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Newspaper Page Text' / “ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”—Jefferson. VOLUME XVIII. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 25,1866. NUMBER 29. Wffhli) JnteUtgenrcr. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Wednesday, July 2S, 1866. iber or dmane sad Fretting. A cotemporary says that Dk. Abehnethy used to tell his pupils that all human diseases sprung Irom two causes—Stuffing and Fretting. Whether the learned Doctor’s theory is recog nized by the genuine “ Simon Pare," medical fraternity, of the present day, as orthodox, we know not, nor will we take time to inquire. Cer tain it is that stuffing is a source of disease, and it is certain also that fretting deranges not only the body, but the mind, producing also disease.— Physically considered, Abernethy’s apothegm will not, we think, be pronounced trroneous. “ Stuffing” is unwholesome; “fretting," worse. The latter is most prolific of disease, and we warn our political friends against its indulgence. The cotemporary to which we referred above—the Richmond Time* says: “ We have known many un old lady and gentleman (aud who has not?) to die from it—the former because her servants married her, and the latter because he could not get a pure article of whisky for ins noon-day toddy. It is Solomon who is reported to have said on one occasion, ‘ Fret not thy gizzard,’ and every gizzard foot will do well to heed him.” The same paper says: “ There is one species of “fretting” which should always be avoided— ‘ crying over spilled milk.’ We have it from high authority that there is no use in it, and it is, doubtless, that kind of fretting which Dr. Ab- krnethy considered most dangerous.” How many tl»e r c are who are fretting always ; fretting over disasters instead of diligently stri- ring to recover from their effects; folding their arms and doing nothing but fret their gizzard, contrary to the advice of Solomon. “ Put thy own shoulder to the wheel ” was the advice of Hercules to the wagoner, “ ere thou criest for help, and then I will come and help thee.” So should it be with the fretters over calamities.— “ Why sit idle the day long,” aud fret? Why not go to work and strive to better your condi tion ? Why fret only over lost privileges and rights? Why not strive actively and diligently to recover them? We put these queries to our fretting brethren in the flesh. There nre not a few around and about us whose “ gizzards ” we would save from disease. Tlie Tennessee Legislature. Failing to secure the quorum required by the Constitution of the State, the Tennessee Legis lature are about to override that instrument and adopt the Constitutional Amendment, regardless of all consequences. The latest Nashville Union <f- American before us says: “ A week ago to-day, we predicted that the Radical majority ii. the Legislature would at tempt to ratify the constitutional amendment, ‘quorum or no quorum,’ and advised the prompt withdrawal of conservatives from the body.— There were those who thought we had exaggera ted the hardihood of the profligate leaders. A reading of Mr. Arnell’s proposition, introduced into the IIou.se on yesterday, will undeceive them. It will he seen that his resolution declares a majority of those ‘entitled’ to seats a quorum. The Constitution declares that two-thirds of the whole number shall constitute a quorum. Here is a direct discrepancy between the radical pur pose and the Constitution. But the discrepancy is grenter even than is apparent fit a first glance. Mr. Arnell and those in the scheme to set aside the Constitution, have already ruled that out of the eighty-four members of which the House is legally composed, there are only about sixty ‘en titled to scats.’ The ettecl of liis resolution really is to make a majority of sixty a quorum. It lie ■can succeed in passing this resolution, they can proceed to business at once. We presume they will do so to-morrow. This is a bold mancuvre which it lias required nearly two weeks of des peration to attain. We have known they would do it sooner or later, and hope they will go for ward to-morrow and consumate it.” “ Under the theory of the resolution it will not be necessary for the anti-amendment men to be present to constitute the working number, and we exhort them to throw the entire responsibility of this nefarious business on the shoulders which seem so anxious to carry it.” Frightened. Into Submission. No one who will read the following extracts from a speech delivered by the late Postmaster General, Mr. Dennison, on the 23d of May last, in Washington City, can arrive at any other con clusion than that he has been frightened into submission by the radicals, and has ignomiuious- ly consented to wear their party collar. What a •change has come over this man in the short :space of a tew weeks : “ It is true that the restoration ot the Southern Slates to their constitutional relations to the General Government is not yet accomplished.— So far as that dutv or that consumation lias de volved upon the Executive branch of the Gov ernment, it has beeu fully performed. [Ap plause.] I oanuot now recall any failure in this regard. The close of the war brought with it the necessity of re-establishing the Federal au- authority in the iusurgent States as rapidly as possible* and connected with it, the duty of en couraging the reorganization of local govern ments in eacli of the States. To this subject, my fellow-citizens, the attention of the President and the Cabinet was early directed, with what success 1 need not point out to you. I think I venture not too far iu saying that nistory/urnidles no parallel to such success." “ The Federal authority has beeu established, recognized and obeyeil in every State South of Ma son and Dixon’s line. [Applause.”] "The local governments in those States have been reformed substantially to meet their chang ed condition resulting from the abolition ot slave- rv, apd are now being peacefully administered. •' But one thing remains, my fellow-citizens, to ■coinjtltic the work of restoration and to clothe the Southern States with alt their constitutional prin ciples, and that is their repiysentation in Congress.” Politic. It is politic, in the judgment of some, to ap prove of a political measure, and wish it success, but to boldotf and do nothing to advance it; to deny to it their personal and political influence, and yet to those who advocate it, declare their “ desire to see it succeed,” but “ can take no part in any action that may promote its success. Tiiis, we say, is considered jwlitic by some. Granted; for if success attend the measure, they, of course, were “ in favor of it,” and may not be classed among its opponents; on the other hand, should the measure fail to succeed, then, of course too, they diet nothing to advance it; thought it was imprudent to do so; and may not be classed ■with tlie defeated, which would possibly make them obnoxious to the successful party. In days past and gone, we have often noticed individuals who seemed to be governed by this view of wliat was jiolitic, but we have never known such indi viduals possessing tbe confidence of the people. “ Honesty is tlie l*est policy," aud, being honest, to “ act well yocb part" is truly }>olitic. No one who does this will ever suffer in public es teem. ‘Tll bet a sheep,” said old Meredith to his b2tter-half, “that our son Otho is goin’ crazy, for lie grinnin’ at tbe bars, and lie’s grinnin' at himself wherever lie goes,” “Slio I old man,” said the wife, “vou don't know nothin’; the critter's got a love letter ” General li. F. Butjjcr has incited the ne groes of New Jc-rscv to test before the courts their right to vote, lie is tbe principal counsel. Arremt and Confinement or a Vie the Tenneasee Legislature. We notice the following card in the Nashville Dispatch, of the 8th instant: “A Card from Mr. Williams.—Speaker's Room, July 17, 1806.—To the Hause of Repre sentatives—Gentlemen: You have me here in close confinement—not permitted even to go to my regular meals, without a blanket or even a pillow to put under my head. . I suppose this is ail done by way of punishment for not obeying your behests. Gentlemen, you may'keep 'me j confined. You may pat me in the penitentiary | and iron me down, and keep me during my nat- : ural life in that condition, you never can force me ! to act upon tlie proposed amendment to the con stitution of the United States until it is first sub mitted to the people for their action. P. Williams, Member from Carter county. The same paper contains an account of tbe arguments of counsel before Judge Frazier, who had issued g writ of habeas corpus at the instance of the counsel of Mr. Williams, commanding the officer, in whose custody he was, to bring him into court. This writ was disobeyed by the of ficer, when The prisoner’s counsel, Judge Gant, asked of his Honor that an attachment be issued to bring both-, petitioner and respondent before the Court. Upon this demand argument was heard by the Court on both sides, but no decision at tlie time of its adjournment. Tlie case was to have been taken up on tlie following day. The Dispatch says that the vast importance of the case “attracted an audience to the criminal court, which, in character, intelligence, and make up, is hardly ever found within the same walls.” The tyranny exhibited by Brownlow’s Legis lature in this case is without a parallel in Ameri can history, or in any other save where tlie re cord tells of the reign of tyrants and a down trodden people. The end of this must soon come. Public opinion must soon correct this maladministration of government in Tennessee. The intelligence, virtue, and patriotism of her people must prevail against those who usurp a power not bestowed upon them by the Constitu tion of the State. Soldiers’ Call for a State Convention In Pennsylvania. The Doylestown (Penn.) Democrat contains a call for a State Convention, signed by three hun dred aud twenty officers, soldiers, and seamen, who did service in tlie late war, to meet at Har risburg on tlie 1st proximo. Our readers will see, from the call itself which follows this notice, that the South has iu the returned seamen and sol. diers ot Pennsylvania, men who bear no malice against lier, but who patriotically favor the policy of the President in restoring tlie Southern States to their rights under the Constitution. Tlie fol lowing is the patriotic call: The Soldiers’ Convention which met in Pitts burg on the 5th of June last, and which pledged their comrades in this State to the support of the radical measures .of Congress, in opposition to tlie just and constitutional policy of President Johnson, and which promised their votes to John W. Geary, the radical candidate for Governor, misrepresented tlie sentiments of the great mass of the officers and soldiers of Pennsylvania. In order that a true expression of opinion might be had from the late defenders of the government in the field, and to counteract the injury attempt ed to be done to the cause of the Union, it was deemed advisable by the late officers and soldiers of the Federal army in this State to hold another Convention. A preliminary meeting of returned officers and soldiers, with this object in view, was held on Thursday, the 28th of June, when it was resolved to hold A STATE CONVENTION AT HARBISBjtHj,G, ^QN„ WEDNESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF AUGUST PROXIMO, at 10 o’clock, a. m., to be composed of such hon orably discharged officers, soldiers and seamen of Pennsylvania, as subscribe to tlie following doc trines, viz: 1. Who are in favor of carrying out, in good faith, tlie joint resolution of Congress, adopted July 22d 18(51, which declared that, “This war is not. prosecuted ou our part in any spirit of op pression, nor for any purpose of conquest or sub jugation, but to defend and maintain tlie suprem acy of the Constitution aud to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired.” These were the conditions of the bond the soldiers signed aud sealed iu blood with the government, and a re fusal now to carry them out is a gross violation of a solemn agreement; 2. Who are in favor of restoring the States lately in rebellion to their constitutional relations with the Federal Union as they stood before the war broke out, according to the humane and constitutional policy laid down by President Johnson; 3. Who are in favor of representatives from the South, loyal to the Constitution and the laws, being immediately received by Congress; 4. Who approve President Johnson’s vetoes ot the Freedman's Bureau and Civil Rights Bills; 5. Who are opposed to any interference, by Congress, with the rights of the States reserved by the Constitution, and who are opposed to the right of suffrage being conferred upon the nc- gro; 6. And who are in favor of the election ot Heister Clymer, Democratic candidate for Gov ernor of Pennsylvania, tlie representative of the constitutional and conservative doctrine stated above. Each county will be entitled to send seven del egates to the Convention; and where a county has more than one member iu the House of Rep resentatives, such county will be entitled to sev en delegates for each additional member. The delegates are to be selected by tbe honorably dis charged officers, soldiers and seamen of the coun ties respectively. In addition to the delegates selected, all other honorably discharged officers, soldiers and sea men who sympathize with the object in view, are invited to meet at Harrisburg ou that occa sion. We learn that the commission—consisting of General Cobb, Major Mark A. Cooper, and Mr. John H. Fitten—appointed by Governor Jenkins to examine and report on tbe question of the re moval and location of tlie Penitentiary, were in session in this city on yesterday. We are inform ed that it is their intention to examine, personally, such points as have been or may be suggested as a suitable location, with the view of laying before the legislature, iu November next, all the information that can be had on the subject. They would be pleased to receive any suggestions, in formation, or proposition, that will aid their in vestigation. Communications can be addressed, to any member of the Cnmmission, and will re ceive prompt attention and consideration. We learn further, that the Commission will visit the Stone Mountain, and other localities in that vi cinity, the latter part of next month. The sub ject is an important one to the people of the State, and every citizen should take pleasure in giving the Commission all the aid they can, that a wise and judicious result may be reached. The Georgia Dead at Franklin, Tennessee. We are indebted to Miss 31. A. H. Gay for the following list of the “Georgia Dead” who lie interred at Franklin, Tennessee. Through the patriotic efforts of this Lady, the expenses ot collecting the remains of the brave men of her native State, and of reinterring them, that they may be designated in all time to come, have been defrayed. 3Iany thanks to her for her noble work. Her special mission accomplished, we learn this Lady was appointed by the “Presi dent of the Board of Managers” of the “McGavoc Cemetery,” at FrankliD, a Solicitress to procure aid for the interment in that cemetery of the thousand and more brave men from almost eve ry Southern State who fell in that vicinity. She lias accepted the trust, and will gratefully re ceive and honestly transmit any contributions tbe patriotic and benevolent of this State may hand or transmit to her: SECTION SEVENTY-SEVEN—GEORGIA. 1. Colonel G. A. Smith, Georgia. 2. L. T. P., Georgia. 3. A. T. Tedden, Georgia. 4. Unknown, Georgia. 5. S. S. Taylor, company G, 37th regiment. 6. Unknown. Georgia. 7. Lieutenant G. R. Booker, co. E, 49th regiment. 8. M. T. Wisdom, co. E, 46th regiment. 9. J. C. Stricklin, co. A, 29th regiment. 10. Lieutenant J. Sanie, co. I, 29th regiment. 11. J. Adams, co. A, 29th regiment. 12. Z. Mathis, co. G, 29th regiment. 13. Capt. W. A. Davis, co. L 46th regiment. 14. J. D. Searcy, co. I, 46th regiment. 15. J. L. Bathune, co. I, 46th regiment. SECTION SEVENTY-EIGHT—GEORGIA. 16. William Darbey, co. H., 1st Con. 17. Sergeant R. L. Clark, co. B, 1st Con. 18. P. F. Paine, co, B, 49th regiment. 19. C. L. Reed, 1st Con. 20. Li-;Ut. J. H. F., co. B. 1st Con. 21. J. C. Simmons, co. B., 8th battalion. 22. G. C. Carpenter, co. C, 8th battalion. 23. H. H. S. 24. Sergeant E. R. Stuart, co. D, 8th battalion. 25. Unknown. 26. Unknown, 27. J. M. Jones, co. D, 46th battalion. 28. G. W. Hammock, co. K, 46th battalion. 29. Unknown. 30. Unknown. SECTION SEVENTY-NINE—GEORGIA. 3t. Unknown. 32. Unknown. 83. Unknown. 34. Unknown. 35. Unknown. 36. Unknown. 37. J. A. Meddows, co G, 4th regiment. 38. Unknown. 39. Unknown. 40. Unknown. 41. Unknown. 42. W. S. Hockett, co. A, 8th battalion. 43. Unknown. 44. J. M. Craddy, co A, 8th battalion. 45. M. C. Brinson, co. K, 8th battalion. SECTION EIGHTY—GEORGIA. 46. F. W. Cauthon, co. I, 65th regiment. 47. M. H. Pittman, co. D, 37th regiment. 48. Captain W. N. Spen. 49. Marion, Cane, 1st regiment. 50. J. M. Watkins, co. C, 46th regiment. 51 J. B. Zube, co. D, 65th regiment. 52. A. C. Pruit, co. D, 65th regiment. 53. W. A. Martin, Ensign, 65th regiment. 54. S. B. Walters, co. D, 37th regiment. 55. Unknown. _ 56. J. S. Higginbotham, co. n. 37th regiment. 57. V. J). Whatley, co. C, 4th Sharpshooters. 58. J. Wynore, co. H, 25th regiment. 59. Unknown. 60. Unknown. SECTION 'EIGHTY-ONE—GEORGIA. 61. Unknown. 62. Capt. W. T. Cochran, co. F, 37th regiment. 63. — Cotton, co. A, 37th regiment. 64. Lieutenant W. W. Fisher, co. K, 27th regiment. 65. W. A. McPeek, co. B, 30th regiment. 06. J. T. Brown, co B, 29th regiment. 67. J. Griffin, co. I, 25th regiment. 68. Unknown. 69. S. B. Walker, co. A, 25th regiment. A Frightened Undertaker.—James Hay ward died of cholera, at the Westeh ester House New York, yesterday. After the man died an un- ] dertaker was sent for, but to his astonishment j and fright the corpse began to move, tlie fingers ! clenched, the eyes rolled, and the poor under- taker went so far as to say that he felt the heart ! beat. Dr. Waterman was sent for, and notwith- ! standing these motions of the body he pronounced the man dead. These motions are accounted for by the facts, as related in most medical works on cholera, that involuntary automatic motions of tlie body take place after death. This is owing to the reflex actiou of the nervous system. The j spasms which cause the contraction of the mus- | cles take place during the life of the patient; af- : ter death the cause which produced these spasms | ceases, and gradual relaxation ensues, under which arms, feet, <fce., fall by the laws of gravity Call for a Southern Radical Convention. The following is the call for a Convention of Southern Radicals, to be held in Philadelphia, at Independence Hall, on the first 31onday in Sep tember next. The notices made of the signers to the call by the papers of other States, are not by any means complimentary. We refrain from saying anything more in reference to the two in dividuals representing the Georgia Radicals, who sign-the call, save that our people.knout them, and have no dread of any influence they can ex ercise over the public mind : The great issue is upon us. The majority in Congress and its supporters firmly declare that the rights of the citizen enumerated in the Con stitution and established by the supreme law must be maintained inviolate. Rebels and rebel sympathizers assert that the rights ot the citizens must belong to the States alone, and under such regulations as the respective States choose volun tarily to prescribe. We have seen this doctrine of State sovereignty carried out in its practical results, until all authority in Congress was denied, the Union temporarily destroyed, the consti tutional rights of the citizens of the South near ly annihilated, and the land desolated by civil war. The time has come when the structure of the Southern States governments must be laid on constitutional principles or the despotism grown up under an atrocious leadership be per mitted to remain. We know of no other plan than that Congress under its constitutional pow ers shall now exercise its authority to establish the principle whereby protection is made co-ex- tensive with citizenship. We maintain that no State, either by its organic lavy or legislation, can make transgression on the rights of tlie citi zen legitimate. "We demand and ask you to con cur in demanding protection to every citizen of the great repuulic on the basis of equality before the law ; and further, that no State government should be recognized as legitimate under the Constitution iu so tar as it does not by its organic law make impartial protection full and complete. Under the doctrine of State sovereignty, with le- bels in the foreground controling Southern Le gislatures and embittered by disappointment in their schemes to destroy the Union, there will be no safety for the loyal element of the South. Our reliance for protection is now on Congress and the great Union party that has stood and is stand ing by the nationality, by the constitutional rights of the citizen and by the beneficient prin ciples of free government. For the purpose of bringing the loyal Union ists of the South into conjunctive action with the true friends of the Republican government of the North, we invite you to send delegates in goodly number from all tlie Southern States, in cluding 3Iissouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Ma ryland and Delaware, to meet at Independence Hall, in the city of Philadelphia, on the first 3Ionday of September next It is proposed tjiat we should meet at that time to recommend measures for the establishment of such govern ment in the South as accords with and protects the rights of all citizens. We trust this call will b° responded to by numerous delegations of such as represent tlie true loyalty ot the South, and that kind of government which gives full protection to all the rights of the citizen, such as our fathers ii. .ended and we claim as our birth right. Either the lovers of constitutional liberty niust rule the nation or rebels and their sympa thizers be permitted to misrule it. Shall loyalty or disloyalty have the keeping of the destinies of the nation ? Let the responses to this call, which is now in circulation for signatures and is being numerously signed, answer. Notice is given that gentlemen at a distance can have their names attached to it by sending a request by let ter directed to D. W. Bingham, Esq., Washing ton, D. C. W. B. Stokes, of Tennessee. Jos. S. Fowler, of Tennessee. James Gettys, of Tennessee. A. J. Hamilton, of Texas. George W. Paschal, of Texas Lorenzo Sherwood, of Texas. G. W. Ashburn, of Georgia. Henry G. Cole, of Georgia. J. W. 3IcClcrg, of 3Iissouri. John R. Kelso, of Missouri. J. F. Benjamin, of Missouri. Geo. W. Anderson, of Missouri. Jno. B. Troth, of Fairfax co., Va. J. M. Steward, of Alexandria, V a. Allen C. Harman, of Alexandria, Va. Lewis McKenzie, of Virginia. J. W. Hunnicut, of Virginia. John C. Underwood, ot Virginia. Burnham Wardell, of Virginia. Alexander M. Davis, of Virginia. Byron Laft.tn, of North Carolina. Daiel P. Goodloe, of North Carolina. George Reese, of Alabama. D. H. Bingham, of Alabama. 3L J. Saffold, of Alabama. J. H. Larcomb, of Alabama. Albert Pike, his wife, and a young girl named Flora Blanchard, of Whittinham, Vt, were precipitated down an embankment into m various positions. J*" u P^ rtakcr «»M n <* i-JEftogltte Deerfield River, while on their way to near the body agam, and another one had to be; ’ J sent for. The remains were taken by the brother j church, and Mrs. Pike, the girl and horse were of deceased. ' 1 drowned. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE. LETTER FROM ‘flNSIDE.” Washington City, July 14, 1866. TRUE AND FALSE REPORTS. Events are crowding each other in such rapid succession, and these events are being inteijected with so many rumors and exaggerations, that the plain, matter-of-fact writer is at a loss to compre hend what is fact and what is fiction. News mongers are busy from eariy dawn to the wee sma’ hours of the next day gathering facts, and incidents on which to render plausible other al leged facts. I should haw written yesterday, but really I have no taste for mere speculation, and feel that your readers vaould prefer to be as sured of au actual circunugance of importance to the South and to the country, than to be treated to an hundred idle reports, soph as are indulged in by the professional correspondent, whose judg ment tells him that there is as much news in a lie as the troth, and whoafljfcrofessional ethics is satisfied becaus a morbid jjpblic is ever clamor ous for a sensation. Bat the events now trans piring in this city, and whidi are soon to become a part ot the history of the-country, and are to have much to do in shapingits political destiny, involve too deeply the intents and the rights of the people of Georgia, for them to be gratified at anything but the truth—woitld that I could as sure the readers of the Intelligencer that the truth itself will in the future be agreeable. PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S CADINET. At ten o’clock to-day, I know of no other re signation than that of Postmaster-General Den nison. That there will be other changes I have no doubt. The good fruits of the 14th of August Convention, are already seen In this, that it has forced matters to an open rupture, where they should have been six months since. Governor Dennison was at home in Ohio just prior to his resignation, and it is stated in well-informed cir cles, that his people of all parties put the ques tion to him, whether it was honorable to retain a position where, it he remained silent, his reticence would be construed into acquiescence in the President’s policy, and if he openly avowed his concurrence with Congress, would certainly lead to his .being kicked out ? I repeat that the Phil adelphia movement is already making handsome returns, and it it has no other effect than the waking up of, the present unscrupulous Cabinet, it will have accomplished more good than many Conventions that I wotjof. But will the Cabinet be dissolved? Assuredly. It cannot hold together. Stanton may go to-day, or to-morrow, or next week, or next month, but go he certainlywill. So with Harlan and Speed. The others—McCul- lough, Seward, and Welles, will probably remain. “ Our Andy ” is wise. General Grant left here some days since for a protracted pleasure trip; but he was yesterday telegraphed to return by the President. It is shrewdly suspected that he intends to make a bridge of General Grant to carry him safely over, until Congress sees fit to adjourn, by placing him in charge of the War Office. It will not be necessay for the general to be appointed Secretary of War, because he could nor would not accept- Tlie Radicals must acquiesce or come to a rupture with Grant, which they certainly will avoid; and this mark of con fidence cannot but prove pleasii*g to the general. At the same time it will enablo, the President, after the adjournment of business, to slip in Steedman or whomsoever he sees fit.to select as Stanton’s successor, where, witft^r without con- firmalj£^3^*««*»^BLtlptgio dd cccssoceHtl- f pointed. ~H6n. Browrufss ^TrLriawyill j acceptable Attorney General. Randall as Assist- Postmaster General has done very well and may receive the “well done good and faithful servant,” etc. There, I have been guessing, just like a Yankee. Well, I couldn’t help it. However, before the sluggardly cars convey this to Atlanta, the “tamed lightning” may prove that, for a new one, your correspondent is not a bad hand at guessing. CONGRESSIONAL MANEUVREING. It would be an exhibition of folly ot the most glaring character, fatal in its consequences, to shut our eyes to the fact that the controlling per sons in Congress display extraordinary sagacity in managing the programme ot the Radicals.— They have recently given renewed evidence ot their superior generalship, by passing the Tariff hill in the House, and shelving it in the Senate; passing negro suffrage in the House, and shelv ing it in the Senate; passing the Niagara Ship Canal in the House, and shelving it in the Sen ate. Various other bills of equally vital impor tance, have been gracefully placed in a position to be adopted or rejected at the second session ot the present Congress. The Radicals discovered if they passed the infamous Tariff bill it would be vetoed by the President, and that those mem bers of the Radical party who should claim it their duty to sustain the veto, would inevitably be driven into the support of his general policy ; and that, therefore, the latter would thereby gain national strength. There is much money in volved in tbe Ship Canal bill, and that money may be turned against the Radicals; there is much opposition to negro suffrage in the Radical camp, and its final decision, either pto or con, might be disastrous in some of tbe Congressional Districts this fall. Keeping these facts in view, I repeat, the Radicals are exhibiting the highest evidences of political acumen, and their oppo nents can only hope to overthrow them by the utmost zeal in eliminating their already en acted usurpations and contemptible atrocities. H the House were left to the unbridled govem- men of 3Ir. Stevens, whose unblushing avowal of the aims and objects of his compeers, challenge our admiration, at least, for the straightforward manner in which he proclaims them, a record would soon be piled up against the Radicals which would cause the tide of public sentiment at the North to overwhelm them with indigna tion. But the audacity of Stevens ties on the Phillips wing of the Radicals, while the knavish ennning of the Senate consolidates the entire phalanx of opponents of an equal and undivided Union of the States. When the Conservatives of the North and of the South shall come togeth er in August, at Philadelphia, it is to be hoped that the just and good men from all sections, for the sake of all sections, and with the hope of snatching from remorseless defeat in the past, gome assurance of hope in the future, will agree, and abide by the agreement, to imitate the Rad icals in the employment of every available means which can possibly lead to success. PROBABLE ADJOURNMENT. The TUiHirala will hold a caucus to-night, for. the purpose of hearing a report from the com mittee appointed at their last meeting to determ ine the question of adjournment, aud as to what, if any, measures are to be employed to baffle tbe President in the exercise of his constitutional pre rogative of removing their office holders, hold ing their commissions at his pleasure. From the summary manner in which some persons have been disposed ot within the past ten days, it is suggested that Congress will adjourn within the next ten days. Nothing is known, however, as the action of this body is as uncertain as Judge Dooly is reported to have said with reference to the verdict of a' Georgia petit jury. The despot of the House—Mr. Stevens—may badger the Senate into the unprecedented and outrageous act of prolonging its sessions. It was thought, at the White House, this morning, however, by | gentlemen of unusual excellent means of infor- I raation, that Congress would soon adjourn. THE ROUSSEAU-GRINNELL DIFFICULTY. The resolutions for the expulsion or censure of General Rousseau for thrashing the Reverend Radical Grinnell are now up before the House for its final action, and, next to the question of the reorganization of the Cabinet, i3 the absorb ing topic of conversation in the Capitol, and in the hotels. Judge Spalding, chairman of the committee, the majority of whom reported in favor of his expulsion, remarked in a speech to day, that if he had been guilty of chastising Rousseau, as had Griunell, he would have asked the House to have expelled him (Spalding;) yet he maintained that the offense did not justify the Kentuckian in “whipping the Iowa member like a dog.” Judge Spalding also gave the Speaker a rap for not protecting him (R.) from the out rageous language of Grinnell. It is not believed that two-thirds will vote for expulsion, although it is absolutely certain that a majority will order a reprimand. I have already stated that the ac cused has not yet determined what his action .will be in the latter event—whether or not he will resign. I incline to the opinion that he will not resign, but will state, in brief, to the House, that he submits to a reprimand as he would sub mit to a fine in court for the act of which he had been convicted, and to which he plead guilty; but that, on a repetition of GrinneWs offense by any member of the House, he would feel it his duty to disgrace him by publicly caning him. Inside. P. S.—Randall, as I predicted, has been nom inated Postmaster-General. There will be a fight made in the Senate against him. Trumbull de clared yesterday that he would not vote to con firm a single person who favored the August Convention. It is now certain, in response, that the President will not appoint a single officer, if he is aware of the fact, who opposes that Con vention. Trumbull is attempting to distance Generals Logan and Palmer for the United States Senate by excessive zeal, and thus secure his re-election. It is conceded that Randall will be confirmed. Speed was showing his resignation round yes terday; but he has not yet shown it to tlie one most anxious to see it—Andy Johnson. Inside. [COMMUNICATED,] The Issues Before the Country. “ He that is not for me is against me,” is as ap plicable now to the present condition of tlie countiy, as it was to the people to whom it was addressed at the time in which it was uttered.— There are but two parties, strictly speaking, in the United States, the Radicals, or Black Repub licans, who “rule to ruin,” whose object has been, and will he, if kept iu power, to scatter the seeds of discord aud devastation throughout the South, at the sacrifice of everything that is honorable to our people or conducive to the in terest ot our country. On the other hand we have the Conservative men of all parties, North and South, who are leagued together in one common cause, whose principles are based upon the Constitution, laboring to pro mote peace and prosperity, and restoring that unanimity of feeling among all classes, which characterized us in days of yore. Andy John son, the pure patriot and uncompromising states man, the mighty chieftain of this great “Nation al Constitutional Union Party,” stands pledged for the result. Who is for Johnson? He who Fillmore. - --^-t tlie Administration, is lending to the oppo^Gon’or in other words;' the advocates of Radical Republican rule. Now don’t flinch. I make no personal allusion, I de sire to call tlie attention of our people to this fact alone. Our citizens are invited to meet on Saturday, the 21st, to-morrow, to select delegates for our district convention. It will be at an hour when merchants, mechanics, and all classes of our citi zens may attend. Let all business be suspended, and our people en masse be present, and sustain the fact, that they are for Johnson, the Consti tution, and the Union. Fulton. miscegenation In Tennessee——Passion Nfaddened. to Crime—A Sad Case of De pravity In “Good Society.” [From the Memphis Poet, July 6.] Near the village of Concordia, in Fayette coun ty, there is now T residing a family, the head of which was some ten years ago reckoned an able, eloquent and zealous minister of the Gospel.— Through his exertion, and by his apparent zeal, he had gathered around him a large aDd influen tial congregation, over which he presided as spir itual adviser. Some seven or eight years ago, however, the popularity of the parson began to decline. Vague whispers, not exactly suited to enhance the reputation of a minister, became rife in the community. Domestic infelicity became a matter of public gossip. The minister’s wife, from some cause best known to herself at the time, left him and removed to the State of Texas. This gave rise to many scandalous rumors at the time. After the separation between the pastor and his wife, the former continued to reside at the same place, with his family of children, which consisted of one or two sons and two daughters—the eldest of the daughters having attained the estate of womanhood. This daugh ter has been carefully educated, having spent several sessions at the Brownsville Female Col lege. Possessed of more than ordinary attrac tions, she for a time was reckoned one of the fairest ornaments of the village society. During the war, however, many rumors derogatory to her character and fair fame were circulated in a covert way. Ih February last she was married to the son ot a minister residing in the upper portion of Shel by county. Some two weeks ago she gave birth to a fully developed infant, whose sallow skin and general features stamped it with unquestion able African paternity. Of course this develop ment caused- the young husband much grief, and was like a blighting simoon to all his hopes of happiness. As soon, therefore, as her situation would permit it, he caused her to be sent to her father’s house. She had made several efforts to procure some deadly drug to administer to the offspring of her depraved lusts and shame. She was, however, prevented by those about her from carrying out her horrible purpose. After she re turned to her father’s house, by the assistance of her paramour, who was formerly a slave belong ing to her father, she, it is supposed, procured the necessary compound, and two days after ward the child of her deep and damning shame was ushered out of mortal existence, as is sup posed, by tbe assistance of its inhuman mother. It is understood that legal proceedings will be taken against the mother of the child. A Cool Scamp.—Some time ago a yoong man, representing himself as Mr. Jas. W. Cheat ham, brother of the gallant and respected Gen. B. F. Cheatham, of Confederate fame, came to this city, and, through his representations as above, having been long confined in the prisons of the North, and very desirous of reaching his home succeeded in obtaining from some of our citizens money and clothes, stating;, at the same time, that the money would be refunded by his brother, the General. As we have no donbt this party has been and is now engaged in a like “fleec ing” expedition in other communities, we append, for tbe benefit of the public, the subjoined letter from Gen. Cheatham to a gentleman of this city, which explains itself:—Charleston News. Waktrace, Tenn., July 2; 1866. ******** Dear Sir:—Yours of June 17th has been re ceived. Jas. W. Cheatham is no brother of mine, or relation that I am aware of. 1 am sat isfied he is an imposter. I have received two letters from him myself, which I suppose be writes to show others that he is in correspod- ence with me. Show hiin up in the papers, with request that it be copied in other Southern papers. Yours, very respectfully, B. F. Cheatham. The Trinmph of Love In Death. We forget what book it was in, many years ago, that we read the story of a lover who was to win his mistress by carrying her to the top of a mountaui, and how he did win her. We think the scene was in Switzerland; but the mountain, though high enough to tax his stout heart to the utmost, must have been among the lowest. Let us fancy it a good lofty hill in the summer time. It was, at any rate, so high that the father of the lady, a- proud nobleman, thought it impossible for a young man, so bur dened, to scale it For this reason alone, iu scorn he bade him do it, and his daughter should he his. The peasantry assembled in the valley to wit ness so extraordinary a sight. They measured the mountain with their eyes; they communed with one another and shook their heads, but all admired the young man; and some of his fel lows, looking at their mistress, thought they could do as much. The father, on horseback, apart aad sullen, repented that he had subjected his daughter even to the show of such a hazzard, but he thought it would teach his inferiors a les son. The young man, (the son of a small land pro prietor, who had some pretensions to wealth, though none to nobility,) stood respectfully look ing but confident; rejoicing in liis heart that he should win a mistress, though at the cost of a noble pain, which he could hardly think of as a pain, considering who it was he was to carry.— It he died for it, he should at least have had her in his arms, and have looked her in the face. To clasp her person in that manner was a pleasure he contemplated with such transports as is known only to real lovers; for none othera know how respect hightens tlie joy of dispensing with for mality, and ennobles and makes grateful the re spect. The lady stood by the side of her father, pale, desirous and dreading. She thought her love would succeed, but only because she thought him in every way the noblest of his sex; and that nothing was too much for his strength and valor. Great fear came over her, nevertheless. She knew not what might happen in the chan ces common to all. She felt the bitterness ot be ing herself the burden to him and the task; she dared not look at her father nor the mountain.— She fixed her eyes on the crowd, (which, never theless, she beheld not,) and now, on her hand and finger’s ends which she doubled up toward her with a pretense—the only deception she had even before used. Once or twice a daughter or a mother slipped out of the crowd, and coming up to her, notwithstanding their fears of their Lord Baron, kissed the hand she knew not what to do with. The father said, ‘ Now put an end to tlie mum mery.” The lover turned pale for the first time and took up the lady. The spectators rejoiced to see the manner in which he moved off, slow but secure, as if encouraging his mistress. They mount the hill; they proceed well; he halts an instant before he gets midway, and seems to re fuse something; then he ascends at a quicker rate, and now, being at the midway point, shifts the lady from one side to the other. The spec tators give a great shout. The Baron, with an air of indifference, bites the tip of his gauntlet, and then casts on them the air of rebuke. At the shout the lover resumed his way. Slow, but not feeble iu his step, yet it grows slower. lie stops again and they think they see the lady kiss him on the forehead. Tlie women begin to tremble but the men say he will be victorious.— He resumes again; he is half way between the middle and the top; lie rushes, he stops, he stag gers but does not fall; another shout from the men, and he resumes once more; two-thirds of the remaining part of the way are conquered.— They are certain the lady kissed his forehead and eyes. The woman burst into tears, and the stoutest men turned pale. He ascends slower than ever, but seems to be more sure; he halts, but it is only to plant his foot to go on again, and thus he picks his way, planting liis foot on every step, and then gaining ground with an effort. The lady lifts her arms as if to lighten him; he steps, he struggles, and moves sideways, taking very little steps, and bringing one foot every time close to the other. Now he is all but on the top; be halts again, he is fixed, he staggers, a groan goes through the multitude; suddenly he level; he staggers but it is forward. Yes, every.' limb in the-multitude mal es a movement as if to 1 assist him; see, at last he is on the top, and down he falls with liis burden. An enormous shout— he has won ! Now he has a right to caress his mistress, and she is caressing him, for neither of them get up. If she has fainted, it is with joy and in liis arms. Tlie Baron put spurs to his horse, the crowd following him, halfway up he is obliged to dis mount, they ascend the hill together, the crowd silent and happy, the Baron ready to burst with sliame and impatience. They reach the top ; the lovers are face to face on the ground, the body clasping him with coth arms, his lying on each side. “ Traitor! ” exclaimed the Baron, “ thou hast practiced this feat before on purpose to deceive me. Arise! ” “ You cannot expect it sir,” said a worthy man who was rich enough to speak his mind ! “Sam son himself might take his rest after such a deed! ” “ Part them! ” said the Baron. Several persons went up, not to part them, but to congratulate and keep them together: These people look close; they kneel down and bend an ear; they bury their faces on them. “God forbid they should ever be parted more,” said a venerable man, “they can never be.” He turned his old face streaming with tears and ooked at the Baron:—“Sir, they are dead! ” Parisian Fashions in New York. To say this city is Paris in miniature, is to say that it is very gay, that its women are well dressed, that there is plenty of out-door amuse ments and very little real happiness. This is what is beginning to be said of New York, and in a measure it is true. There are a great many traveled people in New York who now wish to be extremely Parisian, There are three times the number of wealthy people here there were five years ago, whole additional neigh borhoods of fine houses, notwithstanding that building has been slow, and six times the num ber of thorough-bred horses and stylish vehicles of every description, from the knowing dogcart to the fancy wagonette. On fine afternoons, Fifth avenue, from Four teenth street to the Central Park gate, is crowded with these elegant equipages, while the Central Park itself, alive with brilliant turnouts and rich ly dressed women, rivals Rotten Row, or even Bois do Boulogne. The fashionable restaurants—Delmonico’s and Masson Doree—are no longer visited principally by men, or even by men accompanied by ladies. Ladies, themselves, go alone, singly, or in couples, order their petite dainty dinner, and fin ish up with ice cream and strawberries, a cup of coffee, or a bottle of wine, and pay their own bill —not a small one—with all the nonchalance in the world. Between one and four o’clock, fully as many ladies will be found in either ot tlie above mentioned places as gentlemen, and their quiet, assured, “at home” air shows that they are used to it Moreover it is getting to be very fashionable for a lady to invite a party of her friends to a dinner, or as it is styled, to a “lunch,” at her fa vorite restaurateur's. The number rarely ex ceeds six, including the hostess, and gentlemen are rigidly excluded. The costliness of these femi nine banquets may be imagined, but the edibles are not by any means confined to essences, ice cream and syllabubs—tbe food which poets con sider best adapted to lovely women; on the con trary, plump partridges and spring chickens are discussed, it is said, with great relish, and au in tense appreciation shown by the excellence of the cookery. But in spite of all this apparent pleasure, for eign airs graft very ill on American habits and manners. The women take to it easier than the men. Married women, three-fourths of them, seem to consider it the height ot happines to “board” in a great wilderness of a hotel, or board ing-house; spend two hours every morning- dressing and frizzing their hair, and* the rest of the day promenading, shopping and taking “lunch” at Delmonico’s, or ices at Parkinson’s. By the way, Parkinson is a Philadelphia man ; he has just paid forty-five thousand dollars for a three years’ lease of a new building on Broad way, near Amity street. The married men have to succumb to the pre vailing fashion, but they generally do it under protesf. Somehow, they thought of a wife as of their mother, in connection with a house, aud care, and affection, and honse-wifely duty, and they feel a sense ot disappointment in being thrown back again upon boarding-house life aud the clubs. The American is essentially a money-making race, and life does not go as easy with them as it does with the Parisians. They are full of cares and anxieties, and they want the gentle influence of home, wife and children to counteract the ex citing and demoralizing tendencies of the outside world. Deprived of them they become careless, indifferent to family and social obligations, fre quently hard drinkers, or involved in a hundred wild political or financial speculations. The dress of the women keeps pace with the luxury which is to be seen everywhere. It is amazing where all the money comes from to sup port such extravagance. Coming down the steps of a large establishment the other day was a lady dressed in rich mauve silk, with a shining ribbed surface like satin. A large and magnificent lace mantle enveloped her entire person; a little cap, or what they call a bonnett, of blue crape, was perched on the top of her head, and festooned about it were strings of pearl beads, which de scended in three large rows upon her bosom.” Continental Gambling. I have said gambling pervades all classes of General John M. Schofield, lately home irom Europe, is to be a military ruler in Balti more. the top: it is luckily almost, 1 nave said gamming pervades all classes oi but it is forward. Yea, every society—h e re is the last-story of gamblings Tlge — scene Of the pbrensy was the Berhn Jocky Club. Three years since a petty prince of the German Confederation (you know wliat microscopic ani malcules some of its princes are) took liis seat at the eeartc. His adversary was like himself an other officer of the Prussian army—Count Von T ■, a Colonel of the Royal Guards. They began by playing one hundred thalers, then two hundred thalers, next ten thousand thalers were staked. After they had exhausted the money in their pockets they began to play on parole, Count Von T had an extrarordinary run oi' luck all night long, and at daybreak he was tlie winner of two hundred thousand thalers. At nine o’clock a. m., Count Yon T rose from the table, saying: “I beg your Highness’ pardon for interrupting the game, but the truth is, I am half dead with hunger. I must breakfast. This evening I will give yon another chance to re trieve fortune. The Prince replied: “Why wait until this evening. Let us resume playmg after breakfast.” The Count said, “Willingly.” After breakfast they returned to the ecarte ta ble. They played until dinner, and when they rose to dine the Count had won 800,000 thalers. They returned to the table immediately after dinner. After the opera had closed all the members of the club flocked around the gamesters. They played in this way for fifty-two hours, when at last the Prince, exhausted by fatigue, threw the cards on the table, and exclaimed: “Enough! ” He reckoned his losses, and found he owed Count Von T 3,000,000 thalers. He came near going insane, for a gambling debt is a debt of honor, and must be paid within twenty-four hours or the debtor is dishonored. The Prince hastened to the royal palace and asked an audi ence of the King. It was instantly granted.— The moment he entered the King ot Prussia’s presence, he said: “ Sire, I have lost 8,000,- 000 thalers gambling.” His majesty coldly remarked: ‘‘So I have heard, and I am presnaded your Highness has paid the gam bling debt; the debt of honor?” The Prince answered ; “ Sire, were I to give Count Von T— . my whole fortune I shall not discharge much more than half my debt. What shall I do ?” The King said: “ Go at once to Spandau Fort ress. When I come to a decision, I shall let you hear it” The Prince bowed and retired. An order was instantly dispatched to Count Von T to or der him to repair immediately to the palace. He soon came. The King inquired: “ You have been playing with Prince ?” “ Yes, sire.” “ Has he paid Tbe Tigress and her Young. Some years ago, some English Officers camp ing in the vicinity ot Mulkspoor, went out tiger hunting, and bagged a splendid tigress. W hilst returning home with the trophy they fonnd, in a secluded spot, in the lee of a jagged rock, what evidently was the lair of a tiger, for there lay bones of both human and brute kind, and shreds and rags and clothing. More interesting than all, however, was the discovery ot a tiny kitten not more than a fortnight old, coiled in a comer, winking and blinking and gaping at the intrud ers. The hunters at once decided that it mnst be the cub of the beast they had slain, and wil lingly took charge of the little orphan. Tiger kittens are not captured every day, so when the hunters returned to their quarters, the excitement in their tent was considerable. The newly acquired kitten was provided with a tiny dog collar and chain, and attached to the tent pole, round which it gamboled to the delight of an audience numbering nearly twenty. About two hours after the capture, however, and just as it was growing dark, the good people in the tent were checked in the midst of their hilarity by a sound that caused the bravest heart to beat rath er irregularly. It was the roar, or rather the combination of shriek and roar, peculiar to the tiger when driv en mad with rage. In an instant the gamboling kitten became every inch a tiger, and strained, with all its baby strength, at the tetber, while it replied with a loud wail to the terrible voice outside. The company were panic stricken.-— There was something so sudden and unearthly in the roar, that it seemed as though the great tiger brought in an hour before, had come to life again. Certainly the tiger in question was already flayed, bat tbe picture conjured up became not the more pleasant for that. There was, however, not nearly so much time for speculation to the scared company as writing these lines has cost; for al most simultaneously with the roar there leaped clear into the centre of the tent a bold tigress, and without deigning to notice a single man there, she caught her kidnapped baby by the nape of the heck and giving it a jerk snapped the little chain, and then turning for the tent door trotted off at full speech After ail, it ap peared that the little thing did not belong to the tiger that was slain, but to the brave mother that had tracked and recovered it Sanguinary man- eater as she may have been, one can be scarcely sorry to hear that not a gun was leveled at the great rejoicing creature as she bore off her young one, and that she got ofi' clear. The Express Company started at the South since the war has had a meeting of their Board of Directors to take steps to raise money. It ap pears that seventy per cent, of the stockholders have quit paying up the frequent assessments, and, though one and a half millions have been called in, only four hundred thousand dollars have been paid. It was finally agreed that all shareholders who would not pay up twenty dol lars per share at once, should forfeit all they have paid in, and tlie thirty per cent, of stockholders who have complied with the calls will become owners of all the assets.—Cincinnati Commercial. James Stephens is receiving endorsement from Fenian Circles in all parts of the countiy. Ho is to speak in Boston on Thursday next. you?” “No, sire,” but I will wait his good pleasure.” The King replied: “ No, Count, I am not rich enough to pay my officers’follies, but you and your family will receive forever the interest of 3,000,000 thalers. Does this arrange-. ment suit?” “ Will your Majesty allow mo to insist on one condition precedent to the arrangement ?” “ What’s the condition ?” “ To be allowed to win the rank of General on, the battle-fields of Schleswig-Holstein.” “ Yoor condition is accepted. I will give the Minister of War instructions to issue the neces sary orders.” There is a proverb: Men who are lucky at cards are unlucky at everything else. Count Von T set off for the Prussian army in the Duch ies the following morning at five o’clock. The second day thereafter he reached their head quarters. Three hourslafter he went into actiou, and an hour after the battle began he fell, shot through the heart. Death of a Remarkable Old Negro.— The Norfolk Day Book says “Tony Nelson, an old negro man, died near Suffolk, and was bu ried on the 4th instant, in the ninety-fourth year of his age. This old man was formerly a ser vant in the Washington family, and helped to cut what is known as the ‘Washington Ditch,’ a canal leading from the western margin of the Dismal Swamp to Drummond’s Lake, an en terprise which was projected by General Wash ington. Tony bad never lived during his life two miles from the Dismal Swamp, and most of his time in the Swamp. He has been the hus band of twenty-one wives, six of whom are now living, and yet, in his extreme old age and last sickness, no one of them would nurse bins*. Being freed by the proclimation of the President and subsequent action of the State, he died in extreme poverty.” Gen. Sherman, lately descended into tlie Quincy copper mines, Lake Superior. He went down on the~)adders, but insisted on riding qpin the “skip.” Of coarse his word was law, ana he was sent up flying, and came yeiy near beings dumped oat ou the breaking floor when he came to the top.

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Weekly Atlanta intelligencer. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1865-18??, July 25, 1866, Image 1