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ATLANTA. GEORGIA-
Wednesday* March 8, 187 i
A Band of Bobber*.
Our Augusta exchanges give an aec ■ a
robbery ol the money drawer of Messrs. «><•■ ret,
T. JacKBon cs Co., of that city, oa Tuesday Sast,
which was committed under circumstances
which show that a band, at least of four jkt-
eons, were engaged in the business Three ol
the parties were arrested, and a louth urn- made
his escape after firing upon and wounding :
policeman. It is supposed that there arc; ten
men in the gang, and that they went down
together on the Georgia Railroad from Una city.
The peaceable andordcily village; ol M Hedge
ville, which is located somewhere in Baldwin
county, and was formerly the place ■< r the
meeting of the General Assembly of this State,
has been thrown into a high stale ol excitemer t
by an attempt at highway robbery, which wi.s
committed by two negroes in that vicinity—
Henry Speights and Jim Lewis. Both hate
been arrested and lodged in jail. The Federal
Union is entitled to the credit of sending cut
Ibis intelligence from that remote center of
light. ^ ^
TIic War !u Proper.
The tel eg r air of yesterday brought the news
of the ratification ol the preliminary condiiione
ol jreacc between Prussia and France by the
National Assembly.
The terms of peace as has heretofore lain
announced, require a cession by France of a
part of JiOrrainc, including Melz and Tbionville,
and all of Alsace, except Bellort and Fays, 1 e-
sides an indemnity of five millions oi francs,
one million this year and the balance in ih;ce
years. As the payments are made the G rn an
troops arc to withdraw horn France. It v.&s
believed until & late hour that France would
be saved by the humiliation of the occupation
of Paris by the invading army. But this point
seems to have been united on by the conqueror
and on yesterday a part ol the German airuy
wa3 to have entered the city—the Prussian
corps and the Bervarian army.
UlKXracluic the Slatca.
We have more than once called attention to
the Enforcement Act, which has passed the
House and Senate. That such an act should
meet with any favor is one of the most disci ur-
aging Bigns in the history of the Govern m< nt.
At no period before the civil war would my
American citizen have dared to suggest i.mh a
law—much less a member of Congress. 1 liat
the provisions of the act may be more fully
comprehended, we give a condensed notice ol
its several sections: , , ,
The bill has eighteen sections, and may be
brielly summed up as a measure making the
Federal election law of last session everywhere
more stringent, by imposing penalties of line
and imprisonment regarding the registration of
voters, and extending its imposing pcnahits oi
fine and imprisonment regarding the iegi£tra-
tion of voters, and extending its operations be
yond tlio cities whose population excicd3
twenty thousand inhabitants. Ady two citi
zens may apply to the judge of the U. o. Ciicut
Court in whose circuit the town or city may be
located, say that they desire the law to be
enforced in said place, and require said court
to provide tor Federal inspectors and super-
visors of election to attend all regi Ration oi
voters and elections for Congressmen, and to
remain In session while the act is being en
forced to transact business under it. The
registry lists and ballot-boxes in every voting
procinct may be taken possession of by Federal
officials, to the exclusion of city, town and
State authorities. This is not the most oljec-
tionable provision of the bill. Elaborate powers
arc given to inspectors to inspect at all times on
the day of election the way the voting is done
and the way the registry, tally books and lists
arc kept, and to scrutinize, count and canvass
every ballot, whatever the endorsement on said
ballot, or in whatever box it may be found, and
to forward their report to a chiei supervisor
provided for each judicial district. Frovision
is made lor a United States Marshal and his
deputies to assist inspectors, and arrest without
warrant any person who attempts to commit
any act prohibited by the act. No one is to be
arrested for any oflonso not committed within
tho prcsonco ol the marshal or bis deputies.
Any Slate or local officer who interferes is
liable to arrest, with punishment not exceeding
a thousand dollars fine and two years imprison
ment, Any person who gives lalsc information
about the verification of a vole or a registry list
shall beheld for a misdemeanor. Tho twelfth
section gives the marshal power to call out. the
United Slates forces to enforce the law. It is
made the duty ol tho commanding officers to
obey the requisitions for troops and vessels
of war without delay. Provision is made lor the
transfer ol any suit brought by au aggrieved
citizen against a Federal officer, from a State
Court to a United Stales Circuit Court, and to
lender tho judgment of a State Court in such a
case null and void. Soctionsflvc and six of the
act of last session, to amend the naturalization
laws and to punish crime against the same, are
repealed by tliis bill, though such an appeal is
not to nlicet (lending suits.
Such, iu brief, arc the provisions of a bill that
ought to excite tho indignation of all citizeus
and consign its authors and supporters to infa
my and disgrace. It is melancholly indeed to
sec surb (lowers assumed by Congress, as they
carry one bsok to the dark ages of despotic gov
ernments and compel one to recall the late ol
the republics of tlio Old World. One of two
tilings is certain—cither the people wiil ere
long repeal liiis despotic Federal measure, soon
to become a law, or they will have reached a
stale of apathy which will prove them wholly
unworthy of the free government and Coustitu
tion established by their fatheis This odious
bill now goes to tiro President. — Eew York Ex
press.
False Kcwi-Iicmt.
Tho press cannot be too cautious iu admitting
the publication of original news items. When
a news paragraph once gets into a newspaper,
it is disseminated with such rapidity, far and
near, that it is next to impossibility to recall
it. It may be corrected where it originated,
but it may not be where it lias been re published
iu the remotest quarters oi the country. More
than a month ago, some imprudent person
caused it to be published that tho Flon A. II.
Stephens had adopted the Swedcuborgiun doc
trines. This little item ci news went, ns it were,
upon the wings ol the wind, and is still i ring
copied, and recopied, into different new-papers
in distant parts of tho United States, notwith
standing the fact has been authoritatively con
tradicted near home, where it was first published.
Now it is no reflection upon a gentleman to be
a follower of Swcdcnburg But one who has
.another lorru of laitn and belief, which lie Ins
lived by, aud expects to die by, docs not care
to be robbed of it by the newspapers. This is,
especially, an injustice to one whose i arc has
become widely kuown to his countrymen, and is
destined to lie historical.
The South Carolina Leslolature.
The bill repealing the act granting aid to the
Blue Ridge Railroad, tailed in the Senate. The
bill grunting lurthcr aid to the Grc< n ville, Co
lumbia Railroad, whic.fi has teen cliaracurized
ns infamous, aud which passed the House a tew
days ago. has not been acted on in the S< nale.
Ex-Governor Orr has written a letter iu which
he savs that the passage of the measure will
ruin the credit of the State auq impose an addi
tional burden of taxation which will be unen
durable. He expresses the hope that it may be
defeated, for the sake of the country and of the
Republican poli ty.
A radical paper says that three thousand dol
lars was the price offered on Tuesday last for
votes in Iks ixnate in lavor of the bill.
llouae of Bopreseutativcs of ilie Forty-
Second Coucreu.
The following is the political classification ot
the 43d Congress, according to Mr. McPherson.
Clerk ot the House:
Republicans, ISO; Democrats, 90; Independ
ent, 1. Total, 327. Vacancies, 2. To be elected.
New Hampshire, 2; Connecticut, 4; Texas, 4 ;
California, 3. Total number ol members. 243
Of the 96 Democrats there are twelve or fifteen
contested seals, and two, DuBose, of Georgia,
and Rogers, of North Carolina, and prot ably
Waddell, ol North Carolina, are laboring under
political disabilities, and cannot take their seats
until their disabilities are removed.
From the Louleriite Courier Journal.
Sargent Smith Premia*.
••Tlic Grandest Orator this Country has ever pro
duced."—A Bri.liant Sketch of a moat Brilliant Ca
ret;.-— Rev. W. 11. Jfiliburn’B Lecture.
The deeply enlisted audience assembled at
Wet iger Hall last night to hear from the lips
<■{ a kindred spirit the history and genius of the
greatest orator this continent has ever produced
would realize :n any report of Mr. Millburn’s
lecture the truth ol his own declaration, that a
great oration can be but imperfectly presented
idler its original delivery—that the report thercoi
is but a cold and 6hrouded and coffined lorm
from which the life that thrilled and stirred it
has departed. No one but a genius in complete
sympathy with hiB grand subject could so have
enchained the house lor nearly two hours.—
Those who were pleased with Mr. Millbum’s
lormcr lecture were entirely swept away by that
ol last night. He was moct perfectly identified
in complete rapport, with the subject The
speaker's genius was in its native element, and
lound congenially in the presence ot the life
and character ot Sargent Smith Frentiss, the
wonderful and great thunderer of the South
west. llow the audience followed, with
an eager bending forward to catch every word,
as tLe deep rich voice ol the speaker, tremulous
with the emotions the theme itsclt inspired,
traced the steps ot the limping, gifted boy from
his own Uaulilui Casco bay, “ the sweetest dim
ple on ocean’s cheek,” to tne wilds of Missis
sippi ! And in the swelling tones of the speaker,
as he rehearsed tho grand words of Frentiss,
wc almost imagined we heard the trumpet-
tongue ot the great orator himself.
Mr. Millburu began by drawing a vivid pic
ture oi the flush times of Mississippi, the most
remarkable epoch in the annals ot this country
To that wild, rude, yet chivalrous land, from
the seaboard ol New England and the Middle
States, dill ted the most enterprising, bold and
gibed young spirits, in search ol wealth and
fume; each hoping, by his own unaided genius,
to repiesent the young State Borne day in the
councils ot the nation. The reckless spirit be
gotten of the Union Bank bonds,the Mississippi
bubble; the prevailing ethics of the code, and
the peculiar characteristics of the people, at
once the cause and the eflect ol this state ol
tilings, were splendidly portrayed, lato the
midst of such me, with his warm, impulsive,
convivial nature, was thrown Sargent tinnlh
Prentiss, in the autumn of 1S28. He settled at
Natchez, and leaching school by day and ap
plying himself to the science of the law by
night, he soon procured leisure to practice, and
secured a partnership with Felix Huston, a
prominent lawyer of that section of the State.
The young genius leaped at once, lull armed
into the public arena, and his fame at once
swept mrough the State and the nation. He
devoted himself for several years exclusively to
his prolession, and mingled hut iittie in politics,
although his trumpet gave lorth no uncertain
sound. He was ardently attached to the prin
ciples ot the Whig party, and worshipped Henry
Uiuy with an enthusiasm bordering on idola
try. The btate was stiongly Democratic, and
the little minority of the opposite party stiug-
gled against great odds. Mr. Frentiss was not
long permitted to follow. When twenty-nine
years ot age, he was nominated lor Congress,
aud by the magic ol his unequalled eloquence
was triumphantly elected. Gholson ana Clai
borne had been previously elected by the Dem
ocrats to fill an unexpired term; Prentiss and
Wood were elected to the subsequent regular
session, aud, with the certificate of election of
Governor Lynch, went to Washington. The
lame of the young orator had long preceded
him to the capitol, aud on reaching there his
scai was contested by his predecessor. Then
began the great struggle, in widen Mr. Prentiss
was iho ouiet actor, over what was kuown as
“ tho Mississippi contested election.” For the
first time in the halls ot Congress the young
Demosthenes hurled his thunderbolts. Mr.
Webster, Clay, Everett, every one in tact with
whom Mr. Miilburn had ever conversed, pio-
nounetd it the grandest oration tney had ever
heard. Lie occupied three days in its delivery.
He stood there, a young Hercules, with the fate
ol the constitutional lights ol a ritate leaning
on him alone for the support ol its imperilled
honor aud liberties, at stake. W hen he began
speaking it was soon noised outside that the
most woudenul speech men ever listened to
was being delivered. The Senators lrotn the
other end ol the Capitol left their seats and
came pouring into the House. The news
reached the ears ot the Supreme Court, then in
session, and the Judges quit their benches to
lisleu throughout, entranced, and the diflerent
dcpartm; nts ot Slate loll their duties and flocked
around the speaker. Air. Legare.ol South Car
olina, replied. Frentiss’ rejoinder sent him to
bed Jor a week, ot mortification and chagrin.—
The House, by one vote, referred the matter
again to the electors of Aiisssissippi. Then did
Air. Frentiss make the most remarkable canvass
that was ever euowu in this contry. How he
Unified tho people—how his trumpet voice rai
lied the boats Hum county as he went demol
ishing the Goliahs ol Democracy, fighting duels
at tiie dr ip of tho hat, and iu a perfect whirl
pool oi the very wildest political excitement,
sent back in uiumph to \V ashington—all was
told by Air. Milburn in a manner we cannot
hope to represent.
But the great orator leil a victim to his own
boundless generosity, philanthropy aud emi
nently social uature. lie lost at the card table
during un term in Congress, over ninety thou
sand dollars, and, by endorsing lor iriends, tens
and hundreds ol thousands. No lawyer ever
received such princely lees, or threw iortunes
away so lavishly. Ol his inner life, his tender
ness and devotion as iatlicr, husband, triend, and
the scene around the death-bed ol the Dnlliaut
orator and statesman, ihe iecturer spoke ieei-
ingly—tnriiimgly. The verdict ot all who ever
heard him, is mat Sargent Smuii Frentiss was
the greatest orator this continent has ever pro
duced.
His deep, rich voice could reach distinctly,
the very outskirts ol an audience oi twenty
thousand persons. He took the judgments, the
reasons, the passions ot men by storm. Difier-
cut persons nave gone into ecstacies bordering
on madness, beneath his words, and have been
carried away by their Iriends in a swoon. How
dangerous was such magic power, lodged in ihe
hands ot mortal man—aud yet in this case it
Was controlled oy the kindest, warmest heart
Unu ever beat, liis inouih was a perlect Apol
lo’s now—his outstretched arm wielded a scep
ter that made kings, aud princes and nations
tremble.
>\ e have rot the space to follow this distin
guisln d e; Hirer through all his delineations ol
the hits, character and personal anecdotes of his
great subject. As no nimseli sayti, the biogra
phy ol b. b. Frentiss, written by a master hand,
would sound like a wild romance—a fairy tale,
ii.iore closing, the speaker made a touching al
lusion to bis visit to Louisville aud to the court
esy he nad received at the hands ol her citizens
during his stay here.
We close tics imperfect sketch by quoting
iroiu one of Air. Prentiss’ great speeches. It is,
like all his orations, a succession ot hexauie-
icis. Every word contains a sentence—every’
sentence a poem:
“ Glorious New England, thou art still true to
thy ancient tame, aud worthy thy ancestral hon
ors ! On iky green valleys rest, like sweet dews
ot moinii g, tne pleasant recollections of our
euriy life. Around thy hills and mountains
cling, nke gathering mists, the mighty memo
ries oi the revolution, aud far away in the his
tory ot thy past gleam, like thine own bright
Northern lights, the awful vututs of our pil
grim sires."
murder of Hon. Geo. W. Fisk, ol .Hacou
County.
The Amcricus Republican says that a negro
man named Henry Stubbs, has been arrested
under the charge of shooting Hon. George W.
Fisk, and that a warrant has also been issued
for the arrest of a white man as instigator oi
this deed. The name of the white man is not
given.
Spain and Eaypt.
The difficulty between bpain and Egypt grew
out of a complaint made by a dragoman
attached to the Spanish Consulate at Cairo,
that he had been maltreated by the police.
Terms of Peaec.
Tho press of this country, and as far as wc are
able to judge, of England also, condemns the -
harsh terms oi peace which Germany has im- | lias been paid to witnesses m the various
posed upon France.
flte Iiupiracliwent of Governor Holdeu.
The Raleigh correspondent ol the Wilming
ton Journal, says:
“The trial still drags its length slowly aloDg
The defense has introduced quite a number ol
aitnesiis, but nothing of interest or importance
is elicited. Nothing whatever has yet been
shown or proven to palliate or justify the ac
cused in his illegal acts, lor which be stands im
peached. Tne deep interest and excitement
prevailing for the past tour weeks has greatly
auhsided, aud the attendance of visitors in the
galleries Iras in a measure, ceased, though the
colored trails; y is suii idled with its ebony faces.
I he exi.-ieoce'o. no seciet organization what
ever for ns.s.aiiCe to the law, or opposition to
dieeriuOindied government, has been proven;
nuf, o.ji •_u ray racii slate ot tdiaua as would
justify a prouiainauon or insurrection. Two or
three negroes have testified that they were
severely whipped by disguised rac-n, but not on
account ot their politics or tor any political rea
son whatever, but simply because they were
suspected ol certuiu theits.”
It a r crat Washington reception, says Don
F.^ti, “me Admin lalrai ion reposed on a sola,
and smoked ..ad drank as oulj me Administra
tion can. I he Treasury, the Interior, the Navy
and the Slate Departments came and went at
intervals. They had a natural anxiety touching
Uic- condition ol the Administration. I cannot
say that the Departments drank much or smoked
at all. My venerable bardme looked like a re
tired Irish butler, Delano as il he had just re
covered irom a fit of the ague, and Boutwell as
u ho had the toothache.”
Radical Extravagance.
lion. Air. Dawes, of Massachusetts, slated in
the House ot Representatives, the other day,
that the 41st Congress has appropriated not less
than $?7,yo9 to contestants also who, upon inves
tigation oi tlra ircases, were declared not entitled
to their seats. Id addition to this, the sum of
j ca^es.
From the New York World,
Bayonet Elections.
Washington, February 24.—The Senate at
this writing has been in session twelve consec
utive boura on the House Bayonet Election bill.
Most of the Democratic Senators have spoken
during that time and a vote will proljably be
reached before morning. The determined fight
made by the minority against the passage of
this iniquitous measure will serve to show the
country its details iu still more vivid light; but
there is a hidden reason why it is pressed so
earnestly just at this time. The administration
Senators are determined to throw some of the
appropriation bills over into the next Congress,
in order to afford reasonable excuse for a pro
tracted session in the spring, so that the San
Domingo job may be reached.
A STUBBORN AND A GALLANT PIGHT IN THE SEN
ATE—ALL NIGHT 8ESSION.
Washington, February 14—The Senate at
12:30 o’clock P. AL, took up the regular order of
business, being the House bill to guard the pu
rity of elections entitled " An act to amend an
act approved May 31,1870, to enforce the right
of citizens of the United States to vote in the
several States of the UuioD, and tor other pur
poses.” The bill, consisting of sections, was
rend at length.
Mr. Vickers, (Bern., Md.) criticised the bill
as an oflshot of an unconstitutional measure oi
last session, under which military intervention
had been resorted to at the State elections as ex
pedients ot the Republican party for carrying
the elections. He proceeded to deliver a lengthy
argument against the right of Congress to inter
fere in such elections except in cases of extreme
necessity, where the execution of the State law
was impeded He commented upon the ap
pointment ot men of the most infamous char
acter as deputy marshals in New York City at
the elections last year.
Mr. Johnston, (Dem., Va.) said the eighth sec
tion authorized the United States marshals to
arrest an election officer during the progress or
an election, thus enabling them to defeat and
overturn an election. He moved to strike out
the section, which was not agreed to. Air. J-.hn
ston then moved to strike out the tenth soction.
autborizing deputies at the polls to arrest any
man without process, and compelling bystand
ers when called on to assist in the arrest under
penalty of two years imprisonment.
Air. Trumbull (Rad, 111) favored the motion
He approved of the purpose ot the bill in (ire-
venting frauds at elections, but reminded the
Senate of the consequences, should bad men get
control of the machinery provided for in the
tenth section. It was said that election frauds
in New York were perpetrated under tho aus
pices of Tammany Hall. Should a Pres : dent of
the United Slates be in harmony with that or
ganization, he would appoint a United States
Marshal of the same politics, and this officer
having the appointment ot as many deputies as
he should see fit to appoint, might appoint the
very men by whom these frauds were now com
mitted. These men would have power to ar
rest people indiscriminately, without process,
and any bystander refusing to assist them would
be liable to imprisonment in the penitentiary
for two years. Even the Fugitive Slave law—
the most odious upon the statute book—did not
go this iar, for it attached no penalty lo a re
fusal to assist a marshal. He was not one of
those who believed in the necessity ol this leg
islation, nor that Washington City, was the
whole source of all wisdom and purity, but
thought the people might safely be left to them
selves in such a matter.
Mr. Johnston’s motion was rejected—yeas, 13;
nays, 39.
Messrs. Ross, Tipton, and Trumbull voted
with the Democrats.
Mr. Johnston then moved to strike out that
part ot the tenth section imposing penalties oi
fine and imprisonment for tho refusal or neglect
to assist deputies at elections.
Mr Casserly (Dem., Cal.) regarded this as a
mo3t harsh and extraordinary pro vis on, which
would punish men innocent of any intention to
violate the law either in thought or deed. A
citizen would be at the mercy ol a brothel-
keeper or hanger-on of such a place who might
be acting as an election deputy. Such charac
tors had been appointed in New York City.
Mr. Saulsburv (Dem., Del.) did not apprenend
any bad eflect of the bill so far as it concerned
Democratic majorities, as the public indigna
tion it would arouse against the dominant party
would more than counterbalance any Demo
cratic loss m the exclusion ol legal votes. That
feature which authorized an arrest without a
warrant was the worst ol all. For one, if called
upon, he would refuse to assist these deputies,
and it would be better (or society if the people
would throw the miserable wretches into the
nearest creek. This was the last ellort of a dy
ing party to perpetuate its power.
Mr. Thurman (Dem., O.) spoke of the liability
in damages of an officer and those who assisted
him tor making an arrest where no offense was
committed. The motion was voted down;
yeas, 11; nays, 34.
Mr. Casserly submitted several modifications
of the bill, he said, in the interest of law and
humanity which he advocated, but they were
rejected.
Mr. Johnston (Dem, Va.) moved to prohibit
the arrest of any election officers while in the
actual performance of his duty.
It was rejected by ayes 8 to noes 32.
Additional amendments by Messrs. Thurman
and Casserly were voted down.
Mr. Thurman attributed the wholesale rejection
of amendments to the decree of a party caucus
under which a measure of no immediate neces
sity was to be forced through without the slight
est change to the exclusion of more important
business.
Mr. Hamilton (Dem., Md.,) in a two hours’
argument, illustrated the tendency of Congres
sional legislation to intrench upon reserved
rights of States, and argued that the constitu
tional el-«us>' regulating the manner of holding
okeM' ua had reference to ascertaining the
p >. -L‘r will, and • ouferred no authority to im
pose qualifications upon electors in States. The
motive for the bill was to save New York State
to the Radical cause in 1870; but as the result
of a similar measure last session the Democratic
majority in New York City had increased 12,-
000. The payment of $5 per day to deputies
for ten days would iusuro those worthies an
election trolic, while saving an otherwise neces
sary expenditure by the politicians at the pri
mary elections and for repeating at the polls.—
During his remarks to show the tendency of the
United States Marshal to usurp the control of
elections, Mr. Hamilton caused to be read what
he called a proclamation by the United States
Marshal of Alaryland, issued on the eve of the
last election, forbidding the me of barriers to
shoV distinctions as to color at the polls.
The discussion was further continued by the
Democratic minority for hours upon the threat
ened control of elections by the Federal author
ity and similar topics, the Republican Senators
meanwhile manifesting an apparent indifference
to the debate and a determination to sit all
night. The Democratic members seemed dis
posed to test the physical endurance of the
majority, and Messrs. Thurman, Bayard, and
Casserly regularly succeeeded each other in the
offer and advocacy of amendments, and the
delivery ot lengthy arguments upon the revola
tionsry and monstrous character ol the meas
ure, whi'e the rest of their associates prepared
to continue the struggle indefinitely.
All the amendments were rejected vive voce.
At 9 o’clock Mr. Bayard was awarded the
floor. In the course ol a lengthy speech he de
nied as a base slander upon the people of his
State the charge that military were heeded
there to protect voters from intimidation at the
polls, and asserted that the introduction ol the
soldiery into Delaware prior to the elections
there last fall was only prevented by his own
emphatic protest to the President. Notwith
standing this the State was invaded, under the
lead of an United States Marshal, by a horde of
jail-birds from the neighborhood of Philadel
phia, disguised as deputy marshals. But these
fellows did not dare to carry out their designs
in interfering with the elections, or they woald
have received the punishment they deserved
He then commented upon the circumstances
attending the presence of the militaiy at the
polls in the city of New York, the willingness of
the United States Attorney and United States
Mar-bal of that city to prostitute their offices for
partisan ends in issuing orders prior to the elec
tion, watch were calculated to p-ovoke acollis-
sion between tiie troops and the State authorities;
he was surprised at the indifference of the peo
ple oi the country at the tremendous assaults
upon their liberties, and attributed it to the
perdicious influences of vast corporations and
immense speculations in public lands and gov
ernment rings under the auspices of the domi
nant parly. The bill was ten times more don
gerous than all the frauds complained ot.
At 11 o'clock Air. Casserly suggested an agree
ment for an acj.-ur ament immediately and a
final vote to-morrow.
Mr. Sherman averted that the purpose of the
majority was to pass the bui before an adjourn
ment, and urged the majority to succumb, as
they had now occupied eleven hoars.
Mr. Casserly defended the minority as having
acted solely on the defensive against die pressure
oi an overwhelming majority, who had declined
either to discuss the bill or to allow it to be
amended. He eaid three members of the mi
nority, a ;d perhaps others, intended to speak at
great length.
The debate was then resumed. Mr. Blair ad
dressing the Senate in a speech of bait an hour,
during which he said the election ot Grant by
the aid of the army in the Southern States was
identified with the C'/up d’etat by which Louis
Napoleon acquired power, anu that Grant would
yet use the bayonet in New York as relentlessly
as he had used it in Mississippi. The purpose
of the bill, in his opinion, was to enable the
President to re-elect himself by driving the
Democratic party from the polls in New York
city at the point ot the bayonet. He went on
to speak of the election to high office of milita
ry commanders, one of whom was now in the
Senate, by the use ol the soldiery under his
command.
Messrs. Thurman and Biyard followed in
amendments to the bill, which were voted down.
During the further discussion Mr. Casserly
predicted that the bill would prove either a
death warrant of the Republican party or of the
liberties of the country.
At 1:30 o’clock, A. AL, a final vote was
reached, when the bill was passed by a party
vote as follows : yeas, 39 ; nays, 10.
Sir. Vickers, (Dam., Md.) moved to amend
the title, so as to read: “ An act to prevent tree
and intelligent voters of the United Stases from
exercising the right of suffrage.” Lost.
At 1:45 o'clock, A. M., the Senate adjourned
till 11 o’clock, A. AL
General Hancock and tbe President.
Want ot space prevents us irom giving the
correspondence, or even a synopsis of it, be
tween General Hancock and General Sher
man, which has lately appeared in the papers,
and which originated in the removal of General
Hancock from New Orleans, and his assignment
to a lower command than that to which he was
entitled by his rank. This indignity to a dis
tinguished officer can be attributed to no other
motive than a personal jealousy towards a sup
posed rival for political honors ; and is unwor
thy Ihe character of one filling the high station
oi Chief Magistrate of a great country. We
republish from the Boston Post a succinct state
ment ot the case which places the President in
an unenviable light:
We have given in another column a more ex
tended synopsis of the correspondence between
Major-General Hanconck and General Grant,
which has grown out ol the allegation, made
originally in a letter ot General Sherman, by
authority ot General Granfe that Hancock had
treated the President wrthT personal discourte
sy. The matter is not merely a personal
one. It has public bearings which will excite
an interest in it throughout the country. We
are not surprised that Gen. Hancock should
have insisted upon Us publication. His honor
and his military reputation were deeply in
volved id the facts and principles of the case,
and he is thoroughly vindicated by the publi
cation No impartial mind can fail to be con
vinced that the whole difficulty has arisen from
a narrow-minded, personal, partisan jealousy—
so narrow-minded as to seek the humiliation
and degradation ot a prospective rival for civil
honors. Gen. Hancock’s removal from New
Orleans, and his assignment to a lower com
mand than that to which he was indisputably
entitled by his rank, was an indignity which
could not possibly have originated in any other
motive than that which we have suggested.
Gen. Hancock defends his wounded honor with
the spirit which is characteristic of the man—
the spirit which ought to control every man in
his position—and in a dignified, manly and in
telligent tone, alike creditable to his leelings
and his mind.
The excuse which General Hancock’s pro
testations against the indignity drew from the
President is a sorry ofte indeed, and a betrayal
of the motives which it is but two evident actu
ated him from the outset. The excuse is this,
and nothing more or less: the President in or
der to graiify General Sheridan, and to aflord
him the means ol an extended pleasure tour in
Europe, consented to degrade one of the wor
thiest and bravest and most deserving of officers
ol the p.rmy—one who was entitled to special
and even exceptional distinction, rather than to
any treatment which by possibility could be
construed into disrespect—for the purpose ol
pandering to the vanity and of keeping in lull
pay, while travelling lor his personal pleasure
in Europe, an officer whose character and repu
tation entitled him to no suen consideration
but who deserved to be cashiered rather than
honored for au inhuman exercise of military
power in his Indian campaign. This is the real
excuse, as oflered by the President himself, for
the indignity shown to General Hancock, and
for the arbitrary assumption of the power—not
warranted by law or the regulations ot the mili
tary service—ot placing a junior officer in com
mand over his seniors. It is sorely a lame and
impotent conclusion of an act which can find
no justification in any military or civil code, or
in the rules of courtesy which control the ordi
nary transactions ot life.
Gen. Hancock has shown in this controversy
—managed on his part with a frankness and
skill which places him in enviable contrast
with his opponent—that the President’s course
was wholly unwarranted by the laws which
govern rank in the army. He even takes the
strong and no doubt defensible position, that
unless the President should otherwise specially
direct, he would have had a right, by virtue ol
his superior rank, to assume the command in
question, in accordance with a universally ap
plicable rule and with the theory upon whiclk
rank is given and by which hitherto the customs
of the army have been governed. Instead ol
pursuing a direct crurse, which would have in
volved the necessity of something like a tangi
ble excuse, Got). Grant accomplished bis end by
a subterfuge which a high sense ol civil or mil
it ary justice and honor would never have di
reeled.
Burglar Arrested.
The Charleston Courier of the 27th instant,
gives ihe following account of the arrest of
professional burglar in that city:
A very airy looking fellow, done up in the
very latest drapery ot the fashionable world
was arrested Friday by officers Daly and Levett,
He gave his uame as John H. Lewis, doubtless
a pseudonym. From his appearance—very
genteel—looking at him in his iron cage at the
detective office, one would suppose him the im
personation of injured innocence. He is a little
over five feet in hight, well made, of light com
plexion, sandy hair, and ditto mustache, and of
the most plausible address. About lour weeks
ago he favored our city with his presence, and
put up with mine hostess Butterfield, ot the
Pavilion. He was immersed in self-possession
and the general counterfeit of luxury, and rep
resented himselt to be a dentist, and employed
tbe services of a gun, and locksmith to make
him a pair of instruments, which he technically
called dental forceps, but they were really bur
glar’s tools for seizing key points in locked
doors, and thereby effecting an entrance. Alter
remaining in the city a few days, he went to
Aiken and soon returned again—consulting the
gunsmith for more of the forceps. The morn
ing after his arrival helettthePavilion,carrying
ofi seventy-five dollars in greenbacks from one
gentleman—one hundred dollars in Camden
Bank notes from another—a fine brooch aud a
set of false teeth, which he had stolen from the
rooms ol boarders. In ODe room he missed a
couple of gold watches, which the owner had
put under his hat ob retiring. He took lodgings
at the Waverly House and other places
in the city, robbing each one. He was
arrested in George street, Friday, and
told by detectives Daly and Lovett, that he
was supposed to be a “bummer,” but when they
got him to the detective office, he was informed
of the real cause ol the arrest—burglary—where
upon he turned rather pale, remaking he thought
he was taken into custody for something else.
He has been identified by several parties
where he has robbed. His tranks are large aud
capacious, aud are loaded with a splendid ward
robe, including several dozen pairs ol kid gloves
He says lie resides in Hooper county, Altssouri,
and claims to be tro u Dublin. His trunks show,
by labeiB, that he has been to Paris, London,
Liverpool, Baden Baden, New York, Montreal,
Ottawa, tst. Louis, Ch.cago, and other places ol
note and fashion. He is a sharp fellow, and says
he has eluded the experts of the old and new
world. He will be legally overhauled to-day.
Tbe Condition of France.
The London Times, ot the 13th, concludes an
article on France, as follows:
The next six months, even if the blessing of
peace should be durably realized, will assuredly
place in a light transcending that ot all previous
experience the unspeakable calamities of war.
Never before have we had its horrors brought
so close to us, or ou so terrible a scale, and the
sequel, with all its incalculable miseries, is still
to come. Halt ot France is left with nothing
but ita soil, and that soil is without seed. Towns,
villages and homesteads have been ransacked or
burned and ruined. Woods have been cut down,
bridges demolished, roads destroyed, and, worst
of all, agriculture and trade everywhere sus
pended. It is hard to say how the population
lives, or expects to live.
The proprietor receives no rents, the laborer
finds no work, money has been swept ofi by the
Germans, and industry, from want of custom
and communication together, is fairly at an end.
How is all that shattered fabric of social and
commercial life to be restored onec more?
When France returns again to the possession oi
Frenchmen, what will ensue? War and its
ravages will cease, but the efiects of the storm
will remain, aud a spectacle will be presented
such as was never witnessed iu Europe Btnce
the days of the French revolution. Fortunately,
halt France has been spared from the direct re
sults of the contest, and the sympathies ot Eu
rope will come actively in aid.
We learn from Mr. Capper’s letters, what
perhaps was not sufficiently understood, how
much has already been done by Germany and
Switzerland, and certainly the subscribers to
the War Victims Fund will have reason to re
flect with satistaction on the work their contri
butions have achieved. It is only to be hoped
that at least we now know the worst of
the war itself, and that the speedy re estab
lishment of peace may limit the evil to the di
mensions we can discern already. There is
scope enough and to spare lor all the energies
of even international benevolence.
Decision* of Supreme court or Georgia—
January Term, 1S71.
Order of Circuits with the number of cases
from each:
Macon Circuit 18
Flint Circuit 12
Tallapoosa Circuit 10
Allauaha 0
Atlanta Circuit 17
Rome Circuit
Cherokee Circuit 11
Northern Circuit
Middle Circuit
Ocmulgee Circuit
Eastern Circuit 10
Uruuswictc Circuit
Albany 12
Augusta
Some of our “society papers” are well hit-
ofi by Mark Twain, in his description ol a fash
ionable bail he once attended. He says: Mrs.
W. AL was atured in an elegant pate de foie gras,
made expressly for her, and was greatly admired.
Miss S had her hair done op. £he was the cen
ter of attraction from the gentlemen, and the
envy of ail the ladies. Miss G W was tastefully
dressed in a tout ensemble, and was greeted with
deafening applause wherever she went. Mrs C
N was euperbly arrayed in white kid gloves.—
Her modest and engaging manner accorded well
with-the unpretending simplicity of her cos
tume, and caused her to be regarded with ab
sorbing interest by every one. Miss R P, with
that repugnance to ostentation in dress which is
so peculiar to her, was attired in a simple white
lace collar, listened with a neat pear 1 button
solitaire. The charmmg Miss E B appeared in
a thrilling waterlaiL How besuuful she was !
Tiie radiant uud tylph-like Mrs F wore kreq**.
8he snowed to good advantage, and created a
sensation wherever she appeared. She was tbe
gayest ol the gay.
An nuheara of Larceny.
The Savannah Advertiser says, that a tomb
stone placed upon the grave ot her son by a
poor mother, in the cemetery of that city, was
lately stolen by some w retch.
Congressional Documents.
We are indebted lo Hon. LL W. Miller for
copies ot the speeches of Hon. Oliver P. Mor
ion, ol Indiana, and of Hon. Francis P. Blair,
of Missouri, delivered in the Senate oi the
United States.
Tuesday, February 28.
Judgment ot affirmance were rendered in the
following cases, to-wit:
James B. Hull et. al., Caveators plaintifl in
error, vs. Warren Hull, propounder, derendaut
in error.
Probate of will from Muscogee—Sophia
W. Hangroves, caveator, plaintiff in error
vs. James K. Redd, propounder, defendant in
error.
Probate of will from Muscogee—John H
Pate, plaintift in error, vs. O. A. Lochrane
Trustee lor Mrs. Lamar, delendaut in error.
New trial from Bibb—R. T. Coley et. al.
plaintifl in error, vs. John Henry, Executor
defendant in error.
Complaint from Dooly—Samuel P. Salter,
plaintiff in error, vs. Glenn, Dufieid & Co., de
tendant in error.
Complaint from Houston—Simeon C. Eiling
ton, plaintifl in error, vs. Joseph B. Dillard et.
al., caveators, defendants in error.—Eevisavit vel
non.
In the case last stated McCay, J. dissents
from the judgment of the court.
In the case of Samuel D. Irwin, Administra
tor, plaintfl in error, vs. the creditors ot the
estate ol James Bond, defendants in error.
Dismissal of a bill in equity irom Aluscogce
—the judgment ol the cout below was reserved
on the ground that the court erred in dismiss
ing the bill.
in tne case ol William Perry, el al., plain tiffs
in error, vs. Robert M. Gunby, defendant in
error—Motion Jor new trial, from Muscogee—
the judgment ot the court below was reversed
on the ground that the court below erred in
deciding that the delendaut was barred Irom
making a motion for a new trial in the case, on
other grounds than those contained in the bill
of exceptions, which was dismissed by this
court.
A rule ni si was granted against the Clerk ol
the Superior Court of Baker county, requiring
him to show cause why he should not be
attached lor contempt tor laiiing to send up to
this court the original bill of exceptions and
transcript ot the record in the case oi Jefl Nis-
bet and George Johnson vs. The State.
Argument in No. 2, Macon Circuit—The
Southwestern Railroad Company vs. Alaliuda
DeBorde—was resumed by Judge Lyon ior
plaintifl in error.
Du conclusion ol Capt. Bacon’s argument for
defendant iu error, the court adjourned till 10
o’clock, A. AL, to-morrow.
Wednesday, March 1,1871.
Argument in No. 3, Macon Circuit—The
Southwestern Railroad Company vs. Malinda
DeBorde—was resumed and concluded. Lyon,
DeGralfienreid and Irwin, for plaintifi in error ,
NiBbels & Jackson, and Bacon & Simmons lor
delendaut in error.
Upon motion, No. 8, Macon Circuit—The
Mayor aud Aldermen of the city of Savannah
et al., va. Steplieus Collins, et at.—was with
drawn by counsel for plaintifi in error.
No. 5, Macon Circuit—John W. Burge vs
Charles Stroberg—was argued lor _plaiutill in
error by Judge Lyon, and lor defendant iu error
by Capt. A. O. Bacon.
Pending argument in No. 4, Macon Circuit,
tbe Court adjourned until 10 o’clock, A. Al.
to-morrow.
Thursday, March 2, 1871.
Argument was heard in No. 6, Macon Circuit
—Mark A. Kuson vs. James Alartin, Sliereill—
Judge R. F. Lyon and Colonel Jotxn Ruther
lord for plaintifl in error, aud Colonel deGral-
lenreid and Mr. B. Hill for delend ant in error
No. 7, Macon Circuit—Ellis vs. Zeilin & Co—
was argued for plaintifl in error by Wm. Guslin
and lor delendant in error by Mr. Anderson.
No. 10, Macon Circuit—P. Stolesbury vs. Ii.
S. Lanier, Administrator—was argued tor plaiu
till in error by Captain A. O. Bacon, and lor
delendant in error by Air. Anderson.
No. 11, Macon Circuit—S. IL Holmes and J
J Clay va Ann S. Smith, et aL—was with
drawn.
Pending argument in No. 9, Macon Circuit,
the Court adjourned until 10 o'clock, A. AL, to
morrow.
Only one more case remains on the docket to
be argued from the Macon Circuit.
Friday, March 3,1871.
Argument was heard in No. 9, Macon Cir
cuit—George M. Logan, Trustee, plaintifl in
error va T. Stewart, et. al., defendant in error.
Ejectment from Bibb—Samuel Hall and Jno.
Rutherford, for plaintfls in error, Ciillord
Anderson and Judge James Jackson lor de
fendants in error.
Saturday, March 4,1871.
James M. Pace, Esq., ol Covington, was
admitted to the bar.
Argument in No. 9, Macon Circuit, was re
sumed and concluded.
No. 12, Alacon Circuit—Thomas N. Mima vs.
J. B. Ross, et al. —was argued for plaintifi in
error by Col. John Rutherford, and for delend
ant in error by Judge Jackson.
No. 1, Flint Circuit—Francis A, Cochran vs.
George A. Cunningham, executor—was with
drawn.
No. 2, Flint Circuit—Stephen V. Walker vs.
Elihu H. Walker—was argued tor plaintifl in
error by Judge Cabaniss and C. H. Peeples.
The Court adjourned till 10 o’clock, A. M.,
to-morrow.
Savannah and Atlanta.
It is not very strange that certain towns and
villages—some ot which are honored with the
flattering name and style of cities—should
manifest a little jealousy at the growth of
Atlanta, and that the press, representing their
interests and contracted views of progress,
should occasionally make ill-natured flings at
the prosperity which they have not been so
fortunate as to enjoy, but that the flourishing,
proud old city ot savannah should indulge in
such things is a matter of surprise to us. Eveu
the News, one ol the ablest conducted journals
iu the Stale, seems to have a penchant lor
pointed paragraphs aimed at her supposed
rival in commercial importance. There is room
enough in Georgia lor both Savannah and
Atlanta. The latter is the great commercial
emporium of the State—the outlet to the sea ol
the vast trade which is gathered there, not only
irom the State, but from (joints beyond its
limits. Atlanta stands upon the hills, and is
the gate through which the commerce ol the
great Northwest pours into the State, and is a
powerful auxiliary to the prosperity ol her
sister on the sea. They snould, therelore,
rejoice together in their present prosperity
and future prospects. There should be
no every—no jealousy between them.—
But such is not tne tact it the following
irom the News reflects truly the ieqiing oi
that community:
“ A deranged man was in Atlanta the other
Jay. flte tact that he called that city Sodom,
leads us to believe that Ins idiotcy was only a
thin disguise.”
In this connection, high scenes which have,
according to the reports of the press, lately been
enacted in that poiite city, recall to mind the
old adage,—“ Those who live in glass houses
should not throw stones”—cerium sap.
So says the Atlanta Intelligencer. It will
occur, however to the impartial reader that that
journal has leaped to its conclusions rather too
hastily. Neither Savauuah nor tho News are
apposed lo or envious ot the wonderful growth
and prosperity ol Atlanta. C^uite the contrary.
Savannah has uo time to be jealous of any city,
and it our contemporary had been a close reader
ot the News he would have discovered that, ou
more thau one occasion, we have alluded with
pride to the rapid progress ot Atlanta.
The paragraph to which TnE Intelligencer
objects does not warrant the construction which
the editor is pleased to put upon it. Atlauta,
as the headquarters ot the most corrupt and
dishonest administration that ever cursed any
commonwealth, pretty apt to present to outsid
ers (at least) some ot the most striking charac
teristics ol ancient Sodom. Between Atlanta
as a commercial centre and Atlanta as the
headquarters ot carpet-bag Radicalism, there is
quite a distinction, although it may not be very
clearly expressed in ihe reproduced paragraph ;
and we trust that herealter, when Ihe Intel
ligencer discovers anything in our columns
liable to this misconstruction, it may make the
distinction for ilseit.
In regard to the “ high scenes ” lately enacted
in this city, we are at a loss what to say. YYe
do not wish to take an unfair advantage of our
contemporary, but his allusion to the matter
compels us, in self-delense, to state that the
chiet actor in the aforesaid scenes was a mis
sionary from Atlanta; and now that nothing
more is to be accomplished in this vineyard, he
gracelully withdraws to his aforetime base,
detail 1
As an act of justice to our cotemporary, the
Savannah News, we republish an article which
appeared in our columns a lew days ago, aud
tne reply ol the News to it. The paragraph
which we commented upon, was not regarded
by us as having any political significance what
ever, but as one of those fiings^tt Atlanta which
have been too commonly indulged in to the dis
paragment ol this city on other grounds. We
have no point to make with the News in rela
tion to its attacks upon the administration,
which lias its headquarters here, but what we
object to is, the constant abuse ot Atlauta and
her people, in which some ol our contempara-
ries have been in the habit ol indulging. The
concluding paragraph of tne News about the
“ high scenes,” to which we alluded, is a good
hit, and to use a common expression, rather
“ gits us.”
A in oilier’s Prayer.
It was a religious meeting. A hale, robust
man, somewhat in years, arose and with much
emoton related the story ol his early life, and
his conversion to God. I give it, as nearly as l
can remember, in his own words :
“ 1 had a good pious mother. What prayers
she oflered lor me, her wayward son! 1 did
not like to hear her pray, bhe sometimes pray
ed with me. but very olten I heard her praying
lor me in her own room. 1 did not like to go
by that door; I was almost alraid to go by it.
1 used to run out ol tbe house to get away Irom
my dear mother’s prayers. 1 was afraid that
her prayers would be answered, and 1 should
become a Christian, i did not love God, aud
did not like to think ol Him, and 1 was almost
angry that my mother should keep praying so
much lor me. But 1 never, never lorgot those
prayers, though my heart was so hard, and
did not wish to remember them.
“My mother died; but her prayer did not
die; they lived in my memory, and olten they
would come up before me and trouble me. But
oh! how wicked my heart was, it would not
yield to ner Savior.
1 grew to be a man, and a family of children
gathered about me. In au outpouring ol the
Spirit my two eldest daughters were converted
but still their lather remained, with his hard
sinful heart
“One Sunday morning, as I went into the sit
ting room after breakfast, 1 saw a row ol chairs
placed along by the wall. I asked my daughters
what that meant. ‘Why, lather,’ they said, ‘we
ate going to have prayers; please come tou.’
So they got the younger children and seated
them, and then those two girls conducted family-
worship. You may he sure, this was a blow to
me. Mine had been a prayerless home; and
now these two daughters had taken up nty
mother’s prayers ior me. 1 was very miserable.
1 was proud and unwilling to let any one know
how much I felt.
“Sunday passed slowly away. The next
morning as i storied ior my shop, two members
ot the Church were talking together at the cor
ner. I knew that they were speaking of the
wonders that God was working in town. I was
afraid they would address me on religion; so
went a long way round, by a difficult path, and
reached my shop, went in, and shut the door.
“ 1 was all alone—no, I was not alone. God
was there. He touched ray soul by His Spirit
and I could hold out no longer. I kneeled’
down on a pile of boards, and prayed and
begged ior ntercy. 1 saw all my past file, how
rebellioui and wicked I had been, how the in
fluence ot my mother’s prayers had never left
me, and now, how those very prayers were be
ing taken up and carried afresh to the throne of
grace by my own daughters. Ch ! what a poor
miserable sinner I was; could the blessed Savior
have mercy on me ? Then and there I renouced
my belie!; then , and there I gave my poor
heart to Him who had said, ‘ Son, give me thy
heartand then and there the peace and the
blessing came.
“That shop could not contain this new found
bliss; 1 rushed home, to teil tiie dear ones there
what I had experienced, and there was joy and
rejoicing there over the lost one iound.
Shall not mothers continue to pray, though
they did not see their children converted ? It
is God who cannot lie, that has promised, ‘Ask
and ye shall receive.” ’
And those daughters. What a trial it must
have been to them to set up a family altar in
that godless home. Bu ; God rewarded their
loving faithiuiucss wtih an exceeding great re
ward. May we always be as ready to help
Jesus bear the cross.—American Messenger.
Sumner has been prevailed on to smother bis
wrath lor a season, and postpone the delivery
ot his contemplated speech attacking President
Grant.
Death of Bishop Andrew.
We announced yesterday that Bishop A. O.
Andrew was seriously ill, having been stricken
with paralysis. To-day we have intelligence
ol his death. A great and good man has fallen
but his works will ioliow him. He lived to a
good old age. He was a native Georgian, but
nis lame is not limited by territorial lines—tt
belongs to the whole country. An eminent
divine, he was remarkable tor his Christian
piety and virtues. He was ol the old school ot
Methodists, most ol whom have passed away
Bisnop Andrew’s name has been intimately
connected with the political history ot the
country, from the tact, that his possession ol
slaves, which came to him in right ot his wile,
was made the ground lor the division ol the
MeiLodlat church. In Mr. Calhoun’s last great
speech, in the Senate,he mentioned the division
ot the Methodist Episcopal Church as one ol
the leading cahses which threatened the dis
ruption of our political union, then believed by
him to be imminent. Tbe result has proved
the prophetic knowledge of that great states
man.
Attorney General Akerman.
The opinion which Mr. Attorney General
Akerman had given upon the question oi inter
est to be paid on the Union Pacific Railroad
bonds, has been decided by the Senate to be er
roneous. Five of the six lawyers on the Judi
ciary Committee, were against Mr. Akerman.
This is not, however, conclusive that the opin
ion of the Attorney General was wrong. He
may be right, although five other lawyers may
difler with him. Besides, the Pacific Railroad
Company is a great ring, and rings Dave power j
these days, even in deciding legal questions.
Daniel Webster—An Incident.—Many
years ago, when Daniel Webster stood at the
summit of hi9 commanding influence, upon a
certain Sabbath he entered a small Methodist
church in the vicinity ol Washington. The
number ol persons in attendance was lew. and
the house and furniture was ol a very inferior
description. The preacher was a plain, unlet-
red man, who had never enjoyed any advan-
Jiges oi education, but who did possess a heart
warmed by ihe glow and excellence of the Gos-
eL At tne close ot the services, as Mr. Web-
r was leaving the house, a clerk ol one of the
Departments who had been present, accosted
Mr. Webster and expressed regret that a man
ol his eminence and extensive information
should have been compelled to listen to'so plain
a discourse. “ You mistake,” replied Mr. Web
ster, “ 1 have been deeply interested and moved
by the sermon. As yon say, tbe preacher has
nu learning irom the books, hut he has evidently
beer. ies'rucUxj oy the highest of preachers
ilie Spirit ol God. We go to churcii, sir, not
u erely to have our minds enlightened, but to
have ihe emotions of our hearts awakened and
excited towards divine things. This wncruL..
man, as we call him, has attained a reach ol
knowledge which no more learning can give.—
He has taught us our duty to God. May we
perform it!”
ON LY A DICEA1TI.
By the lake beyond the meadow.
Where the lilies blow—
As the youuk moou dipt and lifted
Herreflociod bow 1
Lived and died a dream of Beauty,
Many years ago.
Something made the milk white blossoms
Even winter grow;
Something gave the dying sunset
Au iutenser glow;
Ami enriched the cup of pleasure,
Filled to overflow.
Hope was trail, and fleeting—
It is often so;
Vision- horn of golden sunsets ;
With tho sunsets go:
To have loved is lo have fluttered
Martyrdom below.
By the lake, beyond the meadow.
Whore the lilies blow—
O ! the glory there that perished,
None'shaH never know—
When the human heart was broken,
Many years ago I
The New Cuuares*.
It was formerly the practice, alter the expi
ration of the old Congress ou the 4th ol March,
for the new one to meet in December following.
But during the administration of President
Johnson, a law was enacted assembling the
new Congress immediately after the old one
adjourned. This law had its origiu in the col
lision which took place between that functionary
and the legislation department ot ihe Govern
ment. The latter was unwilling to trust tne
President with the administration of public af
fairs during the interim; hence the law which
still remains on the statute book,and consequent
ly the new Cougrcss having organized, was to
have assembled yesterday, and will probably re
main in session some mouths, as a large amount
ot business before the Forty-First Congress was
Jeit undisposed ot alter adjournment. Iu the
uew Congress tho Radicals will still have a
clear majority, but they will be to some extent
embarrassed in tiieir reckless course ot legisla
tion by the accession to the Democratic repre
sentation. Two years ol the Grant administra
tion has come to a close, and the inquiry is
naturally suggested, what has it accomplished?
How has its promises ot peace been fulfilled?
What is its policy ? By lus own acknowledg
ment the President entered upon the discharge
of his high duties without a policy. What
policy has it developed? What measure lor
the good ot the country has it matured ?
None whatever. Instead of healing the
wouuds which war had made, it has ripped
them open and set them to bleeding alresb.—
No magnanimity—uo spirit of conciliation
towards tbe South, has been manifested. A
bitter and roleutlcss war upon her people has
been kept up. Even alter tiie last Stale was
allowed its representation, and the work ol re
construction had come to a close, a law has been
enacted for the purpose of perpetuating the
power of the radical parly, by pulling the pop
ular elections under the control ol federal bay
onets. Pcit and plunder must be secured
though it be at the price ot the liberties of the
people.
A Good. Fellow.
This word good, by tho way, is an immense
bouncing adjective, but marvelously elastic
withal, aud titling itself to many substantives
ot various ami opposite qualities.
Grammarians, who are the only class ol peo
ple in tne world who know nothing ol gram
mar, declare that the use ol words is to express
our ideas, whereas every one knows that the
real use ot words is to conceal our ideas. In
like manner these silly language peddlers con
tend that the adjective is used to express or to
show the quality of the substantive; whereas,
actually the substantive is used to express the
quality oi the adjective; lor wnat iu the name
ol common sense is the meaning ol the word
“good,” as it stands by itsell? Clap a substan
tive lo it, and you have a meaning al once.—
Thus, lor instance, in the case ot good iellow,
the word Iellow shows the meaning of the word
good.
There is a wide difference between a good
Iellow and a clever iellow. A clever Iellow is
far from being a good Iellow ; he is rather a
good lor nothing Iellow. A clever iellow is
always bustling about, continually on the go,
like a parched pea on a hot shovel; but a good
Iellow is as quiet as a mouse, and as easy as an
old shoe. A clever iellow has his eyes about
him, but a good lell never gels them more than
three-quarters open. He lakes the world pret
ty rnuen as he finds it, and considers it on the
whole a tolerably lair sort of a place; he never
meditates tearing it lo pieces to make it go hel
ler, as nervous babies do with watches. A
clever Iellow will be sure to contradict you, uo
matter what you say, while a good Iellow will
as certainly agree with you in whatever you
may tell.* A good fellow is a kind of a lame
bear—clumsy but tractable; you may lead him
anywhere. He will tell you good stones it you
will listen lo him; aud il not he will listen
attentively to your bad ones, lie will laugh at
your jokes, aud pitly your griels. He will eat
at any table, or drink at any tavern. He will
grin and chirp over his glass, and praise the
uastiest wine ever was bottled. He will never
be the first to break up a pany ; but will sit be
yond midnight, kindly oblivious ol his wile and
children—il he has any. li you have wit you
may make him your butt; and it you have not,
you may play oil your stupidity upon him, aud
tie’ll take it lor wit. He must care ior nobody,
but be at everybody’s service. He bears no re
sentments, and he is obliged to all the world,
except his own lainily, ol whoso existence he
seems scarcely aware. His iumd, like his body,
appears to have acquired a habit ol silting
quietly down, anu like tne memorable creation
ot Dickens, calmly waiting lor something lo
turn up. lie looks as though he had forgotten
yesterday, aud had no thought lor lo-morrow.
He has no mental or moral character whatever;
he is a complete uusc ol wax, to he squeezed or
twisted into any imaginable shape, lie is not a
good, nor a bad man, iiut he is a good iellow ;
lie has neither wit nor wisdom, but lie is a good
iellow; he has done nothiug that auy one eau
recollect; he lias filled no heart with gratitude,
no tongue with liis praises, but he is a good
fellow, if he lall mto trouble (which nc is
pretty sure to do, as lie dou’t trouble himseli to
keep out ol It.) his trieuds pity nun, it is true,
but tney have a very queer way ol doing it;
they laugh at him with tears in their eyes:
they will not give him a penny, but with a
knowing shake ol the head will say that it’s a
I»ity of him, that Ue is a “good iellow.”—Ihe
1‘aper. t
Butler’s Ku-K.lux Bill.
An effort was made iu me House to suspend
the rules and lake up the bill to suppress Ku-
Kiuxism in the iSouth, but the moliou tailed to
tne great disappointment ol tne “ Beast ” who
reported the bill irom the Reconstruction Com
mittee.
Vote on tiie Eulorcement Bill.
Upon examining the vote which was taken
last Saturdays morning on the enforcement bill
in the Senate ol the United States, we see Mr.
Miller’s vote recorded in the negative, and the
name of Mr. Hill set down on tue list ol absent
Senators, numbering twenty-jive. Twenty-five
Senatois absent when a vote was taken upon
one ol the most important measures that has
ever come belore tnat body I This is a silent
but significant commentary upon the times.
Bobbers aud Burglaries In Augusta.
The crimes ol burglary, robbery aud ibeit are
ot daily occurrence in Augusta. Every paper
Irom that city, ol late, brings intelligence oi
some daring robbery or burglary that lias been
committed there. Atlanta has been heretolore
run at by our contemporaries on account of its
calender of crime, but our staid old neighbor
is now entitled to the palm. We most cheer
fully yield to her.
Tiie Second Baptist Church.
We are authorized to state that the new and
beautilul audience room of the Second Baptist
Church, on Washington street, in this eity, will
be opened to-day with appropriate services, at
10:30 o’clock, A. M. It was to have been
opened on Sunday last, but the occasion was
postponed on account cl the inclemency ot tbe
day. There will also be service at the church
at 7i o’clock, P. M.
I he public are cordially invited to attend
I these interesting services.
Dr Jno. S^ainbaCK Wilson is getting hi3
Atlanta as It is’’ ready tor publication at an
early day. Five thousand copies have already
been taken in the city, with every probability
of aD increase to six or eight thousand. The
work will be an excellent advertising medium,
as it has a large circulation lully secured both
in city aud country.
Those desiring to avail themselves ol its ad
vantages, should send iu their orders l«>r cards
in the advertising department without delay,
lieports are also solicited Irom churches, schools,
societies, places ol amusement, associations,
etc.; indeed, every thing that will snow just
what Atlanta is in every respect, will be accept
able. Address the author in lull, through the
Post Office, or leave a message ou his slate,
Granite Block, Broad street.
Served Thom Slight.
Two strangers (having tiie habit of ge.itle-
inou; followed a iady the other day in the sin ots
ol Augusta, to ner residence. On their arrival
there they sent a servant lor the lady, who was
astonished to meet two men Wfio were entire
aUiuia»a'o toner. They made some impertinent
and insulting inquiries ol her, when she retired
and imormed her husband ol tbe disagreeable
interview. He followed them to the Globe
Hotel that evening and gave them both a good
sound caniug, aud in the collision broke tbe
arm of one ol them. One ot these scamps rep
resents himself as a foreign Count, and the
other as an ex-Confederate officer, who was
sent down here to investigate Southern outrages.
He should report this case.
Justice Spencer continues to hear the case
ol Crusseli va. The City. His Honor decided
that Mr. Crusseli had Dot pursued the proper
course—seemed rather ot opiuion that he
should have brought his action ior damages be
lore tbe proper authorities,