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WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION.’'
volume XX.
GAv, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 29, 1866.
NEW SERIES—NO. 44
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Petroleum Prospects at Gadsdfen.
We learn from those who saw Mr.
Rogers, the Superintendent of the
oiks, as lie passed through Rome on
steiday, that the prospect of obtain-
ig a rich supply of petroleum at Gads-
rais not at all diminished. They
re boring a well 51 inches in diameter,
ud,on last Wednesday morning they
ad arrived at the depth of 515 feet,
ie last 300 feet being through lime-
rock. They first struck oil at the
tpth of 150 feet from the surface, and
omthat point downward, as often as
sices were struck, oil has been ob‘
*1. The rock they are now per-
II5| ing partakes more of the character
'sandstone, in which deposite oil is
found in richest abundance.—
'ebelieve, in fact, that it has never
found in any other formation,
' ^undantlv, except in Canada,
itdish
Outrage by Negroes in
Polk County.
three
Slate Roofing.
We call the attention of builders to
the advertisement of 0ol. Seaborn
Jones, of Polk county, who is prepared
to furnish: slate in any quantity for roof
ing. We believe that no sensible man
will hesitate to admit that the slate
makes the very best fire and water
proof roof that can be made. The bean,
ty of the thing is, that it will last a thou
sand years; and- where insurance is
wanted it is, beyond a doubt, the most
econordical. We have taken the trou
ble to make the following calculation :
For example,:tafejeh, house
100 feetby SO, would "re
quire 35 squares Slate, at
§16 50 per square
Or 35 sqares shingles at
§4 00 per square ,
Difference in favor of shin
gle roof
Suppose' you insure 'the
house valued at $10,000,
it would cost' on shingle
roof building
Then §30,000 worth of goods
in shingle roof, building 525 00
§877 50
140 00
737 50
175 00
Total cost of Insurance per
annum, say
Insurance on building
with slate roof, valued at
§10,000, would bo
On $30,000 worth of goods
would be
700 00
80 00
240 00
•320 00
380 00
Difference in favor of slate
roof per annum — --
Which would more than pay for it
self in two years.
.: In ten years the saving Would he
§3,800—enough to put on four slate
roefs entire.
If the party says lie will take the
risk, then he had better make the risk
as small as possible,. ; - •.
For further‘information call on Bur
kett, Jones & Hargrove, agents, Rome,
Chi.
Fine Seasons, Crops, &c.—More rain
fell in this section, during the month of
May, this year, than has ever been,
known beforehand since June come in
rains have been frequent ana refresh
ing. There has seldom been a better
prospect for coru, but, just now, the 1
race between the cotton and grass is
“neck and neck,” and it is hard to tell
which will come in ahead. Ttis now uni
versally conceded that the wheat crop
is a fair one, in this section of Georgia
and Alabama, coming fully up to an
average yield. “Ft is now nearly all
saved. The oat crop is also excellent, ex
cept in some places where It was v> inter
killed.
Episcopal Church of Virgin’s.
At its recent session, the couriciTof
the Protestant Episcopal church of
Virginia, had under disciission a resc*
lution to resume its connection with
the general Convention of that church
in the United States. Several speeches
had been made -pro, and con, when
Major John Page,* of Hanover, a lay
delegate and officer in the “so-called”
Confederate Army, spoke in favor of.
the resolutions. He said, in the course
of his remarks, that it was df no use to
kick any longer, against the pricks.
They had appealed .to battle and the
decision had gone against them. It
was of nb use to make opposition to do
ing a thing When everybody knew they
could not help it. They would better
come up, then, like men, and face the
music. As to feeling, he would tell an
anecdote. There were two bitter ene
mies to each other living in the same
town. One of them as it hapened,
went to a camp-meeting and got “con
verted.” Of course, he had to renounce
his hatred of his enemy; so, coming
back to town, and meeting him in the
street he held out liis hand in a friend
ly way and said; “How are you Dick?
I’m humble enough, now, to shake hands
with a dogV
This story, says a reporter, ^brought
down the house,” from its venerable
President to the youngest person pres
ent. There was no attempt at order
until the peals of laughter had subsid
ed.’^ .
The resolution was adopted by a
vote of 93 to 20.
Roue Gas Company.—The stockhol
ders are requested to meet at, Mr. Co
hen’s store at 6 o’clock Monday even
ing. Important interests are to be at
tended to.
School Examination.
The examination of Mr. Nevin s
school will take place next Tuesday and
Wednesday, at the Methodist church.—
The patrons and public are invited.
Drugs and Medicines.—Messrs.-Now-
lin L, Maupin, we are pleased to learn,
are doing a large and increasing busi
ness. They are particularly careful
that every article they _sell shall be ex
nuantly, except m Canada, afc . fc , g 6nted , and pby-
fiows copiously from lime- sic J ns and others may find this a good
place to buy—See adv.
Stay Law.
The constitutionality of the. “stay
weeks since two negro.) law;” says the Recorder, was thorough-
f ‘ .y ■ l y discussed last week before the _ Su-
\ preme Court. Gov- Brown opened the
V > • .) argument and maintained the constitu-
V tionality of the law with strong argu
ments—as strong as could be found on
his side of the question.
Gen.Cobb followed, and presented
the unconstitiitionality of the ..law. He
did himself great credit, and made as
able an argument on his side as could
well be done. . - , ,, „
Col. Hbwkins and Col. Saffiuel, Hall
followed, maintaining the constitution
ality of the law, Judge Lyon the uncon
stitutionality, and Judge Stephens and
Bernard Hill the constitutionality. The
speeches ef all of the gentlemen were
aole and learned. All the authorities
on both sides were presented.
Since the foregoing was in type,, we
learn that the Hon. A. fl. Stephens will
be heard, this week, in support of the
“Stay law,” and that Gen. Qobb will
have the right of reply.
Mr. Hightower, has not yet
' wrested. These are the facts in
! ,. a ffair as we get them
® ‘able citizens of that county,
^account, as'given in the Cherokee
lSer . we are assured is entirely
° Us > no Bueh brutal barbarity, as
n a ‘leged, having been 1 practiced
i —Tire Senate amend.
—j-ue oena.be amei
„ , 6 tax Kill fixing the rate on
r * ^ To cents a pound, greatly
Uprise, has passed that House.
esunjQ t jj e jt a( jj ca j s mus fi h a v e
r j a that a tax of five cents
0u j. r ° i * >it ^ ts cultivation—which
in,. . av% ^ 0n e—and Unis they
»** after too much, would
venue from this source.
at Bay convict has just
accamuiated
Montreal lass, on*
t.» ’ aB e *°ped with a “hariny
i New . Counterfeits.—On Saturday
June 9th, the Treasury Department re
ceived from Decatur, Alabama, twp
new counterfeits (legal - tender of the
denominations of §100 and §50.) They
are well intended to deceive, but on
comparison with the genuine note they
can readily be detected, as the lettering
is not as clearly printed-as in the genu-
ine, but is somewhat blurred; the pa
per of a poor quality, and’the color Ox
the note altogether too light.
ngy it, js said that bail to the
amount of two million dpllars.can be
procuredjn Baltimore for Mr. Davis, m.
five hoars. Twenty five thpuspmd .dol
lars have already been subscribed to
defray the expenses of his trial.j
- y^p-Tho Democrats have doubtless
been defeated in the Nebraska elections
while in Washington Territory they
have the victory.ft ..
The result of the Oregon elation
remains in doubt. Both parries claim
the State by a majority oi 600.
A Bold Speech in ‘Congress. ~
A Washington dispatch in the Charles
ton Courier of Tnsday says:, .
Mr. Harris, of . Maryland, made a
old and .^extraordinary speech in the
House torday. He maintained the
right ,of secession, and , said : the South
had -exercised^ that ,?ight, and . were
now Foreign States. He said he would
vote against their representation here.
During this extraordinary speech,
Mr. Harris said that though the Con
federate standard had been lowered,
the standard of Southern pride was as
high as ever. He said the fact that
their soil covered the bones of three
-hundred thousand' of. their invaders
was.not calculated to*lower their tone.
He also said that Johnson was illegally
President because he was a citizen of a
Foreign State. He likewise denounced
the military trial and execution of
Mrs. Surratt.
as
The speech created a great sensation,
well it might on account of its iold-
ness.
.Commencement Xt Athens.—The Com
mencement Exercises of the University
of Georgia, commence on Sunday, July
1st, with the Commencemen sermon by
the Chancellor... The Sophomore exhi
bition takes place on Monday, 2d; the
Junier, exhibition on .Tuesday, 3d; the
Commencement on Wednesday, 4th,
and on Thursday, July 5th the^ Hon.
II. R. Jackson, ,of Savannah, will de-
liirnw on r\Pfi*inr» hpfnrft til3 litCf&TV SO”
liver an ora*ion before the literary so
cieties.
A Suit.—Dr. Manning, of Palmer,
Mass., has brought a suit-against, W..S.
Nichols,,of Munson, .to recover §200
for medical attendance upon his daugh
ter. who, for several years has been un
able to walk or talk. Dr. Manniitg-says
he commenced treating her in January
last, and'agreed to charge nothing for
his services unless.he could make her
walk and talk before the first of May.
The young lady did recover previous to
that time, and her friends decline pay
ing the Doctor’s bill, claiming that her
remarkable cure was affected by the
prayers of the church, and nofby any
medicine of the Doctor’s.
Good Bye, Yankee Sknle Marta.
The following pathetic farewell ad
dress was recently delivered by one of
those disinterested, philanthropic teach,
ers of the sable sons of the South .*
The kind instructress leaned to the
“sable" tenement as an immortal^soul,”
and said, with an angelic kindness
beaming through her emerald glasses.
“Dear Disley, I am soon to leave you*
and may never' return You must be
a good girl, _ and apply yourself dili
gently to your books. . Oh, how I loVe
you, and all my dear colored pupils.—
Tell all of them you meet I -have had
my photograph taken, and have one for
each of them. They must each bring
a-dollar and get one.
Touraments—An ungallant country
editor thus discourses :
Tournaments are all the fashion in
some pafts of the country—a tourna
ment consists in a parcel of awkward
fellows-trying to poke a stick through a
ring suspended by a cord. He who
succeeds in getting his stick through
the ring, oftenest, gains the prize—a
npsegay of roses or. other vegetables—
presented by the “t>ueen of Love and
Beauty” generally, the pretties woman
in the crowd. A tournament is a
modification of the . old game called
“Hoopem Snivey” post.-as; Corquet is
of Sbinney), which useff tp he very
popular in doggeries in' old times, the
only, diference is, that one. of, .the play-
erp tries .to thrust a stick through a
ring, while in the other he throwns
the suspended ring at a hook in the
wall with a view to catching it thereon.
Great sport is a tournament so is
Hookem Snivey, hut neither of them
come up to marbles..
..Misplaced Confidence.—An old col
ored preacher.at Fort Gibson, Mississip
pi recently Baptised thirty colored con
verts, and after the ceremony he
charged them a dollar a piece.—
On the following Sunday he. only suc
ceeded in inducing two to present them
selves, who were willing to pay. , Be
coming indignant at the parismony of
his congregation,‘herefused to- baptize
the, candidates for glory, saying he
warnt’ “agwine to slosh himself up for
no two dollars.”
Central Raii-road.—The first
through passenger train from Savarmaji
to, Macon, passed over'this road on
Tuesday night 17th inst.
MINUTE OF POINTS.
Decided by the Supreme Court at Milledge-
Ga., June Term, 1866-^Continued.
Jackson, Adm’r. ^ )
In Equity—From
vs.
Johnson & Wife. ) Richmond.
Harris, J.
1. The decisions of the courts of oth
er States, are not binding here as au
thority. They are only guides so far as
their reasoning may be satisfactory, a .
2. An administrator appointed-in Al
abama, residing there, solv.ent 'himself,
and under bond for the ; djie. perform
ance of his trust, cqriiiot, upon -earning
into this State on a.visitor, -far, purpos
es of business,,Be called to account here,
in a court of equity, at the instance of
distributees residing here, for waste or
maladministration.—Judgement Revers
ed,. .
Dougherty for Plaintiff in error.
Bigham for Defendants.
.- A member of judge Lumpkin’s fam
ily being-related by marriaga to one of
the parries, he took no partin deciding
this case.
Abbott
vs.
Debmot.
k
Equity—From. Fulton.
for
- from
Lumpkin, C. J.
1. Ignorance of fact is no cause
resciding a contract.
2. On the 1st of May, 1865, after Gob.
Johnson had surrendered the forces
and territory under his command, and
Before.that event became known in
Atlanta, Dermot sold and conveyed to
Abbot certain real estate in that city,
receiving from him the agreed price in
Treasury notes of the Confederate
States, both parties being ignorant
alike of the surrender. The currency
became, valueless very soon- after . news
of the surrender; was received : : Held--r
.That a Court oi Equity will not recind
the contract and cancel the deed at the
instance of Dormott, the vendor.—
Judgement reversed. ! '.
; Hammond, Burnett & Bleckley for
Plain tiff in error.
Brown & Pope for Defendant.
McLaughlin & Co., ]
vs. j- Assumpsit
O’Dowb. j Richmond.
Lumpkin, J.
1. Under the Ordinances of the Con
vention, the jnry, in adjastingthe equi
ties of the parries, are not bound to re
duce Confederate money to its specie
value. The Ordinance wisely gives the
jury a wide latitude.
2. The Court can discover no dis
tinct legal reason for setting aside the
verdict in this case.—Judgement affirm
ed.
Miller for Plaintiff in error.
. Walton for Defendant.
Beery and Others 1
vs. > Scire facias—From
The State. j Gordon.
Walker, J.
A recognizance given by the master
for the appearance of his slave to an
swer a criminal charge, is no longer op
erative, since the abolition of slavery.—
Judgement Reversed.
Aiken for Plaintiffs in error.
Parrott, Sol. General for Defendant.
GsSk )
vs, >- Misdemeanor — From
The State. ) Whitfield.
, Harris, J.
A druggist selling at his drag store
whisky, less than a quart, on the state
ment of a physician that .it is wanted
for medical purposes, is, if not licensed
as a retailer of. spirituous liquors, sub
ject to indictment and conviction for
retailing without a license.—Judgement
Affirmed.
Aiken, for Plaintiff in error.
Parrott for Defendant. , \
WRienT 1 '
, • ■ vs. \ From •Rich-
TheGa. R.R.& B’k. Co.
Harris, J. .
Ho motion for a new- trial having
been made in the.court 'below., on the
ground that the verdict was contrary to
evidence, &c„ the verdict will, not be
disturbed in this coart.—Judgement af
firmed. !
Pottle for Plaintiff in error.
Starnes for Defendant.
Judge Lumpkin being a stockholder
in the Georgia Railroad, did not preside
in this case.
amount due on the principal note, less
a collecting fee, and became, himself,
the owner of thereto.- rf Afterwpds the
client refunded to the attorney what he
bad advanced, and took the note 'Back.
All this time the suit on it was still
pending: : Held-^
1. That B, the (creditor, was hound
to no diillgehce touching the collection
of the collateral note; and was not even
authorized to put the same in suit.
2. That he was not precluded by the
regoing facts from collecting the
whole amount ’of the principal note in
the pending action. Judgement affirm
ed.
Aiken for Plaintiff in error.
Underwood for Defendant.
Stanton v; '•
ts yDcbt. From Newton.
Burge. .}•
Lumkin, C. J.
L A plea of non tst factum may be
-filed and sworn to by an executor. And
it may be done , after the appeararce
term—even on - the appeal.
2. An Affidavit to the truth of a plea,-
purporting to be sworn to in open;
court, is good on demurrer to the plea,
though unattested by the Clerk or any
one else.
3. A' charge that it was iiacumbenton
the plaintiff, after plea of non est factum.
to introduce evidence raising a presump
tion of the genuineneseof the note, in
order to entitle him to go to the jury,
and when this waft done, that it was.
stillincuinbent on him. to satisfy .the
jury to a reasonable certainty that the;
note was genuine, is not erroneous.
4. The verdict in this case, is suffi
ciently supported by the evidence.—
Judgehient affirmed.
Clark for Plaintiffin error.
Floyd for Defendant.
[Recorder.
Springer
vs.
The State.
V Robbery—.
] ' n 9-
From Spauld-
Habris, J.
If, while the trial is in progress, one
of the counsel engaged in the prosecu
tion, entertain and protect for a night,
free of charge, the horses of some of the
jurors, a verdict of guilty afterwards
rendered will be set aside and a new
trial granted. Judgement Reverse
Peeples fbHPlaintiff in error.
Hammond, Sol. Gen’L for the State.
Hollad |
vs. . V Misdemeanor From
The State. j Murray.
Walker, J.
Distilling whisky from the seed of
millet Or sugar cane, was made penal
by the Act of 1862, under the terms
“other grain.” A legislative construc
tion of these words, to that effect, is de-
ducible from the Act of 1863. Judge
merit affirmed.
Dabney for Plaintiff in error.
Parrott, Sol. Gen. for State.
. Coulter 1
vs. > Complaint, From Floyd
Wiley. j
Harris, J.
A was-indebted to 5 by note, and was
the holder of a note on C for nearly the
same amount.. He stipulated with B
for twelve, (months indulgence, and
turned over to him C’s note as collater
al security, taking BN receipt therefor,
expressing,that the collateral note was
to be delivered to A- whenever the prin
cipal note was paid: ., i A. few-.. d,ayS be?
fore the period.of indulgence had ex
pired H .put both notes in. the bands of
his attorney for ..suit. .The attorney
sued,on the principal note as ordered,
but with the maker of the collateiral
note he entered into a contract to in
dulge him for twelve months at the
price pf 40 dollars per month. On re
porting this arrangement-to -his client
the latter disapproyed-of it; whereupon,
the attorney advanced to him the whole
From Washington.
Washington, June 2P-—The Secretary
of tne Treasury, in acommunication to
tbb House, expresses.an'opinion based
on bis observation of the .operations of
the Jawyof 1861, that an additional en
actment authorizing the resumption by
the Southern States respectively, of the
remainder of the direct tax due from
each, would, in view of the present
impoverished condition of their people,
prevent much hardship in individual
cases, and save from confiscation the
property of many persons against whom
the government has no grounds, of
complaint, while no public interest
would be injuriously ofiected by the
change. He states, should this policy
be adopted, tba collection of. taxes un
der the present system might and
ought to be discontinued until an op
portunity for assumption be offered.
Whether the amount realized from re
sales of property bid’an-for the Govern
ment should or should not be allowed
to the States respectively, in compu
ting the taxes still due, is a question
well deserving of consideration. .- • > ■
The Senate refused to take, up the
House resolution fixing .a. day for. final
adjournment, but was- engaged ir. con
sidering the tax bill,: and adopted the
amendment fixing a fax-of two cents
per pound on; cotton.’ .
The House refused to concur in the
Senate amendment to the Paris expo
sition bill, and a ’ committee of confer
ence appointed on the disagreeing
votes.
[From the Philadelphia Age.
The Treaty of Vienna.
This famous treaty, made after the
downfall of the first Napoleon, has
been pushed into the . fourgronnd by,
the recent speech of the head of the
-French nation. . By this treaty the map
ol Europe was reconstructed upon dy
nastic considerations. Nationalities
were almost entirely ignored; - nations
were divided; natural boundaries were
overstepped; .language, manners;-, cus
toms and habits were forgotten; the
long established ties of business were
wrenched asunder; old land marks
were obliterated, and nations, or frag
ments of nations were placed under
whatever ruler it was thought could
best serve the ambition of the parties
to the alliance. The contracting na
tions were Austria, France, England.
Russia, Prussia, Spain, Sweeden and
Portugal. By the partition England
acquired the protectorate of the Ionian
Islands, retained posession of Malta,
and preserved the kingdom of Hanover.
In Italy, Milan and Venice were given
to Austria, and Sardinia was confirmed
to Piedmont; while the Duchies of Tus
cany, Parma, Modena arid Placentia
were recognized as sham independent
soveieignties, governed by collateral
branches of the Austrian Hapqhurg.
Austria still further obtained possession
of the Tyrol, Illyria and Dalmatia.
Prussia gained half of Saxony, neirly
all Westphalia, Swedish Pomerania,
and almost all the Lower Rhine pro
vinces, and was at once poshed into a
rivalship with Austria for the leader
ship of the German element in Europe.
In the north of Europe, Russia received
Finland from Sweden, as a compensa
tion for which Sweden received Nor
way, which was taken from Denmark;
and Denmark, who was not represented
at the Congress, got nothing in return.
Holland was given the Belgic Provin
ces and became a kingdom; but Switzer
land was net altered in any material
degree. The same year in which this
Vienna arrangement was completed,
the “Holy Alliance” between Austria,
Russia and Prussia was perfected, by
which they bound themselves to act
for the future on Christian principles
only,,- and immediately proceeded to
enforce -the . absolute supremacy of
kings. . All Europe aquiesced in the
announcement, with three notable ex
ceptions—the Sultap, whose", opinion
was not askedy and .England and the
Pppe, who both declined to fiavc any
thing to do wjth the outrage.
When the partition, made neder the
treaties of 1815 is plainly eet forth, and
the dynastic principle upon which it
rests is explained, it is. no wonder that.
Napoleon declared that herietested the
work of Vienna despoifars. They
would not recognize the Napoleonic dy*
nasty until French bayonets lifted it
on a level with the oldest .thrones, in
Europe, arid then kings and potentates
made pilgrimages to do homage to the
nephew of the man they had united
to hurl from power and influence.
The Vienna conference took no notice
of France save to despoil her, and the
restored despot aided in consummating
the outrage upon Freneh pride and
French nationality, Sub^quent revo
lutions changed the statA of France,
and placed the power in different
hands. The Crimea and Northern
Italy wiped out" a portion of the out
rage ifiicte ■ by the.treaties of 1815, and
now the finishing work lias been inau
gurated by the speech of Napoleon on
tne eve of a continental war.
When the map of Europe is again to
be reconstructed, a Napoleon will be In
council clothed with the power and
might and majesty of France, not
chained to a rock with the vulture of
English hate feeding upon, his life
blood. The world has progressed "since
the “Holy Alliance” was formed, and
even kings ore now elevated to power
and hold their thrones and scepters
more .directly from the people. This
fact Napoleon recognized in bis speech
at' Auxerre, and it . js this principle
which will enable. him^to make practi
cal hid detestation of the treaties of
1815;
New York Cotton Market.
New York, June 20.—Cotton dull.
Sale 4,000 bales, including 3,000 at auc
tion at 39a40c. Flour dull. Inferior
declined—Southern fourteen dollars.
Wheat dull. New Michigan, two
sixty-seven and a half. Com advanc
ed. Beef steady. Pork firm. Sales
13,000 at 23a33}. Whisky dull. Naval
stores dull. Gold 52f.
Henry Ward Beecher on Fenianism
and Reconstruction.
Fnze Fight.
Washington, June 20.—A prize fight
took place this morning at a point on
the.Virginia side of the Potomac liver,
between Sam. Collier, of B-Utimore,
aind Barney Aaron, of New York. For
ty-seven rounds were fought, resulting
in the defeat of Aaron, Both parties
seriously injured. Upon returning to
this city, they, with others concerned,
were arrested aud will be held for a
requisition from the Governor of Vir
ginia.
New York, June 20.—The Catholic
Church at Littleford, in this State, was
burned this afternoon. Loss §15,000.
A Senons Aflair, -
We are informed that a .very serious
difficulty occurred at a singing (school
about five miies from Ahdersonville, in
this county, on Sunday last, between
W. T Thornton, James and John Finch
and Isaac Peak, ou the one side,- and
W. F.,-J» W^and D. W. McMurrain,
three brothers, on the other side. The
cause of the difficultv our informant
did not learn. The McMurrain.s. were
armed,, and it appears an ticipated adifC-
culty; the other party, with the excep
tion of Thornton, were unarmed. Sev
eral shots were passed, one of which
entered the forehead of' Thornton, kil
ling him instantly. One of the Finches
was also severely wounded and has
since died, and Peak is at present ly
ing at the point of death—he having
received several injuries. The McMur-
rians made their escape.—Sumter Re
publican.
Mr. Bancroft is completing his
ninth volume, which will include pret
ty much all that .is : recent in Ameri
can history not already mentioned in
the late Lincoln Eulogy.
ggy A lump of gold taken from the
North Carolina gold mines, weighing
five pounds, is oU exhibition at-. States,
ville, N. C. .It is .the largest lump found
in the State since 1828.
Human Jackals.—A Richmond paper
says : •,• ",
It seems that we told but half the
truth when,yesterday, we described the
conduct of the parties engaged in dis
interring the Federal dead on the bat
tlefields below Richmond. At Gaines’
Mill, Cold Harbor and Sayage Station,
after searching the bodies for money
and jewgjry,. the -■parties pulled open
the'mouths of the corpses, examined if
they were plugged, and if they are, the
the teeth are cracked to pieces with
stones for the sake of the gold filling.
If the'skeletonjhas false sets so much rich
er the finder and tbe gold or metal plates
are wrenched from their deposits with
avidity, and become the spoils of the
grave ghouls. These facts can be vouch
ed for by those who witnessed the dis
interments.
,, -Henry Ward Beecher availed himself
qf a pulpit opportunity, last Sunday
morning, to review the present sitnation
of affairs from the .standpoint ot imme
diate events. Upon the text, “Over
come evil with good,” he applied the
.principle to the duties of communities
and nations to each other. He said:
1 hear men say, “Aha! it’s their, turn
now. Let us. be quiet and allow the
Fenians to return- them some of their
St. Albans courtesies. I’d just like to
see a town or two burned, a bank or so
.robbed, just to let them know-how good
it is;” Well, now that is all wrong; I
will not deny that my natural man was
delicately and -quietly tickled at first
by a ' mischevious sense of poetic jus
tice, but it was only for a moment.
True; the Canadians did act most un
fairly, and the mother country most
wickedly toward us in;our dire distress;
but, if we take like opportunities to
show the saiiie spirit, in what is repub
licanism greater or better than despo-
,tism? I want to heap coals of fire on
their heads by showing the grand spec-
taclaof a Christian nation actuated by
Christian principles.
If England is involved in war,-I don’t
want to see a single ship go out of our
ports to destroy her commerce, and
over the Canadian border I don’t want
to see a single cottage harmed. . I wan t
them to find their evil overcome by
good. The way to Hre in peace Is to be
better than your enemy—in his opin
ion, not yours.
. •* t I don’t know whether
I’d better make a further application
of this principle > or : ndt. -D have not:
been very popular with my people cfq-'
ring the pa»t year. I have failed to
car*y them altogether with me on some
public occasions, and I am sorry, for
them! But I must say, that T cannot
escape the direct bearing of this gospel
law. I am as strong: as ever.fn the Con
viction that the true result of the War
must be recognized.
Whatever went into the Constitution
on account of slavery, most come out;
aud wbat was kept out on account of
slavery must be put "into our organic
law—and-1 have believed and labored
for this as strongly and longer than
many of you: But I have felt that it
should be done in the spirit of love,
not of hatred. I consider-the doctrines
brought forward in tbe House of Rep
resentatives by Mr. Stevens—thougfi
followed in their entirety, -thank God l
by vary few—I- think them to Be. the-
doctriqes of Belial, leading-them to de
struction. The North had. a chance to
show, grace, and love, and - magnanimi
ty. How I longed to see it! Both Con
gress and tjie President should have
been pressed to the Union.. ;
I had hoped to "see the North showing
hqr superiority in Christaiu nobleness 1
and generous fergivness. But I have
been disappointed. It-has not. been
done. You can no more change? rebels
to loyal men by casting them out and
turning -them away; itoan-you-can’ con
vert the wicked by building- up a- wall-
of separation-: between them aud the
good—shutting them out from the very
influences that; should be brought to
bear upon them. “If -thine enemy
hunger, fe'ed-bim; if;he thirst, give him
drink; for in so doing thou shalt heap
coals of r fire upon ;his head; Be not
overcome of evil, ,but overcome evil
.with good.” There, go; vote" that.
You have been talking it long' enough;
doit. You have beeu praying it long
enough; try it-.' *
ggfThe Assistant Commissioner of
the Freedmen’s Bureau for Alabama,
reports that the grain crops of this year
will leach nearly the average before the
war, both in quantity and quality, and
if not wholly consumed by , immediate
necessity for food, will be.able to meet
all future.requirements.For seed. That
it will uot be wholly consumed is in
ferred from the sharp experience they
have had of the necessity for seed, and
from the .fact that mo3t of the per
sons who have grain cropsliavo a little
cotton, which will afford : them relief
before the corn, which is. their princi
pal crop, is ifipe.
|@*The United States District Court
grand jury for the Southern District of
Alabama, Judge Busteed’s district, has
found an indictment against George
M.-Gale, on the jointccbarge of riiurder
and conspiracy-to overthrow theUnited
Slates Government.. Gale has Been-air
rested and held to ■*nswer- in the -eum
of §15,000. He will be remembered as
the man who advertise^ - iii the Selma
papers for contributions to a fund of
§l,fiOp,OQO to proohre the assassination
efMr; Lincoln, and who was brought
here under last summer, but recently
released and allowed to return.
Friday last, says the Milledge-
ville Recorder, some fourteen. negro
convicts arrived at this place to take
lodging at the public expense. From
20 to 4 years will they remain. There
are nowin the Penitentiary about sev
enty oonvicts, the majority negroes.
gSy-The lawyers of the HiAitsville
bar have agreed on afee bill. .No less
than ten dollars changed. Seven and
a half percent, charged on , unmitigated
collections: obtainingjudgements where
the parties are insolvent, two and a
half per cent. A fee is required for
consuiation in order . to establish the
relation of client and attorney. Not
less than one-fourth nf the fee, a3 a re-
| tainer, is required before employment.
How Brother Sam Williams Treated
a Northern Missionary. -
The Memphis Avalanche gives a full
account in the words following, to wit:
'■‘An abolition whiner -of the Ply
mouth reck stock and the John Brown
school came down here a tew weeks
since to illumine the dark understand
ings of benighted Africa. He -very cor
dially introduced Himself and . mission
to “brother Sam Williams,’t. and then
generously - begged of brother. Wil-
lianis the peculiar felicity of bonking
with him Saturday' night. Sam, who is
an intelligent, sensible colored, preach
er of the Methodist faith, gravely in
formed his Puritanic ihajesty that: .“Mr.
Smifhad a . tavern for gemmen, dat
down here white folks stay to.dar self,
and nigger sfay to Bis self, darfor you
can’t camp wid me, massa,” Sunday
morning the white person walked up to
the Methodist church, where Brudder.
-Sam was acting in the honorable ca
pacity of sexton, when Dr. Malgama;
tion told him that he wanted the use of
that house that day. - Sam simpiy and
briefly remarked :
^“Gatt’t get it.”
“Why, amt the house as njttch yonrs
as any white man’s ?•” ■■ i r .
“No, sir; we niggers never- paid ,a
cent to build it; the white folks" very
kindly allow us to worship here at 3
o’clock. • \ >
The preacher of abolitionism left,
but returned at 3 o’clock^ when Sam
was in the palpit 'harrangmg. the breth
ren;. Hedid not.invite bis white brud-
dbr into the. pulpit. When Sam had
closedrhis exhortation:,the peddler in,
.the.Gbspel-walked forward, and -draw-,
ing out a book proposed„to all present*.
to come and sign .their, names and join
the Northern church, that they owed
everything that was dear to man to the
Northern army who had bravely per
iled their all to secure freedom, etc./
etc. The black • folks all looked ad
brudder Sam. He was sufficient for
the trying "emergency 1 Walking . for
ward, and standing close by old Puri-
tanvhe said-: , -
“Bruden, if weeber got any lijem, we
got it here; if ever we joyed lijem, .we
joyed it here; if we eber had any home;
we got jtnere, and if, wo eber' Had any
friends, we got’em here. -For my part
I want to go to meetin sometimes; and
'if rvq^ioins ■ the Norvern church, my
brud'-tern, v** can’t nober >:it to meetin:
It’s too fur from h-ome. For my part I
was borned here, raised here, and, bress
God, I is gw hie to die here aud be - bu
ried here. Bruddern de Scriptures say'
mark them wot comes to you in shepps
clothing, but within are ravin wolves;'
look to de" Lord and git your benedic
tion. Go home-.”
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