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THE A TLANTA WEEK L Y SUN. telegrams. jJew York, October 6.- Soule, and will reduce civil salaries, and i P 1108 °- the progressive part It is renorfpd t we,fare of Spain will be adopted It is reported | London, October 6.-The cotton that all the officers of the Staten TMand JS Ferry Company were aware that there | 7_ Y’.' £No , ljaaca wpre seventy-th SVcttfloUi »t UieWof thc ?ion, and the ^ cfc tliat ^ was caused by | Th on account of the depressed The steamer Robert Lowe has arrived to agreed: the engineer for ten min- a t Plymouth. Th^y-tW of^r crew U IV A. Robinson, formerly cashier of on l cc . oant of the wretch- several prominent banking houses, has ioni J insufficiency of the provis- lieen convicted of embezzlement, and p Ams c t-i Senced to five years in the Btate ^S^tnLlu P The pleasure yacht Jennie Lee belong- g?IW Story"? baniahmeilt from bnrne?l 'to the'waVer? edge" in°’LmS suto'e^f th °F r ° m u P°n thc Sd Bound, List night. A nurse and pohtlcal 8ltQatlon is about to be issued. . Rome, October 7.—Twenty professors m the University of Rome refuse to the oath of allegiance. Constantinople, October 7.—The pro gress of the cholera is cheeked. Fears of its assuming an epidemic form are sub siding. Paris, October 7.—Victor Le France infant of Jevrolds’ were burned to death, Tlic fire was caused by the upsetting of 0 kerosene lamp. San Francisco/ October G.—Mrs. Ja vier, who shot Mrs. Lake, with whom {lie former’s husband lived, has been in dicted for murder. A match for $20,000 between unnamed California horses is to come off over the I ha^been aipoimedProvisionaTMiniste? Sacramento course, within ninety days, of Finance during Quartier’s absence in and another match has been made m Berlin to ratify the Commercial Treaty. which San Francisco truck horses are to I rru„ l . " trot twenty miles in one hour. at Chicago, were 1.30 this a. m. Then it was apparently raging fiercely as every block of building on the north side of Vanburen street is now wrapped in flames. The elevator is safe so far, and the fire seems to be spreading south and west, and notwithstanding the wind is now di rectly south, and blowing hard. The glare from the burning buildings lights the streets for half mile away, so one may see how to read. The entire fire department is now on the ground, and making almost supreme efforts to check the flames. The losses probably already amount to millions, and the end is not yet. Salt Lake, October 9.—Arrests for licentiousness continue. There was incendiary talk in the Mor mon Conference Saturday. Louisville, October 8.—A bridge over Sait River, on Louisville and Nashville Railroad has been burned. It will cause very little delay. Charleston, October 8.—There were no deaths from yellow fever Saturday, Mrs. Halt, tho mo‘her of seven chil dren, residing on Falsom street, was burned to death last night, by her clothes taking fife from a kerosene lamp which ■she attempted, to fill. Numerous brilliant meteors, passing from southeast to northwest, have beefi ??!l r L C ?ilu lpart30f thi3 Statewithin |provokes‘a s^a^newspaper controversy which is very severe on American pub- The court revision, to which Rossel appealed, sentenced him to death. The Republican journals demand of Thiers to take prompt measures to sup press the Bonapartist conspiracies. Algerian agitations continue. Appre hensions of abandonment of the colony are felt. the past week. Salt Lade, October G - —There was a special conference at tho Tabernacle j yesterday. Eight thousand Mormons •were present. The Federal officials were bitterly denounced. Brigam Young became excited, prayed curses on the Federal offi rials, and said; fishers. The international copyright is strongly demanded. The ship England, from Quebec for Liverpool, was abandoned at sea. The gambling houses at German water ing places are not to be closed. The smack Peto sunk in Yarmouth “Trust in God, keep your powder dry, barbor , Seven persons were lost, and dont fail to have on hand a supply Madrid, October 7.—The Minister of of ammunition. | bag telegraphed to the Captain General of Cuba that necessary reinforce- The regular semi-annual conferance begins to-day. . I ments will be forwarded promptly to up Judge Jilclvean discharged the Grand hold the national authority and preserve Jury till November 13th, and - thanked I tbe intef rrj t y of the Spanish Dominion, them for the work they had done and __ ~ mi said of the important indictments pre- Matamoras, October G.-There is ab sented many are not yet known to the revolution in Mexico The public, and when they reason, there State of Neuva Leon takes the lead The icrmld lie more work to do Governor of Neuva Leon and all the Chicago, October G.-Tlie drougli now State officers have leagued against Jua prevailing in the West has not been It is expected the movement will equalled fn twenty-five years. All through be seconded by the neighboring States, central and southern Illinois the wells and The merchants here and on the coast are small streams are completely dried up, uneasy about the coming events Great and the inhabitants find great difficulty preparations are being made at Matamo- in obtaining sufficient water for house- ia ^ for /ked^n^o ie m y. hold purposes and for stock. The soil is Grnr OF . September 3&:—J ^ ^ soary thatplotrfhgis ichtaeaimpossi- No rLlutiofa- Thors is a movement amohg thc *^l *£*3*8858?&&&: hut firm. Galveston, October 7.—The election ites here to adopt the Berlin prayer book and observe Sunday as the Sabbath. I Cincinnati, October G.—A conflagra-1 tion is raging near Custar, Wood county. The inhabitants are fleeing. passed off quietly throughout the State, as far as heard from, except at Grasbeck, The inauguration of the famous bronze where five negroes murdered an old citx Tyler Davidson Monument took place to- zeu> Apphcalnte. The negroes - day. The city was immensely crowded. wei ' e ar f ested - During the spectacle, five tiers of seats, Nothing reliable as to the result of the not properly secured against accident, ^ ectl ° d 01111 J 3 ® obtained.. It is s 1 fell, carrying their occupants to the I thought there is a small Democratic ma- ground. Three persons were seriously, 13 or fty about one thousand and quite a number slightly injured. Baltimore, October G.—The Episco pal Convention consented to the conse cration of the Rev. Mr. Howe, as Assis tant Bishop of tho diocese of North Car olina. The proposed amendment to the canons to give the English clergy the same A severe storm, commencing tjiis even ing, submerged for several hours the bay front of the city as far back as Church street. The damage is small, considering the violence of the storm. Three miles of the Galveston and Houston Railroad between the city and Bay bridge were badly damaged. It will require several rights inthexffirtrch ffeSU of th£ ^ tojW* the damage. The, steam country as oar own clergy here, was re-1 er Twelfth Era anchored m the bay and jected. Pittsburg, October 6.—John C. Duun, Postmaster General under Buchanan, and of long newspaper connection, is dead. Philadelphia, October G.—T. J. is a total wreck. The passengers and crew were all saved after clinging to the wreck all night. A negro was drowned. Other vessels were slightly damaged, The shipping off Galveston is safe. Jefferson, October 7.—The election The vote in Mano Hemphill, treasurer of the Walnut street P asse ^ J 0 *' 6 ^ an . < Theatre, was robbed of $2,000 in a street ^ Bryant s majority i car, last evening. 10 °- The white and colored vote is about St. Paul, ^October 6.—The great c< 3 aa ^ ™ n , . prairie fire is unabated. Its course is October 7. The business southeast, towards the Iowa border and *** of town was burned to^ay 1 , la the Minnesota river. Tlic losses are I eluding the hotel. Insurance So,000.- confined principally to houses, bams,' I j0SS n °t stated. fences, wheat and live stock. Only two fives are known to have been lost. Many small towns are completely destroyed. Washington, October 6.—the 'Presi dent has returned. Tho supervising Steamboat Inspec- ra S 1D S tors are considering representatives from' " erc the British Board of Trade, complaining of the present system of signals adopted by the Board. Indianola, October 7.—The town was flooded deeper in the storm on the 3d by tide water, than has been known in twenty years. Wilwaukee, October 7.—The fires are worse than ever. Thirty men burned near Pensauki, and the town was also burned. Salt Lake Citx, October 7.—In the semi-annual Mormon Conference the The Southern Cairns «l--^ltCK?®aaS#ZS5 will appoint no more special commission ers to take testimony in ,tlie South, ex- VAO UOillLUVUJ AAA jlAlA; WWUllJj WA" •> -i cept as successor of late Commissioner ie ^L anes ® of tho apostles had been arrested for Blackman, of Mississippi They also refuses to allow special com missioners in the South to receive testimo ny supporting anyclaim exceeding $3,000; but if claims, sn excess of that amount be reduced, it will bring them within the jurisdiction of the resident commissioner. No further application for healing tes timony will be entertained this year. The barometer which was, Thursday afternoon, north of tho lower lakes, has moved northeast, with a decided fall in thc pressure and raiu on the middle and east Atlantic coast. The storm in the report the following as the matters upon which they respecially recommend Leg islation. They recommend that certaiu acts in the administration of the holy communion, or other occasions of public worship to be enumerated, be prohibited by the canon, to-wit: 1st. The use of in cense. 2d. Placing or retaining a cruci fix in any part of the church. 3d. Car rying a cross in procession in the church. 4th. The use of lights on or about the holy table except when necessary. 5th. The elevation of the elements in the holy communion in such man ner as to expose them to the view of the people as objects toward which adoration is to be made in or after the prayers of consecration, or in the acts of administer ing them or in conveying them to or from the communicauts. 6th. The mix ing of water with the wine as part of the service or in the presence of the congre gation. 7th. The washing of the Priest’s hands or the ablution of the vessels in the presence of the congregation. 8th. Bowing, crossing, genuflections, prostra* tions, reverences, bowing down upon or I and only one to-day. kissing the holy table and kneeling ex- Savannah, October 8.^—The story of cept as allowed, provided for or directed the sinking of Orange county, Florida, by the rubric or canon. It being provi- is a hoax. No such phenomenon has ded that reverence at the mention of the occurred in that section. This statement name of Lord Jesus is not intended to be would be unnecessary but for tbe fact disallowed; it being farther provided that that several responsible and widely cir- private or personal' devotion, before or culated papers at the North have re-pub- atter official ministration, is not to beun- fished tlie ridiculous story, with serious derstood to include or justify-any of’the editorial comment, acts prohibited. 9th. The celebration or Jefferson, October 8.—In the Second receiving of the holy communion by any District Connor, Democrat, has 231 ma- Bishop or Priest, when no person re- jority in two counties. The other coun- ceives it with him. 10th. Employing or ties have not been heard from, permitting any person or persons not in Galveston, October 8.—Five counties the holy orders to assist the miuister in of the First District have been heard any part of the order for the administra- from and Herndon, has a net majority of tion of the holy communion. 11th. Us- 525. ing at any administration of the holy Twelve counties of the Fourth District communion, any prayers, collects, gos- give Hancock, Democrat, a net majority pels or epistles, other than those provided of 1,3G2. in the Book of Common Prayer, or un- The quarantine against New Orleans der 14th of Canon, 13th of Title, 1 of i has been raised. the Digest; they further recommend In the Congressional election the De-- here: 1st, That no Bector of a parish, mocratic net gain over the vote of 1869, or other minister, shall be allowed to in- as far as heard from, is as follows: First troduce the choral service without the District, five counties, 235; Second Dis- consenting vote of the vestry, or contra- trict, two counties, 600; Third District, ry to the prohibition of the Bishops, five counties, 2,436; Fourth District, 2d. That no surpliced chair shall be em- twelve counties, 2,846, indicating the ployed except under the same limitations, election of an entire Democratic dele- and when such chairs are employed the gation to Congress, only addition to their ordinary attire Washington. October 8.—The Secre- shall be a surplice reaching to the ankles, tary of the Treasury has directed the 3d. That no Chancel shall be allowed to Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers to pay be so arranged as to prevent the minister the November coupons, upon rebate of from officiating at the right end of the interest, tbe 25th of October and on and holy table. It is to be noted that a ere- after that date to pay the interest, due dence table is lawful. 4th. The Commit- November 1st, without rebate, tee further recommend that cardinal pro- The Mexican Claims Commission will vision be made touching thc dress appro- decide twenty cases to-morrow, priateto clergymen ministering in the The steamboat inspectors have decided congregation and the only vestments that passenger boats may carry petroleum declared appropriate to clergymen so min- on their foreguards, when there are no istering be, first, for Bishops, the pres- other means of transportation, ent episcopal robes; second, for all minis- Capt. Dick Wolfolk, of Louisville, is ters, awhite surplice, a black or white here, looking after the steamboat inter- stole, a black caissock not reaching below est of the West, the ankles, a black gown and bands. The present meeting of the steamboat They also recommend that provision be inspectors is regarded as very important made: 1st. That on occasions of services, Their services are private, where expediency or necessity of health Collector Murphy was interviewed require it, the University cap may be yesterday, and said he was ready to re used. 2d. That candidates for orders, sign when the President thought the who are licensed to act as lay readers, may interests of the country required it, but use the academical gown. 3d. In addi- did not think the President would take tion to the Canonical provisions now such action without substantial proof of recommended, and in consideration of his unfitness. the fact that nothing can be so plainly S. M. Yanburen, United States post set forth, but doubts may arise in the use agent in this city, has been arrested, and the practice of the same. The charged with being a defaulter. • Convention further unanimously re- Minister Catacazy declares that the commend that action be taken to carry story that he spoko in infamous terms of out in such manner as may secure its the President and Secretary Fish, or that observance. The principle declared in he ever put a low estimate upon Ameri- the second resolution sent to this House can character, is false, by the House of Clerical and Lay depu- The local reform delegates to the Ro- ties, at the General Convention of 1868, Chester Convention issue an address to to-wit: That all matters of doubt refer- the Democracy of the city, urging the ence shall be made to the Ordinary, and nomination of men of the highest char- no charges shall be made against tbe acter for intelligence and integrity to the godly counsel and judgment ot the Legislature, having no doubts of their Bishops. ability to elect them by an overwhelm- In conclusion, tho Committee recoin- ing majority, thus assuring the utter and mend the adoption of the following reso- speedy downfall of the Tammany Ring, lutions: that some of tbe stolen millions may be Resolved, That this report be comma- recovered. They close by saying, “let nicated to the House of Clerical and Lay! us pledge ourselves to vindicate and re- Deputies. I deem the honor of the Democratic party, Resolved, The House of Clerical and and use every means through the ballot Lay Deputies concurring, that a joint box and the courts to bring those who committee, consisting of three Bishops disgrace our party to punishment. u of the Presbytery and three Laymen be London, October 8.—The Lord Mayor- appointed, to whom the subject matter will entertain. Leon Lay at a banquet on of this report shall be referred, with dis- tbe qsth. A meeting will be held at an cretion to report to this Convention at ear i y jay to discuss the questiog of com an early a day as practicable, such canon merc i a l trade between England and as they may deem necessary in the prem- ]? railC e iaes, all of which is respectfully submit-1 The’observer contradicts the reports AUkbU and Her Prosperity. 40 Alf. Lee, J. Williams, T. M. Clark, W. H. Odkkdumkb, J. B. Keafoot. Topeka, October 7.—A party of Texas cattle drovers spent most of the day iu forcing business men to trust them. At Refine a roAi resulted, and in attempting to quell it the marshal was wounded. One drover accidentally shot another. San Francisco, October 7.—Three of the escaped Nevada convicts have been captured and killed. The Arizona, from China, has arrived with 1,151 tons of tea, silks and other merchandise, for New York, St. Louis and Chicago, comprising 24,908 packages. Chattanooga, October 7.—-John D. . ~ .., .. .. . , Long, Indian Commissioner, and Gen. extern Gulf has apparently entirely sub- CoSt % £ tbe interior Department, with sided, and the central area of lowest pres sure is now spread over the south Atlan tic States, where fresh and light souther ly wiuds and clearing weather arc now reported. An area of partially cloudy smoky weather, with a heavy fall in the temperature, has extended from Arkan sas to Lake Ontaria and Lake Michigan, the central highest pressure being north ward of Illinois. Tho barometer has fallen in the extreme northwest, and fight local rains have been reported in Wis consin and Missouri. Cool weather, with northwesterly winds, will probably extend on Saturday over the Gulf and Atlantic States, with clear or partially cloudy weather south of the Ohio river. Partially cloudy and clearing weather in the middle and. eas tern States. A small area of cloudiness remain in West Virginia on area of low pressure, with rising temperature; and southerly winds will probably advance j three car loads of Cherokee Indians, passed through here last night en route for the Indian territory. Large nnmbers will soon follow. The party was in charge of Col. A. A. Barnes, General Freight and Ticket Agent of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, who has made a contract with the Government to trans port the remainder of the Cherokee tribe. New Orleans, October 7.—Five pilot boats were driven ashore southwest of Pass Gale on the od, including the Rob ert Bruce, and totally wrecked. Four pilots were drowned. Frank Bailey and Charles Carlen clung to the wreck thirty hours aud were rescued. Chicago, October .7.—The fires in the woodland on the prairies are prevailing in every direction, including Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa. A heavy stop the conflagration. ram alone can The country is dry as Uneler uuu-cumpiuu.ee tuc Baltimore, October /. p 1 ; gardiug the inspection of boilers. Convention is engageu on the obituaues | fa Tllo j ri -^ n 1P members. tod. _ 1 0 f under-handed marauders of the Bona- (Sigued) Alf. Lee, | prists in France for the restoration of Napoleon. Brussels, October 8.—Three hundred workmen of Ghent are on a’strike. They demand a redaction of the days labor to Accompanying the foregoing report I fen hours, wages to be unchanged, and were the following resolutions from the double pay for work over time. House of Bishops: _ Paris, October 8.—Dombrowski, who Resolved, That, m view of the gravity was £be leader of the mob in an attack on of this subject and its bearing, this house ^ £ormer resideuts in Lyons, has been is unprepared .for the immediate action nested tried, and sentenced to two on the report submitted by its Committee mon t] ls imprisonment and a a fine of one on Ritual Uniformity with previous con- bnn d r ed francs sideration of the same in joint commis- Lambre cht, Minister of the Interior, sion of the two houses of the Conven- su ddenly this morning at his resi- tl0 2- - , m« -i , , . J dence while dressing. Resolved, The houses of the clerical _ „ Q and lay deputies concurring, That a joint Berlin, October u. Peoyen Quertier, commission be appointed for the consid- fc ^ e French ilmister of Finance, and erationof the above named report of the °them “raved tins morning and visited Committee of the House of Bishops con- French Embassy. . cerningthe ritual, aud what action, if It is rumored that'Yon Armm has been any, may properly be taken in the prem- recalled. j ses< Madrid, October 8.—Minister Condan Further action was postponed until declares that the Government cannot Tuesday. prosecute members of the International Washington, October 7.—The postal society so long as they obey the law, but treaty with the German Empire was he promises to give the Cortes an early signed to-day. opportunity of discussing the question. Several appointments were made to- Bomb, October 8.—Two convents have day—none affecting tho South. Major been occupied by tbe station troops. Terrers H. Wheeler, of the Engineer The inmates quietly withdrew. Corps, was appointed Professor of En- The Italian Parliament will opened gineering at West Point, vice Mahon, about the middle of November, deceased. ; _ '.. I New York, October 7.—Cotton quiet A delegation from South Caralma, and weak . up i an ds 20; Orleans 20J; sales covering tbe whole Eepublican party, ex- 3}147> g ales of co tt 0 n to-day for future cept the Sawyer wing, are waiting in the del i ver y, 93,150 hales: October 19J© President’s ante-cham? er to secure tbe 1 19 9 _ 1G; November 19i©19 7-16@19g; removal of United States Marshal John-1 D ecem b er 19i©19? 7-19 J; January 19|; son - February 19}@19j; March 20^. Flour New York, October 8.—The steamers | stea dier. Wheat firm. Corn firm. Pork | Delaware aud Roundout have been libeled £13 (£, Beef quiet. Lard firm, kettle for a non-compliance wtth tbe law re- 10 ^ Groceries and navals firmer. ers - | Freights steadier. Monev easy at 5©6. Tbe trial of tbe officers of tbe Staten | Discounts in demand at G. v Sterling 89. into Missouri aud Wisconsin Madrid, October 6.—The Mulcomp’s j ministry i:;.s been definitely constituted. ° r _, tLL ,, w i ; n ir .**■' r —■>> — — Alazaga and Aivarese Loving declined to The Committee reported stioogly in ; h orror) Wld commence to-morrow, serve. Thc foreign aud interior nort- ! ffl vor of conformity ui services. t i Tbe gallery o£ Havemerger’s sugar re- folios have tendered to Senors Cantals j The the case f ! fiaery fel1 ^erday, killing three per and Pedros r< spectively. Pending ‘ their I Deputy Collector, rendered a verdict of j SO ns. acceptance Malcomps himself will ad minister the affairs of the foreign and interior departments. It is announced semi-officially that tbe new ministry will persevere in tbe meas ures of economy inaugurate! under i Island Ferry Company, for tbe Westfield j Gold Governments strong but notactive. States neglected. Tennessees 67i, new 66J. Virginias GlJ, new 68. Louisianas 65, new 58, levses 70; 8s 82; Alabamas 101; 5s_68. Georgias 82; 7s92 j. North Carolinas 42 J, new 23. South Carolinas 73, new 51}. guilty iu four counts aud innocent in | Michael Phelan, tbe celebrated billiard five counts of tbe indictment. Sentence j p] a yor is dead. lias been deferred. Chicago, October 8.—Six squares be- The committee of five Bishops appoint- j tween Clinton, Yan Bnren aud Jackson ed by the House of Bishops, on tbe Gtli, streets have been burned. make a long conciliatory report; They! Tbe latest advices from the great fire i-40 141, bs lU-4Us 11 New York, October 7, midnight.—81s lSj; 62s 15$; G4sl5|; 5-203 16, new 14 A few of the newspapers in Georgia— especially in the southern and southwest ern portions—including oar respected cotemporaries of Milledgeville—occasion ally make ill-natured flings at Atlanta— most of which—we respectfully submit— are smartly mixed up with 'the spice of spite. Tbe Bainbridge Argus, accounts for “tbe rapid growth of Atlanta” thus: That her prosperity has been brought abont * through complications and copartnerships with her leading men and the officials of the State Govern- 1 inent; and that much of the money used in build- 1 ing up the city has been raised on railroad bonds, State taxes and the earnings of the State Road. In other words, that Atlanta’s prosperity, not being iu teeping with the material condition of the coun- •* try. owes her advancement to Radical corruption and fraud. And if such is the case her doom is sealed, and her prosperity among thc events of the “past.” Iu addition to sueb flings as tliis, there e two other complaints indulged by some papers and individuals iu the State. They are: 1. That we have the Capitol ot tbe State, wrongfully. 2. That we have not complied with our contract when we obtained it. We will first notice tbe last two charges. Tbe Capitol is located here, because it is so nominated and required in the Con stitution of tbe State. When, tlie election was held, at wbicli this Constitution was submitted to tbe people, if we recollect rightly, Savannah, Augus ta, Macon and Columbus, voted for Bul lock and the Constitution. Atlanta is tbe only leading city in the State that gave Gordon a clear majority. Even Milledge ville, we believe, voted for Bullock and tho Constitution. This looks likeAtlanta is not any more to blame for tbe Capitol being here than some other portion of tbe State—if there be any blame attached to tbe matter. It is true, that most of our people desired it to be here, and made a liberal offer to secure it, but there was nothing unfair' or corrupt on tbe part of Atlanta in tbe whole transaction. The city entered into a contract which she has faithfully complied with; and we venture that there is not on record an instance of a more thorough compliance with a contract on the part of any city or corporation, than that of Atlanta in this matter. We will recite the facts and in vite any one who feels disposed to at tempt a successful refutation. When the Constitutional Convention proposed to remove the Capitol here, our city authorities agreed to pro vide suitable buildings for . the Legisla ture and State officers for ten years. In consequence, she, at considerable expense, re-arranged and fitted up our City Hall, so that it temporarily answered all purposes for the Legislature and State House officers, and also made satisfactory arrangements for the Governor. This complied with her engagement. . But, that it might not be said that her compliance was not liberal, she entered into a contract with parties who were building “Kimball’s Opera House,” by which, at an expense of over $10,000 a year; she secured better accommodation for the Legislature and State officers than was ever before provided in Georgia. It was well done, and with a liberal hand by our city.: .vj-:-; ■ • .-r v'f. This was the status when the purchase of the Opera House by the Legislature was brought forward in that body.' At lanta had nothing whatever to do with the making of this proposition. She had fulfilled her engagement, and was content with it. The project of purchase was brought forward, and the Legislature proposed to Atlanta, that if she would pay $135,000 of the purchase money, it would be taken in lieu of her then existing obligation. To this our City Council agreed—though we had already liberally and handsomely' complied with the city’s contract at considerably less expense. The trade was made, and At lanta paid the money. Was there any thing wrong in this ? In our opinion the trade would have been made if Atlanta had not acceded to the proposal; and no one, it seems to us, can charge our city with either obtaining the capitol wrong fully, failing to comply with her contract, or of being guilty of any improper con duct in the matter any way. Neither is it true in any sense that At lanta is thriving through any “copartner ships” with “the State Government,” or the “earniDgs of the State Road,” or that her “advancement” is due “to Radical corruption and fraud,” or that her “pros perity” is not in keeping with “the terial condition of the country,” and her own resources and energy. The growth of Atlanta from the first has been a matter of aston ishment to the country, and even to most of our citizens. The reasons for it are not com prehended by those who think she would go down, but for the fact of the Capitol being here. If the State Government were removed to-morrow, it would not check .o:r retard our onward march in the leash Ours is essentially a commercial city, having a highly energetic and thrifty population, and possessing com mercial advantages which but few in land cities can boast of. This is the secret of our growth and prosperity. Some individuals in this city have, no doubt, participated iu the peculations connected with the State Road and the State Government; but we deny that our people generally, or any considerable number of them, have profited by any sort of corruption or jparticipation in the wrongs which have been perpetrated. No people on earth would more prompt ly scorn such prosperity, f It is a singular fact that, notwithstand ing all Hie efforts of Bullock and the State Road Ring, Atlanta is the only large city in the State that has not fallen into Radical hands, but has kept, all ttii while, a soundly Democratic city govern ment. The charge of prospering through Radical corruption and fraud, is simply ridiculous. "We have kept the Radical plunderers from bankrupting us, as they have other cities; aud wo have sternly and defiantly, in the presence of Bol lock and liis cohorts, proclaimed our city as their political enemy, and have stood our ground unscathed. Twenty More Cases Opening this morning, containing ev ery known novelty, at the London Store, d&wlt MAYOR’S COURT. Only one Case ami a Continuance. Saturday Jousen’s checks called for two solitary offenders. This is reducing the week’s work to a very fine point, and shows a moral exhibit of the week’s do ings in a most encouraging manner. The first case was continued over till this morning, and the next was a case of JAMES BRIDIE, accused of drunkness on the streets. Jim had not fully recovered his intellect when he came into Court; and after the Mayor, had asked him several pointed questions in connection with the recent mishap his answers were so entirely in distinct and unsatisfactory that the Court, just to sound the depth of bis under standing, asked him the following simple question: “If you were the wife of your grandmother’s uncle’s half sister, what relation would you be to your unole’s grandfather’s husband, and how many ?” James.answered “several.” This throwed him, and the Court knew his mind was cloudy, and made him pay $5 for not knowing his lesson. 75 cents, all wool, Plaids, for 50 cents; cents Black Alpaca for 25 oents; 50 cents Empress Cloths for 40 cents, at the London Store. d&wlt Call anti See From tbe Columbus (Ga.) Sun, Oct. 4,1871. How We Have Departed from our English Ancestors, A correspondent of The Atlanta Sun recommends to the Democratic members of the approaching session of the Legis lature to disregard the disability, so- called, of tbe 14th Amendment iu the election of a United States Senator. The Macon Telegraph and Messenger de nounces tlie suggestion as “foolish and mischievous,” aud refers to the case of ex-Govemor Yance, of North Carolina. It is true Yance was ref used his seat after he was elected, but in politics, as well as in religion, tbe blood of martyrs often, in the end, proves the seed of the Church. We boast greatly of our progress iu civil rights and the privileges of our people in this day; and if we protest against the usurpations of representatives against the liberties of the governed, we are pro nounced by the devotees of kingly pre rogative “Red Hots” and “Bourbons.”— The case of Vance and others shows that we are still over a hundred years behind our British ancestors, in the principles of popular, representative government. John Wilkes was elected to Parlia ment from the county of Middlesex, England, in 1768. He was expelled four different times, and each time re turned by his constituents to Parliament. At last, the House of Commons declared Wilkes’ opponent, Col. Luttrell, elected, though he had received only 300 votes, on the ground that the votes for Wilkes were xoidfrom incapacity to serve. This measure, we are told by historians, awak ened intense indignation throughout the whole country. ' The contest between Wilkes and the ministry became a con test for the preservation of the rights of the people. Presents of jewelry, &c., were forced upon him, and, though in prison, tbe sum of £20,000 was raised to pay his debts. He was twice commanded to attend at the bar of the House, but refused to appear except in his place as membei' far Middlesex. He finally tri umphed and succeeded in 1782 in having the records of his expulsion expunged, and the House voted that the resolution, passed February, 1769, by which he had been declared incapable, was “ subversive of the rights of the whole body of the elec tors of the Kingdom.” Wiliam Ennett, Senator elect to the Legislature of North Carolina from the county of Onslow, was expelled, after trial and conviction, for the forgery of a certificate of election in 1844. He was a Democrat, and although by his corrup tion and that of his friends, the Whigs lost the election of the officers of the Senate, they, with the example of Wilkes before their eyes, were not “foolish and mischievous” enough to displace Ennett after his second return by his electors. Such was British liberty oue hundred years ago, and such was the rights of the American people before the advent of Radicalism. Every State is entitled to two U. S. Senators, but Radicalism has erected a standard of qualifications unknown to the Constitution, which in cludes an ignorant negro and excludes the most intelligent white man; aud it is called “foolish and mischievous” to presume to disturb such a standard. Are we the descendants of John Wilkes and John Hampden, or is Chatham’s lan guage our mother tongue ? Shall we be denounced as “Red Hots” and “Revolu tionists” because we claim kinship, not kingship, in blood and principle to those who wrested Magna Charta from the meanest of English monarchs, and held the head of the most amiable aloft and dripping from the scaffold, rather than wear the badges of slavery ? Are the prerogatives of Congress, (and even a branch of it) already more omnipotent than King John or Charles the First ? God forbid that what was confirmed by Parliament of British liberty one hun dred years ago, and wrested centuries before by the British sword, should to day, in this boasted Republic, be stamped by the voice of freemen, “foolish ^and mischievous 1”