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VOLUME XXIV.}
LA (CHANGE, G A., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1868.
INUMBER 49.
onotry respectfully i
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TIIOS. M. JONES,
WITH T
r. W. SIMS A CO.,
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Savannah, Georgia.
I N ordor to enable Planters to HOLD THEIR COTTON.
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onth, for tho mouoy atlvu
i that
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OVftt NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE*
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od—Applauded and Hissed while Preselling— Personal
Appeanthcn—His Church—Htnnd built of Wood brought
from Mount of Olives—Baptising with Jordan Rivor
Winn for Sacramental Purposes—
ono of the organ l'lpcs—
A bitter Enemy ui the South.
Water—Joruoalotn Winn to
Bencher's crawling thro*
Probably tho nost Senator—,
paper. Respectfully,
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New York, Nov., 18G8.
IuhIoimI of my giving you r synopniH of tho
principal ovenU that have taken place hero since
my lout, I propose to givo you, this week, a des
cription of Plymouth Church and its pastor, Hen
ry Ward Beecher, who, by his politico-religious
sermons has obtaiuod such a wide spread noto-
rioty, not only in the United fitutos, but also in
Europo. Ho is, undoubtedly, a very sharp,
shrewd man, well read, gifted with a flno flow of
words where, withal, to gild his poetical image
ries, and possessed of tolerably pleasing features,
with u half defiant, half truculent air. Liko tho
braggadocio, when ho knows he iR backed by his
pals, ho uses tho former when lie advocates tho
gall envonomod political dark deeds of tho Black
Radical party, who largely compose his congre
gations, and from whoso pockets, (alas! tho radi
cal party havo no breast filled with tho milk of
human kindness) ho draws his nourishment in
the shape of a $12,500 salary per annum. IIo
seldom uses tho truculent air, for ho has found
out tho weakness of his co-wokers, (’twould ho a
sinful moekory to call them luborors in Christ's
vineyard, for can tho oldest inhabitant remem
ber, when ho preached an entire discourse all for
Christ? Aro they not universally admitted,
fractionally divided into ono part God, two Beech
er, and three radical party ?) nnd panders to their
depraved and vitiated tastes by preaching politics,
hurling his darts at Democracy, Tammany So-
eioty, corrupt oily and State Governments, with
now and then a sham, sarcastic prayer, implor
ing mercy for deluded rebels.
As an instance of his making God's houso, not
a den of tliieves(V) but a political hostings, I re
member last July, during the session of tho
Democratic Convention, when Pendleton's name
was spoken of as the leader of the Democracy,
heaving him denounco “ tho man or party, who
were guilty of advocating payment of the Nation
al debt in greenbacks,” as “ rotten at tho core,
and both morally and politically dishonest."—
This onuueiation was greeted with loud plaud
its expressing the approbation of his hearers,
with the exception of a pious few, who came to
serve tho master or who wore without doubt in
favor of repudiat ion, and signified it by boldly
hissing tho modern apostle of the Pilgrim
Fathers. Has he not stolen the livery of heaven
to serve tho devil (Radical party) in?
Beecher’s manner of delivery* is any thing but
oratorical. This defect he seems to bo fully aware
of, but instead of cultivating a graceful, easy
style, he affects a loud vehement manner, which
ho fain would havo his hearers mistake for sup
pressed fire, spontaneously bursting forth nud
wildly rending the orator’s buzzum with eloquent
strains. He is likewise afflicted with very undig
nified posturing, such as a pnmpie squash way of
throwing one leg a half yard in advance of the
other, one hand plunged in his pants pocket, tho
other in tho arm-hole of his vest Evidently his
predilection seems to have boon to tread the theat
rical boards, for which profession ho is totally
unfitted by his obese form and clumsy action.—
His sermons always show evidences of study,
and for the most are written. They abound in
much subtle humor—some <ff it quite irreverent;
his audiences nro frequently convulsod with
laughter—never suffused in tears. As to person
al appearance ho Is six feet, lai^o, stout build,
leaden eyes, forehead rotreating; wears his hair
long and combed behind'W ears, and keeps his
beard closely shaven.
Ilis church is built of red brick—almost a
square—unadorned by lofty towering steeples or
loudly pcaliug bells. Midway tho top of tho
doors and the eaves of the house are the words:
•' ‘' PLYMOUTH CHURCH,' ’ ’
1849.
in plain romau letters. Nor is the interior of
tho edifice decorated by fresco painting or gilded
carving. Even the small stand he rests his arm
on, and the larger ouo holding the Bible, aro
both quite plain—almost entirely free from fancy
work. The wood from which they are made was
brought from the Mount of Olives, near Jerusa
lem, last summer a yeur ago, by a party of ex
cursionists to the Holy Land—one of whom was
to havo been Beecher, but at the eleventh hour
ho was prevented.
Tho excursionists, also, brought back some Je
rusalem wine and Jordan River water. A part
of each was turned over to Beecher, and, on his
announcing that applicants for baptism would be
baptised with this water, tho shoddy aristocracy,
eager for everything sensational, clutching at
every straw' that may servo to make them notori
ous, aud Bupcrstitiously of the opinion that, being
baptised with such water, and by such an apostle,
they must needs be saved, flocked to him liko
unto the days of St. John tho Baptist; and when
Jerusalem wine was served at the sacrament what
a turn out was there! Theso are only a couph
of samples of New York aristocratic religion d*
tho present day. Closo by tho Bible stand, and
at Beecher’s left, is placed an enormous bou
quet of natural flowers, fresh every Sabbath,
and soemingly growing in tho pot, which looks
really very charming..
On the first Sabbath of tho present month I
saw him baptise flvo or six infants; and his meth
od, I must say, would far from please the Baptist
denomination, as it is an abortive attempt at the
sprinkle of the Methodists—merely dipping his
finger tips in tho silver basin, inlaid with gold,
and placing on the child’s head. Tho reason
may havo been that ho was eking out the few last
drops of the Jordan water/
Tho vocal music of his church is the finest I
ever heard. The choir numbers over thirty regu
lar members, and in addition, the whole congre-
tion join in swelling tho anthems of praise to
tho Highest. Tho organ is tho second largest iu
the United States, and was put up in’GO at a
cost of $25,000. An amusing incident is relat
ed of Henry Ward’s crawling through one of the
largo pipes before some of his congregation, in
order to show tho sizo! This is only related as
an eccentricity of genius; but if an ordinary mor
tal had boon the hero of such a feat, he would
have been complimented by being dubbed a
fool ever after. Tho church has a seating ca
pacity of 2500, but it is very difficult for a stran
ger to get a seat, and an impossibility without
being on hand early, and crowding around tho
doors, which, on account of t|ie immense throngs
who flock to hear him always, both summer and
winter, present the appearaace of a theatre on the
occasion of some popular star actor’s benefit night.
The radical party having majorities in both
branches of the State Legislature, it is confident
ly thought he will bo the next U. S. Senator.—
Gtorgln Nc%r» Arom ou** Exchanges*
A steam fire ongluo [for Americits has arrived
nt Savannah.
Bishop Beckwith, of tho Diocese of Georgia,
resides nt Maeou.
Tho Democratic official majority in (ho Gth
District iH 5,357.
Offices go u begging in Sumter oouuty. No
ono will run for Sheriff.
A bogus Confederate soldier, named Gillespie,
is operating in Southwest Georgia.
Tho Superior Court of Houston will commence
its session on Monday, tho 7th December.
In a row in Newton county tho other day, a
Bailiff, name not given, aud a negro, were kill
ed.
The first session of tho Supreme Court, with
Brown an Chief Justico, will bo hold in Atlanta
this month.
Mules uro worth from $100 to $200 apiece
in Macou. Droves are arriving from Tennessee
and Kentucky.
Mrs. Hines, of Dougherty county, while out
riding the other day, was thrown from her horse
and seriously injured.
Four thousand nnd twenty oranges have
been grown this season on one truo, ut Mont
gomery, uoar Suvamiail*
Robert Pilkinton, Esq., of Piko county, was
killed by his step-son on tho 23rd nit. Tho
murderer mado his escape.
P. M. Beaufort, of Savannah, has been arrest
ed for forging tho name of Glaghorn and Cun
ningham for lurgo amounts.
A man named George Millor, was shot and
severely wounded, near Savannah, by a negro,
ou Tuesday. “ Lot us have peace.”
Luther Glenn, Esq., withdraws from the can
didacy for the Mayoralty of Atlanta, to which he
was nominated us a citizen’s candidate.
A negro named Springfield has been detected
us the* murderer of young Law, of Savannah,
who was killed near that city on election day.
The people of Augusta, employed guards to
watch their milk cows while they are feeding
during the day to protect them from negro huut-
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Inhere is no doubt of bis-accepting the place if
tendered him, for his palms have long itched to
clutch the coveted prize. Macauleysays priests,
of all kinds, make the poorest statesmen of any
other class of men—this being tbo case, it is to
be hoped hiB fond hopes will bo blasted.
The above rude sketch may seem to some more
like a caricature than lifq picture. I dare say I
have shown an unchristian spirit in being more
eager to point out the moats in Beecher’s eye
than I have in showing his good qualities. Time
may, perhaps, change my views; but at present
I can not look with an eye of favor on him when
I remember ho lias always beon and still is u
bitter maligner and implacable enemy to Dixie,
and be wbo hates dear old Dixie must not expoct
to have the love and veneration of . _
FARQUE.
A high school for the education of children
will be opened at Stone Mountain early in Jan
uary, with Rov. William II. Strickland, us prin
cipal.
Bullock has Ret aside tho recent election hold
in Muscogco for Coroner, Sheriff and Clerk, on
tho ground that it was not advertised according
to law.
The Newnan ITerahl says that, Sunday even
ing, 22nd qjt., the residence on the farm of John
Robinson was burned. Origin of fire acci
dental.
The controversy for some timo existing between
tho trustees and faculty of the Atlanta Medical
college has been satisfactorily aud honorably ad
justed.
A negro attacked an old citizen of Morgan
county, named John Cones, some days since,
robbing him of $3G. The negro is now in jail at
Madison.
The Thomasville Enterprise insists that Thom
as county shall nond two of her strongest men to
the Farmers’ convtntion which meets in Macon
on tho 10th inst.
A paper in the interest of the people calling
themselves “ Northern Methodists,’’and to be
called the “Methodist Advocate," is to be soon
started in Atlanta.
The Newnan llcrald, of last week, chronicles
the death of a negro who was killed by a gun
shot wound inflicted by Mr. Kinchen Wellborn,
who made good his escape.
Hon. W. M. Butts, member of Georgia
House of Representatives from Mai*ion county,
died suddenly while out hunting a few days ago,
it is supposed from apoplexy.
Tho Empire aud the Atlantic Coast Mail
Steamships from Savannah to New York have
made arrangements to insure freight at their of-
ficaj/ when desired, for half per cent.
Our old friend, Col. R. F. Maddox, an old
citizen of Troup, has engagedEin the tobacco
business on Alabama Street, Atlanta. “Bob”
is a clever fellow', any way you take him.
Dir. Joseph Massey, of Thomasville, sends the
editor of the Enterprise two stalks of sugar cone
weighing 1G pounds, measuring twenty feet, and
yielding one gallon nnd one quart of juice.
David Anderson, Esq., of Gwinnett county,
offiers a premium of a silver pitcher worth ten
dollar, to tho farmer producing the largest
quantity of cotton per acre ginned at his gin.
It is said a scheme is on foot to refuse the
vote of Georgia in the Presidential election,
der the preposterous allegation that tho majority
amounting to nearly one-third of tho wholo
vote, was obtaiuod by intimidation.
To encourage investments in manufacturing
in Macon, the municipal administration have
passed an act to exempt manufacturing estab
lishments driven by steam power from taxation
for thirty years, and those driven by water pow'-
er aro exempted for sixty years.
Tho Chronicle <0 Sentinel says thoro is a grow
ing interest manifested in tho cultivation of to
bacco in Northern Georgia. The climate nnd
soil are found to bo in no way inferior to that of
Virginia, and somo specimens showed to the ed
itor manufactured at Clarksville, will compare
favorably with the best Lynchburg chewing to
bacco.
Tho Macon Telegraph says that a comparison
of the cotton receipts at Macon up to tho 15th
of November, 1807, with the receipts up to the
samo date this year, shows a falling off in the
receipts of tho present year of 3,978 bales. On
the 15th of November. 18G7, Middlings sold in
Macon at 14 cents, samo date this year they
sold at 21 i cents.
Tho Macon Telegraph has been presented by
Mrs. Collins, of that city with samples of Georgia
oranges and Bannnnas, which tho editor pro
nounces sweet and says they furnish proof that
wo do not live too far North of the Tropics to
produce its favorite fruit. Mrs. C. has the rep
utation of boingthe most successful gardener in
the city, as she is one of our most excellent la
dies.
Tho Thomasville Enterprise says Brooks coun
ty is justly entitled to be called tho banner county.
Her voting population is 1561, more than ono
half of which are colored. Of this voting strength
she gave Seymour aud Blair a majority of 1145.
All honor to Brooks. Had tho other counties oi
the Statons nobly clone their duty, Georgia
would have doubled her present majority for the
Democrats. We have all done very well, how
ever, and will make a clean swoop next time.
The Atlanta Constitution notes that prepara
tions is vigorously kept up by the Messrs. Kim
ball in the now Capitol building, and states
the countless “ turnings” for finishing up have
boon received from the North, and upwards of
an hundred workmen are daily employed about
the building. Also, that a number of accom
plished frescoo painters have arrived, and will
soon proceod to decorate tho spacious halls de
signed to contain the assembled wisdom of
Georgia,
Mummery of New* froth our UiMiihgut
Goorgo Foabody has given away $1,135,000.
Kirby Smith’s school in Kentucky is u success.
The pecan crop of Texas is unusually largo
this year.
Corn is selling at Denton, Texas, for 10 cents
per bushel.
Thurlow Wood will^spend tho coming winter
ut the South.
The official vote of Vermont is: Graut 44,1G7;
Bey in our 12,045.
Full returns from Minnesota givo Grant a ma
jority of 15,519.
Two hundred German emigrants arrived in
Galveston, Texas, ou the 17th ult.
A number of’fumilies left Caswell county, N.
C., last week for Missouri, whoro they intend to
loento.
The Louisville Courier-Journal stntes that not
less than three thousand workingmen of that oity
uro out of employment.
Gen. Buckner has been thrown out of the ed-
itoriul chair by the consolidation of the Louis
ville Courier and Journal.
Horse stealing is still a capital crime in Vir
ginia, and a man convicted of it is to bo bunged
at Chestci field this month.
Upwards of seventy emigrants from North
Carolina passed through Richmond tho other
day on their way to Minnesota.
One hundred and fifty thousand hogsheads of
sugar have been landed in Boston since tho first
of January last—the largest receipt ever known
there before.
Copper mining in Michigan, it is stated, em
ploys n capital of $50,000,009, nnd from 30,000
to 40,000 persons are engaged in working the
mineral deposits.
An entire Cleveland family, except the father,
havo beon sent to tho Lunatic Asylum. The
father is remarkably healthy und vigorous, both
in mind and body.
A Zurich letter, dated November 11th, says
that tho greater part of Switzerland was already
buried in snow*, though the leaves were hardly
off tho trees in some places.
A Paris journal states that the Emperor Napo
leon is very much annoyed at the King of Prus
sia being selected as arbitrator in the Alabama
dispute, instead of himself or tho Czar.
General Joseph E. Johnston is the agent of
the London and Liverpool Globe Fire Insurance
Companies for the States of Alabama and Geor
gia, and is now traveling in their interest
A new county, in Alabama, bearing the name
of Escambia, has been formed from the South
eastern portion of Coneuch and the Northeast
ern portion of Baldwin counties, Pollard being
tho proposed county site.
Robespierre’s walking-cane which Baron von
Bcust refused to accept last spring, was carried
back to Paris, and sold by auction for three hun
dred francs, to a Lyons amateur. A certificate
of genuineness accompanies tho curiosity.
Tlio Indians of tho Oneida settlement in Wis
consin formally hung one of their tribe for mur
der on tho 13th ult. A hollow square was
formed around the scaffold, the criminal made a
peoch, and met his fate with the usual stoicism
of his race.
Five hundred and sixteen ladies of Madrid
have presented an address to tho President of
the Council requesting the preservation of the
hurches which havo been ordered to be pulled
down, and also the maintenance of other relig
ious establishments.
The State Department has official details of re
cent floods in Switzerland. Tho cantons of Ori
son, Tessin, Valois and 8t. Gall, have been
flooded. Fifty lives were lost. Means of com
munication were swept away and valleys are cov
ered with stones washed from mountains.
Dispatches from Denver City says the city is
infested with rogues driven from the Pacific
Railroad trains by the vigilance committee. One
of two highwaymen was killed and the other
captured. The alleged horse thief reported kill
ed was taken from jail by twenty men and hung.
Not very long after the settlement of Boston,
persons employed to explore the country and lay
out the public roads reported that they had done
, as far as they believed would ever be neces-
sury, which was about seven miles w est of the
colleges at Cambridge, This to them was the
begiuniug of the great West
Tho admission of tho Louisiana Congressmen
chosen at the recent election is highly improba
ble. Opposition to their admission is strength
ened by the unofficial statement of Col. Keeler
to the effect that Gen. Eosseau concurred with
the Radical lenders in the opinion that negroes
could not safely vote.
For tho relief of tho merchants in Bt Louis,
who make representations that they have diffi
culty in procuring gold for the payment of im
port duties, the Secretary of the Treasury has
authorized tlio Assistant Treasurer of the United
States at St. Louis to sell, until further orders,
not exceeding $25,000 of gold per weok to im
porters, for the payment of customs duties.
Tho War Department has issued an order
that no permanent barracks, quarters, hos
pitals, storehouses, officers’ Rtablcs, piers, or
wharves shall be erected but by order of the Sec
retary of War, and according to the plan direct
ed by him, and no alteration Hhall be made in
any such public building without authority from
the War Department.
It has been definitely docided to land the
American end of tho now French Atlantic cable
on a high knoll on the Duxbury shore, in Ply
mouth county, Massachusetts. The town has giv
en a lot of land for tho terminus, which iB now
held by Professors Pierce and Whiting, of the
coast survey, as trustees. From Duxbury the
cable will of course communicate with New’ York
by means of land wires.
Hon. John Slidell intends to make an effort to
recover his property in Now Orleans, and for
this purpose he has executed a power of Attor
ney to two gentlemen of New Orleans. This
was acknowledged before General Dix, Ameri
can Minister in Paris, by John Slidell and his
daughter, and in Frankfort by his son, before
the United States Consul there. Young Slidell
is a clerk in Erlangor’s bank.
Tho New Orleans Republican has been con
verted into a joint stock concern, with a capital
of one hundred and ten thousand dollars, con
sisting of eleven hundred shares of one hundred
dollars each. The directory is to consist of five,
to wit: A. L. Leo, J. M. G. Parkor, Michoal
Hahn, Jacob Haw'kins, and Thomas C. Tracy.
Ex-Governor MichealC. Hahn announces his
assumption of the editorial charge of the paper.
Admiral Davis, commanding the South Atlan
tic squadron, has made application to the Secre
tary of tho Navy for an additional foroe of ships
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Letter from Jurilfr ChauiIf In View* on Po
ll! Ic it I Afl'ulrs.
The following letter was written in April lost,
by Judge Chose, to Hon. H. W. Hilliard, of
Georgia—being drawn out by u published letter
from Mr. Hilliard, declining to he a candidate
for Congress, but giving his views of political
affairs:
Wasiiinoton, April 27, 1868.
Drxn Sir: Some tjftys since I received, from
an unknown hand, a paper containing a letter of
yours, which I read with great interest.
My acquaintance with you when we were both
in Congress—you in the House, and I iu the
Senate was very slight; but, slight as it was, I
take occasion from it to write you a few lines,
suggested by your letter.
Ever since the war closed I have been very anx
ious for the earliest practicable “restoration” of
the States of the South to their proper relations
to the other States of the Union. I adopt your
own statement of the problem to he worked out,
because 1 agree with you iu tho opinion that
tbonu “ States have never been other than States
within the Union since they became parties to
the Federal Government, nnd that the failure to
maintain tin ■rtions of independence in the
conflict of arms which followed left them States
within the Union.”
The point on which I probably differ from you
is this: The people for whom and through whom
these States w«rc to be organized at the close of
the war, was not, as I think, the same people at
that which existed in them when the war began
In my judgment, tho refusal of the proprietary
class, if it may be so-called, to recognize thus
fact, aud its legitimate, and, indeed, logical con
sequences, and the convictions of large majori
ties in the States which udhered to the National
Government in respect to it, caused most of tho
trouble of the lust three years.
I have not time to go at large into this subject;
hut I may say, briefly, that emancipation came
to be regarded by these majorities as a military
necessity; that the faith of the nation was pledged
by the proclamation of emancipation to maintain
the emancipated people in tho possession and
enjoyment of tho freedom it conferred; that to
this end the amendment to the Constitution pro
hibiting slavery throughout the United States
was proposed and ratified; that, becoming free
men, the emancipated people became necessarily
citizens, and that, as citizens, they were entitled
to be consulted in respect to reorganization, and
to the means of self-protection by suffrage.
This is a very brief, but, 1 think, a perfectly cor
rect statement of what may be called, for the
sake of brevity, the Northern view of this matter.
It would, perhaps, be more correct to cull it the
loyal view, North and South—using the word
loyal as distinguishing the masses who support
the National Government from the masses who
opposed it during tho war.
Now, the particular mutter to which I wish to
draw your attention is, whether policy and duty
do not require the class which I have called pro
prietary, meaning thereby the educated and cul
tivated men of the South—whether property-
holder or not—to accept this view fully, and act
upon it.
Is it possible to doubt that, had this been ac
cepted uud acted upon three years ago, after the
surrender of Lee and Johnson, the Southern
States would have been richer to-day by hun
dreds of millions than they are, and that long
ago universal amnesty and the removal of ull
disabilities would have prepared the hearts of
men on both sides for n real Union? Can it bo
a matter of question that the colored voters, find
ing in tho educated classes true friendship,
evinced by full recognition of their lights, and
practical acts of good will, would have gladly
given to those classes substantially their old lead
in affairs, directed now, however, to Union, aud
not to disunion; to the benefit of all, und not
exclusively to the benefit of u class?
I observe that you say that tho “ attempt to
carry on the Government with the privilege of
universal suffrage incorporated as one of its ele
ments is full of danger.” Danger is the condition
of all governments; because no form of govern
ment insures wise and beneficial udmiuistration.
But I beg you to consider, is there not u greater
danger without than with universal suffrage?—
You cannot make suffrage less than universal for
the whites; aud will not the attempt to discrimi
nate excite such jealousies and ill feeling us to
postpone to a distant future what seems so es
sential- namely: the restoration of general good
will, and bringing into lead of the educated men
and the men of property, and so securing the
best and most beneficial administration of affairs
for all classes. Take universal suffrage und uni
versal amnesty, and all will be well. Can yon,
my dear sir, devote your fine powers to a better
work than complete restoration ou this basis ?
Yen* trulv and and respectfully, yours,
■ s. P. CHASE,
Hon. Henry W. Hilliard.
Interesting Case.
THE OWEN THOMAS WILL CASE—IMPORTANT TRIAL.
Mr. Thomas died several weeks ago. Only
one will has been found, aud it was made in
1852. In it, he desired that about twenty-five of
his negroes be carried, by his executor, after his
death, to Liberia, as they might elect, and there
set free—they and their posterity forever. He
then desired the residue of his property, includ
ing some sixty other negroes, who also were his
slaves, to be reduced to money. He required
that his debts, which are small, his executors
and tlio expenses of transportation of the ne
groes to be freed, be first paid, and then desired
the remainder of the funds to be divided among
the negroes thus set free—and divided in speci
fied proportions, ou their arrival ut their new
homes. r
There now remains nineteen negroes who
claim the property of deceased under this will,
which his relations are endeavoring to break.—
The estate is worth at least $50,000, and may ex
ceed this sum l»y many thousands. Mr. James
K. Redd, who is* the only surviving executor of
the will, has presented it for probate. General
H. L. Banning aud James M. Russell, Esqs.,
counsel for caveators, proposed to introduce him
to prove that Owen Thomas had often said to
him that he no longer considered that document
his will, und that he was no longer the executor
to carry out its provisions, and that he (Thomas)
considered it pi no effect on account of the treat
ment he had received from the beneficiaries under
the will,since it was executed, and that he had made
another will to suit his view-s to the changed sit
uation and circumstances. To this the counsel
for the proponnders, Messrs. Ingram and Craw
ford. Thornton and Williams and Ramsey and
Ramsey objected. Able arguments wore made
by Messrs. Thornton and -J. N. Ramsey, and
Gen. Benning and J. M. Russel, Esqs. The re
sult was tho testimony of Mr. Redd was admit
ted. It will be given to-day, and probably the
argument continued on other points.
This case will perhaps become an historical
one, us many points of great moment are involv
ed. The will conflicts with the law of Georgia
passed in 1859, making it impossible for negroes
to be freed by will, and his conditions, now im
possible to be fulfilled. Whether recent procla
mations freeing slaves render this law nugatory
or what effect they may have on the conditions
are among tho many mutters to bo considered.
Williams and Thorntcn, and Ramsey and Ram
sey represent tho negroes; Ingram and Crawford
the executors; James M. Russell, Mrs. Hargrove,
the only surviving sister of Owen Thomas, and
Gen. II. L. Benning, and Peabody and Brannon,
the heirs of Mrs. M. W. Thweatt, deceased, an
other sister. The array of counsel is imposing.
—Columbus Sun.
and men, owing to a continuance of the troubles
in South America, and the part which he is ex
pected to take therein. Secretary Wells, in re
ply, says that it is impossible to comply with the
Admiral’s request, in consequence of the largo
reduction that has been made in the navy, and
to the fact that tho urgency of the service in
other squadrons precludes the transfer of suita
ble ships.
Oath of OJBce.
An Act prescribing an oath of ofllco to be taken by persons
from whom legal disabilities shall have been removed.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of tho United States of America in
Congress assembled, That whenever any person
who has participated in the late rebellion, and
from whom all legal disabilities arising there
from have been removed by act of Congress by
a vote of two thirds of oach house, has been
elected or appointed to any place of trust in or
under the government of the United States, he
shall, before entering upon tho duties thereof,
instead of the oath proscribed by the act of Ju
ly 2, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, take and
subscribe the following oath or afftirmation: I,
A. B., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will
support and defend the Constitution of tho Unit
ed States against all enemies, foreign and do
mestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance
to the same; and I take this obligation freely,
without any mental reservation or purpose of
evasion; that I will well and faithfully discharge
the duties of the office on whioh I urn about to
enter. So help me God.
Approved July 11, 1868.
A quaint old gentleman, in speaking of the
different allotments of men, by which some be
come useful citizens and worthies* vagrants, by
way of illustration, remarked: “So one slab of
marble becomes a useful doorstep, while another
becomes a lying tombetouC.”
What a Live Paper doc* for II* City,
Thera is a very general and Very incorrect the
ory among tho citizens of almost all loWllfl, Mays
the Mobile livqishr, that the balance of gratitude
is all on the side of a newspaper. By thir, we
mean that almost every patron of n journal thinks
he—in his own particular person—not only con
fers a lasting and indispensable obligation on tho
puper, but that he in some sort inspires und is re
sponsible for each and every idea suggested, the
ory developed, or progress made, by such sheet.
Now this is an error—innocent, perhaps, but not
pleasant when too impressively stated. We pro
pose, therefore, to show briefly that the balance
is in some sort the other way; and that fh*boot*,
so to speak, in on the other leg. In tbu first
place, a town is generally judged in part by its
newspapers. Strangers coming into its liotele,
reading rooms, and public nlnces took fit a city
through the medium of its daily press. If they
find it aetive, progressive, live—they infer Hint
the community for whose business, political or
moral interest it spooks, are of that manner like
wise. So it is with distant l eaders, who, even
more than temporary sojourners in its midst,
form their idea of a people's sentiment* from its
press.
Which of us has not made his ideal picture of
tlio town he was approaching in a railway car,
from the dingy, wretched and stupid 10 by 1‘4
sheet, into the purchase of which a griuiuiy news
boy had seduced his stray dime? Who of us has
not sworn an inward oath to avoid tho town that
issued such, even should it cost a night of rack
ing torture on a bud road?
Ever}' where in the world the newspaper is an
index of the progress of a place; and we judgo
its style and tone from the style nnd tone of tho .
representative it sends abroad to spwik for it,
It is clearly, then, to the interest of every citi
zens of a town to do all in his power fo make
its newspapers appear prosperous and he, in
reality, prosperous aud independent. Not that
they should do this for any disinterested luotrvu.
They should act upon the most selfish principle,
viz: that every dollar invested iu increasing its
subscription or its advertising, increases its use
fulness and reacts to their advantage. Seriously,
to look ut what we have treated ho lightly above,
a paper, perfect in all its appointments, sent forth
from a town aids much towards drawing travel,
business, capital und population into it. A
newspaper is tho common investment of u com-?
niunity, and it should be so considered by every
member of it. And such community should defi
nitely make tip its mind either to give such free
support and encouragement as to make its paper
a worthy representative, or to withdraw it all
and crush it, if unworthy. Any middle counsel
is as unfair to itself as it is to the paper. And
such patronage is not charity or even favor, uny
more than such ubsolute withdrawal would.bo
injustice or fraud. It is a mere matter of busi
ness investment, interest, and there is and can
not be any sort of gratitude cm the part of tho
recipient. The journal says, iu effect, to tho
subscriber or the advertiser, you pay so much
for a certain good you expect; wo receive it for
services performed. You give this patronage
hoping it will result in ten-fold advantage to
you; wo accept it because by so aiding you wo
help ourselves and increase our sphere of use
fulness und profit. We help you, say tho
patron, because we think we can use you for
our own profit. We take your money, iuya tho
paper because wc want the means to be useful
to you and to others, and especially to ourselves.
It is the plainest and most practical of mutual
co-operative societies; and as such it is always
regarded by live communities that have their in-,
terests constantly in full view'. Look at tho
growth of business interests iu Chicago, Cincin
nati, New Orleans, and Sfc. Louis, and how their
daily press has kept pace with it; and then,
imagine the result to such business were their
presses suddenly removed and not replaced.
We commenced by sft}ing that the balance of
indebtedness was not on the side of the news
paper which is the one voice speaking for the
many. Let any practical man revolve tho mat
ter in his own mind and he will not onlv see
this, hut ho will evolve for himself plain busi
ness propositions susceptible of no contradic
tion and no quibble. These era:
First. That a live and energetic newspaper is
essential to ov* ry < immunity that pretends to a
busines 1 - important • *•
Second. Tlmt such a papur should In; general
ly supported by the community in its own best
interests und be thus made effective for good,
Third. That to be thus effective the paper
must be entirely independent—able to nee.the
truth and, seeing it, to dare to speak it at all
times and against idl individual interests; and
finally, . ' ' .
Fourth, That all nppronclHo thnnkfulne*s for
favors bestowed, in return for services rendered,
is, in some sort, upprojvchto accepting a subsidy,
and just in so much emasculating its vigor uud
vitiating its mission.
Extraordinary Decision.—In the case of Mo
ses George, colored, on trial lor arson helore the
Superior Court of Randolph county, ou Monday
last, the jury, after deliberating for several hours,
returned a verdict of guilty, nnd were dismiss
ed by liis honor Judge Harrell, who* then vacated
liis seat e. r *«
Subsequently, learning that the ppmshmunt
of this crime was death, the jury ro-assemhicd
and petitioned the judge that they might be al
lowed to retire and ro-consider their flamer ver
dict. Judge Harrell decided that tlioy might
do so, and suggested that they possessed tho
right to a recommendation of mercy to the court,
which could "then commute the prisouma sen
tence into imprisonment for life...
The jury was then re-orgiinizo9, and after a
brief absconeo reversed the previous derisions
and brought in a verdict of absolute acquittal
This, contrary to usage and precedent, tho
Judge received iu tho absence of all tho counsel
for the State, and immediately after tho prison
er who, under the laws cf the land, had been
duly convicted of the heinous crime of arson,
turned loose upon the community in tho
darkness of night
The following morning Ool. Fielder, counsel
for the State, demanded the execution of the first
and only lawful finding of the jury, and the re
arrest of the prisoner.
This the Judge refused to permit, nnd as in
such cases the State has no appeal, justice has
been cheated of its dues, and the attempted de
struction of our city does not oven roceive a pass-
ingrebuke.
We forbear comment, being content w ith a
simple statement of tho (nets of the case, as
vouched lor by many of the most prominent and
upright citizens of the community. Indeed
they are beyond all doubt- or question.—Cuthr
bert Appeal
Richmond, Nov. 2G.—E(L A. Pollard, broth or
of H. R. Pollard, who was killed on Tuesday, ar
rived here this afternoon. He publishes a card
in the Evening Stale Journal, alluding to tho
cheering of Grant by the crowd, tho verdict of
the Coroner Jury spying the death was caused
by an unknown’ person, Ac. He says : Let thefco
things stand to the shame of their perpe
trators, and Bwrite their commentary on tbo
chivalry of Richmond- They ehaine not iqe,
thoy shame not the dead—my heart is sufficient
to hold him. No man can iuralt my tears. I
come to claim but one thing, -that jtisti<$9 r 't>o
done; let all true people reconsider. I aw for
from defending tho article in my hrother’s
paper. I deeply regret it, but my brother did
nottvrite it. The murderer nevar inmured for tho
real author; ho never asked any word of explana
tion; he never applied to have the article correct
ed; he took not one ringle measure which tho
brave man, no matter how wronged, always takes
before he goes to the last resource.of blood;
he went without one alternative to that reaoqrce
of blood; and fre w^it whero no one but tho
coward treads oh'tne path of the assassin. ,
[Signed] 'Edward A. PolLard.
Mr. Pollard says that the Southern Opinion
shall not be published again.
Abuses in Bankino.—Alluding tefthe late pan
ic in Wall Street, the New York Times says tho
Erie railway officers kept a line of deposits ‘ of
twelve or fifteen millions of dollars in their bonk,
the aggregate capitals of which araoimtod to lees
than four millions of dollars; and ono of these
banks with a capital of three quarters of * Mil
lion dollars, oertf fled a chock tor eight millions cf
dollars! Tho asks: *
What security is there, then, in a
eight million check, when th4 f
has a capital of bat $750,000?
Safety is possible if banks may
endorser* for aoiountevast
own mean# ? Or what limit
ulutire capacity of hritadi
^ *-“ available
plans ,juay r