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Newspaper Page Text1 “ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.” Jefferson VOLUME XIX. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16,1867. NUMBER 3. llMlu Jntelligeucrr. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Wednesday, January 16, 1866. I’UHLISHED DAILY AND WEEKLY BY JARED IRWIN WHITAKER, Proprietor. T!ii' Hou. Mr. A.lilc), of Oblo. As the gentleman named above, iu conse quence of bis prominence with the initiatory movement to impeach President Johnson, is likely lo 1 x:coinc somewhat notorious before the country, it will be important to know' who Mr. Ashley in; and we ask the question in all serious ness. Is he a real native of the Buckeye State and to that manner born ? Has he any antece dents, andif so, what are they, and what their more marked peculiarities? How long has he l>eeii in public life, and lo what extent lias the country at large, and the State oi Ohio in partic ular, been benefit led by his services? Is he re cognized as a representative man of his party or merely aside light? When lie me.de that promise on the stnrnp, in Ohio last fall, to in trod nee measures for the impeachment of the ex- eeulive head ol the nation, did those who knew him I lest believe lie would ever attempt, to re deem it in the hall of the House of Jtepresenta li ves ? Them; am important interrogatories, and should he promptly answered for the edification and enlightenment of all who are so unfortunate as to live, move, and have a being outside the honorable gentleman’s district. We mean no disrespect to Mr. Ashley, before whose rising ge nius even that of old Thad. Elevens must soon pale its ineffectual fires—no offense to the ini inoculate organization of which he is in future perhaps to Is- the great Head Outer, and for which “we tins" down Ibis way have a profound admiration and reverential awe. We simply want to know who Mr. Ashley is. That is now the question, in the presence ot which all others sink into hopeless insignificance. The name of the enterprising youth who fired tlie Ephesian dome still retains a place in the memories of all who have not forgotten it, but that of Ashley, the man who tried to, hut didn’t-, impeach the I'resident, shall endure and he held in grateful remembrance, if not as “long as the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls a wave,” at least until the radical parly ceases to have an existence.— Me: u iwhile, we want lo know who Ashley is. The < <>ii" i i-xxlomi I Excursion Pnrly. The New York Tribune notes the return of the Congressional excursionists from New Or leans, and the good things they received while absent. Judging Irom the spirit since manifest ed in Congress, the disposition remains of do ing evil for good. We quote irom the Tribune : “ While the party were at New Orleans, three men elbowed their way through the crowd and inquired for Ben Wade, and upon being intro duced to the Senator announced themselves as rebels, declaring that they had always been re bels, and would always be rebels, as tbey were honest in their lielief of Hie righteousness of the lost, cause. “ Well,gentlemen,” said the Senator, “ 1 am happy to meet you. You are the first, re bels I have seen since the war closed—the bal ance of the Southern people claim to be Union men. Now, toll me, il you please, bow did you three, men manage to carry on such a dreadful war against the government, and kept it up for four long years by yourselves?” The crowd re ceived l iie rebuke in silence. The three rebels did not attempt to explain bow they did carry on the war. The members of the party who went for “a little recreation," succeeded in oli taining it, and those who went to have “a good time,” had that also; only those wore disappoint ed who accompanied the excursion “to obtain a correct idea of (lie feelings of the Southern peo ple." 'l'he cliatr.paigues, turkeys, wliiskys, bran dies, wines, lobsters, ices, turtles, etc., etc., bad no limit, and it was not the fault of tlic Southern {Htople it any Congressman came home hungry or thirsty, 'rite affair was not, however, without its lessons. One Congressman lost his overcoat, another his valise, others hail their pockets pick ed. The wife of a Senator lost a valuable gold watch, and the only members of the party who lost nothing were the ncwspaix-r correspondents, the reason in their case being that they liad noth ing to lose.” »• A Hit—A l'ul|>alile lilt.'*’ In the House of Representatives, on Thursday, Mr. Eldiidge, of Wisconsin,offered the following resolution: llnsdeul, That the following resolution, intro duced in thi* House of Representatives Decem ber t, 1862, by the Hun. Thaddeus Stevens, ex presses the conviction and sense of tiiis House, to wit: “ Retudtixi, That it any person in theein- ployment ol the United Suites, in either the leg islative or the executive branch, should propose lo make peace, or should accept, or advise the acceptance, of any such proposition, on any other basis than the integrity and entire unity of the United States and their Territories as they existed at the time ot the retiellion, he will tie guilty of a high crime;” and that Uouse bill 543 is clearly in violation of the spirit of said resolution ; and that the same does in fact assert, or at least admit, that secessionists and rebels were successful ill the dividing of the Union, and destroyed certain States of the United States, as such m the Union, tiegrading them into terri tories; and that the Hou. Thaddeus Stevens, in and hy the introduction and advocacy ot said hill, has manitested a mind and heart disloyal to the (toiiMitulion and the Union ot the States as they existed at the time of the rebellion, and is guilty ot the crime sjiecified in said resolution, amt therefore deserves the reprobation of this House. Mr. Ashley, of Ohio, objected to the iutrodue- sioij of the resolution. Mr. Eldridge said he did not desire to press it, as the gentleman named in the resolution was not then in his seat. [Laughter.] It was laid over. . Vireluiii-lui-rrailus Scarcity of Moucy. The Richmond Time* says: The scarcity of money in our cities and towns, as well as iu the rural districts, is much greater now than it was in the month ot December. The year has open ed gloomily lor all classes ot business men ex cept those worthy capitalists who grow rich by daily violations of the “ time-honored usury laws." Ot die little money in circulation they have the lion's share and are lending it at rates of iutorcst which would seem utterly incredible to those who are not aware of the fearful scarcity of money iu every section of the Stale. As the present laws restricting the rate of interest to six per cent, is really a law for the encouragement of usurers who lend money at from two to five percent, a month, their speedy abolition is de voutly prayed for by all who are not addicted to that occupation in which Sliytock delighted A <'h»rlcr Vetoed. The Macon Tdegrupk learns privately that Governor Jenkins lias vetoed the bill passed near the close ot the session to charter the New Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad. The TtLgraph learns the ground ot objection to be •• that il centers au extout jniwer and privi lege dangerous to railroad interests generally, and especially to the Western and Atlantic Rail road, in fact that it would bo equivalent to ad mitting the new company as partners xyillt the Stale in a considerable portion of that important work.” We have not noticed allusion to the sub ject in any paper but our Macon coteuiporary. Strange.—The Boston iW says, it is remark able, if what tiie Radicals say' respecting the enmity of the Southern people toward the negroes t>e true, that the celebration of emanci pation liy the blacks iu all the principal South ern cities, on tiie 1st instant, did not create the least disturbance. Their processions out of doors and festivities within, were in no instance obstructed or interfered with by white people. Appeal to the People of Georgia. We cheerfully make room in a prominent part of our paper for tlic communication below, which appeared originally iu the Southern Enterprise. We will also express a hope that its laudable suggestions will not fall upon the ear of au indif ferent and thoughtless public; Fdlow-Citizen*:—Tlic undersigned respectfully makes this appeal to you, on a subject deeply involving your highest and most vital interests, lie has no manufacturing, nor mining, nor rail road project to advocate. The object to which he would draw your attention is, the importance of educating the poor children and orphans of our soldiers. Ife would remind you, that the true wealth and greatness of a commonwealth A Letter from Brazil. Atlanta, Ga., January' 9, 1&>7. Mil Editor—The enclosed letter has been re ceived by me, from a Georgian who has been at What Const Ilmen a State.? “ What constitutes a State?” was answered by Sir Wdl Jones, in his well known lines. It was not battlement nor labored mound, nor moated gate, nor cities proud, nor bays, nor broad armed ports, nor starred nor spangled { Pernambuco, Lalna, and at Rio ue Janeiro, Bra- courts; but “men. high minded men, men who j zil, in South America, upwards,of twenty-six their duties know, and know their rights, and j years. He returned to his native State for the. nouing,dare maintain. I first time last spring, and spent several days in j this city'. It you think it worthy of a space iu I your columns, you will oblige, respectfully, Edward Parsons. “ Then constitute a State ; And sorerti'jn lair, that State's collected will. O’er til roues and "lobes elate. Sits Empress, crowning good, repressing ill." If these constitute a State, surely no Southern State is without the full measure of the requisi tion, for each possesses its “ men, high-minded men, men who their duties know, and know their does not consist iu the richness of its soil, in its j rights, and knowing, dare maintain.” Each, too, ~ h:is its “ sovereign law ” which “ crowning good, represses ill,” anil these constitute a State, not only in*the mind of the gifted British poet, but in the estimation of statesmen throughout the civil ized world. Especially must this lie so, where that “sovereign lain," that “ irriUe.n Constitution, framed by' men, has already organized a Stale, and no act can alter or abolish it so long as that Written Constitution remains unrepealed. Even still stands till its sovereign will decrees, or force the same, that, she shall no long er be a State and from t hence become the province ol another nationality. But in the case of the Southern States, there is no nationality establish ed under a written law which may reduce them into provinces or territories, and that they have not and will not voluntarily part with their soc- ereign/y inherent to them as States, will scarcely' admit of question. Force, however, may accom plish what right may' not have the power to pre vent. Poland, possessing all the attributes of a State, lets been overpowered and partitioned, and there is now no hope for the restoration ot her nationality. Turkey' has parity met with the same fate, the great Russian Bear and the Austrian Eagle both having fattened on portions of her carcass. There are other instances in European history which establish the fact that might often prevails over right, and it may soon be written so of this mighty American Republic. To reduce tbe Southern States to a territorial condition, or into provinces, is perhaps one of the most mon strous propositions, monstrous as many oi them have been, that has ever emanated from the party inexhaustible mines, iu its tnanulacturiug and railroad interests, but in the intelligence and virtue of its citizens. Deeply impressed with this truth, he has sent in his petition to the Legislature several years in succession, pleading for a specific appropriation for this object. Early in the recent session lie visited Milledgeville, and addressed that body in the" Hull of the I louse of Representatives, urging an annual appro priation of $100,000 ; oral least, that something should be done lor this unfortunate class of her citizens. He learns that upwards of $800,000 , were appropriated for various objects—all, no ! t ‘ le doubt, worthy and important—but that nothing was done towards educating these children and youth, except the passage of an Act providing tor Common Schools; which, however, is not to go into operation until 1808. Trusting that the General Assembly will not repeal that act, the undersigned appeals to the people to take this matter into their own hands for the ensuing Kar. From the most reliable data within our reach, (the Salt Statistics in the Reports of the State Commissary General, and kindred documents,) we have concluded there were about 00,OIK) of this class when ttie war closed. Since that time it is believed that 10,000 have passed the age ot pupilage, uneducated, leaving 50,000 ex posed to a like fate, at the rate of five or six thousand per annum. It is in behalf of this mass of mind—as rich as was ever cultivated— tliat this appeal is made. The writer is aware that much is being done for them in certain localities; that a few schools are sustained for their special benefit; and that hundreds of teachers are instructing them, free diTel large. Yet all this is but a lithe of what is needed. In many neighborhoods this class is in tiie majority, and there are not paying pupils enough to sustain schools; and iu many oilier instances the door of the school room is closed to them, because they cannot afford to teach them gratis. Is it reasonable they should be expected to do so ? In what way can men of wealth—money-mak ing meu—invest a portion of their funds, where they would accomplish so much good, and yield so much happiness to themselves, as by paying the tuition of one or more of these children, or the salaries of teachers to instruct them ? The writer trusts that he will be pardoned by that. |>eerless statesman and Christian patriot, Alex ander il. Stephens, for reminding you of the fact, well known to his friends, that lie has spent nearly all he has ever made in the education of the worthy poor. What a noble example lie has thus set his countrymen ! How many of you will emulate it? If j'ou have not wealth, you may have influ ence. You can Bpoak, you can write in favor of his object. It is education that has given you the influence you possess. As these poor neg lected ones cannot speak for themselves, let me I leg for them that you will at least exert your in fluence iu their favor. As to the manner in which that influence shall be exerted, I must leave that to your judgment and discretion. But let me beg that you will do something, and that with out delay. Call your neighbors together and ad dress them on the subject. (>minizo societies, if necessary. Rouse the people by some means. To my brethren of the Christum- Ministry I appeal with confidence. You serve that blessed Being who said, “ Tlic poor ye have always with j'ou, but me ye have not always.” Brethren preach to your congregations on this subject at an early day; or, if nothing more, 1 read to them this ippeal. Remind them that, among those poor neglected orphans are, perhaps, a Davis or a Ste phens, a Pierce or a Palmer, a Mercer or a Mal lory. Urge them to take them by the hand, and elevate them to the positions for which they are naturally qualified by the noble blood.which flows in their veins. And then there is another class of my fellow- cilizens, to whom such an appeal was never made in vain: I allude of course to Editors. Many of you, who now wield the pen with such power, have wielded tlic musket or tlic sword its well.— In behalf of the children aud orphans ol your comrades in arms, I invoke your potent influ ence. It the press will use its power iu favor of this case, there will not remain on my mind, a doubt of its success. You, gentlemen, Editors, can rouse the public from that lethargy into which, it seems to me, they have lallen on this subject, and which threatens to be so fatal to the best iuteresls ol tlic State and ot posterity. I could say much more, but 1 forbear. If this appeal shall secure the education of one poor or phan, I'shall not regret its preparation. Would to God it could avail for thousands! J. II. Campbell. Tliotnasville, December 20, 18GG. Papers throughout the State are requested to copy. Great, Graifd, Glorious Mexico. The New York Herald, with whom the Mon roe doctrine, ns applicable to Mexico, has been i daily subject for the last two years, at last gives up the contest, aud acknowledges its inability to grapple with it any longer, in the following rath er felicitous manner: This charming country, inhabited by a checr- tul and loinantic race, continues to exhibit the same pleasing variety of interesting incident for whieh it lets long been noted. The gaudy pop py still adorns her plains, and the wild eat may still be met among her hills. Her chieftains still roam her smiling though silent valley in search of each other, and when not thus engaged usual ly stay in town. Maximilian is in Puebla, Bu- ziue and Castelueau in Mexico city, Mejia in San Luis, Miratnon in Gaudalajara, and a large number are located elsewhere, while Juarez, weary ot dancing at Chihuahua, and desirous, .nine suppose, of being found by some one, lets departed with bis carpet bag lor Durango.— ut one of the great necessities of Mexico is a court circular which could tell us where every - liody is; tor it is a remarkable tact that every dis tinguished personage who goes there disappears as if some gaping gold or silver mine had swal lowed him. General Campbell has gone home lo bis family. Does any one know where Gene ral Sherman is? Let the Government at Wash ington answer. Then, what has become ol the Susquehanna ? She went to Mexico. The IV inos- ki’s mission in search of lier is quite character istic—a failure, ot course. No one can find any body. Iu tact, we are ourselves quite lost and find nothing but cause for much wonderment.— But while it might not pay to throw away any more time or money on Juarez, it is at least due to tlic country that the government should ad vertise tor the lost generals aud the lost and gal lant ship that bore them to the mysterious shores afar. We hope for the best. The Southwestern Circuit. The Sumter Republican of the 8tli, contains tlic following result of the election for J ndge nd Solicitor of the Southwestern Circuit, as far as heard from, embracing the counties ol Sumter. Dougherty, Baker and Decatur: Judge.—J. J. Scarborough, 324; P. J. Stro- zier, 365; Ii. Simms, 205; D. A. Yason, 150. Solicitor.—N. A. Smith, 5S8; J. C. Ruth erford, 318. The ItepubUean thinks that it will devolve up on the Governor to make the appointment for Judge. Four counties to hear from. That Rumor.—The New York Express says, the excitement created in London this morning by the mere rumor ol tbe death ot President Johnson, shows what would be the probable ef fect of liis removal from office by the radicals.— Government stocks experienced a decline as a matter of course—but that will be recovered from as soon as it is discovered that the the report is a canard. The decline iu the event of the President’s de position, however, would be something more se rious Ilian an eighth per cent.; and as to a recov ery from it, who can predict, as a consequence of a proceeding so revolutionary, anything about it ? in power in the national Congress. It is a propo sition which -denies all the rights guaranteed to them as States under the same written law, or constitution, by which that party hold their seats as members of the national council, in tliq absence of which they could not legislate at all, and yet, in the very face of, they would disregard it, and usurp tiie power to oppress and obliterate “what constitutes a State,” as written in the sovereign law and as recognized by the statesmen of the civilized work!. But monstrous as the preposition is, it has its advo cates, and like '.lie impeachment project of the President, the attemp', will be made by the Radicals in Congress and the fanatics of the North, to carry it out. Tlic “ imperial Ctesars” know no bounds to their usurpations. States, like men, must bend to their behests. Written Constitutions, nor the supreme law, national nor political rights, have any protection. Might is right. The “ God save the State ” of an cient times carries with it iu this new era no reverence. It “signifies nothing.” Virginia and Gaorcia, htoMiq-." 4 States,;each illustrious in history for all that “ 'constitutes a State,” must be reduced to provinces, while an arrogant brood, claiming to be sucli, arc springing up in the West to triumph in their obliteration ! Must this be so? We will not believe it. “ What though the field be lost, all is not lost” There is a “ Di vinity” yet left “ which shapes ” as well the ends of nations as of men, and “ rough hew them as we may,” to wc must lean for en couragement aud hope. “God save tiie States!” Tiie ImpcacUmcnt Question, The Cincinnati Commercial, radical, takes ground against the foolish movement recently initiated iu the House of Representatives for the impeachment of the Preside at. It regards it as utterly unwise, and if persisted in must result in damaging the party, if it does not ultimately lead to its disintegration and overthrow. Nearly all the better conducted and more influential of the radical journals take pretty much the same view as the Commercial, and deprecate the rashness and fanaticism of .Mr. Ashley, as some of them term it. The latter paper says: It is about :ts absurd for the present Congress to talk of tlic impeachment of the President as it was for the friends of the President to menace Congress with the threat that its existence as a constitutionally organized body would be ignored liy him. It cannot be said that, the President has committed any offense since tlic re-assembling of Congress upon which an accusation could be hung. If guilty of any act making Ills impeach ment necessary, or even expedient, it was com mitted during or before tbe recess of Congress, and ought to have been immediately acted upon when Congress met. The Commercial also enters its solemn protest against “the present Congress consuming tiie briel remainder ot its term over a partisan squab ble to oust the President, and put a radical in the Executive clutir, for that is what it will amount to;" and adds a hope that the good sense ot the members will induce them to a different course From present indications, Mr. Ashley, of im peachment notoriety, will be found traveling in a little gang by himselt before long. Tlic Mexican Huddle. It is now stated, on what is said to be official authority, that Maximilian will certainly abdicate and leave Mexico, aud that his late proclamation convoking a National Congress, was made ex pressly to that end. The object of the Congress is, to decide whether an Empire or a Republic shall be the luture government of Mexico. Max imilian himself lias no doubt that the Congress will decide in favor of a Republic, and he will then abdicate in favor of the lawful President elected by the people. Upon which decision, it is positively asserted, the Emperor will immedi ately leave the country, tor Sicily, which is to be his future residence. If this be true, it disposes at once ot all the fables about his intended flight, leaving the country iu anarchy and confusion, aud at the mercy of the Liberal chieftains who are now ready, and only waiting a favorable op portunity to cut each other's throats and to prey upon what little substance is left in their torn and unhappy land. Everything, however, from the direction of, or in relation to, Mexico, bears an apocryphal character, and the views and inten tions of Maximilian may be entirely different from the programme indicated above. A Nut for Radicals.—The Charleston News of the 9th. has this paragraph, which wc com mend to the notice of the Atlanta correspondent of the New York Times : The Grand Jury of the United States Court in in this city have found a true bill against Patrick Bannon for passing counterfeit gold coin among ignorant persons and freedmen. Tbe principal testimony advanced, and that which decided the finding, was a freedmau’s. This was pre sented to a jury, the majority whom were former slaveholders, and it was met with the respect and attention whicli the laws both of the United State and of tiie State require. If the “Inde pendent Missionary,” and other negrophilists who ransack their brains and call on their im aginations for facts, would only take a calm view of matters, they would see that the laws of South Carolina are as rigidly enforced as those ot Massachusetts, and that the freedman enjoys privileges here that are not allowed even in the “Hub” of the Union. Rio, November 22.1SGG. Mr. Edward Parsons: Dear Sir—Your favor, together with the papers, came duly to hand. Accept my thanks. The planters of Alabama are coming out here on the recommendation of Mr. Gtmtrie, who lias made a settlement on the Rio Doce. This land was taken up in 1835, by an English company, with the object of getting out rosewood, and, after becoming fairly settled, to raise StArar ; but becoming bankrupt tbey abandoned a*. .Mr. Guntrie’s friend, Sr. Don Dontas, late ,1 ol Bahia, and now Minister of Agriculture, is rendering every assistance to.Mr. Gtiutrie, who, as soon as located, will arrange passage for the planters from his neighborhood, in Alabama. 1 suppose these are the planters alluded to in the papers you sent me. Mr. Q. is an intelligent, en ergetic man, and just what a pioneer ought to lie. Hie climate is healthy and tlieVoil rich on the Rio Doce, and take it altogether, it is a fine district. Captain Bnlaw, late of the Confederate army and formerly a resident ot Shreveport, is here, with .liis wife, and lias received an appointment from the government as Surveyor, and lias as sociated himself with Mr. Corlos Nathans, late of New Orleans. They have purchased a tract of land, erected saw mills, and have succeeded so well that the government has given them as- iitance to build a railroad of several miles to the port on the river Cannanneu. This district is between the rivers Iguape and Cannanneu, and is being rapidly settled. Colo nel Bowen, from Texas, has purchased in this district; also Colonel Totten and Dr. McMullen. The latter gentlemen have returned to Texas for their families and friends. Those who came with me have purchased and settled in the province of St. Pauls, at Santos.— They are are Colonel A. T. Oliver and family, Joseph White and family, and brother. They arc now preparing their land for cotton, and have written for their friends and relatives. Mr. Parsons, I was told in the States that my scheme of emigration Was too slow, but my in credulous friends will see that it is the best and most certain of all. Colonel Oliver’s parly found land already cleared for putting in the crop, with plenty more to be had. Tiie Government can and will assist those with limited means, and so the scheme works well. They have only bought according to their means. There arc several rich and reserved valleys which will not be surveyed until the Paraguay an war is closed, which will be very soon, we think, that I shall take up for my party, and by that time they will have acquired a knowledge of the language and customs of tlic country.— There will soon be a fimTgnciety near Campinas. Some Germans are manufacturing wagons and plows, and have received large orders, and Cam pinas begins to look liken live city. Now for the assistance to lie rendered to emi- rants. A Brazilian by the name of Boeayum went to New York in the steamer I came out in, to make arrangements with Messrs. Garrison & Allen, owners of the steamship line; to bring out steerage pessengers at a low figure—the Coloni zation Society furnishing means enough,to pre vent loss to the company. Now, the steamers are not fitted for steerage passengers, and if they were, what kind of people do you think would come ? I will say the class of emigrants that will avail themselves of that oiler, are not the class that we need here to make a successful settlement. Ja cob Humlard will probably be an enemy to emi gration, as was his partner, Mr. Roberts, who wrote the article which Wade Hampton bad pub lished in pamphlet formin' Mobile. Roberts was opposed and injured by Andrew Ellison (engi neer) and turned against the country.on that ac count, and then hastily encouraged the people lo go to Buenos Ayres to raise sheep. Ue never was in a cotton growing district in the Bra zils. Jacob Humlard knows nothing about tiiis country, but lias been imposed upon by others, and comes down upon the poor coun try for it. I do not wish the devil should get any more than his share, but if the Rev. —;— is of his party (which I firmly believe) I wish he had gone back to his native Massachusetts, or to the devil, liefore he came out here with his duplicity. It is supposed by some he will bring out the hun dred of the best families, and ii they are deceived they will say “ who can we trust?” Captain Bulaw is a German, and is better cal culated tor a pioneer than a hasty American, aud being a surveyor, has a greater advantage.— One good thing will result from their settlement, the country will be surveyed, aud others will set tle on these rivers, and a line of steamers will soon run from Rio through that country. I am blamed by Government for only looking after moneyed people, but upon examining my views, you will fiud I want them duly as pioneers, and who can look after those who have lost their all so well ;is their friends and countrymen ?— Let good moneyed men come and make their mark, aud they may get farms that others can not, particularly when the Rev. ’s failure be comes apparent. I do not mind the little sqinbs in tbe papers that have been sent me, any more than I did the monster letter in the Rio. If Mr. Joe White writes me from his plantation, I will send it to you to publish to the citizens of At lanta, in answer to the querry iD the papers of your city. Air. Bocayura is in New York, and any one writing him, directed care to of Garrison & Allen, asking for information, will be answered. It ought to be spread about so that all may know by tiiis time he must have all his plans comple ted. I have great confidence in the success of the St. Paul settlement, and you will find that if 'your people can come out here without being under any one, it will certainly be a bet ter plan than being adopted. I want a few first class topographical engineers from the South ern States, and wllifill the staff with Brazilians, to survey the country and make roads; at the same time to have capitalists to take up lands— say farms of six hundred acres each—and the government will assist in furnishing seeds, plows, aud to improve breeding animals, letting the parties build houses and dispose of plantations on time to emigrants, as the “ Philadelphia Emigrant Society” did with the Germans, which succeeded so well. The new Minister assured me a few days ago that the whole of the Brazilian statesmen had the most gigantic views of immi gration, and would not fail to carry them out. Individual emigation is a settled fact, and must go on, when such pioneers come out as came with me. The scheme works like a charm. There were only a few, like yourself and Colonel Watkins, who could see through the rough Georgian who declared that he was not a gov ernment agent I feel much flattered by your attentions, and you will allow me to compliment j'ou both on j'ottr discernm nt I’ll do more than I will promise. I take pleasure always in doing so. I cannot forget the sight in the suburbs of At lanta, and shudder to think of the distress of this winter. T have told these things, and have given them a better account of things existing than those belonging there could. Messrs. Oliver and White declare I did not half paint the country. They declare the yield of cotton is greater, hogs larger, mules cheaper, soil better, and, in tact, eveiything better than I laid represented lo them. Their letters will go through Texas, aud will be held against me. I used, to tell the people there, send your pioneers with me, and await their report. A few such pioneers from Georgia would do much to pave the way for those of small means. I wish j’ou to be kind euough to remember me to those gentlemen who treated me so kindly while in Atlanta—particularly Colonel Watkins, Dr. Price and family, Air. Whitner, and Colonel Do Bow. 1 suppose s< me of those young gentle men of Atlanta will never forgive me for saying they were not smart enough to do business in Rio. We have a flourishing city ot 400,000 in habitants ; let them come aud try it. Truly your friend, ILenry Lewis. Alabama. A writer in the Aloutgomery Advertiser, under date of the 7th, [says: “ Last Saturday was a blue day for all who had bills to pay or to col lect. Nearly the whole amount of the bills de posited for collection were protested for non payment. This shows the utter prostration of the community superinduced by the failure of the cotton crop, and the great necessity for in dulgence on the part of creditors.” The stringency in money matters and the ten dency toward prostration of trade, we are appre hensive, is not peculiar to Aloutgomery, but exists to a greater or less extent in almost every city of any importance iu the South. The writer alluded to expresses the opinion that “the large majority of the people will be able to meet tlieir liabilities from the proceeds of the next crop, if they are indulged by the extension ot time.” He urges tiiis course on tiie part of creditors, both as a matter ol 1 humanity and policy, and says: “ The man who, under present circumstances, uses the power which he may have of sacrificing the property of his debtor, must be lieartlessandeed, and should receive the scorn and contempt of all good men. To-day the sheriff’s hammer is go ing, and a few harpies are hanging around watching for some chance for a favorable in vestment. Are they entitled lo any more re spect than the heartless creditor who demands the sale? Is there no power to prevent the min of our people? Or shall we yield the pound of flesh without a murmur?— As a general rule the creditors are men who contribute nothing to the wealth of the country, but are money mongers, who make tlieir living by charging usurious interests and grinding from the producer his hard earnings. When the pro ducing class is crushed, the wealth of the coun try will be destroj'cd, and it is the interest of all, that this class should be sustained, and unless something can be done for their relief, manj' plantations will lie uncultivated the present year, which will abstract the value of what could be produced upon them, trom the business of the year and be a loss to the general wealth.” These are strong expressions, but may be just ified by the state of things whicli has called theta forth. A state of things, which, as we have said above, we are afraid exists at places other than tlic capital of onr sister State. Unquestion ably Sliylock has the abstract right to demand the pound of flesh, but .it is possible that even he may ultimately put greater sums in his purse by adopt ing a more humane and forbearing policj', giving bis creditor time to gather up his energies and to make another effort to relieve himself from the embarrassments which unpropitious seasons and other untoward circumstances have brought upon him, in despite of the greatest industry and most honest intentions. The Credit or the ITulted States Abroad. The National Intelligencer, in noticing that government securities are being received with favor iu Germany, saj's : ■The rumors of an impending conflict of au thority between the different branches of our Government have occasioned some hesitation abroad as to the permanence of Government responsibility. Were such doubts removed, nothing would prevent our bonds from reaching par, and even a high premium. Political un- ceftaiulj' here is the main cause of the low price of our ability and disposition to pay the entire debt. With admiration foreign nations have witnessed the payment of two hundred millions or more in the first years after the ces sation of the war; why, then, should United States six per cent, bonds be quoted in London at 71, while consols, bearing onlj' three per cent, interest, bring over 90 in money? The differ ence against the American bonds is caused solely by the apprehension that the war now waged hy the distructionists against the Executive and the judiciary may ultimately, and perhaps at no distant day, result in a disruption of the Govern ment. As to the financial questions which we have to notice, confidence is felt in the fact that they will not long embarrass us. We can withstand, for a time at least, the injurious effects of crude,' loose,- and unenlightened legislation respecting taxation aud the currency. We can surmount the obstacles of a fifty per cent, tariff and of a paper-money sj’steui, which takes bread from labor, while it accumulates fortunes for specu lators. The losses attending a civil war can be re paired, but the loss of our Constitution, with its checks and balances, would be irrecoverable. The dangers that lie ahead are seen iu time to be avoided, aud much confidence is felt that we shall avoid them. The Fire at Kingstree, South Carolina. —A telegraph dispatch yesterday announced the burning of the jail at Kinston, South Carolina. It was the jail at Kingstree, in that Stale. Kin ston, we believe, is in North Carolina. The Charleston Mercury ot the 9tli, contains the par ticulars of the fire, as follows: The jail at Kingstree, in this State, was totally dcstrojx-d bj' lire on Monday night last. From the information we have received, we learn that the fire had gained so much headway before it was discovered that its progress could not be arrested. One white man only was in the jail at the time and he escaped, but twenty- two of the negro prisoners perished in the flames. Their shrieks and screams as they were gradually shut off from all hope of escape were sickening to the helpless spectators, and with the hissing and crackling of the flames which sacmed to take a savage delight in their work, formed a scene that, in horror, might have rivalled Pan demonium itself. In a very short time the cries and groans ceased, and of the twenty-two ne groes nothing was left but a charred, blackened and shapeless mass. It is supposed that the jail was fired by the negroes in the hope of making their escape, but their effort only worked out their entire destruc tion. The flames from the burning building made Kingstree nearly as light as day, and the dense clouds of smoke were visible for many miles around. ^ If.—A man by the name ol Howe, who occu pies a seat in the Senate Chamber at Washing- ton, and labeled from Wisconsin, recently said iu a speech which he inflicted upon the galleries, that “if he had been President, Jeff. Davis would ere this have paid the penaltj' of his crime.” But then, the lion. Air. Howe, labeled from Wiscon sin, is not President, and, what is just as palpa ble, he never will be. MEMPHIS CORRESPONDENCE. Weather Moderating—The Mississippi Filled with Float ing Ice—Bnsiness Flat—No Hope of a Revival but Through the Action of Congress—Fires—Strong Sus picious of Arson—A Cute Darkey—How Silly some People Are—A Citizen of Atlanta Killed on Board a Steamer hy a Monomaniac—Street Cars—Sale of a Printing Shop—Theatrical, etc. AIemphis, Jan. 7,1S67. Tbe weather is grad uallj’ becoming milder, and trom the large quantities of ice to be seen float ing past the citj’ for the hist four days, it must also be thawing out in the more cold regions above. The masses of floating ice in the river is sufficient to stop the hourly trips of the ferry boat across it at tiiis point, aud navigation has been entirely suspended with all points up the river. This cannot last much longer however, aud the unusually large number of steamboats now Ij’ing at our wharves will in a lew days be on their accustomed lines of travel. No raiu for weeks, and in the city wc are suffering from dust. Business, flat. Friday hist is to be re membered as the tightest day for years in the mouej' market. For the first time since my afqus.intai.ee with the city have I noticed a goodly number ol ih:.i v >s >Em rent” posted on closed doo.’ts. Manj' shrewd LusiWss men cncuorage us by saying wc are now seeing the worst; that there is u large auiouut of idle capital in the West, which will shortly commence moving South, and AIemphis must naturally feel the first benefits. 1 hope so, but I cannot alto gether give up the convictions formed from my own observations for those of others, even if thej’ are in a position to predict more correctly. Cotton is not king in the universal sense, but there is no doubt that it is so far as these South ern States are concerned. It is our king, wheth er the yearly crop' be a long or short one, and will continue to be so long as our people turn their attention so exclusively to its culture.— Northern and Western capital will come to us so long as wc have any cotton, but when that is all gone, the flow of money ceases, except so much as we may be able to keep among ourselves.— The Northern m;iss is too averse to us as a people to desire our prosperity, and very few of them are to be found willing to invest in Southern en terprises until certain of an immediate return of large dividends. Few—very few—such enter prises open to their view at this time, and while they are ready and eager to purchase what little cotton we have made it will be years, if ever, before they will be induced to lend us a lielpin hand through the means ot the large quantities of greenbacks which they have accumulated among themselves for the past five years, aud that, too,at t he expense of our liberties and rights. As black as Congress is, to that body alone are we to look for any encouragement in the fu ture, and for the past few weeks the hopes of our people have evidently revived iu the be lief that the views of many leading Radical Congressmen have considerably softened in re lation to us. 1 have it through direct and reliable authority that Senator Wade openly announced himself as a changed man while New Orleans. Such uncalled for hos pitality aud courtesy as had been shown him at every point of his line of travel to that city, had shown the Southern people to him in another aud a different light, and lie could not but be honest euough to acknowledge it. Since the re turn of the excursionists to Washington, the re port comes that tlic "whole party have been fa vorably impressed, and their views in regard to reconstruction have been greatly modified. This is having a good effect on the Southern pulse, that very fact being but another evidence of our honesty and sincerity in the desire for a speedy restoration of the Union on the basis oi the Con stitution of our fathers. Until that is done there is no hope for our prosperity, or increase, and those of us may feel lucky who arc able to ■pro vide the bare necessities of life, for, at least, an other year. A remarkable fact appears in the report of the Fire Warden lor tlic month of December.— Eleven fires occurred during that month, involv ing a total loss of $98,000—on which there was insurance of $99,000. This, and other facts cori- nectcd with the insuring of property, have caused the insurance companies and agencies to be more particular, and much pains is now being taken to find out the true cause of fires when they oc cur. A considerable fire occurred last week on the corner of Main and Poplar streets, and sus picion rested so strongly on a firm occupying one of the stores, that they have been arrested for arson, and are now undergoing a preliminary ex amination. Nothing so far has been elicited’to wan ant their committal, and they will probably bo discharged, while there are many who will ever believe they have been guilty of this quick way of selling out through the means of in surance companies. A laughable hoax came to light last week in this city, and the sufferers are two highly respect able citizens of Wilmington, North Carolina. A darkey in that city who had lived in Memphis before and during the first few years ot the war, told them that he knew where a large amount of money—some $45,000—was buried near this city. He so far worked upon the credulity of these gentlemen as to make them believe it, and the three were soon on their way here, where tbe fortune awaited them. They arrived last week, the negro immediately conducting them to the spot, and while digging away he made some ex cuse to get out of sight and has not since lieen seen. The truth is, the negro was anxious to get back to his old home, and took this means of “ raising the wind.” The hoax cost the gen tlemen about $300, which is a pretty round sum to learn sucli a simple trick. A Mr. Langford, of Atlanta, Georgia, was killed on the steamer T. L. AIcGill, a few days ago, not many miles above this point. The act was committed by an old gentleman, who, it seems, had suddenly becom^crazy, and being a strong Union man during the war, liis monoma nia showed itself in a desire to murder “rebels.” He claimed all on the boat to be sucli, and suc ceeded in cariy ing out bis design by shooting Mr. Langford with his double-barreled shot gfin, but was stopped from further destruction of human life bj’ a Air. Brown, who, however, did not suc ceed in securing him without having recourse to fire-arms—one shot from his pistol wounding the old man in his arm. Mr. Langford’s remains were left at New Aladrid for burial. The Poplar and Jefferson streetcars have been compelled to stop running trom the effects ol the old weather. The Alain and Beale street lines keep going, but it is death on horse flesh. Some people say they can’t see how they could live without street railroads, but I am still unable to see their utility or convenience The Southern Publishing House—AI. AI. Hut ton & Co.—costing originally some $20,000, was sold at sheriff’s sale Saturday to J. B. Bingham for $6,000. Air. Allison, of the Franklin Type Foundiy, Cincinnati, was present—to sec that it brought the unpaid balance of tlic purchase money, and I suppose it did, but at a terrible sacrifice. J. B. L. The Farmer’s Taxes. The following important decisions have re cently- been given by the Commissioner of Inter nal Revenue at Washington: 1. Farmers will not be required to make re turn of produce consumed in their own imme- ate families. 2. The farmer’s profits front sales of live stock are to be found from deducting the gross receipts for animals sold the purchase money paid for the same. If animals have been lost during the year bj’ death or robbery, the purchase money- paid for such animals may be deducted from the gross income of the farm. 3. No deduction can be made by tbe farmer for the value of services rendered by his minor children, whether he actually pays for such services or not. If adult children work for him and receive compensation for their labor, they are to be regarded as hired laborers in determin ing his income. 4. Atoncy paid for labor, except sucli as is used or employed in domestic service, or in the production of articles consumed iu the family of the producer, may be deducted. 5. No deduction can be allowed in any case for the cost of unproductive labor. If house servants are employed a portion of the time in productive labor, such as the making of butter and cheese for side, a proportionate amount of the wages paid them may be deducted. G. Expenses for ditching and clearing new land are ptaiuly expenses for permanent im provement and not deducted. 7. The whole amount expended for fertilizers applied during the year to the farm may be deducted, but no deduction is allowed for fertil izers produced on the farm. The cost of seed purchased in sowing aud planting may bo deducted. Indiana.—During the past year twenty-seven requisitions were made upon the Governor of Indiana for the arrest ot turgitlves from justice. In the same period fiftj'-onc requisitions were made by the Governor upon the Governors of other States. Rnckwlieat Cakna. The savmis of the Farmers’ Club, at a recent meeting, turned from the effects of fertilizers on soil to discuss the effects of buckwheat fertilizers on the inner man. How they discussed this pro blem, and the conclusion at which they arrived, are thus told: W. P. Peck stated that there was one tiling that he had long desired to say at the Farmers’ Club meetings, which was, that buckwheat cakes aud salt pork, as articles ol food, are destroying the lives ot more people than all other causes combiued, not excepting war, pestilence, and famine. Dr. J. V. C. Smith said in reply, more persons die from the want of buckwheat cakes aud pork, than are ever injured by such diet. S. Robinson said he was one of the most dys peptic men in the world; aud he had found that nothing digested more readily in his stomach than buckwheat cakes. Dr. Hallock spoke in favor of buckwheat cakes as an article of food. A gentleman from Alaine said that they never expected to get a set of hardy, muscular men for manual labor, in a region ot country where their principal article of food is buckwheat. Engi neers and contractors ot railroads, understand that they cannot make strong aud profitable laborers on buckwheat cakes. They may digest easily, but buckwheat will not supply the great waste of muscle when men labor hard at digging, shovel ing and chopping. Prof. Tillman said buckwheat flour lacks the nitro-genous priuciple which is so essential to produce muscle. The farmers in Alaine need to mingle oats or oat meal with their buckwheat flour, as oat meal will furnish an abundant sup ply of nitrogen, which is so essential to supply the great waste of the muscle of laborers. All we have to say in reply is, “hurry up them cakes!” Hotel Clerks. A California Bohemian writes about hotel clerks. lie says: I tell j'ou a hotel clerk is the embodiment and concentration of dignity. If their wealth is to be judged by their dignity, they must each be possessed of several millions apiece. Perhajis you arc not aware of what I am driving at.— Just go anil ask one-of these lodging room po tentates of the whereabouts of some friend of yours who may be an inmate of the house. Pro viding yon are a Oouoral or a Congress man, you may receive a satisfacloiy answer. If you are a brigadier, you may get a vague. If a colonel, it may be necessary to wait three or four minutes. If a captain or lieutenant, six or seven. If a mere civilian—but words fail to convey an idea of the manner in which civilians are crush ed and subjugated when they propound their modest inquiries. Not that they arc rude. O, no! But there is majesty, a loftiness, an exultation, and conscious! ness of power in their words, looks, and gestures, which reduces the inquirer in his own estima tion to the last verge of inferiority. Christians, who are alwaj-s strong to humble and abase thpmselves, whose besetting sin is pride, just , come down bere and take a dose or two of hotel clerk. Whenever I feel that I need taking down a peg or two, that I am riding too high a quad-, raped, I have a never-failing remedy; I merely step into one of our first class hotels and ask, “Is Mr. Smith stopping here ? ’k and the great man, after the necessary delay, lifts his eyes, and I feel that I am a worm, and when he speaks I deem myself a Chinaman. Fires During 1866.—During Deccnfber there were in the United States sixty large fires, in which the aggregate loss ol property was $6,035,- 000. This is a greater loss than occurred in any month smee July, when there were thirty-six fires and a destruction of property valued at $14,705,000. For the year I860 the entire num ber of fires reported was five hundred and one, and the total loss of property $63,410,000, as compared with three hundred and fifty-four large fires, and a loss of property valued at $43,- 139,000 during 1865. The losses for 1866 by ■ fires in the United States have been greater than for any previous year, the total for the last twelve years being $280,998,000, a yearly average of $23,416,500. The losses for 1866, it will thus be seen, are nearly three times the annual average. Bisnops of the United States.—There have been, in the Protestant Episcopal Church in tiie U. S., 82 Bishops, of whom 43 survive. This includes two Foreign Alissionary Bishops. Iq order of seniority Bishop Elliott was third on the list of Bishops living, and 37th on the roll of the American Church, lie was consecrated Febru ary 28, 1841, in Christ’s Church, Savannah, by Bishop Aleade, Bishop Ives and Bishop Gadsden. He was the Senior Bishop in the Confederacy af ter the death of Bishop Meade, Bishop Otey and Bishop Polk. Six of the Southern Bishops have died within the last six years, viz: Bishop Cobb, of Alabama, January, 1861. Bishop Aleade, of Virginia, Alarch, 1862. Bishop Otey, of Tennessee, April, 1863. Bishop Polk, of Louisiana, June, 1863. Bishop Rutkdge, ot Florida, November, 1866. Bishop Elliott, of Georgia, December, 1866. Six Northern Bishops and one Foreign Alis sionary Bishop liaye died within the same time. Dried Fruit.—Comparatively but few peo ple attach much importance to the fruit crop, yet if is already worth a good deal, and may with but slight time and attention be largely in creased. We copy a paragraph aboht dried fruit from the Rome Courier of the 10th: By the following statement, by the President, of tiie exports over the Rome railroad, it will be seen that there have been shipped from here, this season, 15,692 bushels of fruit. Now, allow ing two-thinls of this to be peaches, at $3 00 per bushel, and the balance apples, at $1 25, it would amount to $37,922. Just suppose that ten times as much fruit had been dried—whieh might have been done—and you would have had an-income from fruit of $379,220. ^ ^ Immigrants.—Tbe New York Evening Ex press says : “Upwards of two thousand immi grants from Euproc arrived at this port on New Years’ day—nearly all of them in steamers. The passage money, in the aggregate, must be a handsome sum; but it all goes into the coffers of the foreign steamship line—Radical high tariff legislation, for the benefit of Thad. Stevens and other iron mongers, compelled the with- . drawal of all competition on the jiaft of the steamers carrying the United States flag.” Death at Washington.—Mr. Robert Brown, . for many years a clerk in the office of the United States Supreme Court, died suddenly at Wash ington on the 5th.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Weekly Atlanta intelligencer. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1865-18??, January 16, 1867, Image 1