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INDISTINCT PRINT Constitution. ATLANTA, GA., FEHRtJARY 18,1872. Thm Prat Ttuc. Whe attention of ux collectors of the 513*r totalled to tie letter from the Comp- Uwlk* Gca-iaL The press Ux is oot at I reseat coHctUMe. Hungarian Count at Lome Branch," ur “Eow it was Done,” is the title of a laughable and Instructive story on the fourth page. It tells a great deal about the six Miss "Wrapwms. It teaches bow these youngladies leaped the art of "giggling;” a very impor tant art—how to giggle, when to giggle, or «o bekr.re to giggle at the right time. We ate also Informed how easily some\mcn are * inmntrtt pleased." The story is tragic— ' Thccijstom boose inTestigalions in New Yofk have shown a miserable amount of cor ruption with which Grant’s household is di rectly connected. Giant was instrumental in getting Lett in charge of the general order system. Leet married a cousin of Grant’* wife. Leet has ■ olen right and left. Grant Is «>x>ut to retire the general order system, and send Leet elsewhere before the in- restlgatloq is orer. It waa erer thus. The lim Grtwtnccoaimodate* himself to circum stances. - Beauties ol the Radical Hjrstem. Tartar g l^uitrstcs the beauties of the turn system belter than the following UUr, •bowing the duties collected at variousplaces under It, and the amount of money paid for the collection: Salaries. DaUas. APi-mirle, It. C $ «.»» 6 7CT JUreataMe. Mass, MM T *-«* tun. I tie, Vi i*Urw\ N.a. i.Fto.. trrtown. ». C-... MmMw, Maine.. MlcMjnn. Mkh. NfWukTlf. J K«rpnrt, t, V, J’atrilico. N.C. “ TU>vi Sf.JchM.FU... *M7 •,771 4.154 1,744 70H 170 U *8S aim UM 7.4M 1,«I The Aetlea at the Fraaktert Holders at Bullwck’s Banda. The Savannah News hss the following hu morous; but very proper comments on the subject heading this article: IV c print elsewhere a telegram from Frank fort, Germany; in relation to the action taken by the holders of Georgia bonds is that city. The telegram states that a committee has been appointed to lay the matter before Congress and the President,* procedure that will atrike every one a* being decidedly ap propriate under ihe circumstances. If Grant and his Congressional toadies had not foisted Bollock upon the people of Georgia, regard less of the fact that be waa defeated by a very Urge majority of votes, there would now be no bogus Georgia bonds in the market, and our German friends, who appear to have been most foully dealt with in this business, might masticate their petrels and gulp their lagerin peace. A special appropriation \tj Congress for the purpose of indemnifying these swindled bond holders would oot be out of place; bat as matters stand, it is the extreme of simplicity to suppose that the people of Georgia, who have already been mercilessly plundered, will redeem bonds that really have no legal existence. In the meantime, the gay and gallant Clews is still flooding the State with his high-toned pamphlets. Ri* J«t is a reply to the annual report of Treasurer Angler, ««l ppporises, among other things equally absurd, a digni fied argument to tb* effect that Angler left the Sooth during the war. Reduced to a ayllogism,U amounts to about this: A soldier is a patriot: Angler was not a soldier -, tbere- fore,'these Georgia bonds should be redeemed. This is so exquisitely amorous that we are almost inclined to impute it to Ufa facetious pen of that mad wag Lochnne. THE COOK HABEAS CORPUS CASE. Cook Admitted to Amend Ills ABda. Tit and Discharged. At ten o’clock this morning Judge Pittman refused to discharge W. D. Cook, from Ful ton county Jail. The following is bis de cision. Although there are four or five points al leged by the plaintiff In bis petition for his writ of habeas corpus, there .were only two presented and argued before, this court to wit: Thatch is imprisonment is illegal In this that the said committee have no power conferred upon? them by the Constitution or laws of this State to arrest and order petitioner to prison. That ha has been guilty <jf no contempt in not prodndngjboofcs, as they were not In his Tom xeott’a Southern Ballway So. enrfty Company The Richmond Whig gives the entire list of autckboldcrsfa this big Company: Baltimore—Alex. Brown A Son*, B. F. Nryeomer, S. W. Shoemaker, W. F. Wal- ter*. ,* Pennsylvania—J. D. Cameron, G. W. Cass, narrhhnrg Car Manufacturing Company, John N. Hntchinson. I’. A. & S. Small, Thoa, A. Scott, Trustee: A. J. Drexel.H. H. Hous ton, G. W. Harris, 8. A XT. Welsh, George Small, T'-upi -sec—Joeepb Jaquea, C. H. McGhee. Georgia.—it B. Plant. New York—Wm. E. Dodge, Jr., Wm. 1,-owl-v A. Iaelin A Co., D. Willis Jama, K. Jessup A Co, Morris K. Jessup, Roose velt A Sou, R K. Wilson, Robert L. Kennedy, J .lin A. Stewart, William H. Fogg, A. W. White, A. 8. Hewctt, James Robb,J.J.Milch- ; 11, J>*. Schundort A Bon, W. II. Asplnwall, E. Colwell, G. D. Pbelpb*. England— DmM JeMgiPjfiOSI. O. Homans. The Whhfgive* the following list of Somli- ert roads in which this monster comblnaiion hold: a majority of stock. Raltmmia. MDee. 8Wr WralafUmaod Weldon 181 . MSI Norlbcaetani, of bon *.h Carolina.. -lot SAGS Jttrhmnrid and Danville— ISO 01,(00 JtotTeimnew.VIrilnlssiidOeor. ^ fa'iflatur. CoiurabU and Angu/u lOS J3.0M Richmond and IVtcraborg W *871 rh.r*w and Darlington SO Wilmington, Cotmuhl* and Aujus- .105 13.071 WSjgv.T*.:::.*: ’ Tt Scents that the government spends $1,COO at Wheeling, W. Va., in order to collect 10 Than are a great many more offices that hardly pay expenses. Such publications are. y M „„ well calculated to strengthen those who insist" custody or control and that he has preached up< >n absolute free trade and direct taxation, his affidavit to said committee, showing that he lias been guilty of no contempt in the premises. The points presented in this case inas much as they are rather novel and involve the liberty of a citizen are important, and the Court has listened to the argument of counsel with a great deal.of interest It is contended by the counsel for the plaintiff, who cite several authorities, that a refusal to appear and testify before >uch a committee or to produce books or fibers be fore it cannot be punished by said committee, bat that the conduct of the offending party can only be reported back to the authority raising the commiltco for its action. Thij position might be true as to a committee ap pointed by either House solitajy and alone. But here we have a committee appoin'ed by the General Assembly of tbe State of Geor gia, by a resolution that has the sanctity and solemnity of a statute, approved by the Gov ernor. This Committee then, to raised and em powered to act by the Sovereign 8 tats of Georgia, and not by one bouse or branch of the General Assembly. It has power to send for persona and papers, and to compel the at tendance of witnesses, etc. It follows then, as a matter of course, that said Committee c tn use the same legal means to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, within the scope of its authority and Jurisdiction as a court. As to the second point then, which tan soon be disposed cf. Is the contempt charged merely punitive, or to it remedial f Clearly remedial. The Committee requires Mr. Cook, according to law, to produce cer tain books which they conceive are uy to the administration of justice. ne fails to produce the liooks, and attempts to purge himself by affidavit. I have closely scrutinized wbat purports to be a copy of said affidavit, and do not think it coma up to tbe statute. Let him make affidavit in the language of tbe statute, that the said book* were not in his power, custody, possession or control, and that they were notat the time of serving said subpoena, and deliver it to said committee, or cither of the attorneys, and this court will order his discharge immediately. It is not only the privilege and duty of a lions corpus court to inquire into the legali ty of the commitment of a prisoner, bnt of their detention alto. A prisoner may be legally committed, bat illegally detained. As an Instance, a prisoner may be legally sentenced to jail for twelve months. Uisde- tenlion by the jailor for 12 months to legal; but if he to detained longer than twelve months, it then becoma illegal, and a habeas corpus court would discharge him. Counsel for petitioner then announced their willingness to complr with tbe law. The copy of tho original affidavit append ed to the writ, and sworn to before A. B. Culberson, but which lacked both the signa tures of Cook and Culberson, was amended by inserting the words italicised,. viz: And not at any time subject to the control, custo dy or possession of deponent, and said books are not now, nor have not been at any time since being served with said notice, and acre not at the time of serring said subpoena to pro duce them, in his power, custody or control. The first affidavit was made before Culber son on the 1st, and amended before Judge Pittman on the Orb, after the expiration of the ten days. The amended affidavit watjpidered Solici tor General, but he declined to accept it, hold ing that it shonld go to the committee. Judge Pittman passed an order granting tbe discharge of Cook on the payment of Aggre-ate I,1S7 To these may bo added the lease of the North Carolina Railroad and Memphis and Charleston. Thu Richmond Air-Line to also to be added. Soott and Cameron are among the lessees of the State Road. Tho Whig alluda to the fact, that the most of till) roads bought by the company are not paying roads, and therefore it Infers t' i»t the company mnst expect to realize their profits by swindling. The Augusta Constitutionalist, while not going an far as the Whig, calls for informa tion as to the plans, purposes, and mt the company. Borne days ago a yonng man from the country, afflicted with kleptomania, swindled one of our warehouse firms ont of ten dol lars as an advance on a bale of cotton which he never hnt), or had any means of procuring. Ho was tried,’eonvicled.and sentenced to Ann of #100 and costs, and to stand commit ted until pahl. Hto wife, a worthy woman, begged and borrowed fifty dollars, which was all the could scrape together, and appealed to Judge Cole to reduce the fine. Tho Judge rightly decided that pardon and commutation were matters within the province of the Ex ecutive alone, but commiserating the woman' distress, he countersigned her petition to the Governor, and the Solicitor prb tem. did the the same, and agreed to forfeit Uls costs in the came. Mr. Ross, the Clerk of tho Court, also agreed to remit his costa. The kind- hearted Solicitor-General then drew up a me morial to the Governor for the woman, and yeatehlay reeeivod the following answer, which will show everybody that if they sin they must suffer under Governor 8mith’a ad ministration : Executive Department, State of Georgia, Atlanta, February 5,1812. John S. Bosnia, Esq., Macon, Go.: Dear Sir—I am directed by hto Excellen cy the Governor, to acknowledge the receipt of your favor or tho 3d instant, with the in dorsement of lion. C. B. Cote, asking that one-half of the fine imposed by Judge Cole on one Her-ry Smith be remitted, and to say that the trial and punishment of violators of the law, are left properly, with the courts, and that he does not feel disposed to inter fere with their action, except in cases of manifest error. Yourself end Judge Cole are recognized officers of the court by which said Smith was tried and sentenced—you as tho prosecuting officer, and he as the presid ing Judge. As officers of the law, you both acted under the solemn sanction of an oath. As petitioners asking for the remission of part of the sentence sought by the one and pronounced by the other, yon are doubtless influenced by feelingsof sympathy alike nat ural and honorable. Hto Excellency, how ever, feels constrained to abide by your of ficial action, and to allow the law to have its count. Very trnly.yoors, P. W. Alexander, Secretary Executive Department. Modem ntepraph.l Tbe above is a matterfor high commenda tion upon the Executive. The interposition of Executive authority to set aside the solemn verdicts of the legal tribunals after fnll in quiry is to be rarely exercised. Governor Smith taka the right view of the matter. We do not ere in saying’that Governor Bullock did more to encourage tbe forma tori op of crime in the State by hto abuts of the pardon power, than all other agenda* pat together. The certainty of pnntohment is the strongest preventive of crima. The certainty of escaping the penal- tits of outraged, law is the strongest encour agement to criminals. Offenders in Georgia had oaased to fear the courts because of Bul lock’s willing exercise of Executive clem ency. Governor Smith, we are rejoiced to see, is going to back the courts and uphold tbe ad ministration of justice. We knew that he would do so. We shall certainly have less crimp For United States Senator. EUton Constitution: I hereby nominate Bon. Herbert Fielder for the United States Senate,’io succeed the Hon. Joshua Hill This election, as I understand it, win take place upon the meeting of tbe Legislature in Jan uary next. A better made in the State. r selection cannot be The Kimball House. This fine hotd building is in big dispute, therefore a history of it will not be untimely. H. L Kimball built the hotel at a cost of (830,000. This does not include the furni ture, which is owned by Mr. S. E. Critten den, and cost (100,000. The building is not fully complete. It is believed (30,001 would finish it There was purchase money due on the lot of (11,000 to Me. Thompson, *3,000 to Mr. K Peters, and (2.0C0 to Mr. John P. King. The mechanic’s liens and taxes amounted as follows: Cook was arrested immediately afterwards on two warrants charging him with cheating and swindling the Stale out of (15,962 02 on February 17,1870. and (9,440 23 on the 16th of April, 187J. He waived examination and gave bond in the sum of (10,500. The ainntT-Trlcp Amir. We give in another column the cards of Gen. (lanry and Mr. Trice in regard to the difficulty between them on a train of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. Con nected as the matter is with* the scandal against Jlr. Davis, it has a wider public inter est than it otherwise would have. The sentiment in the South has steadily set in acureent of utter disbelief in and rejec tion of the accusation against Mr {Davis. And the belief is very general that it was put in motion to maliciously break down the pure fame of the Confederate Chieftain to gratify Radical -venom. Those, who like the writer, were North when the affair come out, and saw the hot exultation over it among the Radicals could well come to the conclusion that it was a partisan ruse. Of course the people of the South have sympathized with and exonerated Mr. Davis, aid condemned his.traducers. The matter has had a sectional aspect. That Mi. Trice, the author of the scandal, should have suf fered contempt to natural, and he appears to hive been stung by it into a very savage ac rimony. General Maury appears to have shown hto disapproval of the man while traveling on the cars, in an entirely unexceptionable man ner. On learning that he was in Trice’s car, he quietly left iL As the facta are disclosed by the cards, the attack on General Maury, an old, enfeebled man, by Trice was brutal and unprovoked. Trice followed up General Maury and provoked the difficulty. There can be but one decision on the mat- by an impartial reader, and that must be the otter condemnation of Mr. Trice. 3.C.FMS, — .... llooo Pitts* Cook, » -~- CrtjrTaxes.7! Stale sad County Taxes («£» The following mortgages cover the prop erty: John Bice, Atlanta S!43SOO A. Johnson, New T«rk sjjioo SSTotal ixu,tS This makes an aggregate as follows: Dae on Land g 4iM 0 ena and Taxes wwra Whole Indebtedness 8M1.C00 We thus see the whole indebtedness under Mr. Kimball's ownership was (261,009. The indebtedness has since grown several thou- and dollars from interest and taxes. For the purpose of raising money on the Ipue, Hr. Kimball sold the property in May, {870, to the Atlanta Improvement Company, of which H. L Kimball was President and George W, Adair, Secretary. The price was (630,000'of which (350,003 was payublc in stock, and (100,000 payable in twenty years seven per cent, gold bond* The building was advertised to be sold under t!i«p Jieus—Hall’s. Hceley fc Berry’s, and Peck's, one a laborer's lieu, and the others contractors’ liens. Mr. Hall’s lien was with drawn, but is since paid. Mr. Rice, made affidavit as a creditoi objecting that tho contractors' liens could not be enforced under the summary process for preserving laborers’ liens, which wassupposed to be satisfactory to the Sheriff. He finally, however, at the last hour, sold the property under the contractors* lien, disregarfiipg the affidavit, no bond being given, and Mr. IJU1 bid off tbe property for Mr. Thompson for (15,000, and took tj,p Sheriff’s deed to and possession of the properly, Tbe rents amount to abort (3C,000 a year not. Of these bonds (310,00 were deposited in trust to secure above debis. The remaining (190,000of bonds were hypothecated iu New York at about fifty cents on the dollar, which Mr. Kimball got The Atlanta Improvement Company con sisted w follows: George W. Adair..... m MOO. These 2JM.0 shares of ( 00 each constitute the (250,000 stock for which the building was sold. It wUl be seen that there was very lit tle change in the ownership.. Mr. Kimball still retaining the trait talk of tbe property, but holding it as a shareholder in an incor porated company, whose bonds could be more easily disposed of. The legal dispute now is between the mortgagors Mr. Rice and Mr. Johnsdh and Mrr Thompson, the successful bidder and present owner. The mortgagors conti st the legality of the sale. How the dispute will end of course ■ the courts will determine. Col. L. E. Bleckley represents the mortgagors, and Hon. B. H. HUI the purchaser, Mr. Thompson. Both are confident of success. Mr. Crittenden in the meantime lias run the hotel brilliantly, leaking it the best kept hotel in the South and inferior to none North, We are glad to learn that the changes of ownership fa the building carry no change of proprietorship. Bp to last October the pro prietorship ^consisted of Jlr. Crittenden and and Jlr. JIcCoinbs. Since then Mr. Critten den has been sole pgpprielnr. ne has made hosts of friends by his courtesy and fair dealing, and wc trust that he will remain with ns for many years. Mr. Crittenden will still continue his splendid management of this great house. The city and hotel cannot afford (ogive him up. The advantage of a first class hold to a city like Atlanta to incalculable. It can not lie estimated. We trust that our city may always have this great advantage. Mr. Thompson, we learn, has sold a third in terest each to Colom-l Adair and B. H. Iiilh PUBLIC SCHOOLS. An Interesting Letter from the state School Commissioner—Xhe taw tn Hegard to Public Schools. Editors Constitution: Permit me, through your columns; to give, as briefly as possible, certain information, 1st, to those interested in the public schools to be inaugurated for the year 1873, and, 2d, to those who have rendered services the past year and arc still unpaid- First, as to the schools for the present year. Under the amended school law, no schools can he established fa any county nntil the fall term of the Superior Court for that county. The only school officers for the county, under -the law, will bo the County Board, to be composed of five freeholders, and the County-Commissioner, chosen by them either from their own number, or from the citizens of the county. The Grand Jury, at its first session after the passage of the taw, (sea 16), to to choose this Board, and it to made the duty of the Board (6ea 19) to ” make an estimate of the amount necessary, fa addition to what will be received from the State, to cany on said schools for at lost six months in the year/ which esti mate shall be placed before the Grand Jury at its next session, and said Grand Jury may, if they approve said estimate authorize the Ordinary or County Commis sioner fa such county to levy a county tax sufficient to raise the required sum." Thus it to clear no connty tax can be levied till the fall term of tbe coart; and sec. 30th, pro vides that “fa case tbe Board of r ducat ion of any county shall fail to make the neces sary provisions for continuing the schools fa operation the length of time herein required, (six months, or fa the case of ambulatory schools; three months—Com.,) sueff- graded or high schools and primary schools, as the case may be, shall not he entitled to any por tion of the school fond arising from the State tax during the next succeeding school year or subsequent school years, until the es tablishment of such school or schools, but such fund shall remain fa the treasury of the State of Georgia.” This last quotation seems to establish it as the policy of the law to pay over to no connty her pro rata part of the State fund, till tbe constituted authori ties levy toe necessary connty tax. It is clear, then, that no schools can be established tUl the second term of the court, and not then without the grand jnry shall authorize the levy of the necessary county tax. " would, therefore, recommend tethers to open private schools upon their own terms for the first half of the year. 2. As to the compensation for services ren- Ted by teachers and others the past year, will be seen from tbe copy of toe law.which has been generally distributed among the school officers, that section 4th of the act ap- nrove-1 20th of January, 1872, authorizes the Governor to draw hto warrant on the Treas urer fa favor of the State School Commis sioner for the sum of three hundred thou sand dollars to be paid ontof the funds then fa the Treasury appropriated by law to the public school system, and if said fund is in sufficient to pay toe debt now due to the offi cers and teachers of public schools; section 5tb provides that the. amount shall be raised by a sale of bonds now fa the Treasury of toe State underact of July 16th, 1870. It to impossible for me to tell when this money will be ready for distribution for several reasons. In the first place there to great un certainty as to what amount to due the school fund and it to impossible to ascertain at pres ent what portion of this to now fa the treas ure. Second, A proviso to the section fa reference to the sale of bonds says <h»t they shall not be sold at raxes injurious to the credit of the State, to be left to the discretion of the Governor. Third, Another proviso requires the money to be distributed fa the proportion of the children of each county entitled to the priv ileges of the public schools, and there are thirty counties fa the State that have cot made full returns as to the number of chil dren so entitled. Just as soon as the neces sary steps can be taken to realize the money fa a manner which shall accord with the pro visions of the law, i: will be done, and the partia.fa interested shall receive the proper official notice from this department. Gc5U.tcsJ.Oer, State School Commissioner. A WASHINGTON LI3TTEIC. Amnesty-Old ZacTchwdter bn the Rampage-stunner Still Biding Hie Blnck Hobky.Repentant kekela— The English Cempiicmtien. From an Inecaiar Correspondent.J Washington, February 2,1872. Before this communication reaches you the death of the “amnesty hill” may have been “tolled” o’er the wires. SenstorRobert son, of South Carolina, had this bill fa charge, and it to supposed he will make no more at tempts to bring it up this session. As usual, it stirred up the “billions” Rads who have neither heart nor brain—nothing to recom mend them to their constituents except their hatred of Southerners. Senator Schurz’ pita for amnesty would have been most creditable to a “native born American.” Hto theory is the only one tG bring peace between the two sections. Mr. Carpenter, of Wiscon sin, says the government has been ex tremely generous and merciful fa dealing with the rebels, but they (the rebels) had given no evidence of repentance or loyalty, and he really believed fa twelra months from the passage of this bill Jefferson Davis would be fa the Senate, and when Jeff Davis fa put on the same footing with Grant and Sherman, he expects no more consideration at the Sooth for the sentiments of Northern Yankees.” He is a statesman undoubtedly. Pious Jlr. Zarbartoh Chandler, of Jlichigan, gave vent too hto feelings after the manner of “Good Queen Bess” (when fa a fit of jeal ousy she shook the dying Countess fa her bed.”) “God m-y forgive, 11 but he would never forgive no repentant rebel.” * If God ordains in different dimes, Ken different views should take, . Who dart aver they thoald anffer here. Who strnseled for conscience sake." Six long and weary years have passed since the South laid down her arms. Where to the “peace" or piece that has come to us? The war has been carried on without shot or shell—just as swiftly as when the cannons boomed loudest. Within the ‘I Kalis dj' Ctqugfesv tnef* has keep par ried on a war of actions sqd bitter words” Tiic post with all its “ sad memories” is con stantly dragged up before us—if we wanted to forget, we are not allowed to do It. It to now clear to my mind we can make no new history jand the past tells us “ No Republic,” even once dissevered by civil war, has ever been united for any length of time after wards. Athens, under Thrasybulus, held together for twelve years—” Proscriptions, hatred, quarrels, jealousies”—|ust as the eleven Southern gtates) are held tq-day. I often ask myself why are Ihgse men so terri bly afraid of the South being represented by Southerners? it seems impossible to dis mount Mr. Sumner from the steed that carried him an to fame and glory—(the negro). . He mounts the old “dead horse,” with the same pomposity and gravity, I imagine “Don Quixote” charg ing the “wind mills," possessed. He seems to be wholly unconscious he to bestriding a “skel eton,” that can no longer carry him, a “wor- rior brave when shot and shell are dying.” Deaf to the groans of the white slaves of his own State, he bestows his sympathy upon the negrqes of the afiulh. Be hW l|red and exulted jn septug dtp proud Sfatp of South Carolina proatratc and groaning in agon v; at every groan (which seems to be music to his ears,) he plunges his spurs into the bare ribs of hi»-Boijby 1 ’ and W fa Ijb (Jeep '‘Wood hound" like voice, “Hunt tlip slave owners to tho death, no mercy for the white man.” Little did Preston Brooks (when from a pull impulse he struck that man) think bow hto kindred and hto native State would have pay In after years for it “Man is a wolf his brother man,” is literally verified in the case of this mm Sumner towards tbe South- man. “Unrepentant Rebel*” What time has the South bad for repentance ? The whole course of this administration! has been calculated to make the South anything but sorry for her failure fa freeing herself from such unfeeling and ungenerous enemies. To me it seems strange, in this free land, that men fa “brief authority” can lord it over one portion or section to keep in place and power the other —to claim ali lheHfaa?esan4 fishes,” We of the South have as much rlght'to our opinions and traditions as the people of New England. The papers North arc filled dtily with hor rible murders—for money, for love, Tor jealousy. Were one-tenth part of these crimes committed fa the old slave holding States, there would a “ billion on ’em,” as Rataey Aycock said, when speaking of Sherman’s humtjiors, viz Great Ma ch to the Sen, sent down here tc "capture" our household goods and scare the woman and children to death, f wish they would let us forget; for God knows, siupe the war we have sat over the ashes of our houses and worn sack cloth. “A heavy heart car ries not an humble tongue.” Arc we ex pected “to bend the knee and bow the head’ when our would-bc lords and masters come along ? Wc have shown every sign of trying to behave ourselves. No pardon yet Are we never to be forgiven ? Here is my definition of a Southern “ Relicl.” “ Rebel ’’—Because he loved his State—her name w -s music to bis watchful ear. t a kindling flame ard her glorlona name. THH JEFF. DAVIS SCANDAL: T he AaaaiaU at Caadnclar Trice waa General a. H. Saury. —' irag- -y Beth Mdea el Ike story* ■ Uardn from Gpn Howry and Trice. [From the Huntsville (AU-T Democrat, The Mempliis jU>peal, and possibly other papers, have published nn account of an assault made by Mr. Trice, the conductor of a sleeping car on the Memphis and Chi ton railroad, cm General Dabney H. Mi on the night of January 31, at Chattan^ 0 „ This account wife very materially from the i * if « — cuuur. 1>l*c.d>iid docks behind the plow. The Autumn ereiles with mellow rev. His sleep old Winter hashes. He cores not how.the world mar more. nor fears confound him. * Til It it I* 1 liftCt in 1; nl-nj In t.\.. flock is linked in love, ^And household anrels round Mm: He trusts to God add lovea his wife. ^ Nor griefs nor I’.ia may harm her. fVE ' Jhe pubUcofanionfa^i'tofavorf^&neralMmny^ although persuaded by friends to publish a statement of th«.facts, was exceedingly averse to public notoriety, and deferred - making any publication until the appearance of the article in the Appeal, which is so va riant from the facte that he has felt con strained to place in our liands for publication the following private letter, which he ad dressed, on the 1st icet, to Major Wicks, President of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad Ck-mpanr. We have known General Maury from boy hood, having been.a fellow-student with him at the University ct Virginia. He has made his own imperishable public record by valu able services as officer iu the Mexican war, wWu he received honorable wounds in both arms, and as j* General in jthei Confeder ate service, where his cause was ever “up ward and onward, and. true to the. line” of patriotic duty. Me, therefore, credit the eh- tire truthfulness ft hh statement, and have no nesitancy in debouncingMr.lVice's assault on him uncalled Jor. cowardly,' and brutal. Its dastardly character to aggravated by the fact that General Maury, to a man of small stature and inferior strength, unarmed, and with both arms ii(ured bv wounds received fa his country’s service. HTThe New York Tribune says that Bar naul now has the only living giraffes on this continent, having just succeeded fa bringing two of them across the ocean. He last year lost three, who died on the trans-Atlantic voyage. He fought for God, hts state and troth. Rebel—because he felt HI- State dearer than himself. Next to his God, to her he knelt. She was bis bright and guiding star. And In her light he knew his light. And In her darkness feels his night, 1 A German paper, speaking of the Alabama claims, says “the tribute which Germany draws from France, after a complete victory, is insignificant compared with tbe compen sation that the American government de mands in virlure of a treaty which enthusi asts describe as the inauguration of a new era —of peace and friendship.” This German paper gives, in mv opinion, _ just view of this whole thing, and a war will yet be the result of those Alabama claims. MEMO A. Chandler, of Jlichtg&n, waa whipped by Wigfall, of Texas, which accounts for his unforgiving nature toward rebels. He did not defend himself, but took it like a man, Wigfall is dead and Chandler to on a ram page. Ten years after Sumner was immor talized by Pre3ton Brooks caning him. “Great oaks front little acorsgrow.” The slaveholder's cane made Sumner smart and he gave him liis one idea—“the nigger. Talbott. Political Items. The Philadelphia Academy of Music has been engaged for three days and nights for the Office Holders' Convention, fa June. If Western papers are to be credit! d, the Labor Reform Convention, which meets at Columbus, Ohio, on the 17th, will, perhaps, postpone proceedings till the meeting of the Liberal Republican Convention at Cincin nati, with which it will, in sentiment, unite. The Cincinnati Enquirer, commenting upon Senator Chandler's remarks in the Sen ate, says that “although God might forgive an unrepented rebel, he (Chandler) never would,” observes that “this to not the only difference with the Almighty, that the Jliclii- gan Senator will probably he called upon at the bar of the great judgment day to an swer.” The paternal progenitor of the President, although so disabled by disease that a special agent has to be employed at a salary of (1,600 per annum, to take charge of the Covington post office, still continues to draw hto own salary of $3,400. At the recent dinner in Boston, of the American Academy of Dental Science, the imperial present taker was toasted in the following style: “The health of the present Presi-Dent of tbe United States, General Ulysses S. Grant, who from hto numerous Dent-al connections and hto great admiration of the family—as evinced by his marrvtag a Dent, and appointing so many Dents to office—may be fairly considered the most distinguished Dentist fa the land." Hon. Jefferson Davis was one of the com mittee that welcomed the Duke Alexis to Memphis. Toe vote for a Constitutional Convention in Ohio, as canvassed by the Legislature, to 284,970 yeas and 10L231 nays Ole Bull is playing hto celetoated violin to large audiences fa the towns in the interior of Pennsylvania. The demand for meat of the buffalos killed fay Alexis, is so great that SCO buffalos have been cut up to supply it at St Joseph, Mix, alone. A bill to before the Utah Legislature pro viding that boys of fifteen and girls of twelve may many with the consent of their parents. The number of financial failures in the United States last vear were 2,915, fa 1870 the failures were 3,551. In 1871 the failures in Georgia were 42. The infidels of Massachusetts have sub scribed thirty thousand dollars for the erec tion of a bunding for their nse fa Boston, to be named Paine's Memorial Halt South Carolina flews Items. Neil Warner, the English tragedian, and Grace Rawlinson, are delivering recitations from the poets in Columbia. Tbe stableof Captain J. C. 8. Brown, near Newberry, and several valuable bead of horses were burned to death a few days ago. J. J. Darlington, a gentleman of high cul ture and attainments, has been called to a professorship fa the College at Rome, Ga. AKeriBe Medium. The Marion Crescent says that the Sheriff of that connty sold one tract of land on Monday last, worth (600, for (15, and other tracts were sold at almost nominal figures. t country's sqvipc, Mr. Tripe 18 UiPtoss Who perpetrated the scanda) about Jlt-Jelferson Davis, and, if reports are true, many passengers have hesi tated and refused to take berths fa liis sleep ing car fa consequence of their disbelief of his statement in that connection. He ought to be summarily dismissed from the road. Hereto OEXEDAI, MAURY’S LETTER. Huntsville, February 1,1873. Major M. J. HVij .- Dear Sir—Last night I arrived fa ChaUa- nobga by the train from Virginia, having been state h unday week traveling almost daily. I, therefore, went into the deeping car ot Chattanooga to secure some hours of rest Tho conductor of the sleeping car met me, and politely informed me that any of the berths would be at mv service, os he had no other passengers. I laid my traveling bai and shawl upon a seat, and fell toto a civi. chat with the conductor, during which he in formed me he was from Louisa county, Va., the adjoining county to my own. Spotisylva- nia. I asked him hto name. He saiu his name was Trice. I turned from, him, and, Wiiitfiut a word, jock uu H.y vajisu and shawl and went otfl of tl;c sleeping car and went into the next par in front . I had i)cen in thatearaboutfivoortcnmfa- Utcs, when I missed the cape of my overcoat, and thinking I »iaM V+'etofl it iu the restaur- ofthede: ant ortfcede jtQl, went hastily fa mid asked tho proprietor if l had left my cape there. He told me no. I then went into the sleeping car to look for it. and found it Iu the seat where I had placed it. I took it up and was on my way out of the car with it when the Bame conductor confronted me and said to this effect: “You lift this car very abruptly Just now, sir; why did you do so?" Hto tlM ItiDEVEXDEXT VAllMES Let Mftors itag or IhT^rindv deep. Let the sojoier* praise their Burin my h«*art this toast 1*11 keep—* The Independent Farmer, when first the rose, in robe of men. Unfolds its crimson lining, And round Us cottavc porch is seen, gathcrinjhw)ney^^ nCa> 7ldd H^drives his team across tho field. B skies are soft and sonny. behind its bongh a uc nome ne jotcs so dearly; The gray old barn doors unfold Hia ample store in measure. More rich than heaps of hoarded sold. A. precious, blessed treasure; • t " d9 The sweetest rose on all his lands— HUH6ARIAN COUNT AT 1018 8RAKCH: OB HOW IT WAS BQNE. BY K. M’CREDY. “ Well I” cxcIaimedMrs. Simpson, “if, you don t catch a husband in that dress, Matilda. Vou 11 never catch one. I did not have any thing hair so stylish as that when I caught your father, hut then, to be sure, he wasn’t much of a catch, I hope you will do better. Six girls to settle iu life. Do exert your- smyes a little. Don’t leave everything to me Where to yonrfather?” * -ri.SJIe’a out on the steps, smoking a cigar, “Just like him; no ambition at all?” Then Sirs. Bimpson stopped talking for a few minutes, and set to work. Bite worked like a—like a whole bec-hlve. She would pack a trunk, then take everything out of it just to put them all into it again, giving her- self about four times os much trouble as was accessary. But then she was one of those women who like to be martyrs, or to appear like martyrs—who make themselves out staves to their husbands and children. The Simpson a present destination was Long Branch. They had examined tho column of summer resorts fa the daily Herald for weeks hoping to find something that would com bine fashion and cheapness; hut as these things are rather Incongruous, they, fa view of the superior advantages that might be de rived from it fa a social and mairimonial way, chose the fashionable,and discarded the cheap. Long Branch it should be. “Because, girls,” JIrs. Simpson truly le- lnarked, “the beach to such a nice place for flirtations. Not that I, as a mother, would wl Jh fa encourage such things. Oh, no (” Jlr. Simpson, Mrs. Simpson, and six Misses Simpson, were registered at a Long Branch hotel. » shan’t aay which one, forparticnlar reMons. Bnt it w'as a very expensive one. Now, Mr. Simpson,” exclaimed the madam —the general, I think, wc ought to call her — introduce tfie girls! Whu were those nice-looking young gentlemen I saw yon talking to?” “Really, my dear, I don’t know.” ?? u fl'fl. then. You have no s .— — ..... ambition at all, Mr. Simpson. Go, find outg pressed hto deep regret that so eminent manner was aggressive. I replied: “Because, sir, I chose to do go •” and, then, with coarse language, and insolent manner, he demanded again my reasons. I replied; “I left the car because you are the author of a scandal upon the Southern people.” He then ran to the stove, took up an iron poker about eighteen inches long, and came quickly up to me with it, denounc ing, and then threatening me fa violent and foul terms, Until I had reached the door of the sleepfag par, wficn just as I stepped oat Upon the platform of the car he suddenly caught mo around the neck with the arm, holding bis lantern, threw mo down upon the platform, and struck me rapidly and vio lently on the back of my Lead with the poker. He inflicted several cuts upon my head and several upon my arms .before he was preyppteil far H r - peck, the brakesman, from further violence. I had no weapon upon my person, nor anywhere within reach, and having been maimed in both my hands, was at bis mercy from the moment he threw me down. These are tbevniaiu facto kuown to me about this outragA I lay them before you, and am rcspcclfufly yours, Dabney II. JlAlittV. trice’s statement. The following to the statement of JH. Trice, in a report to Major Wicks, President of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad: JIemphis, Tenn., Februaty 1,1872. Major M. J. Wick*, President Memphis and Charleston Jiailroad: Major—According to your order, you will please find below a statement of the diffi culty that occurred iu the sleeping-car un der my charge at Chattanooga, with a man whose name I have since learned was Dab ney H. Maury, who came aboard the sleeper and inquired for a berth for Huntsville, which 1 readily assigned him, and he at once btgan to interrogate me as follows: “ What line to this?” I replied that it was the Pull man. He said, “A Northern institution V” I remarked, perhaps it was owned by Northern capitalist, but it was called the Pullman Southern Car Line. He then asked me where I was from. I replied, Louisa county, Va. ne then said, “I am from Spottaylva- nia county, myself.” Then I repli'd, “we are from the adjoining counties.” “He said, 'No sir, wc are not.” To wl>ich I replied, 'Yes, Spottsylvania county joins Louisa, Hanover and Orange.” His next question was, “Wbat to your name?” I answered, “Trice to my name, sir.” “He, without say ing one word, gathered hto satchel, and left the car. In a short time afterward I passed through the ladies’ car, and noticed the same man fa conversation with one of the brakes men. I heard him say, ns I passed by, “I want you to tell him so.” Tho brakesman said, “ That to hint now; he has heard you,” and came immediately to the platform and said, “ The reason that man left the sleeping car was because he taid you are the man tl.nt circulated- those infamous reports about Jeff. Davis at the Sonlb.” To which I replied, “ Yes, I thought toiinttbing waa the matter. 1 will seo the man after the train starts;” but as soon as I retuned to the sleeper the same gentleman returned. I met him at the fur nace, just between the drawing-room and where the berths are located. I said, “ You left the car veiy unceremoniously. Will you not take a berth, or do you uot like the car—has anything displeased you?” “Yes,” he replied, “you are the man that circulated those infamous lies relative to Jeff. Davis.” I informed him that I had told no lies on Jlr. Davis; if I had i would not hold the posi lion I now hold. To which he quickly said l “Yes; you arc theTety man,you lying ;” at the same time he stepped hack a few steps, and placed hto hands behind him as though Le intended to draw a pistol. I, at one bound, before he conld remove hto hand, thrust him against the drawing room, with his hand behind him, and seized the iron poker at the furnace and dealt him several blows, until I was satisfied he was not able to use hto pistol on me. At tbe tame time he managed to get to the platform of the car; and before any one came up he said: “ You have almost killed me.” “Yes,” I said, “you blind ; don’t you see I am not the man to take yonr insults; you ought to see first” He again caught me around the neck, and I re leased myself as soon as I couli and dealt him a sound blow with my hand-lamp. At that time the brakeman came up and asked me to desist and they took the man in side the ladies’ car. Fifteen or twenty minutes afterward he was led into the sleep ing-car by train-conductor Ramsey, who re marked to me that “Jlr. Maury wishes to see you.” I said, “For what purpose T" He re plied, “So as to identify you.” I stepped for ward, held my lamp up—and so did conduc tor Ramsey—fa order that the man might see me. He asked, “Are you the man that struck me?" I replied that I was. He said, ‘I only want to Identify yon.” This to all tint I remember of any purport on the sub ject. Respectfully, G. W. Trice, Sleeping-car Conductor. Suapenstsn ml tbe Press Tax. Atlanta, Ga., Februaty JO, 1872. Editors Constitution : Gentlemen—I have to say, fa response to your enquiry, that no in structions have been given at this office to tax collectors fa regard to tax on press material since the order suspending the tax. This tax was suspended until the meeting of the Leg- to'ature fa January; that body adjourned without considering th* question, and upon consultation with Governor Smith, after the adjournment, it was determined that the sus tention was of force until after the final ad- oummentof said session;collectors there- ore will not be instructed to collect this tax nntil the adjournment of the General Assem bly fa July next Respectfully, Madison Bell. W Governor Campbell, of Wyoming, has espoused the cause of the ladies to such impose that one of tirom has nobly espoused urn. It is said th>t the woman suffrage law was there passed as a joke on the bachelor Governor, fa the faith that he would veto it. He has first circumvented the Democratic jokists oy sighing it, and no w by pledging to Wyoming a future radiant with Campbells. So much for sportive legislation on a serious theme.—SL Jjovit Democrat, and bring them here.” Mr. Simpson started off on a mild trot “Remember, girls,” ma said emphatically, after pa had disappeared, “young gentlemen like animation. Bright, sprightly, animated girls are always attractive. Now, I always pied to be amused at your father’s little jokes, before we were married. You don’t know how well it takes.” You seethegener- *1 understood strategy, and she was explain ing her successful tactics to her little army of daughters. “ Laugh heartily when tho young men say something witty, no matter how stily it really is. Enjoy their little jokes. It pleases them immensely; and, girls, it to a great thing to have an establishment. Don’t forget to be animated.” The six Miss Simpsons giggled, just to see if they could do it I don’t think any one would oare to hear them repeat "il. Were you ever on a farm? And did toil just be foredawn, hear the hens, and'the guinea- bens, all begin to cackle? Is it noteupho- inous. “Ma!” exclaimBHArabclla. “ JIa I” said Jlatilda. "JIa I” cried Sophia. “Now! Wi|at is it?” “Here comes pa with a young man!” “Good gracious 1 Is that tilt One young man! One young m«n to six girls I Wc arc not Jlormons! Just like your father I" The one young man was presented, and the six Jliss Simpsons bowed. They ail put their elbows back, and hung the tips of their fingers down when they bowed. The young man hazarded a remark on the excessive heat of the weather, and the six Miss Simpsons giggled. Their ma looked daggers. It was not the time to giggle All the girls looked fright ened. Altogether, the first evening was a failure. The following morning. JIrs. Simpson, the Dauntless, took three timid Miss Simpsons to the bath. They had not bathing suits for all, it took so ranch flannel, you know, so they were going to take turns. Matilda went into the waler witli a gasp, and grasped the rope; she had hardly caught hold of it before a huge breaker dashed her away, and shecame flat, along with a whole lot of other people she didn’t know at all, in fact she didn’t know who she was herself for a few seconds, and when she did, she heartily wished it was somebody else, nnd that she was safely back in the city, where they didn’t have any breakers. Jliss Victoria, next eldest of the six, sat in her scarlet flannel suit, with twolong, flaxen braids hanging down beneath her hat, high and dry on the Sand. Nearer to the water she could not be persuaded to come, and every time that the spray fell on the tips of her Canvas dippers, Jliss Victoria openod her mouth and yelled. JIrs. Simpson was dis tracted. Arabella, the youngest, really en joyed the fun, but then she was the kmd to enjoy most everything. The girls were excessively fond of dancing so they attended every hop. Not tbnt they always got a chance to dance, but just to be on hand fa ease they did. They were very stylish girls; the Miss Simpsons were. I don’t know where you would find six equal to them. They wore a great deal of panier, and their hair vonr much a la Pompadour g and they had tbe tightest kinds of heels to their boots—brass heels, that made music for them,andsuch a clatter you would have thought'it was the Ninth Regiment ont on a parade. Then they had all sorts of little ribbons around their necks with bits of lockets attached. Of a windy dav it was quite a treat to see these pennons flying about, like the flags of tii nations, at half-mast. It made one feel as patriotic as the fire crackers do on the fourth of July. Jlra. Simpson always superintended the girls’ toilet herself. She would give Victoria’s dress a few little scientific jerks, so that it wonld have a stylish hang; then she rearranged those new curls that Matilda had just bought, (they cost a great deal, too. i and she made them look just as natural as i they grew on JIatilda’a head. It is true they were not exactly the same shade as her hair, but then who wanta to notice these little de fects! The general effect was quite impo sing, especially when til the girls stood fa a flock, as they invariably did, except Ara bella. She would slip away from tho family circle, and when questioned about It, would archly reply: “Oil,never mind;it’s til right” “However she told Victoria, and Victoria, dutiful child, went straight to her mother with the news, that Arabella was having a flirtation. “And, oh, ma! It to so romantic,” exclaimed Victoria. “Arabella says he to a Hungarian Count She to to meet him.clandestinely.on the beach, this evening. “A Hungarian Count! Dear me! I mnst see about this. A title to something. But, perhaps, he to poor. Still, a tittle. Where did Arabella first meet him!” “Oh! on the beach, several evenings ago, when she and I, as you remember, went but for a walk.” “ But who introduced him? “OhI he introduced himself, for, see, it was this way. Arabella was picking up shells, and going close to the water as she did so. Well, a great wave came fa which she did not observe; it rushed up and up the sands, and came almost to her feet; then, for the first time, she saw it, and screamed. The count was walking there at the time, and hearing her cty, hurried up. He was so po lite, and was dressed so gentlemanlike, and was so handsome—oh, mamma, dear I I’ve been dying to tell you.” ' And he to really a count ?” Of courve he is. He has, he says, great estates on the Danube, and has only come here for the summer. He’s very romantic: says he never will marry but for love, and wants to many an American girl, because they marry for love only. I shouldn’t won der.” and here her voice fell to awhtoper, “if he coaxes Arabella to elope with him—he says that’s so much more romantic than an every-day marriage." Mrs. Simpson could hardly conceal her gratification. She began to build castles fa the air immediately. Of course if Arabella mairied a Hungarian Connt, especially one who had great estates, she wonld ask one or more of her sisters to vtolther; and what was more certain that other counts would be fascinating, and tbe dear girls married off, one after another, to foreign noblemen. Mrs. Simpson had always heard that the Austrian court was the most aristocratic fa Europe, and she already saw herself a d istiaguished visitor at that court, because the mother-fa-law of numerous Austrian and Hungarian magnates. That evening, JIrs. Simpson, with her two eldest daughters, went to take tea with a friend, at one of the hotels. Her motherly heart could not refrain from telling her friend of Arabella’s good luck. All at once, in the Tery midst of her story, Arabella fainted away. When the usual restoratives were applied, she recovered; but she only said, when pressed for an explanation: “Oh! take me away—take me away!” But Victoria drew her mother aside: “I know what’s the matter,” she said. “Only to think of it! The Hugman Count is the head waiter of this hotel. I recognized him at once, and so did Arabella.” The four other dutiful daughters were awaiting on the piazza tho return of their mother and the sisters. When they saw JIrs Simpson returning with a horrified coun tenance, they cried with one accord, “ Oh, ma! what is the matter?” “That wicked, wicscd girl!" 4MPHIWI “ Ma, dear ma, what is it?” “Go pack’your trunks at onfe; we are going home; and-1 shalL. never bring you anywhere again, .till yon-.Jtave got some smse.” st “Oh, ma! what is it? Youcan’l leave the Hungarian Count What will Arabella do? Where to her beau?” asked one of thevounger girls. “Her besu, the count!' Mrs. Simpson wsped “The count wasn’t a count, at all.” Her voice rose to a scream. “He was the head-waiter.” “Ohj” was the answer. “So Arabella has had a flirtation with the head-waiter.” Arabella hung down her head and wept. Victoria, Jlatilda, and the three other Jliss Simpson* groaned aloud. ^.Mra^£3mpson waved her right hand to the “Ungrateful children! wc start for home at once. Thus ends yonr summer trip.” *“• Simpson, JIrs. Simpson, and the six Misses Simpson, with seven large trunks, and two little ones, left the Branch oil the next train. They all wore thick veils, except Mr. Simpson. I believe the girls are searching diligently after sense. Unhappy Arabella. Civil Service Reform* Editors Constitution: The political key-note of the present day to Civil Service Reform. Patriotism clamors for it,*yet her voice is smothered by a venal horde of partisan, time serving blood-suckers, fattening upon the vsry vitals of this once great and justly re nowned nation, and rolls on without a remedy. Perhaps no truth to better estab lished than that “history repeats itself." During the reign of King James in 1617, Sir Francis Bacon, acknowledged intellectually one of England’s wisest and greatest men, was elevated to the high and responsible office of Lord Chancellor and keeper of tho great seal. After an Interval of nbont six years fa 1G31, Parliament assembled. Among the first business a “civil service reform” was in augurated. The House of Commons pro ceeded to discuss the public grievances, which fa a few weeks resulted fa the appointment of a committee to inquire into the state of the courts of justice. Soon after the chair man of the committee reported that great abuses had been discovered. The person charged was no.less than thc.LordjChancellor, and the specific charges was having, fa two instances, received presents. Bacon was a groat favorite with the King, who cx- person as the Lord Chancellor should be suspected of misconduct. lie dis avowed hto wish to screen the guilty- but hto conduct clearly evinced a disposition to “whitewash" the Lord Chancellor instead of faying him upon the usual form of im peachment, the king proposed an appoint ment of a commission of eighteen members, selected from the two Houses, to investigate the matter. The commons, however, were made of sterner stuff than wc unfortunately have for a Congress, and proceeded with the case in the regular course. Bacon was so overwhelmed with grief nnd remorse that he actually took hto bed. The King, hoping to stay the tide against hto favorite, adjourned Parliament for tfiree weeks, But the com mittee continued to do its duty until the charges of taking presents ran up to twenty-three. Bacon’s friends de fended him upon the plea that it was not incompatible with hto high trust to receive presents, and in itself harm less, that he did not take them as hribes. The Parliament thought otherwise, and called it by its Christian name, bribery. Over whelmed with proof. Bacon confessed to the charge of having received presents, and was impeached, sentenced to pay a heavy fine, to be imprisoned fa the Tower during the King’s pleasure. He was declared incapable of holding office, and banished for life from the courts, and Christendom, with few excep tions, approve the sentence to this day. There are exceptions, however, “ a fellow feclin makes us wonderous kind.” When, when, shall we of the United States have such a social revolution to bring about a “civil service reform? will it ever be that wc shall have our civil offices purged of gift and present takers? Had we a Congress made of the materia) of the third Parliament of King James, what a cleaning out would there he of the Augean stables at Washington, yclept the “ White House,” with its relations and dependants! Wbat has been may be again The good work has begun in Georgia, and augnrs well of the future. Let us hope ou that the peo ple, chafing under the abuses of assumed power, may soon rise in their might and bring to condigu punishment the assassins of civil liberty. Then let the fate of England’s great philosopher and jurist be a warning to all “gift and present” takers. Hampden, Jr. Georgia news Item*. Columbus hss a brass band, and R. A. Ware, Jr., is President—Columhus Enquirer. Mrs. Oates drew crowded house fa Albany. The Bat Masque fa Albany was a grand suc cess.—Nines. There to some talk of a wool factory in Rockmard. Among other things needed to Church.—Boekmard Exporter. Rome wants a market house. The Rome Amateurs are to delight the citizens of that place with “Slasherand Crasher.”—Commer cial. John Dorsey, Dr. Jl. F. Stephenson and Colonel P. It Simmons nre to represent Hall county in the State Convention at Savannah. Gainesville Eagle. Captain 8. T. Fcagln, Merrell Calloway, and A. A. Adams will represent Sumter county in the State Agricultural Convention fa Savanneh.—Tri- Weekly Republican. LaGrange to tickled at a boar fight One hundred and twenty names are enrolled on the books of the Southern Female College. LaGrange to to have a brass baud.—Reporter. The farmers fa this section have already commenced throwing up beds preparatory to S lanting com and cotton; and mucli activity i manifested all over the country hcrenbonts. Albany has a turkey thief.—Central City. Senoia has a yellow rabbit Wesley Ed monson, qolored, an employee at the steam saw mill of Messrs. Cowan & Moon, in Fay ette county, had bis arm severed from hto body by the saw while bearing off lumber. Senoia Journal. A desperate negro man, who resides four utiles from Newnan, attacked a young man named John Pates. Before the difficulty was ended, Louis Beavers, tbe colored man, was shot fa the abdomen, from the effects of which he died.—Ketenan Herald. Books of subscription have been opened to obtain private subscriptions to the capital stock of the Atlanta and Lookout Mountain Railroad. It to proposed tn build the road from Ringgold to Lookout Jlounltin, a dis tance of twenty miles.—Chattanooga Adver tiser. Mrs. Flora George, of Griffin, was married cn the 8th instant, to JRcv. C. Dow, Rectorof SL George Church, to that place. The Ama teur Dramatic Club, of Griffin, are amusing the citizens of that place. The Republicans of Spalding connty, fa meeting, repudiate the action of a portion of the State Central Com mittee of the Republicans lately assembled fa Atlanta, and expressed their confidence fa the re-nomination of Grant, and a determina tion to support him.— Griffin Star. Covington was enlivened by sleigh riding one day last week. The debate on “Fash- ion” was so well handled by the Chib fa Cov ington a few days since that the President was unable to decide the question. On last Friday two boys in Newton connty kWled 78 rabbits. John V. Woodson, Esq., had two of his fingers mashed and mangled by a pair of heavy loaded trucks at the Covington depot, a day or two since. Wheat fa this section is reported to be fa a very flourishing condition. Enterprise. Mr. T. R Jones has been associated with the editorial department of th' North Geor gia Citizen. The amount of wheat sown last fall fa Murray county was very large, con siderably fa excess of that sown the year previous, and the prospect at present is very fine for an abundant yield. Dalton had a five inch snow last Saturday. W. K. Jloore, R W. Jones, and L. N. Trammell will repre sent the North Georgia Agricultural and Mechanical Association at Savannah on the 23d instant. Colonel Ben Green, President of the Dalton and Morgantown Railroad Company, gives encouraging tidings to the friends of this enterprise.—Wort* Georgia Citizen. Atlanta Constitution.—We take great pleasure fa calling attention to theannounce- ment of this sterling Journal for 1872. Tn* Constitution is conducted with much abili ty and industry, the editor. Colonel Avery, being a forcible and graceful writer, and his assistant editors men of energy and good judgment We heartily commend the jour nal to those who wish to take a good paper from the seat of government of the State. Savannah Republican. Tho Georgia National Bank. The Georgia National Bank was commis sioned by the "United States Government fa the autumn of 1865, to do business, with Jolm Rice, President; E. L. Jones, Cashier; E. E. Rawson, W. W. Clayton, S. A. Durand, and John Collier, Directors. The capital stock was (100,00) paid in,- and entirely fa United States five-twenty bonds, which are deposited fa the United States Treasury,at Washington, in accordance with provision of National Bank law. The circulation was from the beginning, and to now (90,003, secured by (100,090 United States bonds deposited fa Washing ton. ■ i j _ -rum The stock of tho organization waa owned os follows: John Rice, 760 shares of (100 each; E. L. Jones, 200 shares of (100 each; W. W. Clayton, 10 shares of $100 each; E. E. ltawson, 10 shares of $100 each; John Collier, 10 shares of $100 each; 8. A. Du rand, 10 shares of $100 each. The stock did not change ownership ma terially from the above, til! in autumn of 1870, when Mr. Rice, then owning805 shares, sold 800 shares to H. L Kimball. IL 1. Kimball had previously made a loan of Byron Kilbourn, then temporarily resid ing in Florida for hto health, for which, upon the death of Mr. Kilbourn, soon after he transferred directly to the widow and execu tor, fa their own names, as collateral, 740 shares. The stock at the present time is owned as follows -. S. A. Laphun, executor,600 shares; Mrs. Byron Kilbour, 240; E. L. Jones, 140; John Harris, 10; L. Scofield, 10; H. T. Phil lips, 10; Daniel Pitman, 10. D. A. Cook, 10; D. A. Walker, 10; A. S. Whiton, 20: W. W. Clayton, 10; Jno. Rice, 5; J. Caldwell, 5. The losses through the Bullock-Kimball en tanglement, such as tho law may determine, will fall upon the bank, and the irreparable damage of Us abrupt closure, as will be seen, will fall largely upon depositors, orphans and a widow, which to greatly to be regret ted. ( It to alike incumbent upon the State offi cers and upon the officers of the bank to con tend for their respective rights, fa doing which it would seem no motive could be im puted to the latter except to protect the stock holders and tbe creditors of the bank, Inclu ding depositors. The business of the bank has been largely diminished daring the past six or eight months by tbe connection or Bullock and Kimball with it. Its deposits used to run up to $300,000, They had fallen off to between twenty and thirty thousand. The matter is a great hardship to many innocent persons. But of course the State's interest must he protected. The officers of the bank should do everything to protect de positors and stockholders. It to possible the Legislature may slip in to tbe relief of the depositors. Undoubtedly application will be made to that body for this purpose, and it should be uniformly considered. Henry Glenra Sc Co., and tho Georgia Bond*. We, like others, have received our share of Northern papers, containing marked articles abusing Georgia about her action fa the bond matter. Of course it has-been well understood tliat Clews * Co., have been Ht the bottom of these slanders. They have tried to use the press fa their interest. The Savannah News has positive proof of the fact. It quotes the fol lowing paragraph from a private letter: “You speak of the assaults on Urn credit of Georgia fa the financial columns of certain New York journals. Do you not know that Mellin, of the World, Jackson, of the Express, and the commercial man of the Evening Post, all have their desks fa the office of Henry Clews & Co., and that they all blow the same horn. If you don’t know it, I do." Of course, also, the knowledge of this fact will destroy the whole effect of such articles. Wc have a private letter, also, from New York from a party well posted, from which we learn that the movement of the Frankfort bond-holders appealing to the' government at Washington for protection fa tbe mailer of the Georgia bonds, is instigated by Clews & Co., and its object to to get the military over Georgia again. The writer says: “Through the influence of the German bond-holders, Mr. Clews intends to carry out hto threats on Georgia. No man has ever yet accomplished tho feat of riding two horses comfortably at one time. - Hto letters to the people of Georgia, and hto “rousement” of the German bond-holders, (he sold those bonds,) don’t trot well together.” The writer adds: “The President and Cabi net, while war to Imminent with Eugland anil Spain, will hardly make war on Georgia for the German bond-holders and Mr. Clews benefit.” ROWING AGAINST THE TIDE It If ea*y tn glide with tt* ripples ' * Aduwn the stream of Time, To flow with the coarse of the riser. Acalestlte carrente to ride; And wc mast have strength from Heaven When rowing against the tide. We may float on the rlvcr’a surface. While oar oara scarce touch the stream. And visions of early glory Onr daztllnK sight may gleam; We forget that on before ne Tho darhlLg torrent* roar; Bnt a few—ah, wonld there were many t Row up the ••stream of Life;” They straggle against its surges And mind neither toll nor strife. Though weary and faint with labor, Sinslmr triumphant they ridr: ForChrStU thchero’«<?pl*?n ^ nst Uu ttdr. Far on throng* tn* hazy Like a mist on • distent shore. They see the rml!« of a city. With iU tanners floitlng o'er. Seen through the glass so darkly They almost mistake their way, B it faith throws light on their labor When darkness shuts ont the day. When we hare a crown to gala T Or shall wc glide on with the river. With death at the cml of oar i ide. While oar brother, with Heaven before him. It rowing against the tide! Stripping the States.—It to again curiously proposed to stretch the power of Congress to regulate commerce between the States, so as to cover tho incorporation by Congress of railroad companies which lie in more States than one. The constitutional question to now before tbe Judiciary Com mittee of the House of Representatives. In this connection the New York Evening Post, a leading Republican journal, says that if Congress should usurp this power, it will only prove that there to nothing whatever left to theinrisdictlon of the States, except as the general government chooses to refrain from seizing it. Theatrical ul snow New* Items. The Florences are doing a dull business fa Baltimore. The genuine Wyndham Comedy Company is in Detroit. ‘ , Logrena, with his cats, canaries, and gifts, to m Cincinnati. Aimee’s opera bouflb troupe are coming South next mouth. Mag)pe Mitchell (Mrs. Paddock) is playing to fine houses fa Pennsylvania. Panline JIarkham has given np the “star” business, and to at Wood’s Museum. The Harry Watkins troupe will disband next week, and return to New York. Ada Harland, one of the original Tbnmp- •cn troupe blondes, is now doing “ Bertha" with a gift show. The Worrell Sisters have fallen to Variety Hall life. Sophie and Irene travel together now, but Jennie goes on her own hook. General Sem Items. Fourteen lecturers are making a living by teUihg about the Chicago fire. In the Eight Watch factories, three hun bred of the five hundred employees are girls. In Cincinnati about 9,000 persons, or one fa every 24 of the population, cannot read or write. The eleven Territories exceed' by nearly 200,000 square miles, the aggregate area o' I all tbe admitted States of the Union. During the month of January $23,000,000 worth of dry goods were imported into New York. Being tho largest importation on record. The world uses 250,000,000 pounds of tea each year, and 718,000,000 pounds of coffee. China furnishes nearly all the tea, and Brazil over one-half of the coffee. The Latest in Boots—Little Toes to be Wkittled.—Fashions are funny. The new styles fa boots create a sensation The delicately shaped boot laced on the inside, requires a slender foot and arched instep.' Such feet are not common. It to said that a celebrated artist in hair intends to import a Peruvian surgeon, who has made loads of gold by shaving off the little toes of ladles. These little things have been discovered to be absurd superfluities of nature, a fact the fashionables of Peru found ou*. long ago— whence proceeds their narrow, elegant feet A little toe to regarded as nothing, when compared with appearances, and modern science makes the operation of removing them rather pleasant than otherwise. Small heels are beginning to be obsolete; soles are broader with scarcely perceptible heels, in tlafa black—all fancy stitching being deemed n bad taste. So they go. Coal scuttle bon nets, broad, soiid, high-heeled shoes. What next? Economic Uses of partridges.—At meeting of horticulturists in Illinois stron ground was taken against the destruction of rartridges. To show how useful this bird is t waa stated that a flock was seen running along the rows of corn lost sprouting, and —'— the birds engaged fa something which was believed to be polling np the young plants, one of them was killed and its “crop” examined, which was found to contain one cutworm, twenty-one striped bugs, and over one hundred chinch bugs. Another member related that he had adopted measures to pro tect the bird, and that they bad become so nnmerous and so tame that hundreds of them after snow falto, could be seen in hi* barn yard with.tbe fowls where they were fed. As a result of their presence upon hto premises hto wheat crops were unusnally abundant, while fa many other places not far off toe chinch bug and other insects had destroyed half the crop. Religious Now* Item*. Archbishop McCloskry states that twenty thousand JIusselmen were converted by the Catholic Church, last year. New Jersey is the banner Stale for Presby terianism. It has 236 churche-t and 37,828 communicants, or one to every twenty-four inhabitants. One of tbe most distinguished Unitarian clergymen of New Yorkuabout to abandon that ecclesiastical connection and take refuse in the Episcopal Church. Tho Philadelphia Presbytery, at its last meeting, voted to enjoin and fa flagrant cases to report churches of two hundred or more which pay less than $1,' 00 salary. The Transcript, of Delaware, says that Bishop Becker, of that State, to regarded as one of the ablest and most learned prelates of the Catholic Church in this country. There to much excitement in France over the decree convoking the General Synod of the National Reform Church. The govern ment refuses the convening of the Synod. Bishop Littlejohn of Long Island, stated to an Episcopal Convention a few days ago that one church of his diocese paid more money for music last year than all the churches combined for missions. Rev. Jlr. Cuyler, an able and popnlar pas tor of a prosperous Presbyterian Church fa Brooklyn, has been arraigned before an ecclesiastical court for the offense of permit ting a Quaker female preacher to occupy his pulpit. The smallest salary yet reported is that of the Rev. R M. 8. Porter, of Whitehall, N. Y.. who receives no other salary than the donation, and such other contributions as the people are pleased to make him, the net receipts of last year’s donation being forty- six dollars. The other Sunday Mr. Spurgeon, in the course of bis sermon, “camo down” on the fashionable congregations who take no part in tho praise of God, but leave it all to lie done by a few voices or by paid choirs. “It is wrelchcd, it to horrible," said Jlr. Spur geon, “to sit fa a church where such a custom to observed." A “new religionists?’ sect have sprung np in England. In their church is a space left for dancing, which, it appears, is one of the ceremonies. The brothers and sisters, upon meeting, kiss each oilier. They then sing a hymn. Then somebody makes a long prayer. Then either a sister or brother preaches from tbe Book of Revelations. Then some boy or girl has convulsions. Then the meeting breaks np with wbat appears to be a general “break doWD," with much kicking and leap ing, furious gesticulations at d manaiacal ex ercises. ' Kellgtoua Item a. Speak plainly; net decisively; out of doubt, out of controversy. Kindness to the music of good will to men; and on the harp the smallest fingers may plav Heaven's sweetest tunes on earth. When you see a man with a good deal of religion displayed in hto shop window, yon may dencud upon it he keeps a very small stock of it within. Benevolence to always a virtu.hh principle. Its operation always secures to others their natural rights, nnd it liberally supemdds more than they are accustomed to claim. Every mm deems that he lias precisely the trials and temptations which are the battiest of ail for him to bear; but they arc ao bo- because they are the veiy ones be needs. God loves to hear us pray with earnest simplicity. Better in God's sight are the broken and hoartfelt utterances of child than those who think themselves wonderful in prayer. God loves to have us pray with earnest simplicity. Better fa God’s sight arc the broken and heartfelt utterances of a child than those who think themselves wonderful fa prayer. With the prayer,“Lead me not into tempt ation,” on yonr lip, choose for the right and God, though the choice make you confront a solid rock. God shall render the rotk acces sible, and cover it with brighter greenness, and make U more radiant with flowers. Bad thoughts are worse enemies than lion* nnd tigers, for wc can keep out of the way of wild beasts, but bad thoughts win their way everywhere. The cup that to full will hold no more; keep your hearts full of good thoughts, that no bad thoughts may enter. He who cannot find time to consult tho Bible will one day find that he has time to be sick; he who bos no time to pray must find time to die: he who can find no time to reflect is most likely to find time tn sin; he who cannot find time for repentance will find an eternity, fa which repentance will be of no avail; he who cannot find time to work for oilier days may find nn eternity in which to suffer himself. Tbe.True Wife. The following touching, simple, sorrowful memorial of hrs wife, waa written by one of tiie great statesmen of England, Sir James Mackintosh, fa a private fitter to a friend: “She was a woman,” he writes, “who, by tender management of my weakness, gradu ally corrected the most pernicious of them. She became prudent from affection, and, though of the moat generous nature, she waa taught frugality and economy by her lore for me. During the most critical period of nty life, she preserved order fa my affairs, from the care of which Hie relieved me. She gently reclaimed me from dissipation - she propped my weak nnd irresolute nature; she urged my indolence to ail the exertions that have been useful andcredilable to me; and she waa perpetually at band, to admon ish my heedlcsauess and improvidence. To her I owe whatever I am; to her what ever I shall be. In her solicitude for my in terest, she never for a moment forgot my character. Her feelings were warm nnd im- petuo is, but she was placable, render and constant Such waa sue whom I have lost. And I have lost her, when a knowledge of her worth had refined my youthful love into friendship; before age had deprived it of much of its original ardor, I seek relief, and find it, in the conaolatoty opinion, that a benevolent wisdom inflicts the chastisement, as well as bestows the enjoyment of human life; that this dreary and wretched life it not the whole of man; that a being capable of such a proficiency in science and virtue, is not like the beasts that perish: that there is a dwelling place prepared for tbe spirit* of •lie iust; and that tbe ways of God will yet bo vindicated to man.” Nonth Carolina News Items. Greenville enjoyed sleigh riding last week. There arc five hnndred Baptist churches fa South Carolina. Work on the Columbia Canal is being pushed forward rapidly. The young people of Charleston are in dulging fa roller skating. T. A. Hayden has assumed editorial con trol of the Greenville Mountaineer. The Republicans arc to hold a State Con vention fa Columbia on the 19th' instant. Joel Foster, Stabs Senator from Spartan burg, has moved witli hia family to Texas. Elliott, the black Congressman, to appointed Major General commanding the State militia. Thomas R Jeter has been appointed su- icrtatcndent ol the Spartanburg and Union Col. Samuel Donnald, Agent of the Green ville and Columbia Railroad, at Donnald’a Station, is dead. A petition to the South Carolina Legisla ture. to consolidate its debt, to being signed by financial men fa New York. There to a story told of a Virginia legislator, who last winter approached a Pennsylvania railroad man and asked him flatly whether his company intended to spend any more money fa Richmond. “ No, air, no; emphatically no," was ^the excited reply. “Why not?” “I’ll tell yon why, sir. The members of the Pennsylvania Legislature are gentlemen, sir; perfect gentlemen. You don’t have to bribe bnt once; bnt (bringing hto flat fa virlnoos indignation down upon the table) these d—d scoundrels fa Virginia have no more conscience than a hog, and yon never know when yon are done buying them."