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IW”-* . . \. t [ e ,»f personal property must
■ nUl iiier, through u public gaz-
rea in '* r l v i,.u 4 to sale day.
lJ’ b .., r . and Creditors of an estate,
,r , .-.‘'i.li 411 Jays.
Inal ication swill be made to the
|!vi^thf i’-I , . ve to se n land must be
ninths. .
tfcbw u ‘ le tter? of Administration, Guar-
hut ,eaS “ nll ;;t be publishod 30 day*—for
Ljjip ic ‘* \,imini?tration, three monilis
L;^ | r0 ‘ Guardianship, 40 iays.
f ti:fl !' 5 1 , fjrecloseure of Mortgages must
fmonthlv for four months—for eB-
pjS(lisn*“* r5 ’ f ur the full space of three
Aii i hW ,uS i * ping titles trom Executors or
I :ii ! where bond has been given by
^ j-yji spase of three months,
u i!' ..'.ways be continued accord-
• ,., n ! requirements, nnless oth-
;,t the following
RATES. . ...
. ]„ V y of ten lines ot less $3 00
. , •<« fi. fa. sales, per levy, 5 00
... .. .inr per levy,.. 00
"V*'•in-:>•»!’Administration 3 00
'^ ’" f.rlettern «d Guardianship 3 00
” for dismission from
• v e 00
tjt-.iV.r* • :* n j- or ji S2n is»sion from
600
to 5 .1I I.m j
I liritiMi to Bill land,
K«loDebUirs aa-1 Creditor.
ESkHaSki property, 10 days...
■ , Udays
>l-i
... 4 00
. ... 4 00
.... 4 00
.. .. 5 00
.... 4 00
.... 4 00
EOU.'.. ( : r - per square 4 00
■i*”*. tijicg his wife, (in advauco) 10 00
I-X I
;\TT’I?I'AV MORNING, May G.
Klfli
IjtUNC S KU K.LUX PKOCI.AMA-
TION.
■ i5 ij rl „t iia> ften proper to issue Iris
i .; il0 jnnnuucing to the peopin of the
rialstj’« tlut he is their ruler as J
lie however, has the i-raco
j ila-ui to behave themselves
and obedient subjects, and uot
,! '.vrath uf his stronghanded
I fr erp-et after this that the floods will
that the angry rush of the
I wilt before the mandate as
Lttd the waters of (lie Helles r ont, under
,t,,huf the mighty Xerxes whip.
I He Kim; Ins the impartiality to state
Mi; purer extends alike over the North
nil as the South, and while it was only
duel far uer rebellious souls, it could
LrplieJ iu the proud spirits ofthe North
L rell.
i is a crim species of satisfaction to
,t he wii.it is intended to ciush out
r tbeitic; will weigh as disastrously up-
i:,v:! but in that is our hope of sal'
The Northern people will not sub-
Bale the exercise of this n-.au’s tyranny,
■ein* by which his degraded crea
vmght in make him a King will be
*Jut warrant of his power.
I fit liill'uring is the King’s proclaman
•The Act of Congress entitled an Act to
!il*»the [revisions of the Fourteenth
at to the Constitution of the Uni--
I-.- ami Tor uther ourposes, approved
|.jn!20, A. I>., 1S7I; beiug a law of cx-
■■siirarv public importance, 1 consider it
lilsjtn issue this, my proclamation,
liiioiilij atienlioa of the people of the
IdcJ.'Tates tbeieto. enjoining upon all
Id citizens, and especially u; on all pub
I Sars, to he zealous in the enforcement
Is f.and warning all persons to abstain
psimaiiiting any of the acts thereby
labiii l. This law of Congress applies
Idl puis of the United States, and will
p rafcrced everywhere to the extent ofthe
I'Msrwt-'d in the President. But inas-
ftb is the necessity therefor is well
Iwito Imre been caused chiefly by the
patail violation of the rights of citizens
l y laitcd States by combinations of
I*® md disaffected persons in certain
Iffitiu, lately the t eatre of insur-
|*a«nd military conflict. I do partie-
l«J (short the people of thos • parts of
fctK itry to suppress all such combiua-
I®-5 thoir own voluntary efforts through
l-Vsacv of civil law, and to maintaio
Iftiitbts of all citizens of the United
1*3 and to secure to all such cisizens the
jWvtotectiou of tho laws.
I Mj sensible of the responsibility im-
|?H uj' n the Executive by the act of
I;'” to which public attention is now
l*d. and reluctant to call into exercise
I; d the extrordinary powers thereby
f, ; '-’ d upon me, except in eases of im-
IfWUt... necessity, I do, nevertheless, deem
I'a “‘J to make kuowu that I will not
Jo exhaust the power thus vested
f,' hioeutive, whenever and wherever
i become necessary to do so, for the
| J ? 1 ; of securing to all citizens of the
I tie. States the peaceful eujoymeut of
MvUs guaranteed to them by the (Jou-
, '"n and laws It is my earnest wish
L/'^ud cheerful obedience to law
ft-vaii throughout the land, and that
ties of °ur late unhappy civil strife
I -pccdilj removed. These ends can
I• Je reached by acqucsauce in the re-
I; o the conflict now written in our Con-
1 ond by the due and proper en-
e flual, just and impartial laws
A J port of our country.
of local committees to fur-
I'flts/. means ^" or the attainment of t>
•W fp nest ‘I de9lrc d, imposes upon the
gssi*
I .rpps OF WEEKLY.
RAW u $2 00
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P-^f.pjaULY IS ADVANCE.
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Kr.iis- m. D WIN ELL,
Proprietor.
^vltimSEJIENTS.
" i i , j.ta'M-istrators, Excctors or
law to be held on
month, between the
fjrrt T,!,> -/tfcf orenoon and three in the
A of te [1 jj e p,. U rt House in the county in
Cs»B' at .-tvis situated,
f^3 th^ ! ,r °' . must be given
WISDOM, .JUSTICE AND MODERATION.'’
VOLUME XXY.
ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 12. 1871.
[Communicated.
Rome, Ga., May 5th, 1871.
Eds. Courier—In your i.-sue of the
2d inst. appears a communication from the
“Hon. Augustus R. Wright,” touching
what he calls “a little controversy” between
him and myself, “at the Livery Stable.” 1
did net begin the controversy, as those pres
ent will bear witness, tie had commenced
the attack on my Domination before I came
up. Why he should have thought the
matter of sufficient importance to make it
the subject of a communication, at all,
passes my comprehension, unless bp so do
ing be desired to give a little puhlieity to
the fact that he was opposed to my nomi
nation, and probably to my election.
In the article Judge Wright uses tho
following language :
* Without g ing in n all the details, it is
sufficient for me tostite that, upon Captain
Scott’s remark to me, “lie knew I was op
posed to him,” I replied that I had not fa
vored his nomination; and if his nomina
tion was to be considered as an endorsement
of his bill to lease the State Road, by which
Gov. Bullock’s right hand nan got the
control of it, I was opposed to him, and
was ready to go before the people in every
district in the county and take their opin
ion.”
1 know I did not. and was uatniware that
any frieud of mine urged my nomination
because 1 was the introducer of this Hi!;
nor do I suppose that auy member of the
Convention favored my nomination for this
reason alone. It was certainly not a ques
tion before the Convention.
While I advocate tho policy of leasing
the Road, believing, to use the language
of Hon. A. (I. Stephens, it has been here
tofore “used as a corruption fund,” Iliad
nothing to do with giving it to the present
lessees, and if they have used fraud, or
other unfair means iu procuring the lease,
let it be exposed, and none will go further
than I to visit, punishment upon tho guilty
parties
It may be that Jndge Wright is opposed
to my clectioo, and that h ? has seized upon
my connection with the b’ll as an excuse
for his opposition. If so. I shall certainly
uot complain. Its i-ufficioncioncy is -a mat
ter for his own consideration. Lie cannot
well convince the people of Floyd county
or the State, that I was ia complicity with
Bullock, or Brown, as he intimates, for my
record of opposition to their political and
financial schemes is too well known.
In this connection, neruiit me to say
that “Floyd,” in Inc same issue of your pa
per, does me great injustice, iu his reflec
tions upon yn-ir editoral of the 2d inst., in
which you speak id -‘pettifogging assailants”
I cauuot think that 1 am respontiile fur
y<mr editorials on this or any oth ir subject.
The Atlanta Constitution and other papers
in the State, have published the same arti
cle, and Ip.csume, on the same principle,
I must be held responsible for their publi
cations also. No sir; my friend “Floyd,”
whoever he may be, is ve ry much in en or
if he thinks I would feel ‘-dei/radcd” by his
support.
Judge Wright again says, “It is well known
that there was much opposition to Capt.
Scott’s previous nomination.” lie certainly
forgets that my “previous nomination” in
1868, was agaiust my will, over my pretest,
and yet unanimous.
For a history of the Lease Bill, I invite
tho attention of the voters of Floyd county
to the subjoined letter, written by mvsclf,
and published in yonT paper on 1st of Janu-
uary last, after 1 had refused the nomination.
My record, on this, and all other subjects,
is before the people. It is well known that I
did not seek the nomination.
Dtixt.lp Scott.
Communicate 1.
Rome, Ga.. Jan. 9,1871.
Mr. Editor—In compliance with your
request, I submit the following statement
of the facts connected with the history of
the bill to lease the AVestern A Atlantic
Railroad iu the last General Assembly. I
have to rely altogether upon memory, as
the journals of the House have not yet
been published, and hence may commit
some inaccuracies.
Before proceeding directly to this state
ment, allow me, by way of introduction, to
say that the idea oi leasing the Road is act
a new one, but has been discussed for years
past, and urged by our ablest and best
statesmen.
In 1852, Gov Cobb, one of Georgia’s
wisest sons, and purest patriots, urged the
lease with all the power aud iuflueuce of
his great intellect. And by reference to
his aunual message of 1853 it will be ob
served that the plan he recommended cor
responds very closely with the hill which
passed the last Legislature.
Gov. Cobb said this plan would “secure
three great objects to be attained :
First, the retention of the State’B- inter
est in the Road.
Second, the uniform and permanent sys
tem for its management; and
Third, a certain andreliable revenue from
it.”
of this great public interest beyond the
corrupt and corrupting influences of puriy
politics.
And the miserable management of the
Road for the last two years, not only proves
the wisdom of the recommendations above
quoted, but affords a living illustration pf
tho cruel and wicked purposes for which
bad men may use it, to accomplish selfish
ends.
The road not only has failed to pay any
thing into the Treasury, bat its incomes
(it is believed) ‘ has 1 een used to oppress
and to keep in political vassalage the State
of Georgia. I have long believed that it
was not yicltiina any icvenue to the State.
I have lung believed that it was being man
aged for the advancement of partiz tp ends-
rather than for the promotion ol the pub
lic weal. With these convictions, and to
thwart other schemes which I believed
would otherwise have passed and resulted
in great de riment to the best interest of
the State, I introduced the hill to lea e, be
litvin - that with a united democratic vote
we could carry enoueli rep hlicacs to se
cure its passaye. and thereby defeat the
more obnoxious measures.
Two other bills affecting the Road were
introduced in the House, one predicated*
upon the recommendations of Snpeiinten-
dant Blodgett and Gav. Bullock, appropri
ating half a million of dollars to the rc-
pai-s of the road, and known as “Blodgett's
Bill,” ami v hieh the Finauce Committee
reported hack, with the recommendation
••That it do pass.”
The other was introduced by Mr. Bry-
aut, of Richmond, incorporating a compa
ny, to be known as “:lie Western k Allan
tic Railway Company,” naming the corpo
rators, to wit: Gen. Austell. Judge Loch
rane, and others, (I do not remember all
the Dames) to lease the road for a term of
thirty years (l believe, but am not posi
tively certain as to the time,) and fixing no
minimum price per month, leaving amount
ol rent to the discretion of the Icas ng
power, and providing further, that said enr-
porators might, at any time during their
term of lease, purchase the road, at fire, ur
jive and a quarter millions of dollars, uud
that die State. *1 mdd not refuse to take Iter
■it bunds iu payment
I opposed the last named till because it
proposed to lease to a particular cojq any,
cutting off all competition without fixing a
price for the lease; because it vested sai l
company with authority to purchase the
road, if it proved profitable, for less than
its present value, because it required the
State to take Bonds,’ if tendered, at par.
This Would have enabled speculators to
have purchased bonds at a great sacrifice,
and b right a great public work, estimated
at from eight to tea millions of dollars at
a mere uominal price.
I opposed the Blodgett and Bullock ap
pro iriktion bili, because l believed that un
der fair mana'sement. the road would not
only keep up its repairs, but p y a h nd-
some revenue into the treasury On mo
tion, ail three of the bills ere taken up.
and set down to a day certain. On the
morriinL’ they were taken up tor Considera
tion I got hold of a printed certiti-ate. which
excited suspicions apprehensions in my own
mind, an J I read it publicly on the floor of
the House. 1 was informed 'hat a large
number o! them were in existence. By
whom they wore gotten up or for what pur
pose I do not know. That mast be left to
conjecture. Tbe billowing is an exact copy
of the certificate:
“Certificate No—, Capital 85,0011,000
B’cs/c/n tf" Atlanta- Raihray Company:
'■etT J0Teraaient the duty of potting
l-'air IlseQ ergies for the protection of
I <c ° ! ^ every race and color, and for
t!ii tal . 10n °* peace and order through-
lt e ° tlre counl ry.
ItI./’[‘“““y.hereof I have caused the
P, e I niteil States to be affixed.
' « “>e city °| Washington this 3d
lint,, "»*?’ P > 1871, md the indepen-
I “s l uited States the 95th.
l?Dcd ) U. S. Grant-” ’*
ronj ® ritte nden, the wife of the mnr-
l-V T “ 5 a witness on the trial of
I os . ,' r ' :n San Francisco, on tho 11th
Itf.j J,;“' wbil . e s ' le Was giving her testi-
heiuiijn ' , alr ‘ D a '°“d voice pronounced
K-rU, ? had said a lie- When the
Unn r stand the J^ge fined Mrs;
' 1 ’’° for contempt.
George Francis Train
I bit 4 j r,L. c , act ?G and sa J £: “Get George
fr,?. T I 11 “self—with, himself, of
I * ® er ®—let it be short like his
I a taouaa nd or so acts, a few
I a „a C ‘‘ u *’ :ind Train tbe inuch-
persecuted, will touch bottom
: ' d toirim Y- rner ’ *' 10 ha8 recently em-
RbHcl " ““t*. was ’ on lhe 16th ’
V
c" PublicC"”™’.. was ’ on lhe 16th in-
I J'erian^fit 1 ! 50 cd ! rom the Second
; n Ui c “ Gburclvof which Dr. Stew-
" *■« a MoctS 1 ’ a “ d 0f Wti0h S P Qr
r —•vi,auaoi,
!> ro <ntiient member.
It (the Road) will bo relieved from tho
difficulties whtch I have shown must al
ways, more or less, attend its management
under State control, aud fioalU insure the
regular receipt into the Treasury of at least
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars per
annum."
In 1855, Gov H. V. Johnson, in his
message,. after referring to tbe various
plans suggested for the management of the.
Road, says: 7 V - . >-1 A
“I refei to these propositions to demon
strate what I believe to be indispensable to
mec£ the expectations of the peo
ple of the whole State, and that is the.ne
cecssity of removing its administration be
yond tho arena of politics—of taking it
from the Executive control—of making it
independent of party influences. | However
widely different these various propositions
arc, they afford conclusive evidence of the
restlessness of the popular mind on the sub
ject. The sentiment is. all pervading, and
is manifested in a thousand forms that this
is expected and demanded at your hands.
I have no hesitation in expressing tbe firm
belief that it were better to adopt any one
of these propositions than permit, the Road
to be managed under the present m do of
its organization.
The idea of this vast capital being sub
jected to the fluctuations of party: politics
—confided to agents * ho, as a general rule
will be changed every two years in obedi-
ence to the utterances of the ballot box, is
preposterous atul ridiculous in the extreme. It
is only railroad men vyIso understand tlie con
duct of these greal.works. politicians who
aspire to gubernatorial honors know but
little, if anything, about it.”
These are the utterances of wise and pru
dent men, whose names are enrolled with
the great statesmen of the age.
Ihftijopinions of other Governors might
bo quoted, but the-feregoing ia sufficient to
demonstrate that wisdom, as well as public
'sentiment, has long demanded the removal
This certificate will entitle the bidder,
whose name ii endorsed en the .back, to
shares ot one hundred dollars each, in
the Capital Stock of this Coiupar y. Said
udurseuicnt on the back of this certificate,
to be witnested by the party issuiug the
same.”
Whether it was iuteuded as a corruption
fund cr not, I do not know. I only kaow
the certificates were in existence.
lr. was ascertained sometime before hand
thal the last two measures mentioned would
be brought forward, aa-J democrats were
apprehensive that one or the other would
pass, aud dreaded, the eousequences to the
State. To head them off, and protect the
best wc could this great State enterprise,
my bill wa3 introduced at the time it was
I at once consulted t .0 wisest and best men
in the State about the propriety of the
measure.
Among the men distinguished for states
manship and political sagacity, and whom
the people ol Georgia have ever delighted to
honor, I may mention Mr. Stephens and
Gen. Toombs, knowing that the integrity of
those men. and their devotion to the State
had never been questioned.
Mi. Stephens, in his recent letter on the
lease of the Road, gave substantially his
reply to my letter. He added further, “I
have for years been or opinion if it were
out of the hands of State officers, it would
be much better for the intjrests of the
people. It is now the source of great oor-
ruption, and no profit.”
Gen. Toombs’ reply was thirty days on
route, and did not reach me until after the
bill passed. He said that of tho various
msasuras before the "Legislature, “a lease is
the best, and the shortest lease the best
lease. I have always wished to sell the
road, bat tho terms are of the highest im
portance to the State Treasury, and to the
public interest.”
With such a Legislature as was then in
power, he nor any one else who had the in
terest of the state a 1 heat t, thought it advi
sable to sell.
I also telegraphed to Mr. Jno. P King
president of the Georgia Railroad and
Banking Company, Mr. Wm. M Wadlcy,
of the Central Road, Mr. White, of the
Maeon & Western Road, and other distin
guished railroad men, to meet me in At
lanta on a certain day, to consider the bill
and to devise the best measure possible for
the protection and promotion of this great
work, and of the general interest of the
State growing out of it.
' Messrs King, White, Hazelhnrst, Pet
tis, and perhaps one or two others, met me
and reviewed' the bill. After suggesting
several amendments, which I afterwards
CDgraftcd on the hill, I understood a’l of
them to approve it as the best that could be
done under the circumstances.
Mr. Cunningham, of Savanaah, tele
graphed me that Mr. Wadley was in New
York, but had telcgraped Gen. Lawton to
act for him, -but Gen. Lawton was in bed
Btck,' and Mr. Wilder was sent in his place.
;He reached Atlanta too late for tho inter
view, bat I submitted the bill to him and
understood him to endorse it, in about the
same terms the other gentlemen bad done.
Numerous other persons were consulted,
among them the prop: ietors of tiro or three
mf the most Influential newspapers of the
State. I remember the proprietor of one
of-the ablest and most popular papers in
Georgia, occnpied a seat by me at the time
tof'ittiMrodnction, read it before hand,_ap-
•proved.it, and telegraphed a-syopsis of itto
iris papei. •
Mr. King afterward wrote me that he had
•some misgivings about tho 1 profits of the
lease to the lessees, and would u.ueh rath
er have nothing to do with it individually
But for the interest of the Sta'e and tfe
tax payers, the question has bnt one side,
and that is in favor of li e lease. Yon are
tight in believing that the Road wiil refer
make anythin in the hands of politicians,
without regard to she. party in power. It is
doubtful if it t uer has paid any net prof Is,
even when the ennutry was less demoral
ized than now. The amotmt of the least,
therefore, will be so much clear gain to iff-
State, and if you succeed a debt of grati
tude will he due to you from every tax
payer end well wisher of he State.
Thus it will be seer, that impressed with
tho great resaonsihility and importance ol
the measure, and appreciating the embar
rassments and difficulties surrounding us.
we sought the counsel of the wisest states
meu and the ablest railroad men ic the
State.
The bill has many defects doubtless—
some of them were not soen at the time—
others were unavoidable under tht circum
stances. I favored a shorter time. Others
wiser than I, advised a longer term. I ad
vocated the fixing of the minimum price at
thirty-five thousand dollars, in gold, per
mouth, bat a majority of those whom I
consulted, counseled against it, believing
th t responsible parties would not take it at
the price.
Yielding to their superior judgment the
minimnm was fixed at $25,000, at which
price I understand it has beeu leased.—
Even at this price it will pay three-filLhs
(3 5) of the taxes of the State, as now as
sensed, per annum, thus relieving the peo
ple of a great burden.
As to whether there has been lraud and
corruption in the letting of the Road, Ido
not know, but if there has been I trust it
will be ferretted out I know it was the
intention of the bill that the party who
would give the largest amount per mouth
to the State, and who would otherwise
comply with the requirements of the meas
ure, should be entitled to the lease.' No
candid, honest man can give it it any nth-r
construction. G v Bullock eViJenll: so
construed it, otherwise, his proclamation
calling far bids was a mere farce to divert
public attention trom a contemplated fraud.
I will add. ill conclusion, that the hill
received the united vote of-every Demo
oerat. id hath brantdw- of the Oi-n r d
Assembly except Hr. 1‘arfcs, of-Gwinnett,
who favored the five hundred thousand do!
lar appropropmtion.
I am, very respectfully,
Your eb’t sor t.,
Dunlap Scott.
adjnamerf. and even that six months after
ward!'- .
Begging pardon of the public for having
condescended to notice an cmenatiatiTrna
such a source, I leave bin in the n ire of
his own infamy, well ku wing that gentle
n.co every where will recognize, my illustra
tion i f trie proverb that “Une cannot-touch
filth without beer e ing defiled."
John T. Burns.
[For the Rome Courier.
Sketch of a Hide aud Visit to CootaviUe
during tbe General Meeting of Baptist
Brethren from Churches of Coosa asso
ciation.
Mr Editor—t'nla-t Friday evening a
friend came to ns. saying. ‘ Don’t you want
to go with me to-morrow to Ccosavilh- '/—
There is a general meeting of Baptist
brethren belonging toonr Association, ap
pointed to meyt there on the 29th of this
month.”
We replied,- without hesitation, in the
negative, thinking that a fishing excutsion
upon Dry Creek, or any other drv place,
would be quite as profitable, Bnt after re
flection, I concluded that I was scarcely po-
Iitn to refuse so kind an offer without a good
o' cusc; and there wasaptobability of meet
ing Friends, which ought to be sufficient
eompeua. ti. u for a tadious tiip. So I told
my friend I had reconsidered, and would be
ready to leave home with him by 8 o'clock
in the morning, which purpose we accom
plished, starting fVoin home at snch a point
that ic was convenient to take a near cot
across the woods to reach the Alabama road,
which we found quite pleasant, some por
tims of thi woods being almost a natural
flower garden, while the golden rays of the
morning sun gleamed through the open
rings of the green foliage above us; and the
dew drop upon the green grass sparkled like ;
tiny diamonds in settings of emerald.
From the recent raius the main road was
rather dbagrceable traveveling. After
much jostling and jolting, we were sudden
ly brough:, to a stand, by an overplus of
water in the road. It seemed aiuiosl - ■!
a river had been turii7.H • or •>! N yuan or!,
and loft to flaw ac r:ii‘d.,in through rhe for-
o.t and over.the road Upon reconnoite.--
ng.ne saw some buggies standing, anJ
some horses tied on this side o( t e stream;
further up the creek was a doubtful fhot log.
the only means by which Mime, who liad
A BO.VBASTRS’ FORIOSO ANSWERED | passed on before us. had conveyed them-
We publish he following letter of Maj., •- elvt ' ! ‘ ,,ver ‘*ViUo«“? .ml,
T m ,, ... ... . j wtr io-> were tHHm .safe ou the other side. A
Jnn. T. Burns, which will set the poM-c Lj^,, „ ak brought es to the grove in which
right as to any misapprehensions that might j tilc Baptist Church of Coossvillc stands
have been created by the publication of; Upou eutoring the grove we were some
the indecent card to which it refers : j vhat pleasantly surprised to See a tew fat,
j sleek looking horses, some nice buggies, and
even two or three carriage-. Iu the course
Rome, Ga., May 5tbj JS71
My attentiou has been called to a recent
advertisement in tho Atlanta Daily New
lira, signed by one Geo. P. Burnett, in
which he gives copies of his two uotes ad
dressed to me. Bearing date of the 20th
and 22d of April l.istv with l is comments
appended thereto. I notice this viie pub
lieaiion not because I have any fears that
this or any;, mg else thal Burnett can say
or do, will affect my character and stand
ing with gentlemen by whom wo are both
kuowu, cut.because all the-facts are not
state end that strangers may koow who
this man Burnett is. :’;ar-;
His first note was handed to ms on Fri
day, the 21.-1 of April, as I was in the act
of leaving the city ou business, which re
quired an absence of two or three days,
but as his note was written in a spirit of
seeming amity, I sent him a verbal mes
sage by one of my friends, “ That a busi
ness engagement calling me at once from
the city, I could not seo him on Saturday,_
the day specified in his note, hut alter my
return, i could be seen either at my office,
or private rooms, as he (Burnett) might
elect.”
This message was delivered before I left
Tho sccotid ucte, of April 22d, was writ
ten the day alter I left the city, and was
handed to me on my return Monday, the
24th—Burnett, in the meantime,- having
left for Atlanta. To tho bearer 1 gave sub
stantially my former verbal mcsiage. Be
it observed that tbe offensive language com
plained of .waB uttered last November, and
even now, after waiting nearly six months,
he does not demand any retraction, or per
sonal satisfaction, but requests an interview
for the purpose ot an amicable adjust or ent.
A very singular request.
Burnett cannot as an excase for his de
lay, plead ignorance of the language ured
by me on that occasion, for within three
days thereafter he attempted to reply to my
speech in the same hall. Moreover, he has
had frequent opportunities to obtain tbat
amicable adjustment, having often met me
on tbe streets of Rome and Atlanta.
Since the Western & Atlantic Railroad
no longer feels the pressure of his wonder
ful financiering, “On what meat doth this,
our Caesar feed, that he has of late- grown
so valiant 'l What new victim has fallcn-a
prey to his greedy clutches 7 -Has anoth
er poor widow felt the weight of his avari
cious hand ? Has another steam engine
case required his manipulations ? Doe? the
depleted Stales’ Treasury still afford suste
nance to this hungry Cormorant ? Or, has
the Ku Kliu: BUI nerved his loyal lips to
SUCH gallant words ?
These'are questions in which the public
is vitally interested Yet, significant as
they are, they famish bnt a faint outline of
his character, the one word wanting to sive
due form, color and completeness to the
picture in all its hideons deformity; *s
SCALAWAG. ' ’
Now, gentlemen will readily understand
that I could hold no correspondence with
this man, without stooping to the low and
dishonorable position in which be has vol
untarily placed himself; and' that I gave
'him more honorable notice than he conlff
reasonably have expected’ when I;-even as
before stated, sent him, in reply, a verbal
message. I certainly (were such a thing
even possible,) had bo desire to provoke
hostility with such a character, any more
than I could degrade myself to his level by
acorrespondcnco. By this card, he hopes to
dope tbe public into the belief, that he is a
man of courage; while its very publication
ia face of the facts, not only violates every
-principle of true manhood, bnt exhibits to
t^e world the veritable “Ass in tho Lion’s
jkir ” He deceives’ himself if-he. ihiils . . . ..
hopes; to'gain respectability among gentle- prosperity, and that ye may be enabled to
■ ' '—- |eay after the manner of the illustrious Per
icles, “It is how my greatest glory that
of half an h u.r the gruund wa* alive -.villi
people, who, had cuiue in good rtyh-; iln-:r
*t ck evidencing the lac! that tlieie wa-
plentv of provender where tiny came tiurn.
it. 11 o’clock the cnugregkt on ,.iws« :it
bleJ in tin: church. Tile-ingeting wa»llieo
called to f.rdcr for business.
vis a we were invited as a u.cre spacta-
tor ol the world, aul the Baptists are a
modest, retiring kiud of people, we would
nfit presume to report what uitght be pri
vate affairs, without beiug properly author,
ized to do so; bnt I guess there will be uo
impropriety in discussing what trinspired
publicly.
Tho prominert feature ol the meeting
is the reading and discussion of various
subject.:, which had been assigned to differ
ent men,hers belonging to the churches of
tile .Association. Several, essays were lack
ing, one which had been assigned, to a gen
tleman irom’Gave Spriuu, namely : “Has
Jesas Christ a Ohnrsh on this earth, and
if so, where is it t > he found 7”
Upon the solution of this question thou
sands of great and good uieu have'dilfe'ed.
and >re woul i have been .plea ed to hare
heard it satisfactorily answered, every step
being solved according to Scripture .
Only two essays had been prepare.!—one
by Rev. C. H. Stillwell on Unity r f the
Spirit; the other, by Mr. Freeman, subject
The Communion, and the designs'of the
Communion.”
The last essay was reserved for the after
noon service.
The meeting then adjourned with .the
invitation to guests to partake of refresh
ments prepared by the citizens of Coosa-
vide and vicinity. Again repairing to the
grove, wC found extended ’neath the broad
spreading oaks, long white covers, upon
which were placed the most dainty of vi
ands. There ware meats of several kinds,
cooked to perfection, cakes; jeHics, and last,
bnt not least, were large glass'jars ot juicy
looking peaches, put up last year, and real
country cream to eat.with them. Oh, Mr.
Editor; I cxii assure yon it was a beautiful
sight,'oiie which I would like to sec every
day, especially the peaches' and cream.—
The ladies Were as’neatly dressed and qnite
as pretty a3 any~(tlTtlugfi I' don’t like to ac
knowledge it) ot oar Rem a people. There
were-sparkling eye sure enough, rosy cheeks
dainty feet and hands, though some of. the
hands were a little browned with cottage
toil, vet they were oily the more dear to
those to whose comfort they ministered.—
There was one yoang'lady with dreamy,
tender looking bine eyes, that left snch an
impression upon the retina of my eyes that
for several hoars after, leaving her, every
thing looked bkie, eyeu my own self. Then
pied the bench. While the essay , was.be
ing read, (wbichjbitt.a'rengtiiened the Bap
tist principles upon that subject.) the old
gentleman seemed to be a? gently soothed
by it, as tbe darling babic in its rocker, is
soothed by its mother's lullaby song. So
long as this state of things con tinned,, the
ol-l gentleman enjoyed his scista; but after,
a while a bro.her arose and said that •m‘c
or two great leading Baptist divines had-
fallen into the error of open eommnaion;
and, that while they, as a church, had ever,
been fouud iu the old beaten path, stil 1 they
should express some charity for the erring
brethren. (Old gcntlemau un the tench
ope ed one eve, no- breathing quite so
heavily ) Presently another arose, saying;
more than two had erred; many uienitcru
might be found of the same pers sion, (old
gentleman opened both, eyes.) and. were it
uol a possible thing, that all might err on
this questian some day. were it not u.orc
positively settled, and firmly established
by renewed chnrch. action? (Old gentle
man now wide awake and on tbe floor ear
nestly contending “for the faith oqce de
livered to the saints,” like a teacher would
refer-a Boy, who had "erred in advanced
calculation, to the fundamental rule? of
arithmetic.)
- But, all foolish jestiug ai.d discussion
aside. The essay was pronounced a fine
one, by good judges, and we hope soon to
ha ze the piessura of reading it tn the “In
dex ” ' — ,i
We remained iu the neighborhood all
night Borne large landholders on the river
had iiue wheat, which, as yet, had no sign
of rust Never was there a,finer prospect
for fruit; jApricot trees burdened-with the
promise of abnudance. If every part of
Floyd county is ia as thriving x condition
as this one spot, we may hope for a plenteous
.-bower of earthly blessings this year. >:
8abbath, we had two-eloquent sermons,
one from Rev. Fnller, agent for Index;
The other from Rev.’Robertson, from Ala-
bam. Rev. C. If. Stillwell’s essay was
read in the afternoon. Tho, subject: was a
glorious que, and. full of iuterezt, hot the
brethren were press d fur time, and did.
net discuss it. The meeting adjourned
Sunday afternoon ufcoit 4 o’clock. Ad
journed to meet it Cave-Spring on the 4tii
Sunday iu next J uly.
If the people at Care Spriug areas kind
tir’d la -;. Lal.le as the good people of Qoosa-
a -fie. ;.V will be a pleasant thing to attend
the meeting; and I guess they are, for
whjre the world is foil ofbtauty, tho heart
is-apt to.ba fail of-dove. •
Letter from Seargent Bates.
Ilts March from Vicksburg to .IVuJiingtou
—Adventures with the Loyal Liagueis
— Iloldnis Offer of Ten Thousand Dol
lars if the Seargent will Abandon the
March in disgust.
Indianapolis; Ind., March 27, ’71.
'!Cditors Indianapolis Sentinel:
Dear Sirs—In the report of the Senate
ot March 10, on political outrages, they as
sert, in regard to the Union League’at the
6 auth, that “its purposes were pablfeiy
avowed, that it held public meeting* a-d
processions, in which its uembers appeared
and acknowledged their conncctam with
it; that mi violence was cither directed or-
eouuteuauced by the lea: ur.”
Allow me to give yon some facts iu re
gard to the Union League South, in connec
tion with uiy tonr .with the U. S-.flag
through the l te Confederacy. Not wish
ing to trouble you with a very 'on.; commu
nication. I will be as brief as possible.
After I liad Commenced the march from
V cksburg, and before-getting not of Mis
sissippi, I.made the discovery that I was
being followed by a iexpectable and intelli,
gent looking negro. ’ It uould extend; this
communication too mach ta explain how I
made tbe discovety-thlit he was a spy aod
tool of the Union League and was to follow
and act under instructions from the League
in regard to me—(be was to do no harm.
but if my object in going through the
South was what the directors of the League
asserted-it to he, 1 waa to. be assassinated;
unless I would rctnan to' my Northern
home when warned to do so)—or how and
why I made him my friend and arranged
with him to take charge of. my bagggage.
meeting me at sueh points as railroad com
munication would’admit of; how be assisted
me to attend three secret meetings o! the
League in di-guisc and at the risk of my
life; how ou-two occasions, 'at Warren ton
and Angasta^Gaghe saved mo from seri>
out harm upd perhaps death from the skul
king bloodhounds .-of the League. If this
shall meet the eye of any of . the leading
citizens ofWarrcnton.itwill bring to mind
thonnnsnal excitement among the negroes,
oo the ovfloinpof my arrival in their town,
aDd theiv openly, expressed hostility to-,
wards me-a feeling created, by the lalse
represents Ions of the leaders of the League
the objectbcingto'excite the negroes to
mob me. Some of the citizens will also
bring-to mjnd bow strongly they urged me
toallowthem to guard my hotefdnring the
night, for tbe protection of myself and the
flag, and how’I successfully opposed their
wishes in the matter.- Bnt they were not
aware tbat late in the night aft-.r they had
retired to -rest,: for purpose of gaining intbr-
mation, I-disgoised thyself, -and with my
trusty friend; stole quietly from’ tltfe house
and attended a negro meeting pretided-
over by two white meD, where I heard thy
self misrepresented by the whites and
roundly cursed by the negroes.
While in Selnia, Ala.,an agent of the
League called on fine and requested a pri
vate intorvi :w v which I granted. His ob-
Ttotuas II. Unger^.is the
who was made Military Govenn-r ol Gcor-
gia af the clnee of* the war, In which capaci
ty he j*tole notluni' and gaTe unireraal *at~
isfaclion.
learn says the Nashrille Union
am? American, fhnt utter the ht of Jane,
passengers will be e*wrie»i from Nashville
fo K‘\toa, ly the way- if C!»artai»^a, in
thirteen hom>. which may be . Flu.rteueil a
little if uecte.^ary. T he distance from
Nashville to Mobile, ly the way’of Chatla^
NEW SERIES—NO- 37i- SS^STSSSSI^m&
lours. -,- • ..Iq-daiv q -
The, have iu Chiua v hai i- knowt as
the g-ease.trye Large SiriL-is grow there,
and thc oiea'g.Duas product has teemne an
article ol traffic. The greas forms an,ex
celled tallow, l uring wtth a clear fcril-
liaut, and—what is iufiuitely mote to the
purpose—whi'c J’ght, and at the same time
emitting oov a trace of any unpleasant
duel, or of the ordinary disagreeable: eenm-
pan’.ftit ot con .boot ion smoke.
tl.al they were guided in all political mat
ters by him. .jv'JBS
’ Tile above in-e only a few Tacts of the
Ktul.' -That same ULtdn League of which
the Senate coamritte- taid, -No violr ii ee
was either directed or coautenanccd by-
them,” oqide lour attempts, *o bribe me and
.’three times threatened me with death,,
while oh my day with’a United States flag
from Vicksburg to Washington, it being’
well knowD that L was in the interest of no
par'y, my only object being to prove l ha'
the people olthe Noilh and South could
and should be united a” the bonds of a
friendly rmiin. AlRiW aito sny that I
am npposefto jilt seerot -rganizations of
W.haU-yer vhaJtaefiT, forj ln.lieve them un.
neci-.-aary and a public eyii 1 weald also
say that 1 can give you farther imporlaut
information iu tegard . to snch organiza
tions, asserting nothing hnt what I can
prove, oad,-if acceptable, wi'l do so willing
ly, sin-ply Iron the l et that l I elieve it a-
dnty l owe to tbe.pupjic l » giro publicity
to informal j u of the above character which
lauip. Saessed of.
Very respectfully.
Serg’t G. H. Bates
aro not sonie future orators and statesmen
about Coosaviile there is nothing ; in,' the
science bf phrenology!
As I lounged half lazily upon a cushion
my eyes taking in at at a glance-the entire
scene of peace, prosperity and happiness, I
could not but contrast it with a scene upon
the same place a few yedra ago; then the
grqve. wcsTdotted with the white tents of
the soldlers, the smoke caiding an J wreath
ing about the oaks,,which issned-from the
‘campfires that cookcdtheixcoarseand scan
ty rations! ‘ Rough, looking men, dooned,
in their jackets of .gray, hurrielly passing
tp andJro, hiding beneath that rough exte
rior, yearning, aching hearts, for' the un
protected loved ones at home. No spirit
of patriotism can keep down the heart
swelling when nature’s ties are broken.- Ah,
think of it ye who. wonld aonnd,“To arms”:
for every trivial cause-.; Pray so to, live
that ye may die mid. scenes of peace and
X .1 ., 1. ti.x
men. ■
I do not remember the exact ^ language
need by me in a pnbliisspeeoh ax months
ago, bnt I here reaffirm all-that I then and
there said, and which I would again sub
stantially reiterate, and prove, were not the
facts so well known by the people of Geor
gia, as to make it a work of suporerogutioa.
Suppose, however, that Barnett quotes my
exact Ian gage, to wilt “That he was a thief
and scoundrel,” who but him would ask an
iutorview for the purpose of aU’aWiwh'Me
none of my acts have caused a citizen jof
Athens to pnt on mourning.”
At one o’clock we again entered, the
church for the purpose ef hearing Mr.
There wvs one old gen-
the good things of this life, and the good
dinner especially, and who, apparently, in
tended to enjoy his afternoon “riesta,” if
one might judge from the manner he oecu-
there were ever so'many children. The . .,
bovs esneeiallv Were fine'looking. If. there jeet in calling vras’fo Induce me to become
' ' - ' - ■ • 1 ? • • ' - a member of the Leagrie' ' His arguments
and inducements offered by him I will
ovCT'(fer'tfie- present:)
While-stopping at the Ejuippean Hotel;
in Montgomery, Ala., I was one evening a
short time atscent from my room; on re-
turniogto it and entering"T‘fdnnd'a iom-
mncication which had been -thrust under
returned to my borne, giving up all farther
eBoris in my attempts to deceive the people
of the Norib iii fe^ird to tbe loyalty of the
reddumded thutors dftbe Sooth, etc., etc.
I mentioned the matter to but one person—-
Gen. James Glanfott; of Montgomery, who
urged me to acceptot an escort of ex-Con-
ie lie rate soldiers, who woul 1 see me and tho
4ag’pass safely ' through Alabama into
Georgia. I refused the escort.
AtySteensboro, N. C., I was offered ton
thousand dollars, which I was ;to receive,
provided I would stop the march and go
home. I was to do it apparently in disgust
and in the interests ofthe Republican
ty. The offer came from Gov. W. W. Hoi-,
den, of your-State. Although a poor man,
nevertheless neither, myself nor the flag I
carried was for s
)n my way through
present, who had evidently enjoyed North Carolina I was informed by s/urn
bers of the League that the organization in
that State was already powerful, and w:s
growing more so at a rapid rate; that Gov.
Holden was at the head of the League, and
[Krw York Corrcrponuenc-i Chicago Times.
flow wc go Up, an-i bow wt- go Down,
There is no city ii tfieja rid where news
papers experience such vu-i—itudes as here
in New York I aliirJe oi-ire particularly"
tp the light clo-i? af - journals. Maple Leaves
for example, hud a bona fide circulation, 2
years age, of forty tl.-msaiid copies, aud was
looked npon as a very valuable piece of
property It has ju<t now -suspended tor
want ol funds to .gojio. [ii a few months*
time . the U.RisebvId Journal iwas run ap to
a circuiatiau of vlc huudred and sixty
thousand; a lew anon:lis.later audit CPased
to exist. Th--truth is, proprietors of all
but long established papers have to keep
constantly pushing and bolstering them, or
they go backwards.
;iv theatrica! papers are, in many in-
staiiees’vi ry prifitaffe. They circulate from
twenty to lorry thousand copies, bei.ig
thrown into the-theatres, saloons, hotels,
ami other public resorts.. '.If. the owner ol
ope of thciu eau get a uumhor <-f the tl>ea-
tres to quke'Jiis papir their authorized
programii.-e; and if he steer clear of the
many theatrical uispnfts and quarrels, ! e
is pretty sore to mal.it a snug little fort sne.-
Thctn able is. however, that they wili not
do so,
Soo-’i-r er later .these lutle programme
papers fucame iuv .lved in difficulty, with
jirtt Iiue’ahd then another theatre, and are
thrown out. -F«al Ntchrison, who hasjast
begun a tail against Booth’s theatre, has.
ii:r ezauiple. qaarrel-ai-through the Sce r -oD
with jmc cttaMiahini At and another, until
the paper has Ifwi nearly all its patronage.
A terrifla hroadstde against ’Booth in the
Seasonarauseiftlie latter to lefuse him ad-
miituuce. iinler all uircamsiacces, to his
theatre He has tried all u ana r of ways
to see u h hi Inu'e.-s, only to meet with re
buff. I nis uiau Nicholson was formerly a
theatrical critic of the World. His snit
against Booth is the topis of conversation
in i hfaitrual circles.
The latest on di. exciting fashionable
circles, tells ns that Eugenie will come to
Ai' s-riea next: suiii iier. -did occupy a cot
ISge’ Si'S.-iratngu.’ Nobody vouches for the
truthof-rhis, yeLss'tnousami hearts flutter
ut the mere possibility of seeing a real Em
pr-ss!
Miss Miirv E. Lin--4a«-Ji‘i-r of the bile
Omoral Robert K heepissaid to be enga
ged to Mr. Charles Upton, lhe cashier of
the Firtt National Bank of Rochester, New
Ycrk.
It is understood that the Joint ’High
Commission have agreed upon tbe settle
ment of tbe San Jn.:u boundary by giving
the United States that island.
Two friends nieet'iig, one askied the oth-
, “Are yon a Spiritualist?” “Why, yes,”
said the other, wiih some hesitation “I
nin n Spiritualist, hat I’m dot a d d
foil:” ■
(t^The Now Y’o:k Tribune declares that
Ben Butler • has not discretion enough to
keep out of quarrels,, nir pluck enough to
carryAhern through.” • -
An exchani>6 raVs tKat a loy in Ohio
watehed a flock of quails runningalotigthc
rows of corn,- presuming they were palling
the corn, . He shot one, and found in its
crop one cut worm, twenty-one striped eu-
enmoer bugs and 100 ehinch bugs.
The degreelof 'Dnctor of Medicine was
conferred upon. Miss Susan J. Taber, of
High.Roict, North.Carolina, at the nine-
to; nth annual ccmmjncement of the Wo
miiu’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, at
PMlfidelphiay’ori'thc lSth nit.
1 yrii:
’California is intr during one, two,'three
and five cent pieces .fur the first time-in
her history. Hitherto a “bit” has.been the
smallest change , , -
Commodore Vanderbilt is announced as
soon to start a daily paper in New Yprk
with $800,000 capital.
Kossuth has at length got over his, pe--
cuuiary embarrassments. A distant rela
tive; who' died reCchtly in <he ctivifbhs of
Debreeziu, has left him a considerable for
taafto, ’sqa .If i b r-. >’) -
-The old natds of England are getting
handsome - verdicts inr blighted affections.
One sveet creature of fifty-six has justre
ceived $2,500 from, a tyrant. .man of sixty,
j It js stud that the auiWitiea jn Spain
know*perfectly well lhe names and where
abouts of the assassins of Goneral Prim,
bnt that they are afraid to.prosechto them
on-eccoant of their influential connections
A number of French women “who have
been wdrking in ’the mines for the last
eighteen years in men’s clothing, were ar-
,the door during'my nbscense,’’antT it'was
from the League, who threatened me with rested.in a San. Francisco saloon on Wed-
.a certain-death nnlees I furled my flag and nesday evening, tKrir sex being discovered
S i 1. .11 Lav.. (n*lt,A Rrat Irmi
for the first time.
Now'll is rumoured that Pap Dent, the
father-in-law of the administration, is abont
to wed Mrs. SmithfWidoWof the late John
this suggests a dreadful possibility, jf all
that family have got fabe- provided : for.—
Boston Post.
*."* J - ‘
Carl Wilhelm.—Tjieilast jqail- from
Europe brings inteTigence of tho death of
(Jiri Wilhelm, who will eo down to'posteri-
■ ty as the composer of the music of “Die -88.
' Waeht am Rhein!” Ho had retired iir good
health and was found dead in tke aorning;
cause, appoplexy
Prince/ Bismarck is to receive a! Parlia
mentary grant of 1,000,000 thiders in re-
cognition of his services to the country.
Generals Moltke v Goehen, Werder and
Fransecki will receive grants of 300,000
and 500,000 thalers each. The comman
ders pf army corps will receive small appro
priations from the .Emperor’s private ex
chequer. •*'
The New York Evening P.i-t, discussing
the reign of teri«-r iu ScrauU;: . well says ;
‘‘Surely the condition of society in any, the
most di-turbed oi the Font tern States, is
peat--.* and frde^om ceniparcd with *bat in
Non hern IVunsr Ivania.”
The negroes register in Norfolk 906
votes, but the United States Marshal can
find only 702. while the city assess r, a nd
ical also, can find only 078 to assess with
the capitation tax. . :VY.here are the 265 ex
tra ueurot-s, and where do they live ?
The iron. John Morrissey is said U med
itate starting a bant, if the faro species,
ik-Ciweego. :
■How much" did he leave ?” inquired a
geutleiuau of a wag, on learning of the
death of n tveal-l y citizen “Everything”
nsporidoJUlielie did’nt take a dol
lar with him.”
A man in Michigan swapped bis horse
for a wile. Au old .bachelor acquaintance
saiu he’d .bet tlierp was something wrong
with the horse, for its ower would never
have ibnled it away in that reckless j.an
ner.
The earth is said to be growing smaller.
In two thonsan i million of years il will be
as small as Rhode Island, where they are
unable to shoot wcodcock with the finest of
bird shot for fear of shooting into some
other State.
One of Josh Hillings’ Prayers.
From too many irionds, and from things
at luce eodd. Good land deliver us!
I'rnai a wile who doant luv us, and from
children wl<i doantieok. like us. Good Lord
deliver usl
S green grocer—one who trusts.
Female Catherines—ladies* ruffie?.
’ During peace a regiment is quartered;,
during wartimes it is occasionally cut to
•I'Tp'.. -
That woman was a philosopher who,
wyuiLslw lost her husband, said she had
one gt'-at cuts-latimi—she knew where he
was-i'idghto.
R-itrWays are ariitot-rutie. They teach
every man to keep his own station and stop
there.
A voung widow, who was a great stiek’-i
ler.ldr politenesf, ou being visited byt her
pastor and asked its tn her liusbaod's lieallh
he null itiioa ing of hip decease, replied,
He is dead 1 thank yn
Ex-Presidtut Johns o has consented to
deliver an address at tl.e fair at Knozvi to,
Mav; 27th, on mechanical skill ami iodns-
Et-Captain Frederick, of the 104th N.
Y. Yolnotr ers, ia under arrest fur defraud
ing t e government in bounty claims.
A z-eot elm aii who had pul up at an inn
was-isked in thu o.i ruing low-h-i' had slept.
.-'Af. :- 'in iit*’ rug lied Douald. ‘-uae vera well
•ilien hut I.was inucklu bettor njl. tliau.
the (I;ys, fjr ile'i! a’ one »’ them cki-ed an
; (lie lialeTiich .”
G-ihinel Giles M. llillyer. for a quarter
of.o century a prominent editor in Miss
issippi. died iu Ytcksberu on the 22J. He
was a prominent Mason.
Jir. Ike A. flood 1 as sold bis intirest id
the iJidstiin Jot-rnal, at Ri gersville, Tend.,
to -Me-srs Riley and Stewart. The edito
rial management will be in the hands of
M ers is. Hugh Kyle aud Wm. Waterson.
. Why was it, as an old woman in a scar-
let cloak was crossing a field in which a
goat was browsing, that a most wondrful
metamorphosis took, .place? Because the
uoat turned to butter, and the antique par;
ty to a scarlet runner.
TELEG&4 P 230.
reported tor the Tri-Weekly Conner.
; NOON DISPATCHES.. .
Stbajcosx, Jtay 6:..i
two disreputable characters wore burued
to death,'-. ith Ding’s Baogio, to day.
Chicago, May 5,
A.girl 22years old drowned herself. .She
left a note stating that she had been seduced,
under promise or marriage, by^ Samuel E.
a. Norton has flea, leaving,a newly
married wife.
The sentenoe of the Eoclesifctical court
degrades Cbeny from the-Ministry. •
• Mz»«ns", May 5;- ,J
Articles consolidating the Mississippi Riv- i
er and Paducah Railroad with the Goto Sail,
road; Co . was signed to day.
The lease ol the Nashville and -Decatur
Road .to Louisville, and the Nashville Road
confirmed.
New Toek, May 5. ; ,
The. Republican committee,, ajt a special
meeting, passed resolutions disapproving
Grant’s treatment of Sumner, and Grant’s
San Domingo’policy.
Wasuisgtos, May 5.
Copt Senammcrbern, of the marine, has
been retired.
Censbsof Superintendent Walker returned.
Senators Gerton and Cameron interviewed
the President today. ■
The Cabinet e nsidered the proposed Aht-
bama claims treaty. Nothing, transpired.
Assistant Secretary Richardson, who goes
to Europe ip behalf of the new loan, will he
accompanied by John Bigelow, of the chief
loan division of, the Treasury, and three
Treasury!clerks.' '
•TELEGRAPHIC
Livzr.rooL, May 5.
Cotton, uplands 7j-}; Orleans, 7J-[;-sales
12,000. •:?;
-New York, May 5.
Cotton 15); sales 4187; gold Hi-};money
3a5; sterling, 10}-j; 62) 13}
Cxncisxati, May 5.
Pork 17}-}; lard 11; shonlders 7;
clear sides 91; whisky 88.
Louisville, May 5
Bagging 24o25; pork 18 00; lard 12}; shonl- -
diorz 7};, clear - rib sides:0}; clear 9}; whisky i
New Orleans, May 5.
Cotton, middlings! 14}-f(sales 5400; stock
14,399.
SAVASSAn, May 5.
Cotton, middlings; 14; sales 1750, stock
40,247. ’ . . at c-...
Acousia, May 5.
^Cotton—middlings 13}; . s
! IpsARiEmrir,
Cotton, middlings 14; sales
19,897.