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I lawtlg lonrnal—gtboteb to Jetos, fjolitks, Jitmta, Jgriotlture, anti % Jnkstrial Interests of % Jeople. IS MILLARS FeiTaNNBM IN~lDYANCL ATHENS, GA. NOTMEBER10, 1871. VOL. XLI.—NO. 11--NKW SERIES VOL. 5. NO. 3 |l\f Southern ||amtcv. •' i . :il.. . WKKKLT, 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. ! ii Hi