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l I i) n on ; GEORGIA WEEKLY OPI^ON THE WEEKLY OPINION. BY W. 1. SCSUOOf AND J. B, DUMBLfc OFFICIAL PAPER FOR THE COUNTIES OF Baker, Baldwin, Bartow, Bibb, Butti, Carroll, Chattooga, Clayton, Cobb, Dado, DeKalb, Fayette, Forayth, Fulton, Oordon, Greene, Gwinnett, Harralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lee, Monroe, Murray, Nowton, Paulding, Polk, Spalding, Sumter, Upcon. DtvrUftnANCia is Alabama.—Our dis patches from Montgomery, though doubt less highly colored, ns the telegraph report* - from that point have licen for Mint* time * pa-t. indicate a bad state of feeling. It I 4 to bi regretted that there U no legal me.i,- mv* In that State of reaching a « miserable agitator* win'* wouhl plunge State into anarchy v/../ rather t cont<-nt tueiifc-clve* will* l"dtc l t were l orn to. “RELIEF,” THU OTilKIt SIDE.—TIlC ll* of Mr. M. G. Donmxs. addressed t * President of tin* Constitutional Coin tlon. will arrest the attention of i lie rea !• u 1 ‘ Mr. Dobbins D well arid favorably known ; i m ’ In this community an upright, succor- i ful businessman. As a financier, he ha. few equals, perhaps no superior, In Georgia His opinion*, therefore, on all question relating to finance, are well worth consid ering. PROGRESS OF RECONSTRUCTION. This Journal was tho first In tho State to advocate Reconstruction on tho basis of the Congressional Plan. We did this not because the plan In itself commanded our entire approval, nor yet because the meas ures provided for Its execution were in ac cordance with the spirit of our republican institutions; but because wo realized the helpless condition of the Southern jwople, the importance of a speedy restoration to tito-.c rights forfeited by unsucessful revo lution, and the purpose on the part of the conqueror to excrcbo the prerogative of prescribing terms to the vunqitDi. d. It cost something at tliai time toadvo- _ cate such a measure. In time. !.• ' •••.• i\ It i re--ponded to a popular •« min.* uU . other Journals joined u* in the campaign. •°* j Men irre-peellvu of «.l l pa. :.- V- aluii • 1,1 ’ atcil with tho movement,and the work has '■‘■'’•‘Ti! ready progressed so far ; - t-» .• nluce a ■ : ;1 -« onveutloii, repre-enting th ■ > Georgia, and charged • Their Early Settlement in America—His torical Jin in inis vences. The .lows were among tho pioneer* w lio, driven by tyrunny anu oppression from •heir homos in the old world, colonized and peopled i ho new. Tho Puritans however, antidate tho advent of these people Into our North American colonies, many years, they having Immigrated In 1U2(J; wliflo the first accounts of an v Jewish exodus from foreign shores are down to August 21. Mill. At tills time i*eoplc of all denominations were compelled to flee from their ml Ural homes iu Europe, the Jews being of the number who sought this continent us a refuge from iKditieal and religious ex- . . .. .. -- . . .. In some parts of actions thorn as well Asia and Africa. On August 21. 1 eupoil vitll III:.- r-pi sitfuty K'liplO •cord- i.in ( f t'oiigi That The City.—'The city for the past thirty- six hours ending about 12 last night, lias iHioti one of stir, bustle and confusion.— Christmas was ushered in with the firing of guns, popping tlrc-erackers and other 11 re-work?, deafening shrieks and boister ous yclilngs. from what seemed to be, nlnc- tcntlis of our entire population. A "big drunk*' seized many of the unsus pecting “moderate dram drinkers." and the iM.rh rman* es on the streets during the whole entertainment were free to sjiecta- tor?. the performers paving their own lieen»e.s and the admission foes of their guests. It lias been suggested that the Inn * may lind an adjudication of their Ics- ii\ itle» before hi* Honor, the Mayor, rather expensive. Jesting aside, we do think that many of the young men, and not a few of the older ones, indulged too freely iu intoxicating drinks, it is true that iu a certain sense they have a riyht to act as they may choose; to debauch their person; to squander their warnings in riot and mirth; and it Is also true that an Intelligent Christian people will hold them responsible for the abuse of these assumed rights. While every man has the Individual right to do these things, may, even worse, it D an established prin ciple of law that relatively speaking he lias no such rights. No member of society has the right to do that which is detri mental to the peace, quiet, happiness, or .prejudicial to the interests of his neighbor, i he conduct of certain parties near a house of public worship on the evening of the 2!tli leads us to these reflections, and wc trust that they may spi edily he brought, lit some way, to atone lor their crime.-— Assured wc arc, that. if human law docs not bring them to feel the enormity of their crime, an Omnieknt Creator will hold them to a rigid and strict account for their attempt to trample HD sanctuary un der their unhallowcil feet. If this class of men have no respect lor themselves, nor do not fear the law of man, let us admonish them to beware how they trample upon the mercy of Him to whom they are in debted tor every heating pulse and every breath they breathe. MKMBEIIS OF 1 UK < o\\ ; *. were no more pc lent rc.-is* than the alleged f. t that tu .—If there distrust . ii , mem- ’»•>* ;ik Northern born men, t'.iu friends of l i-' • - j »*rueiion iu Georgia would have . . idcfor. That there are one or ( . ‘ *ci in that Convention. j.WitV-.1 . : • an h r. who Is acquainted wiUi t j u ... *,el of th'it hotly, can deny. But ;l . ;ral thing, tho men of Northern Mi; 1 .', who hold scats in the Convention, iiavc come to Georgia to make the State . |*,.» r Wo presume the people of <would not he willing to * xt hide Mr. Vai.:.aIM>ig !1aM * ^ r * Cox. - lr. " vi iu oi* Air. t'u vw from otlicy merely* Li » v au-o they vn e not born In that State. The people , I low:*. Kansas, or Nebraska un» not, we filing oritv u unrig For the Agent :ion it ■ had a - -shmuJ two .*. The ic-ult has been any thing but •urngiiig. Much lias transpired t >. 1 - tin- public and dishearten the - * of Reconstruction. ’.•>-» limn ;. n small men, possessing neither editna tion, character. natural ahliity nor politi cal cx|»ericnce—men who have neither the talent* to conceive nor the plodding in stincts to copy a sensible ordinance; nor yet the prudence to keep silent when silence alone would have screened their shameless Ignorance—these are the men who have assayed to shape the policy of the Convention, and render the oflleers of the Statu subservient to the Interests of a clique. They have succeeded thus far only in chattering themselves Into notoriety; their schemes of plunder have been too transparent to deceive, and too flabbily executed to command success. The coali tion formed with this disinterested clique, by certMn parties in Atlanta, and in dero gation to the best interests of Atlanta, has only partially succeeded. The State Road is still out of their hands, and let u* hope, for tho sake of the tax payers of Georgia, that it will remain so. The Convention re-opens on the 6th, proximo. Delegates who have accepted scats in that assemblage at a sacrifice of their own personal Interests, and with a view only to aid in restoring peace and or der to our distracted country, will b© pres ent. Let us hope that all others may bo absent; and that tlm quorum thus formed, will addross Itself promptly to tho legiti mate work before it. It is important In more respects than one, tiiat this should be done. Another two weeks of scrambling for Cmcc and plunder; another session of wire-pulling, intrigues, and combinations, looking alone to tho {xsrsonal interests of a few small men in and out of the Conven tion, will cause every respectable Union niau in Georgia to wash his hands of the whole affair. Wc speak plainly because we feel Unit, under the circumstances, it is a solemn du ty to do so. And we do this, too, In the Gill knowledge of the fact that It will cost its several suhscrlliers, and pcrliaj)* the en tire printing of the Covention to do so.— Nevertheless, the Opinion can nfTonl to lose both, rather than squint at or endorse the dbgusting role ol a faction who seek to make the whole reconstruction movement subservient to their own base and selfish purjMwes. We have already sacrificed more than any other public journalist iu the cause of Reconstruction. We have done this from principle alone. N« sneak ing desire for oftlce. public patronage, or emoluments of place has prompted our course. We desired, above all things else, to soo the country settled ami »■' for tills and this only have we laboi -d, and will continue to labor. hip arrived at ' • m.i.tit !- .ii. ii i n i;.c principal oj t*iiiry, lr*>ti* one ot i i. V. .-i i-mi l 1«- widl a nuhim-r ... JcwDh I .Millies Ki! tiouid. These laiiiilics. many <*i '.hum w re people of wealth, n-q.n general fntellgcncc, settled alter arrival. The second regular synagogue esMhlD.'i- ed in this country was at New York, in Cheatham street. 172!>. In this city at Ike time ; !.o\e mentioned there were but lew Israelite*, n ml for many years thereat ter not more than three hundred Jews were known in >.'• Am.-ienlaui, as New York was theli called. Mib-i-quent to 17-l\ vail ous other |»o, isuf entry \vcre (q»em-d in tin* !. It Ai..< .'ieau colonics* ottering to the • .* ail nations of Europe a home .a an ius.i—New York. Boston, Phlla- *'.- : p!da and Charleston being the principal points to which .Jewish pilgrims from 1 In- old world wended they way. Charleston next appears to have lollowcd New York; there, about 1705. the lir^t Jewish syna gogue was established. From this period up to lsiO the Jews became a considerable integral element of the population, and were highly esteemed for their respecta bility, Intelligence und general character. During various periods they filled many of the otllces under the city government, and constituted much to the current literature of the State. The most of them were en gaged in commerce, a few in mechanical pursuits, and others with (he newspa|»er press, the bar and the forum. Isaac C'or- dozo was for many years editor and pro prietor of the Evening Patriot, and during his editorial career was considered the best authority in questions of political economy iu the Southern country. The States of Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi. Louisiana, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Maryland, etc., be came the recipient.- of :i considerable por tion ol* tlie original fcttl.-r- and their de scendant.-. Tiic-.- p ,-n :.iged in com merce prillcij.alh. a poll loll of them in profe.—ioual occupation-, polities and the line arts. in California (San Franc Deo) the Jews are now so numerous and their inlluencoso great, that steamer.** bound for foreign port* are frequently detained when a JewDli les tival or fa*t day has occurred on these days, in tills.‘as with most other Mates. Saturday, being the Jewish Sahbath, is made a holiday to the pupils of the various schools. Iu Cincinnati the .lows are very numer ous. The scats in the new synagogue in that city recently sold at public auction, brought extraordinary prices, the net re ceipts being over $2UtUNM. the premium on certain scats bringing #3Ul). A Law Abiding People,—When the cen sus of tho United States was taken in ItMiO. it was the boast of the Israelites in New York that up to this period there was not In this Staten single Jew put on trial for any capital offense, and that no such thing as a conviction or execution for sucli an ofTenso was known up to this time. The criminal citUmler of the State, accessible up to this iterlod. justifies this assertion. It should lie (mow n, if it D not generally, In connection with this subject, that the Isra elites In all parts of tho world, and histo rians have Indorsed the assertion, that tills peculiar freedom from capital offenses, such as murder, etc., have characterized tills peo ple from their earliest history, published since the Christian era, down to the pre sent. There have been Individual excep tion** to this rule, hut they have been few, and only in such instances where the Jew has licen tlm aggrieved party. This lias lieen partly owing to their domestic edu cation. wherein they liavo been taught to obserw the ten commandments, bequeath ed to tli«-iii by their law-giver, Moses, iu their M-iiool* and synagogues, wherein the precepts and’ religious instructions • ob.-l- Governor llrasvia and “llelleff. Hon. J. R. Rarrott, Vreetdent of the Georgia Convention: Sin—I notice in tho Atlanta Dailt Opinion, of (lie 10th, the *iil»tancc of a conversation between yourself and Ex- Gov. Brown, which ho has reduced to writing at your request, on the subject of "Relief,” so-called. On that question, the Ex-Governor and myself differ, as gentle men have a right to do. 1 proviso briefly' to examine the position lie takes, and iu doing so, should 1 handle his “views” a Rule roughly, it is not on account of any unkind feelings toward tho Ex-Governor. It D true, we have differed heretofore, on great and vital questions, but the stand token by him for the last twelve months ka- caused me to hold him in high esteem. Tin* ex-governor sets out by saying the war has resulted In* tho destruction of hun dreds of thousands of property in this State, to say nothing of what has been de stroyed iu oilier States. Much of this was destroyed by the Government. Imt much the largest loss grew out of the abolition of slavery*. Now 1 deny that the Govern ment of tiic United States des: roved slave ry. Gov. Brown knows better than I can tell him that tiic war destroyed slavery. E\erv intelligent man know s that Presi dent Lincoln never would have Issued the iCiuuucipntion Proclamation had it not been for tho war, and that the war never would have existed but for that odious or dinance of Secession which caused the wholesale destruction of life and projierty. It Is {Kissing strange that men are so prom- to charge nil these ills to effect and noth ing to the cause. Now, sir, who is It thill demands “ ReliefF* Is it the {»oor men ol the country*, white or colored? Is it the poor ragged, starving widow and orphan that wc meet on the streets every day. whoso husbands uml fathers were slaugh tered in a war gotten up by* a set of crazy politicians? Nay*,verily! Not a word said about 44 Relief*’ for the truly needy; hut the honest debts of the lauded aristocracy must bo speedily repudiated, else they will bo turned out of doors! Tills is a very- strong term of the cx-Govcrnor's. when lie knows that the homestead law now allow* each head of a family fifty acres of land and five additional acres for every child and a house not to he wortli more than three hundred dollars, licsldes other per sonal property. How, lien, can you turn anybody out of doors? I ask again who is It that demands “ re lief?” The answer D plain: It is the very men that brought on the tear, many of whom are now w’orth more than they >vere before the war, and of whom it is well known ninety-nine out of every hundred could have paid their debts In C'oufe lerate money If they would, hut wlio took shel ter under at* odious Stay Law and refused to pay* their jn-t debts, even in that trash, when tlie debts w-cre contracted to he paid in gold. These an* the men that now come before the great State ol Georgia In Convention to have themselves •‘relieved’* from their just debts. They first destroyed the property of the country, and now they claim that a great Statu should disgrace herself in tlie eves of ail the civilized world in order to reward them for their evil deeds? Tlie Ex-Governor says such debtors have not involved themselves by hud manage ment. In this he is simply mistaken. It Is known tiiat they refused to pay their debts even in UonfcVr.de money up to January. lWkh After that time, it became n*» « rime to refu-e ('on ID lerate script in payment ot old debts, previous to that time, any man’s iie«*k was in danger Wo* nfused In rw/iv ii <j( /~ir !<>r debts eautrucinl for on u gold consider it Imd policy to confer them. 1 will give a very short Uiu-tratiou : In the Spring of the present year, many {»oor men were obliged to have a little cash to enable them to finish their crops. They got it by giving liens on their little farms and crops, and tlius made plenty for their families, and paid their debts iu good faith. Will it not be so with many next year and for many years to come? Now If all they have and much more Is exempt, who can loan them money ? Who can credit their wives a few mouths for ii calico dress or a pair of shoes or cotton cards? Ex-Gov. Browu says the great landed aristocracy are broke, and they ought to II off their lauds in small farms. I don't doubt but. ninny of them arc broke, if their Just debts were paid; but the Ex-Governor pro|toscs to “iclca*e" them from these debts; some entirely and others for an in- •elinite |H-rb>d. and thus enable them to Til iso FKMdiiirt.—The Rome * ouricr of yc.-terday learns through a private i< r- ter from K. E. Evans, General F..i-teru Agent of the Virginia and Tessa Air Line Railway, that hereafter In- •lit- from Norfolk t<* Atlanta. Rome, and other places South; will Ik? carried In “sealed carVtmd run on regular time schedule*—about live days to Atlanta. From New York. Phila delphia, or Baltimore to Norfolk, the tiino D twenty-four hours. This route Is be coming very popular with our merchants. Financial FaMp.i: in the I/jiimana Uon vlntion.—The Georgia Convention Is not alone iu ii- money troubles. Adis- it.-i:. vtl N. Oi !«■ iu--. t-1 • 24th. say -: The U*'Mveui"oil to-day almost nnani- riliitu -nllnouc--. and adopts! nee reported by the Commit'.**, with Kuino nniend- adopted the ordinance provide* the . ; (Kn. Grant held a meet llalk Rotten, on WedncMla; week. The houto was k?i npd tlie whole affair D rep; l een sh cold ns hn iceberg* Dili i proi*orty, be collected * •: 1 >p*.e*l npi»o!nt- .'•jtiate si loan, t«* n- r--Ilil‘- »>f the « oil- ltd iu negotiating tho ■ilk. Fl * Tilt. Ciiai:*:.. oi- False Jmpiusonmknt Alainsi- Edwin Siantox.—To-dsi) ti.«- .. uuul- by the plaint ill* in tin- c.is-1.| .“*uii. u :igiilu*t Manton for oyer .-.ml in-,.- s. ii v.: . to have couic Iwrlo.e .L:-; .. W* ii -. Git:, i the request of eoiin- ,az i*hei-n |Kistt)oned lb • lew 1 i.. plaiutllf. Mnithsom it id i.,- ri»* •’ l '*- d. w.i- a hanker in this if :t. -suviiu Uio war was arrested bj the nii.itat, authorities on the charge of i-nui- if:., initu'inatlon t«* tho enemy, convicted by a military commission, und sontem i d to the Albany {HMiltentlary, from wMeh lie was afterwards pardoned. Suilt li-.ni brought suit sigain-t Mr. Stanton lor (alia imprisonment, laying damages at s.V)0 jo, and the defendant put in a special idea to the bill, in which refersuco is made t•» i number of documents and the plaintiJ now makes this motion ot oyer and iu*p. *•* linn to compel the defcinfaut t«> pro«im i- the documents referred to or to lurid-h cop!* - *»f them lor the iiisjaction of the plaiuLiiV. The plaintilf i> reprcseiiti'd hy Judge llugiies. t.cu. D* nver. and Mr. Peel’., (of ti c firm of Hughes, Denver A l*c«*k) and Mr. \V. D. l>a\ idg-. of this city, au*l tlie defendant bv lbni. U. Maiibery, Attor- m-y Gem ral. lion. J:.im*s E. Brady, ami Judge i’l'-rrcpoot. of New York, and Mr. W. Fcndad. of this city.— ii'ashinjiva Mar, 21st. TIi- on rt 1 the ib*. iu night of last than half full, i M-nted to have Tin; Alauama Kj.lotion.—A letter to the Cincinnati Commercial, dated ai Mont gomery, December 21st. savs: The Constitution of Alaliama will l-e v*»t -1 op,»n on tli** -tt!i of February, and Its friend claim that there will Le a majority iu favor of ii - adoption ot from aiu/uOlo •I0.UIH. From the character und ability of the t onvenlion now tilting it Atlanta. It Is but reasonable to infer that a good Uonstl- i tuliou will be framed I -r r Jn. and wa- a } there Is little doubt in the mind* of the Robert loading Ur.ior.D?* -!* !i a one will I*-; j adopted by a majority * t ij.»lh white v**te« ' , 11 1 and colon-tl. It i> reasonably certain then ■orted Judge, j j| us three States Comprising the Third 1 ~ Wlien New i county scat, in 1CIX ■ Raymond Reid was on the bench. A military guard , . . members of the bar, suitors and witnesses; District wlll all be repp -entcJ m Cotigre; i'.n rnm-r An- ‘ bv June, and lesmno tuelr places as Mates ‘ —— . , to TuUahas.ee. to attend tlie Court or Ap { , -f tho UlllolK BnU ck . votc i tolls beat In- TttK I*AUkKa Fiifco.—The rccond time I peoli. The commander of the ctcort w ns | tcrC8 ^ t > set for the marriage ef Col. Parker, “Mg I Lieutenant (nowGeneral) UlyssesS Grant.; imllaiv’ of Grant's stall; and MD-* Minnie - ; Tub Tennessee Pacific Road.—^The m- •O. Boekett, of Washlngun. was the 24tli “CoTonol Parker” was married pri*! ganbsatloir of tho Tennessee and Pacific Instant. We have not heeuodvDcd whether i y ^dy, in Washington, Monday evening, ! Railroad Company was completed at Nash- tlp-happy event eante oil'thl« time. | General Grant giving away tlie bride.— villa on the lhth InvU by election of W, P. —y , , I Then-ands wlio attended at tlie church. Intit-s, P*c*id {, nt; ILS. 1 rnzIet»N ke Prcs- l »apcr |it?olDbvd nt D • bbmw-'l hi j ve-tenlav. to witness the public ceremony., ident* and Joseph W. Allen, Secretary and <ly jwiper inihlDI tills B ate, Is olfcred for sale di-appoiiiled, !.-• .v *;iu:i,n-lltiitk.iial. umi • l.* ii pr**p»ny .' i • ii.iii*:*- luin-D rapi. lj. g-» V.,t„ ||.- . .... *.f s.,.nMifator-. Anoll.ei n.i-tak**. at tLi- tin*** whocareit n» , ' iiil.iiiu. In -ueli an iti**Ltnee. the <i. ■: b.d is t-n-debt w. i.id have to buy lIk* land. D tlu»t bard upon t.ie debtor? Does not i.ic property justly belong to the •-iv-11lor. if tin* debt Im* just > It Da strange *) sn in of •• relief,” t*» take money from the rig t.u! owner -n«! put It Into the Jtoekct **I w!i » li.is nlrt ady Im.! value received for it. I would like to know bow that is going i*» ’• Relievo” tin* State? Better ■of* . n Agrarian *y>tctu at on, «*. > . .■ !!\-Governor says something about 11.* Judges of tlie Courts being sworn to support the,Constitution which he pro- {mi.-cs. I will not argue Courts with him. IK- Da lawyer; l ainjuot. Butitoi- curs to me that there arc Judges who hold Courts in Georgia, that will not take that oath, nor do l believe that any conscien tious Judge can take It. 1 believe nil ofiicera of Courts have It) swear, first, to support tin* Constitution op the United States. And, If l recollect aright, there D a clause in Hint instrument forbiding any State to pass any law violating the obliga tion ot contracts. The cx-Governor Is liberal In the way of homesteads. To that 1 have no objections, if made to net prospectively; but I don't want to take one man's land und give it to another. 1 give it as my opinion, however, ns a business man. that the exemption at this Ume of $1,000 worth r.f land, be/ide# oilier property, would bo the hardc.it lick the poor men of this country have had for a long time, if a man be worth §1,000 ho D thought worthy of credit to the amount of §500, and can get it If he D a prudent man. Now, there ii not one man in ten in Georgia, who digs his living out of the ground, that is worth what Gov. Brown pri){>oscs to exempt. Wh it then have tin so men upon which to base a credit? Noth ing. What is he to do? Of course some impractical men will say, lo. them live without credit. That is easier talked of than done. Rich men cannot do It in any civilized country, much less can poor ones. Credit Is the |Hior man’s capita). I know this from fair experience, not only In my own case, hut In thousand* of other*. De prive the poor nitui of credit and you make him a hewer of wood nud drawer of water for sonic lauded aristocrat (luring,hi* own life and that of hi* children after him. In TELEGRAPHIC I.1TELLIGEXCE* From the New York Press Association. , DUturlmmc* in Alubumu. Montgomery, Dee. 25.—Tim negroes were out iu force to-day. contrary to the municipal regulation* and mil tury orders, with guns. pDtols, etc., and iu full uniform. No ufi'oi t wu* made to suppress the deuioii-r st ration. In tlm afternoon several thous and negroes.wcre Iuranged in incendiary States where there are but few pour pe<>- i language by Barker, IJrainanl ami other pie, these largo homesteads am well prominent Radieal*. laite in the nfier- enougli, where no one D defrauded by Barker ami Bniimud were arn-stcJ them; but where the great urns* of the i>* o- j *')’ the military authorities, pie are as poor a* they arc iu Georgia, || Disturbances were reported at (i Hie last night. A military detachment was sent down io restore order. No parti culars. hut all was quiet at la-t account-. The Selma paper* report UDMrhanee* at D<*mo|>olD and Camden, to wliieh points troop* have lieen sent. The Steamer llnleiuli Itnrtii. ('u.titi.KSTON Dee. Si. —The Raleigh took tiro on Tuesday, Jtlie 24th. nt noon. The following have Ih.*oii saved a*»d are liele: Purser McManus and wife; I). B. Riee, chief engineer; John Smith, seaman; Tho*. J. Keating, baker; Jame* Crowley, third cook; John McDonald, seaman; Margaret Montictli, stewardess; Captain X. R. Mills, ollieer of the New York police: Charles Whitson, passenger; C. W. Bartlett, chief ollieer; Gordon Young, second ollieer; Charles Smith, quartermaster; Michael Glhbonoy. Messinaii; Thomas P. Brown, fireman; E. Robbers, steerage passenger; Francis Mehal. steerage passenger; J. r|, their Inn,!., nti.l of «"ni K e im»rri, t ;or. th,'III Off in .mull firm., . ill I than ! ,ullo "|"« " ri! l ,r,,lmb: >’ »“ r « : <-'• 1 ‘- poor im 1 ,!—tv!,it<‘ colored- muhv •«» •" the Captain{ I’ot- th.-i.i toniiiit. I will, ther.'l.v l.nil.lluj ir ; , ! r "' k «reui«"s John I-m hlnj, . -1.111.1,■,I orlrtorr „-y" j,„t,o,l of hrenkliia ! ""'""“I hllls :lnJ H'e eiiptoln . It down. tVlio,,filing loree lnnd holder* ’* ow pnees '-fourth of •orn? Not that will -ell these lands at when they can rent them for ot the cotton, an 1 oue-tliird of titr many. I imagine. Now. -dr. I have written more |!tnn I ex pected. What I have said I know i» jiooriy said. I am no seliol r. but wli.it D here stated, and what I say in conclusion, are my honest sentiments, and 1 feel inclined to put them on record. 1 here state that I am not only opposed to cx-Governor Brown’s views of - relief ’’ ns it D modestly called, hut I am opposed to all plans of re lief that look toward interfering with the sacred obligation of contracts. Have the {>cople of Georgia met in Convention In this enlightened age of the world, to form n government, tlie very corner stone of wliieh D to Im* Repudiation ? I trust not. What is gold, lands and houses com{Kired with honor and strict integrity, even witli Individ unis, much less in States? I beg you and tlie honorable body* over which you. preside, not to attempt the establish ment of a government on any such rotten foundation. If you do. 1 predict it will cause trouble and confusion. Well, you may ask. “What I* your plan of rclieC or have you any”? I say any plants better than robbing one man to 4 *relieve” another. If tlie Convention in its wisdom thinks “ relief” is necessary, let them Issue tlie lioiids of the State, sell tho State Hoad, or do anything else they think best rather than act unjustly and in had faith to any of her citizen*. Let them loan tlie money to the people, take liens on their lands and wait until they can pay It hack. Do all you can, sir. to build up the credit and honor of your State, and nothing to tar nish it, am! future generations will ri-e up to call you blessed. It may ho *nk). that ill all this I am set- ID!): thatl owe lio old delfts, and tiiat I have much due mu. To some extent, this i- true; but I here state, that there Is tuft a in <n who owes me with whom I would not r >mpremise, and givehim Ids papers if he will make a fair and honest settlement with m N»-r -/ill 1 turn one of them outofdmn**. . in- I • ib-ve ninety-nino creditors out ot i-'cn hundred will do tho same, if they \ .11 rot. the ftui.krupt law stand* ready (»< nuke iLein toniproiuDc. Where, then, l .i-k, the necessity for a great State dis- gr.uing herself by Eradiation.* Very tvs poet fully, M. G. Doiiuins. fur the Opinion ; Atlanta, December 25. lSi;7. It a pi tear* that “Senlx.” supposed to he an old secesh, but now one of the Grant Club, says, through the Era of the 25th. that the vote of the Republican caucus on the first night ot its meeting, was a farce, and that the Grant men, what few there were there, did not see force enough in the move to arouse any opposition. But why does he not give tlie result of the same caucus the next night? Tho Grant men there, by an insider, and of course with the thing well understood, ottered a pre amble saying that the resolution tho even ing hubru was not understood, and ottered :i regular Grant resolution and it was voted down i\* unnnhnously* n*» the other was pa—* d. Why did Mr. Senlx not it- u , |>ort that ? Aii! it wa* hoeau^o tho truth I would hurt. Cant. “Senlx" is supposed to ] ,roul 1 J’ 1 *-* , *l’l‘ 1 44 I UllNllMf ttltt*tOl Pei P*-i>oii* are hi a large lM>at ami are know u lo I.n\c others with them, name- unknown, and it is believed that they picked up several parties that wen- lloDtlng on {Mirtlons of the steamer. 'I lie following are lost: Henry J’elvin «-hi-f steward. Thu*. Collopy, third stew ard. J lines IVnlb-hl. waiter, Tlios. Bran nan. p.mtry man. Martin, a Imiv, W hi. WeDli, :i boy of New Orleans, Joshua SilveruaU, coal |»a-scr. D. l.ovelle, fireman, Mrs. Bry ant. passenger. 'J lie Fate of tlie remainder, including * ’apt. Marshman, D up to this time un known. London. Dee. 25.—Government precau tion* against Fenian* continue, and exten sive preparations to-day indicate tiiat the authorities are in possession of {informa tion tiiat a general attempt will lie made to rescue Fenians confined in various parts of the kingdom for complicity in the late outrages. Special constables are every where on duty. The Times editorial on Ahysdnian war, which It fears will he pro longed next year, blames Napier, who com mands forces, for delay. Nothing of con sequence will lie done at tho present season. Russia addressed tho French government protesting against its shifting policy upon the Eastern question. China advices re- |H»rt reliel successes in operations against the Imperial Government. Washington, Dec. 20.—Tho case of Col. MeUnrde) versus Oon. Ord, for arbitral*, imprisonment, will lie taken up liy u Supreme court soon after recess. Washington D emptied of it* ii«ftnb.. * No new *. Havana. Dee. 20.—The Cuba arrived yesterday with Mr. ami Mrs. Jeflerson Davis on board enroute for Now Orlean**. This Immortality or Fairy Storik*. Jack and the Beanstalk, Puss In Boot*, the gallant and quixotic- Giant Killer, and tie- den rest find red i, whom every one mu.-t have loved. I should think, ever sine" we first knew her In her little brow n pinafore: I wondered. a« I Imt them nil lip for the night between tlu-lrgreen boards what it wa.-that made these ctorh-s *•• fre*h and. vivid. Whv did not liny full to piece.-, vanish :«Du ex|»lude. di-appear. like - • many of their unp.t..j; - and dr-eend- aiils? And yet far from being forgotten gein-r.tion in turn. r.» i: ir.ine into ti. world, looks to Im> didighted <^t!ll by brli- llant pageant, and never tires or we trio of it. And on their side prince* and princesses never seem to grow any older; tlie castles and the lovely garden* flourish without need of repair, or whitewash, or plumber*, or glaziers. '1 he princesses’ grows, too—sun. moon, and star color—ilo not wear out, or pa— out of fashion, or require altering. Ev the veil-leagued l>oot* do not appear to be the wor.-e for wear. Numbers or real istic stories for children have passed away. Little Henry and hi- Bearer, Poor Harry and Lucy, have very nearly given up tliefr little artless glm»ts mid -uattle, and ceased making their own bed* for the Instruction of le-s excellently brought up little boys and girls: and. notwithstanding a very in- terecting nrtb-le iu the rettunlay RevliW. It must be owned that Harry S m’Jford and Tommy Merton arc not famHliar j-l.ty-fe'!- nurseries and ►elHwd-rot»iu i . 1 Blit not-o all the-.* eeuten. Riqttet. CantlKts Little ib* i Rlueb'*aid. and oilu-i>. Th they would ne\«r en»w oh with the ehlidren. they amu there seem* in and |H*remiiai ri tns-Priiu.- Rlding-hoott. ■ I’. Tlu-v plnV i.-o the ’elders; fund of hpirlt- be one of those faraeeing propheU that In ! i' jP ' princes and j | , Hi everywhere and every duv/ Wo are all prince- and princeves'in dl-gulov or ogre- or wkked dwarfs. All Rte-e hi*tori«> an- tin* IdstorU** of liiiinaii nature, which doe- not seem to change very in.teli in a tfiot:- sand^ y ears or so, and w e don't get tin ! of the lairie* became iln*v are *•(» irue to it." Mies Hacker an. , ' secession days told the {H!0{)le how rich this country would be if they would .se cede, und there is about a* much common sense In hi* prediction about Grant as i there was in ufivldng treason. | A.NTt-VARNKV. I Reticense.—A Flraie.—Thu Now Orleans Republican, the organ of tho Grant party ,, . J r.isTiUK .sum, axi> .‘-TAii. IlnthMiujr.Ni}*. uii-hs.—I'ust Mi«i.,- liamuu h*. We :ip- now uit.l nhvav. Ii.vo iu-i-u in fa. : i -ikiI the follonlnff nrffer: j von>riinnitlnglhi'm,(t!iollnlK'U)andliave| Knr t!w IwUvr m'a»uuiidi1ntinn of t!i • Inn oUMtlOH Ilf .oaini Uorncc Grrcley hiulillo, l>o*l Ma.'ir, arc ainborlml loile- dimifiriiK Uy thttlr *lao; unJ If Jud»tc .Iffiiato bsviiM lor t!:i! tale of i»*tajfo ClmMlw, plantail liiin.alf ti|«m Ilia mil- Utani|i. amt .uin|.ail onvuloin, wMiiin mo ! veri.nl ftmoaty uml unlvor.nl nifflage plat- ilollvory of ili.-ir tlvo oiHcc, nntl lo form.to ■■tell,*n extent that ilia Imllotur “lipnly -nohi aonrj wljh sulJ .taniis otc-.. Surratt und Jnlfcrsnu DhvIi uliall witlirli iu I ni-iL ■uuunit.. ....u.,. Surratt and Jell’erson DavD shall weigh ns i or tin* m*u i- iniielt ns the ballot of Langston and Doug- exi-cediug • * ». and lass, he too. may swing from the same seat-! remit or two per fold. their purdm.-e*." iu vulno not I-mv Ini them a di-- . ell the amount of