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Newspaper Page Textu s ■ // S; 4 ->'*■»/* } ‘ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”—Jefferson. VOLUME XXII ATLANTA, GA;, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1870. NUMBER 16 Drrkli) JntrUigearrr PUBLISHED D-MLT AND WBFKI.Y BY JARED IRWIN WHITAKER, Proprietor. ATLAHTA, GEORGIA, Wednesday, »prl 20, 1870. City Hauer* It teems that the City Fathers of Atlanta are about to tell the two city Markets and invest the proceeds thereof in a calaboose—one ot more extendid dimensions, we presume, than the institution of that description now in use. Tois being the case, the question arises, “ is the city to have no market house?'’ We know that we express the sentiments ot a large Dumber ot the residents ot Atlanta when we say that a market house is deemed absolutely essential to the wants ol the place and the convenience ot families. Two having proved a failure, it does not by any means follow that one erected in some central place would not prove a success. The truth is, and oar citizens now generally agree in the opinion, the dual market policy, which in its inception was deemed to be the very thing the city needed, but in reiereuce to which we had at the time, grave doubts, did not answer the purposes intended, and never will in a city whose population and extent are not greater than ours. What Atlanta needs is a market house of large dimensions and conve nient arrangement, located at some central point—one that will aflord ample accommoda tion *o those who deal in meals, fowl and flab, vegetables and fruits, aod such other articles tor family consumption, butter, eggs, and so forth, as are usually kept for sale in the markets ot other large cities. Such a market, well regu lated, is now one of the imperative wants ol Atlanta, and we trust that our City Fathers while they are constructing a calaboose, will not iorget to locate and constru-t a market house, but proceed to do so without unnece sary delay. We can assure them that, in our judg ment, such action on their part will m<ei with the hi arty approval of all heads ol faimlits iu our city. There is another city matter that is now the cause ot no little excitement amoug the bearded portion of our population, and upon which we have been earnestly requested to dilate and pro test against. It is the ordinance recently adopt ed by Council suppressing tonsorial labors on Babbath mornings. We learn that this was done upon the application of certain negro bar bers in the city who were disinclined to handle the “strap” or use thebrush” on those occa- BioDP. Well, they wire neither required to do so by city ordinance, nor by lorce of any other character. Then why the ordinance 7 Men eat and drink on the Babbalh, and why deny to those who desire to purily and cluanse the person, the privilege ot doing so on those occasions. Every man in the country is bis ow n barber, but it i9 not so in cities; and such are city pursuits that a very large number of our moat worthy citizens, have no time on baturday evenings to visit the barber shops and prepare themselves tor Sunday’s r< qui*it;ons, one o! the most imporiant ol which is to appear in cleanly halhlamenls and with a cleanly luce. Besides, Atlanta is now the Gate City, through which travel is large aud constant. On the Babbath day, very many strangers traveling from one point to another, abide in our city, and those who do so, almost invariably desire to attend worship in some one ol our churches.— Under this ciiy ordinance, the privilege ol en joying the barber’s functions are denied such as these, even iu the hotels, and the consequence is they do not attend divine service, but remain, disappointed, in their rooms. We never knew a brrber shop to be a nuisance on the Babbalh, or any other day; never have seen, nor heard ol any disturbance in any one ol them in our city. In the progress ol cities they have become essential to healih. Our irieud, Alderman O’Keefe,would not hesitate to recommend a bath to be administer ed, or a pill to be swallowed on the Babbath day, in order to promote the health of a patient.— Why then, deprive, by Oiiy Ovdiuauce, one who needs it, the privilege ot a shave, or bath ? Why not, by ordinance, invade the kitchen, upon a memorial trom cooks, and say no cooking shall be done on the Sabbath? Why not close the hotels, upon a memorial Irom the colored wait ers, ami say no guests shall be received, and no labor shall he done on that day ? In common with most ot those ot our citizens, whose vfews we represent in this matter, we entertain the highest lespect for the Sabbath day, and the Christian observances thereof, hut do not think the ordinance referred to, promotes respect lor either, aud trust that it will be repealed. The meaning* of lire American Pre e. tlve Tariff System llluaira red. The Free Trader tells the storjTot a young and skilful London printer, who, hearing oi the high wages earned by his cratt in the new world, made baste to change his base to New York, where thirty dollars a week seemed a wry agreeable substitute lor one-third that sum iu his native land. He, however, soon lound the gain more apparent than real.. Board and lodg ing, strange as it may seem, was n*-ur’y double in price. A hat costiug three dollars in E ig- land, was eight dollars in New York , a coat valued at seven dollars in London, could not be got tor less than twenty-five dollars iu New York; boots, three and tour dollais a pair in England, were eight to twelve dollars a pair in Y&nkeedom, and every necessary ox lile was in proportion. The English printer toon took himself back home, satisfied with the knowl edge he had gained as to the difleienoe beiween the old world and the new. The Free 1 rader pertinently asks: Is not this also the case ot the American mechanic? Aud we may aid that protective tariff* are the main cause why £1 in England will go as i&r as $15 in the United States. From the Nsehviie Outdo & Ameri-au MORE HCSGLE. A Woman Hake* a Brilliant Strike at Wurtreeaboro a aid Produces a Seusaaioai aud a Black Bye. A Nashville woman, whose present name ir Mrs. Foster, having not many mouths since been uoited in marriage to a man ot that name, who was at that lime the agent ot a traveling physi cian then in this city, assaulted the afer. s tid phy sician at a Murfreesboro hotel la*t Friday eien- it.g, and theaffair resulted in considerable excite, mtnt and » black eye to the assaulted party- The woman alleges, we ondeistand, that tbe doctor bad endeavored to bring a>>out a separa tion between herselt and husuanl, and hence the trouble. The doctor denies having inter fered with the marital relations ot his tornier agent, and therefore claims that the assaulting party was either misinformed or too hasty in her construction of the code ot tonale muscl- as expounded by Lydia Thompson nt Chicago. How this u w« have no present meat s oi kunw- iug, but are riliably informed that Hie artack upon the doct or at Murfreesboro was very vigor- oruus, a-i might have beensiill more disastrous in results hut tor the timely interference ol peace maker*. The assaulting party w nt beiore a Magistrate where the case was being heard, when she again low her temper and made another at tack upon the Doctor, without, however doing much damage. The train brought all ill- par ties to the city Friday night, and it is to i>e- ua>|* d that hostilities have permanently ceased, ouch taings don’t pay, and as John Mildm*y would express it, “can’t be made to pay.” I T lie Par or Gold. Some valuable information may be gleaned ip.m the following, which we clip from the ; Field, Turf, and Farm, and commend to our : readers, especially young men who have re- ceni'y emfr.rkel in business: ! ‘‘In or-1. r to lie per'ectly intelligible as to the. ‘ par oi L oid and its use as a currency, we will suppose this country, for instance, to be isolate in iis tr*ns >ciiod9, its business exclusively inter- ml; in tuch ca-ie. it would be entirely ima- teria! what should be made currency, that is, a fired num; eight bundl'd millions of gold, of greenback, or ol leather dollars, would have the exact mime purchasing capacity. This we may assdme au adrui ied axiom.” *■ Ami so it some central or common b mrce should provide currency for all me world, an equ-d amount ol either gold or paper currency Would have precisely the same purchasing C ipaeiiv. ‘ As there his never existed auywhre the le^ .1 light <r the power to issue currency for tiie world, the question was to secure some luritncy which might serve trade and com merce be,Wien nations leaving to each the arrangement of its own domestic currency *• Gold and silver were lound to combine more ol the requisites for this pnrpo-c than anv o in r materials, aud quickly commended them selves to general acceptance. The superiority oi this:: metals thus selected for mu relational pui poses so commended themselves as to be, generally adopted in some lorm and to a greater or leg extent by all nations. “ Pure gold atid silver being the inlernatioua' daui'nrd, many nations, in feet all, in order to adapt it to home use, adulterated iheir coin with mixlun s ot ott er metals, some of it for the pur pose ot eiving it endurance, lint also to augment i lie volume, ot currency. Of course when aDy ot the coin of one country is sent to another in payment, in the receiving country ii is taken at the .standard ol that country, and passes lor so much more or less than its own, as it may be more or less adulterated. Thus, though gold anil silver coin are universal, yet in probably no t*o countries is the same weight ot coin ol the s one value, that, is, a pound ot coin of no two e •untries, piobably, is ot precisely equal value” “ These facts establish tbe position that amonc all nations there to a variable value in gold and silver currency for domestic uses, in some cases more and in otheis lets, but whenever any ol these are applied to international purposes, their home value is totally disregarded., aud they are measured by the standard of pure metal; that s, all countries use, lor domestic purposes, a cur rency more or lets depreciated below T the inter national standard, which is pure go’d.” “ It is a clear inference, therefore, that any country may, safely, have for its domestic uses any currency ol uniform volume, and ure gold and silver exclusively for int roational transac tions.” The Prince Imperii,1 oi Prance. It is reported in Paris that the PriDce Impe rial ot France, who has lately i.assed his four- tea mb year, is soon to be bethrolhed to a “ Ger man Princess of high lineage.” As the Emperor of Austria has one daughter, the Archduchess Gisele-Louise Marie, who is now in her four teenth year, it is supposed she may be the “ party of the second part.” She was born on the 12th of July, 1856, while the Prince Imperial was born on the 16ih ot March, 1856, so that the Austrian Princess is just four mouths younger than the French Prince. A Contrast Favorable to Women's It I *r tils. It is said that the women jurors in Wyoming during the long Ilowie murder trial were taken with their male companions to a hotel every night, and there placed in separate but adjoin ing apartments to pass ihe night. And here, every morning duriug the trial, upon arising from their bids, these ladies kneeled together, and asked wisdom ol God to enable them to properly and wisely discharge their new duties. The men, meantime, were drinking whuky and playing blufi. Tbe Kai-Caicher. A late London letter to a Boston paper con tains the following: One other character we have here, that I never before heard of or met with. A most novel sight he is (o see, dressed in a hunting costume, with a broad enameledJeather band, passing trom waist to shoulder, on which is lastened a huge brass rat and the “ royal coat of arms,” with this inscription beneath : “Rat Catcher to Her Majesty I” Over his back, slung by a chain, is quite a large wire cage, well filled with rats; at his heels follow two or three terriers, who now and anon bark joyfully at their prey. Quite a ludi crous picture he makes, and that always upsets Yankee gravity. We wonder it this “ Rat- Catcher to Her Majesty ” ever makes his pres ence known to Members of Parliament in the House oi Lords! However, ibis same man can well aflord the sinil, s of the incredulous at to the extent or ne cessity of his business ; lor a most imperative necessity he is Without him, Lon-on would literally swarui with the destructive pes’s. The extent of his business may he known from the fact that he is daily in receipt of large orders irom all parts ot the continent, for supplies oi his rats for glove-mtkers aud ?p u tsmeu’s use. He owns a nice house iu tbe lashionahle quar ter of London, and as he drives about the park on Sunday afternoon. hi9 stylish turnout is tbe object ol much attention. He yearly pays a small sum for Ids license, and receives one hundred pounds per annum for keeping “ bt. Catherine’s Docks” aloue trie irom rats. He visits all the shipping- his coming heing ever hoked for with pleasure. Our ship was sadly troubled with a kind ol rat that he calh J tbe Norwegian rat, which he seemed to prize highly, their fur bemg slick and black; and in proved the quality of skin as being the finest and most elastic lor giovemaker’s use. TumiDg to us with a laugh he said: “To morrow tnese will go to Paris to the glove man ufactory; aud who knows but that tbe lady will we#r gloves made trom these self-same skins, and wonder at, iheir fine texture and coloi.” Snaking a cage of gray rats, he said : ‘ There go to a certain 4 pit’" where the people ol quali y will meet to give recreation to their dogs.” O, London! thou art lull ot loathsome spots as a leper’s skin, aud thy lace, like the Ethio pian's. can never be washed clean. A Fearful Mistake—By a letter trim Hawesville, Ky., we learn that a most terrible calamity befell tbe family of Mr. Hi r z >g, living one and a half miles back of that town, on Thursday last. Mr. Hertz ig had purchased a quantity ot arsenic tor the purp, se oi j>oisou- ing rats. He was thoughtless or impiudent enough to place it in a bottle iu a cupboard, near auother bottle containing bread soda Tue next day Mrs. Heizog went to the cup board to get some soda to mix into piecrust. She either did not know the arsenic was in the cupboard, or had lorgotteu &bout it. At any rate, she made the terrible mistake ot takiog the areeuic and mixing it in htr piecrust, instead of tbe soda. On the same eveninz one of the pies she had baked was eaten lor supper. The family c in sisted ot five persons. One ot the children, a boy, was absent during the meal. The other tour, however, partook of the poisoned and by the next morning every one of them was dead. Their sufferings were dreadful, the poison taking eflect in a tew minutes after the supper was con cluded. The poor wife aireovered her terrible aod fatal mistake when it was too late, tor, twelve hours later, husoand, wile and two chil dren had ceased to live. The family were highly esteemed. They form erly resided at Cannelton, in this State, and had been living in Kentucky about a year.—Few Albany Ledger. Terser Again. A telegraphic dispatch to the Memphis Ava lanche, noui Jackson, Mississippi, dated ibe 9tn tost, says that “ t his evening, about 5 o’clock, E. M X erg r, under a sir mg guard, was con veyed iu a carriage from the jail to tbe peniten tiary aud c mfi ied there. Boon alter, Sizer, who killed Tuck, was iransserrid m ihe same "ay No rea*ou ts assigned tor this nioceeding, except the officials probably had bars that J udge Lyucb's court might be convened. € lored Cadet at West Po nt. Mr. Piosstr, rnernl er of Congress from the Fi'th District of Tennessee, says he will be the first to succeed in getting a colored boy into the West Point M Llary Academy. He has ap- pointed to that institution AI i.zo Napier, col ored, of his district, who Mr. Prosser saye, is thoroughly qualified and will pass an examina tion. CONCHES SION t L. SENATE. Washington, Anri! 9.—Mr. Sherman pre sented ihe ra< morial of 137 colored citizens of Circlevillt-, 0:,io, setting lortn that at the elec- : tion in that Bute on Tuesday last they were prevented from volintr, rmwithstandiog the Fifteenth Amendment, the officers whose dn'y i it was to abow iht m to vote having declined to serve and their places being filled by totally j irresponsible p-rsums, leaving them, practically, no redrew. T 1 ey a s k tor a law to protect their rights here alter. Referred to the Ju .iciary i Committee. MRS LINCOLN’S LITTLE BILL. Mr E inlands, chairman of tbe Pension Com- mitte>', in reply to the inquiry ot Mr. Sumner as to when a report on the bill or Mrs. Lincoln might be expected, stated that the cise has bi gd decided, and would be reported upon In the course of a week He declined to state the decision in advance of the report INTERCOURSE WITH MEXICO. Mr. Patterson introduced a bill to repeal all existing laws authorizing the transportation and exportation of goods in bond to or trom Mexico. Tue Northern Pacific Railroad bill was then taken up. Mr Har’and concluded an argument upon the necessity ot adi quite protection for the rights of settlers as against the extravagant do nations ol public lands to railroads. HOUSE. Mr. Butler, of Mass, made another effort to introduce a joint resolution to annex Dominiac, hut Mr Holdmau objected. Mr. Eldiidge moved to adjourn, which was rejected. Mr E'dridge gave notice that he would ob ject to any Lu iuess being done in the absence of a quorum. The Speaker proceeded to call the committees lor reports of a private character. $2,000 FOR BEN BUTLER. Mr. Bingham, from the Judiciary Committee, reported a resolution to pay the expenses and counsel fees, not exceeding $2,000, incurred by Builer in defending the suit brought again-t him in Baltimore, by Charles Wooley, for But ler's action in sustsining the rights of the House. SHALL ANDY JOHNSON BE SIMILARLY COMPEN SATED ? Mr. Burr suggested whether it was not just as equitable to reimburse Andrew Johnson lor his expense in defending himself, lor acts done in his official capacity ? Mr. Bingham replied that that wrs quite a difti rent thing; the representative of the people, in discharging their constitutional duty, had impeached Andrew Johnson, but the other was a case of suit by a private citizen against a mem ber of the House, tor an act done oy him in that capacity. After further discussion the resolution was adopted. Mr. Kerr, from the Judiciary Committee, re ported a bill lor the relief ol Charlis Cooper and other contractors. The House went into Committee ol the Whole on the tariff bill; Mr. Wheeler in the chair. FLANNELS, WOOLENS, ETC. Resuming the bill at the paragraph taxing flannels, blankets, goods, knit goods, hats and yarns, several amendments were offered and re jected. The paragraph in regard to woolen goods remains as originally reported in tbe bill. The next paragraph was on belts made wholly or in part of woolen worsted, for paper or print ing machines, twenty cents per pound, and thirty-five per cent, ad valorem. Motions to strike out the clause, and to reduce the duty, were rejected, when the committee arose. DEFICIENCY BILL. The House then took up the Senate amend- ments to the Deficiency bill. Mr. Bec‘k remarked that the bill had been in creased one million and a halt of dollars since it felt the House. Mr. Dawes repeated the statement with the remark that the whole amount was undir $400,- 000 less than any general Deficiency bill lor sevt ral years. Among tbe Senate amendments was an ap propriation ut $25,000 lor repairs to the Charles ton Customhouse. House adjourned. NEW HOICK. LAY DELEGATION. New YonK, Apri 1 9.—Alter an animated de bate in the New York Methodist Conference ve t. rday, the right ot Lay delegation was earned, by 141 to 80. A CUBAN EX IDUS TO SAN DOMINGO. A concerted exodus is on toot- among a num ber of the Cubans in this country having tor iis object emigration to Sau Domingo, and there seems to be a probability of a large number of the exiled patriots from the Queen ol the An tilles making their future homes in the sister island. The prospect of the annexation oi San Domingo to tbe Uuited Slates is the principal incentive. There is no doubt that annexation w ould he speeddy lollowed by a large influx of intelligent Spanish and Americans into that island. COTTON MOVEMENT, FOREIGN TRADE, ETC. The cotton movement lor the week shows receipts at all ports to be 42,490 bales ; exports 66 093; stock 395,511; present crop generally estimated at 3,000,000 ba'es, valued at the aver age price of the season at three hundred million ot curreucy. Foreign commerce at this port for the week— imports, 21,118,978 ol drygoods; 4,814,753 gen eral merchandize Exports. 3,109,503 of pro duce; 775 000 of specie. Tne general trade is dull, and the forcing of sales iu any direction would result in a still lower range of prices. The sub-treasury dis bursed ot $174976 in coin and interest, and re ceived $2 997,705 lor customs during the week. Wa-hiugion dispatches say the Ways and Means Coma.ittie will strikeout both sections ol the funding bill ulative to national banks. H, w a Serenade Ended —A few evenings since, when the stars blossomed on tbe caDopy and tbe chaste young moon hang on “ the hori zon’s verge,” and all the air was redolent with the youag perfume ot spring flowers, a party of our gallant and susceptible youths went to sere nade a lair young beauty. From beneath the window where their l ive war supposed to lie dreaming, they poured forth their dulcet strains. After ns ng to the fullest and richest melody, the music toned down to the tenderest and sweet est notes ol love, that trembled npon the night air sol* «s the dream of an ang*!. The upp°r window was slowly raised and the dainty cur tains drawn atide, when— 44 Say .look here,” said one of Africa’s sable daughters, 44 Missis ain't here, hut please play de Mockin’ hard fur me, won’t ye?” The 44 musickers ” subsided. Father in Law Dent.—A Washington let ter says: 44 There was quite a gathering in the aDte- room of the White House when the message and proclamation were signed, half the number, however, being newspaper men. An at*ache of a Washington newspap r begged the President lor the pen with which the documents were signed, and it was banded him. A vtnerab’e old gentleman who was in the crowd cried out, when the announcement was made that the ne groes could now vote everywhere : 4 Well, gen- tlemer, >on’Jl ail be damn sorry tor this! ’ The speaker was Dent, Sr., the father-in-law ot the President.” La^geSaie of Horace Greflet.—In the (Jitcuit Court at While Plains, Westchester county, a suit was recently decided, in which Horace Greely figured as plaintiff aga ; nst one Moses Dudley Bean, who ss was charged had contrived to defraud the former out of $6,000. It appears that daring the year 1866 the defen dant portrayed a glowing picture of Alrican colonization to Mr. Greeley, the scene whereo! was laid in North Carolina, and, to < rtoot tma much desired end, Bean ii f arm*d the “ philoso pher ” that a company, with a cupi*al siock ol $500,000, had becu feru.eJ loi the p ivose of acquiring such rich and lei Lie l&nus &s were requisite for tbe success of ihe philanthropic undertaking. The plaintiff, on these represent ations, advance! the sum above named on the assurance that it was a profitable investment, but subsequently ascertained that tbe acres indi cated were a part and parcel of the dismal swamp. Alter a short deliberation the jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiff of $7,775. As the defend ant is said to have availed himself of tbe bank rupt act, the damages will doubtless remain in statu yuo. New England ana Secession. In my review of Governor Perry’s sketch of Calhoun, wherein he speaks ot Nullification as a most prepostetfius, disorganizing doctrine, I reminded him that Massachusetts had tried it practically with complete success. Herein she followed the lead ot the example ot secession to Bouih Caiolins. That is to say, South Caro lina saw the remedy lor State grievances with out sundering the Union, and would have tried it with success had there been no divisions of her people upon U, and no usurpation ol power to defeat it. Massachusetts saw the same thing, tried it, aod her people being undivided, suc ceeded, in spite oi the legitimate powers of tbe Federal Government In 1813. Massachusetts, ieelmg herselt and her cognate sisters aggrieved by the war, conceived the idea ol moving them in a body out ot the Union. She lound no dif ficulty in uniting them id her scheme. In the winter ot 1814, they met ia Hartlord, Connecti cut, and completed their plan. The first step in their programme was au address to Congress.— A committee was charged with it, and on their way, or before they delivered it, they heard the news ot peace, and iu violation of their trust, pocketed it lorever. In 1860, South Carolina seeing all the powers ot the Federal government in the bands of her undisguised enemies, detainers and persecutors, withdrew from th--- Union. She formed no com bination wilh otLT. Slates; she asked no aid from them; but nipe = ther States followed her example. They met in C-^vention and adopted the constitution of 16F7 in the entire, making no changes in it but such as were necessary to ac commodate it to its now limited sphere of oper ation ; to clear up disputed clauses, and to add a clause of guaranty to their lorsaken sisters, ot their free and undisturbed navigation of the Mississippi. Thus they manifested their hatred of the best government in the world, aDd their treason against the Uuited States. Thus they wakened the fears o' the remaining Stales that they meant to deprive them ol the navigation of that river. All 'his was d< ne at a time ot profound peace. New Eug land’s secession would have occurred in Ihe midst ot a war, and she would have taken skies with old England as sure as she seceded. Ye Dwights and Goodrlches and your con freres. who are trying to persuade the people of this generation that secession was not the aim ot the Hartford Convention, I am strongly tempted to give yon the lie direct. A man to be perfectly convinced ol its design, must have seen its batching and growing as I did. Mast have read the newspapers ot .the malcontents, published in 1812,1813 and t814; must have read the Governor’s message and legislative pro ceedings. (My dear old friend, R. I. L, ot New Haven, you were a Democrat in those days, and have been all your life, and the Democrats had nothing to do .with ihi9 seditious conventicie ; you are too old now to search records, but i e - quest one ot your sobs to give ns a lew extracts trom the Connecticut journals and State papers, going to show the spirit and intent of the Hart ford Convention. I direct his attention particu larly to your Governor’s message of 1813.— Judge Longstreet in XIX Century, for April. Tbe Tariff BUI. The House ot Representatives continues its labors upon the Tariff bill. Many of the sec tions adopted show that the manufacturing interest is not only well cared lor, but that lavor is extended to Uie rich men of the country, at the expense of the poor. On Friday last, the subject ot taxing coUod and woolee goods, Was chiefly discussed aud acted upon, and the whole drift of legislation so far was to protect the cotton and woolen manufacturers, and, as a consequence, to make. the people pay a high price for the most necessary articles ot general use. In illustration of this, the New York Herald gives tbe following example: “ Colton shirts, drawers and oi her articles, knit or woven on Iranie*, are to be taxed five cents per pound aDd thirty-five per cent ad valorem, and, in addition to this, corsets of manu'actured cloth, woven or made in patterns of such S'ze to be fit for corsets, are to pay a tax ot three dollars a doz.n,” and goes on to say: " We merely presem this as an example, but we might go through the whole list ol arlieles to show that the tariff legislation ot Congress is to tax the poor—the people generally—aDd to protect a few manufacturers. More than that, thfe tariff legislation in some cases is positively stupid. Members know not what they are do ing, and just run through the clauses ot the bill and tbe almost numberless articles propose,l*to be taxed like dull schoolboys through their les sons. There is no thought or statesmanship The duty on wines, for iustance, was changed so as to make the poorer classes pay more tor ordinary wine and to reduce the cjst of the high-priced wines, which only the rich consume. As the tariff stood before the high-priced wines had to pay a higher duly. This, of course, fell only upon the rich, who could afford to drink such wines. Now the duty is to he the same per gallon on all wines. I he ordinary B irdeaux, that healthful and cheap drink ol the people, theretoi e. is raised iu price, while the rich get their wiues cheaper. The interests and welfare ot the mass ot people appear never to be con sidered by Congress. Such is the stupid legis lation with which this c >untrv is afflicted.” Such appi at s to be the “ abominable ” tariff ol the present day, and such it will be, so long as New England and Pennsylvania, can per petuate it upon tbe country. “ Shoo Fly »>—*• E| Nl reer has Gone Up.” It is stated that when Ben. Butler read the card of Rev. Allred E Anderson, the pastor ot the colored church at Knoxville, showing up the character of 41 Dr ” J. B. Young, the leader ol the negro delegation to Washington seeking the reconstruction ot Tennessee by Congress, he exclaimed, 44 Well, my nigger has gone up." Pay oi Editors. Horace Greeley is the only editor in New York who gets ten thousand dollars per annum. George William Curtis was offered that amount to edit the Times atter Mr. Raymond’s death, bat declined. Tilton, of the 'ndependent (weekly,) gets seven thousand five hundred dollais. He makes five thousand dollars more by lecturing. The Income Tax. If any additional proof were needed of the abiding self sacrificing patriotism of the people, or of tbeir pitient submission to every necessary requirement of the Government, it could be found in the general cheerfulness with which they submit to taxation. So long as they re gard any tax to be reasonable and proper there is little complaint, but the moment it appears un just or oppressive, then there is scarcely any limit to the general denunciation. The income tax affords a notable illustration of this. At first it was submitted to as a necessary expe dient. We had fortunately had but little expe rience in taxation, and were willing to try every reasonable experiment. We soon discovered that the income tax was not only exceedingly diaargeeabie, but inquisitorial, and liable to be made the pretext of much official abuse. It-be- come exceedingly unpopular, and we believe that to-day the great majority of the people de sire its absolute repeal, simply because it has been administered so unwisely, and not on principle. The most earnest opponenls of the tax declare that it is not so much the amounts they are required to pay, as it is the unpleasant ness involved. They would prefer to pay the tax in some other form. We have repeatedly expressed the op’Dion that a moierate tax on incomes, properiy laid and collected, was the fairest way to reach a certain class, and equalize an invitabfe burden : bit the offensive action of minor officials has stirred up a feeling which cannot be iesisted, and developed an unreasoning popular impulse which demands that it be swept away altogether. Even Mr. Delano’s veto npon the luture publi cation of returns, or the reasonable proposition which has been made in Congress to reduce the tax to three per cent, and increase the exempt ion. does not seem to conciliate the opponents ot the tax. We notice that Senators Sumner and Conk- ling are quite pronounced in their denunciations ol the tax on incomes. The former thinks it is not a proper peace tax, although it might be justified by the financial requirements of war, and that it onght not to be continued; tbe latter declares that though equitable in theory it is demoralizing in practice, and that alter the present year it should be permitted to expire. To neutralize opposition ot this character, it is essential that tbe tax itself be reduced and adjusted, and that itB administration be hereafter freed from features which have done much to render it odious.—Few York Times, ( ONGSESSIONAL. SENATE. Washington, April 11—Mr. Sumner pre sented a resolution from the Massachusetts Leg islature iu lavor ot the pos>a! telegraph service Also a memorial from members ot the Univer sal Peace Society, settii-g fi rth their object as being the disarmament ot ;>ll great powers, and tberelore a>king Congress not io sanction the proposed enlargement ol the West Point Mili tary Academy. Mr. Sumner offered a resolution directing the Committee on Agriculture to inquire what leg islation is necessary for the rcgu'at'on and trans portation ot cattle and other animals on rail roads ol the United States to secure tor the ani mals sufficient space and ventilation. Adopted The greater part ot the time of the Senate was taken up on the bill granting land to set tlers on line upon railroads. Without disposing ol the bill, the Senate adjourned. HOUSE. Bills introduced and referred repealing an act prohibiting Postmasters Irom depositing money in banks. By Mr. Dawes : A resolution from the Com monwealth of Massachusetts on the subject oi Uoioo Telegraph with Postal service. By Mr. Howcls : A jo nl resolution of Mary land Legislature, in reference to recognition in Cuba. A petition from the District of Columbia re ferring to the meeting on Wednesday evening tor the recognition of the ratification ot the Fif teenth Amendment and asking the House to par ticipate in the ceremonies. This was supplemented by anollur resolution tor the appoiutmeut of a c >inm.t ee of arrange ments. Mr. Cox, being appoiuird on the committee, said he would not serve on ihe committee, ex cept on one condition, and that wa9 that his 'riend from Massachusetts (Mr. Butler) should be allowed to entertain the meeting with a little minstrelsy. The House went into committee on the tariff bill, resuming the consideration of the para graph taxing women’s aud children’s dress goods, etc. A resolution was adopted by 113 agaiDst 55 granting the hall ot the House of Representa tives to the ce lored people ot the District oi Co lumbia, etc. carpets. Mr. Brooks, of New Yoik, moved to strike out the paragraph taxing carpets, and had read from the clerk’s desk an editorial from the Chi cago Tribune, which he said had more Influ ence on public opinion than forty members of Congress, showing that of the $21,000,000 paid by the people last year under the tax on car pets on’y $2 215,000 went into the treasury, the other $19,010,000 being divided as extra profits among the American carpet manufacturers.— Be added that the enactment of the paragraph voted millions into the hands of a very tew men in the Middle States and New England. Mr. Butler, ot Massachusetts, asked the unan imous consent to iniroduce a joint resolution to annex the Republic of Dominica. Mr. Brooks, ot New York, objected, unless Ireland was anuexed too, paying tor it with the Alabama claims. .Mr. Builer said they had plenty of Ireland now, but none ot Dominica. Mr. Kelsey, of New York, moved to rescind the resolution adopted to-day, granting the use of the Hall for the cel -bration of the Fifteenth Amendment. The reso'uiion was rescinded without divl sioD, and the select committee discharged. The House then adjourned. NEW YORK. THE M’FARLAND TRIAL—INTEN9E INTEREST Nfw York, April 11—The interest in th'- McFarland-ltichardson trial reached a pitch oi intensity on this, ihe sixth day, rarely it ever before witnessed on a similar occasion. Though the rain came down in torrents, the crowd that thronged the court room e xceeded any day pre- i ious since tbe beginning of tbe trial. McFar land preserves the same cool, complacent dc meanor he has preserved throughout the trial. Au element ol novelty in the t-hape ot Mrs Morton, advocate ot woman s righ's, took place among the repotteis to give the proceedings ot the trial to the Revolution. The Recorder an nounced that the trial would be adjourned to the room of the court of Oyer and Terminer, in the new court house, in order that the General Sessions might he proceeded wi h. On tbe opening of the court evidence was introduced by the defense to prove the insanity of McFar land. A number of witnesses testified, showing insanity common to McFarland’s lamily. John Billings testified that tbe prisoner once told him that he bad been offered a consulship and $10 000 to settle the suit instituted by him against Richardson. WASHINGTON, THE HOWARD CORRUPTION CASE. Washington, April 10.—The investigation into tbe fifteen charges of corruption preferred by Fernando Wood against Gen. Howard, as (Jommissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau, will be commenced on Wednesday by the House Committee on Common Education, and judg ing irom the vast amount ot testimony ready to submit, the inquiry will he most protracted. Gen. Howard anil Mr. Wood have both been before the committee. The latter declares that, if there is a full and impartial inquiry, he will prove every one of the allegations be has made, t’he committee have voted to keep the evidence and their proceedings secret until a final report is made. A HOAX ON HOAR. It was published here to-day that Attorney General Hoar, being desirous of retiring Irom the Cabinet a lew days since, expressed to the President his intention of resigning, an! urged the acceptance of his resignation; that the Pres ident informed the Attorney General of bis re grets at this determination, but in deference to bis wishes would accept the resignation. Thai the subject of a successor of Judge Hoar bai already been discussed among leading politi cians, but that it was already ascertained that tne President had already informed several prominent Pennsylvanians that the appointment would be given to their State. As might have been expected, this announcement created quite a little sensation, and would have created more had not Attorney General Hoar pronounced it an entire fabrication and declared that he never heard oi the matter till it was shown to him as published. -* Cotton Claims at Washington. The Washington correspondent of the Cin cinnati Gazette says that a charge has been f<>r some time in circulation here, in a quiet wav, that cotton claimants in the South are getting their suits through the Court of Claims by the use ot money in some way, and parlies from Savannah say the charge is openly and persist ently made down there, that money has been paid to some oi the Judges or Solicitors. The court has deemed it wise to look into tbe matter, and on the 8th instant took the deposition of Mills, of Savannah, tor use by the government He was on the stand tor some time, told ot stories in circulation there, and said he was interested in some of the largest claims, bat he paid no money except as fees to his lawyers, and had no reason to suppose that any other persons had nsed money illegitimately. It is not known whether the court will go further m tbe matter. Wbeu to Harry. In one of her recent lectures in a Western city, Mrs. Stanton condemned iu the strongest ttrins earls marriages, and said no young lady ought io many till she was twenty-five years of age. Au exchaugesavs, that 14 a a large portion o ill audience consisted oi $■■ un/, unnamed ladies, this part ot the discourse was not very well relished. It is said that one young lady of eighteen summers, tbe day for whose marriage had been fixed tor some time in Jane next, last evening informed tbe gentleman to whom she is to be married, that the time mast be postponed for seven years. He protested, but she was fixed in her determination, and declared that it was no use talking, Mrs. Stanton aaid no jonng lady ought to be married before she was twenty-five years old, and she would not be married “ a minnit afore that time it it took the last coil of flax she had on her head.” The young man left her to meditate npon the matter, and, notwith standing that he belongs to the Yonng Men’s Christian Association, he was heard using some very hard words about Mrs. Stanton.” The lady referred to, must possess a “ marble heart.” To postpone her marriage for seven long years exhibited wonderful command over her love for her affianced. But] the question is, will she stick to it ? From the New Orleans Picayune. Nad Endlns of a Romance. Today, just as the sun is at the meridian, just as with solemn sound the great bell of the old St. Louis Cathedral toils forth the hoar ot noon, a soldier will pay the penalty ot a crime for which military justice knows but one expiation. The United States barracks, below the city, has bren the place selected where the execution is to take place, an 1 the green sward of the parade ground will ere many hours be stained with the crimson life-blood of the unfortunate man. He was a member of one of the companies of United Sia'es troops stationed near a village in one of the interior parishes of Louisiana. Near tbe camp of the company was the plantation of a wealthy gentleman who had sympathized with the Union cause during the war, and who, therefore, was the object of special attention on the part of the officers of the command then performing piovost duty. The planter had a large family, among whom was a daughter who possessed in a remarkable degree that rare type of beauty for which the women of the South are noted. She had imbibed the sentiments of her father, and, therefore, took great pleasure in en tertaining the officers who frequently visited the house. The First Lieutenant of the company, Am brose Black, at once conceived a warm attach ment tor the beautiful young creole, and endeav ored in every way to induce her to share his feelings. Strange to say, however, the iady treated him in a peculiarly polite bnt formal manner, that proved her heart was ice toward him. This was a great shock to his vanity, and he was at a loss to understand it. Finally the explanation came, when one ot his companions, playfully rallying him upon his ill success, stated that he had discovered why the lady refused to smile upon him. He had accidentally witnessed an interview between herself and Private Alfred Blake, the soldier who had been detailed to guard tbe house—an interview which proved conclusively that the heart of the young creole was irrevocably the private’s and not the officer’s. This intelligence was.too much for Lieut. Black. His pride was wounded in its most vital point. He had been forestalled where his heart was mo3t enlisted, and by one of his own sub ordinates. Seeking Private Blake at once, he poured out the vials of his wrath upon him, taunted him with his position, and declared he would send him where he should have no more oppoitunities oi dallying with a shameless girl while on duty. Alfred Blake had borne much, but this coaise allusion to tbe woman he loved belter than life, tired heart and brain, and with one blow he struck his officer prostrate upon the ground in tbe presence ot his company. Then followed tbe trial—which was rendered inexpressibly touching by the presence ot the woman who had dared to love a private soldier —the sentence of death, to be preceded by im prisonment at Ship Island. To day the sentince is to be enforced and tbe majesty ot the law sustained. The Presbyterian Family.—There are thirteen different branches of the Presbyterian Church in this country. They are distinguished a9 the Reunited Presbyterian 'Church, the Cum- ber'and Presbyterians, and the United Presby terians. These are all large bodies. The smaller ones, chiefly of Scotch origin, are the Old Side Reformed or Covenanter Church, with 80 min isters and 86 churches; the New Side Reformed or Covenanter, which had until lately 55 minis ters and 60 churches, but which ha3 been split in two by the expulsion ot Mr. George H Stew art; 1he Associate Reformed Synod of the South, wilh 68 ministers ; the Associate Synod oi North America, with 13 ministers, and the Associate Synod oi New York, with 11 minis ters. Also, the Declaration and Testimony Presbyterians of Missouri, aud a small body of Old School Presbyterians iu the same Slate, who refused to go into tbe Union, and a recent organization in Charleston, South Carolina, whore name is not reported. Some progress has been made in Scotland toward a union, be tween the United and the Free Presbyterian Churches. The UDion, it is supposed, will be effected two or three years, on the simple basis of tbe standards, as in the case of the American churches. Rev. J. D. Fulton, ol Boston, thinks Mas sachusetts is perhaps to be Mormonized, because a divorce bill is before tiie Legislature that strikes at moralily and virtue by making divorces cheap and easy, an l by regarding adul tery, which our fatheis marked as an accursed sin by branding tbe adulterer with the scarlet letter, as a crime to be countenance^ And he also regards the Woman Suffrage mo^ment, so popular in that State, as a movement potentous with evil, and calculated to disrupt the home.— The lamily, he thinks, should be preserved, be cause it is the link between us and a lost Eden, and it furnishes to the weaiy the delights which thrilled tbe hearts of our fiist parents with joy. An Anniversary.—It wa3 five years ago yesterday that Lee gave up his sword at Appo mattox to Grant, 't he rebellion was then end ed, and we Lave since had five years ol the re constructive effects oi peace and politics. Peace has replenished the South wonderfully. Cotton is becoming a grea'er king uuder free labor than under slave. The planters have gathered their wrecked materials together and arc making their huge plantations to bloom under the wilh ing hand of a tree and paid laborer. Railroads, steamboats and factories are multiplying, tele graphs and newspapers are permeating where they had never gone before, and busimss is making its fair returns. This is what peace has done. Reconstruction has not had such success. It has half reconstructed on a partizan basis the State governments that were in rebellion. It has allowed them to come back with niggardly reluctance and under useless conditions, and it has driven one out again. Those that have come back are rent with political differences and saddled with rickety Legislatures and insecure laws. This is what politics has done. Under the circumstances, looking upon both pictures, we think Grant and Lee in ending the rebellion achieved more than Sumner, Howard, Butler and Thad Stevens, and that peace is a better re- constructer than politics.—N. Y. Herald. Annexation. While San Domingo is applying for annexa tion to the 44 best government the world ever saw,” and Cuba seems to be destined lor a like destiny, there comes knocking at the door oi “ Uncle Sam,” seeking to be one ot bis tributa ries, the Fei jee Inlanders, who, according to dis patches from Commander Truncton, received by the Navy Department, at Washington, are anxious to establish an inciepend<nt govern ment, and come under the protection of the United States, but are afia’d to make any move owing to the menacing altitude ot the British authorities, who threaten to arrest all persons attempting anything ot the kind. He assured them that the United States government would give them all their motal support in their efforts to establish an independent government. Once under United States protection, and then follows annexation. Feejee’s and San Domingo negroes, citizens cf the United States ! What a people, and what,a country! The Funding Bill and tbe National Bank. Amasa Walker, the political iconomist, has appeared before the Ways and Means Commit tee, at Washington,and given his opinion of the probable action of the hanks, should the Fund ing bill pass. He thinks ihe hunks would close up tbeir business, and that ihia would cause much trouble and los3 to the country. The Funding bill, saj 3 the Co cago Times, is a mixture of humbug and s vn.die, but, so iar as the banks are concerned, the .probabilities of their closing is an argument in f.vor of it. Tbe old United States ba r k frigncned Congress for years, by pr‘dieting s . •= o' evil in case it were not reebartereu. Tue o^i.ks can never be wound up at a better time than the present. Newspaper Hen. A New York paper stys that rea'ly good newspaper men are extremely scarce and in great demand, but that there are hundreds in mat city who account themselves journalists of ability, and yet are not worth their salt. This is applicable to more plaoes than New York. ^ A Cbnrcb-Baildlnsr City. Whatever maybe said, and much has been said, ot wickedness and depravity in San Fran cisco, there is onethingcertain, that asachurch- building city, she excels all o'hers. Within eight years there have been built in that city twenly-eight Protestant houses of worship; four Baptiat: three Congregational; four Episcopal; seven Methodist; seven Presbyterian ; one Mari ners* j one Lutheran, and one New Jerusalem. BY TELEGRAPH. Washington, April 13.—The Argentine min ister this morirug received the following cable telegram: “ Tbe Paraguayan war has ended. Lopez is killod ■” signed John Fair, Argentine Consul, London. Senter’s evidence, on the whole, is regarded a9 slightly adverse to Congressional interference with Tennessee. A Cincinnati delegation wants $250,000 for the Louisville canal. Democrats carried Newark, N. J., the negroes voting. The negroes are celebraliug the 15th Amend ment. One of the banners is inscribed, “ in God we trust—in Grant we believe.” HOU8E. Mr. Shobcr, of North Carolina, has been seated. The coinage question is up. SENATE. The Senate is considering the Joint Indian Committee. Nothing from Committees. London, April 13.—Rumors were current yesterday of the death of Lopez, and confirmed by dispatches from Lisbon. Montreal, April IS -It is believed that the Fenian raid will be prevented by prompt prepa rations for defense. Madrid, April 13 —The Court of Rome for bids the clergy from swearing in support of the new constitution. Paris, April 13.—Ollivier asks an adjourn* ment until Plebiscitum has been submitted to the nation, which occurs between the lBt and 9th of May. The Iron Woiks at Fortoneer was stopped by 500 men from the 4th Chambonet. No vio lence. London, April 13.—The Annual Budgett shows an expenditure for the last year of 67,- 000,000 ; receipts 73,000,000 ; estimates for the current year 67,000,000 pounds. The Undei writers are settling for the City of Boston as a total loss. Parliament has adjourned to the 25th. The crops throughout Great Britain are flour ishing. Washington, April 13.—Mr. Long was con firmed as Attorney for Louisiana. The select committee of the House, on postal telegraph, this morning instructed the chairman to report the bill, heretofore introduced, pur chasing and placing the telegraph lines uuder Government control, and connecting it with the post office department. Supervisor Fulton having concluded special California duties, resumes his old position over Maryland and the District ot Columbia. No Southern nominations to-day. The Howard corruption committee will com mence the investigation as soon as the Senate passes and tbe President approves the bill which passed the House, appropriating money therefor. The Governor and Legislature of Ohio are coming to Washington on a visit. The Senatorial caucus to-day, on the Secre taryship of the Senate, adjourned to Friday. The conference committee on usury in the District agreed upon a bill similar in all its essential points to that of Illinois. The Republicans who voted with the Demo crats, in favor of ousting Sheldon and referring the election back to the people were Bingham, Cook, Willard and Wilkiason. It is confidently asserted that Glen. Schofield will succeed Gen. Thomas In command ot the Pacific Division. So frequent here of late have been the]irregu- laritics and failures of the great mails between New York and New Orleans, both by the Wes tern route via Louisville, Kentucky, and South western route, via Knoxville, that the Post Of fice Department has commenced enquiries as to the practicability of procuring better service, by diveriting mails from the Western route at Jackson, Tennessee, or Southwestern route at Corinth, Mississippi, and carrying them over the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, as far as Merid ian, Mississippi, and hence, via Jackson Missis sippi, or by diverting them irom Southwestern route at Cleaveland, Tenn., and carrying them thence via. Atlanta, Kingston and Rome, Ga., Selma, Ala, and Meridian and Jackson, Miss., or by dispensing with the Southwestern route South of Washingtion. #D. C., and miming thence via Richmond, va., Weldon and Wil mington, N. C., Kingsville, 8. C., Augusta, At lanta, Kingston and Rome, Ga., and Meridian aud Jackson, Miss. If it shall be found, tbe great through mails can be conveyed with greater regularity by either of these routes, and the change will be immediately ordered by the ‘Department. SENATE. The resolution for a joint special committee on Indian affairs was adopted. The Judiciary Committee made an affirmation report upon the validity ol the election of Mr. A. Gilbert as Senator from Florida. The Georgia bill was discussed as to the ex pediency and legality of continuing the present Legislature lor two years longer, as proposed by Williams. Ferry and Norton, of Minnesota, favored the Bingham Amendment to require a new election next November, and Abbott and williams, tbe reverse, the former urging the suppreision by military force, ot extensive organizations in the South to dely the lavas and keep alive rebel sentiments. HOUSE. No action on the Coinage, Weights and Mea sure bill. The Hunt aud Sheldon case was then re sumed. The vote was taken, aud Sheldon was, and Hunt was not entitled to a seat. A Pennsylvania election case was discussed at some length, when tbe tariff bill was resumed and several paragraphs passed over without any material amendment. Sir. Butler made another failure on his San Domingo resolution. San Francisco. April 13.—The steamship American arrived from Hong Kong with 1,200 passengers, whereof 1,100 were Chinese, and a lull freight—a ho Surgeon Yates with forty-nine survivors ol the Oneida. Havana.—De Roads telegraphs from Principe that a column of marines killed 53 insurgents, including Manuel Agnerro aed Francisco Las- ces. Voluntary surrenders continue, and the rebels everywhere are in confusion. Valmeaada is at Las Tuna3 extending his lines towards Puerto Principe. Paris, April 13.—A dispatch from Bayonne state that several more Carlist leaders crossed the border into Spain, The authorities have again been notified that the threatened strikes are to begin to-day io the various manufactories in this city. It i9 reported that the Emperor’s priolam&tion will be published on Friday. Vienna, April 13.—Count Fatocki has suc ceeded in forming a new cabinet, as follows: President, Council, Minister, and Minister of Agriculture, Count PatockL Minister of Inte rior and War, Count E. DeTaafie; Minister of Justice and Public Instruction, M. Ischabus- cbnigg; Minister of Finance, M. Distler; Min ister of Commerce, M. Deprates. Madrid, April 13.—The trial of the Duke of Montpensier, for the murder of Prince Henrie, of Bourbon, in a duel in March last, was con cluded before the Council of War last eve. Tbe Duke’s prompt confession of the deed, and his expression ot regret therelor, were accepted as extenuating circumstances. The Duke was sentenced to one months exile from the city of Madrid, and to pay $6,000 in demnity to the family of Prince Henrie. Tbe authorities are greatly elated with the news from Cuba. The latest official Bulletin from DeKodas announces that insurrection Is morally, though not actaally ended. Albany, April 13.—The Democrats have elected nine, and the Republicans seven super visors. Tbachers majority was 1,500. The vote was the largest ever cast, being about 13,000. The Democrats have a majority of seven id the board of Aldermen. — „ .vc 9<J per square.

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Weekly Atlanta intelligencer. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1865-18??, April 20, 1870, Image 1