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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 ■ ——« «-— 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.”