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ALEXANDER ER.GENZI.VGER,
(Hunter Street, neat* Whitehall,)
Atlantu, , f Georgia,
From tho Albany Nows,]
Letter Trout Hon. NuUtifl flfti
To the Press awl People of (Jconjhi;
Knowing tbu iinxloty which you havo felt for
the welfare of our State, mid the welcome with
which any intollignnco concernllia our future
Would ho received, I lmvo thought it my duty to
Htate, hriofly, what J suppose would lie imi»oi’-
taut or intoruHiina to you.
r Dho Htory of Gov, Bullock’s appoal to Con-
gross to Millivolt tho Governmont of our State,
together with tho niotuis used by himself and
his ofllolul oo-luborers, to elVoot his purpose,
would be a long, Ht\d, and humiliating Btory
which it is tiiinccoHsary now to rc'jioat, Sufiloe
it to say, that wo have been purmied by ftU oner-
giti | persistout, a id devilish maligtiUy which
can only bo rationally accounted for by tho moat
selfish and evil motives.
Nor is it necessary to relate tho long and in
teresting story of the moans, or instnimoiitivli-
ties iu tho hand of Providence, by which we
have escaped, as if by miraelo, from tho calam
ities which were prepared for us in the Bulloek-
Butlcr Bill. AVith tho singlo weapon of Truth,
wielded by friends in and out of Congress, we
have defeated tho conspirators against our peace,
our prosperity, and our remaining liberties.—
But our enemies are again at work, preparing,
by personal efforts and printed documents, for
another assault, through Congress at its next
session, upon the life of our State. In a pam
phlet, now being circulated, entitled “The Status
of Georgia—Letter to Hon. John B. Dickey,
Senator list Senatorial District, upon the status
of Georgia, by Hon. Henry' P. Farrow,” tho ro-
futed slanders of Governor llulloek arc repeated,
reasons arc given for the non-action of Congress
at its lato session, and assuraueo is given that
Congress will reconstruct Georgia at its next
session. Ho denounces Gen. Meade and all
who disagree with the views of Govornor Bul
lock, who is lauded for tho “firm, decided, and
bold stand taken and maintained” by him.
I do not mention those facts for present com
ment, hut to warn the people of Georgia, and to
suggest the policy which I think ought to gov
ern us. My own opinion of Gov. Bullock, and
those who are co-operating with him for tho de
struction of tho Constitutional State Government
which they have sworn to support, is, that they
are moral, if not legal, traitors to the State, aud
it does not lessen their moral guilt, that, instead
of using personal violence, they seek, by false
pretexts and false testimony, to accomplish their
objects by a law of Congress, from which there
could be no appeal.
How, it may he asked, should such a Governor
and such men be treated by tho people whom
they have sought to betray ? I answer—Treat
limn irllli silnit observation; tliero is no alterna
tive which would not ho worse. They will
doubtless hope to excite disturbance and violence
which can be used as pretexts to accomplish
their pupose. It will be our duty not only as good
citizens, but to defeat the purpose of our ene
mies, to see. that tho laws are strictly observed
and enforced, maintaining, in all things, a posi
tion of conscious rectitude and a patient endur
ance of evils for which there is no present remedy.
Evils avo sometimes permitted to prevent still
greater evils. But as God is true, so justice,
with its compensations, will, in good time,
prevail.
I believe that the counsels of our enemies will
come to naught. Tho back-hone of their pro
ject is already broken. Many of their once
frieiulH in Congress have been enlightened as to
their character, motives, and purposes, and will
not, even for partisan purposes, aid them.—
Among these, I am happy to say, is President
Grant, who hold that Georgia has complied with
tin* Reconstruction Acts of Congress, and is en
titled to tho same rights as other States of the
Union; Representatives Bingham, Schenk, Jenks,
Poland, and other Republicans, and the entire
Democratic party. Whilst mentioning these evi
dences of hope and confidence, wo should not
forget how popular majorities are sometimes
swayed by circumstances, and that a two-thirds
majority in Congress is practically omnipotent.
Iam satisfied that in this rests the only hope of
There is now really but ono disturbing ele
ment between us and a majority of Congress—*,
the right of colored m n to hold office under our
Constitution und laws. It was represented and
generally believed, that the Legislature acted in
wilful violation of law, in declaring them ineligi
ble. Tho opinion and decision of Judge Schley
in the case of the State vs. White, which was
printed in the Xulional htiellt[ic..v:er and distrib
uted in Congress, modified, and in some in
stances changed, tho prevalent opinion of the
action of tho Legislature. That case will he de
cided by the Supremo Court of Georgia in June.
The decision will settle the law on that subject.
Tho people of Georgia will abide by it; Congress
will, in my opinion, be satisfied of its justice;
admit the State to representation, and thus will
end our Federal troubles.
I take this opportunity to publicly return my
thanks to tho ono hundred and eight gentlemen
judges of the Supreme, Superior aud Ordinary
jurts, Mayors of cities, and others—who, in
answer to my circular, furnished the testimony
relative to the condition of affairs in Georgia,
which silenced the false witness and slanders of
our enemies, and destroyed one of the chief ar
guments upon which they lmd relied for the ac
complishment of their purposes.
In tho trials and sacrifices of war, and in tho
higher moral and mental trials and sacrifices of
their subsequent efforts for peace, tho people of
Georgia havo illustrated the highest typo of
Christian civilization aud heroic fortitude. Not-
ithstanding tho afflictions which they have
suffered, the provocations to disorder which they
have received, and the discouragement# by which
they arc surrounded, if we compare the present
londition of affairs .with the past, there lias never
been a time when all classes of our people were
more kindly disposed, when the laws were better
observed, when life, liberty and property were
more secure, or when the entire energies of the
people were more persistently devoted to pro
ductive industry.
No people have been more blessed by nature’s
bounties, than the people of Georgia—situation,
limate, soil, productions, mineral resources,
manufacturing power—these—if we can have
assured peace and security for the future—with
such a people, and with the aid of capital and
population which will flow iu to share the rich
rewards of industry, the future glory and great
ness of our State can scarcely be conceived.
Our purposes and action will, iu a great de
gree, determine our future. Let us strive to
provo worthy of the blessings which wo seek.
Very respectfully, your ob’t serv’t,
NELSON TIFT.
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the joift roaHonuble tornjn. -oetlO-tf
H ANDBILLS, and "V.rv other kind of Printin'*, for
exhibitions. mcetiu»8, public sales, ke., cheaply
(liul (catly executed at the REPORTER OFFICE. ‘
0 IN AMENT AL LF.TT EItf»RE88 PRINTING in the
lute tit stolen, at the \ JtfSJL’QJi'fDtt OFFICE.
Grand Catholic Celedration in New Or
leans.—The New Orleans Times.^pi tho 13th in
stant says;
The one hundred thousand Catholics of this
city appeared to he all assembled Sunday, on
and arouud tho old Cathedml of St. Louis aud
the Jackson Square to participate in the grand
celebration of the sacridotal dignity; and the
twenty-third anniversary of Ids pontifical sover
eignty.
R was certainly one of the grandest popular
manifestations ever made iu this city. In point
of numbers, it exceeded any assemblage wc ev
er witnessed. In the grandeur and sublimity ol
the scene, iu tho earnest enthusiasm and devo
tion of tlie multitude, in the vast array of wo
men and children, in tho tasteful and appropriate
ornaments and the solemnity of the ceremonies,
everything combined to reuder the occasion ono
which impressed all beholders w ith an awe, rev
erence and respect, for the sincerity and ear
nestness of those who had thus gathered in
such vast multitude, to testifiy their veneration
for tho great father and head of the Catholic
Church. For half a century he has been engag
ed in fulfilling liis priestly duties, and for near
ly a quarter of a century the cares and respon
sibilities of the high pontifical office have weigh
ed upon him w 1th moro than mortal force. Be
fore tho Christian world he stands ‘as a glorious
example of what sincere piety, devotion to duty
and ecclesiastical earnestness can achieve.—
Nevor before since the days of St, Poter himself,
was the chair of St. Peter filled more acceptably,
not only to tho Catholic hut to the entire Chris
tian world. Catholic in all liis instincts, iu the
higher and grander acceptation of that term, he
has secured the love, cstoem and veneration of
all with whom ho has boon brought in -contact,
either as a soveaeign or as a priest. Descended
from a noble family, and intended for the army,
bo put aside the sword as a carnal weapon, to
become an humble follower of the Prince of
Peace, and now half a century of usefulness has
crowned him with moro than earthly honors.
Even Harper's Weekly does not scruple to say:
“Ono wonders that the South does not rebel
anew, when ho considers the miserable vermin
who have been sent down there as government
officials.”
From tho Hu van mill Nowfnj
llunkrupG*)-—ImimrliiNt l>«*rlxl»M In R«-
pard to I lie lluiheMturtd Acti
The following decision has boon recently ttlttdo
by Judge Erskino, sustaining that of tho Regis
ter, Ml*. F. Hi Hcssoltinoi
United States Dlsh'lot Cuurl— Southern Pislrlcl rf
Ueoryia.
I. The bankrupt Is not chtlileil to tho exemp
tion of a homostoad out of land mortgaged by
him at tho tlino of its purchase, to secure the
payment of the purchase money, until tho naid
mortgage is satisfied,
3* Tho costs and expenses ol tho bankruptcy
proceedings are entitled to priority of payment
out of tho fund in Court derived from tho Hale of
property, John B, WrttTHHHAD.
J, I rank H. Hassseltine, Register of said
Court in Bankruptcy, do hereby certify that In
the course of tho proceedings in said cause, the
following questions arose pertinent to said pro
ceedings, ami were stated and agreed to by R. K.
Ilines, Esq., who appoared for G. B. Lamar,
croditor, and Wright & Warren, who appeared
for the bankrupt.
On the 10th day of November, 1858, John B.
Whitehead, tho bankrupt, purchased from ono
W. W. Cheovor a tract of land in tho State of
Georgia, receiving a deed to tho land and giving
his notes secured by mortgage on the said land
for tho purchase niouej’. On tho ‘28th of Novem
ber, 1858, Cheovor transfers said notes and mort-
g ages to G. B. Lamar, who has proven his claim
i this Court.
Tho tract of land constitutes the bmukrupt’s
entire estate, and, under paragraph 2013 of the
Code of Georgia, and section 15 of the Bankrupt
Act, he claims for himself and two children sixty
acres of said land, including the dwelling-house
thereon ns a homestead, or iu lion thereof, five
hundred and twenty dollars in money, to be de
rived from the sale of said land.
He farther claims that the costs of the pro
ceedings in bankruptcy shall bo paid out of his
said estate, which claims are opposed by the
said G. B. Lamar, creditor.
As to the first question submitted, “is tho
bankrupt entitled to the exemption of a home
stead out of the land mortgaged by him nt tho
time of purchase, to secure tho payment of the
purchase money V” It is my opinion that ho is
not.
I am well satisfied, from a careful examination
of the law as laid down iu tho Code ot Georgia,
that it does not give to the head of a family a
homestead out of laud thus encumbered. That
lien is a valid lien, authorized by statute; and
the law does not anywhere provide for its dis
placement in favor of the creator of the lien, for
the purpose of providing him with a homestead.
It is true that, on the delivery to him of the
deed, the title to the land is in the purchaser,
and that “a mortgage in this State is only a se
curity for a debt and passes no title.” (Irwin’s
Code, §1944.) Yet the Supreme Court of this
State, in Scott, Cilrhart & Co. vs. Warren A Spi
cer, *21 Georgia Rep. 408, decided that a judg
ment of older date than a mortgage could not
first be satisfied out of the laud where the mort
gage was taken as security for the purchase
money at the time of its sale. The conveyance
and mortgage were regarded as the several paits
of ono agreement—tho sale as only a conditional
ono, the condition being expressed in the mort
gage passed to the vender at the time of this
delivoiy of the deed.
The Courts, by many decisions that I need not
cito,*seem to regard the title to real estate not
paid for and obuiined by giving back to the
grantor at the time of his deed, a mortgage deed
to secure tho faithful payment of the purchase
money, as at the best, but a conditional title,
good aud complete when the terms and con
ditions of the sale shall be complied with by the
payment of the purchase money. The code un
der the section on ‘ ‘ Property Exempt from Sale, ”
paragraph 201(5, says: “Tho following property
of every debtor who is the head of a family shall
he exempt from levy and sale; * * * nor shall
any valid lion 1 *be created thereon, etc.
From this, and from what is contained in all
this section touching exemption, I determine
that the debtor who seeks to have a homestead
set apart for himself and family, must first have
a full and completo ownership and title to the
property; it must bo entirely his property, un
saddled with any encumbrance, lien or condi
tion affecting his title thereto. To use the phrase
I have given above to express such titles as the
bankrupt’s, it must not be a conditional title.
And further, that niter ho has had set off to
him a homestead out of his property, lie cannot
of himself crcato any valid lien thereon. Th6
(.’ode does not deny tho head of the family the
right to create a lien on property not exempted
in accordance with the proMsions of the home
stead act. He is free to do what he will with his
own, convey or mortgage it; and I hold that if
he mortgages back land to secure the payment
of the purchase money, it is a good and valid
lien, such as the law will hold und protect for the
vendor against the mortgagor or any other person.
By the.new Constitution of the State of Geor
gia it is specially provided that the homester.d |
shall not do exempt from levy or execution for
the purchase money of the same.
As to the second question: Are the costs of the
proceedings in bankruptcy to be paid out of the
proceeds derived from the sale of this estate?
The costs of the Court in the proceedings un
der which the estate of the bankrupt has been
administered upon and the expenses attendant
upon that administration have priority or pre
ference in the order for a dividaml under section
28 of the bankrupt act.
The costs still remaining unpaid in the suit
under whichjlhis property has been sold and the
proceeds' are to bo distributed should be paid
out of the fund iu Court.
Respectfully submitted to your Honor for your
decision thereon.
FRANK S. HESSELTINE, Iicyister.
The conclusion at which Mr. Register Hessel-
tine arrived in the matter of John B. Whitehead,
certified to this Court is correct, and his decision
is therefore affirmed, and tho Clerk will so certify
to Mr. Hesseltine. JOHN ERSKINE,
April 9, 18(59. U. S. Jo dye.
The Paupers of the Press.—Senator Antho
ny, of Rhode Island, in whose official course we
don’t find, much to commend, did a good thing,
or at any rate made a good speech, two or three
days ago, in bis regard, we suppose, of party
discipline.iTu all of the Southern States, the
reconstniwen’ and unreconstructed, there are
sets of paltry little Radical newspapers, so-call
ed, not relying for support upon their respective
communities, for the Democracy despise thorn,
while the scalawags and negroes, as a general
rule, can’t read or won’t pay, put placing their
whole dependence upon the patronage which
the Federal Government, through its depait-
ments and its provisional and other local gov-
ernmonte, its military forces, its Freoilmen’s
bureaus, Ac., &e., distributes among them, at
the impoverished country’s expense, to keep
their screeching wheels in motion. Wo get a
considerable number of these pitiful little eleemo-
synury concerns every day, but we despise them
too muoh to exchange v> ith them or to read
them. Senator Anthony advised that tho Fed
eral authorities should cut them adrift. Ho
could soo no reason for keeping a lot of starve
ling sheets pensioned upon the Treasury. He
didn’t think that anything was to be gained,
even i|i a party poiut of view, from subsisting
theip by official alms. Ho didn’t believe that
papers, neglected and unsupported by the peo
ple among whom and for whom they were is
sued, deserve the support of the Governmont or
can bo of any use to tlio Government or to any
body. They are tho shame und scandal of the
press, and tlielr support in the manner in which
they have been and avo supported involves offi
cial peculation and corruption,—l/oulsvltle Cou-
lev-Jour naif
Beautiful Extract.—A handsoiqo young lady
just helped out of a wudliole.
The June Festival in Boston.—The building
kuovvn ns “ The Colisiuiu,” intended for the mu
sical Peace Festival in June, is going up in St.
James Square iu Boston. The Traveller says it
will be tho largest building iu America under
one roof, retpiiring 1,700,000 feet of lumber in
its cousti uotton, aiid covoring between thre e and
four acres mc round. Its dimensions are 300 by
GOO feet. There will also bo used in the work
15 toils of nair^j emd betwoen 4 aud 5 tons of
other iron-wrtAf such aa bolts, braces Ac. To
cover the os to make it water-proof, 30
tons of turiJfiijbttper vvill.bo used. The apex of
the roof is Wpfcf from top to sill. At the height
of 50 feot tlicjb*will bo 1,300 feet of continuous
windows, 5 ffiet high all made to run on rollers,
for vontillutiofi&jtoiiHiHting of 6.500 feet of glass.
Ingress and are made safe aud easy by
twelve door svuy?$.-each 21 feet wide. Tho build
ing will luive a seating capacity for 16,300 and
stauding room benejljjti the gallery and prome
nade lor an iuimui^se nunlber. The height of
the roof pagoda wiHibe 90 feet from tlio parquetto
lioor; that pf tfjnjudo walls 35 feet, surmounted
by 10 loot of pSBilKlicular glass the wliolo cir
cumference, The building will be finished by
tho 10th ofjghne, or five days before the begin
ning of Gio resHYal, thus affording ample time
for geueimrebeareMs by tho bi\ud aud chorus.
Lefiff from Lieut. Gen. RhrrmiiMi
THE SURRENDER OIt OKN. ,L M, JOUHBTOKi
To the. mor of the y\ Y\ TrUnlve!
Sib: In your issuo of yewterday In ft lUJllcc of
Mr. Hcaly’s picture. fepreNetlting tho interview
between Mr. Lincoln, General Grant. Admiral
Porter ftnd myself, which repeats substantially
tho account published some time ago in Wilkes’
Spirit (f the Timrs t explanatory of that interview,
airt attributing to Mr, Lincoln himself the pater
nity of the terms to Gen. Johnston’s army at
Durham, in April, 1865.
I am glud you lmvo called public attention to
the picturo itself, because I feel n personal in
terest that Mr. Henly should bo appreciated as-
one of our Very best American artists. But
soino friends here think by silence I may be con
strued as willing to throw off’on Mr. Lincoln tho
odium of tlioso terms. If there be any odium,
which I doubt, I surely would not be willing
that the least show of it should go on Mr. Lin
coln’s memory, which I hold iu too much vener
ation to be stained by anything done or said by
me. I understand that the substance of Mr.
Wilkes’original article was compiled by him after
a railroad conversation with Admiral Porter,
who was presold at that interview as represent
ed in the pieturo, and who made a uote of the
conversation immediately ulter wo separated.—
Ho would ho more likely to preserve tho exact
words used on the occasion thau I who made no
notes, thou or sinco. I cannot now even pre
tend to recall more thau the subjects touched
by tho sovcral parties, and tho impression left
on my mind after wo parted. 'The interview was
iu March, nearly a month before tho final catas
trophe; and it was my part of tho plan of opera
tions to move my army, re-enforced by Schofield,
then at Goldsboro’, N. C., to Buikesville, Vo,,
when Leo would have -been forced to surrender
in Richmond, join liis force to Johuston’s, and
strike me in the open country. Tho only ques
tion was: could I sustain this joint attack till
Gen. Grant came up in pursuit? I was confi
dent I could; but at the very moment of oui
conversation Gen. Grant was moving Gen. Sher
idan’s heavy force of cavalry to liis extreme left,
to prevent tliis very contingency. Mr. Lincoln
in hearing us speak of a final bloody battle,
which I then thought would lull on me near llal-
leigli, did exclaim more than once, that blood
enough had already been shed, and he hoped
that the war would end without any more. We
spoke of what was to be done with Davis, other
party leaders and rebel army ;and he left mo under
tho impression that all he asked of us was, to
dissipate these armies, aud get tho soldiers back
to their homes, anyhow tho quicker the better,
leaving jtliein free to apply tho remedy, ami
the restoration of civil law. Ho (Mr. Liucohi)
surely left upon my mind the impression war
ranted by Adtnirnl Porter’s account, that he
had long thought of liis course of action when
the^rebcl armies were out of his way; and he
wanted to get civil governments reorganized at
the South, the quicker the better, aud strictly
conforming with our general system.
I had been absent so long that I presumed, of
course, that Congress had enacted all the laws
necessary to meet the event of peace, so long cx-
pectod, and tho near approach of which must
then have been seen by the most obtuse; and all
I aimed to do was to remit the rebel army sur
rendering to mo to the conditions of the laws of
the country as they then existed. At tho time
time of Johnston’s surrender at Durham, I drew
up the terms with my own hand. Breckinridge
had nothing at all to\lo with them; more than
to discuss their effect, and ho knew they only
applied to the military; and he forthwith pro
ceeded to make liis escape from the country, a
courso that I believe Mr. Lincoln wished that
Mr. Davis should have succeeded iu effecting, as
well as all tho other leading Southern politicians,
against whom public indignation always turned
with a feeling far more intense than against
Gens. Lee, Johnston and other purely military
on.
I repeat that, according to my memory, Mr.
Lincoln did not expressly name any specific
terms of surrender, buttle was in that kindly
and gentle frame of mind that would have in
duced him to approve fully what I did, except
ing probably he would have .interlined some
modifications, such as recognizing his several
proclamations antecedent ns well as the laws of
Congress, which would have been perfectly right
and acceptable to me and to all parties.
I dislike to open this or any other old ques
tion, and do it lor the reason stated, viz., lest I
he construed as throwing off on Mr. Lincoln
what liis fiiends think should be properly borne
by me alone.
If in the original terms I lmd, as I certainly
meant, included the proclamation of the Presi
dent, they would have covered the Slavery ques
tion and all tho real State question and all the
real Slate questions which caused the war; and
had not Mr. Lincoln boon assassinated at that
rery moment, I believe those “terms” would
lave taken the usual course of approval, modifi
cation, or absolute disapproval, and been re
turned to me, like hundreds of other official acts
without tho newspaper clamor and unpleasant
controversies so unkindly and unpleasantly
thrust upon me at the time.
I am, truly, yours,
W. T. SHERMAN, General.
Washington, D. C. t April 1118(59.
In the District Court of the United States
Southern District of Georgia.—lathe matter of
M. Conner & Co., in bankraptcy, at Atlanta Gal,
April 5, 18G9.—Iu this case a question of law
arose before me pertiueut to the proceedings iu
said case to-wit: Can a bankrupt after adjudica
tion and publication have liis caso dismisssed
by satisi"\ing the creditors mentioned iu his pe
tition and schedules.—Iaucsim Jllack lieyislcr.
Opinion of liegister.— Tliero is nothing in tho
Bankrupt law to authorize tlio Court to dismiss
a caso in bankruptcy ou the payment of the
debts mentioned in the schedules, nor for auy
other cause. As soon as adjudication and pub
lication is had, all the creditors of tlio bankrupt,
whether named iu the schedules or not, are par
ties to t he suit, and the creditor who is not nam
ed in the schedule is entitled to all tho rights
that"thoso havo who are named iu the schedules.
They’ arc entitled to their distributive share of
the assets of the bankrupt, and the court cannot
deprive them of their vested right in the suit. —
For this reason I presume there is no provision
in tho law to dissmiss a case in bankruptcy after
it is commenced, which is respectfully' submit
ted to the honorable Court at the request of
Moses & Gerrard, attorneys
Lawson Blvok, Register.
Considered and affirmed, the Clerk will certi
fy this affirmance to Mr. Register Black.
John Erskine, U. S. Judge.
April 7th I860.
The Cotton Spinners’ Strike in England.—
Tho New York Herald says:
We published recently an interesting letter
from our Loudon correspondent in regard to the
cotton spinners’ strike in England. In Lanca
shire, tho principal cotton centre, some five
thousand “mill hands,” as they are called, were
out on a strike. By this time the number may
have swelled to twenty or thirty thousand. In
Lanarkshire, Scotland, where there are many
thousand of families dependent upon the cotton
mills, some mills were already stand 1 ng. The
disease may spread until it begets great political
troubles. Strikes iu England in all branches of
trade have never done the workingmen any good.
As our correspondent trathiiilly remarks, capital
iu England always starves labor into submission.”
It does so not in England only, hut every .vhore.
They money' which has been actually lost through
the system of striking, or “standing out,” is in
calculable. In too mauy instances the working
man in such matters is but the tool ol designing
political demagogues. Meu who live aud fatten
on the gains of their fellows and who never
themselves suffer, unscrupulously bring thou
sands to misery'. It is time that the working-
man in all lands understood that supply aud de
mand are, after all, the only regulators of wages.
A Beautieul Extract.—A naval officer being
at sea in dreadful storm, his wife who was sitting
in the cabin near him, and filled with alarm for
the safety of his vessel was so surprised at his
composure that sho cried: “ My dear, are you not
afraid? How is it possible you can be calm m
such a dreadful storm.”
He rose from the chair, lashed to tho deck,
supporting himself by a pillar of the bed place,
drew his sword and pointing it at the breast of
his wife and exclaimed.
“ Are you not afraid of that sword ?
She instantly answered, “No. ”
“ Why ?’’asked tho officer.
“ Because,” rejoined the lady'. “I know it is
.in the hands of my husband, and he loves me
too well to hurt me." .
“Then” said ho, “ remember,T know in whom
I believe, and that He holds tho winds in His
fists and the waters in tho hollow of His hands.”
When does a stupid fellow soem beside him
self? WUei* he is standing beside a donkey,
Vurtllvr Particular* of tin* Minder of Ayer.
We published yesterday, says tho Ohronlolc ct;
ScntiuU, of the 21st instant, the particulars of tile
murdel* of Dr. Benjamin Ayur, of Louisville, Jef-
fefson county, which established that lie Was
murdered and robbed by a negro man, Below
wo give a synopsis of tile evidence brought out
oil tho commitment trial. Wo thank our cor
respondent for his promptness ill giving all tin*
facts iu relation to tlm murder of Ayer; us the
Radicals uro thereby rendered powerless to
work this caso up into a Ku-klux outrage:
Louisville, April lOtli, 1809.
Editors Chronicle it Sentinel!
Our usually quiet little town has been Very
much excited bo-day', occasioned by the com
mitment trial of the negro Wilson Flournoy,
who was arrested ou Saturday night lust, charg
ed with killing Dr. Benjamin Ayer. The Court
House was filled with both white and black, nil
eager to hoar tho ovdonco. Ou trial it was proven
that Wilson came into Louisuillo ou Thursdav
evening about dark; that on the suburbs he took
from under a ditch-bridge (about two hundred
yards from where Dr. A. was found dead) a mus
ket barrel, which was found secreted iu tlio same
place yesterday (Sunday) morning from thetim
lie entered town nothing was seen or heard ol’
him until half past eight o’clock, when he enter
ed a Rtoro and commenced trading; that ho lmd
moro money than was usual lor him to have;
that on liis return home, aboutil0& o’clock p. m.,
ho exhibited some money' mid u pistol, a six
shooter, and different from the ono he usually
carried, was seen in his box on Friday; that on
Saturday ho lent a negro woman two bills of
money, which she supposed to bo two dollars,
but, ou coming to town on Saturday night, she
found wore twenty dollar bills instead of ones,
and that he had a large quantity beside; that he
gave his brother one hundred dollars on Satur
day, most of which was recovered that night ;
that ho attempted to pass oft’ some through
another negro, and as soon as ho found suspi
cion was excited left hastily; that ho was arrest
ed the samo night on the Creek Bridge about a
mile from town, aud that when arrested, ho de
nied having a cent of money about his person,
but on being made to strip, with a view of
searcliiug him, ho very adroitly slipped a pock
et book down the leg of his pants and then
into his shoe and then kicked his shoo off some
distance; and when his shoe was being picked
up he remarked to the witness that it was
nothing but his shoe; that iu his shoe was
found a pocket hook, containing two hundred
and eighty-five dollars, which was identified by
two witnesses as being the ouo seen in Dr. A’s
possession the evening he came to Louisville.
After his arrest he said he found the pocket
book lying near the body of Dr. A. on Thursday
night as ho went home.
The musket barrel was identified as tho one
ho took irom under the ditch-bridge ou Thurs
day night, and the physician who made the jtost
mortem examination testified that it was an in
strument a blow from which would bo likely to
produce death, and gave it as his opinion that
it was the instrument which had been used.—
The same evidence was elicited as on the inquest,
as so Dr. A., passing .Sherman’s house with
another person, aud going to George Holt’s (or
his overcoat, and saying ho had company.
Tli'c defendant introduced no evidence* aud
after a few remarks from Major W. A. Wilkins,
tho prosecuting attorney, lie was committed to
jail to stand his trial at tho next term of the
Superior Court for murder, On being taken
back to jail, just as ho reached the steps of tlte
jail, ho broke from tho officer and run for the
swamp—the alarm was instantly given by the re
port of tho officer’s pistol (who fired nt him as
lie ran, hut missed him) when every man iu the
Courthouse able to run, both white aud black
gave chase, aud after a race of about half a mile,
lie was overtaken and brought back, placed iu
jail and heavily ironed.
The blacks were more incensed against him
than the whites, aud would have executed him
very summarily if they lmd had the least encour
agement. Some of them wanted to shoot him as
soon as ho was caught, but were prevented from
doing so by the whites. No doubt rests on any
unprejudiced mind but that ho was the murder
er, that by some means he either discovered or
suspicioned that Dr. Ayer had a considerable
amount of money, and that he killed him to
g^t it.
The Georgia Kuilrourt Depot ill Atlanta.
The Georgia Railroad has built a magnificent
depot in Atlanta which the IntelWjencer describes
as follows:
The location of tho building is excellent; its
base made of stone from a Georgia quary; its
walls are of brick; and the building covered
ith slate taken from Georgia soil.
The entire length of the depot is 278 feet.—
The freight room, which is a magnificent ono, is
224 feet in length, 50 feet in width, is amply
supplied with ventilation and li it from above,
has fifteen doors, and is farms d with five of
Fairbank’s best scales. Iu this loom is a small
office for Mr. Johu Glenn, a most excellent and
efficient officer. In ono corner of the freight
room is a small apartment, to bo furnished with
a stove, Ac., for the employees of the room.
On one side of the building, aud next to the
track, freights can he delivered from the cars
into the wareroom while on tho opposite side,
jons can he loaded, roofs project over each
side. This room is substantially built, aud cov-
red by a roof sufficiently strong for a loaded
traiu of cars to pass over its entire length if a
track was laid ou it.
The two rooms on the first floor, nearest tho
Railroad, and the two immediately above them
are used as offices.
The front room below (the one above refe: !
to) is presided over by the genial, warm-hearted,
energetic Gen. G. T. Anderson, the Agent of tho
Road. Like mauy other Southern gentlemen, the
war developed in him energy, patriotism, talent
and courage. He is better known as “Tige
Anderson,” but he lias laid aside his sword, and
in peace as in war, he proves himself the social
gentleman, efficient officer, and excellent citi
zen. After being an ornament to the Southern
army, lie lias quietly turned the whole force of
liis talent and influence to advance and embellish
one of our great internal improvements.
The room in the rear of General Anderson’s
is occupied by the able and competent gentle
men Captain J. MX. Morrow, Cashier; and Mr.
J. C. Glenn, record clerk. Mr. E. A. Werner,
the whole-souled and energetic, travelling agent,
occupies a desk iu this room. The room ou the
second floor and just above General Anderson’s
office, is occupied by Mr. T. I. Malone, book
keeper, and Mr. W. C. Johnson, abstract clerk.
They require no word of praise from us. The
excellent and gentlemanly transfer clerks,
Messrs. Hoyle Rutledge and Berry, occupy the
room immediately iu rear of the book-keeper’s
room.
Ou the third floor are a couple of rooms, one
of which will be fitted up for the use of tho well-
known President of the road, Judge King.
On tho first floor, and opposite to the office of
General Andersen, is the Bank of the Geprgia
Railroad, presided over by Mr. Torino Brov. n,
whose worth, industry aud integrity, combined
with excellent business qualifications, our citi
zens delight to see honored. The rooms on the
second floor, above the Bank, are at present un
occupied. Immediately above them, is a large,
convenient and pleasant room for meetings of
the Directors of the road, and for other pur
poses. From the ton of the building is a most
excellent sight of the city, spreading out from
the Depot in all directions. A splendid view
can also ho had of the Stone Mountain. The
building is handsomely finished off with granite.
A substantial stone wall is to be ereeted in front
of it, and shade trees set out. On the side op
posite the railroad, the yard will be graded,
maekadamized and fenced in.
Groceries.
rnosT, hall & co.,
GR00BRS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
North HiU*. Public Sqm
HATES OF ADVmmSING.
Advkrtihemknth at fl per nqiurn of 10 solid linen *>f
this typo tor one insertion. Subsequent Insorlions half
jirlcc. Double • olnnin ntlvortisi moots, as p( r ot nt * *|rt.
1 1 TBaja SfoTnigosrnMos.
«o *5 (}1||#so $ » on #1000
TUjfj
Two Hqiiuros..
Throe Squares.
Four .Squares,.
Five BquuroH...
Six Hquaros...
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II
AYE JU8T RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING :
HA UK ELS EARLY ROBE POTATOES,
PEACH BLOOM
NEW ORLEANS SYRUP,
10 CAR LOADS CORN,
50 DDLS. NEW ORLEANS and REFINED SUGARS,
*5 CASKS BULK SHOULDERS,
100 TONS OF GUANO, (on time.)
mj m it 9
except tho GUANO, which we propose to SELL ON TIME,
at prices very little above the CASH PRICES.
an.29-tf FROST, HALL k CO.
T^VIvE TIMELY NOTICE!
W E ’
it, tho coming set
2,000 BUSHELS NICE DRIED PEELED PEACHES,
1,500 " “ •* UN PEELED *•
500 “ “ •* APPLES,
200 “ “ “ BLACKBERRIES,
200 “ “ •• PITTED CHERRIES,
Wo will pay for the above in Groeeriea or the CASH.—
teiuember it, now, aud bring all of your fruits to
fol>5 FROST, HALL k CO.
What Disposition Bullock Made
UNACCOUNTED FOR FUNDS.
Kenxonal >lo Prices.
they must buy soon, and pay tlio CASH, as no man knows
what becomes of hi* money when they buy on CREDIT,
and pay the exorbitant priceti now charged. In fact, this
advance bnaiueHS in a bad one, us will be seen from Bul
lock’s report. Besides, the Stay und Homestead Laws are
without arrangements can be made so
us to overrule the:
ness but to such
good security we
u, we will have
parties ue can make a good
dll Hell, or for CASH ONLY,
hand aud to arrive—
30 CASKS BULK MEAT,
4,000 BUSHELS CORN,
500 “ OATS, (good seed.)
20 BARRELS SYRUP, (Assorted,)
40 BARRELS SUGAR, (all grades,)
5,000 LBS. FLOUR, No. 1, (warranted.)
Hardware, Woodenware, Hollowware, Orookory,
EVERYTHING IX TIIE GROCERY LINE.
Soliciting all to call and examine before buying, we r
niaiu,yours, T. J. THORNTON A SON.
February fith-ly
JOHN N. COOPER,
COTTON WAREHOUSE,
GROCER ANT COMMISSION MERCHANT,
(West Side of the Public Square,)
La Grunge, Georgia,
Alas ! Poor People !—The National Intelleyen-
...r fairly riddles Congress with damaging invec
tive, and calls on tho people to assert their mug-
esty. Our contemporary says:
“ The people can have a reform in Congress if
they want it, or they can go ou with the present
wretched, •miserable body until tho very name
of Republican government shall become such
a recognized farce that for the Cat war to mount
his throne will bo both an expected and a de
sired event.”
The South has been preaching this doctrine
for lo these many days, and she fought through
four years of battle to escape the fearful conse
quences of oquHolidation and slavery. After
the tragedy, tho fiirce. ^ After the farce Caisar.—
After Crosar tho deluge. —Augusta Constitutional
ist.
Tho following is taken from an advertisement
of Dr. X—’s liver-encouraging, silent perambu
lator family pills: “ This pill is as mild as a pet
lamb, and it don’t go fooling about. It attends
strictly to business, and is as certain as an alarm
clock,”
TILL give bin personal attention to the STORAGE,
' HELLING or SHIPPING of COTTON entrusted to
EltAL ADVANCES ^adeon consignments to Ail-
Guano! (4-uu.uo!! Guano!!!
4 GENT for Wilcox, Gibbs k Go ’s Manipulated GUANO.
A JOHN N. COOPER.
Salt! Suit!!
I AM, also, agout for tho Virginia SALT Work*.
JOHN N. COOPER.
O
NE car load Alabama LIME o
Drugs and Medicines.
WARE’S DRUC STORE.
•M S I UUUKIVKU ANI> 1-’, .It SAUK
1IT
AUGUSTUS C. WARE,
l> HI'UllIMT unit A IMJ'I'II IMA 111 - ,
LnVni.gr, Gl.urgiu.
A. c. WAUE.
Drukr'H PlunliMl.in UK,
J UHT received und for sale by
Old Carolina Kilim,
J UST received and for sale by
A. (*. WARE.
Wilder’* Stomach HUlri'N.
\1 riLDKR’H BTOMACH BITTERS, juat received and
▼ V for sale by A. c. WARE.
IIOHtetter'H Hittem.
J.J OSTETTElt’S BJTTEKH, juat received and f..r mile by
Pearl Starch.
P EARL STARCH, just received-aud forsale by
A. C. WARE.
ltujocg,
I ) DOER'S BEST, just received and for Rale by
-It A. C. WAR!:.
a iAm "
Yca«< Powders.
XT'EAST POWDERS just received and for sale b\
X A. c. w
RosndallM.
Davby’H Fluid.
Ayres’ Cherry Pectoral.
4 VUES’ CHERRY PECTORAL, just received and for
A sale by A. C. WARE.
Hasson’s Syrup of Tar.
H ASHGN’S SYRUP OF TAR, juht received and for sale
by A. C. WARE.
Worden's Violet Ink,
F OR architects and book-keepers, just received and for
sale by A. C. WARE.
Carbolic Soap.
I TtOR killing fleas, kc., just received and for sale by
A. C. WARE.
C tONORESS WATER, just received aud for sale by
t A. C. WARE.
Denison’s Condition Powders,
I TVjR horses and cattle, just received and for sain by
A. C. WARE.
Costar’s Rat Exterminator.
C 10STAlt’s RAT EXTERMINATOR, just received and
J lor sale by A. C. WARE.
Singer’s Machine Oil.
S INGER'S MACHINE OIL, just received and for sale by
A. C. WARE.
Large Lot Hair Dyes.
J UST received and for sale by
A. C. WARE.
’ Patty Knives.
P UTTY KNIVES, just received and for sale by
A. C. WARE.
English Soda.
White Lead.
1 AAA Pounds WHITE LEAD, just received and f
1UUU sale by A. C. WARE.
500 Ponnds Putty,
J UST received aud for salo by
A. C. WARE.
Luudredth’s Garden Seed,
J DST received and for sal- by
A. C. WARE.
•9 wj-mrm? H'j *: me 9»
FOR SALE
BY
BRADFIELD & PITMAN,
DRUGGISTS AND APOTHECARIES,
La Grange, Georgia.
10
BRADFIELD k PITMAN.
DRESSING COMBS.
Dozen DRESSING und FINE COMBS, of every de
scription, just received and for sale by
BRADFIELD k PITMAN.
AX UK GREASE.
6 Dozen boxes AXLE GREASE, for wugons, carriages,
kc., just received und for sale by
BRADFIELD &%ITMAN.
AVITiDULl S SARSAPARILLA.
Q Dozen bottles F.. Wilder’s SARSAPARILLA and POT-
Jj ASH, just received and for sale by
BRADFIELD & PITMAN.
GRAFTON PAINT.
w'AAA Pounds GRAFTON PAINT, for pailings aud out
buildings, very cheap uud desirable for such
work, for sale by BRADFIELD k‘PITMAN.
VI OUT N STRINGS.
8 Dozen VIOLIN STRINGS, just received by
BRADllELD k PITMAN.
TOILETSOAPS.
OA Dozen assorted TOILET SOUPS, of every variety
OU aud price, for sale by
BRADFIELD k PITMAN.
KUDOS INK LAMPS.
8 Dozen KEROSINE LAMPS just received by
BRADFIELD & PITMAN.
•BABBITTS POTASH.
GA Dozen BABBITT'S POTASH, for sale by
• BRADFIELD k PRYAN.
m jEW lauvtr jzvoM t:,
At Hognixsville, Georgia.
McIVER, PHILLIPS «fc CO.
B UY their goods from flrst-clasa Drug Houses, North,
uud receive supplies every week. Dealers aud all
other persons can, therefore, depend upon getting
Pure and Fresh Drugs aud Medicines,
Chemicals, from the best manufacturers,
Paints, Oils und Dye
Window Glass and PultyT •
Soda, Spices and Pepper, - ^
lvcrosine Oil, best quality,
Rook Potash and Turpentine,
Toilet Articles und Perfumery, of superior
quality,
New Orleans Syrup and Sugars
‘UST RECEIVED. Also, A largo and well selected stock
Garden Seeds,—crop of 18G8, and
Kvcrything Usually Kept lit a First-Class
Drug Store,.
at as low prices as the same quality of goods con be bought
in this section of country. ... . ....
Jfta- frESORIPTIONS accurately filled, day nud night,
■. Tv*. xT/*Tvn,< febl9-3aa «*8m*
A. J. IIOJ1EBTS, I J. A. BIHANEU, I W. A. RMJJIABPSOH,
Marietta, Ga. | Marietta, Ga. | Louisville, Ky.
THE GEORGIA MARBLE WORKS
V ltE now proparod to fill all orders fur MARBLE, aud
to furnish
monuments, Slabs, Tombs, «fce.,
finished in the best stylo. 5JJJ? 8
the samo work can bo done with Northern Marble. Oui;
Marble is equal to the BEST AMERICAN.
Dealers can be supplied with BLOCKS and SLABS of
auy dimensions.
For any information or dosigus address ^
GEORGIA MARBLE WORKS,
Either at Marietta or Jasper, PickeuB cq., Ga.
4^- W. U. SIMS is the Agent at LaGrauge. scpl-tf
