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PARAGRAMS.
—Yesterday, in New York, Gold was
quoted at 1.40 J. Cottow, 325.
—Monogram stained glass windows have
have been placed in a fashionable Newpirt
villa.
—The Nicholson pavement patent has
been extended for seven years by the acting
Commisfdonerof Patent".
—Henry A. Wise is preparing recollec
tions of his own life, to be published in
Boston, shortly.
—lt is said that the okra plant possesses
all the requisites for making every descrip
tion of paper, from the common wrapping to
the finest book or bank note paper.
—The American Watch Company nt
Waltham, Mass., manufacture about 80,000
watches annually. They employ 750 opera
tives, one third of whom nre women*.
—Eighteen members of the present British
Parliament have, since its organization in
1865, been unseated for bribery connected
with their election.
—A farmer in Genesee county, New
York, has an apple orchard of six acres,
from which he has sold during the last six
years, 3,500 barrels of apples, netting
sl4 623, or over S4OO per acre each year.
—Chief Justice Chase is opposed to secret
sessions of the United States Senate, because
he says our institutions are based upon the
principle of publicity.
—A gentleman in Annapolis has com
menced the cultivation of crabs. He fenced
in a cove near the mouth of the Severn, and
stocked it with 4,000, which he feeds on
ccarse fish or any kind of refuse meat.
—.At a Christmas dinner in Borne, last
winter, 400 Americans were present, and a
similar number attended the preaching of n
New York clergyman in Dresden, a few
Sundays ago.
—A firm in Middlebury, Summit county,
Ohio, are making daily 2,000 feet of stone,
drain tile, averaging six inches in diameter.
They employ 75 men, and use a capital of
over $15v,000.
. —The enemies of the French Empire are
beginning to predict a repetition of all the
horrors of the first revolution, which cost
Louis XVI, and so many of hie followers,
their heads and trunks.
—The farmers on the Eastern shore of
Maryland have neatly all finished their
wheat harvest, and generally report a good
yield. The accounts from Delaware, Vir
ginia, and North Carolina are of a similar
character,
—A new African expedition, for exploring
Lake Nyassa and the adjacent region,, has
been fitted out in Dublin, under command of
Capts. Faulkner and Norman. A small
steam yacht is constructed for the purpose.
—lt was said in the House of Representa
tives, the other day, that “before the war
the South consumed 30,0(10,000 gallons of
whiskey aanually, which was distilled in the
Northern and Western States ; and now the
South makes its own whiskey and does not
pay any tax on it.”
—The latest Yankee invention is the
economic cheroot, one of which is twice the
length of the ordinary, and herein is the
economy. The Government taxes eigars.
without regard to length, and the application
qf a knife will make one of these into two.
—The Winnsboro’ (S. C.l A'cim an
nounces the sudden death of Colonel Wm. J.
Alston. He is said to. have fallen dead while
walking across his room, from a stroke of
paralysis. Colonel Alston frequently repre
sented Fairfie'd District ih the General
Assembly, and took an active part in its
affairs.
- Further details of the great fire at
Bremen on Monday, 23d, have been received.
Some of the property destroyed was insured
to the amount of 1,500,000 thalers ; but in
the suburbs of the town, to which tho fire
seems to have extended, but little was
insured, and the damage there is estimated
at 20,000 thnlers.
—lt appears that his Holiness the Pope
entered on the twenty third year of his
reign, on the 25th ult., and that there have
been but five Popes who have occupied tho
pontificial throne for that space of time. A
Roman adage is quoted by which it would
appear that no right minded Pope would
-think of living longer than St Peter, who
it has been satisfactorily ascertained reign
ed in the Vatican twenty five years two
months and seven days.
—A new type metal, it is asserted, is now
produced in Humboldt county, Nevada. It
is obtained by separating.silver from the ore,
and is composed of about thirty parts of
lead, and seventy parts of antimony. The
metal, with slight additions, is said to be
superior to that used in the Atlantic Stales.
It is sent down to San Francisco in pigs of
about seventy five pounds weight. A ship
ment of seventy tons has been made to New
York. Some of the iron foundries aud ma
chine shops in San Francisco is now using
the same metal for journals, in place of the
Babbit metal.
CHIPS.
—fc I.
Why is a selfish triend like the letter P'l
Because, though first in pity, he is last in
help.
Why is a fashionable young lady's brains
like a speckled trout ? Because they lave
to sport under a water-fall.
A person passing through a certain town,
aud observing upon a door the name of
“Haswell,” remarked that the gentleman's
name would be as well without the H.
An exchange says clergymen address
congregations of ladies and gentlemen as
“brethren” because the gentlemen embrace
the ladies.'
A cautious old bachelor who knows that
the present is leap year, says : “If you tnesl
a young lady who is not very shy, you had
better be a little shy yourself.
Mary—‘‘Don't you think, Angelina, that
the close of the sermon was very fine?”
Angelina—“Oh, 1 was so taken with the
clothes of Miss Goldthwaite, that I didn’t
notice the close of the sermon.”
All that a man has to do in a place where
he is a stranger is to bridle his tongue and
his temper, cultivate good feelings and kind
affections, and meet every advance of his
neighbor with courtesy, cordiality, and
cheerfulness.
A drunken man fell to sleep on the road
side, where a pig found him and began to
lick him .in the mouth. “Who's kissing
me now?” exclaimed the drunkard,“what
a capital thing it is to be in favor with the
women.”
" A clerk who was recently dismissed from
one of the Departments in Washington for
“political reasons,” wrote an animating letter
to his decapitator, frankly accepting the
situation, and declaring that his "dutecired
head would never cease to shout the battle
cry of freedom.”
A clergyman observing a poor man by the
road breaking stones, and kneeling to get at
his work better, made the remark: “Ah,
John, I wish I could break the stony hearts
of my hearers as easily as you are breaking
those stones.” “Perhaps, master, you do
not work on y'/ur kneet," was the reply.
Nalionatßcpubluan
SUNDAY MORNING July 12, IMB
I’or
Os the United
ULYSSES S. CKAXT.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
Schuyler Colfax,
OF INDIANA.
THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE
ROMAN CA TIIOLIC CHURCH.
The Genera! Council which has just been
convoked by the Pope to meet at the Vatican
in Rome, on December 8, 1809, the festival
of the Immaculate Conception, is the first
that has been called since the Council of
Trent, which assembled at that city on
December 13, 1545, and continued in session
with various interruptions, till December 4,
1563, a period of eighteen years. The
General Councils, called also- oecumenical,
from a Greek word moaning the habitable
earth, are summoned by the Pope, and, in
the language of the paper just issued, are
composed of nil the cardinals, patriarchs,
primates, archbishops and bishops of the
city (Rome) aad of the world, and arc
designed to adjudge all questions of chism
and heresy, belief and discipline, which
affect the Universal Church.
The Pope in person, or by legates., pre
sides over the council, and all questions arc
decided by a majority of the votes cast,
though at the Council of Constance, in 1414,
the members from each of the four nations,
Italy, France, Germany and England, voted
separately. General Councils do not create
new dogmas, bnt only interpret and de
ciare what was originally contained in the
Scriptures and tradition, and according to
the belief of the Boman Catholic Church,
infallible concerning matters of Faith.
This infallibility docs not extend to points
of discipline, history, politics or science, nor
to the grounds of their decision, nor to the
collateral observations. The Church of
Borne only recognizes nineteen general
Councils. The Conferance of prelates, held
at Rome in 1854, and which proclaimed the
dogma of the iminaonlate Conception, was
not a Council, but only a solemn ceremonial
declaration of belief by- more than three
hundreds bishops, six hundred and twenty
high dignitaries of the church having writ
ten letters to the Pope testifying their ap
proval.
A Mistake. -In the telegraphic report
from the New York Convention of Wednes
day last, the following occurs:
“A resolution from Alexander 11. Stephens was
reooived; tlio name of Stephens was lendly
cheered."
On the day mentioned, a friend of ours
had the pleasure of visiting Mr. Stephens.
He read the above statement in the Atlanta
Comtitutiou, and pronounced it without
foundation, in his presence.
Adjournment of Cong ress.—l he Re
publican Senators met in caucus, in Wash
ington, on Tuesday, to consider the ques
tion of adjournment, and the propriety of
acting on Sherman’s Euijding bill at this
session. No definite notion was had on
either proposition, and another caucus will
probably be called. Many Senators favored
adjournment as soon as the Tax and Appro
priation bills are disposed of. Senator
Sherman pressed his Funding bill strongly,
and urged that Congress shonkljiot adjourn
without passing it. Some were in favor of
remaining until all the Southern States arc
admitted. From the general tone of debate,
it looks as if an adjournment may be set
tled upon about the 20th or 25tli.
[Couiinnnicatad.
UNITED STATES SEEATORSHIP.
Messrs. Editous—lmmediately after the
ratification ot the Fourteenth Article, it will
become the duty of the General Assembly
to proceed to the election of two United
States Senators. That a number ot distin
guished names will bo presented, from among
which to make the selection, will hardly be
questioned.
Vital interests are at stake, and duties of
a peculiar nature will have to be performed
by those upon whom the honor is bestowed;
the General Assembly should, therefore, in
quire carefully into tho subject. By tanr
pering with the President's policy, nearly
three years wore lost to our people. Congress
proposed a plan by which the States may be
restored to the Union. After a severe con
test, during which the advocates of Congres
sional reconstruction were villified, after a
fashion far below the veriest fish-market
slang, the people of this great State have
pronounced in favor of restoration aud
peace.'
Who bore the brunt of the battle? To
whom are we more indebted for the success
of the Congressional plan in Georgia than
lion. Foster Blodgett ? Union to the core»
and consistent throughout, Foster Blvd
gett contributed no little to secure the
victory, which, if followed up, bids fair to
bring order out of chaos.
We want in the United States Senate
from Georgia men of enlarged ideas; anti,
“old fogy” in their ideas, and wide awake
to the welfare, hot only of their own State
and section, but the whole country ; men
whose record is good—true and high
minded men.
1 have my eye on one such man. 1
refer to Hon. Foster Blodgett, whose elec
tion to the Senate the people of this State
anxiously desire. His election would be
hailed with pleasure in Georgia, the South,
and tho Nogth. The U. S. Senate expect
him.
The theory of our Government is, that
the will of the people is the law. The
Assembly should heed this fact, and honor
it by sending to the National Senate the
gentleman tamed. Oeoham.
Augusta, Ga., July 11, 1868.
-
It is said that the Republicans o! Maine
will renominate Gen. J. L. Chamberlain tor
Governor. The Convention will be held on
the Bth instant. Each party is united and
harmonious, and both will make desperate
exertions to carry the State in the September
election—the opening gun of the Fall cam
paign. I
1-gs - f. .m .
[From Our Own Correspondent.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Th’ lichtt Conclave in Ntv ForZ—A JluinilTa
tiny Spectacle—Johnson and Chase A Platform
of Dead hence—The Only Hope for thfCoun
try—Freedmen’s Affaire—A Church Difficulty—
Congreee to take a ileccee—The Dardanelles.
Wasiwotof, D. C., July m, 1868,
The Hebei Convention, now in aesfion in
New York* City, is very naturally the great
centre "BF attraction at Ibis time, ifnd hence
detracts veiy materially from the public
interest usually centered' at the political
capital of the nation. The convention has
depleted the capital of political vampires,
lebby-uieu, place-hpntera and their satellites,
and few remain but the earnest workers in
some purely legitimate business. New York
was selected instinctively as a suitable place
in which to hold the so-called democratic
conclave —for true it is, ‘ birds qf a feather
flock together? What more appropriate
place, then, could be found for the hero of
the Fort Pillow massacre and his compeers
to meet and consult as to the lies t means to
secure the ends of the ‘ lost cause' than in a
city the Mayor of which claims a majority
of seventy-five thousand rebel sympathizers;
in a city where a majority of the people'
directly or indirectly participated in the
destruction of churches, orphan asylums and
private houses, because erected for the
benefit of the colored population, and where
murderers whose hands were still stained
with the blood of their victims were ad
dressed as ‘my friends? No wonder the
hopes of traitors are revived, after meeting
with so candid a welcome as their repre
sentative men have received in New York
during the last week. Fortunately, New
York city does not represent the sentiments
of a majority of the Northern people ; but
the poor Southern dupes are made solo
believe, and look upon the meeting as
equivalent to a victory for the ‘ lost cause?
A majority of the Southern delegates are
representative men; men who have openly
or otherwise boasted, since Andrew Johnson
took them under his special charge, that
they would gain at the ballot box what they
failed to accomplish in tbe-ficld, and so coufi
denture they of final success, that Confederate
bonds, to day, are held as representing some
value. I know men holding these bonds
who have recently declared that they would
not sell for twenty five per cent, of their
nominal value. A leading Southern poli
tician, while in this city not long since,
boasted that the government would be yet
made to pay for emancipated slaves ; that
the rebel widows and orphans would yet be
placed upon the pension list on an equality ■
with the widows and orphans of Union sol
diers; that Southern bonds would be pro
tected, or “else by G—d,” srtys he, “we
will swamp the whole Federal debt!’’ This
is the real purpose of a majority of the
delegates assembled ia New York, as we
would soon see to our sorrow if the candi
date they nominate should unfortunately
be elected. The’only safety for the country,
then, is to elect Grant and Colfax.
Though distant from the seflne of strife,
nevertheless every loyal heart in the Capital
is deeply interestetf in the proceedipgs.
The charlatanism of President Johnson wa.
to be -expected. While before the
public any desire for a stsmnation, he at
the same time has been shaping all his acts
to accomplish that result, and winds up
with a farcical aw nesty proclamation and a
letter in which ho prates of his own skill in
bringing about the existing state of affairs.
But the most humiliating spectacle of all is
the course pursued by Chief Justice Chase.
Everybody knew his ambition, but did not
U lievo that he could crawl so low in the
dust before the rebel democracy as he has
done. The most charitable of his former
admirers consider that, on the Presidential
question, he is a monomaniac, and therefore
not responsible for his conduct If afflicted
Jbng in this way it will undoubtedly he
necessary to remove him from the exalted
position he now occupies. This question is
being seriously considered, and it is
possible a committee may be appointed
to make enquiries as to his lunacy.
It matters but little who the candidate
may be—the j Jal form, being made, up mostly
of dead issues, or those that will bn dead
before November, cannot create much enthu
siasm. In all probability all of the Stated
will be represented in Congress before the
election, and the States themselves under
civil instead of military law. The Freed
man’s Bureau is rapidly winding up ijs
affairs, and operations will be suspended at
the earliest practicable moment.
UNFORTUNATE’ DIFFICULTY.
In the church in which the Rev. Dr.
Boynton (Chaplain of the Senate) is pastor,
there has sprung up a difficulty which threat
ens much harm. Some months ago several,
colored men, graduates of Oberlin, made
application for admission to to the church;
Dr. Boynton opposed the step with some
feeling and preached a sermon on the sub
ject, for which he was taken to task by a
pbrtion of the Congregation, headed by Major
General Howard. The breach hits Uceu
widening, until now the congregation is
about equally divided on the subject. Re
cently a council has been called to reconcile,
if possible, these differences, but with little
hope of success. Il the matter is not settled
the society, besides bringing scandal upon a
body of men who have been active in ths
cause of human rights, places itself in a
•very awkward position. General Howard’s
party represent the substantial men of the
church, and as t-bore is a debt of $145,000,
in case Os separation, that party will un
doubtedly come into possession ot the assets.
FREKbMEx's SAVINGS.
The toilowing is a statement of the afl'aus
of the National Freedmen’s Savings' and
Trust Company, for the month of June :
Depoiitn. Draft..
Augusta, Qa..._ $1,001.96 $1,303.41
Baltimore 25,752.01 17,873.10
Beaufort, N.C; 30,250.83 v 39,477.62
Charleston 45,075.23 35,986.(13
Huntsville.... 508.6? 54 15
Jacksonville 16*568.12 19,747.57
Louisville„ 7,397.70 4,502.91
Memphisi 5.468.74 6,164.48
Mobile. 17,140.55 12,595.49
New Berae 6,535.45 ' 4,769.69
New Orleans 4,714.95 6,071.74
New York 5,180.10 5,836.93
Norfolki 13,341.51 11.810.45
11 sleigh 1,348.23 K 45 «(l
Richmond 1,448.28 959.75
Savannah..... .. 3,533.02 2,705.33
Tallahassee 4,577.78 3,:rjß 38
Vicksbarg 32,780.71 37,249.82
Washington, D. C 39,331.80 33,830.35
Wilmington, N. C r . (No returns).
T0ta1...... $274,988 42 $248,692.67
Excess of depovits daring the month, $26,295.75.
Total due depositors 773,741.72.
Tbc above report will compare favorably
with any similar institution in the country.
IT.EEDMKN’S BUREAU.
General Howard is making every effort
to reduce the expenses of’ the Freedmen’s
Bureau, and will discontinue operations in
the several States at the earliest practical
moment. He has to day issued an order
directing General Burbank, the Assistant
Commissioner for Kentucky, to reduce the
expenses of his department from $95,747.80
to $4t>,7u4.08 —a saving of $48,983.12; to
take effect on the IGth inst. Under the
date of the Sth, General Howard addressed
General Scott (now Governor), of South
Carolina, as follows;
■. 'JL ■!
“Your method of reducing tlip number
of agents of the Bureau and gradually
transferring the dutiee devaluing upon
them to local offictas of State appointment"
meets with my approval.”
The balance of the letter provides lor
carrying into effect the spirit of the above.
Similar directions will be given to the
other rccoustracted Slates at au early day.
congress.
Congress is hard nbvrork determined to
take an early recess, probably within two
weeks! Tn the meantime, the bill to
determine what States shall bo represented
iu the Electoral College, the Alaska bill,
the special tux bill, the appropriation, and
various other bills of less importance will
be passed. ,
The resolution recently introduced by
Judge Kelly to secure a removal of the
duty of five dollars charged American
vessels passing through the Dardanelles,
will undoubtedly bo adopted. It is not so
much the charge that is objected to (though
that is not in accordance with the courts
of nations), as it is the detention of vessels
to collect this tax. Vessels arc generally
detained from three to five days.
Oatital.
[From the Atlanta Constitution.
The Columbus Prisoners.
Ten Hi Day.
Court met at 10 o’clock a. m. pursuant to
aejourn menu
The balance of Miss Woodie Shepherd's
testimony was read in her hearing, when
the following correction was made by that
lady, to wit:
‘‘lt was either in December or January
that Dr. Kirkscey went to board at the hotel
in Columbus.”
Governor Brown desired to ask witness a
question. The President suggested that it
would be proper for the Court to propound
it. Guv. Brown said that the same privi
lege had been extended te the other side in
the ease of the witness Betts. It was deci
ded that the question should be put to the
witness through the Court. Gov. Brown
wrote it and the Court propounded it.
By the Court. —Has any one suggested to
you to make any correction in your testimo
ny since you were examined 7
Ans.—No one has suggested to inc to
make any corrections
Question. —As the corrections made by
you refer to several points in which your
testimony and that of your mother differ,
have you conversed with your mother about
your testimony ?
Ans.—l have not conversed with my
mother about my testimony.
Ques. —Have you conversed with any one
about pour testimony since it was given 7
Ans.—l have conversed with no one in
reference to my testimony since it was
given.
MRS. MOORE SWOBS —BY MR. MOSES FOR THE
DEFENCE,
I reside in Columbus, Ga., on the suburbs,
in Winntou. My father, mother, sisters,
brother-in law, brothers and two cousins live
in the same hottee with me. I remember
the night on which A. was killed ; don't
know tbe day of the month. J remember it
by several of the family being sick. That
night I had a headache. Next morning a
servant came in and told me that A. was
killed, Several others of the family were
also sick—my sister’s baby, my cousin and
my little brother; little brother had the
toothache; Dr. K.’s child was threatened
with the croup. 1 sent for a dose of mor
phine that night to Dr. K. by my sister,
Woodie Shepherd. I took the medicine;
did not sleep any ; had no conversation with
.Dr. K. neu morning about the medicine.
I it was morphine, but heard after
wards it was quinine. Dr. K.’s room is the
next room te mine. 1 could hear a noise
from one room to the other, but could not
hear what was said. The female members
of my family did not-sleep alone. When
Dr, K. went out at night, Mrs. K. never
remained alone. It was her habit to send
for some member of the family. It was
occasional. Ido not mean to say that she
slept by herself when Ds. K. was away. I
mean that whenever ho was absent she sent
for some member of the family to stay with
her. I had not been to sleep long before I
went for medicine. 1 had a. severe headache.
No one could .have none out of the house
that night without my knowing it, because I
could have heard the noise. Dr. K. did not
go out of the house that night. He spent
part ol the evening in my room.
By Governor Brown, for the Prosecution—
Don't know what time w ate supper that
night. We bad no timer-piece. Our usual
time was between 7 and 8 o’clock. I do not
recollect whether we took supper that inght
about the usual time. 1 supped with tfie
family that night. Dr. K. was at supper.
After supper, I went to my room. Dr. K.
went to my room a few moments after supper.
Don’t know how long be remained there—
about nu hour or more, 1 think. He left my
room about 10 o’clock, and went to his room.
Did not see him any more that night. About
half an hour alter he left my room, I went to
sleep. No means of knowing how long 1
slept. A, lew moments after supper, my
sister, who lias just bebn examined, came to
my room. She stayed there about an how,
or more. Site th§n went to Dr. K.’s room;
don’t know how long she stayed in Dr. K’s
room. I next saw her in mjj, own room ; it
was after .->ho had been itsieep. 1 called her
to my room. She was in the adjoining room
when site answered my call. Her room joins
mine and Dr. Kirkseey's. She was in the
lower room ; that was her room. Don't know
whether she went through my room or not.
A dour opens from my room into my sister’s
room. There is a door from each room on
the hull. My door was left partially open
when 1 went to sleep 5 I mean the door into
the hall. When I cnlted my sister, the door
between my room and my sister’s room
was not open; after she went to Dr. K.
r and brought me the medicine she was in
my room perhaps a half hour; she’then
went to her room: did not see her any
more that night. Mother was in Dr. K.’s
room early in the evening; afterward she
went to her own romp ; don’t know what
time she left Dr. K.’s room aud went to her
own ; don't know whether she was in Dr.
K.’s room iwiy more that night. lam easy
to wake : a person could not walk across
that hall, with shoes on, at night, without
waking mo; a person could not have
opened a door or window that night with
out waking me ; beard no door or window
open .niter 1 first retired that night; I
incitide the inner as well as the outer
door; a person could not,have called iu the
house without waking me; I heard no
call. Don't know Wliat time mother re
’ tired to bed : heard no more of mother that
night after I bad retired and went to sleep.
My cousin has been sleeping with my
younger sister for the last six months. In
the absence of Dr. K. my sister, VYooddie
Shepherd, usually slept with her; don’t
recollect that any other member of the
family slept with her in his absence. It
was not possible that a window could have
been raised and Dr. K. have gone out
without my knowledge that night. lam
,so positive that Dr. K. was there that
night because after hearing of the arrests
in Columbus, we were all trying to locate
the male members of the family. I did not
suspect that a member of our family was to
to be arrested; it is not our habit to
locate them the next day after an arrest.
I do not recollect that I ever before
heard of a gentleman being arrested in
Oolumbos; I did not suspect what Dr.
K. was arrested for; I supposed that
hej was arrested as a prominent Democrat,
aud that they would try to implicate him iu
. "I— ;i ■■■ I'
the murder of A.; never heard that he was
accused of any connection with it; I know
that he is now accused; when he was
brought up here 1 supposed he was suspected
by the military of being implicated in the
murder. I never heard that that was the
reason of his.first arrest; heard they did not
know what lie was arrested for; heard of the
arrest of Mr. Bedell, Mr. Chipley, Robert
Grimes and others, about that time; sup
posed that on account of their being D«mo
crats they were arrested as being implicated
in the murder of Ashburn. On the evenirig
of Dr. K.’s arrest, we talked the first time
about locating him. Do not know how long
it was after A.’s murder. Mother said she
could testsfy that Dr. K. was ai home on the
night of A.’s murder, because she was in his
room off and on that night. I slated I could
hear the voices in the room that night, but
could not tell who they were ; I heard my
mother say that she was in the room ; heard
a murmuring of voices, but could not dis
tinguish who they were. We all spoke of
locating him that, night, my sister Wooddie
in particular, and mother. Sister Wooddie
said that she was in the room abqpt the time
they supposed A. was killed—sometime
between 12 and 1. My sister said she bad
heard the chickens crowing, and supposed it
was after midnight. I suppose it was that
time. I was not asleep; I called her and
sent her for morphine. I supposed it was
between the hours of 12 and 1, because the
chickens had crowed for midnight, and it
was sometime after that, perhaps a hall
hour. We did not try to locate Dr. K. that
night. Nothing was said in the family the
day after A.’s death about locating him ;
nothing wns said about it till after his first
arrest. lam confident that lam not mis
taken. I also attempted to locate my brother
and all the male merrfbers of the family that
night, because they were arresting gentlemen
—not ladies. I did not know about their
arresting ladies and children. There was
no talk about the probability of arresting
ladies and children. Andrew and Albert
are lhe brothers we tried to locate. Andrew
was in his room; we know it because his
room was opening into the hall, and he very
seldom went out at night. Andrew is fifteen
or sixteen years of age. I did not suppose
there was any danger of his arrest on
account of A.’s murder. Albert is younger
than Andrew ; be is fourteen years old, 1
think ; did not know but what they might
arrest him ; he also was in his room ; they
were not leading Democrats —100 young. I
thought all who were in favor of Democrats
might be arrested ; did not try to locate my
father, because be never goes out at night at
all; most of .the talk was about locating Dr.
K.; he was the enly one of the family who
had been arrested. The evening of his
arrest we tried to locate him; don’t know what
time of lhe day he was arrested. I heard it
about 6 o’clock p. m. Did not hear what
he was arrested for; supposed after bis
arrest, that as he was a prominent Democrat
they might try to implicate him in the
murder of A.; that was my supposition the
next day. My mother was present at the
conversation next day, also, Mrs. Kirkscey,
and Miss Winn ; don’t recollect whether
sister Wooddie was present; we had been
speaking of it ever since the arrest. Don’t
remember whether sister Wooddie was ever
present when it was spoken of; mother was
present because she was speaking of it
herself; don’t know who first mentioned
the death of A, in the family ; my mother
was there then. First heard of the death
of A. the morning after it occurred ; one of
the servants told me ; I told the rest of the
family ; it was directly after breakfast —
about 8 o’clock; mother was in my room ;
I was in the hall; I told my mother of it t
don’t know where sister Wooddie was then;
she was at home ; she generally spends her
mornipgs in study ; I hardly ever see her
during the day except at meals ; my broth
ers were at school; by the other members
of the family I mean my mother, father,
cousins and sister—Mrs. K.; the murder of
A. created no excitement in the family ;
we all said We were glad that he was dead ;
don’t recollect about my brother’s joining
us ; tho female members of the family were
glad to hear of A.’s death , at that time Dr.
K. had left for town or some place ; next
saw him that evening when he came home
to tea ; he spoke of A-’s death and regret
ted that he was killed, saying that it was so
near the election it would be likely to create
excitement among the negroes ; the females
were glad to hear of it because he was a
radical. •
By Gov. Brown.—Do the female members
of your family desire the death of all the
radicals? Ans.—We do. [This question
was objected to by Major Moses, but the
witness preh i red to answer it.J
By Mr. Moses, for the Defence.— You do
not mean by a radical a person merely dif
fering in political opinions with Democrats ?
Ans.—-No, I mean a scalawag; I mean by
a scalawag those who try to excite negroes
against us. Question. —Are you uot appre
hensive that die class of people whom you
call scalawag* may excite an insurrection
among the negroes, and kill the women and
children ; and rs it not alone to this class of
persons you refer, when you say that you
wish the radicals were dead ?
Tho Judge Advocate objected to the ques
tion, and the President directed that the
witness should not answer until the Court
could decide. Court retired.
On returning, the Judge Advocate an
nounced that the objection had been over
ruled. The witness then answered, “Yes, it
is.” x
The Court here retired, to consider the
following proposition from the counsel for the
-defence, to wit: Witness having answered
the question before the Judge Advocate
could possibly present it to the Court, the
defence withdraws its objection to the fol
lowing question: “Did the ladies of your
family desire tho death of all the radicals ?”
Defence requires that the answer to the
subsequent question shall remain a part of
the record.
On the return of the Court, it was an
anounced by the Judge Advocate that both
questions aud their answers would remain on
the record. •
EDWARfe SHEPHERD SWORN —BY THE DEFENSE.
My age is thirteen years. I was at home
the night of the A. murder. Having the
toothache, I went into the Doctor’s room to
get something to put into it. I know it was
the night A. was murdered, because next
morning, when I went to school, we went
down to see the dead body and toy face was
swollen up. When I went to Dr. K.’a room
for the medicine, the Doctor himself came
to the door and gave it to me. I went
through mother’s room and asked her
whether it was too much or not. I went to
sleep a little before morning—not right
afterwards. I had not been to sleep before I
took the medicine. I went to bed about ten
o'clock or some time after. Before I went
to Dr. K.’s room I had laid in bed about 2}
hours. I was in much pain.
BY GOV. BROWN —FOR THE PROSECVTION.
Has Dr. K. a horse and buggy ?
Yes, sir, he has a w;hite horse —entirely
white—a middle-sized horse ; don’t know his
age. The Doctor practices medicine. He
drives the horse regularly in his practice.
His buggy is a common one. It has a top.
It is a tolerable new buggy. Dr. K. usualty
travels in it when he goes to town aud back
—usually every day. We eat supper at our
house about seven or eight o’clock ; do not
recollect wbat time we ate supper that night.
Dr. K. was al supper. No oue else but the
family were present. Dr. K. went nowhere
after supper, as I know of; do not know
when he went to bed. Mother was in
her rootp; do not know when she re
tired. She was up after she re
tired. She was up when I came to her room
to show her the medicine; do uot know
what time of night it was ; I had not been
to sleep before that. She put the medicine
in my tooth? it was morphine. I heard
nothing more of mother that night after I <
went to my room- 1 staid in my room by
the tire a while? Do not know whether Dr.
K. staid there all that night or not; next
morning I'saw him first at. breakfast; Dr.
K,.’*.room is.uu tbu right hand side of the
ball, first room—four windows in it—two of
them Open into a piazza. I do not know
whether or not the Doctor could have got up
and gone but without my knowing it. I
heard that A. was killed next morning when
I got to school, about ten o’clock. I took
breakfast at home before I left for school.
Did not henr mother or Mrs. Moore speak of
it before I went to school. I went to see
A.’s body at 12 o’clock, when all the boys
were going down town, aud 1 went with
them. 1 first heard his death spoken of at
home that night. Dr. K. was at home that
night; do not know whether he was present
when I heard A.’s death discussed or not;
it was discussed, I think, at the tabic at
supper; Dr. K. took supper with tho family
that night; all took supper at once.
What was said about A.’s death at the
time, in the family, when Dr. K. was present
and in his hearing? [Mr. Mases objected
to the witness answering lhe question. Gov.
Brown said he would prefer withdrawing the
question, which was done by the consent of
the parties.]
The family were talking about the arrest
of Mr. Bedell, aud they said they could prove
that Dr. K. was at home that night. I spoke'
of it myself. I told them I could prove that
Dr. K- was there the night that A. was
murdered. lie may not have been there the
first part of tho night after supper. He may
have goue to see some of his patients. I
don’t remember whether he went in his
buggy, or how long after night he started, or
when he got back. He was in his room
when I went after the medicine.*Don’t know
positively whether he did go or not. He has
many calls at night to see patients. Don’t
know whether he lutd many calls ut that time.
He was called at night to see patientsoftener
than once a week. It has been the ease all
this year, while he was at home. He and
his wife boarded awhile in town the first part
of the year. Since they returned from the
hotel, lie has had frequent calls at night.
We have some severe dogs-at home. Nobody
can come in the yard after supper. That is
one of the reasons why I know that persons
call for Dr. K. often to go to see his patients.
I am not mistaken about bis having many
calls to see patients on his return from the
hotel. The night before A. was killed, he
was at home at supper, lie weut to town to
attend Masonic meetings, sometimes, at
night. He was frequently gone at night
when I did not know where he had gone. I
don’t know when he usually returned at night
after going out. I am easy to wake. I don’t
recollect hearing the dogs bark the night
tliut A. was killed. . They don't bark often at
night, unless some one is about. They
bark at the slightest ntgsc —the raising of
windows ; don’t always bark wheii windows
are raised, unless it is late at night. They
stay at my window, ami wake me up some
times barking when mother is up in her
room. -The burking of the dogs wake me.
I hear mother raise the window, and they
still bark, When the family retire at night,
sister Wooddie usually fastens the windows.*
Mother goes with her sometimes to hold the
candle. Mother sometimes fastens them
herself, when bister is sick. Sister Wooddie
is not very often sick. The night A, was
killed she closed lhe windows. She went
through my room to do it. She goes all over
the house and closes them herself; don’t
know whether she closed the windowsill Dr.
K.’s room that night or not. She goes into
the rooms of other members of the iamily to
close the windows. We thought it unneces
sary to wake Dr. K. that night, because
they were inking up prominent Democrats.
Dr. Bedell was the first I heard of being
taken, 1 have no opinion of how long it
was after A *s death that Dr. K. wus first
taken. Nothing was.said about locating any
other member of the family except Dr. K.
Father is an old gentleman. My brother is
two or three years oklcr than I. Nothing
was said about locating him or me. They
were taking up the other Democrats, and we
thought they might take up any one. I did
not hear anything said in the family about
arresting women and children. 1 don’t
know-lhat I would have heard it if anything
had been said about it.
By the Court.—Did you have the tooth
ace before that night 1 Sometimes before.
Was your face swollen before I hat night?
It was not—that was the worst of it. How
many days wes yonr race swollefi after you
had the toothache that night? About a
a day and a half. They were talking about
the taking up of Mr. Bedell and the demo
crats, and they thought they would see
whether they could remember whether Dr.
K. was at home ; don’t remember wliat was
said about the killing of A ; they were
talking about seeing how he was off or at
home. It was a front tooth that ached me
that night; I have not had it pulled out.
Can you show the Court the unsound tooth
and show the cavity to day ? I can (witness
stepped around to Dr. Milhau, a member of
the Court and exhibited the unsound tooth.)
Court then adjourned till 10 o’clock Sat
urday morning.
Nominating vs. Electing.—The New
York World thrusts a sharp point at the
Southern delegations. It welcomes them
to tho Convention with entire good feeling.
But it wants to know’ how they can have the
face,to come into the Convention and vote
on tbe nomination, if they are going to do
nothing for the election of tbe candidate, by
refusing to recognize the reconstructed
State Governments and to rote in the elec
tions under their reguktlion. And it gives
them this bit of information :
Southern Democrats might as well get
their tickets printed, and then use them to
light their tobacco pipes, as to deposit them
anywhere else than in the radical ballot
boxes. We know who the President of the
Senate is, and who his backers are; we
therefore know it to be perfectly certain
that he will open no sealed list from those
States, which is not transmitted by the new
State authorities.
Therefore tbe World puts the issue thus:
They can not have come here to nominate
a ticket which they do not intend to support.
The Southern delegates will hold the bal
ance in the Convention. It will be in their
power to determine who shall be the can
didates. If it were understood that they
will keep aloof and take no part in the
election, the ticket should be made up solely
with reference to Its strength in the other
States, of which the delegates from those
States are the only com potent judges. But
if, as it is to be presumed, the Southern
people will vote for tho ticket which their
delegates have come here to help nominate,
the selection of candidates should bo made
with reference to the Southern as well as to
the Northern vote.
.» ■ *— I ■ —1 -
Hon- Anson Burlingame, the Chinese
Plenipotentiary, says one of the regrets he
feels at visiting this country is, that he can
not take the atump for General Grant. He
was one of lhe ablest of the Republican
orators in 1853 and iB6O.
Governor Pease, of Texas, opposes the
proposition to divide it into three Slates. He
says the population is only eight hundred
thousand, and that the people, itij-beir present
impoverished condition, ought not to be
subjected to the expense of maintaining
three governments.
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Ministers of tho Gospel, travelling on these
Roads from point to point, on M inisterial Duty
will he furnished with authority, by the Station
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Gen’l Sup’t
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
TN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT
X Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
In the matter of )
SbAMUEL WALKER, tIN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. )
Will be sold, by virtue of an order of the
Honorable Charles G. McKinley, Register, at the
Court House door, iu the city of Newnan, on the
first TUFSDAY in AUGUST next, within the
usual hours of sale, 41.} acres of the West end of
the South half of Lot No. 25, in the original
first (now second) district of Coweta county.
Sold undo? and free from incumbrances.
This July Hltb, 1868.
-* JOHN W. POWELL,
jy!2—2t Assignee.
Wanted Immediately,
A COMFORTABLE DWELLING, CON-
TAINING five or six Rooms, and Water, in
a, respectable part of the city. One with a good
Garden attached preferred. Apply at
jyll—tf -THIS OFFICE.
City Sheriff's Sale.
WILL BE SOLD AT THE LOWER
Market House, in tbe city of on
the first Tuesday in August, next, between the
usual hours of sale, two Promisory notes—one
given one day after date, for f 518.11, in favor of
Wright & Mobley, dated Augusta, January 4th,
1868, signed Arthur A. Atkinson ; one ten days
afterdate, dated January 6th, 1868, for $120.95,
in favor of Wright. &. Mobley, signed Wingfield
M. Rivers. Levied on by virtue of a fi. fa., in
favor of Hezekiah Bussey vs. Wright & Mobley—
ii. fa. in die City Court of Augusta, returnable to
the August term of said City Court
' ISAAC LEVY,
jy l—td City of Augusta.
City Sheriff's Sale.
WILL BEHOLD AT THE LOWER MARKET
House, in the City of Augusta, between
the usual hours of sale, on tho first Tuesday in
August next, four shares-of the capital Stock of
the Empire State Insurance Company. Levied
on by virtue of an attachmenbrcturnablo to the
Pity Court of Augusta, in favor of Sidney Root
vs. Alexander S. Myer and Julius J. Myer, once
Ijopartnerß.under the name of A. S. Myer A Son.
Sold by virtue of a fi, fa. founded on said attach
ment; returnable to the August term(lß6B) of
said Court. ISAAC LEVY,
jy4--td City Sheriff of Augusta.
City Sheriff’s Sale,
\ V ILL BE SOLD AT THE LOWER MARKET
» ’ House, in the City of Augusta, on the
first Tuesday in August next, between the
usual hours of sale, tho house and lot of
L. Dwelle, Jr., —House north side Broad street,
running through to Jones street; bounded on the
north by Jones street, east by Mrs. Straub’s lot,
south by Broad street and west by Dwelle’s lot.
Levied on by virtue of a tax execution in favor
of the City Council of Augusta for the year 1867,
returnable to the City Council of Augusta.
ISSAC LEVY,
jyd—td City Sheriff of Augusta.
City Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL BE SOLD AT THE LOWER MARKET
House, in tho City of Augusta, on the first
Tuesday in August, between tho usual hours
of sale, all that lot or parcel of land situ
ate, lying and being in the City of Augusta,
having a front of thirty-three (33) rest on Centre
street, and known as number twenty-two (22) ;
bounded on the north by lot of Mrs. Mary Collins,
widow of Dennis Collins, on the south by lot of
Henry Leen, on the east by alley running through
from Broad to Reynolds street, on the west by
Centre street. Levied on by virtue of a fi. fa. in
favor of John M. ClarkeASous vs. John Guilfoyle;
aiso, one City Tax fi. fa. in favor of the City
Council of Augusta, for tho year 1566, returnable
to the August term (IS6SJ of said Coirt.
ISAAC LEVY,
jyd—td City Sheriff of Augusta.
City Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL BE SOLD ATTHE LOWER MARKET
House, iu the City of Augusta, on tho first
Tuesday in August next, between tho usual
hours of sale, the house and lot on Market
street belonging to W. V. Keener, Trustee.
Levied on by virtue of a tai execution in favor
the City Council of Augusta, for the year 1866;
bounded north by Market street, south by Rey
nolds street, east by Buller's lot, and wist by W.
V. Keener's, returnable io the City Council of
Augusta. ISAAC LEVY,
■ —tdCity Sheriff of Augusta.
City ’Sheriff’s Sale.
\T7ILL BE SOLD AT THE LOWER MARKET
» • House in the City of Augusta, on the first
Tuesday in August next, between the usual
hours of sale, the house and lot of John
T. King, sixty-six (66) feet, more or
on Houston street, running back one
and sixty, six (166) feet, more or less;
north by Matt. Pleasant’s, east by John M. Tur
ner, south by Bread and west by Houston stre ets -
Levied on by virtue of two tax executions in
favor of the City Gouooil of Augusta, far the
years. 1866 'and 1867, return able to the City
Council of Augusta. ISAAC LEVY,
jj4—td City Sheriff of Augusta.
City Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL rte SOLD AT THE LOWRR MARKET
House, in the City of Augiievo.on tho first
Tuesday in August next, b/<itfij6ny, Wvjkoal
hours of sale, the bouse and
M. Turner, on north side of Broaa street,
fronting 110 feet, more or less, and runningback
to Reynolds street: bounded north by Reynolds
street, east by Peter Johnson’s and Hannah Todd’s
lots, south by Broad Street and west by John T.
King’s and Matt. Pleasant's lots. Levied on by
virtue of tax execution in favor of the City
Council of Augusta, for the year 1867, returnable
to the City Council of Augusta.
ISAAC LEVY,
jy4—td .City Sheriff of Augusta-
City Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL BE SOLD AT THE LOWER MARKET
House, in the City of Augusta, on tho
first Tuesday in August next, between the usual
hoars of sale, one house and lot, the prop
erty of Jerry Bunch, on the south side es Fen
wick street, fronting 52 feet, more or loss, and
running back 187 feet, more or loss, to Calhoun
rtreet; bounded north by Fenwick street, south
by Myer’s lot, east by lot of C. A Platt, west by
lot of W. V. Kerr. Levied on as tho property of
Jerry Bunch, to satisfy two fi. fa.’s for City Tax
for tho years ISfifl anil 1867. The said fi. fa- *
returnable to the City veunoil of Augusta.
ISAAC LEVY,
jyd—ld City sheriff of Augusta.