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the daily sum. Published by the Atlanta Sun Publishing Company. Alexander H. StepUenii j, Henly Smith, Proprietors. Alexander H. Stephens, ^olWcal Editor. k H WfltfiAn. . • ■ « £ulU)r« J * Henly Smith, General Editor and Busi ness Manager. T “‘Vi 8 XxfT?““ ! **• s .< « For s less period than Six Mouths (per T.ioDth)..... 1 00 CMJ1W FOB THE DAILY. Three Copies One ;;"2T 2 00 •• •• «oo fw ; "’ W00 Single PER ANNUM*: * Single Copy — ••• 2 °0 Three Copies Five ” • Ten “ • rwenty ” • One^Iundred Copies. uu nru.-irr^ 5 00 .. 8 00 ..15 00 .28 00 .65 00 125 00 WEEKLY—SIX MONTHS: .... 1 00 .... 2 50 .... 4 00 .... 7 50 ....15 00 ... 04 00 One'Hundred Copies, Six Months 65 00 Single CopUe 3 Cent,. Single Copy,. Three “ Five ” Ten “ Twenty “ Fifty Uniform Kates of Advertising Adopted by the Press of Atlanta. 0 a o« 8 8 150.00 OO’OIS 1 3 IS i!§r looms 1 8 | 3 I 8 p: 3I3 CO I to I t* T 0 8 *5 ** 8 2 8 O 8 O 8 O 3 | 8 i 0 8 CO 8 8 3 mo. 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Of The Atlanta Sun, CONTENTS “ATLANTA WEEK! A SUN,” FOB THE WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 97th,1871 THE DAILY SUN Sunday, December 24,1871. The New Hampshire Democracy We invite the attention of our readers to-day to a letter in another column from the land of Levi Woodbury and Franklin Pierce. In the letter, a copy of the Res olutions adopted by the late Convention, at which Gov. Weston was unanimously re-nominated for the office he has filled with so much ability’, was enclosed. We publish them, that Democrats everywhere may see and know the principles on which their brethren in New Hampshire go into the contest for Constitutional Liberty. The Resolutions were unanimously adopted by the Convention, and are in these words: THE PLAIFOEM. Resolved, That the Democracy of New Hampshire firmly adhere to toe principles hereby enunciated: 1st. The perpetuity of the Union, a strict obedi ence to the Constitution and an honest enforcement of the laws. 2d. Tho protection of the rights of every citizen, in accordance with the fundamental law. 3d. Opposition to every species of corruption in all the departments of municipal, State and National Governments. 4th. No privileged classes and no privileged capi tal. 5th. A tariff that raises money for the necessary expenses of the Federal Government, and not for the benefit of monopolists. Kesolvcd, That the recent declaration of marital law over a portion of the Bcpnblic is an atrocious use of an unconstitutional enactment; and wo here by denounce that enactment as subversive of every principle of civil liberty, .also in its pretexts, and .1 its enforcement an outrage demanding earnest re monstrance and rebuke; and we invite aU patriotic citizens of New Hampshire, who are opposed to the present National Administration, to join with us in efforts to stay the tide of corruption and cent-’iza- tion which threatens to destroy the civU liberies of tho people. Be8olved, That we pledge ourselves to a reform of the civil service of the General Government, to a vigorous prosecution of reform in our own State, tho reduction of its expenditures to the lowest prac ticable limit, the elevation of the courts of justice above the influence of any personal or partisan con siderations, and the enactment of all necessary laws which public sentiment will sustain and public offi cers bo required to enforce. liesolved, That we reaffirm our confidence in Gov. James A. Weston, as personally an d officiary above reproach; and we pledge our united efforts to secure his re election. These Resolutions breathe the right spirit throughout. There is in them no lowering of the old Democratic Banner; no departure from Jeffersonian principles. But in them is presented a bold front agairist the usurpations and corruptions of the Party in Power, which have brought the country to the verge of Rnin and Des potism. A. H. S. NEW HAMPSHIRE POLITICS. Interesting Letter to The Sun. I’n ge I—The New Hampshire Democracy. New Hampshire Politics. Washington Correspondence Mr. Stephens and Tho Sun. Son-Strokes. Geor gia Mutiers. Local Notes, etc. Page 9—Tho Suspended Taxei on the Press.— Catching Wild Hogs. Benjarni : onley. Pub’<5 'Acii psssed by the Georgia Leg; ft star®, 1871. Lo cal Notes. The Boys of tho Feriod. Telegrams. Pngs C—Geor 0 ia Matters. Local Notes. Tele grams. The Bonds of Georgia. Appoint uentsef the South Georgia Conference for 1872. < oat’s Military Police in IlPuois. Advertisements. . d—"The Comptro ’er Generalship.” - _he Legislature: id the Press. / t Anniversary. Son- Stroke;. Georgia Matters. Lo 'Notes, etc. Page 5—Telegrams. Communication from Flori da. Commercial. Advertisements, etc. Pago C—Temper of tho South. Death of a Fe mur Prominent Citizen of Georgia. Washington Items. Hebei in Ileal Life. Sun-Strokes. De layed Telegrams. Georgia Matters. Local Notes. Telegrams, etc. Page 7—Sun-Strokes. Georgia Matters. Com pensation of Jurors in DeKaib and Fulton Coun ties. In Meiuoriam. Public Acts Passeu at the Late Session of the General Assembly, 1871. The Condition of the South. Sowing. Sun-Strokes. Page 8—Tho Washington City Patriot The End Approaching. Local Note*. Telegrams, etc. Special Notices. The Great Pictorial Annual. Hostetler's United States Almanac for 1872, for distribution, grails, throughout tho United States, nud a’l civi'ized countries of the Western Hemis phere, is now published and ready for delivery, in tho English, German, French, Norwegian, Welsh, Swedish, Holland, Bohemian and Spanish languages, «ud ad who wish to understand the true philosophy of health should read and ponder the valuable sug gestions it contains. In addition to an admirable medical treatise on toe causes, prevention and cure of a great variety of diseases, it embraces a large amount of information interesting to the merchant, the mechanic, the miner, the farmer, the planter, and professional man; and the calculations have been made for such meridians and latitudes as are most suitable for a correct and comprehensive Na tional Calendar. The nature, uses, and extraordinary sanitary effects of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the staple tonic and alterative of more than half the Chris tian world, are fully set forth in its pages, which are also interspersed with pictorial illustrations, val uable recipes for the household and farm, hamcrous anecdotes, and other instructive and amusing read ing matter, original and selected. Among the An nuals to appear with tho opening of the year, this will be one oi the most useful and may be had for the asking. The proprietors, Messrs. Hostetler & Smith, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on receipt of a two-cent stamp, will forward a copy by mail to any person who cannot procure one in his neighborhood. The Bitters are sold in every city, town and village, and are extensively used throughout the entire civilized world. deod&wlw. Tiie problem of a fuel supply for tlie Northern prairie country is solving itself. Owtng to’the limited supply, wood ha^ cost at St. Paul from $10 to $12 per cord for many years past—an enormous ex pense when it came to heating a whole dty. Now, however, the railroads are taking a hand in it, and a ton of the best Ohio coal, from Duluth, costs little or no more than a cord of wood. As a natu ral consequence, the whole community ora shedding their ancient gear for con suming wood, and the rush for coal stoves is something marvellous to behold. The zeroes will bo marked down in all parts of the Northwest as soon as black dia monds 1 ecomo sufficiently plentiful. Chicago Post. N , New Hampshire, Dec. 14, 1871. Hon. Alexandeb H. Stephens: My Dear Sir—Thinking a letter from this far No: Lhe.-n State might be interesting, I will endeavor to give you some idea of the state of public feeling here in regard to tho threatened danger of the complete overthrow of those principles which form the bulwark of our liberties and distin guishes the Government from an Impe rial Despotism. Our Slate Convention met ou the 13th. It was one of the lullest attended of any ever held in this State. Delegates were present from every part of the State, Jand their number was about six hundred. The proceedings were harmonious throughout, and the greatest enthusiasm was manifest. I can safely say the Old Granite State will awake the people in ’72 by a victory which shall send tidings of great joy to all lov ers of Constitutional Liberty through out tho land. Ours is a determined front. There is no failing—no “ Pas siveness” in our ranks. We are going to win on principles, which we shall not fear to own after victory has rested on our banner. The New York Herald says, “ the first blast for the Democracy in 1872 has Hashed in the pan by the fiat, Platform of the £ New Hampshire Democracy.” I suppose it lias become, at this day of advanced moral ideas, “ flat” talk, to speak of “tho Constitution” to which tl”'s country gave birth, and to which it was indebted for seventy years of unsur- pa ,ed prosperity. I would say to the Herald, as one of the delegates who voted for those resolu tions, that we did not meet to form a platform ou which to elect U. S. Grant, or any other man wuo believes in Central ization. We formed a platform for the I\ jple not for men who aim to be their masters, nrd, with God’s help, we intend to elect our men on that “fiat” Platform. We want a flat Platform; one that will hold the people of this whole country; not around one, which ‘ rolls over” as soon as the people attempt to stand ou it. We do not take onr ideas of Republican Gov ernment from men who, if they do ua- <! erstand our form of Government, uarc not stanu boldly out and maintain it at all hazards. If this be “fiat” doctrine, beware of wliat decisive words mean; for the “flash in the Democratic pan” of New Hamp shire will be like the roar of many guns. The time is passed for policy. That has 1 ad too much to do with our party of late years. The Ilei-ald had better study that mr s .y old doc ament once called “the Constitution,” and see if it cannot get a clearer idea of what a party means when it says in its platform, that it stands by the Constitution. If the people never stand on any “flat ter” platform than the New Hampshire Democracy now stand on, our rights un der the Constitution are safe, and the ad vocates of a strong government routed. Truly yours * * * * WASHINGTON CORRESPOND ENCE. Smothering Investigation—Trumbull’® Harpoon in the Radical Whale—Aker- man— Senator Hill — Williams—H. I. ELimhall—Bullock—Blodgett—Scruggs. tration, was disposed of last night after a protracted sea lion of nine hours. The debate on this resolution has consumed much of the time of the Senate from the commencement of the session, and has been the cause of several caucuses by the Administration party. The debate has been fierce, acrimoni- ons, and most damaging to the opponents of investigation and reform. As this searching resolution may have escaped the notice of some of your readers, and as its discussion has produced a profound sensation throughout the country,,I deem it not inappropriate to give it in full. “ Resolved, That the Committee of Investigation and Betrencbment be instructed to inquire into the expenditures in all branches of the service of the United States, and to report whether any and what offices ought to be abolished; whetoer any and what salaries or allowances ought to be reduced; what are the methods of procuring accountability in public officers or agents in the care and disbursement of public moneys; whether any moneys have been paid ont illegally; whether any officers or agents, or other persons, have been or are employed in the public service without authority of law or unnecessarily; and generally how and to what extent the expenses of the service of the country may and ought to be curtailed. "And also to consider the expediency of so amend ing the laws under which appointments to the pub lic service are now made as to provide for withdraw ing the public service from being used as an instru ment of political or party xatronage. “That said committee be authorized to sit during the recess of Congress, to send for persons and pa pers, and to report by bill or otherwise; and that said committee may appoint a clerk.’’’ Its adoption and the appointment of a committee in accordance with Parliamen tary usages, would liave exposed a condi tion of things, not only startling in the extreme, but it would have been, in my opinion, certain destruction to the vaunt ed Republican party. The result, however, has been the ap pointment of a committee agreed on in caucus, which was Selected for its known subserviency to the Radical party. With the exception of the two Democrats on it, and contrary to all Parliamentary usage, every Republican Senator who favored the investigation has been ignored, and those only appointed who are known and recog nized as the most willing and subservient tools of a corrupt and tyrannical admin istration. An investigation made by such a committee would be like the devil quoting Scripture. But the effect of the discussion, and the partizan character of the committee appointed, demonstrates the rottenness of the party in power, and that an honest investigation is feared and dreaded. The managers know full well that it would prove disastrous in the extreme. That adroit political navigator, Senator Trum bull, has, however, planted his harpoon firmly in the vitals of the Radical whale, and although he may swamp the boat of investigation for a time, and obscure the vision in the spray of “glittering gen eralities,” yet the monster has already sprinkled the body politic with his ebb ing vitality, and we hope soon the blub ber of his mighty carcass will be thrown in the cauldron of public scrutiny. Mr. Amos T. Akerman leaves the Cabi net on the ICth day of January, 1872.— Already Senator Joshua Hill has intro duced a bill to make Georgia into two judicial districts. If the bill becomes law, the Upper, or Cherokee Dis trict, will, probably, be assigned to Mr. Akermau, although, Hon. Daw son A. Walker—at present a member of the Civil Service Commission—would not object to being encumbered by such a position, and it might be that his ac quaintance and identification with the people of Cherokee Georgia would make him more acceptable than any other Grantocrat. But the serious question now is, are the people of North Georgia to be afflicted during the remainder of this century with Judge Amos T. Akerman? Would it not bo well for the people to commence enlarging their jails ? for will not Judge Akerman soon - fill up those in present use ? George H. Williams, of Oregon, the newly appointed Attorney General is a .native of New York, at one time Circuit Court Judge in the State of Oregon, a Senator in Congress from 1865 to ’71, a member of the High Joint Commission, and, as lawyer and statesman, is “from fair to middling.” And, like most Democrats who deserted their party, he is an in' tense Radical, and if not restrained by policy, will show neither justice friendship to the Southern people. The great Georgia financier, Mr. H. L Kimball, is said to be a raving maniac in the asylum of graduated carpet-baggers. New Haven, Connecticut. Bullock sojourns at Buffalo, New York, on the Canada border, and will cross over immediately on the inauguration of Gov ernor Smith. Blodgett, having been defeated iu his Senatorial aspirations, contemplates, we are informed, taking service iu one of the Methodist churches iu Boston, as an exhorter. Scruggs, of the New Era, is here, look ing sad and melancholy, and in his seve- S UN-STROKES. The “howl of rage’ with Indiana papers. is idiomatic A correspondent calls Thiers “a duodecimo Louis XYL, or Napoleon L” The Memphis Avalanche calls him “the bilious lunatic, Geofrancistrain.” »-• -< iBSs^Au exchange says “Tennessee de clined the ‘new party’ movement;” and yet she put one Foote ir.to it. Valles, one of the “dead” Com munists, has come to life in Germany. He doesn’t “rest in the valley.” >-+-4 Illinois women treat their rivals with vitriol That is a great State for burning any how. J62f“ The New York Callender was made up of wrong calculations. Its circu lation had to be stopped. The name of the surgeon of the Svetlana is Vladimer Popoff. He can pop ’em off at long range. JKSP* An enterprising Paducahan ad vertises “ a lot of the prettiest little cof fins for Christmas you ever saw.” Olive Logan’s marriage with Wirt Sykes calls to mind two lines from Saxe: "She’s got a fool for a husband; Ho’a got a fool for a wife.” Senator Buckingham goes against Woman Suffrage; and all the “advocates” ar9 shouting, “Off with his head 1 So much for Buckingham!” Blegg, Blogg, Blagg, or whatever his name was—groom of the Prince of Wales—died with the typhoid fever. He contracted the disease at the same time that Wales and Chesterfield did. The Supreme Court of Massachu setts has decubd that suicide is not a crime. Therefore, those who have wil fully put themselves out of place, need have no fear of a final “stake in their in sides.” JJSg® A Kentucky rural editor calls the President’s Message “an able State pa per.” That fellow is evidently laboring to get an offer to go on the- Courier-Jour nal as “inveterate joker.” ral interviews with the President, he seems to think that Georgia is forever abandoned by the great “inscrutable, feel sorry for Scruggs; but it is more than likely that his present distress is aU ow ing to having eaten some of Judge Don ning’s apple*. Apples and other fruit have brought much distress on poor hu man nature. The juice of the apple is better. D. Gbey. Washington Crrr, D. C., Tuesday December 19, 1871. Editors Sun: The resolution of Mr. Trumbull, looking to an investigation of the glaring corruptions of the Adminis- phens. Mr. Stephens and The Sun. From tho Lycoming Standard, (Williamsport, Pa.,) 13th December. 1871. The Atlanta Sun is doing a great amount of good by correcting, with au thority, the ill advised plans of tho: would-be leaders of the Democracy who have in view only policy without princi ple. Hon. A. H. Stephens, its editor, is a man x»f power, and his calm and digni fied discussion of political questions in The Sun makes him tower high above these mendacious and virulent characters that constantly assail him. His paper is widely circulated, and will do much to wards opening the eyes of onr country men to the spectacle that is presented in onr national belittlement. It is pub lished at Atlanta, Ga., by A. H. Ste Columbus has had' “a miniature snow storm,” which the Snn doesn’t think was worth bragging about. It doesn’t even quote a line of “The Beautiful Snow.” The Colnmbus Sun says : “ The Trus tees, ou the 19th, unanimously elected Mr. C. P. Wilcox, of this city, Professor of Modem Languages in the University of Georgia, located at Athens, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Prof. M. J. Sinead. He is one of the most cul tivated men in this country. Having re ceived a complete collegiate education, shortly after his marriage he went to Eu rope and, at Berlin, established a school for American youths desiring to learn languages. There and at other Capitals of Europe, he spent fourteen years, we believe. He is a brother of Sir. D. F. Wilcox, Secretary and Treasurer of the Georgia Home Insurance Company. He speaks and writes fluently a number of languages. The Trustees ’have made a good choice. A Macou and Western and a Central Railroad train tried t > occupy identical positions on the same track on Thursday. Damages not material. “Moulton’s golden notes” are now cir culating in Macon. Thomas J. Speer, IVll. C., our Tom, is lying dangerously ill at Washington. LaGrange has been startled by a suow. Troupe county gave Smith 775 vot; s, and “nothing for nobody” else. The crop of Christmas trees promises to be very large this year. Coweta county polled 409 votes for Col. Smith. LOCAL NOTES. Oakey Hall has been grandjuried. I That word is promulgated here in order to anticipate the reporter at Washington, who has given birth to “suicided,” “in- quested ! aul “revolvered”—all within the last few months.) They call the Democracy “dead, do they ? But the indications now are that a healthful and strong pulse is beat ing through the whole body, and long before next November it will be so alive that no officious Gabriel will presume to blow a single blast to call it to life. >-•-< Grant is accused of making a pun in Lis Message, when he .declared that “agriculture i3 the ground-work of our prosperity.” It is safe to guess, how ever, that he is in blissful ignorance of the fact, unless somebody has pointed it out to him. The Albany News of Friday has the following paragraph: The Atlanta Sun, on Wednesday morning, 20th, reached us that afternoon at 3. This is one of the advantages of the new schedule on the M. & W. Rail road. If the Atlanta papers will go to press by midnight, they can compete with Macon at this point, and get fifteen hours ahead of Savannah. The Sun’s aim is always to be on time —to reach the most remote points just as quickly as Uncle Sam’s baggage-wagons will take it. If it is ever late, it is be cause the mails don't go. The Sun has not failed to make a connection since the schedule was changed on the Macon and Western Railroad. JK3- Senator Davi3 has been poking a long pole through the door of the White House, to stir up the Radical lion. He has offered a resolution in the Senate di recting the Investigation Committee to examine into Grant’s connection with the contracts to furnish material for the Gov ernment buildings, his acceptance of bribes and presents in consideration for offices, his appointment of his own rela tions to office, the corruption of the San Domingo job, and his absence from his official duties. When the resolution was read, it created such a howl of indignation among the Grantites in the Senate that it seemed as if “all the fiends from heaven that fell had pealed the banner-cry of hell,” or somethiDg of that sort. There is obvi ously a determination onthe part of some Senators and Representatives to inter view Grant with an investigating com mittee. >-♦-< GEORGIA MATTERS. The Covington Enterprise joins in the universal cry of “no paper next week.” Dan Rice’s circus is in Augusta and do ing a good business. Washington has had two inches of snow. Columbus, according to the Enquirer, “in point of local interest, is very doll/ The Mayor’s Court.—His Honor the Mayor’s reunion yesterday was of unus ual interest. He mounted the rostrum of justice, with smiles that made all of his old, as well as his new friends, feel that they were welcome. Johnson an nounced the visitors with more grace than usual—all attributable to the.approa h of the Christmas holidays. He first introduced two young gentle men, who must have been brought up under the law3 of Moses, as they had been casting stones, to the great annoy ance of their neighbors. As they had received justice at the hands of another and higher court, His Honor refused them any more, and commanded them to depart in peace. The next presentation was a gentleman who was not Beard-less, but had been very profane, for which His Honor thought “five and costs” would entitle him to a free ticket on the floor. The next was Alexander — not the Great—as the Court could not have found in him such a very sour disposition as this one exhibited; for which he was kindly told to pay cost of transportation, and he could walk home. Johnson then announced that some of the Town Hoys desired an audience.— One was not present, and the other ex pressed great disappointment at being denied an interview, but was reminded by Johnson that it was not a free thing. Some of the Smiths and Browns had been doing and saying very naughty things. They were allowed to pass pay ing five and costs. The last introduc tion was one that seemed to give his Honor peculiar pleasure. This was a committee from the boys in Blue, con sisting of twelve in number. His Honor made a very low bow as they approached and listened attentively to the speeches made by several of them. In reply he told them he had discovered, that their military education had been partially neglected; and for his first lesson he would only charge them five and costs; but the second would cost more. Johnson announced the material on hand exhausted, but that there would be another entertainment at the same hour on next Monday, at which time Santa Claus would make a general distribution of presents. Rapidly Disappearing.—It has been customary for the Legislature to appro priate $20,000 annually, as a “Contingent Fund,” to be 'used by the Governor, in his discretion, to meet such expenses as may not be otherwise provided for by law. Governors, in better days, very sel dom used up this fund, but commonly had a portion of it left at the end of the year. Not so, however, with Bullock. He used it up almost as if it were noth ing; and his plundering Legislature, passed the famous India Rubber, or 20th section, in the Appropriation Act, under which he squandered the'people’s money uselessly to a most frightful extent. The Legislature, at its late session, in providing for the expenses of the Gov ernment next year, appropriated the usu al amount—$20,000—for contingent ex penses. Already, since the adjournment, nearly half that amount has been drawn and expended by Acting Governor Con ley—most of it, we believe, to meet AMMTWV MVWIOH nil A nb CviCn claims arising under Bullock’s adminis tration. Frozen to Death.—On Friday morn ing about 3 o’clock, policeman O’Shields found a negro man about 30 or 35 years old, on Marietta street, in a frozen and dying condition. Mr. O’S. had him put in a house near by and every attention given him, but all efforts were fruitless; he was too far gone to restore life. The negro was seen the evening before in a very drunken condition. He was evi dently a stranger in the city, as no one could be found that knew him. Funeral) Berry were discharged. James Skyles—He Takes Waxes. Yesterday at 10 o’clock was set for a hearing of the habeas ccn-pus case of Mr. Skyles. Our readers will remember that he fig ured conspicuously in the late unlawful and outrage ous arrests of a large number of the best citizens of Dade county- dragging them away from home without due process of law, and without prepara tion, subjecting them to such hardships and indignities as to cause a feeling of indignation to rise up in the breast of every honest man. His shameless disre gard of personal rights, and that security which the fundamental law of the land guaranties to all persons—criminals not excepted—was of the most wanton and provoking character. Two of the thirty odd men, under a decision which appears to us to be as little warranted as the arrests were at first, were placed under bonds. When these Dade county men reached home, they resolved not to rest under the indignities and wrongs which they had suffered; and warrants for false im prisonment were sued out, upon which Skyles was arrested. To prevent being carried to Dade county to be tried before the civil courts, where the unlawful ar rests were made by him, he first sought military protection—so we were informed. Failing in this, he sued out a writ of habeas corpus before Judge Pittman.— When the hour of trial arrived yesterday morning, it was announced that Mr. Skyles had compromised with those whom he had so cruelly treated. He agreed to have the prosecutions against them abandoned, if they would do the same towards him. This was agreed to, and the cases on both sides are at an end; and so, also, is the career of James Skyles, as an oppressor of innocent people.— Such, at any rate, is our hope and belief. Morgan H. Looney.—Last evening wo had the pleasure of meeting our old friend Prof. Morgan H. Looney, of Fayetteville, Ark., formerly of Franklin county in this State, and a brother of Prof. George 0. Looney, of Hogansville. He is stopping at the Kimball House, and will, at an early day visit his parents at his old home in Franklin. Christmas Presents to the Pastor.— Thirteen members of the First Presby terian Church yesterday presented Dr. Wilson, then’ pastor, with one hundred and thirty'dollars worth of groceries and provisions, well selected from the very best that the city afforded. It required two dray loads to deliver it to the Doc tor’s residence. Our friend J. R. Wal lace was appointed a committee of one to purchase and deliver the articles to him, which duty he performed with his usual good judgment—all sold to him for the purpose at wholesale prices. Let other congregations do likewise. Office of the Superintendent of Public Sghools.—Prof. B. Mallon has permanently established his office in the rooms over I. T. Banks’ shoe store, No. 66 Whitehall street. The rooms are well fitted for the purpose, and everything will be properly arranged for convenience and the accommodation of teachers at their meetings, and the proper transac tion of the businc s with which he is charged. Rev. Arminius Wright.—This gentle man, who has most acceptably served the church and congregation of Wesley Chapel during the last year, was, at the late session of the Conference at Athens, transferred to the South Georgia Con ference, which, at its late session in Americus, appointed him to the Pasto rate of St. Paul’s Church, Columbus. He gees from here with the best wishes of those whom he basso faithfully served as pastor, and returns to the charge of a flock which he has before ministered to iu spiritual things, who will gladly wel come him back to the scene of his former labors and enjoyments. Verified.—While Dr. Bard was run ning his True Georgian—so-called—we several times alleged that it was, in onr opinion, sustained by the authors of the New Departure—the great Head Centres of the Bond Rings in America—men who professed to be Democrats, but who in vented the New Departure expressly to Tdll the Democi'alic parly forever. That was their object. They were the great Amei'ican plunderers, of which the Kimball-Bullock-Blodgett Ring was only an imitation upon a comparatively small scale. These great peculators knew that as soon as the Democratic party came into power, their peculations would cease and they would be made to shell out some of their plunder—just as the success of the party has terminated the operations of the Georgia gang. Dr. Bard has been forced into bank ruptcy. This has revealed his creditors. The first man on the list is Wm. M. Tweed, $3,000; and the next Peter B. Sweeney, $3,000. Onr predictions are verified. The list is an interesting study. The amount of the whole is over $47,000.— Among them we find the names of Mrs. Foster Blodgett, $1,000; Gen. Austell, $2,500; Hoyt & Jones, $1,700; Joseph E. Brown, $6,848; Joshu'i Hill, $1,033,33; A. G. Foster, $1,333.33; T. P. Saffold, $1,333.33; N. L. Angier, $1,000; James Connor’s Sons, $3,075; C. & G. Place, $6,000; R. E. Glover, $4,500. Illicit Distilling.—The cases of the two Lance brothers, M. Lowe, M. A. Berry and — Hampton, for illicit distil' ling, was heard before United States Commissioner W. B. Smith yesterday. The Lance brothers, M. Lowe and M. A. Mr. — Hamp- at the city’s expense. ton was bound over.