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GATE-CITY GUAEDIAN. V C. IOWAM Ud L A. CIAWFORD, CO-EDITOM. ATLANTA, OBOBOIAi RSDAY, FEBBUABY- 14, 1801. The JYIrw tiovernment, radical principle! of free government beea ao thoroughly ditcuased in the laat year* by the American people, that, existing habitudes of thought and i (he subject, little remains to be aug- I the reconstruction of a system for the But the practical workings of the late l Tery surely evinoe a failure in the i tendency of oertain principles per objectionable in thcmaclvea. Exeeu nag*, perhaps, does not seem more ag than patronage to the same amount ! by Congress, or a Cabinet, or an Yet the whole drift of this power, tod in the history of the late Govern- towards corruption and ruin, |y pursuaded that the myraids of reed in a one-sided way, which the hands of the President of the by due course of law, would Aer hare proved too much for ths of any Constitutional Republic.— of view the neoessity for a recon our old confederation on acoount heresy of consolidation, we think lion by ths Government of the Pa- presented such a grave departure d constitutional authority, that Ined State interposition was called from such an outrage on the ^ty. Yet, cavil and philosophise ~t the proper mode and princi- ng State patronage, it it and has of most difficult solution with ring men. Where parties exist^ ntend for the control of theGov- far eaaier to sneer at the rather of Mr.Marcy, that 44 to the vie spoils," than to answer it. But of party largesses on the public snd evil continually. The teach- riitics, as well as of our pulpits, t the private station of individ- ing honest and well-earned in- the one most appropriate to the ri conducive to the virtue of the seman. The track of the Ship been through the drift of many a ok, which, but for the lust of official power, would never have Can we not have an eoonomi 1 Central Government, and yet T We can, we think. Aggran- at the expense of the Central Restrict that power to as few few privileges, and as few grants as r do all this by holding tbe money in : that make it. Without a large ex , and fat offices to give away, no self- men or corrupted school of politi- will ever be able to see their thrift in up a tyranical usurpation of power, or in. Mrrnpting a pure Government. Men—even Wdf/laii man—moat be well paid for such aw- M VFbrk aa this. If, then, the Central Govern ment is kept poor, the inevitable consequence Will b4y that tbe prime talent of the Confeder ation will be engaged by the States, and not by th# General Congress, where, as of old, that kisnt may eithsr be bought or overlaid. We have given much thought to the subject of Di rect Taxation, which many of the moat patri otic men among us regard as the true remedy for many of the grievances of the late Govern ment. We candidly confeea that our former objections hare weakened down under the very forcible arguments of the friends of the sys tem. If our new relations to the world, and the perfoct homogeniousoess of the States compos ing tha Southern Confederacy, do not material ly affect the doctrine of proteotion, we are of opinion that tha ohaapest, most accountable, and boat checked Government that possibly can exist, will bo secured by a system of Direct Taxes. It is demonstrable beyond all doubt, that every man who does not live on his own industry, making within the resources of his own homo much the larger part of all ho uses, that the Direct Taxation is the lightest. It is not certain if the present high protective tariff before the United States Congress becomes a law, that a fine sait of cloth bought under the operations of that tariff 1 would not, besides cov ering the body of its wearer, cover also the amount of a year’s taxes in the excess over a fair prioe. We shall watch, with intense interest, the progress of public and Congressional opinion upen tha two subjects of a system of Taxation, sad of Executive Patronage. With these two vital questions favorably settled, and the well ballasted conservatism of a planting people, we may well thank Providence for “ our lives hav ing fallen to us in such pleasant places." Appointment*, We are informed, just on the eve of geieg to press, that Gov. Brown has appointed O. Har vey Thompson, of ths Gats City Guards, and A. M. Wallace, of tbe Atlanta Grays, Captains in the State Army. These are admirable ap pointments, and shows that His Excellency has a keen appreciation of true merit. Anther Seixure. The telegraph reports the aeisure, by the Police of New York, on the 18ih instant, of three boxes of ammunition, mainly percussion •ape, and ball cartridges, bound far Savannah, an board the steamer Huntsville. 0P The chronological order of the Secession movement is as follows: ; 1. December 20 South Carolina. 2. January 9, Mississippi. 3. January 9, Florida. 4. January 11 Alabama. bi January 19 Georgia. 0. January 20, Louisiana. The Deputy U.g. Marshals of this State, wa are informed, have recently received drafts for half their pnj for takiog the census, with an assurance that! be reraaiader will be prompt- lf forwarded as aeon as their returns oan be examined by the Department. _ . Correction* Wejfud the subjoined stirring liaes going the roods of the paper# as the production of one not their anther. They were composed by Mr. Anannaon On*, of this ellfr-e gentleman of excellent taste end fine scholarly attain ments. These verses, set to music, we believe, and sung by Mr. W. H. Bernes end Mr. Wright, of this eity, have msde dewy the eyes and bounding the pulses of thousands of our peo ple just before our lest election : HOUTII CAROLINA. ■T AMDBBSON W. OBR, Of ATLANTA. Carolina I Carolina ! Heaven's blessing* a tie ml her ; While we live we will cherish, protect and defend her; Though Yankees may sneer at, and witlings defame her, Our hearts swell with pleasure wbeuever you name hsr. Chomis.—Huual huzza 1! Carolina forever— Huzza! huzza for the fearleas and free ! Carolina ! Carolina ! her flag floats in glory— Her prowess la written In song and in story; She has sworn she will never submit to oppression. And her sons are ail wHllug to die for Oeeession. Ouoara.—Huzza! huzza I kc. Carolina ! Carolina! though Lincoln may curse her. And send down his cohorts to drive and coerce her, Uell And that her soldiers are totter and braver Than the traitorous foes who attempt to enslave her. Caoacs.—Huzza huzza! Ac. Carolina ! Carolina ! with nerve firm and zteady— With hearts brave and dauntless, old Georgia standi ready To share In your perils—repel all aggression, Then three hearty cheers, aud one long loud hosanna To the brave baud of heroes across the Savannah, Who have taken the lead In the new Declaration, That gives us our freedom and makes ua a nation. CaoacB.—Huzza 1 huzza I Ac. Confederate Stolee of America, At this particular juncture it will be inter esting, in view of coming legislation, to note some of the statistics of the several seceding States with reference to their population, State debts, Ac. They are as follows : e—Population in ISM.—a State Debt Free. Shire. in 1S.W. South Carolina 308,186 407,185 $ 0,192.743 Georgia 615,336 467,400 2,632,722 Alabama 520,444 435,473 5.888,134 Mississippi 407,051 479,607 7,271,707 Louisiana 354,245 312,186 10,603.142 Florida 81,885 63,800 158,000 2,287,147 2,165,651 3,287,147 Total 4,452,798 This is a population exceeding, by 522,926, that of 1790, at tho close of the Revolutionary war. The New York "Herald,"of the 11th,speaks thus of the new Confederacy : "Our telegraphic reports announce that the Southern Congress, in session, at Montgomery, Alabama, has, by a unanimous vote, adopted a form of Provisional Government for the se ceded States, and elected a President and Vice- President. We are told that ‘ a vigorous Gov ernment will go into immediate operation, with full powers aod ample funds/ and that 4 no proposition for compromise or re-construction will be entertained. "The intelligence is a fixed fact. The peace makers at Washington should act accordingly. They should dismiss from their minds the de lusion that the seceded States can be restored to the Union, for this idea is a delusion and a snare. Those States are gone beyond recovery. All compromises at Washington should be based upon this fixed fact, and with reference to the peaceable recognition of tbe new Con federacy. We refer, in this connexion, not to the Washington Peace Conference of irresponi- ble politicians, but to the peacemakers In Con gress. If they want peace, they must prepare for the recognition of this Southern Confeder acy. There it is; there it will stand; and it will be folly and madness any longer, ou the part of our Congressional peacemakers, to close their eyes to this fixed and irrevocable fact.” •IbrlArrn anti Southern *Xtalions. The Washington correspondent of tbe Charleston " Mercury" says that Cassius M. Clay, of Kentucky, now in Washington, is one of those men who believe what the boys in tbe Northern schools and colleges are taught, namely, that the destiny of Southern nations is to be conquered and overrun by Northern races, just as the Germans overrun the Romans. He said as much in conversation with Elwood Fisher. “Why," replied Fisher, In his quiet way, " I have read history very differently.— The civilized world has been conquered seven times—five times by Southern men, and twice by Northern. Tbe Greeks, led on by Alexan der, were Southerners and slave-holders; so were the Romans, under Csss or; so the Arabs, under Mahomet; the Spaniards, under Philip ; and the French, though not slave-holders, are Southerners. I need not tell you wbst they did under the great Napoleon, nor what posi tion they bold at this day, undor his nephew. Have you forgotten how the Moors penetrated to Vienna, and, but for the valor of John Sobi- eski, would have mastered all Europe ? And do you forget that Roman legions, siding with ths Germans, under Aiaric, conquerdfi Rome ? If history teaches anything, it teaehee that a united South has always defied tbe world in arms, and never knew defeat till disgensiona took place among themselves. Finally, to bring the matter home, see what Southern men —Italians, commanded by Garabaldi, and fight ing for their liberty—are doing to Austrians, Northern men. When you, gentlemen, talk of coercing the South, you had better lay to heart lessons taught by historians who are not Yan kees." Cassius was completely nonplussed- used up. „ t*W« find the following item in the last number of the Columbia (8. C.) "Guardian "On Friday last, it is stated that forty-two thousand pounds of powder sffd ball passed through Raleigh, destined for Atlanta, Geor gia." IN- The Rev. Dr. Porter, of Chelsea, Tenn., has discovered that a superior quality of gas can be made of cotton seed, with the addition of a little rosin. His Church and dwelling are lighted with it at a trifling cost. Univerulty of Georgia. W« are pleased lo learn that notwithstand- isg the unsettled state of .Stir., ih. -war. and ramorsof were," ike Slat. University i. now <*•*■* b.u.r tkan ii. friends rxpeelsd batadltod ky th. electof 1*. Jo../ who TMignod hi. plana seme eight years ago Th« FaouU, ia now aa abl. 00., preaid.d ov.r by Dr Upeoomba, whoa. tal.nl., .nor,. „d Warning would bo an honor to ao, literary in- a tit u lion in tho land, aul.tod h, tho loaro.d and akW Dr. P. H. Moll. W« trnot that o bo,- tor do, ia dawning upon old Franklin, and that tha lira, la not dlatanl whan hundred, of th. •one of tho South will orowd its holla and olaa- M. grow*.—Athene Watchman. from the Mew Yerk Herald. The Southern Confederacy end Its Pro* visional Government. The Federative Convention, or Ceimss of tho seoedsd States of South Carolina, Georgia Florida, Alabama, Mississippi apd Louisiana, Id cosalon at Montgomery, Alabama, bat «c- oompUibed the task of orgahitixga Provis ional National Government, and the details thereof, to far as aseortained, are before our readers. First. A Constitution has been adapted to oontinus io force one year from and after tbe Inauguration of tbe Provisional President elected under it, said Constitution being sub stantially that of oar United States. It #«#• braces, however, a section expreesly forbid* ing the African slave trade, a provision giving to its Congress ths power to prohibit the In troduction of slaves from any Stats not a mem her of the Confederacy, a rigid provision for the reclamation of fugitive slaves, and a pro vision for the settlement of matters between the States of the new Confederacy, 44 and their late confederates of the United States, in re lation to the publio property and tbe public debt" of the late Union, at the time of tho separation, respectively, of the for mer8tates from tho latter. These are impertant and very suggestive Con stitution stipulation*. Tho prohibition of the African slave trade, for example, dissipates that industriously ciroulated Northern anti- slavery idea, that the great incentive, objeoi and purpose of these seceded Slates has been and is the rival of African traffic. Now it is to be hoped that our Republican agitators of ibis dreadful scheme will b* relieved of their apprehensions. If these radical Cotton States, in which alone the policy of re-establishing this African traflio has been advocated, seise the first opportunity uoanimiously to ropu diate it, surely we need fear no danger of the repeal of thia organic law, with the absorp tion in to tho now Confederacy of the border ■lave Slates or any of them. But the power with which the Provisional Congress of this Southern Confederacy is in vested, “ to prohibit th* introduction of slaves from any State not a member of the Confedera cy," involves a very significant stroke of poli cy. It is simply a warning to the border slave Slates, and to Norik Carolina and Tennesaee, that in making ibsir election between the General Government at Washington and that at Montgomery, they must act upon the alter native of losing or retaining the profitable market for the aurplus slaves which they have thus far possessed in tbe Cotton States. All the Southern States atill remaining in the Un ion, excepting Arkansas, are producers of slaves for sale. We believe that the proceeds of tbe annual eales of slaves in Virginia alone lo plantere in ths Cotton Stales exceed twen ty millions of dollars. Maryland, in tbe same way, disposes of a still larger number in propertion to her slave population, as is in dicated in the diminution of her slave aggre gate >ccordingto tbe late census. Missouri has, also become a large exporter southward of slaves, notwithstanding tbe inoreaee in this olass of hsr population during ths last ten years. North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky derive also aunually a considerable margin of solid profits from their sales of slaves to ths Cotton and Sugar planters of lbs seceded Stales. Our slave producing States, therefore, are now reduced to this nice alternative of a mar ket or no market for tbeir surplus negroes.— We apprehend, loo, that tbe result will be accession to tbe Southern Confederacy of said States, in order to retain all the advantages thus offered them, and to secure the mutually protective benefits of homogeneous institu lions. Between the suggested exactions of this Southern Confederacy and the anti-slav ery power of the North, what other course, for inatanoe, can Virginia take in default of new aecurties from the North, broad and full, than the blending of her fortunes with those of the Southern Confederacy ? But, again ; Tbe provisional constitution in question provides that tbe Congress thereof "shall have power to lay and colleot taxes, duties, imposts and excises, for revenu# nec essary to pay the debts and carry on tbe gov ernment of the confederacy." The Congress thus empowered to act is that whioh is now in session at Montgomery. To render its legislative powers complete snd effective, it has elsoted Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, and Alexander II. Stephens, of Georgia, the Provisional President and Vice President of the confederation. In lieu of a Cabinet the President has been authorized to appoint Con gressional committees on foreign, financial, ilitary, naval and postal affairs; so that from this little elementary Congress ws find that all the depart menle and officials of a com pact Republican Government have been ex tracted, and the whole system has been put into praotical working order. There it is : The systematic initiative gov ernment of an independent Southern confed eracy, organized, located and in praotical op- ration within fifty days from what was con sidered ths rediculous session ordinance of South Carolina. In this Government six States are embodied. Two others—Texas and Ar kansas will shortly join it; but if this enter prise threatened to go no further, we might feel comparatively aure of some satisfactory reconstruction of th# Union, Southern Confed eracy and all, in good season. But Virginia and the other ‘border slave States, exoepting Delaware, may be lost to the North. They are only awaiting the issues of a compromise or no compromise from tbe preseut Congress. What will be tbe result? We apprehend it will be decisive to Virginia in favor of seces sion. In a word, with an independent South ern Confederacy in full bleift, inviting tbe juncture with it of the border slave States on the one tide, and with an Impracticable aiti- slavery party coming into possession of the general government on tbe other side, we can tardly hope for the retention in our Union of Virginia lo the day, or beyond the day of Mr. Lincoln’s inauguration. Ths events of tbs present week at Washing ton will probably settle tbe question either in favor of a compromise for the reconstruction of the Union, resting upon ths mediation of Virginia, or in favor of a powerful and perma nent Southern Confederacy. The issue ia with (he republican party in Congress. We oonsider the esse foreclosed, and that the par amount question now to be considered it peace or war with this organised Southern Confed eracy. Jibt Say Dat Agix." — A darkey living with a gentleman near Charleston, in this Stats being accused the other day by another darkey ef being in favor of Linooln’s elec tion became very much incensed at tho charge. Pulling off his coat and squaring himself «-/«• 41 Hteoan,” he dared bis sable friend to **Jis4 •ay dat agin." He would knock tho devil out of any nigger dat eused him for being la fh- vor or *• Lincoln." Cvurjn RuiuMATitw.—Bath# the pans affected In water in which potatoes with their aklni on have been boiled, ae hot as oan bo * onto, just before going to bod. By tho oekt morning the pain will bo mooh relieved, if not romovod. Ono application of this simple remedy bat eared tho moot obstinato rheuma tic pain#—Mngliek Pojm. CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. CONGRESS. Monroonnar, Fob. IS, 1101. saTha Congress mol at tho usual boor, and was oponod bp Prayor. Mr. fffophons of Georgia, presented tho mod el of a flog and devise for a seal for the South ern Confederacy, which wore referred to tho appropriate Committee. Mr. Wright of Georgia, presented a commu nication from Mark A. Cooper of Georgia, of fering the Etowah Iren Worhf, in that State, as a suitable place for a Confederacy Foundry, The communication was appropriately refer red. Mr. Curry of Alabama, said that he had sev eral memorials for a similar object from Ala bama. Mr. Conrad of Louisiana, offered the follow- leg resolution ; Eteolved, That the Committee on Military Affaire, and the Committee on Naval Affairs, be instructed to include, in any plan which they may propose for tbe organisation of the Array and Navy, suitable provision for such officers of the Federal Army and Navy aa have tendered tbe resignation of their commissions, as a consequence of their adherence to any or all of the Slates of this Confederacy. Tbe res olution was adopted. Mr. Crawford of Georgia, presented a com munication relative to Poetal Affairs, which was referred without being read. Mr. Memminger of South Carolina, offered the following resolution: Eeeolved, That the Committee on Commercial Affairs be instructed to enquire into and report upon the expediency of repealing the naviga tion laws of the Confederate States, and tnat the Committee have leave to report by bill. The resolution was adopted. Mr. Brooke of Miaaisaippi, offered the follow ing resolution: Eteolved, That tbe Committee on the Flag and Seal for the Southern Confederacy, be in structed to adopt and reports Hag aa similar as possible to the flag of the United States, mak ing only such changes as may be necessary to distinguish easily one from another, and that they adopt a banner in the arrangement of which the Stars and Stripes shall occur with the number of States in the Confederacy. Mr. Brooke accompanied his resolution with some felicitousTemarks, in the course of which, referring to the Stars and 8tripes, he said, "That flag ia the idol of my heart, arouud whieh duster the memories of the past, which time cannot efface or cause to grow dim." Mr. Miles of South Carolina, opposed the resolution, and aaid that he regarded, from bis youth, the Stars and Stripes as an emblem of oppression and tyranny. The debate grew interesting, when, at tbe suggestion of Mr. Stephens, Mr. Brooke with drew his resolution. Congress then went immediately into secret session, and nothing has since been made pub lic. United Staten. 6TATE OF AFFAIR8 AT THE CAPITOL. Washington, Feb. 13,1861. Gov. Floyd now says that the floating news paper rumors of hit complicity in the robbery of the Indian Trust Funds have culminated in a report to the House Committee from a respon sible source, and that he will meet them so soon as he can examine tbe evidence educed by that Committee. The credulity of the Administration is ex ercised to such an extent as to lead them to believe that a scheme was on foot to blow up the Capitol and other public buildings in this city. A military night guard has, in conse quence, been for some weeks established ; while freqnent searches have been made in the vaults of the Capitol and Departments for explosive materials. Gov. Hicks, of Maryland, testified before the Committee to-day to the effect that he was ira pe sed upon by anonymous letters and newspa per reports, relative to the attack upon Wash ington City. He says thathe does not now be lieve that any scheme for such a purpose ex ists. Abraham Lincoln’s speech at Indianapolis, indicates a determination to deny the right of Secession ; to enforce ths laws; recover prop erty that has been seised, and collect th# rev enues. He opposes coercion, except to gain the above objecte. Tbe ultra-Bepublienns were highly delighted. At Cincinnati he repeated what he laid tbe year before the election, when he, predicting Republican victory, that the new Administra tion would be conducted on a strict construc tion ofi the Constitution. CONGRESS. 8ehatb.—Nothing of importance transpired in the Senate to-day. At one o’clock the Sen ators proceeded to the House, and counted the electoral votes, resulting in a majority for Lin coln. Honan.—Unimportant. During the session, ths Capitol was surrounded by a considerable guard of the regular military, as they were ap prehensive, doubtless, of some outside attempt to prevent the count of electoral votes. Tennessee. Indications show an aggregate majority of fifty thousand for Union, and twenty thousand against Convention. Only two Secessionists were elected. Virginia* The Convention met at the Capitol yester day. John Janny, of Louden oounty, was elec ted President, and made a Union speeoh, but said that Virginia would insist on her rights as a condition of her remaining in the Confede racy. »-♦- ♦—■— ■ - The Feinting Orvic#.—Tke Printing Office has proved a better college to many a boy, hsa graduated more ueeful, and oonepiououe members of eoclety; has brought more Intel- lest out, and turned It to practice), useful channels; awakened more mind#; generated more active and elevated thought, than many ef th« literary Collagen ef tha oountry. A boy who oommenoes ia such a school an a Printing Offioe, will kata his talents and ideas brought out; and if he it a careful obeevar, experience in hie prefeoeiom will contribute more towards an odueaiion than can be ob tained in elmoat any other manner.—Metical World. FRENCH CALF HUM, A LARGE LOT, just received direct from the Importers, and for sal# by tbe doaen skin, at low prieea, by or single DlMlCK, WILSON A OO m Peeeh Tree Street, Atlanta, Georgia. The ttcJxurc ol the Capital. liTTU raoM ax imfinaoB wise. The Hon. Henry A. Wise ha# Written ths following letter to a gentleman In Philadel phia: Rollestov. near Norfolk, Va., 1 February 4, 1861. / For many months 1 have been confined to tbe bedside of sicknees and Buffering, nursing with one band and attending to numerous pressing domestic duties with tbe othsr ; not visiting Norfolk once In three moat ha ; seeing but few friends at my house, and these from my own immediate neighborhood ; receiving my mail even not daily, or regularly, and not oariog to be oppreesed with lie disgusting and distressing details of ruin, and of the deatruo lion of my beloved country ; in a word, 1 have beea perfectly retired and ioaative regarding every publie concern. Named hare as a can didate for our State Convention, I have not moved an inch from tny door to meet an as semblage or to see a voter. And yst public and private accounts have me reoruitiag raid armies to take Washington, and I am actually assured that General Boott has alleged as a reckon for raising a standing army around ths Capitol that I am writing and speaking and acting a rebellion. The Black Republicans snd tbe Lieutenant General are disturbed io their apprehensions of a bug-a boo inrittform of Governor Wise. This would be ridiculous, •imply if tbe motive of the alaoder was not tbe basest and most dangerous; if the safety of tha oountry was not at haxard and a pri vate reputation was not falsely assailed. In my Norfolk speech, in mv letter to Vir ginia, everywhere, and at all times, I have disclaimed all raids, and pledged m/self to await the sovereign orders, first of my own Slate, and failiog in having them, of aomeoth er State. 3iill my publio speeobes and letters are made tbe pretext for raising menacing forces. This ie base in motive, for General Scott oan hardly be affrighted at a single poor oivilian, who never set a squadron in tha field, and la now at home, alone, and in utter dis- tresa from sickness in bis family, and from tha dangers which he fears General Soott is rush ing tbe nation into. Fear is not tbe motive of this slander—it is worse—it is treason. A pretext, some pretext is needed to concentrate the army to establish a military despotism.— Scott is but a martinet and commissary, but his vanity, in his old age, stands up like the hip-bones and withers of an old horse, from which the muscles have fallen away ; and the Seoond Lieutenant-General aspires to rival the First Lieutenant General ie being eaoon- ized as tbe eecond Saviour of his country. He had better take care, or I will take the field and take the feathers off hie peacock pride.— Now, you are perfectly welcome to put this in print, to dispel the apprehensions of all tbe grannies in the North, or to put to shame those who would malign by slander one who never engaged in secret war, but who would claim our capital and our flag as belonging to those who have kept the covenants of the Constitu tion, and not to those who have broken them, and who will fight Geo. Scott himself to defend them both. I have opposed seoeseion and ad vocated fighting in the Union, against those who have denounoed tbe Constitution as a covenant with hell. I have endeavored to preserve this Confederacy against all newly constructed ones, and especially agaiaet the plots of Black Republicans to form a Northern Confederacy with Canada, under tbe protec tion of Great Britain. I am opposed, and ev er have been opposed, to dissolving tbit Un ion, and giving its capital and everything up to the demon of deelruetioo. But I have no authority and no means of attempting to pre serve either from the military despotism which is in the very act of inauguration before tbe inauguration of Lincoln. If anything oould make me join a raid it would bs General Scott’s demonstration at Washington. See slip as to your idea of a Cotton Bank. No need to fear about copyright. My wife la still very Ul. HENRY A. WISE. Newspapers aud Education. Some days sinoe a little girl accosted us on a ferry-boat: •* Pleas* tell me what o’clock it is, sir ?’’ " It ia just nine." “ Then," Raid she. “ I shall be late at eohool." 44 Do you cross the river to go to school ?" 44 No, sir, but I have been to my aunt’s en a visit, and 1 am now going baok; I’m afraid my mother will not lot me go again if 1 am lat«." "What are you studying?" 44 I’m in ancient geo graphy, rbetorio, composition and grammar." " Do you not study modem geography ?" 44 No, •ir, but 1 am going to etudy physiology and metaphyaios." 44 Are you indeed ?" 44 Yet, sir, my mother says they are tha fashionable branches ; modern geography and arithmetic are ao common, you know— everybody learns them. She wante me to learn tha higher branchee." 44 Will you take a message to your mother from me ? Tell her that you met a gentleman on the ferry-boat who told you that geography, rhetoric and physiology, are not tho studies for a child of your age; and that modern geography, arithmetio, sod a good newapaper, are the higher branches.— Don’t forget this." It would bo for ua a perilous undertaking to assert that girls, in general, are not equal to boys, and consequently that women are not •qual to mea. Wo assert no such thing. Wo art afraid to do it—we fear almost to put the oase hypothetioaUy. Are girls equal to beys, sad women to mea, io tact and ability to ac complish what is equally within the oapaeky o/ either sex ? Have they equal preaeaoe of mind in danger, equal readiness of resource, equal knowledge of passing •vents, equal power to seise new arts, and to take advan tage of opportunities ? To sum up in a word, do they make as muoh and as good uaa of lhair faculties as bo vs and mea ? Why not? Is it beoauae matter Bob aa- •arts a divine right to a newspaper of morn ings, so that his sister, poor little soul, is oh- liged to go to school to have all the philoeo pby thruat down her intellectual throat, with out say knowledge of tbe reel matter* in life by which they ere illnetmted aud io which they ere applied? Is it because th# poor child must drink in rhetoric without haviog raad tha fine periods of Reward and Ever ett, or the glowing eloquence and critieUm of tha leading columns ? Is it because she is in these aid’s hand to he 44 fixed up,’’ with her thought# and aapirstieae dirtoted le a ##w hoop-skirt, aud to hare her hair aud her mind twisted into eurle, while Boh is catching the magnetism of dutiful groat deeds, by reading telegrams from California, Franoo, England, Italy and China ? “Hirrah, Garibaldi Is at Na pies! Hurrah! the Sardinians have whipped Lamorioiere and the Fope is geieg be ki#bed out of Rome," shouts Boh, aa tiule keep slfort comes into tho breakfast room, and simpers ie her darling accents t 44 Ma, 1 want a pair of jet armlets—Eveline Louies flophreu Smith has a pair, and 1 think li e a shame that I eea’t have them. Won*! you make Bob qon that drea-a-dful eotee ?" 44 Yee, dear, yen #JUU have the armleta/' -N«. *111 to out Oil tot thorn thlo ,or, doj." Mo io goiag lo »oho korootf o«» «nio ia hoi ohild. Bbo oooor rood, tho uan, MOtptiof tho BarriafM aa4 fothioao. »«d tho horrort tod tho oiohooiog roaoaooo oad tho •aoll (OoiIb, ud *hf should hor doubled Sob, judioiouo foaWoo oad oirolot bum ho ouo^od fro* tkio mu ooriootnro, whoro wo II it poHlblo thot *0 oo.rrott lb. ot tho uewopspor oh on oduooiioo’ tbiak sol. It i« Ihoooicoof ibtlij It !■ history. •«, philosophy, tc) ^f justioo, rbolorio, gronnor, U <1 olso—not ooaitsd with fsUokood ud ••■»•, hot oet • aoro so aiiod pi,, bonis iofsot schools for glrU, f,„ hoys btosh swsy bsforo tbtir boass s Ihsir gristle. Tsko groaasr, on— ty, rhsiorieasd ooaposii'oo. Whsoi so wsll uught os io Iks osrsfully peptr t Wh»t better leeson io rh.ioH, some popular writer or fanout ses.u tod alivo oo iko hod cool, of oriii«i, a J ? ’ oro bettor oxeaplos of tasteful eo — Wbtro ise bettor osbioet of nstaiai Wbst la all Ibo world escapes tbe editor f Aod if h« coratsit, bisodsn ear. or logic, or faoi or philosophy forthwith screed upeo a gridiron by Wbsra. but ia tho newspaper,, wilt e running hidory of all the |it tru day ? Where else are you laid sb* you tn.ty safely buy, what are not ting on your shoiro, aad wbst would ful lo the aladt ef yeur children a lo Iheir bodice?—Century Why does e howth Wind make Iks walks wet without Hater Yesterday the weather wee cool „d but thie morning there i, s warm wind, tad the sidewalks era co, aeisturw, though lbar, has bean as As our eitisens come out to iheir d«' they all notiae tha fact; but haw the impressions that it prodeeel a Binds 1 Ths liuls ragged girl sbirm asked sole of her root prestes tbe eeos, mad she anticipate, the luxury «f lag presently upon a warm grating whiof ths steam is escaping from terranean steam engine ; the dealers h shoes aad umbrellas look forward la , day's trade, and the shipping merchag dors whether it will rein aad prtrsalfc eel from diecharging tbs remainder sflh go. But to tho student of science, hi nomenon suggests ths ides ef its -■— leads bis aied into a train ef though ramifies into eeery department of User The deposit sf moisture from warts on a oold stouo is owing to a properly atmosphere which produces a large of phsaomoas. After air has receir tain quantity of mosture, it will take but warm air will hold mors water I" sir. Now, when sir has been ,slur* moisture by resting osar southern r— to the North snd come in contact with | flag sloao. a portion of its moisture is sed upon the alone. The proportios ■n ths air bss a eery important iota on ill properties, especially to relsti- skis, Inega sad othsr risers of the , Probably Ihs Injurious effects of fer dwallinga art principally owing to ths ity of tha air for moisture, and thus it lo dry the lungs sod skin. With o ths heat is radiltd through ths sir di~ the bodies ef of people io the room, therefore not neoesesry to best ths sir as a furaaoe; haaes, it will absorb more rapidly, la other words, it is iag.—Scientific American. GUANO! BIKER 4 J1BV1YUVD FOR BALE BY FRANCIS R. SHACKELFORD, Agent ibr Atlanta. Feb. 14.—6t •AH KIRKMAW. JOHN % KlltKMAN , LIKE, COMMISSION MERCH No. 170, Seoond S ,ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. Refer to Jobe Kirkman, Jamb* W: Greenfield, Naahvillc, Teuo. •DOE ». feOBBON. ROBERT C. S. B. ROBSON & WHOLESALE UR0C Commission Met Whitehall Street, ATLANTA t Sell Everything in their Line of The Croweet Price* for octlw WH* HC HILLER. T. r. F LB If INC. Ml MILLER, TLEMHI GENERAL PRODUCE COMMISSION MERC! •emth Hide Paaoeager I ATLANTA * K ZXP always on hand, aad In la Uos, Bacon, Lard, Flour, Onra, foct, everything usually to be found HIB8I0N HOUSE. Thankful lor tbs liberal pat; test year, wo hope, by itriet a Was the I Hisinem, to merit a costiauenos ef Consignments respectfolly solicits®: jan? McMULEN. FLZMI IMPROVED METAL 1C BURIALC L80, s general . Wood(S>«us,ir Wood sad Mahogany. Marshal’s Shoot Metallr Bali Aa aotlroly saw ertiole, nearly salt ' closed l '®g » . up with India Rubb sale at my Rooms, la Markhams - — Whitehall etrset, up stairs Residence oa Bridge street, seer Collier's. Orders, by telegraph, or olhrr ’ attended to HORNES FO« I** 4 TWO largo yoosg N , Are aad six years old I Oao pair Carriage ■ Four Canada HORSS8-al! as Mfo, for sals. WJOOII8, T" ORB sal TROTTING kbXKI fsetured by No. 1 workmen. Apply at G ft a.JS BslefteUs. CHOICK MZATA daily el my Hall" sag* T Haviappointed Mr. WIL Amy Agent for the sale ef IXmiGWXIi'S GAB ia Atlanta, Oeorgla. Mrs. M.