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IS MILLARS FeiTaNNBM IN~lDYANCL
ATHENS, GA. NOTMEBER10, 1871.
VOL. XLI.—NO. 11--NKW SERIES VOL. 5. NO. 3
|l\f Southern ||amtcv.
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IIV s. A. ATKINSON,
ir fjiHKK DOLLARS PER ANNUM,
STRICTLY IX ADVANCE.
■) ,7 r Brand */., ever J. II. Huggins.
v;v
UUKS OK ABTRUTLSIXO.
r :j, will he Inserted at Onr* Pnllarand
,.M* i*«-r Square of 12 linos, fertile first, nn«l
*.;fr?niN*ltv<* iViits for carli oubsequent Insertion.
hraiiv*tim>* un lorono month. Fora longer period
fih*r*l contra* t* will he made.
business Directory.
u VUWIN IIOWKI.I. COBB
1.AM XII COBB- *• J. *• .
W»H. WWW & LOWB,
, T 'f OllNEN S A* LAV* ,
,\ A,>»■»«! office in the 1*c»prec
I iillJing.
I), li. CANDLER,
A T L A W ,
Will pracllro
eiitiuc, «'f Hanks .Inclisnii. Dull, Hnhcr-
i.l I nn.klin.
> \ T T O 11 N E V
.' V II..I.I.T, 11 ink* I'.mnlc.
Miscellaneous.
Summey & Newton,
»««*» '*T..ATI»BI*»,«A,
IRON, PLOW STEEL,
STEEL, HOES,
NAILS, PLOWS,
MILL SAWS, COTTON GINS,
And General Hardware and Cutlery, at
Wholesale and Retail.
SUMMEY A NEWTON
then*, Ga., April 14th. tf So. 6 Broad St.
ARTHUR EVANS,
Watchmaker & Jeweller,
(late WITH CHILIJS & MOSS,)
ESPECTFLTLLY announces to
_L the citUen.t of A them* am] Ticlnity that he
haa Jocauxl at tha Sow Drug Store of Dr. Wm.
King, and Is prepared to do all kind, of retain on
Watches, Clock,, Jewelry, etc. All work promptly
done and warranted. [Aug. 11—Sul
SecondCrand Annual Exhibition
OF THE
Cotton States M. & A. Fair
Association
pi PENS AT AUGUSTA, GEO.,
V/ October 31,1871, and continue, Fire Day,.
$13,000 in Premium*.
$4,000 on Field Crop..
$3,130 in Pnraca for Speed of Horae*.
GRAND TOURNAMENT!
Half rates fare on Railroad*. For information,
address E. II. GUAY, Secretary,
sept 29 Augusta, Ga.
A.
il\STlN W. 151DEN,
TTORNEV AT
ami Notary 1‘uhlic, AI hen
j. H. SKKLTON,
L A W ,
Will prao-
oTn ihe Western circuit; will give particular
«watton IO the collection of claims, and will act as
SSS.hr pnreha- and rale of real e*Uto and
JJy taxes on wild lands. janiaxi
C. XV. SKI DELL,
SKELTON k SEIDELL.
A T T 011 N E Y S A T L A XV,
J\. llartwrll. 11 irt ('•.tuny, tieorgta.
PITTMAN .V HINTON,
\ T T 0 U N E Y S AT LA XV ,
lx. Jefferson, Jock county, D»-
S.l.lH’KL I*. THURMOND,
* TTOKXEY at l a xx r ,
.(A in..., i:». office ob llroad street, oyer
" ii.t’y .4 .Sen’* Slur, 1 . Will give special attention
10 eases in a,nkrii|itcy. Also, to the collection of
all claims entrusted to lii, care.
J. J. X J. C. AI.KXAMIKK.
TNEAIaKUS IN HARDWARE,
JLv Iron Steel, Nalls, Carriage Material, Milting
n;j»l*nn*i»t«.\tf., Whitehall at., Allantn.
M.f AN ESTES,
A TTOKXEY AT L A XV
1 \. 11..,
WM. WOOD,
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
V V HKlTUUSe
LT'URNITUEE REPAIRED, UP-
-L li« list ere*! and varnished, also a large variety
of woml coHi ns and Fisk’s Patent Metalic Burial
Coses always on hand.
Warerooius on Clayton St., next to El
lUnk* Co-intv, Ga.
J. U. fl*< I.1NXKY.
T T OKS E Y A T E A XV
Carnrsvilh*, Franklin rounty, Ga. Offic
wrrIy occupied hvj. F. Langston, Ks*|. ia21
AX
A. U. l AIttll ltAK,
Proprietor of Pennsylvania Agricultural Works,
SUntifocturcr of Improv'd [YORK,Pkna’a.
SOLID STEEL SWEEPS,
and SCRAPERS.
Polish'd Steel
WCKSOK SWEEPS,
PLOW BLADES, .
CULTIVATORS,
_ H0B8R-F0WEIM, TllRKSU-
■RS. I*" M*cmsKa,&c^Ae.
Send for lilustratcd CaUlojtt.
(i HOY ERA 11A K ER
SKWlNli M.U’IIINES! !
VUttNir. NfVAt TtlV. HAST I'. ISK.
1>Y ALL WHO HAVE TRIED
I > them. These >na.him-, "ill. all the
IMPHOVKMKNTS
AXl)
ATTACHMENTS,
mar t»e li. i. at manuf'trturcr'r itriecs, freight
.'ltle.l, at lltr
HANNKU OFFICE.
NOTICE OK CHANGE OF SCHEDULE
(i K(»R( ; uv iYaTlROAI).
For Sale or Exchange.
r HAX T E 300 acres of land in Cle-
-A- hurne Co.. Ala., xvhicli I will sell cheap, or ex
change for real estate in this city. There arc 60
acres cleared, 38 of it the l>est bottom land on Fane
creek, producing 50 to 75 bushels of corn per acre,
and cotton in pro|Kirtiou. The remainder is in
the wood*. The farm is 20 miles from the Selma,
Koine and Dalton Railroad, one and a quarter miles
from the county site, Ed wards vllie, 6 miles from
the Wated de|Mit of the Columbus and Chat
tanooga Railroad, and one mile from the route
of the Griffin anti North Alabama Railroad
There is an excellent store hou>e (not be
longing to the place), which can be bought
rented chca,p ami is a
Splendid Stand for si Country Store.
Titles indisputable. For further information ap
ply to, or address
Ur. J. AV. MURRELL,
March 31-3 m Athens, Ga.
To Housekeepers.
TUST RECEIX’ED, n large assort-
f J inent of
r 3T' <3LI>WAS SB*
which we are offering at very low prices. All
stoves sold by u*
WARRANTED IN
EVERY PARTICULAR.
SUMMEY & NEWTON.
For the North East Ga. Railroad!
rpHE undersigned has just returned
_L from New York city, with
A Large and varied Stock
F’-AU.'L cfc WIN TER
ntendruC* Oilier. )
mi A Augusta Railroad, j-
<M*nrg!a an<l >1
Augusta, G January 20,1871. )
AND AFTER SUNDAY,
try 22*1, U7I. the r.Lsst»ugt*r Truiti:
i
OL;
rffi " full',
Day P'uurugrr Train, Daily, Sunday
Ex >cph'd.
Iw«v<> Augusta »i 8 00a.m.
l^oyo Atlanta at 7 10a.m.
Artiv.ju Ailuntaat G Itop.tn.
Itriti ut Augusta at 10p. m.
Sight Pasienyer Train.
l.-»vr Ausnstuat 8 30p. m.
‘*n* Allan';' at Ill 13 p. Ill.
Arri'oat Atlanta at G 10a. in.
Arvi'r a Augusta at 7 :toa. in.
lirndia Passenger Train.
J-ivo Augusta at 4 13 p. in.
i*nr Kvr'Hi.mt 7 ;u;...
Arri'r at Aususta 11 25a.m.
Arrivi- at 1t. r«.'l'a G non. m.
Ik.th Day ami N'ig'at Passenger Trains will make
1 i >aneeti"iis at Augusta ami Atlanta with
tawwaar Trains „( '-"luiecting rea'ls.
lVs.-u.;-rs treat Atlanta, Athens, Washington,
wJ-t.ti.'tts 'in tinirgia Railnwd, Ivy taking the
*tt I>»y Passenger Train will make elose ennnee-
att atnak will, the Maenl) Passenger Traill,
-v'«* h Mae n the same <iay at 7 40 p. in
WarfSl«j,itig Cars.,nail Night Trains.
^Wuleon Miieoii A Anirusta Railroad.
I" late Edict Jan. 23, 1871.
—t'f.eii Augusta and Macon—Day Pas-
*"T r Train Daily, Sunday Excepted.
J«*'r Augusta at ..12 00noon.
“*'» Marnn at _.r, on a. in.
•«ntfat Man,nut 7 40 p. in.
at Augusta at 1 43 p. m.
* Train arriving nf Mac«tn at
vitHkL!?"’ close connections with Train* of
Macon.
Macon at 6 a. m., will make
frain fUT!*** al L'amnk with Up Ihtv l*aK*engcr
n ,■ Athens, Washington, and all
Vsi'caA.swlry.v a . t a At-
s. K. JOHNSON, Supt.
Saunders, Ui & Milter,
AND
Commission Merchants
HA VST., SAVA XXA X, GA.,
^7"T.,HALT1M0RE, MI).
bt lk” ,7sW(^ 0 ” rn, *s;gitinents. Agents
feaae'"lann. set 8-:tm
^ond your Old Furniture to
WOOD’S
JJEPa.TR STIOR,
L, ," Episcopal Church,and have it
* Jf. IDE IIOODA S NE IP.
E. S. ENGLAND & CO.,
^RE NOXV RECEIVING T1IEI Ii
NEW FALL STOCK!
Selected with care by one of the firm, in New
York, to which they invite the attention of their
cu*tomci*and the public. They have agxxo*la*s«»rt-
tnent of
STAPLE&FANCf DRYGOODS
nKOI'RIIIKN.
(•UOVIMIONM,
HAIIEIWARR.
(KUtliRltr,
HATH. 4'A PH,
BOOTH,
HIIOK*.
Anil in short, everything in the way of
Family and Plantation Supplies,
They will pay the HIGHEST PRICE FOR
COTTON or other Produce,and
Wall store C olton at 25 C’raale n Bale
per month.
We arc determined todeal fairly, sell low, and by
rl«M*e attention to business lio]»e to please old custik-
mers and make many new ones. scptltaf
CONSISTING OF
Dry Goods,
Groceries,
Crockery,
Shoes,
Mats,
Caps,
BAGGING AND TIES
HEMLOCK LEATHER,
Sail, Ac., flV<c.
Which he offers to the country at large at as
REASONABLE PRICES
as the same p*km1s can be 1 mug lit
IX AXY MARK El IX THE
SOUTHERX STATES,
Freight added. As I am determined to
Sell as Loav as Anybody,
in this or any other market, I invite my old custo
mers ami the public generally, to
OlVf A DALI I
AXD EXAMINE FOR T1IEMSEL VES.
I shall continue to
Buy Cotton and Country Produce,
At tlic Highest Market Price.
S. C. DOBBS.
sort l.vtf
Fireside Miscellany.
How to Manage Him.
“ now shall you manage your husband V'
I will tell you, my dear, if I can.
He is really a wonderful creature,
That troublesome animal—man.
Yes, really a wonderful creature,
Inconsistent and queer;
But you’ll soon know the secret by learn
ing
The modus operandi, my dear.
If he stays out two late in the evening,
Partaking of supper and wine,
Don’t prove him a base fabricator
XVben he comes by asking the time....
For he surely will tell you the town clock
But a moment before rang out one—
When it struck he had counted it over
Just three times before it had done.
And then if his liat, in the morning,
Is smaller by far than bis bead,
Don't hint by merest allusion,
That his lordship went tipsy to bed,
But rattier regard the occurence,
A phenomenon puzzling, queer,
XVith a strange look of mystification
In your eyes, if he’s watching, my dear.
And don’t fail to sew on his buttons,
And mend all his clothing with care;
Don’t tease him tor money far shopping,
Don't frown when he acts like a bear.
Don’t tell him too otten, my deary,
That your head is aching with pain,
Lest he whispers, way down in his bosom,
“ Oh, I wisli I was single again !”
Don’t tell him, that housemaid,
And Ann, the obstreperous cook,
Refuse to receive your suggestions
XVith even as much as a look;
Don’t tell how very annoying
You so often found it to be
To be told to “ get out of the kitchen,
And don’t come a botherin’ me.”
to get a glimmer of the truth, he desired to converse with me quietly*
JAY 0. GAiLEY,
I NVITES ATTENTION TO HIS
NEW KALI. STOCK
CROCSC3&B.T
AND
^ rr '<o, Biisrgy & Wagon
. ,!UTERIAL.
‘ V. . ‘-U’JIE LOT direct from the
n^**' ! a* r y» aw< * W H11* >old a* low a* can
in the State, freight added.
- ^-MMEY& NEWTON,
Blacking Brushes,
DOZEN.
NEW FALL GOODS.
C ENTER it REAVES have now in
More and to arrive,
MO Bug* offer,
IOO Barrel* *aignr,
400 Niu’Uh Malt,
IO Toii« Iron Tien,
3.000 Hard* llngging.
AN<» a large and Vcll-M'lecled stock of
STAPLE GOODS.
n hieh wo offer low t«i the public for cash or pro
duce. We are al*o agent.* for the celebrated
I'lRVEK COTTON GI.Y.
aug 27-3 iu
SHARP & FLOYD,
Successors to (icorge Sharp, jr.,
AND
Silver
A tlanta, Ga.
XV E OFFER a large variety of
FINE WATCHES,
CLOCKS,
JEWELRY.
SILVER WARE,
SPECTACLES,
FANCY GOODS,
FINE BRONZES,
AXI) STATUARY.
XVE HAVE A FULL CORPS OF
CHIMXEYS AXD
PURE KEROSENE OIL!
xamine his stock before purchasing.
Call and •
aept 15-tf.
[sgravni
Manufacture many Fine Goods
in nur uwn .hop, and arc ,> re pared to FILL JIXY
OlillLUS f.ir gotnlv or work promptly.
tijJ. All m>«d. engraved free of charge,
\\ u make a apccialty or
S FOR FAIRS!
and are prepared to give any information on ap
plication. We guarantee the
LARGEST ASSORTEMNT,
TIIE FINEST GOODS,
T1IE LOWEST PRICES,
AN D THE BEST WORK.
Gall and see us.
SHARP & FLOYD,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta.
May 23-1 y
AT THU
■ --gW DitlK; STORE.
$Jgk *, Juveniles.
y Books—
"•* recrlvwl at
hl-’S ItOOKtSTOUE.
Sttlmni Books.
•k.*. • w e®entary Spoiling
Hrade^.
i w i. Uirtirtp*c!SS ,i u ou .
‘ C “’
BURKE’S.
T TILL * BRYDYE, at the old es-
A i tanfl*iie*l
HAH BER-SHOP,
am Broad street, over the store of Messrs. J. R. A
L. C. Matthews, have the best and most attentive
workmen and all the modern appliances for SHAY*
I Mi. NIIAXIMMIIML llAIU.DltE.SMXC. etc. La
dles anil children waited on at their residence.,
when desired. Pott mortem cases will receive
prompt and careful attention. July 28.
NORTH EAST GEORGIA
JSl-c* /SLS 0® •
G RAND EXHIBITION!!
FOR THE
Farmers, Mechanics and Hoiueicives of
Xorth-East Georgia.
Open*! Every Slay !
T 1IB SEASON for Fairs is at hand and being un
willing that Athens should he Behind other
places r f lc># importance,llfflvc determined to hare
A Commercial Exposition,
At My Old Stand, No. 7, Broad St.
To make the display attractive, I have visited
le Northern markets, and brought out many
STOVEt-TlESt
Embracing a very handsome display in seasonable
DRY GOODS!
An unusual assortment of
For Men, Women and Children ; aud an unequalled
variety of useful articles for
For Home and Farm!
In (act, the Establishment, heretofore known as the
44 Planter’s Store,”
o become the favorite headquarter* for farm sup
plies, if complete stock and fair deaUng can make
It so.
An attrartiTo feature of this Orand Exhibition,
will be its display of
GLASSWARE,
Lamps and Lamp Fixtures,
Far ahead of anything heretofore offered, and con
stituting a leading
g3ts>aaqg£3^.YT.a , g >, sy
well worth the attention of Housekeeper*.
There will always be a complete assortment of
FAMILY G80CIB1E8!
of the best grades, and special attention paid to the
regular supply of GOOD FLOUR, MEAL, and
PROVISIONS. GENERALLY.
For the accommodation of builders a large supply o
Carriage, Buggy & Wagon
^ LARGE and well selected assort-
, moot, for sale by
CHILDS, NICKERSON & CO.
TIKON, STEEL, HARDWARE,
-L Nail*, lloes. Axes. Chains and Rubber Belting
lor sal by SUMMEY A NEWTON.
may always be found.
As all these attractive and useful goods are to be
sold at
my old cu*tomcrs and the public are invited to call
and examine them, if they have anything to sell,
the Highest Market Price will always be paid for it.
J. H. HUGGINS,
sept 15 Sign of “ Planter’s Store,” Athens.
But alway seem cheerful anil happy.
Anil always look pleasant anil gay;
Than a frown there is nothing more po
tent
In driving one's husband away.
And thus you must ever keep striving,
X’ou’ll find it an excellent plan;
But whatever you do, my dear, remember
That your husband is only a man.
Correspondence of the New York Sun.
A XVonan on the Bench.
Cheyenne, Oet. 1.—My last gave
in brief the history of the passage of
the XX T oman’s Suffrage act in XX r yom-
ing. I will now give some of the prac
tical workings of woman suffrage aud
woman officeholiling. The first action
taken under tlic provisions of this law
was the appointment by the Secretary,
as acting Governor, of Mrs. Esther
Morris, of South Pass City, as a Jus
tice of the Peace, for Sweetwater coun
ty. Mrs. Morris qualified, “ remitted
the usual fee of So” to the Secretary',
and entered upon the duties of her of
fice. Nothing usual occurred for some
days; everybody was satisfied with the
new Justice, and the new Justice with
everybody. One day, however, the
wine of bitterness was mixed in her
cup of bliss, and notwithstanding her
womanly and wifely feeling, she was
compelled to drink it. Her better
half, who was now left in charge of the
domestic department of the firm, had,
previous to his retirement to the sweets
of domestic life, occasionally taken a
social glass with his friends. Taking
advantage of his weakness, some friends
waited upon Mr. Morris one day, and
having made Mr. Morris drunk, led,
him into a breach of the peace, then
hastened to the Esquire’s office and
lodged a complaint with her Honor
against her Honor’s “ liege lord and
master,” that used to be, and demand
ed a warrant for his arrest. Mrs. Jus
tice hesitated a moment on the banks
of this woman’s Rubicon, but like
Cajsar she was equal to the emergency,
and promptly crossed into her lord’s
dominions, and her former master was
dragged before her for trial.
Mr. Mon’is’s head was not sufficient
ly dear to comprehend the situation.
He began to assert his sovereign rights
in contempt of court, until suddenly
brought up by the officer in obedience
to the court’s order. Seeing that
things had changed somewhat, and
that Othello’s occupation had been at
least suspended, he began to expostu
late first with the officer, until inform
ed by that functuary that he has no
discretion, but was acting under orders
from the court.
“ XVho is the court, (hie)?” inquired
Mr. Morris. On being informed that
the occupant of the bench was the
judge, Mr. Morris looked at the Justice
with a puzzled air; scratched bis head
in an effort to collect his scattered
thoughts, and ejaculated: “Her—her
—(hie)—you d—d fool—she’s my wife
—(hie)—she is—that’s Esther—my
wife Esther—you’re drunk, or—oh,
don’t bother me (hie),” and he started
to go.
and began a parley
“ Now look here, Mr. Officer, don’t
you be jin a hurry. I didn’t mean anv-
thing.wrong. I want to just talk with
my wife a minute. Now Esther,
whafs the use offoolin; youjist git
down cat of there, and go home aud be
have yourself. HI tend to this little
difficulty myself. Now go right along,
the baby wants nursing. I had to give
it to Mrs. Winslow to get it to sleep
when^I came down. He’s hungry, for
he won’t use that old bottle, and I don’t
bkuq&him, either. The dishes ain’t
Wsoeff, nor the beds made, neither.
And whatfe more, I ain’t goin’ to do it
any more, now. You hear that. No w
start along.
By the time Mr. Morris had deliver
ed himself of this, his tone had chan;
ed as his feeling warmed from that of
expostulation to that of command
again, and the officer forced him into
the rudely constructed lock up in rear
of her Honoris court, and there Mr.
Morris was left to reflect upon the sit
uation, and gaze upon the dividing
wall between himself and wife as the
dividing line between a man’s and wo
man’s rights under the new dispensa
tion.
On the following morning Mr. Mor
ris was arraigned before her Honor,
and in the most sober and subdued
manner, and with the deepest humilia
tion, pleaded guilty, asked the pardon
j of the court for contempt, begged its
clemency and then awaited his sentence
with humility and resignation.
After giviug the prisoner a Caudle
lecture as amended by the laws of
XVyomiug, her Honor imposed the us
ual tine aud required the prisoner to
give bonds to keep the peace, upon
which the court gallantly offered to let
him go, and Mr. Morris vanished.
He seemed to have a foreboding of evil,
for he remarked upon my suggestion
that wo might ba captured, “ they will
never take me alive—they have sworn
to kill me if they ever catch me again.”
XVe still rode in advance, and entered
Greenville fully fifteen minutes before
our advance guard.
The General, after directing me as
to the disposition of the troops, estab
lished his headquarters at the house of
Mrs. XVilliams, but immediately sent
for a detail of a lieutenant and ten men,
learned that upon our arrival a Mrs.
Blacksmith's Bellows, Anvils
T7TSES, HAMMERS, Stock and
\ Die*. Ac. F r sale by
march 31 CHILDS, NICKERSON A CO
BARTRAM’S IDEAL
Florence WlUori, author of “ Yiria,’
n.. v- -.Dtffr
Simon: s lore story; by OcoreeSuid. 59 cents.
Good for Nothing: a novel; by Whyte Melvlllo,
author of ” Digby Grand,” etc. GO cents.
■NTIGEL
by Plot
etc. GO cents.
meats were effected by almost crawl
ing and taking advantage of each bush,
as the enemy were not over twenty
yards from us; and crouching down
among the vines, Mr. Johnston and
myself again urged him to go up to the
house. This he refused, and told us
that we had better separate, as three
together might be perceived. In leav
ing the General shook hands with me
and remarked:
“You will never see me again.”
I had gone but a few steps when I
heard him call oat:
(>cn. 'Ionian's Death.
117to Betrayed Him—.1 Statement from
Major C. J Withers—His Chief of
Stuff—Mrs. Williams Watermelons.
Savannah, Oct. 25, 1871.
Editor Morning News.
Dear Sit:—My attention having
been called to nu article which appear
ed in a Memphis paper—under signa
ture of General Alvin C. Gillem, U.
S. A.—purporting to be a true version
of the manner in which Gen. John H.
Morgan was killed, and the statement
made by your efficient correspondent,
whom I suspect to be an old and re
spected friend, in your issue of the
24tli inst, compels ine, very reluctant
ly, to appear in print to refute a willful
misrepresentation on the part of the
former, and au unintentional mistake
of my worthy comrade. I had intend
ed, soon after the war, and several
times siuce, to have published a state
ment of what passed under my j person
al observation on that eventful 4th of
September, the dies irie of our com
mand, but cautious friends advised
against any reopening of dead issues to
incite fresh animosities, which our
model (?) nccept-the-situation:sts declar
ed would delay the day of the Prodi
gal’s return to the bosom of this “ Glo
rious Union.” The letter iu the Mem
phis Appeal determined my course, and
I had already commenced a reply,
when your correspondent's notice of
the circumstance causes me to hastily
lay before your readers, and all who
love our dear South and the glorious
cause so manfully maintained, as suc
cinct a statement as I can possibly
make of the true events of that mourn
ful day.
To anticipate: On the morning of
the 2d of September, 1864, I received
orders from General Morgan, then at
Adingdon, Va., to have the command
ready for immediate movement. At
that time it consisted of the Old bri
gade, under command of Colonel D.
Howard Smith, the Second brigade,
under command of Colonel H. L. Gilt-
ner, and n detachment of General
\ r aughn’s brigade (the latter composed
of stragglers, men reporting from leave
of absence, &c., their brigade being
absent with General Early in Mary
land), under command of Colonel XV.
E. Bradford—the whole force number
ing, as well as I can recollect thirteen
hundred men. XVe were stationed at
Carter’s Station, on the East Tennes
see and Virginia railroad, about thir
ty miles from Greenville. Later in
the day, orders came for the force to
move, the next morning early, on
Greenville, and on the 3d Gen. Mor-
XVilliams, daughter-in-law of our hos
tess, had suddenly taken her departure,
for the ostensible purpose of getting
some “ watermelons.” To those who
know that smile when he was angry, I
refer whether the General suspected
treachery, or not. His reply to me
was that he “ wished the men to assist
Mrs. XVilliams iu bringing back her
watermelons, and that they must go
until they found her.” XVhen alone
he told me his suspicions that Mrs.
XVilliams had gone to give information
to the enemy—“but that was nothing,
as a thousand of our noble girls had
brought us news; but 1 must prevent,
if possible the enemy getting wind of
our approach.” The scoutiug party
returned unsuccessful, after a diligent
search, aud reported that she had not
been to the farm to which the elder
Mrs. XV. had said she had gone.
In the disposition of the division,
Col. Bradford was placed on the ex
treme left, his left resting on the No-
lichuckv river, and his line extending
in a semi-circle until it touched Col.
Giltneris left, and the latter in the
same manner to the left of Col. Smith
—thus forming two-thirds ot a circle
around Greenville, fronting the enemy’s
position, and about two miles from the
town. I intimated the propriety of
placing Col. Smith in Bradford’s posi
tion, as the force of the latter was with
out regular organization, but the Gen
eral said that he intended his men
should lead the charge iu the morning,
and that he desired they should be re
lieved from all duty.
A written order was dispatched to
Col. Bradford to select his best officer
and fifty picked men ns a scouting par
ty, with instructions to advance toward
Bull’s Gap until they struck the enemy’s
position, and to feel his picket until
the command arrived the next morn
ing. Captain Clay and Major Gossett
were ordered to ride over the picket
line, aud see that every road and by
path wsis properly guarded, and at 11
o’clock p. ji. they rejiorted that all in
structions had been fully executed.
After issuing orders for the com
mands to rendezvous on the Bull Gap
road at daylight the next raorniug, the
General retired. lie occupied a frout
room alone. At daylight on the morn
ing of the 4th, I was uwakened by the
sentinel on duty, and went into the
General’s room to awaken him. Upon
inquiry, finding that it was raining, he
instructed me to countermand the or
der for immediate movement, and fix
ing 7 o’clock as the hour.
After receiving receipts from the
different brigade commanders, I re
turned to bed, and was awakened by
the heavy firing around the house.—
Hastening into the General’s room, I
found that he had gone out, and on
searching found him in the garden. A
description of the grounds will better
enable your readers to fully understand
subsequent events. The inclosure oc
cupied just one block, and therefore
was surrounded by four streets. On
the northern side, and occupying al
most the whole space, stood the house,
a large, substantial brick, fronting
south. To the right and southward
were the stables, and still further, and
reaching to the front street, was a small
vineyard of probably two hundred
vines. In the southeast corner of the
lot stood a small frame church, raised
on brick eolumns about three feet from
the ground. The remainder of the lot
was filled with flowers and shrubbery.
I found the General in the vicinity
of the church, and we took refuge un
der it to consult. He directed me to
go to the top of the house to see if there
was an opening through which we
could pass, and upon reaching the up
per rooms, I went into each opening in
different directions, and found every
street blocked with cavalry, while lines
of men were riding around next the
fence (a high plank fence), shooting iu
gan, with Maj. XV. C. Gassett, G. M.,
Captain Heniy Clay, Acting Aid-de- all directions through the grounds.
Camp. Captain James Rogers, Acting
Inspector General, and L. C. John
ston, a clerk in my office, arrived on
the train, and we immediately proceed-
1 Lock up the prisoner for contempt ed to Jonesboro, at that time tho ter*
of court,” said Mrs. Morris to the of
ficer.
“ XVhat have you to say about it,
eh ?” blurted out Mr. Morris, stagger
ing menacingly toward the Judge.
“ You will find I have all to say
about it Officer lock him up,” replied
her Honor.
Although badly mixed, Mr. Morris
minus of the road. XVe here met the
command, and advanced in regular
marching order on Greenville.
Not having an opportunity on the
train of discussing his plans, the Gen
eral invited me to ride forward with
him, and we rode beyond our advanc
ed videttes. I remonstrated against
this as dangerous, but the General said
could also see squads of meu at the
terminus of each street on the outskirts
of the village. Reporting these facts
to the General, I urged him to go into
the house and there surrender, as it
was our only chance, and that growing
momentarily less, as the fire was grow
ing heavy and at point-blank range.
He replied:
“ It is useless; they have sworn nev
er to take me a prisoner.”
Hearing the church being forced
open, we crossed over into the vineyard.
It must here be stated that all move-
Stopping immediately, I looked
round, and up the outside of the fence,
almost over the General, who had risen
and was holding up his hands, sat a
Yankee with guu presented, who re
plied :
“Snrrendcrand be God damned—I
know you”—and fired. I was so close
that to this day I firmly believe that I
can identify the man.
As soon as the shot was fired, and
the General fallen, he commenced
shouting: “ I’ve killed the damned
horse-thiefand began tearing down
the fence, in which he was soon assis
ted by a large crowd of his comrades.
[I neglected to mention that while we
were dodging about in the garden,
some fiends, in the noble guise of wom
en wi .2 calling to the Yankees from
their upper windows : “ Yonder he
goes! ’ “ That’s him!” “ That’s Mor
gan 1” &c.l
Being soon after captured, and taken
some distance out of town, I saw noth
ing of the General’s body until, when,
after repeated solicitations, the Ser
geant who had me in charge con
sented to take me to Gen. Gillem, the
commander of the Federal forces, and
on my way there I was stopped by a
crowd of half drunken wretches, who
made me dismount. “ They wanted
to show me something.” That “ some
thing" was the dead body of Gen. Mor
gan thrown in a muddy ditch by the
road side, the features almost undis-
tinguishable from mud and blood, and
the body under save a pair of drawers,
the clothing then being torn up into
small pieces as souvenirs of the “ Dead
Lion.”
Upon reaching the town I found
General Gillem at Mrs. XVilliams’
house, and with him was the Miss. XVil
liams who had gone out the day be
fore after “ watermelons” (?) aud who
had returned, strange to say, about the
same time, with the Yankees. I stat
ed to General Gillem that my object
in coming to him was for permission
to get the General’s body, “ as his men
were treating it like a dog.”
“ Ay, sir, and it shall lie there and
rot like a dog,” was his reply; and
then followed a scries of abuse, which
would scarcely be palatable to your
readers or pertinent to this statement.
Suffice it, he rejected every proposition
by which I had hoped to have succeed
ed in getting the General's body to his
friends.
Our force having rallied, Gen. Gil
lem was summoned to the front, untl
one of his staff, whom I have thought
was Col. Brownlow, though my mem
ory may be at fault, but who, never
theless, seemed a gentleman, offered to
bring in the body, which was done, and
in a small back room CapL Jas. Rogers
and myself, with the assistance of a
negro man, washed anil dressed it.—
The wound was full in the breast, and
seemed to have glanced on the breast
bone, ]>assing through the heart aud
coming out under the left arm. The
head was much bruised and the skin
broken in several places upon tlie face
and temples, seeming a verification of
tlie statement that the body was thrown
over a horse, with the head dangling
against tlie stirrups.
Such, Mr. Editor, is a plain, unvar
nished statement of facts, so far as my
memory goes, for I have no data upon
which to rely. I sent a similar state
ment to Col. Reedy, the father of Mrs.
Morgan, immediately after my escape,
and when I reached Canada, I also
wrote more fully to the General’s moth
er, in Lexington, Kentucky, aud to
Col. Dick Morgan, then a prisoner at
Fort XVarren. This is another reason
why I have not given this statement
sooner to the public, as I felt that, as
the General’s immediate family were
in possession of the facts, they would
publish them, if they thought it best.
Now, however, as Gen. Gillem has
deemed it prudent to make a statement,
and as one of our own staff has indors
ed it, I can no longer remain silent,
not only in justice to the history of our
holy cause, but to the sacred memory
of one with whom it was my honor and
privilege to serve, aud than whom
there breathed no more noble and gal
lant spirit, whose name will be fondly
cherished when those of his foul mur
derers shall have perished in oblivion
Very respectfully,
• C. A. XVithers,
Formerly Adjutant General on the
\ staff of Gen. John H. Morgan
A good instance of “ sharp practice”
is that of a man in Ohio, who was ac
quitted of murder on a plea of insani
ty. He had seemed his lawyers by
giving them a mortgage on his form,
but now repudiates the mortgage on
the ground that he was insane when
he made it, a»x»rdiug to the shewing
of these same lawyers.
The ILerahl says: “ The dam .t. I
for oranges .from the St. John's river Ih
season induces the belief that this g>»';de t
fruit will bring a good price. Th • tact
is, tlie people are just beginning to r t qjto*
tlie value of the large, delicious o-.m-'c
gitown iu this region. One home it-
Hartford, Conn., lust winter paid M r , II.
L. Hart forty dollars a thousand for all
that he could deliver.
Mere Knowledge for Farmers.
Whatever stimulates thought, other
things hcingequr.l, induces thrift. An
uuthinking father cannot be prosper
ous, because without thero cau be no
method, and without method there can
be no success on the form. Reading
suggests subjects of thought and this,
added to the practical skill cf the far
mer, often produces valuable results.
It is only the uneducated and thoso
who do not read that decry agricultur
al journals and agricultural, works, amt
of course, are iguorant of what they
condemn. Their judgment in the mat
ter is worth nothing, because it doc*
not rest upon competent knowledge.—
A farmer is often successful though lie
may not read, but it (loci not follow
that he does not think. Such a one
might have been still more successful
had his horizon of thought lx'on en
larged by a systematic course of read
ing. Every man feels instinctively
that the greater the atnouut of knowl
edge he can bring to bear on his busi
ness, the greater will l>e his success,
provided, the same exertion is used in
the one case a* in the other. It is ab
surd to say that it is a Jisa lvantage
to one’s business to.learn all he can
about his business, and yet there are-
many persons who maintain that reading
about farming is of no profit, though tho
same persons will ask and follow the*
advice of competent farmers in their
own neighborhoods. In other words,,
according to them, the advice is good if"
communicated orally, hut if conveyed
though a newspaper it is worthless.—
This unreasoning and senseless prejn»
ili^, we are glail to know, is rapidly
passing away and many men who, ten
years ago, felt an opposition to, aniL
spake iu derision of, agricuturul works;
are now the most ardent supporters «F
them. As the light of knowledge ad
vances, the clouds of ignorance, error
and prejudice are dispelled, and science-
with its ever-widening and ever-vary
ing horizon throws forth light upon
every department of human industry,,
and most of all upon the business of
agriculture. XVithin the post thirty
years it has advanced from an ignoblo-
art to a dignified science, and farmers
should feel and know and appreciate
that in all those movements, it magni
fies their calling and elevates them iui
social influence, and advances them in
material prosperity. Tho greatest
enemy to the farmer is the farmer him
self. XVere he to show an eagerness
and anxiety for the elevation of his
vocation, it would soon rank with the-
so-called learned professions, and tho
vocation would be regarded by the
mass of mankind as distinct from tho
business of a mere laborer as that of a
lawyer from a lawyer's clerk, or that of'
a physician from a mere apothecary.—
No occupation is so well calculated to
keep in equilibrium all tho powers of
the mind and body. It calls forth the-
most varied qualities; patience, care
aud diligence; zeal, industry and econ
omy ; tact and skill to direct and man
age—no faculty of the intellect of mus
cle or feeling of the heart but what is:
brought into requisition by the success- ’
ful farmer. Deepscienc - anil pliant
art must unite in him. He must not;
only know how to direct, but he must,
know how to execute. Let thcim
train and prepare themselves by in
creased knowledge for tho brilliant fu
ture that lies open iiefore them ami
take that position which the God of
Nature intended for them.
Agriculture is the foundation of alB.
the arts of civilization, the support of*
commerce, tho ground work of nation <B
wealth, the prop and stay and substra
tum of public morals and national
strength. It implies an ownership in
the soil and a consequent patriotism.
XX’lmtcver class owns the land of a
country should fell the deepest inter
est in the material interests of tho
country, and in the enforcement of
laws for the preservation of peace and
the protection of |)crsuns and property,
They should he educated and instruc
ted sons to advance the standard of
civilization and exact tlioes humaniz
ing influences which distinguish the
cultivated man from the ignorant sav
age. More knowledge, more light, a
higher social position in the scale of
society should be the aim and end of
every farmer in the land—.Nashville
Union and American.
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