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ft ' ■ liait abfytmr i °}* ‘ -i ' : ’ 1 ' a J. '•• ; a “ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS. 3 -- ■ ■■ ■■■ ■»-..=■■ !■;- " FREE TO COMBAT IT.”—Jeff man. VOLUME XVIII. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAJT, MARCH 21,1866. NUMBER 12, JatrUignurr. PUBLISHED DAILY AND WEEKLY BY JABED I. WHITAKER, Proprietor. JOHN H. STEEIiB, ..... Rdltor. Atlanta, Georgia, ~ Wednesday, March 21, 1806. The Cemliic Political laaue. There is a small sized daily journal published in Hie city of New York, with Republican pro clivities, yclept the "New York - Sun," which often presents sensible views on matters per taining either to commerce, politics, or morals, notwithstanding these proclivities. Recently, that "Sun" has been expendingdts light and heat upon the “coming political issue,” the only live one nme licing, as it states, the question of South ern restoration. The new issue it predicts will come before long, and of its nature and charac ter it thus enlightens its readers : “ It will have reference to pecuniary and busi ness interests, and the division will lie between I lit* manufacturing districts of the Eastern States, on one side, and the producing districts of the West and South on the other side. Ac cording to our present laws for the government of trade, the interest of the producing and man ufacturing districts are so directly at variance, that a |x»fitical issue upon that difference cannot long be avoided. Many years ago, this conflict of interest between manufacturers and producers was list'd as a political issue; but in those times the country was not groaning under a heavy debt, taxes were comparatively light, duties ou imports were lower, and the subject finally be came stale and ceased to furnish the necessary excitement for a political issue. At the present time the case is different. The public debt weighs heavily upon the people, and naturally causes them to examine closely every feature of their This examination discloses these facts The Star Law. This law, which has become so over the Gov ernor's veto, is intended, according to the title of the act, as a measure of relief to the people of Georgia and “to prevent the levy and sale of property under certain circumstances and within a limited jieriod.” The preamble to the sections embraced in the law, as declaratory of the follow ing facts, to-wit: that “during the late war the State of Georgia lias been overrun by the oppo sing armies; the accumulated crops and agricul tural stock in a great measure destroyed; the Confederate indebtedness held by the people in exchange for tlicir products lias become useless; the obligations of the State, eagerly sought after as a safe investment, have been repudiated ; load. Manufacturers are getting rich with marvellous rapidity, ami llic corporate companies are all de claring immense dividends. On the other hand, the producers of the West arc bitterly complaining of the high prices that they are obliged to pay l»>r commodities, and the low price that they gui for farm products. For example, corn is worth only litlocn cents per bushel in Illinois, and it consequently takes fifty bushels of corn to buv a pair of coarse bools. The cause of this differ ence in prosperity between manufacturers and producers is clearly apparent The high tariff iq ton imports shuts out the competition of foreign manufactures. By this means the manufacturing interests in the Eastern States have a monopoly; they can cluirgc such prices as they like, and while lucky stockholders complacently count their fat dividends, consumers iu the producing regions are obliged to pay enormous prices as a consequence of this monopoly. There is no dis crimination of law iu.favpr of home producers. In (act there could he none, for the reason that our staple products cau be raised more cheaply in this country than they could be imported un der any circtmistuuccs. Slavery, secession and restoration have iu turn furnished the pabulum of our political parties, but there is no doubt that a new issue upon the merits of free trade pro tection will sisin occupy the political field.” There is no doubt much truth in the foregoing views of the metropolitan "Sun." One need neither be a prophet nor the sou of a prophet, to foresee and foretell, that, the question of restora tion of the Southern States being settled, be tween the producers, or farming interests of the great West, and the manufacturing interests of the North and East, a political conflict will take place, perhaps more animated, heated, and bit ter, than its predecessor in 1832 on the high tariff system, when the South had to contend against the whole North. The people of the West now begin to see that the protective tariff system enriches only the manufacturer. It does so, too, at the expense of the great agricultural interests of the West, granting to the latter uo equivalent iu either exchange of products, or In trade. With the producers of the West, it is low prices for grain, aud high prices for manufactured com modities. With the manufacturers ot the East aud North, it is a guaranty tor heavy dividends and extension of a monopoly now already huge iu its dimensions, threatening to control in all tu- ture time, Congress and the country. The con test then, iu this coining political issue will doubt less be a fierce one. It cannot be delayed longer than when the question of restoration shall be decided. The cupidity and arrogauce of lordly manufacturers ou the one hand, and the interests of the agriculturist ou the other, will prevent this. Whether we of the South will participate in the struggle or uot, remains to be seen. Patiently we bide the part we shall have to play, if any be as signed to us iu “the coming 'political issue.” From Washington, we lcaru by dispatches to the Associated Press, that the Committee of Ways and Means have agreed to report it very considerable reduction of the internal revenue taxation, and especially to repeal the six cents per ton now levied ou freights. Washington, March 11.—The British Minis ter has been assured by the Government that no violation of the neutrality laws by the Fenians will be permitted. The Canadians are apprehensive aud greatly alarmed about an invasion. The Senate has confirmed all tire nominations of the President, except Geo. Mackey for Collec tor of the Customs at Charleston, and Geo. S. Bryan, of Charleston, for District Judge of the United States, for the District of South Carolina. Newt Yoke, March 12.—Cotton is lirm and advanced one cent. Sales to-day, 1,800 bales, at 41 cents to 42 cents. Gold, 1304. Hon. Joshua Him..—The reader will lind a reply from this gentleman, addressed to certain members of our State Legislature, which we have had ou hand for several days, the writer having transmitted to us a pamphlet copy of the -same, but which, owing to the crowded state of our columns, we could not publish until to-day. The request made by Mr. Hill, that the papers which published the address of the members of the Legislature on the Senatorial election, would publish his “reply,” we comply with, trusting that this will be the end of a controversy which the parties on both sides cannot fail to perceive will be productive of no public good. At least this is our impression, and we shall, tlieretore, indulge uo more in comments upon the issues be tween them. Hon. John Van Bchen addressed a large meeting of Democrats at Bridgeport, Connecti cut, on Wednesday evening. He stated in clear and unmistakable terms the grounds of antago^ uistn between the President mid Congress, and showed clearly that the duty of every patriotic man was to stand by the President. The Boston Journal says that several enterpri sing business men from New England are buying f or hiring plantations in South Carolina, and that they lind the Southern planters very kindly dis- jxised toward such emigration. The Charleston o uner mentions the fact that a large number of Northern capitalists had of late been purchasing saw-mills and saw-ntill sites in various parts of the South. General N. B. Forrest.—From a Memphis special to the Louisville Courier, we learn that the case of General N. B. Forrest was called up in the United States Court ou the 7th. His coun sel asked for a continuance on the ground that General Forrest is now sick with the small pox. Granted. The Columbus cotton market is vciy dull, and middling’s only command from 29 to 30 cents, says the Sun. accumulated capital of nearly a century, amon ing to nearly three hundred millions of dollars, has been destroyed; and the prospects of success ful agriculture, the basis of aft value, now de pendent on the voluntary labor of the freedmen is a question of doubt and experiment.” And because thereof the General Assembly have en acted, first, “that there shall be no levy or sale of property of defendants in this State, unde any execution founded on any judgment, ortler or decree of any court heretofore or hereafter to be rendered upon any contractor liability made or incurred prior to the 1st of June, 1805 • Pro vided, tiie said defendant shall pay or cause to be paid, during each year, one-fourth part of the amount of principal and interest of such execu tion, or of the debt or claim on which such exe cution has been or may hereafter lie obtained, so that the entire indebtedness shall be paid in four years from the 1st January, 1866, the first in stallment to be paid by the 1st January, 1807, and the fourth and last by 1st January, 1870.” Second—“That this act shall uot apply to exe cutions for costs, nor to rules against officers for money, nor to any process issued against persons holding money, or effects as bailees, nor to cases where plaintiffs shall make oath that defendants have absconded, are absconding, or have remov ed, or are removing their j#operty, or fraudulent ly conveying, secreting, or concealing the same, to avoid the payment of their just debts, nor to orders for alimony and fines for neglect of road duty, or processes issued by Ordinaries for the support of widows and orplians.” Third—“That all statutes of limitations relat ing to liens affected by this act shall be suspend ed during the continuance of the act.” ‘ Forth—“That any officer or other person vio lating this act, shall be guilty, of trespass and liable to the defendant in damages, not less than the amount of the judgment, order or decree, upon which lie is proceeding, ns in other cases of trespass.” Fifth—“That any security upon any debt or demand for which executions may have been or may be issued during the continuance of this act, shall have the right, with or without the consent of the plaintiff, to cause a levy and sale to be made, whenever tho security shall make .oath that the principal defendant has brought himself within the provisions of the 2d section of this act.” Sixth—“That whenever any plaintiff or secur ity shall attempt to have an execution levied for any of the causes stated in the 2d section, the defendant may stay the said execution by filing with the levying officer iiis affidavit, denying the existence of said cause, and iu giving bond and security in double the amount of the execution, conditioned to pay the plaintiff the amount due on said execution during the four years, as here tofore provided for in other cases, and where the defendant is unable to give security, he may make his affidavit of inability, as provided for iu cases of appeal in Section 3543 of the Code of Georgia.” Seventh—“That all laws and parts of laws mil itating against this act are hereby repealed.” Such arc the provisions of this proposed mea sure of relief to the people, which, upon constitu tional grounds the Governor vetoed. IIow far it will prove to be a measure of relief to the debtor class of our State, remains to be seen. That they are entitled to relief of some kind, no one will deny ; but the proposed measure may not give it to them as the courts may agree with the Govern or and pronounce the law unconstitutional. Our advice to the debtor class of our people is not by any means to rely upon this law to save their property from levy and sale, where executions have been obtained against them, but to compro mise with the holders thereof, wherever this may be possible. We feel confident that appeals made by honest debtors to their creditors for time, under the distressed state of the country, will be listened to and heeded in nine cases out of ten. Compromises thus made, will extend confidence, give greater relief, and establish friendly relations between the two classes, debt or and creditor. This will be far better than a resort to the “Stay Law,” which as a measure of relief, we think, a very precautions one. Thad. Stevens.—This arch humbug of mod em statesmanship seems to find no quarter from friend or foe. The Freeman's Journal speaks of him as if from familiarity with his history and habits, and says: “The leading figure iu this Congress is that bad old man, Thaddeus Stevens- This moral, social and political leper, whom it is a disgrace to a Pennsylvania county not to have indicted as a public nuisance—as would have happened had he been a poor man; having emi grated from New England, and by cunning and assiduous dexterity climbed into wealth, exhibits, now, in the present degraded Rump Cougress ) the same elements of character in shaping the action of that body. This vile person, as every honest man knows he is, it he has the misfortun e of knowing him in any relation of life, seems to rule the unhappy Congress as he wills. It is one of the threatened aud most severe punishment thatja just God inflicts on|a dissolute and impious people, to put them uuder the heels of the basest, vilest, most grovelling, and everyway contempt ible wretches, that wear the human form.” The Nashville Banner prolesses to have in formation of the most reliable description from Washington that the President will not approve the joint resolution admitting Tennessee on the termsjpro posed by the Reconstruction Committee. The whole scheme, says its informant is regard ed as a trap to catch the President It was de vised by Maynard, whose hand is particularly discernable in the clause which forbids the elec tion of any but “ loyal ” men to office. Gen. W. W. Wood, formerly of the Southern army, is lecturing throughout Mississippi, on the subject of emigration to Brazil. Major Hast ings, who started from Mobile in December last, with a colony of emigrants, and was shipwreck ed off Cuba, is not to be discouraged. Tic set sail on the 1st inst., from Mobile with another coin pan}* in the steamer Margaret. The Macon Telegraph says that a company of gentlemen are seriously considering the building of an opera house in that city on a scale that will be an honor to the place. It is estimated that $60,000 will cover the cost of a building that will seat 1,500 people comfortably. Dispatches from Canada state that the Gov ernment call for one hundred thousand volun teers to fight the invading Fenians has been re sponded to with great enthusiasm, and three or four times as many could be had on a day’s notice. GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. OUR SPECIAL COREESPOX&EXCE. Milledgevtlle, 3Iarch 10, I860. SENATE. The Senate met at 3 o’clock, P. M. The General Appropriation bill was taken up and occupied the whole afternoon, no vote being taken on the bill as a whole. Adjourned till 7 o’clock, p. in. HOUSE. Mr. Moses moved to take up the bill for the relief of banks. Lost. HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING. BUI to incorporate the Metcalf Manufacturing Company. Bill to amend lltli section of charter of Ma con and Western railroad. Lost In the night session the bill to incorporate the Madison Petroleum Company, was passed. Bills to incorporate the town of Hawkins ville, and the town of Grooversville. Passed. Bill to establish a Board of Education in Sa vannah. Passed. Mr. Gartrell introduced a resolution authori zing the Governor to Inquire into the facts as to whether auy of the railroads of the State were charging more than their •'charters allowed, and if charging more td'hiive suits instituted against them. House adjourned until 9 o’clock Monday morn ing. Miixedgeville, March. 12,1866. SENATE. The Senate met at 94 o’clock a. in., pursuant to adjournment Prayer, by llev. Dr. Manson, of the Se^gj HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING.^ Bill to alter and amend the laws of this State in relation to apprentices. Passed. Bill to authorize Ordinaries, to issue temporary letters of administration. Passed Bill for the relief of ^George Cox, of Whitfield county. Passed. Bill to incorporate the Dalton Medical College. Passed. Bill to incorporate the City Loan Association, of Augusta. Passed. Bill to regulate the labor of convicts. Passed. Mr. Thornton offered the following which w3s unanimously adopted: The General Assembly of tlie State pf Georgia do resolve— 1st That in Andrew Johnson, President Of the 1 United States, we recognize a statesman whose’ wisdom and patriotism lifting him above the strife of faction, render it impossible for him to be identified with or appropriated by any party but that which, without regard to former party divisions, shall be composed of men who devote themselves honestly and earnestly to the mainte nance of the Union upon the principles of the Constitution. 2d. That the only hope for the preservation of free government on this continent lies in the maintenance of the Union upon the principles of the Constitution, and as all rational basis for sec tional parties has passed .away with.,the extinc tion of slavery, we pledge ourselves, irrespective of all former party designations, and of the pas sions inspired by the recent lamentable war, to co operate cordially and earnestly with all men of all sections, who will lay dow n party considera tions upon the altar of a common country and rally to the support of the President in his noble, courageous and patriotic determination that by the exercise of wisdom, justice, moderation and magnanimity, the Union upon the principles of the Constitution shall be re-establislied and en shrined anew in the hearts of the people. 3d. That His Excellency the Governor be re quested to forward a certified copy of these reso lutions to the President of the United States. Senate adjourned till 3 o’clock p. m. HOUSE. Melledgeville, March 12,1866. The House met at 9 o’clock a. m. Prayer by the chaplain. The journal was read and approved. On motion of Mr. DuBose of Hancock the bill to admit equality of negro testimony (lost) was reconsidered. The same was then taken up and passed. Senate resolution in relation to Bacon’s Digest of Supreme Court decisions. Passed. Bill to require cost to be paid in advance in certain cases. Passed. Mr. Gartrell introduced a resolution, which w r as passed, authorizing the Governor to inquire into the charges of railroads. The Senate amendment to the general appro priation bill occupied the remainder of the morn ing session. Adjourned. N. Milledgeville, March 13,1866... Both Houses held short sessions to bring up the unfinished business. The Governor vetoed the Homestead bill, and - the bill allowing the redemption of property sold under execution. The Senate passed by a con stitutional fhajority these bills, but both failed in the House.’ The customary resolutions of thanks were adopted by both Houses, after which valedictory addresses from the presiding officers of both braches. The Legislature adjourned. N. A ladt correspondent of the London Guar dian, writing from Paris, (15th,) gives the follow ing pleasant photograph of Madame Drouyn De 1’Huya’ great ball the evening previous: Nearly three thousand persons were present, and notwithstanding the spacious and handsome suit of rooms appropriated to such official recep tions, the crush was very great. The Emperor and Empress were both present, though masked and in dominoes, as were the Prince and Princess of Holienzollem. The hostess herself wore a Pompadour toilet of great richness and elegance, and was literally covered with diamonds. In the course of the evening a Chinese procession passed, through the saloons, preceded by the sound of tam-tams, and conveying on a gorgeous car the Empress of China, represented by Madame Goldsmith, an English lady, magnificently at tired. One of the chief attractions of this page ant consisted in the car being the original one in which the Baron Gros made his public entry into the capital of the Chinese Empire, after the tak ing of Pekin. The accoutrements, dresses, ,«fcc., were all splendid, and consisted mostly of origin al trophies of the French arms, brought over af ter the expedition. The most splendid toilei of the night was that of Madame Korsakoff, the Russian lady already spoken of above, who re ceived direct from Petersburg a costeune exactly copied from that worn by the great Catherine of Russia on the day of her coronation. A robe and train of green velvet of several yards in di mensions were richly embroidered with silver, the body and lower part of the skirt being trimmed with the richest and most precious Rus sian sable. A sort of head-dress of the same fur was literally one mass of diamonds, emeralds, and enormous pearls, and from this descended a long vail reaching to the ground, and flowing over the dress. The girdle, composed of large emeralds and diamonds, is estimated to be of enormous value, and, in fact, the oast of the whole is said to exceed 2,000,000 trance, £80,000 sterling! No dress in the salons could compete with this dis play ; aud yet the richness of the toilets, and the amount, of diamonds and precious stones, ex ceeded every thing seen on previous occasions!— Such is the importance nowadays attached to these sorts of amusements and the rivalry excited by them. Madame de Mettemich, the countess de Pourtates, and several other fashionables ap peared in simple dominoes. Why is U the gayest letter in .the alphabet t U is always in fun. LefMaUre Sketches. • FROM OCR- OWN CORRESPON] HON. B. BJ QUILLIAN, SENATOR 41STVDISTRIQT. There is no man in the Senate of Georgia for ’whom nature lias done more than for the Han. B. B. Qnillian, Senator from the 41st|distri9^— Bom fifty years ago, in Franklin counto, Georgia, where good schools were unknown,.lie was de prived of all the advantages of early . education, but despite all obstacles his boM, active and vig*- orous intellect soon marked liim as a controlling spirit in ihe community in which die lived. H has never been a time serving deumt^ae, to be wafted in whatever direction* the popular breeze happens to blow, biff a bdld and fearlffesymdjca- tor of whatever fte belie- ; -<s >u he riglMr He ftaa never in his life; followed a political : par ty, nor pandered to the caprices of public opinion, but has mouldedpublic dpinidn. abound h$n by his forcibly, cogent an and right. 'Though frequently a public'honors, he has never been' life. He has adopted and adheres w ing tenacity to the old. Roman ticia root caelum,{or rather the transli maxim, for he does not understand Latin.) He caii’t seq what good unless it is enforced, and hence neyi relieve- any one from its penalties wh ted it, blit stftnds up a fierce'vindicate^of its ma jesty. So closely, has he. adhered to tlSsrule that he has won the appellation of “States)attorney' in the Senate. ? One of his most cogent and forcible irgumtnts was made in the' Senate.against the bill for the relief, of persons who committed crious during the war. Indeed, this speech ha£ been pro nounced the best speech of the s^ssimi. In the beginning of the coptest which resulied in the late sanguinary war, he foresaw the. impending ruin and raised‘his voicetp quell theStorm, biff in vairt! He believed th4 South had' been sorely aggrieved and was entitled to redress, but like the great Stephens, he thought the-' action of Georgia premature and uncalled for; and now the storm is over he stands again as of yore, the advocate of harmony and reconciliation. . Mr. Quillian is about fifty years old,andfetall, erect and manly in appearance. He is a minister of the gospel, apd adorns the sacred desk. So cially he is urbane-and affable, winning the good will of all with whom lie comes in contact. His people did themselves honor in sending snch a ' man to represent them in the highest branch of the State Legislature. ;;l HON. JOHN OATES. - • Among the members of the House fioniChcro- kee-Georgia, the Hon. John Oates, of foe county of Murray, is one of the most prominent. He speaks but seldom, but when he does, he is ‘sure to say something. He makes no pretensions to oratory, and really thinks he is no orator; but one of the most eloquent strains uttered: in the hall of the House of Representatives during this session was his withering rebuke administered to the opponents of the bill for the-relief of the destitute poor of the State. He is one of the most conSbifencious men in the House, pi ways open to conviction^ and never yielding to party or sectional prejudices. He is -decidedly an “ear nest man” and whenever a question arises in which the interest of the people is involved, he enters into it with his whole soul. He is the ad vocate of the distressed, no matter whether they be the widow or the orphan , the-high or the low. He asks for bread for the suffering poor, and he voted to relieve the banks from their present embarrassed condition. Without making any great display for “buncomb” he has perhaps as many warm friends in the House as any man m it By profession, Cap! John Oates is a lawyer, and like most members- of that fraternity is a solid, genial gentleman, equally admired for his modest}', sincerity and goodness of heart. There is no new member who has made more friends or who can show a better record as a legislator than Capt. Oates. HON. PETER STROZIER, OF-THE J0TII DISTRICT. This is by far the ablest Senator in the Senate of Georgia. He is about 55 years of age—is a native of Wilkes county, but has, for a long time, lived in Southwestern Georgia, where he has en joyed. a lucrative practice as a lawyer iu his ju dicial circuit. He is the author of the “ Home stead Bill,” and opposed the “Stay Law” oil the ground of its unconstitutionality. He is fa miliar with the Constitution, and his legal opin ions receive mote respect than any member of the Senate. This is the first time, I believe, that he has been in the Senate, but his constituency would do well to return him, as he watches tlieir interest and that of the whole State closely, and does wlmt he thinks is right, Under the Constitu tion, independent of motives of policy. In man ner, especially when speaking, he resembles the late Frank Cone, who was known as the ablest lawyer in Georgia. Such bold and independent men as Mr. Stro- zier should compose the Senate of Georgia. MAJOR WM. A. TURNER. Major W. A. Turner, who temporarily occu pies -the President’s chair this morning—an oc currence by no means unusual, as Colonel Gibson appreciates the intelligence and moral integrity of-this young Senator, who represents' Campbell, Meriwether and, Coweta. -Tis consoling to wit ness the .political success of such an upright, Christian gentleman, who would disdain to stoop to petty chicanery, wine-bibbing, whisky-drink ing, >or any plan .which the most scrupulous con science could oppose, in order to win an election or to accomplish any other desired object. He is a son of the well-known “lather in Isra el,” Rev. Allen Turner, the superannuated octo genarian Methodist minister; was graduated at Emory College; taught school with distinguished popularity and. .success, in Palmetto, Georgia, for several years; buckled on hfeawoid in defense of outraged justice; gallantly did his duty in every capacity from private up to scar-honored major, and now wears the toga of a Senator with becoming diffidence. “Uncle Allen,” as his college mates ycleped the jolly, boon com panion, was raised after the straightest sect, not of the Pharisees, but.-of the Methodists; has nothing of the long-faced Puritan about him,; is proverbially cheerful, acting like good medicine on the subjects of melancholy with whom he may be thrown, for a song or merry word is on his lip when he jumps from couch in the early more, and abandons him not during the hoars of the. day; still thinks he Is doing God-service not to love a certain tribe of wooden nutmeg and blue-coated notoriety, and is altogether that “ Justvm et tenaceni proposi ti rirum" of whom Rofoc’s classic, heney-tongued bard, Horace, so sweetly sung. -The-^hysical man is about medium size, small yet compactly built, five feet nine, strongly de fined features, high cheek bones, prominent character-expressing nose—for a great man never had a.little, puny nose—blue eyes, dark hair, black beard; nearly hiding his agreeable face, a delicate, weather-worn mustache, very tidy in his dress, and sports a beautiful gold-headed cane —the gift .of a dear friend—and has a heart brim full of the “milk of human kindness,” and lives for the promotion of life Mends’ happiness, and thereby bis! own—and above all, fears hfe God and attempts to obey Hfe commandments. He is a law student, intends to put up his shingle at NewnaJj, Georgia, and every reader of this hasty sketch can rest assured that business can be safe ly confided, to such a man; one wlio is universally loved by those intimately acquainted with his rare virtues, not the least of which is laudable devotion to his aged parents, whom he delights to support, honor and obey. COLONEL KIBBEE, OF PULASKI. This youthful, handsome little gentleman rep resents the county ftf Pulaski, is a lawyer of promise, well read in hfeprofeasion and general literature, exceedingly affable and smiling in his intercourse with the harsher sex, and peculiarly so with the fair flowers of creation. He cannot be more than five feet six inches in height; bands and feet that* lady might display with pride, remarkably genteel in hfe apparel without being at all foppish, very fair complexion, large liquid sky-blue eye, regular features, prominent manly brow, open, ingenuousexpreasioa of coun tenance, tbe daintiest little fotiustache, which Should be fostered wjth maternal care, and very perspicuous, and decided in foe few remarks he has made in the Representative Chamber.— There is an unusual number of young men in fofejegfelature, all rewarded in this wise for gal lantry and patriotism in a lost, but beloved cause. The ladies in the gallery can easily point them out Gen. Sims, Mr, blue-eyed, symmetrical and straight as an Indian, from Newton; Qafonel Kibbee, of Pulaski; the tall, slender, gotiddook- ing member from Monroe, Cabaniss; McDoug- •ald from Chattahoochee; Vason from Dougherty; the gajlant Major Tench, of the piercing black $yes, peculiar white lock, over hfehrow amid his dark hair, which hfe lather and grand-father pos sessed, is a meny violinist, and. a quondam par ticipant in the raids and romances of Wheeler and life men, is foe youngest member, probably, in the House, being only twenty-font', much ad mired by the ladies for his white lock,black eyes, jetty moustache, and royal imported, besides hfe sprightly disposition aud "fiddling" propensities: These are the most youthful members; are all modiest, intelligent, and bid fair to do honor to their native State. Colonel Kibbee, with his prepossessing tout ensemble is popular among the representatives, a warm, liberal hparted friend- one conceives from hfe appearance—and. is. evi dently an ever acceptable gallant among the gentle Creatures, Whose characteristics are sim plicity and artless innocence. HON. folWAjtKD N. ATKINSON. This gentleman represents the county of Cam den, and is one of thi? youngest members of foe House of Representatives. He is a new mem ber—does not speak often bat fe very attentive to the meetings of the House, and watches close ly all matters of legislation that in any way pertains to the interest, of the people of Camden. Ip him hfe constituents have a good representa tive. He made a most excellent soldier in the late struggle of the Confederate States with the Federal States. He entered the service as ad jutant of the 13th Georgia regiment, and by the appreciation of hfe comrades in arms of his sol- dieiy qualities, he arose to the colonelcy of the 26th Georgia regiment. He was wounded at Sharpsburg. In the Valley he was taken pris oner and was kept a prisoner for ten months.— Be was much respected and beloved as a regi mental commander, so in war aaifocivil life his sterling qualities gave him many friends. The writer is not informed as to his early educational advantages—be they as they may, he fe endowed with a good practial mind and fine social quali ties, which make him the good representative, who has, and will ever have, friends. His age is about twenty-live years. In person he is of me dium stature; has dark Itair and eyes, The ex pression of hfe eye denotes great determination of purpose which accounts for his success both' in militaiy and civil life. N. Washtneton Item*. THE SOUTHERN DELEGATIONS. Some of the members frpin Florida are stop ping at the Kirkwood HouSfe. Theyhave no ex pectation of being admitted during the present session; and this is tlie prevalent feeling with nearly all the representatives, from the late re bellious States, wltli thfr exception of the san guine, anxious aft d'rad ical Maynard, of Tennes see. It is a hopefiil sign that these gentlemen are patient, sind have a judicious appreciation of the necessity and wisdom of abiding the success ful working of the President’s policy. Most o! them would deeline to take their seats upon the terms imposed by Stevens and Sumner) and they advise their neighbors to do nothing to compro mise their States or their consistency. They ad mit the wisdom of the President and are unwil ling to stand or foil with him. ' THE REPORT OF THE RECONSTRUCTION COM MITTEE. . : . agreeed upon Saturday was materially- and inys L , teriously changed to-day. It is J noW,‘ although in the form of a preamble au(bresolHtioh, I equiva- lent to an enabling act, requiring^ foe 'signature of tbe President, whose position on this subject fe well known, and he will not recede from it— He holds that there is no necessity for any en actment or resolution of Congress with reference to the Southern States; that they have not been out of the Union and do not require to be let in. The only duty he recognizes on the part of the Senate and House is to decide upon the indi vidual qualifications of the representatives ask ing for admission from these States, and any leg islation beyond this will foil to receive the Exe cutive sanction. , ! ' A. WomterfW Story. ' ' ' The New Hampton, Iowa, Courier, makes the following relation of a father mid daughter being lost on a prarie during the storm of Tuesday ana Wednesday of last week : “On Tuesday afternoop, the 13tli instant Mr. E. T! Runnion, of this town, visited Jacksonville, eight miles distant, on business, and on returning, called at the residence of W. E. Beach, one mile this side, to see hisihiughtt^f.'MVS: P.'B. WCeft.— Alter supper, Mrs. W: resolved to accompany her father home, and hastily clad herself for the pur pose. . Leaving.. Mr. Weed in the house, the lather and, daugher proceeded to where the horses wdre tied, and found them gone, but yet in sight Pursuing the team for' some distance, and finding: it impossible to overtake it, Mr. Bun-t nion implored hfe daughter to return home, while hq would make hfe way honte alone. This foe would not consent to do unless he should accom pany her and remain for the night This was between seven qnd eight o’clock. The weather was then comparatively mild. They, pursued their journey for a time without difficulty, hot the night being quite dark and the snow having obliterated the track, they lost the road. Both were conscious that they were lost, vet neither breathed it to the other, during foe long hours from the departure from Mr. Beach’s house until 12 o’clock. The storm which had been gathering now burst forth in fearful fury; Benumbed, feet upon the trackless waste, their steps followed by a pack of prairie wolves, whose quick sharp hark frequbntlyrose above the howling wind, each was conscious of their peril, yet encouraged the other. At last, exhausted nature could do no mom, both were .tired out, aud lay do,wu beneath a ftrift of snow to wafeh for daylight. Mrs. Weed, wore a beaver hood, a scarf abofft her neck, a shawl, aixd blanket Which foe had thrown on her arm when leaving foe /house. n*.: >. The dawn came, and with it .foe fujy of foe storm increased. Mr! Runnion knew himself to be pn Plum creek, and fesolved to strike for the nearest house, some two miles distant, but 1 Mr*. Weed was so. chilled that : she could not walk, MR. JOHNSON S POLICY. Last night a Congressional delegation of the supporters of the President waited upon him. at the White House and discussed the anticipated report of the Reconstruction Committee on foe admission of Tennessee. It fe definitely under stood that Mr. Johnson advised that, any Report which attempted, under oover of an ambiguous preamble or by other assertion that Tennessee’s right to a restoration of her Constitutional func tions in the Government rested in the decision of the law-making power should lie promptly com batted by all adherents to his policy^ GOSSIP ABOUT THE NEW TENNESSEE BILL. In the hotels the Tennessee bill is the great subject of agitation and talk. The prevailing opinion fe that it was merely a trap designed to put the President in the position of refusing to admit his own State, bnt as the bill went on to declare that Tennessee was now a State, people say then it was not a State before, and by signing it the President would sign away his own citi zenship and write himself an alien President. THE CASE OF RAPHAEL SEMMBS. It is reported on the street to-day that the Gov ernment has decided not to bring Raphael Semmes, ot the Confederate steamer Alabama, to trial, having come to the conclusion that hfe parole under foe surrender of Johnston to Sher man was valid. Should this be foe case, he will probably be speedily released. The Science of House-Keeping.—The other day, several ladies warned a certain editor that his journal was not satisfactory to them on ac count of foe absence of “useful hints,” “receipts,” etc. Where upon foe recreant journalist endea vored to satisfy foe complaining ladies, and among others, submitted the following hints: Always mend clothes before washing. Whip your children every day before dinner. ‘Twill give yon a good appetite and pat a heal thy glow upon their complexion. Vinegar fe good to set colors of red, green or yellow; therefore, if you have clothes of this color and wish to preserve their hue—pickle them. Use paregoric sparingly—it costs a good deal and tastes well—consequently children often have foe green apple ache Count your clothes pins, spoons, towels, forks, handkerchiefs, &c., every month—once. Milk is good for crying babies—cow’s will do if no other can be obtained. and after being carried some thirty or forty: rods she begged her father to . leave her and s$ek as sistance. They sat down atid calmly talked frfr matter over, she freezing all the while!' To leave his child thus was a bitter thought: Knowing that she must perish unless succor came, he sought a place to Teave her; breaking the ice as he supposed of a little bayou, from which the water had receded, and making a cavity of some twp feet in depth and sufficient length,.he laid her in it, wrapped foe blanket and shawl around her and the scarf about her fake. They kissed and parted. Then covering: her with snow, marking the spot with willow twigs as best he ooqld, he made his way to the house of Mr. Ut ley; about a mile from town.nirivihg there near 8 o'clock, a. m., (Wednesday), exhausted, with bands and face frozen, and nearly frantic. His stofy was soon told; and, although the storm Was raging fearfully, and foe hope of finding foe poor girl, some three miles distant on the bleak prairie, seemed like hoping against hope, a- team was harnessed, and Mr. Gilbert Vincent and Mr. k. M. Utley, with Mr. Runnion; started for jfoe rescue. Finding the place where foe party- had lain beneath the drift during foe tfighty they search in yam. until about 3-p. m., passing almost directly .over foe spot where she lay. Finding foe serch vain, and Mr. Runnion fast fainting from exposure and exhaustion, with heavy hearts- the _party returned at evening. Mr. Runnipn was taken to the house of Mr. Utley, where both Mr! and Mrs. Utley were assiduous in administering to his comfort. * Thursday morning the storm had abated; foe sun: shone clear and bright over the driven snow; foe mercury had fallen from 14 foe day before to 28 below zero,. Mr. Runnion was brought home by-Mr. Utley, and bis fearful story flew from house to house; braye hearts and willing hearts were not wanting. Several sleigh loads of men, accompanied, by Dr. Mixer—who was-careful to k*vfc restoratives—ivefe swiftly on the search.— The party reached foe supposed locality where Mrs: Weed was left by her father, and the search commenced. Passing on either side of the creek, noting every track and mark and twig—with only foe vague certainty that they might be near her, they persevered, guided alone by such in structions as Mr. Runnion in his enfeebled and bewildered state was able to give. At about 11 o’clock, one of the party, stepping directly over, fall through foe snow into foe cavity where she lay. She was found land—alive! A. joyous shoot rang : out;—overcoats and shawls were spread upon the snow, shovels procured, from a sleigh, and she was raised, insensible, from foe snowy bed,, where she had lain for thirty hours! Placed in a sleigh, the party drove with all speed to the nearest house—that of Mr. Jolly—where foe skill and unremitting efforts of Dr. Mixer were crowned with success. We found that she had moved but little from where her father had placed her. The ice upon which she had been laid had melted from her bodily heat, and when found she lay in foe bed of foe creek, nearly every part of her clothing being saturated with water. Her feet were doubtless frozen in the morning before her father left her, and to the proyidential fact of their com ing in contact with the water may be ascribed, not merely the safety of her limbs, but the pre servation of her life! Mrs. Weed was conscious while in her snowy prison house of day and night; heard the bleak winds as they inoaned above her, her greatest ear being lest her father had perished ; but hope lever once forsook her; she-heard her rescuers tramping above and around her, but was too weak to apprise them of her whereabouts, and When found had been.usiDg all her remaining strength in- endeavoring to dig to foe snrface, and had succeeded in removing the snow several inches from beqeath foe spot upon which the person finding her had providentially stepped. Mrs. Weed lias been married but a few weeks. Her miraculous escape from death, and her pres ent unhappy condition, have caused a most pro found sympathy in her behalf. From the Indianapolis Herald, 7th. ‘ragedy in Bedford—Sednetlon and Mur der— Madison Evans Killed In tbe Street. A gentleman just from Bedford has furnished us with the particulars of a fearful tragedy which was enacted in that town last Monday night, re sulting in the death of Prof. J. Madison Evans, by violence, at the hands of Dr. Ben Newland. The cause which impelled Dr. Newland to im brue his hands in a fellow-creature’s blood is said to have been the reduction of hfe -daughter bv'Evans. Miss Newland, we learn, has been at boarding school for some time, and her unfor tunate condition becoming apparent to the Prin cipal, she was sent borne, arriving at Bedford on Monday, where she confessed to her father and Announced Evans as the man who had effected her ruin. It is said that Evans accomplished tlie seduction of the girl some years ago, when she was quite young and going to school to him, and has been intimate with her ever- ; since, the inti macy finally resulting in the girl’s becoming en- cienle, her dismissal from the boarding school she was attending, and confessing to her father as before stated. Uppn learning foe foul dis honor brought upon his child, Dr. Newland, frenzied with rage and shame, armed himself with a revolver and a long, sharp knife, such as surgeons use in amputating, and started forth to seek the guilty wretch. He went to Evan’s house, but found him absent. The Doctor told Mrs. Evans foe circumstances, and that he had come to kill her husband, and would kill him as soon as he could find him. Passing up foe street lie met Evans, and as soon as he was satisfied in regard to his identity, shot him down, the ball taking effect in hfe body. Evans fell to foe earth, and began imploring Newland to spare him.— Newland advanced to where he was lying, plunged the.long knife into his neck, and nearly severed the head from his body. He then stab bed him repeatedly in different parts of hfe person, and did not desist until it was evident that the spirit of the wretched man had taken its flight. The above fe the stoty as we heard it. There may be some trifling inaccuracies, but we are assured that, in foe main, it is a correct version of the terrible affair. Professor Evans was a minister of the Chris tian Chnrch, who at one timeenjoyed a position of considerable eminence. He was once a pro fessor in the Northwestern Christian University of this city, and was the author of a popular work called “The Pioneer Preachers of Indiana.” He is foe same person who, some weeks ago, was detected in flagrante delicto with another man’s wife at a hotel in Greencastle. The most intense excitement prevails at Bed ford in regard to the horrible affair. Up to the time our informant left no attempt bail been made to arrest Newland. Whatever faults Voltaire may have had, he certainly showed himself a man of sense when he said, “The more married men yon have, foe fewer crimes there will be. Marriage renders a man more virtuous and more wise. Some wag, who ought to be condemned to read tbe speeches of Sumner and Stevens from beginning to end, lately sent to tlie President a copy of a medicinal placard, lettered, “Shattered Constitutions restored. Use Helmbold’s Bucliu.” The barbarian wrote in pencil on the margin, “Try it, Andy, on the present Constitution.” How 8kft* are Opened. A BURGLAR. IN COURT. In February, 1,865, a jeweler’s safe was broken open in London by a daring and ingenious band ot burglars, and aDbiit eighteen thousand dollars’ worth of watches and Jewelry stolen. Lately the jeweler brought a suit against foe manufac turer of foe side, who, be claimed, ought to make good his losses, as the safe was sold with a ver bal warranty that it was “burglar-proof.” On-the trail of- Caseley, the elieif of the bur glars Who commuted foe robbery, he was brought from prison into court, and gave a. most curious account of foe manner in which safes are broken often' by thieves. Walker, foe -jeweler, locked up his shop on fojturday night It was then left, untenanted for foe next , six-and-foirty hours, but foe gas was kept alight, the shutters were pierced with holes so that foe police could s£e into foe shop at all times, and the most valuable part of the stock wqs lodged in an iron safe; believed to be thief- proof.. Caseley’s testimony showed that foe rob- beryhadbCen elaborately schemed, and was ac- coinplfehed by a regular expedition of well- equipped thieves. Caseley, the cleverest of foe g had to|tqn .Mr. Walker, hfe family, hfe ,—3, and his doings, under foe closest surveil lance for seyen weeks befote; night and day, until at laat everyfoibg connectedwith his going and coming, his business and bis practice, was tho roughly known. This information being com plete, a party of five robbers repaired to the pre mises at ten minutes past six oh the evening Of Saturday, the 4fo of February, 1866: , The house was let and occupied in floors, Mr. Walker’s shop being ou the ground floor,, Sir Charles Qrosley’s offices immediately above, and other offices above those, while below Mr. Wal ker’s shop was- a room tenanted by a tailor. The 1 qeoupaifts, when the thieves arrived on the spot, ,h(t«l not yet all left for the night, but the offices on jfoe Second floor are empty, and these three 1 of the robbars at once ascended by means of foe codunon staircase, and there took up their first position, foe other two remaining in the street, to watch and give signals. At twenty minutes to eight thft signal given by the confederates offt- sidethatMr. Walker’s foreman, who appears -to have been the last .on! foe premises, was gone, and foeir operations ; w^i e at once commenced. The three rqbbera concealed, in the house first wept down to Sir Citaries CrbSleiy’s floor, where, mote for pastime, ns'it&ems, than anything else, their opened the safe.— The chief object of the expedition was still postponed,ihOr. was it until past midnight that they began foe work. Mr. Wallker’s shop pppears to have been secured, by iron doors or partitions. But the thieves directed their attack against a part which had not unna turally been left' wifo less protection. They got into foe tailor's room on the lowest floor, mount ed upon his cutting-board, and then forced their waj through, foe ceiliiig and flooring into Mr. Walker’s shop above. Having thus effected a lodg ment against the real point.of attack, they distn-. bated foe duties of the night. Of foe two thieves stationed in foe street, one was to be on foe watch lest Mr. Walker, or any of his people shoftld retum to tlie house, while the other was to keep guard, over foe police, and give warning . whenever any constable approached the shop.— T — 1 :e, one of the gang sat upstairs in Sir Charles ley’s arm-chair, at the window of the second floor, to correspond with foe sentries in the street, andjthe signals of these men he communicated by means of a string to his comrades below.— Oflft of these, placed in foe hole half-way between foe phop and the tailor’s, handed up such instru ments as were for use; the other “did the work,” and ! it is he, : now; a convict undergoing hfe sen- tenoe of penal servitude, who tells the story. • -The tirst proceeding of the operators was to *“tesi” the sub in which foe booty was secured, and : this experiment was conducted by the inser tion! of a thin wedge of steel into foe almost im perceptible chink left between the door of foe safe: and its side. Supposing a wedge holds when so driven; it is taken as evidence that the operation is practicable, inasmuch as something or other is clearly yielding to pressure, and that pressure may be gradually and dexterously in creased tip to the point desired. If the wedge, instead of holding, rebound from the plates and flies'off, it is proof that the affair cannot be man aged, or, at least, not in this manner. In this instance foe wedge held, and so the op eration was continued. First, a little bar was inserted, to release the wedge, then another bar a little .bigger still to release- foe second wedge, until after ten or a dozen such steps foe chink was opened sufficiently for the introduc tion of “foe alderman.” The instrument thus signified in name is a long iron bar, sometimes as much as five feet in length, jointed together in pieces, so as to be carried in a small case.— With foe end of “tbe alderman” fairly introduc ed, and foe arm of a strong man acting at the ofher extremity 61 the lever, the safe has no lon ger auy chance, and so it was on this occasion. The door Was pried open by the force, of this powerful lever, and the booty was won. At a quarter before four on Suntlay afternoon the thieves were “up in Sir Charles Crosely’s office, washing their hands,” and by twenty minutes to five they were “miles away” on the Guildford road. This curious story seems to show that English safes are not as stout as those made by American mechanics, for we doubt if a burglar would ex pect to break open an American safe with such tools as Caseley used. Splendid Relic of Revolutionary Times. —There is now on exhibition at the, jeweliy est ablishment of Messrs. William Brown & Son, southeast corner of Baltimore and Charles streets, a magnificent relic of the Revolution, of great valpe and beautiful workmanship. This is a gold snuff box, presented by Louis XVI., King of France, to Colonel John Laurens, of South Carolina, an aide-de-comp of General George Washington, on the occasion of Colonel Laurens’ visit to the Court of France, as Special Envoy from foe United States Government, to negotiate a loan from the l^ench Government. The box is of pure gold, studded with diamonds. The exterior beautifully enamelled and studded with diamonds. The top has a finely executed like ness of Louis XVI. set in a cluster of thirty-four diamonds, while foe outer edge contains twenty- four diamonds. This beautiful relic has been in the possession of the descendants of Col. Lau rens since his death, and is now the property of one of them, a widowed lady, who has lost almost her all by foe late war, and now sends it here to be sold tear foe purpose of maintaining herself and children. One of our wealthy citizens has offered over $2500 for the box, but Mr. Brown being anxious to realize as large an amount as possible for foe benefit of the unfortunate owner, it fe very probable that it will be disposed of at raffle. It is valued at $5000. The history at tached to the relic is this: When Colonel Lau rens reached France, although his reception was favorable, and encouragement given that his re quest would be granted, yet the delays perpetu ally interposed by the Minister, the Cornu de Verginnes, afforded little prospect of immediate Success. Colonel Laurens, convinced that pro crastination would give a death blow to Ameri can Independence, resolved, in defiance of court etiquette, to make a personal request of the King. Dr. Franklin, our Minister at Versailles, vehe mently opposed his intention; but finding Lau rens firm in hfe purpose, said, “I most cordially wish yon success, Colonel, bnt anticipate so dif ferent a result, that I warp you I wash my hands of the consequences.” Accordingly, at the first levee, Colonel Laurers,' walking directly up to the King, presented his petition, to which he solicited hfe most earnest attention and said, “Should foe favor asked be denied, or even delay ed, there fe cause to fear, that the sword which I wear may no longer be drawn in the defense of the liberty of my country, but be wielded as a British subject against the monarchy of France.” Hfe derision met with its reword. Apologies were made for delays, the Minister gave hfe seri ous attention to the matter and the negotiation was crowned with success.—Baltimore Gazette. A writer in a Georgia paper introduces the American eagle, which for five years has been a comparative stranger in these parts, in this style, preliminary to foe fourth of July -. “The American eagle is. looking at us. His tail feathers hove been plucked out, but still he fe on hfe roost. Miss Columbia fe also standing with her flag-staff and flag onto it, but she looks a little paesee l Fourth of July comes but onct a year, but its dull. We must fix np the eagle, get the goddess a new set of teeth and a water fall, and have fourth of July got up regardless of expense. We must give all the Mormon women a husband apiece, marry the anxious school- marms that come down South to teach foe dar kies, put the niggers to work,'build a horse rail- - road from New York to foe City of Mexico, dam . up foe Gulf stream, lick England, (Old and NewJ annex Coha, and we will be again a great apd glorious country.” * ”