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WILLIAIN KILE.
Democrat*.
Above all, don’t yield nor surrender your
principles.
The negroes are entitled, it is true, to vote and
to hold office under the reconstruction laws and
the amended constitution, as they are, and
we 'will not molest them in the enjoyment ot
these privileges so long as this right exists, but
matters can be changed in a quiet and leva!
way, through the ballot box and the regular
constitutional way. and It ought to be done, and
we believe it will be in the course ot time.
The right ot the States to control the question
of suffrage cea be changed and given back to
the States where it has always existed uniil the
adoption ol the 15th Amendment, and that, too,
will be accomplished, ii the Democrats wlU but
adhere to their principles.
We have never asked a negro to vote, and we
don’t expect to do so.
It was wrong to give or confer upon them
political rights and we cannot, in good con- I
science, invite them to vote ior Democrats. We
are well disposed to the negroes, and will do
nothing to re-enalave them. Willing to givefull
and ample protection to their person and prop
erty, treat them kindly and advise them to
make property and to edneate their children,
but will never consent not to withdraw the
political rights, if it should ever be in oar power
to do it. This is plain talk, but we feel it to be
right, aDd we will not deceive the whites and
negroes upon this subject. We believe honestly
that it is best, lor both races, that! the white
people rule and govern this country.
8EBMON ON
The Life and Character
OF
GEN. R. E. LEE,
Preached at Cartenrille, 6a., Sunday,
October 16. 1870, by Sev. Sr. W. H.
Felton.
Taxr.—And the King said unto his servants, “ Know
je not that the.-e is a Prince and a treat man fallen
this day in IsraeL"—II Saxcxl. 3 38.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Wednesday. December l*. 1870.
A fbw days since we received a printed copy
in pamphlet "form, from the Cartersville Express
office, containing the sermon preached by Rev.
Dr. W. n. Felton, at Cartersville, Ga„ on the
life and character of General Robert E. Lee, and
we present it to our readers in this morning’s
issue of the Intelligencer, and commend it
to them. It is an admirable sermon and is
worthy of the consideration ot all persons.
We acknowledge the receipt of a pamphlet
containing a letter of advice from His Excel
lency, Ruins B. Bullock, Governor of Georgia,
to the election managers regarding the election
to be held on the 20th, 21st and 22d, December
1870. The correspondence between the Gover
nor and Attorney General, and copies ol the
law passed by the last Legislature, and also the
act passed by Congress.
“It is presumable that copies of this pamphlet
will be placed in the hands of the managers
recently appointed to manage the approaching
•lection in each county in the State, and there
fore, we publish only the letter ol advice in this
issue of the Intelligencer, and cannot too
Btrongiy urge upon the people of the whole
State the necessity and propriety ot observing
the law and keeping the peace,
Democracy.
The National Democratic Party, in conven
tion assembled, in New York, July, 1868, made
the following charge against the Radical party
In Congress, to-wit:
Under iu repeated assaults, the pillars of the
Government are rocking on their base, and,
should it succeed in November next, and inau
gurate its President, we will meet as a subject
and conquered people, amid the ruins of liberty
and the scattered fragments of the Constitution;
and we do declare and resolve, that, ever since
the people cl the United States threw off all sub
jection to the British Crown, the privilege ot
trust and suffrage have belonged to the several
States, and hare been granted, regulated, and
controlled exclusively by the political power ol
each State, and any attempt by Congress, on any
pretext whatever, to deprive any State of this
right, or interfere with its exercise, is a flagrant
usurpation of power which can find no warrant
in the Constitution, and, if sanctioned by the
people, will subvert our iorm ol government, and
can only end in a single, centralized, consolida
ted government, in Which the seperate existence
of the States will be entirely absorbed and an
Unqualified despotism bo established La pl&CC Ol
a Federal Union of equal States.
That we regard the reconstruction acts ol
Congress, so-called, as usurpations, unconstitu
tional, revolutionary and void.
In the foregoing are live issues—yes, living
issues—between the Radical and Democratic
parties, which will survive generation after
generation in thiB country, and yet we are told
that all are dead and that there is no difference
between the two great national parties, but that
oi finances and the management of money.
From such ignorance and stupidity may the
good Lord save us and our country.
In support ot the declaration of principles
made by the National Democracy, we call
special attention to the following resolution
adopted by the Democratic Convention held in
Atlanta on the 17th of August 1870:
Uuolaed, That the Democratic party ol the
BUte of Georgia stands upon the principles of
the Democratic party of the Union bringing in
to special prominence, as applicable to the pres
ent extraordinary condition of the country, the
unchangeable doctrine that this is a Union oi
of SUtes; and the indestructibility ollhe States,
and of their rights, and of their equality with
b other, is an indispensible part of our polit
ical system.
Is this enough. Can any one longer doubt ?
Will they deny the truth ? Abandon these
principles, and the party will soon go to pieces,
but sund by aud firmly advocate them upou
every hill and valley before the people, and all
will come right some tame.
Ex-Governor Jenkins.
We tr&nsler the following notice of Governor
Jenkins from the Savannah Republican:
Ex-Govsbnob Jenkins.—This distinguished
and revered citizen ol Georgia, after a long ab
sence from the country, has returned to bis
home in Augusta. An announcement in the
Augusta papers brings vividly to mind the re
markable changes that have resulted as part of
the fortunes ot war. Mr. Jenkma, whose ser
vices in the executive ebair shed honor and
dignity on the State, who illustrated our judi
ciary on the Supreme Bench, who baa so otten
held “listening Senates’’ spell bound by his elo
quence, and whose triumphs at the bar axe
among the elcries of his profession, is now a
bank president, solving the mysteries of interest
and discount, and, we are told, “ may be found
at the bank daily.” Such is tile 1 But Charles J.
Jenkins will not always remain a bank presi
dent. A brighter destiny awaits his State, a
better fortune her proscribed sons, and he will
be among the first to resume the position for
which his exalted character, talents and states
manship so eminently fit him.
Our cotemporary pays a high and merited
compliment in the foregoing notice to one of
Georgia’s noble representative men, and, if the
opportunity ever offers, the people throughout
the entire State will give an unmistakable mani
festation ol their unbounded appreciation of
Charles J. Jenkins, the unsullied patriot and
statesman.
Agricultural Economy.
The year 1870 is now near its end, leaving
with the industrious and economical bounteous
crops, but bad markets for the principal pro
duct.
Farmers throughout the land have reaped
plenteously of earth’s productions, whatever
they planted being brought iorth manifoid and
bonutifully. Thejpresent year is crowded with
big events, and every farmer, with grateful
heart, acknowledges its benefits.
The season has proven as beneficial as could
be, but the people, by their natural inborn ava
rice, have overlooked their true interests in try
ing to make too much. Large crops of cotton
have been made, at an expense that would have
suited a larger price on the product, but as it is
the cotton raisers will reap very small rewards.
Let us first raise corn and other grain; raise and
fatten our own meat; then we can afford to
plant cotton for the market
As we do, what little money we get for our
cotton we have to expend for provisions, and
have an insufficiency to effect material im
provements on our tar ms. It is a policy that
will prove injurious—already has done so, in
fact—and should be abandoned; and there is
no hope of its being so until the people see the
importance ot raising their own provisions first,
andthen the cotton for cash to work the im
provements for another crop.
The war in Europe, paralyzing the markets
ior cotton, should prove how uncertain is cot
ton raising, and also prove that it is best not to
depend upon the production of it alone for our ;
interests, nut to have an eye particularly for our
support independent of everybody.
should the war close soon, then the market
will go up, and farmers may yet realize their
brightest hopes and sell out their crops ior a
good price, and be better able to bay provi
sions sufficient for next year. May it be so, and
that they will look better to their interests next
year, and make com and bacon plenty through
out the land.
The following resolution waa adopted by the
Democratic Convention, held in Atlanta on the
17thof August, 1870, to-wit:
Resolved, That the President of the Conven
tion be instructed to appoint an Executive Com
mittee, composed of two from each Congres
sional District, who shall choose a chairman
from outside their own number with power on !
their part to call a future Convention of the i -—. , * •
Democratic party, and with such other powers : We Uunk lhat * l wU1 eventually *end more than
^h3 veusuallyexercised by DemocratlcEecu iirv,hmo ,f * ,h " onemD£r nD “ d develooinn. as
The President’* Message.
General Grant leads o& his paper with a
thrust at the Southern Democracy tor frauds
and intimidatiou, which, if it were just, in the
lace oi his party peiformances in Missouri, Vir
ginia, the Carotinas, Alabama, Mississippi and
Texas, his election law in Georgia, and the con
fessions ot Bowen, required no little cheek.
The heavy point ot the message is the annex
ation of Ban Domingo, which is the President’s
grand panacea for all political and pecuniary
ills. We suppose the project. Is as good as ac
complished, and it opens to the American Re
public, the beginning of a career of which no
man can see the end. It commits the country
to a good colonial system, which will ultimately
embrace all the Western Indies, and in its inev
itable consequences, still more vastly modify
the character ot the Government—increase its
expenses—augment its dangers and swell the
volume of patronage and corruption.
The President says the country is to pay its
debts and make its fortune oat of San Domingo ;
but fortunes are made of bankrupts not by
buying, but in selling their assets and business.
The last time we heard from Baez's treasury bis
liabilities were not worth a mill oh the dollar,
nnd he could not raise cash enough to boy a
breakfast. As the ruler—so the people. Some
lew native woods and now and then a little
screed of tobacco, or a gourd of dirty sugar—a
little coffee and a dry hide or two were the
results of their industry. Baez and some few
mulattoes had energy enough to keep their faces
clean, but the balance ot the negroes were no
better than bushmen.
Doubtless we shall be told what the Yankees
wilt Go with that magnificent country when
they get it. But we were also told what they
were going to do with this one when they got
it; and what they were going to show us in the
way ot growing cotton; but it turned out all
talk. They could not make cotton half so well
as the “ignorant and debased people of the
Boulh.”
Nor do they want to grow cotton, or coffee or
sugar. What they waut is lor somebody else
to grow it and let them do the trading on it.
Consequently, they have got their growers in
Ban Domingo now; and these growers are just
good to pick off what grows of itself and eat it
up, and they are good lor nothing else. The
"nation” will Bpend five dollars in San Do
mingo, for every one it gets out of that island,
tor twenty years to come, But it is a good old
hot place for New England to unbend in, and
half a dozen earthquakes may shake some of
the old grannyism out of her.
The President is inflammatory on fish—the
navigation ot the BL Lawrence, and the “ Rev
enue Reformers.” • He intimates that the Rev
enue Reformers want to stop the revenue, when
lie knows they are simply assailing a tariff
which is levied for the most part to diminish the
revenue, and to compel the honest farmers ot the
country to pay five dollars bounty to a tew man
ufacturers in order to get one dollar into the
Untied States Treasury.
The President says nothing about the prom
ised amnesty, and, indeed, he has a great and
growing dislike lor people who refuse to vote
the Radical ticket. He don’t think they can be
patriots or statesmen—gentlemen or scholars.
Macon Telegraph and Messenger.
J. L. Dunning.—The political angling of
this scalawag on the prolongation question, dur
ing the recent session of the General Assembly,
was each as to call forth an endorsement by
several of our Democratic cotemporaries, of his
honesty of purpose in all political matters. It
is true thet he dresses well, assumes the air of a
gentleman, and claims that Atlanta has been his
tome for twenty-five years, bat then his appeals
to the negroes oa Saturday show conclusively
that he is an unprincipled political demagogue.
He bus yet to learn that the white people of this
Commonwealth have too much foresight to
utouud the hissing ol a snake with the voice
of kindness.
The foregoing i6 what the Monroe Advertiser
says about Mr. Dunning w ! o made a speech to
the negroes in Forsyth, aud the following is
also from the Advertiser :
Radical Sentiment—The exclamation of
Duuning, on Saturday, when speaking ot the
motley crowd in the Court House sq tare, “I
wish to God I could talk to the mothers out
side, is a happy illustration of the contamina
ting infl tence of Radical association. .
Mr. Duuning waa not a friend to the South iu
her late struggle. He turned hia back upon At
lanta, and went North the first opportunify.
Atttr the war, he came back, and has done his
best to bring about all the existing trouble, and
has been the adviser of the negroes.
He is the Postmaster at Atlanta, and was the
defeated candidate for the Senate in the 35th
Senatorial District; but when Colonel Winn,
ot Marietta, was excluded in the reorganization
ot the Senate, Mr. Dunning, notwithstanding he
was at the time holding the office of Postmaster
at Atlanta, was permitted to take his seat in
the Senate by takiiig the usual oath. How he
could reconcile it to his conscience, when the
Cons itution expressly prohibited him from the
privilege of holding both offices, we are not ad
vised.
The African Diamond Fields.—The fol
lowing is an extract from a commercial letter
to Messrs. Ruylands & Sons, one of the largest
diy goods houses in Manchester, England:
There are already about ten thousand people
at work from Natal and Cape Colony alone, as
the news has had scarcely time to reach Europe,
A m erica and Australia, yet, We expect a great
influx ot people from all parts of the world, and
tive Committees; their appointment to. last un
til the assemblage ol the next Democratic Con
▼cation.
In pursuance of this resolution, the Com
mittee was appointed for the purposes named in
the resolation only, but with no power to
change the platform in any particular.
The wonderful story of rain falling on a
group graves, near Mobile, and nowhere else, is
explained by the presence of a wild-cherry tree.
The gentleman who unravelled the mystery
■ays it is quire common at this sesaon to see the
gap falling in showers from th6 wild-cherry,
crape-myrtle and swamp poplar trees.
The Paris Steele announces: “ Since the 4th
of September, not a single heinous crime has
been committed, nor one serious offense against
property or person. Paris, without police, with
out a sergent-de-ville being visible, without a
constable’s slave, hardly lighted at night, is safer
than it ever was at any period during thu
monarchy.
any thing to the opening up and developing, as
; well as populating, this part oi Booth Africa in
* particular. Diamonds are now being found at
I the rate of £50,000 value per week. The Jew
I diamond merchants from the Cape have already
j purchased for actual cash in the field upwards
| of $500,000 worth, besides which large quanti-
I ties are being sent home privately by the finders.
| The diamond fields are situated on the banks of
! Vaal river, which divides the Orange Free State
I from the Transvaal Republic, distant from Ma- j
ritzburg about 400 miles. |
Tux protection afforded to American industry
by our t&rrifi laws is illustrated in the tax im
posed on window glass. On ordinary glass,
such as poor men purchase for building, there is,
laid a duty of about sixty per cent. On large :
and costly plates, there is but about thirty-three
per cent. duty. The former is manufactured in
this country, but there are no establishments for
making the heavy plate glass.
Of course Congress did not intend to' make
the poor man sweat. It only wished to protect
the rich man from loss. This is the idea run
ning ail through our tariff laws.—Chicago times.
These are the words of eulogy applied by
King David to Abner, the military chieftain of
the bouse of KtogSanl. Abner after exhausting
all his resources, snd finding that it was nseless
! to prosecute the war any longer against David,
| determined to surrender all his forces. The
terms of capitulation bad been agreed upon—an
interview between the rival captains had taken
place. David at this interview extended to Ab
ner and his body guard the hospitalities and
courtesies which were due to a brave and gen
erous enemy, and finally dismissed him with
every mark of respect and esteem. But Abner
had not proceeded iar on bis return home before
be was arrested by the messengers ot the envi
ous and malignant Joab. He is carried back
to Hebron, and Joab, while conversing with
him under the guise of friendship, stabbed him
so that he died.
David, when he hears of his death, drapes his
household in mourning, and himself follows the
bier to the grave, weeping like a child; and all
the people wept at the grave of Abner. After
the interment, when the King's servants in
sisted that he should "eat meat,” he steadily re
fused “ ’til the sun be down,” and said to them
" Know ye not that there is a great man fallen
this day in Israel ?”
Gen. Robert E Lee was a Christian—a disci
ple ol Christ—a recognized member •>! His
church—a communicant ai its altars, and it is
fitting that the precious truths ol the Gospel
should be associated with his departure; that
its promises should comfort us iu our loss, and
brighten the path that leads to the “ inheritance
of the saints.” which be has obtained.
It is a sublime thought, that such a man is at
rest! It is a sublimer thought that such a
character is indestructible and undying.
That character was the resalt of long con
tinued industry, and unwavering adherence to
principle—principle which had but one ac
knowledged standard, and that the high stan
dard ot Christian faith and morals. He was the
architect of that character, before which men
pause to-day in loving reverence. And it is
consolatory to remember that while the intel
lect and the heart which reared this personal
structure—colossal in its outlines, and symmetri
cal in all its parts—is removed irom among men
yet the structure itselt remains, and shall fill the
whole earth with gratitude ior its possession.
When an ordinary man dies, his immediate
relatives mourn tor him—hia own home is deso
lated, and a tew heariB are blighted. But he is
a “great man,” whose death clothes a nation in
mourning, mid carries sorrow to every manly
heart in the civilized world.
The man of exalted birth and high official or
social position may command at his death a
funeral cortege, imposing and brilliant in its
arrangements, but how seldom are such funeral
processions sanctified by tears t Usually they
are gilded pageants—cold mockeries ol mor
tality, unadorned with a sigh—in which tender
love has no place—the heart no sympathy.
Who imagines that Prussia wept oyer the
splendid sarcophagus of Frederick II, falsely
called the Great? It is true be startled all
Europe by the boldness of his designs, and the
rapidity with which he executed them. It is
true be wrested Silesia and other provinces
from their legitimate crowns, and transferred
them to biB hereditary state, Bradenburg. It is
also true, that he devoted himself to the mate
rial prosperity of his subjects, but that pros
perity waa encouraged and fostered that it might
be wasted iu wars, having for their only object
the aggrandizement of himself. He desired to
make Prussia wealthy, that his coffers might be
enriched. He sought the renown of Prussia,
that Frederick might be esteemed the most suc
cessful chieltaiu of his age. He was a pro
fessional soldier, and fond of carnage. Every
emotion of his soul was a trained and dis
ciplined servant to his ambition. Ev^ry domes
tic virtue and social affection was either crushed
iu its birth, or subsidized to his personal in
terest.
He was successful, but who can believe that
tears were shed over the friend and patron ol
Voltaire ? Did human nature bring tears for
him who sneered at all Us finer sensibilities ?
Did wives weep for him who had never recog
nized his own amiable and true-hearted wife'
Did Boldiers weep over him whose severity
discipline—whose exacting cruelties on the
drill—whose various oppressions made their
lives a constant martyrdom, and drove hun
dreds to suicide, simply, that in a “ charge on
full gallop, one horse’s bead should not be a
foot beyond another, and that the line should
be so exactly straight Euclid, himself could
not detect an error ?”
Who dreams that Marlborough, also falsely
called the Great, with his brilliant victories and
startling villainies, moved the hearts of his
countrymen at his demise ? His courage, bis
abilities,! bis noble and winning manners, the
splendid success which had attended him on
every occasion in which he commanded, made
him a favorite with his brethren in arms. But
he unblushingly sacrificed every principle for
gold—he betrayed every trust for gold—he
compromised every sovereign to whom be owed
allegiance, for gold. HLrdeception, his hypoc
risy, and his master pieces of statecraft, are said
to have been such “ as Borgia would have en
vied, and Buch as Machiavel would have
extolled to the skies.” When he died, a master
of the u art of war ” died, but no man or gov
eminent lost a friend.
We cannot conceive how love, which
finds expression in tears, could have
manifested itselt in the multitude which some
years ego followed the remains ot Napoleon
I, also falsely called the Great, from the point of
landing in France, to the splendid mausoleum
prepared tor their reception. It is true, nave,
chou, and transept of Notre Dame were In
blaze with innumerable wax-lights—it is true,
gorgeous coffin, resting on a magnificent fnneral
car, drawn by horses appropriately draped, was
followed by thousands in glittering uniforms aud
badges ot honor, amid the booming ot distant
minute guns, and surrounded by the battle-
scarred eagles of his Italian campaign—but,
“O. shade ot the mighty, where now are thy legions
That rushed but to conquer, when ihon led’et
them on?
Alas I they have perished in far hilly regions.
And all save the fame of their triumph Is gone.
The trumpet may sound, mid the load < snnon rattle
They heed not, they hear not, they are free irom all
pom,
They^eep their last sleep, they have fonjht their last
Mo sound can awake them to glory again !
Who can conceive that ambition like his—
which depopulated and impoverished —which
wasted and scourged, that such ambition, as it
stands out in history, “wrapped in the solitude
of its own originality,” could command at its
grave the “offering of a heart ?”
To-day an entire people are in tears. The
strong man weeps because he feels that he has
lost a friend. Woman brings her tribute uf the
heart, because she knows that the genius, cour
age and constancy, which stood between her and
ruined innocence has gone to the grave,—
Children weep because Gen. Lee, whom they
loved as a father, is dead; as Southern children,
they are orphans, indeed. It is sad when a
child is deprived of its natural protector, the
guardian of its rights, the watchful sentinel upon
its dark aud dangerous future—one who never
Bleeps nor slumbers when its interests are in
volved. Ohl there are tears in orphanage
which may well “refuse to be comforted.”
To day the children of the State are in or
phanage. Maxima orbUas reipublica — ‘the great
orphanage ot the commonwealth.” The State
mourns its benefactor, the faithful guardian ot
its lights, the watchman on its towers. Sate in
counsel, wise in command, fearless in action,
humble in the hour of victory, brave iu ceteat,
counting not hia life dear onto himself, so that
he might bring happiness and security to hiB
countrymen.
We propose to inquire: What constitutes a
great man? David said Abner was a great
man. We assert that Gen. Lee was a great
man. Are we correct ? This word “great” is
frequently upon our lips. We apply it indis
criminately as our partialities may indicate our
favorites. He may be great in our estimation,
but is he trnly great 1 He may excel In some
intellectual, moral or business pursuit, but is the
whole man fitly joined together ? Statesmen
are not always great men. Successful warriors
are not necessarily great, as men. Even a good
man may not be entitled to the appellation of
great, for he may be illiterate, obscure, “loved
and prized by God alone.”
What then, constitutes a great man T First,
negatively—It does not consist in large earthly
I po~sessions, in material resources, nor in official
position 1
These are the elements of power, but not the
constituents ol greatness. They are the exter
nals of fortune, not necessarily the accompani
ments; of true nobility. They may co-exist with
gratheaB, bat they hang as loose robes around
Ih^greal man. They ale the outer garments—
U you please, the ioga virilit— u Roman gown of
manhoodbut not the manhood itself. They
are the pafnt—the stated—the ffipgrqe work of
the edince. but not the building. Time may
detiice "them—misfortune may destroy them—
but their departure only reveals the solidity of
the masonry within.
At the outset of the war, Geo. Lee had some
of these externals of fortune—some wealth-
honorable connections—some official position,
and the confidence ot his associates- His mind
was cultivated. He was. master oi his profes
sion. The industry that had graduated him
second in an unusually brilliant class at West
Point, had also made him the most accomplished
engineer in the “ old army.” He had some pro
fessional tame. Vera Cruz had fallen, by his
professional skill. Cerro Gordo, Chepultepec,
and Contreras were carried, as much by his
professional learning as by the courage of the
troops, for it was his learning and ability which
directed the operations ot those day*, aud
brought about their successful results. Ail these
things had given him some advantages—some
prestige.
During “our war,” he held high official posi
tion. Many ot the externals of fortune seemed
to hang around the loved old chieftain, bat they
were only chaplets and robes thrown ever the
statue ot Hercules. When reverses had swept
them all away—when his little wealth was all
f one—when he was stripped of position, and
espoiled of power, it was then the solid and
elegant structure ot his character was revealed.
To be stripped of these things is what the world
calls ruin—what the world calls defeat—but
this seeming ruin and defeat is the opportunity
ot true greatness.
Never did Gen. Lee seem greater than when
on the 12ih ol April, 1865— alter the surrender,
which had been agreed upon two days before —
when the seventy-five hundred men who still
remained with him, had stacked their arms, and
the ranks were lor the first time broken in the
presence of the enemy—there, surrounded by
all these evidences of defeat—there, when the
veterans of a hundred battle-fields are disch urged
irom the control of their commanding officer—
there, in full view of the slacked muskets which
they had borne so gallantly ai Manassas, Freder
icksburg, Chancelloraville. Richmond, Gettys
burg, everywhere—there, "in lull view of their
bullet-torn flags, now furled and in the posses
sion ot others—there, with all the memories of
the past, and all the tears for the future—these
brave men are moved by but one impulse, and
that was to grasp the hand ot their beloved old
chieftain, to shake it with all the fervor of love,
while tears are streaming from eyes that had
never blinked in the storm of battle They
weep—not for themselves, but because they
knew his “great soul” was pained Their
first and only thought in that supreme
moment, was to minister consolation to him,
“ whom they loved.” Ah! it was Cato in ruins,
receiving comtort from hi3 noble children—it
was Aristides in banislmfieut, receiving the tear
ful benedictions of all the Athenians. There he
stands, deprived ot his rank —a prisoner of war
on parole, his hopes and labors all blasted, yet
never was he ao loved and honored—never was
he so appreciated. He turned to the soldiers
who gathered around him and said, “ Men, we
have fought through the war together, aud I
have done the be3t I could for you.” With
this noble consciousness of rectitude—a coo
sciousnesa which was responded to by every
young Southerner who had followed his dag, he
mounted his horse, and in company with a tew
members ot hig staff, he rode back to Richmond.
Blackened walls and smoking embers arc
around him; the streets are thronged with
strangers; Boldiers in Federal uniforms crowd
the pavements; no familiar face is seen. Pre
sently he is recognized—the cry is raised, “Lee 1
Lee 11” Instantly friend and foe uncover, and
start after the retiring hero with shouts of love
and applause. Soon he enters his humble
house, and forever into the seclusion of private
life. The smoke of battle is now dispersed
and the eye can take in the magnitude of the
man—tor the sunbeams are playing upon his
brow, and every cloud that now floats ovtr him
only deepens the golden light that bathes his
character.
Enemies investigate his character. Records
are searched, prisoners are interrogated on oath.
His companions in arms are cross-examined.—
Every device is employed to find something
condemnatory of his official acts, and yet the
verdict of his prosecutors is, “ We find no fault
in this man.”
So then we are taught improperly that posi
tion constitutes greatness, and that worldly sue
cess is a test of merit. Under this teaching men
frequently are induced to surrender all nobility
of soul to at qnire position, and wiil sacrifice all
the elements of greatness to com maud success.
Gen. Lee did not seek the chief command of
the army of Virginia. He seemed to drilt with
the current of evenU, and yet his intellect and
his rigid discharge of duty were, all uncon
sciously to himself, controlling and shaping the
current of events. When at Savannah, or in
Northwest Virginia, comat^gding a handful ot
men, wnlle the Southern armies were gathering
around Richmond, and in Tenucssee under
other leaders, there were no murmurs, no rest-
lees repinings. But like Fabius Maximus, who
under the charge of inactivity, was superceded
by another, and went into a subordinate posi
lion, lie said, “This only affords me a more
splendid opportunity of showing my zeal for
the republic.” When he received the chiei
command ot the army of Virginia, he seemed
to fill a niche which nature had prepared lor
him. His genius, his intellect and moral quali
fications fitted the place. There was no dis
crepancy between hia capacity and hiB duty.—
His resources were always equal to the demands
made upon them. He adorned the office—the
office revealed the man. He was to his office as
an “ apple ot gold set in & picture of silver.”
Who is a “great man ?” One who, with high
intellectual qualifications, fine moral perceptions,
and untiring industry, devotes all his mental aDd
moral endowments to the happiness ot others,
Selfishness makes no part ot true greatness.
Labor and exertion for selfish ends and pur
poses, dissolves and annuls a man’s claim to
great ness. He lives not unto himself. Livin
or dying he belongs unto others. As the circle
enlarges, and the number of those he benefits is
multiplied, in that proportion he is great When
the recipients of his intellectual and moral bene
ficence embrace the citizens ot a State, we have
that highest grade ot human greatness a “na
tional benefactor.”
Gen. Lee liven not for himselt. He never
placed personal considerations in competition
wifh the “ public good.” He was the servant of
all, and thus he reached the Scriptural standard
ot greatness. “Ye know that the princes of the
Gentiles exercise dominion over them and they
that are great exercise authority upon them
But it shall not be so among you; but wiro
soever will be great among yon, let him be your
minister. And whosoever will be chief among
you let him be your servant.” That is: Among
the Gentiles, dominion and authority are the
signs of greatness, but among Christians he is
to be recognized as chief who devotes all his
powers to the general happiness—forgets self-
interest in promoting the interest of others Is
willing to be poor, that others may be rich—is
willing to suffer that others may rejoice, con
sents to risk his life, and even to die, that others
may live. The highest praise the enemies of
the Blessed Bavior ever gave him was the deri
sive taunt, “ He saved others, himself he canuot
save.” The grandest words ol patriotism that
ever fell from human lips were Paul’s: “ For I
could wish that myself were accursed from
Christ (or my brethren, my kinsman according
to the flesh, who are Israelites.”
It is said of Caius Gracchus, that he boasted
ot carrying casks full of wine into the provinces,
and bringing them back empty, while others
brought theirs back full of gold. Like him, Gen.
Lee carried a foil purse into the struggle for
Southern independence, and brought it out
empty. He could have amassed millions lor
his private estate; be could have commanded
every bale of cotton in the South; he could
have loond an outlet through every blockaded
port on our coast; but while his countrymen
suffered, it is said that a “simple slice of ham
and cracker” was the extent ot his table TuXu
lies; and at the close of the war he was de
pendent upon his own exertions tor his daily
jread. Belt was forgotten.
He was opposed to secession, but his indi
vidual opinions were not permitted to influence
his duty to others. He was the son ot Virginia,
and therefore the servant of Virgin’ ans. At the
command of his old mother, he unsheathed his
sword, and never did he surrender it until the
Virginia of his fathers had ceased to exist. As
long as the had power to issue her orders, so
long, with sword in hand, was he ready
through rock and steel to smite;” When she
ceased to breathe, and her arms were folded in
death, he had nothing to do but to die, and
sleep upon her bosom.
He fought simply tor the homes of his coun
trymen—for his Penates. His nature shrank
from the carnage ot battle. He fonnd no
music,” like Charles XII ot Sweden, in
whistling bullets.” He felt no sublimity in I
exploding shells, in the charge of cavalry, or in
the shouts ol c*p-ains. Ha knew that ail these
were the messengers of death—ot wounds—ot
desolation. His finely-wrought soul delighted
in none ot these things, for his was
“ The kind and gentle heart.
That fee!* anotfier’e woe.”
He fonght tor no objects ot ambition—no
crown—no point of honor—no acquisition of
territory—-no traditional feud—no sectional
hate He carried into battle neither the red
rose of Lancaster, nor the white rose of York.
But with a “ single eye ” to defense, his motives
were all summed up in the expression, “My
people must be protected.” When army alter
army which the Federal authorities sent against
him, had gone down udder his guns nnd his
strategy like irost-work, when new levies of a
half million of men were flocking to the Fede
ral onset, like “ eag'es to the carcass,” and the
little band of young Southrons were rallying
around their * old leader ” for the last death-
struggle, it is said some foreign officer enquired
of Ge«. Lee, “How long do you suppose the
work of death will continue, and what will be
the probable results of the war?” It is said that
his only reply was, “ Sir, my people must be
protected." And we verily believe that hia
people today owe even their tolerable condition
not so much to the clemency of Northern poli
ticians as they do to the stern and overwhelm
ing resistance ot Robert E Lee.
In an earthquake, it b usually the first wave
which rushes over the city, and in its reflex
sweeps everything lovely and beautiful to the
bottom of the sea. It the city can escape that
first wave, consequent on the first shock, then
the monster force is found to subside gradually,
and finally wastes its strength in harmless
oscillations. Bo is the first wave of Northern
vengeance, consequent on the firing upon Fort
Sumter, and the first battle of Manassas, had
swept unresisted over the South, it is probable
the “desolations ot war” would have been
realized by us more than they were. Rut Gen.
Lee certainly gave the country time for reflec
tion, and Btayed the mad waves of revenge
nntil the North had learned to respect tne
courage of the South. The State which pro
duced him, and the soldiers he commanded
may be hated, but can never be despised. We
repeat, that he consecrated all his powers to the
happiness of his countrymen.
But this regard lor the greatest good to the
greatest number ot his fellow men was mani
fested in his efforts to mitigate the horrors and
cruelties of war.
The savage is never a “great man.” The
brave man is proverbial tor his generosity and
his chivalrous bearing towards the helpless and
unarmed. He will lose an opportunity ior suc
cess rather than stain his reputation for mag
nanimity. His place ia history, and the ap
proval of his conscience, is more valuable to
him than the applause of the multitude.
Never were these truisms more fully illustra
ted than they were by Gen. Lee in his tempo
rary invasion of Pennsylvania. It was thought
when he entered that State he would retaliate
for the many outrages which the enemy hid
committed upon the South. That he, also,
would announce that “ war is cruelty,” and pro
ceed to apply the torch. That in answer to the
demands made upon him by some Southern
journals, he would hoist the black flag, and pro
ceed to chase women and children from their
burning homes, and drive them houseless and
penniless refugees into the mountains and
swampa ot that State. But little did the men
who entertained these expectations know of the
grandeur ot the Confederate Chieltaiu.
As soon as he entered that State, he issued
orders forbidding his troops from taking private
property, unlees paid for on the spot; that no
private dwelling was to be entered without spe
cial authority. Grain fields were guarded by
troops on starving horses; store houses and
barns were surrounded by ragged and bare
footed pickets to shield them from depredation.
A few Dutchmen gathering up their mules and
oxen pretended to fly before the rebels, but the
vast majority of the citizens remained at home
along the line of Lee’s march, and the infant ba< e
slept as sweetly upon its mother’s breast as
though no invading army had crossed the lines;
aud virgin innocence reposed as safely upon its
nightly conch os though it h id been resting in
its lather’s arm?. There were no smoking ruins
left in his path; he issued no orders to destroy,
and made no reports like the following, by Gen.
Sheridan: “ I have destroyed over two thou
sand barns filled with wheat and bay and farm
ing implements; over seventy mills filled with
flour and wheat; have driven in front ot the
army over tour thousand head of stock, and
have killed and issued to the' troops not less
than three thousand head of sheep, and have
made the country entirely untenable.”
A writer on International Law says, “ A bil—
ligerent prince, who should, in the present day,
without necessity, ravage an enemy’s country
with fire and sword, and render it uninhabita
ble in order to make it serve ns a barrier against
the advance of the enemy, would justly be re
garded as a modern Attilla ’’
After he fought the b ttle of Gettysburg, and
during his retreat —thougn mat retreat was con
ducted in perfect order and unmolested by the
enemy, yet there were no poor old Cassvillea in
his rear, with every house in its corporate limits
reduced to ashes, except its three churches—
there were no Cartersvilles, with every house
on its pnblic square left in cinders, and its Bap
tist Church destroyed—there were no Mariettas,
there were no Atlaatas, with its inbabitan s
driven into exile, and their homes, “ palace and
hovel,” left blackened monuments of bar
barism and cowardice. There was no long
track of embers and wrecks, no flying throngs
of shrieking, wailing women, and starving child
ren There was no Columbia, with its churches,
its halls of learning, its palaces of justice, its
eighty squares of 'buildings all wrapped in
flames, its insulted women, its desecrated graves,
its sack, in which intoxicated soldiers and fire
did the “work of hell” from dark to sunrise.
Oh, no 1 There were none of these things,
Gen. Lee was in command of Southern troops.
It was not Count Yon Moltke, or the Crown
Prince, carrying desolation to the harmless peas
antry ot Alsace and Lorraine. It was the Hero
who had achieved greatet victories than Grave-
lotte, subjecting “war” to the high standards of
humanity and Christian mercy. It was a man
who gave no unnecessary pain, inflicted on
gratuitous suffering, started no tears. He was a
Knight tender as woman, and fearless as
Bayard.
Lastly: Every great man fears God, and
keeps His commandments.
Human greatness is estimated by its works.
By their deeds will posterity judge the great ot
this world. Professions ot friendship tor the
human race will only be esteemed valid, when
sustained by the consecration of great intellect
ual aud moral powers to the public good.
But the enemy of God was never a true
friend to man. He who violates the law ot
God, and “teaches men so,” is to the extent ot
his ability, at war with the public good. For
the highest human happiness can only be
reached through obedience to God. Christianity
is the foundation of our civilization, and the
only elevating and refining agency of oar so
ciety. He who rejects Christianity, undermines
the intelligence and the virtue of the human
race, and attempts to force back the tide ot
civilization upon the sources ot barbarism. A
Christian is not necessarily a “great man;” he
may not have the power to shape and mould his
fei.ow-men; he may not have the tact to com
mand the world’s attention; he may be incapa
ble of great thoughts and great actions, bat
every “great man” is a good man, a “God
tearing” man, a righteous man. For he cannot
be a lover of men unless he be a lover of God
in Christ Jesus.
As we have stated, Gkn. Lee was a Christian,
a communicant at the altars ot a Christian
chnrch, partaker ot the emblems ot "Christ’s
broken body and shed blood,” a man of prayer,
a man ot faith, one who hung all his trophies,
all his spoils ’ upon the CtobSl”
We can never f irget bis dispatches announcing
to the country memorable victories—victories
destined to live in history and song as long as
great deeds are honored among men. They
were in spirit bat a repetition ot the old doxclo-
gies: “ Not unto us. O Lord, not unto us, bat
unto thy name give glory.” “ Unto thee, O God
do we give thanks: unto thee do we give thank?
for that thy name is near, thy wondrous works
declare. O sing unto the Lord a new song; for
he hath done marvelous things; his right hand
and his holy arm hath gotten him the victory.”
“The Lord hath made known his salvation.
And hath redeemed us from oar enemies.” It is
probable that Gen Lee did not believe that bat
tle was a decision of the “justice of God,” or
that the results of the war determined the legal
equities of au international cause. But he was
deeply religious—he recognized the hand of
God in everything—his heart was the trained
and disciplined respondent of God’s mercies,
and he habitually attributed every success to
the “Father ot Lights.”
When he parted with his troops at Appoma-
tox, he dismissed them with these manly words
“ I earnestly pray that a merciful God will ex
tend to yon his blessings and protection.” It
was a tather commending his children to the
God who had watched over all his earthly pil
grimage. It was Israel in his last hours, reach
ing out his hands and laying them upon the
heads of Ephraim and Manassah, saying “ The
angel which redeemed me from evil, bless the
lads.” It was the Apostle committing his sons
to God, and the word of his grace,”—who
kneeled down and prayed with them alL”
And they all wept sore, “sorrowing most ol all
for the words which he spake, that they should
see his tace no more.”
Grand old man I Great ia all thy actions, bnt
greatest and noblest in communion and fellow-
I ship with thy God! Thou wert not permitted
to lead “tby people to their coveted inheritance,”
] bnt on “ Nebo’s lonely mountain” God handed
thee gently and gloriously to thy grave I
Oh 1 ye coming historian 1 Write it upon thy
future page, tnat the desolated South has pro
duced the only Chieftain of the Nineteenth Cen
tury who by his acts in war, demonstrated his
piety to God. Havelock, and our own Jackson,
were subordinates. Like the Phoenix, which
ie said to renew itselt from its own ashes, so
these Southern States, when they were crum
bling into rains, developed and matured the
sublimest specimen of a Christian Soldier
known to his age.
The world does not produce many “great
men”—only here and there, along the track of
time, do they make their appearance. Heaven
bestows its ordinary gifts lavishly, but its extra
ordinary endowments are given sparingly.
There are not many stars of the first magnitude
—diamonds are scarce among the sands ot the
earth. These “ great men’'
oar guidance.
by which the multitude may direct their aspira
tions and their actions. When one begins to
grow dim with years, God raises up another,
and to-day Robert E. Lee is Heaven’s lateBt
monument, on the path of human existence.
Let us reach out as far as practicable towards
this illustrious example. Let us, like him, sub
mit quietly to the necessities ot our situation,
obey the laws, and by industry, economy and
enterprise, restore the “ waste places” ot Geor
gia. Above all, let ns by taith in Christ, secure
the blessing ot Almighty God.
^nter Work* aud Free School*.
Upon these great questions we have never en
tertained but one opinion, and that opinion has
been fully made known through the columns ot
our paper, from the first time the proposition
was made up to the very morning upon which
the people of Atlanta were at the ballot box to
decide for or against these eutopean schemes of
internal improvements. Our opinion has un
dergone no change whatever upon the subject;
•we were opposed to the plans suggested lor
their accomplishment then, and hold the same
position now, in reference to the inexpediency
of the whole matter under the now existing
embarrassed financial affairs of the city, and ot
the entire community. Never, in the history of
Atlanta, was there a time when there was such
a perfect stagnation in business of all kinds, as
at the present period. We hear upon the streets,
the counting rooms and mechanical shops, one
universal complaint of a want of money, and
the utter inability of the people to meet the de
mands daily made upon them. We might enter
into a wide field of speculation as to the causes
which have led to a state of things so depress
ing upon the feelings of the people, but the
simple fact that such is the condition ot our
city and country is au argument which but few
will be willing to answer. Doubtless the war,
which is now going on in Europe has a great
deal to do with the scarcity ot money through
out the country. The low price ot cotton may,
to some extent, be attributable to the cause ol
this war. The existence ol this state of the
money market is an admitted fact by all, and as
a natural consequence, thousands who are in
want of funds, and compelled to have them at
almost any sacrifice, will necessarily press their
real estate upon the market, which must conse
quently lower the value ol such species ot
property in our city and render our citizens less
able to meet the accumulating expenses which
are daily growing in the powerful increase of
taxes which will be levied upon us during the
incoming fiscal veax of 1871.
We appeal to the common sense of every
sensible man in our community to think calmly
upon the important issues involved in these
mammoth senemes of Water Works and Free
Schools. What they will coat your city in the
course ot twenty years ? How much tax will
be drawn out ot your pockets as the result of a
direct tax upon your real and personal estate
to.-keep these mighty engines in proper moving
order ? We appeal now to your pecuniary in
terest, as the best means of arousing you to a
proper conception oi what is involved in a work
ot such huge proportions. Think ot it, $100,-
000 for the purpose of establishing Free
richoola! Then $500,000 more added to this
for the erection of Water Works, making in all
$500,000, to be covered by bonds issued by the
City Council of Atlanta to be matured at the
close ot twenty years. These bonds to be sold
at a discount by being thrown upon a Northern
market, all tor the purpose ot meeting the ac
cumulating expenses of these improvements, at
the Bame time the interest upon these bonds are
to be met promptly at maturity, and that inter
est is to be made ont ot the citizens of Atlanta
by direct taxation. If we but take into considera
tion another fact, that we are already in debt
to a very large amount, and that the city bonds
are only at this time worth about 76 cents in the
dollar, and then add the $600,000 more, we
cannot come to but one of two conclusions:
either city bonds will depreciate down to about
40 or 50 cents in the dollar, or the inhabitants
ot Atlanta will be made penniless in less than
five years by the grim visage ot the tax gatherer,
being forever found hammering at their doors
for their last farthing.
We believe the subject is one of momentous
consequences upon the future of our people.
While we admit the question has been sub
mitted for their rejection; yet facts and figures
show beyond contradiction that the very meagre
vote given in favor ot the propositions sub
mitted to the people, was not the popular voice
of the citizens oi Atlanta in favor of the estab
lishing either ot water works or free schools in
the city. It is well known that the excitement
in relation to the Mayor and Councilmen was
so great that every other question dwindled into
apparent insignificance; the questions, “ for or
against water works and tree schools,” being
printed upon the same tickets were voted with
out even recognition by the parties voting; in
this way a majority has been claimed by tbe
advocates oi the scheme; while two-thirds oi
the free voters of Atlanta would stamp upon
both questions their deepest unmitigated dis
approbation if submitted to them again. The
whole arrangement was a trap in which the
people were unexpectedly caught; but the set
of men who may assume the responsibility oi
placing upon the shoulders ot our people the
heavy burthen of $600,000 to tremble under for
twenty years to come, iu addition to which is
already upon us, will be very apt to receive the
contempt and disapprobation of every man who
is not interested pecuniarily.
Again: The wealthy man may survive the
tax, for tbe reason that he makes up the de
ficiencies by increasing his rents in proportion
to the demands made upon his property, while
the poor of our city has increase made upon
him for taxes at least three times as much as
formerly, which does not come out ol rents.
but out of his daily wages, which ought to go
to the support of his wife and children. The
importance ot this subject, and the conflicting
interests involved, demands the serious, sober
investigation of our' best financial minds. We
trust that the whole subject may yet again be
brought before our citizens, after giving pub
licity to the acts ol the Legislature passed ii
reference to it; that every man’s mind may be
tully enlightened; that no outside influences
may be brought to bear upon any voter for
pecuniary advantages; that a free, lull and fair
expression ot the popular will may be given.
This done, and we shall be tally satisfied with
the result, and give our influence whether tor or
against water works and free schools in the city
01 Atlanta.
[COHXOmCA tjcd.J
The Foarih “ Bing-.**
A ring is understood to be the connection of
pubiic functionaries, with outsiders, in the con
summation of projects for their mutual personal
interest, regardless of the public good.
Measures sought to be passed in this way,
generally succeed, when brought to a test, for
they are rarely attempted tilt sufficient internal
influence ia secured.
Great anxiety and energy were displayed by
the parties at interest, on Friday night last, in
City Council, to put through the project ot the
fourth great ring of the year.
Those interested in the sale of the Opera
House to the State, at an enormous price, con
nected with a gift by the city ot $95,000 to the
principal, has been called “ ring No. 1.”
Those who, for selfish purpose, sought the
passage of a bill leasing the titate Road, are
said to iorm “ ring No. 2.”
Those connected with the swindle upon tbe
Mitchell heirs in order to divide the property
amongst themselves form a double ring, in the
strictest sense of the term, and may be called
ring No. 3. .
Evidences of the same ringmaster and princi
pal beneficiary, are very clear in the operations
ot rings Nos. 1 and 3; and finding tbe same
subalterns in No. 4, his connection with this is
also clearly inferred.
As above intimated, ring No. 4 is npon ns
and its members press their measure in the fall
hope of complete success. The sub ringmaster
led the attack in Council by a feint on the bids
for water works, in the form of an apology for
allowing his party to change their bid since
being opened in Council at a previous meeting.
The veteran on the watch-tower, however,
did not allow himselt deceived by this piece ol
treachery, and made a firm stand on legality and
justice. This decision of His Honor brought
from the little fat hireling, “ ior one. I’ll not sub
mit to it”—his flushed countenance exhibiting
as much pugnacity as is required for a man to
truss his daddy, or charge a sack ot flour aban
doned by the commissary.
Several opposed His Honor in excited speeches
ior the ring, three ot whom are probably mem
bers in good standing. His Honor was sus
tained by bis legal adviser, bat warmly opposed
by Ex-Judge Lochrane who was called to the
trout. The Judge was present on ether busi-
A pump in the street required the atteo-
tention ot Council. Don’t know bidden on
water works. How kind in him to give so dis
interested an opinion on a legal question sprung
upon the ring, and the tact oi his favoring their
project may be a coincidence. Who knows
that as a hireling or otherwise, he belongs to
thin organization ?
Borne pure metal is found in the Council.
The stalwart mechanic, without the polish of
finished oratory, but with honesty of purpose,
and good sense, opposed the reckleaB schemers
in an earnest speech. The intrigues of the
wily trickster does not'more such men !
’’ Looker-On.
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
New York, Decembei 9—William Rook way,
reported very wealthy, has been arrested on the
charge of counterfeiting the 7-30 bonds, of which
the Government redeemed over a quarter of a
million. He was bailed for $30,000.
Montgomery, December 9.—This morning,
Smith withdrew Irom the contest lor the G o\-
ernorehip, and yielded the office to Li> d.-av.
Everything is joylul, and no demonstration was
made except of thankfulness that the conflict is
over.
Tours, December 9.—Montargis, in the de
partment Ot the Loire, has been evacuated by
the Germans. The army ot the Loire lias aga.n
started forward.
A balloon from Paris of the 8th says the situ
ation is satisfactory.
The Prussians are actively constructing works
in the rear ot the lines Irom which the French
recently drove them.
A large numner of prisoners have arrived
from Paris. They were captured in the battles
east and south of the city on the second.
The Prussians, in their attack, hurled 120 000
men against Ducrat, nevertheless he held his
ground and repulsed the enemy.
Advices from Belfort to tbe Gth, says, the
siege is progressing vigorously. The Frisians
were beaten off in an attempt to storm the
.works. One Prussian regimeut was cut to
pieces.
London, December 9.—The Times' article on
President Grant’s message says it shows auoiher
stage in Grant’s downward career and teaches
how far the highest authorities wiil go when the
balance ot parties is unstable.
Berlin, December 9 —King Louis, of Bava-
ris, writes King John, of Baxouy : “ The Ger
mans led by King William, celebrated the
brotherhood ot arms, thus giving glorious proof
of the importance and power of united Ger
many, aud have negotiated to this end at Ver
sailles, and now invite you aud other German
princes to urge the King ot Piu-sia to assume
the title of Emperor ot Germany united with
the Presidential functions. Proud thus to take
tbe first step in German unity. I hope for your
assent and thatoi other princes and free towns.”
Washington, December 9.—Full Caoiuet to
day.
The Senate confirmed Beckwith as Attorney
General of Louisiana, and liiudtul as Purveyor
of Customs at Houston, Texas.
In the Senate, the resolutions offered calling
on the President for all the tacts regarding San
Domingo, and the employment ot troops in
elections, were considered ia executive session,
and then adjourned to Monday.
The Senate will take no action recarding the
Georgia Senators until January. Farrow, one
ot the contestants, leaves for Georgia to-night.
It appears from diplomatic correspondence
that Motley, on August llth, telegraphed the
following to Fish: It is an authentic tact that
the French Government telehraphed to London,
yesterday, to know if General Lee is here, or
whether he is expected. The supposition is
that a military command is to be offered him. I
am not aware that General Lee is in Londou,
or that he 1b expected. The fact, however, that
the French Government should show such anx
iety to obtain tbe assistance of military talent
from so distant a quarter, would seem to ar^ue
some want of confidence in the government ot
their armies.
It is stated, on proper authority, that the gov
ernment has only redeemed eighty thousand
counterfeit 7-30 bonds.
Raleigh, December 9.—The following was
introduced in the House to-day:
Resolved, That William W. HoldeD, Governor
ot North Carolina, be impeached ot high
crimes and misdemeauors in office.
The resolution was referred to the Judiciary
Committee, and will probably be acted ou to
morrow, and a committee to conduct the trial
before the Senate. The Senate wiil t ike prompt
action in the matter, and a court of impeachment
Will shortly convene.
Baltimore, December 9 —Maryland vs. the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, lor a filth of the
transportation through the State; decided against
the Slate. The State filed exceptions. The
court intimated that each passenger' could
recover one-fifth of their tare from the company.
New York, December 9.—Patterson & Co.,
provisions. Grant & Ascough, lard oil, have
suspended. A dry goods firm has failed for
$200,000—a clothing house lor $500,000.
Special to the World, from London, 7tb, says :
Allen writes from St. Petersburg, 2d: A war
like feeling ts prevailing over the whole empire.
Gortschakofi’s circular created an universal
feeling ol joy at Sebastapol. The Emperor
notified the reserve corps to hold themsclvTs in
readiness. This is considered very important,
aa this measure has not been resorted to since
the Crimean war. Russia is committed to hold
her line of conduct, and has resolved to proceed
in Bpite of all opposition. It is announced by
the Emperor that 40,000,000 rubles will be
devoted to extraordinary war expenses. By the
1st of January, 49,700 remodeled guns and
150,000 breech-loaders will be ready lor use.
Columbia, December 9 —The Supreme Court
of Booth Carolina has struck from its docket
the action involving the validity of new bills of
the Bank of the State of South Curoline.
Another war claim is thus disposed of, and
Judge Carpenter’s decision, upholding the
validity ot the new bills, is not sustained.
Madrid, December 9.—Queen Isabella sends
a formal protest from Geneva ‘against the elec
tion of Aosta, but disavows any intention to use
force. All political factions are violently at
tacking Prim and the party that elected Aosta.
London, December 9.—'A dispatch from Ber
lin says that King William accepts the title ot
Emperor oi Germany, Immense enthusiasm at
Berlin.
The French acceptance of the conference for
tbe settlement ot the Eastern question is uncon
ditional....
Bismarck. considers the delay ip voting lor a
new constitution as working mischief.
Tours, December 9.—A ’dispatch from Le
Mans announces the arrival from Paris of a
balloon with news to the evening ot the 0th..
No military operations of any importance since
the 3d inst. Trochu baa received a letter n-om
Yon Moitke announcing the defeat oi the army
ot the Loire, and granting a sate conduct to
parties designated to verity the news. The ot
ter was refused, and the Government at once
issued a proclamation giving the tacts, aud say
ing that even it the news was true, they would
still have the right-to expect a great movement
oi the nation.
Advices from reliable parties show that the
successes ot the Parisians were greather than
was supposed.
When the balloon started, firing was heard
south of Paris.
The Paris journals announce a change in the
Army of the Loire. It is divided into three
corps, commanded by Bourbaki, G'hausey and
Billot.
San Francisco, December 9.—The complete
census of California shows an increase in ten
yean of 126,619. Increase in the city of Ban
Francisco 93,470, or nearly two hundred per
cent.
Florence, December 9.—The royal speech
was well received.
Selling skins to England for a sixpence and
baying tack the titils tor s sqfilhng is a part ot
the economy of' free trade,— Forney's Press.
Not Belling them at all, whilefyou are compelled
to be given tor j to pay monopolies for the privilege ol keeping
hey are monuments, I them, is a part of the economy of protection.—
’ 1 Detroit Jfrsc frits.
Signor Branchiri has been elected President
of the lower chamber.
Aosta will set out for Spain about Npw Yi ars.
The deputation from Spain is everywhere
received with the warmest expressions of wel
come. It has gone to Turin to offer congratu
lation to the future Queen of Spain
Tbe WorUVs special Irom Tours, 7'b, says
The Government states that the army ot Loire
is at its. old quarters, but the locality is not
given. Despair has seized some here, and the
spirits ol others have risen to meet the terrible
condition of affairs. Tbe Governnit n t declares
that fra reverses were only of temporary im
portance, .
Lonpp.it, December 7—The town is full of
rumors purporting that Paris will capitulate on
the 10th inst.
Great contractors are known to have prepared
immense quantities ol provisions to tie dis
patched to Paris, and special contracts have
jeen made for railway transportation.
The quarrel between Bismarck and the Crown
Prince has broken out worse than ever.
Berlin, December 7.—A dispa ch from tbe
King to the Queen confirms the report that ten
thousand prisoners, 77 cannon-and four gun
boats were captured at Orleans.
Washington, December 10 —The collection
of tbe income tax from Brigham Young has
been postponed until Congress can settle the
question at issue.
It is telegraphed hence, and there is very
little donbt oi the truth, that Sehenck wilt be
nominated as Minister to England.
Tbe Naval Committee reported- favorably
upon Porter’s nomination as Admira , bnt i nder
objections.
Col. Forney advertises his Chronicle for sale.
The President and Cabinet, except Cress-
well, Attended Wallbiidge’s funeral.
Knoxville, December 10. —Ao engine on
the Yirginia & Georgia Railroad exploded to
day, killing the conductor- and fireman, and
injuring tbe engineer.
Buffalo, December 10 —The National Con
vention of the Board ot Trade is discussing the
resumption of specks payments.
Ban Francisco, Decessber 10.—McCormack’s
majority for Congress in Arizona is 951.
Cleveland, December 10.—The loss by the
burning ot the NationaVIron Rolling Miff, wiil
reach one hundred thousand dollars.
Montgomery, December 10.—In a joint con*
vention to-day, the Montgomery Advertiser*
Democratic, was elected Sta’e Printer, i<yt 33
majority, over the Belni* Press. Republican.
Both houses take a recces irom Thursday next,
tor a month. A