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Newspaper Page Text‘ERROR CEASES TO EE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”—Jefferson. VOLUME XVIII. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,1866. NUMBER 35. UMty Jntrlligrorrr. PUBLISHED DAILY AND WEEKLY BY JARED IRWIN WHITAKER, l*poi»rI«‘t or. ATLAHTA, GEORGIA. Wednesday, September 5, 1866. By an arrangement made with the Pkopbi- ktoii of this journal, vvc take pleasure this morning in introducing to its readers Mr. Sam uel P. Ivins—formerly of the "Athens (Tenn.) Pont,” and, recently, of the Chattanooga “Ameri can Union”•—as one of its Associate Editors.— T<> the Editor, himself, th;3 association is most agreeable. Mr. Ivins, as a journalist, is most favorably known to the Southern Press, and es pecially so to the press of Tennessee. We most cordially w elcome him into the Intelligencer’s sanctum to participate in its labors. With the growing prosperity of Atlanta, its interests have become more important and varied than hereto fore, devolving an increase of labor in the con duct of this, one of its representative presses.— Appreciating this state of things, the Proprie tor of this journal, in the arrangement made with Mr. Ivins, lias contributed to that end. We are gratified at being authorized to make this an nouncement. A Picture ol' New Kiijflaud. The following picture of New England was drawn by General George W. Morgan, in a speech at a mass meeting made reeeutly by him at Coshocton, Ohio. lie wili he worse than any radical of them all who w ill dispute the force and truthfulness of what the speaker littered on the occasion: No man is more ready than myself to do jus tice to New England, tor all that New England deserves. 1 respect her intelligence, but depre cate her seltishness ami her fanaticism. I admire her energy, her ingenuity, and her enterprise, hut 1 cannot commend her egotistical intolerance, nor that sordid selfishness which would impov erish every other State, and people, for her own peculiar benefit. I am proud of the names of Greene, of Warren, of Starke—of the Adamses, the Hancocks, the Websters, the Pierces, the Woodhurys, and the Choates; but I should hesi tate long before I could commend, as models of statesmanship or patriotism, the Sumners, the Wilsons, the Garrisons, and the Phillipses, who, as the agents of the lordly manufacturers, con trol our country. Then, when I say New Eng land. 1 mean the extortioners, the Pharisees, the pretenders, whose malign influence, like llie breath of the upas-tree, contaminates, poisons, and corrupts all that it touches. And it is with mortification that I here con- less, that not only we Ohioans, but that our fel low citizens of all the agricultural States, are 'nled, aye, I say are ruled, by New England. In a late speech in the Senatehva distinguish ed Ohio Senator—himself a native of our State, hut an ofl'sliot from New England—while asking to hi 1 allowed to place the offering of his submis sion upon the footstool of New England, he truth fully remarked: “ New England is at this moment not only rep resented by her twelve Senators, hut by six or eight more, who are sons of New England, who moved to the West, and carried with them their religion, their principles, and, in some cases, their wives, where they did not, we provided wives for them. They came back here as Senators, and now stand here to vote New England ideas and New England principles.” [Applause.] Let us consider for a moment this compliment paid to New England by an Ohio Senator. From whence came the lion. Columbus Delano, Thad- dcus Stevens, Benjamin F. Wade and Judge Trumbull Y They are, one and all, the native-born children ot New England, and they have gone to Con gress, not to represent Ohio, nor Pennsylvania, nor Illinois, but, in tlie expressive language of Senator Sherman, “ to vote New England ideas and New England principles.” And so completely is New England enthroned, so tirinly is our vassalage established, that we, men of Ohio, are taxed to make a gilt, of boun ties to the cod-fishers of Massachusetts and Con necticut. And in return generous New England, unselfish New England, condescends to impose a duty of a tew cents per pound on wool, while she, with a modesty only equalled by her disin terested philanthropy, is satisfied with a hun dred per cent, for herself! [Applause.] Then, Ohioans—men of the young and mighty W est—I appeal to your manhood, to your self- respect, to your love for your home-land, to break the shackles which the schemers ol New Eng land have thrown around us. ICntllciillNin an Viewed from Abroad. As viewed from abroad, radicalism in the United States presents no favorable features. It is almost as loathesome as it is on this side of the Atlantic. The foreign press, particularly that ol London, has no respect for, and denounces it in no measured terms. It is not often, says a cotemporary, that “ so much truth and good sense arc compressed in so tew words, as the fol lowing from the London Past of the 7th August. Says the Pad It certainly does seem strange that any faction, however extreme its rimes, should still exist in the United States, which can persist in a policy, which, if steadily pursued, would inevitably bring ah,at another ciril tear. The great object with which, as we arc fold, the North engaged in a costly war against the Southern States, was to prevent them.seceding from the Union. It was absolutely essential that the republic should Ik* one and indivisible. This unity, it was insisted, was necessary for its greatness and its prosperi ty ; and to maintain it no sacrifices were consid ered too great. Now, however, that the war is at an end, it is those who are most bitter in their hostility to the Soullt who strive to prevent this much-tlesired unity becoming an accomplished fact. It is fortunate, under such circumstances, that the republic lias tor its chief magistrate such a man as Andrew Johnson. The houesty with which he has endeavored to reconcile the differences of the antagonistic States, and the sound statesmanship lie has shown in his efforts to reconstruct the Union on the only possible sound basis—namely, the equal recognition of the rights ot all it> citizens—have secured for him tin' respect of every true triend of that great republic. Against the narrow-minded prejudices ol those whom, in the first flush of victory, the Republican party sent to Congress, be can do The Atlanta Minins and Rollins -VIill Tennessee. c ompany. j A report has gained currency that a movement 1 lie spirit of enterprise in our midst is demon- ■ has been inaugurated in Tennessee looking to a re-organization of the State government. For the iutorniation of such of our readers as feel an interest in Tennessee polities, we «iil state that we do not believe anything ot the kind will beat- | tempted. The present government of that State j is bad enough, no doubt, and the question of an North, and South of us, family' residences are j immediate change lues been mooted ; but the springing up as if by magic. I assing yesterday j leading minds there, as we are informed by gen- strating itself in a most wonderful manner. The eye sees and the ear hears it, as well in the su burban districts, as in the heart and other bu siness portions of our city. On every side of us, ' there are now rising magnificent structures, de- | signed for commercial purposes, and East, West, morning the carpenter’s shop of one of our most enterprising citizens, our attention was called to the moving upon drays and carts of a large quan tity of dressed planks, posts, beams, <fcc. “There,” said the gentleman referred to, “goes up another house; only one of many of the same sort L have in process of construction. In a week it shall be ready for the owner.” And this is hut one of a hundred similar illustrations of that sjiirit to which we have referred as prevailing in our midst. But we turn to another, anil a more forcible illustration of that same spirit of enterprise which is so rapidly advancing the prosperity of Atlanta and adding to its material wealth. The heading of this article indicates our theme. The site of about twenty-five acres of land up on which “The Atlanta Mining and Rolling Mill Company” have erected their gigantic es tablishments, is situated due West, on a line with the “Western & Atlantic Railroad,” only a few yards from it, and about a mile from the centre of the city. In January last, only a few trees were upon »he site referred to. It was purchased by four enterprising gentlemen, well known to our citizens, to-wit: Mr. John B. Gray,Mr. Allan Kenedy, Dr. A. Alexander and His son .Air. J. A. Alexander. These are th*e gentlemen now con stituting the “Company,” Air. Gray being its President. It is not a stock, though it is a char tered company'—the charter capital being $250,- 000—and as the gentlemen named are the sole parlies interested, it must be regarded as individu al enterprise. It was only in March last that work was commenced upon the site on which the “Company” proposed to erect their buildings.— The day before yesterday' we visited it, and the following is the result of our hasty observations. AVc noticed a substantial wooden structure, with a circular roof, not entirely finished, though it soon will he, some 308 feet in length by 75 in width, under which there was in successful oper ation, a “ merchant iron rolling mill,” with ca pacity to roll all sorts, sizes, and shapes, of iron. While there, spike iron—for the purpose of man ufacturing spikes, with which the Company pro pose to furnish Southern Railroads—was being rolled. JTlic “ Company, ” too, have in process of erection an engine of extra quality' and pow er, designed to re-roll railroad iron, which will be in operation in about sixty days. Puddling fur naces lor boiling iron—thereby developing the iron resources of the State—will also be erected. Connected with the foregoing, the “Company” have erected also a large stone building, in which they' have a foundry and machine shop, with all the appliances necessary to the execution of any work oftered in that line. Tin 1 Foundry and Rolling Alii Is, we were assured, will be second to none in the North, and superior to any T in the South in their ability to turn out finished and substantial work. Our limits prevent a more extended notice of this magnificent enterprise—one that has sprung up in our midst, ns if by magic, of the importance of which, until we visited it, we had no idea.— It not only' gives employment to artisans and laborers, hut it adds materially to our population, benefits every branch of business in our commu nity, and increases the value jif all property in its vicinity. The “ Company',” we learn, have labor ed, and still labor disndvatageously under the heavy charges imposed upon them by the rail roads for freight, transportation of machinery and tor supplies of coal. In these respects, about which we know nothing, we would suggest,that our State railroads should exercise a considerate liberality’. Of course, the main object of all such companies is to realize profit through the investment of their capital, their labor and enterprise; but inas much as they' tend so largely to devclopc the iron resources of our State and to add to its wealth, the lowest rate of freight should be assessed upon them as the railroads can bear. And so Atlanta is progressing. Eighteen months ago, she was in ashes. To-day, she stands in the front rank among the cities of the South. Though not so densely populated now as some of them may be; and though denied the advan tages ot our Southern seaport cities ; it will not be long ere she will overtake in population and pass by most of the former, while she will pos sess advantages overt.he latter that will place her second to none of them in commercial im portance. She occupies the “ situation'' in re spect to them all, and she will surely improve upon it. Tile Approaeliing Elections. A friend iu Newnan asks us to inform him when the elections come oft in the North and AYest. AYc refer him to the following which we clip from tjic Philadelphia Ledger : “The first to be held will be upon the first Tuesday of September, in Vermont, after which will follow California and Nevada, upon ihe first Wednesday, and Maine upon t]ye second Monday of September. Colorado will vote upon the first Tuesday iu October; Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indi ana, Iowa and Minnessota upon the second Tues day ; and AVest Virginia on the fourth Thursday. On the first Tuesday in November will vote New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Wisconsin; on the first Wednesday, Maryland and Kansas ; and on the Tuesday alter the first Monday. Massa- chusetts, Delaware, Michigan and Missouri.— This closes the list of elections for the year 1SGG, and in 1867, New Hampshire votes on the second Tuesday of March. Connecticut on the first Mon day of April, Rhode Islaud on the first AVednes- bttlo more than protest. That protest may oc j Jay of April, and Kentucky on the first Alonday may not be availing ; but such as it is he deems | of August. Oregon will not have another elee- il his duty to make it; not doubting, however, ! turn until the first Monday of June, 1S6S. For that the moral support accorded to him by the hulk of h is ft Uo ir-cdice ns, will girt to it,in efficacy which no hostile majorities in Congress can entirely destroy. ^ ^ Tlte Policy ol' the Hunk ol' Kiiglaud. The Charleston News, in an article headed as above, thus explains the course of the Bank of England during the late financial troubles, sliow- nearly all the elections to be held in the fall of this year tickets have already been nominated, and iu all the States contending parties are di vided almost solely by the issues involved in the President's policy.” Another Prophet. Secretary Fletcher, Governor Browulow’s next best friend, predicts that the country will be in mg it up in no enviable light, when contrasted I the midst of another war in less than ninety with the course of the Secretary of the United ! days. Air. Fletcher may be gifted with the spir- States Treasury, Air. McCulloch, during that financial crisis The Bank of France now holds in its vaults about £28,000,0**0 of specie. The Bank ot Eng land has about A.'14,000,000. In France the bank rate ot interest is 3i per cent, per annum; and in England tlic rate has been it* per cent, up to Thursday last, when it was reduced to 8 percent, as we are informed by the cable. The rate of 10 per cent, which was continued so long a time, notwithstanding the imprecations of the London mercantile community, drove specie from Lon don to Paris, but it put up the shares of the Bank of England, and this was all that the directors wanted. The rate was emphatically a panic it of prophecy, but his inspiration is drawn from the wrong direction to lead any sane mind to place much reliance in his vaticinations. The people iu all directions have had enough of war, and those who are laboring for another era of bloodshed, will find themselves sadly mistaken, if something worse does not happen them. tk-tnen from that direction, do not favor a step that would he revolutionary in its character, and perhaps lead to a renewal of the scenes of vio lence and bloodshed with which the Eastern por tion of that Commonwealth has been afflicted, but which are now ot much less frequent occur rence. AVithout the slightest intention to inter fere in mat ters outside our own proper bailiwick, we will take the liberty of expressing an opinion that it would be better to let the present Execu tive of Tennessee finish his gubernatorial career, extending through another twelve month, than to attempt his removal and expulsion in the manner mentioned—better for the people to en dure the ills they have than to iucur, at this un- propitious period, the risk of bringing upon them selves additional, and perhaps worse ones. AYe have reasons for believing tha t radicalism has made itself so disgustingly odious in Tennessee that there can lie uo possible question as to the result ot the next regular elections. The National Exprettsand Transportation Company, The Lynchburg Virginian has the following about the- Express Companies. The allegation in the appel to Judge Underwood’s Court, made by the Adams Express Company that its “stock holders were loyal to the flag during the Rebel lion,” will hardly advance its interests* in the South. Says the Virginian : A meeting of the Lynchburg stockholders in tlie National Express and Transportation Com pany was held Hi the office of the company at this place on Saturday evening last to consult to gether and consider the circular recently addres sed to the President and Directors of the com pany, and endorsed and approved by tlie stock holders and business men of Baltimore. The stockholders present resolved to pay at once the cash requisition of five per cent, on the capital stock, and to sustain the company in its full vigor and credit. Among tlie stockholders of the company in this city are many of the largest merchants and wealthiest and most responsible citizens in our community. The amount of stock owned iu Lynchburg is two hundred and thirty-four thousand dollars—15 per cent., $35,- 100 Of which has been paid up, and the last call of five per cent. $11,700 will be paid up on the 25tli iust., making a total of 20 per cent., or $46,- 800 paid up in Lynchburg. The National is a Southern company, in every way responsible, and deserves the support of our citizens. It has had many difficulties to contend against, but has at last, by the decisions of the courts of Virginia, obtained equal privileges on the Virginia rail roads with that great monopoly the Adams’ Ex press Company, which, we understand from good authority, does business here under three differ ent names—the “Adams,” “Southern” and “Ham den.” The Adams monopoly, defeated in the courts of Virginia before Virginia judges, lias now appealed to the Federal court at Alexan dria, presided over by Judge Underwood,” and asks at liis hands, through its counsel, to use their own words, an injunction in its favor, be cause the Adams stockholders “were loyal to the flag during the rebellion.” The people of Lynchburg and the South are deeply interested in the success of the National, as it is the only express company opposing the Adams monopoly. Through the agency ot the National Express rates have been reduced from $1 75 to $1 per hundred, from Baltimore to Lynchburg, and from three dollars to two dollars from New York to Lynchburg. If the National is* not sustained and has to withdraw its office from this place, the commu nity will probably soon see that the rates will go up to the same figures from which they were re duced. Tlie National has established its lines on all the principal railroads North and South, and is prepared to forward express matter at. as low rates, and as expeditiously, as any other express company. “In accordance with instructions of the Sec retary of AYar, it is ordered that, on and after the 1st day of October next, the issue of rations be discontinued, except to the sick in regularly organized hospitals, and to tlie orphan asylums for refugees and freedmen, already existing, and that the State officials who may he responsible for the care of the poor be carefully notified of this order, so that they may assume the charge of such indigent refugees and freedmen as are not embraced iu tlie above exceptions.” Tlie foregoing is an order issued hy Major General Howard, of the Freedmen’s Bureau, bearing date the 22d instant. Neither the “indigent refugees,” nor the “freedmen” referred to in tlie order, especially the latter, will lose much in the enforcement of the order. AYe hon estly believe that the issuing of rations to wliat may be termed “indigent freedmen” in this vi cinity, has done more lvarm than good, and that so long as k is continued many of those wherare able to work will idle away their time and in dulge in dissipation rather than take up the “shovel and the hoe.” The order, therefore, we believe, will do good. Alany a darkey, we pre dict, will soon after the first day ot next October be seekiug that to which the race has a natural repugnance—we mean iwrk. General Grant. The radical press appears determined to keep General Grant in a false position iu regard to President Johnson’s administration. AVhether or uot of large importance, there is little doubt that General Grant is in full accord with the President upon the leading features of his policy. The following paragraph occurs in a late corre spondence of the Cincinnati Gazette, and is an average specimen of the fairness and candor trom that direction: Alucb surprise was occasioned py the appear ance bt General Grant when the committee from the Philadelphia Convention visited the AVhite House to communicate the result to the country. It has transpired that General djrant was not present ot his own accord, but Ibrough a pre arranged plan of AD. Johnson, an?! tlie managers. Just before the appointed time cable for tlie in terview the President sent for Gerisral Grant, sav ing he desired to see him on business. AA’hen the general hastened over from h|S headquarters and'entered the President’s roomi; the committee from Philadelphia was announced and ushered in. General Grant found liimselria victim to the same cunning which so admirably controlled the sreat Convention. Rennett and tlie Confederacy. The paragraph below is traveling round upon the authority of the New York Ne tvs. AVhether true or otherwise.is not a matter ol'large impor tance, as the Herald has long enjoyed the repu tation of making its opinion and position upon political subjects a question merely of dollars and cents: There will shortly be published a record of the proceedings of the secret sessions of the Confed erate Congress. This interesting publication will reveaf the fact, beyond dispute, that James Gordon Bennett sent an agent to the Confederate Government, offering to sell the influence of the New York Herald to the Confederacv, and to A Number of delegates from Southern States have been appointed to the radical “free and easy," which is to assemble at Philadelphia on AVednesday next. It appears, however, that a rate, and undtr panics and high-pressure rates of good many of the appointees have uo appetite for ‘ advocate the secession movement, for the sum of interest, the hunk shares have bounded up from , the proposed entertainment. Panurraphs like! £50,000 in gold, to be paid in England. This .4.’180 to *'250. Tiiis sufficiently explains the ., „ - e . , _ . ; offer was duly considered and rejected, upon the course <>f the bank during the late financial trou- | the following are of frequent occurrence in j grounds: firk, that the New York Herald had till's, and places the excessive avarice of its man- Southern journals within the last week or two : no influence, and could not be of service to the agei-s in strong contrast to the liberal policy of ! “The name of Mr. James M. Wallace, of Lees- Confederacy; and, secondly, that, judging from tlie Secretary of the Treasury of the United burgh, V.*,, was recently published as one of the ; Bennett’s antecedents and known character, he States, whose timely relief, at the height of the delegates to the proposed Radical Convention to would not keep faith with them, but would be panic, saved important interests, and at tlie same : be held in Philadelphia next month. Air. W., in j false to his bargain at the first opportunity that time avoided the waves of commercial disaster a note to the Loudoun Mirror, states that his ! promised a reward for his treachery, before they could reach our shores Si far as it name has fieen used without his authority, and ! This is one more chapter in the hi supplies a circulating medium representing gold, the Bank ot England is a blessing to tlie world ; hut in its arbitrary regulation of interest puts money iu the pockets of the shareholders, even amidst the wreck of commercial and industrial interests. : history of the that he has no idea of taking part in any such j infamous career of this bad old man. ’ convention. He adds: “ I was in favor of set- j * ^ tliug our difficulties in the Union, but never had i Col. Johnson, of Arkansas, whom the Radi- one drop of abolition blood in my veins, and am • cals refused to admit to his seat in the present now unalterably opposed to negro suffrage in Congress, or even to the floor of the House, has Virginia.” ' w | been elected to the next Congress. Spirit oOrte New York Prran. Tilt. FOOD PROSPECT. The Express stys that the harvest prospects being favorable, and foreign breadstuffeof all de scriptions, in the Liverpool market, being “fiat” —the chances of buy considerable demand from this side are materially diminished—a faot, which ought to tell on the Current, high prices, in favor of tlie consumer—particularly as our home crops never promised so abundantly. TOE ARMS TRADE OPEN. The Express publishes the letter of instruction of the Secretary the Treasury in which collec tors are informed4Uat permits are ho longer ue cessary in the shipment of arms, ammunition or other merchandise into any of the States recent ly in insurrection ; and that all the ports of the United States, without exception are placed on the same footing., so that the trade iu powder and arms in this country is now entirely free. GOLD SPECULATIONS. The CommeretM states that nearly the entire supply of gold appears to be in the hands of a bull combinations who can run up the premium as they please., j It is uuderstoSfcTiiat the clique now hold niue to tea millions otvgold. The Post says |^*t gold is so scarce that. 1 per cent, is paid for delivery. A single loan this morning of one million cost the borrower $10,- 000. The bear speculators who have been selling gold short are thq^'paying heavy tribute to the superior power of the bulls. There is a rumor that the clique whjeh holds a large aggregate of coin has sold out tjiis morning two millions.— Another report is that very heavy amounts have been sold short for'future delivery. The World says that yesterday the bull clique loaned $2,000,000 in round sums outside, of the gold room at one per cent, per day, or the rate of 365 per cent, per annum interest on loans ot gold or the real money of the United States sanc tioned by its Constitution. This rate of 365 per ceBt. per annum interest in gold money might be, with seme reason, termed high compared with the rates of 4 to 6 per cent, per annum paid tor loans in greenback money. CABLE OPERATIONS. The Express remarks that some of the opera tions which have Already resulted from the use of the Atlantic -telegraph are sufficient to show the immense changes in the commercial relations of Europe and America, which will be brought about through thafHffiannel. For example: A firm in Liverpool, on Tuesday last, sent an order to a house in this city for a cargo of grain; on the following Thu&lay the New York firm sent back a telegran^^^^ the grain had been pur chased, put on board ship, anil that the hills of lading would be forwarded by the steamer of Saturday, and the amount drawn for. In ordinary times it would have required at least six weeks to do as much as this; while in the old times, before steamships, it would have re quired full three .mouths. THE “ STOKES ” CONVENTION. The Convention of “ Southern Loyalists,” to meet in Philadelphia on next Wednesday, seems to be faring badly. The World refers to it regu larly, as the “Mrgn AYhite Convention.” Its correspondents spunk of it'as the “Convention of Sneaks,” and now it is announced that Fred. Douglass lias been elected a delegate from Ro chester to the Loyal Southerners’ Convention in Philadelphia. Upon this, the Tribune speaks up for the Con vention, and says that it, the Convention, “ will make no objection to his color. The Union party is perfectly willing—nay, anxious—that the loyal colored men should have a vote in its conventions.” TftE LABOR CONGRESS AT BALTIMORE. In the Convention of Laboring Men held at Baltimore, a platform was adopted, which we find in the New York dailies. It declares against the growing and alarming encroaching of capi tal upon the rights of the industrial classes of the United Slates, and in favor of tlie adoption of a law whereby eight hours shall constitute a legal day’s work in every State of the American Union. The platform also asserts that it is the imperative duty of even' working man iu the United.States .to connect himself with this labor organization, if any exists, and where none ex ists, to immediately commence the formation of one. It denounces the system of prison Tabor, as practiced throughout this country, as not only injurious to tlie producing classes, but an invita tion for mean employers to contract with the government for cheap labor; pledges individual and undivided support to tlie sewing women and daughters of toil in this land ; calls the attention of the industrial classes to the subject of tene ment houses and improved dwellings; deprecates wliat. is familiarly known as “strikes” among working men; declares on the subject of the pub lic lands, “That, the whole public domain shall he disposed of to actual settlers onlyrecom mends the formation cf mechanics’ institutes, lyceums, reading rooms, and the _ erection of buildings for that purpose, and asserts that, as the sense of this congress, the speedy restoration of the agricultural interests of the Southern States is of vital importance to the laboring men of the North, and that the aggregation and capi talization of the surplus earning of labor, for the two-fold purpose if promoting an increase of the production of cotton and of aiding and elevating the laboring classes, as proposed by the Ameri can Industrial Agency, is very desirable. THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. The London correspondent of the News writes that Parliament has closed, and unless some great event should happen, it will not meet again until February. It was in all respects a curious session. It began last February. It was a new Parliament, led by a new ministry, who had a majority of 70. At the end of six months that ministry is out of office, and the conservatives sit on the right of the speaker. Noteworthy, too, are the events of the past six months. The nee dle gun has upset all Europe and nearly crushed the empire of Austria. The British Parliament has had to deal with rebellion in Ireland, with cattle plague, with an unprecedented commercial crisis, with pestilence and rioting. Yet we may fairly say that the session, in respect to legisla tion, has been wasted. Nothing has been done for Ireland except to deplore Irish grievances.— Nothing has been done for the English poor but to confess how badly they are used. Nothing has been done to ameliorate the condition of the financial world. Nothing has been done to settle the class questions, such as church rates and re form. There has been a change of ministry, and that wc must perfoice regard as the main work of the session. THE POLICE OF NEW YORK. The New York police if not a set of “ roughs,” seem to be a very rough set. The News says that there are respectable gentlemen in the city, who have lived here for fifty years, fathers of families, and in every way conscious and obser vant of their obligations to society, who go arm ed in the public streets, not for protection against thieves and rowdies, but against the brutality of the law-breakers with stars upon their breasts and the city’s livery on their backs. The World says that the numerous charges of pecuniary corruption and dishonesty recently made against the police have been so unsatisfac torily dealt with by the Board, that it hopes to see the conduct and condition of the whole or ganization speedily brought under examination by the regular tribunal of public justices. THE EMPIRE OF MEXICO. A correspondent of the Tim # writing trom Mexico under date of the 10th instant, says that all indications point, clearly to the speedy down fall of the Empire. We have only to record the fact of the complete failure of Maximilian to make an empire where republicanism had its altar fires tor forty years. He also writes that the French army is now powerless. There are at least one hundred thou sand Liberals in the field. These will sweep every enemy from their country within the first month of dry weather and good roads. The revolution for tlie complete overt brow of the remaining strength of the Empire, and the reconstruction of the Republic, is actually begun. The London correspondent of the News writes that the arrival of the Empress Carlotta in Paris has created a sensation. Most people regard it as the beginning of the end, and suppose that Maximilian will shortly follow his wife. Ac cording to Dame Gossip the whole affair is ar ranged. Maximilian is to evaeuate the country. A republican form of government is to be re stored under the temporary' prelection of the French army. Some people declare that a for mal agreement has. been entered into between Marshal Bazaine aud tlie Juarists. THE NEW ORLEANS TROUBLE. The Express says that the publication in full of the official correspondence concerning this unhappy affair, elicits no new facts, but sustains fully' the position held by the President, and de stroys most effectually the disingenuous publica tions of the Radical press relating thereto. In one of his dispatches, the President said to the Attorney General of Louisiana: You wifi call on General Sheridan, or whoever may be in command, for sufficient force to sustain the civil authority in suppressing all illegal or unlawful assemblies who usurp or assume to exercise any power or authority without first having obtained the consent of the people of the State. If there is to be a convention, let it be composed of dele gates chosen fresh from the people of the whole State. The people must be first consulted iu re ference to changing the organic law of the State. Usurping will not be tolerated. The law and the Constitution must be sustained, and thereby peace and order. From Atlanta. We transfer from the New York Journal of Commerce, the following letter addressed to it from Atlanta. Who “B. F. M.” is, we have no idea, but be is certainly a sensible man. All that Georgia needs to develope her immense resources, is capital. She has the intelligence and enter prise—the coal, the iron, the copper, the marble, the slate, the lead, the gold, the soil and the rail roads, to give employment to capital and to make all investments of it safe and profitable in the highest'degree. Georgia is emphatically, in her mines and minerals, the California of tlie At lantic States. Give to her capital and she will soon attain a prosperity' that will favorably com pare with that which, under the old regime, marked her as the “Empire State of the South.” But to the letter of “B. F. M. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 21,1866. Editor Journal of Commerce, New York : Dear Sir—The proceedings of the Philadel phia Convention, so harmonious aud so patriotic, have been received here with a heartfelt jov, and inspire the conviction that these Southern States, than which none have in times past been more devoted to the principles of the Constitution, will soon resume their places in the Union, of which that Constitution is now the permanent bond.— It is strange that the writer of this, a Northern man, and one who, during the last nine months, lias had every opportunity' tor observation, should have been unable to perceive that disloyal spirit which, by a portion of the Northern press, is said to be rampant at the South. On the con trary, he finds the frankness and good frith, with which the situation and its corresponding obliga tions have been accepted, to be something won derful, and certainly all that could possibly be expected. This city is rapidly rising to fair proportions. Even while I write, the sound of the hammer and the anvil fills the air, and one is constantly reminded of the growth of some ot our North western towns. Atlanta, with its peculiar ad vantages of situation and climate, will, at no distant day, rank among the first of Southern cities. Situated on tlie direct line between New York and New Orleans, she is the centre from which diverge four distinct lines of railroad, af fording every facility for trade with the surround- country'. Within a few miles are the head waters of rivers, which empty on the one hand into the Atlantic, and on the other into the Gulf of Mexico. Beiug, if I am not mistaken, about oue thousand feet above the level of the ocean, her elevated situation insures a pure and bracing air, and renders her one of the healthiest cities in the whole country. The one great drawback which exists here, and, indeed, throughout the South, is lack of capital. It can easily be shown that the amount of currency in circulation is not one half, per haps not more than one-fourth, of that employed beforgjke war, while the increased prices would readily absorb double what was then necessary. Our great need is money, or its representative. The surplus capital of your city and of the North generally, could here find safe and very' profita ble investment. We are astonished, when read- the small rates which money' commands with you, that it does not largely find its way hithc-r, where it readily earns, on good security, from two to ten per cent, per month. But, beyond all doubt, that which offers to cap italists the greatest inducement is our mines. To say notiiing of copper, iron and other more com mon aud useful metals, it is certain that the gold bearing quartz veins of Georgia will fully com pete with those of California, and m some re spects surpass them. Specimens of extraordi nary richness are not uncommon ; one exhibited yesterday weighed eighty dwts., ot which fifty dwts., were pure gold. Even the surface rocks are frequently found spangled with tlie glittering metal. In some instances these veins were im perfectly yet profitably worked in times past with machinery that lost the larger portion of the gold. With the more modern and improved works nearly all this loss will be avoided, and the mining prove immensely' profitable. There are also numerous placers of dirt, each many acres in extent, paying for several feet in depth from fifteen to fifty- cents in gold per cubic foot. These ali await tlie hand of the energetie capi talist who, by the hydraulic process and other improved methods, shall draw from their hidden millions. Remember, these are mines almost at your own doors, requiring but trifling outlay and the services for a short time of a competent pier- son, to be thoroughly and satisfactorily tested.— Let y-our moneyed men wake up to these facts, and place their greenbacks where they will be returned many fold. This city is from its situa tion the natural outlet ,as well as financial center, of the mineral resources of the Statfe; and here ali information can be given, and all necessary assistance rendered to those who would profit by them, Yours respectfully. B. F. M. [FOKTBE INTELLIGENCER.] Sliackliiis or President Davis. (See Prison L(r'e.) BV CHARLES IMNCKNEY, M. I>. Scene.—.4 Ceil in Fortress Monroe. President Reclining on a Couch. Enter Titlow with Blacksmith bearing Shackles. Davis.—Welt! Titlow.—To perform a duty painful, sir, I come. ’Tig spoken by these implements. Davis.—*Leaping from his )tosttion.) 11a ! what vision looming up before my sight Is this r Those dusky forms with look of dark Auif sinister intent ? What? chains? My God! Y'on cannot have been sent to iron me ? Titlow.—My orders, sir, are suen.' Davis.— ’Tis mockery ! A threat ®f "wrong too monstrous for belief! Yonr officer commanding here, can he Such folly advocate ? Or dare pretend Such shackles necessary to secure The safe custody of an aged man So guarded, and in such a Fort as this ? To see him instantly I d© demand. Titlow.—No purpose could it serve. From Wash ington His orders are ; from him my own. Davis.— ’Tis false ! To outrage such as thou would’st perpetrate Od me—a Nation’s proud but captive chief— The darkest record of the past would scorn To give a parallel. Titlow.— My duty, sir. Admits of no delay. The order is Peremptory. The soldier can hnt choose • To execute the purport of his twist. Davis.—It is the Jailor's special privilege, The Hangman's mercenary right, not thine. The sword he weareth is dishonored when A soldier such vile office doth accept. I toll the, Fetterer, that the time will come When this cursed deed shall see the light of day, And ail the nations ring with this disgrace. The cause I cherished is forever lost; But America still liveth, and yet Shall feel this her son’s foul degradation. ’Tis for her sake I plead : Kill me ! kill me ! But spare my country’s honor, and my own, This insult worse Than death! Titlow.— Blacksmith ! prepare Tour duty to nccomplish. (Aside.) ’Tis but pain, On every side increased, this interview To longer entertain. (Blacksmith advances.) Davis.—(Hurting him across the i-oom.) Avaunt minion ! Thus from me do I hurl the wretch who dares The sacred instincts of my soul pollute ! Titlow.—What’er the cost may be, t he order, sir, Must he obeyed. Compel me not, I pray, To couple force with this indignity. Davis.—I’m a prisoner! Held hy the fate of war— A war where triumphed tyranny. But I Have been a soldier of America, Aud cannot fear to die. Beyond this hour To live will he to rob oblivion Of its inheritance. Take thou my life, And I will bless the hand that deals the blow. But witness Heaven! While yet I may resist. With all the strength within me—for myself And for my outraged people, will I strive That this foul deed shall not he done. Titlow.— Ho, there ! (Enter Sergeant with .file of men.) Seize the prisoner. (They advance and seize the Pres ident, who, qfter a brief but passionate struggle, is thrown vpxm the couch and shackled. Davis.—(Bitterly.) Oh ! the shame ! the shame ! Atlanta, Aug. i>, 180G. Heavy Crops in California.—The Alta California recently alluded to the unusually heavy crops this season in Napa, Sonoma and Solano counties. The crops in the tier of coun ties south of San Francisco are said to be equal ly fine. The San Mateo Gazette says ; We were more thoroughly impressed with the truth of this assertion on our recent trip through the Yalley of Half Moon Bay. We do not recollect ever seeing such enormous crops as cover thousands of acres, of not only the valley, but the hills. Harvesting is but just commencing there now, as the prevailing fogs on the coast always cause it to'be much later than inland. It is now a settled feet that we shall have an abundance ot grain for home consumption and exportation in California this year. The pacific slope is beginning to yield a large surplus of grain. It is not improbable that this t ear California will have 7,000,000 bushels of wheat to spare for exportation. Mrs, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte. Madame Bonaparte, she who was Miss Patter son, and wife of Jerome, brother of the first Em peror Napoleon, and aunt of the present Empe ror of France, met with a painful accident a few weeks ago. She was going down stairs to tea, at her residence, corner of St. Paul and Lexing ton streets, Baltimore, and unfortunately, by a mis-step tripped and fell face foremost, over three or four steps-to the floor. She was com pletely prostrate. Taking her up, it was discov- ed she had fractured one of the small bones in her right wrist; besides bruising her forehead some. After being comfortably seated, she soon revived, suffering, however, severe pain. Dr. Reilly and Prof. N. R. Smith were immediately sent for, who attended to the broken wrist and rendered all necessary aid. She is new doing well and not considered iu any danger. It will be some weeks before she recovers the use of her arm and hand. The Madame is quite advanced in years, but remarkably active and wonderfully clear in mind for lier age. It is doubtful, if, in this re spect, she has her equal in the 'world. For a long time she lias been engaged writing her “Memoirs” or autobiography, which is now nearly completed. It will cover the history of more-than a half century, including Europe and America, directly setting forth her own personal and practical intercourse and experience with the world during that period. She resided in the early part of her life, nearly thirty years abroad, and whilst there moved in the most courtly, fashionable and intellectual circles. She was closely acquainted with many of the Eu ropean literati, such as Madame de Staei, Byron, Tom Moore and others. This, together with her intimate knowledge of men and things—espe cially European politics, statesmen, etc.—must give her memoirs, if they are ever published, a peculiar interest. She is finely educated. Her mind is clear, strong and philosophic. She writes, loo, with vigor and grace. What she most re grets under the present affliction from the acci dent of yesterday, is, that it will for a time pre vent her writing or using her hand in the con tinuation and completion of her memoirs. She does not intend having them published during her fife, but will leave the manuscript to be dis posed of by her children as they may see proper. She is quite a reader of tlie Picayune, aud ad mires its Paris correspondence very much, which may be considered a compliment to the author. Her acquaintance with affairs on the other side is both minute and extensive. Tlie late difficul ty between Prussia and Austria absorbed much of her attention. She indeed foretold the re sult almost with prophetic accuracy. The part that France, or Louis Napoleon, was to play, gave her especial concern. Her grandsoD, Je rome, is still in the French army, and the idol of her heart. She is now over eighty years of age, and in point of health, activity, strength of mind and conversational charms, lias no equal. The State, or “ Western and Atlantic Railroad.” The Cartersville Express of the 28th instant, contains the following complimentary .notice of the management of the “ Western and Atlantic Railroad.” The people of the State, who consti tute the stockholders ot the road, will, doubtless, be gratified in its perusal: State Road.—Those who traveled over this great public thoroughfare twelve months ago, and who have traveled over it recently, canuot fail to observe the improvement it has undergone within that period ot time—yea, within the last six months. Six months ago it was perfectly hazardous to limb aud life to take passage on board the cars. The track was in a horrible fix, and the engines and coaches no better. The de pots were all burnt down, as was also the ma chine shops, round-house, and sheds, the station houses all torn down and gone, and every rise in the water courses along this line of road car ried off one or more of tlie old rickety bridges, and freights were thereby detained much to the discomfiture aud injury of merchants and people generally. But now behold the change! The track from Atlanta to Chattanooga has been thoroughly repaired and put in good order, save a feltr miles between the former city aud Mari etta, and several miles of new track out and out, has been laid down below Chattanooga, at a cost of over $100,000, new depots, machine shops, station houses, sheds, round-house have been rebuilt, and put up in far more substantial manner than ever before, new and elegant truss bridges now span the water-courses, and the en gines, coaches and cars overhauled aDd made as good as new, aud all the washes filled up, gut ters, culverts and ditches cleaned out, crossings repaired, and the whole road looks as tidy as a new pin. All this change has been wrought through the efficiency, energy and perseverance of the present Superintendent, Maj. Campbell Wallace and his able assistants. The road is bountifully supplied with wood aud cross-ties, aud officered and manned by efficient, sober and steady men, as Maj. Wallace's laws of regulation is that of tlie Medes and Persians—a deviation therefrom is certain expulsion, without fear or favor. All this work has been done at the ex penditure of a vast sum of money—yet the pock ets of the people have remained undisturbed and the credit of the State unimpaired. Surely Gov ernor Jenkins must have made this appointment by the direction of the fiuger of Providence. Marriages in Egypt. When an Egyptian wants a wife he is not al lowed to visit the harems of his friends to select oue, lor Mahommed forbade men to see the face of any woman they could marry—that is to say, any besides their mothers and sisters. A man is, therefore, obliged to employ a khatbeh, or match-maker, to find one for him, for which ser vice, of course, she expects “bachshees"—that is, payment. The khatbeh, having found the girl, recommends her to the man as exceedingly beau tiful and eminently suitable to him. The father is then waited upon to ascertain the dowry he requires, for all wives are purchased, as they were in the patriarchal days. When Jacob had no money to pay for Rachel, he served her father seven years as an equivalent; and, when duped, was obliged to serve a secoud time to secure his prize. [Gen. xxtix.j, Fathers still refuse a younger daughter in marriage before an elder shall have been married. The people ot Armenia, in Asi atic Turkey, forbid a younger son to marry be fore an elder, and this is likewise the law of the Hindoos. Tlie price of a wife varies from five shillings to fifteen hundred dollars. The girl may not be more than five or six years old, but whatever her age, two-thirds of the dowry is at once paid to the father, in the presence of witnesses. The father, then, or his representative, says, “1 betroth to thee my daughter,” and the young man re sponds, “1 accept the betrothal.” * Unless in the lower classes, the father expends the dowry in Hie purchase of dress, ornaments, or furniture for the bride, which never become the property of her husband. Even when betrothed, the in tercourse of the parties is very restricted. The Arabs will not allow them to see each other; but the Jews are not quite so stringent. The be trothals often continue for yeafs before the man demands his wife, thus : “Samson went down and talked to the woman,” or espoused her, and, “after a time, lie returned to take her.” Girls are demanded at the age of ten, and be tween that and sixteen years; but after sixteen few men will seek them, and the dowry expected then is proportionately small. Girls in Egypt are often mothers at thirteen, and grandmothers at twenty-six; and in Persia, they' are said to be mothers at eleven, grand mothers at twenty-two, and past child-bearing at thirty. When a man demands his bethrotheu, a day is fixed for the nuptials, aud for seven nights before is expected to give a feast, which, how ever, is turnished by the guests themselves. Tiiis one sends coffee, another ripe, another sugar, &c. The principal time of this continued feast is the night before the consummation. The con duct is intrusted to the “friend of the bridgeroom.” (John Hi, 29.) About the middle of this day the bride arrives at the house, and retires to the ha rem, where slie is with her mother, sisters and female jriends. At the third or fourth watch of the night—three or four hours after sunset—the bridegroom, who lias not seen his fair one, goes to the mosque to pray, accompanied by “mesh- als,” or torches and lanterns, with music. Upon liis return he is introduced to his bride, with whom, having given her attendant a present to retire, he is left alone. He then throws off her vail, and for the first time sees her face. If sat isfied he informs the women, who immediately express their joy, by screaming “Zuggareet," which is echoed by the women in the house, and then by those in tlie neighborhood. Parlor Juggling. We notice that many of our popular maga zines and periodicals are devoting a portion of their space to the science of legerdemain, for the edification of their younger readers, and for general home amusements. We don’t propose to go behind any thing with ink on it, and conse quently we have prepared a number of tricks which wifi be found not only entertaining but instructive. In the long autumn and winter evenings they will form a never failing source of amusement. They are all susceptible of ex planation upon natural principles, and no parent can consistently object to them on the ground that “there is sutliin’ wrong about ’em.” These fricks are not only healthy, but perfectly sure in tlieir results: The Spittoon Trick.—Take two half gallon spittoons—white ones are the best—then select a strong red cord—a worsted one if it can be pro cured—pass the cord through tlie two holes of the spittoons and give the ends to a gentleman and lady, selected from the company, to hold.— Now let a lady seize tlie spittoons, aud sliding each to the opposite end of the cord, bring them together smartly, when they will break in pieces and fall to the floor. This trick is easily per formed, and will excite considerable applause. The Magic Stick.—To do this trick properly you will need a pearl-handled knife and a stout hard wood stick, some two inches in length.— Sharpen the two ends of the stick and then try to crush it endways, cither between your hands or by sitting upon it. This, to yonr astonish ment, you will find it impossible to do. The Flying Hen.—Select a large, well fed hen —the color is immaterial, though black is best —and place her in a, sitting position on some smooth surface. Then over her place a paste board box eighteen by thirty inches. Pound smartly upon the top of the box with a bone- handled table-knife for three minytes, and then suddenly raise it, when the hen will immediately fly a^vay. This trick can be performed by any person of average intelligence, who gives his whole mind toit. The Nail Trick.—Take two large wrought- iron nails, and wire them together in the form of a cross. It will then be found impossible to swallow them. There is no deception about this. The Gable.—Take a piece of tarred cable about fifteen inches in length, cut it carefully in two with a sharp knife, aud then try to chew the ends together. You can try as long as you like. The Magic Eggs.—Put twelve fresh eggs carefully into a green worsted bag. Swing the bag rapidly about your head, hitting it each time against the door post. Then ask the company if they will have them boiled, scrambled or Med. It will make no difference which they choose. The Four Jacks.—*Select a pack of cards with plain white backs Take out the four jacks and bum them before the company, letting them see the ashes. Now shuffle the cards quickly, and holding them iu the left hand give them a sharp rap with the knuckles of the right. Then place them on the table with the face down, and defy the company to find the jacks. They can’t do it. Wendall Phillips Roars Again.—Tlie Arch Radical, Wendell Phillips, is out against the Philadelphia Convention. In the course of liis letter he pays the following compliment to President Johnson, and developes the dia bolical designs of his party. He says : “Our duty is to put there [in Cougress] men who will at every hazard save the nation, re membering that they stand where the Long Parliament stood in 1649; and though the block and axe in froDt of the palace may be no fitting measure now, they are bound to find and to use some measure fit and efficient to secure their purpose—the deposition of the periured and usurping traitor.” This, says the New York Times, is the lan guage of the party which seeks to perpetuate the pdwer it holds after the war which gave it to them is ended. It corresponds with lan guage used and plans avowed on the floor of Congress by men who have led the Union 'Party to the brink of destruction, and who are using the authority of that party to plunge the nation anew into the war and chaos from which it lias just been rescued. The “depo sition” of the President is the avowed “pur pose” which these men seek to accomplish.— The coming elections will tell whether they can succeed. Value of Accuracy.—It is the result of every day’s experience that steady attention to matters of detail lies at the root of human progress, and that diligence, above all, is the mother of good luck. Accuracy is also of much importance, and an invariable mark of good training in a man—accuracy in observation, accuracy in speech, accoracy in the transaction of affairs. What is done in business must be well done; for it is better to accomplish per fectly a small amount of work than to hall' do ten times as much. A wise man used to say, “Stay a little that we may make an end the sooner.” Too little attention, however, is paid to this highly important quality of accu racy. As a man eminent in pratical science lately observed, “it is astonishing how few peo ple 1 have met in the course of my experience who can define a fact accurately.” Yet, in business affairs,'it is the manner even in which, small matters are transacted that often decide men for or against you. With virtue, capacity, and good conduct in other respects, the person who is habitually inaccurate in other respects cannot be trusted ; his work has to be gone over again ; and he thns causes endless annoy ance, vexation, and trouble.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Weekly Atlanta intelligencer. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1865-18??, September 05, 1866, Image 1