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THE ATLANTA INTELLIGENCER Daily, Trl-Waeltly and Weekly. W. B. BUeOLES, Editor and Proprietor. TERMS of subscription. Daily Inteilisencer per annum, In advance. Tiri-Weekly, Weekly, RATES OF ADVERTISING. $6.00 4.00 | 2.00 (Correapocdcnce of the Atlanta Daily Intelligencer.] New York Affaire. New York, Jan. 19, 1855. Fin* in the Xitjht and a run with “the Machine’ —Midnight Keeorte—The Ball and the Poor— —Novel Entertainments—Literary—Effect of the ITar upon American Commerce. For two successive nights we have had large fires, whilst the terrible tragedy of 00 cts. 81 oo 1 25 1 50 1 75 2 00 One mouth, Two “ Tbroa “ Four “ •Six “ One year, Six buildings were burned last $5 00 night in the Bowery, and the night before jq qq the flames laid hold of one of the land- 12 00 , marks of Brooklyn. The heavy clang of 15 ! that new bell on the New York City Hall 25 00 J Special * Advertising in tbo Daily Iniclligenccr will be i j* or t Washington is still fresh in our remern- inserted at the following rates j>or square of ton : brance liner: ' One insertion. Two “ Tbroc. “ Four “ Five “ __ _ Or.o wool:. - 00 One year, ~ J uu ; wakes up all the inhabitants of the three J contraet-will be made for yearly adver-i .U. - . . i tc i- tv occupying a quarter, half or whole col-1 cities with its first stroke. If one lives near umn. an engine house he is strongly tempted to *ar Advei tiacmenta from transient pcr.-uim j . out of bed and rush a f ter the “ Mia- Lc-.il advertisements published at the usual chine as it is whirled over the stones by rale-. Obituary notices exceeding ten lines ebarg- fifty vigorous arms. A fire in the night od as advert moments. Announcing candidates for .. . ,, , £ V. oin. c. $5 00, to be paid in advance. t,mc - especially when there is a little fight- Wbon advert.isements are ordered in all the is- iug episode, is quite an exciting occasion, sue.-, including Daily, Tri-Weekly ami Weekly, Traveling home after the fire atone- or 25 per cent, will be added to (he above rates. , . ... , . , Tiie privilege of yearly advertisers is strictly ‘ two o’clock you have a chance to see who limited to their own immediate and regular busi- I else wrests the small hours from sleep, and "“professional Cards not exceeding six lines, $16 i f " r ' vhat Purposes. White-kidded fops are per annum. helping languid ladies into carriages before Vdvcrtisemonts not specified as to time will be ^ be steps of some bTilliantly-lighted man- pul.lished till ordered out, and charged at regular . , . . , , , .... * ati sion, where the music and the dance still go Advertisements inserted in the Weekly paper on with flying feet. You may step into a only will be charged at former rates. house of quiet and respectable appearance, by the hack door if you choose: you will THE WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. find a long room filled with jovial cempan- I ions, gathered around social tables, smoking to tlieir heart’s content. There is the quiet family next, who love the glass, but don’t want to be seen in a bar-room or a common ! drinking saloon. They chat cosily about i the war, hard times, and sporting matters, without getting violent or excited. Go | down into the common “ saloons ” below PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING. —$2 III* per annum, invariably in adrance. SATURDAY', JAN. 27. The communication in another col umn, signed “Democrat,” contains some strong points, boldly enunciated. The wri ter is a staunch and unflinching Democrat, , ........ . - , . ,. , the level of the street, and you will find a and lias seen some service in lus day and ,, . ... J different set. they are swallowing “bran dy smashes ” and “ gin cocktails,” and their reckless swagger and Joud speech pro- ! claims them to be of the “ Mose and Syke- jS@~Thceditor of tbo Examiner, alluding | *3” or(ler . and proud of the name at that, to our writing against the re-nomination of ’ They have been running with the machine, Gov. Johnson, even doubts whether Satan | have stopped several times to take ‘"some- will receive us into his dominions owing to thing,” and are now red hot for a quarrel the opposition to us. We knew that many • on the slightest occasion. A word of dis- of Satan’s minions were bitterly opposed to i paragement to the favorite ‘ machine us but were not before aware that writing I ' v<J,lld he provocation enough for a melee.- knows well wliat be is talking about. Will the confidential organ put his communiea- tion in its pipe and smoke it? against Johnson’s re-nomination was the particular act which is to close the gates of hell against us. As the editor of the Exam incr, however, is supposed to be in the con fidence of his brimstone majesty we are willing to take his word for it. Our neigh bor further adds: “there will have to be a Convention of Heaven and II—11, to fix up a place lbr the repose of the Intelligencer.” | Then rushes in the Star, and calming down the furious combatants with a few blows of his short oak club, he seizes the one who has the blackest eye and bloodiest nose, and hauls off liis prize to the station-house, fol lowed by the whole brawling crowd. This is a specimen of the lowest class of the midnight resorts. Jf you want to find where the promising young men of New York, the newly published adventures with Miss Gamble, the heiress, is a spicy bit of fash ionable scandal, and will probably bring the author more profit than reputation. He has gone through a regular “course of sprouts,” and is well known in all directions. He ran through a large fortune in Philadelphia, figured with Fanny Ellsler, edited the Re public, was conspicuous in the Forrest trial, and finally landed in a Neapolitan jail.— His own book proves him a conceited ape and mean-spirited fortune hunter. No oth er literary occurrence except a great row among the young clerks who comjKise the Mercantile Library Association, in which Bibles and hymn books were used as wea pons, offensive and defensive. The election of presiding officers divided the Society into factions, and the muss which followed was very exciting. The Russian sympathizers among us seem to be increasing with the misfortunes of the allies. It was expected here that the war would greatly benefit American commerce. Russian privateering, it was supposed, would intimidete English and French navigation, and the American ves sels would do the bulk of the mercantile transportation. But the Russian posts have been so closely blockaded by the allied fleets that commerce has been uninjured.— Meanwhile, American vessels are rutting in port for want of work to do. The Page & Bacon failure still continues a theme of remark and speculation. It is supposed that Sherman must have been forced to the step which he took, by cir cumstances beyond his own control. MONDAY, JAN. 29. Removal of (he Capital. The Rome Southerner of the 25th inat. has an editorial article on the subject of the Removal of the Capital, and while the edi tor favors Atlanta jus decidedly the most de sirable location in the State, yet he is in clined to think that the question should be allowed to rest for two or three years before removal is definitely decided upon, being in duced to this opinion on account of the present pressure under which the country is groaning. Considering that Atlanta is the first choice of our friend, when the question is decided, we are sorry to see him taking this view of the matter and are dis- Canart Birds.—Persons wishing to pur chase fine canary birds, would do well to call on Mr. Reiche, whose card will be found in our advertising columns. Coos Book.—We are indebted to the at tention of Messrs. Garrett & Co., publishers, for a copy of “ The American Home Cook Book” a handsome little volume of 120 pages, containing, as we should judge from a cursory glance over its pages, a great many useful and valuable recipes, &e. For sale by George Dunham, in this city. United States Magazine.—The January number of this excellent Magazine is on our table. Considering the low price (§1 per annum) at which it is published, this is posed to think that a full survey of the j one of the most desirable 1Ti0nthl publica . matter we may count on his hearty co-op- ; tions iu the count Each Mlllber CQn _ eration in the good work of removal in the , • , . . .. , . . , . , . , , , i tains several interesting and spirited en- discussions which will precede the coming ; - „ , , , - „ , 1 ° gravings and a large amount of reading State election. | ° ~ T ,, T , f T , . . , c • ! matter. Published by J. M. Emerson & In regard to the argument for deferring . „ a , . J , r , ,, ® ® t , w . 6 1 Co., Spruce street, New York. the matter, based on the present bard times, it would certainly be an argument of some ■ A Fair Proposition.—One of the editors weight if the question were to be decided I of the Selma .Reporterhaving received asharp and the necessary expenses incurred at this j communication from a lady correspondent, time, but at the shortest possible time for j criticising an editorial, declines to publish settling this question must be after the open- i or en * er into a controversy, but makes ing of the next session of the Legislature, ] ^ le following fair proposition: nearly a year lienee, it is to be presumed ! ** Toil are a ‘ tart ’ writer, and if you that the present stringency in the money ! ™ uld Ilke to ‘ ak % an int ™ in this market will have given place before then to ; vour choice, easier times. Auother consideration which ' we would suggest to our friend of the Southerner as a sufficient reason against the idea of delaying the matter two or three years longer, is the fact that a time has al- The long shoremen have had diffieuliy I read'-- been appointed for the people to de- with the merchants, but have finally con-1 ■ > 1, r , . .5 , . i, , . , j « V , cido the question of removal, at the ballot- eluded to accept a shilling less per day thau . .. , , ’ they have heretofore received. * **. ! onx ' ^ ur ^ i:end ^ as not forgotten that - Property la Robbery.” " ! the last Legislature passed an act requiring Sunday at New Orleans.—On Sunday, the 14th instant, there was a balloon ascen sion at New Orleans which was witnessed, it is stated, by over 10,000 ladies and gen tlemen. On the same day, they had a great horse race, which was attended by a large number of males and females. Tue Libel Law.—Judge Oakley, of This terse proposition of a distinguished ; the P eo P le of the State, at the next Gover- j Michigan, recently expressed an opiniou ench Socialist seems about to be acted on I nor’s election, to inscribe on their ti French in New York. At a meeting of foreigners in tlie Tabernacle some days since, Mr. - tickets 1 that when an editor of a newspaper merely removal ” or “ no removal.” If for re- J states a rumor that is abroad—such, for ex- moval the voter is to inscribe on the ticket : ample, as that a certain person, naming wheel and urge on the cause. The removal of the Capital to Atlanta is an enterprise in which the interests of Upper Georgia is deeply involved. It is emphatically the cause of Cherokee Georgia. We extract the following paragraph from the Southerner: “As to the place to which our seat of government should be removed, Atlanta is, If that is the case, we would take this early j heirs at law of our “ erchant P rinces > kec P occasion to bespeak a favorable vote from our neighbor, as he will, of course, lie adel- egate in the Convention from the latter con stituency. Secretary Glthiue.—For several days past a rumor lias been going the rounds of the press that the Secretary of the Treas ury, Mr. Guthrie, was about to resign his office. We arc glad to notice by the Wash- iugt: m / ’n to a of Monday last, that tlie report is entirely without foundation in truth. The Union remarks: “ Such an idea was never entertained for one moment either by the President or the Secretary, and wc may as well add, that the rumors which bare gained circulation within the last eighteen months with regard to contemplated changes in the cabinet, and all rumors of dissensions between its differ ent members, or between any one of them and the President, arc each and all absolute ly and entirely groundless. (K‘»r the .ULmta Daily Intelligencer.J Only to Party. Atlanta, -Jan. 25th, 1855. Mr, Ed i/or: 1 am induced to write on this theme from the repeated attacks made on you for what tlie Examiner is pleased to call your opposition to the Democratic party.— Not that I am vain enough to suppose you need my aid, or that T can convince the sapient Editor that lie is in error, but simp ly to call the attention of the party’ to the fact that no man who deserves the name will consent to give up all independence and be come the abject slave of a party, whether its acts lie rit/h! or tcroiti/, simply because In believes in principles professed by such a party. Now, for instance, suppose the Democratic party of the State, controlled for the time bv bad counsels, or deceived and imposed on by a leader, who should afterwards show themselves at this time of night, we will introduce you to “ St. Clair’s,” or some oth er of the magnificently furnished drinking establishments that line Broadway ; or step into “ Field’s ” billiard saloon, where you will see in what pursuits the students of our city colleges and medical schools waste their midnight oil. Or again, turn off Broadway, stop at a house whoso inmates appear to have “ shut up and gone to bedgive a double knock and you are admitted cautious ly. If your appearance is not suspicious you will be admitted further into a brilliant ly lighted apartment, where the revolving fortune of the faro table fascinates a crowd of foplings and dashing route. These es tablishments are liable to visits from the police, and are therefore obliged to be care ful in the admission of company. But we must not attempt to initiate your virtuous readers any further into the midnight amusements of our citizens. The rest were better imagined than described. So we will walk home iu peace, if the gas happens to be lighted. If the Almanac has promis ed a moon there will be no gas, for one night’s burning is a considerable item in tbo city expenses. There are 10,000 street lamps, which burn 30,000 feet per hour, or 420,000 feet per night. This would make the cost of one night’s lighting, at three and a third mills per foot, §1,400. The great ball for the relief of the poor came off on Thursday night. The Academy of Music was crammed with delicate gauzes and magnificent silks enclosing the fair forms of New York belles. So great was tlie crowd that dancing was a very difficult operation, and was performed in a very se date and gingerly manner. As io the prof its, they were estimated differently from §3,000 to §8,000. The Socialist Germans had threatened to mob the Academy, but did not dare to put the threat into execution. There will be plenty of money now for the relief of tlie poor, if it be only bestowed in the light way. Instead of being given out bread and clothing it should be used in sending away these pauper foreigners from a city where labor is a drag, to districts where it will find an abundant market. Of business circles as a matter of public inte rest ought not to be regarded as libellous when an editor states it. ships to select a better crew than formerly. The only change in the rates of wages that has taken place, is, that a portion of the ad vance is now withheld. Mr. Fessenden, of Maine, has pre sented a petition to the United States Sen ate, praying for the repeal of the fugitive slave law. wards money,—one who under the most sanctimonious piety is himself to be totally’ wanting in every re quisite for ihe character of an honorable man—whose whole course is marked by a low, selfish policy, and who, to earrv out his designs, docs not .scruple to slander those who stood by him when they thought he was mu honest man, when put forward by the party, und who is so fearful of rivalry from every good and true Democrat, that he nev- i i-r deigns to consult tlie oldest ami wisest I «’ u ' iu S ther e will be no end, and it will only of the party, but surrounds himself by a j operate to induce Improvidence and depend- paivcl of jackals whose svcopliancv he" re- ^ euce 011 t!lc rich - I'here does not, after all, n unauthorized use of the public ! a Pl )Car t0 1je - u<, h a violent anxiety to labor r U j f0 ,r j], e on the part of the unemployed. A down niitv of the ' t ' own merchant sent word to one of the most shameful mendacity, and whose livpce- I cro "'ded indign; ion meetings in tlie Park, risy is only equalled by his cowardly nature ' * 1C would give immediate employment evinced by the subterfuges characteristic of j to laborers, at his store, at §1 50 per Midi creatures in evading charges by false- ! da Y" None came. The opportunity of hoods, and who thinks it only necessary to ! blustering and shouting in the Park was oflor a price to puvehuso a man ! Can any j *°° »°°d to be lost. Yesterday one of tlie j man be liable to the charge of want of loy- j P aidt orators was pathetically relating his j ally to his principles for refusing to be the I °' ,vn sufferings, and describing his diet of j Mnl nf su. li a being as this, simply because i mush and molasses, and calling for ven- 1 be happen- to be clothed with power and ! geance on the rich, when he was interrupted j professes the same creed? Certainly not 1 j by a Alt broker from Wall st. He offered j W liile it i> doubtle— the duty of every true to lute the orator at a dollar a day to pile ! Democrat to bury all personal feeling to- 1 Sticks from the old City Hall ruins. There i wards tlie exponent of his,principles and to | was no alternative for the demagogue but j support him on tlie ground of priciple, it ] compliance, so he went manfully to work, ! dues not apply to the man who, you are sat- \ amid the laughter and encouragements of a j isfied by acts susceptible of proof, is totally large crowd. Having labored half a day, ! ,!er “J Iritth and intcyrity, for with such i A® received fifty cents, and mounted the ros- j y. u ought not to trust your principles. trum again, amidst great applause. If wo. as Democrats, are to follow blind-; Mrs. Comau’s “calico ball” realized' iy our lenders, obey tlieir behests and shout about §1,500 worth of clothing for Mr. j amen to tlieir acts, whether we approve or j Pease’s mission. It was largely attended, | n it: or arc to eulogise a man, or defend him, and altogether the most spicy and'interest- : much we know he is guilty and unworthy of , iug of this season’s fashionable entertain- 1 our trust, and whose littleness of soul is j incuts. One of the leaders of the Brooklyn continually being exhibited by acts that ; Ion is endeavoring to introduce another make u. blusn for ourman, inorder to prove j novelty, or rather an adaptation from the I ourselves orthodox and loyal, I for one wish ! German custom. It seems that it is cus- ! to be set down as a rebel, and I think many j tomary in Germany for a married lady to ! more m the ranks are of the same opinion. receive her friends on the fifth anniversary 1 Is it not better to let the individual guilty of her wedding day, when each one is ex- j o such acts bear the responsibility than for pec ted to bring with him some present of! the party to assume it by attempting to de-1 silver, large or small. This is called a sil- ! tend an unworthy member? | rer party. The Brooklyn lady wishes thus > 1 shall at intervals return to this subject j to celebrate her twenty-fifth anniversary of ( and if the application of tliis article is j marriage. Few ladies, we presume, would ! doubtful, or should be attempted to be con- | object to celebrate each anniversary in a 1 truverted, 1 shall lie prepared to make it ap- ] similar manner. pear amid somo fluttering of politicians. j tlie literary way nothing is exciting DEMOCRAT. j profound interest. Mr. Henry Wikoff’o Kountr d men d ^ f ° U °' TiDg laCgUa « C t0 j the place preferred. Thus it will be seen j him, had issued stock illegally and abscond- “ Brethren, for the first time I speak in tkat tke 9 ue8 tion must be met and decided I ed—he should be exonerated, provided that an assembly like this. We have not all the i nex t fall. Hence we hope to see all our I it was a fact that the rumor existed, although same language, but our feelings are tlie j friends in the up country, who are in favor ! not true. In such a case there is no intent same ; they unite us here with the American j 0 f Atlanta as the future seat of Government, j to do injury’, and there is no malice. A cir- people. lor the advancement of these sen-. p re p are d to place their shoulders to the cornstance that is commonly spoken of in timents we must uot only unite with them * .... * - in speeches, but also in acts. In our coun- | try we have fought for liberty, and many of : us have lost in battle our fathers, brothers, ; or sons. Here we are free, but not free enough. We waut the liberty of living.— I [Applause.] We have fought in German j for liberty of speech and the liberty of the ! press. The German press is against us in i this movement, but we need not care for I _. what those papers say ; we must act on our without question, the most eligible. Made own hook. Here we have social liberty, I central by the conjunction of railways, she liberty of speech, and liberty of the press, * s . easy ot access from all parts of the State, and when we want anv thing that is just t She is rapidly growing and destined to be we are bound to obtain it. [Applause.] If; a very populous, wealthy and influential you don’t know your rights yet, hunger will j c **7- Soon she will have no rival within teach them to you. You don’t get bread • the State West of the seaboard. All these nor wood, and there is plenty of them. At ! considerations point out Atlanta as the place our revolution in June wc obtained three j for the permanent location of our Capital, months’ credit, and when we had no bread 1 a t the arrival of the time when its removal we soon obtained it, because we were 200,- ! f rom Millcdgcville will be expedient.” 000 bayonets strong. I have nothing furth- Tlie Cassville Standard of Friday morn- er to say than to advise you to put iu prac- j D g a ] s0 bad an ar ticle on the subject of re- tice tlie principles of the social republic.— , • , • i , The Tribune said to-day that the rich would, j mova1 ’ in w ueh th , e edl ors P ace ^emselves give us a million if they were forced to it; ; uriC< i ulV0C ally on the side of Atlanta. Allud- but now they will hold tlieir money iu their ing to a recent article in the North Georgia pockets and refuse to give it up. When the Timex, in which that paper favors removal woll is hungry’ he has no consideration, m Atlanta, and asks for the views of its and takes Ins food feariessly when he finds , , . , - ;x , , „ ,, • v cotemporanes in Cherokee Georgia, the it; it must be the same with the masses.— „ , 6 ’ Help yourselves, and then God will help] Standard promptly replies: you* We must act as the wolf, and we do “ Every reader of this paper is familiar not want any auxiliaries! Let us act by "with our position. The first article ever ourselves. [Applause.]” j penned iu favor of Atlanta was from our This doctrine of Air. Boeder, that the true , Senior editor, last winter, while in Alilledge- principles of freedom require men to turn > ville, and published in this paper. Since wolves and prey upon whatever will gratify then we have frequently taken occasion to their appetites, no matter at what cost to manifest our preference for the Railroad others, lias been the poisoned element in all i City, and shall continue to do so in future, the so-called “liberal movements” of Europe Atlanta has natural advantages over any during the last half century. It has, of other point in the State. Easy of access course, been the creed of robbei"s and thieves from all portions of the Commonwealth, in all ages ; but it is only in recent times growing rapidly in commercial importance, that it has been advanced as a part of polit- I with good hotels, pure water, and unsur- ico-nioral philosophy’. : passed in point of health—all go to prove In principle, the declaration of Boeder is j conclusively that it must be our future Cap- no new thing in American politics. The ital. Abolitionists, deciding that property in “ It is now universally concede that the slaves was robbery, have loug acted upon public buildings must be rebuilt, even if the suggestion t hat they had the wolf’s right Millcdgeville is retained as the Capital of to seize, vend and devour both slave and i the State. Taking this view of the matter, master. If they now find tlie cry nearer , the most prejudiced friend of ihe present home; if they’ now hear that property iu seat of Government will admit the impor- houses, and funds, and all the comforts of tance, as a mere matter of dollars and cents, life, is robbery, they cannot urge that it is of rebuilding in Atlanta. In a short and not a fair and legitimate deduction from i convenient distance of Stone Mountain and their teaching. They cannot but admit that other large masses of granite, that beauti- their pleasant devices have returned to , ful and durable building material can be plague the inventor. transported at slight cost to the latter place. But there has been at the North another and a large amount of money saved to the fruitful field for the cultivation of this de-1 State Treasury. Other considerations, of nial of the rights of property. The score I which we shall say’ more at the proper time, of projects for the confiscation of the public ! convince us of the importance of a removal, domain to the uses of a few, have been ad- j “ In conclusion, we beg to say to our vocatea on precisely the same principles as i brethren of the Timet, whenever the fight Air. Boeder adopts, in advising iiis audience i comes on ‘ count us in.’ ” [Fur the Daily IntoHi^euccr.] City Affairs. Mr. Editor:—I now propse to address our fellow-citizens on some of tlie means aud appliances of a good city government.— Having officers, aud a regular police, with a full appreciation of the necessity of good order, and of justice to all, will not of ,them selves insure peace, safety aud prosperity. The situation of the city must be consider ed, and means adopted appropriate to its situation. Even energy, faithfulness, and a just sense of benevolence and right, cannot, in the absence of the proper adaptation of means to desired ends, effect every needed good. I will now offer two illustrations of my meaning, and in connection therewith, propose what appears to me to beindispens- ibly necessary’ to our welfare. 1. From the facility of trade to and from Atlanta, we are exposed to the depredations of the vile from every quarter. Besides, our city is spread over a very extensive area, and the means of its inhabitants are employed in business or improvements. It cannot, therefore, without most burdensome taxes, support a large regular Police; and a small one cannot possibly, no matter how active aud faithful, guard every part of our extensive territory. Now, the remedy ade quate to our wants, under these circum stances, is, it appears to me, of a iwo-fold character: First. That the whole of the up right population should feel themselves bound, to the extent of their ability, to act as a volunteer police on all occasions, and especially in and about their own premise . or when called to the depots, or other places of public resort. No one who witnesses anything suspicious should fee! himself at liberty to sleep until he arrests, or bus oth ers to arrest, any apprehended evil work. And second. All the young and healthy men of the city, who are worthy and pru dent, should form themselves into a volun teer city guard—divide the corps into squads of 8 or 10—elect a prudent leader for each ; and then place themselves under the com mand of the Mayor for police service, when ever, in his judgment, they arc needed.— Thus divided, the service would not lie at all onerous, for no one squad would proba bly be called out more than once in six or twelve months. New York or Paris do not have a more efficient police than wc would then have. I merely offer these suggestions for con- LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM- Sk SHIP JMa?" The New-York Journal oj' Commerce says that for the first time in five years, there is a surplus of seamen, although it is not a i sideration, without argument, for I wish large one. It is only sufficient to enable the j them only to be operative so far as the good sense of all concerned may deem them im portant. I will, therefore, barely add, that the safety- of a community like ours, depends more upon vigilance, and the consequent detection of evil doers, than upon parade and extravagance of any kind. It should be our ambition to prevent-crime within oar borders. No robberies, no house burn ings, no personal injuries, or losses of life by violence, should ever occur, at all events, without the detection and punishment of tile perpetrator. These outrages are exceed ingly disgraceful to cities, because they’ be speak negligence on the part of the citi zens. Let us make Atlanta a terror to all rogues and villains 1 In the second place, we have nut got well filled water cisterns in every part of the city, and hence our firemen, with all then- prompt and commendable zeal, have been unable to do any good at the fires which have occurred. The remedy for this evil is very simple, and has been tried elsewhere with entire success. It is to make the con dition of a dray license, and a part of the consideration therefor, that each drayman shall keep a water cask, proportioned in size to the number of horse or mules he works, always full of water at hi stable or dray yard, to be brought, immediately on the alarm being given, to the place where the fire rages. To insure duty ami m ^mul titude, subject the owner of the u;-;.. to se rious fines for any neglect of these dutier, and on the other stimulate him by rewards, giving to ihe first who arrives with a full cask of water the highest reward, the second the next highest reward, &c„ down to 4, or 5 drays. Suppose the reward of the at §3, §4, of $5, tho Railroad Meeting in Augusta.—A Rail road meeting was held in Augusta on Tues day evening, composed of the friends and advocates of the Savannah River Valley Railroad, at which a resolution was adopted requesting the City Council to subscribe for five thousand shares of the capital Stock of the Company. t^>The Hon. John Van Buren, formerly member of Congress from the Ulster dis trict of New York, and a gentleman much respected among his acquaintances, died at his residence in the village of Kingston, on Tuesday last. The deceased is not ‘Prince John/ the son of the ex-Presideut. It is said that Lady Franklin has resolved to expend the last remnant of her fortune in fitting out another Arctic expedi tion. ’Tis a pity that such noble devotion and sacrifice cannot bo rewarded by the res toration of her long lost and loved husband. Jggy-The first instalment (5 per cent.) on the subscription for the Alabama and Flor ida Railroad, is called for. Some hundred hands have been for some time engaged on the grades of the sections between Mont gomery and Greenville, and are progressing rapidly. French Government, it is stated, continues to purchase largely in the New j first- should be fixed York market of pork and corn. A short j next shuuld be one dollar less, and time since a vessel sailed for Brest with j the last who is to bo rewarded. 3000 bbl. pork on board, andanother vessel j draymen and firemen in coming -peedily to is now loading for [[France with a like i the place of the lire, arrangements should amount. There are said to be in the different Sa vings Banks in the State of New York be made with the owners of tlie largest and loudest bell in the city to have it rang at every fire, and to indicate iiic part of the where the fire is by pausing fre- i-inging mid •• viking to turn wolves, and forage wherever they j The Cherokee Georgian, of Alarietta, in its | some millions of dollars that have been 1 cit -’ wlierc t,1L “ JtJ C can find prey’.. A\ hen the New lork Tri- j i ssue 0 f Friday morning last, also takes up i unclaimed for years. The depositors are - 9 uen ^y ' n ^ !0 va P*d butte took ° 1 i 1 “Vote the more _ “Vote yourself a wolf, and take your din- ! tlie State. The Georgian say’s: j sueh deposits could be claimed. Those! , uer wherever, you can find food!” The “The subject seems to be awakening in- ! sums constitute a large• capital on which I ,, . KI1 tl ‘“ n s ! North is beginning to drain its own cun;, creased attention - - '• -• ’ - l address and if it proves to be poisoned, and the ■ press. AVe are sor: dregs unexpvessibly bitter, they may have j dissenting from what has been considered a , , , . , „ m , the consolation of remembering, that we j unanimous preference for Atlanta as the I aol ' k P a P ers whether the state ought ! a,J0ve 1 emarK ff*uf tile subject and reiterates its decided pref- probably dead, and either left no heirs to ! slow ’i r and distine h tue number o the yourselt a iarni, it did but anticipate ; •’ . . r . ... ‘ -word in which the d«sti-nr>rivf • is ire practical advice of Air. Boeder, erenee for Atlanta over all other points in ] claim the deposets or no proof by which I ‘ ' l; -~ i *i.~ »*•»«•« r, -orgian says: ! sueh deposits could be claimed. Those ! a ' : WOlk ' . , J , ... . , ... , - - ] With thanks to you for allowing me to ims to be awakening m- j sums constitute a large capital on which | addres& oar feiWoitizens through vour among the up-country , these banks can make loans aud roll up I uae ful columns and with due re :ncct to ry to sec some of-them interest . The question is mooted in the I them, I submit, Vor what thev are worth, tlie long ago warned them that such would be the end of tlieir agitations.—Charleston Mercury. An Editor in Luck.—The editor of the Southern California infoms his readers that he has drawn, in Duncan’s Art Union, a silver tea and breakfast set, valued at §2000 besides another prize or two, valued at §100. The Kinney Expedition.—The Washing- Ymk paper ng “someth ATLAN say tin seat of Government. We have before ex- j not claim them. The New- pressed our preference for that city, and ; T - „ ; ! cultv of-ett! see no reason to change our opinion. The ! of tile Cotton Crop.—It is said to ! ® . . Capitol will be removed, at some time, not [ be admitted on all hands in New Orleans i ^ , Tr ["’. < 'y u ' 0 L ' 1 class- distant. Iu our opinion every year increas- | that the cotton erop cannot exceed threo .... es the claims of Atlanta over all other I __.-n: c , i j „ i. -, r , I brisk business was done es over to Hoboken, where an unusually c hotels and groggeries.” - , T . -if, . . | million of bales and that the New York points, its accessibility—extensive accom- , T . . . „ modations—the iucrease in population and j an d Liverpool estimates are all exaggeau- wealtli of Upper Georgia, and its consequent 1 ted Yul* t0 *®“Ttoree fourths of the money buisnss | thc g al « of Sunday night was felt with great j . .' " c 3 ■ ° u , ' ,, u . c ‘ n o" | of St Louis is done througft private bank- force accompanied by heavy thunder and ton Union alluding to the great enterprise | mg our position. At the same time we ! u p 1 1 J In Philadelphia, New York and Boston, known as Kinneys Fxnedition to OenVi! i ™ uld like ^ *ee the question generally and i ers > and ^ a gS^S a te footing of their ex-■; vivid lightnin, ^ ‘ 'P ’’I candidly discussed bv all parties interested.” chana-es. for tho vwir nmnnnts to fm-tv I sustained. z, but no serious injury w as America, says that among the gentlemen | 6poken of as likely to take a leading pusi- 1 The Next Fair. AVe notice by the Columbus Times, of the t ion in the new republic is Ex-Gov. Bell 26th inst., that tlie committee appointed to ronvo^piitiitivA in (Inncrrpss from Trtvas. • ±1. _ . n .1 representative in Congress from Texas. The Attention our county readers is invited to the card of Air. D. H. Silvey, who has just commenced the Purchasing and Shipping Commission Business in this city. Those who have orders of the kind to send to Atlanta, may rely on their being prompt ly and faithfully attended to by Air. Silvey. Cherokee Insurance and Banking Com pany.—The Chicago Press announces that the Merchants and Alechnics Bank, the agency in Chicago for the redemption of the bills of the Cherokee Insurance and Bauking Company, has resumed specie payments, and that this places the bills of the Georgia Bank “upon the same footing in every respect which it enjoyed prior to the suspension. The Chicago Tribune says the public confidence in the Alerchants and Mechanics Bank will noiv be entirely restored, and, indeed, it has never been shaken in tlie minds of those who were con versant with its resources, and knew the character of the men who controlled it.”— We give these statements for [ what they are worth. The Hon. John Slidell has been re-elected United States Senator from Louisiana by 28 majority on joint ballot changes, for the year, amounts to forty million dollars. Cincinnati, Jan. 23.—The river has fill- 1 len 8 inches. Flour §7.§0@§7,85 ; Whig- i key, 20. Nothing done in hogs or provis-! ions. New York, -Jau. 23 on the deck of the —The steam engine hip Groat Republic, j The Russian papers remark, that the day , . . . of the disembarkation of the Allies in the raise subscriptions m that city for the pur- j Crimea, the 11th of September) was pre- j o.e o o ering a onus ,o the Southern t c : se ]y tbe anniversary of the arrival of tho Central Agricultural Society to hold its | French at Moscow in 1812. The deductions , - next r air in Columbus, have succeeded in ! ,, „„ , A „ c , I for hoisting her cargo on board, exploded raising the amount of §2,500. A resolution [ ou ** ^ to com P re * | this afternoon, serioS.lv injuring four men ’ has also been offered in tho Citv Cmmoil to en ' j -two, it is feared, fatally . Ihe ship -sus The Dahlonega Signal comes out! * au,e no ama J-.°> with the name of the Hon. Howell Cobb at j Chicago, Jan. 2_. l’he most furious i a „ .1 _ ,• _ . ] storm ot wind aud snow within the memory its mast head, as the Democratic candidate i of the oldesfc iuhabitaut prevalled hero ail for Congress in the Sixth District. day yesterday. To-day it is clear and cold. has also been offered in the City Council to add §1,500 more to the amount. Other cities are also moving in the matter. If At lanta is disposed to make an effort to secure the next Fair, it is time something was done to see what amount of money can be sub- , , , An Honest Man.—On Tuesday evening, scribed for tlie purpose. We understand J a gentleman who bad just arrived at the that three of our citizens have proposed to l City Hotel, Baltimore, by thc Philadelphia subscribe §500 each, and hundreds of others, • cars, suddenly missed a bag containing we arc sure will contribute email amounts. §3,000 in gold. While he was inquiring of Would it not be well for our City Cou .oil! * he folk8 a J ) , ou * th ® Jack that Tiad . . . ... . ,, J . ■ brought him from the depot, honest “Mick- to appoint a committee to call upon our cit- | ey Dougherty,” the driver, brought him the izens and ascertain what amount of money | bag, safe and sound, and received from the can be raised by subscription ? The Execu-; grateful owner $200, with the remark that tive committee will meet on the 6th of March, j “ it would help him to get a new hack.” to decide upon a location, and as the time is ! T 72 , l i. •. • . v i. i -n K^Tbe number of languages spoken in short, it is to be hoped that measures will > the world, amounts to three thousand and be taken soon to bring Atlanta into the : sixty-four. The inhabitants of the globe field of competition. | profess more than one thousand different The Grand Jury of New York have found 1 re ^S* on ®- bills of indictment against the five leading New Play by Julia Dean.—Tho New gambling houses in that city. It has also found about thirty bills against the most no torious and popular houses of prostitution in that city. Orleans Picayujie announces that Julia Dean took a benefit on the 13th instant, when a new play was given, called “Mary of Man tua,” written by herself. Philadelphia, Jan. 24.—The schooner Abby Whitmore went ashore on Sunday , night, at Egg Harbor. Three hundred ! bales of cotton were thrown overboard. It i is thought she will be got off. New York, Jan. 2-t.—The steamer Asia : sailed at noon to-day, for Liverpool, with! 60 passengers and §75,000 in specie. Nullification in AIassaoiiusetts.—The j following order was adopted in the Massa-. chusetts House of Representatives on the . 19th inst:—That the Judiciary Committee j consider the expediency of reporting an j amendment to the constitution of the com- j monwealth, securing to all persons on the ! soil of Alassaclmsetts their inherent and in- i alienable rights, in all easeswhatever, ex- 1 cept as a punishment for crime: and that they shall not be deprived of said rights without trial by jury, and what is called j „due process of law.” PACIFIC. ’ Tlie Czar Accepts tlie Four Conditions. HOSTILITIES CONTINUE. : the FitrsrcrPALmEs again invaded. New York, January 26th, 1855. Tho U. S. Mail steamer Pacific, from Liv erpool, afternoon of Saturday the 13th in- j stant, with 62 passengers, arrived at this ; port yesterday at 9 A. M. The Pacific arrived out 9J o’clock P. M. 1 of Tuesday the 9th. In running up the Mersey to her moorings in that part of the j river called “the Sloyne,”—the night being exceedingly dark and thick,—the Pacific : ran into the brig Corinthian, Captain Kemp, outward bound for Calcutta, (with a cargo said to be valued at £28,000 sterling.) and at ihe time lying at anchor with her head un-stream. The Pacific struck her full in . the stern, and sunk her immediately. No lives were lost, the twelve men whoeompos- | ed the Corinthian's crew having got on ! board ihe steamer. Captain Kemp was on j shore. The New York liner George Canning is supposed to have been lost somewhere near the Island of Heligoland, on the shore of which island papers and baggage and pas- sengers have been east, leaving iittle doubt ■ of ;ha calamity. There is no authentic ae- count of the crew and passengers—25 crew i and 135 passengers. A letter, indeed, says that all were lost. The cargo was insured in Hamburg fin- 250,000 marks banco, and for §100,000 at New York. d'ho Eastern question has entered into an entire new phase. Prince Goktsciiakoff has announced to the Austrian Government that the Czar accepts not only ihe four points ! of guarantee, Inti also the interpretation given ’ to them by the Three Powers, England France and Austria. But, as no armistice is agreed to, hostilities trill continue during the prro- grt-.s ■;/' negotiations. Sardinia has joined the Western; Alliance. The conduct- of Prussia and of the German ic States is still equivocal. This intelligence has much exercised the public mind throughout Europe. Its inime- dinte effect was. to raise* the quotation of . Consols two per cent. But doubts are springing up fast. Why has the Czar ac- ! eepied terms which he has several times de clared ignominious and humiliating? Is i tlie declaration wrung from him; and, if : so, is the war then near its close? Or is he at ail sincere in his implied desire for peace ? ‘ Is it nc ; a desperate attempt to detach Aus tria from the alliance? Or, finaliy, is it an artifice to gain time to move those extraor dinary masses of troops he has collected in to tiie Crimea, and thus drive the allies into the sea ? §ueh are the questions everywhere asked, but without any satisfactory reply. It is, however, generally’ expressed that the diffi culty on which the negotiations will split is the proposal to place the Russian naval power in the Black Sea on a level with that of other powers. The allies insist on this point as a proof of their success, while Rus sia. will on no account assent to it. Kestevcn Brothers, Loudon, have failed in the woolen trade, with liabilities .£40,000 and assets 7s. per pound Sterling. Abbott Nottingham & Co., shawl merchants, Lon don, have also failed, with large liabilities, bat a favorable condition of assets. Large amounts in tiie new French loan continues to be taken in England at a pre mium of two to three per cent. Messrs. Mellor, Ilctherington & Co. have failed. There is an unauthenticated rumor that an American ship has been wrecked inside of Tuskar light. With the improved hopes of Peace the Liverpool Cotton Market advanced, again fell off, and once more rallied, closing firm ly at id. advance on the current qualities of American. Sales of tiie week 64,270 bales, including 5,770 on speculation, and 5,180 for export. Bvcadstufis had been depressed, but clos ed more firmly, although the business was little more than retail. Western Canal •.'lour, 40s.(«,41s.: Baltimore and Philadel phia, 43s. i)d.(«.44 a fid.; Ohio, 44s.@45s.; tVhite Wheat variously quoted, 11s. 6d.@, ■ W. lid.: Red, 10s. Gd.(cells. 0d.; Mixed In dian Corn, !2s.(iu42s. 6d.* Yellow, 43s. fid. (/< 4-i.:.; White, 44s.(«,45s. Money is unchanged. Bullion is again largely exported. Consols fluctuated con siderably, and closed at 9l3@,i-; they had reached 92[. American Securities showed little change. The telegraphic correspondent of tlie Lon- d< n Daily News sends his journal-the fol lowing most important dispatch: Br.u low, Tuesday, Jau. 9, 1855. The Russians have crossed the Danube, invaded tho Dobrudscha, ai.d taken both Tultscha and Babadagh. Sadyk Pacha de fended Tultschn as long as possible. This Ihe first effect of the withdrawal of Omar Pacha’s army from the frontier to the Crimea. Tho London Times announces that the Sardinian Government has signed the proto col of April last, aud thereby joined the al liance of tho Western Powers. The following are the dispatches on which tlie news respecting the chances of peace ;tro founded : Vienna, Monday.—A conference was held yesterday. Prince Gortsebakoff an nounced that having consulted the Empe- ror, his master, he was authorized to accept the interpretation of the four guarantees, as laid down on the record of the Conference of December 28. lie was empowered and prepared at once to negotiate a peace. It was stipulated on the part of tho allies that no cessation of hostilities should, in the meantime, take place. Vienna, Sunday.—In conformity with instruct!* >uo received yesterday, Prince Gorts- ehakofi' unreservedly accepts the Four Points as interpreted by the allies, and confirms, the acceptance in a conference which is held to-day. -i Paris, Tuesday morning.—A telegraph ic dispatch from Vienna, private, but of guaranteed authenticity, announces that Russia, having accepted the four proposi tions of tlie Allies without reserve, ana ac cording to the interpretation of the three Powers, Count Buol has invited France and England to proceed to ulterior negotiations for the restoration of peace. Turkey is invited to send a representative to tho Conference. The Paris correspondent of the London Times says: Since the preceding was written I am in formed that the English and French ambas sadors at Vienna written to their Govern ments for tho necessary authorization to en able them to enter into negotiations with Prince Gortsebakoff. It appears that the Print*e had not accepted without reserve the guarantee with the interpretations of the allie.-, which were communicated to him confidentially. The Prince has, I am as sured, demanded certain changes, which at first appeared to M. De Buol not to possess any importance but so far they arc changes, and therefore tlse acceptance is not unre served. In case of the negotiations failing and that nothing is done before the 14th instant, Austria is bound to change the present treaty into a defensive one. The opinion generally prevails more and more that the object of Russia is to gain time to concentrate her troops in Podoliaand Poland against Austria. Tho official Austrian Correspondenz con- ■firnfs the telegraphic dispatches, and an nounces that if the French and English Cabinets approve of wliat lias occurred, ne gotiations for the ' conclusions of a solid peace will soon commence. The report in Paris on the 12th that Se vastopol had fallen did not gain general be lief. Omar Pasha embarked for Balaklava; and has taken means to bring a force of fifty thousand men and sixty guns into Crimea. 10,000 Turks have already landed at Eu- patoria. Menchikoff, it is reported, has called in all the detached corps. The 5th and 6th of January is looked upon as the days when the assault on Se vastopol will be made. Odessa letters of the 24th mentions a dearth of supplies at Sevastopol for several days. Another severe storm occurred on the Black Sea, doing great damage. Various rumors are afloat in regard to the change in the British Cabinet, which are discredited. The Liverpool American Chamber of Com merce presented Elgin an address for the part which he had taken in the reciprocity treaty. The mediation of the United States excit ed less attention than was expected. The Times treats the question with candor and fairness and submits the offer of mediation, which if declined, will imply no disrespect. The news from France is devoid of inter est. It is reported that the Czar has sent Na- j poleon an autograph letter with proposal of ' peace. A courier arrived at Paris on Saturday, which confirms the report that the Russians had recrossed the Danube, in force, defeated the Turks, and were marching forward.— The Austrians offer no resistance. The re port caused consternation. A Paris letter of the 10th says Mason’s health is improved. A dispatch from Menschikoff, on the 2nd of January, says he continues to annoy the enemy by sorties at night. The weather continues variable. The fires of the Allies is very feeble, and causes but little damage. Sickness is on the increase in the garrison. FRANCE The subscriptions to th6 National Loan, in Paris and in the Departments, amounted to 890,000,000, Francs. In the Communal; Schools for girls, the ordinary studies are suspended, and the pupils are engaged in making lint. On the 9th, Napoleon veviewed the detach ments of the Imperial Guard who are under orders for tho Crimea. The Empress was present, and the troops expressed their enthusiasm by repeated acclamations. Tlie Very Latent. Received by Telegraph immediately previous to the steamer leaving her wit raj' at Liver pool. Paris, Saturday, Jan. 13—1 o’clock P M. A courier from Bucharest confirms tlie account of tlie war on the Danube having been reconmicncd. The Russians in force crossed above Tulscha, defeated tiie Turks, took the town, and are uow marching on the Katchin. The Austrians do not inter fere. This report has caused some con sternation. Liverpool, Saturday, Jan. 13—P M. Our Cotton market to-day exhibited a hardening tendency, but quotations are the same. The day’s huisness amounts to 8,000 bales, of which 500 were for export. Insecurity In New York. A New York letter in the Baltimore Amer ican says: There was another mass meet ing of unemployed workingmen, in the Park, on Friday’. The wind was blowing a strong gale from tlie northwest, and it was a sorry enough spectacle to see the half famished, poorly clad crowd huddled together, to talk over one another’s sorrows, snd to ascertain if they could, where the next loaf, or the next bowl of soup was to come from. About noon yesterday Wall street was terribly convulsed with the rumor that an immense riot was in progress up town—that several mansions were already sacked ; that the affrighted families were fleeing like hunted hares before the mob; in short, that thc rioters, rendered desperate by the pros pect of starvation, had resolved to ignore the laws of meum and teum and appropriate to themselves, “by force of arms” whatever of this world's goods might strike their fan cy. A number of merchants left their notes uncounted, their shares unsold, and posted by the most rapid conveyance, to the scene of disaster only to learn that they had been “sold.” Wall-street was humbugged. Driven Away From a Guano Island.— Several shipping houses in New York have for some time been engaged iu procuring guano from Isle Ayres, a small island sit uated in lat. 15 Ion. 60 j about four hundred miles from the coast of Venezuela, two hun dred miles sonth of St. Thomas, and one hundred and fifty miles west of Gudaloupe. The[ishmd contains a large quantity of guano, and several cargoes of it have) been recently brought to New Y'ork. A few weeks since, while the crews of the vessels were engaged in securing their cargoes, they were driven away by an armed ship belonging to the government of Venezuela, and the island taken posiession of by a body of armed soldiers. The Underground Railroad in Danger. —A bill was px*esented to the Illinois Legis lature, on the 15th inst., to prevent the car rying of colored people on the railroads of that state, which was read twice and refer red, and will probably pass the House of Representatives. This bill provides that no “ black or colored person, denominated a negro, shall be carried on or along any rail road in this state, by any railroad in the state, without a duly certified certificate of freedom of such nogro or mulatto person being first presented to the conductor of the train, and a copy of such certificate left with the conductor or agent.” Section two pro vides that any railroad company, or its con ductor or agent, which carries a slave with out any such certificate, shall be liable to tho owner of such slave, or mulatto, in twice the value of such slave, to be recovered in the usual way. Gods Made to Order.—A queer expres sion to be sure, but it only describes a line of business carried on extensively in heath en lands. Here is the translation of a Chi nese advertisement: “ I will execute to order idols from two feet high to the size of a niarniosset monk ey, or the biggest and most hideous monster that can inspire the human mind with awe and reverence for religion. If the idol is the size of an ourang the price will be §700; one of a sphinx size will be turned out for $400; one the size of a bull dog with horns and hump, $650 ; a buffalo size $800; a dog size, $200; and the size of an ass, in the attitude of braying, $1,000.” Adoption of Children.—A bill is before the New York Legislature to authorise such persons or societies as are or may be author ised to bind out by indenture any child to be an apprentice, clerk or servant, and to change its name, and such child shall there upon be entitled to the same rights and sub ject to the same duties in respect to its new parents, as if it were their natural child. The second communication of “At lanta,” on city Affairs, ha9 been received and will appear to-morrow. The new Governor of Nebraska.—Hon. Mark W. Izard, the new Governor of Ne braska, has twice been president of the Ar- kansas Senate and once speaker of the House of Representatives of that State, where he has residod for twenty-four years. He is a native of Kentucky, and said to be a fine specimen of a pioneer, being over six feet in height. BY VV. B. RUGGLES. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1855. VOL. VI. NO. 36. 26