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ATLANTA, TUESDAY, MABCH 4.
Ycalertiy we were gratified loteaeet K V.
Clarke, Esq* of The Atlanta OoaranTunoir,
wbo to on a visit to Florida for recreation.
Mr. Clarke is stopping at the fit. Junes Ho
ld, -where he will mike hie headquarter*
While sojourning fa the Bute. We with him
aplc**onl visit to the “Lend of Flowers."
Tax Cosirttctiow to one of the wealthiest
end moat ably conducted journals in the
South, liberal and progressive, and wielding
a great influence.—Tri-Wediy Bepullican,
Florida.
these (Mjjnm tarns true committed
■a two years ago, and that, therefore,
OoagMH had so power to inflict puntohment.
was tatognphsd far and wide that this pica
pmnlUsd the sccssed to escape, when, in
fact, it was made to answer the waatofa
more available one. Asa—mot stiff
errata* a majority of the members had de- ,
creed that thqr should escape.
The power to ex pell a an absolute one.
Then to no limit. IT suddenly discorercd
acts of a member manifest his true character,
hto want of Integrity, bis corruption and
faithlessness as alrgHaPw, it is bub morally
legally right that be should Ik tr
without regard to time. John Quincy
Adams in his report on the impeachment of
George Smith takes this view ot the
Under the new dispensation a Congress
man's high crimes oat-tow in two years; a
short spell of good hiding makes him safe.
Letthc ideas of November decide. The in
vestigation to now transferred from the
guilty participants to the people themselves.
We can safely trust the court of tost resort
We toy before our readers to day, the re
port of the Committee on Commerce, of the
United States House of Bepresaatatives,
upon the Atlantic and Great Western Canal
bill. This report was adopted unanimously
by the committee and to now spread upon
the Journals of Congress. It is very full sod
strong in its commendation of thb great
national work, and we hope it will be care
fully read. It contains many interesting
facta. The committee justly states that for
yean past the South has been entirely neglec
ted by the U. 8. Government. Its harbors
have been permitted to fill up, Its riven to
become "waste-waten”—and its industrial
pursuits to languish. That portion of
relative to the product of cotton merits
special attention. Indeed the whole report
Is worthy of the most careful consideration.
It presents points of the deepest interest, not
only to this Stale and section but to the
whole country.
It to not probable that any further action
will be taken upon the matter during the
present semkm. The Senate has, however,
appointed ■ special committee to examine
and report upon the measure, and it is not
improbable that this committee will be author
ized to set daring the receas. In thii
we would suggest that Atlanta would be pos
sibly the best point for the committee to
hold Us session and In behalf of our citizens,
we extend to them a cordial Invitation
meet here.
The Petersburg mine of the war daya was
nothing to it And it has exploded. The
report was hardly is loud and rip-rmrions
we expected. But it has made quito a hulla
balloo. The thing to rattling around the Ex
ecutive's sconce right lively.
We mean the tornado that the office settle,
men t matter has been brewing, and lamed
loose at the proper time.
It was inevitable. It had to come; Three
or four thousand powder magazine* have lest
inbred combustibility than tho dements
Work on Hilt Smith on the office matter.
And it has come. And it will past The
thunder of the explosion Is roaring. The
debris of the bunt are hurtling In the air.
But the thing win serene down.
There were too few offices to fill, and too
many applicants to fill them, far the filling
to pass over serenely. A mas* wit certain.
Now, in ail seriousness, the matter resolves
itself simply Into thb: The selection of in
cumbents must stand or fall by the tested
merit of tho appointments. Time will (how
this up. Let us wait, therefore.
The only other question is this: Did Gov
ernor Smith too any bod faith f If so, he
deserve* censure. But let us have specifica
tions. Let the deceived coma to the front
with tho.facts. If not, let any general, and
vague insinuations stop. Como gentlemen
of the disappointed brigade, and make your
showing of betrayed faith over your own
names, and let us have something tangible.
This to not the day to damn an honest
man’s namo on the random gossip of a ma
lignant spite, or tho spurious frothings of tn
irresponsible and an uncaged disappoint
ment
Give us the indictment and back It with
witnesses, or quash the bill and kick tho case
out of court
Public opinion will stand sponsor to no
groundless scandal. No man shall suffer
without causo in this day and State, and
with causo no man to safe.
Como up to the rack with your charges
against Governor Smith, or quit your fooitoh-
The receipts this week are 104,000 bai
1,000 more than tost year, and 23,000
ran two years since.
It to likely the rer> tots for next week will
be about 73,000 baler, compared with 50,000
tost year, and 13<AM the year before; and
the receipts at the interior towns 16.000 bales,
with 13,000 last year and 22,000 the
year before.
The weather this week has been colder
than any one in the past four week*, and we
may have abont the ume kind for two weeks
to come, with likely some snow. In No 22
we stated what the weather wu likely to be,
during the month of February, and it has
proved correct
baa average-*, this week,
40 degrees at noon; four days clear -nd pleas
ant, two daya cloudy and light rail-, and one
day de® and cold, n light sleet one night, ice
an inch thick and the ground lightly frozen
two days.
The market in New York has been dull all
the week; sales GjOOO bales, with a decline of
an % of a cent; the same causes affecting
the market that prevailed tost week, and
which we gave in No. 25.
The Liverpool market to the same as it
been for four weeks, and governed by the
same causes. The market opened on Honday
with a little better feeling, but the receipts
of 20,741 bales at New Orleans that
day ciine upon it like a “wet blanket” and
knocked all the life out of that and the New
York market too. Many persons expected the
receipts for the week to be 123,000, the New
York estimate was 115,000, our estimate was
exactly correct at all the porta except New
Orleans, at that port wc expected 46,000 and
they came56,000. There are now 5,31000 bales
of American cotton afloat for Liverpool of
which 00,000 will be due this week: The
river at New Orleans to now seven feet below
high water mark of 18?l,compared with ten,
eleven and twelve, for three weeks back,
many persona believe, that the three feet rise
In the river and the large receipts on Honday
were caused by the Mardl Gras, we think one
to aa likely, a* the other, and
r. We are very well pleased with the
m of the receipts for this week, as ail the
porta show signs of exhaustion except New
(Means and that port will fall off 20j000bale*
either next week or the next. All the porta
except New Orleans have in tho past two
weeks fell offin receipts 25,000 bales compar
ed with 9,000 hut yean 13,000 tho year be
fore and 3j000 the year before as
time, we think this to a g
showing for small receipt* very soon.
Here follows our regular monthly state
ment, giving in thousands of bales.
The stocks of cotton in Liverpool and
afloat far that port for five yean are as fol
lows:
187] 1875 1673
WASHINGTON.
’ Tfce CraiitatiM’s Other Cer-
respoadent
JL i C
The Hullaballoo Over
WASHINGTON
i
Credit Mobilier lieport—
Rottenness Bampant—
Other Hatters. r ' j
Bpedal TelczrapAlc Correspondence ® tko Courier-
Washington. D. CL Feb. 25 Aa enor
mous crowd flocked to the Capitol to-day to
hear the discussion of the Credit Hobiiier
report. Long before the regular hour of
badness, the galleries were full to overflow,
many persons standing outside the doors,
and many more going away in despair of
gaining admission.
The reporter’s galley was invaded by some
hocus-poems with a crowd of ladies, bum
mers sod shysters, who affect to be newspa
per men, claim agents, restaurant keepers,
sad Washington trade people, who have the
men retame of the city ring. Thanks to Hr.
Cox and the usual laxity of admission, the
floor of tho House was also converted into a
sort of circus crowd. Congressmen, Credit
Hobiiier and otherwise, todies, claim agents,
children and a varied heterogeneous mob,
mtfcimr m & motley kcm meet appropriate
to the dramatic washing of dirty linen by a
Republican Congress. AH around was a sea
of human beads. The Credit Hobiiier gen-
try were each and all in their usual places,
Oakes Ames. Bingham, Garfield, Brooks,
Dawes and Scofield, and were of comae
the observed of all observers. Oakes Ames,
more modest than the rest, shaded his face
with bis hand most of the time.
As a judicial trial, the proceeding to the
merest farce. The two bouses are rotton to
the core. The large Republican vote against
the impeachment of Colfax, after the dearest
proof of hto peijnry and corruption, proved
this fact; and tho report of the Judiciary
Committee on yesterday, in which ”
Voorbccs and Kldridge banded themselves
with Butler to get Colfax off on grounds
which would acquit the whole party of Cred
it Hobiiier Congressmen, showed powerful
influences at work to screen the guilty men.
The speaker has for weeks been actively at
work exerting bis powerful lnfioence to
breakdown the whole proceedings.
Ben Bntier is generally believed to be work
ing for Ames, not without a promise of lib
eral reward; and besides this, as the testimo
ny proves that for a'.fee of six thousand dol
lars he advised and planned the machinery
of the Credit H bDicr Company, being all
the while a member of Congress, it to to bis
direct Merest to quash this indictment. Hr.
Voorbccs has been actively at work to save
Hr. Brooks, for reaaens to himself best
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44 410
SM MM 1.066
The King of Jeks.
Tho miserable partioan sham has reached
the anticipated farcical denouement. When
Oakes Ames declared that if they took hto
scalp, there would be many bold-headed
men in Washington, he know hto audience.
That dreadful memorandum book of his
to still the air-drawn dagger before their
Macbeth ton eyes; and he knew that the men
who are knee-deep In the various land-grant
and subtidy schemes dare not expel him.
And so the national degradation was capped
at tost.
The pasonal disposition ot the rotten
leaden of Radicalism to of leu Importance
than the effects ot this horrid job of white
washing on public sentiment. After it wu
dearly proven that these men were guilty
of outrageous, unmitigated corruption—that
they were bribers or among the bribed—that,
in consideration of their position and pro
spective services, they received ten or more
shares at a price that the two first
dividends mare than balanced—that
they paid no money for tho
stock, as a rule, relying upon-the sudden and
enormous dividends which they well knew
were stolen from the people they had sworn
to servo—that, in the heat of a Presidential
canvass, they unscrupulously lied about their
connection with the villalnoas corporation—
that their subsequent tergivserations and
foolish! thovingvback of the stock on the
great briber from Xastachnsetta were only
attempted retreats in the hour of danger-
after all these facts were made manifest, plain
and undeniable, what win be the effect of the
distressing result on the public mind? Will
the constitucnces agree with their represen
tative! that honor and honesty are no longer
essential in the public service?
The action of Ooogrees to bad enough, ire
admit. It was thought that the Poland Com
mittee found the depths of partisan
ness when they left untouched by reported
resolution men who, according to the com
mon testimony, were sa guilty as Brooks ex
cept in degree. The latter took one hundred
and fifty shares, while Dawes, Garfield, Scho
field and Kelley only got ten shares, but Bing
ham went for twenty abates, and Patterson
took in thirty shares. Brooks demanded a
larger price, and be did not indulge in any
fimuey subsequent “settlements" with the
When the report came np for considera
tion a little lower depth of infamy area un
earthed. Ames was right; the principals
were simply censured; and the rest of the
scoundrels, who had permitted the nation to
be swindled out of thirty millions of doff;
through a machine in which they were pro
log partners, went forth as moat honorable
men. This Is bed, Tory bad; but we should
not despair of the Republic until the people
have an opportunity to speak. If these men
are returned, as Garfield brags that he will be,
then, indeed, we miy cease to hope. Bat the
very effrontery of Congress and the insight
Of.Congrtaskmal villiany that has been gained
will, we are confident, lead to resells that will
cleanse the Augean subles ot Washington.
General Gordon very ahrcwdly and (rightly
said that the surest way to reach Yankee
minds is to tooth their pockets. The Credit
Hobiiier his touched their pockets beauti
fully, and they know it, now.
Before we dismiss the unpleasant subject
let us look at General Bulisps expert excuse
for letting the convicted go. Never did hto
cunning in the defense of criminals find a
richer opportunity. Hto plea briefly waa that
American cotton in sight and afloat for
Liverpool for same time to aa follows:
If® 1870 • 1671 187* 811*
?'«ks no 25 an wt m
a Sow _i» im au its sis
*7* 414 in lia lit
American cotton in tight for same time:
18® 1870 1871 187* 1813
Stock fal'rp’ta... 87 lot m M
Stocks U a pi*... 4® 8® 6® SR
Stocks Liverpool. MS I® 8® Ml
A'ft for Liverpool ISO 286 SM 173
Exp'ts tkis week. IS R 99 •
8*1 1,1*1 tjm lTTl 1,185
It will be seen at a glance that there to bat
a small quantity more comparatively than
there was one and three yean ago, when tho
SPP* were only sbont three millions o£ bales.
There figures of American supply, have now
reached their maximum, and In our next
monthly report will have materially decreased
for all the years. Our own spinners have
taken 60 per cent more for tho past month
than any former year. We giro the figures
for the past month and for six months five
years.
18®. 1870. 1871. 1ST*. 1871
One month.. S6 67 83 78 179
8ta months 4® 838 475 486 616
Receipts at and shipments from Bombay
for four years for January and February:
187a 1871. 187*. 1873.
Baodptf...^ 3io 153 au
Exports to Grrmt Britain.. K Ml IM
U
Imports into Liverpool from America and
an other countries for four years for two
im tan. tst*. isto.
..*R 6*8 815 414
EW 677 M3
From above figures it will be teen that the
American to large, but the total to much less.
Taken by the trade and actually exported
from Liverpool for four yean for two months
of thbcaiandar year:
fU 1871. 1872. 1873.
“* 44* Ml 431
The great falling ofi in tho trade this year
compared with last year to more apparent
than real, aa last year Manchester spinners
increased their stocks 80,000 bales, and this
year have decreased them 20,000 for same
time; The decrease in exports to accounted
for by shipments direct bom place of growth.
The receipts at the interior town* for four
yean, for one month and six months are aa
follows:
ISO! 1871 1873 isa
February « IIS 70
From these figures it will be seen the re
ceipts are only 10 per cent, more than last
year.
The total receipt! at the porta for six
months for four years are as follows:
ISTO 1871 MR*
JIW 817 SIM «tu
The «»«• «* American cotton taken
by the trade from Liverpool, as compared
with the total of all kindTa- two month?,
for pest four years, to as follows:
187* ran isrt
« we staled gold would
reach 15 psreeek, and it add for that figure
this week, and it now look* like It might go
rtfil higher during toe summer. W?haro
the reason* for a very
inHew York,and as the
reasons given have net relaxed their force,
we shall expect a Ugh price to role for some
months at least. The failure of a large spin
ner this week has had a depressing
We
effect on
more will follow. The very high price
or coal and breadstuff* fa England
area scriona drawback to an advsDce in cot
ton goods and relatively affect the price of
As we are now at the end of six months
e will revise oar estimate of receipts and
return to the same figures we gave fa Novem
ber^ for the total crop:
Receipt* last yesr to this date, were 3244,.
000, which was 82 per cent of the receipts
at the parts.
This year the receipts bsve been 2,715,000,
ter toe same time. Taking Ihe per cent, as a
' uds. it makes this crop 3,560,000.
Now we know that the very low rivers
kept back the cotton in December, and there
fore we estimate that there baa been only 80
percent, of this crop received to dale, mak
ing the total crap 3,(50,000 bai®, which is
■nuMi wciuMt; luiaHtiur ail-
mate of receipt* for six month*: March, five
weeks. 306A» bale* April. 170,000: May.
100,000; June, five weeks, 62,00T; July and
AagmtfMM—add fee over bad and Santo-
We hue no doubt
for the week at all the ports except N*
leans, to aspect, that port we cannot rely
upon, if our estimate is comet for the next
week, the market will not go down, and may
possibly advance, but if the rted-ua are
luge at New Orleans we shall expect lower
prices. One thing causes us to thmk the re
ceipts mgy be smaller at that port, if the
sales there have beea 17,000bales in two days
with a rise of Jof a cent in the price.
W Nothing makes a Minnesota husband
so mid as to fill his hints with buckwheat
cakes raw. and then laugh at him when he
pulls them on. Mrs. Smith, of Winona, will
indorse this statement, as soon as the swell
ing in her nose subsides sufficiently to enable
her to read.
MARJDI GRAS.
Mr. Etdridgc’s support of Ibo Shepherd
_jd Cooke ring in this citf has cost him in a
large measure the confidence ol the Demo
crats. Not a few members are believed lobe
so fettered that they dare not give an fad a-
pendent vote on this or any similar question.
Putting everything together, the personal in
fluence of these chairmen of the commute®
and the confluences personal and otherwise
arrayed against an honest jodgment, few
persons have anticipated from cither the
noose or the Senate anything worthy of this
occasion on the questions involved.
THE DEBATE.
The first adroit maneuver’ wu made to
day by Ben Butler’s proposing as a substitute
to refer the testimony in all these cases to
President Grant’s attorney for this district,
and a grand j uiy tofbe packed by his brother-
in-law, the United Slat® Marshal. Even
Judge Poland saw through this maneuver,
and refused to let the amendment be offered.
Judge Poland then spoke for an hour and a
half to a profoundly attentive house. Hto
speech was an unanswerable demonstration
of the guilt of Am® and Brooks, and he had
the grace to forbear any special vindication
of their associates. Tho speech wu deliv
ered with much earnestness, but was on the
whole duller than the large auditory had ex
pected. He showed by precedence that par
liamentary power existed for Congress to
expel for antecedent offenses, and made a
good hit at Butler by speaking of him u the
inventor of the Credit Hobiiier scheme.
When Judge Poland bail concluded hto
hour and a half. Am®’ defense wu read fa
a grand and cicquentatyle by Mr. McPherson
the House Clerk. This defense was
lame, tho only good point being that he coultl
not hare been guilty of bribery without tho
othersbefagabocriminal for acceptance of
the stock. There waa, of course, the ustu
“’“’" “tion of the grand achievement of the
of thoUnion Pacific Railroad, which,
g to the Alley and Oak® Amea gos
pel, to full justification of the rascality prac
ticed in securing the legislation. ,
General Farnsworth followed, with an
hour of feeble whitewash for tho whole party;
and Mr. Herrick, with a pretty effective
speech directed chiefly at Brooks, which gave
much trouble to that gentleman’s friends, and
also to Bingham, toe latter fearing that, if
Brooks be expelled, bo and hto set will meet
a like fate. The hope of many Republicans
to that the Democrats will vote to acquit
Brooks, and ao give them a pretext for vot
ing to whitewash the entire crowd who went
in for a good thing.
. With these speeches, the subject wu re-
milted to the evening session for debate only.
A vote will probably be reached some time
to-morrow. None can confidently predict
the result, but the moat general impression
to that the tinners will allbe called to stand
np in a circle before Speaker Blaine and re
ceive, in mild terms, the censure of tho
House. Even this much to not certain; and
the partisans of the administration are hope
ful tost in the pressure of business the whole
subject will be postponed to the day cf the
last judgment But for the pressure of pub
lic opinion, the whole business would soon
be huddled out of sight
a war BenmiscENcs.
A Go*4 Story About Bab Toombs* ol
Georgia—Bob’o Opinion ol lUint
From the Key York World.]
A gossipy correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial writing from Atlanta, gim the
fafiowing:
The fiery and untamed Toombs has been
here several daya swearing at hto ezemia
and being jolly with hto friends by turns.
He to of a lively and social disposition, and
when surrounded by a dozen gay and festive
companions, his tongue runs like a bell clap
per. Sometinna he talks sense and some-
times nonsense. He can talk either about as
well aa any man in Georgia.
I heard a story about Toombs the other
night which datrnx a place fa history. A
gang of legislators were around a festive
board exchanging ideas and cigar stumps.
Just at the dose ol Ihe war, said one,
rhose time it wu to tell something, “ Toombs
came down into our county to get away from
the Yankees. They had destroyed hto pro-
perty and were after him with sharp sticks.
He stopped at my uncle’a sad pretended to
be a rich South Carolina planter, moving
about for bis health. Ho shaved close, cu ;
hto hair short and wore a broad-brimmed
slouch bat. Nobody tat my uncle knew
who be was. My undo kept a little county
postofflee, and the nefghbora used to come in
read the papers.
One day one ot them sat down by Old Rob
and read the particulars of Toombs’ flight
to Cuba, for it was reported that he had gone
there. Old Bob litened attentively. "I
knew Toombs w® oo sharp to stay here and
let toe Yankees catch him." said the innocent
reader; "he’ll spend bis days in Cuba. He
to gone now, tat I tell you, boy-, ho was one
of the smartest men wc ever had in this
country.” "Yes,” arid To*m>, looking is
innocent as a lamb, "he wu a pretty smart
man; I knew him very welt He wu a little
Peculiar sometimes, tat aa big a hearted fel-
owas ever raised a tan of cotton. I wonder
what the Yankees would do if they should
catch him?"
“They would hang him to the nearest
Umb," put in ooe of the boys. “And I ain’t
sure tat they ought to," put in anotUbr. At
this Toombs launched into an eloquent de-
fence of Toombs, the best I ever heard, and
uid he woo d yet walk on Georgia sou and
toy hit bon® under Georgia soil. The old
fellow wanned up considerably, and my
uncle, seeing ttat the conversation wu taking
a rather personal turn, changed it. Toombs
d with us a month, and wu known
only to one man. He heard himself talked
about more fa that month, probably, than
ever before.
Extract or a Lrmnnux a Patient
wro was Prescruud fob a Yrab ago with
Coxsmtrrias m tiir Second Stack nr Dr.
JoKER-Ou&fai, Ait, February 18, 1873.
Dr J. A Jones: Dear Sir—"1 am proud to
»y 1 have never regretted paying you for
irescribiog for my longs a year ago—I hare
’*»> new man ever race; I have not lost
day from my business since I commenced
your fahafiag trutuem • Yak, 1 wu stake*
of uleoiSmed consumptive AndTyou
will not charge me too much for just the
medicines. I will remit; although I may
need them, 1 would like to have them
tame. A number of persona rrqoert me to
uk you to visit Opelika. If you will, I can
do you much good—tat not u much u you
can do for many who need your skiff.
J. N. Kirkpatrick.
Dr ; Jon® who made the above cure will
continue hto practice at Brown’s Hotel, Ha-
1, until ttte 15th oIMwth.
. Washington, Fcbtuaiy 21.
roLAHD’s retort. ’’
The almost universal topic of conversa
tion fa the hotel lobbies yesterday wu the
Poland Credit .Hobiiier report and what
would be the action of Congress upon it
Every kind of opinions were advanced,
baaed upon as many different motives; in
many the wish waa parent to the thought
There was, however, a general opinion, ex
cept among the friends of the victims, that
the committee had not met public expecta
tion and that each member of it was as much
on trial u either Brooks or Amea. The
action of the committee wu cither shilly-
ahaffy or done intentionally to screen promi
nent Radial members and the Vice Prcsi-
snt
Brooks and Am® are the tubs thrown over
board to the whale, public opinion. If the
former is the esse, too soon® their report is
>ded by fairly and taldly meeting the
the better for them. If done to uve
Mobilier lame ducks, and it looks
very like it, the thing .has faffed; the peo
ple hare seen too much to take kindly to the
'ualneas. Tho Democrats are ao
with the report, that Messrs.
Kiblack and Merrick will hare to explain
the why and wherefore of their consenting
to it, the impression bring general that they
were ofitwitted in the business. Both of
them are most excellent gentlemen and were
entirely unbiased by party considerations.
8o many questions and interests, legal, per-
. - - political, enter into this
it no one can predict
with any degree of certainty whit
result win be; though I
bold that there will be no expulsions,
with Ben Butler on one side and Daniel W.
Voorhea on the other, both of them in favor
of severe measures towards the guilty ones,
pleading for Am® and Brooks, respectively,
on theground of injustice, they bring singled
out u scapegoats, I do not think that a ma
jority much leu the necessary two thirds can
be got to vote far expelling them ns recom
mended in the report.
J. B. ALLEY,
the right however of the Congressional Mo-
phbto Am® tost crenirg mauc quite a de
fence of hto friend at. the Ebbilt House to
quite a. crowd that gathered around him.
He proved to his own satisfaction by reasons
based an toe assumption that men like hors®
and hogs are purchasable and saleable, that
Hr. Am® did nothing dishonorable in
“placing the stock where it would do most
good.” He looks upon the buying of Con-
nen u a purely business transaction the
u the put chasing of alot of iron rails
for railroad purposes. Tho only trouble be
said, wu the folly of those wbo bought stock
rushfag into print with letters denying iL
The consideration of the committee’s resolu
tion, he says, “{a d—d nonsense,” and nothing
will come of it more than a vote of censure.
Alley talked fast and glib, tat hto logic did
not nave a convincing effect upon his hearers,
hto loose code of morals bring rath® too
much when expressed so openly.
COLFAX.
The House Judiciary Committee, in rela
tion to the impeachment of the Vice-Presi
dent, win report, it to thought, that though
hto testimony to not satisfactory, there to
nothing to demand impeachment Messrs.
Butler, Goodrich and Potter are for impeach
ment, while Messrs. Voohccs and Eldridge
are undecided and want more time to exam
ine the evidence; they will give their views
to tho committee to day. Ur. Voorfae® de
sires this duration to go or® until he has
defended Mr. Brooks to morrow.
It to rumored that the Democratic mem
bers will report wticlcs of impeachment
The authority of the Senate of tho next
Congress to try articl® of impeachment pre
sented ta the present House, is unquestioned;
tat u the 43rd Congress will not organize
until next December, tho mansgers cannot
be appointed until that time.
KOBE IUTEACmtEHT.
The House Judiciary Committee are in fa
vor of presenting artiri® of impeachment in
the can of Judge Delahay, of Kansas, on the
grounds of abasing bis office and appearing
on the bench intoxicated, but tho Judge, in
ordrn to uve trouble, will resign,so that will
end his case.
The case of Judge SncnnaD, of Ohio,
broth® of Senator ShctmsD, has not been
acted on, tat if the stories be true that arc
going the rounds with regard to bis connec
lion as a lobbyist, with the New York Stock
Exchange lobby, ho will stand a fair chance
tor impeachment, except, indeed, that hto be
ing a broth® ot the General of the armies of
the United Stai® and of aU. S. Senator, may
be all potent to uve him from disgrace.
HOSE FORCED MORALITY.
There fa now before a Senate committee _
proposition to make the 4th of March—In
auguration day—a legal holiday. So far so
good, as we have not enough holidays and the
day on which we inaugurate the President
will be u good a pretext u any other; tat
mark what follows: The Sunday taw
which closes restaurants, barb® shops, places
ot amusements, eta, to to be added to the biff.
These moral reform®* and Christian states
men are riding their hobby to duth; not
even the fall of their shining tights—Pome
roy, Colfax, Harlan andoth®hypocritical,
slang-whanging frauds, seems to del® them.
This crew came into poirer at too begining of
the war, and ever since they have ruled the
roast. It to to be hoped that the day of high
moral cant to well nigh closing, we hsvo bad
a surfeit of it.
THE EXTRA SESSION OF TUB SENATE.
according to tho President’s proclamation,
commenc® on March 4 th. This will giro
the Senate a chance to art on such business
as requires the action of both houses, while
such questions u the Louisiana mudillo and
those of a tike character, requiring the action,
only of the Senate, will be postponed until
aft® March 4th.
SENATOR IKO ALLS, OF KANSAS,
to to be invatigsted. Hto scat will be the
subject of contest on the ground that he wu
cognizant of the conspiracy to defeat Pome
roy. “Subsidy Pom?* dies hard, tat he
kicks to no purpose;”
A Silver WeMIni,
The Hon. Thomu Hardeman and wife
marked the 25th anniversary of their mar'
itoge on Tuesday night, by entertaining a
huge party of Inends at their residence fa
Yinenlle; ail of whom unanimously agreo
that these memorial celebrations, though new
to this section, lack no element—such a
couple bring taken for granted, of count
necossiy to round into perfect aymelry that
expressive fact u well u phrase In the social
vocabulary; a delightful evening. While fa
our judgment it do® not become the public
“* general thing, to play the roloof
upon such occasions, still there ore
tim®, perhaps, when reference may be made
without violation of the canons rith® of good
Cute or dignity, and surely this isone. Col.
Hardeman hu been identified with the his
tory, tasinen and society of Macon all the
yean of hto busy, honorable, and honored
manhood, and as such he has become almost
public property- Buch an event, then, in hto
life beeomra a matt® of interest not only to
his friends and neighbors here, tat also to that
larg® circle, the public of this section and
State.
We do not propose to play Jenkins and tell
what Mrs. H. and her lady guests wore, nor
describe with a pastry-cook's unction, and
what mann® of rc-
“loaded the hospitable board."
it to uy that the reception and ent«-
tainment given their friends by CoL and
Mr*. H. wu such u have always marked
with a peculiar charm the hospitaliti® of
Southern gentlemen and gentlewomen, and
that each guest bore away the kindliet
of one of tho pleasant®! episodes
in Macon’s social life; The presents were
both numerous and valuable, and (ratified in
the moat convincing and gradons manner to
the warmth and steadfastness of the feelings
that prompted them. Wc only echo the
voice of very many hearts fa invoking for
the happy couple a prosperous and peaceful
future, and that they may live to celebrate
their golden wedding surrounded by u many
’ m friends u offered the graceful
_ of their good wish® and congratu
lations on Taeadaylnight—Jfiwm Telegraph.
An Early Start and a Late Arrival-
High Water* Poor Fences and
Fried Potatoes-Safe Arrival
of Huadreds of His Maj
esty’s Moat Faithful
" Subjects;
y £ <TT. .7 ■ ■
' New Orleans, February 23, t873.
A cop of coffee and an aged biscuit, taken
at the early hour of two o’clock,in the bar
room of the great bam of a hotel tbatslicl-
teza the travel® in Grand Junction, did not
constitute a good basis for an active tooth
pick campaign. We forgot the early hour
and surroundings when the whistle of the
approaching train wu promptly heard.
Grand Junction may be a great and glorious
town. Wc arrived too late and left loo early
for an interview. We hope ^tisall that oar
fancy painta it.
Tns SOUTHERN DEPARTURE.
Grand Junction to four hundred mfl®
from New > rleana, or, uv,one hundred tnd
fifty mil® forth® north than the lofty Con
stitution building on Broad street; and tar
enough wrataly to make oar watch® thirty
minul® loo fast. As you may hare observed,
we are going to Mardi Gras on the squafa.
Having traced two rid® of that figure, wc
begin this morning a third and long® ride.
Every mile now to a mile plumb south, a
mile that counts.
The second coming of daylight litupeur
benignant countenance in the ncighborhi *
of the Mississippi University at Oxft
Ov® the fiat country—for we have pat_
with the bills, and rock, and even with all
surface stone—the sun rose bright and Hear
and very beautiful The rrilroaa runs about
fifty mil® cast of the mighty Father of
Waters; through a a® of land that knows
no bound short of the horizon. Nightcloeod
in u we approached tho Louisiana line] tat
not until the early blossoms, opening Rare*
and the semi-tropical growth of the swamps
spoke of a kindlier climate.
TOO DAMP.
We continually meet some sluggish feed®
of tho great riv®. Each and every one of
them were endravoring to handle more water
than their rapacity could do justice to. The
portion that they could hot accommodate
wu distributed or® the bottoms generally—
sometlm® too deep to please the occupants
of low® floors, wbo were compelled to move
up high® ot off f srth®. The surplus wat®,
as a role, kept below our threads of irjm, and
we were glad. Ia some places the yellow
inland ecu stretched beyond the limits of
vision, und® the great trees freighted with
swaying vin® or wondrous Southern moss.
Hen were carelessly paddling about in rode
boats; and nobody seemed to think there bad
been much of a show®.
FENCE ACT.
No railroad fence I How we make un-
weary steers cap® though, and how we our-
selvcs start, every sense alert, when the shrill
warning of dang® com® back to us, short
and sharp! We passed one ox whose goose
wu cooked by a preceding train; and the
great wonder to that a dozen are not killed
instead of one; that every train to not wreck
ed by stock that rovra at will on the unpro
tected track. Putting the lo® of catllo aside,
can wo afford to let truant swine Imperil our
own meet precious neck.
63 MILE SIDIKO.
is a feeding place on the Jackson route. A
pressing engagement in the diningroom pre
vented us from observing the extent ot its
prosperity. Its dining rooms should prosp®;
for there you may find fried potato® that
are thin, atop and perfect So low cooks
attain to the mat principles of good fried po
tatocs that we are led to believe it a difficult
branch of the culinary art It we could ride
the winged horse, tho landlord should be
handel down to posterity embalmed, yea,
steeped in verse. His fried potato® bring a
perishable commodity,we handed them down
to ourselves, and posterity can cook their
own.
TEE riLOKIUS.
of to-day are manly business men from St
Louis. Tho Louisville detention did not
reach us fin account of a nranng bridge. Our
fellow travelers may mingle business with
the grand boulevard, maskers that had filled the streets since early
of an afternoon, so brilliant- and gay.- The the morning: _
tints of the street fronts are light, cheerful
' SMtaaf
AFTER JJIAKDI GRAS.
a*d pleasing. It to _
' adahs. ^Thcy are ofumattadied to every
flior, and do muds to
jannty appearance. But
;vo the streets a
le handsome ex-
tints Ido much more. By following the
j well dreesed throngs to the head of
anal street, we shall certainly behold a
ght that is without parallel in the whole
vorld—
THE BROAD LEVEE.
There you shall see a mile ot more of tho
floating palaces that pertain to our immense
river navigation, lying as thick as three in a
bed, with their nos® to tho levee. Tho al
most solid front ot enormous black chimneys
toners above the white fanciful gilded
wood-work of tho boats; while both above
and below them are the black-hullcd mon
sters, with low-slanting chimneys, whose
tat capacity to mainly hid in the waters.
lO vast lev® in front to crowded with
men and drays, and untold quantiti® ot
every product or need of the South or
West. — rendered the more olclu* —
sssftSfissss^yttaflS TEE mistook mm of combs.
rear to the mighty riv® itsrir, in all its accu
mulated greatness, some of which to drawn
from tho extreme northern confines of the
vast Republic. Just now the mighty current
to very high and rising. Large quantiti® of
drift-wood are floating out to sea; and fre
quently you may see the whito-and-gray guff
and tho very black crow riding down on ono
log—gone into partnership as fishmongers.
TO-MOBBOW
The Bayonet LeEtalaturo-Coveraor
Aatalao of toatalana—Irrepre»*l-
fele Darkey*—General Order X*. i
1—In rrance—Tko Great
AnerlranHainaco-Boa*,
Tho Route was a very long oho, and it was
very late in the afternoon when the King re
viewed and dismiaed hi* retinae at theCtay
statue. He then repaired to Ike
XXPOSmOH CARNIVAL PALACE,
where the King and Queen, (Mrs. Feam.j
seated on thrir thrones, received the love
obeisances of their loyal suHecta. It was
their royal pleasure tomiSrlelwuhthe people
that filled the magnificent ball rooms—deco-
rated aa the vast apartments were in all the
,r0 “ “ 0 , Crcscca ‘ City rorcly
such asthelr wall* nev® before beheldT”Birt repented hto shortcomings and evil doings
before all tins had beea fully accomplished The day was given ov® to an universal bead
King Rex had transferred tho streets of his » c t ie> disgust of tho world generally, and
drowsiness. Braid®, it wax excessively hot,
New Orleans, February 37,1873.
OnAsh-Wcdncsday more than one dweller
conus and ms mistick krewe.
This must bo left until to-morrow’s mail.
Time cuts as short at this point. We were
honored with an invitation to the grand tall
of Comns—wo went—and to-morrow we will
endeavor to tell thestoiy.
The Grand Boulevard at Night
these busy seen® will ta dunged; for tho
King of the Carnival, by order given at the
Carnival palace with the royal seal attached,
has decreed that all traffic shall be suspend
ed on the one day of the year that he deigns
to honor bis subjects with his presence. The
coming events cut their shadows before,
this afternoon, in the shape of suppors, brae®
and raised seats appertaining to the elevated
plac® from which a good view can bo had of
the grandest pageant that tho Continent
knows.
As we closo the letter the weather is thick
and hazy, and would bring run in Atlanta.
The weath®-wtoe say that it will not here,
but we shall see;
Darwinian Theory Illustrated—Our
Pedlgroo In Lino—Tho Ball
of Comug—Surpassing:
Beauty of the
Scene.
Incidents of tho .Crush,
Biitan OmKituUm: Located in Carroll
county. Immediately an the Savannah, Grif
fin & North Alabama Railroad, Whitesbuig
to less than six months, old, and has at pres
ent a population of four hundred souls. A
Urge hotel to bring tiCifft by the Railroad
Agent, Mr. Hams. Lemuel Kendrick, Esq.,
to bnffding largely. Uncle Rad. Morrow tho
principal found® of this young and growing
city, to ray hopeful as it respects tho fnturc
of tiffs growing place, when, we take into
consideration its excellent lauds and fine
mineral rcsourc® lying adjacent.
Capt A J. Whitathe able President and
Superintendent of the above road, to pushing
it on to completion with commendable en-
ogT- m
pleasure, but both are very nearly summed
up in the magic wordsj Mardi Gras. Yet
the train to not overloaded, or rather wu not
above Jackson. Wo have few ladi® and no
children, no babies. The revelry to which
wc are hastening is rath® vigorous for ten
der constitutions;
The weary followers of King Rex travdo l
through the livelong day, and past midnight
it to to be hoped, that all fohnd hospitable
and downy beds in nis Majesty’s capital
city.
1F.
MARDI GRAS.
Surplus •( Pcoplo-Tbc nubile
Difficulty Explained—Arri
val* Hem tUe Gate City.
Preparations tor tlio Morrow.
New Oblsaiu, February 24,1873.
not wheels, the passage of f rrirht trains,
and oth® like incidents of single-track rail
ways conspired to delay the arrival of our
train until tho wee short hours ayont the
twaL Not less than thirty of one particular
lot of festivity-hunters were turned bcdless
from the City Hotel,—every avaffible nook
and corn® of which wu occupied. Around
the corn®, at the St. James, a similar rebuff
met your indefatigable correspondent who
respectfully declined to consider a chair
before a fire u a good enough
sleeping place iu Mardi Gras week
We went around two corners, and
the Warmly took us iu and up, too. Wc
reached our lofty room at last, to behold the
gladdest sight of all—an unoccupied bed.
The oth® two beds in the room held four
good heavy sleepers, and we came in just in
time to complete the nasal quintette. Every
house to fuff, and the larger portion of his
Majesty’s loyal, trusty and faithful subjects
are not yet in the Royal Capital I Where to
pnt this day’s arrivals to a matt® that, hap
pily, do® not fall on our shoulders.
ALMOST A BOW.
The Atlanta party that came ov®thc
West Point route, arrived yesterday after
noon. They re ( ort a pleasant trip, without
exciting incident, save a dangerous prcdicea-
ment that one of the party pat bis foot into
at Mobile. The hungry excursionists stop
ped there for supp®; tat the restaurant
keeper had not been warned of their coming,
and was out of ererylhing that was’ needed
to replenish the inn® man except coffee.
One of the hungry travelers waxed indignant,
cursing the place, its keep® and all con-
coned. To avoid confusion we will call him
Ti-for short. TL exhausted bis indigna
tion and left, hto Ifriend “ Pike" dropping
into hto chair. Tho restaurant® wu grow
ing madd® and madd® or® TV* unjust as
persions. He reached the boiling or® point
just as Pike took the vacated mat In the
heighth of hto madness, the landlord did not
perceive the change, and hto wrath fell on
Pike’s devoted head. The latter protested
that he was not the man who deserved tho
thrashing; that all he wanted was something
to eat; that he felt less like fighting than he
cv® did in bb life; and that if ever he saw
tho man who caused tho disturbance, he
would let him know that hcrcatt® he must
fight hto own tattles.
THE HUME DELEGATION.
Atlanta’s sons and daughters arc here in
force. Of course, wc are a choice lot—the
very salt of the Gate City; and wc wond®
if business do® really get on without us.
One can scarce go a square without mating
rith® A. B. Nerriam, B. H. Hill, Jr., Pike
Hill, TL Smith, Miss Harper, Miss Msrah,
Hi® Neal, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hulsey, Mrs.
a A. Thomu, Miss Seitz, J. H. Morgan, a
R. McCord, Jr., W. H. Smith, Tom Ma-
gffl. J- W. Bn®d, Mbs Jane Reese,
Sira. Westmoreland, Mr. and Mrs.
Rhode HD), Alton Acgi®, Smith 8ol-
oman. Miss Annie Tare®. Miss M. E.
Cash®, Fred Palm®, Mr. Waters. B. F.
Wiley, Mrs. A. C. Wiley, Mrs. W. Solomon,
Jam® Banks, R. Peters and family or Mr
and Mrs. W. A. HcmphilL Mr. Hemphill to
accompanied by bis oldest tay, wbo is en-
. eying the carnival seen® hugriy, allhongh
he do® not say much about it If the pogil-
totic friendor hto' childhood—yoongJim
Robinson of North Broad street—trcre here,
he would be as happy as a big sundew®.
HO, I THANK YOU.
To-day to cool and fair—inst the right
kind of a day for pedmtrtontom; and too
ijeymg
may be sure that the Atlantians areenj..,
it. Some of the ladi® were a little, aston
ished at the wicked ways of the cosmopoli
tan town- The next door niegfabor of the
Varieties Theatre, for example, to a church;
and both were open last evening. In the one
the blessed teachings of the Mast® were in
culcated, while in the oth® Aimee and h®
' supporter* played, fa tights and
„—ng vulgarity, Les Cents Yierges,
or the One Hundred Virgins. The lights and
shadows of the contrast were most too vivid
to suit Georgia tastes and edoration. Luckily
the wont is hid from the throngs of honest
eople that make
THE KING OF THE CARNIVAL*
The Fickle Goddeu—A Good Samaritan—
The Greatest Feageant of th* Age-
Five Thousand Masqueraders In
one Line—Bex at the Car
nival Palace, Etc.
New Orleans, February 25,1873.
One of Atlanta’s shrewdmt merchants
wooed the fickle goddess, Fortune, last night
and got the mitten. It wu a grand gift con
cern, and the staunch merchant from Atlanta
looked carefully and cautiously into tho
scheme until ho satisfied himself
that it was tho tide which taken
at the flood would lead on to immediate
fortune; and then be went hto bottom doff®
on it, likewise hto goldwatch and chain—
everything tat hto boots. He needed the
latt®u he wended hto mournful way tack
to the hotel, dead-broke. A policeman re
covered the watch from the sharpers; tat
the money that filled hto fat pocket book
went where the woodbine twinetli.
The day opened closcand cloudy and decid
edly muggy. It wu nrith® fair nor foul.
Klog Rain hesitated to angaKing Rex; and
tho more bo hesitated tho more he thought
ho would not; and so, at 11 p’clock, ho with
drew hto threatening forces of tho sky, and
Old Sol shono out clear and (warm, until he
gave way to the stars and one Cousin Comns.
THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
Dr. B. H. Stout to tho man, and wo can
prove it by thirty or forty ladi® of Georgia.
He liv® in tho Gate, and not in the Crescent,
City—reports to the contrary, in the language
of Mr. Toombs, fatigue hto indignation.
Such whole-souled men are apt to live there.
He deals in Harper's school books, and the
wide extent of hto territory compels him to
run a dcublc-barrellod machine. The New
Orleans office to on the bat side of Cans]
street, near tho corner of Bourbon, over
Freflcrickson & Horde's drug store, and up a
flight of stars. Consequently, tho Doctor
hu a balcony. Knowing tho wants of hto
neighbors, and tho distance they had to come
to witness tho Carnival, he built raised scats
for them on the balcony, provided refresh
ments in his office, invited them all to come
by ticket, and wu ever present to make them
comfortable and happy. They came—for
belt® point of view do® not exist in tL
whole city—and this to what they said to the
Doctor in their hearts: “Hcrc'stoyourhcaith
and yonr family’s—may they live long and
prosper.”
A VERY DULL PARAGRAPH.
Limited in spacoand by the early depart
ure of the mail, and not feeling over well
ourselves (strange, isn’t it 1) we yet must at
tempt a brief and, therefore, tiresome des
cription of the celebration. Tho gentlemen
of the Press ore much given to ascribing the
forms and customs of these festivities to the
Druids or Goths or the Norso races, or some
other prc-christian race that tho writ® hap
pens to know something abont. In truth,
the celebration that wo have just witnessed,
with all of its grotesquo strcc t seen®, its be
wildering mask and fancy dress balls at
night, com®, not from those ancient fellows,
but from the once gsy city thst now mourns
h® lost glory on the tanks of the Brine; The
mystic socicti® of New Orleans, inaugurated
sixteen yean ago, the well-known night pro
cession that wound up with brilliant tab-
leauxs and a tall composed of the elite of the
Soutb; tat tho idea or a grand day procession
dates from thevisitof the Grand Duke Alexis
of last season.
KING HEX
entered,to-day hto Royal Capital for the
second time. His Majesty’s tri-colored flag
of purple, gold and green wu everywhere
apparent Tho people far and near-tamed
out to receive him with all honor, giving
themselves up to unrestrained jollity an!
freedom from corroding care. Early in the
morning individual maskers and independent
groups began to spring up oil ov® the dty.
and vehiclra loaded with the gay revelers
eame from mysterious sources. Tho view
from Dr. Stout's balcony wu an imposing
one—embracing at a glance the great centra
boulevard, the tre® and the Clay statute, the
balconies and the housetops—all filled to re
pletion, with a heterogeneous multitude for
hours before
Tns PBOCKSSION
moved. The King disembarked with his
guard of honor, promptly, and proceeded at
once to the City Hail, where the keys of the
city were surrendered—acd much champagne
consumed. Aft® the mann® of kings it
then pleased hto royal highness to ord® the
arrest ol tho Mayor and hto friend. General
Walton, that they might grace hto triumphal
passage through the city. Tho march wu
then taken np without delay, the bead of the
column entering 8L Chari® street about one
o'clock. The immense lino in eluded 5 000
participants, and occupied two honra fa pass-
Ing any givtm point A largo van went
ahead, on which wu a herald who held aloft
a blood-red bann® inscribed with the words;
“MAKE WAT FOB THE KING.”
Then came hi* majesty’* guards, attend
ants and principal officers of state. Two
companies of valiant Turco3 attracted gen
eral attention, which, hower®, wu loon
lost in the advent of royalty itself. His
Majesty rode in a hollow square of bis trusty
guards, a white charger, magnificently ca
parisoned. He wore an Egyptian frock of
surpassing beanty, and hto kingly head bore
a golden helmet, surmounted by a crown,
while bis royal band beld the golden sceptre.
'Hie royal navy Including twelve ships of
the line, and the various followers of the
Monarch canto next, organized into
six DIVISIONS.
To adequately describe these In the time at
our command before the mail closes to im-
possibia It would be farcari® to state what
they did not include than to state what they
did. At the head of the second division rode
the Lord High Mast® of the Horse, followed
by the Baeuf Gras, a blood-red etc® that
weighed 2200 pounds, by a large body of
mounted ox-oneans and dashing vaquroe,
and by Knights and Indians bestriding their
hors® in various amuses ways.
THIRD DIVISION.
The Lord of Ihe Carriages led a fine pro
cession of vehicular contrivances. Shake
speare’s seven ages of man were excellently
portrayed in u many tableaux*, and much
more that we cannot stop to mention.
FOURTH DIVISION.
The Lord of the Van’s following wu a
very grotesque and motley one. Negro min
strelsy, the heathen Chinee, the Ku-KIux,
the ancient scbooimist®. Jack the Giant
Kill®, and a score of oth® subjects were
presented to the merry throngs of uproar-
rious people.
THE FIFTH DTYISIOH.
was the advertising division. The Lord
High Sheriff of the Guilds had by far the
* section. The number of His Majesty's
len wu surprising. Carre’s rural
cabins, seven in numb®, containing tenants
lunulng thrir ordinary avocations; the sew-
ng machine wagons: the great float bearing
advertisement of the Kansu Pacific Railway,
and an Immense targe and grain elevator on
wheels, divided the public attention.
SIXTH DIVISION.
The Lord of the Unattached brought np
the rear with a medley gathered from tho
New Orleans, February 26,1873.
When wo left tho Central Boulevard for
dinner yesterday It _ was foil of a swaying,
good-natured mosa of people. Tho Clay
Statue, in particular, was a picturesque sight
all sizes, colors, ag® and conditions were
grouped about it, ono man being fairly atab-
lialicd under the enormous coat tails of tho
sculptured sage; When we returned to Dr.
Stout’a balcony, in the evening, os many peo
ple were in the streets; It was full; and tho
thought was, are these the same; that wo saw
in the afternoon? Thousands of themun-
donbtcdly were. By8o*riock the crowd be-
came so dense that it was well nigh impene
trable, especially In tho neighborhood of SL
Chari® and Carondelct streets. There are
crowd* in every country; but in what oth®
city will you s<e such loaded balconi®, tier
uponti®—such a display of dazzling lights
and transendant beauty abovo the floodtide
of humanity in the street ? Tho memory of
theiccnc will last ns long® than tho wonders
of Comns.
And whllo wc waited, therejwcro endless
speculations as to the subject of tho evening’s
entertainment Considering the number that
nceeasarily participate in the great spectacle,
to it not a curious fact that tho theme of the
illustration do® not leak out? that some pry
ing interviewer do® not emblazon it In the
Now York Herald? It was an absoluto se
cret; not a guess was hard, not a random
shot that hit the nail on thehrad. AU con
jecturing was ended when—after the first
glare of the approaching torch® waa seen—
tho namo of Darwin wu passed from tongue
to tongue. It was all plain then.
THE DARWINIAN THEORY.
Yes, what toil? It to the belief that
yon and all of ns—originated by a long de
velopment of high® and high® life, bom
the lowrat forms, from Huxley’s famous
protoplum, for instance. Tho philoaoph®
deals largely in what he terms Natural Se
lection, Inheritance, and tho Survival ot the
Fittrat m tho great struggle for existence.
He attempts to forgo a chain of being from
tho lowrat form of extotcnco to man himself.
There are missing links in the chain, how-
over, and Comns com® to tho front as
scientist to teach ns our genealogy.
THE PROCESSION.
to passing right und® us—every inch of it
subject to our inspection. Now, what to the
use of piling up adjectiv® and phrases ? Go
away, poor tinsel and papa-muslin mas-
qncradra bercaft®. These eastern® were
made fa Paris; and they excel, it is admitted,
the brat efforts of tho seven-hilled city. The
papicr-macho artists were required to repre
sent the animals perfectly and, at the same
time, to give the faces distinct traces of hu
man expression—no easy task.
Cornua rid® at tho brad in a gorgeous
chariot, drawn by four Shetland ponies,
driven by a cherub; and then follows a-fool
our grotesque, tat splendid ancestral lino—
every future and covering brought fully out
in tho Hood of light, and all made so plain
by appropriate poetical Un® that he who
runs can properly understand the delightful
theory of Natorsl Selection.
oun PEDIGREE.
Beginning with the Sponge, a tattered old
bummer smoking a tad cigar, we rtao to the
Snail, and then® to tho Shrimps, and still
high® to tho Dolphin and the Whale; and
then wo reach a much higher development
in the Beal and hto fair yonng wire, the Mer
maid. A Leech, a Frog and an Alligator
come fa here, and all, mind you, embodying
some human characteristic; Tho Rcptil®
next appear—the Tobacco worm looking re
markably like oar second Washington. Here
wejswitch off to the Plants, and among the
Flowers some exquisite faces are shown.
Tho Insects come next, and then the Quad-
rupeds, snob as the Male, the Mouse, the
Opossum, the Kangaroo; then the Buffalo,
tho Giraffe, the Zebra, eta,—rising all the
time, yon sec, of course you do. Then the
Elephant, the Hog, the Horse, and tho Ass-
a very long step toward man. We now a’,
tain tho Ano, tho Chimpanzee, tho Orang-
Outang, and, at last, tho Gorilla with nto
broad moatb, white plantation hat and pea
cocks feather, pink shirt coll® and l aujo.
The case is msdo out; tho monkeys are our
near kin-folks, and our various sweethearts,
too. We must concede the latt® proposi
tion, or we shall not bo accounted true dis
ciple* of tbelatist delusion of Man’s rctuop.
STho vast crowd breaks from its moorings
u soon as the spectacle has passed Into
darkness. The carnival ov®? No, indeed.
The many depart for the tempi® ot the can
can and iu concomitant Parisian exet
while thcselect 2,000 hurry away to tho
VARIETIES THEATRE.
We stop a moment to look
the terraced staircase; and then wc
go up to a complete surprise—for
tho ml® of a Quaker meeting pre
vail, the hull® occupying the two low® tiers,
and the gentlemen being incontinently packed
away on tho npp® one; The Quaker busi
ness suddenly ends. The great parqneUe to
floored ov® at a level with the stage. Do
yon think that we can describe thefirst two
tiers? Not a bit of it Every scat is full,
and every lady to fa full dreu I Everycityin
tho Union is represented—tho hug® number,
in fact bring visitors. Said a lady in a horse-
car this morning within our hearing, “The
ladi® of New Orleans cannot note afford to
dreu in that way.”
THE TABLEAUX.
The first wu really a transformation scene.
Themsrino creature* appear in their native
clement—the very on® that we have seen in
the streets. A huge mound rtoa, abont
which tho traits, flowers, the insects, etc., are
gathered. This disappears to make way for
our more immediate progenitors.
The second and last tableaux brings out
all of the Missing Links. The Gorilla to
enthroned, and so to hto brido—a couplo of
monki® occupying the first plac® of honor.
Bat in front of the Gorilla’s ridiculous court
stands Cornua in the “human form divine.”
What a telling satire on such philosophy 1
The musicatrik® up: tho Gorilla's court
fills the Dsrqnctte: fair ladi® come from the
surrounding tier*; the tall commence*. It
ends at the gray dawn of the Lenten period.
We ner® appreciated the surpaaing love
liness, the wondrooa delicacy of female
beauty quite u much u when it leaned on
the arm of a Hedgehog, of a Walros,orof a
Whale. Aa wc passed tat, tired and perhaps
a little dazed, wc gathered fora keepsake,
just one panoramic view of the gayrat,
brightest scene of a rambling life.
It to the universal testimony that the Hardl
Gras of *73 to the grandest that ev® wu cele
brated in New Orleans.
the mercury, according to the Signal Service
Bureau, marking 78 degrees Fahrenheit at 4
o’clock. Your reporter shared, to a certain
extent, the prevailing complaints; but im
perative duly drove him to thb Mechanics’
Institute where
I GRANT AND DURRKLL’S DE FACTO PETS
are located. Around the corn® in Dryad®
street, tho sidewalk wu full of a gore-eyed
Tctit-larceny crowd, intermingled with all
ho hu® that tho climate strangoly lends lo
tho children of Africa. Tlio adulterous I
stream was thickened in tho dirty Iobbi® of
the Institute by scores of patrolmen—in
other words, we'wendod ourrepertorislway
through equal parts of niggcrs (who ought to
havo been ashamed,) thiev® and armed hire-
lingsto U
THE SENATE CHAMBER. H
Ono Antoino is Lieutenant-Governor, and I
ex officio President of tho noble body. Ho
is a young full-blooded nigger, the exact fac
simile ol Tunis G. Campbell, Jr., ungram
matical to a fault, not very fluent, and lack
ing tho sublime cheek of 8am. Lee who pre
sides ov® tho House of Driegat® in 8outhl
Carolina. He can stand a half dozen of
pending amendments, and two or even threo
simultaneous speakers; but beyond these
quantiti® he isjapt^ojosc hto head. Wc must
do him the justice of admitting that ho has a I
masterly way of regaining hi* equilibrium by
ignoring all motions that do not suit him and
by plying the gavel until it fll® from tho
handle. The eyes of the kinky-haired bell®
I of tho sofas are on him. U to absolutely im-|
possible to exaggerate tho anti® of this con-
Icem.
TOE HOUSE.
I to oven worse. Wo faithfully endeavored to I
ascertain tlio exact numb® of these bodi® as
regards color. It wu a pursuit of knowledge
und® difficulties. Wo inquired in tho office of
ItheSocrctary of State: its Caucasian warthi®
did not seem to bo prond of thrir proportion
of colored recruits. A molassca-hucd door-
keep® stated, “on information and belief," I
that tho Senate consists of 10 colored and 18
white men; tho Hotiso, of 55 colored and
about 20 whites. They swear in a man erety
sow and then; and nobody short of a Phila
delphia lawyer can comprehend tho compo-
sition of tho latest conspiracy against free
government.
Chari® W. Lowell, Postmsat® of Now
Orleans, and white-skinned, ia tho Speak® 1
of the House. If he is an hon®t man, hto
countenance and general bearing do him
great injustice. Ho pretty much runs the
machine; argues quralions directly from tho
chair; and ral® the legislative Gamboa with
a high hand. UlyBS®’ Louisiana law-makcra
differ ao widely from the rice plantation
I Solon* of South Carolina, on tho matt® of I
I Impudence, that there ia no oth®
way; even the Speaker’s autocratic sway I
do® not prevent seen® more ridicu
lous th»o were ev® before enacted in the
namo of pow®. The clerks, the page*, al
most evay official connected with the Keld
Tho great hotels and the little on® will
send away boat toads and car loads to-day.
Tho Atlanta delegation will teavo this even
ing and to-morrow morning. Your Reporter
will stay a day or two long® to study tho
Bayonet Legislature, and some oth® missing
links of the low® forms.
In the crush of- the last few days many
amusing incidents have occurred; and we
are sure our ffiend Mr. J. H. Morgan will
permit ns to tell one that befell him.
He registered atthe City Hotel in a good fuff
band that anybody ought to read. No one
had an entire room—the ladi® bring bunched
togeth®, and the gentlemen likewise; In
making up the lots, the clerk insisted on
reading our friend’s name as Mi® J. H. Mor-
I, and the Tim® published his arrival with
prefix of Mrs., the Pfcayune with that of
Miss. It was surmised that the clerk had
some secret motive or a personal pique, rise
why did he persist in placing Mr. Morgan
where he would be sore to get hia eyca
scratched out, his countenance disfigured
and hto hair hopelessly eradiated ?
A stray Allantese or so would go to the
wicked can-can. It to recorded that one of
them came up behind another worshipper of
the exuberant goddeu, Terpsichore, and,
slapping him on the should®, demanded;
“ what shall I tell them at home!”
Mum’s the word F wu his reply.
log Legislature that hu Grant’s car, that
claims lo rule the commercial metropolis of
the South, tat which Senator Carpenter ad
mitted a few days ago in Congress could not
live fivo honra without Federal support, are
people ot color; and tho heavirat black face
of them all to angelic when compared with
the pock-marked, foxy conn ten anc® of the
white villfams who, in conjunction with
brolh®-in-law Casey and the Catalin® of
Washington, are attempting to usurp tho
government of a sovereign State.
THE PEOPLE’* LEGISLATURE,
tho confessedly de jure government in the
opinion of the recent Radical Senatorial
Committee and of every hnnat Radical in
Congress, sits in Odd Fellow's Hall on Camp
street They are a good looking lot of men,
especially Lien tenant Governor Penn and
Speak® Moncore: tat beauty alone cannot
withstand Grant's bay
House when thei
poet-haste, almost
great applause, upon which Governor McEn-
ry hu issued a proclamation commanding
the citizens of tho parish of New Orleans to
enroll Immediately for military duty. Gen
eral order No. 1 of Major General Waggaman
appears in this morning’s papers. Unleu we
mistake the temp® of the people, they will
not passively submit to the vfl®t usurpation
in the black history of reconstruction.
A MORNING IN LA UBLLB FRANCK
VI o tamed out before daylight this Thurs
day morning, and hurried down to the Levee,
which for once wu quiet, and thence, among
the cotton, sugar and rice quietly sleeping
under their tupauiins, to tho French Mar
kct. Out of America and right into France.
Even the darkeys parte tout gumbo
French, it tssaid, tat all the same to our un
cultivated ear. We ordered the inevitable
cup of coffee, which wu nicely served; and
this reminds us of a party of Atlanta ladi®
who visited tho mark® jut before Mardi
Gras. They congratulated themselves on an es
cort who bad traveled^who had been in Paris,
who, to be plain, wu au fait accompli erin go
inryAinthc GalHc brogue. Of coarse they
would breakfast among the Frenchmen, and,
with theiropportunili®, would certainly do
as Frenchmen do. The writer, who could
speak excellent English, wu informed that
the gentleman of tho party could talk French;
and the way he immediately began to palt< r
tho liquid syllabi® wu simply astonishing.
He acted u if hto mainspring bad just broke.
Ourfrietrl could not understand a word; lie
could only exclaim from Uiq depths of hto
drapair:
“Pardcnc! PardonoiP’
The remainder of thetasinesswudonein
English. The mark® to worthy of study;
tat we will not linger over our coffee. Let
us go back to tho tavee, and turn into the
central gate of
JACKSON EQUABK
The tre® and shrubbery ot tho little park
are trimmed and clipped and rounded and
shaped in a thoroughly French way—a muti
lation of nature's handiwork th® an
Englishman heartily detplscs. We will
keep on through tho park to the opposite gate,
where we wUl stop a minute™ You
musreome up, because we want to shut out
the modem buildings at tho rid® of the
square. Right before os to the noblo front of
tho oldat Cathedral in the country, founded
in 1792—supported on one side by the Span
ish Council Hall, on the oth® by the equally
ancient Court House; and the hand of the
renovator hu not marred ono ot them—Allah
be praised. The next com® is a low build
ing, covered with tile. Up or down the narrow
street yon will see more like it; and the en
tire scene will come near® reminding yon of
streets across the an than any oth® pla® in
yonr native land.
Devout worshippers are passing out or in
the Cathodral—ahril we go in, too? Tho
morning to delightful for walking; and wc
wand® in the narrow thoroughfares, amid
French signs and accents, to the magnificent
Esplande which, with Rampart ana Canal
streets, inclosed the city that Gen. Jackson
fonghtfor. As we go along, the magnolia
and palm tre®, the peach tre® rosy in blos
soms, the orange tre® foil of frail, etc., in
tho handsome courts and gardens, will at
tract the eyra of such of us u tire in rad®
dim®
THE FRENCH CEMETERY
Is near Rampart street, and is worth a visit.
It oceupim a single square. On account -of
the proximity of wat® to the surface, the
tombs are all above the ground; and this
cans® tho cemetery to slightly resemble the
famous Pert la Chaise. The narrow, irregu
lar paths are lined with tombs, coo above
another, forming erections n® dissimilar to
the tittle boos® fa tho cemetery of Paris—
only the latter have doors ot open-work that
disclose the interior altars and remembrances
of loving friends. Someot the monumental
tombs are very fine, that of theltalian Benev
olent Society exceeding ail the rest Bat
hsndsom® to our eyes than the pU® of mar
ble, were the ros® that bloomed about the
graves of those who clung to their own lan
guage and custom* fa a land of strangers.
We passed, on the way back, some pretty
chfldren, fa charge of a white none wbo
wore one of those white cap* that are such a
feature in French streets; and altogether,
wo pleasantly remember our morning ^n
foreign ports.
HOMEWARD BOUND.
Wo left tho city on Thutsdsy evening fa a
train loaded fail of satiated pleasure seekers.
“It was grand,” they said, “but we havo had
enough of Mudi Gras.” Every berth in the
three sleeping cars wu sold before
o’clock in tho morning. Wo had
all aorta of people as fellow-travelers—
good on®, w®k on®, virions ones, and.worat
of ail on the rail, dtoagreeabio on® In the
daytime wc had a foil compliment of tho
Teat American nuiasneo, the wladow-opcncr.
t was generally a woman—never a lady—
tat, sometlm®, it wu a man from the moon-
tains who had not teamed to respect the
rights of other*. There to hope for the latter,
tat the woman who persists is exposing her
companions to dust, cinders and dangerous
FKONTlElt FROLICS.
law Claris. 421l*«n WipciOstaflut
BnpcradMi,
Kansu City Times.]
A few days ago a gang of desperado®
gathered at Sergeant, having removed there
from Dodge City, as soon as the railroad
track reached the former town. They did
not appear to havo any particular businms
to occupy their time, except card playing,
and to mako night hideous by firing off pto-
tols. Two of this gang, named Sam Wright
and ono HcCtelicn, a few nights ago, went
into the store of ono J essic Williams, a qniet,
honest sort of a citizen, and proceeded to
snatch things generally, shooting WUliama
and driving him out of tho store.
Having torn things up and gutted the
store, they started ov® to a saloon kept by
Chris Gilson, and found thst redoubtable in
dividual snugly ensconced between a pair of
Government blankets in his bunk in a com®
of his thick canvas tent. They placed their
revolvers to Chris’ head and ordered him to
roll out of bed and giro up his money. But
Chris wu not to bo frustrated in thb man-
n®. Ho got coolly out of bod and offered
the ruffians the hospiulilimof hto bar, which
they accepted and finally became good-na
tured and left him in peace. Aft® they had
left, Gilson prepared for them in case they
relumed, which they Hid about four o’clock
in the morning. They caught Chris napping
and effected an entrance to hto saloon, caught
an old man there and robbed him of his
money. After helping themselves again to
whisky, they determined to close thrir
night’s spree by shooting oil the top of Gil-
son’s head.
But Gilson had again made himself pre
pared for any emergency, and wu watching
them from qp adjoining tent Aa soonu
they came opposite the tent he stepped out
with a shot-gun in his hands, and before
Wright wu aware of his danger, fired a
heavy chargo of buckshot into hto breast.
“Big Jack,” the oth® desperado, on witness
ing the fate of Wright, started to nto away.
But Gilson wu too quick for him. Turning
hto gun upon the retreating ruffian, hc.'ponred
a load of two-ounco shot into him, bringing
him down.
MeClellen on hearing the firing, and find
ing that two of hto gang had already fallen,
determined to wipe oat Gilson, and with that
intention started forth with a Henry rifle,
dnly loaded and primed, determined to try
hto hand. But Gilson wu on the alert for
danger: standing in bis tent, ho immediately
loaded hto gtm, and wailed. McCicllen wu
just entering the tent, expecting to take Gil
son by surprise, when tho latter emptied a
load ot buckshot into him. HcClcilen then
tamed and started to run, but the saloon
keep® wu determined to leave no part of hto
deadly work undone, followed up the wound
ed man and shot him again; this time killing
him instantly.
By this time the little frontier town wu
pretty well livened up and awake. The citi
zens gathered togeth®. and after inquiring
into the affair, paued tho following resolu-
lions:
Resolved, That Chria. Gilson, in ridding
this town of threo daperato rowdies—“Big
Jack,” Sam Wright and MeClellen—hu ren
dered this community a service, and to enti
tled to tho thanks of this community; and
we, the citizens of Sergeant, folly justify tho
aforesaid Qilion in so doing.
Resolvod, That it it the intention of this
community to rid themselves of *11 lawleu
characters, roughs and desperadoes, and to
“wipe them oat of sight.” They will hereby
take notice aad leave.
Since these resolutions have been passed
and the shooting affair abovo recorded took
«, Sergeant hu been entirely cleared of
;hs and rowdica ^
MUBDEB IN WALTON COUNTY
draughts to, ia—is to be dreaded.
F.
r A Georgia judge married atunaway
couple from Alabama, the oth® day, and, at
theconcluaionjof the ceremony, the groom
whispered, “Judge, be at light as you can; I
haven’t much money and am far from homo.
—Brchange.
More) Particulars of the BXnrdcr of
Yonng Stringer in Walton Co.
Parties are Arrested and Turned
Lease Witb Bloody llnnds!
Gainesville, Ga., February 27,1873.
BOIort Comtitution: Daniel M. String®,
8r., the f*Ui® ot D. M. String®, Jr, who
wu so outrageously murdered in Waltao
county, Georgia, on Friday, the 24th instant,
received the sad intelligence at hto quiet homo
in Gainesville on Sunday night following
about 13 o'clock.
The effect produced on a loving fath®, a
fond mother and devoted brothers and sister*
can belt® bo imagined than described. On
Monday morning, early, Mr. Stringer started
to look aft® hto dead son. He received in
formation on the way that two yonng men,
by the name of Jam® and Lovick Allan bad
committed the foul deed. Uo round Lovick
Allan on hto way to the place of rnurd®, and
carried him before one Justice Mobley, of
said county, who famed a warrant and bad
arrest duly endorsed thereon.
Justice Mobley associated with him another
Justico by tbc name of Sbcilnut. Mr.
String® found ont from all the wltneu®
that hto eon had done no greater crime foe
which hto life paid the forfeit than that ho
bad endeavored to part two drunken bcitig-
ctent cousins by the name of Clurl® Pon
der and Lovick Allan, mentioned
above. Several witness® were Introduced
for the State and tho defense, tat all seemed
Ignorant of the facta or unwilling to atato
them soasio locate by their testimony who
committed the outrageous murder; but this
much inked ont from und® the dim curtain
endeavored to bo thrown around the whoto
transaction: Lovick Allan’s knife; covered
with the gore of yonng String®, wu found
to his (yonng Stringer's) pocket, and
blood oq the outside, immediately at
the entrance, of hto pocket, showing
that the assassin's hands, or at
teutons of them, had deposited this knife
there aft® ft had done its hellish work. Thla
fact, taken in consideration with the furth®
fact that Lovick Allan wu in the fight, it
seems would have been sufficient evidence to
have bound Lovick Allan ov® any unbiasod
tribunal and more apccially ao when Lovick
Allan himself wu wounded fa tho melee.
It will be recollected that Jam® Allan wu
not before the court, he having fled tho
country immediately aft® tho killing. But
with all theso facta staring the Justice* fa the
fact they released Lovick Allan and threw
tho heart-broken fath® in the costa. An en-
iightened public, let alone lawyer*, will be
shocked when they read the bUl of cotta
hereto appended:
[corr]
. ^jogwan-aut, ft 25; trial by (wo jua-
Bubpomas, 90 cents; examin-
tic®, $3 50; six suK.
lug six witnesses, 33; Sheriff's cut-two ar-
reat '. 72; two prisoners brought before tho
court, 31 50; six subpom&s, £j; guards, 36;
total 321 15. (Signrf) S ’
... . D. li. Moult, N. P.
After the payment of tho above bill, Mr.
Stringer was graciously n®miltcd to take
tho corpse of his murdered son and proceed
to Gainesville, where be arrived yesterday,
imd the yonng man waa buried today with
the rosy checks of boyhood and tho bloom
of health depicted upon hia face that had
changed very little from life Itself. Tho
good people of old Walton wiU hardly let
this outrage go unpunished and rest where it
to at present. The many friends of Mr.
Suing®, and they are many, deeply sympa
thize with him in hto sad bereavement in tho
leu of hit SOB that stood as high as anv
young man fa the neighborhood. JL
Ozoena Cared—Extract ot a Leuer
from one of Dr Jones’ Patient*.
Editor. TdcgrapATad Uemcnger : Eight
wc cks *go, when I wu operated upon and
prescribed for my offensive disease jn tho
noae, by Dr. Jon®, I told him when I wu
eyed I wanted it known. Being now aat-
faflta that I am perfectly and permanently
wdl of a disease pronounced by many phy
sicians, (before I saw Dr. Jones,) incurable.
I was troubled with quite all the symptoms
of IteJta® CnlIOn0<1 “ 1110 tat®
Ozobha, an Offensive Disease in toe
Nose, which eats away the partition bone.
” tM " the sense of smell, produces green
- — ,ish ■S&* tho S ’‘“I >0 of U»e nostril
—sometlm® flat.oRcn tainted with blood
and matter; cans® weight and dull aching
other contagious diseases andfaiteeU con-
H® 10 ? - . otlcn extends to the
throat, producing hoarseness bronchitis,
and consumption. It ia a tertiary form of
cane®, dumping the nose and throat when
too fang neglected. Dr. Jon® is the only
phyricao & . the United States who
thoroughly understands curing this dsne®-
ous and offensive disease. He destroys tho
offensive smell in flro minutes, and relievos
eT ? r 7.' K . a y at once, and care*
toe disease fa a short time; For this dtocaso
Dr. Jon® has tpecial instruments with which
to apply his specific remodi® to too spot.
Nasal douches and catarrh remodi® gcncr-
aU^drive this disease to too langa more
teen i
permanently cured by Dr. Jones, i „
my duty to advise others to avail thamselr®
of the skill of this great physician without
delay. I am a planter, aged sixty yean,
living near Greenfield, Colqfitt county,Geor
gia.
Dr. Jon®, the great English surgeon and
physician, who effected too above, and so
many oth® astonishing cor®, remains at
Brown’s Hotel, Micon, until March the 15th,