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TDeeklu JutrUigrnrfr. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Wednesday, January 3, 1806. .tlat-on *«. Atlanta. Under the above heading the Milledgeville Southern Recorder publishes the following con siderate editorial article in reply to the Journal i(• Messenger, wlticli paper claims for Macon the prestige of having more railroad gates to it than Atlanta, and that, therefore, the latter's “ boast" of being the “Gate City” is, of course, but a boast. We are content to let our Macon cotcm- porarv claim what it pleases for the city of its lo cation, and to hunt up what U may, in the gen erosity of its nature, to disparage Atlanta, with out attempting to controvert any of its positions, or to envy the rapid rise and progress of a city renowned for its cotton warehouses and the pal atial residences surrounding it. Atlanta 1 toasts of no such grandeur. She makes no pretensions to a score or an hundred gates. She is what she is, a monument of State and individual enter prise, possessing a population energetic and in dustrious, who never think of Macon as its rival in commerce, or for a name, or for anything.— The day has passed by when such considerations entered the minds of any of our people. The future of Atlanta is too bright to let the prosper ity of Macon cause her people any other emotion than that of pleasure. We envy her not her many "gates," nor our cotemporary his self-com placency in boasting over them. We, In fact, feel satisfied that Macon needs only one more gate to make it the most to be envied city in the State. We are sorry it has not yet that, else our cotemporary would doubtless liave enumerated it in its list—we mean “ the gate that opens to Heaven ”! But to the article of the Recorder: Macon vs. Atlanta.—The Journal & Mes senger lately iu an article of theirs on the build ing of the Milledgeville Railroad—or the road from Macon to Augusta—endeavored to show up the advantages of Macon over Atlanta. It SlIVH : ’'They boast in Atlanta of being the “Gate City," and pray, bow many gates has she got? Bhe has got a gate to Chattanooga—a gate to West Point—a gate to Macon—and a gate to Augusta. Four. And how many has Macon got ? A gate to Savaunuli—a gate to Augusta—a gate to Milledgeville and Eaton ton—a gate to Haw- liicsvillc—a gate to Atlanta—a gate to Thomas- ton—a gate to Columbus—a gate to Fort Gaines —a gate to Eufaula—a gate to Albany—and she is constructing another gate to Augusta, and a gate to Brunswick—twelve gates representing important railways and branch railways. Is there any just comparison between the railway facilities o'l' Atlanta and those of Macon?” &e. We do not intend to become the champions of either place ; as Georgians we glory iu the grow ing prosperity of two of our cities, and bad we the power, both Macon aud Atlanta should have a population ilmt would rival New York. But we think our Macon brother does not exactly do justice to Atlanta iu enumerating her railways with those of Macon. Atlanta has a gate to Athens—a gate to Washington, Wilkes county— a gate to Rome—a gate from Dalton to Cleve land in Tennessee, making eight altogether. Tho position of Atlanta is remarkably favora ble to an immense travel at this time, from the fact that all of the travel from North and South Carolina, out west, comes over the Charleston and Hamburg road ou to the Georgia R. R., thence through Atlanta to West Point, aud so on. Also, all the travel from Tennessee and be yond comes through Atlanta to go West, and rice versa to go North or Northwest. But when the Augusta and Macon road is fin ished, Atlanta may well look out for a rival that will be her equal, jierhaps overtop her in the way of travel. A glance at the map will con vince tho most superficial observer and most timid capitalist that the Augusta and Macon road will excel any other, (its length being considered, 120 miles,) in paying a good dividend. The travel that now goes by the way of Atlanta will find its way over this road on to Columbus, and so on—tho route being so direct that travelers will take the one that will insure a speedy trip to Augusta or Charleston, or to any point in the State or beyond. Those, of course, who desire to go to Tennessee will take the West Point road. But the great importance to Macon in the fin ishing of tho Augusta and Macon road, is her undisputed*claims tv» a cotton marker, a claim that is now felt and recognized by the merchants of (Savannah, Augusta and Charleston. The building of a road Horn Augusta to Beaufort, which we believe is under consideration and partly finished, will add still more importance to Macon. In days past it took all of the rolling stock of the Central railroad to carry off the cot ton from Macon; with a competing market, with a direct road to Augusta, thence to Charleston, more cotton will fiaa its way into Macon, and at that point the merchants from the sea coast will meet to buy cotton, and the two roads will be active competitors for the carrying of the cot ton to the coast. No longer will Macon snap and growl at Savannah, ana ieel that they have “Hob son’s choice." Savannah will wake up, the Central railroad will wake up to a new en ergy, competition will brighten the minds of buyers, sellers and carriers, and give an impetus to trade that will bo perfectly refreshing. Even old Milledgeville will feel the shock of improvement; her merchants will wake from their Rip Van Winkle sleep, throw more energy into their businessAncrease their stocks, and ad vertise more liberally than they now do. We regret their extreme modesty in this line of their business. MacouJtvill also, if she is wise, look to the building of nfire factories of all sorts; espe cially can sue staid without a rival in her advan tages in cotton manufactories. We look upon the Mucon and Augusta road as the backbone to the future strength and beauty of our neighbor, tor then she camptand erect and be the admired of oil admirers J The Brunswick road will be a great arteiy tl» will give life and health also to our sister eilijr Atlanta will be compelled to play second ficflle to Macon so far as her cotton market is concerned, and that market will he the controlling feature of the citv. As to Atlanta, we predict ior her a prosperous fixture, and a commanding position. Her strength and wealth frill consist in her advantages as a grain and a nfirk market; with the mineral re sources of upper Georgia to aid ns collateral helps. Thrfuevelopment of Cherokee Georgia in her mineMls will be to Atlanta an advantage that is at thja time but faintly realized or appre ciated. We anticipate a flow of population to Northern Georgia in the course or a few vears that will astonish the most sanguine expectant. Atlanta will also taka high position as a manu facturing city in the different branches of the me chanical arts. Wise legislation and a liberal policy to those who would become part and par cel of us, and bring in capital and develop our resources and build up factories of all kinds is what the people should demand and the legisla tures grant. We want no penny wise and pound foolish policies at tins time. Georgia is out of debt comparatively speaking, her $3,645,250 that is owing can be paid easily without any great burdeu'to the State, and if the earnings of the State road and lier 9700,000 in the Savannah & Gulf road pay as they have heretofore done, there need be no fear but that our glorious old State can pay her debts without embarrassment, or heavy direct tax upon the people. All that capi talists desire to know, is the taxation they must pay and the advantages held out for location and trade. Our State will never hliisli when she is judged by her sister States. We look forward to see Atlanta a place of no small importance: and as we anticipate the build ing of other roads from that place towards An derson iu South Carolina, a road that will tell to the still greater advantages of Atlanta, we would be pleased to hear that the “Gate City” was still wide awake to its construction. Especially should the road from Atlanta to Decatur iu Ala bama be built, an arm of strength will he given to the city that will be truly enviable. By the*way, Bavaunah should see to it that the gap from Madison to Eatonton, connecting herself with Atlanta, is built as sooxt as the Cen tral railroad can afford it. Then Milledgeville would be able to boast of being a Little Gate City—having a gate to Augusta—a gate to Ma con—a gate to tlie Central railroad—a gate to the Georgia railroad; thus making the Capital accessible from all points. But when the Au gusta and Macon roJd is finished. Macon can claim the honor of being the Big Gate Citv. Death.—That man was mistaken, when he talked about its being hard to die; living is the hard part. Only live right, and there will be no trouble about dying. * ^ . rnE Me.t to Marry.—Piytch ^ives some ^iuicn good advice to women in looHug for suitable husbands. Among other tilings he says: The man who don’t take tea, ill treats the eat takes snuff, and stands with his back to the fire’ is a brute whom I would not advise you to mar ly on any consideration, either for love or mon- ay, but decidedly not for love. But the man who, when tea is over, i3 discovered to have had none, is very sure to make the best husband. Patience like his deserves being^rewarded with tho beat of wives and the best of mother-in-laws. My dears, when yon meet with such a man, do f our best to many him. In the severest winter • would not mind going to bed first. Trial of G. B. Lunar Before a Military i Comwlwlon at Savannah. We have before us in the Savannah Republican, of the 27th instant, the first day’s proceedings of this important trial It is, as reported for that paper, preceded by a brief summary of the life of that gentleman, who is so well known in Geor gia that we omit further reference to it. The court is composed of a military commission—the counsel for Mr. Lamar are Julian Hartridge and Thomas E. Loyd, Esqs. The latter demurred to the jurisdiction of the court, which was over ruled. The different charges and specifications were then read, to which the accused pleaded, “ Not Guilty." They are as follows: Charge First.—Maliciously and wilfully com bining and conspiring together with Gazaway B. Lamar, Jr., and James L. Seward and Arthur P. Wright, and others unknown, to defraud the United States by stealing cotton lielonging to the said United States. Specification First.—In this, that the said Gaz- way B. Lamar did wilfully and maliciously, at Savannah, Chatham county, and at Thomasvilie, Thomas county, both in the State of Georgia, and at divers other places in the State of Georgia, in or about the eighteenth day of October, 1865, and on divers other days between the said eighteenth day cf October and the second day of December, 1865, combine and conspire together with Gaza way B. Lamar, Jr., and James L. Seward and Arthur P. Wright, all civilians, and residents of the State of Georgia, and others unknown, to steal sixty-seven bales of cotton, marked [S] of great value, to-wit: ten thousand dollars, and also certain other bales of cotton of great value, but the number and value of which are unknown, which said cotton formerly belonged to a certain company known as “The Importing and Export ing Company of the Stated Georgia,” and which cotton at the time and times above mentioned belonged to the United States, thereby intending to defraud the United States. Specification Second.—In this, that the said Gazaway B. Lamar did wilfully and maliciously at Savannah, in the county of Chatham, and at Thomasuille, in the county of Thomas, both in the State of Georgia, and at divers other places in the said State of Georgia, on or about the eighteenth day of October, and on divers other days between the said eighteenth day of October and the second day of December, 1865, combine and conspire together with Gazaway B. Lamar, Jr., and Janies L. Seward and Arthur P. Wright, all civilians, resident in the State of Georgia, and other persons unknown, to steal sixty-seven bales of cotton, marked [S] of great value, to-wit, ten thousand dollars, and also certain other bales of cotton, of great value but the number and value of which are unknown, all of which cotton at the time and times above mentioned, belonged to the United States, and thereby intended to de fraud the United States. Charge Second.—Maliciously and wilfully de frauding the United States by stealing cotton belonging to the United States' Specification First.—In this, that said Gazaway B. Lamar did wilfully and maliciously, at Savan nah, in the county or Chatham, and at Thomas- ville, in the county ot Thomas, both in the State of Georgia, ami at divers other places in said State of Georgia, on or about the eighteenth day of October, 1865. and on divers other days be tween the said eighteenth day of October and the second day of December, 1865, steal sixty- seven bales of cotton marked [8], of great value, to-wit, ten thousand dollars, and also certain other bales of cotton, of great value, but the value and number of which are unknown, which said cotton formerly belonged to a certain company known as “ The Importing and Exporting Com pany of the State of Georgia,” and which cotton, at the time and times above mentioned, belonged to the United States, and thereby be, the said Gazaway B. Lamar, did defraud the United States. Specification Second.—Iu this, that the said Gazaway B. Lamar did wilfully and maliciously, at Savannah, Chatham county, and at Thomas- ville, Thomas county, both iu the State of Geor gia, and at divers other places in the said State of Georgia, on or about the eighteenth day of October, 1865, and at divers other times between the said eighteenth day of October and the sec ond day of December, 1865, steal, sixty-seven bales of cotton, marked [8], of great value, to- wit, ten thousand dollars, and also certain other bales of cotton, of great value, but the value and number of which are unknown, which cotton, at the time and times above mentioned, belonged to the United States, and thereby he, the said Gazaway B. Lamar did defraud the United States. Charge Third.—Maliciously and wilfully com bining and conspiring, together with Gazaway B. Lamar, Jr., and others unknown, to bribe of ficers and others in the military and civil ser- viN'it-.lbe United States, for the purpose and with the intent to defraud the United States. Specification First.—In this, that he, the said Gazaway B. Lamar, did wilfully and malicious ly at Savannah, in tlie county of Chatham, and at Thomasville in the county of Thomas, both in the State of Georgia, and at divers other places in the said State of Georgia, on or about the 18th day of October, 1865, and on divers other days, between the said eighteenth day of October and the second day of December, 1865, combine and conspire, together with Gazaway B. Lamar, Jr., and others unknown, to bribe Col. Win K. Kim ball, 12th regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, aud certain soldiers, names unknown, all then and there being in the military service of the United States, and also Albert G. Browne, Su pervising Special Agent in charge Fifth Special Agency of the Treasury Department of the Uni ted States, and W. A. Beard, contractor, both of ficials in the service and eipplov of the Treasury Department of the United States, for the purpose of and with the intent to steal certain cotton be longing to the United States, and thereby to de fraud the same. Specification Second.—In this, that the said Gazaway B. Lamar did wilfully and maliciously, at Savannah, in the county of Chatham, and at Thomasville, in the county of Thomas, both in the State of Georgia, and at divers other places in the said State of Georgia, on or about the 18th day of October, 1865, ana on divers other days between the said eighteenth day ot October and the second day of December, 1865, combine and conspire, together with Gazaway B. Lamar, Jr., aud others unknown to bribe certain officials, both military and civil, and certain soldiers cf the United States, then and there having posses sion of certain bales of cotton belonging to the United States, for the purpose of and with the intent to steal said cotton, and thereby to defraud the United States. Jno. H. Watrous, (Signed) Capt. 103d U. S. C. Infantry, Judge Advocate. The first witness on the part of the prosecu tion, Col. William Kimball, of the 12th West Maine Volunteers, was then sworn, who, after giving in his testimony, produced a large mani fold writer and a bundle of Utters, which he had seized as belonging to the prisoner—seven of which were read. Two only of them we see published in the Republican of the 27th, owing to want of space for the other five. The two are as follows-. Thomasvii.i.k, Ga., Oct 24, 1865. JDeitr Uncle—I leave with train in the morn ing, which will carry the 45 bales from Boston, the 73 from Quitman, and 8 hales from Groover’s —two of the ten from the latter place reported stolen. 1 have had xuueh trouble and annoyance, eve rybody, with one or two exceptions, working against me. I shall go to Blackshear on Friday to see Col. Kimball, by appointment. I am thrown, and have been on my judgment, and liave done my best, which I hope will give satis faction. I am. anxious to see you. I have fol lowed your instructions as far 'as possible, and have gone outside of them when it was impossi ble, but I hope to get cotton. Yours truly, G. B. Lamar, Jr. I shall be at Quitman until Friday morning, and then at Blackshear. TnoMASVTiXE, Ga., Nov. 15, I860. Dear Uncle—Browne will complete in the morning the shipment of the Importing and Ex porting Company's cotton in Parnell’s warehouse —having already shipped that from McKinnon’s. I enclose you complete list of what he has ship ped. He has not obtained his receipts for what ts now on the platform ready to be shipped, so that I am not positive about to-day’s work—the rest is accurate. Browne has not yet replied to Seward’s letter, a copy of which 1 sent j t ou, and has whipped the light by delaying the answer. His shipper, Mr. liayes, with whom I conversed this evening, informs' me that the North Carolina cotton will lie shipped next. Tlxis North Carolina cotton is undoubtedly blockade, and I cannot see why he should hesitate between that and the L and E. Co., which is not a blockade company. I hope that you will be able to stop all in Savannah ; gin to think that all will yet be saved. The train has not yet arrived, aud it is feared that some bridge may have been washed away by tlie recent heavy rains. I hope that commu nication lias not been cut. I am very anxious to bear from you. Yours truly, ' ' G. B. Lamar, Jr. The Court then adjourned until the next morn ing at o’clock. The Hope of the Sooth. We do not despair, says the Nashville Gazette, “of deliverance at the hands of the President. There is yet a chance that he may be able to rally to the support of his policy, a majority even of the present Congress. It be fail in this, then what hope of defense have the Southern people, against the merciless tyranny of the radicals ?” “There is perhaps still one refuge for us. With out the exports heretofore furnished by the South ern States, it cannot be very long before disaster and ruin must overtake the commerce of the North, and, as a consequence, the revenue and the credit of the Federal Government. When this result becomes evident and imminent, the radical bondholders among the Northern popu lation may be induced to do us justice, lor the sake of their own pecuniary salvation.” “Without peace and security, Southern agricul tural products cannot and will not be raised, to any considerable amount. Peace and security cannot come by such unjust and destructive Con gressional legislation as we are now threatened with. For this reason, and not from any high or patriotic motives, the Northern radical majority may be forced to renounce the pleasure of tread ing us “into the mire, clear out of sight” “King cotton” may not be yet dead—only temporarily dethroned.” The Speech op Henry J. Raymond, in the Congress of the United States, our northern ex changes say, astonished his political friends and enemies alike, by its very brilliant reply to Thad. Stevens’ speech made a few days previously. It appears that Stevens was not in the house du ring the delivery of tlie speech, and the amaze ment of bis next friends was an index of what he might have expressed had he been present Va rious attempts were made to badger Mr. Ray mond by questions from the radical side, which most signally failed. He proved capable and ready in debate—spoke without notes, it is said, rapidly, clearly, and forcibly. The point of his argument was, that the ordinances of secession were nothing more, says the Philadelphia Ledger, than so many expressions of a purpose to go out of the Union, and to break up the Government, which did not succeed, and that the States lately in revolt are therefore still in the Union. Around this position he gathered an unanswerable argu ment. One of his points alone will show the dangerous position into which Mr. Stevens is car ried by liis extraordinary theory. If secession was a success; if the Southern States were re^jy out of the Union, and became a foreign power, as Mr. Stevens claims, then their debt becomes valid, and tlie United States succeeds to the privilege of paying it. Is any considerable por tion of the American people willing to pay for the whistle of Mr. Stevens at such a rate as this? This excellent effort of Mr. Raymond, viewed in connection with the course of Mr. Cowan, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Dixon, and Mr. Sherman in the Senate, shows that sound patriotism and com mon sense are still to be found in Congress. The Test Oath.—The Washington City Con stitutional Union of the 25th instant says that in the Supreme Court of the United States yester day, pending the ease, ex parte, A. N. Garland, of Arkansas, asking to be allowed to practice as a counsellor, the Hon. Reverdy Johnson deliv ered an argument against the constitutionality of the Congressional test oath, on the grounds of its ex post facto nature; that is, making an act a crime, which, at the passage of the law, was not a crime. It excluded the petitioner from the pursuit of a lawful profession, and by this means punished him cruelly and unjustly, in defiance, too, of the President’s pardon. Mr. Johnson spoke two hours, and delivered a very able and powerful argument, which was listened to with great attentiveness by a large number of the le gal profession The court yet holds the applica tion under advisement, and has adjourned until Tuesday next. Alabama Vagrant Law. The following is the Vagrant Law enacted by the Alabama? Legislature: A BILL to be entitled an Act concerning Va grants and Vagrancy. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly con vened, That the Commissioner’s Court of any county in this State may purchase, rent or pro vide such lands, buildings and other property, as may be necessary for a Poor House, or House of Correction, for any such county, and may ap point suitable officers for the management there of, and make all necessaty by-laws and regula tions for the government of the inmates thereof, and cause the same to be enforced; but iu no case shall the punishment inflicted exceed hard labor, either in or out of said house; the use of chain gangs, putting in stocks, if necessary to prevent escapes, such reasonable correction as a person may inflict upon a stubborn, refractory child, and solitary confinement for not longer than one week on bread and*water; and may cause to be hired out such as are vagrants to work in chain gangs or otherwise, for the length of time for which they are sentenced; and the proceeds of such hiring must be paid into the County Treasury, for the benefit of the helpless in said Poor House or House of Correction. Sec. 2. That the following persons are vagrants in addition to those already declared to be va grants by law, or that may hereafter be so de clared by law: a stubborn or refractory servant, a laborer or servant who loiters away his time or refuses to comply with a contract for a term of service without just cause, and any such person may be sent to the House of Correction in the county in which such offense is committed; and for want of such House of Correction, the com mon jail of the county may be used for that purpose. Sec. 3. That when a vagrant is found, any jus tice of the peacg of the county must, upon com plaint made upon oath, or on hi9 personal knowl edge, issue his warraift to the Sheriff or any con stable of the county to bring such person before him, and if, upon examination and hearing of testimony, it appears to such justice that such person is' a vagrant, he shall assess a fine of fifty dollars and costs against such vagrant, and in de fault of payment, he rtay commit such a vagrant to tlie House of Correction, or if no such house, to the common jail of the county for a term not exceeding six months, and until such cost and charges are paid, or such party is otherwise dis charged by law; provided, that when committed to jail under this section, the Commissioner’s Court may cause him to be hired out in like man ner as in section first of this act Sec. 4. That when any person shall be convict ed of vagrancy as provided for in this act, the justice of the peace before whom such conviction is had, may at his discretion either commit such person to jail, or to tlie House of Correction, or hire such person to any person who will hire the same for a period not longer than six months, for cash, giving three days notice of the time and place of hiring, after paying all costs and charges, shall be paid into the County Treasury for the helpless in the poor house. Sea 5. That all fines received by any justice of the peace shall be paid into tlie county Treasury for the purpose as stipulated in the first section of this act Sec. 6. That it shall be the duty of the justice of the peace to settle with the county Treasurer at least once a month for all fines received by him under this act, and tor a wilful default so to do, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction by any court having jurisdiction shall be fined in double the amount so received or collected by him, and all costs of suit Sec. 7. That the Court of county Commis sioners of each county shall have full control of the pablic works and' public highways therein, and shall make all contracts in relation thereto; and shall have power to appoint a superintendent of said public works and highways under such rules and regulations as said court shall deter mine, and any justice of the peace trying any cause under this act, on conviction shall have power to sentence such vagrant to work on said public works and highways nnder the supervi sion of such superintendent for not more than forty days. Boston spec- of a letter that city. The are at work, [get employment at >n them. The line clears over per month, and How Atlanta appears taclea will be seen from written from hereto a letter says “four thousand and five thousand more once if materials were purchasable. Over two hundred stores have bcea&built and opened, and still traders pour in w|o cannot obtain ac commodations. In fact, At]y«a ig doing more business than Macon and Anista together. The four railroads centering title, though crowded with freight and passenger Raffle, are totally un able to meet the demands leading from Atlanta to Ci one hundred thousand d< had the company enough iigines and cars, it could add fifty thousand dollars more to that sum. So densely crowded^ are all the narrow and crooked streets of Atisnk with teams, work men vehicles, business tnenJTgoods, building ma terials, etc., that Chicago'mi her busiest days could hardly show such a sjjht. Builders, busy as they are, cannot take all,the contracts offered them, and rents are fabulously high. Perhaps the reader will not be si of the tradesmen now so there before the war, and yet to be regarded as pel ertheless the former residi re-establishing themselvi Looses and getting things a man did not destroy all thidty. He spared the City Hall, the Medical College, all churches, many of the handsomer inga, and nearly all the and poorer classes, so there was ample shelter f< thousand persons. But tion of the city was some of the larger dwell! to learn that few :ve in Atlanta were ,t few of them are lently settled. Nev- are returning and re-furnishing their order again. Slier- more stylish dwell- of the middling >n the first of June at least six or eight entire business sec- ed, together with e sun,. othegjj^ that ne£ It proved to ntly recovered his ’diere, touched by Tlie blow- ■y us some may fan- ^ Captain Femierwas That is not a bad sroBV^told of an English man in the Crintear • I^a^Rinently a Frenchy affair, and was somethifl^MBthis wise. It ap pears he was madly in lifyrith a Scoteli vivan- diere at Balaclava, and Ik ed her with his ad dresses The young wont 1 no longer able to en dure the annoyance, forba fe him the door. After many a vain attempt to o errule tlie objections the tourist determined to 1 nnuiit suicide, but, in the presence of the great gents which were be ing played out in no pa ty manner. Having first bequeathed his fortune to the vivandiere; he caused a deep hole to be dbg, in which he placed twenty pounds of powderj; over this excavation a slab was laid, and upoq^it the rejected one, cigar in mouth, took his seat He tranquilly fin ished his weed, which wa&to doubt a good one and not easily parted witiGmd then applied the expiring embers to the magazine below. “L’ex- plosion eut lieu,” and two; minutes later a char red mass descending fronithe heavens fell into the port—a mass which agoniahed British sea men recognized as a human body, and proceeded to fish from the water. There was a general cry of “A man from Heaven?* some declared that he had been kicked out he was an aeronaut con be the Englishman, who consciousness, and the this proof of affection, ca] ing up is not so extraoi cy, for, adds M. Louis _ 7 _, - , f — — blown up with hi9 battery aud was found sitting 500 yards off, wondering what the devil had happened, and not in tb£jeast hurt. The cost op living in Washington just now r is rather startling, if correspondents writing from that city speak correctly^ A letter to a West ern paper states that a Congress member from Illinois has been in Washington some days, en joying the luxury of a nJSm iu the third story of Willard’s Hotel at the riflfaerate quid pro quo of eighteen dollars per dayTjt says further: “This is not an isolated case, lidwever, for your mem ber from Chicago is a regular boarder, and occu pies a room on the second floor, about ten by •fourteen; with not-ttnaaJptpHarye bed in it, for which he remunerates the proprietor at the rate of only ten dollars per day, or three thousand six hundred and fifty dollars per annum. Your correspondent has a lively recollection of indi viduals whom he has now in his mind’s eye, who could not, if they honestly and promptly re-imbursed the proprietor, honor that house with their presence, as a guest, for the space of over about fifteen minutes. “ It rained one day, and cotton umbrellas went up to seven dollars. Members ot Cdfigress get three thousand dollars salary, from which a tax of five per cent, is taken - The mileage is count ed by an air-line, and to show to those who complain that the tax commissioner is exacting, and also to show that Uncle Samuel is no re specter of persons, a tax is taken from this too. It is veiy easy to see that these honorable gen tlemen are not without their little trials as well as the common folks that independently sit by their firesides and enjoy the sweet luxuries of a home.” Br request, we publish the following impor-[ taut circular issued by General Tillbon, Acting : Assistant Commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bu reau, at his headquarters in Augusta: Brmr or Bit's, Frd'nn aid Abandoned Lands, 1 Omn Acting Assistant Oomnissionib. Ga., v Augusts, Ga., Dee. SSd, 1885.) Circular No. 5. In answer to numerous inquiries, the following is published for the information and guidance of Officers and Agents of this Bureau. L This Bureau does not propose to support or remove from the plantations, or homes of their late masters, the helpless and decrepid freed people or young children. If the former have children who are able to support them, they must be required to do so, if not, there is no other al ternative but that their former owners shall pro vide for them until the State makes provision lor their support. The ]>arents of the latter, if able, must support them, it not. Agents will endeavor to bind them out, together with orphans and those whose parents can not be found, as set forth in Circular No. 3, from this office. It must be apparent to tlie people that it is im practicable, if not impossible, for the Bureau to remove and provide for the very large number of destitute and helpless freed people who are scat tered throughout the State. Besides, it should be remembered, that there was an implied contract between the master and his slave, that in return for his service the slave should lie fed, clothed and lodged, during his old age, and where the former slave lias fulfilled tlie conditions of the contract on liis part, the former master is not absolved from bis obligations, by the freedom of tlje slave, for which the latter is in no way responsible. Honor and humanity require that the former master shall not attempt to escape from or evade his responsibilities. Even such colored people as are able, by their labor, to pro vide for their old, worn out parents, have a right to expect that tiie former owners of the parents, will, if able, assist them in bearing this burden. Justice requires this. It would be shameful to impose the entireburde 1 upon those whose only means of support i% their labor. Very few per- sonAjinflbM&n f6ui*d in the fcttaty, and they by mrmejHtyneftiost estimable, wl|6 do not regard The Contrast.—A Texan editor, on his trav els, writes a graphic and vety interesting letter, to the Galveston News, from which we extract the following paragraph: Morning on the Mississippi! The sun is glo rious, as the little white fog fleeces are drank up by its beams. Look out u$on the stately man sions, the great piles of sugar mil^ and the vil lages of white cottages where the slave resided and grew sleek and happy. Where is he now ? I look in vain for the long lines of the cheerful darkies streaming out at this hour of the mottl ing, singing the cheerful chant that once spoke of their careless happiness. The fields are full of weeds—no smoke from the quarters and, and the d<*ors are shut. Whither have they gone t All is silence and desolation. What mean those sol itary chimney stacks, those half fallen walls of brick, the rugged shrubbery and fenceless gar dens? Ah! the destroyer has been here. The slave has had his shackles stricken off, and he has gone forth to freedom—nakedness and death.— The torch has 9wept his master’s house, but not by liis hand applied, yet' by his holy liberator.— His master’s family efriven into exile and wAnt; his home and associations broken up, and he in troduced, with hallelujah, to starvation and wretchedness. This sunshine only mocks the ruin on those once happy shores. the matter in the light slated. II. In upper and middle Georgia, where the land Is comparatively floor, ancl but a small quantity of cott&n or corn can be raised to the acre, planters offer from twelve to tbirteeif dollars per month, with board ana lodging, to full male, and eight to ten dollars to full temale field bauds, the laborer to furnish his own clothing and me dicines. Along the coast and in Southwestern Georgia, and in other portions of the State, where good crops of cotton, rice, com or sugar can be raised, planters offer fifteeen dollars per month, board and lodging, to full male, and ten dollars to full female field hands. In all portions of the State, planters are found who prefer to give a portion of the crop, which, with a favorable season, would probably give the laborer a sum equivalent to that above mentioned. Usually, they offer from one third the gross to one half the net proceeds. They are at liberty to pay money or a portion of the crop as may lie preferred by the parties. III. Freed people who have sufficient property, or are so situated that they can support them selves and families, without making contract for their labor, have the right to refuse to make con tracts and must be protected iu this right; but in all other cases, [comprising the vast majority of the freed people] it is absolutely necessary that they make contracts, to ensure a supply of food and escape starvation the coming year. It is also imperatively necessary that contracts be made in time, to prepare for raising crops the ensuing ^§jjj|^egpl§( have the right to select their own employers; but if they continue to neglect or re fuse to make contracts then, on and after Janu ary 10th, 1866, officers and agents of the Bureau will have the right, and it shall be their duty to make contracts for them, in all pages where" em ployers offer good wages and kind treatment unless the freed people belong to tlie class above excepted, or can show that they can obtain better terms. Contracts so made shall be as binding on both parties, as though made with the full consent of the freed people. IV. Article II, of the amendments to the Con stitution, of the United States, gives the people the right to bear arms, and states that this right "shall not be infringed,” Any person, white or black, may be disarmed if convicted of making an improper and dangerous use of weapons; but no military or civil officer has the right or au thority to disarm any class of people, thereby placing them at the mercy of others. All nten, without distinction of color, have the right to keep arms to defend their homes, families or themselves. V. All persons are forbidden to tamper with or entice laborers to leave their employers before the expiration of their contracts, either by offering higher 'wages or other iaduceritents. Officers and agents will punish by fine or otherw,se, any person who may be convicted of such acts. The public interest requires that labor be made reliable and profitable, and 30 long as the freed laborer is well paid and kindly treated, this Bureau will not tolerate any interference with the rights and interests of employers. Davis Tillson, Brig. Gen. Vols., and Act. Asst. Com. A good story is told of the Rev. Robert J. and i f our judges^are” but"trae* to ^ ho wa ? temporary chairman of ? . . . „ ... , . - ’ the Baltimore Convention last Year, and the late the Baltimore Convention last year, and the late Thomas F. Marshall, of Kentucky. Both wish ing to establish a reputation in early life, meas ured lances with Henry Clay, and, of course, got the worst of it- A few years afterwards the two met—the latter being on one of liis customary sprees. The lawyer exclaimed, to the divine: “Ah! Bob, it was an unlncky day for us when we tilted against the Great Hariy! It drove me to the bottle and yon to the pulpit, Bob*; but I We shall note the progress of this remarkable | have stock a d-—d right closer to my text than trial—one that excites a lively—we may say a painful interest—not only in Savannah, but tliroughout the State. you have to yours.” An Inconvenient Habit.—Somebody tells the following little story, but neglects to mention whether the sufferer was a Federal or Confeder ate officer. The affair occurred on the occasion of a grand review in Charleston: The commanding General had engaged a fine- looking charger, that had been doing duty in the bread cart. The troops were formed in line to be reviewed, and as the band struck up the Gen eral and staff came galloping down in front to a good round place, when just as he was passing the centre of the line some fellow in the ranks, knowing the characteristics of the animal, sang out “bread.” The old horse, true to his habit when hearing the word, came to a “halt,” and as a matter of course, pitching his rider over his head, and landing him spread-eagle fashion on the grass. Discipline could not stand it; there was a roar of laughter from one end of the line to the other, including several hundred spectators. I think I never saw so mad a man in my life. He jumped up, drew his sword, and for a few moments it seemed as if he would take the life of every man on the ground. He stormed and raved, offered untold wealth for the name ot the man who did the mis chief bat I doaty if he ever knew. I never sec a General and staff galloping down the line that I don’t think of the scene and the way that high functionary went to All the horses loaned by the United States Government to the fanners in North Carolina, last summer, have been ordered in. A Long Look Ahead.—A contemporary tarns his visage to the future, and through the misty distance of two hundred years sees and describes the following : Scene—House of a citizen in New York. Time—A. D. 3056, A telegraphic message has been sent to a servant, who presents himself M the window in a balloon. Master.—John, go to Sptith America and tell Mr. Johnson I shall be happy to have him sup with me this evening. ^ In five minutes John morns. . John.—Mr. Johnson says he will come. He is obliged to go to the North Fide for a moment, and wul call herb as he comes back. Master.—Very well, John. Now you may j wind up the machine for setting the table, and telegraph to my wife that Mr. Johnson will be Mrs. Jane Swisshelm, the strong minded j here presently. After tStat, John, you may dust woman, is advocatin'the employment of females out my balloon—I will have an appointment in in the government offices. Like Mrs. Bloomer, j London at twelve o’clock. she “pants for fame,” and is inclined to be mad that her sex are deprived of the inalienable right to sing bass. From the Washington City Union. Sumner, Stevens, and tlie President. The style of debate recently adopted by Mr. Sumner in the Senate, and Mr. Stevens in the House, is not calculated, says the Philadelphia Ledger, to raise them in the esteem of their coun- tiymen. Perhaps, indeed, Mr. Sumner does not care, for we understand that he has no regard for white people. There was a time in the Congress of the United States when the members of that body had sufficient respect for their own dignity to receive and treat with courtesy a message from the President, who is their equal as a co-ordinate branch of the Government. But some of our modem law-givers have changed all that. The Senate sends to the President a resolution asking to.be informed ot the condition of the States late ly in rebellion, and for certain reports on the sub ject. This information is promptly and cour teously furnished by the President, and thereupon the Senator from' Massachusetts, because the message does not agree with his ideas, stigma tizes the communication as a “white-washing re port.” What can be expected of a Senator who thus permits passion to cloud his judgment, and personal spleen to overcome a proper sense of official decency ? A similar scene took place in the House on Monday last, showing a total disregard of that courtesy (to say nothing of good feeling) which should prevail between a member of Congress, who is a part of one branch of the Government, and the President, who is the head of another. Mr. Stevens, pretending to state the positions of Mr. Jolmsou, wholly misrepresented them,giving a distorted view of his opinions ; and then, with a perfect knowledge that the President has offi cially acted on the ground that all the States are stilt in the Union, Mr. Stevens characterized those who held such opinions as “dreamy theorists.”— Nothing could be more offensive or insulting than such language used by one officer to an other, and it was only surpassed by the savage and almost blasphemous attack made by Mr. Ste vens, in tlie same speech, on a dead Chief Justice of the United States. It Andrew Joluison were a bad man, or a man of doubtful loyalty, or of weak mind, or ambitious of power to be used for his own advancement, instead of being a strong, firm, vigorous thinker, an unimpeachable patriot, and jenlous of the one-man power, the remarks used by Mr. Sumner and Mr. Stevens might liave some color of excuse, but as the case stands they are such as the people should unanimously con demn. As to the matter which called out Mr. Sum ner’s improper words, the people have had an opportunity to judge. They will foil to find in the plain, dispassionate and clear statement of the condition of tlie Southern States, which Mi - . Johnson sent into the Senate, anythiug which calls for such offensive observations. It must be remembered that he has the whole case before him, and no other fhember of the government has, either inside or outside of Congress, and therefore his judgment is entitled to respect, as it is most - likely to be correct. And it should also be borne in mind that he fiad just been strengthened in his opinion by the report of Gen eral Grant, who was fresh from an extended Southern tour of examination on the very sub ject on which the Senate asked to be informed. General Grant’s opinion is identical with that oi the President. He had talked with all kinds of people, as he was traveling, with leading Southern men in the principal towns, and with his own officers, high and low, and he came back “satisfied that the mass of the thinking men of the South accept the present situation of af fairs in good faith,” and that they regard the de cision which has been given against them on the battle-lieid “as a fortunate one for the whole country.” In another place in his report he says that there “is such a universal acquiescence in the authority of the General Government” in the parts of the country he visited, that the mere presence of small portions of the military is suffi cient to preserve order.” The_ people will be much more likely to pot faith in the President and General Grant than in Mr. Stunner and Mr. ! One Pair of Stocking*. Told a trie of long ago; , While down by her side, on tho kitchen floor. Stood a backet of wonted balls—a score. Then she spoke of the time when the basket there Was filled to the very brim. And now there remained of the goodly pile But a single pair—for him. Then wonder not at the dimmed eye-sight, . There's but one pair of stockings to mend to-night. For each empty nook in the basket old. By the hearth there’s an empty seat; And I miss the shadows from off the wall. And tho patter of many feet; 'Tis for that that a tear gathered over my sight At the one pair of stockings to mend to-night. 'Tis said that far through the forest wild, Aud over the mountains bold. Was a land whose rivers and darkening caves Were hemmed with the rarest gold; Tben my first-born turned from the o-tkeu door, And I knew the shadows were only four. Another went forth on the foaming waves And diminished the basket’s store — But his feet grew cold—so weary aud cold— Thev’U never be wartp any more— And this nook in its emptiness seemeth to me To give forth no voice but the moan of the sea. Two others have gone towards the setting sun. And made them a home iu its light. And fairy fingers have taken their share To mend by the fireside bright; Some other basket their garments fill. But mine! oh, mine is emptier still. Another—the dearest—the fairest—the l>est— Was taken by angels away. And clad in a garment that waxeth not old, In a land of continual day • Oh ! wonder no more at the dimmed eye-sight. While I mend the one pair of stockings to-night. Frozen to Death !—Alone on the Arctic Sea ! Were I to chronicle the events of the dav, or indeed to write down the story of each week, in this my first voyage, I don’t know when I should finish iny story.' I must tell it therefore as briefly as I can. We soon left San Mayon and sailed northward to prosecute our searcli for Sir John Franklin. Our men were as anxious as the captain, and un der his direction Bobus fitted up a cask which, stuffed witli wool aud straw, was hoisted up to tlie mast head and there fixed. It was called “a crow’s nest^’ and there a man, relieved every half hour, stood with his glass in hand, looking out for a sail, for land, or for any present dan-. gT|»6’. I had myself mounted one day, watching with Bobus, the progress of a fine iceberg floated down towards us, with a slightly rotary mo tion. We had not watched long, when a sight was presented which we had not before seen. “Look, Bobus!” cried I in amazement; “look there, there’s a man !” “As sure as my name’s Jack Co—!’’ He did not finish tlie sentence because he was so sur prised, for there, seated on tlie berg, iu a cavity which formed round him like a natural arm chair, witli liis head leaning on tlie hand, anil his arm on his- knee, was an English sailor hair blew wildly about, and his hat was J his garments, loose and covered with he blew towards us, so that I thought he beckoned us. “Yo, ho! shipmate. Yo, ho !” cried Bobus frantically. “Yoho! What cheer?” The figure never stirred nor answered. T wind blew out his hair and ragged garmen before. The men were all astir on deck, for tlieMgaw the figure, and presently the captain cannjSlbft with his glass and looked at him earnestly. Slowly the berg bore down upon us; the helm was altered, so that the ship wore round and passed the berg at some seventy feet distance, as nearly as we could with safety to ourselves. Bobtis, the most hopeful of us all, continued to shout as out countryman came near. “An English jib, cried Bobu3. “One of Sir John’s men, as I make out; yo, ho! shipmate, yo, ho!” “It’s no use shouting, Bobus,” cried the cap tain. “He’s been dead for weeks, if not for years. He never will speak more. Tlte words had hardly left the captain’s mouth than a cold wind blew from the iceberg, and the atmosphere, as it does always near those im mense masses of ice, grew colder. The ship wore off from the berg; but at the same time, as we neared it, the very face of the man was pre sented to us, aucl we could see the sunken cheeks, the pale lips, and the eyes. They were open. “Cap’en Seth Smith,” said Bobus, solemnly; “that man’s alive.” “As dead as last year, or as Pontius Mate,” returned Captain Seth. “Yo, ho ! there oriyyk; run out a gun, and when I give the word, qjUjT We had a long gun on deck, with which^pr doctor, a learned man, had been endeavoring to calculate distances by the reverberations and echoes. Under his orders it was quickly charged with powder only, and made ready, and as the berg floated by the gunner applied the portfire, an' 1 an explosion followed, the smoke 3f which had no sooner cleared away than he saw the fig ure rock slightly backwards and then topple for wards and slide 'down swiftly the steep sides of the iceberg info the sea. All looked with horror into the deep ocean, but the waves closed over the dead man’s head, and he did not rise again to the surface. “Ah !” said the captain, “I knew how it was; he was frozen to death upon that berg.” “How dici he get there ?” said the doctor. . “Heaven only knows. It might have been that the turning of tlie iceberg overwhelmed his ship, and he being upon the mast jumped off to the berg, only to see his vessel and all hands go down.” j Bobus had told me thaUone qf the chief dan gers of a vessel in this ‘v&sthern ocean, was the danger of being crushed»y a turning berg. They are often -prodigiously ijgh, but whatever their bight above water, tbej^ nave six times the depth below. That is, when a, mountain of ice floats, six-sevenths of its bulk' a^trsubmerged, so that if it be only fifty feet high it is three, hundred feet deep. The temperature of the water- also being higher than that of the air, the wafer being in fact warmer, the ice in the water gradually melts till the bottom becomes lighter than the’top, it turns over. Of course, if any ship be near it. tlie ship is crushed and borne down.’ . ' “No,” cried the doctor,’“lie is not the last ot the band ; lie may be one of Sir John’s men.— He may have come from that mysterious spot where icebergs are formed, and where Sir John lias penetrated the Arctic Ocean Sea.” All started at the words. Each hoped that they might prove true. Every one in the ship indeed long ago discussed the Di\’s theory, that beyond the zone of ice whielt hound in those frozen regions like an iron wall, there is a vast and probably a fresh water ocean on the" banks of which the icebergs were massed together; for we knew that, except fit the entrance of immense rivers, no large quantity of fresh water, such as is contained in a berg could exist. “Ah "cried old Bobus, turning to the doctor, “I bean’t a book learned man. I bean’t; but what you says about the open sea is feasible.— About ship, Cap’en Setli, about ship then, and let us away to find out Sir John.” Cap’en Seth pointed to the iceberg and smiled sadly, “Ah, Bobus,” said he, “ ’tis easy to talk ; but how are we to ’bout ship and pierce through eternal ice ? Why the great Party when he got to latitude 81, abandoned his ship, got up sledges and went north; but the drift of the ice carried him further south than he could go, ond taking his bearing after a long journey, lie found him self four miles further south than when he start ed. ” “Disapjiointment enough, ” said the doctor. “Ay, ay, but what was he to do ? Nature is a great giantess, and conquers the most bold of ns.” But she will be subdued in the long run,” continued the doctor. “ Who knows but we mny some day find out something which will mitigate these perpetual snows anti iey cold ? ” “Ay, who knows ?” said the captain with a shiver. “Meantime, Bobus jump into tbe boat and get aboard the berg. Let us see if that poor Jack Tar has left any memorial of himself” We were all willing to.be of the party, and I regarded it as a great favor that Bobus took me with him in tlie boat. The iceberg had floated a little wav past to the stern ; but we soon pulled to it. The narrowest part only of it had been towards us, for it had many sides, some broad and narrow. We easily made out the place where the poor fellow, numbed with cold, sat down to die; but we could not reach it from that the place, when a gun from the ship gave us the signal to return. When we looked in the direc tion of the shot, we could hardly make our ves sel out. “Let us make haste back, Bobus,” said I, “or else we shall undergo the same late as our poor frieud.” “Ay, ay,” cried Bobus, and away we scampered over tbe block to tbe place where our boat was moored, and where one of our men was iu charge. We found tlie descent mueh harder than the ascent, and were indeed so long before we all got down into the boat and round the angle ot tbe berg, that the thick mist and fog parted us from our ship. The effect of being alone iu the Arctic regions, or at any rale seeming so for away from our companions and bidden front their sight, bardlv knowing where we might drift, or whether some of the immense masses of loose ice might not overwhelm us, was bv no means pleasant. Under the influence ot Bobus, how ever, none of ns despaired, and as the others rowed aiid he steered according to tho direction of a man at the head, who looked out for the masses ot ice, I was employed in firing a pistol off which 1 held, so that we should give notice to the ship where we were. We soon had the relief of hearing them reply, and so pulled strait through the fog to the Lively Bessey. They were very glad when we got on board, for accidents in those seas are frequent enough, and our good captain was anxious to bring his men home all safe. “Well,” said he, “Bobus, what trace have you found of our countrymen ?” “None, Cap’en Seth,” said Bobus; “n<>ne ’cept these,” and he produced the clasp knife, the to bacco pipe, aud tlie meat can. “We didn’t find no scrap of writin’,” said Bo bus, in a melancholy tone. “Eh!" returned the doctor, who had taken the meat can. “How do you know! Have you looked here ?” He unscrewed the lid of the can as he sfioke with a strong wrench, for it had rusted together, and opening it, turned it to the light of the bin nacle. There, sure enough, were letters in rude capitals, worked on the inside of the lid with the jioint of the seaman’s knife: “John Trueman, Ship Sarah, September, 1838. Left alone on the. ice. M<ty the Lord have mercy!’’ “Poor fellow ! poor fellow ! What ship was that, captain T “The ship Sarah," said Capt. Seth. “I don’t remember her name among any of the arctic searches. Maybe she was some whaler, driven out far north, and then overwhelmed as we guess ed before.” At this time poor Bobus was displaying very lively emotion; now clasping his hands, now his forehead. “Give me the box, doctor,” said he, “and let me look at the handwritin’; I know suiu- mat of that ship.” “Yes.” he continued, as he took the tin, “that good ship Sarah was a North Sea Whaler, and as good and tight a ship as ever sailed ; and this here John Truetnan,” lie stvuek the box with his great fist as he said it, “was my brother-in-law,” and married my only sister, whose name likewise was Sarah, long years ago. Tlie good ship aud good John never came back again, no, never, never and John’s parents and wife, who never mistrusted him, thought as how she had foun* dered in deep water and no hands had come to land. She, poor girl, lived on a little while, and then died ; but John’s parents live too, and John I seed to-day, a sitting with liis head rfesting, and thinking of his poor young wife and his friends at home, afore the iceberg came and touched him, and turned him into death.” The good old sailor rubbed the back of his sealskin glove across his eyes. His companions were silent. “Yes,” he continued, “not that I am sorry for John, I’ve no doubt he had a hard struggle"; but, thank God, he is at peace. Peace and^jalm rest upon and with hint. If he could rise up from yonder wave, he wouldn’t see his true love again; but his spirit knows and loves her now; And if so be as I doget home, I shall tell the old people how John Trueman died sit ting at his post, and waiting quietly for the sum mons to go aloft.” The old seaman rubbed his moist eyes as he spoke, and took off his fur cap and pointed up wards. His gray hair streamed upon the cold night wind by tlie light of the binnacle, and made him look not unlike John Trueman himself— “Give me the articles, Cap’en,” said he; “I think I may cofistitoot myself residooary legatee.” He smiled faintly when he took them. “I am not sorry, Cap’en Seth,” he said, “that I went on this voyage with you; I kinder thought as I should meet with John, and now I have, and now my mind is at ease.” He looked down to the tin as bespoke, and re read the words on the lid. “All alone on the ice,” he said. “Poor fellow, all alone! Well, well, there may be others as are not quite all alone.— There may be others as have lost all their boats, but have not lost heart, and are now abandoned on the shores o’ that there open sea the doctor speaks of. Bout ship, cap’en, bout ship, aud let us find ’em; steer away for the open Arctic Sea!” place, for the ice rose in a perpendicular wall about thirty feet high. .We therefore rowed round the berg, which we found to be nearly a mile and a half in circumference. On tbe oppo site side to where we first saw' our countryman, ir regular steps formed by the ice gave us a foot hold, and some of the stoutest of our party going first were soon on the berg. , We traversed it a3 well as we could; but found no traces of. our companion, as some had pre sumed we should, till we came to his resting place; there we found only three things. A pipe, empty indeed, but blackened with smoke; a jack knife, tied with lanyard, such as sailors use, and an empty meat can—one, indeed, such as had been sent out by the Government, and by those who fitted out these northern expeditions. We seized these eagerly and looked around for more relfcs of the poor fellow, but found none. “He ain’t left no scrap of writing, Ned,” said Stevens, and it is gratifying to find that no one in 1 Bobus, “to tell who he was, or how he died, or the Senate echoed the offensive words of the Mas- j to send his last love to his sweetheart.’ sachusetts Senator. Such influential Union men . “How could he, old spooney ?” cried Pilbeam, as Mr. Doolitte of Wisconsin, and Mr. Dixon of “he couldn’t call for a pen an’ - ink, -could he?” John disappears to execute these orders, while his master steps down to the West Indies to get a fresh orange. Connecticut, and Mr. Sherman of Ohio, took op posite ground, and two of them administered to him a strong and proper rebuke. Gen. Logan having declined the Mexican Mission, the Presided has appointed the Hon. L. D. Campbell, of Ohio, who is .now jn Wash ington, and will accept hnd enter at once upon his duties. Gen. R. B. Van Valkenberg, of .New York, lias been appointed Minister to Japan. Pilbeam had not forgotten the. rattan; and was the only one in our ship who was discontented and ill-natured. Bobus looked at him with some contempt, but did not. answer. “Let’s scrape away the foe,” said one of tlie sailors, “maybe the Jack. Tar has left some no tion of who he was.” We did so, but found no memorial; the meat can had been carefully wedged in a fissure, and the knife and pipe wore laid on top of it. We were looking forlornly at Aim Smiley, the Betting man. There was a feller here once by the name of Jim Smiley, in the winter of ’49—or maybe it was the spring of ’50—I don’t recollect exactly, some how, though what makes me think it was one or the other is because I remember tbe big flume wasn’t finished when he first come to the camp; but anyway, he was the curiosest man about, always betting on anything that turned up you ever see, if be could get. anybody to bet on the other side, and if he couldn’t he’d change sides—any way that suited the other man would sifit him—any way just so’s he got a bet, he was satisfied. But still he was lucky—uncommon lucky; he most always come out winner. He was always ready and laying for a chance; there couldn’t be no solitaiy thing mentioned but what that fetter'd offer to bet on it—and take any side you please, as I was just, telling you: if there was aJtorse race, you’d find Mm flush or you’d find him busted at the end of it; if there was a dog fight, he’d bet on it; if there was a cat fight, he’d bet on it; if there was a chicken fight, he’d bet on it; why, if there was two birds setting on a fence, he would bet you which one would fly first—or if there was a.camp-meeting, he would be there regular to bet on parson IValker, which he judged to be the best exhorter about there, and so he was too, and a good man: if he even 9aw a straddle-bug start to go anywheres, he would bet you how long it would take him to get wher ever he was going to, and if you took him up he would foller that straddle-bug to Mexico but what be would find out where he was bound for and bow long he was on the road. Lot3 of the boys here lias seen that Smiley, and can tell you about him. Why, it never made no difference to him—he would bet on anything—the dangdest feller. Parson Walker’s wife laid very sick once for a good while, and it seemed as if they warn’t going to save her; but one morning he came in and Smiley asked him how she was, and he said she was considerable better—thank the Lord for His inf’nit mercy—and coming on so smart that with the blessing of Providence she’d get well yet—and Smiley, before he thought, says, “Well, I’ll resk two and a half that she don’t anyway.” This yer Smiley had a mare—the boys called her the fifteen-minute nag, but that was only in fun, you know, because of course she was faster than that—and he used to win money on that horse, for all she was so slow and always had the asthma, or the distemper, or the consumption, or something of that kind. They used to give her two or three hundred yards start, and then pass her under way; but always at tbe fag-end of the race she’d get excited and desperate-like, and come cavorting and spraddling up, and scatter ing her tegs around limber, sometimes in the air, and sometimes out to one side amongst the fences, and kicking up m-o-r-e dust, and raising mo-r-e racket with her coughing and sneezing and blowing her nose—and always fetch up at the stand just about a neck ahead, S3 near as you could cipher it down. And he bad a small bull pup, that to look at him you’d think he wam’t worth a cent, but jest set around and look ornety, and lay for a chance to steal something. But as soon as money was up on him he was a different dog—his under jaw’d begin to stick out like the for’castle of a steamboat, and his teeth would uncover, and shine savage like the furnaces. And a dog might tackle him, and bully-rag him, and bite himTand throw him over his shoulder two or three times and Andrew Jackson—which was the name of the pup»—Andrew Jackson would never let on but what he was satisfied, and hadn’t expected nothing else—and the bets being doubled and doubled on the other side all the time, till the monev was all up—and then all of a suddeirhe would grab that other dog just by the joint of his hind tegs and frerae to it—not eliaw, you un derstand, but only just grip and hang on till they throwed up the sponge, if it was a year. Smiley always came out Vinner on that pup till he har- nessed a dog once that didn’t have no hind legs because they’d been sawed off in a circular saw’ and when the thing had gone along for enough’ and the money was all up, and he came to rmflre a snatch for his pet holt, he saw in a moment how he’d been imposed on, and how the other dog had him in the door, so to speak, and he ’peared surprised, and then he looked sorter dis couraged like, and didn’t try no more to win the fight, and so he got shucked out bad. He gave Smiley a look, as much as to say his heart was broke and it was bis fault, for putting up a dog that hadn’t no hindlegs for him to take holt of, whilch wa3 hi4 main dependence in a fight, and then he limped off a piece, and laid clown and died. It was a good pup, that was Andrew Jackson, and he. would have made a naiue for himself if he had lived, for the stuff was iff hint, and he had genius—I know it, because lie hadn’t no opportunities to speak of, and it don’t stand to reason that a dog could make such a fight as he could under them circumstances, if he hadn’t no talent. It always makes me feel sorry when I think of that last fight of his’n, and the way. it turned out.