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• - T v . By A. A. GAULDING & CO. “ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS, WHEN REASON IS LEFT TO COMBAT IT”—JEFFERSON. PROPRIETOR jjW SERIES, VOL. 2. ATLANTA, GEO., THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 18515 NO. 11. It jntdlipffr. THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1868. Ihi-m |!i.' fZ, the Atlanta Intelligencer is an ac- m ediam for the great public interer- vc 0 f wa nt. If you want to buy anything, L oU want to sell anything, advertise in the joescse. It is read by all classes, and . to be one of the necessities of eve- r b u S iness establishment in the city. Intelligence OAee. With pleasure we refer to the advertisement f Bell & Pittman, who have recently opened Land and Intelligence Office, in this city. b C v will give prompt attention to buying, •llinc, or renting city property, and act as nera l business agents, in the transaction of v business entrusted to their care. We know 1U loth, well, and can, with safety, vouch them as business men, and altogether trust- . ’ rt b v in every particular. Any business con- ,]<*! to them, will meet with prompt atten tion. See advertisement. Our Job Office. Wc have intended for some time past to call [be attention of our friends and patrons to alovc branch of our business. After a ■ce outlay for new materials, presses, etc., job Office is now, perhaps, one of the lost complete in the South. We feel justified u announcing that our facilities enable us to ^ecute all kinds of work as promptly, as icatly, and at prices which cannot fail to give latisfaetion. Connected with our Job Office is well-stock- ,,1 Book-Bindery, where we are prepared to ■xecutc binding, ruling, &c., that may be or dered- Orders from the surrounding country for job Work and Book-Binding will receive the ersonal attention of Mr. J. I. Miller, long ind favorably known a6 one of the best prin- in the State. Send in your orders. Hon, John Milledge. We had the pleasure on Thursday last of taking by the hand our much esteemed 'riend, the Hon. John Milledge Representative in the Georgia Legislature, from the county of Richmond. He made explanations to us in reference to his course upon the bill to grant relief to Atlanta Fire Company, No 1, which atislied us that we had done him injustice, in article which we published some weeks ago, ind in which we spoke in terms of some 6e- crity against him and others. He informed is that he was in the chair, at the time the Rill came up for final action, and took no part whatever in opposition to it. So far from this •ing the case he informed us that his sympa- hies were for the Bill, that he has always been he friend and patron of the Fire Companies of mgusta, one of which, he was for some time member of; and that he has ever been the dvocate of The Fire Companies, wheresoever xated, lx-lieving them to be institutions of ncalculable value to all cities. We are hap- >y to have this opportunity of placing our fiend Milledge right before the people of Atl anta, in reference to this matter, as we are mnvinced from a long acquaintance, that a norc liberal, generous and noble heart, thobs lot iii the bosom of any man in Georgia, than n that of John Milledge. The Next Governorship. Ought the Democracy of Georgia to meet in 'onvention next summer, about the usual to nominate a candidate to be run for lovemor, next Fall ? Mr. Diamond of De falk thought so, when he offered a resolution that effect, in the caucus which met to nom- i ate candidates to he voted for to codify the laws of Georgia. For some reason, the resolu- i«m was not acted upon, and no time was set >r recommended for a Democratic assemblage, i>r the purpose named above. Several of our xchanges have said considerable upon this iubject. Some have said that the movement as premature. It has also been character ed as dictatorial, inasmuch as the Democrat- party has an Executive Committee, whose iuty it is to arrange this matter. Several Democratic journals have suggested that as How Brown is doing so well, and the people ire well satisfied with him, much time and noney may be saved by not having a Gubcr- atorial convention next year. From anoth- r quarter we hear the shout, “Trot him out!” though the friends of the “little Autocrat” were keen to put him on the track anyhow. To some, no doubt, it seems useless to have a (onvention. Gov. Brown is immensely popu- The people have great confidence in his ntegrity. He will, in all probability, he re nominated and elected by a greatly increased majority. Why then go through with the mo tions, if the result may be so easily foreseen ? He is even winning golden opinions from the opposition. The Milledgeville Recorder says: “It is known that Gov. Brown has won an enviable reputation as an honest man, especi ally in a financial point of view, and the know ledge and belief of it was quite visible upon the legislature. For it was a noticeable fact, that whenever a bill or resolution, that had for its intention the appropriation or paying out of money, it was immediately suggested, that it be referred to the Governor to do as he thought best. In other words, the Legislature seemed willing to shift all responsibility, and dodge behind the accredited honesty of the Governor.” The Savannah Republican has at last learned that some good has come out of Nazareth. In its issue of yesterday, it says, “Gov. Brown af fixed the mark of his veto to just twenty bills passed by the Legislature, at its late session. We take pleasure in saying that we approve his action in at least sixteen out of twenty.” We wonder if either of the vetoes disapproved by the Republican, has anything to say about banks ? Right glad are we that the Republi can has seen in Gov. Brown, that which it deems worthy a friendly notice. Who knows but that the Republican may yet be one of Gov. Brown’s warm and unflinching supporters?— As warm in its praises, as it ever has been fierce in its denunciations ? Who would think of having a convention to re-nominate a man, who has, in sixteen cases out of twenty, suited one who has censured him much, and used many hard words, and called ugly names ? But there is another view of this case. We are, in our feelings at pres ent, for Gov. Brown’s re-election, “first, last, and in the middle.” We don't believe that Gov. Brown can he beaten in a nominating convention. The people all over Georgia, have heard of threats about making him a one-term Governor. They will see that proper men are sent, and not allow a few disinfected men to fix up the tricks, so as to have even one-third of a convention of disorganize™. Party usage will give Gov. Brown a re-nomination if he will have it. Even if we feared that Gov. Brown might be cheated out of a re-nomination, and we have no twhfear, yet we would be in for a convention, and with an open field and a fair fight, we will abide the issue. Democrats, all over Georgia, will you do so too ? We are in for a convention! 1st, Because of Democratic usage. 2d, Because the usage is a good one. Parties cannot be kept organ ized without conventions. Where there are no nominations, there are generally a multi tude of candidates. A multitude of nuiHiHutjn generally produces a conflict among friends, personal bickerings, organized dans, and in the end, well defined schisms. Conventions, as a general thing, produce bet ter men, than to wait for spontaneous combus tion. If men did not have to be nominated, too many would nominate themselves. In fact, even now, there is too much interference by constituents, with nominating conventions. A party to be permanent, pure, and powerful, should nominate for the public weal, unbiased by personal considerations, and vote for the nominee as a party duty. 3d, Because by nominations alone, can you control disaffected partisans. Without a nom ination, they feel free from all party obliga tions. To bolt a fair nomination, is to receive political taint, which some hate, and all aspi rants dread. 4th, Because, by nominations, properly got ten up, the public will is more easily defined, and the people are afforded a chance by plat forms, (which come affect foolishly to despise) to inform their servants what they want them to do. 6th, We are in for a convention next sum mer, because some successor of Gov. Brown, in years to come, not half so popular or worthy, might insist by his friends, upon a re-election without a convention, simply because they might be afraid of one, and justly so, from want of merit. 6i»h, Because, we do not believe that Gov. Brown desires to be Governor against the pop ular will, and as he was placed in nomination fairly, by a convention, we also believe that a convention fairly gotten up, can easily control him, being a Democrat of the right stripe, and of true grit. 7th, Because, those who aid in producing a nomination, feel a personal as well as a polit ical responsibility, and work with increased zeal to elect the man, whom they have placed upon the hustings. 8th, Because a nomination by a dominan party, generally settles who will be elected and gives one time to fix up a little, for the better enjoying of the coming victory. * Finally we are for a convention, because no convention will afford the enemies of Gov. Brown the only opportunity, they can possibly have to do him harm. They might, in that event, meet and nominate, and go before the people, with some show of Democratic consistency, and thus do enough to give the election to the op ponents of the Democratic party, or throw it into the Legislature. Our enemies would not let such a chance slip. They may speak kind ly of Gov. Brown now, but just give them the glimmering of a hope, and they would rally to a man, for “Big Bud,” or some other clever man. In the Legislature, the enemies of Gov. Brown, would vote for any decent American, to defeat him. Let us have a convention for the rjbove rea sons, some of which we are sure are g<5od ones. Let us have a convention, and re-nominate Gov. Brown, and re-elect him gloriously. Let us quit discussing the propriety of a con vention, and settle upon the time of holding it, and hold it, and have a happy Democratic jubilee. From the Correspondent of the Newark Advertiser. Ex-President Pierce and tlxc Ex-King of Prussia. Florence 1 Nov. 27. The ex-King and Queen of Prussia made their grand entrance here a day or two since, and took possession of the fine Hotel de la Ville, turned into a palace for the royal pair and suite. The cortege comprised twenty carriages and wagons, from the last of which sauce pans and tin kittles hang dangling, as if mocking with their discordant rattle the pomp and circumstance of that royalty of which they brought up the rear 1 But kings must take their cuisine, as well as their diamonds about with them. Ex-President Pierce happened to be lodged at the hotel demanded for old Federick Wil liam, when the order came to vacate it. The cxstatic landlord made haste to acquaint his guests of the honor intended him, hinting alike to one and all the necessity of seeking other quarters, which hint was differently re ceived by different temperaments, but by no one so amiably as the ex-President. Not so, a stiff upper-lipped Southerner, of family and money, who had been lodged there himself like any king for some weeks, and who, on receiving the notice, sent the poor old king and innocent landlord together to a very bad place, in free Republican style, and order ed his carriage and bill on the instant, shak ing the dust off his feet as he left the unwor thy hotel. Great Railroad Convention at Memphis, on Monday, Jan., 26, 1869.—The Presidents, of ficers and stockholders in all companies inter ested in the completion of a railroad to the Pacific, will meet, as above stated, in this city for the purpose of determining upon the best plan and route for the construction of the Pacific road. It is desirable that all companies West of the Mississippi should combine upon a single route. All the roads from St. Louis to New Orleans running West should converge at a given point in the State of Texas, and from this point, to El Paso, or to San Francis co, the united credit and capital of the sever al companies may he combined for the prose cution of this most magnificent railway scheme ever conceived in this or any other country. By no other means than this consolidation of strength and influence, can federal aid be obtained, and by no other means aside from governmental ownership, can this national work be accomplished without union among competing routes and a harmonization of con flicting views and interests. Congress cannot enact any measure, each route and road hav ing its peculiar friends in the Senate and House of Representatives. The convention at Memphis can remove all these difficulties ; a compromise of reposing views can be effected, and speedy legislation, such as may be required, can be brought about. This convention, with its proposed results, will be the first great effective move ment made towards the consummation of an end devoutly wished for by every one who would advance the prosperity and wealth of his country. All railroad men East and West of the Mis sissippi, interested in the Pacific Road, are de sired to be present by the resolutions adopted by a recent meeting of the directors of the Memphis, El Paso and Pacific company. We sincerely hope that our exchanges eve rywhere will notice the call for the convention now agreed upon by all the friends of the measure to which we have referred.—Memphis Appeal, 27<ft all. Edwin Forrest.—We understand that a few days since Edwin Forrest received an offer from a reliable source to act at the Academy of Music in New York, for a limited number of nights, the parties proposing to give him a larger sum of money, tiute. any other country. 'Ibis offer was refused. This certainly does not indicate a great love of money on the part of Mr. Forrest. Two years since he received an offer of fifty thousand dollars to act fifty nights in California, which he also declined. Mr. Forest has entirely recovered his health ; yet after so many years devoted to the pro fession he adorns, he is said to dread again entering into the drudgery of the stage.— BostonPost. Mr.W.H. Ckafpel Bequests us to announce that he will lecture on Thursday night in the 1st Baptist church in this dty, upon the principles of Sacred mu sic. He is desirous of forming singing classes in the various churches of this dty. Mr. Chappel also expects to address those who will favor him with their presence, on Friday night at Wesley Chapel. Those who are anx ious to learn to ring well, will do well to give Mr. C. a candid hearing. The Columbus Times seems to felicitate it self very much on the fact, that State Aid was defeated in the Legislature. “The cry,” it says, “of enhancing the value of land, and di minishing the price of transportation on goods, was a syren song, which lulled legislators to sleep. ’ ’ We imagine that the Times will find out that it is the people who have been “lnlled to sleep” on this question, and that they are destined to wake up and express their will up on it, in such a manner as the “Times” and all other parties will understand. We have yet to be convinced that the “Times” represents the feelingB of the people of Muscogee Co., on this subject of great importance to them. Tbe Weekly News. The above is the name of a paper published iu the town of ‘Enterprise,’ Mississippi, edited and published by O. 8. Holland and J. W. j jy ^ giaveholding countries, and the comp Any periodical that will publish such an ar ticle as may he found in the October number of the Edinburgh Review, without one word of condemnation, is unworthy of Southern pat ronage. 'Article ix. isthe one referred to. We have just finished reading it. We are full of indignation at its slanderous and unholy state ments. If we had the author by the nape of the neck, we would nearly twist it off. With such a man, argument has lost all power, and consasnce warns in vain. If the South would cease taking such peri odicals, they would behave themselves. Noth ing arrests the attention and brings to their knees, such unjust judges, quicker than to feel their pockets lightening. Let us address our selves to this article a few moments. Arguing against our slave representation in Congress, we read, “If the negro is not a man, capable of political ideas and an organized social exis tence, it ought to be explained how he can, in any way, help to send Representatives to Con gress. Has is not been explained a thousand times, why Negroes ought to be represented in Con gress, and why they ought not to choose those Representatives ? None hut a determined ig noramus, or a determined rogue, has reason to ask that explanation now. Again, “we know all about the cruelties of the plantation; and the deterioration of land, and waste of proper. Gaulding. It professes to be independent in politics, one of the Editors being a Whig, and the other a Democrat. As for our only broth er, “Jim,” we wUl venture to say that he is a good writer, and a good printer, but a very poor politician. He had better have stuck to his Democracy, and not run after such strange Gods as those set up for his adoration, by the Editors of the Columbus Sun and the Corner Stone. The ‘ ‘News’ ’ is a handsome sheet, and has our best wishes for its success. Amendments to the Charter of the Georgia Air Line Rati Road Company. The following iB a copy of the Act passed and approved. It will, unquestionably, he of great benefit to many of the Stockholders, by enabling them to pay their stock in land or town property, and the same can be used by the Company, as a basis upon which to raise money during the prosecution of the enter prise : An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act, to incorporate the Georgia Air lane Railroad Company, and to confer on them, certain powers and privileges therein named, appro ved March 6th, 1858. Sec. 1st. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Geor gia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Georgia Air Line Railroad Company shall be entitled to have ten, in the place of six Direct- ors, to be chosen and hold their offices in the same manner as the six Directors, under the Act of which there is an amendment, and that John W. Pruett of Franklin County, Ephraim M. Johnson of Hall County, George Kellog of Forsyth County, and Raymond Sandford of Dawson County, be, and they are hereby con firmed as Directors of the said Company, un til the next annual convention of the Stock holders of this Company. Sec. 2d. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the said Georgia Air Line Railroad Company be, and is hereby au thorized and empowered to receive subscrip tions of Stock, in real estate. And shall have power to hold and dispose of such property in any maimer that may seem begt for the inter ests of the said Company. Letter from Atlanta. A gift worthy of Imitation—Providing for Widows and Orphans. Mr. Editor :—The pastoral services of Bros. Key and Lester are now drawing to a close. They are loved and honored by their congregations, and command the profound respect of our entire community. We shall part with them with many regrets. God has blessed their labors, and we do trust that they will be returned to us, assured as we are, that their re-appointment to this field of labor will be richly blessed. It affords us much gratification to state that Bro. Key’s congregation has given a slight ev idence of their appreciation of himself and en tire family, by fitting out a wardrobe for them. This was right; for surely we should not for get the self-sacrificing ambassador of Christ, whose mission looks to our salvation. God bless the brave minister who looks beyond the narrow theatre of time. Among men, he is our best friend, and deserves the devotion of our hearts. This example is worthy of all imitation. It is hoped that every circuit and station in Georgia, yea in the South, will, in future, follow the example thus set by the congregation of Wesley Chapel, that every minister may go up to Conference bearing an outward sign of your kind and considerate at tention to his wants and necessities. Thinking of how much we really owe the poorly paid minister, we have been led to be lieve that it is our bouuden duty to provide for the widows and orphans of ministers, who spent their lives in the ministry. Every year, upon the following basis, or some other, a large sum might be laid aside, for the use and benefit of the minister’s family after his death. Let there he a fund of one hundred dollars contributed by each station or circuit, over and above the amount now allowed for this purpose, and paid to an agent, to he ap pointed by the minister himself, or in some other way, to be held in trust until the min ister dies—then paid over to his family, as the Conference may think best. This would be but a small act of justice to the widows and orphans of ministers who have spent their lives for our eternal good. What a fearful account is before us for neg lecting widows and oipbans, while we enjoy this worlds goods, and abuse heaven’s boun ty. We appeal to Christian hearts and ask, can we not give something now to help poor widows and orphans ? What blessing will follow us—what consolation will go with us to our pillows ? Could we better bestow some of our means ? We do hope such arranger ment will be made. A Friend to tbe Widow and Orphan. The above communication was extracted from the Southern Christian Advocate. We cordially endorse its letter and spirit. Espe cially do we give our sanction to that part of the article which recommends the laisingof a fund for the'reliefand maintainance of the widows and orphans of deceased itinerant Methodist preachers. Many a one spends the flower of his age and the prime of his life in the service of the Church, and lies down and dies, leaving a wife and children to be thrown upon the cold charities of a pitiless world.— This ought not so to he. Some provision could he made to meet exigencies of this kind, and the plan preferred by the writer of the above article commendB itself to the seri ous cousideratfou of every friend of the desti tute widow and orphan. [From the Augusts Dispatch.) Caatlon to Tjaveleia—Beware at the We are credibly informed that some person or persons are in the habit of imposing upon unsuspecting travelers, by posting themselves in the Georgia depot, in this city, and iotiE- cing them to submit to extortionate discount upon Mils of banks whose circulation bean only a slight discount. The ticket agents an the only safe persons to be trusted by travel ers in. money matters. Strangers are almost certain to be swindled by. deduag with, those who occupy no jpfftobl position on the road.' Fair Fiat. tion of morals among the superior race, and the exclusion of the inferior, from genuine domes tic life ; and the invariable tendency of slave, holding States, to a military despotism, and their necessary retrogression, when countries which resort to the other system of labor, are advancing. We know all this, and plenty more on the same side. Must we listen to it all over again ? Are you going to bring up the obsolete feelings and indurated arguments of the last generation ?” Does not a voice from Great Britain’s work shops, and coal mines, and down-trodden mil lions, sound elegantly, groaning over “the cru elties of tbe plantation?” Is not the author of the above, a very knowing man ? We will not stop, now, to refute these falsehoods, one by one. Our object in this article, is to give our readers a few specimens of what is circula ting among us, and as yet, we have seen no word against the circulation of his Review. More, we see on the first page that book-sellers are ready to vend this work in Baltimore, Charleston, Savannah, Richmond, New Or leans and various other cities. Again, arguing against the Colonization So ciety, we read, “The founders and office hold ers of the Society were slave-holders, who open ly declared the Negro race to be not human, but some thing inferior.” The italics are ours. Think of that charge, as it bears upon some of the best and most generous-hearted men, the South or any other country, ever produced? We read of “the Dred Scott decision, by which it is declared, of four millions of tbe inhabitants of the Republic, that the black man has no rights which the white man is bound to re spect.” Is not that a fine notice of our Su preme Court ? Ought not all of us then, sub scribe for the Edinburgh Review ? We have pencilled several passages more but will trouble our readers with but one more. Read the fol lowing, and say if it is not an incendiary doc ument : “As it is impossible to suppose that the pol iticians who have ruled the Republic for the last dozen years, can be the best statesmen the country can produce, the conclusion is inevita ble, that the sectional conflict has delivered over the State to the management of an inferi or and perpetually declining order of men; while it is, at the same time, too clear, that the average character of the American people, has sunk far below its traditional reputation. Instead of the cultivated aristocracy of the old slave States, who exemplified for the moment the ordinary plea for an oligarchical system— the benefit of a lettered class blessed with leis ure—we now 6ee a race of bullies, ignorant of books and of life, and unskilled in all gentle arts and highbred manners. This is immedi ately owing to the presence of slavery, not on ly from the immorality and coarseness which grow out of the institution, but from the ne cessary restriction of the press, and discourage ment of liberal thought and speech. There is scarcely a good book in any language which can now be admitted freely and without emas culation in the slave States (hence our difficul ty in obtaining an international copy-right law); and when we add that a Commission is now sitting to prepare a literature suitable to the institutions of the . Southern States, the case will be found sufficiently plain. A com plete series of school and university books is to be prepared, because the planters will no long er send their sons North tor education, nor ad mit the received morality and political histo ry of the world into their own circle. Yet their schools and colleges languish, and the aristoc racy of the South presents a spectacle of intel lectual barbarism, as wonderful as it is pain ful. The much larger class of non-slavehold ing whites is, generally speaking, totally igno rant. We need not describe the class, now sufficiently well known through Mrs. Stowe’s novels, the descriptions of recent travelers, Mr. Helper’s book on ‘the Impending Crisis iff the South,’ and tbe war in Kansas, where the ‘ruffian’ class consisted of these people, sent thither by the planters, to fight for the exten sion of slavery. Some of them, who learned to resent such treatment as plying them with drink and bombast, putting arms and bibles in their bands, and sending them to propagate the institution which had ruined them, soon settled down on the new soil, and are experi encing the blessings of industry in a free at mosphere ; and these may yet stimulate their class in the South, to that ‘rebellion’ through the ballot-boxes, which their slave-holding neighbors supremely dread, and which explains much iff their recent action. We need say nothing of the exhausted estates, of tbe pov erty, so ostentatiously deplored in Southern Conventions every year, tne hopeless mortga ges, the crumbling mansions, the fruitless at tempts to raise capital for shipping, roads, and public institutions; and the jealousy of the North, by whose capital and industry, the ma chinery of society goes on. We need only to refer to all local newspapers for testimony of the depravation of manners, which shows it self by the evidence of personal violence.” The last sentence refers to “all local news papers, for testimony of the depravation of manners.” What say yon, gentlemen Editors? Are you guilty of the “soft impeachment” ? There is about as much appropriateness in this article of the Edinburgh Review, as there would he in Satan attempting to sing psalm- tones to a saint, and make melody in his heart to the Lord. If the Edinbuigh Review, after such an article, is worthy the countenance iff Southern men, so is Greeley and Garrison, and the balance of the vile abolition crew. Tor the Atlanta Intelligencer. It is with deep emotion that we announce the death iff that useful and honored citizen of South Carolina, Gen James Gadsden.— Throughout an active life, which has been prolonged to the psalmist’s limit, Gen Gads den has been prominent in the history .of the State and the confederacy, and has distin guished himself as a civilian, a warrior and a diplomatist In politics Gen. Gadsden was a true Democratic Republican of the Calhoun school, a Nullifier in ’82 and a Secessionist in 160. Hehaseverbeenamanoflaigeinflu ence and character—bold, independent, active and of great public spirit. South Carolina : mourns to-day for one of her most brilliant and worthy sons.—Et. Messrs. Editors : I see an article over the signature of Jefferson in the Intelligencer of the 23rd of Dec., on the subject of Free Schools, with which I am well pleased in the main, and most heartily endorse what he says in re lation to the necessity of the friends of the measure takingTprompt action in devising and systematyzing a proper plan and organization to be laid before the Grand Juries of the seve ral counties for their adoption as it cannot be expected that this temporary body, thrown together but for a few days, with all the busi ness of the Court for their attention, can find time to concoct and perfect a system that will meet the wante of the cause of Education, or secure the benefits of the act passed by the last Georgia Legislature. The law as passed is a good one as an incipient inauguration of the principal of a Common School system that will obliterate the discriminating stigma of “poor school,” and afford every child rich and poor the means of procuring an education in the elementary branches of English litera ture. Provision is made sufficient for estab lishing and perfecting a system that will so awaken the public mind by its practical ope ration, that the friends of common education need not entertain any fears, that by the time Governor Brown’B most opportune measure shall have converted the public debt into an Educational fund, ample means will be pro vided and willingly appropriated to ensure complete success. I believe in following out the instinct of nature, and I may say pursuing the landmarks of most, if not all public and private enterprises, that have succeeded best, that is by beginning as a child, and adding strength to the growth, or as the prudent merchant that increases his capital as his in creasing means Jandjj custom [will justify. I thereforejrepeat [that the^friends of Common Schools have now the means for putting in operation the machinery to^ which may be added as time and opportunity will afford un til its capacity Twill bejadequate to the de mands it^will subserve. We want prompt, energetic and decisive action onj the port of our public functionaries charged with so much discretion in securing the benefits contempla ted and authorized by this act, I therefore, at the hazard of protracting this article beyond its intended limits will submit tbe main fea tures of a system to be presented by the or dinary for the adoption of the Grand Jury of my own county of Cherokee, or such other counties as may approve of the plan. 1. The Inferior Court shall cause the coun ty of Cherokee to be laid off into appropriate school districts, having due regard to the size’anfl shape thereof, adaptation and conve nience of neighborhoods to he subserved, also the density or sparceness of settlement to be established by the Court, in which 6hall be located a fixed and permanent place for teach ing the only common school in the district for the education of all free white children in the elementary branches of an English Education, between the ages of eight and eigkteen, from the common treasury, to the extent of the fund provided. 2. On the day of 1859, and every four years thereafter, an election shall be held, as provided under existing laws of this State for holding other elections, in each district, for three trustees for Educational purposes, who shall he male residents of the district for which they may be elected. And in the event of a vacancy in the board the same may be filled by appointment by the Ordinary until supplied by an election, which may be ordered at any time at the option of the Ordinary. 3. The first election to be held for trustees at any place desired in the district; subse quent elections at the place of the location of the School house. Every free white inhabi tant being the parent, guardian or trustee of any child or children entitled to participate in the public fund for the district, shall be entitled to vote for the election of the trustees therein. The district trustees shall have au thority to locate the School-house therein, and perform the duties incident to their po sition. *• 4. It shall he the duty of the Receiver of Tax returns, to designate in his Tax digest for the county, the district in which the children returned by him respectively reside. And the Treasurer of the School Fund of the county, shall apportion to each School district a pro rata distribution, on the basis of the number of children therein, compared to the fund for distribution each year. The fund thus appro priated to each district shall remain exclusive ly its own, to be expended only for the tui tion of the children Presiding in the district when taught. Should the fund not be applied for, or any excess remain after paying the claims of the district at the end of the Schol astic year, it shall remain over for the use of that district. In the event the authenticated claim against tbe district shall exceed its fund for the same year, the amount Sn^hapd shall be applied to the payment of the entire tui tion of all entitled to participate up to the time the money will be consumed ; after that the teacher shall be bound to look only to the patrons or his school for.the remainder of his tuition, which in no case shall become a claim on any future [fund of theldistrictjor country. 6. The tuition of any child attending school without the district shall have its tuition paid from the fund of tbe district to which it be longs, Up to the time the fund may be ex hausted if consumed, if not consumed, then paid in full. Such teachers only shall be al lowed to draw from the public treasury, as shall comply with the law requiring a certifi cate of qualification and good moral character, from tbe Board of Examiners, and at no high er rates of tuition than may be ^reed upon by the district trustees. DESOTO. Cantor, Dec. 1868.' Atlanta, Dec. 23d, 1858. Luther J. Glenn, Esq., Dear Sir.—At a meeting of the Democratic Party of Atlanta, held at the City Hall, on last evening, you were unanimously nominated as a candidate for re-election to the office of May or. The undersigned were appointed a Com' mittee, to notify you of the same, and request your acceptance. Yours very Respectfully, Isaac E. Bartlett, David Mater, H. Muhlenbrink, Maroenius A. Bell, H. Coe. Atlanta, Dec. 29th, 1868. Gentlemen. —The nomination tendered me, through you, by the Democratic Party of At lanta, for the office of Mayor, is accepted. If it shall be ratified, through the ballot-box, by the voters of the city, I can only say, that I will faithfully, and to the best of my ability, discharge and perform the duties imposed by the office. For this continued manifestation of their confidence and esteem, allow me, through you, to express to the Democracy of Atlanta, my acknowledgments. Accept Gen tlemen, for yourselves individually, the kind eat wishes of Your Friend and Fellow-citizen, LUTHER J. GLENN. Col. Albert Plk*. We think many of our cotemporaries are mistaken in announcing the death of this gen tleman. At the last accounts Col. Pike was bn a hunting expedition with Major Rector, Indian Superintendent of the United States among the Indian tribes of Western Arkan sas. His fowling piece was a piece of artillery, S six pounder. This, says an jour nal, he hauls oat on the prairie, and when he discovers a flock, he unhmbers, sights the gun, and tenches her off. He rarely misses. It is very exciteing to see adosen grouse fluttering with broken wings among twice as many dead Ones, and the captain chasing them around qnd catching them. His usual charge is a pound of powder and a quarter of a bag of tur- kyorkwaa shot. He generally abootsat about 200yards. A prominent citizen recently died in whose name, we believe, was Col. Albert Pickett, and we are under the impression that fie has, in some way, been for the “fine Arkansas gentleman*' by some of the friends of tbe latter.—The States. “He who pursues an idle wish But climbe a tree to catch a fish.” ' From Washington. Washington, Dec. 26. There is reason to believe that the liberal party in Mexico, who are seeking a recogni tion of the Juarez Government by our own, would consent to enter into a treaty by which the United States could establish military posts in Chihuahua and Sonora, thus avoiding objections to a forcibly possession as recently officially recommended. A lately received and reliable letter states as a reason why his passports were given to Chevalier Rayband, the French Charge of d’Affairs, that he had officially informed the Dominicans of the wishes of Napoleon that they surrender their own form of Govern ment, and submit to that of Hayti. The most intimate friends of Mr. Forsyth say that he has no thought at present of re signing as Minister to Mexico. An answer is expected by the latter pait of January to certain propositions looking to a settlement of the Central American question, which were transmitted to England several weeks ago. Letters have been received by the Overland Mail. An officer at Fort Buchanan writes, Dec. 6, that rich deposits of gold have been found on the Gila River for 160 miles on both sides. Six hundred and fifty men are at work and five hundred are on their way from Cali fornia. Should the emigration increase at the same rate as it commenced it is supposed there wilKbe 50,000 persons in Arizona within the next 12 months. Specimens of Silver richer than that from Heintzelmard’s have been dis covered. Judge Hart, writing from tbe Rio Grande, says that he has received letters from the leading men at Sante Fe, yielding their oppo sition to a Territorial Government in Arizo- L. Prices of Mexican titles to land in Sonora have increased, the holders believing that the Americans will soon obtain possession of the country. It is said that certain parties have anticipa ted the action of our Government, and obtai ned the right to construct a Rail Road from Guaymas to some point on the American line. Lieut. Mowry has addressed a letter to the Secretary of War, showing the necessity, and asking for the establishment of a military post at the Pimos villages to protect emigrants and prevent collisions between the whites and Indians. From the Charleston News. March of Civilization. The city of New York surpasses that of any other in the old or new world, in the love of excitement. It has recently added to its other entertainments that of rat-fighting. Human combats—the enjoyment of the ring—cannot fill their capacity for excitement. The rat fights among them are regularly attended by reporters for the daily papers, as the following account will show. The Bostonians are emulating their neighbors. They have not reached the same pitch of refinement as the New Yorkers, having only as yet regu lar dog-fighting. [From the New York Express] Rat fighting is one of the most popular amusements of the day with tbe swell mob here in New York, and it is become to be so extensively patronized, that the newspaper re porters attend as regularly as the musical or dramatic critic attends the theatre or opera.— In Boston the same class of citizens exhibit a more delicate taste—affecting dogs instead of rats—and herein, we are constrained to ad mit that civilization there, is a peg or two ahead of us here. Nevertheless New England and New York are progressing fast. [From tbe Bo*ton Courier.) “Dog Fight.—A brutal concourse gathered in Saugus on Wednesday afternoon, to witness a dog-fight, which has been agitating the bosoms of the fancy for some time. The match was between a Charlestown dog and an Albany dog; betting ran high, for each backer was quite sure of the victory of his pet. The fight lasted nearly and three-fourths, when the Albany dog refused to come up to the scratch, and he from Charleston was declared the winner, although himself seriously pun ished.” Surely a novel way to celebrate the landing of our Pilgrim forefathers ! Novel, indeed! It is enough to make Miles Standish, and Priscilla, the Puritan maiden, turn over in their respective coffins—to think of it! A Luccy Farher.—About one year ago, Mr. Isaac Lancaster bought of Judge Cuirey 300 acres of lan 1, in Napa county, on wbat is known as thq Suscol Ranch, for which he paid $5 per acre. He at once plowed and put in a crop of Guaymas wheat, and about January, 1858, went to the Atlantic States to see his family, leaving the wheat to grow as it pleas ed and care for itself. After remaining at his old home a few weeks, he returned across the plains, and arrived in time to find his crop all ripe, and yielding far beyond hiB most san guine expectations; About June he harves ted and obtained over 10,000 bushsls of the handsomest wheat, probably, ever grown in California, most of which be sold for 48 cts. per bushel. On Monday last he arrived in this dty with 1,000 sacks of the choicest of the crop, which wak sold for him by E. P. Figg at 4 1-2 cents, and 'yesterday he left for his ranch, intending to depart in a few days for his old home in St. Louis for the purpose of bringing out his wife next spring. A few .weeks ago he sold one-half of his ranch at $35 per acre, receiving therefore $3,700 more than he paid for the whole of it one year ago, in addition to which his wheat crop netted him, over expenses, tha enormous sum of $25,000, so that his net profits in twelve months, not including his ranch, worth $6,- 000, were over $28,000. Trip Lightly. Trip lightly over trodble, Trip lightly over wrong; We only make grief double Ry dwelling on it long. Why clasp woe's hand so i Why sig fry sigh o’er blossoms . cling to forms Why not seek joy tightly? s dead? Why ding to forms unsightly f ~ r instead ? Trip lightly over sorrow, Though this day may be dark, The sun may shine to-morrow, And gaily sing the lark ; Fair hope has not departed. Though roses may have fled ; Then never be down-hearted, But look for joy instead. Trip lightly over sadness, Stand not to rail at doom; We’ve pearls to string of gladness, On this side of the tomb; Whilst stars are nightly shining, And Heaven is overhead, Encourage not repining, But look for joy instead. . Seizing wponCvba by attachment. The Washington Union endorses the posi tion of Senator Davis to proceed by attachment against Spain as an absent, absconding, or fraudulent debtor, and levy upon Cuba. It devotes over a column to the subject and clo ses as follows : Mr. Davis proposes, under all the circum stances, that the Federal Government shall notify Spain, and demand payment of certain indebtedness, and in default thereof, that at tachment issue with directions to our naval constables to sieze the Island of Cuba. In equity, Mr. Davis is right. Spain has justly forfeited all claim to the forbearance of the United States. The Island has been govern ed for twenty years on the idea England and France would not consent to its falling into our hands. It has been regarded as perfectly safe to treat our people as barbarians and pi rates; to arrest them, confiscate their property and even, when pronounced innocent in crim inal prosecutions, to refuse not only to return their estates, but make them pay enormous costs. The whole judicious system of Cuba, is in or under the controll of the Governor- General. This is not the theory of the Gov ernment, but it is its practice, so that all au thority, wherever and by whomsoever exer cised, is a unit. A Complaisant Lover.—The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin translates from a German paper tbe following curious story: A very pretty danseuse has lately created great excitement at Berlin. M’lle Lilienthal made so many pjroutties one fine evening on the stage of the Theatre Royal that she turned the head of Herr Comptoir, a rich millionaire of Vienna, who was on a visit to the Prussian Capital. The beautiful limbs of the fair Terp sichore touched his heart so deeply that he demanded her hand in marriage. Of course yon Trill say that she at once accepted the offer. - Not at alL She made her conditions as follows : 1st. An apartment seperate from that of her husband. 2d. A carriage and ser vants for herself. 8d. fifteen thousand francs a year for her toilette; and finally, (for she cal culated everything,) three hundred thousand francs in case of seperation. Mr. Comptoir subscribed to these slightly unreasonable con ditions and last week all the gay world of Berlin witnessed in the cathredal the marriage of the Millionaire, with the danseuse. Hon. John Forsyth. A Washington Correspondent of the Mont- ery Advertiser, writes as follows : Some of the mysteries attending the Minis try of John Forsyth, in Mexico, will soon be cleared up. On Tuesday Mr. Clay, of your State, introduced a resolution calling upon the President “to lay before the Senate the corres pondence between the Mexican Government, and Mr. Forsyth, Minister of the United States to Mexico ; and the correspondence of the State Department on the subject of Mexican affairs, referred to in his late annual message, and such other correspondence as may be nec essary to elucidate the complications which re sulted in the suspension of diplomatic rela- ti ms which Mexico by the United States le gation in that country.” We are glad that Mr. Clay has taken this jreliminary step. We have every reason to relieve that Mr. Forsyth’s official actsin Mex- ico will bear inscription, and it is time the country were better posted upon our mixed relation with that government. It is true the message gave us an insight, but every day is adding to the interest pertaining to the ques tion. Trade. Cotton continues to occupy a large shore of public attention, and the crop estimates seem to be enlarging, three million six hundred thousand hales now being about the lowest fig ure named. The high estimates wili proba bly exercise some influence abroad, but wheth er to an extent sufficient to reduce prices ma terially, is a mere matter of conjecture. The transactions in Gulf markets with in the last few days have been large, and prices are sus tained, though the latest telegraph despatches quote prices in favor of purchasers. The New Orleans Picayune says English purchasers are holding back, contending, as a general rule, that their limits are two low. For some years past, English buyers have consistently main tained that cotton was too high, but, some how or other, consumers have reconciled themselves to the currency. Hence, these complaints, however forcibly advanced and logically argued, fall on dull and heedless ears. “Cotton is King” has become a prov erb, and, in this case at least, the pithy max im is true; it exercises authority which none dispute; it wields a sceptre to which aU civiliz ed nations bow in allegiance. The music spindles and loom" in thousands of factories, is a perpetual anthem of praise to its benefi cent rule, and the smoke of the steam stacks on land and 6ea. and the bustle of busy ope ratives in the homes of thrift, are the health ful result of its sway.—N. Y. Sloping List. Robert Burns’ Birthday.—We understood that the Hon. James A. Pearce, United States Senator, and the Hon. James L. Orr, Spc er of the House of Representatives, have been solicited, and have accepted the invitation of Bums’ Club, in this city, to preside at ' centenial celebration of the birthday of Rob ert Bums, on the 25th of January next. We believe Mr. Pearce is a lineal descendant of the house of Ramsay, represented by Lords Dalhousie and Panmu—two eminent British statesmen. Mr, Orr is Scotch and Irish in de scent, and fully appreciates the poetical genius of Scotland’s great bard. Sir Archibald Alison, the historian of En- rope, is to preside at a similar celebration in Glasgow, and Lord Macaulay, the historian of England, will preside in London. The ver satile Lord Brougham does honor to Scotia’s peasant bard, and will preside at the Edin burgh festival. No one who participates in this festivity can expect ever again to witness another. Prepa rations are making wherever the English lan guage is spoken to do honor to the author of “Tam O’Shanter,” “Man was made to Mourn,’ and “A man’s aman for a’ that.” Cols. William and James Burns, sons of the poet, are to be present at the Dumfries cele bration. Bums’ genius belongs not only to Scotch men, but to humanity ; then let all unite to do him reverence.—National Intelligencer. A Snuuliap nfFovCirx We leam that the down way freight train on the Georgia railroad, due here at 4 o’clock P. M. on yesterday, met with an accident about sixteen miles from this dty. Four of the hinder most cars of the train were smash ed up, but the engine, the James Buchanan, brought down eight-of its freight cars. No person was injured. It is believed that the ac cident was caused by the spreading oT the track. The passengers for the up afternoon train did not leave this dty yesterday by the quar ter before 3 o’clock train, as usual, in conse quence of the breakdown alluded to. ‘ Arrmbt or an Indiana Wot Poisoner.—On the 20th, at Wlnsdor, Michigan, a man nam ed Jonathan S. Oweni«ua(tfresiedoiia charge of poisoning his wife in'-Montgomery county, Indiana. Owen had long been considered a very exemplary member of the Methodist church, and bis crime exrfted the vender and Rorprise iff the community to which he redded. Hjseaid tobehfe third attempt to kill hie wife by poison. After tbe perpetration of the crime he fledto the North, leaving orders with hi* son i .rell his form, Talked at $6,000, and forward bun the proceeds. He was jmrsued mid arrested at Windsor. The Detroit Adrer- User says : . _ “At soon as hit eyes fell upon the Sheriff, who was a neighbor and acquaintance, his knees shook, and the permutation started oat in large dro^TaU ovm ffim^His agitation was painful to behold. “He is a large man, young looking for his years, and has. few of the appearances usually ascribed to “Bluebeards.” As our Indiana neighbors have few scruples on the question of capital punishment,' he will doubtless expiate his crime upon the gallows. “Like most affairs of the kind, there .Is a woman at the bottom of it. Developments have been made since the flight of Owen which show improper intimacies with a young wo man of the neighborhood, and which may furnish a clue to his conduct.” Atlanta, 6a., on the 22d Dec. 1858, an infant sen of Rxv. B. Lester, and Mbs. A. Lester, aged two months. This bereavement was made the more afflictive by the father's absence at the time in attendance on the Georgia Conference, though he fortu nately a rrived before tbe interment. Be erf good cheer my brother, for “Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven. ’ G. B. 8. C. From the Tribune. From'Washington. • Washington, Dec. 22- A sharp colloquy, in which high words were used on both sides, occurred to-day, during the secret session, between Senator Toombs of Georgia and Mallory of Florida. The dis pute was on the subject of naval nomina- The first appropriation bill of the session passed to-day. It was for the Military Acad emy. Mr. Stanton of Ohio, showed that, al though so much had been said about the fru gality of the Ways and Means Committee in retrenching the expenditures, this bill appro priated $50,000 more than the estimates of the Administration, and $15,000 more than was done last year. Mr. Morris of Illinois, a Douglas man, at tacked the Administration with considerable vigor to-day. The Result at the Slaver Trial £n Kejr Went. At a special term of the U. S. District Court, convened at Key West on Monday, the 13th instant, a grand jury was empanneled to in quire into all violations of the laws of the United States, and during their enquiry a true hill was found against Peter W. From, first mate of the hark Lyra, which vessel was con demned as forfeited on the 22d November last, for being engaged in the slave trade.— The indictment against From was for violation of the said slave laws. The Key of the Gulf, of Saturday last, says the case was tried on the 20th inst., when it was “soon disposed of, the prisoner acquitted and discharged.”—Savon, nah News. Statistics of the Catholic Church.—The Metropolitan Catholic Almanac for 1858, just issued, contains the following statistics in ref erence to the present condition of the Catho lic church in the United States, contrasted with its conditions in the years 1839 and 1849: 1839. 1849. 1859. Provinces.. 1 Provinces.. 3 Provinces.. Dioceses. ..16 Dioceses.. .30 Dioceses—43 Bishops...18 Bishops—26 Vicarales—2 Priests... 478 Priests.. MOO Bishops 2 Churches.418 Churches.966 Priests.. .2108 - . Churches.2134 Death of Cal. Thomas Lcki*. The ink is scarcely dry by which we recor ded the death of an old and distinguished citi zen before we are called on to announce the de mise of another. Col. Thomas Lehre died in Somerville early this morning in the 64th year of his age, of consumption. Col. Thom as Lehre had filled various posts connected with the State and City governments with credit and fidelity. His integrity and purity of character in public station were no less ack- vledged than his many private .virtues and amiability of character.—Charleston New*. A National Convention of Gambler*. The latest novelty in the way of conventions, is the convention iff the sporting fraternity, or gamblers, from all parts of the country, at Chicago. The Democrat of that city says that the city has been “fast filling up” with the delegations from different States, sent to attend this convention. Alabama, Rhode Island, Minnesota were the only States remain ing unrepresented on Wednesday last, and delegates from these were on their way to the great meeting. Although this is a gathering of “hard cases” morally, the Democrat de scribes the appearance of the delegates os highly respectable. “A finer looking set of men we have never seen than they are taken upon the average. They are all fat and are well, very well dressed, with Jewelry in abun dance ; and some of them arc said to be, what their looks indicate, men of talents.” Thes men are seen in every town, and are generally known by their sleek appearance, sharp looks, and display of Jewelry. Profes sional gamblers are often regarded as respect able members of society, and their success is looked upon with the same veneration that Americans are apt to feel for those who gain largely and rapidly in what are considered le gitimate transaction; and it is too often the case that even the successful libertine is regar ded with a sort of admiration. The Demo crat says: Gambling is carried on much more secretly than formerly, and therefore it is not so dan gerous as when the “tads” would go out in broad daylight and solicit mem to go to gam bling houses. The gambling rooms are some times in hotels, and changed from room to room by previous agreement. But more gen erally they are in eating saloons. Pretended business men go into an eating saloon, and go iip stairs under pretence of eating. If the po lice will watch, they will find these men tar ry a long while, and often all night, at their meals. There will he two important matters to come up before the covention. One will be the revision of the old rules and the adoption of new ones for the various games. The rules are constructed differently in different States. Several lives have been lost in broilsariring from'this difference in their interpretation. Uniformity of construc- tionis demanded by all the delegates. T he other will he the non-residence of pro fessional gamblers in politeness. There will be a very warm debate upon the subject. Well Done Georgia.—We have authority to announce the gratifying feet, that all the Tax Collectors of this State have made their settlements at the Treasury on the day pre- scribed by The small amount of $1,000 to 1500, is still due of the taxes, mill be paid in a few days as it resulted from wrong calculations of the Col lectors. This is surely an evidence of the pros perity of the State and the promptness of her citizens to pay the burdens of government. In examining the Comptroller General’s re port, we find that in the year 1854 and ’55 be fore the election of Peterson Thweatt Esq., that a little over one third and not one half of the taxes of those years were paid in on the day of settlement. We trust that the exam ple set by the Tax Collectors in the future and that oar prompt, efficient and energetic Comp troller, Peterson Thweatt Efcq., will continue to receive that tribute of praise from the peo ple, which he so justly deserves to-day and which he has won by his faithful services. r The English Methodists are said t< pleased that Lay Representation is being feted in America. A letter in the Loi Watchman says of the American Church : “Hitherto they have had nothing equ lent in the British system of mixed comm tees, and to our attendance of laymen at di trict meetings. It is now proposed that la^ representatives should attend their annual State conferences. It must be remembered, however, that these conferences are no legis lative bodies, that they take no part in the work ofjstationing the ministers, which is done by the bishops, with the assistance, I g believe, of the presiding elders (chairman of the dis tricts,) and that is not proposed that the laity should be present during the examination of the characters of the ministers. In fact, it is xpressly stated that spiritual affairs are to be reserved under the authority of the ministers. What is proposed, therefore, is simply to pro vide an equivalent for such a partnership .of the laity in the general direction and adminis tration of Church affairs as has long been a part of our English Methodism. A later ac count, however, states that the question has now extended to the administration of lay representatives to the General Conference, held ‘ every four years, which is the supreme ecclesi astical assembly of the Methodist Episcopal Church. gg“A scamp entered the vestibule of a church in Cincinnati, while the lads and lass ies of the congregation Were engaged in choir ractice inside, and carried off forty umbrellas to the party. The rain was pour- ‘iight down” when the deed was done, the wretch escaped.