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VOLUME IV. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 18, 1870. NUMBER 9 Hy Quarrel. liave succeeded in pot. XIcCreery, a Senate, has published a letter wherein charges the good Democratic Governor (Steven ■on) with every species of political rascality. The Governor's reply fills some sixeolnmns in the Kentucky papers. The battle is a sharp one, bnt it effects only that prototype of po litical parity, the modem “Democracy. Looking Ahead# In Virginia City, Nevada, the only Demo cratic candidate for Mayor was a colored cit izen. The “decency" all supported him with avidity and enthnsiasm, and thus scented the lull strength of their party. We note this fact as an intimation on the part of the “Whiteman's party” to fall into line, and to lead where they have heretofore refused to follow. Who knows but that the “Democracy" of Georgia has found.its ‘Cam ming man" in the person of its new .leader in the Senate, Aaron Alpeoria B. ? A Tennessee Democratic paper speaks of Governor Bullock as “the miserable make shift of a Governor of Georgia.” It would seenv from all indications, that the Georgia Democracy have come to the conclusion that he is such a “makeshift” as will be the death of their hopes for party ascendency. The fact that Governor Bullock is the best abused man in America, at the hands of Dem ocratic editors, shows conclusively that he is a most formidable antagonist-'-onc they are all hissing at, but who gathers political strength day by day. A Libel Salt. We publish this morning, as an item of news, the Declaration filed by the plaintiff's counsel in the case of Bufus B. Bullock, Provis ional Governor of Georgia, rs. W. A. Hemp hill and J. H. Anderson, Proprietors of the Atlanta Constitution. This action arises, as the Declaration alleges, upon certain false and slanderous matter, ad mitted to the columns of that Journal in the form of a correspondence from Washington city; and which effects the Governor-os a pri vate gentleman, os well as the credit of the State, and for which he seeks redress in the The words upon which the action is predi cated, will be fonndTn the Declaration. They ate as remarkable for their positive assertion, rut the writer was unfortunate in pushing his efforts to manufacture political capital in vio lation of truth,and at the expense of the credit Me interests The Constitution I to seek. We would fain believe that such articles as that, wore admitted more through ignorance of the duties and respon sibilities of journalism or carelessness, than in accordance with any settled purpose to propo- gato slander. Democracy Tried by Its Own Standard. In nothing is the Bryant Democracy more inconsistent than in its advocacy of measures looking to an election this fall. They believe (or pretend to believe) that the respective tenns of office of the Governor and members of the General Assembly, began with tire or ganization of July 4th, 1868; and, consequent ly. that tho two yeora term ends July 4th, 1870- And yet they advocate a measure pro viding for on election in November, 1870—four months beyond the term limited by the Con etitution, according to their own construction! Thus, according to their own construction of the Deconstruction enactments, proceeding upon their own assumption that the organiza tion of 1868 was legal, and, ronseqnently, that the Act of Congress of December, 18C!t, was an' risurpation; ‘and accepting their own as sumption that the .Provisional Government ceased, and that the Beconstrnclion Acts of 1867 became inoperative before their provi sions had been fully complied with, they stand convicted of the grossest inconsistency. ■-Democracy” to be RrvI.rd. The Knoxville (Tcnn.) Whig, a paper that represents the left bower of the East Tennessee Democracy, says: Wbst we now aim to accomplish is, to ag gregate ail the elements, and to unite them in one indissoluble body for tho purpose of eur- lmdying a vigorous and healthful jxditicnl sentiment We arc not tenneions shout the name. Clay's idea was, that a rose would smell as sweet by any other name. We now find society upheaved, torn into shreds, and hissing and boiling like a tronbled caldron. Is it wise, in this anomalous condition of the social system, to talk about reviveing two old parties which, for a century, had taught each other with a vengeance unprecedented in tho annals of political warfare? Will the old and bitter enemies of the Democratic party feel like going over bodociously to this organization V We trow not They arc, however, willing to rally under some other colors, and to do their utmost to labor for the wealth of the conntry. In other words, not only are the principles of the Democracy defunct, but even the very name thereof is a ueuclus around which clns. ten a multitude of unpleasant associations. Nevertheless, the Democratic leaders still live; and, for them to live without office, is moral crucifixion. Henee they must organize under some new name and hunt up new hobbies. Will the founders of this proposed new party, tell as what particular feature of the National Ite- publican Platform they propose to oppose? Is it the XYth Amendment, the Policy of Beeon- strnction, the Tariff Beforra, Free Schools, In ternal Improvements, All Bights for All; or is it, that primary allegiance is due to the Fed eral, and not to tho State Government? The Female Lawyer of St, Louie. Miss Barkoloo, the Female Attorney, bos commenced her professional career in St. Louis in a peace-making way which does her credit. Her first cose was that of on unfortu nate dog run over and mortally ruined by bone-car. The lady who had called the dog her own, demanded $G0 damages of the slaughterers of her pet. The corporation of course demurred. The bereaved lady brought her action. The railway defendant, probably from some suggestive appropriateness in the name, retained Mim Barkoloo, who, instead of rushing into Court with a green bag full of papers in her hand, advised the Company to settle, which, we are told, it did upon fn- .\orable terms. The following order was issued yesterday releasing another colored “apprentice HEADQUARTERS MILITARY Dis’t OF GEO., Atlanta, Georgia, May 10, 1870. Special Orders No. 9. I. Alfred Crawford, of Coweta county, •Georgia, will, upon receipt of this order, con vey one Oliver Clecklcr, (colored,) to Fair- burn, Campbell county, Georgia, and place him under the care of Hillary Clecklcr. Bv order of Brevet Major General Terry : R. P. Hughes. Glut, and Breved Maj. U. S. A., A. D. C and A. A. A. C. Official: John G. Telford, A. D. C. Rev. Dr. McCosh, President of Princeton -College, is widely spoken of as being in all probability the first Moderator of the next •General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, which meets in Philadelphia on May 19. The Code Duello.—An Amendment. Two men in a Kansas town had a misunder standing. An effort to settle it by the standard of Reason failed, and an appeal to Muscle was had. Seconds were chosen, and the agreement was to fight it out in a dark room, the door being securely locked, with the key and the seconds on the outside. After the first report of the pistols, the door was to be opened, and the seconds and medical at tendants admitted. This was done, and the room was opened to find both antagonists dead. Their dispute had been settled. The “ honor ” of each had been made clean in the blood of the other; and their disembodied spirits had adjourned to Hades, there doubtless to renew a controversy which had been settled by brute force only, so for as it pertained to their brute natures. What will be their exact method of warfare beyond the river Styx, we are left to mere conjecture. Meanwhile, the power of their example re mains. The intelligence of the tragedy was duly heralded over the wires, and now the malls bring in the more elaborate details, and the comments pro and con, of the daily press. The weight of opinion seems to be in con demnation, not of the killing, per se, but in the mourner of the killing; not of the proposi tion that immortal men should resort to the same method of settling their disputes as do the outs and beetles; but of the “irregular” man ner of combat chosen by the antagonists. We presume that duelling means killing. It would be an imputation to suppose that a man would deliberately challenge his fellow to mor tal combat, unless he feally intended to kill or get killed. To send or accept a challenge from any other motive would imply, weakness or cowardice. It would be merely acting a port It would be child-play. It would be simply contemptible. I£ then, duelling means killing, and not mere braggadocio, what is there seriously to condemn in the manner of killing adopted by the Kansas Chivalry? The object is to kill; nothing short of a deliberate purpose of that kind would exempt the parties participating in it from the imputation of both dishonesty and cowardice; and if t since they mean to kill, the shortest, quickest and most effective means of securing the desired object, should be prefera ble. Furthermore, sinco the object is to kill each other, and not to endanger the lives of others; to burnish their “ honor ” in each oth- blood, and not to put themselves on exhi bition as bullies and gladiators, the style of duelling in a darkened room, with the door thereof locked and the key outside, ought to be less objectionable, because less conspicuous, than open field shooting or sword practice. Gladiatorial exhibitions, known in modern times os “prize fighting,” is confessedly dis reputable with all gentlemen; and none but roughs and bullies, or those who instinctively seek the society of brutes and abandoned hu manity, are willing to bo seen in attendance upon them. It would seem, therefore, that any method of duelling calculated to subserve the ends sought, and at the same time place it above and beyond the sphere of the prize ring, ought not to be seriously objectionable with those who resort to the “Code” in repa ration of wounded honor. There is another view of the case which lias often impressed tho minds of earnest and honorable men, in connection with this sub ject. If the “code” coaid be so revised as to prevent “bloodless duels,” there would be fewer cartels; and, possibly “mortal in sults” would be less frequent. Yf all duels were fatal—as they ncrossariulJy would be under the regulations adopted by the Kansas chivalry—they would not only lie more satis factory’, but there would be fower of them. They would not be resorted to upon trivial occasions, nor made the means of acquiring a cheap notoriety, or the occasion for getting one’s name conspicuously in print, or of affording a cheap amusement for gossips and bullies. In short, when an appeal from intellectual to physical forces is deemed necessary to the settleiueut of a dispute, or to the vindication of wounded honor,that appeal,being the ultimate, should lie decisive; and when two men arc ear nestly intent upon mortal combat, that combat, to be more than farcical, ought to mean death— nothing more, nothing less. Therefore, with out touching tho issue involving either the morality or equity of tho “Code,” bnt pro ceeding upon the assumption that, as a der nier resort, it is legitimate and proper, sincer ity and candor, no less than the instincts of a chivalrous nature, would seem to sanction the decisive method adopted by Kansas duelists. The C'r«xnn Bill will Give Satisfaction am a Compromise Measure. Outside the dimnnitivc precints of the Bry ant faction of the Democracy—a faction by the way which represents very little of either the intelligence or wealth of the State—there seems to be no very serious objection to a compromise of tho “Georgia cose” upon the basis of the Cessna Bill. The Democracy outside that fungus excrescence, whereof Bryant and Bradley are leaders, regard the policy of Reconstruction as part of the Gov ernment—as a question set at rest by the ver dict of the American people at the last Presi dential election—and are now* disposed to ac cept the result, and let the strife be at an end. Only a few days since, a representative Dem ocrat of this city, who lias all along opposed the Republican policy of Recoustruotiou, was heard to remark that, “ under all the circum stances, and barring all abstract issues, he considered that the policy of the Administra tion was the one best calculated to advance the material and . commercial interests of the State.” It is true, be said, that it involves the endorsement of the policy of Congress—a pol- icy which he had conscientiously opposed; but as tho time had now passed when successful resistance to that policy was possible, he thought the interests of Georgia demanded a closing np of the canvass by the admission of the State, and the entrance of the present government upon its legal term as provided in tho new Constitution. This is substantially the opinion of an At lanta Democrat, a representative of Atlanta capital and intelligence. And we may here remark that, it very generally responds to that of the substantial men in other sections of the State, who are getting tired of a useless wran gle kept np in the personal interests of a few political mountebanks who see in the pro posed settlement, the finis ot their political career. We know further that, independent of mere partisan affiliations, those men in Georgia who represent the wealth and intelli gence of the State, would infinitely prefer a compromise of the question upon the basis of the Cessna Bill, to the reopening of the issues of 1867-8 in a heated and destrocting political canvass this lalL The Republicans of this State, through their representatives in both branches of the General Assembly, with on unanimity seldom witnessed, and in a manner too pointed to be misunderstood, endorsed the policy of the Executive, and signified a willingness to ac cept the Cessna Bill as a basis of compromise upon which our Republican friends in Con gress may unite without incurring the charge of inconsistency on the one hand, or a dire liction of duty on the other. Since, therefore, the substantial and repre sentative men of Georgia, outside of partisan circles, are anxious for the admission of the State, and a settlement of this distracting is sue; since even the abler and better class of Democrats accept the result, and are willing for the sake of the peace and prosperity of the State to recognize the legality and binding force of the government set up in virtue of the Reconstruction acts; and since the Georgia Republicans ore firmly united. in support of the Executive, and of a compromise on the basis of the Cessna Bill, we hope that our friends in Congress will promptly bring this distracting question to an issue by admitting the State under the provisions of that or a similar measure. Bryo»t mud Caldwell to toe Repudiated by their Hew Political Allies. There is evidently “something rotten in Denmark. ” After receiving the united support of the Democracy for Speaker of the House, last winter; after having spent two months i lobbying Congress, os an accredited emissary and minister plenipotentiary of the Georgia ‘Democracy” to Washington; after fighting their battles in the House during the recent ion of the Legislature; in a word, after having been fully installed as the leader of that faction of the Democracy whereof The Constitution newspaper is the accredited or gan, Mr. Bryant (and we presume Mr. Cald well also) is to be repudiated by his new allies and reeded by his own organ! The organ seems restive. Does the “party” now see its mistake in taking np a man who never commanded the respect or confidence of any party in Georgia? Has the thing called “Democracy” discovered that its new leader represents neither the intelligence nor the “respectability,” (so called) even of its own faction ? Alas for Mr. Bryant, who was, nevertheless, the Democratic candidate for Speaker in January last ’ Is he now to be mercilessly repudiated by his new political al lies V It would- s£cin so. The Organ intimates as much. It insinuates that Bryant, and Bradley and Caldwell and Joshua Hill (the same who wanted to bo Governor in 18C3,) have .nothing in common with tho Democracy; that they and the Democrats are widely variant; but that they and “ the Democrats ” agree in their opposition to Governor Bullock and tho Act of Congress of December JSC9. They seem to agree, then, on the proposition that the Legis lature of 1868 was a legally constituted body; that ineligible members were justly entitled to participation in the organization attempted July 1868; that the twenty-seven eligi ble members were rightfully expelled by the Democracy, in September of the same year; that,Congress did a monstrous, an outrageous and on unconstitutional thing in providing for an organization in 1869-70, an organization whereby tho ineligible members were thrown out and the eligible members put in ; that the Senators elected by tha revolu tionary body of 1808, calling itself the Legis lature, ought to be admitted,-and that the Rccau* siruclion Acts became inoperative before tlic organization of the Legislature had been com pleted or its action approved by Congress, and therefore before our Senators and Representa tives were admitted to.seats in Congress. And hence that the Act of Congress of December, 1869, is, to all practical purposes, a nullity. And this seems to cover the whole ground The cause of one, seems to be the cause of the other. Both seek the saino object; and this by the same means. For the furtherance of this object, Mr. Bryant was accredited to Washington, and there supported by Demo cratic funds. For this object, Mr. Caldwell (after failing to get the nomination for United States Senator) made a pilgrimage northward, and thence wrote epistles, and got himself into hot water with his Church for neglecting his clerical duties in lobbying Congress in the interest of the Georgia Democracy. For this Mr. Angier has been at tho trouble to compile a scrap-book, which ho very considerately of- ferred to loan to the Investigating Committee, when called upon for specific charges against the Executive. And, was it not for this that Aaron Alpeoria Bradley has been posted off to Washington, there to lobby in behalf of the things held in common by him and tho Dem entis who sent him, and who arc to pay his expenses? If, then, the “Democracy” aud its new lead ers arc agreed in all these things; if they arc os one upon all the issues upon which tho Geor gia Democracy make with the Republican or ganization, where shall we begin to trace their political differences? There may bo a distinction, bnt it is clearly a distinction with out a difference; unless indeed tho Democracy, finding Mr. Bryant a dull and eminently un successful leader, have decided to look abroad for a new standard bearer. In that case, they will have to throw Bryant overboard, because he is nothing if not a. leader. We hope our Democratic brethren will not allow jealousy to mar their harmony! American Utll^.riani«iu. The progressive spiritHtf'the nineteenth cen tury, is more distinctly impressed upon Ameri- hociety than elsewhere in the world. In the old world, where the endowments of an cient colleges and universities gave ample sup port to scientific investigators, perhaps there are to be found more men who are pre-emi nently distinguished in some of the special branches of human knowledge. In America, the genius of the people is chiefly occupied in experimentally applying scientific knowledge to practical uses. While Liebig, on the continent, and Faraday in Eng land, were successfully unfolding the arcana of nature in the laboratory, and earning a world-wide reputation by developing the laws of Electricity and Magnetism, the task of ap propriating the galvanic current as a carrier of thought was accomplished by Morse, the American. This is only one of the many notable in stances in which the labors of European savans have first been practically utilized by Scientific Americans. Inasmuch as on this continent the practical value of knowledge is so highly appreciated and so successfully ap propriated, the great mass of the people of every class have caught the characteristic spirit of the age, and immigrants of every na tion and phase of enlightenment, soon acquire ift after landing upon oar shores. The Old World is now feeling the reflex L flaenco of the achievements of the American people, who are so often sneered at because of t&cir Utilitarianism, as contrasted with the dreamy Ideality of the intellectual aristocrats of Europe. It is worthy of note in this con nection that, this very utilitarianism, when first its spirit is impressed upon any people who are suffering under the oppressions of he reditary tyrants, discontent and bloody rev olutions often result. But in the pro gress of time, as the masses learn appropriate the discoveries of science in ame liorating their physical condition, more time is f afforded for thought and mental and moral im provement Their individual wealth mak< them wary of destructive civil convulsion They proceed to the acquisition of politi' 1 ! emancipation with more caution, but wifij! more determined and enlightened wilL Where ' lunch on Sunday, in a respectable restau- ut ? Why may he not tender hospitalities to » acquaintances there as well as in his pri- te house or boarding house ? All min ers and laymen of the Christian Church, 3 not, either in principle or practice, total etinence men. On this subject they are as entitled to exercise the individual right ^opinion as arc worldlings. formerly physical force was too often rashlyi^Zf a minister chooses to take “ a little wiue resorted to, now the moral power of the morel T< r his stomach’s sake,” it ought to bo his enlightened millions is shaking hereditary fcgivilege to take it without concealment, as thrones and accomplishing revolutions monlE v other honorable gentlemen. If when astounding than"any of those the previous ((BT-ag so, he is entertaining guests, would he history of the world records. ’ Ijnol be iinpolite and ungentlemonly not to ten- The utilitarianism of Americans, so oftjMver it to those guests, whose privilege it is to sneer at, (and which is no more nor less than vs x pt or refuse ? the practical application of knowledge to the - If ono of those guests is so ungentlemauly amelioration of men’s physical condition,) i^« s to publish, f or filthy lucre's sake, what takes setting tho bondsman free, giving liberty the table of his host, (which ta- tho captive and promoting peace among men ! blf> though it may have been set in a restan- rant, was to all intents and purposes a private Table,) is it gentlemanly to countenance such a disgraceful breach of hospitality, simply be cause the host happens to be a Clergyman? Preachers arc only human, and Preachers may be, and all of them ought to be, gentle An Old Hobby to bo Revived. The differences of opinion existing amonj; certain members of the Republican party, growing oat of the proposition to reduce the Taxes by the decrease of the list of income* taxed, and the increase of tax on spirits and^.,,/ n ^ ^ other gentlemen differ in regard to Protective duty in favor of homo mana£act/q uu . 1>rincipJe and practice of totnl abstinence rics, has given rise to a hope with the Demov] of a!eo hoh'c beverages, so da ministers of the Gospel. racy that the party is bound to split; and tha the old, antiquated, Free Trade issue of a forme’ decade, is again to appear and assimilate tlrr odds and ends of the now defunct Democracy . in the canvass of 1872. ;i' It must, indeed require a hopeful tempera ment to derive any very substantial consolathft from a contingency at once so remote and isT- probable. The people, independent of the claims of more party, arc interested in any scheme looking to the reduction of taxes; anlT ciety. Though the Bev. Charles B. Smythe being equally opposed to Repudiation in any and all forms, they are likewise interested in any measure looking to the honest payment^? tho National Debt. Hence, whilst they favor a reduction of. the Internal Revenue, tHey would make good the deficit by increased im port duties; thus securing protection to Home Manufactures, whilst they would not diminish the aggregate of the National Revenue. They would impose a heavy import duty upon all luxuries, but at the some time, odd to the list all articles of necessity, such, for instance, as tea and coffee—thus emancipating the poor man from a burthensome tax, by increasing the duty upon all articles of mere fancy and luxury, used only by the wealthy and luxuri ous classes. The time was when the hobby of “Free Trade” was a successful one in the cotton growing regions of the South. That time has post, never to return. Under the new ordflfof things, manufactures will enter largely into the industrial pursuits of the Southern people. Capital will now seek investment in Iron Foun- deries, Rolling Mills and Cotton Factories ; and it is only a matter of a few years, when the Southern States will bo equally interested with those of New England in all questions looking to the promotion of American com merce and manufactories frqm. the monopolies of the Old World. ^ If, therefore, The Democracy would restate itself with tho Pcejile, and regain its dominion even in tho Southern States, it will find m-twe- „ to abandon its ancient Free Trade heresies, and address itself to tho impi.vr.tive demands of tho living Present, rather i! u to tho prejudices of the dead Past The death In this regard then, Ministers are as much entitled to gentlemanly charity as other men! Behind all the ridicule that has been heaped upon the head of Mr. Smythe, and the wicked sarcasm that has been flung at him, it is until' nil to infer the zeal manifested to rebuke him is suggested by a spirit of retaliation for his bold aud outspoken condemnation of a Crime that sap3 the very foundation of civilized So may be the veriest drunkard, for anght the public knows, upon no hypothesis can the persecution of him for exercising the right of hospitality every gentleman is entitled to, be accounted for, except that the public sentiment in regard to the rights and dnties of clergymen is morbid and needs to be corrected, or that the guilty rejoice at every opportunity to sneer at those whose office it is to expose the enor mity of their crimes. Tho Rev. Smythe, to tho disgrace of journal ism, has been rudely and unjustly handled, for an act or acts that would be regarded as gentlemanly, honorable, generous, and inof fensive if committed by any of the numerous Smith (or Smythe) family in tho laud, save only those whose affix may happen not to be that of Reverend. Is this just? Is it honorable? Above all tho miscreants who gives publicity to what may occur around the hospitable board of our honorable gentlemen, should not re ceive the reward of betrayal by directly or induce* iv receiving the approving countenance of the pi ess. It is .worse than Pharisaical; for when the Master sat at meat with Publicans and Sinners, and received the sobroquet of “wiue bibber,” his guest had more manliness than to appear first- among his accusers. of Slavery was practically the death v* the old Democratic Free Trade hobby of a i generation, mid I&nfs to upntotim of those great American Principles whereof Henry Chy and the Whig party of ’40 and ’44 the champion and the exponent# Iiijutticc-Thc Case or Rev. Mr. Smythe. There is prevalent, among many otherwise very good people, a disposition to meet out injustice to clergymen whenever a specious ex cuse therefor is offered. The case of the Rev. Charles B. Smythe is one in point. It appears that not long since this gentle man preached a sermon on adultery and the punishment prescribed for it by Divine Author ity. What occurred afterwards, is indicated in the following, from one of onr exchanges: Even the most savage tribes make hospi tality a sacred rite, and respect the persons of those whose bread or salt or venison they have eaten. Not so the piratical editor who seeks to make the New’ York Sun sell by outraging every sentiment of decency. His reporter ap plied to the Rev. Charles B. Smythe, after the dismissal of his congregation from morning service, for access to his notes to make a report for next day’s paper. * Mr. Smythe told him he was going to lunch, and he could accompa ny him and there see his notes. Another re porter did the same. Mr. Smythe went to a hotel on Broadway, as was his wont, and to a private room, and called for his lunch, hospi tably saying to the two reporters-to call for what they wished. It appears they were not slow in availing themselves of this hospitality, which, under circumstances that seemed to compel Mr. Smythe to make the offer, it would have look ed better in them to decline. They -called for beef steak, oysters and ale. Mr. Smythe was wont to take gin and milk, for a restorative after the exhaustive morning labors of a min ister. Seeing this, and availing themselves of the chance to ride a free horse, tho report ers also called for gin and milk. The Sun re porter mentioned his entertainment at the of fice, whereupon the editor took his notes and changed them so as to make a sensational story of a drinking revel given by .a minister to reporters at a drinking saloon on Sunday, and it garnished the reverend gentleman’s conversation with the slang phrases of the shop. And from this came a trial of Mr. _ the by the Presbyterian and an ecclesias tical censure. Bat what shall be said of the newspaper which thus scurrilously libeled a clergyman whose hospitality its reporter had so freely appropriated? The zeal with which the changes have been rung upon this story of lunch-taking in a re spectable restaurant on Sunday, and the im bibing of a milk and gin punch, would seem to indicate that it is unbecoming and unchris tian for a gentleman to take a lunch on Sun day—to invite guests to eat with him or to take that lunch in a respectable restaurant Further, it would appear that all, (to be Chris tian,) most be total-abstinence men in princi ple and practice, judging from the utterances of the zealous critics who so severely censure Mr. Smythe’s hospitality on the occasion re ferred to. While Mr. Smythe may or may net be up to the highest standard of a Christian Minister, it may well be doubted if Christian gentlemen are consistent when they unmercifully ridicule any man, even though he be a clergyman, for doing that which honorable aud well-bred men may do without censure, if in the pursuit of any other calling. The truth is, there is too much rant about the sanctity of the clergy in all quarters. Cler gymen ore at lost only men ; and if there were less effort on tho part of many of them to con ceal the faults, foibles and weaknesses which they possess in common with other gentlemen in the community where they happen to reside, tho unjust criticism, to which frank and honest ministers, os in the case of Mr. Smythe, are subject, whenever a specious opportunity is af forded, would not be countenanced among honorable men. Why may not a respectable clergyman take Cuba—General Jordan. Gen. Jordan has recently returned to the United States, and a publication of his record, as given to an interviewer, appears in the New York Sun of the 7th inst We condense it. ~ More than a year ago ho was sought out by Cisneros, ono of the most active of the Cubans in the incipiency of the present revolutionary movement, yho came to this country to obtain munitions of war, and the services of men of all riwii experienced in the art of making ’vn " He proposed tohim to'go to Cuba and or ganize the patriot army. It was stipulated that he should bo second in command to Pres ident Ccspedes, with the rank of Lieutenant General. In a week he was in Charleston with Cisne ros. At Jacksonville, Florida, Cisneros, com manding the expedition, General Jordan, two other Americans, a Frenchman and forty-live Cubans went aboard the Burden, a small steamer which was lying there. They failed to reach Cuba and General Jordan and Cisne ros went to Nassau, whence they returned to New York. - There Jordan submitted an elaborate plan of an expedition and military operations to tho Junta. His knowledge was not apprecia ted. May 4, 18C9, he again left New York, on board the steamship Perit. Notwithstanding Jordan's request to the contrary, tho pilot, Camacho, landed at El Ramon, on a very narrow peninsula, which is place less than a mile wide, while there is bnt one road to the interior. After much delay on the shore of the Bay of Xipe, and a battle with the Spaniards, in which the latter were repulsed, he marched into the in terior of the country with a column consisting of twenty-five of those who came in the Perit, 200 Cubans, and two mountain howitzers drawn by oxen. During this march he was so exhausted that he fell asleep while sitting on his horse. The second day of the march he met a small detachment of Spanish troops which he engaged and succeeded in routing. Jordan was assigned by General Quesada to tho command of the Eastern Department. Pe ralta and Maraud were opposed to the concen tration of the patriot forces, and wonted them fought on tho system of detached commands. In the movement on Cuava he was not sup ported properly—Peralta failed to carry out orders and gave false information. Peralta was relieved and arrested. GENERAL JORDAN'S LETTER TO CESTEDES. When at Colabasas in Holquin, the General addressed the President an elaborate, earnest letter, urging the concentration and mobiliza tion of the forces and resources of the Repub lic, and dwelt upon the false strategy of the enemy—their wide dispersion—which enabled the Cubans to unite their own forces into an invincible mass upon the enemy’s fragments. As these views were not accepted, the General asked to be relieved from the command of the Department of the East and assigned to some other duty. Meanwhile the Congress of the Republic had created the office of Chief of the General Staff, who, with tho rank of Lieu tenant-General, was to be charged with tho organization, discipline, and administration of the army, and to command in the absence or sickness of the General-in-Chief; and Gene ral Jordan was called to Camagucy to take the position. gen. Jordan’s letter to gen. grant. Befo- * leaving the vicinity of Santiago de Cuba L> sent through that place a letter to Gen. Dent in Washington, giving a careful re view of the military and political situation and resources of the country. In that letter he said that the Cubans in genernl on the island were enthusiastically in favor of annexation to the United States, according to what he heard them say himself. He also wrote in another letter the following: “ The blame that to-day there is slavery in Cuba, rests upon tho Government of tho Uni ted States in its blind and harsh enforcement of an un-American neutrality law.”. NEGROES AND CHINAMEN VOTING. At Santa Ines Gen. Jordan witnessed a pop ular election in Cuba for Governor of the State of Camagney, and two members of Congress. The ballots, written on the inner coating of the bark of the royal palm, were deposited in a basket, hung near the person appointed to receive and register the votes. Among the electors were negroes and Chinamen. CONGRESS VOTES THANKS. The Congress, appreciating the generous ef forts for the organization of the army, gave him a vote of thanks in October. From mis time till the middle of December, ho was industri ously occupied in organizing the army includ- ing tho administrative staff deportment, and in developing the many military resources of the country, but found many unexpected obstacles which he labored hard to overcome. The headquarters were at El Horcon, fifteen miles south of Puerto Principe, and the President, Cabinet and Congress were at Palo Quemado, near Guaimaro. General Quesada, assuming that his powers were too much restricted, call ed a junta of the chiefs of the battalions of the army in Comoguey, and some few of the citi zens of that State, who assembled at El Hor con on the 15th of December. When this jun ta met, it was proposed by the friends of Que sada that the island should be declared in a state of siege, and that the functions of tlic civil branches of the Government should bo subordinated in all* respects to the military. GEN. QUESADA DEPOSED. At the same time, Quesada declared, in a set speech, that he had found it necessary to violate the laws passed by Congress, and that ho would do so again. The junta, however, did not accept these extreme propositions, but resolved to petition Congress, through a com mittee, to give the military larger powers.— The assembling of the junta created much ex citement in the country. Many regarded it as a revolutionary measure, fraught with the sub version of the principles of Republicanism, and the Congress, taking this view, at once deposed Gen. Quesada, directing him to trans fer his functions to Gen. Jordan, who, howev er, when ho went to Polo Quemado, urged the reinstatement of Quesada, without avail, as he found no one to aid him in that effort. General Jordan returns to the United States to prevent, if possible, the continuance of those obstacles debarring the Cubans from pro curing the means of defense against the veiy arms and munitions freely furnished their enemy in the United States. He states that in many places tho women and children are almost destitute of clothing, and that the soldiers are naked with the ex ception of a covering around the loins. Shoes are not needed as leather is abundant. Of the colored soldiers he speaks in great praise for their bravery. He says that: Whcresover the patriots have possession of the territory, there the negroes are as free those who were once their masters, and .are addressed, when their names are not known, by the title of citizen. In turn, they address the whites in the same* manner. The patriots universally favor annexation to tho United States. The more intelligent wo men also favor it on account of their convic tion that their sex would be relieved from odious social restrictions which have descended to them from Sixain. He denies that he shot on one occasion 300 prisoners of war and says: The story is utterly without foundation. I do not believe in shooting prisoners of war, and have opposed it in Cuba even as a measure of retaliation; however, on the ground of expedi ency, even while I knew that tho Culbans would be fully justified under existing circum stances by the laws of war in executing all Spaniards who fell into their hands. Of the Americans who landed in Cuba with Gen. Jordan the sollowing are dead: Bush, Harry Cleaves, Eudicott, Forbes, Patrick Carey, Henry Hellem, James Hill, George Lowe, Michael Mossback, John Reid, Smith (not Win. A.,) Peter Umbach, Williams, Whitney, West, Wm. F. Crossland, James Brown, James Fikins, Albert Simmons, James Abbot, John D. Moriarty, John de Ponte, Richard Thomas. Of the Europeans who landed in Cuba with Gen. Jordan, the following are dead: Alexander Folkersahn, Hartman, * Helfrich, Hierholzer, Emil Jaeger, * Rob ert Jonas, Emil Rappelhoff, Fritz Last, Max Ludomay, Eugene V. Barre, Henry Nico- litz, Emil Olbrect, Paul Pickenkamp, f Theo dore Rauch, Louis Reinhardt, Rowe, Louis Selberg or Sellery, Emil Smith, Joseph Sohnabel or Snabel, “Baron” Lcrtlienau. * Executed by the Spaniards, t Missing siucc June s, mo. • Georgia fUtiroui. We take the following extract from an inter esting article on tho history and condition of tho Georgia Railroad in tho Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel of Tuesday : “The estimates for the year 1870 of gross earnings ore $1,352,029 55, and earnings above ordinary expenses $G03,917 70, or greater than any year in tho history of the company, and tho net earnings above extraordinary expenses are placed at $349,104 00 or forty-nine thou sand one hundred and four dollars greater than any previous year. Popular opinion places this increased business of the road as duo to increased facilities and closer connections with the great West, and to the inauguration of the Green Line system, which permits and en courages the transportation of Western grain and products, both to the benefit of the road, aud to the economy of the consumer as well as to the benefit of the traders.” It is perhaps more than we can expect from our radical democratic cotemporary that credit should be given where due, for this in crease of traffic over our Georgia road; but it is well known to tho managers of those Roads ami the business public, that the management of the State Road, inaugurated by Governor Bullock, in inakiug it operate in harmony with, instead of antagonism to—the connect- roads is the real cause for this iucrcsed trade. While the political mountebanks make a rent noise about “bad management” of the State Road, no such complaints arc heard from responsible and intelligent men like Judge King, Col. E. W. Cole, S. Iv. John son, Capt. White, Col. Cothran, Capt. Barney, Ac., &c. While the political maniacs rare, Governor Bullock is quietly but vigorously pursuing a system of development of the material resour ces of the State that will soon astonish the old fogies. The fact will now hardly be credited, cer tainly not by Democratic newspapers, that more miles of railroad have been built in Georgia since Governor Bullock was elected than during fifteen years before that lime; but none the less true. And since his taking charge of tho State Road, in July, 18C8, more Northern and Western freights have been de livered to connecting roads—thus distributing the benefits throughout tho State—than during any similar length of time in the history of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. The Governor’s practical knowledge and dc termined purpose to work out his policy in wakening enterprise, and bringing in for eign capital to build up railroads and factories, will soon command the attention and approval of all right thinking men. And the Governor’s traightforward course in adhering to the le gitimate and full execution of the Reconstruc tion Acts, will be of vast benefit to the State in securing a settlement of our political troubles that will be lasting because complete. Whilo onr political opponents hate the Gov ernor because they cannot use and abuse, because they cannot defeat him, they are still compelled to admit his ability, and in no one particular has it been more prominently pre sented than in the practical management of the material interests of the State. A .Vermonter made a bank of an old stove and deposited in it a number of government bonds. Some one lit a fire in the stove. The result was a quantity of baked bonds, which he is to forward to Treasurer Spinner for re demption, if they can be identified. After the Richmond disaster of 1811, public amusements were forbidden for the space of four months. Governor Bullock's Actionagainst W. A. Hemphill and J. II. Anderson, for Libel. The following is the Declaration filed by his Excellency Governor Bullock in his action against W. A. Hemphill and J. IL Anderson, Proprietors of The Constitution: Georgia, To the Honorable Superior Fulton County, f Court of said County: The petition of Rufus B. Bullock, Provision al Governor of the State of Georgia, slvoweth that W. A. Hemphill, ofsaid county and State, andJ. H. Anderson, of Bibb county, and said State, partners doing business under the firm name of W. A. Hemphill & Company, have in jured and damaged your petitioner in the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars by falsely and maliciously printing and publishing in The Atlanta Constitution, a daily public newspaper published in the city of Atlanta, county and State aforesaid, by the said W. A. Hemphill & Co., on the 9th day of May, 1870, tho follow ing false and malicious and defamatory libel of your petitioner in the words and figures follow ing, to-wit: “Our Washington Letter. More of Bullock’s Frauds and Schemes.” Thereby insinuating that your petitioner had committed frauds heretofore in llis official ca pacity, contrary to his oath of office os said Governor. And the following, to-wit: ‘ 4 Proceedings of Congress —Theatrical— Washington Municipal Affairs— Items of In terest, Ac. ■Washington cor. of Atlanta Constitution.] Washington, May C, 1870. “The Baltimore Gazette of to-morrow morn ing will contain the following from its Wash ington correspondent, “Y :” “It is an ascertained fact, that Bullock, the so called Governor of Georgia, has already sold to tho Adams Express Company the Western and Atlantic Bailroad, better known as the “State Road*” This road is not only the most important and valuable work of in ternal improvement in the State of Georgia, but is the most valuable railroad in the South ern States. This road runs from Atlanta to Chattanooga, Tennessee, throughout what is known as “Clirookec Georgia,” and is one hundred and thirty-six miles in length. This road supplies and feeds all the roads of the Gulf States in western produce, stock Ac., be sides being the great thoroughfare of travel. Before the war this road more than paid tho taxes of the people of Georgia; but since Bullock lias been acting as Governor, it has paid comparatively nothing into the treasury, although doing three times as much business as it did in ante helium tsmes. The sale ofcliis great work only remains to be consu mated by a varpct.bag legislature.” Meaning that your petitioner* is corruptly taking advantage of his official position to squander and misuse, and misappropriate tho rasources of said road, contrary to law and his oath of offico. Aud the following: “Independent of the sale of the road, Bul lock has planned to sell a building to the State for a Capitol for half a million of dollars, which cost about $75,000. The private residence of John H. James, which cost not exceeding $00,000, is also to be purchased as a Guberna torial mansion for Bullock at a cost of $250,- 000.” Meaning that your petitioner is corruptly and fraudulently conspiring, contriving and scheming to defraud the State of Georgia out of large sums of money. Aud the following: “Such schemes of wholesale plunder and fraud are perfectly intollcrablo, and if Congress does not arrest by appropriate legislation this wholesale robbery of the people of Georgia by Bullock, there will bo just cause for forcible re sistance on the part of tho sufferers.” Meaning that your petitioner contemplated plundering and defrauding and robbing, and was robbing tho people of Georgia, contrary to his oath of office. And the following: “It is not to bo expected that nnv people should submit to such outrages without a struggle, nor is it surprising that the people of Georgia should more earnestly beseech Con gress to give them a military Government pure et simple, that they may be protected from tho robbery of Bullock.” Meaning that your petitioner, acting corrupt ly in his said offico and in violation of law aud his oath of office, was robbing tlic peoplo of said State. Ail of -sriik'h -foregoing libellous matter so expressed in print, as aforesafijfTs lalsfe, mali cious and defamatory, tending to injure the reputation of your petitioner and to expose him to public hatred, contempt aud ridicule. Wherefore your petitioner prays process may issue regarding the said W. A. Hemphill and the said J. II. Anderson, parties as aforesaid, to be and appear at the next Superior Court to bo held in and for said county, then and there to answer your petitioner’s complaint. Hopkins A Brown, Plaintiffs Attorneys. Filed in Clerk’s office Superior Court, May 10, 1870. Mr*. Lincoln's Pension. We referred a few days sinoo to the mean ness displayed in the picayune pension pro posed for Mrs. Lincoln. Since then thoso grave and reverend seigneurs—the Judiciary Committee of the Senate—have, through Sen ator Edmunds, reported against even the small snm of three thousand dollars, and on that report the Cincinnati Gazette mokes the following sensible comments: The Senate and Mrs. Lincoln.—The Senate committee reported against the House bill to give a pension of $3,000 to Mrs. Lincoln, for two reasons. 1. Tho President is a civil and not a military officer. Lincoln’s death oc curred whilo ho was engaged in tho business of civil life. No such provision has ever been made for the widow ot any of tho Presidents or other civil officers. There is nothing in this case to distinguish it from that of a great body of the civil officers. 2. Mrs. Lincoln re ceived $22,000 balance on her husband’s sal ary and $36,765 CO from his estate, and there fore has enough for her support in republican simplicity. The committee shuffle off a national obli gation by a small quibble. The President’s office is both military and civil The Consti tution so declares. What right has this com mittee lo say that “although by the Constitu tion the President is made Commander-in- Chief of the army and navy, he is a civil and not a military officer ? ” By what authority does this committee say that the President's office is not what the Constitution makes it ? As Commander-in-Ckief he not only did exer cise a high military offico in appointing com manders, aud suggesting campaigns, and or dering military policies; but at the very time he was killed he was exercising the highest military office by directing the terms of capit ulation to be allowed to the rebel armies. It was because he held this office that the conspirators plotted to abduct him and carry him into the rebel lines, and being thwarted in this, shot him. Mr. Lincoln’s case is whol ly unlike that of any former President, and wo do not expect such a case to recur. In justice the country owes his widow a pension. Tho sum proposed by the House was‘but small.— As it is due, it is not necessary nor honorable that the committee should take a close inveto- ry of what she has received. She came into the remnant of her husband’s salary before tho scale of expenditure which was forced upon them could be terminated. In the vicissitudes of cur rency and property during the last four years, all investments have been uncertain, and wo know not what she has remaining. Especial ly has it been difficult to decide how to invest money securely for income. The pension is due her. We know not what she has remain ing from her husband’s estate. We have reason to believe it Is not adequate for her support Congress has no right to calculate closely in this matter. Nor has the commit tee any right to talk as if she wanted to vie with royalty in her style of living. Let Con gress do justly by her, and leave to her her unwisdom; for if we should pay pensions to none but women of approved wisdom, the pen sion list might be much shortened. Fearful Hailstorm in Pliilntlclpliiu, We have details by mail of the terrible bail storm which devastated Philadelphia on Sun day last The Enquirer, of Monday, says: About thirty-five minutes after the first ap pearance of a storm—at five minutes after two o’clock—those within doors were surprised upon lpoking out to see the hail coming down in a terrific manner, each stone being larger than a walnut. There was immediately a scamper through the house for the purpose of closing the window-shutters, where there were any, and those windows which had none were com pelled to remain exposed to the terrible storm. Thoso who happened to bo on tlic streets at the time immediately sought shelter, and it was well they did so, as the lifo of any was in danger who remained exposed to the pitiless peltings of the huge hailstones. The storm lasted about fifteen minutes with undi minished fury, and then as suddenly ceased as it began. In glancing at tbe windows as one passes through the city he would imagine tliat Phil adelphia had been suffering lrom a terrific bombardment. Awnings also were badly in jured in many places through tho city. The large hail-stones coming down with great force, would go right through tearing them to pieces. Horses were terrified. In many cases the cars had to be stopped and the horses put dcr shelter, and those attached to lighter v cles were almost unmanageable. Tho windows facing to the north aud west were the only ones which received any injuries from the hail, the storm coining from a north western direction. These presented a dreaiy looking appearance. In numerous cases every pane was shattered to fragments. The hail-stones were of extraordinary size. Some picked up were found to be as largo as duck’s eggs. Their average size was that of walnuts, and a few were smaller than marbles. Sky-lights particularly suffered severely. With them there was no escape from the se vere pelting. The public lamps present a ghastly appearance. Not a lamp can be found in the city which is not badly damaged, aud last evening the light from these useful articles is anything but certain. A number of casualties are reported. One man fell dead while holding an umbrella _• kis horse’s head. Another was thrown from his buggy and sustained severe injuries. Hot-houses and conservatories of course were demolished generally. The driver of a car riage in a funerai procession was thrown from his seat by the frightened horses and died. The Continental Hotel lost 150 panes. Mr. Jno. Dick, florist, had six acres ot glass all shattered. Hie Bingham House lias scarcely a pane left The storm will prove a perfect harvest to glaziers, and glass and putty will bo in great demand. This storm was the heaviest ever experienced in Philadelphia, aud far exceeds that which occurred in the latter part of the summer of 18C7. Millionaires. William IL Astor is declared by thoso who ought to know to represent $50,000,000; A. T. Steward, $40,000,000; Cornelius Vanderbilt, $30,000,000; Daniel Drew, $6,000,000; George Law, $6,000,000; August Belmont, $5,000,000; Samuel N. Pike, $7,000,000; James Fisk, Jr., $6,000,000; James Lenox, $5,000,000; and two or three hundred others are variously estimated from two to five millions. There are a thous and persons in New York who are worth at the lowest calculation, $500,000 apiece. From the Cincinnati Enquirer, 10th iusL] A Perilous Feat. Few persons have ever passed the Cathedral, at tho corner of Eighth aud Plum streets with out admiring its tall and beautiful spire which stretches heavenward with such rare symmetry and architectural elegance. From tho founda tion of the edifico to the top of the handsome spire tho distance is cxactlj’ two hundred and twenty-two feet Not so wonderful, it is true, but if the idea of climbing up to the top of that spire, and sitting on the cross thereof ever presented itself to one’s mind, we will wager that tho bare thought produced a shud der. But that very feat was performed yesterday. For some time past the lightning rod attached to the spire lias been out of order, and some repair became necessary to render the steeple safe. The contract for this work was let out to Mr. J. R. Weston, who promptly took the job in hand, and, assisted by two workmen, John Slicrrell and Milton Campbell, pro ceeded yesterday afternoon to fulfill tho same. About three o’clock the trio began the work of scaling the steeple. Beginning at tho base, just above tho face of the clock, they began erecting short ladders, one upon tho top of another. As soon as one ladder was placed in position and firmly lashed to the steeple, another was_ , . attached to the top, and so on in this way tlie bold workmen proceeded until tho very sum mit of the spire was reached Some ninety feet of Ladders were used in this way. As soon as the perilous ascent began, a crowd com menced assembling in the street below, and by the time tho men of nerve had reached tho top, some five or six hundred spectators had gathered about tho cemer of Eighth and Plum, all watching with breathless anxiety * At this juncture the excitement became in tense. Reaching tho very apex of tho steeple, one of the men crawled up on the cross which sur mounts it and stood upon its very top. The other two stood beside him upon the transverse beam of the cross. The central figure, holding to the slender lightning-rod, proceeded to re move the point or replace it with a new one, whilo at the same time he adjusted the insula tors, and did such other work as was necessary. The crowd in the street watched the man on tho dizzy height, with but one misstep between him and eternity, aud were perfectly horrified. It made the blood curdle to contemplate the danger which surrounded the man in the clouds, as it were, and of all the crowd, he, perhaps, was the only one who was free from fear and trembling. Many turned away pale and sick with the excitement and strange emotions produced by the sight Having completed his work, the bold artisan and his companions quietly began the descent with as much gravity and composure as if they had only climbed to the top of a sugar-liogs- head on terra firma, and alter due time readi ed the ground in safety. There was a sigh of relief when the crowd'beheld them in security once more, and while there was scarcely one there who would have gone to the top of that cross for the church full of gold, these daunt less, self-composed fellows strutted about with a swelling pride equal to that which ani mates the bosom of one who has conquered a kingdom. The work was not completed yes terday, and the two will brave death again this morning. Thoso who are fond of witness ing such perilous feats should attend the free show. ISccentricitlrs of Adelina Patti. Peerless Patti—she with tlic Caux attached to her name—is becoming wilfully capricious and national. She still sings at the Italian in Paris, but she is said to cause her manager a world of vexation, and sometimes drives the poor* fellow almost crazy with her whims. While warbling the role of “Lucia,” a few nights since, she suddenly made the discovery that a small pimple existed on her shapely neck, and at once stopped singing, asserting that she had the small-pox. As there was an audience worth 20,000 francs awaiting her pearly notes, the manager was in a terrible quandary. He nevertheless summoned a phy sician at once, who examined tho offending pimple, and smilingly pronounced it a resuit of the spring season. Ho failed to satisfy tho songstress, however, who insisted upon con sulting several physicians she saw in the au dience, who confirmed the judgment of their confrere, so that aft - an annoying wait of nearly an hour she consented to finish the opera. Several nights afterward she aroused another turmoil between tho manager and doctors, because of a fancy that she was grow ing hoarse. The popular Diva, though as good as a gold mine to theatrical managers, i;, evidently a troublesome subject to deal with. Demoralized—Badly Demoralized. The Democracy of South Carolina is evi dently in a bad way. The Charleston Courier (Democratic) says: “At this moment, then. South Carolina has but one osganized party, which is the Radical party. The Democratic party, as a State party, is not in being.” Un der the name of “The Citizens' Party” the old defunct leaders are attempting to reorganize. Baron James D. Rothschild, it is said, once had his portrait painted in the garb of a beg gar. A sympathising visitor to tho studio slipped a louis into his hand. The gratuity was taken and invested for ten years, when it was returned to the donor with ten thousand francs os accrued profit, and a note to the effect that a good action always brings good fortune.