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JS H STEPHENS mommtm M wditow 8. A . EiCUuLS, ••••1st* BdlWl »«<!«« M TEltMM OF BUJUMitUHTlOW 1>AIL<V bind W tiF.K X jY Okllr—simI* c*»jf i Tu-xlir Month* **00 I Three Month* * M) 2?K»Tn7~.:... ♦ 0o| On. Month T* h* iter Oslly—Asm 31 60 , Ten a ' M 00 | 8ln*t* Weekly—P*» Ammm BbcU Copy a Uu | Ten Coplee U i. iX cSi 6 00 I Twenty Copie*.. ...» 01 .- *4 00 ... • Three Copt FIT. I'oplee. On* ffnrwlre 8 00 Oople* Tlity Coplee.. U 00 ...IK THE WEEKLY SUN. VOL. 3, NO. 391 ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1873. I WHOlIl arj 1 U X B1bItI THE ATLANTA SUN from The Dally Son of February 18,1878 FREE GOVERNMENT^ Thu United States Govern meet, as loon (led and established by the fathers, ja a model of free institutions, the Like ql wnich is unknown to history. Based upon “ the consent of the governed,” it has stood as a monument of wisdom and statesmanship, and called forth the admir ation and respect of ail lovers of freedom throughout the world. As long as the love of liberty throbs in the American Breast, thia great fabric, sheltering and protecting the rights of the people, will stand us the Ararat to direot all nations in their onward progress toward republi can government. The Temple of Liberty may be shaken and seem to crumble, as it were, amid the surges of political convulsions, pro duced by turbulent spirits seeking power by the oppression of the people, as we have recently witnessed in onr own country. This is exhibited in the ten dency of certain political elements to oon verge all power in the General Gov ernment, ignoring the “reserved rights of the States” and the sovereigu will of the people, under pretense of pieserving the Union—contending that the strength of the Union lies in the “ piirmamont power” o the Federal Government. This tendency to Centralism naturally earrios with it the spirit of corruption, culminating in t e most scandalous ex posures of duplicity, thieving and plun dering by high officials, and by men oc cupying the highest positions in the Government. Men who would rob the people ol their liberties are naturally in clined to rob them of their treasure. Corrupt politicians, greedy for power and scif-aggrandizemeut, do not scruple to resort to all sorts of schemes to carry their nefarious ends. Thus we have con stant demonstrations of the evils thut form part and parcel of the downward tendency of public aud political moral decay. Iu the better days of the Republic, when the “old leaders” of the South, and those of the North, were chosen to conduct the affairs of the Government, we heard nothing of buch schemes as the Credit Mobiher, or of stock jobbing rings among the members of Congress. These evils Lave grown up iu tue late yeats oi political degeneracy, now seem ing to culminate iu the oorrupt centrali zation of the Government. Tne political integrity of the people, as serting their cupaeity for self-govern ment, planting themselves firmly upon those great fundamental principles of iree government, which underlie and form the basis of our tree institutions, •pin alone save this government from an- arohy and despotism. The strag gling people of other countries, panting for the liberties enjoyed by freemen, are watching, with intense and nnabated interest, the progress of events in this oonntry. Therelore, in saving and perpetuating onr own liberties we hold oat hope to the oppressed of all na tions. The asoendaney of a genuine demoo- racy is the preservation and perpetuation of free government. The least oonoes- aion of Jeffaisonian principles is so much gain to Centralism and the gradual ob literation of free government. To admit wrong measures as final ties, not to be disturbed, is a concession against free government The trne principles of free government cannot beoome obsolete. They are eternal, and the so-called “pro gressive ideas of the present generation can never obliterate them as long as the people are trne to themselvks and to pub- lio liberty. Therefore, it behooves ns, as a people, to be jealous of the blessings of free gov ernment bequeathed to us by our fathers. Thrones are tumbling and dynasties are crumbling, bat the liberties of a free and spirited people oan never be taken from them as long as they remain true to first principles. THE CAPITOL IN ATLANTA. The Borne Commercial has this to say in regard to Atlanta and the State Capi tol: ■-Atlanta rejoice* In tit* defeat of the bill to call a Constitutional Convention. The Journal* of that city aoent a removal of the Capitol la every more of thie kind. W* are opposed to a Convention also, and are glad of the defeat of the bill. At to a re moval of the Capitol, however, we do aot fear that, end were a Convention neoeaeery, thl* question should weigh bat little with as. Atlanta It the Capitol of Oeor.le, and vU continue to be—even when. If ever, e vote of the people la taken on the queetion.” Tile press and people of Atlanta have been modest enough in regard to the re moval of the State CapitoL It was brought here against their votes, and as it has cost the city und State a great deal in its being brought here, they are not willing that it Bbould be removed. Taking into consideration all questions in connection with this subject, we do not know that onr city is greatly benefit- ted in dollars and cents by having the Capitol here. It is a serious question whether the city has lost or made by the operation. But aside from any interest Atlanta may have in this question, we believo it would be bad policy to remove the Capi tol. Its present location is the most ac- cessable to all points of the State. Onr railroad facilities reach out and peTmeate a greater proportion of the State than any other city in Georgia. Therefore, it is more convenient to the people ot the State that the Capitol should remain where it is. The people of Georgia can have no quarrel with the citizens of Atlanta in the location of the State Capitol in our midst —for it is well known that they polled a heavy vote against the ratification o: the State Constitution that brought it here. COMPARATIVE FIGURES IN CONGRESS. Iu the 42(1 Cougress, we have 52 Re publicans, 17 Democrats and 5 Liberals iu the Senate ; in the House, we have 134 Republicans, 104 Democrats, aud 5 Liberals, giving the Republicans a major ity of 30 iu the Senate, and 25 in the House, and on joint ballot a majority of 55. So far as members to the 43d Congress have been chosen, we have 49 Republi cans in the Senate, and 23 Democrats and Liberals ; in the House, 193 Repub licans, and 92 Democrats and Liberals— giving the Republicans a majority of 26 in the Senate, anu 101 in the House, and on joint ballot, a majority of 127. The 43d Congress was elected under the new apportionment which gives a gain of 49 members to the House. From ♦.he loregoing figures it will be seen that the whole gain of members under the new apportionment in the lower House we t to the Republicans, while the Demo crats and Liberals, in point of members, fall 117 short of their number in the present Congress. In other words, the blander of tbe Democratic party in 1872, has lost ns 17 members in the House, while the Repub licans have swelled their majority from 25 in the 42d Congress to 101 in the 43d. These figures are simply given for re flection, and as an appeal for the unity and harmony of the great Democratic party ou correct principles. THM BONN COURIER. We are glad to observe that the Cburier has donned, partially, a new dress—its reading matter being now printed from new long primer type. Tbe advertise ments have not yet been re-eet in the new type, whieh, when done, will give the Courier a handsome appearance. Until then, the improvement will not be so apparent We wish the Courier the greatest snooeas. Edited and conducted with ability, and being located in. oae of the beet towns in the State, it is a flour ishing and influential ^ouruaL toff' It is said la ’.ies use newspapers for bustles. We don't see h**w so delicate a fact can be known tp gentiemeu except *hi\q going through the'giddy maces, of the round dance, whan tne band gently steals its way arooud the waist THE PERSS TAN. The failure of the present General As sembly to relieve tbe Georgia newspapers of taxation shows a spirit of injnstioe to the press we could have scarcely be lieved It seems to ns there ia a want of intelligent information on the part oi a majority of the Legislature cn this subject entirely inexcusable. They seem to Lave a sort of prtjadioe they cannot overoome. They don’t seem to understand the principle that the press is the greatest educator in the land, and that knowedge ought to go to the people free of taxation. They don’t seem to oom prebend the situation on this point. They are blind to every thing upon this subjeot except a morbid prejudice they cannot overcome. The State of Georgia is the only conn- try in the c.vilised world that taxes its press, and it never was done in Georgia until Radicalism came into power and found the press of the State arrayed against its oppressive measures and oor rupt mal-administration of the govern ment. That party levied a tax upon the press, wnich even the corrupt and vindic tive Bollock hesitated to oolleoL Upon the asoenaancy of the Democra cy to power in the Bute, wnich is so greatly due to tbs great power of the press, we, tbe members of tne “Fourth Estate,” have oome forward, in the most respectful terms, and asked the Demo cratic members of the Legislature to re move the obuoxions and unjust tax levied upon ub by »..rangers aud aliens of our State, and we are ur* ated with oool indif ference. _ The LaG range Reporter says the Senale “made an aw of »^if” in passing the KuKux bilL Such an am would certain > Oo a great bydra-hfeaded tnou- a er with its eighty-eight *** »lfsticking out. • * v SPIRIT OP TOE GEORGIA PRESS. The Chronicle and Sentinel, discussing the subject ot another investigation ot the bond question, makes tbe strong point that “a reeolation passed the Legis lature by an immense majority, over act ing Governor Conley’s veto, in Decem ber, 1871, to have th- bond matter ex amined, and Gov. South—then Speaker of the House—and President Trammell appointed a committee to oonduct the investigation. Upon that committee were Bnch men as Thomas J. Simmons and Garnett McMillan. The Democrats wished an investigation, the Republicans opposed it, the bondholders opposed it. These latter gentry did not wish the “equities” examined then, and violently contended that there should be no probing of the villainies attending the issue and negotiation of the fraudulent securities.” The Chronicle asks: Why, then, their present solicitude about the equi ties ? In spite of their objections the committee made a long, laborious and careful examination of the subject matter referred to their consideration. Their report was singularly able, elaborate and ex haustive—meeting and disposing of every legal and moral queaUon connected with the subject. The report cost the State in the neighborhood of $10,000 —money well spent. Why, then, the necessity of another investigation T It is claimed that Messrs. Simmons end McMillan did not perform their duty faithfully t We think not. Is it contend ed that the bondholders did not have an opportuni ty to be heard T They were given an abnn iance of time in which to prepare and make their statements, and the testimony of most of them was reduced to writing and published. Mo other investigation is needed, and no other investigation should be made. If the Wall street gang and their allies are so anxi ous lor another examination, why is it that they hare tailed to take advantage of the resolution passed by the Oenera 1 Assembly at its last session ? Oar Georgia exchanges are still clang ing away at the bond question. There is a great division of opinion iu regard to it. To tell the truth, we very much doubt if any of them understand the question thoroughly, and we are in clineu to think some of our friends of the press have waded into deeper water in the discussion of this perplexing ques tion than they imagine. The various letters written by prominent gentlemen on the subject seems not to have had the effect of elucidating the matter with any thing like general satisfaction—for in stance, the Savannah News regards Col. Gardner’s letter “as an able legal argu ment,” —"but it will hardly serve to convince the Legisla ture and the people of the State that stultification and compromise with fraad are the best or only means of preserving the honor and restoring the credit of the State." Aud of Ex-Governor Brown’s letter, the News thinks that it— —**ia what might have been expected from the po litical and personal friend of Bullock, Kimball A Co., and will be roceived as such by the true men of the Btate. Ingenious, sophistical and demagoguelcal as It is, whatever it may have cost, its influence upon the minds of reflecting men in favor of Ool. Snead’s black mail scheme, will hsrdly be worth the price of Its pnblioaUon in the Constitution and Sew. The R >me Commercial says an “ eternal fitness ot things is clearly shown in Joe Brown’s advocacy of the claims cf the holden of illegal bonds. Joe Brown aided to count Bullock iuto the Execu tive Chair of Georgia,” and, therefore, “ it is eminently fit and proper that he should now Btep forward and lather the bastards — among them these illegal bonds—that he aided to bring into exist ence.” Concludes the Commercial: To one intent and purpose, at least, the people of Georgia are Bourbons. They will not taslly forget those traitorous sons—once honored—who In the hoar of calamity Joined their enemies to despoil the fairest land that the eon ever shown upon. The Griffin News publishes the letter ot Mr. John H. James on the bond ques tion and says: The grounds taken by Mr. James are new and novel, and he dieenssee it la a manner that demon strates whether he be right or wrong, that he hss the dearest understanding of the bond situation o any man who haa yet expressed his views on the subject. Tne Hamilton Visitor is opposed to the compromise. It says: For onr own part, with the limited information ot the ma tar whicl^we possess, we do not see how Georgia can pay these bonds, and at the same time Tw.(tt(,(n her honor and the rights of her citiaene. She ought not to be expected to do It. As there will be no action by the Leg lal iture on the bond question this ses sion, our brethren of the press will soon drop the subject themselves. Tbe Bam bridge Democrat wants the Oapitol carried back to Milledgeville. It says: Mow that the people of Georgia have an adminis tration of * h -*- own selection for the first time since the Capitol waa removed to Atlanta, and In order that It easeh aone of the infection left in the stmoe- phereby the Bnllockltoe, by all means send the government bank to the virtuous, tbe quia* and tbe bistort* dd dty of MlDsdgs vllia TOE ELECTION IN THE BTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. We most respectfully call the special attention of onr readers in the oounties of the Eighth Congressional District to wit: Greene, Oglethorpe, Elbert, Hart, Lincoln, Wilkes, Taliaferro, Hancock, Warren, McDuffie, Glasscock, Jefferson, ashington, Johnson, Columbia and Richmond, to the day on which the elec tion has been ordered, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death Gen. A. R. Wright, which is Wednesday the 26th ns tank This week’s issue of onr weekly edition will be tbe last to reach many of our readeis in those counties before the elec tion takes place. In view of that fact, we most respectfully urge our friends of tbe 8th to their duty. Let no one forget the day, and let no one be absent from the polls who can be there. “Theprice oi liberty is eternal vigilance.” While we have no fear of the defeat of Mr. Stephens, it is always best for every one to perform his duty. For this rea son we say let our Democratic friends make lus election more than doubly sure. The Democratic electors of the several towns of Connecticut will meet in convention at Hartford to-morrow for ♦he purpose of nominating candidates for Btate offloers. ThbCincinnati Times and Chrontae wants to know if “there is enough left for the vindication of Pomeroy.” As the “Christian statesman” belongs to the Times and ChronicL’a p rtj it ought to be Mole to answer its owu question. In New York there is one death t-acu (mi U> every eighty-two people. There are 82,000 poeb ffioes in the Cult*A States. Five hundred are kept LiJT (SriOML p ?> • , ; - -* ! Elias Howe, Jr.—In an elaborate work entitled “Representative Men of the North and South,” recently issued by the Atlantic Pa dishing Company of New York, a sketch of the life of Elias Howe, Jr., the inventor of Sewing Machines, appears with an excellent steel engraving, which is pronounced by those who have seen him in life as remarkably fine. In view ot the magnitude of the trade which has unsen in Sewing Machines, the ines timable bene'its which have accured to man, and especially to womankind, us the fruits of this invention, a sketch of the life of Mr. Hosve will, we think, be in teresting to the readers of The Sun. Elias Howe, Jr., the inventor of the very popular sewing machine which bears his nume, and now an almost iu- dispousible in every household, was born ut Spencer, Massachusetts, iu 1819. His parents were people of slender means, wuo by economy and industry supported a family oi eight children. At six years of age the subject of our ske'eu, with his brothers anu sisters were compelled to work at such employment as they were able to perform, and when Elias was old enough he assisted his father on his farm an’in u mill for the manufacture of cot ton, of which he was the owner. At the ago of eleven years his parents put him to work with a neighboring farmer, with the intention of remaining until he at tained his majority, but owing to an in herited lameness in one year he was obliged to return to his home, where he remained until he was sixteen, helping his f.ither in the mill as before. Hear ing from a young friend, of the great cotton mills at Lowell, in his native State, he with reluctance procured his parents’ consent to go thither, where he’ soon obtained a learneris place in a large cotton manufactory, which he retained until the financial crash of 1837, when most of the mills of that place were obliged to cease business. Being out of employment, be proceeded to Cambridge, where be found work in the large ma chine shop of Ari Davis, where, after re maining a few months, he went to Boston. Elias was of rather a roving disposition, fond of his joke, and even at. the age of twenty, was in manner more boy than mam Owing to his constitutional de bility, heretofore referred to, steady labor became irksome and at times even pain* fuL Don ng all this time Elias was in the habit of reflecting upon the art of sewing, watching the process as performed by hand, and revolving in his mind, whether it was within the compass of the me chanic arts to do it by machinery. This seemed to occupy his entire attention ; and sometimes while visiting a shop where army and navy clothing was made, he would look at the heaps of unsewed garments, all cat alike, all re quiring the same stitch, the same number of stitches, and the same find of seam, and say to himself, “what a pity this cannot be done by machinery 1 It is the very work for a machine to do ;** bat at this time he had formed no serious thoughts of ever making a sewing ma chine. While yet a journeyman machinist at which he earned nme dollars a week, he married. Ia time the care of a wife and children increa-ed his responsibilities, and his labor upon heavy woik so fa tigued h:m that he sometimes became too exhausted u, eat, frequently going to rest, longing, it i* -aid, “to lie in bed for aver.*' In 1843 be caught the inventor’s mania, and driven by necessity he comm cased msking the machine which he had heard yean before would be an “independent fortnne” to the inventor. At first, much time was lost in experimenting, and his first de vice was a needle pointed at both ends, with tbe eya in the middle, that should work up and down through the cloth, end carry the thread through it at eaoh thrust. For many days and nights he brooded over this conception, and finally abandoned it At length, near a year afterwards, he formed the idea of using two threads, and making a stitch by the aid of ashnttle and a needle, with the eye near the point which after several rnde experiments he found would sew. At this time Elias had ceased to work as a journeyman. His father had removed to Cambridge, where he had started a machine for catting palm leaf into strips for hats, wbioh he subsequently lost by fire. Elias was bo poor at thia time that he coaid scarcely support his little family; nor could his invention be tested except by making a machine of steel and iron, and be without as much means as would purchase the rough material. At length, in the fall of 1844, George Fisher, a former school-mate of his, and who had prospered in business at Cam bridge, entered into partnership with him, to bring the invention into nse. The terms of this parterahip were these: George Fisher was to receive into his honse Elias Howe and his family, board them while Elias was making the ma chine, give np his garrett for a work shop, and provide money for material and tools to the extent of five hnadred dollars; in return for which he was to be come the proprietor of one-half the patent, if the machine proved to be worth patenting. For two years, 1844-3, Mr. Howe worked at this machine, completing it in May of the latter year, and July of that year made two suits of woolen clothes, one for his partner, and one for himself on it. This was the first of all sewing machines. Like a-1 new inven tions of that day for saving labor, the Howe Sewing Machine had its oppo nents, and the tailoring fraternity of Boston were not backward in their op position, and would have destroyed it, fearing it would injure their trade, but concluded that no machine could be made that would answer the purpose. In a few weeks after Mr. Howe gave them a specimen of its work, offering to sew np any seams that might be brought to him. One unbelieving tat'.or after another brought a garment, and saw its long seams sewed perfectly, at the rate of two hundred and fifty stitches a min ute, whieh was about seven times as fast as the work could be dene by hand. For two weeks he sit there daily, and sewed up seams for all those who chose to bring them to him. At last he challenged five of the swiftest seamstresses in the city to sew a race with the machine. Ten seams of equal length were prepared for sewing, five of which were laid by the machine, and the other five were given to the girls. The gentleman who held the watch, and who waa to decide the wager, testified upon oath that the five girls were the fastest sewers that could be found; -nevertheless, .Mr. Howe fin ished his five seams a little sooner than the girls finished their five, and the um pire, who wss himself a tailor, has sworn that “the work done on the machine was the neatest and strongest.” At this time the maehine had not been patented, and to effect this he shat him self np in Mr. Fisher’s garrett for three or four months to make another to place in the Patent office, and in 1846, seeing no prospect of an income from his in vention, he engaged as an engineer on a railroad, bnt after a few weeks service fonnd it too laborious for his strength, and was obliged to give it np. On Sep* tember 10th, 1846, lettere patent were issued. Mr. Fisher having np to this period supported Mr. Howe and his family, and having invested in the enter prise same two thousand dollars, lost all confidence in its success or its ever pay ing anything. Not so with Mr. Howe and on the 5th day of February, 1847, with the assistance of his orotber, he started for Enpland, where he first met with encouragement, selling the machine be had brought with him to a Mr. Thomas, who employed, as is stated, 5,000 persons in the manufacture of ooraets, shoes, etc., for £250, with the right to patent it in England, he giving Howe £3 on every maonine sold. With this £250 he supplied the wants of his family, yet in tnis country, who joined him soon after. Here he rented a small shop and borrowed a few tools, with which he began to construct his fourth machine, and notwithstanding the strictest economy, he was obliged to send his family home, not having means to support them. In three or four months from this time he finished this machine, lor which he eoold only obtain from a poor man £5 payable in a note. In the meantime Mr. Howe beoame so reduced in efreamstanoas that he was obliged, among other things, to pawn his letters patent to bring him to bis na tive land, arriving in New York in April, 1849, when he again sought and obtained employment in a machine shop. In a few days he received news that his wife, then at Cambridge, was dying, and so poorjwas he, that he was obliged to bor row tan dollars, which sufficed to oring him to her bed-side to reoeive her last breath. . . About this time several ingenious TV* r \ some having seen the Howe MacfcfBI, turned their attention to inventing in the same direction and imitating his de vices. Their productions were vwf* poor, rovgh imitations, bnt poor as he was, he resolved to resist suoh infringe ments, at first writing polite letters wan ing tne infringers to desist, and offering to sell them licenses to continue. ARr bnt one were disposed to acknowledge his right and to accept his proposal. That one indnoed the others to resist* when, by the aid of Mr. George Bliss, oi Massachusetts, who bought the interest- of Mr. George Fisher, Mr. Howe’s for mer partner; suit was commenced, which was slow in its progress as snoh suits gen ermlly are. In the year 1854 this case was tried before Jndge Sprague, of Massachusetts, who decided Mr. Howe’s patent valid* and further remarked that there was no evidence in the case that left a shadow doubt that for all the benefits conferred, upon the public by the introduction of • Sewing Maohiae the pnblio are indebted to Elias Howe. TKUCGKA P HIC ITKMH. Washington, Feb. 17.—Mr. York, ot Kansas, testifies that he persuaded Pomeroy to place money in his I ands for corrupt purposes in order to betray Pomeroy. The majority of the commit tee report in favor of expulsion oi Cald well. The President approved the act pro hibiting gift enterprises in the District of Columbia. The Star says Secretary Boutwell, feel ing confident of his election to the Uni tea States Senate to succeed Mr. Wilson, has tendered his resignation, to take ef fect on the 4th of March next. On Feb ruary 3rd he wrote a letter to the Presi^ dent resigning his Secretaryship, his re signation to take effeot February 15th. That resignation has not yet been with drawn, but has been verbally modified at the request of the President, so as to take effect without condition on March 4th. Washington, Feb. 17.—The House* under regular call, on the bill introduced bridging the Arkansas at Dardanelles. Mr. Merriau introduced a bill to provide for resumption of specie pay ments. Mr. Hoar made the point of order that no notice had been given of ti e intro duction of the bill. Mr. Merriam said that notice had been given, but lie admitted that he had chauged the title since giving notice. This was fatal and the bill waa with drawn. Mr. Packer, of Indiana, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, re ported a bill to encourage and promote telegraphic communication between'the United States and Asia, and moved us passage under a suspension of the rules, which was agreed to : Yeas 136; nays 52. The bill confers upon the East India Company authority to lay cables between the two countries, provided the laying be commenced in two years, aud diiects the Secretary of the Navy to place vessals at the disposal of the company for sound ings and the transportation of materials and supplies; the Government to have priority in the use of the lines, which shall, at all other times, be open to the public upon payment of regular charges. Mr. Maynard, of Tennessee, moved to suspend the rules and pass a resolution devoting evening sessions on Wednesday and Thursday to debate upon tne bill to refund certain taxes collected ou raw cot ton. Rejected—aves 93; nays S3. Senate.—Mr. Morton presented a reso lution rescinding rule 22, regarding the counting of the electoral vote. The naval appropriation bill passed. It goes back to the House for concur rence. Mr. Sawyer, from the Committee on Education and Labor reported.without amendment the bill appropriating §8.090 to the Leland University at New Orl .na * and $5,000 to the Angnsta, Ga., Insti tute, to be expended in the erection of school buildings for treedmen. Mr. Pool, from tbe Committee on Ju diciary, reported without amendment to the House bill declaring it to have been the trne intent and meaning ot the aot of Jane 8, 1872, amendatory of the bank- rapt law, that the exemptions allowed the bankrupt by said amendatory act should be the amount allowed by the constita- - tion and laws of each Stite respectively as .existing in 1871, and that snoh ex emptions be valid against debts contrac ted before the adoption and passage of such State constitution and laws, as well as afterwards, and against liens by de cree of any State or Conrt notwithstand ing any decision suioe rendered. Madrid, February 17. — CasteHar is about to send a circular to foreign pow ers to prevent their intervention in ths affairs of Spain. It will assure them that the Republio is not aggressive ia character, and does not seek to interfere with other nations. Marqnis de Bonille, French Ambassa dor, had a long conference to-day with Oasteliar. Orders for the dis patch of troops to Malaga have ' been countermanded. Tranquility has been restored. Three decrees have been published abolishing the regulation requiring officers of tbe army to take po litical oaths. Brigadier General Gracera has bees appointed military governor oi Madrid. General Pavia, on taking command of tbe army in Monte, issued a proclamation appealing to the insurgents oi tne barque Provinces and Navarne to Jv down their arms and return to their homes, promising that they shall not be molested for the post if they comply. The defeat is officially announced of*, strong Oar list band near Bayonne. Don Carlos has arrived in St Jean de Lur, 10 miles from his place* New York, February 17.—The funeral of ex-Mayor Kableflasn to-day took plaoe this evening at his lata residence in Brooklyn. Richmond, February 17.—Heavy rainw are reported from all sections of the State daring the past two days, and heavy land slides on several railroads, causing detentions of trains. The river at Lynchburg is about fourteen feetfe above the usual levee. At this point ik is about ten feet which will be gtnatlj increased by the flood from above. Boston, Feb. 17.—A resolution in Ute- House to-day to go into election to-mox.—- ovr for U. S. Senator was laid over. «r. irN tr