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‘ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”—Jefferson.
VOLUME XXII
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9. 1870.
UMli) jlntelligencrr
PUllLlbHED IMILY AND WEf- ELY BY
JARED IRWIN WHITAKER,
■proprietor.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Wednesday, March 9, 1870.
THE LAST DISASTER. Paper.
Large Number oiTPereotia Killed and ! The Nashville Union & American says that
Wounded. ! there art five journals published in Tennessee
n e. l ~~no a ■ t i i that get the outer pages of theit papers printed
Memphis, February 28—A painful rumor . * „ 1 * ,,,
prevailed here last night, that a fearful accident j 10 50016 l ' ,tiea outside of mat State, probably at
had occurred on the Mississippi Central Rail- 1 Chicago, and mentiors, as a fact worth repeat-
road during the aiternoon, attended with great j j D g, for the information ot paper inake:s in Ter.-
loss ot life. Telegrams were sent to Water | Ee3gee .w , he -^ n uh wheret .he n .ner tl.ev
Valley, but it L§ supposed the railroad officials » ! ^ ' ° ^ ^
would not permit a spectator to communicate ! use » wlt ^ one side printed, delivered «t their re-
Crack-vrltted Leaders.
The Louisville Courier-Journal, commenting
upon the crazy proposition made by Harris, o
Maryland, to resist the operatior.3 of the Fif
teenth Amendment, says:
“ Mr. Harris, of Maryland, who made a jack
ot himself two or three years ago in Congress,
has just repeated the dose. He professes to have
Sectional rends—Ttie West aud the East.
Tne first gie it sectional feud —that between
the North and the South, or rather between the
anti-slavery an 1 slavery States — is hardly
over, when the “.signs of the times" indicate
the approach of another between the West and
the East, which h as loDg been portending, and
which, though it may not require the sacrifice
of another million of lives, and the less of mil
lions of treasure, to settle, must result in the loss
to the East—the New England Slates—of that
political and financial power which she success
fully brought to bear against the South when the
latter was heroically struggling for her rights
under the Constitution, and which, alas ! have
been wrested from her. The West has become, at
last, the numerical power, and she begins now
to assert her determination no longer to submit
to Eastern domination in politics, nor to Eastern
arrogance, assumption and monopoly, for the
aggrandizement alone of its favored classes, at the
expense of the agricultural and other great in
terests of the lormer. The contest between the
two will not be of loDg duration. New England
has the capital, but the West has boih nerve
and force, and is daily increasing in wealth and
and political power. Of the former, it is truly
written by a cotemporary, that With only one-
tenth ot the total population of the United
btates, she “has contrived to tax all other
sections for the benefit of her peculiar in
dustries; has contrived to escape an equal share
of taxation by making herself the great bond
holder on this side ot the Atlantic; aDd has
contrived to contain one-third ot the organised
and active banking capital of the country with a
proportionate ispue of bank currency; while,
out of seventy-eix Senatorial representatives In
Congress, the constitution awards her twelve,
nearly twice the number which she would have
if reduced to equality of representation upon the
population ba-iis. But what cun this dispensa
tion of the constitution have to do in practi
cally deciding the fate ot New England when
ever the West shall wield, with as high a hand
as New Eugland has wielded, the absolute
power ot the majority f There was always a
higher law for New England when the consti
tution was to be overridden to gratify her greed,
her ambition, or her fanaticism, and the West
will not be likely to forget her instruction in
this regard, and, it need be, to better it in fol
lowing her example. The Fifteenth Amend
ment and the Virginia and Mississippi bills,
opening, as these measures do open, (State affairs
to unlimited Congressional intermeddling, are
precedents which afford the crusaders in the
West who are furnishing their weapons for a
final battle to wrest the politic il empire from
the East—the mo9t convenient and effective
ammunition which could be conceived for such
a campaign.”
This picture of New England monopoly and
arrogance is not overdrawn, but as “vaulting
ambition ” often over-leaps itself, so has New
England avarice and assumption passed the
bounds of lurther toleration by her Western
sisters, and the feud of the two sections must
culminate into open and fierce hostility. Per
haps in the contest between these two sections
Pennsylvania may give, on account of the
“ protective policy,” some aid to New England,
but she will get none from New York, aud but
very little, if any, lrom any other State in the
Union. Of course, she will get none from the
South. And when the time comes, as ft surely
will, that the rights of the little States of which
ihat section is composed, to have in the Senate
of the United Slabs as many representatives as
New York, or Ohio, and other States with
numerical prcponderancy so tearfully over
shadowing them, becomes a question for Con
gress to determine, to what can tiny look for
protection ? Not to the Conbtuution, for
that has been buried in the grave which New
England dug lor it. The Fifteenth Amendment
leaves her no appeal to a Constitution /—
In the meantime, the West grows daily
stronger in political resources, and in
. .cry other element of material strength, and
New England arrogant in her day of power,
most tall before her sturdy adversary. When
that time shall come, who will sympathize
with her ? She has “ sown the wind," and must
** roap the whirlwind.” She bus caused war
and desolation iu the South, and she will find
o sympathy here. The Government as it is,
she made it, aud sho must stand by it and its
anything, at least nothing defioi'e c*>u!d be ! spective offices, at ab^u* what ih«
lear >ed from there. Passengers from Grenada j would c >st them. Tires being t!
this mom ug confirm the reports. They say aD( , printinj? mu3l coit leS5
that the recular mail train, when three miles .
b< low Oxford, yesterdav afternoon, ran through toaa it do -?,
the treatline, amastreng the baggage, express and
four passenger cars, killing and wounding a
large number. At last accounts, twelve bodies
bad been taken from the wreck, including Mr.
McDonald, the road master, and two ladies.
Dames unknown. A. 8. McCornico, treasun r ol
the road, a d his son. Samuel B. s were fatal y
injured.
The excursion train from Lou ; sviIle, with
delegates, general freight acents, and others,
faded to connect at Humboldt, ehe the loss ol
life would have been tearful.
Passengers report that ibe sleeping car on the
North ward-found train ran off the track on the
trestle, near West’s Station, lasr night, and
turned on its side, but fortunately diu not go
over.
Fall psrticu’&rs of the Oxford disaster were
telegraphed tor, last night, but no arts wets were
received.
Another report from Oxford states that Mr.
McCotmico, nis son and rhe conductor, Mr
Adams, weie instantly killed. Colonel Samuel
Tate, President ol the road, hid his leg bro
ken.
Fifteen b: dies have been taken from the
wreck, including five iadies. The bottom of .he
wreck is not reached, and no telegrams in re
ference to the mutter have beta received yet.
The arrival of the 8:30 train on the Memphis
and Charleston R^ad, is anxioutly looked lor,
when full particulars will doubtless be re
ceived.
It is well known that the excursion train was
behind the ill fated mail train.
Among the killed waa Colonel Speers, a plan
ter residing fourteen miles from Jackson, who
was returning lrom Chicago with thirty labor
ers. Also 8. C. Morehouse, ot Elkhart; Mrs.
Duncan K Farrell, who arrived from Scotland
via New York, and J. O. McDonald, Supervi
sor of the southern end of the road. The names
of the others have not been ascertained, but it
is believed they are all from the i-fouth. Among
the Injured wa3 Miss Aggy Elliott, of New
York, who was fastened an hour in the wreck
by the side ot five men who were killed, but
she was recovered without apparent Injury, ex
cept a badly mashed band. Colonel Sam Tate,
President ot the road, who was nearly suffocated
by passengers thrown upon him in the wreck,
is now comfortable. One mao’s leg was badly
broken, another's knee crushed, many cut and
bruised, and three or four suffering from severe
internal injuries.
A special train from Louisville was only half
an hour behind the wrecked train, with a large
party of Northern and Western men, with their
ladies, and a few passengers, including John E
Russell and wife, J. W. Simmonton, general
agent of the Associated Press, and wife, of New
York, and Mr Gowen, of New Orleans. The
party are all safe, and assisted in securing the
victims. The wounded were chiefly brought to
Oxford, where the citizens profiler every assist
ance. H. C. McCarty, mail agent of the train,
was slightly hurt, but declined medical aid. The
Southward bound passengers will proceed to
day.
Memphis, February 28.—The Ledger's Oxford,
Mississippi, special correspondent, says that
seventeen persons were killed by the Railroad
accident, among whom were Colonel Spears, of
Brandon, Miss., McDonald, road master, two
ladie9 and two children, names unknown. The
remainder ot the killed, with a few exceptions,
were em’grants en route to Texas. Fourteen or
fifteen passengers were wounded,several fatally;
Sam Tate, President of the road, slightly; also,
J McConDico and eon. McDonald’s body was
horribly mangled and hardly recognizable.—
The train, with the exception of the engine, is a
complete wreck.
The Transit of Venus.—It may seem
strange that the Queeu ot Eugland should deem
it worth while to announce to Parliament in a
message at this time that arrangements have
been made tor scientific observations ot the
transit t f Venus which will take place Decem
ber 8,1874 That she should have done so is
an evidence of the very general interest felt in
England in the scientific investigation of celestial
phenomena, and ot the encouragement that the
Crown and its advisers wisely give to such ex
alted pursuits. It is none too early for the
English astronomers to be preparing for the
rare and important evtnt. In fact, they have
been doing so for the past year or two—the
next transit ot Venus having been the subject
of earnest discussion at the sittings ot the
Royal Astronomical Society and the British
As-ocia'ton. Stations have to be selected at
remote and widely separated points where the
transit cau be most favorably seen, telescopes of
great power and other instruments ot surpass
ing delicacy provided in sufficient number, ex
peditious planned, observing parties organized,
preliminary surveys made to determine the
precise latitude and longitude ot the Beveral
stations, and a great amount ot work done, only
known and appreciated by astronomers, to in
sure the perfect, success of the undertaking.—
The object ot all this expensive and trouble
some labor is to ascertaiu the sun’s distance—a
comparatively unimportant matter as some may
think, hut one ot the highest moment to astro
nomical science, as it enters into a multitude ot
than it does, not oniy in Tennessee, but in
Georgia. How is ibis? Probably there is no
“Printer s Union” in Chicago, or that “rat
ting" is tolera'ed ihere to an extent u.known
in Georgia, at least.
white paper j discovered a cock aod-bull arrangement for re-
s case, both j sis ting the Fifteenth Amendment, which he pa
in Chicago, * rades in a letter. It is just such pestilent mar
plots as this of whom the Radicals get their best
l|pmorlal Volam or Hie Hun. Howell
Cob».
We have before us, under the above title—laid
on oar table by J. J. & 8. P. Richards, Book
sellers—a specimen of those splendid books,
which are a credit to any publishing house.
Typographically the volume is all that could be
desired in a book, with its elegant toned paper,
handsome binding and exquisite printing. But
we could have expected no less of the distin
guished firm of J. B. Lippincott A Co., by whom
the book has just been issued.
It Is a volume of 800 pages, edited by Rev.
material, and to whom the Democrats 8 ‘ *■«». <*«°igia, 1* composed
campaign
may ascribe many of their misfortunes. Harris
cares nothing for anybody but Harris. Having
DotliiDg to lose, he expects to make a bit of
cheap notoriety, by advising what every sensible
man knows to be an absurdity. II it were at
tempted. its result would be simply the discom
w < in an SuSTragf,
Minnesota will be the first State fo* woman
suffrage. The Senate, by a vote of nineteen to .
twelve, has concurred in the House bill P rovtd- j
ing for submitting to the men and women of the j
State, an aoitadmeat to the Constitution, on the
_ . „ , , calculations with regard to the whole solar
decrees, when that Government shall demand j 8 y 9 t em , The transit ot Venus, or the apparent
obedlenco from her. She has made Congress'
trie supreme ruling power iu the laud, and she
must abide what Congress sha'l dictate. Asa
great political and financial power sho will pass
away, and there will none be left “ to do her
reverence.” In power, she played the tyrant,
and out of it, she will have no commiseration.
Had her Webster ) ; ved, and in these latter
'ays had she t een governed by his eornsela,
-tie would not now be iu so perilous, so hopeless
a condition ; hut all wise statesmanship perished
with the domi' ant party in New England,
when that gnat man v\.<a catted troin Tune to
Eternity
passage ot that planet across the sun’s disk,
tnrn’sbes the best known opportunity ot finding
out chat distance.
A CniNESE Government in California-—
The report of a special committee ol the Cali
fornia House of Representatives, originating in
hostility to Chinese immigration, alleges the ex
istence ot the following state of things:
There are, the report states, upwards of 40,-
000 Chinese now in California, and the increase
01 the number, under the operation of the coolie
system, is tali fifty per cent greater than that of
the white population. They are “ under a gov-
I erutnt nt as absolute and perfect as any that ever
exuded; which system of government is main
tained end enforced in California, so far as the
Chine ae are concerned, wholly independent, out-
sid<- and in deristOD of theauthority ot the State
<>1 Ca ilornia, as well as that ot the Government
of the Uniied States.” This government is
known a^ the “ Six Compares,” which we have
relerrod to bef> re, as the agent and superinten
dent of the whole business ot Chinese immigra
tion.
The “ Six Companies," it is said, have their
headquarters in China, are authorized by the
Celestial government, and claim and exercise
General Now*.
A now cabl«5 to connect Eugland with the
»Vest India Is.auas will oe luui iu about two
months.
There was a brilusnt and crowded reception
.t the residence ot Minister 'Aa-hburn, Tues
day eveiling, in honor ot Washington's birfb-
uay.
A monster temperance meeting was held in
Chicago Tuesday ev. rung. A petition was pre
sented, containing 20,000 names, in favor of
lioeiog liquor saloons on the Sabbath. j authority over every Chinaman who migrates
General Lindsay has been appointed com-|‘‘Om his own country to a foreign land. They
.wander of the torces in. British North America, constitute an u.iperuum in impeno, which has
_ - .. _ , , ' ;*.s offices, ns tribunals and executioners ot its
The contract f<r a new tine of suamers trom j Individuals have been imprisoned
t-udney, New ^ Sjuiu W ojes, oan I am, sco, - a ^foa California prisons, flogged, beaten and
nos been signed. j otherwise maltrea’ed, and their property con-
Don Carlos, of Spsin, was arrested at Lyons ; tiscated under the authority and by command of
i.y the civd authorities, while traveling through j tfog “Six Companies" government; and there
franc® with an Audrtan passport, under the j is do reasonable ground of douot (though this is
uume ot Marquis A'coutara. Previous to his not susceptible of proo') that ihe death penalty
„trust he met tho Duke Molina at Lyons, and ^a? fo< n frequently inflicted by tln.-_£ame
completed all his arrangements tor going to agency.”
Spain, and ratsing another Insurrection. ♦
In the United States District Court, in New j The Value of a Pound Sterling.—Acting
York, a sate belongiue to Whimster, one ot the Commissioner of lnterral Revenue, Douglass, __ _
alleged participants in the diawback frauds, has decided that in cases where sterling bonds j ^\haY~orrier the**other day^when the counted
und said to contain fTo dpO in securities, was are sold abroad, secured by mortgage on pro- I Eance3 0 ! her class ot little girls brightened
j.er’ > in tins c. entry, the rfar.pduty thereon showing that they realized the situation. They
-t ! 1 re at i ..e ram ot *4 si in gold tor each cou ],j fl ’ t exactly understand how so manymoth-
i ou *1 s '*-' r - ,n - 1 bis deci uni helects a large i erg could be happy with one lather. One angelic
number ■ American railway toads ue.d by ; i ea ttjred and golden—haired nvmoh of Dine aom-
Lurcpeun canitiiisrs. 1 - - - - -
question of woman suffrage. The bill provides
that the ballots of the ladies shall be taken iu
separate boxes. It is understood that Governor
Austin wili sign the bill.
Cheap Futtagp..
Messrs Bowen, of ihe Independent, and post
master ot New York, called upon the Postmas
ter-General, on Frid.y, and made a showing
relative to the enormous rates that are paid lor
transporting mails. A barrel of flour sent from
New York to Omaha at the rate per ounce
charged lor mail-matier would cost $240. Mr.
Creswell ln ormed them tk.it when Congress
shall abolish the franking privilege he will be
prepared to r. commend cheap postage, ranging
lrom thirty-tbiee to filty per cent lower than
the present l&les.
The Di»nblllty BUI.
The disability bill which recently passed Con
gress, embraced the names of several noted pub
lic men iu other States than Georgia, among
them General Clingman, of North Carolina,
whose name was proposed to be stricken out in
the Senate, but the proposition was afterwards
withdrawn. A. H. H. 8tuarf ; Secretary of the
Interior, under General Taylor’s administration,
and Fayette McMullen, both of Virginia, the
latter an old member of Congress, from that
State, were included in the bill.
“ I Goes for dat Bill, Shure !i —Last even
ing Manager Bateman called at Wallack’s The
atre, to say adieu to the handsome Theodore
Moss and the genial Lester before his departure
for Europe. Having just returned from New
Orleans, he jelated his experience, which was
somewhat varied, to say the least. Mr. Bate
man said he visited the Legislative Hall of
Louisiana, and arrived just in time to hear a
most interesting argument between the mem
bers. The question under debate was that of
increasing the pay of the members, which was
then $0 per day.
A member rose and pre posed to increase the
pay to $8 a day.
Another member strenuously opposed the mo
tion.
Member from the suburbs proposed to increase
the amount to $10 a day.
Immediately a big, burly colored “gemmen”
leaped upon his seat, aDd, In stentorian tones,
delivered himself of the tollowing :
“ Mr. Speaker and * gemmen — Dis am de
fust time I ebber had a chance to make ten dol
lars a day in my life, and I goes lor dat bill,
shure 1 ”
At last accounts the member had bought a
$25,000 residence, saying he “ would pay $10
down, and the balance in a year. —New lork
iSun.
A Great Struggle tor One Southern Han
In Office.
There is still great doubt as to the result of
the nominations to the Supreme Court bench.
A great struggle is pending to secure at least one
Southern man.— Washington dispatch in yester
day's Enquirer.
The italics in the above extract are ours.
Our correspondent was merely Bi nding us an
item ol news, and evidently aid not mean to
express any surprise at the remarkable fact in
volved in his statement.
There is a great struggle pending to get one
Southern man on the Supreme Court bench.
The North has the Presidentthe North has
the Senate; the North has the Home of Repre
sentatives: the North has the Supreme Court—
and all the foreign embassadors aud consuls,
etc., etc.
The North not only has Congress, but nearly
every member of Congress, lor the Representa
tives from ihe South are chiefly Northern men
—net merely men born in the North, but men
with Northern sympathies—they are all iron clad
men. So is the South represented in Congress.
She has neither the President, nor the Vice-
President, or a single representative in the
Cabinet.
And then we have a Northern man as Gov
ernor ot south Carolina; a Northern man as
Governor ot Florida ; a Northern man as Gov
ernor of Georgia; a Northern man as Governor
ot Louisiana ; a Northern man as Governor of
Arkansas; a Northern man as Governor ol Vir
ginia.
And the GREAT struggle now is to get ONE
Southern man on the bench ol the supreme
Court—only one.
Who will dare to impugn the “ magnanimity ”
of the North ¥ Its liberal and generous deport
ment toward the South ? Who will dare, with
the facts before him, to harbor one dark suspi
cion, that the North is intense’y grasping and
selfish ? Who will say that the South has not
been treated in the most gentle manner S
We might speak o! the appropriations of land
and money for Northern railroads, and ot ihe
distribute n <*f ihe currency, but what right had
we to expect to get anyihing.
We knew we do not deserve it; we have the
most vivi i sense of our desperate wickedness ;
but we do hope Congress w II give us on# judge
—one iron clad judge from the South on the Su
preme Bench. Good people have a little mercy.
Richmond Enquirer and Examiner.
A Spunky Girl.—A plucky woman is a T ara
avis. Most of the sex are loodshly timorous,
absurdly nervous, and easily lightened Con
sequently, when we hear ol an instance of phy
sic*! courage on the part ot one of the fair sex,
we take delight in curoDicling it. A young
lady residing in one of the towns of this county
was left alone at home recently. She had occa
sion to go into the woodshed, where a quantity
of beef had been hung up, and which three
dogs, attract, d by the prospect of a square
meal, bsd pulled down and were devouring.
She seized a stick and attempted to drive
them away, but the brutes turned upon
her so savagely that she retreated to the kitchen.
She then procured her brother’s rifle, which she
Cirelully loaded—teing an adapt in the use of
firearms and a capital shot—and raised the
window opening into the woodshed and patient
ly waited until she had the dogs in range, when
she fired, killing two of them ins'anier, and
putting the bullet into the back of the third,
who ran away howling with pain —Bvfalo
Express.
A New Haven school-marm was dilating on
the word Mormon and the peculiar institutions
Democracy. We are sick of suer crack-wilted
failures as this Harris. We can iii afford to tol
erate their sensational efforts at our expense.—
We want able, honest and prudent leaders, who
will advise nothing that is wrong, and will at
tempt no hing that is Dot practicable.”
Now the Louisville Courier Journal is a sound
Democratic journal j not only sound but
ble, and one of the ablest published in the
country it is read too, extensively in Georgia,
and we trust that what it says in the foregoing
in reference to the “ crack-wilted ” proposition
of the would-be Maryland Democratic leader,
will reach those would-be Democratic leaders in
Georgia, whose imprudent and unwise course
has resulted more than once iu placing the best
“ campaign material ” that could possibly be
given them in the hands of the Republican
party in this State, and which that party has
successfully used to accomplish what it desired.
To those self-constituted Democratic leaders,
Georgia owes her present political condition,
more than to any other?, or to any other cause,
if we except that portion of the Democratic
press which by its laudations of their course
have stimulated them on As the Courier-
Journal says of Harris, so say we of all such
would-be Democratic leaders ; “ we are sick of
such crack-witied failures,” and so, we are con
fident, the great mass of the Democratic party
of Georgia, are. “ We can ill afford to tolerate
their sensational efforts any longer at our ex
pense. We want able, honest and prudent
leaders, who will advise nothing that is wroDg
and attempt nothing that is not practicable.”
A Democratic Platform.
The Savannah News calls the attention of
its readers to the following Democratic platform
put forth by the Pittsburg Post, the leading
Democratic paper in Western Pennsylvania :
1. To ignore dead issues, but never abate a
single principle.
" A firm reliance in the Constitution, and a
of all those spontaneous tributes ot honor and
affection which, on bis death, were lavished
upon, the memory and name of Howell Cobb,
by bench, bar, pnlplt and press, of the entire
State of Georgia. These all—and to them have
been added various tributes of the warmest
personal regard end friendship—have been skill
fully and tastefblly linked together, Into a work,
unique and most creditable to the editor. The
whole, composed of an elegant biographical
sketch, the various speeches made in Athens
and elsewhere, the several sermons preached at
the funeral, the proceedings of the bar in various
cities, the report of the committee appointed by
the Supreme Court to present resolution?,* the
response of Chief Justice Brown, the report of
the Trustees of the State University, written by
General Toombs, and other letters aDd speeches
—forms a most attractive and interesting vol
ume. We thank the editor whose “ labor of
love” has afforded ns such a treat, and so hon
ored one of Georgia’s noblest sons. He has
done his work well-we hope he will be duly
rewarded- Howell Cobb was one oi the noblest
and best sons our grand old State ever produced,
and he deserved this worthy tribute. His many
friends all over the State, will be glad to obtain
a book containing so much pertaining to the
worth, nobleness and true greatness of Howell
Cobb—and all true. J. J.&S. P. Richards have
the book lor sale, and we earnestly advise all
our readers to procure one.
The Decline of Gold
The New York Berald^ot the 26th ultimo,
sounds the following note of waraiag j
“ The downward tendency in the price of
gold, particularly the decline within the last
tew days, begins to make the' cotton and sugar
brokers, the dry goods merchants who have a
large stock on hand, and debtors generally, to
quake. Prices must fall, and, in fact, are fall
ing, and those who have large payments to
make of debts contracted under the former
state of things may find it very hard to realize
the means. It will be wise, then, to look oat
for the breakers ahead, and to prepare, if possi
ble, against a wreck. It is impossible to see at
present, how far this downward tendency ot
gold may go, or to calculate upon the possibility
of a reaction; and, therefore, prudent busi
ness men should work up all their resources and
be ready for coming events.”
condemned by default on WidutsJay.
The Carnival opened at ll >rue on the 20;h
with the cu-t unary ceremonies. The number
of siraugrrs who take part in tiie festivities is
small, aud the scenes iu the streets are not so
lively as usual. Placards against Papal infal
libility were lourd on Cue wv.lls last week, and
were torn down ty the police as scoa as dis-
!■ covered.
The Emperor of Husria has conferred the
medal of the u der ot Merit on Muie. Patti, on
appointing her first camarice to the Court. T i e
.medal is eurrounded with diamonds, and sur
mounted with the imperial crown.
The Cutlihert Appeal think? »be po&eh crop
in that faction sum red veiy little injury from
the iate cote snap, tor the reason that ulooming
had not progr^. d vt ry far. The Appeal at
tributes this to tl e aititade of that section and
the dryness oi the atmosphere.
2.
restoration of its vital functions where they have
been impaired by radical legislation.
3. Equal taxation; the strictest maintenance
of the public laith ; a common currency for the
whole people, founded upon a sound and relia
ble basis ; placing the public debt upon the basis
demanded by justice and sound financial policy;
the creation of a public revenue founded upon
just principles and the abolition ol present ini
quitous and oppressive revenue laws.
4. The protection of industry against the op
pression of moneyed monopoly.
5. A reduction of office-holders, and a conse
quent cessation of the present extravagant ex
penditures of the general, as well as State and
municipal governments.
6. A reduction of taxes, and adequate legisla
tion to compel the holders ot the public indebt
edness to bear their proper share of the burdens
of sustaining the Government.
7. A just and equitable system of the repre
sentation in Congress, by which the New Eng
land States shall not be allowed a disproportion
ate Dumber ot Representatives and Senators,
and the West shall receive its just proportion.
8. The restoration of all the States to an
equal footing in the Union, and the abrogation
oi all the test oaths and disfranchising enact
ments, either by Congress or so-called State
Legislatures or conventions. A free govern
ment, maintained and perpetuated by a free bal
lot,
9. A strict definition, according to the letter
and spirit of the Constitution, of the powers,
rights and duties of each of the three co ordi
nate branches ot the Government, confining each
within its proper sphere, and repressing each in
Us aggressions upon the others.
Save the seventh, we see nothing in the fore
going propositions to which any one trained in
the old Democratic school, and “ professing the
faith,” can object, and even that one as the
Constitution now reads, with the Fifteenth
Amendment attached to it, we would be willing
to let pass by without Interposing an objection
to it. Bbt what says the News t Is the plat
form acceptable to it ? Is it willing “ to ignore
dead issues ?” We will not ask it, if it is will
ing to “never abate a single principle”—that
we take for granted. * “ To ignore dead issues ”
i3 the “ rub ” with the Democratic press of
Georgia. To realize the political condition of
the State—its positive condition, without the
power to change it, has been the “ stumbling
bk.ck ” in the way of the Democratic press of
the State and until that “ block” be removed,
it will fail to do that service to the State and
people which, in times past, it effectually ren
dered. It is well to look to the past for many
reasons, but tbs press which does not look to
the future—which does not see that new has
taken the place of old issues and must be met —
is behind in its day and generation and needs
new hands at its helm to steer it on the stormy
political sea, over which it has to ride.
On Georgia.
The New York limes, of the 2Sth ultimo,
says of Georgia, that the Reconstruction Com
mittee proposes to re-admii the State, Eubjectto
the conditions which have been applied to Vir
ginia and Mississippi, and adds that it could
scarcely do otherwise, for “ these extra condi
tions have little intrinsic excellence; their con
stitutionality and wisdom may both be open to
criticism. But, whatever their value, they ex
press the rule finally adopted, and that to which
Texas will undoubtedly be required to submit.
Why should Georgia be exempted from its ope
ration ? Its position, so far as the Federal Gov
ernment is concerned, is at this moment identi
cal with that of Virginia before restoration. Let
there be even banded justice in the matter. If
any in Georgia suffer, .let them remember that
they may thank themselves for any inconveni
ence which may result from the adoption of the
WASHINGTON.
The Coiumbus Enquirer says “ We are ,-atis-
raers put an enddo the lecture by the following:!-d Y, ... , _
I '* Well, I don’t know how they manage it; I R ecODStrcCclOE Commit.ee s suggestion.
| should think that when he kissed one of bis i The limes is, as onr readers know, a Republi-
ned, !i ia what we have seen, that everv opened ! wives the others would all get jealous and pull ' can paper, and expresses, we have no donbt, in
reach and plum blossom j n this reighborbood every hair out of his head. My mother would: | the foregoing, what Congress will do with the
w.skdhd by ihe late heavy freeze, and lear i I’m sure. 1 t i- * ji
mat bads, it not killed, were seriously injured. : * * 1 R,atp nn<1 ,t9 frp1,n<T tm * rar ‘ 1 1
We presume that neatly or quite a'l ot the SrR David Baxter has presented to the So-
ca-’y vegetables have shared the same fate." I ciety of Antiquaries of Scotland, the tea chest
t r and drinking cop which belonged to Alexander
I>. - enmr »• „ Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe,) and were in bisuse
State, and its.feeling toward her.
Col. John IN. NUiedgc.
We were highly gratified to learn yesterday,
t - rf;* rea ^rfr« S ^ m ^H itW “^ by = onttTlSraadTf'juarF^ from a reliable source,that Col, Milledge’sin-
uur l*ittiers, was from tee 20th to v * ls- i-« i-.*«—j x—
he 24th of i nondez
February, 1717. The snow, which varied lrom ’ m »
fifteen to twenty fc-et in depth, covered the one- j Fruit.—As far as we can Judge, the fruit
story houses then so common m New England, j trees is this county were not far enough ad—
Cotton Mather described it as “an horrid j vanced in bloom to be much injured by the late
snow.” j cold weather.—Tslbotton Standard.
jury from his fall last Monday evening, was very
slight indeed, and that the Colonel was all
right, and able tc attend to his professional
business with the promptness and vigor of
youth.
HAS THE WAR CLOSED VET t
Washington, February 28.—The Supreme
Court to-day in captured and abandoned cases
from tbe Committee of Claims, decided that the
people of the United States was not called on to
determine for themselves when the war ol
rebellion closed, but that August 20. 1866, date
of the President’s proclamation, declaring the
fact, was deemed conclusive of the question.
STRONG.
The Senate executive session was mainly
occupied by a long discussion of the motion to
reconsider the confirmation of W m. Strong as
Justice ol the Supreme Court. No action was
taken.
SINKING OF AN UNITED 'STATES STEAMER—120
LIVES LOST.
The State Department has received a dispatch
from Minister Motley, at London, stating that
the British steamer Bombay collided with the
United States steamer Oneida near Yokohama.
It is stated that 120 lives were lost.
DEPARTMENT OF TBE OUMBEBLAND.
General orders from headquarters of tbe army
states that the fourth military district has ceased
to exist, and by direction ot the President, the
' State of Mississippi is attached to the Depart
ment of the Cumberland, Brevet Major General
Cook commanding. This order Is a necessary
sequence to the admission ot Mississippi to re
presentation in Congress.
GEORGIA— SPECULATIVE.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has not yet
finally determined on the report in regard to
Georgia. Another meeting will be held next
Wednesday, and a report is expected to be made
that day It is understood that the committee
will recommend the acceptance of tbe Legisla
ture, notwithstanding certain irregularities in its
organization. The question, which two of the
four alleged Senators elect ought to be admitted,
has not yet been considered Dy the committee,
and probably will not be covered by their re
port.
BULLOCK HAS ANOTHER SEARING.
Gov. Bollock, of Georgia, has addressed a
letter to the Chairman ot the Judiciary Com
mittee, asking tor another hearing beiore tbe
Committee reports. The request was granted,
and he will be heard on Wednesday.
PUBLIC DEBT AND PENSIONS.
The public debt statement will be issued to
morrow. The expenditures on account ot pen
sions within the past tew days have been very
heavy, but general indications favor a slight
decrease,
FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT—EXPLANATORY.
Tbe official ratifications from all the Btates
which ratified the Fifteenth Amendment have
not yet beea received, which accounts lor tbe
delay in the official proclamation.
INDIAN TOBACCO FACTORIES.
The Secretary o* the Treasury to-day sent to
the Senate a communication from Commis-loner
Delano to tbe eflect that extensive frauds bad
been committed by white men who are not citi
zens of the Cherokee country, who established
tobacco factorise in tbe nation dose to the bor
ders of Kansas and Arkansas, and from whom,
under section 17th ot the act of July, 1868, it is
proposed to collect.
FKANKING— THE ABOLITION CIRCULARS.
The Postmaster General, in reply to a Senate
resolution, says the number of blank petitions
lor tbe abolition or the franking privilege sent
out was 75,000, and the number of accompany
ing circles 38,000, at a total cost of $499 66,
which was defrayed by the office of the Con
gressional Printer. No part of tbe expenses
was charged against the Poetoffice Department.
Petitions and clrcnlars were prepared under
the directions oi tbe Postmaster General in
accordance with the views expressed by the
President in hts late message and in response
to wbat was believed a very general wish of the
people that the franking privilege should be
abolished.
A LOSS OF $3,400,000 PER ANNUM.
He has returns from 494 Postcffices for Janu
ary, showing the number of tree letters sent
therefrom to be 666,901; postage thereon at
regular rates. $117399 73. Weight ot free
printed Bent, 346,194 pounds; postage thereon
at regular rates, $42,834 86; total cost of free
matter sent lrom 494 Postoffices, $159,734 09.
He says it is safe to estimate that, it lull returns
have been received from all the offices lor J nu-
ary, the aggregate amount would exceed $300,-
000, or at tne rate ot $2,400,000 per annum.
RESULTS OF REPEAL.
The Postmaster General adds that the recent
agitation lor repeal has increased tbe sales ot
stamps and stamped envelopes 311,3-33 over the
same month in 1869. He closes by reiterating
his recommendations for repeal.
The New York World asks: Who is the
Senator who had a “ polished rosewood box,” 1
cost $230, charged to the contingent account ?—
And also, to what ladies went the four dozen
work-boxes that appear in the account ?
BY TELEGRAPH.
AtSW Toque - 5S 0 OJA TED PRES? DISPATCHES
London, March 3.—Lord Redesdale’s bill, to
amend the Irish Church laws, passed to a second
reading,
Gladstone opposed tbe bill to aid migration.
The bill was dneated by 48 to 153.
I here is much indignation over the Saddler
and Heath beat race, \esterday, though the re
sult was pre-arranged for betting purposes.
Berlin, March 2 —Bismarck, in a long
speech, opposed ihe abolition ot the death pen
alties. , , .
Reicbsrath, notwithstanding, voted for its ab
olition. Il was passed by thirty-seven majority.
Amsterdam, March 2.—The banket Holland
has reduced its interest to four per cent.
San Fbanci co, Match 2.—The passengers,
crew, baggage ami treasury, of the Golden City
which was totally lost,near Pulut St. Louis, waa
saved.
Washington, March l.—Tbe Elections Com<
mftlee will vote on Stgar tc-raorrow.
Tbe Sub Committee on Louisiana election
will report to-morrow.
HOUSE.
The House is considering the Little Hock
Railroad question.
SENATE.
The Railroad question is up.
The disability bills still hangs in the Senate.
Mr bmnner having renewed the motion to re
consider, which Mr. Wilson withdrew, the Im
pression is stroug that the Senate will confirm
Mr. Bradley.
Rome, March 2.—For the first time since 1850
tbe police permit masks at Carnival.
The weather is unfavorable.
Havana, March 1.—Insurgent General Napo
leon Arango, who originated the rebellion in the
central department, has voluutaiiiy surrendered
to the authorities at Los Miuas with 70 men.
He promised to come to Havana to center with
the Captain-General as to the ted means ot
ending the insurrection without lurther blood
shed.
The rebels have burned some warehouses at
Incaro.
Special to the Herald: Havana February 26,
via Key West, March 1.—A letter trom Santiago
de Cuba, dated February 18, gives tbe following
account ot tbe trial and execution of members
of the Cuban Junta: Eighteen well-known citi
zens, charged with belonging to the Cuban
Junta, were arrested and taken to an obscure
place at San Juan, fifteen miles from this city,
where they were tried by court martial and con
victed ot treason, and sentenced to death. They
were not allowed the assistance of counsel or
the privilege of summoning witnesses to their
defense. They were all executed soon alter
their trial. Among them were two Americans,
viz: John Francis Partuanda, and Charles Dan-
nery, a native ot the United States.
London, March 2 —Fitty six ot the officers
and crew of Oneida halve beea picked up by
Bombay’s boats.
Another account, dated Yokohama January
31st, via San Francisco, March 1st, says: The
most terrible accident and horrible exhibition of
inhumanity ever known in tho East, occurred
about 20 miles down this coast, at 61 o'.clo.:k, on
the evening of January 2d.
The United States steamer, Oneida, homeward
bound, collided with the British Peviu, Captain
Arthur Wells Byere. Tbe Bombay struck
Oneida on her starboard quarter, carrying away
her poop deck, cuteioir off her whole stern, and
runuingoneot her unites entirely through the
bows ot Bombay at water line. Three times
Oneida hailed Bomb iy with ship ahoy—stand
by, and you’ve cut us down; she then blew her
whistle and fired her guns, all ot which the
officers of Bombay :-ay they did not hear, al
though guns were distinctly beard at this port,
twenty miles away.
The Oneida went dowD, stern foremost in
about 20 fathoms of water, with 20 officers
and 50 men.
The captain of the Bombay did not stop to
rescue those on board, nor did he, upon his arri
val here, report the accident or inform the au
thorities. The first known of the disaster was,
next morning, when Dr. Suddard’s surgeon with
15 ol the crew arrived here, on foot. Only two
cutters were available, and the officers, to a man,
refused to take them while a man remained on
board.
Washington, March 2.—Revenue to-day
$729,000.
The Committee on Printing commenced in
vestigating ihe charges against the public printer,
Clapp.
It is presumed in the navy circles, that some
other vessel than the Bombay struck the Oneida,
and that both went down,
Mr. Butler will pass the Georgia bill as soon
as tbe Indian appropriations are over.
Bullock addressed ihe Senate Judiciary Com
mittee this morning
The President, to-day, nom'nafed Chas H.
Lewis, of Virg ni.q minister resident to Portu
gal.
Tbe Senate confirmed Haynes £. Hudson,
Attorney for Western District of Tennessee;
John Eiton, Jr., Tennessee Com miss ion er of
Education; Arnrsiead Barwel', Attorney for
Southern District ol Mississippi; Wm. Hyatt,
Receiver ot Public Monies lor New Orleans;
Henry C. My< rs, Registrar ot Land Office for
Natchitoches; Chailes H. Prince, Postmaster
for Augusta, Ga ; Heinau F. Wilson, Consul at
MatHDioraq last Monday.
The Senate bting iu executive session, on mo
tion of Mr. Sumner, the doors were opened for
a moment, hi d during this unnoticed open ses
sion of about a minute, he entered a motion to
reconsider the so called omn bus disability bill,
and that the motion is still pendiug. The mo
tive assigned ior this action is to reach the case
ot eX-Senator Clingman, who is among the
number who:e disabilities are to be removed by
the bilk
Mr. WbiUemore says his friends in South
Carolina have arranged for a series of public
meetings in bis district which will be addressed
by him in vindication of his conduct in the dis
posal cl cadetships. The object is to arrange
for his re-election to Congress.
The Senate in executive session postponed
till the 24ih Inst., the nomination of Bradley as
Associate Justice ol the Supreme Court, by a
Vote ol 80 to 20. This gives ti ne for the pas
sage cl a new law which will give Louisiana,
Texas and Mississippi a Judge, resident within
tbe district.
Mr. Kellogg took a prominent pait in defeat
ing the confirmation.
The Judiciary CuimniUeVs report oc Georgia,
states, ic effee!, that the Legislature oi 1863 was
legal, aud that the government then organized,
was petm u eut, am: that the recent reorganiza
tion of the L'gi-.LiUtre is unwarranted by law.
1. In r lie control and direction ot its proceed
ings by flan is
2. In ihe exclusion from taking the oaths,
and from seals of three members, elect, who
offered to swear in.
3. In the sta irg oi persons not having a
majority of the \o es of lits election.
The Committee feel justified in omitting to
recommend any further legislation.
SENATE.
A resslniii n was introduced and laid over
for future consideration, requiring the President
to communicate whether any measures have
been taken to suppress U.e Gave traffic on the
coast of Africa.
The funding bill was discussed.
Mr. Sumner, m along printed speech, JLsenl-
efi from view- of finance committee, in regard
to the nature of the bonds in which the debt
should he funded.
HOUSE.
Indian appropriation bill was discussed. Con
cerning treaties, Butler raid,. reice the passage
of the fifteenth amendment all were unconstitu
tional and void.
New York, March 2 —Edwards whipped
Collyer In 45 minutes. Collyer was knocked out
of time on tbe 41st round.
London, March 2—The Underwriters still
accept risks on the Cify of Boston at 50 per
cent.
Raleigh, March 2 —Blil iepea'iag all the
acts authorizing a special tax on bonds, or re
quiring taxes to fe levied to pay interest on
tnese bands, has pa-sed by la’ge majority.
Richmond, March 2.—John L, Marye, Jr.,
was elected Lieutenant Governor ; W. H. Rufi-
ner, Superintendent ol l'ubiic Education. Tbe
Republicans declared the vote m the case ol
Lieutenant Governor, claiming the election un
constitutional.
Thomas W. Roche was convicted lor dealing
in counterfeit tobacco stamps, and sentenced to
the Albany penitentiary for one year.
NUMBER 10
90S
Arrival ot Use Cuban Leader.
The Savannah Republican says: General
Queaaua, the leader ot tho Cfubaa army, arrived
In this city yesterday morning, from St. Angus*
Une by the 10:50 Gulf tram, and Btopped at tho
Pulaski House. He departed last evening for
Washington with his staff officers, six in nua>^
ber. The General is on business connected with
the cause in which he is eng iged. He repre
sents the Cubans as 20,000 strong, but needing
arms, which he will doubtless obtain and fori
ward to them. General Qucsada is in excellent
health, and spoke hopefully ot the issue of the
struggle in Cubs. He says the late engagcuxcntB
have all resulted advantageously to the patriot*
StedoruS B<1Uef ^ iude ^ atkace > wto*her
A good joke is told on a certain patent
mediciae man of our city. It happened xeocntly
ou the LaGr&uge road, and caused sufficient
laughter to shake the kinks cut ol the rite, of
all the passengers aboard. The Doctor was
passing through the car, and recognized a lady
with whom he used to be acquainted, but who
had forgotten him. Upon explanation, their
old acquaintance waa soon revived, when tho
lady said (in a loud voice—the cars being at a
stand,) “ Yes, you have gone to Atlanta and
started a big druggery, and I hear you have got
up a wonderful remedy! I hear all the ladies
praising it, but I have not yet had any occasion to
w# «f.’’ Right then come in the laugh I Tho
Doctor, though Bomewhat agitatedpocketed
the compliment, notwithstanding U was paid in
the presence ot a large number of ladies and
gentlemen.
George Johnson.—This old and enterprising
citizen has so far recovered from the mjurica ho
received some weeks since, as to be able to
make bis appearance on the streets again. &
day or two since some of the heavy winds, with
which we have been visited, blew down his
show pavilion, which seems to verify the old
saying that bad luck never cornea alone. His
canvas is now all right again, and we learn that
in a short time he expects to make large addi
tions to his menagerie. Success to Johnson and
his enterprise.
The Oldest Man.—We learn from some of
our exchanges that there is a man now living
in North Carolina, aged 143 years. He has had
seven wives,and is courting the eighth, a lady
who is 123 years his Junior. We admire the old
man’s fondness for the female sex. He practiced
upon the scripture doctrine, that "it Is not good
for man to be alone,” but we apprehend that the
old gentleman is about to mistake in marrying a
young woman twenty years of age. He.no
doubt, thinks he knows his own business best,
and if he is satisfied, we are euro we have no
right to complain. Good luck to you, old man,
Death of B. A. Grist.—This gentleman
died on the 24th of February last, near Smyrna,
ia Cobb county. He was a printer by trade, of
long standing, and we mistake not was at one
or more times connected with the editorial de
partment of some papers. Ho waa considered
a good printer, was a man of many virtues,
steady in his habits, industrious, and honest in
all his dealings. We learn that bis disease was
consumption of long continuance. He is gone
to his long home, and we tender our condolence
to his surviving friends and relations, on tbe
melancholy occasion of his death.
The Proposed State Convention.—We
perceive that the proposition to hold a State
Convention on the 15th instant, in this city,
meets with but little favor with the msjority of
the Democratic press of the State. The opinion
seems to be pretty general that the movement
Is premature, and should be postponed till the
political status of tbe State is settled upon a
permanent basis. Without expressing any opin
ion as to the expediency or inexpediency ot the
measure, we have no hesitation in saying we
believe the convention will not bo held at the
time proposed. ^
Air-Line Railroad.—Everything that per
tains to this enterprise is a matter of intere.-t to
onr people. We are indebted to the Air-Line
Ecgls tor tbe following account of tho progress
of this work, which is very encouraging;
Air-Line Railroad.—We passed last week
along the Une of this road, aud was exceedingly
gratified to note tbe rapid progress oeing made
m the work o! construction. We learned that
the heavy rock-cuts near Peachtree Creek,
which have been for some time impeding tho
work on the first section, have been finii-hcd,
and the laying of the track resumed, and will
be pushed forward until this section is com
pleted. Officers and contractors are looking
with the utmost energy, and everything augurs
its early completion to this point.
Serious Accident.—We are informed that a
serious accident occurred last evening to Col.
John Milledge and G. P. Cassin. While in their
buggy, returning home, tho horse became
frightened, rushed on at a furious pace, throwing
the parties out. Mr. C. P. Cassin’s injuries are
not of a serious nature, while those of Col. Mil-
ledge are considered of a dangerous character.
Empire State Redivious.—We learn that
Messrs. Charles R. Johnson & Co., will com
mence, on the first of April next, in tho city ot
Griffin, the publication of a weekly journal, un
der the above nom de plume. It will advocate
the principles ot the Republican party, and the
political department will be under the direction
of A. G. Murray, an old veteran of the quill,
with whom, in years past and gone, wc have had
many passages at arms, politically, if it was
not “ hoping against hope,” we would express a
hope that our friend Murray will advocate tbe
same pure political doctrine, which were con
tended for by tbe writer when the old Empire
State was under his control, but we fear our
iriend is too deeply imbued with Radicalism
ever to change his course.
Dr. Miller —This gentleman arrived in our
city on Sunday last What his prospects are for
a seat in the United Senate, we are unable to
divine. The whole matter seems as yet to rest
in doubt and uncertainty.
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Oglethorpe College.—Only two or three
days more are left to raise the amount necessary
to seoure the location ot this College in our
city. We hope tbe committee will be vigilant
and diligent in this short time, and that our
people will come forward promptly nod sub
scribe the amount required to secure this boos
to our city.
A gallant was lately sitting bC3ide bis beloved,
and being unable to think of anything to say,
asked her why she was like a tailor. “ I don t
know,” 6 lid she, with a pouting Up, “ unless it s
because I’m sitting beside agooaa.”
Cheating and Swindling.—Anderson He3=
ter, a colored drayman, was arraigned before
Justice Thomas Spencer yesterday charged with
having obtained a bale of bay under ialse pre
tences from a merchant, a few days ago. The
evidence was conclusiva as to Anderson’s guilt
and "His Honor” sentenced him to serve three
months in the chain gang as an expiation for the
said offense.
Depth of the Atlantic Ocean.—Tfca
detp sea-soundings made in count ction with
the laying ot submarine cables show tbe averege
depth ot the Atlantic Ocean to be 12 (100 feet.
The deepest part of the ocean is on the Ameri
can aide, near the Newfoundland banks, where
an immense basin exists, whose dep.h is sup-
poaed to excel the higbt ot the Simal&y&a
range.