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so ‘ERROR CEASES TO BE DANOUROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”—Jetferson. VOLUME XXII ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1(5. 1870. NUMBER 7. lUcfhlg ^ntrtligmrrr PilHLihUED DAILY AND WEEKLY BY JARED IRWIN WHITAKER, 1‘roprietor. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Wednesday, February 10, 1870, A HI aeon Slander Mill. Macon, Februnry 7.—Great indignation is manttesud bv (he people over the statement of the Allan's Intelligencer, a pretended Demo cratic p:ip 'r, that they endorse tbe designs of the Bullock faction. The Intelligencer is in tbe pay of Bullock The people ask Congress to give them the benefit of a fair construction of tbe act to promote reconstruction, and save them from plunder and ruin. The people ask Con gress to carry out its own act in good faith. The foregoing audacious and lying telegraphic dispatch was transmitted to this and other papers connected with the Associated Press, on Mondsy night last. Seeing that it originated in Macon, we waited patiently the arrival of the only daily paper now pnbliahed in that city, to see iroin whence the reporter of it derived the information he had the audacity to communicate to the presses he. intnat capacity, represents. We expected he had, possibly some authority from “ the ptop’e ” for whom he bad the presumption to speak, to represent tbe Intelligencer as he did, but save a miserable diatribe from the pen of some of the editors of the Macon Telegraph & Messenger on the comae of this journal—to whom we shall pay cur re spect in our next issue—we saw nothing to war rant his assumption nor fiis slanders. If that reporter at Ms con wil l only continue as it appears he has b«gun, in the dispatch we Lave placed at the head of this notice, he will be sure to become as notorious for slander, and as unworthy of the position be holds, as was ever the most venal and bought-up reporter any telegrapbic company has ever had in its employ. What he has re ported in his dispatch concerning the Intelli gencer, is devoid of*all truth ; and did we not feel convinced, that the dispatch itself was insti gated by an outside and malicious influence, not altogether confined to Macon, we would deal with him in harsher terms than we have done. Talk oil “ slander mill,” why the man who penned (he telegraphic dispatch referred to is capable of running a dozen such mills, each of the greatest power to scandalize, and doubtless would engage to do so, if any company would risk the keeping of him in its employment A <tempt or Senator* to Vorce Attorney General Hoar to Healgn. The Seoatois, says the Washington corres pondent of the New York Herald, who defeated the nomination of Attorney General Hoar for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, are now devising wnys and means to get him out of the Cabinet. Some of them have made bold efforts to inform the President that Hoar’s presence is a weakness to the administration, and that its success, not less than that ot the Republican party, demands his retirement. The President, it is understood, refuses to coerce Hoar to re sign ; at least he has given no encouragement to induce the belief thai he will do so. It is not thought possible, in view of the decided vote on bis rejection acd the personal assaults that have been made upon him, that lie can remain in the Cabinet. Il is staled that in case Hoar resigns he will be nominated tor a foreign mission, per haps Minisier to Prussia in place of Bancroft, who, it is said, will be retired. It la 1 Said in some quarters that it is somewhat con sidered with some would be leaders that the question will be made before tbe proper tribu nals whether President Grant or the Congress of the United blates shall any longer exercise any auibority whatever within the limits ot Georgia. This may or may not be; but we ap prehend the sun will still rise, as usual, in the East, and set in the West, and ihat Georgia will be restored as a member of tbe Union of States under the new state of things. PsivmsI Goaaly. Juarez Is on his last legs. Fechter is still drawing crowded houses in “ AsKxnos Eassts, tub Copt,”—This is tbe title of a “ Romance ot Modern Egypt," by Edwin Db Leon, late United States Consul- General for Egypt, whose connection with the press for many years has made him personally known and popular in tbe South. Through the publishers, J B. Lippiucotl & Co., of Philadel phia, wo have received advance sheets of the forthcoming work, and augur Irom them, that, when published, it will create quite a sensation in literary circles, and become one ot the most popular literaiy efforts ol the day. As the resi dent Consul-General at Egypt, tor the United States, Mr. De Leon bad superior advantages for studying the character of the modern Egyp tian, and obtaiuiug information which weaved Into romance, unist make his hook a valuable contribution to (be literature of the day. He is besides, a brilliant writer, the fire of true genius sparkling from his pen. We shall look tor his forthcoming book with much interest. The XIX Century.—We have received the February number ot this most excellent maga zine, and have read every line ot it with much gratification. “ The tetorm and the Sunset" by Henry Cleveland, is commenced in this number, and bids fair to create excitement in Southern literary circles. Ol it, the editor writes : Our continued story, “The Storm and the Sunset,” progresses finely, and we have now all ol the manuscript betore us. From the average to the page, it has 164,880 words, and has yet several months to ruu. We have gone through all of it, and can assure our readers (hat it is a masterly plot. I< possesses that all but iegalac curacy ot part with part, that underlies the suc cess ot “Foul Pih\” aud “Griffin Gaunt” The B lot is as aitistie as the “Mutual Friend” ot 'ickena There are two ways iu which an author can treat a story. One is to tAke the reader into bis confidence so tar as to let the conclusion be guessed at, and Lt the intere-t lie iu the man ner of treatment. For instnuee, the lover will surely get the girl—but how ? 1 he other is to make each chapter aud character ot interest, but require the leader to so 'ar trust the writer as to believe that the relation ot each to ail will be shown at last. Readers who do not see all ot the varied threads that the sktiled weaver holds iu Ins hands, oltcn ihiuk ihat he has them in a hopeless tangle, or that the pattern woven will not please them As the writer of “ Storm and Sunset” has chosen the latter treatment, we have .only to sty that he is a trained master ot his arL Tuere is not a part, or cuarsctex, but is an inseparable part oi the perfect whole ; and, like the mishappen and lrasiuieniary pails ot a Chinese puzzle, all will come to form aud shape at last. We are pleaded iu th s story to see fidelity to reality in a milter generally ovt riooked. There has a traditional myth come dowu to us trom the old romances, that all true lovers are faith ful, a d tha: hte can kuow but one great love. That there arc such lives, aud such loves, we admit; but it is the exception, not the rule. It is hard to find a youth ot niueteen who has not mote loves in his mt niory 'ban buttons on his coat. Few gills thai have not had sweethearts from babyhood; and he who mairiea to lips that have uot been aact tiled by the kisses ot boy- lovets, i* apt to have an undesirable article. We cannot too highly command “The XIX Century” to out readers. The subscription price is only $3.50 per annum. Direct to the publishers at Charleston. Imoierauee. The people ot Georgia have seen and wit nessed great intolerance on the part ot certain newspapers in the State tor the last three years, and we do not taesiiafo to stale, that in our judg ment, the pros ot Georgia has done more barm to the people and country generally than any other power or influence since the war. This has been the result ot bad newspaper adminis tration. L<ke all other business, its success and usefulness always depends upon tbe honesty and faithfulness ot those who conduct and control in every department of business. We trust the day will Again come when the people of Georgia can boast ot a pure and undefi ed newspaper press —a press that w ill tell the train and vindicate tbe right. Georgia, aud Teuoeuec. The proposition made by Mr. Nisbet, of Dade, a member ol our State Legislature, for the ap pointment of Commissioners to visit the Con vention and Legislature ot Tennessee, for the purpose of negotiating tor tlie transfer of Chat tanooga and part of that State’s territory adjacent thereto, to Georgia, docs not seem to take well with the Tennessee Legislature. On tbe contra ry, we notice that a counter proposition was made in the House of Representatives ot the Legislature of that State, on Saturday last, by one of iU members, Mr. .T imes, of Hamilton, in the form of a preamble and a series of resolu tions providing for the appointment of Com- miasioners to visit Atlanta tor the purpose of negotiating with tbe State authorities, whether civil or military is not specified, for a large slice of Northwestern Georgia. The Union dk American Bays of this move. ** It will be seen that the resolutions of Mr. James, which are published in fall in our Legislative proceedings, pledge to all residing within the .desired limits all the bless ings of civil and constitutional liberty enjoyed by the citizens ot Tennessee, “ without regard to race, color, or previous conditions oi military servitude.’’ We can assure our Georgia neigh bors that Tennessee has not the remotest iuea ot parting with her “City of the Mountain and the Flood.” It would certainly be more in con sonance with the convenience of the residents ot tbe territory (we intend no pun), that at least those citizens of Georgia who have to come through Tennessee to get to Atlanta should be added to Tennessee, than that we should con sent to a change ol oar boundaries, which would occasion a yielding to another State of a termi nus of two of our most important Railroads.” We do not propose to question the conclusion to which our Nashville cotemporary arrives in regard to the proposed negotiations tor a slice from either State. Deeming the present condi tion of both States unfavorable to negotiations of any kind, upon a question of so much impor tance to each, we are for an “ indefinite post ponement ’’ of it on the part of both legislatures, and trust no committee will be appointed by tbe Georgia Legislature to Tennessee until that State shall have abandoned all idea oi adding a portion of Georgia territory t > her own. Georgia. The telegraphic reports of yesterday morning indicate that the action oi the Georgia Legisla ture on tbe Morton Reconstruction bill, will be acceptable to Congress, as it appears to be sat isfactory, also, to tbe President. They indicate even more than this—that the Legislature is pro visional, and all of a political nature, that was done before, even tbe election ot United States Senators, will have to be done over again. Of this, we never hud a doubt, and although, when we expressed tbe opinion that the construction pat apon the reconstruction act by the Attorney General of the Slate, would be the construction put upon it by the Federal Administration, and that it would prevail and be sustained at Wash ington, we were derided and our Democracy as sailed by the sensation press ot the State; still we did not hesitate to lay, then and since, be fore oar readers, the truth, rather thau to de ceive and allure them with statements ot an op posite character. Time will prove that we have been right. Alr-Llne Railroad. The Air-Line Eagle, at Gainesville, on tbe 4lh instant, says: “We learn that parties are in town making preliminary preparations for commencing work on this end of the second section of tbe Air- Line Railroad.” It also says: “Tbe engineer corps of the Air- Line Railroad, in charge of Captain Ira Y. Sage, tbe Assistant Engineer, left here on Saturday last for tbe Eastern end of the line. We learn that they go to survey the line from Greenville to Charlotte. The corps is composed of high- toned gentlemen, and ,we bespeak lor them a generous welcome and the hearty co-operation of the people ot that section.” A New Discovery or Gold Fields. The report comes that gold fields have been discovered in Clark county, III., and that the people of the neighborhood are wild with ex citement and leaving all other business to search for the precious metal. It strikes us they would find gold in larger quantities by sticking to their regular vocations. Olive Logan on Anna Dickinson.—Miss Dickinson is not married yet. 1 believe it is true that she has bad two hu idred offers of mar riage ; any girl with $20,000 a year would likely have as many. A man with the same income could probably have as mauy wives as he pleased. Anna is twenty-six years old. She ought to persist iu celibacy if she likes. She has not time for marriage. Joan ot Arc did not darn stockings ; she may have darned them in her younger days, hut her mind was not fully developed then; she did not darn them after she took up the sword. Even if all women’s minds were iuily developed the stockings would be darned; women would then invent darning machines and establish a hired system ot labor for the employment of impecunious men and women as darners. Chinamen might become darners. I would like to encourage Chinese emigration, but would not give them the ballot, as they are disqualified by lack ot intellect; I wouid like to establish an educational test, and have for a standard fluent handwriting and the intelligent answering of a series of questions relative to the history of our country. There would be more than another generation if womeu's minds were fully developeJ. Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. Livermore, ana Mrs. Julia Ward Howe are motheis ot fami lies. The instinct oi maternity would remain. Anna Dickinson may yet succumb to some iasci- nating Chicago man. She would make a splen did wile; she is a glorious girl. She has a great idea ot historic art. She would go on the stage and make as much money as now, if the du y of devoting hers If to her sex was net incumbent upon her.— Olive Logan's Lecture at Chicago. New York. Jordon succeeds Quesada as Generai-ic Chief of the Cobaa forces. A well-known dancing woman is 8&id to make $10,000 a year, working only eight months ot the twelve. Tbe Duchess ot Argyle has resigned her office of Grand Mistress ot tbe Robes to Queen Victoria on account of ill health. The Philadelphia Post says Butler laid Dawes out on Wednesday ; bnt, it should have added, it was Batter’s funeral on Thursday. Louis Napolecn is bringing his son up care fully, and with that attention to physical educa tion common in European royal iainilies. M. Emile Olivier pers in illy interceded for the men who were implicated in the strike at Aubin and obtained their pardon trom the Emperor of the French. Revels intends organizing a Congressional minstrel troupe. He is to preside as the “ bones,” Sumner as tbe dignified basso who is always drawing “ bones” but, Chandler as the tambour- inist, and Butler as the champion jig dancer. A woman doctor in Boston—Sirtb A. Fictch er—has turned her home into a hospital lor the shelter and reformation oi inebriates, i t is said that she has succeeded, without money aid, in reclaiming a large number ot the victims ot in temperance, and making them naeiul members ot society. Dona Yarona, of Cuba, wbile giving the gatto for free Cuba, was shot by a Spanish assassin recently. More recently Dona Louisa Fernan dez has been condemned to death by a c< urt- martial at Espiritn-Santo. 8he will not be shot or garroted for the crime of haring concealed in her honse one ot the insurgent chiefs. A letter from Rome says: “ Among the American Catholics in Rome, the most uisiin- guished by the Papal favor thus tar have been a certain Mr. and Mrs. Oliver, of California— These excellent persons brought to his Holiness a huge nugget of silver, valued at over five thou sand dollars. Eight stal worth Swiss guards bore it up stairs into the Papal presence, and the Pontiff was so pleased with the gift that he uot on ly accorded the donors a special audience, (in these times a most remarkable condt scent ion), but presented to Mrs Oliver a handsome cameo set in oriental pearls.” Prince Narixkine has renounced his collec tion of pictures, perhaps tbe most valuable, at least that has ever been possessed by one person, and presented them to tbe Emperor ot Russia. The collection is so remarkable that we annex an extract with the approximate value ot each picture: A. Robert de Hooge, value $81,400; the portrait of Senator Muff el, by Albert Durer, $16,000; “The Hay Harvest,” by Wouverman, $12,000; portrait of an old woman, by Rem brandt, $11,000; tour negro heads, bv Rubens, $8 000; “The Fisher Woman,” by Gerard Dow, $10,000. The loDg catalogue is filled up with productions trom the brushes of artists such as Teniers, Bailly, Troyon, Brascuasat, Bellange, Isabey, Deschamps, and Rousseau. Leopold II., once Grand Duke of Tuscany, is dead, at the age of seventy three. He was edu cated in Germany, where he studied his native literatute so earnest that in the year 1825 he published at Florence an admirable edition of the works of Lorenzo de Medici. In 1824 be succeeded his father Ferdinand HI., and, though personally esteemed, continued a traditoinal policy of subservience to Austria, which, though he endeavored to change it for one more liber ally adapted to tbe demands of his people, yet brought about the events of 1849, which com pelled his flight. Reinstated by the Austrians, he held power until 1859, when, alter a revolu tion in his capital, consequent on the breaking out of the war of France and Sardinia against Austria, he left his country, resigning his throne in favor of his son Ferdinand IF. In 1860 the annexation of Tuscany and Sardinia was con summated. The Philadelphia Age relates that when Presi dent Andrew Jackson was told that Parser Ran dolph, who was dismissed from the navy lor del&lcation, had been arrested for his assanlt upon him, he exclaimed : “ Yes, and I greatly regret it, and have ordered his release. It I had not been interfered with, I would have punished tbe scoundrel on the spot. I do not want the aid ot the law to protect me, or redress my wrongs. My dear mother, God bless her, when was a boy, gave me this piece of advice, ‘ never to sue for slander, indict for assault aud battery, or permit a personal assault to go un punished on the spot;’ aud God knows I have most religiously adhered to it throughout my life;” and dashing a long-stemmed white clay pipe, which he had been smoking, on the man tel-piece, by which he was erectly standing, he broke it into atoms. Don Piatt says: “ I was in love once with a fat girl. She was very fleshy. She was enor mous, bat the course ot my true love came to griet. I was sitting with her in the dim twilight one evening. I was sentimental; I said many soft things; I embraced part of her. She seemed distant. She frequently turned her lovely head from me. At last I thought I heard tbe murmur ot voices on the other side. I arose and walked round; and then I found another fellow court ing her on the left flank. I was indignant, and upbraided her for her treachery in thus conceal ing from me another love. She laughed at my conceit, as if she were not big enough to have two lovers at once.” Modern Paragraphing—That was a bitter joke ot the man in New Jersey, who put a quan tity of jalap in some beer his triend was about to drink The funeral was very generally attend ed.—Exchange. A man in New Jersey couldn’t wait for the cars to git to me depot and jumped off. His widow lias sued the insurance company. Few men would attempt to dry dampened gun powder in a kitchen stove. A man in Canada did. His afflicted family would be glad ol any information as to his whereabouts. In Massachusetts tbe other day a man thought he could cross the track in advance ot a locomo tive. The services at the grave were very im pressive. A man warned his wife in New Orleans not to light the fire with kerosene. She didn’t heed the warniug. Her clothes fit his second wife re markably well. A boy in Detroit disregarded his mother’s in junction not to skate ou the river, as the ice was thin. His mother don’t have to cook for so many as she did by one.—tin. limes. Bishop Quintard Sick.—We regret to learn that the above named prelate is quite ill at the residence ot bis brother in-law, Dr. H. M. An derson, ot this city. He is now improving, though he is still not able to sit up.—Borne Conner 8d insL Living iu Harrodsbuig is an old negro wo man who is nearly or quite white. She is over one hundred years ot age, aud during the lapse of a century the black pigment which gave color to her skin has disappeared. Her lace, hands, neck and arms, are of pearly whiteness, and her hair is snow white, besides having lost much of the kicky appearance which is characteristic ot the negro’s wool. The old woman says she was “ born a nigger,” and felt no little alarm when she began to turn white. Though she does not remember General Washington, she gives an ac curate description ot tbe uuiform of the British soldiers daring tbe revolutionary war. Immense excitement was occasioned in Buf falo yesterday, at a direct statement made in the Commercial Advertiser, to the effect that D. S. Bennett, member of Congress, had obtained eighty or ninety thousand dollars from banks on receipts from the Elevating Association, for grain stored in bis elevator, belonging to said association, and then privately selling and mov iog said grain from the building. Fisk-al.—“ Now, gentlemen,” said Jim Fisk, as he bowed himself out ot tbe Banking Com mittee room, where he had palaveretUand per spired for four long hours, “Now, gentlemen, when you come to New York, send me your cards and come and dine with me, and I’il show yon around and take yon to my grand opera house.” “ Thanks, Mr. Fisk, for your kind oilers,” kindly responded the chairman (General Garfield), “ and permit me to express the con viction mat a nisi class actor was lost to the world when you became the “ business mana ger.” Tbe committee tittered, and a perplexed expression flitted athwart the sunny countenance ot Prince Jim as he gently closed the door behind him. Some amusement was afforded to a number of persons at a fashionable church in Indianap olis, ou Sunday last. A lady leaned forward in prayer, and the bill of her bird—one of tropical plumage in her head-wear—caught in the chig non of a lady sitting in the next pew. She could not raise her head tor tear ot losing the tod, or her whole hat; the lady iu front was in an agony lest she should lose her hair, aud sat bolt upright, while the intervention of a third party was called to make the nsugty bird loosen its hold. Rufus Choate was the worst pennman ever connected with the Boston bar. He could not decipher his own manuscript, and made it oat only by recalling the sense ot the subject-mat ter in hand. After his death his friends could make little or no use ot the manuscript-matter which he left, acd to this circumstance is mainly due the fact that no complete volume ot his life, writings, etc., have yet been published. Matrimonial.—The Union Springs Tones contains the following: Wanted.—A wife, possessing intelligence and a moderate allowance of beauty, by a young man, passably good looking, and enjoying a handsome income. Any young lady, matrimo nially inclined, may find a correspondent of like inclination by addressing. Kasst Batkx, Union Spring*, Ala, TSe Maeon Ti-ifgriph aad BXesaeager. This paper, in its Tuesday morning’s issue, bestows nearly a column's notice upon the In telligencer For invective, misrepresentation, and abuse, it is a decided success 1 We congrat ulate the writer of tbe article upon his achieve ment 1 He has fokly earned the reward which usually attaches to such prostitution oi the pen 1 No mountain ever labored harder to bring forth something than he has done, and he has excelled even tbe one that succeded in bringing forth “a mouse”—he has written an article “full of fury, signifying nothing” save thevain attempt that is patent in every line of it to demolish at one “fell swoop” tins journal, and “to kill it ofl” with the Democratic party of tbe State. Hercu lean effort this, but alas1 where is tbe Hercules to achieve the-feat! , The play of “Hamlet,” again with "HamleU felt oo» t We shall not attempt * reply to the charges which have been brought in the article referred to, against oar Democracy or fealty tothe Demo cratic party. If a long life-time, almost, service to that party, and tethe principles upon which it is founded, and a steady adherence to them up to tha time we write, do not constitute us a Democrat, and the journal we direct in the main tenance of those principles, a Democratic paper, then we do not know what would. What Mr. Nelson Tilt said before the Reconstruction Com mittee at Washington, and what the Telegraph, dk Messenger says in reference to the position of this journal, are without any foundation In truth. We are the “ hired instrument ” of no one. When Mr. Tift made the assertion that we were, if he ever did make it, he stated what was fa’se, and those do also, who endorse the alleged statement of the aforesaid honorable gentleman. Neither has the Intelligencer ever endorsed the opinion of Attorney-General Farrow on tbe reconsti action acts of Congress. It laid the opinion before its readers at length, and only expressed its opinion that the con struction would t»e sustained by tbe Federal authorities, as it seems non, from all accounts received from Washington that it bas been, or certainly will be. That we did sneer at the “Bryant Democracy” so-called, is true. Nay we went farther than this; we denounced the movement, as ihe Dem ocratic party of the State will, we feel assured, denounce it, should it ever be called upon to pronounce its judgment upon that unfortunate movement. From its polluting influence we have kept free, and shall treat with disdain any assaults directed agdost the Intelligencer coming from so-called Democratic journals who sustained that combination, or who otherwise aunme to denounce this paper. A s for reading the Intelligencer...*?^ of the Democratic party, the idea is so supremely ridiculous, that we cannot but smile at the loliy which could originate such a thought. We might say more, but we care not to trouble our readers with any further notice of such fulminations as the one in the Telegraph, dk Mtssenqer that has called forth this response. The Bryant Democracy. The Augusta Constitutionalist, in one of its re cent editorial articles, says: “ Of cunning Con: servative*Republicans, we should beware. Both desire our ruin and both must be slimmed as tbe leprosy or plague. Of the two, we sincerely be lieve tbe latter element to be the more danger ous. Leaders ot this faction openly proclaim, under the pretense ot saving the State, that they labor to keep their party Irom death and con demnation. Democrats in Georgia may amuse themselves with the idea that they are using Bryant & Co., but tbe greater probability islthat Bryant & Co. are usmg them in order to accom plish the salvation and reorganization of a Re publican party here, which will be very bard to annihilate.” These are “ words of truth and soberness,” and it will not be long, we predict, when it will bs as hard to fidU a Democrat who connected himself with the “ Bryant Democracy ” at the late election for Speaker of the House of Rep resentatives, openly avowing it, as it was some years ago, after the overwhelming defeat of the “ Know-Nothing Party,” to find one of its lead ing members avowing himself as having been a participant in the proceedings of the dark lan tern lodges of that defunct party. The Foilcj ot tbe Future. Congress in its policy for tbe future towards the Southern States, if there be any wise states manship in it sufficient to control the action of that body, would do well to heed the counsel given to it by the New York Times. That paper says: “ The policy of the future is to heal the war-wunnds. Since sooner or later every State will be in full er.joymeDt of its rights and privi leges, the sooner the betttr for us all. The true move for Congress is tbe lorward move—not to wait to dole out its concessions, but to give them freely. To higgle out possibilities, to con trive hypothetical cases requiring future action, is unworthy and unstatesm&nlike.” This good advice, and coming as it does from one of tbe leading Republican papers of the North, ought to have some influence over Con gress. True, we have very little hope that it will with the present body, bat there is no life time lease bestowed upon the members of the dominant party in it to hold their seats, and with change, for that “ is the order ot nature,” will end tbe Radical despotism that now con trols it. Fob thb Atlanta Lntkllisehckb. Freight on the State Road. The following telegram appeared in the Press dispatches, of Feb. 8th. Nashville, Feb. 8.—No freights; for points beyond Chattanooga are received by the Nash ville & Chattanooga Railroad, owing to & block ade at Chattanooga. This is calculated to mislead, and cause the public to form a wrong impression, as to the ca pacities of the W. & A. R. R., and the business it is doing. During the past six days, the W. & A. R. R. has made an average of 180 cars per day, from Chattanooga—and the past three days, over 200 can per day. Our yard report from Chattanooga, this morn ing, Feb. 9., shows waybills for— Greco Line cars ; 65 Box cars for transfer, 59 Stock cars for transfer, 5 Coal cars, 1.3 Local Freight, 12 Total care,... in With a capacity to move, and as we have been moving, 200 cars per day, tbe above does not look much like a blockade. A.L. Harris, M. T. & a, W. & A. R. R. Southern Securities in New Fork. . The New York Herald, of Saturday last, quotes Southern securities in that market as fol lows: “Contrary to the general direction of tbe mar kets, the Southern btate bonds were strong and active. The Virginias were again one of the features, the new bonds rising to 664. while the Louisianas were buoyant, the levee eights touch ing 83: The South Caroliuas continued their upward movement, and 89 was at one time bid far the old bonds, and 874 lor the new. Tbe Teanessees were steady and quiet. North Cai- olinas were active in the Dew bonds and special taxes, and strong in tbe old. The following wen the closing street, prices ot the Southern fiat: Tennessee, ex-coupon,54| to 55; do, new, 484 to 48f; do., five per cent, 42 to 44; Ylrginia, ex-conpon, 624 to 62f; do., new, 66 to 67; Georgia sixes, 81 to 82; do., sevens, 93 to 94; do., sevens, interest payable in Georgia, 86 to> 87; North Carolina, ex coupon, 424 to 43; do., new, 28 to 264; Missouri sixes, 904 to 90f; do., Hannibal and St. Joseph, 91 to 93; Louisiana sixes, 71 to 73; do., sevens, 77 to 78; do., levee sixes, 71 to 73; do., do., eights, 81 to 83; Ala nia eights. 94 to 944; do , fives, 63 to 63 ; jjo., fit, sterling, 89 to 85; South Carolina sixes, to 90; do., registered stock, 80 to 84.” From the foregoing, it will be seen that Geor gia securities are in advance of those of the other Southern States. When her reconstruc tion shall be complete, and she shall again be recognized as a State in the Union, wc have but little doubt that her securities in the market will be on a par with those of any of the Northern States. Even now, according to her liabilities, or indebtedness, her resources are greater to meet them than are those of most, if dtft all the other States; while in enterprise and in indus try, her people will compare most favorably with any of them. The Orphans' Free School. We are informed by the managers of the Georgia State Lottery that near eleven thousand dollars have been paid by that institution on prizes drawn in the month of JanuarjL The “ Orphans’ Free School,” which is sup ported by the Lottery, is in a flourishing condi tion, and lor the last twelve months has con tinued to grow in usefulness and increase in numbers. Over one hundred and fifty orphan children have been receiving instructions during that time, under the superintendence ot Mrs. E. Y. Hill, assisted as heretofore by Miss Hoyle and Miss Bomar. The managers of the Lottery say that their splendid new school house which is now completed will comfortably accommodate four hundred pupils. The course of instruction will be thorough, and the well-known character of the manager and teachers gives assurance that the moral and intellectual training of these children of misfortune will be everything that could be desired by a Christian public. Fob thb Atlanta Inteeli&encer. Education In LaGrange. Geur-iu. LaGrange, February 7,1870. The new year bas opened auspiciously for the interests ot this old aud cultivated town. The merchants are busy with their customers, the politicians with politics, and the preachers with their flocks. This place was remarkable iu the good old ante bellum times, for its schools and colleges. Under the direction of such men as Dr. Brown, Rev. Otis Smith, Rev. Carlysle Be- man, Rev. J. E. Dawson, Milton E. Bacon, J. T. 1 Montgomery, and others, the educational inter ests of LaGrange overshadowed all others. But war came, our beautilul college edifices were destroyed by fire, and those who once filled their halls were scattered in every direction. Now that the war is over, good and true men are put ting forth Hercullan efforts to restore the educa tional interests to their former prosperous condi tion. Captain Park and his assistant, Mr. Dow- dal, have 80 boys in their high school, and still they come. Rev. Morgan H. Callaway is in charge of the LaGrange Female College, with a reasonable prospect of success, a3 he is a gen tleman of excellent standing. The Southern Female College is also located here, and is presided over by Mr. J. F. Cox, than whom there is no more efficient educator in the State, or any where else. His College has opened this term with a larger number oi pupils than ever before, and as he is amply provided with able teachers in every department, there need be no limit to his expansion. No better place than this for tbe education oi youug ladies can be found, and none are better qualified to train them, than the modest J. F. Cox. Vtator. Death of Lie a tenant General SlrCharlc* Windham, K. C. B. At Co. It will be remembered by some ot our citizens that at the close of the past year, this distin guished officer and his staff passed through Sa vannah on his way to Florida, lor the benefit oi his health. During his short stay among us, the simplicity ol his frank, opeu character made the most favorable impression ou the minds oi all who came in contact witii him, ami he left us with the good wishes of the best oi our com munity. The change to Florida hiving failed to arrest the distemper—disease oi the heart—the sur geon oi the staff telegraphed to Canada to La dy Windham, that her early presence was im portant. She came down under the escort of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, and reached her no ble husband at Jacksonville only in time to see him sink. He took leave oi Lady Windham and bis staff on Wednesday evening, and at eight o’clock, in lull possession oi his faculties, he died as he had lived, a brave Christian sol dier. A friend in this city repairing instantly to Jacksonville, found the good people there had anticipated every want ol the occasion. A dis patch of the most grateful character was received yesterday by tbe widow trom Prince Arthur, also one from high sources in Canada, where the deceased had been Commander-in-Chief ol Her Brittannic Majesty’s forces. Saturday morning the Atlantic and Gulf rail road train irons the South brought the remains to this city, attended by Lady Windham, the staff, Sir Alexander Mackenzie and the Maiquis de Talleyrand. They were met on their arrival at the depot by some ot our ieadmg citizens, who accompanied the dead Chiet 10 the place ot embarkation per steamship San Jacinto, kindly detained by her worthy agents, Messrs. Jno. W. Anderson’s Sons & Co , on the occa sion. Sir Charles did good service in the Indian mutiny at Cawnpore, and his subsequent con spicuous gallantry at the storming ol Sebastopol obtained for him the sobriquet of “ Redan Windham.” He died in his liny-eighth year. He was a favorite with the Eugiish nation— especially with the Queen —who had signifi cantly marked her seuse ot his distinguished services,—Savannah Republican. The Young Men’s Party.—The LaGrange Reporter, makes some sarcastic flings at tlie Young Men’s Party. Cnarges us with having been very industrious trying to get up such a party; aud intimates that our efforts have not been very successful. We’ll admit all this ; we would beg leave to ask our LaGrange friend how he is getting along mustering under the leader ship of his pet man, Caldwell, the chicken-lifter ? And what does he think of the product of suc cess on that line ?— Griffin Star. Lord Lytkin has perpetrated an injustice to Sir Robert Walpole by repeating the associa tion of his name with a base maxim which, in reality, he never uttered. The title of Lord Lytton’s new comedy is, “Walpole; or, Every Man has Ha Price.” This sentiment, or this saying, has been so often attributed to Walpole (generally to Horace Wa'pole ) especially in this country, that it is hardly worth while to give the fact in the matter with any expectation of correcting the popular misapprehension about it. Bnt tbe actual remark which Sir Robert Wal pole made, with the attendant circumstances, is given in the fourth volume ol Cox’s “Memoirs ” which may be found iu the Astor Library. By this it appears that it was in referring to certain quack-patriots of bis day that Walpole said, “All those men have their price.” (ivuibern Neiv* Items. Richmond has a woman’s rights society. Virginia is to be divided into sixteen judicial circuits. Local politicians are making an active canvass in Memphis. Jackson, Miss., wa3 partially lighted with gas on Monday last. Burning tobacco factories seems to be a com mon occurrence ot late. Columbus, Texas, boasts of seven schools, plain, and one school colored. One or two journalistic enterprises in Rich mond are under consideration. Internal revenue collections in the Memphis district for January aggregated $40,000. A gray eagle, measuring nine feet irom tip to tip, was killed iu Arkansas the other day. Tbe Vicksburg oil mills turn out not less than twenty-five barrels per day, worth about six hundred dollars. A negro died in Memphis on Wednesday from the effects of a dose ot chloroform adminis tered by a physician. Justices Rose and Parker, of Montgomery, Ala, are having an interesting quarrel, and one has had the other arrested. Mr. Warner Wallace, an old citizen of Texas, died a few days ago, near Austin, in the seventy- second year ot ids age. The receipts ot loose tobacco at Shockboe warehouse, Richmond, have averaged about 70,- 000 pounds per day tor some time past. Hiiam T. Revels, the new colored Senator from Mississippi, was born in Fay ette, Cumber land couDty, In. C., of free parents, in 1822. A mau named Clatk Anderson was killed at Athens, Tennessee, last Saturday, by Thomas Crawford. The assarsin made good his escape. Mr. Whaley, proprietor of the Whaley House, Macon, Mo., was shot and killed a lew days ago by Col. Summers, a saloon keeper. Bummers surrendered himself. The Tallahatchie (Miss.) News says: The wa ter in the bottom is still rising, beginning to come through from the Mississippi. Persons, however, can still get in on horseback, Alex. Meeha was arrested in St. Louis last fall for vagrancy and discharged. He afterward sued tlie city for $10,000 damages, and on Wed' nesday judgment was rendered against him. The passenger tram from Meridian, Miss., gomg west on Monday morning, ran off the track one mile west of Forest. The engine was overturned and the engineer, Henry Horton, and fireman, Mike Eider, oi Vicksburg, were severe ly, though not dangerously scalded. John Glasscock and Byron Glasscock, tried by a military commission in Austin, Texas, in August last, on the charge of murder, were found guilty of a “felonious assault with the in tent to kill aud murder,” aud sentenced to three years confinement in the State Peniteutiaiy. The Military Mayor of Marshall, Texas, in a “special order,” gives notice that it is reported that several cases ot small pox have occurred on the river amoug immigrants coming to Texas, and enjoins that the citizens of that place take nch precautionary measures as to prevent the spre cl ot the disease. The editor of the Rockport (Texas) Transcript was presented a lew days ago with a ripe straw berry, measuring nearly four inches in circum ference. He says: “There were many more on the vines, but this was the first one ripening The others are equally as large, and will ripen in a lew days. What locality can beat this in size of ferry and time ol ripening?” “The Dead of the Synod of Georgia.”^ Wa have been favored with “Part Third” of this highly interesting publication, by cur Wghlyjlesteemed and reverend fellow-citiztn, John 8. Wilson, D. D. We give the contents of the number below, and advise subscribers and all others who may desire to obtain a copy otit, that ltcan be procured at the “Franklin Printing House” (Mr. Toon’s) on Broad Street in this city.: Part 1 hiud—Content^—Necrology Rev. John C. Humphrey, Rev. Daniel Iugies, Rev. George Whitfield Ladson, Rev. Biehurd T. Marks, Rev. Jesse Hume, Rev. Charles Col- cock Jones, D. D., Rev. Andrew Rutherford Liddell, and Rev. William Mathews, FRANCIS. WASHINGTON. WHEN 19 A LEGAL TENDER NOT A LEGAL TEN DER ? Washington, Feb. 7.—The case of Hepburn vs. Grisw.qlcL brought from the Court of Ap peals of Krniucky, involving tlie legal tender law, was decide-! in the Supreme Court to-day. Cine) Justice Chase delivered the opinion. The court below held that a contract made before the legal tender law could not be discharged in United States notes. The opinion of the Supreme Court Is very lorg, and discusses at great length the power of Congress. It holds that Congress had no right to make Government notes a legal leader lor preexisting private debts. It does not touch the question ot contracts made since the law was passed. This opinion was concurred in by Jus tice Nelson, Justice Clifford and Justice Field. Justice Miller delivered a minority opinion, concurred in by Justices S wayne and Davis, holding the law to be constitutioual, and treat ing it principally as an incident to tbe war power. NOMINATED. The following nominations were sent to the Senate to-day: Jos. P. Brandley, ol New Jer sey, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of tbe United States; Wm. Strong, of Pennsylva nia, Associate Justice of tbe Supreme Court ot the United Slates; Jolm W. Lonsgear, District Judge of the Eastern District of Michigan. WHEN DID HE QUIT ? Commissioner Delano resumed official duties this morning. EFFECT ON GOLD The price ot gold advanced this morning on private telegrams from Washington to the effect that the decision would be in favor of all con tracts made before 1863 being payable in coin; but when tlie other part ol the decision wa6 known this afternoon the price of gold declined, Irom the lact that Congress under the decision cannot issue any more legal tenders. THE CUBAN MASSACRE. Secretary Fish read to-day a telegram from Havana, through American official sources, sta ting that yesterday one citizen of the United Slates was killed and two wounded. The Sec retary telegraphed for particulars 25,000.000 LBS. OF PIG LEAD. In reply to a resolution ot the House, the Sec retary of War reports the public interests will be subserved by selling some 25.000.000 pounds of pig lead on band at the various urseoals, and that legal authority therefor is believed to have already been granted by the joint resolution ol July, i868. SI RETCHING THINGS. The case ot the Providence Rubber Co., vs. Chas. Goodyear’s executors, was decided as in the Court below, in lavor ot Goodyear. WILL STItEEr. ON THE LEGAL TENDER DECISION. New Y’ork, February 7.—The Supreme Court decision on the legal tender qnesiion was the great subject of discussion in the financial circles this afterncon. The decision, as understood id Wall street, is, that the legal act was justified bv the war, but that Congress has no power to issu't any more legal tender notes, and that all contracts made betore 1863, are to be paid in coin. In this shape the decision is certainly a very important one, but its influence on the stat utes is remarkably slight. gold premium on $100,000,000. The decision makes some hundred millions of railro id l>ood3, and an immense aggregate ol State and city bonds, payable io coin, both prin cipal and interest, the interest ol which for eight years has been paid in greenbacks. THE EFFECT OF PROTEST. The payments of interest on the principal since 1862 having been accepted by the creditors, will not be affected by the decision, except where money has been accepted nnder protest, accom panied with demand tor gold, which cases are ot course, very accepttonal. TENNESSEE INTERESTED. It is perhaps not improbable that some of the poorer States, with heavy debts, a9 North Caro lina and Tennessee, being unable to provide for their debt, even on a currency basis, may be driven by this decision into open repudiation, pleading the action of the Supreme Court as imposing ou their obligations, which they could not honor. Lady Jane Grey was Qieen of England lor only ten days. It happened in this way.— Lady jane was the daughter of the Duke of Suffolk and Lady Frances Brandon. She was born in 1537, and she possessed great beauty and talents. At 16 she was married to Lord Guilford Dudley. E l ward VI was persuaded by Lady Jane’s friends to make a deed of set- tiemens, leavine the crown to Lady Jane, and setting aside Mary and Elizabeth and Mary, Queen of Scots. On tbe death of Edward, Lady Jane was proclaimed Queen, and up to this time wasignorant of the conspiracy. The English raiired to the support oi Mary, who be came Queen after the defeat of Lady Jane’s triends. By Maty’s warrant, she and her hus band, Dudley, were executed. ROCHEFORT ARRESTED. Paris, February 7.—Rochefort was arrested at his residence at Belleville in the Northeastern girt ot the city, at au early hour this evening His irienda are in the assembly in great crowds, serious trouble is expected: barricades ! Pahis, February 7.—Later.—The troubles at Belleville are serious. The streets are filkd with Bhouting people and barricading has com menced. A detachment of troops have arrived. more barricades—troofs called out. Paris, February 8, A. M.—Barricades arc erected in Fauburg Temple, Rue St. Maur, Kuo Grange, Aux, Bdlia aud other streets in the vicinity of Belleville. The scene o! disturbances is near Northern Strausburg Railway Station. Additional detachment of troops arrived, but no fire arms used yet. The troops iu garrisius in that vicinity and city, are ordered to hold them selves in readiness at a moment’s notice. Great precaution is taken by military authorities. It is believed the riot will not be attended by any serious consequences. extending. Paris, February 8—7' a. m.—The trouble nt Belleville lasted ail night, and have extended northward to Laville, the extreme North eastern arrondissemeut within the fortifications. The troops have not yet resorted to firearms. The police are active, aud made many arrests. Beyond the excitement naturally incident to such an occasion, the rest of the city is tranquil. The Government continues its precaulionury measures. details. Paris, February 8—Noon.—The following details of the disordor in the Northeastern arroundis8Qments are gleaned from newspa pers: Rochefort was arrested as he was on tbe point of entering the political meeting in Rut-, De Fiander. running from Belleville to Laville. Although there was a great number of people present, mainly of his own partisans, he made no resistance and no appeals to the crowd. As soon as the arrest was made known to the meeting, the wildest scenes occurred. Gustave Flourens, who presided, rose excitedly, drew a sword, fired his revolver and declared that the insurrection had begun. The meeting broke up in disorder, and tbe crowd, under the leadership of Flourens, immediately proceeded to barricaa.- streets. This was accomplished without loss of time, by the confiscation ot omnibusses and other vehicles from stables in the neighborhood. A Commissary of Police, who accompanied the guard charged with the duties of arresting Rochefort, was forced along with the crowd and badly injured by their maltreatment. Tbe district lying between the Rue Du Fau bourg du Temple and the fortifications at Lavel- lette, a distance of about two miles, was in pos session ot the rioters. police charge the barricades. At eleven o’clock a body ot police charged the barricade in the Rue DuFauberg du Temple and attempted to carry it, but were repulsed. One of the Commissaries was dangerously wounded and one policeman killed. At other places barricades bad also been erected, but not defended. The military are now out in force, but thus far have not made use of their fire-arms, although the insurgents have. The latter had pillaged the armories and iu that way obtained their weapons. Several of the police were wounded in these skirmishes early in the evening. A great num ber of arrests were made. At 3 o’clock this morning over three hundred persons had been taken into custody aud imprisoned in the bar racks ot Prince Eugene. Many were mere boys, all armed, and tbe most of them under the in fluence of liquor. the leader reported arrested. It is reported that Gustave Flourens, who is looked upon as the leader of the rioters, has been arrested, but this is not confirmed. He is said to have announced to his mother, before going from home to the meeting, that if Roche fort was arrested, she probably would never see him again. At this hour all is quiet. THE GOVERNMENT REBUKED. Paris, February 8 —6, P. M.—In the Corps Legislate to-day, M. Keratry, one of the Liberal Deputies, demanded to know why Rochefort was not arrested before going to a political meet ing, where 5,000 were assembled. It was not necessary that this meeting should have been thus disturbed, and the people who were parti cipating in it aroused to violence. The act of the Government was a provocation to the dis turbances which took place. A member of the Ministry explained that the authorities had refrained from arresting Roche fort at Chambers to avoid the scandal to which his arrest at such a place would give rise. He asserted that the friends of Rochefort had pre pared to make the demonstraiion which they had made, and upon this tact the Ministry would rest the responsibility of what, had taken place, and the country would judge between the Min istry and the rioters. He said there need be no unnecessary uneasi ness tor the people. The Government was ani mated by tbe best sentiments toward them. The Minister of the Interior followed with the asser tion that the friends of Rochefort had deter mined upon a demonstration had Rochefort been arrested at the Chambers. M. Olivier praised the conduct of the police in dealing with the disorders. He said tney bad acted with prudence and humanity. peter’s pence. The Government has exclnded Papal curren cy irom general circulation in France. -* w The Ltdr Broker* ot Itew York—Tii« Last Sensation. A telegraphic dispatch from New York gives the following account of the last sensation pre vailing there. It says that two policemen have to be stationed the entire day in front of the of fices of the “lady brokers” to keep out the crowd of callers. These “lady brokers” keep their offices at 34 Broad street; are known by the firm name of Mesdsmes Woodhull and Cl&flin; and deal in stocks and bonds to a large extent. The dispatch says : “A large sign warned visitors that no ad- misssion was allowed, ‘except on business.’ Tbe ladies are thoroughly in earnest, and feel con siderably annoyed at the damaging statement made by some of the sensation papers in regard to their intentions and operations in the midst of our financial centre. It has been again stated to-day that the lady brokers are really backed by Commodore Vanderbilt, who, it is said, as sists them in their business by his vast experi ence, and warns them not to mind the jeers ot the press or the public. He is reported to have told them this morning to aet independently of outside clamor, and not to take notice of the statements in tbe press. Says the Commodore, •* ['key’ll say next that I have eloped with them. The agent ot tbe Arcade Railway Company states that he is indebted to the ladies for an in troduction to Commodore Vanderbilt, and now that the Commodore has taken hold of the en terprise tbe lady brokers will not be enabled to deal largely in the stock of the company. For tbe present the firm of Woodhnll, Clafln & Co. are the great sensation on the street, and tbe bolls and bears find great relief irom the turmoil of tbe long-room in a few minutes’ chat with the lady brokers.” ^ la Calvert, Texas, a few days ago, four gen tlemen, of Bryan, put in a bid for some 16,000 acres of land, situated in various portions of Texas, and sold under tbe hammer to satisfy rininn in a bankrupt suit. Tbe land -was knocked down to them for about eight cents currency acre.