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ccm STD 'UTJ OK ALJ ST. ACQUbTA. GA. TUESDAY MORNING. FEB. 0,186D THE SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT. There is a very singular contest go'ng on over the proposed fifteenth amendment to the Constitution, which reads as follows: “ Section 1. The right* of any citizen oi the United States shall not he denied or abridged by the United Slates, or any States, by reason of race, or color, or previous condition ot slave ry of any citiztu or class of citizens of the Uni ted States. “Sec. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provis ions of this article.” With the hot haste characteristic of a caucus-ridden body, the House of Repre sentatives passed this amenifment by a very large vote. The Senate is not so ram- . pant. Amendments to the House Hill show how gingerly it is treated. Senator Buck at.kw wants to protect.minorities, and of fers an amendment to that effect. Os course, this stands no chance whatever of being favorably acted upon. Senator How ard ostensibly wants negro supremacy.' Senator Williams proposes that Congress amend, revise or alter all State laws affect ing suffrage. Senator Morton desires the amendment to affirm as well as prohibit— that is, he desires the amendment to be so emphatic that not the subtlest lawyer or most disloyal Legislature shall impair the perfect equality of all men, without distinc tion of race, color, t poverty, former servi tude and ignorance. Members from the Pacific coast can swallow the negro, but hesitate to gulp down John China man with his Pagan relations. They can stand Sam no in the South with liisvau doo practices, but they cannot stomach the yellow man in California and Oregon with his idolatrous Joss worship. It seems odd, at this day, to chronicle that the much abased doctrine of State Rights is a stumb ling block in the path of certain men who have long since proclaimed the dogma as good as dead and buried. Yet, absurd as as it may appear, some of the Radical Sena tors absolutely object in part to the amend ment as it comes from the House because of its interference with the supposed pre rogatives of a Commonwealth. Rhode Island has a property qualification which politically outlaws one-third of her citizens. Nineteen States allow negro suffrage, but of these Congress has forced it on eleven. Eighteen States prohibit negro suffrage, it is proposed to corner these eighteen by sub mitting the new amendment, when passed, to their Legislatures. These Legislatures were elected on totally different issues ; but. what does Radicalism care for that? True, the people ,of the States have declined to sanction negro suffrage, but they can possi bly be tricked by venal and partisan Gene ral Assemblies. We learn that the most novel feature of the suffrage question is that connected with the bogus Congressmen from the South. These rare fellows, having taken the black dose with all its trimmings, are eager and impatient to commend it in similar fashion to those who effect to love it: This swans to be the great peril of the amendment in the Senate. It was a splendid joke to tor ment the South, but, even in the hands of trooly loii brethren from the late dominion of rebellion, the joke loses its flavor when pushed too rar East, and w«st . The Demo crats appear to regard the passage of the amendment with much equanimity. The wriggling of their adversaries is excellent sport while it lasts. If the Radicals con clude to tempt, faith with their leveling pro gramme, it is believed that there will lie a great uprising of the popular elements against it. • The unterrittod of Connecticut predict that they will secure thousands of converts by any such direct issue. To this it may lie objected that the people have be come so accustomed to abandon their priv ileges, that this infraction will cause but a slight ripple before an entire submission to the Central Power. It is just as well not 1o put great stress upon the reactionary virtue of what we call Ihe Northern People. If they gradually lose much of their freedom, it will be because they strove to enslave us. If their liberties are eventually put in jeop ardy by the vermin claiming to represent the South, they will be righteously punish ed for their dastardly attempt to circum vent justice by a. sometime successful fraud. A LITTLE GAME IN TENNESSEE, In the telegraph reports of ing this paragraph occurred : “ Tennessee Representatives ArncTl, Mullen? and Nunn publish cards denying any connec tion with the theft of school funds.” The following telegram to the Cincinnati Commercial (Rep.), will explain how there may have been “ indiscretion ” but “ no loss of integrity ” among the truly loyal men of Tennessee: “Nashville, February 3.—The sensation oi the season was produced in the Legislature to day, hy the most startling disclosures in con nection with the missing school fund. It has been surmised for a long time that there was a great deal of rascality at the bottom of the whole business, but nobody outside of those implicated imagined the extent of the bribery, corruption and wholesale swindling made up in the history of I lie stolen lhnd. It will be re membered that several weeks since, Rutter, President of the Tennessee National Bank iu Memphis, where the school fund was placed, was arrested, and a committee appointed by the House to make a thorough investigation. That committee, composed oi fearless and im partial men, aided tty the treat legal talent in Nashville, made its report to-day, bringing to light the most damning disclosures, and impli cating official--, most ot whom were members of the House at the time the funds were spirit ed away. “The principal witnesses who testified he foie the committee were Butler himself and a head lobby agent, named Parham. In addition to these some scores of letters and telegrams were brought to light, nearly all having a hear ing on tlie* corrupt iufbicnces then brought to bear on the Legislature standing out. Among the most prominent of those who were bribed stands S. M. Arnell, present member of Con gress, who was then a member of the Legisla ture, and well known as the author of the Ten nessee franchise law.- Two other members of Congress, Mullins and Nunn, who were then members ot the House, also, according to the most ample testimony, received bribes ; but they were not as deep in the villainy as Arnell. The latter’s name figures largely through the testimony and correspondence, it being clearly proven that he pocketed $35,000 at one haul. Mullins was for sale cheaper, he receiving SSOO cash. He indulged in the following rhapsody when imbibing a bowl of whisky punch with Parham: “‘Tell Butler,’ said he, ‘that I remember him. Asa lovely spot in memory’s waste, as the shadow of a great rock in the desert, as the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valley, ana as the cedar is among the trees ot Lebanon, so is Butler among men.’ “It uas proven by Rutter that Mullins re r~ m • ceived very large sums to buy others, and j ;!m money was never receipted for afterwards, , ihe virtuous Congressman is to be prosecuted -j if he does not iuform how the money was ex- ; expended. Rutter, at the instance of the com- j mittee, wiote him two weeks ago, but has got no answer yet. ISaggS “Judging from the testimony, about one half of the members of the House must have been bribed, but the negotiations were carried on in such a nelicale and guarded way as to make it nppe.fc that the money was being bor rowed. A single cent, however, was never paid back. The Metropolitan Bank of Wash ington was somehow mixed up iu the matter to the extent ot one hundred thousand dollars, which it secured. “ The testimony proved that outside of the Legislature thirteen thousand dollars were ex pended lor influences brought to bear on that body, and probably members of the Legisla ! lure received as high as forty or fifty thousand dollars. “ The testimony covers about five hundred pages foolscap. It is hard to conjecture what action the Legislature will take in the premises, but it is pretty certain that Ibe stolen school fund wit) not lie recovered.” THE REASON WHY. The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune says: “Generals Porter and Babcock, of General Grant’s staff, have returned from their tour oi inspection through the Southern States. I bey visited every military post in the country through which they t raveled, and will make an extended written report to General Grant.— They represent North Carolina as in the best condition and next to that State is Alabama. The worst state of affairs exists in Georgia, and some legislation by Congress to secure the rights "of the loyal people in that State will be recommended. They say the negroes were in the right during the Ogeechee troubles and they should be. protected. Notwithstanding ~ho militia troubles in Arkansas, the State is in a flourishing condition.” According !<> the Mon. Mr. Bhoomall, a Radical member of Congress, Ihe news paper correspondents fit Washington are all falsifiers and black mailers. It may be that Hitch a one as is here described pre pared, from a fertile imagination, the say ings and doings of Generals Babcock and Pouter. If, however, this Jribune man has stumbled on the truth, the officers sent out by General Grant to investigate the South are. certainly partisan enough to please the most flea-bitten loyalist, li Carolina and Alabama are reported in excellent condition because they are, for the present, utterly at the mercy of the tools of Radicalism. Arkansas ditto.— Georgia is accounted “ worst off," because most Democratic. If she had gone for Grant at the List election, and if the ‘-Gov ernor” and “ Legislature'” were in perfect accord, there might have been stealing, mur dering, militia outrages and all manner of deviltry, but the eyes of your Porters and Barcocks would have been too delighted with evidences of loyalty to witness mani festations of crime. The people of Augusta remember those famous white-washing mar tinets of Gene rat Meade who vouched for the late Mayor and City Council. Porter and Babcock, if not belied by the Tribune correspondent., arc evidently of the same stripe and under the same inspiration. iTn.ct, National Temperance Pociety. The Philosophy of Drinking anil Drunk enness. All intoxicating drinks arc dangerous in the proportion in which they contain alcohol. Tite effect of alcohol upon the brain is to disturb its action at the very time it is necessary to put a restraint upon the quantity. Some men can and do con tinue to drink moderately, but others cammi do this. If the temperament is ora cn-t.-mi nicni.ni h.-tn .in effect which renders the craving for stimulants uucofflt’ollable. And for this reason the appetite for drink is unlike any other appetite. It, differs in degree even from the appetite for opium or tobacco. It is unlike the appetite for food. A man may have a strong desire for a cer tain kind of food, and may put himself to inconvenience to get the dish he prefers; hut in its absence he is content to take another article to relieve his hunger. But this appetite for alcohol is not only the craving of the stomach or tin* palate, in some cases it. is neither, lint is the craving of the nerves fin* stimulants. Tite effect Os alcoholic drinks upon the nerves and the brain is the cause of this ail but universal use. 'The effect wanted is not to fill the stomach or to give moisture to the body, but, to carry t.lie feelings beyond what is natural, to give sensations like pleasant, dreams, to drown care, to bring forgetful ness of pain, and to raise the feelings to' a higher elevation. 'intoxicating drinks arc so called because they intoxicate. Intoxication is a state of the nerves which makes tite man feel out oi himself—above himself—beyond himself.— At firstir, give*a pleasant, sensation, a sense of relief from the cares of life ; and so attain this quieting sense—this ecstatic feeling—it is the desire of all who drink. It may not be to them always apparent, hut, neverthe less it is the exciting motive to drink. It is produced by an unnatural action of the nerves, which uses up in a short time the surplus power lying dormant, a provision for the healthy action of the system. This action iias, therefore, always a 'correspond ing reaction. For example, if it is supposed that the nerve power was held in a tube of twenty inches, each inch being marked like a thermometer, and the normal or healthy state was at ten, a glass of spirits might, raise the nervous state to eleven, when the great enjoyment sought, would be attained for a short time. The reaction would cause the fall to go below leu. It, would fall down to nine—it must do so—as the alcohol does not impart nerve power, nor does it create it. It, only calls that which we possess into action; the reaction must, therefore, always be in exact ratio to the action excited. If taken, therefore, for daily health,.the action must be a daily waste of power—a daily using of the surplus power provided tty a bountiful providence for the emergen cies of life—and a waste to he mourned when an accident happens or an epidemic rages in the neighborhood, t hen the acci dent, will not be so easily managed without, (he reserve nerve power, and the want of it may also make the use of strong drink the more susceptible to the poison of the epi demic. In both cases much of the recuper ative power of nature has been used up by daily nerve excitement. If taken for more than this—for the enjoyment ot intoxica tion—how dangerous is the process ! The man raises himself in the scale (keeping in mind the tube of 20 inches) to 11—it may lie he goes higher, to 15—which may repre sent him as the poet,, the orator or the jo vial companion ; or to 17, which we may suppose to represent forgetfulness and reck less drunkenness. From this state how low he must fall! During night he has kept himself up; whenever the flagging of energy took place, another dram brought it up again, and his night of enjoyment has been bought at, the morning’s price. He is now to s—to 3—it may be 1,0 the bottom of the tube ; if so, God pity him ! He is now in that state when the nerve power is ex hausted, when alcohol ceases to touch the springs of volition. He will's, hut has no power to command.' He is now in the agony of delirium tremens. Alcohol.bc it then observed, causes in creased action without adding the power to sns'ain the system at the stimulated point, consequently reaction must follow. This reaction demands more stimulant; if given, more reaction follows, to be again succeed ed by a stronger desire for the stimulant, until n seeming absolute necessity for the drink is created. In the moderate drinker his feeling to represented by a feeling of sinking, of discomfort, which is often diffi cult to overcome ; but in the drunkard it exists as a disease before which all restraint seems powerless, and he will do anything and suffer anything rather than the anguish springing from tiie desire for alcohol which is now beyond his control. At this stage taste, as far as the palate is concerned, has little to do with his thirst. It is the craviug of the naan for more nerve excitement. He will sacrifice his ail for de liverance for a few moments from the abso lute depression which he feels. The man of even temperament, whom nothing ruffles, offends or puts about, may continue to drink and drink moderately all his life without seeming danger; but even he, when some sharp caiimity overtakes him, may seek short-lived forgetfulness in the bottle, and may in a short time aston ish all his friends by the swiftness of his fall., Under circumstances.to which all are liable, the naturally well balanced mind may succumb; but the fiery natures, the impulsive, the open-hearted and the gener ous, are as the gun cotton which needs but the pressure or the spark to become un controllable, and demand more drink with ail the agony of unstrung nerves. These are they who become drunkards all at once. They stand an astonishment to their friends and to themselves. No picture can present to them in greater horrors the agony which they themselves feel. What the man now wants is a way of escape ; this the temper ance movement offers him. The drunkard may be punished or frightened ivith pun ishment without any effect; bat he will be influenced by the kind word, if based upon a knowledge of his position. This being the action of alcohol, it shows plainly that total acstinence is the .yply remedy for drunkenness, and it also shows how important it is to keep tiie young trtmi using alcohol at all. The evil is iu the drink. The evil is so great that iij every circle it finds victims. It will injure just in proportion to the fineness rif the nerve power to be qcted upon. He whose brain is easily excited will be the best loved in society'; but if iu that society the wine cup circulates, his danger js gregt. The man of a cold temperament may stand unhurt while he is slain. It may be urged, however, that only a few fall, and many have the enjoyment- This argument might hold if the question was one'of secondary importance ; but it is a question of rpore than life and death to those who fail, and the enjoyment would be dearly purchased if it involved bivt the loss of one in ten thousand. But the drinking customs now involve one iu every circle, it may l>e nearly every home. The danger Is also so imperceptible in its approaches that no one can confidently say that he or she may escape its consequences. What ffiay, therefore, be argued about as an effect op others takes anew form when it comes home to ourselves, and those dearer tons than life. Total abstinence has been, in ail cases where persistently applied, eminently successful. Its chief merit lies in the de mand that the man shall help himself. The. work must be of his own free will. The pledge slums him iioty he may help himself —how In; may remove from himself his great temptation; not by trusting iu him self, but in the instrumentality which, while it shows him his own wtotkness, car ries him to Him who is willing and ready to save. It is said that when one of our great ex plorers had found a huge monument deeply imbedded in Hie sand of Egypt, ami unsuc cessfully tried by main strength to drag it out of its tomb, that strength only carried it through, not out of the sand. An engineer of the party suggested a plan whereby the very sand, whose want of resistance caused all the disappointment, could be made to raise the figure to the surface. The mass of stone was raised on the side a little, the sand ran into the vacant place. A pull the contrary way, and the sand again ran in. The figure having thus been raised its pro portion to t.lie body of sand which had got below it, each pull on one side, with its re verse pat on the other, brought the figure nearer and nearer the surface, until it stood before the explorer and his party in its ancient stateliness and grandeur. The poor victim of intemperance is pas sive under the influence qf punishment and warnings. He disappoints ljie hopes of his friends and all his own hopes also. But the temperance man is ready to take him by the hand to give him a knowledge of himself—to show him how he can, by his own agency, bring unto ldmsclf the means of his deliverance. Here he stands alone, lie Iqok.s at his enemy—he looks forward— be sees his qvvii urcajfqess ; but he feels the struggle must be Ids —where can lip get help? Instinctively, like the prodigal of old, he says, “1 will arise and go to my fa ther.” Every si toggle, now that he has gained greater strength than his own, gives new enej-gy and more foundation lor the rescue, and tittle by HU.lc a drunkard is saved ft*om rain auil a. aaul from pGuitehiliu;. The Queen’s Proclamation Against Ritnal ista--Counterblast from Rev. Mr. Maok onochie. The London papers of the Ififh nit. con tain an order in council affirming the recent judgment of her Majesty’s Privy Council againt the St. Albans Ritualists. It says of the condemned minister in the case: * * * “ The said Alexander Horiot Mackanochie ought to be pronounced to have offended against the statutes, laws, constitution and canons of the Church of England hy having within the said church of the new parish of St. Albans, Holborn, knelt or prostrated himself before the con secrated elements during the Prayer of Consecration, and also by having within the said church used lighted candles on the communion tables duripg the celebra tion of the Holy Communion, at times .when such lighted candles were not want ed for the purpose of giving light; and that the said Alexander Heriot Maconocliie ought to Ik* admonished to abstain, for the future, from kneeling or prostrating him self before the consecrated elements during the Prayer of Consideration, and also from using in the said church lighted candles on the communion table during the celebra tion oft he Holy Communion at times when such lighted candles -are not, wauled for the purpose of giving light; and further, that he, the said Alexander Heriot Mackonochie ought to be condemned in the costs incur red on behalf of the said John Martin, as well in the court, below as in the said tip-' peal,” The Queen, with the advice of the Privy Council, orders the prompt execution of the above. Meanwhile, Mr. Mackonochie is out in a manifesto, over his own signature, advocating a separation of Church and State. He says: “ What right has the Spouse of Christ to ally herself with the powers of the world? Surely to do so is to commit that terrible spiritual aduitry against which her Lord has so often warned her. If the State lie unbelieving—and l suppose no one wishes to impose upon the ruling bodies in the English St ate (except upon the crown itself) the name of the Christian—the very idea is ail offense to the dullest spiritual instinct; and yet. if we take the opposite hypothesis, we shall, 1 think, find it worse. A Chris tian Stale is the child of the Church. It is of the Church in such a State that each'in dividual is ‘ begotten again of God in Christ Jesus;’ it is by her that each is fed.; by her: prayer and blessing that all State acts seek for help from God ; by her anointing that the sovereign is set apart for the high func tion of government. Can we, then, defend adultery between a mother and her son ? Such I believe to lie, and always to have been, the nature of union between Church and State. Doubtless the State owes to the Church all the affectionate care and sup port that a dutiful son can give to his mother ; but l itis is not the theory of estab lishment. The Jewish Chiiveh ltegiu to fall from God and ultimately, sank into idolatry from the time it became an estab lishment in t.lie reign of Saul. The reign of Constantine was the beginning of the de cline of Christianity in spiritual things quite as much as it was the beginning of its rise in temporal grandeur. “ Let us, then, as citizens as well as churchmen, move every power to obtain a dissolution of this ungodly alliance. Why should not petitions to Parliament and me morials to convocation be ready by the commencement of the session ? Then by the time Parliament meets again, after Easter, other memorials might be ready, and thus the question be thoroughly venti lated. I feel that it is impossible to urge this matter too strongly.” Railroads is Persia.— The shrill whistle of the railway engine is soou to be heard in Per sia. The Shah lias granted to a company of English capitalists the exclusive right to con struct railways in the country for a period of twenty years. These capitalists begin opera tions with a short road, extending from the capital to thcstiburbau village of Rey, a famous weekly resort of pious Teheran elm. Ground has been broken, and the eugineer employed estimates that the line can be constructed and stocked for less than $500,000, on which the passenger traffic of some forty thousand devo tees a week will, he reckons, yield a remunera tive dividend, exclusive of an 8 per cent, guar anty. Decisions of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Delivered at Atlanta, January 2Gi!/t, 1SGI). FURNISHED BY N. J. HAMMOND, SUPREME COURT REPORTER, EXPRESSLY FOE THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION. O. A. Lochrane,’Pl’ff in Error, 1 Motion for vs. \ new triaj— Wm. Solomon, Deft in Error,) From B‘bb. Brown, C. J. • L., who owed S. SI,OOO, for which S. held li’s note and mortgage on a printing press, sold the press to C. for tflo,ooo, and O. agreed to pay the SI,OOO to S. and satisfy the note and mortgage, but B.refused to releaseL. and take C. for the debt. There was evi dence before the jury, however, that IS. agreed to take C. as collateral, and after wards agreed to give C. time on the SI,OOO which lie w -s to.pay for L., if he would pay him 2* , z per cent, per month for the indul- which he did ior three or four mouths. 1. Held, that it was error in the court in his charge to the jury to restrict them to the single inquiry whether C. was substitu ted as the debtor in place of L. 2. If G. agreed to pay the debt oi L. to S. in a short time, and S. having accepted the liability of C. as collateral, afterwards fir a valuable consideration extended the time of payment for three or four months, as he had the right to do at his own wish, L. could not sue 0. during that time, and S. was liable to L. for any damage sustained by L on account of said indulgence given by JS. to C. Judgment reversed. McCay, J., concurred in the judgment. - Warner, J., dissenting. In judgment there was uo error in the coarirGefow In overruling the motion for a nety trial on the ground that the verdict wa£ contrary to the evidence. The court was not requested in writing to charge the jury upon any part of the evidence, and there watf'mo,, exception taken that the change of the Judge did not cover all the jaets proved. The cliaige of the court ex cepted to was not in error in view of the evidence contained in the record.' The de fendant was the principal debtor, and not a surety, and the loss of which he complains did not spring out oi or result from any agreement made hptween P raw ford and Solomon, which would operate as a ley a! discharge of the debt, but from a cause en tirely Independent of that alleged agree ment. From the facts disclosed by the re cord, and my understanding of the law ap plicable thereto, I am of opinion the judg ment of the court below should be affirmed, Gobi) and Jackson, by Judges Clarke and Lyon, for plaintiff in error. W. Roe for defendant in error. Samuel T..Bally, Pl’ff in Error, I Mandamus vs. > —From E. L. Stroeeker, Deft in Error. j Bibb. Brown, G. J. When an attachment, was levied upon fifty shares of the capital stock of a corpo rate company, and sold at sheriff's sales, it was the'duty'of the .sheriff In give certifi cates of purchase to Ihe highest bidder, and on presentation of such certificates to the proper officer of the corporation, if was his duty 1o make the necessary transfer of the stock to the purchaser on t.lie books of the company. In such case the sheriff does not ini', Hie purchaser in possession, but the officer of the corporation is, pro hue vice, a public officer under the Code charged with that duly, ami if he refuses to do it, man damns is' Hie proper proceeding to compel its performance. , Judgment reversed. S. T. Bailey, by the Reporter, for plain tiff in error. 11. W. Cowles, by B. Hill, for defendaut ip error. John T. Williams, et. al, j Plaintiff in Error, Equity-From , c i Harris. James M. Mobley, ox r, Ac. | Defendant in Error. J Brown, C. J. The minor legatees under a will, who are not, tip: children of the testator, have no rig (if, in a case pending in (lhaqoery upon a bill filed bv the exeen't.o,: lot: qiivqtiqn, to an ifit, vloettlorv order, setting apart money for their support, U»h‘ss Hu* estate is sol vent, an I able to pay all just deb’s, and leave a sufficient fund out ol which to pay the- um necessary for their support, and it was error in tiie Chancellor to grant, said order, when the soivt ney of the estate was denied, till it had been "mvertaine.l, by the report of a Master hi Chancery, or in some other legal way, I hat there would be a fund after the payment of the debts of the estate. J udgment reversed. Ingraham A Crawford, by Peabody, for plainliif in error. Bingham and B. H. Hill, for defendant in error. Jus. Marling and Paul Key, B lary in Persons ot color,pi its i n error ( j ie n j j lt rr ,, , From Mus rite State. Defendant in Error. ,1 ’ Brown, 0. J. The bill of exceptions in this case was a general one that the jury found contrary to law and evidence. Held, that there was not sufficient legal evidence to sustain the verdict. Ramsey & Ramsey, per Jus. Rqssel, for plaintiff in error. Thornton, Solicitor General, for the State. State of Georgia, Complainant, vs. U. S. Grant, et. o?. Court of the United State?.-- \Vo were yesterday shown a.communication to the Executive Depart ment, from the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United Stal es, by direct ion of Chief Justice Chase, -bearing date 18lh nit., stat ing that. Hie above stated case'instituted by Gov. Chas. J. Jenkins, to test the consti tutionality of the reconstruction laws, was, by order of the Court, previously granted, finally “dismissed with costs,” on the 15th nit. Gen. Grant employed as counsel in this case the distinguished lawyer, Hon. Mat. Carpenter, of Wisconsin, who requested Gov. Bullock, in December last, to have the Attorney Gynyral of Georgia associated with him in the c ism In compliance with Mr. Carpenter’s i'l q.iest,-Mi-. Attorney Gen eral Farrow met him al Washington, and, upon consultation, a motion was made and order obtained that the ease be dismissed with costs, unless good cause be shown by the 15th of January, why such order should not be granted. Cause not neing shown, it was dismissed. —Alhiula Era. Humous op Advertising ■ -The Stamford (Conn.) Advocate is the medium through which .thyjfc'fflili'i Sarah exposes Iff.* vices of her faith less swain, iu the following words : To the Public— Whereas, my husband, Edward H. Jones, has falsely advertised that I huVefitft his bed and board, and that he will pay no debts of my contracting, Ac., this is to Inform t.he public that, the aforesaid Edward H. Jones has jiaifcher bed nor board for me to leate, he having been living at the expense or my father. Uuder pretense of procuring money to pay his way to Birmingham, Conn., he bor rowed a dollar of my I f lut, mid with that paid for this lying advertisement against me, and even after that, dastardly not.,, he took all the money I had, and borrowed every cent in my mother’s possession anil left tiie town. For the past linen months lie has been kept from nakedness and starvation by the exer tions Os mysell ami relatives; lie squandered in dissipation alj tin* money his inborn laziness would allow hint bream. Tiie scamp need not have advertised that he would pay no debts ol niv contracting, for the public well kuqw that lie would not pay hie own. He is a lazy, ungrateful, loafing scoundrel— not content with living at tlw* expense of my relatives and borrowing their money, he puli Holies an outrageous lie. His- bed and hoard! indeed—if left to himself, his bod would be nothing lint a board, and 1 should not, he much surprised if the bed lte dies in were, made of boards with a strong cross-beam Overhead. Sabah A. Jones. The Turkish admiral, Hobart Pasha, dis tinguished himself during our late war ns a blockade runner. Twelve times lie is said to have broken the blockade at Charleston, each time under circumstances of great danger, and in consequence of this lie published his remi niscences under the title of “ Never Caught.” When the Turks, a few weeks ago, sent him to Crete in order to destroy the Enosis, the Rus sian Minister, General ignatieff, made energetic efforts to retain him at Constantinople. Politi cal arguments being unavailing, an ac.ion for debt was at last brought against him, in the hope that he would lie imprisoned, or, at all events, detailed. But this device, too, was frustrated, and he got. away safely. Arriving on board of his ship, bis first act was to for ward to the Russian Ambassador, together with a polite message, his little work entitled “ Never Caught." [From the Atlanta Intelligencer. GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. Saturday, February 6. SENATE. The Seuate met this morning pursuant to ad journment. and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Hinton. The roll being called, and being a quo rum present, the Secretary read the Journal of yesterday. Mr. Speer moved to reconsider the follow ing bill: A bill to make it a misdemeanor to violate written contracts between employers and em ployees, for agricultural purposes, and fir pun ishment for same with a line not to exceed SI,OOO, and imprisonment in county jail not over six mouths. Discussed by Messrs.'Bpeer, Adkins, Hinton and Holcombe. Shall the bill be reconsidered ? Refused to reconsider. The rules were suspended to take up the fol lowing House bill: Resolved, That the case involving the right of colored men to hold office In Georgia be re ferred to the Supreme Court. Mr. Candler moved that the House resolu tion be adopted, and called for the main ques tion. On a call from the President—shall the main question be put?—lost. House bill to authorize a warrant to be drawn in favor of Kolbe A Byrd, in pavment for arti ficial limbs furnished disabled soldiers. Passed. - HOUSE BILL ON FIRST REAPING. Mr. Hinton—To nmeon an act relative to qualifications of voters for city officers in the city of Colombo?, BILLS ON THIRD READING. , To increase the capital stock of the Macon and Western Railroad Company. Passed. To consolidate the stock of the Columbia, Charlotte, and Augusta Railroad Companies. Passed. HOUSE BILLS ON FIRST READING, Making it penal to hunt with fira in certain counties. Incorporating the Soda Manufacturing Com pany in Floyd county. To change the time of holding Superior Courts in the Southern Circuit, and providing juries for the same. To relieve certain members of fire compauies in Onthhert from jury duty. To authorize the ordiuary of Fulton county -to issue bonds for certain purposes. HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD REAPING. Bill to consolidate and amend eertain acts incorporating the (own ol Lumpkin. Passed. Bill to exempt certain members from jury and militia duties in American. Passed. Bill to perfect service on Nashville and Chat tanooga Railroad. Passed. ■ RESOLUTION. Mr. Winn—That this body do hold two ses sions a day. Lost. BILL ON FIRST READING. Mr. Wooten—Authorizing oydinqries of this State to pay orders for foreclosure of mort gages on personalty, and to enforce the liens on crops. BILL ON THIRD READINO. A bill to incorporate the Atlanta Manufactur ing Company. Passed. Senate adjournefl. HOUSE. House met pursuant to adjournment and was opened with prayer by the Re.v. Dr. Brant ly. Journal ol yesterday read. Mr. Darnell —A motion to reconsider so much of the Journal as relates to the case of Burlier, which motion was carried. Mr. Harper—A motion to reconsider so much of the Journal of yesterday as relates to the passage of the bill in relation to insolvent costs in certain comities, exempting the counties of Muscogee and Richrnoud. Message from the Governor received approv ing (he resolution advancing $2,500 to J. W. Burke, State Printer. The motion of Mr. Harper prevailed. On motion, a communication from the State Agricultural Society vyas roeeiyed aqd read.— Referred to Agricultural Committee. RULES SUSPENDED. A resolution to tender the use of the Hall to Hon. D. W. Lewis, on Monday evening next, to address the General Assembly. Adopted. BILLS ON THIRD HEADING. An act. to change the lines between DcKalb and Clayton. Passed. An act to amend the 6495th section of the Code—(refers the foreclosure of mqtgages.)— 1.0, t. i An net to change the titpe of holding the Bn ] perior Oou-ts in the counties of Columbia, ! Johnson and Emanuel, passed. An act to yelieve 4- Worrell, of Upson.— ! Amended and passed. a An act to prevent certain stock from trespass- I ing upon the land of another —establishing the S old impounding law. Laid on the table. An net to enable Elisha Carter to peddle without license. Lost. An act to empower notary publics’ attorneys to administer oaths in certain cases. Lost. 4u net to pliange the tjipe of holding the Su perior Court in Cherokee county. Passed. An act to compel notaries public and jus tices of peace to give bond. Lost. An aet to arneiid the act establishing a crimi nal court in each coqnty. Substitute adopted Slid pnssefl, , Au apt to provide for the redemption ol real ••state in this State; gives two years’time.— Lost. An aet to amend the laws on bastardy in this State. Lost. An act to fix the rate of interest in this State. Animated discussion by Crawford, Sparks and others. Lost. An aet to the line between the coun | ties of Gilmer and Pickens. Lost. An act. to amend the act passed at the last ses i sion providing for the setl.ingapart of the home j stead. Lost. RULES SUSPENDED. ! Mr. Anderson—A resolution to appoint a I committee to examine into the calender of the House and Senate, and report as early a day as practicable lor the adjournment of the Legisla ture. On motion of Mr. Bryant, the educational bill was laid on the table and two buudred copies ordered printed. Mr. Tumlin gave notice that, he would move to reconsider the motion of Mr. Bryant. Several members were granted leave of ab sence. House adjourned till Monday, 10, a. m. [From the New York Herald. Mysterious and Daring Robbery on Broad way. Sunday night, about seven o’clock, Mr. Wm. Morey was seated in the suit of rooms ol a frierd, on the Southeast corner of Broadway and Prince street (a faro bank establishment), awaiting the return of the proprietor, who bad temporally absented himself, when the door was unlocked from the outside, as he supposed by his Irieud. Tnere was no'fight in the room beyond the dnil rays thrown iu through the window by the flickering street lamp, but this exhibited to his affrighted vision the forms of three men approaebiug toward the window where he sat, with a large knife brandished over him. On arriving in frout of him, one of them raised the glittering blade and ordered him not to move, resist or give an alarm, or he would kill him. Mr. Morey, profiting by the recollections of Mr. Rogers’ rashness in sacrificing his life by resistance, remained passive, and permitted himself to be bucked and gagged. This work accomplished, the ruffians put away the knife, and proceeded to strip Morey of his valuables. Io an inside pocket they found,* wallet con taining 17,700, which they transferred to their own custody. Next they requested tJie loan of his valuable gold watch and chain. One of them admired a valuable solitaire diamond ring that sparkled iu the gaslight, and, remov ing it from Morey’s finger, tried it upon his own, and as it exactly fitted, he concluded to let it remain in its new qunrters. While these changes of property were being made, the third ruffian politely, and with many apologies, re lieved poor Morey, who, at this time, was more dead than alive through fear, of a valuable dia mond pin. Having secured everything ot value about his person, except his clothing, the thieves wished%ira a very good night, and re tired with their booty, re-locked the door and carried ofT the keys. The facts of the robbery were soon after reported to the central office hy Mr. Morey, who remained bound for some time after the departure of the robbers before assistance arrived. As it was quite dark io the room, he was unable to see more thau the dim outline of the men, and therefore can give no description to lead to the discovery of the per petrators of this last outrage. The thieves were evidently well posted as to the means of entering the rooms, as well as Mr. Morey's habits, as they had duplicate keys of the doors, and effected au easy entry. The detectives have been pul upon the trail of the men, but the property is likely beyond their reach er# this. The first Episcopal cathedral ever built iu New England was opened lor the first time on Christinas. It lrns been fully organized after the English system, bv the Right Rev. Dr. Neely, the Bishop of Maine. The youngest diocese in the New England States, that of the State ot Maine, Is the. first one to have its full cathedral system. Chicago, Buffalo, Pittsburg, and some other cities, have already adopted it. In a French town, a man was lately tried lor manslaughter, having smothered bis wife by hugging ber too rapturously. The event gives an opposition paper a chance to liken it to the love certain governments show for liberty. BY TELEGRAPH. [Special Dispatch to the Constitutionalist. Georgia Legislature* Atlanta, February 8. The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution of the House, referring the question of eligibility of negroes to hold office to the Su preme Court, with ameudment by Mr. Speer, that the House abide the decisiou. The question was, “ Shall the main question be now put?’’ which was the ameudment by Mr. Speer. An effort, but unsuccessful, was made to get the consent of Mr. Candler to withdraw the call for the previous question, many being desi rous to debate the question. Mr. Speer asked permission to withdraw his amendment. The Chair ruled consent could not be given, as the call for the previous question forbids the privilege. The question was divided—the first part of Mr- Speer’s resolution only referring, and to abide by the decision of the Supreme Court. Lost—yeas, 13; nays, 19. The other portion, referring to oaths to be token by officers, mem bers and cierks; also, if engaged in rebellion, Ac. Lost—yeas, 12; nays, 20. Original House resolution adopted—yeas, 19 ; nays, 12. Republican and Democratic votes consider ably divided. Mr. Merrell gave notice that he would move ttf reconsider. Mr. Adkins succeeded in getting read his resolution, introduced to immediately reseat negroes who were expelled on accouut of color alone. Mr. Winu raised the point of order that the same question had been acted ou by the Senate, by reierriug the matter to the Supreme Court. The Chair held the point as not well taken, as any Senator might introduce a resolution at the proper time. Mr. Adkins intimated that possibly the Seu ate having erred, should be punished. This resolution virtually brought up again the whole negro question as to eligibility. Mr. Smith, of the 7th, replied in an able speech iu opposition. In the course of bis speech he said lie did not believe negroes to day, as a mass, would declare themselves able to |take charge of the government. He had conversed with many during the last four months, and never met but three in favor of Lhe proposition. Lincoln himself had no such Intention. Congress itself did not honestly eutertain the idea of favoring such a project.— He favored delay; wait till the colored man is competent. To reseat the negro serves to in crease autagonism between the races, and a war of races will be the consequence. The mass of the people desire peace ; let us have it. In spite of the representations made, to Congress putting ns in a false light, yet a large majority were law abiding. His peroration was truly eloquent. Mr. Lester moved to postpone indefinitely. Adopted—yeas, 18; nays, 10. Mr. Adkins gave notice that lie would move to reconsider. In the (louse, Mr. Hall, of Meriwether, in troduced a bill to abolish capital punishment. A bill was introduced by Mr. Morgan, vest ing jurisdiction ol county courts iu justices’ courts. Two bills were introduced respectively by Messrs. Sparks and Fitzpatrick, to bring on municipal election in Macon. Mr. Sparks’ bill provides for election to take place at regular time, according to charter, whilst Mr. Fitzpatrick’s brings the election on in April. Both bills requiting registration. Mr. Hall, of Meriwether, introduced a bill taking up collection at any pate ol interest. Mr. Hall madeqn earnest appeal in favor ol the bill, declaring what, was needed was capital; that supply and demand should apply to money as well as to other commodities. Messrs. ITNeal and Anderson opposed the hill. Pending consideration the House adjourned, Mr. Henderson, of Harris, on the floor. Mr. Sparks favored the bill in a few appro priate remarks. [ Associated Piva3 Dispatches. W ashing ton. Washington, February 7. Senator McCTury and Olliers, had au inter view with Ev.irts regarding the release of Lt.. Braino, of the Confederate navy. Evarts doubts whether Braine’s ease eotnes within the Presi dent’s amnesty, but listened favorably to ap peals for mercy. Recent utterances and votes or Speaker Col fax indicate a liberal feeling toward the South ern people, both regarding political and prop erty rights. Delegates to the Mobile Press Convention, on the 17th inst., will be entertained by the Mo bile Board of Trade. Several railroads have tendered complimentary passages to editors to and from Mobile. Washington, February ft—Noon. The Supreme Court affirms the decision of the court of Oregon requiring taxes to be paid in gold and silver. The court holds that taxes are not in nature of debt or coutraet, and therefore the legal tender law- does not affect taxes. In the Senate, the Railroad Committee asked to be discharged irorn further consideration of various propositions for aid, the omnibus bill reported Saturday covering nil meritorious schemes uow presented. The House' is considering a change in the election of Congressmen. The Reconstruction Committee did nothing. The Election Committee ditto. Washington, February 3—P. M. Revenue to day, $500,000. Mrs. Surrrtt’a remains were delivered quietly to her family to-day. Hon. E. Jeffirds, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Mississippi, presented to day an address to th ■ Reconstruction Commit tee, in behalf of himself and olhers, claiming to represent an influential part of the Republican party, who opposed the adoption of the consti tution voted upon iu June last. The address is in the nature ol a protest, and is a discussion of the condition of affairs in the State. He proposesaplan of restoration as follows: Ist, that Congress shall declare all the offices in the State vacant; 2d, provides for the ap pointment of a provisional governor, with power to fill all the offices thus declared vacan t., with power, also* to remove from office his own appointees ; 3d, provide that, the proposed constitution shall be so modified or amended as to remove from it those features that are more proscriptive than is required by the re construction laws of Congress; 4th, provide for an election at the time designated by the proposed constitution for holding the annual election for the ratification of the constitution M amended, and for the election of all State, county and municipal officers. The President to-day made some additional consular and nava> nominations. Congressional. Washington, February 8. Senate.—After the proceedings reported at noou, the constitutional amendment was re sumed and discussed all day, only suspending to allow a vote on Mr. Edmunds’ resolution re garding Georgia’s eleetorial vote —84 to 11. This resolution provides that, in declaring a vote, two results shall be announced: Ist, counting others and omitting Georgia’s vote, thus leaving the Georgia question opeu. Recess. House.—Under the regular call the folloiv lng bills were introduced: Regulating fur trade; encouraging building of steamships; relating to rights of loyalists ol Alabama; au thorizing the President to appoint a commis sion to revise tiie tariff; declaring reciprocity treaties against policy at this time; granting right of way to Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad ; granting lands to New Orleans and Selma Ratlroid and Immigration Association ; three bills regarding naturalization. Mr. Eldrldge asked for a select committee to investigate outrages by the Arkansas militia. Mr. Roots objected. The copper tariff till, as amended by the Senate, passed by a vote of 112 to 56. It goe6 to the President. A petition asking for protection for the oys ter trade from Virginia laws, as modified by General Schofield. The House went into committee. Recess. Gl-eorgia. Atlanta, February 8. In the Senate, a resolution pledging mem bers of both branches of the General Assembly to abide by the decision of the Supreme Court iu regard to eligibility of negroes to hold office was defeated—yeas, 13; nays, 19. Several resolutions, requiring members of the General Assembly, officers and clerks to* answer, under oath, whether they ever held office prior to the war under the United States, or during the war under the Confederate Gov ernment, served in the army or gave donations to the Confederacy, were defeated—yeas, 12; nays, 20. A motion to concur with House resolution, referring eligibility of negroes to hold office, was adopted—yeas, 19; nays, 12. A resolution to rescind action oflast session, expelling colored members, and reseating them at once, was postpon6d indefinitely—yeas, 18; nays, 10. Foreign. (BY THE CABLE.] London, February 8. News from Greece, contradictory of the latest dispatches, say Zaimis had formed a ministry and peace assured. The reported battle between Turks and Mon tenegrins is authoritatively denied. Havana. Havana, February 7. Salnave lias destroyed two and captured an other town in San Domingo. The inhabitants ol Aux Cayes and vicinity are panic stricken ; many are escaping to Jamaica. M.arine News. New York, February 8. Arrived—General Barnes. Glasgow, February 7. Arrived—lowa, from New York. Charleston, February 8. Arrived—Schooner Florence Howell, from Wood’s Hole ; schooner Azelda and Laura, Ba raeoa; schoouer Frauklin, from New York; schooner 8. A. Hammond, from Boston; steam er Magnolia, from New York. Sailed—Bark Ganso, for Liverpool; schooner H. N. Squires, for East Weymouth, Mass. Savannah, February 8. Arrived Yesterday—Steamship St. Peters burg, ft tun Leith, Scotland ; schooner Edward Slade, lrom Baltimore. Arrived To-Day—Steamships Herman Liv ingston, from New York, and Fannie, from Baltimore; steam yacht Cricket, from New York. Wilmington, February S. The schooner John Griffin, Captain Fister, loaded with sugar and molasses, hound from Sagua Legrande to Philadelphia, experienced a heavy gale, on the 3d ; struck by a water spout, carrying away the rudder irous, wheel ropes, Ac. Arrived—Fairbanks, from New York. M.arkets. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. London, February B—Noon. Consols, 93%. Bonds, 76%. Sugar firm both on spot and afloat. Liverpool, February B—Noon. Cotton quiet and steady ; uplands, 12% ; Or leans, 12%; sales, 13,000 bales. Others un changed. Liverpool, February B—P. M. Cotton quiet ; uplands, 12%@12% ; Orleans, 12%@12%. Lard quiet. Pork, 97. Liverpool, February B—Evening. Cotton closed quiet; uplands, 12%@13% ; spot, 12k ; afloat, Orleans, 12%(t§13% ; sales, 12,000 bales. New York, February B—Noon. Stocks dull and unsettled. Money easy at o<®7. Exchange, 9%. Gold, 135%. ’i;2’s, 13%; North Carolinas, old, 03%; new, 61,k; Virginias, ex coupon, 56 ; new, 62% ; Tenues secs, ex coupon, f>7%_ asked ; new, 66%; Louisi aiias, old, 72%; Levees, 67% ; B’s, 74. New York, February B—P. M. Governments steady ; ’62’s, 13. New York, February B—Noon. Flour dull antj Unchanged. Wheat quiet, nominally unchanged. Corn dull and droop ing. Pork very linn; new mess, $33 25. Steam Lard steady; Mils., 20%@31. Cotton shade easier at 30%@30%. Turpentine firm at, 56. Rosin steady at, $3 45@3 50. Freights quiet. New York, February B—P. M. Cotton less active and k lower; sales, 1,200 bales at 30k- Flour irregular and unsettled, with no decided change. Wheat quiet and shade firmer. Corn heavy; mixed Western, 87@90; white Southern, 90; yellow, 92@92%. Mess Pork, $32 25@33. Lard firmer; kettle, 21 @21%. Groceries quiet. Turpentine, 56@ 56%. Rosin, $3 48@2 50. Freights active; cotton, sail, 9-32@5-16; steam, 7 16; grain, steam, 6%. Baltimoue, February 8. Cotton firm at 30. Flour very quiet and nominal. Wheat dull ; Pennsylvania rod, $1 75@1 85. Corn firm ; receipts small; prime white, 88@90 ; yellow, 87@89. Oats firm; prime, 75. Rye, 50(455. Mess Pork firm at SB3. Bacon—shoulders, 15%@16. Lard quiet at 21. Virginias, coupon, old, 57; new 63 ; North Carolinas, old, 68% ; new, 61%. Cincinnati, February 6. Pork firm and higher, $33 50 asking, $33 25 cash offered. Lard good, 20%. Bacon— market cleared of shoulders at 14%, held higher at close. Bulk Meats held higher ; shoulders, 13%, buyers offer k less. Cincinnati, February 8. Flour dull; family, $7 25@7 50. Corn dull at G-J@os. Whisky dull and nominal at 91. Mess Pork in speculative demand, held at $34. Bulk Meats firmer; shoulders, 13%@13%. Bacon buoyant; shoulders, 15; clear rib sides, 17%; clear sides, 18%; little out of smoke; sugar cured hams active at 19@19%. St. Louis, February 6. Whisky nominal at 92%. Provisions held higher. St. Louis, February 8. Pork active at $33 50@34. Bulk Meats active; packed shoulders, on spot, 13%; clear sides, 17%; loose shoulders and hams, to arrive, 13%. Bacon firm; city shoulders, 14% ; sugar cured hams, 18%. Lard quiet; prime tierce nominal at 20%. Louisville, Fehuary 8. Mess Pork, $33. Shoulders, 14% ; bacon shoulders, 15% ; clear rib 6ides, 18% ; clear sidds, 18%. Wilmington, February 8. Spirits of Turpentine nctive, with upward tendency ,at 54. Rosin active at $1 85@3 50. Crude Turpentine unchanged. Tar firm at $1 65. Cotton quiet at 28@29. Mobile, February 8. Cotton closed dull and easier : low middling, 28 ; sales, 700 bales ; receipts, 2,173 bales ; ex ports, 1,795 bales. Neiv Orleans, February 8. Cotton weaker but not lower; middling, 29 ; sales, 1,300 bales; receipts since Siturday, 5,540 bales; exports, 1,200 hales. Gold, 136. Sterling, 47%; Commercial. 46@40% ; New York Sight' % discount. Flour—low gradse scarce and higher; superfine quoted at $7; double, $7 62%; treble, $7 75@8 50. Corn qniet. and firm at 73@75. Oats firm at 75. Bran, $1 20. Hay—prime, 123 50 j choice, $25. Pork in speculative demand at $35 50. Bacon firm ; shoulders, 15%; clear rib. 18% ; clear, 19. Lard firm; tierce, 21 ; keg, 22%@23. Sugar firm ; common. 10%®10%; prime, 12%; yellow clari fied, 14%@14%. Molasses active; fair, 64@ 65 ; prime, 68®70. Whisky firm ; Western rec tified-, $1(%1 03. Coffee firm ; fair, 14%@15% ; prime, 16%@17%. Charleston, February 8. Cotton in fair demand ; sales, 900 bales ; mid dling, 28%(f1529; receipts, 781 bales; exports coastwise, 99 bales. Savannah, February 8. Cotton opened with good inquiry ; closed quiet but firm; middling, 29; sales, 1,500 bales ; receipts, 2,327 bales. Augusta Market. Of?iob Daily Constitutionalist, ) Monhay, Febinary B—P. M. S FINANCIAL— GOLD-*-Buying at 135 and seliini; at 137. SlLVEß—Buying at 130 and selling at 133. COTTON.—Our market opened with a fair demand and sales of middling at 28 V, but later In the day there was less disposition on the part of buyers to operate, owing to easier markets in Liverpool and New York. We close dull, with middling nominally, 28c. Sales, 679 bales. Receipts, 542 bales. BACON —We quote 0. Sides, 21; O. R. Sides, 20g ;B. B. Sides, 20; Shoulders, 17; Hams, 19 @23; Dry Salt Shoulders, 16; Dry Salt C. R. Sides. 19@19X CORN-White, $1 15@1 2D; mixed, $1 10 from depot. . WHEAT—We quote white, $2 26©2 40; red,sl 80 @2 20. FLOUR—Oity Mills, $lO 50@13 00 ; at retail, $1 Tfi barrel higher. Country, $lO 00@12 00, according to quality. CORN MEAL—SIIB at wholesale, and $1 25 at re tail. OATS—SI 10. PEAS—Scarce atsl 26. RYE—sl 60. Local IST ews. The Courts. Superior Court. Court met yesterday at ten o’clock. Some plain verdicts were rendered. Two decrees taken and court adjourned until the fourth day of March, when the appeal docket will be continued.' Recorder’s Court. Before S. 11. Crump, Recorder. The iollowing cases were tried yesterday: . Miles Easterling, (eol.^ —Two cases—one vio lation of huckstering ordinance, and the sec ond for resisting an officer—guilty—lined $lO lor each otfeuse or 40 days on the chain gang. John Taylor, (eol.)-Violation 18th section fined $1 and costs or 3 days ou the chain gang. Peter Cooper, (col.)-Violation of huckster ing ordinance—lined $5 and costs or 10 days ou chain gang. Rosana Davis, (col.)—Violation 18th section —lined $5 and costs or 10 day on chain gang. Magistrates’ Court. Before Judge Olin. The following cases, were tried yesterday : William Phillips (white), on a peace warrant at the instance of Samuel L. King (white). Bound over to preserve the peace in bond of S3OO. Also, on the charge of opprobious words to the same party. Held lor trial at the City Court iu bond of S2OO. Lewis Wilkins (colored), for swindling Al bert Lynch (colored), out of $3. Nine months on the chain gang. Wm. Chisolm (colored), charged with steal ing a pocket book from Margaret Liles (color ed). Discharged for want of sufficient evi dence. Supreme Court—February 7, 186!).—No. 3.—Ocmulgee Circuit—Wilson, ct.. al., vs. Whit field, el. al., was concluded by Hon. Josh Jlill, for plaintiff'iu error. No. 4.—Brannon, administrator, vs. Johnson —Equity, from Wilkinson, was withdrawn. No. s.—Reed vs. Eady, complaint from Wil kinson, was dismissed for want, of prosecution. No. 6 Jas. R. Hugh, plaintiff in error, vs. Jas. McHugh, complaint from Morgan, was argued by Judge A. Reese for plaintiff In error, and J. A. Billings for defendant iu error. This being the last cause on the regular docket, the court went back to tko cares put to the heel of the whole docket.. No. I—Middle Circuit—A. C. Schaffer a Cos,, vs. Baker A Caswell, award lrom Richmond ; Hook A Carr for plaintiff In error, F. If. Miller and W. 11. Hull for defendant in*error, was. presented hy briefs. No. 8 Henry V. Russell, plaintiff in error, vs. C. 1). Carr A Cos., et. al., defendant in error, was argueil by L. K. Bleckley, representing W. 11. Hull for plaintiff' in error, and by the Re porter, representing Hook A Carr, (or defend ant in error. This leaves nothing ou the docket but the cause of Smith vs. Bell, assumpsit from Web ster, which involves the constitutionality of the section of the constitution ol 1808, denying jurisdiction to site in our courts for the price of slaves. — Canslitution. Quarterly Report.-- We are under obliga tions to Mr. Martin V. Calvin for a copy of his Quarterly Report to the City Council on the condition and mannerofeomlueting the Hough ton Institute. It is well written, embodying some excellent ideas, ns, for Instance, the fol lowing extract. We shall probably speak of it. more iu detail at some other time : “The time is already at hand when the pros perity, usefulness and happiness iff our people largely depend upon (lie degree ol culture which mind and soil receive. The chances for a liberal education and the mechanic arts are well nigh all that is left ns, Imt, possessing those, or having them, at least, within easy range, we may take new courage from the. assurance which they afford, that, all is not, lost. If we will but turn our minds to the p'roper study and husbandry of this great, residue, (he time will not be very long coming when the. future, which once invited ns to the herculean effort, will again illuminate the horizon o,f our hopes, to yield us, if persistent am! virtuous, bountiful fruition. “ School systems, and methods o( imparling instruction, must occupy a very prominent place in all discussions looking to the public wen 1 . Impoverished by the war, and discour aged by their present anomalous condition,the hope of the masses for the future of our beloved State lies in a substantial public school system. Wc have come to regard education us an ornament in prosperity, an unfailing resource in adversity. The demand for this juiceless treasure is great, and should lie supplied. “ The system (if it he worthy the name) which we have injudiciously tolerated for so long a time, must be revolutionized. 1 Poor Schools,’ as the law terms them, and • Hedge Schools,’ must give place to regularly organized public schools, so officered and managed that, they may bn in equal favor with the rich and the less wealthy.” The Chicago Tribune, which suffered, so heav ily a few day ago for an unflattering police item, before a prejudiced and very silly jury, now has the word “alleged " eleetrotyped, and uses it before every other work in its reports. Here is one of its new model reports : “It is alleged that one Frederick Meyer, alleged to be doing business in this city, was arraigned belore one lloj'ne, who is alleged to he a commissioner of the United States, on yesterday. It is alleged that the alleged party, charged with an alleged fraud upon an alleged government, assisted in some wav in smuggling alleged drugs, which are alleged to be of con siderable value. It is alleged that the alleged case was postponed until Monday, alleged to be the 11th day of January. It is further alleged that the alleged defendant was held to bail. It is alleged that the alleged Mr. Meyer, whom it is alleged kept an alleged drug store, being before au alleged commissioner, whose name is alleged to be Iloyue, was required to give a bond, which, it is alleged, requires the alleged Mr. Meyer to furnish for the payment of any sum of money which some enlightened, but not yet alleged jury, may allege against him. as damages sustained by the alleged government.” An Item for Tree Growers.—Chas. Down ing says that he witnessed a remarkable change produced on the body of a pear tree by means of wrapping it in straw. The tree was a brown Buerre, grafted about seven feet high, upon a stock which for years had not grown as rapidly as a graft usually does, and presented a decided bulge or swelling at the junction of the graft. This smaller portion was encased in straw about two inches thick, and at the end of two seasons it was found, on removing the straw, that the heretofore smaller stem had be come the full size of the graft above, present ing but a slight indication of the past union between the graft. This is an item of iuterest, and many tree growers who have trees with contracted stems, evidence of some natural want of attiuity with the graft, may find it a hint for practical use. We have ourselves prac ticed wrapping the stem of Morcllo cherries when worked at a height ol two or three feet, with the free growing or sweet varieties, with moss, and thus keep them swelling regularly with the gtowth of the graft for years, says a grower.—Ear. Fire at the State Lunatic Asylum.— The Constitution of Sunday has the following; “On Thursday last, says the Federal Union , the building for the colored Insane was set on fire by one of the inmates—a colored female. She found her way to -the attic and kindled a fire, and the roof was soon in a blaze. It was, fortunately, discovered as soon as it. made Us appearance through the roof, and by the calm and prompt action »fa number of the officers of the institution, was soou extinguished. The damage was slight—about twelve feet of thq roof being burned—and has been repaired,’’
