deeply laid. Tbe appropriations by the city hare been liberal. The act of tbe Legislature, and the ordinance of Council, under authority of which this en terprise has been consummated, are judicious, liberal, and comprehensive. Large and com modious buildings hare been erected; tbe ser vices of on able and experienced Superintend ent havo boon secured; competent teachors— most of the in well and favorably known to our community—have beeu elected; a judicious selection of text books has been mode, based upon intrinsic merit alone; rales for the gov ernment of the schools have been submitted to, and approved by tho Hoard; and we shall be greatly disappointed if, within a few years, tho good influences of this well digested sys tem is not felt, not ouly in Atlanta, but throughout the entire Stole. It will induoe a better o’:as* of men from abroad to become permanent oitixens of our city. Skilled mechanics and artisans, mer chants, traders, professional and business men, will all seek permanent homes where openings tor basin** arc better and more nu merous, and where tho facilities for educating their children are equal, if indeed not supe rior, to those offered in tho great cities of the West. Of course these schools will cost money. Property holders well understand that, and have cheerfully submitted to the taxation to defray this expense. And they do this all the more cheerfully, because they well know that the increase in the value of city property must always be in exact ratio tc the number and dons of citizens that is to augment the growth of our city. Henceforth, in Atlanta, as iu Philadelphia and Hartford and Cincinnati, the children of the .skilled m cbanic, the artisan, and tbe d<ty laborer, will be afforded the moans of obtaining a splendid educa tion a far better education thau has hereto fore been possible, even in some of our aca demies of a professedly high grade, and where tho cost of entering a son or daughter amoun ted to a positive prohibition except to the wealthy Tbc*eT*ciioo!s will of course, in a very short time, swallow up all the private schools of the city; and in anticipation of this, some of our ablest and most experienced teachers, male and female, have sought and obtained positions as teachors in the Pub lie Schools HMMvgiug into theso schools a number of schools already estab lished, and tons are among the most prominent and influential citizens of Atlanta. Ta« Ctearokfe Railroad Seize It is already known to^lho reading public , that Governor tJonley has, under authority of \ an act of the Legislature, approved March «iz--*d tho Carter*villa and Van Wert What la the Democratic Majority In Geor gia I- Which la the I'arfy! On the ith day of November last theTieg- islaturo of Georgia, then in session, reoog- LizJQ Hou. Benjamin Conley os the Governor of Georgia. This was done afler a full can vass of all the circumstances, and after amplo discussion of the legality of Governor Conley’s claim to tbe position. He became possessed of the office in tbe manner and by the means constitutionally appointed. This was con ceded, even by his political opponents. The unejpired term to which Governor Conley, in virtue of a Constitutional provision, acceded, was for about ten months only. Both Houses of the General Assembly had been organized subsequent to his accession to the office; and the very words of the Constitu tion, applicable as well to all special as to general elections, are that, “The returns for every election of Governor, after the first, shall be sealed up by the Managers, sepa rately from other returns,and directed to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, and transmitted to Hie Excellency, the Governor, or the per son exercising the duties of Governor for tbe time being, who shall, without opening soil returns, cause the same to be laid before the Senate, on the day after the two Houses shall have been organized.” The fact that compliance with this constitutional provision was wholly irreconcilable with a scheme for a special enactment or order for an election of Governor, for the unexpired term, was ap parent to all. Nevertheless, aa election was ordered Ly the General Assembly, and the farce of a popular ballot gone through with on the 19th of December last. We, ot course, intend no diw ipect by calling this a “farce;” hot that it s a £*rctfgf id nothing more, appears from the fact that out of 205,000 votes in the State, leas than 35,000 were polled 1 Mr. Speaker Smith—a very estimable gen tleman, so r as we know, to the coantrary— now claimfc trr be Governor in virtue of this electiou. To enforce this claim, and otherwise reorganize the Stale Government in the inter ests of a political faction, the Legislature con vokes on the 10th instant, ami a long, turbu lent, aud expensive session* is anticipated. No political party can loDg survive such a record os this. The movement was inaugu rated over tbe solemn protest of many of the ablest and most astute leaders of tbe Demo cratic party. Its wisdom was doubted, and the project disapproved, by legal gentlemen of all shades of political opinion. The Demo crats claim a party vote in the State ol from 120.000 to 130,000. The question therefore now is, which ia the Democratic party, the 35.000 who support this scheme or the 95,000 who either opposed or stood aloof from this revolutionary scheme of reorganization ? Tie Best Joke Yet. Alluding to the late election farce in tLis State, and to some remarks of tbe Eba touch ing Mr. Speaker Smith’s Claim to tho Guber natorial office, the Colnmbns Enquirtr of the 6th says: We do not know how man j vote* were c**» iu the State; but the fact that fire counties gave »vea thou sand votes for Smith, and not.fcolf a doeen for any seelse, ia rather damaging to the Eoa'k estimate. And the fact that 55,000 are considerably more than 3-30tlia of 200,000 (the estimate of the number of Tr.se in the 8tste) suggests that the Essie as faulty In the working aa in the atatement of a mithemaiical proposition. the confession of the Enquirer is, that it does “ not know how many votes were cast in tbe State ” at tbe election on tbe 19th De cember. It docs not. therefore, dispute the truth of the statement that there were not ex ceeding 35,000 votee cast. The voting popula tion ot the State is estimated at from 200,000 to 210,000 votes. Hence the correctness of the statement that not «*cetding three - twentieths of the entire rote of tho State was cast for Mr. Smith. Will Mr. Smith path a claim that is no better supported by the peo ple than this ? We hope not. But, says the Enquirer, Jtee counties gave 7,000 votes for Smith, “ and not a half a Cozen for any one else!'* Considering the fact that Mr. Smith was the only candidate in the field, and consequently the on/’/ candidate of this three-twentieth vote of the State, this state ment ia decidedly refreshing ! The election law was held to be illegal by a large and respectable number of Mr. Smith's own party. Others of the same party opposed the election upon grounds of mere expediency. The Republicans declined to euter the contest at all, under any circumstances, believing the whole scheme unconstitutional and irregular. The Smith faction succeeded in polling not ex ceeding 35,000 votes, out of a Democratic vote of say 150,000, as claimed by thi Democracy themselves. And now the consolation is, that there were “not a half dozen votes cast for any one else" except Mr. Smith! That the Enquirer is merely jesting over this matter, is apparent from the following paragraph, taken from the same article: ▲ majority of oil the rotes cast it aD that is required, and this the people of Georgia well knew when so many of them staid at home on the day of the election, not caring to give a full vote to a rand date who had no oppotftion. These admissions of the Enquirer embody everything asserted by tbe Eju. Perhaps the very gist of the controversy is the legality of the election itself. It was simply because seventeen-twentieths ot the voting population of the State believed the election to be irregu lar and unconstitutional, that they took no part in it. Having beeu held, eveu by so insignifi cant a minority, the validity of the election is a question for tbe courts. >ertiap! A ►tJBna The Storm Brewing. Mr. Speaker Smith, who was elected Governor on tbe 19th, by about 35,000 votes out of 205,000, lives in Columbus. From the tone of the Democratic papers of that city, it would seem that he seriously intends playing the role ot Governor for the unexpired term of about nice months. But how to proceed seems to be the question. No definite plan of operations seems yet agreed upon. The va cancy is already filled, and this in the manner prescribed in the State Constitution. Such at least is the opinion, it would seem, of a large majority of Mr. Smith's own party. Suppose lyfpartisau friends in the Legislature should recognizo him as Governor; and, encouraged by this, he shonld open an offico aDd claim to exercise the functions of the Executive ? In that case, we shall have two Governors, just as was predicted in November last, when the bill providing a special order for a special election was passed over the Executive veto. This contingency suggest* itself to the Co- :: .i r , L rnd placed U.e same io the h od 4 Son. That paper, of the SU> inalant, f ft Bert Ivor. The Receive appointed was [- < —rf . .. ....... _ * r . —A The cpAf pr«maca%l»at if tho pernon filling any of- 1 I iuioLi-k I riutap, 7<lce shall neglect or refuse to t:irn over to bis sncccs- and a gentle- l BOT the records, books, and papers of bis office after •"to personal character. B. tho provision of the act, under auth r- ity of which this seizure was made, the Be- cuiv.T is to apply the earnings of the Boad to the extinguishment of its unpaid obligations, for which the State is liable in virtue of its ind' A.-scment of those bouds. Failure to pay tho interest on the bonds, on the part of the Company, ui v lo ibis step obligatory upon the Governor in order to secure the State. Such is the law. In virtue of his appointment as agent of tho State, Colonel Printnp, as wo learn from tho Cartersville Express, has endeavored to take formal possession of the road, aud to cuter upon the dischargo of tho duties of his position. But he has beeu restrained from doing this under local process. The Express alleges that an injunction has been granted by a local tribunal, restraining all levies upon the road by its creditors! And in virtue of this'!ujauction, the shuriff resisted its posses sion by Colonel Print up. Thus the matter is s.id to stand. We give the facts as wo learn them from the Express. They certainly present au anomoiy in the his tory of modern legal proceedings. Thr State Lunatlr Ar.ylnst Report. The ruport of Dr. Green, the superintend ent and resident physician of tbe State La Da- tic Asylum, contains sonic very interesting facts in relation to that institution. It ap pears that the aggregate number of patients in the asylum daring the period embaced in the report—or from January l to Octo ber 1, 1871,—was 439, of which 22 were pa tients, 12 were part pay patieuts, bnd 405 were pauper patients; 55 out of tbe whole num ber admitted were idiots, 47 were epilep tics, and the remainder wtre lunatics. Doriug the above mentioned period there were received into the Asylum 3f male, and 22 female patients. Of tbe 439 jntients iu the institution duriug that time 23 lied, 1 eloped, and 29 were discharged. There existed at tho close df the year 1870 an outstanding indebted n ess of pU,07G. 30, gro w- ing oat of the inadequacy of-tho appropria tions of 1368 and 1869. T^e indebtedness has beeu reduced to the amefcat of $3,272.28 by payments from tundaflhi*cd from pay pa tients and sales. Thcroifevfj, yrnaipjggj yA^jlon* Ooicber Si *671. JfTFmale, and 183 female patients; in all 380. Book Notice*. Dakota Last, os thi Beaut* o: original illustrated Historical and presenting a combination of Marvel Wandering Fancies, Singular Events, talities, all interwoven with graphic the beantifal scenery, and of Minnesota. By CoL Hawkins, Home Gazette. For sale by etia street, Atlanta, Georgia. In external appearance, most attractive of new Boo] cal execution is faultless. It lustrations, and also a finely t the great W*st. Tbe book is written in that place style, 30 attractive to the a of books of travel. It is very li dessert, aud easily digested weary and overtaxed brain. It, howe 1 tains some valuable information coni tbe habits and customs of Western life is not easily obtained elsewhere. It baps, above the average of such books cies of American literature at om tboric and popular. It would be orna ment in any parlor or drawing room; 'It is rather light for the library. The Debatable Land Between this Would au> the Next, with illustrative narrations. By Bo bet Dale Owen, author of “ Footfalls on the Boanjry of Another World." New York: G. W. CarlrfokiCo., Publishers. As a mere literary production this voltyneis by no means entitled to the highest plact. In this respect it is not ap to Mr. Owen’s wil known .standard. And yet its style poftses-es the rare merit of conciseness. There #e some repetitions, but these, owing to nature of the subject treated, are pardonafle, perhaps necessary. , Owen, as is well known to tho&femd- Ith his writings, is not an affilQfiox ian; or rather, in justice to him,fw* d say an orthodox churchman. H< longs to the Spiritualist school of re] belief; not to tbe exclusive, as taugb) by George Fox and Swedenborg; but to tfa{ uui- versalist school, as represented by tbe modern Epiphanist. lie rejects the clement of^infcd- libility, in all its forms, whether appjed to Church, jiftest, or Bible. He .seeks, iu Jho vol ume before ns, to show that religion, jlftch as Christ taught, though sure to prevail in tie end, is yet seriously choked by human (feels, and sorely pressed by superstition. It is can- batted on the one hand under the banneiof Infallibility, and on the other by the vigorois pioneers of Science. He endeavors to shiw that, in this strait, experimental evidence of the existence of modern spiritual phenom ena, if it can bo had, would assist Christian ity beyond measure. Ho seeks to show, also, that if we will ba: open oar minds to the truth, we shi^l obtain, as the r. aiiLyaafl tne character of there phenomena, -ptod^xl)Delu sive of the existence of intermundane laws. The volume opens with a very lengthy but able aud ingenious address to lio Protestant Clergy. This address occupies nearly 181 pages of the book, or nearly one fourth of the entire volume. In it he briefly the rise, progress, aod result of tbe ieformation of tbe lGtb Century; endeavors to prove that Luther and Calvin predicated thefr syftems upon tbe Epistles of St Paul, rather than upon the synoptical record of Chrises sayings and doings; consequently, that ttnir system is based upon tbe idea of infallibildy, in that they accepted as infallible the Apostle oT the Gentiles. That the failure of Protestantism— aud he endeavors to show by statistics tkut it is a failure, or that it is at least rapidly be coming so is attributable to the fact that the Reformers rejected the spiritual tenets 91 the mother Church, whilst they exchange! the Infallibility of the Pope for the Infallibly of the written Epistles of St. Paul, Ho a ingeniously to tbtrold argument, that fi fallible revelation, long existing iu del THIS DEATH PENALTY. Remarks Marie by Judge Jolin L. llopki Passing Sentence Ip cm Tltomas^ Si, at tbe Last Term or Clayton Su Court. ’ deth i blood, by man stull his Here is an extract from a Review, in the London Times, of Earnest Renan’s late work •• Democracy is by it? nature envious, given to mi t*rial pleasures, ignorant, and consequently frivolous, inimical to all superiority, eag -r to place obstacles iu the way of real merit, to destroy all that surpaas it: cosy of access to charlatans, complaisant to flatterers, impatient of discipline, it can only exist in an aimos- plu-re of intellectual mediocrity and moral debase ment, and commonly cuds in despotism.** Th« anathemas of the French philosopher, and the comments of the London Times, were donhtf&ts levelled at tho Paris Commune, would, however, be difficult to convince the average American that American Democracy was wholly absent from the mind of the writer when tho above was penned ! “ Organ ized I 'norwuce” was tho term applied to the thing called “ Democracy” in America, by a distinguished statesman of England some year* Tnnprrsncr in Congress. Hr. Senator Wilson gave a temperance lec ture in Boston, last Sunday evening, worth noticing, because he said that in Congress during The last seventeen years he had found that tho members who nsed alcohol were inva riably the first to be prostrated by protracted work. “ Iu my experience,” he said, “while Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs I always found that the men to be relied on wtrathe meu who drank not at all.” However, Mr. Wilson thought tbero wi re fewer drinking :u<-n in Congress now than when he first went to it. F< nm-rly the night sessions were dreaded on account of tho debauchery to which they ;;uvo rise. Now, about one-quarter of the Senators arc pledged temperance men, and there is not what may bo called “a hard drinker” i:i tbe Senate at all. The facts are about the . amc ia ibe House of Represents tives. Once the departments were full of drr.ukon men, now they are the exceptions. Comiug from a source to be relied npon, these are interesting and cheering facts. the same are denyiDdetl, complaint can be made to the Judge of the Superior Court, who must grant an or der, setting a time for a hearing, and requiring each delinquent to show cause why be should not be com pelled to deliver up the Kome: that tbe Judge shall proceed to inquire into the circumstances, and if it appear that such books are illegally withheld he must order the same to be deliver, d iustauter to his sac censor, and the punishment of failure is flue and im prisonment till tbe books are delivered up. The Judge of the Superior Court gives judgment id an appeal is bad to the Supreme Court. The lat ter Court is divided in opinion. What then t Here twin Governor#, and who shall be able to identify the true and the false Dromio ? We are not all Fal!- staffs to know by instinct the true Prince. One good Governor at * time, is enough for Georgia, bat two i« coming it strong. This trouble coaid have been avoided, if the Legislature had refused at once promptly to have recognized Conley as Governor, kc. Theso points were hiutcd at by the Augusta Constitutionalist, pending the discussion of the special election bill in tbo Senate; and in view nf ibe improbable snecess of tbe party that should be elected, in obtaining possession of the book;;, papers, and great Seal of State under legal process, tbe whole scheme looking to such election was disapproved. A quo war ranto would bring up the main constitutional question upon which this whole controversy hinges. Thus placed upon its merits, few lawyers of intelligence and experience doubts but that tbe plaintiff would fail utterly. Then what ? As a question of laic, tbe issue will have been decided. It will thence forth become a question of enforcement of law. Let sober minded men think of this! It involves much more than we are apt, upon first thought, to suppose. It might not, nec essarily, grow into a second Don’s Rebellion: and yet it wonld involve complications and contingonces which we in Georgia have hoped would never recur. We have had quite enough of Federal interference, have we not ? Surely Georgians ore competent to manage their own local affairs, and ought to do so. Publlr Keltool*. The city of Philadelphia Los 380 Public School houses, 1,539 teachers 134,574 regis tered pupils, and school property valued at $3,315,407. The city has upended for school purposes duriug tbe past tear, $1 491,- 029. She pays her male teacher an average of $137,54 per month; female leathers $43.40 per month. Such statements as these going cut to the world, are among the causes to which that beautiful oity attributes her marvellous growth and prospertv during the past ten years. Army Necrology for 1871. There were forty-five deaths among the offi cers of the United States army during the year 1871. The most prominent in this list were General Robert Auderson, of Fort Sum ter; General Ketcbum, for whose murder Mrs. Wharton is now on trial for her life, and Pro fessors Mahan and Angel, of the Military Academy. Among the officers retired, num bering in all eighteen, tho most prominent were Major General Hartsnff, Assistant Adju tant General ; Paymaster General Brice, and Assistant Adjutant General Hiram Leonard. Nine and a halt months is the length of tbe nnexpired term to be filled ont by Governor Conley, c-r by Mr. Speaker Smith, shonld the (\>!» is decide in his favor. Tbe time is short; rut to impatient office seekers it doubtless 8 • in? au age. The Columbus papers say that Mr. Smith ia already overwhelmed with appli cations i »r places. This is what may be tenut-d set-king a short office at very long range. Thr \rw t'aNgn-uion«l i)f»tric-<*. The new Apportionment Bill, as proposed in Congress, and as it will probably become a law, gives Georgia two additional members in Congress -making nine in all. It will, of course, necessitate the formation of two new Congressional Districts in tbe State, and like- i a readjustment of the boundaries of tbe present districts. This readjustment of districts is a matter for tbe State Legislature, of course. It is a work of grave importance. It should receivo due consideration before any decisive action ii had. As far as possible, tbe wishes of The people should be consulted. Wo do nof mean the politicians; we mean the people. There shonld be no jerymandering in the interest of gentlemen who aspire to Congressional honors. Tbe general political interests of the State ahould not be sacrificed to thoseof mere party. Of course, such an effort will be made; but the honest and patriotic men of either or both parties are expected to oppose it. Failing in this, they must expect the execrations of the people, however much they be whitewashed by partisan allies. The New York Sun sees “a good thing” in Georgia. The lease of the Western and At lantic Railroad, is not, according to the San just what it should be. It was “a fraud upon tb^ people of the State,” aud tbe Sun feels called npon to “have something more to say on this snbject,” Ac. The lease was a Democratic measure, as cry body knows, and yet the San accuses Pres ident Grant with being one of tho parties lo the transaction ! What next ? lightened centuries, to the castody of fallible men; that it was translated by fallible meu, at first into Latin, after a thousand years more into modern tongues; that it was gradually separated by fallible men from apocryphal matter; that it was finally adopted, more than three hundred and fifty years after the cruci fixion, by a Catholic Ecnminical Council, and a Catholic pope, who announced what books should be included in the canon; authenti cating the whole as the word of God; and finally that it has been and still is interpreted by fallible churches, who differ grieviousJy in their several constructions of its meaning. He then eudeavors to show a necessity for other revelation than that set forth in the written Word; that this revelation is not only possible, under certain conditions conforma ble to intermundane laws, but that it is actual —a veritable reality; and that tho phenomena of these spirit manifestations, will, when prop erly understood, lead to the rejection of the cumbersome human creeds of the orthodox churches, and place Christianity before the w’orld disenthralled of superstition. Unlike Macaulay, Mr. Owen does not there fore believe that a Christian of the fifth cen tury with a Bible was upon au equality so far as religions progress is concerned, with a Chris tian of the nineteenth century with a Bible. On the contrary, be does not believe that rev elation ceased entirely after tbe first centirj of the last eighteen; but that a Christian to day may, by putting himself under tbe same intermundane laws, according to which the rcaght, receive Thomas O’Neal, who was the mnrder of Joseph M. Antho- aat« d on Thursday, the 21st alt. .dered a verdict of “guilty.” On ’riday tbo prisoner was brought ceive sentence. The following report was written tor the Eba. ncer, Esq., of this city. L, Hopkins, in passing sen- iomas O’Neal, who was convicted of Joseph M. Anthony, on the of December 24, 1870, at Jonesboro, county, said: Thomas O’Neal, you have, by tho jury, been found guilty of murder, and tho inexpressi bly painful duty remains 1 or the Court to pass upon you the senience of the laic. Y’our trial has beeo conducted with «]] the patience the Court possessed, and with aH the attention it could command. It was participated iu by a jury who were impartial and hrnj C .,t. I ob served every witness; I thiuk I heard every word spokeu by them. 1 have no cause to snspect that the result, dreadful as it la to you, was obtained otherwise than by juk ami impartial means. If I had the sus picion that partiality or bias had entered into your case, it would be aa exceedingly painfni reflection to me. The result, tho ver dict of guilty, was inevitable. There was not any cause, from first to the last sentence in the testimony, no mitigating circumstance to re lieve it from what tbe law calls murder, mur der without one particle of evidence to pal liate, excuse, or justify it. The circumstances surrounding this case are not only peculiar, but very painful. It was unusual, unnatural, that a man of Anthony’s peaceable character should fall by a pistol shot. He had not in vited it by a violent course of life, as it aj»- pears from the testimony that he was an inof fensive man. It is certain that, from his last distinct utterance on earth, anger had no place in his bosom. With that sentence failing from his lips, yon killed him. With tho state ment, “I am not mad,” his last distinct and rational utterance, he went to the judgment bar of his God. When a violent and lawless mau falls by violence, dreadful as it is, it is often the sentence of a just public that he de served his fate; though it was unjust to kill him, the moral sense of tho people is not so outraged, nor its condemnation so marked and universal, as when au innocent aud inoffen sive man falls at the hand of his fellow man. On the other hand, it seems strange and unusual (bat a youth of yoar age, a boy not yet 21 years of age I believe, that you, before attaining your majority, should have reached the utmost limit of human guilt, and have incurred the highest and most awful penalty known o human laic, or that mau cau inflict on man, that penalty is about to be inflicted ou you. Your character has been partly formed, I have no doubt; aud your fate has been procured to some extent by the nse of pistols and whisky. The carry ing of concealed weapons brings you to the gailows. Your mind inflamed with ungov- erx r -d passion; controlled by bad habits; you go about armed with a deadly weapon for the purpose of agression, proceeding step by step till an innocent man is shot down without canae. I wish it wore in my power to impress on the minds of tho young men of this county or two important truths in reference to the formation of character. I can hardly hope to do so, as these matters are presented to them every day, from the pulpit, from every good book, and every day’s experience. An act once committed is ended for ever, it is no longer in the power of man to undo what is done; a man may change or abandon his course of life, but when an act is done it is beyond man’s power to recall or alter it. How important then is it that every act should be right: there is no thought iu the mind of mau that does not enter into the formation of his character for good or bad; no step from his infancy that does not lead to good or bad. There is a point when the formation of character begins and assumes a definite coarse, every after step strengthens and establishes that character; if his course be downward it is step by step to utmost de pravity, till ho dies, and where the evil life ends hell begins; on the contrary the practice of good deeds, and the formation of good habits finally become so nermanoat that they are as~dffficult to shake off as the evTl man’s bad habits are, and it becomes as difficult for the good man to do wrong as for the wicked man to do right; thus he goes in the grand ascend ing scale of virtue till he also dies, and where the good man’s life ends there heaven begins. At this time you staud at the utmost verge of evil. Every word I have said to you this morning is to try, if possible, to turn you from the awful end while there is life remaining. Life has closed on Anthony. All that was mortal of him has ceased to be, but his spirit lives, and as your accuser it lives at tho bar of aa avenging God. It has goue before you. Realize it! Your days ou this earth are few; you have to die; it is the sentence of the law, and it will be executed. Ail that is desirable of earth is yours no more; your parents, your TI1E FISK-STOKE5 TRAGEDY. Jim Fisk Shot amt Fatally IVoanAfd in the Central Hotel— Edward Stokes the Assassin—The Victim's Condition After the Shooting—Intense Excitement. Wo copy the following dispatch from the N^hville Union and American of the 7th, as it ijtes fuller details of the Stokes-Fisk trage dy tt) to the time of Fisk's death than we are likely to receive until tho arrival of the New York nails: New 1 1'obk, January C.—James Fisk, Jr., was sh<t twice in the breast by Edward Stokes, ;t the Grand Central Hotel, at twenty minutes fast four o’clock this afternoon. The affuir took place in the vestibale. Fisk was assisted to i chair. It is thought that he can not survive. Stokes was arrested and con veyed to the ifteeuth precinct station house. Fisk had just alighted from his carriage and entered the hofcgl when he was shot. FUETHER PARTICULARS. New York, Jaiuary 6.—The following are the circumstance* attending the Fisk shooting At 4.V P. M a carriage stopped at the The Kn-Klnx entrance of the Gland Central Hotel, contain ing Fisk and a companion. Tho former alighted and enterel tho hotel for the purpose of proceeding to lis room. Just us he ascended the first ste^ Stokes came out of an adjoining passageway, unperceived by Fisk, and unbuttoned his coit, drew out a revolver and rapidly discharged three shots at Fisk. The first lodged in Fisk’s shoulder. The ^teond whistled close by tis head. The third, W1 di more fatal direction, took effect in the abdomen, inflicting a morUl wound. Fisk at once sta^ered and fell, wh’Je Stokes, casting a look of twtred on the prostrate form of his victim, said, i« savage tones, “ I have done for the son of a ~— this time.” Fisk evidently recognized his assailant before falling, but made no remark. Immediately after the shots were fired, the hotel employees rushed to Washington, D. C.. December 30,1871. Hon. John Pool, Washington, D. C. Mv Dear Sir: I havo reeeived your letter of the 27th instant, covering ono from Colonel Carrow, United States Marshal of North Car olina, from which it appears that certain in terested persons pretend aud are trying to produce the impression that the late change the office of Attorney General indicates on the part of tho Administration au abatement of vigor in prosecuting offenders under the recent legislation of Congress to enforce the rights of citizens. I am not acquainted with the motives which induced Mr. Akerman to resign, but I know that the President was perfectly satisfied with the energy aud zeal displayed by him in pros ecuting members of tho Kn-Klux Klan. Judging from tbe evidence elicited upon re cent trials of such persons, this Klan is an or ganization that no Christian or civilized gov- ermnet can tolerate, and if those who commit or countenance its atrocious crimes expect any favors from me, they are doomed to signal and bitter disappointment. I do not abandon the hope that all good cit izens in the Southern States, for the sake of their own safety and happiness, as well as from other considerations, will assist the public au thorities in breaking up all combinations of men formed to disregard law and destroy the peace of society; but ifYlnreasoning and de fiant crime makes it necessary, the President is determined to use ail the power which tho Constitution and laws have placed in his bands to protect the lives and property of peaceable citizens and maintain the supremacy of the laws. Yours, very truly. Geo. II. Williams. “ When Eve brought wo to all Old Adam called her woman, Aud when she woo'd with lovo so kind. He then pronounced her woo-in an. But now with folly, dress, and pride. Their husband’s pockets trimming. And if by noble actions Men into giants grew. How few tall men the city. In its best days, could show. If men's stature was the measure Of tbe deeds they do, And if ignoble actions Would make men smaller grow. We are glad to see that the Savannah Re. publican has resumed publication. It is one of the oldest and ablest of the Georgia press;’ iracleg of tll0 Biblo were and though, as we thiuk, ou tho wrong aide | manifestations such as promised by Christ, not in politics, we osteera it among our very best exchanges, and wish it a prosperous career. The thirty-seventh ticket for President and Vice President, proposed by the New Y’ork Sun, is Lyman Trnmbull, of Illinois, and (who would have thought it), S-a-m-u-e-1 Jay T-i-J-d-e-r, of New York ! What next ? Sir Charles Dilke, the great Euglish Re publican, tired of the persecutions to which be is subjected in his own couutry has gone to France. But the French Republicans have placed Sir Charles under closo surveillance, aud that geatlemau is very much disgusted thereat. There is too much fuss made about the In ternation Society. It is not so very danger ous, after all. As soon as it becomes a really strong party it will split into factious, as other similar organizations have done before. The Washington Gazette pitches into “ru ral editors” on account of their propensity for “sponging »nd dead heading.” Some of onr metropolitan editors might well profit by the hint Ireland calls upon Victoria to give her a “home rule.” But Vic is in doubt as to whether she wil! herself have a home to rule much longer. Camilla is to have a paper called “ The Comet.” We trust that it will not be as flashy and short lived as comets usually are. Gambetta is practicing law at Marseilles. He is still considered tbe nf ing hope of tbe provincial cities. George Francis Train threatens to sue every newspaper for libel that calls him a lunatic. John Boll spends $10,000,000 annually on his religion and $540,000,000 for liquor. Quite a number of our Georgia papers are coming ont in new dresses. to his immediate disciples who attended li|m m person exclusively, but to all his followers, it whatever age or country. The book evinces much historical research, and great familiarity with church history; and is written in a spirit of liberality and candor that will command the respect even of those whose religions beliefs it assails. No attec tive and fair minded reader can doubt but that Mr. Owen honestly believes all he here sets forth so succinctly and forcibly. Atlanta Medical and Scboical Journal. The December number of this sterling jour nal has been received. The original departmect is of a high order and ia worthy of special notice, occupying it does no less than fifty pages of the number under review. Among these we no ? ic;> “The Causation of Diiease—Contagion,” by Frank A. Ramsay, M.D., of Knoxville, Tennessee; “A New In strament for Treating Locally Certain Dis ease of tho Genito-Urinary Organs, Male and Female,” by William Abram Love, M. D. of Atlanta; “Tbe Hygiene of Gestation,”by Joha Stainback Wilson, M. D., of Atlanta; Reports of the Atlanta Academy of Medicine; by J. T. Johnson, M. D., of Atlanta; “Ab stracts and Condensations from German Jour nals, ” by C. H. Rauschenburg, M. D., of At* lanta. The Atlanta Medical Journal cannot fail to commind tho attention of the medical pro fession with its able corps of contributors and collabtratcrs. We are pleased to learn that the Journal is rapidly attaining the position which it so richly merits, and that the reports of the Atlanta Academy of Medicine, and other articles are extensively read, copied, and favorably noticed. It must be a source of gratification to the editors of tbe Journal that tbe physicians of Atlanta are so well and numerously represent- in its pages. Tbe next Presidential election occnrs in leap year, as have all such elections since the foundation of the Government, and as all such elections must continue to do, so long as they remain quadrennial. tho scene. While some c^xed for the wound ed man, others seized Stok .s, who seeing es cape impossible, made no resistance and was promptly handed over to tho police. Fisk was quickly conveyed to his roo*i where the surgeon of the hotel was soon in attendance on hin». Meanwhile telegraphic dispatches were sent for further surgical aid and for friends of Fisk. The scene at the hotel after the shooting was one of extraordinary excite ment. Crowds coming from matinees of the various theaters hearing of the occurrence, thronged the corridors of the hotel, eagerly discussing the event and making inquiries about the particulars of tb* outrage. The offi cers who arrested Stokes conveyed him tt» the Fifteenth preciuct station house, where he vj now lodged iu a cell. The wound in Fisk’s abdomen is similar to that which caused the late Vallandigham’s death. The doctors are now (8 o’clock), probing for the bullet, but have not yet succeeded iu finding it. It i> not supposed that tho wounded man can sur vive until morniug. Tho coroners have been sent for to take out a post mortem statement. Surgeons are in constant attendance od Fisk. There is considerable nervous prostra tion. His couditiou is considered critical. The opinion of tho surgeons iu attendance is that ho would certainly live over night, Chas. S. Spencer, one of Fisk's lawyers, stated in« crowd at tbo hotel that Stokes had already ob tained $50,000 from Fisk, and failing iu hii last attempt had, like a coward, shot Fisk. He also said that when Stokes left the court to-day, he was perfectly cool and collected. Many friends and acquaintances of Fisk are at the hotel, Wm. M. Tweed among the num ber . Fisk is calm and collected, and was able to converse. At about 9 o’clock the Coroner heard the statement of Fisk as to the shooting. About half past nine he was engaged with his lawyer, D. D. Field, making his will. The doctors were unable to state up to 10 o’clock whether the ballet penetrated an intestine, consequent^ there seems to be a hope that the wound may not prove fatal. [By reference to our telegraphic columns this morning, it will be seen that James Fisk, Jr., died at 10:45 a. m., ou Sunday morning.] A Contrast— .Drift of Public Opinion I From the N. Y. Tribune, 3d.] Those conservative journals which affected to disbelieve all reports of the existence of Ku-Klux in South Carolina are discreetly mute npon the subject since the complete rout of the order iu the United States Circuit Court prominent citizens have been already convicted, aud one of these is now a fugitive justico. Eighteen indicted members the gang have made clean breast of their doings, and have pleaded guilty to tho charges against them. It is said that these unfortunates were forced into ‘■he company of tho Ku-Klux under throats a ^inst (heir lives, and that their confessions imp-cato citizens of their county who occupy tho bluest social positions. It is apparent that the «y 8 tem of terrorism which has pre vailed in st*Qe parts of tbo South has been severe enough to drive into the ranks of the Ku-Klnx many men who wonld otherwise have been indifferent to what was going Now that the courts'« a ve broken up this ty ranny tho unwilling *nbalterus iu the gang are glad to tell what they know about it From the Nashville UnV»n and American same date: The Radical Judges and packed negro juries who are conducting the Ku-Klux trials at Co- umbia. S. C.. have evidently been appointed t* convict From tho first day tbo court was opened until tho present time this has Seen mauifest, and it ia really wonderful that tL«*y havj not been able to ferret out more cases ot the au-Klnx thau they allego to havo discov ered. With average intelligence they could have turned their unbounded authority and pliablewilnesses to better account. THE KU-KLUX. Rev uwii Counsel Disgusted — Wtiut nly Johnson Said at Columbia, REAL ESTATE. The Safi*! in nt for Our Yc unfortunate brother, all the dear objects of life are to be parted with, and the grave must close upon you. It was ou Christinas Eve that you took the lifd of Anthony; it was the evening that preceded the anniversary of tho birth of the Savior of mankind. From Him springs your only hope. As death approaches, the truth, aud it is tbo truth, worth more than coantless worlds, is ready to impress itself on your mind aud heart. Earth has no real or permanent happiness. At best it is life of trouble and privation. No i is free from trouble, so it is wisely ordered that we may part with it without re gret. When the old man has outlived the joys of earth, descends calmly to the grave, and and instead of lood back to life without regret, invited by that hope which springs from faith Christ aud a hope of resurrection, he looks beyond the grave. But a young man sum moned away from companions and hopes of life, it mU3t be bitter to him, his mind mnst be filled with vain regrets. Hurnau agency can not procure for you a pardon from God for this monstrous crime or exemption from tho tortures of hell. Escape therefrom and a share in the joys of heaven can be obtained alone by you, by urgent prayer to God and faith iu His Sou who died that eveu such as you might be saved. Direct yourself to this at once. Yoar trust or hope iu man from this time forward must bo iu vain. Put your trust iu God alone, aud He can pardon even the shedding ot Anthony’s blood. Trust iu Him and in Him alone. Doubt not the merits of His Son. I would not part with that hopo for all worlds; the hopo, the belief, the nnfiuling faith that when the grave closes upon me, heaven awaits me, that is worth more than all on earth, that is certain; and this may be even for you, direct your thoughts, your aspira tions to this; even for you He can grant a /ull and freo pardon; seek earnestly the pardon of your sins from him, and look uoc to man, you can have no hope of pardon from man, that is beyond your reach. Call to your aid good meu, invoke their advice and prayers, that, as all earthly hope closes, you may have hope that your spirit will livo in peace in heaven alter your body shall have been given as a victim to the violated penal laws of your State. That you may direct yourself to this eud and accomplish 'it will be the earnest prayer, not only of myself, but of all who fed an .interest in your spiritual stab*. Let the prisoner stand up. Tbe jury having rendered a verdict of guilty in this case, it is considered and ordered U; the Court that the defendant, Thomas 0’N- ft l» be taken from the bar of this Court J> the jail of Clayton county, or if that is unsafe, to the jail of the adjoining county, mere to be safely kept till Fridav the sixteenth day of February, 1872. And it is father considered and ordered by the Court* that on said day, between the hours of It’ o’clock in the fore noon aud 3 o’clock in the afternoon, that within ono half nrfle of the court house of Jonesboro’ the Sheriff of said county do hang the said Thomas O’Neal for such hi3 offense of murder by tho neck till he is dead. The execution of this sentence shall be in private, with sufficient guard, and such . relatives and friends as said Thomas O'Neal may desire present. A Century of European Progress. A Berliu paper with a weakness for figures publishes some curious comparisons of the condition of Europe at tbe present timo with its condition a hundred years ago. Europe now has 300,000,000 of inhabitants; then it bad about CO,000,000. The six principal powers of Europe now engross four-fifths of jts population, as follows: Russia 71,000,000; Germany 40,000,000; France 3C,500,000; Austro-llunpary 30,000,000; Great Britain 32,000,000; Italy 20,500,000. |A hundred years ago the five great powers had but half the total population. This was before tho parti tion of Poland. From the New York Tribune.] We believe the Democratic papers, which deny that the Ku-Klux outrages have occurred in the South, or that any necessity exists lor the interference of the Federal authorities in preserving the peace in that part of the coun try. have not generally published the speech of Mr. Reverdy Johnson at the Ku-Klux trials in’fcolumbia. Mr. Johnson is a'witnesswffoui they cannot refuse to accept. lie ia not only a conservative in politics, but ou tbo occasion when this speech was made he was actin counsel for the Kn-Klnx prisoners. If it had been possible for an honest aud reasonable mau to listen to the disclosures made in that court room and then pronounce the stories of outrage false or grossly exaggerated, we may be sure that Mr. Kexerdy Johnson would havo done so. But this is what the prisoners’ counsel said: “ I have listened with horror to some of the testimony which has been brought before you. The outrages proved have been shocking to humanity; they admit neither of justification nor excuse ; they violate every obligation which law and nature impose upon men. These men appear to have been alike insensi ble to tho obligations of humanity and reli gion; but tho day will come, however, if it has not already arrived, when they will deeply lament it. Even if justice should not over take them there is another tribuual from which there is no escape. It is their own conscience, that tribunal which sits in the breast of every living man, that still small voice that thrills through the heart, aud as it speaks gives happiness or torture— the voice of conscience—the voico of God. And it it has not already spoken to them in tones which have waked them up to the enor mity of their conduct, I trust in the mercy of heaven that a voice will speak before they shall be called to the dread tribunal to ac count for their transactions in this world.” The defense set up for Lis clients rested upon the plea of mistaken identity. There was no attempt to deny the facts of tbe crime, or the existence of the murderous organiza tion. Thus, wo have a full confirmation of the story of midnight murder aud violence which our correspondents in the South have already related; and ia the developments of those trials we submit that the policy of the Republican party in dealing with the Ku- lvlux disease finds an ample justification. The Alabama and Chattanooga Kuilro?'* From tho Chattanooga Times, of Wednes day, wo learn that the trains on the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad were stopped Tues- day, at Atiala, *>y order of Mr. W heeler, Su perintendent of the Southern Divisiou. This cuts off communication between Nashville and the couutry with which we were jnst re suming a profitable trade. The reasons for Mr. Wheeler’s action are stated to be based on objections on his part to some investigations which Gen. Wofford had instituted into Mr. Wheeler’s way of doing busiuess. By an agree ment between tho representatives of the States of Gaorgia and Alabama, General Wofford, the Receiver for Georgia, has control of the road between Chattanooga and Birmingham, while Colonel Gindrat Receiver for Alabama, controls the souther-a end of tho road. Col. Gindrat appointed fls his superintendent Mr. Wheeler, and General Wofford appointed Colonel Wkite as superintendent of the northern division. General Wofford having repea*~*dly received information that Mr. Wheelcr and the employees selected by him were collecting more mouey than they were ac counting for on freights and passage, directed Colonel White to institute a system of checks which would put a stop to this kind of pecu lation. Mr. Wheeler seems to have objected to this interference with what he considered his vested rights, and stopped the trains. This will be bad news to our cotton factors, and wholesale houses generally Since the roud resumed operations, several weeks ago, wa have had liberal receipts of cotton from tho section through which it runs, and the merchants of Nashville were beginning to send large bills of goods. We trust that the trouble will bo adjusted at a very early day. A eotemporary praises tho temperance arti cles of the New Y’ork Times, bat asks how it 13 that the proprietors of tbe Times part of their publication building to ono of the most magnificent whisky mills in tho city. Tho Under of a new religions sect has ap peared in Russia, giving himself out to be the S^jioar. He preaches polygam}', abrogation of all denominational creeds, aud entii ligious license. The policemen of Rome are to be placed “on [regular beats.” It would be better lo place them on the track of “regular dead beats. ” Although an investment iu real estate may not at once Jkovo lucrative or yield au imme diate income \o the purchaser, we havo found from experiete:o that all judicious invest ments, made either in farming lands or su burban property adjoining a growing aud prosperous city, invariably result in a fine speculation, or in all events in one that is donhly sure for a good paying investment. In tho product of tho soil all wealth has its origin. The inductions farmer must always have a market for his wares. What he has to seU are the absolute necessities of life, aud he who does not proximo them must obtain them of him who dqgs. Whatever jpay^bo aj man’s business, however much money he may control, he mnst look to the tiller of the soil for that which will sustain life. There may be local derangement, but on the whole there is of necessity a market for every important product, and the producer must always be sure of his living, so long at least as ho is owner of the land ho cultivates. In every department of life suushiue and shadow alter nate, but if tho foundation fails the ruin of the superstructure is inevitable. The possesiion of real estate is a substantial capital. If jue’g title is good no thiof cau steal it; it zuteds no insurance policy to make it safe; nothing short ot au earthquake can swallow it. A good farm or suburban garden, .vitli rich soil judiciously managed, whether t* commercial gold value go up or down, is still the source of a good living. Whatever else a man may possess he cannot afford to do without real estate sufficient to make himself and family, if he has one, a good home.—Ex. ti£RMAN IMMIGRATION. The Current Again Turning Weitwo Daring the period of twelve years, from tb« beginning of 1859 to the clove of 1870, 2,2f-J. 500 German immigrants arrived in this ©opn try. The largest immigration of this ffirilty class of our foreign population in * single yoar took place in 1800, when ins aggregate was 124,766. Tho war with France stopped the tide for several months, s* that the total for the year 1870 foil to 91.010—but since the peace the old desire of t>° Germans to fiud new’ homes here has returned with such vigor as to create alarm i« Cabinet of Ber lin. It is not, therefore, surprising to hear that the. government of the new empire is dtjrifctog schemes by which to keep tho German people upon German soil. The first jadication of this movement is an account of an agreement between the Govern- meuts ot Berlin and Vienna, to divert toward tho Austrian Empire the flood which is once *iore setting westward. It is understood that no measnre of coercion will be employed to effect the desired result, but Bismarck and Buest have settled the preliminaries for the indirect exercise of powerful influences. The German Empire is overstocked with labor, and wages are low; but Austria lacks supplies of workmen, both in her factories and her fields, and offers prices fifty per cent, higher than those now paid in Germany. THE INTERNAL REVENUE TAX. I vide utis and Coupons—Are They Sab- PERSONS AND THINGS. By Mail to the Era.] The Russians are said to be the best li guists and worst dancers in the world. A plain white dress without or flower of an kind is the severest test of a woman’s beant and complexion. The Grand Duke will attend the Centan of American Independence at Philadelphia, July, 1876. They say iu St. Petersburg that the Czar, owing to his enfeebled constitution, intends to resign next spring, and will pass tbe remain der of his life iu the Crimea. Justus von Liebig, the celebrated chemist, is ftboat to withdraw from the University of Munich. Ho will hereafter reside at Hei delberg. When Prince Bismarck heard that Boast, his former rival, bad been deposed, be up angrily, aud exclaimed: “ What folly this ?” ^ General Read, tho American Consul Gen eral at Paris, has been made a member of the Anthropological Society of Great Britain. * The drab overcoats now so generally worn by gentlemen were fashionable three genera tions ago, aud were called box coats. The Washington Star says that the new stylo of collar for gentlemen is something wonderful to behold. It grows ont of tbe ueck like the leaf from tbe cornstalk, and then spreads all over a man like the harness of a Good Templar. The Grand Duke Alexis is going to partiq*-'*-- pate in a buffalo hunt under the direction of General Sheridan. The party expect to la*v« r Omaha for the hunting grounds ou the iOthoI January. ' • Ladies who have just returned from abroad report that large paniers havo gone entirely out of fashion, and overskirts are made short and plain. They also report that the latest style of dressing tho hair is in a simplet*oil at the back, and the front hair smoothed 1 the forehead and put back plainly 1 ears. Photographers assert that the onljjt succeed in taking a really good likeness is* when they come across a face entirely desti tute of expression, and with large, heavy, and decided features. The following notice, printed on colored n s card boards, with a nice border, bang* cp in a place of business in Rome, N. Y T .: “ Mebbe you don’t petter had loaf rount here, ven you don’t got some peesniss, ain’t it ? ” Miss Nellie Wharton, daily described by the Herald “gusher” at Annapolis as possessing a “face whose spirituelie beauty might haunt the memory forever,” is an exceedingly sensi ble and accomplished, but at the same lim^. an exceedingly plain yonng lady, who frankly confesses the very great annoyance which those buncome compliments occasion her. Tobacco users w ill plei tote mm* * mu* has just ‘filed from excei Having smoked and chewed years, her constitution^ was ruinod, an died a victim of bad habits at tbcrgr<* of one hundred and eighteen yeart.. There was a kiug in Eogiand when iSbaks-^ peare lived there, and doubtless every dOttikitP the realm kuew his name familiarly; many knew the name of the poor play writi-r ? But now, almost every child thaMfpsakfl VkeJ English language knows of Skakspeare and his writings, llow many know of James ah hi9 writings? Very few. Thus the man of high position died with his position and his day; but the mau of merit only began to live when he died. TOBACCO. jr \* it a l*oi*oa !—Tin Opinion of an Emi nent Physician. We clip the following from a recent article on “Tobacco,” written by Dr. James C. Jackson: Let me enumerate some of the disei which arise from, or are directly oo«sed the use of tobacco. (а) Sick Headache. (б) Mucous Dyspepsia. (c) Nervous Dyspepsia. (<!) Liver Complaint. (e) Heart Disease. (/) Bronchial Soro Throat (</) Cancer. (h) Enlargement of tbe Spleen. (i) Deatoess and loss of Sight (j) Vertigo, often ending in Appoplexy. (k) Paralj’sis of the legs. (/) Piles. (m) Debility of the Sexual Organs, ending in Inipotency. (n) Sciatic Rheumatism. (o) Derangement of the Kidneys, not nu- frequectly terminating in Bright’s Dis- (p) Intense voracy of appetite, overcoming all personal restraint. (q) An unconquerable thirst for alcoholic drinks. (r) Great susceptibility to billions and ty phoid fevers. (*) Such derangement of the brain and nervous system as to induce, under cir cumstances unfavorable to health, soft ening of tho brain. A horrible list of ailments this to frighten any boy, or man, who has left in him moral sense or self respect enough not to be willing to die the death of a fool. The question whether dividends and cou pons, payable January 1, 1872, are subject to internal revenue tax has been decided by the Commissioner of Internal Rcvenuo to the effect that the tax must be taken off’-that is, collected from the applicant at the timo of payment, but that officer withholds the publi cation of his opinion until next Tuesday. The New York Journal of Commerce is in formed that the commissioner—or some one at the office assuming to speak for him—remarked some days ago that he doubted if the tax is legally collectable, but he thought the best way would be for the department to insist on it, and let tax payers sue to recover it. The Journal commends this spirit to the notice of those w ho sometimes think it is too severe in its comments upon the doiugs at Washington. Notwithstanding this decision by the commis sioner, it is announced that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will pay their coupons in full, without any deduction for Government tax. llow «o Walk Gracefully. Dr. Dio Lewis writes as follows upon this graceful subject: “A graceful walk is rare. A queenly, clastic step atones for a homely face. It was her expert walking from ono side of tho stage to the other, while she never said a word, that constituted Mrs. Charles Kean’s great at traction in a play thut had a run of one hun dred and fifty nights. Tho prerequisites for fine walking are: First, shoes made to fit the ■ feet: 2d, the clothing about tho waist loose. The , .. corset is a deadly enemy to fine walking as it j The ^ atican, which some now style The is to life. Third, carrying tho chia close to 1 Pope’s prison, contains deven thousand tho neck. The soles of tho shoes should cor-! apartment*, has Didn't Know Adam. As Artemus Ward was once traveling in the cars, dreading to be bored, and feeling miser able, a man approached him, sat down, and said: “Did you hear the last thing on Horace Greeley ?” “Greeley? Greeley?” said Artemus, “ Hor ace Greeley ? Who is ha ?” The man was quiet about five minuter Pretty soon he said: “George Francis Train is kicking a good deal of a row over in England do you think they will put him in the Bastile V” “Train? Train? George Francis Train? said Artemus, solemnly. “ I never heard of him.” This ignorance kept the man quiet for fit- teen minutes; then he said: f “What do you think about General Grant’s chances for the Presidency ? Do yon think they will run him ? ” “Grant? Grant?, hang it, mac,” said Arte mus, “you appear to know more strangers than any man I ever saw.” The man was furious; he walked up the car, but at last came back aud said: “Y'ou confounded ignoramus, did you ever hear of Adam ? ” Artemus looked up and said: “What was his other name? ” respond precisely to the bottom of the feet, as outlined by a pencil mark drawn around the foot. As now made, the sole is an inch and a half smaller than the foot, aud the result is a plentiful crop of corns and bunions, aud in conjunction with the high heel, an awkward gait aud bent position of tho body in walking. equal in extent to tbe area of the city of Tu rin in the year 1800. By the death of Hackett, the American stage loses its only representative of Falstaft, and the Euglish stage has no actor really capable of filling tho part.