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trtution. Term* •( taltulptim WiMK.LT COMSTITUTION Mr ana .«$» AH r*b«CTiptl##e ctrtctly In ndnncn »*J. tttbe acplrunaf ttetlaa for which WMB BMit.ulMiliiiHiliHon4.lln immttt Ik* ■T Clnki of Ten *15 M, and ■ copy •» th* » trmntolfcninUnr-np. . . ATLANTA, GA., FEBRUARY 13. 1873 Tki Mtpt*•* There eeeme to be n very general pub’k d**ire for some good man to l»e appointed to fill (be Supreme Bench vacancy. Rood mat-vial cnn be obtained from ibc Urge por tion of (be bar not laboring nndtr ditabili- t r* The Illnej* of Judge Warner prertni* (be aeaaion of (be court that abould be non progrr* ing. and it may be poaaible that hi*, feeble condition resulting from his seren sirkncM may render it impendent for bin «■ resume lh(£ardae-u* duties of the bench right array. A henry docket is demanding atten tion while the regular term is fntt slipping ol The court may get so behind hand aa to be unable to catch np even with a continuon- It would bo unfortunate for the sea- pass uuimprored. as the business I get beyond the control of the court Under ail these circumstances, we think ws do not exaggerate the public wish and the Importance of the matter, when we rep resent that nothing would more meet a great public necessity than the ailing of the va cancy of the Supreme Bench, In order that that tribunal can resume its labors immedi ately. _ The Ortas Hantlcello wad Madison Railroad. The Griffin papers state that work is pro g-easing on this road. The surrey is com pleted. Fifteen miles are nearly graded. Tba subscription installments are being paid up. Iron will be bought immediately to lay the first ten miles. At a meeting at Hooti- caflo Hr. J. C. Kimball was unanimously •lamed Superintendent of the road. The Griffin Star very Justly says: “Ur. J. C. Kimball was elected Superinten dent by a unanimous rote, but op to Ibii time has not accepted, owiog to Ibe recent fallnre of bla brother. We hope he may lie indiice.1 to accept the position, aa ka la a practical railroad man, of clear bead sad sound Judgment, to whose charac ter there never baa attached tbe slightest suspicion of wrong dealing. Ha is an lode- fitlgible worker and a Doorman. Ha in tends to stay in Georgia and work oat for himself a reputation lo be proud of, notwith standing the misfortunes of bis brother, with whom he never occupied any business rela tion* except a* an employee. Mr. K. baa gone over tbe line of road several times, and done a great deal toward* starting tbe enter prise." a m a Atlanta and Lau range Hallraad— Utttr fraas Judge Ring. Augusta, Ga, January 27,1873. Captain WD-CUpteg: Dean Sir— * lean scarcely aay that do overturn have been made to con trol the Atlanta and West Point Railroad, but can aay that no proposition of that kind has been seriously entertained, or conlem- T>lMed hr tbe authorities of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company. So far as they havaconsidered, propotilionafrom other Inurest* have not contemplated any esclaaive control, but only business mrieOcges in com mnn. We littro no unfriendly feciinu toward tloi Central Itatlrnsd Company, or the Inter est* connected with it, but I am certain In the opinion that no disposition of the Atlanta and West Point Railrosd is likely to he msde that won'd Interfere with a fair business connec tion with your road at LaOrange, when your road reaches that point. 1 acamtly know what to believe now-*- days in tbe shape of railroad sensational ru ttwra. but am decidedly of opinion that tbe into rumors shout the control of the South CmilotRnalitsilM/ Sol am informed by those who ought to know. Yours, etc., Joan P. Krtto. The above letter we clip from the Colum bus Sun. The Augusta Chronicle, la aplte of Judge King's statement, reiterates its belief in (lie rumored lease of Ibe South Carolina Road. THE WEEKLY 1 CONSTITUTION. VOLUME IV.i ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 13.1872. INUMBER 45 Georgia**Credit with Barwp*. Ot B WASU1NUTUX LEtTKU. The London Time?, in making up tliestate- The Va»4 gaeuiaa at amnesty— ment of the money market, in its issue of! The RewrRIm CfvJ» Rights A«*-cla. January 9di, this refer* to the Georgia secu-; u# u Talk, out In Congreu—Xr. rule*. 1 be statement is tbit “Frankfort ad- SaslaSarf, .Tlra. Wkarlon Si ' ' • * report that tbe New Year has opened wl It a rite In all stocks and shares,” and _ „ —— attar qu Gin* various continental and foreign FreeMect Oraal u a cay Latkarl*. danglol (lock-jobbing company in. the Northern State* taf Amt ‘ 4wm,l)« tract* tbe following from Frankfort with *»rd to our securities: “Heavy lueses t £ eoUruiotti of iMiii'iiition by Stare of Georgia of the bonds iSMted in aid of tbe raiiroarta, and which were taken lo large amounts at tbe relatively high price of 74. Holden are now compelled to send their bond for registration to Atlanta, which, for u«, is out of tbe world. People are disgusted H have to fight for their money with black debtors and the credit of the Southern Stats* is gone here forever.” * . We extract tbe above from tbe Savannah Kews, and wish we had apace to copy tbe Newspaper Success. - We find tlte foiiowingjgoing tbe round of the p ipers. 'Since the war tiie London Dal ly News has made great strides in conse quence of the superiority of its war corre spondence. Lately it bad thirty-eight col umns of advertisements.’ Thirty-eight columns of advertisements is certainty a huge thing. But according to our arithmetic we can beat that in Georgia. The Atlskts ConariTirnott baa frequently, of late, published daily from three to five col umns of new advertisements. lost Thurs day that paper contained sir eofurtas of new advertisement*. Now, when it Is remem bered that Atlanta la btrdly the hundredth pirt of London, it will at once be seen that the proportion la largely in favor of our own Georgia paper. Atlanta knows tbo value of printer’s ink and appreciate* the Importance ot advertising. We wbh that the contagion might spread TUomaonward.”—VcDuJls Our European creditors evidently misap prehend oar purposes, and we have to thank such parties as Clew* £ Co, and i-Jhers who falsify the Stale's acts of enquiring into re pudiation. But this temporary depredation of our securities is one of the inevitable quences of Bullock's financiering. It is not the action of the good people of Geoigia, who simply use the judicious a plan of marshalling her assets, that has hurt Georgia’s credit, but it is the reckless mis management of Bullock, the bayonet sover eign of Georgia by grace of reconstruction. The crash wss hound to come sooner or later. But when Georgia sifts her indebted- i, and pays dollar for dollar to everybody who has a just claim upon her, the credit of the State will be restored. It is nonsense to ascribe the results of Bullock's thc-ivisn Scan- ciering lo tbe needed effort* of tbe State to •xtricate herself from the bad fix in whidi Bullock has put her. We are in trouble. Radical rascals put us there. The extrication must be necessarily painful and tedious. One cause of complaint of the European bondholders is tbsl they think they will be required logo to the vast expense of bring ing their bonds to Georgia for registration. We oplno that arrangement will be made to obviate this. Tbe bond inquiry law provides for “reporting" these bonds for registry to the bond committee. This con be done through one or two agents centrally located in Europe. This will remove any possible dissatu faction. This step of inquiry is really needed to protect the holders of sound bonds, and when they learn this, and trust the good faith of the State which will be true to every just obligation, this panic will be over. Id the mean time wc would urge that no holdera of good tecuritie* be guilty of the Indiscretion of sacrificing band* during this temporary depreciation. The storm will pats over, hnrting none bat the scamps and sweeping off nothing but tbe rubbish. The social and political revolution now going on in Japan, which is said to have had ■b origin by the introduction of American Ideas, bn* completely broken down the ber- riera wlii.it have existed in that country fot centuries, anJ now the ports are open to commerce and immigration. Tl.e Mikado aand.. hia .juuing. anas and women to this country to learn our way of doing things, and hires prominent Americans to go to Japan and introduce our labor-saving ma chinery. We may reasonably expect, when our com mercial relations are more extended to that country, that the Japanese laborers will find their way to our shores Would it not be policy fot us to encourage them to come mtnrng us * They are familiar with tbe cultivation of rice, and thousands upon thousands of acres now almost aban doned along our Southern Atlantic coast, offer them abundance of labor.—The South. The delay of tie. Senate in taking action on the amnesty bill is tbe subject of remirk: here, and occasions unfavorable comment' even In extreme Radical quarters. The President recommended amnesty in his mes sage*, and tbe Radical press throughout tbe country baa advocated It with much earnest ness; and yet, such men as Morten, butnaef and Nye are able to thwart the expressed wishes of the President, and of most influential TMs delay, tbo detriment of the Radical party than otherwise, and it is concccded by leading men of tiiat party that it would be extremely Im politic to enter upon the Presidential cam paign without removing the ban of proscrip tion now resting on a large class of the Southern people Tbo question here arises, does Grant really want amnesty, or Is be playing false ? It is singular, to say the least, that on Hus question, as on that of civil ser vice reform, his accredited spokesmen in the Senate have acted in direct opposition to the recommendations contained in the message. Their opposition to the in vestigations of the New York custom house injured Grant considerably (brought the country, and their procrastination with regard to the amnesty b 11 must also militate against the administration. Yet, day after day slips by. burdened with its two Sena torial speeches, and apparently we are no nearer a vote now than when the debate be gan. When Nye exhausts his stock of ri bald jrats and buffoonery and Merton ceases to pour out his coat sc invective, Mr. Sum ner comes to the rescue with a batch of let ters and petition which he reads until the Senate is forced to adjourn lo escape the dire infliction. The other day he read a let ter from a negro, complaining that he couldn’t go to the Thomas concert at Lincoln Hall because there was no place eet apart for colored people; and he even read a letter from the President ol the Qeorcia Civil Rights Association, which has its headquar ters st Augusts, in which the Senator from Massachusetts was thanked for the Glo’.e and a copy of one of his speeches, and was urged to push his supplemental civil rights bill; that the negroes might be made happy. Mr. Sumner prefaced his rending of this important document with the remark that there was ” no Senator from Georgia to speak for the Civil Rights Association,” a ely dig at Senators Norwood and Hilt, which these gentlemen treated with silent contempt Yesterday Senator Car;tenter made a very curious and contradictory speech, in which Tbe above compliment was paid to Tits Constitution last year, but was mislaid at that time. It tamed up a few days since. Just as a rush of advertisements Is reminding us of tbe “good old days” Sunday we published between three and four cob umm of new advertisements, yesterday we published some two columns, end to-day about tbe same. But we are sorry to say that our basinets men generally do not “ap preciate the importance of advertising," and tat comparatively few invest much in that way. This explain* why ao many nerchanls in Atlanta are merely eking out an existence, while a few in each branch of business have an imm'-nse tradF and are growing rich. Tak Cosarmrnoa has no complaint to mska—it gets about alt the advertising that fa done t hut we do aay that the small amount of advvrtldog done annually by the Atlanta b trine** men is a shame upon their repnta- tlo t for enterprise. Northern Superior Morality. The New York Herald of a recent date make* this explosion of frankness and horn t: In the annals of crime no mote startling and ghastly crime* have ever been recorded than those which within tbe past few weeks have disgraced this and sister cities. It seems as if the air waa charged with epidemic in the shape of crime. Almost evetv city is furnislaiag its quota to the Idmalstained list until it becomes s problem for grave consideration whether life and propariy are longer secure in oar midst And to cap the climax of superior moral ity, New England step* to the front with the following graceful illustration of it* inimita ble sanctity, at a type of its domestic pro gress. A Boston girl, who bad more than once during tbe continuance of e long engage ment shocked her lover, a pious burgher of ibe Quaker city, ~ of free love,. the time for _ flaring to submit to the performance ot the ceremony, and offering herself to hi* connu bial embrace without the ■•notion of tbe re ligious rite or legal authority. la vain he remonstrated. Sue professed herself ready to undergo ail the pams and pleasures of the marriage state, but submit to tying tbe nuptial knot the would not. And when he demanded her reasons for her extraordinary dislike to the idesof cleri cal or magisterial intervention, that were she bound irrevocably to uim hr would take ao pain* to please her, but were she free to leave him at aay time h.r happi ness would be bis chief thought to provide for; sod then, too she wished to bestow her affections and embraces on another man if at any time she would oe*-e to love him. this candid avowal of her versatile proclivi- tie* he professed to consider tbe engagement broken, but this she would not allow, and has entered a complaint against him for breach of promise of marriage. The care promises Interesting, developments at its trial, as, of course, the defence will be a* above, that “Barkis is will in” bat the lsdy not Makpi Gusa—(Mardi, Tuesday, gras, fat,) Is French, and answers to Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, the begin ning of Lent. It is tbe last day of Ibe week of carnival observed in Catholic countries, prio, to the mortifications to be for the fot ty days succeeding it— tioo as it were of that whirl of gaiety and enjoyment crowded-into the ten short day* of •ole-Lemcp carnival. kcu ner lover, a pious uurgucr oi r city, by her declamations in favor ■e, completely disgtated him when 'or th- marriage drew near by re- TUEMMOIt NATIONAL RANK 'MATTER. Copies si the CsrrtirsaiteM ■ tween the Stank asm g«a*v. - Betas R. Rnllnck. State .gave bond in $360,000 to indemnify tbe ■tank. Gov. Smith and Treasurer Angler ■tW organs efl’ths Dariy? **4'***% * •, however, Inures more to ’T&TSaA has extiled wide and®len»epuh- - - — - - lie iulucst. The bank has over a hundred private depositors, whose deposits amount to $30,000. These deposits are among the as sets of the bank. Somewhere near $30,000 cash, we believe, has been found among the assets.. Th? inventory Is not complete yet. We give the letters that passed between •he bank and Ex-Governor Bollock. THE If TIES FROM THE BANK. [Copy] Georgia National Bask, ) Atlanta, Ga., October 81st, 1871. f Ron.RR DuOoet: Dear Sir—Acting under instructions for our Board of Directors, I have this day charged to your “special account" the sum of $88,&7 99, as follows, viz: For credit ot tout curreat ac count .$50.08 IS For II. I. Kimball A Co 53,000 00 For Sch-nb A Lawton note In toned by yon, and pro- toted Angnrt 7th, $3,500 to yoar order. The Bank has treated and regarded the three accounts, your special, your current and H. L Kimball Si Co. current, as being one In Yours, vei^traljr^ bullock's mei-lt. New Y’ork, November 11,1871. Georgia News Items. [COXDSXISD TOO TUX COXCTITtmoX.] Mr. William Jennings, of Fairborn, died on the 2d instant.—Sentinel. The Times and Planter, of tbe 3d instant, contains a salutatory from its new editor, Mr.F. L. Little. A colored boy was run over by a male, in Columbus, on the 3d instant, and seriously, if not fatally injured. Abbott’s Pantomime and Comedy Troupe are in Columbus.—En- tirer. While Mr. Bonham was entertaining the citixenaof Sparta, singing at the academy, on Thursday of last week, his overcoat waa looked into and robbed of a package of money.—lima and Planter. Griffin has 15 practicing lawyers; 13 phy sicians ; 50 stores; 13 bar rooms; 9 churches, snd many other things which makes it a attractive and prosperous city. <>n Friday morning, at Nall's warehouse, Griffin, Mr. T. B. Godfrey, a respectable fanner, of Meri wether county, was shot and killed by Ida neighbor, Bowles, of the same coun'j. The killing was done without provocation, and under the influence of liqnor.—Origin Star. Among the new enterprises tending to Ma con is the Exchange Bank, with an able corps of officers, representing the best business talents in the city. They are fitting up eler gant quarters iu the new courthousebuilding, where thrir new banking office will be loca ted. The Mutual Loan Association at pres ent Just being organized, i* also oompoaedof gentlemen of well known financial ability and experience. Blind Tom will give one of his concerts in Macon on the 13lb instant Telegraph and Voterger. Tbe Near Amendments. We find the following action to hare been taken in the House of Representatives, on Monday, in reference to the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments It looks farcical to be thus resolving about the Constitution. These resolutions tiro so much waste paper. Mr. Peters moved to suspend the roles and adopt the resolution declaring that the high est patriotism and most enlightened polity demand of all political partiea and of ail citi zens and acqniesence in the thirteenth, four teenth and fifteenth amendment* to the Con stitution, and such reasonable legislation of Congress as may ha necessary to make them in their letter and spirit the most effectual Agreed to by 130 to 51. Mr. Brooks, of New York, moved to sus pend tbe r.ihs and adopt a resolution recog nizing tbe 13th, Mlh and 15th amendments as valid part* of the Constitution. Agreed >—106 to S3. Mr. Stevenson moved to suspend the roles nd adopt a res -lution recognizing aa valid and binding all existing laws passed by Con gress for the enforcement of the thirteenth, fourteeth and fifteenth amendments to tbe Constitn'ion, and for the protection of citi zen* in their rights under the Constitution as amended. Mr. Kandali—ThoscTlaws' are nnconstitu- lion ill, Mr. Eldridg'^—I think yon had belter take ose cases to the Supreme Court. Without taking a voteon the resolution the House adjourned. Icharie This German is a very atrongspeaker. He will compare favorably with any man In Congress. He pula his points well. His late speech on amnesty was a powerful one. He told tbe Radicals the following deep and philosophical truth: Your good sense ms well as your heart he took both sides of the amnesty uusstiwa: and after declaring Mr. SamnerS bill tmeofi- stituiional, he offered a substitute which is quite as objoctioiiabJe though more deftly wonlcd. The Senate has adjourned till Mon* day, having accomplished absolutely nothing during Its few days silting this week. A OIsEAM op moot. In the coarse of this debate in the Senate some noble and manly words have been ut tered by the Dem cmlic minority The speech of Hon. Eli Sanlshmy, of Delaware, w«s a fine effort; and I quote from it the following passages, in which will lie found a reference to Georgia. Said Mr. S. in refer- nce to the amnesiy kill: •*Wh«t fi true r f South Carolina is trne of almo«>t every other State, 'fho j.nblic d«*bt« f Ocorx nht» been ran np to. I believe, ncar.jr fo*-ly mill on» »hrou,h the influences of the Blodgett*, snd th* U I- lock*. and the cia** of ir.cn * bo have ralrd ih.- di*ii- tue* of Georgia. Georgia, however, no longer snf fe*a from the infli*-ri< n of a carpet-hag Governor, is a fneiiive from me M*tc and from justice; the people have tobe»r the debt ini|>u»c*tl upon the S; $te through ihe corruptions of mch men.” MK5. WHARTON. Having paid a'(lying visit to Baltimore this week, I found the Wharton trial was still the engrossing ts»pic of conversation in that city. The result of the iri.d was far from satisfactory to Biltimoriuus, a large majority being firmly impressed with the belief that Gen. Ketchum uied from the ef fects of poison administered by Mrs. Whar ton. She is yet to be tried for an alleged attempt to poison a young man mimed Van Ness, formerly her business agent, and it is said no exertions will" b.i spared to secure conviction. This may savor of per secution, but if you could hear the gossip which circulates m Balt more you would not wonder at the state of feeling on ihe subject. The second trial does not take place until April, and it is understood Mrs. Wliartcn has taken lodgings at Annapolis, to wait that event. It is something in her favor that her counsel and their families believe her to t c a deeply wronged and innocent woman, blit they stand almost alone in this mpoct. tni PBE8IDKNT AND TUB FAIR SEX. It may seem incredible that our taciturn, and far from handsome President should figure in the roJe of a gay Lothario, yet it is even so. I don’t know that I should have ventured to tread on such delicate ground, had not the correspondent of a New York paper anticipated me to some extent. Says this writer: Plot* and coanterp'ots are constantly bc-in* creat ed. Women are participanta in t .c-e—the Republi cans have Introduced th in aa fa.«trnment* of the «>py system. Tbe par y In power i« rent a minder by The trading men speak of as rofaes and traitors; sod rach has a —, Jd" who can bo relied opou to procure se cret iufo-mstlon Three in-trumeuts of des-sping politicians are daagt-rour. They Lave acct-s, tp autre- men ta their moments of care: when “off guard." th* recsese* of their hearts are approach-el end ob tained- Thus l iken unawares, they develop motives and exhibit the morln* power which 1m ■ public ac’a. Or course three tactic, new. They are ae old as the Christian wo Id. This kev to men’s h- arts Is so ancient as well cs e modern Instrument. Rut here it Is used wilh i and a higher order of refinement. Kumoi most of the leading administrative Seoslore with its ose; and even tbe White Hnnse has, at last. It Is said, —re aarelled to this wsj. I do not, of ■Se troth of Ibis allegation, hot the leer has been heard to ray that ll r tbontfoucdatli-n. “ILiwshoek- ina 1” she sard, “that (ho quiet, pii.nt snd sensitive Ulysses should allow himself to bs controlled by an other woman than hi* wife." It is no secret here that often, of an even ing. Grant may be seen Intro ring up the ave nue, cigar in mooUi, toward Twent iefti Street, and that tbe place of destination U tba resi dence of a buxom widow, wbo bold- a per manent position. It Is also said 'ha 1 , last summer, during one of bis flying' irits from Long Branch, this fair fiiend o the resi dent’s bad five or more private interviews with him st the White House; and rumor further i him of paying marked attention to a yonng woman of the blonde type, who toils for Uncle Sam. These facts will donot- less surprise many who wonld not have be lieved Grant. THE RICE rSTEREST. Yesterday Mr. Wilson presented to the Senate a petition from A. Alpeora Bradley, and other colored citizens of Georgia, asking Congress not to take ofl tbe duty on rice. They represent that the rice land*" require a great deal of ditching and canal work, and the erction of flood gates, and if tlte duty i- resumed they will go to ruin. A great deal of labor and capital have been expended upon them since the war, and a great deal of land recovered; and they state that the repeal of the duty would be very injurious lo them. Mr. Wilson moved the reference of the pe tition to the Committee on Finance, which was agreed to. Congress certainly stirred up a hornet’s nest when i‘ * — - “ “ “ on rice. The Iitireiilai Bacmaaemta In ' Their Tatallty UMtttl UUKH" | Yesterday the jnycqtpry.ol' the hank prop erly was being taken. Col. W. W. Mont- gomery, counsel for the State, and Solicitor General Glenn, conducted it. Judge Linton Stephens is the other counsel of tbe Stale; tat lelt for home to return Friday. .Tit« fact E. L. Jontt, Keg., Cathier : Sir—I have but just now come Into pos se sion of your letter of the 31st of October, and I regr-'-t tbe delay that has occurred in receiving it because of tbe very remarkable character of its contents. In fact, I am not reads to admit that sneb a letter could be tbe result of full deliberation on the part either of yourself or the Board of. Directors of your bank. My reasons for Uiis doubt are the entire absence of any facts or even sugges tions whereby either yourself or anv member of tbe Board of your bank c ' * t it proposed to take off the duty rOSORESSIOSAL JOTTINGS. Mr. Hill presented to the Senate yesterday, tbe petition of John Jonei. Randolph H. Ramsey and Wm. S Lauterman, praying to be released from all obligation* as sureties of William E. Qoillian, postmaster at Milledge- vi le, Georgia, which was referred to the committee on post offices snd post routes. In the House yesterday, on motion of Ur. HcNeely, Mr. McIntyre’s snbstitote for the pending educational bill was ordered to be printed with other amendments. The nature of the bill and of Hr. McIntyre’s substitute was explained in a previous letter. FESSONSL. General Du Bose attended the President’s reception last evening. Tommy Hawk. _ could assume that „ ever given or existed fortreal- iqg. tmd regarding the account of Ih I. Kim- 11 £ Co, my personal account, and the ac count of Scbaub A Lawton, “as being one in fact” with tbe account of the State whtcb you refer to as njy ‘‘special scconnt,” together with your own admission and testimony to the fuct that my personal account and trans actions with tlie hank did not and could not have uuy connection whatever with the State's accounts. To assume the contrary would involve the charge against yourself end other officers of the hank of having united with ine in an illegal and dishonorable scheme to divert the money of the State to mir private uses; bi cause. as yon well know, all the credit which have become due thcState account arisefrom checks and drafts given as “ Governor” and so signed, nod from amounts dt posited to the credit of the State; and also tliat all amounts chargeable to Ibe debt t f the State account have been signed by me as Governor, and payable to tbe order of the Treasurer, or, as in one or two cases, lo the order of members of committees of tbe General Assembly, wlten the Treasurer refused to honor Execu tive warrants for their per diem, &c. In addition, it is a fact known to you that all transactions on the Stale account have 1> ten separately entered by the hank in the bank book in charge of Mr. Scott, the Exec utive wairant clerk. And tliat luy personal transactions have lieen similarly iecorded in m.v personal bank book by your bank. "I have my personal bank book alt- wing my personal cb-cks and credits, written up and balanced by tbe bank, nnd a credit in mv favoron the 15th of April. 1871. Any liai- aucc that may have properly accrued against me since that date, I alone am responsible fur. The bank books showing the State's account as entered by your bank is In Ibe hands of Mr. Scott in tlte Executive Depart ment, and will, I have no doubt, be equatio ns clear in establishing that my personal ac count and the State account did h*ve and could have no connection or computation. Upon the sll jeet of II. L Kimball & Co.'i account with your bunk, I have no specific knowledge, and I cannot imagine any pretext that would aulhori e or justify yourself or your Directors in treating or regarding tbc necount of that concern and the special as being one in fact.” The absurdity of yonr pnrpose in charg ing to the (State) balances claimed to be due by myself personally or by H. I. Kimball & Co., seems to culminate in charging tbe (State) with a protested note of Schanb Lawton, because it had my personal indorse ment. This seems too apparent to need cal'- Ing yonr attention to it, for I am snre yon are too well versed in the responsible dalles of your position not to know that there is no legal claim against me by custom, liable Immediately after protest, even until the abili ty of the principals to tbe paper has bocn ex hausted. That my personal liability Is only contin gent, you are, of course, aware. Having said this much, I will have done enough, I think, to invite that farther consld- eruion by yourself and your board, which will insure a correction of eny action that either you or they may have taken in further ance of the unwarrantable asnumption that the personal account of myself, the account of II. I. Kimball & Co., or the protested n >tes of Scbaub & Lawton, on property chargeable against the balance due by yon bank to tbe State of Georgia. Very respectfully, H B. Bullock. Grata Brown. Brown made a telling speech to the reform Republican convention In Missouri. We have not space in the present crowded con dition of our columns to give more than a paragraph or two. This'secms to have told well, alluding to Grant’s attempted ostracism of all who dared to differ lrom him in the party: Have wc not seen the leading representa tive of one great clement of our population, and certainly of a great element of Republi can strength—I allude to our German fellow citizens, who have bnt a single representative iu the Senate of the United States—have we not seen him when he presented his card at the door of the Executive office—and it might be presumed that one charged with so much responsibility had weighty matters to present—have it returned to lum with the words “not in,” [cheers] whilst Chandler, Cameron, Sherman, Morton and Drake flitting in and out the side doors like i shifters in a theater T [Cheers.] The following is admirable, and its logic absolutely resistless. It .turns the tables neatly on the Ku-Klux inquisitors, who seek to establish the fact of great disorder South to secure their own power “It is said that this commission, which has recently passed through the Southern States investigating these grave charges, has corn- back hardened with volume after volume of evidence, thousands and thousands of pages setting forth this wrong, that wrong, and the other. Granting all fairness to that investi gation, assnming that the wrongs which they represent are true, I ask you, does It not establish to your satisfaction, and that of all era;.but I think that Georgia will be quite willing to let him retire *) private life when his present term exnirt*. Mr. Hill's colleague U a new man hero—a man whom very fewpejlcns in Washington ever heard of until thcUeorgia Legislature honored him with* seat In the United States Senate. I do not say thfc dispa: aglngly; and it is safe to add that there are more good men, more honest men, fnd more able men out than in position. Gel help us all if this were not so. Mr. Nufwwad is small, almost puny hi stature, with 7*Klow.face and more the air of a student than a speaker. His voice has not yet been heard, but his record assures us that he will ik-tvo faithful to the trusts reposed in him; an J let us not forget that we might have had the infamous Blod gett in his place. Now let ns step over to the House. Here we find in the front row, on the Speaker’s right. General Dudley M. DuBose, a tall, handsome fellow, young* enthusiastic, anti destined to work his way upward, ne pays strict attention to his legislative duties, de votes much time studying how to perform them best, and while caring for the interests of his constituents does not forget that he is • son of Georgia, and tint his native State has claims upon him. In the next row behind Gen. DuBose Is the Hon. A. O. McIntyre, wbo represents the Sa vannah district He is nfawycr, with a large iractice, and Is a cool. Clear-headed man. le is always at his post, and bus set himself to work to add to his knowledge of parlia mentary roles and usages, that lie may be able to cope with his political opponents, and advance the interest^ of his Stale anil district Gen. P. M. B. Y’onng sits on the right of Hr. Hclntyrc. He Is too well known iu At lanta to need commendation or personal de scription. There is no discount of his De mocracy, of course. It is whispered about that he is just now on matrimonial thought intent, and that the lady in question is a daughter of Hon. Robt Onid, of Richmond. Virginia. If report speak Indy, your dashing Representative is to change 0(n)ld to Young. Mr. Price Is a etiratish looking man. When the drawing for seat* took place, Mr. Price did not Join the little colony of Georgia Democrats on the Speflk.jr’s right, but took u> a central position cm our side of the Tom Kpeer.ls one of*the most proml- nept men in Congress—wlftn he stands tip. {fe- ttll you that when this is truly a peo- citizens equal in their political rights. will then be easier to raake it also a people of brothers." HT A Kentucky court has decided that the salaries of a policeman cannot be at tached for debt iu the hind* of theMayoror disbursing officer, on tbe ground that the interest of the creditor must yield to that of the public, which is entitled to a zealous and cheerful discharge of duty by its officials. We think the decttic ’ E'ght hundred the price agreed upon yesterday for the property on the comer of Broadway and Day streets. New t or*, and which same will be - - ’ it building Company. the site for a new and for the Western Union Tt dollars - Exciting Times, We have fallen upon lively times. The local news Dot thrilling interest Attach es, arrests,are the order of the day. Our legislative committees are “ moving " things. Then, too, England is bristling np, and talks at Unde Sam in lofty and indignant style. In fact, she tells him he Is " absurd.” Our evening edition is bought in great numbers in consequence. And we are glad of this on account of the many newsboys who thus make a little hard-earned money to drive want from the door of needy families. We furnish them the papers at cost, allowing them all the profit We trust that those who can will help the little newsboys. all the appliances of this nation unde: hand, and yet at the end of that time upon your table volumes of what it can cumulated reflecting Republicans, that an ad* ministration which comes Into power pro claiming peace, and which fary rare has had time DUta .. it calls ac- outrages, that that administration is not lit to be entrusted with power any longer r [Cheers.] Criticising Newspapers.—It is a very easy matter to criticise a newspaper; but to publish a live one, ao aa to interest, amuse, and instruct the public, is no small under taking. Those in this community who are so prone to find fault with every little item winch does not suit their critical and exalted ideas, should buy type, ink, and paper, and publish an organ of their own. Let them try it for three months only, and if it don’t give them some new ideas of the newspaper business, then we are no judge of human na ture. The conceit would be taken out of such individuals so quickly that they would hardly know what was the matter with them, or whether they stood on their heads or feet. Eahange. OCa WAsHUNjtOK tisrrEK. L Belays* Ltttsv e* Interest to B—nl—-Ab—FpeevglmCengress- miB eat Gf.tfftaRstter*. WAsmxoitjJ- January —, 1873. The national legislates having now fairly got down to business, if may hot be amis3 to take a peep from the mwrter's gallery, at the men to whom the Stale of Georgia has intrusted her interests! The Senate takes irecedcnce, of course? Here we see Mr. Ml, a sturdy looking legislator, with a big head, surrounded rltli a heavy crop of coarse and bristling gnlhalr. 'He is labored «n<t in «nn™**and his intellectual and proscy in speeches weight is evidently TSbsidernUy less than his fleshy avtordupoisj Ho kcep3 a shard eye to the Interests of ka friends and foliow- Asrlcnltaral Report tor Janssrv. In fourteen States including the only two Southern States of Virginia and South Caro lina, there is an increase per acre in com production, rot-ning from 43 bushels an acne, in Iowa to 10 in Carolina, the average being about S3. The yield per acre is greater than last year. The lowest average was 5 bushels in Geor- gir, Carolina and Tennessee. Prices for com were higher in January, 1871, titan 1873. The prices of com in Geoigia were $158 in 1867 ; 96 cents in 1868 ; 91 in 18C9; $1 31 in 1870 ; 96 cents in 1871; and 93 cents in 1872. The general price of corn was highest In 1868, nnd next in 1870. The concurrence of two huge clops In 1870 and 1871 depressed the price. In Georgia the prices of what were $3 73 in .867; $3 85 In 1863; $3 20 in 1869; $165 in 1870; $1 47 in 1&71; $1 66 in 1873. The general price was highest In 1867, and lowest in 1870, after the great crop of 1869. Wheat seems now to be advancing. The hay crop of i871 was short, and prices are higher than for several years. In Georgia, the hay price per ton has been: $24 03 in 1867; $31 53 in 1868; $31 90 in ; $31 46 in 1870; $33 33 in 1871; $33 06 in 1872. In Georgia, the following was the average yield per acre, and average price January 1st, 1872, of tbe different crops: Corn, 10.3 bush els, at 93 cents; wheat, 6 bushels, worth $1 CS; rye, 7.3 bushels, worth $1 66; oats, 10.7 bushels, worth 80 c-.nts; barley, 14.6 bushels, worth $1 potatoes, 90 bushels, worth $1 43. Tlte following relates to winter wheat in Georgia: OeonoiA.—Cobb: The Tappuhannoek wheat, sent by the Department of Agricul ture, is beginning to show it* superiority over other kinds sown us winter wheat; the crop heretofore has been a failure. Douglas: An increased acreage sown last autumn but the severe .weather has prevented it from coming up to any extent. Richmond: Looks very well, though little was sown this season. Worth: The rust has spoiled this crop so liiat fanners are beginning to despair, merely planting a little for home use.” Rice production is Increasing. It fell off during the war. In 1S’0 the production in the country » aa 315,813,497 pounds, Georgia raising 3-.959,091 pounds; in I860, 187,167,- 182 pounds,Georgia raising f.2,507,652 pounds; in 1870, 73,635,001 ponnds, Georgia raising 22,277,350 pounds. This was the Rice area in Georgia in I860: Georgia, Founds. A Letter treat alts Great Western Canal Survey. Atlantic akd has vt WxsTxax Canal Sunvrr, f In Camr os Fallow Krvza, ' Near Lavuznczvills, Ga., February 1,1870. Editore Confutation: We think it one of onr duties, ns friends of the great project in which we are embarked, to inform you from time to time of our whereabouts and the sympathy we find with the population of that part of the country through which wc have been passing. In doing so, we are able to present the best proof of the estimation in whidi the enterprise is held by the enlight ened portion of the people, for we are not to selfish as to take the many courtesies we receive ns mere personal compliment—pleas ant and flattering aa they may be to ns per sonally. On the contrary, we esteem them mainly as on indication of Ihe deep interest they have for the success ol one of the grand est enterprises of the age, and as suelt we re port them to you. Having crossed successfully Ihe Chatta hoochee plateau, and pushed forward the survey to Craig’s mill on Yellow river at the crossing of Iho Lswrcnceville and Cumming road, where wo were met by gentlemen from LawrenccviUe, and invited to partake of a suppei with them, to tic given on a con venient evening. According to this kind in vitation, wc left our present camp on the evening of the 31st ultimo, and uf-era two hours’ trip through a fertile section of coun try, wc arrived in town, stopping nt the Globe Hotel. The fresh, or rather cold weather we had at the time, made ns doubly sensible of the comfort of the watm room which received us. After a short stay at the hotel, we were welcomed and escorted by the representative gentlemen of the town to the residence of Dr. Russell, where a table was set for the occa-iou. Upon this we fouud the renowned turkey and-all the delicacies tlte country afforded. We were also de lighted with the good taste shown in tlte ar rangement. Having done Justice to the inner man, we tetirrd to the parlor, where we were agreeably entertained by the gentlrmen present . This, however, proved to lie only an introduction toother pleasures that r,waited us; for whilst wc. w ere discussing the topics of the day or other subjects of general interest, one by one, or in pairs, (be be.nl rm of the town, accompanied "y gallant escorts, joined our conqiany anil soon formed a bcqut-l that would arouse the jealousy of greater cities. As a matter of course," the younger memiicrs of our corps, and a number of young gentlemen wbo bad made tbeir appearance too in tbe meanwhile, soon entered into the inspiring influences of the “ Quadrille,” which was kept up with but little intermission until midnight The •4*wikr7<lt(rs$k. Washington, Februsry 7.—The position taken ry a gentleman closely connected with he administration of the government is that the British High Commissioners perfectly understood the v’cws of the American High Commissioners in the negotiation of the Treaty of Washington, both in the terms and the'prutocol, and that therefore our gov ernment is altogether justified in presenting the case as It has and claiming consequential damages in case the board of arbitration shall not award a gross snm in satisfaction of the so called Alabama claims. This govern ment is willing to stand by tbe decision of the arbitrators. It is known that though the British Commissioners Usd full (lowers, they frequently consulted their home government and acted in accordance with its wishes in all they did. It is offici ally asserted that if the claim for conse quential damages had not been presented, and was not to bo pissed uprai, there might be a complaint by the people of tlu- Untied States that provision was made for a partial settle ment only of the dUfereuce between the two countries, sxch claim w«* tb-tefore presented for a fail settlement in the interests of peace and to preclude future disputes This govern ment has not received lie- dt tails of tbe letter from Lord Granville to <ti n. Sehncck£and therefore cannot take official action upon it There is no probability whatever that our Government will withdraw suy part of its statement of the rare, but will leave tlic British Government to pursue its own course, or the tribunal of arbitrators to act in the premises according to the tr-nty stipulations. Nor is it likely tliat our counsel will take When he unfolds his six feet, and I don’t kno.w how many inches, and bawls out, “Mis- t-ah Speak-ah, I move the House do now adjourn,” every body laUghs. Bnt Speer can never be a success as a humorist. He is too monotonous. After a time people will get accustomed to bis personal appearance and his motion to adjourn and then nobody will laugh any more, and SpeCr will pass into ob livion. I am sorry for tjpeyr, for I think he meanawelL 1 on y hope he won’t pair with Democrat again when he Intends to vote on nursidfc ’ Since Whltely failed to get into the Senate, but obtained n scat in the House to which lie was not elected, he has father dropped out of notice. He is altogether eclipsed by Speer as a legislator. As for Bigby, he must be in perpetual eclipse, for I never see and seldom lt-wr of him. He Is abont, though, and draws Ids pay with c&Hmcndable regu larity. - Bighy om always Bb relied on in Ibis respect, and it affords me much pleasure to bestow upon him this cotnmendatUro. RILLS RELATING TOGEOROtA. Under the call of States to-day Mr. Mcln- re introduce-! the following bills tmdieso- ltitions: iV resolution amending the Constitution so that the Supreme Court of the United States m.ty have original and »pi«-Ua!e juris diction iti c ses involving or aff.-cting the 'Iistiroli.-n-ii y of suy Federal laws, so os determine tbe eon-tittrioaalUy of the same. The resolution further provides that in irqu'stof any State, corporation or per son stigg a 'ng ihe uncnm-tiiiitimntityof any law, the Our shall consider the same and deteiuiiue it within six mouths, This resolution aims at the Ku Klux laws and tlio McCardlc case. 3- A joint resolution authorizing the Sec retary of the Treasury to pay claims for cot ton and other-properly taken by the Govern ment after June, 1863. This simply proposes lo carry into effect an existing decision. 8. A bill to appropriate $500,000 for the Georgia Infirmary nt Savannah. 4. A bill to relieve the political disabilities of Samuel B. Spencer, bf Atlanta. Referred to Judiciary Committee. Mr. Price introduced a bill to relieve ihe disabilities of certain citizens of Georgia, and one relating to the disposition of condemned cannon at Andersonviile. * THE SITUATION Oi GEORGIA. Our friends here are delighted that Georgia should have tided so smoothly over pending difficulties, and have escaped martial law. Gen. DuBose, who remained in Washington daring the recess, kept a sharp eye on move ments here, and has breathed more freely since Conley graoefully retired from the gu bernatorial chair. THE GEORGIA LOBBY is uncommonly small this season. It consists at present of “Junck” Beelcy, of Savannah, who is figuring away at that nigger troll tax business. Tommy Hawk. Correspondence. Editors Constitution : I send you a letter re ceived this morning from -one of the most prominent and reliable bankas in Savannah, which I request you to publish. I fully agree with the writer, thatjhe sum of $2,000 is not sufficient to enable the representative of a very important class of our people to ac complish what he otherwise could do with larger means, and I feel no hesitation in sta ting that I will be able to raise two thousand douara in upper Georgia from the succc-a I have already met with. I have now about mes pledged to contribute twenty each, and these were obtained with two day’s effort. I desire the public to understand that this is strictly a business transaction. Weexpect every one who contributes bis twenty dollars to receive a quid pro quo, and the State at large tobebenefitted. Chfcthiun .a Cain do a Mclntorli Glynu 95U8I,1«0 £431,100 4,041,755 &i,W7.6C3 Westward th* Star of Empire. The changes that lmve been made since 1810 in the distribution of political power are striking in the extreme. Thus: Ktoctoral vote* State*. In 1873. 1&4*. IlitnoW 31 5 ttlMour 16 4 \Vi«cou>iii 10 none Iowa 11 none, Michigan 11 .1 111 43 There are eight Western State* whose Presidential votes have increased from 48 to 111. Now look at some of the Eastern States: Elector*! vote* Yotk 51 Maine 7— NVtv I!’ifn|».»hir<* 4 Vermont 1 cticut fi Yiiidwaaiirl \Vc«tVirginia.. Peiiiii*ylv-ui!«.. MdAM.’-huflett* . .. ..V8 ....13 4* 141 Very respecffuliy. Savannah, Ga., January 31,1873. CoL R A. Alston, Ron. John R. Jama, and others, Atlanta: Dear Sirs—I have, with pleasure, our correspondence inviting tbe Rev. C. W. ' loward to visit Europe in order to induce foreign capitalists and settlers to invest in Georgia, and proposing to raise $3,000 00 to defray his expenses. It will give me sincere satisfaction to assist in an undertaking which promises valuable results to our State, but would strongly urge that a larger sum than $3,000 be made up. To this end I offer to raise $1,000 In the cities of Macon and Savannah, provided you guar antee to raise $3,000 in the rest of the State. The combined sum of $3,000would present a basis which I think could be successfully carried out. I am ready to begin if yon answer favorably. Very respectfully yours, H. B. For the Ladies. CceiisroxD to* txx ooxreretmox.l Naomi, the daughter of Enoch, was 580 ▼ears old when she married. While there is life, there is hope. It wss probably s discarded one who said “Any fool can make a woman talk, but it’s hard to make one listen.” The reason why so few marriages are hap py is because young ladies spend their time In making nets, not in making cages. It is avowed of Janauachek that she has never smiled since some tragical love affair, in which ahe waa In real life an actor. A. New Orleans exchange says that young widow In that city, who writes well, “is training for an editor.” Who is the edi tor she is training for t" A Cleveland youth, who gave his girl bottle of “I love you,” perfume, his paid $4 to prove that he didn't mean anything To be thine is the last fashionable feminine ambition. Scrawny necks are all tbe rage, and young ladies whose nature has not been thus blessed, paint their routed shoulders with stria wrinkles. _ i m Here are nine Eastern States whose rep resentation lias been reduced from 141 to 1)2 Thirty years ago they had a tpajoiity, lacking one, of one hundred votes ■ they now have a majority of hut one vote. West ward the star of empire takes its way.—Union and American. PGAsiuR Events, troNCSSSEa rORTIIB COSSTITOTIeK.) Iowa City has a Mack rival of Blind Tom. Boston received in 1871 for dog licenses tro.ots. Washington has a ghost that haunts the root of the Capitol. It cos s $337,129 07 a rear to light the streets of Boston. The capacity of the Chicago water works 30,000,000 gallons daily. An Indiana family was poisoiiM by eating peaches out of old .tin cans. The receipts for the Nilsson operas in Cin cinnati, last week amounted to $20,000. The noted race horse Pompcy Payne is dead, and Helmho'd has broken down at Mobile. ' In Allen county, Indiana, forty-one couples w:re neatly and" expeditiously divorced in one daj-. The deposits in the savings banks of Mas sachusetts averaged about eighty-five thou sand dollars a day throughout 1871. There are seven or eight manufacturers of mustard in Boston, whose united yearly pro duction reaches nearly 600 tons, the largest using over 1000,000 pounds of seed, which are imported from England, Italy and Ger- mam - . . Briefs. Relative beauty—A pretty coqsin. Last words of the criminal—“ Forget me, knot." A woman’s pride is a sailor’s guide—The needle. The diamond miners use a “cradle” to pro duce their “rex-ks.” Go it while you’re young,” is played out with patriarch Brigham. It is raid to be curious, but true, that most people sleep hardest on soft beds. tSTDifficulties in village choirs, which are so proverbial, might bo less frequent If all ministers knew how to meet the matter as decidedly as did the Rev. Dr. West, of New Bedford. He once heard that his choir would not sing on tho next Sunday. When the day came he gave out the hymn: “Come je that love the Lord.” After reading it through, he looked up veiy emphatically at the choir, and said: “You will begin at tlic second verse, “ ‘Let those ref a* t* ting That never knew onr God.’ - The choir sang. Conventions, etc., far the Month, 6th—Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of New Y’ork at Albany. 6th—Connecticut Democratic State Con vention at New Haven. 15th—National Agricultural and Horticul tural Convention at Washington City. 16th—South Carolina Republican State Convention at Columbia. 20th— Convention at Cincinnati to provide ways and means for improving the Ohio river. 21st-—National Labor Reform Convention st Columbus, Ohio. 31st—Kansas Republican State Cosven- lion. 23d—Indiana Republican State Conven tion at Incianapolis. 23d—Missouri Republican State Conven tion at Jeffenon City. 33d—National Temperance Convention st Columbus, Ohio. ■•nth Carolina H.wi Items. foosneasxs ros ths coxstitctiox.] IWA lady says engagements are very un satisfactory sort of affaire, for if you are not very polite and attentive the gentleman thinks you do not care for him, end you are afraid to he polite for fear the engagement might sometime be broken off, when you would be sorry to think you had wasted so much on some other woman's husband. older gentlemen (iresenfllieing tilths separated from the rest of the cimipsny, a etui for a little while as lookers on of the lively spectacle and then by mutual cn: sent organ ized a social circle of their own, where the merits of the Great Canal subject waa dis cussed os well as tho accompaniments usual on such occasions. Dr. A. J. Shaffer, acting Fresiden! of the Assembly, opened tlie dis cussion with some very appropriate remarks in commendation of the enter, rise and com plimentary to the engineers and (iiuprietoiK of it Major McCalia. onr engineer iu charge of survey, responded giving a condensed ae count"of our work and returning tlie thanks of our corp3 for the very he rty welcome w< had fouud. Colonel Peeples, editor of the Gwinnett Herald, very ahlv and disjiienllt (resented the importance of a canal connec'- ng the Atlantic ocean with the “Far West,” in its many different hearings. Tliat excel lent. dignified and courteous' gentleman, Mr# or Winn, upon the ground of being the sen- or member of tho party, very appropriately closed the discussion with one of the most tender and feeling little oddresse i wc ever heard, and bidding us n hearty God-speed in our undertaking; afler which the meeting proper was adjourned only to give nrotn to another reunion, which in itieihapeof toastr and witty remarks kept up among all the best of spirits. At a late hour the company separated, ful ly convinced that every one present had en joyed themselves to tbo hearts content We, of the engineer corps, however, shall never forget, and always think ouraelves under ob ligations, for tlie very happy hours we spent in company with the good citizens of Law- rcncevtlle. May they succeed in their en deavors, and may thccanal and tlic projected railroad become a living reality, nqd n source of profit and convenience to them, i» the wish of cvety one of us who partook of their unostentatious but generous hospitality. The Engineer Oorts of the Atlantic and Great Western Canal, Georgia Division. The Curse op Cotton.—The South, a journal published in New York, and d- voted to the material interests of the Southern States, argues that cotton lias wrought the dnal ruin of that section; not the simple growth of it, nor even the exaltation of it Into their chief article of production.nnrthe investment of millions of dollars and the ex penditure of much mental effort and physi cal energy in ils culture. Not in all these has lain the curse bnt rather in excessive, absorb ing and, therefore, ruinous devotion to tht growth of cotton, to the relative exclusion o’l other important agricultural productions, which were necessary in order to render her independent of foreign sources of supply, to the neglect of those mechanic arts without which no State can realize the highest advan tages of a civilized condition, and to the ut ter disregard of numberless other profitable rqodes of investing capital and utilizing la bor. tST In a market grape, the two mo t valu able characteristics should be to h.-urg close to the buucli and keep weiL The Concord is well known to be a poor keeper, and grape growers are looking around for something more serviceable In this respect, although in growth and fruiting it is the most uniformly profitable kind wc have. The Ives i- admi rable aa a market variety, ripens with tbe Concord, has a heavy crop of showy fruit, is not liable to crack, keeps better titan the Concord, hangs well to the bunch and is much better tujtn the Hartford. With us we And it quite as profitable as the CVncord. The Isabella is the most perfect (hipping black grape we have, very productive, early, and bunch the very perfection of symmetry and compactness. The Eumelan will, we believe, become a very good market variety, if for nothing but its flavor, which Li the bat of all the black varieties, says the Horticul turist. Railroads Crossing at Grade —In the late case of Warren vs. the New Y’otk Cen tral Railroad Company (44 N. Y. 4C5), it was decided by the Supreme Court of the State that railroads have the same rights at the crossings of highways that citizens have; that where not restrained by municipal regu lations in cltira, they may run at suqb rate of spe«l as th* may think proper, subject to liability to respond for damages they may cause; that ordinarily they are governed aa to speed only by the consideration of pru dence, and that tbe pnbiic must take notice of the right of the railroad company to run trains at a high rate of speed. The Wat Krr Does It.—An Ignorant criticJlnds fault with Joaquin Millersjroem, Kit Carson’s Ride,” because the hero away “on bareback horse,” and subsequently “rises in his stirrups.” This kind of criti cism is the paltry work of an uninformed mind. Those who are familiar with Mr. Canon's habits know that he never carried his stirrups upon his hone. He wore them hanging by a strap over his shoulders, and when he wanted to rise he placed his feet in them and stood up, his whole weight falling upon himself, leaving the horse untouched beneath. Any person with ordinary intelli gence, will see by the above explanation, that Kit’s idea was to relieve his horse at times from his heavy burden. PWY'oung ladies from time immemorial have fought against the word “obey" in the Episcopal marriage service. The last way of managing it i$ by compelling the happy couple to promise lo “obey each other.” Wonder how it works? It reminds us, rays the New York Evening Post, of the rule of the road made br the Superintendent of s Western railroad notorious for collisions: “Herraft“r, when two trains meet each other, going in opposite directions, both shall come to a dead stop, and neither shall proceed until theother has passed it.” London, February 7.—Advices from the Cspe of Gtmd Hope represent the colony as crowded with strangers. Murdt-is and rob beries abound. A police reinforcement will go out on the next steamer. Meantime Judge [<ynch Is ruling. The subject of the Washington treaty was again discussed lit the House of Commons to-day. 'Quite an excited discussion ensued, during whichTfalph Osborne said that the Alabama question was one of the most mo mentous England had been called to pass upon within a esntuty. He compared the as tute lawyers ol the American Commission with Meade, who represented England, and said that the latter had been completely out witted. If, said he, lawyer* had planned the English ease we could escape with the pay ment of £4,0t 6,666. The American Com missions a had served their country well and achieved a triumph. Osborn, continuing, said the trouble lay at home. The government had armies which could not march and ships which were un- seaworthy, and now they had the treaty, which they could not stand upon. Atway, formerly Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affaire, blamed the government for all the trouble which had been wrought. Ue thought, however, the American govern ment would rcccdefromitscxtremcdemands, hut iu ease it dl-1 not, England, having ad mitted the principle of -indirect claims, must be prepared to meet the enormous demands of the United States. • Gladetnnc end several other members de fended the action of the Commissioners and of the government, and said they hoped the American claim for Indirect damages would lie withdrawn. The Gngl *t> and Yankee War-Cloud. The dispute between England and the Uni ted States that is the latest sensation lies in u nut-ehcll. The two countries agreed, by treaty fully ratified by both parties, to sub mit the Alabama Claims trouble to a set of arbitrators to meet Iu Genera. The United Slates has made out and sub mitted its claim. This iucludra not only the actual damages dona by Southern cruisers, which seems to hsve been the English under standing of what waa ts be comprehended in the case, put also Includes “ indirect damages, such as expenditures of the United States in pur-uit of these cruisers, losses in the transfer of the American Commercial marine to the British flag, enhanced payments of insurance, and the additional cost of prolonging the civil war a year or two. The direct damagos sum np somewhere in the region of twenty millions’ of dollars The “indirect’’ damages will reach Into bil lions. The margin stretches immeasurably. The English deny that the treaty Involved the consideration of “indirect” damages, and re fuse to let the arblrators entertain them. The United States authorities Insist that the whole case be submitted. The matter is being officially discussed by tho governments of both countries. In the English Parliament the government party has been assailed for making the treaty and being overreached by the Yankees, and the English premier, Gladstone, has declared in retort that tbe claim for indirect damages was absurd and would not be submitted to. f In tho United Slates Congress a resolution tor the President to send in any Information as to the purpose of England to revoke the treaty was discussed. The biggest phase of the fight, as usual, is flat between the New York and London pa pers. The press always Jabbers the loudest and the most. Such a lively rattle of news paper musketry baa not been beard in a long time. The matter at present is In a muddle, and no one can tell how It will end, save that the prospect of war Is slim. Seuator Norwood, We find tho following brief reference to Senator Norwood, In the debate on Sumner and Carpenter’s amendments to the amnesty bill which provides for negro social equality: Mr. Norwood, of Geonria, argued against Mr. Sumner’s amendment as unconstitutional, and calculated to nullity the laws of several of the States prohibiting the INTERMAliniAQE OP BLACKS AND 'WHITES. He thought Hr. Carpentaria substitute also unconstitutional, and said he would base his vote against both amendments on that ground. Air. Wilson said he would vote for Sum ner's amendment just because it went so far, and in the most positive manner made all distinctions on account of color illegal In the United States. The question of intermar riage raised by Mr. Norwood Lad been set tled In Massachusetts thirty yeare age; that State had repealed her law on the subject at that time and all the predictions of the dread ful results that were to follow had signally failed. A great deal -had been heard for years about the superiority of the white race and the marked distinction between whites and blacks, but everywhere abundant evidence waa to be seen that those distinc tions had often bcendisregarded. Hewished to see all laws based on a difference of race abolished as unchristian, inhuman and un- democratic. Air. Pomeroy thought tho people of Geor- gja and other States coula be trusted to choose their wives and husbands without the interference of any law. He objected to the phrase used by Mr. Wilson—“ the different races of men,” He knew of but one race— the human race. OCR Washington lktteh, Rt|h Joint Treaty an# tlte Prra.. ject* •( War with Ea|las«-«raM<* C.iances f#r Be-electl#a — Teur ******* •* th* Herat*—Seaator Ner-. *"*’* First Speech Cempllncea- te4-Oth*r Hatters. Washington, Februsry 6,1873. The news relstlvo to England's withdraw*! from the Washington treaty naturally crested some excitement here, though official drcli* do not anticipate trouble. The cable dis patches do not, however, present "* dear statement of tbe esse, snd need explanation. The esas to be presented by this government to the Genera c inference has been made pub- » ** found to contain not only the Alabama claim*, but much greater one* for “constructive damages," Tiz.: the losses *ua- tsined by the destruction of our commerce, as well as those sustained during the last two years of the war, it being asserted that Eng land s policy caused ibis prolongation. Thera claims for constructive damages appear pro- (rosteruua totheEnglish people,and it is safe to say they will never be considered. The demand, however, has excited the linden press, and has led to the statements tele graphed that unless these claims are dropped the treaty must be abrogated. This govern ment has undoubtedly Inadcafntalmistakein presenting th-so claims for “ construc tive damages." England is evident ly disposed to make a fair settle ment for the depredations of the Ala bama, and Iter sister cruisers, which cleared from British ports, but sho will go (o war rather than submit lo imposition. The Ge neva Conference has come to a stop fot so other reason, and that is that all the docu ments have to be translated into French be fore they can be read by the arbitrators. Al together it looks veiy much aa though ths treaty will end in failure, leaving the relations between this country and Great Britain in s worse condition than before. Should this prove the case Grant will be nowhere in the Presidential contest. This treaty has bran considered the largest feather in the cap of his administration, and that it should ever come to be dragged in the dust is a misfor tune none had contemplated. This naturally prompts the Inquiry as to grant's chances for re-nomination. Should the convention meet to-morrow, it would be safe to predict he would have a comparatively easy Tictorr. Bnt every day loosnta his hold upon tho pol iticians and the people. The shameless cor ruptions of his administration, which have been traced even within the While House, the rapidly accumulating list of defaulters and the criminal waste of the people's money, arc arousing a feeling throughout the coun try that must make itself felt at no diat-nt day. The delay in granting amnesty, and thorcfusol to lighten the burdens of taxa tion, are likewise nnils in the Radical coffin. The New Y’ork Herald haslotciy come out squarely f; r Gram, but that journal is loo much of a weather-cock and of too low re- mte to render its support of great value, ndeed there is no newspaper iu the country which has so little political influence in pro portion to circulation. The secret of its present move is that young Jim Bennett wants a foreign mission. Hels afflicted with an uncontrollable itching for notoriety, and not content with being elected Commodore of tho New York Y’aclit Clult, he wants the colonelcy- of the Ninth Regiment, made vacant by the death of Fisk. If he does not succeed in getting a foreign appointment from Grant, the Herald will undoubtedly wheel into opposition again. SATURDAY’S 9FKKCH-MAKING. When the House meets “ for debate Hdy ” as Is its usual custom on Saturday, the at tendance is invariably slim, even the report ers deserting the gallery on that day. To day’s papers give a bare outline of afewonly of the speeches made on Saturday last, and do not even indicate the subjects of which the later speeches treated. To ascertain this, one has to resort to yesterday’s Globe, and there to learn that “Mr. Rainty's remarks are withheld for revision.” Kaiucy is a col ored Representative from South Carolina. Watts, of Florida, a darky of the deepest dye, also delivered a “few feeble remarks;” or, rather, read them from manuscript. Ho got through the first page glibly enough, but stumbled painfully over the others, making It very evident that some one had written the speech for him, and that he ftund some difficulty in reading the manu script Ho attempted to reply to tho speech of Mr. McIntyre on the educational bill, from which ho quoted liberally, anil attacked the ayaiem of your State, charg ing that Georgia is opposed to free school's “ t of tho Daniel G. Wayne has been elected Presi dent of the Charleston Mechanics’ Society. New spafer Government.—Thomas Jef- A great many strangers arrive In Aikin on ( en0 n said that he would rather have news, every train, and the hotels and private real- papers without a government, than s govern- dences are rapidly filling up. men t without newspapers. There was The sale of the Spartanburg and Union something prophetic In the remark, for in Railroad took place on the 5th instant, and the days of Jefferson, newspapers were not the road was bought by Colonel Patterson what they are to-day. More and more the and others, at the sum of $456,600. country and the civilized world is coming to be governed by newspapers. Jvipkip of the Tallapnsa Circuit Editors Constitution : I see that the ques tion of the judgship of the Tallapoosa Cir cuit has found its war into some of the pa pers. It is not generally known that the office at present is filled through an appoint ment made by Bullock, which has not been confirmed by the Senate. It is understonnd that the regular appointment and action of the Senate wi l take place at the next July session of the Legislature, when the removal of disabilities as expected, will give a better opportunity to make an accrptable appoint ment. The members of tbe bar in the cir cuit and the people feel a deep interest in the matter and urge on Governor Smith through advisement from tbo best sources, before making an appointment tbat will effect their material interest- forycara to come. Without disparaging the claims of others who are can didates, I will take tbe liberty of saying that tbs appointment of the Horn Hugh Buchanan oald give entire satisfaction, he is evidently the first choice of the people snd the bar. Tallapoosa. and “the education ot tho negro and poor white children.” He alleged further that “the sssttsWiSrssj: ejas oppoacd to the education of the negro and poor white children. And I can, without doing that party any wrong, safely and truthfully state that the Democratic party to day in Georgia, as well as in Florida, are op posed to the education of all classes." His whole speech was wholly made up of these statements, oft repeated. Onco Mr. McIn tyre asked leave to make It correction, but was discourteously refuted. Watt’s mado a decided failure of It, which has deeply -tiered the negro-loving Radicals, who have teen putting him forward as a veiy great gun. amnesty. It is given out that Senator Robertson will abandon tho amnesty bill to its fate. He had It In charge by reason of being chair man of the special committee from which tt was reported, but has proved unable to cope with the wily Morion and the tricky Bant ling, and so withdraws from the unequal con test. It is to be bopi-d some other friend of the measure, with mure parliamentary expe rience, will come to the rescue. The Senate to-day refused to tan up the amnesty bill which passed the House a short time since, as a substitute for it- o.m bill. This action will bring about a vote on Sumner’s supple ments! civil rights bill, which is pending ss an amendment, and the indications at pres ent writing are that it will beadnpted. This will inevitably defeat the amnesty bill, as it is ooitcedcd that with Sumner’s amendment it cannot pass tbe Houte. ~ Senator Norwood delivered his maiden speech to-day. He spoke in favor of am nesty and in opposition to Sumner's bill, and made a very favorable impression on his hearers. He has s fine deliveir—is a grace ful and effective speaker, and his arguments indicate close reasoning and careful study. He will certainly make his mark in the Sen ate, and all who heard him to-day say Geor gia did well in sending him here. A TRESS DINNER. The representatives of the press at the Na tional Capital are to have a dinner at Welch- eris on Saturday evening next. It will in clude only the legitimate members of the profession and their guests, among whom will be tho Vice President, Speaker Blame, Senator Anthony, and Hons James Brooks, 8 S. Cox, and others. The attendance of these gentlemen is a pretty good guarantee of tbe character and .standing of tbe Wash- ’ ington correspondents. THE NEW ORLEANS INVESTIGATION. It is very evident that the Congressional Committee sent to New Orleans has got s solid grip oo the Associated Press Agent in that cuy. Just now they are making Gov ernor Warmouth appear as black as possible, in order tbat the white-wash wilh which the Custom House clique is to be liberally be sprinkled, may show to better advantage. The main object of tbe committee, however, is to make it appear that the President was iu no way implicated. Private advices re ceived here indicate tbat tbe investi gation will soon be brought to a close. IN THE MOUSE TO-DAY, much less than the usual time was consumed by the call of the States; and then, for want of something belter to do, a resolution was introduced to oring about a new deal for seats. This was naturally opposed by those holding good seats now, but as they arc in a minority it is probable the resolution will be adopted when it comes to a vote. The minority have thus far (3 P. H.) succeeded iu preventing a vote by the usual (filibustering. A SMALL POX SCARE prevails here just now, and not without good grounds. There have been many cases, some fatal, and the authorities are about erecting a small pox hospital, of which, I fear, wc shall stand In great need long before it can be erected. C. A. P. tS~ The French women are the best dressed in the world, German women have the most luxuriant heads of hair, the Span ish women the smallest hands and feet, Ital ian women the most brilliant complexions, South Americans the most beauty, and Amer ican women the most style. Supreme Ceurt Appointment. Yesterday Governor Smith appointed Hon. 'William W. Montgomery,of Augusts, Judge of the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy •rested by the resignation of Judge Warner and his elevation to the office of Chief Jus tice. Mr. Montgomery is about forty-four years of age, possesses a commanding person tnd very marked abilities, and is a gentleman of fine culture and great pnrity of character. In the eastern part of tbe State, where he is well known and universally esteemed, he is regarded as one ot the best lawyers we have, and it la believed tl-a> l;r will make an able, fearless and uprijrii J,.dg . His appoint ment holds until tie . .a.--rmbing of the Legislature in July in st. We have no direr, authority for saying what are Mr. Montgomery’s views in regard to the relief and homestead laws, but we hear from his friends, and doubt not it ts true, tbat he docs not think it wonld be wise at this late dav to dn-iuiti thm-c laws and tbe current of decisions i-i hy our Supreme Court. Rights bare up under these laws.-and whatever m*} un been thought while they were original questions, the time Georgia Bonds in Germany.—A dis patch from Frankfort of the 5th says: The holders of Georgia State bonus h&TC held a meeting at which they adopted a reso lution regretting the action of the Legisla ture of that State on the veto of Governor Conley. A committee was appointed to lay the grievances of the bond bdoera before tbe President and Congress of the United States seems to bare passed when th«v o~,uu. .raJlUO—— u * IA -I M z o H -o X 1-4 z