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Newspaper Page Text#* ‘ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”—Jefferson. VOLUME XXII ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 23, 1870. NUMBER 12 HrrklQ ^uUlligtnrrr PUai.UiHXD DAILY AMD WKKKLY BY JARED IRWIN WHITAKER, Proprietor. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Wednesday, March 23, 1870. The Alr-Llee Ballresd. The Air-Line Ragle of the 11th instant, says that work has commenced at this end ot the second section of this road—the bail haring been opened by Hr. W. P. Woodall on Hon- day last Several companies are making prepa rations to commence work next week. Book Nolle*. Ask a Roe Kabsis, The Copr.—A copy ol this work of which we gave a favorable notice some short time ago irom advance sheets trans mitted to ns by the Publishers, J. B. Lippin- cott «fe Co., ot Philadelphia, has at last reached our city and is tor sale at the book store ot the Messrs. Richards, on Alabama street. The author, Mr. Edwin De Leon, late United States Consol for Egypt, and later still of the Mobile Register, is a fine, nay, a captivating writer, and has given the public a book that cannot but be popular with ii. We advise our readers to secure a copy ot it at once. Cold. Timet, oi the 12lh instant, Jordan still la Coaasad. The World’s Havana correspondent writes that the report of the resignation ol Gen. Jor dan as Commander in Chief of the Caban Ar my is untrue. He is doing all he can to increase the efficiency of the army, and is devoting espe cial attention to the quartermaster and com missariat departments. The summary execu tion oi Cabans by the Spanish authorities con tinues wherever the Spaniards have a toolhold. monument to StonewruU Jsetuos. Ex-Governor Letcher, of Virginia, has pub lished a statement respecting the proposed monument to Stonewall Jackson, saying $50,000 is needed, and that no local or sectional views restrict the scheme—that it is national in its design and the North has cordially responded to the appeal, and the East and the West are moving. It is proposed to erect a memorial chapel at the Virginia Military Institute in Lex ington, and, should the funds collected permit, a statue in bronze or marble, 44 to transmit to coming generations the features, form and expression of one whose name and virtues are alike known and honored throughout the civilized world, and who was a bright exemplar of whatever was trno and noble, and ol good report among men." final and Imuhm. The following is reported as what the Presi dent said to the Tennessee Congressional dele gation which called upon him on Tbarsday ast: “ I regret very much the condition oi things in Tennessee, and will do my best to check these outrages. Tence-see is a State in the Union, and I have no right to take possession ot her territory with troops. I will take the whole matter into consideration. We have troops to spare, and I will see it we cannot send them through the State, so as to have a moral effect at least, and also to aid the United States Mar shal and his deputies In carrying out the laws of the genera) government, and the decrees of Uni ted States courts. As to the fifteenth amend ment, I am sure its provisions will be carried out in every Slate, as Congress is now engaged in preparing a law lor that purpose, I will cer tainly give tbis matter due attention. I will consult wltb the Secretary ot War and see what can be done.” _ Til* World—It Wags. Farmers complain because the price of cottoD has gone down. The boarders of gold com plain because the price of their commodity has gone down. The politicians complain because, as the telegraphic wires from Washington an nounce “ this thing, that thing, or the other thing,” each thinks “ Othello’s occupation” may be “ gone.” Bat, while farmers complain, man- nfacturers rejoice at the fall of cotton ; while the men ot gold complain, they of bonds and green backs are made glad at the decline of the “ yel low metal; ” and while Washington telegrams may one day excite the hopes of Republicans and the next encourage the fond anticipations of the Democrats, all may be embodied and ex pressed in our text—■“ The World—It Wags.” Yes, the “ world wags” for the poor as well as for the rich. Like a ball, it (the whole earth) seems to be swinging in the air, now lit up by the sun, and then in darkness. The want, tbe misery upon it, who can tell ? The abund ance which flows to others who can calculate? Here plenty, there famine. Here health, there sickness. Here honor, there dishonor. Here virtue, there vice. What a world I And yet it is a good world, a glorious world, and if man would only improve the talent bestowed upon him, and cherish, instead ol casting aside its blessings, he might well let it wag in its way, for the way is not its own, but the way ef Him “ Who sees a hero ora sparrow fall. Atoms or systems Into ruin hurled. And now a bubble burst, and now a world. ’ Tb« Gsorja Bill la tl»* Senate. The Savannah Republican ot the 13th instant, commenting on the Georgia bill in the Senate, says : “It appears that the fate of the Georgia hill in the Senate is doubtful, unless the Georgia Dem ocrats shall signify some desire for its passage, and thus encourage Democratic Senators to support it "We are not authorized to speak for the Dem ocratic party of Georgia, and do not publish a party journal; but we have an opinion that, as Georgians, no Democrat ot the State should give tbe slightest aid or countenance to the wicked usurpation, no matter how modified its form.— They should not touch the unclean thing. As we all have to submit to it if passed, that is quite as much as they can expect of us. A recogni tion ol the outrage as legal— the right of Con gress to upset at will tbe government ol a sov ereign Slate and substitute its own creatures in place of lawful rulers—is so monstrous a de mand that we hope no citizen ot the State who respects ei.her her lair lame or himself, will ever give this side the scaffold. ‘•Qo on and pass your law if you wil; we shall Bubmit and be thankful to those friends of right who succeed in mitigating its wrongs and hardships; but approve, or lend any aid or countenance to its passage, never, never I” There is, in the foregoing, declarations that will, no doubt, surprise m&uy of our readers, though they do not surprise us. First, that the JRqte&Ucan s “ not authorized to speak lor tbe Democratic party ot Georgia;” and second, that it is not “ a party journal.” But for the second declaration, the first would be a severe rebuke to those journals in oar State which MBims on all occasions to speak for the Demo cratic party as its leaders, forgetful that the lead belongs to tbe party, is its rightful inheritance, and not to them. In the olden time tbe Repub lican was a Whig journal. Circumstances of recent date made it, we always fel', an ally ot, buf not a Democratic paper in a party sense, and we are therefore not surprised at tbe declaration of its editor, that it is no “party journal.” The truth is, theie are now at the head of more than one other journal in the State, individuals st ho nt ver had any love for the Democratic partv in days of yore, hut who now, driven by circumstances, have become its allies, tor how long remains tor the fu’ure to tell, tut who, unlike th.- editor ot the RepuNican, speak lor it in the “ Mr Oracle" style, and who really seem to imagine 'hat ihey are tie Democratic party ot Georgia firne will show them their error, and convince lit, m ihat tbe Democratic party ot the State a partj with principles, and will speak for itsell, heeding no dictation when the occasion is a proper one The New York says: “ Gold is once more on the upward move—a rebuke to the folly which has been cbaltering about an immediate return to specie payments everybody is, ol coarse, eager to reach the hard cash basis, but we are brought none the nearer it by delusions like that which has mistaken a fall in tbe gold premium for resmnptiou. There will be time enough tor shouting upon that.sub ject, when the Government and the banks begin to prepare tor specie payments.” * Straws show which way the wind blows,” it is said, aud we see in the loregoing “ straw ” from tbe leading Republican paper in New York, a sign at least that gold will not be at par lor lo! these many days. Tbe Presldem’a Life Threatened by a Lunatic. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald, ot the 11th instant, telegraphs to that paper, the following item : “ Terrance Cassidy, w ho yesterday threatened Present Grant with assassination, using aba- 8lampede ofthe black8 to the more Southern The Transition State. This is now the state or condition of the South. It is so commercially ; it is so political ly ; it is so in many of the Slates in regard to population. Commercially, nothing is in a sta ble, settled condition. Merchants are shy, in tact, timid, aud looking to “harder times a com ing.” Distrust has taken the place ot coufi. dence—trade languishes, boldness no longer marks their movements or enters into their speculations. All seem to teel that a transition state is upon them, and wariness in trade mat ters seems to influence their action. Politically, too, the South is in a transition state, especially may this be affirmed of Geor gia. How this affects her every interest, none know better than those who feel and suffer lrom it—her own people—those of them who have ma'erial interests in it, and those who, in honest poverty, have to, and do labor for a liv ing, earning their bread by the sweat of their brows. We had hoped -that this political tran sition state in Ge >rgia would not last long ; that it would soon be over; that tbe day was near, nay! that it was at hand, when Congress would be done with her, and she, once more iu the Union, would be left to regulate her own domes tic doncerus as any other of the Slates of the Union claimed the right to do. But wc appre hend this will not be the case for yet a time longer. Recent advices from Washington in dicate a prolongation of the transition state within her boundaries, and this being so, Geor gia must remain in that condition of political an archy through which she has passed since the “surrender;” a bad ttate that must grow worse so long as it exists. The population of the South is also in a tran sition state. In Virginia there is a perfect sive language while the latter was walking on Pennsylvania avenue with his sou, was <o-day pronounced insane by the police surgeons, aud sent to the government insane asylum. The man had repeatedly been refused admittance to the Executive Mansion on account of his singu lar conduct" From the New York Herald, 11th inst. THE GOLD SENSATION. Decline and Fall of the Golden Empire—Condition of tbe Market Yesterday—Among the Safe Deposit Vaults of the City—Large amount of Specie in New York—Popular Impressions. Gold was permitted to rest in a state of com parative equilibrium yesterday. Yet the Gold Room had its usual appearance as a nursery for unquiet children. The brokers made various noises, said by some cynical person to be given in imitation ot the prowlers ot the forest, and seemed to subsist upon their own interminable loquacity. Ii an innocent person, bent upon investigating the tension of the human lung?, were to visit the pit of Gold Room, he would, no doubt, find these useful bodies in their highest state of elas ticity. At any rate, he would find tongues so tar possessing the properties of India rubber that he wonld only wonder that they do not come to material, as they often do in vocal con tact. These tongues, pickled by long saturation in figures “ 1 11,” “11," “ 11,”“ 11,” going, “ 11 ’’—seem to shoot the price ot gold about indiscriminate ly, and the result has be* n that many operators have been perforated in the recent decline. It will be necessary to give up the gold room, they say, when gold touches par, and thus one ot the most intt resting bar-rooms in the city will be closed. Despairing of selecting a grain of good sense out oi the chaotic gold room, the reporter went in search of information among some of the mighty magnates of the banks. A visit was paid to THE VAULTS OF THE PARK BANE, where the gentlemanly manager was found. Reporter—Have there been any gold depos its, unusually large, placed in your vaults as a consequence of the recent decline ? Manager—No, sir; no movement of that character has been noticed. Gold deposits are comparatively small. A visit was made to the vaults of several safe deposit companies, but in no instance was it tound that there has been any marked increase in the hoarding ol gold. If gold were being hoarded it could be done without the knowl edge o( tbe sate deposit banks, as every patron can place his valuables beyond the espionage of the back officials. It is hardly likely that capitalists are “load ing up” for a rise in gold. It such a state of things existed the evidences would soon come to the surface. The reporter succeeded in obtaining an interview with a responsible officer of the Fourth National Bank. He stated that the banks o( tbe city now hold more gold than they have had lor years. About $58.100 000 is the sum on deposit in New York. This does not represent the actual amount oi coin in possession ol tbe banks, but tbe aggregate of gold certificates and coin. The gold certificates issued by tbe Sub-Treasury to depositors ot gold make about $35 000,000 of ihiB amount, leaving the banks in actual posses sion of $23,000,000 in coin. GOLD WAS NEVER MORE PLENTY than now, and this is because the Treasury poli cy has changed. Formerly the department desired to hold coin, but now wish to throw it on tbe market. Tbe Fonrth National Bank yesterday had about $2,000,000 ol gold on hand and the Park Bank had the same amount The lot mer institution is chiefly lor brokers and the brokers all show heavy balances ot gold. People who have been wondering why many failures have not been reported in Wall street should remember that there is no considerable “short” intt n st. Tbis is manifest from the plentitude of gold and from the tact that there have been no strong attempts at a “ corner.” Then thei e is on demand for gold ; the short interest evidently does not want muen of it; merchants are not short, and gold from its own weight has soi ght a natural equilibrium. Speculation may cause it to vibrate, but from the large amount on the market it will settle at its state of positive rest, which is little above par. THE FEELING OF INSECURITY amoDg heavy wholesale dealers in all depart ments ot trade is intense. Operators teel that merchandise is a dangerous commodity until tbe finances are firm and staple. Brokers in cotton and other products feel the decline in gold se verely. No interest, however, has sutler* d as much as dry goods. This department ot trade has gone to sleep. A. T. Stewart, it is asserted, is . he only merchant who has done an active business, and bis operations have been carried on by lorced sales. THE DEPRESSION EVERYWHERE is only an internal sluggishness, a natural con comitant ot a failing market, which will soon be dissipated in prosperity. It is believed that should gold soon reach par, as there is now every evidence it will, the volume of circulation will be increased, and the insane mania of gold gambling will cease to hamper the mercantile and commercial interests ot the country. There Is a keen eye everywhere watching the move ments oi the market, and a feeling that gold as merchandise is about to expire alter a nomadic and eventlul life ot ten years. Goid opened yesterday at $1 11, and closed, after rapid and extreme fluctuations,at $1 11 j. The Late Massacre of the Piegan Indi ans, with tbe disclosure of its atrocities, has brought out General Sherman in a statement charging the responsibility upon General Suliv, not a till*: sndiog Sul’y’s denunciations of the h< rribk* : fliir. Thelacts britfly stated, appear to be these: General Sheridan, in military charge ot all that Norlhwe.-tcm region to tbe Rocky Mountains, suggested to General Sher man that it would be a good thing -to pounce upon and “strike” some ot those hostile* Black- feet gangs in their winter quarters; that General Si dy seconded the proposition ; that General Sueiman approved this suggestion ; that Colonel 11 .her accordingly was detailed with a stroDg lorce against the Piegana in their winter encamp ment ; and that w.thout much discrimination in favor ot age, sex or condition, he made a fearful ... slaughter ot the Piegan encampment, men. for making its declarations, suggesting its policy, | women and children. General De Trobriand, or putting up its sUuJatd-bearers ior election to j also in command out there, thinks that this affair c ffice It i6 not a party either with proscrip^'m I entitles Colonel Baker to promotion We think, . » •. , ^ a , c ... | il the taels are sls n ported^ this shocking* m&ssa- inscuoed up* n ns banner, and his s< ,ue c 1 - j cre caila lor a court martial !>y order ot the would be leaders ot that tchool will be apt io j President and an investigation by order of Con tra etc many moons shall wax ard wane. i gress.—New York Herald. States. We see it stated that in every part ot that State there “ are agents for enlisting immi grant negroes for employment in the South, either as laborers on railroads or on cotton and rice plantations. The agents receive ten dol lars for each immigrant. The immigration from Virginia ot blacks, is encouraged by the offer ot twenty-two dollars a month and transportation,” and even the whites there are moving in consid erable numbers to the Southwest and Missouri, after selling their lands to immigrants from the North and Europe. From Alabama, too, while immigrants are moviag in from Virginia, emi grants are going out, and so to a limited extent is the case in Georgia. Large numbers ot white emigrants have left our State within the past four months, and the number of negroes that have left it in the past twelve months is consid erable. Truly everything in the South is in a transition state, and when this shall cease who who can tell ? -• •- The Power ot Congress. It seems that there is no limit to the power of Congress. Recently, the Presidential veto has been no restraint upon that body, and the country has ceased to regard the Supreme Court as any barrier to its usurpations. The power inherent in it, it has successfully stretched to so great a length, that one might well think it had reached a limit where it would end. Bat not so, as may be seen in the following views of lead ing Senators. Mr. Sumner, for instance, holds that Congress has aright to coerce the National Banks into specie resumption at any moment— He believes that an act of Congress to thnt efj feet could be enforced all over tqe countoy, without any regard to paper values, or to the necessities of trade. Morton wants Congress to compel the banks to furnish loans to the busi ness men not exceeding seven per cent per an num, without any regard to the tightness or buoyancy of the finances. Thirty years ago, Senators who would have advanced such ideas, and persisted in acting up on them, would have been stoned in the streets. Now, all power rests with Congress—the power to do evil being the chief one, and the one that is exercised with an impunity that is wonderful even in these degenerate days. Special Dispatch to the New Era. WASHINGTON. Washington, March 15.—A bill lor the ad mission of Texas, with tbe same conditions as Virginia and Mississippi, passed the House to day, by 131 to 45. In the Senate, Mr. Stewart made a brilliant argument in opposition to Mr. Bingham’s amendment, during which he ventilated the war record ot Joshua Hill, and established the position that the Government of Georgia has been and is provisional only, until approved and admitted by Cod gress. He was iollowed by Judge Edmunds, in tavor of tbe bill as amended. The Senate then went into Execu tive Seesion. The Washington correspondence of the New York Times, this evening, says: “The chances that tje Bingham Amendment will be stricken out, grow stronger every day. Tbe conviction ot a majority of Republicans to-day is that Georgia ought to be remanded to a pure military rule, and kept there for tbe next lour years. The foregoing rpecial dispatch appeared in yesterday morning’s New Era. We notice also in its editorial columns the following significant paragraph: “The news from Washington plainly indicates that not only the Bingham Amendment, bat the Georgia Bill itself will be defeated. This is not unexpected. No one, we presame, doubted the tate of the Bingham Amendment and the Geor gia Bill after its advocacy by the Bryant De mocracy I” [Communicated to tbe Lexington Gazette. Stories of 181*2. There were two occurrences in the war of 1812, which are characteristic of the Kentucky soldiers ot that time, which I do not recollect to have seen in print The one occurred while the American prisoners were being marched through Canada to Forte George. On one occasion the officer commanding the guard bought some whisky, and invited a Kentucky corporal to drink. The British Captain gave as a toast George IH. The corporal drank without hesita tion. Tbe British captain then called upon the corporal for a sentiment The corporal rather declined, saying, “ Yon have been kind in invit ing me to drink, and I may give offense by giving a toast.” “ No,” said the Captain : “ give a sentimental toast ” The corporal then said : “ May the skins of Kings be made drum-heads, and the shanks of Tones dram-sticks, to beat the Americans to arms.” The British Captain remarked: 44 Sir, yon must remember where yon are, and act accordingly.” A British Lieu tenant, whocomposed one ot the company, said : 41 Stop, Captain yon called for a sentiment, and must not now take exception.” Suffice to say, the British officers swallowed the toast. The other happened at Camp Jackson, Bfelow New Orleans, on the 8th of January, 1815.— Alter the British made their last charge on our breast-works they sent in a flag of truc-e, which was met by a flag from the American army, asking the privilege ol removing their killed and wounded, which were numerous. A line was designated so far from our breastworks as to prevent the enemy discovering the nature of our defenses, and American soldiers pi: ced on one side of the line and British soldiers on the other. While their dead and wounded were being taken to this line and received by British soldiers, a soldier belonging to the latter re marked to a Kentucky soldier : 44 It is useless for you to continue the contest; we are deter mined to take the city. We have Lord Packen- h&m, Lord Gibbs, and Lord Keene, and a pow erful army, and are determined to take the city.” To which the Kentucky soldier replied : “ We have on oar side the Lord God Almighty, the Lord Jesus Christ and the hero, Old Hickory, and Til be d —d it we can’t whip you.” Ken tuckians may be overpowered, but still they will crow. i From tbs New York Star. Dry Cocdo—Probability that tbe Smaller Dealers Will so to the ITall-Opinions ol Leadtnc Mere hats. The diy goods trade forms one of the most important leatures in the import trade as well as in the custom returns, ana order to test the feelings oi those most interested in the present crisis, we have made inquiry among the retail dry goods stores, in New York ana Brooklyn, with the results detailed below. Trade seemed to be brisk, considering tbe time of year and the unseasonable weather, and the majority ot these we called upon took a cheerful view of affairs, but did not conceal the fact that among their poor brethren there was not likely to be a smash. Considerable reflection upon the commercial policy ot the Government was expressed, inas much as it is believed that the present fall in the precious metal might have been nude more gradual, and merchants thereby have been en abled to work off their stocks at a reduced value by degrees. Gold at 115 tof! 10 for the next six months would have been t* boon in many in stances, although there are some speculators ol a hopeful tom ot mind, who do not despair ol seeing gold shortly at something near that mar gin. The dry goods men we v : sited were dis posed to state their views frankly, as below: TRADE OPINIONS. Lord & Taylor, Broadway, say the prices of goods mast follow gold ; the sooner it comes to par the better for us we should be glad to 6ee geld at par to-morrow. With regard to small houses, those of them who have laid iu heavy stocks at high prices, and possesses only a small capital, must go. Gold at par would be the very thing which we want and require, it would set trade agoing with a bound. J. A C. JOHNSTON, BROADWAY, think that the reduction in the price ot gold and the consequent low price of goods will not quicken trade so much as seme merchants ex pect. The redaction will fall chiefly upon some kinds of foreign goods. If Government resume specie payments, goods will be cheaper still.— Some kinds of imported goods are sold just now for less than cost price. Some descriptions of goods that cost $1 50 are now selling at $1. It wonld be doubly good ior those who hold a light stock when gold comes to par, as they will be able to take advantage of tbe panic. Many business men think that gold will go up to 11*8 or even 120 again. BROOKS BROTHERS, UNION SQUARE, say labor is a great part of the price of their ready-made stock, and it remains unaltered, but the redaction in the price of piece goods will make a difference to a certain extent upon their stock. aikin & miller, for themselves, do not care, although gold were at par to-morrow, but think that Government should have managed so that the price of gold was let down more gradually. They think that gold at 115 would have been a proper figure for the present season. It will press bard upon tbe man oi small capital. They have to pay for their goods, and the duty upon them, in gold, and it has been bard sometimes to know what they should fix them at. The fall is fully 15 per cent, since stocktaking. ARNOLD, CONSTABLE & CO., say their goods are regulated entirely by the price of gold, and lollow it. They think there ought to have been a more gentle decline in the fall of gold, and that the Government might have avoided the suddenness of the tall. The brok ers would send the price up if the Government did not interfere. Small men must suffer severely, as they have not the same chance to work off their goods; some of them must smash. HOWE & ELLIS, .FULTON STREET, BROOKLYN, report cotton domestics about three cents per yard down. Upon imported goods there is a much greater reduction. By keeping light stocks at a time, they have avoided much loss. WECHSLER & OPPENHEIH, FULTON STREET, BROOKLYN, only buy imported goods; do not think the fall in gold will affect the price of domestics, but will cheapen tbe imported goods much, as the goods they used to pay for in gold they can nearly buy now for currency of tbe same amount. HKU8TED & OARLL, FULTON STREET, say the reduction upon imported goods since January amounts to 25 per cent, aud the re duction upon domestics amounts to from 5 to 10 per cent. WALKER LOCKWOOD, FULTON STREET. Imported goods alone will be cheaper, and they will be cheapened in proportion to the difference in the price of gold. Domestics will not ba influenced by it. The supply and de mand regulate the price of our domestic goods. Some cottons of a peculiar make in demand, and with a short supply, are actually dearer at present Irish Poplins (Pirn’s) that we were selling in December at $8 per yard, and iu January at $1 75, we sell now at $1 per yard. Every holder of stocks imported must lose. UNANIMITY OF OPINION IN THE TRADE. The statements given above represents pretty nearly the general feuliDg in the dry goods trade upon the present emergency. Ready-made clothing will be the medium ot a smaller loss than piece goods, except in the case of those im porters who have bought foreign clothing in the ready-made state, inasmuch as the price of the labor in making up the goods in this country remains the Fame. The trade generally seems to be alive to the advantage of impressing upon their customers’ minds the reality ot the reduc tions that are taking place by advertising, and we noticed a number of placards in dry goods store windows yesterday announcing the same tact CRISPIN AND THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR. A speculative bootmaker in Broadway has overcrapped everything by placing a sack in his window apparently filled with silver coin, and in imitation that specie payments are the rale at his establishment He has a zouave in uniform, with a rifle and bayonet fixed, to guard the treasure. The next two months are likely to be a trying time, bat those firms who weather the storm are likely to be permanent For the ben efit of tbe public, we append a list of the dry goods.which havefuffered the largest teduction : French silks, satins, velvets, laces, gloves, rib bons, buttons, trimmings, &c.; English broad cloths, Scotch tweeds, dress goods, carpets, mil linery, hosiery, &c.; Irish poplins, linens, nape ry, laces, &c.; Brussels carpets, German dress goods, and varieties, &c. The Malden Speech of Revels. The Washington correspondent of the Louis ville Courier-Journa says, that the maiden speech of the colored Senator Revels will be made on the Georgia Butler bill. He will op pose the bill, and speak as the representative of the colored people of Georgia, who are daily, he says, telegraphing him protesting against the measure. The same correspondent says that the opponents of the bill from Georgia, “ have succeeded in influencing members of the Sen ate, by this manufactured public sentiment in tbe shape ol delegations and telegrams, to such an extent that it is believed the bill will be sent back to the House with the Bingham proviso, limiting Bullock’s term of office, stricken out. Sen ator N ye is in trouble. He add ressed a Re publican meeting, at Portsmoulh. N. H., Saturday evening, after which, tbe sheriff of the county served papers upon him,requlring him to appear at the April term of the Superior Court, at Exeter. The prosecutor is a merchant in Constantinople, Turkey, and the case rather discreditable to the Nevada Senator. It appears from the papers, that while Nye was in Europe, nearly two years ago, he was introduced to a diamond merchant in Constantinople by our resident Minister, Mr. Morris. Nye bought ot the merchant a pair of bracelets set with rabies and a diamond brooch in the form of a butterfly, for £75. He gave his note, promising to send the money on his return home. This he not only failed to do, but has treated all duns with contemptuous silence. The matter is in the hands of a legal firm in Boston, to whom it was 3ent at the instigation ot the United States Minister, who considers bimselt in honor responsible for the debt, as he intro duced the Senator to the merchant as a gentle man. To People who Mo not Par Taxes. Commissioner Delano is determined to see that the taxes are rigorously collected. His ef forts in that direction have already been produc tive of important results. The receipts upon uearly all articles are larger than they were last year, and there has been a total gun to the rev enue ol over $19,000,000. This encourages the Commissioner to carry the war into other fields. He is determined to organize an assessment of the iucomc tax, which shall not admit of any one escaping irom it who is justly liable to its operations. His intention, we are told, “is to secure the collection oi this tax, as far as possi ble without evasion, so that its burden may be more equally borne than hitherto.” The net will be cast in a way which will prevent certain big fish from getting out Gf reach of it, as they have hitherto done. We need not say that we heartily commend this plan. Let every tax be collected honestly and impartially, but at tbe same time let the severity of the taxes t>e diminished. Reduce taxation, and the people will not take so much paius to outwit the Collector. As extravagantly high duties encourage smuggling, so oppressive imposts deaden people’s consciences whenever the tax collector comes near them. Men who would hesitate altout uttering a falsehood on most subjects do uot think there is mnch harm in making au untrue return of their incomee. They say to themselves, “ It’s only the Govern ment we are deceiving, and that gets too much from us already.” The reasoning is indefensi ble, but Governments have to deal with human nature as they find it. Lower the taxes, aud the resistance to taxa tion is instantly lessened. The income tax must be brought down to three per cent., and other burdens should be lightened. Then make strict collection. Let your demands upon the people be fair, aud then see that those demands are complied with. This is the way to econo mize, and no one can have any reason to com plain of it.—New York Times. Fob the Atlanta Intelliuencer. Communicated. Jonesboro, March 14th, 1870. Allow me through the medium of yonr valua ble columns to speak of that little town known as Jonesboro, situated about twenty miles from Atlanta on the M. & W. Railroad. It has a population of about 2,500 inhabitants together with some beautiful edifices. The most con spicuous are the Baptist andMethodiBt churches, also the Academy and Court House. The prin cipal firm in this little burgh, is Messrs. Hayes, Philips & Betts, who continually keep on band large assortments ot all goods pertaining to their line of business. They have been awarded the contract of lighting the streets with their Superior Chrystal Rock Oil, which they alone are sole agents for. There are other places of note in this little town worthy oi speaking of, but will mention more particularly of them in my next letter, together with the large planta tions which surround this town. It is a bnlly place iu my eyes. G. W. O’B. Remedy for Meningitis.—We see in the Central Georgian the following simple remedy for this dreadtnl disease: “ Tbe application of hot cloth—as hot as can be borne—to the spine and back, has proved of great benefit to severe cases of meningitis.” This is a very simple remedy and always at hand, and the informa tion should be extensively circulated. In tbe absence of a physician, life might be saved by it. Women as Jurors In Wyoming Territory. We published, not many days ago, the charge of Judge Howe, to the “ ladies and gentlemen of the grand jury ” of Albany county, Wyoming. There are five women on this jury iu a total of fifteen persons, viz: Mrs. Amelia Hatcher, Mrs. Dr. Hilton, Miss Eliza Stewart, Mrs. J. Mackel, and Mrs. Agnes Baker. Twenty-two petit ju rors were drawn at the same time, of whom six are women, as lollows: Miss Nettie Hazen, Mrs. Jennie Lancaster, Mrs. Lizzie A. Spooner, Mrs. Jennie Irvinson, Miss Mary Flynn, and I. N. Hartsougb. The prosecuting attorney of the county having previously requested Judge Howe’s opiuion as to the eligibility of women as jurors, the Judge responded as follows: Cheyenne, March 3, 1870. 8. W. Downey : My Dear Sir—I have your favor ot yester day, and have carefully considered the question of the eligibility ot women who are “citizens” to serve on juries. Mr. Justice Kingman has also considered the question, and we concur in the opinion that sucu women are eligible. My reasons for this opinion will be given at length, it occasion requires. I will thanK you to make it known to those ladies who have been sum moned on the juries, that they will be received, protected and treated with all tbe respect and courtesy due, and ever paid, by true American gentlemen to true American ladies, and that the Court, in all the power of the Government, will secure to them all that deference, security from msult, or anything which ought to offend the most refined women, which is accorded to wo men in any of the walks of life in which the good and true women of our country have here tofore been accustomed to move. Thns, what ever may have been, or may now be, thought of the policy of admitting women to the right of suffrage aud to hold office, they will have a fair opportunity, at least in my Court, to demon strate their ability in this new field, and the policy or impolicy of occupying it. Of their right to try it, I have no doubt. I hope they will succeed, aud the Court will certainly aid them in all lawful and proper ways. Very re spectfully yours, J. H. Howe, Chief Justice, &c. Atlanta and Her Rivals.—We have no ticed with much regret, the spirit manifested by Augusta, Macon and Savannah towards Atlanta, as exhibited through the Press of these cities. We can see no good sense in the flings made at Atlanta, by the newspapers of these cities.— Atlanta is the great freight and passenger dis tribution point ior the State, and for a large portion of the Gulf States. It happens so, and newspaper remarks cannot prevent it Why should these other cities stir up their bile on the subject? While Atlanta excels in this particular, Savannah is the great ocean outlet, Macon is tbe great cotton centre, and Augusta is the seat ot great wealth, as well as the pos sessor of prestige, as the oldest city in the State, except Savannah. Why cannot the people ol Savannah, Macon and Augusta rest content with their laurels, fairly won, without making unworthy flings at Atlanta, [the great central city of the State? What necessity is there for these repeated flings at Atlanta ? There is room enough for all. For Heaven’s sake let these unworthy bickerings cease. We will add, that the capital question may have mnch to do with this agitation, but the geographical situa tion of the State requires a new capital. We regard that matter settled. Atlanta, the present location of the capital, was fixed by Radicals, yet they made a wise decision, and one that three-quarters of the people of the State en dorse. Atlanta is the capital, and will be the capital lor the next half century. Those who hope anything else,(will be highly disappointed Then why waste time and ink upon the subject We hope that those unjust and ungenerous re flections upon Atlanta will speedily cease, and if they don’t, there is pith enough in our goose- quill to stand up to the right, under all cirenm- slances.— Griffin Star. Scandal in High Life.—Society was con siderably agitated to-day in Washington about a report which has spread, concerning one of its prominent members, an officer in the army, who some time since married a Georgetown lady ol great beauty and wealth. The story goes that the gentleman in question has been in the habit of badly treating his new wile, and that yester day, in a drunken tit, he turned her out ot doors and locked up the (her) family plate in one oi the city banks. Last evening the wife took the train tor Pittsburg, where she has many friends, and which she declares she will never leave, at least to rejoin her husband. The gentleman previous to his marriage was a widower and the father ol two daughters, who have already gain ed a considerable reputation tor their beauty and accomplishments. The disagreement has caused an excitement and a consternation in fashionable circles such as has not beeu lelt lor many years past. A New Orleans gentleman attended a sale of pictures in that city a few days since and purchased three oil paintings of himself, which were missed the day after Butler occupied his house, when he was at New Orleans. He ac counts for the taking of the pictures on the ground that the family had bnried the spoons, and the Beast must have something, so he took the pictures. Madame de Stael said, “ Ii I were mistress of fifty languages, I would think in the deep German, converse in the giy French, write in the copious English, sing in the majestic Span ish, deliver in tbe noble Greek, and make love in the soft Italian.” Personal. We had the pleasure yesterday of greeting in our sanctum an old friend, and when we prac ticed law some years previous to the war, an old client, Mr. C. B. Hatch, then of the firm of Caubv & Hatch,but now of the firm ofO.B. Hatch &Co.,ot Baltimore. We were pleased to see him in fine health and spirits, time having dealt leniently with him. Mr. Hatch is on a South era business tour representing not only liis own house, which is largely and successfully engaged in the manufacture of a superior article ol black ing, but he represents a'so the following well known Baltimore houses : Chappell & Leary, White Lead and Color Manufacturers. Canby, Gilpin & Co., wholesale Druggists, and Proprietors of the wonderful Coco Cream or Creole Hair Gloss. P. 8. Chappel, dealer in the ** Champion Ammoniated Super-Phosphate of Lime.” These are all responsible houses, and we com mend Mr. Hatch to our business friends, upon whom he may call, as a gentleman worthy oi their, confidence, and trust that he. will be re ceived and treated by them with the courtesy due to one, who, in Baltimore, enjoys the esteem and confidence of its business men. nareby Weather. The weather for the past day or two has been Marchy enough. Such piercing winds, such furious blasts, we have seldom in a long life time felt. Of bodily health, great care should be taken. While the prevailing weather con tinues, persons who are inclined, says a cotem porary, to rheumatic, pulmonary, or catarrhal attacks, should keep in doors as much as possi ble, aud when they are compelled to go out, be sure to dress iu such a style to meet all the searching eccentricities oi the atmosphere. Indi viduals with coustituticns having “ weak spots ’ in them should dress more guardedly during March, even when it is not so severe as it is at present, even than in midwinter. Invalids who can, by care and prudence, weather this month without being prostrated, may r« -conably hope for exemption from extraordinary uifficulty until November, when they must be extre nely cir cumspect in all their movements again. Tbe Funding Bill and tbe Ittatfonal Ranke. This bill, the text of which as it passed the Senate, will be found iu another co’umn, the New York Herald says, gives to ths national banks of the country all the cream ct its con templated benefits. In an elaborate editorial article that paper presents the insidious nature of the bill, and at the close of it, presents the following-startling conclusions. It says : “ The national banks derive a profit in their circula tion now of nearly twenty millions a year in gold. The Funding bill will increase that to thirty-two millions. Should gold go up by any cause again and specie payments ba deferred, these banks would have yearly profit in currency on their circulation probably of fifty millions or more. And why this enormous gratuity to private corporations ? They render no service in return. It is taking the money from the people and giving it to the rich without the least consideration. In fact, it is strengthening and perpetuating a gigantic and dangerous mo nopoly that will control all the material interests of tbe country and absorb the profits and that in the end will be master of the government. If tbe six to seven hundred millions of circulation which the national banks will have were in legal tenders,which would cancel that amount of inter est-bearing bonds,the saving would be no w forty millions of gold a year, and eyen under the pro posed reduction of interest wonld be some thir ty-two millions. And is not the legal tender currency as good as or better than national bank notes ? We believe we should reach spe cie payments under the former sooner than un der the latter. Indeed, it is doubtful if the banks would ever desire specie payments, for they will derive the greatest profit from a paper circula tion alone of 4heir own notea The Funding bill is wrongly named. It should be called a bill “ for the benefit of national bank associations.” If the Herald is right in its premises, it is right in its conclusions, and the funding bill may well be termed a “ bill lor the benefit of national bank associations.” To the text of the bill which we publish to-day, we refer the reader for additional information. Ottr own opinion is that the Herald places a proper construction upon its provisions, aud that, as in almost every other financial act of Congress, the interests of the toiling people in it—those who have to sup ply the means which grease the wheels of the government aud keep them moving smoothly along—were less regarded than those of the banks and stockjoblers of the country. The mormon Question, The Suji does not believe in fighting the Mor mons with guns, as the Cullom bill does. Ah Indian war is already looming up, and if that bill passes, the editor is certain, we shall have to fight the Mormons, too : We have put up with polygamy for twenty years (says the editor), and now that it bids fair to die out, we suddenly rush into this crazy ac tion. Is it that these railroads have made the Mormon property desirable, or that certain gold and silver mines lately opened by old Brigham have been found to be so exceedingly rich as to stir up our religious enthusiasm ? Utah is said to contain over a hundred thous and inhabitants—a very sober, hardworking, thrilty people. The better way is to admit her as a State, and leave the immorality of her peo ple, as we do the immorality of the miners and border ruffians, to the schoolmaster and mission ary, who will find less to do there than with the people ol any adjoining region.” Judse Andrews. It is said that this gentleman has in press The Reminiscences of an Old Georgia Law yer,” a pamphlet of some one hundred pages, of which the author says, it is intended more to collect from his profession, material for a book, than pretending to be one itself; ” like, if the JoJge will permit a little pleasantry, being as near Governor, as one could well be, without being one. Colonel Yerger’a Escape. Jackson, Miss., March 12.—Yerger made his escape trout the city jail this morning, at early day-break, hy climbing the board fence which surrounds the prison yard. The first two nights atter being banded over to the civil authorities, Yerger was confined in one of the iron cages.— Since then he has had more comfortable quar ters, in a room without fastening on either win dow or door, and given free access to the yard by day and night A little before five this morning, he sent the jailorJor a cup of coffee to the ndjoining niatket-h u^e, and during his ab sence, Yerger availed himself of a convenient empty barrel and a box, and by their aid easily reached the top of the thirteen-foot tence. He took the jailor’s revolver with him on his es cape. Yerger made direct for the boarding-house of Mra. Back, and abruptly entering the bed-room ol Lieutenant Appleton, inquired if that wa3 Colonel Hamilton’s room. He was told that the gentleman roomed immediately below. Colonel Hamilton was the former newspaper partner of Yerger, and the same person who was supposed to be implicated in Yerger’s escape from military confinement. In the iaint light of the morning, Lieutenant Appleton failed to recognize his early visitor. Squads of military, on the requisition of Gov ernor Aleorn, have this alternoon been in search ot Yerger, but up till to-night without success. The remusness of Sheriff Lake, in permitting this escape, is very generally censured.—Special to the Cincinnati Commercial. Ia ntemarlnm, Mrs. Mart Anderson Hemphill, was bom In Haw burg, 8. C., December 29th, 1817. Her pare spirit was translated from Atlanta to Heayea, March 4th, 1870. There lies between these dates the record of a life of such exceeding grace and beauty, that we feel that it wUl be impossible to fitly portray it in words. Her childhood was spent in Augusta, and her girlhood in Macon. During the Summer of 1800, in the fair dawn of early womanhood, she came to Atlanta. She was remarkably quiet and retiring, and only those who learned to know her well, understood or appreciated her rare loveliness. With almost every hour speut with her we discovered in her some diviner excellence. In the different eras of life, in all its relationships, as daughter and sister, wile and friend, she wa3 all that a heart true and pure, and loving, conld make her. Ges- tleness, humility and patience were blended in most beautiful proportion in her character. These graces were not the result of cultivation, but the manifestation of the Spirit of Christ, which dwelt in her and ruled over her, controlling, not for an hour or a day, but for a lifetime, her words, and thoughts and deed*. Need we add that she was faithful to every duty, de voted In her attachments, and ever ready for any sacri fice In behalf of family or friends t Caring little for the gayetles ol fashionable Jjfe, in her home, her heart found its paradiso. and there—in that stillness which moBt becomes a woman—calm and holy, she spent her life in doing good to those around her! Wordsworth’s sweet lines: “A violet by a mosey stone. Half-hidden irom the eye. Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.” have often seemed to ns descriptive of her beanilfu 1 life. Her soul was full of Christian charity, [which found utterance day after day in the gentlest and kindest oi words. She who knew her best, and watched with loving care all the aweel ministry oi her life, says: * “ I never heard Mary speak a harsh or unkind word. 1 Love could not offer a fairer tribute to her memory t As a Christian, she made no obtrusive display of her piety; and in profession, was timid and self-distrust- ing. In purpose aud ia life, she was consistent, con scientious and steadfast. To those who were with her most, she seemed to walk in ail the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, blameless, illustrating in her life the doctrines of the Savior, whom she loved so well, and shedding the hallowed influence of H!s grace upon ail around her. Immediately after coming to Atlanta, she became a member of Trinity Sabbath School, and from that time until she entered upon the inheritance of the saints, she was never absent unless providentially detained at home, and then her heart was with ns, and her prayers ascended for ns. She first joined a Bible class as pupil, but the Superintendent, soon discovering her peculiar fitness lor the position of teacher, placed her in charge ot a class. Her whole heart was in the work, and Sab bath after Sabbath she faithfully endeavored to lead to the blessed Jesus tbe hearts of the little ones committed to her care. Daring her long illness, she often thought and spoke of them, and prayed for their conversion.— God grant that these prayers, which ascended as sweet incense to the throne of grace, may be answered in the early consecration or their lives to bis |prvice. They cannot forget her teachings, nor wc her dying mes sage: Tell my class to seek Jesus now in the morning of Te; tell every member of tbe school to be faithful to every duty, to live near to God, and to meet me in Heaven.” She not only loved the Sabbath Sohool, but her heart was ever glad when they said unto her, “ Let us go Into the house of the Lord.” For many months she was un able to meet with ns m tbe sanctuary, but she always remembered the hours appointed for service, and while she was never impatient, she often desired earnestly to worship with us. During the last two month* of her life, God mani fested Himself to her In a most wonderful manner. She seemed to dwell Just at the gate of the City of God. Her soul was entranced by glimpses of Its ineffable glory, and her earB were ravished by the mnsic of an gels. When she walked through “the valley of the shadow of death,” she feared no evil, for Jesus waa with her, His rod aud His stafi in her hands. The darkness had all vanished before the dawning glories of the Heavenly day. We thank God that He has granted unto ns so com forting an assurance that His religion haB power to sus tain the human soul in conflict and agony. Oar dear sister and friend, and teacher, has joined in the songs of the redeemed “around the throne of Godin Heaven the material, the temporal and the earthly have passed away, and she is spiritual, eternal and heavenly I We thank God that she was permitted to live and labor among as; we thank Him that we have known and loved her, and our lives, we trust, will be the better for her bright example. Upon ns, who labored with her in the Sabbath School; upon the class which she taught so faithfully; upon the Church in which she was loved and honored, a deep sorrow under God’s will has fallen; be It therefore Resolved, 1st. That we tender, as a school, to the be reaved husband and family of onr dearly beloved sister and teacher, our sincere sympathy In their great affllc tion. 2d. That we Inscribe to her memory a blank page In tbe records of Trinity Sunday School. 8d. That a copy of there resolutions be furnished to her lami!y, and copies for publication to the city papers and the Southern Christian Advocate, as an expression of onr heartfelt sorrow for the friend whom we have lost. Mrs. Julia A. Crumley, ) Mrs. Carrie H. Goodman, | Miss Laura A. Hayoood, j- Committee. Miss Laura B. Rawson, | W.F. Harris, j Read at a memorial service held by Trln t; Sunday School, Atlanta, Ga., March 13,1870. DeatU of an Editor. The New Orleans Picayune announces the death of Samuel F. Wilson, its editor-in-chief, which occurred in that city on Friday evening last Mr. Wilson was a writer of fine ability, and large experience in editorial harness. He waa of the editorial staff of the Mobile Register from 1832 to 1849, and from thence he went to New Orleans and became connected with the Picayune, as editor-in-chief, which position he filled up to bis death. As a writer of ability and judgment, it is conceded, he had few equals. Text of tbe measure which Recently Passed the Senate* The funding bill, as it passed the Senate, pro vides for the issue of 400,000,000 of coupons, or registered 10-40 year bonds, bearing 5 per cent, coin interest, for disposal in the United States, or elsewhere, at not less than par ralne for coin, or in exchange for 5-20 bonds of equal aggre gate par valne; also, for four hundred millions 15-40 year bonds, bearing 4j per cent, coin in terest tor similar disposal, at not less than par value for coin, or the redemption of bonds bear ing a higher rate of interest; also for the issue of four hundred millions of 20-40 year bonds bearing 4 per cent, coin interest for similar dis posal at not le3s than par value for coin, or re demption of outstanding bonds. A further issue of the last named bonds i3 authorized at the dis cretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, provi ded the aggregate debt of the United States is not thereby increased. All these bonds are not exempt entirely from taxation. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to appoint agents in the United States for the negotiation of the bonds, and a sum not exceed ing one-half of one per cent, is appropriated to pay the expenses of preparing, issuing and dis posing of the same. One hundred and fifty million dollars annually of the duties on imported goods are applied to the payment of interest and a reduction of the principal of the public debt and United States bonds now held as sinking fond in the Treasury, as well as these herealter purchased shall be canceled and destroyed on and after the first oi October next. The registered bonds of any denomination, □ot less than $1,000, issued upon the provisions of this act, are to be deposited with the Treasurer as security for the circulation of National Banks. The circulation of those banks which do not comply with this provision within a year from the passage of the act, to be forfeited; pro vided banks shall be allowed, by giving thirty day3 notice to the Comptroller of Currency, to deposit legal tender notes with the Treasurer to the amount of the outstanding circulation, and take up the bonds pledged for its redemption; and provided, lurther, that no more than one- third of the bonds deposited by any bank as such security shall be ot either of the classes of bonds hereby authorized, on which the maxi mum rate ol interest ib fixed at 44 or 5 per cent, per annum. The amount of circulation notes received by any bank shall not exceed eighty per centum of par value of the bonds deposited. The last authorizes banks to be organized and do business on depositing $50,000 in United States notes with the Comptroller of Currency in exchange for bonds, and receive circulating notes the same as other banks without respect to limitations of the aggregate circulation of the national currency; provided, however, that as circulation note3 are issued under this section, an equal amount of United States notes §hall ba canceled and destroyed.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Weekly Atlanta intelligencer. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1865-18??, March 23, 1870, Image 1