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— Werlito peivfe.l I TUc Hr publico -Georgia—Tlic til Journal of ilic Ui dal mirnal of the Stale of Georgi GENERAL GRANT, fsE PlLOr WHO CAM AND WILL GUIDE THE SHir cr State safely through every sy)RX. TIIE NEW ERA Will Vindicate the Principles and the Policy of the Republican Party, and Sup port its Nominees, State and National. *”^EiniS OF THE WEEKLY: 1 Copy one year.... $3 00. Olnb. of Twenty or more 91 M each 1 Copy Ox month* $1 00. THE DAILY: ' 1 Copy ono year ilO 00. 1 Copy six month* 5 00. 1 Copy, ho* time $100 per month. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, - HAY 11, 1870. Boons or Bute Ceotbax. Coamrmx, 1 Usios Repcbucak Pabtt of Geoegia, !■ Atlasta, Ga., M»y 10,1870. ) At a meeting of tho Pepnbljcnns, held in this city on the 27th alt, the nndersignod requested to call upon tho young men of the Republican party in Georgia to organize a Young Hen’s Republican State Central Club, and to effect a thorough and complete organi zation of the young men of tho Rcpnblieah party throughout the State.' In accordance with said request, I hereby give notice that said Convention trill meet in the city of Atlanta, Wednesday, 21st of July next, at 10 o'clock A. V. Each county will be entitled to double the number of representa tives it has in the lower house of the Legisla ture. It is hoped our friends will see thatthe several counties in the State are ftxlly repre sented. Fosteu Blodgett, Chairman State Central Committee. J. R. W. JoHWSToa, Secretary. Radicalism ” Arraigned. The lost intellectual spasm of the Bryant Organ was brought about in an effort to moke the “Radical" party responsible for rapes, thefts, meningitis, trichini and rinderpest We presume, that Filygamy, Onigamy, adul tery, measles, chicken pox and whooping congb, will bo ypbrnced in the^ftext bill of indictment! f h Rather too Sweeping. Noticing the opposition in some portions of Louisiana, by Democratic leaders, to the Sys tem' of Free Schools, a Philadelphia paper makes it a text for a loeture upon “the blind ness of the Southern people." We beg leave espeetfoUy to suggest that a few score of sore headed Democratic leaders, and political ad venturers and mountebanks, do not comprise “ the Southern people." On the contrary, tho “ people ” of the South, baring the exceptions named, are not “blind” to tho importance of Free Education. ttsny. What was the inducement for a certain well known professional gentleman of this city, who is a Democratic wirepuller, to call at a certain honso near the Store's School on Friday lost, and wbat was the amount paid on hand, and tho amount agreed to bo paid as a con tingent to secure the services of Aaron Alpeoria Bradley to go to Washington as a Democratic emissary? Bradley seems disposed to do his utmost for his “best friends,” and left on the Satur day train for Washington! Who furnished the money to pay Bradley's telegram to Goneral Butler and General Logan, denouncing General Terry and Governor Bullock, because 'TTntmoy did not git back?, pay? We have all! the points on this last move of the Bryant Democracy, and congratulate them upon the final consnmation of the trade by which they have secured the fellow-mate of Bryant, Bradley of Sing-Sing. T-- . oitjr and harmony of action by the |tiblifltn members of the General Assembly, ,te session, touching the administrs- Govemor Bullock; their unqualified >ent of the proposition that the rnment is provisional; that it | derives its authority not tom the new Consti tution, but from the acts aFCongress; and their timely rebuke of Mr. Angier and others who churned to represent Republican sentiment at Washington, cannot tail to impress the mind of every impartial and candid man in Con gress. Thors is not now, nor has there ever been, any foundation for the report, .(so industriously circulated* abroad), that a division existed in i^^Rltepublican party in Georgia, .two men who, to obtain office, imposed Ives upon the party in 1808, now seek their return to the Democratic fold a bitter and unprovoked warfare upon tho Governor; and in order to justify themselves before the eyes of the world, as well os for the purpose of making themselves available's with the Democracy, falsely allege that their opposition to the Executive proceeds from personal considerations merely. They attempt thus to weaken public confidence in the Republican organization, by defaming Gov. Bullock, who is its acknowledged head in Goorgia. The recent proceedings of the General As sembly, effectually disposes of this pretension, by disclosing the nature of the coalition be tween these pretended Republicans and the old Democratic leaders; as also by tho prompt and united support of the Executive by the Republicans in both Houses. Hr. Bryant, who was the Democratic nomi nee for Speaker, at its organization in January, is now the acknowledged bailer of the ex treme, reactionary Democracy in the House; whilst in the Senate, Mr. Candler and Mr. Bams stand in a feir way to be supplanted by the old “Wliaboo,” whoso virtue was severely tampered with by the Democracy in January last, over the contest for United States Sena tors! / Outside of meriwparty Uses, the real people of the State manifest deep disgust at the per sistent aryl peevish opposition of the Demo cratic faction-—a faction that has fought Re construction incessantly through its pro gressive stages for the last four years. And the tact-that the racks of the Opposition have been reinforced by snch accessions as Bryant Bradley, Angier, and Caldwell, does not serve to mitigate their disapproval. The substan tial men of tho State—those who do not make politics a trade and who desjfe a speedy set tlement of onr troubles—accept the Congres sional policy of Reconstruction, and are anx ious for the admission of the State in accord ance therewith. They recognize the fact that since the present government is provisional only, it can rest upon tho new Constitution, and therefore enter upon its legitimate functions asa permanent, legal government only after the reconstruction process has been completed i: the admission of the State to represetation. And they understand also, that inasmuch as the present government derives its authority from the laws of Congress, and not from the new Constitution of the State, it cannot be reasonably incorporated into the govern ment which is to rest upon the Constitution but that the members of the Legislature and the Governor will, under tho terms of the Constitution, be entitled to hold two and four years respectively from tho date of the or ganization of the legnl Government, and not eight months ns contended by the opposition. We hope, therefore, that Congress will pnt a prompt qnietus to this wrangle by passing the Cessna bill, or by adopting Mr. Payne's plan of settlement, anabasis of compromise between our Republican friends inWoshington; and ns also the most satisfactory mettodyHs- sponding to the necessities and wishraof the masses in Georgia, irrespective of mere party lines. At lnnta. The wonderful growth of the city of Atlanta,in tlie last fire years, and its prospective increase, in population astound the denizens of older places. None, save those familliar with the characteristics of this people, can comprehend the impulses that have moved so large a num ber of them to concentrate here determined to bnild np a great inland town. The salubrity of the locality, the purity of the water, and its centrality, have caused it to be chosen, in this new era of onr history, by various classes of men, hailing from every clime and nation os their future home. Vast changes bijve taken place in the last decade in the political relations of the agricnltnral la borers in the Sonth. Tho principal cause of political and social irritation and ngitalion be tween uym of Southern birth and men of Korthcnnorigin has been removed. ’the late civil war, probably more lion of men on both sides of the con 1 this locality and remarked its adap- or the purposes of on enterprising and conceniated population. No sooner was the war ended, than thousands of enterprising men tnmedj their eyes thitherward. Capitalists from tyo North, sensitive as their class always ore of profit and loss to be gained or incurred, soon met hero and grasped hands. The poor man, Sjth no capital, and the formerly rich, who ffid been impoverished by the results of the wp, saw here encouraging signs, invithig energy, industry, skill and talent The results of this rushing together of men of Tii ied characters and origins is a communi ty til generis in many of its features—a city cosmopolitan in a degree heretofore nnexam- plejf in the history of any Southern town. So rapuTbas been the rash of population hither, that much of the capital brought hero has been employed in erecting houses to rent or to be used as homes by their owners. The census is such that were the ingress of people to cense the natural increase of - the population would preserve its rank among flourishing and grow ing cities. The very rapidity of the growth of the city has tempted many capitalists to prefer invest ments in real estate and improvements thereon, to embarking in merchandise and manufactur ing. Yet the almost uniform success of the business men of the city who liave embarked in mercantile and manufacturing pursuits, backed by substantial capital, is no less re markable than the profit of real estate specu lations. Substantial capitalists have always been suc cessful here. The trade which can be com manded by this central point, if capital but invites it, can hardly be estimated. There is no trade that is successfully pursued here, which can be overdone by increased specula tions. Drcrrmc of tlie Public Debt. The redaction of the public debt for the month of April, 1870, is $11,G97,793 29, and since the 1st of March, 1870, is $17,461,142 82. The amount of decrease of the debt for tho corresponding period of last year was only $6,666,869. The Administration came into power embarrassed with the extravagant hab its of the preceding administration, and en tering upon the second year, it win be seen that the promises of the President have been fulfilled, the decrease of the public debt being *10,798,273 82 orer that of March and April, With tho receipts from infernal revenue the income tax, tho reduction of Hid proposition of the Georgia Repub lican?; The issue niade by the Demo crats, is simply that the government of of 1868 was legal, regular and permanent; that it rested, not upon the law of Congress, bnt upon tin; now Constitution of the State; that it dated from tho attempted organization of Jqly 1S6S, and consequently terminates. .plication the scheme of popular education.’ It ignorance than to sea them Wolf educated, simply beeadsS it is a principle and a part of tho policy of the party in power to pnsh this subject of popular education to the last ex tremity. It is a cardinal principle with tho Republi can party in Georgia to push to a practicafap- Letter from Wathingtoiii Correspondence of the New trill Washington, May 3, 1870. Trickster Joshua still swings on tho gate and hangs straddlo of the fence of tho legisla tive gardens, waiting and watching if-per chance any plain of goodlnck may drop, ready fell; that Reconstruction, as a legal proposi tion, was an accomplished feet in December 1869; and, consequently, that Congress had no Constitutional authority for the Act of that date, extending the powers of the District Commander, and providing for on organiza tion of a legislature by the persons named in Gen. Mead’s Proclamation of June 1868. In other words, that the Act of December 1869, was a mere nullity, practically and legally nothing more nor It Here, then, is the real issue. On the one hand, Congress is simply asked to stand up to, and maintain the integrity of its legislation. On the other, it is asked to practically nullify its former Acts, ignore the men in Georgia who have successfully carried out the policy of Re construction, and accede to the modest de mands of those who have persistently and con sistently opposed Reconstruction throughout the whole canvass, beginning in March, 1867. Under these circumstances, it is a matter of deep concern with Georgia Republicans, to see their friends in Congress wavering, or doubting as to the coarse to be pursued. We are willing to believe that those who favored the Bighorn restriction, are honest in their convictions of duty ; bnt we can bnt express great sorpri.se at their apparent misconception of the real issue and of their apparently limited knowledge of the real condition of affairs in Georgia. Bnt as they have already committed themselves against tho Georgia Bill as originally reported, and as the Pome roy substitute seems not to be satisfactory to either side^ the Cessna bill or the measure submitted by Mr. Payne, strikes ns as fur nishing the the basis of a compromise upon which onr Republican friends at Washington may all unite, and which will, at the same time, be accepted os satisfactory by all Re publicans in Georgia. and wc have no doubt we shall have many learned discussions on tho merits of jalap, am the modes of sawing off the decaying limbs humanity. . Aery little 'jalap, knift saw-teeth will do for me. Ind; is known that many Democrats, while profess ing that they are friends of popular education, are using their influence against the cause, on the ground that as they have not the appoint ing power, they will do nothing. To snch men as these is due the fectrthat nearly two years have elapsed that Georgia is without free public schools. These Democrats glorify and (if the world permitted it,) would sanctify themselves by speechifying and declaiming in favor of public education. This, it is important to remember. There are not now Public Schools in the city of At lanta, simply because the Democratic party have thrown obstacles in the way of the recon struction of the State. The city of Atlanta wishes to establish Pub lic Schools. It cannot do so because, J>y the obstructions thrown in the way of complete reconstruction, the Legislature is incompetent to authorize the city to act There are no Public Schools throughout the State of Georgia, not because the people are not desirous of establishing them—or not de sirous of supporting them; bnt because the so- called Democratic party—the party in oppo sition to the Government—are not willing to establish them until they can fill all the offices that would or might be created by th^ estab lishment of Free Schools. • crljBT*'"' . .. .. . ... , . * -a * (la making up the Spirit of the Georgia Press, ..... incontinently to gobble and appropriated, to cMcf *Sn ls«enr*r. The eaHorW*ofoor contmpo- Tlie Georgia CaM-What la tlie re ml Iuue Involved 1 It ham been asserted by the Democratic press that it was the policy of tho Ex ecutive, and of the Republican party of Geor gia, to procure such Congressional legisla tion as will extend the term of his office, and that of the General Assembly-men, beyond the lime specified, in the new Constitution of the State. This assertion has been very gen erally echoed by the Northern Democratic press; and it has Loen accepted as troth by one or two Republican journals abroad, whose editors have been deluded by the assumption of the Bryaut Democracy that there exists a division among the Georgia Republicans, and consequently that the party is by no means united upon the Issuejinvolved in the Bingham and Pomeroy amendments. This assertion, and likewise the assumption, •is false. It is false in feet, and false in its application. It is not true that Gov. Bullock seeks to prolong his term of office, or that of the Assemblymen, ono day or one hour beyond the time prescribed in the new Constitution. That is not the issue; and every intelligent and fair minded man in the State (be his political faith what it may,) knows and secretly admits it Nor is it true, as assumed by Judge Bingham and those Republican presses North that sus tain him, that there is a split in the ranks of the Republican party in Gobrgia touching tlie issues involved in the Georgia Bill An accurate knowledge of the facta and in cidents connected with tho political history of this Stato, since the act of Congress of March 1867 went into fall force and effect, ought to be sufficient to disabuse rhe mind of any hon- ■est man of the falsify of the first assertion; whilst a reasonable acquaintance with the po litical status and record of Mr. Bryant, and the other Democratic leaders in this State, ought to reder a denial of the second wholly superfluous. The present Executive and General Assem bly of Georgia, was elected in virtue of the law of Congress, not under the new Consti tution of the State. By the terms of this law, the officers thus elected were provisional; deriving their authority from the Acts of Con gress, and not from the State Constitution; and they cease to be provisional only after tho State shall have been fully admitted to repre sentation, and therefore not until after the Reconstruction Acts shall have become inop erative. That this Government was provis ional the Act of December 1869, abundantly shows; and if provisional then, it could not have. been other than provisional anterior thereto; for any other construction would involve an absurdity. It would likewise make Congress guilty of a gross violation of the Constitution, in the pas sage of on ex post fado law. Bnt, if the gov -eminent was provisional, it must be provi sional still; since onr Senators and Represen tatives are still debarred admission to the National Legislature. Indeed, the Georgia Bill itself, with the Bingham Amendment, as it passed the House nearly two months ago, is an admission- that onr State government is still provisional; and, consequently, that leg islation is necessary to place this government upon the new State Constitution. Then what is the real issue involved in the Georgia case ? Clearly this, that the Republi cans claim (and justly) that when the present government ceases to be provisional, it then (but not a day before) enters upon the term for which it was elected; and that term, os prescribed in the new Constitution, is four and There never was a time in the history of Georgia, when the demand for educated men and skilled labor was so great as at present This demand has grown out of the new order of things, resulting from the issne of the war, and from the awakened interest iu Internal im provements, agriculture, manufactories and the new and diversified channels of commerce. And in the very nature of things, this demand must continue to increase. It therefore behooves every young man who expects to keep pace with the progress of the times, to address himself earnestly and zealously to the work of mental culture, preparatory to usefulness and position in the new field now being opened before him. If he expects to be “a man amongst men,” and not be left in the back ground by those whose op portunities have been better, be should loose no time in definitely arranging his plans for self-education. Fine coats, patent leather boots, fast horses, meerschaum pipes and dogs, will never be permitted to dispute precedence with books and periodicals* in the mind of a young man who has determined to struggle for honorable position in the great fnture of Georgia. The time has been, under a former decade, and under tho old order of things, when a vast area of half cultivated land, or a regi ment of slaves, atoned in a measure for the deficiencies of education, and offered a con venient substitute for that intelligence and culture which, nnder our new civilization, will constitute an essential passport to respectable position in t^o social, commercial iand politi cal world. Bat that time has passed, never to return. No yonng man who possesses a vigorous physical constitution, is too poor or too friend less to acquire the means of a thorough busi ness education. There is really but one seri ous obstacle in his way; and that is, an unal terable purpose, deliberately formed, to have an education. This point past, the fnture is opened to promotion and usefulness. One hour each day Of the year, earnestly devoted to study, will make him an educated man by the time he attains his majority, and, if kept up, will make him a scholar at forty. Thus by a judicious economy cf time, and the cultivation of correct taste and habits, the poor and friendless youth of to-day, may place himself in a position to taffe respectable rank among the men who are to give tone and di' rection to future legislation, and identify him self with those who, in the possession of a cultivated mind, possess a capital that is be yond the vicissitudes of time or the caprices of trade. Public Education. The question naturally arises in the mind of every one who feels an interest in the recuper ation of Georgia, Why is it that tho constitu tional proviso commanding the Legislature of the State to establish and provide for a system of Public Instruction free to all has not been complied with ? Let facts utter the answer of this question. The Governor of the State nnder the Con stitution appoints tlie State Commissioner of Public Schools. The Legislature has to pro vide by law for the support of the system of Public Schools. The definition of most of the duties of the office of School Commissioner, the prescribing of his salary, etc., devolve upon the Legislature. That our State is without a well defined system of public instruction, and that there is no School Commissioner, or State Board of Education, is dae to the non action of the Legislature, nnder a mandatory proviso in the Constitution, which its mem bers swore to obey. The Governor has been desirous to see inaugurated just such a system of schools as the Constitution com mands the Legislature to provide for. After the colored members of the Legisla ture were unseated, there was a clear majority of Democrats in both Houses of the General Assembly. This majority persistently ignored the school question. It would not be jnst to charge the powerless minority with derilection in this regard. Sensible Democrats, indeed men of all clas ses in this State agree, that a system of pub lic Education practically in existence is a ne cessity; that the present population demand it—that it is a necessaiy policy to invite pop ulation, and a means of retaining onr popula tion within the limits of the State. But prac tically there is a difficulty in the way of the inauguration of a system of public schools.— The Democrats in favor of a free school sys tem, pass by every proposition in regard to it, because they fear that Democrats cannot shore os largely of the loaves and fishes that will fell upon the educational table os will the members of the Republican party. Now to dispell all snch fears it is proper to knowingly assert, that it is not the desire of the Republican Party of the State of Georgia to appropriate all the profits and honors of the inauguration of the Sytem of Public Schools contemplated by the Constitution of Georgia. That party will stop not to enquire what may have been the antecedents of any man who may be a friend of Public Education. Yet it is lamentable to note the feet, that there are numerous men in tho Stato of Geor gia, who ore quasi friends of education that tl-.f — .J-.-AAiA. in jy)>. i m. rt i ia ii-- .1 It. Charge* Against the Gov< The Eka of yesterday morning contained the notice of the Committee, calling gpon the public to present any and all charges which any one might desire to make against the Governor to the Committee. The novelty of snch a no tice lead ns to make inquiry as to the cause for it. As the result of snch inquiry, we learn from reliable sources that the Commit tee, niter organizing on Thursday ljjst, sum moned Treasurer Angier before them, and asked for his charges against the Governor; whereupon the “watchdog” of the Treasury, disconcerted manner, stated that he had no charges to make against the Governor; that all he had ever said was in response to Resolutions of the Legislature, which had al ready been published, and referred to the drafts made upon the Fourth National Bank 03 a part payment for the furniture placed in the Capitol’ -He farther stated that he had no specifications, but could loon the committee his scrap hook, Ac.! The Committee, not having any use for Angier’s scrap book, re quired him to make his case in writing. Tho Committee then invited th^Crovcmor to be present with them, and stated that the Treasurer had no charges of malfeasance or fraud aajfts't him. The Governor .expressed astoi^5Mit that the ring leaejer of the derers against his official and personal character, should have so ignominiously failed in his boasting assertions of fraud, robbery outgeneral corruption, and asked the Com mittee as a favor that they would advertise to the public and give ample time for any and everybody to respond with charges, if any there are to be made. The Governor stated to the Committee that the impression had been sought to be created throughout the State and the counfry, through the newspapers, that he had corrujjtly used his official position, and that the Treasury was being robbed; that fraud and corruption were not only winked at, bnt participajftl in by the Executive. He therefoi-e desired ylat unusual opportunity should be given those who believe these slanders to bring np the evidence, so that when the false fonndationnLthisi whole scheme of forwarding political Vnds by per sonal abase is exposed, there may be no ground to cry “whitewash. The committee, therefore, give the notice to which we have referred. We also learn that a leading member of the Bryant faction stated to a gentleman on yester day, that “he never had believed any of theso stories about Bullock,” etc., etc. Verily, these slander mongers are a sickly set! When askod for facts, they have none to offer. the satisfaction of his hungry maw. His im patience that the fruit so slowly ripens, don’t seem to exhibit itself in any other than the usual method, that of throwing mud and turf at everybody else who he fears has any chance of getting the prize he covets. I am afraid that before he gets his expected monthfoll he will find that the fell frosts have touched the fruit, and that he will have finally to con tent himself with the old cry of sour grapes! I guess we might as well let him stay here, for the probability is that if he was at home he would be concocting and operating some scheme of his characteristic devilment. Hi* attempt to creep out of the responsibility for the lies regarding the use of State bonds and the funds of yonr State Road, for tho corrup tion of public men, would bo laughable if they were not disgusting. He has yet to learn the practice of that cardinal maxim of debauched Democracy: never tell a lie unless you intend to stick to it Your Democratic press seems to bo mixed state of opinion about the Pomeroy amendment and its effects upon the status of political affairs in Georgia. I don’t see that they need fret themselves into a perspiration, because tbere is about as much chance of its becoming operative through Representative concurrence as there is that the city of Boston, steamship, will yet come safely to port Sportively speaking, it is a dead cock in the pit. Are we a white man’s party, or are we not ? seems to be the problem which Democratic journalism is puzzled to find a solution for, just at present Have you noticed how regu larly it happens that just about the day after the journalists of that party, in every particu lar locality, indulge in either a lachrymose wail over the proclamation of equal rights, or in a direful denunciation of tho “nigger, proclaiming that the amendment is a fraud, the fever for celebrating breaks out among our folks, and a big procession of the newly en franchised waves its banners and shouts its hosannas under the very eyes and ears of tho white man’s party advocates. A friend of mine who used to reside in your adjoining State* Tennessee, once owned a spunky little four- year-old bull whose doily habit it was, just about the time when the passing train was expected to plant his bovine majesty in the middle of the track, head down and tail up, and bellow defiance at the coming locomotive. Now, this ball was a sharp little fellow, and he always was smart enougn to jump out of the way just in time to save his carcass, until one unlucky day ho jnst nndercalculated his time by a few 'seconds, and was consequently knocked into the kingdom-come of all animals. So these Democratic despisers of the onward march of events have been standing on the track of pro gress, hurling defiance, and shaking their fists, imtil the irresistible logic of feet has knocked them off their pins and into the ditches of the road-side, whence, unless they are soon taken by charitable hands to a decent burial, their carcasses will pollute the political air with a foul stench. We shall soon see their epitaph written: “Not only dead but stink- cth.” rarics are read closely, and the selections therefrom are made with a view of giving the reader the spirit and gist of article. The comments (when any are made) are either in brackets, or in onr regular editorial col umns. In no case where, (by inadvertence) a represen tation is not fairly made, will we fail or refuse to make the correction when attention is called to it. On the contrary, it win always afford pleasure to make any corrections of this kind. A mere peevish assertion, however, in general terms, that the representation is unfair, will not command attention. There must be specifications, and this is in a courteous spirit.] THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL (DEM.) Grows felicitous over the prospect of what it is pleased to term “a Radical split” It says: Mutterings of discontent have been for three years past coming np to Washington from the West. The great agricultural interests of that rich and populous section have been groaning nnder the injustice and illegal exactions of the present prohibitory tariff laws, and have sought through their representatives in Con gress to procure a modification or repeal of the more odious features of the existing law. These appeals have been smothered amid the din and excitement growing out of the efforts of Congress to secure a perpetuation of Radi cal rule by dragging into the political arena the everlasting negro question. The West can, however, be no longer kept quiet by the continued agitation of this played out subject They demand that there shall be a radical change in the policy of the govern ment on the tariff question. DECORATION DAY. SPIRIT OF TIIE GEORGIA PRJE TUB COLUMBUS ENQUIRER, (DEM.) ith a verbosity and flourish of rhodemon- that ought to drive the impatient to a hasty conclusion, proceeds to say that, If the Era is blessed with the "‘three grains _ ^ of ctynnonwfiense” and a single scruple of h <£p*^M£onunoint l g^i sty to garnish it, will it please S3, our Inform us whence Governor Bollock derives Ms tuUi)ODjtjc,<4BU)ow it is that, ho and the Era claim for a “provisional” Legislature a Constitutional term extending two years longer. (The Enquirer is respectfully referred to an editorial in to-day’s Era,] HEALTH NOTES. BY JOHN STAINBACK WILSON, M.D. Tlie Symptoms of Disease in Cliildrcn. For tho purpose of aiding mothers in the early discovery of the existence of disease, we will now give a general description of symp toms which may be properly called the “ lan guage of disease ” : THE COUNTENANCE. Mothers who so delight to gaze on the sweet, placid faces of their children, when decked with the roses of health and wreathed with the smiles of innocence, need not be told how a well child looks. Any departure from health will soon be read in the face of her child by the fond mother. But then the language of expression needs some interpretation, and we will attempt to assist tho mother in determin ing what the ehariges iu the countenance mean. We are glad to find these evidences of dis content in the Radical ranks. We think they clearly foreshadow* the early defeat of that de structive party, and in that view they will be hailed with delight by every true lover of Con stitutional Liberty in the whole country. (Does tho Chronicle understand the real is sue involved in the proposed Tariff Reform? If so, is the Chronicle for or against tho pro posed reform?] / Editorial Gladiator*. The New York editors havo descended from the McFarland trial to the most disgusting per sonalities. They havo been calling each other liars and puppies, and sneaks and free lovers, and loafers and scoundrels, until that style of verbiage has become “stale, flat and unprofita ble.” And now they begin to talk about raw hides, ratans, boot leather and nose pulling. The following sample of dignified journalism is from the Commercial Advertiser of the 4th: We therefore inform the editor of the Inde pendent that as we have kicked nothing mean for a long time, he will be very likely to be in troduced to tiy onr calfskin the first time we chance to meet him. It.is the only way to treat such fellows. We shan’t hurt him, but merely kick this Uriah Heep of the press. And if we ever so far forget what belongs to manhood as to do anything os mean as this fellow Tilton is capable of doing, we shall ex pect to be hoisted. This kind of reading may suit a New York audience, bnt we judge that, outside the com munity of prize fighters and professional bruisers, the personal difficulties of men who happen to be connected with the press, pos sesses little that is attractive to the public. And without wishing to be considered meddle some, we take the liberty of suggesting that these gentlemen owe it to their profession to settle their personal difficulties outside the colnmns of the newspaper press. In the language of the Philadelphia Press, “it is humiliating to the whole journalism of the country when its active members in any city choose to turn themselves into paid gladiators for the amuse ment of the populace. It may pay, but is none the less discreditable. We are glad to believe that in Philadelphia it would not only not pay, but would result in positive loss.” The House yesterday passed a joint resold tion declaring that whereas the 30th day of May, annually, had been agreed on and ap pointed to be the day for the decoration of the graves of soldiers who had died in the defense of the Union against rebellion, therefore that day should hereafter be regarded a public holiday, to be forever observed as such by tho people of the United States. The pres sure was too great for even our Democratic friends to resist, and without a word of objec tion, they permitted the bill to go to its final passage. Do you think a Democratic Con gress would adopt such a measure as that ?— While it was going through the parliamentary steps, I could almost hear the gritting of teeth hich showed the effort it cost some of our anti-war and rebellion sympathizers to keep still. THE CUBAN QUESTION Is still full of interest It Is true that as the Spanish grape vine telegraph Is managed and controlled, we are only permitted to get a view of one side of the case, and that evidently col ored by the hue of Spanish influence, but that does not do away with the great question of principle involved iu the contest Whether a people shall be free to govern themselves or not, is the true question, and jnst as surely as the right and the good must eventually tri umph everywhere, just so sure it is, that free dom and the rights of men will be vindicated and established on the queen of the antilies. I am sorry that I am not at full liberty to tell you what I know about the movements now going on in this county to send aid to the straggling patriots. It won’t be many days or weeks at furtherest before we shall wring even from unwilling Spanish sources, the acknowl edgement that the insurgents are not so feeble os they are now represented to be. Slavery Under a New Na The following order from Gen. Terry sets at liberty two colored children who were held in bondage under an order from the Court of Or dinary, as apprentices. There have been several cases of this kind of hardship in the State, and we hope that the Ordinaries will reverse their action without the intervention of the District Commander: Headquarters Military Dist. or Georgia, Atlanta, Ga., May 5, 1870. Special Orders No. 8. L It is ordered that in the esse of Rillah and Gcorgiana Jackson, the indentures of ap prenticeship be cancelled, and that they be restored to their fether; and farther, that the Ordinary of Houston county, Georgia, refrain from any steps or measures looking to the tak ing of them from him in the future. By order of Brevet Major General Terry. J. H, Taylor, Asst Adjutant General Official: R. P. Hughes, A. A. A. G. Removal of Norris. The following order has been issued by tho District Commander, General Terry: Headq’bs Military District of Ga, Atlanta, Ga., May 5, 1870. General Orders No. 17. John C. Norris, now discharging and exer cising the functions of the office of Sheriff for the county of Warren, Georgia, is hereby re moved from said office. By order of Brevet Major General Terry. J. H. Taylor, A. A. G. Official: K. P. Beerker, A. A. A. G. Gov. Senter has issued a proclamation au- THE MONTH OF FLOWERS is always inaugurated here with exhibition balls, given by the various professors of the art terpsichorean. Last night two of these recherche affairs took place, and were the oc casions of grand assemblages of the elite of Washington society. The masters and misses of the schools led off the evening’s programme with fine exhibitions of their proficiency in the poetry of motion. Two of the professors received testimonials from their pupils in the shape of elegant gold watches, with accom panying ornaments. The little folk exhibition over, the elder folk unbent their dignify and danced the hours of night away into the dawn of day. BOTH THEATERS opened last night with dramatic attractions. At Wall’s Opera House, Laura Keene and her troupe gave a version of the latest theatrical sensation, “Frou-Frou,” which is about as miserable a piece of nonsense os ever dis graced a stage, or disgusted a sensible’ audi ence. With such players as Miss Keene keeps in her troupe, she ought never to consent to the presentation of such meritorious produc tions as “ Frou-Frou ” Is. At the National Mrs. D. P. Bowers appeared as Mary Stuart. As I was foolish enough to waste my time looking at Frou-Frou, I can’t tell you how Mrs. Bowers performed. I told that she had a fine audience. SOME DAYS DELAY is likely to ensue before the cousideration of the Georgia bill will be renewed, owing to the feet that the House has agreed to take a recess from Thursday next until Monday, in order to give an opportunity for a slight honso cleaning process. General Batler is still absent in Massachu setts, and probably will not return until the beginning ot next week. The able Democratic representative from New York, the Hon. John Morrissey, put in his second appearance of the season in the House yesterday. His ruby face shining ontin strong contrast to his fall suit of raven hair and whiskers, attracted notable attention. We are also the victims just now of a Visit E HAWKINSVILLE DISPATCII (DEM.) Writes np the Savannah Editorial Convention. THE CUTHBERT APPEAL, (DEM,) After frankly acknowledging that it had noth ing new in the way of editorial effort, makes this explanation: That intolerable nuisance, the Georgia Leg islature, never satisfied except when drawing their nine dollars per diem, has resolved to meet again in July. The present session has been devoted to paying all the expelled negroes back wages and rations, and fixing matters so that Bul lock can manipulate*the contents of the treas ury without let or hindrance, and be able at the same time that he pays the interest upon State Bonds, to deal out such additional sums as may be needful for bis own wants and those of his friends. (We think its readers will gene ml h’ agree that there is nothing very original in all this gabble.] THE MACON TELEGRAPH (DEM.) Says of the Cessna bill: We don't believe it can pass. We believe Bullock is virtually beaten, already, and has made up his mind to do his do towards ruiu- ing the State and punishing the white people, between now and next November. Let ho man, woman, or child give him the least chance to brew fresh deviltry at Washington. (No one, we presume, expects that the Cessna bill, pr any other measure looking to the completiCTi of the work of Reconstruction or to the enforcement of the now Constitution, will give satisfaction to that desperate faction which has persistently opposed both the Re construction policy of Congress and the State Government set up in accordance therewith. ] THE MACON JOURNAL (DEM.) , Comes promptly to the defense of Wetmore, the faithless Ordinary who was removed some days since by order of the District Command •. It says: The public will decide that Wetmore wiu right in this matter, if no other, or, that Gen. Terry is wrong iu assuming the exercise of the power of removing civil officers without trial. Wetmore simply said Bullock was not Gover nor; if Bullock is Governor, why does lie not protect the citizens of his State? (“Protecting the citizens of the State” must mean giving office to defunct Democratic pol iticians; otherwise, the phrase as here used seems wholly without meaning.] THE SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN, (DEM.) In the course of an article on “The Habeas Corpus in Georgia,” says: A military government is no new thing in this country, and wc should manifest no greater surprise to see ono quietly submitted to by the whole North and West than wc are now that we see oue, by the consent of the American people, permitted to exist in the State of Geor gia. This form of government is a necessary consequence, inasmuch as the Constitution of the Republic is shattered, mangled, tom and virtually rendered a nullify by those represen tatives who were sworn to maintain it in all its pristine glory and strength as the bond of unity between tho States. They arc now actualities, and though thev may be but temporary in their duration, they arc liable to be established at any time, or whenever a majority foiled and beaten back in the Courts sees proper to resort to them in order to con trol public affairs. They wero bom in the time of excitement when war raged in the country and when the blood of Americans ran in rivers down onr hillsides and ncross our plains. Though there is no actual war at this time, it appears that a military government is a necessity. Because the period of excitement and its attendant passions and prejudices still exist; because tho voices of equity and reason are drowned. [We believe the Republican was among the Georgia journals that sustained the action of the Confederate Congress in suspending the privileges of the writ of Habeas Corpus in 18G3-4.] THE AUGUSTA CHBOXICLE AND SENTINEL (DEM.) Has a kind word for Wetmore, as a matter of course. THE BAINBRIDGE ARGUS (DEM. ) Utters the opinion that there is less prejudice against the negro in the South than at the North. It says: The negro has ever been sincerely respected amongst ns; and while, in some instances, he was, in tho time of slavery, treated, by ignor ant and debased masters, with inhumanity, this was an exception to the general rale. Our criminal code made no distinction between white or block; and the penalty for maltreat ing, maiming or killing a negro was tho same as in the case of a white person. [The negro as a voter (now that he is a voter) is an object of solicitude with tho Georgia De mocracy.] THE ROME DAILY (DEM.) Is still living, but is still spewing epithets. It has a hard time. THE ROME COURIER (DEM.) Says of the Legislature: x The citizens of Georgia will rejoico that the Congressional agency that has been ran for several week.4 past in Atlanta, by a vile set of plundering bummers under the leadership of R. B. Bollock, has adjourned to the first Wednesday in July. [This is rather stale. Can’t the Courier get np something new?] Of the Committee of. Investigation, the Cornier saieth: We have no doubt but that the committees of investigation—a majority of whom were specially selected for that purpose—will ex hibit the “whited sepulchre, beautifully plas tered, [and at the next session. The State Road, that now has a smash np nearly every day, and pays no money into the treasury, when its net proceeds ought to be, at least, $50,000 per month, will doubtless be present ed os a model of good management and econ omy; and it will doubtless be ascertained, af- A CONTRACTED BROW Indicates pain ia tlie bead. And this pain in the head is often the first sign of approach ing inflammation, and of that much-dreaded disease, Dropsy of the Brain. “But fc ” says Dr. Bull, “if this sign is passed by unheeded, and the above disease is threatened, soon tho eyes will become fixed and staring—the head hot and moved uneasily from side to side upon the pillow, or lie heavily upon the nurse’s arm - the child will start in sleep, grinding its teeth, and awake alarmed and screaming, its face will be flushed, particularly the cheeks; its hands hot, but feet cold; its bowels obsti nately costive, or its motions scanty, dark-col ored and foul.” — IF THE LIPS ARE DRAWN ATART So as to show the teeth or gums, the scat of pain s in the intestines, *says the same writer. In affections of the bowels the expression of the countenance is quite characteristic. There is a peculiar peevish or fretful look, sharp fea tures, sunken eyes, paleness and sometimes a dark color of the lips and skin surrounding the mouth. These symptoms generally attend the several forms of inflammation of stomach and bowels, and diarrhoea. In the worst stago of these disorders, the face becomes thin and sallow; the lips are stretched firmly over the gums, and are pale, dry and cracked, while the tongue is heavily coated, or red and slimy. The milder forms of disorder in the bowels, sucli as colic and gripings, will be indicated by twitcliings and contractions of the face, which will come and go with the intermittent «iiu that causes them. ‘IF THE NOSTRILS ARE DRAWN UPWARDS AND NO QUICK MOTION, Tain exists in the chest.' 1 Besides the above symptom, inflammation of the lungs, croup, or any other disease that interferes much with the breathing, will be marked by a dusky, re<}| swollen appearance of the features, and livid tips, which are widely opened for the purpose of facilitating the entrance of air as much possible. “Convulsions are generally preceded by some changes in the countenance. The upper lip will be drawn up, and is occasionally flush or livid. Then there may be slight squint ing, or a singular rotation of the eye upon its own axis; alternate flushing or paleness of the face; and sudden animation followed by lan- gor. These premonitory signs will sometimes manifest themselves many hours, nay days, Our Washingtou Letter.^ CoifreS^ohdeuce of tho Kew Era.] Washington, May 6, 1870. If you have ever entertained any doubt of the feet that modem Democracy Is thoroughly opposed to the progressive spirit of the age, you would have that doubt 'dissipated if you were here to witness*tho impudent self-asser tion of which that Democracy has been guilty, in a meeting of what we should naturally suppose to be, one of the most learned scientific associations on this continent Jnst think of it Here in the Copitol of the re generated nation, right nnder the shadow of the temple of liberty, with the reverberation of that mighty voice which scarce a month ago proclaimed the equality of man on this con-' tinent, still ringing ill our ears, an assccl.i-^| tion of men who claim to dwell in the pure air ” of the upper mountain regions of science, above the level plains of political strife, have dared flaunting their feeble foHy in the face of the nation's law, to decide that a man's right to representation in their august body is de termined by the color of his skin. And when the source of the report recommending this conrso of action is traced out, we find that it emanates from three men, one of whom is an ex-rebel Surgeon, and the other two Northern Democrats of the deepest dye. I have no de sire to .state these gentlemen unfairly, but I havi no thing and the better sentiment of this country will have nothing but condemnation to set upon the course of the American Medi cal Association for its dirty work of yesterday. In itself the work don’t amount to much. Such straws asjhat, heaped mountains high would not check the inevitable want of events. And while here in Washington, these dispensers of jalap, 4)nd presenters of pills, are vainly pro testing, the echo of these utterances comes back to ns from a Connecticut Capitol where a Democratic Governor is fulminating a feeble bull of protest against the Fifteenth Amend ment, and from tittle Delaware where a party of insignificant fools are organizing what forsooth they call a white man’s party.” God help us, these are curious times in which wc have fallen. Nobody seems to be very much alarmed about any of these doings, but quite on tho contrary, there is much amusement in witnessing ^the dying struggles of decaying political theories. THE PAINE BILL. Is the latest manifestation of a desire to do something in Congress for your State. I sent you a copy of it the day after it was introduced and yon have no doubt commented on it be fore now. I cannot see that in essence it dif fers materially from the bill of Mr. Cessna now in the hands of tlie Reconstruction Com mittee. The adjournment over until Monday next has somewhat delayed action, and there will probably be no report, from the Committee until Tuesday or Wednesday of next week- Meantime it may be safely asserted that the new course taken by your Legislature in giving assent to Gov. Bullock’s propositions, is hav ing a good effect upon the minds of members. The proposition to investigate the accounts of your State Treasurer, has rather proven a Ro land to the Oliver of the intriguing conspira tors, who sought by raising the cry of thief! thief! against honest men, to get themselves clear. Another wise step which you have taken is to begin clearing away the rubbish which has hung around the party in your State. You - want to get entirely clear of such cadets as Aaron Alpeoria and his fellows. You want, as lias boon done I see in tlie case of the Ordinary of Chatham county, to rid your selves of all trash. If the Democracy want them, why just let them take them. If they find anything useful iu. them, it will probably be ijjp.de available in the way of political pot- stewing, and dirty-kettle washing. Now that A. A. has gone into the affiliation of Democ racy, let him come back and renew his appli- before the attack occurs; and if noticed in time, nud.saitol*r-«wHiart-aidTc3ortol to-the4“ tion for ^. admission to llio Supreme Gourt. ter careful investigation by these honest white- washers, that no funds of the State have been misappropriated by the Governor. . Here is a direct imputation against the per sonal character and integrity of the gentle- occurrence of a fit may be altogether prevent ed” Mothers should profit by this last re mark. More or less fever is also a frequent precursor of approaching convulsions. THE EYES Are among the most expressivo features of dis ease, as they are in health. In almost all forms of disease they become dull and inex pressive, giving to the whole countenance a heavy gloomy appearauce. But in some dis eases of irritation, and more particularly in acute inflammation of the brain they acquire an unnatural pearly brightness. The pupil or sight of tlie eye is contracted in the first stage of inflammation of the brain, and still more in inflammation of the membranes of the brain commonly called mcnentjitis t but in the last stage when there is water on the brain, the pupils are dilated and .the child does not no tice anything that is passing. Except in very early infancy, the direction of one eye instead of both to an object, or in otber words a kind of side look, indicates disease of the brain or threatened convulsions. THE GESTURES AND ATTITUDE. “Iu infants old enough to be playful and easily Tanmsed when awake, tho commence ment of disease is frequently signalized by their ceasing to be attracted by surrounding objects by their listlessness and dislike to any movement, and by the difficulty experienced in exciting their smiles or that peculiar loving sound by which they express their satifection or delight when well. As indisposition creeps on, the infant begins to give evidence of its uneasiness by frequent startings and- general restlessness; supposing that it has begun to support itself—to bold up its head—its sudden ly ceasing to do so, and at the same tinra that it assumes the posture and movements of ex treme langor, is clearly indicative of that muscular debility which so commonly pre cedes an attack of acute disease. The pain of inflammatory affections often causes the in fant to avoid all movements or, in inflammation of any part of a limb, all motions of the affec ted member; so in severe abdominal irritation or inflammation the child lies quiet, with the knees bent and drawn upwards, twisting about, however, and uttering loud cries on the sudden accession of pain. An acute spasmodic pain iudnees immediate contraction of the whole muscles, and the infant starts in terror and surprise. There are a few particular gestures which point at once at the seat of the disease: “ as tongue speaketh to tho ear, so the gesture speaketh to the eye.” Thus, in inflammation of the brain or its membranes, the hand is fre quently raised to the head, attempts are mode to tear off the cap, and a quiet movement, as if striking the air, is performed, while the head is moved from side to side as it lies on the pillow. In disorders of the tongue or feuces, (throat) and daring dentition the child presses its fingers into the month, or seizes the nipple roughly and greedily, or nibs the gums with anything it can get hold of. In croups and other diseases producing difficulty of breathing, it pulls at its larynx, tries to com press it laterally, and by its urgent cries, till placed in a sitting posture, indicates the seat of suffering and its painful effect, while, in great prostration from any cause, the hand wanders automatically over the bed, plucking at the counterpane, etc. THE SLEEP. Little need be said nnder this head.— All mothers know the difference between the eep tranquil, and refreshing sleep of health, nd the disturbed unquiet restless startings of disease. We will only add then that many of the movements, and expressions of counte nance already described may be seen even in sleep; and that they then become in many in stances more expressive than in health. For the child being wholly unconscious, it is plain that tlie sTn^^ims are the natural iuvolnnta- Perliaps his aspiring friend the Chief Justice would now give him his influence. PHIL SHERIDAN, you see lias put on the war paint, and gone o.ut to see about Vincent Collyers’a “biggest Indian war.” I guess we have about found out that the Quaker policy of moral suasion with red-skins won’t work. Unless there is a endless cessation of troubles out there, Philip will be apt to give those wild unmannered vil lains a taste of his qualify, that y^n’t set well on their stomachs. JENCKES CIVIL SERVICE BILL lias gone to the shades of retiracy. I don’t think we shall hear of it again this session. No fallacy of the system of setting up two or three or half a dozen men to make appoint ments of men, for whose performance of duty others are to be responsible, is so absurd that hardly worthy of notice. To give you some idea of the extreme nonsense of this sys tem, take this instance: A few days ago a man who was an applicant for a position here,, and whose merit as a soldier and gentleman was perfect, was rejected because he couldn’t name the exact year in which some fool or other was beheaded in France. I doubt whether there are half a dozen members of Congress who could answer the question, off hand. The charge of incompetency made* against Government employees, so sweepingly. ^ is like a great many of the charges of corrup tion which we see so rigorously hinted about tho country, in opposition journals. While I admit that as a general rule there is nothing in our ordinary clerkship to attract a man of independent spirit, I do not believe that the great mass of these persons are either incompetent or useless. I know that the system of business transactions here is not calculated to call ont the talent of a man, but rather to repress it, but I do not believe that if every place in Washington was filled by those who could answer correctly the whole of a string of one hundred miscellaneous questions in geog raphy or history, either domestic or foreign, the public service would be any better supplied with business talent than it now is. What wc need is thorough business men at the heads ot bureaus and departments, the simptification of the present abstruse method of keeping public accounts, and the apportionment to each em ployee of sufficient work to mako liis employ ment remunerative to the government The best test of a man’s competency, or a woman’s either, is their capacity to do as full a day’s work as would be required in a thoroughly or ganized business establishment in the* com mercial or financial world. Apply this test of competency and wo should soon get rid of the idle and superficial clerks. Another cardinal doctrine of my belief Is. that the party in power has full right and claim to the'patronage of the Government. I knUw that in these “indepen dent” days there are a great many ready to cry out against any snch doctrine, but that don’t affectmy opinion concerning it. I believe in the old democratic theory and practice, ‘to tho victors belon^thc spoils.” Index. An Old Fallacy Exploded.—'Thirty or forty year* ago, it was the fashion to administer pow erful purgative* a* “spring medicines.'* Terrific doses of salts and senna,'calomel and jalap, or glaubcr salts were given to all the members of a family, whether sick or well, by way of preparing them for the warm weather in prospect. This pernicious custom isnear- y obsolete, but tliero are some old Bourbons of pri vate life, incapable alike of forpettlng anything or learning anything, who obstinately cling to it still.— Nothing could be more pernicious, more utterly un- philosophical, than such an onslaught on the vigor and elasticity of the system. In order to enable the physical structures to resist the enervating effects of spring damps and summer heats, it should be toned and reinforced, not relaxed and weakened. The best medicine agent for this purpose is Hostetter’s Stom ach Bitters. Its effects is to tone the stomach and liver, gently relievo tho bowels from obstruct!our, brace the nerves, improve the quality of the blood, stimulate the appetite and cheer the spirits. In this improved condition the organization is capatlo of re sisting unhealthy influences, which would prostrate enfeebled system. A vigorous digestion is abso lutely essential to health, and there is no danger of the stomach ox in it* important office if this genial vegetable elixir is taken regularly as a stomachic. None of the tonic tinctures or extracts will supply the place of tho Bitters, for the simple reason that they operate as astringents only. In fact, in ordinary practice, five or aix prescriptions would