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■'ERROR CRISES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT."—Jefhrwn.
VOLUME XXII
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1870.
NUMBER 5.
UMli) Jatdiigenfrr
PUBLISHED DAILY AND WEEKLY BY
JARED IRWIN WHITAKER,
1 J r «» X> r 1 o t o r .
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Wednesday, February 2, 1870.
the of speaker.
Couiblnatlon Defeated,
We Lave looked to the remit of this election
which look place yesterday, with more than ordi
nary interest, tuuJ we must confess are more than
gratified with the result. At the outset, we entered
onr solemn protest against the nnwise combina
tion which was formed between a certain por
tion of the Democratic members of the House,
and the mao Bryant—with a tew of his coed
jutors—to elect him Speaker, over McWhorter,
notwithstanding the combination was by out
siders, and a portion of the Democratic press of
the State, urged and defended upon the plea
that it was politic to m ike.it, and would resultin
giving the control of the House to an anti-Bul
lock majority, Bryant of course in the lead.—
We could not see it in that light. It was, we
thought, a vaiD delusion. In fact, we felt satis
fied that the movement would prove
utter lmlure, and are free to confess
that had we been driven to take up
the one or the other ot the two Repub
lican candidates—Bryant or McWhorter—a
policy we ignore, and as a Democrat we protest
against, we never would have voted for Bryant.
Infinitely, McWhorter, in all that concerns the
interests ol the State, and in the part he has
played us a member of the Republican party of
Georgia is the lesser evil ot the two. But apart
even from this consideration, there was, in onr
judgment, so much of sacrifice of principle
and so much of weakness displayed in a move
ment committing the Democrats in the House
to the support of such a man—one that had
been an inveterate an enemy to our people—that
upon no consideration could we tolerate it, nor
dr we believe that the masses of the Democracy
of the Stale will sanctum or approve it, or look
with any grains of allowance upon it. That our
readers may sec, and that those members of the
House who originated the Bryant movement,
what manner of man he is, we lay before them the
followin copy of a printed address,which it issaid
was written by himself, but signed “ Republi
can,” and circulated among tbs colored mem
bers of the House, previous to the election. We
ask those Democratic tnetnDers ol the House who
voted for Bryant to read it, believing after
they have done so, they will feel leas sore at his
defeat, than they yet have felt; and that they
will also be more careful in the future how and
with whom they make combinations, calculated
to disintegrate their own force in the House,
when in aoiid phalanx it should stand to meet
the issues that may come before it.
TO THE COLORED MEMBERS OF TlIK GENERAL
assembly.
Two men will be candidates for the Speaker
ship of this House, Hon. It L. McWhorter, and
Col. J. E. B twain. Both o't these gentlemen
claim to he Republicans.
Ool. Bryant fought in the Union army to
emancipate you; he was the first white man to
assist the colored people of Augusta, and sur-
The AlUata Intelligencer.
We are treated in Sunday’s issue of this pa
per, to a column and a ball of what we suppose
is meant as an answer to our article upon its in
consistencies and suspicious positions as a Dem
ocrat' c paper. As a defense against our charges
—which were nothing more nor las than a
plain recital of tacts known of all men—it
amounts to leas than nothing, and will hardly
excite any feeling but that of pity. We have no
more to say on that hand.
In regard to the questions propounded by ns, i
the Intelligencer answers that it does not en-'
dorse the last Georgia bill, but that it believes
Farrow’s construction of the bill is correct. We
asked the Intelligences if it endorsed Far
row’s construction ot that bill, and this is its
weak dodge. With one or to words more, we
close for the prosecution, leaving the people —
mind that, oh friend of the people -to make
up their verdtcL A friend of ours—be was one
ot the people, too—said the other day that the
course ot the Intelligencer reminded him of
a terry boat; it seemed as if published tor no
other purpose than to go lrom one side to the
other. We disagreed with him. We thought
that the Intelligencer was ai d is, very plain
ly on one side.—Micon Telegraph db Messenger.
The foregoing disingenuous, and feeble re
sponse to the article, which appeared in these
columns a few days ago, in answer to the
charges brought against the Intelligencer by
the Telegraph A Messenger, appeared in that
journal on Tnesday morning last. It needs bat
brief rejjly. We were well aware—in fact, it
was patent upon the face of the article in which
the editor ot that paper presumed to arraign the
Intelligences, and propound the two queries
to it which it did—that it bad prejudged the
case, and that no answer we might render
to its bill ot indictment would be satisfactory
to it, a matter ot bat little consequence to us,
and we have not been disappointed in the
result. To any fair minded journalist, our
answer to its “ categorical ” question touching
the opinion of the Attorney-General, that we
believed ” it correct, would have been satisfac
tory, clearly indicative, as it was, of our opinion
touching the legality of that opinion, and so far
endorsing it But no, the editor ot the Telegraph
A Messenger is not satisfied; says we have
dodged the question, treats it with a silly story
of what “ a friend ” of his said the other day
about the Intelligencer, and, in the first para
graph ot his article, referring to our response to
its entire bill of arraignment, says “ it will hard
ly excite any feeling but that of pity.”
Now all this is rich, especially the “ pity ”
pari, of it, coming as it does from the Editor of
a paper, who but a few months ago, daring a
certain well-remembered “ Press Excursion ”
was prominently noted lor his rather intense
social familiarity with Governor Bullock and for
toasting him on several occasions during that
pleasant trip, and at the winding np of it in this
city. It is treason, however, to the Democratic
party of Georgia, when the Intelligencer re
fuses to heap personal abuse upon the civil
authorities of the State, and declines to allow
its columns to be used for sensation assaults
made upon them. We can say to the Editor of
the Telegraph A Messenger, “thou hypocrite,
first cast out the beam out ot thine own eye;
and then shalt thou see cleariy to cast out the
mote out of thy brother’s eye.”
THE CHRONIC!.E «fc SENTINEL.
The “ Artful Dodger.”
- - This is a character so powerfully drawn, and
rounding country,»o svurf treeaofn ; he was the m....-,. ,i,... i i i ■■ ’ .
tint JWVfe .■>«»>. in GVirgia who* demanded <50tnp«thewfeff by die treading public,
for you equal political rhclus with while men.—
He was I lie first while man in Georgia who as
sisted you to organize to secure equal RIGHTS ;
be was the first to publish a paper to defend you.
In the Constitution** Convention he was one ot
twelve men who voted against striking out the
10th Section, which secured to you the right to
hold office. In the General Assembly when the
attempt was made to expel you, he was one
ot the white men who had nerve enough to
make speeches against your expulsion ; he
fongbt tor you several days trying to prevent
your expulsion; he was one ot the lew white
men who voted against your expulsion; he pro
tested against putting into your seats the men
having the next highest number of votes; he
appealed to Congress to re-seat you ; he Is an
outspoken Republican. As postmaster at Au
guste, he appointed three colored men clerks,
thus proving his friendship lor your race. He
is the Editor of the Georgia Republican, which
openly defends your rights, aud the rights ot
your people. From the commencement ot the
war, until now he has been your friend.
Mr. McWhorter taught to keep you in slavery;
he did nothing lo secure your political rights;
be did not join the Republican parly until you
had Ihe rignt to vote ; tie did more than any
other man to expel you lrom the General As
sembly, because, as Spesker.be had more power
to assist yon than any other tnau, and he used
that power against you. He made such rulings
that your friends could not successfully deieud
you. It he had ruled m jour lav« r, Col.Bryant,
and other friends, could have kept you iu your
•cats. Will he not again betray you? Remem
ber that Col Bryant has never betrayed you.
Can you voie against the man who has done
so much tor you, and vote for the man w ho has
done so much against you? Col. Bryant is now
an outspoken Republican. W tiy should you
vote against him t A Republican.
The Pllirrnlh Amendment.
The Y\ Hshingtou correspondent ol the Cincin
nati Enquirer says: “The extreme Republican
members in the House are already chuckling
over the prospect ot tnc ratification ot the Fib
teenth Amendment, and hills are talked ol to en
force it* provisions in .Maryland. Kentucky and
New York, by’ virtue ol the power conferred on
Congriss by the second section. Especially is
this the case as regards New York, the intention
being to annoy t he Democratic Legislature for
repeal'ng the rat ideation of the amendment. In
that Sente n< gr<; suffiage is now restricted by a
property qualification.”
Should any L>< un.ciatic member ot the Geor
gia Legislature iuc ine to lavor the adoption of
the Fifteenth Amendment, let him note in the
foregoiug, the threats directed at the States re
ferred to in it. We trust when the vote is taken
that no Democratic member, will so tar repudi
ate Democratic principles, as to Vote for the ob
noxious iiica-uic.
Removal ol IV.lUicuf Uoublliiiea
The Senate Committee on imhtical disabili
ties had a nu- iiue Friday morning and con-
-eid* red a number ot cases of per-ons to be
relieved tiom ivotitiowf disfranchisement. The
committee expects within a few divs, to repoit
a lone li*t ot uiones to tie pissed upon by the
Senate. As yet bit two names have been re
jected -one from South Carolina and the other
from Georgia. Th»* committee is inclined to a
general bill uoon tb subject of removing politi
cal disabilities, hut as v. t no definite action has
been taken on the subject.
Trumbull and Suhner —The Washington
qprre-jiooJeut ot the Louisville Commercial
l Radical) writes, Jan. 21, as follows :
"Tne Senate to-day in the discussion on the
Virginia bill, had another tilt between Trumbull
and Sumner, each trying to prove that the
Oilier had been recreant i.» the cause of liberty,
ami an obstacle iu the way of reconstruction.
Their remarks were bitter'v p rsonai, each be
ing called to order by the V oc-President.
“The greaicst cio -vii which has assembled in
the chamber this s. &>oa had congregated to
hear the closing debate, and listened with ab
sorbing interest to three hours of recrimination.
The thior was tilled with members ot the House
sod others entitled tc UjaI privilege, and the
diplomatic gallery cui.uui.e I &n unusu&l array
u! foreigners
“Tne speeches, aside from personalities, were
exceedingly able, though it w as remarked that
Sumner tell short of the ability he displayed in
his affair with Trumbull the other day.
"Trumbull's exposition of Ids tfyory that
fundHUiOiitm conditions are necessarily invalid
and void, -nice at! >t ilea sv : tiitu the Union must
be equal, aud can be hound only by constitu
tional provision;, wie masterly.”
that when we apply it as we do now to the ed
itor of the Chronicle A Sentinel, who, in Sunday
morning’s edition of that paper, has again mis
represented the course of this journal and ap
plied to its Proprirtor epithets of detraction
and abuse, neither the reader nor himself can
tail to understand us. Denounced in no meas
ured terms for his mendacious charges against
the Intklligenckr and its Proprietor; con
victed ot having misrepresented the one and
slandered the other; instead ot manfully cor
recting his misrepresentations and withdrawing
bis slanders, he dodges those issues in his article,
and closes it with renewed epithets ot personal
detraction—telling his readers, in an affected
apologetic tone, but inwardly smarting under
the exposure this journal made of his mendacity,
that his “controversy with the pen is now over,”
and that he will “not again retum-to the sub
ject” Be it so 1 But whether the editor of the
Chronicle A Sentinel shall adhere to the wise res
olution it has formed, or seek again to malign
the Intelligencer, of one thing he may be
assnred, that it will neither feel distressed at his
silence, nor fail to defend itself whe never assailed.
That editor made upon the Intelligencer and
its proprietor, a most unwarrantable assault,
which was answered in no equivocal language,
and he is now perfectly welcome to all the rep
utation he may acquire by the manner in which
he ends a controversy, for which he alone, by a
fair-minded public, will be held responsible.
Virginia Again in the Union.
The telegraph has brought us intelligence of
the final passage of the Virginia biil by Con
gress—in the House by a strictly party vote—
and the old “ Mother of States ” is in the Union
again. The news was not received in Richmond
till after dark on the day of its passage, and bnt
little demonstrations of joy were made, at the
occurrence of an event which placed the “ er
ring sister” back to a pos.tion she occupied first
among the foremost ot all the States. But the
admission of Virginia is not yet complete—not
perfected. Until we see her Representatives
seated in ilie House, aud her Senators in the Sen- I
ate of the Congress of the U oited States, we I
shall have doubts as to her reception, in good j
faith, by the Union family. But we shall soon
see, and as it has been tbe pleasure ot the peo
ple of that grand old State tc accept tbe terms
dictated to them by the conqueier, neither the
patriotism nor the wisdom ot which do we
question, we Dust that htneefonh her progress
will be onward, and that she will recover, ere
many years, her lormer prosperity and influence
in the Union, if she ag-iin becomes a member.
A Dialingulalied Edftwr Gout.
Our telegraphic dispatches inform us that
George D. Prentice is no more! For over
twenty years he stood at the head of the edito
rial profession ot the West, and, we may add,
had few peers in the profession in all the coun
try. In politics he was a Whig—one of the
Henry Clay school, and was the friend and asso
ciate ot that great man. What Clay was in the
forum, Prentice was in the arena of letters and
j >u:n ois.n. Tbe old Louisville Courier, which
he edited, was one of the moat popular journals
ot the day, sought after by both Whigs aud
Democrats as but tew journals were daring the
period ranging from 1842 to 1862.
In 1867, says a contemporary, the paper with
which he was connected, became allied with
the Democracy—a party which Mr. Prentice
had fought all his life; but we never could real
ize that its old editor (the man who made a
name, and a place in the annals of political
journalism) directed this change. Theie were
other intcrcs'.s, controlled by other men, which,
we doubt not, conspired to place the journal in
the camp ot the Philistines. As evidence ot
this fact, the paper seemed to lose all iu spice
aud fire after abandoning its old principles. The
remarkable powers and singular genius of Pren
tice were no longer perceptible in its columns.
Peace to his ashes!
OFIIOIA A.
Atlanta, Ga , January 25,1870.
Upon the expiration of the recess to-day, at
3 o’clock, it is
Ordered, That the Clerk pro tern., declare a re
cess until 10 o’clock, A. M., Wednesday, the 26th
inst, at which time an election for Speaker will
take place. Rufus B. Bullock,
Provisional Governor.
HgAsquurcau VomiT Dnraior or Ohhh, i
Atlanta. ga , January SSth, 1S70. f
The postponement ordered is made solely for
the purpose of enabling the necessary orders
consequent upon the proceedings ot the Board
convened by General Order No. 3, from these
Headquarters, to be prepared. These Orders
will be ready by to-morrow morning, and no
further delay will take place.
Alfred H. Terry,
Brv’t Maj. Gen’l Commanding
—• Sm
Hxabq'bs Military District of Oiomu, I
Atlanta, 9a , January 17, 1870. f
General Orders No. 6.
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel E. W. Simtb, Cap
tain U. 9. Army, is hereby announced as Sec
retary of civil affairs for the <uiiitary District of
Georgia.
By order of Brevet Major General Terry,
J. U. Taylor,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official :
R. P. Hughes, A. A. A. G.
Hxadq'bs Military District of Gsoboia, >
Atlanta, Ga., January 94,1870. f
General Order) No. 7.
The sub district created by General Orders
No. 1, current series, from these headquarters,
is hereby so extended as to include tbe counties
of Oglethorpe and Elbert. Georgia.
By order of Brevet Major General Terry.
J. H. Taylor,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official:
R. P. Hughes, A. A. A. G.
Tbe State Hoad.
The State Road is doing an immense business.
Over 1400 mules are among tbe freight of the last
tbreeor four days. Bitterly and justly as Blodg
ett is abused for bis political sins, his remark
able business qualities are universally admitted.
While be finds time to manipulate the Legisla
ture, and in fact is said to run that machine,
(when it runs at all,) the State Road is said by
those who know, to move along quite as well as
it did in the bands of his “sharp and quick” pre-
decessor.—‘Athens Banner.
Our friend Atkinson of the Banner treads
upon slippery ground when he ventures to pay tbe
compliment he does in tbe foregoing to the pres
ent Superintendent of the State Road, quali
fied even as it is; Does' be not know that by
most ot his Democratic cotemporaries, tbe faint
est commendation—even justice done to Bul
lock or Blodgett—is deemed treason to the
party ? Beware, friend of the Banner, else even
your tried fidelity to the party will not save you
from denunciation should you venture further
than you have gone 1
PulpU Eloquence.
The following is a rather remarkable passage
ot pulpit eloquence, taken from a sermon de
livered in Chicago a few days ago :
“ Yonder, on the crag, amid the stoims of tbe
mountains, the eagle hangs her nest. She craves
for her offspring the elements ot royalty and
power, and takes turns with the thunder in sing
ing them to sleep, and with ihe lightning in
watching their repose. She tears np her nest,
and leaves them to cling to the crags. When
they flutter and tall, she swoops under them
and bears them up, repeating the process until
matured in strength, they can mount above the
storms. So God treats ns.”
Greeley says the people want all tbe States (
represented in Congress, and all their people
fully clothed with civil and political rights.—
They want to be done with reciprocal hates,
and spites, and recriminations; they want to
stop wrangling about dead issues and take hold
all together and rebuild tbe shattered fabric of
our national solvency and prosperity. Such is
the spirit, such the desire, of the American peo
ple ; the narrow minded, small-souled politi
cians who would keep them at feud over by
gone causes ot quarrels misrepresent and libel
them. “How long, O Lord, how long ?”
<—-
“ Ultimately Assent.”—The Cincinnati
Commercial says: “ Mississippi and Minnesota
increased the number of States that have ratified 1
the Fifteenth Amendment, to twenty-four.—
Rhode Island and Ohio make twenty-six. There
is no doubt that Iowa, Nebraska and Texas will
ratify. This will make twenty-nine. Georgia
will ultimately assent." Ultimately assent, is
certainly a very happy expression, which the
Commercial has used to express Congressional
coercion. If old Sam Johnson were alive and
engaged in the revival of his dictionary, he cer-
terteinly could get a new idea.
South Carolina must be in a deplorable
condition under Radical rule, as will be judged
lrom the following extract from a letter to a
gentleman in Baltimore. The letter is dated
January 13, ami the Baltimore S*n says the
writer is one ot the moat estimable gentlemen
in South Carolina:
« What is to become of this poor State nobody
can do more than conjecture. Yon have per
haps not known that, at tbe end ot war, the old
bank bills brought some ten cents on the dollar.
I mean tbe bank of the (state. I had a good
many ot them and was glad to get that. Gov.
Scou and his friends bought up all those bills,
then got the negro Legislature to redeem by
State bonds at par, and toon after to enact that
these bon is, principal and interest, shall be paid
in gold. And so it is in eveiythiog. Five or ten
dollars will buy, 1 hear, any vote in the Legisla
ture for anything. They ait tor months instead
ot weeks, as formerly, and vote themselves six
dollars a day, instead ot three, as before.”
A Head in a Tea Chest—A Horrible Dib-
covKRY.-AThe Chicago Evening Poet says that
tbe rejoicing over the fact that a shorter avenue
to the “Celestial Empire,” by which its fruits
could be transported to this country, had scarcely
subsided before the horrible discovery is made
that grand consummation is made a means by
which the evidence of the worst crimes can be
securely hidden. An instance in point baa just
come to light:
On Friday last the proprietor of a restaurant
opened a chest of tea fresh from China, lrom
which emanated a peculiar though not unpleas
ant odor. The proprietor thinking the tea might
be musty concluded to empty it upon a paper,
and on doing so out rolled the head of a Mongo
lian! The head had been cat offetoae to tbe chin,
having none of the neck with it, and was
as smoothly cut as could be. It was much
withered, and smaller m size than an ordinary
Chinaman’s head, and possessed all tbe pecu
liarities of the race—high cheek bones, thin nose,
and “pig eyes,” the latter being deeply sunken
into the head. The mouth was partially open,
inclosing a set of partially decayed teeth. The
“cue” behind had also been cut off, probably
as a mark of contempt to tbe wearer. Ot course
the observers were horrified, and knew not what
to do. The proprietor wrapped the ghastly ob
ject in a paper, and has it now, though he does
not know what he will do with it.
The New Democracy.—A new party was
organized in New Yo*-k on Wednesday last,
under the name of “New Democracy.” The
founders base the party on tbe fundamental
principle ot requiring the reference to the people
of all laws passed by their legislative repre
sentatives. as is done in several of our Swiss
CHtfa A shrewd bid is made in the platform
for the votes of the women. The new Demo
crats favor the running ot all the railroads and
telegraphs by the government, and the employ
ment ot everybody who wants work by the
national and local aothoritia.
Wa Clip the following complimentary
notice ot Provessob Richards, one of the sons
ot our venerable fellow-citizen, the Rov. Wm.
Richards, who, with his estimable lady, adorn
social life and the Christian circles of oar city •
Professor RichaSds Abroad.—We have
gathered up info a knot some notices from the
New York press, of ihe lectures ot our accom
plished townsman daring the month sow dosii
and we are sure it will gratify many leaden _
our paper to see with, what eclat he has' been
favored in such cities «p Albany, Auburn, Synt-
cuse and Rochester. ^
His best-known lecture, “7he Matter Ming”
was recently delivered at Tweddle. Hall in
Albany, before the Y, 41. C. A. of that city, and
tbe Albany Express save:
Professor Richards’ Lecture—The lec
ture of Prof. Richard** last night, at Tweddle
Hall, attracted a large audience, and was re
ceived with every token of delight aad en
thusiasm. * * - * * * * *
* * * The Professor was earnest, eloquent
and playful by turns. He certainly divests sc -
ei'ce ot its itnmemcff&Gryncsa, and clothes its
'“.eta in tbe most fascinating garb. His review
ut the diffusions aod offices of oxygen in the
animal and vegetablevid mineral kingdoms, ot
the vast part it plays in the work of world build
ing, and ot the impoJ» qu relations it bears to
combustion, life, groqiat t»ud deaUvwa* firnml v
ingly interesting, - he commenced hi* ex
perimeats the interest' '* the lecture culminated.
Every eye was istett. His wonderful facile
manner of demonstra, urn carried the work for
ward with great easl * M>s experiments, were
varied and numerous, always beautiful and ap
propriate, otten splendid and novel. This is
especially true of his^xperimeats with the rare
metals, and with carbon in oxygen. He wrought:
more wonders with tya truths of chetnisrjcy than
the magician does wjjttt his tricks. * # * “
Iu Syracuse the Professor delivered three lee-,
tnres before the Franklin Institute, and we quote
of many paragrapb#*eoncerning them. The'
following from the Standard, as suggestive-of
the Lecturer's happy manner is bis scientifiic
discourse:
“ Tbe second lecture in the course ot Profes
sor Richards, deliverer last evening, treated of
the ‘ Matter Queen/Or Hydrogen, as only.sec
ond in importance to the 4 Matter King,’ of Ox
ygen. bis manner of comparing them was
very much like tatkfo-r eloquently of man sod
wife, each with necuj Ar and special functions,
governed more or lepfoy each other, aud work
ing lor good when Wot king naturally. His ex
periments were bea&vifut, many of them re
markable to most otje.”
The Auburn Advertiser adds to the notice of
the Albany Express, which it quotes and en
dorses:
Pro'essor Richard’s lectures are two-fold en
tertainments, and iff either rhetoric or spectacle
atone would be equivalent to tbe best, wbHe
double they are reali^- rare opportunities for ob
taining pleasure aha profit at once. * * * *
Henceforward, ourLectare Course will hardly
be deemed complete without one ot Professor
Richard’s deHglitfofcriiscoarses J ’
Of bis Eleotricai Lecture—entitled “ Electron
or the Modern Puck"—the Auburn Daily News
makes a long and enthusiastic notice—paying
among many other flattering things, tbe loUow-
1D “Pbof. RichabPs Last Night —All,-who
heard and saw wh£t Prof. Richards said, and
did at the Opera House last night* most have
been astonished and delighted, a# we ourselves
were. His lecture, which occupied three quar
ters of au hour (betore the darkening ot (he balls
for his wonderful^perimenta,) waj a deview of
the history and pf<*cipiea ot electricity, and es
pecially ot atmospheric meteorology. It was a
compact and oTf jrmuig resume of the great
theme, and lreque»ri> embeliahed with poetical
passages, as muchfve fancy, the lecturer’s own
as they were * * * *
ThiB lecMrr&ais ti: ytit Weave to ha>t worn thc-
Protessor this t,et»i£p, but we hope to hear him
again next year on/new themes. Such lectures
as his are just whit we need—what the whoie
lecture system nee$B, the country over. Talk of
scieuce being ‘dry and uu interesting’ in the
bands and on tbe lips of such a scientist as
Prolessor Richards 1 He makes its dryest facte
delightlul, and its phenomena absolutely fasci
nating. He is doing more to popularize science
in this country than any other lecturer, and well
deserves the title that was given to him by the
President of the Young Men’s Christian Associ
ation Convention—in Cincinnatti, we believe—
The Prince of Scientific Lecturers.’ ”
Professor Richards delivered only his Elec
trical Lecture in Rochester, and Corinthian Hall
crowded with a most select audience. The
Democrat save:
“The Athenaeum Lecture Last Night.—
A very large and highly delighted audience leit
Corinthian Hall la^t night, after listening to and
beholding Prof. Kichaida’s electrical lecture
and demonstrations. None ol them we think
will henceforth say that science is necessarily
nn interesting to those who are not savans. The
Professor certainly popularizes the theories,
principles and processes of Physical Science in
a way thmjustifies what we said ot him in ad
vance ot his appearance iiere, that he has the
manner ot the illustrious Farraday in the eluci
dation ot his theme. In experiment he is rapid,
exact and wonderfully lacile—chatacieristics
which ensure success.
Tte Bx*cutoa«r wf Parls-gwairlubls
Character.
It seems that the famous Samsons, win have
been from father to son tor many generations,
the executioners ia tbe department of the Seine,
including Pane, have died out, and that a Ger
man, or a man ut German origin, by the name
of Heidesreich, now occupies the position,
which is regarded by all Europeans in general,
the most horrible business in the world. The
recollection of tbe hatcheries which, in the name
of the law, or what daring the revolntioo was
called the law, were performed by the execu
tioner, surrounded the name of the executioner
of Paris with a peculiar horror. He was re
garded as tbe man of blood by preference. Tbe
present executioner of Paris, Heidenreicb, is
very often interviewed by tbe journalists of tbe
French capital. They describe him, uni
formly, es a very well informed man, whose
utterances inspire much sympathy. A short
time, ago four or five French journalists called
on Hetdcnmch, who lives in the vicinity
of Enghein, about tear English miles from the
centre of the city. They were received with
greet cordiality. * They took eofiee with him,
and smoked his cigars. He made them ac
quainted with his sou—a lad of fourteen year*
—who, as he said, had not the least idea of the
terrible functions of his father. He showed them
tbe axe, which he keeps in & special wardrobe,
and they close their account with the remark
“thut they, left- flewWarescfa with sentjmeut. it'
the highest respect.” aJeidenreicb is a uianW
forty years of age, tall, weti built, and of a very
detemined character. At certain intervals a
messenger brings to his bouse a small bag ot yel
low feather. He leavtshls bouse in company
with two> asftistanta, and superintends during the
next night the erection of the scaffold on tbe
' 1 dp la Banquette. Before daylight he
ythe scaffold, fastens the axe to the block
wLh bfsDwn hands, tries whether it moves ea
sily through the pnlky, leaves the terrible instra
meat iff Charge ot one ot bis assistants,
End proceeds to tbe prison. The direct
or ot the prison conducts him in person
to the ceil of the culprit. Heidenreich asks the
l|ama'hf die man who is designated, and when
he ascertains that he is in tbe presence of his
victim he lays his hand upon his shoulder and
says: M Thou belongest to me." The execu
tioner then gives a receipt to the director of the
prison, and from this moment the culprit is
called the patient, whom nobody is permitted to
touch except the executioner. He ties the
bends Of the patient behind his back, puts a
short chain on his feet, which permits the culprit
to m*iw very short steps, and connects the chain
to the hands by a rope cf the exact length
required^ We pass the rest—it has been so
often described. After the execution is accom
plished, oar Parisian interviewers say that Reid-
enretoh returns home with his heart broken aud
ali the symptoms of despairtpoftis countenance.
He deans the axe as spon- aamgriMn, hides it in
bis wardrobe, and then aflNflHs to dispel the
r; thoughts of his father, of ihe origil
which taft poor child is supposed to b
rant
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ItfuiiMIisils (Minn ) Correspondence Chicago Bepubli-
can.
Afloat Vaduneund.
It is not generally known ha this vicinity, and
0 newspaper men have not yet got t he* Hem,
that WttUanUW. Eastman, the proprietor ot the
led Ufoofett Island Tunnel, David A.
Seeombs a anted lawyer here, and Geo. East
man,'a yepnger brother ot Wtlliam, had a nar
row meiapO from death a few weeks ago, while
exploring4hh rums ot this subterranean excava
tion; Tne party had proceeded in a boat, by
poddlingjttwut Ave bunded feet from the en-
traaee. Rjs awfal darkness ot the place was
appalling to the $toutest heart, the rays of- the
feotem shrank within themselves, and tbe cav
emans-reaches reechoed a deep metalic re
sonance to the tones ot the voice. The elder
Eastman drove the canoe slowly onwanJ through
the darkness, past sunken rocks and logs, Se-
comb and George steadying the frail vessel and
goardwg tbe lantern. Suudenlv chaos s< emed
to have been enthroned ( the water in the mo
nel rose and fell as it tbe rock strata below was
upheaving; the most infernal crash and boom
ing echoes stunned the ear and brain; portions
of the rock above was falling 1 Whole yards -of
solid lime rock dropped bodily around tbe boat,
and into the awful gait of roaring waters, causing
the vessel to be thrown up toward the yawning,
gaping rock-roof by the swelling wave. Why
the boat was not smashed is a miracle. With
fragments of rock and earth, it still floated
and still offered the bold spirits within it
chances for life. Up and down the long,
and to them almost interminable length ot
tunnel, ran the crashiog echoes ot new falling
rock, and the surging waves washed the boat
against the rocky sides of th8 excavation. It
can never be told how the party ever survived
the tremendous gauntlet ot that terrific expe
rience and gained the entrance with their shat
tered boat; pale, drenched with water and soiled
with mud, bruised and cut by rock and sand
stone, more dead than alive, they dragged them
selves, weary and worn, to the sunlight ot tbe
upper world, and thanked God for all his mer
cies. None will wonder that it was agreed that
nothing should be said concerning the disaster,
especially in their families, and, as I said, it is
only lately that the occurrence became known
to a lew. But ot this remarkable dropping of
the rock-root of thie tunnel, and its effect on the
enterprise, I will write in another letter.
WASHINGTON.
Except that the difficulty of transporting
such quantity and quality of philosophical in
struments as he uses over the country, must ever
be an obstacle to his career, we should suppose
the Professor would be called from the Atlantic
to the Pacific to repeat such an instructive —
such a beautiful performance as he gave last
night.”
The Chronicle comments thus npon his treat
ment of his great theme:
“ The theme last night was an abstract one,
but not so his treatment of it. That was sim
ple, clear, earnest, eloquent and exhaustive.
There was, perhaps, a shade of impatience over
the great audience during the first hour, which
was chiefly devoted to uninterrupted discourse.
If so, it was not lack ol inteiest iu the matter, or
manner of the speecu, but was due to the public
eagerness to ste the glittering aud beautilul
instrument on the table brought into use. * *
* * We were led to expect from the lecturer
his lamous lecture ou the ‘Matter King,’ but we
cannot regret his electrical entertainment was
substituted, not by himscli, but by the commit
tee. The public will ffot be contented without
more ot such delightful instruction and beauty
and wonder combined, from the lips and bands
ot the accomplished Professor. He has made
his mark on the Rochester lecture public."
His many Iriends will be gratified to know
that the lecturer goes West with the beginning
ot the new year, tor a series ol engagements at
Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Mil waugee, Chicago.
Iowa t ity, Quincy, bL Louis and mauy inter
mediate places, a tour which will occupy him
during the remainder oi the Lecture Season.—
He has been remarkably fortunate, we learn, in
the transportation oi his extensive and delicate
Electrical and Chemical Apparatus. We hope
he will bring back lrom the Mississippi at least
tbe equivalent oi “ golden opinions ”—as plen
tiful as we were sure the favorable opinions of
the lectures expressed tbe printer’s iuk will be.
There arrived in Chicago the other day two
tons of silk-worm eggs in transit from Yokoha
ma, Japan, to Lyons, France, via steamer to
San Francisco, rail to New York, and thence
again by steamer to Havre. They reached
Chicago in good condition. The eggs rest on
small pieces ot card-board, several millions be
ing upon each. These pieces are laid upon
shelves arranged in boxes. A special agent in
charge of them kept a stove in the car to regu
late the temperature, which had not varied fits
degrees since die shipment of the eggs from
Japan. He was confident that he would be able
to reach Lyons in safety with his charge. This
is the third experiment made to ship silk-worm
eggs from Japan to France, two others having
failed. The first shipment was made via San
Francisco aud the Isthmus, and the second via
tbe Suez Canal, both cargoes having perished
when the voyages were half completed. If the
present undertaking proves successful, a large
business will be done, it is stud, in this way, tne
silk producers ot France being desirous oi
curing other species ot worms for propagation
and production. It is certainly a novel under
taking.
The Air We Breathe.—Air consists oi four
parts oi nitrogen, and one part ot oxygen, mix
ed with about one-tenth of one per cent, of car
bonic add. A “ handy ” way ot remembering
this proportion, is to consider the thumb as oxy
gen, and the lour fingers as nitrogen.
Wooden Toothpicks.—Every eating-huuse
visitor ot this city and other ieadiog cities ot the
Union bas doubtless noticed a small tumbler of
wooden toothpicks upon the eounter of the
cashier, for the use of customers. These tooth
picks are a good feature of the present day.—
Wooden toothpicks have to a considerable ex
tent superseded the gold, born, ivory, and other
articles ot the kind formerly in use Tbeirman-
utactnre is carried on but by one establishment,
which has been in operation lour years It U
near Boston, and employs thirty bands of both
sexe». Tbe machinery uas been patented, and
and ia propelled by water-power. The woods
used are maple and willow. The agency is sole
ly in Boston, and all purchases for u-e else
where must be made there. The tooth picks are
packed in paste-board boxes ot two sizes. One
box is three inches long, by two wide and one
deep. It contains three hundred, and sells for
six cents. The other incloses twenty-five hun
dred, and is five inches long, three wide and
three deep. The boxes are packed in wooden
cases tor shipment, or retailed iu the city singly
by the carriers. The sales are quite large, and
amount at times to tony or fitly cases a day,
each containing one hundred thousand tooth
picks. The aggregate number sold, therefore,
amounts in that period to four or five millions.
in honor of the late geo. peabody.
Washington, January 23.—The following
officers have been ordered to report to Admiral
F&rragut, to accompany him as members ot hia
staff to Portland, iu connection with the cere
monies proposed in honor of the late George
Peabody:
Rear Admiral H. K. Thatcher; Capta. J. J.
Almy and D. McN. Farfox; Commander D. B.
Hannany; Lieut Com. Frederick Pearson, and
Ensign William H.B. Frailey.
PROM THB OLD NORTH STATR.
The Assessoraof the Second District of North
Carolina reports an Increase of 160 per cent, on
the assessment of last December, 1869, as com
pared 'with 1863.
THE WOMEN ATTACKING THB DISTRICT.
The Commissioners on the District of Colum
bia, in joint session this morning, received and
beard the delegation from the Woman's Suffrage
Convention. The delegation was neatly 200 in
number, and nearly all ladies.
The committee was addressed ity Mrs. Stan
ton, Mrs. Hooker, Miss Anthony mid several
others. The last named speaker said if only
one woman or uo wOtn xn in the District desired
to vote they shauldfeLave the. »'»ght do so, if
their protection made tbe exercise of the ballot
necessary.
The committee listened attentively to the
speakers, but gave no indication or disposition to
grunt their request.
PANIC.
James Fisk, Jr., was ou the floor of the House
to-day, and attracted much attention.
The Committee on Banks and Currency this
morning examined Jay Gould in reference to
the gold pecie.
A RAILROAD SENTENCED.
Judge Fisher to-day, in the Criminal Court,
passed sentence on tbe Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road Company. Besides thefines of $1,500 and
$1,000, it is required to remove, at its owu cost,
various railroad nuisances now obstructing the
streets and fill up the excavations. Thecity has
thus triumphed:over; that corporation.
don’t want to move.
A large delegation ot citizens of the District
representing all classes called on tbe President
to-day, representing that the continued agitation
for tiie removal of the capital was affecting their
interest injuriously and paralyzing the develop
ment of tbe District; that the condition ot the
avenues of the metropolis, tbe channel of the
river, the canal and the existing fact that the
large proportion ot tbe laboring classes were in
need of employment, suggested the propriety of
such action on the part of Congress as would in
sure the necessary aid in relieving these pressing
wants, and by the improvement of public ave
nues and property in a corresponding degree
with that accomplished by the city government
The President replied that he wished to see
the seat ot government mude such aa to arouw
tbe pride of tbe citizens of the republic and ao-
tteptable, at least, of proper consideration by tbe
people ot the old world.
A RUSSIAN JVNHBB.
Mr. Catasy, Russian Minister, this evening
gate the first series of grand dinner parties.
arrived.
Prince Arthnr arrived at 5:30 this evening..’
Quite a crowd congregated at the depot,
there was no opportunity lor the demonsfratfoff-.'
The party entered carriages snd drove immedi
ately fc> tbe residence ot the British Minister,
where to night, the Prince is receiving members
of the British Legation.
Removing Rust from Polished Steel or
Iron.— Sometimes rns>t can be removed from
polished iron or steel with little difficulty; but
sometimes it cauuot be made to disappear with
out polishing the surtace anew. Rust it oxide
ot iron. The oxygen of the atmosphere unites
with the iron chemically, thus forming a thin
scale on the surface, nut one thousandth part of
an inch in thickness. R-d rust may be fumed
ou the polished suilace »tl;oa=and times without
materially corroding the m- t il, provided it be
removed soon after it has formed. The usual
manner ot removing the red rust is to cover the
rusty portion with common olive oil, and rub it
in well with a woolen cloth. Atter it. has stood
a tew boon, rub tbe parts with finely pulverized
plypirod lime, or Spanish whiting, until tbe rust
jgall removed. If red rust is allowed to accu
mulate until tbe polished surface is corroded,
sweet oil and a severe rubbing will seldom re
move it. Tbe entire surface most be repolished
with emery, or some other grit, before black
rust will disappear from polished steel or any
other metal.
Abound the World.—Enterprise has opened
up a new method ot traveling. A company
im freon organized in New York, which sends
you round tbe world for seven hundred and
fifty dollars in gold.
“ From New York the tourists will take passage
for England, thence to Alexander on the regular
British packet, thence pass through the Suez
o«m1 to Aden, at the South of tbe Red Sea,
trom whence English Eist lndia boats will take
to Canton or Shanghai, in China, or to
Nangasaki, in Japan. Tbam* they will have to
cross the Pacific to San Fraficisco, and return to
New York by rail.” The first party is to leave
in February, and it is estimated that it will take
ninety days to make the “ grand round.” Alter
a while there will be pleasure excursions to the
North Pole, where there will be a hotel and rink
lor the accommodation of parties desiring to
the summer, and pio-nics in the interior
ot Atrip, under the direction at Dr. Living
stone, be the fashionable dissipation
NBV YORK.
LITTLE SOULS.
New. York, January 22—The Tribune this
spenkmg of the adoption by the Senate
yesterday of Mr. Drakes’ proscriptive amend
ment to the Virginia admission bill, says it was
caused by a combination ot little States and
little souls, and fears that the restoration of
Virginia has been indefinitely postponed by
yesterday’s work.
BOGUS CUBAN BONDS.
A rumor is in circulation that, Spanish agents
have put in circulation a large amount ot bogus
Cuban bonds. The Commercial says there is
every qgason to believe it true, though tbe Span
iards stigmatize it as a base falsehood. The
amount issued is said to be nearly a million.
CHEAP SENSATION.
A canard that Jas. Fisk, Jr., had shot Jno.
Morrisey, in Washington, found some currency
here to day. Morrisey isin New York.
THE WORM OF THE STILL.
It is now claimed by responsible parties that
there is no truth in the affidavits lately made in
regard to the extensive whisky frauds alleged
to have been committed durmg 1866-7, at a
distillery in West Eighteenth street. It is said
all the persons who are accused, will voluntarily
surrender themselves.
A witness in the Hoflman distillery case to
day stated for defense, that bis previous evi
dence tor the prosecution was untrue, and was
given under fear of a threat of another witness,
that unless he so testified he would be sent to
the State prison for five years.
NOT EX.
Carl Lindman, a well known portrait painter
ot Philadelphia, says Paul Schweppe, the Car
lisle pensioner, is not the ex-torger, ol Berlin,
whom he could recognize- out ot ten thousand
men.
SEW YORK.
SWINDLER.
The alleged Swindler Pomeroy, has been
held to answer the eaarges preterred against
him. Some papers report frauds as high as
$10,000.
ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION.
Gen. Gilmore sails on the L iFayette to-day,
on a two months absence io Europe, to make
certain engineering investigations tor the Gov
ernment.
YACHT CHALLENGE.
Wm. Douglas, owner of the yacht Sapho,
has published a challenge to any schooner or
yacht in Great Britain or Iielsnd, to sail against,
his craft from Cape Clear to Sandy Hook, in
July 1870. He also expresses his wiflm-roess to
enter on a race from No. 6 Light House to
Sherbourg Breakwater, and back in the first
week of June.
DESPONDENT.
Tbe Erie Railroad strikers were in a despon
dent mood last evening, as no information what
ever lrom any co laborers along the line was re
ceived up to 11 o’clock last night.
Many rumors were afl >at concerning the ac
tion ot the workmen in Buffalo, Susquehanna
and Port Jervis, but none had the plausibility
ot official announcement.
Some bad it that the men at Port Jervis had
unanimously left off work, while oi liars matu
tair.ed t hot all had re I used to strike, as the;
deemed tbo action of their brethren in Jen* y
City premature.
NOTORIOUS CONFIDENCE MAN, PICKPOCKET AND
BURGLAR.
Wm. H. Sommers, alias Rice,alias Courteney,
a notorious confidence operator, pick-pockei
and burglar, was arrested last night lor swind
ling Matin Linch, a laboring man from Ohio,
out of $200 io greenbacks. Linch was about
embarking for Queenstown to bring out his
family when he was accosted by this swindler.
EXPRESS.
The meetings of representatives of Express
Companies which bas been in session here for
some days past, adjourned this afternoon. Tbe
American Merchants’ Union and tbe Adams
Express Companies, whose lines are principally
involved in negotiations have arrived at a har
monious solution of all tbe questions at issue,
embodied in general agreement of all tbe com
panies which awaits only the signature of tbe
United States Company, who were not repre
sented, to make effective.
THE CARTMSH.
Several merchants called on Collector Grin-
nell to day, and declared that the cartmen’s pe
tition had been signed by persons unacquainted
with the circumstances, and, consequently,
that it waa not a fair expression of public opin
ion.
Tbe Collector declares that he will enforce
bis plan, which has been approved by Secretary
BontweU, and saves 33 per cent, to the govern
ment, and 31± per cent, to the merchants and
importers.
The Gold Panic—Fisk, Jr., Appears be-
(ore the Committee and TomI|}«,, i m .
pUttttsc the President and Jin. Gran*.
Washington, January 22.—Jay Gould and
Fisk, Jr., appeared promptly at the Capitol to
day, the latter in a full velvet suit, and resplen
dent in diamonds, to testily before the gold panic
investigating committee. They were for some
time on the floor ot the Hoose, and were
introduced to members, creating some sensation.
Their evidence lasted six or seven hours,
but can be reduced to the following
result: They wtre anxious to have the
crops of 1869 moved at as high prices as in
1868 iu order to furnish tronsponaiiou for the
Erie toad, bnt they saw this could not be done
without a consequent increase in tbe price ot
gold, the latter being low. They were anxious
to ascertain what the financial policy of the ad-
ministration would be, and to that end broached
the matter first to General Grant, ou June loth,
when he was on his way to the Peace Jubilee iu
Boston. This was at dinner, on board ot one ot i|
Fisk’s steamers, and it ap 'eared iu the couy i-
satiou that Grant was in' *avor of an carlv ro-
sumption of specie payments. He was told that it
would bring a crash ; that gold was too low for
good business eveu theu; but Grant replied :
** Geatlemen we might as well prick the
bubble.” Grant was again sounded by the
witnessed'ot Loug Branch, but did not make
any definite o-idlca on tkyrnehu topic*;
In the meantime Gou’.d bec ame acquainted
with Corbin, the President's brother-in-law, aud
some plan was developed ty which Butterfield
was to be made Assistant Treasurer, which was
afterward done-in July. Grant went, to New
port, aud Gould wrote him a letter, which Fisk
carried, arguiug against reducing the price of
gold, stating tnat the time was neat- at baud
when the crops ot the country would be moved,
and that, if the administration would sell gold,
hey (Fisk * Co.) would put up the price. L t-
tie or no reply was made to this, aod Corbin
was brought Into their confidence. Corbiu said
he could fix things all right with Grant.—
Feeling assured of this, $3,500,000 were
bought—$500,000 for Mrs. Grant; $500,000 lor
Porter, Secretary to the President; the rest
was divided between Corbin aud Jay Gould, lor
up to this time Fisk had not bought any go!d.
Gould at this stage introduced “Fisk to Corbin,
and Corbin said that Mrs. Grant’s gold had beeu
sold, and the profit $25,500 had been remitted to
her at Washington. Corbin explained to Fisk
all his arrangements with Gould, and said that
he (Corbin) was behind the throne; that the -
Government would not sell gold ; Mrs. Gram’s
letter to Mrs. Corbin said so, and that there was
to be no uneasiness.
Fisk says that at first he was not disposed to
believe Corbin, but the latter’s ponits were so
positive that he placed full faith in bins. To
make assurance doubly sure betorc'rnore pur
chases were made, Corbin said he would write
to Grant, who was then (September 15th) at
Washington, Pennsylvania, and send the letter
by FisKs confidential man. This was done
The messenger, Chapin, reached Washington,
near Pittsburg, at 7 A. M., routed up the Gen
eral, and banded him tbe letter. He read pai t
of it, went into another room, and in fifteen
minutes returned and said all right Chapin
went at once to the nearest telegraph, office, and
telegraphed to Fisk, “The letter is delivered ;
Grant says all right.”
Fisk said that on the day before the dark Fri
day he saw Corbin, who said: “ All is now right;
that letter to Grant has clinched matters.” Fisk
& Gould then commenced to buy gold, and it
rose from 137 to 141, and opened at 141 on the
dark Friday. A broker, named William Beiden,
asked to participate in the transaction and gave
Fisk power to buv gold for him. One Albert
Speyers was Belden’s broker on these purchases
of gold at 143, and Speyers then jumped in for
himself and bought till it rose to 160, believing
that it could go higher. Then came the order
of the Government to sell five millions, which
immediately smashed down the market, and
that said Flisk, is tbe story of the combination.
Relying on Corbin’s statement of his influence
with Grant and the letter, we bought heavy, be
lieving the government would not sell gold.
Fisk says he sought Corbin after the bottom
was out of the speculatiou by the government
sale, and testifies that he- said to him, “You
d—d old villain, this is a hell of a muss yon
have got us into." Corbin inquired “ what situ
ation are you in ?” Fisk replied, “ We do not
know. We can’t tell in all this excitement.
We may be ruined.” Corbin loudly replied
that it must be a mistake; his information was
explicit that Mr. Boutwcll would not sell gold,
aud, if be bad, he had doubtless done so with
out consulting President Grant. Mrs. Corbin
said she agreed with her husband. She
said she had a letter from Mrs. Grant, wishing
the whole speculation was over, for it made her
husband nervous. Both of them agreed to go
at once to Washington, and see the President,
as they said, and have the sale ot gold with
drawn, but they never did this.
Gould testified that Gen. Butterfield, the As
sistant Treasurer, was privy to the speculation,
aod that be bought gold on Butterfield’s account.
Fisk concluded his evidence by asking that Cor
bin, Mrs. Corbin and Mrs. Grant be summoned
before the committee.
Paper from Tule.—The California Bulletin
says: “ A abort time since mention was made
in our columns ot the fact that bales of tbe Cal
ifornia tule, the plentiful product of our swamp
lands, had been sent to Germany to be experi
mented with as a material for paper fibre, and
bad been reported on favorably, samples ot
a good quality of printing and writing paper
made therefrom having been returned. We
have lately heard ot another lot of tule being
sent to a paper manufacturer in New York, by
a citizen ot Marysville, who has been advised
that it makes a good quality of white news and
wrapping paper, and would be a very economi
cal substitute tor some paper material which is
less plentiful. It is quite probable, not to say
certain, that a paper-mill established at some
point in California contiguous to a tule swamp
could utilize this reedy material to advantage ”
Horse Thief Caught.—On Friday night,
the 7th inst., a black mare belonging to Mrs.
Margaret Cook, an aged widow lady who resides
about 12 miles northeast of this place, was
stolen. Pursuit was made by Mr. William Cook
and Mr. Noab Martin, and the thief traced to
tbe vicinity of Atlanta. Tbe pursuing parties
went on to Atlanta, and communicated the facts
to tbe cbiet ot police, giving a description of
tbe animal and of tbe supposed tbief. Tnrough
tbe vigilance of tbe police, in a few hours the
animal was captured aod tbe thief arrested, wu>>
proved to be Robert Coffee, the party suspected.
He vfaa brought to tiffs piace, and carried before
Justice A. J. Davis, who, iu default of bail,com
mitted him to jail, to await his trial before ihi
Superior Court—Air Line Eagle.
New Plan for Testing Raels.—Instead of
tbe established method for testing steel rails by
dropping a ton weight upon them from a height
of eighteen feet, a seventy-five-ponnd weight,
dropping lour feet, is to be used by the Phila
delphia and Baltimore Railway Company.
It is now considered that to subject tbe rail
to some thousands of blows from this compara
tively ligbt hammer is a nearer approach to tbe
treatment which it receives in actual service than
the old plaD. The weight is so arranged as to
be caught on the recoil by a pawl, so a-t to
strike no short blows.
The Meanest Man.—The meanest imn in
Wisconsin runs a saw-mill in Wood county.—
His name is George Hites. A son of Mr. Alex
ander, of Viroqua, was killed while in Hilts’
employ, and the father, on going to bring home
the body ot his son, bad a bill of $44 50 to
pay to Hiies, made up ot items like these :
For washing tbe body and laying it out, $5 ; lor
going across tbe street lor a coffin $3 50 ; for
placing tbe body in the coffin, $3; for plain,
rough, board coffin, $8 ; for taking inventory of
toe effects ot the deceased, $15; and so on.
A Handsome Compliment Projected.—
Tbe Columbus Enquirer learns that tbe Eagle
and Pbeniz Manufacturing Company, of that
city, contemplate erecting, at an early day,
some forty or fifty bouses for their operatives,
directly west of tbe present site of Brownevule,
to be a continuation ot the same—the entire
burg to be called, when completed, “ McAlis-
tervtlle,” in honor of Capt. W. J. McAlister,
tbe popular and thoroughgoing Superintendent
and General-in-chief of all the Company’s
mechanical operations.
A little girl, who knew her catechism
only too well, was found astray in the streets of
Loudon, and, being asked her parentage and
place ot birth, and answered that she was “ a
Child of sin,” and “ horn in wrath.”