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TUB CONSTITUTION. BY W. A. UEJU'JIILL & CO. I. W. AViiBY, Editor. Ti;nJS OF SUBSCRIPTION: TVKKKlY COS8TITOTIOX. per mnnia... $*do Hi* months 3U0 VAILY CONSTITUTION', per annnm 10 no six months 000 one month 100 tS8~So name enteral on the snhscription book «»'i' the money IsimM. trff~ ADVERTISEMENTS Inserter! at oner! ATLANTA, GEORGIA, JUNE 14. CWThe people of the North ore becom ing tired of the continual cry of Rebel. r5T~Thc Radical party having, in tbe passage of tbe 15th Amendment, completed, tbe minion which Its most fanatical mem bers claimed for it, Is disintegrating. I3T The corruption and arrogance of a few men in power is arousing a deep feel ing of indignation among tbe tolling mil lions who bare to foot the bills of enor mous expenses incurred through their self ish machinations. t3T The Senate, though largely Repub lican, persistently refuses to ratify tbe treaty for the annexation of San Domingo, although the President continues zealous ly to “ button bole” members in its favor. Alas! poor Grant! V3T The utte' defeat of the party in pow er, calling itself Republican, (though it Is in favor of consolidating or centralizing the Government, and establishing a Con gressional Imperialism,) is a foregone con clusion, else there is nothing in the signs of the movements at the North. £9* Central ism practically proposes that a few men at Washington, known as a Con gress, shall legislate in regard to all the local and neighborhood affairs of a vest imputation, Inhabiting a territory extend ing from the Pacific to tbe Atlantic ocean, and from the Frigid to the Torrid zone. An Imperial Ukase, issued at Washington, may deprive the humblest, as well as the most exalted citizen, from his home and deprive him of the right of trial by a jury of bis neighbors. Signs. Any great change for the better in the political condition of the people of the South must be wrought through the softer second thoughts of the people of the North. There are signs of a cheering character in that direction. The “Act to enforce the 15th Amendment” is producing great alarm there. Tlic idea of dragging an offender, or a pretended offender against that act, before a Federal Judge, instead of trying licfore a jury of his neighbors in tlic State t^turts, is creating such indignation among tlic masses of the people as to threaten the niter discomfiture of the Republican party in the North. There is a want of unity In the counsels of the dominant |mrty in Congress, and no aecc|itcd leaders, either in the Senate or House of Representatives. The tariff, tax- ntinn, funding and expenditures create dissensions. There is great dissatisfaction about the appointments made by the Presi dent and his Cabinet. Many of tlic party complain of the Presi dent's inexperience In public affairs. They charge that, though very good to quell a rebellion, ho can not preserve the unity of Uio party. He bas no foreign nor domestic policy, say they, to support, which his party can unitedly rally around him. The disaffected charge that the condnct of foreign affairs Is Imbecile and unworthy of the country. Four hundred thousand Republicans say their own party organs stayed away from tlie polls at the recent election in New York. ^ Let tlic Constitution go to Ever lasting Smash. At the late Boston session of the Ameri can Unitarian XSsociatlon, Rev. Dr. Bel lows, of New York, said: “Just as far as you get a thing into a written document, you get rid of it. Take a motion and put it into a constitution, and what will the constitution do? We found that one in our late war, and we said, ‘Let the Consti tution go to everlasting smash—the nation is to live;’ and it has lived.” This is the political history of our coun try, as a distinguished “ Republican ” di vine represents it. When the party now in ascendency seized the reins of power, the Constitution “ went to smash ” That party now boasts of it, and In exulting strains pronounces the smash “everlast ing.” Every true freeman’s heart will supply tbe proper comment. Centralism Dangerous to Liberty. That Centralism is a step towards Impe rialism, and therefore dangerous to the lib erties of the people, cannot be successfully dlsprovcn. No evasion of this issue will avail its advocates. No partisan clap-trap in regard to tho Democratic party of the olden time or of the present day can pre vent tho people of the United States, if permitted to reflect, from perceiving the truth. The great American Republic is a union .of republics. The component parts or the confederation at the formation of the Union granted certain powers to tlic Fed eral Government. They reserved to them' selves all other attributes of sovereignty. Among tbe wisest and best of the states men of the country, tills fact was never called in question, except by the old Fed- vral party. Save only that party, until since the war. there could not be found a man claiming to be an American citizen who had the audacity to publicly denounce or deny this. After the utter defeat and disgrace of tlic old “ Blue Light” Federal party of “ Alien and Sedition Law ” noto* toricty, such a man would have been pro nounced traitorous by the people, both North and South. Andrew Jackson boldly advocated strict construction of the Constitution, and was a -champion or the re served rights of the States. He than dered anathemas at the nulliflcrs of South Carolina, and favored tbe celebrated force bill, which proposed to give the Federal Executive the men and means of collect ing duties on imports in spite of the threat of the Legislature of the State to prevent their collection within its borders. He claimed that the tariff was a subject upon which the Federal Congress bad a Constitutional right to legislate; and, as the Federal Executive, that it was his duty to enforce it. He uttered, on a noted oc casion, the celebrated toast, “The Federal Union: It must be preserved.” He was not a “secessionist,” and boldly denied the doctrine of the right of “ secession.” UU messages, and those of all bis prede cessors. except old John Adams, clearly ac knowledge that there were rights belong ing to the States wiib.li must be represent ed by the Federal Government. All of his successors, including Mr, Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, acknowledged that cer tain rights were reserved by tbe States in j|| I formation of the Constitution of tlic j Union. I Yet, in this enlightened day, there is a party in the State of Georgia whose ac credited organ advocates* centralized gov ernment; and, in denying that the States have reserved rights, secs no difference be tween the doctrine of qualified State sov ereignty and a denial of tbe paramount sovereignty of tbe Federal Government. Whenever logic and history fail to answer its porposes in discussing a subject so im portant in its bearing upon tbe liberties of the people, it cries “secession! secession! another rebellion! Tbe ‘Nation’ is in danger if the States arc admitted to have any rights.” Tbe troth is, that comparatively few of the people of the late Confederate States ever embraced Mr. Calhoun’s theory of the right of secession. They flew to arms be cause they thought thelriiberties and prop erty were in jeopardy. The Federal Gov ernment did not propose to coerce tbe States, or to snbdne the people thereof, for any other purpose than to preserve the Union as it was under the Constitution of our fathers. It triumphed. The Confederates laid down their arms, and took tbe oath of al legiance to tbe Federal Government, ac knowledging its paramount sovereignty, which very few of them ever theoretically denied,, though they had, for four years, been practically in rebellion. Abraham Lincoln and Andrew John son who, had muchtodowithwaglifgwar agalnst.tbe South, and are, or ought to be, good authority among Republicans as to tbe objects of tbe war, always contended that they wished to presesve tbe Federal Union as it was, and not to change tbe form of government to that of a consolidated na tion, all tbe distinctive features of whose elements or component parts should be forever obliterated. They made a wide difference between the doctrine of the se cession and the constitutional reserved rights of tbe States. “Spirit” of tho Atlanta Press. NEW ERA (RAD.) The Constitution of this city, which Is generally supposed to receive its inspira tion from Captain Bryant, tbe new Demo cratic leader of tbe House, takes the posi tion that the late war settled no political question. Consequently, the question of paramount allegiance was not effected by [A begging of the question.] State sovereignty, and the “ right of se cession ” is still an open fine. Primary al legiance is still due tbe State government. [Radical logic that is “played out.” The right of “Secession” and the Reserved Rights of the States under the Constitution of Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and Jackson, approved and supported. Radicals of tho present day attempt to make people believe arc synonymous expressions. The cry of “Scccsh,” Rebel, etc., has paid political jobbers very largely in the last ten years. Consequently, should tho State Govern ment re-open the slave trade, recognize the right of property in man. nnd thus come into conflict with tho Federal Gov ernment, tlic allegiance of the citizen is duo the former as against tbe latter! [Intelligent readers .are, perhaps, not courted by the Era. There never was a State In tho Union that claimed the re served right of tins States to re-open tho slave trade. Tho very Constitution which the Radical party bas so much disregarded forbade tho slave trade after a certain date. Tho Constitution of the Confederate States forbade tlic slave trade. These arc noto rious facts.] Hence, another war, etc. [The party in power here have so profited by a war that they would like a “ little speck ” of it in Georgia, just that Governor Bullock and bis Legislature may prolong their term of service. Hence, the logical insanity of his partisans.] B3T The home organ of Governor Bul lock claims that its party la the old Fed. cral party triumphant. E5F* Tho old Monarchical Federal party never could secure the approbation of the people by force of reason. Hence it de lights in the logic of the bayonet. E5T The Republican members of the Tennessee House of Representatives re cently voted against a bill to encourage immigration into that State. ty The New York Sun (Republican) says that those Republicans who voted for tbe recent bill providing for continuation of the tax upon incomes can no longer be considered members ot tbe Repnblican party. ^ w ty Centralized government is a species of Imperialism. The ignoring of the Con stitutional rights of tbe States is dangerous to American liberty. So said all the form er Presidents of the United States, except Old John Adams. The Georgia Case. In a feeble effort to destroy the force of Tub Constitution's expose of the error into which the New York Times, a leading Republican organ, has fallen as to the true position of Governor Bollock and his fac tion in Georgia, the New Era, the home or gan of the Governor, uses the following language in its issue of yesterday; The position of the Era involves the proposition that since the present State government is merely provisional, it can not be said over to have entered upon its Constitutional (or permanent) term; and if it has never entered upon this Constitu tional term, then that term is in the future, rather than in the past! This is directly contradictory of the as sertion of the Times that Governor Bul lock has never sought a prolongation of hts term of office. ty Tbe impression is rife in this State that the New Era newspaper, the home or gan of Governor Bullock, is not printed for tho edification of the people of this State or sectiou, bnt to throw dust in the eyes of Northern Republicans. ty Politico-religious partisans assume that divisions in some of tbe religious de nominations In this country originated purely in political considerations. Such would reunite the broken fragments on po litical considerations alone. They would make eminent divines. ty Tbe Importance of shade as a means of fertilizing the ground should not be lost sight of by the agriculturists. It pre vents the evaporation of tho gases in the soil, which arc generated there, or peno- trates it along with rain water. Mulching is one method of shading the ground. Clover, small grains and the grasses more effectually shade it than cotton, tobacco or com. ty Tbe heirs of one Campbell have lain claim to thousands of lots in tho heart ol the city of Louisville. From an article on the subject in the Commercial, of that city, it seems that they have some grounds for tbe salt they have entered. No one can be too careful in tracing the titles to real es tate which they purchase in rapidly grow ing cities. ST Does General Grant favor a Central ized Government? Is he a Consolldation- 1st? Tbe home organ of Governor Bui lock avows that the war destroyed all States’ Rights. The Republican party at tho North, according to Horace Greeley’s Political Text Book, claims to derive its principles from tbe utterances of Jefferson, Madison and others, who regarded tbe doc trine of Centralism as dangerous to lib erty. S' No political faction ever pursued a policy so suicidal as have Governor Bui lock and his friends in setting up a techni cal claim to a prolongation of office be yond that for which be was elected How can members of tbe present Legisla ture, who claim the right, under the recon' straction acts, to a prolongation of their term of service, look an honest constituen cy in the face? Suppose tbe claim is technically valid, the honest masses will not respect those who urge Jt. Verily, “ whom the gods In tend to destroy thgy first make mad.” Charles Dickens. The death of this distinguished literary character has called forth many remarks upon his genius, and expressions of lamen tations and- sorrow, on account of bis un expected demise. Mr. Dickens has, for more than thirty years, commanded the attention and ad miration of numerous readers of every class in England and on this Continent. His work,entitled “The Pickwick Papers,” by Boz, produced an excitement wherever the English language is read. Everybody smiled whenever the amiable Mr. Pick wick, orthequalntly humorous Mr. Samuel Weller, was alluded to. Wellerism at once becamo more popular than arc now the sayings of Mrs. Partington, Artemns Ward or Josh Billings. Since that time bis popularity as a writer of fiction bas never waned. Mr. Dickens inaugurated a style of serio comic humor, under tbe surface of which there is a depth of knowledge of human nature and the minuter phases of charac ter. This he turned to good account in drawing attention to the sufferings of the poor, and pointing out the means of amel iorating them. While he amused his readers, be cultivat ed the better impulses of their nature. He was never so brilliant or original as when depicting the heroism of the poor and friendless outcaststruggling under difficul ties in the path of duty. That bis fame will last as long os the English language is spoken or read, no one familiar with bis works can doubt. That they will be as universally popular with the masses of future generations as they have been in our day, time alone can decide. Few men have so long delighted their readers without wearying them. In tlic estimation of finite minds the death of such a man seems always to be premature. The Great Earl of Desmond. It is well known that the great Earl of Desmond, though history pretends to dis pose of him differently, lives to this hour enchanted in his castle, witli all his house hold, at the bottom of Lough Guir, in Munster. There was not, in his day. in all the world, so accomplished a^tnagician as lie. His fairest castle stood upon an island in the lake, and to this he brqught his young and beautiful bride, whom be loved bnt too well; for she prevailed upon his folly to risk nil to gratify her imperious caprice. They had not been long in this beautiful castle when she. one day, presented herself in tbe chamber in which her husband studied his forbidden art, and there implor ed him to exhibit before her some of the wonders of his evil science. He resisted long; but her entreaties, tears, and whccd- lings, were at length too much for him, and he consented. Bur, before beginning tiiose astonishing transformations with which lie was about to amaze her, be explained to her the awful conditions and dangers of the experiment. Alone in this vast apartment, the walls of which were lapped, far below, by the lake whose dark waters lay waiting to swallow them, she must witness a certain scries of frightful phenomena, which, once commenced, he could neither abridge nor mitigate; and if, throughout their gliastly succession, sho spoke ono word, or uttered one exclamation, the castle, and all that it contained would in one instant subside to tbe bottom of the lake, there to remain, under the servitude of a strong spell, for ages. The dauntless curiosity of tbe lady liav- ipg prevailed, and the oaken door of the stndy being locked and barred, the fatal ex periments commenced. Muttering a spell, as he stood before her, feathers sprouted thickly over him, his face became contract ed and hooked, a cadaverous smell filled the air, and, with heavy, winnowing wings, a gigantic vnlture rose in his stead, and swept round and ronnd the room, as if on the point of pouncing upon her. The lady commanded herself through this trial, and instantly another began. The bird alighted near tbe door, and in less than a minute changed, she saw not how, into a horribly-deformed and dwarfish hag, who, with yellow skin hanging about her face, and enormous eyes, swung herself on crutches toward the lady, her mouth foam' ing with fury, and her grimaces and con tortions becoming more and more hideous every moment, till she rolled with ayell on the floor, in a horrible convulsion, at the lady’s feet, and then changed into a huge surpent, which came sweeping and arching toward her, with crest erect and quivering tongue. Suddenly, as It seemed on tbe point of darting at her, she saw her hus band in its stead, standing pale before her, and, with bis finger an his lip, enforcing tho continued necessity of silence. He then placed himself at his length on the floor, and began to stretch himself out and out, longer and longer, until his head nearly reached to one end ot the vast room and bis feet to the other. This horror overcame her. The ill-star red lady nttered a wild scream, whereupon the castle and all that was within it sank In a moment to the bottom of the lake. But once In every seven years, by night, the Earl of Desmond and his retinue emerge, and cross the lake, in shadowy cavalcade. His white horse is shod with silver.- On that ono night the Earl may ride till daybreak, and it behooves him to make good use of bis time; for, until the shoes of his steed be worn through, the spell that bolds him and his beneath the lake will retain its power.—Appleton’* Journal. OUlt DALTON LETTER. Kail road Festival—Crops, Etc. - Dalton, Ga., June 0,1S70. Editors Constitution: Tbe supper given by the citizens of Dalton to the officers of the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad came off last night at the Tibbs House. The ta bic was beautifully and bountifully spread. It did great honor to Mr. Campbell and his estimable lady and to the Committee of Arrangements. Colonel Wash Johnston, in a few pithy remarks, welcomed Captain Barney and his associates to the hearts and hospitalities of the people of Dalton—tell ing them that we of the South were ever ready to extend the right hand of fellow- ship to all such men as they, who come among us with their capital to build up our waste places. . Captain Barney replied in a plain, common sense talk—expressing bow much pleasure such demonstration of friendly regard afforded himself and friends. Showing how great the benefit such enterprises as the one just completed was both to this country and also to capi talists themselves, and telling us that many monied men North whom we might now regard as our enemies were really our friends, and were ready and anxious to as sist us to build up our waste^dsees. Af ter which we all fell to and ail present done full justice to tbe bounteous repast. Dalton and Rome are having a severe fight over the company’s shops. Of course we think our chance is the best. I had the pleasure of meeting last evening the veritable “ Phat Boy ” of The Constitution—as fat and jolly as when he lived on green corn and poor beef during the “ late unpleasantness.” Among other amusing things, he told me of a pedestrian feat he performed during that*(g£e from Augusta to Smithville, North Carolina— twenty-five miles per day. 'jBuld you have believed it? I regretted vety much that business and the 10 o'clock train took him off before supper came on, ftr if any thing is to be judged from appearance, a good supper and champagne are rather in lis line. We were all somewhat startled this morning by the appearance of a poster on the front of Dr. Goodyear’s drug-store, dating from “ Headquarters in the Moon,” whereby the Grand Cyclops of the Ku- KIux Elan (or some mischievous school boy) notified the Doctor that the said Klan bad nothing to do with the difficulties be tween him and the North Georgia Citizen, and advising him not to invoke tbe Klan, unless he wished their attention—alluding, I presume, to an article of tbe Doctor’s in the New Era of the 7th instant. Harvesting has commenced. I think North Georgia will make at least twice ns much wheat and oats this year than it has done since the war. P. Religious Items. Rev. E. II. Osborne has been appointed agent of tho Southern Baptist Sunday School Board, for West Tennessee. We hear that Rev. D. E. Burns, of Mem phis, has received a call to the First Baptist Church, San Francisco, California. A protracted meeting has recently closed at Mooresville, in tho Puck River Metho dist Circuit, Tennessee, which resulted in seventeen accessions to the chnrch. The East Tennessee Baptist bas been merged in tbe Christian Herald, Tuseum- bia, Alabama, and its editor. Rev. D. M. Breaker. D. D- has been added to tbe writ ing staff on that journal. A learned divine was in tbe habit of preaching so as to be rather beyond tbe comprehension of bis hearers. A friend of bis, wishing to give him a gentle hint on the subject, asked him one day what the duty of a shepherd was. “To feed his flock, of course,” was the reply. “ Ought he, then,” said his friend, “ to piaco the hay so high that but few of the sheen can reach it?” Dr. Norman Macleod recently met Pro fessor Gibson, the well known opponent of a union of the Scottish Presbyterian churches, and sometbinglikethe following conversation took place: “Professor,’ said Macleod, “ they say you want to enter the established kirk, and judging from yonr speeches lately, I guess it must be true.” “God forbid! ” exclaimed Gibson. “Well,” replied the other,” that’s jnst what I said when I beard it.” The Air-Like Railroad.—Tbe Char lotte papers announce that Mr. P. P. Dick inson, of New York, bas taken the entire contract for the construction of the Air- Line Railroad from Atlanta to Charlotte, and proposes to let sub-contracts for sec tions to parties along the line of the road. He advertises for proposals for the grading, masonry and bridging ol sixty miles of tho road extending from Charlotte to Spartan burg, on which work will be commenced immediately. Railroad Meeting in Polk County. Cbdartown, June G, 1870. Editors Atlanta Constitution: The ob ject of an “Air-Line” RailroadJs too well known to railroad men to need comment. Much has been said about a road from At lanta to Decatur, Alabama. Now, which is the nearest and cheapest route? I an swer, Atlanta via Van Wert, Cedartown, Cave Spring, Georgia; Collinsville and Decatur, Alabama. As to that portion of tlic route from Atlanta to Tan Wert, I am not so well informed personally, but have the opinion ol railroad men who say it is best to build the road to Van Wert on ac count of Dugdown Mountain and the high ridges below it. This granted, I proceed to notice that part of it from Van Wert to Decatur, Alabama. By reference to a rail road map, it will be seen that it is a perfect air-line across the Dugdown Mountain via a gap in the next range of mountains, six miles;soutb'of Cave Spring.from Atlanta to Decatur, but as the road must vary from that line so as to avoid Dugdown Mountain and come to Van Wert, there will then be a perfect air-line from Van Wert to Deca tur, via Cave Spring and Collinsville. By this route we will have a road connecting Atlanta and Decatur nearly one hundred miles shorter than the route by Chattanooga, and forty miles shorter than the contemplated route from Rome to Dalton. As we now have found tho most direct route, let us examine its practica bility. From the report of^lnjor J. F. Cooper, who made a preliiFfaFy - survey of the route from Atlanta to 'wS.ji Wert, that portion of the route iseutirely.practieahle, and from Van Wert by Cedartown and Cave Spring to Collinsville, tbe routo is very favorable, and would be classed by engineers as very light grade,and from Col linsville to Decatur, we are informed by Colonel Pennington, in his report of the survey of the Memphis Branch Railroad from Rome to Decatur, that it is the only practicable route, for be was compelled to deviate from a direct line in order to get through at this point. Thus we see that this route is practicable. And should it be opened by a railroad, it will bring into market an immense quantity of the finest pine timber in the State, slate andiron ore in vast quantities, first quality lime in any amount, and also the produce from farm ing operations of some of the most produc tive and richest land in this country. This route will pass near the Round Mountain Iron Works. There is prevalent in this community an impression that the Georgia Railroad dompany will build a road from Atlanta via Van Wert, Cross Plains to Gadsden, Alabama. I think this impres sion is erroneous, because this would make a very crooked road, and would be more expensive than the route by Cave Spring ana Collinsville to Decatur. In .regard to the extension of the Car- tersville and Van Wert Road to Gadsden, the best route is from Van Wert via Cedar town to tbe bead-waters of Hurricane Creek, and thence to Gadsden. This route is shorter than the Terrapin Creek rente via Cross Plains to Gadsden, and of lighter grade. And if it should, prove to be im- urricane Creek, on account of its partial occupation by the Selma, Rome and Dalton Road, then the next best route would be from Van Wert via Cedartown to the most northern branch of Terrapin Creek, known as the Camp Ground branch, thence down said creek to Cross Plains and to Gadsden. From the foregoing facts, it fully appears that the route by Cedartown is the best and most practicable, either to the Atlanta and Decatur or the Cartersville and Van Wert extension to Gadsden roads. G. W. Feathebston. Cedartown, Ga., JuneC, 1870. We, the undersigned committee appoint ed by a meeting of tbe citizens of Polk county, held on the 4th instant, do heartily concur in the foregoing statements. Stephen A. Boepkrs. Chairman, War. J. Howard, A. Huntington, J. S. Stubbs, C. Philpot, Committee. Personal. The King of Prussia is said to be in the last stages of dropsy. Bismarck has invested ins means so very judiciously that he is getting rich very fast. A new county in West Tennessee is to be named after Emerson Etheridge. It is conjectured that the Bishop-elect of New Hampshire will select Dover as Ills place of residence, where a new church is to be built. The reason General O’Neil gave for not leading the Fenian advance in person was that he was engaged in making “stragetic combinations,” A handkerchief worn by tbe unfortnnate Maximilian when he was executed is now in possession of Mrs. Fairfax Gray, ol Houston, Texas. Four George Washingtons, six Andrew Jacksons, five Henry Clays, and two James K. Polks reside at present in tbe Louisiana Penitentiary. Disraeli says in his Lotbair: “There is no real business in the Fenians. Their treason is a fairy tale, and their sedition, a child talking in its sleep.” The son of the Viceroy of Egvpt has an annnal allowance of three hundred thou sand francs, and yet he owes more than one million in Paris since bis arrival there. The editor of tfaeTcraki, a Turkish print, has received from the Sultan a present of £500 and tbe rank of Lientenant Colonel for an eulogistic article on his majesty’s late soecch to the Council of State. After this who will say tbe press in Turkey is not “encouraged ?” . CSV The temperance society at Augusta. Ark., has dissolved. By the rules they were permitted to drink ale, hut one of them, as he expressed it, found that bever age “ bunglesome to his stomach ” and fell hack on whisky. Tbe other members fol lowed his example. Georgia News. W. J. Dclk. an old citizen of Cobb coun ty. died on the Stli. The health of Rome has greatly im proved. A telegraphic fire alarm and police tele graph is to be established in Augusta. Superintendent S. K. Johnson and his wile have returned to Augusta. The Cuthbcrt Appeal say* blackberries are worth forty cents per quart In that city. The Christian Chnrch at Valdosta will be completed by the last of this month. A public meeting at Cnthbcrt is sug gested in aid of Andrew College. Thomas Superior Court adjourned last Monday. It is proposed to build a new market bouse in Savannah. Another boat race is to come off at Sa vannah, under the auspices of the Savan nah Regatta Association, next week. Tbe crops about Tunnel Hill are very fine. Wheat harvesting will soon be gen eral. The “ Ready Hook and Ladder .Compa ny” has been organized with sixty mem bers at Cuthbert. Two deaths occurred in the Cherokee Masonic Aid Association during the month of May. Calhoun and a portion of Terrell county has suffered severely from drought since April last. Mr. S. A. Smith, of Thomasville, has raised, this year. Norway oats 6J4 feet high, and averaging 75 bushels per acre. There are 327 cases on the civil docket of the Richmond Superior Court, which come up for trial at the next session. The Georgia Railroad lias just completed the erection of a new, substantial and handsome station-house at Bell Air. The Chronicle and Sentinel says Mr. Merry, of Woodlawn, near Augusta, lias been missing since Tuesday. The Commencement exercises of Furlow Masonic Female College will begin on Monday next, 13 li instant. The farmers of Newton county have com menced harvesting the wheat crop. The crop was never better. Mrs. John L. Alexander, near Marietta, was bitten by a rattlesnake last week. Whisky proved a saving antidote. The Rome Southerner says the Mountain City Fire Company will have a splendid sapper some time this month. Cherries are abundant in Rome. Business dull. The Valdosta Times says Judge Sessions has adjourned Ware Court to the second Monday in June; Clinch, to tlic third Monday in June. Echols, no adjourned term. The Covington Examiner learns that Hulbert and Padgett will soon have in iuil operation a large trunk manufactory in the city of Atlanta. The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad will pass moneyless applicants over its line irec ofeharge to the city, when recommended by the Mayor at Augusta. The Columbus Enquirer says it is ex pected that railroad connections with Troy will be made by July 4th. Tho Coun. cil will give a festive on the occasion. The railroad bridge over tlie Ocmuigcc, on the Macon and Augusta Railroad, will be completed on Saturday. The road is being pushed rapidly. Shale tinged with traces of coal has been obtained from a well in Dalton. Dalton is becoming egg-hausted from the scarcity of eggs in that market. A new county is to be formed from por tions of tlie counties of Wayne and Ap pling, with Jessup as tho county site. It is proposed to call the new county Ashby. The Rome Courier, of the 10th, notices the arrival of a lot of new wheat, the first of the season. It was sold at SI 75. Bran ham Dunlap, Jr., was kicked by a horse and seriously hurt. Councilman Noble, of .Rome, while re cently at tho North, purchased two alarm lire bells—one to be put at the Mountain City engine house, and tho other at that of tlie Rainbow. Their weight is about 500 pounds each. The American brig, Alice M. Putnam cleared at Savannah, on the 8th, with $110,000 worth of cotton for Cronstadt. The stevedore of this brig was the Hon. T. Monroe, ex-Mayor of New Orleans. The Mayor of Columbus refuses to issue a proclamation, in accordance with the in. structions of the City Council, for an elcc tion by tbe voters of Columbus, to ascer tain whether or not tlie city of Columbus shall subscribe $400000 to the Columbus and North Georgia Air-Line Railroad. The Savannah Advertiser is down on bigh-heeled boots for ladies. -A lady re cently fell down stairs in that city on ac count of them, seriously Injuring herself. During a ball at thunderbolt, a resident of Savannah was seriously cut with a knife by one of the party. The Rome Daily chronicles a rumor on the streets that Dr. Angler, tbe State Treasurer, had been arrested by order of the committee investigating the State Road frauds, as a defaulter to a large amount, and placed in jail, and that George P. Burnett had been placed in charge of the State funds. There is a negro woman thirty-seven years of age living on tbe plantation of Mr. YV.H. Battle; of Baker county, who weighs 300 pounds and has twenty-five children, all living. Mr. Battle says she is remarkably healthy and is a good cook, bnt never cooks more than one thing at a time. The Journal states that little Willie New ton, G or 7 years old, son of Mr. Silas New ton, was struck by lightning three miles west of Marietta, on the 8th, and was in stantly killed. He was leaning against the chimney and the rest of the. family were around tbe fire-place. AU were shocked, bnt none of the others injured. Tlie Macon Journal states that the lead, ing merchants of that city will close their places of business at six p.m. The “Mul- loy” case comes up in the Superior Court, at Macon, on the 13th (Monday.) Macon rejoices in a monster bell in the steeple of the Mulberry M. E. Church. Germania Lodge, I. O. O. F., has been organized in Macon. The Augusta Constitutionalist says there appears to bean impression that tbe South, western Bailroad will terminate at Opeli. ka. and the Georgia Railroad at the same point. That is a mistake. Both roads have their termini, ns heretofore, at Co lumbus and West Point. Thence to Selma is now known as the Western Railroad. Both companies will run through trains to Montgomery. The Americus Republican says an em bryo riot has broken out among the dark ies on the plantation of Hon. J. M. Cobb. Squire JobnEOn, on the 0th instant, issued warrants for the arrest of four of tbe cul prits, one of them charged with attempted murder. Mr. Zachariah Bass, of this coun ty, brought into onr office a stalk of cotton over two feet in length, containing twenty well matured squares. It is a fair sample, Mr. Bass says, of twelve acres. The Columbus Sun says: “The white man and negro woman from Union Springs, who were ostensibly married the other day. were brought before the Grand Jury yes terday. No true bill was found, as the laws of Georgia make such marriages ab solutely void from the beginning. If they live together, they can be prosecuted for fornication. We understand tbe pair left for Union Springs on the 3 p. m. train.” Judge D.W. Spence has samples of beard ed wheat taken from his field within the corporate limits of Covington, which yield ed ninety large shocks from one acre. The stalks exhibited were ail over six feet high, and the whole field averaged five feet six inches. The vicinity will hold a public meeting on Saturday, June 18th, to offer inducements to the building of a railroad from Macon, Georgia, to Knoxville, Ten nessee, via Indian Springs, Conyers and Rabnn Gap. The Albany News says it is probable the S. G. and Florida Railroad will be formally opened next week. The Brunswick and Albany Railroad line is located to tbe Flint, and the estimates are made up, though the crossing bas not been determined on. The location westward will be commenced in a day or two. A company of contractors, with Colonel B. G. Lockett at its head, is ready to contract for the line from the Ala- paha to Enfaula, and we floubt not the pa pers will be signed this week or early next week. The grading from Waynesboro to tbe Alapaha is progressing vigorously. OLD ENGLAND. I love tbe racy English of < ltl times, Before its Latin eoftness o'er It crept. When mighty Scalds were valiant in tbclr rhyme*. Nor tamely o’er tho tinkling harp-strings swept As though the spirit nf their fathers slept. Or spoke in Toweled whispers among limes. Onr-nativc, rouglt-bewn words are less inept Than daintier speech Hang off in silver chimes; Our tongue should have a likeness to the land— A smack of crag and torrent, tarn and glen— In nouns and verbs that sbepnerds understand, Meet for the use of hardy, lighting men. Brief and sonorous, tin we seem to stand And hear bravo Geoffrey Chancer rhymo again. CHAN NINO JO SIE SHUTS. “ In a little precious diamond What a splendor meets the eyes 1 In a little lump of sugar How much of sweetness lies I So, in a littio woman. Love grows r.nd multiplies; You recollect tho prevent -ays— “ A word unto tha wise.” “ A wepper-c-rn is very smell. But teasers every dinner More tli tn all other condiments Alihoug * 1 * * * Hts sprinkled th'nuur. Just so a little worn in is i will let ;uu win her. •• And. as within the little rose. You’ll And the r'Chestdyes. And in a little grain of gold Much price and valne ties; So in a little womsu. There’s a taste of paradise. “Theskylight and the nightingale, T hough small and light of wing, Y'et warble sweeter in the grove Than all the birds that sing. And so a little woman, Thoovh a very little thing. Is sweeter Ibau ell other sweets Even flowers that bloom in spring 1 ’ Governor Bard returned to this city tills morning. He desires us to inform Rev. V. A. Gaskiil, tho spicy paragraphist of his friend Captain Blodgett, that, being a “ prudent ” man. ho came via Augusta and the Georgia Railroad.—Atlanta Con stitution. Western and Atlantic Railroad,) Atlanta, Ga, June 10, 1870. J The above appears first in your evening edition of yesterday. Tlie short-lived Gov ernor of Idnho has missed fire again. I hold about the same relation to the letter of “my friend Captain Blodgett” referred to by Ex-Governor Bard, as the said Bard holds to the Territory of Idaho. I never saw said letter; said Bard never saw said Territory. I could assaid “friend” have seen said letter, bnt it has been cruelty hinted that said Sam could not have seen Idaho as Governor. He did not ever stand on Pisgali and take a longing look into his f iromised land. My friend Governor Bard s a poor scholar, or he would have known that my “friend Captain Blodgett” is a “spicy paragraphist” himself. Dr. Governor B. must be spilin for fight, or he certainly would have passed me by. at least, till the “ Truk (?) Geor gian” could have been brought into the action, ns tho last hope of Liberty and of the State. The knife of my “friend. Cap tain Blodgett,” went deep, or the Doctor would not have hollowed so quick. Blod gett has drawn the first blood from the no ble Governor, and there is great danger that he will bleed to death, nnd “perish by tho wayside” before the “True Georgian ” utters one scream in behalf of the Doctor’s “promptings of -duty to Georgia.” [See the Governor’s Prospectus.] Tiiose “prompt ings of duty ” that surrendered tho chair of State for tlic seat of “a private citizen,” must have been terrible. All honor to the man who will thus condescend for “ the welfare and happiness of the people of Georgia.” Kings sometimes abdicate, but Govern ors seldom resign; never, under such noble impulses, and at such immense sacrifices, ns have been made by the chief of the Ida ho nation. Dr, don’t waste that free tick et. If we kill you, on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, you shall bo decently buried, at the expense of tlie State, and we, tbe people, will inscribe on your mon ument, "Here lies a dead Governor, who gave up 'a prospect of future promotion’ and took his ‘place as a private citizen' for ‘ the welfare and happiness of the people of Geor gia.' Let the sweetest-scented flowers of Georgia bloom freth over his grave forever.” Dr, your future will be eventful, unless Blodgett’s knife went too deep. I am so glad you camo back, Dr, that I can scarce ly contain myself. Reconstruction would have failed without you. Besides, we, you and I, will have many a war-talk as to how we can smash Bullock, tako the State Road out of Blodgett’s hands and run it OURSELVES. Your old friend, Gaskill. Here, There and Everywhere. The negro riot at Tuskcgee, Alabama, was quieted Without blood-shed. General Wade Hampton has purchased a steam plow for $18,000. Dr. E. D. Newton, of Rome, bifurcated the tongue of a Mr. Crow a few days since. A Universal Exposition will be held in Vienna in 1873. It is intended to make it equal in ail particulars to the Paris move ment of a similar character. Newton County Agricultural Society propose to obligate themselves to raise their supplies at home, and quit the ruin ous policy of raising cotton to buy the nec essaries of life. Sensible to the last. The Superintendent of tbe N. Y. Police Department states that hereafter no notice will be paid to telegrams sent to liis depart ment calling for tbe arrest of parties charged with crime, unless full particulars are given as to name, nature of offense, and the authority for such arrest; and such telegram must also be signed by the head of the police department in the place from whence the dispatch is sent. Thirty-five thousands quarts of straw berries nave been shipped the present sea son from Richmond, per express. Scientific. San Francisco has a new Microscopical Society. Professor Mosler recommends benzine in trichiniasis. Dr. Wilis Richardson recommends am monia as an antidote to aconite. Oxalate of soda precipitates silver from photographic baths, in a form for easy re duction. A new bridge-guard, for the prevention of accidents, is being tried at Kinzlo street bridge, New York. The criticism of the faulty construction of our new court-house wing is not liked by the contractors. Stains caused by photographic chemicals should be washed off with chloride or sul phate of zinc. Chinese bamboo and Japanese plums have been grown in California from im ported roots. M. Dolanricr propose* an apparatus for concentrating the sun’s rays, so as to nse them directly, instead of fuel. Illuminating gas gives a great deal more light when heated before burning, and a great deal less when cooled. A strong chalybeate spring of great vol ume has been discovered in Girard, ahou one mile from Columbus, Georgia. Prepared wheat, the new substitute for Graham llonr, contains, like the latter, all the nourishing bone and nerve forming constituents or the grain, and is for this reason to be recommended as preferable to ordinary white flour. Its preparation must vary with individual taste. A Wonder oe the Deep—A Real Mer maid on Exhibition.—A real mermaid is on free exhibition in the window of Mr. Jf. Marks, CSS Broadway. It is dead, and bas been exceedingly well preserved. It was two feet long, and from the first side fins to the tail, it is fish, and bears a- close re semblance to tbe rock fish, scales and all; but above the side fins, it has a small, well-developed human head, neck and breast. The black hair on its head is about five inches long; the eyes, ears and nose arc all well defined; the arms areabont four inches long, with two joints, elbow and wrist, and terminate in webbed, claw like hands. It was sent to Mr. Marks by bis brother from Y'okohoma. The English Consul offered £100 for it, intending it for tho British Museum, but the offer was re jected. It is now offered for sale at $1,000. New York Sun. OUE PARIS LETTER. Death of Gen. Goj-on—The Trage dy at Nice—A New Way of Mark ing Rioters—Editor vs. Soldier— Tho Weather—Life iu Paris. Special Foreign Cor. of Tbe Constitution.) Paris, May 24,1870.. The sudden death of General Goyon, in his carriage en route for tlie Senate, de prives tlic Second Empire of it faithful Scrvitcur. The General was suspected of Orleanism, which but increased his zeal for Napoleon. He loved to be known as an aid-de-camp to his Majesty. It was in Italy, particularly at Koine, that ho distin guished himself- On tme occasion, he in- ; brined Cardinal Merodo, the Pope s Minis ter of War. that he would box his ears, only he respected tlie doth. In 1S5S, In tlie June insurrection, lie commanded a light dragoon regiment, which sabred so icntly bnt completely the insurgents that ds troopers were ever after known as ••Goyon’s young ladies.” When a lieu tenant. his room was made up by a charm ing maid named Anais. One evening on returning he found Ids room locked. He burst open the door and stumbled over a jupon and a helmet. Striking a match, he found Ids bed occupied by a trooper and Anais, as happy as Don Juan and Uaidee, Who sustained his head upon her bosom’s charms.” Beside tiie bed was tho lieutenant’s bot tle of brandy emptied, and his uiecrshnum recently smoked. Ho awoke the soldier, told him, he turned his blind eye to the ca tastrophe, and dismissed Anais. Years passed on, nnd ono evening the lieutenant, who had become General, was introduced to a brave Captain and hla charming wife, who formerly occupied his bed. Nice has just supplied us With a terrible drama. A young gentleman, poor, but of respectable position, was in love with the accomplished daughter of a Parisian Li brarian. Their means, they considered, were not sufficient to enable them to support, when married, that state of life, in which it had pleased God to call them, they re solved to die—and in death not to be divi ded. Setting out one nfternoon from Nice, with a bottle of laudanum, a cano sword, and a revolver, they selected a romantic nooktodie. M’lle hung.up her white ju pon on a tree to enable their bodies to bo found. They drank the poison, but it failed to kill; and, wakening in the middle of the night, it was resolved to end the pain by the revolver. The young lady begged to be shot, but not to disfigure her features, it was done, but she lived to tell the tale. Her lover, after firing upon her, shot him self in the heart. At Nantes, during tlie late voting, the number of rioters arrested at one of the military outposts was far greater than tho soldiers, and escaped as soon as apprehend ed. Pending the arrival of reinforcements, the officer. to mark his “ quarry,” ordered ail the buttons to be cut off the clothes of the prisoners as they were brought in. The Rappel is one of tlie several rabid organs of tho opposition. Having stated that tlie military were compelled to vote as tho Colonels wished—which accounts for the 40,000 votes against the Empire by the soldiers, but too seriously proves tlic con trary—a corporal waited upon the editor to demand such a calumny to be withdrawn. The brave soldier was unceremoniously f lushed out of the office, receiving at part- ng a kick “Just in tho place where honor’s'lodged. As wise philosophers have judged.” He re-entered, seized some three of the editorial staff, and threw them out of the window, adding somewhat. “ that it was a way we have in the army.” Tlie weather has become so suddenly hot that all Paris is flying to the country or the seaside. The theatres are being emp tied for the advantage of open air con certs—very attractive and alwaj s agreea ble. For many families to go to the sea side is a work equal to a positive emigra tion—it puts the boulevards almost in mourning. It is the pain of separation that causes several circles to pull down all tho blinds and evidences of lllc in the fi6nt of the house to lead a squatting existence in the back premises, with a few square yards of garden and a couple of sycamore trce3 to remind them of such a tiling as the vegetable kingdom. Even when oth ers tako to tlie open country, they must ever he in sight of tlie towers of Notre Dame—dress and live, as at Paris. Tlie mountain must come to Mahomet. The bourgeois love flowers, and tho garret win dow, with a few flowers, gives him all the transport of a botanical garden. It is the manner of viewing the delight that gives tho pleasure, os tlic Hidalgo, when tlie cherries served at his dessert were small, was provided with magnifying glasses to correct tho defect. Bourrif.1t. Punchinello’s Condensed Congress —Tlic Senate—The 15tll Amend ment Enforcement Bill—Its Pro visions— 1 The Anathema—Medal- some Senators—Drake Quacks. The 15th Amendment Enforcement hill provides: 1. That any person of a darker color than chrome yellow shall hereafter be entitled to vote to any extent at any election, with out rciercnce to age, sex, or previous con dition, anything, anywhere to the contra, ry notwithstanding. 2. That any person who says that any such person ought not to vote, shall be punishable by fine to the extent ofhis pos sessions, and shall lie anathema. 3. That any person who shal:, with intent to prevent tlie voting of any such person, strike such person upon the nose, eye, mouth, or other feature, within one mile of any place of voting, within ono week of any day of voting, shall be punishable by fine to the extent of twice his possessions, and shall be disentitled to vote forever after. Moreover, be shall be anathema. 4 That any person who shal) advise any other person to question the right of any person of the hue hereinbefore specified to vote, or to do any other act whatever, shall be punishable by fine to the extent of three times bis possessions, and shall be anath ema. • 6. That all fines collected under this Act shall he expended upon tlic endowment of “The Society for Securing the Pursuit of Happiness to American Citizens of African Descent.” And if any person shall call in question the justice of such a disposition of such fines, he shall be punishable by fine to the amount of four times his posses, sions, and shall be anathema, Mr. Wilson objected to anathema. He said nobody in the Senate but Sumner knew what it meant. Besides, it was bor rowed from tlie syllabus of a degraded su perstition. He moved to substitute the simple and intelligible expression, “Hcbe- dam.” The Senate settled their little dispute abont who was entitled to a medal for coming first to the defense of the Capital. They decided to give medals to everybody. Mr. Cameron was satisfied. If the Senate only medaied enough, that was all he asked. There were about five thousand wavering voters in bis district, whom lie thought hecouid fix, if he could give them a medal apiece. Mr. Couklingsaid he would like to medal some men. But be did notlike such med dlesome men as Cameron. Mr. Drake moved to deprlvo anybody in Missouri who differed from him in politics of practicing any profession. He said that many of the citizens of that State were in carnate demons—so much so that when they had an important law case they would rather intrust it to somebody else than himself. Was this right? He asked the Senate to protect him as a native industry. Cotton Factories South vs. Cotton Factories East.—Tho Memphis (Tenn.) Daily Sun proves that a cotton factory in that city will clear $82 75 more on every bale of cotton woven Into cloth than can be realized by the mills of Lowell. Massa chusetts, and that 3,000 bales in Memphis would produce a profit of $248,000 in one year, against the $30,000 of the mills of Lowell, built at nearly the same cost. The New England manufacturer pays $10 to get a bale to his mill, and loses entirely the profit of the oil from the cotton seed— SGO per bale—all of which, with tlie advan tage of labor at lower rates, enters the gain of the home manufacturer.—Exchange highly interesting case. Power of Bullock’s Apx>ointccs to ho Tested. The Savannah Advertiser, of the 10th, **5l case arose yesterday, in the offico of one of our many vx-ofilcio Justices of tho Peace and Notary Publics, which it Is thought will he uie means of testing the powers vested in the various ap pointees of Governor Bullock, who have been anil arc now exercising the duties of the office of ex-officio Justices of tho Peace. It appears that a party was in debted to another in a small amount due as a balance in a certain transaction, and having failed to meet the obligation, tho creditor proceeds to collect tho same by a regulnr process. He appl ied at tlic office of an ex-officio Justice of the Peace, and had an execution issued against the party de fendant. The fi. fa. was placed in the hands of an officer, who proceeded to execute the same by levying on a sufficient amount of property to satisfy tlie execution. Thcdc- fendant then proceeds to file a bill in equity against the said officers, and prays an in junction, which was granted, restraining them from taking any action in the matter until a final decree is had in the cause. Tlie grounds taken by the defendant are, that a Notary Public and cxtoffielo Justice of the Peace has no right to enter up judg ment or issue executions against him, as the power granted them by virtue of their appointment extended no further than al lowing them to issue a process in tlic ab sence of a duly elected magistrate, and that said process must be made returnable and tried before tho said elected magistrate of the district in which tho defendant resides; and, further, that tlie officer attempting to execute tlie fi. fa. was not a legal officer In the eyes of the law, not having been elected to tlic office of consta ble, and tlie proceedings of his apnoint- ment were therefore Irregular and in op position to tlie law. The proceedings of this cause will be watched with more than usual interest, as it affects the judicial in terests nnd heretofore supposed vested powers of several hundred appointees of Governor Bullock throughout tho State. Hon. Jefferson Davis Addrkssiko a Sunday SdliooL Celebration.—Over four thousand fire hundred children and ten thousand adults attended the Sunday School celebration at Jackson, Tennessee, lastwcck. The schools of all the towns in that section were represented. A letter describing the demonstration says: The Hon.Jeflerson Davis was introduced nnd spoke ten minutes in an earnest and thrilling manner. His appearance on tho stand was hailed by a tremendous burst of applause. The Hon. Jacob Thompson and tho Right Rev. Bishop Qnintard were also introduced and made a few pertinent re marks. It was a great day for Jackson, and I presume there never was a gathering of tlie kind of like magnitude. X3T Another curions case of conscience has just benefitted the directors of a bank at Brussels. In January last they received a package accompanied by a letter request ing that the former should not be opened until three months had elapsed. When opened at the proper time, the enclosure was found to contain 84,000 francs restored to tbe bank by a defaulter. “A good deed in S naughty world.” The Presbyterian Church (South). The following is tlio closing portion of the pastoral address or the General As sembly of the Presbyterian Church (South), prepared at its recent session in Louisvillo, and incidentally referring to tbe proposed union with the Northern Church: In the adorable providence of God, our peeled and desolated Church is pushed to the front in this conflict. In the face of those ancient Churches which, in Europe, arc still entangled in State alliances, the very foremost of which seem to be slow in grasping tlie grand conception which tho Redeemer’s discipline has been so clearly teaching them, and in the face of the Chris tianity of the Northern section of our own land, which, in a temporary frenzy, as we hope and pray, has subsided from the truth, we thought it understood, this suffering Church of ours is called to testi fy. Tho pure, white banner, borne by the Melvilles, Gillespies and tho Hendersons, those noble witnesses of another age, for a E ure spiritual Church has fallen into our nnds to uphold. Floating from our walls the superb inscription “Christ’s Crown and Covenant” rings out the battle cry of that sacramental host whieii by protest and re proach. by testimony and suffering, will yet conquer tlic cartli and bring it into submission at the Saviour's feet. It is upon the assertion of this great and general principle, out of which a trucccciesiologv is yet to spring, this assembly decides to place herself and you. The royalty of tho thought will render you kingly in all your purposes and desires oven to debase this testimony by yielding to tho lower resent ments of the unsanctllicd heart in tho pro clamation of your testimony. These are tlie convictions which rule our decision in relation to correspondence with tlie Northern Church. Their offense with us is that wc would not yield to tbe mistaken consciences which permitted them to bind tho Church of our Divine Lord to the wheels of Cmsar’s chariot. We cannot surrender this testimony for tho privilege of sitting within their halls. Wo declare, therefore, tint wo can hold no official correspondence with tho Northern churches unless the Saviour is reinstated in the full acknowledgment ot His kingship in His own Church. A Revelation about Chewing Gum— The following, clipped from an exchange, interest to many who cannot find sufficient employment for their masti- c.store at the table} “ Chewinggum is made at Poduck, Massachusetts, of gnm arable! rosin and fat Any kind of fat, even that of dead dogs, is used in tho manufacture, and when all the ingredients are placed in boiling kettles, a small quantity of the mo3t nauseous liquid foam is put in to whi ten the gum,” When this laet is known. H they a wanUo fe0t rlEht t0 chew the gun * Cburcli Choir.*. Tho New York Herald bus n word of at vice to singers in churcb choirs, which, w fear, is not entirely out orplace elsewhere “Believing that organs and trained choh are useful and cfficientapplianccs ofdivin service, by means or which manv wear footsteps have been directed to the rigti path after long traveling of tho wrong, w give them hearty support. What wc dc sire is that members of tlie choir, withot exception, bo something tnorcnrchrislisr and less of professional singers. It Is tro thatthey are regularly paid to chant tfa praises of tlie Lord in soprano, contraih tenor, basso, and tho rest; but wlicthc the notes of these warblers be wort the infinitesimal part of a mill cael or tho fraction of a dollar, or even a who! Question. Wc propoc that after they have ceased singing the t0 * p . ra ? lnff or listening to tlj preaching with tho balance, of the congn SSSVwlE ? ft ? n has lt not ot served that the instant members of a churc choir have fimshed&hymn they settle dow te a cosy chat, passing their little joke with as much indifference as if they wet not in a piaco of worship, or as if they ha received information direct from hive “ they need not trouble tlicmsclvc about the question of their salvation mean to say that tli majority of the members of choirs ac In this manner, bnt that a minor ity, sufficiently great iu numbers to at tract attention, do this no person will deni Indeed, wo are assured that at some of tli churches social topics arc discussed in th choirs every Sunday ;.satlre and critic an criticism are indulged in, and plcasan stories are told between the pauses of tli music. Such levity and irrcligion mcri and ever receive our condemnation. Con versationon social matters and pleasant rics are very good and allowable things i their way. but they are not appropriate s chnrch. Let us trust tho erring mcinbci of the choirs will heed tills ndmonitioi behave better in the future and bccom faithful and devout followers of Christ.” Hard vs. Gaskill. Atlanta, Ga., Jane 11,1870. Ga **M: I hava hurricdl yo » r c , ar<3 ’ printed In Til that von dm Bnd am now MITSitisfic d nQt , com P°sc the note of M Blodgett, recently addressed to methrou” the columns of the Press. The compos! don Plndgett’s signature was, t rmini Of i S n arp and respectable i point of wit, while yours is feeble nnd it sn P cl^lil 6i i ” Cere ^., rC K rct that y°° hav succeeded in wnting yonrseif down a s f' , at sarcasm is stlngles; AS a friend, I advise you to deal, in fc tU l2m eS ^l , !ri Chea J > c !dc ?? and crn l*y Word 1 am, my dear M Swallow-Fork,” Your friend till death, ^ Sam. lUto. ..f^, ^ special telegram from Jacfcso Misshsippi, to the Mobile Rcgktor tov“ »drta!( «j c : TWhiSSSwfn tf lS 1 *K ,s,a *ure include JhU smacks of tho Connecticut blue law Z3f~ It seems that the mv niift». Ca K Sed alarm in jcmgianu 225?. i'AXf , bccn .issued to lioubk val imperial dock-yards am 2* ai >d that nil govern: steamers arc to keep their fires bai S^cihm .Precautionary measures ag possible l'cnian plots and revolts, in i U''ure. t10 BrU1SU ll ° n cnt " :l riaicl f . Among tlie last batch of Chins ln San Francisco was on rtoslty, being a horse with two tails.