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ATLANTA. GEORGIA.
Wednesday* April 13, 1870.
•» HiiloiicDt."
Tbe sixth number ot this able writer’s notes
on the railway situation of Georgia, will be
jouml in this morning’s issue of the Intelli
gencer. In it there is much valuable informa
tion as well as wise reflections, which ourread-
prfl would do well to note, and our legislators to
heed. The writer, it will be seen, expresses re
gret that his last two numbers have not been as
generally published by the preasof the Wale,, **
liia previous ones. We trust tins will not he the
case with the number we publish to-day, lor n
contains, as did each of its predecessors matter
of lar more interest to the people oi the Bin.-,
rban most of the be»t selections they can make
from their exchanges, for either the m»lruc ion
ot amusement of their readers.
San Don>lMS°.
The New Vork Herald is enthusiastic on the
subject of the annexation of San Domingo to
lbe United States and stands by President
Grant bravely on the lalter’s desire to add this
other “ gem of the oeean ’’ to his dominions. It
says “ the possession of St. Domingo would be
tt flank movement upon Cuba and tlic other
rich islands ol the West Indies. They would
fail into our bauds in a short time. '1 hen the
Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean sea would be
come merely American lakes and the United
States would Ire, in a military and naval point
of view impregnable in this hemisphere. Such
is the destiny of this great republic as General
Grant contemplates it, and such is the compre
hensive jiolicy lie has laid down tor li'ts adminis
tration. He is grieved that a career ol empire
and wealth so glorious should be obstructed by
the short-sighted men ol Hie Senate. Let him
persevere, however, and, il necessary to carry
out his views, reorganize his Cabinet and break
down the political influence ol t hose opposed to
him. lie is right, and it he will act boldly the
country will sustain him.”
If the possession ol that island will accom
plish all that the Jlerald thinks it will, it is
strange that the Senate halts between two
opinions upon it, or that the President has not
been able to iuflueuce that body, with allliis ex
ertions to do so, to decide at once and finally
u)>on the measure of annexation. At any price,
so far as money is concerned, if il will accom
plish the half of what the Herald thinks it will,
there should be no delay on the part of the ben-
ate to ratify the treaty. But we apprehend that
paper has looked only npon “ the i right side ol
the picture,” while the Senate sees its cvery-
side, and hence the delay. Eventually, we have
no doubt, San Domingo will become a com
ponent part of this huge American Republic.
Unseaato liable.
Recently the weather has been very unsea
sonable here. It begins to moderate, however,
and yesterday felt something like spring. April
thus far has played many fantastic tricks, and
tooled many of the weatherwise here and in
the North. A few days ago she treated New
York city to a furious snow storm, and, accord
ing to the papers there, “ took up the work of
winter left unfinished by March, and with a
good will to supply all that is left to be supplied
of the deficiencies ot December, January, and
February. The snow storm of yesterday would
have done honor to December, January, or
February, but was rather an extraordinary ac
companiment ot the Connecticut April election.
We suppose now that (lie winter is nearly over;
but as it did not fairly begin till about the mid
dle ot February, it may poreibly bold on till the
end of May. Since the annexation of Alaska,
in short, there is no telling, even in New York,
the begluniug or ending ot winter.”
Neither is there anything, in these degenerate
days,to tell when winter is to end in Atlanta. For
several years past .spring was but tor a few days
From winter, the season once known as spring
is skipped over, and summer begins to reign
As change is the order of nature, possibly we
are to have no more spring.
LIUle Comfort.
The Louisville Courier-Journal says that a
gentleman from an adjoining State writes to it
as follows:
“ I am a miserable man. My only son is not
quite eight years of age, and yet he not only
swears and chews tobacco, but lie persists in
parting his hair in the middle and in declaring
that his mother has a better right to the ballot
than I have. Tell me, for heaven’s sake, what
-shall I do with him V”
“Hero,” says that paper in response, “ is a
man who could pay the luueral expenses ot an
eight-year old boy without teetiug it, and yet he
asks us that question.”
We would advise the cowhide freely laid upon
the back of such a young cub as the proper
remedy for his disease. Let the “ miserable
man ” try it, and save the “ luueral expenses ”
tor another occasion.
Calient I A in nest)'.
The opposition li> general amnesty is increas
ing at Washington. It was only two weeks ago
that the President infornn d Senators that as
soon as Georgia was admitted, and the work of
reconstruction finished up, he should scud a
message to Congress recommending geueral
amnesty to all participants in the late rebellion.
The Republican politicians are. bringing to bear
all the influence in jtlicir power to cause him to
postpone his purpose in this regard,and may ac
complish their purpose. The opposition takes
the usual term, charging that t’ue late rebels are
as disloyal as ever. It is estimated that the
number of persons still disfranchised under the
Fourteenth Amendment from all State and
Federal offices amounts to two huudreJ and
fllty thousand.
Cotton Competition.
The Governor-General ol India, the Earl of
Mayo, is reported to be making a tour through
tlio cotton growiug districts of that country,
urging upon the planters the necessity of in
creasing the cultivation of the staple in order to
compete with this country. ’Twill lie labor in
vain 1
Collector Bailey'* Delulcallou.
The Etveuue Bureau now post up Collector
Bailey’s defalcation to be $200,000, an amount
in excess ol the bond given by him nud his se
curities. Thus lar his whereabouts are not
known, nor does it seem that the government
has caused any active seaich to be made for
ItTsn.
Five Honored Innocents Slain.—A grand
rat killiug match, in which five hundred rats
were slain, took place last night in Apollo Hall,
Prince street, near Baoadway.
Bags full ot rats, traps full of rats, and rats
by the dozen and hall dozen, were let loose in
the pit at various times duriug the evening, and
black and tan terrier bull terriers, and curs of ^
mixed breeds, worried, shook, tore, aud killed \ their charges must be. and will be, unless liumau
Note* on tlie Railway *iluali«a-H«. VI.
Editor* Telegraph and Messenger ; One or two
other brief artic'es will conclude what I have
to say on the Railway Situation in Georgia
Tbe last two numbers, I observe, have not been
so generally copied by the press as were those
which preceded them. This I regret, riuce I
write in the interest of the people, and since the
two articles in question presented the conclu
sion to which the previous argument had con
ducted us. It may be that our people have be
come inoculated with tbe virus of State aid to
railroads; that every section of the Bute has a
pet project of its own, and ihst to carry out
these projects, the people have gotten their con
sent to overthrow the system built up by our
lathers, and to enter wildly noon a policy which
can end only in the bankruptcy of the State. If
this be the case, then we can understand why
our newspapers should close Lheir ^columns to
such views as I have hud tbe honor, in my re-
to pres* nt to the people.
Permit me to suggest here, Messrs. Editors,
that there is reason to lear that our editorial
friends confine their attention too much to the
merely political aspects of the question of Re
construction, and give too little thought to the
financial side of tlie subject. We cannot be too
careful about the lormer; and yet political errors
may be corrected; but for ruined credit and
bankruptcy there is no remedy, unless it be the
questionable remedy of repudiation. In Alabama,
where the Legislature has voted the endorse
ment of the State to almost every enterprise
that asked for it, the people are already agitating
the question of repudiation la North Carolina,
where a similar policy prevailed lor a time, the’
following act has been passed :
Section 1. The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact, That all acts Iramed at ihe
last session of this Legislature making appropri
ations to railroad companies, be aud Ihe sam •
are hereby repealed , l lmt all t*onds of the State
which have been i.-sued under the said acts, now
iu the bands of any presidents or oilier officers
of tlie corporations, tie immediately retur ed to
the treasurer.
Sec. 2. That tlie moneys in the State Treas
ury which were levied aud collected under tbe
provisions ol the acts mentioned in section 1 of
this act arc hereby appropriated to the use ot
the State Government, and sliull lie audited to
the counties of the Slate upon the tax to lie as
sessed for tlie year 1870, iu proportion to the
amounts collected from them respectively.
No ODe need Ire surprised if tlie people of
Georgia should follow the example set them by
other States. Indeed, some ot our thinking men
already declare their hostility to the recent rail
way legislation, and say that our only remedy
is repudiation. It need not be doubted but that
a people, who have repudiated their individual
liabilities, will be equally prompt to relieve
themselves of their Slate obligations.
It is uo answer to say that tbe State has only
endorsed the bonds of certain railway compa
nies, for which she lias taken mortgages, and
that tlie debts incurred by the sale ot these
bonds are not her debt*. The man who puts
his name to the promissory notes of bis neigh
bor, as security or endorser, is as much hound in
law to pay the debt, as the principal maker
ol the uote; and though he may enjoy none of
the benefits of the transaction, it becomes by
operation ot law as much his debt as if he had
borrowed the mouey himself. His proper
ty, as well as his honor, is bound for the pay
ment ot the money. If the principal cannot, or
will not, discharge the debt, the security or en
dorser must do it, and then employ counsel to
collect the money out of the principal, if it can
be done.
Will tbe railways, whose bonds have been en
dorsed by the State, he able to take up these
bonds at maturity ? Some of them may be, but
it is plain enough that, most of them will not —
And their ability to meet these bonds will be
impaired just as we may increase the number of
new roads whose bonds may be hereafter en
dorsed by the State; since the greater the num
ber ol roads among which the railway business
of the Stale is divided, the less remunerative
will the business which fails to each one be, and
consiquently the less valuable will be the stock,
and the less able the several companies to dis
charge their liabilities. When the railroads now
contemplated and being buiIt by the aid of the
State shall have been put in operation, there
will not be a single road in lbe State of Georgia
th.it will pay its stockholders seven per cent,
upon their investments. One ot tbe first results
ol this deplorable state of things will be this:
We shall have our territory covered with a net-
| work ot badly managed, poorly equipped and
j inefficient railways, all struggling for a precari
ous existence, nurt many of them finally forced
U> sale under the sheriffs hammer.
Among the roads that will be the first to yield
to the pressure, will be those which have re
cently received the aid of the Slate, simply be
cause tbeir const,ruction was not called for so
much by tbe increase of business, as by the
interests ot certain non-resident financial ope
rators, backed by local feeling and personal
considerations. Anterior to tbe war, when our
crops requiring transportation were far heavier
than they are now, the dividends declared by
our best railways never exceeded eight per cent.
What their dividends will be iu the future, with
double the railways and half the crops of former
days, it is not difficult to foresee.
It may be well to examine for a moment and
see wbal can be done, and what probably will
be done, now that the Legislature has entered
upon the policy of granting aid generally to
railroads. Every one will admit that our rail
way system might have lieen in several respects
better thau it is The roads might have been
more direct, and thus more advantageous to the
people and less costly and less expensive to the
stockholders. The first idea presented to the
projectors ot roads to tie built by the aid of the
State is, as we have already seen, a plan to cut
oil existing roads by shorter lines. Here are
probably some of the roads which the policy
under discussion would promote.
A road from West Point, to the Macon and
Western Road at Bartlesville or Miluer, and a
road lrom Baruesville through Thomaston to
Geneva. These two lines would seriously in
jure the Atlanta and West Point, and Georgia
Roads, and the Columbus hraucb ot the South
western Road.
The Air-Line from Atlanta to the upper Sa
vannah River, already being built under this
policy, and a road from Atlanta by McDonough.
Jackson, Montioello, Eatonlon. and Milledge-
ville to the Central Road at. Tennille. These
two lines would cripple the Georgia Road and
the Macon and Western, and inflict incalculable
injury upon Macon.
A road lrom Griffin to the Alabama line in a
lireetion t.o Decatur, Ala , which would injure
the Ailanta and West Point ltoad, the Georgia
Road, and the State Road. Such a road has
been commenced by private enterpeise, but the
aiil of tlie State will probably lie invoked before
it is completed.
Tbe aid ot tlie State has already lieen ex
tended to the Macon and Brunswick Road,
which will injure the Central Road, and which
itself will lead to a short road cutting the city
of Macon otl from Columbus, Albany, Eufanla,
and Fort Gaines, namely, a road from Fort Val
ley to the Macon and Brunswick Road at Haw-
kiusville. Indeed, a charter has already been
granted for this short road.
The aid of the Stale has also been granted to
Ihe Brunswick and Albany road, aod will be
asked lor tlie extension of that road to Enfanla,
or to A merieus and Columbus. This road will
do great injury to the Souilnvestem, the Cen
tral, the Macon and Brunswick and the Atlantic
and Gulf loads, and will lake away from Macon
the very cream of ils business.
Such are some of the fruits which will spring,
and which are already' springing born the policy
of State aid, and lrom the war that is being
made upon tlie old railway system.
Macon has taken the lead iu this departure
from the policy of our fathers, and I fear it
will be the fiist to experience its evil effects.
The Macon and Brunswick road and the Macon
and Augusta road will not increase its business
cue dollar, but will take many thousands from
it. The lucrative trade that formerly came to
it from the lower part of Twiggs and Houston,
and from Pulaski, Wilcox aDd~adjoining coun
ties, will gradually turu down the Macon and
Brunswick road to Savannah and Brunswick;
while the trade of Baldwin and Putnam will
eventually be carried off to Augusta and Savan
nah. These roads give Macon additional out
lets to the sea, and unfortunately at the same
time they tarnish additional means lot carrying
produce anil busiuess right through and away
lrom her. The new roads must live, so to
speak, as will as the Central; and to do this.
•mm
to the Chattahoochee, and the Fort Valley and
Hawkinsville Road, will inflict a thousand times
more injury upon that goodly city, than it could
ever suffer at the bands ot the Central Road,
however administered. But for the policy of
State aid, for which Macon labored so long, and
which was at last successfully inaugurated in
the cases of the Macon and Brunswick and the
Macon and Aogusta Roads, it is not at all prob
able that aid would ever have been granted to
tbe Brunswick and Albany Road, and without
which there was as little prospect that that road
would ever have been built.
The writer of these notes does uot reside in
Macon; and yet there is no city in the State in
whose prosperity and importance he feels a
deeper interest; and so feeling, he has long be
lieved that a close anion between the Central
Railroad Company, the Southwestern Company,
tbe Macon and Western Company, the people
of Macon and the people of Columbus, was in
dispensable to the welfare of each aod all ol
these parties. This union did exist in tbe ear
lier days of our railway bistoiy, *nd was pro
ductive ot the happiest results' It will be re
established again—not this year, nor perhaps
uext year; but it will be re established, and that,
too, at no distant day. To suppose othewise, is
to suppose that sensible men and well-managed
corporations will continue to war upon each-
other, to the ruin of all ot them. It the man
agement of either one ol these corporations, or
the spirit which actuates either one of these
cities, is not such as the others could desire,
reason and argument, and time will be loUDd a
tar cheaper and more efficient means in bring
ing about a change, than a railway war. That
this is the wiser policy, will be apparent to any
intelligent person who will reflect how much in
jury either one of these parties could do one or
all ot the others, if it weie to try.
Historicus.
FOR THE 1TLINTI INTELLIGENCER.
A Trip to Dooly < oniiif,
Saturday evening, April 2d. found me com
fortably seated on hoard the Macon and West
ern train, bound for Dooly county. Enlivened
by tlie genial chat and genuine-humor of our
triends Nunually and Speights, the ride between
the Gate City and Griffin was remarkably short
Bidding adieu to my jovial companions, was
whirled along to the station below Griffin, where
the conductor was fortunate enough to capture
quite a rara avis in this section of country. The
little captive was a sea fowl, having, I suppose,
wandered away from the salty breezes, to which
he was accustomed; becoming bewildered,
having lost his reckoning, and had flown until
quite exhausted. I have often seen numbers on
tbe Florida coast, but none up as high as this
latitude. At my request, the conductor prom
ised to deliver him into the hands ol the “ irre
pressible George Johnson,” adding one more
feature to his pelted hobby.
On arriving at Macon, I stopped at the Brown
House, of course, (who does not ?) and found it
had lost none ot those charming features by
which it has gained a national reputation, and
which enables it to maintain, in spite of op
position, Ihe greater part of the public patron
age. Macon may be justly proud of her
“ Brown’s Hotel.” At noon, in company with
Judge Cole aud 8am. Hall, of Fort Valley, and
Col. Hunter, of Macon, 1 found myself m the
pleasant village ot Montezuma, situated on the
East side ol Flint River, in Macon county, which
supports four ot the legal profession in quite a
handsome and satisfactory manner. Through
the kindness ol Col. Wm. H. Byrum, we were
furnished transportation to Vienna, Dooly conn
ty, our objective point. While passing through
the rural regions of this county, I could not but
be struck at the difference in the aspect of vege
tation ; the trees were all green; corn planted,
grass growing, and a general spring-like appear
ance, furnishing quite a contrast to our section
Corn sufficient has been planted for home con
sumption, and preparations are making lor cot
ton planting.
The character of the soil and people of Dooly
county is much misunderstood. The soil is of
tar better grade than is generally considered—
producing tine crops—and the people kind, social
and generally prosperous. Vienna, the county
site, is quite a blur on the general prosperity
and is by no means a criterion ot the general
spirit and enterprize of the citizens ol the
county A general abandonment and negli
uence marks all its features Among the no
tabilities ot the town is mv old iriend “ Uucle
Cbailie Everett”—as lie is familiarly known
and his estimable wife. I stopped with
them a short while, and spent a very pleas
ant and agreeable time with them—may success
ever attend the residue ot their days on c-arth.
On Monday morning court met at 10 o’clock
his honor Judge Co'e presiding. The term ot
the court was very short. No old business was
taken up. The attention ot the court was con
sumed in disposing ot several criminal cases.—
The Grand Jury indicted quite a number of
persons engaged in a most disgraceful affair.—
Rioting and disturbing public worship.
Some drunken parties went to a camp ground
dispersed the meeting acting in a most revolting
style, desecrating the sacred spot, and making a
mock ot the sacrament, &c. Tbe good people
of the county feel very much outraged, and are
determined that the fullest punishment allowed
by the law shall be visited upon them.
On Wednesday, the 6th April, tbe people met
at Vienna and held a railroad meeting, exhibit
ing much enthusiasm on the subject. They
passed a resolution offering—in tbe event of a
charter being granted to a railroad from Hawk-
insville to Vienna, crossing Flint river at Dray
ton, and thence to Americus—to grant therighc-
ol-way through the county free, together with
grading tbe entire distance traversed by the
road through the county.
They fear if prompt action is not made tha*
their county may be left out in the cold for
some time yet. If the road is built it will have
the effect to make Brunswick the market ol
Southwestern Georgia. Court adjourned on
Wednesday. Col. Wm. H. Byrum again *aat
for us taking us. directly to his residence where
we were kindly and hospitably entertained by
himself aud accomplished lady.
With regret did we leave this pleasant South
ern home, ubouuding with all the elegancies and
comforts of life, dispensed as thev are with such
generous kindness, to betake ourselves agaiu to
our wanderings. Yours, &c,
Viator.
Insect Life in Winter -The ’ast“ Putnam ”
tells something interesting about insect life per
haps not known to many of our readers. M.
deSanssure, for instance, iulortns us he found a
butterfly soaring over the glaciers, where the
lammergeyer and chamois have their haunts.
It is 'scarcely credible that a thing so trail, a
creature of warmth, sunshine, and flowers, could
live for an hour amid those Alpine bights, where
man can scarcely exist. One would think this
beautiful insect, “ born iu a bower,” would fold
its brilliant wings and die. Arctic voyages also
tell us of butterflies in extreme northern lati
tudes ; these ol course belonged there, and were
literally children of the ice-land. All this goes
to prove the tenacity ol insect life, ar.d powers
ol endurance when exposed to cold. Tlie writer
goes on to say: “ It daily experience did not.
prove to us the contrary, we should naturally
suppose that of the myriads of insects smarming
in our fields aud gardens, during our warm
American summers, none could survive the cold
winters of the same latitudes; that all must
inevitably perish beneath a dclage oi snow;
that none could endure the severity of frosts
which penetrate many inches below tbe sod
Who would believe it credible, it not familiar
with the tact, that the gnat, tlie fire fly, dragon
fly, tiuy red spider, the lady-bud, the bee, the
ant, aye the butteifly, loo, could in some of its
species survive a degree ot cold beneath which
men have ntteu perished! Yet such is truth, one
of the very many stronger than fiction.”
- The Freed menBureau.
The Senate concurring, the Freed men’s Bu
reau, an institution that has done but little good
indeed lor the freedmen, and that has largely
tended to deplete the Treasury, while it has en
riched many an official connected with it. will
soon come to an end. On Tuesday last, the
House prepared a bill discontinuing its exist
ence. By its provisions the bounty and hospital
work is transferred to the War Department, and
the educational work to the Bureau of Educa
tion. All funds now remaining in the Treasury
to the credit of the Bureau, and all property lD ~
trusted to the Commissioner for its benefit, are
also transferred to the Bureau of Education. The
bill provides, further, that all buildings.cotistrucf-
ed or repaired, in whole or in part, hy the Freed
men’s Bureau, and now held by municipal or
State authorities, societies, corporate bodies or
trustees, for educational purposes,or funds arising
from their rental or sale, shall be forever applied
to and used for suet purpose, aud said bodies
and institutions must report yearly to the Bit
reau of Education. The belief at Washington
is, that the bill, in ils main teatures will pass
the Senate, a consummation devoutly to be
wished.
Simultaneously almost with the passage ot
this bill l»y tbe House, tbe news of the arraigu-
ment of the Chief of the Bureau, Gen. Howard,
reaches us. It is said there have be«n so many
charges, and countercharges ot late regarding
the disbursements made by that official, that it
will take a good deal of evidence to either affirm,
explain, or deny the fifteen special allegations
made by Mr. Wood in the House and
which the Commiltee of Education were di
rected to investigate. Parties who have (urn
ished these charges expies3 their entire willing
ness and ability lo sustain them. He has dis
bursed since the bureau went into operation
over twelve railiions of dollars, and during the
last year has donated a good deal of money to
certain schools and colleges. It is charged that
these donatioas were made out ot the g< neral
lund of the bureau, while Howard’s friends de
clare that it has been paid over, uot donated, to
those institutions lor educational services ren
dered in the South. Both parties, it is said, in
ihe House are rejoiced over the investigation
ordered.
Iucou«l*tency.
Once upon a time to ascribe inconsistency to
a political opponent, and to prove it from the
record upon him, was deemed to be a blow fa
tal to his aspirations, but that was in days past;
n the verdant days of the Republic; when men
were more wary of committing themselves, and
when principles were landmarks steadily kept in
view by those who aspired to represent the peo
ple in political stations. Now “ consistency
with the politician, is no longer the priceless
jewel that it was; and this is so well understood
that the man in these degenerate days, who as
sails another upon the ground of “ iuconsisten
cy,” is quite behind his day and generation—
whether he establishes his charge or not. Re
cently the enemies of Chief Justice Chase have
severely denounced him tor his decision in the
legal-tender case, alleging that it illustrated a
plain, glaring, case of inconsistency. A Iriend
of the Chiet Justice, however, has clipped tbe
following paragraph from his report to Congress,
as Secretary ot the Treasury, dated December 4,
1862, and offers it as disproving the charge of
inconsistency:
“The Secretary recommends, therefore, no
new paper money scheme, but, on the contrary,
a series ot measures looking to a safe and grad
ual return to gold and silver as the only perma
nent basis, standard, and measure of valuation
recognized by the Constitution, between which
aud an irredeemable Daper currency, as he be
lieves, the choice is now to be made.”
Had those enemies ot the Chief Justice es
tablished their charge, they would have made
but little by it; having Jailed, they make noth
ing. Had they gone lurtUei back and looked
into the political record of the Chief Justice,
they would have been able to have shown maoy
cases ot glaring political inconsistency; but
what then? Nowa-days, ’tis inconsistency that
is the jewel and wins political place, and not
that good old dame whom our fathers respected
and of whom the poets sung.
Sn^aei’* Views or > Hepablteau
Government.
Recently, in the Senate, the Georgia bill being
under discussion, Mr. Sumner made the follow
ing declaration:
“From this time forward the duty of the
to guarantee a republican government to
all its parts will be constant and ever present,
and duty is re-eutorccd by all needful
powers. The guarantee is continuing and per
petual, and it must be executed at all hazards.
In its execution Congress must fix the definition
of a republican government. How often have I
said this; but I shall not fail to repeat it so long
as tbe occasion requires. To Congress belongs
the duty of determining wluit is a republican govern
ment, and then it must see that such a government
f.reoaiU in every State. If in any State the exist
ing government tails according to the just stand
ard, or if it is in any way menaced, then must
Congress interfere to ex< cute the sleepless guar
antee. And iu this interference it may act ac
cord ng to its discretion, determining the occa
sion aud tlie ‘means’ to be employed. It may
act bv repression or by precaution, and it may
select any ‘means’ proper for the purpose.”
So, then. Republican Government is what
Congress defiues it lobe, and Mr. Sumner thinks
it is the duty of Congress 10 determine at once
what it is. “Oh! Liberty, what crimes have
uot been perpetrated in tliy name,” is an excla
mation, the Mice of which when it was uttered
thrilled the hearts ot the people ot every civil
ized nation, save the one that had run mad with
crime, and which its Congress had declared a
Republic. And when the declaration shall go
forth from the American Congress that what it
deems to lie a Republican Government—repub
lic. uiisiu in its simplicity and purity, being ig
nored as ii is now by its enactments and despo
tism—what crimes will uot be perpetrated in its
uame ? A republican form of government em
braces one. great cartliual principle, in the ab
sence of which there is no republicanism, and
that is, the rights of the minority are protected
lrom assaults or encroachments upon them by
the majority. This omitted, and the very essence
of republicanism disappears in any other form
of government, and that the present Congress,
acting upon the dictum of the Massachusetts
Senator, or any other Congress of like political
aspect, will embrace, iu their definition ot what
a Republican Government is, or shall be, this
cardinal principle—protecting the weak from
the strong—no sane man with the lights belore
r.im as they now so fiercely burn, will ever be
lieve.
I>v rcijuest we re—publish the following
poem, written by Mr. T. Bennett Nunan:
dear old blarney.
Respectfully Inscribed to the Jfunster Men of Atlanta.
There ia an old castle in dear, holy Ireland,
Four miles from the heantithl city of Cork;
When a schoolboy, with feelings of awe it inspired me,
As I hunted the eela in the Lee with my fork.
Then a bright happy boy, without care, without sorrow,
With naught but my Euclid to plague me at night;
Now a deep thinking man, with the hope that the mor
row
Will And me, as then, on the path with the right
Whenever a dark worldly passion comes o’er me.
With eyes fill’d with dew 1 look back to the day
When a pure thinking boy ’neath that noble old castle
I loved to sing aud to whistle my sorrows away.
Romantic and wild as a deer in its childhood.
Loving nature alone (or its beauty and light,
I would wauder alone thro’ the cave and the wildwood
Till checked in my course by the shadows of night.
Thro’ the rockcloee so fair, and way down by the hill
side
That skirted tbe Lake that no mortal could drain;
’Twas a beautitul stroU when the sun’s rayB were sink
ing
To sleep hind the hiil where dwelt Barney McSliane.
And the old lime kiln, too, all surronnded with bushes,
Where the blackberries always grew he*vy and sweet.
A green home for the blackbird, the linnets, and
thrushes —
A fit spot for the downtrodden Patriots to meet
On many an eve, when the inoon pours its pale rays
On my soul from its blue, peacetul home in the sky—
Wheu the stars gently peep irom their beds in the
Heavens—
Theu a thought of dear Home brings a tear to my eye
Yes, I thli k, and I sigh with the thought of my think
ing.
For the bright happy days that forever are past;
To the future 1 look with a nature unshrinking.
Though by sail disapp lintmeut my life's been o’ercast
the ruts to the intense delight of :t motley crowd
of thieves, bruisers, gamblers, aud blacklegs.
A mongoose and a lerret were let loose on tbe
poor rats, but the mongoose, from whom much
was expected, would not touch a rat, to the in
tense disgust of i he cognoscenti. The ferret
killed every rat it * went tor,” and hung so tena
ciously on some ot tl.e rats that it would uot let
co when the rats were lihcd up by their tails.
The entertainment wound up by one hundred
and filty rata being let loose iu the pit, all the
dogs present being pitched in alter them, and
many ot their masters lollowine. A scene then
ensued which beggars description Ail present
howled like maniacs. The dogs yelped, bit, tore,
and snarled. The rats iqueafed iu a chorus of
agonized despair, tearing around the pit, and
scrambling up the legs ol ihe men. The air was
filled with hundreds of dead rate, that were
ihrown promiscuously amoDgthe audience, aud
wheu the last rat was killed, a hasty retreat was
beaten, those foremost getting jammed in the
doorway while those in t he rear showered clouds
ot rata upon their heads, backs, and shoulders,
and thus ended what the bills styled “ a grand
gayly night.”—Hinc York Star.
nature lias chnuged greatly, very nearly tbe
same as ihe present charges of the Central. But
cheap trausponation will take awav, as well as
bring business. The tendency of" trade like
that of water, is to the sea. Water never’flows
up stream, and trade does not move up its chan,
ntls from the sea to interior points.
The Macon aod Augusta Road will take away
travel from the Atlanta and West Point Road
aud lrom the upper 125 miles of the Georgia
Road, and from the upper 113 miles of the Cen
tral Road, and will add somewhat to the trade
of Augusta. But its grades are too heavy, and
the distance by that line to the sea is too great,
for il ever to successfully compete with the Cen
tral lor the constantly diminishing amount of
cotton that will berealter be brought to Macon,
when the roads now contemplated and being
built by State aid, shall have been constructed*
The Central Company is a strong corporation,
and is conducted with consummate ability, and
it has too much at stake to permit itself to be
outdone by any of its younger rivals. Its busi
ness may suffer for a time, but who will be bene
fited in the end? Not Macon, I feu; tor the
Lydia Thompson Speaks Yet Again.—
There have been many erroneous reports circu
lated by the newspapers with regard to the rela
tionship existing between my agent and myself.
I wish it understood that
I AM NOT MARRIED
My husband ha-» been dead some years. He
died previous to my coming to America. Nei
ther have I a boy “ ten years of age,” as has
been asserted. I do not know of any such sou.
I have a little girl six years o'd, who is at school,
and irom whom I have to-day received her first
pitee ol wo k. Here it is. I carry it in my
pocket, for 1 am indeed proud ot it. It is but a
small piece ot embroidery, as you will perceive,
but il is of much importance to me Now please
give.
A NOTICE TO EDITORS
to the effect that I d • not intend ;o do anyihiDg
more iu ihe horsew hipping line. It is not tbe
business 1 am engag* d in. They need not lay
awake o’uigiits and dream of hors:whip«. Tin re
is no r cession for them to get nervous. They
need not arm themselves with pis'ols (that is, on
my account.) nor keep tbeir sanctums guarded
by policemen. I shall not waylay them by night.
I shall uot
GET UPON MY MUSCLE
so long as I am criticised professionally only.
My private character I shall def nd. 1 am not
“ Iasi,” as many suppose me to be, and I there
fore have a character to protect.
Giving Women tlie KI«IH lo Vote.
It was only last Monday, says the Courier-
Journal, that George W. Juli-n, ot Indiana,
proposed in Congress a Sixteenth Amendment
to the Constitution, giving women the right to
vote, and the next day a majority of his con
stituents voted agaioBt him at a nominating
election. The sooner such lunatics are snatched
Brunswick and Albany Road, with its extension out of Congress the better.
Wk transfer the following tribute of respect
from the Americas papers, to the memory ol
our frieDd, Major M. H. Stephens, who recently
died iu Americus, Georgia. He was the brother
of Captain John Stephens, of the firm of Ste
phens, Flynn & Co., with whom we deeply sym
pathize in the loss of his brother:
A 'Tribute or Respect.
Firehkn’s Hai l, I
Amekicos, Ga., April 6,1S 0. j
At a regular meeting of the Wide-Awake
Fire Company this eveuiug, the following reso
lutions, in respeci to the memory of tlie Jate
Major M. H. Stephens, were passed:
Again has the sad knell ot death sounded
in our midst, and we are called upon l* mourn
the loss ol our comrade, Major M. H. Stephens,
whose warm-heartedness, benevolence aud dig
nified demeanor has won upon us all.
Resolved, That while we feel keenly this
sore disiiensation of a Divine Providence, aDd
bewails the void iu our tanks and in the. social
walks of life, we would bear it in humble sub
mission, and say “Thy will be done.”
Resolved, That while painfully aware that
human sympathy and coudolei.ee are-but poor
recompense, yet would we bring love and sym
pathy from sincere hearts and un/eigned Tips,
mingling our prayers and indulging our hopes
that He who tempers the winds and watches
the sparrow, will support and sustain the widow
and darling child iu this their unspeakable Pe
rea vemcnL
Resolved, That these resolutions lie published
in the city papers and the lanuily iurnished with
a copy.
Resolved, That the usual tribute to our dead
lie observed iu this instance.
W. W. Reilly, )
G. W. Sirkine, Committee.
P. B. Sims. )
WASHINGTON.
A HARD DRINKER.
Washington, Apr.l 7.—Senator Yates, who
has been dangerously ill, from lieumri Page of
the bowels,is last recovering and will soon be in
his place in the Senate.
CONNER, OF TEXAS, AGAIN.
The House Committee ou Elections consider
ed the application of Grafton lor future time iu
the matter ot contested seat Conner, of Texas ;
do action taken.
ARRAIGNMENT OF GEN. HOWARD.
Both parlies in the House are rejoiced over
the lull investigation ordered into tlie alleged
misappropriation ot money bv General Howard,
as Commissioner ot the Freedmeu’s Bureau.—
There have been so many changes and counter-
changes of late regarding the disbursements
made by that official, that it will take a good
deal ot evidence to 'either affirm, explain or
deny the fifteen special allegations made by Mr
Wood in the House yesterday, and which the
Committee of Education were directed to inves
tigate. Parties who have furnished these charges
express their entire willingness and ability to
sustain them. He has disbursed since the bu
reau went into operation over twelve milli ms of
dollars, and during the last year has donated a
good deal of money to certain schools aud col
leges. It is charged that these donations were
made out of tbe general iuud ot the bureau,
while Howard’s trieDds declare that it has been
paid over, not donated., to these institutions for
educational services rendered in the South.
internal navigation
The Committee on Ways and Means to day,
agreed lo recommend the following additional
sTction of the Tariff bill: That the act imposing
tonnage duties ou ships, vessels or steamers
shall hereafter construe to apply to any ship,
vessel or steamer belonging to a citizen or citi
zens ot the United States, trading and arriving
trom ports ot the United States, or trading from
one point or port within the Duited States to
another point or port within the United tjtaus.
THE RICHMOND IMBROGLIO.
Hon. Jas. Nelson and Judge Meredith, in be-
halt of Ellison, and ex-Governors Wise and
Welles, in behalf ot Cahoon, have arrived here
>nd municipal case
before Chief Justice Chase iu chamber. The
question turns on the jurisdiction of Judge Uu- ! ,,,m ”
derwood in the premises, and affects relatively joaratd.
other parts ot Virginia.
THE ONEIDA.
Before leaving Washington this morning, the
President signed the joint resolution directing
tbe Secretary of the Navy to investigate the
Oneida disaster.
O’DONOVAN 1C OSSA.
Hore of HI* Persermlon-llolng on j
Four* lo Eai SttrHboui
The following letter trom O’Donovan Rossa,
is published iu the Dublin Irishman:
January, 1869.
An English convict, passing by tbe place I
work, parses me a signal that if I go to a cer
tain place, L’Jt get a pencil, and that it 1 leave a
letter in the same place, he can get it taken out
for me. I have the pencil any way. ’Tis a
temptation to try the other thiDg, paiticularly as
all my letters to my wife have been suppressed
and here I am writing.
I aoi alter ten days’ punishment, too, on a
charge of writing what I did not write. The
next scrap of illicit writing found in the prison
I may be pounced upon a' io, and so I’ll take the
benefit ot the chance. But the pencil wou’i do
much I’ll begin at the end and travel back
My last punishment was the ten days, on a lalse
charge in December. The one belore that wa
one decreed in July, of 29 days on bread and
water, and penal class diet atter, till tbe 1st <»i
Octobtr. A special privy was made in my cell,
it bad a flag h.r a seat, and no cover. The
stench bom it was not pleasant. Night or d tv
I wusa’t let out ot it. I tried to break it, bui
could not Then I tried to sing, and this suc
ceeded in getting me occasional relitls in tin
black hole
Belore this punishment I had 35 days, with
my hands tied behind .nek, on short rations ;
and belore this I had 15 days ou bread and
water. This course commenced oa the 1st oi
June, because 1 re I used to work in company
with English convic:s, who were rigorously cou
Sued, to lurnish an excuse to the authorities as
to my not being treated any way exceptionally.
One of them was specially detailed as a spy
upon me.
The first day I worked in Chatham he gave
mo a bit of a newspaper. He then told the
officer that I had it. I was searched, it was
found, and I bad two days bread and water. To
strengthen this report, there was added a clause
of idleness. I am left-handed. I broke the
stones with the hammer in my right hand. He
told me to put the hammer in my leit hand. I
did so. He was not pleased then, either; he kept
spurring me. Once he told me my stroke was
too light. I said that the wages were rather
light, too, and then I was charged with “inso
lence.” To give an idea of the way reports are
got up, and of the petty aunoyances that have
no object but annoyance and to worry the pris
oner to death, is" more thau I can do. The
stories these English people tell of Japanese
mandarism would not hold a candle to their
own mandarism in English prisons. Only think
of their using physical iorce to bring my hands
and ieet into a position of paying them salaams
while starving me.
I actually experienced this, Mr. Alison behind
my back clutciiiug me by the neck to keep me
straight, aud another officer at each side of me
holding my bauds down by my thighs in the po
sition ot “ attention ” before tlie Governor. To
save myself from this annoyance 1 had to throw
dirty water on them once. I had 120 days’
bread and water, aud about twelve months’
penal class diet entirely. Iu this place they de
creed that I was to have no bed at night, and
then they came to strip me of my body clothes,
f was in the hlsck-hole this time, and I refused
to strip uuiess 1 got a bed, but they threw nte
down. Oue put his knee on my neck as he
would if tying a measly pig, and used to leap
with the other knee on my chest. They tore
! he clothes off me, and the doctor gave me oint
ment uext day to rub my chest. Tnis was Au
gust, ’68. Wheu I was handcuffed in Millbank
another officer soiz> d me b the throat, and
raised his club to strike rue. 1 cried, “ coward.”
He desisted. I was hungry, and I may be
excused on that, account. This time may hands
were tied in from. The Bible was brought down
to tlie hlack hole alter me, aud placed outside
the doors. 0 God ! tlie hypocrisy of this Eng
lish Government. (No more pencil now.)
Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa.
BY TELEGRAPH.
NMV VORK.
GUBERNATORIAL COURTESIES.
New York, April 7.—It having been an
nounced that President Grant would attend the
obsequies of Gen. Thomas at Troy, Gov. Hoff
man addressed bim a note extending the hospi
talities of his executive residence as he passed
through Albany. The Pre-ident replies thank
ing him lor the courtesy, but his slay will be too
short to accept, as he has arranged to attend the
army of the Potomac reunion Saturday in
Philadelphia.
temporary insanity.
Bishop Arnes presides at the session of the
East New Yoik Methodist Episcopal Church,
during the present sitting. Rev. Horace Cook,
the eloping parson, will be tried on the charge
preferred against him It is understood that
Cook will make a defense ol temporary insanity.
the m'farland trial.
Real work in the McFarland trial commenced
this morning. The prisoner preserved tlie same
cairn and composure that has marked his de
meanor since the beginning of the trial. As
soon as tbe jury roll was called, District Attor
ney Garvin opened the case, and charged the
jury that, unless the prisoner can show that he
was justified in ihe act, he was guilty of murder
in the fiist degree, and as such should be the
verdict. At the suggestion ol the defense, the
Dis'rict Attorney ordered all witnesses in the
prosecution retired. The first witness, Geo. M.
King, whs called for the prosecution, and exam
ination whs beg in by the District Attorney.
Mr Gorham, conducted cross examination—
A diagram of the publication office ot the Tri-
bane was exhibited aud the position occupied
by Richardson and McFarland, shown. The
first three witnesses, employees in the Tribune,
recounted tacts relating to the shooting. Other
evidence regarding the arreBt of the prisoner
and his identification of Richardson as the man
who shot him, the character of the wound,
treatment aud death of Richardson were taken.
The prosecution, after the examination of two
more witnesses, closed their case. The counsel
tor the defense stated that they did not antici-
pate that the prosecution would close their case
—s* i s? jktKut'tS? sarssa.nt'ssa
i until G-iuoriow to prepare the case, and ad-
VOB TIIE ATLANTA INTELLIGENCE!!.
Jouesburo Correspondence.
Jonesboro, Ga., April 6, 1870.
Iu my report of the 5tli ultimo, in regard to
the treatment of N. G. Hudson’s son, who has
been stricken down with a very severe attack ol
Meningitis, I staled that the same treatment cir
culated through tlie columns of the press, by
Dr. Knott, ot Griffiu, was the same administered
by Dr. J. Venable, in reference to tbe above
case. But Dr. Venable, the attending physician,
informs me, this morning, that the treatment
which he has prescribed, differs from that which
Dr. Knott published, and begs me to make this
correction, which I do cheerfully. The follow
ing is the treatment administered by Dr. Vena
ble :
He states that this case is the real Cuebro Spi
nal Meningitis, in its worst and most dangerous
form, aud when he arrived, three hours after the
patient was taken with the disease, he had him
nauseated with Tartar-Emetic, and let him
bleed copiously, he then blistered with Turpen
tine and Croton Oil all along the spinal column,
together witn passing a hot iron over the back ;
he then gave him heroic doses of Quinine and
Calomel, and in the space ol 24 hours had ad
ministered 200 grains ot each. Ten hours after
he had -nauseated him fie put liim under lbe in
tiuence of Bromide ol Pottassium, as soon as the
stomach could bear it. He has since then con
tinued the Quinine from 60 to 80 grains p.r day
together with keeping him slightly under ihe
influence ot Bromide oi Pottassium, which make;
eight days since he was first taken sick. Dr. J.
Venable took me in to see his patient, whom 1
lound under such success! ul treatment, to be
rapidly recovering heyound'*the expectation of
nis most intimate friends. He gives this publi
cation of his treatment lor tne benefit of the
community.
Together with Mr. Phipps, we had the pleas
ure of visit)ug the hair-braiding manufactory oi
Mrs. Mary Rice, whom we lound to be a very
courteous, Kind aud accomplished lady. She
has some twenty young lady scholars. Some oi
Jonesboro’s iairest daughters. We have been
shown some of the pupils’ work, aod pronounce
it among the finest ot artistic workmanship and
taste. Her manufactory is iu the top floor of
the Academy. She is energetic and untiring in
her efforts to instruct her fair pupils, and well is
she repaid, for they are -ape scholars. Her watch
chains are beautiful, and whoever may be lortu-
uate enough to possess a chain, can proudly say
it has been braided by one oi Jonesboro’s iairest
daughters. We wish her success in her new
establishment, for richly does she deserve it.—
Fate well, lair ones, we’ll call again.
Reynold’s menagerie is expected to be here
to morrow.
I will write a full account of the planting
prospieis in my next letter.
Mr. Phipps has withdrawn from the firm of
Hayes, Phipps & Betts, and the firm, for the fu
ture, will becarriedon under the nameot Hayes
& Betts. G. W. O’B.
Congress—Senator*.
There are sixty-eight in the present Senate.
Of these Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Illinois and Indiana are each “ mother” to one.
Two were born under the benign influences ot
Rhode Island, two in Delaware and two others
in “My Maryland.” New Jersey, Kentucky,
Connecticut and Virginia have each cradled
three: Maine and Mew Hampshire each tour;
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts—the mother
of U9 all—each five; Vermont and Ohio each
six. To New York alone is reserved the crush
ing honor ot giving the noble prestige ot birth
to ten of these Senators, whose honor, brilliancy,
power and able statesmanship have met with a
remarkable diffusion. From Alabama eontes
Geoige E. Spencer; from Arkansas Beniamin
F Rice, Cornelius Cole brings with him the
gli' ter ot California; Abijah Gilbert hails front
Florida; from Louisiana comes John S. Harris ;
Nevada sends two New York sons, James Nye
and William Stewart; irom Oregon comes
George II. Williams, while iu Roacoe Oonkling
and Reuben E. Fenton the Empire Slate reposes
her present senatorial trust. These Senators
are each and all representatives of, ar.rl were
elected, hy Ihe Republican party.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Of Representatives and Territorial Delegates
there are upwards ot 230. Of these one each
was bom in Alabama, Delaware, Michigan, Mis
souri, South Carolina, New Mexico and Prussia;
two cadi in Arkansas, New Jersey, England
and lu land; three in Rhode Island; lour in New
Hampshire; five in Connecticut, Kentucky,
North Carolina and Tennessee, each; six in
Maryland; seven each in Illinois. Indiana and
Vermont, nine in Maine; ten in Virginia; four
teen in Massachusetts; twenty iu Ohio; thirty-
one in Pennsylvania, and forty-three in New
York. Of the thirty-one Representatives lrom
New York tweniy-two are natives of that State
so far as ascertained. Ot the others, one repre
sents AlaUama, tour Illinois, three New Jersey,
four Michigan, one Minmssota, two Missouri,
one Nevada, one Ohio, one Pennsylvania, one
Wisconsin, one Arizona, and one Dakotah.—
JNew York Herald.
N« Hghly.
The Louisville Courier-Journal says :
“ Garters with monogram clasps are now worn
by the pret»y girls. They are rather a novelty
i yet, but we hope to see more of them.”
Uniformity or Congre«*lonal Election*.
It seerns, Irom the passage recently hy the
House of Representatives of a bill to establish a
uniform time for the election ot members of
Congress for the several States, that such a
measure, afier periodical efforts (or several years
past to pass it, will at last prevail. It provides
tha*. ‘elections shall be held in all the States on
the tecond Tuesday atter the first Monday in
November, 1872, for the choice ot Representa
tives to the Forty-Third Congress, tbe elections
to be held on the same day in every second year
thereaUer for members to take their seats on the
succeeding 4th ot March. The opinion prevails
in Washington that the bill will pass the Senate
without material opposition.”
Washington, April 9.—The effect of the
proceedings before Judge Chase, as understood
by lawyers, restrains Judge Underwood’s pro
cesses for contempt in cases already before him,
but allows legal proceedings in other cases.
Judge Chase will be present and may be first to
hear the case, whether the decision of Judge
Bond be confirmed or not
The Sapience Court rules no case decided
shall be re-opened, unless one of the concurring
Justices desires the re opening.
A movement is afloat to relieve distillers of
Iruits from the requirements ot the present law
—not applicable to their mode ol distillation.—
Distillers who do not renew their licenses by the
1st ot May are liable to seizure as illicit.
The Reconstruction Committee heard Senter
Governor of Tennessee. His only suggestion
throughout was that if the government Iurnished
him troops be could maintain peace. Senter
will be heard agaiu on Tuesday, when Virginia
will be subjected to a rigid examination, with a
view of eliciting facts.
The House appropriated two thousand dol
lars from the contingent fund, to reimburse Mr.
Butler’s expense in defending himself against
Mr. Wooley, w hom Butlei’s impeachment com
mittee imprisoned.
The Senate is considering the subsidy for a
steamship line between San Francisco and Aus
tralia.
New York, April 9.—Asa Cushman, the the
atrical mauager, is dead.
Haris, April 9 —There has been a serioii9
riot among the iron workmen near Nevors La
CruzeaL The strike continues. The miners in
Loire Valley will strike.
New York, April 9—The steamer Ileury
Olianecy has arrived Irom Aspinwall.
The news from the Darien surveying expedi
tion is decidedly discoutaging. They had ex
plored several miles, but lound no indications of
a low elevation through the cordilleras suitable
for a canal.
Washington,April 9.—Revenue to day $376,-
000.
It is stated that objection to Judge Bond’s
confirmation lo the Fourth Judicial Circuit is
accumulating, partly on the ground ol his judi
cial unfitness for the place.
The application for admission to practice in
the Supreme Court, by Alpeora Bradley, (col
ored) notorious iu Georgia politics, was with
drawn.
An increditable rumor prevails that Connor,
from Texas, has challenged Shanks, Irom Ohio,
for saying that Connor was worthless.
Butler, iailing to-day, hopes to get his San
Domingo annexation resoluliau belore the
House on Monday.
SENATE.
Patterson intmdoced a bill repealing all laws
for tbe transportation ot goods ut bond by over
land to aud from Mexico.
Delano lias been advised ot the destruction of
nineteen stills and 5,000 bushels of mash in the
Fourth Tennessee District by Ihe Cavalry acting
under the direction ol Supervisor Emory.
HOUSE.
The tariff question was resumed.
Flannel arid woolen belting remain as reported
by the committee.
A joint resolution directing the secretary of
the Interior to return the Mount Vernon relics
ro Mrs. Mary Cuatis Lee, passed.
Adjourned.
London, April 9. A telegram from Beyrout
announces the death of Methodist Episcopal
Bishop Kinsley.
Paris, April 9.—Placards urging the work-
ingmtn not to pay their rents, but join in a gen
eral strike, are posted on the dead walls of the
city The authorities are taking measures to
repress tbe threatened disorders to-morrow.—
Newspapers make light of the whole matier.
Madrid, April 9.—The Barcelona telegraph
wires are still down.
The news is contradictory.
It is expected that General Baldrick, who was
approaching Barcelona, would attack the insur
gents to-day.
Liverpool, April 9.—The Anglo American
Company, responding to the remonstrances of
merchants, promise a cable hence to Valencia
direct, avoiding the land route via London.
Fortress Monroe, April 9.—The steamer
N. P. Baoks, has arrived from Yorktown, and
reports that the steamer Kennebec from Balti
more, with freight and passengers for West
Point, caught on fire ahout daylight while dis
charging freight at Gloucester Point, wharf this
morning, and burned to the water’s edge. The
tire originated near the boiler and spread so
rapidly that it was with difficulty the crew and
passengers escaped with lheir lives. No freight
or baggage was saved. She burned her lines
and dritted across the river ou the fiats where
she now lies. She run from Baltimore in con
nection with the Richmond A York River Rail
road.
Richmond, April 9.—The passengers by the
steamer Kennebec have reached here.
New York, April 9.—The steamer Cbauncey
brings advices of tbe riot at Panama between
the natives and soldiers. Oue killed and sev
eral wounded.
Philadelphia, April 9.—President Grant
and others returned liom the funeral, and took
part in the re-union of the Army of the Poto
mac to-day.
Baltimore, April 9.—A boiler in Stirling and
Ahren's sugar refinery exploded to-day. Ad
joining buildings and shipping at Dugans wharf
damaged. Many hurt. Several missing.
London, April 9.—Parliament adjourned to
the 28lb of April without passing the Irish laud
bill. _
Connecticut.
The Democratic majority lor Gov. English is
784—a Democratic gain over last year of 1,159,
and over the Presidential vote of 3,793.
Tbe “White llouie.”
The Boston Post, says that Sumner’s new color
bill is said to relate to the standing insult offered
the new citizens by the hue and name ol the
While House. He will have it paiuted a Revels
tint.
The Rural Carolinian.—The April num
ber of this valuable agricultural mon'hly. hand
somely illustrated, published at Charleston,
South Carolina, has been received.
“My Plantation,” “Planting the Peanut,”
“ Water as a Fertilizer,” “ Novel and Curious
Vegetables,” “ Grape Culture on 1751,” “ Bn ak-
ing Oxen,” “ How lo get Immigrants,” are es
says forming only a portion of the inosC ini* r-
esting matter, embraced in the rares <>* thii
excellent agricultural magazine, winch is pub
lisbed at so reasonable a price, $2 per annum,
that every Southern larmer should have it
Address Walker, Evans, & Cogswell, and D.
Wyatt Aiken, at No. 3, Broad Street, Charles
ton, South Carolina. I
Obscene Publication*.
Sprcial Agent Gaylor, of the New York Post
Office Department has made complaint before
Commissioner Betts, against J. S. Colgate, of
the Eureka Photograph Company, No. 1 Cham-
bersslreels,charging im with having forwarded
obscene public itions through the Post Office
mails. The accused was placed under $5,000
bail to appear for examination. If guilty, we
trust he will be made to suffer the lull penalty
of the law.
The Negro Vote in Indiana.—The result
of the city election yesterday was the greatest
victory ever achiev' d by any party iu this city.
It was a triumph ol Deaioctary and Conserva
tive mtn combined against the negro vole and
tlie Radicals. We are proud to count amongst
the friends of consei vatism many old time Re
publicans who had always voted against tlie
Democratic party, but when it was proclaimed
that the negroes of the city would vote (hey
could stand it no longer, it was tbe last leather
that broke tbe csinei’s back, and they yesterday
severed their connection with the old party with
which thev had acted so long.—Evansville Cour
ier, April 5.
No Foreigner for the Throne of Spain.—
At the turn ral ot Prince Enrittue, *t Madrid, M.
Luis Blanc, a Deputy of the Lett, thought
himself bouud to speak a lew words to a group
ot persons who had taken up a position on a
hillock near the ceremony “ Ii is no'.’’ said
lie, “ ihroiitib a pure sympathy for the Prince,
that we have followed hu turn ral; nor is it
from any Ruling ot hitivd towards the French
nation, which e highly esteem ; hu - . to protest
again t a cradidate who does not in any w y
respond to the niti.-nai aspiratious o* ihe Span
ish people. Two iueu hive lough', the one has
killed the other ; may God have mercy on the
soul of the dead, and pardon the living! But
let no foreigner, whatever tie his name, presume
to meddle With oar affairs,”