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®k gaihj fiiMUgcwcr, DEMOCRATIC TICKET I HfO It CONGUK8H: (aiyjotTa.ooMdBueiosAi. Dirraiciy Cen. P. M. B. YOUNG, Of tho County of Bartow. Foil D18TBICT 815K4T011. COL. CHOUGH HILLVr.lt. E'Oll BKI’llEHENTATl V.10H, COLONHL K. V. HOOK, DS. WILSON, IIKNRY JACKSON.' FOB sriBUrFF: J. O. HI A K It I S. FOB CLEKK gurBRIOlt COURT: W. It. VR.NABLK. FOB TAX RF.CBIVBU: (A. Ci. Lit I Lit. FOB TAX COLLKtrOR: SAFIL'EL R. IIOVLK.’. FOB COUNTY TKEA8UIU.Il . C.-1S, FAIN*. . JOU COUNTY SUIiVRY )U: W. A. flAUXMN. von co'uoNEm WILLIAM KILE. ATLANTA GEORGIA Sunday Mornins. Doe. lie 1870. A fbw dnyi since wc received a printed copy in pamphlet lorm, Irom (he Carte rsviilu Express o flics, containing the sermon preached by Bcv Dr. W. U. Felton, at Cartcrsvillc, Or., on tho life and character of Genera! Hubert E I ax, and wo present It to oar readers In this rriorn'ngV issao of tha Intullioenckr, snd commend It to tbom. It is an admirable sermon and ' • worthy of the consideration of all poisons. Water Work* and l ree School* Upon these great questions we have never ee tertalncd but one opinion, and that opinion ha< been fully made known through tho Column* ot our paper, from tho first time the proposition wsa made up to llio very nnirniDg upon which the people of Atlanta were at tho ballot box to decide for or against these cutopcan schemes o! Internal improvements. Our opinion has un dergone no change whatever upon tho,subject; we were opposed to tho pHns suggested lor their accomplishment then, and ho' 1 the tame position tow, !n reference to tho iiexpecl'eney cl tho whole matter under ihu now existing embarrassed financial affairs of the city, and 61 tho entire community. Never, In tue hlstoiy ol Atlanta, was there a time when there was sutfii a periect stagnation in business ot all kind*, a* at the present period. Wo hear upon the street*, the counting rooms and mechanical shop*, cue universal complaint of a want of money, mid the utter Inability of the people to meet tho de mands daily made upon them. We might enter Into a wide field of speculation as to the c&uves which have led to a slate ot things so depress ing upon the feelings ol the people, but the simple fact that such is the condition ol our city and country is au argument which builew will be willing to answer.! Doubtless the war, which is now going on in Europe has a great deal to do with the scarcity of money through out tho country. Tha low price of cotton muy, to some extent, be attributable to the cauac ot this war. Tho existence ol this state of the money market Is an admitted fact by all, and a» a natural consequence, thousands who sre it want of lunds, and compelled to have them at almost any sacrifice, will necessarily press their real estate upon the market, which must conse quently lower the va.'ue of such species ol property In our city and render our cltir.ens less able to meet the accumulating expenses wli. 1 are daily growing In the powerful Increase ol taxes which will be levied upon us during the Incoming fiscal year of 1871. We appeal to tho common sense of evciy sensible man in our community to think calmly upon tho important issues involved in the so mammoth schemes of Water Works and Fret Hchoola. What they will cost your city in the course of twenty years? How much tux will be drawn out of your pockets s i the result of a direct tax upon your real and personal estate to keep these mighty engines In proper moving order ? We appeal now to your pecuniary In terest, as the beet means ol arousing you to a proper conception of what is involved in a work of such hugo proportions. Think ol ii, $100,- 000 for the purpose ol establishing Free Schools I Then $500,000 more a ided to this for the erection of Water Works, making in all $000,000, to be covered by bonds issued by the City Council of Atlanta to be matured at the close of twenty years. These bonds to tie sold at a discount by being thrown upon a Northern market, all for the purpose ot meeting the ac cumulating expenses of these improvements, at the same time the Interest upon these bonds are to be met promptly at maturity, and that inter est Is to be made out ol tho citizens of Atlanta by direct taxation. If we but take into considera tion. another bet, that we are already .la debt to a very large amount, and that the city bonds are only at this time worth about 70 cents in tha dollar, and then add the $000,000 more, we cannot come to but one of two conclusions: either city bonds will depreciate down to about 40 or 00 cents in the dollar, or the Inhabitants ot Atlanta will be mado penniless in less than five years by the grim visage ol the tax gatherer, being forever found hammering at their doors for their last farthing, Wo believe the subject is one of momentous consequences upon the future of our people; While we admit the question bos been sub mitted for their rejection; yet facts and figures show beyond contradiction that the very meagre vote given in favor of the propositions sub mitted to the people, was not the popular voice of the citizens of Atlanta in favor of the estab lishing either of water works or Iree schools in the city. It is well known that the excitement In relation to tho Mayor and Councilmcn was so great that every other question dwindled into apparent insignificance; the questions, " for or against water works and iree schools,” being printed upon the samo tickets were voted with- oat even recognition by the parties voting; In this way a majority has been claimed by the advocates of the scheme; while two-thirds of the free voters of Atlanta would stamp upon both questions their deepest unmitigated die approbation U submitted to them again. The Whole arrangement waa a trap in which the people were unexpectedly caught; but the set of men who may assume the responsibility ol placing upon the ahoulders ot our people the heavy burthen ol $600,000 to tremble nuder for jwars to come, in addition to which is •{ready qpoo us, will be very apt to receive the 1M4 disapprobation of every man who h nJMptanrted pecuniarily. if Tfcc wealthy map may survive the tax, for the reason that he makes up the do flclcncics by increasing his rent*in proportion to the demands made upon liia property, while tho poor of nur city has increase made upon him for taxes at least throe ti nea os much on formerly, which does not come out ol rente, Inn out ol hit* daily wages, which ought to go to the support of his wife aud chvWrew.- The importance ol tint subject, aud the cod Hiding interests involved, demands .ho serious, sober investigation of our best financial miuds. Wc trust that tbe whole subject may yet again be brought Indore our citizens, alter giving pub licity to the acts ol the Legislature passed in reference to it; that every man’s mind may lx; fu-’y enlightened; that no outside influences may ho brought to hear upon any voter for [iccnnisry advantages, that u free, lull and fair expression ot the popular will may be given This done, and wo shall he fully satisfied with liie result, and give our lpfiaenoe whether lor or i ;aiiist water works and free schools iu the city ol Atlanta. leivtfMUHK’AT*?) ) The I'onnli ••Ulnar.** A ring io understood to he the eomjoctlon of public functionaries, with outsiders, iu the con summation ol projects for their mutual (xrsuuit inti rest, rcgi.nlH'fs of the public good. JIcastfre6 sought to be passed in this way generally succeed, whou brought to’s test, Idi they are rarely attempted till sufficient internal intlueuco it secured. Great anxiety and energy were displayed by the parties at Interest,'On Friday night laid, in Gity Coupdl, to put through the project ol tho fourth great ring of the year. 'I hose iiHereslod in the sale of the Opera I louse to the State, at an enormous prlae, •con nected with a gift by tho city of $1)5,000 to the principal, -as been called " ring No. 1.” Those w ho, lor selfish purpose, sought the passage of a bill leasing tho Statu Hoad, are said to form " ring No. 2," Those conucctcd with the swindle upon the Mitchell heirs iu order to divide the property amongst themselves form a double ring, iu tho •triotest sense of the term, ami may be called ring No. fi. Kvldouces of tho same ringmaster and priuci pal beneficiary, are very clear in the operations ol lings Nos. 1 anil d; and finding the same subalterns iuNo. 4, Ids connection!with this is also clearly inferred. Ah above intimated, ring No. 4 is upon *t? end its members press their measure iu the lull hope of complete success. Tho rib ringmaster led the attack In Council by a feint on the bids lot water works, iu the form of an apology lor allowing An party to change their bid since being opened in Council at a previous meeting The veteran on the watch tower, however, did not allow himself deceived by this piece Oi treachery, aud made a firm aland oti legality and justice. This decision of His Honor brought Irom the little f ,i hireling," for ouo,- I’ll not sub mitloH”—his Hushed countenance exhibiting ns much pugnacity as la required tor a man to etui his daddy, or charge a sack ol Hour ahtui doacd by the commissary. Several opposed Ills Honor in excited speeches lor the ring, three ol whom are probably mem bers in good standing. His Honor was sue taiued by his Irgnl adviser, but warmly opposed by Ex-Judge Lochrann who was called to the Inmt. Thu Judge wm present on other husi- m as. A pump In the street required tbe atteu tuition of Council. Don’t know bidders or. water works. How kind iu him to give so dis interested an opinion on u legal question gprunj' upon the ring, and tho fact ol his favoring tliclr project may bs a coincidence. Who knows that os a hireling or otherwise, he belongs to this organization ? Homo pure metal is found in the Council The stalwart mechanic, without tho polish ol finished oratory, but with honesty of purpose, and good sc-uio, opjioHcd the retkles* scb< mers in an earnest sjiecch. The jhirigu,'? ol the wily trickster dooa not move such mere ! Lookbb-On. A Temp.-runc,* Speern Will be delivered in the Methodist Church, on Mulberry street, next Tuesday evening, by the H< v. Dr. Harrison, of Allama (see advertise ment.) There is too much drinking in Macon and present need of effort on the part ot the people to discourage the practice. A few weeks sgo, wo heard a young man, not thirty years old, say that out of nine of ibe most intimate Companions of his boyhood iu Macon, seven had jK.Tishcd miserably from intemperance, and it is a tact equally truo and lamentably that tbe common social huhita And practices in this city are such ns to ensnare the young In the meshes of ibis fatal habit before they arc aware ol i'. We arc gl td to see that the public attention is to be assured hi the subject.— TrlrgrapH and Messenger. » “ H IC It M O IN O IN The Life and Character GEN. R. E. LEE, Preached at Cartcrsvillc, Ga., Sunday, Octobo: 16, 1870, by Eov. Dr W. H. Felton. TjUT.— Ai <1 the King t*'d unto h'.$ •crTunt#, “ Know ytliot tbtt tbure U v Hrlucaand a k»roat rntti fallen IU\« (JA) iu lurid."—11 MaH'JI!., a "i. These are tbe words of eulogy applied bv King David to Abner, tho military chieftain t f tho house of King Saul. Abner after exhausting all his resources, snd finding that it was useless to prosecute tho war any longer against David, determined to surrender all his forces. The terms of capitulation lud been agreed upon—an interview between the rival captains bud taken place. David at this interview extended to Ab ner and his body guard tho hospitalities aud courtesies which were due to a brave and gen erous enemy, and dually dismissed him with every murk of respect and esteem. Hut Abner bad not proceeded tar on his return home before lie waa arrested by thu messengarH ol the euvt- oiis and malignant Joub. Hu is carried buck io Hebron, and Josb, while conversing with him under the guise of lticudsbip, stabbed bun so that be died. David, when lie hears ol Ins death, drajica bis household iu mourning, and himself follows the bier to tho grave, wei ping hko a child ; and all the people wept at the grave of Abner. A her ibo interment, when thu King's servants iu biated thu ho should ’’eat meat, he steadily re fused ‘-’til tbe sun be down,” and said to them '' Know ye not that there is a great man (alien this day .in Israel f" Gen. liobert E Loc was a Christian—a disci pie of Christ—a recognized member His church—u communiciiut at its alturs, and it is filling that the precious truths of the Gospel i-hould bo associated with his departure; that ita promises should comlort us in our loss, and brigbtuu tbe path that leads to the ” inheritance ot the saints," which he has obtained. It Is a sublime thought, that such a man is hi rest! it is a .ublimer thought that eucil a character is indestructible and undying. 1'hal character was the result uf long con tinued industry, and unwavering a&creute to; principle—nrinclplo which had blit onu ac knowledged standard, and that the high slsn dard ot Christian lailh aud mural*. He was tbe architect ol that character, Ix-lure which men pause to-day in loving reverence. Aud it is couaolalory to remember that while the intel lect and thu heart which reared this personal structure—colossal iu ita outlines, and symmetri cal iu alt its purls—is removed from among mi n, yet the structure Itself remains, anil shall fill the whole earth with gratitude ter its possession, 1 iclirvf t! ,J patrnu tear, ! uslbiliUc v». r re c rtod w i When nn ordin.irv man dies, his iiumcdmio relatives mournJor' bu—';, o n lire, lated, and u tew Hearts hi* n fed. a “great man,” whose d, ith the* , re. ui i . mofirntug, an 1 heart in the clvillz*.-d world. Tbe man of cx illwl birth in high ■ ffi 11! t social position may command at I.... ,1,* .l!> a funeral cortege, imposing »ud bridiant in i. arrangements, but bow seldom ;.re such fun* ra! procession? sanctified by tiurai f -naily ey are gilded p igeunls-coni i. U-rr- » ,,i .or- tality, unadorned with u sigh—in whiili t*;i ’ -r love has no place—the Iu'm-; qo sympathy. Who imHi* nea that I’m-.iix wept over it. 1 splendid sarc..pling;i* of Kndcrick II. ltd i , called the Great? Il is nu- he startled a. Europe by tin hof'lnc-s of 1,1.- !•: ig**?. r 1 tin rapidity with which hi* i x ’UtOd P • ,ri II - true lie wrest* *1 Silesia ami other p* *. n*-. ■ from their legUiinate ci’invns, and tri.n i them to his heioditan i.,.*, H* ui*:-i .erg. 1* » also true, tlmt he d<-voted bluiself to :. . . . * rial prosperity I bis KUbloct? blit itiat •• perity was eucouragcd and losltii* ■ tl; tie wasted In wars, having ior tbeir oi.lv ol" ” the aggrandizement ol himself. 1 mako FrU^sia wealthy,that hi.-c*41 th * , t t enriched. U<* snuclit tb<* ren**w ol T. , that Frwl* rick ml.'f.t he r**t*m 1 p- u .c- cesslul chiellaiu ol his age. He iru, , t i > Ivssiouul soldier, and loud ol Ivify emotion of bis wul wa- a trap ! *.■ ! ciplinrd servant to I*is ainbi 1 ’ n. l-',v. r. i tic virt .< and social uthcoo., waa «-ii •** i ci*.< * d in its bulb, or aubsiuized to his p- somo in terest. He wag sue* al d, but w» rear- w re slo d o;* r Lire !r. Voltaire? Did human na *- hr,;, him who entered at all it v Did wives weip lor Irin wl - niz*'I his own ainiati!** am) u Dul soldiers weep over him w!.*» - ■ v r.' > ! discipline—wh* »(• cx-.icl ri; cruel'..i s *■ t drill—whose various us n*id* ih i* lives a conS'HUl inarivid nn .i'i*! ; vc ■ .. drida to tufoidc, simply, lint i * >i . u lull gallop, one in c-c's l:• 11 -l : i * foot beyond another, a»i*i t> u th** * he to oxacLly straight Eu* d, - ■ !, * not (leticl an error ?” Who dreams tlial Marlb .r * called Uic Urutt, with li a ", . -. . stsriltnq vtllainf;«, inov 1 i• .i 1 i countrymen at bis dei - 1! - , abilities, his noble aud vi nhm;: u> ;■•••< r-. > splendid success- winch 1, *1 ..*,'■ *, i* u n every occasion In wli i' ' ;■*>u;i. ' him a fivorite wilb his "rethr ', i , in- I. n he uiibl'ishiqgly . . ..ol * ,«*. ;;o'nl-be betray* *1 every tr;.' !i c 'Uipromised • very sov**'* i*n I*) ., *ru i■*■ o • ■ *! allegiance, for gold. Ills ;*■* * j *, Ii liy|■**c rise, ami Ids master tue* sot .-t.» r .tt, are • tO have been such "as IJur,*:*. . .uni . ,v* vied, and such as .M u i* bi *- cxlolle*! I > the skies,” When .*• *.'->•, a na-'ei ot tbe “ irt of war ” died, bui no man or . v riornunt lost a friend. We cannot com e ve 1 finds expression m I* - ras'iiles'cii Itsell In He; in ; years ago followed tbe le i, ill i lals* 1 • Caj!:; 1 11, (i ** landing in France, to tin * prepared I i tin ir r* * ep* - choir, and transept ot N**i. blaze with iimumi..rable «•■>’ gorgeous ooflln, r.-Htiug on a car, drawn ny her ** * up i ■ ■ t lollowed liy thousand.,in i,..l badges ol honor, am: ' tie- minute guns, and oiirrou.i- scarred eagles of bis Italian ’*'0.ah«4oi>t th-.; i-e-?***.,, * * h • Tusi rnslesl o... n* u..i|w, i hern oni Alar! tiisy bs-.s p* r'slieii Pi 'nr till v re ■ * Anil ai* ■ v. the r ,l ih*-.r r ■ The Uuuii.* t in»y •etiuil, am) ■ m.n T ,'njy heed aof, tl.iry h*'ir t; , It ■ / .. I pulo, Thor eirep th'-lr ' a -» -.**‘p,ll: v hiv* len batUe, N*i foun*i - -in awskQ lleuu to ,.,y . * Who ran cnpccive ii ii ambiiion wl Irb depopulated fxn-1 ; mp* ver-b wasted : - 1 stands nut in Id-lory,"wrapped in Ho •■. ,iu*!i ol Its own orjginidiiy," cou'u comui.m t at di- grave.tbe "ollerlug of a i,*-*r; To-day an entire people strong man weeps laeause Ii Ion a triend. Woman »>": li* ut, Ixximse ibo k oiws tlm age and constancy, winch ’■ ruined Innocence bus ..poo <’l|il Iren we**p ills*' * ;• I; as lulled d' lie I lie,':.', everywhere-there, In full view of tiicir Uhe “dosolatlonB of war", wbuld have been bid' I lore IIig-. now furled and la the pi sses- 1 reallz* d by ns more than they were. But Otn I min i'-i -iher*, with ail the memories of Ui p-ist and all t'.io fears for the fjtmo—these brave moil are moved by lmC .'m-* Impulse, and t V IV ,.J to gl asp the h 1,1.1 ot tlu.lt beloved old oliieliaiu, Pi si, ike ii with all 'll*' orvor of love, while tear are utreumiug fr*,m ejea tlini lied net*.'.' bbnlied in the storm of I it tip. They wee;)—not for themselves, but because they Iti'-.v Io* ''preut boiiI” wus pained. Tbeir sml only thought lu that supremo Lie certainly gave tho counlry tune for reflec tion, uud stayed th, mad waves of revengo until tho North lnid learned to respect tha courage of the South. .Tho Slab'; which pro duced—.film, and the soldiers uc commanded may bo hated, bui epu never be despised. We rcoeul, that be consecrated all bis powers to tbe happiness of bis countrymen. Hut thin regard lor tin- greatest good to tho greatest number of hi» lcllow men was maul i.L'.ifuor t, w.ii'o minister coi»*>latlon to him, lusted in his efiorts to mitigate tbo horrors and whom ih-v 1 )vc*l.” Ah I i< waaCatoTn ruins, | crucUtcs ot war. i *'* ‘■ieg comlort from •'his noble children-it The savage is nover ti "great mar..’’ Tho ■v :i A: *thb a in jimi -hment, receiving the tear- bravo man Is proverbial for his gonerosity snd Iu; ’* a* i:it"i: ** fall the Ailicnlaus. There be his chivalrous bearing towards the helpless and ' ; *1 ; rivi-d of Ids rank spri-.-iner of war unarmed. Ilf will lose an opportunity loi suc- •i! . fi • li *i"> i" 1 labors all blasted, yet ceo» rather thin slain bis reputation for .piag- * he so I-ved and honored—never mis nanfmlty. Il , place iu history, and tho ap ■ - ■■ -iori'c'H'K'1. Il*i tii.-ncd to Ibo soldiers pntv.il of bis c*inacichcn, id more valuable to Vi.* pile rid .round him uni mud, “ Men, wo h;m than the spplauso ol ibe multitude, tve ' iglu through the war tngetbar, and 1 Nevcr wore these truisms more fhlly Ulustra- • •'i v e it'iiiu ttie best 1 could for y"u” With ted tlmu'.hey were by G* n. Lee m his tempo re »ob. ■ >n * i.iudiii fas **t r-ciitu le-a con- rary invasion of Fnuusylvsuls. It was thought im .i- which wa rc-poudod to by every when bo entered tlmt Htato be would retaliate lil.t-rniT who ha' followed bis flag, bo lor the many ontiages which tbe enemy had io ■ ted uis ti* r-i*. and in i ompauy with a lew committed upon tbo South. That be, uluo, * ‘ - d I* 1 . .'.id, t,, r*iJe b ick t U cbm, ml. would nu no unco that " war i§ cruelty,” and pro- walls and sondi uc c*.are reed to ipply b*- torch. That in answer to the .* I b:m; thu strer ta arc thronged with demands made u|M>u Urn by some Southern , h i-licrs iu Federal null'irnia cr vl jouxu&ls, Lc w* aid bolst-the black flag, snd pro- ,i . mini-; no lamibor face Is t.uu. Ibe-1 coed to chine women aud children (rom their '• is re r /.- i -the cry is rai c*!, "Lee i burning h-un **, h\ I drivo tie m bousolew ami Lc 11 Ins’atii'iv iritod and foe un. ovc:, and j penuil vs rguj & Into the mountains soil ai.; ,dii f the retiring hero with shouts ol love I swamp" of tint Mtatc. But little did the tueu • oil applause, boon he rulers bis humble ! Who cutviudi.i.d these expectation;! know Ot tho c, aid l"ri". er inlo tin? seclusion ol pr vile ! grandeur of tho f’outedetato Chieftain, file a u -kci ol b'ttle is now *1 p t, j As soon i- he ontored that Slate,Jie issued a”, t!..: eje <a:i lake In the magnitude ol th m-'ii tor ibe runtxiaras are playing upon !i a <w, and cV' *y *1 "*.l I that now Uoal? ov t Iii deepens tho golden-light that Datln.i h.s :b - ‘.in.hu*I, p ...opa 'at* tort cliaiiu-.te.l. He„:or.i.l * n-rs arc inlerr, .gated onoalli.! cro cuudiuid.—• love i i! iv ■ :r I II I Ir. a, be « cndiil rt-'P"' il' il Danni wre ed by i .ampai -but, like bis ■ Is III’ ■ tribe Tin appeal in fil graves, . it ii natural r '*••«• ii" y ’ idohlr u, I when a lector, Hie < inter. •n.t*. IdVod a, a lalber, ' they are orphans, child is deprived < guardian * ( iurigliis. ue i itsduik uud dangerous In' sleiqw nor slumbers when volved. Olil tii* ru are i which may well "rifu.-e t*. i To day tin; cliddft n * l tin ••.*• in * - phsimge. Maxima ot ... , • orphanage ol the comni'uwesllli. ’ I t* Si . * mot:roe us benefactor, the fa . i. ,■<, ,r.:. ■u I its lights, th* watchman on its tow*. hale in counsel, wise in comtnui i, :•... ess U actum, humble in Hie lioiir ol victory, i.ravi; ,n • . e ,i , counting not loslifcdiar util* him *> 11. * tied be might bring huppiuisi un i no !<y"'tO Ui* coantrymon. We priqioee to inquire: What cmsliiui great man? Davi man. We as.-erl lb man. Are we cori frequently upou our lips. W. crimmaiely os our pardali'ies ...*■; n, . favorites. He may be gr* at in our . ; i*.-,.■ i. but Is ho truly groat ? lie ma * . ... intellectual, nwral o 1 ,.i.r- i .uii, >-ut ; * tire wie li man fitly ; are not always great me: • re ' w .r - are not r ccshunl, gr c a ee . Kv -.*.'■ 1 man may not b« entitle I ' > , , - i great, I* r lie may lie lllit<*r. . *.:.*< e, ", , I audqirizial-by God alone.” What then, constitutes a g at man ? Fi -', negatively—It does consi porS' S.ii.'US, iu material rtso *re. a, n in wii.. ■ J prxnlioii I These arc the element* ol p-w. r, >..*' m t th-s oonstltuen'i ot greataeki Tliey art th nals ol lor u a:, ii”'. i * * ■ meats ol true unbilily. Tin y i *y ’ ■ i * greatness, but they hsi liie great man. '1 hoj are the O it you pit ase, the ioqa matihoo I j" but u it thi ra . arc the paint—the sturc --.b - fib. ;r, e ,* • { thu edifle", but not lb bin! : - T. i ■ m .v delace them—mldorbu m r bui their departure uol/sre, ,d., th ■ / *. the masonry within. At the outset ot the war, 07're-ts~-d I - - of these externals of fortn honorable connections— *jino olli, . u an*l the confidence of Lis h **a':i, •* l - waa cniiivatnd He was master of his prof •ms. The industry that had gia nu,:*-1- I, second in an unusually brlllmn *--*• at Wes I’oiut, had also made him the n: s ■ *. engineer in the “ old army.’” ti i.l a , furtrtionHl ism*!. Vera 1 : protcMional skill. C*rr* Gordo, C., , ; > and Contreras wi re Carrie: 1, *,- . u i: t»y prolessioual learuiijg as liy tL- . nu. .;<- i Hie troop?, for it was his learning ami abtiity w .i.■ i directed the operati*ma of tfi ,* day., an ', brought about tbeir aucc.i-sniul resuiN. A d i .•< things had given him m.me ndvanbig- u,.: prestige. During “our war," he hi tl I lion. Mauyol the externals ofiouun • m cuud to hang around the loved old clue,.am, but L.,. , were only chaplets and robe" thrown ovor th* Statue ol Hercules. When ruverses ba*l a :p! thorn all away —when hi, iiltle wealth wa-, a: gone-when be was stripped *t p.win „, ,*:•! despoiled of power, it wa* then tbe s* i d and elegant slructure *«t hu cluract*., wan i. To be atripped ol these things is « :;at f a i; t ills ruin—what the w<uld calls Ueti . u, this seeming ruin and defeat la the opp ol true greatm-Hrt. Never,dhijifn. Leo seem greater than when on the 12ih ot April, lb*i5 -utter the surrender, which hod been agreed U|>*>n t*o day - lie-lore - when the seventy-five hundred men who still remained with him, had stacked their arms, and the ranks were lor the Aral lime broken iu the presence of the ouerny—tlie'ro, surrounded by all these evidences ot defeat— there, whoa the veterans of a hundred battle-lltltif* arc discharged from the cottUo) uf their c. mmaudlug officer— there, in full view ol the stack,* I muskets which they Usd borne so gallantly si MituiKiuas, Freder icksburg, Chaucollursvil'c. itichmood, Getlys- ’ ir,l •1- rhld'ling lii-i troops Irom t.IHug pnvr.tu pro; city, ui <•: |-aid t<*r on thu apt t; that no r.v.d*- dwelling was to be entered w.diout spe cial authority Grain fields were guarded by troops od starving horses; s.oru houses ami barns were il r rom tiled by ragged and bare- iw-ted pi* Lets u sliieM them lroiu d* preda'ion, A few Idutchn.eu gathering tip their mules und m employed io find eotnr diing j rtxeu pretend* *! Jo tly before the retiels, but tho ..' ij fi hi, “iika.ii hu«, aud yet lim ; vast n.iijnipy 6f tli,* citizens remained at home el of to, prosecutors is, “ Wo find no lault! alongtUouu 1 of I.c'smarch, and the infant ba' o man.” dept as s vee'ly upou its mother’s breast as t i* wo ii• e taught Improperly th .: p mi- j though no invading army bad cr.*sat;,l the Udl-s ; ,'ic; inn's.;, und thai wo i v * I*' | and virgin in..i.i*• ice reposed as safely ujion ihi • f u.i-rii Under ibi< ; nightly *'OUCh M though Uh \ been resting in . , ■ * ■ ' * red to Hurreudrr * I n .,-y ' its I i'h*--'- are Tlcre were no smoking ruins * a- 'fi re p '.-dl'iu, and wi,! . I:, s’l | left in hi" , he is ced no orders to destroy, rr.’V- 1 r, atne-1 to . iimin mil hucci-h ,. made no report:, tit.-* the following, by Oen. ■ i chief < mu id of Sheridan: “ J have destroyed over two thou- ol V rg.i.ia, II- s, * and to dn.i wilu ; ’ hum- filled With wli* at and bay and term- i. * **i i veiioi, and >* l li*> intellect nail ! i»g tnipierount?; over seventy mills tilled with , I*! dircliarge of duty were, all u'icon- j Hour and wheat; hav driven in front ot the , i ai- !, e ntrol ; ig and sbap rig the army over four thousand bead of nt*H'k. and i mn. Wie n hi .Savannaor in have killed and issued to the troops not loss ; m • V.i. is, conimaiidlng a Ut: dial oi than li,ree thousand lead ot sheep, and have w i ■ I..* • ..an., irinltis were gsiher tg ' made the coubtry entirely untenable, d •**;,*!, and In Ttnuiss. e under i A writer on International Law says, '* A bil- . !* r;«, lb* *e w, :*: no murniufs, c j re-i- ligcrcnt princ*, win, sli uM, in the pnsent day, Biii I so Fabiiis .Maximus, who, j without necessity, ravage an enemy’s country wilt: lire* and sword, and render it uiiiuliabita- hi*; in >rd*.-r to make It serve is a turner against till! advance *.1 the enemy, would Justly tic re garded as a modern Attifia " Afvr be fo'ielil tin; lu,'In of Gettysburg, and diirin,; hisretr at—though tlia*. re! rent was con- dueu I In perfect * rder mi l unmolested by the enemy, yet Uiere were no poor old Cu.avillen in Ida re .i, witli every house in iLs corporate limits reduced to asfio's, exei'pi its three churches— there v.'cre no Cartcrsvilles, with every Imuse on ith public sqil'ir*: lot ir, cinders, find its Bitp- ti-t Oil'll,:’ tl< -'royc ' -'here wi r: no Marietta . there wore no Adaitio*, with its inbabitan s itriven into exile, und ibcir homes, “ palace and hovel,” leu blackened monuments ol bar barism aud cowardice. There wo* no long tiuca “1 embers und wrecks, no flying throngs of shrieking, W illing women, arid starving child ren There was n*> Columbia, with its churched, ils bui s ol learning, da palaces of justice, its oighly quires of buildings all wru; flames, ii* ipHitJted women, its ties* crate, It? sue-k, in which intoxicated soldiers and lire did the “work ot hell" from dark to sunrise. Oil, no I The),; were none of ll « things, Gns. Laic ,va- i/.i ’•“* .in .nd of S*>n;,ru troupe It was not Count V m Moltku, or the Grown I’rlnco, c iirrylngdosol ilion to the Imruilesa peas- antty ol Alsace and Lori line. Il was the Hero wh i had achieved gru itet victor es than Orave- lotte, Hnbjuctitig "war” to the high standards of humanity and , luislian inirey. I' wi,.- a man who gave no utmeeosMary pa'n, intlietuJ e duitous sufleriug, started no tears, lie was a Knight tender as woman, and fearl Bayard, Las'ly; Every great man fears God, and keeps His commandments. Human greatness is estimated by itn work", liy lln ir deeds will posterity judge the great of this world, i’rol* -siOns of friendship lor the human race wiltoudy be eslc med valid, when huslaineil hy thu (,onsu:ration ol great intellect' Uhl and moral (lowers to the public good. Hut Ihu enemy of God was never a true friend to man. He w.,o violutes lbs law of God, and ‘'leaches men so," is to the extent ol hii’ability, at war with the puhlic good. Fir the highest bitMiun happiness cun only Ik* reached through obedience to God. ChiUlmmty s the foundation ol our civilization, and tho only elevating and refining agency of our so ciety. flu who rejects Christianity, underraio the intelligence and the virtue oi the human rare, and attempts to lore.o back the tide of civilization upon tho sources ol barbarism A Christian is not necessarily a “great man;” lie may not have the power to shape and mould his fel.ow-mcn ; l,e may not have the tac t to coin- niBi I tbo world's attention ; be may bo incap hie ol great thoughts and great actions, hut * .cry “great man" Is a good man, a “God fearing" man, a righteous man. For lie cannot 1)0 a lover of meu unless he be a lover ot God in Christ Jesus. A* wo have stated, Gun Lkb was a Christian, a , mmunlcsiit at thu altars of a Christian church, partaker ol the emblems ol "GhrisTs broki n body and shed blood," a man of pru)i:r, a man ol faith, op,* who hung all his trophies, all Ins spoils ‘‘upon the Cross.” M* ucver f iryet his dispatches announcing to the country men * ruble victories—victories lestincd to hvo in history and song as long as great deeds are h mured among men. They were in spirit but a repetition ot the old doxolo- gie - “ Not unto us. O Lord, uot uuto us, but unto thy name give glory." *' Uuto thee, O God, do we give thank: , unto thee do weg.vo thank* 1 r that thy name Is near, thy wondrous work declare. O sing unto the L *rd a new song; lor he hath done marv-.lous things; lua right hand and his holy arm lidh gotten him the victory.” “'The Lord hath made known bis salvation. And ha h red, * med us Irom our enemies,” it is probable that Gen. Loo did not believe that bat tle w 3 decision of the ‘'ju.-ticu of God,” or that tin* resul' id the war determined the legal equities ol an intcriiatkmid cause. But he was deeply religion* -he recognized the hand <d God in everything—Ida heart was the traiucl and *i scipllned respondent ol God's mercies, an I he habitually attributed every success to tb- "Father ot Lights." When ho parted with his troops at Appoina- tox, lie dismis -*1 them with these manly words: “ 1 earnestly pray that a mtrcilul God will ex tend to you bis blessings and protection." It was u lather commo taing his children to the Gi d who had watched over all his earthly pil- grmni-o. it was Israel in bis Iuhl hours, reach ing out Ills bunds aud luying them upou ibo heads ol Ephraim and Mauassah,sayiug "Thu angel which redeemed me from evil, bless tbe lads." It was the Apostle commuting his sonn ‘t'i God, and Uie word ol Ids grace,"—who “ kneeled down and prayed with them all" A'ui they all wept sore, “sorrowing most ol all •or the words which ho spake, that they should see his face no more." Grand old man! Great in all thy actions, but greatest and mildest in' communion and fellow ship will: thy God! Thou well not permitted lo lead "thy (ample to their coveted inheritance," hut ou " Nubo’s lonely mount Tin" God banded thee e’tmlly and gloriously to thy gravel gu! ye coming historian! Write it upon thy future page, mat lh0desolated South has pro duced the ouly Chiellaiu of the Nineteenth Cen tury who by his acts in war, demonstrated ids piety to God. II tvulock, and our own Jackson, weie subordinates. Like the I’lncnix, winch is said to renew itselt Irom its own oahes, (,.• these Southern Slates, when they were crum bling into ruins, deve!o;ied and matured the siibbincst specimen of a Christian Soldier known to his age. The world does not produce many “ great men’’—only here and there, along tho track oi time, do they make their appearance. Heaven be.-tows iu ordinary gifts lavishly, but its extri- yrdiuary endowments are given sparingly. I lu activity, was auperced r. Kiri w ut In'o a subordiau'e p *rti. od, * Thi*, ouly atlords me a mors >( p*,rl.nntv of showing niy /. -hI lor li" ’ \VI: I1 ho receive I til,) child *1 !;ir *,rmy of Virginia, he so* in* I ’■i" which nature hat prepared lor g*"" i", bis intelleci r.ml moral quali- -- ' • lilt. *1 t*"' p a*:<* Tb* re was no din me in* > s:tw**c*ii bin capacity anil his duly.— il- i* in * wore always iqiitl t„ ib« demands ui • !*- upop them. He a, lor uud tbo office—the . ;;1 r •> ai* d tlie mail. He wOS to Ins ofllcu as an 1 o*|de ol gold set in a picture ot silver.” ia "great man?” One who, with high in' *i cum! qii dilications, fine in**(<xl (s reuptionA a * * u (tiring indu ,ti , da voted all Inn m* utal and ci ' in* ids '." 'be ba| pii -, ol oIIiiim. M.'i.lshnes'i mak 'rt no part ol l. u; greataosa, Lalnr and exertion I t seifiili ciiiIh and pi.tr- disaolvea and unnula a man's claim to l-o ,'in's- He lives not unto liimsolf. loving iyil . he .lolmii *, nutp (fillers. As liie cire ; t : irgcH, an,t i lie number of those hi* bencll's is . in 1 |i ** ,1, , that prop icliol, he Is great. When i,‘ ip ■ il? If - intellectual aud m ral tumo n lien embrace tho citizens of a Slate, wu liavt iImi In e .-ignal*! ol human gruatueas a " ua- i inn'd, benefactor." i.ei live,I not for himself. Ho never • nal eon fiiluralioiis in rnqnpt li i m- li I’fililfi good " He was tl'.OhSlvaul of , and lie ..lie reached tie Bcriptmal i,tan,laid ■ 'r 'due .* “ Ve know that the princes of thy 1 ’it'!* - * vetetso dominion ovei them aud they * t ar great exercise .utnority upon them. • l it * ,.| *iot bn so among you; but who- v* i tv ui be gn "1 among you, let him be y of m iiG'er. And whosoever will lie cliief among ,'"ti let iiim be your servant." That i?. Among re Gonlilo, dominion am! authority are the ’ ■ <• greatii , but among ( liristians Unit ■' t, c *gii / il as chief who delates all bis ■> t to i e general happiness—forgets sell - re -i m pr '.imting thu interest ol others I? w illing to Is* poor, that Olliers may be rich—is i ling lu sutler that others may rejoice, cm- "OKI"! -k lua !ite, and even to dir, tiist. others ay ve. Tbe highest praise the encmie? o| l.c.r.l A.,v,.,r over gave him was the den— * t-oi'.t, " lie -av fi others, ltinis*-ll he estin* t Tm g/umlest words ,*t pa rtotism that (V r led lr*>m littmau lips were Punt’s: “ For 1 * O'llJ W'-h lliul myself were accursed from ' ' : -i l“r my brethren, my kinsman according 1“ thu th; .Ii, wh" are Israelites " H i? -aid ol Giiitls Gracchus, that lie boosted ' ‘j ’I' * ,r > ' e*,-" lull ol wine into the provinces, l ! ' , V*‘w 'i • VI " ' ,,r ' •'•‘Ck *uiply while others , * f.. : . • 1 ■ ■■ • ■ - ht th( irs back full ol gojd. Like him, Gen. i oi, . •„ j; , i carried a ft ! purse iota t li - • struggle lor Hi: pur indcp ndaii; he niggle o, and brought it out *u HUM Bi-l millions lot c ml I liay " coufmandeii O il*' ol I lion iu the South ; he cotil j j h »ve i ;nd mi ouilut through cvvry blockaded [■ i"T* on our co.,s'; but wid e Ids countrymen 1 " '.ill* nu l lit ,t „ "simple slice ol ham i *, a "* i " was Hie extent of hi.a table luxu- e lb war ho w , own ex rtimis ior bis d liljf I *d. ri il » , foigutteii. li a n up) sed lo secession, but Ida imit- v• i ill opint'.uia were not permitted to influence i' i duty to others. He was the non of Virginia, > 1 1 * ■' I t* liie “i*rv:nt ol Virgin aits. At th ■ ■tuna ■■ ol his old mother, he unsheatbod Ids i and in vt.r di 1 be surrender iL until tha \ i , ..in ot Ids lulhers tin*! ceoaud t*. exist. As us *ln h id power to irts'to her orders, so wfili >*v, id in hand, wus he ready firoiieh i* k a d steel lo smi'u.” Wh* n she *1 to breath'-, and het inns were loldod iu * i l*, b*: ha-1 rmthing to do but to dio, und s*r'*p up ... her bosom. He I* -; Mil simply lor the homes of Ids coun- *' t h:» 11 Ki.rn* II.« uattire shrank I * I . oirnugo "ol ba''le. Hr found no lit 1 Giisrlj's XII ol Hweden, u, ' g bii'leta." He tell no sublimity io ■ . i m : .T eds, iu the charge of Cavalry, or in lie .-ho:;'? * ! e.p i. ns. He knew that all them v.* re tin.- m 1 tiger* of death—ot wounds—of HI on. Ills rtnely-wrougld soul delighted . none o! Unoe things, for Ins was "Th triad i Igemh iiosrt. *1 till lea a ai,iHt.«r'8 woe." He fought lor n* objucta of ambition—no i .,ii no point ol honor—no acquisition of I' lritorv - no iradiiiouul Lud—no sectional .at,- II** carried into battle neiilier the red liUiieoster, nor the white rose ot V-iii. It ' r , a " single eye " to defense, luo motive t vi ie all rtummed un in the expression, "v v ; ii must Ih. I.ruuciud." Winn army alter army whii.b Hie Fe*|i tal aulhorilica sent against i.i".. Itad gum down under his guns and bis r.,*.. id. - li.iat w rek, when new levies of a hull md'.ifiiol men were flocking to the Fede ral mi *fi, iike “ eug'e.8 to the carc.s.ss," and tho iu! hand ol young Southrons wuc rallying nroiin : tln-ir "old leader" f r the last (leatio tr i.'cb:, d is fa ,1 some foreign oflloer enquired id ( it I.-e, 'How long do you suppose the wo:.. , l ih-ail. will continue, uml what will bo loc Jiroba'de reeull* id the war?" his said that Ids ouly ie(.iy was, “Sir, my people must bo protect I." An! we verily lutdevo that bis [ *• pp.c to-day owe even tbeir tolerable condition not o much lo tho clemency ofNortbornpoli- 11, t ii. i a-they do to tin,stern and overwhelm- t.ig r, -isiaiico ot UmiziiT E Lta in uu eartbquako, it is usually tbe first wave which rushes over tbe city, aud iu its reflex sweeps everything lovely and beautiful to the bottom uf the sea. ft the city cau escape tlmt first wave, consequent on tho first shock, then the monster inter rs lound to subside gradually, and Anally wiuos its strength in harmless Ortciilatious. So is tho tint wave of Northern vengeance, consequent on the firing upon Fort riumter, aud the lirst battle ol Manassas, had swept uuiosistrd over the Boutb, it is probable Thoro are not msnv stars ol the first mmpdtudo —diamonds are scarce among the sat'dsSif the earth. These "great men" sonn to her ..m for oar guidance. They an- blazi by which the multitude m <v *1 ;, i du d' * tioiis and tbeir actions. Wnen mi: Lrno. to grow dim with years, God iicus up * ■>-*i and to-day Kobieit E. f.eo i - tie ,* -. ■ . -t monument, on the path ot human cv -tio*.- Let us reach out as fi-r >: or, i -*i'j this illustrious example. Let us, * *• L u -...' rail quietly to the utcesaities ol our Miunt'oii, obey the lawk, and by industry, enterprise, restore thu ''w.v.'e.pl.■, <*; *. . Above all, let us by.raifh i.t Cb , to , the blessing of Almighty God. B Y TELEGRAPH. NKW YOKE ABSOCIATlil) I KE : >1 I- iVUL.t JLOVXdAINO lll -H.-. . . i WtSHIXI'rO.V. Washington, December 10 in e.illu-tiun ol tbo income lax Irom Brigl'u u Young has been postponed uutii Cougrci question at issue. li is telegraphed hence, and 'here is very little doubt ol the truth, mat w'lren k will lie nominated as Minister t< • El/! The Naval Committee rep ' ..ably upon Porter's nomination a? Adu.nu:, ml mder objections. G?jntiruiAUonB went over. GoL Foiney advertises In Chr *,. f r .),.* Tbe Presidont and Cabinet, well, aiteuded Wallbrldgc’s im., tkwiwm; :. Knoxvtm.E, Decomber 10. An ei n on tbe Virginia A Georgia Hi. i day, killing the conductor l. . , injuring thu engineer. NlitV V»UK. Buffalo, December 10 — Tin I. venliou of the Board ol Trade i d. resumption of specie payments. cj i, I rim \r.\. Ban Fbanoisco, Deccmii m.—\i majority lor Congress iu Arizona j (. OHIO, (T.icvulanl), December 10.- I • >,■ p burning ol tho National l; ., I. roach one hundred thousand ,h !. A LA it un. MoNTOOfiJUtv, December 10.- In a ventiim Ui ilay, the Mon:,.ornery I ' Democratic, was elected Bln *• !', m, : ; y majority, over the Bulma l't J„. *, Ul Both houses take a recuss irom in-,. > ' lor a month. KeuKibV. London, December 10. -China m ws r-.-ci . 1 at the War Department to-day. *, p. rl ii* £ hostile dcmonslriUiods against (he < din i L inuon, December H.--F.vc i-ipi guns, from Ainericu, was sei/.i-d, tp.m ti,. *r ., rival hero, and lew been restored lo *-.)/i.- ,.-,i*,i it is rc-ttttlrmed that Un -in 1. q America, onu hundred milrall.-usu;-, und on> million melaiic cartridges. Many Englisli are arriving Irom Havre, reporting tho Germans to be imindiii tlml . , ward, und the investment is I, ,ur!. \p i |. The Prussians exacted throe-1 .urtli? ,,l a million francs ou Burgundy, lor the , \ il : ol G'ermaiia. MlUNIULfT DIHI* U ( n i ;h. FOIlUMiN. Havana. December 11.—A German uiere.iiai of N“w York, named Abeili u r, h,- hem killed and robbed by negroes. The Pn/.siau Consul oilers a reward 1m tbeir arrest '•’WO negroes who were convicted of robli n a lady will be garroted tomorrow Cristubal Mariduza was shot to-day at Pnerl Priucipe. An hour beloreexecution In* .v, letter to bis countrymen, advLin • them to lay down their arms and stop the ii , !l . *,,„ ,,t blood. lie «old this act would Inflict no dia honor uu them. Gordon, December0.— 1 1’lio Government pu • lihiies tho following general changes, and re ports to the war department that ’litre v.as an attack all along the line Iroin lining to St. hauvient Des B us, last night. To day tlu; principal effort of the enemy was at li. ui/ ry, at which place the Prussians arc very strong, having no less than fifty visions ol Bavarians, one division ol i'iiissi:*.n?, two thousand cavalry and a strong reserve, .. 1 under tho command ol Frederick Charles aud Duke Mecklenburg. Tin enei and driven beyond Gran! char ire*. Wo* Bleep, to night ou tbo name positions wu had tb , morning. Tho Prussians whi acknowledge heavy louse-. Tho b.q will .., t until nigbL Wu may be attacked tomorrow, but wc arc ready. N ew A dvertit foments. L)r. J. II. 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