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“ERKOK CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WREN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”—Jefftnon. VOLUME XXII ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1870. NUMBER 17 lllfchli) Jntftligcnrfr ATLAli a GEORGIA. Wmirmsday. April 27, 1870. On i;rurml Imuttir. It se?in«, liorri recent im< rmation, that the Pre-iiient Ims changed his rrind in regard to the gonerd Hn.noty, which, some short lime »go, it was authoritatively announced he de signed to recommend in a special message to Congress. Our inlormstton comes Irom the Wushineton correspondent of the New Yorfc Herald, who states that in a brief conversation with the Presidf nt on the 15th inst., be asked whether he intended, as reported several times lately, to issue an amnesty proclamation, or send at-ptcial mete age to Congress recommend ing the removel ot disabilities caused by the Fourteenth Amendment. The answer was, and we invite the special attention of our read- eis to it: •*No, sir, Ijdon’t issue any amnesty proclama tion at nil. My predecessor, Mr. Johnson, ex hausted that thoroughly [smiling], out it is quite true that I did some time ago contem plate sending to Congress a special message recommendiuu the removal of all disabilities, and thought that a fitting occasion for a mes sage ot the kind would be on the re-admission of Texas and other Slates to the Union, believing it would have the effect to promote good feeliug throughout the South, hut since then there have been so miiii3' complaints about outrages com mitted in the South, and the frequent requests to officers ior military interposition in some Slates, like T. nnensee and North Carolina, that I have reconsidered my resolution, and come to the conclusion that so long as the stale of society in those districts is such as to call mil itary aid to preserve order, it would be useless to secommend to Congress the removal of dis abilities lor the present; therefore, I cannot send that message to Congress.” The same cot respondent then asked the Pre sident ii it was true that he had a message of the kind prepared ready to send to Congress ? The answer was: “Yes, sir,” and he, the President, went on to slate, that the document had beeu ready, but. its piesentation was aban doned for reasons already stated. We are told, also, that the message was a brief, but states manlike document, urging CoDgress to remove, by proper enactment, all disabilities imposed by the Fotirb cuth Amendment, under one simple condition, to wit: A|»|»earance of all applicants in open court, and enunciation of such a desire. It, will he seen, so says the HcraUTs correspond ent, that the di orderly class South, who have teceiitly riven rise to much cause of complaint, have a great deal to answer for. And so ainutsly lor a time, at least, has been abandoned, and the “ stulexina alike document”— one that would have done credit to the Presi dent, has In on 41 laid upon the table.” That President Grant lias been deceived into au abandonment ot his noble purpose, as shown in the forcgoiug, we huve uct a doubt. But a lew days ago, we published Chief Jiistice Chase's letter to the colored persons of Cincinnati, who had assembled in mass meeting to celebrate the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, In which he advised tbtm to recommend the removal of all political disanili'ies from the white men of the South. This is in strong contrast wjth the action ot the President, and a solution of the question, "what can have influenced him, aside from his own explanation, as given above, to abandon his de sign in regard to a general amnesty?’ is called lor. The Influence to us is apparent. It cousists in advici s which he receives Irom almost each Southern State regarding its con dition. Such, tor instance, as the following telegraphic correspondence between Gov. Smith and Senator Warner ot Alabama: Washington, April 14.—The following tele graphic eonvspouucnce took place to-day: MuNToomkiiy, Ala., April 14.—To Hon. Willard Warner, You have doubtless learned of recent acts ol lawlessness in Green and other counties m <>ns Stale 1 have matured and am putting m operation a vigorous policy, which will not only stop violence but bring offenders to punishment W. H. SMITH, Governor of Alabama. Washington, April 14.—To Gov. Vff, K. Smitii, Montgomery. Alabama: 1 am rejoiced at y< ur tel. gram The President, Congress aud thecouutr> will sustain you in the bold action to enforce law and give safety to all classes ot our citizens. Let the rebels be forgiven aud murderers bung. Amnesty and the halter will give us peace aud salety. Willard Warner. Similar dispatches have been received at Wash ington Irom other Southern States, and though they otiginate irom sources which the Democ racy ol those Stales denouneeas unreliable, still they are from sources which the President re gards differently and placis confidence in. Under tb s state ot things, the South will have to hear patiently what is inflicted upon her, aud the Southern people so conduct theui- selvts as to wear away the slandeis put upon them by their enemies. Let Geotgia, for in stance, lie guided by the grand motto which long ago their lathers adopted—Wisdom, Justice, Moderation,”—and tbe day is not distant, wheu tho.-e ot them who labor under political disabilities, will be freed from their shackles, and again resume their citiztnship in the lull meaning ot that word. It is time that every Georgian should understand and fully appreciate the" political situation,” and govern tliemsilvcs accordingly. On the Subject ot Voting. “A bill,’’ says the Washington correapon lent ot the Baltimore Gaz.He, “is now pending in the House, which shows conclusively, the dtsign to place the whole subject of voting under Con gressional control. It it another step in the di rection of ceutrnlized despotism. It provides that no citizen ot the Uuited States shall be re quired to write, print or place Wls name on auy ballot, or to do anything whereby the identity or mune of any }>ci sun casting the ha'tot may be known; aud, bli ther, makes the printing or writing of a voter’s name on the outside of the ballot punishable by a tine of one thousand dol lars and one month’s imprisonment. If Con gress assumes power to enact such a law as this, it may well b<- asked what th>y cannot do in the way of iuterlciiug in {State elections. In simple truth, we are already living under an oligarchy ot unlimited power. The revolution is an ac complished H*t That Congo ss has transferred the Republic that once was, iuto an oligarchy of unlimited power, is a fact licit did not need the introduc tion ot such a bill to establish. The lact fca3 beeu long since most forcibly established. Ilia. Liut'oln, President Grant has received a letter lroui Mrs. Abrabaui Lincoln, staling that she was still in Germany aud not in vary good health, but very much in need ol assistance. Tilts, she sees, has been proposed in the bill pending in- the Senate logive her a pension, but the delay in acting on it she is ULable to account for. The President, it is staled, will probably send the lelter to either the Senate or House Committee. The Senate Peusion Committee, however, have already agreed to report a bill giving Mrs. Lin coln a liberal pension.. Note* on tlie Ball wav Situation-No. 7. Editors Telegraph, and Messenger: One ol the most cutious teaturcs in the history <>t rail ways in Georgia,i>rtbe part played by our cities in regard to the connections ot the tracks ot separate lines within lb« ir o>>rrorate limits. The policy pursued in this respect has been sbort-eighteo, narrow and illiberal t>> the last de gree. Our ritiea have all made commendable efforts to attract produce to tbeir markets; hut they have, at the same time, done what they could to obstruct its cheap and rapid transit and r< mi.val 'o its legitimate destination. They have indeed, by their n fnsal to permit the con nection ol railway lines within their limits, im posed a heavy t*x open the produce and busi ness otthe couotry, aDd have tin teby inflicted much injury upon the people. A brief relerence to ihe action of each one ol nur cities in the matter lure referred to, will not prove uninteresting. In ac cordance with the request ot the Mayor and Council of Macon, a public m< eting of citi zens was held in that city on the 22nd of July, 1836. and a series of resolutions adopted in re gard to the entrance ot the Monroe (now Macon and Western) railroad into the corporate limits The resolution, in emphatic terms, declared it to be “the sense of this meeting that the en trance o< said road into the corporate limits of this c ity will have a ditect tendency to depreciate the value ot real < stale and check the rising pn*perity of the city. That the Mayor and Council of the city of Macon be, therefore, di rected to take all legal measures to prevent any further operations or excavations by said c oin- pany or its agents within the corporate limits ot the city,” etc. Mr Lewis L. Griffln, the President of the road published an article in reply to the resolu tion adopted by the meeting, saying, among other things, that under a vet bal agreement with the city authorities the railroad company had commenced work within the corporate limits, aDd that the company had been driven out at a loss ot Irom two to three thousand dollars, a considerable sum to a railway company in those- early days His article was spirited, and he threatened to establish the depot ot his road in Vineville, and to bring the agricultural interest to bear with hostile force against the city and its business. This strange and suicidal action on the part of the city led to a warm discussion in the newspapers, and produced much surprise and ill feeliog towards Macou generally, and es pecially in those portions of the State which were tributary to the rising young city. But this singular hostility on the part of Ma con to railways terminating there, was not limi led to the Monroe road, but extended to the Central road also. As early as 1841, or two years before the completion of that magnificent work, the citizens in town meeting assembled, adopted resolutions expressive of their opposi tion to the crossing of the Central road over the Ocmulgee river at Macon. So decided was this opposition that the authorities of the road were forced to stop their work on the east side of the liver, or to cross above or below the city limits. With the Monroe Railroad depot in Vineville, and the Central depot in East Macon, the two roads would have been separated a distance of nearly two miles, as well as by the Ocmulgee river. The obstruction occasioned by this gap at Macon became so serious that the Legislature determined that it should be stopped, and to that end it passed an set in 1850, the preamble to which is in these words: “ Whereas, There has been expended in the 8tate by incorporated companies, and Irom the 8tate treasury, very large sums of money for the purpose of opening and eonstnicting'rail- roails from the seaboard to the western limits of the State; and whereas, in order that the State and citi/eus thereof should derive the lull benefit intended by the line of railroads so con structed, it is expedient that the transportation of freight and passengers over said line should be as tree from interruption and trans-shipment as possible. ” The act proceeded to give the Central, Macon and Western, and Southwestern Companies au thority “ to unite their roads in one common depot at or near the city of Macon, so that the cars of the respective roa Is may pass from one road to another uninterruptedly.” In other words, the companies were authorized to make the connection outside and around the city, in the event that the Mayor and Council persisted in their reiusal to allow the roads to be united within the city limits. The passage of the act had the desired effect, and the roads were connected within the city in the latter part of 1851, after eight years of effort on the part of the companies, and as many years of steady refusal on the part of the city.— The connection was permitted on two princi pal conditions, to-wit: fir?t, that the companies should pay the city annually $5,060 lor the privilege, and second, that the rates of freight between Griffln and Savannah, and between Oglethorpe and Savannah, shall be, and remain always at least one-filth more in the respective cases than the rates ot frtight between Macou and Savannah!” In addition to the proviso regarding Griffln and Oglethorpe, and the pay ment by the companies of $5 000, annually, the city also reserved to itself the right to lax 44 the depot buildings and other property of said com panies, and ot each of them. ” The crossing of the Savannah river at Augus ta, and the connection of the South Carolina aud Georgia Railroads through that city, was not accomplished without great delay, vexatioo and expense. 1 am not informed as to the year when the South Carolina road was finished. It was the first considerable road constructed in the United States, and at the time ol its com pletion it was the largest railway in the world. It was probably finished as early as 1838 or 1840. The Georgia railroad was chartered as early as 1833. And yet the city of Augusta never gave its consent that these roads might be connected until 1857! All freights sent from Charleston by rail, and from Savannah by river, destined t<> points in the interior of Georgia and Tennessee, and all freights Irom the latter direction des tined to the sea, had to be transhipped at Au gusta at heavy expense, and hauled in dravs trym one depot to the other, or to the river wharves, a distance of nearly a mile. The de lay and tax on through passengers, though not so great, was vexatious enough, as all travelers to points north of Augusta well remember. lu 1852, the South Carolina Railroad Com pany purchased Irom Augusta the right to cro-s the river into the city and erect a depot, for o e hundred aud fifty thousand dollars! In 1S57, the South Carolina and the Georgia Railroad Companies purchased the privilege of connect ing theii tracks through the city at a further cost ot seven thousand dollars per annum, or a round sum of one hundred thousand dollars cashl Other hard conditions were exacted by the city and yielded by the roads. Amoug other stipulations, there was one that the South Caro lina road should at all times, Sundays excepted, forward daily from Augusta at least oue thou sand bales ot cotton, if so much should be offered tor transportation. There was another still more signlar provision: Having charged the companies $250,000 lor the privilege ot mossing the river and connecting their tracks, it was further covenanted that the South Carolina Railroad Company should not, “ for all time to come during tbeir existence as a corporation, without the previously obtain* d consent ol the city ot Augusta, establish on the Georgia side ot the river any depot, other than that provided tor within the city limits, nor anywhere in the State Qt Georgia make, nor under any pretext, whatever, permit the making ot any actnal or virtual juuciion of their road with any other railroad, or with Buy plank road, within twenty miles ot the proposed sites of the Augusta de pots.” For the breach of this covenant, if the city authorities exaaed the same, the South Carolina Railroad Company was to pay the sum of two hundred thousand dollars by wav of liquidated damages! In other woids, having made the roads pay $250,000 for the privilege of connecting their tracks through the city, the latter then refused to permit them to make anv other connections under a penalty of an addi tional $200,000. One would suppose that the connection at the city was an injury to tue latter, since it charged such an enormous price for the privilege; and yet. having provided lor that connection, the city retused to allow tiie roads to make anv other junctions, even with a plank road, within twenty miles ot the city, without paying lor that privilege, if required, Dearly a quar er ot a million ot dollars I The right to tax the property of the connecting roads was reserved to the city. The city ot Columbus displ.yed more fore sight aud liberality in the m .tier ot the connec tion of the railways lerminaiinir at that point than either Macon or Augusta. The city coun cil ot Columbus, in 1858, authorized the Musco gee railroad company, and the Montgomery and West Point company, to build a bridge across the Chattahoochee river anJ unite their tracks within the corporate limits, upon condition that the Muscogee company pay to the city 44 the sum of '$2,000 lor the first year alter the connec tion is made, and the sum ot $3 000 per annum every year there*to r. The said payments to cease at the time wht n the connection between the said Mtlscoiree tail road and the Mobile and Girard railroad shall l>e m ide and completed.” In plain term.-, the city sought to encourage the companies whose roaits terminate at or within it-, limits t.. cross the Chattahoochee and unite their tracks; aud alter the Muscogee company should connect its road with the Montgomery and West Point road, it required the former to pay into the Ciiy Treasury $3,000 per annum until it should als-o unite its track with that of the Mobile and Girard railroad. It did not even reserve the right to tax the property of the con necting roads. Instead ol exacting the payment of a large sum lor the privilege ot coming into the city, a penalty ol $3,000 per annum was im posed upon the Mip cogee company, alter uni ting its road with the Montgomery and Went Point road, until it should also establish a con nection with the Mobile and Girard road. This penalty was to cease as soon as the last named connection was established. The tracks ol the several roads terminating at Atlanta were all united belore there was any city there. But little freight passes from the Central to the Atlantic and Guit railroad or fioon the lat ter to the former, yet the roads were connected through the city of Savannah daring the war. This connection has since been discontinued; for what reason the writer is not informed, nor does he know what the feeling in Savannah is in regard to the connection. It is manifest, however, that the public interest would be sub served by the connection, and by the extension of the trackirol the Central and Atlantic and Quit roads to the river, and, it possible, by an elevated railway above aud along River street, it that be the name of the street immediately on the water. Such has been the action of our principal cit ies touching the connection of railway lines terminating within their limits. This action Was short-sighted and illiberal. Short-sighted, in that the cities, instead of allowing the stream of trade and travel to have a natural and easy ebb and flow, they sought to dam it up, to the great injury of the country upon whose pros perity they depended. Had the roads at Ma con and Augusta been united three miles be low the former, and three miles above the latter, what would be the present conditions of these cities? The policy of the cities was illib eral, in that some ot them imposed heavy pecu niary penalties upon the roads for connecting tbeir tracks, when such connections benefitted those cities quite us much as they did the roads. And these penalties are not paid by the roads, but by the people who patronize them. The harder the terms imposed upon the roads, the higher must they make their tartft of charges to enable them to meet those terms. It is the consumer who pays the duty on imported goods, just p.9 it is Ihe patrons of the railroads who pay the tax exacted ot them for connecting their tracks. The $5,000 annually paid to the city of Macon by the three, roads above, and the $17,500 interest per annum on the sum exacted by the city ot Augusta from the South Carolina and the Georgia roads, is neither more nor less than a special tax levied upon the public for the privilege of passing through those cities with their luggage and produce 1 The term exacted by the former city in regard to the rates upon lreight shipped from Griffln and Oglethorpe, while not benefitting Macon, are an injury to Griffln aud Oglethorpe. The singular prosperity of Atlanta depends in no small degree upon the facility with which the people can reach the city and pass through it,, instead of laying a sort ot embargo upon produce and travel, the city has the sagacity to exert itself to increase the facilities of the same. And yet hardly a passenger or pound of freight passes through the city without leaving some- thirg behind. Histokicus. Lopez of Paraguay. The death ot this remarkable man, accounts of which have recently been reetived, calls lor more than a mere passing telegraphic report of it. The man who baffled the powerful govern ment of Brazil and its powerful allies for years, Don Carlos Antonio Lopez, has made his name famous in his own land, and respected abroad. The following sketch is from a source that has watched the career o! this remarkable man, aud will be read with interest by & people who have their own “Lost Cause” to deplore, and who feel that valor does not always win against num bers and can "therefore sympathize with the great Puraguau “rebel.” With no resources, it says, “save those of his country, anti with no shadow of aid excepting that given by his own people, including, in his military forces, the women and even the children he has beaten aud humiliated his imperial foes, and maintained the independence of Paraguay for yearn. The Paraguayans took s:eps to secuie their independence in 1811, but ihe independence ot Pariignay was not torinally acknowledged by the other Slates ol La Plata until 1852.— Lopez was ejected President for 10 years in 1844, re-elected at the expiration ot tuat term ie>r 3 ye:.is, and a:ain elected (t» 1857) for 7 years. In 1853 t his government sent an expedi tion an a ms t him for the destruction ot one man’s life by a shot fired from a Parguayan lort upon the Wales* Witch, a United States vessel sent by us to survey the La Piata and its tribu taries. Lopez escaped a conflict with the Uni ted States through the mediation of Urquiza, of the Argentine Cm federation. What most rendered Lopez a great man were his courage (“ Pluck ” is a belter word.) and his unwavering firmness of purpose. No disaster appeared to be equivalent to the overthrow of his self-reliance, or compel him to halt in his offensive and de- lensive operations against the enemies ot his couutiy. Detea's that would have vanquished almost any other man, and reverses and straits i hat would have reduce! even the best of the world’s heroes to submission, seemed only to in spire bim with renewed energy, and to suggest to his ingenuity new methods of preserving his a'titnde and going ahead with his designs. If tie be really dead, Brazil will no doubt conclude ihat this war is concluded and that she will meet wilh no more noteworthy resistance in the prosecution of her purposes concerning Para guay ; but perhaps she had belter not be pre cipitate in reaching this conclusion. If Lopez represented the courage, tenacity, lortitude and adaplahiliiy to circumstances of bis people, Brazil may have to fight an indefinite period ere she gains (if ever she gains) possession of thecuuutry.” From the New York Snn. From the PnlpU to the Bar-Room. Yesterday morning the Rev. Charles B. Smyth, ot B.ack Crook notoriety', held forth in the Eleven Street United Presbyterian Chnrch, on the McFarland case, to a very large audience.— Alter denouncing in unmeasured terms those “ pulpilicians ” who are more ambitious to con trol arbitrarily the consciences of men by sen sational and tree lave teachings than “by exam ple to lead them into an humble obedience to Christ,” Smyth pitched into an editor of a daily journal, 44 the effus.ous from whose pen,” said he, “ have loosened the morals of a rqan then youtblnl, whose soul is now in eternity, and for the alleged killing of whom auother human be iug is on trial. Such mea,” continued Smyth, “ are apt to favor the abolition of capital punish ment,” Smyth then quoted from Solomon: 44 Whoso committeth adultery with a Woman larketh understanding, he thet doeth it de stroyed hi* owu soul. A wound and dishonor shall he get, and his reproach shall not be wiped away. For jealousy is the rage of a man ; therefore, he will not spare in the day of vengeance; he w;!l not regard any ransom, neither will hebecuutcui though thou givest maoy gilts.” Srnyih demanded a law prescribing Je uh as the punishmenc for adultery. After he had finished the sermon, Smyth called together the six reporters who were present, and asked them to take some refreshments. Then he led them to a well-known liquor and refreshment salJbn on the avenue near by’; and they passed in by the private door. Beefsteaks and oysters Laving been ordered Smyth turned to the reporieis and ask d them what they would drink. Their ordeis having heen giveD, he himself requested the barkeeper to bring him “Jsome of the same.” This turned out to be gin and milk, of the former of which liquids his reverence took five fingers, swallow ing the dose with evident relish. The viands having been disposed of, ail arose to leave, and Mr. Smyth, turning to the bar-keeper, carelessly requested him to 44 haog that up.” The bar keeper, who seemed to know Him, said, 44 all right ” and the party passed out and separated. A New Paper. We lay before our readers the following pros pectus of a new city paper, which has been laid upon our table, one feature of which, while to none we take exceptions, all being creditable to the enterprise of its propt ietors, is flattering to its prospects, and that ia, it will have 44 cash in baDk.” With this, a grand desideratum in the publication of a newspaper, it will doubtless prove what it has our good wishes for, a suc cess ; 44 THE ATLANTA DAILY SDN.” On the morning of the 18th ot May next, The Daily Sun will rise to the “music of the lime*.” It will appear ia Atlanta. Ga., and it& patrons will be famished light every day, for five dollars a year, or once a week, for the small sum of one dollar per annum. The object ot this enterprise will be to make money; bat to accomplish this, there shall be do sacrifice ot principle on our part, while an honest eflort will be made to advance the inter ests of our patrons. 2he Sun will be backed by the best of talent in its sanctum; indnsf-'y, experience and econ omy in its business room, and cash in bank. - Published in the interest ot no special politi cal party, it will suffer itself pinned to the coat tail, ot no man, while the opinion of any man, honestly expressed, will be respected. In the discussion ot public measures, whether Federal, Stale, or Municipal, it will invariably espouse the right, if apparent; it not, it will strive to manufacture light enough for the occasion. In politics, us in everything else, this newspaper will run an independent schedule. It will abuse no man, nor set of men, w-mtonly ; hence, no bids will be made for hush-money. Its appro val, disapproval, or reticence, not heing in the market, proposals will not be tolerated. When duty demands the exposure ol crime, it will be done, and that fearlessly. No effort will be spared to make 41 The Sun ” a permanent medium ol intelligence to all classes of citizens, containing, as it will, the latest telegraphic news, foreign and domestic, together with whatever of interest the promi nent journals of the country may afford. Planters, Mechanics, Merchants, Professional, Literary and Educational Men, will find in its columns their several departments ably repre sented. In short, we shall work for the moral, social, and material growth of Atlanta; the ag ricultural, mineral, mechanical and commercial interests of Georgia, and the welfare of the whole country. Hence, no tears will be shed over the prosperity ot any particular section. To all live men and women, wheresoever dis persed around the globe, we send greeting, and cordially invite them to come to Georgia, and help ns build up the fortunes of her people. Progress is the watchword, and he who lags is be hind the spirit of ihe age. A. M. SpeIQHts & Co. Atlanta, April, 1870. YOB THS ATLANTA INTELLISYNCEB . IHy mother’s Grave. BY GKO. W. O’*. Jonesboro’, April 13!h, 1870. The sombre shades ot evening cast her mantle o’er the silent home ot the dead as slowly 1 wended my way to that little mound of grass which held all that was dear to me in life, my mother. Tread lightly, wake not her sweet re pose; her spirit watches from that celestial home above. The trees and flowers wear on their self-same bloom and every little star which shines from-out- a purer and better world than this, seems but to me the dying flickerings ot the lamp of life. Music, soft music, whosejnel- ancholy tone so oil poitraye.i to me the deep feelings of my nature, hushed be you now, aye and forever. Shades of my departed mother speak to yonr son from the portals of your sileut tomb; tell him of that world beyond; tell him of the great recompence laid up in the eternal hereafter as a reward for a Christian’s life, that by your ad monition, his lite might be checked, else in the wild vortex of vice and debauchery it may be forever lost. Is it not so, mother, if a Christian dies shall he not live again ? Beyond the grave Hope provides an elystnm of the soul, where the mortal mu9t put on immOrta’ity, and life be comes an endless splendor. Farewell, lovely mound of grass; daily will I visit thee, trusting that the advice transmitted Irom the spirit ot my mother, may teach her son the doctrines of Truth and Religion, and by her intercession before the throne of that All wise and Merciful God she may obtain pardon for her son. From the New Orleans Picayune, April 12. WHOLESALE FORGERY. Several New Orleans Banka and Broker* Victimized. Early yesterday morning, it was ascertained in financial circles that a large number of forged Auditor’s war rants had been suddenly thrown on the market. These warrants were variously estimated to range in amount irom $500,000 to $700,000. The very large amount, and the in fluence it must necessarily exert upon the money market, could not help producing the liveliest leeliDgs ot alarm, surprise and curiosity. The immediate cause, however, of this intelli gence gaining ground was the discovery on the part or Mr. Straus, a broker on St. Charles street, ot the tact that he had imposed on him a large number ot spurious warrants. It seems from Mr. Straus’ statement that his loss exceed ed $140,000. These warrauts were purchased by him late Saturday evening. From whom it is not stated ; bat irom observations made to parties with whom he conversed, it would seem tnat he purchased directly from Wicklifie, the late Auditor, himsell. It is necessary to state that all these warrants bear the signature of Mr. Wicklifie—the lorged or real signatures. Having his Bnspicions ex cited as to the genuineness of his warrants by rumors which were circulated early Monday morning, Mr. Straus proceeded wilh his war rants to the Auditor’s office to have them com pared. As soon as he reached there and the books were gone over, no doubt remained. They were forgeries They were so pronounced by the Auditor, and indeed, the books bore ample evidence ot the fact. The Bank of America and other public and private banks, it is understood, have suffered to a greater or less extent. Indeed, the amount of these forged warrants will very nearly, if not quite, reach $700,000. The question is, who pat them in circulation ? Of course, the public feel an interest in this ; but the officials charged with the investigation of the affairs are reluctant in exposing the names of the parties implicated. It was not, indeed, until nearly noon that Mr. Straus com municated the affair to the Chiet ot Police. His iniorraalion decided tnat officer in the arrest of Mr. James H. Mushaway, a gentleman long connected with Mr. Wicklifie in business. It is not, however, as yet understood that Mr. Mash away is at all implicated in the forgeries. It may have been thought that information could be obtained from him. He was taken to the Central Station and locked up, but no charge was made against him, and we are allowed to see him. In Ronmania, persons sentenced to death are laid fiat on their backs on a bench ; their hands, feet and breast are securely fastened to it, and the executioner then draws from his belt a small knife with a sharp blade, and cuts the throat of the struggling criminal. Sometimes, when the latter belongs to a deserving family, the execu tioner, before catting his throat, knocks bim on the forehead with a wooden clnb, so as to sum him. Criminals who commit offenses of less importance are more or less severely cudgeled. Women are whipped with a birch rod, and, it they are habitual thieves, they are, besides, branded on the right shonlder with a red hot iron. A very peculiar punishment is inflicted on adulterers and adulteresses. They are pat into a pillory for three hoars, and two holes are then cat in their noses. The man’s hair is shaven off, and the woman is branded on her lelt breast. Schofeld to succeeo Thomas.—The pub lished rumor that Brigadier General Pope, now commanding the Department of the Lakes, is to succeed General Thomas in the command of tne Military Division of the Pacific, is untrue.— Major-General Schofield, commanding the De partment of the Missouri, will more than likely be assigned to the post, in accordance with his express wishes to that effect. As lar back as when he was Secretary of War, he applied to be sent to California, but General Thomas want ing tbe place at the came time, General Scho field was obliged to content himsell with the promise that be sbonld have tbe relosal of it in case of a vacancy.— World Cor. - Full Negro Equality. At the Fifteenth Ami ndrnent celebration in New York, a letter was read from Senator Sum ner, ef Massachusetts, in which he says : 44 1 do not thick the work finished so loDg as the word 4 white’ is allowed to play any part in any legislation ; so long as it constrains the courts in naturalization ; so long as it rales pub lie conveyances—s’eamtx ats and railroads ; so long as it bars the doors ot houses taxed bv law to receive people for food and Edging, or licensed as places or ummeoients; so long as it is in onr common schools.” This is another advance movement on the part of the Massachusetts Senator. Having been successful in treeing the negro, and in hav ing secured the adoption of the Fourteenth and Fiiteentb Amendments to the Constitution—a Constitution, which over and over again, upon the floor of the Senate and the House, has been declared of no binding force upon the legisla tion of Congress—the step is taken to lorce social equality between the races, which we have no doubt, will ts persisted in with the same pertenacity aDd perseverance that resulted in the abolition of slavery, though it surely can not be attended with the same success. As a cotemporary remarks, 44 this is a hold step lor Mr. Sumner to take, but lie is fanatic enough to do it. Will his party follow him in this crusade for tbe glory and grandeur of the negro, or will they stop and demand that there shall be some legislation looking to a reduction of tbe enor mous taxes which are so heavily oppressing the people ? It cannot be that the people ot the North will permit the important questions ol finance, tariff and taxes to be much longer over shadowed by the dark cloud ot negrophiliam.” Governor Bard. We transfer the following biographical sketch of the lite of Dr. Samuel Bard, late editor of the Atlanta 44 New Era,” and now the Governor of the Territory of Idaho, from the Republican of Sing Sing, Apt il 14th, 1870, to the columns of the Intellioencbr, and extend to him our best wishes for his fnturesuccess and prosperity: Samuel Bard, of Georgia, recently confirmed as Governor of the Territory of Idaho, was born in the City of New York on the 18th of May, 1825, and hence is now in his forty-filth year. In 1831 his mother removed with her family to this place, where was laid the* foundation of young Bard’s education. At the age of twenty, endowed with a strong and energetic tempera ment, be followed in tbe footsteps of many such men and went West, where he remained for some years. In 1850 he removed to Louisiana, which was bis home until the breaking cut of tbe war. In 1852 he married Miss Martha A. Beard, a wo man ot superior intellect and rare accomplish ments, daughter of Ishatn B. Beard, Esq., a wealthy planter of Carrol Parish. In 1855 he was elected, by the Democracy, Superintendent of Public Education for the Stale of Louisiana. In July, 1866, he took up his residence in Atlanta, Georgia, and the following October as sumed charge of the Atlanta Daily New Era, the brilliant success oi which, under his man agement, is seen in the lact of the greatly in creased price for which he disposed of it in a few weeks since over and above what it cost. We have often heard it said of him 44 that he had to an extraordinary degree the faculty of taking a dead paper Irom its coffin and making it a live paving|and popular institution.” The Governor ha9 had, directly and indirectly, a long connec tion with the press, running back some twenty odd years. Governor Bard was educated a Democrat, bat on the closing ot the war be withdrew from that party and co operated with the National Republicans, seeing, as he thought, that ruin to the Booth and disunion to the country could best be averted by such a course, so far as he had any power in the matter. Since that time, therefore, he has been a moderate but a pro nounced Republican. As lar back as June, 1867, seeing the necessities of the country, and be lieving that there was one man above all others who had the power to bring peace and recon ciliation to the land, he raised the illustrious name oi General Grant for President Grant was nominated; and through the campaign and since, and up to the last, Governor Bard has sustained the President ardently, firmly, and with unswerving faith in the great idea which inspired his coarse—the common welfare and peace of the whole Union. He is one of those who believed in the issues which the war bad raised in onr politics, that the conquered should accept the terms of the conquerer. He has, therefore, firmly stood by President Grant from first to last in the enforcement of all the recon struction laws, arguing and urging with unceas ing pertinacity that they should be carried out wnh unfaltering fidelity. Being a man of strong convictions and de cided character he has, like all such men; strong friends and decided enemies. In Georgia, the field of his constant and arduous editorial labors in behalf of reconstruction is conceded on all hands, by friends and foes, that be bas done very much to flank and destroy modern Democ racy, owing to the skill, moderation and firm ness with which he advocated the Republican policy, seeking wisely rather to win thinking and reasonable Democrats to the Republican side by appeals to tbeir patriotism and reason, than driving them by unnecessary violence fur ther away and into greater hostility; re cognizing the indisputable truth, that bmlding up anything like a strong Republican party in Georgia could only be done by winning converts from the ranks of tbe oppsition. As a Southerner, by long residence at the Sooth, and knowing critically the temper of the Southern mind, he sought to enlist in tbe Union’s behalf the sympathies and affections of the Southern people, as a thing most vital to be gained, not only lor the advancement of tbe Republican policy throughout the Squtb, bat for the nnity and well being, peace and concord of all sections of the country. Tbe measures of reconstruction he considered adequate to these ends, and hence he has stoutly sustained the President in carrying them into practical effect. As a stump orator, the Governor, has a wide and enviable reputation, both North and South In fact, his greatest strength is on the stump, and we shall expect him to win many Demo crats to the Republican standard in the great and growing Territory to which the President, in his wisdom, has seen proper to assign him. The Undulating Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague.—One more sketch before the galler ies are cleared. Before ns walks, or rather ud- dulates, a slender lady of finest mould, wilh tbe most delicious carve of throat and chin possi ble. It recalls at QDce that throat of Ethel Newcome, Thackeray praised so much. Add to this, a youthful cheek, that charming nose, straight in itself, while it relieves the line of the brow, bright, deer-like eyes and spirited poise of the small head, smooth, white complexion, with a streak of red in the cheeks, burning like the flame in au opal, sloping shoulders and a gracetnl hand. Such is the presentiment ol Mrs. Sprague. I could scarcely believe her to be eighteen, by gaslight. I had imagined a slim, cold beauty, like most of the society belles, and this exquisite creature, with uplifted head like a deer just risen from its couch of fern, took one all by blissml surprise. It is so seldom one meets a woman capable ot looking a heroine. Most women are to one’s Ideal like discolored pearls. Of course you want to know what she wore. Id. n’t know what she hadoo SLeremind- one ol Miss Muloch’s detr-thioated heroine in “ A life tor a Lite,” and th : - tw > have been as- 6.x i .ted in my mind ever since You know I’m not given to raving about beauties, bat this woman has made maoy delicate impersonations possible.— Washington Letter. Long Dresses.—One of onr lady readers writes, requesting us to protest against the threatened revival of this fashion, and says that she and a lew other brave sonls propose not to yield to any snch tyranny. Although as in duty bonnd to come to tbe rescue of suffering beauty aud wade through blood and fire to serve “Heaven’s last best gilt,” the magnitude of try ing to stem a fashionable torrent requires im possible power. This “long dress” question, wilh its inconveniences and untidiness, is oue the ladies alone can control, and for a rash jour nalist to lay his sacrilegious hand npon any of the mysterious belongings of a woman’s toilet is to invite bis own destruction. Yon may break, yon may rain the men if yon will, Bat the length of your dresses will linger arc and you still. Fou the information of our readets, we lay before them the following special dispatch on Georgia affairs,‘from Washington to the New Era, which appeared in the columns of that pa per this morning: Special Dispatch to the New Era. WASHINGTON, Washington, April 19.—5, P. M.—The Sen ate took a i t cess until half past seven this even ing, without a vote on the Georgia bill. The day has been occupied by a long address read by Mr. Fowler, and an able speech from Mr. Tbayer. Judge Edmunds made a personal explanation to the effect that he was, or claimed to be, still a Radical Republican. Mr. Sehuiz is in the middle of a speech, which will be concluded when the Senate re assembles. After that, Mr. Trumbull will close the debate and the vote will take place. The correspondent of the New York Tribune states IkatiJoshaa Hill endeavored to persuade him to transmit the slander charging Gov. Bul lock with baying Senators to vote against the Bingham amendment, and that Hill subsequent ly gave the report to the Cincinnati Commercial and the Baltimore Gazette reporters on Thurs day last. THE VERY LATEST. Washington, April 10—12 M.—Mr. Trum bull's closing remarks were followed by ap plause in the galleries, which the Chair promptly suppressed. At 11:20 the Senate proceeded to vote on the pending amendment. Senator Wilson moved an amendment to strike out ihe Bingham proviso and insert a pro viso extending the term of the Legislatnre till 1872. Senator Pomeroy moved to amend Mr. Wil son’s amendment by substituting therefor this amendment, declaring the existing government of Georgia provisional, and constituting the Third Military District, and providing for an election for a Legislature on November 15th, 1870. Mr. Pomeroy’s substitute was agreed to. Yeas 37, nays 24, as follows : Yeas—Messrs. Ames, Anthony, Buckingham, Carpenter, Casserly, Cole, Corbett, Oragin, Davis, Edmunds, Ferry, Fowler, Hamilton, of Maryland, Hamlin, Harlan, Howe, Kellogg, McReery, Morrell, of Maine, Morrell, of Ver mont, Patterson, Pomeroy, Pool, Pratt, Robert son, Sanlsbnry, Sawyer, Sebuiz, Scott, Sherman, Stockton, Thurman, Tipton, Trumbull, Warren, Willey-37. Nays—Boreman, Brownlow, Drake, Fenton, Flanagan, Hamilton, ot Texas, Harris, Howard, Howell, McDonald, Morton, Nye, Osborn, Ram say, Revels, Rice, Ross, Spencer, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Williams, Wilson, Yates—24. Cameron, Gilbert and Chandler, against the Amendment, paired off with Bayard, Vickers and Conbling in favor of it. The question then being on inserting the amendment of Wilson as amended by Pomeroy, in place of the Bingham Amendment in the bill involving the striking out of the latter provision. It was determined affirmatively. Yeas 36; Nays 23, as follows: Yeas—Abbot, Amo, Anthony, Brownlow, Buckingham, Carpenter, Casserly, Cole, Cor bett, Davis, Edmunds, Ferry, Fowler, Hamil ton of Maryland, Hamlin, Elarlin, Howe, Kel logg, Greary, Mot rill ot Maine, Morrill, of Ver mont, Patterson, Pomeroy, Pool, Pratt. Robert son, Saulbury, Sawyer, Schurz, Scott, Sherman, Stocktdn, Thurman, Tipton, Warner, Wil ley—36. Nays—Messrs. .Rnremau, Drake, Fenton, Flannagan,Hamillou of Texas, Harris, Howard, Howell, McDonald, Morton, Nye, Osborn, Rev els, Rice, Sp’-ncer, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Trumbull, Williams, Wilson, Yates—22. The bill was therefore amended as proposed. Mr. Wilson moved to postpone lurther conside ration of the bill indefinitely. Lost—yeas 23, nays 39 Sumner moved to adjourn, remark ing that the bill had been so changed that It would not be known by the oldest inhabitant. [Laughter ] The motion was subsequently withdrawn. Pomeroy then moved his amend ment as a substitute for tbe whole bilk It was agreed to—yeas 38, nays 23. Mr. Nye congrat ulated the Democratic side on having voted solidly to put Georgia back under military rule. Mr. A. G. Thurman, on behalt ot the Demo cratic side, declined to be led into a discussion at this time. Mr. Drake offered an amendment authorizing the President to suppress domestic violence, to suspend the writ ot habeas corpus, and to make municipalities responsible, in damages, for in- j uries to persons or property within their limits, and not suppressed by them. It was rejected— yeas 30, nays 31. Mr. Drake renewed the amendment, omitting the part relative to the suspension of the habeas corpus within the lim its of municipalities. Adopted. Yeas 32 ; nays 26. Senators Trumbull and Edmunds expressed the opinion that tne suspension of writ was in cluded, and Edmunds moved to add to the words, 44 that nothiug in the act shall be con strued to authorize such suspension.” Rejected. Yeas 29; nays 39. Mr. Pomeroy ottered an amendment repealing certain laws so as to permit the organization and calling into service tbe militia ot Georgia. Agreed to by a party vote. Yeas 48, nays 9. The bill was then read a third time and passed. Yeas 27, nays 25. Yeas—Ames, Anthony, Buckingham, Car penter, Cole, Corbett, Cragin, Edmunds, Ferry, Hamlin, Howe, Kellogg, Morrill, of Maine, Mor rill, of Vermont, Patterson, Pomeroy, Pool, Pratt, Ross, Sawyer, Schurz, Scott, Sherman, Tipton, Trumbull, Warner, Willey—27. . Nayes—Boreman, Chandler, Drake, Fenton, Flanagan, Fowler, Hamilton, of Texas, Harris, Howard. Howell, McDonald, Morton, Nye, Osborn, Ramsay, Revels, Rice, Spencer, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer Trumbull, Williams, Wilson Yates—25. The Senate adjourned. Reminiscence of the Rebellion.—The last official business transacted by President Lincoln was to receive the visit of an officer of the War Department, who came to take his directions respecting Jacob Tompson. Intormatiaa Irad reached the Department at about 3 o’clock in the afternooa of April 14, that Jacob Thompson, the leader among the Rebel agents in Canada—concerning whom it had repeatedly been reported by our secret agents there that they were considering plans to as8as.-inate the President—would he in Portland, Me, the next day, in a certatn disguise, to take the steamer which would leave lor Halifax. When this information was submitted to Mr. Stanton he said instantly, *■ Arrest him!” “Bat stay,” he added, “you had better go over and find out what Mr. Lincoln desires. Tell him I think Thompson ought to be arrested.” Mr. Lincoln had finished his labors for the day, and was washing his hands in a side room. When iold that Jacob Thompson was coming into Maine, that he would be in Portland in dis guise the next forenoon, he said: 44 Well, I guess you bad better let him run.” 44 But,” was the answer. 44 Mr. Stanton thinks he had better be arrested.” “No,” said he, “lethim run. He can’t do any more barm now. When yon find an elephant running, the best way is to let him keep on. Let him get out to England if he wants to. We shall have enough of them on our bands without taking him too. Tell Stan ton yon had best let him slide.”—N. T. Bun. Authentic Advice* from Cuba. Key West, Fla., April 14. - A itheotic advi ces received from Cuba to day, represent that General Jordon is still in tbe field, fighting at the head of the patriot foices. Gen. Goyen- roche was defeated la3t wees near Bega. There was an engagement on u.e 6:h, between Muyara and Bagneron, m um Colon District. The Spaniards were again detested. Edward Natles, of the United States, was shot at Fort Cubanas, on the 8th inst. Consul Gen eral Biddle had previously telegraphed the facts in bis case to Washington, and made an appeal to the United States Government to m- tertere and save Natles’ life, bat he had re ceived no answer on the day of execution. PATRIOT REPORTS. Washington, April 15.—The friends of Ca ban independence have received letters, statiDg that the laborers on the sugar plantations near CoIod, have beeu obliged to abandon their work on account ot the advance of a large body of insurgents, and that the Spanish troops had re treated ; also that a column ot Spanish troop?, under Gen. Yenroche, had been twice deieated and driven back to Puerto Principe, and that General Jordan is still in command of the pa triots.’ Ben. Perley Poore. An article going tbe rounds of the papers, descriptive ol Washington letter writers, says: 44 There’s Ben. Perley Poore who is probably the most successful, as to his emoluments, and his employers are satisfied as to other essentials. He is a clerk to the Committee on Printing, which pays about $2,500 a year, gives him pos session of the committee-room and the privi lege of the floor of the Senate. He has a soft place, has Perley, and the light labor of corres pondence is the jolliest employment imaginable, when performed in the midst of luxurious sur roundings and to the music of $5,000 a year. He has the pay of a member, with more advan tages.” The aforesaid Ben. is not “ unknown to fame ” in Georgia. When quite a youth he essayed to conduct a Whig journal in Athens, in this State, bat made a failure therein, bis first connection with newspaperdom. Ben., it wa3 then said, was rather too fast a young man for the seat of Georgia’s University, and made a rather inglo rious retreat therefrom. We next heard of him as the foreign correspondent of a Boston journal, since which time he ha9 won a literary reputa tion, and is now living in clover, with his soft place to the Committee on Printing and 44 the privilege of the Senate.” When some years ago we met Ben. in Washingion City, he had grown from being a lithe, sprightly youth to a robust manhood, and had forgotten his press efforts and residence in Athens, till we reminded him of it. Ben. was, even in his early manhood, during his residence in Athens, a warm sympa thiser with the African race, and his republican ism now is the natural result of his early attachment to, perhaps we ought to say, opin ion ol, them. As a letter writer, or Washington correspondent, he now stands at the head of the list. From Atlanta to Decatur. For some time past, says the Nashville Ban ner, “endeavors have been made to build the road from Atlanta to Decatur, where the Mem phis and Charleston and Nashville and Decatur railroads would be tapped, and by means of which the State road wonld be flanked. The parties who were expected to build this road were, naturally, the city of Atlanta and the Georgia Railroad Company. Two contractors have offered to build the’ road—one for fifteen thousand dollars per mile in gold, cash; the other for twenty-seven thousand dollars per mile in currency, ten thousand to be paid cash, and the balance to be taken in stock and en dorsed bonds. The Directors of the Georgia Railroad have determined to accept the last offer, and will pay five thousand dollars per mile, the city of Atlanta agreeing to pay the other five thousand, and a committee was also appointed to manage this affair.” This would be a consummation 44 devoutly to be wished.” We have always felt satisfied that when the proper time come for action, the Directors ot the Georgia Railroad would move in the proper direction, and with efficiency too, to secure results in which it and Atlanta have so deep an interest. American Author*. Mr. Jenckes, of Rhode Island, has introduced a bill in the House of Representatives to amend the patent and copyright laws. In doing so, he made, it is reported, statements in regard to the treatment of American authors, which will be cotmdered as anything but complimentary by them, at least snch as have beon laboring under the hallncination that their works were placed it) some conspicuous place to be admired by everybody who visits the national capitoL He bas discovered that in the Department of the Interior there is a sepulchre in which forty thousand books are entombed. The room in which they are stored is accessible only by clam bering np a narrow Btaircase, and over an arch way. The room has no daylight, and if tbe books are to be examined, it most be done by candle light These books have been consigned to this literary tomb as a result of the provisions of the copyright laws now in force. This law requires that a person wishing to procure a copyright must send a copy of his book to the clerk’s office for transmission to the Patent Of fice. The books thus transmitted have been deposited in the lumber room above described, where many of them still remain in tbe original packages.” WASHINGTON. ANTI WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Washington, April 18.—The movement in opposition to woman suffrage here has been quietly making progress until it has culminated in an’organiz ation called the Sixteenth Amend ment Society. Two meetings have been held. A memorial to Congress—drawn up by Mrs. Admiral Dablgren—bas been handed around in polite circles. It bas been signed by Mrs. Gene ral Sherman, Mrs. James Brooks, Mrs. Captain Morris, and others. It is said that Mrs. Post master-General Creswwil approves tbe move ment, and will in due time sign the paper. TltE MORMONS. It is telegraphed here that the Mormon Church has sent on Elder Orson Pratt to make a per sonal appeal to Congress not to pass tbe House polygamy bill, now pending in the Senate. Pratt was sent here in 1862 on a similar mis sion. THE LEGAL TENDER CASE. The argument on tbe legal tender question in the Supreme Court has been postponed until next Monday. GENERAL BUTLER proposes to offer in the Houses a bill abolishing the income tax, and instead thereof assigning five per cent, of interest paid on all invested capital, including national and State bonds, on aliloans running longer than one year, divi dends of banks, insurance companies, railroads, etc., and on mortgages, leases and rents ; one per cent, on successions, legacies and deeds of gifts other than for charitable purposes, when property falls to one next in blood not of collat eral branch three per cent; when of collateral branch, five per cent, when a stranger or corpo ration, etc , all these collections to be made by stamps. Aho.he proposes to tax manufactu rers and the sale of spirituous and fermented liqnors, to abolish the office of Assessors and Assistant Assessors of internal revenue, and es tablish snch other offices for the collection ot the tax on whisky and tobacco as is necessary, and to repaal all other internal taxation. How Uncle Sam’s Money Gobs.—More de velopments are being made as to Radical man agement of government fnnds. This time Sen ator Pomeroy, ot Kansas, is involved. The Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette says: “ A short time ago the Secretary of tbe Treasury sent a communication to the House in answer to a resolution asking how the appropriation of $100,000, made when slavery was abolished in the District of Colombia, to enable all those emancipated, who desired it, to emigrate to Liberia or some other point, had been expended. The letter gave a detailed statement, and closed with a note saying that ot the amount expended, all had been accounted for by tbe several disbursing officers, with the exception of $25,000 advanced to S. C. Pome roy, which amount still remained to his debit unaccounted ior. It now appears that when this letter came ont, Pomeroy lacked the vouch ers for over $9,000, and the latter had been run ning along since the fall oi 1862. To square np the case, be filed bis own affidavit, setting forth that he had expended the lands as directed by Mr. Lincoln. This paper is now under con sideration in tbe Treasury Department. Sena tor Pomeroy says, after be had contracted for a ship and supplies to take colored people to Ichrigny, Seward came down on the enterprise with a heavy hand, and obliged him to stop operations. Pomeroy then claims that Mr. T.in. coin told him to pay off the damages to the con tractors on the best terms possible, and get out of the adventure. The result was that not a single emigrant got out of the country, although every dollar ot the $25,000 got oat of the Treasury.”