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Newspaper Page Text‘ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”—Jefferson. VOLUME XXII ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1S70. NUMBER 3. Hrrhli) Jntrlligrnffr FUHI.’SHKD DMI.Y AND WBURLY BY JARED IRWIN WHITAKER, prletnr. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Wednesday, January 10, 1870. Aldtu:: tlie Kormy. The Atlanta Intkli.iukncrk, while openly nrnti->«n!ii£ null loudly asserting its claim to he a JA-iBociatic |«ii>er, zealously fierseveres In its i finis lo aid the extreme Radicals. Not con tent ailli ifn Wicked aud uujual inlerpretation ot the eligibility clause* ot the Inie Georgia Recon struction Ail, it lollows it up by an argument IokIiow that oui Stale government is wholly pro visional, and publishes a long and disgustingly luluonie letter laudatory ot the Penurer Blodg ett, who it continues to style Hon Foster aud Cot. Foster, ifce. The mask ot the I ntkli.io bncbk is too thin. Its ettioiitery can no longer conceal its real sen timents. It is the apologist ot Bullock and de fender ot Blodgett. That will do. The loregoing precious piece ol effrontery sp peaied in the editorial column of the Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel ol the ‘.Hh instant. We re member no iustauce, hut one, parallel to it tor assumption, aud that was when a certain Presi dent ot the Senate of this State, proclaimed him- sell Governor ot the Eastern division thereof to the great ridicule ot himsrll and astonishment of all sensible men. We pr.smne ’tis the same ar rogant gentleman to whom the Intelligencer is indebted tor the loregoing notice. It so, we have only to say that the Democratic Party of Georgia will have come to a pretty pass when it recognizes the Chronicle ■£ Sentinel under his lead, as being either the exponent ot its princi ples—(he dictator of its policy, or the repre sentative of ns decency. The Intelligences, we cau say to the Chronicle- dk Sentinel, wears no mask, nor has it made “any efforts to aid the extreme ” or any other “ radicals,” and it repels the charge of him who made it with contempt and scorn. It has had the independence, how ever, in justice to the people of the State, to make known to them through its columns, their uue political condition, under the tale recon struction enactments of Congress—the federal administration's construction thereof, and its in structions to the military commander of the tiUte in regard to the same. Its policy has not been to keep the people or the Legislature in iguorance ol the true condition ol political affairs in the State, and ol what would be required and enforced of the latter, but to place before them the truth, however unpalata ble it was to them as well as to it. But this is not the sore point with the Chronicle <fc Sentinel. Tne Intelligknckr has tailed to imitate the pernicious example set by the editor oi that pa. per of heaping personal abuse upon its political opponents. It has not descended to such war fare, aDd it never will, and in this aud other re' spects, it has not recognized the hitter lead ol the Chronicle & Sentinel, under which the Democratic paity id Georgia can not hope to triumph. And here “lies the rub” with that paper. Here lies the sting un der which it suffers. It is this difference between the Intri lioencer aud the Chronicle <fe Sentinel that lias caused the latter to send forth its envenomed shall, only, however, to miss its maik. As lor the Democratic record of this paper, and its adherence and devotion to Democratic principles, and services rendered the party, it will proudly challenge comparison with the t’hronilce t£ Sentinel. And as lor per sonal devotion to the Democratic party audits principles, and personal service rendered them, the pkopkibtok ol the Intkll.gknckk chal lenges comparison with the writer of the slan derous article in the Chronicle & Sentinel w'hich has drawn tortb these comments, with the per fect conviction that the verdict of the Demo cratic public will be in his lavor. ^Washington CorruKpuiulenU Cincinnati SCinjulrer. A 4J©ors> la Senator luaulted. Passing along the corridor ot the Senate gal lery the other day, 1 was attracted by a slight verbal altercation that seemed to have arisen belwten a stout, swarthy darkey and one of the door keepers. The former desired to enter the gallery, l»ut the latter had checked his progress with a hint that colored men must go a little further to the l<-lt. “Why soinquired the gentleman from Allies “ Because the Sargeant at-arms gives the or der," was the door-keeper’s reply The colored person now began to assume a touo ot haughty indignation : so straightening himself up, and pulling the wrinkles out of his gorgeous vest with a slight jeik ot the lower end of that article, he inquired it the door-keep er knew whom he was talking to. This was genuine Congo accent, which 1 can not well translate. “ No sir, l don’t know, and I don’t care. I must ot*cy orders. Colored people are to he put all together in that part of the gallery poiut iug to the seals reserved tor the purpose. •• Well, sail, Tse from Georgy— a meinlier oh de Legislature ob dal Stale; audit I had my rights; Tde be on de flo* ob dis tieuaie." And tin n the sable individual related his dis appointed aspiration, and told in a strain ol haughty aneer how ne had lieeu cheated out ot the United Slates Senatorship by the rebels and copperheads, alter it bad been agreed to elect him. He w as deeply moved by the recital ol his own wroncs;bu' w as glad to hear that under the President's recommendation the old Legis lature, ol which he was a member, was to be recalled, Le still had hopes. I pity that poor doorkeeper it he ever* should he elected. This is a strange story, and a true one—and not half as strange hs hundreds that might be told had I thegiftot omn pretence to pick them up. Verily, old things are pacing away, and a new world is beginning. A Pre-Hl»t«*rK 4 Pompeii. Under this tub- me Revue de* Deux Mondes has published an article, by M. E. Fonque, on some underground viltaecs discovered in the small island ol Tlurisia, adjoining Santorin, of volcanic notoriety in the Greek Atchipelago.— The writer affirms that these primitive villages were destroyed by the same volcanic agency as Herculaneum, Pompeii and Slab 1. 1 he houses, were built in ihe open air, on the old soil, aud were afterward burn d under a stratum ot pu mice stone amt turn, > jt-cied trotn a crater. The inhabitants were taken bv surprise in the. midst ol Uieir daily av<H'«itons, anil Hair tools, vases and domestic ut« u.-tis have remained tor thou sands ot years on the -pot they occupied at the tuue. At Santoriu aud TJU' rasiaihe strata of tufaceous pumice have been worked !rom time to time immemorial as building material, and a good deal ot u h »$ been expot led lo the Suez canal. Yet the inhabitants now brought to light under M. Fouqiu’s direction are constructed quite differently. They consist of large blocks of lava, heaped one upon Use other, without any order, the interstices being tilled. Dot with any kind 'ot m uoar or cement, but with redd is u volcanic Holies ha.iug no cohesion whatever. Tin. only house entirely exhumed is composed ot six rooms, the largest of which is eighteen feet by five, and the smaliost a!«>ut eight leet square. One ot the mam waits ot the building incloses a court Three windows aud one door have been reeogmz d—a ciic-iinstance which shows that ih»s was a dwelling house, and not a toinb. The ceiling was composed ol a series of wooden cposslwanrs, on w inch stones aud a thick lavrr ol volcanic earth were spread.— Amoug the objects louuel inside, there was the skeleton ot a man, besides flint implements, cartheru vase* manufactured ou a luruiug-wheel, and containing various seeds, such as barley, peas, cardamom, etc. Most ot me vases are ot the capacity of twenty gallons aud mure. Two slabs ot lava were ust-d tor grinding corn; but the most curious relics were certaiu stone disks with a hole through the middle, aud which are j.: ji] mscI in the country bv weavers to stretch she threads of the waul with; whence it may Le iutt-ried that the textile ait existed many thousan I years ag. , and must have been nearly coeval wilt the iicalim of man. ■•rklewinrm of 1.3 ie, lire recklessness with which human life is taken in many parts of the United States ou totally inadequate provocations,or even on some trivial punctillio is forcibly illustrated, says the Baltimore Statesman : “ by the exclamation of a bar-room bully ol Denver City, who shot a stranger for declining to take a drink with him : “Great heavens 1 am 1 never to come to Denver without being oh'iyed to kill somebody ! ” The New York World tells of a mao who had a ieud with another, whom he finally murdered by shootlDg him with a pistol. Being suddenly overtaken with a tear of the const quencea, the murderer immediately resorted lo the expedient ot saying tbul the victim had “ seduced his sis ter;” and thus the criminal deed ot blood be came a virtuous act ol revenge. In still another case, a man in a Western State had a quarrel with another, whom be shot through the ht art, instantly flying from the place with the excla mation that the wretch had ** seduced his wife.” This put him beyond aDy tear of the law, and insured btm notoriety lor the rest ot his life.” Wonderful. Betote another year rolls around the world will be «ncirded with telegraph lines. Four links ot exiended telegraph cable connect Eng land with India and the Isles cf the sea below Farther India, aud now a filth is lo be (Hid lrom the Straits ol Malacca to Hong KoDg. The lines now laid are the Falmouth, Gibraltar and Malta; the Anglo-Medilerantan; the British Indian extension telegraph companies. From a station of the latter, a cable 1,040 miles long will reach China, and so the world will lie near ly belted, and will be viitually so when Japan is reached. On this cable now proposed, oi 1,000 miles in length, will be from Hong Kong to Shanghai, touching at the treaty ports. The Hong Kong section is to cost £509,000. The capital stock of the company is to be paid up by November, 1870, and the cable is to be fully laid by Judc, 1870. This is really wonderful I Tbe Georgia State Fair at JHacon. From the last Monthly report ot the Depart ment of Agriculture at Washington, a copy of which has been transmitted to this office by Commissioner C&prcn, to whom we tender ac knowledgments lor the same, we notice the fol lowing allusion to the late Georgia Fair: “ The Georgia exhibition was remarkable for the number and character of its visitors, and tor the extent of country and variety of interests which they represented. 1*3 material character istics were in some sense similar to those of the fairs above mentioned, with a larger variety of contributions from other States, and an indica tion of a more decided and absorbing centrali zation Ot cotton-growing. Interest in this im portant culture is natural and proper, but the comparative neglect ot other industries of tbe farm is greatly to he deprecated, as prejudicial to the true interests ol agriculture and to the ultimate success of cotton-growing itself.'’ Tbe Macon ft Western Railroad. We have been favored with a pamphlet copy of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Report of the “ Macon & Western Railroad Company,” made by its President, Mr A. J. White, from which we perceive that the Road under his able man agement is in aflourishing condition,its earnings lor the past fiscal year, from all sources being $582,679.21, while its expenditures lor the same time were $861,772.49, the net earnings being $220,906 70. Add to this last sum balance lrom last annual report, $154 790 90, less paid for ma terial $48,190 64, and the report shows a balance on band, after paying out $190,042 00 as divi dends to stockholders ot $187,464.98, a most ex cellent showing, doubtless as agreeable to them, as it is creditable to President White’s manage ment ot that important interest. We notice also in the Report that the follow ing officers were elected for the current year : A, J. White, President. T. G. Holt, Edward Padeltord, J. B. Ross, Andrew Low, W. C. Red ding, J. C. Levy, Peter Solomon, Adam Norrie, L. N. Whittle, W. D. Thompson, L. D. toowry, Charles Moran, Directors. Milo S. Freeman, Secretary and Treasurer. H. W. Bronson, Mas ter Transportation. So tar no tavor of the usual ticket. From tbe Sen Francisco Bul.etln, Dec. 38. Green-Eye In San Francisco. A Jealous Ohio Youno Man Stabs an Ohio Young Wo man, and the nOute his Throat in Disgust. A terrible case of attempted murder and sui cide occurred yesterday, at a house No. 835 Clay street, the circumstances of which are as follows: Some time since a man came to this city and took his residence at the house desig nated above, representing the young lady by whom he was accompanied to be bis wife.— They remained there till to-day. He had been for some time jealous ot her, and to-day while she was st&ndiDg near a bureau in her room, he came in and asked it she was going out. She said “Yes." He told her he did not wish her to go. She said she was obliged to do so, and started from the room. A^ this he drew a sword cane, and rushing towards her, stabbed her three times, ouce in the arm, once in the back, and once iu the breast. She ran iuto the hall screaming tor help, and pursued by the fiend. The landlord heard her cries, and, coming out, met them. Watch instantly slashed a razor across his throat, staggered aud tell. The land lord ran to tbe police office tor aid, and while he was gone Walch got to his feet, still nursing his deadly purpose to murder Mary, started lor her room again with a razor in each hand, and his own throat gashed like Banquo's; but fortu nately tor her, he tell again iu the hall, lrom loss ot blood, and was iound in that condition by the landlord and officer Gannon. His wounds may prove t&ial, but ib« woman’s aie not dan gerous. She is about 26 years ot age, and quite handsome. The following letter lett by the would-be murdeier explain the cause ol his fiendish acts: My Dear Mother : Oce hour before I die you are running in my thoughts. I am sorry you will hear this about your pet boy, but God or the devil tells me so. I cannot retain my long, long Oath I swore wheu I left Toledo. So dear mother, I bid you farewell. Prav lor me. W. P. Walch. Miss Annie D. Murte : I drop you these few lines, before your Jeuuie and my*elt are dead corpses. I am the murderer, and do it tor revenge She has been false to me, and tor it, revenge I have. I am the person, f he came from Toledo, Ohio, my home We passed on the boat coining trom New York as man and wile. So it you wi*ti to take tare of her body, come and oo see You will find uae at 835, Clay street. Please have one ot ray friends telegraph to my brother-in-law, Frank J. Scott, “Toledo, Ohio. Mary Wiibarns, this wife ot mine, I saw in Toledo, for tbe first time, and never spoke to her till Se ptember last. I loved her, and she the same. After leaving Toledo, went to New York, aud took the steamship Arizona, leaving on the same day tor San Francisco.— I have not treated her very well; sometimes 1 would be good aud kind to her, but jealousy ran away with me, for she was the stand-mark ot everybody on tbe boat. She is good-looking and stylish. Alter we arrived in San Francisco 1 could not find much of anything to do, so I had to let her go to woik at $30 per week Ou tbe 21st ot December a sister of ber’s came down from Truck ee. Her sister and none ot her folks know about her being with anybody, i met her sister in my rooms and was introduced to her as Mr. De Yian. That is the name I go by here, and went by on board tbe steamer. At 7 o’clock I took Jennie to tbe theater aud let tfiem walk ahead. They were talking together. Alter coming home in the evening, she said: “Mat, I am a married woman. My husband is living at St. LoiUa" I was so much surprised, I did not know what to make of it, but she cried like a child and said she never would have told me of it if it had not been for her sister. She preferred to tell me herself. I was mad—madness like a tiger’s. I did not know what to do at the time. Thank God, I know now. The rest you can an 1 will hear about the end of my little history. To Frank Scott, Toledo, Ohio. Special Dispatch to the New York World THE CUBAN Ml'DDLK. Relations Between (be United State* and Spain—Sickle*’ Responsibility. Washington, January 6—There seems lo be in some quarters a disposition to misrepre sent tbe ^relations ot the United Stales with Spain, recklessly and without even a regard to probabilities. The statement has lately been made tbat General Sickles presented a GOte to the Spani-h government in September last, and then withdrew that note in conformity with or ders from Washington; tbat the papers ou this subject were not sent to Congress, under the re cent call of the Senate, but have been required by the CoinuiitU-e on Foreign Relations and sent to them by Mr. Fish, under an injunction of secresy; and iurther that the American note was withdrawn under u threat ot war from Spain. There is hardly the slightest flavor ot truth in any ol tin se allegations The Senate itself cannot require, and never has rrquind tbe production ot diplomatic correspondence.— The call is always made subject u» the usual limitation, “ if not incompatible wi h tbe piratic irlerest.” Papers thus sent in to the Senate in open session are ol course publish) d, as the Sen ate cannot require diplomatic correspondence; but a committee may request to see diplomatic correspondence, with a view lo confirm a nomi nation or a treaty, and often do boih. In Ibis case, having the Sickles nomination before them, they have merely followed the custom of asking tor bis correspondence, so as to be able to judge ot his capacity; and the Scentary, as a matter of routine, complied with me request. The readiness with which the Secretary complied with the wish ot the committee shows pretty plainly that he has nothing to conceal trom the Senate. Although it may be considered by both the Secretary and the committee that the public interests would not be promoted by a for mal call tor the correspondence by the Senate, and a tail publication of it at this time. The statement that Mr. Sickles withdrew his note is entirely untrue. It is already known that the offer ot mediation amt good offices between Spain and her revolted subjects was made ionn- ally by Mr. Sickles and was withdrawn by him ; but this withdrawal was not made under orders trom Washington. The MinisUr was vested with a discretionary power in me premises it being im possible tor tbe State Department to judge at this distance, of the actual temper ol the public mind ot Spain. Tbe minister deeming tbe occasion not a propitious one for pressing tne proposal ot me diation, withdrew it on his on responsibility.— There was no menace, now threat ot war by Spain, nothing in the nature oi humiliation whatever, to the United States Government— On the contrary, the offer of mediation was kindly received when first made, and, but for tbe struggles, and intrigues of tbe republican taction in Spaio, would vtry possibly have re sulted in peace and the independence of Cuba. In dealing with the question, it would seem to have been tbe policy o* Mr. Fish, while in sisting on the lights ot tbe United States as a neutral, and those of its citizens, and wbile maintaining the neutrality laws of the United States, to mitigate as tar as po-sible the horrors ot this struggle, and, it opportunity offered, to secure by peaceful meaus the independence of Cuba. The recent systematic attacks upon him in this connection are evidently prompted by & personal interest, and all involve an absurd mis statement of the powers and purposes ot the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. New fork aud Ilie Ftlleenlb Amendment. The Empire State, whilst the proposed new contract called the Fifteenth Amendment ol tbe Constitution was going about the Union for sig natures, day before yesterday cancelled her former signature and reluscd to be a consenting party to that proposed new contract. Till au tbe States were bound by the simultaneous con currence and consent ot three fourths ot their Legislatures, of course none were bound. The right ot New York to wilbdraw her given con sent while remaining unaccepted, nnconcuried in by the requisite number aud aqibul&tory, is as clear as her right to withdraw her refusal oi conseut for the purpose ot consenting. Both rights are unquestionable. Ou this point we have nothing new to add to the argument by which, nearly two years ago, we urged upon New Jersey ihe withdrawal ot her consent to the so-called Fourteenth Amendment—an argu ment elsewhere placed on record (together with the letter trom Charles O’Conor, the bead of the American bar, upon the same subject) along with New York’9 withdrawal of consent to the Fifteenth Amendment. The opinions of George Ticknor Curtis and of Reverdy Johnson to the same effect we might also add, did our space permit. The perfunctory arguments by which Messrs. Alvord, Littlejohn, and Huested in the Assem bly and others in the Senate opposed the with drawal ot New York’s unaccepted consent, do not deserve reply. Indeed, the comments ot United States Senators like Sumner upon tbe withdrawal ol Ohio’s and New Jersey’s unac cepted consents to the Fourteenth Amendment were only not quite contemptible. I he Repub licans at Albany doubtless tell that, like Farmer Obadiah’s famous bull, they must go tbiough their steady day’s work, however truitless the result. The Republican press generally unite, and their unison is discreditable, in denying the legality of the reversal; but till some ot them somewhere, or some Republican somewhere,has met the arguments to which we to-day recur,we shall be exeured for regarding them alias Farm er Obadiah doubtless regarded that praise worthy beast. oi course, the Forty-first Congress is capable ot the couduct ol the Fortieth Congress. It would uverride with no hesitation, and despite Speaker HUchman, the actiou ot New York, and couut her vote tor the Fifteenth Amend ment it she made np the required twenty-eight, or three lourths. But tbe lact is, the amend ment was proposed to secure the negro vote to tbe Rrpulilican parly. Their pretences of bet ter motives are disproved by tbe dissensions on the Chinese question. The amendment was well under way before it was fairly discovered that the negro vote could by no means be counted upon en ma so. Moreover, Rhode Island will never be allowed to ratify, because under the Fifteenth Amendment the State would at once go Democratic by a majority which Senator Sprague could not overcome with ten tim°s the $80,000 that first made him Governor aud put him on his career of working- man’s moral champion and pattern economist. The Fifteenth Amendment, therefore, is likely to abort.—N. T. World. From the New York World. Women Who Harder Hen. When a woman, after murdering a man, as Mies Belhem did the other day in Wheeling, pleads in extenuation that the man bad previ ously seduced her, she ought at least to be re quired to prove her charge. It is going rather too far to allow a woman to kill a man she de sires to marry merely because he has determined to marry another woman. The killing ot the in&D by the woman may not amount to much, bat is it not rattier hard tbat ttie other woman should be deprived of a husband ? It i9 also worth wbile, in connection with this and some other recent cases, to say that, when courts and juries purpose “letting off” women who murder men whom they charge with being their seducers, they should permit it distinctly to appear that the seduced womau has the right to resort to this revenge lor her real or fancied wrongs. Let there be no pleas of insanity or anything ol that sort. Let there be no pretencia ot any kind about the matter. Let tbe court declare that muidsrs by women under these circumstances are legally justified, and we will be saved a world ot sham and pretext, dlsgrace- lul to our administration of law and justice. Even in this case, however, the woman should be required to prove her charges of seduction against the man she has killed. NEW YORK. >-* Arrest of a Forcer—(abw*rlne Cable* — Tbe P*ragatn Qaeatlou-Brerslu tor Cube, ate. Nbw York, January 8.—B. B. Caldwell was discharged yesterday at Montreal, on a writ of habeas corpus, upon the grouud tbat the Jadge < ounsel bad no right to cause bis arrest ic the Province of Ontario. He was immediately re- arrested, and will he brought up at 10 o’clock to-day on another and distinct charged forgery, and it is not at aU likely that he witi-itocceed in escaping the vigilance of tbe United States offi cers, who an determined to bring him to justice. Tbe Timet Paris dispatch says that the privi lege has jest been granted to an American com pany by the Portugese Government to land; and that a private cable is to be laid trom New York to the Azores; thence to England near Brighton; and theuce by two latter lines to France near Havre and Holland,nestihe Hague. This company promises cheaper rates than those ot the existing lines. A part ot the stock is to be paid in lull, and tbe rest will only be is sued as required in tbe process ot eeasUuctlon. The cable will probably be laid dariqgjhe pres ent year. A special nays that the Paraguy an question is looming up in Washington, where young Lopez is looking after his father’s interest- and that there is now a proposition under consideration in tbe Cabinet, tbat the United Slates Govern ment «ha.ll renew its offer ol mediation between the allies and Paraguay ; that if the offer is not; mytqgsd the United States Government shall withdraw its representatives from the capitois ol Brazil and the other allied powcw, and that it shall dispatch to the scene a naval force suffi cient to encourage and warrant any proposition which may be made by Paraguay, or which may he sanctioned by one or more ot the other Repub lics The Times says this morning that a body of men numbering fifty, is at present enlisted and organized in tins city awaiting the orders ot the Cuban Junta to depart lor Cuba, which they, will do within a week. The United States steamer Albany, whose connection with the Samana Bay expedition rendered her name famous tor a bi iet period, is now being dismantled, and will probably go out of commission to day. The iron-clad Roanoke, which was to have been stationed in tbe bay as a guard ship during the Spanish excitement,has but lew meu to work on board, and it is prob able that she will not soon be put iu commis sion. The Colorado is to be ready by the 15ib of February. The United States sailing sloop Saratoga is being fitted oat lor duty in Samana Bay. The United States Bteamer Yankee is being fitted oat in the most complete manner, with sounding apparatus and the necessary ma terial for running a line of deep sea soundings tor a submarine telegTaph cable, which is to connect tbe West India Islands with 8outb America on the eastern coast, and which ex treme will have a branch to Aspinwall, and thence to Panama sod down the west coast of south America. The Tribuue this morning assures its friends that we shall have but one Republican Central Committee in this city for the year 1870. The disgraceful proceedings ol Thursday evening wilt not be repeated, nor will anything be made out of them by their authors. The means oi determining who were chosen to our new cen tral committee were provided, and that commit tee will be auly and lully oi gam zed, and any other central committee claiming to be Repub lican, will be simply a very empty and useless attempt to serve the Tammany managers Tbe Tribune promises to expose and denounce it so emphatically that it can never pay expenses, and it shall call names it the feud be prolonged another week. Judge Cardozo refused the modifications in the decision yesterday tor returning the child Oorannkt Lewis into t he custody of tier’mother. The announcement is made that the Adams Express Company's office in Washington was robbed ou New Year 1 * Day of $29,550 in United States bonds, tbe property ot ihe company. The College of the city ol New York throws its library open to the public on and a.ier Friday next. The trottiug stakes for three and four year olds, at Prospect Park, have closed, the tour year old stake lor next lull with filteeu subscrib ers, aud the three year old with twenty-fbur en tries. The three year old stake for 1871, has seventeen, and that of 1872 eighteen entries. The weather is clear and cold to-night, with prospect ot a sharp freeze. Tbe investigation ol the affairs oi the Farmers’ aud Drovers’ National Bauk ot Lanuro, by Government examination, shows a deficiency oif $17,000, traceable to the late cashier, Mr. Hill. The report that Mr. Oakly, cashier ot the Mer chants’ Exchange Bank ot this city, was con cerned in this defalcation, is unfounded. A sensation occurred in the Passaic United States County Court to-day, Judge Bedell pre siding, by the appearance of Jay Gould, Presi dent, and James Fisk, Jr., Treasurer ot the Erie Railroad Company, to answer to an indictment charging them with conspiracy to rob and injure the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Company of Patterson, in taking illegal fares for transporting locomotives over the road, they were held to bail for trial The preliminaries are nearly completed for tbe Commonwealth. Fiom the New York He: aid. Rare Collection or Antique Coin* -Kins Solomon'* Curreucy. Mrs. Goldberry, of East Broadway, who holds in her possession some of the oldest coins ex tant, intends sending her collection to the exhi bition at Vienna, which comes off next year. There are two shekels, one of which dales tiora the reign of King Solomon; the other a thous and years Iurther back, from the time ot Moses. The smaller ot the iwo has on the reverse ihe words, in Hebrew character, “ Jeronshalem Ke- doshab,” (Jerusalem, tbe Holy,) inclosing what is probably intended to represent Moses or Aaron’s rod, flowering. On the obverse are the woids in clear characters, “Shekel Israel,” sur rounding a pot ol burning incense. The larger one bears exactly the same inscription and de vices, but is much better finished and ot a somewhat superior quality oi silver. A third coin is composed ot copper, and bears on the reverse the Second Command ment, which freely trans'&ted lrom the Hebrew, means “Thou sbalt have no more than one God.” The obverse has a holdly-executed head ot Sol omon wearing a helmet and heavy beard, but no moustache. There is also in the collection a sil ver amulet, somewhat larger than a Mexican dollar, with the date 136 Addo Domini and the Latin inscription, “Comflrmo, 0 Deus Poteniissi mus.” On the other side there are two small coins, one ot tbe reign of Titus and the other oi Constantine. That ot Titus is splendidlv exe cuted. The bead and face of tbe Roman Empe ror are remarkably well cast in relief. The one ot Constantine is not so fine cr distinct. The collection is exceedingly interesting to lovers ot numismatic cariosities. Wm. H. Brewer.—Our entire community re joice lo see again with ua—onahackeled and un harmed—oar worthy and highly esteemed young friend, W. H. Brewer, ot the firm of L K Brewer & Son. At the last term of Terrell Su perior Court, a verdict of murder was found against Mr. Brewer tor the killing of a Mr. Mar tin, in that county, purely in seH-detense, as shown by the testimony on the triaL Through the intervention ot friends, together with the un tiring energy and industry of the parents, the clemency ot his Excellency was brought to bear npon this case. Perhaps tbe exercises of the pardoning power was never more loudly called lor, and his Excellency Governor Bullock de serves much credit for the mercy he has shown in granting a tall and tree pardon. Oar lriemd is again with na—not as a pardoned criminal, bat as a released and highly esteemed gentle man. May he long live to bless Ids family and country.—Grift* Star. B)l*c oi Notoriety. Sensationalism is so much the daily pabalum of tbe period, that every plank is grasped after with tbe energy of a drowning man. .For no torious characters tail so desperately in love with notoriety, that they will go to any extreme to keep th ir rickety boats afloat a moment longer on the flood of public notice. We hazard the assertion that a large proportion of the murders, suicides and crim. con. casec ot late, have been the outgrowth of this morbid appetite and love tor notoriety. The press, it must be confessed, has catered to the demand. It has thrown an air ot romance around murder, and taught the suicide to regard self-destruction in tbe light of hpmiam Sensationalism is the rage, and when a sensational sheet finds its subscription list d wind tine away, and its name passing into ob scurity, it would not be true to its character did it not flounder like a fish out of water, and make a last bid for notoriety, though the notoriety is tbe talk ot the town but lor a day, is tbe spasm that precedes death. Sometimes the bid for notoriety is through the libel ot a good and virtuous woman, and at other times it is confine! to bringing a suit against another journal for libel. The reputation has been aasaitodjutd dignity sues damages. “Affect a virtue it you have it not, is the policy acted npon. The whole thing smacks strongly oi schoolboy play, but then since it amuses the world, and perchance tickles vanity, we don’t know that we should seriously take it to heart. Notoriety is a great thing, bat it as often leads to death as tile. George Francis Train is a fir ing example ot this tact. At one time he was not without inflntnce in the intelligent world, but he carried his bobby too far, people grew tired of bis senational flights, and now bia rav ings exrite nothing hot ridicule. Notoriety has killed him, and there are others we wot ot who are dying of tire same disease.—Turf, Field & Farm, NEW YORK. GREAT EXCITEMENT IN WALL STREET —HIGHLY INTERESTING TO FINANCIERS. New York, January 7.—The excitement in Wall street, which cooled off a little at one time during the afternoon, was renewed with vigor at the close, and formed a striking contrast to the quiet which has prevailed for a long time past The long room was crowded with a surg ing crowd of brokers, eagerly bidding tor stocks under which prices advanced sharply in gold room—a still greater excitement prevailed, and tbe fluctuations kept the dealers almost in con stant motion in all directions. Brokers were runnuig to and fro, aod altogether the scenes and incidents carried oue back to tbe exciting times ot 1860. The <»use assigned for this buoyancy and activity is the prospective purchase ot some West India Islands and an increase volume ot currency, but there is no doubt that the return of some prominent clique-leaders to the street is the real explanation ol the great fluctuations of the day. Tbe indications point to a sharp renewal of speculations in Wail street generally, and im portant movements in the future. The increased inactivity in the different de partments ot speculation to-day caused more demand lor money. This evening and for a time call loans were tharpat 7 percent., with some exceptional transactions at coin interest. Towards the close cf banking hours, however, the maiket was easier again, aDd the demand was supplied more freely at 7 per cent. The gold market was active and excited at the close, with an advance to 122$ to 122J. The rates paid far carrying to-day were 7 per cent, gold and 1-82 per cent The bulls undeterred by tbe fiasco ot Septem ber last, have again entered the ring under tbe leadership ot Fisk. August Belmont purchased, $4,000,000 He was foilowel by a leading mer Ciant who isvested $9,000,000. Jay Gould, it is said, also put in some $2,000,000 or $3,000,000, and other operators bought up to $9,000,000 or $10,000,000 more, aud are still buying. In ad dition to the purchase by Jay Gould, Mr. Fisk bought largely. European brokers have tele graphed to their agents here to buy freely, with the avowed purpose of bullying the markeL The Southern States securities were strong on tbe last call with an upward tendency in prices. Aiterward the chief advance was in new Tennessee and Missouri Government bonds.— The market waa steady during tbe evening, but tbe business was restricted by tbe small amount ol bo' ds oflering. THE BUSINESS FAILURES. New York, January 7.—Tbe total failures and amount of liabilities reported by the Mer cantile Agency are 2,799 last year, against 2.608 in 1868. The aggregate liabilities are $75,051,000 against $63,774,000 the previous year. During 1868 there were 418 failures in this city and Brooklyn, with liabilities to the amount ot $21,370,000. Last year there were 471 failures in these cities, amounting to $31,654,000. In Ohio last year there were 221 failure, lia bilities $4,663,000, against 203 failures, with $4,034,000 liabilities, the present year. The un paid obligations of those who failed in proper tion to the volume of trade and capital no* employed in business, from a per centoge tar less than in any year subsequent to 1850, so tbat instead of creating alarm, the laiiures ot 1869 indicate strength and stability. Adulteration* of Confectionery. In an article published elsewhere, is given at length the statement ot the head manufacturer ot a leading Broadway confectionery establish ment, setting forth gross adulterations in the manufacture of confectionery in this city. That there should be adulterations in this speoiality of trade, assuming these statements to be trne, is not to be wondered at. Adulteration is one of the alarming features of our progiesaive age» and particularly that dominantly characteristic phase of progress aiming at large pr..fi's in busi ness at any risks, saving the risks ot large capi tal. These adulterations extend themselves to every branch of business—to liquors, fond, lit erature, politics, preaching and religion. Nearly everything, in fact, has to be taken on guess work. It is difficult to discriminate wbat is genuine and what bogus. Nothing is exempt from the sovereign sway of show and prentice. Humbug is king, and be is a monarch difficult to dethrone. As to tbe allegations adulterations in candy manufacture, though with elaboarte particular ity, it is to be born in mind that they are ex parte statements, and as such must be taken cumgrano salis. It is easy to be seen that our leading con fectioners will find it greatly to their pecuniary benefit if they cau make it out that they alone make and self pure candies, and that the small dealers resort to deleterious ingredients on ac count of their cheapness as compared with the pure, genuine and wholesome material that should be used. If the fact be as stated the sub ject is one that vitally concerns all classes of society—a subject that comes pointedly home to every household—a subject that should excite widespread alarm. The trade in candy in this city is' immense. The fondness of our American people, and particularly young America, for sweet things is well known. Every avenue and street and lane has its confectioneries. Stands in tbe streets are loaded with confectioned sweets Tbe plea oi cheaper reDts and less expenses, which with some show of reason may be put forth by the small dealers in explanation of their selling their candies at less prices than the larger and more fashionable retailers cannot satisiy the public mind if it once gets thoroughly excited and aroused. The charge is a grave one. If tbe statements lo whtch we have referred are true the health and lives ot thousands are involved and ruthless y riske’d in the grasping greed for gain ot the bulk of our city confectioners. We can suggest but ODe remedy—tbe appointment of a commis sion to examine the quality ot the candies of all our contectioners. Let this commission be houestly constituted and do its work honestly, aud the fact will soon be ascertained whether these allegations are true, and to what extent they are true, and who sell pure and wholesome candies and who do cot, and then, with a strin gent law on the subject, future adulterations and frauds may be effectually prevented.—N. T. Herald. Important Decision. The Canton (Miss.) Mail says that a decision of great interest has been rendered by the High Court ot the county, to the effect tbat a merchant who had advanced money and supplies, taking a mortgage therefor on the crop raised by a les see, has prior claim to tbe lessor of the planta tion. Also, in the same case, that a promissory note, executed by the lessee in lavor of the par ties tarnishing mules, wagons, etc.. i9 prior in its claim to the rent due thelandloid. Tnis de cision, delivered by Judge Peyton, is made on the ground that the mortgage filed in favor of tbe parties advancing mouey aDd supplies, be fore tbe attachment had been made bv the land lord, entitled tbe morlgajeis to prior satisfaction ot their claim out ot the property covered. And the written coniraef made to the parties who had furnished the mules, wagons, etc , being en rolled in a Circuit Court-, becomes a lien, under a statute of 1867, npon ihe equity ot redemp tion of the property, embraced in the mortgage to tbe mmtgagees, except that which is exempt by law trom levy and sale under execution.— Quoting trom the opinion ot the Court: - Rent is not per ee & lien on goods found on the demised premises. It binds as a lien only when the goods are seized under an attachment for rent. la the meantime he may sell, dispose of or incumber the same bona fide and for valua ble consideration. The power of alienation by tbe tenant exists until the goods are seized under an attachment tor rent, without any limitation cr restriction on account of rent.” The mortgage given to one party and the promissory note to another having specific liens on the property in controversy, were another in point ot time to the attachment tor rent oo the part ot the landlord ; aud were entitled in the opinion of the court, to prior satisfaction. From HarylM*. Baltimore, January 7.—The Legislature has been tally organized. Tbe message of Gov. Bowie pnfe the net funded debt of the State at $18,692,938.96. As an offset, the State bolds stocks and brads on which dividends and inter est are received to the amount of $7.228,41322, leaving an actual debt of $5,464,525 74. The message opposes mixed schools, bat suggests that tax received from colored tax-payere lor school purposes be devoted to the education ot colored children, and that educational facilities be extended to them by the State. The message is of great length and confined principally to State matters. In discussing the Fifteenth Amendment, he contends that tbe question of suf frage should be left entirely to the control of the several States. From tbe Bauiinore Nlatocoixu. John Hrowit Again. It was ton veals ou the second ol last month since John Biown was hung. The Philadelphia Bulletin moralizr» on the subject in this wise: It is ten yeais since panic-stricken Virginia hung that brave hearted, misguided old ram, John Brown, aud &et his spirit “niurrhiug on" upon that wonderful path which spread its widening track aoioss this country, year by year, until the great armies of the Re public, swayed by a resistless destiny, poured them selves aloug it, chanting, with “knapsacks strap ped upon their backs,” ihe itnmoital war song whose simple burden is that 'John Bro»cV body lies mouldering In tbe ground ; Lite soul is marrbiug ou ” Jobu Brown was a ianatic, and died according to law. Virginia and her half-crazed Governor were terrified out ol every attribute ot meicy and tolerance, and old John Brown’s magic m- tlueuce, since exerted upon the world is largely due to tbe extravagant sensation which Vir- f inia made out of his mad raid upon Harper’s ‘erry. That raid was the act of a single enthu siastic old man, driven trom a just mental bal ance by his personal wrongs, and it is no longer needlul lo defend the Republican party lrom the ott-repealed charge ot complicity in or responsi bility tor his crime. it is, ot course, impossible to expect truth, in aught tbat regards the South, trom a Radical source. To extract fire from ice would be a more rational enterprise. Therefore it is not surprising to hear the Bulletin discoursing ot “panic stricken Virginia,” and her “halt-crazed Governor,” being “terrified” iuto the execution ot John Brown. The Bulletin kuows this to be a lie, but it is precisely that knowledge which gives the chief zest to its utterance John Brown, in his attempt to kindle an iusur reclion in the peaceful State ot Virginia, was taken prisoner on the 18th ot October, 1859; he was alio wed counsel,and tried with all the iorm&l- ities ot the law; and on the 1st of November was sentenced to be hung, la his speech at the time ot receiving sentence he said: “i feel entirely satisfied with the treatment i have received ou my triaL Considering all the circumstances, it has been more generous than I expected.” He re ceived during his confinement several visits trom sympathizing Northern friends. The reverened clergy of the neighborhood tendered him the sol&cea of religiou, which he declined. His last words to his Virginia jailor were: “ I have no words to thank you tor all your kindness to me.” He was hung on the 2d of December, more than a month after his sentence. Did that look like the haste ot panic ? If so, what was the hanging ot Mrs. Surratt, and the alleged as sassins of Abraham Lincoln, the very day after the judgment ot the court? Contrast the treat ment of Mrs. Surratt, a woman, now believed by all to be innocent,—refused counsel, retused the aid ot clergy, hung at once after sentence, and her very dead body kept lrom her relatives — with the treatment by Virginia ot John Biowd, the acknowledged blood-stained insurrectionist, and decide to whom the reproach ot being “half crazed with terror” properly applies. It is useless to re-open the discussion about John Brown, but tbe man who bad formed an association, with a provisional constitution and ordinances, devoting the whole South to aboii- tiou and confiscation, and to death, if resistance were mad) 1 , and who in pursuance of that pur pose, invaded Virginia, Cupiured wilh an armed force the Arsenal, at Harper’s Furry, having trom 100,000 to 200,000 stand ot arms, impris oned Virginia citizens and made actual war upon ber soil, certainly deserved death, and it he had attempted the same in any Northern State, under similar circumstances, would, in all probability have been bung without trial. It is only necessary to read tne records ot an attempt ed insurrection in New York, in former times, the horrible treatment ot the slaves, and the retusal ot counsel even to plead their cause, to divine what would have been the fete ot John Biowu.if he had tried his devilish enterprise iu a Northern State Horace Greeley himself stys, in his work on “ The American Conflict,” where John Brown’s history is pro- pcny induced, that the complaints ot indecent baste and unfair dealing on the part of the Vir- ginia authorities do not seem fully justified. Mr. Lincoln, too, in his famous Cooper Institute speech, February 27, 1860, compares the act of John Brown lo that of “ enthusiast” assassins in Europe, and says that it was precisely the same as Orsini’s attempt on Louis Napoleon, and intimates tbat it was as urgent ft) hold New Eng land responsible lor the attempt ot John Brown as Old England lor tbat ol Orsini. But times have changed, aud Johu Brown is now a saint and martyr, tor whom New England would rejoice to be held responsible. Even tbe Bulletin identifies the “marching on” ot the Union armies. The raid of a single enthusiastic old man,” at ihe head however.ot an armed toice,) who was “driven trom a just mental balance by his personal wrongs,” which consisted in goulhern men in Kansas deteudiug their lives when he sought to kill them) was fol lowed in eiguteen mouths by open aod recognized war upon the South. John Brown was the advance guard of the Republi can invasion. A wondertui decade indeed it has been since he was hung, but the iruit bad been long maturing. As one ot the most eminent jurists ot our State remarked during the late conflict, “the war rtselt was only a John Brown raid on a large scale, having the same motives and objects,” and we may add, has been follow ed by tbe sameresulis which were contemplated by “that brave but misguided old man.” Macon Sc Brunswick Road. While at the passenger shed yesterday morn ing we noticed a new locomotive, tender, bag gage car, and two very elegant passenger cars standing on the track and about to start to the “City of Cedars by tbe Sea.” Regular through passenger trains are now running daily over the Macon and Brunswick road and tbe business of tbe Company in freight and passage is daily increasing. The Southern Express Company started its first through messenger over tbe road yesterday, and they will hereafter have regular agents on the route'. In a very short wbile mail agents will abo be put upon this road, and tbe postal system will be conducted upon it as upon other roads of the riiaie We are veiy glad indeed to see the business ot this road opening up so promisingly, and predict tbat the day is not far distant when the stock will be worth as much almost as that ot any road in Georgia. It is bound to become the great line of travel from this place to tbe State ot Florida, as it shortens tbe distance one hundred miles over any other route to Jacksonville Florida, and the head wafers of the St. John’s river. At Jesnp, where this road intersects wilh the Sa vannah and Gulf road, a passenger bound lor Florida, takes the night passenger train on the Gait road, which is running elegant sleeping cars, and the next morning alter leaving Macou be breakfasts in Jacksonville. Already good eating houses have been opened at Foster’s and at Jesup, at the former ot which a passcoger on the down train takes dinner aud at the latter supper. As to the officers running ou the M*cou and Brunswick road, we kuow them to be caieiui, polite and vigilant when in charge of trains, and they wilt permit uo accident that proper caution and foresight might prevent.— Macon 7elegraph and Messenger. A Warning to Boys.—The Galesburg (Li) Free Press, of December 30th, says: “ A case ot sudd3R or violent fright occurred in oar neighbor ing town of Abingdou, on Mouday last, which should ptove a sad and impressive warning to all who are partial in indulging in practical jokes. It seems, from what we can learn, that on that day a party of boys, disguised by hide- one maaka and grotesque garments, called at tbe residence of an estimable lady, Mrs. George H. Marshall, in that place. They entered noiseless ly, at the back door, and succeeded in frighten ing an infant almost into convulsions. Mrs. M., hearing the horrified screams ot her child, im mediately hastened to its assistance, to shield and protect it from barm. In hurrying to her child she suddenly encountered the masked figures, and fell tainting to tbe floor. She was shortly afterward found by ber friends, and proper remedies were administered, but her revi val only witnessed tbe bonifying lact tbat she was hopelessly insane. Up to this writing, we regret to say, no lucid intervals have been de veloped, and the woman once a happy wile and & promt mother, is now a raving maniac, bereft of reason and cowering in fright.” The Rev. Mr. E was preparing his course for tbe next Sabbath, stopping occasionally to review what be bad written, and to erase that which be was disposed to disapprove, when he was accosted by bis little son, who had num bered bat three summers: ‘•Father does God tell yon wbat to preach ?” “Certainly, my child.” “Then wbat makes yon scratch it oat ?” From the Philadelphia any, 5th A Hatband Publicly Honewhlpped. Quite an excitement was created in Centre street, tbe other morning, by the spectacle of a woman armed with a long blacksnake whip lashing a man in a tavern door. The poor fel low writhed under the blows in a pitiable man ner, but found no escape nntil the woman be came exhausted. It appears tbat the victim is a butcher, who, although ordinarily a very good husband, is yet in the habit ot becoming intoxi cated. At such times he abandons his business entirely, and takes his departure to places known to uone but himself. When bis money becomes exhausted he returns to his wife, who has a stand in market, and taking her earnings, again decamps. The wife bore this until patience ceased to be a virtue, aud about three weeks ago followed her husband to the tavern in Centre street, where, while he was imbibing, she pro duced a pistol, and threatened to shoot him if he did not go home. He went Yesterday he again started tor the same place; so, taking a horsewhip, she went in and plied it liberally over all portions ot his body. He backed to ihd door, but still she followed him, and so to the pavement, and at the cessation of his punish ment he was glad to agree to accompany her home. He will not, probably, go on a spree soon again. Ootbokst of Crime.—New York has be come the Banner State for murder. She dis tances all the fierce competition ot the times in deeds of blood and outrage. Not content with the Richardson-McFariand tragedy, gotten up uuder tbe exclusive patronage ot the party ot “moral ideas,” one ot her schoolmasters, living iu Brooklyn, has lately killed his paramour, aDd then put himself to death. A precious guide for children, this man ! Whether he instructed hi9 pupils in the art in which he exhibited so much proficiency, is not stated. Contempora neously with this schoolmaster's performance, a rural district of the State made a bold effort to eclipse the cities in a murder, perpetrated at Tarrytown by a ferocious rustic, who beat out the brains ot his wile with the butt of a gun ; killed outright one oi his townsmen, and mor tally wounded, as is supposed, another. Tarry- town is the spot immortalized by the genious of Washington Irving as “Sleepy Hollow,” where quiet Dutch inhabitants little dreamed of the renown that awaited their secluded and peaceful locality in the march of civilization. Yet the Radical press of New York is eternally denounc ing the South for its outrages, and invoking the interposition of military law. Perhaps they may some day have a taste of the sovereign remedy they prescribe for others—Baltimore Statesman. -■ ^ l » IF Humorous View of Reconstruction.—'The Louisville Journal says: The Radical idea of reconstruction is evident ly borrowed from John Robinson's circus.— Those who have witnessed the performances ot “the great American combination” (we mean John Robinson’s) will remember how the clown knocks over the young gentleman in gold lace and then cries out, “Poor fellow,” and sets him up again and goes to washing him clean, as he says, with a dirty broom. Then he whirls him about and asks, “Now isn’t he beautiful ?” That’s re construction over and over again. Congress takes a State and knocks it down. Then it sets it up. Then it scrubs it with negro suffrage.— Then it polishes it with bayonets. Then, finally, if it goes Radical, like Mississippi, it says, “Now isn’t it beautiful." The people are sick ot this. There is no fan in it It is all well enough &9 a circus trick, but it is too serious when applied to real file. As We Expected.—The Radical party iu and out of Congress, before they could obtain their own consent to endorse the Georgia bill, were forced to take the position that the clause ot the Constitution which says “ Congress shall guarantee to each State a republican form of government,” empowers that body to inteifere at will in the affairs ot any State, it being tbe sole judge whether the form of government is republican or not; that is, Congress can undo any act of a State Legislature, whenever it be lieves or says it believes the act in question is contrary to a republican form of government.— Hence, the Union is no longer a Federal Union, but a consolidated Union, in which all power is taken lrom tbe States and placed in the hands of Congress. We knew long ago the former po sitions oi the Radical party would force it to endorse this error, which is fatal to the form of government established by our fathers, fatal to the rights of the States, fatal to the happiness aud prosperity of the citizens, and fatal to lib erty itself.—Neuman Herald.. A Duel Near Savannah.—The Savanah Advertiser says that a party of four gentlemen arrived in that city last Thursday evening from an interior town oo. the line of tbe Central Rail road, not far from Savannah, the name of which we suppress by request ot one of tbe parties concerned, and yesterday morning, bright and early, found them across the river, on the Caro lina side, where two shots were exchanged, one ol tbe principals receiving a severe flesh wound in the shoulder. He was attended by a physi cian of that city, and was sufficiently able, to gether with the entire party, to leave on last n ght’s train. The matter was kept wonderfully quiet until all was over,and only by accident did we hear ot it. Both gentlemen are pretty well known in Savannah. The difficulty originated trom a private quarrel. Florida Tobacco.—Florida tobacco is quoted in tbe market as one of the choicest and most valued kinds. The quality of tobacco depends almost wholly upon a peculiar Boil and climate. In Cuba, where the most and the best tobacco is grown, tbe choicest varieties are confined to a limited locality, a small valley on the South side of the island. While tobacco can be grown in any section ot Florida, yet the small county of Gadsden is, as yet, tbe only place where choice Cuba tobacco is grown. A mile or two on eacb side of this contracted belt, the tobacco is inte rior. Gadsden county tobacco is folly equal to tbe best Cuba tobacco, and commands a high price in home and loreign markets, being used tor the best cigars. We learn that its cultivation is being resumed and extended there, and adds materially to tbe money crops of tbe county.— Gadsden county is one of our best counties, or iginally settled by Virginians and South Caro linians, good systematic planting, good order, and a high social character has always prevailed. Quincy, the county seat, is a beautiful village, aud has always been reputed for its good schools, public enterprise aod social advancement. To immigrants who desire high, rolling, fertile lands, with an abundance ot living streams, easy access to railroads and navigation, Gadsden county offers great inducements. Wheat, corn, oa:s, cotton, sugar aud tobacco, grow well. It is also well adapted tor fruits—tbe apple, pear, peach, grape, fig, orange, See. Those prospect ing for Florida homes, would do well to take a nip to Quincy, and examine the country there about.—Jacksonville Union. Preservation of Leather.—The following valuable bints in regard to the preservation ot leather, we copy from the Shoe and Leather re porter : The extreme heat in which most men and women expose boots and shoes daring the win ter, deprives leather of its vitality, rendering it liable to break aud crack. When leather oc- comes so warm as to give off the smell ot leath er, it is signed. Close rubber shoes also destroy the life ot leather. All varnishes and all black ing containing the properties of varnishing, should be avoided. Shoe leather is greatly abused. Persons know nothing or care less about the kind of material used than they do about tbe polish produced.— Vitriol blacking is used until every particle of oil in the leather is destroyed. To remedy this abuse, the leather should be washed once a month with warm water; and when about bait dry, a coat of oil and tallow Bhonld be applied, and the boots set aside for a day or two. This will renew the elasticity and life in the leather, and when thus used, upper leather will seldom crack or break. Don’t wash harness in water and with soap. No harness is ever so soiled that a damp sponge will not remove tbe dirt. When harness looses its luster and turns brown, which almost any leather will do after long exposure to the air, tbe harness should be given a new coat of grain black. Before using this grain black, the grain surface should be thoroughly washed with potash water nntil all the grease is hilled, and after the application of the grain black, ouana tallow should be applied to the surface. This w ill not only “fasten the color,” but make the feather flexible. Harness which is grained can be cleaned with kerosene or spirits ot turpentine, and no harm will result if the parts effected are washed and boiled immediately afterward.

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Weekly Atlanta intelligencer. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1865-18??, January 19, 1870, Image 1