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UJcthlp JutclUgeuf i i PUBLISHED DAILY AND WEEKLY BY SAMUEL BARD, Proprietor. ATLANTA. GEORGIA, Wednesday, March 22. I 87 I, ToU PRESIDENT Hi 1S72, JOHN T. HOFFMAN, OF NEW YOBK. (Subject to the decision of the National Democratic Convention.) To the I'abllc. The Weekly True Georgian will be prom) tly printed as heretofore, on Alabama street, oppo site Richards’ Rook Store, cn every Tuesday. My management oi the Daily and \\ eekly Intelligences will, in no respect, interfere with its regular publication. Samuel Bard. Our Pcolilon. We are for the present against the past. We arc also for loyalty to the Government, the en forcement of the laws, and the perpetuity ol the Union. This is sound Democratic doctrine, and no Southern man in his senses, will under take to retute it, or set it aside. Juxt tV 1ml They Want. The Republicans all over the country praying for the success of Judge pbens with his party. If the mockacy " endorse phens, Grant will b an eliort. Let us be it may he too late are Linton Ste- National De- the views ot Judge Ste- : re-elected almost without wise to-day, lor to-morrow Harmony and Union. Harmony and.union should be the only watch words oi Democracy. A house divided against itself must fall. Let us beware of schisms. Demurest MouilUy. ThiB superb magazine for April ba3 been re ceived. It is fully up to4ts high standard of literary and pictorial excellence. A “High ” Commission. It seems that the Alabama Cla: is High Com mission is mainly “high ’’ on Wi-.sliingtsn din ners, and that the matters jointly discussed are joints ot mutton, etc. W ho pays the bill ? • * ^ Stand by the tiuuo, We trust every Democratic Senator and Rep resentative in Congress will remain at his po6t of duty, and help to dettat dangerous legisla tion. Indian War. Wo are sorry to Seam that there.is every rea son to believe that Indian hostilities on the plains will be resumed this year. Ulppiucoti’s Masuslne. Lippincott’s Magazine for April is an excel lent number. Its contents are varied and de lightfully interesting. This number contains the first chapter of new serial sketches by Don- bavand, entitled “ Wild Ireland.” Indeed I “ The Radicals in Congress have determined to remain in session till Southern afiairs are ful ly discussed and some law devised which will satisfy Southern extremists.” To ascertain when Southern extremists will bo “ satisfied,” let some one ascertain how loDg it takes to Batiate a hyena after having once tasted human blood. Corrnpilon In tbe Body Police. Just before Tilton descended from his elevated tripod on the Independent, he fired the follow ing broadside into the official corruption from which our country at present is sos'-rioasly suf fering. The Independent sayeth: “The body politic is corrupt trom one end to the other. Public offices are practically bought and sold at public auction. Political parties are supported by an open and shameless tax levy on the salaries of officials. Influence, patron age, and a friend at court—these are the pillars on which our politics now rest The glory whrch attached to the public service in the days of Hamilton and Jefierson, lia3 departed. A public office is now considered chiefly in the light of furnishing its occupant with an oppor tunity to earn nis living or to make his fortune, rather than as a place in which he is to serve his country and benefit mankind. The nation asks for a thorough, cogent, ternbic reform in the civil administration of the Government. There must be no half-way amendment- Noth ing short of a radical change will answer the national expectation, or will save the Republi can party. Unless this is dene,” says the oracle further, “the people will call a new man to be next President.” It is very evident that the blindness of the Radicals, and their total igno ring oi the welfare and peace of the country, will successfully prevent every eflort at total re form, and that in consequence our people will turn over a new leaf in the history of this country. Of course a “new man,” as next Presi dent is a foregone conclusion. Curious Simlstics. Morally, if not politically, it appears that the puritanical New England States are in greater need ol “ reconstruction ” than our much abused Sooth. In looking over the social statistics oi that peculiar people, who are everlastingly disposed to thank their God that they are not like other publicans and sinners, we find that they have really small grounds for sneering at the pro verbial social demoralization said to exist in Chicago, and other socially ulcerated points. From the matrimonial records ot that staid and paragonic commonwealth of Vermont we as certain that in 1868 there were 2661 marriages among its citizens, and that 167 pairs ol non affinities, or 17 per cent, of the marriages es caped from the holy bonds of wedlock by means of the divoice courts. These divorce suits were mainly brought by natives. The marriages and births among the foreign element being largely in the ascendant. In view of the fact the most important moral status of the New England States is, by official facts and figures, lamentably low, it becomes a pertinent question whether it would not be bet ter for those sublimated philanthropist and gen eral political intermeddlers to mind their own business somewhat better than they are in the habit of doing, in other words, would it not be better to “ reconstruct ” their own bouIs and drop for the present their cobbler efforts to re construct the souls of their neighbors ? We think such a course would be beneficial to all concerned. “THE SOUTHERN DEMOCRACY.” THE TRUE GEORGIAN. THE NEW YORK WORLD. THE ALBANY (N. Y.) ARGUS. THE AUGUSTA (GA„) CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. HON. LINTON STEPHENS. THE TRUE DEMOCRATIC ISSUES ENUN CIATED. HOW TO SECURE A BRILLIANT DEMO CRATIC VICTORY IN 1872, ETC, ETC. Tbe Glorious Result. The glorious uprising of National Democra cy in New Hampshire, sounds like the tocsin of liberty to an oppressed people. Let the people of tho South profit by the lessons of determina tion, wisdom and prudoneo, which, the Demo crats of the old Granite State have so gloriously exemplified. Applying uu Old Adage. The English House of Commons has passed a law permitting marriage with a deceased wife’s sister. This was probably done to mitigate the in crease of marital evils. By marrying your wife’s sister you have but one mother-in-law to contend with instead of two or more, as here tofore. Tbe Savannah Morning; News. We notice a dirty little squib in the Savan nah News, of March 16th, in regard to our dis cussion ol the true Democratic policy, and the views of Hon. Linton Stephens. We pass it by, being too slangwangish for notice. For Victory. This brief paragraph is simply to advise the Democracy that wc are for victory in 1872. Dead men and dead issues are already buried and“no resurrection” is plainly written over their graves. Long may they enjoy quiet and repose. A Lie. The Democratic press very generally’ charac terize the Broadhcad lettter as “the true Ameri can political creed.” — Washington (D. C) Chronicle. We pronounce the above a falsehood from the whole cloth. The Democratic press do nothing of the kind, and the writer knew he was telling a bare-faced lie when ho gave birth to the statement. Tbe Angutta Chronicle and Sentinel. As we gave the article headed, “ The South ern Democracy,” printed in the Chronicle and Sentinel, of March 14th, entire in these col umns, we respectiully request that the Chroni cle and Sentinel will extend the same courtesy toward us, by printing our leader of to-day. The well known lairness and liberality of the Chronicle and Sentinel justifies us iu making ibis request Tbe Present. The National Democracy are now dealing with living and not dead issues. Antediluvian advisers will be forced into tak ing back seals. Tho war is over, and to win in 1872 we must press forward, leaving the past to take care ot itselt. Upon this line alone can we whip out Radi calism, and restore the country to peace, har mony and prosperity. Let us be wise and push forward to a glorious and brilliant iuture. Dem ocratic success is the great necessity ol the day. Its restoration lo power is the only way we know of by which the Union can be saved and perpetuated lor all time to come. Yfeekly Gwinnett Allan. We have received the first number of this journal. We congratulate the citizens of Gwin nett upon their good tortune iu having so able and interesting a journalistic representative as the Atlas undoubtedly is. It is edited and pub fished by Mr. D. W. D. Boully. Success to him and his new enterprise. Political Revolution. The extraordinary change in the political status ol New Hampshire, the signal rout of Radicalism upon its own hearthstone, the com plete change of sentiment in the people of that commonwealth, are incontestable signs ot the rapidly augmenting revolution in the political situation of the United States; Radical oratory, its bayonet laws, its swarms ot tax-gatherers, its satraps, office holders and divers minions, have failed in all their efforts to thwart a true expression of the people at the ballot box. The new Democratic standard is triumphant, and National Democracy claims another bright jewel for its imperial crown of success in J872, now being manufactured by the American peo ple. Tbe New Hanipxliire Result. There is no doubt about the complete disen- thralment of New Hampshire from Radical con trol. Weston, the Democratic candidate, will certainly be Governor. Even should a close count fail to elect him by the plurality vote, the Legislature, which is Democratic in both branches, will insure him the high office. The Democratic phalanx in Congress, the party of reform and progress will be reinforced by three excellent members from this State, making in all one hundred—this, with the moral efiect of a democratic victory in the very heart of petrified radicaldom is victory enough for the present, and the glorious augury for still greater yet to come. This crest-fallen Radical cock has just heard from New Hampshire. The poor thing has taken to the gapes, or the gapes have taken to him. we don’t know which. Deplorable. Every lover ol liberty and true Republican ism must ieel deeply chagrined at the horrit political chaos now apparent in Paris. Te« French extremists seem to be eager to plunge France into fratricidal war, in order to carry out their dogma of blood and revolution. Lei os hope that the conservative strength of that noble country will come to the rescue, and at once put down the creatures who are now dese crating its soil, and soiling its national honor. Tbe KnKlnx In New Hampshire, It is believed that Butler is preparing a new KuKlux and outrage bill to meet the recent New Hampshire political outrages upon Radi calism, whereby the fatter was prevented from carrying the ritate. If Georgia, by reason ot its outrageous Demo cratic proclivities is to be “ outraged ” back into the Radical lold, why not bayonet New Hamp shire back into the same place ? This way that the people have got into, of publicly condemn ing Radicalism must be stopped, and Butler thinks he is the man to do it. Tbe Merccrian. We have received a copy of the Mercerian, a monthly liierary Journal published and edited by the students of Mercer University. Its editors are Messrs. J. J. Brantley, Jr., W. T. Brantley, Jr., F. Tupper, W. H. Norton and Geo. S. Obear, Jr. This jmrnal is gotten up in excellent style and fille<^with very interesting original and se lected matter. It is an honor to the time hon ored institution which it so ably represents. Tbe New Radical Party Standard. Since the welfare of the country is to be sac rificed in order to save the Radical galleon from going to pieces before 1872, It is no w stated that the administration party have changed their tactics. It is generally understood that fealty to the President and his measures, chief of which is his renomination to the Presidency, is now the standard of orthodox Radicalism. Au tocratic imperial military dictation is to over ride all other considerations, and overcome all constitutional difficulties. Practical politicians say that the reorganiza tion of the civil service on this basis is calcula ted to divide the Republican party more and more, and that before the national Republican convention meets to nominate a candidate for the Presidency it will be seen that the system of discipline which is essential iu an army can not be*so successfully applied to politics. Let this Radical Kilkenny cat fight progress with all possible speed. Judge Whitaker has retired from the Atlanta Intelligencer, which he conducted ioi neuilyi wenty years. Dr. 8am Hard assumes control. VVe wish him much success.—Dalton Citizen. ESF'Governor Bard has takc-n charge of the Atlanta Intelligencer. Judge Whitaker re tires. . The pubMcation of the Weekly True Geor gian will be continued. Success to the Govei- aor iu his ne w enterprise.—Cartersville Express. Influence of the Sewing-Machine on Health.—A note has been presented to the French Academy on the use ot the sewing-ma chine, and its influence on the heath ol work women. It considers that the ill ellects of work ing with the 8ewing-machine have been greatly exaggerated, and that the health ot women working with the machine is quite as good as that of needle-women. This confirms a state ment made some weeks since in me columns of a contemporary, in which it was maintu ned that, except in rare instances, and these possi bly induced by temporary derangement ot the nerves or physical exhaustion, were any evil re sults known to grow out of the use ot this great invention. The Augusta Chronicle' and Sentinel of March 14th, replies at great length to an article in the New York World, touening Southern Democracy and the issues now before it, to be decided by the action of the National Democratic party. For the benefit of our readers we gave the article of the Chronicle and Sentinel entire in these columns. As the discussion of the subject was incited by an article published in the True Georgian of Feb ruary 28th, contesting the policy enunciated by Hon. Linton Stephens during a recent speech at Augusta, and which the World reviewed at length—in order to ascertain the true position now occupied by the Democracy of the South —the True Georgian comes in for a large share oi the fire, leveled ostensibly at the World, but in reality at the position ot the National Demo cratic party of the North. The superfluous verbiage of the writer’s arti cle lias a damaging efiect upon the clearness and perspicuity with which arguments, such as are involved in the matter now under consider ation, should be stated, nor does the rather dogmatical, denunciatory and flippant manner in which personal acts or considerations are introduced, add strength to the position taken by the writer, or add statesmanlike dignity to his style. As irrelevant to the subject matter, and un worthy of serious notice, we class : 1st. The writer’s allusions to the political record of the editor of the True Georgian, and his evident desire to create a diversion in the mind of his readers, favorable to his side ot the controversy, by impugning motives and implying doubt as to our integrity in espousing the cause of the people, and the best interests ol the Democratic party. We supported Grant for the Presidency be cause we believed it to be the best that could be done lor our common country at the time. We supported the Republican party, while it was worth supporting, and withdrew from it when its legitimate mission was accomplished, and when it had become plainly evident that its former well directed power was being prosti tuted by fanatical extremists, into unwarrant able oppression, and its banner soiled by corrupt leaders, and planted upon the bulwarks of fac tion and anarchy. Actuated by similar mo tives, the securing ol the political wellare of our people, we espoused the doctrine and principles of genuine Democracy, and have nothing to apologise for in our conduct. iSo much lor personal allusions at present. 2d. The Chronicle and Sentinel writer states Judge S ephens’ position touching the invalidity of the 14th and 15ih Constitutional Amendments, is iu accordance with ihe expressed policy ol a majority of the Georgia Democracy, and not the reverse as stated by tbe True Georgian. He lamely attempts to fortify this assertion by quoting the action of the State Convention last June, which reaffirmed the New York platform of 1868, declaring these reconstruction measures unconstitutional,revolutionary,null and void,and that tbe resolution, so unanimously adopted by the State Convention,was drawn up by Judge Ste phens. He lurther says that Judge Stephens did not resign the chairmanship of the Execu five Committee of the Democratic party of the State, but declined to accept that position, when elected to it by less than a quorum. We firmly reiterate our well-considered as- sertion that four-filths ot the Southern Democ racy will cordially indorse our position con cerning the accomplished and legally binding Reconstruction Acts, and contribute their aid to the efforts ot National Democracy to consummate the principles and policy of that party, burying beyond resurrection, the dead issues of the past, and giving us peace, harmony, and only the. living issues of the present, which are, a sound currency, reduction or taxes, retrenchment ol government expenses, abolition of the protec tion tariff, non-interference with the reserved rights of the States, and a foreign policy cocsis tent with the national dignity and hon or. The point whether Judge Stephens resigned or declined to accept the chairmanship ol the Democratic Executive Committee, a3 stated, is au empty technicality compared with the no torious fact that the matter, at the time, created eons lerable agitation in the ranks ot the De mocracy ot Georgia, and condemnatory or laud atory comments, in accordance with the views of equally sincere disputants, were freely in dulged m by the Demociatic press ot the State. Heuce, we reiterate that Judge Stephens is on many important points, not in accord with the dominant spirit now animating the ranks of the Georgia Democracy. Again, we protest against the forced con- struciion placed upon the avowed sentiments of the Northern Democracy, as expressed by its leading press, the New York World among the number, when the Chronicle and Sentinel quotes the latter j ournal as clearly in timating that the Southern Democracy, if they choose, have the shaping and forming ot the is sues which shall enter the canvass ot 1872. Had the World intimated aDy such dogma as this, it would have been a perversion of exist ing facts, clearly evident to any calm observer of the political situation ; but the World plainly intimates the reverse ot mis, when it declares that it “hilly understands the Democratic senti- meoi i he North on the reconstruction ques ti'M , uim « ifr its hearty indorsement, quotes i-eiuneni expression ol that sentiment in the Aioany (N. Y) Argus, one of the ablest and most representative Democratic journals in the Eastern States. The Argus states: “ The political situation is determined and unmistakable. There is to be no revival of obso lete issues—no reactionary movement, or recur rence to the past—no reconsideration of measures that the people have decided upon. We resisted the three amendments to tbe Constitution so long as opposition was of any avail; but they are now a part ot the fundamental law, and it is worse than useless to discuss their character and tendency,the means by which they were earned, or the effect produced by them. 'Ihe provisions embraced in the 13th and 15th Amend ments are now in operation, and in such a form that they cannot be abrogated except by another revolution. The first of these amendments gave freedom to the Degro, and we have neither inclinatim nor the power to remand him to servitude. The Democratic party cheerfully accepts this as one of the consequences of the rebellion, and has no desire to reverse it. The 15th Amendment secures the privileges of a voter to a negro, and this pro vision having become incorporated into most ol the State Constitutions, negro suffrage would remain, even if the amendment to the Federai Constitution was rescinded- This issue, thc.relore, cannot be forced upon us. An act ol Congress granting universal amnesty as an act ot justice to the South, equally wise and hu mane, will be one ot the first measures ot ihe Democratic party on coming into power; anu that will remove what is objectionable in the 14th Amendment.” Here is a very plain indorsement of the views expressed in the True Georgian, in the articie oa Judge Stephens, and, moreover, giving a de cided negative to the rather arrogant assertion that the Democracy ot the South must, by rea son ol the inevitable, assume the control ol National Democratic events lor 1872, and, though weaker in numbers, and de cidedly at a disadvantage in point ot organization and leadership, take precedence iu action, and controlling influence in the National Convention. With this lu;l expression of the governing will ot the Northern Democratic masses belore the people, how flat and unprofitable seems to be the assertion of the Chronicle and Sentinel writer that “upon tbe Southern Democracy, therefore, it is properly and wisely conceded, in advance, devolves the u uh and responsible, as well as patriotic duty ot ehap’.Eg tale issues, or in other words of deter mining wuat ui that canvass shall be consider ed as "living" aod what "dead issues." The Reconstruction measures laid at rest, and the issues that produced them buried with the cause that gave them their essential vitality, we have time, patriotically and calmly, to turn our attention to the best ard safest manner by .siii, h intrirtretnents u; on our atffended con- ar u cal rights, ss individuals oi a* States oi .m. Union, can be met and overcome, and how the prtseui unwise, unnecessary and dangerous National legislation emanating irom unscrupu lous and fanatical extremists in Congress, sup ported by the Administration, can best be counteracted and made harmless. This is an herculean task, worthy of the best powers ol enlightened statesmanship, and of serious discussion by the best minds ot the nation, in convention assembled. Individuals, determin ed upon a denunciatory aud revolutionary pro gramme, and bent upon thrusting extreme views iorwaru, no matter how impolitic or unessential they may be, are clearly not the men whom an anxious people, desiring peace and unity, should acknowedge as leaders, or invest with repre sentative dignity. Of such is the writer in the Chronicle and Sentinel, whoever he may be; of such stuff are the “impracticibles” composed, oi whom the Albany Argus says .- "And yet half a dozen h it headelimpracticable* can fore doom the Democratic party to a defeat as utter and overwhelming as that of 1868, if they are allowed to put the organization on the extreme courts which then causedour downfall ” Again; touching the illegal “monstrosities” and “infamous usurpations” of the present Southern State Governments, and the impolitic “null and void” style of argument pursued by Southern extremists, and which the writer ot the Chronicle and Sentinel article'succeeds in dis playing to fiery advantage, in an entire column of that journal: The attack centers upon “negro suffrage,” and the “outrage of forcing” it upon the Southern States. The writer says: We refer to the usurpation of power by which the attempt was made to force “negro suffrage” upon the States. Suffrage is a question which, under oar system, belongs to the States severally, each for itselt, and there is wheie the Democracy should insist, in its platform of principles, it should be left. If any or all of the States South as well as North see fit to allow suffrage to ne groes, it is their right to do so. It is equally the right oi each State, North as well as bouth, to refuse suffrage to any other class of its popu lation, as each State for itself may determine. This is the practical issue we wish to see as serted. It rests upon a fundamental principle iu the Constitution ol the United states. Upon this principle the Democratic party has ever stood in every platform and manifesto put forth by that parly from the.beginning, and it is upon the same platform we would have them to continue to stand it they intend or desire to pre serve the liberties ot this country. If this most daring otYril the usurpation* ot those now bear ing sway be "accepted," then indeed, we repeat, we see nothing lelt ot popular rights anywhere secure against the grasp ot audacious usurpers. Tfie yielding of an inefi invites to the taking of an ell—this, however, would' "be eventually yielding the citadel. This argument is clearly and legitimately met, and, in our opinion, fully overcome by the ar gument ot the World that: “ The State Constitutions formed under the pressure and coercion of the reconstruction acts, are amendable by the people ol each State, like other State Constitutions. The freedom to make a new Constitution is as -fully possessed by each of the Southern as it i^jjy each of the Northern States ; but constitutional changes in a State cannot properly become a question ol National politics, or a topic iu the National piattorm of the Democratic party. None ot the new amendments prohibits the States Irom requiring a property qualification, or an educational qualification lor voters. Every Statu is tree to adopt either or both; and it (wfiick we doubt) there is a majority in any State who with to exclude tbe negroes, they can accomplish nearly all they desire without rais ing any question under the 14th or the 15th Amendment. It tfie “practical issue” which the Chronicle and Sentinel writer is aiming at should, perchance, be a hidden hope that negro suffrage could eventually, by proper manipulation, be extirpated trom Southern statute books, we ca.l his attention to the expressed dissent ol Northern Democracy to any such proposition, and the lutility of even hinting any such issue, as a plank in the piattorm ot the Democratic National Convention tor 1872. Says the W orld: “ Stripped of irrelevant accessories, which only cloud aud contuse, the real question is whether the Democratic party will array itselt against negro suffrage iu the next Presidential election. It is inexpedient $o do so lor this plain reason; that in the next Presidential election the negroes will all vote, and on such an issue every one of them would vote against ihe Democratic candidate. It there should be iu the National Convention any Democrats who desire the party to make an anti-negro-suffrage platform, they will come Irom the States where the negro vote is so large that the piattorm re commended by such delegates would certainly lose their own States. Any candidate who tries to get nominated by appealing to that kind ot sentiment, will solicit votes Irom the Conven tion which do not represent electoral votes among their constituencies. Any candidate who should get nominated on this issue would be booked, not lor an election, but a deleat.” Iu conclusion, we desire to state that our hope tor the complete disenlhraiment ot our country trom its present unhappy political con dition lies in the firmness, the sagacity, valor, and patriotism of the united Democracy ol the North; that we look to them as the standard bearers of the people against wrong and parti san oppression in the gigantic struggle ot 1872; that the lessons ol the past will not be lost upon the prudence and patriotism ot the party; that its sound and conservative, statesmen will re press the violence oi schismatics, and reprove the turbulence ot irresponsible leaders ot taction. And we again insist, (the opinion of the Chron icle and Sentinel writer to the contrary not withstanding) that the National Democratic party ot the North, il guided in the future by the light ot the tacts, and in no wise 6wayed from the path ot truth by the attacks ot ene mies from without or within, will receive the active co-operation ol the ‘houghttul and mod erate masses ot the South, and that lour-dlths of the Southern Democracy will cordially in dorse the spirit of this article, and cm tribute their aid to the consummation oi the principles aud policy herein enunciated. As the writer in the Chronicle and Sentinel impugns our honesty ot motive, and integrity ol purpose, in espousing the true cause ot Nation al Democracy, we will allow our recent letter to President Grant, stating our reasons lor quitting the Republican parly, to follow in these columns to-morrow morning. Clerks ot Conns Eligible—An Important Decision by Congress. Hall of the House of Representatives, ) Washington, D. C., March 9, 1871. ) Editor Constitution: I am addressed almost daily by persons who held the office ol Clerk ot the Court previous to the war, requesting to have their disabilities removed. The ques tion ot the disability ot such persons has been adjudicated iavorably by the House, and I am now persuaded that it is unnecessary to offer bills looking to the removal of the disabilities of those wlio were Clerks of Courts previous to the war. In the case of Hon. A. M. Waddell, repre senting the'Third District of North Carolina, the House of Representatives, at the beginning ot this session, settled the question whethei clerks of courts ot law and equity in the South came under the third section ot the 14th Amend ment. Colonel W addell was a Clerk and Master ol a court ot equity in North Carolina betore the war, and aitei wards a Lieutenant Colonel in the Confederate army. When he came to be sworn in, Mr. Maynard, of Tennessee, objected, and made an argument to show that he was disquali fied ; but alter a reply trom Judge Kelley, ol Pennsylvania, (a leading Radical,) denying the disqualification ot Colonel W addeli, the previ ous question was called", and he was admitted by a large majority. Although no decision has yet been arrived at in regard to Postmasters, it is the opinion oi many leading Republicans that they ate not disqualified under the 14th Amendment. Yours, etc., _ W. P. Price. A LETTER FROM GOVERNOR SAMUEL BARD President G-rant, Political Situation in Georgia Centralism. History establishes the lact that France has always been better governed and more prosper ous under an enlightened centralism than when she eDjoyed the delusive delights of “ Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.”—Atlanta New Era. Our contempory, while periorming a neat lit tle voluntary last Sunday, with France lor his theme, (as above) inadvertently struck the key note ot me lune which Radicalism is nowplay- iDg with so muca unction in our own country, “ Centralism” is the accepted “ music of the future” ot our present buffo-politico directors at Washington, while the glorious, but old-iash- loned music, “ Liberty, Equality and Fraterni ty,’’ which once stirred the hearts ot millions, anu rent the foundations ot incestuous tyrann- ny to its very base, are ridiculed as “ delusive delights.” Heaven grant that our people, by exercising their God-given rights, will promptly prevent the consummation of the wicxed schemes and plots, now being directed agaimt the virtue and honor of our republic by these political lib ertines ! The sound of the key-note ot Radicalism, in advertently struck by our neighbor, is not a pleasant one to American ears, and like the ta bled tune, the “ old cow died ot,” may shortly resolve itself into a requiem ovtuhe entire car cass ot Radicalism. “ He’s Busted.”—President Grant reminds us, as Dr. Bard vuu.d say, ot a pool-player who Lav. vxiaue a final ourst of it. in his eager ness to finish up mo ban Domingo joD, in his impatience tor that tempting pool, ne has alien ated many ot his strongest Ir.ends—knocked down more pins than he could afford. In pool parlance, he is “ busted.”—Savaxnah Eews. Cameron for Bumner.^—The Cincinnati Gazette makes the lollowmg brief but pungent commentary on the Sumner imbtoglio: “ It is to be hoped that the Republicans of the United States Senate can find some better way to reconstruct the chairmanship ot the Commit tee on Foreign Relations than by substituting Cameron for Sumner. The descent is so great that the public mind will dwell wholly on the loss cf character, and will pass over any rea sons that may exist lor making a change in the head of this committee.”,, . AND THE SOUTH. “WISDOM, justice and moderation.” In conformity with our notice in yesterday’s Intelligencer, that our recent letter to Presi dent Grant would be reprinted by us, to relute the unwarranted assertions of the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, concerning our motives and reasons ior quitting the Republican party, we publish the letter, and request an earnest pe rusal of it by our readers. Atlanta, Ga., December, 1S70. To General U. <5. Grant, President of the United States : My Dear Sir—The New York Tribune, of the first instant, contains the following tele graphic dispatch: “Atlanta, November 30.—At last the true colors ot the ‘decoy ducks’ in the pay ot the Democracy of this State, who have so long caused discord in the ranks of the Republican party here, and misled the representatives of the party at Washington and elsewhere, are com ing to light, bam. Bard, who in company with Joshua Hill and others, started a newspaper called the True Georgian, a lew months ago, in this city, ostensibly tor the purpose ot sustain ing General Grant’s Administration, and de nouncing the State ddministration of Governor Bullock, comes out with a leader this morning, renouncing General Grant, and hoisting the name ot John T. Hoffman ior President, aud Geueral Gordon, ot this Btate, for Governor, in 1872. He also comes out in lavor of the Demo cratic nominee tor Congress, in this District. Bard is the man whom the benete confirmed, last winter, as Governor ot Idaho. It is under stood that he is now in the employ oi Tammany Hall, having just returned irom New York. This dispatch bears the ear-marks ot its ori gin. I might at once address my reply to the Governor ot Georgia, who is its soutce and inspi ration, be the medium ot its transmission who tt may, but I aiways prefer to address a gentle man when I have the choice, ana happffy the language ot the dispatch leaves me a choice. It states that my paper, the True Georgian, was started “ostensibly lor the purpose ol sustaining General Grant’s administration and denouncing tne btate administration ot Governor Bullock,” thereby implying a lack ot sincerity iu my sup port ot yon, while it aoes does not assert that 1 tailed to perturm the latter part ol my assigned duly. It assumes an idemity ot purpose be tween the Federal and btate administrations in Georgia, wnich I had hoped, ior your own sake, aud tnat ol Georgia, you would have avoided. No one knows better than yourself how earn estly 1 have striven to prevent the identification of your administration with that ot Governor Bullock; but whether the current upon which you sailed, led inevitably to that reel, or you chose to accept other pilotage than mine, 1 couldn’t be expected, alter warning you, to sail with you to mevitaole wreck and destruction. I I have told you aud the world that Governor Bullock’s administration in Georgia was a loul Diot upon our national escutcheon—that it was a iraud and a cowmng iutarny; and 1 told you the truth. It has degraded and tmpoverisned our btate—plundered her Treasury—dissipated her school luud—panned her assets anu des troyed her credit. It has assassinated and overthrown the re constructed body politic organized under the Acts of Congress by General Meade, and toisted upon the people, a hungry band oi unprincipled political adventurers, who have eaten out their substance while depriving tnein ot redress by preventing their representatives Irom takieg tneir seats in Congress. It has kept itsell in power by a series of adroit aud unscrupulous tamperings with the laws aud Constitution ol the btate, and by out rages against the rights ol citizens, and, when these have tailed, by unblushing usurpation ol authority, in which, I regret to say, it has re ceived support trom Washington. It is a ring—a combination—a band ot politi cal Forty Thieves—not a government. To call it a Government in to disgrace the name aud briug that which men shorn J venerate into dis repute. It occupies the seats aud wields the power ot authority, not to protect but to pillage, and society is only sale where sell-protected. The order that exists iu Georgia is that ol an order-loving people—me disturbance ol it is the result ol maladministration, political op pression and extravagance, aud driving our cit izens out ol the bta'e aud preventing immigra tion into it. Who cares to risk taking up his residence in a State, the bonds ol which, issued lor railroad purposes, cannot be sold, even at a low figure, without great difficulty ? 1 live in Georgia. The interests of this com munity are my interests. Tneir good name is involved in that ol tneir State. I cannot see it dishonored lor political ends by viie men, who do not hold their places “ bv the consent ot the governed,” but through the iufiueuce ol a re mote power, without protesting against the ini quity and renouncing all who upnold it. I have waited long, humb.j’, pitiently, lor the re-estabiishment ol her rights, and the re cognition oi her equality among sister btales, but in vain. Upon each compliance with the teims oi reconstruction, Georgia nas been re manded to the political purgatory ol Buliock and Blodgett; aud powers so utterly at war with the Constitution have been assumed by CoDgress to accomplish this, that, il wielded towards other btales, the Fedeial Republic must soon cease to be such and become an Em pire. It is quite poi-sible I may have erred in sup posing that you could stem the torrent ot Radi calism which is sweeping our country on to destruction. Nevertheless, I did think so, and lor that reason I put your name up as my can didate for the Presidency belore you were nom- nated at Chicago, and supported you heartily up to the 30ih ultimo. I had been a Democrat before tbe civil war, and an advocate ol all the measures ol public policy wbich that party professed, i was an officer in the Contederate army. When the war closed, you, as the conquering General, acted with soldierly magnanimity. In tne early years ol peace your word was a protection to Bouth- ern men against the vindictive spirit cl North ern non-combatants. You made a trip through the bouth and reported favorably on us condi tion to President Johnson, which brought down upon you the ire ol Senator Sumner, who char acterized it as a “ whitewashing report.” You made no political speeches, aud up to the period of your inauguration as President reled upon your military record. It was the record that secured you the nomination ot the Republican party. They used it as a political capital, the ultra members tearing all the while tnai you would prove intractable when President. They thought you were moderate, and thousands oi Democrats thought the same. For these rea sons 1 supported you, and urged the South to support you, as a powerful breat water against the destructive*tide of Radicalism. I accepted in good faith the Constitutional Amendment. aDd Reconstruction Acts, not as the best meas ures lor the bouth and the Union, but as the penalty ot deleat—as terms which the conquer ed section could not reiuse. They gave us a hew point ot departure—a new iaoor system, which is the ground work ot a new political sys tem. Fiona t'ds point I was eager to work—lor- w^rd, not backward. I went tor progress not reaction, and opposed the counter revolution in augurated by the New York Convention and the letter ol General Frank P. Blair. What I desired was, above all things, “ peace,” This secured, i hoped to see the south develop anew her energies and resources, lor the benefit not ot herselt alone but ot tne enure Union. I could not have known that Georgia was to be kept in a state ol perpetual bondage, the prey ot irresponsible demagoguts, the associate iu misery with B'>uiii Uaionna ano Louisiana, whose Governors, bcott and Warmouih, lorni with Bullock a triumvirate of unmitigated po litical scounarelism, without a precedent since the latter days of the Roman Empire, and have cursed the States over wnich they rme with plagues worse than the frogs and lice ol Egypt This is Truth and Truth is eternal. Y our inaugural address, Mr. President, served to nassure me. in it you declared. “The office nas come to me unsought. I com mence ns duties untrammelled; ” and in your first annual message you urged the speedy removal ot ail political disabilities, giving as a sound reason therefor “ that no peo ple could long be excluded Irom their rights with safety.” These were an earnest ol the laith that was in you; but you did not let it rest there. You lollowed your laith by works. You appointed men who had been Confederate soldiers to office—myself among the number. You nominated me Governor ot Idaho, and I was conmmed by the benate. 1 would gladly have assumed the duties ot that honorable of fice, but I mund that I was stilt needed at home, to oppose the rotten administration ol Governor Bullock, and 1 resigned it. In ptrlorming this duty I have warmly sustained you and your ad- Bunistration, hoping that the latter plight ulti mately reflect your personal character and con victions, as I understood them, instead ol being controlled oy influences now dominating it lor party purposes. Y'our inaugural declaration, that you would “ have no policy to enlorge against the will of the people,” appears to have been taken by ukra-sectioaalists in Congress as an abandonment ot the sceptre, and they have seized it accordingly, to your decided detriment aud that of the country. My high personal regard for you has under gone no change. The public policy, of which your are not the author but the official instrument, I must firmly oppose. The people of North Carolina and Missouri have recently repudiated that policy with un mistakable disdain, and have pointed out the path ot treedopi which noble old Georgia is soon to loilow. Does the English language turnish terms wherewith to properly stigmatize the acts ol Governor Holden ? Is it to be wondered at that a long suffering people, Re publicans as well as Democrats, should have at last vindicated themselves, aud overthrown his corrupt and tyrannical administration at the ballot-box V And there, too, is Missouri. Who, sir, did you the pernicious service to advise your prose cution ot the triends ot Carl bchurz and Gralz Brown ? These men are Republicans, dyed iu tne wool—men who have proven their laith iu human liberty by early risking their lives in its support. The fiist an exile trom the land ol his birth, lor the uever-io-be-lorgotten heroism ot ’48; the second an outspoken abolitionist iu Kentucky and Missouri, when death wasaswitt mfiicted penalty for Irce opinion. These two meu are philosophers, wno believe in the liberty oi all meu, white as well as black ; and their antagonist, benaior Drake, may well go to them to learn the first principles ot Republicanism, instead ol attempting to proscribe them. Tney are broad, comprehensive and humane in their views—he is narrow, croicheuy and vindict ive. Missouri and the country have judged between them, aud the credit stands recorded iu tavor ot universal “ Amnesty ” and Re publican treedom, as against the Republican party. it has been truly said that “ He who would oe constant iu wisdom must change often.” The tree mtnd cannot be too muen trammelled by p^rty names or affiliations. It looks to the ultimate, not the immediate workiug ; it may be by devious paths, Dut always with the grand object in view. The inconsistency ot sueu a course is more apparent then real. Parties ol narrower views may hope to efiect it by clamor, Dut triumph cro wns it at the end. It is ot less importance to me how my couduct may appear in this matter than what i may accomplisn by id The imputation cast upon my motives were expected, ano, theietore, uiscounted beioie- xiaud. 1 could nut have united witu the De mocracy ot Georgia nine, or even lour months ago, because at mat time they had not advanced to me point oi new departure, whence, iu my opinion, they must Work for the iuiuio. They need lo grow out ot me sectionalism ol their otd ideas and to become Nationalized. I think mey have done so. No man is now so looiish as to mink ol disrupting the Uuion or ie-esiablishiug slavery in any form. The main objects desiieu aud sought ior are equality ol me btates in me Union, anu the right ol local sell-government, uumliuenced by Federal dicta tion. 'These rights are as important to Massa chusetts aud Illinois us they are to Georgia, and they canuot be denied to one estate with out imperiling the independence aud lire oi ail. Reconstruction finished, me Btales must be equals, or the U uiou will be again aggravated oy disseuuon, and liable to be warpeu irom its Liue purpose to serve local or sectional inter ests. The Democratic party is pledged to this solution ol the questions tell us Oy the war. It opposes the attempts to control elections by means ot soldiers sent per orders irom me cen tral power. Noimug could Ue invented more calculated to overmrow lieedoui than to place au army at the disposal of an ambitious Presi dent, with auinorny, under tne law, to inter fere with elections. It tins power continues it requires no prophet to predict the ultimate overmrow ol tree government throughout me United btates. Upon the questions ol political economy de veloped iu the history ol our country 1 nave always been a Diinociat, and still adhere to the propriety oi applying their system to the ad- unnisiratiou oi our nuaueiul adairs aud collec tion oi me revenue, so lar as may be compati ble with the cuauged relations of trades aud values now existing. Governed oy these views I have issued the tollewiug card lo the public, iu my paper ot the 30th ultimo: “ A close ouservation upon the conditiQn oi the country, dui ag my recent visit to the “Fed eral Hapital,” and me Northern Slates, has forced u,jou my mind the conviction mat the mission ol ihe Republican party has ended. Tne accomplishment ol all its good offices de volves upon the statesmen ol the country tbe duty of determiuiug the policy ot the iuture. stupendous issues are now rising up, having no necessary connection with the measuies ot the late civil war, or oi reconstruction consequent upon it, demanding the closest inv* st galiou and wisest solution Oy the popular miuu. Many ol ihose have asmined such shape as lo make it clearly manliest mat me Iuture weliare ol the country wul be best secured by the complete triumph ol the declared principles ot the Dem ociatic party, as now set lorth by such leadeis as Governor Joun T. Huffman, aud illustrated oy his recent triumpuaut election. “ Acting with the Republican party in sup port ot tue measures lor ihe Restoration ot me btates ol the South to their proper relations to the Federal Government, we have but dis charged a solemn duty to the people, tor which we have not a single regret to express. “Now that Reconstruction has been fully accomplished, the same h gfi regard ior the wel lare aud peace ol the whole country which has aiways controlled iny political course impels me to declare my unqualified sympathy with, and adhesion to, the National Democratic party. “ With this well considered determination we place at, our masthead the name ot John T. Hoffman, ot New York, lor the Presidency in 1872. “ This determination has been arrived at without consultation with Governor Hoffman cr his tnends, and without regard to personal consequences. " On the same ground we also hoist the name ot John B. Gordon, lar the office of Governor ol the State ot Georgia in 1872. “ The policy ol the True Georgian toward the dangerous Slate Administration will continue as heretoiore—one ol firm and vigorous oppo sition.” It is this card which has occasioned so much telegraphic activity on the part ot Bullock’s supporters in Georgia, and gi”en them oppor tunity to renew their too well established claim ol owning the Republican faction in this Slate—lor it cannot be truthfully asserted that it ever has risen, or ever can rise, to the digni ty of a parly under such intolerably wicked leadership. YV th great respect, Mr. President, I have the honor to subscribe myself, as ever, Your friend and obedient servant, Samuel Bard, Editor "Ihe Daily True Georgian." Decisions ot Supreme Court of Georgia— January Term, 1871. Order ot Circuits with the number ot cases irom each: •Macon Circuit 13 Flint Circuit 12 Tallapoc-sa Circuit lo Ailai alia 0 Atlanta Circuit 17 Rome Circuit 5 Chtrokec c.rcuit 11 Nortnern Circuit 9 Middle Circuit 0 Ocmuigee Circuit 9 Eastern Circuit 10 Brunswick Circuit 4 Albany 12 Augusta 2 Friday, March 17th, 1871. Argument of No. 10, Tallapoosa Circuit. Bill vs. Harris—was resumed and concluded. Judge B. H. Bigham tor plaintiff in error aud Col. H. Buchanan lor defendant in error. No. 8, Tallapoosa Circuit. White vs. Blas- ianu—was argued lor plaintiff in error, by- Judge Ezz-.rd, aud lor delendant in error, by Z W. Harrison. No. 9, A. C. Ware vs. Daniel Ware, et al— was argued for plaintiff in error, by Judge Bigham, and ior defendants in error, by CoL Charles Mabry. The first case on the docket from the Atlanta Circuit will be first in order to-morrow morn ing. Tidbits. A high circle—a ting ia a belfry. "When the ux is down many are the butchers. Man doth wnat he can, and God what lie wilt. A complete cell—to sell celery in a ce l ir. To live Jong it is necessary to live slo wiv! Daylight will peep through a little hole.' Lend your money, and lose your Iriend. Why are a lady’s ringlets like one of Dick ens’ novels ? Because they are all of a twist. “ Do you think that raw oysters are hea! hv?” asked a lady oi her physician. “ Yes,” he re plied. “ I never knew one to complain of being out of health in my life.” Some lolks talk of economy very naturally. We know ol an old lady who has tabooe 1 can dles, and is now burning gas, because the latter is cheaper. She says that she can get lour teet ot gas tor a cent, while candles are lour cents a toot. “ Halloa! Bob, how are you ? ” Bob, who had been in jail for debt for some months past, answered: “Very well, thank you ; but I have’ been in trouble, you know.” “ What trouble ailed you?” “ A trouble past in durance ” Mr. Hyde and Miss Taller, of Columbus, having been married, and the “ tatted call ” having been killed in their honor, gives the Louisville Courier-Journal an opportunity to air a joke about “ killing cattle for the sake of the Hyde and Taller.” Prince Napoleon is reported to have lo3t property valued at 7,000,000 or 8,000,000 francs by the German war, though he still has quite enough to live upon comfortably. Candid —“ How much water do you put in your milk?” asked a man ot a boy, who de livered on one ot the milk routes. “ We don’t put any water in it,” replied the boy. “ What uo you put it, then ? ” “ Ice,’' said' the candid youth. Price Gortschakoff, though in his 73d year, h as clear in brain and vigorous in body as he was twenty years ago, and the Czar laughingly gays ha will live to be minister to his imperial suc cessor lor years. Mild Way of Putting It.—The last euphu ism out is that ot a student, who remarked the other day ot one iu whose honesty he has no great abiding laith, that He will hereafter have opportunity “to examine the sulphur spec trum without building any special tire lor the purpose.” At a California fair recently several bottles oi strained honey were put on exhibition, wheu a chap put up a bottle ot castor oil with the res;. The opinion of all who tried it was that the bee that laid it was a fraud. Modern Rapidity.— History itselt must now begin as Horn a new epoch. All the doings of the world, through this rapidity given to person and to thought, must be so altered as to bear no parallel with the past. The old'ocomotive and communicating powers are defunct—They are as the water that has passed the mill. It must grind with that which succeeds. Grant’s coffin—San Domingo. The New Hampshire Pike is a fish out of water. Sumner feels much better. The Hon. Gpothleyohala, of Kansas, is one oi the most talented nair-r,-risers ot the Pi rius. Eiji boasts the best dressed—and cooked— people in the world. An Indiana editor calls another “ a walking nihibihty.” The most fascinating blacksmith in Provi dence is a young lauy. The KuKlux are on Boston Common. Bob beries and assaults there nightly. Where are the United States troops? Jacob Methuselah, ot Indiana, tried to reach the age of his namesake, by laughing, but over did the thing, and died au untimely death. Mr. Boussum, ot Pennsylvania, just dead, weighed 526 pouuds. The wile ot his Boussum is also very heavy. A Trojan young lady points to $2,400 earned by her sewing machine in lour years. Washington gossip reports tile Hon. C. C. Bowen about to be married. Kilpatrick is lecturing in the Western Stales, and the inhabitants are taking to the woods. Swearing oft on gum-chewir.g gives Chicago girls tue jim—j uns. Philadelphia ladies are bound to have an ine briate asylum, aii to themselves. Circuses in the South ate d eadtully eni>o ed by negroes that follow them - fl and try to >.o Inc same uiens mat the p.rmrmers do. One encus man humored them tii; ho had lout or am colored luuerais on his hands, since widen he jlubs them away. Feeling a patient’s pulse by telegraph is i.e latest achievement. The sick man was in V/a- . mgio/j and the physician iu New Y’ork. Ti.e heals oi the pulae Wore transmitted oy a doc or with one hand on the patient’s wrist aud me olUer on the telegraph key. Sacramento has iton baitings lor a Sunday sensation. The owner ot the dog killing the lion nets $25. A fire in New York originated in a cat knocking over a kerosene lamp. Cats have uo business thus to usurp human prerogatives. a Chicago detective lately bet that Forrester is not the Nathan murderer, aud itiut he couid write the names ol three -men, tffci ot whom would be convicted ol the crime within o ,e year. The wager was accepted, and the names secretly written and sealed up for one year. The chief objeci ot the present session ot the Forty-second Congress oeiun, according to the President, the passage ot the Ku Klux bill, we see the usual machinery put in opera tion to produce evidence ot its necessity. The outrage mill again grinds luriousiy, and some ot us grists have already been placed on the Nortnein market. 'The reliable loyalist ol Co lumbia, South Carolina, is hist on nand with a terrible story of lawlessness, rape and murder, and his less prompt collabomteurs at oth r points South will soon have their tales m readi ness to stud along. Belore we have time to ar rive at tne trutn ol these matters, it is probable that the bill which President Grant desires to aid his personal political amoiuon will oe passed, aud then we shall have a rebel Irom these harrowing fictions. The Ku-Klux seem to have an acute appreciation oi the necessities ol the Republican party, arising in tneir lury to slay some unlonunale negro at the very time when the flagging patriotism of Congressmen requires a spur, aud retiring as quickly when th at purpose is gamed. Cg?*Tt is stated by Republican Congressmen, who proless to know, that belore the adjourn ment ot Congress the President will send in a special message asking lor an appropriation of one million and a hall cl dollars, to be placed in his hands, to be used with uiscrettonary pow er, in the event that a treaty lor the annexation ot Ban Domingo is made and ratified by the Senate in an extra session oi that budy, to r.e convened to consider it. As Congress will ad journ to December, the President it is alleged, deems an appropriation necessary to fulfil the probable terms of a*probabie treaty. The Boston Journal says: “ The cotton man- uiaqiories ot New England have had several years ot rather hard times. While the value ot their machinery and buildings have never iahen below the price lor which the stock of the cor porations were selling in the market, the profits nave been smalt owing to a combination ot cir cumstances, and as the dividends regulate the value ot the stock, the prices tor some time have been low. Within sixty days these manufacto ries have, as a general rule, taken a iavorable start, amt it is believed that under the new sys tem ot selling goods, and the demand which exists for thepioductsot the mills, iau dividends may be expected in the Iuture.” Said a wine merchant to his porter, whom he wanted to leave a while in his cellar, “ I’ll chalk your mouth, so I can tell it you drink any wine while I am gone,” at the same lime drawing his thumb nail over the man’s lips as thougn he were chalking them. The porter drank as much wine as he wanted, and then chalked his mouth so as not to be detected, and by that means exposed himself to his shrewd master. An emiuent Scottish divine met two oi his own parishoners at the house of a lawyer whom he considered too sharp a practitioner. The iawyer ungraciously put the question, “ Doctor, these are members oi your flock; may I ask do you look upon them as white sheep or as black sheep ?’’ “ I don’t know,” answered the divine, dryly, “ whether they are black or white sheep; but i know, if they are long here, they are pretty sore to be fleeced,” Mutilated Currency.—It was stated a few weeks ago that the United buttes Court at Raieigu, N. O., had rendered a decision, in which a postmaster in that Bod* was deien :aut, that a postmaster beiDg a Lu ted Biates officer, he was compelled to receive United Btales cur rency, however mutilated, mi puy u 10 nt ot p.jst- age. 'l he postmaslei a; Kingston has written to the Department at Y/aeinngtoa and das received the loilowing reply : Postoffice Department, Feb. 8, 1871. Sir—Year letter ol the 2d inst. is at h ..ad. In accorduhC3 with thb rules oi the Treasury Department, the Postmaster General directly u to receive in payment lor postage stamp.- md stamped envelopes, United Stales no.ea ol woich not more than one-twentieiu is miasiug, and fractional notes, ol which not more than c ne- lenih is missing, it clearly genuine. You are not required to receive mutilated notes (by the term mutilated is meant notes not worth their lull face value under the subjoined rules), which notes are redeemable by the Treasurer ot the United States, and by no other officer. Nor will you receive notes so much soiled or uelaced that their genuineness can not be clearly and satisiacierily ascertained. Very respectfully, YV. H. H. Terrell. During the Carnival at Washington an electric light was shown trom the do ne oi the Capitol on two evening by which fina print could be read at the Treasury—so savs -ne Cnronicle. The light was produced by elec tricity passing between twocaroou points. Tne electricity was generated by eighty cells of Giove’s battery, with twelve and a half square leet oi platmum surface. It is not improbable that at no distant time the leading thorough- lares ol our cities will be rendered as light as noonday by the usa ol electric illuminating apparatus. Keep clear ot a mao that does not value his own character.