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■^JOBDAY MORNING, Apr. 8.
^rtHERCHAPTEK OF TUB BUL-
*'?0CK CHATTOOGA KU KMJX
SWINDLE.
(ft publish on our first page another
««ofthe Bulbck Chattooga Kn Elax
untJ The chapter is taken entire from
^Commercial of the Gth, and we publish
ilmtisc it giro 3 the othor side of the
jusiio. and also as a sequel to the Com-
isriil’s version of the affair.
Iheshowing of Mr. J. S. Wyatt goes far
;nr i exculpating that gentleman from
ar Retried wrong ia the matter, and the
fendsof Me. Forsyth may also be satis-
Uwith his (Mr. F’s.) vindication.
Ifi never, from the first imputed illegal
•tires to Mr. Wyatt, or supposed that he
s .tt{d to unlawful moans to secure the
anti .Vor cau it be urged against Bnl-
ak that he acted without warrant or law
twin: his proclamation, and paying his
siitd. He very plainly had legal author
ial doing so, but the fact that $7,000
isuken from the already ruinously de-
fhttdcoffers of the State, and paid oat for
& apprehension of three pitiful snesk
liars, caonot well be reconciled to a strict
ox of justice and honesty, however much
isij bc warranted by law.
Scr. Bullock and his advisers may think
lime. He may possibly reconcile it to
a sense of duty to the people to thus
rmkr their hard-earned money, and
n; continue to pay out extravagant and
cjBtiSitde rewards, and men may be
lead ready to accept tnem, all too, under
it color of law, but we cannot so contort
tisour minds, even though biased by the
xtiilitics of lricndship and a party
sxptlj, as to make it right,
fie money that Bullock is thus squau-
fc-qis not his own; it is the property of
sias—it belongs to the people—drawn
[it them by an unwilling and oppressive
bin, and if he is so unfaithful to his
reund chooses to throw it away, it does
currant any one else in appropriating
1 H it is wrong in Bullock to unjustly
-&)ugh not unlawfully—pay these, rc-
nrds.it is also wrong iu any man to accept
fo There is no moral difference be
ta the two, except it be in the wrong of
iriij the tempting bait to the public,
althereby inducing a copartnership in
kiiijaitj.
hb the pitiful attempt of the Com-
*i»l;olet itself down easily, by snatch-
^3 the Courier, it is almost too little to
i*k Its effort failed to hart ns, for its
ptfutewas too patent, and recoiled up-
*Wf The spirit that prompted it
"•worthy the better nature of its edi-
k 'Temust, howevir, beg the Commer-
"to tot be at all embarrassed with its
5 ? ,ti v the strictures we saw proper to
in, relative to the political proclivi-
Mr. Forsyth, as those strictnres were
tinsel upon its article (not oven the
phustion of perjury clansc, which we
131 even notice) but were based upon
'-Wu authority and responsibility, and
inquest that gentleman (Mr. F.)
feels agrieved by onr alleged effort
"Viij undue hostility against him, by
L! o his political status,” to bold us
^•'iblc for it, aud not by any means to
iet it interfere with the very pleasant and
*®»ttorj relations that have been so hap-
M developed between himself and the
*rsiaL We ourselves are not trou-
•di any such regrets. We do, how-
’ B, * t sincerely regret that the dis-
3 -'•> affair ever ocenred, and that it be-
■°m ungrateful doty, as a public jour-
Ig !■- tospeak of and condemn it. Nor
11 *‘4 an undue readiness to trumpet
^adal, and play the role of a censor,
^'•approached this matter, but it was
"posse to the appeals of, and after, by
^ # “ame, the press of the State had
jo M to expose and ventilate it.
: *t« r L?rc 2 :ir ded this appeal, would have
UJk ? t07e rccreant to our sense of dnty,
^ Mug to notice it, we could make no
laiia'° betwcen parties, nor suffer the
q.: °P friendship to swerve ns from
•uj oIDent ' ^ ba t judgment led ns to
‘4the a 13 Wr0a 2 the puyiug of $7,000
of t!lre e pitiful rogues, whose
"ploiij ?i 10 cr ' mcs ^ed them to no higher
^!t«li D „“,‘i 1 ® 1 of frightening negroes
P° cket knives; and hav-
k*e uor ]„.? wron S. we could do no
,ftt e3 8aged iu H 10 con ^ emn a ** who
VOLUME XXV.
ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 14.. 1871.
NEW SERIES-NO 33.
just returned from a
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GOOD FRIDAY AND EASTER.
Yesterday was good Friday, the anni
versary of the crucifixion of our blessed
Savior. It is religiously observed as n day
of worship io all Christian co untries, and
by the most of Ohrist : nn Churches. It is
called good Friday because of the innumer
able blessings that inured to mankind by the
sacred scenes that it witnessed upon the
Monnt of Calvary.
The Saxons called it Long Friday, from
the length of the church services of that
day.
The Grecians call it Stiller Freitay—Still
Friday—on account of the solemn silence
observed in the churches upon that occa
sion. They also call it Char-Freitay, from
an antiquated word, signifying peniteuce
In the earlier days of Christianity it was
called ‘ Paseh,” as Christ, the Paschal lamb
was slain upon that day.
In the olden time;: its celebration was at
tended with peculiar rites, but these have
in most churches been discarded. It is
the only day in the year on which the Ro
man Catholic chnrches omit the celebration
of Mass.
The Sunday following is, of coarse, Eas
ter Sunday—the festival of the resurrec
tion of our Lord.
We append an interesting history of this
festival trom Appleton’s Cyclopaedia, and
while reading it our mind reverted back to
the days when we were boys, as proud of
onr Easter eggs ns it they had been to ma
ny golden ones :
This sacred festival has been termed
the qneen of festivals; it has been observed
from the very beginning, and it is celebrat
ed in every part of the Christian world with
great solemnity and devotion. The primi
tive Christ ans very early on the morning
of Easter saluted each other with the
words : “Christ has risen,” to which the re
sponse was made : “Christ has risen indeed
and has appeared to Simon.”
The Greek church still retains this cus
tom. In nearly all the Christian countries
the recurrence ol Easter has been celebrat
ed with various ceremonies, popular sports
and superstitions. Among the best known
is the Englibh custom of making presents
of colored eggs, called pasche or j aste eggs
which were often elaborately oruamented;
and in a royal roll of the time of Edward
preserved in the tower, appears an entry
of 18d for four hundred eggs to be used
for this purpose.
Colored eggs were used by children at
E ister as a sort of game, which consists in
testing the strength of the egg shells, and
this practice is retained in many places in
England and the United States.
In some parts of Ireland the legend is
current that the sun dances in the sky on
Easter morning. This was once a prevail
ing superstition in England also, which Sir
Thomas Browne, the author of “Inquiry
into vulgar Errors," thought it not super
fluous to declare unfounded. The game of
ball was a favorite Easter sport, in which
municipal corporations formerly engaged
with due parade and dignity, and at Bury
St. Edmund’s within a few years the game
was kept up with great spirit by 12 old
women.
In the Northern counties of Engknd on
Easter Sunday the men parade the streets
and claim the privilege of lifting eve: y wo-
man three times from the ground, receiv
ing in payment a kiss or a silver sixpence.
The same is doDe by the women to the men
on the next day.
In a part of Oxfordshire, after evening
service on Easter Sunday, men and women
used, as late as 1822, to throw great quan
tities of apples into the churchyard; and
those who had been married during the
year threw three times as many as the oth
ers; after which all went to the minister’s
house and feasted on bread, cheese and ale.
A loss innocent custom once prevailed in
France of stoning Jews at this season; and
Dulaure in his “History of Paris” tell us
that Aimeric, viscount de Roehechouard,
having visited Troulouse at Easter, the
chapter of St. Etienne appointed his chap
lain Hugues to beat a Jew in his hon
or, an office which was performed so zeal
ously that the victim expired on the spot.
In England it was common for the boys to
ran about the streets on Easter morning
orying :
Christ has risen, Christ has risen,
All the Jews mast go to prison.
To mark their abhorrence of Jews, the
English used also to make a point of eating
bacon on this festival, bat with it they had
tansy padding, a relic of the bitter herbs of
the passover.”
THE HOUSE KU KLUX BILL.
The following is a synopsis of the
House Kn Klux Bill as it passed that bod-
y, by a vote of 118 to 91.
It will bo perceived that the bill as pro
posed is a considerable modification o f the
Shallaberger bill as originally introduced.
The substitute strikes out the second,
third and fourth sections of the origiual
bill.
The second section of the original made
it a felony for two or more persons to con
spire together to do any act in violation of
the rights, privileges and immnities secured
by the constitution of the United States,
and punishable ia the United States courts.
The third section, in all case of insur
rection, domestio violence, unlawful combi
nations or conspiracies which so far ob
struct the execution of State laws, or to de
prive any portion or class of people of the
rights, privileges or immunities secured by
the constitution and laws, and if any State
through its proper authorities fails or ne
glects to apply for national aid, the Presi
dent may use the national forces to suppress
such insurrection, domestic violence, unlaw
ful combinations and conspiracies, and to
arrest offenders and deliver them to the
Marshal of the District.
The fourth section provides, that when
ever such combinations become so powerful
as to overthrow or set at defiance State au
thorities, and when the punishment of off
enders and the preservation of public safe
ty shall become impracticable, it shall be
deemed a rebellion, and the President
may, after issuing a proclamation, suspend
the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus,
which provisions shall continue until Jnne
1st, 1872.
The substitute for ■ the second section
makes it a felony for two or more persons
conspiring together to overthrow the gov
ernment, or to levy a war against it, or to
oppose by force the authority of the United
States, or by force to take or seize the forts
or property by force, or by intimidation or
threat to prevent any person from except-,
ing or holding any federal office, to leave
the State or district where his duty may be
lawfnUy performed, or knjnre him in his
person or property on acoonnt of the lawful
discharge of duties, or threaten or injure a
witness or jnror in the United States court,
or conspire together to deprive any class of
peraons of the equal protection of the laws
or of equal priv ileges and immunities un
der tile laws, or prevent or binder the au
thorities of the State from securing all per
sons equal protection of the laws, and con-
feres upon the party injured the right of
action for damages, suits to he brougb
the United States courts.
The substitute for the third section pro
vides that in case of insurrection, domestic
violence, unlawful combinations, corspira
cies that shall obstruct or hinder the exe
cution oT the laws of the State and Unitel
States so as to deprive any class ef persons
of the rights, privileges and immunities
named in the act, and the authorities of
the State shall be unable to, or fail from
auy cause to afford protection, and shall f. i!
or neglect to apply to the President for aid
such a fact shall be deemed a denial of the
equal protection of the law, and it shall be
lawful for the President to employ the na
tional Ibrees to suppress such disorders,
and to arrest the offenders and deliver them
to the marshal.
Thr Eu’osti'ute for the lourth section au
thorizes the President, after issuing a proe
lamation, to suspend the privileges of the
writ of habeas corpus until the first of
June, 1872, whenever in any State the un
lawful combination shall be so numerous
and powerful as to he able to overthrow or
set at defiance the authorities of the State,
or where the State, authorities are in com
plicity with such combination, and all per
sons a. rest under a suspension of habeas
corpus must b3 taken before a judge of the
federal court, and if no indictment is feund
at a pending or the first subsequent session
the prisoners may he discharged.
The law requiring the iron clad from
petit aud grand jurors has boeu repealed,
hut the judge may demmd an oath from a
juror that he don’t belong to the Ku Klux.
THE PRESIDENT’S SAN DOMINGO
MESSAGE.
The President by his next frien l, has
ventured a reply to Seuator Sumner’s great
speech, io a brief message to the Congress
transmitting the report of the commisionsers
to that body. We were unable to present
it to our readers in our last, but they will
find it this morning upon our first page.
There is nothing new or startling to be
found in it. The President claims that
the report o! the commissioner confirms his
previously asserted ideas of the country,
which of course all knew that it would. It
was for that express purpose that (he com
mission was sent out, and so far as the re
port goes it might have been written in
WashiDgtou belore they started upon their
enterprise.
tc-r works—should be a success, (nexr) what
good to Desoto on the other side of the
river? Doubtless these “good snggestors”
can tell. Desoto can’t. Desoto thinks onr
Heavenly Father the best water works ma
ker extant, and has made an aonndance for
her, withont any other charge but gratitude
for His goodness. Desoto will patronise
Him, in preference to an unsolicited “sag
geftor.” Desoto annexed to Rome ! She
would not, in the present conditi
Rome, allow Rome to be annexed to her.
It would be worse than Grant’s St. Domin-
go annexation job; and these “snggestors”
are doubtless moved by the same scorpion
that is biting Grant. These “snggestors”
begin to see that, under the weak and im
becile (to say the least of it) administration
of her finances, Rome has badly bef uled
her nest, and in the act of gntting her peo
ple, it would be a “good suggestion” to
feather her uest, by plucking from poor
little Desoto. Whenever Desoto shall be
come crazy enough to open her left ear to
such “suggestions,” let her be “anathama
maranatha.”
We doubt not but that these kind heart
ed, plastic “suggestors” are but instruments
in the hands of a power behind the throne,
greater than the throne itself. Desoto owes
nobody anything, and she is not fool
enough to pay other people’s debts.
D. R. Mitchell.
[Communicated.
The undersigued, having learned fiom
the Courier of the 30tli, that it is in con
templation, by whom wc do not know, but
certainly, not by any person interested in
Desoto, to annex Desoto to Rome, and as vre
compose the entire body of Real Instate
owners in Desoto, solmuly protest against
any such annexation.
For the Courier.
CRUCIFIXION.
liY VIRGINIA C. GRIFPETU.
See him by those wicked men
a helpless captive led;
With jeers and taunts they mock his name,
With thorns they crown his head.
And now they reach that fatal spot,
Where scattered all around
The unburied bones of felon3 dead,
Lie bleaching on the ground.
And at that place of shame and death,
Like bends they gather there,
And with their rude and cruel hands
llis garments from him tear.
And now they bind his tender limbs,
And now—oh misery,
They stretch his arms, they pierce his hands,
And nail him to the tree
Oh see him as he straggles there
In bitterness of soul.
While down his pain distorted limbs.
Great drops of anguish roll.
And hear—e’en yet those cruel men
His dying groans deride,
. A s still, with eager cruelty,
They pierce his tender side.
*Tis finished; now he bows his head—
The work of death ia done,
Load groans the earth, the veil is rent,
And darkness hides the sun.
Good FniDAr, 1S71.
A ames.
Alfred .Shorter,
D. R Mitchell,
John F. Morton.
James A. Bale.
John Harkins,
Mrs. M. C. Hicks,
Mrs. J. G Bale,
Asa Trammel,
John Bird,
S. M. May,
T. T. Hirgis.
Franklin Pence,
J. T. Riley,
L. P. Walker,
Mrs E. Meguffee,
E. J. Lanham,
G. L. Maxwell,
P. L. J. May,
William Wirnpec,
L. O. Mitchell,
W. Rounsavilb,
L. R. Blakeman,
S. R. Maxwell,
J. C. Doyle,
J. W. Stillwell,
T. C. Williams,
Total,
j,.
r. Vat. of Prop.
$s,ooo
12,000
5,000
5,000
4,000
2.500
1.500
1,000
2,000
4,000
1,500
4,000
2,000
5,000
1.000
S00
1,000
1.500
1,000
3.500
1.000
1,000
500
1,000
1,200
1,000
$C7,S00
In 1851, just twenty years ago, there
live J in Rome some o! these weak and ten
der hearted “suggestors,” who, from the
dawn of tkeir existence, repudiated the
11th commandment—mind your own busi
ness—and vacated the decree of Heaven,
that men should “live by the sweat of tho
brow,” or rather, understanding this decree,
that they, tho good “ suggestors, ”
should live by the “sweat” of other
people’s “brows,” (these lovely char
acters are not all dead yet,) ventured elan-
destinly, to “suggest” that the corporate
limits of Rome, should be extended so as
to embrace about 50 acres of a certain corn
field over the river, on which there was a
good crop of corn, bat not a single house
or cabin. The “suggestors” succeeded, and
tho first knowledge the owner of the corn
field had of this fraudulent and thieving
“suggestion” was, the tax assessors of Rome
came over the River to assess the taxes on
the corn field; and actually did assess $50,-
000 taxes on this corn field; and the Coun
cil issued execution thereon. Very soon
a little bill of Injunction scotched the
wheels of these kind hearted ‘‘suggestors,”
or tax gathere-s. Iu the winter of 1852,
the owner of this corn field made his ap
plication to the Legislature (Legislatures
were then honest); this extension was re
pealed by tue incorporation of Desoto.—
There was not much (own there. Desoto
was forced into existence in self defence;
and as the chill ot oppression and wrong.
When an opportunity offered for a “sugges
tion,” tint wrong has never ceased to this
blessed day of “good suggestions.” Desoto
has never asked, nor never will ask any
thing, but to be let alone by these imper
tinent “snggestors.”
Desoto has all to lose and nothing to gain
by these annexation “snggestors.” We
anderstahd Rome owes $50,000 of old debt,
tho fruits ol her past sins—$100,000, the
glorious fruits of her castle on the bill,
water works,—$100,000 in contemplated
railroad expenditures—which added maks
$250,000; the interest on which at 7 per
cent, will be $17,500 annually, besides her
necessary expenditures. For the payment
oi this debt, her bonds have been, and are
to be made; which bonds, in law, will be a
mortgage npon the entire real estate within
the corporate limits of Rome. Can she
pay this debt, with its interest, and keep
Sappose Rome's castle on the hill—wa-
E-istes Services.—The Easter services will
be observed in the following order at St. Pe
ter’s Church to-morrow :
Morning services at 0}, a. v., regular ser
vices at 10} a. n. The children’s Sabbath
School festival will open at 4 r. si, procession
and entry with appropriate banners, music
Alleluia, Confession and Lord’s prayer, les
son, chant, Collect and les3er Litany, carol—
“He is risen,” children’s offerings, address,
carol—“Old Roman Soldier.”
The pubiic are respectfully invited to at
tend.
The flouring mill of Smith & Keenan is
rapidly approaching completion, and will
be ready for the Summers work. With
such excellent facilities for manufacturing
flour, our farmers may expect a good mar
ket for their grain. This ought to encour
age them to oultivate more of it. Wheat
at $1,50 pays better than cotton at 12}.
Thanks for the compliments of Mr.
and Mrs. Albin Omberg, and their kind
rcmemberaace of the Courier.
COL. FORSYTH AND THE COMMER
CIAL.
The public will remember that npon the
1st inst., we published an article in which
we stated that it was rumored that Co).
Forsyth had been paid $2,333, or $1,000
for his services iu the mat'er of getting the
reward of_$7,000. and furthermore, he had
the prisoner released by persuading him to
swear that ho belonged to the Rome party.
We farther stated in the article, that if
these charges were false, we should take
pleasure in contiadicting them, as these
charges were made npon rumor.
We have been convinced of the falsity of
these statements; as far as they relate to
Col. Forsyth, and we withdraw thorn; we
deny the statements, and we take pleasure
in doing Col. Forsyth this piece of justice.
The histoiy of the matter is this : We
we e informed upon last Friday, by Mr.
Mark A. Moore, that he was in Sammer-
ville when the money was divided; that be
was standing inside of a store when Mr.
Wedge worth (the party who captured one
of the prisoners) came in very angry be
canse he had only received one hundred
dollars of the $7,000 reward; that someone
asked Wedgeworth why Wyatt (the party
who received the reward) did not give him
more; he replied, in the presence of a doz
en witnesses, that Wyatt had said: “I had
to pay Col. Forsyth $2,333, and Barnett
$700, and Garrett $1,100, and Cleghorn
$700, and cannct afford to give you any
more."
Under this direct statement we laid the
matter of the money, before the public.
Oar authority for the assertion that Col.
Forsyth had the prisoner released, was bas
ed npon a paragraph in the Chattooga Ad
vertiser, of last week, which asserted posi
tively that Peyton was back in the connty,
and at liberty.
Upon the above authority we made the
matter public. Agreeable to onr promise,
we have investigated it closely; and agreea
ble to onr promise, we hereby withdraw
such of it as is below proven to be false.
Onr investigation results in the following;
Peyton is still in jail. We have in oar
possession a telegram from the jailer of At
lanta, which asserts that such is the case.
The release of the prisoner being the
sole ground of onr insinuation that Col.
Forsyth bad procured the prisoner to swear
falsely, we, of coorso, upon finding that he
is still in jail, withdraw the insinuation.
And now, as regards the money : Our
anthorily for stating that the money was
paid to Col. Forsyth, was based npon Mr.
Moore’s assertion, and Mr. Wedgeworth’s,
and finally, Mr. Wyatt’s. Jnmping over
intermediate and indirect testimony, we ad
duce the following affidavit of Mr. James
Wyatt :
Summerville, Ga., April 5th,’71.
Iu addition to the above statements, I
desire to state that I received the reward
above named, felt, and st'll feel myself en
titled to it. I disposed of- the money my
self, and knew where it went. Gov. Bul
lock, nor any other officer of the govern
ment in Atlanta, received one cent. Aud
so far as the charges against Col. C- D.
Forsyth, as having received $2,333, or that
the reward, was parcelled out in sums of
$1,400 each, he receiving one share, are
false. There was no contract between him
and myself, at any time, and the charge
that ho received any portion of the reward
as such, is Withont foundation and truth.
J. S Wyatt.
an officer, and as a gentleman, his entire
course, while engaged in the proseention of
the parties herein named, was strictly in
the une of dnty, and entirely free from any
blame in the matter, and nothing whatever
corrupt or the least reprehensible in refer
ence to the procaring of the reward offered
by His Excellency, Gov. Bollock, lor the
arrest and conviction of the parties men
tioned in his late proclamation, as above
named. We further state that there is no
troth, whatever, in the charges preferred
against him in the Rome Commercial of the
1st inst.
John S Cleghorn j
F A Kirby,
J M Wyatt,
JS Wyatt,
,J H Garrett,
Upon our requesting Col. Forsyth to pro
tect our informant, Mr. Moore, he stated
that he was satisfied that Mr. M. had as
serted nothing bat what he had heard from
others.
In conclusion, it becomes our duty (and
a pleasant duty it is) to testify to the oonr-
tcons manner, and the amicable spirit with
which Col. Forsyth has bandied this pro
vocative manner from beginning to end.
We furthermore request any of our ex
changes, that lave alluded to cor charges
against this gentlemen, to give them onr
prompt denial.
W e regret that onr neighbor of the Cou
rier, taking onr article as a basis, should
have seen fit to array undue hostility
against Col. Forsyth, by alluding to his po
litical status. We made the attack upon
him Lecansc we believed he was guilty of
political c irruption. Had he been a Dem
ocrat, wc should have attacked him none
the less heartily, and none the less heartily
do we do him the present justice because
of his p.litical sentiments.
col. foksyth’s card.
I submit the above to a generous public
in vindication of myself against the charg
es made in the Daily Commercial of the
1st inst., preferring that others should vin
dicate my reputation rather than make the
attempt by my own assertions. I do not
desire or seek notoriety through the press,
and I deprecate the name of a violent man.
In attempting an adjustment of, to me, a
disag-eeable matter, no act of mine has
been done in a spirit of revenge or vindic
tiveness, bat purely in self defense. I desire
to be on friendly terms with all, and hope
that the wound recently made will soon be
healed, and not be opened again in the fu
ture. I cheerfully testify that in all my
intercourse with Mr. H. W. Grady, in ref
erence to the differences between us that
he has demeaned himself as a gentleman,
and has shown a dispesition to do ample
justice. C. D. Forsyth.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Thus we have received positive proof of
the falsity of tho rnmors reported to ns, as
far as they relate to the Solicitor General
of this Circuit.
We insert the following affidavits in a
spirit of reparation to that gentleman :
,!■
The nndersign-
dd beg leave to
Here is Your Money’s Worth.—
Jones & Allman have just received their
supply of Spring and Sommer goods, and so
far as tho real substantial are concerned,
their stock cannot bc beat in Rome. And
then if persons really want their fancies
tickled, they have got the goods also to do
that very thing. But yon will be -much
better pleased with their goods and prices
than auy thing we can say about them, so
wo advise you to go and see for yourselves.
Beautiful spring weather gladdens onr
season. Tho forest trees havepnton their
summer robes, a thousand flowers pcrfnme
tho air, the birds are merry and glad, and
all nature is grateful for their songs.
Crops throughout the country are re
ported aB flourishing. The wheat promises
finely, and tho work of planting corn and
cotton has begun in earnest. A few more
days of such pleasant weather as yesterday
and the fears of winter will be laughed to
scorn.
The work on Col. D. R. MiteheH’s ex
tensive steam mills is progressing finely.—
He expects to get his Soaring mills in oper
ation in time for the coming wheat season.
We are glad to note the constant im
provements that are progressing in onr city
and its environs. The sound of the saw
and the hammer is heard in every direc
tion.
The brickmakers have commenced the
work in earnest, and under the influence of
yesterday’s son their yards presented a live
ly appearance.
Holy Saturday.—To-day is Holy Sat
urday, commemorative of the dark entomb
ment of the Savior. With to-day termi
nates the season of Lent, and to-morrow
the gladness of nature will commemorate
the glorioa8 resurrection of the Savior.
The work of careing for the soldiers
graves in Myrtle Hill cemetery is still pro
gressing, but much remains yet to be done. 1
This is a work that commends itself to
every Southern woman’s hesri, aod all
should be glad of au opportunity to join in
it
Our farming friends are too busy with
their farms to come to town, and conse
quently business in-the city has been rath-
boat.
better for the country, for it is much better
to have a dull city than an idle country.
Georgia,
Chattooga County,
sabmit the following history of the capture
prosecution and conviction of Kelly, Epps
and Peyton, who were tried and convicted
of the robbery of several negroes, tenants
of Mr. J. S. Wyatt.
These parties went upon the premises of
Mr. Wyatt on the night of the 4th March
last, well disguised in fatastic uniforms,
and robbed the negroes, three in number,
of several articles of property of small val
ue.
They afro represented themselves as Ku
Klux, and left the impression that they
would return at some fntnre period.
At our Superior Court, after consultation
with his friends, and a careful perusal of
the Governor’s proclamation, offering a re
ward for the arrest and conviction of snch
parties, Mr. Wyatt decided that if he conli
succeed iu the capture and conviction of
the parties, he wonld be entitled to the re
ward. He immediately went to work with
his wonted energy and wilt He set on foot
the whole scheme. He went before the
Grand Jnry.and made a report of the mat
ter, and that body, upon investigation gave
a true bill against them. Mr* Wyatt was
a private citizen, held no office in the world
but his convictions made it necessary that
he should take part in the arrest of the
parties. He took the bench warrant for
Epps and Peyton, the former being the
leading spirit, and as a matter of conrse
most artful and dangerous. He made his
arrest, according to the sworn statements
of the parties, an hour before Kelly’s ar
rest by Wedgeworth. At the trial Wyatt
was tho head and front of the proseention.
To him we feel that everything was doe
for the arrest and conviction of the parties.
Whatever division he has made of the re-
ward he received was gratuitous.
Whether these parties were Ku Klux or
not, did not in any manner appear any
where in the history of the case. The
Governor's reward was not offered for Kn
Klux by uame, but for the arrest and con
viction of parties committing crimes in dis
guise.
As soon as the conviction of the parties
was had, Mr. Wyatt asked for assistance,
and with the Sheriff, took the parties im
mediately to Atlanta. This was thought,
under the circumstances, to be necessary,
as there wss much indignation and feeling
manifested against thorn for their infamons
conduct.
J M Wyatt,
J H Garrett, Sh’ff.
J S Cleghorn,
H D C Edmonson, Cl’k. S. C.
J B Hill, Ordinary.
April 5,1871.
I, F. A. Kirby, who was connected with
the defense of these parties in the first tri
al, certify that the foregoing is correct.
April 5,1871. f. A. Kirby.
Georgia, ) We whose names
Chattooga County,] are hereto sub
scribed, showeth that we are citizens of
sajd oonnty, and are personally cognisant
of all the fitets in reference to the arrest,
prosecution and conviction of John Pey.
ton, W- A. Kelly and James Epps, who
werc .arrested and sent to the penitentiary;
at the late term of. the Snperior Court of
that there was nothing in the oondnet of
Col. O. D. Forsyth, the least unbecoming as
Washington, April 5,1870.
To the Sencte ancl House of Representatives:
I have the honor to submit herewith to
the two Houses of Congress, the report of
the Commissioners appointed in pursuance
of a joint resolntion, approved January 12,
1871. It will be observed that this report
more than sustains all that I have hereto
fore said in regard to the productiveness
and healthfulness of the republic of San
Domingo, of the unanimity of the people
for annexation to the United States and of
their pcac able character. It is due the
public, as it certainly is to myself, that I
should here give all the circumstances
which first led to the negotiation of a trea
ty for the annexation of the republic of
San Domingo to tho United States. When
I accepted the arduous duties and respon
sible position which I now hold, I did not
dream of instituting any steps for the acqni-
sition of-insular possessions. I believed,
however, that our Institutions were broad
enough to extend over the entire continent
as rapidly as other peoples might desire to
bring themselves nnder our protection. 1
believed further that we should not permit
any independent government within the
limits of North America to pass from a
condition of independence to one of owner
ship or protection under a European power.
Soon after my inangnration as President, I
was waited npon by an agent of President
Baez, with a proposition to annex the Re
public of San Domingo to the United
States. This agent represented the capo-
A Wonderful Subtebanean Work
Shop:—We are reliably irformed that S.
B. Chambers, Esq., of thi.- county, has re
cently been clearing out a cave near his
mil], and has made *sany curious discove-
city of the island, the desire of the people, nes *
and their character and habits, about as
they hare been described by the Commis
sioners, whose report accompanies this mes
sage. He stated farther, that being weak
in numbers and poor in parse, they were
not capable of developing their great re
sources, that the people had no incentive
to industry on acoonnt of the lack of pro
tection for their accumulations, and that if
not accepted by the United States, with in
stitutions which tbeyloved above those of
any other nation, they wonld be compelled
to seek protection elsewhere. To these
statements I made no reply, and gave no
indications of what I thought of the prop
osition. In the course of time I was wait
ed npon by a second gentleman from San
Domingo, who made the same representa
tions, and who was received in like man
ner. In view ot the facts which had been
laid before me, and with an earnest desire
to maintain the Monroe doctrine, I believ
ed that I would be derelict in my duty if
1 did not take measures to ascertain the
exact wishes of the government and inhab
itants of the Republic of San Domingo in
regard to annexation, and communicate the
information to the people of the U. States.
Under the attending circumstances I felt
that if I tamed a deaf ear to this appeal I
might in future tie charged with a flagrant
neglect of the public interests, and au ut
ter disregard of the welfare of a down
trodden race, prayirg for the blessings of
a free and strong government, and for pro
tection in the enjoyment of the fruits of
their own industiy. Those opponents of
annexation who have heretofore professed
to be pre eminently the friends of the rights
of man, I believed wonld be my most vio
lent assailants if I neglected eo clear a da
te. Accordingly after having appointed a
Commissioner to visit the island, who de
clined on account of sickness, I selected
a second gentleman, in whose capacity,
judgment, and integrity I bad and have
yet the most unbounded confidence. He
visited San Domingo, not to seccre or has
ten annexation, bnt unprejudiced and unbi
ased, to learn all the facts about the govern
ment, the people and resources of the re
public. He went, certainly, as well pre
pared to make an unfavorable report as he
did a favorable one, if the foots warrant-
edit. His report frilly oorroberates the views
of the previons Commissioners, and upon
its receipt I felt that a sense of doty and
a due regard for our great national interests
require! me to negotiate a treaty for the
acquisition of the republic of San Domin
go. As soon as it became publicly known
that such a treaty had been negotiated, the
attention of the country was occupied with
allegations calculated to prejudice the mer-
its of the case, and with aspersions upon
those whom duty had connected with it.
Amidst the public excitement thns created,
the treaty failed to receive the requisite
two-third vote of the Senate, and wa3 re
jected, but whether the action of that body
was based wholly npon the merits of the
treaty, or might not hare been in some de
gree influenced by snch unfounded allega
tions could not beknowo by the people, be
cause the debates of ti e Senate in secret
session are not published
I deemed it due tr tnu office which I
held and due to the character of the agent
who had been charged with the inves.iga-
tion that such proceedings should be had
wocl 1 enable the people to know the troth.
A commission was therefore, constituted
under the authority of Cougress, consisting
of gentlemen selected with special refer
ence -a their high character and capacity
for the laborious work entrusted to visit
the spot and report upon the facts. Other
eminent citizens were requested to accom-
dany the commis°ion in order that the peo
ple might have the benefit of their views.
Students of science and correspondents of
the press, without regard to political opin
ion, were invited to joiu the expedition,
and their number were limit, d only by the
capacity of the vessel, the mere rejection
by the Senate of a tre ty negotiated by
the president only indicates a difference of
opinions between two cordroate depart
ments of the government withont touching
the character or wouodingjthe pride of eith
er, bat when snch rjeection takes place
simultaneously witn the charges openly
made of corroptijo on the part oftbe Pres
ident, or of those employed -by him, the
case is different. Indeed in snch case the
honor of the nation demand investigation.
This has been accomplished by the report
ot the Commissioner herewith transmitted,
and which fully vindicates the purity of
the motives and action of those who repre
sented the United States in the negotia
tions. And now my task is finished, and
with it ends all personal solicitude npon
the subject. My duty being done yours
begins, and I gladly hand over the matter
to the judgement of the American peop'e
and of their representatives in Congress as
sembled. The facts will now be sp'ead
before the country and a decision rendered
by that tribunal, whose conviction seldom
err, and against whose will I have no poli
cy to enforce. My opinion remains unchan
ged, indeed it is confirmed by the report
that the interests of our country and of
Sandomiogo alike invite the anexation of
that republic. In view of the difference of
opinion upon this subject, I suggest that no
action be taken at the present session, be
yond the printing and general dissemina
tion of the report. Before the next meet
ing of Congress the people will have con
sidered the subject and formed an intelli
gent opicion concerning it, to which opin
ion deliberately made up it will be the du
ty of every department of the government
to give heed and no one will more chreer-
fully conform to it than myself. It is not
only the theory of our Constitution that the
will ol the people constitutionally express
ed is the supreme law, but I have ever
believed that all mca are wiser than any
one man, and if the people upoo a full pre
sentation of the facts shall decile that the
anexation of the republic is not desirable.
Every department ot the government onght
to acqniesce io that decision and again sub
mitting to Congress a subject upon which
public sentiment has been made the occa
sion of accrimonious debates in Congress, as
well as ot unjust aspersions elsewhere. I
may, I trust, be indulged iu a single re
mark. No man can hope to perform da-
ties so delicate and responsible as pertain
to the Presidential office withont sometimes
inenring the hostility of those who deem
their opinions and wishes treated with in
sufficient considerate, and he who under
takes to conduct the affairs of a great gov
ernment as a faithful pnblic servant, if scs-
tained by the approval of his own conscious,
may rely with confidence npon the candor
and intelligence of a free people whose
best interests he has strived to subserve,
and can bear with patience the cen«ure of
disappointed men. (Signed)
U. S. Grant.
ftMBW
KENTUCKY' STOCIi
Court Day Sales.—The
Register has the following:
' Milo Baxter reports a great many cattle
on the market; at least five or six hundred,
mostly scrubs, very few sold. Common
work moles brought from 100 to $125;
horses from 85 to $105; ono bull calf taken
dow at 185. Money matters arc vary tight.
Major J. H. Berry also repo: Is horres .
from $50 to $100. A^iair of good males
were offered, bnt not sold. Sold a lot of
mono'.aic steers at $38 each Oxen brought
from 00 to $100; cows from 25 .to $65,
Nearly all sold on thirty days time. Mon
ey very scarce.
The Lebanon S'arodard says: There was
a large crowd in town Monday, and busi
ness lively.
S. Glazebrcok, Esq., auctioneer, sold
3-yearoId mules at $99 per head; work
horses, 75; one withdrawn at 84; saddles 10;
bridles 1 25 each.
Mark Wimsalt, Esq , Auctioneer, reports
sales of common work horses, according to
grade, at 27 to 90; work mules, 180, 201,
204. 185, 217, 110; work horses 142; wag
ons, 89 and 102; spring wagon, 115.
Blooded Heifer Sold —Mr. John W.
Davis, of this c. unty, recently sold to Mr.
John P. Innes, five blooded heifers tor
$2,200; one of them a Mazm ka heifer, went
at $1,000. These are goon prices, bnt the
stock was bettor than usual, having been
bought originally by Mr. Davis with a view
of breeding from them. \Ye hope that he
may yet carry out his intention of engag
ing regularly in the breeding and rearing
of this kind of stock.
Farmer’s Home Journal
TELEGRAPHIC.
A large amount of loose rocks and dirt
ha3 been removed, and naoieroo3 Indian
relics found Among them are specimens
of pottery, and something resembling cru
cibles, flint hatchets, arrow heads, beads
trinckets, etc.
The appearances are that this snbterane-
an room was used by the Indians as a shop
in which to work some kind of metal that
was melted by them. The cave is still be
ing cleared oat and examined, and great in
terest is felt in valuable discoveries that
are deemed almost probable.
Roots for Stock.
Perhaps in the conrse of time, farmers
will begin to compare notes between raising
small grain and-grass. I think if more at
tention was paid the latter, it wonld pay
better than small grain. I think it can be
conclusively shown that, if half the amount
of labor was devoted to meadows and pas-
tares, which is at present devoted to the
culture of wheat and oafs, there would be
a greater margin of profit at the year’s end
for the farmer, aud 'with more ease. But
this supposes a certain amount of capital,
which I think is not very general; therefore
men are compelled to act as circumstances
suggest.
When Illinois has fewer acres of small
grain, and more acres of good grass and
roots with corn, her position among the
States will be one of greatness and wealth,
and social influence. Roots are invaluable
combined with hay and corn;onl; those who
have tried the practiee can fully appreciate
their importance as a promoter of healthy
growth and fattening principles. I am
aware some object to them on aceonnt of
their watery nature.
Tbeir virtuds lie in this: What more
healthy to the animal system than pore wa
ter, and where so pure as in the vegetable,
distilled and filtered by an unerring prin
ciple 7 Three-fourths of the animal sys
tem is composed of water; then how neces
sary to have a proper snpply in its purity!
To all who aie skeptical about the utility of
roots, I would say try them—that is the
only touch-stone of comparison.
You should give hogs, say mangles, boil
ed or steamed, along with a little eora meal,
and those hogs will thrive and grow more
rapidly than when fed on corn exclusively.
Physiologists say man can live too much or
too long on a concentrated diet, which is
equally as prejudicial to his health as tie
reverse. This is as applicable to the lower
animate m to man; the same immutablelaw
governs each. I think necessity will com-
pell their (the roots) adoption. When that
occurs I venture to predict there will be
fuller pockets and less whining.
Reported for the Tri-Weekly Courier.
NOON DISPATCHES.
Washington, April 7.
Loudon—Direct telegraphic communica
tion with Paris ceased.
The insurgents have boeu dislodged from
Nuilly bridge. Deputation of Paris mer
chants had a consultation with Thiers
A bill was introduced in the Versailles As
sembly to accelorate the action of courts
martial.
It is apparently the design of the Ver
sailles commander to invest Paris.
Commune issued a decree arresting all ac
cused of complicity with tho Versailles gov
ernment, from whom the jury shall select hos
tages, three of whom shall suffer far every
Vcrsailles execution, whether captured by
the national or civil partisan of the Coin-
munc. All the officers and professors of Je
suit College arrested,
Army of Versailles is awaiting heavy ar
tillery to attack Issy.
Latest.—Violent cannonading heard north
east and South of Paris.
Baron Tegetoff, who superintended the re
moval ol Maximilian’s remains from Mexico,
is dead.
Nationals have been ordered to retire be
hind the forts and remain on the defensive.
Commune made a requisition upon shops for
arms and amunition.
Bkussets, April 7.
Itejwrts say the churches have been sack
ed, the Priest insulted, arrested and mal
treated, and the Convents entered at night
aud searched.
A rumor prevails that 20 Jesuits have been
shot M. Assy succeeded in escaping from
Paris, after he bad been hunted by the Com
munists.
Paris, April 7.
Funeral of tho killed to-day was extraor
dinary. The seeue was three huge hearses,
with black velvet polls, each decorated with
12 red flags- Following them were 8,000 NaJ
ticnal Guards, and double that number of
citizens. Women were marching in hun
dreds.
Many members of the Commune joined
the procession. They arrived at Perc La
Chaise. Each hearse contained thirty-tiire •
coffins, and twenty-three other hearses were
already in the Cemetery, filled with dead
from the hospitals. It was an awful scene.
One huge grave for all. The bodies were
lowered one at the time, amid the shrieks of
women and the shouts of men for vengeance
on the assassins of Versailles.
Pere Chase was one mass of people sway
ing with passion, and screaming “Vive La
Republic,” Vive La Ccmmune.”
§Loss of communists creates great grief iu
he city.
WAsnrsGTON, April 7.
Senate—House Ku Klux hill was read the
first and second times, and referred to the
committee on Judiciary. No objection was
made to the second reading, because it was
understood that the committee will not act
nntil Monday.
Committee on privileges and elections con
sidered the Vance and Abbott case without
action. The probability is neither will be
admitted.
Speaker appointed the outrage committee
of which Scott is the chairman.
The New York appointments were con
firmed by the Senate to-day, after two days’
struggle. Only thirty-six Senators voted—
many Republicans dodged.
No Southern confirmations.
Cincinnati, April 7.
Western Female College at Oxford, Ohio,
burned. Several girls were hurt by leaping
trom the windows. Last mest of the wearing
apparel. Loss sixty thousand dollars.
Albany, April 7.
A fire commenced in the Weed Parson
Company’s printing house, consuming the
entire block. Loss naif a million. Unknown
man burnt.
Milwacki, April 7.
Returns from all parts ot the State show
Lyon’s majority to he ten thousand.
Washington, April 7.
Hill, of Georgia, spoke in the Senate de
nying that there were any Kn Klux in that
State,, and claiming that the people were as
orderly as any other community nnder the
son.
The Vice President, on the part of the
Senate, has appointed on joint committee to
investigate alleged outrages, the present
North Carolina investigating committee—
Messrs. Scott, Chandler, Rice, Nye, Wilson,
Bayard and Blair.
Jaceion, April 7.
Senator Ames has written a letter to the
negro members of the Mississippi Legisla
ture, charging Gov. Alcorn with bad faith to
the Republican party. He compares his own
administration to that of Alcorn.
Dr. Dowd, a leading Republican, and Pres
ident pro tern of State Senate, introdaed a
resolntion declaring Ames’ statement in the
United States Senate a libel on the people of
Mississsippi, which they repel.
SctVNTON, April 7.
A band of five hundred men. armed with
muskets, clubs and revolvers visited Tripps
mines in this city this morning, and prevent
ed the workmen from entering. Three min
ers employed at work were shot dead in cold
blood, by the mob, and others beaten with
stones, so they will probably die, Last night
Morris A Weeks’ retail coal works in this
city, was torn down. Most of their mines
were blown down, and the track torn down.
New York, April 7.
The World’s Cable fiom Paris says the sit
uation is hourly becoming more alarming.
The forces of the Communists are growing
stronger and bolder. Thiers’ proposition, to
treat has inspired the Commune with fresh
hopes and it is believed they have 100,000
men who will boldly fight The government
troops retain conquered positions and made
no advance to-day. A battle is raging be
tween Cbattelon and Vanores. From the lat
ter place the insurgents maintain an inces
sant fire from behind the fort. Crowds of
women and children, frantic with grief, are
searching each ambulance as it arrives, for
the bodies of their husbands and fathers.
Slaughter on both tides yesterday and to-day
was fearful.
TELEGRAPHIC MARKET.
Liverpool, April 7.
Cotton, uplands 72-}: Orleans, 7t-h sales
12,000.
■— New Tort, April 7.
Cotton 15} sales 2,000; gold 10}; money
6a7j sterling, 9f-}; 62’r 12},
No markets today.
Cincinnati, April 7.
Pork 20 00; lard U-f; shoulders 7};
dear sides lOJj whisky 87.
Louisville, April 7.
_ _ ig 24a25; pork 20 00; lard 12}; shoul
ders If dear rib sides 10}; clear 10}; whisky
87...-“
New Orleans, April 7.
Cotton, middlings, I4J-S; sales5000; stcek
228,257.
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